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1936-10-19 Special : 527 . . t Oteechobee, r10rida ~ October 19, 1936 i I n Pursuant to the call of the lIayor the City Oouno1l of the City of Olteeohobse r~orida, met in special session at the City Hall on the above date, at 7:30 P. K., with the following present: H. H. Raulerson, President Pro tem, Oounci1men R. H. : Singletary and T. T. Coleman wi th Alto Watf> rd, Oi ty 01erk, T. W. Oone1y, Jr., City Ättorney, R. O..Evans, Chief of Police, N. O. stewart, Obief of lire Department in attendance. In the absence of President O. L. Hunt, Councilman Raulerson preside. over the meeting. . . President Pro tem Raulerson stated that the purpose of the meeting was for the City 00unci1 to sit as an Equ11ization Board and other business that might come before t~e City 00unci1 4IÞ Upon motion duly seconded the City Oouncil preceded to sit as an Equ11ization I Boud p=ø~t to the ~l1onng notice: NOTIOE . Notice is hereby given that the City 00unci1 of the City of.Okeechobee, r10rid will meet in the 00unci1 chamber at the City Hall at seven bhirty o'clock P. K., October 19, A. D. 1936, for the purpose of reviewing and eqùålizing the City Tax Assessment Roil for the ~ar 1936 as prepared bp the City Tax Assessor. Any and All persons having any objections to the valuations placed ontheir property by the City Tax Assessor, as shewn by the Assessment Roll, are hereby notified to file their objections with the City Clerk or to appear in person before the City Council at the said meeting on the aforesaid date. unt City. Oounoi ATTEST ( SEAL) " . I ". State of rlorida, County ofOke echo.bee. . . I On this day personally appeared before, Bryant Bowden, who being by me first duly I 4IÞ. sworn deposes and says that he is the Secretary and Treasury of the Oteechobee News, a Newspaper published in the City of Okeechobee, and state of Florida; that said newspaper has been continuously published in accordance with the provisions and requirements of an act relating to publication of legal notices and processed. in newspapers in the ~tate of r1orida, laws of Florida Acts of 1931, approved Kay 20, 1931, That is published once a week for one or more years prior to first ina:3rtion entered as second class maiJe;l'Jat1¡~'t.1n- )t;hC!~8$:...o:!fiŒt.,,;.li::, <*~eA.þ¡§)b e,'l . of attached legal notice, and which has been/ a period. of more than one yéå.r next preceed~ng the first insertion of this publication; and that the attached adve~tisme t I was published in said newspaper publi,sh,ed on 2nd day of October 1936 9th day qf October 1936 16th day' of October 1936 Signed Bryant Bo8den .. Secy and Treas. Surn to and subscribed ".fore me this 17th~8¥ of October 193~ BY~lt.. D,MQ~.¡ 1 . 91Øl't Oi~UI".-CO1.U't '- -~ . r- I 528 " Alto Watford, City Tax Assessor, presented the Tax Assessment Roll for the yea 1936, to the City Oouncil for review and equ11ization. a,- I , . " I President Pro tem H. H. Raulerson announced that the Council was ready to re- ' " . , ceive and consider objections to the valuations on the said Assessment Roll. The Tax Assessor announced that no objections had been filed with him. The Council , . . ' proceded to inspect the Tax Roll for the year 1936 and no complaints having been . . . reaeiv~d upon motion duly seconded the Tax Ro&l was returned to the City Clerk, as Tax Assessor, for completion. . .. The Council then preceded to adopt a budget of estimated expenditures for the year 1937 and upon motion of Councilman Singletary, duly seconded, the following budget was adopted. . 0 GENERAL FUND Salary of Kayar . 25.00 0 Salaries of Oi ty Council 360.00'. : Salary of City Clerk 1500.00 Salary of Chief of police 1320.00 Salary of City Attorney' - 300.00 Telephone and Telegraph Service 9o.oõl Salary of Chief of Fire Dept. 900.00 Wages for Street and Sanitary Dept. 625.00 Lights for City Hall '60.00 Materials and Supplies for Street Dept. 100.00 Legal Advertising and Office Supplies 150.00 Insurance for City Hall 25.00 Maintenance of City Trucks 500.00 Street Lights 990.00 Reserve for Contingencies 250.00 Total $ 7195.00 WATER FUND Salary of Water Supt. i 2100.00 Electric C~~rent for Water S~ation 1800.00 I Fuel for Water Supt's Oar' 360.00 Maintenance, Equipment, and Supplies for Water Dept. 1000.00 Salary of Water Registrar 180.00 Total 54-40.00 0 Grand Total . 