1962-10-16 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES.194
PTAttLAcdD CITY COUl.CIL '.__E'I'I G OCTOBLILL 16, 1962 (S!?ECIII 1,EET114G)
A special meeting of the cite council of Fearland and Brookside Village
was called to order by Layor Gi':-:`eons at 5:30 F. L. in the P--arland Bank
Building with the follo•:rin-; officials and jzests in attendance:
r ame
Ci ty
John Kelley
Fearlard
Gene E. Sanders
Pearland
k. 1 . Mc Glat:hery
Pearland
A. L. Poe
Pearland
D. L. Smith
Pearland
C. L. Spears
Pea rla.nd
V. J5. Halik
Pearland
J. R. Herrid,-e
Pearland
L. R. Ferguson
Pearland
Tom Alexander
Fear 1 and
E. T. Gibbons
Pearland
V. A. Nolen
Pear land
C. A. Ege
Houston
I oodrow Le S4
Brookside Village
1.rs. Arnie E. Boyd
'rookside Village
C. L. Guidry
Brookside Village
MI. V. 1'+iIlis
Brookside Vil)9L ge
1I. B. Graves
Brookside Villa ge
1ayor Gibbons intkoduced lrayor Graves of ''rookside village and asked that
he identify his cou,.cil i.eubers. h_ayor Gibbons next in?.roduced the Pearhnd
City Council naejabers .
Payor Gib' -,ons explained that the spe ;i.al. meeting -,:as called at the request
of the Bell Telephone "oir,pany to discuss r:etropolitian zoning and the call
scope for the Hudson 5 exchange.
Yr.. Singletary explained that Pearland will be able to call Ellington Zone,
Friendswood, 1anvel and old ylreda zones without cl-arge. If a zone is jumped
a charge �-ji ll be apn li ed; as more zones are jumped the boll cost increases.
lio clf.rge for calling central zone.
Base rues will be the same as Houston $5.90 versus w4.75 under present sys tem.
Business telephones will be V16.50. Pearland will be on ti:is system by
December 1964.
:oust !n City Council has not been contacted in formal meeting retarding
r:etropolitian zoning. This should be completed during the following creeks.
kr. Si: _ letary also explained -that ire will be connected to direct long
distance dialing by December 1963.
Four party lines vrill be re-":uced to two party lines and an, increased cost
of w1.00 per .:onth in PeUrlandp
1r. Ege with' Bell Telephone Conapary requested that they be perrdtted to
prepare the ne-v.s release on this matter at such time as all communitits arra
Houston City Council have been contc.cted.
+ith no further business to at tend the !e etir g adj ournedkt.`V 7:20 P. L:.
t�
ArFRCVED T7 -!S TT`E DAY O" 0�1962
'i
�i T
V. A. Nolen .0 ity Secretary
Mayor