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<br />., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. '7.3 -st - J <br />AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT <br />AND EMPLOYMENT OF CARLOS SMITH AS CITY. ENGINEER AND <br />DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; <br />ESTABLISHING A SALARY THEREFOR; AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />:.. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, at a special meeting thereof on April 30, 1962, <br />the City Commission of the City of La Porte employed Carlos Smith <br />as City Engineer "at salary of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) per <br />month, plus two and one-half per cent (2~) of new construction in <br />excess of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), per fiscal year, <br />per clarification of agreement as to working conditions"; and <br />WHEREAS, the laws of the State of Texas make it unlawful <br />for any City to engage in the construction of any public works <br />involving professional engineering, where public health, public <br />welfare, or public safety is involved, unless the engineering <br />plans and specifications and estimates have been prepared by, and <br />the engineering construction is to be executed under the direct <br />supervision of a registered professional engineer, where the <br />contemplated expenditure for the completed project exceeds Three <br />Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00); and <br />WHEREAS, on or about January 1, 1965, the said Carlos <br />.1It Smith began preparation of preliminary designs, as a basis for <br />the City's Bond Election held during April, 1965, and has, since <br /> <br />the date of said bond election, continued with the preparation of <br />further designs, estimates, plans, specifications, and in general <br />provided the professional engineering :services for the City's <br />current capital improvement program; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte will require further <br />professional, engineering services from the said Carlos Smith, for <br />the completion of construction of the improvements authorized at <br />a bond election during April, 1965, the construction of which <br />improvements will probably not be completed until December 31, <br />'. 1966; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the employment of the said Carlos Smith as <br />full-time City Engineer and Director of Public Works, and as <br />