04-06-1964 VC REG-M• MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
of the
VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH
held
April 6, 1964
Incumbent Councilman Harold W. Beery called the meeting to order and
requested the Village Clerk to swear in the newly elected Councilmen, Herbert
M. Gibson, Walter E. Thomas, and Thomas F. Lewis. Thereupon the Village Clerk
Administered the Oath of Allegiance as required by Florida Statutes and Lhe
Oath of Office to these men. The Village Clerk then administered the Oath of
office to Harold W. Beery as Mayor, to Thomas F. Lewis as Vice-Mayor, to Herbert
M. Gibson as Tax Assissor, and to Thomas R. Bell as Tax Collector. All Council-
men swore to same before a Notary Public and signed the oaths in the Official
Record Book.
D7ayor Harold W. Beery then called £ar a Special Meeting and asked the
Clerk to call the roll.
Present:
Harold i4'. Beery, .Mayor
Thomas F. Lewis, Vice-h4ayor
Thomas R. Bell, Councilman
Herbert M. Gibson, Councilman
Walter E. Thomas, Councilman
C. Robert Burns, Village Attorney
Frank R. Spence, Village Manager
and Clerk
Mayor Beery read a statement on behalf of the new Council inviting alI
residents to make attendance at Council meetings a regular habit. He said
that the Council will endeavor to provide open, public, courteous, objective,
fair and impartial meetings to the best of their ability.
On motion of Vice-Mayor Lewis, seconded by Councilman Gibson, all members
voting aye, Resolution #191 entitled
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, APPOINTING CERTAIN OFFICERS
FOR SUCH VILLAGE.
was enacted.
The Village b9anager read a letter from the Dumas Compant stating that
after further consideration about their recoating the Country Club swimming
pool and although they had promised to redo the pool, they had now changed their
minds and would not do the job. This culminated about six weeks of consistent
correspondence getween all parties involved whereby it appeared that a mutual
agreement had been reached for the Dumas Company to recoat the pool and the
Plaxicrete Company, manufacturer of the coating, would even donate the coating
free of charge. Now they changed their minds.
The Village Attorney was asked to advise the Council on a course of
legal action. The Attorney stated that he had not yet seen this latest set of
correspondence, but was in possission of others dating back almost a year. He
• stated that he would have to study it first, then report back to the Council.
On motion of Councilman Thomas, seconded by Vice-Mayor Lewis, all members
voting aye, the matter was tabled until tomorrow evening, Tuesday, April 7th at
8:00 p,m, at which time the Village Attorney will have prepared his opinion.
The Village Manager stated that he was to have a luncheon engagement with
Mr. Jack C. Hamilton, Vice-President and General Dlanager of Hunnicutt and Assoc-
iates, to discuss the tax assessment situation and invited all Councilmen to
meet with them. Mayor Beery suggested that the Village Manager present his re-
commendations on the subject at the next regular meeting of the Council.
The Village Manager reported that he had been notified by the former
auditors of the Village, Lee Shepard, C.P.A., at 3:00 p.m. that day that hhey
would not be able to appear before the Council that evening to discuss the 1962-63
audit as they had promised. The Ciuncil expressed dissatisfaction with the
length of time this firm was taking to fulfill its obligations and stated that
no money will be paid to them until this obligation is fulfilled.
The Village Manager informed the Council 6f .t he great need for a re-charge
will and reservoir system at the Golf Course. Before any money would be spent
or any work done the Council expressed a desire to hear from two experts on wells
and water tables in this area, Jack P. Carroll and Fred Trapnell. On motion of
Councilman Thomas, seconded by Vice-D7ayor Lewis, all members voting aye, the
• matter was tabled until the following evening, Tuesday, April 7, so that the
Village Manager could contact these men and have them appear with their recommend-
ations.
Council Meeting
held April 6, 1964
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On motion of Councilman Thomas, seconded by Vice-playor Lewis, all
members voting aye, the Village Manager was instructed to inquire into the
possibility of qualifying for and securing a federal grant for the purpose of
paying a portion of the purchase price of land to be used for park and re-
' creation purposes.
Councilman Thomas inquired about the results of a previous request by
bridge groups using the Old Country Club dining room for the Village to install
lighting. The Village Manager reported that he had secured two bids for light-
ing, the room with nine 8 foot, two lanp fluorescent light fixtures and re-
working the existing electrical work to carry the additional load; the ~pw
bid was $586.00. Councilman Thomas expressed the opinion that the Old Country
Club building should either be improved or closed completely. No official action
was taken.
On motion of Councilman Thomas, seconded by Councilman Bell, all members
voting aye, the local Jaycees were requested to come before the Council and
present the questionnaire that: they would like to send out to all Village Residents
as part of a Community Public Opinion Survey. If the format met with the Council's
approval the Jaycee's would be: authorized to proceed.
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On motion of Councilman Gibson, seconded by Vice-Mayor Lewis, all members
voting aye, Council meetings, will now be held twice a month, on the second and
fourth Tuesday nights and directed the Village Manager to notify all residents
of this change. The Village Attorney advised that the prevailing ordinance would
not have to be amended if the Council officially adjourned the first meeting
of the month to the fourth Tuesday of each month.
The Village htanager was instructed by the Mayor to schedule a meeting
of the resident attorneys interested in the Village Attorney's position with the
Council and Mr. Burns, that would be acceptable to all parties,
The subject of creating; a Recreation Committee was discussed and various
members of the Council suggested the following residents for the Committee and
instructed the Village Manager to contact each of them to see if they would be
willing to serve on such a committee:
Mr. Herbert Watt R1r. Marshall Benjamin
Mr. Paul Emond Mrs, Helen Phillips
Mr. John Martin Mrs. Betty Hurd
Mr. Roger Boyer Mrs. Blanche Lang
Final action would be taken at the regular April 14th meeting of the Council.
On motion of Councilman Thomas, seconded by Councilman Gibson, all members
voting aye, the Village Manager was instructed to review the recreational expense
of-the Village to determine if' we are best utilizing the personnel and facilities
that we have and how we can improve upon the situation.
Mayor Beery brought up the subject of creating a Planning and Zoning
Committee. He recommended that the Council be prepared to take up hhe subject
and recommend names of prospective board members at the regular meeting April 14.
The Village Clerk read a letter from the Kiwanis Club of Riviera Beach
requesting the Village to donate the use of twenty electric golf carts to he used
for a charity golf tournament to be held at the SLminole Country Club. On motion
of Councilman Bell, seconded by Vice-Mayor Lewis, all members voting aye, the
request was granted with two conditions:
1. pending the approval of the Pargo, Inc., owners of the
golf. carts at the North Palm Beach Country Club, and,
2. that there would be no cost to the Village.
The Village Clerk read a letter from the North Palm Beach Country Club
Advisory Board recommending that consideration be given to the creation of. an
independent Board of Governors be established to completely operate the North
Palm $each Country Club. On motion of Councilman Gibson, seconded by Councilman
Thomas, all members voting aye, the Village Dtanager was instructed to notify the
Advisory Board that the Council would welcome the opportunity to discuss the
subject and to invite the Board to appear before the Council at the next regular
meeting, April 14, that they may present specific recommendations.
Councilman Thomas informed the Council that in all probabiiity the local
Jaycee's will present a request for approximately $300. for fireworks to be
used in a joint intra-Community display, at the next Council meeting and requested
the Council to be thinking about the subject during the interim.
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The Village Manager read a letter from the owners of the Camelot Motel
asking that formal action be taken on their request of same months ago that
the Village accept dedication of their entrance way and service drive as a
public might-of-way, at no cost to the Village and to be maintained in accord-
ance with Village wishes, so that they might be allowed to install a cross-over
in front of their place of business. Councilman Gibson announced publicly that
since he had related business interests in this matter he would disqualify himself
from voting on anything pertaining to it. The Village Clerk was instructed to
put the matter on the agenda of the next regular meeting and instructed the
Village Attorney to draw up the appropriate deeds in such a way as to make any
agreements perpetually binding to the land.
of Councilman Thomas, seconded by Councilman Lewis, all members voting aye,
the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 p.m. to Tuesday, April 7, 1964, at 8:00 p.m.,
at the same place.
There being no further business to come before the Council, on motion
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