2017-03-27 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council Minutes

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LOUIS RIGBY 4101iZoilt L • CHUCK ENGELKEN MayorCouncilmember District 2 JOHN ZEMANEKDARYL LEONARD DOTTIE KAMINSKICouncilmember At Large A "� '' Councilmember District 3 Councilmember At Large B Councilmember District 4 DANNY EARP JAY MARTIN Mayor Pro-Tern *ExAe ' Councilmember District 5 Councilmember District 1 MIKE CLAUSEN Councilmember District 6 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE MARCH 27, 2017 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, March 27, 2017, 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. CALL TO ORDER — Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmembers Engelken, J. Martin, K. Martin, Earp, Clausen, Leonard, Zemanek, and Kaminski. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. 2. INVOCATION —The invocation was given by Brian Christen, La Porte Community Church. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE —The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Jay Martin. 4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS and RECOGNITIONS (a) Proclamation — Jesse Garcia Day — Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby presented a proclamation to the Garcia family in honor of Jesse Garcia Day. (b) Proclamation — La Porte Special Olympics Shrimp Boil Day — Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby presented a proclamation for the La Porte Special Olympics Shrimp Boil Day. (c) Recognition — Certificate of Appreciation John Samuel Gianukos — Mayor Rigby Mr. John Samuel Gianukos was not present for his recognition. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) 6. 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 March 13, 2017 — P. Fogarty (b) Receive 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial (CAFR) Report— M. Dolby (c) Consider approval or other action regarding a Resolution authorizing the City Manager as the authorized grant official and approving the grant application for Digital Forensics Investigative Equipment, through the Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor, State of Texas — K. Adcox Page 1 of 3 March 27, 2017, Council Meeting Minutes