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1971-02-09 Regular 1875 Attorney Curren was requested, to file application with F. H. A. for loan. Attorney Curren to handle prelimina~ work on suit filed by P. P. Evans and requested the Council to obtain additional Council. There being no further business the Council adjourned. ATTEST: j~ ~_ PRESIDENT CITY COUNCIL CITY CLE~ ~ February 9, 1971 '~he City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida met ip regular session at the City Hal! ~n the above date at 7:GO P.M. with th~ fo!lo~dng present: Mayor Durham, President ~rk, Coun~]men Breland, Domer, Dougta~ and H~m~ w~tb Attorney Curren, C].~rk ~ivey, Deputy O]e-k Bernett, Wa+er Supt. ~ertner. ?inures of t~e meetings held Jauua~ ~, 12, 19 and 26, 197! were read ~d approved as read. ~he folto~ng bills in the amoun? of $ lh~h28.1o & 3~.970.11 were apprc: ~d ~nd ordered paid when funds are available: '~easurer of the St~te of Florida-Pla. Police Acade~ $ ~.00 Athleon ~der~n, Tag Agent 2.~O °O]J ee~cr Un~ ~w A~ ]ow~c=' 1~0.00 oa,..=fi Contrib~t4 er ~]nd .......... zd~, Ino ]h.65 ~nter:m! Revenue ~r~ce 1,06h.9~ ~:on~ 2~ fund ~.00 ~ted ~e!ephone Comps~ of Florida ~!ayton ~ite 200.00 ~!en %dw!n h93.00 ~'lori4a Power ~ Light Company ~ ,1!6.20 ~erre]] ~l Co, any, Tne. Apper~o~ Chemicals, Inc. ]6.~0 ~ otero!~ 92.09 ~erre]..] Auto Par* s '~e okeccbobee News g.77 ~' ~ ~ebine ~o~ on 'Uceeeh~bec Har~are ~ ~r~iture Campany ~:~'~~'--o '.'- . P].u~bing, Inc. ~6.7! ~e].]ey' ~ Garage ~ M~nh~ n? Shop 10.6! NsnnJe'~ A~tc Supp~L% Inc. fbuthea~tcrn ~in~.ing Co., Inc. 61.13 .......... l~9h.o6 Worth =~int ~.ore 6.76 ..... ..~ . S ...... , .~. 116.90 }hint Brothers Grocew Cor~a~, Inc. o.~k npag 2. "!in ~ aw~ 3 tt~w~y l_ur:bcr o::,pany 3 i "':c: ' l- ,_,: ",~6" S¢--,...t.--' ¢¢, 17;70 Parrott, Inc. 90.35 ac!is Cbemi~7 !~d~u~tr~ ns ~6.90 ~qp MsnuFsct,-'~ ~ ~_o Co~any~ 3!.60 -,em ~ Merl! ~.n] n~,-,~=- qq.ades Gas Oompa%~ 13A.~0 nude's 66 ~r'&~e ~ation 17.79 nkee Glass & Window Company 3.07 Alford's Photo and Job ~.inting 15.50 1E76 2ing'~ Sales ~- Service 8.7~ B~rgess Snpp!y f~ompany $ 9.30 Bowe~ Supply Corpany~ !nc. W. S. Pa,~ ~v,, ~-~ C~any 136.10 !pd!ar Piver ,rqr'~or C~l]ege !2.00 ~rt, Pierce ~dC::m t- Fq~Mpnent,~ Inc. ~1.~ ~y~s g] ectric 13.38 , ?~s=Pl and ~h~-~yer ~inters, Inc. ~1.~0 F!ori~a M~mJc~p~! Judges Associa*!on ~0.00 O~eeehob~,~ ~%tor Co~pa,y 2~.O0 7, Ed~'ard C~rrer ~1~6.~O ~op~ ea~ Werm~ tr Control .30.00 Ok ..... obi_ P~nera] Hospital ~6.O0 P~a S+,,~t~ o~r= Inc P~ 9] O~eehobee Vo]u.r~,eer W~e Dept.~ Ira. 90~.OO T,~on~rd Borger ~nsuran~ Agency ~ R~, g~ S+and~rq Oi] Cor,pany 9.06 W~ ~.~ 4. M~ cro~ ~ Cotp , 7.20 O~~ .... Insur~.n~e ~any 2~ 189. ~0 ~ ~ a} $~ h,/~2~ .lO WATEP A~ SETUP qPER. A~ION AND MATNT~A~!CE Oas~. Co~tribu%i(n ~]nd $1~292 m,~ty e~sh ~g.~O BTue Cr~ss cf ~,~rS~a, Inc. hi.lO IpL,~rna~ Reve~u~ S~rvice ~1~.10 Water' D~pos5 t R~ ~nnds ]];$.70 T~i+,~d m~=]e~hon Comoanv of Fla. oq )~0 Aq. F~,~4 W~+,+ orzo~ I 9~ .00 J C V~w~.~, P~qtmaster m].~r~ d~ Power ~ Ljgb~: Compact 8)tg.g2 ~e~r~l! Oil Co ~ In~. ~Dperson Chemicp!s, !nc. 1~,819.~4~ Jehu' ~-~ ,~an~ard 9.~2 Mot, ora!- Co~:nun~ ~af~ OhS ,~ ~_ectroni~s~ Inc. 2~.16 ;&errel! Aut~ P~Ls, Inc. ~6.~1 ~ O!~p~b ~,-, ~W~, . ,. .... ob ...... 