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i ~?UT?~~~ - ~?:.~~GLrL.~~ I.:m11?G LA PC~?T? cI`iv col,~~;~slo~.; - ~~~~~j~ 3, 1952 5:30 P. IT. 1?egular meeting of the City Coru:u.s~ion ~fras called to order by the I:iayor, I:.t, D. B1Lr~.n, ~-rith the folJ_oiring members end city officials present: Commissioners L. R, Rigby and ~.obert ~:lhite, City :^tto~•ney Ldt~~rard J, Cade, Supt, of Public ';corks ~,1'~,'sth~.zr, and City Clerk J. ~~. ?°uldoon. :mutes of the lest meetings ,~rere read ~.nd ~~pproved. ''.`oti.on by ';'lhite, second by ligby, ~~,uthorisino the p~zrchasc: of a bl~sikot Surety Bond for all city employees, -rith the exception of the City Clerk, from the La Porte In- surance ~~gene~. Carried. :'.lotion by Rigby, second by ~thite, instructing the City Clerk to pay J. Li. ''thi.te and Sons t final statement on the sewage treatment plant, from the Revenue Bond Fund and from the Incinerator fund.: Ca~.~ried. '_~:Iotion by Rigby, second by Jhito, to curb and gutter the 200 block on South Second Street, as ~_ er agreement ~Trith property o~~mers, ~•rith lien car agreement Frith Geo. H. • Sharp, Sr., on the Sharp's property. Carried. The Commission authorized T.:Tayor Burgin to investigate the cost of rixino up Fire Siren ,;rith fins. Supt. of Public '~?orlss 'Y`r, ~~. ~1s'thur gave a resume of his ~rork on fly control. The City Co?~ission unanimously accepted the Buildi ng Code Comr.~..ttee ~ s recommen- dation of adoption of the Plational U~?7.~_ding Codes abbreviated edition of 19?~°, and instructed the City "ttorney to draTr up an ordinance in accordance c;ith same. Carried. The City Clerk read a letter i`~om the La Porte Independent School District, in connection ~^ri.th B1 ock 103, La Forte, ~~r'i~ich has been purchased by the n; ~tr-i_ct for the purpose of building a neti°;* elementary school for tl~ colored children in the near future. In this J_etter they requested the city to cut and grade for drainage, all streets bounded by the above mentioned block. They also re- quested the cost of s~zppl,T.Lng and grading shell on these streets. The Commission instructed the City Clerk to ti~rrite the La Porte Independent School .strict, and advise them the city tirould grade ~ihe streets ~~rithout charge, and the city ~~rould place shell on these streets at ?1.45 per cubic yard, she11. to be 8" thick, 20 ~ tride, spread in place. 3J-