1975-02-11 Regular Counci!nan Hunt .moved to authorize the Clerk to purchase one desk for the }Tater Depart-
.~.~n~° -~- at $~ 7~.~ ~hrou~h. the otate of ~orida, Department of ~eneral Ser~ces,' seconded by
Councilman Be'rte an~ car~ed.
~e Clerk sub~tted estimates of draperies
_~o~ the '~/ater and Clerk's office from
Custom Dr~:~eries by ~tose for ~39o.00 , Treasure Island Drape~ Ser~ce for Ge~ ~uince
a% $336.~0 and Avery-2~ colon seafoam at $~6~ .~. Councilman Bass moved to accept the
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estimate ~rom Custom Drape~es by Rose for ~396.00, seconded by o~cmlman Bet~s and carried.
~e Clerk reported recei~ng a der~nation notice to reimb~sable e~loyer of valid
claim fil,d from the State of Florida, D~-~ar%nent~ of Co~erce, Di~sion of E~p!o~ent Security,
Bureau of Une~loyment Compensation on Joseoh P. Di~on and ~rdon Grooms. After discussion~
the '~ '
mnstruct,~c the Clerk to notify the Department that both men had cult voluntarily.
~yor ~nham reporied that the ice crea~ truck was creating a trafgic 'aaz~ard~ by
sel!inc ~o c~tdren after dark. Attorney on~.on stated that C~ef Staats could issue a
t~arf~ c c~ ration ~ r he continues the ~olic~.
..........~ - ~ ouncml referred matter to C~ef Staa%s.
Upon motion the Council adjourned.
PRES~T CITY C0~CIL
CI~ CLE~
February 11, 1975
~e Cindy Council of the City of Okeechobee met in a regular meeting at 7:00 P.M.
the abow~ date a~ '~n~ City. Hall with the following present: i~yor Audley Dunham, President
Russell V. Do~ner, Councilmen: E. H. Hunt, ~tward W. Douglas, Lavon Bass and Clif C. Betts, Jr.
~[so in attendance were: City Clerk Sandra Bennett, Attorney Da'~d Con!on and Director of Public
Works~ L. ~. Fortner~ Jr.
President Domer opened the meeting with prayer by Councilman Douglas.
'Youchers on the follow, nc funds ;.,fete appro,zed:
General[ Pand$ 30,267.}t0 ~ater and Sewer ~eration and Maintenance ~nd $ 21,6~3.0~
Water and Se}rer Revenue Fund $
Okeechobe~. Water and Sewer System Revenue ~nd, $ 2,1 39.98
Okeechobe~: Cigarette ~a}: ~uno $ I
Federal R~,zenue Sharim~ ~ust Fu~d $
.~P. Bob Francis, Bi-Cenbe~ial Fin~cial Chair~'~an and Nr. Steve Austin, ~ecuhive
Director ~f the 0keechobee County Bi-Cententen~ai were recog~zed. They displayed future
plans for a ~%~000 square-foot civic center w~ch will seat ~,200 persons and park h00 cars.
It?. Francis informed the Council tha~ the 0keechobee County Co~ssion donated the old ~gh
schocm football ,.mald arca for the Drooosed center and stated that the center is expected to
cost ~).do, }00.00. One method de,.dsed to raise funds for the project is The Speckled Perch
Bi-Centent~}n~al Clo,,mtown Ca~val to be held Narch 3 throu{h the 8th and requested the Council
to grant permission for the car~va!. L~ter inquiries by the Council of possible disturbances,
· .u. Francis ............ that the car~val p!a~ed to close at 11 :O0 P.E. }P. Francis stated that
the Cha~er of Co}mnerce had approved of the date. ~"ter more discussion the Council instructed
the ~'~aNor ~,o ~anh the permit and license.
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]~. 2',£ck Roberts, agent for New York Life Insurance Company was reco..~zed. 1.~. Roberts
informed the Cc~.~' %hat there. ~.[ere excess funds in the Police Department Pension ~'ust ~nd
and recoPmende~: the City Council consider raisim[ monthly benefits for future retired officers
fro~ ~ ~ %o 2% ~ ~ no cost to the Ci+,y. President Do~er incuired if i~ the future the City faces
financial difficulty, could the City retract the increase. Nr. ~berts assured the Council that
such action co?_d be taken. ~%er more discussion, ~ounci!man Butts moved to increase the
benefits from ~ :~ to 2~ in the Police D~artment Pension frust fund, seconded by Councilman
ou.,la~ and carried Attorney Conlon was instructed to Drepare an ordinance with the amendmemt
to the Trust.
