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Oi ty alar ~ ' Okeeohobee, Florida.
August, 5, 1935
The City Oounci1 of the City of Okeeohobee, Florida, met in regular
session at the City Hall at eight o'clock P. K. on the above date, and the
following were present: H. H. Hancock, Kayor, O. L. Hunt, President City Oounci1,
Councilmen H. H. Raulerson, Victor Domer, R. H. Singletary and T. T. Coleman, witb
Alto Watford, City Clerk, R. C. Evans, Chelf of Police, L. O. Tootle,Water Supt.,
T. W. Conely, Jr., City Attorney and W. S. A. Henderson, Fire Chief, in Attend-
anoe.
Kinutes of last meeting were read and approved.
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Mr. E. L. Winney appeared before the City Council to submit settlement
on 19~4 City Taxes for Florida Power & Light Company. After discussing this
matter with Kr. Winney, the City Council agreed to the following settlement: That
the Florida Power & Light Company pay their 1934 City taxes in full, with the
understanding that the City of Okeechobee would purchase four Paving Time Warrants
of Five Hundred Dollar. denomination, at the rate of 2~ of said bonds, total
amount to be paid for these Time Warrants, $500.00, also the City agreed to PB¥ to
the Florida Power & Light Company $412.50 for street lighting ending January 9,1936.
Councilman Raulerson presented Ordinance No. 164 and moved its adoption.
Seconded by Councilmen Domer and unanimously passed and adopted.
ORDINANOE NO. 164
APPROVING A PROPOSED AMENDATORY AGUEKENT BETWEEN THE CITY or
OKEECHOBEE AND FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY EEREBY THE MUNI-
CIPAL STREET LIGHING AGREEMENT BETIEEN THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
AND FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT OOMPANY AND DATED AUG.9, 1934, AND
THE SUPPLEMENTARY STREET LIGHTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
OF OKEEOHOBEE AND FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY AND DATED AUG.
9, 1934, BE 80 AMENDED AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SAID AGREDENTS
SHALL BE EXTENDED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEAR FROM AUG. 9,1935;
AUTHORIZING AND DlREOTING THE KAYOR AND THE CITY OLEBIC OF AND
ON BEHALF OF SAID CITY OF OKEECHOBEE TO EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO
THE SAID AMENDATORY AGREEKENT WITH FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OOUNCIL or THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, \
FLORIDA:
1. That the proposed Amendatory Agreement with Florida Power and Light
Company set forth in form in Section in Section 2 hereof, be and the same is here-
by approved as to form and substance.
2. That the Mayor and the City Clerk of and on behalf of the City be
and they are hereby authorized and derioted to execute and enter into with Florida
Power& Light Company the said Amendator, Agreement approved in Section¡ 1 hereof,
and hereinafter set forth in form as follows:
THIS AMENDATORY AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 5th day of Aug.,
A. D. 1935, by and between the CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, a municipal corpor-
ation (hereinafter called the "City"), and FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT OOMPANY a cor-
poration organized and existing under the laws of the state of Florida, (herein-
after oal1ed the" Company" ) .
WHEREAS, there is in effect between the Ci~r and the Company a certain
Kunicipa1 Street Lighting Agreement dated Aut- 9, 19~, and
WHEREAS, there is al. so in effect between the City and the Company a oer-
tain Supplementary Street Lighting Agreement dated the 9th day of Aug., 1934,
wnioh said S~plementary Street Lighting Agreement provide., among other things,
for additional electric e~~~~ and service for Street Lighting in an amount approx-
imately fifty per cent. (~of that provided far by the said Municipal Street
Lighting Agreement at no additional cost to the Oity, am
WHEREAS, said Munioipal Street Lighting Agreement and said Supplementâry
Street Lighting Agreement expire by reason of their term on the 9th day of August
1935, and ,
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WHEREAS, the City has requested that the said AgreelQent be extended for
I an additional period of one (1) year from Augus- t 9th., 1935, and
WHEREAS, the Company has consented to such request,
NOW, THEREFORE,
WITNESSETH:
That for and in consideration of the sum of one Dollar (1.00) paid by
each of the parties herto to the other and for otber good and valuable consideration,
, receipt of which id hereby a.oknowleged, by each of the partie. hereto, and. in furthet
consideration of the ooTenants and agreement. hereinafter set forth the parties
hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. That Section 6 of Article III" of the Municipal Street Lighting Agree-
ment made the 9th d~ of Aug., 1934, by and between the said City of Okeeohobee and
the said Florida Power Light Oo~any and reading .Section6". That this Agreement
shall be for a term of one (1) year from the date hereof', be and the same is
. hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 6. that this Agreement shall be for a term of one (1) year from
the 9th day of Augutit, A. D. 1935'.
I 2. That Seotion g of the Supplementary Street Lighting Agreement made on
the 9th day of August, 1934, by and between the said City of Okeeohobee and *~~t~
the said Florida Power & Light Company and reading "g. That the term of this Agree-
ment shall be one(l) year from the 9th day of Aug., 1934', be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"g. That the term of this Agreement shall be one (1) year from the 9th
day of August, 1935."
3. That, except as expressly provided in this Amendatory Agreement the
said Municipal Street Lighting Agreement and the said Supplementary Street Lighting
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and nothing herein contained Shall
be deemed to waive, suspend or abrogate any of the terms and conditions of said
Municipal Street Lighting Agreement and said Supplementary Street Lighting Agreement.
4. That this Amendatory Agreement shall be and become effective as of the
9th day of August, 1935.
5. That this Amendatory Agreement shall insure to the benifit of and be
binding upon the successors of the City and the successors and assigns of the Com-
pany.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed in triplicate the dBJ and year first above written.
I Mtneeees as to the City: CIn OF OKEECHOBEE, FWRIDA
By
. Mayor
ATTEST:
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city Clerk -
Wi tnesses as to the Company: FLORIDA POWER&: LIGHT COMPANY
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President and General Manager
ATTEST:
Assistant Seoretary.---
I ~rov8d as to Form ~ ~rr8c~
neBS this day of ,
1935.
A torney for be Oityof kee-
bee, Florida.
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Ii PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 5th day of August, 1935. :1
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- CITY OF OKEEGHOBEE. ¡,
By :'
o. L. Hunt '
Pres. City Council -
ATTEST: Alto Watford
Oi ty oYër'k.
The above Ordinance is hereby approved by me this 5th day of August,
A. D. 1935.
H. H. Hancock
Mayor
Upon motion made by Councilman Raulerson and seconded by Councilman
Singletary, the following Ordinance was duly passed and adopted:
ORDINANCE NO. 165
APPROVING A PROPOSED LETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
OF OXEEOHOEEE AND FLORIDA POWER LIGHT COMPANY PROVIDING
FOR THE SUBSTITUTION OF RATE SCHEDULE #ll-B FOR AND IN
LIEU OF RATE SCHEDULE #214 IN THE AGREEMENT NOW IN EFa
FECT BETWEEN THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE AND FLORI DA POWER &
LIGHT COMPANY AND DATED THE 20th DAY OF JANUARY, 1928,
COVERING ALL POWER ENEU&Y REQUIRED FOR AND IN OONNECTION
WITH THE CITY'S WATER PUMPING PLANT LOCATED AT THE END OF
I! PARROT AVENUE, NEAR LAKE, OKEEœOBEE, FLORIDA; AND FURTHUR
PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH 7 OF SAID AGREE&
MENT WITH RESPEOT TO THAT PORTION OF SAID PARAGRAPH 7 PRO-
VIDING FOR THE MINIMUM QUAlITY OF POWER TO BE RECEIVED AND
PAY FOR UNDER SAID AGREEKENT BY THE CITY or OKIEOHOBEE;
AUTHORIZING AND DERICTING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK or
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY or OKEEœOBEE TO EXECUTE AID ENTER
INTO THE SAID LETTER AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT co.
BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY or OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA;
1. That the proposed letter agreement with F1o*ida & Lignt Company set
forth in form in Section 2 hereof, be and the same ls hereby approved as to form
and substance.
2. That the Mayor and the City C1erkof and on behalf of the City be and
th~ are hereby authorized and d'rtcted to execute and enter into with Florida
Power Ligbt & Company the said letter agreement approved in Section 1. hereof, and !
hereinafter set forth in form as follows: -
July, 1935.
City of Okeec~obee,
Okeechobee, Florida.
Gentlemen:
This relates to that Agreement now in effect between us
dated the 20th dar of January, 1928, covering all power and Energy
required for and in connection with your Water pumping Plant located
at the end of Parrot Avenue, near Lake Okeechobee, Florida, in aocord-
ance with the terms and conditions of our rate schedule No. 214, as
sup;lemented by that certain Supplementa11etter Agreement now in eff-
ect between us and dated January 20th, 1928.
We are herewith giving you notice that there 1s now in effect
rate schedule No. 211-; which is applicable to service rendered you
under the said agreement, and if you elect to receive said service under
the said schedule No. 211-B, we hereby agree, at your request, that as of
the 19th day of July 1935, rate sohedu1e No. 2l1-B, marked exibit 'A-A"
and made a part hereof, shall be substituted for and in lieu of rate
schedule No. 214, marked Ixibit 'Aw in the said agreement between us.
It is further understood and agreed that that portion of the 7
paragraph of the said Agreement now in effect between us and dated the
20th day of January, 1928, and covering all Power and Energy required
for and in connection with your said Water Pumping Plant, reading, "The
Minimun quanity of Power to be received and paid for hereunder by City
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shall not be less than 25 HP." Be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
I liThe minimun quanity of power to be received and
paid for hereunder by City shall not be less than
20 Contract IW."
It is further understood and agreed that, except as
expressly provided herein, the said Agreement dated the 20th
day of January, 1928, and. the said SupplementaJ. Letter Agreement
dated the 20th day of January, 1923, shall remain in full force
and effect between us.
If you elect to receive said service in accordance with
said Rate Schedule No. 2ll-B and if you agree to the foregoing,
kindly so indicate by causing this letter and the attached-coPY
to be executed by your duly authorized offioia1s, under your oor-
porate seal, in the spaces provided below, for that purpose.
Yours very truly,
. Florida Power & Light Co.
I By
Pres. and General Manager
We elect to receive said
service in accordance with
the said Rate Schedule No.
2ll-B, and we agree to the
foregoing.
CITY OF OKEEOHOBEE, FLORIDA
Mayor
ATTEST:
Approved as to form and
correctness this dew
of , ~5.
I Attorney, City o~hobee,
Florida.
. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS ---dBf of August, 1935.
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
By O. L. Hunt
Pres. City Counoi1
ATTEST: Alto Watford
City Clerk
The above Ordinance is hereby approved by me this 5th day of August,
A. D. 1935.
H. H. Hanoook
Mayor
Counoi1man Singletary presented Ordinance No. 166 and moved its adoption.
I Seconded by Councilman Domer and unanimously carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 166
BEING AN ORDINANOE PROHIBITING ANY PERSONj FIRM OR CORPORATION FROM
DEALING IN OOUNTRY PRODUCE, NOT GROWN BY THEM, FOR PROFIT, WITHOUT
FIRST HAVING OBTAINED A LIOENSE FROM THE CITY OF OIEECHOBEE, FLORIDA,
AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS OEDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OIEECHOBElC,
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Section 1. No person, persons, firm or cÇ)rporation shall offer for sale at retail ::
wi thin the City Of Okeechobee, Florida, any country produce 1Ibatsoever, not grown :
by them, without first having obtained a license to deal in such produce. :
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Section2. All persons, firms or corporations having an established place of busi-
ness within the City of Okeechobee, Florida, and dealing solely in country pro~uce,
not grown by them, shall pay an annual license- to the City of Okeechobee of $15.00.!
All persons dealing in such produce at retail from trucks or othef vehiokles shall i
pay an annual license of 110.00 for the operation of each of such vehicles. PROVIDED
HOWEVER, that merchants in the Oi ty of Okeechobee dealing in such produce in oonn-
ection with the other commodities shall not be required to take out additional li-
cense.
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Section 3. Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this Ordinance, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than One'
Hundred (1100.00) Dollars, or be confined in the City Jail for not more that Sixty,
(60) dB¥S, or both such fines and imprisonment in the descretion of the Mayor.
Section 4. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the
same are hereby repeal ed.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect imediate1y upon its passage by the City
Council and approval by the Mayor or upon its becoming a law without such approval.
Read a first time and by unanimous consent passed to a seconed readin¡. I
Read a second time and by unanimous consent passed to a third and final reading. I
Read a third time and unanimously adopted in open session of the City
Council this ~ daJ of August, A. D. 1935.
CITY or OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
By O. L. Hunt
Pres~ty Coune!1
ATTEST:
The above and foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved by me this
of August, A. D. 1935.
H.~ Hanco ck
or
Counoi1man Singletary presented Ordinance NO. 167 and moved its adoption.
Seconded by Councilman Domer and unanimously carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 167
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING A LICENSE ON DABCE HALLS, BOWLING ALLEYS AND
SKITING RINKS, WITHIN THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; PROHIBITING
THE OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE OF SUCH PLACES NEARER THAN FIFTEEN HUN.
