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05-06-1924 Regular MeetingOrdinance was read a second time. On motion duly Made and seconded, the said Ordinance was passed and adopted by the unanimous vote of the Council. The President of the Council tnen stated that in his opinion , the interests of the town would best be served by the purshase and in- stallation of a 100 H.P. En;;ine and 75 K4rT generator in place of the larger ki,7ine and generator which had been decided upon in a previous' meeting of the Council and for which a tentative order had been placed, and stated the facts and reasons upon which his belief was based, After considerable discussing, on motion duly made and second-ed, it was resolved to invite Mr. risk representative of the adorth- ington Pump and Machinery Corp. to come back to Clermont and submit a bid on a smaller Unit. On Motion duly made and seconded, the :meet+! adjourned subject to the call of the president. � Clerk. April 25th 1924. Adjourned meeting of Council, present; House, Bess, Brovm and lJestbrook. After considerable discussion it.was moved and seconded that we confirm the previous action of the'Council as to buying a smaller equipment and pursha.se.150 HP as contracted for. Carried. On motion duly made and see)nded the meeting; adjourned subject to the call of President. Clerk. April 28th. 1924. Adjourned Meetin of tze Council. _ Present; H.L. House, Wm Bess, H.C. ,room, D.J. Westbrook. The meeting; was called to order by Pres. House , the purpose of meeting was to change the date for Election of Bonds. Moved by Brovn, 2nd by Bess that the Ordinance No-62 be re- pealed. Carried. Moved by Bess, 2nd by Brovm that June 3rd be Election Day. Carried. On motion duly made and seconded the meeting adjourned. Clerk. May 6th. 1924. Minutes of the Reular meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont. The; re;ular monthly meetin3 of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held on LI_-y 6th 1924 at 7.30 P.M. at the usual meeting place of the Council at which were present all memburs of the Council namely; Messrs. H.L._House Pres., H.C. Brown, J.D: 'ones, D.J. Westbrook end 4.1.1. Bess. The meetinr; was called to order and presided over by H.L. House Mr' D.L.- t:orrison, many-er of the 1.1 cipal Electric Light and ` Water- Viorks Plant made the following report in Deference to the minimum needs for the City as to extensions of water mains and electric light lines; 6 in. water mains to run from the intersection of i._ontrose and Seventh St. along Seventh St. to its inte i section ;with Che ctnut St. thence eastivardly al.)ng Chestnut St. to its intersection with Fifth St. and to connect with the present 4 in. main leading out to the Hei,hts; also a 3 in. main from the intersection of I.Tinnehaha Ave and 2nd. St. alon MinnehahaAve. to its intersection with Bowman St; also a 6 in main from -the intersection of Ilontrose and Fifth _►� Sts., run eastwardly along '.'ontrose St. to 4th St. thence .-; northwardly along 4th St to its intersection with P,'inneola - Ave.* Mr. Morrison further stated that the estimate cost of these extensions would amount to approximately $6,000. based u..on the last quotation on cost of pipe, but further stated r the price of pipe had Decently advanced quite considerably. rle alos stuted that perhaps his estimate of the labor cost _ 'Jas too lots. In reference to the reUuildin- and e�tension of electric li„ht lint:, Mr. L:orrison stc.ted that there should be a three phase line run :inr; south :'artily from the plant alo:i;3 4dest Ave., to a pointmidway between Ninneola Ave., and i,.or bm se at thence _ t6%,& -dly aloe.