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Home My WebLink About1964-08-03 Regular Meeting• • MINUTES - REGULAR MEETIA~C ~f the L A PORTS C l TY COMti` ! SS I ON, I A PC`.RTE, TEXAS August 3, 9964 7:00 p.m. PRESEPJT ABSENT OTHERS PRESENT PRESIDING: Mayor N. P. Pfeiffer, Commissioners Frank G. Baker, and W. A. Stabs, Jr. Commissioners To.m Osburn and Russe?l Shepherd. City Clerk Clovis D. Mann; City Attorney C. L. Pitman; City Engineer Carlos Smith; Police Chief H. F. Freeman; Supt. Lyman Cunningham. Mayor H. P. Pfeiffer. 9. Invocation was given by Reverend George Nelson, Mint.ster of the La Porte Presbyterian Church. * * * ~ • 2. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Jul;: 20, 1964, were read and approved after deletion of Section 11, thereof in regard to charges for Water Tap when moving a house from one location to another site; such proposed changes requirin_q an amending ordinance. 3. Sealed bids on three thousand (3,000) lineal feet of eight (8) inch Cement Asbestos Pipe were rPCeived and opened in accordance with published notice. The follow- ings bids were received: Utility Supple Company, Houston $ 9.86 per ft. Mabry Foundry Co., Beaumont 9.86 Johns-Manville Sales, Houston 1.83 Commissioner stabs made a motion, seconded by Commisstoner Baker, that the bids be tabled to permit study and checking against specifications. Motton carried. 213 4. Seated bids on an asphalt Distributor were • received and op ned to accordance with, published notice. The following btds were received: • ~ 21~ • South Texas Equipment Company, Houston, Standard Steel ~ 2,900.00 (Deduct ~ 200.00 if both Pneumatic Roller and Disfributor purchased.) J. NJ. Chumiey Machinery Co., Houston Chausse, ~ 3,377.00, 5/ discount for cash. Balance ~ 3,208.15. Boehck Engineering Company, Ho~~ston, Grace, ~ 3,115.00. Hi-Way Equipment Company, Houston., Roscoe, $ 3,49').00. R. B. Everett Company, Houston. Etnyre, # 3,346.00. Commissioner Baker made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Stabs, that the bids be tabled to permit stud~~ and checking against speciftcations. Motion cczrrfed. 5. Pubttc Hearing on the proposed 1964-65 Budget was held in accordance with the publishdd notice. There being no comments from the floor, Commissioner Baker made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Stabs, that the Public Hearing be closed. Motion carried. * * ~ 6. Commissioner Baker made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Stabs, that Ordinance No. 701 be passed and approved on first and final reading. Motion carried. Caption as follows: AN ORD l NAr1CE MAK l N~ ; APFROP.R I AT IOPJS FOR SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR PEG l,Nld IrJG JULY 1, 1964, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1965, AND LEVYING A TAX OF .~ 1.75 ON EACH $ 100.00 OF ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY LOC~';TFD W'lTHIN THE CITY. 7. Quotations received on one thousand, (1,000) tons of asphalt street materials (as reflected in last min- utes) having b en considered, Commissioner Baker made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Stabs, that the quotations made by Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company, San Antonio., in the amount of four dollars and seventy-five cents, (~ 4.75) per • ton at destination, be accepted, and that purchases be auth- orized. Motion carried. ~ * * .~ • • 8. Commissioner Baker made a motton, seconded by Commissioner Stabs, tr.at payment of following accounts he apc;roved: M,otton carried. Mobil Gil Company 704.85 Houston Ltr,. & Power Co. 9,475.85 Bob's Ditchino Service 842.20 T, E. Brown 938.08 Warlick Press, lnc. 337.64 John N.. Kilgore 230.00 Stephens-Baker lns. 405.00 Richard Osborne 240.00 9. Commissioner Stabs made a motion, seconded b~.~ Commissioner Baker, that Resolution No. 30-64, autho- rizing the Mayor and Director of Finance to borrow thirty thousand dollars, (~ 30,000.00) by Tax Anticipation Note from the La Porte State Bank, be passed. Motion carried. 90. 'auotattons received on an Air Conditioning System, allowing trade-tn, were considered. The following • quotations were received: L & M Thermal Co., Pasadena Trane Equtp. 7.5 Tons, Unit ~ 9,828.00 Labor 832.00 Al Braun Company, Baytown Arkla-Servel, 6.4 Tons, Unit 9,688.00 Arkla-Servel, Evaporative Cooler ~ 596.00 All-Year Atr Conditioning, Houston Arkla-Servel, 6.4 Ton, $ 9,890.00 /nstalZation ~ 642.00 Velvet Atr Sales, /nc. , Houston York, 7.5 Tons, (Jnit & Installation, 2, 652.00. Commissioner Baker made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Stabs, that the quotation received from Al Braun Company for the Air Conditioning Untt for one thousand six hundred eighty-eight dollars Cxe accepted; And further, that the quotation from AlRraun Company for the Evaporative Cooler for five hundred ninety-stx dollars, ($ 596.00) be accepted, and that purchases he authorized. Motion carried. 99. Quotations received on Uniform services, as reflected in the last minutes, having been considered, Commissioner Baker made a motton, seconded by Commissioner Stabs, that. the quotation received from /needa, Houston, be 215 • 216 accepted, and that the City be a-:thnrized to enter into an agreement with /needa for this service, with the employees concerned paging 50/ of cost b;~ Payroll Deduction. Motion carried. * * ~ There being no further busing-ss at hand, the meeting was adfourned. s ..~ y . P. P ~; ffe Mayor of the Ci t;- L P rte. Texas ATTEST ~f~ , /// ~ Clovis D. Mang. City Clerk • of the City of La Forte, Texas •