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1954 11 11 CC Minutes7 y, MINUTES OF.THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTUM , TEXAS November 11, 1954 The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas met in regular session or Thursday, November-11., 1954 at 7sOO p.m. in the Courcil Room of the Baytown City Hall with the following members in attendarces R. H.Pruett Mayor R. B. Bergeron Councilman P. H. Mears Councilman M. L. Campbell Councilman Lacy Lusk Councilman Al Clayton Councilman C. D. Middleton City Manager George Chandler City Attorney Edna Oliver City Clerk Absent:• H. M. Campbell Councilmar The Mayor called the meeting to order and the minutes of the regular meeting of October 28th and the minutes of the special meeting were read. The special meeting minutes were corrected to include the complete list of supplemental budget requests as approved at the November 7th meeting. With the correction the minutes were approved as read, whereupon, the following business was trarsacted: T. E. Dossey, Jr. Certified Public Accountant of Houston, presented the Council with copies of the City of Baytown annual audit report ending as of September 30, 1954• He concluded the report presetation with the statement that the records and finances of the City of Baytown were in exvellent condition. He also presorted his statement in the amount of $500.00 as per contract. Council- man Bergeron moved to accept the audit report as presented by Mr. Dossey; the city Manager be instructed to pay the.statemert of $500.00 as per contract. Councilman Mears seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Calls Ayes: Mayor Pruett Heys: None Councilman Bergeron " Mears " M. L. Campbell " Lusk " Clayton City Manager Middletor asked permission from the Council to cancel check No. 515 - Baytown Improvement FUrd, dated. August 7, 1954 and made payable to M. F. Ward & Company in the amount of $8,199 80. This was the second check issued to the company before it defaulted in the construction of the Baytown No. 2 Fire Station and Drill Tower. The estimate had.beer approved for payment by the archi- tect ard, according to an agreement, the check was delivered to Mr. Lammers., Later the M. F. Ward Company was declared in default by the-city and the existing con- tract terminated on October 8, 1954• The check was still in the possession of W. Yammers so he returned same to the City Manager for final disposition. Councilman M. L. Campbell moved to instruct the City Manager to cereal check No. 515 and made payable to the M. F. Ward & Company in the amount of $8,199.30. Councilman Mears seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Mayor Pruett Nays: None Councilman Bergeron " Mears " M.' L. Campbell " Lusk " Clayton Lowell Lammers, Architect, presented certificate No. 1 with the certification that, it accordance with the terms of a contract executed the 4th day of November, 1954 between the City ofBaytown and W. J. Dalpes, contractor, on the eonstruction ? #a of No. 2 Fire Station & Drill Tower, that Mr. Dalpes is entitled to a payment amounting to $17,233.37. This amount will clear the books of all lienable items left outstanding by the former contractor, M. F. Ward & Company. The City will make certificate payments and tbe.bonding company will reimburse the City the anmaunt up to and including the contract price of $",474.75. W. J. Dalpes has been hired to resume work on the fire station. Councilman M. L. Campbell moved to authorize the City Manager to-pay certificate No. 1 in the.amouMt of $17,233.37 to W. J. Dalpes, contractor. Councilman Bergeron seconded the-motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Mayor Pruett Nays: None Councilman Bergeron " Mears " M. L. Campbell " Lusk " Clayton Councilman Lusk moved to approve Estimate No. 4 of Electric and Power wiring of the Sewage Treatment Plant by the Gulf Coast Tlectric Company. The amount of the estimate was $1434.68. Councilman Mears.seconded.the, motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes= Mayor Pruett Councilman Bergeron " Dears " M. L. Campbell " Lusk " Clayton Mays: Alone Mr. I. L. Lerner, local business man, cams before the Council concerning the proposed development of a negroid subdivision in Central Heights. H e presented a rough draft of the proposed subdivision and asked the Council to run a sewer line to his property line in order to complete the sewer line connection to the proposed subdivision. All of the area in question as uel1 as Rio Vista, Busch & Baker, and Busch Terrace Subdivisions are