HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-01-18 Regular Meeting• • 55.
MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING
of the
LA PORTE CITY COMMISSION OF LA PORTE, TEXAS
January 18, 1963
MEMBERS OF COMMISSION PRESENT: Harold P.
Pfeiffer, ayor; dell L. town, treet Commissioner;
Tom W: Osburn, Water and Sewer Commissioner; W. A.
Stabs, Jr., Police and Fire Commissioner; Dennis C.
Dunham, Health and Sanitation Commissioner.
MEMBERS OF COMMISSION ABSENT: None
OTHER CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT: Charles L.
Pitman, City Attorney; Clovis D. Mann, City Clerk;
Carlos Smith, City Engineer.
PRESIDING: Mayor Harold Pfeiffer
1. Invocation was given by Reverend
Tommy Austin, Minister of Bayshore Baptist Church.
2. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of
January 4, 1963 and the Special Meeting of January
9, 1963 were read and approved.
3. Motion was made by Commissioner Stabs TERMINATION OF
and seconded by Commissioner Osburn, that the employ- SONF/ELD 3F SONF~/ELL
went of the law firm of Sonfield and Sonfield, Houston, RE: ANNEXATION
Texas, be terminated, without prejudice; and that the sulT
final statement of Sonfield and Sonfield in the amount
of five hundred six dollars and forty-two cents,($506.42)
be paid. Motion carried.
4. Commissioner Stabs made a motion, sec- CONFIRMATION OF
onded by Commissioner Osburn that the employment Of EMPLOYMENT OF
the law firm of Strasburger, Price, g~lton, Miller and sTRASBURGER, ETC.
Martin of Dallas , Texas , to represent the City of La RE: ANNEXAT /ON
Porte in Annexation proceedings be confirmed, and that su/T
the sum of five thousand dollars (~ 5,000.00) as the
initial payment of fees be made. Motion carried.
• • 56.
5. Bids on installation of Heating Unit
at the Northside Recreation Building were opened.
The following bids were tabulated:
Orand's Refrigeration Service $ 290.00
Youngs Plumbing & Heating Co. 396.00
L & M Thermal Co. 250.00
Commissioner Dunham made a motion,
seconded by Commissioner Osborn, that the job be
awarded to L & M Thermal Company. Motion carried.
BID OPENING ON
HEATING UNIT FOR
l~'ORTHS lDE REC. BLDG
6. Motion was made by Commissioner Stabs, RENEWAL of TAxICAB
seconded by Commissioner Dunham, that the application PERMIT FOR 9963
for renewal of Taxicab business, submitted by Mr. T. E.
Bolding, be approved. Motion carried.
7. Commissioner Osborn made a motion,
seconded by Commissioner Dunham, that all permits,
i.e., Building, Plumbing, Electrical, and all others,
be approved by City Inspector Dan Kennedy, as deputy
City Clerk; that the application for such permits
may be received by the office force and then referred
to Dan Kennedy for his action. Motion carried.
8. Motion was made by Commissioner Brown,
seconded by Commissioner Stabs, that the City of La
Porte refund four hundred twenty-seven dollars and
eighty-five cents (~ 42'].85) to John E. Price, Jr.
of Price, Guinn, Veltmann & Skelton for building
permit fees collected by the City but unused. Motion
carried.
C lTY INSPECTOR
APPROVE ALL PERMITS
REFUND OF BLDG.
PERMIT FEES TO
JUNN P,R ICE (BLK. 9
s.6.)
9. Commissioner Brown moved that the request /yORROW EST.
from Morrow Estates for an extension of time to .April lst, RE: oPErd/NG of
to produce evidence of ownership of property in connec- DONALDSON ST.
tion with the opening of Donaldson Street. The motion
was seconded by Commissioner Osborn, and carried.
10. Commissioner Dunham made a motion, sec- SETT lNG UP NEW GAR
onded by Commissioner Osborn, to set up new garbage eAGE RATES.
rates and charges for apartment buildings. City
Attorney Charles Pitman is to draw up an ordinance that
will provide a charge of sixty cents (.60) per unit
on apartment houses, with three (3) or more units,
occupied at any time during the month; such charge
• J / •
to be retro-active to date of old ordinance (probably
July lst) and also sixty cents (.60) per unit for
trailer units, etc, to go into effect February lst,
1963. Motion carried.
11. Commissioner Stabs made a motion, sec-
onded by Commissioner Dunham, that Resolution No. 7.ta,-63
borrowing thirty-three thousand five hundred sixty- RESOLUTION NO. 94-6
eight dollars and twenty-five cents ($ 33,568.25) from BORROW/NG $ 33,568.
the La Porte State Bank be passed. Motion carried.
(Resolution No. ]1.~-63 filed in Resolution Book)
12. Motion was made by Commissioner Dunham, ORDINAPJCE N0. 664,
seconded by Commissioner Stabs, that Ordinance No. 664,E-ELECrRICAL coDE~~
styled as the "Electrical Code", be passed on first
reading. Motion carried. See L.N., Pq.
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING REGULATORY MEASURES PERTAINING
TO ELECTRICAL WORK IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, CREATING AN
ELECTRICAL BOARD; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE
MEMBERS; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES TO MAS-
TER ELECTRICIANS; PROVIDING FOR FEES, BONDS, THE KEEP-
ING OF RECORDS, THE REVOCATION OF LICENSES; PROVIDING
FOR AN APPEAL FROM ACTIONS OF THE ELECTRICAL BOARD;
CREATING OFFICE OF CITY ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR AND PRO-
VIDING THE DUTIES OF SAID OFFICER; PROVIDING FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR ELECTRICAL WORK AND THE INSPEC-
TION THEREOF; FIXING INSPECTION FEES; PROMULGATING
RULES AND REGULATIONS TO GOVERN AND TO BE OBSERVED IN ALL
ELECTRICAL WIRING, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, REPAIR,
ALTERATIONS, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRICAL
WIRING, APPARATUS AND RIXTURES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
AND PROVIDING A PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED
AND NO/100 ('.~ 200.00) FOR VIOLATORS.
There being no further business at hand
the meeting was adjourned.
r
H. P ei e Mayor
of the City L rte, Texas
ATTF~.ST
c
A , ~
Clovis D. Mann City Clerk
of the City of La Porte, Texas