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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05582 ORD - 11/18/19599 IMJ:JKH:11-9-59 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CORPUS CHRISTI INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. A COPY OF WHICH AGREE- MENT IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, FOR THE CITY TAX ASSESSOR - COLLECTOR TO ASSESS AND COLLECT TAXES FOR THE SAID SCHOOL DISTRICT; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO CARRY OUT THE TERNS OF SAID AGREEMENT AFTER THE EXECUTION THEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO EXECUTE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CORPUS CHRISTI INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, A COPY OF WHICH AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, FOR THE CITY TAX ASSESSOR - COLLECTOR TO ASSESS AND COLLECT TAXES FOR THE SAID SCHOOL DISTRICT. SECTION 2. THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CARRY OUT THE TERMS OF SAID AGREEMENT AFTER THE SAME 15 EXECUTED. SECT110N 3. THE NECESSITY FOR PROMPT EXECUTION OF THE CON- TRACT SO AS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES IN PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SAID AGREEMENT CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDI- NANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCILS AND THE MAYORS HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND FTER ITS PASP IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE DAY OF 1959 ATTE%T. CITY 5ECRETA f I APP AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS DAY OF N VEMBER� 1959= CITY AT .RN Y THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 5582 THE STATE OF TEXAS X COUNTY OF.NUECES This Agreement entered into this day of November, 1959, by and be- tween the Corpus Christi Independent '.School District, herein called "District ", acting by and through Tom.M. Browne, President of the District's Board of Trustees, and Ray Edson, its Secretary, and the City of Corpus. Christi, a municipal corporation, herein- after called "City ", acting by and through its .City Manager, heretofore duly authorized by the City - Council. W I T KI ;S S E T H: WHEREAS,_ Article 2792, as amended, authorizes the District to enter into a contract with the City, for the City Tax Assessor- Collector to assess and collect -taxes for the District; and WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees of the District has duly signified its prefer- ence that the District taxes be assessed and collected by the City Tax Assessor- Collector, and the governing body of the City has agreed to enter into a contract with the District for such purpose, both parties being of the opinion that such an arrangement will be in the public interest, Now,,THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed as follows: I, Effective from and after.December 1, 1959, the City, acting by and through its Tax Assessor- Collector, shall assess and collect taxes for the District as provided by Articles 2791 and 2792, the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. On said date,.the tax records of the District shall be transferred to the sane location occupied by the City Tax Assessor- Collector (hereinafter called Tax Office). This contract cancels and super- sedes the following contracts: (A) IBM Machine Contract, dated.February 27, 1959. (B) Office /Space Lease Contract, dated June 2, 1955. II. The City Tax Assessor - Collector shall have full authority and it shall.be his duty to assess all of-the real and personal property, in accordance with the laws per- taining thereto, located within the boundary of the District subject to taxation, and he is authorized and directed, and it shall be his duty to collect all taxes of the District, both current and delinquent, including taxes previously assessed by the District. The said City Tax Assessor - Collector shall remain in the sole employ and control of the City. In the event any .provisions of this contract are inconsistent with the requirements of the law,. the requirements of the law .shall control, and the Tax Assessor - Collector shall discharge his.duties in accordance therewith. III. This contract shall be for a term of three (3) years, but each of the parties hereto reserves the right to terminate this contract by giving notice as provided by law. If such notice is given after June 20 and before January 1, such cancellation shall become effective with respect to the collection of Cases on July 1 next following the aspiration of six (6) months from the receipt of notice of cancellation and with respect to the assessment of taxes, on .October 1 next following the effective date of the cancellation with respect to collection. .If such notice is given after:December 31 and before July 1, such cancellation shall become effective with respect to the assess- ment of taxes on January 1 nest following the expiration of six (6) months from the re- ceipt of notice of cancellation and with respect to the collection of taxes, on July 1 next following the effective date of the cancellation with respect to assessments. Until such respective effective dates of cancellation, the assessment and collection of the District's taxes by the City shall be continued as here provided. IV. In the event of termination of this contract, either by withdrawal by either party or the failure to agree on.extension of agreement beyond the three -year period, duplicates of records pertaining to property within.the City shall.be prepared with.the cost of such preparation being shared in the same proportion as all other expenses of the office