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3~~3 MINUTES - REDUTAR MEETING ~~ LA PCEtTE CITY COM~ISSIdN -• APRIL 6TH, 195b 10:00 A. M. Regular meeting of the City Com-~i.ssion was called to cinder by Maya' M. D. Burgin, with the follovr3.ng members and city officials present: Com<aissio~rs L. R. Rigby and H. P. Pfeiffer, Special Counsel J`no. S. Kiibler, Supt. cf Public 'Norks Y.A. Arthur, and City Clerk Frank G. Baker. Also present were Mr. Ernest L. Broom, Jr., bond broker, and Mr. Cobb ~I.WI~~" Mr~. F. W. "Bert" Wheeler, of Houston. Motion bq Rigby, second by Pfeiffer, that Civil Air Patrol Group 25, be per- riitted to use the La Porte MursS.cipal. Airpa~ t on Saturday, April 1l~th, for a simulated search for lost plane. This group included Ottie Gardner, Arthur L. Gardner, David H. Bevan, and A.W. Carter. Carried. Motion by Pfeiffer, second by Rigby, that Mr.$rnest L. Brown, Jr.~ be employed to represent and advise the City of La Polite on the financial matters pertain- ing to VFater Control atxl Improvement District #5b, Harris County, Texas. Carried. Motion by Pfeiffer, second by Rigby, th~.t Ordi~nce No. 1196, be adapted as read. Carried. The caption of such adopted Ordinance reads as follows'; AN ORDIlVAriCE AMQ+IDING THE IE ASE BETSYF~.~I' 3 THE CITY OF LA PORTE A~TD HOU--PORT AVIATION, INC., LESSEE, GRANTING WRITTEN CONS~IT OF THE CITY Ta SAID TJESSEE TO ASSIGN SAID LEASE AND AUTHOF,IZII3G AND IN- STRUCTING THE ~YCft. AND CITY' CLPRK TO EXECUTE SUCH CONSENP . Motion by Pfeiffer, secorri by Rigby, adthorizing Special Counsel Jno. S. Kiibler to write a letter to the Farrington group. Carried. Motion by Pfeiffer, seQOixk by Rigby that Southwestern Bell Telephone Company s check for 2~ gross receipts tax, be accepted. Carried. Motion by Pfeiffer, secoz~ by Rigby, that Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to purchase ~30,000.0~ worth of Government bonds with, t he surplus interest and sinking funds. Carried.