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Home My Public Portal About03/19/1957 * Special MeetingMinutes of the Special Meeting of Town Commission of Town of Gulf Stream, Florida Held on: March 19, 1957. Present: Mayor - Commissioner Vice -Mayor It Commissioner Commissioner Town Attorney Deputy Town Clerk Also in attendance - L. Seton Lindsay - Stewart B. Iglehart - Henry V. Pope - Wm. F. Koch, Jr. - Henry F. Lilienthal - J. Raleigh Fountain - Curtis H. Dodson Mayor Lindsay called the meeting to order and then expressed his appreciation to the Commissioners for their diligent work and cooperation whi k serving on the Commission. He then requested the Town Clerk to proceed with the report of the election and swearing in of Commissioners. The Town Clerk read the names of the persons receiving the highest number of votes in the General Election held on March 5, 1957. They were: L. Seton Lindsay, Stewart B. Iglehart, William F. Koch,Jr., Curtis H.Dodson and Henry V. Pope. The Town Clerk stated that these men had been declared by the Town Commission to be duly elected Town Commissioners; to serve as such for three years as required by the Charter Act of the Town. The oath of office was administered to each of said newly elected Commissioners by Town Clerk, J. Raleigh Fountain in his official capacity as a Notary Public duly authorized to administer oaths in the State of Florida. Commissioner Iglehart nominated L. Seton Lindsay for Mayor; William F. Koch, Jr, seconded the nomination. Mr. Lindsay was thereupon elected Mayor by a unanimous vote. Mr. Koch nominated Mr. Iglehart for the office of Vice - Mayor; Mr. Pope seconded and Mr. Iglehart was elected Vice - Mayor by a unanimous vote. Mayor Lindsay nominated Mr. Dodson for the position of Town Clerk. Mr. Koch seconded and Mr. Dodson was elected Town Clerk by a unanimous vote of the Commissioners. Mayor Lindsay recommended the appointment of J. Raleigh Fountain as Deputy Town Clerk. After a second by Mr. Pope, Mr. Fountain was appointed unanimously. Special Meeting held on March 19, 1957• (cont'd.) 2 Mayor Lindsay appointed Mr. Harry A. Johnston and Mr. Henry F. Lilienthal, Town Attorneys. The Commissioners approved their appointment by a unanimous vote. Mayor Lindsay and the other Commissioners discussed the Police situation. It was decided that Mr. Earl Mayfield would be asked to serve as patrolman through the month of April, but that J. R.Fountain should make certain that Mr. Mayfield understood that his employment would terminate April 30th. Mayor Lindsay made a motion that the Town of Gulf Stream adopt the pay rate schedule of police officers used by the City of Delray Beach as near as practical with Roy Cowart being classified in the same bracket as Delray Assistant Chief, and further that Mr. Melton Partin continue to receive $300.00 per month until Oaf 1, 1957 or until such time as the Commissioners deem it necessary to raise Mr. Partints salary. Mr. Koch seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. Mayor Lindsay made a motion that the Commissioners hold the regular monthly meeting on the second Saturday of each month commencing on Saturday, April 13, 1957 at 10 o'clock A. M. and that the meeting be held at the Town Hall in Gulf Stream, Florida unless otherwise decided. Mr. Dodson seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Mr. Koch recommended that Mayor Lindsay and himself meet and prepare a letter to be mailed to the City of Delray Beach recommending that Gulf Stream be permitted to purchase water from the City of Delray Beach in the event an emergency arises. There being no fut:her business the commissioners adjourned. ATM -ST: L_` ountain Minutes of the Meeting of the Town Commissioners sitting as a Board of i Equalizers on March 19, 20, and 21, 1957. The Town Commission of Gulf Stream, Florida, on March 19 and from day to day thereafter until and through March 21, 1957 between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 12 :01 P. M., met at the Town Hall of Gulf Stream, Florida as a Board of Equalizers, to hear and consider any and all complaints of tax payers, and to receive and equalize values of real estate and improved property on the Town +s Tax Assessment roll as of January 1, 1957. The Town Clerk presented to the Board of Equalizers, a notice of Resolution #465 calling attention to the date and time of the Board of Equalization Meeting. Said notice was posted on the Town bulletin board on March 11, 1957 and remained thereon in plain sight until April -1, 1957. The Board ordered a copy of the said notice attached to their minutes and to be made a part thereof by this reference. The Town's Tax Assessment Roll was presented to the Commission- ers sitting as a Board of Equalizers. The following summation of valuations was disclosed. Total value of all Real Estate and Improvements as recorded on the Town's Tax Assessment Roll on January 1, 1957 t 2.123.512.00 Homestead and Widows Exemptions 166,750.00 Property Held Under Town Tax Sale Certificates NONE Total Taxable Valuation of Real Estate and Improvements 1,956,762.00 The Town Commission sitting as a Board of Equalizers, after reviewing the Tax Roll and the Assessed Valuations as shown thereon, passed by a unanimous vote the following Resolution: RESOLUTION #466 WHEREAS, the Town Commission sitting as a Board of Equalizers at the Gulf Stream Town Hall, from March 19, 1957 through and in- cluding March 21, 1957 between the hours of 10 A. M. and 12 }O1 P.M. each day and adjourning from day to day, did hear all complaints by the Taxpayers of the Town of Gulf Stream, Florida, relative to the valuations placed on the respective pieces of property by the Tax Assessor of the Town of Gulf Stream, Florida on the 1957 Tax Board of Equalizers Meeting March 19,20, and 21,1957 (cont'd.) - 2 - Roll and do hereby state, affirm and agree that the said valua- tions are fair, reasonable and just and do hereby RESOLVE that the said Tax Assessment and Valuation Roll as recorded by the Town Tax Assessor as of January 1, 1957, be hereby approved and adopted. It is hereby recorded, also, that no tax payer appeared before this Board of Equalizers during the times and dates scheduled for hearing complaints. The following Resolution was passed unanimously. RESOLUTION #467 BE IT RESOLVED that the 1957 Tax Roll, as has on March 21, 1957 been revised and equalized, be returned to the Tax Assessor and that the Tax Assessor is hereby instructed and directed by the Town Commissioners to fix values on the said assessment roll, and we do hereby declare the said values to be equalized. The said values shall not be altered or changed except where there is a decreaj6e in value adopted by Palm Beach County. Adjourned at 12;01 p.m. March 21, 1957. �- ✓ V V ATTEST: i/I 'i CHECK3 DRAWN ON GENERAL FUND Respectfully submitted, J. a elg ountain MARCH, 1957 22 311 E.Glass $ 46.6$ 23 S.T. Scott 41.91 24 3/8 E.Glass 46.68 25 S.T.Scott 41.91 26 Southern Bell Telephone 15.82 27 Advance Secretariat 16.60 2$ Colony Cleamers 22.45 29 30 Whitt MacDowell (Radio repair) Standard Oil Service Sta. 49:g? 31 Ocean Blvd. Ser. Sta. 13.75 32 Delray Machine Shop 06.33 33 VOID 34 City of Delray Beach 47.00 35 Howard W. Smith 5$.50 36 Gedney' Johnston & Lilienthal 61.58 37 Pitts Car Rentals $6.37 38 VOID 39 Johnny Gregory (Install Siren) 10.00 40 3/14 Dorotha Bauer 15.00 41 Charles Turner 15.00 42 Florence Cramp 15.00 43 3115 E.Glass 46.68 44 S.T.Scott 41.91 45 Fla. Power & Light 76.5$ 46 The Sireno Co. 87.38 47 Fountains (Gloves for Glass & Scott) 2.70 48 Gulf Stream Golf Club (Gasoline) 150.55 49 3/22 S.T.Scott 41.91 50 E.Glass 46.68 51 3/25 C.E.Jones (Transcript) 3.75 52 3/27 Earl Mayfield 207.00 53 3/29 E.Glass 46.68 54 S.T.Scott 44.11 55 3/31 Roy Cowart 334.68 56 Melton Partin 259.25 57 R.Fountain 334.52 58 E. Fountain 70.01 59 Ike Walton 5.00 Total 2,490.22 Respectfully submitted, J. a elg ountain _a FINANCIAL R---,PORT FOR MARCH, 1957 WATER REPORT: Master Meter 'tabulation Individual meters WATER FUND: Balance on Feh.28,1957 Deposits - March, 1957 Checks - March; 1957 Balance on March, 31, 1957 GENERAL FUND: Balance on Feb. 28, 1957 Deposits - March, 1957 Checks - March, 1957 Balance on March 31, 1957 RESERVE DEPRECIATION FUND: No checks drawn - No deposits, Balance remains - March 31, 1957 MONIES RECEIVED DURING MARCH, 1957: Water Trash Taxes Licenses Fines Permits Other Total CHECKS DRAWN ON THE !"DATER ACCOUNT: # 100 3/$ 101 VOID 101 102 3/14 103 3/29 105 3/39 0 Picard Chemical Gulf Stream Golf Club Howard Lee Bromer Bo -Del Printing Harry rurdom 3,715,300 4,185,000 33.00 $73p= 374.52 33.75 12.90 50.00 Total $ 504.17 $ 2,$60.12 871.$0 504.17 3,227.75 $ 20,474.20 455.06 $ 6 18,439-04 6,581.63 807.$0 2$x:88 90.00 95.00 12.00 2.00 # 1,386.26