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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/14/1952 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilREGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING July 14., 1952 The City Council met in regular session on July -14., 1952, at 7:00 P.M. with the following present: Mayor Langford; Councilmen Badgett., Boyer, Boyett, Fitch, Pugh and Sorrels; City Attorney Barger; City Manager Boswell; and City Secretary McGinnis. The following visitors were present at this meeting- Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Dill -on, J. J. Sperry, Charles LaMotte, C. D. Laverty, R. J. Baldauf, Les'Richardson, C. A.. Bonnen, J. S. Rogers, D. M. Vestal, E. E. Brown., E. J. Redman Jr. and Henry Allen. Councilman Badgett made a motion, seconded by Councilman Sorrels, that Ordinance No. 1.73, an Ordinance adopting a budget for the 1952-53 Fiscal Year and authorizing expenditures as therein provided, be adopted. The vote of the Council was unanimous in, favor of the motion. Councilman Pugh made a motion, seconded by Councilman Badgett., that a resolution be adopted requesting the Texas Highway Department to make that part of Highway Number 6 within the City limits of the City of College Station a four lane, highway. Councilmen voting for the motion were: Badgett, Boyer, Boyett., and Pugh,, Councilman voting against the motion: Sorrels. Council -Mai). Fitch did not vote on the motion® Mayor Langford was authorized by the Council to negotiate with Mr. W. D. Burkhalter pertaining to his letter requesting repairs to the concrete slabs in front of his business building at the East Gate area. The Council agreed to take under consideration the request from Dr. J. D. Lindsey to give Highway Number 6 a name. Councilman Pugh made a motion, seconded by Council -man Badgett, that Mayor Langford write a letter to the Railroad Commission of Texas, Austin, Texas, requesting a deferrment of the hearing on the request of the Texas and New Orleans Railway Company to discontinue trains numbers 15 and 16, from July 29, 19529 until sometime after January 1, 1953. The Council. 'vote was unanimous in favor of the motion. Councilman Badgett made a motion, seennded by Councilman Sorrels,, that Ordinance No. 174, an Ordinance defining the city limits between the City of College Station and the City of Bryan in the Oak Terrace addition, be .pa -s -sed-. 004-S-1 Regular City Council Meeting July 14, 1952 Page Two The Council vote was unanimous in favor of the motion. Dr. La Motte was the spokesman for a small group from College Hills protesting the Ordinance removing the discount from the utility statement each month. This group also requested the Council to read Ordinances pertaining to money matters three times before adoption. The members of the A. & M. Consolidated Independent School District Board met with the City Council t4 discuss the part the City would play in assessing and collecting the school taxes. Councilman Fitch made a motion, seconded by Councilman Boyer, that beginning with the tax rolls for 1953 the City will be paid 4% for all taxes collected for the school. This rate was unanimously agreed to by the School Board. The Council vote was unanimous in favor of the motion. APPROVED: Mayor ATTEST: 0i /- - WNP City Secretary J�i N