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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/1/1938lor purchase of - bonds at market prices below par as provided tinder the Kanner Bill. Be It Farther Resolved that a certified copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the e e Clerk of this board to the'State Burd of -Administration and a like copy thereof be forwarded Honorable E'4, V, Knott, State Treasurer.. The mot$on for the adoption -of the resolution being duly seconded, it was declared a- dopted by the following vote: Ayes: Bi P. Poole, S. E. Glover,.ank-0. Vickers, and ,Edwin A. Helsetho Nays: Hone, The request for the Boards Approval of Mrs, Mattie Jackson Fox (Mrs, George A. Fox) who has not been a resident of this County* for six months be allowed to work in EPA Sewing Doom, was denied. Frank A. Knight, Road Superintendent, appeared before the Board, and requested pay for laborers (negroes) who had been spreading mil, be made Saturdays January 22, 1938, to which the -Board agreed# MDtion to that effect, was made by Commissioner Irankk 0, Vickers, seconded by Counissioner S. E, Mover. Motion carried. William W** Frick, Sheriff, filed his semi-annual report of fees and commissions for the period of July lst., 19317 to December 31st., 19399 as followss a, ,. 10 ! . Civil Docket ......... ......................•.......i � 323433 Arrests for'other W7l3eriffi�ir.•.••••.•.••.••••♦•••i.••.i• 38i+ A�+0 Criminal lioBtSi.•••..•••••ei••••••••••••.••••••••.•.•••• 1031.14 General Court Costs,...e•••••e••e•••••••••••••..•.i.ri•. 833.30 Commission®sof fines and Costs colleeted......•..1...•., 49.60 TOTAL RECEIPTS*......2274.95 Estelle Rym®r......:....o .............................i. 260.00 Upkeep Auto, Gas & Oil* ... 183.31 Frank Foots. Dept. Sheriff .............................. 81..00 John Beugnot, Dep. Sheriff..., ..................•....... 7.50 Julius Barker, Dep. Sh®riff ...............i............. 40.40 TOTAL 0. 511*81 NETIHCOb6E..i..................................... 173.14 Whish report was duly sworn to before Douglas,,Baker, Clerk Circuit Court, on the 12th. day of January, 1938,6 `Thecae being no further business, on Motion being made, seconded and carried, the r� Board,, then adjourned. Y" Atte a a . c e Clark* ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday February 1. 1938. The Board of County Commissioners in and foP Indian Fiver County, Florida, met at the Courthouse in Vero Beach, at 9x30 o°clack A. X. Tuesday February lst., 1938 in regular ad- journed meeting with the following members of the Board present; E. F. Poole, Chairman; S. F. Glover; Edwin A. Helseth and Frank C. Vickers. Also present were Charles A. Mitchell, Attorney to the Board, Wm. W. Frick, Sheriff and Douglas Baker, Clerk, Mr. 11. H. Boyd, representing the Speeder Machinery Corporation, reported that the Company, who rented the County owned Universal Crane, as set forth on page 105 County Commission- ers Minute Book #2, had finished with the machinery as of -January 20, 1938 and that the rent would cease as of that date. Bir. Boyd requested permission to sell the machinery and on motion made by Frank C. Vickers, seconded by Edwin A. Helseth and carried, was authorized to sell the machinery at the best obtainable price at a minimum of.$1500.00 net to this Board and such: price to be cash or negotiable paper that the Speeder Machinery Corporation will accept on II account of this Board to it at face value of paper and without recourse to this Board, this Bo- ard,to pay no commission or costs for making such sale. Hon. George V. Walters, Justice of Peace, presented a bill for office supplies and it was ordered that said bill be referred to attorney Charles A. Mitchell to obtain the opinion of the Attorney General with regard to the authority of this Board to purchase supplies for said Justice of Peace. It was ordered H. J. Jones, Gifford, be removed from the Paupers List because he is now receiving Old Age Assistance. On motion made by Frank C. Vickers, seconded by S. E. Glover and carried, the sum of $100.00 was appropriated from the General Revenue Fund and it was ordered that a warrent be drawn on said fund payable to the Chamber of Commerce to be used for advertising purposes for Indian River County. Application of Drayton Reams for admittance to the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Or- lando, Florida, was approved with the understanding that 1/3�,'hospilization cost is to be paid by the applicant and/or his parents. On motion made by S. E. Glover, seconded by Frank C. Vickers and carried, Frank A. Knight, Road Superintendent was re-employed for the calendar year 1938 to receive the sum of $125.00 per month effective