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1969-09-09 Regular 1171 September 9, 1969 Thc gity ~]ounc~! of the City of Okeechohae, Florida met in regular session at the City Hall o~ the ~bove date ay 7:00 P.M. with the fo!lcwi~g present: Mayor D~h~ President Oardner~ ~o me, amen Brelan~, Hunt, Padgett and Lfalker ~r~d Clerk Spivey. M~nute~; of t~e meeting held August ~, !9~.9 were read and approved as read. _.~'e f~llowing bi!ls in the ~ount of ~ ~,98~.21 ~d $~.299.72 were approved and ordered paid when ~nds are available: GENERJ. 5 F~D Hubert Harder: $ 2~.~3 Okeecb. obee County Bank 79~.~O Blue (':mss of Flo~da, linc. 26.60 Police Unifo~ Allowances 137.~0 Bond f'efund ~ 7. OO C_zaytc .t White 1~O. OO Fee f¢.r omerating Breatha!irzer Machine 7~.00 Audley Dunham 50.00 Clem ' odw~ n 3 ~ 9 · O0 ~ow~-, Power a~d LJ[,'~t, ~' -' ~ l;~itec:: Tekes~one Company off ~orida ~6.70 Ckeecbobee Volunteer Fire 0er~a~+,~ent, inc. 13~.O0 Wherr~i]. A:lto ~arts Motorola Communications & Electronics, Inc. Y-utledge Ice Service Bennie's Auto Supply, Inc. Gilbert Culbreth 180.]1 homer's Machine Shop Okeechobee Hardware & Furniture Company 3~.22 Johp' s Standard Se~ice ~O.~ . ~,arage HenrTf' :~ Texaco 6.06 Dewitt Chemical Company 98.6~ Utili!cf Supply Core,ny ~ orida Micro film Cormoration %. 76 T ' ropmc~l Te~ite Control, Inc. gO.OO Haynes E. , ~ll~s %.00 Williams Electric ~2.%~ The We~,:;tern Union Telegraph Company ].60 Rock-2-Way, Inc. 126.00 Mixcn' s Machine Shop 6.20 Atlantic Equipment & Supply Co., Inc. ).~..6% Truck ~qui~ent, Inc. 210.%0 Elliott Anpliance So,ice ~9.00 L~ar 'inifo~s 107. ~ · Fort, }f~erce ]?ire mqumpment Commany ~.O0 Hayes Electric }.~.00 Regal Lite ComDany 87.60 Park [ ring .69 Dude's 66 Se~ice Station 17.1~ H~nt ~rothars G~cery ~;.20 ~erreil Oil Company Doc's ?exaco 17~.2~ Sells Chemical Industries 117.2~ 2obinson Seed Store !.~O Western Auto Store 6.63 Biscayne Fire Equiyment, Inc. ~.80 Worth f:aint o ~ere 11.26 The Okeechobee News 17.~7 Okee Glass & ~indow Company .95 h41 En~',o Station 11.2~ Total WATE~ ~ND SE~R OPEn,ON AND MAINTENANCE t C. ~ . ~or~ner, Jr. $ 30.O0 Okeec~-~bee County Bank hbO.70 Water 'epos~ t R . efund s 3~..~6 Blue C~oss ce ~o~_da, Inc. 6h.20 Leonard Berger Insurance Agency 108.00 J. C. :~:ewell, Postmaster 68.60 Petty Cash 2h2. Alfred Watterson 90.00 .lorlda Power and Light Company United Telephone Company of Florida 21.2~ Wherrell Auto Parts, Inc. 1172 , Motorola Co~mu~i¢!~tions and Electronics, Inc. $ 2~.16 t Rutledge Ice Service .90 ~ennie's Auto S~poly, Inc. 30.63 G~'lbert Culbreth 152.95 Domer' s Machine Shop 62.67 Okeechobee Hardware ~ Furniture Company 60.1~ John' s Standard Service 120.67 A~person Chemicals, Inc. 9~0.OO Ring's Sales & Services 1.1~ Park Stationers, Inc. 16.97 Attaway Lumber Company 1~5.22 F. H. Ross and Company ~19.65 Ferguson Plumbing and Electric 8.52 W. S. Dar!ay ~ C¢.~upany 30.Oh Meekins .. 33.36 Sta-Rite Pmmp Distributors, Inc. 53.70 industrial Sup~ly Corporation~ 57.23 Southern Meter an~i Sup~!y Company, Inc. 203.87 Hall Refr~ geraticn 15.85 W~ H. ~urtmn & ~cmpany-oc~entmf~c Apparatus & Chem. lhO.60 Hach Chemical Company, Inc. 23.37 Rapid Delivery Service 2.90 Jennings Electric Motor Shop 72.85 Rockwell Manufacturing Company ' h11.68 Southeastern Municipal Supply Company, Inc. 393.31 TOTAL $5,299.72 T. E. Nipper, owner of Nipper's Taxi Service was present regarding the City issuing another ta~ license, stating that he u,'.derstood the City had agreed not to issue additional taxi license until the matter of a franchise or more detailed qualifications were adopted. The Council regretted the mis- present understanding but stated that if a person applied for a license and passed the/qualifications the City was unable to deny license. After discussion Councilman Hunt moved to refer matter to workshop agenda seconded by Councilman Padgett and ~nanimously carried. Representative of Micanopee Cable T. V. was present in regards to installing cable T. V. in 0keechobee, having appeared before the Council approximately six month ago regarding this matter~ and inquired into the progress the Council had made over this period of time in issuing a franchise for cable T. V. After discuss.