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I~NUTES - R r'~ULAR ~~ETING
LA PORTS CITY COT,~~diISSION -JULY 2ND, 195.
l0A : M.
Regular meeting of theCity Commission was called to order by Mayor M. D. Burgin,
with the following members and city officials present: Cormni.ssioners L. R. Rig-
by and H. P. Pfeiffer,, Supt. of Public ?storks ~~f. A. Arthur Special Counsel Jno.
S. Kiibler~ and City Clerk J. E. Tifuldoon.
Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
Motion by Pf~iffera second by Rigby, to approve numbering of houses in property
which was annexed to La Porte in 1950•
Carried.
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A discussion was held on the Bay Ridge water line.
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?lotion by Pfeiffer second by Rigby naming the First National Bank of La Porter
Texas as the Cityts depository bank.
Carried.
The Commission instructed the City Clerk to commence writing the National
Abbreviated Edition of Building Code in Ordinance forms and deleting those
;~ sections recommended by the State Fire Insurance Commission.
Motion by Rigby second by Pfeiffer, that the following Resolution be adopted:
Rr~SOLUTIGT?
A RESOLUTION RECD?v~4E[JDING THE RE-ELECTION OF VP. KYLE CHAPMAN C0~1~+.4ISSIONgZ OF
PRECINCT N0. 1' HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
tiYHERF~AS t~T. Kyle Chapman has proved himself to be a conscientious, able, cour-
teous and industrious County Commissioner; and
~dH~EAS Z~I. Kyle Chapman has given hi.s whole-hearted cooperatiory to the City of
La Porte and the residents of the Bayshore area in making many needed, perma-
nent improvemc~,ts; and
~iHER.EAS the City Commission of the City of I,a Porte desires to recomrn~.d t12e
re-election of ~~"t. Kyle Chapman as County Commissioner of Precinct No. l~ Harris
Countya Texas
TdO~ld TIi~.EFdRE, Be it resolved by the City Commission of the City of La. Porte
that the City Commission hereby endorses the Candidacy of W. Kyle Chapman. for
re-election and recommends him to the voters of Commissioner Precinct Tdo. 1 of
Harris County, Texas, as an able, efficient and ~rthy member of the Commission-
ers Court of Harris County, Texas.
AND IT IS SC1 ORDERED.
Carried,
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The Commission unanimously refused the claim of T. E. Bolding far X50.00
damage to his truck, received in a recent collision with a City truck driven
by ~'. A. Arthur, Publie~orks Superintendent.
The M~r'or appointed J. ti4~.Copel2nd, Jr., G. C. Mc Collum, Jr., and Wendell
Wilkes to the City Tax Equalization Board.
Motion by Rigby' second by Pfeiffer, approving these appointments.
Carried.
The Commission unanimously adopted the following Resolution:
RESOLUTION
STATE OF T.~~CAS
COUNTY OF HARRIS Q
CITY OF LA PORTS
A RESOLUTICfi1 AUTHORI7~NG THE CITY OF LA PORTS TO BORRGW THE SUM OF TEN THOiTSr1ND
DOLLARS 010,000.00) TO BE EVIDENCED BY TAX ANTICTPATI~d NOTE, PAYABLE OUT "OF
CURRENT TAXES COLLECTID DURIl~IG THE FISCAL YEAR BEGITd'NING JULY 1, 1951 AND END_
lNG JUNE 30, 1955.
