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Home My WebLink About1961-02-13 Minutes50 L I Pa P C 1 The City Council of Fayetteville,•Arkansas, met in regular session on Monday, January 2 1961, at 7:30 P.M. Present: Mayor Guy E. Brown City Clerk George J. Davis, City Controller Albert J. Jone City Attorney Bass Trumbo, 6ity Engineer W. Co Smith, Chief of Police Pearl Watts, Fire Chief Burl Skelton, and Aldermen: Short, Smith, Thomas, McClelland, Hatfield, Christie, and Walker.•Absent: Alderman Burgin. The minutes of the regular meeting on Monday, January 9, 1961, were read and approved. cense The City Clerk read„a proposed License Agreement on home real estate at the Lake Segpgy eement Lakesite which the Cihy had purchased from the Bowen Estate. ster After a brief discu"ssion, Alderman Hatfield moved to accept the proposed License Agreem nard. and that the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized to execute said License Agreement with Mr. Chester P. Leonard and Cleo Oneta Leonard, husband and wife, on a year to year basis and under terms specified in the License Agreement. The motion was seconded by Alderman Short and passed unanimously. oint The Mayor reported that he had a letter of resignation from Mr. Jim Phelps as a member rest the Fayetteville Planning Commission and the Mayor recommended the appointment of or to Mr. Forrest Palmer to fill this vacancy. nning Alderman Short moved to accept the recommendation of the Mayor and appoint Mr. Forrest mission.Palmer as a member of the Fayetteville,Planning Commission to the vacancy created by t resignation of Mr. Jim Phelps, the term of office expiring January 1, 1966. The motion was seconded by Alderman Christie and passed unanimously. There being no further business, Alderman Smith moved to adjourn: The motion was secon by Alderman Walker and passed unanimously, whereupon the Mayor declared the meeting adjourned. pp APPROVED: �q TTEST WVISt CITY CLERK GEORGEff, he City Council of Fayetteville, Arkansas, met in regular session on Monday, February 961, at 7:30 P.M. resent: Mayor Guy E. Brown, City Clerk George J. Davis, City Controller Albert J. Jone ity Attorney Bass Trumbo, City Engineer W. C. Smith, Chief of Police Pearl Watts, Fire hief Burl Skelton, and Aldermen: Short, Smith, Burgin, Thomas, McClelland, Hatfield, hristie, and Walker. Absent: None. he minutes of the regular meeting on Monday, January 23, 1961, which had been mailed t ach of the Aldermen, were approved. eport Mr. Webb Williams, Chairman of the Library Committee, appeared before the Council and new gave an up-to-date report on the proposed new library building. He reported that the racy, final plans and specifications for the new library building would be ready to let the contract about April 15. Reflectors & Ilights too be repaired at Airport. Amending of Green River Ord. referred to Com. b 3 c ertise r s on olice s. Aderman Hatfield reported that some lights and reflectors on the runway at the Municip irp¢rt had been damaged and needed some repairs and might need some new ones. lderman Hatfield then moved that the City Engineer be authorized to investigate the unway lights at the Municipal Airport and to make whatever repairs and the purchase of ew ones that were needed. he motion was seconded by Alderman Burgin and -passed unanimously. long discussion was had concerning the amending of Ordinances 1153 and 1160 by requir alesmen going from door to door, itenerant merchants, agents, etc., to post a bond wit he City Clerk in addition to the present requirements of those ordinances. lderman McClelland moved to refer this to the Ordinance Committee. The motion was econded by Alderman Christie and passed unanimously. derman Short reported that the Police and Fire Committee had recommended the purchase ree new cars for the Police Department, two three wheel motor vehicles of the Cushman pe for the meter reader and meter repair man, and a new car for the Fire Chief,all eq derman Short then moved to advertise for bids on three new cars for the Police De-p� th a trade-in of the three old cars now in use according to plans and specifications rnished by the City Engineer, and purchase to be made by the City Council. e motion was seconded by Alderman Walker and passed unanimously. dv. for Alderman Short then moved to advertise for bids on two three -wheeled vehicles of the bids on Cushman Type with a trade-in of one old three -wheeled motor car for use by the meter two reader patrolman and the meter repair man, plans and specifications to be furnished by 3iwheelers.the City Engineer and purchase to be made by the Council. The motion was seconded by Alderman Smith and passed unanimously. dv. for Alderman Short then moved that the City Engineer be further authorized t prepare plans bids on and specifications for a new car for the Fire Chief with a trade-in of one old car now ew, car in use, and advertise for bids, final purchase to be made by the Council. 'ire Chief. The motion was seconded by Alderman Burgin and passed unanimously. Purchase Alderman Christie reported that a Mr.Lloyd Thurman had offered to sell to.the City a of truck used Dodge truck which is in first class condition (having been run approx. 