02-12-1934 Regular Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

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r i ,_:~ • L.~ PORTL CT~i'Y COU~IvTCTL ~~' ftUiiRY 12/3 t:Qetin eras called to order by I:.ayor A Iv Irlc Kay. the fo7_lowing members of the council were presen:~. '~ Tied R Ruff, Geo. Counts, rTeo. Sharp, C I:.. Agee a~1d L C Lawrence. i,!inutes of tine previous rlaeetir.~ were read ar~d approved, `i'he followitz; bills were presentee and ordered paid, ~;lor~~n:an and Arthur,:~l6 1B. Dews Pub. Co.,,,{15 50. La Porte Lbr. Co.,~l 91, . La Porte _~Ilar.Co., srl5 65, Sou. 6J vell Tel. Co., ~ 9 65, riou. L and P Co., yp180 91, La Porte Hd~~r. Co., yy12 36, S L R.icrlards Corp., ~rl '75, i ive Points Serv. Sta.,,~15 19, i~orris Bros., w2 OQ, Lillie Y~erksey,,~;2 500 Pfeiffer ~1ec. Co., wl 50, Jno. S Kiibler, w15 00. A new street lighting contract with the rIouston Lighting and Po~~rer Co. eras presented to the council and up-on ti~otion by Ald. hgee which was seconded by Aldo Sharp the contract Vras accepted u~r a unaniii~ous vote of the Council and -the i+,.ayor and City Secty. was authorized to .execute same. (For the main points in this contract see foot of next page.) . ~1:ldern°an Ruff offered a r~,otiozz vvllich was seconded by Ald. Sharp that the se3,ectian of four lights vahich udder ~ ~. ~': the new contract are to be discontinued, was P~iven to the street lighting conx~iittee. Carried A motion jvas presented by A"ld. Ruff and seconded by xld. Sharp that the street li~;htir~ cozrirlitt~ee meet ~tvi tiz the officials of the H L and P Co. in an effort to have the present minir~~um for dor:?estic service reduced from ~l 50 per month to conforrrl ti~itti the Houston r~:inir~um. Carried. A lease of the vrater lines belor~ing to certain residen- ces of the -Sylvan 'death Addition,to the City of La Porte9 was offered to the council for their consic;eration. kld. Ruff made a motion wizicn eras seconded by Ald. Counts that the lease be accepted and the i,:ayor and C.i°ty~~;Sectyo be authorized to execute same. Carriedo _. ;~:;I Jno. S Kiibler appeared before the council in benalf of H 1.. Ludley petitionirg the council to arapndl the present rule requiring the owner of tti^vo or rr;ore ~zouses that vrere ;~ served water through only one i~~eter,to pay a rrinir:aun of Cpl 50 per month for each house being so served,to ir~ake only one minimum charge of y~l 50 per month where service for all houses otivned by him tivas through the same r:~eter. v Alderman Sharp offered a motion seconded by ~~ld. Agee that the otnvner of property on yvn.ich is located tdrv~~