February 28, 195036
7v,"INli^'.`+.':.~ OF APi ^"DJO[IIP1i:D ii'.I:T:IIJG CI' THE CITY COUA!CIh Or '.iNs' GI'il '~F '~'+'ST A-1~IvtPf1IS,
~?.]3F1rNSA5, fiAL A?"?L' ??FI.D -0P~ F'Ei~?t?!P.EY E$, 1950.
The Council of the Eity of ':"lest Memphis met in an adjourned session at the Cit,*• &17.1
ir~i said City at '7:30 F.M. on tlxe 28th day of February; 1950. .
The meet.ine was called to order and the roll being called there were;
Pr?sent; Mayor P. M. Dacus in the chair, and the follcwing named aldermen;
R, L, Uarrison, A. R. P~ianchAster, R. R. Morley, C. H. Rovrten;
Curtis Foster, P, B, Pourers; James Bledsoe, and 0. I, Pollinger;
and City ~t.tarnec Spears.
Absent: City Clerk H. ~. trats.
The follcr".dog preceedin~s were had to-wit:
Minutes of Council ffieet.ings on Febrti ary jth, 10th, and 21st were read and approved.
Aix•. Carney of Cliver P. Cobb & Company, Certified Public .lccour,tarts, of iuemphis,
Tennessee, who had conducted the ]9L:y a;:dit of the City of ';r(est Memphis appeared befor°e
the Com~cil to present and discus the audit. After discussion of the audit, the follow-
ing motion was made by alderman I'1ecLspe:
That the audit prepared. by Uliaer P, Cobb anpearsci to '=~ correct and properly
reflected the ineeme and expenditures for the ;rear lyl.~. Thereupon motion was made,
passed and adopted, approving and accepting said au,'.it.
t1r. ;Uallaoe Rush and Mr, Ludley Pritchard, merchants of ;"lest Memphis, appeared
before the Council to request tt;at action "e talon by *.:he Council that would prohibit
the people who wor}t in nffi_ces over their businesses from parking their cars for hours
at a time in front of their stores thereby prohi'-°iting customers from us9rrg the p-arkinf
space; also t,h~.t there was a~-ai~abie parkirg space at tine rear of t:he buildint-> for
people who ~,vorked in the buildirxgs.
after dacussion cf the parlcing problem, Chief of Police }iol7.and was instructed to
contact the people in th~~ o~fices a`ove: the stnre~ and ask them to park in the space
provided at t}~e rear of the bui]dings, mayor Dacus advised Messrs. Rush and Pritchard
that if the° voluntary method did not remedy the situation that action would be taken by
the Council. in restri_ting certain parking areas.
Chief of Police llol:land ?ppeared before the '~our.cil t.o report that he had dismissed
Officer T. J. Jo}rnson from the Police Depart:r~ent fsr miscar:d"_ut, After receivirrg the
repot pf Chief ilol.land, mn±iorr was ~rsade, passeci, and unanimously a,dopt,ed by the Council
approving the action of Chief of Folice Holland.
Mr, Paul R. Byrd, 1?=anagor of the Lirht F: ',"::-at,er Denart,mer.t., made his annual report
f r 1-51,y ar. t.hP light `~ ,""`-ter Den.rtmant to the Ci-ty Council; said report having been
made tp the L'._;;ht & eater Commission at thHi.r meeting on February 1.1.:, lyKO,
Al+er discu=slop of the rcrurt. ana the fpllon•ing recommendation made by Mr, Bj'rd as
to a ~pec.al „la.use being added to the residential rate schedule t.o red~roe the costs of
heating water wi.t.". el.ectric.ty:
""To any residential crzst.omnr whose only source of het water supply is an
electric het water heater operated continuously t.hmuE;hout the month, the
last 300 Krvh of total conswnpt i on wii 7 be bill ed at 1.~_- per ltvrh, nrc:vided
total. consumptiorx for the month 9.s at least, ~tKO fiwh. `I'he hot water heater
must meet: tare ut,ilitv's specification=, and utiiit}~ may -limit installations
tp ~:~ m~rir~um of 5 Kurh. utility may rewire service tp be talon through a
separate meter, and may l_rrit service to off-peak Hours which will. no±, to
lose than 18 hours in each cla; ."
u}otipn :vae made b;; <^: dern~in :,arrison to =rdci.t u}r. `~yrd's recommendation, Tire motion
was seconded b~ Alderman Lledsoe, and upon the matter being called to vote, the following
voted:
Ave: uarrisor,, `Manchester, Rpwton, Fester, Poorer, Bledsoe, and Bellinger.
