624 Minutes of a Regular Meeting of City Council Mr McCashin to act as clerk Roll call Present - 18 Absent - 4 Minutes of meeting of Dec 9 1893 adopted Petitions etc Communication from J. L. Mren Pet from citizens to retain Gus Evans on Police force Committee Reports Rept of Special com to fix salaries Rept of City Atty in case of a Cemetery assn vs City of Austin Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the City Council Austin Tex Dec 18, 1893 Hon John McDonald Mayor presiding Alderman Linn moved that Mr. N. McCashin be requested to act as clerk of the council to night on account of sickness of the City Clerk who is unable to attend The motion prevailed Roll call Present - 18 Aldermen Assmann North Dawson Platt Fischer Powell Glass Roberdeau ✓ Hancock Schneider Hume Shelley Jackson Taylor Linn Townsend Nitschke Warmoth Absent - 4 Alderman Raymond Anderson Redd ✓ Lawless ✓ The minutes of the meeting of the city Council which was held December 9, 1893 were on motion adopted as printed Aldermen Redd and Anderson entered the council and answered to their names Petitions, Memorials etc A communication was received from J.L. Mren one of the members of the Board of equalization for the year 1893 to enter his protest against the action of the majority of the members of the board of equalization of taxes of the City of Austin for the year 1893 in unlawfully reducing the valuation of $75000 placed by said board on the stock of merchandise of every description of John Bremond &Co to $50,000. Referred to Committee on claims and accounts, By Alderman Warmoth A petition from citizens of the Seventh Eighth and east part of the Sixth ward requesting the City Council to retain Police Officer Gus Evans on the police force was referred to the Police Committee. Committee Reports The Special committee appointed Dec 9 1893 to draft an ordinance fixing salaries of the officers and employees of the City of Austin for the term of two years submitted their report and on motion the ordinance accompanying the report was laid over to come up under new business. By permission of the council City Attorney Geo H Henderson verbally reported that the suit pending in the District Court --- Page break --- 625 The City of Austin against the Austin City Cemetery association was decided against the city and asked the council what action he should tote in the matter to appeal or to abandon the case Res instructing City atty to abandon appeal Alderman Shelley then offered the following resolution: That the City Attorney be and he is hereby instructed to abandon the appeal in the case of the Austin City Cemetery association against the City of Austin. lost The resolution was lost by the following vote yeas - 3 Aldermen Fischer, Powell , Shelley Nays - 17 Aldermen Anderson North Assmann Platt Dawson Reed Gleas Roberdeau Hancock Schneider Hume Taylor Jackson Townsend Linn Warnath Nitschke City atty instructed to prosecute appeal Alderman North then moved that the city attorney be instructed to prosecute the appeal to the higher courts. The motion was adopted. New Business New Business Ordinance fixing Salaries of officers Alderman Linn called up the ordinance fixing the salaries of the officers and employees of the city The ordinance was read the first time. It was moved and seconded that the rules be suspended and the ordinance be read the second time. adopted The motion was adopted by the following vote. Yeas - 19 Aldermen Anderson Platt Assmann Powell Dawson Redd Fischer Roberdeau Gleas Schneider Hancock Shelley Jackson Taylor Linn Townsend Nitschke Warnoth North Nays - 1 Alderman Hume Motion to amend Alderman Schneider moved to amend the ordinance by striking out in the ninth item where the salary of the city recorder reads $1200 to substitute $900 Alderman Gleas moved to amend the amendment of Alderman Schneider by making the sum $1100 The amendment was accepted by alderman Schneider The amendment as offered by alderman Glass as ruled by the --- Page break --- 626 Mayor was lost by the following vote Yeas-10 Aldermen Dawson Platt Glass Powell Hancock Redd Hume Schneider Jackson Warmoth Nays-10 Aldermen Anderson North Assmann Roberdeau Fischer Shelley Linn Taylor Nitschke Townsend motion to amend Alderman Shelley then offered the following amendment insert after Section 13 the following. Section 13. A That the day clerk at police station shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars adopted The amendment was adopted motion to place ord A motion was made that the rules be further suspended on third reading and the ordinance be placed on its third reading was lost lost by the following vote Yeas-11 Aldermen Anderson Platt Assmann Roberdeau Fischer Shelley Linn Taylor Nitschke Townsend North Nays 8 Aldermen Dawson Powell Glass Redd Hancock Schneider Hume Warmoth Jackson Alderman Lawless entered the council and answered to his name By Alderman Linn Ord to pay officers & An Ordinance Appropriating thirty seven hundred employees for dec 1893 dollars out of the general fund or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of paying the Salaries of the officers and employees for the month of December 1893 It was read the first time after which motions were made to suspend the rules and place the same on its second and third readings and that it do pass adopted all of which were adopted by the following vote Yeas-21 Aldermen Anderson Nitschke --- Page break --- 627 Assmann North Dawson Platt Fischer Powell Glass Redd Hancock Roberdeau Hume Schneider Jackson Shelley Lawless Taylor Linn Townsend Marmoth. By alderman Linn Ord to pay approved An Ordinance Appropriating three hundred and seventy accounts eight dollars and forty nine cents out of the general fund or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of paying approved accounts of the city hospital. It was read the first time after which motions were made to suspend the rules and place the same on its second and third readings and that it do pass. All of which were adopted adopted by the following vote Yeas - 21 Aldermen Andersann Nitschke Assmann North Dawson Platt Fischer Powell Glass Redd Hancock Roberdeau Hume Schneider Jackson Shelley Lawless Taylor Linn Townsend Marmoth By alderman Linn Ord to pay J.H.Hart &Co An ordinance appropriating twenty seven hundred and sixty dollars and fifty four cents out of the water and light fund or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of paying estimate no 2 for work and material delivered by John S.Hart &Co under contract dated Oct 10 1893 It was read the first time after which motions were made to suspend the rules and place the same on its second and third readings and that it do pass all of adopted which were adopted by the following vote Yeas - 21 Aldermen Andersann North Assmann Platt Dawson Powell Fischer Redd Glass Roberdeau Hancock Schneider Hume Shelley --- Page break --- 628 Jackson Shaylor Lawless Townsend Linn Warmoth Nitertke Standing committees The Mayor announced the following as the Standing Committees Streets and Alleys - J A Jackson, A W Townsend Francis Fischer Finance, H. A. Linn, Thos H. Taylor, W H. North Parks, P. W. Powell, P. J. Lawless, R. C. Roberdeau Fire Department, J B Nitertke, P G Lawless, G P Assmann Police Department, J P Schneider, W D Shelley, H B Hancock Claims and Accounts, W D Shelley, C P Raymond R. Platt Ordinances W H North , N A. Dawson P J Lawless Public Printing, J L Blum, J N Warmoth R C Roberdeau Markets, W C Redd, Francis Fischer, Geo P Assmann Cemetery R. Platt, C P Raymond, J H Warmoth Sanitation and Sewerage, N. A. Dawson, W a Glass. H B Hancock Hospital, J H Warmoth, R. C. Roberdeau, A W Townsend Water and Light, C E Anderson, J P Schneider, W H North Charity W A Glass, W H North, N A Dawson Purchases W H North R C Roberdeau, W D Shelley Henry Ziller to assist Alderman Nitertke moved that Mr Henry Ziller be city clerk requested to assist the city clerk in preparing the appropriation ordinances at the first regular meeting in each month The motion prevailed. council adjourned. On motion the council then adjourned Milton Morris, City Clerk.