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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-09-1939 Meeting• • r.~ iTdtTTES LA PORTE CITY C OLTNC iL ocTOBER 9,1~39,8:0o P.~1. P~Feeting was called to order by =:"ayor Sharp, with the following Aldermen present: C.~,". Agee, P.L. Benson,F.R. Boyle, J. J. Roark,Fred R. Ruff. ~~ir_utes of the last meeting were read and approved. Tv~otion by Agee, second by Ruff, that the followin~* schedule of bills in the amount of ~3t~o.h7, be allowed and ordered paid: R.L. Acker Beard & Stone reo.?i. Blair Cargill Co. Dunlay Armand Co. Houston Nat. Gas.Co. Houston L~ghtg & Power Hughes ~+Ictor Co. La Porte Hardware 1,".ag.nolia Petr. Co. ~~a.nfg.Trust Co. So.West Bell Tel Co. ~o.West Be11Tel.Co. ^..R. Smith The Texas Co. C .0. ~dilliams A.C. ~Jorkman l,rs .v~.O.Lambly,City Sec The Daily Sun 6.75 Warrant rro.3080 .91 3081 5 .~ rf 3082 5.25 3083 x-3.58 " 3081 8.ia 3085 o. 11.2.18 " 3086 l.?5 3087 23.h1 3088 5 X24 ,~ 3089 1.02 3090 8.05 tf 3091 2.'75 3092 17.1 '~ 3093 13.bo 309+ •75 3095 .70 3a~6 13.71 309? ~0~~5 ~~ c y 3~8 ~ 3- .0.67 Carried ~Jlarr~s~ts-otion by Agee, second by Benson, that the following warrants in the total -a*il'ied amount of ~?50.1~Q be re.t.ified: 301~.3,~'asper Christy,"9.60~;r30~,J.';r"". Davis, ~9.bo; ~ 3oL~.5,x.C . Knighton, ~9.60;!r 3016, Geo.S imon, X3.203 ~; 301x.7, C • J. ti'~iilson, ~~8.50; -;~-3076, J. E. Polksr~3•?0; ;`t 30?7,Vernon Polk,~3.?_0; =~3078,Geo.Simon,.~3.20. Carried Bal.cn Motion by Benson, second by Agee, that the balance of X250.00 due the First ',~"L' note Na°tional Bank, on note maturing November 9,1939, be paid, with accrued int- erest. Carried. Corres~ ~'he City Secretary presented a letter from Albert C. ",rioore & ~o.Consulting ponderce Engineers of San Antonio, Tess, regarding the Electric Plant ~ Water System of C=ranbury, Texas, 2e.otion ~y Agee,second bJ~ i-:uff, that the letter be placed on file for future reference. Carried. over • I.S. Roberts Tre Tax Co~ttee presentedi a report 8n the matter of taxes due on the ~s~~;'~t. t~~ ees Ingham S. Roberts,Estate,property, recommending an adjustment of the value of the property~to conform to value of other property adjacent to it,this recommendation being based on a report of the Tax Collector,together with a notarized statement from the Roberts state as to the amount of property claimed, and that all taxes due,be adjusted on this basis. FFotion by Boyle, second by Agee, that the recornnei~dation of the Tai Committee or. the Ingham S. Roberts,Bstate property be accepted and tnat settlement be made on that basis. Carried. ti",'F'A Pecr~;a- Tno.S. Kiibler, speaking for the Potar- Club, pr©sented the proposition '!-is:ne.l proe~ that the City sponsor the +v.P.A. Recreational Project for one year,sinee i r:iust be sponsored by some governmental or school body if La Pori;e is to have such a project continued. ?JIr Kiibler explained that the Rotary Club a.nd the Community Church would assume the small cost involved. After some discussion, .a coati on. eras offered by Boyle, second by Roark, that andor the proposition that the Rotary ~:nub and Community Church would assume the expense involved, the City would sign the contract spon- soring the Vi. F.A. Recreational Rroject I1nit. Carried. Shell Aldersan Bo, le presented a pro~~osition from ~'l.A. Arthur that ho would sell the City shell at X1,00 per yard if the City would buy as much as 20Q yards and pay cash for it, the City to get the shell at +he hopper as needed. After soma discussion, a motion was offered by Ald. Ruff, second by Benson, that the Street e- Alley Comr:~ittee investigate prices on shell and report back at the next :m.eetin.g of the Gou~~cil. Carried. I~'ullers Action by Benson, second by Boyle, ~rsat the City contract to have jQ yards ~~~;,:-i;~-; of fullers earth hauled from Goose Creek, "'.'+^l. H~:nt and ~.G. Gillette to haul it at "'n.00 per yard, raining to _be split equally bet~rrcor_ -~-,~, a ..•~-, ;:.~.--.. Carried. :e~.~i itor~ "--ct~.on by Benson, secorc? b;; ~?a~le, that r~..' . ~amil~ton be allowed to take vacation. his vaLat:.or of ter c'at's, ~;ot ir~~:.ink; as, of Thvr. sc'ry,Gc~! . ~ ]..~~Q. , Carried. ,,, ?~usiriFSS being; curcltded, or. motion. by Iiuff,second by Benson, the Council ~"'a5 adjourned• /~ 1 l r Secretary, City of ~~~~'or+e,,... exas T+;myor, ..1~~* c~`"~,~i~or`~; Y~ s