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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/17/19590 D 1 0 1 0 J 1 0 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1959 The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, met at the Courthouse, Vero Beach, Florida in a regular meeting held at 9:00 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, February 17, 1959. Present were Chairman, Robert W. Graves, Members, J. J. P. Hamilton, D. B. McCullers, Jr. and H. H. Gifford. Absent was Donald Macdonald. Also present dere Ed Schmucker, County Engineer, Sherman N. Smith, Jr., Attorney, and Katherine Morrison'}: Deputy Clerk. The Chairman stated they would dispense with the reading of the minutes until the next meeting. Mr. Tom Cadenhead appeared before the Board and asked if the North end of the Island G now belonging to Brevard County was to ken into Indian River County if the four -laving of U. S. #1 would come before a bridge over the inlet and the building of A -1-A to the Sebastian 5 Inlet. The Board assured Mr. Cadenhead that the four -laving of U. S. #1 had top priority over any other project. Rev. Owen of Wabasso appeared before the Board and asked if the building of the Wabasso bridge over Indian River would have top priority after-thefour-laning of U. S. #1. The Board assured Rev. Owen that it would. Joe Henry Earman, Director of Civil Defense for Indian River County, appeared before the Board and sta ted that a $40,000.00 temporary Hospital had been purchased at no cost to the County and requested that the County pay the unloading costs and they would be reimbursed for this cost by the Federal Government. Upon Motion made by Commissioner McCullers, seconded by Commissioner Gifford and unanimously carried, the Board instructed the Clerk to pay these costs and submit the paid bills to the Federal Government for reimbursement. Mr. Earman also stated that the radio equipment needed for the county could be purchased through civil defense at about one-half the cost by making application and he would be glad to handle it for the county. The Board said they would check into the matter. ,._/f 0 Mr. Earman further stated that the emergency hospital equipment had been stored in on of the rooms at the Fellsmere School that the school board could insure this equipment under' their blanket policy and then the county reimburse the school board for the additional premium or the County take out a separate policy. The Board requested the Clerk to look into the 1� matter of insurance and do whichever was best, this upon Motion made by Commissioner Gifford, SII seconded by Commissioner McCullers and unanimously carried. VERO BEACH PRESS40URNAL Published Weekly Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida N O T i a E The Board of County Commis- sioners of Indian River County, r __?_ VERO BEACH PRESS -JOURNAL Published Weekly Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER: STATE OF FLORIDA Before the undersigned authority personally appeared J. J. 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(SEAL) s lu Fk By ROBERT W. GRAVFS Chairman Jan. 29, Feb. 5, D59. `3 011 61 i R Pursuant to the foregoing notice requesting bids, the following bids were received: Russell Concrete . . . . . . . $4.05 per barrel f.o.b. our trucks their site Rinker Concrete, Inc. . . . . . $4.05 per barrel f.o.b. our trucks their site Ponce Products, Inc. . . . . . $3.76 per barrel f.o.b. our truck, Vero Beach less 100 discount, payable within 15 days - however a ramp must be provided to unload to our trucks and with the further provision that the first two hours unloading time will be free, after that a penalty of $5.00 for the first hour, $6.00 for the 2nd hour; $7.00 for the third and increasing one dollar per hour after that. After considerable discussion and upon Motion made by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner McCullers and unanimously carried, the County accepted the bid of Russell Concret Inc. for furnishing bulk cement at their bid price of $4.05 per barrel f.o.b. county trucks at their plant in Vero Beach, it being the finding and determination of the Board that this is the lowest and best bid due to the fact that the bid of Ponce Products, Inc. has contin- gencies affixed involving pnealties which in the judgment of the Board would cause their bid to be higher than that of the Russell Concrete. The bid of Russell and Rinker are identi- cal in price but the Board find the facilities for loading the County trucks at Russell will expedite the work and'be of greater advantage to the County, thus the Board finds the bid of Russell Concrete, Inc. is the lowest and best bid. Alice Helleso, County Nurse, appeared before the Board and asked when the money for the Indian River Mental Health Clinic would be paid and the Board informed her that the Asst. State Auditor was checking into the charter and other details and would let the Board know if and when it would be alright to pay any amount to this organization. Mrs. Helleso also requested $80.00 to pay for a months supply of polio vaccine as they were just about out and had no money to pay for any more. Upon motion made by Comm- issioner Gifford, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried, the Board authorized this payment be made. Mr. Art Karst, Mr. Joe Michael and Mrs. Jeanette Lier appeared before the Board with a letter from the Indian River County Farm Bureau objecting to the adoption of a building code. Said letter was ordered filed, Mr. C. Lafton Nash, representing the firm of Reynold, Smith & Hills, Engineering Firm from Jacksonville was introduced by Mr. Schmucker, and stated that his firm could make a survey and study as to whether or not additions should be made to the Courthouse or build on: ode of two sides, and that the survey would take six months and would cost $5,000.00. The Board told Mr. Nash that they would have to talk the matter over and would let him know their decision at a later date. Bob Jennings, Sanitarian for Indian River County, introduced Tom Miller who will be the new Supervising Sanitarian for Indian River and Osceola Counties. Mr. Miller told the Board if at all possible he would like a special act passed requiring flush type toilets in all shell houses sold and put up in this county. The Board referred this matter