- the center line of Blocks-90,88,77 and 56 to Fifth St; also fr3m the point where said line crosses Seventh St., a two Phase line runnin; northwardly along Seventh St to its intersection with 0sceloa St, the...ce East.,ardly along usceolal5i . , and on th the Town of Aminneola; alos beginning; at a point where the said three phase line crosses 7th St., another two please line U running southwardly along; Seventh St to its intersection with Chus -1 nut St.thence along, the Scenic Highway to its intersection with bow- man St; Also the installation of 13 additional street lights, six new transformer and new poles. The three phase lines'would require No.4 wire and two phase lines would require no 6 wira. Mr. Lorrison also recommended placeinr; the three phase wire tinder zround in conduit instead of erecting it oil poles. ne estimated .the minum coEt of these extensions at $2500 stateing however that the cost would be greater if the three phase lines should be laid in conduit and t hag the estimate -allowed for labor :ras ` probably too little._ The report of C.VT. oe City Treas, was made and accepted. The report of Edythe Litzrodt, City Clerk showed delinquent amounts due for water and lights to be as folloyrs; Meters $133,85; water $63.00; Lir*hts $178.80; Total $375.65 Pair. Roe presented four notes of the City to the First State bank of Clermont, a.7gregatin $3,000.00 which were due. un motion duly made, seconded and carried the treasurer was in- :-tructed to pay two of these notes ar rre-;atinrr $1500.00 :end to renew the other two notes for a period of three months. Thereupon. A..-ires'a-7iutidn. waz -adopted coverinp,'.the $1500.00. 1:r. Bess, Chairrlan of the Com•,ittee on Orainancee, offered an ordinance entitled; Ordinance No. 64. An Ordinance to require All Persons; Firms and Cor;.,o- rations Ownin- Personal Property c�ithin tl:e City of Clermont, to Lake returns thereof for the prupose of Assessment a*.r! Taxabion, hich ordinance was read in full for the first time. Councilman 17.1.1. �ess then ofzercd an ardinuncc; entitled; Ordinance No. 65. Health and SanitatInn Ordinance, which ordinance was read in full for the firs; b tire. 1i Councilman Bess offered an ordinance entitled; Ordinance Ko.66. An Ordinance Providinr; for the Callin and Iloldin,-. of an Election in the City of Clermont, a Municipal Cor�orl:-ti -)n, iu the County of Lake and State of Florida, for the .;urposc; of Aut:..:rizin- the issuance of Ne?otiable C-)upon bo::ds :)f the said City of Clermont for the followin purposest, to - it; Sixteen 'Thousand Seveii . u-.drod Dollars U, 16, 70^.00) for the purpose of Purchasin r inn ' installin, an Additional Unit for the Municipal ylectric Li ht Plant; Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Dollars (4�11300.00) for the pur ,o sc; of Rebuild.inr= and Extendir.7 the electric Li:;ht Lines aild ester P.;ain;; Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00) for the a r.iose of Payin,; :.ettlinr; and Dischar-;ing# -the said City's Present .ju.t-Stan:iij,_ - General Indebtedness; Tvio Thousand Dollars (y;2,000.00) for tiie Iurpose of Establi:hin•r and A:aintainin.r; a Public Firc: Departriont, Vii andPtzrchasin,� rleces«ary Equipment therefor; All •:•rithin t:ac Cororv.te Limits of said City, A-.mre7atin,; the Sum of Sixty-five 'Thoiasaiid Doll.•r; (�650000.00), Which ordinance was read in full for the filF"t tide. It was then moved and seconded t}l^.t unani_r.,oiz.; riven thF t said ordinance be ' read in full for a --cc ,:id timc; anci a ro-11 call vote LJ£.s demanded upon this motion. The roll b: in • ­allcd, Mes=rs. H.L. house, J.i). jones, D.J. "estbrook, II.C. bro:m.:.uri 7..:, bess, being? all. of the members of tn.,, Council, voted in the affirmative. Thereupon said ordinance mat; read in full for a second time. It was then moved and seconded that t',Le said ordinaries be passed a`d adopted, and the roll call_ vote was domand.od, the result