03-18-1958 Regular Meeting
ADJOURNED MEETING
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An adjourned meeting of the city Council of the City of
Clermont was held at the city hall on Tuesday, March 18,
1958. The meeting was called to order by Council President
Charles Roe at 7:30 P. M. with all Council members present.
Others present were Mayor Keene, City attorney Morse, Supt.
Sheldon, Fmreman ~ullwood, Tax Assessor Stanley, Mr. R. B.
Stanley and a representative of the press, Mr. Blanton
McBride. In the absence of Clerk Johnson the minutes were
recorded by deputy clerk Dolores Williams.
The minutes of the meeting held on March 4, 1958 were read
and approved as corrected. The correction being that Mr.
William Boyd abstained from voting on the appointment of a
Zoning Comm&ssion.
Mrs. Stanley spoke to the Council at some length regarding
the work done by Hunnicutt and Associates and the preparation
of a pbeliminary tax roll. Mrs. Stanley was of the opinion
that she had been informed at a previous Council meeting that
a preliminary roll was not necessary. Mrs. Stanl~y also
c~lled the councils attention to numerous alleged errors in
the work done by Hunnicutt and Associates anc asked the Council
what they intended doing about the matter. It was suggested
that Mrs. Stanley contact Hunnicutt and Associates and call
afore mentioned alleged errors to their attention and endeavor
to have actual errors corrected. with regards to the preparation
of a preliminary tax roll it was the opinio~ of Mrs. Stanley
that it would not be pOSSible to make up such a roll from the
cards prepared by Hunnicutt and associates and therefore its
preparation would entail considerable labor. Chairman Roe
informed Mrs. Stanley that he understood that all property
owners had to be advised of the increase in their assessments
and notified of the date of the meeting of the Board of
Equalization and that as soon as Clerk Johnson returned he
would discuss the matters with him and that she would be
advised of the decision reached.
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Mr. Bishop reported that his committee, conSisting of Mr.
Boyd, T~r. Oswalt and himself, had contacted the maj ority of
the abutt[ng property owners of Chestnut street, between
He st Avenue and eighth street, with regards obtaining a
rightofWay for said Chestnut street. Mr. Bishop reported that
those property owners contacted had agreed to furnishing a
reasonable rightofWay and that they felt reasonably certain
that the ot"ler property owners would also be agreeable.
Clerk Johnson was instructed to engage Mr. C. R. Shewey to
make a survey of the property in question; such survey to shmw
all improvements as well as large trees, shrubs and utility
poles and in general a complete description of the property.
Such survey to further show a fifty foot rightofway for
afore ment ioned Che st nut street and a drawing of the ent ire survey
be delivered to the city clerk.
Mr. Bishop reported that he had been swamped with complaints of
contractors operating without occupational licenses and also
regarding chickens running wild and crowing and creat ing general
disturbances. Chairman Roe informed Mayor Keene that he did not
think that petty complaints of this nature should come before
the Council; that these matters should be handled by the
police department witnout Council action or consideratio~ and
would the Mayor please direct Police Chief Parker look into
matters of this kind and to see that city Ordinances generaly
are enforced.
Mr. Boyd reported that Mr. Luster, assistant engineer in charge
of maintenance, had contacted him by letter wherein it was
stated that he would be in Clermont in the near future and
discuss the highway signs with him at that time.
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Hrs. Carrington, chairman of the Building Committee, reported
that ~P,IOO.OO in building permits had been issued since
the meeting held on March 4th.
~1ayor Keener brought up the matter of the balance ofi an acc aunt
which Mr. \tJarren contends Hr. Keene owes for services rende:red
during the suit of Messrs. F. S. Bliven and William Boyd vs
City of Clermont and O. H. Keene with regards the city election
held in November of 1956. 1'1r. Keene stated that in his opinion
he did not think that the amount of ~250. 00 now claimed was
actually due and that if the Council so desired he would do
what he could about having the bill canceled, but that he
definately did not intend to personally pay the account.
