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Home My WebLink About1941-03-26 Postponed Meeting• • i,4INUTES CI'T'Y COUItiCIL ~wETING,POSTPONED FROIvI I~;.ARCH 24,1941 to F~IAHCH 26,19.41 7:00 P.hT. Meeting was called to order by P~ayor Sharp with the following tildermen and. ~%ity officials present: ~%.':'. ~=gee, J.[~i. Johnsorx,Fred R.. ~:uff, City Secretary ti.irs ~°.O.Lambly~ &Iinutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Bills T,lotion by Agee, second by Ruff,t;hat l;he following bills be alloyed in the amount of 32q .81 and `'§91.)0 Geo.Blair Serv. Sta. 12.'}5 Warrant No. I.I.280 J.L. I>e Loach Agt. 1.80 " 4281 Dunlay Armand Co. 57.61 " 2;282 Ho. Lightg. ~ Power Co. 149.1..E " 4283 i~uhn Paint ~~: Varnish Co. 19.25 " 4284 ty Secy Nrs I+~.O.Lambly, C 5.34 " 428. , La Porte Hardware Co. 15.58 " 4286 La Porte Printing Co. 1+.75 " 4287 ,~.N. 1Nc Kai Agt 14..08 " 4288 I+~agnolia Petr. C -4.80 r~ 4~9 Pfeiffer Elec.Coo 1.37 " 4290 Shell Oil C 5.86 " 4291 So.W. Bell Tel Co. 14.30 " 1292 Joe It. Thomas 4.20 " 1-1293 C.O. '~dilliams 1.00 " 4294 A . C . 'Jdorkznan 17.x,5 -- X95 32~:ai The Daily Sun 81.95 La Porte Lum~aee 'Co. 9.45 91. 0 '~~arrants also that the following ipfagrants be ratified: 4~?5, C.~. Norris,~22.00; 427b, C.L. Hutson,~9.60;1.12?7,J. C~ira.sty~3.20;Lr278,J.'~"d.I;avis~1.60;1~280, Gulf Cities Na.t. Gas. Co.~13.76;4296, rlrs P~.O.Lambly, City See~r,~15.00; ~a.298,C.F. Norris,~~18.00;4299,J. Cy~risttrn~,.?O;Z.a.300,J.Yi~.Davis>3.20;4301,C.L. Hutson3.20;1_~302,H.C. Knighton~3.20~43C~8,C.~'. Norris~6.00,Tota1 X101,96 Carried. dV-G Motion by Ruff, second. by Agee, that one half of the balance of X142.33 due Worthington Gamon meter Co. be paid as soon as funds are available. Carried. J.J. Roark name in to the meeting at this point. H.L.?cE Tie City Secretary reported that the I:iayor had ~.anded to the City Secretary's Office the annual proportionate net earnings from the Houston Lighting & Power Co. to the City of La Porte in the amount of X347.13 and adjustment on Street Ligl~its of ~b51.50. Deed Secretes y reported that the Deed on Lots 20 & 21 ?• Impts. Block 39, La Porte had been delivered to the City Secretary's Office. ~'.ffidavit Secretary also presented an affidavit from the Daily Sun on the printing of the annual election notices printed on Feb. 26,1941. • Exemp.Lcs Motion by Ruff, second by Agee, that the Exemption Licenses for the City's :?ire Trucks Fire Trucks be turned over to the Fire Chief. Carried. Corp.Court ?~~'ayor Sharp presented the Corporation Court F.eport for the period from April lst,19~0 to March 24,191, total fines X17.00, ^~ayor's fees '$2.75. 'T'ime Deposits Notion by Agee, second by Ruff, that the Time Deposits of the Int. x ~:kg. Refunding Bond ^und, one in the amount of p3~000.00.maturing ;March 25th and one for_"F -.00 maturing ?arch ?~Oth, and the Time Deposit of the Int. and Sinking Sewer Funding Bond Fund, in the amount of X700.00, maturing March 30th,1941, be cashed and the interest collected, and that the am- of X4,900,00, a surplus in the Int.~C Skg. Bond Fd. above April and October requirements, and the amount of X1,800,00 ,a surplus in the Int. ~ Skg. Sewer Fdg. Bond Fd. above April and October requirements, be put on Time Deposits ,~~" in the First National Bank of La Porte, to draw interest for one year, the ,% :~ayor and City Secretary being authorized to execute the necessary warrants, Carried. Bonds 8_ Int RZotion by Agee, second by Roark, that the Mayor and City Secretary be authorized to purchase by ~rarrant on the Int.