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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1976-09-14 Meeting258 September 15, 1976 The Council of Hal Harbour Village met Wednesday. September 15, 1976, at 5:00 P.M. in the Village Hall for the purpose of hearing any objections to a tax levy amounting to 1.02047. over the Dade County Certified millage. Present: Messrs. Beatty, Davis and Printup Absent: Mr. Logan and Mr aaplin Also present were Fred W. Maley, Village Manager; and Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk. As there were no taxpayers present, Mr. Maley asked if the Council would consider items that were not on the Agenda at the September 14th meeting. The Manager showed the members a sketch of proposed landscaping at the corner of 96th Street and West�Bal Harbour Blvd. After discussion it was moved by Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty, and voted that Mr. Daley be authorized to get bids on the sidewalk, crossing area, and landscapting at this corner. Mr. Maley said that he needed two new garbage trucks and wanted to pur- chase International trucks with Load Master packers. it was moved by Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted that bid procedure be waived and the Manager was authorized to purchase two new trucks. Mr. Printup announced that the next tax hearing would be at 9:30 A.M. September 28, 1976. No taxpayers appeared at the meeting and on motion of Mr. Beatty,seconded by Mr. Davis, the meeting was adjourned at 5:15 P.M. ATTEST: r e5�Ge�.7('2cr Pillage Clerk September 14,1976 The Ccauncil of Hal Harbour Village met Tuesday, September 14, 1976 at 9:30 A.M. in the Village Hall. Present: Messrs. Beatty, Davis, Logan and Frintup Absent: Mr. Taplin 259 Villages tilting. and AianFuoId, Village Attorney. Mt. Bill BergerWwaasealso present to represent Mr. Gold due to the necessity of his leaving the meeting early. On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Davis, the minutes of the previous meetings of July 27, 1976 and August 31, 1976 were adopted as submitted. Mr. Gold reported that he and Mr. Maley have been in contact with the officials of North Miami Beach and we will file suit to enjoin North Miami Beach from cutting the water off at the end of the contract, December lst. Mr. Neil Orange is working on the data to be presented to the court. It was moved by Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted that the Village pay Ludivici and Orange for the report in an amount not to exceed $3,000.00. In reference to the City of Miami Beach case, Mr. Gold reported that Mr. Ctshen had represented us last weak at a hearing and the rate is still subject to their dispute with Dade County. Mr. Gold said he had reviewed the Gas Company Franchise Ordinancecixich was in order. Mr. M4Ley suggested that due to the minimal sales of gas that the franchise be granted without a fee at this time. Such a fee could be im- posed later, at the option of the Village. Ordinance No. 190 was read by title for first rwading. On motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted the Ordinance was passed on first reading. Mr. Gold said he would like to talk to Mr. Anderson about the Giblin case contempt citation. Mr. Printup suggested that we wait until the owners of the building et back and perhaps we can negotiate with them. Mr. William Beckham, Insurance Agent for the Village, explained that when the General Comprehensive Liability contract was changed from Consolidated Mutual to U.S. Fidelity add Guarantee, two years ago, that the false arrest provision had been dropped inadvertently. Mr. Beckham said that due to the fact that the Village was being sued for false arrest at the present time, that the attorney for his own insurance company would handle the defense for the Village and the officer. Hel'said that he was getting figurea on false arrest insurance and would have them for the September 28th meeting. Mr. Logan arrived at 10:10 A.M. and was not present for any of the above. Mr. Maley said that he and Miss Wetterer had interviewed representatives from various accounting,firms and wished to recommend Arthur Anderson and Company to be appointed external auditors for the Village. Mr. Al Warrington and James Powell from the firm were present to answer any questions. On motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Logan, and voted the firm of Arthur Anderson and Company was retained as auditor for the Village. Mr. Leonard Krez appeared and asked the Council to meet with Messrs..Mac- aonald and Walsh of the Florida Power and Light Company to request immediate replacement of the underground cables, vaults and transformers in the Residential District. Re cited various power failures in recent months. Mr. Maley said ete Power Company has plans for a $100,000 program for rewiring the Residential 9istrict. Mr. Printup said that he would contact Mr. Schaeter, the Miami Beach Manager, and start working on this. Z60 Mr. Maley, said the Harbour House North has presented a bill in the amount of $3,340.00 for paving,to create additional parking spaces to re- place those lost by granting the easement for beach access. Mr. Maley said he recommends that the Village would not reimburse the Harbour House. On motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted the request was denied. On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Davis, and voted Mayor Printup was appointed as the voting delegrate for the Florida league of Cities meet- ing in 0 Bober. Mr. Maley told the Council that inasmuch as we have received Federal reimbursement for the beach project in the amount of $2,260,014.66 that he - believed that all out -standing bonds should be called as of October 1, 1976. Be said the bank has given us a letter. waiving the Call Notice, After dis- cussion on motion of Mr. Logan, seconded by Mr. Davis and voted, Mr. Maley was authorized to call the bonds. The Council discussed the -possibility of landscaping the beach and noted the remarks made by Mr. von Oesen in his letter to the Council..., Mr. Printup said that members of the Resort Association wished to attend the next meeting to discuss expenditures from the Resort Tax monies. On motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Logan, and voted the matter was tabled for the next leeting. Mr. Maley said ,that Bay Harbor, Surfside and Bal Harbour have discussed retaining an engineer for a preliminary study on obtaining water directly from Dade County. After discussion it was moved by Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Logan and voted that Bal Harbour would spend up to $5,000 as our share of the study. Mayor Printup said that Mr.Iurie from Surfside had asked that Bal Harbour contribute more than 20% we are now paying for the cost of the library. After discussion on the degree of use of the library by our residents, and our propor- tionate population, it was moved by Mt. Logan, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted that Surfatide's request be denied. Mayor Printup said he had attended meetings of the Dade County Commission in regard to the proposed improvements on 96th Street. The County has weed to allocate $250,000 of the interest earned on the Decade of Progress bond issues for this project. The Village Clerk read the following Ordinances in full for final reading, and on motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted ORDINANCE No. 185 adopting the General Fund Budget for 1976-77 was adopted; ORDINANCE No. 186 adopting the Water Department Budget for 1976-77 was adopted on motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Logan and voted; ORDINANCE No. 187 adopting the Sewer Department Budget was adopted on motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted; l6 1 ORDINANCE No. 188 adotping the Department of Tourism Budget £or.1976-77 was adopted on motion of Mr. Beatty,. seconded by Mr. Davis, and voted; ORDINANCE No. 189 adopting the Dade County building permit fees was read by title only. On motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Logan,•and voted the Ordinance was passed on first reading. There being no further business, on motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 A.M. ATTEST: Village Clerk September 14,1976 September 28,1976 The Council of Bel Harbour Village met Tuesday, September 28,1976 at 9:30 A.M. in the Village Hall. Present: Messrs. Beatty, Davis, Logan and Printup Absent: Mr. Taplin Also present were Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk; and Alan Gold, Village Attorney. On motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty, and voted the minutes of the previous meetings of September 14th and 15th, 1976 were approved as sub- mitted. Mayor Printup asked if there was anyone .present for the Public Hearing on a proposed levy over the certified millage. There being none,the Council proceeded with the regular meeting. ORDINANCE No. 189 adopting the Dade County Building Permit fee schdule was read in full by the Village Clerk. On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Davis, and voted the Ordinance was adopted on final reading. ORDINANCE No. 190 granting a franchise to Peoples Gas System was read in full for final reading. On motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Logan and voted the Ordinance was