12-11-44 Regular
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December 11, 1944
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The Council met in regular session at 7:30 P.D. with
all members of the City Council present. City Attorney Nowlin
was absent.
Hinutes of regular meeting held November 27th were read,
corre cted, and approve<J. as corre cted. l'inutes of meetings held
December 4th. an<J. 5th. were 8:-,proved.
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~he Clerk was instructe<J. to invite ^ttorney r,. Y. Byrd,
F.r.:. Dewitt and C.J.V'lhite to the Special }'eeting December 18th.
By motion regularly made, seconded and
tion of Geo. Cushing as plumbing and Samitary
accepted.
carried, resigna-
Inspector was
Letter from Fla. power aml Li~ht regarding electric
service agreement for Golf Course was ondered filed.
communication from Hethodist Church advising their
pa"sonage had been sold in }'ay of 1943 WRS reRd. The Clerk
was ordered to advise the present owner inasmuch as the Church
,Hd not own the property as of ;ranuary 1, 1944, the full amount
of tax as billed is due.
r,ollncilman ;racobs reported the lifeguard is back on the
job until Dec. loth. At that time the City will have to secure
another man. }'ayor Thay..r !l"vised he has written two r'1i"n who
had applied for thj.s job but.as yet has not had a reply from
them. l'r. ,Tacobs ,Hscussed the conr1ition of the pool Building
floors. "ouncil decided it best to wait until after the season
is over before doing work on this inasmuch as labor is so hard
to secure at this time.
Councilman }!c Fee reported a connition exists at the
Rubel' property on N.E. 5th Avenue which is causing people in
the ne ighborhood considerable niscomfort. .... the keeping
of horses and cattle. After discussing the matter the Clerk
was instructed to write Mr. Huber a,lvising him his neighbors
hesitate to take the necessary legal steps to remedy an un-
pleasant condition, therefore the city Council requests that
~~r. Bubel' move all horses and cattle other than a milk cow,
to some other location suitable for stAbling them at his very
earliest convenience.
Councilman Wodischek reported 1158 water meters were
on December 1st. During month of November 22,226,000 gallons
of water was ];mmped.
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The Mayor 3dvised work is progressing on the n.w.
2nd street repairs, and that Grover Baker had said he might
on his own, try to remedy the bump in roail on the east side
of the tracks on N. 'V. 2nd st. He also ailviseil the "lailroad
officials had been in town and were coming b8ck again this
week to complete plans for beautification at the W.~.C. station
At this time Counciillman 'Vaters read p'lrts of the
Annual Audit renort. Councilman ;racobs stated he 'vished to
call to the attention of the Council that he has stuilied these
reports during the years he has serveil on the Council, which HI'
'.Vinn has compiled, and he wished to compl iment Hr. ;Vinn on the
fine audits he has made. }~r BcFee moved that the Audit report
be received by the Council, to be approved, follow~ng the
recommen~ation of the Finance Committee at next regular meeting
Mr. ':Vodischek seconded the motion which carrieil unanimously
on roll call.
The Mayor submitted an amJlys is of the aui! it which he
reconn..ndeil be published in the local newspaper, for the
benefit of the public. By motion regularly made, seconded
and carr ied, ~'ayor Thayer was authorizeil to have this analys is
published.
r;ouncilman'Voilischek moved that the following bad
check accounts be cancelled off the books inasmuch as they
are uncollectablll:- Peter Slayton $2.50
Bill Brown $ 15.25
Dr. Geo. H. Nelson ~6.25
}!r. Waters se conded the motion which cflrrled unan-tmously on
roll call.
I!ayor "'hayer advised our new sanitary truck will be
ready for delivery -t!l!iP the first part of next week. TIe also
stated he had wired r;annon and Pepper, also Secretary of "far
regarding ~'.P. protection for our City. He secured answers
from Pepper and Cannon, and a 1'a jor from Atlanta was in town
Saturday to investigate illhe situation. He hoped some action
would be taken in the very ne ar future.
Next Hr. Thayer asked the r:ouncil if they would consider
allowing the officers from "3oca 'Raton Field to use our Golf
Clubhouse for officers e11tertainment purposes. "'his was
discussed, but no action was taken.
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At ";his time, Hr. Turner informed the Council that
since Hr. Cushing has resigned he is badly in need of another
man, ana he recommended that eVEry thine; be done that is possible
to try to secure one. ~e stated he ha~ a man in mind, J.L.
Helvenston, who is no'.v in the service. '"he Council told Hlr.
Turner they thought Hr. Tlelvenston would make him a good man,
and for 1'.r. Turner to go ahead and take whateVEr steps are
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necessary to have Mr. FIelvenston released from the service.
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Fire Chief Croft was instructed to securE! prices on
complete stencil outfits. Chief Croft said he han secured an
estimate on converting a portion of glu'age into an office, "nd
the price given him was $650.00 After cons iderable d iscllsS ion
it was decided to investigate into +'~e possibility of building
out at the cYater Plant property, and moving the entire garage
equipment out there.
T~e Clerk was instructed to abate $11.60 Personal
Property tax assessed to 'Tirginia 'Tous ton, "Sandpatch" inasmuch
as the "Sandpatch" equi;Jment had been inclucied in George Riley
tax bill. She was instructed to rEply to all persons who
write in claiming they h"ve no furniturE in houses, em"! owe
no personal property tax bill, that inasmuch as the City
Assessor advertised in the newspaper, requesting persons to
file returns, and inasmuch as they had filed no rEturn with
him, the tax is due and payable.
The Clerk was instructed to issue occupational liCEnses
to the following: 1~. R. Nichols, r'aggie Fair, ~V. C. Greet
and "1. M. }'cLaughlin. Greet and Mc Laughlin to furnish business
aAdress before issuing their license.
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The Clerk reported having collected $78,489.54 during
November on the 1944 taxes.
Supt. Turner advised he had a machine for clearing out
the sewwr linE! being demonstrated in the city, and would like
permission to purchaSE! one, at a cost of '300., if it proves
satisfactory. No action W9S taken at this time.
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Bills #2004 - 2041 amounting to $3,971.80 having beEn
approved by the Finance Committee, were by motion regularly
made, seconned and carried, ordered pair.
Assessor Ogren advised he had been working on the
assessment of acreage East of the canal, outlining various
s ubd i v is ions, anr1 tha t he thought $300. per a cre would be a
fair valuation on the Smith property which the City is con-
sidering incorporating into thE city limits. At the Hayor's
request, Mr. Ogren agreed to meet with the members of the
Council at 5 P.M. Saturday, December loth. to go into the
matter further.
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There being no further business to come beforE the
Council, Council adjourned.
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City Clerk