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MZ'~tUTES - REGULAR MEETING
LA PCRTE CITY C~I~MISSICI~1 - SEPT, 7, 1950
10:00 A. M. '
Regular meeting of tile. City Commission eras called to order by the Mayor Pro-
Tem Jas. S, Crate, Jr., in the absence of Mayor H. J. Pf eiffer, with the follow-
ing members and city "officials present: Commissioner Win. P. Jones, City Attorney
Carl C. Patrick, Supt. of Public Works Raleigh Er-~rin, and J. E. Muldoon, City
Clerk.
Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
Mr. C. J. Lefferty, District Manager, and Mr. W. E. Hornbuckle, Jr., with the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, appeared before the Commission in connec-
tion with their application for an adjustment in the rates charged for local
telephone service in it,'s La Porte exchange.
After much discussion, tha following action was taken: Motion by Jones, second
by Crate, to table..application of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company f or
a rate adjustment, until Mayor Pfeiffer's return.
Carried.
The City Clerk read a letter from the Dickinson Ice &-Fuel Company, in which
they requested the curb removed in f ront of their property on West Main. The
Commission instructed the City Attorney to answer this letter.
Mr. Conrad Douglas,. with the Engineering firm of Douglas and Mansfield, appear-
ed before the Commission and requested this `his firm be retained by the City
as their engineers. The Commission advised him that at_the present time they
did°not need an engineer, but would in the near future, as soon as a study be
made of the city's present needs.
Mr. Douglas offered to make a preliminary report based on rough field notes,
which xould help to point the gray as to whether additions tot he water and
saver systems were justifiable or required. For this report therevoould be
no cost or charge to the City. The Commission stated that it Bould be of
some benefit to them iri their survey of the needs of the City.
J. 0. Rollins, Fire Chief,"appeared before the Commission, and requested a
part of the Firemen's Prize Money for the Volunteer Firemen's general fund.
The Commission unanimously authorized the City Clerk to issue a check to the
La Porte Volunteer Fire Department for X350.00.
The Commission unanimously ratified the City Clerk's order to the Eureka Fire
Hose for 600' of 2~" DJ Hose, and 300' of la" DJ Hosa.
Carried .
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Motion by Jones, second by Crate, that the following bills, in the aggreQ~te
amount of x.,751.72, be paid:
_ La Porte Hardware Co. ~ 28.73
La Porte Sheet Metal Works !12.15
La Porte Insurance Agency 72.32
La Porte Stationery & $ook Store 3.99
Wm. H. Baugh 5.00
H. Childress 9.90
Houston Lighting & Power Co. 1102.59.
Houston Natural Gas Corp. 1.93
Mc Millan Chevrolet Co. 39.80
La Porte Lumber Co. .95 f
A. M. Polker & Sons. 31.00
Norris & Stanford 556.80
S. W. Bell Telephone Co. 25.30
The La Porte Liberal 26.95 ,.
Wells Motor & Parts Co. 15.85
Wright Motor Freight Lines 20.92
Thomas Hardware 30.86
Kerbet~ Motor Company 59.117
Bayshore Lwnber Company 137.61
Bayou Concrete .Pipe .239.60 __
X1,751.72
Carried.
Motion by Jones, second by Crate, that the meeting adjourn.
Carried.
ATTEST:
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Jas. Crat , J .Mayor Pro-Tem
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