[ir. Loberts inquired if the Council would consider exa~ng New York Life health
Insurance plan if he subr~'~tted a proposal to the Council. The Council agreed to the request.
A~o~ney Con,on was c~ml~Q upon for his items of business. He reported that he had
contacte~ LelarJ Pearce re.~ardin~.~ the te~ora~.. . a,~reem~to ~ .,.. ~ bet~een Beachwa~er and the City.
He stated Lhat ~. Pearce ha~ a[reed bo 6he proposed rate increase of water rates from .3~ to
~ ~ 8~achwater r~e.,.a n~5 the eresent 30hp electric p~ motor and 7!!%''
i .....1 e~ _
-p~ 1 ~ with s ~ew ~0hp ~aotor and a 9" impel! ~r and install a new or replace the one-way
altitude v~l~es a~ bo~h tanks with check ~alve fitted in bs-pass and super-~sop~ oontrolls
t.o the ~,~aLe? ol~,nt pur~ so tha5 ei'Nler ta~k could call for water when the t}a~{ levels drop
...... { full. ~rec,~or Fortner was asked %0 report. He stated Shat a clause should
be ~e,,~f~s.~,~o ~ ~,,.~ in the a~ ..... ..... me~e~ for a shu'b off s~zil}ch 6o 8each ~-z~,~er~ ~ banks should the clearwell be
near deoletioa ~.nd ~'
con,,~nu~nS. t,~ ].c~se volume. It ~as si[so sus~st~o.~ ~ ~ by Councilman 'Hun~ that the
~ ~reemenb may b~, re-~e~ptiated in 50 or 90 da~Ms if ~=~ ~
'~ , _,~ ~m ....necessary. After more discussion,
Council~an ]{un% moved k.o authorize Attorney Conlon to dra~-~ up the a.[[r'ee~.enb with aforesaid
~ro~r~._ ..... sions, sec ~nded b~ Councilnan BetLs and carried.
Nayor ~nham r ~portec. that a bill in the amount of $171.02~ had been sub~tted from
F~y Nar. h,~are ~o' pipe and {'ittin~p Cot a sprinkler s2~te~ at the library. He r~t~fm~o Council'
action on Da~n ~ the cost for enuioment from }~nut ~s
, ~ ~ ci ne~tin~s~ , hel_d Au~st h, 1970.
Council aubhori'ed papsnen{, to P~7"s Hardware.
Buildkng O~mcm~, l(ichard B. Spray was recogni~,~ed. He stated that there ~{as an
im3~edia be ~ ~
ne.~<~ 'or all city resic~ences to po~t visible street numbers on houses which will
aid ~olic~-~, fir men, the ~.~ter D, ~
. ,parument amd %n~ mail delivery and reco~nended that the City
Council ada~t a~'r~ approve a rule ~.~hereby all contractors conform to the re~lations of posting
street numb'ers ~efore a final insnection is approved. Councilman Butts moved to accept reco~m~en-
~ ~ ~ra}~ and adopt aforess~ ~ rule, seconded by Counci!~'~n B~- .... and
carried.
'~,~_ _~ .... ~ CbS_er, Dev~itt R. S~a~.~s~ presented ~j~.~ Police Denartment~ , Activity re~ort fop
the nonth of Ja~ua~;. He recor, m~ended that the Dosihion of Lieutenant be filled by promoting
Ser~leant Larry }~ob!ey 6o the position under a six }~onths Drobahion period. He stated that he
~!~ 8eps~a~ ~$~bleM hsd proved himself capable of the responsibilitM. Councilman Bass moved to
~ron~et~ S~.r ~a ~ ~ounc!!man Butts and carried.
