1974-09-26 Recessed V. D:mer ~,T;.~:~ elected President of ~,he City Council. Councilman Burk Lhar~ked the Council i'or their
pr+~riou~ yea.rs of full :rapport.
The Council rece~sed to Thursday, ~pte~ber 26, 197~ at 7:00
C]~ CLERK
Septenber 26,
'Jim City Council of the City of Okeecho'bee, lormda, met in recessed session at the C.~by
Hall on t, he ~...Oove date at 7:00 P.~,:.~' with ~}ne' ~ following present: President, Russell ~. Domer~
Councilmen:_. ;. H. Hunt, Edward ~I. Douglas;, Donald L. Burk and Clzf' C. Betts, Jr. Also present were:
City Clerk, :;andra Sennet~, Attorney, J. Edward Curren and Director of Pubic W'orks~ L. C. Fortner, Jr.
President Domer opened the meetin~ anti reouested prayer by Councilman Burk.
I,~r. E B. oeegers wa:~ reco~zed. He requested authorization to pave 30 or hO feet of the
alley betwee~ N. ~. 2nd Street and 3rd Street. President Oomer inquired of Director Fortner if ~3here
were any ~,~atcr or se~..;er pipes in the area. Director Fortner replied that there weren't any now
but ~3here could be a possibility of a ~:ewer line in,;tailed in the future. Attorney Curren was asked
to report. }'~e stated that the Council could ~Nant authorization as long as it didn't interfere with
Lhe right~ o:~' the public in u~e of the alley. Councilman H~t moved to grant authorization to Fir.
See~ers 5o cc. ncre[;e 30 or hO feet of alley, with the underst~din{ that the City has the right to
in.~'tait utili~}y pipe~ in said alley if needed, seconded by Councilman Burk and carried.
Thc City hiring an experienced city a~&~strator was discussed. President Domer called for
a roll call vote for approval of hirin.~ a city ad~strator being as follows: Councmlman' Betts
and Councilman Burk yes., Councilman Douglas, ouncmlman Hunt and Councilman Domer - no.
Pre :ident, Domer aske~ if there were any discussions fro~ the Council or Audience re:gardens
th~ '?~-75~ pfc,nosed ~
.~ ..~en.eral and ~'~ater and Sewer Budge[;. i~o discussion was heard.
,,ounc~l Hunt presen,~ed the t97)~-7~ ,=ene~al Fund Budget and moved i~s adoption a~: read,
and uoon beiu % ~econded by 2ouncil~nan Dou~{[l_ay~ wa::~ pu~, to a vote and unatrious:~iy adopted:
197h- 197~ CITY OF ' '": ...... ~ ~
OK~CHO.8zz GENERAL B
AN Ti Ct. ~ ~ ~.~u ~J VENUE
197~ T~E8 $~ ~ 2,000.00
S fA 7E itEVi~4 [~ ~IN~= 1 76, O00. OO
7OD f'~ ON~ 2 ~ oIG~{:~ ~ [ ~ TAX h7. ~00. O0 '
