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LOUIS RIGBY (iierf <br /> ACHUCK ENGELKEN <br /> Mayor � Councilmember District 2 <br /> JOHN ZEMANEK 9DARYL LEONARD <br /> Councilmember At Large A °NmCouncilmember District 3 <br /> DOTTIE KAMINSKI _.� KRISTIN MARTIN <br /> Councilmember At Large B Councilmember District 4 <br /> DANNY EARP r JAY MARTIN <br /> Mayor Pro-Tem T xAe <br /> Councilmember District 5 <br /> Councilmember District 1 <br /> NANCY OJEDA <br /> Councilmember District 6 <br /> MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br /> CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br /> MAY 22, 2017 <br /> The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, May 22, 2017, at the City <br /> Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the <br /> following items of business: <br /> 1. CALL TO ORDER — Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council <br /> present: Councilmembers Engelken, J. Martin, K. Martin, Earp, Zemanek, Leonard, and Kaminski. <br /> Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, and Assistant <br /> City Attorney Clark Askins. Councilmember-elect Ojeda was in the audience awaiting the taking of <br /> the Oath of Office. <br /> 2. INVOCATION —The invocation was given by Josh Ojeda. <br /> 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Chuck <br /> Engelken. <br /> 4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS and RECOGNITIONS <br /> (a) Presentation —Administer Oath of Office and Presentation of Certificate of Election to newly <br /> elected Councilmember Nancy Ojeda — P. Fogarty <br /> City Secretary Patrice Fogarty administered the oath of office to Councilmember Nancy <br /> Ojeda, and Mayor Rigby presented the Certificate of Election to Councilmember Nancy <br /> Ojeda. After taking and signing the Oath of Office, Councilmember Ojeda took her place on <br /> the Council dais. <br /> (b) Recognition — Employee of the First Quarter 2017 — Ruston Royall (Senior System <br /> Administrator) City of La Porte Information Technology Department — Mayor Rigby <br /> Mayor Rigby recognized Senior System Administrator Ruston Royall as Employee of the <br /> First Quarter for the City of La Porte. <br /> 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) <br /> Pastor Phillip Dunn, 701 San Jacinto St., addressed Council in regards to parking lot issues at <br /> Lighthouse Baptist Church and advised the church has not received any money from the school <br /> district, which is in direct contradiction to the rumor going around that the school district has given <br /> money to the church which allays any further help with parking lot issues. <br /> Jim Hinton, 9803 Dover Hill, addressed Council and advised of flooding in his neighborhood since <br /> the construction of the new Baker Jr. High 6th Grade Campus and requested Council to see if there <br /> is any way to resolve to the flooding issue. <br /> Page 1 of 4 <br /> May 22, 2017, Council Meeting Minutes <br />