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LOUIS RIGBY <br />Mayor <br />JOHN ZEMANEK <br />Councilmember At Large A <br />VACANT <br />Councilmember At Large B <br />DANNY EARP <br />Councilmember District 1 <br />CHUCK ENGELKEN <br />Councilmember District 2 <br />MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br />NOVEMBER 14, 2018 <br />BILL BENTLEY <br />Councilmember District 3 <br />KRISTIN MARTIN <br />Councilmember District 4 <br />JAY MARTIN <br />Councilmember District 5 <br />NANCY OJEDA <br />Councilmember District 6 <br />Mayor Pro-Tem <br />The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a special meeting on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, at <br />the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 5:00 p.m. to consider <br />the following items of business: <br />CALL TO ORDER — Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 5:00 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 and H.R. Manager Matt Hartleib. <br />2. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION — Interview, discuss, and consider candidates for the <br />position of City Secretary of the City of La Porte, Texas. <br />3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION <br />The City Council reserves the right to meet in closed session on any agenda item should the <br />need arise and if applicable pursuant to authorization by Title 5, Chapter 551, of the Texas <br />Government Code. Notice is hereby given that the City Council may go into Executive <br />Session in accordance with the following provision of the Texas Government Code: <br />At 5:01 p.m. Mayor Rigby announced Council would go into executive session regarding <br />Texas Government Code, Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters: Conduct interviews of <br />candidates for the position of City Secretary, and deliberate the evaluation, appointment, <br />duties, and employment of a public officer or employee: the City Secretary. <br />Three city secretary candidates/applicants were present. They were taken in one at a time for an <br />interview. <br />4. RECONVENE into regular session and consider action, if any, on item(s) discussed in <br />Executive Session. <br />Mayor Rigby reconvened the meeting at 8:16 p.m. He thanked each of the candidates for <br />coming to the meeting. He stated they do not have a decision at this time. Council has <br />given direction to H.R. Manager Matt Hartleib and Mayor Rigby to gather additional <br />information, and they will be holding a special called meeting in the very near future to, <br />hopefully, finalize everything. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />November 14, 2018, Council Meeting Minutes <br />