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1945-03-12 Reg. Adjourned/ 64 Councilman Wc,~ford presented the f$~lowing Resolution and moved its adoption, and ~pon being seconded by Councilman Thomas was put to a vote and unanimously adopted. WHEREAS: Tho City of Okoachobee have boon awarded a certain n~mber of pieces of equipment f~om the warehouse of the Btate Defense Oounci£ o:1:' Florida, and WHEREAS: T~is equipment intended for use of t~e Fire Department of the Oity of Okeechobao h.~s for a long time been badly needed and its rece~pt'wiii place the Oity of Okeech~bae in position to give immediate ,.md adequate Fire Defense, and WHEREAS; A certain employee of t~e City of Okeechobee, i. e. Archle Lm~ Jr. is a regular e~ployee of the Okeechobee Fire Department and the amid Archie L-tomb, Jr. is hereby appointed by the City Co~mcil to act as custodian of the equipment thus loaned by the State Defense Oo~mcil of Florida, therefore BE IT RESOLVED~ that Archie Lam~, Jr. be ~d is hereby ~ppointecl to 0o cum- todian of the above named Fire Equipment and that tho City of Okeechobee have suitable suret~ 0end placed against Archie Lamb, Jr. to assttre his faithful care and maintenance of the said Fire Equipment. Passed in regular seseion of the Oity Co~mcil, this ~ day of ~arch A. D. 194 CITY OF OKEECHOBE~ By' Hu~h Ohandler ~ Presidmm~, Oity Oouncil A~TEI~: Lorena~Pe~ce ~ Oity ~lerk - The forgoing Resolution iz approved by me thi~ 5th day of March, A. D. 19~5. H. H. R~u!erson MAYOR Upon motion an~ it being duly seConaed the City Council authorized Mr. W. T. to have 40 HP ~loc%rlo ~Uotor repaired ~y the T~npm Armat~e ~orks ~d tho coat not Z ;o ex~eod ~450.OO. ~ c Upon motion tn~ Go,oil ~jo~ned to meet ~onday, ~arch 12, 19~5, g:OO ~. ~. ~o City Cle~k The City Council of the City of Okeechobee, F!oricl~, met in regular adjourned session at 8.00 P. M. or~ tho above date with the following present: Mayor H. H. son, President Hugh Ch let' Councilmen O. L. ~arsoa, B. ~. Th~a~, Alto ~tford Z. K. ~illi~s, T. W. C~ely, gity Attorney and L~o~ Pemrco, O~y Clerk. The following Ordinance was pro~ontod Oy Oo~cilm~'R~lorson ~o move6 adoption, ~d upon 0oin~ seconded ~y Oo~ilm~ Thomas was put to a vote ~d ~imo~ly adopted. AN ~OI~DINA~GE A~DING 8EGTIOi 29 OF O~IN~G~ NO. 88 OF T~ OITY OF O~ SHO~ F~~, ~ING ~ O~I~0E 0~ATING A WAT~ ~O0~ITTEE D~ ~ T~ {AT~ SY$T~ 0F SAI~ OITY ~D P~SO~BISG A F0~; THE VIO~TIO~ THE~OF~ ~$ORI~ISG THE WATER ~TE8 ~OR 8AID ~ ~XT O~AXM~ BY THE ~YOK ~D TH~ gXT~ 0OUNOXL O~ THE OXTY OF So.ion 1. Th=~ Section 29 of Or.in.ce No. S~ of the City of ch~ee, Florida, be ~n~ed to re~d =s follo~: "SE~ION 1 --~TES AND CHARGES BEGINNING ~RIL 1, Th~ r=tes of ~t~r to the con~rs of Okeeohobee, Florid&, ~d su~bs sh=ll be classified &ocording to the following "~ere no meter is installed = flat rate of $2.50 per mo~h for each fixture or sPigot; where a hot ~d cold tap plied in one pl~binE fixt~e, s~h ~r~emont shall be con- si~rod on opening. "Where meters are placed the minim~ rate ~h~l be per month, tho minim~ rate being defined am 3,OOO gallons, the sli~in~ ~cale being as follows: ~or the next 25,OOO gallons the rate mh~l be 35 cents per thoue~d E~ionm m~d in excess of gailonm shall be mt the rate of 25 cant~ per thousand gallon~. "~here there ia moro than one ho~e connected with meter, each house shall pay the minim~ rate of ~2.50 .per month and e~ch such house shall be allowed 3,000 gallon~ for said minim~ rate~'~ll water consumed over 3,000 gallons shall be mt the rmte above stated. "SECTION 2. Upon nonpayment of water bills by the 15 day. of each month the water will be lmmedimtely ~disconnectod." "~lOH 3. All Ordinates or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. "SEOTION ~. This Ordinate shall be in ft~l fores ~d effect ~on its passage by the City Oo~cil ~d approval by the Mayor. Re~ a.first time and by ~animo~ consent passed to a sec- end reading. Re~ a second time and by ~imous consent passed to third re~ing. Rc~ m third time and passed in open session of the City Go,oil this 12 day of ~=rch, A. D. 1945. OITY O~ OK~OHOB~ ATT$ST: Lorena Pearce _ Hugh Oh~dler City O!ork - President, City Co,oil The above =nd ~oregoing Ordina,,ace is hereby approved by me this 12 Mamch, A. D. 45. H. H. Raulerson .Mayor Omuncilm.an Warlord presented the following Ordinance and moved its Upon being seconded by ~o~cilm~ Wilii~s and put to a vote wms O~INANOE NO. , ~ O~I] ~OE AUTH~ZING THE ~YOR ~D THE OlTY OOUNOIL OF THE OITY OF OXEE(HOBEE$ OEEEOHOB~ COUNTY, F~DA, TO IETER~T-BE~ ING TIME WA~T$ FOR ~E PU~OSE OF ~AI~NG · ~VING THE ] hTER SYST~ OF SAID CITY AND PROVIDING THE ~OUNT OF TIME '~NT~ TO BE SO ISSUED AND ~, THE RATE O~ INTE~ST THEY SHALL BE~, ~EE TI~ OR TIM~ ~D P~GE OR PLAOE$ ~EN PRINO~AL AB]. INTE~ST ~A~ BE PAY~ ~ PLEDGING OEIVED FROM ~ID WATER $YST~ TO THE PAY~T OF SAID TIME WA~$, P~NOIPAL AII~ INTE~ST AS THE S~ S~LL BEOO~ DUE, A~D FU~HER P~VIDING FO~ THE LEVY ~D GO4LEOTIOB O~ A TAX ~ON ALL THE T~- ~LE PROPERT]~ IN THE OlTY OF OEEEOHOBEE SUFFIOI~T TO MEET THE P~NOIPAL ~ I~TE~ST OF SAID TI~ W~NT$ IN THE EVENT THE WATER ~VEE~ I8 I~ ~UFFIOIENT TO PAY ~; P~VIDI~G A DE~OITORY SAID TI~ W~ ~NTS AND P~OEE~ THE~FROM; P~VIDING A~D P~ORIBING THE FO~ IN ]HIOH THE SAID TIME W~T8 SHALL BE ISSUED AND'P~- VIDING FOR T~ SALE O~ SAID TIME WA~NT~. ~E~AS, THE WATER SYST~ OF THE OlTY OF OXEEOHOBEE, FLO~DA, I8 IN IM~DI~E NEED OF ~PAIRS IN O~R THAT P~PER WATER FAOILITIE$ MAY BE GI~N TO THE CONS~E~ ~D ~E~AS, THIS OOUNOIL HAS B~N ADVISED BY CO~ETE~ AUTHORITI~ THAT ~LES8 ~PAI~ A~ ~DE IM~DIATELY~ THE HE~TH OF THE OONSUMERS WILL BE ENDA~E~D, ~D IT IS HILLY P~~ ~AT THE OITY OF OKEECHOBEE W~L BE UNALBE TO FU~I~ WAT~ TO ITS OONSU~RS AND ~E~AS, THIS COUNCIL HAS B~N ADVISED THAT ~ E~DITU~ OF MO~ ~HAN $1~.000 IS NEOESSARY TO ~ THE ~AI~ AFO~SAID THIS COUNCIL X8 WITHO~ FUNDS TO M~E SUCH ~AIRS NO~ TH~FO~ BE IS OSAINED BY THE ~YOR ~D OITY OOUNOIL OF THE OITY O~GHOB~, ~ECHOBEE OOUNTY, FLORIDA: Section 1. The ~myor and the Oity Oo~cil of the Oity of Okeecnoboe, ~oridm, subject to the provisions of Section Ohapter ~31~, Laws of Florida, Acts 1919, az ~ended by Ohmptor 10966, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1925, ~d this Ordinance are hereby autho~zed to issue interest-bering Time Warrants of said oity ~r the seal of said Oity in the s~ of Twenty Tho~d Doll.s ($20,000) for the p~pose of m~ing immediate repairs to the w~ter sykes of the City of Okoochobee, Florida. Said Time Watt.ts to ~ si~ed by the Mayor, co~tersi~ed by the Presidmnt of the City Oo~cil, ~d attested by the Olerk of said City with the seal the~of affixed. Section ~. The time Warr~ta issued ~der the provisions of thiA Ordiq~ce shall be in denominations of One Tho%mmnd Dollars ($1,dDO) each ~ shall be~ interest payable semi-~numlly t at the rate of 5 per cent~un per ann~, .both principal and interest payable at Okoochoboo Oounty B~uk, Okoochobeo, Florida. Said ~imo W~ranta to be dated M~ch 12, A. D. 19~5; interest payable on tho 19~h day of Soptom~o~ ~d the 15th ~y of ~arch of each m~d every yo~ after.date of iss~me ~til mat~ity of said Time Th$ princip~ of maid Time ~r~tm shall be payable as follows: 1~$ Two Thousand Doll,s $2,000) on the 15th ~y of September, A..P. 1~6, ~d Two Tho~d Poll~m (~2, O~) on the 15th So,ember of each ~d every ye~ thereafter ~ to ~d the 15th day of September, .A.D. l~, ~d One Tho~d (~9~) on the 15th day of $eptember, A. P. 1955. $aid Time Wa~tm to be n~bered from one to t~nty incisive, the TX~ W~rante shall be payable i~ the followin~ order: Time W~r~t i payable September ~, A. P. 1945 Time W~r~tm 2 ~d 3 payable September ~, A. D. 1~6. Time W~rants 4 ~d 5 payable September ~, A. P. Time W~r~ts 6 and y payable $eptember ~, A. ~. Tim~ W~r~ts 8 m~d ~ payable $eptember 15, a. D. T~e ~r~lO ~d ll payable $optombor 15, A. P. 1~50. Time W~r~ts 12 and 13 p~able SoptomOer 1~, A. P. 1951. Time W~r~ts l~ ~ 15 paymble September 15, A. P. 1952. Time W~rantm 16 ~d l~ payable September 15, A. ~. 1~53. Time ~r~ts 18 ~d 1~ payable September 15, A. D. 19~. Time W~r~t~:~O payable $eptem~e=, A. P. 1955. Section 3. OkeechoOee Oo~ty B~, Okeecno~e, Flori~, ~eimg m ~king o~rpormtiom ~g~lz~ ~d existing ~der the laws of the State of ~lerida, ~all re~ive ~d ~e ~ustodi~ of ~he Time Wmrr~ts authorized ~y this OrAin~e, and of all men,es ~izing from the sale thereof. 