,~ ~n Hob!ej to Lieutenant~ seconded bM ~' '
ChN~f Staats reoorted ~,h~.o ~-~ ~ _
~ ~ ~ school oPossinT zone se~ ~1 South and S.W. 6th Street
~ s cPes.~;,i~ a {~,}'~ffic hazzard during sohoo! hours in bhe ~' ~ '
- }, o~nmn:~ and afternoon. He stated that
he had recur.trod several ~}omplaints fPoN bus drillers al0ouf, 'the problem and had requested someone
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to c~irec~ traffic. Chief StaaSs reco~m~ended the CitM Council consider emploM£ng.a woman to
~'ork at ~.i~ school zone in the r~ornin~ and afternoon for 0~9.00 per day during the school year.
Counci!m~a Bass movec~ to authori~e Chief S~a:¥~s to e~loye a patrol woman for the purpose of
?ir~ctin" traffic at $~ 0.00 per day~ seconded bM Councilman BeLts and carried.
~re Chief Oien Gec?~in, ~resentec] the fir~ report for the ~onth of J~uarz. He also
presente~~ an app!icatio~ for e~p!o~enL fro~ Don A. ~,~et~cher for Firem~ ~ ~d reco~nended the
City a~pl~y ~char aL $~ 2~.00 per ~eek according to 7~-7~ budget. ~ter reviewing the
application, Councilrzan Bet'ts move~ Lo employ i~etacher upon Chief Godwin's reco~aendatio~,
secon'~ed by Councilman Hunt and carrie~.
~yor Du~am reporte~ burnin~ of tires at the Okeechobee County ~u~ '~ch violates
ru!~s of the Department of Pollution Control Chapter 17-~ and informed the o~.uncml
~.re D~?s?tment ha~ been ca!le~ to put ou-b 'tho fi~'e. It ~as suggestec~ that the parby be billec~
. .. .....~ ware recommendations and su~astio~s, the Cou~ci! i~structe~] the ~erk to
con~act the party i~volved by letter stating they are ~o!atin~ state law by open bur~g and
bLll the~, for $~0.o0 for Fire protecbion se.r'~ices. The Co~cil also instruct~:~d the Clerk to
se~d a co~.~y of 'the ].~-btc~r to 'the County Co~[ssifners.
Chief ~in re~uestec] per~ission to purchase stationa~z for the Fi;;~e D~partment.
~2~t~r ~L[s~ussio~ bh~-~ Council tabled ac!;[on.
A re~o~n~ application was receiw~' from ]~anuel G. ~rcia re~uestin~ that Lots
a'ado,~ ~z~c:~ ~ 26, Origi~a! Town of Okeechobeo be r~oned from ~'~esmd~omal~ ' ~ ~-' (R-2) to ~esidential
('&-3). C~,unci?~an Hunt ~ovod %o ~uthorize the oub!ication of Notice on public hearing on the
~ow cl~.n ~ass a~]r~ carried
NOTICE OH INTENTiO)~ fO A~D CI~ ZONING O~,I~CE J271
~.~CfICE is hereby .~ve~ that the City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida,
a ~anLcip .1 corporation, ~il! co~sicter re:~oninS from R~ENTIAL(R-2) TO J~ESIDENTIAL (R-3)
an~ bo a.;~:nd accordingly the Gororehensive ~or~n~ Ordinance ,'}27~ adopted November 2~, 19~,
the fol!o:'in~ described real property, situa-~e, l~ng an(~ being ~thin the co,orate li~ts
of tbs City of Okeechobe~, ~orida, to-~.~t:
Lots 3, ~, ~ and 6, Block ~ 26, Orig~al Tow~ of Okeechobee
and that s public hearing in relation thereto will be hel~ at 7:00 P.Y~. on the l~ th day of
..... m'b,,z Council room, City Hall, Okeechobee, Florida at which time all parties
i~ in'Lere-'.t and citi~nns shall have an opporbu~ty to be heard.
PL::'ASE GO~Pf~ YOU~SEL~S ACCO~OE~GLY.
