03-25-13 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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Mayor Councilmember District 3 Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember District 4 Councilmember At Large A Councilmember District 5 Councilmember At Large B Councilmember District 6 Councilmember District 1 Councilmember District 2 The City Council of the City of La Portemet in a regularmeetingonat the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at . to consider the followingitems of business: Mayor Rigbycalled the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Members of Council present: CouncilmembersZemanek, Engelken, Kaminski, and Moser. Absent: CouncilmembersMosteit, Martin, Clausen and Leonard.Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, Assistant City Manager Traci Leachand Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. -The invocation was given by Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. -The Pledge of Allegiance was led byCouncilmember Dottie Kaminski. (Limited to five minutes per person.)There were no public comments. (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember requests an item be removed and considered separately.) Consider approval or other action regarding the minutes of regular City Council meeting held on February 25, 2013 – P. Fogarty Consider approval or other action regarding an ordinance declaring the candidates for At-Large A and Districts 4 and 5 unopposed; declaring John Zemanek, candidate for At-Large A, elected; declaring Tommy Moser, candidate for District 4, elected; declaring Jay Martin, candidate for District 5, elected; and cancelling the May11, 2013, general election – P. Fogarty Consider approval or other action rejecting all proposals for Section No. 2 of Request For Proposal (RFP) #13502 for Asbestos Abatement & Demolition of Fire Station No. 1/Administration Building – D. Ladd Regarding Consent Item 5b, Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins read the caption of AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, DECLARING THE CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILPERSON AT LARGE A, JOHN P. ZEMANEK, JR., THE CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILPERSON DISTRICT 4, TOMMY MOSER, AND THE CANDIDATECOUNCILPERSON DISTRICT 5, JAY MARTIN, UNOPPOSED; DECLARING JOHN P. ZEMANEK JR., CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILPERSON AT LARGE A, TOMMY MOSER, CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILPERSON DISTRICT 4, AND JAY MARTIN, CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILPERSON DISTRICT 5 ELECTED; CANCELLING THE ELECTION FOR POSITION AT LARGE A AND SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS 4 AND 5; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING AN OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.