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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-12-17 Special Meeting• ~ 263 MINUTES - SPECIAL MEETIl~ LA PORTE CITY COMMISSION - DECEt~ER 17TH, 1951 10:00 A. M. Special a-eeting of the City Comm3.ssion xas called to order by Mayor M. D. Bur~- gin~ Frith the follen:ing members and city offioi ala present: Commissioners L. R. Rigby ani H. P. Pfeiffer, Ernest L. Bro:rn, Jr., City Bond Consultant, John S. Kiibler, Special Counsel, and J. E. Muldoon, City Clerk. Minutes of the 1 ast meeting ~ ere read and approved. M]r. Ernest L . Brown, Jr., advised the City on inf ormat i,on from Wyatt C. Hed- rick, Engineer, of the plans for se~rerage in Sylvan Beach Addition, and to sections in the West and NorthRest part of La Porte. The approxime.te cost ~rould be X56, 000.00, and the City vo ting a X60, 000.00 issue , ~o uld leave a ten percent euon for contingencies. These bonds Rould be t ax bonds, hoR ever they cc,uld be paid off tom the irxone in netr connections, and from moneys being dropped, Which is not necessary to be deposited in the $250,000 revenwe reserve fund. After much discussion, the Mayor asked the Commission to pass an ordinance he had ~rt~~ten. Ordinance No. 1179 The Mayor introduced ~ ordinance calling a bond election. The ordinance eras read in fall. anti Ccmmi.ssioryer Rigby moved that it be adopted. The motion Ras seconded by Commissioner Pfeiffer and carried by the foll.orodng vote: AYES; Mayca• Bergin, Commissioners Rigby and Pfeiffer. NOES: None. The ordin- ance thus adopted follars: Texas : BE IT Q~DAINED by t hs City Commmission of the City of La Porte Section l: That an a le etion sha11 be held in and. throughout the City of La- o ~e, e~cas, on the 8th da6r of January, 1955, at ,:hick election the foll~ing proposition shall be submitted to the duly qualified resident electors of said city ~o onv;t taxable property xithin sa~.d City and mho have duly reidered the same for taxation, for their action thereupon: PROPOSTPION SHALL ~ CITY COM~dISSION OF T ~E CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS BE AUTHORIZED TO ISStE THE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN TAE AMJUNT OF X60,000, MATURING SERIALLY WITHIN THIRZY {30) YEARS FROM THEIR DATE OR DATES, AND BEARING Il~EREST AT A RATE NOT TO EXCEID FOIIR (~) PER CENT PER ANNUM, FCii TIC ACQUISITION OF A CAPITAL PROJECT, TO-1l~Il' : IMPROVIldG AND EZ'TENDIl~ TBE CITY S SANITARY SEND SYSTEM, AND ~ LEVY TAXES ON ALL TAXABLE PROP- ERTY WITHCN SAID C[TY SUFFICIE~+Tr TO PAY THE ANNUAL INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND TO PROVIDE A SINKING FUND TO PAY TFE PRIN- CIPAL THEREOF AT MATURITY? 26~. • • Section 2; That the City Commission finals that the probable period of use- ess a the sanitary sewer improveraeats and extensions is approocimate]3r thirty (3D) yew's. Section 3: That said a lection shall be held in the City Hall Building, in y of La Porte, Tmcas~ and the entire City shall oanstitnte or:e elec- tiou lr e~inct. The follaaring named persons are h ereby appointed officers. of said election. lbs. Arbela Ralston Presiding J'gdge lid's. Alice Stabs Assistant Jitlge Id's. Lois Compton Clerk Id"s, Gladys Harrison Clet'k Section 1~: That said election shall be held in accordance with the pro- v-T. s~oas off` t be Constitution and the l~rs of the State of Texas and the City Charter and only du]y qualified resident elector s of t he City pf' La Porte, Texas, uho own taxably property within said City and who have duly rendered the s ame for taxation, shall be qualified to vote. Section 5: That the ballets of said election shall aonf orm to the require- ~s` o~dhapter 6 of the Election Cods of the State of_ Teas., Chapter l~92, Acts of the 52nd Legislature of Texas, 1951, eo i~r as applicabLsf.. anti i.n addition to the requirements of Chapter 6 shall have printed thereon the follo~r3.ng OFFICIAL BALLOT .. PROPOSITION Fit THE ISSUANCE OF $60,000 SANITAHIt SI~NR SYSTEIi II~80VE- I~ BOND6 AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF X60,000 SANITARY Sl~I1PR SYST~ IMPRO~TS BOIIDS In accordance xith the provisions of Article 61 of the Election Code (codified by Vernon as Article 6.05 of s ~ d C ®de ), a square shall be printed on the ballot beside each of the above expressions. Each eater may vmle by placing an S car a plus sign, or any mark that clear],y share his intention, in the square beside the expression of his choice; or he may vale by aarki~ out one of the above exFressior:s on such propositions thus leaving the other as irk- dicat3.ng his wte oa such ~SOposit3®n. Section 6: Thad notice of said election shall be given by posting a substan- ~~of this ordinance at the Cit Hall and ore other public place with in said City not less thou fourteen (l~) days prior to the date on which said election is to be held, and by publtean on of said notice on the seas day in each of two sueeessove seeks in a newspaper of general e3.rculation pub]3.ahed within said City, the first of said publican ons to be made not 1 star than fourteen (1!t) days prior to the date set far sa~fd election. PASSID AND APPRCiPID this 17th day of December, 1954. 