1974-10-28 Special discua sxt wa.ss i. he City's past; policy of reouirin~ the candidates to r~re:~cnt a signed
_~9'5 re,i. sLergd va, hers. A!,tornoy Conlon ~,zas ~.~,:,:..~d""'"~ 'N) report. He stated 'h ' ''
'lo ;):~.:c!l ~,ir?ed wit}i recorrmv;,rxia!;,io no% to renuiFe t, he pc-hihien.
~l~y of a letSer was read bhat was wriLhen [~o th.-~ Deparhmenh of Pollubion Conhrol from
and .... inc. ~o.,.~ · j' , -
_~4sool&Ges~_~ ~ .... ~ ......!L:, afl.. opePa LiF~S ..... DerI:~'[, For ""~m{~ wasbe 1-,~,a -el ~-.r,'~ 5' facili
m .-~n~ ~:ith t, he oarbmen% of Pollution Conhrol~ himself
w[.~n:.: ~,Fa:} ..... L u8 wi{~h 2~e CJ_b}~ Council and (]o~ln5s Cornx~ssioners Oc{5ober Z~ 197h ab
ourchase of bwo cover-ails J/or the ?ire i}epartment was approved.
~s remarried 5ha~ ()keochobee Cieaner:~ had listed the lowest price rot clearing
.... en ~ upi { or~'~s.
-'~is ,i?~"e President DomeF sba'Sod %has 5he '.~ouncl_L ~rou!d sit as a canvassin~7 board bo
,urns r-~} -bhe S}}eci. aL ke_i?~!mndum ~<[ecbion }te!r~ October $~ lO7l on changin,.~ bhe position
~lre coup[, in accordance with bally ~,,:-r,~ a
..,~ b as r.~c.oen,o~<~ by bhe officisl elecbion clerk and
n~enr~r~.~ a~c] presenbod b~~ {',he oJ'~'icJ, a'[ eiecbion 'bosrr~
lq For approv:~i of {)rclins. nce~,~"). '~/2
15'2 A,~i&J_YlS'{3 approval of' O~'rinanco NO. 372
2~d one void
denb ",- .... ,P/ed ~'.- ' ' - .
..... ~ ,~,...P z ., cer{}ii'y t,}m.~} Lhc resu t,s of vh, Special i~i'erendum Election as
c ~rtifiaai,es si~Ned by Mie election, c ;'~' '. '
O[~lCl~t.:S~ be hereby certified as official, oeconde, d~ ~ r ~
'.~b anr~ carried.
Comr:i!man 3efts i r, '~,~"
n :ul:.c] abou~ 5he t)rosPess or} ore drainage ditch along Lhe right of way
.:;hoP's. DiFeci,op. , i?or~;ner s{sabed bha.~} the pipe was ourchased bet was waii, ing for
. . s_~:. ~oun'~
es or Lh~.~ ' ' .heZd June 21~ July 2~ ]_1 and
. m~l were read.
bein~ no :['ur~,ker ' ....... =~, Lhe ,~
l{~olD~a~]. CITZ CO~qCIL
October 28,
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Or !,obcz'~ .. A.D. 12]'~ aL, ~,he houP of 7:00 ~° ...... re .... ~'' 'h-~ pu~ose:
You, and ea.{:~, of ~ou are
r~Qu~o~:-~u and nOtl,.: ].e(: 'bo [)e a,. and akbend the
.... ~: place h~erein named.
IJ~ ,,~z~,,o,~ ,. [~;iO;(lj'~ i h~tv'e he!'nql/lbr) set nj2;~ hqnd as I~}ror o.F [,he Ci~:,y of Okeechobee,
Clif Be.'bts~ J'r.
