01-03-1950 Regular MeetingJANUARY 1350
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The Mayor and Council held their regular meeting
at the City Hall, 7:30 P. M. Mayor J. M. Gibson
meeting with the following Councilmen present: P.
Entyre, R. S. Brinson and C. W. Jones and Stanley
torney, Harold Willingham present also.
January 3, 1950,
presiding over the
P. Shaw, H. L. Me-
McCalla. City At-
Councilmans Oath of Office were taken by newly elected. Councilman
Stanley McCalla and re-e-lected Councilmen McEntyre and P. P. Shaw.
Oath of -Official; attached to these minutes.
Minutes of previous regular meeting read and approved. Minutes of
Special meeting (December 22, 1949) read. Motion made by R. S. Brin-
son and seconded by H. L. McEntyre to approve minutes of regular meet-
ing.and also minutes of special meeting.. Voted unanimous.
Rev. Fred VanLandingham, Rev. York Chambliss, and Rev. Geo. Taylor a-
long with a del6gation of church officials brought before the Council
a petition from\the Cobb County Citizens Temperance League which in-
cluded County wide signatures asking the City Council not to issue a
Business License for the sale of beer, in.the City of Smyrna.
,�. A report of the Budget Committe was given
.� P. P. Shaw and Mayor J. M. Gibson serving
attached to these -minutes. Motion made by
by P.P. Shaw to accept Budget as amended,
ments: Motion made'by H. L. McEntyre and
1. To pay night Night Policeman $2100.00 a
form, not to exceed $60.00.
by C. W. Jones, chairman,
on committee also. Budget
C. W. Jones and seconded
with the following amend -
seconded by Stanley McCalla
year and furnish one uni-
2. To pay DA7 Policeman $2000.00 a year and furnish one uniform, not
to exceed $ 60.00. Voted unanimous for amendments. Voted unanimous
for Budget as amended.
Motion made by Stanley McCalla and seconded by P. P. Shaw to mark off
1949 City Taxes of Mrs. Ruth Mountcastle, Mrs. H. J. Stephens and Mrs.
W, E. Patterson when certified copy of widowts one year support was
presented at the City Hall, voted unanimous.,
Motion made by R. S. Brinson and seconded'by'H. L. McEntyre to have
authorized and ratified the payment of $ 12.00 per month for Fire Truck
rent for the year of 1949 to Earl Cobb. Voted unanimous.
Motion made by Stanley McCalla and seconded by P. P. Shaw to write off
1948 City Taxes of Red Dot Store due to the fact it was not opened the
first of January 1948. Voted unanimous.
Motion made by Stanley McCalla and seconded by P. P. Shaw to write off
1947 City Taxes of Mrs. P. F. Daniel who has brought in to the City
Hall a certified copy of her widowts one 76ar support. Voted unanimous.
Mayor Gibson appointed H. L. McEntyre, Chairman of the Business.License/
committee, serving with him R. S. Brinson, and C. W. Jones and Stanley
McCalla asking that they have their recommendations ready for the Sp-
ecial meeting January 17, 1950.
Motion made by P. P. Shaw and seconded by R. S. Brinson to issue Beer
License with an increase of .03� a bottle or .72¢ .per case for each
case purchased by local retailers, this being in accordance with the
County. Votirig";for, P. P. Shaw, R. S. Brinson and Stanley McCalla.
Voting against H. L. McEntyre and C. W. Jones.
Motion made by C. W. Jones and seconded by H. L. McEntyre to call for
a referendum to decide issue of issuing Beer license. Motion out of
order due to previous motion being carried by a majority.
Current bills read by the Mayor, total of 115580.00 to be paid from the
General Fund and �p1,576.12 from the Water Revenue Fund, which included
over due bills which had not been paid due to lack of funds in the
Water Revenue Fund. Motion made R. S. Brinson and seconded by H. L.
McEntyre to pay bills as read. Voted, unanimous.
Motion made by R. S. Brinson and seconded by P. P. Shaw to transfer
from the General Fund to the Water Revenue Fund $929.02 so as to pay
all over due bills against the Water Revenue Fund. Voted.unanimous.
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Motion made by R. S. Brinson and secondedto retain the services
of Mrs. Sam Theodocion as City Clerk. Voted unanimous
Motion made by P. P. Shaw and seconded by H. L. McEntyre to re-
tain the services of J. T. Brown, as Foreman. Voted unanimous.
Motion made by P. P: Shaw reimploy threelaborers', Cecil McCollum
and Mose Moss and Grady Etichson. One additional man to be added.
Voted unanimous.
