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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-08-25Regular Meeting Euless City Council August 25, 1959 The regular meeting of the Euless City Council was held on August 25, 1959. Present were Mayor Ernest Millican, Jr., Councilmen Paul Horton, Bobby Fuller, Ross Ferris, and Lee Roy Nix. prayer by Councilman Fuller. The Council meeting was opened with a 1. 147 Representatives f o the Magnolia Petroleum Company appeared before the City Council requesting permission to build an all metal filling station with outside procelainized panels. Their engineers plan on this type of building lasting twenty -five years, and this station to cost approximately $35,000.00. A motion was made by Councilman Nix, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that the requirements for masonery construction in Section 7, Paragraph A, of Ordinance No. 28 be waived to permit this type of building to be construction at this location. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. 2. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Fuller, that the City Council approve the request for a building permit to build this Magnolia Petroleum Company filling station at the west corner of Martha Street and Euless Boulevard, Lots 1 and 2, Block C, Oakwood Terrace Shopping Center. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this mot i on. 3. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Ferris that the request of Nk Warren Fuller for building permit to build a filling station on Lot 1, Block 3, on North Main Street be approved, this having been previously zoned commercial. All Councilmen present votes in favor of this motion. 4 NI William G. Fuller, Chairman of the Aviation Committee of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, appeared at the council meeting at the request of the City Council. I+ discussed with the members of the City ,- Co,uncil the possible rerouting of Highway 183 east of Euless. U stated that their aviation committee had under study the possible rerouting of Highway 183 and the Watson School Road to provide the Amon Carter Field with enough room to extend their runways, and that they had recommended that they be extended to 12,500 feet to facilitate the handling of jet airplanes. N& Fuller said that whatever they did to Amon Carter Field would help Euless grow. It also felt like such problems as the exchange of property in Euless for property in Fort Worth could and would be resolved by discussion between the two councils, but that nothing should be permitted to interfere with the growth and expansion of 0 age Two, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council, August 25, 1959) the Amon Carter Field for as it grows so w! I I the Cities of Euless and Fort Worth. i 5. j A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that the employment of H. D. Nelson as night dispatcher in the police department be terminated as of August 25, 1959. A I I Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. RI 7. A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Nix, that the letter of resignation of Patrolman G. Z. Kidwell be accepted. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. n A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Nix, to pay Earl Stapelton at the same rate of pay of H. D. Nelson for the extra time that he works holding down both shifts as dispatcher until some one is hired to take the place of H. D. Nelson. All Councilman present voted in favor of this motion. J The City Secretary was instructed to call City Attorney W. L. Bondurant and ask him when writing the street requirements i n the new street ordinance to make the streets 30 feet minimum width from back of curb to back of curb. 10. .A A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Horton, that in the future any male employee of the City must be at least 21 years of age, and that patrolmen in the police department must be at least 25 years of age. Sufficient notice of a vacancy should be given so that such vacancy can be fi I I ed by some one residing in Euless, whenever possible. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. 7. A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Nix, that the letter of resignation of Patrolman G. Z. Kidwell be accepted. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. n A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Nix, to pay Earl Stapelton at the same rate of pay of H. D. Nelson for the extra time that he works holding down both shifts as dispatcher until some one is hired to take the place of H. D. Nelson. All Councilman present voted in favor of this motion. J The City Secretary was instructed to call City Attorney W. L. Bondurant and ask him when writing the street requirements i n the new street ordinance to make the streets 30 feet minimum width from back of curb to back of curb. 10. .A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Nix, that the City Secretary write to Mr. Royce E. Wisenbaker to find out what progress, if any, has been made on the new City Plan for future growth. Explain that we have set up i n our budget the sum of $2,000 for this year's part of this plan, and if nothing has been done on this that we can use this money for other projects. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. 14 °_' (Page Three, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council , August 25, 195 9) 11. A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Fuller, to approve the recommendations of Fire Commissioner Nix that at no time are both fire trucks to leave this Fire District to help some other city unless!.in an extreme emergency, and in this case Carter Field is to be notified so that they can bring one of their field units to the Euless Fire Station for stand -by duty, or if the Euless fire trucks are called to Carter Field, vie are to notify Hurst so that they can send a unit to the Euless Fire Station for stand -by. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. 12. The City Council discussed the request of the Oak Crest Estates Addition and the Oakwood Terrace West Addition for street lights. It has been the policy of the City in the past to authorize street lights only as houses were completed and being occupied, and then only at street intersections. The City Council decided that there would be no change in this policy. 13. A motion was made by Councilman Nix, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, to have the City Secretary write to N1e W. E. Smith, Hurst - Euless Independent School Tax Collector advising him that on October 14, 1958, the Euless City Council approved his request that the City join with the school and the City of Hurst to hire a man to measure new houses, buildings, additions, and to make out tax cards on all of them to bring the tax rolls up to date. Our part of the cost would be $300 which was agreed on at that time, and this will be paid when vie receive the tax cards which we will need to supplement our tax rolls. All Councihnen present voted in favor of this motion. 14. 15. A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that City police patrol cars and city pickups must be used for official city business only and when they are not is use, they must be parked at city hall , and at no time kept at the bane of the City employees. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councihnan Fuller, that the City continue to order our standard type of street signs for subdivision developers, but that in the future these street signs will be invoiced by the company from whom they are purchased directly to the developer. If they are not paid for promptly, the City will stop issuing building permits to them until the street signs are paid for. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. 15. A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that City police patrol cars and city pickups must be used for official city business only and when they are not is use, they must be parked at city hall , and at no time kept at the bane of the City employees. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. X50 (Page Four, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council, August 25, 1959) itJ A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and t seconded by Councilman Ferris, that in the future all applicants -for employment by the City of Euless, shall be recommended to, and interviewed by the City Council before being hired. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. 17. A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Nix, to approve the revised plat of the Millican subdivision. This revised plat deletes the lot belonging to Alton Ray. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. Attest: /s/ W. E. Flippo City Secretary The Council meeting adjourned at 11:45 p.m. Minutes Approved: /s/ Ernest Millican, Jr. Mayor