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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/29/1961TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1961 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, August 29, 1961. Present were Robert W. Graves, Chairman and members, Donald Macdonald, Dr. B. Q. Waddell and J. J. P. Hamilton. Absent was D. B. McCullers, Jr. Also present were Ed Schmucker, County Engineer, John Gould, Attorney to the Board, and Katherine Morrison, Deputy Clerk. The Board then re -convened as an Equalization Board, as provided by law. The County Tax Assessor filed with the Clerk to the Board, and there was presented to the Board at this meeting, the applications for the tax exemptions set out in the Resolution next following herein, together with original notice of disapproval of said applications with entry of service upon the respective applicants, and same were duly reviewed by the Board together with evidence presented to the Tax Assessor upon which the re- spective applicants based their claims for exemption. No one present wishing to be heard, Motion was made by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner Waddell, and carried, and the folldwing Resolution was unanimously adopted: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, original notice of disapproval of application for tax exemption with entry of service upon the respective applicants therefor, as hereinafter listed, have been filed with the Clerk of this Board as follows: NAME OF PERSON DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY William N. Whitman N 16 Ft. of Lot 16 & S 54 Ft. of Lot 17, Isle of Pines S/D. C. J. Isenhour Lots 11 & 12, N. Carolina Colony.S/D Selvin Cobb, Sr. S z of Lot 21 & S z of E 8 Ft. of Lot 22, Block 7, Smith Plaza S/D Robert A. Charlesworth Lot 5, Block A, Orange Park Estates #1 Name of Person Descriptio of Property Willie Clemons N 1 of .5 Ay of RR on N edge of SE k of NW.k, Sec. 26 Twp 32, Rge. 39. Lots 6 & &, Block 5, Veromar S/D. J. C. Davis Lot 13, Blk 5, Colored School S/D Arthur'Summers Lot 11, Block 3, Golf View Estates S/D Gene Lindsey Lot 7, Wade C: Ropp S/D Danie. W. Odom Part of Tract 1, Sec. 28, Twp 32, Rge. 39. J. C. Spence That part lying E -of OD Hwy of the S 150.69 Ft. of Lot 2 & N 49.31 Ft. of Lot 3 as. in D BK 87, Hudson's Sub. Clayton Votrobek Lot 4, Blk 5, Ixora Park Sub. #2 J. Pat Corrigan B. F. Williams Lot in NE cor of E J of NW of NE 4, Sec. 32, Twp. 31, Rge. 39. This Board sitting as a Board of Equalization, has reviewed each of said applications and evidence presented to the Tax Assessor upon which applicant based his claim for exemption, and all persons appearing were heard, and each of said applications and the disapproval thereof having been duly considered and reviewed by this Board, together with such evidence; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Decision of the Tax Assessor with respect to each and all of the above described applications be, and it is herewith affirmed. Upon Motion made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried, the following Resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION NO. 61 - WHEREAS, due notice by publication thereof has been given that the County Assessor of Taxes of Indian River County, Florida, would meet with the Board of County Commissioners on the day of August, 1961, and would at such time present the tax assessment roll of said County for the year 1961 for equalization, as will appear by proof of publication of such notice recorded in the minutes of that meeting; and, "1 '1 ' pu.. Y - .f .u. y :z' .. -ssor . . meet with the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, on the 8th day of Agust, 1961, at the hour of 1:30 o'clock P.M. in the office of said Board in the Indian River County Courthouse, Vero Beach, Florida, and the Board of County Commissioners has, at said time, convened as a board of equalization for the purpose of examining said roll and of receiving complaints and testimony with regard to the same and with regard to the value of any property, real or personal, as fixed by the County Assessor of Taxes upon said roll; and, WHEREAS, the said Board of County Commissioners, convened as a Board of equalization, did continue in session from time to time until the meeting; and, WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has received such complaints and such testimony offered, if any, and has examined and.reviewed said assessment roll and has found it unnecessary to increase the valuation of any property shown thereon and has found such assessment roll to be correct; Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, does herewith find the tax assessment roll of said County as presented for the year 1961 to be equal and just and does herewith approve, ratify and confirm the same. Upon Motion made seconded and carried, the Board then adjourned sitting as a Board of Equalization, then reconvened in regular session. :The Board then considered the County Budget and budget estimates as prepared by the Board at its meeting of July 18, 1961, and as duly adver- tised as provided by law in the Vero Beach Press Journal, a newspaper of general circulation published in this County and published in.the issue of said newspaper July 27, 1961. Upon Motion rade by Commissioner Waddeli, seconded by Commissioner Macdonald and carried, that the Clerk revise the millage figureAn�the ' General Fund by reason of.an error as advertised in the newspaper. • RE S 0 T' I 0 ,.M WHEREAS, the County Auditor, after tentatively ascertaaing the proposed fiscal policies of the Board of. County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, for.the fiscal year commencing on the lst day of October, 1961, and ending on the 30th day of September, 1962, did.i prepare and present to the Board of County:Commissioners a tentative budget. for said fiscal year for each of the funds therein as provided by • law, including all estimated receipts, taxes to be levied and balances expected to be brought forth and all estimated expenditures, reserves• and balances to be carried over at the end of the year; and, ' WHEREAS, this Board did receive and examine said tentative budget for each fund and