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March 6. 1956
THE BOARD OF COUNTY CUMMISSIUNERS of Indian River County met at the Courthouse
in Vero Beach, Florida in a regular meeting at 9:00 o'clock A. M. March 6, 1956. All members
were present. also present were E. E. Carter, Road & Bridge Superintendent, Sam Joyce,
Sheriff, :.-N. Smith, Jr., attorney and Douglas Baker, Clerk..
Minutes of regular meeting held February 7th, and regular adjourned meeting
held February 17th, were read and the same approved upon Motion made by Commissioner Watts,
seconded by Commissioner Waddell, and carried.
Sam Joyce, Sheriff told the board that the violent cell at the jail needed
repairing and Chairman Graves appointed a committee consisting of ;am Joyce, Sheriff, E. E.
Carter, Road G Bridge Superintendent and Commissioner Waddell to investigate the matter with
authority to act.
Upon Motion made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Watts and
carried, the Board approved the placement of a cigarette vending machine on the first floor
of the Courthouse with the understanding that the profits would be contributed to the Florida
Council for the Blind, a State Agency. The foregoing action was taken upon the request of
M. D. Owen of the Vero Beach Music Company.
It was moved by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Warren and
carried, that the developers of Bethel Isle Subdivision be requested to extend the right-of-
way for Bahia Mar Road, Nest to the Indian giver.
Mrs. Anne Christensen, County 1�elfare Case,141orker, appeared before the Board
and made a report of her activities for the Month of February. Said report was ordered filed
by the Clerk.
A letter was received from the Florida Water Resources Study Commission and
Chairman Graves appointed the following committee:. Paul Robertson, Chairman, W. A. Siewert,
E. E. Carter and H. C: 14atts.
Deputy Sheriff's Bond for William H. Matson, in the sum of $1,000.00 with
St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Company as surety was approved.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
March 2, 1956
Mr, Douglas Baker
Clerk, Indian Idive-�*-,;ounty
Vero Beach, Florida
Dear Sir:
,.t a meeting of the depublican Executive Committee of
Indian River County held February 28th, the following resolution
was passed: T
Resolved, that the County Clerk of Indian River County,
Florida, be notified that the Republican Executive Committee of
this County waives the Party filing assessment.
Yours very truly,
S/ Howard Campbell
Chairman
Mrs. Baisden of Roseland, appeared before the Board requesting certain repairs
or improvements be made to a road in Roseland, and the matter was referred to E. E. Carter,
Road C Bridge Superintendent,
Notary Public Bonds in the sum of $500.00 each were approved for Jeanette
Way Decker and Ted F. Zeuch, with the American Surety Company of New York as surety.
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Cory Walker, Attorney for Eli C. Walker, Jr. appeared before the Board with
regard to a Resolution with respect to the sale of alcoholic beverages and limiting the
location wherein a vendor's place of business licensed under the beverage laws of the State
of Florida may be permitted to operate as recited in County Commissioners Minute Book 4,
page 153, and requesting that said resolution be amended and re -defining the area. Whereupon
it was moved by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried, and the
following resolution was adopted:
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111HERLt:S, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian (liver County, Florida, did
adopt a Resolution zoning the area surrounding the public school on the North Gifford Road in
Indian River County, Florida, with respect to the sale of alcoholic beverages and limiting the
location wherein a vendor's place of business licensed under the Beverage Laws of the State of
Florida may be permitted to operate; and,
Now, therefore,
WHEREAS, said.Board now desires to amend said Resolution and re -define the area;
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County,
Florida, that this Board does herewith establish a gone or area in Indian River County, Florida
in a territory lying without the limits of any incorporated city or town wherein the location
of a vendor's place of business licensed under the Beverage Laws of the State of Florida is
prohibited from being operated and that such prohibited territory wherein such vendors shall
not operate and where no license shall be granted to any such licensee to conduct such a place
of business is described as follows, to -wit:
All that area or territory lying within 2340 feet North and
lying within 2340 feet South of a line described as follows:
beginning at the intersection of Florida State Road No. 5,
or U. S. Highway No. 1, and the North Gifford Road, and thence
West along.said North Gifford Road a distance of one mile.
Provided, however, that this resolution shall not apply to vendors licensed
under paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of Section 561.34, Florida Statutes; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall supercede the Resolution here-
Itofore adopted by this Board with respect to said area; and,
BL IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be furnished
Ito the Leverage Department of Florida dnd to the Tax Collector of Indian River County, Florida.
