HomeMy WebLinkAbout1918-11-15 Minutes5.1
R-egular Melting City'Coir:ncil held Noveaber 15,1918.
- -` Present Clerk-,Ald Cornwell;Harding;Massie;Steghene:-Absent Iliay`ir;P.a�.-Ambreae.
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Aid Massie moved that Ali Harding act a.a president Pro T•ea which was duly sec by Ali
» S-tephend,resulted in the- fallowing -vote. Ayes -Ald Cornwell eHa.rking,Vasske,Stephens ;Na.yes
ndne,Absent and not voting Ali Ambross,Clerk declared the motion adopted.
The miinutes of the,premious. meet.ing-was--r-ea.st,and--approved.. _..-- __ - -
Aid TLaseie moved that the reports of the City Officals for the month of October
that have been O.K. by the F_inw_ce Commiiitee-be received and filed,which ws.s_duly se-
Ayes-Ald
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- by"Ald'Stephens,resulted in the following vote Ayee Ald Cornwell, Ha.rding,14assie,St.ephenp
Pla.yes.none,Absmt and nst-vdting'Ald Ambrose,Mayor declared -the motion adopted.
- - - -The ####### fellowIng +are -the- Reports- -Che if- of`Police F"roes"Cel $41- 50 -,--License Cil
„ $144.25, House Rent Col $15.00, Total Aint'Col $200.75, Police Judge Fines Col $41.50,
Street -Tax Col -$3 OO;Tatal-Amt Co 1 $44.50, C1ty Weigh-Moseer Amt Cel -$9:00,
Ald Cornwell s�oved to allow the Acct against the City for the month of October that
have .bee,.n 0•K.by-Audit-ing.-Committee.,and-wareante- drawn- _f.or.--same,which-was- duly -see -by -
Ald Massie,resulted-in 'the 'following vote Ayes Aid Cornwell ,Harding,Massie,Stephens,
» 2layes none,Absemt an.d'not vsting,Ald Ambrose;Mayor-_decla.red the motion -adopted, and -
the commiittee'han'ded in the fel.lowina a.ccts,towit: Ark Ssntinel $2.50;N,W.Ark.Lbr.
Co.$21:50;4W6'F6Stirman .75je',W:L:Crouch $3.90,Fia-y Gas & El.ect.Co.$225.60, Kansas Oil
». -ref.Co.$7.05,,F6,y Hiw:Ce.$15-.-45, Washington- Co:Hdw♦Co:$3690. T,hdis,s &--Son $2.65,
Magnolia Pet.Co.$12.50, Goss Electric S hop $2.25, Piyan Motor Co.$2.00,
Ali Massie-moved--that--the C -it y accept -the proposition--of--the Fay Gas & Elect Cr -
as'to Street Lighting'as shown in the following of June 21,1918 addressed to Merra
_ - CoI'"we ll,mass ie ana_liarding the__Light_-Comm i.ttee,rea.ding a,s--follevm-,---------- ---- --- --
" As regr-rd the street lighting contract we wish to adv.ise that we can furnish this
_service with all lamps burning from_d_usk to -midnight at the__follow.ingLprices, _
» 100 candle power lamps r$1#### 1.65 per lamp per month
60 " o " $1.00 n u n n
.he Reeve prices are for lamps burning each and every night instead of on the moon
light schedule as provided in the old contractmnee expired.,
-For- lamps used in - -the -ornamental-sfandard's-around `the Sgraare and on Dixon St. the
price would be the same as at present viz,:
_60.16att lamps-- :_______-$1.-10-per--lamp--per-month- --- - —
100 n. o '$ 1.50 n n " it e --- ---
Aid C9rnwe1l Sec the mot ion,_v_ste was taken' with the f811owing_,resuit.,Ayes-Ald-Cornwell. ---
" Harding.Mas sie,Stephens,*?ayes none,Abse.nt and not voting Aid Ambrose,Mayor declared
the motion adopted.
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- Ald It�Iassie moved that -the e;yor aoointi a �iminiEtee from-ikie Council to center with
the Commissioner6'of +,lest Lafayette Ave Imp.Dist, 11a.l. in regard to the improvements
-- -of said-district:wh-ich- wa:s-duly=sec-by-A3d-Stephens; resulted--in•-ihe fallowing vote,
Ayes Aid Oarnwell,Harding .Mass is Stephens,Nayes none,Abeant and not voting Aid Ambrose,
Mayor declared the motion.-adopted_and-appo.anted-Ald--Maseie-,Stenhens- and- Ambrose as -the
committees. , .
