Austin Mayor's Annual Report 1874
• Meeting Called for Mayor's Report: Mayor De Gress convened the city council to present his mandatory annual report to aldermen, a key accountability measure for the city's leadership.
• Quorum Issues: The October 15th meeting had to be adjourned due to insufficient attendance—only 4 of 10 aldermen showed up, preventing any official business from being conducted.
• Successful Second Meeting: A follow-up meeting on October 24th achieved quorum with 7 aldermen present, allowing the mayor's report to proceed as planned.
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Called Meeting of City Council October 15, 1877 Council called to order at 8.15 P.M. Mayor De Gress in the Chair Roll called and the following members answered Aldermen Deffenbaugh, James, Taylor and Wilkins Absent Aldermen Bremond, Cook Garmour, Maas, Robinson and Ward. No quorum On motion of Alderman James the Council adjourned to 9 Oclock A.M. tomorrow
[signature] City Clerk
Called Meeting of City Council October 24th 1874 Council called to order at 8 oclock P.M. Mayor DeGress in the Chair Roll called and the following members answered Aldermen Cook, Deffenbaugh, James, Maas, Robinson, Taylor and Wilkins Absent Aldermen Bremond, Garmour and Ward. Quorum present. The Mayor informed the Council that he had called them together for the purpose of presenting to them his annual report as required by city Ordinances. Mayors Report Mayor's Office Austin Texas October 20th 1874 To the Hon Board of Aldermen City of Austin