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COUNCIL MINUTES
JULY 31, 1965
At 9:30 A. M. July 31, 1965, after Roll Call, having
only Messrs. Faulkner and Landis present, the Village Clerk
announced that a quorum was not present for the meeting.
Mr. Faulkner stated that the meeting would be adjourned until
Wednesday, August 4, 1965 at 8:30 A. M.
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met at 8:30 A. M.
Wednesday, August 4, 1965.
Present: Messrs: Hart, Landis, Taplin and White.
Absent: Mr. Fred Faulkner.
Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary T.
Wetterer, Village Clerk; and Thomas H. Anderson, Village
Attorney.
After roll call, the Council convened as a Board of
Equalization for the 1965 Tax Roll. Mr. Webb informed the
members that no complaints were registered with his office
and no taxpayers were present. Whereupon, Mr. Taplin made
a motion to accept the assessment roll for 1965 as presented
by the Tax Assessor. Motion seconded by Mr. White and unan-
imously approved. Mr. Taplin then moved that the Board of
Equalization adjourn. Mr. White seconded the motion and it
was unanimously voted. The Council then reconvened to con-
sider the business of the regular meeting.
Upon motion of Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Taplin and
unanimously voted, the minutes of the previous meeting of
June 26, 1965 were approved as submitted.
The Council unanimously agreed to table the discussion
on the "Stop and Frisk" ordinance until the next meeting when
Mr. Anderson will present a proposed ordinance.
Mr. Anderson read
ORDINANCE NO. 116
Amending Ordinance No. 6
clarifying the method of measuring the distance of travel for
our Liquor License Ordinance. Mr. Taplin made a motion to
adopt Ordinance No. 116. Motion seconded by Mr. White and
unanimously voted.
The Village Manager reported on the results of the letters
forwarded to the property owners in the Residential Section of
Bal Harbour regarding the repaving of the residential streets.
43 replies were received, 21 yes; 12 yes with a condition
attached; and 10 definitely no. The Council agreed to table
this item until more interest could be generated among the
property owners, and also to remove the three traffic bumpers
now in the Village streets.
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Mr. Webb reported on the replies received from the res-
idents regarding a proposed ordinance 1iiniting the .number of
pets allowed in each residence. 23 replies yes; 9 no; N
said they thought we could use some other method of enforcing
the ordinance we now have. In this connection. Mr. Webb ad-
vised that we had been in communication with the City of Rye,
New York inquiring as to their method of controlling this
nuisance and they advised they contract with the Humane
Society to come in periodically, picking up any stray animals
not properly tagged and the owners must come to the Society
to claim their pets and pay a fine. After discussion, the
Council decided to table this matter until a future date, and
Mr. Webb was instructed to inform the residents of the results
in the next Newsletter.
Mr. Landis then appraised the Council members of the fact
that he had been in discussion with the officials of the City
of North Miami Beach and had made a study of the possibility
of bringing water down to the Village from the City of North
Miami Beach. This would necessitate a pipeline over the Haul -
over Bridge into Bal Harbour and in these discussions it was
tentatively agreed that the price to us would be between 18
to 22 cents per thousand gallons. He also advised that he
had been in touch with Mr. Philip Crowen, a Bal Harbour res-
ident, and Chairman of Peoples Gas System, and Mr. Crowen had
indicated to him that his engineers would make the survey at
no cost to the Village taxpayers. In this connection Mr. Webb
advised that Bay Harbor Islands Engineers have practically
completed their survey on obtaining another source of water
from the City of North Miami, which will be piped across the
Broad Causeway and Bal Harbour could he supplied off this
new source. Mr. Hart suggested that. Zurwelle-Whittaker, Inc.,
our engineers, make a compari.sion of the two surveys to deter-
mine which would be more advantageous for Bal Harbour and Mr.
Landis stated that his study is not an engineering survey,
and that is the reason he would like Mr. Crowen to make the
survey. After discussion, Mr. Landis was appointed a committee
of one to contact Mr. Crowen and set up an evening meeting
devoted to this one subject.
