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r 53 MZ'~tUTES - REGULAR MEETING LA PCRTE CITY C~I~MISSICI~1 - SEPT, 7, 1950 10:00 A. M. ' Regular meeting of tile. City Commission eras called to order by the Mayor Pro- Tem Jas. S, Crate, Jr., in the absence of Mayor H. J. Pf eiffer, with the follow- ing members and city "officials present: Commissioner Win. P. Jones, City Attorney Carl C. Patrick, Supt. of Public Works Raleigh Er-~rin, and J. E. Muldoon, City Clerk. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Mr. C. J. Lefferty, District Manager, and Mr. W. E. Hornbuckle, Jr., with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, appeared before the Commission in connec- tion with their application for an adjustment in the rates charged for local telephone service in it,'s La Porte exchange. After much discussion, tha following action was taken: Motion by Jones, second by Crate, to table..application of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company f or a rate adjustment, until Mayor Pfeiffer's return. Carried. The City Clerk read a letter from the Dickinson Ice &-Fuel Company, in which they requested the curb removed in f ront of their property on West Main. The Commission instructed the City Attorney to answer this letter. Mr. Conrad Douglas,. with the Engineering firm of Douglas and Mansfield, appear- ed before the Commission and requested this `his firm be retained by the City as their engineers. The Commission advised him that at_the present time they did°not need an engineer, but would in the near future, as soon as a study be made of the city's present needs. Mr. Douglas offered to make a preliminary report based on rough field notes, which xould help to point the gray as to whether additions tot he water and saver systems were justifiable or required. For this report therevoould be no cost or charge to the City. The Commission stated that it Bould be of some benefit to them iri their survey of the needs of the City. J. 0. Rollins, Fire Chief,"appeared before the Commission, and requested a part of the Firemen's Prize Money for the Volunteer Firemen's general fund. The Commission unanimously authorized the City Clerk to issue a check to the La Porte Volunteer Fire Department for X350.00. The Commission unanimously ratified the City Clerk's order to the Eureka Fire Hose for 600' of 2~" DJ Hose, and 300' of la" DJ Hosa. Carried .