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Home My WebLink About1947-05-12 MinutesI. 11 the following voted: ve: Hale, Adkisson, Harlan, Bohe, Oilliams, Whitfield, White and Gray. Nays: None. Pereupon, The Mayor declared said motion duly passed: Said ordinances to which no amendment was offered read as follows. ORDINANCE N0.9-1-4. AN ORDII4ANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE N0.913, DECIARIKg AN EMERGENCY, AND FOR OTHER POSES. • • BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE.* ARKANSAS: SECTION I. Section 1 of Ordinance no.913 passed Dndthe 28th day of Apri1,1947 is ereby amended to read as follows: "Section 1. An election is hereby called to be held at, he usual polling places in the City of Fayetteville.on the 17th day of June, 1947, for he purpose of determining whether the City of Fayetteville shall issue the following - egotiable bonds: $75,000.00 for the purpose of constructing additions to and remodeling he city hospital, and $500000.00 for the purpose of purchasing fire fighting apparatus nd purchasing a site for and constructing bmildings for housing of fire fighting appata- us. Said bonds shall be payable as hereinafter set forth, bear interest at the rate of wo and one half per cent (2i-) per annum and be dated September 1,1947, but convertible o a lower rate of interest on such terms that the City shall pay and receive substan- ially the same amount of money as upon a two and one half per cent (2 y/o) bond isste. aid bonds shall be secured by a levy not to exceed two (2) mills upon all .real and per- onal property in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, for -:each year of the years 1947.to 981, inclusive." SECTION 2. It is ascertained and declared that hospital and fire fighting acilities in this city are inadequate to protect the health and safety of the citizens o he city and that improving and adding to the hospital and fire fighting facilities is ssential to the health and safety of its citizens. It is, therefore,.declared that an mergency exists, and that this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation f the public peace, health and safety and that this Ordinance shall take effect and be n force from and after its passage. Passed may 3, 1947. Approved: Mayor Attest: y Gibrk T,,,ere being no further business, alderman Hale moved to adjourn, sedonded'by lderman Adkisson; which was duly passed by the Council, and the Mayor declared the ouncil adjourned. 14, Attest :0,6 Approved: �- ,1 A Mayor, ayetteville City Council met in regular session, Monday, May 12th, 1947. resent: Mayor G.T.Sanders, City Clerk J.W.McGehee, City Engineer E.T.Brown, City Atto rice Dickson, aldermen; Hale, Adkisson, Hail§n, Bohe, Williams, Whitfield, White,and Minutes of the regular meet ng of April 28th,and the called meeting of May 5th, were ead and approved. The following bills were presented after hai^man of the auditin comm 4te ichard Greer 1.50 om �V'iiliams .E.Swift 45.96 Hiram Gabbard .H.Hester 25.00 Arlie Clark el.bert Hester 22.60 Harold Dudley ene Putman 25.00 Oran Dudley arl. Lower 25.57 Harris Service Sta has Tackett 25.57 Houston Taylor ige Gabbard 25.00 Fay.Printing Co. hester Stephens 25.00 Kelley Bros Lbr.Co .E.Boyd 25.001 dazns;Flower Shop ouis Store 25.00 Ltjitk W ter Plant .E.Stone 25.00 Lewis �ros CP Teen Byrd 25.00 Ark.11estern Gas Co. en Yount 25.00 Okla Tire & Supply om Williams 28.00 G.T.Sanders• rlie Clark 28.00 G.T.Sanders iram Gabbard 25.00 Rogers Else Co. arold Dudley 25.00' Read's ran Dudley 28,00 Abshier-Bryan ewer Construction Fund23.04 S'K Gas & Electric Co .H.Hester 25.00 Bob's Cafe elbert Hester 22.60 Twin City Sign Co arl Lower 25.00 NW.Ark Times eroy Baker 25.00 Harris Sery Ste red Martin 33.00 Clint Spencer ene Putman 25.00 Cook Paint & VaBnish ige Gabbard 25.00 Fay.Lbr & Cement Co hester Stephens 25.00 Houston Taylor .E.Boyd 25.00 Lewis Bros Co.. . ouis Stone 25.00 Lee Skelton .E.Stone 25.00 Ellis Poore reen Byrd 25.00 Ray Davis en Yount 25.00 Fay Tire Exchange their approval by alderman Williams, $280'00 Phillips Motor Co. $$18.70 25.00 Ark.Fuel Oil Co. 16.47 28:00 Fay. Lbr & Cement Co 17.34 25.00 Harris Sery Sta 9.50 28.00 Fay Printing'Co, 19.90 80.95 Price Oil Co.' 5.00 18042 Green Chev Co. 36.74 16.96 Dyke Lbr Co 32.64 3.16 Whitfield Motor Co 45.63 4.08 Lewis Bros Co. 1901 3.76 Lyons Machinery Co 33.69 5.46 Hilton Bros 1.34 88.43 Standard Equipmt Co 277.37 7:36 Cities Service 36.96 1050 Phillips Motor Co. 51.11 94050 Fay Lbr & Cement Co. 4.89 280'00 Harris Sery Sta 149.59 3000 Smelser & Eason 4.20 31.53 Scott Machine Works 125.00 5136'51'Fay Printing Co. 28.90 170'40 Whitfield Motor Co 13.95 29.00 Lewis Bros Co. 4.29 87.40 Abshier-Bryan.' 