HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-07-14Regular Meeting
Euless City Council
July 14, 1959
The regular meeting of the Euless City
Counci? was held on July 14, 1959. Present were Mayor Ernest Millican, Jr.,
Councilmen Paul Horton, Bobby Fuller, Ross Ferris, Lee Roy Nix, and
J. S. Anderson.
prayer by Rev. Robert Haynes.
read.
The Council meeting was opened with a
The minutes of all previous meetings were
1.
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Nh: Wray Brown and Nk Lee o f the Southwestern
Bell Telephone Company appeared before the City Council to discuss direct
dialing service to Fort Worth. They stated that direct dialing service with
Fort Worth would not in any way affect the direct dialing with other towns such
as Irving, Grand Prairie, Arlington, and that ve would have interzone service
with Dallas. Change in the telephone rates would be as follows:
Present Rates
A motion was made by
Councilman Fuller, and
Direct Dialing Rates
Business
Phones
$10.00
plus tax
$15.50
plus tax
1 party
line
4.50
plus tax
5..50
plus tax
2 party
line
3.75
plus tax
4.80
plus tax
4 party
line
3.00
plus tax
3.80
plus tax
A motion was made by Councilman Anderson,
and seconded by Councilman Fuller, that the City of Euless accept the direct
dialing service offered by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Councilmen
Horton, Anderson, and Fuller voted in favor of the motion. Councilmen Ferris
and Nix voted against this motion.
2.
Mr. Robert Nail, Postmaster of Euless, appeared
before the City Council to explain the post office requirements that the City
of Euless will have to meet before they will consider our application for
limited house to house delivery. I-b said they would have to have two or preferably
three complete maps of the City showing all streets. The streets would have to
have street signs and all houses would have to have house numbers. A motion was
made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Nix, that the City of
Euless have these maps made, and provide the post office with the required
number. The vote in favor was unanimous.
3.
A motion was made by
Councilman Fuller, and
seconded by
Councilman Nix that the City Council approve
the payment
of the
balance of
$275.00 to- the Mid Cities Service Company. This
being the
balance
due them on
the contract for the installation of the air
doncitioning
and
heating unit
for the council room and the city offices.
The vote in
favor was
unanimous.
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(Page Two, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council, July 14, 1959)
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A motion was mace by Councilman Ferris, and
seconded by Councilman Fuller, that in the future all contracts made by the
City should stipulate that upon completion of contract final payment must be
approved by the City Council. The vote in favor was Unanimous.
5.
A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and
seconded by Councilman Fuller that the fire department duties of the paid fireman,
as outline by Fire Commissioner Nix, be approved. They are as follows:
1. Fire trucks to be run and checked over at the start of each shift.
2. No fire truck to leave fire station without a driver with a commercial
operator's license behind the wheel. I+ must be qualified by officers
of the fire department.
3. Write on the bulletin board what kind of a fire, and where.
4. Small fire truck leaves the fire station first. Next qualified
calls unit to see if the second unit is needed or a car on a grass
fire.
5. On a house fire the next qualified driver takes the second truck
without calling.
The vote in favor of this motion was
unanimous.
and seconded by Councilman
No. 112 changes the zoning
"A" Single Family Dwelling
unanimous.
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A motion was made by Councilman Horton,
Fuller, to approve Ordinance No. 112. Ordinance
of Lot 6 o f the revised Ross Cannon Addition from
to "B" Local Business. The vote in favor was
7.
A motion was made by Councilman Ferris,
and seconded by Councilman Nix, to approve Ordinance No. 113. Ordinance No.
113 changes the zoning of Lots 1 through 6 inclusive, Block 2, and Lots 1
through 3, Block 3, Euless Gardens Addition to the City of Euless, now zoned
"A" Single Family Dwelling to be zoned "B" Local Business. The vote in favor
was unanimous.
8.
A motion was mace by Councilman Anderson,
and seconded by Councilman Nix to approve Ordinance No. 114. Ordinance No.
114 changes the zoning on the following described property:
Being a part of the J. P. Halford Survey.
Beginning at a point in the west line of North Main Street at the southwest
corner of a tract of land owned by Ralph Switzer as recorded in Vol . 2604, page
524, Deed Records, Tarrant County.
Thence north with the west line of North Main Street, 676.2 feet;
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Thence west 190 feet;
Thence south with the west line of property owned by Warren Fuller and Joseph
R. Duckett 572.5 feet to a point in the north line of the Ralph Switzer property;
Thence west 20 feet;
Thence south with the west line of the Switzer property 103.7 feet to the
southwest corner therof;
Thence east with the south line of the Switzer property 210 feet to the
place of beginning
Naw zoned "A" Single Family Dwelling, to be zoned "B" Local Business. The
vote in favor of this motion was unanimous.
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A motion was made by Councilman Nix, and
seconded by Councilman Fuller, to approve Ordinance No. 115. Ordinance No.
115 changes the zoning on 9.038 acres of land, more or less in the E. Rogers
Survey, Abstract No. 1299, Tarrant County, Texas. The legal description is
as follows:
Beginning at
a point
in the
east line of State Highway 157, at its inter-
section with
the north line
of Pipeline
Road;
Thence
north
0 deg.
03 min.
40 sec.
west, a
distance of 269.07 feet;
Thence
north
89 deg.
57 min.
20 sec.
east,
a distance of 150.0 feet;
Thence
north
0 deg.
02 min.
40 sec.
west, a
distance of 85.00 feet;
Thence
south
89 deg.
57 min.
20 sec.
west,
a distance of 74.0 feet;
Thence
south
0 deg.
02 min.
40 sec.
east, a
distance of 8.0 feet;
Thence
south
89 deg.
57 min.
20 sec.
west,
a distance of 8.0 feet;
Thence
north
0 deg.
02 min.
40 sec.
west a
distance of 8.0 feet;
Thence
south
89 deg.
57 min.
20 sec.
west,
a distance of 68.0 feet;
To the
east
line of
Highway
157;
Thence
north
0 deg.
03 min.
40 sec.
west, a
distance of 286.25 feet;
Thence
south
89 deg.
10 min.
east, a distance
of 644.0 feet;
Thence
south
0 deg.
40 min.
30 sec.
east a
distance of 614.51 feet to the
north
line of Pipeline
Road;
Thence
south
88 deg.
28 min.
05 sec.
west,
a distance of 650.72 feet to the
point
of beginning
and contianing
9.038
acres
of land, more or less;
Nm zoned "A" Single Family Dwelling, to be zoned "C" Commercial. The vote
in favor was unanimous.
10.
A motion was made by Councilman Horton,
and seconded by Councilman Ferris, to authorize the Texas Power & Light
Company to install four 300 watt incandescent street lights to serve Midway
Park Hmv Owners Association Park. Two of these lights are to be placed
on an easement dedicated to the Texas Power & Light Company in the park, and
one light to be placed at the intersection of North Main and the new street
to be cut through the park, and the other light to be placed at the inter-
section of this my street and Midway Drive. The City of Euless reserve the
right to discontinue this lighting service for the park at any time. The
vote in favor was unanimous.
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11.
A motion was made by Councilman Horton,
and seconded by Councilman Fuller, to authorize the Chief of Police to get
bids on a new patrol car. Ib is to try to get three bids each on Ford and
Chevrolet cars, also on Pontiacs. The vote in favor was unanimous.
and seconded by Councilman Ferris,
favor was unanimous.
Attest:
/s/ W. E. Flippo
City Secretary
A motion was made by Councilman Fuller,
to adjourn at 11:00 p.m. The vote in
Minutes Approved:
/s/ Ernest Millican, Jr..
Mayor