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05-09-1996 Special Meeting CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MAY 9, 1996 A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Thursday, May 9, 1996 in the Council Chambers at the Police Department. The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Pool with the following Council Members present: Council Member Cole, and Council Member Norquist (Council Member Dupee arrived at 6:15 p.m.). Also present was City Manager Saunders and City Attorney Baird. MISC, BUSINESS Chief Tyndal Retirement City Manager Saunders explained to the Council that earlier in the day Chief Tyndal had submitted his letter setting a retirement date of August 31 of this year. Mayor Pool stated that in an upcoming workshop, he would like to discuss an appropriate recognition event for the Chiefs retirement. OLD BUSINESS Clermont Waterfront Park Restroom and Pavilion Bid City Manager Saunders stated that the main purpose for the Special Meeting was to discuss the contract for the Waterfront Park pavilion and restrooms. He reviewed that the bid had been awarded to Roger Williams Construction and that we had obtained the required bonds and other documents from Mr. Williams, but that Lake County refused to issue a permit to him because he does not have the correct license for this project. He explained that City Attorney Baird and he had discussed how to proceed with the project and they recommend to reject Mr. Williams' bid since he cannot enter into a contract, and to reject all other bids since they were all considerably higher than the estimate and budget for the project. They also recommend to approve and direct the City Manager and City Attorney Baird to proceed with negotiations with a local licensed contractor for the construction of the building and to bring this back to the Council for final approval. Council Member Dupee arrived at approximately 6:15 p.m. at which time she was brought up to date on the discussions regarding the project. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MAY 9, 1996 Page 2 A motion was made by Council Member Cole, seconded by Council Member Norquist. and carried unanimously to reject Roger Williams Construction bid and to reject all other bids and to authori::e Ci~_ Attorney_ Baird and Ci~_ Manager Saunders to negotiate with a licensed contractor or contractors for the project. NEW BUSINESS May 25 Street Closing of DeSoto Street A request from the residents of DeSoto Street between East Avenue and 2nd Street to close this section for a neighborhood party was discussed. There was no objection from the City Council to allow the closing of the street on the afternoon of May 25. There being no further discussion, the meeting adjourned at 6:26 p.m. Robert A. Pool, Mayor Attest: (.~p ' . Van Zile, City Clerk