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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1918-06-20 MinutesZir ItighleyMat: I Would like to brir, olioe and fire departments. I have actual tact that some of them hard get oth great increase in living expenses mnd when Ot man' rem impossible for him to pay his bills, and we don't wnt. before action on the budget'.rOM my oonveraatiOn Wi we should do something right away and not -Wait untillt deficit as it is, and it seems to me to helP Out theee inen we detioit. The increase i1O,for each mall,t4 the cilia down. The ftnMen to be increase 0.0, mechanic, who salary would be increased,V15; lino with the wages -paid at resent to meohanio the city if he should leave. The CaPiat4.4, iaA that/Alt advisable to increase his salary to a salary paid the chief. With these oxooPtivoW, there 'o1c I offer these remarks as commendations to coune departments can move to have the necessary ordinances to bring up another question, and that is the saln in Florida, and lar,er, pay salaries to •the 'Za/or of 0 that the maytx of this town devotes a great deal of his timtc 16 a yoke for ':he sette rendered. I ao not feel that by payin-j our mayor ' 77. per month. and think it, shot„ meetings, meets numbers cf people an a it takes up the ea fortunately he can give the city that time. I feel tItat it would be only proper to consider that seriously. We knOW t financial condition. I believe we are getting better and the city will be in sooty share.We watt in, you might say) .wi.th hav© done the best we oan. T think the city as a whole reg economical one. and we have tried to show that sp%it, bUt not pay, and':hen you employ a man who renders servtoe .in1ie in the position that we are not getting the service Or *0 four consideration. And 1 suppose the proper thing is to,'h changins the salaries and. make them effective June 1, benefits this month. They need it. Ir. :lc ,son: I am in sympathy with -r. -1aeymanIs rood oertainly a:!oke. 3rady: I earainly am and consider.salary it0easeStne, is the very lowest we oat offer the m4orli, siott t Highluymmn in the shape of an ordinance. ayor 'atson: I am certainly inhuarty sympathy. 4hthO and firemen, not oly bue.use everything:Iheytet ut their very exi,,tence is at stake,- they aro 1id410 ta- vi11 be killed, not only the firemen Dut the polidoMe#, lives are worth but little. They protect us whon,W6•4040. compensation for their services. As to the ealaryt Ir. Highleyman, _Trady Z1.42 the councilmen have_;sa eaIewlee mayor's duties in this oity, if he wi1I,p0 has any idea. He can do nothing else and do it otherwise ana hold the position. It was my PrPtgib, and 1 gave it my time then too. :ow I are giving.,t,: answering the telithone up to ten o'clook of 7:r. Highleyman I would atpraciate dt, for I WOW, r. Calussen: I am in favor of what has besn'sal iI•ornu; p Wfl 1 d1):14,' Eau. 1.i1t2.g lernahn: They made the 'statement 'hat' be Mayor:- That -is done often. What / Want to knOW) Put in tbriase azd he knoWS the specifications cal, OTC' foundation, whose duty —is it to find4but about that? aghleyman: 1 opposed letting the