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Regular Meeting
Euless City Council
November 17, 1956
The City Council of the City of Euless,
Texas, met in regular session on November 17, 1956, at 7:30 p.m.
Present were Mayor Jimmy Payton,
presiding; Councilman Luther Anders, J..S. Anderson, W. H. Fuller and
Ernest Millican, Jr. Also present was City Secretary T. A. Kennard.
Meeting with the Council was Mr. W. C.
0. Harris, who requested "Stop Signs" to be used at the Euless City Schools
during the loading and unloading of buses, from 7:45 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
mornings and from 3:15 until 4:00 afternoons. These signs were to be
operated by the larger boys of the school under the supervision of the school
principal. Secondly, Mr. Harris asked the Council to consider the setting
up of a Civilian Defense Program and its cooperation with other neighboring
towns in the coordination and execution of such program.
A I I members of the Zoning Board, Messrs.
Knarr, Horton, and Arnett were present regarding a request by a citizen of
Euless for rezoning of a certain tract of land.
Also present were Mr. Ross Cannon and
Mr. 0. S. Dobkins, interested in the rezoning of this land, and Mr. Dick
Carmean representing the Allied Van Lines of Chicago, Ill., in the purchase
of the property.
After the visitors had been heard
regarding their interests, Councilman Millican offered a motion, seconded
by Councilman Luther Anders, that the Council rezone 20 acres out of the
A. M. Downing Survey, said land being on the corner, north of Pipeline Road
and west of Farm to Market Road 157. The land, previously zoned for
residential purposes was rezoned by unanimous vote, for a commercial area.
This action by the City Council is more fully recorded in Ordinance No. 56,
on file in Office of City Secretary.
A second motion by Councilman Fuller and
seconded by Councilman Anders, was that Mr. Harris, Principal of the Euless
Schools, be authorized to begin the use of "Stop Signs" at the school as
requested by him. The motion was approved by unanimous vote. (The City
Secretary was requested by the Mayor to check with Attorney Gleeson about
the matter.)
A motion by Councilman Millican,
seconded by Councilman Anderson, favored the granting of a franchise to Mr.
Joe C. Brown of the Brown's Airline Ground Transportaion Company to do
business w i t h i n the c i t y l i m i t s of Euless. The motion was approved unanimously.
This transaction, too, was to be presented to Mr. Gleeson for a legal opinion
and the preparation of the Franchise.
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ATTESTED:
/s/ Thos. A. Kennard
City Secretary
/s/ Jimmy C. Payton
Mayor, City of Euless
On a motion by Councilman Millican,
seconded by Councilman
Fuller, by unanimous vote, the City Secretary was
instructed to send the
Volunteer Fire Department a letter advising them that
Ordinance No. 28 forbids the City Council to legally grant Mr. Earl
Stapleton the privilege
of using a house trailer as a place of residence
near the fire hall or
in the city limits.
Councilman Fuller offered a motion, with
a second by Councilman
Anders, that Mr. William Robison of the Cresthaven
Addition be contacted
as a prospective City Marshal. The motion was
unanimously approved,
and the Mayor requested Councilman Luther Anders to
investigate.
Councilman Anderson made a motion,
seconded by Councilman
Fuller that the Council authorize the City Secretary
to purchase necessary janitorial equipment to clean the municipal building,
and such stationery as
is needed in the transaction of the City's business.
Some to be charged to
the City of Euless and paid for out of the regular
funds. The motion was
approved by unanimous vote.
The City Secretary was asked to check
with Commissioner Earl
Johnson or Mr. Gray, as to the securing of "Stop
Signs" to be used at our
school.
No further business being presented, the
meeting was adjourned
by Mayor Payton at 10:00 p.m.
Minutes Approved:
ATTESTED:
/s/ Thos. A. Kennard
City Secretary
/s/ Jimmy C. Payton
Mayor, City of Euless