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Minutes Page -2- ApI'il 5, 1961 ~ :::0 ~ ~ ~ Whereupon Mayor Allen declared the motion, passed and the election of J. E. YoungeI', Jr. and Ruben Ruiz as aldermen for the term ending April 1993, or until a successor has qualified. Ihe oath of office was administered to the Mayor by the City Secretary and the MayoI' in turn administered the oath of office to the newly elected aldermen, J. E. Younger, Jr. and Ruben Ruiz. I The Mayor expressed his personal appreciation, as well as the Council's, for the excellent WOI'k which outgoing Aldermen Beecroft and Tuttle had performed and also welcomed the new alder- men. He gave a brief orientation of their duties as aldermen. Alderman Sutton moved that Alderman B. D. Hillburn he nominated as mayor pro-tern. The motion was seconded by Alderman KOI'ff and passed without a dissenting vote. Whereupon Mayor Allen declared Alderman Hillburn as Mayor Pro-Tempore. Alderman Hillburn introduced an ordinance appointing City officials and moved its adoption. The ordinance was read in full by the Mayor. Alderman Korff seconded the motion of adoption and upon roll call the ayes and nayes were: AYES: Hillburn, Korff, Ruiz, Sutton and Younger NA YES: None Whereupon Mayor Allen declared the ordinance passed, approved and adopted. The Mayor explained that Mr. Walter Feltner had approached him with a problem of not having been notified of an ad valorem tax on a piece of property he had repossessed on West San Antonio Street. After a discussion of the problem it was disclosed that there was no way to determine if it had been an error on the part of the City or not in having failed to notify Mr. Feltner, however, the Council felt that the owner should receive the benefit of the doubt. Alderman Sutton moved that the penalty be removed upon payment, by the owner, of the tax and interest, Alderman Hillburn seconded and the motion carried unanimously. I A request from one of the churches that City owned equipment be used afteI' work hours in spreading dirt on church propeI'ty was brought up for discussion. It was the opinion of the Council that this practice would cause censure and the request was denied. The City Manager reported that he had been requested, by the contractor building the Widelite Corporation building, to extend the sanitary sewer line from Sherwood Street in a south- westerly direction to the edge of the Widelite Corporation property. The City Manager I'eported his estimate to be approxi- mately $2,400.00 for the extension. Council approved the extension provided the necessary easements can be obtained and the entire cost is borne by Widelite. The Council deferred appointment of a corporation court recorder until the April 11th meeting, James Burwell to continue acting in that capacity until a new appointment is made. I