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City History
The
original charter incorporated the city as
Okeechobee City in 1915. It was
adopted as
(Laws of Florida), Chapter 7208, Special Acts
1915. Chapter
7401 General Acts 1917
created Okeechobee County and provided
that
Okeechobee County should be the
temporary county seat. Chapter 8318
Specials Acts 1919 created the City of
Okeechobee. It remained the County
seat. The corporate authority is vested in an elected five member City
Council and elected City Clerk.
The City currently operates with
a City
Administrator which parallels the organization
of a business
corporation. That is, the voters (stockholders) elect the members of the
City Council (Board of Directors) The
day-to-day operation of the City
government
is delegated to the City Administrator.
He is responsible to
the City Council
for the daily operations of the municipal
government,
except for the office
of the City Clerk.
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