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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-12-17 Regular Meeting • 49. MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING of the LA PORTE CITY COMMISSION OF LA PORTE, TEXAS December l~, 1962 - ']:00 P.M. MEMBERS OF COMMISSION PRESENT: Harold P. Pfeiffer, Mayor; Odell Brown, Street Commiss- ioner; T. W. Osburn, Water and Sewer Commissioner; Dennis Dunham, Health ~ Sanitation Commissioner; W. A. Stabs, Jr., Police and Fire Commissioner. MEMBERS OF COMMISSTON.ABSENT: None. OTHER CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT: Charles L. Pitman, City Attorney; Clovis D. Mann, City Clerk; Carlos Smith, Cit~r Engineer. PRESIDING: H. P. Pfeiffer, Mayor. ~ * # Invocation was given by Reverend W. Schleiser, Minister of the La Porte Lutheran Church. 1. Minutes of the following meetings were read and approved: Regular Meeting December 3, 1962 Special Meeting December 7, 1962 Special Meeting December 10, 1962 2. Bids on the Motor-Grader were BIDS RECEIVED ON received and opened. The following two (2) bids MOTOR GRADER were received: Hi-Way Equipment Co. $ 15,055.00 (Less rental) Boehck Engr. Co. 10,500.00 Commissioner Brown made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Osburn that the bids be tabled for study and recommendations. Motion carried. I ~ i 3. Motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Osburn that Ord- inance No. 485-A be passed on final reading. Motion carried. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 486 REGU- LATING THE RATES OF SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS. 4. Commissioner Dunham made a motion seconded by Commissioner Stabs that Ordinance No. 553 be passed on final reading. Motion carried. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELE- PHONE COMPANY TO DISCONTINUE FOUR-PARTY RESIDENCE SERVICE IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS. * * # 50. ORDINANCE NO. 486-~ RATES ON S. W. BELL TELEPHONE ORDINANCE NO. 663, DISCONTINUE 4-PARTY SERVICE WITH S.W.B. 5. Motion was made by Commissioner AUTHORIBAT ION To Dunham, seconded by Commissioner Stabs, that City SET UP EMPLOYEES Administrator, Clovis D. Mann, be authorized to SAVINGS CLUB. make arrangements whereby employees may voluntar- ily have a portion of their pay withheld; such procedures to be known as City Employee's Christ- mas Club; further, that provisions be made whereby the employee may withdraw his savings, in part or whole, at his discretion; Further, that Mr. Mann be authorized to deposit such monies in a savings account, bank, or Savings and Loan, if such should be to the advantage of the employee. Motion carried. * * ~ 6. Motion was made by Commissioner Stabs A(/HTORIZATION To seconded by Commissioner Brown that City Administrator, Clovis D. Mann, be authorized to trade-in the old PURCHASE NEW THERMC Thermo-fax machine for a new Thermo-fax, paying the FAX MACHINE. difference of two hundred fifty dollars ($ 250.00). Motion carried. '7. Report was made on the results of the STUDY OF BIDS ON study of the bids on a Garbage Truck and body. NEW GARBAGE TRUCK Motion was made by Commissioner Dun- ham, and seconded by Commissioner Osburn, that the City accept the following bids, and that purchase be authorized: Truck - Jay Marks Chevrolet $ 3,530.'75 (Plus Freight) Body -Pak-Mor Company 3,850.00 Motion carried. 8. Motion was made by Commissioner Osburn, seconded by Commissioner Dunham, that water line be extended to a Fire Hydrant to be installed in the most suitable place in the vicinity of Happy Harbor. Motion carried. 9. Commissioner Osburn made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Brown that the agreement with Mr. Bruce Angel be confirmed, for closing the alley in Block 18 of Sylvan Beach Addition in that the sewer line be placed in Forrest Avenue by the Angel-Hovey apartments and westerly to a point to serve the most westerly lot in Block 18. Motion carried. 10. Commissioner Brown made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Osburn, that the policy on Curb and Gutter be clarified in that only the length necessary to encircle the block, or extend from fronting property line to fronting property line be constructed and paid for by the City; length of curb and gutter not to exceed fronting property line footage plus curb returns at block corners only. Motion carried. There being no further business at hand, the meeting was adjourned. 57. EXTENSION OF WATER LINE BY HAPPY HARBOR AGREEMENT WITH ANGEL-HONEY FOR CLOS/NG ALLEY IN BLK. 78, S.B. CLARIFYING POLICY ON CURB AND GUTTER H. P. Pfeiffe Mayor of the it o La Porte, Texas Clovis D. Mann City Clerk of the City of La Porte, Texas