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04-14-1942 Regular MeetingREGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL APRIL 14, 1942 The regular monthly meeting of the Miami Shores Village Council was held on April 14, 1942, with the four members present as were the Village Manager and Village Attorney. Mr. Oscar E. Dooly was installed as a member of the Village Council, and the oath of office was administered by Judge George E. Holt. The minutes of the meeting of March 17th were'read and approved. The Council then received the audit report of January 31st as prepared by Ring, Mahoney and Arner, and instructed that a constable be contacted to see if he would attempt to collect unpaid Court fines as shown on the records and audit report. The Council also instruct- ed that the auditor show, at least in his comments, the contingent liability as reflected in the unpaid Golf Course bills, and that the part of Lot 18, Asbury Park, now carried at a value of $912.17 be changed to a value of $1.00, which is the value carried on the other lots owned by the Village. The Audit report was then approved sub- ject to these changes. A report was received from the Health and Sanitation Committee on the proposal of Mr. Cannon to provide the land and money to con- struct an incinerator, and upon motion of Mr. Arnold and seconded by Mr. Dooly, t eiVillage ager was strutted to continue his efforts to see a priority for materi kto,co t said inciner- ator. A copy of said report is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. 4/14/42 Page #2 Upon motion of Mr. Dooly and seconded by Mr. Ajnold, Resolution No. 252 was unanimously passed, said resolution being entitled: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE INSTALLATION OF SIRENS IN MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPREADING AIR RAID ALARMS. ****4}41.***-1814********414M- a .1. Upon motion of Mr. Arnold and seconded by Mr. Dooly, resolution No. 252 was unanimously passed, said resolution being entitled: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE PURCHASE OF TWO EMERGENCY POWER PLANTS. ******* t**tom; : ****** Upon motion made by Mr. Childress and seconded by Mr. Arnold Resolution No. 254 was unanimously passed, said resolution being entitled: A RESOLUTION DIRECTING INCREASED ACTIVITY IN THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO DEFRAY EXPENSES. The Council instructed that the wading pool. at the Community House playground be filled with beach sand provided that it could be secured without cost. The Council received a letter from Mr. John M. McDonald offer- ing to sell the Village his warehouse property on West Railroad Avenue, and the Village Manager was instructed to notify Mr. McDonald that the Council would not be interested in such a purchase at this time. Upon motion made by Mr. Dooly and seconded by Mr. Arnold, the Council authorized the granting of Homestead Exemption for 1941 to Mr. David M. Hackney, who had made application but had not received 4/14/42 Page #3 credit for same. The Council authorized the Village Manager to expend $15,00 to attend the State City Managers' meeting in Orlando. The Council received a report from the Police Department and a recommendation from the Police Advisory Board, copies of both being attached hereto and made a part of these minutes, and after some discussion of these reports. Mr. Arnold moved that the present police force be kept intact at least during the present emergency ail being vital and necessary. Said motion was seconded by Mr. Dooly and was carried by a 4/5 majority with Mr. Childress dissenting and stating that he thought that the day -time patrolman should be changed to nigh patrol. Upon motion made by Mr. Amid and seconded by Mr. Childress March•bills in the amount of $2372.75 were approved and ordered paid. The Village Attorney reported that the suit of Crane Company vs. Miami Shores Village had been set for March 23rd, but their Attorney had voluntarily continued the case and no future date had been reset. The Attorney also reported on the case of Robert L. Weed vs. Miami Shores Village, and that the case would be continued after April 27th. The Attorney reported that a law suit had been filed by the Greater Miami Development Corporation to foreclose tax certificates on some lots in Miami Shores Village on which the Village holds Village Certificates, and that he would file a claim for the Village in said suit. The Village Attorney presented the second mortgage as prepared by Bessemer Properties Attorneys to secure the open account carried 4/14/42 Page #4 by Bessemer Properties in connection with the old Golf Course Bilis. After discussion the Council decided that they could not agree to the terms of this mortgage as it did'not comply with the agreement made with the W P.A., and instructed that it be returned to Bessemer Proper- ties to be. rewritten in such a manner as to not conflict with the agreement with the W.P.A. in that the Village would hold title for a period of at least 10 years after completion of the Golf Course. .The Council discussed possibilities of passing an ordinance regulating pin -ball machines, but no action was taken. The Council then discussed the unpaid Golf Course bills, and it was decided that Mr. Dooly, Mr. Earnest and Mr. Arnold would contact some of the larger creditors and would report at the next meeting as to their willingness to settle the accounts on a term basis. After which the meeting was adjourned. APPROVED BY COUNCIL: April .1.4, 1942 TO THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL: Gentlemen: Since it has come to the attention of the 'Police Board of this Village, that in the interest of economy this Council is contemplating reducing the man power of the police force, we, after careful investigation, believe that it is inadvisable to take such action at this time. We have prepared a list of reasons by which we arrived at this conclusion, and wish to offer them to you for your consideration, before any action is taken in this matter. 