operation. All records pertaining solely to property situated within the District and not subject to City taxes and pertinent to the District function of assess- ing and collection of taxes shall be delivered to the District. V. All employees of the City shall, at the election of the City and under the Civil. Service rules of the City, continue as City employees. Employees of the District assigned to the Tax Office shall, upon the effective date of this Agreement, become em- ployees of the City except that each of said employees shall have an opportunity to elect to remain as employees of the District, subject to the same regulations concern- ing employment as City employees except as to salaries. Employees electing to remain in the employ of the District shall.receive their compensation from the District. Compensation paid by the District shall.be taken into account in the sharing of expenses of the operation of the Tax Office between the District and the City as hereinafter -2- provided. All employees, whether electing to continue as employees of the District or as City employees, shall be under the direction, assignment and supervision of the City Tax Assessor- Collector, and he shall recommend their employment and dismissal. Employees transferred to the City from the District will receive compensation according to- Section III of the Compensation Plan with the provision that salary ad- justments will be made on the same basis as those which were made at the time of adopt- ion of the plan. Employees of the Tax Office electing to.remain as employees of.the District will receive compensation according to the 1958 -59 Board of Education salary schedules. For the purpose of longevity credit, service with the District will be con- sidered to be service with the City for employees transferring to the -City as of the effective date of the contract. Present District employees of the Tax Office may elect to transfer to the City salary schedule on July 31 of any of the years 1959, 1960,.or 1961, but not on any other date; -such election to be effective on August 1 of such year. If this Agreement is terminated as provided under Section IV, the District will have the right to hire one -half of the employees of each classification in the Tax Office, beginning with those.employees,who formerly worked for the District. Persons employed in positions which will.be affected by reductions in force as determined -by the Tax Assessor - Collector by July 31,1969, within the limits of the approved budget, will be voluntarily absorbed into the parent organization as vacancies occur. Employees so affected will be offered at least one position in their.parent.organization before their services are - terminated. VI. All new employees of the Tax Office shall be City employees. However, the City Tax Assessor- Collector will be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter, but such appointment.shall be made only after advising with the District and upon consent and approval of the District as to such appointment. VII. The City will provide the IBM services which are necessary to carry out the functions of the office as determined by the Tax Assessor - Collector and indicated to the Utility Office through an annual.statement of estimated work.requirements and a timetable agreeable to both units. The Utility Office will utilize overtime and second shifts, if necessary, to accomplish this work. A charge for the use of such machinery shall be taken into account as an expense of the operation of the Tax Office, based on the cost of the IBM machine service and utilizing procedures similar to those now being used for determining the charges to the District. -3- • VIII. • A system of continuous audit shall be used in the operation of the Tax Office and such audit shall be conducted by an independent certified public accountant under an agreement made jointly by the City and the District.for his employment at such com- pensation as is agreed upon. The cost of such audit.shall be borne as an expense of the operation of the Tax Office and carried as an item of the Tax Office budgets Such accountant would be authorized and directed to report - directly to each of the govern- ing bodies of the City and the District. i The City, through its Tax Assessor- Collector, shall use its best efforts to assess and collect taxes due each of the parties hereto, and to: a. Establish and maintain a program of revaluation of properties for the purpose of maintaining assessments on a current basis. b. Collect and deposit tax money and supply collection reports as needed by the parties hereto, and as required by law. t. Be equally responsible for assessments and collections without preju- dice to any party.to this agreement. -d. Permit the taxpayer, in the event payment of less than the consolidated bill is tendered, to apply the payment as the taxpayer desires without suggestion by the Tax Assessor - Collector. In the absence of the .ex- pression .of any preference as to application of payment, the payment .will be- applied on the basis of payment of the earliest year or years first. Where the year of tax upon the payment is to be applied is the same for both the City and District and -the payment is not sufficient to pay both.the City and the District, payment will be prorated between them in proportion to the amounts due. X. The City shall not be liable to the District for any failure to collect taxes nor shall the City Tax Assessor - Collector be liable unless such.failure to collect re- sults:.from the failure of the Assessor - Collector to perform duties imposed upon him by law or by this Agreement. The