8e~tiem 4. The City Oo~ctl sh~l require all repairs to ~id water system to be m~e by a comps%ear'.contractor a~ all ef said work shall be approved ~ a representative of the City before payment is m~e for said work. All payments for wor~ m:d material sh~ll Oe paid ~y che~k on the B~, n~:~, a~tor said acco~ts have Ooen a~ite~ ~d approvo~ by the ~ity Go~i~. S~ti~m 5. In the event there im remainim$ in th~ posi~ory ~ ~oxpoudod b~co Zrom t~e a~e of 'e~d Time W~r~ta issued ~er tho provieiomof t~ie O=din~ce, ~1 Work ham boo~ oompletod, t~e Oity Oo~oil shml! deposit said Z~da i~ ~ interest and siaki~ f~d to apply on tho pay~nt off tho princ[p~ ~d interest aa directed by resolution by She Oity Ooun~il. Section 6' It shall ~.o the duty of the Oity Oouncil to allocate, from the water revenue, a s~ s~ficiont to ~eet the ~zo~t ~n~lly pay the princi~ of the Tl~e ~ar~ta provided for herein. In the event ~the ~to~ revenue is not s~ficient, in ~y year, te meet said ~o~ts .a~l~y req~red, then it shall be the Auty of the City 1 Co,ell to le~ ~n~ly a t~ ~ou the ~a~le pr~pert~ in said.Git m s~ s~fiel~$~ to meet the ~o~t ~n~lly required ma aforesaid. ~d such t~, ~f levied, ~hall be levied ~d ~ollectea at the a~e time ~ in the m~$ manner as other Oity t~es. Se~tion y~ The Time Warrants authorized to be laa~d ~der the provisions of ~his Ordin~oe shmll Oe i~ s~t~ti~ly t~e following form: UNITED STATES OF ~OA STATE O~ ~LO~DA CITY O~ WATER I~H0~T TI~ WA~T ssum The Oity $f 0kesuhobo~, for v~ r~ceivea, h~r~by promis~ to pay to t. he be~er the s~ of One Tho~ Dollars ($1,000), lawf~ money o$ the United States of ~erima, on the 15th ~y Septembsr, 19 ~ . with interest at th~ r=t~ of 5 p~r c~n~ per ~, pmyablo semi-~lly on the 15th day of September, ~d the 15th of March of e~h ye~, both principal ~d interest payable Okoecho~oe Oo~ty B~, Okeechobe~, Flori~. This Time W~r~t is one of a series of t~nty mggragmting Twenty Tho~A ~oll~s ($ZO,OO0), except mm to its a~ber Sf mat~ity, ~d is issued by vi=t~ ~d in p'~$~e of Section of Ohmpter 8315, Laws of Florida, Ac~a of 1925, ~ ~f .this Ordin~ee. The me~ies of ~ime W~r~ta of which this im one was iss~d for the p~ose of m~ng ne~oss~y repairs to the water system of the City It is hor$by certified that the 1;sue of Time W~r~ts, of w~ich this is omo, i~ withim every debt ~d other l~lt prescribed by the Gommtitutiom a~ Laws of the St~zte of Florida m~d is made in conf~=mity wit~ the ~omstitution and Laws of the State of Flo=i~ the O~dinmnce ef the $ity of O~ee~hobee, Florida, d~y authorizing the s~e, ~d that ~l proceedings cssenti~ to the validity of these Time W~=anta ~ve been po=fo=mod, m~d that every requirement of law relating to th~ izs~ee the=coZ has been d~y complied with. IN WITNE88' WHEREOF~ the Oity of Okeechob~e, Florida, has caused thio :Time W~.