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Home My WebLink About1953-05-15 Regular Meeting~,:, ". ' ~~ • , ~dUTE5 - R.EGULI~.R bIgCTING '~` . , LA PCRTE CITY COI~.~~IISSION - IdIAAY 15, 1953 .. Ia.:30 P. I~~i. . - ~ ' .~ Regular meetin of the City Comrii.ssion was called to order by Iv7ayor T~.D.I3urgin, with the following members and city officials present: Commissioners L. R. . ~ i Rigby and Robert A.~Jhite, Supt. of Public '~lorks ~Rf. A. iirthur, and J.E. I.iuldoon, ' City Clerk. Iviinut es of the last meeting ~~rere read and approved. The I!4ayor requested the City Clerl: 'to open and read the bids foi paving and drainage. The bids were opened, read, and tabulated as follows: NAI.'IE BASE BID ALTIl~iJATE TII.~ . I;~i arvin Br o~°m, Ine . °~? 51~, l82 . ~.0 X152, I~92 . ~.0 12 0 Days ' Ydalt er A. Sr~.th 171, 878.05 168,190.05 120 Days .. Gerald fora 157,811.00 159,501.00 BaZco, Inc. 166,t~83.70 166,183.70 150 Days ';~`• _ ~T. E. Worthen 166, 761.69 165, 071.68 190 Days '~ Southern Paving Go. 179,209.50 7-79,209.50 225 Des Hendrick, Bledsoe ~ Wadzeck 180,324.87 181,867.8)x. 138 Days T. F. Steele Co. 190,951.50 190,951.50 200 Des Holland Page ~ 18?~,509.30 186,199.30 200 Days The Il2aycr stated the Commission would consider the bids, and v~uld let them lrna~r wl~~.t they decided to do, in the next sever al days. . The City Clerk advised the Commission that the City had in 1923, placed a flaw in the title of Block 19, La Porte. The City intended to bring suit against parts of Lots 16, 17, 18, and all of Lot 19, Block 185, La Porte. They, hos~rever, inadvertently described the pr operty as all of Block l~, parts of Lots 16, 17, 18, Block 185, La Porte. The City Clerk further stated that a I.qr. !baron had applied for a Guaranty Po~.i.cy from the Stewart Title Company on Lots 17, 18, 19, Block 19, La Porte, and be- fore thgr would issue a Policy they would need a Deed out of the City to cure this mistake. ~. Notion by ~'Vhite, second by Rigby, authorizing the IrTayor to sign a quit Claim Deed ::~~~ to J. H. Outlaw on Lots 17, 18, 19, Block 19, La Porte. ~' Carried. ~~ T-he Gity Clerk read a letter from Hugh January & Compa,r~r, Realtors, offering the City Lots 17 to 32, Block 1156, La Porte, f or $750.00, the City assuming all outstanding' taXes• The Co.ssion answered they' ~rere not interested. The City Att~ney asked the Com+~ission to give some thought to the Paving Assess- r~ents, ar~ourrt, maturity, etc. Mr. R. L. Barnes requested the City Clerk to make application in Psis behalf to the Corr~tnission. for refund of fees he paid for plumbing and building permits he did not use, tie total amount of fees paid by him being ~2I.09. 'Moti.on by ~flhi.te, second by Rigby, azsthori~ing the City Clerk to refund to Mr. Barnes, X21.09, fees he paid for plumbing a1d building permits vrhich he did not use. Carried. Lotion by White, second. by Rigby, ratifying the payment of the followiEag bills A. B, Moore Engineering Co. $5,219.70 A. B. ~sioare Engineering Co. I~80.00 VI'm. J. Philpot 5.0.00 The Hunter Co. of Houston 11,3.05 Bayshore Lumber Co. 22.30 La Porte Sheet Metal forks 1.20 Southern IIigi ne & Pump Co. 81.00 Mexcha.nt Electric Co. 8.62 Mc IV~il1.an Chevrolet Co,. 13.87 I+dagnolia Petroleum Co. lOb.36 Shai°p Grain Compa~r 56.50 Thomas Haxctrrare 14.37 Norris & Stanford, 61.80 La Porte Hard rare Co. 24.31 Utility Supply Company 233.23 Boren t s Cro~rn Station 7.00 Sout~a Houston Boolc Store 5.45 The Loflatxl Corrtpar~y 17.60 Humble Oil & Refining Co. 10.80 Industrial Towel Service Co. 2.50 Fred Collins Company, Inc. ]1.64 Chas . I'. Meyer & Co. 23.20 Nunn Electric Supply Corporation 11.49 T. B. Trotter, C. P. A. 62.50 • `•` fir.: Houston Lighting & Power Co. X580.25 The Hunter Co. of Houston 6.50 Texas City Tire Shops Inc. 46.97 Straus Frar~, Co~any 19.36 South~rest Wheel ~ Equipment 30.23 Pfeiffer Electric Company 64.41 Kirchner Floral Co. 10.00 La Porte Insurance Agency 82.20 The La Porte Liberal ].1x..50 Southµ~stc~n Be11 Tel. Co. 37.60 Kexber Motor Co. 12.86 A, M. Polker 8e Sons 8.00 _ Cargill ~ s 7.82 H. Childress 6.60 Houston DTa tural Gas Corp. 7.65 Clover Chanical Companyy 7.25 ~~.uzicipal Supply Co. 400.00 Automotive Parts & Service 2.40 The B, F, Goodrich Store 82,66 Gulf Oil. Corporation 9.00 Bronze-Art Casting & Plating Co. 5.91 Met ion by Rigby, second by FThite, that the mee1~a.ng adjourn. ATTEST: ~ v7 Carried. Carried. M. D, Burgin Mayor e City of La Porte, Texas -~: