1954-08-02 RegularAugust 2, 1954
~_~e Cit=2 Council of the C~_ty of 0koed'~obee, ~lorm~a, met in regular session
at tn~ Cit~j Hall on the above date at ~:30 P. L. ~th the following present: ~.~ayor H.
Raulcrson~ Pro~ident Chandler~ Co~ci~en Coker and Roe with G. C. ~rrance, City
At~rncy ~d L~rena Spivey, City C~
~,linutes of the meeting held July 12, ~54, were read and approved as read.
~_e following bills were approved ~d ordered paid when funds are available:
Florida Power ~d Light Compa~ .................. ~ S79.81
0ke~chobee County Bank ................. 889.00
Davis ~,,'Ieter Repair and Supply Co:upany - 125.56
~.'¢, ~ V ' SOH~
V . ~m~ll Jr. - ...................- 150.00
Director of Internal Revenue 461'80
0keochobee County Children's Committe -- 100.00
Tri-State C~vert & ~,,~g. Co. 320.75
0keochobee %Grot Co~pany ..................... 11.35
Gilbert Culbreth ..... 1S. 63
A~,, ~- R Crane Service - 20.00
Atlantic Service Station ............... 7.75
0keechobee Bui%ders Supply Compa~ ...............
0keechobee L~%ber Co~t~.pany .... 68.40
Lewis H. Dreese Garage ........... 2.50
City of Fort Pierce 206.75
Pa!~'.~ Beach Paper Company 18.15
i,~ixon f s Garage ........ 2.50
Jack Ezell ....... 16.15
J. E. Cone appeared before the Co~cil in regard to the need of city water for
his proposed ~uild. fng in Woodland Park Subdivision. ~e matter was discussed and
rest ~util the retz*~n of the Water Supt., ~.,~. F. Kinsaul, nov~on vacation.
~e need of additional water mains ~d financing of such a project was discusse(
It was suf;gosted that when a water main was needed the city would install main and assess
to adjoining property ovmers. A plan to t~.is effect will be submitted in the near future
Due to the hea~ rains the draCnage problem was again brought before the
reszdenvs most flooded areas and a solution
Council. Complaints from a n~ber of .... in the
to t~.e proble:~ was discussed. ~e Co~cil agreed to open ditches where possible and
agreed to meet with the County Co~muissioners ~d request the use of the dragline as soon
as available to open and cl~ ditches to help releive situatio~
J. ~[. Wiles ~d ~,,'!. S. Harden appeared before the Council requesting city water
to their proposed building sites in South 0koechobee, also requested that the ditch
in that vicinity be opened. 5]~e Co~cil ass~ed them that something on the installation
of water mains would be worked out in the near fut~e and agreed to have the drainage
ditch opened.
Fra:~k Smith appeared before the Council regarding the deliquent city taxes on
his property in East 0keechobee and requested an adjustment. After discussing the
matter Counci~an Roe moved to authorize the City Attorney to prepare Resolution
.~,oard for the p~pose of adjusting del-
constituting the City Co~cil as an Adjustment ~
iquent taxes for 1933 and prior years, seconded by Councilman Coker and carried.
Councilman Coker moved to sell old worn out truck for j~k to Pa~ Robbins
for $75.00, seconded by Co~cilm~ Hoe and carried.
~e Financial Statement for 1953 was subn~tted as prepared by W. V. Wilson, Jr.
andafter reveiwing Co~cilm~ Coker moved to accept same, seconded by Councflman ~oe
and carried.
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A letter wa~ road from Belcher 0il Compsny requesting payment in full of
acco,mat. ~te Co~bucil ordered the Clerk to acknowledge the letter, stating that they f~lt
co~ident the acco~t could be paid in full before the e~irati0n of the year.
A correspondence fror~ George W. Si~2uons, Plamting and Zoning Consultant, was
read and the C!crk was requested to m~re reply.
Upon moti:,m thc Co~ci! adjourned.
PRESIDENT CI~ C0~NCIL
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AT'~ST: CiS~ C~~
September 13, 1954
The City Cou~cii of the City of 0]~eecbobee, Florida, met in the Council ~ham,.,eP
at 7:30 P. },~. in r~,zular session also pursuar~.t to the following notice ~hicb had been
published in the 0keec77obee N~ws. ~e following were present: Co~mci~en Coker, Roe and
Warlord with G. C. D~rance~ City Attorney and Lorena Spiv~y City Clerk.
NOT!~
i'~0~ is b_e ,eby given that
0keechobe~, ['~lorida, will meet in ~e Co~mcil Cha~,,ber at the
City Hall at ~:30 P. M. September 13, 1954~ for the purpose
of reviewing ~d equalizimg the City Tsx Assessment Roll for
the yc~ar 1954, as prepared by the City Tax Assessor.
AI~' Ai[D ALL
-~.~:,~ having any objections to the valuation
placed on their property htr the City Tax Assessor~ as s~.om2
by the Assessment Roll, are hereby notifi,d to fil~ their
objections wi~h the C~ty Clerk or to appear in person before
the City Council at s~id meeting on the aforesaid date.
R. E. Chandler
President City Co~mcil
0k-ecbobee,~ Florida
AT.ST: Lorena Spivey
City Clerk
PROOF 0F P~Li~A~ZON
(Published ~very Friday in the City of Okeechobee, 0keecbob~e Co~mty, FlOrida)
STA'~ 0F FLORIDA
C0~J~TY 0F 0i~EC?iOBEE
Before the ~mdersidned authority personally ablated L.H. Moore
w~o on oath that he is ~igr. editor of the 0keechobee
News,
weekly newspaper 'published in the City of 0keecbobee, in~ 0keecl~obee
Com~tya Floc,ida; that the attacl~ed copy of advertise~rent, being
Legal hotice in the matter of , t~ roll legal - .
Affiant. f~m~em says ~ha% ~ said OK~EG~0B.:.E is a newspapem pub-
lished f.n the Ci~ of 0keec~%obee, in said 0keechobee Co~mtV, Flo~ida~
and %ka% 5he said n~wspap~m has heme ~ofome be~n continou, slv published
im said 0keechobe~ Cotmty, Flomida, each week ~d has been entered as
second class ma%bo~ a% the pos% office in ~'~e City of 0keec~ob~, in
said Count7, Flo~da, fora a period of one yeam n~x% precedinz %h~ fims~
publica%ion of 8he attacl~od copy of adverfiisemen%; m~d affiean2 fum%hem
says that he' has n~ither naid no~ pPomised any person, ffmm om compo~a%ion
any discomfit, rebat~ con,mission
advemtise~en% fora pz~blieation in said newspaper,
Sisned
Swomn
%his d ay of 1954
By
Notar~ '~-C,
My commission expimes
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