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53 ADJOUl~NED HEC1ULAR 11u;ET INS Hi:LD .oN JUNE 23 ~ 1959 Cn the 23.1'd day or June, 1959, at 2:00 P.M., the GovE:rning Body of the City of San !,Trarcc5 met in regular adjourned sessioh, i'/IayoT C. M. Allen pre- sid.ing: PrBsent; Mayor C. M. };Jlen Alderme:1: 3. H. Beecroft I "N. M. Davis Herm2n Korff J.0mes Tut.tle Ci -:.y Manager B. IL Fuller Depu~y City Secretary J03nn Hayes Guests: County Judge C. M. Decker 30t V2nGundy C. C. Hughson Absent: Alderman B. u+ Hillburn Tl1e meeting was called to order by A'layor AliGn. Mr.. B,']h Van3undy and i\h'. C. 0. Eughson appea.!'ed before -:he Council to discuss fire protection fcr horDes outside the City limits but lying within ;ia.ys C~unty. Mr. VanGundy suggested th2t the City send their trucks to a nS1/Je l' any fiI's alarms in Hays County as a goodwill gesture ~o the San liJ;arco5 tI'aoe &1'82. Alderman Davis questioned the 1e9a1i ty and liabi.l:i ty of sending the City trucks on County firs Tuns in the absence of 3 contract with the County. Ikr. C. C. Hughson reques.~ed that the City and County officials li1eet together and e.ttempt to make some type of aTIangr:.:ment 1;"ihereby homes in the county muld be afforded fixe pro.tection. There ~as considerable discussion of previous offcrts on the pert. of both ~he City ahd County officials tc make an agreement satisfactory to both groups. The Council memcel'S again expresss.d their interest in effect- ~n9 an arran.ge,inent to g:i. ve fire protection to County dwellers, and it ','1a5 sugges~ed t02,"L 1'.":1.'. Hugj"~S0n meet v~i-c:h the County Com..11~ts5i.oners and ~)resent to them his ~luggestion that tho City and County reach a satisfactory agreeme[Y~ c;;\ thi~, matter. I City I',1Qna9Dl~ Fuller presented Q letter- fl~om It~r. Thomas Gilcxease glvlng the City pe:rmissior.. to cle2.r. and maint2in a portion of his land on the San MarGos Hiver and to use this 3S 2 I'ecr2ation a:rea. The Council members ~~~f~S~~'~s~~~i~o~n~~f:S~r~7e~~~ beaut:Lfic2,tic,n of the HiveI' area &r'ld gave Mayor Allen presented to the Council a letter stating that the San Marcos delc'9a-:::~on was scheduled to appeal' b'2fore the :-Ii~hi:'Jay Cornrnission on June 30, 1959, ~=o present ~,hei:t request for;] road to_Canyon Dam. A tabulation af Jl3ids on Valves d;1.d Fi.~tings, II upened June 18" 1959, at 1 :30 .P.I'.L, ~'vas presented to the Coun;;il. City Nian3gel" ~:':"ul10r explained that this t3t~12tion of bids had been 5ent to the State Health Department and the U..3. Public Health Service for thei:r.~ sU9gestio:1 as to the award of bids. .41cerman Tuttle T:lade 2 motion, seconded by Aldel'm2.n Davis, that City MQnager Fuller' be authorized to purchase these valves and fittings in the Ihanner in \!'lhich the state ar,ci redel'al officivls suggest. The a.yes and nayes we:re 28 follO'J'IS :: i'~Y05:: Seecroft .J"dV:'S ;Zol.ff I lutt12 i~3yes; NOD2 '~;'.rh2reupon l.ne i',~avor d-eclared the motion passed. City Nianl.1.ger Fuller noted that the City had purchased its chlorine :requj_reraents on the open market :n the past, hD'NeV8I' T~)om?sOn-H.aYNard Chemical Company had offered the :::;i-ty a contl'act for chlorins- fer 'the cOIT,ing year a-t a maximum price of $11.00, with the Ci.ty being ,g:lV'2t1 the benefit of any price decTease which might occur during the year. ~:tfter a discussion of the savings to the City '/,,Ihich wOuld result from this arrangement, Alderillan