HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/28/1953 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilCITY COUNCIL MEETING
April 28, 1953
The City Council met in regular session at 7:00 o1clock in the evening of
April 28, 1953 with the following present: Mayor Langford; Councilmen Black,
Boyett, Orr, Pugh, Seeger, and Sorrels; City Attorney Barger; City Manager
Boswell. and City Secretary McGinnis.
The following visitors, all. from the Lone Star Gas Company, were present at
this meeting: M. E. Adams, local manager; A. P. Rowland, division superintendent
and J. 0. Anselin, division comptroller.
Mayor Langford nominated the following residents to constitute the City
Recreation Board: Mrs. W. H. Delaplane, A. E. Denton, Jr., E. E. Ivy, R. H.
Rogers, H. G. Thompson, and City Manager Boswell., ex -officio.
Councilman Sorrels made a motion, seconded by Councilman Orr, that the five
residents, whose names were submitted by Mayor Langford, be named to constitute
the first City Recreation Board and that their terms in office be determined by
lot.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
In the drawing for the terms in office, the result was as follows: Mrs.
Delaplane, one year; Mr. Ivy, two years; Mr. Thompson, two years; Mr. Denton,
three years; and Mr. Rogers, three years.
Upon the recommendation of the retiring Board of Equalization, Mayor
Langford appointed the following citizens to serve as a committee to prepare pre-
liminary data for use of the next Board of Equalization: J. A. Orr, Councilman,
G. W. Black, merchant, W. D. Fitch, contractor, H. E. Burgess, realtor, T. W.
Leland, homeowner, J. W. Barger, City Attorney, and Ran Boswell, City Manager.
Councilman Pugh made a motion, seconded by Councilman Sorrels, that the above
appointments made by Mayor Langford be ratified by the City Council.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Orr made a motion, seconded by Councilman Sorrels, that the Council
change the meeting date to the third Monday of each month, beginning with the May
meeting.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Mayor Langford was authorized to invite, by letter, the following signers
of a petition, dated March 16, 1953, protesting the operation of a business with-
in a residential section of the city, to appear before the Council at the May
meeting: Mr. & Mrs. D. A. Anderson, Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Greer, H. E. Weaver, R. E.
Patterson, W. R. Horsley, B. J. Zobel, and J. R. Jackson.
Councilman Orr made a motion, seconded by Councilman Black, that Ordinance
No. 181, an ordinance granting a renewal of franchise to the Lone Star Gas Company,
be passed as read for the first time.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
City Secretary Mayor
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