13.11 Dc~er' s Maehf ne ,~h )p 26.3t ~or~ ~.erce ~e~riter Co~a~ 21.h? n~eenhobee Uar~,:~re ,% ~rnit, nre ~mpany Fergeson Plnmbi .-' %, !nc. ]..30 Benn~ ~' a Auto R~pp!y, Inc. 2h.aO Snu~heas6ern Pr~qt, ing Co.~ T~e. g!..!.P v ~: ~ A~t,~nt, i.v, C~ n! e )t2.08 Y. L. Hancock 130.37 Ga ffney ~ C].!I~ ~17.00 B & H Sa].es~ Tnt', )tO.O0 Rasher & Betzol~ Inc. 3h.86 Southern ~eter ~'~ ~pply Co.~ Inc. 11.3.8h : Broc'~ay, ~en ?-~derson, Engineers, Inc. 62.00 ~. nra Ren'~ al s ~.~ ~uthwest ~.p~ and 5~pp!y, Inc. ~.36 Conso]idated Che~ca]. Corp. 306.00 Odom Tank Cnmpar?~ Inc. 600.00 Roc~el] Manufacturing Company 627.98 Park Stationers~ Inc. 19.77 Leonard Berger Insistence A2~ncy 799.~.3 Meek5 ns 27.30 Wa/sey & Grife~'h 32.20 Ditch W5 tch %re~her !nc. of F]~ri. da ~23.79 Okeoch~ee Insurance Agency 327.~O Okeechobee B%~c~~ Wa+.er Assoc. ~- Farmers Ho~ Ad. 27,11].00 T~tal $3~, 970.1] City ~f Ok~ochoBee-~ansfer of ~n~s ~,OOO.O0 A ~ros=n+a+3vc~ ...... of Mof~ro].~ Co~micat~o~n. ~, ~ Electronics~ Inc. was present~ submitting radio proposal o~/equipment for P~]ice ~nd ~.re Departments at ~ cos~ of $6,268.00. ~.nance $1~1.h3 per month for five (~) years. ~ eo].!o'~E is a list of the cq~.~ipment: ] - Baso 1~]9~.00 I -- Line 26.00 2 - MobS l~ ~ 87~.OO ],700.00 ] - Desk Set IO~.O0 ! - ~tenna 2~8.00 ~ - InsSall~tion ~00.00 I - Ein~ ~h.O0 $6,768.~ I - B~=~ 860.00 old units ~O0.O0 ~' ~ A~.~nna 200.00 $6,266.00 T~ I '-I -? ' 1 ........ I 1 ......... 1877 kf+,er dlsc~ns~ion and consideration Counci]ma.n Breqand moved to accept the proposal as presented and purchase the above ?J shed equip~er+, at $6,268.00, second.~d by Cou.ncilman H~.mt a.n~ unanimously carried. · ;~,-'~ant, 4-~ ........... n.n+~ ce p~bq~ shed in +,he Okeechobee News negating a public hearing ~.~. .... c.~oq,s' rezo~ng Cwo Residentiaq (R-l) to Residential (R-2) I ..... s ! to inclusive of B].ock 7 and Lots 1, 2, ] and ~$ of B'~ock 8, Okeecbobe~ Heights, ~siden~ B~rk asked if there were any objections to ~he re- .,.,.,. z~.`~n~. ._ . ap~ ~s. ~ank Kaspin were p~s~nt~ ~ . s+~atS~=,~ their objea+,ions, present~.ng a p.~,t~+iop s'!~-o ,~d hy ~9~ ~'r~P~W+v- ~ ~wners objecting +~., ...... th~ r~,~n=,_, o. Also pres~n~. ~n~t voicing their ch';ent~op~ +a_ %be ~-- .....-~o~"~ w~w~,_ _ W. ~, Veqsey~ Lacy Batten and ~.~. O. Pearce~ Jr. After dism~ssion the Coq]nc!!. 7os~?or~d ~c+.i~n "or furah~r inves+iga+ion. ~tter tc be placed on },~arch 9th agenda. Philip B~rger of B~rger 7ps~apce Agency was present discussing the addit4op~! coverage on ~%y bni],dinzs. ~,~. Bergen nd~d. se~ ~o no~5. fy Clerk wh<m prepared to present figure. ~a'"s~ant ~o ~;o+d.c~ p,~b~dsh~ in the Okeechob~ News the following bids w~re r~*c~ive~, op~ned Sootheast~rn ]~uricSpal Da~s Meter & Ro~e.,.]. Mfg. Co. Ba~ger Meter Mf~.C~ 6 - q" Wa?,er Meter 73.00 7~.~O 73.04 9_ 2". Water Meter 198.00 22~.00 .lP~ .12 230. Neptune Me+,er Co. Hersey-~ar]~g Wet. er Co. B. & H. Sales I~e. !~< - ~/8" ~ ~/[~" Water M~ter 37.60 ~7.~ 33.7~ 6 - !" Water Me+er 8P.72 8~.~13 69/7~ }l - !~" Water Ye+.er l~.g.!O 1.5~;.~2 142.79 ? - P" Water Meter 2~3.] 2 23]..81 21~.00 Af+.er copsf~,',,'a+iop and d5sm~ssiom, Councilman H,m.~ ~¢~ved to accept the bid fro~. Roc~a]l Manufacturing' Co~any~ sac~,nded by Cmmc~.]man ~p]and and unanimously carried. ~'suapL to notice published ip ~e Okaechobee News the fe].]o~rg bids were received, opened and read fen th~ purchase af chemicals for a parS. od of one ye~ F. ~. R~ss & Co. .nouns Chemicals, Inc. ~person Che~_cals, Inc. 2300 Bags of ~.,~.