oottracts Oh tIle%bai was not a contraot, the contractor *as silip1Y,Palt1 a9';•44- by tho engineers at the time was that the uantitieS'w0 that it was simply an estimate and -'. contract W161- tOf' no St say th.at there W4S not a member of council who uollad let a' soAte letting that, 7ho ILelethir we.s 1eft entirely to the bri46 041-i absolutely the Czar of tho'situatt6m. ''to one Imetve a4ythitt a!b that we ow .: so much unde,;' tha contract Ina we murt pay it. /la'',thi looation of thiL pier was,moved and it'struck this hole whach.. the matter up claimint they had not takex sufficient pounding borings. ;:x. Zackley made the statomm.t that they had 414de pur,osos. 11:; an actual fact they had not made sounaings so fa. niy made the entra ee_penses to tha city over apd above what 176 for, because re had reliable bidders here, Ic.0 tte enginders=a, extra cost and have also tune in a bill for 80 Much d.ian tr.Irown: I h,ard r:tesaler ( said to have been d frnn on t wok thouthe extra 10,06',C. and the words he used were 11.They—s thatu. I asked :es3ler how they 0ould do that and he saiii.ttiey .own's leg. ayor: I had a great acza wlth ttin- thf- bonds fleated f(4'tha'S, with all my miht to lettin the contract as it was, and I.frwther,ObjC en_ineer be in charge ,;hen we were* Givin, the contract to a man.'411.0'' for th. ,parformance of the contract and we would have had his boa t�, Te had three or lot-r bidders from other sections of the country otti at the coat at.which we thoutht we of Get them. I don't balieyel before. I am a Lycat man in the belief that home people 0110111 else bein: e-,ual they at,ould tho preference, but when We have the Sat-2. or les_ money and -ive us a ccmplated job as per cifitiQtS on it. t:owever, tl-At is behind us and now we are right up against 1 this up. I remember when Kackley was given 500. extra to go .own rj purpose of finding out how deep the piers would :o to zest upon eems if :le ha, mg.l.cle a mistake of this hind, should be in some'Vat- man is a bid on putting up a bzidGe of that kind, the smpoSitiOn upon substantial fou,ldation and that should be his whole idea, andit wa - his duty. I don't know whethor th, oontr,tA dove or not, but it she hat he shall ;set th-, bridge on sUbstantial and satisfactory bade-: eaponbible? There are other matters in connection with these brouGht out. If th.:. enGineer at c r ropreeentative aocepts theWO does aocel,t it, I don't know but that the courts wouthold that accepted it we would have to y the bills. It has been statsd the final eetimates show, the contractors charges are abCUt fi,J115 think it ia best to c. oint a committee to take up the vhole't Hoved by L. T. to so over the zoport back to •Trackmon: I apoint city tanineer' ZITILS ar T":7 arcli=ms uni=or :!dri,BD ASU FO pLArp'p?) V4 zi-61:-ailymE.71: The enf,lnee*.co have rendered a billibr Topose Avenue G bridge. and I re,plied that the city had no,Mene0; ..heY Would acoept 5 bonds at 97 There ista,contract lire4wn the plans and I fear we will have'to pay them • • • :4I-4AgglOWg''..;3$W401-701.4,WitAuWEVA et ci*.7.0t4 #1:0;44'.4($04*,, Ii*; Out. ii14".44#' ' Part irouh