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SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
DECEMBER 11, 1981
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
CANAVERAL, FLORIDA WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 11, 1981 AT CITY HALL,
105 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA.
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR J. L. MURPHY, JR.
AT 4.:45 P.M.
THE ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK. OFFICIALS PRESENT
WERE: MAYOR J. L. MURPHY, JR., COUNCIL MEMBERS J. CALVERT,
L. NICHOLAS AND W. RUTHERFORD: CITY ATTORNEY J. SCOTT, CITY
CLERK P. BEAULIEU.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
ITEM 1. RESOLUTION NO. 81 --75' RE: ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBER
TO FILL VACANT COUNCIL SEAT
COUNCIL AND CITY ATTORNEY DISCUSSED THE CURRENT CANDIDATES
FOR THIS VACANT COUNCIL SEAT. MR. NEWSON WAS IN ATTENDANCE AND
ANNOUNCED THAT HIS WITHDRAWAL AT WORKSHOP WAS NOT OFFICIAL AND
INFORMED COUNCIL THAT HE WISHED TO BE CONSIDERED AS A CANDIDATE.
CURRENT CANDIDATES WERE DETERMINED TO BE AS FOLLOWS: MRS. HARRIS,
MR. NEWSON AND MRS. THURM.
MR. NICHOLAS MOVED THAT MR. BRISSON'S AND MR. GRAINGER'S
NAMES BE ENTERED BACK INTO NOMINATION. MAYOR MURPHY SECONDED
MOTION.
IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT MR. BRISSON AGREED TO BE A CANDIDATE
AFTER HE HAD WITHDRAWN, HOWEVER, MR. GRAINGER HAD NOT INFORMED
COUNCIL THAT HE WISHED TO BE CONSIDERED.
MR. NICHOLAS AMENDED HIS MOTION TO EXCLUDE MR. GRAINGER. MAYOR
MURPHY AGREED TO THIS MODIFICATION.
AT THIS TIME, MAYOR MURPHY ASKED MR. BRISSON WHETHER _
HE WAS AGREEABLE TO THIS. MR. BRISSON ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
VOTE ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO PLACE MR. BRTS.SON'S NAME
BACK INTO NOMINATION WAS AS FOLLOWS: IN FAVOR, MAYOR MURPHY AND
MR. NICHOLAS; OPPOSED, MRS. CALVERT AND MR. RUTHERFORD. MOTION
FAILED.
A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN WITH THE RESULTS AS FOLLOWS:
CALVERT
HARRIS
MURPHY
HARRIS
NICHOLAS
NEWSON
RUTHERFORD
HARRIS
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AT THIS TIME, MAYOR MURPHY READ RESOLUTION NO. 81 -75,
INSERTING THE NAME OF LINDA HARRIS AS SUCCESSOR COUNCIL PERSON
TO SERVE THE REMAINING TERM OF LAVERNE BOYD.
THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION WAS AS FOLLOWS:
A RESOLUTION ELECTING A SUCCESSOR COUNCIL
MEMBER TO SERVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
TERM OF OFFICE OF LAVERNE C. BOYD: PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MAYOR MURPHY MOVED FOR ADOPTION. MRS. CALVERT SECONDED
MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM 2. OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER
THE CITY CLERK ADMINISTERED THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR MRS.
HARRIS. MRS. HARRIS ASSUMED HER SEAT ON THE COUNCIL.
AT 5:01, THE BUSINESS OF THIS SPECIAL MEETING HAVING
BEEN CONCLUDED, THE CITY COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO THE
SPECIAL MEETING SESSION SCHEDULED FOR 5:00 P.M.
APPROVED THIS 15 DAY OF
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