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MINtrrES or TIΠMEJ:'l'ING or,
THE OITY OOUNOIL, NORTH RIOHLANI HILLS, TEXAS
HELl AT OITY HALL, 4101 MORGAN OIROLE,
SEPTEMBE~ 14,1964
OALL TO ODD ANI !\OLL OALL:
Those ~resent: Mayor Hunter, Oouncilmen raleone, lowell, Robeetl,
Barnett, and Stevenl.
AIMINISTaATIVE STAFr: ~JŒSJ:NT: Oity se.retary, 01ty Olerk, fire
Chiet, and Ohiet ot Police.
APPROEAL Of MINUTES: Mrs. Reagan made a oorreotion in the thlrd
sentenoe, ~ragra~h 4, page 4, ot the mlnutes at the meeting og
Augult 24,1964, stating that the original minute. were oorrect,
but that some words were omitted from the stencilled oo~les. Ooun-
cilman Roberts made a motion to a~rove the minutes as correoted,
seooned by Oouncllman Stevenl. Motion oarried 5-0.
OOMMUNIOATIONS:
1. Letter tro. Jo~n S. Pure.ll stating that ~oliol.s requested by
the Oity tor the Northealt Wast. Oolleotors would be torthcomlng,
and that this letter was aontirœation at the polioles that would
be furnish.d the Oity al loon as they could be wrltten.
2. L.tt.r trom state Highway Engineer, ft. W. ODeok, regarding trattic
light at state Hlghways 121 and 19)8, Itattng that they did not wish
to initiate this st*dy until atter the o~ening of I. H. 820.
). Letter trom Mrl. Berrier requesting that a oommittee be appointed
to~.tudy the Library situation. Mayor IUn~.r asked tor three volunteers,
and Oounell.en lowell, Roberts, and Barnett volûnteered to serv. on
this oommittee.
4. Letter Øtresignation trom Oity Attorney Glenn Goodnlght, etfeotlve
se~teJlber 1,1964. Motion made by Mr. lowell that the reslgnation be"
aoce.ted, seconed by Mr. Barnett. Motion carried 4-1, with Mr. ralcone
easting the dlssenting vote.
Mayor Hunter stated that he and Oouncilman stevens had met with Mr.
lawson lavl., concerning hls em~loyment as Oity Attorney. Mr. stevens
re~orted that Mr. lavis had agreed to a retainer at .200.00 .er month
for two Oounoll meetlôgs and two Oorporation Oourt sessions .er month,
but that there would be an extra charge tor lengthy ord1nances requiring
re.earoh, and tor Oourt ..,....n... in contested ca.e.. Atter di.cu.s-
ion Mr. stevens made a motion to acce~t Mayor Hunter'. reoommendation
to e..loy Mr. lavis as 01ty Attorney, seooned by Mr. Roberts. Mr.
Baraett then moved to table this motion, but h1s motion died for laok
ot a seoon4~ Vote was »hen t_ten on the original aotion to em.loy
Mr. lavls, and motion earrled 4-0, wlth Mr. Barnett abstalning.
UPORT S J'I\OM OOMMITTEES:
1. Ke.ort trom Oharter Oommiss1on: This item was ..ssed over until
later in agenda.
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i . Amended Plat ot Oollege Hill Addition: Mr. Price was not ,resent
and Mayor Hunter ex.lalned the chanCes desired. Mr. Barnett made .
motion that the ~lat be amended and ~reseated again to the Oouncil.
Mr. Dowell seconded, and motion carried 5-0.
OLJ B1ISINUS:
1. Mr. f. O. aeconnu requested back ,.y at .44.74 tor the month at
se.teaber 1962, thi. tigure being the dltference in commissions earned
~nd the guarantee at $250.00 ~er month. Mr. Barnett made a motion to
pay Mr. aeconnu 144.74 a. payment in full r,r servlees rendered the 01t~
Mr. Roberts seconded, and motlon carried 5-0.
2. STREET IDENTIrIOATION SIGN OR»INANOE: Mayor Hunter re.ommended an
ordlnance requirlng the developers to pay tor street name signa ln
thelr develo,.entl. Mr. Barnett sald he would sponsor an ordlnance to
that etrect, and atter dlscusslon, made a motion that the 01ty Att-
orney be lnstructed to draft such an ordinance. Mr. Roberts seconded,
and motlon carrled 5-0.
). DISOUSSION or STREET OONSTRUOTION ORDINANOE: Mr. Falcone said he
had seen so.e .treets ln the 01t1 that were so poorly built that
Johnson grass was growing in the street, and that he had .repared
some s"ecltications tor .treet building,. Mayor Hunter alked hlm it these
street. were in 1a1thtltid Âcres Additlon, and when anawered in the
affirmative, the Mayor stated that he and Mr. Adoock bad talked to Mr.
