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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-06-04 Regular Meeting • MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTS CITY CON1"fISSION, LA PORTS, TEXAS JUNE 4, 1973 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT: Mayor E. A.Thomas, Commissioners C. D. Christensen, I. J. Kibodeaux, A. Uel Price and C.D. Boyle. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ABSENT: None. OTHER CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT: Larry L. Broussard, Director of Finance; Ruth Huddleston, Assistant City Clerk; Knox Askins, City Attorney,~H. F. Freeman, Chief of Police, and A. J. Busch, City engineer. PRESIDING: Mayor Thomas. + + + Invocation was offered by Commissioner Kibodeaux. 1. Motion by Commissioner Kibodeaux, seconded by • Commissioner Price, that the minutes of the regular meeting of May 23, 1973 be approved as presented. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + 2. Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded by Comm- issioner Kibodeaux, to approve the accounts payable as presented. A copy of the accounts payable is attached to and made a part of these minutes. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + 3. Mayor Thomas read a Nev~..s Release which was put out by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, in which they outlined the engineering work being planned in this area to provide more trouble-free • service to La Porte-Seabrook area telephone users. The project involves relocating the main telephone cable that links La Porte, Seabrook, Lomax, Shoreacres and Morgan's Point customers with other telephone users outside the immediate local area. Minutes of previous meeting approved Accounts payable approved Regular mee~g 6/4/73 - Continued • A question and answer session was held between several Commissioners and two representatives of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Mr. Don Carpenter and Mr. Larry Gregory. The questions dealt mostly with the cable route. motion by Commissioner Kibodeaux, seconded by Comm- issioner Christensen to adopt Ordinance No. 958 as read. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. CAPTION: AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RATES Ai'yD CHARGES FOR LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICE FURNI`:.HED BY SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATED THERETO; REPEALING PRIOR RATE ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. + + + 4. The next item on the agenda was request for approval to pay Estimate # 1 to Wolfe Construction Company. Mayor Thomas stated he did not agree with paying • 90% of the Central Park job at this time, due to the fact that the City Engineer had turned down the tennis court slab as being unacceptable. He stated that his recommendation would be to pay a portion of the estimate. Commissioner Christen- sen recommended the payment of 50%, and stated that he had. talked to representatives of the ~~Y'olfe Construction Company every day, and they have agreed to re-surfact~ the slab, and make it accept- able to the Engineer. Motion by Commissioner Christensen, seconded by Commissioner Kibodeaux to pay 4~'olfe Construction Company X9,000 for work performed at Central Park. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. Motion by Commissioner Christensen, seconded by Commissioner Kibodeaux, to pay Wolfe Construction Company 90°0 of .Estimate # 1 in the amount of X5,180.04 for work performed at Mini-Bike Park. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price • and Boyle. NAYS: None. Ordinance on S.W. Bell Tel. Co. rates $9,000 payment to ~~+olfe Constr. Co. approved for Central Park job X5,180.04 payment to Wolfe Con. Co. approved for Mini- Bike Park Regular me~g 6/4073 - C,~n"inued • 5. The next item on the agenda was approval of payment to Modular Ambulance Corporation. Chief Freeman re- ported that the ambulance had some difficulties, which have been corrected, and that he would recommend pay- ment at this time. Motion by Commissioner Bayle, seconded by Commissioner Price, to approve payment to Modular Ambulance Cor- poration in the amount of $15,293.85. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner~~ Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. Engineer Busch reported that revised plans and spec- ifications for water and sewer lines to Northside have been completed and are being distributed to contractors. 6. Motion by Commissioner Boyle, seconded by Com~.ssioner Price that the meeting be adjourned. Motion carried °~o~n~~.~aously. The meeting of the City Commission adjourned at 7~5o P. M. Approval to pay Modular ~.mbulance uth udd eston, Ass t. ity le.rk Approved this the 18th day of June, 19 . ~r~ • omas, ayor • • • . CREDITOR SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Submitted for Approval at the June 4, 1973 City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM DESCRIPTION Admiral Linen Service Uniform and Laundry Service AD VALOREM Records Water billings for May, 1973 Abcor, Inc. Radio parts Jim Ball Motors Trans.Fluid Bay Can Rentals Rental Bowman Products Tools, Nuts, Screws Binswanger Co. Acrylite Briggs-Weaver Gloves Coastal A/C & Htg.~ Service & Repairs Curtin-Matheson Scientific Chemicals Chemical Chlorine Dooley & Son, Inc. Saw Blade Otis Graham Appraisal Gulf Oil Co. Gasoline Gulf State Ashpalt RC-2 Bob Hamrick Cheve. Parts Houston Lighting & Power Electric Service Houston Natural Gas Service Houston Welding Supply Co. Acetylene Hughes Office Supplies Office Supplies I.B.M. Typwriter Jones Supply Co. Parts Keown Supply Hot Lay Lu~Dodge Parts Matherne's Printing Pfeiffer-Gambrell, Inc. Service Parker Bros. Sand Pals Pharmacy Medical Supplies A.M. Polker Welding Ra iff Materials Asphalt Th ohn fro. Pipes & Couplings Sargent Sowell Co. Signs !~rrVOn~eiCion Supplies South Texas Equipment Roller Pads AMOUNT 426.62 335.68 24.90 25.00 94.50 25.28 10.38 54.00 58.00 100.35 148.00 16.40 375.00 670.73 75.34 1.84 , 1,361.69 63.13 6.20 175.87 567.00 261.20 320.00 26.56 210.17 10.00 78.26 3.29 25.80 4,442.36 476.89 266.90 3.05 21.60 (Cont'dZ ._> Pa Ac s Payables Jun 1973 CREDITOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT Southwest Meter & Supply Co. Meter Parts 298'82 Stephens Baker Ins. Insurance 269.00 6.25 Texas Fire & Safety Refill on Ext. Tom Ken Printers Printing 64.65 W.C. Turner Gun Shop Repair on Shotgun 5.00 West Chemical Co. Service 29.90 Westinghouse Light Bulbs 18.00 White Supplies Culverts 77'76 ~J U •