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02-07-1928 Regular Meeting ~ ,., Minutes regd1ar meeting Clermont City Council held at the City Hall Feb. 7, 1928. Meeting oa11ed to order at seven thirty by president Maves, Councilmen present, Mi1ls,Westbrook, Tabor ,and Simms, Mayor McKinney, Attorney West~rook and olerk Kindred. Af~er some disoussion regarding a balance the Standard Asphalt Co., claims the city owes them ~or work and patching the streets a motion carried that this subject be postponed for another thirty days. Mr~ Jerry Dingess presented a bill for $75.00 for assisting in maki~ the 1927 assessmant. By motllon which was seoonded and carr~ed this bill was tabled for a future meeting. Mr~ Fred Krieder asked the Council if they ~ou1d assist in dredging out the canal DD connecting Lakes Wemona and Minnehaha providing the citizens would raise a like amount. Mr. .Mi11s made a motion that the council furnish an amount not to exceed $75.00 providing citizens would raise a like ~ount. The mQtion was seconded and upon being put to a vote by the chairm.an carried. . Min~tes of previous meetings read and after correcting p~~~g~~pb eight.in the minutes of January 24th to read as follows, Bill ot James B. Moore & Co., in the amount ot"$956.93 for balance due on auditing books was read and approved providing they make no further charge for getting the report in shape. for appDoval by the council,' were approved. " Bill of Public'Service Co., amounting to $1582.50 balance due fram last year on street lighting was postponed t~ll another meeting. , By motion wh~ch carried the following bills were ordered paid. " . Fire Fund Calls J.W. Hinson, II W.P. Frisz n Hugh Davenport 11 R.R. Rogers II Caf'l Tabor n Stanley McCain John Achord . (Salary) Acords Garage Fire II II II n" II" $4.00 2.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 40.00 1.90 General Fund Florida Public Service Co. Jail t.R. Sanger Office Equipment Co., L.R. Wooda11_ Hall Janitor Interest Fund $1.50 2.02 9.78 10.00 Geo'- F. Westbrook Electro Sun Co M. V." Simpson Hanover National Bank Carl Kindred Salary 1som Blackburn, II $640.00 14.40 28.80 7.32 125.00 140.00 ~ ,., (2) Minutes Feb. 7, 1928 continued street-Fund Lassiter Serxice Station Fla. Public Service Co., Jerhigan Service Station Standard Oil Co. Clermont Motor Co. Lights $15.30 319.50 6.00 38.50 24.40 Special Fund Western Union Telegraph Co., Fla Public Service City Ball lights Clermont Hotel Aud~tors Meals Clermont Press B.L. McGeehee Geo. Westbrook Salary II $12.12 6..36 8.00 19.50 125.00 25.-00 ~,- ~ Water Fund Clermont Harmware Co., O.K. Ice Co. Fla Public Service Co., Pumping Farm & Home Machinery Co. Neptune Meter Co. Harry P. Leu hc. E. Stuart Salary $5~64 604!00 261.45 35.80 40.00 14..68 125.00 A motion was made seconded and carried that the services of L.R. Woodall who bas been acting as city janitor in the hall be discontinued. Atter same discussion regarding a balanae due the Eureka Fire Hose Company in the~:amount ot $3884.74 a motion aarried that the interest, which is included in this bill amountine; to $262.44 be pa11l.d. $162.44 out of the fire fund and $100.00 out of the general tund. ~e treasurer s~bmitted the following report. Sinking Fund Balance Jan.l, 1928 Col~ections Balance Feb. 1, 1928 Fire Fund $13.23 1092.41 1105.64 Balance Jan. 1, 1928 Co'llections . Cb:ecks drawn Ba~ance Feb. 1, 1928 General $273.39 27.63 "70.00 231.02 Balance Jan. 1, 1928 Cdllections Checks drawn Bglamce Feb. 1, 1928 $576.13 230..91 612.42 194.62 ~ W' ,. .. (3 ) Minutes Feb. 7, 1928 Continued Interest Fund Balance Jan. 1, 1928 $3368.63 Collections 958.54 Checks drawn 2250.91 Balance Feb. 1, 1928 2076.26 Park Fund -~ Balance Jan. 1, 1928 $324.96 ._.~ Collections 151.06 Checks drawn 400.00 Balance Feb. 1, 1928 76.02 A motion carried that the report be accepted. A motion was mado seconded amd carried that a telephone be installed in the marsha11s house . Bill to be paid by the city. The motion also inc1udled that water for the marshal1s residence be furnished by the city. Attorney Westbrook repoeted that he and city engineer Gibson had been unable to get up estimates on various projects but would try to have same ready by Monday of next week. There being no further buliness the meeting adjour.ned to meet at the call of the president. J- ~'~4~ Pres en 0 e y Council --iW~ ~ .~