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Home My WebLink About02-27-1939 Meeting I~iAUTES LA PORTi CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 27,1939, 8:00 P.~t". A~eeting was called to order by I~?ayor Sharp, with the following Aldermen present: C.?~S. Agee, ~'.L. Pens on, r^.R. Boyle, J.J. Roark, Fred H. Ruff. ?''mutes of the last meeting were read and approved. +~otion by Agee, second by Roark that the following schedule of bills in the amount oP X268.90 be allowed and orederd paid: Bills Burroughs Addg T";ach Co. The Daily Sun Dunlay Armand Co. Houston Lightg.~; Power Co Humble Oil & P.efg. Co. IIuweiler Lbr.Co. La Porte Drug Co. La Porte Hardware Co. r±'agnolia Petroleum. G ~, ., .:.?< . . IRi th o.'~est Bell Tel. Co. The Texas Go. 2~~rs ?~'i.O.Iambly City Sec'y .98 Warrant No. 2520 11.75 " " 2521 11.95 '~ " 2522 131.16 " " 2523 12.la2 " " 2521 1.50 ~, `" 2525 10.--12 n " 2526 8.96 " ~t 2527 22.01 " 2528 ~5.~9 tt " 2529 16.85 if " 2530 6.61 2531 8.70 " " 2532 ~ ~~~~ Carried ?~":otion by Agee, second by Benson; that the ~'jayor a.nd City Secretary be authorized to issue the following warre..n.ts: ?warrants 1~,-iss Elizabeth. Rabb, refund on Tax Iieposit P~;o.167 ~0~38; L.I.,, Price ordered balance in adIIance on va.catior_,~36.00; for Fost Cards for water bills ~~15.00; Gas bill due b:arch 10,1639 X4.27; T;"fg. Trust Co. registered mail to Jan.31,1939,'~O.Q6. Carried r~'; ,t3. 1'.~iotion. by Roark, second by Benson, that the P:;ayor and City Secretary be note authorized to issue the necessar~r warrants to pay X800.00 on the principal and interest to date in the amount of`,~31.17 on the City's note of "1,000.00 due tY~e First Iryational Sank, on or be.f'ore ~~areh 10,1938 and that the balance of `~20G.00 be renewed for ninety (90) days. Carried ,~~otion by Roark, second. by Benson, that the payment of ~~~~'arrants as per the following schedule be ratified ~yarrants No. 2517, Gulf Cities Peat.GPS Co., Feb.l0,bi11 ~..BI~., No. 2512, i~..t;. ~:nigl~ton, ratified ""'3.24, T~o. 2511, Jasper Christy '>17.60, Ivo.2517, Jasper Christy "9.64. Carried over Bills of Motion by Benson, second by Agee, that bill of F.R. Boyle in the amount Boyle&Agee of "~~0~~ and bill of C.li. Agee, in the amount of X20.00, representing Austin expenses of trip to Austin"in the interest of the City of La Porte, in referenoe to House Bill No.83, Senate Bill No. 172, be ordered paid. Carried. Ordinance Motion by Agee, second by Roark that Ordinance No. 274, presented by the Mayor, being, AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE COMPENSATION OF THE THREE ALDERRKEN TO BE ELECTED IN APRIL, 1939,PROYIDING 1PiHEN SUCH COMPENSATION SHALL BE PAID AND THAT SUCH COMPENSATION SHALL BE PAID Ott OF T$E GENERAL FUNDS. OF THE CITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREPtITH AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY _ be passed as read. Carried. So.w.Bell A letter of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.,in regard to the assessment Tel.letter of taxes was turned:'over ,to the City Attorney .for reply. Refdg.war. The City Seoretary reported that City of La Porte Refunding warrants as J.L.Bronson follows: - No. 6 for X500.00_, No. 7 for X500.00, No. l0,for X500.00 and No. 11 for X500.00, Series 1935, together with Interest Coupons attached thereto, owned by J.L. Bronson, Administrator of the Estate of Helen L. Bronson, of Monroe r~ichigan, had come in as oalled by the City Council and had been paid on February 20,1939 at the First National Bank of La Porte, Texas, in the total amount of X2,000.00. The Warrants vrere presented to the Counoil. Motion by Ruff,_second,by Roark, that the above naaaed City of La Porte Re- funding warrants be turned over to the Mayor and City Attorney to be totally destroyed by fire and that the proper affidavit be made and filed in the office of the City Secretary. Carried. Election The 1~6ayor read the following eleation order; order , Be it ordered by the Mayor and City Counoil of La Porte,Texas that the annual election be held at the City Hall Building in said City of La Porte, on the 4th day of Apri1,1939, for the gurpose of electing three members to the Board of Aldercien of said City. It is further ordered that said eleation be held in the manner prescribed by law for holding such elections. It is further ordered that the returns of such eleotion be de- livered tm the City CBuacil of said City, in open session, as soon as practicable after the closing of the polls. It is further ordered that proper notice of such eleation be published in the official newspaper. Motion by Agee, second by Ruff, that the above election order be passed as read. Carried. (Minutes cont'd on page 3) Cld :oya.l `he City ~~ttorney reported that p"rs :~»organ Harris had returned the T;r1. Royal typevrriter which she had purchased from the City and Ald. Boyle reported that the typevrriter is now in his possession temp- orarily. The Council instructed the City Seoretary to credit the account of I,irs HFrric ^rith the balance of ;11.00 sY~own to be due by her on the typev~-iter and charge the proper accounts. ~?oyle Alderman Boyle gave a detailed report of his trip to the Legislature report in Austin on Feb. 15,16 and 21 to 23, in reference to the delinquent tax bill and Petscki amendment, requiring School Histricts to accept County valuations for taxing purposes. He reported that the del- inquent tax bill was approved by both the k3ouse and tho Senate com- rsittees but that the Petsch amendment was eliminated. Foliee Com, Ia`r Roark as ck.airman of the Police Committee made a report on the sit- report uation regarding a nightwatchman for the City. He stated that the Police Committee had contacted the business men with a request for a statement from each one as to how much each firm would contribute toward the ex- pense of a nightwatchman. Mr Roark presented 38 signed agreements, totaling '"b2.00 per month, offered by the business men toward the ex- pense of a nightwatchman for the business district. After a prolonged discussion of the matter the Council members asked the ~4a,yor to call a special meeting to work out a plan in this matter. Special ~gayor Sharp called a Special T~seeting of the Council to be held at the '.%eeting City Hall on Thursday evening, march 2,1g3R, at 8:00 P.I:~. for the pur- pose of arriving at a plan for the emploS~nent of a night watchman for the City of La Forte. On motion by Agee and carried by those present the Council took adjourn- ment. ;'L ', Secretary, C1ty of La Porte, eras