HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/13/1946 - Regular Minutes - City Council MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
June 13 1946
Members presents Mayor Langford; Councilmen Crawford, Harrington, Orr,
Wilcox; City Manager Smith; and City Secretary MoGinnis.
Visitors present: J. H. Binney, J. C. Culpepper, Coulter Hoppess, Francis
Vaughn.
Mr. Culpepper met with the Council to discuss the extension of sewers and
water mains in the Woodland Acres adjacent to College Hills Estates. He was
requested by the Council to submit to the City Manager a detailed outline of
sizes and locations of all extensions.
The request of Mr. Daniel Russell to build a heater room at the rear of his
building was approved provided the structure should be fire-proof throughout
and not frame construction covered with galvanized iron.
Mr. Hoppess presented a request that the franchise recently granted to
Smith-Burley-Smith for the operation of buses within the city limits be
assigned to the Bryan-College Traction Company. The Council took the
position that a better prooeduve would be the approval of an entirely new
franchise and the cancelling of the franchises granted to Smith-Burley-Smith
and Bryan-College Traction Company and requested Mr. Hoppess to submit such
a proposal at his convenience.
The Council appointed Mr. Frank Seale as temporary electrical inspector.
The Council ordered an auditing of the eity's books as soon as practicable after
June 30, 1946.
The Council and Dr. Binney agreed that the Mayor should address a letter to
property owners who would be affected if Lots 4 and 5, Block 1 of College Park
were zoned to Bisttiot No. 4, First Business District, to determine their
reaction prior to any formal hearing on the request1
A meeting of the City Council was called for 5 p.m. on June 17 to consider
the appointment of a city manager to succeed Mr. Smith and an ordinance vacating
a street in the Cooner Addition.
AP,TED:
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Mayor
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City Secretary