1961-04-04 Regular724
?,larch 9, 1961
Tl~e City C~)uncil of 'the City of Okeechobee, Florida, met in regular ad-
~: - ~ .,~. with th~ foil. owing
]o,rned session at ~.~ ,~zty- all on the above dst~ at 9:30 A. ~
~.~.e~:._~.,t~: i~[ay~r ~act~, President Gardner, Councilmen Hunt, Parkerson, Watford, Yei].ding
and Clerk Spivey.
Councilman Parherson moved to give Wayne 0. Burk, due to experience in !aw
~nforc~ment work the maxim~ s~].ary of $~25.00 per month, seconded by Co~cilman
Yeklding and ~zanimo&sly carried.
--'-- ~ESIDENT CITY C0~'C'IL
April 4, 1961
kYte City C.:;uncil of the City of 0keechobee, Florida, met in regular stssion
at the City Iit, 12~ or~ the above date at ?:bO P. ~I. ~th the following prssent: Mayor
L,qack, President Gardener, Councilmen ii.t, Parkerson, Yeflding and Warlord with Attorney
~:endr~- and Clerk
~,{inutes of the meetings held March 7 and 9, 1961 were read and approved as read.
~e follcwing bills were approved and ordered paid when f~uds are available:
GE~RAL F~,~:
Florida Power and Light Co. any ........................... $ 5~0.06
~otc, rola Co~unications & Electronics, Inc. 15.50
~,~otorola Fi.nance Co~oration .... $8.57
Alto Watfo~,d and Sons -, 125.~0
Florida Culvert Ma.n~act~ing, Inc. 251.~7
Robinson Seed Store ................. ~9.45
0kc echobee Hardware & F~ni ture Company 1],0.12
F].orida Equipment Company of T~pa .............. 50.00
Hardin's Tinker Shoe and Saddle Shop 42.10
0keet~hobee Builders Supply Company ..........
Frank Ford Fence -
DeWitt Supyly Company 254.72
Williams Electric ....... 5.00
0. K. Garage 2.50
0ke~chobee Atlantic. Service 7.08
M. I,. Hancock ...................... ll.V8
Bennie' s Auto Supply 1.52
Hayes~ Standard Service 6.55
Rutledge Ice Service ............... 7~50
Domer's l~aahine Shop
Hunt Brothers Grocery Co. any 6.55
0keechobee Motor Company --- !.95
Gilbert Cu]breth 5.94
Halsey & Criffith, Inc.- .... 99.10
?Topical Exte~inators, Inc. - .................. 40.00
Roy Cecil Arnold, Acting Postmaster ....................... 18.00
Inter County T~]. and Tel Co. any --- 7.!~
WA'~R A~ L~?~R OPERATION A~ ~IN~]NANCE FUND:
Florida !ower and Light Company 520.69
Western Auto Store 4.68
Attaway I,u?.ber Company 5.80
0kee~:~,cbee ~lardwape .q~ F~-niture Co. S05.91
Park Drug qompany - .......................................... ~.95
Een?ie's A;;to Supply~ Inc. 10.80
Hayes' Sta~dard Service 6.15
Rutledg~ i~:e Servic~ 5.~0
I ightsey Atlantic Service - 0keechobee Atlantic Service --- .60
Alto Watford and Sons ..... 99.19
0keec!:obee Builders Supply Company ............. ~0.45
Domer's Machine ~hop $ 106.48
Okeecbobee ~iotor Co~pany 4.12
Burgess Supply~,Co.,~p any ..... 71.68
D~v~s ~eter & Oupnly Co., Inc. 2654.89
Nix Sheet t~et~l ................................ 6.50
Havely Craft and M~chien Works 27.80
Hen F. Crabbe, Inc. - .......... 54.79
Tesco Chemicals 42.75
Rockwell Nan~sct~-~_n~-,., Comoany, ........ 883.57
Cit~' of F~"~rt Pierce ....... 493.90
American Cast Iron Pipe Co, amy 51.41
qa]sey ~- ~rlff~th Inc. - .............. 13.15
Roy ~eci! Arnold Acting Postmaster 14.00
?ppeared
~/intsr Hall/in behalf of the little League baseball te~ requested that the
li~ts be turf:ed on at the ba!]fie!d. ~;e Council grsnted request and authorized the
Clerk to notify the Florida Power and Light Company. L~r. Hall also discussed a drain-
at his home in Block 146.
age pr~,blem~ [,,~atter referred to Supt. Williams.
~a~'~, Butler, contractor, appeared before the Co~cil requesting information
~n building a house ~m one lot in R~ zone (lof 2, [~lock 19, South Okeechobee. Attorney
~ie~dry sial:ed that it was permissable.
