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• ~ 99 I:ILTSUT~S - I~:uiiL "l'Z I;Iw;:~TIPTs LA PCnTE CITY COI~~.B:SSIOit - I+iB. 20, 1953 Regular meeting of the ~'ity Commission ter a; called -to order by I.iayo-r I:i. D. Burgin, ?~rith the follorr.~.ng members and city officials present: Conlmi,~sion~rs L.R. Rigby a1d iobert A. ':Ihite, Supt. ~ PubLic 1`torks ~~1. A. :irthur, City Attorney drrard J. Cade, a1d City Clerk J.L. 'r:7uldoon. I.~.nutes of the last meeting ~~rere read and ~.pproved. ~.~. Locke, ~~rith co-workers, appeased before the Commission and offered to spray the city one time gratis, for advertising purposes. The Commission accepted I.2r. Lockers offer and ,:~ugf;ested he do this Mork in the early part of Spring. ~.Ir. ~+m. P. Jones and L~r. Jim i.Iayes appeared before the Commission, and re- rues-ted information as to the r_z~:~iaod of collecting far i~rater ra~.d seti"Ter ex- tensions. The Commission advised ti?ese gentlemen that they ,sere --o eking on tiv}.s project atxl any suggestions that they could offer ~~~ould he r/ladly looked 1 AA lIO . The Commission inst rutted the City Attorney to drab°* r? cor_tract betz"reen the City of La Porte and Dale J. Porter, to cut Ur ass :-rith no charge -to the City, consideration bedn the hay he tirould rather from such op°ration. The Com~nissi on, durir~ the tiacek, vrould furnish ±'x. Cade, Cit,r attorney, the descriptions ,-There l,ir. Porte z^ras to moor. The Commission instructed the City i~ttorney to loop into the mattex of Social. Security for city employees, ~~,nd give a report at t he ncrt regul~ meeting. I~~ayar Burgin gave a report on his meeting ?with the Fire Tnsur ante Division in Austin, in rrllich he told the Conir?:ission of the things the Fire Commiss- ioner requested the City do in order to beep their key rate. motion by l'hite, second by Rigby, to ap?~rove the building application made by C. ~. Agee, fee remodelir,E, building on part of Lot 22, Bloch 58, La Porte. C~srri. ed. The Commission unanimously a~ra`rded contr^ct to the B and F Ditching Company for constructing a 6'~ sevrer main from existing main to the praposed colored school, furnishing all labor, materizl end equipment, the City to assist in clearing and preparin ground through alley , as well as clearing out crater lines anti other utilities that are in the tray, the City being respon- sible for the maintenance of street crossings; coz.2plcte job to beu.80 per foot. Carried . ~.