A letter was received from R. L. Redstone, Superintendent of the United States
Post Office, Gifford, Florida branch, requesting the Board of County Commissioners to authorize
and direct the establishing of a street and house numbering system in Gifford and the erection
of some street identifying signs,. The Board instructed E. E. Carter, Road G Bridge Superinten-
dent to carry on or extend the present system.
A letter was received from the Corp of Engineers, U. S. Army; Office of the
District Engineer, Jacksonville District, .Department of E1ir Force, stating they desire to
place an 8' x 8' concrete slab on the North shoulder of State (load 460 for the purpose of
placing on it a.camera collecting data in their missile program. Whereupon it was moved by
Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried, that said request be
granted and that Chairman Graves and Clerk Baker execute five copies of lease in which is
described the area desired.
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111HERi:_S, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, rlorida, did
adopt a ,resolution zonint,; the area surrounding the public. school on the North 6iitord ►toad in
Indian River County, Florida, with respect to the sule of alcoholic bevera�te§ and limitinu the
location wherein a vendor's ulace of i-isiness licensed under the I�everaye Laws of the estate of
Florida may be permitted to operate; and,
WHEU..S, said Board now desires to amend sain aesttlution and re -define the area;
Now, therefore,
BL IT i:L:.OLVEU by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian ;tjver County,
Florida, that this Board does herewith establish a tone or area in Indian }fiver County, Florida,.
1 in a`territory lying without the limits of any incorporated city or town wherein the location
of a vendor's place of business licensed under the Beverage Laws of the itate of Florida is
,',prohibited from being operated and that such tlrohibited territory wherein such vent,ors shill
root operate and where no license s►►all be granted to any such licensee to conduct such a place
lof business is described as follows, to -wit:
All that area or territory lying within 234u feet North and
ii lying within 2340 feet South of a line described as follows-.
Beginning at the intersection of �Ioritla State toad No. 5,
'or o. Eighway No. 1, and the North Gifford Au -id, .nd thence
'hest along said North t'ifforri , di:stance (if ore mile.
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On motion of Commissioner Watts, seconded by Commissioner Warren, the follow-
ing resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, the State Goad Department of Florida has authorized and requested
Indian River County to furnish the necessary rights o.f way, borrow pits and easements for
that portion of Section 8856, State Road No. 5-630, extending from State Road No. 5-505
Easterly along ,youth Gifford Road to State Road No. 5, which has been surveyed and located by
the State Road Department as shown by a map on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of said County, and in the office of the said Department at Tallahassee, and
1411EP.LilS, the said Department will not begin construction of said portion of
said Section in said County Until title to all land necessary for said portion of said Section
has been conveyed to or vested in said ;tate by said County, and said lands are physically
cleared of all occupants, tenants, fences, buildings and/or other structires and improvements
upon or encroaching within the limits of the land required for said portion of said section;
and
WHEREAS, the County of Indian River is financially unable at this time to pro-
vide the necessary funds to acquire said rights of way, borrow pits and drainage easements,
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the State Road Department of Florida be and it is hereby request
to pay for the rights of way, borrow pits and easements for said road, including the removal
of buildings, fences and other structures and'improvemen,ts thereon, and for other expenses of
acquiring title to said rights of way, -borrow pits and easements by purchase or condemnation,
from such funds and under such conditions as are set out in the contract hereto attached; and
be it further
RESOLVED, that said County, through its Board of County Commissioners, comply
with the request of said Department and procure, convey or vest in said State the free, clear
and unencumbered title to all lands necessary for said portion of said Section, and deliver
to the State Road Department said lands physically clear of all occupants, tenants, fences,
buildings and/or other structures and improvements situate upon or encroaching within the
limits of the lands required for said portion of said Section, and that the Chairman and the
Clerk of this Board be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver on
behalf of said County to said Department, the contract in the form hereto attached; a.nd be it
further
RESOLVED, that the attorney for this Board be, and he is hereby authorized and
directed to proceed to take the necessary steps for the County to acquire by donation, purchase
or condemnation said rights of way, borrow pits and easements for said portion of said Section
and to prepare pursuant to rules and regulations of the State Road Department all condemnation
papers, affidavits and pleadings, and prosecute all condemnation proceedings to judgment; and
said Attorney is further authorized to have prepared at said County's expense and furnish to
the Department, the abstract search provided for in said contract.
