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Home My WebLink About1972-03-20 Regular Meeting MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING • OF THE LA PORTE CITY COMMISSION, LA PORTE, TEXAS MARCH 20, 1972 7:00 P. M. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT: Mayor H. Carlos Smith, Commissioners E. A. Thomas, I. J. Kibodeaux, G. E. Sampson and H. Gould Crofoot. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ABSENT: None. OTHER CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT: Dick Brown, City Administrator; Virginia Cline, City Clerk; Robert Cline, Director of Public Works; H. F. Freeman, Chief of Police and Jack Oliphant, Fire Chief. • PRESIDING: Mayor Smith. + + + Invocation was offered by Commissioner Thomas. 1. Motion by Commissioner Crofoot, seconded by Comm. Sampson to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of March 6, 192 as presented. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Thomas, Kibodeaux, Sampson and Crofoot. NAYS: None. + + + 2. Mr. James Spradling addressed the Commission in regards to the Peddlers and Solicitors Ordinance being more ,strenuously enforced and stated he felt soliciting should be stopped regardless of what the ordinance says. • • Regular Meeting 3/20/72 - continued Mrs. Cline stated anyone applying for a permit to solicit in La Porte was cleared through the Better Business Bureau and were required to pay a X5.00 fee. The Police Department was notified any time complaints were made. against anyone soliciting and that the City Attorney was reviewing the present ordinance for possible revisions. Mr. Spradling also question the Commission about annexation of the Shady River Subdivision. He stated he did not feel the city could afford to annex any more territory. Mayor Smith stated some residents of the Bayshore Municipal Utility District had petitioned the Commission for annexation, but the Commission. had stated before that they would. not annex any of the district until such time as all of the district could be annexed. + + + • 3. Mr. Decker McKim, President of the Chamber of Commerce, addressed the Commission to request the city to waive the water and sewer tap fees on their new building at Eight and "G" Streets. The Commission stated they would like to help the Chamber of Commerce in any way possible, but the City Attorney had stated under Ordinance 759 the City did not have the authority to waive the fees. Motion by Comm. Kibodeaux, seconded by Comm. Sampson to postpone for additional study the Chamber of Commerce's request for the city to waive the water and sewer tap fees on their new building. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Thomas, Kibodeaux, Sampson and Crofoot. NAYS: None. + + + ,~'i • 4. Motion by Comm. Sampson, seconded by Comm. Crofoot to adopt Ordinance No. 916 as read. Motion carried • • Regular Meeting 3/20/72 - continued • by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Thomas, Kibodeaux, Sampson and Crofoot. NAYS: None. CAPTION: AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING I,A PORTE HOUSING BOARD DATE HEREOF. + + r1 U THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE 5. Johnny Busch, Baytown Engineering, addressed the Commission in regards to advertizing for bids for the eight inch water line along S. Broadway to "S" Street to provide service to the O'Meara-Rush development. Mayor Smith execused himself from the meeting during this discussion and Mayor Pro-Tem Crofoot presided. Motion by Comm. Kibodeaux, seconded by Comm. Thomas to advertize for bids to be received April 12, 1972 at 4:30 P.M. for the installation of an eight inch water line along S. Broadway to "S" Street. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Thomas, Kibodeaux and Sampson. NAYS: None. + + + 6. Mr. Busch reported that Mayor Smith, Mr. Brown and himself had attended a meeting with the Texas Water Quality Board in Austin on March 15th. He stated that Za Porte had been granted an extension in complying with TWQB Order 69-9A until such time as a study on the Clear Creek watershed is completed, which is expected to be sometime in mid-June. + + + • • Regular Meeting 3/20/72 - continued • 7. Motion by Comm. Thomas, seconded by Comm. Kibodeaux authorizing K. J. Cook, Sanitation Supervisor, to remove the old control tower at the airport and place it at the mini-bike trail at his expense in exchange for the left over materials. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Thomas, Kibodeaux, Sampson and Crofoot. NAYS: None. + + + 8. Motion by Comm. Crofoot, seconded by Comm. Sampson to continue bonding the City Administrator for $50,000.00. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Thomas, Kibodeaux, Sampson and Crofoot. NAYS: None. • + + + 9. Motion by Comm. Sampson, seconded by Comm. Crofoot to approve expenses in the amount of X316.00 for the City Administrator to attend the ICMA Seminar in Lawrence, Kansas from April 5th through April 7th. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Kibodeaux, Sampson and Crofoot. NAYS: Commissioner Thomas. + + + 10. Motion by Comm. Sampson, seconded by Comm. Crofoot to approve installation of street lights at the following locations: A. 16th Street at "J" Street B. 16th Street at West Main C. West "E" at N. Broadway D. South 8th at West "G" E. South Idaho at East "E" • Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Thomas, Kibodeaux, Sampson and Crofoot. NAYS: None. + + + Regular Meeting 3/20/72 - continued 11. Mayor Smith read the bids received on March 17, 1972 • for operating the concession stand at the Municipal Pool. They were as follows: J. B. Sharp, Sr. - Ten percent of the net profit. G. J. Groos - Ten percent of the gross sales. Motion by Comm. Sampson, seconded by Comm. Crofoot to award the bid to G. J. Groos. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Sampson, Crofoot and Mayor Smith NAYS: Commissioners Thomas and Kibodeaux. + + + 12. Mr. Brown stated there were no bids received on March 17, 1972 for repair work at the Municipal Pool. The Commission agreed that an emergency existed to have the repairs made in time to have the pool open for the summer session. Motion by Comm. Thomas, seconded by Comm. Kibodeaux to proceed on emergency basis for quoations on repairs • to the swimming pool, since bids were advertized and no bids were received. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Thomas, Kibodeaux, Sampson and Crofoot. NAYS: None. + + + 13. Motion by Comm. Kibodeaux, seconded by Comm. Sampson that the meeting be adjourned. Motion carried. The meeting of the City Commission was adjourned at 8:40 P.M. Ratification of Minutes in Executive Session held on March 20, 1972. 1. The City Commission after a detailed report from Jack Oliphant, Fire Chief for the City of La Porte, authorized Mr. Oliphant to prepare specifications for a new fire truck and to submit a notice of bids in the local newspaper. • The deadline for bid date is set for April 13, 1972 at 4:30 P.M, at City Hall. The City Commissioners .~ Regular Meeting 3/20/`]2 - continued authorized this as an emergency situation due to the lack of efficient fire equipment to support the area west of City .Hall. 2. Dick Brown was requested to submit a recommendation to the City Commission on cost estimates necessary to re-establish the Water District office at Fairmont Park. V' inia Cline, City Clerk Approved this the 3rd day of April, 192. H. Carlos Smith, Mayor • •