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Regular meeting of the City Council
held November, 30th, 1925.
PRESENT:
The Mayor, Clerk, Aldermen Drake, Harding,.Mintun;. Phillips, Pricw, Wages; absent None.
MINUTES: ts110
the minutes ofX the/previous meetings were read and approved.
BILLS:
The following bills 9gainst the City having been approved by the Auditing Committee were
allowed and ordered paid, and the Clerk was directed to issue warrants for the same, on motion
made by Alderman Harding, seconded by Alde-man Price passed by the unanimous vote of the Council
and so declared by the Mayor.
BILLS•
Jim Mitchell, $18.00; Andrew Munds,.$24.00; John Zillah $158.75, Wages Brothers Construction Co.
96.89; J.H.Phipps Lumber Co. 2.65; W.L.Crouch, 2.15;
GRADES:
The City Engineer was instructed to establish grades as follows; For sidewalk on Douglas
between 4'lhittham to Leverett, on Whittham between Douglas and Taylor;
For paving Alley'in Block 28 from College Avenue to the Alley running North-South.
This action was taken on motion by Ald erman Harding, secmnded by Alderman Price passed by the
unanimous vote of the Council and so declared by -the Mayor.
REPORT:
The report of the City Collector for the Month of November, 1925 was presented and on
motion duly made and passed was ordered filed.
EXTENSION OF TIME:
The request of A.R.Kendrick for extension of the time for laying Gutter on
School Street was denied.
CITY ENGINEER
was instructed to inform the Arkansas National Bank where and to what amount they
' would be allowed to get dirt to fill over their Oil Tank, in the alley North of their building.
7 NORTH COLLEGEAVENUE PROJECT:
B.R. Davidson presented the proposal of the Citizens on North College
Avenue for extending the paving North to the City limits; this matter was referred to the City
Engineer for a report at his earliest convenience
RESOLUTION:
Alderman Harding introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption. This
motion.was seconded by Alderman Price and received the follwoing vote; Ayes Aldermen Drake,
Hardimg, Mintun, Phillips, Price, Wages; nays none absent and not voting none and was declared
passed by the Mayor.
K" �/�. ,��� REODRUTION.
WHEREAS:
On the 19th day of October, 1925 there was filed.with the City Council of the City of
Fayetteville, Arkansas, a petition purporting to contain a majority in value of the owners of
' real property within Watre Improve•ent District Number Two of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas,
WHEREAS:
On the aforesaid date, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,
Arkansas, Alderman Harding moved that the City Clerk of said City be directed to cause to be
published a notice that a hearing to determine.whether said petition did in fact contain such
majority on the 2nd day of November, 1925, which said notice was so published;
}UMEAS;
' At the meeting of said City Council held on the 2nd day of November, 1925, no data was
provided whereby it would have been possible for said Council to so determine;
WHEREAS:
said City Council failed to provide by motion or otherwise for the continuation of said
hearing;
WHEREAS:
On the 23rd day of November, at a regular meeting of said City Council a resolution was
duly passed directing the City 6lerk to. cause to be published a notice that said petition had been
so filed and that at a meetimg of the City Council to be held on the 7th day of December, 1925,
said petition would be heard for the purpose.of determining whethersuch majority of said owners
of real property in said Improvement District had signed the same; AND
WHEREAS;
it is now ascertained that said notice does not provide the full two weeks notice, as is
required by the laws of the Htate of Arkansas in such case made and provided;
Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
That
the City Clerk of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas be, and he is hereby directrd to cause to
be published in some newspaper published,..and having a general circulation -in the City of
Fayetteville, Arkansas, once a week for two.weeks, a notice stating that said petition has
been so filed with said City Council, and that a.hearing will be had.on the same at a meet
ing of said City Council, to be held on the 21st day of December, 1925, at 79.30 P.M. there
of, in the office of the Mayor, at which meeting it will be determined whether such
majority of said owners of real property within said water Improvement District Number !'wo '
have signed said petition.
C.T.Harding.
Passed and approved.this 30th day of November, 1925.
Attest; J.C.Massie, Clerk. Approved; Allan M.:Wilson, Mayor*
the Council adjourned to December 8th 1925. '
No further business appearing, e � ,
Attest; App
,, ,� _ Approved;
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Clerk..
WW Mayor,
REGLAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD
DECMEBER 7th, 1925.
Rresent; the Mayor, Clerk, Aldermen Drake, Harding, Mintun, Phillips, Price, Wages.
MINUTES of the previous meeting were/ read and approved.
BILLS: The following bills against the City having been approved by the Auditi ng Com-
mittee were ordered paid and the Clerk Was ddrected to issue warrants for the same, on
motion made by Alderman Harding, seconded by Alderman Mintun, passed by the unanimous '
vote of the Council and so declared by the Mayor;
Jim Mitchell, .$18.00; Andrew Munds, $24.00; C.W.Winkleman ( Fire Dept.) $50.00; James
Dinwiddie, Inspection fees, $37@00, Ozark Fillligg Station $6.00;Gibson Oil Co. $12.00;
Heerwagen Bros. Co. $6.74;Southwest Bell Tel. Co. $21.96; Southwest Power Co. $1.00 and
$393.25; J.W.Shelley. $6.00; Democrat Pub.. Co. $87.84;Lewis Bros, Co. $8.80; Ozark Fill
ing Station $16:10;John Zillah, $65.00; Heerwagen Bros. Co. $3.00; Thomas & Son, $6.50.
REPORT OF POLICE JUDGE was on motion ordered filed.
WALNUT STREET Complaint about the obstruction of, referred to Street Committee.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS Annex No. 1 to North College Avenue Improvement District No,
One was pr•>sented to the Council, and.on motion by Alderman Harding, seconded by AldPryA
man Drake <wss corder.ed mec61ued,a:f115d&iaie'sp're'adlc6f"record tlie':motiiin'�tiierefor'. being;
pGaye��da ;b^t//rrby nth e,, followingyyote,; ayes. Adermen, Dral�eyg(Hardng,� rM3n_tuny; cEhillapa,}�
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P, �ice,al�yagyp ;, nay; , ngne;_ absent,,.and;yno.t, voting_rnone;,,and., so--de_clared 1byl;the-<_May,.,ar.lsys
A COPY OF SAID REPORT APPEARS OF RECORD ON PAGE 1115 OF THIS RECORD.
�PPROVAL: A1derman,.Mintun ,introducetid the fokk( RR `ng Traesolutionrand• moved its adoption.
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Alderman Drake seconded the motion which received the following vote; ayes Aldermen
Drake, Harding,-eMintun, Phillips, Price, Wages; nays none; ahsent and not voting none,
and was declared passed by the Mayor. '
` r\r RESOLUTION.
\ WHEREAS, at a meeting of.the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. pled
held on the 7th day of December, 1925, there was presented to said City Council by Geo.
Appleby, Bert Watson and J.H.Phipps, their report as the Board of Improvement for Annex
number One to North College Avenue Improvement District Number One of the City of Fay-
etteville, Arkansas, together with the plans and specifications of the work to be done
in the construction of the contemplated improvement in said Improvement District, and
WHEREAS, said report was read in open meeting od said Council, and the said. Plans