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MINUTES OF A REGUZAR MEETING OF THE REST yiE6dFfiIS CITY COUNCIL
WEST MEb`.PfiIS, ARKANSAS
SEPTEMBER 4, 1945
The City Council of the City..of West Memphis, Arkansas, met in
regule.r session at the City Hall in said City on the 4th day of
September, 1945, at 8:00 P.M. with the following members presents
'~ P. M. Dacus, Mayor J. B. Loyd
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0. I. Bollinger, Aldermen
All members being present the following proceedings were had -
to wit:
Minutes of a regular meeting on August 7, 1945, were read and
approved.
The Mayor directed attention to the fact that the 1935 issue
of Sewer Revenue Bonds had been called, paid and cancelled; that
the 1945 issue of Revenue Sewer Bonds has been completed; that
the Bonds had been executed and delivered to the Trustee, Union .,,
Planters Bank k Trust Company of Memphis, Tennessee; that the r-,
funds derived from the sale,of said. Sewer Revenue Bonds had been
placed on deposit in the Union Flanters Bank & Trust Company and
designated "City of West Memphis Special Fund"; that checks could
be drawn on said fund when properly authorized by the City Council;
that the authorities of the Trustee, Union Planters Bank do Trust
Company of Memphis, Tennessee, requested that they be furnished with
a Resolution of the City Council of the City of 1Yest Memphis setting .
~' up the manner in which said funds vPOUld be withdrawn, and after a
discussion of the matter, the following Resolution was offered by
Alderman G. W. McAuley:
Be it resolved by the.City Counoil of the City of Vie at Memphis,
Arkansas, that the checks shall be drawn on the City of NI'est Memphis'
Special Fund with the Union Planters ink & Trust Company of Memphis,
Tennessee, in the following manner, to~wit:
Warrants shall be issued by and at the direotion of the City
Council, and upon approval of said warrants by the City Council,
the Treasurer, Dayton Sackett, shall be authorized to issue checks
drawn on said fund, and when countersigned by the Clerk, L. P. Bernhard,
shall authorize payment by Union Planters Bank de Trust Company;
that said withdrawals shall be in sums of Twenty-five Thousand
(25,000.00) Dollars or multiples thereof; that said withdrawals
shall be deposited in the Bank of West Memphis and~or Merchants de ~;;,.
Pla:rters Bank, both of West Memphis, Arkansas.
After a discussion of said Resolution, Aldermen Curtis Foster
moved its adoption, and upon the roll being called, the following =
voted "Aye": J. B. Loyd, C. H. Brown, G. W. McAuley, J. F. Jenkins,
Curtis Foster, and 0. I. Bollinger. Nay - Nona. -
The Mayor thereupon declared said Resolution adopted and that
it be recorded amongst the minutes of the meeting.
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The Mayor next directed attention to the fact that when the
funds ware deposited in the Bank of West Memphis and~or Merchants
do Planters Bank; that these banks would want information as to
how funds were to be withdrawn from the deposits; that a special
account should be set up for these funds in order to prevent inter-
, mingling with other funds of the Gity of West Memphis.
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Thereupon the following Resolution was offered by Alderman
0. I. Bollinger:
Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas, that funds withdrawn from the Union Planters Bank k Trust
Company end placed on deposit in the Bank of Y~test Memphis and the
Merchants de Planters Bank shall be deposited in a special fund desi-
gnated "West Memphis Sewer Construction Aocount"; that funds shall
be withdrawn therefrom in the following manner, to wit:
l~arrants shall be drawn and when approved by the City Council,
check shall be drawn by Dayton Sackett, City Treasurer, and counter- .
signed by L. P. Bernhard, and when so drawn shall be authority for
the Bmk of QYest Memphis and~or the Merchants & Planters Bank to
honor such checks.
After a discussion of the above and foregoing Resolution,
Alderman J. B. Loyd moved its adoption, and upon the matter-being
called to vote, the following voted "Aye": 0. I. Bollinger,
Curtis Foster, J. F. Jenkins, G. W. 3ucAuley, C. H. Brawn, and
J. F. Loyd. Nay - None.
The Mayor thereupon declared said Resoltuion adopted and ordered
it to be recorded amongst the minutes of the meeting.
The Mayor next directed attention to the fact that funds would
be needed within the next few days to pay certain bills incurred in
the construction of the Sewer System, and that it would be necessary
to have funds available to make such payments.
Thereupon motion was made by G. W. McAuley that H. E. Manning,
City Rea order, be and he is hereby authorized to issue two warrants
in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars each on the
Union Planters Bank k Trust Company, "City of West Memphis Special
Fund" for the transfer of Twenty-Five Thousand 025,000.00) Dollars
to Bank of ~fest Memphis and Twenty-Five Thousand 025,000.00) Dollars
to the Merchants k Planters Bank, both of West Memphis, Arkansas.
This motion was seconded by C. H. Brown and upon the matter
being called to vote the following voted "Aye": J. B. Loyd, C. H. Brown,
G. Ni. McAuley, J. F. Jenkins, Curtis Foster, 0. I. Bollinger. Nay - None.
Chief of Police Bud Holland appeared before the Council, and
made the following appointment: I, Bud Holland, Chief of Police of
the City of West Memphis, hereby appoint C. D. Shaw as my assistant.
Alderman 0. I. Bollinger made the motion that the appointment
made by -Chief of Polioe Holland be accepted, and the salary of
Offioer Shaw be $150.00 a month. Alderman C. H. Brawn seconded the
motion. Upon the matter being called to vote, the following voted:
Aye - J. B. Loyd, C. H. Brown, G. W. L6oAuley, J. F. Jenkins, Curtis
Foster, and 0. I. Bollinger. Nay - None.
Mayor Dacus appointed Alderman G. IIL. McAuley, Alderman Curtis
Foster, and Clerk L. p. Bernhard to look at the property on Second
Street owned by Mrs. Danis that the City would like to buy, and to
report at the next Council meeting as to the prise and-other matters
pertaining to the property.
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GENERAL FUND STREET IMFROVEh'IENT FUND
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Central Service Station $23.27 Ed Hudson X36.75
Mid-South Oil Company 16.38 Henry Henry 22.50
C. V. Griffin, Fire Chief 135.00 Ed Brown 11.00
McCea Chevrolet Co. 5.61 Manual Boyd 18.00
Crittenden Uounty Times 45.75 4Yallace Turner 24.50
L. F. MaKeowen 4.00 James Abbot 24.50
Johnson Auto Co. 98.97 Melvin Clay 24.50
Cash 45.22 Essex Millar 24.50
Wallin-Dickey & Rich .66 Isah Miller 22.50
~ ~ Bragg Service Company 34.92 Albert McKinney 15.50
Jack Burkhead 8.00 Robert Brisco 24.50
Farmers Supply Company 2.74 James Shaver 24.50
Shelton General Tire Co. 118.85 A. C• Davidson 16.40
'hest Memphis Lbr. & Supply 19.13 Arthur Ise Easley 19.20
Bell-Chapman Farm Equipt. Co. 15.24 Ed Hudson 23.25
Peoples Implement Co. 49.08 Henry Henry 13.25
~'~. S. Darly & Company 3.75 Ed Brown fi.25
Southwestern Ball Telephone C o.50.40 Manual Boyd 11.50
Mo. P. R. R. Co. 386.65 :^lsllace Turner 15.25
Gross County Gravel Co. 517.22 James Abbot 15.25
Charles J. Upton tc Co. 7.50 Kelvin Cley 8.2b
Choctaw Culvert 8c biachir_ery 608.35 Essex Miller 8.25
Marion L. Crist ~ Associates 50.00 Isiah Miller 6.25
Ivy Richardson 28.20 Robert Brisoo 8.25
Acy drown 12.,00 James Shaver 17.25
Robert Tanner 50.00 A. C. Davidson 24.00
Lion Oil Company 106.02 Arthur Ise Easley 24.00
Reichman-Crosby Co. 15.06 Ed Hudson 36.75
berchants-Planters Bank 87.89 Henry Henry 24.50
Ivy Richardson 25.20 James Abbot 24.50
Aoy Hrown 21.00 Wallace Turner 22.50
h. L. Cheek 75.650 A. C. Davidson 16.80
Ivy Richardson 29.40 Arthur Ise Easley 10.80
Acy Brown 22.50 Ed Hudson 41.25
James Abbot 24.50 Henry Henry 22.50
' Ivy Richardson 29.40 Wallace Turner 27.50
F. E. Denson 87.50 Joe Houston 19.20
C. V. Griffin 15.p0 genry Williams 24.00
Jean Hillencamp 140.00
H. D. Holland 150.00
H. D. Holland 30.00' SEC7ER REVEhTiJE FUND
P. M. Dacus 100.00
J. H. Spears 60.(10'• Famers Supply Co. ~, 3.51
H. E. a%anning 29.00 Johnson Auto Co, 16.20
Dayton Sackett 25.00 Memphis Machine Vrorka 185.17
Mrs. bI. B. Currie 35.00 Holland Implement Co. 3.50
J. F. Wright 2-00.00 .Dacus Lumber Company 84.37
Hester Johnson 40.00 Laftwioh & Ross 1,000.00
G. L. Jacks 190.00 Commercial National
G. G. Kietzman 296..00 Bank 41.00
J. B. Loyd 5.00 Standard Oil Company 2.99
C. H. Brown 5.00 A. B. Darter, Clerk 1,200.00
G. k^i. h:cauley 5.00
Curtis Foster 5.00 CITY GF SVEST MEMPHIS - SPECIAL FUND
0. I. Bollinger 5.00
J. F. Jenkins 5.00 Y~[ast Memphis Sewer
Jean Hillencamp 5.00 Construction Acct. X25,000.00
Mrs. J. F. Wright 239.00 Banlt of West Memphis
A. L. Cheek Ti4~E,48 West Memphis Sewer
I I C. D. Shaw IaO.(>(T Construction Acct.
' Merchants-Planters $25,000.00
SE7dER BOND & INTEREST FUPdD
SEN(ER CONSTRUCTICN*MERCHANTS PLAi1TERS
Sewer Revenue Bond Fund $1,436.74
Sewer Revenue Fund 3, 758.34 A. B. Carter $3.00
J. H. Spears 13.05
S^PfER CONSTRUCTION*BANR OF WEST N.E6;FHIS Marion L. Crist ~ Associates
V5,357.61
Mid West Contracting Co. $8, 783.57
Motion was made by Alderman 0. I. Bollinger and seconded by Alderman
J. F. Jenkins to adjourn the meeting.
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