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HomeMy WebLinkAbout31016 - MINUTES - City Commission (1) 0 REGULAR CITY COfMISSION T.tEETING HELD JUNE 24D) 1969, AT DANIA CITY IiALL� DANIA) FLORIDA. INVOCATION GIVEN BY CITY ATTORNEY, CIARKE IVALDEN FIEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL PRESENT MTAYOR - COMMISSIONER ROBERT E. HOUSTON COMSISSIONERS ROBERT KELLY ® JOSEPH THORNTON BOISY WAITERS CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN BUILDING INSPECTOR HUBERT WALKER ® CITY CLERK - AUDITOR E. R. CLAY ABSENT POLICE CHIEF PHIL THOMPSON ® 1. Ai'PROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 19TH, 1969. COMMISSIONER WAITERS MADE A 1.0TION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN2 THIS WAS SECONDED BY COI"1USSIONER THORNTON. MAYOR HOUSTON THEN SAID ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY IN THE USUAL MANNER. THERE WERE FOUR AYES. 2, 2ND READING ® G9ffER AND TANG CORP 350 WEST DIXIE HWYO DANIA FLORIDA. TRANSFER OF 4 COP LICENSE FROM HOWARDS BAR. COMMISSIONER THORNTON MADE A MOTION THAT THIS LICENSE BE PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. MAYOR HOUSTON THEN SAID ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY IN 7'HE USUAL MANNER. THERE YERE FOUR AYES. 3. 11AYOR HOUSTON THEN STATED HE HAD AN ITEM TO BRING UPS THIS WAS THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY. HE STATED THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THEY HAD PASSED AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST APED SECOND READING REGARDING THE TRAIN SPEED TIrOUGH DANIA. AT THAT TIME THE RAILROAD WAS ASKED TO REMOVE SOIL CONCRETE DOWN NEAR THE OLD DIXIE HWY, THE MAYOR THEN STATED HE HAD A LETTER FROM =E RAILROAD STATING THAT THE CONCRETE WOULD BE REMOVED AS ® SOON AS POSSIBLE AND NOT LATER THAN FORTY FIVE DAYS. COMMISSIONER THORNTON THIN MADE A MOTION THAT THE ORDINANCE BE PASSED ON THIRD AND FINAL READING,* TIIS '.',AS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL WAS THEN TAKEN AND PIE VOTE ' AS FOUR TO ZERO. 4. ;'. 'FOR HOUSTON THEN STATED THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A NEW 2 COP LICENSE FOR GLENN J. COOK HAD FALLEN THROUGH AS HE DID NOT TAKE UP THE LEASE. 5, APPROVAL TO ASSESS ABRAHAM PLOTINSKY OF 998 S. FEDERAL HWY FOR 1701 FRONTAGE ® 6.10 OR A TOTAL OF $1037.00. THIS HOOK UP WAS MADE VIA A LATERAL ON SO. FEDERAL HWY IN DECEMBER 1968. COMMISSIONER KEIIY THEN ASKED ABOUT THE CORIIER PIECE OF PROPERTY AND WHETHER IT HAD EVER BEEN ASSESSED. w_ MAYOR HOUSTON SAID THIS PROPERTY WOULD HAVE NO BEARING ON PLOTINSKY PROPERTY AND COULD BE CHECKED OUT IATER. COMMISSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A 1:OTION THAT A RESOLUTION BE DRAWN AND ADOPTED, THIS WAS SECONDED BY O11''1'ISSIONER KELIY. ROLL CALL WAS THEN TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS 4 TO 0. 6. 