October 16, 1958~,
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MIidUTES OF A P.EGULAR P~.ETING OF THE COUNCIL OF Tim CITY OF WEST P•ZEN'PHIS, ARKANSAS,
_ HAD AND HELD OPd_OCTOBER 16. 1958
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The Council of the City of West Memphis met itt a regular session at the City Hall
in said City at 3:00 P,I3, on the 16th day of October, 1958,
The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, and upon roll call there were:
Present: Mayor H, B, Price presiding and the following Aldermen:
R, H. Ray, Jr., L, E. Roleson, James Bledsoe 0, I, Bollinger,
B, J, David, gob Eden, and J, E, Rimes; and pity Attorney
Atlee Harris,
Absent: Alderman y, Sims.
It being determined a quorum was present, the following proceedings were had to_wit:
Minutes of Council Meeting on October 2, 1958, were approved as read.
Mayor Price informed the Council the members of the County Planning Commission had
been invited to attend the meeting to discuss with Mr. W, S, Bonner of the University of
Arkansas, Planning Division, and PM. Erling Helland, a Planning Consultant, proposed
plans for a planning program; and Mayor James Heath of Marion, Mr. R. D, Rose of Terrell,
and Alderman 0. I, Bollinger were present. ivs. W, S. Bonner gave a resume of the
statutes of the city~s application for a Federal grant for planning, and advised the
Council the appropriation to the State of Arkansas had been reduced and the allication
to the City of 'vlest Memphis would be :12,000.00 instead of X13,200.00, Mr. Helland
presented the following proposed changes in the Agreement previously presented to the
Council:
CITY OF ~~ST MEMPHIS, iIRKANSAS
Proposed Changes in Agreement
for Planning Services
1. Change name of contrzctor to Erling Helland, Consulting Planner.
2, Reduce fee from ~p26,la00 to ~2lt,000.
3. Provide that work begin within 45 days after execution of an agreetient, but not
necessarily before :•Tarch 1, 1959.
4, Provide that work be completed within a period of 2µ months from the time o£
beginning.
5. Remove the following elements £rom the work program:
II A 4- Public Finance
II D 3 _ Capital Improvement Program
II D 1~ - Urban Renewal
5, Provide in II A 7 that the obtaining of data on existing traffic shall be limited
to data available from public agencies,
7. Include in the land use plan a preliminary determinatier. of areas which appear
ap ropriate for each of the following types of urban renewal action: (a) conservation,
(b~ rehabilitation, {c) clearance and redevelopment,
8. Revise Section II E to provide for submission of 90 copies of each interim report and
of the first draft of the zoning report, zoning map and sub-division regulations.
9. Frovide that planners responsibility with respect to the general plan report, zoning
report, zoning map and subdivision regulations will be limited to the foLowing items:
a. Submitting required number of copies of each report.
b, Participating in one public hearing, if held not more than Lt5 days following
submission of t::e report.
c. Submitting three typewritten copies of recommended changes in each -report,
and one revised reproducible copy of the zoning map, following the public
hearing,
After discussion with i~ir. Bonner and i°s, Holland, motion was made by Alderman Roleson
and soconded by Alderman Rimes that: The '_~ oposed Changes :.n Agreement for Planning
Services be approved. Upon vote, the voting wras as Follows:
Yeas: Aldermen: P.ay, Roleson, Bledsoe, Bollinger, David, Eden, and Rimes,
Nays: Gore,
M~por Price informed the Council he had conferred with It". Ora S. Guest of the
Test Memphis Transportation Company as to operation cf a bus from the eastern section
of the City to the High School on Avalon and that the following trial basis schedule
had been worked out. subject to approval of the Council:
rrom bus s+.rtion at ?:3o A,Ii. to corner o£ 23rd and Broadway, turn north on
Stuart to Barton and west on Barton 'to II. 18th Street. The bus will travel
south on 18th to I~Icnuley Driv=, South, then north on iicAuley Drive, East; and
east on PicAuley to Ingram, returning on Ingram to Broadway west to Redding, north
on Redding to Ban on, west on Barton to High School; arriving at 8:15 A,i~1. Bus
vrill leave the school at 3:45 F,I~i.
Tares will be 15¢ each trip or $1.00 a wee L-,
After discussion, motion was made by Alderman David and seconded by alderman Roleson:
That the schedule as presented be approved. Upon vcte, the voting was as follows:
'leas: Aldermen: Ray, Roleson, Bledsoe, Bollinger, David, F,den, and Himes.
Nays : I1one ,
The Council was advised. that the school board of the lIulbert :Jest :Memphis School
District had stated they would not construct a school immediately in the area west of
the city limits, and that the ?.nd reading of the ordinance annexing the area would be
held in abeyance for further discussion and study.
The following statements for construction of the public library here presented:
J. D. "Duke" Harlow
Finley electric Co,
Finlay ilectric Co.
u53u.oo
688.95
512.41
I•Iotion was made by Alderman Bledsoe and seconded. by Alderman Ray: That the statements
as presented be approved, Upon vote, the voting was as follows:
Yeas: Aldermen: Ray, Roleson, Bledsoe, Bollinger, David, Eden, and Himes.
Nays: IJone,
City Attorney Atlee Harris informed the Council the Acts of the General Asseriuly
of the State of Arkansas provide for court costs to be charged to costs of defendants
found guilty, pursuant to Statute for the purchase, maintenance, and operational expense
of equipment to test the degree of intoxication of persons arrested on charges of public
drunkenness or driving while under the influence of Into„icants and he had prapared an
ordinance for consideration of the Council. The ordinance entitled '~An Ordinance To
Authorize Levying Of Additional Costs In Convictions For Fublic Drunkenness And Driving
Under The Influence Bf Intoxicants" was read. After discussion, motion was made by
Alderman Ray and seconder: by Alderman ila.mes: That the or3inance as read the first time
be approved. Upon vote, the voting was as follows
Yeas: Aldermen: Ray, Roleson, Bledsoe, Bollinger, David, Lden, and Himes.
Nays: None,
Mayor Price introduced Mr. Hugh lJ, Hunter, Manufacturers Representative of
Tran-Sonic Engineering Co, who spoke, on the advantages of the police department having
radar units for traffic control and invited the members of the Council to attend a
demonstration after the meeting.
No further business appearing before the Council, motion was made by Alderman Bledsoe
and seconded by Alderman Himes to adjourn. Upon vote, the voting was as follows
Yeas: Aldermen: Ray, Roleson, Bledsoe, Bollinger, David, Eden, and Himes.
Dlays : I1one .
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