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Regular Meeting
Euless City Council
April 10, 1962
The regular meeting of the Euless City
Council was held on April 10, 1962. Present were Mayor J. S. Anderson,
Councilnien Roy Braswell, Billy Byers, Bobby Fuller, Billy Owens, and H. M.
Huffman.
G. B. Surette.
The meeting was opened with a prayer by Re.
1.
The minutes of the regular meeting of March
27, 1962, the called meeting of March 28, 1962, and the called meeting of
April 4, 1962, were read by the City Secretary and approved by the Council.
2.
The three Councilmen elected in the April
3, 1962, City Election were sworn in by the City Attorney - Dr. Roy Braswell,
Bobby R. Fuller, and H. M. Huffman.
Anderson and sworn in by the City
Zoning Commission - Warren Fuller,
Frank E. Douglass, arid'Ed_Smith.
for Mayor Pro -tem. He was elected
3.
The following men were appointed by Mayor
Attorney to serve as the City Planning and
Chairman, J. A. Horton, Henry J. Usleton, Jr.,
4.
Councilman Byers nominated Councilman Fuller
by acclamation.
5•
A motion was made by Councilman Braswell,
and seconded by Councilman Fuller, to authorize the City Secretary to have a
formal agenda set up and closed out as of Monday noon of the day preceeding the
regular council meeting night and published in the designated newspaper. The
vote in favor was unanimous.
3
A motion was made by Councilman Owens, and
seconded by Councilman Byers, that the City purchase a visitors book to be
signed by all visitors. The vote in favor was unanimous.
7•
A motion was made by Councilman Owens, and
seconded by Councilman Byers, that the City designate the Daily News -Texas as
its official newspaper. The vote in favor was unanimous.
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A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and
seconded by Councilman Byers, to accept the following appointments as recommended
by Mayor Anderson: W. M. Sustaire, Chief of Police; Grover Howard, Fire Marshal;
Jimmy C. Payton, City Judge; Bondurant & Cribbs, City Attorneys; Board of
Equalization - A. H. Mays, Richard Mi l lson, John R. Johnson; Board of Adjustment -
Search Dobkins, Herger Massey, and Robert Brasil]. The vote in favor was
unanimous.
o
The following Commissioner appointments were
made by Mayor Anderson: Billy F. Owens, Fire Commissioner; Billy L. Byers,
Police Commissioner, Roy F. Braswell, Health and Welfare Commissioner; Bobby R.
Fuller, Finance Commissioner; H. M. Huffman, Street Commissioner.
10.
A motion was made by Councilman Owens, and
seconded by Councilman Fuller, t o approve the f i n a l p l a t of Oakwood Terrace
North, as presented by Mr. W. G. Douglass and Mr. B i I I Pasteur of Gibralter
Builders, Inc., subject to condition that Mr. Herman Smith revise his plat
east of Wilshire to provide one row of houses facing Wilshire Blvd. beginning
three hundred feet north of Highway No. 182. If rejected by Mr. Smith within
fifteen (15) days, plat as presented by Gibralter Builders, Inc., is approved
with the exception of Lots 13, 14, 15, and 16, Block 16, which are to
be held until a street is paved through to Wilshire Blvd. Councilmen Byers,
Braswell, Owens, and Fuller voted in favor of this motion. Councilman Huffman
opposed the motion. The motion carried.
Arlington City Engineer, Al Rawlins, was
interviewed regarding temporary work for the City of Euless as consulting engineer.
Mr. Rawlins stated that he would be present at the ne -t regular council meeting
and present at that time charges for this service.
12.
Councilman Owens left the meeting at 10:15 p.m.
13.