HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-04-02 (special called)57
Called Meeting
of the
Euless City Council
April 2, 1968
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor W. G. Fuller call'ed the meeting
to order at 7 :20 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Euless City Hall with
the f o l l o w i n g Councilmen in attendance: Messrs. Frank Douglass, B i l l Byers,
Bobby Fuller, Harold Samuels and 'Don Warren.
Also present were City Manager C. J.
Griggs, City Attorney James Cribbs and City Secretary Vada Ferris.
VISITORS
Counc i,1 Candidates
Visitors in attendance were as follows:
Dan Shull
Ernest J. Sachse, Jr.
Fred Hughes
Audie Morris
and, Mrs. Dan Shull and son, Dan Shull, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Dick Leggett, Mrs.
Dale Douglass and son, Steven, Mrs. Audthe Morris and Mrs. Betty Potthoff,
Daily News Reporter.
CANVASS Fl FCT ION BALLOTS
Mayor Fuller announced this meeting is
for the purpose of canvassing the ballots cast in the. municipal election held
this date for the purpose of electing three (3) councilmen.
Mrs. Reba Cromer, Election Judge,
presented a tabulation of votes as follows:
Mr. Dan L. Shull 422
Don R. Warren, M.D. (Incumbent) 478
Mr. Frank E. Douglas's (Incumbent) 397
Mr. Audie L. Morris 387
Ernest J. Sachse, Jr., D.O. 219
Two candidates (Withdrawn)
Mr. Bobby R. Fuller (Incumbent) 280
Mr. Fred A. Hughes 190
(Councilman Bobby Fuller and Mr. Fred Hughes have announced their withdrawal
as candidates several days prior to the election.)
(Page Two, Called Meeting of the Euless City Council, April 2, 1968)
Mrs. Cromer announced that 831 votes
had been cast, and the three candidates polling the largest number of votes
are:
Mr. Dan L. Shull, Mr. Frank E. Douglass and Dr. Don R.
Warren
Mrs, Cromer presented election materials,
as required by law, to the Mayor and City Secretary. Members of the council
reviewed the vote tabulation and documents.
Councilman Fuller made the motion that
the council accept the vote tabulation as presented by the election judge
and declare Messrs. Dan Shull, Frank Douglass and Dr. Don R. Warren duly
elected to serve on the Euless City Council for a period of two (2) years.
Councilman Byers seconded the moti'on and the vote is as follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Douglass, Fuller, Byers, Samuels and Warren
Nays: None
Mayor Fuller declared the motion carried and thanked Mrs. Cromer and other
election officials for their assistance.
(It was noted by the City Secretary that this is the largest number of votes
cast in any election held by the City of Euless and the first election in
several years without write -ins).
ADJOURNMENT
Councilman Fuller made the motion to
adjourn. Councilman Warren seconded the motion and the vote is as follows.
Ayes: Councilmen Fuller, Douglass, Byers, Samuels and Warren
Nays: None
Mayor Fuller declared the motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 7:45 P.M.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Secretary