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Home My WebLink About1913-04-14 MinutesrBWKH ____ ADJOURIIED_MEETING-OF THE_CIT.Y_COUNCIL_HELD_APRIL__19th,_-1913.. C .. Present.,_1da or__and- Qlerk Aldermen. _Eason Price Sour and Wright absent Aldern Cornwell_and_Phillips._Minutes_of_meeting_held_-April 7th,_1913_.were_ read_an_d-appro_v_ed,___. _------ Ald. Sour introduced the following resolution and moved its passage, towit: _ " Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas; That a Special i ommittee composed of the Mayor, the Chairman of"the Auditing Committee and the Chairman of he Finance Committee, be instructed to prepare a complete statement showing the exact financial ondi-tion of-tFe city -up to arid -including April 7th, -1913 ,and-report'-same-at--the-next-megular ____ ADJOURIIED_MEETING-OF THE_CIT.Y_COUNCIL_HELD_APRIL__19th,_-1913.. C .. Present.,_1da or__and- Qlerk Aldermen. _Eason Price Sour and Wright absent Aldern Cornwell_and_Phillips._Minutes_of_meeting_held_-April 7th,_1913_.were_ read_an_d-appro_v_ed,___. _------ Ald. Sour introduced the following resolution and moved its passage, towit: _ " Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas; That a Special ommittee composed of the Mayor, the Chairman of"the Auditing Committee and the Chairman of he Finance Committee, be instructed to prepare a complete statement showing the exact financial ondi-tion of-tFe city -up to arid -including April 7th, -1913 ,and-report'-same-at--the-next-megular ---- eeting of this Council. Chairman of the ------- - -- That--tlii-s-resolution--be-in-force- and -ef-f-ect- from -and -aft er-i-ts passage -and- all -- - - - - - esolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealedt" which o.tion was-duly_seconded.by.Ald,._Price_and_ado. ted-by_the__following_vote., QAyes_" .,_ Eason,. Price., - _ our and Wright, "Nays", none, absent and not voting Aid. Cornwell and Phillips - Carried. Tfollowingogentlemen Ald. Plright_introduced the following resolution and moved its 'passage ,towit: seconded by Ald. Price, appointed as a " Whereas, S."V.Caudle, Collector, offers to advance to the City a portion of the evenue`6oI1ected-on -the levy of -taxes for Ci-ty Hospi-tal-purposes;"- — -- -- - - - - Therefore be it resolved by the City Council, that the City Treasurer be instructed o --receive- from- said-Col-1ector-as -much-as-0500-:00-on-the-i-mi-1-l-levied-f-or-payi-ng-for -the- --- in their work, eating Plant and Plumbing for Hospital and a like amount on the � mill levy for current expenses A.M.Byrnes, W9A. f--said-Hospi-tal,--and--that-he -deliver-to-said-Co11ec-tor--receipts--for-_said-sums.,_.and. _that _said_. - _ ollector be entitled to use such receipts as vouchers in his settlement for said hospital tax s." hich_-motian_was duly by Aid. Sour and adopted by the followiOg vote, "Ayes", Eason, _seconded rice, Sour and Wright, "Nays", none, absent and not voting, Aid. Cornwell and Phillips, Carri d. Council being shown to the _Oam t that under the provisions of a recent law passed relati Ve ;_Board_of Health that sax -_members were regui.red to constitute_ said Board, thereupon the appo_inted,,,_C.A.L_'tulholland,_14.J.Reynolds,Dr. E.F.Ellis,_A.S.Gregg, W.N.Yates,_members of >ard _of,-Health,__i_ or _ e1n an o___said__ oar __-__._�reTof-ha s—q�f ce) where- -_ n__the__Council_c.onfirmed_and_approved the appointment said Board.__ - ',",_.A.Gregg., the -recently -appointed Chie_f of Police was administered the oath -require law, by -his Hon._N.F.St rman, police Judge - :ohereupon O_!._ regg, filed his bond as require aNv--._which_bond_and_secuteties- were _-upon _motio.n_o.f_ Aid. Sour,._ seconded by__Ald. Price, duly- oved by the_.Council... Whereupon _Chief_Gregg_appo.inted_A.C.Cruse_,_ as his assistance,,_ which_ intment-_was_ by the Council_ duly__conf_irmed_and_approved._ _ .--__Upon.,motion_of_Ald. Price., seconded by -Aid-. _Sour, the Special Disbursing Agent is iredto_make out his account of all money expended by him _and -submit same to the Chairman he Street_Committee for his_O.K. before the Clerk shall draw a warrant for same. ^_____It_being shown to the Council that the funds in the street and fire funds were exh it be.ing_ngcessary to carry on work in thLse_different departments the Mayor was instruct y_the-council-to__see- what -arraingmentscould be made with a_banker _banks _to_advance money to he.Ci.ty__untill_the_se.ttlement_between the Collector and _the -City is made in Upon_ -motion of Aid. Eason, seconded by Aid. Price, the Mayor appointed a Special ommittee composed_ofAld.._Eason,-Price and Wright, to_see_what_kind-of arraignments_could_be -towards.having-.the-trash. _etc., -removed from._ a. -number- of places in -the-City- which -were ___- Looked _in.the .Clean .Up Day mov_ement,_said Committee having power to hire said work done. ___-___The_May_or-appointed-_Jack_Walker and Tom Taylor,_as members of the Board of Public irs.,-to.hold__their_office-for _one_and two.years_respectively_- which -appointment was_duly Cornwell., and_ W.N.Gladson.