to the At A letter was read from Dr. Phil D. Morgan, Secretary of the Indian River County Medical Society, stating that at their last regular meeting of the Medical Society,they passed 0 e 0 E 1 r� u J 0 1 1 1 E a resolution recommending to the Board of County Commissioners the employment of a qualified social worker to properly screen patients who apply for care as medically indigent. Some dis- cussion was held and the Board decided they would table this matter until the time for making up the next year's budget. Sherman N. Smith, Jr. reported that he had contacted the State Road Department as to whether or not State Road 60 could be a Federal Highway and they replied that Federal rules have been established that a road to be a Federal Highway must serve more then one State and further to be a Federal Highway must be more than 300 miles in length, therefore, this road would not meet the requirements on these two counts. Sherman Smith, Jr. further reported that he had received a right of way map from the State Road Department for a.�small section of U. S. #1 beginning where the four-laning ends at the North end of Vero Beach and taking in only a small section of Gifford. Upon Motion madei! by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner McCullers and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the hiring of Mr. Charles C. Jewett, Appraiser, to appraise right of way required for the four -laving of U. S. #1 from Vero Beach to Wabasso. A letter was received and read from the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers concerning the height of bridges over the Inland Waterway, and further they would like to have the reaction of the Board and other interested parties by the 15th of September, 1959. Upon Motion made by Commissioner Gifford, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried, the Board requested the letter be referred to the Vero Beach Power Squadron for their thoughts and comments. Deputy Sheriff's appointment by Sam T. Joyce, Sheriff of Frank L. Alber from Precinct #4, was approved upon motion made by Commissioner McCullers, seconded by Commissioner Gifford and unanimously carried. The Engineer reported that a right of way was needed from Mrs. Jeanette Eyer on the corner of Citrus and Old Dixie, for Citrus Road. Upon Motion made by Commissioner Gifford, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried, the Board authorized Mr. Schmucker to offer Mrs. Eyer $1000.00 for the required right of way. The Engineer reported that the School Board had requested the County pave the drive- way into the school on the North Gifford Road and the School Board would pay us for the cost. The Board authorized the Engineer to do this work and submit a bill to the school board on the completion of the job. Mr. Schmucker further feported that he had talked with Mr. Lyons, City Manager of Vero Beach and Mr. Beidler, Director of Mosquito Control and they are willing to work out the details with the County with regard to the Sanitary Land Fill program. At this point Commissioner McCullers said he had been getting complaints as to the condition of the dump in Oslo, and Mr. Schmucker assured Mr. McCullers that he would have a dozier at the dump in Oslo on Wednesday to clean it up. Mr. Schmucker reported he had a bid from F. G. Fletcher of $800.00 to move Mr. Hoppe'; Fixit Shoppe on the Old Dixie Highway. The Board stated the bid was too high and would not ,go along with it. A telegram was received from the State Road Department informing the Board that the low bidden on Secondary Road Job $88600-3150 (16th Street) was Swords Bros. McDougal Co. -in the _17 �9 /7 31 R N Vi1 amount of $82,590.41, and asking the wishes of the Board in regard to awarding the contract. Upon Motion made by Commissioner McCullers, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and unanimously carried, the Board concurs with the low bid by Swords Bros. McDougal Co. and asked the Clerk to so advise the State Road Department. Mr. Schmucker reported he had a letter from the Florida East Coast Railway Company advising the Board that the County would have to put closing gates and lights up if we opened a crossing at 11th Street North of Sebastian. The Board said in that case we would have to do without the crossing. Mr. Art Karst requested that the Lateral B Road name be changed to King's Highway. The Board upon Motion made by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Mr. McCullers and unanimously carried, agreed that all that part of the Public Road formerly known as Lateral B, extending from State Road 60 South to the South County line be nemed, known and designated as King's Highway. There being no further business, upon motion made seconded and carried, the Board then adjourned. 1"I"GI tOMIN,1 TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1959 The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, met at the Courthouse, Vero Beach, Florida in a regular meeting held at 9:00 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, March 3, 1959. Present were Robert W. Graves, Chairman; D. B. McCullers, Jr., J. J. P. Hamilton and Donald Macdonald. Mr. H. H. Gifforls chair was empty due to his death on February 26th and no one as yet has been appointed to fill his place. Also present were Ed Schmucker, County Engineer,] Sherman N. Smith, Jr., Attorney and Katherine Morrison, Deputy Clerk. Upon Motion made by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner McCullers and carried, the minutes of regular meeting of February 3rd and regular meeting of February 17th were approved. A letter was received and read from Mr. W. J. Roschach, Pres. of Tropicolony, Inc. with regard to a zoning change.on State Road 60 (North side only) between Range Line Road and Ranch Road. The Board requested Sherman N. Smith to dictate a letter to the Secretary ans- wering Mr. Roschach's letter. Commissioner Macdonald stated that the appraisal has been made on the Roseland Airport property which the County would like to obtain for a public park and that we will have thirty days from the time we receive the official appraisal from the Federal Government in which to send in our bid. He further stated the Government will accept 50%h of the appraised value from the County for the land. He further sta ted with the application we 0 1 1 1 • 1 1 40