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SPECIAL MEETING HEW ON SEPTEMBER 5. 1957 lS5 7'9 On this, the 5th day of September, at 4:00 o'clock P. M., the City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas, met in a regular meeting at the City Hall of San Marcos, with the following members present and participating: I w. M. Davis, Alderman B. D. Hillburn, Alderman Herman Korff, Alderman H. W. Steakley, Alderman others present werel B. R. Fuller, City Manager Carlyn Tatch, City Secretary, Mr. Walter Buckner, San Marcos Record The meeting was called to order and after roll call had been made the first item for discussion was presented. All Council members were presented with a list of the bids on the new Police car and was thoroughly examined by each Council member. A discussion followed as to whether or not to buy the car with a standard transmission or an automatic transmission. Mr, Hillburn then made a motion to buy the low bid car, Standard transmission, 1957 Ford V-8, 2-door, 190 HP, from the Jack Hughes Motors for $1,610.41. This motion was seconded by Mr. Steakley and the following vote was tabulated: w. M. Davis - No B. D. Hillburn - Yes Herman Korff - Yes H. W. Steakley - Yes Being that the majority ruled, the motion was carried and delivery of this automobile will be made in approximately three weeks. I At this time the matter of hiring a ~Parkette~ was brought before the Council and two applications were submitted at this time and they werel Mrs. Rose Kelley Mrs. Frances M. Golden It was unanimously decided that Mrs. Kelley should be accepted for the position as .Parkette", with starting salary of $150.00 per month for the first three months and $5.00 per month increase after 3 months. It was also decided to place Mr. Camp in charge of meter operation, repair and replacement, and to also act as school crossing guard at Souths ide School and that his salary is to be reduced from $275.00 to $237.50 per month. The City Manager then presented a map of the Highway Right-of-Way and informed the Council that the Highway Department in Austin had instructed him that it would be advisable to build a conduit across U. S. 81, South of the City Limits, for future possible connections of water lines. He stated that the Highway Department informed him that if this action would be taken immediately it was still possible to install a conduit, however, if the City would wait until construction was completed that there would be a considerable difference in expense. This conduit will cost approximately $1,063.62, which would not include the pipes, as listed below: I 270' Corrugated iron culvert pipe, 16 ga. 18~ 13 Bands - 16 ga. 270' Ditch Backfill & Lamp $3.14 $3.14 $847.80 40.82 100.00 75.00 $1,063.62 The motion was then made by Mr. Korff and seconded by Mr. Steakley to proceed with the construction of the conduit at this time.