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It~TUTES - REJGULfLR I+QF~;TING
LA PbRTE GITY CO?;~~:IISSI(~I - I+~AY 18TH, 1956
1~ : 30 P. hR.
Regular rieeting of tY~e City Commission wa,s called to ^x'der by Mayor IvI.D.
Burg;. n, Yrith the following members and city of.f~.cials present: Commissioners
L.R. Rigby and Ii. P. Pfeiffer, Supt. of Public ?Iorl~ V~f.A.~xthur, Special.
Counsel Jna. S. Kiiblsr, and City Clerk Franlt G. Baker.
~lsu present were Dirs. ?~T.A. Stabs, Report ~, and li2r. Love, r. epresenting Chas.
R. Hale ~ Associates (Engineering).
I~Iotior~ by Rigby, second by Pfeiffer that Com~•nissi on issue deeds to persons
who made the highest bids on property o~^med by the City, ~~:hi ch was put up
for sale on ~iay 18th, 1956, and sold for t~~ highest bids.
Carried.
It~otion by Pfeiffer, s~:cerx~ by Ruby, that Ordinance No. L,9,9, be adopted as
read.
Carried.
The captior_ of such adopted Ordinance reads as foll,ows:.
AN ORDINANCE APP0INTIi1iG TIC I:~~iYGR PR(?-TEAS, THE CITY CLEKK,
THE IZLRECTOR OF PUBLIC I~IORI~ !1ND IItiTSPLCTCF'~, TI3F FIEcE It2A~t.-
SHALL, THE AIRPORT It~:'?P31_GF,R, THE OFFICIAL N~YSFAPI~',. FCl? TAE
CITY, TIC DTRECTC~t, OF CIVIL DE ~ SE, THE,' FIRE CHIEF, THE
CO'?.PORATIOl`. COLIR.T JOL''CE, T~ GITY D~~'OSITCRY, TI-IE IL;E!LTH
Or'±~'ICER, TIC CO'.~fT~:1ISSI0NuR OF STREETS, POLICE aND GARBI~_GF,
D~.'ARTI~NTS :AND Tim CC?,S~~:II: STONER OF S?~`Ni+ ., ~,~TATER p.ND F~tE
D~'ARTIt-SFN TS .
The City Clerk ?:gas instructed to mail registered letters, with return
receipt, to :`gym. P. Jones and Jessie E. Bea11, notifyint tl~mto appear
before tiie Commission at their next regulax meeting, to discuss tap fee
on ]1th street sewer line.
b~ioticn by Pfeiff er, second by Rigby, that City purchase 1000 gallons of
oil C ~0.08~ per gallon, deJ_ivered an,d put cn streets.
Carried.
Lotion ~by -Pfeiffer, seccrxi by Rigby, that a notice of lease to be adver-
tised for on Airport property.
Carried.
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'notion by Rigby, second by Pfeiffer that the follovring Resolut ion be
adopted:
RrSCiI,UTIC~1 ~ - - ,
STATE OF TEAS ~- -
COUNTY OF HARRIS ~
CITY OF LA PORTS
A RFSCiLUTION AUTHORIZING TIlE CITY OF LA PGF,.TL TO BORROPI," ~ SUNS OF FIVE
~THOUSAtID DOLLARS 05,000.00), TO ~ F,VIDEIJCED BY TAX ~,NTTCIF~1Tl0i1 NEE,
PAYIiBLL' OUT OF CU~ENT TAX~CS COLLECTED DURING THE FI4CAL Y£.~ DE1IAf^1T1VG
JULY 1, 1955 AND E[JDI11G JUNE 30, 1956.
?jTF-IEftEA,S, it has been deterrzi.ned by the City Commission of the
City of La Porte that a necessity exists to borra~ the sum of~ve Thous-
and Dollars 05,000.00) for general administrative purposes and •;:hat the
anticipated current revenue from ad valorem taxes iRill mount to approx-
imately Six Thousand Dollars 06,000.00); end
~': H~tEAS, the First National Bank of La Porte, Texas has weed
to make the City a loan in said sum, to be paid, with three per cent
(3~) per' annum interest thereon, on ~ before the 30th day of June, l~. D.
1956; and
ZfiliIl~.EAS, the City vrill have current revenues from the collection
of said taxes available and sufficiari; to pay saisi obligation at naturity:
NO~'3, THEREFtTRE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THS CIZ`Y .COI~SSION OF T:3E
CaY OF LA PORTS, TEAS that the T.Tayor 2nd City Clerk (Directs o" Fin-
ance) be authorized to issue u promissory note of the Gity of La Poxte,
to be designated "Tax Anticipation j~ote for the Fiscal Year beinni~
July 1, 1955 and ending June 30, 19.56", such note to be in the principal
sum of Five Thousand Dollars (~-~5,000.00), to bear interest at the rate
of three per cent. (3f) per annum until maturity, with tine usual.. pro-
vis ion for interest at the rate of six per cent . (6~) per annu°n on past
due principal and interest anal ten per cent. (10~) attorneys fees, such
note to be due and payable on or before the 30th day of June, A.D. 1956,
that said note be sold by the City to the, First National Bank of La Porte,
Texas, at not less than par value. :7hen such note has been du1,y executed
by the Mayor aril City Clerk and delivered to said Bank, with a copy of
this resolution, such indebtedness thereby evidenced shall be fully
binding upon the City; and
BE IT FUR T SI;R RLSOLVL;D that the City of La. Porte hereby
appropriates and sets aside the sum of F`.i.ve Thousands lloZl.ars (~j5,000.00)
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out of the current revenues ~vm the collection of ad valcsrem taxes far the
payment of such indebtedness.
AND IT IS SO ORDE~I+~D.
Si ned: I~. D. Bur in
~[~ror of the ity o La Porte, Tex.
Carried.
Approved and passed this 1,he 18th day cf Itgay, A.D. 1956 be
the City Co~nission.
b~otion by Pfeiff er, second by Rigby, that the meeting adjourn.
Carried.
ATTEST:
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ank G. Baker, Ci y er o e
City of La Porte, Texas
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Mayor Iu~. D.Burgi.n~ of the City
of La Porte, Texas
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