~.~ Sulfate ~.~7 cwt k,6~ ewt, h.~8 cwt lhOO Bags of Hydrated Li~e 2.80 ewt ],.2~ per bag ¢¢ ~.gs of Copper Sulfate 28.9¢ ewt 28.OO cwt 27.8¢ cwt ROO BaEs o~ Aot~va~e4 Carbou 1~.80 cwt 19.00 cwt ].8 Dr*~s n** 70~ Powers8 Ch~r~ir¢ 31.38 cwt 3]..}..~ c~¢ 90 - !¢0 ].b. Tanks of Chl. or~.~¢~ Pg.~o cwt !~.~.28 cwt ]3.90 cwt 8 - Ton Tn~s of Chlorine o.~,a c~ 9.h0 cwt Al]A e4 Ch!or, re ¢- ahe~ical ~oducts~ Inc. l}~O0 Bags of ~8rat¢,d ¢~ Bags of Copper ~flfate 300 Bags of Activate~ Carhop ]8 Drums o~' 70% Pnwered Cb]orin~ ¢¢~.°~. cwt a _ Ton Tr~s of Ch].cr~ne 12.00 cwt ~te~ co~s~ ~-,.rat~or~ and d~.scussion, Conncil~an Mu~6 moved to a.ccep~ the bid fro~ ~person ~e~icals~ T~c., secord,d by Councilman Domer and unanimously carried. ~a~,or,, ~ ~mham reDorted on satifacto~ cond~+,~ on of dog pound, also dismissed license for carniva!s and off~r¢.d to co~i].~ informatiop on license from adjoining cities. ~e Council authorized him ~,o g~t ~'is information. Kermeth Matthews, ~.perintendent of Board of ~blic Instruction and members of the ~hoo] Board were present ¢ismzssin% sewer ]~r~ extension to new elementa~~ school~ requesting the city to supply labor in ~sfa]]~ng }4" ¢orced mai~¢ en¢~eering a~4 super~sion ser~ces ~tb School Board pa~g for cc, st o~ material, ~p~,. Fortn~r reqneste~ fo contact city e~¢~eer and f~nd out ~f the city would bt, ab]~ to Lap i~to line. ~e Cm~pci] agreed to ~nvestigate proposal. ~b~ic notice of Bond Election and proposed ~&inance pro~8~ng for holding Bond Election was rec¢,ived Crom ~ank Watson Bond Co~ci] a~d was read an8 e~!ained by Attorney ~rren.. lg78 Counei]..man Humor oresom+~d, ... ?,he f~]~owi~. . ,_ Ordinance and moved its adoption and upon being s~:conded by Coumcilman Dormer was p~t to a vot, e and unanJ.mously adopt, ed: ORDINANCE NO. NOTICE OF BOND ELECTIONS OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS AND OF THE QUALIFIED FREEHOLDER ELECTORS ON. THE ISSUANCE OF NOT EXCEEDING $.480,500.00 GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUND- ING BONDS BY THE CITY OF.OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, ON March 23 , 1971. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bond elections will be held on the 23rd day of March , 1971, in.the City of Okeechobee, Florida, for the purpose of determining whether general obligation refunding bonds of the City shall be issued in an aggregate prin- cipal amount .of not.exceeding $ ~.80;500.00 , bearing interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding the maximum legal'rate of inter- est at the time of the sale thereof, and maturing not later than thirty (30.) :years from the date of the bonds,' for the purpose of refunding certain outstanding Refunding Bonds· IssUe of 1942, Series A and B of the City, as described in Ordinance No. 341 of the City enacted Oh',the 9th day of February 1971 which such or- dinance is published in full below as a part of this notice. The polls will be .open at the voting places on the day of the bond elections from seven o'clock A.M. until seven o'clock P.M. on the same day, and only qualified electors who are owners of freeholds in the City not wholly exempt from taxation may vote