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09-22-1983 VC REG-MMINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL 9F NORTH PALM BEACH, fLORTDA HELD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1983 Present: Tom Valente, Mayor U. A. Marks, M. D., Vice Mayor Craig Mundt, President Pro Tem ' Al Moore, Councilman Harriet Nolan, Councilwoman Raymond J. Howland, Village Manager Herbert L. Gildan, Village Attorney Joan C. Bernola, Finance Director Dolores R. Walker, Village Clerk Mayor Valente called the Regular Session to order at 7:35 p.m. ROLL CALL All members of the Council were present except Vice Mayor Marks, who arrived at 8:42 p.m. All members of the staff were present. Mayor Valente gave the invocation and President Pro Tem Mundt INVOCATION & led the Council and the public in the Pledge of Allegiance to PLEDGE OF the Flag. ALLEGIANCE The following minutes were approved as written: APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of Public Hearing on 1983-84 Operating Budget held Thursday, September 8, 1983 . Minutes of Regular Session held Thursday, September 8, 1983 There was a large contingent present at this meeting for the PERSONS WHO purpose of addressing the Village Council concerning saving SPOKE IN FAVOR and restoring the Winter Club. OF RESTORING WINTER CLUB The following persons spoke in favor_of restoring the Winter Club: Kathy Hecht Peggy Enders 130 Bowsprit 726 Flamingo Way Donald Welch Rodney Dillon, Jr. 815 Dogwood Road 732 Buttonwood Road Charles Cowan Mrs. Oral J. Fleming 837 Cinnamon Road 708 Eastwind Drive Mrs. Roy Athey Margaret Turney 643 Pilot Road 533 Anchorage Drive Ted Babbitt Patricia Marin 142 Bowsprit 201 10th St. Lake Park, FL ' The group asked the Village Council to give them one year to get their heads together to see if they could accomplish some- thing to restore the Winter Club. They will appear before the Council at the Regular Session of October 13, 1983 with their plan to save the building. Minutes of Regular Session Held Thursday, September 22, 1983 Page 2 The following minutes stand as prepared: ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES Minutes of Regular Meeting of Planning Commission held August 2, 1983 Minutes of Code Enforcement Board Meeting held ' September 12, 1983 The Minutes of Regular Meeting of North Palm Beach Country Club Advisory Board held August lb, 1983 were sent back to the Board for correction. Vice Mayor Marks moved that Resolution No. 39-83 entitled: RES: 39-83 ADOPTED A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, LEVYING A TAX ON REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH ON JANUARY 1, 1983, FIXING THE TOTAL VALUATION THEREON AND THE TAX MILEAGE RATE THEREON FOR SAID TAX YEAR; AND REPEALING ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS RESOLUTION be adopted. 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. 427 entitled: BILL 427 PLACED ON SECOND READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING BUDGETS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 1983, TO ' SEPTEMBER 30, 1984, BOTH INCLUSIVE, FOR THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL FUND, INCLUDING DEBT RETIREMENT, AND FOR THE NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB REVENUE FUND TOGETHER WITH THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUND; AND RE- PEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE be placed on second reading and. read by title alone. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Marks and passed 3-2, with Council- man Moore and Councilwoman Nolan opposed. Vice Mayor Marks moved that Bill No. 427 be adopted as Ordinance MOTION TO ADOPT No. 14-83. The motion was seconded by President Pro Tem Mundt. BILL 427 AS ORD. 14-83 Councilman Moore moved to amend Bill No. 427 as follows: In the Country Club budget, delete from Revenue Account Nos. 363-200, 363-3-00 and 363-400 the sum of $30,000 and from Expenditure Account No. 62.15 the same amount, and that all monies collected as advanced payments to date for this assess- ment be returned by 10/1/83.. Councilwoman Nolan seconded the motion. The motion failed 2-3, with Councilman Moore and Council- woman Nolan voting for and Mayor Valente, Vice Mayor Marks and President Pro Tem Mundt opposed. Councilman Moore moved to amend Bill No. 427 as follows: t In the Village budget, moved to amend EMS Account No. 64.90 by deleting $3,040 for remodeling and purchasing of equipment for a section of the recreation building located on Anchorage Drive; and further delete $3,310 from various accounts found on page 70 which have to do with electricity, telephone, sewage, and on page 71, janitorial service, from the