January 1, 1938. On motion made by S. E. Glover, seconded by Frank C. Vickers and carried, Frank Behler Janitor for the Court House was re-employed for the calendar year 1938 to receive the sum of $75.00 per month effective January 1, 1938. On motion mdae by S. E. Glover, seconded by Frank C. Vickers and carried all of the .present County employees, not heretofore mentioned in these minutes, be re-employed, salary remaining the same as they are now receiving until the further orders of the Board. RESOLUTION. Commissioner Helseth introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption, to- wit: Whereas, the statutes of the State of Florida provide that this Board select at its first regular meeting in February of each year a newspaper in which shall be published adver tisements by the Tax Collector of the sale of lands upon which taxes are unpaid and delinquent as provided by Section 969 of the Compiled General Laws of Florida, and for other purposes, and this meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Indian Biver County being the first regular meeting of such Board in February, 1938; Be It Resolved that this Board does herewith select and designate Vero Beach Press- Journal, a newspaper published in Indian River County, Florida, and which newspaper has been continuously published in said County for a period of not less than nne year prior to this date, as the newspaper in which shall be published by the Tax Collector of Indian River County, Flori`, da advertisements and notices of sales of real estate for non-payment of taxes required to be paid on such real estate and as the newspaper in which shall be published any and all other publications and notices and the selection of which such newspaper is a duty of this Board. The motion for the adoption of the resolution being duly seconded it was declared adopted upon roll call by the following vote: Ayes: Poole, Helseth, Vickers and Glovers—. Nays: None. Deputy Sheriff Bond for Robert Daly in and for Indian River County, for the sum of $1000.00 with A. W. Young and Katherine D. Rick as sureties was approved. Miss Leila M. Bunkley appeared before the Board and gave a verbal report of her act- ivities and also filed the following report for the month of January 1938 as follows to-wits The total case load for the month was 154 i A-1, FIR, Number of visits to homes were 52. Visits to cases were 104* Number of patients seen in office and clinic were 78. There were 70 conferences with commissioners, doctors, ministers, nurses, social work- ers, ork ers, teachers and other interested individuals. There were 20 Hook worm treatments given to positive cases. ference. Your Venereal disease Clinics were held with an attendance of 113. Mrs. Inez Nelsen, District Supervisor of Nurses was in the County one day for a con- Bars. Nelle Reimer of the F.C.C. of Coral .Gables spoke at the County Federation of Woamans Clubs telling of the work for Cripple Children of the State. Schools in the county have been visited and 963 inspections made. On motion made by S. E. Glover, seconded by Edwin A. Helseth and carried it was order- ed that a County officers excess fee fund be created and that the Indian River Citrus Bank, Vero Beach, Florida, be designated as County depository for said fund and that a check for the sum of $ 101.01 which'was collected from Miles Warren, former Clerk of Indian River County represent- ing excess fees for the year 1936 be deposited in said fund. Application for issuance of duplicate tax sale certificate #108 of June 2, 1924 to Louis Harris was approved, said application being on file in the office of the Clerk of the. Cir- cuit Court. Frank A. Knight, Road Superintendent, reported that.County Roads had been oiled as follows; Roseland one (1) mile; Wabasso four and one half (4j) miles; North Gifford two (2) miles; Emmerson Ave. two and three fourth (2 314) miles; Clemment Ave Oslo Between Dixie Highways which consumed 24,985 galons of road oil which was furnished and distributed by Belcher Oil Co. at a price of 12JO per gallon costing $3,123.130 As previously requested by this Board the following men were present,;Mayor V.F..Cox,x. B. Baird, Ralph Sedgwick, W. P. Bailey, E. G. Thatcher, R. J. Young, Eli. C. Walker, and Lon Rogers for the purpose of discussing ways and means of securing the required right of way from property owners on road x#30 in order that said road might be widen and paved by the State Road Department who have tentively provided for the necessary funds to do this work. After consider- able onsiderable discussion Chairman E. P. Poole appointed the following committee, Mayor W.F. Cox, Harry W. Damerow and A. C. MacConnell representing the City; M. T. Baird, W. F. Bailey and