HomeMy WebLinkAbout02899 ORD - 10/03/1950AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING MONEY FROM FUND NO. 296 IMPROVEMENT
BONDS 1950 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STREET TRAFFIC CON-
TROL SYSTEM) TO COVER THE COST OF MATERIALS AND
INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT SYSTEM AT
SHELL ROAD AND HIGHWAY 9, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500.00;
SAID WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY CITY FORCES; AND DE-
CLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, there is needed $1,500.00 for traffic signal
lights at the intersection of Shell Road and Highway 9; and
WHEREAS, there are sufficient funds available for such
appropriation in Fund No. 296 Improvement Bonds 1950 Construction
Fund (Street Traffic Control System); and
WHEREAS, said work is to be performed by City forces;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of Fund No.
296 Improvement Bonds 1950 Construction Fund (Street Traffic Control
System) the amount of $1,500.00 to cover the cost of materials and
installation of the above - mentioned traffic signal lights at the
intersection of Shell Road and Highway 9, said work of installation
to be performed by City forces.
SECTION 2. The Director of Public Works is directed and
authorized to proceed with the aforesaid work in accordance with
Section 1 hereof.
SECTION 3. The necessity for the installation 'of, traffic
signal lights at the intersection of Shell Road and Highway 9 to pro-
tect the safety and general welfare of its citizenry creates a public
emergency and imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of
the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally
on the day it is introduced and that such ordinance or resolution shall
be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, de-
claring such emergency and necessity to exist, requesting that such Charter
rule be suspended and that this ordinance be passed finally on the day
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it is introduced and take effect and be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, This the � day of October, A.D.
1950.
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City of Corpus Christi, Texas
AM
Cit7 Secretary
APPRI AS TO LE L FORM:
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Corpus Christi, Texas
4j c7" 3 , 1950
TO THE It^.E'D'BERS OF THE, CITY COMICIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the fore-
going ordinance, 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,
Y R
City of Corpus Christis Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the follrnaing vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman QM
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie iasserman
Jack lleForreat
Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
October 3, 1950
I certify to the City Council that the money required
for the contract, agreement, obligation, or expenditure contemplated
in the above and foregoing Ordinance is in the Treasury of the City
of Corpus Christi to the credit of No. 296 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1950
CONSTRUCTTON FUM (STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM)
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose.
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Director of Finance
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