8.07 2.10 The Service Co. 97.04 20.67 SVI.Gas & Electric Co 155.86 2.04 Fay Lbr & Cement Co 126.80 55.13 Link way Stores .31 8.44 Ark Western'Co 60.85 1002 Lewis Bros Co. 5/42 12.00 Dyke Lbr C,o. 5.31 12.00 Johnson P,umbing Co. 11.76 12.00 Kelley Bros Lbr Co. 50.65 17.25 lderman Adkisson made a motion that the bills be allowed as approved, secondedvby alde hitfield, which was regularly passed by the Council. 116 PetitionlA Petition of property owners on Prospect Street, was presented by the Clerk, asking t of rospect,.now designated as part of Highway No.45, be widened and paved, or that the hi proprty e rerouted; after discussion alderman White made a motion that the Council appn.ve the owners etition, and that the Mayor be instructed.to write a letter to the State Highway Depar on 'requesting theifcooperation in the matter, this motion was seconded by alderman.Gray, a Prospect{as passed unanimously by the Council. 9 . .G t y I . t Mr.Benton appeared before.the Council with a request that the license fee for Reqest bowling alleys be reduced,after discussion, alderman Whitfield made a motioh thea ,the Ciiy to ?ttorney be instrdctdd to prepare an ordinance, making the license fees $15.00 r the lower first four alleys, and 57•.50 for each additional alley, this motion was seconded by alderman fees ohe, and was passed unanimously by.the Council. for b.alleys The petition of property,owners, asking that the north 15 ft of South Streeit 1,etween Church and Locust Avenues, be abandoned, came up for a hearing, and after discus ion, denied alderman Hale made a motion that the petition be denied, this motion was seconded by ald r - request inan Cray, and was passed unanimously by the Council. . to abandon The petition of the property owners, asking that an alley between Mission 6treet and Olive Street be closed, and abandoned, came up for a kearing,-after discussion, alderman Gray made a motion that the petition be denied, seconded by alderman Williams, hich was passed unanimously by the Council. referredto The petition of property owners, asking that the east end of the alley In St.Com. block 18; Original town be abandoned,came up for a hearing, after discdssion, alderman Plilliams made a motion that the matter be referred to the Street Committee, to confer with Mr.Callison to see if some satisfactory agreement could be reached on the proposition, tis I otion was seconded by alderman Adkisson, and was passed unanimously by the Council. No Perkin Tie Mayor stated that he had a letter from Mr Baker, of the Highway Departent, from sking that something be done to relieve the bottleneck on Highway no. 71, in the vicinity mt, to rof the Court -house, after discussion,a.lderman Williams made a motion that the City Attorney Meadow be instructed to prepare an ordinance, establishing a " NO PARKING AREA" on the west side of College Avenue, from Mountain Street to Meadow Street, this motion was seconded by alder- man White, and was passed unanimously by the Council.. No parkil Alderman Gray made a motion that a " NO PARKING AREA" be established on the wTst on Is�de of Duncan Street from Dickson Street to Putman Street, this motion was seconded by Ilder Duncan an Adkisson, and was passed unanimously by the Council* St. The need for a'"NO PARKING" one.one side of Sbhool*Street from Dickson to Sprdng [them treets came up for discussion, and alderman Williams made a motion that the matter be re- ferred to the 9treet'Committee to contact the property owners in that block, and inform that one side would have to be restricted for parking, and see if an agreement could Abe reached as to which one would be acceptable to the majority of the property owners, this otion was seconded by.alderman Adkisson, and was passed unanimously by the Council. Mayor The Mayor stated that he had some requestSto purchase a road gr4der, belo gm to sell ing to the Airport, after discussion, alderman Whitfield made a motion that the Mayor be grader authorized to sell the grader on sealed bids, this motion was seconded by alderman Hale, and was passed unanimously by the Council. Alderman Bohe introduced an Ordinance, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING TERRI- TORIES ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE BY ORDER OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNING SAID TEREITORIES