HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 8/19/1943RECESSED REGULAR MEETING.
Lubbock, Texas
August 19, 1943.
The City Commission of the `pity of Lubbock, Texas, met at 8 P.M. in
Recessed Regular Session, Recessed from regular Meeting of August 12, 1943,
at the Regular Meeting Place in the Oity Hall, the following members thereof
being present, to -wit:
Mayor C E Slaton, Uommissioners J.O. Jones, Garland Newsom, City Attorney
Durwood H. Bradley, City Manager M.R. Smith, Jr., City Secretary Lavenia
Williams.
Absent: Commissioner Hub Jones and Commissioner W.B. Price.
Also present in the meeting were the following members of the Park Board:
K.N. Clapp, J.B. Maxey, O.W. Ribble, Mrs. Lou Stubbs, and Park Super-
intendent C.D. McGehee,
There was discussion with the Park Floard concerningthe general policies
in connection with operation of the City Parks, and the Park Board was
commended for the excellent manner in which they have operated and
maintained the City Parks.
Letter as follows was read from Wesley Read, Chairman of the Zoning Com-
mission.
Lubbock, Texas
August 16, 1943.
To The Oity Commission,
The "I ty of Lubbock+_
Lubbock, -Texas.
You are hereby advised that The Lubbock 4ity Zoning Board
has given consideration to the petition of L.C. Montgomery (in which
he is joined by B.A. Moore) requesting that the Oity Commission trnafer
the Southeast 1/4th of Block 106 (composed of Lots 15, 14, 139 129
add 11) Original Town of Lubbock, Texas, from the existing IIH" Zone
to the K zone bordering the same on the North and East, and that the
Zonin� Board has, by a vote of 4 to 1, declined to recommend to the
City ommission that such transfer be made.
Respectfully submitted,
(signed) L. Wesley Read
L. Wesley Read, Chairman
Uity of Lubbock Zoning Aoard.
LWR/S
There was discussion in this regard, but no action taken.
There was discussion of sending a representative to attend the Inter-
national City Managers' Association meeting in Chicago 0eptember 10 to
14, Incl., 1943, and motion was made by Commissioner J.b. Jones, seconded
by Commissioner Garland Newsom, carried unanimously, that the city
Manager, M.R. Smith, Jr., attend this meeting, also that J.J. Graham,
Electrical Superintendent, accompany Mr. Smith, and make inspection of
new Diesel engines which are being developed by Fairbanks Morse & Company
and Nordberg Manufacturing Company in their plants in Beloit and Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. This trip to be made at the expense of the City of Lubbock.
There was discussion of repairing the two cars damaged in the wreck at 9th
Street and Avenue "0" on August 11, 1943, between City Police Car # Eleven,
a 1942 Ford, and Police Car # 36, a 1942 `'hevrolet; and since cord Motor
Company has been the only repair shop that could give us definite assurance
of securing repair parts for repairing the Ford, and the Kuykendall
Chevrolet Company being the only company which would assure the City of
securing the necessary parts for repairin the Chevrolet, motion was made
by Uommissioner J.O. Jones, seconded by commissioner Garland Newsom,
carried unanimously,_ that the i6'ity Manager be instructed to have these
cars repaired by the kord Motor Company and Kuykendall Chevrolet �;ompany
on the basis of cost of labor and materials.
No further business coming up for consideration, the pity commission
adjourned.
Read and aT%proved this the 26th day of August , 1943
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Citv Seer tary.