1952-12-01 RegularDecember 1, 1952
The City Council of the City of 0keechobee, Florida, met in regular session
at the City Hall on the above date at ?:30 P. M. at the City Hall with the following
p~esent: ~resident Chmdler, Cotmcilmen Roe, Wa~fo~d ~d Williams wi~h G. C. ~ramee,
City A~tor~ey a~d Lorexa ~pivey, Ci~ ClerE.
Minutes of ~he mee~i~s held November ~, amd 12, 1952 were ~ead ~d approved
as reade
~e fellow~gbilla were approved and Ordered paid when f~ds are available:
Parro~ ~e~vice 8~a~io~ - ~., Wa~er, Parks, Fire ~ Police - $
0keechobee Co~y ~ - Mower pa~em~ ..................... ~.~
Florida Power & Ligh~ Co. - Lights ~d Power .................. ~09.~6
M°bley's Garage - Water, Garble and Pa~k~ Dept. ....
Lewis H. Dreese - ~., ~d Police Dept. ........... -
Bores L~be~ Company - Water Dep~. .......... " ............ 21.
0keechobee Builderl - ~. Dept. ........................ ~.00
Atlan~i~ Service ~ta~io~ - Police Dept. ......................
S~andard 0il Company - Fi~e Dept. ........................
Calg~, Inc. - Fi~e Dept. -~--- ' .............
Dome~'s Machine ~Sh~ -~ ~. Dept. ........................ 100.~0
Robb!~s Elec~ri~ - ~. Light Material ~ ............... ~9.~0
City of ~ort Pierce - Wa~er Dept. .......................
W. N. G~ay - Elec~i~m 0ffical ................. ~ 1~.~O
Lois Walker - " ----- ................. 1~.50 .
Ruth ~arvey ~ - " " -
................. 1~. 50
Dee ~~ P~ealey - " "~ ......
.. - ........... 13.50
Athene7 ~rance stated tha~ the lease o~ t~ land to be used fo~ gaFbage
di~osal was c~lete with the excepti6~ of enterim~ of the to,ship.
~$. Sisler ~dley appeared b~fore the Oo~cil in re~ard ~ the statemen~ of
services rendened te M. F. Kinsaul be ~. Dudley. AfteP .discussion Co~cilmaa Warlord
moved that the '~ity pay the bill when f~ds are available with the ~derstandi~g that
Mrs. ~dley re~burse the City upon recelp~ of the check from ~e Insilco Company,
seconded by Co~cilman Roe ~ carried. Attorney Du~ee was iastructed te
the investigatioa amd aead all material available to the Instance Co~ say. M~. ~. B.
Meserve endeav~ed to e~lala the situatioa, of-this matte~ and the Instance Co, amy.
Gle~ Snodgrass a~d Ernest Bar~ appea~ed before the 0o~cil and discussed the
pl~s for the oe~unkty ~istmas p~o~. It was requested that the City make a dca-
arista to a~ ia preseatiag t~s p~ogr~. ~e Co=ncil stated ~at the City ceul~ net
~ the requested but each agreed to m~e up the dO, atica personally. Thirty dollars
was donated fr~ the Co~cil, Atto~mey ~d Cle~k~ tc be used toward the fi~aaciag ef the
Christmas p~o~. ~e~ Co~cil gramted pe~missioa te the ~is~mas p~eg~am Co~ittee
to uae say ef the City Parks the Co, tree deeeided' would be be~t PreSident
~ ~. ~d to meet with ~hee(~-
was asked to ~eoent the City/~ I
C~ilman ~oe bro~t before the Co~cil a request f~em Bobby Paige that the
City epem the street in f~omt ~f him residemce. M~. Mobley stated ~hat the City did
met have the necess~y culvert te ee~lete thim r~ad. ~e matter ~s discussed but no
defiaite acti~ takes at this time.
Ce~ci~ Willia~ reported sa the meed of read repair ia South 0keechobee on
Tenth 3t~eet. ~e matter was discussed with Daltoa Brette ~d matte~ ~ ~e be ~akem
care of as scoa as possible.
C~mplaimtn as to the m~ne~ in which Mar~am B~ether8 ~ d~ing thei~ dispooa~
at ~he garbage di4pe'sal ~ro~do was ~iseuased. ~t wan agreed ~a~ Ma~ B~es. nhe~d
be rectified an~requested te See that the matte~ be take~
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Upen motion the Council adjourned to meet Monday, December 8, 1952.
