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AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF 6$ ,269.48 FROM N0. 209
STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM BOND IlMPROVEMEPPT
FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE. PURCHASE -OF TRAFFIC
SIGNAL EQUIPMENT AS PER B 33)9 A14ARDED BY 0 IT7C
COUNCIL JANUARY 31, 1955, AND DECLARIRG AN EMER-
GENCY.
{ BE IT ORDAMW BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARPUS MISTS,
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TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of $6,269.$8 from
No. 209 Street Traffic Control System Bond improvement Fund for the purchase of
Signal and Hardware equipment for Six Points Traffic Signal Modernization from Corpus
Christi Hardware Company, as per bid awarded January 31, 1955•
SECTION 2. That the Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized, for and on
behalf of the City of Corpus Christi, to proceed with the purchase of such Signal and
Hardware equipment.
SECTION 3. The fact that it is necessary to purchase the above- mentioned
Signal and Hardware equipment creates a public emergency and an imperative public nec-
essity requiring the suspension of the Charter rifle that uo ordinance or resolution
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,
having declared that such public emergency and imperative public necessity exist, having
requested the suspension of said Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed 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, This the / day of January,
1955•
MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ML
ATTEST:
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City Secr t
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
City Attorney
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I certify to the City Council that the-money required for
the contract, agreement, obligation, or expenditure contemplated is
the above and foregoing Ordinance is in the Treasury of.the City of
Corpus Christi to the credit of No, 209 STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM
BOND IMMOVEMENf FUND
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose.
Director of Finance
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CORPU HRISTI, TEXAS
1955
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 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; 1, 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
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
P. C. CALLAWAY
ELLROY KING
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
F. P. PETERSON, JR.
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
P. C. CALLAWAY
ELLROY KING
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
F. P. PETERSON, JR,
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