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REGULAR ]\U2::2TING DE:Gj~;/lBE;q 29, 195)~ 19 0;'1 thi,3 the 29th d,-,-y of December, 1951+, A. D., at 2:00 o'clock :Po M., the City Council of the Oi t Y of San !i[arco s, Texas, n18t in a regular meeting at the Ci ty Hall in San Vlarcos, with the following members pre- sent and :9articipating: Frank E. Dietterich, Mayor Calvin j'.'I. Allen, Aldermil-n Coy )e VL'1ey, Alderman, Harold G. Smith, Alderman Absent were: I s. R. Beecroft, Alderman "'rank D. Hill, Jr., Alderman Others 1clres ent: w. G. Garbee Brnes t ~vro2c;an A. Y. IkWilliams Jim Walls Prank T. Drought Mr. Du Pree " A quorum being p~es ent, th~ ::J18etinc; was called to orci.er by the IVLayor, and the folJ.ovV"J.ng tranSpJ_l'l8d: Mr. :Ju l~ree, re:oresent.inrs his father and '"Steve Grez:s, met wi th the Covr~cil to discuss t-he possibilitieS' of maktng some changes in the l'Jresent lavv stating that no gasoline trucks wlth a capacIty over 2,000 sallons be allowed in the City Li[[1i ts and Pire Zone of San Marcos. He stated that they have been delivering 2,000 gallons of gas at a tLne, but they 'use a truck that has a larger C8.9ac1ty. Mr. illis has spoken to them about the matter. Mr. Du Pree said that if the ordinanee is fully eXlforc eel, ti:ley will 11a ve to bay a new truck wi th a smaller capaci ty. The Council stated that ",.hen they passed the ordinance, they were under the impression that all the dealers were in favor of it. It was decided that no action be taken on the matter until all the dealers could Il1eet wi th the Counci 1 and give their o;Jinions. 'rhe tv Secretary was ins tructe:J to notify all gasoline dealers by letcer to wIth the Council at the next meeting to disCL1SS the matter. I Mr. ~allace Barber presented a problem to the Council conc8~ning .illS water supply. He stated that for sometime he had been having water -ores sure "::;roblsms at his home. ?Ie saj.d tll.at when the water tank was -ouilt, "Qe :"lad sood water service, but P8cently a neighbor had installed a 2 inch water meter, which he believed was causIng his" wate~' su)ply to deCl"eas8. He said that there, were times when they ;'lad no water at all. 'l'he Ci t;:r then installed a larger water meter for him, which solved the problem. Of course, the larger meter cost more. After allowing him a. discount in the amlocmt of his old meter, he still owos1i65.00. He asked that the Oi ty ac;ree to pay half of this ( .50) as he did not feel that he sllOaldhave to pay it all because it was not his fault that a lare;er meter was needed. l'he Council discussed the matlDr, after wilieh Aldepman De Viney made a 1110 tion that the Ci ty .pay half oJ' the amou.nt due on 1.:J.1.8 metGr, 'V~iC}l woulcl amount to ,:lj;32.50. A11er.man Allen seconded the m00ion. A vote was taken which resulted unanimously in favor of the motion. The property tax valuations of Peyton Thomas and Prank Zi::Junerman 'i"18l'e presenteo.. to the Council. After a dlsc-llssion,the Council~unanim()usly agresd that tbey did not wish to make any changes in the decision of the Equalization Board. I :Mr. Prank T. Drought met with the Council to discuss the park plans. He stated that he did not have the work comoletecl at present, but that he would se~ad the plans as soon as')os3iole. It was stated that SOIne plans will have to be made for the roads. Alderman Smith made a motion that Mr. Drought be authorized to prepare the construction drawing for the road from Buggs Lane to where it will cross the railroad on the top East side of the property. rfrds work vvill cost a~?!--;'r()ximately ~t)5o.o0. ]:Rr. ;:kWiLllams is to sot the cons truc;tion stakes. Alderman De Viney seconded the motion. A vote WelS taken whj_ch r6sul ted unanimously in favor of the motion. The Council also authorized Mr. Drought to pc epare a of the City Limits according to the list of annexation field notes has been lHade. There was a discussion about the sludge pits at the old sewage disposal plant. The Cou_ncil authorized Iilr. McWilliams to break the bottoms of the pits and to fill them with dirt.