'UTI~ITY T~%( 70,000. O0
FIN':]S AND FORFEITURES 55,000.00
OKE]CHOBEE COID4TY (FIRE DCPT.) Z~,O00.O0
~{A.~CH~.,~.~ :'EE (FLORIDA PO~4ER & LIGHT CO. ) 39,000.00
BU I 3D II,i ~ P ~2U II TS ~, ~00. O0
CO~.iPET~,~CY C~2DS 3,800.00
~-~Io u~,D/J~ 1 ~, 000. O0
ii
I ! - I Il' - '! I
1774
HUi,L-~JE DEPA!(TMENT FEES $ hO0.O0
TOI'AL ANTIC £PATED ~EFENUES ~7 g, 700. O0
ESTII~T~ C~H B~ANCE hO0,O00.O0
fOTAL A?Ai [_,~LE CASH FOf~ !97h-!97~ ~97~, 700. O0
~W'l'.[ CIPATED EXPEND [ TU~ES:
}EN e~IAL GO'vi~f{~ZN'2
CITY' C0!3~CIi, SAiA~t~NS $ ~,hO0.O0
CITY CO ur~uI~, E~P~SZ 3, o00. O0
i,i~YOR~ S SALarY 1 ~ 200.00
}.~YOR' S OF}iCE i~PENSE 1 00.00
AUDIT FEE 1~00.O0
CFPY AfrO;tN :)Y SAL~.Y 9~O00.00
CII! ATTOitN :JY E~ENSE j~O.O0
ATTORNEY SP2CIAL F~ES ~000.00
CITY CL~tK' 3 S.~Y 9,000.00
D~UTY CTFZ CLE~(' S S~tY 7,0hO.O0
DEPUTY CLER( Ti~A!NEE 1 , 200. OO
CITY CL~tI{' J OFFICE
CZTY CL ~RK ' ~ 50!qPI C '~ EkUIPFi 'i~T 2, ~00 · O0
'3~TY fiASL 0 ::'E!hl'PIOlq AND }-'iAEN'FENANC!~i 2,500. O0
C !'i~ 5L~A R:.PA!RS 1 0 ~ 000. O0
PUBLIC SAP)
POLl CI~ DIiPA; {'~{}~T SAL~-~IES $11 0 ~ 768. O0
POLIO3 [NCL~TIV'b5 PAY ~ ~800.00
POL i[ 05; DEPA L'E,il;}] !? ;b~if.N SE 27 ~ 000. O0
~01 ~u~.,E,~A[~ ,NS ]~XPENSE 3~oO0.uO
POLIO2; ])~i~A,~,~'~,i~'I~ ;%UiPi,tENT ~2qI) VEHICLES ~000.00
~'[n.~,J D EPA ~'l'. ~q T EXP~.~ SE 1 0 ~ 000.00
FIRE HYDN, M'] 2' Di3.~AND(-,t{ARG:," " 2~, 000. O0
BUti)[N } Oi;.IC~AL ',5:U2dkl
i3 (J.[LD!N G OF I CI./~ 3XPi:;i',~
~JiJiLDi[N } O2:, ii 31A h (]NFl O},; }:]PEN SE 2~0. O0
C I 7 [L D ~';F ~'~,3 E 200. O0
i)IR. ZCTOi'/ OE P~LIG t4ORKS St;i[;~;f:Uil SALarY 3~200.00
77'
;TRNET D ~;PARTi'iENT SAJ~li~ZES $ '~1 ,l. tOO.O0
~TR~]f!~ D]';PART}'E~2rf ~iKP~$~ SE 2~ 000. O0
j~
j ~TR:~Ji:',T D u',PARIEbJN'L' ]~2 U~ Pi,,l~,~'f 2 ~ ~ 000. O0
'.~RJSi: COLLECTION 9 ~ 200. O0
3~{i,;ET LIGHT ING 2 ~, 000. O0
30NSTRUCZ[OI'4 OF 'NF, W B/CID{}J!', 1 ~,O00.00
H~BTH Ai'~ ~TF. LF~{13
f~IF.~L POUND ZIP}2{I SE 2 ~ 200. O0
~ ~ llSC NLLAN EOUS
~{ ;}ONA liONS 2 ~ ~00. O0
iTILI TIES 2 ~ 000. O0
}-I~L'h-I iNSURanCE ~, 000. O0
~ENERAL INSUi~kNCS 1 ~ ~ 000 · OO
:~AY~tO!.,L T~K)6S 1 ~000.00
;i f'{ CLzRK }?.~",2[ib)2'iENT ]% 739.2~
~ENS~ON PLAN PAi~REI,JTS ~ 3~.~8
)ViGtT!~'l F, [~ ~ 000. O0
i'~ 3OND bpi N A'FZON PitOCi;ED ~ ~3 5'O() · O0
i CONTINF3i:~CZSS 31 ~ 288.27
~b~ TOTAB 5~2~ 6OO.00
['RM,JSF C;~ TO '~.,IATEi~ AND SE;fi!2{ Fi~D 276,71 [~. 70
TOT~ 829,31 ~. 70
;STIF~TED CASH B~,eICE 1 ho,38~. 30
