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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-09-081151 Regular Meeting Euless City Council September 8, 1959 The regular meeting of the Euless City Council was held on September 8, 1959. Present were Mayor Ernest Millican, Jr., Councilmen Paull Horton, Bobby Fuller, Ross Ferris, Lee Ray Nix, and J. S. Anderson. prayer by Councilman Anderson. The Council meeting was opened w i t h a 1. Mc John Looney, with the Mid -Tex Develop- ment Company, Box 14236, Dallas, Texas, appeared before the City Council requesting permission to put in a filling station on Highway 183 at the inter- section of Highway 183 and Pipeline Road on a tract of land 250 feet on Highway 183 by 238 feet on Pipeline Road, the filling station to front on Highway 183. This property is owned by N& George R. Oxford. This 'filling station is to have a small metal building and to have over ground gasoline storage tank. 1V4 Looney was advised that the City Council would take this matter under consideration and advise him of their decision. 2. Ni Dan Peters appeared before the City Council requesting that 3.84 acres of his land be rezoned from "A" Residential to "C" Commercial. This having been previously approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. This 3.84 acres is adjacent and contiguous to the tract of 6.16 acres already zoned commercial. The legal description is as follows: Situated in Tarrant County, Texas, and being a part of the A. J. Huitt Survey, Tarrant County, Texas, and being a part of the same tract of land deeded to Almon C. Brown and wife Eula Grace Brown by Dan Beasley and wife Tiraah Louise Beasley of record in Volume 1721, page 552, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the East line of said tract of land 979.83 feet south of its northeast corner; Thence south 01 degrees 41 minutes east 874.95 feet to an iron pin at the southeast corner of said tract, being in the north ROW line of State Highway 183; Thence south 54 degrees 41 minutes west along ROW line 527.5 feet to an iron pin at the southwest corner of said tract; Thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes west along the fence line of said tract 1122.95 feet; Thence east 432.5 feet to the place of beginning, containing 10.00 acres of land more or less. 152 (Page Two, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council, September 8, 1959) A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded lay Councilman Ferris, to approve the calling of a public hearing on this request. The vote in favor was unanimous. 3. The City Council interviewed several applicants for the position of patrolman in the Police Department, and upon the recommenda- tion of Police Chief Sustaire, approved the hiring of James B. Guinn as patrolman. He has had seven years in the Fort Worth Police Department. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that he be hired as patrolman to start to work immediately. He is to start at $325.00 per month and to be raised to $350.00 per month after his six months probation period is up. The vote in favor was unanimous. 4. A motion was made Icy Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Fuller, that the salary of James B. Guinn shall start immediately. The vote in favor was unanimous. 5. A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Anderson, that the services of Earl Stapleton as a night dispatcher, paid fireman and Fire Marshal be terminated as of September 7, 1959. The vote in favor was unanimous. 1.1 A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that A. B. Gill be hired as dispatcher and paid fireman on the shift from 4 :30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The vote in favor was unanimous. 7. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Nix, that A. B. Gill be paid a salary of $300.00 per month. The vote in favor was unanimous. A motion was made lay Councilman Nix, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that the Trendex Construction Company be notified lay letter that they are violating City Ordinance Numbers 28 and 33 by building car ports too close to the property lines in the Oakwood Terrace West Addition, and that these violations must be corrected before any more building permits can be issued to them, and that future violations must cease. Their building permits plainly show that no building or structure can be closer than five feet to the proeprty line. The vote in favor was unanimous. X53 (Page Three, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council , September 8, 1959) 4 Attorney W. L. Bondurant is going to change some of the wording in the Hurst Electrical and Plumbing Ordinances so that they Will fit the needs of Euless, and have stencils cut so that vie can mimeograph them or if possible he will have them completed to expedite getting them passed and published. `Ca The City Council discussed the street width at the south end of Ridgecrest Drive in the Park Crestmoor Addition where it narrows down to twenty -four feet of paving which is three feet under the minimum set in Ordinance No. 82, which authorizes a minimum of twenty -seven feet. Johnson- Campbell Lumber Company i s to be notified by letter that this must be corrected before any more building permits can be issued in this section. 11. A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Horton, that the following letter t o the fire department be approved: 1. Every man should pass a test to the Fire Chief's satisfaction that they are capable of operating fire truck number 52, other- wise they should not take said fire truck from the station. At the completion of satisfactory test you will be presented a billfold from the City. 2. At no time should both fire units leave this fire district to help some other -City unless extreme emergency, then Carter Field is told, and they can bring one of the field units to the Station for a stand -by, or if Euless units are called to Carter Field notify Hurst to cone to Euless station for stand -by. The Vote in favor of this motion was unanimous. 12. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, to approve for payment Fuller & Payton Insurance Agency bill for $108.60 covering Public Liability and Property Damage insurance on the new patrol car, and to add to this Policy Comprehensive and $100.00 deductible Collision coverage. The vote in favor was unanimous. 13. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, to p a y Fuller & Payton Insurance A g e n c y b i l l for $211.00, this being the prerruum for Public Liability, Property Damage, Comprehensive and $100.00 deductible Collission coverage on the old patrol car. The vote in favor was unanimous. 154 (Page Four, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council, September 8, 1959) 14. A motion was made by Councilman Anderson, and seconded by Councilman Fuller, to approve and adopt Ordinance No. 117. Ordinance No. 117 is an ordinance closing and abandoning a certain utility easement lying along the north line of Lot 4, Block 2, Euless Gardens No. 1 Addition to the City of Euless, Tarrant County, Texas. The vote in favor was unanimous. 15. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that discussion of motion number 15 in the minutes of the council meeting of August 25, '1959, about police patrol cars being parked at the city hall when not in use be tabled until the next council meeting. Councilmen Ferris, Fuller, and Horton voted in favor of this motion. Councilmen Anderson and Nix did not vote. Attest: /s/ W. E. Flippo City Secretary The council meeting adjourned at 11:40 p.m. Minutes Approved: /s/ Ernest Millican, Jr. Mayor