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12-06-1927 Regular Meeting The l~e~"lllal"' m.onthly l:leetin..:.~ of the City C'ouncil ~ the City of Clercont, held at the City Hall, Deconfuar 6th 1927 a~ 7:30 P. liD I~'it ~ .~ The n..:ating ua.s called to order and r>re~;ided over by the Pr0siclent, E. C. Bro\7no Roll call :JY the Cl,rk showed the following present: H. C.3rovm, H. I.~. Davenport, C. .J:!:. Tabor, H. ::Y. Bailey, Councilmen; W. I';. I,IcKinney, l~ayor, G030rge F. ~lest1J1~00k, Attorney and Is&m 13lack~Jurn, Cl rl~ . The Din~tes of the last re3Ular ~eeting and the 3~ocial adjourned meeting Dere reud and approved. R. F. House, City Treasuror, prese~ted the follo1.1int.~ :;?eport: Cash on hand: . . , G.~n0ral account ~1356.99 Inteh3st il.ccount '424.24 ., ~!c.t:7r 1l.CCOunt 1079.30 Sinking fund 1489.;)8 Pr.:rl::: ~~ccou:.".t 324.96 Spacial il.ccount 812.05 Str::let Account 1624.91 12.44 243.71 Publici ty ...iCCOunt Fire account The report Has ac~epted c.n.d ordered filed. , I.'!r'. Tabor, Chairman of the. st.reet Com~:ittee naIi:ed fOl" mo:;,"e time wi t !'Ofero11ce to layinb Highland AV3nue to Lincoln Park a.nd Linoo~ Park .~~ex and it lIe.S ~l~a.nted. H. l.i. Da.venport, Chairman of t:!..e Uat~r Cornmi.ttee, 'W' requested mo:ee time llith l"oference to the \lute.' system. 1.:r. J. R ยท Sf2nger a }'l eared bel' ore the Counc i 1 : '. .", ............... requesting tn~t the taxes on his property be lowered and oS:)0cif?11y Edger/ood Place. The Council asked for :rao::>e tine to conside;r the lla tter. ~ J,d ~,~ ;,1 Hz'. ivIorse of the ;"tandard .Li.~phal t Company appeered hefore the C01..."..ncil asking tha. t the bill for repairine; cert~in strests b3 settledo After a discussion of the r.1f'\tt.3r, it HaS agreed that a representative frotl the 3tSondard As,halt Company r.l3Ct with Hr. Gibson and Hr. Tfl')O~" Thurs(l.a.y morninG at 9:00 o'clock to go over the rr'..a t tar. ~ ~ The Clerk r~e..d the follouing "oills which Y'!8re order- ad paid: fublicit:,y L3.ke County ChamJer of ComMerce ,:;l:~ 0 50 Stl'eet Clermont r~otor Go. St~ndard Oil Company 19.61 34.50 Fla. Public Service Coo 319.50 General Office Equipment Co. 11.52 Flu. puOlic Service Co. 5.94 Fluo Telephone Corp. Do .n. l~cClellE::n 7.S7 George F 0 'dle'3tol'ook 125.00 25.00 Int0!'(.}st Ise.r:. Blackburn 175.00 Fire John Achord 40000 ria ter 3tandard Oil Company 135.00 35.50 Eo :3tuo.rt Fla.. Public Service 211.13 O. Ko Ice Co. 63.25. Cle~lont Hardwara Coo 4.63 Lc.seiters 3ervice .3tntion 15.80 ~ Reliance Go.ra.:-~e $0'75 .., Hcrry Po Leu ~9.16 ,i The Clark s to. ted t~1.3. t the City had two notes ,. uhich would be due DeceBoer 7th at the First 3tate Bank, one for 05476067 and the other 010,383.35. - 'l.i1111i111i1111. These notes .rJere orderedrene\"Jed for tho" usual time. .~., r.!r. C. E. Tf:..~10r vms a:;.Jpointed, r:ith power to act, to provide heat in the City Hall. The fo 110'.'1ing petitions \IOre p1"Gsentea., and the Clerk was oi~ered to place names of the candidates on the tich:et for election to 'be held Decer.ioer 131 ~:!c.yor : w. I': 0 I,IoKinney, G. ~7. 3c.rry. City Treasurer: -~ - l.iiss Florence Holton, D. L. Brotherston. Tax ;l.ssessor: ...