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September 23, 1961
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met at 9:30 A.M.,
September 23, 1961 at the Village Hall.
Present: Messrs. Broeman, Faulkner, Hart and White.
Absent: Mr. Beatty
Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary T.
Wetterer, Village Clerk; Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney.
After the roll call, a motion was made by Mr. Hart to accept
the minutes of the previous meeting, July 22, 1961, as submitted.
Motion was seconded by Mr. Broeman and unanimously approved.
Mr. Webb announced that under Section 2.02 of Ordinance No.
68, an application was submitted by the Red Top Sedan Service for a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. He also explained
that in accordance with Section 2.03 the Police Department had re—
ported to him that such application had been investigated. Mr.
.Anderson was asked for his opinion and he suggested that said Certi—
ficate be issued for one year only. Whereupon Mr. Broeman moved to
accept the application and issue a Certificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity for one year only, which was seconded by Mr. Hart and
unanimously carried.
The next item on the agenda was requested by Mr. Broeman
who wished the matter of professional offices in the Harbour House
discussed. Mr. Webb explained that it was his understanding at the
July Council meeting that no apartments in the Harbour house were to
be converted to use as professional offices. It was his understanding
that such an office be located within the business section of the
building, namely, the first floor lobby section. After this dis—
cussion, Mr. Hart made a motion to defer this matter to the discretion
of the Village Manager. Said motion was seconded by Mr. Faulkner and
unanimously voted.
With reference to Item IV — D of the July 22 meeting, Mr.
Webb read a letter from Mr. McGahey, one of the County Commissioners,
in which he said that a golf course would be constructed at Haulover
Park and that the Florida Power and Light franchise money will be
used for this purpose.
Mr. Webb stated that he and Mr. Anderson had worked up an
application for the persons who wished to establish a Diagnostic
Service in the Bal Harbour Hotel and had sent it to their offices
in Detroit. The principals of the company have been fingerprinted
and their records cleared through the Police Department. Mr. Webb
suggested that approval be given them to go ahead with their plans,
subject to submission of final construction plans. Mr. Broeman
then made a motion to approve the application of the Diagnostic
Service. Motion was seconded by Mr. Hart and unanimously carried
by the Council.
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The Village Clerk asked for approval by the Council of Mr.
Webb's or Mr. White's signatures on Village accounts in Community
National Bank and Chase Federal. Mr. Faulkner moved to accept this
recommendation, seconded by Mr. Hart and unanimously approved.
Council members were each paid a salary of $1.00 for their
services during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1961.
Mr. Webb asked the Council's approval for transferring funds
between departments to balance the budget, in accordance with the
Charter's provision. Mr. Broeman made a motion to approve the transfer
of funds between departments to balance the budget with the stipu—
lation that the records should show which accounts were being trans—
ferred. Mr. Hart seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
The amounts to be transferred are as follows: A total of $9,520 from
Dept O1—$430; Dept 03P—$2,320; Dept 03F—$750; Dept 07—$1,800 to
balance Dept 02—$4,860 and Dept 06—$4,660.
Mr. Webb stated that he had not had time to clear the Liquor
License Application for the Singapore Hotel as the principal owner has
only been in the United States for a short period of time and his
records would have to clear through Interpol. After a discussion in
which the fact was brought out that the Singapore's business would
not suffer if the application were not immediately approved, Mr.
Broeman moved to defer action on the Singapore's Liquor License Ap—
plication until the applicants had been cleared. Mr. Hart seconded
the motion and it was unanimously carried.
Miss Wettererexplained that an election had been held by
the Police Department and asked the Council's approval of Sgt. Alan
Harold as Trustee for the Policemen's Retirement Fund. Mr. Broeman
made a motion to approve the appointment of Alan Harold as Trustee
for the Policemen's Retirement Fund, seconded by Mr. Faulkner and
unanimously approved.
Mr. Webb announced that he had received a letter signed
byJudge J. Fritz Gordon requesting Bal Harbour's participation in
Governor's Day, October 6. Governor Bryant will be in Miami on
that day and will be honored at a luncheon. Mr. Faulkner and Mr.
White said they would attend.
Mr. Towbin, the new General manager of the Americana Hotel,
introduced himself to members of the Council and requested permission
to use the lower garage area for exhibition space for the American
Heart Association Convention to be held from Oc ober 20 to 24. This
space would be converted into exhibition purposes about a week before
the convention and it would take approximately a week's time to
reconvert the area to garage space again. On a motion made by Mr.
Broeman, seconded by Mr. Faulkner and unanimously voted, the request
was approved. Mr. Webb suggested that the hotel observe fire regu—
lations in setting up the exhibition space. Mr. Towbin then requested
Council's permission to use the nearby grass area for parking the cars
of the persons attending the convention. Mr. Broeman thereupon made
an amendment to the above motion that the overflow of cars be allowed
to park on the nearby grass area, with Mr. Whitman's approval, after
the regular parking lot was filled. Unanimously voted.
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The Village Clerk brought up the matter of a new Liquor
License Application for the Bel Harbour Hotel. This was necessary
due to a change of officers in the operating corporation. Mr.
Broeman made a motion to accept the Liquor License Application
of the Bal Harbour Hotel, seconded by Mr. Faulkner and unanimously
approved by the Council.
Mr. Faulkner said he wanted to go on record as disapproving
the size of the signs put up by the Bai. Harbour Club on Bal Cross
Drive. Mr. Hart said he, too, opposed them. Mr. Webb then stated
that the Village does not have a regulation governing the size of
the Club's signs.
There being no further business, Mr. Hart made a motion
to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Mr. Faulkner.
Attest:
Village Clerk
September 23, 1961
COUNCIL MINUTES
October 28, 1961
Mayor
The Council of Bat Harbour Village met at 9:30 A.M. Saturday,
October 28, 1961 at the Village Hall.
All the members of the Council were present.
Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary T.
Wetterer, Village Clerk; and Thom H. Anderson, Village Attorney.
Upon motio❑ of Mr. Hart, seconded by Mr. Faulkner, the
minutes of the previous meeting of September 23, 1961 were approved
as submitted.
Mr. Webb brought tc the attentio❑ of the Council the appli—
cation of the Singapore Hotel for a liquor license which had been held
up awaiting the completion of the character investlgaticn. After dis—
cussion Mr. Anderson advised the Council that the State Beverage
Director was charged with granting these licenses and was of the opinion
that the application should be granted. As there had not been a con—
viction of felony within the last fifteen years, there is no lawful
way we can withhold the license. Thereupon Mr. Broeman moved that in