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1949.07.05_TC_Minutes_SpecialSPSttI1~L I~TIHa OF THE TQ11~ CO~&ISSIf~ CF THB TCll~i f~' HIGffi.aHC BR6.CH'FL08TDl. Qh 1 • meeting of the Tonm Coaia®ission of Highland. Beach, Floridm, was held. .~ at the Town Hall located at Blue haters, 4503 South Ocean Boulevard, in the Taem of Highland Beach, Florida, at 8 osolook P.M. on the 5th deb of July, 1949. There were present at said meeting the following Tonm Co~issionors who had been .named, appointed and designated in Senate Bill No. 418, as the sage was duly passed by the 1949 Florida a Legislature, to wits Coasflissioners Totterdale, Smith, Dubendorff and Hartwig. Coiissiemer 1feeYs was absar~t, being out of the State of Florida at this time, Mayor Totterdale called the ~areeting ~ order and introduced C. Y: Byrd of -the law Firm of Byrd de lthitley, who had beeai employed by the vario+~s intersstesl property owners is the Trim of Highland Bsaah, to prepare the Charter iot for introduction:e~nd passage through the 1949 Florida ~- legislature. Mr. Byrd presented to the To~wa Cimmission a certified ~.{ copy of its Charter bot, the saaae being Senate Bill Ao. 418, and ad- wised the Casgisaion that said-.Senate Bill loo. 418 had been duly and. e regularly passed by th:e 1949 Florida Legislature, as will appear more ^~ particularly from the Certificate of the Honarable R. Z. Gray, Seoretaxy k of the State of Florida, • ~. Mr Byrd advised the Tonm Co~asnission that it would now be necessary for each Commissioner present to sttbaoribe to the following oath, to wits I do solemnly sir (or affirffi) that I will support, defend and protect '~ the Constitution and Gofernment of the IInited States and of the State of Florida against all eneai.es, doaestio or foreign, and that I will bear tree faith, loyalty sad -allegiasaoe to the saute, and that I am. entitled '~f ,.: ~,,. -_ ~~ t© hold offioe ~ndsr the Cvnstitation of tote IInited States and'. the Constitution of the 8t~.te of Florida, and that I will faithfully perform all tote duties of the office of Ce~3.ssicxter, on erhioh I as about to eater, de help ~ God. Subscribed and s~rorn to before ~ ms this ~ day of July 1949 _~ - rotary Pu 1 i ~{l1{STy 'll~ilt G, ~tit~ .~1 F}0rida at tA~y. ~r vo~.isai~ s~piress My COTF~TI~$B~0/1 C7(~~T95 ~~'Y i~, Iasi. knd•d by I~41~UGA $ur.1y C®. ~f M, Ya Seal Saeh C,~issien~sr present hating ..taken. the above and foregoing oath, - i they prooseded to traaaxct the"necer~sary business of tke Town. 3 Ou motion ®f Casm<issiw4er Smith, seceaded by Cvmr~issioaer Hartwig,. r~ . the Follae3ng tk~dinanve was read in falls JI]i' O~tfICB QF THB TE7111~ OF HIGHLAND BEACH, P~I+Ii BAH CCtTE'1'T, 'FLD~DA, CQDIFYI~IG AND AGING TH$ O~I1~Cffi (~' BLTD; TAIB; BPBCIFYIHG T~ JDRI$DICTIaH 11~1D DIITI88 QF ITS OFFICERS; I~fG F08 FHB ~WOPfiI4N t'i1~' IdThSS OF PHOC F©R " THg Tt~T COHSI3SZE~ f ADOPTIAG TH8 TITLR wC~ E~' C$DZ ©F THB Tt~ OF _HIGE[LA B1i~CH, ~ FLt1RIDk, i949* 11,~t TBS ©FFICILt. D~SIG~T3(~ ®F SAIit CdDIFICITION ~F a~IHANCFB; PRpP1DING SAID Ct~E SHLI3. B$Ct9H8 EhFSCTI'o8 ,1fD ~ f~F AItLNT TO THIS CODS j ~D PRS$CBIBI~6 lE~TAL SS .Ft)R ~'~ VIOLATION 4F .ILgY ~~ P&tYVISIONB OF" "B1ID;. CCL'1E. ~. kf'teir soma disoussion and o~eielerati ~,,, it was mc-ved by Co~missivaer s Smiah, seoosded by Cvasmseisa~e~ Hertwig,~"-that the bode of Ordinanves of