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July 28, 1973
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met Saturday, July 28, 1973 at 9:30
A.M. in the Village Hall.
Present: Messrs. Beatty, Brush, Printup and Scott
Absent: Mr. Taplin
Also present were Fred W. Maley, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer,
Village Clerk; and Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney.
On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Brush, and voted, the minutes of
the previous meeting of June 30, 1973 were approved as submitted.
Mr. Maley told the Council that he had called.the Federal Revenue Sharing
Office and the proposed expenditure for the library of our Federal Funds was a proper
expenditure. On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Scott and voteet the expendi-
ture of $7,417 received since January 1, 1972 on the 1973 -74 library operation was
approved. On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Brush and voted the proposal to
use the $19,761 Federal Funds for fiscal year 1973 -74, $2,333 on the balance of
the library contract and $17,428 for the new water pumping station, wa4� approved.
In order to segregate the Federal Revenue Sharing monies from the Village accounts
on motion of -Mr. Brush, seconded by Mr. Beatty,and voted the funds are to be placed
in an account at Chase Federal Savings and Loan .Association,.
Mr. Neil Orange and Mr. Maley discussed with the Council the old water
pumping station and explained the proposed improvements to the system. On motion
of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Brush and voted Mr. Maley was authorized to sign the
contract with Ludovici- Orange in the amount of $80430.
On motion of Mr. Brush, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted the request of
the Sutton - Carlton Apartments to -place the name of the building on the canopy in-
stead of one on the front face of the building was granted.
Mr. Larry Cliff, Ralph Gimel and Sanford Chobol of the Bal Harbour Resort
Association appeared to request funds from the Resort Tax collections in the amount
of $21,480 for five separate itemsras outlined in their July 1973 request to the
Council. On motion of Mr. Beattys" "seconded by Mr. Scott and voted the request was
granted subject to the Council's approval of the brochure and direct payments by the
Village to the suppliers for the other items.
Mr. George Ling discussed various aspects of the Employees Pension Plan
and outlined what services their firm could provide. On motion of Mr. Beatty,
seconded by Mr. Scott and voted, Kruse, O'Connor and Ling were retained to
administer the pension plan as outlined in their proposal.
RESOLUTION No. 211
assuring Bal Harbour's compliance with the provisions of the State Revenue Sharing
Act was adopted on motion of Mr. Brush, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted.
On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Scott, and voted the financial
statements for therine months' operation were filed for audits
The Council discussed the auditing procedures for the Village and on
motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Scott and voted, the Village.Manager was
instructed to get proposals from several auditing firms for the review of our
accounting procedures, but not to include an audit for the 1972 -73 fiscal year.
The proposed budgets for the General Fund, Water Department, Sewer
Department and Department of Tourism were reviewed and discussed by the Council..
On motion of Mr. Brush, seconded by Mr. Beatty, and voted
RESOLUTION No. 212
adopting the General Fund Budget was adopted.
RESOLUTION No. 213
adopting the Water Fund Budget was adopted on motion of Mr. Scott, seconded by
Mr. Beatty, and voted.
On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Brush, and voted
RESOLUTION No, 214
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adopting the Sewer Department Budget was adopted.
RESLLUTION No. 215
adopting the Department of Tourism Budget was adopted on motion of Mr. Brush,
seconded by Mr. Beatty, and voted.
Mr. Anderson reported that all the water rate suits against Miami Beach
had now been placed in one court and would probably .come to trial in.November
or December. He said that Mr. Claude Wertz, former head of the Miami Water
Department had been retained as an expert witness for the towns affected. y
On motion of 24r. Brush, seconded by Mr. ,Scott, Mr. Printup was desig-
nated as the Voting Delegate for the Florida League of Cities meeting'in
October.
Mr. George Laiken of the Camelot Hall appeared to ask if the Village
could send out a letter to all landlor& informing them of the new law regarding
tenant's security deposits and explained what the owners of the Camelot were
doing to the tenants. Mr. Anderson explained that thia�is a civil .matter and
suggested that the tenants retain legal council to pursue the matter.
The Village Manager was instructed to increase the liability coverage
to five million dollars and take bids on the insurance for the next fiscal year.
There being no further business on motion of Mr. Scott, seconded by
Mr. Beatty, the meeting was adjourned at 12:25 P.M.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
July 281, 1973