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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1977
Page
1
The $3.7 million Lake County Courthouse in Tavares opens after a Tuesday dedication. Clerk Jim Watkins notes higher usable space, a four story central well, and a public friendly layout with lighter jury pools and modern features including observation rooms and secure evidence closets.
Mount Dora voters will decide in December whether to keep City Clerk Frank Clifton as city administrator for a six month term. The council approved the ordinance creating the post and set the election to determine daily supervision over all departments. The same meeting set June 14 elections for charter revision and Lake Franklin Park annexation. The council also rejected federal 201 Plan C for sewer, opting to self expand the plant, with projected costs around four million dollars.
The four story Lake County Courthouse in Tavares opens with a skylight cap and offices around an open well. The building cost 3.7 million and furnishings moved from the old courthouse ahead of schedule. The mayor pushed two pension fund ordinances for police and fire. transfers from utility to General Fund. lease payments approved. Little League funding shifted to the recreation department. a 12 city Florida Power agreement slated for June adoption.
The report covers temperatures since May 11 with no precipitation during the week. Rainfall totals show 0.01 inch since April 24 and 9.30 inches for the year at the Mount Dora Fire Department weather station.
A Mount Dora public opinion survey by Gary Van Landingham and Lake Sumter Community College examined city government structure, history, and reform options. Results show 77 percent willing to consider a change, 38 percent favor definite change, and 14 percent oppose any reform, with strong support for a centralized administration and a revised charter.
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