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022844-Regular SessionMINUTES CITY COMMISSION, SANFORD, · ..... February al; 7: P ~ 19_ The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Ftorlde, met in regular session at the City Hal! ~n the City of Sanford, Florida, at ?:3a o'clock P.M. February 28,194h. Present: Commlssloner Edward H1rg~ns, M~yor. " George D.Bishop " H.James Gut City Attorney City Cl~rk Chief of Police M.J,Lodge Fred R.Wilson H.N.Sayer Roy G.W~lllams Meeting called to order by the Chairman. The Clerk next reoorted that the electric stove at the golf course ~e out of order and that oarts are not available for reoalring it, stating that Sanford Electric Contract- ing Comoany has a second-hand electric cook stove that can be purchased at s orice of $8~.aO, with a trade-in allowance of $5.~o for the Oroken stove, Thereuoon Commissioner Hill moved t~mt the city ourchase the second-hand electric cook stove from Sanford Electric Contracting Co. at ~nc!ufllng trade-in allowance of $~.O~ for the City's stove. Seconded by Co~-mlssioner Lodge and carried. On motion duly carried the Clerk ~nd City Attorney ~,ere next authorized access t3 the Safety Deoosit Box at the Sanford Atlantic National ~ank for the outdoes of storing for safekeeoing the $5,~.~ U.S.Treasury !~onds ~urchssed by the City under Sate of February lk,19~. Pu susnt to author~zstlon an~ Instructions of the ~ ~It~ Commlsslon st the the City meettng :~? ?ebrua. r~ 14,1944, the Cl~r~z ne.~t a,~,~ · ' .... ~ed t~,t he had r~u~ehssed ray certificates against Blocks 2-N and }"Naf Tier !n, E.R,Trafford'a Map, and filed saf~e wltD the ~ ~ ~ · ~lerk of the ~,~reuit Court of ~ ~emino!e Oounty, together w~th t~ sDs!i- cat,on and remittance for murcha~e of State & County ts~ cert~flcstes and a~?llc:stlon for tax deed to ~s!d nro~erty w~lch ~s in accordance with the requirements of Cha~ter 220~9, Acts of 1943 Legls!sture, ~rov~dlng for the nurchase of State & County Tax Certificates; but that the Clerk of Circuit Court had v~fused to acce~t se!d ao~licatton for the fo!low~n~ e , . ~ ~ r~ss~ns. The Florida Supreme ~ourt decision In the case of Leon County et el Vs, Crawled. d, Circuit Court Clerk, wherein, the © Court stated. ou~r6~e . "If the ]ands covered by the certlf~este are w~thtn s munlclpslity end the cert~flcete is more than two yet, rs old, then tho ~urchsser must ~ay s~! City tax llen~ the~ due." ThereuDon after considerable d~acussion, Co'~sa~oner Bishop moved tl~ the ~ty withdraw its s~o!~cetion for '~urchase of State & County Tax Deed to the aforesaid vro~erty, end that the Clerk and City Attorney be authorized to make anvllcat!on to the County for the m~rehase of th~s ~ro~erty at ~ueh t~me the County scc:ulrea title to It, Seconded by Commissioner Gut am~ carried, On motion a~ ~omml~s~cner Bishop, seconded ~,~ Commissioner Lod~e and carried the ~om- m~sslon n~wt authorized the ss]es or the follow, n? ~escr~bed vronerty acquir~d by the C~ty thru foreclosure of ts~es and/or s~ec!el assessment liens, the mroc~ads of such sales to be divided bet,,~een the City and County, ~ro rs~s, In the vrovortlon of liens MINUTES · ~ ~=' ~'~ RD FLORIDA,Febru~r7 28 at 7:~ ? ~ ~ITY ~OMMISSION, ~ANFO , ~ ~ --~ j.B.Quattlebsum N 4;~ ft of 7.ot 5 ~lock !~ Oh~:oman & Tucker',~ Add~tlon, st a or[ce of E. t/? o~ Lot ~!,]25,00 Lots ? and 10 qloc~,~ ;~95n.nn Tier 5, Sanford, at a ~r~ce of Tier d, ~nford, at a price of Mayor His{[!ns ne7t ac3vlsed that the United States Government is consi~tering ourc~asing the City's o]5 Munlclva] Atroort ].ocate8 on South S$,nford Avenue for use in connection with the Smnfor8 i~avs! Air Baee, an5 ha,~' requested tNe City Commls'sl~ to v]~ ce a sales mr~ne on this oromerty. '~ = Btshoo moved t~.~.t the Thereuoon after careful cnn~ld~ration, Oomml~sloner City offer for ss]e to the ~n~te~ Bra, tea Government, the o~5 Munlcl~ai Alr~ort a~ ~ ' e So~lthwest property at s ~r}ae of !