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MINUTES OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL T~ETING
OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
February 9, 19$2
A meeting was held by the Village Council of the
Village of Tequesta, Florida, at 7:30 P.M,, Tuesday, February 9,
19$2 in the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta,
F]_orida, Councilmembers present were: Brown, Cook, Little,
Mapes and Stoddard, Also present were: Robert Harp, Village
T~2anager, Cyrese Colbert, Village Clerk and John C. Randolph,
Village Attorney,
The opening Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag was given by Vice-Mayor Stoddard..
There were no announcements.
There was no one who wished to speak under "Time
for Visitors".
Since the Village Attorney would be late in arriving,
• the Council agreed to address item 1~.. MTNUTES AND REPORTS, first
on the Agenda. The Village Manager's Report - January 2~., 192
to February 6, 19$2, the Village Financial Statement - December,
19~"1 and the Water Department Financial Statement - December,
191 were all approved as received.
The Village Attorney arrived and the next item to
be discussed was la. Discussion of Village.position in r~
to Turtle Creek Village Prot~erty Owners Petition to Martin
County Commission to have their roads made private from Pub
The Village Attorney told Council that he had been
contacted by the Attorney for Turtle Creek Property Owners
Association and was told by their Attorney that they are ready
to sit down and talk in regard to Tequesta's'No Through Trucks"
Ordinance.
The Village Attorney to1.d Council that any comments
on this item should be in conjunction with a TiJorkshop Meeting
to be set up by Council.
The Village Attorney also told Council that the Village
should i.n his opinion, object to the TVTartin County Commission
about Turtle Creek requesting that their roads be turned into
private roads.
02--09-$2 -02
Cotuacil set t~aednesd ay, February 17, 19$2 at 5:00 P,T~t.
as a ti^Jorkshop/Special Council. t~Zeeting.
T~tayor Tv7apes told Council that the storage room at
Tequesta Park that was used to store athletic equipment was
recently damaged by fire and that the equipment inside was also
destroyed or damaged, He told L'ounci~_ that JTAA. had built
the building and donated it to the Village. Since the building
was the property of the Vi~.lage it was insured, but the contents
whie_:h belonged to JTAA had no insurance,
T•~.ayor T~~Tapes suggested to Council. that the Village
donate up to 4>5,000» for new equipment, for JTAA and then be
3_ease~? from the Village by JTAA for ~,~1.C0 a year. This way
we would. be able to insure the contents if it were owned by
the Village, Mayor JLapes suggested the money come from the
Park Capital improvement Fund»
Little moved, "that we allocate X5,000, from the
Park. Capital Improvement Fund to the JTAA for .replacement of
the equipment lost by fire at the park and that the Village
of Tequesta lease back the equipment for ~l.,C`0 to JTAA".
Stoddard. seconded and vote on the motior. was:
Brown -for
Goa}f -for
Little
Mapes -for
-for
Stoddard ~fc~r
and therefore the motion was passed and. adopted,
Mayor Mapes reviewed with Gouncil the January 29, 19$2
memorandum from Administrator of COG to the member governments
setting forth proposed by-law changes» i~•'Ta~es also read the
changes to Council and told Council. the changes required the
approval of Council,
Stoddard, moved seconded by Cook, that ARTICLE V
VOTING: of the COG Bylaws be changed in accordance with the
memorandum (see attached). Vote on the motion was:
Brown --for
Cook -for
I.,.ittle -for
Mapes -for
Stoddard -for
and therefore the motion,. was passed and adopted.
The Village Manager read a Resolution entitled,
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
FLORIDA ESTABLISHING T~}ARCH 9, 19$2 AS THE DATE OF THE 19$2
GENERAL ELECTION. The Village Manager explained that the
Resolution established the date of the election., th.e purpose
, ,02-09-$2 -03
of the election, the Precincts, provided for the Inspectors of
Election and appointed the Village of 'I'equesta's Canvassing
Board. Cook moved, "that we accept this Resolution". Little
seconded and vote on the motion was:
Brown -for
Cook -for
Little -for
Mapes -for
Stoddard -for
and therefore Resolution No. 11-$1/$2 was passed and adopted.
Little gave a brief update on the "Tequesta Tribute".
Stoddard talked about the 911 Emergency Number that
recently went into effect.
The meeting was adjourned at $:06 P.M.
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Carlton D. Stoddard