~ H. Earl Hooks, o. H. Keene Councilr,len: H. C. Brown, Go A. E('. vas, , ..10 o. Todd, Ro 17. S1nn:1S, ~ J. E. ',!cstbrook, J H. E. Nills, J Wo M. Davenport, S. H. BOrIIl18.n , Ho F. Bailey, C. E. Tabor. ~ " George Po ~estbrook, City Attorney presented the followinG I'esolution 1:1hich. Vlas adopted: There being no further business, the Coancil adjourned to meet again upon tlre call of the President. - '" '.. ..-.... .. . ~: ~~~ President ity Council Atta.~! 01' . &.. .. .,~,.~ ,,~ I.~ ..,. L .~ t-tlb /'1;2./ I -:r-4/~ '7 Resolution. WHEREAS, on the 2nd day of Marph, 1926, the O'i ty of \ Olermont entered into a certain contract wi th 0~0Jt and Bryson Paving Oompany, under the terms of wnich contract said Cox and Bryson Paving Company were to ~ade and pave certain streets in the City of Olermont, in said oontract designated, and for which tae said City of Olermont was to . . !BY said Oox and Bryson Paving Oompany certain unit prioes, as set forth in the said oontract; and WII.lmEAS, bar'ore all of the said grading and paving had been completed by said C:~ and Bryson Paving C:ompany, the F'irst State Bank of Clermont, in which bank the proceeds of the .bonds sold to pay for said paving had been deposited, closed its doors and later ref-opened under an agreement with depositors for the deferred payments of sums on deposit in such bank, and with a charge-off o~ twenty per cent of all such deposits, which said oharge-off was to be paid by said bank, w~n; if ever, the sajd bank colleoted said amount so.oharged off from assets of the sand bank known to be in a very unsatisfactory oondi tion; and W~S, said OOJt and .BrY~~ ~vlng Oompany was unable to complete the said paving beuause the said ct ty vas UDable to pay in money for such v.ork, and there is now in an unoompleted oondition many streets in the aity of Clermont, some partly finished, and some upon which no work has been done, and it .is the desire of the City Council to have such unfinished streets paved so that they may be used by the citizens of the said Q:ity; and w~, the City Engineer of the said aity of Clermont has estimated the cost of completing the paving on the unf inished streets at the ~ 01 $80,800,72, exclusive of engineering fees, whioh are estimated $10,000.00 for the balance due for engineering work on paving projects Nos. 5 and 6, and which engineering fees the C:ity of Clermont is liable for; ~nd WHEREAS, t.he said Oi ty has now the sum of $ ~ /, r J.t 4- . , in certificates ad deposit on the First state Bank of Clermont, and has a claim . J'I against the said bank in the sum of $ J./.J" b 9J, ~ ,represented by the charge- . off of twenty per cent by the said bank, hereinbefore referred to, which said oharge-off the said Oity countil realizes will not be pa~d for many years, if at all; . and WHElREA.S, said Cox and Bryson Paving oompany bas presented to the c . said City Council a proposition to complete the paving of all streets provided ........ .--. "~ ~ ~ ~.- j'. I 1 t i: ' ,", \' .' 