in the freeholders bond election and only qualified electors who are not freeholders may vote in the qualified electors election,. all as provided in Ordinance No. 341 adopted on February 9 · 1971, and published in full below as a part of this notice. THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA /ayor C_~y Clerk ]- I [' ] I ORDINANCE NO. 341 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AND PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF A BOND ELECTION OF THE FREEHOLDER ELECTORS AND A BOND ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS IN THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, ON THE QUESTION OF THE ISSUANCE OF $ 480t500.00 -GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS OF THE CITY; SUCH BOND ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON March 23 · 1971. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA· that: SECTION 1. A bond election of the qualified electors residing in the City of Okeechobee, Florida, who are owners of free- holds therein not wholly.exempt from taxation (herein sometimes called "freeholders"), is hereby called to be held on the 23rd day of March " , 1971, at the time and 'places hereinafter set forth, to determine whether or not the issuance of general obligation re- funding bonds aggregating $480,500.00 shall be approved by such qualified electors who are freeholders to refund the outstanding Refunding Bonds, Issue of 1942, Series A and B of the City. The bonds proposed to be issued shall be payable from ad valorem taxes levied without limitation as to rate or amount on all taxable pkoperty in the'City; none of such bonds shall be issued for a longer term than thirty (30) years and no bond shall bear interest at a.rate or rates exceeding the maximum legal rate of interest.at the time of the sale of the bonds. SECTION 2. A separate bond election of the qualified electors who are not freeholders residing in the City of Okeechobee is hereby called to be held on the 23rd day of March , 1971, at the time and places hereinafter set forth· to determine whether or not the issuance, of genera% obligation refunding bonds aggre- gating $480,500.00 shall be approved by such quallfled electors to finance the cost of the purpose described in Section 1 hereof. SECTION 3. The bond elections provided for in Section 1 and in Section 2 shall be held at the same time and places but s~all be held and conducted as separate bond elections. Only quali- fied freeholder electors shall be permitted to vote in the'bond election provided for in Section 1 hereof, and only qualified elec- tors who are not freeholders shall be permitted to vote in the bond election provided for in Section 2 hereof. All qualified freeholder electors shall submit proof by affidavit made before the inspectors that they are freeholders who are qualified electors residing in the City. Qualified freeholder electors who vote by absentee ballot shall submit proof by affi- davit made before a notary public or other person authorized to take oaths under Florida law. ~ ' The' polls will be open at the voting places for bot~ bond elections from seven o'clock A.M. until seven o'clock P.M. on the same day. SECTION 4. The places of voting and the Inspectors and Clerks for the polling places for the bond elections, who