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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-08-09-1000AM-Regularr ic~ r 497 July 12, 1965 D. Brooks Cofer, Jr County Attorney $1,558 60 x 3 J W Hamilton, Sheriff i ~ 1,107 15 W. D Burley, District Clerk (fees) 949 15 " " " (Jury fee) 5 00 B H Dewey, Jr , Justice of Peace, Precinct 4, Place 1 r Fees collected and remitted to Brazos County 721 90 • Fees to be paid by County for 61 cases @ $4.00 244 00 Jess B McGee, Justice of Peace, Precinct 4, Place 2 Fees collected and remitted to Brazos County 501 95 Fees to be paid by County for 61 cases @ $4 00 244 00 B. V Elkins, County Treasurer, Commissions 1/1/65 thru 6/90/65 4,455 29 f Perry Carlton, Constable, Precinct 4 16 40 Jesse Stanfield, Constable (fees for June) 125 45 Justices of the Peace B H Dewey, Jr , and Jess B. McGee asked the Court to set salaries for their offices at $600 00 per month beginning January 1, 1966, when the new Code of Criminal Procedure goes into effective and Justices no longer will have salaries based on w fees and court costs The Court's attention was called to the increased work load, night and Sunday calls Mr Dewey also asked the Court to include in the budget for 1966 a Justice 'Y Court clerk, and to provide a court room for the Justices Mr Dewey further requested per- h hi d fl f h i i r oor o t on to have a coffee room on t e t m ss e Courthouse. The County Judge stated that all requests would be duly considered Judge Davis next presented a bill from the Brazos County Schools for a total of ' $259.12, for Special trip made to Houston, Brazos County 4-H Club, 4 buses, each made 217 miles, total of 868 miles @ $0 20 per mile, $179 60, 41drivere at $21.98 each, $85.52. Mr. Stasny stated that he had taken care of this by hauling gravel and other work, and Mr. Dunn stated he had done likewise. , Judge Davis reported that the Budget would be completed shortly, to be filed and • then acted upon in August after public hearing , Commissioner Dunn asked permission of the Court to obtain bids on a front-and loader F ' and also on a maintainer, and Commissioner Porterfield asked permission to obtain bids on a " carried, loader. On motion made, seconded, and unanimously/ Commissioners Dunn and Porterfield were 7 authorized to obtain such bids. 1- 1 a On motion made, seconded, and unanimously passed, the Court voted to approve all reports and to pay all bills which have been properly filed and approved. ' There being no further business, the meeting adjourned d T e foregoing Minut s, beginning on page 495 and concluded on page 497, were examined f and6AX o court the 9tKo August, 1965. p w S ND A NOOLL O GEORGE DUNN . County Judge Commissioner of Precinct 1 Commissioner of Precinct 2 ` ATTEST A. B. SYPTAK CLYDE J PORTERFIELD W. A. STASNY County Clerk Commissioner of Precinct 9 Commissioner of Precinct 4 REGULAR MEETING - AUGUST 9, 1965 A regular meeting of the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas, was held in r • Y S the Commissioners' Court room in the Courthouse in Bryan, Texas, beginning at 10 00 A. N., O T Monday, August 9, 1965, with the following present W. C Davis, County Judge, presiding, Raymond A. Nolan, Commissioner of Precinct 1, George Dunn, Commissioner of Precinct 2, Clyde J. Porterfield, Commissioner of Precinct S; and a W. A Stasny, Commissioner of Precinct 4. i The Court received, approved, and ordered filed as submitted the following reports 7111 f rF 1 ' ,1 V ~ ~ r r 49~ < A August 9,'1965 NIY .r `e s t n o, l~ i l 1 . Y i i i 1 B. V. Elkins, welfare officer, for month of July, 1965, B. V. Elkins, veterans Service officer, for month of July, 1965; William T. Sistrunk, County Agent, for month of July, 1965; C. O. Wheeler, Jr., Assistant County Agent, for month of July, 1965; Miss Emily Ritter, Home Demonstration Agent, for month of July, 1965, Mrs. Fannie Taylor, Associate County Home Demonstration Agent, for month of July, 1965, Garland McIlveen, Jr , Associate County Agent, for month of July, 1965, Bryan- Brazos County Health Department, for month of July, 1965, The Court received, considered,,and approved the following reports from County and Precinct officers showing official fees of office collected and remitted to the County Treasurer, according to duplicate copies of Treasurer's official receipts attached thereto W. C. Davis, County Judge $ 78.00 A. B. Syptak, County Clerk (fees of office) 2,985.10 A. B Syptak, County Clerk (fees and fines of County Court) 921.40 Raymond B Buchanan, Tax Assessor and Collector 1,264.94 J. W. Hamilton, Sheriff 1,287.91 W. D. Burley, District Clerk 354.70 D. Brooks Cofer, Jr . County Attorney 2,490.30 B. H. Dewey, Jr , Justice of Peace, Precinct 4, Place 1 Fees collected and remitted to Brazos County 1,031.35 Fees to be paid by County for 109 cases ® $4.00 436.00 Jess B McGee, Justice of Peace, Precinct 4, Place 2- 1,181 10 Fees collected and remitted to Brazos County Fees to be paid by County for 105 cases ® $4.00 420.00 Jesse Stanfield, Constable (fees) r 142 15, A delegation representing the Bryan Saddle Club, Inc., appeared before the Court. Mr. Irvin Lloyd, the spokesman for the group, reported that the Board of Directors had unani- mously approved a determination be made as to whether or not Brazos County was interested in accepting a donation of a sixteen-acre tract of land lying on Tabor Road owned by the Bryan Saddle Club, Inc , to be used by the County for Youth activities Mr. Lloyd and the other spokesmen for the Bryan Saddle Club, Inc . stated that the land and improvements would be given to the County for merely the assumption