John80n, Superlntendent ot the Texas Bltulith1c 00., who ls doing the
work, and Mr. Johnlon ~ro.lsed to have soae core s...les tested by the
SouthWest Laboratorle., and construction of .treet. would b. stop.ed
until the results ot the8e tests are known. Mr. sandlin s.oke agaln8t
~lacing too striot restrlctlons on street construction, and stated that
he had been a~~ointed on a comalttee to study our Itreet ordinanoe, that
he telt the "resent ordinance was sufflo!eàt: anC that the street. in
need or replr now were :put ln betore the ordlnance wel pasaed.
HIM BUSINESSI
1. RATIFIOATIOI or Boa! AID B1J'DGm ADJUS'lDH: Kayar Hunter requested
adJust..nt in the current tlecal ,ear's budget to put 15000.00 in the
.treet .e,.rtaent to ..."la.. that ..ount ."ent o.n the 01ty Qa~e when
it was bul1t. .. ~r "re.loua agre_nt. Mr. lowell aade a-.,ílotion to:;>
lnstruct the Accountant to adJust the budget to I"1t .5000'.00 ln the
.tr.et .e".rta.nt Bg'dge1; tor the tlaeal year 196;3-1964. Mr. Barnett
seconded, and motion carrled 5-0.
The Mayor then called attentlon to the propo.ed budget for the co.lng
tilcal year, and requeated correetlon In Mrs. rleld's .alar,y trom
1250.00 to .275.00 aontb11., slnce they bad agreed to ".y her the ....
lalary .. the dla".tchers. 1Ir. Barnett ~ .JIO~.ton to change Account
5, Par.2, Ite. (b) rro. þJ1b).mø. .,'t3:ao~<Ko\ttqn~,...co.nd.¢'b)'?:iIt-.
løltem:'¡"$-~rried 5-0.
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Mr. lowell called attentlon to Account 2, Legal le~rtment, and made
a motlon to adjust Par. l, Ite. (a), Betalner, to 12400.00 lnstead at
11800.00, and the ditt.~.noe at 1600.00 be taken trom Oontlngenole.,
Aoot. 10. Motlon se06nded by Barnett, and oarried 5-0.
Hr. Barnett then moved to make the follwwlng adjultment to Aocount 6,
Police lepartment: Par.l, Item (b), delete Lieutenant's salary ot
15l24.00, and add 14545.00 to Par.2, Item (t), tor a sixth patrolman'l
salary, and ~laoe the dlfterenoe of 1579.00 to Account lO. Motion was
seoonded by Mr. lowell and dlsousslon tollowed, durlng wbioh the Chiet
of'Polloe wal questioned a. to the need tor the .ixth patrolman. Atter
oonsiderable dlsoussion the vote was taken and carried )-2, Oouno~lman
Barnett, Roberts and Dowell votlng ·ye.·, and Oounoilaan faloone and
stevens votlng ·no·.
Mr. Dowell then made a motion that they authorize the Ohiet to 'blre
additional ~atrolm.n 1mmed1&tely. Mr. Barnett seconded, and motion
talled )-2, wlth Messr.. Stevenl, Roberti and Falcone voting MAgalnltM
and Mes.rs. Baraett and Dowell voting ·forM. Jurlng disousslon wblob
tollowed Mr. Roberti stated that he telt the motlon was unnecessary,
that the taot that the salary tor the ,.trol_an wal a.~roved auto-
matically gave the Ohiet ~eralssion to blre hl. when n..ded. Atter
turther dilousslon it was agreed that the Ohlet could hlre another
patrolman at bis d18oretlon. Mr. Bam.tt:,..... a motlon, seoonded by
Mr. RobertI that the le,artment Heads stay within their budget.
Motlon oarried ;-0.
Oounoilman lowell moved to ratlty the budget, a. ..ended above, tor
the t'.cal year 1964-1965. Oounollman Barnett seconded, and motion
oarried ;-0.
MONTHLY REPORT FROM STUB:! JEPA!lTMEN! REQ,RS'1'ID: Mr. Stevenl .tated
he would like to have a monthly re~ort trom )he street .epartment
sbowlng how muoh money is being Ipent on each street repalred or re-
built. Atter discusslon lt wal agreed that the refOrtl show e~end-
itures ter materlal and labor on a ,.1tticular job. Mr. Stevens then
asked how much money was spent on repavlng Main street in Salthtield,
and Kayor Hunter ex.laiaed that while Mr. rrench wal wlth the Oity he
.ade an agreement with the oontractor who cut the street ,utln¡ ln the
...er, that our Street .epartment would repalr the out tor the lua of
15000000 whloh amount wal to be ,ald to the Oity by the oontractor:
and that the out bad been repaired and the entire I~eeet repaved with
Slurry Seal at a very little addltlonal cost above the 1500.00.
2. NAMING or orFICAL PAPD: Mayor Hunter stated that it the otfioal ,..ef'
was changed trom the Mid-Citiel lai1y News Texan to the rort Worth star-
Telegram, as voted at the lalt regular aeetlng ot the Oouncll, it would
require a !le.olution to ohange lt slnoe the orlginal de.ignation was
made by !lesolution. Atter discus810n lt wa. suggested that the original
!lesolution be oo.led, wlth ap~ro.riate ohange. made.
J & 4. MOWING or WEEDS & WEEI ORDINANOE: Neither Mrs. Mingul nor Mr.
B. J. Stevena were ~re8ent, and these lteml on the agenda were passed
over.
5. DISCUSSION REGAKlING -TURKEY SHOOT-: Flre Ohiet Cook re~ue.ted
permission troll the Oounoil tor the flre .epartment to hold a 'Turkey
Shoot- the two weeks betore Tbanksgivlng and the two week-ends betore
Ohristmas, sinoe a Oity Ordinance torbids the use ot firea~s withln
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5.- the City lialts. Atter discussion lt was desided to delay aotlon
on thls item untl1 further study could be made.
Chief Cook then told ot the need tor two air paoks to be used ~en
tire.en enter smoke tl1led rooas, cost to be 1180.00. Mr. Barnett
.ade a aotion that two alr paoks be purchased, seconded by Mr. Stevens,
and motion carried S~O.
6. TRANSFER or SUIlPLUS MONEY TO STJŒET DEPARTMENT: Mr. raloone suggested
that all surplus money tor the current tiscal year be transferred lnto
the street Departm.nt. It was pointed out that only two weeks rema1ned
in this budget year, that this amount could not be used in that short
tille and would revert back to surplus tunds at the end of ...t.mber,
and no action was taken on this ltea.
REPO~T OF OHAR!ER OOMMISSION:
Mr. Oalvin Luper, Ohairman ot the Oharter Oomalssion, .resented a copy
ot the proposed oharter, and read a letter dated Se~teaber 9,1964,
addressed to the Mayor, re~orting on the work ot the Charter Ooaaisslon,
and requestlng that an ele ction be oalled tor Nove.ber J,1964. Mr
lowell made a motlon that the 00unc11 receive the report ot the Oharter
Ooamisslon. Jiscussion tollowed, w1th audience partioi,ation. Mayor
Hunter read Artlcle No. 1167 from Vernon's 01val statutes, regard1ng
submlssion ot the charter, and stated he thought that according to
this law, tha Ooubcil bad no alternatlve but to call the election to~
November Jrd, a. .pecltled by the Okarter Oomaisslon. Further disoussion
tollowed, and the Oorporation Oourt Judge Marlon Massey was requa.ted
to co.e forward and give his opinion ot thls law. Judge Massey commended
the Oouncll oÓ the hiring at Mr. lawson lavis as Oit7 Attorney, and then
expla1ned the ~rovisions at Artiole. 1167 and 1168, and stated that lt
was his o.lnion that the Charter Oommission had the ~rerogative ot sett-
ing the date ot the election, and the Oouncil was requ1red to call the
electlon on the date .~ecitied. Conèiderable di.cussion tollowed, with
menvers ot the Oharter Commission and other interested citlzens partlc-
i.ating. Mr. Stevens made a motion to table the aatter until an Attor-
ney has studied the charter, and Mr. Zellers, a Okarter Oommission
menber, stated that Mr. Goodnight, who was then 01ty Attor.ey, did a.~
rOTe the charter. Mr. Barnett seconed Mr. stevens motion to table, and
atter turtber dllous810n, oalled tor a vote on the motion. Mayor Hunter
warned the Ooubcil that It they voted to table this matter that any
oitizen could file a wrlt of mandamus to force the. to call the eleo'tôQQ
Vote was then taken and motion carrled J-2, with M....., falcone, Stevens
and Barnett voting to table, and Oouncilmen lowell and Roberts voting
Inol. Xayor Hunter again point.d out that this .atter ·can very well
be in the hands of the Distriot Oourt ln the morning'.
AlJOUBNKENT:
Mr. Dowell .o~.d to adjourn at 10:15 PM, seconded by Mr. Barnett.
( Proceeding. tape4 and on flle)
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