1973-03-06 Regular March 6, ]-97 ~
The City Ce,mcil of' the City-_~f Ok~echobee, Fl,:,r'ida, met in regular ,ession ab the
°'""'~dent ~ ........ z- '- Councilmen C]-i e ,~ePJs, Jr., .......... uomer, ,;Awara W. Dou~ias and
~. h. Hunt wZSh At.tor:~ey J, :25~r~ 6urren, .!er~ ~orena Spivey, ~eputl Clerk Sandra Bemne~t~
,~rec~or of Public gcrks, ...... , ~ ......
q..,[::[ [[. :%~:,.,i'~, Bu~ ding O"mci~ z~c~,ar,-i B. o - a*:d % ..... .
................... ~pr~.y ........ Supervisor John M. Beune~,
The following bili~, in the a~ ~:r , ~ ~ la~lTO.zz ..... , ~ .... a.,~fp__~ ............. ,
~ o ~,... ...... :tre approved and ),dere<. oai.d when
Bo:~,-! 2e func aO0.00
? 52,:,.: ti :n
.. '_,. Bewe].u~ Postmaster 8.0:)
~!orida Oo~i:)ine,;~ Insurance Agencs~ ~nc. ~16.76
Social Socu_ .,'itv. Cont,~.butions ?rust Fund 1,1~66.96
Police ~r~,. ~_+.,rm.. . Allowance 1 ~"'~'.0,:'-~
i6~ ilo DispeScher U~fo~ Allowances 60.00
Firemen Ur~l ~'or:: Ali. n~..sance~ 30.00
,~omp~ny' ~. O0
Polio~ Emp! ,yee~: Pension TF ~:3 {. ! i 7.66
Am~srican F;'ily Life ~surance Compaq' 3.80
U~_ted Tel~:.phone C-'>mpany 226.~1.
:~oara Ad.iustmenh {~ Appea ~.: I 2~.00
Counc-i!me~ 2xpense A~=_,,,~,~ ..... ~;,.~ ..... 200.00
~: oltce ' .... Fe~
.':~ 11 0
'.:'il; 7.~,2 :' !. si F
~ei~ }'2 duin 1 63.1 ~
..!dlaorld }[. F :utebuch i 63.1 2
,1,,,m,.,~ Po~',r an~ :,mght Company ~ ,160.~'
lJoL. xrola, ]nc 1i7 ~ ;~
Dud e ' s 6o Servi,c :e S-L~ ~,~ ,, n 6. OO
t:?: -~:
{h~: ~' ' : ~ar' <: 56.76
2'~nton Equipment Company 59 · 92
~e ,~¢%, t s '.]~ :'age & ~''~ ' -' -
l.OL~
,-,~4:: ~c., :cbee lard:,: are g' Fur~ ture :qompariy 63. Ih
a~sey & ~r:.fftr,::~ ThC 2~. ~'
'Th~:~ Ol.:~: ~chchee New::: ~ :'
Jolm's Star: lard S::: :5,'c~J 7
Jack Ro~,e',-'~-.~ _. (Okee. g6 ~rvice Station) 97.70
Ok~echr,be:~ :rac,o: Co~)a,r~, inc. 9.~2
......... mpply & =~''~
R & }i Dai~ Service., Inc. 6.62
At t away ~
~umuer Co~u, any h9 .gg
Hayes Elect :'ic ] ~.~
:,o,,en :,upp: ' Company, Inc. 51 .20
Sen Yra~li:~ St. ora ';'.ih
~.~.~:Ics Gas ~a. Tg
P~rk Drug 29.05
Okeechobee :lr~ Surpluc St, ore o.y>
Bar.i'icld Ir: t'"" ..... ~ C,,r:, 5'~.~''
Rings Sales & Ser,/i.ce 2.25
Hunt Brothet,s =rocery ~ompanj
oO. 30
Okeechobee ~:otor Company 2.~2
1 .... I I ....... I I '
Wil]J. ams Asphalt & Contracting Corp. ~$ 6.~0
Bsrnett' s Office & Equipment 26.80
Del Chemical Corporation ~1 ..~
Zep ~-~m~fact~ing Company 61 .~0
M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. 296.[~
Ke.~y ~ractor ~oF}pany
Tau?oN & Free Printim~, ~[nc. 1~8.20
Flori4a F=z~ ~=~o 2~3.82
Pitney Bowes 5.72
Leonard Berger Insurance Agency 900.00
Freund Can Compar~ 206.28
'~orge F. C~ke Company
Okeecbobee ~neral Hospital ~.00
Everson - Ross Co, any
Parrott, Inc.
Jones Equipment Company ~0.
