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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/23/1941X54 of the State Auditor, reference to such record and the list so recorded being made a part of these minutes. The County depository filed its monthly statement, shoving receipts and disbursementsil of the various funds which having been audited was found to be correct. There being no further business, on motion made, seconded and carried the Board then adjourned until 10;00 o'clock A. M. Tuesday, December 23, 1941. OMLIMM — r — — - — — — — — — — r — — — — — — — — — — - — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 'I TMDAY. 13CEMBER 23. 1941. The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County met at the Court Rouse in Vero Beach, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. Tuesday, December 23, 1941, in regular adjorned meeting *i.th the following members of the Board present: C. S. Michael, Chairman, W. C. Graves dr., Albert 0. Helseth, Frank C. Vickers and S.. E. Glover. Also present were Charles A. Mitchall, Attorney, to the Board, Wm. W. Friok, Sheriff and Douglas Baker, Clerk. Z ' 0 c 4r.. J m IL ILL0 IL 0 It M z N L 0 ° �o Q Al ; ) 0 �I U du' co V Q LU W W Z 0 0 0. V W -C �Ia dq pazlsivan7 uoiuldo .1 m CL CL d County of New York, s.s:- $1485000 �TNfAN, being duly sworn, says that she is �ising Clerk of THE BOND BtiYER, a daily and f ,a a ' e s�m�y�a as �wspaper printed and published at 67 Pearl ® amxv I 'r 40 aql so saaasnay so pavog Oily the City of New York, County of New York, *1v61 `aegruaaaa so 8vp. puti N sigl `uuvtsmoZ 'a�.edv;vq p uaeif spuag "Punjag New York; and the notice, of which the an- '}IaalO Ala pawls a printed copy, was regularly published in -aapun 9q1 zuoa; paujingo eq Aum uori YmvjSInOZ BOND BUYER on — -uurao;ul POIFR40Q •p9uoz41Puo3 os eq aJJ;aAV J1L2-J J® k.1' hugs splq Un pub 'mtq off. 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I and sworn to before me this day ofr9J� �. Kings Coutrty (NO. Z88) Certificate filed, New York County (No. 774) My commission esvires Maros 30. 1942 Ii 1 1 $148 00 nd County of New York, s.s:- ALTMAN, being duly sworn, says that she is Notice of Bond Sale �tising Clerk of THE BOND BUYER, a daily and ewspaper printed and published at 67 Pearl covering the City of New York, County of New York, Road and Bridge Refunding Bonds, New York; and the notice, of which the an - Series 1941 a printed copy, was regularly published in kBOND BUYER on — of � Indian River County FLORIDA Special Road and Bridge District No. 4 A.d„ertiszng cis.k. SEALED BIDS will be received until 10 o'clock A. M., on DECEMBER 23, 1941, and sworn to before me this by the undersigned at the Courthouse, Vero Beach, Florida, for Refunding ,,Q7� I Bonds of Ipdian River County, Florida, Special Road and Bridge Distriet� 51?! y of`^'- 94 No. 4, described below: _ DATR OF BONDS, January 1, 1941. INTAEST RATE, 4% per annum, payable semi-annually on January 1 'and July 1. INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL PAYABLE at The Manufacturers Trust Company, New York, New York. Tr -,NOMINATION, $1,000.00. TION AS TO PAYMENT BEFORE MATURITY, None. TYPE OF BONDS, General Obligations of the District. APF 4rhigPFIIYIAN, by Messrs. Chapman and Cutler of Chicago, Illinois. pUBL C, ,�F U$ITI Al NTS 1 County (No. 263) - t filed, w X County (No. 774) 1946..' ............. •c• _..' wl0n entre. Maroh 30, 1677 14, 00.00 1946.. ............................. 10,000.00 - 1947 ............................... 10,90o.00 1948.. * ' 948.... .. ............ .. ........... 10,000.00 ..: 1949 ............................... 11,000.00 1950 ................................ 11,000.00 1951 ................................ 12,000.00 s*- 1952 ............................... 12,000.00 -._.... _. .. 1953.. 13,000.00 1954.. 13,000.00 1955 ................................ 12,000.00 Total .......................... $148,000.00 Delivery of said bonds shall be made at The First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, and shall be made December 31, 1941, before 11:00 o'clock A. M., Eastern Standard Time, on said date, attention being directed to the fact that the outstanding optional bonds to be retired by the proceeds from the sale of these Bonds have been called for redemption and payment on January 1, 1942. All coupons maturing January 1, 1942 or prior on said Bonds will be clipped before delivery of the Bonds. No bids will be considered except for the entire amount offered for sale, but only such amount thereof shall be delivered as may be delivered in accordance with law. The undersigned reserves the right (1) to award the bonds to the bidder submitting the most advantageous