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09-06-1955 Regular Meeting REGULAR MEETING A Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held at the City Hall, Tuesday, September 6, 1955. ,~ ~ The meeting was called to order by Council President, E. G. Winston, at 7:30 P. M. with all members be~ present. Others present were Mayor Boyd, City attorIlJlY Morse, Supt. Sheldon, Police Chief Clark, Fireman Fulnood, Mr. Glen Middleton, Mr. Jerry Egan, Mr. Ralph Besekee, Mr. Fred Wolfe, Mr. Mann, Mr. Eugene Cantwell, Mr. Oakley Seaver and. Mr. Howard Young. The minutes of the meetings held August 16, 1955, August 25, 1955, and August 29, 1955 were read and approved as read. Mr. Middleton, represeniang the Chamber of Commerce, read a letter to the Council, wherein the Chamber made certain recommendations to the Council and requested that the city levy a 10,% utilIty tax, with a maximum tax of 1.00, and that twenty five percent of such tax collected to be used for publicity purposes with the Chamber of Commerce handling said publicity. After considerable discussion motion was made by Mr. Beals that the city levy a ten percent utility tax, with a maximum tax of 1.00, to be put in to effect November 1st. The motion was seconded by Mr. Konsler and after further discussion and a roll call vote the ayes were Beals and Konsler. Nays were Grant, Olivenbaum and Mr. Winston. The motion failed. Mr. Grant, Mr. Olivenbaum and Mr. Winston each stated that they wished it to be a matter of record that they were in no way opposed to the program as outlined by the Chamber of Commerce and that their proposals would certainly be given further careful consideration. However, they did not care to vote for a utility tax until they had time to go in to the matter fully and carefully and. that it would also be necessary to do fur ther work on the next fiscal years budget before they could determine the amount of additional revenue needed. Mrs. Caroline Stanley, Tax assessor of the city, appeared before the council and presented them with a list of proposed valuation changes for the tax roll. Motion was made by Mr. Konsler, seconded by Mr. Grant and. carried that the changes be made as recommended by Mrs. Stanley. Motion By Konsler, seconded by Olivenbaum and carried that the members of the City Council of the City of Clermont sit as a Board of Equilization on Thursday evening, Sept. 22, 1955 at 7:30 P. M. ~ ',.,. Motion was made by Mr. Grant, seconded by Mr. Konsler and carried that the city engage Mr. Stephen Zelazo as a member of a three man Board of appraisers to appraise certain city owned property and also certain property owned by Mr. Bauerle. It being understood that Mr. Bauerle is also to appoint a member of the committee and that those two members so appointed are to appoint a third and. that the findtlngs of such appaisal Committee are to serve as a basis for further discussion between the city and Mr. Bauerle regarding the purchase, or trading, of certain property. Mayor Boyd submitted several questions to the Council relative to the operation of Parking meters. Clerk Johnson read a letter from Mrs. Mary Wheeler, relative to the city removing two palm trees from the park way in front of her property. Motion was made by Mr. Grant, seconded by Mr. Konsler, that Supt. Sheldon be instructed to investigate the matter and that if the trees are on City property and. in anyway dangerous to the general community that same are to be removed. Mr. Sheldon was further instructed to have the Oleander bushes in front of Mrs. Siegel's removed or pruned. ~ ~ Clerk Johnson read a letter from Mrs. Collette, relative to the condition of property owned my Mr. O'Neal. Clerk Johnson was instructed to write to Mr. O'Neal and ask him to please correct this condition. Clerk Johnson read a note from Mr. McCaffrey, wherein Mr. McCaffrey stated that an Occupational license of $20.00 was entirely too high for the Palm Shoe Company, and requested that said Palm Shoe Company be placed in a different classification. Clerk Johnson was instructed to inform Mr. McCaffrey that it was not possible to place the business in a.njJ other classification. The Police Chief's report was read ,accepted and order filed. Police Chief Clark called the Council's attention to the fact that numerous "Blind Corners n existed in the city due to excessive growth of shrubery. The matter was referred to Mayor Boyd for action. Motion was made by Mr. Olivenbaum, seconded by Mr. Konsler and carried that Supt. Sheldon be authorized to removed the necessary part of the curbing and to prepare a driveway through one of the l'Islandsn on East avenue, lying West of the New School building. Motion By Grant, seconded by Olivenbaum and carried that bills be paid. Motion by Konsler, seconded by Grant and carried that Supt. Sheldon proceed with the curbing and paving of Pine Lane, it being understood that the curbing is to be on the South side only. Motion by Konsler, seconded by Grant and carried that the tax millage for the taxable year 1955 be set at five and one half Cst> mills for bond debt service and ten and one half CIOi> mills for general operations. This was a roll call vote and unanamously carried. Motion by Konsler, seconded by Olivenbaum that meeting adj ourn. (t:~ President of the Council ~ ~: Bills Payable ~ ,., Jean Westbrook Orange State Oil Co., American Oil Company Clermont Hardware & Supply Co., Sun Chevrolet Co., Florida Telephone Corp. Traff-O-Teria Southerm Mill Creek O. K. Ice Co., Bill Judy Service Stat ion Achord's Garage Sanger Builders Clermont Builders Harper Motor Eo., D. H. Moore Plumbing Co. Brantly Electric Co. Badger Meter Co. Bishop Office Equipment Co., South Lake Publsihers Whirler-Glide Mowers Fire Calls Southeast Communications Wolfe & Konsler Harry P. Leu, Inc Southern Pipe Co., Finley'S Municipal Supply Florida Power Corp. Boykin & Elliott Stokes & Fields C. R. Shewey Southern Te st ing Lab. ~ ~ 5.50 166.72 5.43 80.28 141.78 33.:36 26 .85 70.70 18.00 20.10 3.65 29.17 49.23 6.30 26 .75 15.50 1,562.40 63.50 67. 79 128.25 36 .00 40.50 6 2.35 12.11 596.14 99.48 729. 86 50.00 30.50 150.00 69.68