City binds itself to require of its.Assessor- Collector a bond adequate to protect the District as well as the City in the performance of the duties of the office. BI. The administration, policy and budget of the Tax Office shall be administered by the City Tax Assessor - Collector as an employee solely of the City but the policies -4- of administration and budget.of.the Tax Office shall be conducted under the provision of Sections :SIII,: %IV, and %vI. The Tax - Assessor- Collector shall be responsible for recommending the employment, assignment, and dismissal of all _Tax Office personnel. SII. Legal services for the Tax Office will be furnished by an- Assistant -City Attorney assigned to the work required and requested by the City Tax Assessor- Collector, and he will be available at all times during business hours to furnish such legal serv- ices to said office as the Tax Assessor- Collector deems desirable or necessary. Only such Assistant City Attorney will be assigned to said office as is approved by both the City and the District. In the event.no attorney on the staff of the City's Legal ])apartment is acceptable to the District on such occasion or occasions as an assign- ment of attorney is required, the City agrees by joint agreement with the District to employ an attorney for such assignment, who after employment by the City will be assign- ed to the Tax Office. The expenses incurred by the City for such legal services shall be included as a part of the Tax Office expense. In the event an Attorney of the Dist- rict (not connected with the City).is used on matters concerning assessment and collect- ion of taxes in connection with the services of the Assistant City Attorney assigned to the Tax Office,- said Attorney of the District shall bill his time on an hourly basis at the same rate as the Assistant City Attorney's time is billed. Any other services of either the City Attorney or other.Assistant City Attorneys not assigned to the Tax Office or Attorney of the District will not be charged to the Tax Office. Each of the parties of this Agreement is entitled to receive periodic reports on legal matters. The District and its Attorneys shall be entitled to take such action with respect to the business of the District and the collection of its delinquent taxes as the District considers advisable, but all of the .expense of any such action shall be borne by the District. The Tax Assessor - Collector shall notify the District.if -he feels that the. District's interests can be better served by assistance from the District's legal coun- Bel. RIII. All delinquent tax actions, after being assigned to the - Assistant -City Attor- ney mentioned above, would be handled by said Attorney with the right.of the District to withdraw any matter for its excluside: handling, as provided in the preceding section. The District reserves the right to continue to process those delinquent accounts now being processed by the District's attorneys and the delinquent accounts of-the now consolidated Rostoryz and Sundeen:Districts which are presently being collected through the County Tax Assessor- Collector. All pending delinquent tax suits transferred to -5- 0 the Tax Office by the District shall be placed in the hands of said Assistant City Attorney assigned to the Tax Office.and he shall proceed with the prosecution thereof. Separate delinquent tax rolls for the years prior to 1960 will he continued as separate .delinquent tax rolls until such time as said rolls can be consolidated, but the.delin- quent tax rolls for each of the years beginning with the year 1960 shall be kept on -a consolidated basis. SIV. The expenses of operating the Tax Office including all the costs of asses6ing, and collecting taxes, will be shared by the City and the.District on the following basis: (A) The balances as of December 1, 1959, of the 1959 -60 budgets of the parties hereto, as set forth in.Hxhibit "A ", have been.agreed upon by the parties hereto as the initial budget for the immediate operation of the Tax Office, The Tax Assessor- Collector as soon as feasible, shall review and propose revisions in such budget for the fiscal year ending July 31,1960, as he deems advisable, which proposed revisions,.if.any,.will be submitted through the City Manager to each of the parties hereto.for its approval prior to becoming effective, as provided in Paragraph SVI below. At the end of said fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the actual coat of operation will be deter- mined by the City subject to the.approval of the Auditor mentioned in Section VII above and the adjustment in amount prorated among the parties. During each budget year, the District will advance each month the monthly portion of the estimated share of the Dis- trict of.the budgeted costa. (B) .Since the cost of performing tax services for each taxing body is based primarily on the number of parcels assessed and the number of steps involved in assess- ment and collection, rather than the total dollars collected, it is agreed that the operating expenses be shared on the basis of 50% of the total cost being borne by the City and the Water District with the.other 50% being borne by the District and the.Corpus Christi Junior College. District. (C) The budget shall include in the proposed expenditures the following terms; (1) Items normally budgeted in.either the City or .School District's budget, (2) Payment in lieu of rent for the space used, calculated on a square footage basis comparable to ordinary office buildings where utilities, janitorial service and other building expenses are included in rent, (3) Auditor's fees. (4) ,Legal expenses, including expenses of notices, title expenses, court costs, and related items, -6- • • (5) gxpenses for the..aervices of, the IM. machinery,•andd personnel. (6) Any other items of expense mutually agreed upon as being charge- able to the Tax 'Office operation. (D) All expenses paid directly by either the City or the -District will be taken into account in calculating the payment to be made by such.parties. 