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Wichita Falls, Texas
Memorial Auditorium Building
October 27, 1952
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, met in regular
session on the above date, in the Council Room of the Memorial Auditorium Building,
at 7-30 o'clock P.M., with,the following members present: .
Kindel Faulk Mayor
Lloyd Thomas i ,
Francis L. Harvey ,
Dr. E. Aubrey Cox 1 Aldermen ,
J. Paul Montgomery i
Geo. T. Henderson City Clerk
Bill N. Taylor • City Manager
J. Walter Friberg City Attorney
Moved by Alderman Harvey that the Minutes of the regular session held
October 13, 1952, be approved.
Motion seconded by Alderman Montgomery and carried.
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Motion s. ended by A .erman Th. _. a d cr. ied.
A letter was read to the Council from Mrs R. L. Bates, Representative
of the Free Will Baptist Church, requesting permission to install gas in their
church building now under construction at 3615 Arthur Street. Rev. Brooks, Pastor
of the Church, assured the Council that sanitary facilities would be installed as
soon as possible, whereupon the matter was referred to the City Eger- and
Rev. Brooks was assured by the Council the request would be complied with.
Jack Connell, Attorney for the Wichita County Water Improvement District
J No. 2, requested the City to pay current and delinquent taxes, aggregating the sum
of $3892.88, on city owned property located in the vicinity of the Secondary Water
Reservoir, whereupon the following motion was had:
Moved by Alderman Thomas that the matter of the above mentioned taxes
against the City be deferred for further study and consideration.
Motion seconded by Alderman Cox and carried.
Moved by Alderman Harvey that the Board of Aldermen authorize the issuance
of a permit to Southwestern Investment Co. to erect a sign on a pole, between the
"`curb and sidewalk at 909 Burnett, providing the same is installed in accordance with
requirements of the City Engineer. It is expressly understood and agreed that this
permit shall expire one year from date hereof and the City may cause remobal of the
same at any time after expiration date by giving 30 days notice in writing.
Motion seconded by Alderman Montgomery and carried.
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Next cane on to be considered was the bids for the purchase of a fire
truck. The bids were as follows:
TABULATION OF BITS ON FIRE TRUCK, OCT. 23, 1952
Bidder Gross Bid H.P. Motor Delivery Date Meets Spec.
Howe Fire App.Co. $16,500.00 240 Waukesha 2400 130-150 des OK
Texas F.W.D. Co. 17,375.00 240 " " 150-180 " OK
Ahrens-Fox, Inc 17,950.00 260 " " 180 w. " OK
Seagraves Corp 17,998.50 215 Own 3600 120 w. " OK ✓ ''4404
American LaFrance
(5 man cab) 18,098.67 215 Own 3600 150-175 " OK
Mack Mot.Truck Corp 18,618.35 225 Mack 2600 110-135 w." OK
Amer.La France (a)
(semi-cab type) 17,300.00 215 Own 3600 150-175 " No cab
Ahrens Fox, Inc. (b) 16,850.00 200 Waukesha 3000 180 w. " No
Moved by Alderman Montgomery that the Board of Aldermen accept the pid
of Howe Fire Apparatus Co. for the sum of $16,500.00, upon the terms and conditions
therein stated, said bid being the lowest and best bid.
Motion seconded by Alderman Cox and carried. •
Moved by Alderman Cox that the Board of Aldermen approve and authorize
payment to the General Hospital the sum of $6499.60 for charity patients for the
month of September, and direct the City Clerk to drt}w a warrant for the same
upon like payment by Wichita County.
Motion seconded by Alderman Thomas and carried.
Moved by Alderman Harvey that the Board of Aldermen approve and ratify
the action of the Zity Manager Bill N. Taylor, for the execution of Reimbursement
Sewer Main Contract by and between Hamilton Investment Co. and the City of
Wichita Falls, Jan. 4, 1952, in the amount of $2450.59, covering Blocks 40, 41 and
42, Sixth Supplemental Addition to the Country Club Estates.
Motion seconded by Alderman Thomas and carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 224
A RESOLUTION EXTENDING TIME WARRANTS NOS. 1, 2, 3, AND 4, IN THE AMOUNT
OF $214,000.00 TO A DUE DATE OF, ON, OR BEFORE DECEMBER 15, 1952.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, (yyo'o�Is,
TEXAS:
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore issued certain Time Warrants against •
anticipated revenues, said Warrants being Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, totaling an
amount of $214,000.00, and,
WHEREAS, such anticipated revenues having failed to materialize on or
before the due date of such Time Warrants, and,
WHEREAS, it is mutually desirable that said Warrants be extended to
December 15, 1952, the same to bear the same rate of interest and on the same terms
and conditions as originally issued;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized
to enter into a contract extending the due date of the above numbered Time Warrants
to, on or before December 15, 1952, such contract to be negotiated with the City
National Bank, Wichita Falls, Texas, the owner and holder of such Warrants, and
the same are to be paid on or before December 15, 1952, under the same terms and
conditions as originally issued except for the new due date.
Moved by Alderman Harvey that Resolution No. 224 be adopted and passed
as read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Montgomery and carried by the following vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Thomas, Harvey, Cox and Montgomery
Nays: None
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RESOLUTION NO. 225
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO SIGN THE TRUCK
ROUTE TO THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.
WHEREAS, the City has designated by law a truck route through the City
of Wichita Falls and has duly marked the same, and
WHEREAS, the absence of uniform State Highway markings are confusing to
the traveling public who are required to use such truck route,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FATJS, TEXAS;
That the State Highway Department be requested to properly sign said
truck route as follows:
For routes over U. S. 287 and 281:
Beginning on Scott Street at a point where the Wichita
Valley Railway Compare- and Wichita Falls &Southern
tracks intersect Scott;
Thence at an angle nort#eastward to Indiana Avenue at
14th Street;
Thence on Indiana to the intersection on 12th Street;
Thence east on 12th Street to Ohio Avenue;
Thence on Ohio Avenue to 5th Street;
Thence West on 5th Street to Scott Avenue;
U. S. 82 is to follow the same route save and except it shall proceed from
Ohio Avenue to Scott Avenue on 6th Street.
Moved by Alderman Thomas that Resolution No. 225 be adopted and passed
as read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Montgomery and carried by the following
vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Thomas, Harvey, Cox and Montgomery.
Nays: None.
Chester Seals, Chairman of the Housing Committee of the local Chamber
of Commerce, appeared before the Board of Aldermen, asking that Rent Control
be abolished and a Public Hearing be called on Rent Control.
RESOLUTION NO. 226
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS:
That a Public Hearing be set before the Board of Aldermen on the 8th
day of December, 1954 at 7-30 PM in the Council Room for the purpose of determining
whether there no longer exists in the City of Wichita Falls such a shortage in rental
housing aecomodations as to require rent control therein.
THAT after such Public Hearing the Board of Aldermen shall make a determina-
tion of whether such a shortage exists in rental housing accomodations so as to require
rent control and certify their findings to the Office of Rent Stabilization as provided
by Public Law 96, Eighty-Second Congress.
Be it further resolved that Notice of the proposed Public Hearing be
published one time in the official newspaper of the City.
Moved by Alderman Harvey that Resolution No. 226 be adopted and passed
as read.
Motion seconded by Alderman Thomas and carried by the following vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Thomas, Harvey, Cox and Montgomery.
Nays: None.
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Moved by Alderman Harvey that the meeting be adjourned.
Motion seconded by Alderman Thomas and carried.
The Board of Aldermen then adjourned / �/
APPRUVL�D this the /0---":_day of A.D., A.D. 1952
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