1949-10-03 RegularSeptember lg, 1949
'lt~e City Council of 4;~e City of Okeechobee, Florida, met in s~cial
s,ssion at ~ City Hsll at 8:00 w. ~. on th~ abov~ d~t~ with th~ following
present: ~or H. H. Ra~]~rsoh, ~s~demt Chsndl~r, Councf~n ~artin, ~c Dou~sld,
Nix '~nd Ws!.~ord with Lor,~a P~src~, City C],r~ snd C. 2. ~omas, Chief of
'~e me~ting ~was called to ~isc~ss th, bids~for th~ r~Dair~ng of th~ w~t~r
tan~ top a~d any othe~ business that ~ight come before the ~ou~cil.
~lds from K~ath, Utility Service Co. s~d t(. L. Sharp were opened
discussed. After much coms~r~eratf~n on esch bid Counci~r, an Wstford moved to accept
the bid from K. L. Sharp of Orlando, Florida. ~otiom seconded by Co~mcilman
r~c Dougal~ ~snd unanimously carried.
it was agreed by the Co~mcil to have Resol~tion drs~ regarding water
tank repairs.
~.~. S. F. ;.~c Dou~ald aOpesred In regard to the City's shere on th~ bill
owed to BelCher Oil Company for paving str~ets to and aro~d hospital. Co~cilman
Watford mo~ed that the City pledge money to be taken from the Utility Tsx received
each ~onth ~d to pay to Co~ty in fo~ equal pa~ents the City's share of the bill,
seconded by Co~mcil~sn Mc DougalS~ and csrried.
P~ch Board situation discussed. It w~s sgreed that the )~ayor contact
the Sheriff snd ~ismuss the situation.
~om motion the Council ad.io~rned.
PRESIDEhlT CI~ COI~CIL
C I TY
October $, 1949
T~ City Co, moil of the City of Ok~echobee, Florida, met ~n re~zular
session at ~e City Hall at 8:00 P. ~. on the above date with the follow~ng present:
Mayor Raule~son, President Chsndler, Couociimen Mc Dougald, Nix and Watford with
G. C. D~rr~e, City Attorney and Loren~ Pe~rce, City Clerk.
~imutes of the ~-,eetings held September 8 and 12, 1949, were read snd aoprov-
ed ~ s resd.
T~ follow, ins bills were ~pproved dod ordered oaid when funds are available:
~. C. Harrirgton - Wster snd Clerk's Exp. $ 40.50
Fl~PiS~ Oower ~ L~gb.t Co. - ~ower and L~zhas 280.94
Okee. Cowry Bank - Psyment on police car 117.90
~k of Melbourne - P~ment on mower 9~.79
Y$1ey Garage - Street and San. Dept. - ...... 121.89
Okeecbobee Hardware - Fib. e, Water & St. ~ San. ---- 52.55
S. C. PaiSe - Water, ~olice ~ St. & Sam.. -- 108.85
Gilbert Culbreth - Fire Dept. ~3.30
City of Fort Pierce - Water Dept. ~10.50
~:~.e Okeechobee News - ~blisbing Tax ~otice 10.50
I~'~ter Co Tel and Tel Co. - Tel Services ..... 28.19
C)~irman State Road Dept. - Renewal of permit .......... 4.08
Halsey & Griffith, Inc. - Clerk's Supplies 5.40
Soecialty Tool Co. - Water Dept. 7.90
~.l~ck Laboratories - Water Dept. 3.00
W~te Star Chem. Corp. - Water Dept. 28.50
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The H & B W Drew Company - Clerk's 5uT~plies ~ 4.?9
Bowen Supply Company - Clerk's Supplies 3.71
Dom~r's M~c}~n~ Shop - Fir~, Water ~ St. & San. - 33.~1
0kee. Co~mty B~nk - ps~ent on ~4,000.00 note- 217.00
Collector of I~ternal R~v. - Withholding ~ax payment -- 175.30
Co~p~i]m~n . ~tf~?d moved that the '~o~cil., chan~e their me~ting t~.me I~',om
8:00 ~ . M., to V.O0.. ~.~ [~. seconded by Councilman Nix and carried.
Am,,or ~Vc C].~-llon sp~esred b.fore the Co~mc~l in re,Eard to the ~doption of
~ Resoi~tion est~blisLlng the headq~rte~,s for tb~ Central Wlorid. a ~o~sfng Authority
in Okeechobee County. After explanation smd discussion by ~'~[r. Mc Clellon with the
Council, Cou~c~l!man ~[~ Dougald moved that the R~sol~t~.on be adopted, seconded by
Co~mc~lman W~tford a~o~'~ carried.
RESOLUTION
A RESOI,UTi:'Xq DECL~RI~G ~E trEED FOR A
AUTgiORI~ I~ [~E CI~Z OF OKEEC~TOBEE, FI~O~DA.