P~ESIDEN? CI ~Y~ COUN~L
Attest, ..... ~EI~~ '
Decembe~ 8~ 1952
~e City Ceuncil ef ~e City ef OkeeChobee, Florida, ~et ia regul~ adJe~aed sessi~a
at 7:~ P. M. ea ~e ~eve date at ~e City H~ll wi~h the felle~ng p~ese~t: Mayo~
H. H. ~ers~, Presideat Chandler, Ce~cilmea Ree-a~d ~omas, with ~rranee, City
At~o~e~f ~d ~rena ~p~V~y,. City Clerk. -
~e ~1~[~ bills were apP~ved ~d o~d~ed paid w~j~m f~da are available,
0keeeh~bee C~ty Ba~ - ?ayment ca ~ev. ~uck -"- ....... ' $ 112.48
Mi~-~Unifo~a' Inc. - ~elice Dept.~'- .......... - .......
' The H & B W ~ew Ce. - ~lerk's 0ffi~e E~eaae ............. 1~.43
Iagrah~ ~e~ Sto~ - Fi~e Dept. ............... ~ ......... 4.27
0. K. Garage - ~S~., and Police Dept. .............
Atlantic Se~. Statio~ - Police Dept.------- ........ -- --- --- 4.19
B~gess SupPly Company - S~. Dept. ...................... 1~.30
Harvey, s GaUge - Police and San. Dept. .............. 7.20
Okee. Hdwe. & Furn. Ce. - Water, ParkS, and Fire Dept. -------
~e Okeechobee News - Clerk's Supplies ................... 90.60
Imter Co Tel and Tel Co. - Tel Services .......................
Warlord's G~f Truck Stop - Wa2e~, San., amd Police Dept. ......
Scott P~p Co~ ~y - Water Depte ......................... 15.00
0keeeh~ee ~be~ ~o. - S~. Dept. ..............- ----- -- - -- 40.84'
Gilbert Culb~eth - Fire Dept.- .................... -- - - .V4
City of Fort Pierce -, Wate~..Dept. ......... ,---~- .......... 246.50
Domer's MacHine ~hop - Water and San. Dept. - .............. 22~.22
Flor~a Valve & Fitting Co. ~ Dept. - ....................... 80.~1
~nte~ ~o ~el and Tel Co, any of Police Phone .............. 8.18
President Chandler anno~ced that the ~o~cil would proceed to canvass the
return~$ of the General City Election held December 2, 1952.
~e ~e~ewing Is the co~t in accordance with the tally sheets:
For Mayc~ - ~. H. Rau!erson 31~ - J. Byrd Rehimee~,~l - P. P. Evans 13 -
Elmer ~anee ~ - R. B. ~eserve 1 - Salte~ Warlord 1 - S. H. Mc D~ugald 1 -
Rennls Padgett 1 - Donald Mask 1 - Bill Hend~y 2 - ~. E. B~yant 1 - F~ed
Kohl ~ - W. I. Lawao~ 1 - Jim Ridgon 1.
For co~cil~en - Joe Bongiovanni 127 - Rod Chandler 314 - Jack Coker 23~ -
Claude V. Gar~er, Jr. 195 - J. M. Roe, S~. 24B - B. W. ~omas, S~. 28~ -
Alto Warlord S~. 2~ - Z. K. Williams 203.
For City ~le~k - Lemena Pea~ee ~pive2 ~44 - Evel~ ~ance 1 - Alma Sherma~ 1
[rena Willies 1 - A~hur Brass 1 -Corrine Burdeshaw 1.
Co~cilm~ ~e presented the fol!~wing Reaolu2ion amd moved its adoption and
upc~ being seconded by Counc. ilm~ ~omas was put ~o a vote and ~ani~ously adopted:
RESOLU~0N ~
~A~, ~e '~i2y Council of 2he City of 0keechobee, Florida,
sitting as a board of canvassers, has canvassed the returae~of the
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General City Election hedl December 2, 1~S2, and
~A~, H. H. Raule~son, reeeived the hi~est m~ber of votes
for MaYo~, Rod ~dler, B. W. ~omas, Sr., Alto Watford, Sr., J. M.
Roe, Sr. an~ Jack C~ker recet~ ~he highest n~ber of votes