1946-09-09 Reg. AdjBuilding. A flat ra~e of $±O..OO per monmh was requested by the b~k for ~he' use of
city w~er. Premiden~ ~andler req~m~$d ~ayor H. H. ~uzez. eon ~ no~ify ~h~ b~
th~ ~i~n or f~rma~ p~a w~u~d h~ve ~ b~ pr~m~n~d ~ ~h~ Go,oil b~fo~ ~%y d~f-
in~e action could be
Up--.me, ion rune Oo~ciz adjoined ~e mee~ S~ember. 9~h a~ 7:30 P. ~.
ATTEST:
8~ember 9,
of ~ne Oi~y of Okeecnobee
The Oily Ce~u~ciZ/me~ in xe~ adje~ned semele= mm ~he 0i~y Hail on
above d~e [~,.~:30 P. ~. ~h ~he feile~ng present: ~ayo~ H. H. ~uzereon,
Hu~ Oh~%d~e=, 0om%ci~ B. W. Thomas, Neriae Thomas, Al~e Wa-~fo=d ~d Z. K. Wiiii~e,
wimn X. W. C~emy, Jr., 0i~y A~erney ~%d Lerena Pearce, 0i~y O&e~k.
~r. 8. H. ~c~~d, Vice Preaidenm, ef O[[eec~obce 0e~y B~k appe~d
~he 0o~cii ~d submitted ~he p&~a ef ~he oeeling sysmem ~e be i~e~lied ~ ~he
chebee Oo~y B~ B~&~ng. After ~he Oo~%ci& having Eivem ~he ma~e= d~ conaide=amie~
0em%ci~ %~ferd meved ~ accep~ she eZfew of '~he Okeechebee 0e~$y B~ ~e pay
rm~e ef $10.~ per m~n~n ~he ye~ ~o~d re= ~he ~e ef city wame~. The rase me be
e~i'ec~ive x'o= ~weive months. Me~iem .'ece~ded by Oo~ci~ Wi~i~s ~d carried.
May~ R~e=ae~ read she =eai~amio~ ef ~he Ohief ef Pc&ice, W~-rem J. King,
~d ~en memos by Oe~ci~ Wawi'e=d aece~ded by Oe~ci~ Wixli~e ~d carried,
Oo~ci~ ~~ ~e aoo~ ~he =eai~a~io~ of ~ne Onie~ o~' PoAi~e.
Upem me~ie~ d~y seconded ~he Oo~oil ~n~ in~e Ex~u~ive
The Oo~cil ~nen c~e in~o open session.
~o~ mo~ion by Oo~ci~ Wlili~a, seoende~ by Oounci~ Warlord ~d carried,
~he Cou~cil ~eed ~o ve~e by seorem ballo~ ~o fill ~he position of Ohief of Poiloe.
Al'~ ~he Oo~cil having vo~e~, Presiden~ ~and~e= requem~ed Mayo= Ra~erson
~o oo~ ~he vo~ea. O~ziale Thomam, J=. received 5 vo~es ~herefore he was ezeo~ed
~m~imo~&y ~o ~he posi~ion of Ac~i~ ~ief of Pozioe ~o J~y l, 19~.
~o~ mo~ion by Co~mci~ Warlord, seconded by Oo~ci~ WiI~i~s ~d c~ie~,
~he follo~ng Budge~ for ~ne year of i9~y was ~imo~ly
BUD~T OF T~ CiTY OF OK~mCHoBmE, FLOriDA, FO~ ~m YmAR ~9~7:
ANTI$IPATED ~N~
~Occ~ion~l Licenses ............ --- ---- ~ 2,000.~
~w~o~ Improvemen~ (ex~ra ~x on wa~er) D,500.OO ~
~U~izl~Y T~ .-~-_- 3,5OO.~
~-~ruSm ~d Sewer Leina 50.~
Tax Eedeemp~ionm ..... z,
T~ Oozi~c~ion= Z3, Z~.~
TOTAL ........ $
EXPENSE
~a±ary M~yor -- ...... $ ~U. OO
*Sa±sty of Cotu~i~men ...... A, 5OO.OO
~al~y of Oi~ Omerk ..... . ................. ~,9o0.00
~ ~ ~i~y of ~i=e- Chief ....... ~ ..... ~, 500. O0
~ Saz~y of wa~ ~t~e~in~enden~ ......