Pursuant to notice published in the Ok~ckoo~ News the matter of re-zoning
~cto ~' to 12 inc. Block !~ Original To~ of Okeechobee from RESIDENTIAL (R-2) to
COi~!f/~ERCI.,L cam~ before the Cocci1. President Gardner as~ed if there were any object-
ions. No objections were ]aeard thereupon Councilman Parkerson moved to amend Zoning
Ordinance l,,o. 271 and rezone Lots V, 8, 9, ~0~.~.,, Il and 12, Block 168 Original Town of
O~'e~ch bee i~m RESTDENTZAL (R-2) to COIv~},~RCIAL seconded by Councilman Yeilding and
unanim:usly carrled.
Pur~:uant ~o ~otice published in tke 3!-eechobee News the matter of re-zoning
lots 1 a~ 2, Block ~74 Original Town of Okeechobee From ~'~
- .tmoIDEN ~ ~L (R-2) to C OF[~;[ERCIAL
cs.me o~f:~ t?:~ Cou~c~_. President Gardner asked if ther~ were any objections. No
:~bjectfons we~,~ heard, tkereupon ]ounci!man '[imat moved to amend Zoming Ordinance
f~V1 an: rezene Lots ]. a~d z, ~,~,, ]74 Original Town of Ok~echob~e from RESIDEN~AL
' ~ ~: ~ " ~ouncilman Yeid]ing and ~aanimous!v c~rried.
~k-~}~) [o ~s~: ~RCI~.I seconded by TM '
Pursumnt i;o notice published i:m the Okeechobee News the m~tter came before
the ~Lo~ncii o~' rezoning a].l Lots and LlocLs ia Wilcox S~ores, all Lots in Ok~echobe~
'Zstat~:: and F~rst Addition to Ckeechob~-Estates from Agriculture to Residential (R-2)
Presi _~ent GsL'i~itr aoke~, if o~er~ were any objections. No objections were '~eard there-
upon C~.~c~: ..... ~ ';Jati'ord, moJ~d tc am' ~:-'~d Zonfng Ordinance No. 271 a_~.~' ~ rezone from
AGw~CUiTLR,, T": n ..... ~.~,~AI., ~ ) all Lots and B~
.... ~.~ocks in W~=cex Shores, a subdivision
Okeect:ebe~ Ca~aty, Florida. Al_! Lots in Okeech::,bee Estates, a subdivision
re, ,t, lat th~re~.,f r~c,:,rded in Plat Book 5, page 90 and al! lots im th~ First Addition
t-:' (~:c,cloobee ~ststcs, a subdivision accordiug to ?~lat: tnereol recorded :zn ~la't
....... o, creo o~ l'?~_.or:aa,' :' :'.;~conded by u~czlman~ ' limit
au~ un~imou~-,T carried.
J. ' ~':2 I c: ?~.2, ~ouuty Sani ~':,~,',f~.:. ,~..-~.t Richard Start, Jr., Regional Enginec~
~f Stai~ ~:,..a~<: ~f !iealth, appeared and discussed with ~-~e Council the sewer plant
operation ~n.~ odors com~ug from pi.ant. It wa~ suggested that the drying binds be
e.~ caned out t~ l~elp eliminate the odor. Tk, e Com~'~cil authorized extra labc::: for t~.~'.
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.~rl~:. z~og,r J~,nes sp~ eared and appealed to the Com~cil to correct the situatlc~ so that
i~. wo~ld be ?~rmanent a~.',d ;'~o't be re-occurirg.
~i~'.c 0h~ef ~;odwin discussed the ventila'c!~;r~ in jail, additional windows dis-
~.~ssed with the Counc'tl autl~orlzing Godwin to get price on installation of two v;~:~dows.
.;~dwin also die, cussed the ~:eed of new wasl:~ing macazine, i¥Iatter referred to Fire Co~nittec.
C: :ief ,,~cdwxn a~so discussed the need of a new hose rack. '~e Co~cil authorized the
:~urc~ase of material. CLiff Godwln reqt~ested pe~w~ission to attend Fire Convention
4, 5 and 6 at i~elras,-. ~e ,:Zouncil agreed to grant request provided his relief could
~ worl4~d out ~;ati~fa~.torly.
Cc,'u~.i!r~an ~'eil. ding r~ov~d to a'.~t~:-~orize ~;~;reet Supt. -r-~'~.'
~'~l.~ ~laMis to cons~r~ot a
~ }~ c~~ concrete floo;~ in ~t~" barn~ seconded b;;' ~ou]~cxl~,an ',~lat~ord and unanimously carried.
~ree.:~ b~cc]<Lng, vi~cn on ~re~t' - north :,f i~astee Freeez discussed again. }~atter
· .~ie~red to Su~t. W!l]ia~ns far !~v~stigation.
0ffi~:~e eq~i~ment for po]ice de~;artr~ent e~ee was discussed. IvIayor authorized
.~ou~.z ....~ar~ P~rkerson ~:~av~d to increase the Chief of Police sal~y from $~7~.00
~o ,~4~5.9~ per ~nonth ~fec~ve ~s ~ April-~ '~ ~9o~, s~conded by Counc~l~n ~ezdling.
