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Mr. -eaton read section six.,of the city zoning ordinance no.
43 entitled: "Visibility at intersections in residential,
istricts", and coiled tlhe council's attention to the hedge at
he intersections of~Jessup and Magnolia at Grant Street. As
hairman of the street committee he stated that this hedge was
o view and a traffic hazard, and moved that this hedge be rem
n.compliance with this ordinance_if it became necessary to tak
he matter to the State supreme court. Percy White seconded tl
potion.
.oll call: John -eaton--yes, Percy Tdhite--yes, B.H. Ferrell--At
B.L. Helms--No,-Carl Lommler--no Motion a tie vote i
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Moved by Ferrell seconded by Helms to accept the finincial sta
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and pay the various bills. Motion carried.
Moved by -eaton seconded by Helms to order 500 maps 8~xll inch
25 of the reduced size 30"x 21" also 4 large canvass back map:
LMotion carried.
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Mr. Harry Law requested. permission to park a trailer within t~e
city limits on the Markham road. The matter referred to the oard
of adjustment. W.F. Litke, building inspector, made a report to
the council regarding a number of houses within the city of )
Longwood that should be condemned and requested that some member or
members of the City Council accompany him to make an inspecti~In.
Referred to the buildings,parks,and grounds committee. Meeti~g
adjourned. subject to call.
Canvassing Board
The Longwood City Council met as a canvassing board Wednesda;
~ August 11, at 8:00 A.M..
Present: Carl Lommler, Percy White, B.H. Ferrell
Absent: John -eaton, B.L. Helms
The Election Clerk announced the results of the voting as fo
B.E. Black-276 votes
A.R. Lormann- 143 votes. Moved by White seconded by Ferrell
accept the results as announced by the election board. Moti
carried. Mr. Lommler, Council president, declared the Winne
Mayor. of the City of Longwood to be Mr. B.E. Black. The pre
adjourned the meeting..
for
ent
Adjourned Session August 11, 1965
The Longwood City Council met in adjourned session August 11 at
8:00 p.m..
Present;-John Deacon, Percy tdhite, Carl Lommler, ~~'~
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B.H. Ferrell, B.L..Helms, Mayor. elect B.E. B~.ack
The president announced that the Citp Council will sit. as an
equalization board`August 26, at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Harry Law
stated that .his request to park a house trailer on the Markha
road had been withdrawn.
At the regular session of the Longwood City. Council held
August 5, 1965 Councilman John Deacon called attention to an
instance where young mother with a 20 month child, that had
reportedlq had/~,~~ its fingers E'cut off" and being new ir.
the City had called the police dept. for. assistance in gettir,
to a Doctor, and had been denied help. Nlr. Deaton asked the
,Council members and the Police dept. this question.: " What i
the correct procedure for a person to do in order .to declare
,anemergency in the City of Longwood"~ No action was taken at
this meeting, however at the adjourned session held August 11
1965, the Mother(Mrs. Nancy Summersill had been summoned with~~'..:.• v
the Child) regarding the incident, since the Police Clerk d
having received any such call on the date of the accident, also
a statement by Mrs. Ruth Layo(Police Clerk) that assistance hlld
never been denied anyone that had called. for help. Mr. Dea
cited the fact that the summons was dated incorrectly andi~aas
snot signed and issued without authority. He repeadtly asked
ir. Lommler ~' ere the authority was, the council president admitted
Council Preside"~
"sked 2~xs. Nancy instructin the. olice de t. to
tummersill if sh g P P prepare ar_d serve the summons
-ade such a call ~~ Deaton insisted that the summons be si ned whereu on at
and her answer g ~ P P
ras'"yes". She Jack Bushor came to the council table and si ned the said
Mated that the g
~alled was the only ° 'y~ The police clerk still denied receiving any such ca
fisted as the on July 3 the date of the accident she further stated that
olice dept. The ~
answer she rec.
ras °the police telephone calls are taped and after playing the tape back for
:ar cannot be that date no such call was received. Mr. Deaton asked the Po
tsed for such.
Chief for the amount of equipment that the City owned in the
Police dept. Mr. Layo gave a run down on the equipment as
loran
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',follows; Three(3) radio's and one Moniter.
.The question was asked of the police Ohief "Where do do you get
authority"? Mr. Layo stated that he received his author~ty
(from the City Charter and the Council., he further stated that
(took his orders from the City Council. Mr. Layo also stated
that he was a Deputy of Seminole County and therefore could
anywhere in Seminole County.
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After ~ lengthy discussion the president called for a vote of
confidence of the police dept. by the city council. Moved by '.
Ferrell seconded by Helms to give the police dept. a complete'
vote of confidence.
Roll Ca11: John:Deaton--no
Percy TThite yes
B.H, Ferrell yes
B,L. Helms yes
Carl Lommler yes Motion carried.
Police Chief, Claude Layo, stated that under the circumstanc
he would submit his resignation. Mayor elect B.E. Black re-
quested Mr. Layo. not to resign due to political pressure, Mr.
Layo stated that he would withdraw his statement of resignati~
Council President, Carl Lommler announced that for the best
interest of the City, and for the Moral of the fire dept, he
was removing John Deaton from the fire dept. committee.
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Keeting adjourned subject to call.
Adjourned Session August 2b, lObS
The Longwood City council met in adjourned session August 26,
at 8:00 p.m,
Present: John Deaton, Percy ~Thite, Carl Lommler, B.L. Helms,
Mayor B.E. Black
Absent: B..H. Ferrell Meeting called to order by the
president. W.F. L-itke, building inspector, reported on the
request by Mr. Harry Law to build a metal pre-fab home in
the City. He suggested a minor change in the wiring, but
stated that the house met the City ordinance and Codes, there
it could not be turned down.
R.C. Blount approached the council regarding permission to
erect a structure in which to build concrete picnic tables.
Referred to the planning and zoning board.
Bids on the fire hose opened and tabulated. Bids received frc
the following: ABC Fire Equipment Co. Lee Blanchard Municip
Roger.B, Quincy -I
After checking samgles submitted and compared :-.'the ABC was the
choice. Moved by Deaton seconded by Helms to purchase 500 ft
of D.J. 600 Lb, test 22 inch "Blaze Guard11 hose from the ABC
Fire Equipment Co. as per their quotation and sample of August
23, 1965. Motion carried.
A letter from the Volenteer fire dept, recommending Brian A.
ore