PO~PAL $97~, 7CO. OO
197h - L97S CITY OF OKEEOtlOBEE GENE~L
OBLIGATION BONDED ~'~I}EBI~ESS
.iNT [ CIPATi~ itEVENL[[~
L97}_, Tm{ES $ h2, 32~.0o
iNTI CIPA'fZI} E~P [~;ND I TUi{iF;S
}3OItD IN'L'r~?.EST PAE~ 1,!TS 32 ~ 02~. O0
~:,'~E FOk PAY.EiG AGENT 3~.OO
..'OTAL SKPENDI'PU~%}~S ~2 ~ 32~. O0
i~'ffCIPATED ~tEVENUE
%TIi,&TED CASH B~iCE P/30/7~ 36,1 00.00
~'O'iL6~ AVAtS~LE CASH FOR 197L~-'F.5 6h,100.00
Z~TICIPAT.~) !~;~EI,FDI Z'~ES
,/ATi:,;i{ AND SE~i~R C~[T~ EZPAI,1dION PiiOGl~h,i $ 6h, lOO.OO
"' 1- -'1 I II' - -! I '"'
Councilman Burk oresenbed t97~-7~ Jabber and Se;~er Budget and moved its adoption as read,
and upon beim] seconded by Councilman Douglas ;~as put Lo a vote and unanimou~ly adopted:
197[~- 197~ CITY OF OKEECHOBEE ~ATER A~ SEW~ B~GET
~ LIb=PAI;D OP~{A?ING i~E~NUES
.... ~ .uno 3h, 000. Ob
FIRE i'{~RANT CI~RGE 2~,000.00
~EL TAZ iL~f'~'~ hO0 · O0
TAPPAGE F]ES 1 2 ~ 000. O0
IN TERES T 7, ~00. O0
M I SCEL~ ] DUS 6 ~ 000. O0
· " ~,~-~ $309,900. O0
An ~IC~. Ai~.D OP~iATING EIPJ~SE
DIRECTOR,~'.~P:,~ POiBLIC WORKS S~Y q 3~000.00
DIRECTOR OF P~LIC ,~ORKS SECRETMtY SA~RY 3,200.00
JEEKLY SAL~{IES 6~, 6~D.O0
B 00KKEEP ~5{k; SAL~IE S 20 ~ ~00. O0
O ~f k~2'II'.iE 3,000. O0
AUDIT FEE q ,~00.00
CH}).~qI CALS ~0 ~ 000. O0
ELEC Tf~i CITY hO, 000. O0
EQUI PI~LEN T q 0 ~ 000. O0
.~ .~ ~,~n: ot{~z{GEo 600.00
G~AL IN~:; ~IN CE 6 ~ ~00. Ob
DIio;;~;TOR Oi' P~LIC vfO~{KS OFFICE ~QUIPM~N[ & ~P~oE 700.00
OFFICE i'~P]';[~SE ~000.00
OFFICF, EQUJ P~ENT 2,000.00
~DIO i'~P~'~' ~'~ CE 350. O0
PAYROLL TAZ_iS (Social Securi by) 7,000.00
PENSIOI~J PLYN PAY]d~'i' 1 ,263.12
TRUCK E~fPEL~3E ~, 000. O0
~0 ]~ $261 , 000.00
]>~CESS REV]'hIUES AV'AIL~LE FOR D}~'I' S~{VICE
A~) CAPITAL Pi{O~'~,i ~ ~8,900.00
! RiNuI. A,, i: ~'[EN'~ 0 1 3,2~0.0o
,tA'I'Fat ~'{D :;~W~ iii~},l~J BOND INTEREST 10,878.75
F. H. A u~,~.~i~OiCz ~R~NCIPAL PA~'uz{l 9,377.68
F. H. A. COUT~.CT INTi>2{EST PAE~iENT 937.77
>~P.k~EST EVA~2 .; ~dATi~It LIN)~, PRINCIPAL PAY}.'Hf, NT 6,8 ob. Ob
I I I I[ "I I
t777
ERNEST E'~'7~{S ;,~:ATE~{ LINE INTerEST PAiqq;~Ci' $ 1,369.72
F. H. A. BOND INi'J~{EST PA~;{ZNT 20 ,000.00
F. H. A. BOND PIt~NCIPAL PA~.ii~{I' ,5" ,O00.00
F. H. A. BOND RESER'ff}'{; PA~qENT h,68o.oo
'POT~U~ DEBT' SERVI CE ?0,
EXC~']SS I{EVI{~UES A~AILi~LE FOR CAPITAL PROGOq,i 2~
ANTIC!PATSD 'dAT]~][ DEP~ii'N~T CAPIT~ PiiOG~,i
B~.~'~CE P~SE 1 1 PL.~'iT E'Pi{OW~','Li'qN P $ 60~ 32~.