Nay: ILCrley.
The f'cllowin~ motior, was made by _t,lderrran t,ierley: That the City Council reconmend
t,o the I:i.:Yht ~ d';at.er Commission that. a firm of engineerrs to employed to make an engineer-
ing survey of thelirht ~. °eater distritut ion system.
The motion was seconder by al.derma.n ':larri.son, and upon the nkatt,er being called to
vote, the fa lowing voted:
A;,>e: ,arrison, :.anchest.er, p;,orlsy, 3owt.on, rester, Power, Bledsoe, and Bollinger.
Nays iyone.
Ma}nor Dacus next, arnaun+.ed that bids would be received for the ernripment needed by t}xe
r""ire Depart,men as recommended by the State ne;artrnent, .`sealed bias were received from
rv'urphy rir.e r.ouipmrnt: Co, and Choctaw, Inc. . aer discussion of the `~•id^, the m?ta.~r was
continued until. the h,arch nth meetin[- of t:he Council.
City pttornev~ g~ ars was instructed tc be preparing a now ordinance for g•rrbar;e
cel.lectic:n and charges.
Iufavrar Dacus advised the Council ~rtf the t'=!.ati_ve de~•ision of Judge Tri.rnble in t!-a
case of '.V. H. Ramsey, ,',dm. -VS- City c£ '.'past ._e,n;;hi.
'ilte i~uilding Inspe~:for presented the Cuildi.tig permits p2F iiad aut.f~!o.riued t.c ho
issued. ISot,i.on vaas made, passed and adopted to :ror_firm the act.ior,s e£ the rni].dit2g
Ir!speot.or it; the isuanoe of the £cllobvi.no building l.ermits;
Eda Bart-y
Jack r~l.l en
L. T, Rcc,insot;
.. careen
Julius Herron
George n'oore
cam Harris
Aubr~e Jacks
J, ~, Chandler
John ~;~, '-a~.a'yer
Chickasaw Lumber Co.
Chickasaw Lumber ;;o,
Chickasaiar l~uuber Co.
Chickasac: lumber io.
Chickasaw Lum::er Co.
i'annie +~ae i'arker
(~tarant.y Loan ~ Rea] estate Cn,
Guarart,y Loan c: Real. Lst.at< Co,
Jaynes Fledsce
Leroy f~ avors
G. 0. Rock
:yam SNikes
Chickasaw Lwrti:er Co,
Cfiic}:asaw yumber Co.
Chickasaw Lurn~„er Co,
Chickasaw Lumber Co.
r , ;~. Denson.
TLcti.on bras made, passe:i and adapted to refuse the follci~'.ing buildn6 permit::
Cftarlott.e Tvorman
Pofot.ion was made by Alderman Bollinger and ,econded by r.l.derman Rowton to apprave, authorize
ra.ti £y, andi or confir m na7r~n~nt o£ t1!e £ol'. owi!,g bills:
Jo}u2 Mc!'ullar X41,:?~ L;. 'C. fiowe]1 X13,;0
JOtlli ~3bn Pr 5,5(~ levels Tat.E 2b,cX~
Ed H'_: ison b.00 P:~rzy Rogers 50,00
..,.i McWea.7. ~',o" J. F, Cooke lt0.00
T, Porter ''.uC I~dack Howell 1!0.00
Cleti.s ~'iibor 21,75 I.I, H, Pleal 1i0,~0
~°c, Ho~•v~al. 1,25 Lew_i_; Hathcock 00,00
Sarah Y, Cmith 1~2..~0 r. C. ba:^nF=s ? l•50
p,~t•ry Refers ~"0,0:1 James F, Brown 1~~.00
J. r. Cooka 1i~,;;^ R. F, Harris llravel Co. 1,O~i0.^0
h;a4k Howell I!1,;1n Collector o£ I. Rev, 1,1,7.50
l`. !f. ideaal. Ip~ `~0 Carah Smith .5o.G0
Lei^ris f;tLcoc': ~r~,y„ retit, ,sl! 91.5G
f~. .,. barnas ?7,~r1 f;:rs J. g, `iri;.ht 1?7.1~,;
)James ~;. Grovan 1,",')5 i.i, F' re Dent, ;;? ,0
ifi;,ha.•d ~iav'r, Jr. 1"'~ ~:8 Jo';. I,:,~'_,illar 141.25
C].eti s 'r'abar e11,00 Jo,i;. ';;, ~aL"r:er I!1 ,'S
BurCon l:~ri :~ht ;% i,d Hudson 27.33
J. P. Coolie jy0,~10 i3 Licilesl. 20,53
Le•,vis Hathcock ~;n,~~ T, i'o*•ter 20.53
James ;~ Lroivr. 1K,On Cl.atis Tabor 30,33
Joru2 iwlcCullar !r~.13 M. C. Howell 27,3u
J. ;abner 21.3;: Paul Lun,pkir, y'(,50
F,!i Ilud;on 21.?c :>araii Cmith x0,00
r,ct Niciye~l ?!?
• i'err,~ Hcber:: 50,G0
F, ~~orter ~
?J J, F :;Doke
~ lt0,00
C].eti_s if, iabnr• ;1,33 hfaek
Hrnve:11 lt0.J0
M. C, fio~nall ~ 31.Cib ~. H, P+ea1 l,0,0;)
°araf! Srriith !F2.~~J Lewis fiathook ~'J.-CO
perry f?ugers 5l),~0 C. Barnes 37,Kp
~. ~ ~.CC~kt' IlO.U(} JanF3S F, ~Y'G4Y t1 15,~~0
Mack iiozve-tl 1;O,;i'J P. hi. ::aces 10,00
Lewis Iiathcock r~,C,) ff. C. Coats 25,1)0
i~. ,,. Lames 3'7.5;:~ ~ayt•on Lao}:ett 25.OJ
James )i, ,yrotim 15.1 C, ff, geti•rton 2Q,00
Lewis Tate; 11„c~ James vled^oe 20,0
i1i. H. "1ea1 1i0,C0 Curtis Foster 20,OC
Birk, ueve:iue ^ent, ] .fin ~=. i. 5o.llin~ez' 20,00
Joln~ I:icCullar 30.`)0 R• R• iviorley ?_0,00
Eli fiud;or, lu,JO !'. °• rowers 20,'JCi
i-d .~cl+~~] r. ?0 l~. R, ~:ancne?tc.• 20.OU
N. T. r~rtct• ~;.?0 J. r. OC:Aaro 1!'i1,~0
Cletis 'auor° l~,J,O Dojme od:i 11,5, C3
36
Gi;".?~"FiAL FUND COh`i. S~~`'JEft i;'X'fLIIISION & RJ;PIIIR FUND
Jean iiil l en camp ?152 , r0 George Gc;och ~;3 , 3"'
Udi.s Ball 15.^0 Bugene Hale 3,38
H. ':. Holland 250.J0 .~ay~ie iie:ville 28,~C
H. D, Holland 3'),00 Jamr~s E. Brovrn 4.00
1"."'?r'1 ~; ilne~e 195.0 ~~• V. F731. I{nr 65•l7U
0. J, Hatton 21K,0^ Arnos Jackson 2;,nC
Jr', ','ri^ht 230.00 Aaron Clark 21.75