Avon Dru,%s, Inc. 6.60
Okeechobee Volunteer Fire Dep%.~ Inc. 332.~0
Martin' s Unifnrms 1
Sl~Ina~ Systems, Inc. 31
Okeechobee Insurance Agency 1 , 889.00
ro ~al
wA'rE~ AND SE%f ER OPERATION ANN3 MAINTENANCE FUND
Water Deposit Refunds $ ~29.h3
S '
ocma~ Security Contributions Trust Fund 79h.82
Petty Cash 118.1]
L. C. Fortner, ,,Ir. 2~.OO
Lake Dodge P1}~nouth, Inc. 3,h90.00
Colo~al Life & Accident Insurance Co, any h.O0
~erican Ta~ ~ Tower Co,any 1,1,63~.00
Okeechobee County Bank
Emp~ =e.- Pension ..... 1 92.66
~erican FaPily Life Assurance oonpany 19.OO
U~ted Telephone Coppany ~2.10
John '.,I. Bereft, 100. O0
J. C. Fewel!~ Postmaster 97.68
~orida Combined Instance Agency 331 .88
Blue Cross of ~orida, Inc. l~%.kO
Florida Power and Li,~ht Company.. i ,i~I .
~o+ o ~','~ a ina 67.12
~de's "66" SeT,ce Station 2.~0
Doc's Auto Ser~ce 6.00
,~errell Auto Parts 6~.91
Ben~e'=~, Auto Supply', Inc. ~'~.18
Rutled;fe Ice ~
:~;r wince 2.1 0
~nton Equipment Co,any
Kelley' ,~- ;]sra~e & Machine Shop 97.70
Okeechobee Hardware & Furniture Company 90.87
H ~=
, a~, ey Griffith ~2.~3
~e Okeechobee News 6.~2
mtosoureh Test, in6 Laborato~ 9.00
:,{iht a Rentals 22.
Jen~nts ~ectric Motor Shop 10.28
Domer's Mac,ne Shop 6.9~
Hughes ~ . .
~upp~, Inc 78 32
Industrial ~pply Corporation 171.89
Roc~'ell I~nufacturing Company 1 ,~O9.68
Da~s Meter e Supply Div. 2~ .32
Southeastern hu~clpal Supply 1 ,h~8.87
United States Concrete Pipe Co,any ~86.20
~pperson Che~cals 1,202.00
Pitney Bowes 1,672.00
~eez.,no[~e Insurance Asency ~39.O0
,ffA~ A~ SE;,~ SYST~.'i CONS~UCTION F~D
Bi% Four Consf}ruction Co, any $~9,718.91
Pitt, sbur~h-Des tloines Steel Company 1,237.~0
Pittsb~zh-Des Moines Steel Company 1
Brock, ray, ~en and ~derson Entineers, inc. ~,2,29~.~
-o .........
,~ATEi AND SE~ER Pw
City of Okeecbobee- ',~ater & Sewer ~eration & Maintenance
~ansfer of Funds
Transfer of ~nds 1~,000.()0
Total $30.000.00
Hayor ~anham re :~orl, ed that She:d. ff Collier_ had c.o~]~,aeue~r~ *- ~ h';~ rezard:Ln~ an ~ruer:~ency dog
........... ,.ancot. a~vised :.'mvr, r Dunham to req~est Sheriff Collier to talk with Co~_ssioners
in refN~ds to count,}' doq ~ontr .....
Nayor ~nham a~ so reported on person accident in front of Da~el's Steak House on Parrott
Avenue, due to curb drop ,~f (same ha~d_ng been left for ~ri~eway) stating that he had contacted
the Department of Transpor'tation and they ha~ azreed to send Engineer to survey matter. Attorney
Bu. ~ ?'eauesL. t}m% Ao ....... ,e,, :~ur~eh~ ' be notit'i, ec] i~mtediabely on such m.atbers.
Pursua~% %0 ~ot.:ce puc.~iohea in the Okeechobee ~r~ ,-
- ~,,~'~J z"eJai,.i]mN~T a public hearing bo consider
r'e~o~:~n:~ L,-,~ ~ i~ -.,, !~:::1 in:l., 81ock 18, Ozd gi~al ?awn of Okeechobee from Residential (R-3). to
C~merei~l. P~u'H ............~,~'-~, Bur:: askew] .... if 'there :~ere any obu~ ~cf, mr,n..,' ~ ~' ~-~.~ the requested rezo~ng. No
~b~ecl%n~~ w,~s hear, fl o~-, :fi' ed. Cmlncilman Domer moved to rezone the above d~(.r]bed- ' property from
~ ....... n,..h,s the fol]:x.:inT .,r:~m..,n~.e and ~:oved it.~ adoption and
~-m beLn~ :~mc, m::oo~ Co,~ncilman Do~-ls:::-. ~.~ was ~.puL. *o, a vof,~:, and unanimously adopted:
O[LO~'f~,~CE ~'q,,,-. 271 - (?-~'~
...... P~7..~ 3NS ...... nw ~ZR 176, ~(RIDA)~ S'~AT,A~,S,~m~ 19~ ....
