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The Council o£ the City o£ West Ilemphis met in a regular session at the Cite Hall ir_
said City at 3:00 F.I:. cn the nth da3* of September, 1956.
T'ne meeting was called to order by the aayor, and upon roll call there were:
Present: Niayor H. B, mice presiding and the £ollotrin~ P>lderrnen:
James Bledsoe, b. J. David. Bob 3den. J. H. Rimes. -. B, Fotrers.
_.. H. ay, Jr. 4.^_'. L, ~, ?olesor.; szd City . torn^,- :.tlee Harris.
Absent: :'aderma-t C, I. .ollinger.
It being determined a Quorum was present. the £ollotainr proceedings were had to_trit:
Minutes o£ Council Ieeti_ng on .lugust 1<; 1956, were rear. and there being no corrections
or alterations the; were approved as rear.
Niayor Price informed the Council. there would. be a meeting o£ the past i:r'~ansas Civil
Defense Council at Forrest City on September 12. 1956, for acauaintine County Judges.
wuortun Courts. :'•a~>ors, an' City Councils with the proper procedure for obtaining surplus
property to be donated by the Federal Government to political sub-divisions. after
discussion, yldermen 3den. :iolesor., and Davis! volunteered to accompany iayror Price to the
meeting.
=iules and Regulations for the operation o£ (lest :'.emphis Fire Decartment were presented.
::ayor Price in£oraaed the Council the rules and regulations had been discussed :with members of
the fire department, an:l they were ir_ accord with all sections except Section 33, tahich read.
as £ollot:*s:
Sec. 33. Officer and members off duty and on leave of absence, including vacations, trill not
be permitted to leave the City without first sectoring permission from the Chief o£ the
Department.
The Council discussed. Section 33 with Chief Anderson, thereupon, motion was oracle by
Alderman Powers and seconded ty .".l;ierman Bledsoe; That S~cticn 3~ renain as written.
Upon vote. the •+ldexr:en voted:
Yeas: Aldermen: 9ledsoe, llavid. F,den, Rimes. Potters. slay, and Roleson.
nays : : ore .
'__ayor .rice read Section a~ and recornnended. the deletion o£ the Section, the Section read
as follows:
Sec. 1,5• When the I-iayor, Members of the City Council, Chief or Assistant Chie° shall enter
any fire station, all officers and. members sha7.l ax-lse, iP seated, and accord them the
courtesy due their official capacity.
Thereupon, motion was made by =alderman liay and seconded b}*.',lderr:an Eden: That Section a5
be deleted. The vote teas as £oLotrs:
Yeas: Aldes^nen: 3ledsce. llavid. Widen, FIimes, Potters. Ray, and itoleson.
Nays: ",one,
::coon rtes made t~~ ;'_laei;uan Rimes and seconded ty ~1?erman _oleson: That the rules and.
regulations for the operation c£ the Wiest .em^his T~'ire Department as presented to approved;
and Cit;* Attorney .-tlee Harris be requested to prepare resolution embodyznC and adoptins
said rules and regulations. Uron vote. the voting was as £ollotrs:
Yeas: Aldermen: Dledsoe, Davie!.. Lden, Rimes.. Fotrers. aay, and Roleson.
flays: idone.
The Council was advised. o° .'pct 132 trhich allowrs for payment to members of the Fire
Department for the thirteen hrl:ansas legal holidays. thereupon, the foilo;ring list eras
presented:
Follot:*ing is a list o£ firemen and the amount to be added to the note eight check to pay for
thirteen legal holidays for `he year 195c. Pay fcr the thu•teer. ~.rl:ansas legal 'r,olidays was
taken care of under (Act 132) passed and approved July 7, 19$5.
31mo Knderson sight checks n18,7o
0. J. aatton .fight thecLs ',C^
- J. Dart;:- sight chec'.cs 1'.r.S7
_. .. :cl:ay ~-gh't checl-s 1~ ,
..arvin Lewis tight cilec'rs 1?,3F
:ill ha^lan _ check 1`!.3'
_. ;sir':de"£er
~ lil~ht thee' 1'
J•i/
Otis
C. Rushing ~ight checks - X3,3(
Thomas T. cur'.-:hart ~i„ht chec'.~s
James F. :wore Ji'. ~ight thee'.: 13,3E
Char7.es Powers "_ght chac'~s i3.3.`--
James Dandrtsn light cheers 1'.3'
. ?.. Simmons
~i~ht thee'.-s t o 3<
James ~ Scott might checks
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-ouis Harrell _;;h'- thec's 13.3
C L. Griffin Light the c'_s -. it
:.. ... .vrrstrcng . iiht checks 1C,^7
lifter discussicn, motion eras made by .ildes^~an Rai- and secen~ied by ;:_,.erman llecisce: Z.hat th:;
pavmeats be made to the members o£ the ?ire Departmert as listed. Upon vote. the votin^ was as
follows:
Yeas: Aldermen:3ledsoe, David, Eden. Rimes, Powers. Ray, and Roleson.