Motion made to retain the services of H: P. McCollum as Supt. of
Water Dept., by P. P.-Shaw and seconded by H. L. McEntyre. Voted
unanimous.
Motion made by P. P. Shaw and seconded by H. L. McEntyre to retain
the services of R. N. Neese as Night Policeman. Voted unanimous.
Motion made by H. L. McEntyre and seconded by P. P. Shaw to retain
the services of Willingham, Cheney, Hicks and Edwards as City Attorney.
Voted unanimous.
Services di; -a -Day Policeman referred to Police Committee for recommend-
ation to the January 17th Special meeting. `
Mayor J. M. Gibson appointed the following committees:
Police and Fire
•H. L. McEnE7re, Chmn.
C. W. Jones
Stanley McCalla
• Street Paving & Maintenance
P. P. Shaw, Chmn.
R. •S. Brinson
C. W. Jones
Water & Sewerage
R. S. Brinson, Chmn.
C. W. Jones
Stanley McCalla
Sanitation & Health
C. W. Jones, Chmn.
H. L McEntyre
Stanley McCalla
Buildings and Grounds -(City Park)
• Stanley McCal-la
P. P. Shaw
R. S. Brinson
Mayor Gibson appointed P. P. Shaw to serve'as'Mayor Pro-Tem for the
coming.,year, Mr. -Shaw being the choice of each of the Councilmen to
serve,'69pacity.
By general consent of the Council Mr. Green was given permission to
carry cans away from the disposal plant, also he was to get and bring -
back back key to the City Hall.
A canvas for dump truck cover to be bought at about $12.00.
Mr. H. P. McCollum made the following report of the Water Dept.:
608 Water customers January 1949
655 if. " January 1950
47 " " increase
165 Water Meters repaired and tested
Cost per meter repair $1.66
$440.11 meter parts bo4l t.
165.40 on hand
274.71 spent for repaing meters
Approximately 100 meters need repairing
.250,;000 to 370,000cgallons of water lost per month.
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Motion made by P. P. Shaw and seconded by H. L. McEntyre to pur-
chase twenty-five (25) water meters. ,Voted unanimous.
Mr. Brown reported thirty loads of sand had been hauled from
Plant Atkinson. He also reported a total of 306 garbage pick ups
for the week with 284 being made in one day.
Mayor Gibson announced that the Marietta Chamber of Commerce would
be invited to the January 17th Special meeting at which time Bus-
iness License would be discussed and approved.,
Meeting ad' urn .
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Mayor
k special meeting of the Mayor and Council was held at the Citv Hall,
January 17 1950 at 7:30 P.M.. Mayor J. M. Gibson ppresiding with the
following 6ouncilmen present; P. P. Shaw, H. L. McEntyre, R. S. Brinson,
C. W. Jones and Stanley McCalla. City Attorney, Harold Willingham, also
present.
Hi Mosley, President Cobb County Chamber Commerce, Frank Wellons, Sec.,.
and Mr. Vaughn were presibntfa§'-_qu6str)of1the Mayor and Council.
Purpose of visit primarily to get acquainted; Mr. Wellons stated in his
talk that the Chamber of Commerce in representing townships and munici-
palities and securing their cooperation and interest would be Beni€icial
to the economic structure of our County. He also stated they would like
to become closer to Smyrna and render services to them which they felt
they could do with our cooperation. An invitation was extended to the
Mayor and Council members to attend Chamber of Commerce meetings and
expressed a desire to have their members of Chamber of Commerce to at-
tend Smyrna Council meetings.
Police Committee chairman, Mr. H. L. McEntyre recommended J. C. Hardy
for Day Policeman.
Motion made by Stanley McCalla and seconded by G. W. Jones to employ
Mr. J. C. Hardy for day Policeman. Voting for; McEntyre, McCalla,
and C. W. .Tones. Not voting Shaw and Brinson.
Motion made by R. S. Brinson and seconded by Stanley McCalla to pay
160.00 per month salary for day policeman's salary, also to furnish
one policeman's uniform. Voted unanimous.
Day Policeman to be off on Sunday and Monday, and working on.Sunday
night ro releive Night policeman.
License report given and discussed. Report attached to these minutes.
\ Motion made by P. P. Shaw and seconded by R. S. Brinson to accept re-
port of License Committee. Voted unanimous.
Motion made by R. S. Brinson and seconded by P. P. Shaw to reimploy
F. C. Dabney, Jr. for year 1950 and to pay � of all Building permits
as his fee. Voted unanimous.
Motion made by P. P. Shaw and seconded by R. S. Brinson to reimploy
F. F. Rohner as Plumbing Inspector, his fee being 3A of all plumb-
ing permits. Voted unanimous. r