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09-04-1951 Regular Meeting REGULAR HEETIiTG OF TIE CITY COmWIL A rogular moeting of tho city. council \"las held at the city hall; TUQsday, Soptembor 4tho, 19510 '. Tho me0tillg 1.:n3.s called to ordor by Council Pro sidont, Eo G. Winston at'7:30 Po Ho, '1,'rith tho folloyling councilmen. prosent: Arhur G00rgo, To'Co Cork, Jro, Bo Ko Forguson and ~"J. H. IifcQuistiono Absont: nonoo Othors boing proDont 1,':01'0 l=ayor Nagol, City Attorney 1101'S 0 , Firo Chief Sholdon; Polico Chiof' AndeI'son, City Foroman Fullwood, Poto Dillis and Morton Jo Barnos. Tho minutos of tho adjourned mooting of August 21sto 8nd tho Spocial'mGotings of August 28th. and 31sto wero road and approvod as road 0 III' 0, Pote Willis submi ttod completo plans for tho proposod building on tho J 0 Co Bea.cho .Aftor sono.ncussion Mr. Cork movod; oocondod byEro Quistion, that tho plans, tho proposod building on tho J 0 :C. Beach bo approved by tho co 1, and that tho clork bo instructod to issuo a cb.ock to tho unior Chambor of Con1lliorco for tho balanco duo tham froJ::l tho ~~500.00 allotmont in tho 1950-51 budGet. tIotion carr'iod.- Hro B2rnos stated that his pl"oporty; adjacent to the city dump; 1.7aS' boing usod by tho Gonoral public for a d"LU11ping ground and t:b..at cars and trucks wero driving throuGh his proporty and causing damago to his troes. Ho furthor roguostod that tho council ploaso tako tbo nocossary action to protoct his propertyo ~lro Barnas sub~ittod a lotteI' covoring tho afore statod complaints and roquosts, and samo 1.'laS ordored filod. No action \'las .takollo r,1r..I=cQuistion ropol'tod that tho Stroots Committod had inspoctod tho,stroet in front of tho Clermont Buildors SuPply Rroporty, .~nd that tho mattor o!f! drainaGo had boell discussod 'with liro \\Tolfoo 1.iro :L~cQuistion further-roportod that 11:1'. Wolfo had agl'ood to do tho nocessary grading and mnstall a "catch boxtr fr00 of cost, if tho ci t1 170uld furnish tho nocos sary drainagopipo. and furnish tho la1)or of di,sl3ing tho ditchos and installing tho pipoo Eotion by l1cQuistion, socondod by Cork, that tho cit:"" .8.CCOpt Lir. Wolfs proposition, and tli.o.t tho cost of samo be chal'cod to Stroot r012airs 0 l':otion carriod. i'~ra Cork reported that Cr. 1.IIilliam Daily nishod to oxpross his thanks to tho city council for tho prompt attontion 1.7hich it had c;ivon his roquo::"t for tb.o removal of a doad tl~Oe, and tho cloaninG of tho stroot in tho roar of his proporty. :!:To othor cO~'1ittoe chalI'r.1an had anything to report. I.:ayor l:acol as]c0d if any fUl'ther inforination nas avai18.blo roc;arding the prop03od sno.ll v.11i1'18.1 hospital :Lor this oi ty. Eo information \"1"S uvaila'bloa ...~ Fayor 1Tac;01 asked tho cO"Llncil for f'urther ins tructions rOGarding' tho 0ronsons Apartmonl;s, and thaiI' 2}rovious ordors to closo sarno 0 1:..1'to1:> S0r.10 discu.ssion it ViaS docidod t;~at no action 1.'lould be t8okon at this tino and tho clark nas instructod to communicato with the' Ste.to Eotol COr1I1issj.on and roqueat that thoy havo thoir Inspoctor, on his noxt trip to Clornont; to contact tho city rlayor in 01"(1.01' tl~at thO~T l:lay mal;:o a joint inspoction of certain proportios. PlocO Chiof Andorson road his roport for tho month of Augusto Saidroport was accoptod and ordorod filode .qi~yAttornoy: TIo roporto :::<'iro Chiof Sheldon: ITo roport. I:otion by Cork, seconded by Goorgo, hIla t tho city purchase a nOVl tiro hydrant 0 . /:1\, I.:otio:p. by Cork, Eoconded by :?oreuson, and carriod, t1....a t Foroman Fullueod malw an inspection of tho oight inch valvo in tho main ''JatoI' lino, somewhero in tho neic;hborhood of tho PaIn Park Inn, 8.nd that if 8amo cannot be ropairod that a novl valvo bo purchased and installodo' e Clorl::, Johnson statod that rIr ~ Sheppal'd, armor of tho socond-hand Furnituro on r.iontroso stroet, had roquosted that his Occupational Liconso 1'00 be continuod at tho old rate of CllO.OO,; that he did not oporate a storo sollino; no',! furnituro only, and that he '7as of tho opinion'that tho ~p20.00 1'00, for which ho had boon biltod VIas out of li~oo Llotion by G00re;e~ secondod by Forgl1son that tIr. Shoppards Liconso rato bo continuod at ~)lOoOO. 110tion carriodo Chair1'1an \'Hnston road a lottoI' from Ero Clay, calling tho councils attontio::.'l to the i.u1paid amouL?-t of fifty dollars, '\7hich ho claimed duo him for ?lay Gro~nd supervision dU~il1t tho ~umner rocroation programo tIotion:');,! Georgo, secended by Cork, that Mr: Clay bo paid tho fifty dollars in quostion. Eotion carried. 2Totion by Cork; soconded by Geore;o, that Black laboratorios be paid f$500.00 for thoir sorvices in making a survoy of tho water noods of tho city, rocor.w1?ndations and a TIritte~ roport.of.sane. Carried. l:otion :by Georgo; socondod by Fer[mson, that R. F. Rouso, tax assessor, be advanced ~)150.00 on his uorko t'l.Qtion carr.iodo , r,lotionby Cork, secondod by HcQuistion, that bills bo paid. Ept. Carroed. Ij~rh;inston ap~)ointed Uayor Nac;el~ Arthur (+oor8e and T. C. Cork, Jr., O.s a cOll1J2littoo to procuro, and placo, signs d rocting traffic fJ:'om tho city to the now IJorth-South highwayo Clork Joh:<1son callod the COlIDcils attontion to the fe.ct that it 1"la8 imposo1blo for the presont city crous to do tho amount of 170rk 17hich '\"las turnod ovor to thorn by the council and tho work which was expectod of th0m:by tho citizons, and at tho samo timo tako Care <mf the normal opnratibno of tho cityo Fo further statod th~t it appearod that somo of tho ~ork TIould of necos3ity romain illldono, or that additional man power r{Quld bo needed 0 Clerlr ~ohnson called tho councils attention to tho groat noad of a pick~up truck for tho ci ty ~ in order that tho largor trucks rlOuld not be tied up, with thoir crows, for motel' installations, metor readin0 and other light jobs. I,:otion by' Corll::, 80conded by Forguson, that the clork be authorized to advertide, in. tho local papor, for bids on a iJ- ton picku.p truck with' standard oquipnlont, and that ~ll'bids aro to bo in tho hro1ds of tho city clorl:: not lator ~',han 2 Po Mo, Soptomber 20th., and that the city roservetho right to T'OjOCt any, or all, bids 0 Motion carriod. l'!~otion by 0001"2;0, soconded by Ecc::.uistion that tho mootine; adjourn. .~ Council Prosident \ j . Bills Payablo August 31, 1951 ~ ~ Florida Power ,Corporation Standard Oil Company Florida Tolephono Corporation Goneral Electric Irving =~orso Westorn Auto Supply Clermont HardVlare Company Achords Garago Fore;uson's I-:Ien & Boys storo Southorn Uniform Company Seavers Garage B. F. Harris South Lako Publishing Co., Brantly Eloctric Southorn Publishors Firomen salar:tos Flerida Equipmrmt Company sun Chevrolet Company O. K. I~o Company Harper I'.lotor Company Sholdon Hotor Company rlhirlor-Glide 1'.ToYv'er Company Finley's EuniciP~l Supply Republic Rubbor ivision ~ .-J- 505.27 119~20 27~97 1110;00 516;20 10.75 8~00 3;00 11~85 10~77 22;82 5~2-1 27;60 907~10 32.52 12~OO 15;24 146.36 5;00 3.37 14.35 27~00 101;41 289:7-0 3~32 .t)9