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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02021 ORD - 01/14/1947AN ORDINANCE No - 2 O 2, I REAFFIRMING ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR MORGAN STREET PAVING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND NUECES COUNTY AND BROWN AND ROOT, INC.; DIRECTING THE CITY CONTROLLER TO PLACE ON BOOKS THE FUNDS FOR SUCH WORK; AND DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, on the first day of February, 1945, the City of Corpus Christi accepted the bid of Brown and Root, Inc., for the paving of a portion of Morgan Avenue and Kokernot Avenue and Baylor Avenue as followss MORGAN AVENUE from the west property line of Nineteenth Street to the east property line of Port Avenue; and KOKERNOT AVENUE from the north property line of Morgan Avenue to the south property line of the Memorial Hospital Boulevard; and BAYLOR AVENUE from the north property line of Morgan Avenue to the south property line of the Memorial Hospital Boulevard, and by duly enacted ordinance the City Council authorized and directed the Mayor and the City Controller to execute a contract between the City and Brown and Root, Inc., and Nueces County, Texas, for the im- provement of such streets named and within the limits above defined and said ordinance appropriated certain money to cover the City's portion of the cost of such improvement which appropriation was set out in Paragraph 3 of said ordinance and reads as follows: "There is hereby appropriated out of 11220 Street Improvement Construction Fund" the sum of Thirty - Seven Thousand Four Hundred Sixty -Seven Dollars and Thirty One - Hundredths Cents ($37,467.30), and there is hereby appropriated out of "Sanitary and Storm Sewer Improvement & Extension Construction Fund" the sum of Six Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Dollars and Eighty -Seven Cents ($6,930.87)." WHEREAS, such funds to cover the City's portion of the cost of such improvement was thereafter set up on the books of the City and made available for use by the City for the payment of the cost of the City's portion of the work; and WHEREAS, on the 29th of October, 1945, at the order and direction of the City Manager then in office the City Controller removed such funds from such account insofar as the books of the City were concerned so that on the face of things such money had been returned to the respective funds from which it had originally been appropriated; and WHEREAS, the direction of such City Manager was without legal authority and said money has never ceased to be appropriated for the purposes above named but by virtue of said order the money did not show on the books allocated to such purpose; and WHEREAS, the City is prepared to go forward with such paving program and,upon recommendation of the present City Manager, has already reaffirmed the contract as originally made between the City of Corpus Christi and Nueoes County and Brown and Root, Inc., but before proceeding further it is desirable that such appropriation made be reaffirmed and that the City Controller be instructed to set up on the books of the City such appropriated funds fran which the City's portion of the cost of such work shall be paid; and WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and the City Controller have certified in writing that there is sufficient money available so that the Council is satisfied that the appropriations have not been depleted and such money can at this time be used for the Morgan Street paving job, and the atom sewer work to be done in connection therewith; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the appropriation of funds for the improve- ment of Morgan Avenue, Kokernot Avenue and Baylor Avenue as follows. MORGAN AVENUE from the west property line of Nineteenth Street to the east property line of Port Avenue; and KOKERNOT AVENUE from the north property line of Morgan Avenue to the south property line of the Memorial Hospital Boulevard; and BAYLOR AVENUE from the north property line of Morgan Avenue to the south property line of the Memorial Hospital Boulevard, the amounts, terms, and provisions of said appropriation and the funds from which said money was appropriated having been heretofore set out, be and such appropriation is hereby affirmed. SECTION 2. That the City Controller is hereby directed to again set up on the books of the corporation such appropriated funds so that they may be used for the street improvement project, including -2- storm sewers, along Morgan Avenue, Kokernot Avenue, and Baylor Avenue within the limits above described. SECTION 3. The fact that there is no permanent paving on Morgan Street, or on Kokernot Avenue and Baylor Avenue within the limits defined, and such streets are important to the City - County Memorial Hospital, and the Further fact that Morgan Street is a very busy thoroughfare, and its condition is such as to be dangerous to the health and welfare of the citizens of Corpus Christi, create a public emergency and imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule providing 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, and the Mayor having requested that said Charter rule be suspended that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. PASSED AT.D APPROVED this the LL_ day of , A. D. 1947- 4g, .AI R City of Corpus Christi, Texas TT �] i y Secretary APFROVED AS TO LEG1L; Fk City Attorney Corpus Christi, Texas w- t 4. c q y. 7 TO THE IlREIvtBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemen: For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the Foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and an 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, hereby 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, 1A 1, y L, R4AYOR City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Robert T. Wilson v1esley E. Seale John A. Ferris George R. C1ark,Jr. Ray R. Henry The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Robert T. Wilson u,esley E. Seale John A. Ferris George R. C1ark,Jr. Ray R. Henry. �aai Robert T. Wil—, Mayo. Seale Wesley E. Seale T City Of Corpus Christi , Mayor Pro m Geo. R. Clarke, Jr., Commissioner John A. Ferris, Commissioner Corpus Christi, Texas Ray R. Henry, Commissioner Rodart. B. Th...., City Maoayer January 14,1947 TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemen: tire, the City Controller and Director of Finance, do hereby certify that there is available the sum of $37,467.30 in the "220 Street Improvement Construction Fund" and there is available the sum of $6,930.87 in the "Sanitary and Storm Sewer Improvement and Extension Construction Fund" to be used by the City to pay the City's proportionate share of the cost of street improvements on Morgan Avenue and Kokernot Avenue and Baylor Avenue. The above amounts are unencumbered,except as previously appropriated for this particular work, and can again be allocated to such improvement upon the reaffirmance of such appropriation by the City Council and the direction of the City Council that such allocation be made. Very truly yours, City Contro ler Director of finance