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• • • Minutes, Regular Meeting, June 17, 1981, Page 2 Motion was made by Councilperson Faris to approve and adopt Ordinance No. 1265. Seconded by Councilperson Kibodeaux. The motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Kibodeaux, Simons, Gay, Skelton, Westergren, Mayor Meza Nays: None 6. notion was made by Councilperson Kibodeaux to appropriate $425.00 from the Water and Sewer Improvement Fund to enlarge 100 feet of water line being installed by Templo Bautista. Seconded by Councilperson Gay. The motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Kibodeaux, Simons, Gay, Skelton, Westergren, Mayor Meza Nays: None 7. Mayor Meza presented the article of incorporation of the La Porte Area Emergency Corps. From the floor a citizen asked to address the Council. Mayor Meza asked the Council if they wished to hear the citizen? Council agreed to hear the citizen. Mr. C. D. Boyle of 623 South Kansas, La Porte, Texas, came forward: Gentlemen, I was on the Council when the City took over the ambulance service from the funeral home. Your proposed project, be it non-profit or whatever, it has too many if, ands, and maybe's in it. I don't believe you got a true price fix as I got it. You've got too much depreciation and you are not a profit making organization; you're not going to write off any- thing. You don't pay taxes to Uncle Sam. Now, if I had the facility, I could write it off, but you can't. Long term write off is no good for you'all. You have an initial cost around two hundred thousand and this is kind of light for some of the figures I heard. I think you have a present ambulance service in operation that I think is a good service. I think there has been a lot of mis-communications in the past. I don't think the man - well, I have had some of the Council ask me why he didn't bid on the service. Well, I don't think the man thought you all would even look at his bid. This is a shame. The man has given good ambulance service to this City. I think he has been subsidizing the City a little bit. I think we have to agree to that from the bids and the cost of the City operating. Look at the City's price of $200,000.00 • and you will have to agree he has been subsidizing the City in his operation. When somebody does something good and you kick him in the tail, well I have heard two sides to this situation.