The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About86158 - MINUTES - City Commission MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA, HELD NOVEMBER 16, 1964: The City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida, met in Regular Session in the Commission room at the City Hall. Present were: MAYOR-COMMISSIONER FRANK SALVINO COMMISSIONERS ROBERT GRAMMER VERA HILL S. ELLIS YOUNG CARL ZENOBIA CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN CHIEF OF POLICE MONTY •SMITH BUILDING INSPECTOR ' CHARLES LINDEMAN CITY CLERK MARY THORNHILL The meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. by Mayor Salvino, after which Pledge of Allegiance to the flag and invocation was held. 1. Minutes of meetings held October 19, November 2, and Novem- ber 4, 1964. A motion was made by Commissioner Grammer that the minutes be approved. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hill, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows- Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes ' Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes 2. Applications for licenses (a) Application for 2 APS License - Charlie James, Jr. , 909 S. W. 12th Avenue. (Second Reading) A motion was made by Commissioner Young to approve the applica- tion on second reading. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Grammer, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes (b) Application for 1 APS License. Fruito David Perez ' . and Jose Maldonado, 317 N.W. 5th Avenue. Grocery Store. (Second reading) A motion was made by Commissioner Grammer to approve the applica- tion on second reading. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Zenobia, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes •` Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes '' Salvino Yes m (c) Application for transfer of 4 COP License from Charles A. and Elizabeth P. Lehew to Nicholas Belle, 12 N. Federal Highway - 706-710 N.W. First Street. (First Reading) m A motion was made by Commissioner Grammer to approve the transfer on first reading. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hill, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes m Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes (d) Application for transfer 4 COP License from Winterpark, Inc. , Viking Restaurant, 1150 N. m Federal Highway, to Albert Pick Dining, Inc. , Viking Restaurant. (Second Reading) A motion was made by Commissioner Zenobia to approve the .transfer on second reading. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Young, and the roll being called, the commissioners voted as follows: m Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes • 3. Notice of Hearing: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Commission, City of Dania, Florida, "shall conduct a public'.hearing at 8:05 P.M. Monday, November 161. 1964, for the purpose of con- • eidering objections of the public in the adoption of an ordinance which, if adopted, will provide for the re- zoning of lots 1 through 9, Shelter Island. All persons objecting to the adoption of said ordinance should app- ear at the aforesaid hearing to present their objections. • Mayor Salvino called for objections. No objections. AN ORDINANCE rezoning lots 1 through 9, SHELTER ISLAND, Third Addition, according to the plat thereof recorded • in the Public Records of Broward County, Florida, and having a street address of approximately the 1300 block of Northwest Tenth Street, Dania, Florida, from B-2 Classification to R-1 Classification; : and providing that all ordinances or pats of ordinances in conflict herewith be repealed to the extent of such conflict; • and providing that this ordinance shall become effective as of its passage and adoption, on third reading., A motion was made by Commissioner Hill that the ordinance be passed on first reading. The motion was seconded by Commis- sioner Grammer, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes r- Zenobia Yes �. Salvino Yes -2- • 4. Recommendations from the November loth meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board. (1) Satellite Beach Homes, Inc. , request permit to • build 24 unit apartments at 224 S. W. Phippen Road. Mr. Sparkman moved that the request for permit be tabled for further study; seconded by Mr. Tanner. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. As further explanation for the motion, Mr. Sparkman • stated that he felt the board didn't have enough in- formation at the present time to make a recommenda- tion and the owner was not present. No action. • (2) Mr. Kennedy made motion that a recommendation be made to the City Commission that Luther Sparkman be appointed to act in the advisory capacity as Zoning Consultant. Seconded by Mr. Tanner. Roll call vote as follows: Mr. Kennedy - Yes Mr. Sparkman - Pass • Mr. Tanner - Yes Mrs. Panella - Yes Mr. Loury - Yes Motion carried. Attorney Walden: If you wish to appoint a Zoning Consultant you should do that by resolution. So if you want to appoint • Mr. Sparkman I suggest you adopt a resolution appointing him and setting forth any salary. A motion was made by Commissioner Grammer to adopt a resolu- tion appointing Mr. Sparkman Zoning Consultant and setting forth a salary of $500.00 per year, and to serve at the pleasure of the City Commission. