07-15-1947 Special Called Meetings re..
At a special called meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City
of Smyrna held at 8:00 P.M..on the 15th day of July, 1947, at the City
Hall, the following ordinance was introduced by Councilman H. D. Durham
and seconded by Councilman H. P. McCollum,
WHEREAS, Section 64 of the new charter of the City of Smyrna (Georgia
Laws 1931 - pages 982 and 983) which section has not been altered, amended
or repealed in any manner and is now in full force and effect, provides in
part, "That no sidewalk, street, allay, or other place shall be paved,
repaved, or improved, until the passage of an ordinance authorizing the same ,
and no such ordinance shall be passed unless the mayor and council -shall
have first been petitioned in writing to pave, repave, or otherwise improve
the same, by a majority of the persons, companies or corporations, 'or the
owner or owners of a majority of the front footage of abutting property'
subject to assessment for the cost of .paving, repaving, or otherwise improv-
ing the sidewalk, street, avenue, public alley, public place or portion
thereof proposed to be paved or repaved;11 and
11HEREAS, at a special called meeting of the Mayor and Council of said
City held at 8:00 P.M. on the 15th day of July, 1947, a petition was present-
ed to the Mayor and Council signed by -thirty-five property owners of the city
residing on Banks Street in said City, being a majority of the owners of
property on Banks Street, and owning a majority of the front footage of
property in the City abutting on Banks Street; and
WHEREAS, in said petition the Mayor and Council are requested to pass
an ordinance requiring the paving of Banks Street in the City of Smyrna,
to advertise the introduction of said ordinance and to mail notices of the
same to all persons owning property fronting on either side of Banks Street,
to set a date for hearing objections to such ordinance, to subsequently
pass an assessment ordinance viving the requisite statement to abutting
owners on said street and to do any and all things necessary as required by
law and by the charter of said City, to legally accomplish the paving of
said street;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City
of Smyrna, and it is hereby ordained by authority of same:
1. That the whole of Banks Street in the City of Smyrna, being a
distance of approximately 21376 lineal feet from the Eastern intersection
of Banks Street with Atlanta Street in the City of Smyrna, to the ';Western
intersection of Banks Street with the City Limits of said City, be paved
in a uniform width of twenty-four (24) feet of asphalt macadam pavement
and stone, compacted four (4) inches thick. It shall be an asphalt
penetration pavement consisting of 350 pounds of stone and three and one-
half gallons of asphalt to the square yard.
2. That the Mayor of said City is authorized and empowered to engage
an engineer to prepare the proper plans and specifications of the above
improvements herein proposed to be made, and that said Mayor be authorized
after legal and proper advertising of same, to let a contract for'and in
behalf of the City for the erection of such proposed improvements.
3. That the Mayor and Council estimate the cost of such improvements
from the best information available at this time based on various discussions
with contractors and others having technical knowledge of the cost involved,
to be approximately $3.34 per lineal foot of such improvements, and being as
above set forth approximately 2,376 feet of paving to -be erected, the total
estimated cost therefor for the complete job being $7,935.84. Such estimated
costs as above set forth being estimated to be $1.67 per front foot of
property in said City abutting on Banks Street on the North and South sides
thereof,
4. That when said improvements are completed an ordinance shall be
passed assessing the total cost of same including engineering and super-
vision expenses, against the owners of the property on said street, as pro-
vided in Section-66 et seq. of the new charter of said City. (Georgia Laws
1931 - pages 983, et seq.)
5. That before the passage of this ordinance a public hearing regard-
ing same shall be held at a meeting of said Mayor and Council; and it is
hereby ordered that such said public hearing shall be help before said Mayor
and Council on the 4th day of August, 1W, at eight o'clock P.M. That all
property owners and other persons interested therein are directed and noti-
fied to appear at such hearing and make any objection they may desire to
urge against the passage of this ordinance.
