1959 10 08 CC Minutes1395
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
October 8, 1959
The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, met in regular session on
Thursday, October 8, 1959, at 7:00 o'clock P.M., in the Council Room of the
Baytown City Hall with the following members in attendance:
Absent:
W. L. Ward
K. E. Badgett
Al Clayton
Lacy Lusk
R. H. Pruett
J. B. LeFevre
George Chandler
Edna Oliver
P. H. Mears
W. D. Reeves
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Mayor
Acting City Manager
City Attorney
City Clerk
Councilman
Councilman
The Mayor called the meeting to order, the Invocation was offered by former
Councilman, H. M. Campbell, afterwhich, the Mayor called for the minutes of the
regular and special meetings of September 24th and 29th, respectively, to be read.
Councilman Ward moved to dispense with the reading of the minutes and they be
adopted as presented. Councilman Badgett seconded the motion. The roll call vote
was as follows:
Roll Call: Ayes: Councilman Ward Nays: None
" Badgett
Clayton
Lusk
AN Mayor Pruett
Re- Appointment L. W. Grossman - City Health Officer
Councilman Clayton moved to approve and authorize the re- appointment of
Lyman Weeks Crossman, M. D., to the position of City Health Officer for the two
(2) ensuing years, re- appointment to be retroactive to October 5, 1959. Councilman
Badgett seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows:
Roll Call: Ayes: Councilman Ward Nays: None
It Badgett
to Clayton
" Lusk
Mayor Pruett
Presentation - Copies Revised Plumbing Ordinance - Study
Copies of a revised plumbing ordinance were presented to each Councilman
with the suggestion that the ordinance be studied. It will be considered for
adoption or rejection at the next regular meeting of the Council.
Letter - Baytown Society for Crippled Children
The Mayor presented a letter from the Executive Board of the Baytown Society
for Crippled Children, thanking the Council for the lease on the City property
on West Sterling near the San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. The Center is now open
for its fall semester, the location has proven to be ideal and some beautification
work will be done to the grounds as soon as possible. Councilman Lusk was appoint-
ed as a comwittee of one to make a thorough check and determine the possibility of
locating all the buildings, now leasing City property on Lee Drive, to this site
in order to provide much needed space for the expansion of the Public Works De-
partment. He will make a report on the findings at a later meeting.
110th
Progress Report - Street Lighting Program
Acting City Manager LeFevre presented copies of a progress report on the
street lighting program in the City of Baytown. The report was made in writing
by E. C. Kimmons, Jr., Division Manager of the Houston Lighting & Power Company.
The report covered all authorized wood poles, overhead wire, street lighting jobs
and the underground lights for Mlibydale- Richardson Place area, Pruett Addition,
Britton Cravens Addition, Roseland Oaks, Fair Park Addition; the mercury vapor
lights for the three business areas, the West Main Street project, Lamar Courts
Wynnewood- Lawndale Area and Danubina Courts giving approximate dates for comple-
tion of each job. Mr. Kimmons expressly stated that this report was given as
estimated completion dates and not a guaranteed completion schedule. The Council
asked that the Acting City Manager check with Mr. Kimnons on item seven (7) of
the report for clarification , as no business area but Texas Avenue was mentioned
and it should read Highway 146 and West Baytown business areas also.
Donation - Piano and Chairs - Roseland Park Pavilion
Mayor Pruett acknowledged receipt of a 650.CO donation from the Jaycees
toward the purchase of chairs and a piano for the Roseland Park Pavilion.
Report Study Storm Sewer - Daniel Street
The City Engineer submitted an estimate of $2,500.CC for the installation
of a storm sewer on the north side of Daniel Street, running parallel with the
railroad track. The estimate covered an extension from a big ditch separating
Lee Heights Subdivision and Oak Addition east to the intersection of Yupon Street.
After some discussion, City Engineer Busch was instructed to prepare a revised
estimate extending the storm sewer installation to Lee Drive. The Council will
then compare costs and make final decision on the Storm Sewer installation.
Advertise Bids - Street Paving
The City Engineer reported that street paving bids for Live Oak, Carnegie,
North Commerce, Forrest and East Wright Blvd. have been mailed to prospective
bidders and will be received at the October 22nd meeting. Each bidder was being
asked to submit an alternate bid with drainage on each of the paving projects.
Flares - rissouri Street - Ditch
Messrs. Grantham and Busch were instructed to check the ditch presently
existing on Missouri Street as a result of storm sewer installation on the new
South West Subdivision developed by Britton - Cravens. Councilman Clayton advised
the Council th4t he had looked at the ditch and there was definitely an immediate
danger existing. He asked that flares be placed in the area as a guard and her.
Britton be contacted relative to the dedication of an easement in order for storm
sewer tile to be installed in the ditch and same covered to eliminate any future
hazard.
