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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-02-07L Regular Meeting Euless City Council February 7, 1955 The City Council met in regular session at 7:30 p.m., February 7, 1955. Present were Mayor Pro -Tern Ernest M i I I i ca n , Jr., and Councilmen A. E. Tillery, W. H. Fuller, M. L. Anders, and J. S. Anderson. Minutes of the previous special meeting on January 11, 1955 were read and unanimously approved. Unanimous approval was given for payment of a b i l l in the amount of $6.40 to Western Homes Company for fifteen (15) sets of blue prints of building plans as ordered by that Company for the City. The plans being those of the Community Center soon to be started. Next the matter of making necessary legal arrangements for election of City Officers next April 5th-was taken under consideration. Since this is the first election under City administration some time was given to study of the documents arranged for us by Attorney Gleason. Then, on motion by Councilman Anders and seconded by Councilman Tillery, Resolution No. 5 was unanimously adopted. This resolution provides for all preliminaries to the election. (Exact minutes of its provisions are attached t o Resolution No. 5 on f i l e in Office of City Secretary.) In view of the fact that Mr. J. J. Umphress was recently automatically disqualified as Mayor of the City when he became Superintendent of Schools of the consolidated Hurst - Euless Independent School Districts, the council, by formal motion and unanimous vote, extended him a vote of thanks for his, almost two years of wise and faithful leadership as Mayor, requesting that the secretary advise him of this action by letter. In another action a unanimous vote of thanks was extended to Mr. H. 0. Rothell of Texas Power and Light Company for the moral and financial support he and his company have afforded the City during the past two years. The Council requested that Mr. Rothell be advised of this action by letter. The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. /s/ J. S. .Anderson Secretary /s/ Ernest Millican, Jr. Mayor Pro -tem