O-2016-3653 Ordinance Providing for the Termination of the City of La Porte's contract with Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, LLP

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Ordinance No. Page 2 Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, is hereby repealed in its entirety. Furthermore, all other ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 2. The City Manager is hereby directed to immediately prepare and send thirty (30) days' written notice to Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, LLP, of the City of La Porte's intention to terminate the Contract, in accordance with Section 5 of the Contract. Section 3. If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void or invalid, the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Council in adopting this ordinance that no portion hereof or provision or regulation contained herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality, vividness or invalidity of any other portion hereof, and all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable for that purpose. Section 4. The City Council officially finds, determines, and recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 4 day of SEPTEMBER, 2016.