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REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
AUGUST 23,1973
The Regular Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens was called
to order by Mayor Kiedis at 8:00 P.M. in the Assembly Room, 10500 N.
Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and opened with the Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL C.AU: Roll was called by the City Clerk and present were: Councilman Wiley,
Councilman DeLonga, Councilman Martino, Vice Mayor Dunbar and Mayor
Kiedis. Attorney Brant was also present.
MINUTES: The minutes of the Workshop Meeting of August 9, 1973 were unanimously
approved by the Council.
ANNOUICFMFNTS: The City Manager announced that a benefit dinner would be held on Saturday,
August 24, 1973 to help defray medical expenses for Trooper Jessie M.
Hughey, a resident of the City, who was involved in an auto accident while
on duty for the State and was critically injured.
BID OPENINGS: Bids were received and opened for a hose dryer. One bid was received from
East Coast Fire Equipment Company in the amount of $1,381.00 which was
referred to the City Manager and Fire Chief for evaluation and recommendation.
REPORTS: 1. Mayor Kiedis reported he and Councilman Martino, Vice Mayor Dunbar and
PALM BEACH the City Manager had attended the meeting held this date where the Palm
COUNTY
COMMISSION Beach County Commission acting as a Zoning Board had voted in favor 4 -1
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on the location of the new sewerage plant to be built west of the Turnpike.
PETITION- 2. Councilman Martino presented the Council with a petition from children,
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ages 8 -11, who live on Balsam Street asking that the Council provide a
playground on the vacant lot at Balsam and Lighthouse Drive. This action
came about as a result of the children using the street as a playground
and being asked to refrain from doing so by the Police. The petition
will be forwarded to the Recreation Advisory Board for their review and
recommendation.
MERIT BOARD: 3. Vice Mayor Dunbar reported the Merit System Board held a meeting
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Monday, August 13, 1973 and are continuing their review and rewriting
of the Merit System Rules and Regulations.
PLANNING & 4. Vice Mayor Dunbar reported on the Planning and Zoning Commission
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meeting he had attended August 15, 1973 where discussion was held on the
three petitions for annexation and rezoning and Public Hearings were held
on same on August 21, 1973. Mr. Dunbar read the recommendation for the
Planning and Zoning Commission as a result of the hearings:
a. Approval of the Soverel Marine petition. b. Approval of the petition
from Mr. & Mrs. Nothstine, owner of record of the property who asked for
continuance after Martin Kahn, the original petitioner had withdrawn his
requebt. c. Denial of the petition from Mr. & Mrs. Barge, Circle Palms Motel.
The Council directed the City Attorney to prepare ordinances on the
Soverel and Nothstine petitions which will be duly advertised in the normal
procedure, and the City Clerk was instructed to notify Mr. & Mrs. Barge,
if they so desire, may appear before the Council at their Workshop Meeting,
-� August 30, 1973 for an informal discussion of their petition.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
Mayor Kiedis acknowledged receipt of communications from:
JACOB COOPER: 1. Letter dated August 10, 1973 to Attorney Brant from Jacob Cooper,
Acting Chief, Bureau of Environmental Engineering, County Health Department
advising of certain facts regarding the sewerage situation, stating no
further health hazards exist in the City and recommending the Council lift
the building moratorium. No action was taken at this time by the Council
for reasons that the timing was premature, positive proof of good faith
by upgrading the old plant was needed, and the Council would like to see
reasonable progress on the construction of the new plant. They did agree
that progress is being made from all indications, however, they wish to
proceed cautiously. The City Manager was directed to keep abreast of
progress and to arrange for a site visitation for the Council.
DR.HATHAWAY: 2. Dr. Hathaway thanking the City for the plaque given him as a past
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member of the Beautification and Environmental Committee.
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3. Charles Simpson, Detective, Palm Beach Gardens Police, advising of a
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movie to be presented by the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department on
September 11 1973 at 9:00 A. M. at Abbey Road on Commercial Armed Robbery.
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4. Hamilton Oven, Department of Pollution Control advising of a Public
Hearing on September 24, 1973 in Tampa, a copy of which will be placed in
the information folder.
VINCENT
5. Memo from the City Clerk advising that the term of Vincent Alvarez a
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member of the Recreation Advisory Board will expire on September 27, 1973
was referred to the Recreation Advisory Board to ascertain if Mr. Alvarez
wishes to serve another term.
EMPLOYEE OF
6. Memofrom the City Manager recommending Alice Jean Kerslake as Employee
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of the Month. The Council concurred.
ITEMS BY THE CITY MANAGER:
BUILDING
1. The City Manager stated requests from John L. Pappin, Donald Doran and
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Robert Sander had been received for building permits and septic tank
approval had been obtained from the County in each case. The Council
expressed no objection to the issuance of these permits. Councilman
Wiley stated Mr. MacArthur, major land owner in the City, before the
moratorium, was put into effect, had taken all his land off the market, and
he would like to be advised if any of these lots are now being sold.
Councilman DeLonga suggested that all property owners of vacant land, who
live out of the City, be notified that the use of septic tanks is being
approved by the County Health Department.
JR.WOMANOS
2. Request from the Poinciana Jr. Woman's Club for the use of the Council
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meeting room on September 26, 1973 at 7,30 P.M. for their Annual Needlework
Workshop was approved by the Council.
ITEMS BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL:
COUNCILMAN
Councilman DeLonga questioned the overtime pay received by Police Department
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employees who are required to work on holidays. The City Manager was
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directed to present this item to the Merit System Board for their review
and recommendation.
