1974-10-08 Regular Councilman Be!,i; ' moved to emotoTf an '~-~- P ~V' For year~ sec C '~ B
...... o.. n.:.,, one onded by ounczlman ur.~ and
~:~arrieo. Presi~enV Domer called for a secret ballot to be taken expressing the Oouncil~ desire for
~he Cidy ~t~or~v.~y and in: ,ructea: Dawn ~.c.:7)ire of the Pal;,'~ Beach Ti-roes and ~e City Clerk bo canvall
..~ vo~e~. Th~ votes wer~ as follows: Dav-i~ Uon!o~ h and i~ichard ~uls ] fhe Clerk was: i
to notify ~'"~r. Sauis and l~i~'. Conlon of the appointmenS.
A lettez' from R. chard i ....... h~ consu=,,an~ of the Deparbr~,~.nt of Polluc~ion Control was read
confirming a join:, ~ t ..... ~ .....
~e<~ ,]_~ seb lot October 2[~ at ~ :30 P.M. t~th the cl'~y oounczl and The County
Co~m~issioners for the our] ose of a u~fied planning Se~rer treatment project.
Counczl~,':an Betty, and Burk reported recei~nj numerous comp=amnts from the p~oiic and business,
o~mers on Games Peoplo Pla,F . flatter referred to the 1.[ayor Cot investi:~ation.
Pres~ dent Domer reporLtd a reeuest [or clea~ng the alley behind Okeechobee 'bstract Cor~any
~.,-+ ~02, ~,.~'r .~. _3rd Stree-h. ~ )uncil~r~an Doug%las stated that he t..;)u!d, investigate~ recuest.
'~ere b~ing no :~'~lrther busines./, the meeting was adjournerl.
PRESID)~T CITY CODICIL
CITY CLERK
October 8, 1974
~e City Counci~ of the 6.%ty of Okeechobee, ' ~' ~
, ~to~zaa met in r~lar session on '~esday,
October o ~.,
o, 1FT~ at 7:00 .P.t,l. at tge Om:0y Hall ~,;ivh the fotlow[ng present: I,~yor Audley Du~mm~
Presideno, lfuo~,L.~ ~ iJomer~ Councilmen: ~. 1[. Hunt, ~ward W. Douglas, Donal~ L. Burk and Clif
Bet'ts, Jr. ~so mresent t-: :re: City CLerk, Sandra Bereft, Attorne~ David Conlon and Director of
Pubic Works, ~. C.. or~n=.',~ Jr.
Pres~ den', [~omer >pemed the meeting and requested prayer by Councilman Douglas.
~'~' $18,6~3.8~, $29~30~.7~ and $2~.%)6.67 were a~proved and
ordered paid when Cunds ar:~ available.
'fhe Council .reco f~ ::ed i.~rs, l.iildred Hilliard representing the Okeechobee Garden Club. l~s.
iiil].iard informed the Coun ~il thr~t ~he Okeechobea~ Retailers Association had contacted them in
regards
to a ~reEram~ , to beautify ~';.agler Park. She ,~resented a plan prepared by 1Cr. Floyd of Fmol~ ~ Bay
[,~urse~. She furl. her stat,--:d that there were ~
~unds available ~'rom the American ttevolution Bicenten~a!
Admir~Lstration for the pro ~rart. Councilman Burk inquired if the Street D~:partment could handle the
~ d~zcmonal work load o.f ca::'zng f'or the ps.r~. Director '~
. i'or0ner stated that additional personel
t-~ould be n ch~o. f~r. 2tew Austin was recog~.zed. He ini'ormed bhe Council that the Garden Club had
~lanned to use plants t, hat requir~d ~nimal care. AZter more discussion President Joiner requested
Er. Harry Hil].i.m~d to inve: ii,ate hot-.r much money can be received from the Bicentem~al Administration
and report back to the
Lacy Bat,,on ~ras ~:'eco~:.~.ed from the audience.
~ presen~eu plans for construction of
houses on Lots !! Lhrough 3, Bloc~z 1~. He reported se~era.! jur~zed cars and boats in the area
also ~,:ot~=o+e,~ ] '~th ~+~
....................... e .... 0e opened. Both items of reouest postponed for further investigation.
Pursuant to not-,i~,e p.~o:zsaed in tb~ Okeeehobee ][,Jetcs regardin.z a public hearing to consider
:~'~oni~ Lo'ts 3 and Ia .~';.L,.ck 2i:
~ ., o, Ori,~inal '~'o'~n of Okeechobee fro~,~ :[esidential (~-]) to C '
President Do~er aske6 if there ~er'e any obi .... ' ~-
~.<.,~zono to the recu~-~s~ed rezo~ng, i.]o objections was
!ihet'~'~rO or i"ike~,. Gii Gu!brel}h, ,Jr. w.u.s reco{~ni{~ed, iur~ dulbreth s-~3ated thaL he plans %0 pave %he iohs
~for p~{rki~ s ace. 0ounc~qra'an Douglas moved %o~zone the above described pPoperL}, from Residential
~(~-1 ~ u~,~ Go~m~ ~cial~ ~re~'{,mib~,,~ -.~o the ~oilo~n~ Ordinance and r~oved ils adop+~ion and upon being
'.'.86'.{3Ond~2~i [)N 0~ ~lIlC~)~{D HU~L ~..ias pU~} {,o a vot.e and unanimously adopted.
OiiDiia'Al,~OF; nO. 271 - (i,}~)
f~i.Sk ~ATIONO }'0i% 'i'HS dl ['Y OF OKEibGHOB~E~ icLOi~i)A~ ~'~D PttOV'fD.[NG FOlt T~ ~PltN-
app_zcaozon has b~.n made by fl. O. CulbPe~bh~ dr reouestzns t~s Council ~o'
Pe>~one ~'.,'or~ i{,~si, den',,ial {tt-1 ) %o (;orm~erci:~!, bols _~ and i0, Block 216, Ori~nal Town of
'.'E~bC~}ia~S, no%ice of inten%ion to ,,o <'
a.k~ City ~o~ng ~dinance No. 27~, regardinZ
said aop[ Lcation was duly publis]~cd accordin~ to l~w, and
,~Ei,!~AS, On the o~, ,.
o on day or October, .LPli,, a public hearing was held in the Czty
Counch]_ F ~om p~rsuant bo said notice, ~tnd
~ne best interest o.f 5he City oi' Okeechobee to :~ranb said
813 '~ O~tDA.N.N:SD BY Pi-E; C.[TY SOU['~CIL ON' .....
.... i~N~ 6iTT OF OKEEC~-fOBEE, FLOitlDA:
SSC'iZON ~. 'iS, at Lots 3 and !0~ Block 216~ (~i~inal Town of Okeechobee be and
Neroby r~ :~5oned from ,t~;~-sz,~unzzal (fi-1) to Commercial, effective October 8~
SEGTCON 2. 'l%at the an~licat~on .... reou.esbin.S rezonLnT and p~oo=~ ~" of publication
amend ~o} L. ng Ordinance No. 27] pub-kisheci An connection t,~ith the abo~e application be
stLatched ,o %his Ordinance and become a part ?~ereoi'.
Or;CS [0N 3. ?ns, i, the .,,1Ly ~ler~( make the a.ppFonria, be chan:[e on the Cz~y So~n~
:'ap in ,a,c :ordance wiLh t,his Ol-dinance.
.,,t~o 8'?.H DAY OF m( 'f'O;~3i~[, i~}'~8.
iiussell V. Domer
Pi[J~$IDi~IqT CITY COUNCIL
~ ~ .~ ,c i: i~andra Bennetf~ CI'['¥ CLE[%K
Audley Dunham I,~AYOR
'fh~ ~uildir:~ ...... Cot ~' '
~ epo~ u- 1,ho: ~nlro .rill~ll'{5(.}l* t,Yas presented.
Poii 'e Chic{' Sbaats DresenLed tshe monbhi~v a. cLl,ziby report for the month of dep%e~ber 1}Th.
m,~e~ub o:' bu~,iness. He reDorbed bhab in bhe !ebber from
~Glc. des O~'~s C:~,t..an5, [~i~,~?" ~er~:~. '5_netzLrir~{ ~;h5, oil co:aDanies ~ere no% Us, xed. He recor~rended that blte
COUNCl L hold ~; adF~n :::,t,l'ai)/wc or Ct~::~.sJ_ [~udicL~i hea. Pinf: ~-t%t;ended by ~:iiL util~ %Les inc?Ludin~ po~;er~
eoer'rr~ne if'the'' nnt~ed
.......... .. :.!:~ f~,r~o~ case ruled a ~:;a.:,< must be levied if c orttoeti'bivenes~
mtl~clpal.~ uy t~asn' L conpellod
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Absorn-2y Con[.e~-t,_iso raoorter! LhP.% b.hc r"!r~,--~. _. ~ =.~,. L.sa~e.. of Cities ,.~as holdin,7 s se~nar on the
J_L..c.Lo ...... e ' .... }~e sunshine law and collective ba~ .m~n¢ act in '!'arqpa¢ Florida¢ October
,.:con.~.i b}~ Oo:~rci!man Bu., and carried.
