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02-21-1956 Regular Meeting REGULAR MEETING -a~journed- .' A Regularly adjourned meeting of the city Council of the City of Clermont was held at the city hall, February 21, 1956 The meeting was called to order by Council President, E. G. Winston, at 7:30 P. M. with all Council members present. Others present were Mayor Boyd, City attorney Morse, Supt. Sheldon, Police Chief Clark, Mr. Preston Maynard, Mr. Albert Nolze and Mr. Harry Brown. The minutes of the meeting held February 14, 1956, were read and approved. Mr. Turville-Sidewalks Committee-reported that he had been unable to secure an estimate of the cost of building a side walk from the city hall to the hospital but expected an est!. ate within a few days. Mr. Turville called the Council's attention to several existing sidewalks in need of repairs. Motion was made by Turville, seconded by Beals and carried that the city remove the tree from the center of the sidewalk in front of the Rose property on West avenue and that the sidewalk be repaired. Mr. Turville also reported that he had contacted Mr. Fields, of Sun Chevrolet Company, relative to the city renting said Sun Chevrolet certain city owned property on Minneola Avenue to be used for the parking of cars and trucks. Mr. Turvilee stated that Mr. Fields appeared to be interested and had stated he would contact the Council regarding the matter. Clerk Johnson was instructed to write to Sun Chevrolet Company regarding the matter. Mr. Grant- Parks and Cemetary Committee- reported that he now had a firm bid for the construction of shuffle boards at :Kehlor park. He-{stated that one of the existing boards could be replaced and two new boards constructed for $750.00 plus $164.00 for alleys and drains. The matter was tabled for later considerat 1ion. Mr. Beals-Street Lighting & Sanitation- reported that a request had been made for the installation of a street light adjacent to the high school and that his Committee would investigate and make recommendations at the next meeting. Mr. Meeker-Steets Committee- reported that the drain pipe and catch basin had been installed at the J. C. Beach as ordered by the Council. Bids were opened for the constuction of pav.~destreets as Follows: Kin street from Prince Edward to Drew and Drew from Kn~g street to Pitt street with Boykin and Elliott being the low bidder at a price of ~2.35 per running foot. ~ ......., Motion was made by Meeker, seconded by Beals and carried that those panties interested in the paving of the streets in question present a petetion to the Council requesting such pavin~ with the signatures of the necessary adjacent property owners and that escrow checks from the property owners for their prorated amount of cost be attached. Motion by Meeker, seconded by Beals that the city attorney prepare the necessary construction contract for the paving of part s of King and Drew street s and that same be executed by the City and Boykin and Elliott. Motion carried. Motion by Meeker, seconded by Turvllle and carried that the Mayor be directed to execute leases between the city of Clermont and Wm. Boyd on office building at ;,~50.00 monthly, Mr. Cody Johnson on a residence at $50.00 monthly and Mr. on a filling station at '50.00 monthly. Motion by Meeker, seconded by Turville and carried that City attorney be authorized to make a search of records and if necessary to make a trip to Jacksonville for further search in order to determine if any old judgements exist on city owned property or any property previously owned by the city and sold. -- Mayor Boyd made the following recommendations: That the city purchase a steel door for the vault, That the city purchase a crawler tractor with four in-one shovel, that the city give consideration to the dredging and filling of West lake and that the city consider the purchase of certain property from l'1r. Oswalt. Clerk Johnson was directed to determine if the vault in the city hall is fire proof before ordering a steel door. A general discussion took place regarding the other recommendatuons made by Mayor Boyd with no action being taken. Motion by Meeker, seconded by Beals and carried that J,.; Clerk Johnson be authorized to pay South ake Memorial hospital the amount of #500.00 from funds budgeted for that purpose. Clprk Johnson called the Council's attention to two existing unpaid Business Personal Property tax assessments for 1954, and one business operating without the required City of Clermont occupational license. Attorney Morse was instructed to write to all three partt1e s and demand payment. Motion by Beals, seconded by Meeker and carried that the city lease from Arthur George that twenty feet of property lying directlyYof Dr. Cantwell's office we st / ~ and being a part of lotI l~ fl ~ in Block 80 to be used for a city parking area and that compensation for said lease be the amount of city taxes on said property. Motion by Turville, seconded by Meeker and carried that City of Clermont Tax sale certificate number 12, for 1948 taxes, be redeemed from Mrs. Lula Keene as the records disclose that the property redeemed said certificate from the city in March of 1951 but that the certificated was not called in at that time. Motion by Meeker, seconded Turville and carried that Fire Chief Sheldon be authorized to purchase 500 feet of fire hose. 4 With regards to the Youth center, now under construction, the council agreed that the city would pay the electric bills for its operation. They further agreed that material bills for the construction of the center were to be submitted to the council and that when approved by the council such bills would be paid up to the amount appropiated for that purpose. Motion by Turville, seconded by Beals that Chairman Winston appoint two members of the Council to serve with the Mayor as a Police Committee. Motion carried. Chairman Winston appointed Mr. Harold Turville and Mr. Harley Beals to serve with Mayor Boyd as a Police Committee. Motion by Beals, seconded by Turville and carried that the following men be appointed to the Zoning Board of Adjustment: E. G. Winston, Russell Grantr H. H. Tully, W. H. McQuistion and Stephen Zelazo. Motion by Grant, seconded by Beals that meeting adjourn. .' (1~Y/~7 Cit~erk . .'