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Council Minutes
June 10, 1959, ~ p. m.
Minutes of a special meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Pulaski, held on the 10th day of June, 1959, at !~ p. m.
in the municipal building.
There were present: Mayor C. V. Jackson, presiding.
Councilmeni W.
J.
T.
Absent: F.
Also present:
EXECUTIVE
SESSION -
F. White, W. A. Larson, Glen K. Aust,
R. Martin, John W. Nash, W. S. Cummings,
J. McCarthy
L. Carrico
Town Manager: T. B. Noland
Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton
Mayor Jackson called the meeting to order and the invocation
was given by Councilman Aust.
Mayor Jackson stated the meeting had been called for the
purpose of considering the proposed budget for 1959-60, and on
motion of T. J. McCarthy, seconded by W. A. Larson, and unanimously
carried, it was agreed to go into executive session at this time.
The two hour meeting was devoted exclusively to a dis-
cussion of the General Fund of the Town. During this time
various councilmen expressed themselves as being opposed to any
increase in the tax rate and urged Council to make sufficient
budget cuts to eliminate the need of an increase in the tax
rate.
After a lengthy discussion of the Recreation program which
discussion revolved around a year-round program versus a summer-
time program only, motion was made by Mr. McCarthy, seconded by
Mr. White, that the Town establish a summer recreation program'
RECREATION PROGRAM
FOR SUMMERTIME only for the next fiscal year and that the appropriation for the
ONLY, APPROPRIATTON
IN 1959-~ BUDGET Recreation Department be $7,500.00. Vote on this motion was:
$7,500.00; OTHER
CUTS TO BUDGET T. J. McCarthy - aye J. R. Martin - no
W. S. Cummings - aye John W. Nash - no
W. A. Larson - aye Glen K. Aust - no
W. F. White - aye F. L. Carrico - absent
Mayor Jackson declared that the motion was carried.
In considering the proposed expenditures of the General
Fund, it was unanimously agreed to reduce the appropriation for
refuse collection by the sum of $9,000.00; the contribution to
the County Health Department by the sum of $2,000.00; to eliminate
perpetual care at Oakwood Cemetery for the next year at a savings
of $2,525.00, which cuts, added to those which had already been
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Council rains. contd.. June 10, 1959, ~ p. m.
agreed upon by Council, brought the net reduction in General Fund
appropriations to a total of $22,78 3.00, for a total General Fund
appropriation of $l~Lt~t, 5~t0.00.
At this point motion was made by Mr. White and seconded by
Mr. McCarthy that Council go on record as intending not to raise
the present $1.60 per hundred tax rate for the 1959-60 year. Vote ot~
this motion was as follows:
NO INCREASE IN
TAX RATE FROM T. J. McCarthy - aye W. A. Narson - no
PRESENT $1.60 PER W. S. Cummings - aye J. R. Martin - no
HUNDRED Glen K. Aust - aye John W. Nash - no
W. F. T~hite - aye F. L. Carrico - absent
On motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Town
Manager was directed to make the changes as specified in the
proposed budget, and the Clerk was directed to publish the budget, a~S
PUBLICATION OF
PROPOSED BUDGET amended, in the Southwest Times on June 1l~, 1959, with notice
AS AMENDED, PUBLIC
HEARING 6/29/59 of a public hearing to be held in the Pulaski County Courthouse at
!~ p. m. on the 29th day of June, 1959.
The meeting adjourned at 6:00 p. m.
Approved:
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