HomeMy WebLinkAbout03829 ORD - 08/11/1954a AC:02/10/54
AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING THE SUMI OF A47,181.98 FROM [10. 202 CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI WATERtPORKS SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION FUND
TO COVER ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION IN CONNECTION UITH
THE WATER MAIN ON LEXINGTON BOULEVARD IN TH'L CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, CONSTRUCTED BY
T. H. LEE, CONTRACTOR; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
'cdHEREAS, BY ORDINANCE NO. 3675, THE CITY I°IANAGER WAS AUTHORIZED FOR
AND ON OEHALF OF Ti -IE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH T. FI.
LEE, CONTRACTOR, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 36° WATER MAIN ON LEXINGTON BOULEVARD
IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; AND
WHEREAS, THERE WAS APPROPRIATED THE SUM OF $471,819.89 TO COVER
THE COST OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION, AND
WHEREAS, NO MONEY WAS APPROPRIATED FOR ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES
IN :;ONNECTIONI WITH THIS PROJECT AND IT IS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME TO APPROPRIATE
THE SUM OF y117,181 .98 TO COVER SUCH ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES":
J NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED THE SUM OF $47,1 81.98
FROM N0. 202 CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI •"IJATERWORKS SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION FUND TO
COVER ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE 36° WATER MAIN ON LEXINGTON
BOULEVARD, CONSTRUCTED BY T. H. LEE, CONTRACTOR.
SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY FOR COMPLETING THE 36° WATER MAIN ON
LEXINGTON BOULEVARD CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC_ NECESSITY
REQUIRII,G THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OR
SHALL SE 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, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING RE-
QUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED
FILIALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE TAKEEFFECT AND BE
IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED
AND APPROVED, THIS THE DAY OF AUGUST, 1954.
1 MAYOR
AT
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIS I, TEXAS
CITY SECRET RY
APPRO EO AS TO EGAL FORIA:
CITY ATTORNEY '/
1 . -
AUGUST 10, 1954
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. 202 CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI WATERWORKS SVSTFM
CONSTRUCTION_ FL ND_
FUND FROM WHICH IT 15 PROPOSED TO BE DRAWN, AND SUCH MONEY IS NOT APPROPRIATED
FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
DIRECTOR OF �1. C E
i .
Corpus Christi, Texas
1959.
TO THE 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 suspension of the Chaster rule os 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 z:equest that you suspend said
Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally oa the date
It is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, T
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote.
P. C, Callaway
Elirey King G
James S. Naismith
W. James Brace
F. P. Peterson, Jr
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote.
P. C. Callaway &-'g-
Ellroy King
James S. Naismith
W. James Brace
F. P. Peterson, Jr
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