12660.00 " STATE OF FLORIDA; ) 0 COUNTY OF OICIEOHOBEE) , ""4 I I, Alto Watf~rd, City CleEk of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, DO HEREBY OERTIFY, I that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the estimated expenses l of said city for operation of City Government for the year 1936, as the same was ! adoRted by the City Council of said City at an adjourned session held October 19, " 1936. i ¡ WITNESS my hand and the sell of said City this 19th day 1935. I " I i ( SEAL) . . : , I I ¡ I ORDINANCE NO. 177 AN ORDINANOE PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AND COLLEOTION OF TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1936. FOR THE CITY OF OKEEC!!OI!U. FLORIDA; 0 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY OOUNOIL OF THE CITY OF OJ:EECHOBEE, FLORIDA: SEOTION 1. That the City of Okeechobee, Florida, hereby levies a tax of - ~5 mills on each dollar valuation of real and personal property within the corporat . limits of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, for the tax year 1936. Such tax shall be assessed and collected in t he manner provid.ed by law, PROVIDED, however, that . " - . ~ ,~_._-"," -.' ~. - 52~ nottax shall be assessed against Homesteads hav~ng a valuation of $5,000.00 and less and Homesteads haring a valuation of more than $5,000.00 shall not be tased on the first .5,OOO~OO, except as hereinafter provided. I ; ... . SEOTION~. That 19 mills of such tax shall be used for General Oi ty purposes ,'. .' , and shall be assess4d for the General fund of said City; That 10 mills shall be assessed for the payment and satisfaction of that certain Judgment obtained by Yeom s Mutual Life Insurance Company against the said City of Okeeohobee, Florida, which sa d Judgment issued out of-the U. S. Dis,trict Court of the Southern /Di$trict of Florida, a.copy of which is recorded in the office of the Clex k of OircuitOåurt of Okeechobe C'oÜ_ty, lor That g mills of such tax ahall be used for 'and ls" made pursuant to an ' -v Writ of Mandamus ilssued out of the Oi[Cui t Court of Okeechobee County, Florida, ~he hday of October, A. D. 1936, on the relation of H. .. Rice, which said Writ of Mandamus requires 'the Oi ty of Okeechobtte to in- elude a sufficient amount au lor tax levy to payoff and discharge the indebtedness .of said City to said Relator, and.the said Oity, shall.make. said assessm.entagai.nst, all real and personal property, including homesteads, within said City; that~; 5 mills of such tax shall be used for the payment of balance due on that cerjainud of the Pa1l1Y Jail Building Company, a corporation, whibh said judgment is o,f record in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court of Okeechobee Count, 'Florida;' That,... . mills of such tax ahall be ùsed for and .s made pursuant to an Alternative writ . of Mandamus i ssued out of the Circuit, Court of Okeechobee, County, Florida, on the 31st day of August, 1936, eai&h.l.e!a*t&.eofrIUr8.~urtCß IbseOmåpuficœ~'~o8e8pàDJ I' ~1i. jla&ds:dtilóÞiv"',," ..,ql1a~eQfthenCittsOlaøleeihOb.'edtottdCiadeoi saffurt_- iaobtdtSe~..yoOf:ff and discharge the indq..dness of s at.d Oi ty to said Relator. SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the'Tax Collector and City Clerk to divide the prooeedsreoeived from said tax as aforesaid into the funds set out in th preceding section and keep fUll and correct account of same as they may be directed by the City Council. . ' ' Seotion~. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here*ith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Section 5. !his ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage by the City Council and approval by the mayor. Pres ounoil ATTEST The above ordinance is hereby approved by me this day of October A. D. 1936. !!.:....L.J.t ana 00 ~ Kayor v Councilman Singletary made motion that the following discounts be allowed for the payment of taxes: ~ in lovembèr, '3~ in Deoember, ~ in January, l~ in .. '. in February. Motion was dUly seconded by Councilman Coleman and passed. ,- ", Upon motion the Oouncil adjourned. BT ATTEST: ~ Okeeohobee, Florida November 2,1936 The Oi ty Council of tœ Oi tY of Okeechobee met in regular session on the i above date with the following present: H. H. Hancook, Mayor, Councilmen H.H. Hauler n, I T. T. Ool~~, R. H. Si~let~y, ftotor Domer, with Ute ktford, City Ci~t~ O. ". Evans, Chief police, N. .0. Stewart, Fire Ohief, L. o. Tootle, Water Superintendent, and T. W. Oonely, Jr" City Attorney,' in attendance. , f The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. In the absence of President O. L. Hunt, President Pro tem,Raulerson presided . over the meeti l1g.