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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/24/1925The several bills against the County, having been audited, were found correct and approved, and warrants issued in settlement of same. The the several funds is as follows: amountx so drawn from General Revenue Fund 01553.05 Fine & Forfeiture Fund. 281.35 Road & Bridge Fund 1160.77 Mothers Pension Fund 158.00 Publicity Fund 264.53 There being no further business, on motion made, seconded and carried, it was ordered the Board stand adjourned until Monday .0 The Board then adjourned until l:;4i 4,' oisl7�.ediv; 24th 1925. MONDAY 24th, 1925 The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, met at 2:00 o'clock P. M. on August 24th,- 1925 at the Court House at Vero Beach, Florida, pursuant to adjournment. The following members of the Board were present: John H Atkin, Chairman, D. Forbes., J W Ia.Bruce and 0. 0. Helseth. Also present was Miles Warren,Clerk. The meeting was called to order by Chairman John H Atkin, who announced that the hour of 2100 P M Having arrived it was now in ordet to open sealed bids for the purchase. of 0490,000.00 Bonds of Special Road. and Bridge+District No. 4 of Indian River County, Florida. Thereupon the following sealed bids, each of which were accompanied by a certified check for 05,000.00 were opened and read, the name of the bidder and the amount bid being given: Spitzer, Rorick & Co 0465,555.00 Marx & Co. and Breed, Elliott& Harrison 467,337.50 Brown, Bosworth & Co. and C W McNear & Co467,801.00 Wright, Warlow & Co. and The Weil, Roth & Irving Co., and Seasongood & Mayer 466,426.10 J C Mayer & Co 0 467, 460.00 WL Slayton & Co 467,068.00 Stra-nahan, Harris & Oatis Inc. and Prudden & Co470,939.00 A T Bell & Co. and Otis & Co .... 465,012.00 Each of the foregoing bids were carefully considered, after which on motion duly made, seconded and carried by unanimous vote the following resolutions were adopted: WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Board all of the foregoing bids are unsatisfactory because of the low price offered, and all of said bids should be rejected, therefore be it RESOLVED, that all of the foregoing bids are rejected, and the checks accompanying each of said bids are ordered to be returned to the respective bidders. RESOLVED, further, that the Clerk of this Board is hereby directed to cause said bonds to be re -advertised for sale in The Vero Beach Press upon sealed bids to be opened at two o'clock P. M. October 6, 1925, each bid to be accompanied by certified check for 05,000.00 as evidence of good faith. It was ordered that notice be posted of the change in public road, so as to con- form and run with streets and avenues of the Beachland Development Company's subdi- vision as follows; Beginning at a point in the Quay Beach Road., said point, being 1983.4 feet East of the S.E.corner of Government Lot. 1 Section 1, Township 32 South, Range 39 East,; thence Barth 14 degrees and. 56 minutes West, 597 feet to e; point; thence North 18 degrees and 23 minutes West 169.3 feet to a point; thence South 67 degrees and 18 minutes West, 1913.7 feet to the South-east corner of Govt. Lot 1, Section 1, Township 32 South, Range 39 Last, to the center of the Public Road as now established. It was ordered, if no protest is filed same will be declared a public road after posting notices for 30 days, in accordance with the statutes. There being no further business Wax on motion duly snide, seconded and carried the Board adjourned until Tuesday, September let 1925. ATT 8 : A ilkA.A1 Clerk. ---000000000G000000000a- TUESDAY SEPTEMBER let, 1925. The Board of County Commissioners in and for Indian River County, Florida, met at the Court House in Vero Beach, Tuesday, September 1st 1925, with the following members present: John H Atkin, Chairman; J W LaBruce, Donald Forbes and 0. 0. Helseth. Also pre- sent were Mlles Warren, Clerk and J. W. Knight, Sheriff. The minutes of previous meetings of August 4th and August 24th were read and approved. Mr N. E. Dale representing the American Legion appeared before the Board regarding County wide publicity during the Legion's national meeting October 5th to 10th, next at Omaha, Nebraska. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, it was ordered $500.00 be appropriated out of the Publicity Fund, payable January 1st 1926 for the purpose of advertising this County at said meeting. The proposition of The.. G. B. Sawyers Company to take charge of and manage the adver- tising and marketing of the $490,000. Special Road & Bridge District No. 4 Bonds was received, read and filed. After some consideration it was. deemed advisable not to enter into an agreement With such Company. The Vero Beach Press was designated as the newspaper in which the Acts of the Legis- lature of 1925 will be published. The Bill of St. Lucie County for its percentage of road and Bridge tax in the cities of Fort Pierce,anat Vero Beach and Fellsmere was ordered rejected for the reasonit has been taken care of in settlement between the Counties heretofore made. It was ordered that the County Engineeradvertise for bids for patching the hard surfaced roads in County Commissioners Districts No. 1 and No. 2. The following Election returns were received, canvassed and certified: STATE OF FLORIDA ) mull RIVER COUNTY) We, the undersigned, John H Atkin, Chairman, 3. W. LaBruce, Donald Forbes and 0. 0. Helseth, County Commissioners of Indian River County, under the provisions of the law creating Fellsmere gross State Road District, approved June 9th 1925, being the authority charged with the duty of canvassing the election returns of the Special election held on the 22nd day of August, 1925 in the said County of Indian River, and in the County of Brevard, State of Florida, in territory hereinafter described, do hereby certify that we met in the office of said Board of County Commissioners in Indian River County, Flo- rida in the Court House of said County on the let day of September A. D. 1925, and proceeded publicly to canvass the votes cast at said election as shown by the returns of said election duly made by the Inspectors and Clerks thereon, and we the Board do hereby certify from the said returns that the whole number of votes cast at said election