1947-10-02 Special September 26, 194?
The meeting was called on the shove d~te, none of the Co~mcil being present
the City Clerk held the office open m~der the instr~mtions of the City Com~cil, for
the p~trpose of t~d~ing ~pplic~tions for t~x complaints. However, non~ were submitted
sident 0~ City Co,mci!
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City 01erR
October 2, 1947
The City Con. mci! o£ tho City of Okoechobee, Florida', mot in speci~.l~ session
at 7:30 P. N. on thc ~bove do~te to heom auy complaints which b~d been registered with
~tbe City Clerk of September 26. Tho following were present, M~yor H. H. R~u!er~on,
President Z. E. Wi!!i?ms, 0o~moilmen Brette, Thomas and Watford with G. 0. Durr~oe, 0it~
Attorney ~nd Loren~ P~arce, OiSy Clerk.
G. W. Clay appeared before tho Co,mci! in regard to his w~tor bill requesting
that the city of Okoochobeo rebate him since ~ new meter w~s installed ~.md the meter
red. ding wc~s considerable lower th~u before. After due consideration the Co~mcil ~greed o
cancel the w~Itor bill on To~rist 0~-~mp in full settlement of Mr. Cl~y's claim. In the
furtive he i~ to p~y the exact ro~di-o.g on motor, i $
The followi'~g .i~ ~ .notice that w~s published in the Okeechobee News:
NOTIOE
N~tice is hereby given tho. t the City Co,moil
c,f tho City of OkeOCkobo~, Florida, will meet
~ tho Com~cil Ch~nber ~t tho City H~ll at 7:30
P. M. September 26, 1947, for thc p~pose of
revoiwing [m_~d equalizin~ the City T.~x Assessment
R,!! for the yeo~r of 19~, es prepared by the City
TaX A~sO~or.
ANY'o~ud ALL PERSON~ having ~y objections to the
~l!uo.tinn placed on their property by tho City T,~x
A~GO~Eor, as shown by the Assessment Roll, are ~-
h$~eby notified to file their objection with the ~c
City Clerk or to ~p~e~r in per~on before the'City ~m
Ceunci! ~.t said meeting on the aforesaid d~te. ~o
~O
President City CoLmcil
Okoochobee, Florid~
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City Clerk
Okeochobee, Florida
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
THE OKEECHOBEE NEWS
Pub!ixhcd Weekly in Okeechobee
Okoechobee O~m~ty, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF OKEECUOBEE:
Before the Lmder~'~igned ~uthority por~on2.i!y appointed BRYANT BO~fDEN who on oath says
thv. t he is Editor of the Okeechobee News, a weekly news. p~oor published ~t Okeechobee,
Okeechobee Comity, Flo.~id=; that the attached copy of o~ivertisemont, being a "Notice" in
tho matter of "The City Couuil" iu the Cot~rt, was published in s-~id news-
toaper in the issued of September .
' Affi~mt further s~ys that the said OEEECHOBEE NEWS is a newspaper pub!ishod at
!
Okeechoboe, iu s~id Okeechoboe Co~u~ty, Florida, o~ch week ,~d h~s been entered as
second class m~il matter ~~t the Post Office of Okeechobee, in scald Oouuty, Florida,
for ~ oeriod of ~.~j.~y year preceding the first publication of the attached copy of
advertisement m%d affic, ut f~rther s~ys that he has ~either p~id nor promised ~ny person,
firm or corpn.r~tion ~ny eliscouut, rebate, commission or ref~u~d for tho p~pose of securi
this ~.dvorti~ament for pub!ic~tion in said newspaper.
Signed Bryant Bowden
Sworn to ~ud subscribed to before mo this d~y of A.D. 1947.
By
The City To~x Assessor presented the City T~x Assessment Roll f~r the ye~r 194~
to the City C~tmci! for reveiw ~,~ud equa!iz~tion.
The CoLu~cil h~ving finised tho review ,'znd equ~liz~,tion of the City Tax assess-
ment Roll for the ye~,~r of 195~ ~s prepared by the City T~x Assessor, upon motion by
CoLu~.cilm.~n WcJ~ford, seconded by Councilm~u Thomas end carried to ~cceDt the Tax Roll
~m~d retL%rn to the City T~x Assessor for completion.
ATTEST: ~_~_~ ~ (~ P~tlent of City 0otu~Cil
Cit~ Clerk -
October 6, 1947
The Oity Co%u~cil of the City of Okoechobee, Florida, met in regular session
r~t the City H~I! on the above date o~t ?:3o ?. M. with the following present, Mayor H. H.
R~u!er~ou, Pro~ident Z. K. Wil!i~ns, OoLu~ci!men Brette, ~d Child!er with G. C. D~uvr~nce,
City Attorney and Lorena Peo_rce, City Clerk.
Minu~es of the meetings held September 1, 26 ~d October 2, were read and
approved ~s mad.
The following bills were approved ond ordered p~id when f~uuds mrs ~vmil~,ble:
Florida Power ~nd Light Co. - Power ~.~d ILights ..... $ 202.03
City of Fort Pierce - W~ter Dept.l~
The 0keechobee News - A~vertising 22.80
Inter Co~ty T~l & Tel 0o. - Tel ~_d Tel Service .............. 14.80
~. L. Hm_~cock - Water, Police, Fire & St. & S.-~n. - 85.91
Atl~,~ntio Set. St~tion - St. & San. ~,~ud Police Dept. 32.380~
O. Z. G~r~ge - Fire Dept. 4.
Okeoohobee H~rdw~e - Fire, St. & Sr~u. ~,~nd,Water Deot. - 14
J. I. Leppold & Associ~tes -~,~ower P~rts (St. & S~u. Dept.)---
E. C. H~rrington - Clerk's Office Supplies - 69.00
D. B. Mc Cnrthy - St. ~u~..d S~. Dept. - ...... 2.00
J,'.~nos T~ewriter & Supply Co.- Clerk's Supplies .......
9. 5
Ben-oies's S?pply Shop - Water Dept. - ................... 2.60
R. E. Mp~ck (TTT) -Water Dept. - ...... 29.00
Sever~l residents from differe~t sections of the city
Co~cil nto~tiug that the streotn iuto their ho~,-~es were imp~~ss~blo ,.'~d they requested that
~ome relief be given them o.t once. After co~sidering the m~t~er the Co~u~cil ~groed to
h~vo the S.~.~z~-~ DepP~rtme~.~t l~bor two days filling io. the holes ~o that the residents
could get into their homes.
A Petition from citizez.~s residing in the Northwest Addition to the City~ re-
quemti~g that immedi~zte ~ction be t~ke~n to preve~..t the d~nping of g~rb~ge .~ud w~ste
~teri,~.. .~-; on or udjacont to~ the ~treet !edible to their homes~ w~s re~d .and ~on motion
by Co~.cilm~u Brotte, seconded by Co~u.~cilm~ Chandler the petition w~ ordered filed in
the office of ~he City Clerk for future refereuce.