564 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, May 20, 1926. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, and Nolen, 4; absent, Councilman Searight. Councilman Avery moved that D. K. Woodward, Jr., be employed by the Oity of Austin to assist the City Attorney in all legal matters connected with negotiations with Texas Power & Light Company for a power contract and reconstruction of the dam. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, 4; nayes, none, Councilman Searight absent. The Council then recessed. (See foregoing page for next meeting) REGULAR MEETING OF THE OITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, May 20, 1926. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; absent, none. The Minutes of the last meeting were read and Mayor Yett moved that same be adopted. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; nayes, none. The Safety Committee's report upon the application of Jourdan & Wilson to erect a drive-in gasoline station at the corner of Lavaca and West 13th Street was read and Councilman Avery moved that same pe adopted as read. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searignt, 5; nayes, none. The petition of John A. Scarbrough and others, asking that certain street improvements be made was read and Councilman Avery moved that same be referred to the Street Commissioner. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; nayes, none. The application of the Texas Company to erect a gasoline filling station at the corner of West 2nd Street and Congress Avenue was read and Councilman Searight moved that some be referred to the Safety Committee. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; nayes, none. E. C. McKinnon appeared before the Council and asked that the owners of all vucant lots be notified to cut the weeds on same. Councilman Avery moved that notice of ten days be given property owners to clean up their lots and upon their failure or refusal to comply wita said notice a complaint be filed against them in the Corporation Court. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; nayes, none. 2. C. Taylor, Earl Simms, and other members of the Kiwanis Club, appeared before the Council and asked that the city co-operate in the planning i ana carrying out of improvements at Pease Park. Councilman Haynes moved tnot Councilman Avery be appointed as a committeeman from the City Council to work with the committee from the club in laying out and improving same. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; nayes, none. Councilman Nolen introduced the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That Messrs. Ben M. Barker, P. W. McFadden, Robert Mueller, V.H.Pannell, and D. C. Reed, Councilmen-elect of the City of Austin, be and they are cordially invited to sit with the sessions of the present City Council hereafter and until their inauguration. The above resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; nayes, none. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: WHEREAS, it is proper and expedient that the City Attorney be furnished with assistance in considering and determining legal matters and questions connected with the negotiations of the City with the Texas Power & Light Company for a power contract and the rehabilitation of the dam, and that an attorney be associated with him for such purposes; and WHEREAS, D. K. Woodward, Jr., is considered by the Council as a proper person for such services, and said Woodward has agreed to serve in such capacity, Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the said D. K. Woodward, Jr., be and he is hereby employed for the purposes hereinabove expressed; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That said D. K. Woodward, Jr. be paid for said services the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) as a retainer for said services and such further compensation, if any, that the City Council may determine that he be entitled to at the end of such employment; and that the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) be and the same is nereby appropriated out of the Earnings Fund of the Water, Light and Power Department and that a warrant for said amount be issued in favor of said Woodward in payment of said retainer. The above resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; nayes, none. The following certificate was read and signed by the Mayor and Councilmen: "Austin, Texas, May 20, 1926. STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TRAVIS CITY OF AUSTIN. The certifies that the undersigned, all together and in the presence of one another nave this day destroyed, by burning, the following numbered and otherwise described oonds: We destroyed these bonds by burning them in the furnace at the City Hall in the City of Austin, Texas, on this 20th day of May, A. D. 1926: 565 566 The City of Austin, Refunding Bonds, dated July 1, 1916, numbered 313 to 351, inclusive, $1,000.00 ea.ch $39,000.00 The City of Austin, Refunding Bonds, dated January 1, 1917, numbered 81 to 90, inclusive, $1000.00 each10,000.00 The City of Austin School Bond, dated January 1, 1918, numbered 8, $1,000.00 1,000.00 The City of Austin Sonool Bonds, dated January 1, 1924, numbered 5 to 8, inclusive, $1,000.00 each4,000.00 The City of Austin, Water, Filtration Bonds, dated January 1, 1924, numbered 6 to 10, inclusive, $1,000.00 eachThe City of Austin, Incinerator Bond, dated January 1, 1924, Number 2, $1,000.00 5,000.00 1,000.00 Total - $60,000.00 The Council then adjourned. (Sgd) W. D. Yett, Mayor, 11 C. N. Avery, Councilman 11 Geo. P. Searight, Councilman ال H. L. Haynes, Councilman 11 Harry W. Nolen, Councilman." Jomsby REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, May 27, 1926. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; absent, none. The Minutes of the last meeting were read and Councilman Haynes moved that same be adopted as read. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayев, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; nayes, none, The application of W. L. Falwell to erect a drive-in gasoline filling station at East 6th and Onion Streets was read and Councilman Avery moved that same be referred to the Safety Committee. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; nayes, none. The report of the Safety Committee upon the application of the Texas Company to operate a drive-in gasoline filling station at the corner of West 2nd Street and Congress Avenue was read and Counoilman Avery moved that same be adopted as recommended. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor Yett, Councilmen Avery, Haynes, Nolen, and Searight, 5; nayes, none. The monthly reports of C. N. Avery, Superintendent Water and Light Department, W. R. Davis, Cashier Sewer Department, and Miss Nellie M. Hall, Secretary United Charities Association, were read and ordered filed. Councilman Avery introduced the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, A Municipal Corporation: That said corporation's Mayor be and he is hereby duly authorized and fully empowered to enter into and execute for and in the name of said corporation, one certain written agreement, dated March 15th, 1926, between said corporation and International-Great Northern Railroad Company, herein called !