September 3, 19593~
MPNTES OF REGULAR T•IIETI'~T, G OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIT7 OF [NEST T~'.~ynIPHIS, ARKANSAS,
HELD 9T THE CITY HALL IId SAID CITY ON THE 3RD DAY OF SEPTEMBERy 1959~AT 3;00_. P. M,
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'~ On the 3rd day of September, 1959, the Council of the City of West Memphis, j
Arkansas, met in the City Hall in said City in regular session. The meeting was
called to order at 3:00 o~clock P, M. by the Mayer, and on the roll call the
following members of the Council were found to be present:
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Aldermen: Bob Eden, J. E, FS.mes, R. H. Ray, Jr. Y. G. Sims, James Bledsoe, ~
I 0. I, Bollinger. ~~
Absent: Aldermen: L. E, P,oleson and B. J. David, and City Attorney
W. H. Dillahunty,
It being deterrrdned a quorum was pasent, the following proceedings were had to=sit: ~
Minutes of Council P~eting on August 20, 1959, were approved as read.
Mr. Robert J. Karr representing the West Memphis Junior Chamber of Commerce
appeared before the Council to request permission to use the Hospital Ball Field for
a horseshoes to be sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Karr stated it
would be necessary to disc the field, however, the field will be put in good condition
after the shcw by the sponsoring organization. After discussion, motion was made by Alderman Ray:
That the Junior Chamber of Commerce be granted permission to use the Hospital Ball Field
for a horse show, The motion was seconded by Alderman Himes, and the following vote was
recorded:
Ayes: Aldermen: Eden, Himes, Ray, Sims, Bledsoe,. and Bo1l~nger.
Nays: Slone.
The proposed route of buses to ba operated by the West Memphis Transportation
Company in the morning and afternoon during the 19$9-60 school term was presented as
follows:
From Bus Station east on Broadway to 18th Street, South on 18th Streot to Harrison,
east on Harrison to Twenty-first, north on Twenty-first to Broadway, east on Broadway
to Stuart, east on Stuart to Beatty, east on Beatty to O,K,, north on 0. K. to Church,
west on Church to Stuart, south on Stuart to Barton, west on Barton to McAuley Drive
North, north-west on McAuley Drive N, to Eighteenth, south on Eighteenth to McAuley
Drive South, east on McAuley Drive South to Gathings, east on Gathings to Ingram, south
on Ingram to Broadway, west on Broadway to Missouri, north on Missouri to Barton, west
on Barton to Avalon, south on Avalon to Tyler, east on Tyler to Woods Street, north on
Woods to Broadway, back to Bus Station.
After discussion, motion was made by A13erman Eden: That the proposed route presented
by West Memphis Transportation Company be approved. The motion was seconded by
Alderman Ray, and the following vote was recorded:
Ayes: Aldermen: Eden, Himes, Ray, Sims, Bledsoe, and Bollinger.
Nays: None.
Mayor Price inf ormed the Council Mr. James Foster resigned from the City Beautiful
Commission due to his transfer from West Memphis and recommended Mrs. Jerald Lackey be
appointed to replace T•Tr. Foster, also Mrs. Glen ~ardner and Mrs. C, B, Finch be appointed
as members of the Comtrdssion. Thereupon, motion was made by Alderman Himes: That the
appointments of Mrs. Jerald Lackey, Mrs. Glen Gardner, and Mrs. C, B. Finch as members of
City Beautiful Commission be approved. The motion was seconded by Alderman Sims, and the
following vote was recorded:
Ayes: Aldermen: Eden, Himes, Ray, Sims, Bledsoe, and Bollinger.
Nays: None.
Mayor Price advised the Council a resolution for taxation purposes £or 1959 had been
prepared inasmuch as the tax would be 11 mills as in 1958. The resolution was introduced
and read in full as follows:
RESOLUTION N0, 220
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ?aEST ~IET•7PHIS, ARKANSAS:
That a tax of five (5) mills upon the dollar for general purposes, five (5) mills
upon the dollar for debt service, and one (1) mill upon the dollar for public city
librar~r upon the assessed value of all -real and personal property within the limits
of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, be and the same is hereby levied, and the
City Clerk is hereby directed to deliver a certified copy of this Resolution to the
Clerk of the County Court of Crittenden County, to the end that said tax may be
entered. upon the State and County man Books for th=_ year 1959.
Motion was made by Alderman Ray: That the Resolution as presented be adopted.
The motion was seconded by Alderman FTimes, and the following vote was recorded:
Ayes: Aldermen: Eden, Rimes, Ray, Sims, Bledsoe, and Bollinger.
Nays : I7cne .
There being no further business to come before the meeting, Alderman Bledsoe
moved the meeting ad,jourr., which motion was duly seconded by Alderman Rey, and
the following vote was recorded:
Ayes: Aldermen: Eden, Rimes, Ray, Sims, Bledsoe, and Bollinger.
Nays: None.
The I~iayor thereupon declared the meeting ad3ourned.
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APPROVED: SEPTEMBEP. 17, 1959