TO WARDS, AND FOR OTHER. PURPOSES. The Ordinance•was read in its entirety by the Clerk, alderman Hale made a motion that the rules be suspended, and the Ordinance placed on its second reading, this motion was seconded by alderman White, and was passed unanimously by the Council. The Clerk then read the Ordinahce the second time,'and after discussion, alderman White made a motion that the rules be further suspended, and the Ordinance plat on its third and final reading, this motion was seconded by alderman Gray, and was passe unanimously by the Council. The Clerk i;hen read the Ordinance the third and final time. The Mayor then put the question " Shall the Ordinance pass? ", and'on roll call by the Clerk, the following vote resulted; Ayes: Hale, Adkisson, Harlan, Bohe, Williams, Whitfield, Wh1,4te, and Gray, and the Mayor declared the Ordinance passed; as there vers 8 Ayes. And no Nays Alderman White made a motion that the emergency clause be admpted, this motion was seconded by alderman Whitfield, and on roll call by the Clerk the following vote re suited; Ayes: Hale, Adkisson, Harlan, Bohe, 14 �illiams,•Whitfield, lihite and Gray's And the Mayor declared the emergency clause adopted, as there were 8 Ayes. and no Nays. ORDINANCE NO. 9-1-5. AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING TERRITORIES ANNEXED TO:THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE BY ORDER OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WASHINGTON COUP?TY, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNING SAID TERRITORIES TO WARDS, ARID FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, at the annuEll election held iii the City of Fayetteville on the first Tuesday in April., 1946, the qualified electors of the •City of Fayetteville, Arkansas voted to•annex certain territories to the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas and the City o: Fayetteville, 9rkansas pursuant to the results of said election filed its petition in t'. County Court of Washington County, ArIcansas, and thereafter on June 119 1946 the bounty Court made an order in said cause and certain remonstrants appealed to the Circuit Cour of Washington County, Arkdnsas, and Whereas, in the hearing in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Arkansas an agreement satisfactory to'all parties was reached and -the Circuit Court of Washington County, Arkansas did on May 7, 1947 amend the order of the County Court of �4ashington County, Arkansas and upon'amending the said order, the appeals of all remonstrants were dismissed without objection and the cause remanded to -the County Court of Washington County, Arkansas for the purpose of completing the annexation procedure, and ( ORDINANCE N0. 915 continued) WHEREAS, the County Court of Washington County, Arkansas did on May 12,1947 make n order annexing the territories described in the order of the'Circuit Court to the City f Fayetteville, Arkansas and the County Clerk of Washington County, Arkansas has forward ranscripts of the proceedings to the Secretary of State and to the City of Fayetteville, NOW, THERFaRE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OPUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE: Section 1. That the territories described in the order of the Circuit Court and hat of the County Court on remand, -the description of which is hereby adopted and made part of this Section as fully and to all intents and purposes as if set'out herein ord for word , be annexed to and made apart of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. .I Section 2. All of that part of said territory lying douth of Center Street and Center Street produced, and west of College Avenue is hereby assigned to and made a part of Ward Number One of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas: all of that part of said terri- tory lying west of College Avenue and its extension Northward along United States Highway IiTumber 71 and North of Center Street and East of the Frisco Ttailroad right of way is here assigned to and made a pant of Ward Two of the City of Fayetteville.. Arkansas: all of tha territory lying East of College Avenue and the extension of College Avenue Northward alon United States Hughway Number 71 to the extended City limilts is hereby assigned to and mad part of Ward Three of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas; and all that part of said ter i�itory lying West of the Frisco Railroad right of way and North of Center Street and .Cemt Street produced is hereby assigned