DRED FEET TO ANî REGULAR ESTABLISHED OHUROH OR PLACE or PUBLIO weB-
SHIP; PROVIDING FOR THE CLOSING OF SUCH PLACES ON SUNDAY AND PROVIDING
THAT NO LIOENSE SHALL BE ISSUED TO ANY BERSON NOT HAVING THE REPUTATION
OF BEING A PERSON OF GOOD MORAL OHARAOTER AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANOE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNC IL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
'LORIDA;
SECT ION 1.
All persons, firms or corporations operating Dance Halls, Bowling Alley.
or Skating Rinks within the City of Okeechobee, Florida, shall be required to pay
an annual license of 115.00 for the operation of each or any of such places of amus~
ment.
Section 2.
No license shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation for the
operation or maintenance of a Dance Hall, Bowling Alley or Skating Rink: within
fifteen hundred feet of any regular established Church or place of public worship.
Section 3.
All Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys and Skating Rinks shall close at mid-
night each Saturday aDd shall not reöpen until mid-night of each Sunday.
Section 4.
No license shall be issued to any person who does not have the reputation
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Ii of being a person of good moral character and no such license shaJ.l be issued to
:1 any firm or corporation unless the president of such corporation or the general
'I manager of such firm shaJ.l haTe the reputation of being a person of good moral
I I charact er .
Section 5.
Any person firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
Ordinance, and upon ~onviction thereof, -shall be fined not more than $100.00 or
be imprisoned not more than sixty days or both such fines and imprisonment in the
descretion of the M~or.
Section 6.
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict herewith be, and the
same ar e hereby repealed.
Section 7.
This Ordinance shaJ.l take effect imediately upon its passlle by the City
Council and approval by the Mayor or upon its becoming a law without such approval.
Read a first time and by unanimous consent passed to a seconed reading.
Read a second time and by unanimous consent passed to a third and final reading.
4IÞ Read a th~rd time and was unanimously adopted in open session. of the City
Council this ~day of August, A. D. 1935.
I CITY or OKEECHOBEE
By O. L. Hunt
Pres. City Counoiì
ATTEST: Alto watford
city Clerk
The above and foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved by me this day
of August, A. D. 1935.
H. H. Hancook
f4ay or
Motion was made by Councilman Domer and seconded by OoUD811man Single-
tary and carried that City give gas and oil business for remainder of the month
to Knight's Service Station.
Upon motion Council adjourned. ~ "'>/' /1/ -- c /------- "
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President City Council '
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ATTEST:
OkeeChobee, Florida.
I August. 23. 1935.
Pursuant to the call of the Mayor, the City Council of Okeeohobee, Florida.
met in special session at the City Hall on the above date, at 6:00 P. M. with the
4IÞ following present: H. H. Hancook, Mayor, Councilmen Hunt, Raulerson and Domer, with
Alto Watford, City Clerk, T. '.Oonely, Jr., City Attorney am W. S. A. Henderson,
Fire Chief.
MaJOr Hancock stated that meeting of Counoi1 had been called for the pur-
pose of giving new opt'on on the Eagle Bay Bonds. -
Mr. Wm Griffis ap~eared before the Council asking for an extention on Eagle
Bay Bonds to January 1,1936.
Upon mo'10n by Councilman Raulerson &84 8eoonded by Oouoo1lman Domer and
carried, G;sœoaawasxeaR4Dded on Eag~e Bay Bonds til Jan. 1, 1936.-
The following was presented by Councilman Raulerson Who moved its adoption,
and seoo~ by Councilman Domer and put to a vote was unanimously carried:
R- E- sac- L- U- T - I -0- H
I mE~AB. the City of Okeeœobee. FloriM, ~ ~sol~ion, s~sred i~o
an Agreement with Trustees of the Eagle Bay Sub-Drainage Distriot on the 31st day
of October, A. D. 1934 Wherein it was agreed that the said City of Okeeohobee would
sell twenty-five bonds of the Eagle Bay Sub-Drainage District to Reoonstruction
Finance Corporation, its agents, or to said Trustees of said Eagle Bay Sub-Drainage
Distriot for the sum of r;!/ø flat, and
WHEREAS, said option has not been exercised and Trustees of Eagle Bay Sub-
Drainage District are desirous of obtaining a ~enewal of said opt'on, and