07-05-1941 Special MeetingMINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL
JULY 5, 1941
The Miami Shores Village Council held a special meeting
on July 5, 1941 at 2:00 P. M. in the Village office.
Present were Mayor Earnest, Mr. Childress and Mr.
Stockdell, the Village Manager and John M. Ritter, the Village
Building Inspector.
This meeting had originally been called as a conference,
but after some discussion the meeting was called, and upon motion
of Mr. Childress seconded by Mr. Stockdell the following motion
was passed:
"In connection with the resignation tendered to the
Council by Mr. Ritter, our Village Building Inspector, I wish to
make the following motion concerning same. I believe that our
Building Inspector acted in good faith, he having obtained permission
from our Village Manager, Mr. McCall, to erect a residence as a
contractor on the S. W. corner of 96th Street and N. E. 5th Avenue.
Our Village Manager was given specific instructions
by former Mayor Stockdell that Mr. Ritter was not to be given
permission while he was in the employe of our Village as Village
Building Inspector, to take contract to erect this dwelling. I
believe further that our Village Manager used very poor judgment in
permitting our Building Inspector to accept this contract and that
it sets a dangerous precedent which, in my opinion, will cause much
criticism by the people towards our Village Government.
I move you that we reprimand our Village Manager, and
I further move that we remove the Building Inspector, Mr. John Ritter,
from his duties as Building Inspector without pay for a period of
forty-five (45) days."
After which the meeting was adjourned.
APPROVED BY COUNCIL:
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