02-28-2022 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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LOUIS R. RIGBY Mayor BRANDON LUNSFORD Councilperson At Large A BRENT McCAULLEY Councilperson At Large B MANDI WILLIAMS Councilperson District 1 CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilperson District 2 MINUTES. OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE FEBRUARY 28, 2022 BILL BENTLEY Councilperson District 3 THOMAS GARZA Councilperson District 4 JAY MARTIN Mayor Pro Tem Councilperson District 5 ROBBIE McLARRIN Councilperson District 6 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, February 28, 2022, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m., with the following in attendance: Councilpersons present: Louis Rigby, Brandon Engelken, Bill Bentley, Councilpersons attending remotely: None Councilpersons absent: None Lunsford, Brent McCaulley, Mandi Williams, Chuck Thomas Garza, Jay Martin, Robbie McLarrin Council -appointed officers present: Corby Alexander, City Manager; Lee Woodward, City Secretary; Clark Askins, Assistant City Attorney CALL TO ORDER — Mavor Riabv called the meetina to order at 6:02 p.m. 2. INVOCATION — The invocation was given by Mayor Pro Tem Martin and pledges were led by Councilperson Brent McCaulley. 3. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, AND RECOGNITIONS a. Police Department - Best Practices Re -Recognition Presentation. [Louis R. Rigby, Mayor] 4. CITIZEN COMMENT (Generally limited to five minutes per person; in accordance with state law, the time may be reduced if there is a high number of speakers or other considerations.) Richard C. Anderson of International Code Council spoke in support of adopting their products. Joseph Thomas of Cortez -Norris American Legion Post #319 spoke of renaming their Post and loaned a framed photo of Cody Norris to the City until the Post has a physical location. 5. CONSIDERATION OF COUNCILPERSON ABSENCES a. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to consider excusing the absence of Councilperson Brandon Lunsford from the February 14, 2022, City Council meeting, in accordance with the City Council Attendance Policy. [Louis R. Rigby, Mayor] Councilperson Garza moved to excuse the absence of Councilperson Brandon Lunsford from the Februa 14 2022 City Council meetin & the motion was seconded by Councilperson McCaulleyL the motion was adopted, 9-0. 6. CONSENT AGENDA (Approval of Consent Agenda items authorizes each to be implemented in accordance with staff recommendations provided. An item may be removed from the consent agenda and added to the Statutory Agenda for full discussion upon request by a member of the Council present at this meeting.)