The several bills.and accounts against the County, having been audited, were
examined and found correct, were approved and warrants issued in settlement o,f same. 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 be..ing listed in the Supplemental Minute Book as provided
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On motion of Commissioner Watts, seconded by Commissioner Warren, the follow-
ing resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, the State Goad Department of Florida has authorized and requested
Indian River County to furnish the necessary rights o.f way, borrow pits and easements for
that portion of Section 8856, State Road No. 5-630, extending from State Road No. 5-505
Easterly along ,youth Gifford Road to State Road No. 5, which has been surveyed and located by
the State Road Department as shown by a map on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of said County, and in the office of the said Department at Tallahassee, and
1411EP.LilS, the said Department will not begin construction of said portion of
said Section in said County Until title to all land necessary for said portion of said Section
has been conveyed to or vested in said ;tate by said County, and said lands are physically
cleared of all occupants, tenants, fences, buildings and/or other structires and improvements
upon or encroaching within the limits of the land required for said portion of said section;
and
WHEREAS, the County of Indian River is financially unable at this time to pro-
vide the necessary funds to acquire said rights of way, borrow pits and drainage easements,
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the State Road Department of Florida be and it is hereby request
to pay for the rights of way, borrow pits and easements for said road, including the removal
of buildings, fences and other structures and'improvemen,ts thereon, and for other expenses of
acquiring title to said rights of way, -borrow pits and easements by purchase or condemnation,
from such funds and under such conditions as are set out in the contract hereto attached; and
be it further
RESOLVED, that said County, through its Board of County Commissioners, comply
with the request of said Department and procure, convey or vest in said State the free, clear
and unencumbered title to all lands necessary for said portion of said Section, and deliver
to the State Road Department said lands physically clear of all occupants, tenants, fences,
buildings and/or other structures and improvements situate upon or encroaching within the
limits of the lands required for said portion of said Section, and that the Chairman and the
Clerk of this Board be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver on
behalf of said County to said Department, the contract in the form hereto attached; a.nd be it
further
RESOLVED, that the attorney for this Board be, and he is hereby authorized and
directed to proceed to take the necessary steps for the County to acquire by donation, purchase
or condemnation said rights of way, borrow pits and easements for said portion of said Section
and to prepare pursuant to rules and regulations of the State Road Department all condemnation
papers, affidavits and pleadings, and prosecute all condemnation proceedings to judgment; and
said Attorney is further authorized to have prepared at said County's expense and furnish to
the Department, the abstract search provided for in said contract.
The several bills.and accounts against the County, having been audited, were
examined and found correct, were approved and warrants issued in settlement o,f same. 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 be..ing listed in the Supplemental Minute Book as provided
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by the rules of the ;tate Auditor, reference to such record and the list so recorded being
made a part of these minutes.
The County Depository filed its monthly statement, showing receipts and dis-
bursements of the various funds, which have been audited, were found to be correct.
There being no further business, on motion made, seconded and carried, the Boar(
adjourned until the next regular meeting.
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CHAIR
APRIL 3,, 1956
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS of Indian River County met at the Courthouse
in Vero Beach, Florida in a regular meeting at 9:00 o'clock A. M., April 3, 195 6. All
members were present. Also present were E. E. Carter, Road & Bridge Superintendent, Sam
Joyce, Sheriff, Sherman N. Smith, Jr., Attorney and Douglas Baker, Clerk.
Minutes of regular meeting held March 6, 1956, were read and approved upon
Motion of Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner Waddell, and carried.
Homer C. Fletcher, Tax Assessor presented a letter from Governor Leroy Collins
giving his permission to close the office of the Tax Assessor in the afternoons until the
1956 tax roll has been completed and presented to the Board of Equalization, subject to the
approval of the Board of County Commissioners and with proper notice being given to the public.
The Board also approved the closing of the Tax Assessor's office as heretofore stated. This
action was taken upon Motion.of Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Warren and
carried.
Messrs. Peebles, Levine and Murphy of the Florida Forest Service met with the
Board and Chairman Graves read to them a letter directed to the Board of County Commissioners
from Paul R. Robertson, Chairman of the Soil Conservation District of Indian River County, and
Chairman of Supervisors Indian River Farms Drainage District, requesting the return of the
mobile equipment (power wagon) which was removed from Indian River County. Mr. Peebles advised
the Board that other equipment had been shifted to Indian River County when the power wagon
was removed and because of lack of budget funds it was impossible for both units to be in
Indian River County at the same time unless an emergency existed at which time it could and
would be done.
Upon Motion of Commissioner Warren, seconded by Commissioner Waddell. and
carried, the Beard gave approval to the tentative Plat on the Second Unit of Country Club
Pointe Subdivision.
Howard Campbell and Janet Showalter appeared before the Board and presented
a list of names of Republicans to serve on the election Board.
Mr, Jack Vickers, Chief of the Sebastian Fire'Department appeared before the
Board and stated they were buying a new fire truck and requested $1,000.00 toward the purchase
of a new truck and it was moved by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner Warren and
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