8V. All.office machinery, furniture and equipment (exclusive of IBM machinery) now devoted to tax functions by the City and /or the District, shall be assigned to and become the property of.the Tax Office. A determination of value will be made and the party contributing the larger amount of equipment will be paid the difference in value by the party contributing the lesser amount. All new equipment will be budgeted as capital outlay expense and will be distributed in the same manner as other expenses in the budget. Should this agreement be terminated, the City and the District will each reacquire one -half of the existing property of the Tax Office on the basis of value at the time of termination. The consolidated inventory will.be valued by the joint action of the purchasing agents of the City and the District and the Tax Assessor - Collector shall keep the inventory current at all times. Any withdrawals from the inventory as recommended by the Tax Assessor- Collector, shall be handled by the'City purchasing agent and the Tax Office shall be given credit for the inventory value at.the time of withdrawal. SVI. The Tax Assessor- Collector shall prepare not later than July 31, 1960, state- ments of administrative procedures not specifically contained herein or attached hereto, for the operation of the Tax Office and before any major change in .policy, administra- tion or budgetary operation is adopted, opportunity will be provided for all parties to comment or make suggestions. Comments by the District.as well as the Corpus Christi Junior College District and.the Water District will be invited, and any comments or ,;suggestions will be considered advisory to the City Council and carefully considered by the Council. The selection of a Tax Assessor- Collector will be considered as an item for which comments will.be invited. prior to the adoption of the budget, the pro- posed budget will he submitted to the District for comment and suggestion. This budget shall be prepared sufficiently in advance of the deadline required by the City Manager so that sufficient time is provided for this review before the completion of the City Manager's budget -7- %VII. Such expert assistance and specialized service concerning the field of valua- tions of properties having special values, such as oil, gas, merchandise, inventory, etc., would be used as provided in the budget or as may, be mutually agreed between the City and District. The use of such experts will in no way reduce the - responsibil- ity.of- the Tax Aasessor- Collector -to carry(,out a constant.program of revaluation as set forth in Section IS above. Any comprehensive tax survey would not be .considered as a budgetary item nor as an expense to be shared by the parties hereto unless a special contract so providing is agreed upon by all parties. RVIII. In accordance with.Articles 2791 and 27.92, and such other provisions of law as are applicable, the District and the City will each select its own Board of Equali- zation and provide for compensation thereof. The City and District agree that each will.seleet its Board of Equalization and will authorize and direct such Board to be- gin its work sufficiently early in the year to allow the Board of Equalization to com- plete its work and provide current property values to each party to this Agreement in ample time for its use in budget planning, with the agenda of the Board of Equalization prepared so as to schedule the commencement of Board meetings on or about June 15.each year and the completion of its work within thirty (30) days. The Tax Assessor- Collector will advise and assist.said Boards of Equalization in- discharging their duties. %IB. Transportation will be provided by the City car pool, supplemented by the assignment of two additional cars to the pool. These two additional vehicles will be available for exclusive Tax Office use on a daily basis and for temporary night or weekend assignment when deemed necessary by the Tax Assessor - Collector. The City will assign primary responsibility for additional pool vehicles to the Tax Office if the above transportation proves to be inadequate. When pool transportation is not avail- able from the City vehicle pool,. the Tax Assessor - Collector may require the use of personal vehicles and reimbursement for such use shall be made according to the pro- visions of the City Compensation Plan. SS. The City agrees to operate the joint Tax Office in accordance with the pro- visions of the City Charter and the laws applicable to the collection of taxes, both for the City and the 'District, and particularly in accordance with Articles 2791 and 2792 of the Revised Civil Statues of Texas. -8- RRI. It is agreed that the Tax Office will be concerned with the assessing and collecting of ad valorem taxes only, and that all other collection functions now under the general supervision of the City Tax Assessor-Collector shall be handled by separate personnel of the City in the Department of Finance with all costs there- of being borne by the City. %BII. The City shall require its Tax Assessor - Collector through the City. Manager to make an annual report to the governing bodies of the City and the District sum- marizing the