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02-11-1969 Regular Meeting . . MINUTES REGULAR MEETING N~ H!1t 575 A Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, February 11, 1969. The meeting was called to order at 8:00 P. M. by Mayor Don E. Smith with all members present. Other officials present were: City Clerk Carroll, City Controller Fleming, City Attorney Langley and Chief of Police Tynda1. Others present were the Messrs. Hencry Czech, E. L. Schumann, Robert Brownell, C. A. Mangold, Malcom Leite and Herman Barberry. Representatives of the local Press were also present. The invocation was given by Mr. Barbery. The Minutes of the Meeting held on January 28, 1969 were approved as written. Mr. Henry Czech, as an individual tax payer of the City of Clermont and as a representative of the Homeowners Civic Improvement Association, appeared before the Council in opposition to the action taken by the Council at the meeting of January 28th whereby one-half of the Chamber of Commerce Secretary's salary would be paid by the City, such action 'having been taken from recommendations in a letter of January 23rd from the City Manager to the Mayor and each Councilman and which was referred to only by title and the contents of which were never read at a regular council meeting. Mr. Czech further stated that this salary, retroactive to November 1, 1968, was in addition to the $6150.00 already given the Chamber of Commerce and he inquired of the Council the services rendered to the City for these monies. It was the consensus of Mayor Smith, Councilman Cochran and Councilman VanderMeer that many services rendered by the Secretary and the Chamber of Commerce warranted the city's financial assistance and they deemed it to be in the best interest of the general public to take such action. Mr. Czech was invited to submit a better solution to giving aid to the Chamber of Commerce and his recommendations for the type of relationship which should exist between the Chamber of Commerce and the City Council. It was the recommendation of Councilman VanderMeer that the City Manager be instructed to procure budgets of the Chamber of Commerce from 1965 to their current one and to have same available at the next meeting of the Council. It was the recommendation of Mayor Smith that the City Manager be instructed to have available at the next meeting the duties of the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce as an employee of the City. The City Manager's report was submitted both orally and written. Mayor Smith advised that a workshop meeting of the Council and the City's consulting engineers would be held in the City Attorney's office on Monday evening, February 17th, at 7:30 P. M. City Attorney Langley reported that he had conferred with officials of HUD while in Atlanta recently, and that progress with regards the city's financial assistance from them was being held up temporarily until receipt of the engineers actual assessment roll. City Clerk Carrol read a letter from Charles B. Beals wherein he graciously accepted the appointment as representative to the Lake Apopka Natural Gas District and~ledied hisfu11est cooperation in reporting regularly to the Council. City Attorney Langley presented a RESOLUTION with regards the Council's requests to the Lake County Commissioners for primary and secondary road improvement priorities and the Resolution was read in full. Motion was made by Councilman Cochran, seconded by Councilman VanderMeer and unanimous)y carried that the Resolution be adopted. Counci 1man VanderMeer offered and moved ,the adoption of AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, . . MINUTES N~ H!f* 576 AMENDING SECTION #1 OF ORDINANCE #190 BY DELETING THEREFROM THE PROVISIONS FOR 1% TAX AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFORE A 2% TAX and the ordinance was read in full for a second reading. The motion was seconded by Councilman Bratton and upon roll call vote on passage of the ORDINANCE the result was: Ayes: VanderMeer, Oswalt, Cochran and Bratton. Total Ayes: Four. Nayes: None. So the ORDINANCE was adopted and number 43-C assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. Councilman VanderMeer offered and moved the adoption of AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE CLOSING OF ALL THAT PART OF PARKWAY STREET, AS LIES BETWEEN LOT #1 IN BLOCK 126 AND LOT #11 IN BLOCK 126A, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT AND PROVIDING FOR THE RESERVATION OF AN UTILITY EASEMENT OF 25 FEET THEREIN and the ORDINANCE was read in full for a second readi ng. The moti on was seconded by Counci 1man Bra tton and upon roll call vote on passage of the ORDINANCE the result was: Ayes: VanderMeer, Oswalt, Cochran and Bratton. Total Ayes: Four. Nayes: None. So the ORDINANCE was adopted and Number 20-M assigned to it and a copy ordered pos ted. Councilman Bratton offered and moved the adoption of AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR EXECUTE AND THE CLERK TO ATTEST A QUIT CLAIM DEED FROM THE CITY OF CLERMONT TO JOHN F. KENNEDY AND FRANCIS M. KENNEDY, HIS WIFE, CONVEYING TO THEM CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN FOR THE CONSIDERATION STATED HEREIN and the ORDINANCE was read in full for a second ing. The motion was seconded by Councilman Oswalt and upon roll call vote on passage of the ORDINANCE the result was: Ayes: VanderMeer, Oswalt, Cochran and Bratton. Total Ayes: Four. Nayes: None. So the ORDINANCE was adopted and number 21-M assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. Motion by Councilman Oswalt, seconded by Councilman VanderMeer and unaniously carried that the bills be paid. r.......I "'...'" Motion by Councilman VanderMeer, that the meeting be adjourned. ~r~-iT Don E. Smith, Chairman seconded by Councilman Oswalt and carried JfJ.nft",,,,/ k ;;;-U~ Dolores W. Carro ,Clerk