bid, which shall be determined by the undersigned in its absolute and uncontrolled discretion; and (2) to reject ,any or all bids. Bids must he enclosed in a sealed envelope marked on the Outside "PROPOSAL FOR REFUNDING BONDS;" and shall be accompanied by a cer 'fled check upon or, Cashier's Check of an incorporated Bank or Trust Cotiipany, payable unconditionally to the order of the undersigned for an amount equivalent to three per cent. (3;9) of the par value of the bonds covered by each bid, which said check will be forfeited to the undersigned as liquidated damages by the bidder to whom the Bonds may be awarded in the event of non-performance of the terms of his bid, or returned to the said bidder simultaneously with, or forthwith after full performance thereof. Checks of unsuccessful bidders will be returned on the day the award is made. If the undersigned does not make award of the bonds the day the bids are opened, any bidder may immediately recover his check if he does not desire to allow his bid to remain open for consideration during the period desired. for consideration by the undersigned; but, in the event of any withdrawal of any such check, the bid to which said check was attached will be considered as having been withdrawn and not subject to further consideration. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA. Auditor, reference to such record and the list so recorded being made a part of County depository filed its monthly statement, showing receipts and disbursements s funds which having been audited was found to be correct. being no further business, on motion made, seconded and carried the Board then L1 10;00 o'clock A. M. Tuesday, December 23, 1941. CHAIRMAN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1941. Board of County Commislioners of Indian River County met at the Court House in 10:00 o'clock A. M. Tuesday, December 23, 1941, in regular adjorned meeting With members of the Board present: C. S. Michael, Chairman, W. C. Graves Jr., Albert -ank C. Vickers and S. E. Glover. Also present were Charles A. Mitchell, Attorney W.M. W. Frick, Sheriff and Douglas Baker, Clerk. -8 — so W 7R Z4 x orJ CJ rtG.e� £$ AO °N �6 m FC E sz z € F p tE C 'oc 5 '° O U O a> w ti o c h us m � q V ti�~O m 965G�1`5� m e El �4 CL W c m u SK: as o �+ O F❑ O °' U L' ro V. �O Oso> o `m `o v 0f us m � q V ti�~O m 965G�1`5� m e El �4 0 ISS -9- The Clerk announced that in the issues of December 12, 1941, and December 19, 1941, of the Vero Beach Press -Journal there appeared a legal advertisement entitled "Notice of Bond Sale" covering $148,000 Indian River County Special Road and Bridge District No. 4 Road and Bridge Refunding Bonds, Series 1941, dated January 1, 19410 (like advertisement appeared in issue of December 15, 1941, of The Bond Buyer published in New York City) the notice having been in form set -forth in Section 4 of resolution of this Board adopted December 2, 19419 the schedule of maturities and amounts (which were left blank in the original resolution) being as follows Maturity (January 1) Amount 1944 201000 1945 140000 1946 109000 1947 109000 1948 10,000 1949 11-,000 1950 119000 1951 129000 1952 120000 1953 139000 1954 139000 1955 2 000" Total ..........................$148,000 The Clerk then directed attention t o the fact that by resolution of this Board adopt ed December 2, 1941, provision has been made for using $45,000 of moneys to the credit of Indi River County Special Road and Bridge District No. 4_with the State Board of Administration, C Tallahassee, Florida, for the -purpose of retiring on or before January 1, 19429 $45,000 of Road and Bridge .Refunding Bonds dated January 1, 1937, of said Special Road and Bridge District No. 4; (which include Bond No. 361 for which no 1941 Series of bonds was provided) The Clerk further called attention to the following language appearing in the "Notice of Bond Sale": "No,bids will be considered except for the entire'amount offered for sale, but only such amount thereof shall be delivered as may be delivered in accordance with law". As e : re salt of the above, the Board announced that only $104,000 of bonds would be sold, the bonds not to be sold being $20,000 of the 1-1-44 maturity, $14,000 of the 1-1-45 maturity, and $10,000 of the 1-1-46 maturity. It was then announced that the time for receiving bids having expired at 10:00 o'cloc any bids then on file would be opened. Thereupon said bids were opened and were in words and figures as follows: R. 3. CRUMMER & COMPANY (Incorporated) INVESTMENT SECURITIES ORLANDO, FLORIDA Office of the Vice President TUESDAY December 23, 1941. Honorable Board of County Commissioners ` Indian River County Vero Beach, Florida Gentlemen: For the $148,000 Indian River County, Florida, Special Road and Bridge .District No. 4 Road and fJ Bridge Refunding Bonds, Series of 1941, as advertised in Notioes which appeared in the Vero Beach Press Journal on December 12, 1941, and on December 1.9, 1941, and as described therein, we will pay for said $1480000 par value of bonds, or for such portion thereof which may be delivered pursuant to said notices, par,and accrued interest to date of delivery, plus a pre- mium of $30.00 for each $1,000 principal amount of bonds delivered. Enclosed herewith is Cashier's Check on The First National Bank at Orlando, Florida, payable to you in the amount of $4,440.00, which is placed with you as a good faith deposit and'as a forfeit as liquidated damages in accordance with the terms of your published notices. In the event we are the successful bidder, you will please transmit this check to The First a National Bank of Chicago at such time as you furnish that bank with instructions to deliver the Refunding Bonds to us and authorize the Chicago Bank to deliver the check to us at our Chicago Office upon our paying fore the Refunding Bonds. Respectfully submitted, R. E. CRIIMM& COMPANY, By_ W. J.Me redith Enclosure WJM:KW RESOLUTION - BOND SALE SPECIAL ROAD & BRIDGE DISTRICT NO . '4 1104,000 �.ar•.+®.rr.r.r..�..►. �. r r®.sc— mss.® After consideration of the bids, Commissioner Graves introduced the following resol- ution and moved its adoption, which motion was seconded by Commissioner Helseth, and, upon roll call, said resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Graves, Relseth, Glover, Michael and Vickers Nays: None Not Voting: None E The resolution was in wards -and figures as follows: WHEREAS, by proceedings heretofore duly had and taken by this Board, a total of $4179000 Roan and Bridge Refunding Bonds of Indian River County, Florida, Special Road and Bridge District No. 4, dated January 1, 194:1, were authorized to be issued in lieu of an equal 7r amount of Road and Bridge Refunding Bonds of said District dated January 1, 1937; and WHEREAS, of said $417,000 bonds all except $148,000 thereof have heretofore been Issued; and SAS, by a dvertisement appearing in the Vero Beach Press -Journal of December 12, 1941, and December 19, 1941, issues (like advertisement appeared in the December 159 19419 issue of the Bond Buyer published in New York City) notice was given that sealed bids would be received by this Board until 10:00 o'clock A. M., on December 23, 19419 for the sale of $148,0 of said Refunding Bonds; and WHEREAS, after full consideration of the bids, this Board found and .determined that the -bid .of R. E. Crummer & Company of par and accrued interest plus a premiunt- of $30.00 for each $1,000 bond delivered is the best bid and that it is in the best interest of said County that said bid be accepted; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUN'T'Y' COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUVTY, FLORIDA, IN SESSION DULY ASIS LED : accepted. Section 1. _ That the said bid of R'. - B.. Crummer & Company be and the same is hereby Section 2. That the amount of bonds dated January 1, 1941, to be delivered under the bid shall, pursuant to law, be reduced by the amount of,$44,000, as this amount of Refund- ing Bonds of the 1937 beries (together with $1,000.00 additional amount of such 1937 series, being Bond No. 361, for which no 1941 Series was provided) will be retired out of bash to the credit of Indian River County°Special Road and Bridge District No. 4 with the State Board of .Administration. The Refunding Bonds of January 1, 1941, of those advertised in the "Not ice of Bond Sale" not to 'be issued because of this retirement of bonds of the 1937 issue shall be $209000 of the 1-1-44 maturity, $14,000 of the 1-1-45 maturity and $10,000 of the 1-1-46 mat- urity. Section 3. That the Clerk of this Board shall send ,certified copies of this resolut- ion to the following parties for the indicated purposes: (A) To_Th_e_First Netional . &Ek of Chicago. Chicago, IllinOls. as supplemental to the instructions contained in resolution of this Board of May 24, 1941, and as its authority to deliver Refunding Bonds dated January 1, 1941, of the following maturitesraand amounts to R. E.' 1 J 0 55-17 �1 Crummer & Company upon payment at 103 and accrued interest. (It is anticipated that delivery will be made December 31, 1941, before 11 A. M. BST. and that the accrued interest will be met by merely clipping from the 1940 Refunding Bonds the interest coupon due January 1, 19420 and prior). The said Bank shall then wire One Hundred Your Thousand Dollars ($104,000) to the Chemical Bank and Trust Company, in the City of New