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Young, and the roll being called,-lthe Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes Mayor Salvino: I recommend Nick DeMauro to replace Mr. Sparkman on the Planning and Zoning Board. A motion was made by Commissioner Young to appoint Mr. Nick De Mauro to replace Mr. Sparkman on the Planning and Zoning Board. is The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hill, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes ' Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes , 5. Mr. Freeman from Dania Marine and Ship Repair, . Inc. , request to furnish water to Port Laudania. Attorney Walden: I would like to make the suggestion that the y City Commission authorize the Fire Chief and the Acting City Man- ager, to come back with a recommended agreement. rii: • • • 0 A motion was made by Commissioner Hill to authorize the Fire Chief and the Acting City Manager to come back with a recom- mended agreement. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Zenobia, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: 0 Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes 0 6. Mr. John O'Keefe requests permission to discuss with the City Commission a "Leff and Splash Show" at the Dania Beach during the wintertime. Attorney Walden: I recommend you have the Parks and Recrea- tion Committee consider it and come up with a recommendation 0 to the Commission. A motion was made by Commissioner Zenobia toarefer this to the Parks and Recreation Committee for further study. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hill, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: 0 Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes 0 Salvino Yes 7. Robert Hunt requests permission from the Commission to take pictures at Dania Beach. Attorney Walden: The City has two contracts concerning the beach, one with Mr. Rhodes and one with Marine Life of Florida. I would suggest you table this until the next meeting in order to check out these agreements... 8. Bills for the month of October to be approved for payment. A list of the bills for the Month of October is attached to and made a part of these minutes. A motion was made by Commissioner Young to approve the bills for the month of October. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hill, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: 0 Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yea Zenobia Yes s Salvino Yes !� 9. Insurance Bills: Wall Insurance Agency: s Workman's Compensation premium '- $ 1,733.00 First year's premium of Pension Plan -$15,985.00 Walker Insurance Associates: Premium on Insurance on Fishing Pier -$ 6,820.00 TOTAL + , 8-6U_ ® A motion was made by Commissioner Zenobia that all these bills be paid. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Grammer, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes • Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes Commissioner Hill: There is one thing that I think was over- looked in appointing our Committees. Our Mayor is chairman of one of our most important Committees, and last year our Vice- Maydr was also a member of this Committee; that is ' the Police and Fire Committee. I make a motion at this time to amend the Police and Fire Committee appointments and appoint Vice-Mayor Ellis Young on this Committee in place of Commissioner Zenobia, • and place Commissioner Zenobia on the Utilities Committee in place of Vice-Mayor Young. Commissioner Young: I second that motion. Commissioner Grammer: Before I vote I would like to know why this is done. I know I was on the Committee last year, but it • wasn't just because I was Vice-Mayor. That has nothing to do with it this year. So I don't see why we should change one position to another after it was voted on by all the Commissioners. Commissioner Hill: Well, personally, Mr. Grammer, I feel that it • is one of our most important committees and when the Mayor is not there the Vice-Mayor is automatically-to take over. I know, while serving on that Committee last year, I was told several times that in case of disaster it would be my responsibility to render any decisions to be made. And I knew if I wasn't there that you were on that committee as Vice-Mayor and could take right over and do it. I feel that the Vice-Mayor is 'the right hand of the Mayor. and for the good of that committee the Vice-Mayor should auto- matically serve on that committee. That is the reason that I made that decision. It was just 'an oversight on my part the other day when we were discussing it. But I really feel that the Vice- Mayor should serve on that committee .with the Mayor. • Commissioner Zenobia: Well, I don't know if you should set a precedent that the Vice-Mayor should set on it. I do know Wome- thing about police work because I .spent four years in Police Reserve, and I did go to Police School:. So I feel that I am qualified to sit on that Committee. . And we did vote on it. Commissioner Hill: I 'm not trying .to set a .precedent, Mr. Zeno- bia. I just feel that way, and I made a motion. The roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer No& Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia No Salvino Yes 10. Appointment of Department Heads: A motion was made by Commissioner Young to pass and adopt a resol- ution appointing Mary Thornhill City Clerk, to serve at the plea- sure of the Commission, at the salary specified in the budget. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Zenobia, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: s>' s ey • Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes • A motion was made by. Commissioner Hill to adopt and pass a resolution appointing Mildred Pipkin as Deputy-Clerk, to assist the City Clerk in all her duties, to serve at the pleasure of the Commission, at the salary specified in the budget. