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<br />LOUIS RIGBY <br /> <br />BILL BENTLEY <br />Mayor <br />Councilmember District 3 <br />JOHN ZEMANEK <br />KRISTIN MARTIN <br />Councilmember At Large A <br />Councilmember District 4 <br />VACANT <br />JAY MARTIN <br />Councilmember At Large B <br />Councilmember District 5 <br />DANNY EARP <br />NANCY OJEDA <br />Councilmember District 1 <br />Councilmember District 6 <br /> <br />CHUCK ENGELKEN Mayor Pro-Tem <br />Councilmember District 2 <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULARMEETING OF THE <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br />OCTOBER 22, 2018 <br />The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, October 22, 2018, at the <br />City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the <br />following items of business: <br />1. CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. All members of Council <br />were present: Councilmembers Ojeda, Zemanek, J. Martin, K. Martin, Bentley, Engelken, and Earp. <br />Staff present: City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, Assistant City <br />Manager Jason Weeks, and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. <br /> <br />2. INVOCATION –The invocation was given by Assistant City Attorney, Clark Askins. <br /> <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The pledge of allegiance was led by Councilmember John Zemanek. <br /> <br />4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS <br /> <br />rd <br />(a) Recognition – Employees of the 3Quarter 2018 – Officers Joshua Willhoite, Barrence <br />Rodgers and Sergio Torre – City of La Porte Police Department – Mayor Rigby <br /> <br /> Mayor Rigby recognized Officers Joshua Willhoite, Barrence Rodgers, and Sergio Torre as <br />rd <br />Employees of the 3 Quarter 2018. <br /> <br />5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) <br /> <br />Chuck Rosa, 812 S. Virginia St., addressed Council regarding merit raises and stating the City <br />needs a pay scale for each job. <br /> <br />Jo Ann Pitzer, 10011 Carlow Lane, addressed Council regarding the fence on the south side of <br />Spencer. She is hoping Council will consider putting the south side fence on Myrtle Creek to Valley <br />Brook because there is no opposition by property owners in this section. <br /> <br />6. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be <br />enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a <br />Councilmember requests an item be removed and considered separately.) <br /> <br />(a) Consider approval or other action regarding minutes of the meeting held on October 8, 2018 <br />– P. Fogarty <br /> <br />(b) Consider approval or other action regarding a Resolution confirming the appointment of <br />Ron Parker as the department head and chief of police of the La Porte Police Department <br />commencing October 8, 2018– P. Fogarty <br /> <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />October 22, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />