The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. [77], No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1966 Page: 3 of 16
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would provide opportunity ‘o
inform the people who left
the meeting believing tha- they
were not annexed.
Gilmore moved that rhe an-
nexation ordinance be brought
back to the council for re-
consideration at the next reg-
xnomomonomtxnxmn
that it he dropped for a year
since it was not done now
"It would nut be 'air to the
ci'lzen. of Alvin to take in
an area which would not carry
its weight for a full year,"
he said.
As the discussioncontinued.
Councilman Gilmore said he
had made errors *'and per-
haps I’ve made one now*’
He asked how the matter could
be returned to the table for
reconsideration.
An immediate 10 - minute
recess was called while City
Attorney Pruett considered
thi' matter
After »he recess, the at-
torney told them that the or-
dinance could be brought tick
for reconsideration and an-
other vote either the same
night or at a specified date
in the future.
Mayor Hillyer said he pre-
ferred 'ome future date, if
limits.
"The council owes some-
thing to the people of Alvin
as well as those outside the
city," Former City Council-
man Noel P. Holt reminded
them. He was a spectator at
the meeting.
Frankel also added: "Eve-
rything the council does is
going to be in disfavor with
some."
Both Adams and Gilmore
explained to Mr. Frankel their
reasons for voting against an-
nexation One of Mr. Gil-
more's reasons was that the
last city budget adopted did not
take into- consideration the
finances needed for the new
Councilman Hermann took
issue with this statement. He
said the budget considered
every financial need that it
was possible to consider when
the area was not actually in
the city; and reminded Mr.
Gilmore that the city’s finan-
cial advisor had sta’ed the
newly annexed area would be
self-supporting".
Both Gilmore and Adams
said rhe matter was not dt op-
P«d but would be studied fur-
ther and Mr. Brenek asked
In
committee meeting two
of the State
m<
that
The next item to be con-
sidered was the tire preven-
tion and protection ordinance
which has been in proces
for about a year. Mr. Gilmore,
chairman of rhe committee
studying thio, recommended
the adoption of an ordinance
with some changes and spe-
cified these.
Former City CouncilmanG.
L. Garwood has been invited
to the meeting by Mr. Robin-
son since he spent much time
working on this ordinance dur-
ing his tenure. He reviewed
the ordinance with the council
and recommended some chan-
gee which were adopted.
Also present was M. R.
Cook of Mobil Oil Company
who ha> worked with the coun-
cil on the ordinance. He said
the bulk piant were "right
back where we started a year
What
in thi
sion will be of major
est to the residents
annexation area.
>r repealed
two years.
60 in November wereforrr.it ■
fic offences.
In October, 109 case were
filed. 114 fines were paid,
and 22 were dismi sed . .« •
recommended to the council
by a committee composed of
Hermann and Hinds. Hermann
has voted on eve.y occasion
in favor of :he proposal; Hinds
voted affirmately until Thurs-
day night' ; session when he
voted to help defeat the or-
dinance.
Councilman Robinson has
voted each time in fav r !
annexation; Gilmore has voted
against the plan ever al times
and Adams li
ted no while
Police Dept.
Statistics
Are Announced
The Alvin Police Depart-
ment answered 226 calls dur-
ing November, a slight de-
crease from the 252 calls t
October, and traveled i rota’
mileage of 8.334 compart u ■
October's 8.786.
Since the Police Depart-
ment's fiscal year began in
October, police have made
234 arrests, 138 in Ot r c .
and 96 in November. Of ■. .
In other action during u.e
.. unci! scssun, ( tty Attorney
Henry Brenek reported on the
petition proffered recently to
amend the home rule charier.
He read a letter fr-xn City
Attorney Pruett, accompanied
by Attorney General’s
ions, that it would N
gal to take any action
time.
The letter
tated: "In re-
sponse to your request for
my opinion concerning the
proper action to be taken on
the petition to amend the Alvin
Home Rule Charter. 1 submit
the following observations.
"Article II.
the Constitution
Holiday Fruit Cake
Should Be Baked Now
If you haven’t already baked
y.'ur holiday fruit cake it
should be at the top
list of your ’things to do"
Fruit cakes need time to
age and develop the right fla -
>r and texture. Fhere are
iany modifications of the old
i.hioned fruit cake because
of greater selection of fruits
and nuts Research ha devel-
oped improved preservation
methods for the fruit
Choose fresh ingredients
and highquahrv when prepar-
ing your cake. To cut the cost
of the cake, you can add in-
expensive raisins and cur-
rants for part of the candied
fruit. Remember, though, that
too many raisin- and cur-
rant will give your cake a
bitter or scorched flavor.
Assorted ready cut cand-
ied fruits miy be a better
rhoice than buying several
different kinds of candied
fruits which you have to cut.
Compare the c ost of shelled
and inshell nuts to find which
is the be t buy--con side ring
the time needed for -helling,
too.
If you make your fruitcake,
a six pound standard recipe
will cost you about $4.50 You
can buy some fruit cakes which
are quite well filled withfruits
and nuts for $4.
peddlar’s ordinance, to in-
clude door-to-door insurance
salesmen, was v. tel on an
smergenoy basis after City
Attorney Pruett said there had
Deen a question if the ordin-
ance covered these people.
Jim DeWitt wa< a visitor
to the council asking two i-
tems: That drainage be im-
proved on his property on
Betsy Ross Street and Cleve-
land Street by the school be
open to two-way traffic when
school was not tn session.
The council declined to take
action on Mr. DeWitt’s drain-
age problem after asking for
an easemen’ across his pro-
perty and having this denied.
They also took no action
on the one-way street pro-
blem a- one councilman said
"If the street were open part
time, people would have a
tendency to forget and try to
go both ways during school
hours."
After a hort routine dis-
to one in favor of leaving
the boundaries as they were
initially established --Adams
cast the dissenting vote.
action may be taken
ular mee’fng and Hermann se-
conded the motion. The mayor
polled the council and all fa-
vored "reconsideration and
possible change’’
It was then that the execu-
tive session was set up by the
council so tha' they might
consider such area- as would
possibly be eliminated.
The hassle over annexation
ha*= been one of long stand-
ing with councilmen giving
deliberation to the mat.ei af-
ter several stormy ses ions.
taring ea< h time
ally favors an-
nexation but will not vote fur
it in ’he face of the protests
52 fines paid, and -ix
missed.
Police investigated 1
cidents causing two uh
and estimated vehicle da
of $6,665 during Octobe
November. 14 accidents
ing one injury and pr.p< -’
damage of an estimated 5
were investigated
A summary . offers t-' re-
ported to the police during
the two months just past fol-
lows: Burglarie reported in
October, cleared, four; tn Nc -
vernber, three reported, nene
cleared. Two felony thefts,
with one cleared, in October;
eight reported and one clear-
ed in November Sever, mis-
demeanor thefts were re-
ported In October and five
cleared; in November, five
reported and three cleared;
two auto theft., were repor*-
ed in October and one in
November, one was cleared
each month One case of ag-
gravated assault was report-
ed and cleared in November
A total of 17 other offenses
were reported in October and
seven cleared; in November.
17 rep'rted, and nine were
cleared
the Home Rule pt‘>vi>i«>n of
the Constitution, state, in part,
“ and provided further,
City Charter shall be
altered, amended
oftener than ever’
"Article 1165.
Annotated Civil Statutes, pro-
vides in part. "No City Cha: -
ter shall be altered, amended
ur tr|>ed'ied oi'ener llwn ever y
two years "
“Since the Alvin charter
was substantially amended by
a vote of citizens about ix
or seven month ago. and
since the petition asks for
the Charter to again be a-
mended, the petition is con-
trary to the law. Therefore,
in view of the previou- a-
mendments, and in view f the
s’atutes and Constitution of
the State 4 Texas, it would
be illegal for any artion to
be taken now to amend the
Alvin City Charter.'
The letter was signed by
Mr. Pruett
The petition,pre ented sev-
eral weeks ago by A. E.
Grimsley, requeued ana-
mendment to the charter,
striking the city manager form
of government and referring
to Alvin’- governmen1 as
"City Council’'.
THE ALVIN SUN-Thursday, December 8, 1966-Sec. 1, Page 3
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then
Ljain Adams then ex -
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taiors did not follow the lr.
Hon and asked to be inform-
ed on what was done, 'when
they were informed, someone
said "Let’s give them a hand"
and there was more applause.
One person from the au-
dience asked the council to
study the situation further
He said there were people
*n tfie area who wanted to be
annexed and who desperately
its. "Others don't want it and
don’t need it", he added. He
urged that the council "look
further" before making anoth-
er annexation proposal
councilman Adams asked
for the appointment of a com-
mittee to study annexation but
Mayor Eddie Hillyer Jr. said
'ha' any such committee would
be the entire council
The matter dropped, the
spectators departed, and the
council moved on to other
matters to be considered.
Later, however. Alan
Frankel asked to address the
council on the subject of an-
nexation. He told the council -
men that he believed they had
mmauuig
L rn« 10 Pc' ccnI
Lol size each year.
I is so important.'
f ec "Why didn’t
[councils do some-
|g (t? Let’s go a-
the 10 per
if we don't
•. m* SlZtt
i. taking in a
■"
tutors applauded,
audience. F. C
L said that the
this action is "tak-
| lot that doesn't be-
Kky."
■ cost you a lot of
f be said " And you
Lu* anything we don't
E have * He added:
Exported Alvin -- 1
Lpty in town as well
Eicwn - out if you
Ek a bond issue on
Lof this annexation,
Ctou that I’ll fight
Hnspftal. "How could
tax this area?" he wanted u
know. "Would you just have
to omit their property from
the annexation or could a re* -
lution be passed to exempt
them from taxes’"
City Attorney J. Albert
Pruett Jr. said h, i,„ek ,
no way to e -mpi a private,
ly-owed hosp.ra; frompayine
taxes, but City Manager Ht •
ry Brenek pointed <%.•• .k,v
tne council sit: as a board
of tax equalization and could
set the values.
Adams then moved t ex-
clude the hospital land from
the annexation ordinan
this was seconded by Gilmer u
Hinds, Gilmore and Adams
voted for the amendmer.- and
Hermann and Robinson v?ted
against. It was agreed that
the hospital lands would be
excluded.
On the major morion,
-- whether ’o annex i
-- Hinds. Gilmore and Adams
voted no. Robinson and Her-
mann vuied yes. The annexa-
tion ordinance failed to carry.
For just a minute, the spec -
been elected to lead and not
follow.
"I believe It Is your re-
sponsibility to take care of
the greater needs even if some
people are inconvenienced or
their pocket books are hit,"
he said.
He said he had walked over
an area Friday -- apparently
referring to the residential
tracts on Second Street and
just west of the City Limits
•where he saw children play-
ing in raw sewage.
"These children go to
school with our children; the
women work in our homes;
the men work where we work,’
he said. "They desperately
need help."
Franke! asked if the coun-
cil had not listered only to
the most articula-e -- ’hose
who protest -- or those with
the most money, <>r most in-
fluence.
"I .-’incerely hope that you
will try to find a wav to
take care of ’his situation
now" he urged.
Councilman Gilmore re-
commended that the city man-
ager take immediate action
to alleviate such spots as
might now be within -he city
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of burnt: of tlie provisions
stricken from the ordinance
as he had prepared it. "We'd
have to close down tomorrow
because we couldn't meet that
ordinance." he said.
The ordinance was parsed
on first reading after Mr.
Gilmore expressed apprecia -
tion to Mr. Cook fnr his work
and aid he did believe the
bulk dealer? were in a "bet-
ter position" now than pre-
viously.
An amendment to the city’s
cilmen offered any questions
they had about rhe city', af-
fairs, Mayor Hillyer read a
letter from Southwestern Bel!
Telephone Company concern-
ing the reduction in co^t of
certain services by that firm,
but pointed out that there was
no change in the basic rate
charges.
Mr. Garwood also asked the
status of the long-discussed
and frequently controversial
subdivision ordinance but was
told no action had been taken.
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Bowen, A. E. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. [77], No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1966, newspaper, December 8, 1966; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1242977/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.