HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/21/1955 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilREGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
March 21, 1955
The City Council met in regular session on March 21, 1955, at 7:00
p.m. with the following present: Mayor Langford; Councilmen Boyett, Orr,
Pugh, Seeger and Sorrels; City Manager Boswell and City Secretary McGinnis.
The following visitors were present: Messrs. D. E. Carlson, W. A.
Boney, Jr., C. A. Greer, R. V. Andrews, Arthur Mervish and D. A. Anderson.
Councilman Orr made a motion, seconded by Councilman Boyett, that all
delinquent personal property taxes prior to the year 1951 be cancelled and
that the Mayor be authorized to sign certificates of cancellation on each
assessment.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Sorrels made a motion, seconded by Councilman Orr, that the
Council approve the action of Mayor Langford in awarding the contract for
the vitrified clay sewer pipe for which bids were opened on March 10, 19550
in equal parts to W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company for $34,356.00
and Texas Vitrified Pipe Company for $34,310.50; the time of delivery and
the condition of the sale being the same as offered in original proposals.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Mayor Langford read a request from A. Stone Jones to re -zone Lots 5
and 6 and 6.1 feet of Lot 4, in Block 9, West Park subdivision, from apart-
ment construction to business construction. The request was referred to
the Zoning Commission for recommendation.
Councilman Orr made a motion, seconded by Councilman Sorrels, that the
Council accept the report of the Committee from the Council made on February
15, 1955, and that the Mayor and City Manager be authorized to advise the
State Highway Commission and the City of Bryan of this action.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Mayor Langford read a letter which he had written President D. H. Morgan
on March 10 relative to the moving of bodies now interred west of the rail-
road tracks to the city cemetery. Following a general discussion, the Council
agreed that burial sites whould be made available without cost to the college,
and that the city would assist in furnishing labor and equipment if the pro-
posal is approved by college officials.
Mr. Carlson and others appeared before the Council to discuss the diff-
erences now existing between the building permit limitations and the deed
restrictions, particularly as applicable to College Hills Estates. The Mayor
promised the group that the building permit application would be changed in
wording so that applicants would be made aware of the deed restrictions in
making application for permit.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
Mayor