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Home My WebLink About1939-12-18 Minutes7424 0 ank Yard iscussed ign Con- ract for ime-ston Wov esoluti o not if 1I. Gas Electr o. opy of otice To file suit in the • Fayet!eville City Council met in regular session, Konday, December 18th, 1939. Present: I.:ayor, A.D.McAllister, City Clerk, J.'".I.IcGehee, City Attorney, Price Dickson, City Engineer, E.T.Brown, aldermen; Beonsmn, Carter, Gregory., Hosford, Pealj Sanders, Shook and Ucker. a • binutes of the regular meeting of December 11th, were read and approved. The following bills were presented ,after their apprival by alderman Peal,.chairman of the auditin corm�,ittee:Jackson Cafe 010.60,Northviest Ark Times ;22.38, Ozark Grocery Co.?0.4Q, Bohe's Grocery 5?1.02, Suttle Service Station,3.87,J.'lJ.IlcGehee, Clerk $�3.15,,Compres,sedl Industrial Gases Co.$6.93,Arthur Cassatt 75.04,The Automotivr Inc. $1.32,Arthur Coureto $11.20, Lime Products Co. y?17.80,Ben Porter $20.00, Elmer Boyd X7.20', Hugh Pool ,?10.00, II.IaI.Bare ti10.00,J.I.Holcomb P;I.FrG.Co.(j4.54,A..F..Shumate X22.50, Otho Shumate, N12.00, Willis Wilcox 612.00, Grover Wages $31.20y Bill I,4orris 114.40,Ben2'une $14.40,John Shaffer w4.8 , Elmer Boyd ;3.60, and Herschel Holloway 0114.40. Alderman Bronson made a motion that the bills be allowed, as approved, seconded by alderman Shook, which was regularly passed by the Council. f Tr The following reports for the month of november were read by the Clerj ic: V.James Ptak, as Polie Judge, A.D.McAllister, as Ex-offioo Chief of -Police and as Ex -of icio Chief of the Fire Department, Clyde Walters as Building Inspector, Roy Nix as Sewer Se vice Collector,and J.W,I.IcGehee as City Cleric and as City C61lector, alderman Sanders made amo- tion that the reports be received and filed, seconded by alderman Peal, which was duly passed by the Council. A TwIr Kessman of Little Rock came before the Council and requested a Permit to 'establish a Junk Yard at the location_ known as the McCoy Coal yard on Prairie Avenue, b t after discussion it was decided that the Council would not be in favor of granting the Permit until they were assured thatthere would be no objection from property owners, ne.r-by who might be affected: Alderman Carter made a motion that the Street Committee be authoNized to. make 9a contract for Lime Stone to be used by the Rock Crusher, contract to be drawn by the City Attorney, and that the'Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to sign said contract,'th$s motion was seconded by alderman Shook and received the unanimous vote of the ouncil. C ' The Clerk,read a card of appreciation from the Theo Burns' Family for the flowers sent, in their recent bereavement. Alderman Gregory introduced the following Resolution, and alderman Bronson its adoption, seconded by alderman dregory, and on roll call by the Clerk, received the following vote: Ayes; Bronson, Carter, Gregory, Hosford, Peal, Sanders, Shook and Ucker Nays: None. And the Mayor declared the Resolution adopted, as there were 8 Ayes., and ni R E S 0 L U T I 0 N. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAY111TTEVILLE,ARKAI?SAS, UTHORIZ11'r- 711E LiAYOR TO GIVE STATUTORY YOTSCE TO THE SOUTIr.'ESTERIZ GAS to: ELECTRIC OI.PANY OF STS IIITENTIO11 TO PURCFJISE TRE ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEATsAlmPOI:lER PL:TT i?OG! MiV IMG THE CITY. ''':`HEIiEAS,The City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, deems that Vtill be for the best interestssof the City and its citizens for the City to acquire electric light, heat and power plant now servingsaid City and to operate it as a mun ipal plant; and WHEREAS, said present plant is owned by the Southwestern Gas & Electric ompany, a corporation, and the statute requires that the municipality give the utility ompany notice of not less than Ninety days of dts intention to make such purchase for ne ,just compensation, and the damages, including severance damages, if any; K0l,mT-17TREnORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Fayettevi kansas, that the Mayorrof said City be and he is hereby authorized and directed to gil e statutory notice to the owner of said electric light, heat and power plant now cervi is city. C O PYO F i? O T ICE SOUTHVIESTERN GAS & ELECTRIC COLiPANY Dear Sirs The undersigned, as Mayor of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, iuly authorized by the City Council of said City, hereby notifies ,you in writing of the intention of said City to purchase the electric light, heat and power plant now serving I :ity and owned and operated by ,your Company, for a just compensation and damages, includj severance damages, if any, either by agreement with ,your Company or under the terms and londitions of purchase and sale as may be determined by the Department of Public Utilitiq Kindly acknowledge receipt of this notice,and advise us what date will suit 'or the negotiation. Yours very truly, CITY OF FAYE^1TEVILLEvARKAIISAS I.Ia yor . The question of DELINQUEhTS to the Sewer Disposal Plant was di@gusgedp and alderm Gregory made a motion�Eha he ity Attorney be instructed to file suit against all p xviners, who will be delinquent as much as Twelve (12) months on January 1st, 1940s this 'sans seconded by alderman Peal, and received the unanimous vote of the Council'. isposal There being no further business, alderman Bronson moved to adjour,seconded by a anders, which was duly passed by the Council, and the Mayor declared the Council adjou �TTESTgi � CITY CL EK APPROVED 10 M. _IMYOR. moved > hays . , a id so rty ion f l