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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1964-09-12 Meeting185 COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 1.2, 1 nbtt The Council of Hal Harbour Village met Saturday, September 12, 1964 at 9:'10 A.M. at the Village Hall. Present.: !Messrs. Beatty, Bart. and White Absent: Messrs. Faulkner and Sanders. Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk; and Thomas h. Anderson, Village Attorney. In the absence of Mnyor Faulkner the meeting was c,ondncted by Assistant Mayor Harr. On motion of Mr. Beatty, minutes of the previous meeting of as submitted. seconded by Mr. White, the July 11, 1964 were approved Mr. Webb read a .letter Crom the Balmoral Hotel in which they requested permission to renew the contract of GnIf American Land C-mpany for operation of a real estate orrice in the hotel. After discussion on motion of Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Beatty and unanimously voted permission was granted for one year upon payment of the designated license fees. Due to a court decision out 'awing the res;ricti.on of construction during the seasonal months, an amendment was presented to our Noise Ordinance. On motion of Mr. White, seconders by Mr. Beatty and voted ORDINANCE NO. 1.06 was unanimously adopted. Mr. Webb read a letter from Harland Bartholomew and Associates in reply to our inquiry regarding the business section property due to the fact that the parcel had never been zoned professionally. After discussion. of the cost and factors involved, Mr. Anderson sug ested that if the plans submitted by the Whi tmans were in agreement with our present zoning regulations, then we wouldn't need a professional opinion. However, he said that: he thought the Village Manager should tell Mr. Whitman that the village is considering an outside opinion on height, etc. and if he wished to submit plans, they would be taken into consideration. Mr. Hart explained that the Community National. Bank needed Resolutions in order for us to set up our accounts for the operation of our new Sewer System. Thereupon, on motion of' Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. White and unanimously voted, the Resolution was adopted and Mr. Webb er Mr. Faulkner were authorized to sign the checks. September .12,19e4 186 Mr. Webb pointed out that the 1963-64 budget is in balance at 88% spent, but that as usual transfers are needed between the departments. After consideration on motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. White, and unanimously voted, the Village Manager was authorized to transfer the amounts needed in accordance with Section 44 of the Village Charter, as follows: From Dept. 01-$440; 03P-$975; 05-$4990. To Dept. 02-$910; 03F-$440; 06-$700; 07-$4355. Mr. Webb then explained that our accounting method does not provide for allocating inspectors fees over the budgeted amount. He asked that the Council trans- fer the amounts needed to pay the Electrical, Plumbing and Air Conditioning Inspectors from the Revenue derived from these permits. After discussion on motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. White, it was unanimously voted to transfer the amount due to Inspectors from the Revenue accounts. The Village Clerk submitted a request from Miami Springs asking that we petition the State Legislature to publish the name of juvenile offenders. The Council agreed to table this for next month until an opinion could be ob- tained from the Dade County Association of Chiefs of Police. North Miami Beach asked that we inform the county to proceed with the 17 service areas. Mr. White moved that the Village Manager write the City of North Miami Beach stating that Bal Harbour Village was not in favor of turning over some of the services indicated to Metro. The motion was seconded by Mr. Beatty and unani- mously adopted. The Council decided to take no action on the petition of Attorney Richard H.M.Swan to inform Congress that we are opposed to any delay in reapportionment. Mr. Webb informed the Council that he had ap- pointed Richard Creelman as Building Inspector about a year ago and he would like to have the wording in our Zoning Ordinance changed from Building Inspector to Village Manager for the enforcement of the Ordinance. On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. White and unanimously voted, Mr. Anderson was instructed to prepare such an amendment. The Village Manager explained that under our Zoning Ordinance, a Board of Appeals by the Mayor. He said he would like act as this Planning Board and be so Ordinance. Mr. Beatty then moved to Ordinance amended as requested. Mr. and it was unanimously adopted. can be appointed to see the Council designated by have our Zoning White seconded Due to unestimated Building Permit revenues received this year, the Village will have Surplus Funds and the Village Manager said he would like to expend September 12,1964 187 some of this to repave our side of 96th Street, to match Surfside as soon as the Construction work is finished. On motion of Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Beatty, it was unanimously voted to allow the Village Manager to expend some of our surplus funds for this repaving, but to clear the cost with the Councilmen by phone for confirmation later, Mr. Webb said that he would like the Council to also consider expenditures from sur:,Lus for re -landscaping later in the year to replace the trees and shrubs lost in the hurricane. The Council decided to take no action at this time. The Village Manager also reported that he and Mayor Faulkner had been attending the meetings of the Hal. Harbour Resorts, Inc. and the Association was having some very attractive brochures made of the Bal Harbour area. He suggested that inasmuch as the Village could not make a donation to the organization, perhaps we could purchase brochures for about $.1,000. The Council tabled this for full Council action. There being no further business before the meeting on motion or Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Beatty, the meeting was adjourned. Mayor N': Assistant Mayor ATTEST: !f ' Village Clerk September 12, 1964