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• MINUTES - SPECIAL MEETING
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LA f~RTE C/TY COMM/SS/ON, LA PORTS, TEXAS
November 26 1963
5:30 p. m.
MEMBERS OF COMM/SS/ON PRESENT: Mayor H. P.
Pfeiffer, Commissioners W. A. Stabs, Jr., Frank G. Baker,
Russell Shepherd and Tom Osburn.
MEMBERS OF COMN/SS/ON ABSENT: None.
OTHER CITY OFF1C/ALS PRESENT: CZovis D. Mann,
City Cterk.
PRESIDING: Mayor H. P. Pfeiffer.
• 1. Commissioner Stabs made a motion, seconded PASSING OF ORDIN-
by Commissioner Osburn, that Ordinance No. 690, be passed ANCE NO. 690.
on first and final reading. Motion carried. Caption as
follows:
AN ORDINANCE FINDING AND DECLARING A GRAVE PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR
EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES WHICH COULD NOT BY REASONABLE FORETHOUGHT
AND INTENTION HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR THE
PRECEDING AND CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRlAT10N
OF MONEY AND CREATION OF A SPECIAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, THE MAKING
OF LOANS FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURES THEREFRQM,
DIRECTING THE KEEPING OF RECORDS THEREOF, THE FILING OF COP/ES OF
THIS AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
2. Commissioner Osburn made a motion, seconded by
Commissioner Stabs, that Ordinance No. 691 be passed on first
and final reading. Motion carried. Caption as follows:
PASSING OF ORD N-
ANCE N0. 691.
AN ORDINANCE EMPLOYING KlIBLER & KlIBLER, ATTORNEYS, AND STRAS-
BURGER, PRICE, KELTON, MILLER & MARTIN, ATTORNEYS, TO REPRESENT
THE CITY OF LA FORTE IN CAUSE N0. 595,022, IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND IN ALL RELATED MATTERS, FIXING THEIR
COMPENSATION, PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR
THE PAYMENT OF REASONABLY NECESSARY EXPENSES INCIDENTAL TO SUCH
EMPLOYMENT .
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3. Motion made by Commissioner Osburn, seconded APPROVAL OF PAYMENT
by Commissioner Stabs, that Statement from Strasburger, Price, FOR LEGAL FEES TO
Kelton, MiZZer a,nd Martin for fees and expenses in Annexation STRASBURGER, PRICE,
Suit, in the amount of five thousand, nine hundred eighty-six KELTON, MILLER &
dollars and eighty-nine cents, ($ 5,986.89) be approved for MARTIN. (5,986.89)
paymenf. Motion carried.
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There betng no further business at hand, the
meeting was adjourned.
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H. P. Pfeiffer Mayor
of the City of La Porte, Texas
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Clovis D. Mann Cify Clerk
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