Min - City Council - 1980 - 08/26 - CalledEMERGENCY SESSION
ALLEN CITY COUNCIL
August 26, 1980
Present: Mayor Pro Tempore Rex Womack
Councilmen: Joe Farmer, Glenn Andrew, Richard Chumbley,
and Jim McClure
Absent: M.B. Pierson and H.R. Daugherty
An emergency meeting was called to restrict outside watering
because of the critically low water level in the storage tanks.
A maximum of 1.9 million gallons had been allowed for our supply
and the useage had reached 2.2 million gallons. Several alternatives
were discussed in order to allow some watering but to also bring
the water supply level back to a safe point. Motion Andrew Second
Farmer to repeal Ordinance #307. Motion carried 5 for 0 against.
Motion Andrew Second Farmer to adopt Ordinance #312, AN ORDINANCE
PROVIDING FOR OUTSIDE WATERING AND LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION; REPEALING
ORDINANCE #307; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE;
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY AND PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. Motion carried
5 for 0 against. This ordinance provides for outside watering with
a hand held device only, except from 2:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M., when
sprinklers can also be used.
Motion Andrew Second Chumbley to adjourn. Motion carried 5 for
0 against.
These minutes read and approved this the zl/d. day of ,
1980.
M.B. Pierson, Mayor J nelle Dalsing, Cio Sec.
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