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2f#-., 28 REGULAR AlEETING SEPTEMBER 11,1962 Present: Mayon Alde:rmen: C.M. Allen William L. Moore, M.D. R1Jben Ruiz H. Garland Stokes Lee Swift J.E. Younger, jr. I City Manager City Secretary B.R. Fuller, Dorothy O. Worrell Guests: Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ball, Mrs., Ed. Slaughter (representing AAUW), Walter Buckner (The Record), Mrs. Jerri VeLdt (KCNY), Don Williams (KaNa, San Antonio), D.Glen No.rris and James L. Ford The meeting was called to order by Mayor Allen. The Invocation was given by Mrs. Lawrence Ball, Minister of the Assembly .of God Church.. The minutes of the previlous meeting were approved .as written. I The Mayor enquiring if there were any delegation to appear before the Council, D. Glen Norris presented a request for. reimbursement of $21.46, penalty and interest on City taxes. He claimed he was not rendered a stqtement. This request had already.beenbrought before the Council at the Adjourned Meeting of August 21, 1962, by City Tax Asse.ssor-Collector George C. Reed. The Mayor and Aldermen questioned Mr. Norris about the circumstances, with the result that it was agreed to consLllt the .City Attorney on the legality of waiving penalty and interest in such a case. JamesL. ,Ford" apBeared before ,the Council to ask. the City to intercede with the State Highway Department to improve drainage on Ranch Road 12. He stated his ,house and that of his mother had been flooded thn>e times since 1951. He displayed eight pictures showing the water and mud in his mother's house. Alderman Stokes made amotion that the City Manager immediately confer with the state Hi ghway Department about the drai nage problem on Ranch Road 12. Alderman Younger seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. A petition for annexation to the City of a homestead and .five lots belonging ,to n.Lo Lightfoot and wife was llrought before the CounciL The .location of the property. and. the covering letter of the pei tion concerning improvements to be expected by the petitioners were thoroughly discussed. The matter was tabled, to comply with the ruling that a petition must not be acted on in less than five. days after receipt. A petition signed by James Tuttle, joined by Nilon Ta.llant and wife, requesting annexation of a portion of unimproved land known as Highland Terrace 3 was received by the Cquncil. The matter was discussed .and tabled, in qccordance with the five-day ruling. I The matter of a contract with the Commissioners Court of Hays County for the use of the County Jail for City prisoners was brought before the Council. Alderman Swift moved that Mayor Allen, Alderman Stokes and City Attorney Walker represent the City to negotiate terms with the Commissioners Court. The motion, seconded by Alderman Ruiz, was passed unanimously. Alqe~an Swift reminded Council members again .about the. "Trial De Novo" Ameddment (HJR32) and moved that the Resolution he had previously proposed be published in the San Marcos Record on Nov. 1, 19,62, that being the issue just previous to the General Election. Alderman Younger seconded the motion. On roll call, the following vote was recorded: AYE I Moore, Ruiz, Swift and Younger NAY: None ABSTAINING: Stokes ~