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Home My WebLink About2006-07-06 Council Approves $715,000 for Osborne Park, Lighthouse Bridge and NPBCC pool expenses (WeekDay)NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER NORTH PALM BEACH COUNCIL MEETING 6/22/06 Council approves pp es $715,000 for Osborne Park, Lighthouse Bridge and NPBCC expenses pool $15, 000 will be taken from Council Contingency Fund to pay for `special legal services' relating to code proceeding billings By Denise Jaegers WeekDay staff writer North Palm Beach Council members voted unanimously Thursday to approve first reading of an ordinance amending the General Fund budget to transfer $700,000 for the Osborne Park building renovations; Lighthouse Bridge repairs; and NPBCC pool improvements. An additional $15,000 will be transferred from the Council Contingency Fund to pay for special legal services provided by Charles Pigot, for billings filed relating to code proceedings. This leaves $127,000 remaining in the Council Contingency Fund. Of the $700,000 for Capital improvements, $300,000 will go to Osborne Park building renovations; $150,000 to the Lighthouse Bridge repairs; and $250,000 for the NPBCC pool improvements. Councilman Manny Grinn was not satisfied with the $300,000 amount for Osborne Park, but his motion to vote on each item separately was not seconded, so he voted with the other councilmen to approve the entire ordinance. In other action, Council: • Unanimously approved and enacted second reading of an ordinance to change the regular member term expiration date from November to April, for volunteers on the Waterways Board. • Approved, 4-1, first reading of an ordinance amending the Country Club Budget for Fiscal Year 05-06 to reduce revenue and expenses, and creating a Course Renovation Capital Project Fund Budget. (Councilman Grinn cast the lone dissenting vote in this action.) • Adopted, 4-1, a resolution appointing Heffernan & Associates as Agent of Record for the Village's property casualty and workers' compensation insurance policies. (Councilman Grinn had supported the Gehring Group as Agent of Record.) • Unanimously adopted a resolution appointing William Manuel as an alternate representative to the Northlake Boulevard Corridor Task Force. • Unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the Mayor and Village Clerk to enter into an agreement with Delta Petroleum and Industrial Inc. for the removal and replacement of underground storage tanks and fuel dispensing system at the Public Services Department on Prosperity Farms Road. The cost of this project will be $171,840 (tax exempt). • Unanimously approved evaluation results and a c performance pay increase for Village Clerk Melissa Teal for Fiscal Year 05-06, retro-active to October 2005. (Ms. Teal's average performance score was 3.676, based on a scale of 0-4.)