activities of the preceding periods for which the report is made, re- stating the policies followed and suggestions for change, if any, and offering for study such suggested changes or revisions in the policies, administration, organization, or operation of such Tax Office which would improve the effectiveness of operation of such Tax Office. The first of these reports will be made for the period ending July 31, 1960, and each annual report will be made for the fiscal year beginning August 1 and ending July 31 thereafter. Assessment and collection information will be pro- vided monthly to all parties to the contract and other reasonable requests for infor- mation will be promptly satisfied by the Tax Assessor - Collector. SSIII. The District will offer its advice, suggestions, and comments from time to time as they may be helpful to the operation of the Tax Office, and the City will use its best efforts to operate said office in an efficient, adequate and capable manner, and will make no changes in the operation of said office which would decrease the capacity of the office to assess and collect taxes in an effective, efficient and proper manner and in accordance with the applicable law. It is further agreed by the parties hereto that full cooperation between them will exist toward the effi- cient and effective operation of said Tax Office, and that any changes by mutual consent in writing shall supersede the provisions hereof to the extent of such change, alteration, addition or deletion. IN WITNESS WHEREOF these presents are executed by authority of the -9- • governing bodies of the respective parties hereto on this 19590 ATTEST; City Secretary APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS DAY OF , 1959 City Attorney ATTEST; Secretary APPROVED AS TO -LEGAL FORM THIS DAY OF , 1959 Attorney for Corpus Christi Independent - School District • day of November, CITY: OF CORPgS CHRISTI. By City Manager CORPUS CHRISTI INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT By President Board of Trustees Annual Budgel 1959 -60 TAX OFFICE BUDGETS 104 Regular Salaries and Wages 112 Professional Services $ Total Personal. Services 216 Fuel and Lubricants 244 Office Supplies 317 Maintenance of Motor Vehicles 318 Maintenance of Other Equipment 328 Postage 333 Car Allowance 340 Memberships 344 Telephone 352 Travel 363 Photography and Blueprinting - -- Other Supplies Total Materials,,Supplies, and Contractual.Services 404 Court Costs and Judgements 415 Social Security .423 Utility Office - Service - -- Administrative Expense - -- Rent Total Other Charges TOTAL 3: F si CITY SCHOOL TOTAL $ 49,762 $ 63,600(1)$ 113,362 3,000(2) 3,000 $ 52,762 63,600 $ 116,362 $ 125 $ $ 125. 4,350 100 380 3,400 1,800 360 3,000 66 700 154 75 $ 9,010 $ 450 1,,321 3,566 5337 3,200 8,700 $ 5,000 1,000 4.320 $ 10,320 82 620 Allocated Additional Costs: City Treasury $ 1,500(3)$ School Board of Equalization 2,500 3501 Insurance Legal 783(4) 5,748(6) 5,000, Telephones 1,140(8) 84� Equipment - Maintenance (11) 337 Rent Additional Pool Transportation Costs 7,560 160(12) Total.Allocated Coats $ 16,891 8 271 TOTAL. TAX OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS 90 891 4,350 100 380 5,200 3,360 66 700 154 75 3.200 17,710 450 1,321 8,566 1,000 4 320 $ 14-- 9,729 $ 1,500 2,500 1,133 10,748 1,224 0) 337 7,560 160 25,162 $ 174,891 (1) .Salary of $400 paid to Mr. Reaken for his duties as Secretary to the Board of.Bducation is excluded. (2) Board of- .Equalization Corresponding.4chool amount shown below. (3) .City Treasury function is excluded from above budget. "•iine- thisd -of .salaty - of Senior- Account- Clerk.aad a portion of the cost of the amored car service and other expenses (total.$1,500) have been allocated to the tax function. .No finance department or general administrative costs are shown for.either the .City or the School District. (4) Based on existing Qeneral Fund rates. City of Corpus ChrlsH, Texas Iof 3 A�nanl iudgst 195950 Tax Office Budgets Ime, f EXHIBIT A (5) Only represents cost of bonds. Other insurance. Is not.shmm. (6) Salary of Assistant city Attorney. (7) Estimated by school officials. (8) Accounting allocation to Tax Office. (9) School Board extensions in Tax Office. (10) Maintenance contracts on.calculators,,etc. (11) Used on 4.35 timea. estimated _square footage. (12) Total allocated cost of pool transportation leas gasoline and repair of one pool car charged to Tax Office budget. CMp,of Corpus CM 211; texas 2 of 3 Annual Budget 1959- 60.BDDGETS PERSONNEL EXHIBIT City of Corpus Chdstl, Texas 3 o 3 City - School Total 1959 -60 1959 -60 1959 -60 104 Salaries 2 Tax Assessor - Collector $ 6,462 $ 8,175 $ 14,637 1 ;Senior Asses"i S,6I6 .5,616 6 Deputy,AssesGOr 5,484 5,720 Deputy,Assessor 5,042 4,760 Deputy Assessor 4,560 Deputy, Assessor 4,560 30,126 2 Principal Clerk Collector 3,804 4,380 8,184 .8 Senior Clerk.tollector 3,324 3,720 Senior - Clerk .Collector .3,144...- 3,720 Senior Clerk Collector 3,003 3,720 SenioF,Clerk Collector 2,992 3,360 26,983 4 Senior.Clerk 2,959 3,120 Senior:.Clerk 2,882 2,680 11,841 2 Clerk Stenographer 2,662 3,000 5,662 2 Clerk Typist 2,388 2,640 5,028 1 Clerk 2,640 2,640 Extra - Clerical .2,645 2,645 TOTAL 49 762 3 fi00 .113 362 City of Corpus Chdstl, Texas 3 o 3 • CORPUS U CHRISTI, TEXAS / {� DAY OF / /ip y- , TO THE MEM13ERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE- GOING ORDINANCES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCEDS 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 REQUIRE- MENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLL00 NG VOTE: ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR.