1954-02-01 Regular 373
Couucilman Coker presented the following Resolution requesting the County
Commissioners to fnclude in the proposed street project the cost of a signal light
for the Seaboard Air Line Railway crossing at Chokaloskee Street, upon being seconded
by Councilman Roe was put to a vote and unanimously adopted:
R E S 0 L U T I 0 N~/
The City Council of 0keechobee, Florida, would respectfully
show unto your Honorable Board, that Chokaloskee Street, running
North through "Colored Town" is an important "route" of travel
from the business part of said city to the Colored Section of
0keechobce City, and that the "Route" of travel from Colored Town,
East, to State Road 15, constitutes a serious traffic hazard, due
to the heavy traffic incident to the loading of vegetables, pulp-
wood and other commodities, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF 0KEECHOBEE, FLORIDA,
that the Board of Coumty Commissiomers of 0Keechobee County,
Florida, be and it is hereby requested to include in its "Secondary"
Road program, the grading and paving of the following streets and/or
Roads; and signal light for the Seaboard Air Line Railway crossing at
Chokaloskee Street:
Begin at the intersection of Road ?0 and Chokaloskee Street;
thence run North to the intersection of 15th Street; thence East
to the intersection of State Road 18, and
Passed in open session, this the 4th day of January, 1954.
R. E. Chandler
President City Council
ATTEST: Lorena Spivey
City Clerk
The collection of deliquent water bills was discussed and agreed that
Irena Williama continue the collecting.
Upon motion the Council adjourned.
PRESIDENT CITY COUNCIL
ATTEST: CITY 'CL~'~'~F~K -~
February 1, 1954
The City Council of the City of 0keechobee, Florida, met in regular session
at the City Hall on the above date at V:O0 P. M. with the following present: Mayor
President Ch~ Councilmen Roe and Watford with
Ra~ erson,
dler,
Coker,
G.
C.
Durrance,
City Attorney and Lorena Spivey, City Clerk.
Minutes of the meeting ~eld January 4, 1954, were read and approved as read.
The following bills were approved and ordered paid when funds are available:
O. K. Garage $ 2.25
Palm Beach Typewriter Co. 20.55
Gilbert Culbreth 1.32
R. E. Willis '50.00
Palm Beach Paper Company ......... 8.45
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Florida Power and Light Co. $ 453.65
K. L. Sharp ....................... 450.00
R. B. ~f~ser~e 996.74
0keechobee I;~otor Company .............. 19.63
Davis Meter Hepair & Supply Company 39.00
Domer ' s ~,'~ach ine Shop 32.00
0keechobee Builders Supply Compsny 1.50
S. R. Raifsmider ---~. 6.68
Inter ~o~ty Tel and Tel Comply --- 32.40
Florida League of ~,~icipalities .... 50.00
The Sanfax C ompsny 55.18
~obley' s Garage 88.2V
De Witt Supply~c~.~=~v~..~ ...... ~ ..................................... 16.50
Councilman Watford moved to grant to the Church of Our Savio~ permission to
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place location sign in Park L, seconded by ~o~cmlman Coker snd carried.
Co~cilm~ Watford moved to increase th~ Chief of Police salary $50.00 per
month, effective Janua~ l, 1954, seconded by Co~cilm~ Roe ~d carried.
A water lime to property belonging to Cl~ence Arnold was discussed and matter
l~arv~n Mobley.
was referred to Co~c~ Roe, M. F. Kinsaul and ~'~ '
A request to open 9th and llth Street was discussed and referred to ~.~arvfn
~obley.
Co~cilm~ Watford moved to request the Cowry Co~issioners to include in
their Secondary Road P~oJect, the ~xtension of Hancock Street from proposed site Av~.~
D - one block ~outh fo residence of the ~te H. H. Hancock, seconded by Co~mncflm~
Coker and carried.
The need of water m~ters was discussed and Co~cilman Roe moved that ~e City
p~chase lO0 meters, seconded by Co~cilman Watford and carried. Fin~cial details to be
~ A building per~t application ~om Joe Bongigvann
comp~t~d by ~Q~c[l~Ro~$nd Watford~ was p~esmnted. Counci~ Watford moved to mssue
pe~mD ~'~.~ ~,o~.~.o~mm~mnx ~m to~t l~quor ~iQense transfer upon co~letion of
A ~scusszon of building oermits was hear~. ~o~cflm~n ~oi~er ..eyed that the
duties of the Building Inspector be tahen over by the Chief of Police and the present
Inspector notified of ~ction, seconded by uo~c_lman Roe and carried.
A building ~pplication from Chism Buckanan was presented; Co~cilman Watford
moved to grant permit, seconded by Cocci]man Coker and carried.
Howard Lightsey a?peared before the Co,muciZ in regard to a water line to his
residence on N. 0sceola Street. After discussion the Co~cil advised that the City was
financially ~ab]e to handle matter at this time.
~onfno of the City was ~scussed and it was agreed that a meeting be held for
the purpose of further study and discussion of this matter.
~.on motion the Co,oil adjourned to meet Feb. ll, 1954.
~ebru~y 11~ 1954
The Co~_cil meeting scheduled ~or Feb. 11~ 19~4~ ~as postponed fnde~ini~ely~