J~,d~4ard J. Dou{~tas
Donald b..~ur
S. ii. iluz~t
~ius s el! Domer
i-t~iliJ~SftS 0F THE CI'~ C0~CIL
CiTY ()i" OK~
~I~: mee'oi]l{ was called itl due form lei accordance wi%h Chertter and upon writbe~ notice si;Ned
~i;'o~ nacn Councilman~ L;te ~'~:~.~,~. Council of'~on::' c Cit.y c.f 0keecbobee~ t"ie?l.-la'. ..... ' ~ met in a seocial~ session ab
~t,h~ '"' ~ .... ' . :i'Lh
01097-~{;:11 OP. :,L' ab,,ve 'aba ab 7:()) P.i.J - the fo!Lo...~iii,~ prescn%: i'~yor Audi(:?' Du~tam,
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i ...... Uo,- ~," ' ' ' . ,~h,.,-,.r~ .i. Uoullas~' ' Dona-kd ~." Burk and Clif Betts,
~Jr. .Also present were Gib- Cq¢~'l- ~orn% Da;~d Conlon.
· ~ ....... ~ Sail(iFa Ben/lei ,~ A" k ~r _
PresidenL Domsr ........ o :ened~.,lt~,., neet. inf~ ant! rcnu~ ~I-,~d o~-,,n:.~,~, _..~..~ by Councilnan Burk.
~:: .... ~,~,~:~"~-~nt, lJ<)~.'~,:~r s at, ed . n~.,,~ the ol~roos,= of the trteebin~ -,,;as %0 disctlss 3hi. el ..........
,):,a~:bs ac'bion in
i ....... ~ a ....... . He inquir.ed if any of th,~ met,bors of
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~o,.z~c~.~_ !~ad aut',tori:~e(.: ~e.L' ,.:::aabs %o(.,,¢,}1._sc~o'¢' ",i ,,o~¢,; any. ¢ ~r~a;:~azines. ille Council disclaimed
renoonsibi!ib2- ['nr bh~¢ aci,.
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~L ..~ .....tz&s :dked r,r~ f~-~p,o~t. [e i~'o~eJ %he Uol1DOlm %ha~ t, here had been no raid or
.... . .... 4 n - ~i~ .... ~i ' q,~:'~ rP bo the Police Departraent
ami como].~ine(,. . . , ...... ,~m.,, her L(] -'ear old dau~t,t~r_, had purchased iL from a. local sro:re, t-[e further st, a-Oed
i:.hs.~; he hao nohiried 1,he bw kz~esse:_~ ~)i'iat:, ti'ie obscene lit, ez':-dmre laws of the S'babe of W!orida
,:bc x~,.o vi.,')iat~(t ario .~s~.~),~. . .['o:' their cooperation in Pemovin!]. all obscene !ibe~ature_ from the premises,
}That, b}t(; obscene [i!5ez'at,ur'e kaw o{' ibis Sisabe ' ~
¢=1= be sbric{,ty' enforced.
Attorney Conion w~ s questioned, of ~,he.~ lr:~,alitv~ __ ~ of 'the aci,ion. A!wborney Conlon reported
%1r1..%1 there .}er'e ~..4o lo7:; (:c):, ::epnj. n;,.l sell:Lng obscene ii brerabure, e~e section concerned adults and
oD,} :3ocbioN c:otloeP~¢:d minol": . iN/ r,~oo~lmeDded conbaci)lh:~{~ bbc,. es'bablishmen%s bZ Let%er ini'or~ng -them
iLL' obscene ma~a~J_nes 3,r(, ;:.'n3 ] bo minors '~-~-
~lq,~f (011] (] (%fDeO13 8 SII. NIqODS ~)O CO~l'b. JJiso'dssion was heard
-. . .1,,c,l ¢.~ur,.. and several recof,~zendabions
wer~ su¢~]este ai'berwhich iht. Council reouested Abtorn%~ Conlon vo assis{5 O~e[~ otaabs in noti~'ying
the e:~ta~kish: ents o~' se!Lin{~ bne liberature ~o r~nors.
