HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 08/05/1961 - SpecialSPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
August 5, 1961
8:30 P.M.
PRESENT:
Mayor Ben F. McDonald
Commissioners:
Dr. James L. Barnard City Manager Herbert W. Whitney
J. R. de Leon City Attorney I. M. Singer
W. J. Roberts City Secretary T. Ray Kring
Jim Young
Mayor Ben F. McDonald called the special meeting to order and announced the
purpose of the meeting.
City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance.
Motion by Roberts, seconded by de Leon and passed that action with refer-
ence to the minutes of the last regular meeting be deferred.
ORDINANCE NO. 6241
CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF AN 1ff.FCTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF 1i47142( -
MINING WHETHER OR NOT CERTAIN ADDITIONAL TERRITORY AS DESCRIBED IN ORDINANCE NO. 6206
ORDERING SUCH ELECTION, DATED JULY 12, 1961, SHALL BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule vas suspended by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Barnard, de Leon, Roberts and Young all voting "Aye", and Commissioners
Swantner and Maldonado, absent.
The foregoing ordinance vas passed by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Barnard, de Leon, Roberts and Young all voting "Aye", and Commissioners
Swantner and Maldonado, absent.
ORDINANCE N0. 6242
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, RECEIVING INTO AND ANNEXING
TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, CERTAIN ADDITIONAL TERRITORY, SOMETIMES REFERRED
TO AS THE "FLOUR BLUFF"' AREA; FULLY DESCRIBING SAID TERRITORY AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND DEFINING ITS LIMITS; AND DECLARING SAME AS
ANNEXED TO AND MADE A PART OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Barnard, de Leon, Roberts and Young all voting "Aye", and Commissioners
Swantner and Maldonado, absent.
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Barnard, de Leon, Roberts and Young all voting "Ape", and Commissioners
Swantner and Maldonado, absent.
Motion by de Leon, seconded by Young and passed that the City Manager, City
Attorney and other City officials be authorized to take whatever legal action may be
necessary to protect the interests of the City of Corpus Christi in the event litiga-
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tion regarding the newly annexed area makes such action imperative, and to take the
necessary action to begin furnishing City Services to the citizens of such newly
annexed area.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the special meet-
ing was adjourned.
TSE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY Ov n
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MPP ING-
TO 7-77 AdM3BRS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, TEE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY SECRETARY
AND TEE CITY ATTORNEY TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
NOTICE is hereby given that a special meeting of the City Council of the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, will be held in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,
in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, at 8:30 o'clock P.M. on the 5
day of August , 1961 , for the purpose of Canvassing Returns and
Declaring Results of Special Rlection on question of Annexation. of Flour Bluff
Area, held on August 5, 1961, andsuch other business as may properly come be -
for the meeting
DATED this the 5 day of August , 19 61.
BEN F. MC DONALD, Mayor
City of Corpus Christi, T
CONSENT TO MEETING
We, the undersigned members of the City Council, the City Manager, the
City Secretary and the City Attorney of Corpus Christi, Texas, hereby accept
service of the foregoing notice, waiving any and all irregularities in such service
rind consent and agree that said meeting shall be at the time and place therein
:wed and for the purpose therein stated.
TOM R.- SWANTNER
Hte. RT W. "WHIM
City Manager
T.
City
ecretary
I. M. SIN0: ar
City Att/ ney