17+YOR 110USTON THEN STATED THAT ROBERT DUBOPi WAS IN THE AUDIENCE REGARDING 15' ALIEY IN THE MURAWSKA PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN OVERLOOKED WHEN THE 3TR .ETS l'EIE VACATED. C0119SSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A MOTION THAT AN RESOLUTION BE DRAFTED, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL WAS TIfEN TAKE14 AND THE VOTE WAS FOUR TO ZERO. 7. BRUYARD CABIEVISION INC. CITY ATTORNEY CIARKE WALDEN THEN READ THE TITLE OF TPE ORDINANCE. THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN STATED THAT ACCORDING TO THE CF,!.RTER ALL FOUR COtIUSSIONERS MUST VOTE AFFIRMATIVE. AND THAT IT COULD ONLY BE PASSED AT REGULAR MEETINGS. COMMISSIONER WAITERS MADE A MOTION TEAT IT BE PASSED ON FIRST READINGS THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER 7"HCRNTON. AFTER DISCUSSION A ROLL CALL WAS TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS FOUR TO ZERO. op June 2nd, 1969 W �h (2) -' i 8. PUk1LIC HEARING PAVING OF N. 4. 12TH AVENUE BE7NEEN N. W. 1ST STREET AND N. We 2ND STREZT� HEARING BEING HELD FOR OBJECTION TO THE ASSESSMENT.ROLL. THE CITY AT70RNEY THEN STATED THAT THE CITY CLERK HAD WORKED UP AN ASSESSMENT ® ROLL SHOWING THE AMOUNT DUE FROM EACH PROPERTY OWNER. THE CITY ATTORNEY THEM STATED IT WAS PROPER TO HAVE A RESOLUTION DRAWN AFFIRMING THE ASSESSI,T;NT ROLL. COILMUSSIONER WAITERS TH?N MADE A MOTION THAT A RESOLUTION BE DRA'NN AND ADOPTED ACCEPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL, THIS WAS THEN SECONDED r BY C018ISSIONER KELLY. ROLL CALL WAS THEN TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS FOUR TO ZERO. MAYOR HOUSTON THEN STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE HOW ANY PROPERTY OWNER a COULD OBJECT AS THE ASSESSMENT WAS ONLY .670 a foot and THE CITY WOULD HAVE s CHARGED THEM OVER $2,00 a FOOT. 9. THE MAYOR THEN BROUGHT UP IMPROVEMENT # 1-65 PAVING ON S. W. 7TH AVENUE. PROPERTY OWNERS NAME BEING HANNAH WHITE. HE EXPLAINED THAT MRS WHITE WAS ASSESSED $147.00 THREE TIMES, THE FIRST BEING ON FIFTY FEET ON S. W. 1st ® STREET A14D TIE OTHER TWO BEING ON S. W. 7TH AVENUE. EACH ASSESSMENT BEING FOR 501. THE MAYOR STATED SHE SHOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN ASSESSED FOR 501 ON S. W. 1ST STREET AND 501 ON S. W. 7TH AVENUE. THERE WAS THEN A LENGTHY DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ASSESSMENTS. THE CITYAT2Ckw THEN SAID WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WAS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO CORRECT THE ASSESSMENT ROLL. COM9,USSIONER KELLY THEN MADE A MOTION TO HAVE A RESOLUTION DRAWN TO CORRECT THE ASSESSMENT ROLL BY THE 501 6R A TOTAL OF 147.00, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL WAS THEN TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS 4 TO 0. 4 10. CLIRKP. 