:~i/;~{EAS. a.', )l~caf,~,:,n has been ~,~-- by ~
........... ~...c~ ..... · Burk requesting t~s Council
rezone' i'rori !~s.:; tential (r~_~] ~.~ ~- .... ~x-~ Lo'ts
~':'" ....... n,;t;ice cf interition to amend Cif..y ,~oninZ Ordinance No. 271, i-egaz'¢:lng
said ~ppli~;atio~ wa~ d~ly published accordina ~o za~..~ and
~]iNIEAS, on ti'm:. ALh day of ~-~.,~:..rc,l,~ i~7~.-n ~mfi'~lic: h~,/n-~ ....... ~ was held in the City
Ca,l;,cJ.l ro.~m pui'.:;uant t.o ~: '
S~i n Ce~
..... . .~ Okeechobee to .u~rant
said ~pplmcatmor.~ now ,,~erefore
BE IT O~DA!"J~} BY ?~ CITY 2ob?JCTL.. ~ OF THE CI~ OF OKEECHOB];E, ,.:,~.
~:n-~r:m~ :,,'~..s through 16, Block 18 ~n '" ~ of
} ~rt :;mna m Town Ok eechobee,
be and are herek., ' ~-)n.~r] .~o~ n Residential zn~,_.~ to ~o~ercma~," ' ~ effective "~'*arch
~, 197~
.~'.5~. ~.. Pnat mae application requesting rezo~_ng and proof of pub~.cation
to amsnd ZonLnl :)rdinance No ~(['~ publi~.h~, d in
· connec .... on with the above application
be attached bo this Ordinance and become a part '
SECfiON 3. That the City Clerk make the appropriate change on the Oity Zoning
Map in a .... r~a,c with this Or~znance
Donald 3urk
PiIESID}]¢T CI~ CODICIL
,'1 fTES'I': Lore :m
CI r~Y CLEi~
AP, tlotrz~ B'~ 2[E T'[IS ~th DAY OF li~lCIt, ]-~73.
Audle}' Du~am }MYOR
?u:'suan-~; ~o notice published in the Okeechobee News re.;ardin; a public_. 'ne,_~r~n=~ ~' ~- to consider
rezoning Lots 1 and 2, Block 22, Northwest Addition from Residential (R-2) to ReMiential (R-?) 6or
rmp.Le:~, Pre~:idenL Bnrk asked if there were a~ objections to the requested rezo~ng. No objection ..
was heard or filed. Councilman Douglas moved to rezone the above described property frora Residential
(R-2) to Residential (R-3) presenting the following Orc~nance and moved its adoption and upon being
seconded by ;ounci]man Domer '~ ~ -
~ a,_ put to a ~o,,e and unanimously adopted.:
ORDIN~:~CE NO. 271-(81)
ZONI74G ~]GULATIONS FOR Ti~ CItY .OF OKEECHOBEE, ~ORIDA, ~,!D PRO~DING
FOR THE ~MINIS~ATION, ENFORC~',[k~IT ~ ~4~HENT TH~EOF PURSUIT TO
TI~ PROVISIONS OF CH~T~ 176, ~ORIDA STATUTES, 19~3.
,~fER~S, application has been made by Hube~. Harden requesting t~s Council.
to rezone from [~esidential (R-2) to Residential (R-3) Lots ! and 2, Block 22,
Northwest Addition, and
:,.~EAS, notice of intention to amend City Zo~n~ Ordnance No. 271,
re ~arding said application was duly published according to law, and
J]~ilEAS, on the 6th day of [:arch, 197], a public hearin~ was held in the
~omncz~ room pursuant, to said, notiee~ and
O~EAS, it is deemed to the best interest of the City of Okeechobee to
;r,.~at said application; now th~re~re
B~ IT d~,A~2~ BY THE CI~ COL~fCIL OF Tile CI~ OF OKEECHOBEE, ~LOMIDA:
S~U~IO~ ~at Lore: 1 and 2, Block 22, Northwest Addition be and are
hereby rezoned from Residential (R-2) to Residential (R-3), effective
i.mrch 6, 1973.
SECTION 2. That the application requesting rezoning and proof of
puh~cation to amend~onxng" " ' Ordinance No. 271 published in co~ection with
th~:~ abow~ application be attachc:d to this [~'dinance and become a part hereof.
S:.,a~O~.[ ~ ~a;; the Clerk make the appropriate change on the City
~o~mn= Map in accordance with this ~dinance
PASSTD ~ID ADOPTED ..... ~[Io 6th day of :.~rc..,~ ~ 197~...
Donald Burk
AT EST: Lorena ~ivey
CITY CLERK
APPrOVeD PY v~ ~[IS o".h DAY OF ~'~
Audi ay DUnhara MAYOR
vubl;, ::Dr appeared before th,.~ % ..... ~ a?kim; if he" ~
....~ m,,..~ ,_ ~.ou.~ rezone. Lots 2 to 10, incl.
B!~ck ~ 0~5-~n~n of % ounc~l ad~sed this 5o be in -~olation
.,1~ ~ ..... o,~n .;~,~cchobee for mobile homa~;. Pne C '
of Ordinance. ~ "' ,
hr. ~obb discussed possibS15tv of bui].d~ng on lots and requested that ~th Street East
of State [~oa~ hk! be ..,~ened to :~iv~ him access to his property. The Council reauested Councilman
Douglas ~nd :~' }
~.~re ..... ~r Portner t~ check thi? out and Councilman ~ugtas to make recor~:endation ho ~ounci!
~'~: Council ,r ~ ..... ': }Ir. Cobb 5, o ..... "~
.......... m~e,.. :.~th Buildin~ Offfciai Spray and decide exactly what he wanted ~
Or~unsflman Do;~..:,c repot. Led +hat :]hie:' ~' ~ ~
f.')t" mn:rk'in~ ~N:,l~ti--n rec. Chief Stoats advised the Depart,men[-, had ill, sued ,')ye,: one hundred war. nE
tickets in hhe pa~:t. ...... :nut-,~ and had ha,rtl pr:~tty 7ood c,,,,pera:z.)n, with some repeaters.
:ouncLLman Bert repot':.ed "m :::ormabion he had recei:ed on a ho: line for v,:~Zun:eer
firemen a~ a b_be * -::' rare and mose :elephones and would be a :,:..-.~<~ improvement. . ove~
ursuan., not.;~e published in ~.e Okeechobee News '~",'~r i ~ inv~ta, tion to bid on the
...... : a . th, re! :~ive rubber ~ire ditching :achine. Bids were received~ opened and read
~llow~.nce 8~i00., ) = $!(,91g.00 30 - hg days delivery
rea :'o:'t,n,:::r :'eco~men:!ed the Ditch ~'*ch '
- ,,:, Trencher. ~T'r~o'l,... :-.eaom:~eri:~a~:on :f ~r'ec~,or
Counci:~a:: ::u:-L m,',ved t- acceot. ' ~ bi~ ~..n~ : :rom ~tch :~itch Trencher Inc., of ~orida in the amount of
$9,99~.OO fqr a :'z;, ~:o._. ~tch ~¢itch Trencher, seconded by Cnu.:,..~.~.man'~"'~ Dou,~:a~ and
~:r: :: iddibic, n to South Ok..c .... be:,
'~r: '~ , ::taring intention of building ~ theatre
7uards in Okeech?bea~ <:':,a~ 'nE ' .... ' '-h= ·
.... , ,.mr,. , ~ ',[soresent, at:ve from O~erland :s:mress of Miata/ was unable
.......... ~ bur:ires? p~a~s had b~n contacted and · ~
...... :.,an,.ed :gnb security service.
...... , ....... , ....... pr,:xs~edure infor:r;ation es tab!irq-¢.n.7
: ~emt.. n ::arksho~. mee::,ing, wo:ld be ~:__::: ' in the near future for furt. her discuss.ton.
John Har~_e, own.,r of ~- +
· ~qu ........n~: clarification on disturbance
a: h place of business. Chief Staats reported on incident. PresiJent Burk ad~sed
' ~,~, the uounc: ~ '~, : ra.fl~. S ~:ir' .... ~-.,., have all oroLectz~n' of bu::in,~s..~ man ana' citizen and in the futu~'e
Tom 1.1rtore, -:aha :er of L~e-Dod/-;e PIstol, ruth, Inc. was present d:scussing plans for
J~c..zelcomer:t in B~c,c~ ~ ' lqi.. ] eolian of pre~:ent business, ami ~'e~,'m :- :,ed. .:..~ .p~ra,:lzng' alley so it :;ill be
~f~rred 5'~ Cotlnai:rnan Pou ;las and Director :~oruner for zn-vosbi~;ation.
1571
A~ %orney Curren advised the .... of ~' '
~ouncml a Florida Lea,inle of orate_es ?~.~elfth Annual Conference
for Ci~,v~ Orf~cia!~ and City AL".orneys t,,~ be he!'] in Jackr,~mzill~. ~ on M~rch 9 and i0 and requested
a .... end as he felt it would be bem~ficial ,.~o City. The Council a,~reed for hhe Attorney
to a~.temd s~id c,'~nfeFence and a~,[~,-~.~
,~;r'~ ,ffa~-:~., S~w~ .....and Street D part, menh report, For ~ebrua~ was presented by D'lrecoor~ Fortner.
i-le~orand~: No I bein~ bid t ' ~
· - . . ~ao~a~monsheet, for bids on ditch trencher'.
.'~e~,orand~rl No. o ~- _
,- - ooock [terns n~-e:-:q ~t u;~r~t',,'~;:. p!anL in the amount o~ $2,[~7.o0. Council-
man iunt mov :d to approve Memorandum No. 2 and authorize the purchase of items as listed~ seconded
by ,, ~unczl:~': Betts and unar~mous!y carried.
'~ '~ * -~ "'~i of le~,~er r'eceived from Com-;ay N[izelle o6 ~nsurance
Al:~o included in the ~ep,.,r~ was a
~e,. ~.~c~::, 0 re.~ar,.:anf fj ?e def~nses in Okeechr~bee concernXnS a request from the ~ty for a list
,~f recommend ,d improvements in fire defenses to ~ualiff Okeechobee for a better fire insurance
,ha~, such recomnendation::: should he ba~ed on current conditions and re-
clas ~fficsti:,n. Advf sin~ t
quested ,.,h~. ~ne furmishin,f of this information be after their projected inspection survey of
n,..,:~.~-.-~.~, q :'~ D' tot -~m. had received recomr~endations by phone from
Mr. Ni~tellle n ~'arch 6, 197°_, as listed in thi~: repert.
in ~he report,~.~' so was a letter to Landon C. m~ortner~' ' Jr. from State o~ Flopida~ Die, sion
of H ~i ~, ~,aa, ~t,~ had succ~s ........ y passe~ ..... ~-- ~{ ~'c ~ven .February 2~ 1973 for
+~'~.~,. report was a
Adva~,ce Ja' e Trea~:,~ent Plant Operator. Included in Jopy of Advanced ~erator "B" Certificate
,~r. /-'" commended ~ ' ~o',"tner on his
· .~ ,,n~..~ ~ ~3~._Fechor ..... ~ca.levemenh
~ -
No,ice from Divisfon of.. Hes~,,h on annual Fenewa! of ',{a~r~ purification treatment operators
}~as included in report.
certificates at $t0.00 each / A renuest from Direct, oF Fort~eP for %he City to pay for ~>his renewal
for three e ,:~
,m~. ~oj ...... ~;as referred to workshop meet[rl,~.
In::~eacd in t,b~,.._ Per)oP~ was a copy ,,r.,~ letter ~b~'" o:,-,~. ...... bm~s_Des,,, - Moines Steel Comply and bill
in the amount of $1~i.00 for labor and material used in repairing leak in 10 inch water line at
south elevaN d ta~. It ~-ras .reported by the Clerk %hat a check in the abowe amount had been received
~k; , included in 'k,:~ r~epor~, ,,.r,~ copies of speciffica+,ion on chemicala and waC. er melters.
Director For~ner requested permission to adw~rtize for bids for the purchase of same.~'~ounc:zlman'
Hunt mo'zed t~" advertiTe for bm~s for the purchase of chemicals and water meters~ seconded by Council-
nan Be ,ts an~ una~zmously ~-,.~ ~,- ....~ .... ~..~.
wnm'rq-~-~ OF LETTING - INVI,ATION~ ~" ' TO BID
Sealed bids will be received by the City Council of the City of
Okeechobee~ F!orida~ at City Hali~ until 7 o cluck P. H.,
" n ' April
10, 1973, at which time the bids duly sub~tted will be opened
and m~ad, For the purchase of the following Che~ca!s.
2~00 - Bags of ~uminum Sulfate
1700 - Bags of Hydrated Lime
60 - Bags of Copper Sulfate
~$~O - BaGs of Activated Carbon
~00 - Ba~s of Soda Ash
2~ - Drums of 70~ Powdered Chlorine
~ 1~0 Lb Tanks of ....
20 - Ton Tanks of ~lorine
Detailed specifications may be obtained from the office of City Clerk
in City Hall.
