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Home My WebLink About1952-06-19 Regular Meeting• ?1 I:1-'"utUT?JS - R~'GLZ:~~, 'iT_'.'isTT1'iG LA PCI?T~ CITY COI.'~,SSSIGi? - JUI~1F 19, 1952 10:00 A, I,I. Regular meeting of •t he City Commission tiaras called to order by I.Iayor i'.I,D, Bux~.n, °rith thr: follo~~ring members and citJ of~icials lx^esent: Comt:li.ssioners L. 1Z. r~igby and 1Lobert A, ~~'hite, Supt. of Public ';'Yorks ':r,A, l~rthur, City Attorney dirard J, Cade, and City Clerk J, Il. I:?uldoon, I:;inutes of the last meeting ~-rere read ~d approved. IIayor Burgin gave a resume of a sanitation meeting; he attended June lath, 1952. County Commissioner r'~yle Chap~ryn promised the City a drum of insecticide. I:Ir, D, ?'=t, Iiiibler of the La Porte Insurance Agcr_cy appeared before the Commission and talked of a blanket 'oond policy for the City, instead of irdividuaJ_ bonds. IIe also talked or. z~rorl~.en~s cornpens~..tion, public liability, ~.r1d bodily injury on equipment, i'he Corr~ission ~vere unani~~ous]_y i11 a~•reement on the blanket 'bond pol- ic;T, that is, i£ the Commission ,•rere included, The City Attorney tiaras requested to brief tl s question ^nd ? et the Co7mu.ssion kna:v if they could be included. I.Ir, I~iibler gave each of the Conli~zissioners figures on work--Wien ~ s cor,~pensation, pub17_c 7.3.abi7_ity and bodil~,r injury on equipment, for study. ?~. Im. A, Blakey, I:s. ~~m. I'. Jones, and Irir. J, 0, lollins,;;rembers of the Building Corn:zs.ttee recently a~~poir~ted bar -the City Commission, appeared 'Defogs the Commission and gave a report of their findings. They stated it ti~ras the consensus of opinion of tre committee that they fa-,ror the 1?~.tional Building Code 19.9, for the City of La Porte. `t'hey stated this ordinance, if adopted in. its entirety, ti~rould give the cit~r a reduction in it ~ s kev rate, ~~;hereby under the presont ordinance no reduction is being given9 also it is not as harsh as the present ordinance. The 19.9 i?ational Building Code i~rould permit in many instances, the old building to be beautified. 11-s. Blal{ey gave each of the Commissioners and 'ihe City ~ittorney a copy of the 19?~9 Tdational Building Code, anal asked them to read it over. He stated the coi~::~ittee °rould meet again and make their recommendations to •the Com~aission, The Commission com~:~.euded the members for their ti~rork on this committee. .r. Von tuber, rrit'r, the State Health Department, appeared before the Commission, and spoke on fly control and public health in general. He a1.so urged the City to employ a man far fly control tivork. He asked the City to call a mass meeting so the people could set up some l~i.nd of a health program, The City Co?limi.ssion informed I:Ir. Von :'caber they ti~rere glad he had appeared before them, anal zw uld like his help in setting up a health program. The Coru~.ssion set the date of June 26th, 1952, at 7:30 P. I:I., at the La forte I~i.gh School Gymnasium, for a mass meeting irz connection .~rith sanitation. 22 • The Commission instructed the City Clerk to arrange a meeting for 7:00 ofclock P. II, i°rith representatives from the folloti7ing organizations: Dr. P. J. i;Iock, Chamber of Commerce; I;I. C. Sperry, Rotary Club; L. E, Posey, Sr., Lions Club, Claude Shaffer; Garden Club, I:1rs. L. R, I:Iay, as~d 'm'aternal Order of Eagles, I3i11 "+illiams. These people i~ovld act as steering committee. Iris. T. B. Trotter, C. P. A., appeared before the Commission and explained his recent audit as of April 30, 1952. LIr. John S. ~;iibler, appeared before the Commission in behalf of Irirs. I~larma Sandel. He stated LSrs. Sandel vroul..d be ~~rilling to sell her grater i~orks sys- tem to the City orithout a dov^rn payment, and amortize the payments from the profits of the systc~n. He stated he ti^ras az~rare the City did not :nave the cash money to purchase the system, and he z^ras g5.vit~g them tizis means ~to be thin~ng about. IcfC'. Tank L, Heard, Jr., appeared before the Co:~:tission in connection ti^rith the Humble ~ s suit z~rith the City. The Commission set a special meeting ~r°rith I<7s^. Heard for June 25th, 1952, at 6:30 P. I.T. Ie1r. Scott, representir~; Stalsby Tractor Company discussed the mowing machine. IY7r. Scott did not have information available that the Cormu.ssion granted, so the matter eras tabled until their next meeting. The City Commission instructed the City Attorney to drag up a grass cutting ordinance. IIotion by Rigby, second by i°dl~ite, to pay the following bills: Bayshore Lumber Company p6.22 Cargill~s 38.55 Eureka Fiz^e Hose 693.33 Gulf Oil Corporation 1.0.33 Heerssen ~ s Shell ,Service Station 15.00 Houston Natural Gas Corporation l,..25 Houston Lighting ~c Poi^rer Company 273.99 Industrial Ta^rel Service Co. 2.6?~ Lacks Associate Store 2,69 La Porte Hardyvare Company 18.52 La Porte Insurance Agency 90.00 La Porte Lumber Company 5.37 Magnolia Petroleum Co. 313.05 I~duni.cipal Supply Company 7 , 48 Ixc Iflillan Chevrolet Company 1.61 Norris ~~ Stanford 300.00 Pfeiffer L .ectric Company 7.73 A. I~. Polker & Sons 9.00 Truman I3anI~t1 9.00 Rhymes ~ Repair Service 1.05 Southern Blue Print 1~~.88 ~~ • ~3 South Houston Book Store Southern IIotar~ ~ Repaj.r Co. Southti~estern Bell Telephone Co. Thomas Hardware The La Porte Liberal T.B. Trotter Underwood Cc~poration ': ells T?otor Company >:Iotitston Belting ~C Supply Company ~~1,20 36,00 38.00 8,78 11, 00 62,50 11.37 13.98 37.15 Carried, hlotion by Rigby, second by ~~hite, that the meeting adjourn. Carried. "--i J. I;ruldoon, Cit o La Porte, Texas ITT, D, Burgin, I~;Iayo~x~the~ity of s La Porte, Texas n u