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05-18-1954 Regular Meeting ADJOURNED MEETING . A regularly adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held at the City hall, Tuesday, May 18, 1954. The meeting was called to order by Council President, Arthur George, at 7:30 P. M. with all members present. Others present were Mayor Boyd, city attorney Morse, Supt Sheldon, Mrs. Arnett and 1~s Berryman representing the Library association, and Mrs. McCaffrey, Mrs. Millican, Miss Ramsey and Mr. McCaffrey. The minutes of the meeting held May 6, 1954 Were read and approved as read. Mr. Ellis Konsler, Chairman of the Streets Committee, recommended and moved that the City advertise for bids on the following machinery: one used grader, one 600 gallon tar pot and one spreader box for both cold mix and slag, at a total approximate cost of $4,950.00, and that the city purchase materials and build on to the rear of the barn sufficient space for the storage of afore mentioned equipment at an approximate cost of $400.00. The motion was seconded by Mr. Sickler and unanamously carried. Mr. 01ivenbaum of the Laws and Auditing committee, called the Councils attention to the fact that the volunteer firemen were not amply covered with accident insurance. Motion Was made by Konsler, seconded by Sickler, that the City take out a Volunteer Fire Company Blanket accident policy at an annual cost of $145.00. Motion carried. After considerable discussion the Council recommended to Mayor Boyd that he contact all members of the Volunteer Fire Dept, and explain to them the dan~rs of xecessive speed and the running of traffic lights when on the way to fires. All members of the Council definately went on record as being opposed to such practice. Mayor Boyd agreed that he would handle the matter. M!Wor Boyd asked the Council if, under the terms of the lease, the city was to maintain the building and grounds of the Womans Club. Attorney Morse ruled that under the terms of the lease all maintenance was to be duty of the Womans club and that the City was not responsable. Clerk Johnson WaS instructed to inform the Womans Club accordingly. Mayor Boyd brought up the matter of damages to Grand Highway by a tractoe, or Bulldozer, crossing over said Highway several times. The equipment was the property of Fred L. Wolfe and the work was being done for Mr. A. Bornstein. The amount of damages was estimated at $100.00. Clerk Johnson was instructed to forward Mr. Fred Wolfe a statement for said damages. . Supt. Sheldon was instructed to equip all traffic lights with longer hoods and to install stronger bulbs where necessary. Mayor Boyd brought up the matter of opening a new cemetary due to the fact that the present cemetary contained very few available lots.. The me. tter was referred to the Parks and Cemetary Committee with ins~ructions to look into the matter and report at a later meeting. Mrs. Arnett, as a representative of the Cooper Memorial Library association, that the dream of a library addition was now an accomplished fact. She thanked the Council and other city officials for their fine help and cooperation and extended each of them, with the wives, to attend open house on June 1, 1954, betwwen the hours of three to five and seven to nine. Mr. George thanked Mrs. Arnett for the invitation and stated they would make every effort to attend. Mrs. Berryman gave a financial report on the construction of the Library addition which was very informative and disclosed that an excellant job had been done. The Council complimented Mrs.. Berryman and Mrs. Arnett on their fine work. -- -- - ~ ~------ ---- ~-- - Motion was made by Winston, seconded by Konsler, that the city proceed with the construction of an alley through blk. 81, on the rightofway already obtained and that offsets be made where necessary. Motion carried. e Motion Sickler, seconded Konsler, that Tax statement number 1379, covering Persohal Property tax in the amount of 1.60 be struck from the roll as same had been assessed through error. Motion carried. Clerk Johnson eN<plained to the Council tha't . in 1946 the city. :. had sold, and deeded, the same cemetary lot (11, blk A) to two different parties, and that it was now necessary to endeavor to purchase a cemetary lot in the same area to satisfy one of the parties. Clerk Johnson was instructed to obtain prices on available lots and report to the Parks and Cemetary Committee. Clerk Johnson informed the Council that "Mr. William' Kern had made apulication for duplicate Tax Sale Certificates as follows: Tax Sale Certificate #72 for 1939 taxes on lots 10&11, Blk 4, Sunset Heights, in the amount of 8.34, with P. K. Bronson and R. E. Bronson as bondsmen for twice the amount of the certificate and Tax Sale Certificate #46 for 1940 Taxes on lots 10&11, Blk 4, Sunset Heights, in the amount of 5.21, with P. K. Bronson and R. E. Bronson as bondsmen for twice the amount of the certificate. Motion was made by Olivenbaum, seconded by Sickler and carried that Mr. Kerns application be granted and that the Clerk issue Duplicate Tax sale certificates. Clerk Johnson was authorized to request bids from all local licensed painters for the paint~ng of the inside of the city hall. Motion by Motion by by Sickler that Bill be paid. by.Olivenbaum that meeting adjourn. ~ /~,e-/,b- BILLS PAYABLE . Finley'S Municipal Supply Davis Meter Repairs O. K. Ice Co., Florida Telephone Corp Western Auto Store Wolfe & Konsler Brantley Electric Adams Supply Supreme Fuel Company Boykin & Elliott Army & Navy Supplies Atlantic Chemical Co., Prescott Motor Service Stokes & Fields South Lake Publishers Sanger Builders Supply American Oil Company Orange State Oil Company Standard O~l Company Maude Wa tson Jones 5 & 10 Clermont Hardware Co., Judy Filling Station Florida Power Corp. O. C. Wipper Achords Garage Sun Chevrolet Company Hill Top Book Southeast Communications Fire Calls 2.io 288.69 5.00 17.38 40.65 28.85 170.50 206.7'7' 139.19 66.50 14.31 18.00 1,795.00 17.94 68.16 22.94 34.14 201.24 243.78 20.00 2.84 12.05 19.91 664.02 111.85 93.30 6.64 2.05 25.00 39.00