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<br />MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING, PUBLIC HEARING AND WORKSHOP MEETING
<br />OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL
<br />AUGUST 25, 2008
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<br />1. Call to order
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<br />The meeting was called to order by Mayor Porter at 6:00 p.m.
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<br />Members of City Council Present: Mayor Porter, Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Clausen, Council
<br />members Tommy Moser, Mike Mosteit, Louis Rigby, John Black, Chuck Engelken, Howard
<br />Ebow and Georgia Malone.
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<br />Members of Council absent: None
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<br />Members of City Executive Staff and City Employees Present: City Manager Ron
<br />Bottoms, Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins, City Secretary Martha Gillett, Police Chief
<br />Kenith Adcox, Human Resources Manager Heather Weger, Building Official Debbie
<br />Wilmore, Purchasing Manager Susan Kelley, Office Coordinator Melisa Lanclos, Finance
<br />Director Michael Dolby, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Administrative Assistant-Fire
<br />department Tammy Kannar, Officer Kyle Jones, Main Street Coordinator Debra Dye,
<br />Emergency Operations Center Intern Steven Simmons, Emergency Management
<br />Coordinator Jeff Suggs, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett, Alex Osmond, Golf Course
<br />Manager, Economic Development Coordinator Gretchen Larson, EMS Chief Ray Nolen,
<br />GIS Manager Brian Sterling, Director of Parks & Recreation Stephen Barr, Director of
<br />Planning Tim Tietjens, Accountant Gay Collins, Budget Officer Shelley Wolny, EOC
<br />Assistant Kristen Gauthier, Planner Masood Malik, Fire Marshal Cliff Meekins, Fire Chief
<br />Mike Boaze, and a number of other employees.
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<br />Others present: Adam Yanelli of the Bayshore Sun, Dan Chapell, Carol Christian of
<br />Houston Chronicle, Barry Beasley, Jan Lawler, Dottie Kaminski, Kathryn Aguilar, Horace
<br />Leopard, Vicky Campise, Charlie Perry, Chris Herbert, Mark Follis, Ted Powell, Kim
<br />Powell, Dave Klingman, Lori Druckenbrout, Bob Stokes, Charles Lawrence, Patricia Clark
<br />Maggie Anderson, Colleen Hicks and a number of citizens.
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<br />2. Dan Chappell of the Ministerial Alliance led the invocation.
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<br />3. Mayor Porter led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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<br />4. Presentations/ Proclamations
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<br />Council received a report from Chris Herbert of the Goodyear Chemical Company on an
<br />incident that took place on August 3, 2008.
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<br />5. Consent Agenda
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