to and made a part of Ward Four. Section 3. It appearing that a special election is to be held in the City of ayetteville, Arkansas, on June 17,.1947, and that qualified electors residing in the ter otory annexed to the City of Fayetteville should be assigned to dards in order that they ay exercise their privilege as qualified electors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, n emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and ffect from and after its pasage and approval. Passed and approved this 12th day of May, 1947, Before going into the hearing, City Attorney Price Dickson disqualified himself as City Attorney, since he was interested in the Northwest Arkansas Transportati Lines, Inc. and alderman Whitfield made a motion that O.E.Wil.liams be employed as Spedia Attorney for the hearing, tllis?-metion was seconded by alderman Gray, and was passed unan imously by the Council. After hearing both sides of the proposition presented by their respective attorneys, the Mayor put the question " Shall the Certificate of Public Con- venience and Necessity be granted"?, and on roll call by the Clerk, the following vote resulted; Ayes: Hale, Harlan, Bohe Whitfield, White and Gray.,Nays : Adkisson and Vli1- liams. And the Majcor declared the certificate granted, as there were 6 Ayes and 2 Nays. q `1 ,�` J1 �� •r'a' �'f tl'lr.. �7 t�:. �1 _ JI- - �, 1. .n '•l.� ... .. _. m '� ...1 _J.� �� )i 1. .1 - ;�n Attest Approved City Clerk Mayor There being no further business, alderman Williams moved to adjourn, seconded by qLlderman Adkisson, which was duly passed by the Council, and the Mayor declared the ouncil adjourned. Attest Approved /L$..� er . Mayor Fayetteville City Council met in regular session, Monday, May 26th, 1947. Present: Mayor G.T.-Sanders, City Clerk J.W.McGehee, City Attorney Price Dickson, City Engineer E.T.Brown, aldermen; Hale, A(9kisson, Harlan, Bohe, Williams, Whitfield, White and Gray. Minutes of the regular meeting of May 12th, were read and approved. The follwing bills were presented after their approval by alderman Williams, chairman of the auditing committee: Green Byrd d$25.00 ester $25.00 Arlie Clark ;$28.00 Gerald Watson 22.60 Delbert Hester 22;60 Hiram Gabbard 25:00 Ben Ypunt 25.00 Carl Lower 25:00 Harold"Dudley _ 25:00 Tom Williams 28.00 Leroy Baker 25.00 Oran Dudley 28:00 Arlie Clark 28.00 Gene Putman 10.26 H.E.Swift 39:91 Hiram Gabbard 25.00 Teddy Baker 9.12 W.H.Hoster 25.00 Harold -Dudley 25.00 Fred Iviartin 9.00 Delbert Hester 22:60 Oran Dudley 28.00 Lige Gabbard 25:00 Carl Lower 25.00 T.C.Hood 1.50 Chester Stephens 25.00 Leroy Baker 25.00 SW.Gas &, Electric Co.25.09 .E.Boyd 25.00 Teddy Baker 25.00 Ellis Poore 25.00 Louis Stone 25.00 Fred Martin 33.00 Frank Johnson 25.00 A.E.Stone 25.00 Lige Gabbard 25.00 Lee Skelton 25.00 - Green Byrd 25.00 Chester Stephens 25:00 Bailey Feed Co. 63.04 Ben Yount 25.00 R.E.Boyd 25000 Cities Service Co. 36.30 Gerald Watson 25.00 Louis Stone 250'00 Washington Co Tret CO 2..40 Tom Williams 28.00 A.E.Stone 25.00 Tri -City Sign Co. 57.80 Alderman White made a motion that the bills be allowed as approved, seconded by alderman Bohe, which was regularly passed by the Council. NW.Ark The application of the Northwest Arkansas +vansportation tines, Inc. Tr"nsport- for a certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate a passenger bus line a.tion Lines within a radius of five miles of the City of Fayetteville; came up for a, hearing, and granted there being two -protests filed against it, Viz: The Crown Coach Company and the Universi pe mit City Lines, Inc., being represented by their attorney, Cligton Wade, Before going into the hearing, City Attorney Price Dickson disqualified himself as City Attorney, since he was interested in the Northwest Arkansas Transportati Lines, Inc. and alderman Whitfield made a motion that O.E.Wil.liams be employed as Spedia Attorney for the hearing, tllis?-metion was seconded by alderman Gray, and was passed unan imously by the Council. After hearing both sides of the proposition presented by their respective attorneys, the Mayor put the question " Shall the Certificate of Public Con- venience and Necessity be granted"?, and on roll call by the Clerk, the following vote resulted; Ayes: Hale, Harlan, Bohe Whitfield, White and Gray.,Nays : Adkisson and Vli1- liams. And the Majcor declared the certificate granted, as there were 6 Ayes and 2 Nays. q `1 ,�` J1 �� •r'a' �'f tl'lr.. �7 t�:. �1 _ JI- - �, 1. .n '•l.� ... .. _. m '� ...1 _J.� �� )i 1. .1 - ;�n