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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..