111f= THEN BROUGHT UP THE LEASE WITH THE FLORIDA OCEAN SPORTS, INC, AIM STATED THAT MUM. BERRY HAD JUST COMEIETED HIS SURVEY AND THAT IF THE CITY ',LSHED TH';Y COULD PASS ON FIRST READING AND ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE 0 LEASE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE TO BE PASSED AT TFE NEXT THREE REGULAR MEETINGS. THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN READ THE HIGH POINTS OF TIE LEASE. HE ALSO READ THAT THE LESSEE WOULD PREPAY THE FIRST YEARS RENT TO THE CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $4200,00 THIS MONEY TO BE USED TO PAVE THE PARKING AREA. COMMISSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A MOTION THAT THIS BE PASSED ON FIRST READING, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSION KELLY. ROLL CALL # 1:AS THEN TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS FOUR TO ZERO, THE EAYOR THEN STATED THAT THE LESSEE HAD HAD THE SURVEY TAKEN BY MR. BERRY AS TO „TUFT PART OF =t PARKING AREA THE CITY OWNED, HE THEN SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS TURNED OVER TO THE CITY ENGINEER AT THIS TIME TO START GET171JG READY FOR THE PAVING OF THE LOT. HE ALSO SAID THAT THERE WAS SOME 0 DRAINAGE TO BE PUT IN ALSO. THE MAYOR THEN ASKED MR FARINA IF THE DRAINAGE LINE THAT WAS IN COULD BE SALVAGED, HIS ANSWER WAS HE THOUGHT IT COULD. COI,7TSSIODER WAITERS THEN MADE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ENGINEER TO GO OUT AND CHECK THE DRAINAGE LINE AND TO GET READY TO WRITE SPECS SO THESE CONTRACTS COULD BE LET OUT SO AS NOT TO HOLD UP THE FLORIDA OCEAN SPORTS, INC., THIS 17AS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER THORNTON. MAYOR HOUSTON THEN SAID ALL THOSE 0 IN FAVOR SIGNIFY IN THE USUAL MANNER. THERE WERE FOUR AYES. 11. S_EAImD BIDS 8:30 P. M. BIDS ON INSTALLING A NEW RAW WATER FACILITY AT THE CITY OF DANIA WATER TRLkTI.ENT PIAI7T. THE MAYOR T-IEN ASKED IF ALL THE BIDS WERE IN. COMMISSIONER 0 THORNTON MADE A MOTION THE BIAS BE CLOSED, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMfUSSIONER WITERS. ROLL CALL WAS FOUR TO ZERO. THE CITY ENGINEER JOHN FARINA WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO OPEN THE BIDS. THE FIRST ONE WAS FROMs WTDELL ASSOCIATES ONE TjELL PLAN A. $242490.00 ® T1I0 V.FLL, PLAN B $303880.00 To be completed in 180 calander Days. DARGLL CONSTRUCTION CO. ONE ^,ELL PIAN A. $313954.00 0- T"1;0 7iELL PLAN B $52,100.00 Plan A. to be completed in 60 Calender Days. Plan B to be completed in 120 Calender Days. 0 June 2, 1969 (2) n (3) C01411.93SIONER KELLY THEN MADE A MOTION TO TURN THE BIDS OVER TO THE CITY ENGINEER AND CITY MANAGER FOR TABUTATIONV THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER THORNTON. ROLL CALL WAS FOUR TO ZERO. 12. TIti FAYOR THEN SAID 'RHIIE THEY WERE OPENING BIDS THAT THEY HAD THREE ON THE CHiIPFER, THE EIAYOR STATED THAT THEY HAD HAD THE BIDS FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS AND THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE OPENED. CO191,aSSIONER THORNTON TEEN MADE A. MOTION TO OPEN THE BIDS. THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN STATED IN THIS CASE HE: DID NOT T' INK A MOTION WAS NECESSARY, SO THE CO1nISSIONERS DECIDED TO CFEN THE BIDSr THEY 701E AS FOLIOWSt Mr. Stacey of Ft. Lauderdale $800.00 Mr. Warner $225.00 Johansen Tree Service $1006.00 C0I!LISSIONER THORNTON MADE A MOTION TO TURN THE BIDS OVER TO THE CITY YAIUAGER FOR TABULATION, NO MOTION WAS NECESSARY. 