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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
Acts1915. 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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