A~horney Conzon "sported Sl'x::t, he was ch,:~,czn~[ ow:.:, a reeues5 ~rom i~. Jack GoPe for an
.... ~ ¢.~,:- ,.:q ri;, pre¢;::-mted !:,h~ f'ire reoor'b ['or the Fonth of Sgptz, embe~.
'h~, "' S,- ..... ' .... report the
,~*oer, .... ~: and for monhh of September was oresented by
, ~r tsc ocr
.... z .... c~.oion.¢ on onE- net;, 3/[4 gon pickup truck~ one now ilghu
u:.~li'ivy-oicku, o Lruck with .,:utortavic '[:,ransF~s:~ion and one net..~ ii::fhL uSlliW' plcku.2 :'cz' approval and
Set:!e6 bid~" 'tl.]_i )e rccc.hved by ;n,: di ;.v. tJourtc'L! oJ" [;he '";,¢-'"',,,.r o:f UXeechobee¢ ~Vlorida- ' at.
~":'~' ab 'xnJ.ch 'i,ue i:.he bids duly sub-
llac'iz l':.:ld mn. si; be -~arked on ouhside of envelope "Sealed 3id-Lir~ht Utility Truck".
'he City of ';k, ~< 'tobee re:xerv,c;s r, he rfLZhl:, t;o reiec5 any cr .:-:i1,q_.t:,'~ or to acc(mt, the
r~',,,Jos,ql ,-]eeF:~d r )Sb adv&~'(,R?:,olts i,n L~lt:
Russe~ V. Dome~
PPesiden~ of Ci%X Counei~
City of Okeechobee
Smr:dra Bennett
subTdi,Led will be:, onene,:! ~nd ~-,z:~ for fn. rnishin:z and dc!iv~::x, in i bo Okcechobee, ~orida
{',J!~:} foLh ~rir:r~ eq~:LpmenJ;,.
I ......... I - I' Il .... !
conplebe!3.;, undercoat, ed, },~a~, %~r~ cne-
............ ~ .... ;hat o!aces ~ bid tM 5h 2iD ,'~,,=!.,/ ..... of Okeechobee Oll -the above 'hFilOkS
i%us~!ell ~J. Der, er
Presiden~ of "'+
ul ~'2f Council
Cm~-,y of Okeechohee
San,, ).',a ~0~et3 t
C'it} C!erl.;
, '~lu2 Co~tnci! o1" ~-~ - O' ~, of '~'~*, ~'~', ~ ' '-
, ~n,.,.]_! ?':''O ~ ,rq:r,~hez' 12¢ ....... ~ .......... dn!y
~" ~,:.h;;,' i[a'L -' "' . . {i'(;qnck
~ .' .~ ',; !PT~-U "-"~- which time .... ~ .... ~-i
~'P~ I1(}'~ O1' ,_. f..
p~c ....... : ~-,ruck ,.l~h ~hc ¢¢:~n'4~.
[~}F~e {;ires, he~,tq/ duty z',~.diator~ one-bone blue color wihh
............ ~ :~r:uer~_or~ wi~hauf:, rear b,~m~' rr~r~r':un 69eh 072
r'ahin:i 8 ft. ~{,~-~ s;ide b-,:,r .... ,r-~ -k,~!Ty underco~ 'bed
"" 1262 J)odq{-~ l~ ~,on pi:~kuO, ~'l~,n~' 6 en~no~ 3 sp,3ed hrans-
,a,::i: .dealer that ~g_¢.,c~;s a '~id '~'i'bh .... ~.,h<: Cit.-,,, o.~ "~ ...... .
- ~,~o::echobet~ on Lhe ~.,bove truck
,ach bid '"r''e h6 maz'k~,.J on o,~,~.~_ .,~:.: . ,l, nve!ooe Sealed 2id - .}/z% %on
Russ ell Doner
o "i ]' c,'.. ~ ,- -
, res_.(,.cnb of ,~lb} ~,ouncll
O'~ ty o.f Ok e,~ c hob e c
i,r, p.
............., ~uh!i..~h '~ / 2~¢¢hcb:-. News October 17 and ':)~4~ 197)4.
