HomeMy WebLinkAbout08573 RES - 08/28/1967M
. ,. A RESOLUTION .. '
EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCE OF THE CITY,•'
_ COUNCIL UPON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF CITY.
:• "' COMMISSIONER J. -A. "JACK" GRANT ON AUGUST] 27, 1967•• ,
` WHEREAS, J., A. "JACK" GRANT, CITY COMMISSIONER DF`THE CITY OF
{ CORPUS CHRI3TI, TEXAS, HAS ON THE 27TH =DAY OF AUGUST, 1967,-BEEN CALLED TO '
HIS ETERNAL REWARD; AND, _ - -• - . -
WHEREAS; THE DECEA3ED,."J. A., "JACK" GRANT, HAS BEEN A VALUED MEMBER
- OF*THF'CITY COUNCIL SINCE HIS ELECTION.ON'APRIL h, 1967, RESPECTED FOR HIS `
REASONING, JUDGMENT AND fCOUNSELING,,AND.BELOVEO AND RESPECTED BY MfS FELLOW
COUNCILMEN,+ AND ALL -WHO KNEW HIM; AND
WHEREAS, THE 'DECEASED, J. A. "JACK" GRANT -'HAS ,BEEN A LIFELONG
RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHR13T('ANDSO►ITRIBUTED MUCH` OF. HIS TIME
'AND EFFORT TO THE PROGRESS OF THE CITY, WITHOUT REGARD TO COMPENSATION; AND ,
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,AND ITS CITIZENS HAVE BEEN THE.:- '
" RECIPIENTS OVER A LONG PERIOD_OF YEARS OF-THE MANY CI'VIC ACT3'Qr CITY
y COMMISSIONER J. A. "JACK" 'GRANT AND HIS VALUABLE'_ SERVICE` TO HIS COMMUNITY;
AND , .,1 - - •' _ , ' r •- -
WFIEREAS,' THE ABSENCE OF J. A.,,"JACK "•GRANT WILL BE A GREAT LOSS a•
- TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE'MANY "CITIZENS WHO DEPENDED UPON HIN- "
FOR' COUNSELING- AND -BY,- ALL- 'OF,.THE CITIZENS iOF1 SOUTH TEXAS: -0 .. *`� "z�+'- ` •d -Y
c y !r ± i ^ . &' ,..�.X ♦ - ` 9 $ y� '#� �l -sY 'r' -'S • '.c } !1C . vf. _
" NOIJ, THEREFbREy -BE 1 I T :RESOLVED' BY THE OI tY' COWC I L"OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,'THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY EXPRESS ITS, y ,
SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCE UPON-THE•'OCCA &ION ;OF jHE UNTIMELY .DEATH OF CITY
'f�S . -. #` sC' yr. F „i� -_ � i ''- r .. — •., � -. ,
COMMISSIONER J..'A.' - -, JACK II GRANT, AND PhRTICULARLY TO THE FAMILY AND` RELA- _
.c TIVE3 OF THE DECEASED;
BE-IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT -FLAGS BE FLOWN AT HALF -MAST UNTIL AFTER -. `
FUNERAL SERVICES-HAVE TAKEN PLACE, A N HONOR OF THE DECEASED;
BENT FURTHER RESOLVED tHAT4 COPY or THIS RESOLUTION BE•DELIVERED
- TO THE FAMILY OF COMMISSIONE R� J.' A. "JACK", GRAN -
"'t:�.`PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 28TH DAY,OF AUGUST,jtg67 .'_
ATTES s ,
+CITY SECRE ARY .'MAYO
441 APPROVED AST LEGAL FORM, T HE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS "
THE 28T LsA� F ST, 196
• - CITY ATTORNEY-
., � , " . • - X5'73., '.Ji. - ` - ; . .. ;"
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
LOTH DAY OF AUGUST , 1967.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDI-
NANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE
CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY
ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ
AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE, REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND
SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS
INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
?YHE HE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDEOLL OWING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
J. A. "JACK" GRANT
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
J. A. "JACK" GRANT
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL