2016-10-10 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council Minutes

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LOUIS RIGBY Mayor JOHN ZEMANEK Councilmember At Large A DOTTIE KAMINSKI Councilmember At Large B DANNY EARP Mayor Pro -Tem Councilmember District 1 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE OCTOBER 10, 2016 CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilmember District 2 DARYLLEONARD Councilmember District 3 KRISTIN MARTIN Councilmember District 4 JAY MARTIN Councilmember District 5 MIKE CLAUSEN Councilmember District 6 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, October 10, 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: Councilmembers Engelken, Earp, J. Martin, K. Martin, Zemanek, Clausen, Leonard, and Kaminski. Also present were Assistant City Secretary Sharon Harris, City Manager Corby Alexander, and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. 2. INVOCATION — The invocation was given by Clark Askins, Assistant City Attorney. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Mike Clausen. 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) There were no public comments. 5. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember requests an item be removed and considered separately.) (a) Consider approval or other action regarding minutes of meeting held on September 26, 2016 — P. Fogarty (b) Consider approval or other action regarding change in City Council meeting dates for the months of November and December due to holiday schedule — P. Fogarty (c) Consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance vacating, abandoning and closing the east/west alley in Block 185, Town of La Porte — T. Leach (d) Consider approval or other action authorizing the City Manager to sign an agreement for participating in the Regional DWI Task Force — K. Adcox (e) Consider approval or other action regarding a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign grant award for Speed and Intersection Traffic Control (STEP) Grant — K. Adcox (f) Consider approval or other action approving purchase of Equipment & Vehicles using the Houston -Galveston Area Council and Texas Local Government Cooperative Purchasing methods for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Vehicle Replacement Program — S. Valiante Page 1 of 4 Oct. 10, 2016, Council Meeting Minutes