16' ~ATER " ..... ~ '
I f~qol~.I o8IOh I'.'~IN 2 ~0 ~ 000. O0
OTID~( CAPITAL i~;XP~DI'fUt~S
WATER LINN ltELOCAI ION 20,000. O0
NEi.~ P~tZN EXTENSIONS 1~,000.O0
NE,.i HETERS AND Ph~'I'~2{ ~XES 10,000.00
WAT~]{ P~PE, FITTINGS AND S~PLIES 6h,O00.OO
AE~A'rO~ ~ l,. ooo. co
TOT~ iXPi~iDIT'URES $~33,32~.
FICa'DS IN~Uii{~ FOR DJ~T o~RTIo~, ,~,~D CAPITAL PROG~
~ TICIPATI}D ~NDS $~03,
TOTAL 63,970.60
FED ];]{AL lie ~N UE SI~%~{ING TiRUS'f ~NDS 6~, 1 00. O0
OTt~:]{ CAPITAL FUNDS
GEN ~{AL ~'U~ T i~iN SEER $ 276,71 [~. 70
197h-7~ OPi,~m'fING REVBNUE h8,900.00
PRIOR ~L~ f~S~GiW~]S. ~0,000. OO
TO'i'AI, moo;e; $5o 3, 68~. 3o
Ah~ ornes %.rren read and explained i~solution of Budget adophion and Sax le~. gounoilman
pre~enl ed said resolubion and uoon bein:f seconded bs Oounoilman Burk was una~?.~ously adopbed.
RESOLUTION OF B~GET ~OPTION ~{D 'PI~
BE' IT RESOLV~}D B~ i*[H~ GZ'F~ OOUNOIL OF TI-~!; OlTY OF 0KEEGIOBNE, FLOriDA:
1. Thab the ~uai General Fund Budze~, bo~h opera'bing and debt set%ce, was
t;abm up and considered fop .final adopt;ion a.b Ntis ~= +'
,,~=e,,lno duly ealted and not. iced
ro~ such rumor:e, and such bud~fe$ wasv duty a~reed upon a.s She budgeb for Ciscal year
October 1~ lP7h~ to Sep~c~ber 30~ i~75~ and a cop~ or such budrfet was ordered
~tt.a.ohed bo hhi{~ '') .... - or
· ,.e.,,)!ub~on Adopbion and b7 reference ~:~e a pars l]creof~ and a.
I- ~ 010~ / % a
cop3: orciered published in oh.. :<..ccho~ee New% and by all such ac%ion beinz t~en
such budse~ was duly adophed.
2. Tha~ ~the ad valoFum tax revenue pore,ion or such bud,Ich be me~ b
as :follows:
FOf{ ~h,N~iAL F~'.ID OPiaTING bud/et a tax le~ a~ ~he Pa~e of $)~,~907 pep ~l ~000
~a!ua%ion asainsh all taxable property in ~he Oi~X of Okeechobee~ Florida
For Deb% SePtet bud{eb a tax le,~- a~ ~he Fa. be of ~1 ~6530 pep ~1 ~000 valuation
a~aLnst ail ba~able propeFby~ including homeshead~ in the Oi~s of Okeechobee~ FLorida.
3. That 'th,::'~ T,mw Collec±,or off Okeechobee County, Florida, be furnished a copy
of thi:; ~tesolution a,~ certification of -ta~ ~].la~e for collection for the t~ year
l~. This Resolution was proposed~ considered~ and adopted under the pro~sions
of Section 166.0,":~ (3)(b) Florica Statutes~ and was enacted by no less than a two-thirds
vote of the City Council~ and t~es effect iP~tediately.
DONE~ ~..,SOL~,~ and made effective 0his 26th day of September, t97h, at an adjourned
resular meetinr~ of the City CounciL~ City of Okeechobee, Florida. ~
president City ~ouncil
ATTEST:
City Clerk
DaSd Hunter~ Dof War~en, was recoz~zed._ He informed the Councml' of i~rovements he ha~
made at the pound an~ on ~:he truck. He aiso told of an incident where a valuable dog had been
stolen while at f, he pound, and on several occasions the County had placed a~mals in the pound with-
ou~:, notif~n~ him . Hr. :[unter reco~ended the City construct their own pound. President Domer
a~ed that he would cont:ct the County Con~ssion:~rs about setting up a join meetins. He further
s~ated that he had insoec,,ed tir. Hunters work and deserved a lot of credit, that he had done his
job above an~ beyond hi? duty and had ser~ced the people in a polite and courteous manner.
Chief St~ats was reco~zed. He reported contactin,~ four contractors on pu~osals for the
co~ercia], carpet to be installed in the Police Department, and only receiving two purposals.
Hubert ttarden - ~6.67~xa. rds carpet_,~ at $7.2~, per yard for $h1~ n.O)
Sears, Roebuck and Cor,.pan~ - 62 yards ~th rubber back at $8.79 for $691 .63
Councilman Burk moved to accept Hubert.Hardens bld price at $h~8.0], seconded by Councilman Douglas
and carried.
Chief Staats reported two employees aooendmng raffmc Homocide at Indian ~ver ~o~umty
~olleqe in Fort Pierce. ~:~ presented an e~loy'ee application on James ~ayne Ter~ for Radio
Di~atcher. After review:lng the application, Councilman Burk moved to e~loy 'fern. upon the
recommendation of" Chief' ~,taats, seconded by Councilman Betts and carried.
Chief Stsats a!s~ preteen-ted an e~loyee application on Jack R. Lackore for Radio ~spatcher.
After re~e~nz ~ ~ ·
. ~.,n~ application, Councilman Hunt moved to e~loy Lackore, seconded by Counczlman
Dou~las and carried.
An inquiry [~rom ~oliceman itudy Dyer re~:~ardmn , the c he~n:~ of the carpet in the Pozzce
Department was di~:cu:::sed. Director Fortner
s,,~u that the City had purchased a vaccum cleaner
for the Director' of Public Work::: office.
?residen'r, Do~er ~" sted that he felt the Ci~,y ,:neuld publi~:h an srtic[e in The Okeechobee
Haw:.: and 'th~ r.'~dio requer:'t [ng the pub!to ~r,~te favorable to amend the Cz~y hatter to make the office
o~' City Clark appoin+~ive i ustead of elective at the lte.frendum Electisn OctoberS~ 197h and listin,.~ the
- -- =ntere,~% of 1,he Cressy'. The Oounczl
~no ~' C.!~Tk ~,-~aF c;'~ Led on '" ,~' ' hot items of'. buF~incss ..... Phc ~'irF~:. if,~m was a request from the
Okeeehobee Abstract do~ea:~ re~lardin7 unpaid street i~rovement liens bhaL was assessed to property
owners on September 28~ 1[,21. The Attorney was asked to report. He stated Lhat in the past~ enpaid
- I I 'l' Ir 'I r ' "'
liens were sa. isfied by char.~in~ 10~ of the unpaid balance. He further stated that }layor Dunham
r~ua_~l, the C:.uncil taken af,mrmatmve action on the prior liens in !9~, he reco~m~ended that a former
Councilman be ~ont, ac~,ed" for c.on~mrma, ozon~' *' concernin:-~ the action so the Council can ratify the prior'
a :? eei le u't.
