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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-06-1966 Regular MeetingWEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1966 The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County met in Regular Session at the Courthouse, Vero Beach, Florida, on Wednesday, April 6, 1966, at 8:30 o'clock, A. M. All members were present. Also present were County Attorney John H. Sutherland, County Engineer Edwin S. Schmucker, and Alfred H. Webber and Freda Wright, Deputy Clerks. The Chairman, Robert W. Graves, asked if there were any corrections or additions to the minutes of March 9 and March 23, 1966. There were none and on Motion by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioners McCullers and unanimously carried, the minutes were approved as written. The County Engineer stated that he examined the bid as submitted for the truck by Roland Miller Chevrolet Company for the sum of $7,150.00 which had been accepted at the regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on March 9, 1966, and that it does not meet specifications. Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, se- conded by Commissioner McCullers and unanimously carried, that all bids be rejected and re -advertised with changed specifications to meet the minimum requirements of the county. Mr. Vocelle, representing Mr. Roland Miller, was present and stated that the re -advertising would meet with their approval. Gladys Vigliano, County Welfare Worker, appeared before the Board and presented doctor and hospital bills for Ruth Bonner, deceased. Motion was made by Commissioner McCullers, seconded by Commissioner Macdonald and unanimously carried, that the county, pay the hospital bill and the doctor bill should be given to Roland Miller, Ad- ministrator of the Estate, for further action. Mr. J. 0. MorgUn and Mr. J. P. Sibley of Wabasso appeared before the Board and voiced their objections to the tentative alignment of Wabasso road to the new approach to Wabasso bridge. Commissioner Macdonald informed them that they would take this again to the State Road Department to see if they could come up with an alignment that would meet with their approval. Homer Fletcher, Tax Assessor, appeared before the Board and requested approval to send notices to property owners advising them of the change in assessments. This would run approximately APR - 6 1966 BOOK - PAGE 589 B $2,000.00. He also requested permission to purchase aerial photos at a cost of approximately $400.00. Motion was made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner McCullers, and unanimously carried, that the Board pay the postage for the Tax Assessor to mail out advanced notices to the property owners. Motion was made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Haffield and unanimously carried, that the Tax Assessor be authorized to purchase the necessary aerial photos. Mr. Joe Culpepper appeared before the Board and stated that, at this time, he would like to enter a protest to the street advertised to be abandoned in Eucalyptus Place Subdivision, unless adequate drainage is provided. Mr. Charlie Mitchell of North Gifford Road and 45th Avenue was recognized by the Chairman and stated that he had a serious road problem. He was advised that since he is living in an unrecorded subdivision, the County could not be of help to him. He also stated that there are a couple of junk yards in his neighborhood and desired that something be done about these. The County Engineer was instructed to check this matter for him. Mr. Saccardi, representing Rock Ridge Corporation, i-nquired as to. the new law governing dogs in the county. Commissioner Waddell advised him that he would check with the Sheriff and the Humane Society and see what could be worked out to enforce the new law. Tom Trent, Civil Defense Director, requested authority to send a man to Orlando from June 6 to 10, 1966, to take a course in radio monitoring. Motion was made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Macdonald and unanimously carried., that Mr. Trent be authorized to send L. V. Paterson to Orlando to take the radio monitoring coarse as requested. Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and unanimously carried, that the County Engineer is authorized to advertise the Klingensmith house for bid. The County Attorney presented the lease -option executed by Mr. R. S. Swing and upon Motion by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Haffield and unanimously carried, the Chairman is authorized to consumate the transaction by signing said lease. APP - 6 1%6 800K 9 PAGE 570 The County Engineer announced that he had applied for and received a scholarship to Yale and would like to have a leave of absence for nine months to a year to further his engineering education. MOTION was made by Commissioner McCullers, seconded by Commissioner Macdonald and unanimously carried, that the County. Engineer be authorized to have a leave of absence, beginning September 1, 1966, for this period of time. Motion was made by Commissioner McCullers, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and unanimously carried, that this Board formerly accept a tanker, Title No. 4900236 from Earman Oil Company and the same to be insured by the County. Motion was made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Macdonald and unanimously carried, that bond be approved for Anne Garrison in the County Engineer's Office, Motion was made by Commissioner McCullers, seconded by Commissioner Haffield and unanimously carried, that the Commissioners and members of the Regional Planning Council be authorized to attend a Regional Council meeting in Orlando on April 13 and a Regional Council meeting in Titusville on April 14, 1966. The County Engineer presented a letter from Swords -Brothers McDougal Co., Inc,, stating that they will fulfill the balance of their contract for asphalt for the period ending August 31, 1966. Motion was made by Commissioner Haffield, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and unanimously carried, that Commissioner Macdonald be authorized to attend a Regional Council meeting in Titusville on April 28, a meeting in Sarasota on mental health on April 21 to 23 and that all commissioners be authorized to go to NACO meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 17 to 20, 1966. Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and unanimously carried that the per diem expenses for a representative of State Park Board for state park survey, be approved. Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and unanimously carried, that the following election officials be approved. APR'! • m 9 eAcE 57I NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners has this day selected the Clerk and Inspectors of the several voting precincts of the County to hold and conduct the Primary Election to be held Tuesday, May 3, 1966, as follows: Precinct No. -1 (Roseland) Community Hall. Clerk, Lester Hanshaw Inspectors, Evelyn B. Miles, Mrs. Kathryn Crippin, Lillian Duerden Precinct No. lA ( Fellsmere) City Hall. Clerk, Mary S. McCluer Inspectors, Eva P. King, Mary E. Smith, Katie L. Snell Precinct No. 1B (Sebastian) City Hall. Clerk, Mrs. Ramona Vickers Inspectors, Marguerite M. Dillon, Effie Stevenson McPherson, Mrs. Orral Pinkerton Precinct No. 1C (Wabasso) School Building. Clerk, Betty Wintermute Inspectors, Alma Jones, Margaret I. Massey, Bessie M. Titus, Muriel Ann McMechan Precinct No. 2 (Winter Beach) School Building. Clerk, Ruby M. Williams Inspectors, Laura Hurst, Geneva Moody, Stephanie Hunter Precinct No. 2A ( Northwest Vero Beach -outside City Limits) Indian River Farms Drainage District Office- 2 miles west on North side Road 60. Clerk, James Smith Inspectors, Lowell Gilbert, William H. Roberts, Lula Carlsward, Ruth DeVaughn. Precinct No. 2B (Country Club Pointe Area and North AlA area -outside City Limits) Elks Club Building. Clerk, Naomi L. Buckalew Inspectors, Virginia R. Blume, Josephine M. Post Doraise Harkins Precinct No. 2C (Gifford area) Gifford High School Building Clerk, J. Ralph Lundy. Inspectors, Willie M. Darrisaw, Walter Jackson, Dorothea McGriff, Anna Lee Lane, Agnes Carter. .Precinct No. 3 (North Vero Beach City Limits) Community Building. Clerk, Pauline Stanbridge Inspectors, Bess'.Everitt4;Grace B. Mooney, Myrtle Jones, Helen Triebsch, Minnie Bush Precinct No. 3A (South Vero Beach) Rosewood School -16th Street Clerk, Florence Huffman Inspectors, Alicia A. Willis, Elinor Wilkinson, James M. Huffman, Richard T. Shipway, Precinct No. 3B (Southwest Vero Beach, Outside City Limits) Williams Sinclair Service Station, Road 60 at 44th Avenue. Clerk, Mamie. Smith Inspectors, Pauline Hobbs,H. L. Traxler, Harry E. Pfieffer, Irene Rinehart APR - BOOK 9 PACE 572 N Precinct No. 4 (South Vero Beach) Youth Center. Clerk, Florence M. Fersch. Inspecttors, Jean W. Acker, Mary E. Hammill, Gladys Cobb, Martha Fridie, Nettie E. Durgin. Precinct No. 4A (S. W. Vero Beach -outside City limits) Skinner's Appliance Building on South Clemann Avenue Clerk, Anne G. Keen Inspectors, Lawrence Bulen, J. A. Studer, Edith K. Gilchrist, Gertrude Maher, Esther Nickerson Precinct No. 4B ( East Vero Beach and Oslo). 'Driftwood Fruit Company South U.S.