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Min 01/31/1927Wichita Falls, Texas. Basement City National Bank Bldg January 31, 1927. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls met in regular session on the above date with the following members present: R. E. Shepherd, Mayor Oral Jones, ) P. B. Curd, ) J. W. Hunt, ) Aldermen, J. H. Patton, ) Frank Queisser,) W. E. McBroom, City Clerk, The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the building inspector be auth- orized to issue a building permit to U. Y. McQuigg for the erection of a business building on Lot 20, Block 22, Jalonic Addition, on the corner of Holliday and Fifteenth Streets. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. The hearing with reference to paving Bluff Street from 6th to 8th Streets was called and after hearing no protests the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote: Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Queisser, Jones, Curd and Patton. Nays: None. Form 8, RESOLUTION Bluff Street 6th to 8th RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN IMPROVEMENT OF BLUFF STREET AND DETERMINING AMOUNTS OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING LOTS, AND PARCELS OF PROPERTY, AND THE OWNERS THEREOF. ORDINANCE ff870 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF BLUFF STREET, DESIGNATING THE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF IMPROVEMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF BY CONTRACT AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. LEVYING ASSESSMENT THEREOF, AND FIXING THE TERMS AND TIMES OF PAYMENTS, AND THE RATE OF INTEREST THEREON, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance f 870 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote. Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones, Queisser, Curd and Patton. Nays: None. ^� --------------- Moved by Alderman Hunt that the rules requiring ordinances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency declared. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote. Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones, Queisser, Curd and Patton. Nays: None. --------------- Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance j 870 be passed on its third and final reading, and be adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones, Queisser, Curd and Patton. Nays: None. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones, Queisser, Curd and Patton. Nays: None. Form 10, RESOLUTION Bluff Street, 6th to 8th RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF BLUFF STREET IN TH- CITY OF WICHITA FALLS; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAME;'APPROVING THE CONTRACTOR'S BONDS THEREFOR, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF. The hearing with reference to paving Taylor Street from Avenue "M" to the Wichita Valley Railway Tracks was called and after hearing protests the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the hearing be continued until 7:30 P. M., February 7th, 1927. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. Moved by Alderman Queisser that be allowed to establish a filling station at 106 Indiana Avenue. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. The hearing with reference to the erection of a gasoline filling station and accessory station on the corner of loth & Brook Streets by L. P. Hammond was called and after hearing protests, the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Jones that the hearing be closed and a permit be refused for the following reasons, towit: (1) The construction and operation of said filling station will cause a fire hazard. (2) This being a congested corner, the operation of said filling station will be a serious handicap to traffic. (3) It will injure property values in this strictly resi- dential district. (4) It will be a detriment to the health, peace and comfort of all surrounding property owners. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. The hearing with reference to the erection of a gasoline filling station by B. W. Johnson on the corner of Brook and Dayton Streets was called and after hearing protests the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Patton that a permit be refused for the erection of a gasoline filling station on the corner of Brook & Dayton Streets, for the following reasons towit: (1) The construction and operation of said filling station will cause a fire hazard. (2) This being a congested corner, the operation of said filling station will be a serious handicap to traffic. (3) It will injure property values in this strictly residen- tial district. (4) It will be a detriment to the health, peace and comfort of all surrounding property owners. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried. Moved by Alderman Jones that the total tag valuation for the year 1926 on Lot 8, Block 34, Scotland Addition, be reduced from 43,305 to 42,600. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. Moved by Alderman Jones that the total valuation on the building on Lot 3, Block 18, Southland Addition be reduced from 46,700 to 44,000 for the year 1926, on account of the building being incomplete on January 1st, 1926. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the bill of Ira S. Harris, in the amount of �200 covering auditing services rendered during the month of January be approved and allowed as follows: General Fund ----- §164.25 Water " 35.75 Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. Moved by Alderman Jones that the new form of purchase order be approved and the following department heads and employees be authoriz- ed to sign purchase orders for their respective departments. Street Department G. S. Dobson Police It G-.—H. Hodgins �C. B. McConnell Fire " J. L. acClure 111, 7 Sanitary Department Health It Water Tax ° City 'Treasurer City Attorney City Clerk Electrical & Building Inspection Street lighting supplies City hall repairs and supplies Plumbing Inspection Sewer Maintenance & Construction Dept Engineering Department Sewer Disposal Plant Kemp Public Library P. A. Alverson H. D. Fillmore A. H. Douglass W. R. Hyer W. E. McBroom F. M. Rugeley A. R. Sheffield Lucia Powell zula McKay Park & Cemetery Departments C. C. Bunnenberg Motion seconded by Alderman hunt and carried. Moved by Alderman Jones that the bill of Dr. L. D. Parnell covering operation and hospital bill for C. B. Conant, employee of the Park Department, in the amount of 4160.00 be approved and allowed out of the Park Fund when proper release has been signed and the Mayor is satisfied that the City is free from all liability in connection with this claim. Motion seconded by Alderman hunt and carried. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the bill of Jerry V. Schaefer, covering architectural services rendered on the *.4 Fire Station, in the amount of 4350.00 be approved and allowed. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. Moved by Alderman Jones that the expense account of the follow- ing employees on trip to Dallas to attend the Water Works School be approv- ed and allowed. A. R. Sheffield --------- P1.52 A. H. Douglass 26.50 G. M. Norris 20.00 C. P. Logan 39.12 Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the Water Department be authorized to renew 25 galvanized services on Wall Street from 7th to 8th Streets at an approximate cost of §298.73. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones ans carried. Moved by Alderman Jones that the Sewer Department be authorized to make the following extensions: Blocks 2-3-4- Scotland Addition 1990 . or b inch sewer n place------------�1417.60 6 manholes 329.00 174—b . 66 This served eight residences and the M. V. Tank Company. Lateral through Block 6 Curle.e Addition 450 ft. sewer in place 261.00 There is only one house not served in this block at the present. Ninth and Tenth alley west from Hays Street inchsewer in p ace---------------N409.50 50 yds. rock excavation 150.00 ' 1 manhole 80.00 Total uS3.o Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the City Attorney and Police Department give the squatters on the Miles O'Reilley Park official notice to vacate said property before March 1, 1927. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. Moved by Alderman Jones that the Mayor be authorized to sign a note payable to L. E. Whitham & Company in the amount of ;291.75 to cover balance due on pavement in front of the Park on Avenue "A", said note to bear interest at 6fo per annum, and due 18 months from January 31st, 1927. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. Moved by Alderman Jones that the following recommendations of Ira S. Harris, special auditor, be approved and spread on the Minutes. (1) The Blank forms prepared by Auditor Ira S. Harris revising the system of accounting in the various departments of the City of Wichita Falls be approved and said blank forms ordered printed; and that the use of said blank forms be explained to the head of each department, and clerks in the various offices. (2) The Council as a whole issue instructions in relation to the issuing of purchase orders for material and supplies for the City of Wichita Falls. (3) All cash collections in the Corporation Court and also cash collections made by the Poundmaster be deposited with City Clerk daily. (4) Cash collections made in the officers of the City Clerk, Tax Collector and Water Department be deposited each morning - this means the exact cash collected during the previous day in each case. (5) The imprest cash system be adopted in the offices of the City Clerk and Water Department for the prompt payment of petty items - said fund to be subsequently replenished by issuing warrants as occasion may require. The Water Department will discontinue the practice of having the City Clerk advancing cash to take care of their petty cash expenditures. (6) The City Clerk discontinue the practice of handing a bunch of payroll warrants to the head of any department of the City, but arrange to have same delivered through his office to the respective employees, with the exception of the night force in which case endorsement of warrants may be compared with signatures of said employees, kept on file in the City Clerk's office on cards showing signatures previously obtained. (7) The Commissioner of the Water Department have list pre- pared of transformers, pumps, motors, electrical equipment and material and supplies and other equipment, discarded by the Water Department and that some action be taken to sell same, and that the Commissioners of the Street and other Departments do likewise. (8) The Council consider the matter of building an adequate storehouse and the appointment of a purchasing agent. The storeroo7i card form prepared by the Auditor to be used as soon as printed. (9) The City Clerk is instructed to request that the Under- takers of the city remit to cover their respective accounts in full to January 31st, 1927, and that thereafter they make settlement with the city on the last day of each month. (10) That the matter of revising section 22 of Ordinance 445, also sections 65 and 102 of the Charter in accordance with reference thereto in Auditor Harris' letter of January 10, 1927, page five, under caption " General Remarks " be considered by the City Council and City Attorney. (11) Monthly reports of the various departments for the use of the respective commissioners and heads of departments be prepared by the City Clerk, said reports to show the annual appropriation, or budget, the aggregate of the vouchers audited and the unused appropriations in each department and such other information necessary to admit of the officers and heads of departments keeping advised of existing conditions in their respective departments. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. Moved by Alderman Curd that the ambulance service contract be awarded to 0. W. Hines for the year beginning February 1st, 1927, upon his proposal of $2.00 per trip. Motion seconded by Alderman ones and carried. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolutions be adopted. vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Janes and carried by the following Yeas: Aldermen Hunt, Jones, .ueisser, Curd and Patton. Nays: None. --------------- Form 4, RESOLUTION Alley Block 139, 6th to Lot 12, Blk 139 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID FOR IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF ALLEY BLOCK 139 AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACT. Form 4, RESOLUTION Holliday Street, 9th to loth RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID FOR IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF HOLLIDAY STREET AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACT. Form 4 , RESOLUTION Speedway Street, Holliday to Bridwell RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID FOR WMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF SPEEDWAY AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACT. Form 4, RESOLUTION Twelfth Street, Lamar to Broad RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID FOR IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF TWELFTH STREET AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACT. Moved by Alderman Jones that the meeting be adjourned. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. The Board of Aldermen then adjourned. READ AND APPROVED this the 7th day of Feb �,27* ATTEST: ( I CITY CLERKl