& Skg. Bond Fund, N.Y. Exchange in the amount of X6,620.00, to retire 4 ~~ity of La Porte Re- funding Bonds, Nos.18,19,20 ~; 21 ~ '1,000.00 each a_nd interest of ~2,b20.00, due April 10,1941 and exchange in the amount of X13.24 from the General Fund to cover the commission of the Ianufactizrer's Trust Co of i~~.Y. for handling these Bonds, also that the Na.yor and City Secretary be authorized to pay at the First National Bank of La Porte by `~uarrant drawn on the Int. ~ Skg. Sewer Fdg. Bond Fd., Sewer Funding Bond No.3 in the amount of `500.00 and Interest on Sewer Fdg. Bonds in the amount of X200.00, due April 10,1941. Carrie d• A Petty ~'+`~ater Lotion bar Ruff, second by Roark, that the small balances due on Water Ac~:,ts Acoounts, or credits due by the City, of ~?rsons wh.o have left the City be transferred to Petty Accounts, balances aggregating in the amount of ~138.CL~ and credits in the amount of X1.13 . Carried. Tax Cancell- I!Iotion by Ruff, second by Johnson, that the Tax Cancellations shown on ations the schedule attached to these minutes, be approved and authorized by the Council and that the City Tax Collector be instructed to show these cancellations on the Tax Records of the City. Carried. Audit Bids AL~otion by Ruff, second by Roark, that the bids for audit be opened. Carried. Bids were opened and tabulated as follows: Nc Guire x Mazur; "200.00 w.D. Royston,'!25.00 per day,max.feea225.00, J.A. Phillips Co. "25.00 `15.00 per day,max.fee `:'200.00, Learned ~ Tapp,~135.00. ?'.?otion by Roark, second by Ruff, that auditing of City accounts be awarded to Learned ?c Tapp on their low bid of X135.00. Carried. On motion by Agee, second by Ruff and adjourned. Secretary, City of La orte, exas ;, carried by those present, r~e~ting ~-~ , ~' ~ `~ ~_ ~: ~,( ~ ~~, G~ ~ Z Mayor, City of La Forte , Tex~./s i • . TAX CANCELLATION CERTIFICATES THESE TAX CA1`JCELLATION CERTIFICATES A:{F IvIADE A PART OF THE MIITUTES ~~ OF THE C ITY C OU2dC IL MEETING OF It4ARCH a6.,19~1. Certificate Aio. 1~7, Taxes assessed in the name of C.A. Barbour,Fst. Lot 55, Block 22, Bay Front, X18.00 total, detail as follows: 1936, C.A_. Barbour, ~%st. 1935, C.A. Barbour,Est., 1935~Seaboard Realty Co. 193J~.,Seaboard Realty Co.,1933,Seaboard Realty Co. 1932,Seaboard Realty Co.,1931 Seaboard Realty Co. 1930,Seaboard Realty Co. X2.25 per year, all years double to '~.5. Hunt,Est ~ taxes paid by them. J- 105 Certificate No. L~8, Taxes assessed on Lot 25, Block 87 Bay Front, as follows: 1932,Seaboard Realty Co X1.12, paid by A.O. Rowlett;1931,A.0. xowlett ~1.50,paid by Sea- board Realty Co.;1930,E•E• Brownell X1.50, paid by Seaboard Realty Co. Total ~l~.12 J- 105 Certificate No. 1.~9, Taxes assessed to A.O. 8owlett, Lots 7 ~ 8, Block 987 ELP, 1930, X4.50, double to Huhn & Mc Kay, paid by them. J- 106 Certificate No. 50s Taxes assessed to J.F'.. Bevis, Lots 8 to 10, Block 88, Bay Front, 1933 6.75 1934, x+•50. '` double to Fritz Dinglestedt both ars and paid by him. Total `x'11.25 J- l~~i Certificate No. 51, Taxes assessed to Seaboard Realty Co.,15 ft of Lot ~, Block 75, Bay Front, 1930 & 1931, double to I.'ay. Rust both years $0.67 per year Paid by Rust. Total ~1.3L~ J- 106 '.