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City of Stephenville - City Council
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1997 - 6:30 P.M.
The City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas, convened on March 4, 1997, at 6 : 3 0
P.m., in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 354 N. Belknap Street, for the purpose of a Citizens
General Discussion Meeting, with the meeting being open to the public and notice of said meeting,
giving the date, time, place and subject thereof, having been posted as prescribed by Chapter 551,
Government Code, Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, with the following members present, to wit:
Mayor
Councilmembers
Others Attending:
I. CALL TO ORDER
John Pollan
Jerry B . Madkins
Barbara Terrell
Joel Hillin
Marshall Shelton
K. H. Conatser
Billy Bob Hodges
Scott Evans
Bill Corbin
Don Davis, City Administrator
Cindy L. Stafford, City Secretary
Randy Thomas, City Attorney
Mayor Pollan called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. and declared a quorum present.
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Mahe Pollan reco nized Jane Pratt, reporter for The A bilene Reporter, and Jeff
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for the Stephenville Empire -Tribune. He also recognized Elizabeth
Osborne, reporter
Zickefoose.
p Mary Jo Clendenin, a member of the Stephenville Public Library Board, addressed the
he councilmembers for their support of the library. She also
Council. She thanked t .
•Councfllibrary has over 2,000 patrons each month. The library
re��ndeti the that the ary .
• • • municipal for a lot of the new residents who have moved
>s the first visit to a municipal budding
•utilized eatl b eo le doing research for geneology.
to Stephenville The library is greatly y people .
� appropriated for the eneology section
Cl informed the Council that the space approp g . •
• crowded. "In fact," she stated, "the whole library is getting very
.�s very small and c for the
crowded. The Library Board is in the process of making long-range plans
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library which includes a children's addition. Other plans include additional meeting
rooms, study sections, and reading carrels. She told the Council that the board
members and the library staff welcome the computer upgrades that the Council
recently approved.
In answer to a question by Councilmember Terrell, Clendenin stated that the library
is not presently on the internet, but will be with the newly adopted phase for
computers in the Municipal Information System Plan.
III. ADJOURN
There being no other business to come before the Council at this time, Mayor Pro-
Tem Corbin adjourned the meeting at 6:37 p.m.
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John Ilan, Mayor
ATTEST:
Cindy L. S rd, 6ity S ary
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