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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1930-06-16 Minutes1 509 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, HELD JUNE Uth,1930. 16 PRESENT, The Mayor,T.S.Tribble, Clerk J.C.Massie, Attorney V.James Ptak, Engineer E.M.Ratliff; Aldermen John Bynum, DonFuller, C.T.Harding, Clem Pearson, Roy Scott, J.F.Stanford, S.S.Stepri tf y?Pya����i Absent R.F.Wages, THE MINUTES of the meeting of June 8th, 1930 were read and approved. THE FOLLOIVING BILLS against the City,properly approved,were allowed and ordered paid and the Clerk was directed to issue warrants for the same,on motion by Alderman Fuller, seconded by Alderman i I Harding, passed by the unanimous vote of the members present,and so declared by the Mayor; i i Printing FIRST CLASS CITY: J.G'.Shelly $p42.50, Ozark Filling Station $40.00;and $8.20; Central Auto Co., $2.85;Earl Willia ,A3.00• Ideal McKennon $7.50;D&H Stores $7.55; Ben Porter $18.75;C.E.Pierce $100.00JFayetteville Co., 614.75;P1m.L.Bleecker :17.00. The Clerk reported the discovery of a document bearing date of June 19,1905,grantingj to Fayetteville,the rights and privileges of a City of the First Class,which had not been recorded in the minutes of the City Council,whereupon frldonnan* it was ordered that said !document be entered of record, and filed. A copy is as,follows;- OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS. June 19, 1905. The Board of Municipal Corporations met et the office of the Secretary of Sdhbe, present,Attorney General Robert L. Rogers,Secretary of State O.C.Ludwig,and State Auditor A.' ,Moore. The application of the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,Washington County, Arkansas,praying that said Incorporated City be raised from a city of the second class to a city of the firat cess, under.the laws in such cases made and provided,and the said application being duly attested by the Mayor and Council of said city and the same being ' ac ompanied by satisfactory evidence that the city at the time of the presentation of this application had more than Five Thoudand bona fide residents to -wit five thousand three hundr I and twenty-six and it appearing to the Board that said city council had in all things complied I with the requirements of the law, it is therefore ord ered by the Board that the said City of lithe Second C1ass,Fayetteville,Viashington County,Arkansas, be,and the same is hereby declared) jto be a City of the First(Calss),and as such is entitled from this date to exercise all the rights and privileges given and granted to Cities of the First Class under the laws of this State. And the Secretary of State is hereby directed to furnish the City Council of said City la certified copy of this Order. I Robert L. Rogers,Attorney General. Avery E. Moore,Auditor of Sddte. ( SEAL OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE O.C.Ludwig, Secretary of State. OF ARKANSAS) hlALKS ONI A petition,asking for an order for the construction of sidewalks along the North side 17ATSON I!3TRO of Watson Street was presented,whereupon Alderman Scott moved that the City Clerk be,and he is i i directed to issue the necessary orfers directing the owners of lots 1,16,17,18 in Watson (Place and of the East half of Lot 7, Block 8, County Court Addition to the City of Fayettevil.l to build concrete sidewalks along their said holdings where the same *bsl**" abut upon Piatson Street. Alder;ian Fuller seconded the motion which received the following vote;ayes Aldermen I' (Bynum, Fuller, Harding, Pearson, Scott, Stanford,Stephens; nays none; absent and not voting Alderman Wages,and was declared passed by the Mayor. I Correction Alderman 43earSon presented a resolution directing the Clerk to correct the minutes of ,of Minut1s !of meeting the meeting of the City Council held on the day of ,and moved its admption. Alderman Scott seconded the motion which received the following vote; ayes Alderman Bynum, Fuller, Harding, Pearson, Scott, Stanford, Stephens; nays none; absent and not votingii Aldarman Wages. The Mayor declared the motion passed and the resolution adopted. A copy is atlPst+ as follows;- ko 16V �"i'n/ RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, on the day of the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,Arkansas,by resolut duly adopted,did authorize the Mayor of said City to sign a petition for .the creation of an Improvement District for the purpose of constructing a water line leading from the mains of said City to the Aviation Field and the Country Club;and WHEREAS, said resolution was not entered of record and has been lost or mislaid,and WHEREAS, by authority of said resolution,the Mayor od said City, T.S.Tribble, •has signed said petition NOW THEREFORE 0BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TH7 CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,ARKANSAS: SECTION SECTION SECTION SHELLY'S LOCATION OF POLIC'' COURT: That the signing of said petition by T.S.Tribble,as Mayor of said City,be, and the same is hereby,approved,and adopted as authorized by said City Council as fully as if said above mentioned resolution had been placed of record as.it should have been, in the minutes of sai Council,held on the day of That the City Clerk of said City be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to complet and correct the said minutes by writing in the margin of the record of said minutes,a refe hereto. That this resolution is in lieu of said lost resolution,and shall take effect and be force from and after its passage and approval,and that all resolutions in conflict herewith be,and the same are hereby,repealed. Clem Pearson Passed and approved this 16th day of June,1930. Approved; T.S.Tribble, Mayor. Attest; J:C.Massie, C ity Clerka report showing 178 blocks cleaned during the week,was presented and ordered filed. After an exhaustive discussion of the matter of housing the various departments of the City government, motion was made by Alderman Pearson moved that a room for the use of the Police Court be rented,in the Wade Building at $5.00 per month,and that the rooms in Court House be retained for use of the Water Plant,the City C1erk,City Collector,gn33 the Council Chamber,the Water Plant to pay $20.00 per month on the rent. A1dPrman Stanford seconded the moyion,which received the following vote;ayes Aldermen Bynum, Harding, Pearson, Scott, Stanford, Stephens; nays none; absent and not voting Aldrmen Fuller and Wages. The Mayor declared the motion passed. No further business appearing, Attest; City Clerk. the Council adjournedon motion duly passed. Approved; Mayor.