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<br />LA PCI?T~ CITY COI.'~,SSSIGi? - JUI~1F 19, 1952
<br />10:00 A, I,I.
<br />Regular meeting of •t he City Commission tiaras called to order by I.Iayor i'.I,D, Bux~.n,
<br />°rith thr: follo~~ring members and citJ of~icials lx^esent: Comt:li.ssioners L. 1Z. r~igby
<br />and 1Lobert A, ~~'hite, Supt. of Public ';'Yorks ':r,A, l~rthur, City Attorney dirard J,
<br />Cade, and City Clerk J, Il. I:?uldoon,
<br />I:;inutes of the last meeting ~-rere read ~d approved.
<br />IIayor Burgin gave a resume of a sanitation meeting; he attended June lath, 1952.
<br />County Commissioner r'~yle Chap~ryn promised the City a drum of insecticide.
<br />I:Ir, D, ?'=t, Iiiibler of the La Porte Insurance Agcr_cy appeared before the Commission
<br />and talked of a blanket 'oond policy for the City, instead of irdividuaJ_ bonds. IIe
<br />also talked or. z~rorl~.en~s cornpens~..tion, public liability, ~.r1d bodily injury on
<br />equipment, i'he Corr~ission ~vere unani~~ous]_y i11 a~•reement on the blanket 'bond pol-
<br />ic;T, that is, i£ the Commission ,•rere included, The City Attorney tiaras requested
<br />to brief tl s question ^nd ? et the Co7mu.ssion kna:v if they could be included.
<br />I.Ir, I~iibler gave each of the Conli~zissioners figures on work--Wien ~ s cor,~pensation,
<br />pub17_c 7.3.abi7_ity and bodil~,r injury on equipment, for study.
<br />?~. Im. A, Blakey, I:s. ~~m. I'. Jones, and Irir. J, 0, lollins,;;rembers of the Building
<br />Corn:zs.ttee recently a~~poir~ted bar -the City Commission, appeared 'Defogs the Commission
<br />and gave a report of their findings. They stated it ti~ras the consensus of opinion
<br />of tre committee that they fa-,ror the 1?~.tional Building Code 19.9, for the City
<br />of La Porte. `t'hey stated this ordinance, if adopted in. its entirety, ti~rould give
<br />the cit~r a reduction in it ~ s kev rate, ~~;hereby under the presont ordinance no
<br />reduction is being given9 also it is not as harsh as the present ordinance. The
<br />19.9 i?ational Building Code i~rould permit in many instances, the old building to
<br />be beautified.
<br />11-s. Blal{ey gave each of the Commissioners and 'ihe City ~ittorney a copy of the
<br />19?~9 Tdational Building Code, anal asked them to read it over. He stated the coi~::~ittee
<br />°rould meet again and make their recommendations to •the Com~aission,
<br />The Commission com~:~.euded the members for their ti~rork on this committee.
<br />.r. Von tuber, rrit'r, the State Health Department, appeared before the Commission,
<br />and spoke on fly control and public health in general. He a1.so urged the City
<br />to employ a man far fly control tivork. He asked the City to call a mass meeting
<br />so the people could set up some l~i.nd of a health program,
<br />The City Co?limi.ssion informed I:Ir. Von :'caber they ti~rere glad he had appeared before
<br />them, anal zw uld like his help in setting up a health program.
<br />The Coru~.ssion set the date of June 26th, 1952, at 7:30 P. I:I., at the La forte
<br />I~i.gh School Gymnasium, for a mass meeting irz connection .~rith sanitation.
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