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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-11-1931 Regular MeetingREC~rULAR STING LA PORTS CITY COUNCIL MAY 11131 Meeting was called to order by the Mayor A N Me Kay All members of the Council present except Alderman Wa11, efe1y B~in_ see After considering several bids on cleaning and painting t~ water tower and tame Alderman Ruff made a motion secondedb y Alderman Sandal that the bid oi' R A K®lley for X176 X00 .be accepted. ,j~ ~` ,, `a , fE~y; r' 4 ; ` _ .. 3 Carried Insurance policies on the Firemen and the Reo-Fire Truck - expiring on the 16th of May the following action was taken, Al,clerman Ruff made a ~^ti~n ~eaoMdR~i by Alderman Sharp that ~'" the policy covering the Firemen be renewed in the C4mmer'e~.al C ualt Co R f N li th k d th t th J as y . o ewar e . an e po cy on eo a ~ ~ ~' b e renewed with the ame a ompar~ as b of ere. b ~~t that the ins ur- ance be_reduced to 1~500~00 and that a polio b® taken out in the same compar~y an the Am, La France far 3 1040 X00 and the water Car for X500 X00., - . • Carried; The Mr~ynr rem a proposition from Jno. S Kiibler For the handling o~ the deldnquent taxes. Alderman Sandal made a motic~ne seconded by Alderman Ruff that his proposition be accepted. Motion carried and the prepce3tlc~ is made a part of the- . ' minutes and is as follows. TOVPIT : St led Memorand of ream. um ant. Y AES The undersigned will enter into a contrast with the city of La Porte for the collecting of t~e- '~ linquent ts~acc®s , substantially ..conforming to the following ', proposition. . 1 Will furnish all statioaexY~ stamps and. other supplies required for the wank, - ,r~ Will Per for all abstract work,. ~I~ ' Will file and prosecute suite where necessary and advisab7a , ,, t as directed by the. city councilj~. M F A11 Attorneys f9es in all suits whether paid before or after k, ~ judgement to go to the city., For the consideration c±f 16~ of the amount collectsd~ plus a ,~{~~ 60 cent charge as allowed by law for sending notices before ~~, a~y ~~~ suite ~ added a,s cost and paid by the taZ payer, ,; ;~ Under phis arrangement, ~~ , ~ A thorough search . of. Seed _ an' mor•'t~+~-e re~~,-ds will be made to „'~; ,~' ascertain true record title owner acid Lien holders, each of :: .~w . Minutes of the previous meeting was read and approved, ~~ ~~ The .following bills were order®d paid. Ma$nolio Filling Sta, $6 ~~56, ~[ ~ Santa Roea ~$6 :45.Lawrenae Yotor Co. (~'ote~ X62 ~d. C 0 Williams 6 X00, B F Goodrich Rubber th $160 ~OO.Worthington ~dch. C©. 2 f83.Pfeiffer Flec. Co,~l X78. Huwieler Lbr, Co.21 X12, La r Lbr. Co,~21 X42. _ - Pa,_ e whom will be urged to pay at once to protect their reepeet3,~e intea~sta, C3±;~ ~'1"___na~ 'ha4~ to pay out airy money, the largest part o f the delinquent texas would be raid in the next.ei~c months. Penalty ~. attorneys cost which would go to the city, would take care of legal eerv~,ea, _ 2 ~Pi1~. file and prosecute tae suite for attorneys fees as allowed by law, no percentage of amount enlleeaed to be paid.. Under ~.is arrangement. Legal services inolude the sending of suit notion to tai payers, the .preparing of suit papers , the filing of same end the court work in securing judgement, S ~. gtt.ed J„o S KiiblAr Atty. at Law. Alderman Sandel made a~motion seconded by Alderman To3'e,that the emcretaxy be ina~tructed to write to Judge Streetman instructing him to itlstitute civil ~-t~it__a~ainet J L Dunrem for the amount of his deficit with the city ,while 1ti~irwater teat collector .~_ Carried, to~mnre business to Dome before the oounoil a~j ourrunent wa ec ~ Mayor