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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1944-03-28 Postponed Meeting ~ ~ MINUTES c F, LA PEKtTB "ITY COUNCIL ~u-RCS 28 1914. 8:0o P.M.,POSTPONED FBObi MdRCx 27, 191 lteetiag was galled to order by Mayer Ruff with the following Aldermen and City Offioials presents Ald. ~. D. Borgia, J. J. Roark, T. F. ~nith, J. H. Kerber, City Atty. ~iibler, City Seeretary Christensen. D~inutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Coa~mounioation Motion by Smith, seoond by Burgin, that the ocm~muniaation from State Fire- the State Firem,en's & Fire Marshals' Association stating that moms ~ Fire Chieg Frank Williams,. instruotor in the Firemen s Training Sohool would be in La Porte en April 3, 8s00 P. M. and in- Marshals' Assn'viting and urging that the City Ceunoil, Fire Chief and mom- , hers of the Dept. be present, be planed on file. Carried. Audit Bids The Mayor asked for the audit bids to be opened. Bids were opened and tabulated as followsa J. A. Phillips Co., $25.00 per day and out of pocket expenses with providion that a gtegate oharge for serviae shall not exoeed $600.00, Mo Guire de ~zur, ~35•~ per day for a 7 hr. day plus expenses of transportation and subsistenoe, seven hr. day to include traveling time between Houston and 1'a Porte each days T. J. Tapp, $150,00. Motion by Roark, seoond by Smith, that the auditing of the City Aoaounts be awarded to T. J. Tapp on his low bid of $150.00. Carried. Gonda ~ Int. Motion by Roark, second by Burgin, that„the Mayor and City Secretary be authorized to purohase by Warrant on the Interest and Sinking Bond Fund, New York Exchange in the amount of X6,380.00 to retire ~-City of la Porte Refunding Bonds, Nos. 3 0, 31, 32 and 33 ~ 1,000.00 and interest of $2,380.00 due J~pril 10, 19l~1.~. and exchange in amount of X15.95 from General Fund to oover the ' oommissien ®f the Ma.m~faoturers Trust Co. of N. Y. for handling these Bonds, also that the Mayer and City Secretary be authorized to pay at the First National Bank of ~ Porte by warrant drawn oa the Interest & Sinking Sewer Funding-Bond Fund, Sewer Funding Bond ~ b, in the amount ®f X500.00 and Interest en Sewer Funding Bonds in am®unt of X170.00, due April 10, 191~1.~., also that the Mayer and City Seoretary be authorized to pay at the First Nat'l Bank of I,a Porte, the X1,000.00 Sewer Refunding Bond plus interest when due. Carried. Petty Aaots. Motion by Smith, seoond by Burgin, that the small balances due en Mater Aaeounts by persons who have left the City be trans- ferred to Petty Accounts, balances aggregating in the amount of ffi?3.19• Carried. Tower M©tion by Kerber, seoond by Smith, that the City ~aTe the Age serviae Co. paint the City tower with Aluminum paint, same as ---- tank. Carried. 226 i . Motion by Smith, second by Burgin, that the meeting adjourn. Carried. r" ~~f~ Seoretary, City of ~ Porte,Texas Mayor, City of~~a Perte, as e ~ r I