h.'rOpert e is -Wi1lAn.0;! to PU?b. on twa g44,110,!,, t,n ha "en herctofored fdais''ret:f eturfaCer•cand Oil::: and Seal the 'ientire:,,,k„ repositiOn it seems tb‘Me 'When: at .:144'. ty is not sellingthefifiPfeePle,;: iMe are not i.inj tOfide i36 on acouflt o ;the Sled serOssi L.3:0e4qk1101Via.",t1,4 „1;: 'f „tyour engineer if you peftrl-tOtifiAa: he holes :With asphalt. That i11 obviate Iticksenfiv4te that road,,-1.6 'abso11te1t.'ne016•04; wadted-With the•.heavy:-•traffieOt!er,':„ dOin-"t0r64',1v;4th'th0,47,1044&4: --<of A nittibeit.:,. hey feel that •with the iniene • T.r. Itieksori,- thatllusl.• Stand i I also f the •value of h Sr property' a-•: great -.1.0 to put down a 20 ft apha3.t road wtth :11BcxL at side szt.1.- when the time comes rto n without distnrbing tl-a asphalt •.• "I beli4i(rer"OO'•:.:,:, the e0orid big os.mp going in at Cutler,' 424.;it,404iiiti4. 'means, the c out to go andad. An oiled. road -is a -good one with. iithitedr-tr running over our oiled boulevards be.6aUSe'f.;li .„, . Claus en: I favor putting down a perme#en*,,,:ro,, 3.f.r. Watson: believe it will be better,:f;.4,q,„' - cloYna theeewer and laterals before h!kir94.:If'.:6.P••• is property that .does not produce reve.414-:1:!, property many times more than the co st.. ecauw there is more traffic over it 07,La4,,.04,.. ombined. Go down to the Avenue D bridge -;a • congested for blocks on either side. Vien- -Cocoanut Grove is emlarged, t raffia will: be iUO98 better to ut down something that is per•Mane,n Drickell I can und.e..-stand very now, but it is go ing to come very soon with us a.nd put down th,-; same kind of asphalt paving. That is all there is to w '7: st,•:„y 7.-„; that will aggregate more than the coEtt.'::,fiof'thea• value ot the propertyabutting the road.. T thk road that will be satisfaotory tack. •• 7.1r . 7..ickso : That roai is a seventy foOt's e2).airn ire d road. , e : t:t 'Oa: If e. sewer should go down. Irc,r Ot.tisJ. IA'Sz,rr.4.t.' taken care of by putting down two 1),13.73:41 han one sewelx if EA.L the house connections. . IT.4.ve not pzeps;,,-ed 4 V.)...44 woted341teto have the :;;:c. ,it dom now, but I would prefer -Afo'fil?', differenee .• • • " • • • ar The iStrict • onfirming reeolutitai selopted June. 1,151t.; Or,et`.ftt. roadway to the ottYlimits on the se th.414, clire0, is for the conetruOtion of said imprbveMent oot shouldezee of sand, and oil, to be redeieed On;,Ant0:0 ee - = TOved seconded by J. C. iliekSon erf irming the resoltit,ion ordering the paving of itte.41, AVen ity limits and direoting the clerk olerk to adv.ertie.eefor;‘k- e adopted. On roll Call the vote was j. Clausen ee;1 IC. Fink, yes; L. T. Ilighleyrean, yes; J. Te; BiacktiOn;'.: • „. ilCINERATOR GARBAGE DISPOSAL GARBAGE; CAtiS I beg to call your attention to' the Condition'.:: ==: hat with the top burned off, and the building:other/4Se d#,A. "0 ,ii eep the plaee in a good. sanitary condition. Sornethiremmust be donebo o re,lieve the present condition anl the entire ple,oe%e'put in fi ✓ abandone.d. I was out te...re making an inspeotion Weateeiday y privilege to have seen a more unsanitary place, not