The next item for consideration were the 196-1966 budgets.
After discussion, Mr. White moved to adopt
RESOLUTION NO. 131
ADOPTING CURRENT FUND BUDGET
RESOLUTION NO. 132
ADOPTING WATER DEPARTMENT BUDGET
RESOLUTION NO. 133
ADOPTING SEWER DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Mr. Taplin seconded the motion and it was unanimously voted.
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Mr. Taplin moved to adopt
RESOLUTION NO. 134
MAKING A TAX LEVY FOR 1965
Mr. White seconded the motion and it was unanimously voted.
The nine month audit was then presented to the Council and
upon motion of Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Landis and unanimously
voted, the audit was approved as submitted.
Mr. Webb advised that several of the gardeners, also work-
ing outside Bal Harbour, were dumping trash into our bins in
the Village and he had requested that Mr. Anderson prepare an
amendment to this ordinance making it illegal to dump trash
in the bins which did not come from Bal Harbour. Thereupon Mr.
Anderson read
ORDINANCE NO. 117
Amending Ordinance No. 101
stating these disposal areas shall be used for trash disposal
of property owners in Bal Harbour Village and not otherwise.
Motion to adopt amending Ordinance No. 117 was made by Mr.
Landis. Motion seconded by Mr. Taplin and unanimously voted.
The Village Manager advised of a letter received from Mr.
Bowen, Town Manager of Surfside, asking if our Council would
be agreeable to a meeting to be held among the members of our
tri-city area on the possibility of establishing a Fire Dis-
trict. The Council was of the opinion that at this time this
is strictly an administrative matter, and directed the Village
Manager to meet with the two other Town Managers and then pre-
sent his recommendation to the Council.
The Village Clerk advised that the Municipal Finance
Officers Association requested that all members propose action
by their individual cities to promote Federal legislation to
offset the effect of the Life Insurance Company Act of 1959,
Public Law 86-69. They requested that a Resolution be for-
warded to all members of the Florida delegation to the United
States Congress to support the introduction and passage of
Federal legislation to protect the immunity of interest on
state and local obligations. In this connection, Mr. Anderson
read
RESOLUTION NO. 135
Mr. Taplin moved to adopt Resolution No. 135. Motion seconded
by Mr. Landis and unanimously voted.
Mr. Webb explained that the Balmoral Hotel had requested
the Council's permission to again renew their lease with the
Gulf American Land Corporation for another year. After con-
sideration, on motion of Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Taplin and
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unanimously voted, the Balmoral Hotel was ;;ranted permission
to renew their lease with the Gulf American Land Corporation
and to obtain an occupational license from the Vill:a,;-e Clerk.
Mr. Landis moved to adjourn. Motion seconded by Mr.
White and unanimously voted,
Mayor
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
COUNCIL MINUTES
AUGUST 28, 1965
The Council of Bat Harbour Village met at 9:30 A. M.
August 28, 1965 at the Village Hall,
Present: Messrs: Faulkner, Landis, Taplin and White.
Absent: Mr. Frank C. Hart, Jr.
Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary
T. Wetterer, Village Clerk; and Thomas H. Anderson,
Village _Attorney.
On motion of Mr. Landis, seconded by Mr. White and unan-
imously voted, the minutes of the previous meeting of July
31st, recessed to August 4, 1't61 were approved as submitted.
The first item on the agenda was the proposed "Stop
and Frisk"ordinance which Mr. Anderson read to the members.
Chief of Police, Dulany J. Dupuy, asked to be heard on this
ordinance. He stated that the connotation of the name "Stop
and Frisk" has given the wrong impression to the general
public and this proposed ordinance simply allowed the Police_
Officer to stop a suspicious person for questioning and, for
reasonable cause, have the right to search said person. The
Chief further stated that in view of the present nationwide
lawlessness, and the ever increasing need to combat crime,
this ordinance would offer the Police Officer an effective
tool to help in crime prevention. Mr. Landis made a motion to
adopt
August 28, 1965