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Upo~ motion the Council adjourned.
CITT CLERX
October ~, 1950
~ Cit~ Co, oil of the C~ty off 0keechobee~ F~o~da~ met in ~egula~ session
at the Cit~ Hall at 7~30 P. ~. on the above date ~th the follo~ p~esent:
H. H. Ra~evson, President Chandler, Co~cilmen Ma~ttn, Mc Dougald ~d Nix with
D~ce, City Atto~ey ~d Lorena Pea~ce, City Clerk.
Minutes of the meeting hel~ September 5, 1950, were reaa an~ approves as read.
~e follo~ng bills were approved an~ ordered paid ~en f~ds are available:
H. C. Sullivan - Water, St. & S~., Police & Fipe - $ 159.82
Florida Power & Light Co. - Light~ ~d Powep ................. 296.35
Pierce Electric Service - Fire Dept. & Clerk's E~ense ..... 175.19
Le~s H. Dreeae - Police, St & San. & Fire ......... 74.76
Zollie AlSo, Age - Painting City Hall & reimb~sement 596.71
0keechobee Hdwe. Co. - Water, ~ & San. & Fire Dept. .... 24.~
Gilbert Culbveth - St & San. Dept. .................. 4.55
Roger B. quincy - Fire Dept. ....................... 16.50
~e C~eron & Barkley Co. - Wate~ Dept. ...................... 39/35
Sc~rfschwerdt Bros. - Police, St · ~an. & Fire Dept. --- 16.10
~ite Sta~ ~emical Co~. - Water Dept. ...................... 57.00
Mt~n's Garage - Police Dept. .............. 55.65
~ille2's Ratio series - Police Dept. ..................... 5.55
0k~chobee L~be~ C~pany - Paint and Material for City Hall - 19.75
Pa~ D~ Co~y - Fire Dept. ....................... 1.69
Er~n F. ~dle2 - ~~ St. & San. Dept. .......... 14.00
Nix St~ar~ Service - Police ~ St. & San. Dept. ...... 6.25
AI~ Warlord - Water, Police, St & San. Dept. --- 57.55
Mobley Garage - St. & San. Dept. ................. 1~.~2
Inter Co Tel and Tel C~p~y- Tel ~ervices ..................... 41.20
0k~chobee Motor Co~y - Police & Water Dept. ............. 50.95
0keechobee Cowry Bank - Pa~ent on $4,000.00 note & Int. - 205.00
Southern Pipe Tool Comply - 5th pa~ent on sewer equipment --- 50.00
W. I. Holt, J~. repPesentive of Belcher 0il Co, any, discussed wi~ ~e
Co~cil repai~ of certain streets with the city limits. After discussion Co~cilm~
Mc Donald moved that the P~esident appoint a e~ittee to meet ~th Mr. J. T. Cla~,
representive of Belcher 0il Co~y, to discuss the p~oJect and present details at the
next meeting of City Co~cil. Seconded by Co~cilm~ Martin ~d carried. PPesident
~andleP appointed the following on the C~tttee: Co~cilmen Matin, Mc Do~alA and
Nix.
One Way Streets in and arced school houses were discusse~. ~e ~tter was
referPed to the City Attorney fo~ investigation.
~e matter of closing seeon~ street in South 0keechobee was discussed but no
action taken.
Up~ motion the Co~cll adJo~ed~ ~ meet 0etobe~ 9, 19~0.
AT~ST:~~
0c~obe~ 9, 1950
~e City 0o~ctl of ~he City of 0kee~hobee, Flo~i4a, me~ in the
ChambsP a~ V:~0 P. m./p~suan~ zo ~ne rOAAOw~ng nozxce ~xch ~ been publishe~
0keechobee N~s. P~esen~ were: Mayo~ H. H. Ra~e~so~ P~eai4en~ P~o-~om Ma~tin,
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Councilmen ~c Dou~ald, Nix and Watford with Go C. Durrance, City Attorney and Lorena
Pearce~ City Clerk.
NO?ICE
Notice is hereby given that the City ti
Comacil of the City of Okeechobee, ~ J_
Florida, will meet in the Council
Chalber at the City Hall at 7:50 P. M.
Oct.bet 9, 1950~ for the pux~ose of
reveiwing and equalizing the City Tax
Assessment Roll for the year of 1950,
as prepared by the City ?ax Assessor.
ANY AND ALL PERSONS having any object-
ion~ to the valuation placed on their
property by the City ?ax Assessir, as
sho~nby the Assessment Roi1, are here-
by iotified to file their objections
with the City Clerk or to appear in
person before the City Council at said
meeting on the aforesaid date.
R. E. Chandler
President City Council,
Okeechobee, Florida
Attest:Lorena Pearce
City Clerk
City of Okeechobee, Florida
PROOF OF, .XCA?X,ON
· he Okeechobee News
Published EverT. Thursday in the City of Okeeehobee
Okeechobee County, Florida
STATE O~ ~LO~DA ,
CO~ OF O~E~OB~
Before. the ~ePstgned a~tho~It~ ~9~lonally appeaPe~
~ Mc Clell~ ~o on oath says that he is publisher of
~he O~OB~ ~S, a weekly newapape~ publiahe~ in the
~lt2 of OkeechObee in Okeechobee Cowry, Florida, that
the attache~ copy of a~vePtisement being a "Notice" in
the matteP of City T~ Assessment Roi1, publishe~ in sai~
new~ape~ in the issues of September 15 - 22- 29 and Oct,
6.
Affi~t f~ther says that the sai~ O~E~OBEE ~S is
a newspaper publishe~ in ~e City of Okeechobee, in said
Okeechobee Cowry, FloPida, and that ~e said newspapeP has
heretofoPe been continuously publishe~ in said Okeechobee
Co~ty, Florida, each week ~d has been entered as secon~
Claes mail matte~ at ~e post office in. the City of Okeechobee,
in said Co~ty, Florida, for a period of one yea~ next p~e-
ced~g the first publication of the attache~ copy of ad-
vertisement; ~d ~fiant fuehrer says that he has neith pai~
nor p~omised ~y person, fi~ or co~ora~ion any distort,
~ebate, c o~ission o~ ref~d fo~ the p~pose of securing thi~
a~vertisemen~ fo~ publication in sai~ newspaper.
Si~e~
Swo~ to ~ sub,c~ibe~ to before me this ~rd day of
October, A. D. 1950.
By Co~ie W. Raule~aon Clerk of Circuit Oou~t.
In the absence of P~esident Chan~le~, P~esident P~o-tem Ma~tin p~esi~e~ ove~
the meeting.
~e City Tax Aa~e~o~ preaen~e~ the City Tax ls~essmen~ Roll fo~ the yea~ 1950
to ~e City Co~cil fo~ ~eveiw and equali~~.
P~eaident P~o-tem ~rtin ~no~de~ that ~e Co~cil woul~ receive and consider
objections to the valuations as fixed on said ~ax Roll by ~e City Tax Assessor. No
objections were ~eceive~ by the Co~cil.
Upon motio~ Co~ci~ latfor~ moved that the City ~ax Assessment Roll for the
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year 1950 as prepared by the City Tax Assessor be accepted and said ?ax Roll returned
to the City Tax Assessor for completions Motion seconded by OoUncilman Mc 'Dougald and
c arri ed.
Councilman Mc Dougald presented the following Ordinance and moved its adoption.
Motion seconde~/ by Councilman Nix and unanimously adopted:
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1950 FOR THE CI~ OF OXEECHOBEE, FLORIDA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CI~ COUNCIL OF THE
CIqsff OF OKEECHOBEE, FLOE[DA:
Section 1. That the City of Okeechobee, Florida, here~y
levies a tax of 20 mille on each dollar valuation of real and
personal property within the corporate limits of the city of
Okeechobee, Florida, for the year 1950; such taxes shall be
assessed and collected in the manner provided by law, PROVIDED
HO~EVER, that no taxes shall be assessed against homesteads,
,having a valuation of not more than $5,000.00 for the General
~Fu~d of said citye
Section 2. That A mills of such tax shall be used for
,General City purposes and shall be assessed, for the General
iFu~d of said City. That 15 mills of such tax shall be assessed
for the interest and sinking fund for the payment of. interest
an~ principal of General Refunding Bonds, IsSue of 1942, of
said City.
Section 5. It shall be the duty of the Tax Collector of
said City and the City Clerk of said City, to divide the pro-
ceeds received from said taxes as aforesaid, into the funds
set out in Section 1 of this Ordinance and keep full and correct
account of the same as they may be directed by the City Council.
Section A. Ail Ordinances, or parts of Ordinances, in con-
flict herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
upon its passage by the City cOuncil and approval by the Mayor.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in special this 9th day of October, A. D.
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
pREsIDENT PRO'PM
ATTEST:~.. Lorena Pearce CITY CL~P~
~he above and foregoing Ordinance is hersby approved this
eth day of October, Ao Do 1950.
H. Ho Raulerson
YAYOR CITY OF 0KE~HOBE~
0KEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
Upon motion bT Councilman Wat£ord, seconded by Councilman Mc Dou6ald and
unanimousl~ carried tho £ollow~ng BUDGET £or tho Tear 1951 vas unantnousl~ adoptod~
B~DOET OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, FOR THE YEAR 1951.
ANTICIPATED ~EVENUE
BUILDING PERMITS .................. $ 200.00
CIGARETTE TAX ........................................... 15,000.00
FLORIDA PO~ER AND LIGHT CO. FRANCHISE ................... 750.00
FINES AND FORFEITURES ................................... 2,500.00
GARBAGE COLLATIONS ........... 2 · 000 o O0
L cENs s (OC ATIONAL ....... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 5, o.oo
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY (on fire truck) ....................... 2·000.00
OKEECHOBEE C~3NTY (on ~efunding bonds) .................. 5·000.00
TAX CERTIFICATE REDEMPTION .............................. 500.00
1950 TAX ROLL ....................................... - - - -
UTILITY TAX ........................................ - - - - - 7,500.00
WATE~ REVENUE ........................ 25,000 O0
TO TAB ............................. $77,480 O0
~RY OF NAYDR ......................................... $ 100.00
SALARY OF CO~CIL~EN .................................... 1,500.00
SALARY OF CITY CLERK .................................... 2·400.00
SALARY OF CI T~ CLERK ASSISTANT .................... 1,820. O0
SALARY OF CHIEF OF POLICE ............................... ~400.00
SALARY OF FI~ CHIEF .................................... 1·800.00
SALARY OF FI~E CHIEF ASSISTANT .......................... 1,092.00
SALARY OF WATER SUPERINTENDENT .......................... 5·000.00
SALARY OF WATER SUPERINTENDENT ASSISTANT ................ 2,400.00
SALARY OF CIT~ ATTORNEY ................................. 600.00
W~TER ~PAR~T - ...................................... - 8~000.00
SANITARY DEPARTMENT ..................................... 6~ 0.00. O0
FIRE DEPARTM~T ........................................ ' - 2·000.00
POLI CE DEPAR ~ENT ............... - ....................... 1,500
CLERK'S OFFICE EXPENSE ................................... ?~0.00
TEL & TEL ................ - .............................. 5%5.00
LIGHTS ...... - ...................................... 2·000.00
INSURANCE ............................................... 1,250. O0
WATER TANK REPAIR (K. L. Sha~p Account) ................. 2·000.00
FIRE T~UCK (A~er~can La France Foamite Corp.) ........... 1,155.00
FIHE TRUCK CI~s~S (Okeechobee County Bank) .............. 840.00
I & S REFUNDING BONDS ................................... 20,000.00
WATER BEVE~ CERTIFICATES .............................. 5,070.00
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY BANK ($4,000.00 note ) ................ 500.00
PUBLICITY FUN~ .......................................... 400.00
CONTINGENCES (including road & street repairs, new street
lights and etc. ) .......................... 8,548.00
.......
............................................ ,480. O0
Thereupon the Board adjourned and r®convened as a City Council.
W. L. (Buck) Lee appea~ed before the Co~ncll in regard to a Dance License
for one night (Boy. 11.~ to be held at Parkerson Skating Rink. The proceeds to be
as follows: 4~ of proceeds to band - 50~ of remaining 60~ Pecelptm from door and
In consldePatXon of %he above ~Peemen~
consessXon to be donate~ to the American LegXon./._tf.t:r ~'---A_-_-_-'_i-_ the CouncXl~
agreed to ~rant request free from all charge.
A discussXon ~ repairing streets was heard. It was decided to ps,one
any action on this matte= until further discussions we~ hemPd.
Upon motion the Council adjourned.
PRESIDENT CITY COUNCIL
i - CIT~ - PRESIDENT PRO TEM