1957-07-02 Regular514
July 2, 1957
'l~ne City Co~ncil of the City of 0keechobee, Florida, met in regular session
at the City t[all on the above date at 7:~0 P. ~'~.~7. with the following present: ~.[ayor
D~h~n, President ~at~ord, Co~ci~en O~.~d!er, Gardner, Pearce and ~,~alker with G. C.
Durrance, City Attorney ~d Lorena Spivey~ City Clerk.
[,~[inutes of th~ meeting held June 4~ 1957, were read and approved as read.
The following bills were approved ~d ordered ~aid when funds are available:
~.~ ..... AL FUND
Finley's ~.~u~icipal Supply Co., Inc. ~ 160.59
Florida Power and Light Co~pany 441.40
Western Union 5.86
American L~rancs Corporation 20.50
0keech~ee ~l~dware & ~rn. Co. 60.~
Domer ' s ]'.lac]~ine Shop ......... 10.69
l~ix Candy Company 7.50
Robinson Seed Store ................. 2.25
0keechobs~ Pl~Lmbing ~ Electrical Service 8.00
l~..~obl~y' s Garage ~.90
0kee. B~itdsrs Supply Cor~u~any 1.50
~;[ixon' s Tractor Cor~pany 19
Standard 0il Co~any 29.58
0keechobee ~lotor Company ........ 16.19
!>~lack Laboratories, Inc. 1.54
Hardsn's Ti~er Shoe ~d Saddle Shop ....... 10.50
Inter Co Tel and Tel Co~-~pany 1~.00
De ~'~itt Supply Co~p~y 48.60
Alto W
~ati'ord & Sons 116.51
0keechobee l~ur~ Service 88.1~
0. L. Rau!erson 2
B~nn_e's At, to S~ ~ply ................. 50.~8
~i-State C~lvert g~ i'~.~g. - ............... 402.55
The 0k~echobee l{ews 45.00
f~fayes Stand~d Service 4.22 "'~
i{~.~.gh~s Supply, Inc. !~8.60
A request from L~st~r ~c Gee to chan~-~e th.e zoning of Lot 8, Block 21, South-
v~est Addition from ~lesidentiat to Cop~erciat was ~scussed. A petition was fJl~d
bearin~z ~ ....
o~.e ng~:es of all aa,]omnmn~ ]oroperty o~,~ers si~%nif}fin~[~ their approval of chs.n.~';c.
~ ~,ouncml~ Gardner moved to
Acting upon thc reco~'~'endation of tl~e Adjustmen~ Zoard~
grant req~est and cbaage t~ae zonings., of Lot ~, lUlock 21, Southwest Addition from Res-
idental to Co~?~ercial, seconded by Councilman ~.~dler ~d carried.
A req~est from Irena %Til]ia~r~ to c~-~an~e the
. =onmnd~ of Lots 1 and 2~ ~>loct~ 6,
South 0ke~c}~o]~e fro'~ residential to Co~?:~orcial was discussed. A petition was filed
bearimg tl~e ns~nes of adjoining property ov~ers, with the exception of one wb~o had not
s i: ~Z ~ ~i f ? i ng
been contacted, ~-~.~-~- o their a~o~roval of cl~anqe~ . U~)on~ moth_on b~,, Counci!~an C}'~andlcr~
seconded by Councilr~an Gardner and ca~.ricd ~at~.~r ~as deferred ~_1 a state~ent was
received from the Adj'~st~ent Board.
Upon request of ~. L. Hendry, Co~citman Gardner ~noved to grant p~rr~ission
to build a non-cop~r~zn~ building? on Lots 7 and 8, :!ock Original Town of 0kce-
c~-~obee, s~conded by Cot~ci!r:~an ~.~alker ar.d carried.
A request for t ra~sfer of bevera'~e lico~se frown Package Store to Cocktail
Lounge for Joe l~on~o~a~oni was discussed. ~[o action taken.
A discussion on the sale of Alcoholic ~2evorages on S~day was he~d. CouncJ~l-
m~u Pearce moved to instruct Attorney D~J.rrance to prepare Ordinance prohibiting% the
sale of Alcoholic ]'iev~rajcs fro~ ]2-00 o'clock ~':~id~'~i~-'?.t Saturd~ until 7:00 o'clock
~onday mornin~, secopded b~ Councii~an U~'a~{er. ?~o fo!!o~dn~] vote was tal.~en: Yea -
Council~:~en Pearce, ~~~,~_~.~ and ~dler, Council~a~ ~ardner not voting.
