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Home My WebLink About07-06-1926 Regular Meeting i~~1ii~ '1;.....~. ,~ ~' " l- I:' '. ,I .' 1-, ,_ \I '--i!"'$' .tte 1 , '\ .~ '1 I ! i Excerpts frP11l Minutes' of Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont, held July 6th, 1926, at ei~ht o'Glock P. M. . I \ The City vouncil of the Oity ofOlermcnt met in regular session at the office of the City Olerk of the Oity of Olermont, . that _being the usual place of meeting, at eight o'clock P. M. on J1ly 6th, 1926. Present, Councilmen H. O. Brown, President of the City Oouncil, H. F. Bailey and C. E. Tabor; Mayor W. N. McKinney, City Clerk lsam Blackburn and Oity Attorney B. Wof- ford Wait. Abs$nt,Councilmen W. M. Davenport and Andy Aasheim. ~~'. The meeting was called to order and presided over " .+, , - , > , . ~~'. ~ - ., j.;. . t. . . ,..~ ~ ~ ': . by the President of the Council, H. O. Brown. J Mr. lsam Blackburn, City vlerk, presented to the 60uncil the minutes of the regular adjourned meeting of June 11th, 1926, which, upon motion duly made,> were read and approved. Mr. H. C. Brown then stated to the Council that con- tinued efforts had been made to sell the $78,000.00 of Street Improvement Bonds issued by the Oity of Clermont, dated June 1st, 1926, at a price- higher than the bid of Cox & Bryson Paving Company, which was rejected by the Council at a regular adjourned meeting held on Jun~ 11th, 1926, but that no better offer had .' , been reoeti ved. ~ ... Thereupon, Mr. T. J. Oox, President of Cox & Bryson Paving Company, offered to purchase saili bonds at aprioe of $950.00 for each bond, together with accrued interest~ Upon motion duly made by Mr. C. E. Tabor and seconded by Mr. H. F. Bailey, it WeS unanimously resolved that the said offer of Cox & Bryson Paving Company be accepted, that said bonds be sold to Cox & ~ryson Paving Uompany, and delivered to them upon receipt b~ the Oity of the agreed purchase price. TheIeeupon, the Vity Clerk having read the minutes of this meeting, u;::on motion of Councilman Bailey, seconded by Oouncilman Tabor, said' mmnutes were duly approved and the Pre- sident and City Clerk were authorized and directed to make a notation to that effect on the minutes of said meeting. , / .. t" 0:;:; , ,_ \ Thereupon, upon motion duly made and seconded, the Council adjourned to meet again upon the ca1+ of the President. Appr~ved this 6th da.y of J1iLly, A. D. 1926. Atte . //Lh 1'/ / -~~ President, City eouncil. _or , /~~ . , . t~ ~:::;., ~ ,..:. : , '-; I , ! , 1 - I : -'.~' ,- .,I '}' : ;~\I' ' . I " ~: .. .i ), ,- c:~ - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT held at the CITY HALL Juiliy 6, 1926. ~:OO PM. Meeting was called to order by it's President, H. C. Brown, and upon a roll call by the Clerk showed the following members present:- H. C. Brown, President; H. F. Bailey; C. E. Tabor. Munutes of Special Meeting held June 17th read and approved. W. N. McKinney was sworn in as Mayor of the City of Clermont by H. C. Brown, President of the Council. The 'I'reasurer reported money in the First State Bank as follows: Fire Fund $132.50 Special Paving #1-2-3 $406.98 Gen'l Fund 47.53 II II 116 84,854.93 Interest 295.84 II II 115 130,979.36 Sinking Fund 263.56 II II #4 30.88 Water Fund 432.77 II II //2 8.84 Publicity 173.98 II II #1 116.23 Park Fund 143.11 " Sidewalk 136.97 Street Fund 87.35 This report was accepted by the City Council. Upon motion duly made by.jC~ -:-Er.';,!]1a;Uor and duly seconded by H. F. Bailey and carried that the $78,000 bond on paving #4 be sold to Cox and Bryson Paving Company at their bid of ninety- five cents on the dollar. ~ The matter of securing a health officer was deferred to a committie consisting of Andy Aasheim, C. E. Tabor and Isam Blackburn. I -' By a unanimous agreement, the council saw ~it to recend its action of the last regular meeting with reference to doing away with the night policeman and Earl Snarr was instructed to continue at a salary of ~~140.00 per month, a,nd that the business men be asked to pay $40.00 per month on Mr. Snarr's salary for the next four months. A committee consisting of R. F. House, J. B. Mills, and Dr. A. L. Izlar was appointed to canvass the business men with reference to securing the pledge for $40.00 per month_ for four months to apply on Snarr's salary. Chairman of Street Committee, Mr. C. E. Tabor, requested to have sidewlak placed on north side of Montrose St between 7th and 8th St. The following bills were were read and ordered paid. Isam Blackburn, Clerk Blake Blair Clermont Hardware Co Clermont Pharmacy Fla. Pub. Service Co Fields Chevrolet D. W. Hartsaw S. H. Hogsden J. P. Achord_ Jas Hinson S. McCain Carl Tabor H. Davenport R. R. Rogers G. D. Cribb R. C. Hooks $175.00 165.00 11.50 6.30 493.15 17.29 351.97 50.00 40.00 8.00 4.00 8.00 2.00 8.00 2.00 5.00 ~{jJ.. .8. I8::~. Minutes of July 17th Contd. ~. ...., " \ A. E. Isaac C. L. Kindred D. A. McClelland Office Equipment Co Relaince Garage Earl Snarr Tuell & Smith B. W. Waite $5.00 5.00 150.00 40.69 37.08 140.00 117.50 25.00 ,; .l R. F. House was sworn in as City Treasurer by Mayor, W. N. McKinney. Meeting adjourned to meet again at the call of the President. i ;;. ~~~) er . Pres. Of Council. -" ~ ..