York, with instructions to said Hank to use the said money under paragraph (B) following. The said First National Bank of Chicago shall promptly remit the balance of the funds received from said -delivery of 1941 Series of Refunding Bonds to the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Vero Beach, Florida. The maturities and amounts of said Refunding Bondsto be so delivered to R. B. Crummer & Company shall be as follows: Mat urity & uary 1)- i�d 1947 10,000 1948 109000 1949 110000 1950 110000 1951 129000 1952 129000 1953 139000 1954 131000 1955 1_20999 Total 1049000 The 1991 Series of Refunding Bonds remaining with said Bank (#20,000 due 1944, $141 due 1945, and $10,000 due 1946 - total $44,000) shall be cancelled in due course and sent to the State Treasurer as County Treasurer ex officio, Tallahassee, Florida. (B) To the Chemical Hank and Trust Comnanr. New York, New Bork, which said resolution shall constitute the authority of said Bank to pay $104,000 of Indian River -County Special Road l' and Bridge District No. 4 Road and Bridge Refunding Bonds,dated January 1, 1937, upon presenta- tion, pursuant to Notice of Redemption heretofore published and filed with said Paying Bank, said $104,000 item being either (1) All of the bonds which will be outstanding January 1, 1942, or (2) All of the bonds except $45,000 for which funds will be sent -to the Paying Agent by the State Treasurer of Florida as County Treasurer ex officio of Indian River County, Flori (This remittance will be made by the said .Treasurer unless said $45,000 of the 1937 Series of bonds have been otherwise retired through.his office). The bonds paid by the Chemical Bank and Trust Company shall forthwith be cancelled and shipped to the State Treasurer of Florida as County Treasurer ex officio, Tallahassee, Florida, with certificate of cancellation attached thereto and copy of the letter transmitting the cancelled securities together with executed copies of the certificate shall also be sent to Messrs. Chapman and Cutler, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, and to the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Vero Beach, Florida. The State Treasurer's Office shall also be billed for services of the Bank in retir- ing the principal debt under the call. (C) To�manand Cutler, 111 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, for inclusion under the transcript cover being maintained by them. (D) To R.,. crgMr & Com. (B) To&he State Tjgas, carer as County Treasurer„ a officio, Tallahassee, Florida. Section 4. At such time as the Clerk of this Board sends certified copy of this 'resolution to The First National Bank of Chicago. he shall also forward to said Bank the check on the First National Bank at Orlando, Orlando., Fla in the amount of S44440 payable to this Board, deposited by the said R. E. Crammer & Company with its=bid, and said Bank is authorized to deliver said check to R. E. Crummer & Company upon said R. E. Crummer & Company paying for the said Refunding Bonds in accordance with prior provisions hereof, or to apply the proceeds thereof toward the payment of the purchhse price of said bond s. wit: RESOLUTION - CHARTER OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FAIR AND FRUIT FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION. Commissioner Glover introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption to - WHEREAS, the proposed Charter of Indian River County Fair and Fruit Festival Assoc- iation, Inc., a corporation not for profit,, and proposed to be organized under the provisions of Chapter 1388, Acts of 1917, and supplements and amendments thereof and thereto, has been submitted to this, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, and in which county the principal office of said,Association is to be located, and which proposed Charter was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Indian River Cou Florida, on the 11th day of December, 1941; and, WEMMAS, Said proposed Charter and the objects, powers and terms thereof have been duly considered by this Board of County Commissioners and found satisfactory; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE said proposed Charter of Indian River County Fair and Fruit Festival Association! Inc., be, and it is, herewith approved by the Board of County Commissi of Indian River County, Florida; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that proof of such approval shall be evidenced by the certif- ication of this resolution by the Clerk of this Board. The resolution was duly seconded,by Commissioner Helseth and upon being put to a vote the same was unanimously -adopted. . On motion made by W. C. Graves Jr., seconded by