~otion was made by Oswalt, seconded by Bishop and carried
that Mayor Keene be directed to handle the matter.
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Hrs. Carring m6fered and moved that it be passed
Arm ORDINANCE ANEI\TDING OBDHTANCE 157, 'rHE SAi'viE BEING !IAN
ORDIKAl-:CE PROVIDImG A T PX LEVY ON ALL PROPERry \HTHIN THE
CITY OF CLEIDlONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA FOR THE YEAR 1957;
?RQVIOINQ A BUDGET FOR THE EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1957-
1958 Aim MAKING APPROPIATIONS THEREFOR" BY REDUCING THE BUDGET
FOR NEW S'rREETS, NE\'J ~vATER MAINS, Aim ELININATING CONTINGENCY
FU~m AND INCREASING UNDER S'I'REETS RESURFACING AND UNDER
GEl'TERAL EXPENSES NEW EQUIPl'lENT EQUAL TO THE 1M OUNT OF REDUcrION
PROVIDED HEREIN: AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFEcrlVE DATE FOR THIS
OR8D~ANCE .
The motion was seconded by Mr. Oswalt and unanamously carried.
~r. Oswalt then moved that the rules be waived and that the
Ordinance be read the second time by title only. The motion
was seconded by Mrs. Carrington and unanamously carried.
After the second reading of the Ordinance, by title only,
Mr. Bishop moved that the rules be further waived and that the
Ordinance be placed upon its passage. The montion was se onded
by Mrs. Carrington and unanamously carried. Thereupon the
Ordinance was read in full for t he third time and upon roll
vote the ayes were Carrington, Bishop, Boyd, Oswalt and Roe.
nayes: none. Absent: none. The Ordinance passed, title as
stated and was ordered recorded in the Ordinance book and
numbered 165. A copy of the Ordinance in full appears immedi~~ely
following these minutes.
Deputy Clekk \r111liams read a letter from Mr. M. H. Erdman, Mrs.
Louise Rose, Nr. Harvey Speck, Mrs. Edythe Kimbal, Mr. Bert Illes
and Mr. John Dresser wherein complaint w:,s made of the condition
of second street from it s intersect ion with East Avenue and Seminole
to its intersection with Minnehaha Avenue. The clerk was directed
to advise the petetioners that the council fully realized the
condition of second street, as well as numerous streets within
the city, and that second street would be giveh attention just
as soon as it waS possible to get to it.
As there was no further business to come before the council
the meeting was adjourned at 10:15 P. M.
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NOTICE
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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
YOU AND EACH OF YOU are hereby notified that the City
Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, will, at
its Regular Meeting to be held in the City Hall in the City of Clermont
at 7:30 P. M. on Tuesday, April 1, 1958, consider the passage of an
Ordinance to forever, abolish, abandon, close and vacate Johnson
Avenue, lying West of 12th Street, North of Block 145 and South of
Block 146, as represented on Johnson's Replat of Blocks 117, 118,
119, 120 and 141 to 146, inclusive, in the City of Clermont, filed
3/29/26 and recorded in Plat Book 8, page 71, Public Records of
Lake County, Florida. Said Ordinance provides for the reversion
of the lands lying within the right-of-way of Johnson Avenue to the
abutting property owners.
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Published: March 20 and 27, 1958
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ORDINANCE NO. 165
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AN ORDINA~CE AJ:!E~DI:K'G mWIK&~JCE i7~157, THE SMm BEING
"AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING A 'rAX LEVY ON ALL PROPERTY IN
THE CITY 0'7 CLEIDiONT, L;\I{f CCU~HY, FLORIDA, FOR Tl;E
YEAR OF 1957; PROVIDING A B\IDGET OF EXPENSES FOR THE
F'ISCAL Yi~A:X OF 1957 -1958 AND lIi.UCING APPROPRIATIONS
THEREFOR" BY REJ)iJCING TEE BUDGET OF EXPENSES FOR NEW
S'fREETS, NZW WA'fER }1AI~"S, ELnnNATING CONTINGENCY FUND
AND INCRF.ASING UNtER STREETS RE-SURFACING AND UNDER
GENERAL E:GY;.~XSl!:S INCRGASING NEW EQUIPHENT EQUAL TO THE
A~1OUNT OF REDUCTION FR.OVIDED HEREIN; AND PROVIDING FOR
A~ EPFECTlVE DATE OF TUIS ORDJ~aNCE.