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Young, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes • A motion was made by Commissioner Grammer, to adopt and pass a resolution appointing Clarke Walden City Attorney, to serve at the pleasure of the Commission, at the. salary specified . in the budget. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hill, and • the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes • Salvino Yes ' A motion was made by Commissioner Zenobia to adopt and pass a resolution appointing Montie Smith Chief. of Police, to serve at the pleasure of the Commission, at the salary specified in the budget. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Grammer, • and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes • A motion was made by Commissioner Grammer to adopt and pass a resolution appointing John Lassiter Fire Chief, to serve at the pleasure of the Commission, at the salary specified in the budget. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Zenobia, and • the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes • Salvino Yes A motion was made by Commissioner Young to adopt and pass a resolution appointing Archibald Black Municipal Judge, to serve at the pleasure of the Commission, at the salary specified in the budget. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hill, and • the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Commissioner Grammer: I would like to put an amendment to that motion. I would like to make a motion to appoint Clayton Wilkes Assistant Municipal Judge. Commissioner Zenobia: I'll second that motion. Commissioner Young: Don't you think we should take them separately? :, -6- i 0 Commissioner Zenobiat We can take them separately, but vote on the amendment first. Attorney Walden: The amended motion is simply for the Assistant Judge. You will have to vote on that first. 0 The roll being called, the Commissioners voted as followst Grammer Yes Hill Commissioner Hill: I am going to vote No, because I feel we should take the Judge first. 0 Young No Zenobia Yes Salvino Pass Motion not carried. 0 Attorney Walden: Now you revert back to the original motion, which was to appoint Archibald Black Municipal Judge. The roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer 0 Commissioner Grammer: I think that we should have voted for the Assistant Judge first, so I am going to Pass. Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia No 0 Salvino Yes Motion carried. Attorney Waldenz You now have to make a new motion on the Assistant Municipal Judge. 0 A motion was made by Commissioner Grammer to adopt and pass a resolution appointing Clayton Wilkes Assistant Municipal Judge, . to serve at the pleasure of the Commission, at a salary aaf,-"•- pioSided in the Charter. The motion was seconded by Commis- sioner Zenobia. 0 Commissioner Hill: I am wondering if this proposed appointment is going to be able to serve while holding the position that he now holds. Commissioner Zenobia: I believe he is in the audience. You can ask him. Commissioner Youngs Let me say something. . .since this is open for debate. The gentleman is well-known to me and is well:-liked by me. I know he is under contract with the school board, and in my estimation, the school board has what is known as a stan- dard of ethics; and from what I have been told, they frown upon what is in the common vernacular referred to as 'fmoonlightingtI. Commissioner Zenobia: I think the man is better able to answer for himself. He is sitting in the audience. 0 Mayor Salvino:asked for Clayton Wilkes to step forward. Clayton Wilkes: The practice of "moonlighting," , as Mr. Young puts it, if it were frowned upon by the school board there would be very few teachers left in Broward County, because most of the teachers do it. I have done it myself in the past when I was a ; _ beginning teacher, and I see nothing ethically wrong with it, as long as it is open to the public and is not objectionable. Commissioner Hill: The reason I asked the question is that I have heard pro and con, and I was wondering for my information. �~}{, -7 • Clayton Wilkes: Well, Mrs. Hill, I dare say that fully half of your school teachers are employed in other work. Commissioner Young: Are you available at court 8:30 in the mornings? • Clayton Wilkes: No sir, not on weekdays. I am available any time at night or after 3:00 o'clock. Mary 'Thornhill: You are voting on the motion that Clayton Wilkes be retained as Assistant Municipal Judge. • The roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yea Hill Pass Young No Zenobia Yes • Salvino Pass Motion not carried. Commissioner Zenobia: We could sit here all night long passing. I can't see how anybody could pass on anything. You are either • yes or you are no. I know Mrs. Hill has a reason to pass and I am excusing her passing. Nothing would ever be done in the city if all the Commissioners just keep passing om�.everyttiigg that goes on. People should make a stand or else they don't belong up here. • A motion was made by Commissioner Zenobia that the appointment of Assistant Judge be tabled for tonight. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Grammer, and the roll being called, the Commission- ers voted as follows: Grammer Yes • Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes A motion was made by Commissioner Zenobia to adopt and pass a • resolution to appoint Armand Wells Building Inspector, to serve at the pleasure of the Commission, at the salary set forth in the budget. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Grammer. Commissioner Grammer: I am going to second that for one reason. The man was voted in onc*E by this commission. That is why I • second it, and I am sticking to what I voted originally. Commissioner Young: I have to take exception to that. I don't think you will find in any of the minutes of meetings that the man was voted into the job, or any official action has ever been taken on this appointment. When you say he was voted into the • job, I say you are in error. Commissioner Grammer: I beg your pardon, I didn't say officially voted in. I said by this commission. We took a vote on our word to one another, and the man carried a 4-1 vote. That is not an official record, but as one commissioner to another. . • Commissioner Zenobia: That's when we were "moonlighting" one day. Commissioner Youngs Well, I will say this, I think there has ' been a lot of "moonlighting" going on lately. As far as the good man in question is concerned, I think that he is a fine and re- 0 spectable man. But I have got to take the defense of the present Building Inspector, so I don't believe at this time any more dis- cussion is necessary. • ® 0 The roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Commissioner Hill: This is one of the hardest decisions that I have ever had to make. I have said before, and I will say • it again, I have not been in favor all along of firing anybody. I am not for replacing any of these department heads. This man who's name has been presented is a very good friend of mine. He is very well qualified. But I have been put up here to do what I .think is best for the City, and with all respect to every" body concerned, I cannot boot one man out to make room for ano- • ther. On those grounds I have to .vote No. Young No Zenobia Yes Salvino Mayor Salvino: Well, it looks like Commissioner Hill. . . . . . . 0 Armand Wells: Mayor, may I have a word? My name is up here, and I have something to day. Mayor Salvino called for Armand Wells to step forward. Armand Wells: Under the conditions, Charlie is a good friend • and all you commissioners are good friends of mine. If it is personality that you want to change, Charlie is doing a good job, you all think he is doing a good job, so I want to with- draw my name. At this time the City Clerk called for Mayor Salvinos vote. • Mayor Salvino: What is the motion again? City Clerk, Mary Thornhill: You are voting on the appointment of Armand Wells for Building Inspector. You can either vote yea or no. • Mayor Salvino: You lost me in this thing now, I'm confused. What did Vera say there? Attorney Walden: I don't know how this mans vote is going to go. Mr. Wells may not like a vote against him, should the Mayor • vote No. If you let him withdraw, than you should withdraw your motion. Commissioner Zenobia: I'll withdraw my .motion. Commissioner Grammer: I'll withdraw my second. • Attorney Walden: It will save having.any record against him. A motion was made by Commissioner Young to adopt and pass a resolution appointing Charles Lindeman Building .Inspector, to serve at the pleasure of the Commission at the salary set forth • in the budget. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hill. Commissioner Grammer: I would like to comment, on this. Accord- ing to our Charter the Building Inspector shouldn't be appointed. He should be hired by the man that runs the City. So with that, I don't think we need to take a vote on it, because it is not an • appointed job as the rest of the jobs are in the City. Mayor Salvino: We have an acting City Manager here so it will be official. Commissioner Young: I would ldke to say this. . . .in the terms that I have served the Commission has exercised the perogative of appointing by resolution the Building Inspector as well as certain other departments. r -9- Commissioner Grammer: Well, just because you sat here and did wrong for four years doesn't mean .that I should. Commissioner Young: Then would you kindly explain the second to the motion that you made just a few minutes ago? Commissioner Grammer: Second to what motion? Commissioner Young: The motion to hire a man for ,the job. Commissioner Grammer: That's because it was politicing to cut the man off after he was voted in. , s ; Commissioner Young: No man has bean voted in yet. City Clerk, Mary Thornhill: This is voting on the appointment of Charles Lindeman, Building Inspector. • The roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Pass Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia No • Salvino Yes Motion carried. A motion was made by Commissioner Young to adopt and pass a resolution appointing Alva Peters Superintendent of the Water Distribution Department, to serve at the pleasure of the Com- mission' , at the salary set forth in the budget. The motion was seconded by Commissioner --Zenobia, and the roll being called,, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes • Hill Yes Young Yea Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes A motion was made by Commissioner Young to defer appointing • the two recreation Supervisors.at this time. Commissioner Zenobia: Do you mean to put it off, or don't appoint them? Commissioner Young: No, I mean to defer them, which is the same as tabling them until the next meeting. Commissioner Grammer: I will go along with that if there is . some reason. Commissioner Young: Well, I think you are acquainted with the ,•. reason that you discussed, along with the rest of us , at the little Coffee Klatch. Commissioner Zenobia: I read in the paper you weren't at that Coffee Klatch, Ellis. Commissioner Young: Well, frankly, I haven't been reading the papers . But I did attend the Coffee Klatch. Commissioner Grammer: Well, with the statements. you put in the papers, you should have read them, 'cause they certainly weren't true. O • • • ® Commissioner Young: You mean a statement that I put in the newspaper that wasn't true? Commissioner Grammer: That's right. Commissioner Young: Well, I take personal exception to that. Commissioner Zenobia: You said you weren't at the meeting, and that we handed you the slips and said "this is it". I would like to clear the air on that now. I never handed you any slip. in my life, Ellis . That slip was .handed to you by • Mrs. Hill, and she handed me my slip also. Commissioner Hill: That's right,'Mr. Zenobia. I was at the meeting. I read the article in the Sun Tattler. Mr. Went- worth called me about that meeting. I am sure that Mr. Went- worth was speaking about one meeting, and I was speaking of another meeting. Mr. Wentworth was speaking of one list and I was speaking of another list. I told him in the course of conversation I had the list made myself. I had written it down in my little green book with my little green fountain pen, and I had it typed in the office downstairs. .That was something Commissioner Grammer asked me to do. And I gave each one of you a copy before this meeting, except for Mayor Salvino. I 0 put his here on the table because I didn't see him. It is no secret. Commissioner Young: No statement was given to the newspapers that I did not attend the meeting. I did make a statement • that certain things were "sure things" and there was no point in my even saying anything at that time. That is something that I preferred not to have brought up, but you force it to be brought up, I was more than glad to say it. City Clerk, Mary Thornhill: We have a motion and a second to defer reappointment of two Recreation Supervisors , at this time. Commissioner Zenobia: Did your motion state until the next meeting? Commissioner Young: I think it should be until the next meet- ing, Yes. And if you want to so state it, why, the motion will state until the next meeting. I think that will give us ample time to straighten out any problems. The roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer No Hill = Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes 11. Acting City Manager's Report: . (1) Acting City Manager, Mary. Thornhill: We have a re- quest from the Chamber of Commerce on the new copy for a sign just above the Dania Bridge on the Dania Cut-off Canal. Mr. Lindeman would like to have approval of the Commission to issue • a permit for the sign. I think you are all familiar with the formal location of the sign. A motion was made by Commissioner Zenobia to give permission to issue the permit for the sign. The motion was seconded by Com- missioner Young, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes • I1 _11- 9 (2) Acting City Manager, Thornhill, read a letter as follows: "Several days ago I reported to Lester Culverson on the outcome of the canvass of the property owners in • the unincorporated areas , which said canvass pertains to whether the owners favored annexation. As you know, the owners did not favor annexation. Earlier the Commission had evidently agreed informally not to proceed if the owners did not want to be annexed. I discussed the matter last week with Mr. Culver- son, and he authorized me to sign the necessary papers, along with the City of Hollywood, required to dismiss the suit. I do advise that we have signed the neces- eery stipulations which will lead to dismissal, and I am taking the liberty of enclosing my statement for services in the matter. • /s/ Clarke Walden " Acting City Manager Thornhill= This is the area north of the Dania Cut-off Canal where the new Port Laudania is going in. The cost for services rendered is $300.00. • A motion was made by Commissioner Hill that the bill be paid. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Grammer, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes • Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes (3) Acting City Manager, Thornhill: Several months ago we had a request to vacate an alley dust south of N.W. loth • Street between N. W. 6th and No. W. 7th Avenues. We have at this time a petition signed by the property owners in the area requesting the Commission to vacate or apandon this alley. I believe that requires a Public Hearing., 'Is that right, Mr. Walden? "I would like. for the Commission, if they want to go along with this, to authorize a time and .date for a Public Hearing. • City Attorney Walden: Do you have a recommendation from the Zoning Board? Acting City Manager, Thornhill: No, this had not been to the Zoning Board, Mr. Walden. But if you want to refer it to the • Zoning Board. . . . A motion was made by Commissioner Young to refer the matter to the Planning and Zoning Board for their recommendation. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Zenobia, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: • Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes ` Salvino Yes • 12. City Attorney's Report: City Attorney.-;Walden: This letter was presented to me by some- one. It is a request addressed to the City Manager from the Lukemia Society. The substance of the letter is to request that j the Society be permitted to solibit donations in Dania during the month of March, 1965. -12- t r�'. A motion was made by Commissioner Young to grant the Lukemia Society permission to solicit donations in the City of Dania during the month of March, 1965. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hill, and the roll being called, the Commission- ers voted as follows Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes 0 13. Resolution authorizing the proper signature for signing checks: A motion was made by Commissioner Hill that a resolution be drawn and passed authorizing Mayor Frank Salvino's signature for signing checks. The motion was seconded by Commissioner 0 Zenobia, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes 0 Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes Angelo DiMauro: Do the property owners of Dania have to post bonds for traffic violations? 0 Chief Smith: It absolutely depends on the case and the merits of the case. Usually we do not require an ordinary traffics: violater who is a resident of Dania to post .a bond. However, it is at the discretion of the Police Department. Robert Houston addressed the Commission regarding the sewer 0 program. He stated that, unfortunately, the City of Dania does not have a newspaper with a wide circulation, consequent- ly, a lot of the people don't even know that the City if going to put in sewers. Since there was a new Commission seated tonight, he again brought up the fact that he was not happy with the method of contracting the sale of the bonds. There • were no bids or no proposals but one, and it was done very hurriedly. He stated that he thought the operating cost esti- mate of $18,000 per year was too low; he was satisfied with the estimated revenues; the retirees bonds were estimated high; and the amount of money that has been set aside in the proposal • for the prospective rights-of-ways was much too low. He further stated that he had a petition to present to the Commission from a: few of the residents of Dania stating that they would like the City Commission to hold a Public Hearing before the bonds are signed. • Commissioner Young then answer Mr. Houston as follows: Now frankly, if we can't have trust and faith in the Engineer that has been retained by the City of Dania for many, many years , then we should get rid of him. However, I don't think that you will say that Mr. Philpott is incompetent, incapable, immature or inclined to do anything that is wrong. I think that he is ® a highly respectable gentleman, and as in many factors , we must rely upon the information from specialists in their field for the information that we get. Robert Houston: There is no question in my mind as to the com- petancy of Mr. Philpott , but Mr. Philpott like everybody else Scan stand a little check once in a while. Harvey Henann, Fiscal Agent, representing Barcus , Kindred & Co. : There was an attempt to answer all these questions as carefully and as properly as could be. There were news releases of inter- views-with reporters where they asked questions. There had been a number of questions that had been brought to the attention of �::; -13- • the Council. In order to bring to the people all of the informa- tion, a fact sheet, which was in question and answer form,:,+was prepared and distributed to all the water customers of the City. There was a full explanation to each of the questions, and the facts were documented by the Engineering Report and by other available information. The Court Validation was held October 23, • There were no interveners. Nobody came to oppose the issue, and ' the appeal period has expired. This has proceeded in a perfect- ly orderly fashion with as much information provided to the pub- lic as possible at all times. • Virgil Tarpley: I was on the Commission for the past two years, and Mr. Houston has accused us of keeping the public in the dark. There have been a lot of meetings on this sewer program. There have been Public Hearings on the sewer program, which were adver- tised in the newspapers. A lot of people in this town knew that this sewer program was coming on, yet Mr. Houston makes the state- ment that he doesntt know anything about the meetings. He speaks as though he is a special character who should be extended an engraved invitation. He has so much interest in this program, yet .he stands up there and admits that he has never attended a meeting. But he comes up here at the very end with just a hand- ful of signatures on a piece of paper from someone who is object- ing to this thing. I think he is trying to turn the people away from sewers. Mr. Tanner, 223 S. Federal Hwy. : We had an election here and we selected a Commission. Those people are supposed to represent us and the City of Dania. Regardless of technicalities, Mr. • Houston, I believe the time has come when the people of Dania should depend upon their elected Commissioners as they did upon you and your Commissioners when you were in power. There will be people opposed to anything that is in the line of progress in this town. That is to be anticipated. But I believe that the. technicalities that you raise are not of sufficient .importance 'to stop a project which will revise this town from a cemetery into a city. Mr. Houston: Let me say, Mr. Tanner, there has been nothing said about stopping this , we have asked only to be heard on this, and we want to know why the bonds were sold to one particular house without any bids, at the interest rate they were sold at. These are premium bonds, they should never be discounted. Commissioner Grammer: I am definitely for sewers,, I want to state, that before 'I go any