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12-13-1945 Special Meeting CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD AT THE CITY HALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945, AT 5:00 P.M. -~ ,., The meeting was called to order by President F. B. Roe,. other councilmen in attendance being R. M. Stackhouse, C. W. Gaines, H. C. Brown. Mayor F. H. Higby and City Clerk W. H. McQuistion were also present. The Clerk read the report'of the election officials for the election held December 11, 1945, which ~as as follows: CERTIFICATE OF RESULT OF ELECTION CLERMONT, FLORIDA DECEMBER 11, 1945 We, the undersigned inspectors and clerk of eleotion, do hereby certify the result of the election held this date to be as follows: Total Number of ballots cast Number of ballots rejected Total number counted 237 None 237 of which the following received the number of votes set opposite their names: FOR MAYOR:- W. H. McQuistion Ruby Ga'ines Fr~d Higby o. S. Frasor Chas. Crozier Geo. Nagel Earl Winston 180 14 2 1 1 1 1 FOR TREASURER: Geo. M. Brady Harold Turville Chas.. Crozier 211 1 1 FOR TAX ASSESSOR: G. A. Nash lJIlm. Boyd Earl Winston F. H. Higby Leonard Watts 196 5 1 1 1 ,. : .( ~ FOR COUNCILMEN - 2 YEAR TERM: R. M. Castner Albert M. Johnson James Macdonald 119 171 143 ~ ,., TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL OF YOUR PREFERENCE OF PROPOSED METHODS OF IN- CREASING THE GENERAL REVENUE OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA. Levying and/or assessing each month $1.00 per home Sanitary or General Public Health Tax. 55 Levying a 10 per centum per month Utility Tax on all pub- lic utilities except City owned public utilities: 55 Increasing monthly minimum Water Rate from $1.75 to $2.75: , r ,[ . - t ,,, ,: r ~; \ \, ,,;', k \. '"\ 76 We certiry the above to be correct. (Signed) " YI ~ ~ il F. S. BLIVEN ROSE M. SHARPE GERTRUDE B. CROZIER Inspectors LOUISE BARR, Clerk Clerk or General Election. A motion was made by Mr. Gaines, seconded by Mr. Brown, that the City lease the end of the street on West Avenue and at Railroad at a rental of $5.00 per year for 10 years to Howard Bailey. The motion carried. A motion was made by Mr. Stachouse and seconded by Mr. Gaines that the City sent to Leedy Wheeler $4800.00 with 1/3 of that amount to apply to Fee Accounts and 2/3 on de- linquent tax notes on January 2, 1945. The motion carrlede o See below There being no fUrther business to came before the council the meeting adjourned. d~~ President of y Council t6~7JC ~~ C ty Clerk A motion was made by Mr. Brown, s ec ended by Mr. Gaines, that starting January 1, 1946, rates on water be increased rrom $1.75 to $2075 for rirst 1000 gallons of water. The motion carried. ~ ~