10-17-1972 Regular Meeting REGULAR MEETING
MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL
October 17, 1972
The regular meeting of the Miami Shores Village Council was held
at 4:00 o'clock p. m. , October 17, 1972, at the Village Hall, with the follow-
ing Council members present:
Raymond L. Clement
Dean R. Claus s en
Mrs. Marjorie A. Dunn
Howard J. McLaughlin
Absent: Mayor Elwood Jones
Mr. John W. McIntyre, Village Manager, and Mr. Thomas H.
Anderson, Village Attorney, were also present.
The meeting was opened with an invocation given by Rev. Marion
Prather of the Miami Shores Christian Church.
In the absence of Mayor Jones, Council Clement was asked to
take the chair.
Minutes of the meeting of October 3, 1972, were approved by
motion made by Mrs. Dunn, seconded by Mr. McLaughlin and carried.
Planning Board minutes. - no action required.
Mr. Bassett of Bassett School on termination of his license
by Ordinance No. 346.
Ordinance No. 346, passed on July 15, 1969, limits private schools
using temporary facilities to a 5-year term of operation. The Village Attorney,
in discussing this ordinance with Mr. Bassett's attorney, came to the con-
clusion that the five-year period should begin on the date of the passage of
the ordinance. Mr. Claussen moved that the Council grant the Bassett School
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another year to operate. The motion was seconded by Mr. McLaughlin and
passed.
Disability Insurance rider.
The Village Manager reported that there would be a reduction in
our disability insurance premium which our insurance carrier recommended
be used for increased disability benefits with no additional cost to the Village.
Mr. Claussen moved that the Council approve the rider on our disability
insurance. The motion was seconded by Mr. McLaughlin and carried.
Authority to ask for bids on the Country Club air conditioning.
The Village Manager reported that Mr. Frese, the engineer hired
to write air conditioning specifications for the Country Club had them ready
for bidding. Mr. Claussen moved that the Village Manager be authorized to
advertise for bids for the system as prescribed and that he will go over the
structural plan before the spec's go out. The motion was seconded by Mr.
McLaughlin and passed.
The Village Manager discussed the County abandoned vehicle program
recommended by Chief Thurman and stated that we will have to pass an
ordinance in order to adopt the program. Mr. Claussen moved that the Council
authorize the Village Manager to prepare an ordinance on car removal. The
motion was seconded by Mr. McLaughlin and passed.
Mr. Robert Koppen, attorney, and Mr. C. H. Missall, owner of
Lots 1 and 2, Block 21, E1 Portal Sub. , appeared before the Council to request
a Quit Claim deed to the east five feet of these lots which had at one time been
deeded to the Village for street widening purposes. In searching the title for
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sale of the property this deed was discovered, as well as, a Quit Claim deed
the Village had given to a previous owner to clear a cloud on the title. Since
the deed to the five feet was dated prior to the deed for quit claim, question
arose as to whether or not the Village still owned the five feet. Mr. Claussen
moved that the Council table action on this problem and take it up again at the
next Council meeting. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Dunn and carried.
Mr. Clement discussed the problem of allowing items of business
to be brought up from the floor without being on the agenda and moved that in
the future,an item of business will not be taken up unless it is on the agenda,
without a unanimous vote of the Council to hear the business, otherwise it
will be postponed until it is put on the agenda of the next meeting. Mrs. Dunn
seconded this motion and it was passed.
Because of her concern for an employee Mrs. Dunn voiced her
feelings about Frances Falconer, who had been the telephone operator at the
Country Club for 15 years and was forced to quit because she couldn't get her
Sundays off. Since this employee had already secured another position no
action was required.
The meeting adjourned at 4:50 p. m.
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Village Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor