HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/22/1968 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilCITY OF COLLEGE STATION
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
April 22, 1968
Members Present: Mayor D. A. Anderson; Councilmen Bill J. Cooley, Robert R. Rhodes,
T. R. Holleman, James H. Dozier, and O. M. Holt; City Attorney
Don Dillon; and City Manager Ran Boswell.
Visitors Recording Their Presence: M. K. Thornton, E. F. "Woody" Sevison, C. D. Wells,
Neal Ward, James E. Steen, Lorenzo Wilborn, Paul D. DuBose, Dr.
Burgess, Thomas C. Herndon, William G. Adkins, John R. Gochenaur,
C. W. Simon, Bobby Holliday, R. R. Broach, Jr., L. H. Courtney,
E. F. Bond, Paul E. Pate, W. E. Howard, Travis Thigpin, Lee Smith,
Charles E. Burley, B. J. Williams, O. D. Dabbs, Thomas M. Henager,
and Oscar Chancey.
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:00 p. m. in the College Station Council Room.
On motion by Councilman Rhodes,, seconded by Councilman Cooley, the minutes of the
March 25, April 3, and April 11, 1968 Council meetings were approved.
The Mayor then called for nominations for Mayor pro tem from the Council. On motion
by Councilman Rhodes, seconded by Councilman Holleman, Councilman O. M. Holt was
elected as Mayor pro tem for the next two years. Councilman Holt abstained from voting.
The motion carried.
Next the Mayor called for approval of the following: T. O. Walton as City Health Officer;
Don Dillon as City Attorney; Phillip Goode as City Judge; the Administrative Secretary as
City Secretary; Ed Burns as Civil Defense Representative for the City of College Station on
the Brazos County Civil Defense Board; and Charley Wootan as a member of the Brazos Area
Planning Corporation to serve with the Mayor and City Manager on this body. On motion
by Councilman Holt, seconded by Councilman Dozier, the recommendations were approved.
On motion by Councilman Holleman, seconded by Councilman Rhodes, and passed, the
Mayor was authorized to make the following committee appointments:
a. Building Code Board of Adjustment and Appeals.
C. K. Leighton - Chairman
Codie D. Wells
Don R. Dale
Paul Pate
John L. Bearrie
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b. Plumbing Appeals and Advisory Board.
Charlie Clark
Richard E. Pulaski
Jim O'Brien
Alex Allen
North Bardell
Bill Kling
c. Health Committee.
Master Plumber
Journeyman Plumber
Building Contractor
Sanitarian
City Engineer
Architect or Registered Engineer
Dr. Martin McBride - Chairman
Dr. T. O. Walton, Jr.
Dr. Manning Price
Dr. Herbert Hooper
Dr. E. D. McMurry
Mr. J. H. Sorrels
Mr. James E. Poore
Dr. R. D. Radeleff
d. Annual Report Committee.
Clifford J. Leabo - Chairman
John Haislet
Dick Hickerson
Bob Cullen
e. City Cemetery Committee.
Robert Merrifield - Chairman
Mrs.
D. W. Williams
Mrs.
C. B. Campbell
Mrs.
Antone Rosprim
Mrs.
Curtis Lusk
Mrs.
James Amyx
Mrs.
B. J. Cooley
Mrs.
T. W. Leland
Mrs.
F. F. Bishop
Mrs.
M. C. Pugh
John
Sandstedt
Mrs.
Melvin Rucker
George McArthur
Robert Bossler
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f. Parks and Recreation Committee.
John Haislet - Chairman
C. D. Dowell
Tommie H. Preston
Bill Hoover
Mrs. A. A. Price
Mrs. F. L. Thomas
Mrs. Jim Teer
g. Commercial Development Committee.
Dr. J. E. Pearson - Chairman
C. K. Leighton
W. E. Eckles
Kenneth Wolf
Grady Parker
Wendell Horne
Jack Upham
h. Planning and Zoning Commission.