; Sm&~y of GiST A~orney ......... 600.00
vS~=~em, 8~i~y ~ Parka ........ -- ,~0.00
~Fire Dep~me$ ............... 300, O0
gmec~ien E~e~$e .......... m, A50.O0
~5o. O0
vOmerk' a effice~~ ~xpem=e ...... . ...... m,020.OO
*Telephone ~d ~e~eg=~h .................. 21~.56
/ In=~ce .... ~ ............................
I ~d S. RefuSing Be~da ~uud ............. &5,000.CO
Oom~ inge~ce= -* ......................... - ~ 500. OO
TOTAL .......
Ou~ci~ Wa~$~rd presented ~he f~~ng Ordnance ~%d moved imm m~pmien.
$o~oi~ M. Thomas ~ecgnded ~ne me, ion ~d Ordin~oe
,,9~A~ NO.
~ O~IN~OE P~VIDING FOR THE ~ ~D OOLL~TiON OF TA~8 FOR THE
~AE x9%6 FOR ~E CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA.
~ IT O~AINED BY THE ~YOR AND CITY COUNCI& OF THE'CITY OF OK~
OHOBEE, ~ORIDA:
$~o~i~n i. T~a~ ~he Oily of Okeecn~bee, Florida, hureby iuvies
~ ~f ~O mi4~s ~n e~h dell~ v~z~f%n-of real ~%d personal
pr~p~r~y ~hi~ ~he oe~e=a~e limits ~f ~he OiSy of Okeech~bee,
FAeridm, for ~ ye~ mg%b; s~h $~es shall be ass~asud ~%d coliec~ed
i~% She m~er ~rovided. by law, PEOPLED HO~R, ~hm$ ne ~es shall
be mgsessed ~ns~ h~mes~uads, having ~ v~mion ~f n~ more ~h~
$5,000.00, foz' ~ne ~nerai F~%d of said city.
Seo~i~n 2. T~ 5 mials .f such ~ ahaml be used for ~=n~r~ Oily
p~poses m~d ~o~ll be assessed i'oz. ~e ~ner~
i~ mi~is of ~Uc~ ~ 8ha~l be assemn~a i'o~. ~ne in'~es~ ~d 8i~ng
for ,ne pa~en~ ~' in~,~e8~ ~%a principal o~
of &9'2, oI sa~ City.
Section 3. I~ sna~l b~ ~nc du~y cz ~nc ~ COilCc~;or
~d ~ne Oi~y CzSrk of e~id Oi~y, ~o divide ~ne proceeds received from
~aid $~xes es ~or~s~d, in~o ~ne fuu~as se~ ou~ in S~c~ion & of
tnia Ordinance ~d ke~ fuzl and correc~ auco~ o~ ~ne mane as ~hey
may be dir~c~d~by gHe 0i~y Ootu~cii.
~o~ion ~. Azl ox'a~nanc~s, o,~. pa.c~s ox' ozdin~cos, in conZiio~
h~rewi~n be, ~_~ ~ac. s~ne are hereby repealed.
Sec;ion 5. Ti~i$ O~'din~c~ sf~a~l o~ in i"~l forc~ ~d e~Zcc~ upon
i~e pa~sage by ~e City Oo~ciz ~u~ m~prevaZ by -~nc May~r.
PASSED AND A~P~ED in regt~ aajottrn~d ecseion ~nim
CITY OF ~K~EOnOB~E, FLO~DA.
HuEh
BY Pre~iden~ Cl~y
Il' I ~'~' '' '1 T
113
CiTy Clerk
Th~; above ~n~a foregoing O.vdin~u~ce i~ ~ ~ ~
ner~o~ ~pprove~ ~his Sop~emb~
9~n, 19¢b.
Ci ~y
a~ mn~ Cimy ~ml ~m 6:30 P. N. on tn~ ~bove da~e ~ ~n~ f~ll~ng p~senm:
H. H. ~rsSn, Pr~side~ Pr~-Tem Z. K. Wiili~m, Co~oi~e~ B. W. Thomas, N. Thomas,
%'n~ f~Z~wi~g bizms wez~ ~ppro~d and $=dex~d paid w~en f~ds ~
AiSc Wa~Y~d ~d ~o~ - Wa~er, P~ke, S~i~y, Fire & Police - $159.~
F!~. P~wer m~d Ligh~ Go. - Sc=vice fo~ 8eptembe~ i33.~3
I::~er 0o. Te~ & Tel C~. - Services fo= A~$~ & 8~. -- 32.60
A~nmic Service 8~tio~ - Wa~er & 85. & 8m%i~y ........... z6.32
F. E. O. Ry. Go. - Freigh~ Oh~ge ........
State B~d of ~Heai~h - Reimb~semen~ on oollec~ oha~ge .65
Dr' L. 8. Eise~% - Ponce Dept. -- ...... 5.00
Bomnie's S~ply Shop - W~e~ & 8~%i~y Dept. - ...............
Sch~fschwe~.d~ Bros. - Police ~d Sm. & 8e~y Depm. ~.9
Domer's ~h. Shop - P~ks D~. - ............. io 1
Oily ~f Ft. Pierce - S~%i~y m~d ~ate~ Dept. - .............
Okee. Hd~. & F~. Co. - W~er, 8~i~y ~ud Fi~e Depm. 26.
WeStern Union - Service for Sept. -- ...........
Ni$on's G~rage - P~rks ...................... b.
Gibbers O~bre~h - S~. & S~it~y Dept. .
P~m Be~ch T~ewri~er Compm%y Omerk'~
Ch. S~e Rd. Dept. - Permits fo~ mi~s
Tbs O~eron & B~kley Go. m W~er Improv~men~ E~enme ~9.
Sheriff N. O. 8~ew~r~ ~ppeared before ~he Co~%cZm in regard to ~he property of E. G.
E~'~e~.~- . i~. ~ew~r~ s~a~ed ~ham the b~iding m~d ruobish arom%d~ place c~used a fire
h~zard ~nd she, d be condemcd and =emoved. After consideration Oo~mci~ W~ford
~he
moved ~na~ ~h$..Oi~y A~orney be inetruc~ed ~o ~e/m~tcr ~ wi~h ~he heirs of ~.
~nd~. No, iota ~econded by ~. Thomas ~d c~rried.
Lo,.en~ Po~ce, Gi~y T~x Assessor, prc~en~ed the Ci~y T~x Aesesmnen~ Roll for
~he year of ~6 ~e oomp!e~ed by he~ ~o the City Co~cil for ex~%inamion by ~ae Co,tacit.
Upon motion b~ Oo~ci~%~% W~ford, eeconded by Co~c~Zm~ B. ~hom~s ~%d c~ried, ~he
Gore%cji ~ccepSed ~ne City Tax A~sesm~on~ ~l for ~i~e yo~ of i9~6, ~s prepared m~d pr~
sensed by ~no City T~
T~$ foiiowing certificate w~s ordered en~ere~ in the minutos of "~ne Oo~cii:
OK~EC~OBEE COUNTY
,,c, ~hc ~dorsig~%ed members of thc Oi~y Corn%elm in and for tho City of
Ok~oc,~obee, F!orid~, do h~rcby ccr~iZ'y'~ha$ w~ have carefully ~x~nined
z'o~going Asscs,:m~n~ Roz! o~ s~:,id Oily for ~ne ye~ of Z9~6 ~d find