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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1944-05-22 Meeting• MINUTES ~.~- LA PORTS CITY COUNCIL ' ~ MAY 2?_, 191aIa., 8 a 00 P.M. 237 Meeting was called to ender by Mayor Ruff with the following Aldermen and City Officials resent: Ald. M. D. Burgin, J. N• Johnson, Geerge F. Norris, ~ty.~ttorney I{iibler, City Secretary Christensen. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, Expense Motion by Johnson, seoond by Burgin, that the Fire Chief be Fire Chief allowed the sum of X50.00 per month to Dover his expenses for olerical help in making his reports as Fire Marshall and fen a substitute to receive fire calls when he is absent in the per- formance of his official duties and that sum be paid X25.00 semimonthly, retroactive to May 1, 19l.~. Carried. ABdit Metier by Burgin, seoond by Norris, that the audit sf the City books by T. J. Tapp for the fiscal year ending Maroh 31, 191a1~. be accepted and that bill in the amount of X150.00 be paid. Carried. Bil1~T.L• V Metion by Johnson, seoond by Burgin, that the bill from ~. L. Jones Jones, in the amount of X1,23$.60, for 1,208 cu. yds. of shell ~ be paid. Carried . Bill - J.D. Metion by Jehnsen, seoend by Norris, that the bill Pr©m ~. D• Salmon 8i~lmen, League City, Texas,.for hauling shell on City Streets . be paid after bill is corrected, total amount to be paid ~285.bo. Carried. J. Z. Sharp Motion by Norris, seo®nd by Jshnson, that the City pay to J. Z. sidewalk Sharp 1 of total asst of laying sfdewal~t in frent~ef Pest Office Building, total oest ~89.70,1~j to be paid by City,~29.90. Carried. Insuranoe _ Motion by Norris, second by Burgin, that the additi©nal premium premiums en Policy No• F-5238, in the amount of ~9.1~8, on City Buildit~8 on L is 20 and 21, Block 39, La Porte, and the premium rat the amount of X5.00 on the 1830 ~nerican La France truck be paid. Carried • L.P.Fire The ldRyer appointed the Co~ncil members present with power to Dept. Policy cot on the renewal of the a Porte Volunteer Fire Department Renewal Pelicy No. 3l~92. Corp. Court The Mayor presented the Corporation Court Report from July 1, Report \ 1943 to April 2g, ` 19l~.. y Motion by~Burgin, seoond by Johnsen, that the Corporation Court Report as presented by the Mayor be aooepted and Mayoras Fees Pam Carried. T ~8 ~ • Bic le The Mayor turned the matter of Bicycle Parking in front of Part Parking Theatre over to the Street and Alley Committee. •,4~-~ Bends The City Secretary presented four City of Ia- Porte Refunding Bonds Burned Nos. Thirty (30), Thirty-0ne(31), Thirty-tvPO(32),and Thirty1three (33), One City of La Porte Sewer Funding Bond n~nbered aix(6), and One City of La Porte Sewer Refunding Bond numbered One (1), paid and cancelled, to be bfirned. Motion by Burgin, second by Johnson, that City of La P©rte Refunding Bonds Nos. Thirty(30), Thirty-c~ne(31), Thirty-t7vo(32) and Thirty- three(33), each in the principal sum •P One Thousand Dollars($1,000.00) dated Oeteber 10, 1934 and due April 10, 191.x., City of La Porte Sewer Funding Bond number Six(6) in the principal sum of X500.00, dated May 10, 1938 and due April 10, 19tr4, and One City of ~-Porte Sewer Refunding Bond, in the principal sum ®f X1,000.00, dated February 1, 1944 aril due April 10, 1944 be turned seer to the Mayor°and City Seoretary to be destroyed by fire in the presence of the City Council aryl that proper affidavit of this notion be presented at next Council meeting. - Carried. Office Alderman Burgin reported that he had contacted firers Spalti Mfg. Furniture Co. and that they had no office furniture and were making no re- pairs. Fire Chief Motion by Burgin, second by Johnson, that the City allow X60.00 Expense to for-the expenses of the Fire Chief to the annual Firemens' T~is- A & M College ing School at ~- & M College, to be held from May 29 t© June 2,191.4, and that Ed actin be appointed to take oars of the Fire Teleph®ne during the Fire Chief's absemo. Carried. Bid Howell Ald. Burgin presented the following bid from the Howell Termite Termi~e Con- C®ntrol Co., Houston, Texas on termiting of City gall Building grol o. Treat and Service Building for a mi~,,.m of $135.00 •r a maximum of X150,00 with two year service contract. Mctien by Johnson, second by Norris., that the City acknowledge receipt of this bid and that it be gieen further investigation. Carried. Motion by Johnsen, second by Norris, that-the meeting adjourn. Carried• Secretary, ity of orte, Texas s ysr, of • e, e s !`~~~