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-, :~. I f _~,7 ~"~~ RffiULAR MEU ING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, HELD rn JULY 8, 1963 Present Mayor Frank Taylor I Aldermen: Wm. L. Moore, M.D. Wm. C. Pool Ruben Ruiz H. Garland Stokes Lee Swift City Manager City Secretary B.R. Fuller Dorothy O. Worrell Visitors: The Rev. Mack M. Morris, Mrs. Cathy Willis, Wm. Veidt, Tony Proffitt, P.F. Thomas, Johnny Morales, James Smith, J.B. Roberts, Mrs. Katherine Hardeman, J.E. Watson, Augustin Lucio, Luciano Flores, jr., BIas Mendez, 'jr. The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. The Rev. Mack M. Morris, rector of St. Mark's Church (Episcopal), gave the Invocation. The Minutes of the June meetings were approved as presented. I The Mayor announced a seminar sponsored by the Texas IAunicipal League in Austin on August 5, and urged all Councilmen to attend. Purpose of the meeting is to acquaint city officials with the Municipal Annexation Act of 1963. The Mayor extended to Councilmen an invitation from the Lower Colorado River Authority to attend its annual luncheon meeting on Lake Austin, July 17. Alderman Swift read part of a Resolution passed by the City Council of San Marcos in 1940 which pertained to an offer made by LCRA to donate a sum of money equal to taxes from which the Authority is exempt by law. Alderman Swift said he did not know whether this Resolution had been put into effect, and recommended that the City investigate the possibility of accepting the offer. By common consent, the Council approved Alderman Swift's pursuing the matter through consultation with the City Attorney. I Alderman Ruiz brought before the Council the latest issue of a news- paper, tiEl Reportero", in which members of the Council were criticized for their handling of a Police Department investigation in 1962. Alderman Ruiz moved "that Mr. Fuller, the City Manager, be instructed to personally contact and talk to the former Chief of Police, William Allbright, and see if he wishes the proceedings of a closed meeting held in April, 1962, be made public, or not. I will abide by his wishes". Alderman Stokes seconded the motion, with a statement that he "would have preferred that we not take cognizance of this paper - it is not worthy of our notice". I~ayor Taylor raised the question of the legality of the present Council's revealing matters brought before an executive session of another Council. He also questioned the propriety of revealing information given by the nineteen witnesses under oath at the investigation. It was explained by Councilmen who participated in the investigation that the witnesses were not promised that their statements would not be made public. Alderman Swift spoke to the question, saying the investigation of the Police Department had taken place when he had been on the Council only a short time: "We were faced with problems which we felt needed a solution. It t'9~