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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1950-03-02 Regular Meeting~ • ~ • P.TIPT[TTES - REGULtiR Yu~;t~I' ING ~~ 397 LEA PO:Z1'E CITY COi;ii:ISaIOI~ - LF.A:CH 2, 1950 lo:oo A. I,,I. F.egular meeting of the City Commission v~ras called to order by Tvla.yor H. J. ~~'feiffer, with the following members and city officials present; Commission- ers Jas. S. Crate, Jr., and ti"era. P. Jones, Carl C. Patrick, City Attorney, hal- eigh Ert+rin, Supt, of Public ~~orks, and J.E. TdRUldoon, City Clerk. T;~inutes of the last meeting vrere read and appr®ved. motion by Commissioner Jones, seconded by C©r~unissioner Crate, authorizing the re-payment of X200.00 to the 't'reasurer of the United States, same having been advanced to the City under application Tex ~.1-P-27l~. for the planning of an in- cinerator f©r which the City does not now propose to complete the planning, or to construct. Carried. `t'he City Clerk read a letter from r3r. Frank Baldwin, in vrhich he claimed Deer Creek into vrhich much of the rain tivater of tree City drained into. 't'he letter ~;+ras handed to the City Attorney far anstivering. P.~Iotion by Commissioner Crate, secr~nded by Co~~-nissioner Jones, that the City of La Porte authorize the Houston Lighting and ~'ovrer Company to install over- head street lamps at the following locations: 1st Street and B lst Street and C 2nd Street and B 1th street and A 8th Street and B South Utah and D south Utah and E as per agreement vri.th the FIouston Lighting & Power Company, ie, they vrill in- stall and maintain same for ;30.00 per year for each lamp. Carried. %Icrtion by Conunissioner JE,n.es, second by Corrnnissioner Crate, to ratify the iss- uance of the folloving checks L. L. TtiicKey Chec'.~ Iv1e. 3687 4200.00 A. ~. yy'omack Cheel: No. 370 28.00 Century Const. Ca. Check No. 3719 5,727.30 'lhe Layne 7.'exas C©. Check Iti~®. 3731 1,757.85 L. ~,. IvicKey Check iJ~. 3735 193.80 Carried . 39 _.___ __ r: ~~. ~,~...:...~ :.. a ".he City Cler~~ read applications from '1'. D.Bfllding and B. J. li~wvylkner, Jr., and also made mention of Harry Ralston's verbal application, all far Building and :'lambing Inspector's job with the City of La Forte. _fter discussicm., each man's aualifications and the time they could give to the City :vere cons id e2 ed, and a motion was then made by Jones, seconded by 'rate, to employ `1'. E.Bolding for a si::ty day trial peri®d as Building and Plumbing I;~;.~I~ctar, employment to start immediately at w salary of X75.00 per month.. Carried . I~:T©tion by Jones, seeon.d by Crate, that the follotiving bills, in the aggregate amount of X2,850.30, be paid: P.Punicipal Supply Co. ~ ~.88.].L* P42unicsipal Supply Co. 320.10 Gerber Cc+mpany 3~I•~ Ld Miles 31._0.00 Hayes Haj~iltan x.20 ~~?uaker Rubber Corporation 52.92 Bayshcre Lumber Company 1b6.3~ La Porte Lomb er Company • 95 P~~:gnolia Doper Company 6.18 Richs.rdson's Rubber Stamp VYorks 77.25 Houston Lighting ~?: Dower Co. 370.3Z~ Bens on Tractor Company ~-~ •1;.1 Industrial 'j'®:vel Service 3.09 Clarke ~; Courts 17.95 The Dunbar Register 31.00 Caber Company 28.80 Houston Natural Gas Corporation 11.16 Kerber Mot ar~ C c:mpany 3.25 La Porte Stationery ~~~ Book Store 13.37 La Forte Insurance Agency 6.00 P~~Pe Z4lillan Chevrolet Company 3.50 A. Tai. Polker ~ Sens 1.50 Darker Bros . and Company, Inc . 16.0 Th©mas Hardware 8.51 Gulf Ui1 Corporation 8.15 South Houston Plumbing Supply C o. 5.97 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 21.80 ' B. Trotter 125.00 Southern Blue Print, Inc. 7.8l~ s3ells IYletor ~ Parts Co. 1.8~ Norris &: Stanford 220.05 Galveston United Disinfectant Co. 6.25 Mumble Gil & Refining Co. 77.86 back's Associate Storc; .59 Sharp Train C ompary 2 •~5 total ~ 2,850.30 Carried. 3~ic~tion by Crate, uecond by Jones, that the meeting adjourn. 1~TTEST /-, J E. Ivlu on, City Jerk of the City of La Por e, Texas ~~ 399 _ Carried. H. J . e f e , aiay or of the ity of La P to Te