Aid Harding introduced an Ordinence-re.gulating-excavat.io.ns_in._the.Streets and--
Alleys of the City of Fayetteville which was read the first time.Whereupon Alt ha.rding
moved that the rules be suspended and the Ordinance be placed on its second reading,
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-' - sec by Ald I,4assie,-resulted-in the-follewinB vote Ayes Ald Cernwell,Hardin¢,Ma.asie,
Stenhens,Nayes none,Ab sent ad not voting Aid Ambrose,Mayor declared the motion adopted
_ .» , on motion Counci-ljadjourned-: ----- -- --- -- - - - -
Approved: Attest:
President_.Pro-_Tem..- - - - — - - - - --Clerk• - -
CALLED MEETING CITY COIINCIL HELD NOVEMEER 25 1918.
Present Mayor,Clerk,Ald-Ambrose-,Hard-ing-;Massie,-Stephens-,Absent-Ald-Cornwell. ----- ---- -
This meeting was called -for the purpose of electing a successor to Dr Yates as
City Health Officer:iv_hereupon-Mayor ,Phillips a,ppe.in.tsd,.Dr_C.,B.,Pad._dock as -City
Health Officer in the place of Dr Yates,deceaeed.Ald ?.lassie moved that Council confirm
the appointment of Dr Paddock as City Health Offfcer.,which ws.s duly secby_.Ald_Harding. --_-.
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resulted in the• fall-9-1ving`vote Ayes Aid Ambrose,Harding,Massie,Stephens,No.yes, none,
absent and not voting Aid Cornwell Mayor declared the appointment of Dr.Padd.ock as
--ca.ty-Hea.lth-Off icer--. - -- ---- --- ----- - ---- -- - --- - - - --- --
Mr Phillips handed'in his resignation is Alderman from the -virst Ward,effective
October 15th,1918._wher.eupon-Ald.Massie-moved -that -the-Council-accept-the resignation-
' of Mr. Phillips as Alderman from the Firbt ;9a.rd,which was duly sec by Aid Harding, resulted
in the following vote,Ayes Ald Ambroaemiiarding.,Massie,$bephens_,Na,yes__nene,Ab.sznt-_and--
" not votingold Cornwell,Mayor declared the motion adopted..
Aid Ambrose moves that the Mayor apeint a Committee fromthe -Y Council of two members
- - - - - - to draft resolutions of; respects in memory of'Dr-Yatesdebeased bity Health Officer,
which was duly sec by Aid S "tephena,reaulted in the following vote Ayes Ald Ambrose,
-� - --- Harding, Mas siemStephens;Nayes-none;Absent-and-not-vating Ald--Cor'awell,Veyor declared
the motion adopted rind appointed Aid Ambrose and Massie as the Comtittee.
», Aid Mssie moved that -the -Mayor -apps -int three--members-from the -Council with -the
Mayor to consult with the County Judge in regard to a Circle Road to be built around
Fayetteville, which was duly sec by Aid Ambrose, result ed_ in -the -fallowing vote,Ayes-
Ald Ambrose,Harding,Ma.s.oie,Stephens,Ne.yes noen,Absent and not voting Aid Cornwell,
I declared the motion adopted and appointed AidMas _.sie,Stephen_a- and
-Harding as -
the Cammiitte;e. -
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The foiewing report was handed in Towit:
--- - Report of Special Committee on City Park-Imprsv`ementi.- --' -
- - Your coaniitee,charged with the duty of inspecting the improvements made at the
-_ spring###- in City-Park4and--o-f-maxong recomendation-as to �the-poyment by -tKe City of
Fayettecille of a part of the expense of the same,submits the following report:
- _ We visited the--p4rk,found--a-large-amsunt-ef-excavation-and•conerete-work had -been ---
done,and that the ge neral Plan and design of the work was good.
The execution oP_the-evident-n12n seems -to hav_e_fallen short.of the intenetion of
tLe designer,a.nd possibly on that,should not have been accepted.
In vie v of this fact,and of the additional
__facts that-,.
first The -Property is of private ownership:
second,The City council was not consulted in advance ?s to the improvement: and
third,`i'ha:t-'1't 1-8--wfth-great difficulty that the revenue11 s of the city are forced
to meet the neceasary demands unon them:
your coli###Vt.1eCommittee .recomends that the