HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 07/05/1961PRESENT:
Mayor Ben F. McDonald
Commissioners:
Tom R. Swantner
Dr. James L. Barnard
J. R. de Leon
W. J. Roberts
Jim Young
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
July 5, 1961
2:00 P.M.
City Manager Herbert W. Whitney
Asst City Att'y Wayland Pilcher
City Secretary T. Ray Kring
Mayor Ben F. McDonald called the meeting to order.
The Invocation was given by Reverend Milton Muehlberger, Pastor of
Abiding Savior Lutheran Church.
City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance.
Motion by Barnard, seconded by de Leon and passed that the absence
of Commissioner Maldonado be excused.
Motion by Swantner, seconded by de Leon and passed that the minutes
of the regular meeting of June 28, 1961, as furnished to the Council, be
approved.
Mayor McDonald announced the opening of bids.
Bids were opened aad read on 3 items of Radio Equipment from the
following: Fox Radio & Electronics; General Electric Co.; Motorola Csnmuni-
cations & Electronics; and Radio Corp. of America.
The foregoing bide were tabled for 48 hours as required by the City
Charter, and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
Bids were opened and read on an estimated 12 -months° supply of Cast
Iron Mechanical Joint Fittings consisting of 151 items of approximately 1,222
assorted sizes, from the following: American C. I. Pipe Co.; Municipal Pipe &
Fabricating; The Bohan Co., Inc.; SAMSCO; U. a. Pipe & Foundry Co.; Viking
Supply Corp.; Alamo Iron Works; Norvell-Wilder Supply Co.; and C. C. Hardware
Co.
The foregoing bids were tabled for 48 hours as required by the City
Charter, and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
Mayor McDonald called for the City Manager's Reports.
Motion by Roberts, seconded by de Leon and passed that the recommen-
dations and requests of the City Manager be approved and granted, as follows:
a. That acceptance and final payment of Estimate #5 to Heldenfels
Eros. in the amount of $36,139.69 for construction of the Morgan Street Mm-
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provements, and payment of $17,171.60 for Certificates of Homestead Assess-
ments, be approved, and that an ..M tional appropriation in the amount of
$3,171.60 to cover excess Homestead Assessments, be granted;
b. That the award on an estimated 12 -months' supply of Water
Treating Chemicals be made as follows: Items 1 & 4, Calcium Oxide (Quick-
lime) Pebble, and Calcium Hydrated Lime, to Round Rock White Lime Co., for
a total of $45,157.88; Items 2, 3 & 5, Ferrous Sulfate (Copperas), Sodium
Silicofluoride, and Ferric Chloride, to Barada & Page Co., for a total of
$88,212.64; and Items 6, 7 & 8, Liquefied Chlorine, to Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co., for a total of $74,568.99, making a grand total of $207,939.51;
(See Bid Tabulation #25 in File)
c. That the award of bid on 45 items of various quantities and
sizes of Tapping Sleeves and Valves be made to Municipal Pipe & Fabricating
Co., for a grand total less 2% of $18,448.58; (See Bid Tabulation #26 in
File)
t. That the award of bid on 3 items of Data Processing Equip-
ment be made to International Business Machines Corp., on a 5 -year payout
basis, for a grand total ikcluding interest of $160,038.90; (See Bid Tabu-
lation 07 in File)
e. That the award of bid on 8 items of Cast iron Pipe be made to
American Cast Iron Pipe Co., for a total of $22,939.10; and on 5 items of
Asbestos Cement Pipe to McAllen Pipe & Supply Co., Inc., for a total of
$103,350.00, making a grand total of $126,289.10; (See Bid Tabulation #28
in File)
f. That authority to advertise for bids to be received on July 19,
1961, on an estimated 12 months, supply of various quantities and sires of
Full Circle Clamps, be granted.;
g. That special Council permission be granted to Trans Texas
Investment Properties, Inc., owners of Westhaven Terrace Subdivision, for the
construction of an advertising sign on and across Glenfield Drive, subject to
the following conditions:
1. Such sign to be constructed on and across that portion of C -len -
field Drive terminating in a cul de sac on the North side of Culver
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2. That an adequate bond or indemnity insurance policy to the
extent of 100/300,000 be furnished to indemnify the City from
any claims arising from the installation of said sign, such bond
or policy to be subject to the approval of City Attorney;
3. That provisions be made for adequate night lighting of said
sign;
4. That satisfactory provisions be made for a removable section
in the sign or for an adequate fire lane to permit access of fire
department equipment to the area behind said sign;
5. That permit for such sign be granted for a period not to ex-
ceed 12 months from date of issuance, with provisions for termina-
tion at any time upon notice frau the City Council.
