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Home My WebLink About09444 ORD - 07/30/1969AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE TAXES TO BE LEVIED, ASSESSED AND' COLLECTED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, FOR THE YEAR 1969 AND FOR EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR THEREAFTER UNTIL OTHERWISE PROVIDED AND ORDAINED, AND SUCH OTHER YEARS AS THE SAME MAX BE APPLI- CABLE: PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE: AND DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SECTION 1. That there is hereby levied, to be assessed and col- lected in current money of the United States of America, for the use of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, for the Year 1969, and for each succeeding year thereafter, until otherwise provided and ordained, an annual ad valor- em tax of $ /. 4.0 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) value thereof, on all property, real, personal, and mixed, located within the said City of Corpus Christi, upon which a tax is authorized to be levied by law, and upon all franchises of all individuals, partners, and corporation holding franchises in the City from said City of Corpus Christi, Texas, said tax to be appropriated to the payment and defrayment of current expenses of the Government, including street improvement, of said City. SECTION 2. That there is hereby levied to be assessed and collect- ed in current money of the United States of America for the use of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas for the Year 1969 and for each succeeding year thereafter, until otherwise provided and ordained, an annual direct ad valorem tax of $ /.60 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of value on all property real, personal, and mixed, and franchises described in Section 1 of this ordinance, said taxes to be appropriated for the purpose of creating a sinking fund to pay the interest and principal maturities on all outstanding City of Corpus Christi bonds not otherwise provided for, and including the interest, agent fees, and maturities of the following City of Corpus Christi bonds. a M GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND INTEREST MATURING AUGUST 1, 1969 - JULY 31, 1970 Interest & Paying Principal Agent Fees Total 1948 Park Improvement $ 10,000 $ 1,413 $ u,413 1948 Sanitary Sewer Imp. 80,000 11,308 91,308 1948 Storm Sewer Imp. 110,000 17,127 127,127 1948 Street Imp. 45,000 6,887 51,887 1950 City Hall 30,000 5,4o6 35,4o6 1950 Fire Station 5,000 249 5,249 1950A Municipal Auditorium 195,000 26,567 221,567 1950 Police Building 20,000 997 20,997 1950 Public Library 20,000 3,429 23,429 1950 Street Imp. 15,000 1,563 16,563 1950A Street Imp. 30,000 3,827 33,827 1950 Storm Sewer 25,000 10,532 35,532 1950A Storm Sewer 90,000 131611 103,611 1950 Traffic Control System 5,000 249 5,249 1950 Water District No. 2 28,000 12,940 40,940 1951 Airport Imp. 25,000 4,110 29,110 1951 Sanitary Sewer Imp. 25,000 3,659 28,659 1951 Storm Sewer Imp. 25,000 5,363 30,363 1951 Street Imp. 25,000 13,433 38,433 1954 Fire Station 10,000, 3,018 13,018 1954A Fire Station -0- 5,326 5,326 1954 Storm Sewer 5,000 27,198 32,198 1954A Storm Sewer -0- 37,907 37,907 1954 Street Imp. 60,000 5,925 65,925 1954A Street Imp. 25,000 17,168 42,168 1954 Street Right -of -Way -- 5,777 5,777 1955 General Obligation 195,000 37,826 232,826 1957 Storm Sewer 35,000 17,930 52,930 1957 General Improvement 100,000 45,864 145,864 1958 Airport 30,000 16,333 46,333 1958 Storm Sewer 20,000 11,386 31,386 1958 General Improvement 120,000 104,681 224,681 1959 General Improvement 30,000 74,478 104,478 1960 General Improvement 85,000 45,478 130,478 1961 General Improvement 75,000 65,012 140,012 1962 General Improvement 75,000 66,923 141,923 1962 Airport Refunding 125,000 10,651 135,651 1963 General Improvement 80,000 44,343 124,343 1963A General Improvement 150,000 91,764 241,764 1964 General Improvement 130,000 101,906 231,906 1964 Park Improvement 20,000 9,958 29,958 1965 General Improvement 90,000 47,369 137,369 1966 General obligation 50,000 15,046 65,046 1966A General Improvement 135,000 95,298 230,298 1967 General Improvement 150,000 137,834 287,834 1968 General Improvement 75,000 111,608 186,608 1969 General Improvement 100,000 182,746 282,746 Total $4,357,42, SECTION 3. All taxes for the year 1969 hereby levied shall be- come due and payable at the Office of the Tax Assessor - Collector of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, on or after the first day of August, 1969, and if the taxes levied for said year are not paid on or before January 31st next after becoming due, interest shall be charged upon the gross amount of the taxes due and penalty due until paid at the rate of one -half of one percent (1/2 of 1 %) for each month or fraction thereof thereafter. Said interest shall be in addition to such penalties as may be hereafter provided for delinquent taxes. No discount for payment of taxes prior to such taxes becoming delinquent shall be allowed. SECTION 4. In addition to all other taxes, there is hereby levied a tax in the nature of a street rental fee, against all persons, firms or corporations having any pipes, mains, conductors or other facil- ities in any public ways, streets, alleys, utility easements, or waters within the City limits of the City of Corpus Christi as part of a Public Utility System. Said tax shall be based on the gross receipts of such public utility derived from the sale of gas, electricity or water or other utility service within the City limits. Said tax is payable for each and every calendar year, and shall be paid on or before March 1 next follow- ing the end of such calendar year. Such payments shall be made to the Assessor- Collector of Taxes of the City with a verified statement showing the amount of such gross receipts for the respective year. A reasonable tax or charge is hereby determined to be two percent (2%) of the gross receipts of such utility derived from the sale of gas, electric energy, or water and /or other utility service, including directory advertising, within the City of Corpus Christi and is hereby levied in that amount. In the event a street rental fee and /or occupation tax is by State Law pro- hibited, except as to a different rate than as is hereby levied, then the rate is hereby fixed at the highest rate permitted by State law to be levied by the City. Any public utility having a franchise from the City or for any reason permitted to operate within the City shall be liable 50 I for the payment of the tax hereby levied unless a different rate of pay- ment or other consideration is provided by written agreement with the City. SECTION 5. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid, it shall not affect any valid provisions of this or any other ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi to which these rules and regulations relate. SECTION 6. That the fact that the passage of an ordinance for the levying of taxes for the City of Corpus Christi for the Year 1969 is necess- ary and important to the people of the City and the further fact that the preparation and completion of the tax rolls of the City for the Year 1969 is dependent upon the passage of this ordinance, and in order that said tax roll may be completed and ready for the collection of said taxes when the same becomes due and payable as aforesaid, creates an emergency and an im- perative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule pro- viding that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of said Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the passage of same, IT IS ACCORDINGLY ORnATNF.n this the day of July, 1969. ATTEST: City Secret APPROVED AS T LEGAL FORM DAY OF JULY, 1969 City Attorney I MAYOR Wo -M THE CITY CO Ti' TEXAS Corpus Christi, T exas _ / t day of vd4 19 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen- sion 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 meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass.this ordi- nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, MAYOR t)" /J THE TY O CO S CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vot . Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick"Bradley, Jr. Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel 1 W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore Y