HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 11/14/1949SPECIAL MEETING.
Lubbock, Texas
November 14, 1949.
The City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, met at 10 A.M. in
Special Meeting, said Special Meeting having been authorized to be
held by the City Commission on November 10, 1949. The following mem-
bers of the Commission were present:
Mayor W.H. Rodgers, Commissioners W.B. Price, E.K. Hufstedler, Jr.,
Clarence K. Whiteside, City Attorney Vaughn E. Wilson, City Manager
Steve Matthews, City Secretary Lavenia Lowe.
Absent: Commissioner John Spikes.
STATE OF TEXAS X
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK X
CITY OF LUBBOCK X
NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION
TO THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK WHO OWN
TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY, AND WHO HAVr. DULY RENDERZID THE SAME
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TAKE NOTICE that an election will be held in the City of Lubbock,
�eI Texas, on the 13th day of December, 1949, on the various propositions
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and at the place more particularly set forth in the Election Ordinance
adopted by the City Commission on the 14th day of Ngvembep,,, 1949,whrh
Election Ordinance is substantially as follows:
-? STATE OF TEXAS
a' 2" COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
CITY OF LUBBOCK X
' BE IT REMEMBERED that on this the 14th day of November, A.D.,
1111-4 1949 the City Commiuwion of the City of Lubbock, Texas convened in
Called Session, pursuant to notice of meeting issued by the Mayor, at
the Regular Meetinf Place thereof in the City Hall building in the City
of Lubbock, Texas with the following members present, viz:
Honorable W.H. Rodgers, Mayor and Presiding Officer
W.B. Price Commissioner
E.K. Hufstedler Commissioner
Clarence Whiteside Commissioner
Lavenia Lowe City Secretary
Commissioner John Spikes absent because of illness,
constituting a quorum under Section 15, Article 9, Chapter I of the
Charter of the City -of Lubbock whereupon the following among other
business was transacted:
Commissioner Hufstedler presented for the consideration of the
Commission an Ordinance which was read in full by the Secretary.
Commissioner Hufstedler made a motion that the rule requiring
Ordinances to be read at more than one meeting of the City Commission
be suspended for the reason stated in the emergency clause. The motion
was seconded by Commissioner Price and prevailed by the followin.v vote:
AYES: Commissioners Price, Hufstedler and Whiteside
Mayor W. H. Rodgers
NOES: None
Commissioner Price moved that the Ordinance be finally passed
and such motion was seconded by Commissioner Whiteside, and prevailed
by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioners Price, Hufstedler and Whiteside
Mayor W.H. Rodgers
NOES: None
Such Ordinance is as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 956
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AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY
DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR THE
COMMISSION
EXTENSION,
OF THE CITY
ENLARGEMENT
OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS
AND IMPROVEMENT
OF THE SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK INCLUDING THE
DISPOSAL PLANT,
AND FOR WIDENING, IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
OF SAID CITY INCLUDING THE PURCHASING OF NECESSARY RIGHTS -OF -WAY THEREFOR;
DETERMINING THE ADVISABILITY OF SUBMITTING TO THE PROPERTY TAX PAYING
VOTERS OF SAID CITY, WHO OWN TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY AND WHO
HAVE DULY RENDERED THE SAME FOR TAXATION, PROPOSITIONS RELATING TO THE
ISSUANCE OF THE NEGOTIABLE INTEREST BEARING COUPON BONDS OF SAID CITY
TO FINANCE SUCH INPROPEMENTS, EXTENSIONS AND CONSTRUCTIONS; PROVIDING
FOR AN ELECTION UPON THE QUESTION OF AUTHORIZING AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
$19075,000.00 OF THE BONDS OF SAID CITY FOR SUCH PURPOSES; PRESCRIBING
THE PLACE AND TIME OF HOLDING SAID ELECTION, THE QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS,
THE PURPOSES OF THE VARIOUS BONDS, THE AMOUNTS THEREOF, THE INTEREST RATE
THEREOF AND SUBMITTING THE PROPOSITION OF THE LEVY, ASSESSMENT AND COL-
LECTION OF AD VALOREM TAXES ANNUALLY WHILE SAID BONDS OR ANY OF THEM ARE
OUTSTANDING, TO PAY THE INTER!.:ST ON AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND FOR THE
