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MINUTES - RDGULAR tdEETING ' LA PdRTE CITY COMMISSION - NOVEM$ER 2, 1950 10:00 A. M. ~~ Regular meeting of the City Commission was called to ar~der by Mayor H. J. Pfeiffer, with the following members and city officials present: Commissioners Jas. S. Crate, Jr., -and Wm. P. Jones, City Attorney Carl C. Patrick, Supt. of Public'@Porks Raleigh Erwin; and City Clerk J. `E; Muldoon. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The Mayor announced the first business to b e taken up would be the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company~s appli~dation for an increase in~local telephone exchange rates in the City of La Porte. He asked if there was anyone in the audience who wished to ask ax:y questions on the subject. Mr. Morris Roberson asked several questions. Mr. Chas. Maas and Mr. Frank Baker also spoke. Mr. C. J. Lafferty, District Manager, and Mr. W. E. Hornbuckle, Jr., represented the telephone Company.After much discussion, ~Sayor Pfeiffer called for a motion on the Ordinance as read. Motion by Jones, second by Crate, that Ordinance No. lt06, being AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE RATES OF THE SOUTHfI~ESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY IN THE,CITY OF LA PC~tTE, TEXAS, be adopted as read. Carried. Motion by Crate, second by Jones, to pay Raymond Crawley X9.00 fca~ watering. the streets. Carried. The City Commission unanimously instructed- the City Clerk to write the Viking Supply Company that in the event that Ed RTiles Construction Company did not pay them for the 8600 feet of 8" Transits Pipe on delivery, the City would do so. Carried. motion by Crate, second by Jones, authorizing the City Clerk to order from the South- west Traffic Equipment Company, 1000 Dur-0-Line Markers, with appurtenances. Carried. The City Clerk inf"ar~med the commission that Guy R. Hamilton had requested the balance of his"refund on water and sewer contract in Block 18, contract dated June 29, 19118, balance owed Mr. Hamilton being $95.12. This figure was arrived at as follows:' :;:,.:.