2016-07-25 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council Minutes

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LOUIS RIGBY OF A CHUCK b GELKEN Mayor Coun :^ her District 2 JOHN ZEM AN EK I� 9 DARYL LEONARD Cou ncilmember AL Large A V m Councilmember District 3 DOTTIE KAMINSKI KRISTIN MARTIN Councilmem her At Large B Councilmember Oistrict 4 DANNV EARP JAY MARTIN Mayor Pro-Tem rs x"s Council member District 5 Councilmem her District 'I MIKE CLAUSEN C:--ilmember District 6 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA POR-FE JULY 25, 2016 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, July 25, 2016, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6.00 P.m. to consider the following items of business: 1 _ Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmem hers Engelken, Zemanek, Clausen, Leonard, and Kaminski_ Absent: Councilmembers Earp, K. Martin and J. Martin. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. 2. INVOCATION - The invocation was given by Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. 3. PLEE)GE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Cou ncilmember Dottie Kaminski. 4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS (a) Recognition - Float Entry Winners for the 411 of July Parade - Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby recognized Float Entry Winners from the 4t^ of July Parade. George Watkins thanked the Rotary Club, as well as those who created the floats_ 1- Place - La Porte Families - "The Miss Allison 4- of July Boat-float" 2- Place - Ken Pridgeon and Cliff Willson - "Portrait of a Warrior" 3- Place - First Assembly of God/White Team - Most Original Float went to the First Assembly of God/Red Team - "Celebrating Freedom." (b) Recognition - Retirement of K-9 Lodka, City of La Porte Police department - Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby recognized the retirement of K-9 Lodka from the City of La Porte Police department, her accomplishments over the years were recognized, as well. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to Five minutes per person.) 'Ann Valverde, 1713 N_ Yellowstone, weer Park, addressed Council in reference to Board members of the La Porte Boys Baseball Association being capable of addressing issues that are brought to their attention. 6_ CONSENT AGENE3A (A// consent agenda items are considered routine by City Counci/ and w/// be enacted by one motion_ There wi// be no separate discussion of these items un/ess a Counci/member requests an item be removed and considered separate/y.) Page 1 of 5 July 25, 2016, Council Meeting Minutes