HomeMy WebLinkAbout03259 ORD - 05/06/1952AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE DOLLARS AND
SEVENTY CENTS ($739.70) FROM NO. 296 IMPROVEMENT BONDS
1950 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM)
TO COVER THE COST OF MATERIALS AND LABOR FOR THE
INSTALLATION OF A TWO -PHASE SEMI- ACTUATED TRAFFIC CON-
TROLLER AT THE JNTERSECTION OF MORGAN STREET AND OCEAN
DRIVE; SAID WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY CITY FORCES; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THERE IS NEEDED SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY
CENTS ($739.70) FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AT THE INTERSECTION OF
MORGAN STREET AND OCEAN DRIVE; AND
WHEREAS, THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SUCH APPROPRATION IN
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 No. 296 IMPROVEMENT BONDS
1950 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM) THE SUM OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND
THIRTY NINE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY CENTS ($739.70) TO COVER THE COST OF MATERIALS AND
LABOR FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A TWO -PHASE SEMI- ACTUATED TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AT THE
INTERSECTION OF MORGAN STREET AND OCEAN DRIVE, SAID WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY CITY
FORCES.
, SECTION 2: THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS 4-S DIRECTED AND AUTHORIZED TO
PROCEED WITH THE AFORESAID WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1 HEREOF.
SECTION 3: THE NECESSITY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AT
THE INTERSECTION OF MORGAN STREET AND OCEAN DRIVE TO PROTECT THE SAFETY AND GENERAL
WELFARE OF ITS CITIZENRY CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC
NECESSITY'REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU-
TION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE
OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE
MAYOR, DECLARING SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST AND REQUESTING THAT SUCH
CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF
ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS
PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS DAY OF MAY, A. D. 1952•
CITY SECRETARY MAYOR 4J
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CITY ATTORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
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The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowmanir
Frank E. Williamson "IE
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TC T11E MEMBERS 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 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,
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.
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MAYOR
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City of Corpus Christi, Texas'
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Jack DeForrest
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George L. Lowman
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The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowmanir
Frank E. Williamson "IE
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$739.70
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 7950
CONSTRUCTION FUND STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL SY STEM)
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose.
rector of Finance