Russell V. Do~er
Xussell V. Domer
~esident City Council
Gceechobee, ~orida
A'?T?,ST: Sand~'a B~nnett
City C!~rk
P~.~LISH !'~ THE OKEECHOBEE ],~EWS: F~RU~Y 20,
Counci!ma~ Bet-Ks stated that so~e pro[~erty usec~ for co~-r~nercia! purposes w~re zon~c~
A?icultu: e or ~.asi~-:ntia]. a~d su:~ested the Ci'hy conduct a survey listing such pro~er~;y to
d~%~r~.~i~e L~ss b~,s5 us~. Ho fur~,her statect that aft~r the survey ~as completed, the City could
ha~.,~.~ ~ b!~ ~gc~t r~- ~o~ing of all property. Actio~ postpo~ed for further stw~y anc~ investigation.
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Director refiner submi'!,'-,~:~ J~ciflce%ionr: ~:~i-:7~i.er NcLers fop the CouncilJ approval and
permission 5o a~ ?erLi~? 2or bids. Councilma~ Hun'!, ~ov~d ~o authorize DiPc~ctor Fo~,n.~r to
m-~¢~-~rti~,~: for b~-~s~ seconde4 by Councilman Doug!ns and c.~i'rie4. ~
CiTY OF OKEECHOBEE
I.IOT~CE OF LEfTING - INVITATION TO BID
Sealed ~)ids wi~ b~ r<~c~i'v',;,d hy the City Council. of the City of 0keechobee,
ii!orid~ at City Hall, until 7:30 OlClock P.N., I'~arctl 1!, !97~[, at ~.~hicl! ~
ti~.? 'hh ~ bids duly' submitted ~.~ill be opened and :mad., for the purchase of
IT, he fo~ ].o~fin~ iTater me Se.rs;
~ .... ... x ~'la-b er ] :i. eters
1~ - 1" l,iater Net, ers
D<::t~i]~: sp~:ci~'icatiolis nay be ob~5~.in~:d fret the office of the ~,tsr Clerk in
bha Ci-~ : Hal!.
The eS.q: .- o:g Okc-:echobee reserves the rich"-, ko reject any or all bids or Lo accept
thc< pre~osa! 4eemed ~ost advantazeous to k, ho City.
?.ussell V. Domer
P;RESID~]T OF CITY COb?~CIL:
CITY OF OI~:ECHOBEE
A.~ ~ ,S~:
San(:,,:,a Bennett CITY C,"
Nt,~ i:~a~ er, S~:n:}r and S+~* n ~ ~ ~ ~
- . ...... ~p~r~m,::n,, report fo~, January was presented by Director
ForhNep.
'lei:ioFa~'dllN 'zl ~"~'~ ' · = '
~ - c ....~a[,~_.,:,cr~'~ ....per 1 000 laL_.ons ...... of ?~a~er in e, he cl,..;~.~ ~1c~1 and reset
~ [ai~ioFa:' ri'aN,~9,_ _ S%ock it+:'ms _~_..~ ...... $~,. _, a.h ,,,~"~. water .~: ]_a.n~,~ at $98~.86. Councilx'an Hunt
...... '~.- . z or'Cner to nurchase~ ~,o..,k~ ~'. i%e}:is~ ~,ccoricJeo b~ ~;~incl!ma~ ~ ' ~e:'~t:~ and
_ ._ ~ or .... state(] ,~ha% tho Fire 7)enari.~,~ .... er]t reoorted,. 1 ~9 fire hFdran%s need
o!acino'. ,, P.i'Le!- ~_llS )eotinr,. .... an~] _oaintin':',~ of 83]_ _ }ir~:~ h.:rh?n+ o..~ ~ ,.,o · ~Peo%or_ Fn--,tm~r .... ._n_Lorme,3i ~' - ' bhe
Council ~'.haL ~c} hvdrs.}% wiJ] cost $29~.O0 '
~ --- · mo~eo ,~o aethorize
2~orhncF~' .... ' o ..... ~' r~ :~z:~.~'= ro~ blush' " s~.c )zdeJl hz.~ Council~']an 3xooo ...... and carried.
