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HomeMy WebLinkAbout30989 - MINUTES - City Commission January 13, 19?0 MEETING DECEMBER 220 1969 CORRECTION ON ITEM #12 Mayor Houston then brought up the purging of the voting ® list, he said that last year there was very little done on this . Commissioner Thornton stated that the people had to rerigister with the County this year and he saw no reason ® they could not rerigister with the City. Commissioner Kelly said this brings up a point , very timely and maybe a good time. I don't know what the procedure ® would be. Whether we would have to change our charter or what, but most every other city , the county registrar handles the books. Gentlemen I think this is a very antiquated system the way we do It. If anybody has ever ran or gone thru any of the problems and seen some of the problems and seen some of the conditions of the people that are still on the records , that have died and have 0 moved away and this, that , and the other. Some of the problems that we have I think is just proof that it Is an antiquated system. Commissioner Jackson asked when was the last time they had a purge, Mayor answered we have never really had a purge, Commissioner Kelly said never really a good one, but if you have ever mailed out letters and put a return address and see how many come back. • Commissioner Kelly then asked what it would take to have the County handle our books just like they do for other cities. City Attorney then said they can do it, there is a State Law. w I would like to talk to the supervisor before you formally take action. The basic problem may be that we don't have a problem. Making sure that the county precincts line up with ours. Otherwise you get some 0 divided precincts to worry about and I am not certain what the Ccunty Precincts are. Mayor Houston said one place would be the West Side , that there would be a division between 69 and 92, ® City Attorney then said that is cne thing I would like to talk to the supervisor about. :S (1) a (2 ) Commissioner Kelly then asked if they could authorize the City Attorney to check Into this and see what needs to be done. It would certainly take a load off of Mr Clay and it would keep our books up to date. That is their job, they pick up everything which we don't here. City Clerk then said Oh yes we do, everytime I get a death notice I make the change. Commissioner Kelly then said allright lets put it this way, it has not been done- in the past. Mayor Houston - Let me say this gentlemen, I think the City Attorney will follow through on this and come back to us with a recommendation. But in the meantime I think It behooves everyone to take those lists and check off the ones you know are bad. Because the Countyis not going to have time to do this. There is no use turning over bad ones to them. Commissioner Thornton then said the County will do the same thing they did on their registration, they will send out a notice and if you don't send back and reregister, you don't vote when the election come up. If you can't read that notice you are out of luck. The Mayor asked the City Attorney to inquire from the County If the lists were turned over to them could they. start purging immediately . The City Attorney then stated he would contact them and find out If the lists were turned over If they could start purging immediately, he also said as soon as he had the information he would give each of them a memorandum. Commissioner Kelly then said all the other big cities do this and } they can afford to do it a lot better than we can, but they let the County do it. Just like if we were trying to colleot our own taxes. It would be a pain in the neck. (2) y^ .. C) MMMNMNM SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION HELD ON DECEMBER 22, 1969, IN THE CITY COMMISSION ROOM, DANIA, FLORIDA ROLL CALL PRESENT: Mayor-Commissioner Robert E. Houston Commissioners William E. Jackson Robert Kelly Joseph Thornton Boisy Waiters City Manager R. J. Richardson City Attorney Clarke Walden City Engineer John Farina Bldg. Inspector H. Walker City Clerk E. R. Clay Police Chief Phil Thompson 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DEC. 8th, .1969. Comm. Thornton made a motion to approve the minutes and the motion was seconded by Comm. Jackson. The vote was 4-0. 2. APPROVAL OF BROWARD JUNIOR COLLEGE BILL. Comm. Thornton made a motion to approve payment of the tuition bill from Broward Junior College for a Fire Fighting Course taken by Firemen List & Briggs. This was seconded by Comm. Jackson. The vote was 4-0. • 3. Then Comm. Thornton made another motion to pay the bill for M & F Wrecking Co. for the wrecking and demolishment of various buildings in the City of Dania. This was seconded by Comm Waiters. The vote was 5-0. There was a brief discussion following the motion concerning the demolishment of future buildings. Comm. Waiters requested that in the future, there be pictures and a legal description of all buildings to be torn down. Comm. Thornton stated that the property owners of the property,whereupon buildings were demolished, should be billed and after 30 days an assessment made on their property. Comm. Thornton made a motion for a Resolution to be made for the billing of property owners and the assessment of property where buildings are demolished. This was seconded by Comm. Jackson. The roll was called and the vote was 5-0. 4. Comm. Thornton made a motion that the bids be closed for the Tractor. This was seconded by Comm. Kelly. Then the only bid was opened from Growers Tractor Co. Meir bid was for $5910. 00 less $924. 00 Trade in allowance, net price $4986.00. Comm. Thornton made a motion that the Tractor bids be turned over to the City Manager for recommendation by next commission meeting. This was seconded by Comm. Jackson. The vote was 5-0. 5. A request was made by a Mrs. Daise for permission to connect to the Dania Water Supply in Camp Blanding. Comm. Waiters is to consult with the City Engineer about their fees and all expenses for the connection. 6. APPROVAL OF A 2-COP License for the Busy Bee Tavern. Comm. Thornton made the motion for the above and it was seconded by Comm. Waiters. The vote 5-0. Dec. 22, 1969 (2) 7. The City Attorney then read a letter from a Mr. Irving Golden. It was a personal request for sewer facilities on a piece of property at the junction of Gulf Stream Rd and the Cut Off Canal. The ® City Attorney suggested that Mr. Golden contact the firm of Broome and Farina, City Engineers, and work out plans for construction at his own cost. 8. The City Manager then read a letter from the State Board of Health which was in brief a report to state that the City of Dania's ® Water Plant was in good condition. 9. A discussion was brought up about the remainder of buildings to be demolished. The Mayor requested the City Manager to get a proposal in writing for the prices of wrecking and demolishing additional ® buildings . 10. Comm. Kelly mentioned the bad trash and cardboard box condition behind the Surf 5 & 10 Store. The City Manager stated that he had spoken to all the merchants about the bad trash condition twice, however something else must be done regarding this situation. Comm. Thornton made a motion that the Trash and Cardboard box law should be enforced and the merchants fined for non adherence. The motion was seconded by Comm. Jackson. The roll was called and the vote was 4-0 with Comm. Kelly passing, because he felt too involved with the situation. 11. Comm. Waiters brought up the subject of annexation and suggested that the people of D ania vote either for or against annexation Feb. 10, 1970. While on the subject of annexation, Mayor Houston stated that the Police Department and City Hall offices needed to be expanded ® as well. After a lengthy discussion, Comm. Jackson made a motion that Victor Larson, an architect be contacted for planning the expansion of City Hall and the Police Department. This was seconded by Comm. Waiters. The roll was called and all were in favor. ® 12. Mayor Houston suggested that all commissioners get together and assist the City Clerk in purging the Voters List. The City Attorney was authorized to check with the county, if the list could be turned over to them for bringing up to date with the county records. Respectfully submitteedd� /r�-6. N-at a� BY Robert E. Houston, Mayor E. . Clay, City C e s (2)