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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-01-27 u t-, f?E: Regular Meeting Euless City Council January 27, 1959 The City Council met in regular session on January 27, 1959. Present were Mayor Ernest Millican, Jr. , Councilmen S. H. Cadenhead, Paul Horton, Bobby Fuller, W. 0. Murray, and Albert Tillery. Appearing before the City Council were the following visitors: Messrs. P. A. Koen, J . G. Humphrey, John Hill , Warren Fuller, J . A. Horton, and B. M. Randall . 1 . Mr. P. A. Koen, representing the Great South- west Investment Company, developers of the Oak Crest Estates, submitted to the City Council final plat and street dedications with five copies and a sepia of the Oak Crest Estates. A motion was mde by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Cadenhead, that this final plat of Oak Crest Estates and street dedications be approved. The vote in favor was unanimous. 2. Mr. P. A. Koen discussed with the City Council , the issuing of building permits in the Oak Crest Estates. He was informed that these building permits could be obtained by any one of these methods: by paving the streets before asking for building permits; by furnishing the City with a Performance Bond; by putting up the money in escrow with the City on streets as they asked for building permits. The amount would be the actual cost of the paving of the full width of the street where they asked for the building permits. 3. Mr. J. G. Humphrey, representing the Johnson- Campbell Lumber Company, submitted to the City Council revised plat of the Park Crestmoor Addition to Euless. A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Murray, that this preliminary revised plat be given tentative approval subject to minor changes. They are to make the necessary changes and submit a final plat with five copies and a sepia and street dedications. The vote in favor was unanimous. 4. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Cadenhead, to approve and adopt Ordinance No. 108. Ordinance No. 108 will close and abandon a certain five foot tuility easement lying along the north line of Tract 24, Alexander-Cullum Subdivision, a part of the A. A. Fuller original eighty acre tract out of the A. J. Howard Survey, Abstract No. 709, in the City of Euless, Tarrant County, Texas. The vote in favor was unanimous. (Page Two, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council , January 27, 1959) 5. A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Murray, that the duties of Dog Warden Earl Stapleton and the Police Deparment also include patrolling the streets of Euless to pick up any dogs running loose, and to pick up any dead animals. They are to receive fifty cents (50e) for each dog caught and impounded and for each dead animal picked up. The vote in favor was unanimous. 6. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Cadenhead, to hire the firm of Weaver & Tidwell , Certified Public Accountants of Fort Worth, to audit the City' s books during March. They have estimated the cost of this audit to be from $300.00 to $350.00. The vote in favor was unanimous. 7. A motion was made by Councilman Murray, and seconded by Councilman Fuller, that the jail roof be repaired to stop moisture from condensing and dropping down from the roof inside the jail . The City Council suggested that Mr. Tillery contact an Arlington roofing contractor and see what it would cost to put two inches of rigid insulation on top of the old roof and then put on a built up roof over this insulation. The vote in favor was unanimous. The meeting adjourned at 11 :00 p.m. Minutes Approved: /s/ Ernest Millican, Jr. Mayor Attest: /s/ W. E. Flippo City Secretary