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ORDINANCE NO. 2023-3950 AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A PRESIDING JUDGE AND ALTERNATE JUDGE FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE, FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, hereby appoints Janikka E. Bratton as the Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court of Record in the City of La Porte, Texas, for the remainder of the unexpired four (4) year term established in Ordinance 2020-3799 for the office of Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court of Record in the City of La Porte, Texas, effective September 25, 2023, due to the resignation of Denise C. Mitrano from such office. Section 2. The City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, hereby appoints Denise C. Mitrano as Alternate Judge of the Municipal Court of Record in the City of La Porte, Texas, for a term of two (2) years, which term shall commence on September 2-5, 2023, and expire on September 30, 2025. Section 3. The Presiding Judge shall receive compensation as may be fixed by the City Council. Section 4. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause or any part of any section, sentence, phrase or clause of this ordinance shall, for any reasons, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.