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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