__—- _ --- ---- -- Upon-motion_of Aid._ Price_,_seconded-by _Ald._Sour the following accounts against- ited Wconfirmed_.and . approved- by- the_ Council. ~ Upon the,recommendation of B.F.Campbell, Chairman of the Water Commissioners, the Tfollowingogentlemen were upon motion of Ald. Bour, seconded by Ald. Price, appointed as a Special Committee assist Water Commissioners in their work, towit - A.M.Byrnes, W9A. .to__the Cornwell., and_ W.N.Gladson.__—- _ --- ---- -- Upon-motion_of Aid._ Price_,_seconded-by _Ald._Sour the following accounts against- ited the City for holding the recent Election, were allowed and Clerk instructed to draw warrants for - same,_towit: R.S.Black, J.A.Fallin, H.L.Baker,A.H.Blackmer,S.T.Walker,J.M.Boyd, A.B.Lewis, R.L. _ _ 'IIITaylor,; R.F.Bell, W.N.Crenshaw, W'.L.Johnson, R.E.Fallin, J.H.Morton,_T.J.Bonds, $1.50 each, F.P. all,F ;.Martin, $1.00 each, C.O.Hansard $1.30, Fayetteville Printing Co.$5.00, Fayetteville Daily $2.50 - ,the following voting"Aye", Eason, Price, SRur and Wright, "Nays", none, absent an _ no.t v-o_ting,_Ald.._Qornw.ell_and Phillips.. - UPON MOTION COUNCIL ADJOURNED UNTIL APR. 18, 1913._ Appro_v_ed:__ `-_ { At.tes. Mor. Clerk. l— ----- REGULAR MEETING CITY COUNCIL HELD APRIL lBth,_191.3_, _ . Present.,_Mayo,r_and C1srk,_Aldermen.,_C.o.rnurc11.,_Eason.,_Pr.ice.,_P.hi111ps.,Sour and_Wrigh.t.._ —_ Absent.„ none, minutes of meeting held_Apri1-14th,-1913 wer_e_read_and_approved. _ I _ The accounts of Telephone Co._$15.0LQ-, Duggan Bros._$3.5-0_and_H.L:.Pearson.,-$51..5D.,_were_ z P7.9 read and upon motion of Ald. Cornwell, seconded by Ald. Price, same were referred to _.. the dating Committee for their investigation and report._ l' The Special Committee lieretofo.re-ap_-,)o.inted to_make_rep.or-t_o.f the_l'ininc.ial_c.ondi.tion_o ,- the_Ci.ty submi.t.ted-their_re.por-t.,-which_ivas_r.ead and_upon_mo.t,ion-ref.erred_f o -r fur-ther-ac-tion.. y-- -_ _The_Commi.t.tee_he.r.e.tofor.e_appoin.ted-to-make-con_trac-t-wi-th-some one-to-f-ini-ah-r-ernowi-ng---�. jthe rubish from the "Clean Up_Day",_reported that they had_make_a_contxac.t_with,-",7.E..Wallace_to— w: r_emoye�said rubish for the sum_of_$_ S5 which_re.po.r_t_,vas_upon_moti.on_o,f Ald.._So�.xr,-se.c.onde by__Ald.j_Price,,accepted by_the Council.. �' In obedience to an advertisement for bidders to put in sidewalk in front of the Robert = __,,prop grt on Prairie Avenue, the Clerk reported the_following bids_filed_vith him, t.or�it.: Joe_Le an_" -------- and-T.Snook,,_and when opened_and_zoad-same we.7e_as_follov�s.:_Lehman,,_13 cents_pe.r s.quare_foot.,_ [Snook 15 cents per square foot, whereupon Ald. Sour moved that the said contract be awarded to __.Joe Lehman, he being the lowest and best bidder, which motion was seconded by Aldo Eason, and the - __contract duly awarded to Joe Lehman. _ ,-__Upon_motion_o.f_Ald.-Price.,-s.eoonded_by_Ald. CormAell.;.the_Light (lommittee_were_instrur- ed _ ' i to take up the matter of removing the wooden poles•of the Electric.light Company around the Public _ ___4Square-gnd having iron poles installed instead. a _- Rev. Davis appeared before the Council and.asked for a light to be installed in front ____.of the."MIssion Chapel"._.._on_South_College_Avenue.,_ivhich_matt.e.r was_refer.red to-the_Ligh.tSommitt.e... l'-" s -�Ald. _Sour tiled and presented to the Counei_1 the petition of A.B.Stone, Ewing Webb O.L.Rogers, A.A.12hoon, J.C.Bell, H.L,Harris, Clyde 'Walters, J.F.Johnson, H.O,SBink, W.Armstrong, J.B. J.B.Clalrk, W.P.Clarke, R.L.Vaughan, Wm. Lehman, Wm, Armstrong, A.C.& M.R.RCo, J,E.Suttle, D.W. ,__EI�Snook and F.W.MacCune,-praying the Council to take steps for making a local improveme nt �Reed IF by -lay Fig. of _a_loc.al_imp.ro_v_ement district for the_pur oae of pa_v_ing the follo_wig �I avenues, towit - "School Street from '"ountain Street to the South city limits and __-streetsl�and airie'.Avenue -from. School._Stree.t__to_t • - + emetery-street+�; and it being shown to= the Co unci