13,000 mile for for the sum of $3000.00 and the Street Committee had recommended the purchase of this St.Dept. truck. After a brief discussion, Alderman Walker moved that the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized to purchase the truck described above for the sum of $3000.00 to be paid out of the Street Fund. The motion was seconded by Alderman Short and passed unanimously. F doption of Alderman Thomas moved to adopt the Budget for 1961 as presented in the book by City Budget Controller Albert J. Jones subjedt to the provision that all personnel increases and 11961* capital outlay be held in abeyance for additional study. The motion was seconded by Alderman McClelland and passed unanimously. U pped with wo-way radio•e•:Y I ToRa4e four Alderman Walker reported that the Parks Committee had recommended that the four north cabins at cabins at the City Park should be torn down and moved. Cit Park. After a brief discussion, Alderman Walker moved to accept the recommendation of the Parks Committee and raze the four north cabins at the City Park and to authorize the City Attorney to serve notice to all occupants of these cabins to move within 30 days, from irate ditnotice. The motion was seconded by Alderman Smith and passed unanimously. Thr®e. Alderman McClelland reported there were three easeiyents remaining to be purchased for easements the raw water line between the Lake Sequoyah Pump Station and the Mt. Sequoyah Filter for raw Plant, water line to After a long discussion, Alderman McClelland moved to negotiate a settlement for the be negotiated. three remaining easements not to exceed the sum set by the appraisers. The motion was seconded by Alderman Walker and passed unanimously. There being no further business,, Alderman Short moved to adjourn. The motion was sato by Alderman Walker and passed unanimously, whereupon the Mayor declared the meeting adjourned. APPROVED: �c �t ATTEST: J� he City Council of Fayetteville, Arkansas, met in regular session on Monday, February 2 Regular 1961, at 7:30 P.M. session. Present: Mayor Guy E. Brown, City Clerk George J. Davis, City Controller Albert J. Jones City Attorney Bass Trumbo, City Engineer W. C. Smith, Chief of Police Pearl Watts, Fire Chief Burl Skelton, and Aldermen: Short, Smith, Burgin, Thomas, Hatfield, Christie, and alker. bsent: Alderman J. E. McClelland. IA long discussion was had concerning the acceptance and assigning to Wards of the (territory recently annexed to the corporate limits of the City by the County Court of ashington County but action was deferred until a later date. Alderman Hatfield reported that it would be necessary to hold a special session of the Council on Tuesday, March 71 1961, for the purpose of receiving and opening bids on the construction of a building at the Municipal Airport. Paymen to The City Controller reported that the sum of $14,896.87 was due the Cannady Construction Cannady 0onst. Co., Monett, Missouri, on Estimate No. 7 under terms of their contract on the Airport Co. of onstruction and he recommended this amount be paid. $14, 96.87. lderman Hatfield moved to authorise payment to Cannady Construction Co. in the amount of ;14,896.87 under terms of their Airport Improvement Contract with the City of Fayetteville. IThe motion was seconded by Alderman Smith and passed unanimously. here being no further business, Alderman Smith moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Alderman Walker'and passed unanimously, whereupon the Mayor declared the meeting adjourned. APPROVED: ATTEST: I GUY (iW1Q, MAYOR GE DAVIS, CITY C ERK Phe City Council of Fayetteville, Arkansas, met in special session on Mondavi March 7, Special 119610 at 2:00 P. M. CST. (( Session Present: Mayor Guy E. Brown, City Clerk George J. Davis, City Controller Albert J. Jones and Aldermen: Short, Smith, Burgin, Thomas, McClelland, Hatfield, Christie, and Walker. Absent: None. I he Mayor reported that the purpose of the meeting was to receive and open bids on the Bids on construction of a building at the Municipal Airport for the FAA offices and to discuss FAA Building. the purchase of a street sweeper, and that all members of the Council had been notified by U. S. Mail and by telephone, The bids on the FAA Building were opened by the Mayor and read by t..: Architect Paul Young. Contract Contract} IIp"'ona� the tabulation of the bids it was found that the bid by,BSweetser Construction Co., awardedito Sweets ayetteville, Arkansas, at 46,917.00 was the low total base Uid., Const. Co. After a brief discussion, Alderman Hatfield moved that the contract for the construction of the FAA Building be awarded tcSweetser Construction Company, Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the total sum of $46,917.00, subject to approval by the FAA and the approval of the erformance bond by the City Attorney and evidence of proper insurance. he motion was seconded by Alderman Short and passed unanimously. Copy of the Bids Bidder Address Total Bid B. Sweetser Construction Co. Fayetteville, Arkansas $462917.00 Tune Construction Co. " " 49,643.00 Brennan -Boyd Construction Co. It '_' 50,600.00 Partin -Johnson Construction Co. it '-' 48,350.00 1` . E. Armbrust North Little Rock, Arkansas 56,200.00 Beckman Construction Co: Fort Smith, Arkansas 58,888.00 Fraser -Patterson Co. " It " 580900.00 W. H. Patterson " " " 612150.00 ,0