further, but there are, I estimate, between 200 or 300 people who would like to appear before this commission. I don't think we should have a special hearing, but I would like to have all this Commission extend to them an invitation to appear at our next meeting. I think any one of us Commissioners would be glad to try to answer any questions that they might want ans- wered. I don't thin)c Xt has to be set up as a Public Hearing, because they are invited to attend all of our meetings without a A petition. But if any one of these people would like to come and ask a few questions I will try my beat to answer them. Commissioner Young: If{the newspaper reporters out there would just extend a cordial invitation for their attendance, I think that would take care of it. . Mr. Houston: I think that would7.be agreeable if enough of them would get in here to be heard. 1 i. -14- !IU l 1 ® A motion was made by Commissioner Hill to authorize the Acting City Manager to hire a part-time man to work at the Dania Fishing Pier so that the men now working there might have a day off a week; that they be hired at the salary that the regular men are hired at, to be effective immediately. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Zenobia. • Commissioner Grammer: I think the men are entitled to a day off, but not to be hired at the same salary as the man who was hired for a 7 day week. Commissioner Hill: The reason I arrived at that figure is that • when we hire a new secretary or clerk downstairs we usually start them out at $3;600 a year. They work the same amount of hours, which is an eight hour shift, but they get the holidays off and two days a week off. And I just thought it would be fair that they be hired at the regular salary, which really amounts to about $10.00 per day. • The roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Hill Yes Young Yes • Zenobia Yes Salvino Yes Commissioner Zenobia: This past week was a little hectic around Dania. We had a lot of bad publicity. I hope from now on we have better publicity. One thing I would like to day, when it • comes time to vote my vote may not be popular, it can never be popular because no matter how you vote someone is going to be mad at you, but I will never pass on an issue. I may please you tonight and I may not please you the next-night, but I will vote either yes or no unless I am personally involved in it. • Mr. Houston: I understand that the report for the past fiscal year has been delivered, the annual report. You always receive extra copies and I would like to have one. Would it be possible . to pick one of those up? • Mayor Salvino: I don't see why not. Commissioner Zenobia: I would like to bring up one more thing I forgot. On the bills of the month there is a bill here from Loury Insurance Agency for $83.30. I believe in the paper it said that was for Mr. Culverson's car. I think we should have • a refund coming back on that, shouldn't we? Commissioner Youngs In a case like that, I think all the City Clerk has to do is cancel the short rate. Acting City Manager Thornhill: May I tell the Commission that the bids for this Sewer Treatment Plant and sewer lines will be • open next Monday night at 8:15 P.M. Police Chief Montie Smith: I would just like to say a few words. Thank you for reappointing me as Chief of Police. I have been awfully disturbed the past week about our Dania politics. I grew up here, lived here all my life, and expect to die here. Tonight • I am going to go on record as respectfully requesting that this Commission realize that wheniyou hire a department head they have to enforce the ordinances of" the City. No police Chief or no policeman can ever win a popularity contest and. stay around and enforce the law. iie `5 -15- • Chief Smith, continued: I would like for the Commission to give deep study. All these Department Heads in this city need more job security. They need something in the Charter so that the City Commission cannot just say, "Well, Montie Smith, I am going to fire you; Charlie Lindeman, I am going to fire you; or Mary Thornhill, I am going to fire you." Just because they have three • votes on the Commission to do it.': It just doesn't make for real good sound efficiency. If you have a Department Head who is guilty of not doing their job, if you have .a charge against thetp, fire them. But don't do it just because they are not liked by three Commissioners. Give that some thought, because it is dis- turbing. It really is . ' You can't do your best work working • under those conditions . There being no further business on the agenda, the meeting adjourned. • �a 6T iT ornhill City Clerk-Auditor • • Frank Salvino Mayor-Commissionere • ' -16- • - 0' CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA DISBURSEMENTS October, 1964 General Furd • OASI Contribution Fund 5,161.43 Cadillac Overall Supply Co. 187.90 Florida Revenue Commission 167.81 Distric Director of Internal Revenue 1,819.58 Monro Operating Company, Inc. 12000.00 • Now England Oyster House 500.00 Lester E. Culverson 50.00 Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. 