13. BILLS TO BE PAID D. A. KRAUSE APPRAISAL OF THE ATLANTIC REFINERY PROPERTY AT DANIA BEACH BLVD AND FEDERAL HWY. $300.00 THE 1,AYOR STATED THAT A COPY OF THE REPORT WAS TURNED OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND ALSO A COPY WAS GIVEN TO THE STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT. COMMISSIONER WAITERS MADE A MOTION TO ZXY THE BILL, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER THORNTON. ROLL CALL VAS FOUR TO ZERO. THE MAYOR THEN SAID THAT HE WAS AT THE STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT TODAY AND THAT HE HEARD THAT THE ROAD MIGHT BE HELD UP DUE TO THIS ATLANTIC PROPERTY, HE SAID IT WOULD BE DEIAYED UNLESS THEY HAD AN ORDER TO TAKE. THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THAT IF THE CITY PAD THE CASH THEY SHOULD PUT IT UP. COMMISSIONER THORNTON MADE A MOTION THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE AUTHORIZED TO GO AHEAD WITH CONDEMNATION OF THE PROPERTY, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ';AITERS. THE MOTION ALSO INCLUDED CLARKE WALDEN WRITING THEM A LETTER AND IF HE DID NOT HEAR FROM THEM SHORTLY TO GO AHEAD AND FILE. ROLL CALL 'VAS THEN TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS FOUR TO ZERO. llt. MYOR HOUSTON THEN BROUGHT UP THE BILL PAYABLE TO WM. MARKHAM FOR COMPUTING LANDS TO BE ANNEXED IN THE AMOUNT OF $65.00 TIE1AYOR THEN STATED THAT THE REASON THIS BILL WAS HELD UP WAS THAT SOME TIME AGO THE COMMISSION AGREED THAT NO CITY C0?.Q'ISSIONER !VOUID OBLIGATE THE CITY TO ANY BILL THAT WAS NOT AFPROVED OR THAT A PURCHASE ORDER WAS NOT ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER. THERE WAS THEN A IENGTHLY DISCUSSION REGARDING !,TAT THE COMsISSIONERS COULD DO OR NOT D0. COMMISSIONER THORNTON INSISTED THAT A PURCHASE ORDER SHOULD BE OPTAINED ON ANYTHING A C05TIISSIONER AUTHORIZED, COMMISSIONER WAITERS DID NOT AGREE EVEN THO THIS PAS ONE OF THE DEVIATIONS THE STATE AUDIT REPORT BROUGHT OUT. AFTER YORE DISCUSSION THE MAYOR CALLED FOR A ROLL CALL., IT WAS AS FOLLOiVSt COMihISSIONER KELLY YES C0j%aSSIONER THORNTON VOTED YES WITH THE STIPULATION THAT ANY CITY COMMISSIONER IN THE FUTURE WOULD GET A PURCHASE ORDER FROM THE CITY MANAGER REGARDLESS OF THE. AMOUNT OR HE NOUID VOTE NO ON ANY FUTURE BILLS TW.T CAME UP. YES C011ISSIONER WAITERS YES MAYOR HOUSTON NO C6NKENT WAS MISSED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS, IT BEING THAT A3 LONG AS MAYOR HOUSTON TOOK THE INITIATIVE HE WOULD ALSO TAhS THE INITIA'PJ.VE. June 2, 1969 (3) ;2• (4) ry '{ 15. THE MAYOR THEN RECONGIZED MR. PICKERING FROM THE AUDIENCE. THIS WAS IN asJ REGARDS TO THE SIDEWALK. THE MAYOR ASKED MY WALKER HOW FAR THE SIDEWALK '.';OULD HAVE TO BE MOVED, MR WALKER SAID IT WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED 51. THE MAYOR THEN STATED THAT REGARDLESS WHETHER IT WAS 4' 0511 eR SOME OTHER �# INCHES TIE 1AIN THING WAS TO LINE UP THE SIDEWALKS WITH THE EXISTING ONES THAT VIF.HE IN. 1L9Z PICKERING DID NOT WANT TO PUT IN THE SIDEWALK NO➢1 AS e tiny' THE TRUCKS WOULD BE RUNNING OVER IT AND BREAKING IT. MR PICKERING STATED