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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO ACCEPT THE
WRITTEN OFFER OF JOHN W. CRUTCHFIELD OF THE ENGINEERING
FIRM OF CRUTCHFIELD AND PRUE T, TO ADVISE 'vJITH THE CITY
ON THOSE EXPENDITURES PROVIDED FOR IN THE OPERATING
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE C I lY AND A. 4d. GREGG Of! CERTAIN
OIL AND GAS LEASES, A COPY OF WHICH AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED
HERETO AG6 MADE A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BEMIT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO ACCEPT THE WRITTEN OFFER
OF JOHN V. CRUTCHFIELD, OF THE ENGINEERING FIRM OF CRUTCHFIELD AND PRUETT,
TO ADVISE WITH THE CITY ON THOSE EXPENDITURES PROVIDED FOR IN THE OPERATING
AGREEMENT DETWEEN THE CITY AND A. 'J. GREGG ON CERTAIN OIL AND GAS LEASES,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT,
A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF.
SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY FOR EMPLOYING MR. CRUTCHFIELD TO EXAMINE
THE INSTALLATIONS OF GREGG ON THE LEASE SITE AND CHECK THE STATEMENTS RENDERED
BY GREGG FOR APPROVAL CREATES A PUBLIC EMERa ENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC
NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLOTION SHALL DE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL DE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST,
REQUESTING THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE 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 PASSED AND
APPROVED, TH15 THE �OAY OF JUNE, 1951+.
ATTEST• -�� ;?
;iIAYUR
s THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIS I, TEXAS
CITY SECRETA .Y
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FOTi: l
CITY 'AT0 NEY
CRUTCHFIELD AND PRUETT
CONSULTING PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
WILSON TOWER
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
TELEPHONE 2 -6553
JUNE 9, 1954
MR. I. M. SINGER, CITY mTTORNEY
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CITY HALL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DEAR SIR;
C 0 P Y
THIS IS OUR OFFER TO ADVISE WITH THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ON
THOSE EXPENDITURES PROVIDED FOR IN THE OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
AND A. W. GREGG ON CERTAIN OIL AND GAS LEASES, TO THE END THAT ONLY NECESSARY
WORK WILL DE AUTHORIZED AND THAT ONLY PROPER INVOICES WILL DE APPROVED.
IT 15 OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT, IF ACCEPTED, WE WILL RECEIVE $100
PER MONTH FOR THE ABOVE SERVICES, AND THAT OUR AGREEMENT MAY DE CANCELLED
BY EITHER PARTY AT ANY TIME.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
CRUTCHFIELD & PRUETT
BY /S/ JOHN W. CRUTCHFIELD
JOHN W. CRUTCHFIELD
JWC/JR
THIS OFFER IS ACCEPTED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT MAY of TERMI-
NATED AT THE END OF ANY CALENDAR MONTH BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THAT
IT WILL EXTEND FOR ONLY SIX (6) MONTHS FROM JULY 1, 1954, UNLESS EXTENDED IN
WRITING BY THE CITY.
ACCEPTED, JUNE , 1954
ATTEST: BY
RUSSELL E. MCCLURE, CITY MANAGER
CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
ITY TTORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
19G4.
TO THE MEMBERS CF 'J.'RE Cs'sr
Corpus Ch,ri, ti, Texala
Gentlemen.
Far the aeasins sst forth in the emergency clause of the
foregoing ordinance, a p:rIHc rt- ea°aency and limpexatzve necessity exist
for the suspension os 0,t "birt.ex tole e,r requirement that no ordinance
or resolution shaD ae fAuakly sin the date it is introduced,
and that such oadlnaac•e =P& centlutioti shall be read at three meetings
of the City Council, f, �hesefore, hertby �q aest that you suspend said
Chaster rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally an the date
it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respe�-"tfully,
fjfT'' CE CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXA
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote-
F. G. Callaw7y
Elltoy Kane
James S. Naismath
W. .James Brace
F. P. Peterson, Jr
ht, ab*ve 4- r6ivaice pa7smed by the following vote*
F. C. Callaway
Cllsoy }ing
James S. Naismith
,t. lames Brace
Peterson, Jr ///