1. Under the present system the men are working from 55 to 84 hours per week, and quite often are asked to put in additional hours. If the force is reduced it will necessitate the men putting in more hours per week than they are at the present. 2. Surrounding municipalities of equal or smaller size are maintaining a minimum force of 6 nen, and like zones in the City of Miami maintain an even larger force. 3. Due to the screen out now in effect it is reasonable to assume that there will be an increase in prowlers, tire and bicycle thefts, robberies and breaks. 4. We wish to call your attention to the Police Department Report from the Daily Log of the Chief, which will show the amount of work necessary to be done by the Police Department. 5. Due to so many of our male residents having been called into thb ainfe'd service, or having found it necessary to go elsewhere to obtain employment thus leaving many of our homes unprotected by any male member of the family, the protection of these homes are therefore dependent entirely upon the Police Department. 31 /10' Walter D. Bolton R. DeLucc . Herndon POhZCII fl P11it'I� t+T 1ti P O �r��rr�r�wpr. rn rr+r� nr �■ _ 'tf g vjsag.t. As por bi onsf Daily Shoots; .otal entries rade in my icily Shoot---- 087 Personal Contact's tical.•of the Polxcning Itot• 83 Mise/14, Entries 17 lnvectigations- 40 Trips to Moore Park 4 Court 8 1'. 13. 1. Entries 7 Telephone Calla- 4 Oat- 114 Arrests 3 Defense & Air staid IIntriao 28 pingerpinta 54 Tire Inupoattons &. Information 73 Oar & Trucks inspected. 1 2. TOTAL, 887 CALLS iLI E IVIID ICI TU3 WPM AT MOT ` migNO 11OnTH OP t'lknOI 123 1192att- cn P'atroi ion « arch, 1942 Radio Calls in Village Day Ti=e -7 a.m.-5 p.m. 80 Might Ti -e-15 p.m. -7 o►.r . 1 18 193 An cur calls... - Help Other car©•-- Inveattegicna made -iia radio calls - Perked cars found and invootigater3 Bicycles chnoked---- Ctolon Caro reoov©red-» Arrerst Por other re art ants Invosti -& released -- Cason tried In court --- Traffic wz z one--- ,,a ,vPUIZAerx 0 143 8 18 33 CO2 5 9 '. i4 nt•►OIL cOmOUMPTzo i 4 t3 25 Police ours traveled 0878 ales - Dully av ►race - 18Q 0/3 iIilos Oaalino rated- 447 Gels. 011 Coed - £o Qts. REPORT ON INCINERATOR PROJECT The Health and Sanitation Committee met on March 24th, 1942, and discussed the proposal shown on the attached sheet. Present were Ur. Childress, Chairman, L.r. August De7inkler, Mr. Merton Hale and. Dr. U. J. Barge. This committee unanimously approved the project,and recommended that the Village take the necessary steps to acquire the land and construct the incinerator. The lowest quotation of X15,000.00 for an incinerator was received from the Nye Company, dated July 29, 1941. The capacity being 30 tons in 24 hours. The only other recent quotation on hand is from the Morse Boulger Destructor Company at 041,777.00, dated '..larch 18, 1942, this according to specifications is a much more elaborate outfit and apparently is designed for the northern climates, although of the same burning capacity. On March 24th we wrote the Nye Company for informa- tion nforma-tion on any increase in prices. They answered that steel and iron was up 15%, and fire brick up 10%, but stated that they would absorb most of the increase in their figure. They also stated, quote, "We do not think you could get priority certificates unless you are tied in with some camp or government project". We then contacted the local priority officer who stated that we had some good reasons, and suggested that we apply to Washington on form PD 1-A. We immediately wrote the Nye Company as follows: "In order that we may proceed in our attempt to build an incinerator we would appreciate a list of critical materials showing weights and quantities necessary in the construction of the 30 ton plant that we propose to build. Probably it would be better if your office could partially complete a PD 1-A application for preference rating." -1- We received the following reply, dated April 8, 1942. "Ur. C. Lawton McCall, Village Manager, Eiami Shores, Florida.. Dear Sir: We have your letter of April 3rd and we have been trying to decide how we could be of help to you. We really think that these incinerator matters are largely a question of politics. We are afraid you can not get a Priority Rating, or get any assistance from the Government, if you desired it, unless it goes through people who are in touch with the Government. Even then you have to have a good excuse to get results, something like an Army Camp, or where the war conditions work a hardship. For instance, here in :.Lacon the Government is putting up the money for an incinerator because the town is over -run with war industries, training camps, air stations, fuse plants and air station depot for repairing planes, etc. It more than doubles the population of Macon, to say nothing of the people who come in here for various reasons and purposes. It would be no trouble for us to give you a list of the material that goes into the plant, and we think all of them could be had without any trouble except the steel and iron work, and we have been able to get it so far. Outside of this item it does not make much difference what sort of rating is put on Priorities. The shippers simply want an excuse although they are compelled to ship out first the highest Priority and come on down the line. (Signed) Yours very truly, NYE ODORLESS INCINERATOR CO., A. C. FELTON A. C. Felton, President. n which evades answering our request for a list of critical materials, and is quite confusing. Meantime we are continuing to dump garbage at the North Miami pit, and paying Q25.00 per week for the privilege. Vle haventt heard of any complaints about open pit bump ng at that location. 4/14/42 Aisk (t ROCK P PIT ?A -LOCK IA C3\vd. 0 ._--- '� : M ��_K PIT . f t310' a. Nooses 40 /\C 39 AC 1) tbaq 0 1 2 2,5 T r:. c '- iV'JJ7'vv INN GR ATIC PAY T\{ � k 0 ;3 '3 0 C4 ss (";ic7 s ) A Mr. Cannon has offered to sell the Village the West 79 acres of his property,as shown above, for 58,000.00, and loan the Village 17,000.00 in cash to build an incinerator. The total of $25,00.00 to be repaid under Village obligation in 20 years at 42% interest in 20 equal payments of 1,840,624 inc. ,; interest. 3/24/42