Charley Wootan - Chairman
Codie D. Wells
Phillip Steen
Jim Gardner
Everett Janne
Jim O'Brien
Joe Sawyer
i. Beautification Committee. Individuals from the following groups will constitute
this committee, the selection to! be carefully made before appointments:
Negro representative (Mrs. Charlie M. Peterson - Box 3405)
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Press Communications
A&M Consolidated School
Vocational Agriculture
Garden Club representative
College Station Progress Association
College Station Member, B -Cs
Jaycee's
Mothers and Dads Club
Business representatives
Church representative
A&M University
Citizens actively interested
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On motion by Councilman Holt, seconded by Councilman Rhodes , and passed, an
amount of $1, 500 was authorized for the indigent care program in cooperation with the
City of Bryan and Brazos County. In a discussion on this matter, it was the will of the
Council that we receive a financial statement at the close of the year on the program. It
was further agreed that we press for full County participation, consider our own indigent
care program, and have a meeting with the parties concerned before the next appropriations
period.
On motion by Councilman Dozier, seconded by Councilman Rhodes, the Mayor's
request for investigation of the Workable Program with application to our city, was
approved. The motion carried.
On motion by Councilman Rhodes, seconded by Councilman Holt, Council Policies
1, 2, 3 and 4 were approved as amended. The motion carried.
On motion by Councilman Dozier, seconded by Councilman Rhodes, the City Manager
was authorized to investigate and accept bids for hospitalization for City employees on
a 100% city -pay basis.
On motion by Councilman Holleman, seconded by Councilman Cooley, Ordinance No. 566,
an ordinance approving and adopting plans and specifications for improvement of certain
portions of County Road from Glade Street to State Highway No. 6 in the City of College
Station, was passed and approved.
On motion by Councilman Holt, seconded by Councilman Holleman, Ordinance No. 567,
an ordinance ordering the improvement of certain portions of Munson Avenue from Francis
Drive to Lincoln Avenue; Marsteller Avenue from Woodland Parkway to Gilchrist Avenue;
Marsteller Avenue from Francis Drive to the creek; providing the necessary matters
incidental thereto, including directing the City Engineer to prepare plans and specifications
therefore, was passed and approved.
On motion by Councilman Dozier, seconded by Councilman Rhodes, the phrase in
Ordinance No. 567, "and sundry other streets and places in the City of College Station",
shall be deleted wherever it appears. The motion carried.
On motion by Councilman Cooley, seconded by Councilman =Holt, the City Manager
was authorized to pay the estimate on water system improvement, Vance & Thurmond,
Estimate No. 5 - $36, 677. 65. The motion carried.
On motion by Councilman Holleman, seconded by Councilman Rhodes, the expenditure
of funds that Codie Wells submitted for sewage plant improvements was approved.
On motion by Councilman Dozier, seconded by Councilman Rhodes, Ordinance 568,
an ordinance amending Section II (b) of Ordinance No. 445, was adopted and approved.
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On motion by Councilman Holleman, seconded by Councilman Cooley, the request of
City Manager Boswell and Mayor pro tem O. M. Holt to attend a meeting of the International
Municipal Finance Officers Association in New Orleans June 2-6, was approved.
The Mayor set May 6 as a meeting date for the Southwest Planners, the Planning and
Zoning Commission and the City Council to discuss Ordinance 38.
The sub -committee appointed by the Mayor to investigate self-service gasoline pumps,
Bill J. Cooley and O. M. Holt, met with representatives from service station establishments
on the afternoon of April 22, 1968. Councilmen Cooley and Holt reported the outcome of
the afternoon meeting at the Council meeting. They reported those who did not have self-
service gasoline pumps, did not want them and those who did have self-service gasoline
pumps, did want them.
Representatives from Mobil Oil, Humble, Shell, Phillips and Gulf, were at the meeting
to express their opinions concerning self-service gasoline pumps. Some comments were
centered on hazards, by those in opposition, but without statistics to back up their views.
Mr. Bill Williams, representative from Mobil Oil Corporation, said he would send
the Mayor reports and statistics on the hazards and safety of self-service pumps.
Mayor Anderson reported to the Council on his phone conversation with Joe Hanover
of the Texas Highway Department relative to media on Jersey Street. A meeting was
called for the following night to resolve this matter.
Dr. Burgess complimented the Council for its action on indigent care. He did express
a desire that the meetings of the Council and the school board be on different nights. The
Mayor was to take this matter up through channels to resolve the matter.
Al Jones expressed the wish that the City take steps to repair County Road from Orr
Street west to the highway. He offered his services and heavy equipment in this respect.
On motion by Councilman Holleman, seconded by Councilman Dozier, the meeting
was adjourned subject to call.
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