~ A -b:tter was read from Wallace ~. PlcCon~ick, ~
- -, . ~ounty Super~sor of the Farmers florae Ad~nistra-
tion, re~ue'.~tf:_ng information on wheat or not the City plans to participate in The National Flood
:I~surance o
, ro ~ram. Attorney Curren reported that the deadline for participation in the plan is July
,~, 197~ and t":at he h~d i~}ormed Nr. }IcCo~ck that th~ Ci:ty Council was aware of the material.
Pre. ident Dot, er inquired about the emcroachment, a:~freement between the City and U~ted
Telep~ore Coml~ny. Attorney Curren informed the Council that he was working on the encroachment
paper. ~nJ w,m [d present them to the ounc~z wit~n the next few days.
gnp;id property taxes were di,~ u .... eo. Be~ett reported that the County T~ Collector
had inquired :.i~ether the ~i6~ wa: going 0o l'orecione on all real e:~.tate that had deliouent taxes: due.
:Attorney Curr~m informed the ~o.mcml~ ~ ' ' 0hat the City di~' b foreclose on property for taxes in the past
"but due to t,h~ County now collectin6 City ?axe~ they wer~. inq~ring a~ to the
on 6oreclom~re. He alt~o :tat~.~d that the City ~
...... ohar'~,er laws state that if any t~xes on any real
e ~.a te rer~ain ,mpa.id, the ~'~ ~ _ _ ,, ·
- co~ctor shall advertise and sell the same. The oounczl instructed the
Ci[.y Cl_erk to Znfor~ 'the Jounty 'fax Collector t, har~ ~
oh~_ City :-;ill foreclose on all property that was
deliq~e~t in
Sba: .~ of Florida election !aw~: on re.:fi:,tration of electors was discussed. Attorney Curren
'reported thaft. ';he City Jharter states 'hhat the re~i:~trabion books shall be opened thirty days 'prior
to all ,7-mera] or ~pectial election~: and clos~ the sar:~e k~ days prior to any said election. State
~iav~ meoi?ie: the books sm~lL cio:?e on the ~St',h day before each ~:ta-te and local election and on
the }Och day [>:fore each Nabion~:l election. Ahtornev..~ Curren also xtabed that i.I' the State law
pra-emp-b~: City chart,~r than the city has bo p by s~,at~
Atto 'ney CurPe~ state0 that he ha,-, enjoyed the Five year~ he has been employed by the Cisy
:a~:d ;viLiL c~ope~a5e ;;ituh the new attorney in a~= way.
Dire :tor Fort, ncr inquired if theCounczl' ,ouid consider sellin% the 6 i~ch master meter
"that, had b~:~en :aed for Ernes[', [tvans ,~ater Compa~ in ,~iLco~' Shores. Director Fortner ,s'~oabed'= that he
tm.d received ~,,~, of ['er of ,?x -
~ ~o30.00 for the meter. He al:K, stated that if the 6i0y intsended to repair it
for u~-e~ it t,~o ,ld cost approximaSety ~6(.0.00. A:~ter more discu:~sion, repairirg the meter for the Cmtys
....... o. ~"ortner reported a request, Yren the Okeechobee Fiissionary Ohurch for Fewer . He
?ta'te0 bi]at he ha~ ..... ~",;:,, the elevation and l~,n~,t. .... ii:, woul(i take a,pproximately 1, ~00 :eet of pipe, ri~ht-
'~,hc City 3~unc ';" -' -:'--: ' ,-'
: ' - .,. ;,_, =~.:'. re?arr~in~ quaintin.~ 5.ae City and the
- -- ~.ou .~-.r, Peouei:~} fop :-:ewt~r line ollherls~on
li~[o.ck ~: 30. 1.o ~.cL, ion ,c. keh.
