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1956.07.03_TC_MinutesMinutes. Highland Beach Town Commission. July 3, 1956. The meeting was called to'..order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Smith. Also pre- sent were Comm. Eypel, Hertwig, Noble & Weber. Among those in the audi- ence were Mr. ~ Mrs. H. L. Collins, H. H. Pickwell and R. M. Skillman. Minutes of the meeting of June 5 1956 were read and approved on motion of Comm. Noble, seconded by Comm, Weber and the affirmative votes of Comm. ~ipel, Hertwig, Noble, Smith and Weber. At 8;00 p.m. Vice Mayor Eypel took the chairmanship of the meeting as J. Morrison Smith stepped down as Mayor and presented his resignation. Comm. Hertwig offered for consideration Resolution # 64 and moved that it be adopted as accepting the resignation of Mr. Smith and naming Vice Mayor Eypel as Mayor to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Smithfs resignation. `Comm. Noble seconded the motion to adopt Res. #64 and. it was approved by the affirmative votes of Comm. Hertwig, Noble and Weber. Tf?~-H a~ ~~~~ B~a~ca ~,~ Resolutioa l+hoabe2•............ •.. W~SA$ J. M4RR=3t?l~' SMITH has resigned as l~[aayorGCa~isaioner of of th® Torn of ~ `Beach bsaauee he hsa ~eved his reaide~e outside of the TopNa limitn and therefeare is tao lodger eligible to eerw as a member of the Town Co~misdion~ . N0~ THMR~'~'{3~ be it reaol•ed that with deep gratitude for bia past aerviaea and great regret that they cannot aoatiaue, the Toga Co~tiaai~ aao+er~pta herewith tha rea3g~nation or fir, Smithy !' AND BE IT Fi1RTHMR R~SOLV~ that Arthur Eypel who has served as Vise Mayor-tlo~mmiseienr, shall be sad hereby ie„named, designated, and elected as Mayor-Ce~sisaioner oi' the Tc~n at Highland Beach. PA3SE~ and adopted by toe Toes Caa+m~issioa of the Toerr~ of Highland Beaah,~ Florida, this 3rd day of July, A.D. 56. ... s • ... • • • • • • • .. r • . • .. • ~ + i . tic a Mayor ~• (/ •' • •.•.~.....i•.. .. ~~~ Tfyra Clerh •... «. . .... • •....... a . C19~tt'~ (minutes continued on page 2) d~ a ~G(i ~ e~a~s M ~ h- Page 2, Minutes. Highland Beach Town Commission, July 3, 1956 ' The clerk read Resolution #65, designating and electing Robert E. Breckenridge to fill the .vacancy, in the office of 'Vice-1~[ayor, which was created when Arthur Eypel was elected Mayor by a pre- ceding resolution. ~1~.X3+~ Comm. Noble moved that Resolution #65 be adopted. The motion was seconded by Comm. Hertwig and approved by the affirmative votes of Comm. Eypel, Hertwig, Noble & Weber. T©1NN' ©F HIC#HLA~ID I3i~C~i, ~'LOR~DA, R~'~OLIITION N0. ~ s_ ~fhereain the Tcritn Commission .names and designates RCAER~' F. F3R~; ±, IDC'E to Pill the vs.cancy on th® Tern Commission and serve as ~'ia~-*~tagc~r-Co~miss3oneri Wh~arsaa a vacancy exists in the aFf ice oP gice~B~ayor Coma~• iseianar; and whereas it ,is the duty of the members of the Tom Coss~ssion to Fill euQh vaoancy. N(~If THE~t~ORS B~ =T R~4~LYSD! by the Town Commission oi' the Town of Fiighl~t~l ~ Be-eah, that RaH"HRT E. HR~CIDC#~ be, and he herabg is, designated and elected td fill the cf#'ics of Vice--atay0r-t3ommiasionsr, until th® neat Gan~ral El®ction in said Town of Highland Beach, Passed and. adoptici by the Town iiom~siseicn oP the Tcx~n or Highland Bsaah, the 3rd day of ~'uly, Ar~r 195 .... .'~~. cr r r .. • r r r r i ~i r r s• s r r•. r. r• r «~s'D~~Zr ~., a,} r...r~r #a~•-f"`~+".~. •. r+«rr.CiOlf~'11~3° Attest Town Cl k "?"~"Y '- • rsr«•• • •• ."+i••errrrr. w~`iQ~tl' (minutes continued on page 3) ~~ ~~. Page 3, Minutes. Highland Beach Town Commission. July 3, 1956. There was a long discussion about the serious problems which. could arise from the fact that a real estate broker by the name of Peter Blusten was trying to secure options on Land in the Town for purposes of a public beach. Both Per. Fickwell and Mr. Collir~s, as well as others, had been approached in this matter and, verbally, they explained to the meeting what their opinions were of the situa- tion. Comm. Noble moved that a committee be appointed to get and install, along State Road AlA, suitable signs s3owing that this area consisted of an incorporated municipality. Comm. Weber seconded tie motion and it was approved~by the affirmative votes of Comm. Eypel, Hartwig, Noble and Weber, there being no dissent. Mayor Eypel named Comm. Weber and himself to act as the committee. Comm. Noble moved that a statement should the position of the Town on the matter of so that if advisable a statement could be public. The motion was seconded by Comm. aff irmative votes of Comm. Eypel, Hartwig was no dissent. be drawn up, setting forth the proposed public beach issued to the press and Weber and approved by the Noble and Weber. There The clerk read prepared ordinance X113 which had been drawn by the Town Attorneys to meet the emergency which would be created by the opening o~ a public beach in the Town. Said ordinance is entitled as follows; Ordinance X113 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH, PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OR THE ALLOWING OF THE OPERATION OF A PUBLIC BATHING BEACH ON PROP~TY IN THE TOWN OF uIGHLAND BEACHBY ANY OVTNER, LESSEE OR OCCUPANT OF ANY LOT, TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND IN SA ID TOWN OWNED BY OR UNDER THE CONTROL OF SUCH OWNER, LESSEE, OR OCCUPANT; DEFINING SAME AS AN OFFENCE AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE. After much discussion of the proposed Ordinance X113 it was general- ly agreed that it came as close as possible to meeting the present problem and Comm. Weber moved that it be passed and adopted on its first reading as an emergency measure. Comm. Noble seconded the motion and it was approved without dissent by the affirmative votes of Comm. Eypel, Hartwig, Noble and Weber. Comm. Hartwig moved that the meeting be recessed until 7;30 p.m. on July 17, 1956 so that the commission would be in session in case the emergency required further action. The motion was seconded by Comm. Noble and so with the affirmative votes of Comm. Eypel, Hartwig, Noble and Weber, without dissent, the meeting was recessed to July 17, 1956. (End of minutes) Approved, l~ 1. . ~,.~ _~ Minutes. EQUALIZATION BOARD ON TAX ASSESSMENTS. July 3, 1956. The meeting was called to order at 2;30 p.m. by Comm. Hertwig. By general agreement no other commissioners were present as it was l~.own that the Tax Roll was not in the state of completion so that it could be considered and discussed. Accord3.n~~y Comm. Hertwig recessed the meeting until 2:30 p.m. om July 17, 1956. 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