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A RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Mr. Russell E. McClure, former Corpus Christi City
Manager from 1953 to 1958 died May 10, 1974; and
WHEREAS, Mr. McClure had long been active in municipal govern-
ment, serving as City Manager in Wichita, Kansas, Dayton, Ohio and Corpus
Christi, Texas; and
WHEREAS, Yr. McClure was active also in private enterprise,
having managed a development company abroad; and
WHEREAS, Mr. McClure provided leadership in the newly formed
Council- Manager type of government in Corpus Christi, giving City government
stability, and a sense of accomplishment and integrity; and
WHEREAS, Mr. McClure, while serving as City Manager of the City
of Corpus Christi attained national recognition in 1956 by becoming
president of the International City Managers Association; and
WHEREAS, Mr. McClure was prominent in establishment of model
cities programs, regional Councils of Government and urban policy seminars
for local business and government leaders:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEKAS:
SECTION 1. That this brief record of the many accomplishments
of Mr. Russell E. McClure be recalled and that the citizens of this
community join in mourning the loss of Mr. Russell E. McClure.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be
forwarded to the family of Mr. Russell E. McClure.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 15th day of_May, 1974.
ATTEST:
-ditf gecle tary MAYO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEAS
APPROVED:
THIS 15TH DAY OF MAY, 1974:
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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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
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark [QC7
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
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