1981-07-15 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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Minutes, Joint Pu is Hearing and Regular Me ng, July 15, 1981, P~ 16 • approximately five months. Seconded by Councilperson Skelton. The motion carried, 8 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Simons, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Meza Nays: None Hudgens called Council's attention to a memo dated July 14, 1981, concerning a second ambulance for the La Porte Area Emergency Ambulance Corps (a part of these minutes). Hudgens requested the Council to declare an emergency waive bid re- quirements and authorize him to execute a full equity lease agreement for a remounted Modulance ambulance from Superior Southwest in Dallas.. The monthly lease payment on the vehicle to be deducted from the monthly payments by the City to the Ambulance Corp per Paragraph XIII of our contract. Motion was made by .Councilperson Faris waiving the bid require- ments due to an emergency and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a lease purchase agreement with Superior Southwest for a remounted Modulance ambulance. Seconded. y Councilperson Malone. The motion carried, 8 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Simons, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Meza Nays: None • City Manager Hudgens announced August 22, 1981, has been set as the date for the annual City Employee picnic to be held at Klein's Retreat. In order to defray some of the expenses in- curred for the picnic, Hudgens asked permission to sell scrap metal accumulated aound the old sewer plant. Motion was made by Councilperson Faris, seconded by Council- person Simons, to authorize sale of scrap metal to assist in finances for the Annual City Employee Picnic. The motion car- ried, 8 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Simons, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Meza Nays: None 13. Council Action: Malone: I wish to thank the citizens of District 1 for dis- playing their concern during the Joint Public Hearing tonight. Longley: I too, am please, and thank the citizens for showing up tonight. I would like to make Council aware, Southern Pacific is up to its old tricks. A train kept the tracks blocked last Monday for approximately 25 to 30 minutes along State Highway 225; from 5:30 to about 6:05. A Harris County Sheriff Deputy was in the line and managed to get to a phone. Shortly thereafter they broke the train to permit traffic to clear. We need to try to schedule trains at a time when there won't be such a back up of traffic.