11-04-35 v REGULAR MEETING OFTHE TOWN COnCIL OF ATLANTIC BEACH
HELD NOVEMBER 4th, 1935, at 8 o' clock P. M. at the Town Hall.
Present:-
Lawrence K. Tucker, Jr.
Jas. D. Palmer,
Geo. B. Stallings
E. H. Thompson
The meeting was called to order by Mr. Lawrence
K. Tucker, Jr., President.
foe ,aqn motion of Mr. Palmer, seconded by Mr. Stallings,
put, and carries �the minutes of the regular meeting of
October 14th and the Equalization Meeting of the same date
and the Special Called Meeting of October 18th was waived.
Upon motion of Mr. Thompson, seconded by Nr. Stallings,
put and carried, the following bills were approved:
Bisbee-Baldwin Corp. Fire and Theft on Truck --$10.10
Jacksonville Journal-Notice Completion Prelim-
inary tax assessment roll- 7.50
Clifford A.Payne,Co. Premium-Bond of E. J.
Candee, Clerk - 20.00
H. B. McDaniel Work on Town Truck 5.10
Robt. E. Sugg Gas and Oil, Oct. 16,to
Nov. 4, 1935 16.75
J.L. Burke,Surveyor Block adjoining Town Hall- 10.00
$69.45
Upon motion of Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Stallings,
put and carried, the clerk was instructed to notify Clifford
A. Payne Co. , Inc. to cancel bond of M. V. Osborne, Treasurer,
taken out through Hartford-Indemnity Co. , under date of
March 15, 1935, same to be cancelled as of Oct. 19, 12 M,
1935.
Councilman Palmer presented a resolution as follows:
WHEREAS, the Engineers for the seawall structure
have submitted letters to the owners of ocean front lots
relative to the removal or retention in place of the steps; and
WHEREAS, twelve (12) ,owners have indicated that they
desire their steps removed for the winter season and will assume
the responsibility for the replacement thereof when said
owners shall need the steps;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Council
do, and it hereby does, instruct its engineers to arrange
with the contractor for the removal of the steps of the
twblve (12) owners indicated; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the engineers arrange
with the contractors for repair and replacement of all
other steps, whether belonging to private owners, or to
the Town, . at suitable times preceding the final examination
of the structure; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the disposal of the
steps as aforesaid shall not be held as a failure on the part
of the contractor to comply with the specifications and re-
quirements of the contract, nor shall it operate to prevent
the Town Council from accepting the structure as complete
in all respects.
PROVIDED that the structure is complete in all other
respects, with the disposal of the steps as above indicated.
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Upon motion of Councilman Palmer, seconded by
Councilman Thompson, the resolution was unanimously
adopted.
A letter from Mrs. H. L. McCullough was read in
which she stated that owing to the inadequate mucking
of the street between her property and the estate of the
J late W. H. Macduff, sand was being blown onto her premises
and into-her house, which caused a most annoying situation.
Upon motion, put, seconded and carried, this matter waw-
referred to the Chairman of the Public Works Committee.
The question of the liquor ordinance not yet having
been settled, but not being of immediate concern, upon
motion of Mr. Palmer, seconded by Mr. Stallings, put and carried
was voted tabled temporarily.
The question of the report submitted by Mr. Geo. H.
Smith as Chairman of the City Planning Committee as to the
water supply for the Town, having been brought before the
Council, a motion was made by ivir. Palmer, seconded by
Mr. Stallings, put and carried, that Mr. Smith' s report be
given full consideration as soon as the Council receive
information from the Government as to the status of their
application for water works project, which is now pending.
Mr. Smith submitted his third report to date,
this last being on the subject of obtaining a High School
for Atlantic Beach.
Upon the conclusion of the reading of this report
a committee composed of the following was appointed to
confer and work out a plan for the furtherance of this project:
Messers J. C. Outler
M. W. Pruitt
H. P. Meyerson
Finley Tucker
Robert Milam
Chalmers D. Horne
R. Marks
Frank Norris
C. P. Wilcox
Geo. H. Smith
Gen. Sumpter L. Lowery
aided by the following ladies:
Mrs. Gordon Wright
" C. P. Wilcox
" W. R. McQuaid
" W. H. Adams, Jr.
" Harcourt Bull
and Robt. R. Sugg, Mayor, the Mayor being ex-officio member
of all Committees.
Mr. Osborne, Treasurer, submitted his usual financial
report, which was ordered filed, and a certified statement
of balance which is in words and figures as follows:
Jacksonville, Florida.
November 1, 1935.
Chairman, Finance Committee,
Town of Atlantic Beach,
Atlantic Beach, Fla. •
Dear Sir:-
We hereby certify that the balance standing to the
credit of:
M. V. Osborne Treasurer
as shown by our books at the close of business Oct.31, 1935
was: Four Hundred sixty one w,} -.•x••72/100 Dollars (0461.72
Very truly yours
J. L. Dart
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There being no further business for consideration
the meeting adjourned.
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