2008-09-18 Emergency City Council Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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MINUTES OF AN EMERGENCY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 1. Call to order The meeting was called to order by Mayor Porter at 2:21 p.m. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Porter, Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Clausen, Council members Tommy Moser, Mike Mosteit, Louis Rigby, John Black, Howard Ebow and Georgia Malone. Members of Council absent: Chuck Engelken Staff Present: Assistant City Secretary Sharon Harris, Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Suggs, and City Manager Ron Bottoms Others Present: Carol Christian (Houston Chronicle) and Phillip Hoot 2. Council to consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance continuing and extending the declaration of state of disaster issued by the Mayor of La Porte, Texas on September 11, 2008 in response to Hurricane Ike, until terminated by further order of the City Council. City Manager Ron Bottoms presented summary and recommendations and answered Councils' questions. Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Suggs provided Council with a status report of the post hurricane recovery situations. Mayor Porter read Ordinance 3112, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS CONTINUING AND EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF STATE OF DISASTER ISSUED BY THE MAYOR OF LA PORTE, TEXAS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IKE, UNTIL TERMINATED BY FURTHER ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 418.108 (b); FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Motion was made by Councilmember Malone to approve Ordinance 3112 as presented by Mayor Porter. Seconded by Councilmember Mosteit. The motion carried. Ayes: Mosteit, Clausen, Rigby, Moser, Black, Malone, Ebow and Porter Nays: None Abstain: None Absent: Engelken