HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/15/1953 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilC ITY COUNC n MEET. ING
June 15, 1953
The City Council met in regular session Monday evening June 15, 1953)
at 7:00 p.m. with the following present: Councilmen Boyett, Orr, Pugh, Seeger
and Sorrels; City Manager Boswell and City Secretary McGinnis.
The following visitors were present: Messrs. R. H. Rogers, R. L. Skrabanek
and J. C. Culpepper.
Councilman Orr, Mayor Pro -tem, presided in the absence of Mayor Langford.
Messrs. Rogers and Skrabanek requested the Council to give permission for a
fireworks display on the A. & M. Consolidated football field the evening of
July 2, 1953• Councilman Sorrels made a motion, seconded by Councilman Boyett,
that the permission be granted provided the display be under the supervision
of adults.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Ordinance No. 181, an ordinance granting a, renewal of franchise to the
Lone Star Gas Company, was read by Mayor Pro -tem Orr. Councilman Orr made a
motion, seconded by Councilman Seeger, that Ordinance No. 181 pass the third
reading.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Pugh made'a motion, seconded by Councilman Boyett, that Ordinance
No. 181. be adopted.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Seeger made a motion, seconded by Councilman Pugh, that Ordinance
No. 182, an ordinance establishing the budget for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1953 be adopted.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Sorrels made a motion, seconded by Councilman Pugh, that
Ordinance No. .183, an ordinance adopting the recommendations of the City Zoning
Commission be passed.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Sorrels made a motion, seconded by Councilman Boyett, that the
City Manager be authorized to take bids on the city audit for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1953, and to accept the one most advantageous to the city.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Yx. J. C. Culpepper proposed that a new City Hall be built on the triangular
lot, now designated as a. park, on Highway No. 6 and that the present property be
sold. Mayor Pro -tem Orr appointed Councilmen Sorrels, Seeger and Boyett to con-
stitute a committee to study the proposition and report to the Council at some
future meeting.
Mayor Pro -tem Orr appointed City Manager Boswell, Councilmen Pugh and Boyett
to constitute a committee to discuss with President Harrington of the College the
possibility of constructing a new street along a part of the south side of the
college campus.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
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