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Regular Meeting
Euless City Council
April 6, 1957
The minutes of a regular meeting of the
City Council, the City of Euless held the 6th day of April, 1957, at
7:30 p.m.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor
Jimmy Payton. Members of the old Council present and voting were Councilmen
Luther Anders, J. S. Anderson, and Hubert Fuller. Councilman Lucius Anders
was absent.
Oh
a
motion by Councilman Fuller, seconded
by Councilman Anderson, Resolution
No.
12 was approved
and adopted declaring
Ernest Millican, Jr., Mayor - elect,
and
S. H. Cadenhead
and W. 0. Murray
Councilmen -elect by reason of their
having received the
highest number of
votes in the city election of April
2,
1957.
A motion was offered by Councilman
Anderson, seconded by Councilman Anders, and received Council approval
declaring Paul Horton Councilman -elect in a special election held April
2, 1957 by reason of his having received the largest number of votes.
Mayor Paytsn administered the Oath of
Office to the newly elected Mayor and Councilmen, after which Mayor Ernest
Millican, Jr., presided until adjournment.
The first official act of Mayor Millican
was the entertainment of a motion to appoint Jimmy Payton Recorder of the
Corporation Court.
On a motion by Councilman Anderson, seconded
by Councilman Murray, by unanimous vote, Jimmy Payton was appointed as
Judge of the Corporation Court.
Councilman Cadenhead offered a motion,
seconded by Councilman Murray, that Councilman J. S. Anderson be selected
as Mayor Pro Tem. The motion was unanimously adopted, Councilman
Anderson not voting.
Another motion by Councilman Cadenhead,
seconded by Councilman Anderson, approved the Mayor's hiring of T. A.
Kennard as City Secretary. This approval was unanimous.
Councilman Anderson made a motion, with
a second from Councilman Murray, fixing the regular meetings of the City
Council on the f i r s t Saturday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Unanimous approval.
A motion by Councilman Anderson, seconded
by Councilman Cadenhead, authorized the City Secretary to have a telephone
installed in his office to be paid for out of the general funds of the City.
The motion unanimously approved.
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(Page Two, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council, April 6, 1957)
The next motion by Council Anderson,
seconded by Councilman Murray, unanimously approved the Mayor's appointment
of Mr. Earl Stapleton as Chief of Police.
On a motion by Councilman Cadenhead,
seconded by Councilman Horton, unanimous approval was given the Mayor's
appointment of a new Planning and Zoning Commission composed of Warren
Fuller, Chairman; Tracy Arnett, Alta Horton, Otis W. Miller and Billie
Randall.
A motion was offered by Councilman Anderson,
with a second from Councilman Cadenhead, that Fire Marshal M. J. Moore be
reappointed. The vote was unanimous for the appointment.
Another motion by Councilman Cadenhead,
seconded by Councilman Horton, asked the Council's approval that the City
pay for the renewal of the bonds for Mr. Kennard as City Secretary and
Mr. Stapleton as Chief of Police. The motion was approved by unanimous
vote.
A final motion by Councilman Cadenhead,
seconded by Councilman Horton, stated: ''Mr. Sam. W. Mills be notified
by formal, certified letter, signed by the Mayor, that the City of Euless
is giving him sixty days to brick or complete his building in accordance
with plans and specifications submitted to the City, and as required by
City ordinance, or the City will take legal action to enforce compliance.
The motion was unanimously adopted.
Millican at 10:30 p.m.
Attest:
/s/ Thos. A. Kennard
City Secretary
The meeting was adjourned by Mayor
Minutes Approved:
/s/ Ernest Millican, Jr.
Mayor