are hereby appointed for such bond elections, '~re as follows: Pollinq Places , Clerks Inspectors FIRE STATION DORIS A. CARD~N JUN~ N. BOROMEI - South of City Hall VIOLET B. BRINEY RUTH D. JEFF'ERS MYRNA LEE DAVIS -2- SECTION 5. Voting machines shall be used at both bond elections and the form of ballot to be used in both bond elections s~all be in substantially the following form:. " '· OFFICIAL BALLOT CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA BOND ELECTION - March 23., 1971 Shall the City of Okeechobee ·issUe not exceed- ing $480,500.00 principal amount of general' obligation refunding bonds of the City bearing interest at not exceeding the maximum legal · rate of interest at the time of the sale of the bonds~ maturing not later than thirty (30) years from the date of issuance thereof, pay- able from ad valorem taxes levied on all tax- able property in the City without limit as to rate or amount for the purpose of refunding -certain outstanding Refunding Bonds, Issue of · 1942, Series A and B of the City as more spe- cifically described and provided in Ordinance No. 341 adopted on the 9%h day of ~.ebruary, 19717 Instructions to Voters: Indicate by pulling down lever -over "FOR APPROVAL OF BONDS" if you favor the issuance of said bonds. Indicate by pulling down lever over "AGAINST APPROVAL OF BONDS" if you do not favor the issuance of said bonds. SECTION 6. Paper ballots shall be used at such elections for absentee voting. The form of ballot to be used in the elections for ~bsentee voters shall be in substantially the form provided"in Section 5 above, except that Instructions to Voters shall be as fol- lows: Instructions to Voters= If you are in favor of the issuance of said bonds, place ... an "x" in the space to the left of..the words "FOR APPROVAL OF BONDS". ~. If y6u are not in favor of the issuance of said bonds, place an "x" in the space to the left of the words "AGAINST APPROVAL O~ BONDS", SECTION 7. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and. directed to have printed on plain white paper a sufficient number o~. the aforesaid ballots and to deliver them to the appropriate officials for absentee voters and shall also have printed sample ballots and shall deliver them to the Inspectors and Clerks on or before the date and time for the opening of the polls for such bond elections for the voting places at which voting machines are to be used, and is further authorized and directed to-make appro- priate arrangements with the proper officials of Okeechobee County for the use of such voting machines at the polling places specified · herein and to have printed on plain white paper and delivered in accordance with law the official ballots for use in such' voting machines. ._ SECTION 8. For the purpose of determining the result of the bond elections, the votes cast in the freeholders bond election shall be added to the votes cast in the separate non-freeholders bond election of qualified electors, and the bonds shall be approved if a majority of the total votes cast in the freeholders bond elec- tion and the separate non-freeholders bond election of qualified electors ~hall be in favor of the issuance of the bonds. # SECTION 9. This ordinance shall be published in full as a part of the notice of such bond elections, together with an appro- priate caption in such form as the City Clerk shall determine, in the 0K£SCHOB~E NEWS , a newspaper published and of general circulation in the City of Okeechobee, once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30)-days prior to the date of such bond elections. SECTION 10. In the ~event that any word, phrase, clause, sentence or paragraph hereof shall be held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect any'other word, clause, phrase~ sentence or paragraph hereof. SECTION 11. All ordinances in conflict or inconsistent herewith hereby are repealed, insofar as there is conflict or in- consistency. SECTION 12. This ordinance shall take effect upon its becoming a law. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS February 9 A.D., 1971. APPROVED: ATTEST: City -5- -[ .... I - r- -' I I Co~ nci].man Douglas moved to set March ~a·.., t971_., a.s Bond. EZection Day~ seconded by Co~ncilman Br~].an~ and ,~.~'~animo~..~sly carried. ~r Co~.~nc5]. appointed the following Election Officials for March 23~ 1971 Bond ~lection: ~rSs A. Carden, Clerk Jurn N. Boromei~ In~eetor Violet B. Briney~ Inspector Ru+h D. Jeff ers, In~ector ~na Lee Da~s, Inspector Charles D. l~eaton, D~uty ~F+. Fortner s~b~i++.ed Water ~eatment Plant month].y operating report, explaining some of the details. l~pcp recommendation of Engineers, Co~nc~l~ap Hunt ~ove~ to cancel, order for ~00 gallon GPM raw water p~p and or, er ]O00 fal].o~ GPM raw water p~p, seconded by Co~mcil~an Domer a~ carri~. Corne~]man H~ me-ed +~o ant~oriz~ Attorney ~ren to attend ~ori~a L~a~e of Cities ~nf~rence a+ Orlando, secon~e~ by Councilman Bre]and an~ nnan~mons]y carried. Supt. Fortner d~scnssed ~g~.neer's report on proposed sewer line to Royal's ~opping Center. Matter faf errand to workshop meeting. Mayor Dunham requested to be i~ charge of getting a telephone insta]~] e~ ~cr Dog Warden. Co~?nci]man Douglas r~ort~d a req~est from Da~.els Steak House to instal]. 30 minnte parking si~s in fropt of business. Matter to be ~iscnsse~ .f~r~er with ~. Da~.e!s. A ] ~tt~r was rea~ fro~ C~odbody & Co,any ad, sing the Council that the recent acqn~ sitior of C~o~bo~y g. Co. by MerrY]! L~ch~ ~erce~ Fenner .~ S~i+,b~ Inco~orated~ has resulted in the termi- natien of C~o~bo~y's ~nic~pal ~nance Department as of January ~1, 1971~ making it i~racti~ for ~odbo~y & Co~ to con~.~= as ~.sca] Agent an~/or ~nancia! Consultant of the City of Okeechobee. C~odbody ~ C~, ~ Inco~orated~ ~ereby releases the City from all obligations, liabilities,' duties and responsibility to C~odbody & Co. nnder said a~eement. Attorney ~rren reported that application ha~ been ma~ to F. H. A. in the amonnt of Sho0~o00 for Water Works !~rove~ent ~am. Cooncil~an Domer moved to authorize En~neers to proceed ~tb second phase of water i~ro~ement p~'ogr~ and to prepare pi. aris for ~ture i~rovements, seconded by CounciIman Hunt and unctuously c~ed. ~esidept Burk requested to get trash ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,.mo~a_ 2rooosition from L. P. Sanitation. Upo~ motion the Council adjourned.~ ~ ~] P~S~ENT CI~ COUNCIL February 23, 1971 :,. ~ ~ ...~ , . meter seeder due to illness of present meter reader A~eed. by Coo~ci]. to emn~.~ m~ r:~-t, er reader aL ~n~°s'~m*" sa1 ary Sing.00 aaa $2~.00. week truck, expense. /