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Home My WebLink About1943-11-08 Meeting MINUTEfi LA PORTE CITY QOi1NCIL NOVEMBER 8, 1943 ~ 8 :00 P.P.T. Meeting was called to order by Mayor Ruff with the following Aldermen and City officials present: Ald: T~. D. Burgin, J. N. `~ Johnson, J. H. Kerber, J. J. Roark, City Atty. Kiibler, City Seoretary Christensen. ' Pltinutes of the last meeting vrere read and approved. Bills Motion by Roark, second by Burgin, that the following schedule of bills in the amount of ?301.51 be allowed and ordered paid. Brown Bros. Sash & Door Co. 15.70 The Cargill Co. 2.10 Clarke & Courts 3.15 Annie Christensen, City Secy. 4.77 Daily Sun 8.95 Houston Lighting & Power Co. 162.1.x8 Houston Natural Gas Corp. 2.58 Horlook Ice Service ~ 6.75 Hughes b4otor Co. 6.25 La Porte Hardware Co. 6.28 Ia Porte Lumbor Co. 3.28 Magnolia Petroleum Co. 20.53. Shell Oil Co. 4.33 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 27.80 ~''''~ _ The Texas Co. 9.61 Joe R. Thomas 3.00 C. 0. tiYilliams 13.95 ,, 301.51 Carried. Letter The Secretary presented a letter from C. V. Milligan in regard to C.V.Mi~;~i- t-ie 1943 valuation of his property listed as All of Block l~22, La gan ~mnte. ` P4otion by Johnson, sec~rc~ by Roark, that the valuation of this property be left as fix~duby the City Equalization Board for 1947 and that the City Secretary be instructed to write Bir. Lilligan to that effect. Caflried. Pc;uali- Motion by Johnson, second by Kerber, that the matter of equalization action of of City taxes be turned over to the Tax Committee. taxes Carried. Lots 22 Motion by Kerber, second by\Burgin, that the P~Iayor be authorized 23 ~ ~~ to negotiate a contract for the purchase of Lots 22, 23 and. ?1~., Block 60, Blocit 60, La Porte, at price of w55o.00, subject to the approval LaPorte of title and other agreements. Carried. ~.,;. ~` Letter The Secretary presen ted a letter fron Brown & Root, Inc., dated Brawn 8c Povember 5, 1943, stating that if at any time prior to November Root,Inc. 1, 191.;4, the City Engineer ascertains that any dama~:e to the 8" asbestos-ee~e~st sewer line is caused byy failure of thrust blocks at bends in the line, that they will m$ke the necessary repairs to the line at no cost to the City. 193 ~~~ ~~ ~ i Sewer Job Mot£uon by Johnson, second by Roark, that the City accept the accepted sevrer job of Brown &' Root, Inc. Carried. Assistant The following applications for the position of Assistant City City Secre- Secretary vrere presented; Firs. Dorothy Allen, Mrs Berti.e Siefert, tart' Itilary Edith Pierce. Motion by Roark, second by Johnson, that P~Tary~Edith Pierce be employed by the City as Assistant City Secretary, to begin at a salary of X75.00 per month, as of October 29, 1943 • Carried. Resolution P.iotion by Johnson, second by Burgin, that the following resolution be adopted; ~REg.S, the City of La Porte has heretofore passed. and. approved Ordinance No. 261, regulating traffic upon the public streets of the City of Ie. Porte; and 1'YHEREAS, such Ordinance provides that the City Council shall, by resolution, determine and designate the character of all official traffic signs and signals and shall designate the location where the same shall be installed; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas has determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic in- vestigation that the maximum reasonable and prudent speed over and along that section of 4~est Main Street, between the intersection of Broadway Street and 1~test P,iain Street, is Twenty(20) miles per hot~r, taking into consideration the vaidth, condition of the pavement and the amount of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, over, along and across suoh section of West main Street; NOV'r, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLti~ED BY T?-IE CITY COUNCIL OF ~;;~: THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS THAT: The operation of a motor vehicle or any other vehicle, hovrever propelled, over and along Weat Madn~Street, between Broadway Street and Tenth Street, at a speed in excess of tvrenty miles per hour is prhhibited and that such section of l~'Test Ydlain Street shall be a "20 mile per hour" zone for traffic. The Police Committee is hereby authorized and instructed to plane 20 mile speed signs at the intersection of ti7est Main Street and Broadway Street and at the intersection of l~~fest Pain Street and Tenth Street. Carried. Resolution Illotion by Burgin, second by Johnson, that the following resolution be adopted: GlI~EREAS, the City of La Porte has heretofore passed and approved Ordinance No. 261, regulating traffic upon the public streets of the City of La Pore; and irHEREA.S, such Ordinance provides that the City Council shall,by resolution, determine and designate the character of all official traffic signs and signals and shall designate the location where ttie same shall be installed; N01~, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL~rED BY THE CITY COi1TTCIL OF TTY CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS THAT: Traffic moving over and along South Fourth Street in a Northerly direction shall stop before entering the South crosswalk of the intersection of such Street with 11Yest ruin Street; is Traffic moving in a Northerly direction over and along South Seventh Avenue shall stop before entering the South cross- walk of such Street with East Main Street. The Police Committee is hereby authorized and instructed to property mark and sign, with"stop" signs, the hereinabove mentioned intez•sections at the proper places. A Carried. r~ Ord. IJo. Motion by Kerber, second by Johnson, that' Ordinance No. 309 , 309 being AN ORDINANCE DEFINING APdD PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF ~:. TRAILER CAMPS, DEFINING CERTAIN TERrtiTS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOE. THE ~° VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, CONTAINIPIG A SAVING CLAUSE, REPEALING ALL FORMER ORDINANCES IN COR'FLICT HEP?''~.'?T~fi, ENACTING THE NECESSARY BHOVISiONS INCiDFNT TO THE OBJECT AND PIlRPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, BE adopted as read. Carried. Diuap truck ~4otion by Burgin, second by Roark, that a committee be empowered to purchase a hydraulic dump truck for the City. ~ Carried. Property Motion by Burgin, second by Johnson, that C. J. Wilson, as property officer officer for the City of La Porte, be authorized to distribute OCD property to the citizens of le. Porte Carried. Reroofing Motion by Johnson, aeoond by Burgin, that the estimate of Edward City Bldg. Cowley, on reroofing of City Building on:L•ots ~Q and 21:, Block 39, la Porte, be turned over to the Building Committee, also that the Building Committee investigate Insuranne policy on said building and put in claim. Carried. Motion by Johnson, second by Kerber, that the meeting ad~our•n. Carried. ~--- ~ ~~l / ~ -- Secretary, City of orte, Texas yor, ty o ort ~~x s :~1A!-` l95 `...,_. J