REDEMPTION OF SAID BONDS AS THE SAMB MATURE AND ACCRUE; PRESCRIBING THE
MATURITY OF SAID BONDS, THE MANNER OF HOLDING SUCH ELECTION AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Lubbock affirmatively
finds that it is advisable and to the best interest of said City that
certain improvements, additions, extensions and enlargements be made to
the public streets and highways within said City and to the sanitary sewer
system includin7 the disposal plant of the City, all in accordance with
the recommendations, plans and estimates which have heretofore been pre-
sented to, considered by, and found, by this Commission, to be needed in
the immediate future; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable and necessary that the negotiable
interest bearing coupon bonds of said City should be issued for the pur-
pose of financing the cost of such improvements, additions, enlargements
and extensions and that it is necessary and expedient that an election
be held within and for said City of Lubbock for the purpose of submitting
to the legally qualified resident property tax -paying voters of said City,
who own property subject to taxation therein and who have duly rendered
the same for taxation, the various propositions to determine whether or
nct such bonds shall be authorized for said propositions and whether or
not ad valorem taxes shall be annually levied, assessed and collected
against all property within the City of Lubbock for the redemption of
said bonds at maturity and for paying the interest thereon as it accrued:
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK:
That an election be held within and throughout the boundaries
of the City of Lubbock, Texas on the second Tuesday in December, the
same being the 13th day of December, 1949, such date being not less
than fifteen (15 ) days nor mor than thirty (30 ) days from the date
of this Ordinance, at which time it shall be submitted to the resi-
dent qualified property tax -paying voters of Lubbock, Texas, who own
property subject to taxation within said City and who have duly ren-
dered the same for taxation, the following specific propositions;
PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE
Shall the City Commission of the City of Lubbock be authorized ,
to issue the negotiable interest bearing coupon bonds of the City of
Lubbock in t-he amount of $525,000.00, bearing interest at a rate of
not exceeding three and one-half (3-1/2%) per centum per annum from
date and maturing at such time or times as may be deemed most expedient
by the City Commission, serially not later than twenty-five (25 ) years
from their date, for the purpose of improving, extending and altering
public streets, avenues, alleys, highways and boulevards by paving,
widening, raising, grading, filling re -paving or re -surfacing the same
or otherwise improving such streets and highways, and for the purpose
of acgdring the necessary rights -of -way incidental thereto; and shall
there be annually assessed, levied and collected upon all taxable pro-
perty within the City of Lubbock, while said bonds or any of them are
outstanding, a tax sufficient in amount to pay the annual interest on
such bonds and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption thereof
at maturity.
PROPOSITION NUMBER TWO
Shall the City Commission of the City of Lubbock be authorized
to issue the negotiable interest bearing coupon bonds of the City of
Lubbock in an amount of $550,000.00, bearing interest at a rate of
not exceeding three and one-half (3-1/2%) per centum per annum from
date and maturing at such time or times as may be deemed most exped-
ient by the City Commission, serially not later than twenty-five (25 )
years from their date, for the purpose of constructing, extending,
enlarging, improving and add-i-gg to the sewa-e disposal plant, filter-
ing beds and emptying grounds for the sewage system, and acquiring
lands and rights -of -way within and without tYe limits of the City of
Lubbock for such, sewage disposal purposes, and extending and installing
additional sanitary sewer lines, and shall there be annually assessed,
levied and collected upon all taxable property within the -City of Lub-
bock, while said bonds or any of them are outstanding, a tax sufficient
in amount to pay the annual interest on such bonds and to provide a
sinking fund for the redemption thereof at maturity.
II.
