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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-09-23 Regular Meetingn LJ n U MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTS CITY COMMlSS/ON, LA PORTS, TEXAS September 23, 1968 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT: Mayor H. P. Pfeiffer, Commissioners H. Gould Crofoot, Lois J. Compton, Charles D. Boyle, Bobby J. Burgin. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ABSENT: None OTHER C/TY OFFICIALS PRESENT: City Clerk N~arilyn Kelley, City Engineer H. Carlos Smith, Chief of Police H. F. Freeman, Superintendent of Water Lyman Cunntngham. PRESIDING: Mayor Pfeiffer. + + + 1. The minutes of the regular meeting of September 9, 1968 were approved as written. + + + 2. The Director of Public Works presented a detailed report on the tabulation of the survey relating to the Garbage Sack Collection ''ys tem. Action was tabled for study of the report. + + + 3. Commissioner Crofoot made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Boyle and carried, that Ordinance No. 797 be passed on first and final reading. CAPTION: AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF NATURAL GAS WITHIN THE CITY, AND REPEALING ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. + + + 4. A motion was made by Commissioner Compton, seconded by Commtssioner Crofoot and carried, that Ordinance No. 798 be passed on first and final reading: Caption: AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS DURING CONSTRUCTION ON A PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 146 WITHIN THE CITY L1MlTS OF LA FORTE, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL UPON CONVICTION BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT TO EXCEED T'~"JO HUNDRED DOLLARS (.200.00); AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. + + + 5. Commissioner Boyle made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Compton and carried, that Ordinance No. 799 be passed on first and final reading: CAPTION: AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. + + + 6. A motion was made by Commissioner Compton, seconded by Commissioner Boyle and carried, that Ordinance No, 665-B be passed on first and final reading: CAPTION: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION TEN (10) OF ORDINANCE N0. 665, AN ORDINANCE DEFINING GARGABE, TRASH, AND REGULATING THE KINDS AND SIZE OF RECEPTACLES IN WHICH TO PLACE SAME, ETC. + + + 7. Commissioner Burgin made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Boyle, and carried, that the following accounts payable be approved: West Construction Company .~ 120.00 Pruitt Browning 396.00 Certifted Laboratories 123.40 W. S. Dickey 198.80 A. M. Polker 107.65 + + + 8. A motion was made by Commissioner Burgin, seconded by Commissioner Boyle and carried, that Les West Company, Estimate No. 3, X13,752.59, be approved for payment. Motion carried. + + + 9. Commissioner Crofoot made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Compton and carried, that the following purchases be approved: • Dickey Clay Pipe $2,165.02 Houston Materials Company 613.20 Certified Laboratories 214.50 St. Regis Paper Company 485.00 Sharp Grain Company 202.95 + + + 10. A letter from the Harris County Navigation District approving the City of La Porte's use of 15 acres withtn the Spilman Island Spoil Ground for sanitary land fill, was presented. (See Echibtt No. 1). A motion was made by Commissioner Compton, seconded by Commissioner Crofoot and carried, that the City accept the terms as presented, and that bids for the necessary dirt work be received at 4:00 P. M., October 18, 1968. Motion carried. + + + 11. Commissioner Crofoot made a mottos, seconded by Commissioner Compton that the hiring of Courtland Prentiss Alyea be ratified. ($375.00 per month). Motion carried. + + + 12. A motion was made by Commissioner Boyle, seconded by Commissioner Crofoot and carried, that the purchase of two piasttc acid tanks, approx. cost .110.00, be approved. + + + 13. Commissioner Boyle made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Compton, that the water meter repair shop be enlarged 12' X12', approx. cost X300.00 labor and materials. Motion carded. + + + 14. A mottos was made by Commissioner Compton, seconded by Commissioner Boyle and carried, that bids for the purchase of a Garbage Truck, and Hoist be received at 4:00 P. M., November 1, 1968. Motion carried. + + + 15. Commissioner Burgin made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Boyle and carried, that the following Resolutions be approved on first and final reading: RESOLUTION NO. 68-70 RESOLUTION AUTHORl2/NG THE CITY OF LA PORTS TO BORROW THE SUM OF TWENTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOI._LARS (.20,000.00), TO BE EVIDENCED BY TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE, PAYABLE OUT OF CURRENT TAKES COLLECTED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1968 and ENDING JUNE 30, 1969. (Buyshore Nattonal Bank). ~ ~ RESOLUTION NO. 68-79 RESOLUTION AUTHORISING THE CITY OF LA PORTS TO BORROW THE SUM OF TWENTY THOUDAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS 020,000.00), TO BE EVIDENCED BY TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE, PAYABLE OUT OF CURRENT TAXES COLLECTED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 9, 9968 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 9969. (La Porte State Bank). t + + 96. Commissioner Crofoot made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Boyle, that the hiring of Gerald Denke as a temporary dispatches be ratified. ($400.00 per month). Motion carried. + + + THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS AT HAND, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. ~~ H . P. PFE l ER MAYOR ATTEST: MARILYN KELLEY CITY CLERK ~J o •' ~~ . - I" h~ ~_ ~ , N ;%¢ r Q~ ~ ~~ Q~ ~~ ~~ Q~ l5~ ~ P~ HARRIS COUNTY HOUSTON SHIP GHAN:`'EL NAVIGATION DISTRICT ExEOCj(VE OPPIOEB: IS IA GAPri'OL AYENI'E P. O. Box 2562 • Hourrow, ~CE XA/ ssOO~ I P, T~~~exea Er[Cl.I TIV! DIR (C TOR Mayor H. P. Pfeiffer Mayor of the City of La Porte La Porte, Texas 77571 Sir . September 18, 1968 Following receipt of your letter of May 9, 1968, we contacted the Corps of Engineers regarding their release _ of 15-acres from within the Spilman Island Spoil Ground ~„ for your use as a sanitary land fill. We have now received the Corps' answer; they will offer no objection to our granting your request if the boundary between the area released and the remaining spoil area is leveed to conform to the standards and elevation of the existing levees at no .cost to the federal government. In order for us to proceed with this matter, we will need a formal statement from the City of La Forte agreeing to accept the responsibility for this requirement of the Corps of Engineers. Yours very truly, '~'~'~/ Execu Director JPT:hh