'n .... lnc]..ud~,,~ in the report:: :~er~ :meci;icat',ion~ on one new self propelled Stree~ ,Sweener
r, opro'~a!. L~le J~,rn,,.,!', S~ree'oer the City now ownes was discussed. Councilman Douqlas raoved bo use
¢*'~ ,{',~:; t oP,z:O: AD C'N r,,-,,., !lOCi ORO EL]Id ~i. I).}~C:K'-[ 2, r'y~[Jlrnc'hni'~" ~[:''or'L,B(zF ..... to ~,.,~,'b, rez ~ ,-,--iu_~ou-- for bids~
I "'l 11" '~
.J]',.~Pk aNc~ c;!!' J_ed.
bids ~-,,i]._l m~ received b,/ i:,ha u;_"''~.,}r (]Ollnci! Of Un~:'' Cit',r of 0keechobe%Flormoa' ' ''
~[~1]. ~.nt, li" :00 0'r'.,1,')c,,-~- r.F..~ "' ~ qove]nber 12~ I~}'N~, at ~.;hich tine bhe bids duiT, sub-
i.~Lii. [)e o} ened ard read for furr~shing and c]e!iverin.:'~ %0 0keechobee~ i;'lorida 'hhe
oui eep eP
!e4 S~, ~:i2i,'ations.. ~ ,~,~:,...,., be nb--,~ no4~ .... ~ OF)}'] hhe OJTJ'fL(:e OF? the Cit}~ Clerk in the City Hall.
~.,~io~-, ':,N. sL. ')!aces :% bi.(~ wibh {',be :ii,}r of Ok~echobee on the above sweeper must ~ta'be
;ri,~i~:~ ;h~l~ ; ~l ibex;? mx:i; [,h~: s~eci 'icct-~ons ano s'b~%, dze proposed delivery date.
CiLF or ()kee,'}lobee~ ............ :. ~ ~ .... ~ {)]1~ Pi!{hk, ho r'ojeC;., ,~n~, er a'i!_ bids or Uo accepb the
:)room:,al dee~,e~; ~ )s'b aEhxar}!mqeous 'Uo She Cit~,r.
President of City Council
City of ,m
Sandra 3err,','b;: b t
............ x ~,eci ,.~be,: :,~m~s ucbo'ber ] 7 and 2}4~
iH. rector Fo?~,~>:r ::-'eporbed t,hab un bhe Clby' accepbz bids and receives 0he new sbree'b
s:r~:epa.r~ -,m.~.a ~unci! lesire ':~o con'i:,rac[, the s[,reeb stzeeoin~. ![e st/-~bed hhat a. contrn, ctor had
, , Wl,,ll & pi'oDor u.! hO C!r';qr} t, he c~.t,v s')reeUs /qb ;~qr(q.00 n:-}r i;e(~k OF [}1°.00 per hOUr
}~, ac i:,i o n -:,ak en .
..... ! .... nb J}oi-~er m~ve a brie~ repot{, an t, hc urlp ho VeFo Beach to inspect street, sweepers
o;,,.:rat~en ati'?,,nd~,d b'j,' hinsr l' Counci!~en !1~I5 and Colk{].as on October
i.er,-)r?nd~:r~ ..: I ~ab JJoiii.~)mer:% neo(:l-~-~ [o ......_
- ~ run ,~a(,o~ ....... ~ ~e AC-D~{ Cotorimeter
Sm~ec~o~ t"'or}mer to ourch~se Ishe coloremeUer a~ ~.315.00 seconded
by CouRci!m~n Dou~ias and (. ~rriefi.
I~.~,~,l~,;.~ddm ,/'2 (;'lC set ~rl)(,er brooms '~-
P=zn_=l 022~.0.0 fop the
t,rqe% s,0e:e[]er. OO~llCliP.:tr; Dou;ll::~s moved uo purchase brooms a~:. the above price, seconded by uouncll-
l'iemorancl-:url ,iS3 - 1)0 centre'be me,;er boxes ah ;~80.,J)O and ~0 ilc bo~' boxes !ids only at %1~0.00.
Cc. uncilmai~ J'iur:t, noved to m:; ,hori~-,~,, u=i ''q ...... ~=,_ I;or ForbneP, 'UP ~ou~( .... haso !:,;'ie' mz~-uer' '~ boxes and lids, seconded
b[:' Sounci,!ran Beb'bs and c?trried.
J'ernorendm~ ,:7'LI - (,qe ,.;No ~'e.y' radio for thu ne~; meter reader truck for ;~!~8.()0. douncitman
carried.
Direct, or P()rD'~e:-' :'eoorte~H ',shah k, he set-:iin~ basin ab the water p]_all% needed repairing, t
Act%on posk, noned ~or f ,"+' '~,' '
u~ .,n,;_ znves bi,~a'bion.
