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• MINt1TE5 - REGULAR M,T~" TINCr LA PORTS CSrY COMMISSION -JULY 3, 1953 10:00 A. M. Regular meeting of the City Commission was called to order by Mayor M. D. Burgin, with the following menbers and city officials present : Commissioners ~, R.Ri.gby and Robert A. White, Supt, of Public Works W, A, Arthur, City Attorney Edv~ard J. Cade, and City Clerk J. E. I~fuldoon. Minutes of the last meetings were read and approved. Motion by Rigby, seccar~d by White, that Ordinance No. ~.(~ B, bei ng AN ORDINANCE AI~+IDING ORDINANCE N0. lt0~ A, FIXING HOUSE MOVING PHtPti~T FEES ~!'HIN THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS, AND CONTAINING A REPEALED CLAUSE, be adopted as read. Carried. The City Commission unanimously approved the new bus line schedule. Upon approval by the City Attorney of Midwestern Insurance CompatXy' Policy No. 521905 All. Coves P. L. P. D. far taxicabs, the Commission unanimously approved • the policy. Carried. Motion by White, second by Rigby, approv3sig Valley Gutter to be constructed along "A" Street, between First and Second, 1251 at x..65 per foot, at the rnme~ ~ s cost. Carried. A discussion was held an building, plumbing ar~d Electrical inspections and fees. It was the consensus of opinion of the Commission that for economical reasons, that a savixgs could be made by placing this office under the supervision of the Public 1Yerks Director. Motion h'Y White, second by Rigby to appoint W. A. Arthur, Public ~4Yorks Director, as Building, Plumbing and Electrica]. Inspector, at an increase in salary of $15.00 per month, comme2cing August 1, 1953, the present Inspector_to be, notified immediately of their action. Carried. A discussion was held. cn advertisement for the opening of the Baytowm-La Porte Tunnel. The Commission postponed action on this matter until they could give it further stucjy.