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/6 ADJOURNED REGULAR MEFrING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, OCTOBER 28, 1963 I Present = Mayor Frank Taylor Aldermen Wm. L. Moore, M.D. WIn. C. Pool Ruben Ruiz H. Garland Stokes City Manager City Secretary B. R. Fuller Dorothy O. Worrell Visitors: Celestino Mendez, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Carney, MrS. Jerri Veidt The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Phil Zeissel, vice-president of the Austin Region of the Texas I Safety Association, appeared before the Council to present two awards. The Five Year Pedestrian Safety Award was presented to Chief of Police Wayman A. Dial. This award is given by the American Automobfule Association in recognition of the fact that there were no pedestrian fatalities in San Marcos during the years 1957-1962. Chief Dial accepted it on behalf of the City as a whm1e, giving credit to the service clubs that have stressed safety in their programs and worked with City leadership to promote traffic safety. Chief Dial said the job for the future was to acquaint the public on what they can do to further safe driving. Mr. Zeissel presented the 1962 "Best in Texas" award to the City of San Marcos, .....in special recognition for no traffic deaths and/or progressive accident prevention program activities among cities from 10,000 to 25,000 population..." Mayor Taylor, in accepting the award, said he felt he was accepting it as "... a proxy for those who have preceded me." On Chief Dial's withdrawal from the meeting, Alderman Pool read the following prepared statement: I "Since certain agencies have seen fit to honor Mr. Wayman A. Dial here tonight, it is both fitting and proper for the governing body of the City of San Marcos to do likewise. It is with this in mmnd, therefore, that I extend to Mr. Dial this expression of thanks for a job well done during a difficult and trying period in the affairs of our City. During all of the period of his employment, Mr. Dial has worked effectively to attain maximum effort from an under-staffed and not too well paid department. I have been told that Chief Dial is now and has been for several months elegible for a modest merit raise. It is in the sincere belief that at no better time could of vote of confi- dence be accorded by this Council, than to recommend now .that the City Manager be instructed to make this well deserved and appropriate adjustment in Mr. Dial's salary, retroactive to September 1, 1963. Mr. Meyor, I request the adoption of this motion." Alderman Ruiz seconded the motion and on roll call the following vote wa s recorded: AYE: Moore, Pool, Ruiz, Stokes NAY: None Whereupon, the Mayor declared the motion carried. ~ ::c ;;;.... :lI '''' Alderman Pool stated that in view of the recent treatment accorded Mr. Adlai Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, in Dallas, he felt it was time the City Council should take a stand. He moved tSZ I