~60 .ma, ssl5 mro~erty be~a~ ~esc~d as the Quarter ( Less R~) of Section 7 Tov,nshi~ 20 South, Range Xl Rest, ( conts~nlng 167 Secunded by Commissioner Hill an~ cnrr~ed. The Clerk na-~t re'~~:~te~ that the Marchant Calculating M~eh~ne In the Clerk's off~ce has been ~n use s~nce !925 and that s~! ~t~ mechanical Darts have worn such sn exteat that ~t 1~ no !one'er ren~]er~n~ sn accurate service; statln~ t~st the kar Production Board has released s few mach~.nes for sale under s~ec!a! priority rating , and that a 1° column Fr~den Ca!c~lat~n~ ~[aeh%ne can be ~urchase6 tl~ru Co~em~n '-~ Off~ce Equ~oment Com~,ny st ~ - . Thereupon s~ter careful consideration, and ~n v~ew of the fact ti~s~t the calculating machine now In service ~n the C~.erk'a office ~ss worn to such extent ss to hlnder the efflclency of the office, Comm~.~s~ 'ruer Gut moved that the Clerk be authorized to make a-~lic~t~on to the Usr Production Boar5 for the ~urchase of e lO-column Fr1~en Cn!cu!at~ng l~ch~no ~rom Coleman'~ Oeftce Eculoment SeconSe8 by Commissioner Lodge aha csrrled. C ~ ~n ne~t ~uthor~zec] the ~avment On moil. on ~u]y carrie%, the o?m~ to~,,-art travel ex.arises af i,laynr H~gr~ns nn trlo to Jacksonville and on February 17 an~ ~g, to ncmfer with State Ror, c~ T~.~srtm~nt offtcis~s with respect t,o w~c]en~ng Psr~ Avenue anr~ Col. Gl]b~rt A.Youn~b~rt, C m~ult~ng Engineer, w~th rasoect to o,~e~aring a brief of the oro'oosed !morovement to 12-foot denth of the Bt.Johns River Uhanne! from [anf~d to Pa!at~s. system for the Fi~:e De,.)artmeut, to conslst of a receiver sn(t transmitter set for the stat~,)n aad two-~/ay u~1t for the Chief's car, the Clerk next advised that recue~t far quotations had been mailed to several r~dlo compri%es, eric~ that the only one of them bsve such ~uloment available at thir~ t~me, stating that the Oel~-~n bief.Ci~o. Ohlc~g~, quoted a or-~co of ~935.~ f~r furnl~h~n~ 'Y. otorols Action deferred. Pursuant to lhe demon~tr~t~or~ ~f the F!or~da Po,-,er ~ Ll~ht uo,,~ny, ; '~ number of ,,ii%tel,,ay street ~tp'hts ware ~oresse8 fram l~m cmnS]eoower to 250 eandJeoo~ ~nt~ %'nlch ~ orooose~ ~mcler their MINUTES Thereu,)on after considerable dlscusslon, it was the o~lnlon of the Commission that the ~roDosed change in Street l~yhtlng will he ~or~ efficient and of boneflt to th~ City beck-use It will receive Sm~ro~mstely twenty-aeven more '~2umln~tlon under the new schedule at no ad.~t~, .... cost, an5 on motion duZy Carr~_a~, the F!cu~ids Power & Light Comvnny wa~ authorized to ~rensre tha neeessa~U, resolution There be~n~ no fnrther bt~tco~ the meet~n~ then , ~u,jOurn~d until 2:3~ o'clock Attest' Mayor, MINUTES CITY COMMISSION. ~:~ANFORD, _I'LORIL The City Commlss[on of the City of 5anford, Ct~ of ~d~nford, Florida, ~e~on at tn~ City Present: Flor~, met in adjourned ~t 2:~© ' .~oek P Comra~.ss[oner Edward Hig~Ins, Mayor. George D.Bishoo H.JemeS Gut , M.J.l.odge City Attorney Fred E, Yi!son City Clerk H.N.Ssyer Absent: Commissioner W,C,Hill Meet%n5 c~!]ed to or~]er by the Chairman who announced theft the nuroOse of the meeting was to consider e reouest of the emoloyeeS of the Po~ee and Fire DeoartmentS for the CommiSsion to adopt J re~o!ution calling for an e~cctlon forthe ouroOse of aoorov~ng or rejecting the estsbl~shln~ of Civil Service System for the said deo~rtments, in accordsnc~ with the requirements of Chapter 17166,Acts of 1935 Legielature, orovldlng for the creatin~ of Civil Service for oolicemen and firemen. Thareu~on City Attorney ~i!son defined sa~.d Chapter 17166, Acts of 1935 Legislature, re!at,hq to Civil Service for Police and F~re DepartmentS, ~Iving e detailed exolanation of the ~rocedure for enacting the law, creating s Civil Service Board, and the ooerat~ons of the deosrtmentsunder said Board. Thereuoon after s lengthy di~cussi°n, and on advice of the City Attorney that the City has le~! authority to ~nsct a law by ordinance crest~n~ its own C~.v~l Service System, it was the o~inlon of the Commission t~st it would be advisable and for the best interest of the C~.t¥ to establish a Civil Service that would embrace all City employees ~nstesd of nnly the oo!icemen and firemen, and on motion duly carried, City Attorney ¥11son was directed to ore.are the necessary ordinance creating sa~d C~v~l Service for ~ emoloyees, for further cansiderst~on by the Board. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. Attest: - City