1961-10-07 CC MinutesMINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS
October 7, 1961
The City Council met in a special session on October 7, 1961 at the
Community Building at 7:30 a.m. with the following members present:
Mayor Oley E. Attebery
Councilmen Sam Page
H. N. Mallon
John Wilsey
Bill Hamilton
City Manager J. M. Orman
Assistant City Manager John C. Dodson
City Engineer Bob King
Director of Public Works F. L. Napier
Councilman Knox was absent.
Mayor Attebery called the meeting to order.
REPORT ON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Mayor Attebery requested of the City Manager a report from the Chief
of Police, after he had been here thirty days, evaluating the Police
Department and setting forth his future plans for the Department.
This report will be made in writing and submitted to the Council;
then Chief Green will be present at the Council meeting following the
submission of the report to answer any questions.
PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM
The Bond Committee had requested that the Council recommend the projects
that the Council felt should be included in the bond program. With this
in mind and after a detailed discussion of the various projects in the
brochure, the following was tentatively approved:
Projects Financed By Tax Bonds
1. Street and Drainage Improvements $1,654,000
2. Fire Department Improvements 97,500
3.' City Shop, etc. 25,000
4. Park Improvements 118,000
Total $1,894,500
Section "C" of the brochure (Construct Concrete Pavement in Commercial
Areas and For Secondary Streets) was still under discussion as the
meeting ended. Items 12, 13 and 14 were still under discussion and
the Mayor asked that another meeting be held as soon as possible in
order to complete the Council's recommendation.
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In the discussion of major thoroughfare construction, it was unani-
mously agreed by the City Council that Valley View Lane would
definitely be made a major thoroughfare between Marsh Lane and Dooley
Road (the same as is now planned for it between Marsh Lane and
Highway 77).
PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT
Upon the recommendation of the City Manager on the purchase of a
front end loader for the Street and Park Division and a tractor for
the Sanitation Division and upon a motion by Councilman Mallon,
seconded by Councilman Wilsey, all voting "aye", the following was
approved:
1. Purchase of a front end loader from Browning-Ferris for
$4,000.00.
2.. Purchase of a tractor from Shaw Equipment Company for
$8,000.00.
3. Transfer of $8,000.00 from 11 Z-2 to 13 A-2.
4. Transfer of $2,000.00 from 11 Z-2 to 13 A-3.
Adjourned at 10:15 a.m.
M. Orman, City Manager
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