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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/3/19292�8 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd 1929., The Board of County Commissioners in and for Indian River County, Florida, met at the Court House in Vero Beach, at 10 o'clock A.M.Tuesday, :December 3rd. 19299with. the following members of the Board present: Albert 0. Helseth, Chairman; J.D.Yongue J.V'd.LaBruce; J.J.P.Hemilton and John H. Atkin. Also present were Miles Vdarren, Clerk and Clark S. Rice, Sheriff. I' G The minutes of the previous meetings. were read and approved. Dr. W.H.Hum.iston appeared before the Board requesting use of County Trucks to haul muck for the Besattification program. The County Engineer was instructed to furnish the necessary trucks for this work on Thursday, December 5th. The County Engineer was ordered to put in road from the Highway to the ;school House at Wabasso. The County Agent filed his monthly report and also his report of activities for the year 1930. Mr. Mc Cullers appeared before the Board requesting the privilege of renting county Tractor in accordance with the agreement heretofore made with Chao -Harris. it was ordered the County Engineer do this work under the same conditions that the work for Harris was done. The following Road petition was received, read and filed: ROAD PETITION. STATE OF FLORIDA, COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER) TO TIM HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY 0011MISSIONERS: Gentlemen:- We, the undersigned, citizens of the County of Indian River, State of N Florida, respectfully represent that the necessitites of the public require a Count; P road to be laid out as follows, to -wit: Commencing at a point ten. (10) feet North of the South-east corner of the worth -east one-quarter of Section Thirty-one (31) V Township Thirty-one (31) Southq Range Thirty-nine (39) East. Thence meetparallel to the East and vest center section line of said section to the east bank of the N :Sebastian Creek. Said road right-of-way to be fifty (50) feet in width, twenty- five feet on either side of the above described center line. wherefore we petition your honorable body to cause to be laid out and opened a County Road as above described, and we, the owners of the land through which said i road is sought to be laid out, in consideration of the sum of One dollar to us each and severally in hand paid by the County of Indian River, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, hereby agree to give the right-of-way through our lands, as sh by the plat accompanying this petition, and relinquish all claims for damage by reason thereof. It was ordered that G.A.Stinson; V.M.Michael and D.L.Leisher, be appointed a committee to view, mark and lay out said road and report to this Board. Chas. A. Mitchell,! representing the Town of Wabas so appeared before the Board requesting the County Commissioners to agree to levy a tax in the territory em - bracing the Town of viabasso to retire indebtedness of said Town, it being shown tha the citizens described to surrender theirmunicipal charter. It was ordered that this matter be referred to the Board's attorney to work out satisfactorily. In accordance with advertisement published in accordance with law, and the hour having arrived for the opening of bids, the following Companies submitted proposals to furnish gasoline to the County for the year 1930: 1 1 1 1 1 1 i The Texas Corporation Standard oil Company Gulf Refining Company each and every bid being the price of 2je below the `.rank wagdn price. On motion of Commissioner .Atkins Seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, it was ordered that the bid of the Texas Corporation be accepted, and the chairman and Clerk instructed to execute contract with such Company for and on behalf of this Board. On motion made, seconded and carried,. Um. Frick was authorized to trade in the Motorcycle -he is now using on a new one, it being understood that the old motor- cycle be valued at $135.00 on the trade --the purchase price of the new one to be $398.00 fully equipped. Motion made by Com'r. Yonguea seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, itzw that Judge Cobb be reimbursed $57.75 said sum being phone rental from January lst 1929 to December 1st 1929. Upon vote being taken it stood: lye: Com'rs. Yongue; Hamilton and LaBruce. Nays: Atkin. The Clerk here gave notice he mould refuse to countersign a County war- rant for such amount and for such purpose on the ground the Commissioners did not authorize or instruct the installation of a phone in Judge Cobb's office; that the amount is an obligation of an individual citizen, apparently already paid by such individual; and further the telebhnne in question is not listed in the telephone directory as a County phone, but listed as "Otis M. Cobb, Atty. Seminole Bldg". ft motion of Com'r LaBruce that telephone in County Judge's office be discontinued except for any County business and that bills be submitted for any County business each month, which was seconded by Com' r. Atkin. Upon being putt to a vote the same stood: Ayes: Com'rs. LaBruce and Atkin. Nays: Com'rs Hamilton, Yongue and Helseth. Dan A. Moran, representing the IndianbRiver Farms Drainage District appeared re- garding individual drainage and drainage over and through roads of the County. Ater discussion it was ordered that the resolution preciously adopted be published. and in the future all citizens be required to conform with instructions as outlined. Motion made, seconded and carried that the proposal and contract of Asfalterra Co., be accepted and the Chairman and Clerk directed and instructed to execute for and on behalf of this Board a contract for the construction of roads in Special Road & Bridge District No. 4. On motion made, seconded and carried it was ordered the County Engineer secure deed to road from forth quarter corner of Sec. 35 'Tp. 31 S.R.38 at the vlabasso-Fellsmere road, run South on quarter section line to the South quarter of Sec. 2 Tp. 32 Rge 38, and make estimate of cost of sonstruction of such road and report at next meeting of the Board. The following Road Committee report was received, read and filed: ROAD COMKITTEE FORT: We, the undersigned Committee appointed Aj Honorable Bodt on the third day of December 1929, with instructions to view and mark out the best route for a'public road, described in the petition as follows, to -wit: Commencing at a point Ten (10) feet North of the "South-east corner of the Korth -east one-quarter of Section Thirty-one (31) Town- ship Thirty-one (31) South, Range Thirty-nine (39) East; thence West parallel to the East and west .center section line of said section to the Past bank of the Sebastian Creek. Said roadmright-of-way to be fifty (50) feet in width, twenty-five feet on either side of the above described center line, beg leave to report to your honors as follows: That we, after first having subscribed to the oath required by law before entering on our duties make this our general report: That we proceeded to the said pro- posed location of the said public road upon the third day of December 1929, and viewed 270 and marked out the following as the best route for said proposed road. (Said road is to be Fifty feet wide). Commencing at a point Ten (10) feet north of the south-east corner of the North- East one-quarter of 'rection thirty-one (31); Township Thirty-one (31) South, Range Thirty-nine (39) East; thence west parallel to the East and vest center section line of said 'Section to the South-west corner of the South-west quarter of the North-east one-. ` quarter Section Thirty-six (36) Township 'Thirty-one (31) South, Range Thirty-eight (38) East, a distance of one and one-quarter (1) miles. Said road right-of-way to be Fifty (50) feet in width, twenty-five feet on either side of the above described center line. Therefore, having performed the duties required by law under the appointment of yo honors, we pray to be discharged. A. 1. 'Stinson V.Y.Mi chael D.L.Leisher, Committ6e. The above report is hereby accepted and approved, and it is ordered that said road be advertised for a period of 30 days, after which the same will be declared a public County road, if no protest is filed as provided by law. Confederate pension application of Betty Smith, widow of Geo. Smith was approved. The Board of Commissioners of the uabasso Bridge District filed their auditor's report of their condition, which was accepted, and which showed a balance of $4,035.66 to the credit of such Commissioners. All books and accounts together with the amount being turned over to the Board of County Commissioners to administer in the future in accordance with an ,pct of the Legislature of 1929, placing the wabasso Bridge District under the jurisdiction of the Board of County Commissioners. The report of C.R.Tidwell, Assistant State Auditor 'for audit up to October let 1929 was received and submitted to the Board, and the same was ordered filed as a part of the public records of the County. S.N.Smith and C.P.Diamond,Special Investigators heretofore appointed by the Board filed their bill for services rendered. It was moved by Com'r. Hamilton, seconded by Com'r. Yongue that the bill be approve for X150.00 each. Upon roll call vote: Ayes; Com'rs. Yongue; XzBruce and Hamilton. Nays: Atkin. The mothers' Pension application of Mrs. Anna Mohr, of Fero Beach, Florida RFD' was approved and warrant ordered issued to her each month for the sum of $25.00. It was moved, seconded and carried that the Board accept all notes, mortgages and securities held by the Board as security for deposits in the Vero Beach Bank & Trust Co., and give the Receiver of the Bank credit for 257 of the total face amount and authority is given the Deceiver to take credit for $36,291.33 and the Clerk file claim for the balance due the County, all of which will be subject to the approval of the State Comp- troller and order of the Circuit Court thereon. Receiver T.A.-Stewart agreed to take the matter up with Ernest Amos, Comptroller, and advise the Board of his action. The following resolution was adopted unanimously: WHEREAS, the Fine & Earfeiture Fund of the County has, for sevexa,l months last past been delpeted and there is not on hand sufficient funds to meet the obligations out - i s tard ing a.nd app roved, and, 9BEREAS, the Publicity Fund appears to have on hand a very small surplus of cash, TEEIEFORE, Be it Resolved, that- the sum of $254.18 in the Farmers Bank of Fero Beach and the sum of X150.00 in the Indian River County Bank, in said Publicity Fund be 1 1 1 1 1 transferred to the Fine & Forfeiture Fund, upon the approval only of the State Comp- troller. Total to be transferred $404.18. Upon being -put to a vote the same was unanimously adopted. The several bills and accounts against the County, having been audited, were examined and approved, and warrants ordered issued in settlement of sane. the said bills and accounts being on file in the Clerk's office and made a part of these minutes. The marrants so issued in settel ment of same being listed completely in the County Finance Record as provided by law, xzze reference to such County Finance record, and the list the-redfras recorded, being made a part of these minutes as fully and completely as if the same were listed herein in detail. The County Depositories filed their monthly statements showing receipts and dis- bursements of the various funds, which having been checked by the Clerk were found to be correct. There being no further business on motion made, seconded and carried the Board adjourned until Vicednesday, December 11th 1929. ATTEST C 1 e r k. T iP 75, wl_ . -VEDNE-5DAY , DECMOBE R l lth 1929. At a special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, held at Fero Beach, at 10 o'clock A.M.Uednesday, December 11th 1929, the following members of the Board were present: Albert O.Helseth, Chairman.; J.D.Yongue;, J.J.P.Hamilton and John H. Atkin. Abeent J.W.IaBruce. Also present were Miles Warren, Clerk and Clark S. Rice, 'Meriff. 'The Chairman announced the special meeting was called for the pu pose of satis- fying the Pauley Jail Building Company on account of contract entered into by the Board with that Company for the erection of a County Jail. The Contract as submitted by the Attorney for the Board and the representative of the Pauley Jail Building Company was read and carefully considered, and ordered accepted and approved and the Chairman and Clerk empowered, directed and instructed to execute the same for and on behalf of this Board. Such contract or agreement to be afterwards submitted to the Jail Building Company and also the Fidelity & Casualty Co . , of New York (who furnished the contractors bond) for their approval and execution. There being no further business on motion made, seconded and carried, the Board then adjourned until the mid -month meeting of this Board. ATTEST: C rk. 1 01 M-_11