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12-09-1964 Adjourned Meeting . e MINUTES N? 198 ADJOURNED MEETING An adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held in the office of the City Clerk on Wednesday, December 9, 1964. The meet~ ing was called to order at 9:00 A. M. by Mayor BonJorn with all Council members present. Clerk Johnson was also present. Mayor BonJorn stated that the purpose of the meeting was to canvas the ballot of the General Election of the City of Clermont held December 8, 1964; to authorize payment to the Election Board members and the Officer pf Election for their services and to appoint an Election Board for the General run-off Election being held on December 17th, 1964. After checking the absentee ballots and the Certificate of Result by the Election Board as to the count registered by the voting machines, motion was made by Mr. Turville, seconded by Mr. Hoskinson, and carried, that it be RESOLVED ,that the Certificate of Result of the General Election of the City of Clermont held December 8, 1964 be accepted and that a copy of the results be received into these minutes and made a part thereof and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED in accordance with the results of the election that on the question "Shall the City Council of the City of Clermont have the authority to hire a City Manager" a majority of the votes cast were "FOR" and the question, therefore, carried and that as none of the candidates for Council to Groups One, Three and Five received a majority of the votes cast it is necessary that the two candidates receiving the greater number of votes in each group; namely, Charles Beals and Norris (Hutch) Hutchingson for Group One; Harold Turville and J (Jay) VanderMeer for Group Three, and James Freeman and James ,(Jim) Hoskinson for Group Five, enter the run-off election being held December 17, 1964 and that the candidate receiving the greater number of votes in each individual group shall be declared elected to the office of Councilman of the Group in which they are entered, City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED and declared that upon qualification of said officers elected, and to be elected, as aforesaid, that they shall assume the duties of such office to which they are elected and hold the same and perform the duties prescribed by law. Motion ~{as made by Mr. Hutchingson, seconded by Mr. York, and carried, that each member of the Election Board and the Officer of Election be paid Thirteen Dollars for their services during the General Election held December 8, 1960. Motion by Mr. Hoskinson, seconded by Mr. Hutchingson, and carried, that the Clerk be authorized to appoint the following named persons as C,lerk and Inspectors for the run-off election of the City of Clermont being held on Thursday, December 17, 1964. Clerk: G. Y. Middleton; Inspectors John McCown, Dorris Bishop, Robert Ingersoll, Don Hayes and D. G. Rambo and A. B. Broyles, Officer of Election. Meeting adjourned. /