'l!! dir'5. ';o ncii~";an ;k)u::~lLa.: !,::,-)veal b-~ :~uthori:~,e Di.r'c~c!2..~r F~r';ner t,o p'az"c}ta ;e 5he i:ill dirt from
I I I l'i' ! I
;"Ti'1 ] be o~- f'or 'L'hursd G', ,3'cLober 3, -5' t a ~: ......... The ~,!er~c was
~-, +r,l-~,:.~i -Ln noLii'N - ' L' :(i ,9~. a~~'~ of the. mcebhnI.
}l",l. 'enb:::r 1 2 and~:' ...'e~rS, -.~r 3~ 197h.
.c'o-si~ner fop :3,)unciiman i{~nt in t. heir at}sc:nco.
The Gib} Clerk r .quested an additionai phone' nmrtacr for b}ue clerk' :~ offic~... Councilman'
Burk move~ ho aubhoz'i::e bh addib:Lona! number~ seconded by Councilman B{%ts and carried.
t{nomina~-ed (3oancitmnn }tun~, s Pz'o-0em. Co~3i!man Burk moved to cca~::e no]~naLions~ ~:econded by Council-
~}m~}n Bc-~l'[.s and carriec~ 6o:mcilman Hunt appointed as P 'P~ '
A !et;Set was rea fro~:'~ Glacie:~ ,:l s Company in nhich -,hey v;e~e protesbin:I the ir~osi'bion of
......... ~ on ::, ~ , . p .... and ~hy.. ,ail coyrpar~e:'~ ,' ~, t i;a:ced AcLion was po:4''~.:~.,ponode-
' President; Doner 'ep,n'Med a rcquesL from Jim La::h!ev,~ Pz-esident of tn-' = '= Charaber~. of Commerce,
~r'e~{arclin[ %ddi'hJ_onal u,:ma .... }n i'of the purp., :~ of enlar:~6ng ~slle .,hambor of 0oF~gerce. The Uotlncl_ aereod
i: Pnere i-),~in~, no a dibional ~llaN]. required~ the Clerk :~a? authorized bo certify, city ~oa,~--
~- ...... 5.- for the 5~ear hPlh- ~ ho Ol:eechobee [,oonh~ ~ex Assessor~ ~;.U. Sherman.
~ l~le o~_er~.c ':;a:: al o ins ~;z'uc bed %o conf;acb Da'~d ;,onion and ~.~chard .... ' for an
'Paursday~ Ocbober l;~ 1P7}~ ,:.~ 6:}0 P.Pi.
; PurohasinI a si;z'.:~e% sweeper for LIp ..... ~'~, .... ~+,, depar'bmen% ,...~as discussed. Dlrec"-' oor~ /"ortner
tFeooubed :,hah the Council :ould ',;l..~vo]~__ bo Veto Beach and ~ew the :~weeper in a. cu~on.' '" The Council.'
o~,-~cn, ~ ~ ~'-,v Oc,,~o~r 1 !:>?'q aL t:00 P.n.
in,~ Cmncil rece sed bo i'rlday, Sec-bomber, 27~ :o:,h.~, , e a.b 10:00
P~{~ID~,~'P CITY CO0tICIL
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CIII CLi2{K
Septerrber 27~ 197~
The City Council of the City of 0keechobee, Florida, neb in a workshop meeting at the City
Hall on the shove date ah ] }:CO A. ~. wi'th tho fot!owinl pre&~ent: President i{ussell V. Domer~
:Councilmen: l~]. N. ~-',unt and J!if Be[}bs, Jr. Also nre~ent ~ere: City Clerk~ Sandra Bennett and
Direc%or of ~blic ~orks~ l~. C. Fortner~ d~. and County Co~s~ssioner Charles Harvey.
~'~. Charles L. Jackson and Mr. ~chard L. Tash~ Consultants of the DePartment of the ~r and
WaLer Pollution Consrol Bo~:.cd were recogmizea. Fir. Jackson stated that ~he Con~'ess, in the new clean