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Home My WebLink About1910-02-24 MinutesWISH 611 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, HELD FEBRUARY 24, 1910. �r Present i _Mayor and Clerk Atsept '.-__Alderman_Sedwick.-___ - Aldermen_- Appleby, Jobe,__Phillips_, Sour and Suttle, 7.7inutes of meeting held February 10, 1910 were read and approved. pet.ition_o.f_G_.E..Norwo.o.d_,_et_al-,-re_quest.ing -that -_a.-wa.ter_ma.in_.b.e_put.-in_a.t_cros _,of:;lillow.Street_and the__Huntsvill e road was -read and referred to__the_Water Committdeners. _ -The resignationof_iio-n,_T.J.Hight as_-a_member of the-_Boar.d_of-.As,s.essore..for Water- Imp.. _ !District No. 1,..of the City_ of_Fayetteville_,_P.rka.n_sas, was pre sented.,_read and accepted.. The following_accounts were filed, read _and -referred to_the Auditing Committee, towit: Eke Burkett., Welch McClanahan Fayetteville Printing_ Co_. and_J.p[,Bishop.___ rY _ Aid. Suttle from the Finance Committee reported the_followirg.reports of the City_ Officers -for the month of January, 1910, examined and found correct as follows, towit "..�.F.S --- -an,_ P. - e_,dudge, fines_ collected,__$146_.20;.-VI*F. St.irma.n.,_P_ol.i.ce-.J.udge,. dog tax col- lected, $35.00, Police Judge, fines assessed and riot collected, $63.00; L.E.HollardSpecial Disbursing Agent, amount expended $ 256.04; W.A.Gregg, Chief of Police amount received and collected faom all sources 8304,70*. which reDorts are on motion.accept_ed_and approved -and -- -- —'"- ordered filed away_ Aid.. Phill-ips__introduced_ the _followingOr_dinance.,_to.wit.:_"An-Ordinance - _to protect- Service rotect_ Servicealves,ire Hydrants other _______ _propertybelonging to- the_City�Vdter Plant said Ordinance was read the first time; on motion cf Ald. Appleby the rules were suspended and said Ordinance was read the second time; on motion of Aid. Sour the rules were further suspended and.said Ordinance was placed upon its third reading and final passage, the question being shall the Ordinance pass ? The roll was called and those voting " Aye were, Aid. Appleby, _ -,Jobe, Sour, $uttle_a,nd Phillips, " Nays_" none_,_ absent and not _voting _Aiderma.n Sedwick, same - receiving a majority of all members elected to said Council was declared to be passed and a copy of which is as follows _ T --- ---- •---------- - ^- -- ----- ---- -- -"-- Ord -finance No— 278.--- ---------- - - An Ordinance to protect service boxes, vales and fire hydrants and other property be. -------^•longing-to-the City -Water -Plant -of Fayettev-ill-e-, Arkansas- Be rkansas Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. _._,___Tha.t-hereafte.r__it-.shall- -be-unlawful--for-any-person or-persons--to--remove or --cause -to- be removed any service box which is now set or may be set on or over any water service line leading into any_residence_,-lot or_block or other _place- not herein-me_nt.i'oned._ ---� 1 _ That all persons or person engaged in the corratruction of side walks in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, be and are hereby required to carefully keep all service boxes_ in pro -1 "per -place with'in-th-e`-curb-1-ine -of -all side walks and- in such'm nner that the box will be direc ly over the curb; and be true and straight and the lid or opening of said service boxes to be - -..flush-w-ith -the-surface-of--the side walk. yY - - - y g con- Be it ordained further, that should an contractor or street commissioner find that an -_-„serv_ice_box_will-be. left -too -far inside -of_ any---walk--or-too- far outs-ide -of an walk during struction of same, or should service box be too low, he will at once notify the Sup. or his assistant of the City _.Nater Plant of the requirement_ to make such service_ boxes confdrm__to thee, That any person who shall vdolate any of the prvisions_ of this ordinance shall be dee -'- ---"gili t of`a misdemeanor and -shall be -fine-of- - - _ ,� Y punished -by a not less that five dollars and not J ore than ten dollars. - - --Passed- and approved -this Feby .-24; 1910. W.H .Rollins; --Mayor-.