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12-03-1953 Regular Meeting REGULAR MF,ETING ..~ U,.. _ A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held at the City hall Tuesday, December 3, 1953. The meeting was called to order by Council President, Arthur George, at 7:30 P. M. with all Council members present. M~or Higby, City Attorney, Supt, Sheldon and Police Chief Brooks were also present. The minutes of the meeting held November 16, 1953, and the Special meeting held November 25, 1953 were read and approved as read. Mr. T. C. Cork, Sr. appeared before the Council,in behalf of the Wellfare League, and urged that the Council give consideration to dedicating certain city owned properties for hospital use as outlined in a proposed Resolution presented to the council at their last meeting. Mr. Cork was assured that the matter wouldbe considered. \ Mr. Peters, of H. O. Peters Engineering Service, Leesburg, Fla. appeared before the Council and asked that his firm be considered when the services of Surveyors or Engineers were needed by the city of Cle~ont. Mr. George informed the Council that Mrs. Dan Westbrook had 'completed drawing a new map of the city, and same was shown to the Council at this time. Mr. George further informed the Council that Mrs. Westbrook had been advanced $75.00 for her work and suggested that the additional $75.00 due her be paid. Motion by Konsler, seconded by Sickler, that Mrs. Dan Westbrook be paid for her services. Motion carried. Motion by Meeker, s~conded by Sickler, that Clerk Johnson be authorized to have twenty five "Black Line Prints" of the map and that such prints' be sold to the general public at a price of $5.00 each. Motion carried. Mr. Preston M~ard appeared before the Council and asked that the taxable valuation on his property at the corner of DeSota and 7th street be reduced to land value only for the 1953 taxes. It was decided to table the matter until' the next meeting when the matter could be further investigated. The matter of closing Broom street at its intersection with Highway 50 was discussed. This matter was tabled until further inv~stigation could me made. Mr. Konsler reported that the estimated post for li6hting the water tower was $450.00; 150.00 for labor and ~300.00 for materials. After some discussion Mr. Konsler was asked to obtain an estimate of the cost for a single red light on top of the tower. Supt. Sheldon recommended that the hourly wage rate of city laborers be raised as follows: Labor from .85~ to .89~ and equipment operators from 93 plus to .97~. Mr. Sheldon further recommended that the Volunteer firemen be raised from $2.00 to $3.00 per call. ~ Motion was made by Winston, seconded by Konsler and carried, that Mr. Sheldon's recommendations be adopted and that the recommended raises in wages and salaries become effective as of this week. WII"" / Mr. Sheldon requested permission to purchase a "blade" to be used with one of the city tractors for filling ditches. Mr. Sheldon stated that the cost was approximately $190.00 Mr. Konsler moved that Mr. Sheldon be authorized to make the purchase as requested, but that he make every effort to loc~i a "used" blade at a reduced price. The motion was seconded by Mr. Meeker and carried. ~ '----. - Mr. Meeker moved that City attorney Morse write to the property owners where sand had been, and will be, pumped in along Lake shore Drive in the vicinity of the "Legion Center" and inform them that the city expects them to re- place and re-Iocated the storm sewers and water drains which the covered in their pumping operations. The motion was seconded byMr. Sickler and carried. Police Chief Brooks was instructed to inform those firms operating business without City of Clermont Occupational licenses that unless such Occupational licenses are obtained within twenty four hours that their places of business will be closed. Motion was made by Winston, seconded by Konsler, that Clerk Johnson obtain price for a Plate Glass top for the Council table. Motion carried. }/lotion by Meeker, seconded by Konsler and caITied that the :::",~git'Y enter into a lease with R. W. Douglas for that Lake frontage along lots 7&8, Block 4. Motion by Meeker, seconded by Siukler that bills be paid. Clerk Johnson was instructed to select an election Board and the following names were suggested to him: Mrs Motion Konsler, seconded Meeker that meeting Adjourn. c:l~ 4/-,:j -~ ".-..