by the County of a balance of =14,687.79 owing to the Bryan Building and Loan Association. Such property consists of a metallic steel build ing, a rodeo arena with bleacher stands and several other smaller buildings, and such trans- fer would also include all of the assets of Bryan Saddle Club, Inc , including a bank account of approximately $1,056 31. After much discussion, the Court took the matter under advisemen but related to the group that should the membership of the Bryan Saddle Club, Inc , vote to donate such property to the County, such would be very seriously considered On motion made, seconded, and unanimously passed, the Court voted to approve a Weighers' Bond for both J. B. Beard and James R Grubbs The County Judge presented the following letter received from Mr Charles H. Edge, a local businessman "6 August 65 "Mr Brooks Cofer Mr W. R Vance County Atty Office Bryan, Texas Dear Brooks and Bill We are in receipt today of a restitution of a worthless check we took some time ago, one of many your office has recovered for us I certainly do not want you to think that this excellent service goes unappreciated and I feel that the merchants of this county are fortunate to have you two serving us in manner as this reflects I wish to commend you to the County Court Thanks again Sincerely yours, Charles H Edge ~ cc Judge W. C Davis Dear Bill- Wanted you to know also that the above service is certainly an asset to our merchants Would appreciate your reading my letter to your Court Regards, Chas 1 L ~ v~~... -...,z _~-.,r•.-.. ...e....._ „ _ - r..~ c ~ ~"i~i'*'r„~sgti 4"c rI u V 61 August 9, 1965 499 On motion made, duly seconded, and unanimously passed, the Court voted to request a return of the sum of $1,251 43 from the Board of County and District Road Indebtedness of the 3 State of Texas, which fund was to be credited to the Road and Bridge Pund'and used for the construction or improvement of lateral roads in Brazos County. On motion made, seconded, and unanimously passed, the Court voted to approve all reports and to pay all bills which have been properly filed and approved At the request of the County Judge, the meeting was recessed until a later date in August Y ' r SPECIAL MEETING - AUGUST 16, 1965 A special meeting of the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas, was held in the Commissioners' Court room in the Courthouse in Bryan, Texas, beginning at 10 00 A. M. on August 16, 1965, with the following present W C. Davis, County Judge presiding, i Raymond A Nolan, Commiss oner of Precinct 1, George Dunn, Commissioner of Precinct 2, Clyde J. Porterfield, Commissioner of Precinct 3, W. A Stasny, Commissioner of Precinct 4, and ' A B Syptak, County Clerk In accordance with previous action of the Court and public advertisement, the Court took up the matter of the Budget for the year 1966, as submitted by the County Judge on July 23, 1965. A delegation from the Bryan Junior Chamber of Commerce appeared and presented a Resolution to the Court, which Resolution reads, as follows "RESOLUTION "Whereas the Brazos County budget for the calendar year 1966 has been prepared and a public hearing on said Budget has been set for Monday, August 16, 1965, and, "Whereas the budget proposes salary and travel expense increases from the present total of $8400 per year to $9600 per year for each County Commissioner, and, "Whereas, each County Commissioner represents only the voters in his individual precinct and his duties as Commissioner are such that he is capable of carrying on a full time business enterprise in addition to his duties as Commissioner, "Therefore, be it resolved, that the Bryan-College Station Jaycees, as a group of young men vitally concerned with all aspects of local government, hereby oppose the salary increases proposed for the County Precinct Commissioners and direct that a copy of this resolution be mailed to each Commissioner and the County Judge and that a further copy be delivered to the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas, to be filed with the minutes of the budget hearing to be held on August 16, 1965 _ "Adopted at a meeting of the general membership of the Bryan-College Station Jaycees on the 12th day of August, 1965 , /s/ L L. RUSH ' L L. Rush, Secretary" After much discussion of the proposed budget, on motion made, seconded, and unani- ously passed, the proposed budget was amended and changed, as follows one Janitor increased from $2,400 to $2,700 One Janitor increased from $2,400 to $2 700 One Maid for Courthouse increased from 1,750 to $2,050 Secretary to County Agents increased from $2,600 to $2,880 Secretary to Associate Agents increased from $2,000 to $2,280 Jail Cook increased from $1,100 to $1,210 Subject to the above changes, on motion made, seconded, and unanimously passed, the r Court accepted and approved the Budget as submitted, ordered it certified and filed for official use for the calendar year 19661 The transmittal and summary of this Budget are, as follows "Bryan, Texas July 23, 1965 T "The Honorable Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas Gentlemen As your budget officer and in accordance with the law, there is submitted herewith the proposed budget of Brazos County, Texas, for the fiscal (calendar) year of 1966, including t all anticipated revenues and proposed disbursements The budget herewith submitted con- tains the necessary schedules and tabulations in proper detail. The statutes require that the County budget be prepared and submitted during the month of i i ~ ch t July and that public hearing thereon be held subsequent to August 15th, after wh r .s 1