- Attest: -Loy Bishop t - - City Clerk. " Alderman Phillips introduced an Ordinance to protect Fire Hydrants, which was read the first time, on motion of Aid. Sour, the rules.were suspended and said _Ordinance was read the Isecond time, on motion of Aid. Sour the rules were further suspended and said Ordinance was placed upon its third reading and passage, the question being shall the Ordinance pass ?_The roll was called and those voting ” Aye " were Aldo Appleby, Jobe,_Phillips, Sour and Suttle,_ "Nays " _ None, absent and not voting Alderman Sedwick; same_receiving_a_majority of all membe s elected to the Council was therefore declared to be passed and a copy of which is as follows. 162 " Ordinance No. 274, An Ordinance. to protect Fire Hydrants in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. — Be--It-Ordained--by the -City -Council df -the City -of Fayetteville; -Arkansan That any person or persons other than the Supe rintendant or his assistant, or some +person author-ized-bye-the--Superintenda:t, or membersofthe Fire Bypartment-while- in -discharge -of - their duties at fires, or testing hose or for any other peason pertaining to the Fire Department ,who shall. ,open,- close,.-or_.molest any -Eire Hydra nt-f.or-pur-po.se_of-spainkling--;.tree-ts- or any- purpo whatsoever bhall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Be it further ordained -that -no person be allowed to open or_ -close any Fire_Hydrant--wi a, monkey wrench, chain Wrench, pipe wrench or any other device other than those provided for suc ,!use and,kept by the Superintendant of the City Water Plant or the City Fire Department. -"- "- That -any person found guilty of violating any of -the provisions of"'this Ordinance sha be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not,exceeding ..twenty fire -dollars. i- - -- ---- - -- - - -- ---- --- -- --- -- t. Passed and approved Feby. 24, 1910. W.H.Rollins, Mayor, At£est :-Loy Bishop, City C „ Alderman Sour from the Auditing Committee reported the,follow_ing accounts examined an fdund correct, towit rl erk" _ -On motion,of_Ald__Suttle _all ._o_f said bills _except the account --o f J.fd.Bishop, were _vo-t d- upon and allowed and {Clerk instructed to draw warrants in payment for same. Bishop_' -s_ accountA wal withdrawn owning /)Pf/ to the strenous and lengthy objection of the Hon. Alderman Suttle. The appointment of Jim Henry, as Night Watchman by the Chief of Police was by ,the Council confirmed. ,_� _motio aCo.unc.il._adj.urned.._-__- Attest City Clerk. _ _ Aj; pro_ved_-: --.. Mayor. t.i I REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IMD MARCH 31 1910. Present Mayor_cnd _Clerk - Aldermen Appleby,__Jobe, Phillips Bout and Suttle - .Absent Alderman Sedwick. 1 Minutes of meeting held February 24, 1910 were read and approved. ,_17_.A..W inkler, appe.ar.ed_I e_fore—the iCopnicilin regard to -work ing-a_ certa in near the �Vl�jite_M.ill__ _which- matter was referred to__the_.treet Com ittee_. _- - fit E+C. it7' - - Alderman Appl.eby.ifiled and presented to,the.Council the-pet-ition-of--Mrs. Geo. Appleb - J_L.Carlile, J.J.BaggettMrs..-V.K.McCraken, Mrs._J,Wythe Walker, q,W.Cha.se.,--Al_Simco, Mrs. T.G. _p _ Phips and Wm. Fulbright, praying the Council to take steps for making a local improvement by laying off and establishing a local Improvement District for the purpose of grading, rolling_a_nd macadamizing with stone -and _g'ravel and properly curbing and guttering all that^part_of LaRayatte Avenue from its junction with Dlive Street in the City of Fayetteville, West to Collee '. Avenue Avenue; that said Improvement District embrace all of that part of East La Fayette Avenue above described /7'$t,/ being the South half of Blocks 3 - 4 - 5 - and 6 and the North half of Blocks 7 - 8 - 9 and 10 Masonic Addition of said City_as_shown upon the Plat of said Addition aid that said Improvement District be known as East Lafayette Avenue Improvement District No. One ' and it being shown to the Council that more than ten of said petitioners are resident owners of real estate within the proposed Improvement District, Alderman Appleby_in_Pursuance of said peti tion int educed Ordinance No, 275,__entitled, Ar._Ordinance Laying off certain territory within the corporate limits of -.the. -City -of Fayetteville, Arkansas, -.into an Improvement District, designi, t -