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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1947-05-23 Special Meeting• MINUTES -Special Meeting LA PORTE CITY COMMISSION ~y 23, 194?, l0:3o A. ~. Special meeting of the City Commission was called to order by Mayor Pfeiffer with the following members and Officials present: Commissioners Jas. S. Crate, Jr., City. Clerk J. E. Muldoon and City Attorney Jno. S. Kiibler. Motion by Crate, second by Pfeiffer to authorize Raleigh Erwin to pnrch.ase welding equipment for the purpose of maintaining City property. Carried. i7~ Motion by Crate, second by Pfeiffer that ~Iohnnie Thornton's wage be increased to $1.00 per hour and Asoencion Amaro be increased to x.90 cents per hour, effective as of May 23, 194.7. Carried. Motion by Pfeiffer, second by Crate to authorize Norris and Stanford to dig ditch from Eleventh Avenun to Twelfth Avenus same being a new ditch, and refill ®ld ditch, grubb tree, remove old drainpipe in Alley, remove old pipe on Twelfth ;;,~,, Avenue and South First Street, and furnish and install culvert pipe for same for the total sum of Two Hundred Ten 0210.00) dollars. Carried. Motion by Pfeiffer, second by Crate that when J. N. King completes digging ditch at the disposal site, and when same is approved by Crate that he be paid 0200.00) Two Hundred dollars as agreed. Carried. Motion by Crate, second by Pfeiffer that the Surety Bonds of J. E. Muldoon, Raleigh Erwin, Eula Erwin and R. P, Osborne be approved. Carried. Motion by Crate, second by Pfeiffer that the. folls~ring resolution be adopte~.s WHEREAS, on the 9th day of May, 194.7, the City Commission of La Porte, Texas, appointed E. E. Boone Mayor:: of the City, and WIiEREAS, on said day, the said E. E. Boone qualified as Mayor and filed his bond in the sum of Three Thousand Dollars 03,000.00) excuted by the Maryland Casualty Company, Baltimore, Maryland, as Surety, and WHEREAS, said bond was accepted and lpproved by said City Commission, and WH~EAS, later on the same day the said E. E. Boone resigned from the off ice of Mayor and his resignation 'was accepted by the Co~mnission, and 3.$ , • WHEREAS, said bonding company desires a release from its liability on said bond, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Commission of the City of La Porte, Texas, that said bond of E. E. Boone as Mayor and the Maryland Casualty Company as Surety is hereby cancelled and the said principal and surety are hereby expressly released i'rom any and all responsibility and liability under said bond. Carried. Motion by Pfeiffer, second by Crate that the following resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, the City's contract with it's depository, the First National Bank of La #~orte, Texas, has expired, and WHEREAS, the terms, aondit ions~.and agreements in the old contract are satisfactory to the Commission of the -City of La Porte and tb the bank, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Commission of the City of La Porte, Texas,. that the Fir-at National Bank of La Porte, Texas, be and is hereby designated as the depository For the funds of the City and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorised and instructed to execute a new contract containing all of the terms, conditions and agreements as in the old depository aontract,f~and it is so ordered. Cyr ied.. Motion by Crate, second by Pfeiffer that the meeting ad~aurn. Carried.