COUNCILMAN
Clarification was given to Councilman Wiley by Chief Pecht regarding a
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notice on the Police bulletin board offering leadership courses at the
High School to Policemen at a cost of $35.00. The City Manager and the
Police Chief will determine if there are courses offered to women. The
City Manager will prepare a general directive, as a matter of policy,
that any employee who wants to make an effort to better himself by taking
job related courses will be reimbursed by the City for the cost of the course.
Councilman Wiley noted the custodial service form for persons or
organizations using the City facilities was not intended for Advisory Boards.
Councilman Wiley asked the status of the agreement regarding Tanglewood
streets and was advised by the Attorney he will present it when negotiations
are completed.
At the request of Councilman Wiley, the Council asked the City Manager to
contact engineers who are available, not to exclude Mock, Roos and Searcy,
to determine the cost to prepare specifications for sidewalks on Holly
Drive from the Railroad crossing to the Thompson River.
The City Manager, at Councilman Wiley's request, will obtain a breakdown
of the Florida Power and Light Company invoices as to the amount for the
City Complex building, Plant Drive, the street lights in the City and if
the parking lot at the hospital is included.
MAYOR KIEDIS:
Councilman Wiley turned back the Lighthouse Drive project, that he had tallen
in Mayor Kiedis' absence, and stated the next step was to redraft the
specifications for the sidewalks and for the widening of the pavement.
The City Manager advised Mayor Kiedis the lights at Plant Drive were being
re- aimed.
VICE MAYOR
Vice Mayor Dunbar requested that work continue on clearing up the Public
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Works yard. He advised the Council that at the request of Larry Coleman,
representative of Kassuba Corp., they had met and discussed a proposed
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condominium project by Kassuba Corp. and he advised Mr. Coleman to present
his plan to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Councilman Wiley expressed his opinion that if it were to become a
regular practice for Councilman to meet individually on City business,
that any meetings of that sort should be discouraged.
COUNCILMAN Councilman Martino asked Councilman Wiley to put his picture along with
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the other ex- Mayors on the wall of the Council meeting room.
RESOLUTIONS: Resolution #42, 1973 - Traffic Control Agreement with the County was read
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in full by the City Clerk and unanimously adopted as amended.
RESOLUTION #43:Resolution #43, 1973 - Appointing Veronica Snyder and Linda Ard, Deputy
Clerks was read in full by the City Clerk and unanimously adopted.
ORDINANCES:
ORDINANCE #16: Ordinance #16, 1973 - Compensation for Mayor and Council was removed from
being tabled by a vote of 4 -1. Councilman DeLonga voted nay.
Ordinance #16, 1973 was read in full, on second reading, by the City Clerk,
I' by a vote of 4 -1. Councilman DeLonga voted away.
Motion by Councilman Wiley, seconded by Councilman Martino to accept the
provisions of the dollar amounts as specified in Section 1 and 2. Discussion
followed with Councilman DeLonga stating the governing body should not
change their own salaries; Councilman Martino felt the figures were quite
conservative as did Mayor Kiedis and Vice Mayor Dunbar stated the fair way
would be to voucher actual expenses.
Vote on the motion - Councilman Wiley, Councilman Martino and Mayor Kiedis
voted aye, Vice Mayor Dunbar and Councilman DeLonga voted nay. Motion
carried by a vote of 3 -2.
Motion made by Councilman Wiley, seconded by Councilman Martino to adopt
Ordinance #16, 1973 as read. During discussion, Vice Mayor Dunbar made a
motion to amend the motion to adopt Ordinance #16, 1973 to read in Section 5
to be effective April 1, 1974. The motion died for a lack of a second.
Vote on original motion - Councilman Wiley, Councilman Martino and Mayor
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Kiedis voted aye, Councilman DeLonga and Vice Mayor Dunbar voted nay.
Motion carried by a vote of 3 -2.
ORDINANCE #17: Ordinance #17, 1973 - Modification to Chapter 4 - Animals was removed from
being tabled and was read by title only, on second reading, by the City
Clerk and unanimously adopted by the Council.
SIGN ORDINANCE: The revised copy of the proposed Sign Ordinance as presented by Councilman
Martino was briefly discussed by the Council and it was unanimously
agreed that the format was fine.
BUDGET DISCUSSION:
The following items were reviewed and preliminary adjustments made as follows:
EMU BIT 14 - RECREATION AND PARKS:
Account 103: Salaries and Wages - The City Manager was directed to write a
job description for a Recreation person for the Merit Board's approval and
recommendation. The Recreation Leader classification on the salary sheet
will be changed to the new job classification, Range and Step 24 -1 - $7697.40.
Account 103 to be changed to $50,976.80.
EXHIBIT 13 - BUILDING DEPARTMENT:
Account 103: Salaries and Wages - This account was reduced to $23,498.28 to
reflect Building Inspector at Range and Step 26 -1.
FIRE DEPARTMENT: The Council directed the City Manager to liquidate the
Fire Station Bond Account.
The Council did not agree to the City Manager's recommendation for an extra
holiday for City employees.
The City Manager presented a list of proposed uses for the Federal Revenue
Sharing Funds and it was generally agreed the funds will be handled on a
priority basis.
ADJOURNMENT. No further business, the meeting adjourned at 11 :30 P.M.
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or John Kiedis
Councilman Walter Wiley
/ Vice Mayor don Dunbar l councilman James Deonga
Councilman Michael Martin
Alice Je,KKerslake, City Clerk
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