Counoi]uan .... 8urk Fecc,!s~(:nded :a ~eoolu~,zc, n z'~{~ardi~,~ ~ She erhys enforcing Share ~a~ ..... on all
ohsce~e h]_teF~:bePe bo~n~] so[L(~ %o Ir~lloFs. ALIsoFNe~~ Conlon read i{e~-': -I ~
Bur'k :~ov~;:tJ I-,o '~dop~ said ::[,:~s~-Lution seconded by Cr ..... 4 ....... Douglas and carried
iNe 31erk i~)resen~ed the Council with a notriz~:d peLition with ~6 signatures o~' w~ch only
,~_d~.; ,4~..ro ere(: v.~,ers o{' hh, '3i h'~ .
recue~:~zn,'~ ;~he Jouncil ~o a4opt an ordinance bo abolish the
,appoin'}ive hr: Lce of C}'~ef of Police ana oro~,~de for' t,h,, election of Ch[er of Police. Several
cor,.Pn~:ts ~:ere .'.adc by qie Council rosardirn~ bbc 2([x~ '.~eren~t the ma.]ority of the voters. Chief Staats
,;a~' a,a:k~n [f' _ e ~'avor-:~ t,h,.: position i,ein~ el~:ctivo. Chief Staats answered in t}k~: arfi~'mative. ~'ber
~or,~ ~i_scn:'::skc ~ and cgmP, ents~ ,Jouncilrmn butts mo,/ed ~,o place thc quc:.s~;ion bo [,he voters by a
-~Yo%e :,, [,ho 8~, :erbor 2nd General ~tlec~ion~ seconded b~r Councilman Douglas. Councilman i[un-h and
~¥ohed no. Pretidenh Oomer voLed gus. i,2~tion aaPFied.
A Fefluesl, f'of re-zor~r:~ fron i~l~sidonbiak (~{-22 [.o Commercial on Lobs ] ~2~ ~1~ M~rou~lh 1
8!oe:{ 9.3, Ori 'knal iown of OKeechobee was presenh-~ by ester ,.~. dennings:ropreson,,,knS ~bbeil"l} and
Jo-k'~b',: ,a}'dOl-t &rl,:i ,k'.~'t ,~.t~'~ ......... ant ~how-q-, Ce. rdone as bheip AbLornoy. Auborney Conlon stated thai5 he
Penotm-ren-~ h~ .:ounci! consi, dc:' re'ristnpi the tonin;l re'iu!ations ami set uo a zornS 3aord. il~e
l;Oounci.~ ~'e~(- ~i-sh .~',:,comn0ndasLon and r{~%uest.~d M,~,oFne~ Conion ho research and report bo the Council.
Action on she e-zoning{ u~as postpone{;.
A re' uest /rum i',rs. ~teea Hunt for a Oump a4 the 0keechobee ~%e~onal Libra~/ was reported.
'Prle Oo'.mcii re ~es%ed hhe ]~%y'or to inves{,i~a%e.
At',o-'ney Co:lion .}as asked For' his it, ens or ousiness. J[e informed the Council ~3hah he had
,t,;F%h2en F. ,--n :~ ]or~ ~:~ney o/ :James 2eople 2ia~ ab ki$ kS.,~. 2ar'k Street infor~r~nS Lnem oF ceFbain
~i, ioha' _o~s -4~;-, v}o,.~Pl nav'~ t,o ~ease Sci'ore an occupational Licens,.} cou'ke be obtained. Nayor Dunham
reporl,.}d b}la;5 ~e~ ?~awo reused anol;h~-~F b'ui-[dinS on Oouhh ~l.i. [%e Council requested i-layoF Du~am
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A :-~,r,-'..-~, iifh':, r'e, ~e,:~:t t'roP. J'ack Pal!~e was reporh~,,d on the corner of Church of God at N. S.
-.- '~ , .. llso.
