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LA PORTL' CITY COIL;~SS~CON -AUGUST 7, 1953
10: ~~ A. I~~~s
Regular meeting of the City Com*!u.s si.on was called to or~3.er by JtTayor. ?,?. D. 3urgin,
z^?ith the ~'olla:^ring riembers and city officials present: Corrnu.ssi~oners L, R, l~igby
and Robert A.~~xi.te, Supt, of Public ~.~orks 1`f. A. Arthur city Attorney ward J.
Cadet and .City Clerk J. ~. iliul.doon.
Y,!5.nutes of the last meetiraE; tirese read and approved,
A discussion eras held on sur~nor!s served on I.iaycr ?, D. '3urgin, by the ~deral
Government , i n connection ~^rith T ex.1~l.-P-551. Tlti. s matter was referred t o the
City Attorr~y.
A lengthy discussion was held on the strut program nor in progress.
I~~otion by ?~.te, second try Rigby, -to accept the Staters proposition for garb,
gutter, storm sewer aixl paving on Highways 14b and 225, and instructing the City
Attorney to draw a Resolution for same.
Carried.
Idiotion by F~igby, second t7y t`1?Zi.te, that. the fallatving Resolution be adopted:
R ~OLUTI ON
?°1'F~-~EAS, hc-retofore, the ,t.Iayar of the City of La Porte prepaxed ~d sub-
:ni.tted to the Board of Corm,~.ssioners ~,t it r s meeting held on July 28 1953,
his proposed budget far t he fiscal year J^a1.y ]., °1953 to June 30, 195, and,
?~II-L~'~~5, the h1a;~ror filed such proposed budget ~a~.th the Clerk o:i the City
of La Porte for public inspection;
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','dI~R~^AS, the Boyd of Commissioners designated that a public hearir~. on
such budget be held at t he City Hall 8t 11:00 A. I~4, on August 7, 1953, and caused
such publz.c notice of such hearing to be made ar~d published July 3l, 1953;
"1I-~FAS, such public hearing has been held, and is therefore ordered by
the Board of Gommissioners that the 'uudget as prepared and submitted by the Mayor
is `hereby .finally approved bar the Board of Co~ru~~ssioners, and it is he-xeby
ordered that a t rue c opy o f such approved budget, tog et?ier with a copy of -~~;i. s
order, shall be filed in each. of the offices of the Clerk of the City of La Porte,
the County Clerkr s office, Hat23.s County, Texas, and the State Comptrollc-~• at
Austin, Texas,
be adopted as read, ~ Caxried,
~,-lotion by 1~Thite, second by Rigby, that Ordinance No, t~.~8, being
~'~N ORD?N~'~tCE I'~,~.K1NG hPPROPRTATIONS ~R SUPPORT OF TI-~~ G0~7E~~I~,r~ JT OFT ,~
CITY OF LA PORTa , TEX~:3, I~'OR TIC; ~x'ISC_AL Y+~AR BH~12~1T~1NG JULY 1, 1953 I~ND
~~s]XLNG JUNE 30, 1951, AND DECL~P.I~i1G AN 1~,~~GF~1CY,
be adopted as read..
Carried.
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I~~totion by ~'Ptri.te, second by i=~.gby~ that Ordinance No. 1~.9, being
AN ORDINAPdCE Pf'.OVZD2~1G F(~?. THE ~LV'Y, ASSESSA.~Tff ACID COLL~;CTION ~Oh' AN AB
VALORF~4 TAX. FCR THC YF11R 1953, ~' 1ND r:T THE RATES of ~~1.75 oN EA.CH
X100.00 VALUAT IOTd OF TAXABLE PROPF.~tTY IN 7HE CITY OF LA PORTS FnR THE
P'(JRPOSE OF PAYING THC INT~tLaST ON, AT~tD A STt1?~StG FU11TD FOR, THE R~~~2PTIQ~
OF "CITY OF LA PoP.TE REB'UND1ltG BONDS, SERIES 193.", "CITY OF LA POt TE
SEG9F~ REF'UIJDING BOISDS', SIl~.TES 19?~.", AND "CTI'Y OF LA POF~TL '~tATr'R SYSTEM
REFUNDING BONDS, SERIFS 19.6", '}CITY of LA POP~TE SZR.nET IP:IPRO~TET.'~IdT BC?NDS,
S~{ IFS 19t~9", AND "CITY OF LA POP.TE GARBAGE INCINI{Ftx1TC~Z BONDS, S~I~
19t~9", "CITY Or LA PORTr STRUT II':~ROVEI'df~1T BON~6, s}3~I~ 1953-A", "CITY
OF LA PORTS CITY HALL BQ~tDS, sF~IF,S 1953", AND ~R P!~YING CURRII~IT FXPE~?-
S~ OF SAID CITY,
be adopted as read.
Carried.
A discussion r-as held an the ~: qys arxi means of constructing se~,*er in Blocks
6 and 19 in La Par~te. The Corruni.ssion instructed the City Clerk to contact
nan-residents in these blocl~s far their part of ti.e cost of s~zch construction,
and to hand RD`S, C. L. Trai.ngr a list of the local v~,^mers, whom she has
abreed to contact for their part of the cost.
A c}i.scussion ~^ras held an the "SvPeep; Incorporated's recent s~reeping of the
streets. After much discussion, it ~^ras decided to let than c ontinue on a
while longer, in order to give the City more time to pass on their trork.
~.~oti nn by Rigby, second by iNhi.te, that the meeting adjourn.
Carried.
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