the Tv~ of Highland Beaoh,* 1949, be pre.aewted on its first reading, and on roll call,:. the" follanring CoaN^3ssioaers goted in fator of the a 7~ " moti®n~ Cosmsissioners Totterdale, Smith, Dubendorff and Hartwig. There was preeeuted ~o the Commission, a letter Prom piae Mayor Aeeka, stating in substsaoe that he would be unable to attea~d msetinge of the Ta~w~a Commission during the sumoaer months and that he thought it would be to the best interests of the Town for him to resign as piae-Mayor Comauissioner. The letter reads as follows= ST CLAIR LICHIGIIN JUNTA 10 1949 TO THE COUNCIL OF ffiaH[.~1D BEACH, FLORIDA ''~ GENTLEMEAs {~ - BSCAgSE I SH11LL BE UNABLE TO ATTEBD ffiEETI~TGS OF TH8 Ct~CIL DIIRIZIG' TES S8 MONTHS jj I HEREB3i TENDER bOC T~SI G- ~ATIO~ FROM SAID Cov~CIL. ' SIB R. ST(TART l1EEKS. ~~ C1n motion of Comad.esionar Smith, seconded by Cous3issionor Dubendorff, ~~ the following resolution was adapted; BE IT RESOL4RT~ that the resignation of piae Mayor Comlai.ssioner Weeka is here b9 aooepted, and that. the vaoanay on the Town Coms~3.ssion, P_ 6~ created by said resignation be filled, egad that B. Carter Heaton, a qualified freehold eleotor of the T®nm of Highland Beaoh be and he hereby is appointed, gamed., and designated` as pioe-~qor Co~issior~.er eP the Tawas of Highland Beaoh, Palm Beaoh County, Florida, t© serve far the unexpired term of ~i'ioa- Ys~ror Co~meieaiea~er in lieu of snd in the plaoe of R. Stuart Weeks, resigned ea stated above. pas roll Dell the following voted far the adoption of the resolution; pomeissioners Totterdats, Smith, Dubendorff and Hartwig. ~. Hssttaa-, being presem~t, was notified of the passage of the preceding rssolution, subscribed t© the oath as given on the two preeeding pages of these sinutes and thus': became 1~ios-me-yor Ca~issioaer ef`' the Taws of Highland Beaoh, Flori~ta. ~S" +- ~~ Comui.asiuner Hort~rig e~p2ained to the meeting that he aad Ce~nsiasioner Ssiith had beast 1n oo~tereazo• frith T. M. Cook, Bond Broker oP lfest Fa]a Beaoh, and. with Tom lttorna? C. Y. Byrd, had disoussed in detail s prr~ ~. `~ posed #1U0,0©0. bead issuo for the oonstruotioo of a neoessary water plant and water pipe line for the town. ,~ thi motion of Yr. Dubertdortt ssoonded by ~. Saith, Town Atterny C. Y. r--, w.~-.. r., Byrd was authorized to oo~unioats with &obie L. Iditohell, % Mitohsll ~.. de Pershing, 124 Brosdws~, Bow York City, bond attorney, for the purpose e of getting advice and ixtt'oriaatio~t as to how the Tcrwnt should prooeed with the hold3stg of a bend eleetioa for fire purpose of voting beads ,to .prowids r`~~ neooasary ttmds with whioh to build aaid_ proposed water system.. The vote ;~' `~; oa this s~otisas was; iadt .favor Cars. Heatsal, Dubasidortt, Ssdth, Totterdalo ~~~ and Hertwig. ~Lganst, nerve and`LLss it was psssod. ?here being no Pctrbher business before the meeting, Comm. Heaton eaoved '~~~ for ad { , ' r ,. ~? ~~ 3 our~eat ancL , CeaMSi Ihsbeadortt seoonded the motion. The vote was ~^ G .~ in. favor, Cara . Toiaterdale, Heateaa, Dubestdortt, Stith and Hertwig. ~ _ •. ;~~ r,~ ~,t a xry There were ao votes against and ac thA meeting was adjourned. ~ '~~ r ~* ;t . _ ,,,~, ~ ~~ x ~ a~~~ ~ ` ~, ~ ~ ~i~ .S- ~, ~ `^ . 'F ~2~ / '~ ~ ~t-r ~~~ ~ A ~ ~ '_ fir, 1... ,.~.a''; 1.~. ,vT ~_ _ _. ~~~ ~ ~ ~ - _. 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