#1. Clerk, Helen Diorio, Inspectors, Mary C. Bodnar, Eunice DiPietro, Mildred Shortel, Louis Mazzarella, Janie Young. Precinct No. 5 (Vero Beach East of Railroad).Carpenter's Hall on corner of 12th Avenue and 26th Street. Clerk, Margaret M. Fletcher Inspectors, Theresa P. Buss, Viola L. Seraphine, Bula W. Pugh, Minnie Mae Wetmore, Gertrude Shieber. Precinct No. 5A ( Vero;Beach, East of Indian River) Beach Fire Station Clerk, Helen Bassa Inspectors, Betty,Plamondon, Mary H. Knisely, Jeanne Fetzer, .. Shirley Abbott, Rose C. Smith. Precinct No. 5B (Southeast Vero Beach) Osceola.School Building. Clerk, Florence Me Schlitt Inspectors, Thomas A..Mills, Melva L. Malmberg, Grace L. Debth, Arthur Bartell, Reginald Lemkie Dated this 6th day of April, 1966. BARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA IF YOU CANNOT SERVE, CALL RALPH HARRIS, CLERK J07-5146 ���a p ib\ k , �i ) ( i (4 APR BOOK 9- ?AGE 573 The Secretary of State having certified the candidates for State offices to this Board, and Ralph Harris, Clerk of the Circuit Court, having certified the candidates qualified for County offices, the following named persons official Democratic Ballot of Indian were ordered placed on the River County, for the Primary Election to be held Tuesday, May 3, 1966, as follows: FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH GROUP 11 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Parker Lee McDonald Bernard C. Muszynski FOR GOVERNOR Haydon Burns Sam Foor Robert King High Scott Kelly FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Barney F. Cobb Earl Faircloth FOR COMPTROLLER Ronald Brugh Fred 0."Bud" Dickinson, Jr. Walter Franzel Larry Kelley FOR STATE TREASURER+ Ray Gann Bob Harris Broward Williams FOR COMMISSIONER, FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, GROUP 1' Phillip S. Brewer W. D. Maynard William T. "Billy" Mayo FOR COMMISSIONER, FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, GROUP 2 Joe Boyd Jerry W. Carter Mack H. Jones Emmett S. Roberts FOR STATE SENATOR TWELFTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT W. R. McCain John M. McCarty FOR MEMBER OF THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INDIAN RIVER COUNTY GROUP 1 Frank Fee Thomas L. Sloan FOR MEMBER OF THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GROUP 2 H. Leon Blanton Arthur E. "Art" Karst John Schiavone FOR MEMBER BOARD :OF 'COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT NO. 2 Fred E. Baker, Jr. `Jimmy B. Walker BOOK e 9 PAGE 574 It was Ordered that the following named persons, who are candidates for the office designated, be oamitted from the Democratic Ballot for the reason they are each nominated without opposition: FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Paul G. Rogers FOR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT Group 1 Campbell Thornal C FOR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT Group 2 Stephen C, O'Connell FOR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT Group 3 Richard Ervin FOR JUDGE OF THE DDSTRDCT COURT OF APPEAL FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT Group A Sherman N. Smith, Jr. FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE:NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GROUP 1 Richard H. Cooper FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINGH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GROUP 2 Vassar B. Carlton FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GROUP 3 Roger A. Barker FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,GROUP 4 D. C. Smith FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GROUP 5 W. A. Pattishall FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GROUP 6 Volie A. Williams, Jr. FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GROUP 7 Wallace Sample FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GROUP 8 Murray W. Overstreet FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GROUP 9 Wm. G. Akridge FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GROUP 10 C. Pfeiffer Trowbridge FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GROUP 12 Tom Waddell, Jr. FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GROUP 13 Roger F. Dykes R-61966 FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GROUP 14 George E. Adems FOR SECRETARY OF STATE Tom Adams FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 1Floyd T. Christian FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE Doyle Conner FOR MEMBER BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT NO. 4 Dr. B. Q. Waddell FOR MEMBER BOARD OF PUBLIC. INSTRUCTION DISTRICT NO. 1 Rivers Anderson FOR MEMBER BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DISTRICT NO. 3 Dan K. Richardson FOR MEMBER BOARD OF PUBLIC IN- STRUCTION DISTRICT NO. 5 Lester D. Baker FOR MEMBER MOSQUITO CONTROL BOARD C. Reed Knight 6d6R . pA E 575. It WAS FURTHER ORDERED that the following named persons were ordered placed on the official Republican ballot of Indian River County for the Primary Election to be held Tuesday May 3, 1966: FOR GOVERNOR Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Richard