1954-03-01 Regular ~iarch 1, 1954
?he City Council of the City of 0keechobee, Florida, met in regular session
at 7:00 P. ~. on the above date at the City Hall with the fo]lowing present: Mayor
H. H. Raulerson, President Chandler, Councilmen Coker and Thomas With G. C. Durrance,
City Attorney and Lorena Spivey, City Clerk.
?.~im,~tes of the meeting held February l, 198~, were read and approved as r~ad.
~e following bills wer~ approved and ordered paid When f~ds are available:
Florida Power ~d Light Company ..... ~ ~1.~9
C~.ty of Fort Pierce 235.00
Cit~:- of Fort Pierc~ ..................... 2~1.50
Irving Trust Company 30.80
~ ~ Raifsnider - -- 8.27
~,enrke s Auto Suppl[ ..... 17.25
0keechobee Hdwe. & l~'~n. Comply ........ 2~.36
The 0keechob~e News ..... 34.90
Inter Co Tel ~d Tel Company .......... - 30.85
Warlord's Gulf Service ............. 59.76
Americ~ La France-Foamite Corp. --
At~_antic Service Station 305.5~
Edga~ Rau!erson -- 50.00
Fortner P].'~nbing & ~eatmng 2~.75
0keechobe~ Pl~bing and El~ctric Service ........ 15.65
,.~:. ,~'' . =,,an ~ock~ 1_ .20
G-~ ~ ~-~+ Culbroth 242.0V
Davfs ~.!eter Repair & Supply Comply --- 402.06
De Witt Supply Comply ........................ VV.10
Palm Beach Typev~iter Comply .................. 6.90
~obley' s Garage ~55.8V
P~k Drug Comply .................... 6.75
0ke~chobee L~mber Compai~y --- 3.~8
B. "' 25
~.,. Thomas ...................................... .00
a~. D. Lee ............... 412.50
0keechobee Hdwe. ~ Furn. Comply 44.96
~,~at~ord's Gulf Service Station 174 90
James A. Yo~.g, Coach of the 0k~echobee School, appeared before the Council
and discussed the need of drainage mud d_,.~t fi~_l at the football field. Co~cilman
Coker ~ov~d ti:at the Cozmcil c~~* ~ '
~,~ ...... c any' ,;ray p~c.szblc in this matter and agreed to
drain and dirt fill field to n~l~ ~l~m!uate the p~ob!e~, secorfled by Councilman Thomas
and
~. E. B~y~t, Chairm~ of thc Flood Control Co~aittee, discussed with the
Oom~cil a l~tter that had beenwrz''~ten~ to Jokm ~-**~,~, mnozneer, regarding action
takcm by the i:'lood Control Co~itt~e. ~"~. .... Br--a,~t~ ._ also stated the need of dirt fill on
Fourteenth Street. ~e Council advised that the street would be repaired as soon as
poss~ e.
,~ood]and Park Subdivision appeared in regard to the
Two property o~mers of w -
location of Ninth Street. A blue prior of this section was presented and after dis-
cussing th~ situation the Co~c~! tab!~d matter pending f~rth, er investigation.
A representative from Inter Co~ty Tel ~d Tel Comply was present and
~cs~nted thc Co-mucil with a pl~ of the tel
~ - ep~one system. The~-~-~*~*ive~~.~.~.~ stated
that the Telephon~ o ~
~o~,~pa~ was planing to remove all aerial cables and install ~der-
ground cab!~s, im ~icw of the fact, that the present system would be cha~ed to dial
system in thc ne~ future. The matter of the Tetepaone Company having no franc~mse was
brought b~for~a the 'Co~cil and a~ter discussing this the Co,nc!! requested the ropresen~
ativc ?resent to notify th~ ~danager of the Comp~ that the City Co~cil would lik~ for
him to arrance a meeting with them in the vc~ near future to discuss this situation.
The need of removing t~lephonc poles on certain County Secondly roads was also dis-
cussed. The matter was tabled ~til futt~e date.
President Chandler, presented a request from l.eo Ulratton, Commander of Am-~rican
Legion, r~q~e~t_no that the Council grant to t.~e American Legion Rescue Squad permission
to sponsor Kelly-~orris circus on March ~5 free from all license charge. After con-
~re~
sidering the ~_att~r Cotmcil~an Coker ~oved to grant request ~ from all cha~g~s, sec-
ended by Councilman Thomas and carried.
H. [.~!. Hancock, Fire Chief, stated the ne~d of new sanitary facilities in the
~ity Jail. Council agreed that Ha~cock contact all .City plumbers on cost of needed
facilities and report to Council at next regular meeting.
Two buildi?g applications from the Pure 0il Compsny in the amount of $5,000.00
and $18,000.00 were approved and ordered in the minutes.
Building al'plications for the following were presented and upon motion by
Councilman Thomas, seconded by Councilman Coker and carried, permits were granted and
ordered issued: ~J .
~. ]' Hansel $~,000.00~ W. R. Tomlinson, $1,000.00, and Frank Sheppard
~i';2,000.00.
Building application from A. W. Harden in the amount of $~,000.00 was present-
ed and upon motion by Council~an Coker, seconded by Com~cilman Thomas and carried permit
was granted.
Councilman Tho~nas brought before the Council the urgent need of a special
policeman~ The Council agreed that in the near future they felt the financial status
of the city would be such that it wogald permit another policeman to be employed and
in view of this the Clerk was advised to notify anyone interested to file application
with City Clerk.
The zoning ~roblem was again discussed and the Clerk was advised to write
for information as to the cost of a zoning survey of the city.
The traffic situation was discussed and the Council agreed to request the
Florida Power and Light Company to change the caution lights on State Road #4~1 so that,
the red reflectors will be North and South considering the fact that the red lights
would be more cautious.
Upon motion the Council adjourned.
PRESIDENT CITY COUNCIL'
ATTEST: ~
CITY CLER~ ~
April 5, 1954
The City Co~ucil of the City of 0keechobee, Florida, met in regular session
at the City Hall on the above date at 7:00 P. M. with the following present: Mayor
H. H. Raulerson, President Chandler, Councilmen Coker, Thomas and Watford with G. C.
Durrance City Attorney and Lorena Spivey, City Clerk.
Minutes of the meeting held March 1, 1954, were read and approved as read.
The following bills were approved and ordered paid when funds are available:
Florida Power and Light Company ,------~- .............. $ 373.06
Tamiami Trail Toums, Inc. --- 4.28
Okeechobee Builders Supply Company .... 1.50
_T~he .Ci.ty o_f_ .Fort_Pierce ................. ~8~'
o~any-- .......................
~leWls~on f/lOtor t; .............