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MINUTES - SPEC IAL MEET IlJG
<br />LA PORTS CITY COI~b~fISS ION -JANUARY 27, 191.8
<br />10:00 A. M•
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<br />Speoial meeting of the City Commission was called to order by Mayor Pfeiffer
<br />with the following members and city officials present; Commissioners Jas.
<br />S. Crate Jr. and Jaa. E. Stewart, A. H. Lambert Sr., Editor and owner of
<br />the La Porte Reporter, John T. Mc Af'ee, representing Wyatt C. Hedrick, City
<br />Engineer, Raleigh Erwin, Supt. of Public P,lorks, City attorney Jno. S.
<br />Kiibler, and J. E. I~uldovn, City Clerk.
<br />A group of citizens representiz~; different civic organizations appeared
<br />before the Comzai.seion to discuss with the $-sml~era, a bond issue for an
<br />adequate disposal plant and additional sewer and water lines. Ddr. John
<br />T. Me Afee, representing the engineerir~ firm of Wyatt C. Hedrick, City
<br />Engineer, outlined the necessity of additional sewer anal water lines,
<br />with a new disposal plant, from a survey recently made by his firm.
<br />W. E. Knickerbocker of the bondinr; firn: of A?e Clunk and Knickerboelser,
<br />outlined the kind of a bond issue and the amount that the City of La-
<br />Porte could ss.f'ely issue at this time. He reeominended a revenue bear-
<br />ing bond issue in thrs amount of one-half million dollars with the sale
<br />of X250,00©.OQ nor and the rest i.n some taro or three years, or as the
<br />needs of tY:e City dems.nded.
<br />Some of the citizens present were Geo. Mc Millen,, E. E. Boone, Travis
<br />Cowan, A~2r. Chas. Ashton, Sa*n Huwieler, George Counts, riilton Beak, J.
<br />R4. Smith, and many others.
<br />ToTotion by Stewart, second by Crate to call a bond election for ~w500,000.00
<br />worth of revenue bonds, and that Ernest Broom and Mc Clung and Knicker-
<br />bocker be authorized and instructed to have prepared the necessary orders
<br />and ordinances for a bond issuo for X500,000.00, X250,000.00 to be issued
<br />~:_t this time and X250,000.00 to be issued w~.en the city finances are
<br />sufficient, all such bonds shall not bear interest at a greater rate
<br />than ~~ and shall have a fifteen year call date, all such bonds to be
<br />water and sewer bonds.
<br />C err iad.
<br />The City Clerk read a letter fr~n Ivor. C. L. Ashton relative to alley in
<br />Block 198, La Porte, and to the condition in front of his place since the
<br />State installed new the drain. The Commission agreed that this condi-
<br />tion should be remedied and would request the State Highway Department to
<br />finish their work in front of 1~Ir. Ashton's place, as sson as the wee,ther
<br />would permit.
<br />Motion by Stewart, second by Crate that the meeting adjourn.
<br />Carried.
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<br />J. E. rduldoon, City Clerk of the City H. J: Pfeifer, .~~ayor of the City of
<br />of La, Porte, TeX. La Forte, ,Tax~s:~'
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