/~i~g ~jes Councilm~n Par~erson~ Yeilding and President Gardner- ~o Co~cil~an I~unt
Gc..~'~ ~!~a~ ~a~ord n~oved ~o ~urchase ~0 ?eet o~ 2 inch ~t~r pipe~ seconded
~ t~e wa~er ~lant were d. iscus~ed.
?nprove~er.t~ being n~ad~ at
Coun~i'l~a~ ~eilding submitted ~ri~e ?rcn Clarence Letter in the ~ouu~ o~
~c~.~O ?or ]5~} feet ~ ~ide~alk at Lot ~ Block 165. No action ~aken. Also reported
~ r~q. ue~ ~or culvert ~t lot~ ll and ~ Block 126~ ~atter re?erred to Su~t.
~ co~n~laln~ wa~ repo~ed on ~i?or~ s~le~an dofng ku~nes~ ~n c~ty. A~orney requested
~o check on !icen~e r ~qu~re~ent~. 'Jo~mcil~an ~ldlng reported the purchase o~ ~
~r~der ~re. Also d~cu~ed Volunteer F~reme~/ ;choo]./attending ~ires
~:~cti~n w~:~ ~ade by ~c-m~ln~an ~!unt ~conded b~ ~ounci!~n V~t?ord and ~-
~,,~it:tous!~ carried t~ ~,,onsi~',u~r vacating, di~
..... ~ ......... ~ and closing part of street in
accurdauce with law and to publish notice of a public hearing thereon:
That p~t o~ East Z0 feet of ~¥:ered~tn Street lying South
o~ State R~ad
NOTICE
, i,~ C) 'iI CE is h~reby given that the 6ity Council of the
City c2 0keec}zobee, Florida, will, at their regular
~;~etir~g, Xay 2, 1961, consld~r vacating, discontinuing
~nd c]o~ing the following part of street:
;~:eredz th
..,.~at part of the East $0 feet of '~''
~ ' ~'~ of State Road
3~ aude Gardner,
A~;Z.$~: P'resff. dent City Council
Torens Spive~, ~].t,~ of Okeechobee
Cits~ 71erk Ok~echobee, Florida
,_~t~~ :.,, Oke~chobee
Oke ec ? ~I~ e e, FI or ida
Comuc~?r;an ;~ur~t :nov~d to a~)~rove a~d acce~t tlc reco~nendation of water
~o~mnittc~ in ad~ust',n~ water bills ( 5 '~
· ~ ,. ~.~s average reading taken, reading in
question, substract~d from average reading ~d differ~ce figured at 20~ per t~ousand
~.~allons, seconded by ~o~cilman Parkerson and ~ani~ously carried
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~':e ,~oun)~l authorized ti~e execution of Utility Agreement with the State
,, ~,,par.~me,,t ~ :,~uqcilman Yeilding presented the following Resolution and moved
its adoption ~nd upon being seconded by Co~moilman H~t was put to a vote ~d
animously car~,ied.
SRD N0. 13
SEC ~0N 91530-2602
STA~ R0~ STREETS IN 0KEE~0BEE
~0U~ Ff 0F 0KEE~IOB~
G PARTS 26 g~ 27
R E S 0 L U T Z 0 N
~ER~S, the SSat~ Ro~d D~p~tment of Florid~ has localed and
~ropos~s to construct or reconstruct a part of 2h~ str~t in
c]-~oOee as follows;
'Faird Street b~twe~o Eagle Bay Road and State Road 15 and
Osc~ola Street between 4th Street and a point 740 feet
Southerly therefrom.
~EREAS, in order for the State Road Dep~tment to further and
complete ~id project, it is ~ecessary that certain utilities and/or
facilities within the Right of Way ~imits of said State Road, be ad-
O~.~ed, c~anged o~ relocated; and
~ ~u..ao, the State Road Department having requested the City of
Okeechobee, F_Icrlda, to execute ~d deliver to the State Road Depart-
ment a Utilities Agreement, agreeing to mal:e or ca~se to be made such
~d] ~stments, changes or relocations of ~aid utilities ~d/or facilities
as set ~t in said Agreement, and said request having been duly considered;
'~ RES~t~VED by the of the City of
NOW, ~IEREFORE, B~ IT
..c_~oo~o, Florida, that the ~iayor a~d Clerk (Ci2F M~n~goP) b~ m-~d they
are h~r~bv ~u2ho~z~ ~d d!mec2~d 2o make, ~m~cut~ and
stated Eaad ~o~.t .... nta Utilii:~s Agr,~mert for 2h~ adjusS~.~en~,
or :-~!ocatio:~ ol cePtain uti!~ '
~ _t~es within 2he Right o~ way Ii,ts of said
State Road , Section
~ ~.. ~. ,~.~.~n ~ESOI_.V~ 'bi:at a certified cop7 of this ~esolution
b~ fomwamd~d to ~he Slate Road D~pamtment at Tallahasse~,
A request was reported from C. J. Hawk to close alley in Block 109,
OrSgin~l Town of Okeecbobee, runlng East and. West. Mo action taken.
c~r,:, motion the ~,~.i~_,.~ adjm~ned. (
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PRESIDENT C!~ COUNCIL