HomeMy WebLinkAbout02471 ORD - 02/15/1949AN ORDINANCE
CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF AN
ELECTION HELD ICI THE CITY OF COME CHRISTI, TEXAS, ON
THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1949, ON THE QUESTION OF
kMBEH OR NOT A CONTRACT ON BENALF OF TEE CITY AND
HOUSTON NATURAL GAS CORPORATION PROVIDING FOR TBE PUR-
CHASE OF NATURAL GAS REQUIRED BY THE CITY FOR ITS GAS
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR A PERIOD OF TIMVE YEARS BE
APFROM AMID THE CITY COUNCIL BE ADTRORIZID TO CADSE
SAID CONTRACT TO BE EXECUTED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY;
AND DECLARING AN RMERGENCY.
1EMMAS, heretofore on the 14th day of January, 1949, the City Council
of the City of Corpus Christi, Taxers, passed an ordinance calling an election to
be held in said City on the 12th day of February, 1949, on the following propo-
sition:
PROPOSITION "A"
"Shall the City Council of the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas, be authorized to osuse to be esccuted a
oontract, on behalf of the City, with Houston Natural Gas
Corporation for the purchase Of natural gas required by
the City for its gas distribution system for a period of
twelve years with an option to re- negotiate for an additional
eight yearet supply at the end of said twelve -year period at
the prices and under the terms as contained in proposed aon-
traot, said contract being act out in Ordinance No. 2445
pamaed and approved by the City Covnoil of the City of Cor-
pus Christi, Taxes, on January 14th, 1949 ? ",
and,
MME AS, notice of said election was actually given as required by
law and as directed in the ordinance Galling the election, as is shown by
affidavits properly filed in the office of the City Secretary; and,
'MMAS, said election was duly and legally hold on the 12th day of
February, 1949, in conformity with the election ordinance heretofore passed by
this Council and the result of maid election has been certified end returned to
this Council by the proper judges and clerks thereof; and,
VAS, this Council has today considered the returns of said election
on the proposition hersinabove stated, which was held on the 12th day of February,
1949; and,
11HEREAS, it appears to the Council and the Council so finds that said
election was in all respects lawfully held and said returns duly and legally
made
and that there ware net at said election, the following votes,
FOR THE AUTHCRIZATION AND AGAINST THE ANTHCRIZATION
APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT AM APPROVAL OF TBE OCR-
VOTING WITH HOUSTON HATURAL GAS TRACT WITH HOUSTON NATURAL
TOTAL
PRECINCT CORPORATION GAS CORPORATION
VOTES
1 6 11
22
2 7 4
11
-7 t
3
4
5
6
7
8
17
20
21
30
31
32
33
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
52
53
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
GRAND
TOTAL
e5
14
16
34
23
30
26
29
19
5
27
3
3
49
50
43
55
147
38
2a
14
16
8
9
14
138
71
61
39
62
50
64
18
47
28
FOR THE AUTHORIZATION AND
APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT
WITH HOUSTON MURAL GAS
CORPORATION
1316
13
39
6
20
7
27
12
47
11
35
5
36
1
31
12
41
7
27
0
5
13
43
4
7
1
4
11
62
18
70
14
58
26
84
31
181
23
64
11
42.
5
20
8
24
9
17
3
16
3
17
9
149
16
88
23
85
10
52
20
86
11
61
m
76
4
26
10
63
10
4o
AGAINST THE AUTHORIZATION
AND APPROVAL OF THE OCN-
TRACT WITH HOUSTON NATURAL
TOTAL
GAS CORPORATION
VOTES
394 1774
NON, THEREFORE, BE IT OR1)AINM BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TE=;
SECTION 1. That the proposition to authorize and approve a contract
between the City and the Houston Natural Gas Corporation for the purchase of
natural gas required by the City for its gas distribution system for a period
of twelve years, said contract having been set out in Ordinance No. Q0
passed end approved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi oa
Janoary 1.14.th, 1949, was sustained by a majority of the qualified electors
voting at said election in the City of Corpus Christi, and the City Council of
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, is hereby authorized to cause to be executed
said contract with the Houston Natural Gas Corporation in accordance with said
proposition.
SECTION 2. The necessity for providing adequate gas facilities for
the citizens o£ the City and the necessity for procuring a long tarn supply of
gas for the City creates a public amergenoy and an 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 requiring
that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of
the City Couaoil, and the Mayor.having declared that such public emergenoy and
imperative public necessity exist, and having requested that said Charter rule
be suspended, and that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDIIIGLY SC OnDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ,dryy of February, A. D. 1949.
ATT3STX4.
C
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
February. ,,j ,, 1919
TO THE 13293 RS OF THE CITY COOHCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemenc
For the reasons est forth in the emergency olause of the foregoing
ordinance, a public emerg.noy and imperative necessity eaist for the suspen-
sion o£ 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 Councils I,
therefore, hereby request the. 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,
OR
City .P Corpus Christi. Toxas
The Charter rule was; suspended by the following vote:
FJesley E. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Farris
R. R. Homy
Joe T. Damson
The above ordinance max passed by the follo g vote:
Meshy E. Seel.
George R. Clark, Jr.
Jahn A. Ferris
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Damson
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