~,~,~.: Stre,:~t and )~',h 2,-,.~ ~: ,-~ Council instructed the reauest bo be added to the -'--~-
The z~r~ rep,~r,~ that ~ur'in.:Z bt:e, Jpecial &~f'rertd. um ;g_ec'b:kon Oc,,ober 8, 177~, Johnny Boromei
actin.:~ as Deputy ::.:.~s ill aid :fas nob able bo work for th~ entire day. ~'~e requested the Council's
dr',::/~-'Lon on co~ p,m~:a::,:tcm Pr NF. 3.~romei. Affter discussion the Council Lnstructed the Clerk to pay
CounciL~,~{m. Doud. a: report,ed on his ir}vestiga%ion of Lacy Barton's reqaest for clearing and
oneninZ 13'bh Stpee~. ~{e sated %h~b F.H.A. had contacted him reouesving that ssid street had bo be
bl!].d uo OeYc)r'e any /and:~ , -)uld b,~: disbursed. O~e Council instructed Uirechor P'OF%,rier 'hO build up gte
st,.r'e~:b and bo stJ. rvey hne area fo2" .~u%cr' ext. ension.
ha;~'oP Dan~;u,: repo'.'bed contac'binS t.he owner of bbc. 'k,)t', bet, ween the Post Office and Ferebee
.ib::-.nL zs-[,~te turk ~.~>:h:~} z'::~i,:~,r', Lng c',!,:'a22n6 btu, lo'b. itc recorm~enc~ed the City adoot an ordinance enflorcing
ffroperoy o:,:ners t,o eleven v;:ean~ 1,,bt;. No action taken.
A ~,:-vber ~;a.s read fron ],;::r'vin ~'rant, s, iJisbric , ~_a.~:ager of i"lorida Power and Light Company~
Lu?ortqin~ Ute Ci,y 5hal in 3he pa~}t r, hc..,;ompa, nx h:i'z re,',~ibbed Mie utility e:ccise t3.zces bhaL
bkLl_ed Ln i;h~-~ or"evious r~on" hs r;it:.l out ::aibinZ until the bills '.?ere collecbecl. He informed the Council
6ha!; due t:~ 'irmncLai cotMisions %heir [uhure men hhly re~r~LM~nces .~ili Oe rexes collected during the
tot ec ee,.l~n,'~ non-L}t.
l~'te Council Lnst,r-:~:ted 'the Clerk bo infom'r,, iP. Doug Cassells of Glades Gas 3orrpany of the
3:{_~y's plans i'oz' a mta~:L-j'~,~tici:~L h~arirl~ on his probes', bo Ute Cib~ or the irrLposition of utility
ta::es on gas and propane cc ~an[es and oil conpanies were nob taxed.
~.:o,, ~.,h< ;~,opnc}-}enor,-,1 on s question ~wle Council '~:q
"- - ,. ' .... F~mes,,:d in October 19, !973
......... ,~ . ,~nevzn z ........ a ret. it'ed diby uLer~c m.%r be
ap2oin'bed ~}~ bh~ Ci.¥ c:; C-: ,~y Glo-:r:{ %0 :%kl a vacancy in ~:,he c._F.~'tce, pending the elLection of a
,successor, cz' naNbc- imp'L('.;/~.~ as d~puby' City .iLerk, if she ~.tere bo waLve her pension during %he
~pel'i:3ioD ]'PON 5h~ d: ~: of D, :p i'ubt~r'e resLgna, tion.
A lLet, bc, r' Fro~r: Le~ C. Lohnan, OhL,':f' Real 2state Division or Phc ~,r~, Corps of En:~neers
- . . ~ LS.'. Peo~esbed execllb[on of
r:l_~{~t,-of'-,qub2'y t',,pr-..s ,,;i..r2: ~ :~thori;¥ to act :~n oehakr of thc Ci~,y~ '..zi~Ach '.;il]. afflord probec'tion ~,o 'the
......',- :, 'O:rum}day~ '(:cbober 31, 1774 ~u (:00
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Ocbober 5i, 197h
'~ "' , ~. w:Lbi~ ~;'~..~o_l. Lo~.znS prec,mh: Presiden-b itusseLL V.
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