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07-31-1973 Supporting DocumentsMINUTES Nt) 958 SPECIAL MEf:TING A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, July 31, 1973, The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Mayor Don E. Smith with the following members present: Councilmen Schroedel, Byrd, Beals and Smoak. Other officials present were: City Manager Hopkins, City Controller Fleming, City Clerk Carroll, Director of Community Services Smythe, Director of Public Utilities Mitchell and Chief of Police Tyridal. Others present were: Mesdames Plummer, McCance, Oswalt and Sheldon and the Messrs. Allbright and Peacock. Representatives of the Sentinel -Star and the local Press were also present. Mayor Smith announced the purpose of the meeting was to adopt a Resolution with regards complying with certain requirements under the Florida Revenue Sharing Act and to consider the preliminary budget as submitted for fiscal year 73-74. Councilman Smoak offered and moved the adoption of a RESOLUTION of the City of Clermont, Florida providing for compliance with certain requirements under the Florida Revenue Sharing Act of 1973. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schroedel and unanimously carried. The RESOLUTION was read in full by City Manager Hopkins, the number 219 assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. In response to a letter from Councilman Beals published in the local Press requesting opinions as to how the tax payers desired their tax monies to be spent, Mrs. Ann Dupee presented a petition of seventy nine signatures endorsing the request of Cooper Memorial Library for an increase in the financial assistance from the city to the library. Using the proposed budgeted figure of $17,400.00, Councilman Smoak inquired of Mrs. Dupee if the Library Board would acquire an additional $2600.00 which would be needed to increase their budget figure to $20,000.00 in order to be eligible to apply for federal assistance, and she replied she imagined that they would. Mrs. Elna Plummer., President of the South Lake Art League, gave a brief resume of the Club and its annual outdoor art exhibit and appealed to Council for financial assistance in the amount of $250.00. Following an outline of the preliminary budget which showed the Utility Fund to have a deficit of $55,745.00, City Manager Hopkins inquired of Council as to their desired distribution of the balance of revenue sharing funds. It was consensus of Council that they be applied to the Utilities Fund. City Manager Hopkins submitted a preliminary listing of priority items as follows: General Fund Controller @ $ 6,854.00 2. Library @ 17,400.00 3. Street Sweeper @ 17,000.00 4. Trash Truck @ 4,500.00 5. Policeman @ 6,916.00 6. Patrol Car (equipped) @ 5,250.00 7. Tennis Court Improvements @ 5,325.00 8. Fire Department @ 1,170.00 9. 6 Picnic Grills @ 300.00 10. Shuffleboard Court Resurfacing @ 700.00 11. Portable Radios W/chargers @ 1,345.00 12. Softball field improvements@ 740.00 13. Street resurfacing @ 17,437.00 14. Mental Health @ 2,400.00 MINUTES M 9511 Utility Fund 1. Backhoe 0 $ 14,981 2. Sewer Rodder 0 3,500 Following consideration of these items, it was tentatively agreed that items 11 and 14 be deleted, that item 7 be increased to include cost of leveling the tennis courts, and that item 2A be inserted and designated as South Lake Art League 0 $250.00. With regards a proposed budgeted item in the General Fund in the amount of $18,000.00 for payment of debt on the Jenkins Auditorium and City Hall, 'it was tentatively agreed that this item be deleted inasmuch as the payment is to one of the city's own accounts, the Equipment Replacement Fund. Following considerable study of the expenditures and having determined that additional revenues would be necessary, it was tentatively agreed that the garbage tax be increased $1.00 per month, commenting that there had not been an Increase for this service since 1959. Inasmuch as the annual salary of the City Manager is determined by Council and not included in the wage and salary schedule of other city employees, Mr. Hopkins was excused from the meeting whereupon motion was made b Councilman Beals seconded by Councilman Byrd and unanimously carte t at the salary of the city manager e increased from the present $14,000 by $100.00 per month for the fiscal year 73-74. The meeting was adjourned by Mayor Smith. '�-:�I- Don E. Smiti, 4ayor Dolores W. Carroll, City Clerk I i I y i.