Bud He1l.and 53,50 -°.ocart Boyd 6.75
Tommy Jotulson ly5,oo Jessie Horton 21.,pp
Richard Davy 17r,~0 ',~i7.1 Brovrn 18.00
Airs. hl. B, Currie ~r,~0 A,,ciy Rictenorci 18.00
G, G, Ilietman
3
~?~ U~
., J Hobert >uashington ly.5o
Paul R. Dyrd rd
~~.CO J. F. Harris 1L. ~C
G, G, hi.etzman 25,'Cn Robert Bris ar 13,50
Ji.rit Bailey 300,00 George S:voch 1.x.00
T. '~'i, Stacy 10.00 ;aoene hale 13,5Q
i~~rchant.s arrd f7 inters Lank 1~5.L,7 6':ayne N~~vill 2$,5U
,~. ~~alker 65.00
,;iron C1arlc 2.2,75
::;~P. P~EVT'ULr'tJ~ID Robert Bcyd
~ 22. j5
Jessie
~Iorton 22.'j5
iL.,nry i almer ~~ L0,1~0 Will -town 22.75
"envy Palmer la0,u0 ~~rdy Richmond 22,'j5
Hubert Lee 13,ti0 Gabe Hosette 22,'j,
4;srlena Arr.ol9 10.E 0 Ho;,ert '~7ashinGton 22,'js
hu'oert Lee '18.u0 ,l`il-tie Smith 22.7[
Ga.rl.ena iarnol,d „~
'?,, J. F. Harris 2?. jS
=renry Falmer _
IaO,!,,0
Robert Sri sco
16.°0
Ccllector Internal_ Rev, ~0.°0 George Gooci~i 13,00
r•enry Palmer !~O,~p Eu ;ene hale .13.00
Hubert Lee 31 .2J rhtbert Lee 3>,10
~;arlena Arnold 23,I;n Isarlena :rx•nol.d 17.55
Robert Brisco 23,lr0 ','1a;,nre 'revill 28.x0
Aaron Clark 23,1.aQ VJ. C. ~d~alkor 65.Co
Jessie Horton 21,1y0 Collector of Int, Itev. 11iG,90
~.~uiy Rict•.mond ~?.!,~ Johnson <.uto Co. 8.50
!'oi;~ert ~'Jashir.gt.oil ?1,(y0 Del±.a Toot & Supply Co. 235,25
1';ayne Ilevill 20,25 Oaburn - Abston Gc. 18.31
Sewer Revenue Boricl curd 21!~0.')n Farmers ~up~ly Co. 1,3.03
Ji_m i3a]ey 100,00 Choctaw, Inc. 339.29
Rieohmin-Crosby C~. .80
SF."I'R 1'XTETISIOtd k, FsPP.IP. FUIdli Anther E. Heagler 1Ct°. l5
Garrison Heady-Idi.r C^n 621.'1
Oliti~er Hudson ~; 3,3; Charles Reed Bu i.ck ylr,ial
sron C1a,rh 22.13 ,'acus Linn°~er Co. 138.x5
Robert i;oyd g,z3 L'sao Standard Oil
' i!;.5;
Je~ pie Horton 1!,03 1
eti.t Sash !i,03
+ii11 brown ]_1.03
;iar~:Ietl Thomas lii.o3 r.'i11 brown 23.40
,'in,-Iy :3.chataond 11.63 J, P, Harris 23,1.10
Gabe Hosette 1!.:,63 George Gooch 23.40
Robert ','3shir>tcn 1.38 L~.igene Hale L3,110
';ri.l.lie Smith 13.13 George, i41c~'1en I~t5,00
J, F, FIarris 1!.1.63 I'rer.+,ice Jackson 33.75
Rcbpr+ Briscoe :,3~3 Demon Tyler x5.00
Garrison Ready-Niix Con. 1,135.38
Harvey ','Jhite 20C.00
Ji.m fai.]ey 1,300.0C
'. °. Heagler 1,000.00
r'Igre'1I? ~ S Ft~'I.I%F' AD?D F~TISIOi4 F' LrIVD
T. H. ttci,oul;h 50.00
Upon the matter beutg cal led to vote, the following.; voted;
Ape: Garrison, iu4anchsst<;r, iii^rl.ay, ko}vton, 'r'oster, Pourer, Bledsos, anu Brl]_inger,
Nay IJone,
No further bu.~iness appc>a.ring, the meeting was adjourned.
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MAYOR
t"rncROJED: MARCH 7, 1950