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Austin's Audit & School Building Bonds

Wednesday, July 7, 1926 regular
  • City leaders finalized terms for a detailed audit of all city departments, emphasizing thoroughness and prompt completion.
  • The School Board pressed for swift progress on the public schools' ongoing building program.
  • An ordinance was directed to be prepared for a recently approved $150,000 bond issue, designated for school improvements.

Full Transcript

592 understood that not more than one senior accountant shall be in charge of any one department at any one time, and that at no time will there be more than two senior accountants on the job. It is further understood that the accounts and records of the City shall be audited in detail for each and every department and that work is to be completed at the earliest possible moment. 1" Yours very truly, T. B. TROTTER & COMPANY, By (Sgd) J. T. Duke." Councilman Reed moved that the Council recess, subject to call of the Mayor. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Barker, Mueller, Pannell, and Reed, 5; nayes, none. Council then recessed. CWM Fanden. Mayor. RECESSED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, July 7, 1926. The Council was called to order by the Mayor. Roll call showed the following members present: Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Barker, Mueller, Pannell, and Reed, 5; absent, none. W. D. Yett appeared before the Council in reference to certain judgment warrant #15198 for $892.50. No action was taken by the Council. The Finance Committee of the School Board, composed of R. G. Mueller, John C. Ross, and Brown Robbins, appeared before the Council with reference to the completion of the building program of the Public Schools, and asked that as early action as possible be taken with reference to the completion of same. Councilman Reed moved that the City Attorney be instructed to prepare for the approval of the Council at its next regular meeting an ordinance covering the $150,000.00 issue of bonds voted June 25th, 1926, for school purposes. Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor MoFadden, Councilmen Barker, Mueller, Pannell, and Reed, 5; nayes, none. Councilman Reed moved that the City Counciladjourn until ten o'clock A.M. July 8th, 1926, Motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor MoFadden, Councilmen Barker, Mueller, Pannell, and Reed, 5; nayes, none. The Council then adjourned. Q.W.M Fundur addw Crestoneby mayor