WHfftEAS, it has been determined by theCity Commission of the City of
La Porte that a necessity exists to borr~r the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars,
(w10,000.00), for general adrLi.nistrative purposes and that the anticipated
current revenue from ad valorem taxes v~rill amount to approximately Sixty-Six
Thousand (~b6,000.00) Dollars,) and
i"tF-EREAS, the First National Bank of La Porte, Texas, has agreed to make
the City a loan in said sum, to be paid, with three per cent (3~) per annum
interest hereon, on or bef ore the 15th day of February, A.D. 1955; and
'rtH~EAS, the City will have current revenues from the collection of
said taxes available and sufficient to pay said obligation at maturitys
N04~f, THE~3E~RE, BE IT ftESOLVE® BY THE CITY COR.9P;SISSION Or^ THE CL TY OF
LA POSTE, TEXAS, that the Mayor and City Clerk (Dir actor of finance) be
authorised to issue a promissory note of the-City of La Porte, to be desig-
nated "Tax Anticipation Note for the Fiscal` Year Beginning July 1, 195i~,
and ending June 30, 1955", such. note to be in the principal sum of Ten Thousand
Dollars 010,000.00) to bear interest at the rate of three per cent, {3~) per
annum until maturity, with the usual provision fcm interest at the rate of six
per cent, (6~) per annum on past due principal and interest and ten per cent,
(l0a) attorney's fees, such note to be due and payable on or before the 15th
day of February, 1855, that said note be sold by the City to the First National
$dn.k of La Porte, Texas, at not less than par value. When such note has been
duly executed by the Mayor and City C7_erk and delivered to said Bank, with a
copy of this resolution, such. indebtedness thereby evidenced shall be fully
a
binding upon the City; and
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BE IT FURTHIiFt R~OLVI!~ that the City of La Porte hereby appropriates and
sets aside, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars (~10~000.00) out of the current revenues
from the col7_eetion of ad valorem ta~.es for the payment of such inde'otedness.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Motion by Pfeiffer, second by Rigby that Ord~.nance No. x.69, being
AN ORD7N1':NCE PR CN IDTNCr Ti ~ AT T T~ SU IYZ OF rI VE DOLLARS (~> .00) SIiALL BE
CHARGED AS COSTS IT~OP~q PERSONS ARRESTID UTdDIR A 1~~iARRANT OE ARREST OR
CAP:CAS AFTER F.1l.TLURE TO APPEAR IN CORPORATION COURT TO ANS11fER A CHAP~E
OF VIOLATl'ON OF A TRAFFIC ORDINANCE OR LAW; PROVIDING THAT SAID SUM OF
I~?ONEY SHALL BE PAID AS COI~'II'I~;~TSATION TO Tim CITY OFFICER S~YIIO RECEIVES
SUCH ~"dARR,?T:T OF ARR~T OR CAPIAS,
be adopted as read.
Carried.
IVfotion by Pfeiffer, second by P~igby, that Ordinance No. 470, being
AN ORDIA1AIvTCE DEFII~IIvG :1Iv~ R'~ULI~.TIl`1G ITIl`1<~"NT h1gtCH.~NTS, ITTid~tAlv'T
VENDORS, P.~DDLERS, AND P~.SONS SELLIPdG OR TAKCNG 0_RD~S FOR :GOODS,.
BARES, MERCHANIIISE, SERVICES, PHOTOGRAPIIS, N~'ISPAP~ZS, MAGAZINES, OR
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO IJ1~ISPAPII~.S OR I~9AGAZINES; PROVIDING F(R A LICENSE
AND A LICENSE FEE; RE~UIHI:NG A BOND; EXEI~~''I'ING THOSE ~TGATED Il`1
IPITIRSTATE COt,~~-IF,RCE FROI~4 LICENSE F~ AND BObID, BUT R~UIRIl~IG SUCH
PERSONS TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY CLERK; ?S1D PR:OUIDIl'1G THAT ?~3'Y
PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THTS ORDIN-
«NCE OR FAILTAIG TO OBSPR.VE Al`1Y PROVISI~IS HEREOF SHALL BE DEET~~D
GUILTY OF A M.' SDE~TEANOR .4ND UPOP1 CCIIVICTIOPI SHALL BE FIAIED IN ANY
SUTd NOT LIi;SS THAP1 TFN DOLLARS 010.00) nor T:'IORE THAN OIVTE H[JNI~.ED
DOLLARS 0100.00) AND F,AOII ~~I<D EVEI'~Y DAY OR FP~~"~CTIOPd OF A DAY
DURING '~;HICH THIS ORDINANCE, OR AdY PART THEREOF, SHALL BE VIOLATED
SHALL BE DEEMF,D A SEPARATE OFFF~ISE .'~~1D PUNISHP.BLE AS SUCH,
be adopted as read.
C arried.
The Mayor appointed W. A. Arthur, W. R. Thornton and H. P. Pfeiffer, to the City
Electrical Board. These appointments were unanimously approved by the Commi ssion.
~otian by Rigby, second by Pfeiffer, ratifying tax cancellations Nos. 1 to 5,
inclusive, da ted June 30, 1y5~..
Carried.
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Mot ion by Pfeiffer, second by Rigby, that Katherine Street be made aone-
way street, going from fast to West, commencing at the intersection of
"K" and Kansas, to the intersection of Olive and Grandview.
Carried.
Motion by Rigby, second by Pfeiffer, that the meeting adjourn.
Carried.
ATTEST
J. E. M doon, ity Clerk of t o i y
'of La Porte, Texas
D. urg~.n, f the ity of
La Porte, Texas
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