1949-10-17 Reg. Adj. 280
October 17, 1949
FL~.ae City Co~:acil of the City of Okeechobee met in the Council Chart, bet at
~:~0 ~. N. in r~ga}ar adjourned session also .mlrsuant to the following notice which
ha~ been p~b]ished in the Okeec'hob~e News. Present were: iSlayor H. H. Rau]erson,
Co~cilman ~c ~<~ugald~ Eix a~d Watfo~d with O. C. Dirranc~, City ~ttorney and Lorena
Pearce, City Clerk.
N 0 TI C E
~otice is h~reby given that the Oity Co~cil
af the City of Oke~chobee, Florida, will meet
il~ th~ Council Chamber at th~ City Hall at V:30
P. ~[. October 1V, 1949, for the purpose of r~v~iw-
ing and ~quslizing th~ City Tax assessment Roll
aor the year of 19-49, as prepared by th~ City Tax
~IY and ALL PERSONS having a~y obj~ctions to the
'~aluation ptacefl on their ~ro~erty by th~ City Tsx
assessor, as sho~ by the ~ssessm~nt Roll, sre her~-
~ notified to fil, their obj~ctions with th~ City
~lerk 8r to appear in person before th~ City Council
at said ~n~eting on th, aforesaid 8ate.
R. E. Ch~;
President
Okeechobee, Florita
~ES~: Lorens Pearce
City Clerk
City of O~eechobee
PROOF OF pI ~BLiCA T! ON
~-le Okeectebee News
Published Weekly in Okeechmbee
Oke,coor,,~e Go,mt]f, F!or~da
STA~ OF FLORIDA
OKEECHOB~ CO~ ~
~erare the ~mde~sig~es suthority persoma!ly ap~eared
who on oath says thst he is ESitor of
Okeecbob~e News, a weekly mewspaper v~b]ished at OPeechobee
~ . .~ t~,e at~ached copy of
Jn Okeec~Obee ,~ounty, F!orids; t~at
advertis, ement, beimg a "Notice" in the ms~:ter of the "~e
~ity,~ Cor, acil" ~ the_ Court, was publishes
said new~paper in the issues of September ~3, snd 30' and October
7 and
Affiant ~urtbar sals t~at the said OKEECNOBEE NEWS is a
~ ewspaoe~ F~b]fshed at Okeec~u-~bee, in s aid Okeechobee County, Florida,
each we(-k amd has_. been entered as a second class mail matter
Past Ofi ice of Ok~.~echobee, in s~.i.d ~,mmty, Florida, fo~
~ear,, oreoed~T~g, the.f~,st ~'oub]ication of the attac}~ed copy of adve~t-
~ s~memt ~d ~z~zcant furtNer ssys tna,~ )~e ~,~s nel,~er v~aid nor
p['om_;sed shy 2e-so~, f~zmi or corporation an~/ discount, rebate,
comm~ssJ ):~ or refund fo~~ the i:,t~'pose of securing this advertisment
Swer~ '~ and s~bscrfb~d to befoPe me t-~is day of of
/~. D. !~'.ie.
~q~ae Presidert apd President Pro-Tern being absent Council-rqs, n Nix moved tha% ~ ~
Council.~:sn tVatfard preside over the meeting acting as t~mporary Ckairman, s~co~d'ed hy
uo,.mcz],.~n ~v~'.c Lo~gal<~ an~ carried.
' ~ the r~su] Cs F,~om t,~ meetinS o~ the uztizens of tlc ,~ty of Okeec~.:obee
-- ~ . 19~-9 ~t t!~e Court ....... , ~
~ ~eld on ~ursd~y actot,~:r 13, wo,~s- Nr. Z~l.-:enovitz reported tkat
k~_ that they nad sgrsed t.~ ;?ark w~th the City ia every possibl~ way for street inq~rovem~nts ]
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....... ~r,, e~red befoee *,~e Colmci] and d!sc~ssed the coral, ag
e~e~.ts ~'U~t we,'~ to be i:~ our City' and suggested th~.t th~ T,,~ayor procl~.!m th~ last
we~;~;-~ ~r~ ,~"~ >her ~s c~.an~ vo w~ek. Also sugg~s'ted that tt:~ City invit~ t~e ~ounted
P~t.~ol of [,~::.amf to '2~rt!r:ipate in the par'adc to be he}d on November 11. CouncSl*nsn
N~x :~o-~;;J t ~at t]-,~ ~.[ay~r write a le'bt~r requesting th~s honor, s~corded by Cou~ci!man
[~ic Dou~;ald ~md carried.
