1926-12-21 Regular
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T.hjOkeeohobee News Legal Adv. & blanks foJ;" ,Olerk' s Office 72.39 ~
Nair Kotor Co. Labor & Parts for City trucks 19.9~
McOarthy & Co. Hay for pound" 26.5 [4,', i
pan,.Arn e.,.r ican fJetroleum Corp. Gas & oil' g4g.3 '",,"..!;!..'.'.
Mrs.. )4. G. Lamb )(ea16 for Oi ty prisoners 7 . 0 ,~n
Coke Jooes', Supplies for office , 3.7 . ;
Intèr County Tel.' & Tel.. Co. Phone ser. for City Bldgs,." 12.2 h
Scharfschwerd t Brost Hardware & Supplies 35.9
L. O.Smith & Caron. Typewriters,Inc. Third payment on typewriter 10.0 I
Wa.lker, Evans & COgt.well Supplies for office. 35.7 I
Bass Lumber & Supplt 00. Culvert and lumber 263.7
E. D. Harris ( Supplement to sala,ry to Meat Insp. 25.0 ,
W. G. Stove.ll Payment for fi lling in hole S. Curve St. 30.0 11
J. E. Lovvorn Inspector of General City Election 5.0 I
J. O. Wolff II " " "n 5.0
A. "Freedman " II II II II 5. OJ
O. O. Davis Clerk II II "" 5.01-
Water Fund
L. C. Tootle Salary for Nov.
, Scharfschwerdt Bros. Hardware
! Pan American Petrol.um Corp. Gas & oil
Standard Boat Ways Blacksmith work
i D. B. McCarthy Gate valve, Okum etc.
r' Neptune Meter Co. Bal. due on invoice of Jan.12, 1925
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FIRE PROTECTION FUND
Jack Davidson Salary for Nov. ,
Ev~lvn oh'C.uinn B Amount ...of voucher to C. E. Isom
I 8char:rs,c "erdt rosa Hi. rdware
Park Pharmacy H~s04
West End Service St.. Labor on fire truck
Okeeohobee Battery & Elec. Station Charging battery on fire truck
PARK FUND
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W. G. Stovall Payment for planting phlox seed etc. 100.0 l
W. G. Stòvall " fixing park in front ~fxS..t. 125.0 '1
Sch~rfschwerdt BroSt Hardware 10.80 . ,
Bass Lumber & Supply Co. Used in City Park for sidewalks 70.45 1
WATERWORKS BOND FUND * 23
C.,A. Steed. Sons Estimate *6 Bond Contract #4 8800.95
U1on motion Council adjourned.
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Attest: ;1¡P:)f¡f7i:,ilt. Ptesiden,. ity Council ,:.',
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"O~eec~obee, Floriüa, December 21, 1926. ~ ,:
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The City Council met in regular sessioQ at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on ~¡
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the'above date and the following were present: H. H. DeYarmaIf,' President of City
Council; Councilmen; J. D. Bird, H. T. Bass, H. H. Hancock-and L. F. Scharf schwer".
with R. P. Fletcher; City Clerk; L. W. Jennings, City Attorney; Clint Bass, Chief of
Police and L. C. Tottle, Water Superintendent in attendance. ,
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I MInutes of meeting held December 7th were read and approved,' '
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Mt. P. Tomasello, Jr. appeared before Council relative to money du ¡
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Th~ Bowyer Company On final estimate. h
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~t. C. A. DaUgher~y presented map showing locat~on of present 'and ¡l ¡1
. requested street Illhts, also locatlon of propos¡d street lights, and requested, <-.j
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Council to designa,t. loéa.tion of any other lights wanted. t
NO action was taken on lights proposed by Mr. DaUgherty.. ¡ \
, MI. J. C. Kicliter appeared before Council and requested that City 'I \
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ext:~ sewer main ftom Okeechobee Hotel to his boarding house. , II
C' o~lman Bird moved that C. A. Steed & Sons be ~eque~ted to II
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. c' ..1 -'. .' '~, Mr. Kirkland appeared before Council and requested Council to auth-
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Southwest Adfition to balance due Fordham & Kirkland by City for paving on Hillsoro
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i; ~ . Councilman Bird moved that Council authorize City Tax Collector to
'( i iswe tax reteiPts to For~= & Uhland for 1926 City taxes 00 lots inN~t~est
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r'~... . Addition and¡.Southwest Addition to Okeechobee, if legal. Said taxes to apply on bal-
ance due For4ham & Kirkland by City of Okeechobee for one-third of cost of paving
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f~' Hillsboro St*ee~; motion seconded by Councilman Hancock and carried.
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~ Councilman Scharfschwerdt moved that W. G. Stovall be authorized to
.LJ build sidewa1ks diagonally across park between Osceola and Seminole Streets and bull
; If>: sidewalk acr<8ss west side of said park a,t an addi tional cost of $150.00, motion
! P~';f. seconded by (Jouncilman Hancock and carried.
Mr. MacNeff appeared before Council with reference to co~pletion of
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paving on Pa~rott Avenue between No~th Park Street and Eighth Street and South si?e
':" ' of Borth Parle Street between Parrott Avenue and Tallahassee Street. No action was
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E)~ . C=Ci~M ~cock moved that City se=e pries from Atlantio Brid~'
1 00. for drivUng piling on fill west of bridge on Taylor Creek and award contract to
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, said Company, if price is reasonable and cost does not exceed $300.00, motion second
; ed by Counci~ Bass and carried.
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¡¡ Councilman Scharfschwerdt moved that C. H. Prater be given contract
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It. ~4 for laying caÞcrete floor in Ci ty Jail at cost of lavor and material plus 10% com-
i",[', '.','..",.'.'",,'."'1', ,,',: mission. oost', not to exoeed $240.00. motion seoondedby Councilman Bird and carried.
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.'J' . Councilman Bass moved that D. B. McCarthy be given contract for fur-
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: r nishing and ttstalling plumbing in City Jail at cost of labor and material pl\ls l~
oO=ission, mþtion seconded by Councilman Bird and carried.
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t ~ Upon motion by Councilman Scharfschwerdt, seconded by Councilman
:\~ H~O~, the ~eSident Or City Co~cll ~d City Cleñ were =thorized to execute
.. contract ~~between City of Okeechobee and 'Pauly Jail Building Company.
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Upon motion by Councilman Bass, duly seconded and carried Council
~.œ~tran1fer of $2500.00 from Paving Lien Fund to General Fund on December
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~r\."< At..v~s\,;' Motion was made by Councilman Bl:rd"dulysec,onded a.b.d carried that
I....". I, Councilaútþot.1Z'.,O1~y Cler)Qfto taBu. satisfaction of Street Improvement Liens
i"t~ NO. 405 and 4t6 issued against Lots \ and 2, Blook 174 owned by L. B. Robertson, . ,
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and that 01 tyf issue no Street Improvement Lien against Lot 7, Blook209 f,or paTin¡;
on Cherokee street. This being in accordance with bill presented to Council by
~.w.""."~.4: Lo. .B. Robertstn on November 16th, 1926 for paving Fifth Avenue be._en Cherokee
'~~ Street-and Hi ssee Street.
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Upon motion by Councilman Bass, duly seooh~ed and carried Council adjourned.
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City Clerk
Okeeohobee, Florida. Ja,n. 3rd, 1927
Pursuant to call of the Mayor, the City Council met in special session
at 3:00 o'clock P. M. on the above date and the following were present: H. H.
DeYarman, President of Council; Councilmen: J. D. Bird, H. H. Hancock and H. T. Bas
¡ with R. P. Fletcher, Clerk; L. W. Jennings, City Attorney; W. W. Hatcher, Arohitect;
i F. E. Lawrence, City Engineer and Clint Bass, Chief of Police in attendance. ")
President DeYarman in absence of Mayor stated that meeting had been :J'
i called for the purpose of inspecting the City Hall. '-
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I Minute.' of meeting held Dec. 21st were read and approved.
On motion by Councilman Bird, seconded by Cauncilman Bass, Council
authorized Clerk to draw voucher for $300.00 in favor of W. G. Stovall as final pay
I ment on park impro1'ements. .
On motion by Councilman Bass, seconded by Counclblman Bird, Council
approved final est1mate of C. A. Steed & Sons for park improvements contract.
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~ I The Council then adjourned to the City Hall for the purpose of inspect-
¡ I ing said building.
I After inspecting the City Hall, the City Council on motion by Council-
~ man Bird, seconded by Councilman Bass and duly carried, accepted said building
I subject to the corner stone and grill in Clerk's office being installed in pro1:)er
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shape.
I Upon motion, duly seconded and carried Council adj ourned. J I
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~ Okeechobee, Florida. Jan. 4th 1927.
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, The retiring Ci ty Council and the incoming C1 ty Council of the C1 ty of
f I Ok et!ohobee, Flori da met at 7: 30 0 I clock P. II. on th e a cove da t e and the following
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f II were prèsent: H. E.' DeYarman, J. Denham Bird, H. T. Bass, H. H. Hancock, L. F. '
Sch.~tr{~chwerdt, Leon Latour, I. Casey, H. L. Chandler and Ben Walker with R. P. .
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¡ I Meeting was called to order by President DeYarman. ... .
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R. P. F1etcher, City Clerk, then administered the oath of office to J. ~
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DenhaIrl.Bird to serve as Mc:'tyor of the City of Okeechobee, Florida for the term be-
ginning."J~nuary 4th, 1927.
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Mayor J. Denham Bird then administered the oath of office to the fOllow-
I ing: to serve as Coþcilmen of the City of Okeechobee, Florida for the term beginB- ':
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