~on the Council advised that they would be in touch with his company at a later date. Cour. ty Commissioner Jack Williamson appeared before the Council reporting on a meeting with State Road Department members in connection to installing a sighal light at State Road ?O and River~ Drive, stating the pe~,it had been denied. A new survey is to be made and the Mayor was requested to send report on all accidents which had occured at this ooint to State Road Department. It was suggested by the State Road Departme~t to have a blinking caution light on S. R. 70 and blinking red light on present Riverview Drive entrance, also the State Road Department stated that the/light installed at this location was not a recogonized light. After discussion Councilman Walker .moved to purchase necessary flasher light as recommended by State Road Department, seconded by Councilman Padgett and unanimously carried. Tom Conely lll was present requesting that the signal ldght at Third Street and Osceola Street be turned off after school hours and on week ends. Matter to be investigated. Supt. Fortner again reported the need of a chemical storage building, stating that the B~!ding Inspector had submitted an estimate of $4,500.00 to construct building. The Council agreed to meet with Supt. Fortner and Building Inspector White at water plant and work out plans and details. Fire Chief Godwin presented prices on pumps for 19~ Reo Truck leased from Florida Forest Service as follows: 1. Biscayue Fire Equip. Co. - Champion F5OO - .~OO GPM single stage front mount pump 1,h55.00 2. Atlantic Fire Apparatur - Barton American front mount pump - [00 GPM 1,320.O0 3. W. S. Darley ~, Co. - h - 100 Champion Centrifugal front mount 1,kg~.OO · urner Machmne & Su 1 ~ C Price from ® ' · pp ~ o. to mnstall baffles in tank, make and install running boards and compartments, clen and paint, install fronbmount pump 1,950.OO 1173 The Council agreed to study matter further at workshop meeting to be held Sept. 16th. Fire Chief Godwip also presented prices on 6 - 10 ply tires from the following: Gilbert Culbreth $279.27 Wherrell Oil Company Upon recommendation of Chief Godwin~ Councilman Hunt moved to accept bid from ;~herrell Oil Company in the amcur~t of $332.82 for 6 - 10 olY tires, seconded by Councilman Padgett and unanimously carried. 2~tre~:t Supt. Wi!].isms reported the need. of tires for pickup t~mk. Councilman Padgett moved te purchase ~ - ~ ply tires, seconded by Councilman Wa].ker and unanimously carried. Fire ~ ' ~h]_e,. Godwin s~bmitted the first eight month of 1969 fSre report to Council. Re~ort ordered filed. i,J. L. Hendry tendered his resignation as City Attorney. The Council accepted his resignation ~td voiced ~'heir appreciatSon to Mr. Hendry for hSs services and cooDeration during time served. Councilman Hunt moved to employ Edward Curren as City Attorney. The Council members stated that they were under the ~apression that none of the other local Attorneys were interested in job but them ha~! been ~nfo~med the other Attorneys would consider and wanted the job. CouncS]anan Breland recommended that the matter be referred to workshop meeting. Cmmcilman Hunt wJ. thdrew motion. ~',1 9~okes req~.~ested the Council to make nc commitment on ~ranchise for cable T. V. until the l;~gineers from k~is company reported additional information. Councilman Padgett moved to increase John w. Bermett s~4]sry $1Oo00 Der week, seconded by Councilman ii;re!and. The £ollowing vote was taken: Yea - Councilmen Padgett and Breland ;'~ks- - Councilmen Hunt and Walker - President Gardner voted Yea. An ai'~lication for re-zoning Lots 1, 2, 3 and 1~, ~lock 2, Xoyal Oak from Residential (R-I) to Residential (R-]) for the ~rpose of a trailer ~.rk was submitted from Gilbert Culbreth. The Council authorized notice cf public hearing to be p~blished: NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the City Co,moil of the City of Okeecbobee~ Florida, a municipal corporation, will consider rezoning from Residential (R-]_) to Residential (k-]] and to amend accordingly the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance #271 adopted November 21,~-, o~-, also will consider an application for special permit for trailer park on the following described real property, l~ng and being w5 thin the corporate limits of the City ~f Okeechobee~ Florida, to-wit: Lets 3, k, 9 and 6, Block 1,~,~vaq~ Oak Addition and 4.hat a ~ublSc h~aring in re!atio~ thereto will be held at 7:~0 P. M. on the 7th day of Cctober, 1969, in the k,]_~y Council room, CS~r Hall, Okeechobee~ FlorSda, at which ti~e ~aid application will be considered and all parties and citizens shall have an opporLnn~y ~o ~e heard. }~I,]~4~~.~] GOWERN YOURSELVES iCCORDINCL¥. Claude Gardner President City Council ,_:k ~ ~chobee Okeeehobee ~ Lore na o~zv ~g ~,:¢ of O~eecnobee Oke."chobee, Flo~da Publ~ sh in,( ~'n~..~c.~obee~ News: 2e~tember 12, l~6g. 1174 COOPEPJ~TI%~E EQUIPMENT LEASE between DI~fISION OF FOrESTrY and City of Okeechcbee ~k .~ eechobee~ ~orida Cooperator Coo~rator~ s Address For: Okeechobee Fire De~t~.eg~ Okeechobep~ Florida Name of Org~ization Address T;d~ Cool>~rati-.,; Agreement by and between Cit~,_ of Okeechobe~ %~creJnafter rmr ..... ~ to as the COOPE~%R~ and ~he State of , z~da~ i)e~rtmen% of Agriculture and Cons~er Se~icas~ OivLsion of Forestry~ hereinafter referred to as the DIVISION, WITN~o .... T ~: i,~EAS, th~ County of Okeechobee did on ~uly 1~ 196~ enter into a County ~'ire Control Agre~ent with the ~orida Boa~ of Forest~ for the protection of its Forest and wild lands; and %,~E~Ai',~ the ~o'~trol of t~,ber~ grass~ and wild-land fires in and adjacent surburban areas is e~sentia! to an efrective forest fire control progr~; and ~E~&S~ the COCPE~TOR is actively engaced in the p~v~gion and suppression of all fires in~ and ~djacent to, surbl~rhan are~s; and aHE~.o, the CO ~ERATOR can more adequately carry out this f~mation if additional e~uJ~en~ ~s availab]e; and ~ER.EAS~ the DtVISION~ from t~e to time~ has a limited n~bsr of units of fire fighti~ e~J.~ent that can be made available to other agencies involved in fire control workl and WHE~S, it has ~en dete~ined to be advantageous %o the DII~SION in the discharge of its ~ ,-~h~ · · resion ........ l~tles as described and set forth in Chapter ~90, ~orida Statutes, to make ceftin e~ui~ent av~!abze to the ~OPEP~TOR: NOW~ THI~]RE~ ~he ~rties to this agreement do hereby agree as follows: The DI~SION Agrees: (I) To make avaiiable the e~ui~.ent described on the at~ached addenda~ accordi~ ~o the te~s set forth in the addenda and in this agreement. (2) That the t~tle to all accessories~ ~ools~ equi~en% sirens~ etc. which are added to the equi~er~t will ~main with the COOPE~TOR and the COOPE~TOR may remove same, Drior to returning the equi~ent to the DI~SION. The COOPE~R Ag~es: (1) To maintain current liability and pro,rrM d~age insurance for each piece of equi~ent liatad on th~ (2) To make the equi~ent available for inspe=tion q'aarterly by a representative of the DI~SION. (3) That the equi~ent may not be sold~ ju~ed, or traded, but must be returned to the DI~SION for final disposition.. It Is Mutually Agreed: (1) ~e ~anen% DI~SION license plate will continue to be used on the equi~ent. (2) The equi~en% will be marked in a ma~er that will indicia~ the cooperation between the COOPE~TOi{ and the DIVISION. 1175 This agreement will be effective from the date of execution by the Director, Divisi~u of Forestry, and will continue in force from year to year unless terminated bM either party by thirty (30) days written notice to the other, provided, however, that ~l of the provisions herein are complied with. I~ witness whereof, the oarties by and through their duly qualified and acting officials have hereunto set their hands. COOPERATOR: CITY OF OKEECHOBEE Judy Johns ?! tness By: Claude Gardner 9-9-1969 ;~andra Bennett President City Council Date W~tness Official Title State of Florida, Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services Witness By : 1969 ~ommmss ~oner Date Wd tnes s Addendum # (1) to COOPERATIVE EQUIPMENT LEASE between the State of Florida, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, DIVISION OF FORESTRY and the qity of Okeechobee dated for Okeechobee Fire Department Name of organization ~'ESCRI~'TION OF EQUIPMENT: ..... 