did require such changes to be made as the Board did deem necessary and the auditor's estimate of receipts other than taxes not having been revised, this Board did prepare a statement summarizing all of the tentative budgets showing for each budget in the total of all budgets the proposed tax millages, the balances, the reserves and the total of each major classification of receipts and expenditures classified according to the classification of accounts prescribed by the Comptroller of the State of Florida; and, WHEREAS, this Board did cause said summary statement to be advertised one time in a newspaper of general circulation published in Indian River County, Florida, to -wit: In the issue of July 27, 1961, of the Vero Beach Press Journal, as will more fully appear by proof of pub- lication thereof filed in the minutes of this Board; and, WHEREAS, this Board did meet at the time and place stated in said advertisement for the purpose of hearing requests and complaints from the public regarding the budgets and for the purpose of holding a public hearing and making whatever revisions in the budget it may deem necessary; Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, that this Board does herewith tentatively adopt the budgets for the funds of this Board for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1961, and ending September 30, 1962, in the form as heretofore prepared and duly advertised, and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the tentative budgets shall be filed in the office of the County auditor as a public record and the County Auditor shall transmit forthwith to the Comptroller of the State of Florida two copies of each of the tentative budgets as adopted, certified by the Chairman of the Board and by the County Auditor as a true and correct copy of the budget as adopted by this Board, and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said budgets as tentatively adopted by this Board shall be considered as finally adopted and as official thirty (30) days from the date the budgets are transmitted to the State Comptroller and no report of exceptions to the budget as filed has been made by the Comptroller. Upon Motion made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Macdonald and carried, the following Resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED by. the Board of County Commissioners of Indian .River County, Florida, that the rate of taxation necessary to meet the expenditures of the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1962, pursuant to the budget of said Board as heretofore published and approved, is as hereinafter levied and that the tax. rate as hereinafter shown and set forth be and it is hereby levied on all taxable property in Indian River County, Florida, for the -year 1961 with the rate hereinafter set out, to -wit: 1: In order to meet .the estimated expenses of the Geneiatbed, it is determined and hereby declared that a tax rate of Six sad,flv.-tenths (6.5) mills upon the dollar be levied and hereby imposed. 2. In order to meet the estimated_ expanses of•tbe Road and Bridge Fund, it is determined and hereby declared that a tax rata of Five and five -tenths (5.5) mills upon the dollar be levied and is hereby imposed.: '3. In order to meet the estimated expenses of the Fine and For- feiture Fund, it is determined and hereby declared that a tax rate of Three (3.) Mills upon the dollar be levied and is hereby imposed. 4. In order to meet the estimated expenses of•the Capital Outlay Fund, it is determined and hereby declared that a tax rate of One-half (.5) mill upon the dollar be levied and is hereby imposed. 5. In order to provide funds to the Indian River County Public Health Unit, it is determined and hereby declared that a tax rate of Seven - tenths (.7) mill upon the dollar be levied, assessed and is hereby imposed upon all the property lying and being in the County of Indian River, the proceeds of which when collected shall be paid to the State Treasurer of the State of Florida for the account of the State Board of Health of the State of Florida to be expended by said State Board of Health as provided by Chapter 154, Florida Statutes. b. Estimates having been made by the Board of Trustees of the INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, and a certified copy of the Resolution thereof filed with this Board as required by law, it is hereby declared that a tax rate of Ona and five hundred thousandths (1.525) mills upon the dollar be levied and determined and and twenty-five is hereby fixed and assessed for the year 1961 on all of the property in said District, the same being as set forth in Chapter 61-2275, Acts of the 1961 Florida Legislature; for the purpose of paying interest upon and providing a Sinking Fund for bonds of said District dated August 1, 1959. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Tax Assessor of Indian River County, Florida, foregoing in Indian of Indian taxes and taxes River River be and he is hereby directed to assess and levy all of the as fixed and levied by this Board upon the taxable property County, Florida, just and due taxation, and the Tax Collector County, Florida, be and he is hereby directed to collect said pay over the same as provied by law, and that a certified, copy'of this Resolution be furnished to the CountyhAssessor of Taxes and the County Collector of Taxes. Harold Scott of Reynolds, Smith and Hills was present and made a report of what the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District has in mind for the Indian River County area. He states that the turnpike is expected to cross the Indian River- St. Lucie County line and this leaves a large area to the north which will possibly drain through the Sebastian Creek Canal. The Corp of Engineer report is due in November or December but final approval would not come before March of 1962. In Mr. Scott's opinion the acquisition of lands in the flood plain is the most important item to be taken up at this time and is trying to push the Flood Control District along these lines. Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and carried, that the Chairman and Clerk be authorized to sign the contract with Reynolds, Smith & Hills to become effective October 1, 1961 and run for a period of one year. It was noted that an item was approved in the new budget for this contract. A letter was received from Roland Miller in which he stated that the Vero Beach -Indian River County Automobile Dealers Association is alarmed by the number of accidents occuring on State Road 60; a lot of which are due to the condition of the bridges on the road and the wooden railings thereon. After some discussion, Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and unanimously carried, and the. following resolution was adopted: • 'WHEREAS, ever since the construction 'of Florida State Road 60 many years ago and especially during the past ten years,, many people have lost.their lives or suffered serious injuries as a result of being involved in collisions between automobiles , and the wooden bridges along said Florida State Road 60 in Indian River County, Florida; and, WHEREAS, many of such lives would not have been lost and many of such injuries would not have been suffered if_, instead of there being wooden bridges, there had been adequate concrete • • bridges equipped with steel or concrete railings and guards;•and+ WHEREAS, the traffic along said Florida State Road 60 is constantly increasing so that further fatal and otherwise serious accidents will occur unless the condition mentioned above is cor- rected; and, WHEREAS, Vero Beach -Indian River County Automobile Dealers Association and other professional civic and business organizations have brought this condition to the attention of this Board, now, therefore: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, that this Board does request the State Road Department of the State of Florida to make its own in- vestigation of the facts stated above and at the earliest possible time to undertake a program of replacing the existing wooden bridges along said Florida State Road 60 in Indian River County, Florida, with modern concrete bridges equipped with steel or concrete rail- ings and guards. Commissioner Waddell stated that he had just returned from a Director's Meeting of the State Association of County Commissioners in Jacksonville and stated that the Florida East Coast Railway Company is entering suit against the Counties along the East Coast because of the high tax assessments. Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and carried, that the County Attorney be requested to contact other counties involved and get their opinion as to the action to be taken in defending this action, A letter was received from the State Road Department attaching a quit -claim deedfrom the State Road Department to the County releasing a portion of right of way on State Road 5 South of Vero Beach, which portion is not now needed for right of way. Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried, to accept the quit -claim deed from the State Road Department and have same recorded, and to issue quit claim deeds to the individual property owners. Motion was made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried that the County Engineer be authorized to advertise for 10 spans of reinforcing.steel with an alternate bid of 20 spans of steel. The County Engineer stated that he had requests for the abandonment of certain roads in Wabasso adjacent to the new State Road 5. The Board said he should contact the affected property owners and get their reaction before; any abandonment proceedings took place. The County Engineer sta ted it would cost some $2100.00 to place a 6 foot high fence around the Oslo cemetery. The Board stated this was too much money and to place a three strand barb wire fence around the area 'with creosote_.posts. A typical section for Job 88602-3601.- Roseland Road from Collier Creek to E.E,C.' Railroad was received, and Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and carried to approve this typical section and return to the State Road Department. A letter together with a Resolution from the Town of Indian River Shores, organiaing`a Civil,Defense Cou#oil to cooperate with the Indian River County. Civil Defense Council 'was xeoeived and ordered filed. A fatteilSaa.raceive4 tgoa Aiiirm T. Joyte, Sheriff requesting that good-1004.t1AO'froattieIlailey for the reason that his Ea tory as a tutees.' Motion was made by Comm- issioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Macdonald and carried that good- time off for Otis Bailey be taken away. Upon Motion made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and carried, the following Item to Item Transfers were approved. RESOLUTION NO. 61 - WHEREAS, there is a total surplus of $3425.00 in the Fine & Forfeiture Fund of Indian River County under some items and which surplus exists after the payment of all necessary expenditures under such items for the current fiscal year; and WHEREAS, there is a deficiency in funds necessary to provide for the proper and authorized expenditures under some items in the Fine &'Forfeiture Fund; and WHEREAS, said items mentioned are a part of the same fund and the transfer from one item to another item in the same fund and is not a transfer from one fund to another fund; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that there is herewith transferred the sum of $3425.00 from some items where there is a surplus to the items where there is a deficiency, according to detailed statement attached, all in the Fine & Forfeiture Fund of the current budget of Indian River County as provided by law. Item to Item Transfers EXPENDITURES TRANSFERS A/C Name To From 364. Expenses, Sheriff 3425.00 Sheriff's reserve for Contingencies $3425.00 Upon Motion made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and carried, Mr. Fred R. Tuerk, Mayor of Indian River Shores and Conrad Tuerk are herewith appointed alternate members of the Indian River County Civil Defense Council. A letter was read to the Board from Merrill P. Barber, Chairman AAA, Highway Committee, Indian River Area regarding the four-laning of U. S. #1 from the Georgia line, which seems to be a reality in the near future and hopeful that this Board will now push A -1-A. Said letter was ordered filed. There being no further business the Board then adjourned. E • •h 3, 7:0 CHAIRMAN