THAT IF HE PUT IN THE SIDEWALK IT WOULD BE ON HIS PROPERTY AND THEN THE .:4 CITY 'iDUID HAVE TO BUY THAT STRIP OF LAND, HE WAS ASKED IF HE KNEW THE VALUE AND HE STATED NO THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO HAVE IT APPRAISED. _ THERE TIAS TIEN A DISCUSSION THAT LASTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND IT WAS r ALL ABOUT PARKING AREA„ LOUNGING AROUND THE POOL AND WATER DRIPPING INTO THE POOL. COIVISSIONER KELLY SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THE CITY ENGINEER SHOUID { NORK. WITH TH E PICKERIN}IS AND SEE WHAT THEY COULD COME UP WITH. CLARKE '- WALDEN STATED THAT NO ACTION NEED BE TAKEN EXCEPT TO ADVISE MR WALKER THAT '`` 'ITIE SIDEWAIX WAS HELD UP. , r4 .: 16. THE MAYOR TI'EN READ A LETTER FROM FRINGE BENEFITS REAGARDING THAT THEY COULD 5 NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION READY FOR TONIGHTS MEETING DUE TO HAVING TO WRITE TO SOIS OF THE COMPANIES FOR MORE INFORMATION. THEY ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH 2 THE C017ISSIONERS AND THE INSURANCE BOARD TO BE HELD ON JUNE 9TH, 1969 AT 7:30P. It. SO THEY COULD PRESENT THE PROPOSAIS. 17. TIE MAYOR THEN READ A LETTER 1i:AT ➢AS RECEIVED FROM THE STATE ROAD DEPT 'EGARDING A COPY OF THE 3$68 AUDIT REPORT, IT WAS THEN DECIDED BY THE C01.T.'ISSIONERS THAT THIS WAS NOT IMPORTANT. r 16, THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF THE DANIA NURSING HOME AND THAT THEY HAD BUILT A PUMPING STATION AND AFTER IT WAS COMPLETED THEY AGREED TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY, IT WAS ALSO AGREED THAT THE CITY WOULD BE RESONIBLE FOR THE UP KEEP OF IT. IT 0S BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE ASSESSIAENr AND THAT THEY VERE TO PAY THE SAME AMOUNT AS ANYBODY ELSE WHICH WAS $6.10 per foot FRONTAGE. THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN SAID A RESOLUTION SHOULD BE ADOPTED A AFTER APPROVAL OF THE CITY ENGINEER. AND ALSO THE AMOUNT TO BE PLACED ON THE ROLL. CO2,11SSIONFR KELLY THEN MADE A NOTION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED I'I MS AIM THIS WAS SECONDED BY COM4.1I5SIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL VUS FOUR TO ZERO, 19, COI.!I:ISSIONER KEELS THEN BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF MOST OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF DANIA HAVE BEEN RUNNING OVER THE HOLE DOWN AT STIRLING RD AND 1ST AVENUE AID HE THOUGHT IT WAS A DISGRACE. THE MAYOR THEN STATED ABOUT THE ROAD ILOCKS AT STIRLING ROAD HE SAID AFTER THEY HAD POURED THE CONCRETE THE TRAFFIC SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLDWFD TO GO THOUGH. Mi, GRAMMAR WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO STOP ALL WORK UNTIL THE ITEMS WERE FIXED. S. E. 2ND AVENUE WAS THEN BROUGHT UP HOW THEY WERE DESTROYING LAWNS AND NOT REPIACING THEM AND GRAMMER WAS f.GAIN INSTURCTED TO STOP THE WORK, COWaSSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A MOTION TO HAVE LR GRAZER CARRY OUT THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS3 THIS WAS SECONDED BY