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FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING
PROPOSED USE HEARING MONDAY~ FEBRUARY 16, 1981
The City of Okeechobee, Florida, held a Proposed Use Hearing for Federal Revenue __~
Sharing Funds in the Council Chambers, at City Hall, Okeechobee, on Monday, February 16,
1981, at 7:00 P.M.
Those present were City Clerk Bonnie S. Thomas, Administrative Assistant Richard C.
Fellows, and Deputy Clerk Janice M. Mann.
81-18 FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING
City Clerk Bonnie Thomas called to order the City of Okeechobee's scheduled, advertised,
public hearing concerning proposed uses for unappropriated Federal Revenue Sharing Funds
in the amount of Forty-Three and 94/100tbs Dollars ($43.94) and anticipated Federal Revenue
Sharing Funds for the 1981 Entitlement Twelve in the amount of Ninety-One Thousand One
Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars ($91,148.00), totaling Ninety-One Thousand One Hundred Ninety-
One and 94/100ths Dollars ($91,191.94).
Administrative Assistant Fellows offered three possible expenditures:
1) $30,000.00 - computer
2) $6,000.00 - gasoline storage tank
3) $3,200.00 - Xerox machine with collator
Clerk Thomas presented the Police Department written request as follows:
l) $6,000.00 - new radios
2) $8,000.00 - new patrol car
Total requests presented $53,200.00
ADJOURNMENT
With no citizens present and no other requests to present, the hearing adjourned at
7:20 P.M.
Edward W. Douglas J'
Chairman/Mayor
City of Okeechobee
ATTEST:
Bonnie S. Thomas
City Clerk
City of Okeechobee
WORKSHOP MEETING WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19~1981
The City Council and the Board of County Commissioners met in a joint workshop ses-
sion to discuss the Road and Bridge Tax allocations and areas of responsibility
pertinant to usage of the funds, according to a recent Attorney General opinion of
recent legislation.
County Commission Chairman Jim Lashley presided with the following members present: