10-21-1952 Regular Meeting
RIOC'rULAR il.1)J0URI\&J 1..iE,"~ING
A regular adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont
was held Rt the city hall, Tuesday, uctober 21, 1952.
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The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p. N. by Council President, T. C.
Cork, Jr. lath all Council members present. Others being present were
i.:layor Higby, Supt. She :.don and Police Chief Brooks.
Tpe minutes of the regular meeting of uctober 7, 1952 and the Special
meeting of October 13, 1952 were read and approved as read.
~~. cieeker info~ed the Council that an application for a building permit
he,d been made to the lire & Building Committee which they had rejected.
After some discussion it was decided that it would be necessary for the
a~plicant to furnish th',J Fire and Building Committee with a complete
drawing of the plans"for the proposed building and full information as to
the general structure of the building, its purpose and the materials to be
used.
hr. ~'linston, reporting for the ilJater Committee, stated that the New \'[ell
should be in production within a few days.
A general discussion took place relative to the routing of Highway "50"
through Clermont via of i{innehaha Avenue, Fifth Street and VeSota.
Supt. Sheldon Was instructed to remove some of the lower limbs from the
trees along Route "50", through Clermont, in order to eliminate the noise
of large tr~cks striking the low hanging limbs.
Supy. Sheldon was instructed to make some inprovements on Osceola Street,
From 12th to the property owned by hr. Ard.
jI..ir. l'i:eeker stat ed that Carroll Electric Company had requested a "re served
space" for a loading and unloading zone at hjs place of business on 8th
street. After considerable discussion it was decided to investigate the
matter further before taking any actio:,.. '
Nr. George reported that the Special Committe for City o,~ed lot appraisals
wished to make the following recommendations:
That are Fred ~olfes offer of ~600.00 for lots 72 and North fraction of 71
and 73, lot 182 and North fraction of 181, and 'lots 183,184,185 & 187
be accepted, but that lot 188 be substituted for la7, as 187 is the lot
whereon the new ~~~s located,
That lots 69-70 r of HighWay "50" and that part of lots 71, 74 & 75
South of Highway "50" be offered for sale at a price of .J800.00,
That the city make an effort to pur&hase lots 1-3-5 & 7, Block 89, from
the county, and thaJ when said lots are obtained that said Block 89 ,
be offered for sale at a price of J5,000.00 or on a fifty year lease
at 500.00 per year egeneral terms of the lease to be worked out)
and that said lot 89 be restricted to ~fficiency apartments or Motel type of
structure.
~otion by George, seconded by Ferguson, that the recommendations of the
Committee, regarding the Fred Wolfe offer, be accepted and that Mr. Wolfe
be sold the property in question as outlined in the recommendations.
Un roll call vote: George, Ferguson, l~eker, Cork voted Aye, Winston Nay.
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hotion by George, Seconded by ~eeker, that the Recommendations of the
Committee regarding lots 69-70-71-74 & 75, as outlined in the recommendation,
be accepted and that said lots be offered for sale at a price of ~800.00.
l-.iotion carried with i\~r. ~vinston not voting. .
hotion by George, seconded by Ferguson, that the ~lerk be instructed to
purchase lots 1-3-5-&7, Block 89, from the county. l~otioD carried.
~'.ayor Higby asked Clerk .Johnson to read a letter from H. R. Harper, 1therein
hr. Harp~r called the attention of the Council and the ~~yor to the claim
that the Police c~r had been driven through the Business section of Clermont
on Saturday night, uctober 18, at an estimated speed of sixty miles per hour
and running through a, red light at an excessive speed. t.rr. Higb~r reported
to the ~ouncil that he had investigated the rnattar and found that the c~ll
was an emergency.
i'Lotion was made by George, seconded by Ferguson, and carried, that
a letter of explaination and thanks be mailed to ~r. Harper, and said
letter to be signed by the hayor and the President of the Counei1.
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i'~ayor iligby further reported on the last i..iunicipal lJleeting and outlined
a plan of having all me.ga.zine salesmen register a,t the city hall and secure
a permit from the city Clerk. It was called to i-la~Tor Higb:'A attent:i ~r. th:jt
under tile present urdinance relative to th'~s matter that the Clerk was not
allowed to issue any p~rmit. A general discussion followed and the matter
was tahled.
Clerk Johnson read ~ letter from hr. ~ilson Sheppard outlining a proposed
plan for the manner in which Police Department Bond Receipts, arrest tickets,
a,nd bond money should be handled.
Motion was made by Winston, seconded by heeker and carried that ~~. Sherpards
proposed plan be accepted as a general guide.
hOt ion by Winston, seconded by Ferguson, that due to the general election
being held on Tuesday, November 4, 1752, that the next regular Council meeting
be postponed until Thursday, Novemner 6, 1952. hotion carried.
ciotion by Meeker, seconded by Ferguson that me~ting adjourn.
Chairman Cork asked the Council and ~~yor Higby to remain for an
executive session.
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RES 0 L UTI' 0 N
WHEREAS, 'Jos7Ph Bcrnhnrt, a police offic&% of the City of
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,Clermont, died duxing. hi$ employment but not in the line of duty,
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, and his wife, Mrs. Joseph Be:r;nhaI~, has in me,!!\ory of her husband
. p:z:ese.nted t'o the C$ty a flag} an~, ., .
\mEnEA~'~' It .~.S'.th~ d~sir'e of ':the Clty ,:t~: express to .the
widoW', of :::3:'. -!?sepp ae.r.nhart the approe~ation of the City 'of Cle~-.
mont' by an~ through .it's"City Council' fox the se:tvices :rendered
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: t~iS City by '~~ 'B~x'hh~xt as a' p'~lice' ,~fficer and to. fU:t.the:re'x-
pxess to Urs.. Bcrn~a:tt the a.pp:rccia1;ion of, the ',Ci ty f.~r the. pr~- '
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, sentation of thi.s tlag, and that ,the City's appxeciationmay .
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becot'\e a matter of pe:rmanont record.~f ,this ,City, it is,
I-!EREBY.RESOLVED by. the City Council of the City of Clermont
in regular session that thi s City appreciates' a nd accepts pre- .'
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sentation to ito! a'flag by the'widow of Joseph Bcrnhaxt, an
e'!Ployee of the ,Police "DepaJ:tment who died' while an employee', ,
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and that this City does appreciate th~ work performed by)~~'
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Bex'nha:rt', as a p.olice offic8xand employee ,o,r: the City......for. the
benefit of the people'of the City 'of Clermont; ~nd,
BE IT FURtHER ReSOLVED.that a ~opy of this, nesolution be
, spre~d upon the minutes of the.ei ty of 'Cl~rmont and that the
.original heteof'be forwarded by the Clerk of the' city of Clermont
to' M:cs. ,Joseph Berriha:z:t,.
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