Said election shall be held under the provisions of and in
strict conformity with the Constitution afid Laws of the State of Texas,
including Chapter I, Title 22, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of
Texas, and, the provisions of the Charter of the City of Lubbock,
and all acts amendatory, complementary and supplement al thereto.
All persons who are legally qualified residen roperty tax-
paying voters of the City of Lubbock, Texas, who own property in said
City subject tot axat ion and who have duly rendered the same for taxa-
tion, shall be entitled to vote at said election.
III.
The ballots for said election shall have kwitten or printed
thereupon the following, to -wit:
PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE STREET AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BONDS AND THE
LEVYING OF TAXES IN PAYMENT THEREOF.
AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF STREET AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BONDS AND THE
LEVYING OF TAXES IN PAYMENT THEREOF.
PROPOSITION NUMBER TWO
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE SEWER EXTENSION BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF TAXES
IN PAYMENT THEREOF.
AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF THE SEWER EXTENSION BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF
TAXES IN PAYMENT THEREOF.
As to each of the foregoing propositions each voter shall mark out
with black ink or pencil one of the expressions, thus leaving the other
as indicating his votd on the propositions.
IV.
That said election shall be held in the Central Fire Station
Building at the corner of loth Street and Avenue J in the City of
Lubbock, Texas and the presiding Judge and Clerks of said election
shall be as follows, viz:
R.Bush Smith
Glen Hess
Mrs. Maddox
Geo. Spinning
Louis Murfee, Jr.
T.
Presiding Judge
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
That notice of said election shall be given by posting a sub-
stantial copy of this Ordinance at the City Hall Building and at two
other public places in the City of Lubbock and such notice shall also
be published on the same day in each of two successive weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation published within the City of Lubbock,
£he date of the first publication to be not. less t'_,an fourteen (14.)
days prior to the date set for said election.
The Mayor and City Secretary shall cause such notices to be
prepared and posted and published and shall make due returns thereof
tot his City Commission.
VI.
Immediately after said election has been held, the officers
holding the same shall make returns of the result thereof to the City
Secretary of the City of Luba ock, for canvassing by the City Commission
and shall return the ballot boxers to the City Secretary for safekeeping.
The manner of holding such election and canvassing and making
returns thereof shall be governed by the general election laws of the
State of Texas, when not in conflict with the provisions of the herein -
above mentioned statutes, and the City Commission will furnish the
necessary ballots and other election supralies requisite for said election.
VII.
The fact that it is affirmatively found by the City Commission
of the City of Lubbock, Texas that there is urgent need to proceed
with the matters of construction, improvement, enlargement and ex-
tension of the sewer system of the City of Lubbock and public streets
and highway improvements of said City in order to make the same more
convenient for the public at large and to preserve and protect the
health and welfare of the citizens of Lubbock, creates an emergency
and public necessity demanding that the rule requiring the reading
of this Ordinance on more than one day before final passa-a be sus-
pended, and such rule is hereby suspended, and it is ordained that
this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon
its passage and adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this the 14th day of November, 1949.
W.H. Rod ers
Mayor, City of DibboCk,Texas
ATTEST:
Lave nia Lowe
City Secretary, City of Lubbock, Texas
(CORPORATE SEAL)
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
CITY OF LUBBOCK
I, Lavenia Lowe, City Secretary of the City of Lubbock, Texas,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a trace, full and
correct copy of Ordinance Number 956, passed by the City Commission
of the City of Lubbock, Texas, on November , 1949, as the same now
appears of record in Volume 4, at page othe Ordinance Register
of said City. I further certify that such copy is an executed copy
and that the signatures appearing thereon are the true and genuine
signatures of the officials named.
Given under my hand and seal of said City, this the 14th day of
November, 1949.
Lavenia Lowe
City Secretary, Citv of Lubbock, Texas
(CORPORATE SEAL)
No further business coming up for consideration, the City Commission recessed
to meet Nov. 161 1949,at 4 P.M.
Read and approved this the 23rd_ day of November 1949.
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