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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD
RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:30 P. M. JANUARY 20, 1970
Pursuant to a recess order on January 14, 1970 at 9:00 a. m., the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen met on January 20, 1970 at 7:30 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
H. C. Wiley, Jr. - City Clerk
Thomas R. Ethridge - City Attorney
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After the meeting was called to order, the following business was transacted:
Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed
unanimously employing Louise Banks King to work with the Police Department as a
School Crossing Traffic Control Officer on a part-time basis at a salary of
$100.00 per month; said employment effective immediately.
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There came on for consideration the matter of the abandonment and deactivation
of the Oxford Municipal Airport. The Mayor pointed out that it was no longer
used for its intended purpose and that it should not be maintained as an airport
in its delapidated condition. On motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by
Alderman Hannaford, and passed unanimously, the Oxford Municipal Airport was
abandoned and deactivated as an airport, and the Mayor was authorized and directed
to give notice of such to the Federal Aviation Agency and the Mississippi Aeronautics
Commission and to take any other steps which might be necessary to give
other notice to the public.