MINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORD

MINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORDS,'aI4K-TOM L. KETCHINGS co., NATCHEZMCBSS, RECESS RECESS REGUlAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. April 21, 1958Pur"uant to a recess order entered on ADril 16, 1958, the I"'layor and Board of Aldermen met onA ril ?l, 1958, at 7:00 P. M. in the Mayor and Board of Alde~menls Chamber in the City Hall\ I'm and where the followinr; were ?resent:Pete McElreath - Mayor, Presidinc~William N. Lovelady -Alderman at Lar~eFrank W. Belk, Jr. - Alderman V~ard OneJames N. RobertsHarry S. Sisk -- 11derman Ward TwoAlderman Ward ThreeWilJ A. Hickman - Alderman ~'ard FourC. B. Roberts - AttorneyOmar D. Crai~- AttorneyC. D. Malone, Jr. - ClerkAfter the meetin" was ca ~ led to order the followin~ bus ness was transacted:Came of for cons::"deratio~: the matter of the adoltion of a policy pvin ... ap81icants for empihoymentwith the City of Oxford, livin,!; in the corporate limits of the City preference. Motion was dulymade, seconned and 18.ssrd that qualified ap11icants for employment with the City of Oxford livin~within the corporate limi s of the City will be riven preference and first consideration, but ifit is determined that there are no qualified a'lplicants in the City of Oxford for the pa.rticularjob, other ap licati ,ns will then be considered.Came on for cons derat.~on the emlloyment of a ni~t policemen. After a conside1'ation of theapplications, it was determined that there were no Elualified ap l11cants from the City of Oxford,Mississippikand other aplications were then considered. Motion was duly made, seconded and:)assed that Hillard E. DePriest, a vin.!" been recommended by Newt Kin~, City Marshall, be h'.redas a ni .o;ht Policeman on a ninety day tri .. l basis at a monthly salary of $225.00 (Two Hundredand tWPlnty five dol'ars). The stipulation bein.r: included that Hr. DePriest move to Oxford withinone year from the d:1 te of his em'Jloqnent.A RESOLUTION OF THE MIYOR AND OOAH.D OF ALDERMENOF THE CITY OF OXFORD ~IJITH REFERENCE 'ID THEREPrtIiUNG OF SP~1AYING lvrACHINE UNDER SECTION9121-09, MIS3:iSSIPr'I CODE OF 1942 A3 AMENDED.It appearin~ to the Hayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxfo;'d, Mississippi, that thes"1rayinr machi:·e was l1lrtial y destroyed by fird on the 21 d~y of AUP'ust , 1957, and that saidm' chine is necessary for the oreservation ofjeaLh, ani that the manufacturer of said machinestates that si3irJ macine mtly be re aired at less exnense than the cost of a new m,~chine.BE IT If,SSOLV.ii.D by the Hayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxfori, Mississipoi,th';t the s')rayinr m2.chLne be repaired by Todd ShinYi.rd Inc., at a cost not to exceed $895.00.The a.bo e:'d fore oinr; reso utio[1 ha"in, been first reduced to writin~ and read by theCl:'rk of sairi. Hayor and Biard 'If Aldermen, wa considered section by secti'1n, and then as a whole,anel 0 Motion of Alderman Roberts, and secor,ded by Aldermen Belk, it was adopted section bysection. and then as a whole, and the vote of the Aldermerj on the ;assar,e thereof was as follows:Aldermen James Roberts •••••••••••••••• YeaAldermen Wil iam Lovelady ••••••••••••• YeaAlderme Will Hickman ••••••••••••••••• YeaAldermen F. M. Belk, Jr ••••••••••••••• YeaAldermen Harry Sisk ••••••••••••••••••• yea(I'Came on f'br cons der tion the maj:.j:.er of renewin·7 for one year the United States Goverrunent I s Leeseof' Room Number 11 locat d on the seconded floor of the City Hall Buildin~ and motbn was dulymane. seco ded and nassed that the Mayor be authorized to e~