10/19/1953-CC-Minutes-RegularOctober 19, 1953
The City Council met in regular session on the move
date. Those present were Mayor Bailey, councilmen, Spratt,
Cooper, Perry, Johnson, Acker.
A new desk, chair, and typing table was displayed for
the council, to put into the City Office. Mr. Kibler of
Kilber Offi ce Supply of Denton displayed the furniture
and gave the council the prices of each piece of offive
egnipment as follows - Desk $135.30, Desk Chair $5c450 and
typing table22.95. A motion made by Cooper, seconded by
Johnson to buy furniture. Motion carried.
Brazos B'lectric Power Co-op, Znc. of -Waco, Texas,
representives Mr. Miller and Mr. Waide gave a discussion
to the council about the advantages of connecting with
them to furnish electrical power partly to the city. After
discussion by Mr. Miller and Waide, the coucil decd.ed to
have the Brazos Flectric coo to leave their contracts
and information for our plant engineers to take the KW
reading for a period. 15 days and let teem tell the council
how much cheaper it would be to let Brazos hleettic furnish
part of the electric power, than open ateing our engines
full time. The plant engineers was to start taking these
reading at 12*01 AM. the 27 Octobn 1953. and continue till
12000 Midnight November 11, 1953. A list of city's now
using'Brazos Electric power, was left here in order we
might contact tr,ese city's and get their XIN views on the
use of power from this Company. City's now using Brazos
power,arez Seymour, Weatherford, Granbvey, Garland, Mans®
field, Caldwell, Bartlett, and Bryan Texas.
Discussion was given by councilman Spratt and Acker
about the possibilities of pumping rock into the city
water well by a Mr. Gene `romilson to eliminate the well
from pumping sand. The council decided to get Mr. Tomilson
to pump the rock into the well.
A call meeting was decided on. for the 23 of November
1953.to order to get the report of The Brazos Falectric Co.
No further Business, the meeting adjourned.
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