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Home My WebLink About1973-07-16 Regular Meeting• • MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COMMISSION, LA PORTE, TEXAS JULY 16, 1973 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT: Mayor E. A. Thomas, Commissioners C. D. Christensen, I. J. Kibodeaux, C. D. Boyle and A. Uel Price. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ABSENT: None. OTHER CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT: Virginia Cline, City Clerk; Robert Cline, Director of Public Works; • H. F. Freeman, Chief of Police and A. J. Busch, City Engineer. PRESIDING: Mayor Thomas. + + + Invocation was offered by Commissioner Christensen. 1. Motion by Comm. Kibodeaux, seconded by Comm. Approval of Christensen to approve the minutes of the Minutes previous meeting of July 2, 1973 as presented. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + • • L Regular Meeting 7/16/73 - continued 2. Motion by Comm. Kibodeaux, seconded by Comm. Price to approve the accounts payable as presented, with the addition of the City Attorney's bill in the amount of $888.00 which had been omitted from the list, 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. J. B. Williamson, Municipal Court Judge, addressed the Commission in regards to a supervised work program for city prisoners.. who are unable to pay their fines. Judge Williamson stated the cost to the city, just to feed the prisoners amounted to nearly $50.00 for the ones that spends 11 to 12 days in jail. He said if these prisoners could work out their fines, instead of being confined to jail, he felt both the city and the prisoner would benefit. Mayor Thomas questioned if the city would have to provide uniforms and insurance coverage for the prisoners. He asked Judge Williamson and Chief Freeman to study the possibility of the city participating in the program and report their findings to the Commission. + + + 4. Mr. Wesley Kooken, 105 West "D", addressed the Commission in regards to his property being flooded during the heavy rains. He said that both his home and his business, located at "D" and S. Broadway, had been flooded four times since the first of the year and that in his business, sewage had backed up thru the drain in the floor. Approval of Accounts Payable Prisioner Work program Mr. Kooken compalins of property being flooded • ~ ~ • • Regular Meeting 7/16/73 - continued Mr. Kooken stated he felt that city drainage was the cause of the flooding and he wanted to know what the city planned to do about drainage in that area. Dr. and Mrs. P. J. Mock Sr., 410 S. 2nd, also Dr. Mock complained of flooding at their office on S. complains of Broadway and inquired as to when the new water line, property being that he had been promised, was going to be put in flooded on S. 2nd Street. Mayor Thomas asked Mr. Kooken and Dr. Mock if they were aware of how much the ground in this area had subsided, which of course affected the drainage. He stated the city could not promise that the problem could be corrected, but that the city engineer would check on it to see what, if anything, could be done. Comm. Kibodeaux informed Dr. Mock that the new water line would be completed in the next couple of weeks. • + + + 5. Mrs. N. J. Neville expressed her thanks to the Commission for the which were recently installed at Highway 146. appreciation and traffic lights Crest Lane and Mrs. Neville thanks the Comm. for traffic lights + + + 6. Motion by Comm. Price, seconded by Comm. Kibodeaux Street light to approve the installation of a street light at at Utah & "B" Utah and "B" Streets. Motion carried by the follow- ing vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + • ~" • • . Regular Meeting 7/16/73 - continued 7. Motion by Comm. Christensen, seconded by Comm. Final payment Kibodeaux to approve final payment to Wolfe approved for Construction Company in the amount of $575.00 work at Mini for work completed at the Mini Bike Park . Bike Park Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + 8. Motion by Comm. Price, seconded by Comm. Authorization Christensen that payment be authorized to for payment to be made to Wolfe Construction Company in be made for work the amount of $10, 310.40, which represents at Central Park 90g of total payment, for work at Central Park, at such time as Mr. Busch, City Engineer, approves of the work being completed. Motion carried by the following vote: • AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + 9. Mayor Thomas read the letters of agreement City agrees for between the City of La Porte and Mrs. Evelyn Mrs. Richards to Richards, whereby the City has no objection connect to BMUD for Mrs . Evelyn Richards to connect to the sewer service Bayshore Municipal Utility District's sewer line