B. Muldrew IT'WAS FURTHER ORDERED that the following named persons, who are candidates for theoffice designated be omitted from the official Republican ballot for the reason they are each nominated without opposition: FOR JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT of OF APPEAL FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT GROUP A Spencer C. Cross FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Ellis S. Rubin FOR STATE TREASURER lIb$ephSS. RYhsecko FOR MEMBER OF THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INDIAN RIVER COUNTY GROUP 2 Mrs. John W. (Pink) Hussey FOR MEMBER BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT NO. 2 Richard P. Bogosian FOR MEMBER BOARD OF COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS DISTRICT NO. 4 Jack U. Dritenbas APR - 51966 Book 9 Pact 57 Dr. Ron Frambach appeared before the Board and outlined a program for a retarded children rehabilitation center to be organized and located in Fort Pierce. The same will serve Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie Counties. The Commissioners indicated that they would make a study of the program to determine if they could participate in it. Bill Roberson of the Florida Forrest. Service presented slides of facilities that they have built and are maintaining in various state parks of the State of Florida. These slides were shown on request of Commissioner Macdonald who is on the committee to make a study of same. Motion was made by Commissioner McCullers, seconded by Commissioner Macdonald and unanimously carried, that the Beverage Department be notified that the application of Carl Adkins, 5085 North Gifford Road, for a Beer and Wine package sales only license, does conform to the zoning regulations of the County. The County Engineer presented a plan for the zoning of the Gifford area which had been tentatively approved by the Zoning Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Waddell and unanimously carried, that a public hearing be authorized on that portion lying South of North Gifford Road and that portion lying 1/2 mile East of Clemman Avenue. Commissioner Waddell moved that the County Engineer be authorized to make preliminary drawings and proceed with 27th Avenue on an 80 foot right-of-way basis, and that he be authorized to secure a title search. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Macdonald and unanimously carried. Commissioner McCullers moved that the insurance on the fire trucks be continued with the Zeuch Agency, if agreeablewith the Zeuch Agency, and, if refused, place the insurance with the Rudy Hubbard Agency. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Macdonald and unanimously carried. ITEM TO ITEM TRANSFER GENERAL REVENUE FUND 951 Contingencies 265 Blue Cross for Employees To From $3,350.00 $3,350.00 APR • 6 1' . BOOX 9 PAS X77 ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND To From 951 Contingencies $5,000.00 452 Expense Procuring Right of way $5,000.00 Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and unanimously carried, that the fore- going Item to Item transfers be approved. Motion was made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Haffield and unanimously carried, that Ted Williams be authorized to go to Fort Lauderdale, to get reimbursement from Secondary Road Funds for the_Wabasso Bridge approach. Motion was made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner McCullers and unanimously carried, that T. B. Hospital application of Valda M. Padgett, be approved. Motion was made by Commissioner McCullers,aeconded by Commissioner Haffield and unanimously carried, that the Vero Beach Music Company is authorized to install Candy Vending machine in the Courthouse and the profits to be given to the Sunshine Center. The monthly reports of the Welfare Board, the County Agent and the County Service Officer were received and filed in the Clerk's Office. The several bills and accounts against the County, having been audited, were examined and found to be correct, were approved and warrants issued in settlement of same as follows: General Fund Nos. 5290 to 5370, both inclusive; Road and Bridge Fund, Nos. 3453 to 3511, both inclusive and Fine and Forfeiture Fund, Nos. 532 to 541, both inclusive. Such bills and accounts being on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, the warrants so issued from the respective funds being listed in the Supplemental Minute Book and provided by the rules of the State Auditor, reference to such record and list so recorded being made, a part of these minutes. There being no further business, on Motion made, seconded and carried, the Board then adjourned. ROB W. GRAVES, CHAIRMA ATTEST : ,�� �/.` ` ,i ' RALPH�`ARRIS.}44)40;— , CLERK APR 6 BOK 9 PAGE 578