HomeMy WebLinkAbout04170 RES - 03/23/19551 HIS: AC :3%23/"77
A RESOLUTION
AiERE S, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THL CITY COUNCIL
OF CORPUS CHRISTI THAT THERE IS NOW PENDING IN THE LEGISLATURE OF TEXAS TWO
BILLS KNOWN AS HOUSE BILL AND SENATE SILL 49 AND THAT SAID LEGISLATION IS
OF SUCH NATURE AS TO DE MOST I1!11PORTANT TO THE CITIZENS OF CORPUS CHRISTI;
AND
:JFIERE1Z, SAID SILLS ARE DESIGNED SO AS TO SET A MIIIJIMUM PRICE FOR
GAS AND THUS AFFECT'EVERY FAMILY USING GAS AS A FUEL IN OUR CITY; AND
'bIH&?EAS, AFTER INVESTIGATION, WEB THE CITY COUNCIL, FIND THAT
SAID LEGISLATION WILL PRODADLY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL FUEL COSTS FOR
THE CONSUMERS OF GAS IN OUR CITY, AND IT IS OUR OPINION THAT SUCH LEGISLATION
IS NOT IN THE DE-5T INTEREST OF THE CITY OR OF THE GAS CONSUMERS OF THE CITY:
1'IO'd, THEiREFOREy BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORPUS
CHRISTI URGE SENATOR ✓IILLIAM H. SHIREMAN AND REPRESENTATIVES BEN GLUSING�
J. W- COOPER, L. DE'',IITT HALE AND CURTIS FORD TO OPPOSE HOUSE BILL 7 AND
SENATE BILL L19S
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION CE MAILED
TO TI -IC SPEAKER OF THE HOUSES THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, AND THE CORPUS CHRISTI
DELEGATION III THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
rv�YOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TE;(AS
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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; I, THEREFORE,
HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS
THIS ORDINANC£ FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS i
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
P. C. CALLAWAY
ELLROY KING _
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
F. P. PETERSON, JR. eZ' -4t --
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE.
P. C. CALLAWAY
ELLROY KING
JAMES 3. S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE C.
F. P. PETERSON, JR, < -l