ORDINANCE N0. 6193
APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $130.00 OUT OF STREET BOND DNPROVEMENT FUND NO. 220,
OF WHICH AMOUNT $45.00 IS THE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO PAY THE COSTS OF THE
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS DULY APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY COURT OF NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS TO CONDUCT THE CONDEMNATION HEARING OF PARCEL NO. 1 ON THE CROSS-TOWN
EXPRESSWAY, AND OF RICH AMOUNT $85.00 IS FOR PAYMENT TO PAUL CLENDENING
REPORTING SERVICE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED, BOTH APPLICABLE TO
PROJECT NO. 220-56-24.1; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: All Council
members present and voting "Aye", with the exception of Cc®issioner Maldonado,
absent.
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: All Council
members present and voting "Aye", with the exception of Commissioner Maldonado,
absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 6194
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TO EXECUTE WITH THE CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC.,
A CONTRACT PROVIDING THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, WILL BE RESPONSI-
BLE FOR STREET LIGHT BILLINGS TO THE sxTENT OF ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY
AND N0/100 ($1,890.00) DOLLARS ON FIFTEEN LIGHTS TO BE INSTALLED IN SCHANEN ES-
TATES #3, UPON THE PAYMENT TO THE CITY OF ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY AND
N0/100 ($1,890.00) DOLLARS BY CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., A COPY CF WHICH
AGREEMENT IS ATTACH HERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: All Council
members present and voting "Aye", with the exception of Commissioner Maldonado,
absent.
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: All Council
members present and voting "Aye", with the exception of Commissioner Maldonado,
absent.
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ORDINANCE NO. 6195
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6099 PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 22nd DAY
OF MARCH, 1961, BY AMENDING SECTION 3 OF SAID ORDINANCE, CORRECTING THE NAMES OF THE
OWNERS AND CORRECTING AND ADJUSTING THE ASSESSMENTS LEVIED AGAINST ABUUTT'ING PROPERTY
OWNERS ON MORGAN STREET FROM THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF PORT AVENUE TO THE EASTER-
LY BOUNDARY LINE OF AIRPORT ROAD; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule vas suspended by the following vote: All Council
members present and voting "Aye", with the exception of Commissioner Maldonado,
absent.
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: All Council
members present and voting "Aye", with the exception of Commissioner Maldonado,
absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 6196
RECEIVING AND ACCEPTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORGAN STREET DMPRROVF3MENIS, PROJECT NO.
220-53-15.2 AND 34, PERFORMED BY HELMNFF S BROTHERS UNDER THEIR CONTRACT DATED
SEPTEMMR 6, 1960, AS AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE NO. 5887; AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT
OF FINAL ESTIMATE NO. 5, DATED JUNE 26, 1961, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO
AND MADE A PART HEREOF, OUT OF FUNDS HERETOFORE APPROPRIATED IN SAID ORDINANCE NO.
5887, IN THE AMOUNT OF $36,139.69; AUTHORIZING A FURTHER PAYMENT OF $17,171.60
FOR SPECIAL CERTIFICATES OF HOMESTEAD ASSESSMENTS ACCEPTED BY THE CITY JUNE 7,
1961, SAID PAYMENT TO BE MADE FROM REMAINING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,000.00
PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED, IN ADDITION TO THE SUM OF $3,171.60, WHICH SUM IS HEREBY
APPROPRIATED FROM UNALLOCATED NO. 220 STREET BOND FUNDS; AND DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: All Council
members present and voting "Aye", with the exception of Commissioner Maldonado,
absent.
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: All Council
members present and voting "Aye", with the exception of Commissioner Maldonado,
absent.
No one appeared in answer to Mayor McDonald's invitation to anyone in
the audience with business for the Council to come forward and be heard.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
was adjourned.