budget; and to place all the five full-time paramedics on a standard eight-hour shift MOTION TO AMEND BILL 42Z FAILED MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND Minutes of Regular Session Held Thursday, September 22, 1983 Page 3 1 1 1 in place of the present 24 hours on, 48 hours off. The motion died for lack of a second. Councilman Moore moved to amend Bill No. 427 by amending the Public Safety Salary Section 21-521 on page 53 to delete the Village supplement of monies paid which are over the amount received from the State of Florida for educational purposes. The motion died for lack of a second. MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND Councilman Moore moved to amend Bill No. 427 by amending the MOTION DIED FOR Council Contingency. Fund, Account No.. 99.11 on page 143, by LACK OF A SECOND the amount of $49,000 which was put into the Council Contingency Account for demolition of the Winter Club. The motion died for lack of a second. Thereafter Council voted on the main motion which passed 3-2, with Councilman Moore and Councilwoman Nolan opposed. There- fore, Bill No. 427 was adopted as Ordinance No. 14-83. Councilwoman Nolan stated she would like. the record to show the reason she voted against the budget ordinance. She wanted to vote against the Country Club budget only, but since the General Fund, Federal Revenue Sharing Fund and the Country Club were all included. together, she had to vote against the entire budget. On motion of Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilwoman Nolan, all present voting aye, Bill No. 428 entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE NORTH PALM BEACH BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1982- 83 BY APPROPRIATION TRANSFERS was placed on first reading and read in full. On motion of Councilwoman Nolan, seconded .by Vice Mayor Marks, all present voting aye, Bill No. 428 was placed on second reading and read by title alone. On motion of Councilwoman Nolan, seconded by President Pro Tem Mundt, all present voting aye, Bill No. 428 was adopted as Ordinance No. 15-83. - BILL 427 ADOPTED AS ORD. 14-83 COUNCILWOMAN NOLAN'S STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD BILL 428 PLACED ON FIRST READING BILL 428 PLACED ON SECOND READING BILL 428 ADOPTED AS ORD. 15-83 The reason for adopting this ordinance on an emergency basis is REASON FOR EMER- because the business at hand could not wait ,until the next regular GENCY ORDINANCE session of the Village Council which is scheduled for Thursday, October 13, 1983. President Pro Tem Mundt moved that we approve payment for emer- APPROVAL OF PAYMENT gency repairs to Garbage Packer No.. 16. in the.amount of $2,358.07 FOR EMERGENCY to be expended from Account No. 33-534-46.50. The motion was REPAIRS TO PACKER seconded by Vice Mayor Marks and. passed unanimously. N0. 16 Vice Mayor Marks moved that we authorize the Mayor to sign the Golf Car Lease Agreement and the Golf Car Maintenance Agreement with Club Car, Inc. for sixty new golf carts for the Country Club. The motion was. seconded by Councilman-Moore and passed unanimously. Councilman Moore moved that we do not sign the contract with the Palm Beach County Benevolent Association. The motion died for lack of a second. MAYOR AUTHORIZED TO SIGN GOLF CAR AGREEMENTS WITH CLUB CAR, INC. MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND Minutes of Regular Session Held Thursday, September 22, 1983 Page 4 President Pro Tem Mundt moved that we ratify and authorize the Mayor MOTION TO RATIFY to sign the contract between the Palm Beach County Benevolent Associ- & AUTHORIZE ation and the Village of North Palm Beach Public Safety Department. MAYOR TO SIGN The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Marks. PBA CONTRACT Councilman Moore moved to amend the. motion as follows: That Article MOTION TO AMEND 30 on wages be amended to p7 ace not only the starting scale but ' what the upper scale is for each of the salary considerations here. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Nolan. The meeting was recessed at 9:35 p.m. and was reconvened at 9:42 RECESS p.m. After the meeting was reconvened, discussion continued on the MOTION TO AMEND motion to amend. The motion failed 1-4, with Councilman Moore FAILED l-4 voting for, and Mayor Valente, Vice.Mayor Marks, President Pro Tem Mundt and Councilwoman Nolan opposed. Thereafter Council voted on the main motion which passed 4-1, MAIN MOTION with Councilman Moore opposed. PASSED 4-1 There being no further business to come before the Council, the ADJOURNMENT meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m. ' Minutes recorded by: Dolores R. Walker, CMC Village Clerk 1