HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 9/29/1932RECESS -CM R-GT'L 1R =TING.
Lubbock, Texas, Sept. 292 1932,
BE IT PEPTLE:IBrRED that the Commissioners' Court of Lubbock County,
Texas, met jointly -ith the City Commission of Lubbock, Texas,
at the regular meeting place of the Coinmissionerst Curt,
to-r�it, the Courthouse, on September 29, A.D. 1932, :?ith the
following named members present, to -wit:
E.L. Pitts, County Judge,
C.A.Burrus, Co=Atr. Prec. 1,
J.T.Pinkston, " " 29
Tnl. L. Bra.shear, It it 3,
L.C.Denton, it It 49
Hon. Jerry Clements, Tfa-ror,
J.F.Bacon, City Commissioner,
Geo. E. Benson, City C or.rnni s si oner,
Jno. E.Roach, It "
J.C.Royalty, it "
T.H. Rodgers, City Tanager,
J.Y. Boyd, County Auditor,
Joe 7. 77ilson, Secretary, City -Co. Welfare Ass'n.
E.L. Pitts, County Judge, was selected to preside when the
following business was transacted:
ORD'-'R FOR HOSPITALIZATION FOR COUNTY "'ELF^.RE ASStN, FOR IMXT
YEAR:
There came on for consider-:tion the matter of arranging
the Lubbock Sanitarium and 'Vest Texas Hospital for hospi-
talization for city -county indigents for the year beginning
Oct. 1, 1932', and r,fter due consider^tion it was unanimously
ordered b-,r both Commissions that a proposition be made to the
managements of said hose _.tals to renew the contract frith said �
hospitals for said purpose for last year, except thrit same be
reduced to writing; that is, that said Commissions' contract
with said hospitals for a total of 1200 hospitalization days
for s-)id ye-qr at a rate of 1�3.00 per day, payable by City -
County *'elf --.re Ass'n., and in case there is further need of
hospi.taliz,+tion for said patients, the said hospitals shall
furnish 300 hospitalization days in addition to the 1200,
making a total of 15009 the said 300 days so furnished -,!ithout
additional pay of any sort; that all of said patients admitted
to the hospit-als shall be admitted solely upon the recor^.men-
d-tior_ of Dr. J.W. Rollo, the professional repres nt•itive of
the City -County '7elfrtre Ass'n., or his GuccPssor to be selected
and named by the city and county commissions, and that the
33.00 per d•iy above referred to shall cover all charges made
against the City -County "'elfare Assn or either Commission,
for services so rendered; that there shall be no discriminations
m,de against any City-CoLnt;r !'.'elfn_re patient, as comp^rea. to
other p-.tients received at either of said hospitals, and that
city -county patients who may be admitted to either hospital as
such patients, under the direction of the City -County "'elf re
Ass'n, or its proper agent, shall h-ive the right to choose be-
trreen the t-^ro hospitals and select his ottm surgeon or physician
to handle the case.
LI IT? 1IOYS FOR AID TO CITY-COUYTY IhDIG7 TS ORDERE'D:
There came on for consideration the matter of li,it-
L. ing the aid of the City -County '�elfare Ass'n., to our own
citizens, and it appe«ring to both corL issions that since the
v,.ork is being; fostered by public funds and since there is a
limit to our ability to aid indigents, the welfare of our own
city and county citizens should be first considered, and it
further appearing th^.t there are many transients f ror^ other
sections drifting to Lubbock County and asking for aid through
the City -County 17elfare Ass'n., it vv-,as therefore unanimously
ordered by both commissions that aid authorized by the City -
County 71elf-.re Assn be limited to citizens of Lubbock County
vrl!o h:,ve resided in said county continuously f,_r a period of
one year previous to the application for aid, and that there be
no aid granted to applicants who h-ive not resided in Lubbock
County continuously for a period of one year previous to ap-
plication for same, except upon the authority of what is
kno,�m as the Case Committee.
RESOLUTION THARY;ING CASE COS l-1ITTEE FOR PREVIOLS YEAR AID
URGING THEIR FUTURE COOPERATION:
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It was unanimously ordered by both Commissions that we
express our most hearty appreciation and sincere thanks to
Messrs. J.O. Jones, B. Sherrod and W.H. Rodgers, citizens
of Lubbock who composed the Case -Comrittee for the past year,
and urge their future co-operation in this capacity for the
corning year, since their services both to these Commissions
and to the citizenship of Lubbock County have been of inesti-
mable value.
RrPRFSrNTATIVES FROM THE HOSPITALS HEARD:
Dr. J.T. Hutchinson, representative of the Lubbock
Sanitarium, and Dr. W.L. Baugh, representing the hest Texas
Hospital, appeared and negotiated with the two Commissions
jointly, relative to hospitalization for city -county indigents
for the coming year a.nd made the following proposition to said
Commissions joirtlys that the City -County sytelfare Assn pay
14.00 per day for hospital room; 525.00 for major operations;
�12.50 for minor operations; a flat rate of '?5.00 for each
X-ray case and actual cost for all serums used, and after a
thorough discussion of serve, the joint Commissions failed to
take action on the offer made by the said Drs. Hutchinson.
and Baugh, but in turn offered to renew last year's contract
7,ith the hospitals for said hospitalization as hereinabove set
out. After much discussion without arriving at an agreement,
it was unanimously ordered upon the motion of Mayor Clements,
with a second by Geo. Benson, that said meeting adjourn, after
which the commissioners+ court went into a separate meeting,
and the City Commission recessed to meet October 3, 1932, at
7: 30 P.M.
Read -rind approved this __� day of -.��k ___, 1932.
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