07-20-1971 Special Meeting
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SPECIAL t,1EETING
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A Spe cia1 Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held
in the Kiwanis Room of Jenkins Auditorium on Tuesday, July 20, 1971.
The meeting was ca1'ed to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Don E. Smith with
the following members present: Councilwoman Watson and Councilmen Vander-
Meer, Cochran and Beals. Other officials present were: City Manager
Hopkins, City Clerk Carroll, City Controller Fleming, City Attorney
Langley, Director of Community Services Smythe, Director of Public Utilities
Asbury, Building Official Nagel and Consulting Engineers, Jim Westbrook
and Floyd Groo.
The Special Meeting was called to consider and draft a policy for the
extensions of water and sewer collection lines. This matter was dis-
cussed at length and then referred to the City Manager for additional
information and recommendat~ons.
At request of Council at their meeting of July 13th, City Attorney Langley
submitted a Resolution with regards Council IS opposing to the Public Service
Commission the dualizing of the Clermont and Grove1and Seaboard Coast Line
Railroad freight operations. The Resolution was read in full by Mayor
Smith. r~otion was made by Councilman VanderMeer, seconded by Councilman
Beals and carried that the Resolution be adopted, the Number 181 be assigned
to it and a copy ordered posted. Councilman Cochran voted Naye on the
motion.
Mayor Smith read a letter from Robert C. Shumaker of the First Federal
Savings and Loan As sociation wherein he requested that First Federal be
allowed an early release of their Lease Agreement with the City should they
be able to occupy their new premises as early as September. It was con-
sensus of Council, and the City Manager was directed to do so, to ad~ise
that an early ter~ination of the lease would not be acceptable until andl
or unless another tenant was available to occupy the premises at the time
First Federal desired to vacate.
discussion followed with regards to improving city hall
It was the opinion of Councilman Cochran that a decision
reached on one of the following three items:
(a) Occupy the present First Federal Building
(b) Sell the First Federal Building and construct a
nevI bui 1 di ng
(c) Sell the First Federal Guilding; purchase the building
located directly west of the present city hall to be
torn down and an addition constructed there; purchase
the building located directly north of the present
city hall to be added to the present structure, and
renovate the existing city hall offices.
It was the opinion of Councilman Beals that another site, but in the
downtown area, be investigated for possible purchase on which to construct
a ne\'1 bui 1 di ng.
Considerable
facilities.
needed to be
It was the consensus of Council that the City Manager obtain cost estimates
on the aforementioned Bnd report back to the Council.
The meeting was adjourned by Mayor Smith.
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DON E. SMITH, MAYOR
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00 ores \;J. Carroll, City Clerk