and providing that when the City of La Porte offers sewer service to the area, Mrs. Richards will connect to the La Porte system. A copy of the letters is attached to and made a part of these minutes. + + + 10. Mayor Thomas stated that the monthly meeting Mayor Thomas of the Harris County Mayors and Councilmen's authorized to • Association would be held on July 19, 1973 oppose Mass and that Mr. Tom Tyson, Director of Public Transit System • • Regular Meeting 7/16/73 - continued Services, City of Houston, was going to speak on the Mass Transit System. He asked the Commission to give him their opinion on the System, as he was sure that everyone knew he was opposed to the System. Motion by Comm. Price, seconded by Comm. Boyle that Mayor Thomas be authorized to speak for the Commission in opposition to the Mass Transit System. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + 11. Motion by Comm. Kibodeaux, seconded by Comm. Meeting adjourn F. Price that the meeting be adjourned. Motion • carried unanimously. The meeting of the City Commission was adjourned at 8:25 p.m. r , ~ i inia Cline, City Clerk Passed and approved this the 6th day of August,1973. !~ E.A. Thomas, Mayor • • • SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Submitted for Approval at the July 16, 1973, City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM CREDITOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT Abcor Inc. Radio Parts $ 7.75 Adler Auto Parts Auto Parts 706.38 Ad Avalorem Water Billing 338.32 Ad Valorem Deliquent Tax Collection 196.55 Allen & Kerber Auto Parts 145.15 Perry Archer Abstract of Judgment 5.00 Jim Ball Motors Parts 165.51 Bayshore Lumber Materials .96.43 Bay Plumbing Parts & Materials 1,905.10 Baytown Communciations Radio Repair 99.45 The Baytown Sun Advertisement of bids 62.40 Bayshore Utility Dist. Water 100.70 Ben Franklins Wastbaskets 7.15 R.L Bennett Target Ammo 90.00 Bobbies Cafe Prisioners Meals 66.25 Brown & Root Hot Lay 54.00 Builders Supply Sand & Gravei 19.25 Camp Ford A/C Reapir 56.11 Coastal A/C & Htg A/C/ for library 1,572.00 Commercial Sweeping Street Sweeping 206.50 Cornelius Cleaners Laundry 2.63 Daniels Dump Truck Service Top Soil 126.00 Dixie Chemicals Chemicals 223.00 W.C. Dubose Water line replacement 4,610.00 Gamon Calmet Ind. Water Meters 1,083.60 Gestener Corp. Stencils 23.90 ,Grahams Floor Covering Lettering Work 18.36 Gulf Oil Products Petroleum Products 527.19 Gulf States Aspha-t RC-2 52.36 Bob Hamrick Cheve. Parts 12.79 Houston Lighting & Power Service 3,411.12 Houston Medical Gas Refill Oxygen 9.00 Houston Welding Supply Co. Oxygen & Acetylene 3.75 Hughes Office Supply Co. Office Supplies 132.63 E.F. Johnson Co. FM Receiver 138.36 Jones Supply Co. Meter Parts 100.20 Knapp Cheverolet Parts 9.28 ihn Ladd Supplies ~ 6.34 La Porte Hardware Misc. Parts & Mater~i~als 199.43 La Porte Lumber Co. Materials 74.59 La Porte Bayshore Sun Advertisements 28.25 Lone Star Industries Shell 171.00 Lundays Shell Sta. Gasoline 16.12 Mainland Tire Co.~ Tires & M.V.I. 61.22 Jay Marks Cheverolet Parts & repair 174.16 D.R. McLaughlin Supplies 21.00 Parker Bros. Inc. Gravel 117.38 Pfeiffer Gambrel) Rental 27.50 tney Bowes Rental 28.35 ~ dcliff Materials Inc. Asphalt Topping 2,324.16 The Rohan Co. Meter parts 402.50 Servomation Coffee Service Coffee Supplies $ Lease 38.09 Sharp Grain Co. Supplies 64.14 Southwest Meter Supply Co. Meter Parts 210.19 Southwestern Bell Tele. Service 999.32 ~_ .... • ~ge .2 of 2 Accounts Payable July 16, 1973 CREDITOR Ted's Supply Co. Tex-Pak Express Utility Supply Vallen Corp. Walker Dump Truck Westinghouse Worthington Ice Maker Rentals White Supply • • -.. DESCRIPTION Parts Delivery Parts Parts for Air Pack Sand Lights Rent Meter Parts AMOUNT 17.02 4.00 45.84 36.35 248.00 15.84 30.00 312.10 • C] C: July 13, 1973 CITY PHONE (713) 471-5CY~0 OF I,A ~ P. O. BoX 111'.5 FORTE ~ LA FORTE, TEXA• 77371 At .a meeting of the La Porte City Commission the subject was discussed for Mrs. Evelyn Richard, 303 Crescentview, La Porte, to tie onto Bayshore Municipal Utility District sewer system. This was agreed on by the La Porte City Commission providing that she furnish a letter to the City of La Porte stating that when and if a sewer line was available to the front of her house then at that time she would transfer to the City of La Porte line. l i ~`~ E: A. Thomas Mayor J ~~ .~ ~\ ~~. ~.;q~.t o, ~ ~ July 12, 1973 City of La Porte Honorable Mayor and Commissioners La Porte, Texas Gentlemen: By way o~ this letter I hereby agree that at such time a sewer line is available to my property at 303 Crescentview I will be willing to transfer • the sewer from Bayshore Municipal Utility District to the City of La Porte sewer main. Evelyn Richard ~!L-C ,-_ ~/ LLB," ~t ~ ~C t6~~-/*--~ ~, )G~„ C7