05-20-1975 Regular Meeting
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NQ 1145
A Regular Meeting of the City Conncil of the City of Clermont
was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, May 20, 1975. The
meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Claude E. Smoak,Jr.
with the following members present: Councilmen Byrd, Blackburn,
and Oswalt. Other officials present were: City Manager Hopkins,
City Attorney Baird, City Clerk Carroll, City Controller Fleming,
and Director of Community Services Smythe. Others present were:
The Messrs. Czech, Greenlee, Beals, Sargent, and Abbott. Re-
presentatives of the Sentinel/Star and The Daily Commercial were
also present.
The invocation was given by Councilman Byrd, followed by repeating
of the Pledge of Allegiance in unison by those present.
The Minutes of the meeting held on May 13, 1975 were approved as
written.
City Controller Fleming reported that the balance of the grant to
the city for sanitary sewer construction under the "201" pr81..m
had been received in the amount of $36,000.00.
he had con-
Mr. John Greenlee, C.P.A. of Greenlee, Paul & Furnas, the city's
auditors, appeared before Council to answer any questions which they
might have in their consideration of the propesed auditor agreement
as submitted by his firm. Council was in agreement with the agree-
ment as submitted, whereupon motion was made by Councilman Byrd,
seconded by Councilman Blackburn .andunanimously carried that Mayor
Smoak be authorized to execute same.
Mr.William G. Abbott, chauffeur, appeared before Council in behalf
of applicant, John Wayne Smith, to operate a taxi service in the
city. Included in the application were requests for variances to
Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances regulating taxicabs and vehicles
for hire, as follows: Control their own rates; Travel according to
posted speed limits, and use their own company name on the sides of
the vehicles. It was consensus of Council that this Chapter of the
Code was in need of revision in order to bring it up todate, and
they thereby,were in agreement with the variances requested. City
Attorney BaJ~d.advised that inasmuch as Council had not prescribed
rates to be'\~~~ied, a variance to that portion would not be ne-
ces sary. Mayolrr"$moak inqui red 0 f Mr. Abbot t as to the rates he had
in mind, and he advised they were to be 50, per mile. Mr. Baird
further advised Council that amending ordinances would be necessary
to effect the variances as requested, whereupon Councilman Byrd
introduced AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE deleting a portion of Sentence 2
of Section 22-10 (a) of the Clem.Dnt Code of Ordinances (No driver
or operator of any taxicab within the corporate limits of the city
shall drive a taxicab at a speed in excess of twenty-five miles per
hour). Councilman Blackburn offered and moved the adoption of AN
EMERGENCY UKUINANcHdelet~ng 'a 'port~onorsentence .~ot~ect~on ll-lO
La) or the Clermont COde or 'urd~nanceslNodr~veror operator Of any
tax1cao w1th~n the corporatel~m~tsOrtnec~tYShaLLdr~ve atax1cao
at a speed1n excessortwenty~r~ve m~les perhourJandthemot10n was
seconded oy counC11man~yrd.
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NQ 1146
Upon roll call vote on passage of the motion, the result was:
Ayes: Oswalt, B1rd, Blackburn, and Smoak. Total Ayes~ Four.
Nayes: None. Abseaa: Schroedel. So the EMERGENCY ORDINANCE
was adopted and the number l30-C assigned to it.
Councilman
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With regards the proposed Employment Agreement for the eity Attorney,
it was consensus of both Mr. Baird and Council that some revisions
should be made, wBBreuponnmotion was made by Councilman Oswalt,
seconded by Councilman Byrd and unanimously carried that the matter
be considered further and Mr.Baird submit an amended one for con-
sideration at the next meeting.
With regaids the proposed Bikeway System in the city, Director of
Community Seriices Smythe submitted an approximate cost of materials
for a minimum number of necessary signs for the route @ $2470.00.
It was consensus of Council that no action be taken at this time,
and the matter was thereby tabled.
It was the recommendation of City Manager
struction Company be engaged
the city
With regards a
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NQ 1147
With regards establishing a tree maintenance policy, it was the
recommendation of City Manager Hopkins that funds for a pilot project,
as proposed by Mr. Smythe, to spray the badly infected oak trees and
pruning for removal of mistletoe of those loaated on public property
such as Oakhill Cemetery, Center Lake, etc. be allocated in the
'75-'76 budset, and Council was in agreement. With regards possible
amendments to the existing Code of Ordinances whereby it would be the
responsibility of adjacent property owners to maintain parkways, it
was consensus of Council that City Manager Hopkins and City Attorney
Baird study this matter further and submit a firm recommendation for
Council's consideratmon.
With regards the Highway 50 drainage basin as proposed by the DOT,
and with which the Council was not in agreement at first sighting,
City Manager Hopkins was requested to arrange for a meeting of
Council with Mr.Hennessey of Lake County Pollution Control as soon
as possible in order to study the matter further for possible for-
mulation of request for a change.
With regards the proposed rezoning
City Manager Hopkins submitted a proposed long range plan (1975-1980)
for the maintenance of city streets for Council's consideration, and
suggested that the $30,000 as budgeted in the current budget be
utilized in a slurry-seal program in the Lincoln Park and Indian Hills
area and a small portion in the downtown area. Council concurred with
this suggestion.
With regards allocation of the anticipated revenue sharing funds for
July 1, 1975 through June 30, 1976 as recommended by the City Manager,
it was consensus of Council that the allocations suggested for Babe
Ruth League @ $320.00, Little League @ $570.00, and The South Lake
Neighborhood Center @ $300.00 be deleted and these amounts be included
in the Street Resurfacing allocation. It was the opinion of Council
that funds for the above mentioned could be included in the regular
budget for fiscal year '75-'76.
With regards On-Site Water Rentention, it was op1n10n of Council that
considerably more study and consideration should be given to the
matter prior to any action, if any, be taken, whereupon the matter was
tabled.
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NQ 1148
Mayor Smoak reported as follows: That Councilman Schroedel
was out of the city and thereby would not be present at any of
the three meetings held in May, and had so notified Council of
this in writing, and, That he had received a request for a street
sign dBsSgnating Shady Nook Lane, which was referred to Director
of Community Services Smythe.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 P.M. by Ma,or Smoak.
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Dolores W. Carroll
City Clerk