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<br />~TttI'ES ~. REGULAR r,~ETING
<br />LA PDRTE CITY COl.~!4ISSIOTI -JUNE lg, 1959
<br />7:00 P. ~,
<br />Regular meeting of the City Commission was called to order by ~?ayor Pr®-
<br />Tesn Osborn, with the following members present: Commissioners Brown,
<br />Lai*ler and Boyle, Special Counsel Jnos S. .Siibler, and City Clerk Frank
<br />G . Baker . fl~ayor Pfeiffer was out o f tc~m,
<br />Also present were R~1.ph Irving, Buck Thomas, Jim Holley (Press}, Jim
<br />Rollins, Dennis Dunham, Irene Shssp, Carl. Leach, Fred Caxy and Bob Z'~hite.
<br />~AZinutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
<br />Ordinance N€~. 568 was read in full, by ~2ayor Pro-Tom Osborn. bar. Osborn
<br />then asked if there was anyone in the room who wished t® say anything in
<br />cmnnecti.on tivith the adoption of the proposed budget for the fiscal year,
<br />1959-1960.
<br />fir. Buck Thomas rose to his feet, and said he wished to protest the Police
<br />Department Budget of X35,623.00. He asked which one of the Commissioners
<br />was the Police Commissioner, and was told that it was ~~ayor Pfeiffer, Mr,
<br />'Lomas then stated: 'N'fhen we had the last election, didn't they run for
<br />certain positions on the Comnsi.ssion, as Fire Cc~nmissioner, Police Comm-
<br />issioner, etc.?" He was told "no", that the appointments were shade after
<br />the election, and the different numbers, ie, 1, 2, 3, 4, were designated
<br />at that time. Ax.Thorsas then asked if the Police Department polices any
<br />area outside of ttie city limits, and he was told that in the case of
<br />an emergency, they can issue ast~arrant and go outside the city limits
<br />and pick somebody up, I~~r. Thomas then said: "You have a X35,000 budget
<br />for the Police Depa rtment. If this set up vie have over at the Radim
<br />Control Center is going to take care of this area outside of the city
<br />limits, they should help pay for the service. You have your r adio
<br />control center here and it coy*ers a1J_ of this area, and we people hire
<br />are paying for it all". He was told that we help the other toms with
<br />the police radio, and they in turn help us. TYsey tmld him that ®ur
<br />officers are not policing anything outside t'ne city limits of La Porte.
<br />ft~.Thomas: "Does this °35,000 take care of the four policemen and the
<br />two cars? I do not think the City of La Porte police budget sh®uld run
<br />X5.50 for every pets®n in La Porte," p~tr. Lawler advised hi.m that the
<br />Police Department was almost self-sustaining, coming within X5,000 of
<br />paying its own way. tb2r.Thomas answered that he c3id not think this
<br />was right, getting the money off the people of La Porte. Mr.Thamas:
<br />"V`dht not get same of the Bayshore area people to pay some of the debts
<br />of the radio control center? ?fie are tired of playing Santa Claus. If
<br />this coal is a canmuni.ty project, then the other people should help
<br />pay for it."
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<br />RRr, Osborn asked if there were any other protests. No one appeared.
<br />notion by Lawler, secmnd b~ Brvvrn, that the following Resolution be adopted:
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