300.00 King Car-Truck Rentals 960.24 John Masselli 6.25 John Sessa Bulldozing 8,131.50 • Loury's Insurnace Agency 83.30 Rickards Electric Service 750.20 Lippoth Plumbing, Inc 9.83 Wyldwood Tropical Nurseries 542.25 Hollywood Electric Motor 190.22 Griffey Hardware 26.60 • LaCroix Electric Company 185.50 Scotland Electric Supply 183.08 V.L. Tarpley 308.00 Causeway Lumber Company 237.83 Cameron Lumber Company 195.45 City of Dania Payroll Account 1,627.15 • A.M. Black 138,.59 J.D. Thornton 88.59 Vera L. Hill 113.59 S. Ellis Young 88.59 Virgil Tarpley 88.59 Melvin M. Stone , M.D. 24.00 • City of Dania Payroll Account 1*391.51 City of Dania Payroll Account 1044.09 City of Dania Payroll Account 6:624.25 Clarke Walden 419.76 City of Dania Payroll Account 1,152.22' LaCroix Electric Company 611.61 LaCroix Electric Company 448.91 Florida State Board of Health 20.00 International City Managers 25.00 City of. Dania Payroll Account 6,688.90 Broome & Farina 500.00 Clerk of the Circuit Court 7.50 • Xerox 74.08 Chandler Davis Publishing Company 11.60 Coastal Business Machines 1.57 Southern Bell Tel & Tel Co. 316.80 Robert L. Grammer 100.00 Petty Cash 3.36 • The Darla Press 33.58 Xerox Cornoration 75.48 Broome & Farina 541.24 Slaton Chevrolet 375.00 Lincico Sales 27.13 U.S. Tackle, Inc . 66.20 • Philip F. Pollack 62.65 Florida Power & Light Company 3,702.35 Duncan Parking Meter 800.00 Eli Witt Cigar Tobacco Division 43.02 City of Dania Payroll Account 1,263.57 Jones Equipment Co. 787.55 Florida Power & Light Co 616.65 Broward Business Machines 17.80 Broward Business Machines 17.80 Eddie's Auto Elea. & Speedometer Serv. 49.62 Carried Forward , 50,586.87 n, . • CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA DISBURSEMENTS October, IV04 General Fund - Continued Brought Forward w 501�476.8 Gabriel' Communications 79 .97 Surf 5 & 10 Stores 25.00 Harold G. Smith 20.00 Mrs . Hugh A. Smith 25,00 Humane Society of Broward Co. The Travelers Insurance Company 763-49 40.00 Broward County Police Academy �3•89 Southern Photo Service 695.29 Callahan Motor Company City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department 32-00 Dania Volunteer Fire Department 2.25 7 Dania Volunteer Fire Department 18.16Lexow Auto Parts Company Dania Volunteer Fire Department 495.00 100.00 A.M. Black Broward County Vocational Center 15-75 .10 10. Argo Uniform Company 21 Broward County Sheriff Department 278.00 0 Jaxson's Ice Cream 915.4 Tom wood 33.71 Herman Service Center 3,00 Florida Dust Control Service 29.65 Atlantic Surgical Supply Company 1,80 Dania- Amoco 1.60 Dania Amoco 23.13 Mister Auto Supply 103.25 Federal Tire Company .00 p 216 216 John Sessa Bulldozing, Inc . Wyldwood Tropical Nurseries 29000.00 .00 Frank & Son's Trucking 0.00 Alva K. Peters 22.00 Richard Eglinas L}2.00 Weekly Paving Company P.T. Garrett 650 ..0 74 City of Hollywood Utilities .9lt Universal Hobbies, Inc . 7 9.00 M.E. Berry & Associates .95 Duncan Edward Company 1 1.95 Osborne Service & Equipiyent 21.75 Ruth Manning 21.00 Hannah White 21 .00 Mildred Bryant 21.00 Mary Ned 21.00 Essie M Gavis 21.00 Rose Middleton 21.00 Ruby Curry 21.00 Marguerite Dunn 22. 50 Vincent Pannullo Nancy Phillips 22.50 Juanita Tallent 2250 Marietta Pool Equipment Co. 38.50 Philpott, Ross & Saarinen, Inc . 160.00 B.F. Reames, Jr. Postmaster' 80.00 • Atlantic Printhg 48.60 Dania Chamber of Commerce `�22:50 Athalene Sheffield 22.50 Rita M. Loury 22.50 Clyde A. Aycock 21.75 Margie Kinsey 21.75 • John J. Kaires Helen LaBree 21.75 Irene Stowe 21.75 Irene E. Lober 21 .75 Dorothy Cates 21.75 21.75 Elizabeth Gedeon Naoma McElyes 21.75 Carried Forward $ 58,429.06 • • CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA • DIS BUR SE.M91TS October, 1964 General Fund - Continued • Brought Forward 58,429.06 Sam -Green 21 .00 Wingerter Laboratories, Inc . 200.00 Fort Lauderdale News 21.36 B.F. Reames, Jr. Postmaster 17.50 Broome & Farina 175.00 • Sun Tattler Company 8.75 Dania Amoco 1. 0 E.H. Whitson Company 15.51 Pierce Iron Works, Inc. 28.1 Liggett Rexall Sales 2.3 Florida Linen Service 2.90 • Lien Chemical Co. 11.98 David McMaster Air Conditioning 15.00 Erwin's Appliance & Equipment 6.30 Peoples Gas System 10.72 The Dania Press 60.72 Ryder Truck Lines, Inc . 7.08 • Ravenna Ceramics Corp. 21.91} Ryder Truck Lines, Inc. 7.0 Orkin 6.00 Orkin 6.00 Mac 's Chemical & Industrial Supplies 13.40 Broward Septic Tank Co. , Inc . 5.00 • City Products Corp. 3.10 Southern Bell Tel & Tel Company 392.55 Royal Distributors 10.00 Pic N Pay Market 2.67 Phillip F. Pollack 263.13 East Coast Live Shrimp Co. , Inc. 296.25 • Frito-Lay, Inc . 2. 18 Bob Pecan 7.03 Moorehead's Seafood 202.28 Burrell Brothers Oil Company 1,010.08 Total Disbursements 61,403.86 Thomas Underhill Armstrong 25. 00 Jas. H. Matthews & Co. 39.00 Total of Checks for October $$ 61A67.86 • • h� CITY OF DANIA, FWRIDA • DISBURSE14ENTS October, 1964 Water Fund • Vernon Morley 7.88 Arthur Livieri 4.02 Eleanor Dawson 5.56 Eleanor Williams 2.75 C.P. Kelly 7.58 • Tony Todd Shop 3.64 Dorn & Block Store 2.64 Sam Faulkner 7.86 Robert L. Thompson 4.28 Robert Hittel,, Inc. 10.00 C.A. Shirley 3.24 • Ernest & Henry Tyska 7.88 Gaetano Tinozzi 10.00 Total Water Deposit Refunds 77.35 B.F. Reames, Jr. Postmaster 83.68 City of Dania Payroll Account 11.18 • Standard 41.70 Business Equipment Co. 136.80 Southern Bell Tel & Tel Cc 14.57 Neptune Meter Co. 404.50 City of Dania Payroll Account 498.65 City of Dania Payroll Account 51.78 • Davis Meter & Supply Co. 158.68 Peninsular Supply Co. 204.12 General Fund 444.11 Meekins 20,70 Infilco 55.16 Florida Power & Light 425.58 F.H. Ross & Co. 159.75 • Distric Director of Internal Revenue 182.10 OASI Contribution Fund 360.28 City of Dania Payroll Account 29.84 City of Dania Payroll Account 472.57 City of Dania Payroll Account 217.18 General Fund 967.62 City of Dania Payroll Account 103.43 H.F. Reames, Jr. Postmaster 83.72 Southern Bell Telo & Tel Cc 15.77 Neptune Meter Co. 501.73 Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. 28.00 • Total $ o 7 0. `i