President Dottier r-.ad a letter, from t%ichard ii. Sauis tha~:ing them rot the oppoPtunAby to
sub~ b .:in aop!icaUion for 4,1e posi bion of Ciby .~lbt:,orney.
Rai:-~in~[ t, he quali '~ng 7,:cs for cand'idahea~ ru~minl for Uhe of:['ices or iiayor, City Clerk and
]ounci! vex} discu::~sed. 3out~cilman hun[', stated that due bo the fact that the City ui!l have two
.... ~e ~,~ oualif~c2a:~;m~ from ;~2~.00 to ~"~'~
- .. - .... ~p,J.O0, seconded by UouncilNan
I I I I1' I I
~'iIBe~,-+,s and car ied.
~r.s discussed was bhe City's ~east _nolicy of reouiring~ the candida%es %o nrc:sent a
~:~oe-,i{J. on. ?ibh .~}{ reqisf,ered ......... ~uoz-ls. A'%Zorney Conlon ~,ms ~.:,,~:{,,d"~'~ ~ %o r.~port.~, He sbab~d
~re,~ui}'e~ by {3!,arher s nd he reco~m~ended the Ci[,-.z not ho receive i% hub not to refus,s ii' r~ candidate
· _ r~co ~.~i]~J .... mo ri},,, to reonire Lhe petition.
A coy, of a letter was read bha5 xas wri[,ten {,o the Department or Pollution Control from
'.~
~}Rober-h _:,. (~: and_ ~t~:Socla:6es~ iIlc . ~ -rer~;-~Vr~ln? .... ',r, cperaf,ing perF~o for the ~,, ........... be trea Omen 5 ~aclll oy.
~l {:.: ~cam,, Doner repot'bed on the meetin:l ,.;ith +~,,.: O ~oarOmen% of Pollution ~onhrol~<' hlN~selLi-
[die{, : oln~' ~' 'e ~,~_i,,:" ~ r,.' ~-m.s_ s,-'_ b up. ..... wi6h 5ne' Cib, r Council arid bolinb~~ ' Co'rr:I~ssioners Ocbober
J~] :"3(} P.~. at l~e County $ozmissioners too)::.
~r:e ourchase of r, wo cow~r-alis L'or the ~ire i}epar~ment was approved.
ih '~ %s repor::ed~',na,,L,~:e,:cnooeo' ' oleaners' had ..... ~..ns oea" 'the lowest price for clearing bhe
~ Al, [ '~s ~:,i.}~te President Domer s bated bhab the []ouncil t,rou!d si~ as a canvassin,~ board ~o
ficar:?a:':s hb,:~, ~ :,urns oz" the Sm~cLa]~ , .... ~,e_cc, rendun~ "3'tecbior~ held October 8~ .197l[ on ch~.n~.ts~ , ' r ~ ~,he position
~of t.h,.: 0'i.(-.~, C] ~rk~s ,::~'fice from e]_ecbive to appointiw~ by approval nf Ordinance Nt~Nber 372. l'he
Folio~ing is !.!re counb in accordance ?ri'th bally sJ~eeb as presented by the officis! elecbion clerk and
.zpon r:'~tio~ b~' Counciknan ![unb~ seconded by Councilmar~ Beths and unaniraously carried~ the count was
~-' '~ r ..... ~ ~'~ p~o:-~m'b:,~d k~,.~ the ofL'icialL elecbion bonrU.
~ for approval of Ordinance IN).
,' 1 ~2 A?.inst approval o{' ~a" .... o. ln,:~nce'" - No. ~
~ i'md one void
~ .............. cert, iry tha. t~, "n~ ~' resu._t.s of the Special ~i'erendum Election as
~ho'~ - 'bile - ~ ' ~' ' ' ' - ,h,., elec%ion
[ o~zc~azs, be hereby certified as official, seconded
~by Jounc[lman .:unt arid carried.
.. se~,~:, inquired abou~ %he pro%!~ess on the drainage ditch along the rich% of way
[n ,[i].~o.:,t Shot: s. Direci,o~'.. forbner shared 'bha% [he pipe 'was purchased but ,-;a~`, ~ waibing for ['m~,:, County
i~tm.,.:.es o[' ~,he r~,:ebiz,¢~s hcid June 21, July' 9, lit and. ]Pbh_ t.~ere read. Councilman
, k_~dl,e~, as read~ S6h'gOrttJ()~l O}~ Oollnci!marl Dlil'k a}ld carried.
- ,.,' ,~o the Council a.}journed
[her.. beim~ no i'ur2}zf~r bn~.~ne~o, .
I ! I I1' I r