1953.06.02_TC_MinutesMinutes--Highland Beach Town Commission-«-June 2, 1953
• (a regular monthly meeting)
The meeting was called to order at ?;35 p.m. by Mayor Smith, also pre-
sent were Comm.. Noble, Harmon, Skillman & Hertwig. Mr. W. L. Due comma
prised the audience,
Minutes of the meeting of May 5th were read,and approved on motion of
Comm. Harmon, seconded by Comm. Noble and affirmative votes of all
five Commissioners present.
Town Clerk Hertwig read letter sent by him under date of May 14, 1953,
to George S. Brockway, .concerning the matter of improving the duality
of the Town water supply. Clerk Hartwig requested that the Commission
express its approval of the letter if such were proper. The lette~e wms
approved on motion of Comm. Noble, seconded by Comm. Harmon and e~ffirm-
ative votes of all five commissioners present.
There was discussion about a sign proposed to be erected in the Town
limits for the Maltese Gat Restaurant. It was generally agreed that
the placing of the sign would be a bad .precedent. Permission for erec-
tion of the sign was refused on motion of Comm. Skillman, seconded by
Comm. Harmon and approved by affirmative votes of all five commission-
ers present.
On motion of Comm. Skillman seconded by Comm. Noble and approved by
• affirmative votes of all five Commissioners present, at 8;15 p.m. the
Commission recessed for a half hour to hold an informal discussion of
various angles of the .current problem of improving the quality of the
Town Water Supply. There was free and full discussion and Mr. Due was
asked to express his views a~ a taxpayer, which he did. There was gen-
eral agreement that the Town should do anything within its reasonable
powers to correct the existing red water condition.
At 8:45 Mayor Smith called the meeting to order for further consider
ation of any official business. There 1-as nothing to be taken up and
the meeting was adjourned on motion of Comm. Noble, seconded b~- Comm.
Harmon and affirmative votes of all five commissioners present.
(end of minutes)
Approved;
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