10-27-1983 VC REG-MMINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION
OF THE
VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
HELD
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1983
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Minutes of Regular Session held Thursday,
October 13, 1983
Present: Tom Valente, Mayor
V. A. Marks, M.. D., Vice Mayor
Craig D1undt, President Pro Tem
Al Moore ,Councilman
Harriet Nolan, Councilwoman
Raymond J. Howland, Village Manager
Herbert L. Gildan, Villlage Attorney
Joan C. Bernola, Finance Director
Dolores R. Walker, Village Clerk
Mayor Valente called the Regular Session to order at 7:30 p.m
All members of the Council and the staff were present.
Mayor Valente gave the invocation and Councilwoman Nolan led
the Council and the public in the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag.
The following minutes were approved as written:
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION &
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
Minutes of Special Session held Monday,
October 24, 1983
Councilman Moore moved that we add items 11 b and 11 c to the
agenda to repeal Resolution No. 40-83.and Resolution No. 41-83,
which were improperly adopted at the last Regular Session of
this Council. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Nolan
and passed 3-2, with Vice Mayor Marks and President Pro Tem
Mundt opposed.
MOTION TO ADD
ITEMS TO THE
AGENDA
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Vice Mayor Marks moved that Resolution No. 42-83.and Resolution
No. 43-83 be placed. back on the agenda to be voted on to award
the bids. The motion was seconded by President Pro Tem Mundt.
During the discussion, Vice Mayor Marks withdrew his motion
and President Pro Tem Mundt withdrew his second.
President Pro Tem Mundt made~the.following statement for the
record:
"I would like to read into the record Councilman Moore's
comments that were made at a.Regular Session on October
13, 1983. 'I think the people did quite a good job. They
came here on 9/8 to try to ask us to postpone voting on that
building being destroyed, and they ignored them. They came
back on the 22nd and asked for time to make a plan. Nobody
agreed to it, except Mrs. Nolan said she was willing to think
about it. The other three members weren`t willing to hear
anything. In fact, they haven`t been willing to hear any-
thing from the public -- even at-the public hearing they were
ready to tear it down. P4r. Mundt rambled about things that
didn't really mean anything, but I think he made an agree-
ment somewhere to tear it down to get elected -- and I am
not sure what Dr. Marks did.'
MOTION WITHDRAbJN
PRES. PRO TEM
MUNDT'S STATE-
MENT FOR THE
RECORD
Minutes of Regular Session
Heid Thursday, October 27, 1983
Page 2
Mayor, Council and Village. residents, two weeks ago this
false representation was made in this chamber by Councilman
Al Moore, and at the time I chose not to-respond. However,
these remarks cannot stand unrefuted. I will publicly state
that no agreements were ever_made or existed regarding any
vote I have cast while on this Council, or will they in the
future. My decisions are reflections of what I feel are the
majority desire of our residents and what is in the best
' interests of our Village. I feel it is not fair for this
place to be a public forum and to be used as a caucus to
plant seeds of doubt, personal attack, or as a political
forum, and I sense all of this has happened. I will not
tolerate them personally, now or in the future."
Councilman Nloore`s remarks to President Pro Tem Mundt's statement
for the record are as follows:
"Mr. Mayor, to remark to that I said I think he made an
agreement. Dr. Marks said at the workshop he wanted an
apology from me fora remark I made against him, which
the record clearly indicates that I did not. And I think
tonight if Mr. Mundt thinks that I hurt his ego or have
upset him mentally or have disturbed him, then I think I
am sorry for that fact."
Vice Mayor Marks comments are as follows:
"Mr. Mayor, the statement has already been read into the
minutes of this body. I had not really planned on com-
menting other than to read .it into the minutes so that
people in the future could read this and understand who
put them in there, where they came from. I really think
' that the gentleman who I have served with over the years,
I am not sure I understand him anymore. I think that for
him to publicly attack me as if to say, "I am not sure
what Dr. Marks did" -- whether it means anything or
whether it doesn't mean anything, I think my record on
this Council will speak for being honest with everybody
in this Village. My re-elections have been universal
throughout the Village. It hasn't been from any one area.
I have never been influenced on a vote on this Council and
I resent the fact that. Councilman Moore would sit there and
insinuate that maybe I did, and I think to insinuate against
two members of this Council is very poor taste for any Council-
man to sit up on this front place. If he wants to do it in
the campaign, someplace outside of this Council Chambers, more
power to him, and I feel sorry_for him, the way he handled it."
Councilman Moore commented as follows:
"Mr. Mayor, to answer Dr. Marks, I will reiterate what I
said two weeks ago. I am still not sure about Dr. Marks.
He claims that he stands on his voting record. I stand
on nlY voting record. In my statement that night, I did
not mean to hurt anyone that serves on this Council. All
I said was that it seemed awfully funny, and it was said
either before or after what Councilman Mundt read into
the statement, that two of the people who served on this
Council that were in favor of tearing the building (Winter
Club) down were tigers not too long ago to save the
building. I really don`t know what changed their mind,
so we all have the right to change our mind, but nobody
has told me why Dr. Marks changed his mind or why the
Mayor changed his mind. I am glad .all of this is going
COUNCILMAN
MOORE`S
COMMENTS
VICE MAYOR
MARKS`S
COMMENTS
COUNCILMAN
MOORE'S
COMMENTS
Minutes of Regular Session
Held Thursday, October 27, 1983
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Minutes of North Palm Beach Library Advisory Board
Meeting held September 27, 1983
Minutes of Regular Meeting of North Palm Beach
Country Club Advisory Board held October 18, 1983
into the record for people to read. The tapes sometime are
hard to understand because we often all talk at the same time
up here and I don't think that I have deviated too for from what
I originally started on this Council to what I am doing today.