without sewage disposal facilities and septic tanks are being used at the present time. Proposed sewage facilities for the complete area are included in the city's long —range improvement program and the Council explained that it was doubtful if funds for such a major project would be available in the near future. Mr. Lerner stated that it would be approximately nine (9) months before he would need the interceptor line and he agreed to bear the expense of the extension of the sewer line connection if the city could reimburse him within twelve (12) months and teh cost would not exceed 56,500.00. He pressed the Council to give him some assurance, if possible, of sewage connections within a reasonable length of time in order for him to begin preliminary work on the proposed project. The Council discussed the question at length, afterwhich, Councilman Clayton moved to instruct H. S. Berlin,.ergineer, to make a study of all the area -and prepare an estimate of the overall cost.with the area South of West Texas Avenue and west of Airhart Drive listed in sections as to cost in order for the Council to choose the most feasible route, if and when, funds are available for'the project. He asked that the estimate be ready for the Council meeting of Decem- ber 9th. Councilman M. L. Campbell seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Mayor Pruett Nays: Alone Councilman Bergeron " *ears " M. L. Campbell " Lusk " Clayton Mr. Swain, developer of Glen Arbor Subdivision, presented a plat of the proposed subdivision outlining the ewere lines, water lines, streets, fire hydrants, etc and asked the Council for preliminary approval of same. Councilman Clayton moved to give preliminary approval of the proposed Glen Arbor Sub- division. Councilman Bergeron secadded the motion. The roll call vote follows: 7 711 Roll Call: Ayes: Mayor Pruett Nays: None Councilman Bergeron v' Mears ^� M. L. Campbell " Lusk " Clayton Amended - Fi *e Works Ordinance The City Attorney introduced and read an ordinance amending the present Fire Works Ordinance of the city to dxclude the territory recently annexed to the City of Bajstown for the calendar year 1954. Councilman Clayton moved to adopt the i' ordinance as read. Councilman Lusk seconded the motion. The roll call vote follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Mayor Pruett Nays: None Councilman Bergeron ^ Mears " M. L. Campbell " Lusk ^ Clayton The caption of the ordinance follows: ORDINANCE NO. 253 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 9, PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON THE 26TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1948, WHICH PROHIBITS THE SALE OF FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, SHALL NOT APPLY 14M SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AS TO ANY TERRITORY AND /OR PROPERTY ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1954; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION THEREOF. Raise Salaty — Police and Firemen Councilman Clayton moved to approve a $15.00 per month pay increase for all police and fire personnel, retro - active to November 1, 1954. Councilman Lusk seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as followst Roll Callt !Ayes: Mayor Pruett Nays: None Councilmen Bergeron " Mears ^ M. L. Campbell " Iuak " Clayton Tale mne - Police Dewar . n. Councilman Lusk moved to approve an $85.00 per month fee to enable the Police Department to join the teletype network to southeast Texas law inforeement agencies. Councilman Mears seconded the motion. The roll call vote followst Roll Call:Ayeea:Mayor Pruett Nave= None Councilmen Bergeron " Mears " M. L. Campbell ^ Lusk " Clayton Report - City Manager ra C. D. Middleton, City Manager, gave the Council a clear and concise oral report of the financial status of the City of Baytown. He presented a list of the financial obligations of the city and fore - warned the council that it must curtail the spend- ing or be faced with the problem of a higher tax rate for the 1955 -56 fiscal year. He conceded that major improvement projects could be curtailed but this would hardly be the wise thing to follow as the city was still in its infancy and many major improvements were a must in order to meet the demands of growth that the City of Baytown is enjoying at the present time. Adiournment Councilman M. L. Campbell moved for the meeting to adjourn. Councilmen Lusk -seconded the motion. The roll call vote was ayes unanimous and the Mayor declared the meeting adjourned. A lSf t '"- "AL� R. H.Pruett, Mayor City Clerk