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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02564 ORD - 07/26/1949AN ORDINANCE AUTHM21NG AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEM. TO EXECUTE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF SIID CITY, A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF CCE'US CHRISTI, TEAS, AND DAMM'S DRUG STOREI AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. - BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEAS: SECTION 1. That the City Manager of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, is hereby authorised and directed to exeoute, for and on behalf of said City, a oontraut by and between the City of Corpus Christi. Texas, and Daehne's Drug Store, a copy of which oontraot is attached hereto end made a part hereof and reads as follows, to -wit: a5�4 CUTS OF TEW Comm OF "SM 'CRIB AMMAMM OF AOXMW betwsass the City of Corpus Christi, Tams, a maniaipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as "City' and Denham's Dreg Store, hereinafter referred to as 'Agent", V I T H Z S 5 E T H L. City hereby appoints Agent as its limited Agent for the sole purpose of accepting, at the store of Ai._ent located at 4746 Ayers Street. Corpus Christi, Tema, payment of bills owed to the City for eater, gas and sewer der ioe, such appointment to became effective the ist day of duly, 191+9, and to continue until terminated as herein provided. Agent her=bg accepts said appointment, and in consideration thereof and of the compensation to be paid, as hereinafter met out, agrees to faithfully perform his duties as such limited Agent, in accordance with the rules and instructions issued by City for the operation of such limited agencies, known an 'PAY STATIONS". Contemporaneously with the execution of this agreement Agent has received a copy of such rules and instructions and be agrees to familiarise himself end comply fully and exactly with the same. Such rules and instructions ma,, be changed at my time by City, and Agent agrees that upon being furnished with a copy showing much changes, he will immediately familiarise himself and there- after amply fully and exactly therewith. 2. As compensation for the faithful performance of his duties as such Agent, City ibreby ag des to pay Agent on the following monthly basin= 7jL`i par hill for the first 400 bills collected. 5 j per bill for the next 2DO bills collected, 3 per bill for the next 200 bills collected. 2 per bill for the nest 200 bills collected. 1 ¢ per bill for the nest and all remaining bills callwateoi. Payment of this fee will be made by City an or about the tenth of cash month following that month in which collections were made. 3. The equipment necessary for the performance by Agency of his duties hareunder, me mat out in the rules and instructions mentianed abava, win be furnished by "ity and the ame rill at all time remi.n the property of City, to be returned to it by Agent upon the termination of this agrsamastt in am good condition as �haa ressived. ordinary wear and tear excepted. 4. WW Agrees to provide any issuranoe coverage made necessary by this agreement and &aerations herounder and to pay all premiums incident thereto. 5. Agent &gross to furnish to City. upon execution of thla agreement. a aorwty bead in the ssoeet of Gee Thouemed Dollars ($1,000.00), to gmaractee the proper handling of fonds collected for City by said Agent. said band to be approved by the City Attorney. 6. This Waement may be terminated immediately by City upon a breach by Agent of any of the terms and conditions hareofg or failure of Agent to comply ftlly with the rules and instructions here- inafter referred to. Said agre ent may further be terminated by either party without cause by giving the other thirty (30) days written notice of such termination. ATTEST.- City ary APPROM AS TO LEGAL FMt City Attorney CITY OF CORUS CHRISTI, TEXAS By- DA'BHN$3 DHDG ST= By.- CITY OF CORFU$ CHRISTI. TMS HOLM AND RNST$CCTICU FOR LIIiITS21 21,GMS OPRRATIRG The fsllmiag rules and instructions are issued by City of Corpus Christi, Taxes, hsreinafter referred to as "City% for the guidance Of limited Agents, hereinafter referred to as "Aganta", operating what are kaowa as "Pay Stutiums ". Agents shall familieriss themselves thoroughly with these rules and comply fully and exactly with them. Airy changes or revisions in Such rule (and they are subject to change at any time by City), will be furnished to Agents, and as soon as to furnished, Agents will c:muply fully with all such revisions and changes. City will arrange to properly notify all customers in the territory Of each Agent that eater, gas and asser servioo hills mV be Wid at Agent's store, and will furnish to Agent all the squipmsnt necessary for the operation of his station, Consisting of: One icckrequippsd cash drawer or box. One cashier's stab bet. one I'n J stamp. One Hank Endorsement stamp. One ink pad and ink. Supply of collection reports, and all other necessary equipment. In addition to the above, City will furnish an attractive sign for display in Agent's stare, indicating that water, gas and cover service bills my be paid there. - Agents are authorised to accept payments only open presentation of bills end nts soot be in the araa# count due as ahwn on bills. In the_sysn# a customer desires to mks payamat without presentat- ion of bill or to make a partial payment, he must be refs-red to City's dawn - taw offices as Agents have no authority to accept such payments. It is the intention of City to make the procedure far accepting and accounting for momay received in the payment