'J, . (} for in their original oontraot with the City, and to oommenoe work immediately' and oomplete all streets within a reasonable time; and to pay all engineering fees on said oontraot work, and relieve the said City fram any and all liability for payment of engineering fees due to be paid for engineering work heretofore done or to be done on or under the original oontraot wi th said Ooz and Bryson Paving Company, dated Maroh 2nd, 1926; and to aooe~t in full payment and settle- ment for suoh street paving and engineering, oertifioates od deposit on said First State Bank amo~ting to $ 'J.fll".~ ,and an assignment of the City's olaim or right to the said 20% oharge-off by the bank amounting to $ J/.!J, /, 9;,.J~; and WHEREAS, the said Oity Oounoil of the said Oity of Clermont deems it advisable, and in the interest of the said Oity, that this proposition be aooepted, therefore, BE IT RESVOLED BY T~ OITY .COUNCIL OF TImOITY OF CLEmmIT that the proposition of ~ox and Bryson Paving Oompany to finish all of the streets in the City of O.lermont whioh were speoified in their oontraot of Maroh 2, 1926, to be graded and paved, using the same speoifioations as in the original oontraot; and to pay all engineering fees on said oontraot work, and relieve the said C:l,i.ty from any and all l1a1:ility for payment of' engineering fees due to be paid for engineering work heretofore done or to be done on or under the original oontract with said Cox and Bryson !aving Uompany, dated Maroh 2nd, 1926; and to accept in . I ft full settlement and payment the sum of $ (, /.172,. ~ in oertificates of deposit on the ,D'irst State ,J;ank: of Clermont, and an assignment without reoourse of the Oity's olaim or right to the said sum of $ J/3/~9Jt,U- , which was c18rged off . . by said Bank, be and the same is mrebyaocepted; and the Mlyor and City Clerk of the said Oity of Olermont be and they are hereby authoriz.ed and direoted to assign and transfer the said certificates of deposit to said Cox and Hryson . Paving Oompany, upon est~tes of oompleted work furnished by the Qity Engineer; and the said Mayor and said Olark are also authorized and directed to assign with- out reoourse on the said otty, to said Cox and Bryson Paving Oompany, all of the said City's iDight and olaim to the sum of $. t(J. 61).-~ , represented by the like amoUnt charged off by the said First State Bank of Olermont; said assigmpent of said charge-off to be made onlil upon estimate of completed work to that amount furnished by the Oi ty Engineer. ~ .. rl- C; 97- F 97- F rj- ,c , 97- ;JI f . ~ -#.r \ s1.10..1-f,so- /d~.4-1 ~.4tI~ ~.adO~~, ~#fjf,so . .. - (';$IJIJ.IJ.I.!,) /P ~ ~ ~~~-.4:5f7&.4..Z.~ C~O~!~ '. ~ . sf 1.f~~8j .5:(1fl),[J~ /P.~ #...~ ~ ~ I) I" f.s If .r Y"" iP ~'I, /2-8/..17 ~ .~~h, 9r- F JI jJ, b,7blf4 Id~$'''''T'''.1 ~(U~hV "'/I):-Jfjas~ ~ 1.$,.19.1;4.&- . , i3, S7t. RI1 /t.g;~ It 'f'?t1 q4 .dr~,.,~./ --- "'. ~ l.3d. 741. ~ . tff- c. - . tftf- Jf- '- ~~.(., ~ \~- ;f;2,(, :;.,3/.67 --It , - $1. 74/,/9 , ! (- (, I",! 7.2..fd. . rJ;;L J ///./ 2--- l' 4 ~1~ ... .~ ~ .~ ..,--- ~ ~ ,t . '\ l. . . '. .,r:;. .1. ~.'J. December' I '7, 1~.'~7t. ,"~ .;~ ., , . '. \JX-L!: G~i~~, it is i",-eCeGSar:'~ for the C:i.t~r of Cl:)r'r.1ont to rOIler! B. loan of tJl e F:tl'st 3ta ':;e :3:....nl:: of Cl ~I'L.'lo:nt of Tcm Tho"..lsf.'