T~e followir)g Ordinance was oresented by Souncil;~an ~e Do~ ~, ~ who moved
its ::d:U~t[~ .~, and upon b~ing seconded by Co~zuci!~an Nix was p~].t to a vot~
ani;-?o~ aly c;~rried.
ORDINANCE NO. 238
~RIVILEGE TAX ~;PO~,I ~-~E SALE, RECEIPT, PURCEASE,
P,UoSESSi~qW, COKSU~P TiON, H~hDLu.~,_~,
PROVIDING FOR TTEE EX~ENDI~TRE 0F ~ ~ .....
OKEECUOBEE, FLORIDA:
.u'~_v?~ 1 That ~n exc{8, or priv'.~ 1 eg. t~x :in a:~d:~ ti on
i: ) a]] other ta-<es of every kin~i imposed b., law is hereby l~vl~d
~:sd imposed ~pon the sm]e, receipt, ?urc}~se, ~)ossession, coosu:rqp-
t Lon, handling, dis t?~but,l~ on and use of (~ig~rettes in the terr~_tori~l
' ,~P the ~'tw' of Okeec:bobee,
~!~'~nsEoz~s ns d~fined by -I,F~ G~n~ral L~w. of th~ Stat~ of ?lorida, in
1. (~) Upon all cigar~t[~s, thr~ and on~-h~lf inch~s
long or less, two and five-tenths (IS/lO) mf].ls
.:~n ~ch cigarette;
(b). TTpo~ ~!l cigarettes, betw~ thr~ ~md on~-h~lf
cigarette; and
(c) Upon ~11 cigarettes, six f~ches long or 2or~ger
ten (lO) mills on ~ch
on~ of this s~ction 8r~ h~r~by d~cl~r~d to b~ stand~rd
~s to dim~nsi~>us for taxing purposes as prov:~d~d
this Ordinanc~ ~nd s~ou!d any cigar~tt~ b~ received,
purchased, poss~ss~d~ sold, offered fop sal~, Siv~n
~w~y or ~s~d of a siz~ outer than of stand~rd
sions, t]'~ s~ shall b~ taxed ~t the rat~ of on~ (1)
c~nt on each such cig~tt~.
~. ",J~ere cigarettes, ~s descp~bed in sub~ect~o~ (1) (a)
above, ~re p~cked in v~rying quantities of twenty
cigarettes or less, the followin~ ~tes shall govern:
(~.) Pack~ges co~t~ini~[~ ten cigarettes or ]ess
requi~e 8 two s~t ffve-te~ths (~$/10) cent t~x;
end
(b) Pack~;ses cent~.n~ng more th~n ten but not
t~m t?~enty cigarettes require ~ five (5) cent
~bo~e, are [~scP~d in v~rying qu~ntit~s of t,;v~n'ty
c~r~ttes or l~ss, th~ following rstes shsll govern:
(~) Psck~.g~s co~t~i~ing t~m cigarettes or l~ss
req~r~ s_ fly, (5) c~nt tax; ~nd
Psckages contai'a~g ~o:ee than tern b~t not
than twenty cif~arettes require ~. ten (10) cent
'tax.
5. Wh~?e ci~arettes, ss described in subsection (1) (c)
sbo~e, are~ack~d in rs. tying quar. tities of twenty
cig.~rett~s or less, the foil. owing rates shall govern:
Pscksges containing t~n cigarettes or 1,ss req~ir~
~ ten (10) c~nt tax; snd
Packages ' '
contamn~.no r~o~ t~an te~ but not mor~ than
tw,nty cigarettes r,quire a twenty (20) cent tax.
:
SECTION ~. Th~ taxi,vied and Ir~pos~d herein shsll be
coilect~d by ~he Beversge Departm~mt of the State of Florida in the
maimer prescribed in S,na.t~ Bi].l 18-X as adopted by th, 1949 Extr~-
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or~im~ry session of the L~f~islature of th, State of
2EC~OY $. ~st all funds received by the City of
Oke~chobee, ~[orida, by virtur of this ordinance shall, be paid into
a sepera2e f~nd to be d~signat~d '~CI~'~;~'r
~.~ .... ,~ TAX F~TND" and shall
~p~ro~ri~.ted and exp~nd~d by th~ City Council for the following
purposes only:
For the F~t~re cost, purchase, building, designing,
engineering, planning, repairing, r econditioning, sltering~ expanding~
m~tntaining, servicing and oth~rwise op~s_tion any of the following:
.Streets, bri~.ges, strom sewers, c~bs, drain, s, ~utters,
~ater sup~lie~, sanits.ry f~c!lities snd s~rvices for th, mreservatiom,
?rotection c,? improvement of th. public heslth and safety, including
hospitsls, i'ir~ stations, s nd fire fighting equipme~t, sanitary sewers,
sewerage disposal systems, s,werage dispossl plants smd facilities,
garbsge snd refuse collection snd disposal services, facilities snd
eqv~.iy~ment, ~.~cinerstors and othe~· facilities and services, including
street clesning, inspectiom a :~d s~rvices for t?~e protection of p~lb-
lic h~slth i~cluding th~ ~nforce~e~t of ordinsnces designed to ~aintain
safe health standards with r~spect to foods, mosquito, insect and
rodent eradic~tion and control, and th~ r<~oval and sbate~ent of
muisances wkiCh may be or constitut~ ~ang~rs to public hea~th and
th~ excerise ~f controls for public safety, facil!t~s for the
prevention of besch ~rosion, the en.forcem~mt of the laws of the
lsws of the ~ate of Florida, snd m~micipal ordinances with
respect to p~blie trsv~l, health snd safetF', ~nd s~ch othsr
state funct~:~s which sre '~erformed by municipal f~overnments wit~-~.n
their bounds~s, and are otha~rsie perfor'me~ by t?'~e s2ate and
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county Sovernments o~tside of t~e limits of _~ncorporated
mur_~.cipslities, or ~s otherwis~ -orovid~ by th~ terms and pro-
visf~ons of Senste Bill 18-X, ~949, Extraor~!n~r~ Sess~.on of
L~glsl~tur~ of the Stat~ of Florida.
SECTION 4. ~is 0rd['~smce shsll hecom, effectiv~ on the
1st dsy of Nov,mb~r, ~. D. 1949.
R~d in f~l~ the fir, at ti~, and by unanimous co~sent,
passed to second resding;
Read in full the s~onm t~m~, amd by unanimous consent,
passed to third snd finsl r~ad!nS.
R~sd in fuji th, third tim~ ~d ~nsnimously passed in
resular adjourns5 s~ss~on, thLs th~ 1Vth day ~f 0ctob~r, A. D.
1949.
R. E. Chandler
A'~TES T: Lorena Pearce
City Clerk
~R0VE~ BY yw, ~IS THE 1Vth DAY 0F 0C~OBE~ A D. 1949
H. H. Rsulerson
~q ay or
Mr. Y. L. Sbnrp, w~ter tsnk contractor, sppe~red before the Co~mcil for
ioform~tion ~s to whether t.he Council wished to hsve the inside of the tank repsired.
After coosi. ~rstio~ Councilman Mc Dougsld moved thst the City co~tract to Mr. Sharp
Alte~'nete ~ in the former con-~ract, seconded by Co~mci]_man N~x snd
Th~ City Tsx ~ssessor presente~ the City Tax Assessment Roll for the year
1949 to the City Co,moil for reveiw ~d equalization. There being ~o object~ons
Counci]msn [' c Dou~,;sld moved that the 1949 ~-~
~_. ~ty ~ax ~ssessment Roll presented by the
City Tax Assessor be accepted. ~'[otion seconded, by Councilman Nix a~d csr~-ied.
~e following Ordinance w~s oresent~a by Co~.mailr~sn ¥c Dougsld, who moved
its adoption,, snd ~.pon b~inS s~conded by Comcilmsn Nix was put to s vote and
ORDINANCE NO. 239
.~N ORD!N~NCE PROVIDING FOR THE lEVY AND COlLECTiON OF
~AXES FOR ~E ~2R 1949 vOR ?NE CITY OF CK~EC,~OB~E,
BE !T O~AiNFD ?Y qTT.E F~AYOR ~T'~I]-) C!~i COTTNC!L OF ~-iE ~ ~ OP
OKEEC--'OBEE, FLO~ DA:
a tax of 23 mills on each dol~ r valuation of r~a! and ~ersonal
prooerty w:'[ thin corporat~ limits of the City of 0ksechobee, Flori da,
for the y~ar 1949; st~ch taxes shall b~ assessed and col!~cted in the
msnn~r ~rovid~d by law, PROVIDE~.~ h~,~VmR, toat tax~s shall be
' ~ ' having valuations of not rr, ore t}~an
~ssessed against no~est~eqs,
~}~,000.00, for the ~ner~l Fund of said City.
SECTION ~. ~t 8 mills of s~ch tax shall be used fo~ General
City ph~oses and sNal] be assessed for the General F~d of said City.
That 15 mills of such tax sha!l he assessed for the interest
aad ~lnking f~nd for the payment of inter~st and principal of
G~r~e 'al R~f~nding Bonds, issue of 194~, of s~id City.
SECTION ~. It shall be the duty of the T~x Col]ector of said
City ~nd -~ City Clerk, to divide the .proceeds received fro~
said t~xes r,s afoPes~(d, i~to the funds set out ]~ Section 1 of-'
this 0rdin~nce and keep full sr',d correct acconnt of the same ~s they
racy ,e ~irected by the City Cotmcil.
SECTION ~. &ll O~din~ces, or p~rts of ordf~vces i~ co~f!ict
h-~re,?Ith ~".~, ~xtc] the same
SECTION 8. ~is ordinance shall be in fu]_i force ~nd effect upon
].:~s ~assgge by the City Council g~d gpprov~l by the ~t,'[ayor.
PASSZD and ~DOP 7~D in regular ~djourned sess]_on
of 0.~tober, t~. D. 1949.
CI~Z 0F 0KEHCUOBEE, PLOR!DA
BY Z.K. Williams ~R ES!DENT CI
AT~ 7T: Lor~n~ Pearee
CZ ~ CLERK
~ne ~bove ~:~nd fore~oing Ordi~ce is h~Poby approved t]~s tho
l~ m. 1940
1Vth dsy of October, . ~ .
~[. H. Ra~lerson
I~ayo? Rsu.erson ~,or~ ~q~'~cst of the Chief of Police stated that
City n~d-d.. ~ ;~o p-,~z~c ~as~ school zone signs. Th~ Council asre.d, fo? th, w~ s:.,~-o~-' snd
Chief of Pe] ~c, to .2~rcbas~ ~cesssry signs. Since the Co~.mty receives revenue
from the sch,',o! zon-~ it ~as suggested that t~ ~,n.~ef of Polic~ oo .... sot th~ Commission, ss
snd sm~ if t}~y wou]~ h~ip fh~snc~ th~ purchases.
A _letter from the ......
=n Of Cor'~P. ePce was preseD ~ed requesting that a
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street light be ere.~:ted on bi~e corner leadir~g to the hospital ~e ounc~l ordered
the ~ tter filed ~m! that erection of th~ light wo~:.]_d be made as soon as mossib!e.