~~EP~AS the City Council of the City of Clermont
under Ordinance #157 duly passed and adopted October 15, 1957
provided for a tax levy on all property of the City of Clermont,
Lake County, Florida for the year of 1957 and also provided therEdn
for a Budget of Expenses for the fiscal year of 1957-1958 and m.ade
appropriations tt'erefore, and, therein did set forth its bud.get
for said fiscal year end under the Street Department provided
tor an expense for new streets in the amount of $10,000.00 and
also therein provided for re-surfacing material for $5,000.00
and, under 't:ater Department provided for new Mains for $12,500.00
and under Administration Expenses provided for a contingency
expense in the amount of $3,750.00 and under General E>~en6es
provided for new equipment in tbe amount of $1,000.00; and,
t~IER~S because of increases in street repairs d.ue
to excessive rains and frost damage, it is now necessary to
increase the budget for tte re-surfacing of the streets and in
order to facilitate tbis re-surfacing and to complete same at an
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early date in order to prevent additional damage to the streets,
additional and new equipment is necessary to be purchased; and,
the Contingency Fund which was set up for the salary of aeity
Hanager no longer necessary as the qualified voters of the City
of Clermont, in a general election held in December 1957 voted
against the employment of a City ~funager; and,
~~EREAS an emergency exists in the City of Clermont,
and in order to immediately take steps to preserve the streets in
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said City, now in need of immediate repairs because of frost
damage and exoessive rains, the City Council of the City of
Clermont now finds it necessary to readjust its budget by de-
creasing certain budgeted expenses, increasing others and e1im-
inating one entirely 8S folloW81
Original Budgeted Expenses
Contingenoy
New Equipment
Re"l'surfacing
$10,000.00
12,600.00
3,750.00
1,000.00
5,000.00
Amended Budgeted Expenses
$8,000.00
8,000.00
New Streets
New Hains
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8,000.00
13,250.00
and that it is to the best interests of property owners and tax-
payers of said City that said adjustments as above outlined be
immediately made; therefore,
BE IT ORDAINBD AND ESTABLISHED BY TEE CITY COUNCIL
OF TfE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA:
SECTION I: That the budget of expenses, and Ordinallce
#157, duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Clermont, on October 15, 1957 be amended to read as f01lows2
(a) That under the Street Department, new streets
be reduced from $10,000.00 to $3,000.00; that re-surfacing mater1,als
be increased from $5,000.00 to $18,250.00.
(b) That und.er the Water Department expenses, Hains:
be decreased from $12,500.00 to $8,000.00.
(c) Jlfhat under Administration Expenses the Contin-
gency Expenses of $8,750.00 be eliminated.
(d) That under General Expenses new equipment be
increased from $1,000.00 to $8,000.00.
SECTION II: That the foregoing increases and decreases
in the respective budgeted expenses and the elimination of the
~ contingency expense does not increase or decrease the Budget of
~ Expenses for the City of Clermont for the fiscal year of 1957-1958.
SFCTION III: That because of the damage to streets
by the excessive cold weather in the month of December, 1957,
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and January and ".,..ar, of 1918, and the exc.s.iv. rain. ift
January and February of 1918, that ~ny of the street. in th.
Cit, are in ilPlediat. need of repairs in order to pre.erYe th..
for the use of t~e general public ~nd that in ord.r to provide
..t.rials for the r..surtacing and pre.ervinl of the.. str..t.
the alterations and. chan,.. in the Budget of Expe.... under
Ordinance #157 as s.t fortb ift Section I bereinabove is .eGe..ar,
as well as the purchas. of ftew equip_at tor ,.e..urtaciRe and
the p"esenation ot stre.t. a.d theretore a stateet ...rg.ncy
exist. and this Ordinanc. i. pass.d as an ...rl.ac,. .a...,.e, and
the Council does, b1 the vote bl which this OrdilUlDce is pa..ed,
h.r.by declare that an e..rgency exists, which uk.. it lap.rati..
that this Ordinance should b.co.. effective forthwith in ord.r
that the public health, ..lrare, .afety and the pres.rvation of
str.ets and capital as..t. of tbe City might .08t .ff.ctivel, be
provided for and pre.erved.
SRCTION Il' I All Ordinanc.. or parta of Or4inanc..
ia conflict with the provision of thi. Ordinanc. are h.reby re-
p.ale. and especialll Or41naRc. 1157 a. ..ended herewith.
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This Ordinance ahall take ettect
i...4iat.ly upon 1t. p...age.
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PASSED AID ADOPTED By the City CouDcil of the Cit,
or Cl.raont at its aegular Keeting held Oft Karcb 11, 1958
1. the City Hall of the City of Clermont.
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RECEIVED AND AP~ROVLn by me this March 18, 1958.
~~yor of the City of Clermont
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I, A. M. JOUNSON, Ci ty Clerk of the City of
Clermont, Lake County, Florida, dO H~REBY CERTIfY that copy
of the foregoing Ordinance was posted in accordance with the
Charter and Ordinances of the City of Clermont, Lake Oounty,
Florida.
DATDD Mny 1, 1958.
(';i ty Clerk
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\iHEREAS, Ci ty of Clermont herein called the "App~_icant, II after
thorough consideration of the various aspects of the problem and
study of available data has hereby de1:rerrilined ~ that;-the ~constructj;on
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of certain public works, generally described as,
A gas transmission line and a gas
distribution system plus all necessary
appurtenances
is desirable and in the public interest and to that end it is
necessary that action preliminary to the construction of said works
be naken i~mediately; and
\~EREAS, under the terms of Public Law 560, 83rd Congress,
as amended, the United States of America has authorized the making
of advances to public bodies to aid in financing the cost of eng-.
ineering and architectural surveys, designs, plans, working dravJ-.
ings, specifications or other action preliminary to and in preparation
for the construction of public works; and
UHZllEAS, the Applicant has examined and duly considered such Act
and the Applicant considers it to be in the public interest and to
i ts benefit to file an application under said Act and to authoriz;e
other action in connection therewith;
HOW, TI-IER:;i;FORE, BE IT :CSOL VBD BY THE CITY COUNCIL, the governing
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body of said Applicant, as follows:
1. That the construction of said public works is essential
to and is to the best interests of the Applicant, and to the end that
such public works may be provided as promptly as practicable it is
desirable that action preliminary to the construction thereof be under- ,
taken immediately;
2. That Albert 11. Johnson, City Clerk, be hereby authorized
to file in behalf of the Applicant an application (in form required
by the United States and in conformity with said Act) for an advance
to be made by the United States to the Applicant to aid in defraying
the cost of plan preparation for the above described ~ublic works,
which shall consist generally of
A preliminary engineering report which
shall consist of market analysis and
forecast; preliminary engineering design;
definitive cost estimates; financial
analysis; and recoI~endations
3. That if such advance be made, the Applicant shall pro-
vide or make necessary arrangements to provide such funds, in add-
ition to the advance, as may be required to defray the cost of the
plan preparation of such public works;
4. The said Albert 1'J.. Johnson, City Clerk is hereby auth-
orized to furnish such information and take such other action as may
be necessary to enable the Applicant to liualify for the advance;
5. That the officer designated in the preceding paragraph
is hereby designated as the authorized representative of the Applicant
for the purpose of furnishing to the United States such information,
data, and documents pertaining to the application for an advance as
may be required; and otherwise to act as the authorized representative
of the Applicant in connection with this application.
6. That certified copies of this resolution be included
as. part of the appli~on for an advance to 22b~. ~s bmi t:ed to the
Unl ted States. / l " ;1../ t/ c..P
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, C~ Y Clerk