.nd T~.l1'ee Hundred :J!;i[;;l.'1.ty-three Dollars and lf~::irty-Eivo conto, (~lO,383.35), for ~lincty r>.ys. I :;~. .~ " J: . .. No':!, th~rerore, '10 it j;'esolv\Jd, thr..t the '.)l"'o,~r off5.c:n'o of t~1.e City of C1Cl'"T.lOnt .be, and that they 0.1'8 hor3"J:'j authol'ized end directed to rla!::c, O:i::ocut3 unCi. deliver unto tbe acid First Gt.'.te Bank, u c~rtific~t3 of indebtcdne~s, in tho suru of OlO,383.~5 ;:>ayaolo l1inot~r (lays from cl at 0'., ui th6ut int.J:'cst. , ' I Done u. t a l'e~,ulu:' meeting of t}l.,) City COiJ.ncil }1eld s. l:; the City Hall on Dsccr.fbcr 6th 1927 D. t 7: 30 0' 010c1:. C'J. : 1"1:: . ., 01"6" . .!:~~ . i :.' prosident of Council. , I 1 .., II ; I i; December 7th 19~~7 l. " ..., ~'.p~1.r.l:.~ llF 111LC.JI~)1.., CUTm~'Y uP r..i~KZ, CI~Y O? crl,,:;x~ouII. :~.:,~~ ';. 'rbis is to cortif:r tlli.:.t t~"e City of Cl:J::w.ont, a municipal corpo:r.~../jion in tho Cornty of La~~c und dtate of Flol'ida, :1.3 L:ldobted unto tile Fil'ot Sta t:) Ernk of Clermont, In the sum of Ten Thousand. Three Hundred. E:t.:;;hty-thre3 ;)ollal's and 'lhirty~five cents,OlO,;"S3.:S5, 'O!hich SUIll the 311id Ci ty a~re35 to pay to th.:) opder of .Tha Firot Gtc:.to 3~:n!;: on or ;)efore ninety days i'~:'0:r.l d&te without inter3st. .~.:,~ ~his ce~tificato is iq~ued in compliance vith a resolution 0: t1~ '3 C5. t~r of Cl:lrmont, r:'uly (~~d l'o~~ularly pa.uso:';. hy t~,1.G Cit;~ Council of the City of C13rmont on th:) r.d::-.th d,.:r of Docom1)or 19.;:7. ..1'.~:J~~~~1 : .. lIuyor a.~ .... . . ,. ; Cl~:'k . .~ :.~' -Pres~dent or Covncil. ~..~. ';JijM'! o_.~ "._ -:..~\:.I \ DeCeplOa.l' 7th 1927 . .'l-I~3.~.A3, it is ncccssa!'"".f for the City of Clermont to r;}l'),Cl: a loan of the First cite.. to Bank of C13rmont of Five T~10us~ndFour Hundred d3vonty-six Dollars and Sixty-navan cents, ~5~7G.o7, for ninety days. ,~ ~ N0'.1, the.l'ofore, :Je it resolved, that the lJrOper off::"cGrs of the City of CLn'Llont ~)e, an-I that they r're 11el'e~JY authorized anu. directed to make, execute and deliv3r unto th3 suid First State Bank, a certificate of inde~ted!leSS in the 3UC of $5,(76.G7, payablc ninety <lays from date 1.!ith intel~est after maturity at the rate of 8% par annUIil. Done R t D.. ;.~00;ulD..:i.~ I.loeting of the City Council h.:eld D. t tl'.o City Hall on Decenber 6th 1027 at 7: ~;O 0' cloch:. Cl~rlr. . -P.res~ent 01" lJounc J..L . .... I~. f.. December 7th 1927 ST~llJ.'"~ OF FLORIDi1., COUN~':Y O::'i' LAKE, CI9:'Y OF CL2HUOUT. T" .~~. s is to cer~ifJr thc.t thG Ci t~ of ClcH"'l11ont, t', .uunici'')E:l co::>nora tion in t"~e C011.nt~T of Lal::e and stato o:f: Flo;..idr., 1"8 inl1.Goted unto the First sta te Bc..nk of Clol"L10nt, in the S'Ur.1 of :;rive Thousand Fonr Hundred ::;oventY-Di::: DollaI's and :Sixty-scven cents, ~5476. 67, m1icc sun the said City agrees to pay to ~~e order of the First State Bank on or afore ninety days froD date ';Jith intcr.3st at tro rate of 8% per annum until !-laid. . Th:i.s certificate i3 issued in compliance \"lith ~ resolution of the ctty of Clel~lont, duly and ragular- ly :)ass~d 'by t:1..:'Jity Council of the City of Clermont, on t~.9 3:J.xth day of Dec3!!".ber 1927. .'~ l'TBST : I'i!ayor ~- ,., CJlerlr. Prcsiient of COlUlcil.