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1957 12 11 CC MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR - MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN December ll, 1957 The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas met in regular session on Wednesday, December 11th, 1957 at 7:00 o'clock p.m. in the Council Room of the Baytown City Hall with the following members in attendance: James C. Garrison Councilman W. C. Swain Councilman Al Clayton Councilman Lacy Lusk Councilman R. H. Pruett Mayor C. D. Middleton City Manager George Chandler City Attorney Edfia :Oliver City Clerk Absent: P. H. Mears councilman W. L. Ward Councilman The Mayor called the meeting to order. Councilmen Clayton moved to dispense with the regddng of the minutes of the regular meeting of November 26th and the Special meeting of December 3rd and they be approved. Councilman Garrison se- conded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Gounci.lman Clayton Nays: None H Swain " Garrison It Lusk Mayor Pruett Williams and Martin - Reauent B&U Increase - Taxicab Servic Meaars• Williams and Martin, local operators who hold a Taxicab Franchise with the City of. Baytown, . petitioned the Council for an ordinance allowing a rate increase for each company effective as of January let, 1958. They proposed a 50 par mile increase, 35¢ to 40¢. and a $0.05 for each 1/5 mile thereafter. Councilmen Lusk moved to adopt an ordinance granting the rate increase of $0.05 per mile with 5¢ for each 1/5 of mile beginning with the second mile of fare travel, this to be effective as of January let, 1958- Councilman Garrison seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Councilman Clayton Nays: None Garrison Swain " Lusk Mayor Pruett The caption of the ordinane a follows- ORDINANCE NO. 457 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TAXICAB TRANSFORUPTION; DEFINING TERMS; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMEWT; REQUIRING FM= AND INSPECTION; REQUIRING CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; REQUIRING STATE CHAtwinuR'S LICENSE; SPECIFYING RATES AND FARES TO BE CHARGED; REQUIRING TERMINALS; REQUIRING C INSURANCE; REQUIRING TAXI DRIVERS TO CONVEY PASSENGERS; SPECIFYING REGO- LATIONS ON DRIVERS, PASSENGER, LOST ARTICLES; SPECIFYING LIMITATIONS ON GRANT OR PERMIT AND PROVIDING MR SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, TERMINATION OR CANCELLATION OF PERMITS; SPECIFYING PERMIT FEES; PROVIDING FOR TAXI METERS; REQUIRING PASSENGERS TO PAY FARES; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION A14D EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Honeycutt - Detention Ward Proposal Rufus Honeycutt, manager of Brunson Theater, petitioned the Council to provide facilities for a detention ward in Baytown. Recently the P,lice Department had been faced with this need when juveniles were apprehended for destroying jltoperty within the Brunson Theater. Since it is unlawful to place a juvenile in the same cell block with adult prisoners, when arrests of this type are made at night the prisoner must sit up all night or be taken to Houston. If they ]mow that they will not be detained because of the lack of facilities to house them then the police department is at a loss to thoroughly enforce the law against such ' juveniles. After some discussion, the Mayor referred the request to the Corpora- tion Court Committee for study; a recommendation will be ;dada at a later meeting. The City Manager presented a letter from T. B. Trotter, Certified Public Accountant, accepting the contract to addit the books of the city of Baytown for the fiscal year 1957 -58; he also requested that the rate of pay be confirmed, $40.00 per day Junior and $60.00 per day Senior accountants with total price not to exceed $2,250.00 for fiscal year. Councilmen Garrison moved to make confirmation of the contract price of $40.00 - $60.00 with a ceiling price of $2,250.00 for fiscal year. Councilman Swain seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Councilman Garrison Nays: None " Clayton " Swain '_' :- Lusk Mayor Pruett All interested property owners met with the Council relative to the new proposed plans of the State Highway Department to include an espanade in the improvement of State Highway 146. A counter proposal was presented in that the State would be requested to remove the present road bed, cut it to grade, widen to a 4 or 6 land highway without an espanade. The question was dis- cussed at length, the Council hearing a report from Mr, Chtds Myers, Chairman of the Committee, appointed by Mayor Pruett to make a study of the needs of the proposed highway project. He presented a petition listing the mates of business men along Highway 146 who oppose the construction of an espanade on the grounds that it would hurt their business. F. A. Richardson, local developer, also presented a peitition urging the Council to do all things feasible to hasten the completion of the proposed project of widening State Highway 146. Councilmen Lusk moved to send a Committee composed of Mayor Pruett, City Manager Middleton, Councilman Swain, City Attorney Chandler and Mr. C. R. Myers, to Austin to confer with State Highway Officials and present the counter proposal of removing the present road bed, cutting highway to grade, widening to 4 or 6 lane without an espanade. Councilman Clayton seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Cell: Ayes: Councilman Clayton Nays: None " Garrison " Swain it Lusk Mayor Pruett The Committee appointed to make a study and recommendation for charge fee per front foot of paving for property onwer participation in the Street Paving Program for Baytown presented its recommendation for Council considera- tion. It was recommended that there be a charge of eight ($8.00) dollars per front foot to each property owne� or street pavement where the pavement and the street parallel the property,4hat each petition requesting the City to pave certain streets, or parts thereof, shall be handled on its own merits by the Council; and (3) there will be a two (21) foot turn -out constructed for each driveway, the length being of no concern with measurements from the back of the curb. Councilman Clayton moved to accept the recommendation of the Committee; the fee of $8.00 per front foot straight dharge be adopted with the merits of the street and driveway turn -out. Councilman Garrison seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Clayton Nays: None Garrison " Swain " Lusk Mayor Pruett The bids on the concrete pipe meeded to make installation of theWood- lawn street storm sewer project were opened and we tabulated as follows: 1 / /a7. General Concrete Company 42" - 36" - 1811 reinforced concrete pipe and 5000 brick - Less 24 -30 days $3,785.15• Shaffer Brothers 42" - 36" - 18" reinforced concrete pipe 5000 brick - 2% -15 days - net 30 days $3,790.05 White Supply 42" - 36" - 18" reinforced concrete pipe 5000 brick - 2$-15 days - net 30 days $3,785.15 Councilman Lusk moved to accept the bids of White Supply and General Concrete Construction Company; the order to be so given as to make purchase of one -half of the concrete pipe and one -half of the brick from each company. Councilmen Swain seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Councilman Clayton Nays: None Garrison " Swain " Lusk Mayor Pruett Advertise — Mow Meters Main Line Councilman Lusk moved to authorize theCity Manager to advertise far bids on three 8-inch main line flow meters and two 6-inch main line flow meters. Councilman Clayton seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Clayton Nays: None P. Garrison " Swain " Lusk Mayor Pruett Police Committee Recommendation The Police Committee reported that a study had been made of the effec- tive needs of patrolmng Oak Addition, a negroid subdivision, with people of its kind. It was recommended that a colored patrolman be hired. Contacts had been made by the Committee and a man can be hired, however, he is too old to comply with the Civil Service requirements. City Attorney Chandler recommended that he be given a salary by the city, however, his fob classification can be designated as under the Constable of Precinct No. 3 with cooperation and assistance to the Baytown Chief of Police. Such an arrangement can.be dram up in a written agreement whereby he will be compensated by the city but job classi- fication be designaged as a Deputy Constable under the direct supervision of the Constable of Precinct No. 3. Councilrmn Garrison moved to accept the recommendation of the Committee and the City Attorney; theCity Attorney be instructed to prepare such an instrument for the signature of thecolored Deputy; theCity Manager be instructed to make proper appropriation to cover the salary of said patrolman on the basis of $125.00 per month for the remainder of the fiscal yearp effective as of December 16, 1957. Councilman Clayton seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: Roll Call: Ayes: Councilman Clayton Nays: None " Garrison " Swain " Lusk Mayor Pruett The caption of the ordinance follows: ORDINANCE NO. 458 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO APPROPRIATE ELEVEN HUNDRED HI6'HTY -SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY -CENTS ($1,187.50) FROM THE UNAPMOPRIATED SURPLUS GENERAL FUND TO CLASSI- FICATION 201 A -5. 1-Uscelleaous . 1k. LeFevre, City Accountant, was asked to make a separate audit of the records of the Corporation Court. The City Manager submitted sopies of two (2) proposed ordinances, trailer courts ordinance and subdivision development, to the Council for study and possible passage at the next regular meeting of the council. Mr. Grantham, Director of Public Works, submitted copies of estimates on the possible cost to the City should it do the construction work.on the proposed improvement projects included in the street and storm sewer issues recently approved by the voters of Baytown. The estimates included the machinery, trucks, supervision, however, it excluded labor costs. The Council accepted the estimates but no action was taken on them at this meeting. Bond Litigation - The hbyor informed the Council that Ernest Brown, Jr., representative of Moroney, Beissner & Company, had contacted him by telephone relative to a recognized registered engineering firm checking the plans of the proposed water and sewer projects outlined in the forthcoming improvements, approving the proposed plans and signing and sealing such in preparation for a brochure which will be presented to all interested bond buyers prior to the sale on January 27th. Representatives from two engineering firms, Hedrick, Stanley and Lightfoot, engineering firm of Houston and Broyles and Bynum of Baytown, were present to submit qualifications of each firm and submit a proposal. The Council favored using its own city engineer, A. J. Busch, Jr., insofar as possible, and what he was unable to do will be given to a local firm for completion. Since the program wns to be of such a long-range nature, it was felt that a favorable solution could be worked out which will be agreeable and acceptable by all concerned, giving the city the most money for the least interest rate. After much discussion the group retired to the office of the City Attorney for further discussion and a possible agreement, subject to the approval of the City Council. Ad iouraomrt Councilman Garrison moved for the meeting to adjourn. Councilman Lusk seconded the motion. The ayes were unanimous and the Mayor declared the meeting adjourned. . H. Prue t, Mayor A=ST: ulna Oliver, City Clerk