'" I I '- I ![" 'm T
.... -~ ':'~' to rej~:;c~ any or a~ bid,? or to
:.~ve .zty of 0k~ ckobeereserves '~,~ .~, ,,
a~a~:,~t the o:'o~' .~s~ d~.~med most advantageous to "t~
Donald L. Bu~k
~ ~{:,SID~T OF CI~ CO~CIL
CI'~ OF OKEECHOBEE
ATTEST: Lore rm Spivey
CI~ CL~RK
. I~LIoH IN OKEECHOBEE: ~' ~
:i~CH 22 and ~9, 1973
Attorney Curren reco~aended gettin~ a right of way map and study installing 16 inch water
hain on .~.ou,,h )~!. Councilman ~funt recom~-tcnded ~ v ~+'~ +'
~n ~ ...... moa~lng the ~$~Jb':]fty ...... of gettin.;, -~'7~,9~ ~ of
oz pres,~.nt .~ [nr:! ~;at.~r line west of SR hh! The Council referued matter to workshop to decide
heX5 step to take.
A discussion ,m fire 'truck was heard.
~. ...... 0 ...... ~, '52, ~P~.::~f'_ *~U~ ~.~ ....... ~ ~,la~2~ .)
.:~e .t. .... ...... ~ or ifi~h~. ,School. bui' ~in:; which bad been partially opened durim~ Telephone. Company development,.
.. ,:~ .... ~c~t i auit~ feasible 'to open said ,-+ ...... as ._
~ o, ..... ~,. it would be an asset to traffic
:]irecto: l:brt ~e:- ciis:u?sed a~ain ~stab]is;hin~ some rule for persons ha~ng their water
s~rvice discontimmd and ~: ..,e~
~t ' removed for a period of five years, and later requesting to resume
ser'~ce. S+,afin~. . t~-~,~,~;~'~ re,:ai~e-t. . everv'thir~,~ --o like a new joo' ~ an::~' ~.e~ ~ ' t. here ~::hould be a new
,qmrsed. C.~.m ..... ,.an U,mf, recor~ended ~tter t5 be referred to work,'hop for further study. A~.,orne~
~:re, z'~'~u-?~ ~:,z ~ ~o flw. : ~!in:~ on oresent Ordinance :,ov-e~'~',, thi:-: matter.
Director F
. o. ~ne. ~scussed rep!acin:l~ the traffic lilht a.5 intersec!,ion of N. .,.~ 2nd Street,
/~ th
and N..,r. .~:'...~ Av,,::nue t~orrer].y ~. p ,.c~'"o~+,. :.e.. ~,m~ ~, Osceola) wie. h ~ blinker caution li~m,,,' " ~t~'~',' ' the
..... :>~ Counc:l a,?ee,~ _ to po~:z~,p~ne action until, other _~ropos°d~ lz ;: .... are =n~.ta~led:,~ ~ by the
~ran.~,-)~ ,a ..... on. !,pon recommen,-~ati, on of Chief ~ ~ ~ '
~ ~,aat,:., ~ounc:_lman Douglas moved to
~:"ie::' blinker !i,~kt, ;',~co;'; ~ed by C'oumd~r:ar Do .~:r arid ....
Director Fortner rep~rted on corq~iain'ts ~e ,
:.~,,m:~.n: ....... on street ir; front of
~'" ; ~' invc r.~ ?a~-,: rz:;l-:~, of wat~. C'~un. tkl:mr~ ~'~u~a~: r~oues+,~:d 5o eon'tact Florida Power and Light
Company/their feeling on this matter, duc ~o a portion of' the pr:~per:,y belon;~n:i to Floriz~a Power
~r~ctor Fortner discussed.~rozram on beautif~n~ .= ~,~a~U~,~, island and City Hall properties.
.. ~,f!~c~a~ opt%, reported a recue~t. ..... P~:~,',~..~ ,. J. ,'I. ~rllo!d and ..... ~antrel! for a
z.~ Slur.ay discussed the need oF an Ordinanc,: 5o,~err~[ng .... '~. designating
........... :a in:,tead of plastic be,.. A*.torney '~urren discussed ,~:. need to
..... ._ ~ ....... ~ snrl[~ar3r .... ..~,~. '~ ~ r~ ~n re":a,-..~,l Ak, t, orney C~rgerl Zo research present
~. :_ .. ,:~ on Ordinance for ,,ounc].~' consi~ ..... a'ti-~n
B .n .. ~ ,- o.,p~ ....~ open fires used to burn refuse; at local
um~azng o~f;cia'~ Spra~ reported on c~~ ~, ~,~ of
1 ;) i 3
:tlso_ discussed lot ~.leanin:~ :'~n,:i $780.03 ~.4~.~ to ~o~::: :~ ~ .,%~.~.~,~.~,~,.~ for demolition servi, ces of building
o~ ~7~, Ori~nal ~' n~ O'~'~e~h~ho.= ~
on Lot 7, .._~ ~mk z ~ ~o:m ~h,~ ~ '
............... uounczl agreed to file lien on property.
