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.14 There wzs a short r~00tt on the rrogress made by the Committee appointed to hQndle the City Ij.brory proper'ty problem. No definite action has been taken. Jl. PrcUminary Plat of the Glendale Addition was presented to the Council by Jesse Dean for approval. It was stated that approximately o:1e year ago, the same plat had been disapproved by the Cou~cil b~cause of the street not jeing 50 feet in width. It was ~ated thet this has been corrected. Alderman Allen made a motion that the pre liminary plat of the Glendale Addition be approved. P.lderman Hill seconded the motion. A vote was taken which resulted unanimously in favor of the mati,on. The Plat follows these minutes and is a part hereof. A Plat of the W. O. Meiners Firt Surburban Addition belonging to Charles ZU:1ker, was presented to the Council by 'N. G, Barbee, Mr. Barbee stated thd Mr. Zunker has advised him that this plat had previously been approved by tte City and put on record, however, he now wishes to make two changes, and wCi~ld like to get these changes approved by tile City Council befDre a final pla.t is presented. :t WuS stated that u street leddi(ig off the Business Rout.e of U. S. Highway 81 is nm"lJ 35 feet wi.de~ howev2:'~ Mr. 'Zunker now pltlns to widen the street to 50 feet. There is an 18 foot alley running along the back of Lots 4,5,6,7,8,9 parallel to the above mentioned street. Mr. Zunker has reques~ed that the City deed 13 feet of this alley back to him, after '"hich he will deed five feet off the back of these lots, making a 10 foot easp,m0nt along the back of the lots. !.ldei'man De "iney made a motion that these changes be approved and that the City authorize a deed to Mr. Chal'les Zunker for thirteen feet of the above men:'.~oned a1 f_ey. ltlderman Allen secon.ded the :notion. .r.\ vote ~"'Ias taken !.rVhich resulted unanim ously in favor of the motion. The Plat follows these minutes. VI ~ G.. BOrbee stated that he has been contacted by a representative of the Traf-O-7eria System of El Dorado, Kansas~ who made a proposal to install approximately five Traf-O-Teria Meter Collection Boxes in San ;,,~aICClS on 3 90 dZlY trial basis. If the City decides to buy these boxes, they wil1 cost $19.50 each. By using this system, the Meter PoliceTTWOn writes his ticket making a carbon copy of the ticket on the fact of a small enve lope, Which the violator may use by droppi~g his money into this e!1\!lelope 2nd dropping th~ envelope into one of the Traf-O-Tcria Boxes. These boxes are opened for collection at the end af each day. The represen~ative suggested that we order 2,000 tickets cos~bng 2t each for a 90 day trial. The Council was in unanimous agreement in favor of this plan and authorized W. G. Barbee to contact the representafive concerning the 90 day trial. Mr. W. G. Barbee presented a letter from John L. Su:tber & Company, Auditors, San Antonio, Texas, containing a proposal to do the City and Utilities yearly audit. In the letter, Mr. "urber stated that his company would audit the books for .the same amount as charged last year, which was $750.00. After a discussion, Alderman Allen made a motion that Mr. John L. Surber's proposal be accepted to do the books for the City of San Marcos Clnd San Marcos Utilities for $750.00. Alderman Hill seconded the motion, A vote was taken which resulted unanimously in favor of the motion. W. G. Barbee reported that the City Council has the authority to appoint the Civil Defense Director for the City. After a short discussion, Alderman Allen made a motion that Emmett Colvin be appointed as Civil Defense Director. Alderman Smith seconded the motion. A vote was taken which resulted unanimously in favor of the motion. o r:J':) o := g. I I w. G. Barbee told the Council that he had been advised by lsep h T. Stoner of the Stoner Appraisal Company that per foot prices have been established on ~roperty and buildings. They have completed 95% of the work, however, they have run into difficulty in getting the demensions established on the lots where several sectio:1 s of the lot is owned by different persons. Mr. Stoner had stated that he has only two men working now and should be ccmpl~ted within the next two weeks. Mr. Barbee presented a report on the standing of the Utilities General Fund at the end of the fiscal year, 1956, a copy of which follows these minutes. The City Council then canvassed the election returns of the City Election for City Alderman held April 3, 1956. They were as follows: PRECINCT 10 PRECINCT 11 PRECINCT 12 PRECINCT 13 Joe Rodriguez 51 51 189 ---2L 3"'9 B. D. Hillbu:rn 142 110 84 94 430 John J. Stokes 123 95 96 64 378 W. M. Davis 160 146 89 87 "482 Herman Korff 138 125 87 86 436 TOTALS: Joe Rodrigue~ - 349 John J. Stokes - 378 Herman Korff - 436 W. M. Davis - 482 B. D. Hillburn - 430 Cecil Hahn 1 Precinct 10 - 217 Precinct 11 - 200 Precinct 12 - 259 Precinct 13 - 142 Iil8 I C. Hahn ...l-.- 1