FL~IDA:
~t the City Council of tl~e Cfty-of Ok~eechobee, Florida,
hereby, ~,~err~ines,. finds smd. declares in m~rs~snce of the ,'w
~tl~or~'t'~s Law" of th~ State of Florida, that:
1. !ns~itsry ~nd ~msaf~ i~babited (~wellir~g acco~mod_ations
exist in Ch~ C~.ty of ~keechobee~ F].'ori~s; and
2. ~ere is s s~ort~e 'oF safe ~r~d samit~-~v dwe]]~n~ acco~odst[
i~' the Cfty of okeechobee, Florida, avsJ]sble to fam~l~es of low in-
come at :~ntals the!~ cam aft'oral; end
~. '~ere Is need for ~ }~,o~s~r~g a~t~or~Tr in the City of
F1 or i ds.
~E l'P F~u~ER RESOLVED tT,~:~t +:}-,e ~ayar.~ ~, of Khe City of Okeac~obee,
be promptly notified of the a4opt[on of t}ois resolution,
BE ~T F~RT~f~ R ,,,~,~I, uD that ~ ~_s resol~t~o~ sh~]_~ be e~f~ctJve
NOW, ~ER~_.F'.)R~,, ~rs~t to ~ ~ov~s~ns of Section 5 of
"Ho~si~g ~athorities I,sw" of the State ,o~ Florid,~, smd by virtues of
~y ~_ '~ as ~a'y'or · b,reby smpoimt f~v~ (5) oersons herein after
's~r~,~d to s~rve as Commissioners of tt~ V~o~s?mg A~thority of the City
,., of Ok~chr,bee, Florida, and to s~rv~ for t~e nu~'oer of y~rs
after th~f e names resr,.ctiv~]y from tb~ 3rd clay of October, 1949.
Wour
~ ,Y ollr Yrs
I ha~by designste ~s th., f~'~st Chairman of the
..... tM of O)~ec~ obee~ Florida.
WoodsY_rig A~ority of tba C~
IN WI%lEaS ~,~ER?,0F, ! have here~mto si~n~d Ay ns~e .qs lv%yor of
~'ae Cit~ of 0ke~ch.~be~, Florida, ~nd 6s~.~s~d the official aorpo~sfi~
s~l of said City of OP'eechobee, to be attache5 hereto th~s 3rd
~ff 0ctoher, 1949.
H. N. Ra~l~rson
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~' '~EST: Lor~na P~c~
C~ ~ CLERK
~-~re~non the P~sid.nt ~ee~ar.d ssld resolution dulN adopted and
R. E. Chandler
PRESIDENT CITY COUNCH.
CI~ CLFRX
N}.. Fr~k Rawls, Engineer, apOeared b,fore the Co~cil in regard to assist-
inS '2~e Co~r oil in obt~nin~ s lo~n fro~ R. F. C. for street a~d sewer imerovemsnts.
After discussion this ms~-,e, er was tabled until October lVth.
B~-~o Flor~ ~nd T. T. Coleman appeared before the Council in regards to
drs. ir.;age of ~rathern Church and },:r. Coleman's property on °arrott Avenue. After
consider~t2,.~ and the fact that -~% would ~id not o~llr the shove prop~rfiy o~ers but
t~oes ad~oi:~'T~S C,'~tu~a!lT~sn Watford moved that the Ci%y p~y a s~ not to exceed ;7%_. O0
for dr~S!i~ work, p~y~ble in sixty (60) d~y~. Seconded by Co~mc!lm:}~n
c~rr:~ ,~d ·
[~sli~ Raulerson apo~r~d in r~gr~rd to th~ property adjoinS hi~
wrecked tb_~ i~ild~S ~,nd wss ~ hszzard.. After ~]isc~ss~on t!,~ Council ~nstr~ct~d
Cler~r f.o wrfh. ac I~?rs. Tigssrt r~questing Mrs. T~ggart to r~nair said bous~ w~thin
30 dsys or *::~e City wo~!d tak~ sction ~n con~mning.
t~. W. C. ~i~:~, ~inister of I~eN,.od~st Church, discussed ~.~aith tb~ Co~mcil
a sussestios that on~ of th~ ~sstor's of o'~r City open ,ach Co,mci! m~t!ng with
Prayer. ~ne C'ouncll subPitt~d to this s~o'.st!on~ ~ and ~.cb agr.~ that it was a ,good
s ugze s t ~ .'m.
'D~. n~d of str,~t and s~wer improvements w~r~ discussed. Co~mc~]man
I~c Do.~ga]..d ~Vv,~ that~ th~ ~ ~ouna~l~ cai.! s me,ting of tb~ cJtiz,ns of th~ City on
~N~rsday, 0etcher 13, 1949 at the Co~rt Ho~s~ at V:30 P. ~,~. for tb~ snrpos~ of dis-
cussing t:-~ condition of str~ts and sewers and f~cing of ss~, s~cond~5.
Counci!,~sn U~.x arid carried.
CoUncilman Warlord n~ov~d
tr.at th~ Cl~rk b~ ~.nstr~ct~d to writ~ a l.tt,r to
B~Icb<~r 0il Co., stating that t]~e City had set ~p in th. ].950 budg.t th~ amount of
:~],960.00 to pay th~ City's shar~ of str~t p~ving to hospital S~conded by
man }(c Dons~ld ~nd cs?ri ed.
Ul,Om motior~ ~ Co~mcil adjo~rned to m~t 0ctol~,r lV, 1949.
P~ES!DENT CI~ COUNCIL
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