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Called Meeting
Euless City Council
November 3, 1960
Council was held on November 3,
of November 8, 1960, this being
Mi l l ican, Jr., Councilmen Bobby
Roy Braswell.
The called meeting of the Euless City
1960 in lieu of the regular council meeting
election day. Present were Mayor Ernest
Fuller, Ross Ferris, H. M. Huffman, and
1.
Visitors present were Messrs. Royce E.
Wisenbaker, Bob Fix, and Patrick D. DePamphi 1 is of the Wisenbaker, Fix &
Associates Company of Tyler, Texas, B i l l Pasteur, President of the Euless
Lions Club, Charles A. Penny, 807 Collins Drive and John T. Dennie, 308
Alexander Lane.
prayer by Councilman Huffman.
2.
The council meeting was opened with a
3•
M r . B i l l Pasteur, President of the Euless
Lions Club, appeared before the City Council requesting that the City furnish
them some help in starting and maintaining a public library for the City. He
stated that to get help from the County they would need a suitable building
approximately fourteen feet by twenty -five feet, properly fixed up, which
would cost $400.00 to $500.00. He said that the - County would furnish them
2500 books to start the library and would pay $1.123 per hour for sixteen
hours per week on the salary of the librarian.
4.
Mr. Royce E. Wisenbaker discussed with the
City Council the possible sites for the new Junior High School. He stated
that he had not talked with the School Board about these sites. The possible
sites available are as follows:
1. A 20 acre
tract
A motion was made by Councilman
Fuller,
and seconded by
Councilman
Ferris, that the City cooperate with
the
Lions
Club in every way
possible
to get the library started, and that
the
City of
Euless guarantee
payment of
the utilities for the library, and
that
the City
help as much as
possible to
make it successful. All Councilmen
present
voted
in favor of this
motion.
said
that his company could not affor to
build this
4.
Mr. Royce E. Wisenbaker discussed with the
City Council the possible sites for the new Junior High School. He stated
that he had not talked with the School Board about these sites. The possible
sites available are as follows:
1. A 20 acre
tract
out of the
250 acre tract owned by the Tarrant
Land
Company just east
of
the 7 -11
Store in Midway Park Addition. This
twenty
acre tract has
been
priced at
$2000.00 per acre. The Midway Park
Addition is
now served by
a ten
inch sewer
line, which is already overloaded.
To furnish
sewer to this
location would require
a new lift station to be built
on this
location. Mr.
Wisenbaker
said
that his company could not affor to
build this
lift station for
the
$40.00 to
$50.00 monthly revenue they would receive
from
the new Junior
High
School. This
twenty acres is priced at $2000
per acre.
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(Page Two, Called Meeting, Euless City Council, November 3, 1960)
2. Twenty acres out of a forty acre tract in the T. Jasper Survey on
dHuffman Drive just west of FM Highway 157. Both water and sewer are available
now. The property is priced at $2300 per acre with a $5000 down payment.
3. Twsnty -three acres out of the H. H. Fuller tract, just north of
Huffman Drive. Water and sewer are noW available. The property is priced
at $1500 per acre. This property is owned by Mr. Wisenbaker.
4. Twenty acres out of a thirty -seven acre tract owned by Fred E. Tucker
on Huffman Drive. Water and sewer are available now. The property is
priced at $2000 per acre.
5•
The City Council discussed with Mr.
Wisenbaker the request of Mrs. Emory Morris for help in getting sewer and
water to her 223 acre farm just inside the Euless city limits on Pipeline
Road. Mr. Wisenbaker said that they were working on this and might be able
to resolve Mrs. Morris's sewer problem.
6.
Mr. Wisenbaker said that due to the fact
t h a t two hundred to three hundred new houses had been b u i l t in Euless in the
past year, that they had to rework their base map in the Master Plan, but
that this should be completed around Junuary 1, 1961. j
A motion was made by Councilman Ferris,
and seconded by Councilman Fuller, that we ask the Municipal Service Company
to furnish us with the number of water meters they have in the City of Euless,
and how many families they do not serve in the City. The vote in favor was
unanimous.
Minutes Approved:
/s/ Ernest Millican. Jr.
Attest: Mayor
/s/ W. E. Flippo
C ity Secretary
7.
A motion was made by Councilman
Fuller, and
seconded
by Councilman Braswell,
that the City write a letter
to Constable
Tillery
of this Precinct asking
him to have his deputy in this
precinct
living
in Euless to confine his
activities to civil duties and
let the Euless
Police
Department handle traffic
and criminal activities. All
Councilmen
present
voted in favor of this motion.
A motion was made by Councilman Ferris,
and seconded by Councilman Fuller, that we ask the Municipal Service Company
to furnish us with the number of water meters they have in the City of Euless,
and how many families they do not serve in the City. The vote in favor was
unanimous.
Minutes Approved:
/s/ Ernest Millican. Jr.
Attest: Mayor
/s/ W. E. Flippo
C ity Secretary