6. That pending the consideration bf this ordinance by the Mayor and
Council, an advertisement shall be posted in three (3) public places in said
City, to wit, the City Halli the Post Office and the Bank of Smyra, all
being in the City of Smyrna and all being located on Atlanta Street in said
City, giving notice of the introduction and pendency of this ordinance.
Such advertisement shall state the name of the street to be improved and
paved, the nature of such contemplated improvements and the estimated cost
per front foot of same. Such advertisement shall further set forth that the
property owners or others interested are notified to appear at a meting
of said Mayor and Council to be held on the 4th day of August; 1947, in
the City Hall of said City at eight oldlock P.M.y and make any objection
that they may desire to urge against the passage of this ordinanc e
7. That a copy of said advertisement Described in Section 6 above,
shall be mailed to each person., company or corporation: whose Post Office
address is known, that owns any property fronting or abuttii.g on Banks
Street within the City Limits of the City of Smyrna.
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July 15, 1947
Upon reading of the foregoing ordinance it was moved, seconded,
and unanimously carried that Sections 5, 6, & 7, of said
ordinance be adopted pending the consideration of said ordinance
and that the clerk b-e authorized and directed to immediately
advertise the introduction and pendency of said ordinance and
to give the notices required by same in the manner required by
sections 6 and 7 thereof.
August 4, 1947 was set as the date of a public hearing for
foregoing ordinances -requested for paving of Hill, Hughes and
Bank Streets.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned.
'-±a Thelma D . Myers, C 1
``� Mayor
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Honorable Mayor and Council, City of Smyrna, Georgia, I hereby
submit my financial statement for the month of July 1947:
GENERAL FUND
INCOME
Cash Balance, July 1
Property Tax
Fi fas
Interest
Business Licenses
Police Fines
Meter Installations
Sewer Taps
Building Permits
Plumbing Permits
Misc. Revenue (Water Serv.Charges)
Water Deposits
T.Til 'Y)TTT [i TT [1
General & Administrative:
Salary - Councilmen
Salary - Clerk
Administrative Expense
Public Safety:
Labor - Police Dept.
Jail Supplies
Street Lighting
Police Dept. - Supplies
Sanitary Dept:
Labor
Street Dept:
Labor
Supplies
Truck Expense
Street Repairs
5,758.35
37.10
1.00
2.40
90.00
115.00
400.00
225.00
20.00
19.50
5.00
3.00
Water Dept:
Labor
Pipe, Metal and Fittings
Power
Meter Boxes
Pump Repairs
Other Supplies
Employees Withholding Tax
Plumbing permits (F. F. Rohner, Insp.)
Accounts Receivable (other)
Balance
Totals
INCOME
Cash Balance, July 1
Property Tax
Balance
Totals
SINKING FUND
6,676.35
d 252.19
21.20
273.39
25,00
140.20
153.55
348.12
6.98
108.96
35.95
120.60
2.15
147.59
72.93
15.00
2.13
24.05
4.38
1.50
112.30
18.38
5.00
5,223.58
6,676.35
273.39
273.39
WATERWORKS & SEWERAGE CONSTRUCTION FUND
INCOME
Cash Balance, July 1 156,431.17
EXPENSE
Waterworks Materials _ _ 30,246.51
Balance 126,184.66
Totals 156,431.17 8 156,431.17
WATERWORKS & SEWERAGE
REVENUE FUND
INCOME
Casli Balance, July 1
821.37
Water Revenue
1,759.25
EXPENSE
Water Revenue Sinking Fund
(75% June Revenue) '
Cobb County Water System
Water Department:
Labor
Pipe; Metal and Fittings
Power
Balance
Totals
2,580.62
WATERWORKS & SEWERAGE SINKING FUND
INCOME
Cash Balance, July 1 $ 1,060.87
Waterworks & Sewerage
Revenue Fund 10319.44
�alarice
Totals P 2,;180.31
1,319.44
240.15
187.85
172.93
78.00
582.25
2 i580.62
.2,380.31
2,380.31
Thelma D. Myers, C rk