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Home My WebLink About06-24-1961 VC SP-M• • MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH HELD June 2L, 1961 The Village Council of the Village of North Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, met in special session at the regular meeting place of the council in the Village Hall in the Village of North Palm Beach, at 10 o'clock P.M., on June 24, 1961, pursuant to ell which is attached to these minutes, with all members present, to -wit: Walter E. Thomas Mayor Emery J. Newell Vice -Mayor Louis J. Aiello Councilman Charles M. Bowman Councilman Frank J. Hahn Councilman There was also present Albin R. Olson, Village Clerk, and Village Manager. The Mayor was in the chair. After the roll had been called with the above results, the following Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 65, was introduced in written form by Vice -Mayor Newell, and read in full and discussed. Thereupon, upon motion made by Vice -Mayor Newell and seconded by Council- man Aiello, all members present voting "aye", the rules were waived and said Ordinance was placed upon second reading and read by title only. Thereupon, upon motion made by Councilman Hahn and seconded by Vice -Mayor Newell, all members present voting "aye", said Ordinance was enacted and adopted. Said ordinance was thereupon signed by the Mayor, was attested by the Village Clerk, was ordered recorded, and is as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 65 An Ordinance calling and providing for a special election in the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, on the proposition of issuing $ 1,430,000.00 Recrea- tional facilities bonds of said Village. -Yr* ** *it WHEREAS it has been found necessary by the Village Council of the Village of North Palm Beach to provide for the acquisition through purchase and construction of a building, facilities, equipment and grounds for public recreational purposes, includ- ing golf and swimming, for said Village; and WHEREAS there are not now available any funds to pay for the cost of said acquisition; and WHEREAS authority is contained in the laws of Florida and the charter of said Village to issue the bonds of said village for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of such acquisition and to make such bonds payable from taxes to be levied on all taxable property in the village sufficient for the purpose, provided that prior to the adoption of the ordinance authorizing such bonds, the question of the issuance thereof shall have been approved by a majority of the votes cast at an election in which a majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors residing in the village shall participate, which election is to be called and held pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 100, Florida Statutes Annotated; and WHEREAS the Village Council has determined that the estimated cost of the acquisition through purchase and construction of said building, facilities, equipment, and grounds for public recreational purposes, including golf and swimming, and in- cluding engineering, legal and other fees and charges and costs incidental thereto, will be the sum of $ 1,430,000.00; and WHEREAS, it is, therefore, deemed advisable to provide for the holding of a special election for the authorization of such bonds; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the Village Council of North Palm Beach, Florida, as follows: Section 1. That a special election is hereby called and ordered to be held in and for the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, on July 25, 1961, from 7:00 o'clock A.M. until 7:00 o'clock P.M., at which there will be submitted to the freeholders who are qualified electors residing in said Village to be by them voted upon, the proposition set out in the form of ballot appearing in Section 3 hereof. For municipal elections generally in said village all of said village constitutes a single election precinct and the polling place for such election precinct is usually at the Village Hall, in said village and accordingly for the special election hereby called all of said village shall constitute a single election precinct and the polling place for same shall be the Village Hall, in said Village. -1- • • • • Section 2. Only those freeholders who are qualified electors in said Village and who have duly registered according to law, shall be qualified to vote at said special election. The Village Clerk as Registration Officer shall close the registration books for voting purposes fourteen days prior to said election, and said Village Clerk as such Registration Officer is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be prepared a list of names of all qualified electors who are determined to be freeholders in said village and who are thus qualified to vote at said election, and to furnish a certified copy of such list of qualified electors who are freeholders' to the inspectors and clerk of the election. Such list shall be deemed, taken and held to be prima facie evidence of the total number of qualified electors who are freeholders residing in said village and who are qualified to participate in said special election. Section 3. That for said special election ballots shall be prepared for the aforesaid proposition in substantially the following form: 01.r1CIAL BALLOT Village of North Palm Beach, Florida Special Election July 25, 1961 (Notice to Voters: For an affirmative vote make a cross (x) mark in the square before the words "For Bonds". For a negative vote make a similar mark in the square before the words "Against Bonds".) PROPOSITION Proposition of the issuance of the bonds of the Village of North Palm Beach in the amount of $ 1,430,000.00 bearing interest at not to exceed the rate of four and three- quarters (lt 3/4%) percent per annum, and to mature in not more than thirty (30) years from the date thereof, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring through purchase and construction a building, facilities, equip- ment, and grounds for public recreational purposes, including golf and swinming, which bonds shall constitute full general obligations of the village and be payable. from taxes levied on all taxable property in the village. FOR BONDS AGAINST BONDS Section 4.. That the Mayor and Village Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to give notice of said special election and of the proposition to be submitted thereat, and of the registration of qualified voters by publication thereof at least once each week for at least four consecutive weeks commencing not less than thirty days prior to said election in the Commercial Record, a news- paper of general circulation in the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, there being no newspaper published in said Village; the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to give further notice of said special election and of the proposition to be submitted, and of the notice thereof in at least ten different places within the territorial limits of the Village. Said notice of election so to be published and posted shall be in substantially the following form: NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION Village of North Palm Beach, Florida Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to Ordinance duly adopted by the Village Council of the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, a special election has been called and ordered held in and for said village, from 7:00 o'clock A.M. until 7:00 o'clock P.M. on the 25th day of July, 1961, at which the following proposition will be submitted to the freeholders who are qualified electors residing in said village: -2- • • • • PROPOSITION Proposition of the issuance of the bonds of the Village of North Palm Beach in the amount of $1,430,000.00, bearing interest at not to exceed four and three-quarter percent (4 3/4%) per annum, and to mature in not more than thirty (30) years from the date thereof, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring through purchase and construction of building, facilities, equipment and grounds for public recreational purposes, including golf and swimming, which bonds shall constitute full general obligations of the village and be payable from taxes levied on all taxable property in the village. Said special election will be held at the same polling place whereat elections are generally held in said Village and the polling place will be at the Village Hall in said village. All qualified electors of said village whose names appear upon the registra- tion books in the office of the Village Clerk and who are found to be freeholders residing in said village may vote at said election. The Village Clerk as Registration Officer will close the registration books fourteen days prior to the election for the purpose of making lists of those qualified electors of said village whose names appear on said registration books and who are found to be freeholders residing in said village. This notice is given pursuant to ordinance adopted by said Village Council. (Village Seal) ATTEST: Village Clerk Mayor of the Village of North Palm Beach Section 5. That for said election the following named persons shall act as Inspectors and Clerk: Polling Place Village Hall North Palm Beach Florida Inspectors Clerk Ralph J. Cohn ?`rancis E. Tulin Cathrun L. Mitchell Sylvester Zerniko Upon closing of the polls for said special election said inspectors and clerk shall file a report in duplicate of the results of said election on the proposition sub- mitted with the Mayor and Village Clerk in order that such results maybe thereafter canvassed and officially declared by the Council. Section 6. That the Village Council shallneetat 8 otclock P.M. on July 26, 1961, that being the day after said election, at the regular.meeting place of said Council and shall canvass the returns and declare the result of said election. Section 7. That this ordinance become effective immediately following its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED on first reading this 24th day of June, 1961. PASSED AND ADOPTED on second and final reading this 24th day of June, 1961. (SEAL) ATTEST: Mayor Village Clerk Pursuant to motion duly made by Councilman Hahn, seconded by Councilman Bowman, all members voting aye, the meeting was adjourned. (SEAL) ATTEST: C/Sn5l tSen- Village Clerk -3- Mayor . _. • • STATE OF FLORIDA ) COUNTY OF PALM ) BEACH ) 2, Albin R. Olson, do hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting Village Clerk of the Village of North Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. I further certify that insofar as such minutes pertain to the matters above set out, the above and foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Village Council of said Village held on June 24, 1961, and of an ordinance unanimously adopted at said meeting as said minutes and ordin- ance are officially of record in my possession. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my official signature and impressed hereon the official seal of said Village this 25th day of June, 1961. • (SEAL) • • C,:.e\-k, tea... Village Clerk THE GULF STREAM NEWS Riviera Beach Press Published Weekly Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF PALM BEACH: Before the undersigned authority personally appeared Lawrence J. Nunn, who on oath says that he is Editor of The Gulf Stream Newsand Riviera Beach Press, a weekly newspaper, published at Riviera Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a--- ___ --i the tier of 7/ �. a was published in said newspaper in the issues of------- /S OzZf__/g‘_/ Affiant further says that the said Gulf Stream News and Riviera Beach Press is a newspaper published at Riv- iera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Palm Beach County, Florida, each week and has been entered as second class mall at the post office in Riviera Beach, in said Palm Beach County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, reba - commission or refund for the purpose of securing t advertisement for publi- cation in the said news Sworn to and subscribed befo - m his ,Cze-da of Notary Public, State of Florida at Large My Commission Expires, Jan. 23, 1965 -72% ,A.D.I9--- e. • ICE [Sons, firms, asaoabi.ann _-Sy. o fngprofrtttywlthin e age o ,.• rth"aalm Beach. 3 n• va ce s nel coy given .na. •n -< _dance with vularirdinance W�NNb.8-, eaactedii a Fega it .usstao - �y.nr the Village Council of the Village _NOrtt Palm Beicb, all platted lots . ---.n4ItlfW the limits of said Village, lying manyahem to or abutting upon city public — _-- street or thoroughfare, will be cleared _ .• �inCfor -cleaned by removing therefrom sett brush weds, dead and dyingtrees, -- tulips, toots,-enoxrods growth. and s_ `ti<PrTH addrof gleaning shall in cotnpliance with the ordinance of e Village orNorth Palm Beach and _ wfe commence an dr—about June 67761. '>eatia nnTetion one wow, the cost i- gild- work shall be assessed the 1 proper—ry cliatea and/or cleaned and _ _' benefitted thereby. ir-- a a r- 3Ai.t =-dS7 V R. OLSON r wrdse. ..- . , VBllage Manager - PUB: Gulf stream News Jnne 16,22. 1963 1x o O`TYir e 6a_ persons, firms, operty t lenLL ms holorth lopartr In orsorth -n a due in elk -era w1tll1a given tnat e e with a regular SE nce enacted o ¢ rigour Village— h E4f Ecach of the Village —e orth aedlg em ip eargPu Village, lying _ad,eLtospurting upon any pound - -=3tretor_th0rd wW be cleared Eled by removing thereCreicidead anddin a s. o C obnoxious graw�h- -_ ch clearly a Uor cleaning shall bid&'Bence with t7a ordinance of - of North Palm Beach and - 1 ymnt`ende on 'of- about Jute rem etiao df the work. the cost _f wo all be assessed the - apert)'' c-�esred an-d7crtlearted and _ g _.. eeeby -_.tiHei-f� hiWe - — VIl _Sage Mituger OE Stream News "jute 15,22, 1961 • • • • •