HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-08-1981 Regular MeetingREGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
ociBER 8, 1981 l(;ROFILME®
(CONTINUED FROM OCTOBER 6, 1981)
THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WAS RECESSED ON
OCTOBER 6, RECONVENED ON OCTOBER 8, 1981 AT CITY HALL, 105 POLK
AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA.
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR JOHNSON L. MURPHY,
JR. AT 9:20 P.M.
THE ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK. OFFICIALS PRESENT
WERE: MAYOR MURPHY, COUNCIL MEMBERS J. CALVERT, P. LEE AND W. RUTHER-
FORD; CITY ATTORNEY J. SCOTT, CITY MANAGER P. WITSCHEN AND CITY
CLERK P. BEAULIEU. MRS. BOYD WAS ABSENT DUE TO OUT -OF-TOWN BUSINESS.
ALSO PRESENT FOR THIS MEETING WERE MITCH OWENS OF HOUGH AND
COMPANY FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND STEVEN THAYER OF BRILEY, WILD AND
ASSOCIATES, CITY ENGINEERS.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
ITEM 1. ORDINANCE NO. 17 -81 RE: AMENDING ARTICLE XX,
SECTION 8, CITY CHARTER, INTEREST RATES
SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING
IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT ORDINANCE NO. 17 -81 WAS ON THE FLOOR,
MR. LEE MOVED FOR ADOPTION. MR RUTHERFORD SECONDED MOTION. VOTE ON
THE MOTION WAS AS FOLLOWS: IN FAVOR, MR. LEE, MAYOR MURPHY AND MR.
RUTHERFORD, OPPOSED, MRS. CALVERT. MOTION CARRIED. ORDINANCE NO.
17 -81 ADOPTED.
MR. LEE MOVED TO ADD AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA IN ORDER TO GIVE
HOUGH AND COMPANY AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE SOME TYPE OF BOND ANTICIPATION
NOTE. MAYOR MURPHY SECONDED MOTION. MOTION TO ADD AN ITEM TO THE
AGENDA CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
MR. LEE MOVED TO AUTHORIZE HOUGH AND COMPANY TO NEGOTIATE A
SHORT TERM BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE. MAYOR MURPHY SECONDED MOTION.
MRS. CALVERT MOVED TO AMEND BY REQUESTING THAT MR. OWENS
BRING HIS PROPOSAL BACK TO THE COUNCIL THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17. MR.
RUTHERFORD SECONDED MOTION. VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT WAS AS FOLLOWS:
IN FAVOR, MRS. CALVERT AND MR. RUTHERFORD, OPPOSED, MR. LEE AND
MAYOR MURPHY. AMENDMENT FAILED.
VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
DISCUSSION
MR. RUTHERFORD REMINDED COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE UPCOMING
BREVARD LEAGUE DINNER ON OCTOBER 12.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9 :50 P.M.
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