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Regular meeting o3"~September 1st, postponed to Sep~mber 2nd, on account of
Labor Day.
MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING
LA PORTE CITY COMMISSION - SEPTEMBER 2nd, 1947 ' `
10:00 A. M.
Regular meeting of the City was called to~order~by Mayor Pfeiffer
with the following members end offioi6,ls presegt: Commissioners
Jas. S. Crate, Jr. and Jas. E. Stewart, Supt. of Publio Works Raleigh
Erwin, John T. Mc Afee representing Wyatt C. Hedriok City Engineer,
City Attorney John S. Kiibler, and J. E. Muldoon, City Cle rk.
Minutes of the la s t meeting were read and apprw ed.
Motion by Crate, seoond by Stewart that the following bills in the
aggregate amount of ~!~l~.72.32, be paid:
Eureka Fire Hose ~ 1470.00
T, B. Trotter 609.01
Wilson Stationery & printing Co. '3.35
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 20 .15
South Te~cas Equipment Co. 1094.92
Stook Compagy
The 19.07
.
A. M. Polke r & Sons 16.75
J. G. Parker 10.00
Municipal Supply Co. 297.13
Magnolia Petroleum Co. 14.50
La Porte Sheet Metal Works 8.00
Kerber Motor Co. 30.26
Kelley Manufacturing Co. 396.72
Houston Paper Company 17.97
Houston Lighting & Power Co. 225.89
Houst on Natural Gas Corporation 2.32
H. Childress 7.25
Gobdyear Service Stores 101.11
Humble Oil & Refining Co. 46.35
The Texas Company 1.48
Louie Erwin 17.86
'~Pright Motor Freight Lines 12.90
Geo. W. Fisher 7.18
Rex J. Baker 12.60
Beck Plumbing Co. 3.40
Amer ican La Frarii~,e Foamite Corp. 7.80
Industrial Towel Servioe 3.50
Me Millen Chevrolet Ca 14.8
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Carried.
Mr. Milton Beak and Mr. Geo. Crate, members of the La Porte
Chamber of Commerce Planning Board, appeared before the Com-
mission in behalf of the proposed sanitary sewerage system.
They we ro given copies of the Effigineer's report o:a the proposed
sealer system, and we r• ro quested by the Ca®misei on to take the
copies before their committee for study and make recommendations
on same.
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Mr. Ernest L. Brown, Jr., Mo Clung ssze~ Knickerbocker, and Ddr G. A.
Small Jr., authorized represent~t ive of Rowley and Compa~r, ail sub-
mitted written proposals on the matter of proceedings to initiate the
oity~s proposed bond issue. These bids we re as follows:
Ernest L. Brown Jr. - X3,500 Cash Fee, if bond election is suooess-
ful, and when bonds are sold.-
Mc Clung & Knickerbocker - $8,250. This fee is t o be due and pay-
able only men the city has reeeived'paymeat f or~the bonds. In the
event the bond ele etion fails to carry, the city agrees~to pay us X1000
~ich~will reimburse us for our time -and expensar up to that date.
Rowles and Company - $5,500, Pee 1~OJ out of the proceeds of .the first
issue of bonds sold, and the balance of the fee to be payable as
mutually agreed.
These proposals were taken under advisement.
Motion by Crate, second by Stewart to appoint Bryan Moore as a member
of the current Equalization Board to fill the place of H. L. Bracey, ~-
who could not serve. `
Carried.
Motion by Stewart, seoond by Crate that Ordinwce #31.3, being an ordin-
ance appointing tf~ree Commissioners to the Board of Equalization for the
City of la Porte, ° fining the time of their meeting, presoribing a com-
pensation and declaring an emergency, be adopted as read.
Carried.
~dotion by Stewart, seoond by Crate that the meeting adjourn.
f Carried.
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