of villa as si&sily as possible. This prededare is summarised as follows& CAM BOX - Cityy+a cash receipts MAt be kept eaparsts from Agents in the cash SW rwaided for that purpose. The advantage in this is that it is a check against the sswmt of stubs taken in. An overage in cash might indicate that a stab bad been lest or Mislaid and could possibly be found after ssarohing f r1#w In the event of agy osarags. the cash cost be ro- witted to as indicai% on Collection Report "CASH OTER' and shoring amount. A record of the crsrago will be made an our books and if at a later date it develops that a customer who has not been credited with paymnt holds a "PAID" receipt the ratter can be satisfactorily adjusted without embarrassment to 863WOW. Tim easel preeautiM$ should be taken in accepting Cash. Omly checks or money orders dram im favor of City are to be accepted. provided they are in the eaaet amount of the bill to be paid. An a gems of idactify- ing the with the Customers acowmt. Agent should write the acoeumt assbar an the bottom of the check to the left of the signature. If more thaw one account is paid by a check, write the account number of all accounts paid. The reason for this is that checks sometimes are returned by the bank aapi nine it is not required that each check be signed by the person in whose me the aacc'Unt is carried, the reference to the account number if necessary enable to the City to contact the right customer. Agents should one that all checks bear the current data. are properly prepared and made payable to City. C,- %UER'S STUB BOX - Each bill has attached to it a "CASEIRR'S STUB ". which Agouts a receipt at the mama time u the customar *s bill, detach it therefrom and keep to the Stub Boa. Maintaining the record of collections in ui separate box from the cash boa practically assures that the stubs will not be molested mad at the sacs time provides a course of date which under circum- ekamees -must be furnished the Insurence Cemaoany. PAID STAMP - As stated above, ants are not to accept any partial Ut t e m' :'s Par sorvioa or receive come Laxnta. tfai tear can x was cum wear s a e i w Such b a dowatcom office. After the exact amount of'the bill is paik either in currency or by check. Agents will receipt the b11L by stamping it °PAID, o the fret of Customer's portion of the bill and Cashiorns stub. Agents saust be sure to retain toe Cashiar'e portion of evory bills and also make sure that the date is changed on the °PAID° stamp each morning. REPORT QY COLLECTIONS - Each day at an hour to be designated by City. each Agent will ccmP e -a report. shoeing the name and amount of each Cojlectica, made during the day. The cashier's stubs supporting each of these Collections should then be securely attached to the report, and together with fupd covering the total alcumt Collected, placed in the money-bag or pouch to be,iturnished b. City. Attached to the Report of Collections should be an add - i* machine tape of the stubs, which should be carefully checked against the dMtail of than Report oP Collection before inserting both in the locked bag. At the hour - designated, this bag or pouch will be picked up by an authorized representative of the City who will issue a receipt to the Agent for it. This locked bag or pouch will be delivered to City's main of�-iaa, where it will be checked and reconciled by the Cashier. A;ent's report will than -::e receipted amid returned to hie by the representative on his next pick-up. Phu report of collections should be made oct in triplicate. The original and duplicate should be placed in the looked bag for delivery with funds to City's main office. The triplicate copy should be retained by Agents for ready reference until the original, properly receiptad by the Cashier, has been returned, when it awn be destroyed if desired. 1 Problems may arise that are not covered specifically by these in- structions. In the event this ocrurn, or should Agents have any doubts or questions about the payment or handling of any particular bill, they muat call the City and Goa Department, located in the City Hall Building, and opeoific instructions Bill be given to cover any individual case. SECTION 2. The public importance of this Ordinance creates a public emergency and public imperative necessity requiring the one- Pension of the Charter rule thgt no ordinance or resolution shall be paused finally on the date it is introduced and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetinge of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared that such public emergency and imperative necessity exist, and having requested that such Charter rule be sus- pended, and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect end be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT I3 ACCORDINGLY 30 ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED this Q�l _doy of July, A. D. 1919 City of Corpus Cloristi, Texas ATTEST: CS ecretary '�— APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: city Atto aey Corpus Christi, Texas Daly .1 ,L-, 19149 TO THE NEUMB OF TEEM CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemen: For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordineuoe, 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 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, City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the follordug vote& Leslie Wasserman Jack DeForrest!!11 Berney Cottn .Sydney E. Herndon ( p�.• George L. Logan ��- The above ordinance was passed by the following votes Leslie Wasserman Jack DeForreat Barney Cott �^— Sydney E. Herndon George L. Lawman (ILA l 5(0+