I haven`t changed nll' opinion of things in the Village very much.
I still think it is a fine place to live. I think it is admirably
well known that people who run and serve on this Council give up
quite a bit of their time, and a lot of energy is used to serve
the people of the Village and there are groups in the Village
who would like to run this Council and I hope they never really
achieve enough people on it to run it.. But there have been a
lot of attempts to do it."
The following minutes stand as corrected:
Councilwoman Nolan moved. that we, at this time, sever the
relationship with Mr. Howard Osterman regarding Seacoast
Utilities, Inc. The motion was seconded by Vice Playor Marks
and passed unanimously.
President Pro Tem Mundt moved. that Bill No. 430 entitled:
ACCEPTANCE OF
MINUTES
RELATIONSHIP
WITH H. OSTERMAN
RE SEACOAST
UTILITIES SEVERED
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA, AMENDING THE NORTH PALM BEACH BUDGET FOR
FISCAL YEAR 1983-84 BY APPROPRIATION TRANSFERS
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be placed on first reading and read in full. The motion was
seconded by Vice Playor Marks and passed 3-2, with Councilman
Moore and Councilwoman Nolan opposed..
BILL 430 PLACED
ON FIRST READING
& READ IN FULL
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Vice Mayor Marks moved that Bill No. 430 be placed on second
reading and read by title alone due to the fact that an emergency
exists requiring the passage of this ordinance on two readings
tonight because the money is appropriated for a bid, which bid
expires prior to another Council meeting, and the Village would
lose benefit of the bid if it did not pass the ordinance this
evening. The motion was seconded-by President Pro Tem Mundt
and passed 3-2, with Councilman Moore and Councilwoman Nolan
opposed.
President Pro Tem Mundt moved that Bill No. 430 be adopted as
Ordinance No. 16-83. The motion was. seconded by Vice Mayor
Marks and passed 3-2, with Councilman Moore and Councilwoman
Nolan opposed.
Councilwoman Nolan moved that we repeal Resolution No. 40-83
The motion was seconded by Councilman Moore and failed 2-3~
with Mayor Valente, Vice Mayor Marks, and President Pro Tem
Mundt opposed.
President Pro Tem Mundt moved that we ratify Resolution Plo.
40-83 and Resolution No. 41-83, which were passed at the
previous Council meeting, and reaward the bid to Delta
Demolition, North Palm Beach, Florida, fbr demolition of the
Winter Club in the amount of $13,434.00 from Account No.
42-572-34.15 (Contractual Services -Winter Club), and also
reaward the bid to Heavy Construction, North Palm Beach,
Florida, for fill dirt in the amount of $2.75 per cubic yard
(total amount $6,050.00) from Account No. 42-572-34.15
(Contractual Services - Winter Club). The motion was second-
ed by Vice h4ayor P1arks and passed 3-2, with Councilman Moore
and Councilwoman Nolan opposed.
BILL 430 PLACED
ON SECOND READING
ON AN EP7ERGENCY
BASIS & READ BY
TITLE ALONE
BILL 430 ADOPTED
AS ORD. 16-83
MOTION TO REPEAL
RES. 40-83
FAILED
BIDS REAWARDED
TO DELTA DEMOL-
ITION & HEAVY
CONSTRUCTION
Minutes of Regular Session
Held Thursday, October 27, 1983
Page 4
The meeting was recessed at 8:40 p.m. and was reconvened at RECESS
8:54 p.m.
On motion of Councilwoman Nolan, seconded by President Pro Tem RES. 42-83
Mundt, all present voting aye, proposed Resolution No. 42-83 ADOPTED
entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA, APPOINTING MEMBER TO THE PENSION BOARD FOR GENERAL
EMPLOYEES OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH.APLM BEACH, EXCEPT FIRE AND
POLICE
was read in full and adopted as read as- Resolution No. 42-83.
President Pro Tem Mundt moved that we allow the Florida National
Senior Olympics Committee to use. the North Palm Beach Country
Club pool for an exhibition and.swim races on November 21 and
November 25 at a fee of $200.00. The motion was seconded by
Councilwoman Nolan and passed unanimously.
Vice Mayor Marks moved that. we accept a utility easement from
Seacoast Utilities, Inc. in the northeast corner of the Country
Club property, adjacent to the waterway and U-. S. Highway No. 1.
The motion was seconded. by President Pro Tem Mundt.
Councilman Moore moved that we table this approval for the
Mayor to.sign this easement until we have determined the value
of the land which is located on U. S. Highway No. 1. The
motion died for lack of a second.
Thereafter Council voted on the main motion which passed 3-2,
with Mayor Valente and Councilman Moore opposed.
' There being no further business to come before the Council,
the meeting was adjourned at 9:12 p.m.
Minutes recorded by: Dolores R. Walker, CMC
Village Clerk
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FL NATIONAL
SENIOR OLYMPICS
COMM. ALLOWED
TO USE NPBCC
POOL NOV. 21 & 25
MOTION TO ACCEPT
UTILITY EASEMENT
FROM SEACOAST
UTILITIES, INC.
MOTION DIED FOR
LACK OF A SECOND
MAIN MOTION
PASSED 3-2
ADJOURNMENT