4 - City of Oxford

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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD
RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:90 P. M. SEPTEMBER 16, 1969
Pursuant to a recess order on September 2, 1969 at 7:30 p. m., the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen met on September 16, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen's Chamber in City Hall when and where the following were
present:
Richard W. Elliott, Mayor - Presiding
Bill A. Hannaford - Alderman At Large
J. P. McLaurin, Jr. - Alderman Ward One
Ben Pettis - Alderman Ward Two
J. C. Goolsby - Alderman Ward Three
James N. King - Alderman Ward Four
Hugh C. Wiley, Jr. - City Clerk
Thomas R. Ethridge - City Attorney
John R. Smith - City Engineer
E. W. McElvaney - Asst. City Engineer
Robert W. Foster - Director of Civil. Defense
Tom M. Newberry - Planning Coordinator
R. L. Tidwell - Supt. of Sanitation Dept.
After the meeting was called to order, the following business was transacted:
Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed
unanimously granting official approval for the City of Oxford to cooperate
in a Civil Defense emergency preparedness exercise.
Motion was made by Alderman Goolsby, seconded by Alderman King and passed
unanimously to promote E. C. King to the position of Assistant Street Foreman
and to increase his wage rate to $2.00 per hour; said promotion to become
effective October 1, 1969.
Came on for consideration the matter of hiring a new policeman for the
City of Oxford Police Department. Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded
by Alderman McLaurin and passed unanimously to employ Billy Gene Bolen to work
as a policeman at a salary of $350 per month; said employment to be effective
October 1, 1969.