Eva Maude Civic Association - Request Asphaltic Material - Street
The Mayor recognized the presence of members of the Eva Maude Civic Associa-
tion who presented a written request for the City to top -the streets within the
addition with an asphaltic material similar to that being used on Alexander Drive
by the State Highway Department. Since the streets in the addition are made of
shell concrete, it was the belief of the Association that a wearing surface was
needed in order to prevent severe deterioration and costly repairs or replacements
in the future. Acting City Manager LeFevre, Mr. Busch and Mr. Grantham were in-
structed to check the designated area and prepare an estimate of cost for the pro-
posed improvement. Such estimate to be prepared for presentation at the next regu-
lar meeting of the Council.
Freliminary Approval Street - Construction - Cedar Bmu Park_Section• -One.
The Council reviewed a plat of a proposed subdivision lying outside the City
limits but within the five (5) mile radim controlled by the City's Subdivision
Ordinance. The developers were seeking street construction approval only as no
water and sewers were presently available. The Council discussed the feasibility
of granting exceptions to its present subdivision ordinance and approving a proposed
1$97
development which did not meet the requirements of any one section. It was gene-
rally agreed that the City could not furnish water and sewer facilities as such an
extension would be cost prohibitive, however, the Council was divided in its de-
cision to grant approval of the proposed street plan. After some further discus-
sion, Councilman Clayton moved to grant preliminary approval to the street con-
struction of Section One, Cedar Bayou Park, as submitted by the developers. Council-
man Ward seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows:
Noll Call: Ayes: Councilman Clayton Nays: Councilman Badgett
" Ward " Lusk
Mayor Pruett
Classification Ordinance - Amendment - Police and Fire Departments
Councilman Clayton moved to adopt an ordinance amending an ordinance class-
ifying all positions in the classified service of the City of Baytown, so as to re-
classify the positions of the police and fire departments of the City of Baytown.
Councilman Clayton moved to adopt the ordinance as read. Councilman Ward seconded
the motion. The roll call vote was as follows:
Roll Call: Ayes: Councilman Clayton Nays: None
" Ward
" Badgett
" Lusk
Mayor Pruett
The caption of the ordinance follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 56G
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE, TO -WIT: "AN ORDINANCE CLASSIFY-
ING ALL POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN;
DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS; PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADOP-
TION OF THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN; PROVIDING FOR RECORDS OF THE PLAN
TO BE MAINTAINED; INTERPRETING THE CLASS SPECIFICATIONS SO ESTAB-
LISHED; PROVIDING FOR THE ALLOCATION OF POSITIONS TO THE VARIOUS
CLASSES; PROVIDING FOR THE RE- ALLOCATION OF POSITIONS WHEN DUTIES
CHANGE; PROVIDING FOR APPEAL BY THE EMPLOYEE; PROVIDING FOR THE
STATUS OF PRESENT EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING FOR PERIODIC INVESTIGATION
OF THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN; PROVIDING FOR CLASS SPECIFICATION; PRO-
VIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PRO-
VIDING FOR AMENDMENTS TO THIS ORDINANCE; LISTING CLASS SPECIFICATIONS;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF." BEING
ORDINANCE NO. 165, PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
ON THE 3RD DAY OF NOVEMBER$ 1952, BY AMENDING APPENDIX I, SERVICE
GROUP, POLICE - AND SERVICE GROUP, FIREMEN, SO AS TO RECLASSIFY THE
POSITIONS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
Check QMrations - East James Disposal Plant
As a result of complaints received relative to the odors emerging from the
East James Disposal Plant, Public Works Director Grantham was instructed to invest-
igate the maintenance operation.
Street haintenance - Knowlton and Fisher Hill
The Council discussed the maintenance of Knowlton Street and a non- dedicated
street on Fisher Hill. It was agreed that some maintenanceshould be done to the
Fisher Rill Road in order to provide ingress and egress for the garbage trucks,
however, nothing was to be done to Knowlton Road until property owners had ful-
filled their portion of an agreement, dated February 12, 1959, to purchase water
and sewer mains to service the area as far as practical. The City will use its
equipment and man -power to install the water and sewer mains and then review the
street maintenance request.
19.98
C. A. Patterson - Civil Service Commission - Succeed Harold Marc v
Councilman Clayton moved to appoint Charles A. Patterson se; a member of
the Baytown Civil Service Commission to succeed Harold L. Murphy, Sr., who
has submitted his resignation, effective October 1, 1959, Councilman Lusk
seconded the notion. The roll call vote was as follows:
Roll Cell: Ayes: Councilman Clayton Nays: None
" Ward
Ladgett
Lusk
Mayor Pruett
Adjournment
Councilman Clayton moved for the meeting to adjourn. Councilmen Lusk
seconded the motion. The ayes were unanimous and the Mayor declared the meeting
adjourned.
ATTEST:
r_ou u
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
R. H. Pruett, Mayor
1