Uoon,~ moti ~ by Councilman ~,..lc D}usa]d, seconded bw~ C,.o,,mc] ]_man N'.~x
csrri~d th~ followi~g budget for th.~ ,~,,~_ 1950 wss unan~-o',~sly_ sdopt~d and said
budget ,~ss to be ~:,z'inted in C. keeci~obee News or posted.
BUDGET ~'~
Garbgge C }13 ections { ~C'OO,OO~
Fines ~n ~ Forfeitures ~,300.00~
Licenses {0ccup~tlonal) 3,300.00~
Bu~],t~ng Oermits ~11.00~
Punch Bos ~d Stmups ~50.0~
wti]ity T~X Collections 7,500.00w
W~ter R~va~ue ................................. 25,000.00~
Street amd Sswer Liems
T~x Reede ~gtion s o~0.00~
~' ~ ,~ ~ti
T~x ,~o1_,~ ohs 15,852.98 ~
Florid~ P ~r .and L~ght Co. (internist) 7S0.00~
0k~ec obee Comity S~()O0.O0~
Ok:~echobee Oo~mnty (Fire Truck) --- 2,000.OO~
Cigsr~tt~ Tsx 6,000.00~
· otsl .... -- - ~0, ,lo.98
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Salary Naj~ or ~ 100.00
Sa.~ry of Council_m_en -- 1,500.00
S:~lary of City Clerk 2,400.00
Salary Clerk's Assistant --~ ........... 1,820.00
S:~lsry of Chief of Polic~ 2,400.00
S~lsr~ of f'ir~ Chief - ~ 1,500.00
S~l~r% of Water $upecint~ndegt .................... 3,000.00
$~-~lary of Water Dipt. ~ssistsnt 2,210.00
S~lary of City Attorney ........................... 600.00
W.,t~r D~psrtm~nt Exp~nse ............... 6,000.00
S~r,et and Sanitary D~part~nt Vx
.... p ~-~s~ 6,000.00
7~re D~partm,nt ...... 500.00
P~>lic~ D~psrtm~nt - , 1,500.00
C'~erk's Offic~ 750.00
T~,l~pho~ and Tel,~]rsph --. 325.00
I, lghts .............. 1,870.31
! ~s~rapc~ --- 850.00'
I ~ S R~fupding [aonds .... 20,000.00
W~t~r R~v~mu~ Certificates a:ad intemest 5~070,~0.
Ol~:e~chob~e County ~k (~4,000.00 not~ ~: inter.st)- 2,502.00
O]e,chob~e Co~mty Rank (Police car pa~nt~) 353.79
Y,.~Icher Oil Company
v~',~ter T~nk Repairs _ 2,500.00
F:r~ ?tuck (Payments f~. !/3 down ps~,e~t) 4,53C.S~
~ ~nl'.~ n~ienc~-s - 500. O0
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U .,on motiom the Counc:! adjo~r~ed t-o meet October 2V, 1949.
PRESI~i,LNT OF Ci~ ~U,~CiL
A~'TE.~T: ~~ ~.
ACING OR ~ORA~ ~AI'RMAN
CL~
October 27 1949
?.e City Council of the City of Okeechobee met in reg~lar adjour~ed
sess~c.r~ at ':he City Hall on the above date ~t !].:00 A. ~,~. with the fo]lowing pr~semt:
President C'~andler, Co,mc!linen ~c
~at: ord with Lorena Pearce, Clerk.
W~ V. k~ilso~, Jr. presented +T~e 1948 f~nancial statement ss pre'oared by
him ?~,o the [~fty Oom~cil f~or their approval. ~fter discussion Com~c~].man Watfo~d
move~ that ';:he 1948 finsncia~ stster'~t ~,e ac.~epted, secomSe~, by Co~,ncilman ~c Do~gsld
~d csrri, ed,
~r. ~qson m~de a oroposal ~r the ~o~.nc~l's consideration in regard to
the ~nn~al ~udit that is ~eq~ir~d b~
Co~r~,[] ~gr~d to table matter for f~rther ,Jiscussion.
U~n motion the Council adjourned.
P RES IDE~'~ T
~l ~ CLE~