Nays: Pione.
The following statements were presented for work on the courtroom addition to
the City Hall:
H. H. Tuseth u2, 000.00
i.. E. Sanders :;;']00.00
lifter discussion, motion was made by Alderman Himes and seconded by Alderman Powers:
That the statements be approved. and the Piayor and City Cleric be authorized tc issue
checks for payment thereof on the City property Construction Fund.
Upon vote, the noting was as follows:
Yeas: Aldermen: Bledsoe, David, Eden, Himes, Powers, Ray, and Roleson.
Nays: None.
estimates for the sewer system were presented as follows:
Forsgren Brothers Estimate PIo, g _ Ingram Dlvd. w2,!~11.01
41. Y. Ingram sstinate Ne. 3 - Hulbert Area 1:i:,2:38.L:6
The estimates were discussed, and motion made by Alderman lay and seconded by
Alderman Bledsoe: That the estimates as presented be approved and Playor and City C7e rk
be authorized to issue checks for payment, Upon vote, the voting teas as follows:
Yeas: Aldermen: Bledsoe, David. :den, Himes. Powers, Ray, and Roleson.
Nays : Pione .
Statement from Choctaw, Inc. in the amount o£ ~5.851.u5 for the month of
August was presented, After discussion, motion was made by Alderman Roleson anti
seconded by Alderman Powers: That statement o° Choctat-r, Inc. be approved and check
be issued for payment. Upon note. the voting was as follows:
Yeas: Aldermen: Bledsoe. David, Eden, Himes. Powers, Ray, and Roleson.
Nays: None.
The Council was informed it would be necessary to request a grant o£
X20,000 from the Utility Commission for payment of accounts. Iiotion was made by
Alderman Eden and seconded by Alderman Bledsoe: That the Utility Commission be
requested to grant to the City o£ ?lest I•;emphis the sum o£ w20,000. Upon vote, the
voting was as follows:
Yeas: ildermen: Bledsoe, David, Eden, Himes. Powers. Ray; and Roleson.
days : hone .
?.ccounts payable for July were presented as fellows:
General Fund: t7, 513.°O
Svrimming Pool Construction Fund: 255.06
Street Improvement Fund: 1,533.50
Public. Utility Bond. Construction Fund: 50.00
Upon vote, the voting was as folloors:
Yeas: Aldermen: Bledsoe, David, Eden, Himes. Powers, Ray, and icoleson.
Nays: None.
Report o° Building Inspector for applications and permits £rom August 15th to
September 5th was presented:
Applications Denied: None
Applications Granted;
Elizabeth fiance
Rosie PIarshall
Choctaw, Inc. - 2
Sylvester Love
filbert i:itchell
Garfield F. Dollie Hardy
J. L, ililson
Calvery Baptist Church
Lewis Jones
Burton Ydilliams
i~lbertar?orris
'rl, '. Garrett
Forte Latrrence
Electric Yitchen
T . li, Willis
W. Jeffries
H. Granger
;:otion was made by Aldernan iiay and. seconded by Alderman 3oleson: That the rerort o' the
DuildinU Inspector be approved. Upor. vote, tine :aldermen voted:
yeas: =aldermen: 3ledsoe. Day-i:l, :;den, FIimes. Fo:~rers. Ray. ar,~ ~olosen.
Bays: idonc.
"ade~;fian G. I. Doi'.inger arr_ear::d ~t the meeting.
i,lderman Dledsoe, chsirman c_' the building committee consisting, of :!ldermen Hollinger.
x;en, and Dledsoe, repo-rtec to the Council on grngress beir.° -;ado ir, consu,~-ucticn o_ the
courtroom addition.
`,:ayor Trice brought tc the Councils attention the amount spent by the City for cleaninL-out
storm sewers necessitated by citizens stal:ine I±,rass in the streets, and requested the representatives
o^ the newspapers present to inform the citizens the Grass would be nicked up by cit~* trucl_s upon
calling the City Hall.
Plo further business appearing before the Council, motion was made by i~lrer,~;an Hledsoe and
seconded by :aderman David to ad_ourn. Upon vote, the voting eras as follows:
Yeas: Aldermen: Hledsoe, Hel].inger. David. Wider., Rimes, Potrers, Ray, and Rclesen.
hays : Plone .
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AFFRO*~D: SEPTEMBER 20, 1956