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F. ~. ,~z.~cox apl)eared before the Council requesting that ~'~.e ~,it~r zrant him
oermission ,~o use grader on city streets in ~filcox Shores Subdivision ~b .... Counci~
~?anted ~ec~ ..... t at such tfmet .... t S~t. ~L~']~
....~ .~ .~o ~' ~_.~.~.ams is available. A disc~ssion on a
ditch Ln East 01ceec~obee on Avenue C was heard with t]~e Cozmcil agreeing to investi:~ate
s i'tuaLi on.
Oo~:~'~cilman Pcarce r~oved to purc!~ase 500 feet of water pipe for water line
extension to .~rtzs Joi~nson and E~::a Lee h_x pro~erties, seconded by
Gardner arid carried.
The Clerh was instructed to notify th.e Florida Fewer and Light Co, any
of a street ~'~'~
zz~t ont of wor]cin~ order in front of Bob's cafe on 7fort?z Park Street.
S~?t~ . Willim~s was instr~mted to ~:~t ..... in mecessary culvert on
~ree, and St~ Street.
a~ or D~t'~am and Chief Tho'~:as d~ sc~zssed wit!~ ~'h~
o~.~ Council the need of a
z.a=.~.d ootice~:an ~ atter '~ostponed ~ntil meetin:'~ to ~ ~eld O'~]~z ~)th Also the need
~o~ci]_ ofemred tb.e maote o~e ~:a~o~ and
of SD!~.~t~ ZC:~(:~ signs was ~scussed. ~:e ~ '- ~c
Chief of z
~=ee'b !i~ht ~as req~ested on i~'ift!~e~onth Street near the ],o~oe known as
. ~ ~,t contact the F!oridaPower and Lictor
t)~e "Earf~e!6 House" ~:.e Clerk was ~eqv. e,~od to .
C,m?a~'~y as tc the ~:ost of installation.
A czscussmo:a o~ outdoor ~omlots was hoard "~ '
. ~ouncmi~:~an Pearce moved t)~.at the
l:~uildin2: !ns~ ~ctor bo ........ ed iss~.~.e ~d .....
. ii-~.s,~u,_~ not to a ou., ..... in~: ~crmit u~].e~s t)~e proper
c~i'.~a~_...~ facflities we~'~e ..... included in tl-,e 'plans a-o~. provfsions made to install same,
soconded :o-fl .~ o~Y ............. ~ ].man 02zandler a:::d ~na~imousl~r,~ carried.
iia~er Supt. Kinsa~.~l discu~sed t"~atters corcernin~ the water line insta!latJ, on
on State l~oad 1~o. 15. Pmes~dent ~.~a't~'o~rd a~?oea 2o con,tact Ro]_~and A. Sh~p,
oz~ ~r~a.-~:~-~;e:~ ~e nc, ed of a new trucl: for t~:o water department was b. eard w~_t~-~ action
beinr:j postpo~ ed until n~eetin/} of J~'~l~f o
Upon motion the Co'~mni! adj.~..r~.ed to meet July 9, 195V.
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July 9, 1957
'" ~ · t~..e r,' ~ met in re-q~la~ adjourned
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sessic~n at t~ ~ ~_tv Hall on t,~e above date at 7:30 P witl~ tl~e e~a~v,~-- present:
~ Walker
][a~or D~'a:.?mm, President v'~--en~ Co~m~ci!men -'~'~ ~ardner/and Pearce wf~h G.~ 0
D~ra~ce~ .:)i~.y Attorney and Lorena Spivey~ City Clerk.
~? followin.'._~.~ bi~!s_ were ap~'~roved_ and ordered paid v~en fzmas are available:
Standard 0il Co;:pany ~ 142.55
Cit, y of Fort Pierce .... 2V6.75
~ A.C.T. Service .............. 33.90
~u..ner ~iachine and Supply uo]~omny 45.00
~e;.',nie' s Auto Su~rply .......... ll. 68
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