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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-03-1935 Special Meeting• SP:~CIAL &~~'T'T'ING LA P URT B CI TY C OliNCI L v_AY T rII RD 1935 Meeting was called to order by Ir.ayor ri 1/ Harrison. All members of the Council were present. I~jinutes of the previ ous meetings were read and approved. The following bills were preseni,ed and ordered paid. La Porte Hdw. Co. X22.87 and X1.20. I~.agnolia Service Sta. X1.70. Herby Lyons and Ki ng, w445.00 . VYi is on Stationary and Ptg . Co. X1.23. ,Sou. ~d Bell Tel. Co. X15.92. La Porte Lbr. Co. .94. Houston Ltg. and Power Co.,~103.05. J F De Lewder X10.00. J'+orkinan and i~rthur, X42.00. R H Baker, y~40.00.C A Harbison X12.04. Evelyn ttader,~6.00. News Tribune,~3.95. Geo. Elair,~1.00 ~~ and Hughes L:otor Co.,~11.15 tabled for investigation. Learned and Tapp, :125.00 tabled until next regular meeting. Insurance Policies #T C 516479 and~T C 516481 covering G ~. C American La Fiance and Reo Speed r~agon respectively were accepted by a motion from Ald. Boyle and second from Ald. Counts ~~~~ and bill from Jno.S K.iibler for X37.29 for premium on said policies was approved and ordered paid. Ald. Boyle offered a motion w~}ich was seconded by Ald. Counts that the matter of renewing Fiemeris Ind. Palmy be defered until next regular meeting of the Council. Carried . The matter adopting a resolution designating the First Nat'l. Tank of La Porte as deposit-ary for the Cities funds was defeated by the following vote. Ald. Counts Yea Ald. Roark No Ald. Agee Yea Ald. Holton No .Iild. „ogle No. Defeated. By a motion by Ald. Boyle and a second by Ald. Koark the Finance Committee was instructed to secure bids for depos- itmry of Cities Funds and notify >ti~ayor Harrison if ready to su~~mit bids before the next regular meeting. Carried . A resolution calling fora Budgetwas read to the Council. The resolution was adopted ~~f~~+~~,fi~~~~ii~~~~~~~d 'L'h.e R~ayor was instructed to prepare a budget. The Mayor appointed Ald. Holton, Boyle and Roark a committee to prepare a budget and subrrit~ it to him for approval. The f ollorving i s the resolution. (See next page) ~af~e r~ ~~ • The yes oluti on. L FtES OLUTI ON F (fit A BUDGET PJhereas, the Statutes of this Btate provide that the l:~ayor of each incorporated City or Town prepare, each year, a Budget covering a 11 proposed expenditures for the succeeding year , to be approved by the Council;and further that taxes shall be levied in accordance therewith and that no expendi- ture of fund shall be made except in strict complinace with the Budget save in grave public necessity; and Nhereas, such Budget shall be filed with the City Secretary or Clerk not less than thirty days prior to the time the City makes it's tax Levy for the current fiscal year, and that such .Budget shall be available for the ~nspecti on of any tax payer, and ~~iereas, the Ci ty Council shall, each year, provide for a public nearing on such budget to be held not less than fifteen days subsequent to the time such Budget i s s o filed with the City Secretary or Clerk, and prior t o ~~t~~`~i~~ the time the City Council makes it's levy; and ~Vhereas,thA fiscal year for the City of La Porte began on the first day of Apri 1, :1935, ar~d tree City i s now operating without a P.ud~Zet for the current yTear; necessity; Amendei:igClause; and that any unused monk es froi:; the old Budget expire with the old Council. Now, TherQfore, be it resolved by the City Council o~ the City of La Porte that the I~~ay7or. be requested to ii;izne- diately begin preparation of his proposed Bud~7et for sub- n;ission to the City Council. for approval at the earliest possible date;ard that the City make no expenditures of any funds until such Budget has been prepared., approved and adopted, except those heretoforA authi-rued and except in case of public hesolution adopted connection Pee be abolished and that property owner be all.oZaPd to make sewer ccrlXlecticr~ to the Cities sewer main ai'ter .first rr;aking applicati. on vri th the City sec' y. and ~ay3ng to hit~~ W1.5Q as inspection fee. This t~rdinaz=~ce is Ordinance ~' 251. and was adopted by the fallowing vote. ~ An Ordinance pro~aiding that the X15.00 sewer .lsld. Roark Yea Ald. Counts No Ald. Holton Yea Ald. Agee No. Ald. Foyle Yea. (Ses Next Page) .~ ~ (Pale Three) i f ~~ ~ A Res olvti ors pro*ridir.~r for the di spasi ti on of City of La Porte ~efuziding u~arra.n~rs of settees 7.935 now in the pasessiun of the City sect y. was adopted by a i~naaZ- imous vote of the Council. Resal~~ticr: fc1_lo~vs.; Le it resolved by the City Council that City cf La Porte ~"~arrarsts of tre ser~.es 1931 No. 1 for the sung of ~j~225.69, a.r:d idos.2 to 10 , both inclusive, for the sum of ~~~p~ X1,000.00 each, and the City of I,a Porte neft~riding V'r'arrants series 1935, P+o. ,~'r;~for the sum of X225.69 , and I~os. 1,2 to 29, both inclusive, for the sum of X500.00 each, should be placed with the First Ida tional E~ank of La Porte, Texas for safe keeping; therefore the City Secretary is hereby author- ized dad instructed to place said u'~arrants in said bank and receive a proper receigt from said bank, showing that such ~i~7E~~EY 'J'darrants have been received from the City of La Porte and are being held by the bank subject to the order of the City of La Porte. by a motion by Aldo Counts and second by Ald. Foyle the following resolution was adopted. by a unanimous vote of the Counci l.Kes olttti on follows; RF,S OLlifiI ON F OrC I' U~iLI CATI OT: OF AUDI T (h~S F'I idANCI AL STAT~'_ r.;NT . ~, ruhereas, the laws of this State require each City to publish each year, in a City Idewapaper, a correct and full staterr,ent of the receipts and expenditures fror~~ the date of the last anual report, together with the sources from which th.e funds were derived , and showir~ for what purpose disbursed, the condition of the 'Creasury, thogether with such information as Triay be necessary to a full uriderstanting of the firancial condition of the City; Now, Therefore, be it resolved by the Council of the City of La Porte that the part of the report of Learned and Tapp, Certified Pub~.ic Accountants, showing the financial statement and financial condition of the City of La Porte for the past fiscal year , be published in the News Tri bone and that the City Secs y. be hereby authorized and instructed to cause such publication to be made. A resolution regulati.r~g the expenditures of the City funds and prescribing; the powers and duties of ~orm3.ttees was adopted by the following vote of the Council. Ald. Holton Yea. Ald. Counts No. Ald. Foyle Yea Ald. Agee No Ald. ttoarlf Yea. The #~es oluti on f oll opts . ~::hereas, under the laws of this ~tate,a City or Town cannot be legally obligated to make any expenditures except on the express authorization of, or ratification by, the City Council as a whole, acting as such,at a meeting thereof; S°a Id~y't, Pp~'A 1 ~k`1.~""' e ~ Old' Now, Therefore, be it resolved by the Council of the City of La Porte that hereafter no contracts or agreements for purchaces or f'or labor or services to be performed, requiring the expenditure of the City funds, ~3~~tfE~a~`~iiis:v~= be made unless and until express authority therefor be first !zed and obtained from the City Council at a proper meeting thereof, and Be it resolved further that hereafter the powers and duties of the several comriiittees shall consist of atten- ti on t o, and investigation of, the matters and problems of the several respective departments, and reccmendations thereon to the Gity Council, and supervision of the handling of the ministerial acts and routine work of such departments. N itOTI Or: R~L'Inl. P.v COi~.Ivil TTtiES TO O.t;TAI N AUTHOKI i'Y Fit HAI`DLI ivG R OUTI IJ~ h~ATT ~tS . A motion that each committee prepare a schedule to be submitted for aproval of the Council at its s next meeting, showing authority required from the Council as a whole to enable the Committee to properly and expediently handle the ordinary and routine matters and problems under the juris- diction of that particular Co~,~~ritte®. Ey unanimous consent of the council adjournment was taken. n„ y~~~ Mayor .