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L.4 PORTF CITY CC?~:-^?'.ZSSICIT - JiTLY 16TI?, 195.
10:00 P-. I~,I.
Regular m~'eting of the City Commission eras called to order by I~.Zayor ICI. D.
Burgin, vrith the follo~,ring members and city officials present: Con~r~:tii.ss:ioners
L. R. nigby and H. P. Pfeiffer, Supt. of Public ',Yorks lit.A. Asthur, Special
Counsel Jno. S. Kiiblar,, and City C1~Ic J.F. I~Zuldoon..
Itninutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
I~~. Jas. S.Crate, Jr., and I:lr. Geo. Tra~rlor appeared before the Con~rnissi_on,
and asked them to participate in paving Nugent Avenues from Park Drive to
?~oscoe. The Com~ni.ssion unanimously agreed to pave this section of IvTugent
Avenue, if I,2r. Crate would finish them ti^rith a lettcsr stating that his com-
pany ~rould participate in the cost of this paving, up to ~7~0.00.
A cti.scussion was held on furr_ishing the n^~rr S,ylva~n Beach Park ,^rith ti^rater., and
to set a r~:te for same. It was decided to postpone action on this matter
anti 1 the City's ~~.uditor h~ ,d computed the actual cost o f water to the City.
I~:x. Tommie Bolding appeared before the Commission and r eques=ced some coi*rpen-
s ~~tion for damages r. eeeived in ac1e7_:}ient ~~rs_th ';"l. l~ . ?sthur, Ptiolic ':~ cu Ins S^.zper-
endent. z~fter a len~t~~ dZJCL4SJLOn, 1_~.ir. ~old~nis reciuest tiRras denied.
": ,A, Arthur Supt. oi' Fublic "; orks, requested that an old ~^ra;ter bill of I:~Ir,
R. Var_ Benchoten, be ..adjusted. The Cori: Fission voted una:~imously to adjust
this bill to x;12.00, and if I;s. Van. Ber_choten ~~dould pay tl^iis amount, and put
up an X8.00 deposit, his Vruter ~rould 'oe turned on.
Speci~l Counsel Jno. S. I"iibler ~r:~as instruc~ed by the Commission to e°yz'ite
to Tors. ti"dm. Ii. Goetzman, stating that s;~e ma:~r pay r~er patT~ng assessment in
2~. equal monthly installments, including interest on the unpaid balance
at the rate of 8~ per anruin, the rate of interest fi3:ed in the assessment.
L4otion by Pfeiffer, second by 'tigb~T, that Ordin~.nce No. x.71, being
Ary OI?DT~II~'~CL DESIGI~T~~TIIvTCT KI1TIi~,II`TE A V?~~T'u~ AIL GRAT'~DVI:H'l :?V~dtTE
Fft.OT.I T'rs INT':~.SECTIOT OF KC.TI-I`ftINE AV~~TUE ',"~rITH P ^~ZI~ AVFI~TL'E TO
`^'~~ ??'1T~SFCTIOPT OF GII ~,T3DVI ~"T AV~v'UE ~."~ITT~ OLIVE ~~~`3ttE AS "OIdE
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:'TAY STRF'~?TS" IT~3 T.=~ D~~.I~'CTIOid Fi'~OI:'I Tr=, IIJT=ItS~-'CTIO~T OF PACK AV-
~dUL AND YL~TH~IN;f=~ AVI~IUL'' TO"Tt~~~D Trig Ii1T1~,SFCTIOI' OIL' GnP~i~TDVIIJ~':~
AV~1U~ ~~TD OLNE AV13~iUE; PROVIDING FO?~ "Oi';E ':"J_~Y" SiuTtS AND "DO
NOT ~v'TI;R" SI~s'dS; R?~? ~~aL`1NG ALL ORDT_Id!u~C:~S OR P^~`LTS OF ORDIST-
1~I~TCES IT? GOATFLICT TIu~~IJTI'>'H P,I1D FUOVIDI"i~TG TIl'~T ATdY P~SOPd "IIiO D?.IVL~
OR OPT~.AT~LS A. V EI='ICLE 0;`1 IiATh~!A? Nt E ~~VI~dL~~ ~~e D GRI:ND'JI~`t tl'T~`TtJE CON-
TR.a-~Y TO THE PRGVISIONS OF THIS ORDr1 ^,N CF SIiALL BE DEiy:YED GUILTY OF
A I~.ZISDEI:~.~JOR AND UFOPT COiuVICTIOIT SIiALL BIB FlTT':D II~t ~^~i1Y Su'I~:? TvTOT TO
~YCw r TIiU SiJ?iI OF `I'''lt';~TTY-FIV ~' DOLLF~S (~2J.00~,
be adopted as read.
Carried.
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T~otion by Pfeiffer, second by Rigby, that Ord:~riance P1o. 1;7~, be.;_ng
c1,; CRDIr1~J,iCE APPCI`dT.~TG THL' ~.~'rT~2B}RS OF THE BO1 D CF F~~UALIZ4-
TIC'`t 0 F TA"1~ES FCR Ti'.~ YE ~D 195t.i., i' I~TdG THE TI ?',~~ 0 r TH_C FIRS T
T~~BTING n~ND PR04'I7IT.~1G FCR ADDITICTIAL R~~F~TIT;GS,
be adopted as read.
Carried.
T:!~S'. J. T. Sandberg of the Shoreacres City Council, appeared befcre the
Cor.~ission and stated th~.t his Council had set up an item of X120.00 in
their Budget, to be paid to the City of La Porte, or the La Porte Volun-
teer Fire Department, in appreci a.tion for ans~rering fire alarms in the
City of Shoreacres.
The Corunission thanked T;~. Sandb~xg, and a.s.Ked 1-iim to mail this amount
direct to the Fire Department, for tl~eir ':'lelfare Fund.
There being no fur Cher business, upon motion by Pfeiffer, second by
Rigby, the meetin adjourned.
Carried.
Al TEST
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J, r. ~':'uldoon, City l-~rT; of the City ~2. D. Ltrgin, ,. a of the City of
of La Porte, Texas La Porte, Texas
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