1972-11-14 Recesseddiscuss abolition of Municipal Court.
PRESIDENT CITY COUNCIL
ATTEST:
November 1~, 1972
The City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida met in recessed workshop session at the
City Hall on the above date at 6:30 P. M. with the following present: Mayor Audley Dunham, President
Donald L. Burk, Councilmen: Russell V. Domer, Edward ~. Douglas and E. H. Hunt with Attorney J. Edward
Curren and Clerk Lorena Spivey.
Th~. purpose of the meeting was for study and discussion on aboloshing Municipal Court.
pursuant to Chapter 72-~03 Laws of Florida.
After a lenghty discussion Mayor Dunham recommended that the Council consider aboloshing
Municipal Court at the end of his present term, at which time he beleives that the details will be
worked out.
The Council agreed to wait and see the Supreme Courts decision as to whether a Mayor can
also serve as Municipal Judge.
PRESIDENT CITY COUNCIL
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
November 20, 1972
meeting
The City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida met in recessed/at the City Hall on the
above date at 9:30 A. M. with the following present: l:~esident Donald L. Burk, Councilmen: Russell
Domer and E. ~. Hunt with Clerk Lorena Spivey.
Th~ City Clerk presented the petitions of candidates in the Oeneral City Election to be
held December 5, 1972 and the following petitions were examined by the Council and all petitions were
found to contain 2~ or more qualified electors.
Councilmen:
Cliff Betts, Jr.
Charles L. Breland
Claude Gardner
E. ~. Hunt
Councilman Domer moved to accept the petitions as presented, seconded by Councilman Hunt
and carried. The Council instructed the Clerk to have necessary ballots prepared for voting machines,
also to have absentee ballots printed.