The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-06
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
January p, 1919

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January p, 1919
The city council met in regular SEES
sion at City hall, January 81, 1919.
The meeting was called to order by
the president.
Roll call, members present:
j. R. Durrance
l.. S. Fernald
Costas Olympios ,
J. R. West, jr.
Absent, Louis Styles.
The reading of the minutes of reg
ular meeting of December II, 1918.
Motion by Mr.. West, seconded by Mr..
Fernald, that minutes stand approved
as read. Motion carried.
The reading of the minutes of the
adjourned meeting of December %,
the adjourned meeting of December
26, the adjourned meeting of Deem
Ter %, and the regular meeting of
January 7. Motion by Mr.. West, sec
onded' by Mr.. Fernald, that the min
utes of the above named meetings be
approved as read. Motion carried.
Petitions and Communications.
A petition dated January p from
committee from the board of trade re-
questing aid in procuring street
benches. Motion by Mr.. Fernald, Sec
onded by Mr., Olympios, that authori-
ty be extended the finance committee
with instructions to handle this mat
ter to contamination. Motion car
ried.
A communication dated Jan. IS from
IT. G, Cupitt, with regard to alleged
unfair treatment from city council in
the matter of city tax and the extern
sion of municipal improvements to
the Cupitt property. The chair re-
ferred that part of the letter pertain
ing to the Stafford avenue sewer to the
sanitary committee for report.
With regard to past-due paving and
sidewalk certificates of Indebtedness,
the clerk read a communication dated
January. 10 from the city attorneys
and communication dated January
Is from J. M. Schneider, Florida rep
resentative for w. L. Slayton & Com
rany. The clerk was instructed to re-
ply to the latter that city has no mon
ey which could be applied in the pay
ment of interest as suggested and to
refer Mr.. Schneider to the city attor-
reys.
In this connection members of coun-
Gil explained to citizens present why
The city's certificates of Indebtedness
are not of record in the office of the
clerk of the circuit court, principally
as follows: firstly, the initial cost Of
having large quantities of certificates
recorded and, secondly, the unnecessa-
~ burdening of abstracts, etc, with
the detail of collections by INSTALL
ments.
With regard to a tourist amusement
park a communication dated January
p was received from W. E. Morgan
and Alexander Linn setting forth the
present situation. Motion BY NJ
West, seconded by Mr.. Olympios, that
petition be granted and council agrees
to advance one hundred and forty-fve
dollars per annum to board of trade
to be used for payment of ground rent
al of property as described in petition,
said sum when paid to be charged to
bGdgetary appropriation for parks,
piers and pavilions. Motion carried.
A communication from the city clerk
and the city tax assessor with regard
tx the purchase of a wide-carriage
typewriter. The clerk was authorized
to investigate various makes and re-
port.
With regard to past-due paving GER
tifcates a communication from Attor-
rey Bayard S. Cook notifying city
That he had received certain certif-
Gates from the First National Bank
OF Gainesville with instructions to be-
gin suit at once. The clerk was in
structed to refer Mr. Cook to our city
attorneys.
A communication from H. j. Smith
requesting that council determine the
amount of the 1918 tax on Ne of
SEA of NWA and authorize tax COL
lcctor to receive same. The council
takes the position that it has no au.
thority to change OF adjust the
amounts in the assessment roll.
A communication from the city clerk
and tax collector with list of missing