Frank C. Vickers and unanimously carried, it was ordered the sum of $200.00 be paid from the General Revenue Fund to the Indian River County Defense Council to be used in the defense work of this County. On motion made by S. E. Glover, seconded by Albert 0. Helseth, and carried,the Board approved admission of Troy Burton McCall to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, St. Augustine, Florida. wit: RESOLUTION - LOUISIANA AVE., SEBASTIAN. Commissioner Vickers introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption. to - MOREAS, the State Road Department of Florida is beginning the improvement of the public highway running from Fellsmere to Sebastian in Indian River County, and for which im- provement the citizens of Indian River County are extremely appreciative; and AREAS, the said Sebastian-Fellsmere road has formerly followed a right of way lead - Ing from the city of Fellsmere, Florida, easterly to Louisiana Avenue in the city of Sebastian, Florida and has then followed said Louisiana Avenue northeasterly to Main Street in said City of Sebastian,.and has then followed said Main Street to its intersection with State Road Num- ber 4 in said city; and AREAS, by following said old established route as above described, the tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway are crossed by said highway at a guarded crossing and at which crossing there exists signal lights and warning bells; that at any other possible crossing of 0 4 said highway over the tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway, there are no signals or warn - ings of any nature and the visibility at any other possible crossing is very poor; and f 1 Ell 1 r_J 55y1 WHEREAS,, the, citizens of Indian River County will greatly prefer, by reason of its safety and accessibility the making use of said Louisiana Avenue route in reaching the eastern terminus of said road; therefore Be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County that the State Road Department be requested that in the making of said improvements to such Fellsmere- Sebastian road, the route following Louisiana Avenue as above described, be followed, and that said Louisiana Avenue and Main Street (each of which have been heretofore designated as apart of the State Road system of Florida) be improved as a part of the improvement of said Fellsmer Sebastian road. Be it further resolved that a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Honorable Harry H. Hector, member of the State Road Department, from this District, Miami, Florida, with the request that Mr. Hector call the same to the attention of the members of said State Road Department. The resolution was duly seconded by Commissioners Glover and upon being put to a vote the same was unanimously adopted. v The entire proceeding of this meeting with regard to "Regional Housing Authority" is on file in the County Commissioners correspondence file under the letter R and under the title Regional Housing Authority in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court. adjourned. ATTES'� There being no further business on motion made, seconded and carried the Board then �4e' /� TUESDAY, JANUARY 6th, 1941. The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, met at the Court House in Vero Beach at 10:00 o'clook A. M. Tuesday, January 6th., 1941 in regular meeting with the following members of the Board present:.C. S. Michael, S. E. Glover, Albert 0. Helseth, Frank C. Vickers and W. C. Graves, Jr. Also present were Wm. W. Frick, Sheriff, Chas. A. Mitchell, Attorney for the Board and Douglas Baker, Clerk. Chas. A. Mitchell, Attorney, called the meeting to order and on motion made by W. C. Graves, Jr. seconded by S. E. Glover and unanimously carried C. S. Michael was selected to serve as Chairman and Albert 0. Helseth selected to serve as Chairman pro -tem until the further orders of the Board. It was moved by W. C. Graves, Jr., seconded by S. E. Glover and unanimously carried that all County officers and employees be retained for the year 1942. Salaries as follows, te- wit: Mitchell, Smith & Mitohell, County Attorneys E. E. Carter, Road Supt. & County Engineer Douglas Baker, ex officio Clerk to Board C. E. Strait, Custodian Leila M. Bunkley, County Nurse George T. Tippin, Supervisor of Registration Salary Per Month 75.00 175.00 125.00 75.00 133.00 50.00 Otis M. Cobb, Judge Juvenile Court 5Q.00 Applications for position*of Winter,Beach Bridge Tender were submitted by J. J. Blanton and W. E. Walker. After careful consideration it was moved by S. E. Glover, seconded by W. C. Graves Jr., and unanimously carried that W. E. 'Walker be retained as Minter Beach Bridge Tender at a salary of $60.00 per month.