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Home My WebLink AboutMIN JUL 22 1980 REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL - CITY OF BEAUMONT HELD July 22, 1980 BE IT REMEMBERED that the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, met in regular session this the 22nd day of July, 1980, with the following present : HONORABLE : Maurice Meyers Mayor Tom Combs, Jr. Councilman, Ward I Evelyn M., Lord Councilman, Ward II Calvin Williams Councilman, Ward III Wayne Turner Councilman, Ward IV Ray Riley City Manager R. E. Platt Asst . City Manager Kenneth Wall City Attorney -000 The Invocation was given by Dr. Mouzon Biggs, Jr. , pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilman Combs. -000- Visitors from France (cousins of Sue & Walter Mayer) - Claude Kahn and his wife Henriette Lemmel-Kahn and Norbert Weill and his wife Marlyse Kahn- Weill - were welcomed to today's meeting and to Beaumont . Mayor Meyers presented "Honorary Neches Belle" certificates to the ladies and "Honorary Roughneck" certificates to the gentlemen. He also asked that each take a note and "key to the City" back to his Mayor as greetings from Beaumont . -000- The following items were considered on the Consent Agenda: Resolution 80-243 accepting street and utility improvements for Spindletop Square extending westwrad approximately 760 feet from llth Street ; Resolution 80-244 accepting the bid of Gun Runner , Inc. for furnishing two special high-accuracy rifles for the Police Department at a cost of $2,076.40; Resolution 80-245 accepting the bid of Coastal Portable Building Company for furnishing a portable building for use at the landfill at a cost of $1 ,160. 00; and Resolution 80-246 accepting the bid of Kinsel Ford, Inc. for furnishing and installing a diesel engine for a side loading refuse truck at a cost of $5,226. 30. The consent agenda was approved on a motion made by Councilman Lord and seconded by Councilman Turner. Question : Ayes: All Nayes : None -000- Ordinance 80-68 regulating the purchase and resale of precious metals and used jewelry was considered: ORDINANCE Nn. 80-68 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE REGULATING CERTAIN PURCHASES OF USED JEWELRY AND PRECIOUS METALS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS ; ESTAB- LISHING A PERMIT PROCESS; ESTABLISHING A PERMIT FEE; RE- RUIRING CERTAIN RECORDS TO BE KEPT BY PURCHASERS OF CERTAIN GOODS; PROVIDING FOR PURCHASES OF CERTAIN GOODS AT TEMPORARY LOCATIONS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERA- BILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. -123- July 22 , 1980 The ordinance was approved on a motion made by Councilman Combs and secon- ded by Councilman Williams. Question: Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 80-247 authorizing final payment of $38 , 516. 50 to Layne Texas Company for development and completion of Loeb Well No. 3 and modifications to Well No. 2 was approved on a motion made by Councilman Williams and se- conded by Councilman Combs. Question: Ayes: All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 80-248 authorizing final payment of $56,348. 19 to the contrac- tor , H. B. Neild and Sons and final payment of $4,707.73 to the architect , Marmon, Mok and Green, Inc. for the Orleans Plaza Project was approved on a motion made by Councilman Lord and seconded by Councilman Combs. Question: Ayes: All Nayes : None -000- Ordinance No. 80-69 amending Section 26-23 of the Code of Ordinances, chang- ing the speed limit on Lindbergh Drive between College Street and Washing- ton Boulevard was considered : ORDINANCE NO. 80-69 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 SECTION 26-23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT FOR LINDBERGH DRIVE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. The ordinance changing the speed limit on Lindbergh Drive from College to Washington Blvd. to 40 miles per hour was approved on a motion made by Councilman Combs and seconded by Councilman Lord. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 80-249 authorizing call for bids on 63 }parcels of property ac- quired through foreclosure for delinquent taxes was approved on a motion made by Councilman Williams and seconded by Councilman Turner. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 80-250 reappointing Olivia Gonzales, Lee McElroy and Ed Dix for two-year terms expiring May 31 , 1982 and appointing Turk Merrill to fill the unexpired term of Gail Alexander to serve the Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee was approved on a motion made by Councilman Wil- liams and seconded by Councilman Combs . Question: Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 80-251 authorizing Gulf States Utilities Company to make instal- lation of street lights on Florida Avenue from Highland to 'University Dr. ($2,475. 00) ; Highland Avenue from Florida to Cardinal ($503 . 00) ; Sarah Lavaca from Highland Avenue to 4th Street ($13 ,290.00) and 4th Street from Calder to Cardinal ($21, 535. 00) was approved on a motion made by Council- man Williams and seconded by Councilman Turner. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 80-252 accepting the bid of E. R. DuPuis Concrete Company, Inc . for paving Regina Lane from Howell Street to Belvedere (contract bid - $81, 002. 20) and approving Change Order No. 1 ($11 ,747. 00) for the extension of underground storm sewer from Regina Lane to a Drainage District No . 6 easement (total contract cost - $92,749. 20) was approved on arrotion made by Councilman Combs and seconded by Councilman Lord. (SPISD participation) Question: Ayes : All Nayes : None -124- July 22 , 1980 There being no further business, mayor Meyers called an Executive Session pursuant to Section 2 of the Texas Open meetings Law. -000- I , Rosemarie Chiappetta, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Beaumont , Texas, certify that the above is a true copy of the Minutes of the regular City Council session held July 22, 1980. Rosemarie Chiappetta Deputy City Clerk -125- July 22 , 1980