evenexcep,:p4:4' ight Boil was put . I do not believe that the people living 'in,11:M0•._,. tenger, and I would riot blame them, shcu1i they enjoin the Oity-frOik;us. About fcur years ago the city issued bonds in the ‘linere-Ort, uild a modern crematory, something suirable to this -climate aid. to oth 1icuid a.nd solid. This it never did do, a it should have •dorie; een dumped directly into the hopper and not on the floor:, to be rc& The cost for riC06.' to keer it burnine is over *..500„.' per 1rnonth iith the proper draft throuife it ihould a1moct keep th.e neoeesary, heat .to. that, is burnt in it. , . • I am told that it coet about =,1,000. per mor.th, to Ope-retee he cot of E;athering the garbage or trash an. hauling. it out:elte urepe.c1 in two or three other places in the city other than thethnpri This, gentlemen, is a very serious matter, an it shCU,1.11; be a therefore recommend to your. hon.= able bod.y tit yeee aleeoin.t z e2 71 t;11 43 J: L 7 ..eeme t :44 speotfully subreit tad j. = "' eeee el:. n : The reaw z:oof hae 'el n f or two months ore etlaeeta, 3 7 lei e'_t eeee .;:eh.e.,t the.. apar tment _ 7.i.;bleyean: Yhen Twent, on if.1.3 oar. o±7.ealt"e.1 reft.00,4:,,bo ,,,, LLtn rc ....uSe of it . It was looked upon as a.n engine tree: t Ceeeer treent. . I fee , ine rOce, _ titbUrning wood, as the wet stuff simply puts a Woedefti'''01. . - Z. Highleyman Th-1 7,oard. of 7!ealth he'd, e meeting wth,t :eltepaay ana want to heel 1 the garbage .to t1474 b0 that the etuf Jill flow back onto the'-e-40. .1)ettep or not . will cost soue hi ' 1'04?=.11ins wi11 burn this stuff, we Will *017 bialt riht. That is one reason w1 e nr l'-think it Is a sanitato ee thei ip1r aj4rbe , g then, ; • ..;100,4 ;e;t#i, ,064,!tiMe, ye±' T1i.:t*i0(.)E.0.2 ofEiiiigbig0 el" al:14'Z :0 ,1tfiti4t OVfD as thie •3tiy trot. Thrs are citiO wh6 in the ay:Of .1))1,3,p- 04no t1•1 / nave -two letters,- OUt,now ornu'tioi • ti61414 :rettmmend to your honorable body the ttard of rtealth. and 'take th it ct.41',1fxtOPO•tititriL.:' • responsible for the 'oondition of the cane and a.1.00,;:. • oare if• them and f ixing 'the blame when one ie duto..bTh daily r.. orts concernin-z the working of . the entire,./an:, cans hap:died daily allL their wnd,ition. A Can a ooxt should be klX bought and. oan shol.ad be thrown 'wit .:0,41e4s.:sOtti4One •h off to ita s ozi6i, rati,t th:e ocolint oouLa.. many we bought,how many t:hrown out, how many •pp •Watson, flileyman: I think the ::ayor is it ..Last Year We 4401,-- Something f ixed up and th y were well fixed too; a man down hare On, Avenue .4.4 9 that is usually the trouble, tIle bottoms rust out. I bp6Ice to said they were no t fit to 1-)3 fixed u? . The pr to Of cane .nat ild.van0 aL Dann didn't aeam to think any of them ocu be used. but I am ern e o • . Blackmon: I thi ok . Dann is the chief sanitary inspeotor and 4.t:, to look after these cs,ns an:, not wait for the mayor and council to 160k And it is the business of the man at the incinerator to see that tb,(v • perly. :tx Ye mi::;ht refer the mayor' comr.unf.cat Loa to the- Bo, neoessary investiton and corr ctions. Lir. Blackmon: This matter wp,s 'orought %lc at the Board .meeting the othe;','. some thing must be done . 