R. J. Young representing the Drainage District; Ralphr.Sedgwick, E. G. Thatcher, Warren Zeuch, Lon Rogers and W. S. Buckingham representing the Chamber of Commerce; Hon. Eli C. Walker-S.tate Representative and member of the Drainage Board and'A. M. Hill pioneer citi2en and land owner, Mr. E. P. Poole was selected as chairman of this committee, and E. G. Thatcher was selected Secretary and said committee to be known as the workers advisory committee with the power to call such meetings and Itake such action as deemed advisable. Application for license to sell intoxicating liquors, wines and beer was filed by I.George D. Barrick, Sebastian, which was carefully examined and approved. It was moved by S. E. Glover, seconded by Edwain A. Helseth and carried that the Board appropriate the sum of $40.00 from the General Revenue Fund to be used for the purpose of obtaining a page for advertising purposes in the progress addition of the.Vero Beach Press -Jour- nal. It was ordered that the sum of $2200.00 be transferred from the Vero Bridge District to the Road and Bridge Fund said sum representing the part of loam due the'Road and Bridge. Fund from the Vero Bridge District. It was ordered that a warrent be drawn on the Quay Bridge District for the sum of 27.7, $1400.00 payable to the Indian River Citrus Bank for the purpose of retiring Bond ##18 of the Quay Bridge District which was due December 1st. 1937 and 18 coupons #30 from Bonds 18 to 35. A saving of $ 140.00 was made the County through this transaction. The County Depository filed its monthly statement, showing receipts and disbursments of the various funds which having been audited were found to be correct. The several bills and accounts against the County having been audited, were examined and found correct were approved and warrants ordered issued in settlement of same, such bills and accounts being on file in the office of the. Clerk of the Circuit Court. The warrants issued from the respective funds heing listed in the supplemental minute book as required by the rules and practice of the State Auditing Department, reference to said record and the list so recordee being made a part of these minutes. to -wits RESOLUTION Commissioner F. C. Vickers introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption, Whereas, this Board has just learned of the death which occurred today of Honorable R. E. Mudge,of Fellsmere, Indian River County, Florida; and Whereas, at the time of his death Colonel Mudge was a member of this Board and had a long period of time and to the time of his recent illness served as Chairman of this Board in such capacity had rendered able and faithful service to Indian River County and the citizen— ship thereof; and Whereas, Colonel Mudge,was an individual of unquestioned integrity, of great ability,* and represented an extremely high type of individual character as well as.of citizenship; and, that Colonel budge will be sincerely and deeply mourned by all citizens of this County as well as many other persons and by reason of his many services rendered and his wise counsel; there- fore, Be It Resolved that the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida does herewith officially, and the members thereof as individuals, express it.and their sincere regret at the passing of Colonel Mudge and do hereby extend their sympathy to the menbers of the family of Colonel Mudge; that copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Vero Beach Press - Journal and three copies thereof be forwarded to the family of Colonel Mudge and the original hereof be spread upon the permanent records of this Board; Be It Further Resolved that this Board do now immediately adjourn its meeting in re- spect to Colonel Mudge. The motion for the adoption of the resolution being duly seconded it was unanimously adopted by the following vote: Ayes; Messrs. Vickers, Poole, Clover and Helseth. Chairman ATTES . Clerk. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - esda-v. Bch. 1. 1931s, The Board -of County Commissioners in and for Indian River County, Florida, met at the Courthouse.in Vero Beach, at 9:30 oeclock A. M. Tuesday February lst., 1938 in regular meeting with the following members -of the Board present; E. P. Poole, Chairman; S. E Glover; Edwin A. Helseth and Frank C. Vickers. Also present were Charles A. Mitchell, Attorney to the Board, dim. W., Frick; Sheriff and Douglas Baker, Clerk. Also present was Mr. C. S. Michael who was appo Fy February 1% 1938 to serve the remainder of the term of the late Col. R. E. `Nudge. Surety Bond of C. S. Michael for the sum of $2000.00 with Connecticut Casualty Cc a Corporation under the laws of Indiana, head office Chicago, Ill., as surety was approved.