~ran%, boa~lng date of 15th ~y of Y~$h, 1945, t~ be si~ by th~ Mayo=, oo~tersi~ed by the President of the City Oeo- oil, ~y the 0ity 0~=k, ~ its so~ to 0e he,otc ~fixo~. attested Mayor Attest: "President OitY OoUneil ' Section 8. The Oity Coua~ll shall have the right to sell said Time Warrants mt private sale provided the same are sold for their par va/us accrued interest at t he time ef maid sale and maid Time Warm,ts shall have all of the attributes and incidents of commercial paper. ~ectio~ 9. (a) That ~l of amid Time ~=~ta shall be call- able upo~ m~y interest payment date prier t~ mat~lty at p~ pl~ ~cr~d interest. (b) That the option to cmll ~y o= ali ~f smi~ p~ier mat~ity shall ~e ~xerei~ed 1~ the following Time to m~ne~: The Time W~r~%a whieh ~e to b$ redeeme~ shall ~e ~y l~, ~y the Otty 0o~il of said 0ity, from ~l the Time then ~utat~ding, ~d notic~ of such redemp~lom specifying ~he Time W~r~%a to ~e redeemed, shall be filed at le~ ~ifteen days prior to sueh redemption date, ~d said Time Watt'ts when ~o e~led redem~tion ~hmll eemse to draw interest on sueh redemption pr~iAed that adeq~e f~da for their redemption ~d paymem~ shall have ~en deposite~ an~ set ~stde at the depository hereinabove n~e~. (~) Tha~ all of s~d Time W~r~ta redeemed by the City, ~= p~A at mat~ity, shall be m~eelled immediately upon their a~reSder to the City. ~ection lO. This Ordinanee shall take effect immediately ~on its passage and approval by the Mayor. ~ a first time ~d by ~lmous con~ent passed to a remdimg. ~ a~$m~ time ~ ~ passed to a third ~d fill ~oad a thiz~ time ~d ~esod in open session of the City Oo~- oil this 12th d~y of M~h 1~45. Attest: President Of ~'~e Olty Oouh~'l Cit~~ Clerk (OORPO ~,ATE SEAL) ~roved by mo this 12th day of ~eh, A. D. 1945. ~or. of. Oity ~of ..9~eoch obee~ .FloziA~ i The following Resolution w~e presented by 0ouncilma~ W~tford, ~E~A~, %hi~ Go,oil ~as ~au~ed ~ in~pe~tio~ to be m~e of th~ water ~ystem of the Oity of Okeechobee ~d such inspectio~ hms fo~ that amid wato~ system is i~ a d~gero~ condition ~A im ne~ of ~~, ~. T. Dmviz, al. inS ~usiness ~der the firm ~me of W. T Da~a 0enstr~lon Oomp~y, of Octal ~lem, ~lorida, ia experienced in thi~ typo o$ work ~d is available to m~e s~h repairs i~edimtely; WHE~A$, this Oo~cil believes ~ emergency exists and m~t ~e m~e sS that water cmn be f~nished to the coasters without o~geri~g th0 ho~th of a~ ~0W, THE~F0~, BE IT ~S0L~D that this 0o~eil employ the be ~p=~ve~ ~y a representative of s~d Oit y, ~ IT ~U~ ~$OLVED that the s~ W. T. Davis fu~nl~ nkille~ labo~e~m ~d ~1 eq~psemt, neeesa~y to m~e s~h ~ep~n, that ho bo pai~ tho z~ of $~6.00 per ho~ plus 15 per eoa~ of tho of common la~o~, materials, ~d 8~pliea to be f~nlshed b~ the Oity; that preg=eaa ~mont sh~ll ~e paid weekly after the we=k, fo= which pa~ent i8 ~eiag made, 8h~l have bee~ approved by m repre~entive of the City ~oZ 0kee~hebee, BE IT FUR~ER ~$OLVED that the Oity shall f~nish all mate=imla and s~pllea ~d ~ommom. la, or neeess~y fo~ m~ing m~h Passed aha ~opted in ~jo~ned ~eg~ aeasioa thiz 12th d~ of ~ch, A. D. t~. CITY OF 0X~0HOBE~ BY H~ Ohan~le ~ President, Oity Go,cji ATTEST: Approve~ by me this l~th -- Mayor Upon mot~n the 'Oo~eil ~jo~nod to moot M~ch 16, 1945..