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Temporary City Hall To Cost TaxpayersThe Shepherd City Council voted to buy a portable building at a cost of $1,900 and use the building as a temporary city hall and then as a tool storage building after the proposed new Shepherd city hall is constructed. Action was taken at a called meeting last Friday nightThe city is presently using a building that was moved in on the old town square The building belongs to Arnett Lilley. Shepherd taxpayer who has been outspoken in this protest against the city's action which resulted in the ex penditure of $3,500 of thetaxpayer's money fora lot The lot was purchased from a member of the Mayor’s family and lies adjacent to other Beeson properties Lilley hasappeared as spokesman for a large number of petitioners who are against the transactionLilley said the land deal is“rotten and he'll fight it all the way He has stated further that the $3,500 price is ridiculous and the lot should have been price closer to $000 to be in line with the presentmarket.Lilley also has been serving as City Judge at a pay of $50 per month He has allowed the city use of his building free of chargeAt Friday night's meeting Beeson said the main reason Lilley was kept on as City Judge was because the city couldn’t use the man's building without paying him something.“Instead of paying rent, we paid him as City Judge,”Beeson said Councilman D. G. Colemanmade a motion to buv the building City employe Jimmy Carrier reported to the council a building of about 360 square feet could be purchased fromWoodville Building Sales Compoany. The 360 square foot building is slightly larger thanthe one presently being used bv the city.The city did not solicit bids on the building and Beeson said it was under $2,000 and no bids are requiredIn the discussion following Coleman’s motion, CouncilmanBill Pilkinton said he'd like totry to build a temporary buildingCouncilman Ocie Scott suggested the temporary building tie placed on city property under the water toweras this would tie its location when it was converted to a tool storage place it was decided that the location was not adequately accessible to thepublic and would not serve as agood location for City Hall even on a temporary basis.Councilman Alton Nuttsuggested a work session beheld to decide what the people wantThe motion to buy the building was approved byCouneimen Nutt, Pilkinton,Coleman and Scott Then Nutt made a motion to put the building on the city square and this motion was approvedunanimouslyA motion was approved to cut the City Judge’s salarv to Sl tio per year Beeson said if Mr Lilley resigned, then itwould he his duty (the Mayor’s) to serve as City Judge until one was electedCouncilman Alton Nutt madea motion to cut the pay of each councilman to $1 .00 per year Councilmen now draw $5.00 for each regular meeting which amounts to $60.00 per year Mayor Beeson suggestedthat the matter of cutting the council men's pay be tabled until a regular meeting This was agret“d upon by council members Motion to cut the City Judge’s pay to $1,00 per year was approvedunanimously.'7-. T.^j jf-Councilman Luke Kyle was absent from the meetingPTA Meet
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Shepherd San Jacinto News Times
Shepherd, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 20, 1972
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