NOTICE OF ~
~s.P~ - ~{~TAT[0h TO BID
Sealer? bids ~t! be received by the City Council nf the City of Okeechobee~
......... ~ ..... '~' ~' 197g, at :'zhich time
Fqorida at City ~lq, until 8:00 O~Cnon> P.}'i.~ ,-~.~,~n 11,
th~ b~ ~,.~ cJu!v~ s ibnm~'~.c ",,~ill be on=~e:~" '~ ~.nc ~ ' read for '~h~ purchase' of ~uhe following
i bt-.],.~s :'
~l ell ~o~n,~er- C1OC~GTiSe
ooenin~.... . ills'', ~ valve~ 3 i';as OiiL!el5 (2-2!~~ and 1-~" hos(-,~
-o .... 1~' :~i'~,h ~.~ ,~!u~._L Standard IIose - , ~ _ ..~
~):t'essure of 150 PSI; 6" :
/~ecna~ca,1 Joir,t I ' ~' °6"
Buz? ::ith Sa_~: ,.,y Flan.ze~ ~ .... ~ ·
~o ::LC caps and sna~nsj Hydrant "~ ~ '
~t~ 1~' or approved
"' I ...... - I' ...... ...... ..... .... .....
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3ids must be ..... -~'
:n~r~,,~.d on outomue envelope "S~aled 3ids - Fire Hydrant"
rid Tm~Sf~~nc_zu~. ~ ~ ~ ~,,,elmverin~' to Okeechobee [~ster Plant and must s~ate
~ :liver date.
'2~e CiLy of O~zeecnob~e reser-~es ~he right to reject a~[ or all bids
~ ,,~ ho accept e, he proposal deemed ;~os~ '~ ~ ~
auv,=l~a~eous to the City.
Ruose!i V. Donor
PRES~ENT OF CI~ CO~JCIL
CITY OP OI~ECHOBEE
~ ~ T.~,S.~:
Sandra Bennett
CTTY CL ~2t~
Pi~L~SH ~ OI{EECHOBEE NEtffS F~2,U~Y 20 ~[D ~7, 1975.
l~Fect,OF }or6ner also reported 'that ~'[r. D. L. Johnson was considering p~chasing
property~., ~L,o'~',,~ 27~ 28 and 29~ B].ock 202 and reauested, ope~ng the extension of S.[{. lOth Ave.
8tap%i.n~ sh 8.1,,~. 6th S[,ree% r~nS South approximately 200 feet. Councilman Douglas moved
to a~,lthorJ ,~e ~rector FoP~nep %o open said street subject to i'P. Johnson purchasing property
and nurch:{se o6 building perrr~t~ seconded by Councilman Beths and carried.
.,ouncl Lrran Bass discussed the {~tF ~ouncm~,_ apero~n~l an inter-con system in~e
C!erk~s of?ice, it ~;8, s pointed olh that %he Police Depar%men~ had such sysLem. ~-ber
dLscussioN~ 'hh:, Council hab].ed ~' ~
, - ~ aC{,10_l fOP furbher investi,2'ation on prices to include the
~.lasor~ Bui 'idin~ Oe~icial and ~rec%or of Public %~oPks offices.
~ A copy of a le%Ler was read e
,~ro}~~ ~ber~ E. ~en & Associates~ Inc. Lo BiS Four
~ion C}~,~a~-]y xri~,{,en Janua~ 29~ 197{ re'gerdin~ final paplnen~ of the City's wa,er~,orks improvements
Included w~_tN %,he letter l~s~s ~he anallrsis fepor~ on pain~ c~ps from the new clearif~er
o!aced the responsibility on Big Four for correction.
Director or6neF was asked ~o
I eDor~. He stated that the sludge blow-of~ timer w~ch
was malfunatioNirul had been. replaced and Bi!l Pouf ~as makin~ pro~ress in re-painting according to
s})ecificat Lons.
A ie~ter was read from Firs~ United Methodist Church requesting the Council to change
the li~ht at the corner of N.~. 2Nd 8tree'E and 2nd Ave. from ~ncandescent light to 20~000 watt
}'3~FOU~ -~a~}or~ install a 20~000 watt merou~ ~r~eor in the alle~ be~nd the church on already
existin~ pole and install, a 7~00 watt mercu~ vapor ah N.5~~. 2nd Street and 3rd Ave. ~e Council
authorizer~ ~ ~s ' he ~ , .
r~ou~, b to n!aced on si}reef _Lil~hh recuest list
~ let%ar was read from %~a!lace W. HcOor~ick~ County Super~sor of ~he United States
De~}artmen~ of A~iculture i~o~ing the ~ty that ~heir fidelity bonding is noL adecuahe at the
}resent le~el of $15~.?0 .00 ~er e~loFee. Farmers Home Ad,his%ration re~ahions pro,des
~ ~ ~'r!l~,. be at least equal t~ the m~imum
coverage with the receipt and disbursment of it's runes ~' ~
aNount oF ~oney that the City has on hand at any one time. ~ ?ney also resuested that they must
have e'~de}~ce that the City has obtained adenuate insurance coverage on the City's water facility
an,] request'ed ~ copy of the ~ty's audit. 2L%tter was referred to ~esident Donor and Councilman
Hunt for c~arifica%ion and investigation.