k" COI^CISSIONER KELLY. ROLL CALL WAS FOUR TO ZERO. 20. Commissioner Kelly then brought up THE SUBJECT OF DRY WELLS AND THAT HE HAD INSPECTED THE TWO THAT WERE PUT IN AND THEY BOTH WERE WORKING WELL AND HE THOUGHT TIAT ONE SHOULD BE PUT IN AT THE POST OFFICE AND ANOTHER A.T N. W. 7TH AVENUE. JUST SOUTH OF TIGERTAIL RD. COMMISSIONER KELLY LADE A POTION TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER CONTACT THE MAN THAT IUT IN THE OTHER DRY rrELLS AND GET A PRICE TO DO THESE TWO. THIS WAS SECONDED BY COM4ISSIONER T}CRNTON. ROLL CALL VAS FOUR TO ZERO, 21. C01.2ISSIONER WAITERS THEN BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF DRAG RACES ON THE WEST SIDE OF Ta,.7i AID OF DRINKING AND OTHER THINGS. HE STATED THAT THEY NEEDED ! ORE POLICE ON THE REST SIDE OF TOWN AND THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A GOOD MAN .HO COULD TAKE FINGERPRINTS. IT WAS THEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE JUNKED CARS IN DANIA, AID 1.11 GR&I^ER STATED HE HAD A MAN WHO WOULD HAUL ALL DANIA CARS TO OUR OLD DUEP AND STRIP THEM THERE ONLY SIX AT A TIMIS AND GRANTER WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE A DEAL WITH THIS GENTIEMAN ON A LLAY TO DAY BASIS. June 2., 1969 (4) +S Rm 22. VERA FETERIAN WAS THEN HEARD FROM THE AUDIENCE, HER COMPLAINT VAS DRAG RACES, MORE POLICE PROTECTION. SHE STATED THAT PEOPLE WERE BREAKING IN HOUSES ON THE WEST SIDE SAME AS THEY DO ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT SHE SAID SHE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE GETTING CAUGHT FOR BREAKING IN ON THE WEST SIDE. THE MSAYOR THEN STATED THAT IT IS REAL HARD TO HIRE A POLICEMAN AS THEY MUST HAVE 200 HOURS AT THE ACADEMY, HE SAID HE THOUGHT THE. POLICE CHIEF HAD ONE MAN. ITS PETERMAN THEN ASKED WHY ViOMBN COULD NOT DO THE DESK ORK AND LET THE MEN THAT WERE ON THE DESK GO ON THE OUTSIDE, IT WAS THEN EXPLAINED TO HER THAT THESE MEN WERE ONLY POLICE AIDES AND WERE NOT QUALIFIED FOR OUTSIDE WORK. COMMISSIONER THORNTON THEN TOLD MRS PETERMAN ® THE WAY TO STOP DRAG RACING WAS TO GET A PENCIL A14D A PIECE OF PAPER AND TAKE DO'VN THE LICENSE NUMBER OF THE CAR AND THEN CALL THE POLICE AND SWEAR OUT A WARRANT, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CAR SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED AND THAT IT '701LD BE NECESSARY FOR THE PERSON SWEARING OUT THE WARRANT TO APPEAR IN COURT. ® 23. CO).2dSSIONER THORNTON THEN COMMENTED THAT THEY HAD ALL RECEIVED A LETTER DATED MAY 26TH FROM THE CITY CLERK AND STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COYVISSION TAKE SOME KIND OF ACTION EITHER ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. COMMISSIONER WAITERS ASKED WHAT HE PROPOSED, COMMISSIONER THORNTON SAID EITHER GIVE HIM THE CITY MANAGER'S JOB, OR TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE WORK, OR GIVE HIM AN INCREASE IN PAY. h1AYOR HOUSTON THEN SAID THAT SINCE THE CITY CLERK HAD LEARNED ABOUT 'O MUNICIPAL BOOKKEEPING HE WAS DOING A FINE JOB AND THAT HE WOULD NOT LIKE TO IOSE HIM. HE ALSO STATED THAT ONE PERSON COULD NOT DO BOTH JOBS AND THAT THEY SHOULD GET A CITY MANAGER. MAYOR ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD HANDLED A LOT OF ITEMr+S FOR VR. CLAY AND THAT SHORTLY HE WAS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF AND THEY WOULD HEED SOMEONE:. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF 11IORK TO BE DONE ON A 1 A REGARDING THE MOVING OF WATER LINES AND THERE ® SHOULD BE AN EXPIERENCED MAN TO HANDLE IT. HE STATED MR WALKER WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO IT AIM NEITHER WAS MR GRAMMER, AND THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO GET OVER IN THE. MUD AND DO IT. COMaISSIONER WAITERS THEN CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT ALL FOUR OF THEM PUT A NAME IN A HAT FOR CITY COMMISSIONER AND HAVE DAVE HARRISON PULL ONE NAME FOR COMRdISSIONER AND THEN HE WOULD VOTE FOR A CITY MANAGER. THE MAYOR THEN SLID HE HAD NEVER HIRED A PERSON BY PULLING A NAME OUT OF A HAT AND THAT HE WAS TO OLD TO START NOVI. THERE '.';AS THEN A LONG DISCUSSION BETIM11 COMMISSIONER KELLY AND MAYOR HCUSTON, M_,INLY ABOUT A CITY MANAGER AND A SECRETARY AND ABOUT A STATEMENT THE hAYOR itAS SITIFOSED TO HAVE MADE THAT HE WAS SAVING THE CITY 19,000 DOLLARS. T'rTL MAYOR DENIED THIS AND STATED THE REASON WAS THAT HE WANTED TO TAKE HIS TIME AND LOOK FOR A GOOD CITY 1:ANAGER, AS THERE HAD BEEN TO MANY MISTAKES MADE IN THE PAST. COM.M?ISSIONER WAITERS THEN MADE A LENGTHY TALK AS TO WHY ALL AT ONCE THEY NEEDED A CITY MANAGER, LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN COMMISSIONER KELLY AND HIMSELF HAD TRIED HARD TO GET ONE BACK IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY. THERE WAS THEN AN EXCHANGE OF ViORDS BETVr'EEN COMRIISSIONER WAITERS AND THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR ® ADJOURNED THE MEETING. to MAYOR THEN CAME BACK AND SAID HE WOULD OPEN UP THE MEETING IF COMMISSIONER ViAITERS WOULD REMAIN QUIET, HE SAID HE WOULD'NT BUT THE MEETING WAS OPENED. FROM THEN ON IT INAS MAINLY COMMISSIONER KELLY WHO HAD THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS FROM MR SPINA THE AUDITOR. SPINA STATED HE WAS COMING INTO THE CITY HALL ON THURSDAY AND WOULD TALK TO 0 CLAY. MR SPINA STATED THAT NO ONE HAD EVER CALLED HIM ABOUT HELP BUT LIE WAS INCORRECT AS THE CITY CLERK HAD CAVED HIM WHEN HE WAS LOOKING FOR A HEAD BOOKKEEPER AND NEVER HEARD FROM HIM. THE TAPE HAD BEEN REWOUND ON THE iJA ;I1tE '.THEN THE MEETING WAS FIRST ADJOURNED SO THIS PART OF THE MEETING IS TAKEN FRC1,' NOTES MADE. THE CITY ATTORNEY STATED THAT ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER AN AUDIT IS i3OT 1ECESSARY. COT.RSSIONER KELLY WAS AGAINST ALL THREE THINGS COM4'ISSIONER T90::I:TON SUGGESTED REGARDING MR. CLAY. SO AFTER MORE DISCUSSION REGARDING A A LETTER SPINA HAD 7RITTEN AiD ALSO THE MINUTES OF THE THREE MEETINGS WHICH SPINA .AD A.- ETDED, THESE TO DE GOTTEN BY THE CITY CLERK THE FOLLOWING DAY. TIME t7 ETING ,SAS THEN ADJOURNED THE SECOND TIME. RESPECTFULLY SUBB!. TTED MAYOR ROBERT E. HOUSTON E. R. CLAY ITY CLERK AUDI OR June 2, 1969 �5)