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97768- KUCONN-NUMIR
MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD
RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. MARCH 19, 1968
Pursuant to a recess order on March 5, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
met on March 19, 1968, 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
Linder Owens - Alderman Ward Two
Harry S. Sisk - Alderman Ward Three
James N. King - Alderman Ward Four
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Thomas R. Ethridge - City Attorney
Kenneth W. Welch - Tax Assessor
John R. Smith - City Engineer
E. W. McElvaney - Asst. City Engineer
John O. Leslie - Chairman of Planning Commission
Tom M. Newberry - Planning Coordinator
Clyde E. Cook - Member of Planning Commission
William Lovelady - Member of Planning Commission
Charles McGonagill - Member of Planning Commission
W. Hassell Smith - Member of Planning Commission
After the meeting was called to order the following business was transacted:
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen then took up for consideration the matter
of financing certain needed public improvements for the City of Oxford, and,
after a discussion of the subject, Alderman McLaurin offered and moved the
adoption of the following resolution:
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE MAYOR AND
BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI,
TO ISSUE NEGOTIABLE BONDS OF THE SAID CITY IN SPECI-
FIED AMOUNTS FOR DESIGNATED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR
SAID CITY.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi,
having made due investigation, find, determine, and declare that it is necessary
to provide the following public improvements for said City:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
Constructing and equipping a community recreational
building in Stone Park in said City, at an estimated
cost of $35,000;
PROPOSITION NO. 2
Purchasing fire-fighting equipment and apparatus,
including a fire truck and equipment, at an estmated
cost of $25,000;