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REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 7, 1955 ®� On this, the 7th day of September, 1455, at 2:00 o'clock p.m., the City Council of the City of San Marcos, met in a regular meeting at the City Hall in San Marcos, Texas, with the following members present and participating: Frank E. Dietterich, Mayor Coy De Viney, Alderman Frank D. Hill, Jr., Alderman Harold G. Smith, Alderman S. R. Beecroft, Alderman Absent: C. M. Allen, Alderman ' Others present were: W. G. Barbee C. V. Carson Rodgers Storey Walter Buckner Ernest Morgan Noble Field J. R. Wilhelm A quorum being present, the meeting was called to order by Mayor Dietterich, and the following transpired: Mayor Dietterich presented to the City Council a letter addressed to him by Mr. Ceasar Cone, Treasurer of Cone Mills Corporation, under date of August 25, 1955, and a letter addressed to Alderman Calvin M. Allen by Mr. Cone under date of August 30, 1955, together with an article appearing in AMERICA'S TEXTILE REPORTER, entitled "Administration Stymied in Efforts to Solve Cotton Surplus Problem." The problems incident to, the delay in the construction program of the Cone Mills Corporation were fully reviewed. Thereupon, Alderman Frank D. Hill, Jr., offered a motion that the City Council of the City of San Marcos and the City of San Marcos do accept, conditionally, the proposal made by the letter above mentioned addressed to the Mayor, whereby it was proposed that Cone Mills Corporation was willing to reimburse the City for all funds which had been expended by the City in extending its water and sewer lines to a site which had ' been selected and purchased by that Corporation for the construction of its plant; and that the City do not at this time accept reimbursement for such expense, but that it delay any settlement with Cone Mills Corporation concerning such matters for a period of one calendar year from October 1, 1955, at which time the then governing body of the City would again review and evaluate the situation then confronting the textile industry as a whole, and the Cone Mills Corporation in particular: provided; however, that, if the property purchased by Cone Mills Corporation as a site for its proposed plant near San Marcos is sold within said period of one year, said Cone Mills Corporation will, at the time such sale is consummated, pay to the City of San Marcos the sum of $16,515.80, estimated to be the actual cost of extensions and improvements installed by the City for the purpose of serving the uses and purposes of Cone Mills Corporation; and provided, further, that the Mayor of the City of San Marcos do transmit to Cone Mills Corporation, at Greensboro, North Carolina, a certified copy of this order, with the request that said Corporation do advise the Mayor of the City of San Marcos with respect to the acceptabilit; of the proposal reflected by this order, Alderman Harold G. Smith seconded the motion, and, thereupon, all Aldermen present voted unanimously in f avor of the adoption of said motion, and the Mayor declared same to be duly adopted; and it is ordered of record in the minutes of the City Council. A copy of the order follows these minutes and is a part hereof. There was some discussion on the method of determining the amount spent on the Cone Mills project. Alderman Smith made a motion that the Council employ V. E. Klossner, who is a C.P.A. in San Marcos, to audit this account to arrive at a final figure and to present it for the Council's approval. Alderman Beecroft seconded the motion. A vote was taken which resulted as follows; Ayes: _Alderman Smith and Alderman Beecroft Noes: None Alderman De Viney and Hill did not vote, therefore, the motion did not carry — Noble Field suggested that the City Council send all the informatio n concerning the Cone Mills situation to the Senators and Representatives.