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01-04-1927 Regular Meeting , ~ .~ ,~ ~ Regular monthly meeting of City Council of the City of Clermont held at the City Hall at 8 o.'clock P. M., .'" January 4, 1927~ The meeting was called to order and presided over by the President, H. C. Brown, and Roll being called by the Clerk-showed the following present: H. C. Brown, W. M. Davenport, H. F. Bailey, C. E.Tabor, Andy Aasheim, Councilmen; W. N. MCKi~ey, Mayor; B. W..W~it, Attorney and Isam Blackburn, Clerk. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. It was duly moved, seconded and Barried that the City re- lease it's lease on that parcel of land belonging to the T. & G. Railroad Company, lying East of the present Power Plant, to w. M. Bess. ... ,. H.F. Bailey, Chairman of the Ordinance Committee, ci.ffered ..- an ordinance prohibiting the manufacture, sale, distribution and ~ving ,in possession, all alcoholic liquors .and beverages, whether spirituous, vinous or malt, and was passed on the first reading. Mr. Bailey then'moved and it was seconded by W. M. Davenport, that the rules be suspended and the ordinance passed to the second reading and was carried. Mr. Bailey then moved that the ordinance be adopted as~read and was passed as Ordinance Number io~~ The City Attorney presented resolution with, reference to street cleaning and removal of garbage Which is as follows: RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, it has been represented to the City Council of the City of Clermont by certain indi~duals that they might under- take the cleaning oJ the streets 01' the City of Clermont and the removal and disposal of garbage under contract, at a price less. than the sum which such work is now costing the city: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and he is hereby authorized to advertise for sealed bids for, street cleani~g and removal of garbage through the remainder of the year 1927. Such advertisement to be inserted once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the Clermont Press. Such bids shall be based upon the. schedule of work to be furnished by said Clerk upon the request of any prospective bidders, and to be accompanied by cashierfs or certified check for One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), which amount shall be ~or~eited to the City.by any success~ul bidder who shall therea~ter fail to enter into a proper contract with the City; All"checks of successful bidders to be returned to them. The successful bidder shall, at the time of entering into contract with the City, file ~ ...:.-:. a good and sufficient bond in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), conditioned for the full and faithful performance of such contract. The City Council hereby ressrves the right to reject any and all such bids. Passed and adopted this 4th "".': . ~ ,. . :;;:cn.1927. pre~ident, City Council. , / ~/ r' '_ .~J.JO' :,__",_ -: ~EST:<,.""j =-_. . ~~ , '" erk." " Recei ved and approved this 4th day o~ January, A. D. 1927. w,\\.,,^^-~~ . yore The President then appointed C. ,E. Tabor and Isam Blackburn, Committeemen to prepa~ schedule for the cleaning of streets and removal of garbage., The Clerk read a telegram ~rom the Atlantic National Bank at Jacksonville and Was instructed to inform them that, in view o~ the fact that the City had such heavy obligations to meet dUring the month of January; it would be impossible to take up our note at the present t~e. He also read letters from Doctor Copeland requesting lights on certiain streets. No action was $aken. The question o~ occupational license was discussed at length and the President appointed a committee consisting of B. W. Wait" Attorney, W. N. McKinney, Mayor and W. N. Davenport, Councilman to consider the matter end report later. The Clerk read the following bills which were ordered paid: ~ " ~. ~ 1 " j ~ ~ ~ ~ .. GENERAL ACCOUNT,. Office Equipment, Co. Florida Public Sere Co. Florida Tel. Corp. Clayton B. Hull D. A. McClellan Earl Snarr B. W. Wait WATER ACCOUNT E.stewart Square Deal Garag~ $ 72.15 1.50 6.10 13.50 150.00 140.00 25.00 $135.00 22.18 Columbia Iron Works Clermont Builder's Sup. Co 5.11 Clerm9nt Hardware Co. Fla. Machinery Co. Fla. Public Sere Co., (Oct., Nov., Dec.) 6.86 13.81 485.78 581.95 PUB~ICITY ACCOUNT Florida Pub. Sere Co. $ 13.76 Jack Haverfield Lake County Chamber of Com. 12.50 INTEREST ACCOUNT. i Isam Blackburn STREET ACCOUNT. D. A. McClellan Clermont Hardware Co. Clermont Motor Co. Reliance Garage There was no further business and the meeting adjourned to meet again on the call of the President. .. .~, ~~ " ~ 100.00 $175.00 $50.00 4.85 10~85 40.21