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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1933-12-26 Minuteslof Fayetteville City Council met in rpirular session Monday, December 18, 1933. Present:l Favor T_, S. Trilble, City Clerk Otos Phillips, City Attorney Virgil Ramsey, Aldermen Rynum, Carter, Gregory, 1lardinF, Peal, Sanders, Stanford, Absent; Aldprman Wages, Minutes of the regular meeting held December 11th, 1933, were read and anrroved. Rills: The following bills were nresented after their anP.roval by Alderman Peal, Chairman of the Auditing, Committep; D. A. Burson $20.00, S. 17. Gas & T;lectric Co. $314.10, $n.RO, ?0.405 $8.22, Bob Day x„7.50, Allen -Strain $ 2.00, Ben Portepr $15.00, A. F. Shumate $18.0 Alderman Hardinrr moved that the bills be allowed as arlproved•and the Clerk be instructp to draw warrants for same upon the Proper funds. The motion was seconded by Alderman By num and received the unanimous vote of the Council.. Flpctric By notion of Alderman Sanders, seconded by Alderman Bynum, and duly Passed by the Coun- Maris; cil, the request of High Life Sales Go. to install two electric signs and the request of Arksinsas Ice & Cold Storage Co. to install one electric sign was Franted, same to be according to snecificHtions .furnished and under, sunervision of the City Insonctor, Aldprman Bynum asked the Council to order a grade for sidewalk established at; the Mrs T?. F. Fllis property on the corner of Vlhitham and Doutrlax Streets, also qt the John By num Property, 604 Douglas Street. Aldermar HardinF moved that said grades he ordered established. Alderman. Grpr^ory seconded the motion which carried unanimously. Petitions ast:inF the Council to decline to call a special election for the nurr.osp of votinrr bonds for the building of a City Hall signed by a number of nroverty owners •:rere Presented. Alderman Carter moved that the Petitions be received and filed. The motion was seconded by Alderman Grer^ory and received the entire vote of the Counci.l.. Aldn^man Grerrory reported on the Progress made in the opening of the Fast, end of Dick- son Street, stating that a lot may be purchased from the Len raves Estate and the Joe Manuel house moved on same, using CCIA labor, for approximately ?2n0.00. Alderman Hard- infr mlade a motion that the report be accepted and that money enough he set aside from the Street Fund to Pay for the lot and the expense of moving the house. Alderman Peal seconded the motion which Passed unanimously and the T(avor so declared. Alderman Harding moved that the Council adjourn till Tuesday, December 26th, 19'3, Alderman Stanford neconded the motion which was duly Passed by the Council, and the 1.'ayor declared the Council adjourned till Decemher 26th, 19713. Z, (e4v Attest; d� City ClerT . Arrrroved Mayor. Favpttpvill.e Cit,r Council met in regular session Tuesday, Decemher 2Fi, 1933. Prpsnnt:l flavor T. 1). Tribble. City Clerk Otoe Phi.11.ius, City At';ornpv Virrril. Ramsey, Aldermen A-mun, Carter, Grprrory, Harding, Peal, Sanders, Stanford, and Vrnfres. Minutes of the regular mentinrr, held December 18th, 1933, were read and approved.. Ri'.'rs: "'hp follo•aing bills were Presented r.fter their annroval by Alderman Peal, Chairman of the Aud7ting Committee: G. G. Dation ?'2.50, T3oh Day ^'2.50, Service Foundry Co. x$,,19.50, S. B. Hanna a;3.5n, F. P.t. Ratlif` 4;15.00, Ben Porter ,].5.00, A. F'. Shumate a,"+"+18.00. Alderman Harding moved that the bills he allowed as anr:)r•oved and the Clerk he instruc- ted to drzri warrants for same upon the Proper funds. The motion wa^ seconded by Alder- man Carter and received the unanimous vote of the Council. The resirrnation of J. 1. Scott as a member of the Board of Commissioners in. Improve- ment Dis'.rict No, 43 was Presented. By motion of Alderman Sanders, seconded. by Alder - Tian Rvnum,'and dulv nassed by t}e Council, the rosiFration was accpn_te.dI The Favet^telrilln Ice Co. asked Permission to irstal.l an electric sign r:t the Castle Luncbooneti;n on North Collerre Ave., furnishing necessflrlr silpcifications. By motion of Aldnrnar Sanders, seconded by Alderman 1lardirr, and duly par•spd by tee Council., the. nenmitl was nrantnd, same to be i.Tnder sunervision of the City Inst�ector. Aldol»man Gregory made a notion which was seconded by Alderman Vlarres that the Ordinance Corm-litten he requested to draw un an ordinance amending and revising Ordinarce No. 750 therelhv nl-icintr motor vehicle license fees on the same basis as of the years prior to the year 1933. On the question beine put, before the Council the following vote resul.te Aires : Carter, (.rprrorry, hard irrr, Peal, Stanford, Vrares . Mays : Bynum, Sanders : The i<Tanor declared the motion carried am, there were 6 Ayes and 2 Nags. M=nror Trihble told the. Council of the death of a child of 17. P. Pavne who is in desti- tute circumstances wind unable to furnish necessary burial expenses, and stated that th Comer furnished a casket; and that he had Purchased ground in the L'verrrreen Cemetery for the hurial of the child, the lot costing },5.00. Aldprman Carter mored that the Cit nay this 4=5.nn out of the general fund. Alderman !"apes seconded the motion which rer.eivnrt the entire vote of the council. Ordinanc.: Alrlerrian J. P. .Stanford introduced an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to amend Ordi- rancp Yo. 750 of the Ordinances of the Citir of Fayetteville, Arkansas; To Provide the regulations for assessing; and collecting an annual nrivilere license tax on all. motor vehicles owned and/or operated within the corporate limits of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and for other ournoses". The ordinance was read tree first time in its entire- ty by the Clerk. Alderman Vlages made a motion that was seconded by Alderman Gregory that the .rules be suspended and the ordinance he Placed on its second rpadi.ng,. Uuon the question hpinrr nut before the. Council it, received their unanimous vote and the Clerk read the. ordinance the second time. Alderman Hardinrr moved that the rules he further susPenrred and the. ordinance placed on its third and final reading, The motion was see- orided `'•y Aldenman Carter and received the entire vote of the Council. The Clerk then read the ordinance the third ,and. final time. lip. payor then rut the question "Shall the Ordinance nass". On the Clerk's n:illinr•.t.he roll the foll.owinq vote rnsu.l.t�d; ■ 1o2 Ares; Carter, Gregory, Ha��dinp, Peal, Stanford, and Wages. Plays; Byrum, Sanders. Ahsent and not voting: Nonr. The Mayo declared the Ord.i.nance ressed as there were 6 Ayes rind 2 Nays, Ordinance No. 764, An Ordinance to he ,entitled "An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 750.of the. Ordi- Winces of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas; To Provide the regulations for assess- ing and collectinfr an annual privi.leFe license tax on all motor vehicles owned and/or operated within the corporate limits of the Citv of Fayetteville, Arinnsas, and for other purposes". Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas: Section One: An Ordinance to amerd Ordinance No. 750 of the Ordinances of the City of Fayettevil.l,e, Arkansas, to read as follows: That from and after the Passage and apuro- val of this Ordinrr_ce, all owners of motor driven vnhi.cles owned arfd/or oreratod with- in the corporate limits of the City of Favetteville, Arkansas, shall Pay an annual. privilege license tax fon the Privilege c" using the streets of said City, said liConsi shall begin and expire with the calendar year, and shall he due and payable on the 1st day of January, 1934, and on the 1st day of January of each year thereafter: Pro- vided all owners shall be allowed 1.0 days grace in which to buy license., whether they he old residents, new residents,.or new owners of motor vehicles, the time shall. he calculated to begin at the time said license would have been due had there been no time allowed. Section Two: On each Automobile and Motorcycle owned and/or operated within the corpo- rate limits of the City of Fa;;etteville,. Ar'•ansas, used for the sole purpose X of oleasure and carrying Passengers, shall pay an annual P.rivilefe license tax of x$5.00 Per calendar year for the year that said licenses were issued. Section Three: On each truck owned and/or operated within the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, shall pav an annual nriviletre license tax nt the rate of $5.00 for each ton capacity of said truck i -e a ton tuck license shall be t,5.00; 1 ton truck $10.n0: 11 ton truck '$15.00 etc at the same ratio. . Section Four: On each car used for hire as a Taxi shall pay a privilege license tax for the privilege of using the streets of said City in the sumof y25.00 per annum for each calendar ve>.ar. Section Five: The City Collector shall issue no license Plete to any npplicant for a less our, than the annual license fee for such vehicle: and. any person owning and/or operating any motor vehicle described above without halvine'comnlied with all the pro- visions of this Ordinance shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction before the Police Judr•e sha1:1 he fined in any sum not less than the. amount of the li- cense tax due, nor more than double the amount of such license, and shall also he re- quired to buy the license. Section Six: The nrovisi:ons of the Ordinance are hereby declared to be cumulative to the Citv Ord i.nances now in force and repeals only the Ordinances and parts of Ordi- nances in direct conflict herewith, this Ordinance shall take effect and he in force from and after its rassaae, antiroval, and Publication. Passed and approved thi^ the 26th clay of December, Annroved: T. S. T.rih})le., Mayor. Attest: Otoe Phillips, City Clark. Published in Fayetteville Daily Democrat December 28, 193:,, Alderman Peal moved that the Council adjourn. The motion was seconded by Alderman.. Hardin'm and received the entire vote of the Council. The Mayor 'declared the Council lxd.journed. i At, _:est : Au)?roved ; C iftyl C 1e rk . — - "e'_ p.1 a yo�?�' Fayetteville --- Fayetteville City Council met in regular session Monday, January 1st, 1934. Presett; Mayor. T. S. Tribble, City Clerk Otoe Phillips, City Attorney Virgil Ramsey, Aldermen Bynum, Carter, Gregory, Harding, Peal, Sanders, Stanford, Wages. B Minutes of the regular meeting held December 26, 1933, were read and approved. Bills; The following bills were Presented after their approval by Alderman Peal, Chairman of� the Auditing Committee; Ark. Western Gas Co. $3.47, Bob Day 3.50, Henry Walker, Clerl x$3.40, Thomas & Son $7.80, Ben Porter $15.00, A.`F. Shumate 8$18.00. Alderman Gregory moved that the bills he allowed as approved and the Clerk be instructed to draw warr- ants for same upon the prover funds. The motion was seconded by Alderman Harding and received the unanimous vote of the Council. A bill was presented by Homer Elkins for x$8.95 repairs on car injured by running over a stop sign. After discussion, Alderman Sanders moved that the bill be allowed. The motion was lost for want of a second. No further business Alderman Bynum made a motion that the Council adjourn. Alderman Carter seconded the motion which carridd unanimously and the Mayor declared the Council adjourned. Attest; mx Approved; ZLYr� City C'er . Mayor. i-1