Bu~ldin~l~ Official Spray ~.~u~-est.~.:~.~.. the city oCfering a reward to person ~,~th i~ornat, ion
of~oersons defacin~ city.~ ~-~ .... ~n.,. President.. Bu:.k ...'u.~.~. ..... +.~.4~,~ publishin.~ar*~c~:.' ~ ~ in Okeech~bee News on
the ~ef'a.:fi a:[ of si::ns and state
.. pena..~.:,y if con. ted.
Pr~sident Bur].: requested Buildin~ Official Spray to sub~t progress report on Phase
........... ~., pr'c~:'am and anticipated p_ b~
?n. Fire Depar~t:;mnt report for the t' cg ,~r~ ,+ - .
.... mort ,; ~ebrua.ry ~.a:': pm'~-nLed by the D~p.~r ~ment
Yi.~'e Chief Godwin was-: present requesting e ' ~' ~ to
-- ..en,: ...... on purchase spare parts for 100 gallon
per ~nut, e p~ from For% ~erce Fire epartmen, at Sp0.O0: providing the parts are still available.
Councm~:n~m B,~:tts recommended [,he purchase and moved to ~u~
- ~ ~,~ ...... said parts at $~0.00 seconded by
Coun~:i]man D ~mer and unanimously carried.
Ch!ef '~d~.~in reouested ~er~ssion to ~ o~ ~ ~.~
- . . purc ~a.:~: one m~rbooet nozzle, aporowimate, cost $130.00,
due~ ',o i+ be':.n~ suuerior~ in o~. .... ~, a~~'~. ..,...,,~ than the reGnlar, nozzle. Councilman Betts m,-ved '[..o authorize
..... k., ,;; no,:zle~ :}~ec~::nded R~ C~t~rtc!].mar~ Domer and carried.
.... } ,a..t~ reo~,rLed a ].etter .from Superintendent of Public Instruc%ion ~ggs
on traffic :~roblem at intersection of south 6th Street; and Parrott Avenue~ requesting assistance.
SLaa% :: ad.~ sad
Chief / that he had assigned an officier at said location four hours a day and had had good
p .... ~om .
Al.oChme:' ~ Staats reported that he and two offici~rs had co~leted a twenty hour basic
pk:::t,:: school ~:)urse. '~e new unifo~:s were covol, et,: and expected to be received verb,
o,.a.:~ ..~- r~;commended tNat oer;eo.n,. Oe.~y ~,uba~s be promoted to Lieutenant and m'omote
0fficier Lar'~ Nobley to Serzeant,, :~..,-ant.~_no,:, [bb!~y a $I0.00 per week salary increase also recon=nen~-
m~,~ ,'ebzey .f,.r s.~.:< ,....~t-~. probation rais~ -,e -:;o~ .~ . ·
~,ne o, ....... ........ - -ec-,?~n ~'~_~.~-no.. and au[.hori .... .~ promo~ior:, and sala~ incr'ease~ seconded by Councilman
Bet, ts and ca'~ eied.
A [_etter of March 2, ~:. ~ .. was presented from Farmers Home Ad~stration, statin:~ that the
~:*-~'~ a~,e. ,~o~ of loan funds for sewer prc:jects ' ~ -~ ~
· '~ . ~"' ' "' ' . m~:, been co~tifted to other pr-,Sect, s and
., ~ ,f,, F FI:,
fh,: Coanc2L auth,::,ri~o~ ~h:;~ nc~t~: b~:- Ziven ~,~ ~rockway~ O.~en and ,mdevson" ~neers~ Inc.
who had teen ,~ngazed.:_ . ~,c,. prepare a prelimina~ sewer survey, to di;-~conl,inue report ~'-~, this 'tima due
A ~.:ezo~n{} application was received from d. O. ,(win requestin~ bl-ta't Lots 7, g, 9 and 10~
B''-~:'~:.,,,., :~-,:., Fi.~'~;t Additfon bo South Okeechobee be rezoned from Residential (R-I) t,_; ~o~merczal' . 'ff~e
Council author'ized ~'- notice on public ~a~-~ ~-.~ to ~a
NOTICE OF I}~TEN~IOP4 TO ~.'ll~O ~-~"~ '~'~
O..~.~,C~, ~27~
-~,r~ ~ ~ ,,:.t,~ Cou~ci! of the City of Okeechobee,
N~I~,E ~:, hereby ~,d.v'en that, ~he ~' --
~_..~.~d~ a muioipal c:orporation~ will consider vezogng from Residential
to Jo~merclal and to amend accordingly t},~ ~ ~ ' ' ' ' v
--~ ~omprehensmve aonznS ~dinance .&2,1
ado:,ted No'comber 9~ ~ '
~, ~9~, the foi.]owzn7 described rea! property , situate,
~fiitg arid being within the co~)o'~ato ~' "'- of
~zn,~u,s the City of Okeechobee~ Florida,
to--%t:
'L.,~.t? 7, ~;, - ~5, First .~q~':~-t.o Solth 0keechobee
add :'
,.nau a pub]Lc hearinz i- -~q-+~ ' ~ ~ v,z]:~ be ~..~a. at 7:00 o'clock
2. N. or~ the
hsvt: and
~.~o~ 3OVEN YOURS~VES ACCORDDi(~Y.