of !which was as follows; Votin:; aye; H.L. House, J.D. jones.: D.J. estbrook, H. C. Drown. and aim boss. ^• Votin^ No: None. On motion duly made and seconded the matter of repainting; the water tank and tower •ias referred to the Utilities Comm. Councilman Bess offered an ordinance entitled; Ordinance No. 67, An Ordinance to require the Construction of Sidewalks along certain streets of the City of Clermont by the Owners of the Abutting; Porperty, which ordinance was read in full for the first time. Upon motion duly made and sec nded the hour for the regular meeting of the Council was changed from 7.30 P.M. to 1.00PM There being no further business, the meeting, on motion duly made and carried, adjourned to meet again on Friday, May 9th at 1.00 P.M. Attest; -City Clelik. Approved Pres. of Council 0 I FRANK L. RYAN Bu RT T. RYAN M. BLISS BOWMAN W. G. SUTM E RLANC XVIK11011PAM 1801meae. OMIO BUILGINO TOL-R a a. ®Milt ®. August 2.,, 1924. City Clerk Clermont, blor ids. Dear Sir; Vor your $35,000 Clermont, Florida 6% Paving Bonds, dated July 19 19 24, maturing $3,000 in one ye4r, $4m000 in two years, $3,000 in three years, $4,000 in four years, $3,000 in five 1ears, $4,000 in six years, 43,000 in seven years, 49000 in eight years, $3,000 in nine years and 4,000 in ten years, we will pay you, subject to he approving opinion of Caldwell and Raymond, when delivered to us in Toledo, Ohio $34,338.50 and accrued interest to date of delivery. We enclose herewith our certified check in the amount of $2,500 as a guarantee of our good .faith if we are awarded the bonds, which, however, should be immediately returned to us if we are not the successful bidder. � RYAN, BOWLTAM +--&-Qdk7AXX ; -c S BY -. ..... ,. s .s a --. � `+�}5-, „51"°YF•:-.a1vt, z�#-ter' / 47 JAMES N. WRIGHT, PRESIDENT lrive Stnl ellt l3 a.nlcer•s MUNICIPAL.ND CORPORATION BONDS T. PICTON WARLOW, vlcE-PREsT. REAL ESTATE FIRST MORTGAGES GEO.H STRICKLAND.TRewsuRER TENTH FLOOR STATE BANK BLDG. CORRESPONDENTS JAME LOOMIS C. LEEDY, SECRETARY Orlando, Florid.& DE VER,CO O. July 28, 1924 Council, Gle rmont, Florida. Gentlemen: For ';�46,500 Bonds to be legally issued by -the t of Clermont, Florida, for various pury)oses, which bonds are to be dated July 1, 1924, 'to bear interest at the.rate of 6147 per annum, y)ayable semi-annually at the American Exchange Nat#tonal Bank in New York City,^Yto be issued in dsnomirations of one thousand 4nd on%: hundrod dollars as provided in your official notice of sale, to mature is thirty years from date thereof nithout option of prior payment, via will pay you upon - delivery to us through the. State Bank of Orlando 9, Trust Company: 0 This bid is based upon information contained•in Financial Staseigent heretofore furnished and submitted with the M understanding that Prior to or at the time of delivery of said bonds, we will be furnished with their unqualified approving.• opinion of Messrs. Caldwell & Raymond, Attorneys, of Adw .York City, as well As the transcript of proceedinjs,up'on which this opinion is based. ' We attach herewith our dertifie3 E@ck, No. for .;t2,50.0,00, which check is to be held 19y-you pending compliance with the terms of this bid by us and if'we •dowV..bt'ftilfil1our agreements made herein, said check is to be forfeited to you as full liquidated damages: In the event theA this bid is•rejected or that ;;ou are unable to make" deltvery,,of bonds as above pro- vided ithin w reas-oVable• time, said check" i s . to be rat once returned t o u s . 46. Re-bl.)octfully submitted, �'.. ��R�GFiT„ �i(A'Q�,. 'de' E`OA'IPANY. r• 70-" --------------=- ----- ----- --_--- -------=----------- The -above bid Is hereby, accepted b -the Tt%j6 Council at Cleftmont, Florida, at a lataful heet$llg ther o ld is I-1K day of July, 1924, Attest: _... . r1,r _