1926-05-04 MINUTES TOWN COUNCIL MTG4
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May '4th, 1926.
-Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Town Council of the Town of
South Miami, Florida, held in the temporary town hall on Sunset ,Drive,,
Tuesday Evening, May' ,4th, '1926 at 8 P. M. '-
Meeting was called to order by Presidents Paxson. The roll was called
by the Town Glerk and all members of the council answered to roll call.
The Clerk was then instruoted to read the minutes of the last meetin 't-
, �., o and Aldermanwere W. G. Stang made motion that th
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adopted by the town council. ��•
"Row therefore be it resolved that W. A. Foster and George A. Airey,, t
Mayor and Town Clerk respectively of the town of South Miami, Florida be
wand they are hereby appointed, authorized and directed to negotiate with
and secure from the said Commercial Bank & Trust Company of Miami, Florida,
a loan in the amount of One Thousand Dollars and to execute and deliver to
thewsaid Commercial Bank & Trust Company a promissory note in said amount
evidencing said indebtedness, which; note shall be executed by the Mi or
and Town Clerk aforesaid, and they -are hereby authorized and directed to
affix: to said promissory note the seal of this Corporation, "
Alderman R. L. Martin seconded the motion and on•beng put to vote if
was carried,. all votes being in the af�eirmative.
Alderman Barre, Committeeman on Buildings and Parks asked for an ex-
pression from the board as to what his duties as Committeeman were, and
was advised that.he had general supervision over all construction or al
teration work earr'ied- on in the town of South Miami and it was his duty to
bring before the board, all matters pertaining to that department shish
required any section on the part of the town Council.
9 Alderman Barrs,,as Chairman of the Committeemen which had been"•appolnt-
J „ad to check up and work out an ordinance setting aside a zone as a negro
district, submitted a= sketch which outlined a, certain part of the to%vn
of South Miami which he cOnaidered would be the proper territory to be
C restricted, to negro residents only.
After a general discussion of the subject by all members of the board
President Paxson asked the Committee to continue the investigation of the
subject and report back to the board at the next meeting.
Alderman Stang as Chairman of the Committee appointed to formulate"
parking Ordinance reported that he had made an efrort to learn the wishes
of the business 'men of the town and would like some additional time in
which to work out an Ordinance that would take care of the Parking situa-
tion
President Paxson requested all members of that committee to continue
with the work of trying to formulate a plan and report results at the next
meeting.
The Town Clerk made a`report of his interview with a representative
of the Florida Motor Lines regarding the question of increased 'transporta-
tion facilities for the town of South Miami and int3,)duced Mr. R. G. Burr'
who stated his company was ready and willing to work with the town Council
in formulating some plan to give the town of South Miami more desirable
buss service to Miami. Mr. Burr agreed to take the matter up with his
oompany and report back at the nest meeting, home proposition from 'them.
., Alderman Stang Committeeman on Police made a report to the board of
Alderman of a. complaint filed by the Chief of Police of Coral Gables, in
which he stated that Marshall Flemming had been guilty of mim!nduct while
in the City Limits of Coral gables Sunday night, ? "Ay '2nd.
Marshall Flemming was called on to make a statement of what had oecured
and he olaimed the charges made by the Coral Gables police were false.
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After a general discussion of the matter by the Aldermen a motion was made
,_by Alderman Heyers that affidavits be obtained from interested parties on
both sides of the controversy in order to substantiate the statements which
hadq been made and have the matter brought up for final bearing at the next
meeting. Motion was seconded by Alderman Dorn and when put to vote was °
carried all votes being in the affirmative- 7
Alderman Martin,Committeeman on Sanitation reported that the sanitary
conditions in some partsxof South Miami were in a deplorable shape and re-
g1fired immediate attention. He was asked to take the matter up with the
Health officer and try to work out some plan to improve `the situation.
.Alderman Martin reported that an agreement had been reached with the
City of Miami whereby they would take care of the disposal of garbage from
South Miami at ,$1.50 per load if hauled to the inoinerating plant at Coco
nut Grove.
A motion was made by Alderman Barre and seconded by H Yd. Dorn that
the Mayor be instructed to call for the resignation,of 12. E. Godwin, as
a Special Officer
The Clerk then read the following mentioned bills for approval and
authority to pay.,
James Bruce, driving truck .........�.,....,..Q12.75
Aaron Jones, gathering trash,,, ... ..... 13.50
Simmons Service Station, Gas for April:..... 30.88
LT. E. Flemming, salary to 5- 2- 26........... 75.00
James`Koon, " ^ April '31- 26...... 75.00
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Motion was made by Alderman Martin and seconded by Alderman Barre
that vouchers,be drawn by the Clerk in payment of bills just presented.
Motion was ;put to vote and carried, all votes being In the affirmative.
The question of fees to be collected for issuing permits was brought
up by Alderman Barrs, and the Clerk was instructed to read the Ordinance
drawn up by the town engineer to cover this question. The Ordinance is
number ten (10) and the title is as follows;
An Ordinance fixing the amount of fees for permits issues
for various purposes by the town of South Miami.
The Clerk read this Ordinance word for word and section by section,
and each section was approved as read. By unamnous rote of the Council
the Clerk was instructed to read Ordinance number ten (10), by title, this
being the second reading of said Ordinance. (Board approved payments)
President Paxson instruoted the Clerk to make refund to Boone Brothers
the Cocupatonal tax lleense of ?7.50 which had been paid by them.
A motion was made by Alderman Janes and seconded by Alderman R. L.
Curtin that the President appoint a Committee to confer with Mr, Telfair`
Knight of Coral Gables in regard to having the Florida Light and Power
Company extend the street oar line to South Miami. Motion was voted on
and oarried. All votes being in the affirmative. President Paxson asked
Mayor Poster to appoint the Committee and act as Chairman of the same.
There being no further business to come before the board a notion was
made by John Meyers to adjourn to a special meeting to be held at the Town,
Hall on Sunset Road Tuesday Evening*, May 11th at 8
Motion was seconded by Alderman Janes and upon being put to vote, was
carried, all votes being in the affirmative.
7st Approved, ,
Town Cler Preaiden or, the Couno