1 tan. t t their idea whe tiler they. would ' :44; council to do so, but it seems to me we are :paying a chief inspettOt*:.,-; and it is his duty to go out there and see t'ilat things are dpne -do out, there with . Z.v..rre.y and we will see if we can, makeany imprOe raising the flooring . I think -.he incinerator should. be 7,::laced under th £p.erV3QC so lute time. I a,ttemnt to.,do omething . attentV#1.: fact that .-.he tieular thin is a .sani..tary matter . I don' t know wh-L-0,0 ri m.a.:11 an. Of ,c)o; . pcs,,ibly .;)6,000. - • • W,A.tson: I don't thi:t so. can fill it in with rock' andY'ease- 100 cA.ck surface . - - :r . hl.Tman: Cup:,ose we fer the whole matter to 1:r. nurray,': to o over Ltuation, with power to act, an.d if there ia any juriodtetion, le: them settle that. I offer as a motion. tecoW clerk read t:.e pO2CL1.:DJ: T-.1,FTH CTP.Z.F.T ITO. 4260..3 ::iami„June 20, 1914 ' :on. :ayor e.nd City -ieh to callc ttentton to the siCkeniniV • comas f .om t whole Jale :oduce store at 426 -12th; at.. ort :,na 7 e"-11 cd to mow if those dletbx.40,00.#n_n a t:_e7 do mc.,2t cf time . 71eao investite. for 7:c,-.:2uelv<.;0 tf tat„ is tota:UtxQ 7tt.. nc'; my Ide2i7a to mt.1,:, for my'lle%hborla for 1.1:,:.intainin'.; s. nuisance, but I do ask your. honor.4 otr odors as: onions, ca o, fish, :-erld,ria,:; plant soap fact©a uk ousines:, ,streets of c= Ina will be done to *ate:the:.ico ..:ontt%ue to lc b'„,.sin,:u. It old stand. *.7o 'hr v r truly) .:*• iNMac-ti „. , ,ia i•a."„„,��., :': T 4 oost of ni';`Tin ths, bilsinoss 1 saw. t';;.?, :r'o $ • not cagv<.:. befc ,: noon vey clay, it'i11 crn, '•3'':.'•: oven :by J , ick ox , se Co:'iliettt • ,t L C3 ti Ci ri,1a.tr t' • insd nal4s.: - �*�r t'. i.Qt{ton' e.•rrie4.•, 1r, TiFht 1.,, t. 1Lat Cr:?,will over hoar Of i'u'~ a liin,„; to Llatters, yell l:'ill L),t florae sttor•t+Qii;- 0 'ething- .theY have d.pne? Talk about uttin; s.nytti i;; in a 1' 4 S I'M TAX S FO:: .1906 1 • .' ,OT 19 BLOCZ ..4, • l Clt"1 :• ,t ''' ^ , ep esante,tive of he owner of this y'roperty y. pF reoord for the taxes for 1906, on this :;rpportyi • M i ::.: 'mer pity 6.ttorneyr B. GeAltier, as shown by a Z':!ooii 4; vecby L. L . :r srlye. e con: ed: by L/ T • "ifi' 1eyrn,s:, 'tx a lion against lots 1. r`J .ary.r�r. 20, .::folk. 4-3 :Tor tw3, for,teats. !nT <C/� ,.•. r� tT1 IT ... r.;ryyt... hM 7C,C,T Or STi:7 Y'ff? _LIIPLJ T ,'rItiTA7r•. .,..,.�:-7.h'.R.:+ e.^ •��.TR'• 'v wi._ -,..t. Itt' J�a?rCi..+.: �.i i k SJ...' '�.i nCiu33. LL JUST .T ✓. �i-A o3' n. - m .7.n.7 0 4 i •.mi. ii DOCK . a;;t iaina,Z: t'..t it NIri 1 be -neoe E ary to build or:..t, l; to '1t' r._-, the into t'he slip and. 'q 1.w�vas f �,• , Y, --r• r-r;Z / •.' ' C �'ir-- +�'- � �a' V :. i 4 • . t: .. `. "w,a v G' � .? 1 - _. _ � .l. u .: 4��a.1..�. • ,.t1.,L'1�+ ` E! C i orn iciii: Gf ".i ;,T'; ty into n .j: i:'{.tor r' SJ thus 1 % �+.^'t"; } U.. ' of ;: _ t 4,ompl,ains of . •� i . T� shut .,l a .- ' �} ti+ . -t t ,t r pp ,�++rt.� in'`" �•yY 1.�>•iT •:J!.. .rl (, -al. �. eyes '�� 4 CiL' V1.a.L...A�(•y '.i +�V �'y'� V ';J. Sill t:i• whole 3n.=..t��'.r . .L1. het GU.�ith•e3 . is built Far1onz;.', at will i;;dt ri�:l of '.ha t:.rouble with th„ se,:t~'.'r.,.: ` ':k9'..0v or f1 ou. t'1 .t sower . faction .__'' ._.: .., y' w IS iveri •J:''l�i? tG! r a t•ateri ci O -1 ..! !:. i .. .t..... �... � vl:.'.` i.i -i; i:z' :l': CP-3 ,. ..-: SIT1); ii'�3i c,.{,74. v,.d 'oy U . Ii . _.i :: i 3',1 , C ti w by : , . T„',ora4, t sf'�.t `t.2c' t tyt niters for .,3 e.0 in f:..vor c::'" fie Et JO1U Don tr,i1 pry y-ay;.b1.. on o:: befcre uix ,..cr:tI.ru'. :rot -Lori t3a�`^ t3t1. -C.. : L' _." '•- ':. : JT0::0DT_ZE i r, . :�i1 "i:.10 E:ol . t:`:e new car to '::": fire ohief �i. t' i' •hff,.s fa or :,.7 ec.1 tie exact coat of t' 8 to }1 3ii uoh, r for 1.,00') . c part re.yrnent . „r . .i,f?11:}ycda,a ot4tr),.d, ,000. a Ti::'e Chief Coleman an ri osat S his . 'oru er state t.e 'r• y�", ey as to r .ise:1 by the J&r:e of two oars now i. * ;U� notion of , . C , `._ 'r.lr: , i;,;. cn=,.ea. ,- . . L . ire4y; ,000. in fc,.voI' of. ...' :41. kp.tkL . 0:51 $h ET '11111)..: that he 'be s.2lcivcd his final -es : a •, The, 7'.-.air:La 1,2foxiLed 3f�Z t i"loul' L''s, ! at neztt. `3. e. . • Ot!. .:'.Oaitritslitteevian and enizineier'!:0 aAd'.r,etfOtAtek41141; :that it be 'anl d'ireOi, to bbi0:4'eCtli4$ 10, 1910. - - ,:aotott by VI Cl atm se e aco nded ow, the' vote was:J,IT. Clauesen',.:Yeari y; L. T. 2i;',.;hlaynian„ yes k. eo1utionn 17o . 114.5-C; Sidewalk 10pli:4 Report of tha co; itt nt r on..;ineer of completion of ff.e.t.evvalc nv recotrgr_ding thr.,..t » directin::: the clerk to eavitqtie-:r0;':*ii be heard July 18, 1911,!. :loved by J. '.". Cle.ussen, saaonded by _ . • rink, that resolution,4• On roll call the vote 17E.13 .r Claussen, yea; J. C. Hiokeon, yeci; 71. Z. rink, y ; L T. ',.;:ichleyinazi, yer,.; J. T. Blackuion, yea. Ilesolution 1To. 1146-C ideW k i:eport of the connitteeman and an,..ineer of the completion of t'ideValk and recant:no:lc:inf.., t: at it 13, ac -et tad; an. 1.1raoting the clerk to egVer to be heard July 1, 191:4. 7.ovod. by J. Clau s.);..onf.afl . • 7irik, that reeo1ution.3,70. 1.1 On roll call the vote ri . Cl .1,1.Q sun, yas; J. C,. ::idkJon, yea; .".. L. y a ; L. T. y ; J. T. e . 1.:e....olution To. 1147-C L' is tr ct 17 Sidewalk ,101. oonmitten.: ninr of th cor4p1•3tion of Sidawalk.-14v,-,„'.. E.ccepte,a; a'-' f,Lrectin...; th.: clerk to advertiee,f,orTr:_ e 111”xd. July 18., 191C. . . F.,a3or,...lef.. 1)2.- . • rink, that reaolutio'n 17o . 1141 On ';o11 call the ...tote ro\f,, . Cl 3reJ;J L ickson, yes; .2. , yr, , y..,; . .1 sLron, p:te. • , ..-accluti.on o . 11.46 C Impv Distt 19 Sdewalk-Dietrdor riJ ,....;:fort of of t11,.. cohli.ae ti on of Sidewalk it 1:", th 1k to 6.-.1vert1,4efor to be .ii , r esolut iOn 2011 QUI tIlL; VCt wJ. -,-. J. C. 7-iokson, yes; 7:. y. ; 1.'1'. y_,; J. T. 17.1ackraoll., yea. - —.Tort of toorar.littetnlan. of thecompletion of 77..ilighiseat recorr.1,an1in.. the clerk to adV rtiefi,t e hoard July 18, 151:. • by J. • oe,onclea '7)7 .IZ. Firik, that resolutibn /10, roll call the vot,iwas: J. 'Z. ye©; J. C. ::.iokson, yee;lq. y..:a; 7, . s yl- • T Blackmon, yea,' • ••., •-• yan-1 ccx.: council t.j.ouxnd.t