Donald Burk
Donald Burk
President City Council
Okeechobee, Florida
AfrEi,"-, Lo:'en~ $pivey
,'~: ~e .... ben, ~!,~r'ida
Esti~mt~ Ha.~3 :'rom B~,~ Four Construction Conpany tin the amount of $6[~,7~9.27 for work
_ · au.
,~,~,~-~.~t-. uo~n ammova. 1 f-'o" F,qrmePs Hone Admird st~ation, secon:ted by n
· .,'-' ~ .......... ounc~_.,man Douglas arm carried.
A report fror, F orir]a Division :.:ff Corrx:.ct, i"m,- ,n in~pc.c~ i)n of City' .TS~: was presented and
..,.. ...... za,,,emenL~: be mace * house al: ~"- pz'i
..... 1,.0 ...... C~>unty Jail~ d~e to age
r"~ ~] ~'l': F~o "~ " o of ~h~
: , , ...... h.., e - I~~ S+ ~ ~- ~ - -x
....... per:o ..... n; L}p d'~tie~" ........... . ............. : also that if the city
Pa~ae. nt 2eeuest No. 7 from Brockway~ ~¢e~ and Anderson Engineers, Inc. in the amounb of
$1,103. ~2 For t:r~ ;inr ..... ~ ~', Fc,~z --4 Lr:?::ncction }e water slant o-~ .a -~
............. ~ .... [,..r, -~r, was present, ed For pa}?;erlt,.
.,:unallman }N::~-, ~,~w.d t,o ~:aprove Pa~ent ~ e,.lu..:~u No. 7 in bhe above amount; artd authorize
i~;:on 7p'~,[..:}va~ Slv,~: .Tar'lxer Hr}?{/ /dmi nistrai,ton: ?conded by Councilman Dc, mcr and unanimously carried.
The :~jOb.0l) a~n: :i. on ~,': Char,bet o9_. ,.~:r~r~erce° ~,-~'~' ........ share ~ ~ ~ 'r::.i~' cour't reps.:.r:,' ;-n~:: .dl :cu,!sod.
;'~e 2cunt i?. a.~I'ee:'~ ~.~ e5 ,,: out ~" the '~,-', ...... ~ f~ t.s
............ ~., .. ,e ..... n are ~",~ ma!ie %f not cancel th~. dona~.zon,
3ouncilnan Bettu reported the o ~.
,s~or of Luth~:~ran ~hurch had requested per~fi, ssion to install
':hurch siln on church dLr~-ctor. ~erPission~an~o~ ~d t.~ [rmta!] nr~f~'mm si~n. ~;o~rec~,~. .... F?1~er re-
,. r,,~ ~ L ~le~:~'. 0:' oh~,-7,:, ~f &d:~~'-'~° '?N ~;] {?IS '.,, ~,,~':r~' ,:~ .~4, ~-~
..... , ..... - ...... ,~ ~ ..........y. :~e ~ :I]ilCl]_' a:jz-eeJ eot Director
21.? C :u:,ci2 mivi :ei ~"" .... D~per'%ment Head? be instructed 'bhab no 4as will be purchased
%'-,n ~sO~ ~'ource a~h~.. .... . ,her t}'m city ta~'s. :~.l"~' 9,'.~:o., ....... +,n~n'- ~,. Hca:ts ar~:~ ?,o_ conta, cb b~rector Fortne. r
~ ~c,,~ ........ e andv~ .~,~.. auer:pneze~ are *;h, w:ly .... ~'""~,~..ptzon.'
Counct.!m~n Hunt ~ov, d ?/: approve ~,o :'~w:,-] ~' ,,~-~ "th~, 'e I1 and
......... ,a.n ......... oz :~ meetings n~].d on JanuarZ 9,
' " ~ ..... """"'::5' car'r'lcd.
P/!ES~{I CI~ CO~CZL