6. x__ 6___T. ruck~ ~_2½ Ton ~r. #11996~, 19~3 Reo Division I. D. # FFS 1~68 Division I. D. # Water Tank Division I. D. # 19802 Division I. D. # MAzNTE~kNCE A~D ~TORAGE PROViSION MUTUALLY AGREED UPON: Cooperator will be responsible for madntenance of vehicle Cooperator a~rees to furnish necessary items of equipment to complete unit as ~ fire fighting vehicle. Vehicle will be located at City of Okeechobee Fire Department . MIS CEL!,~qNEOUS: Tm~ck will be painted red before it is _o~t into use. Name of department will be lettered on both doors with DOF "loaned by" decal applied beneath. The Okeechobee Fire Department agrees to go anywhere in Okeechobee County~ upon rece~.pt of a call from the Division of Forestr~ local conditions oermitting. Provision of this Addend~nu are mutually agreed uoon and are considered to be a part of the contract referred to in the heading. COOPERATOR: CITY OF OKEECHOBEE Judy Johns Witness By: Claude Gardner 9-9-1969 Sandra-B~nnett President City Council Date Witness Official Title STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES Wit~ess By: 1969 Effective Date Witness 1176 Upon motion the Council adjourned to meet September 23, 1969 at/~,~5.'.30 ,Av" ' P'/~M' .~~~ ~ ~.~j~, PRESIDENT CITY COUNCIL ATTEST: ~j ~ ~ September 23, 1969 The City Council of the City of Okeechobee~ Florida~ met in regular adjourned session at the City Hall on the above date at ~:30 P. M. with the following present: Councilmen Breland, Hunt~ Padgett and Walker with Clerk Spivey. in the absence of President Gardner, President Pro-Tom Hunt presided over meeting. Pursuant to not~ce published in Okeechobee News the Council sat as a Board of Equalizers. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREB~ GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Okeechobee~ Florida, will meet in the Council Chamber of the City Hall at ~:~0 P. M. September 2~, 1969~ for the purpose of reviewing and equalizing the City Tax Assessment Roll for the year 1969, as prepared by the City Tax Assessor. ANY AND ALL PERSONS having any objections to the valuation placed on their property by the City Tax Assessor, as shown by the Assessment Roll~ are hereby notified to file their objections with the City Clerk or to appear in person before the City Council at said meeting on the aforesaid date. Claude Gardner Claude Gardner President City Council City of Okeechobee ATTEST: Okeechobee, Florida Lorena Spivey City Clerk City of Okeechobee Okeechobee, Florida P!~LISHED IN THZ OKFECHOBEE N~.,~S: Aug. 28, Sept. h, 11 & 18, 1969. The City Tax Assessor presented the City Tax Roll for the year 1969 for review and equalization, Pres. Pro-Tom H~mt announced that the Council would receive and consider objections to the valuations as fixed on said Tax Roll by the City Tax Assessor. No objections were heard or filed. After discussion Councilman Padgett moved that the City Tax Assessment Roll for the year 1969 as prepared by the City Tax Assessor be accepted and said roll returned to the City Tax Assessor for completion seconded by Councilman Walker and unanimously carried. CounciLman Walker presented the following Ordinance and moved its adoption and upon being seconde~ by Councilman Breland was out to a vote snd unanimously adopted: O~N~CE NO. 33h A~,I 0RDI~ANCE PR~'~IDING FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES FOR THE ?F~!R 196~ FOR THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE~ FLORIDA. BE IT ORDAINED }~'f THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COLq~CIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA: SECTION 1. That the City of Okeechobee, Fiorida~ hereby levies a tax of 7 mills on each dollar valuat~c~ of real and personal property within the cur,orate limits of the City of Okeechobee, i~'iorida, for the year 1969; such taxes shall be assessed and collected in the manner provided by law, P~ROVIDED HOWEVER, that no taxes shall be assessed against homesteads~ having a valuation of not more than $~OOO.OO for the General Fund of said City.