265 ATTEST: (Signed) J. E. Mgldoon Z*~'y C1er~Z'~ y~c 'tea ~o er ,Tex. (Sipryed) M. D.Burgtn Mayor, Ci y La Po e, eras (sue) The Fraternal Cyder of Eagles asked permission from the City d La Porte, to hold a turlaey shoot and g].sa a carnival on December 19th and. 20th, on pro- perties in Blocks 59~ and 60, North of ~dain Street. Motion by Pfeiffer, ,second by Rigby, grar~i.ng the Eagles permission to stage ihe3r turkey shoot and carnival December 19th end 20th. Carried. The Commission uaaaiiaous],y agreed ~I.th the owners of Bloclm 23 and 24, La- Porte, that if they ~oaa~structed the se~rear in these blocks in accordance with the City s speeif"icatians, the Gity would waive the sewer tap charga, but would charge the~~2.50 inspection fee. Carried. The Comsn3.ssion insiavcted the City Clerk to pay the owners of the Grand- view Avenue water line is equal portions, the moneys pwdd t ® the City by mss. Blanche Kennel, A. E. Lee Estate, and mss. Garry Gossett, for water connections to said 13.ne; Carried. The Commission agreed to cooperate with the merchants and the Bayshore Chamber of Ccmeneree in sponsoring "Sack DaQr" each Wednesday. The merchants are permitted to pnrb a sack over the parking mater heads on Wednesdays, but mast have the sack off Thursday mornir~. Mr. Jno. S. Kiihler~, Special Counasel, reported to the Commission the necessary requ3re~ner~ts for the city tc> partidpate with the ~deral Gove~n- ment far city emnployees in Social Security. - The Mayor was instructed by the Com~eission to coact A. C. Stinson, Civil Engineer, for price ,of surveying, to ascertain whether Blackwell Avenue e~c- tends all the way to Galveston ~Bay.~ Motion by Rigby second by Pfeiffea*~ ratifying the payment of the following bills s Andy ~derson ~ X32.10 Auto I~adiat<r Worms 23.93 Bayshore Lue~r Co• 10.lt8 Benson Tractor Ca. lQ..50 Brooke Productsf Inc. 38.80 t t C ~ 12 50 iuy ~da a n Co. ~ . Dixie Trucker Hone ~.2? 266 Low star Valve & Instrument Co. 84.37 Straus Frank Co. 182.33 The Monroe Co., Inc. 19.50 Thomas Hardtrare 12.30 Sz~perior Chemical Co. 3.25.- T. B. Tr®tter, C. P. A. 150.00 Under~rood Corporation 9.35 Utility Supp7,y Cm. 179.110 We11s Motor Co. 9.01 Wright Motor Freight Lines 11,611 H. J. Stimsca 28.50 Kistler Dist. Co. 15.00 La Porte Drug Co. 3.82 Electric Shoe Shop $12,12 Gulf Oil Corpaa~ation ?8.00 Industrial Toxel Service Co. 7.l~9 Isensee Bros. 7,1,y King Chemical Co. 35.00 Lacks .9b Lansdcn~pa-11[[ooc1Y Co., Inc. ?11.30 La Porte Hardware C o. 62.77 La Porte Insuraaice Agency 5.Q0 La Porte Lumber Co. 4.95 La Porte Sheet Metal Works 9.50 La Porte Volunteer Fire Dept. 29. ~ Millan Chen. co. 5.67 Magnolia PetroS~ Co. 521:~-0 Magnolia Petra7.eum C o. 27.68 ~Enni.cigas supply Co. 1?3~.31 Norris & Stanford 903.50 Nunn Electric Supply C~'P• 7.811 A. M, Polker & Sons 6,?3 Sargent & sowell, Inc. 102.59 Sharp ~'~ Co. 35.70 South Hou sttoa Book Stts•e 56,20 South Texas Equipment Co. 2. 27 Standard Concrete Products Corp, 238.00 ~~rdrotez Industries 163.85 Southarestern Bell Tel., C©. 87.17 Houston Natural Gas Crap. 17.63 Houston L. & -Purer Cq. 1, 334.x,5 American La Frazice Foamite 25.68 Bayshore Lumber Co. 6.27 Benson Tractor Co. 13.08 The Dunbar Register 7.?3 Elliott Addressicg i[achine Co. 12.118 Electric Shoe Shop T 18.92 r F. W. t}arttier Co. ~ 1x2.25 The B, F. Goodrich Co. 53.88 Magnolia Petroleum Co. 339.71 ~ Gulf Oil Corporation 91.90 Hatcher Motors 7.52 i La Porte Harcbrare Co. Houston Armature woks 39.81 44.65 Hou stop Natural Uas Corp. 1.86 Industrial Ta~e1 & Uniform Co. 2.30 Jesse~s Plumbing Co. 11.00 LansdaPrne Moody Co., 7hc. 8.51 La Porte Feed & Supply Co. 4.35 Joe ~ s Magnolia Station 6.90 Mc Millar Chevrolet Co, 85.62 N~ ris & 9tanf er d 159.90 Nunn L'lectric SuPP~Y Corp. 104.73 A. ~[. Poll~er & Sans 7.50 Rhymes Repair Service 1.Q5 Shsrp arad.n Co. .93 Shirley Anne s Place 26.40 South Houston Book Stare 7.10 Standard Concrete Prod. Carp. 238.20 The La Porte Liberal 154.40 Thg Pruitt C o. 46.00 The W. Rear Smith Co. 2.50 T. B. Tretter~ C. P. A. 75.00 Utility Supply Co. 68.82 Virg ~PP~.Y Corporat ion 138.]11. Wells Motor Co. ]6.02 Wr3.~it Motor Frei~dt Lines 1.50 Fire Engineering 3.50 r1 ~.J Carr3.ed. Motion by Rigby second. by Plea, ffer, that the meetring ad3oura. Carried. ATTEST ; 267 -~~~ J. con, C e y t~ n~ aycr o e of La Porte, Teas La Porte, Texas