~e Clerk reported recei~ng notification from the Department of R~venue that an
~ddi{~ionsl $800,000.00 decrease in 8th Cent Notor ~el T xes for Revenue Shari~g distributions
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Also r'~ported was a memorandum from ~er~ld A. Le~is, Comptroller from the 0~'
· ~iC~ Of
~om~ ro~l~ St,~te of Florida a~sin.g the ~'~'~
~ .,.. ..... -,r, . ~.~,~,. of '~oh.~zr~' orogress in prescribing a u~form
accm:m{dn:i and financial reporting system for use by Florida cities as reeuire5 by Section 2]8.33,
-~ application for a city occupations! license from Willie F. Gi~ems for a retail sales
of wi:~s and accessories from his car. ~ter discussion the .3ou~cil a~eed to request ~ief
Sbaats 50 iz~ves[Z~ste the applicatiom ~o repo_o
~'esi~:.ni Do,,er reported a request from Mrs. Ron Furr to fill in a hole on h06 S.E. 6th
Street. hatter ~'eferred to ~rector Fortner.
Councilman Douglas reported receivin~ complaints on vagrants lotterin~ between N.W. 6th
Street and the railroad. ~ ~-
~.ot~r referred ,.,o Ckiaf Staats.
Councilman Douglas also reoortad ~'~
. ~ __ ~n~.~ he had investisated ~ames People Play, an
amuse~enb PaLlor mhd had see~ xinors playing pool. ile ~+aa. ~
....... ed .~ha,~ ~ebri was scattered in front
o? th~ ~::~stablis[~ent. 7he Council instructed the Clerk to sen~ an application to "Games People
P!ay~' for a City occupational license to be conpletcd.
Increa~in% the Building Officials weekly expense due to %as rates was discussed.
~.~ .... moved increBse the e~pense cp.00 per neek~ secondea by Councilman Bass and
Carpi
u~:~ meetings held October 28, N, November ~2, 19, December 3, ~0, Ir,
January ~+"~ ~, 1~.'~ ano , 191~ ~ere read and ~qpon motion by ~ounczlman~ ' Douglas, seconded by
~ounczlman Bass and unanimously carried~ I~nutes were approved as read.
Upon !~:~,tion the Council adjourned.
// /2 PRES~ENT CIfY CO~JCIL
CP~ ~ E~
February 27, !97~
179:
HON. LATON BASS
HON. Gl,iFF BE:FPS, JR.
iION ~SS~ DON~
HON. ED;~ W. DOUGLAS
'~'~o~,:. OF [~:., CITY ,~0b~.~I.~, ,~IPY OF 0KEECHOBEE, FL0~DA
I~ AUDLEY DN'~['.{, Nayor of the ~'~ ~ '
oz~y of ~eechobee, ~lorzda, do hereby
call - special maet~n~ of the "'~ " '
.... .... o z,~y ~ouncz] of th~ City of 0keechobee, ~orida,
'ho be }~ld at the Council Cha.mber~ within ~' ~
one City of 0keechobe% on the 27th
da,? of Februsry, A. D. 197~, ab the hour of ~:00 P.N. for the purpose:
i~.gS~ ~-~ 0F F0!~S T0 C0~fi~{~CI~ BM'~K A}~ SUCH OTH~% NATT~{S
AS }~Y BE BROUSHT Bs~OtL~ SgoH REETN'~G AT ~E D!SCi{ETIOH 0F
Ye;l, and each of you are hereby P~oues%ed and notified to be at and attend
tha afc.~esaid meeting at the place herein named.
I!. WI-~ESo ~.~ .... , I have hereunto set my hand as llavo~, .. of tl~e. ~City of