1997-05-05 Regular Meeting of City Council

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e . MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL MAY 5, 1997 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Malone at 6:00 p.m. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Norman Malone, Councilpersons Guy Sutherland, Mike Cooper, Bob McLaughlin, Alton Porter, Deetis Gay, Jack Maxwell and Jerry Clarke Members of City Council Absent: None Members of City Executive Staff and City EmoJoyees Present: City Attorney Knox Askins, Acting City Secretary Rhonda L. Y ockov, City Manager Robert T. Herrera, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Director of FinancelACM Jeff Litchfield, Director of Planning Guy Rankin, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett, Police Chief Bobby Powell, Director of Administrative Services Louis Rigby, Assistant Finance Director Cynthia Alexander, Accounting Supervisor Kathy Hutton, City Attorney John Armstrong, Alternate Municipal Judge Denise Mitrano, Solid Waste Superintendent Phil Webb, Equipment Operator n Jesus Alfaro Other Present: Father Tom Rafferty of St. Mary's Church, Reverend David Cochran of La Porte Worship Center, Reverend Arthur Roscoe of New Hope Baptist Church, Reverend Oliver Stillwell of First Assembly of God, La Porte March for Jesus Organizer Linda Barley Vice President of the Houston Safe Boating Council Elaine Proctor and HSBC Secretary Suzy Littlejohn and several La Porte Citizens 2. INVOCATION Reverend David Cochran of La Porte Worship Center delivered the invocation. 3. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING APRIL 28, 1997 Motion was made by Council person Cooper to approve the minutes of April 28. 1997. as ~resented. Seconded by Council person Maxwell. The motion carried, 8 ayes, 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper, McLaughlin, Porter, Gay, Maxwell, Clarke and Mayor Malone Nays: None 4. PRESENTATION EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER - JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH 1997 Mayor Malone read a dossier and recognized Jesus Alfaro, Equipment Operator n as the "Employee of the Quarter" for the months of January, February and March of 1997. The Director of Public Works Steve Gillett and Solid Waste Superintendent Phil Webb presented Mr. Alfaro with a plaque.