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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1953-06-19 Special Meeting• i ~1UPES - SPECIAZ MEETING LA. PORTS cITY co~ISSt oN - JUNL~ 19, 1953 10:00 A. M. Special meeting of the City CommissiaaZ was called to order bry mayor M,D.Burgn, with the followingg meters and dty of~.cials present : Co~srissianers Z. R. Rigby and Robert A.t~h3.te, and City Clerk J.E. Muldoon and W. A, Artht~. Motion by ~.te, seccnd by Rigby, that Ord.~na~t~ce No. !~}.~, being AN ORDINANCE DET$ZMIN'!NG THAT IN THE MATTII~ OF THE PIl~PdANEN'f I~f'ROVFMENT OF CFftTAIN STxEE'PS IN THE CITY OF LA, PORTS, TEAS, CERTAIN STEPS HAVE HE~.ETOFC~ftE BAN TAKII~T AND CE{tTAIN THINGS HAVE HIIiETOFORE BEEN DO NE: FIlJDING THAT THE BID OF BALCO, INCORPORATE, F CR T Hg MAKIN(x OF SUCH IAtPRCVEM~t TS IS THE LO{I~T RES- i~OASIBLE Bl'D THfl~EFOR ~1D SHOUID BE ACCEPTED; ACCEPTIl+IG SUCfi BID OF SAID BIDDER FCEi SUCH II~ROPHIQ.FI+tT ARID AWARDII~X3r CONTRACT THEREFC~t TO SUC~I BIDER UPON SUCH BID;,APPROVING AND ACCEPTING AND AUTHOftIZI1QG APPROVAL AN~3 ACCEPTANCE OF PERFORM- AP1CE BOND AND MAJl~1Tfl~1ANCE BOND 7N CONNECTION WITH StTCH IMPNOVEM~NT AATD CONTRACT, be adopted as read. Carried. M~tia~n by VYh3.te, second by Rigby, a~haa°izing the Mayan. and Cit~q, Clerk to s3.gn oor:tract with Balao, Inc., for ~166,?~$3.?O, for Street Drainage and Paving in the City of La Porte. Carried. Motion by TI~hl.te, second by Rigby, to loy J. Thornton as Material. Checker an the street pro3ect, compensation to be1.25 per hour, az:d~gasoline at cost. Carried. The City Clerk read inspection costs fnom the Southern Inspect3oa~ Servl.ce, Inc., and thg Danes F, Smith Laboratories. Motion by Rigby, second ~' WhL te, to employ the Southern Inspecta.on Service to make the tests on the pav.Lng, tests to bs made only upon City Engineers s request. Carried. Motiaa by Whit e, seQOnd by Rigby, t o employ B. Don Skelton as Foreman in the Public Naa~ks Derpart~aent to oversee tha construction and reauodel3~g of the City Hall Annet~t, consideration X2.73-3/1~ per' hour, and ten cents per hour recital fc~c tools. Carried. The Ca~raissian were of the unanimous opinion that the Ftunble Oil and Refining Coanpas~ should build an island around fire hydrant at 10th Street, acxl the City extend $" line t o llth Street. • • -The City Clerk read a letter from the St. Johns s ~iscopal Church ixi rich thc~ requested to build a breezeRay consisting of a floor, roof and screened side walls, in the Alleys to cora~ect• the present church to the present Parish Hawse. They fhrther stated "we fully urr3erstand that in case of ptablic utility repairs and installations that we put this breezeesy up• at our acre risk, but we would like to have permission to go ahead with this small pr©~ect.e Motion by White, second by Rigby, to grant St. Johns ~iiscopal Church permiss- ion to construct a fooar foot breeze~r as thew requested. They are, hoarePer~not to put da~ra at~r solid material over A.11ey that w311 interfere in making repairs to public utility lines, Carried. Motion by Rigby, second by ~3.te, giving permission to a. H. Compton to place watermelon stand in B1.ock 37, La Porte, for !~ days only. Carrier. Motion by Rigby, secrmd. by ~ii.te, that the meeting ad3ourn. Carried. . ATT a Porte, T~ -G~-~-~'~•~ ~~ `' , y er of i o .~33~r- , ' ~ a '~y"~"..'_"" gas La Porte, T®cas }