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~G recessed regular meeting feb. 20 page two The warrants should be issued at an interest rate not to exceed 3% per annum. The City Manager recommended that they be distributed equally between the state Bank and Trust Co. and the First National Bank of San Marcos. Alderman Swift introduced an Ordinance and moved its adoption. Caption of said Ordinance, which is made a part of these Minutes, is as followsl AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR ISSUING CITY OF SAN MARCOS GENERAL FUND EXPENSE WARRANTS Nor TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERrY INCLUDED IN OPEN-SPACE PROJECr TEX OS-I; AND, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OF SAID WARRANTS. I The Ordinance was read in full. Alderman Ruiz seconded the motion of adoption, and on roll call, the following vote was recorded: AYE: Moore, Ruiz, Stokes, Swift NAY I None Whereupon, the Mayor Pro-Tem declared the Ordinance Passed, Approved and adopted. In a requested report on Codification, the City Manager made the fOllowing recommendations to the Council: (a) That the minute books of the Council Meetings be micro-filmed. (b) A micro-film duplicator be purchased for. joint use in reproducing birth and death certificates (which will also be micro-filmed). This will enable the ordinances of the City to be reproduced from the micro-film negative and grouped according to subject matter. As the Council will recall, one of the requirements of the companies bidding on the work was that the City would furnish them a copy I of all ordinances presently on the books. (c) A copy of one of the latest codes recodified in Texas be purchased and used as a check for assembling the necessary ordinances of the City of San Marcos. Ordinances could be checked against this to see that they conform. (d) State Motor Vehicle Regulations, Health regUlations and other requirements under State law be checked to see that they are included in the manuscript compiled, from existing ordinances. (e) A rough draft of the code be made by City personnel and submitted to the Hays County Bar Association for their comments. (f) Publication costs be established on a competetive bid basis. (g) Standard binders be purchased to enable the City to replace any ordinances amended, or any additional ordinances adopted, or any ordinances repealed. (h) This procedure could be accomplished by our present staff during the 1963-64 fiscal year. I (i) That this be compared with the costs of existing prices for recodification. An exhaustive discussion ensued on Codification methods, procedure and cost. Alderman Stokes offered a suggestion that it might be better to repeal all existing City ordinances and start allover, using model ordinances for present needs. Mayor Pro-Tem Younger spoke in favor of the idea. Alderman Swift said he was not in favor of the City'S trying to do its own codification, unless extra help ~ ,!" _eLf. > ',,' -..:~