09-23-19 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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LOUIS R.RIGBY CHUCK ENGELKEN Mayor Q �- • CouncilmemberDistrict2 BRANDON LUNSFORD 4.0 0 BILL BENTLEY Councilmember At Large A .441/20 9 Mayor Pro-Tem STEVE GILLETT `, m CouncilmemberDistrict3 Councilmember At Large B /� THOMASGARZA DANNYEARP / Councilmember District 4 Councilmember District 1 JAY MARTIN Councilmember District 5 NANCY OJEDA Councilmember District 6 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Notice is hereby given of a Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council to be held September 23, 2019, beginning at 6:00 pm in the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 W Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. All agenda item are subject to action. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. INVOCATION —The invocation will be given by Reverend Alan Neel, Life Community Church. PLEDGES —Will be led by Councilperson Steve Gillett. U.S. Flag Texas Flag: Honor the Texas Flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one, and indivisible. 3. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS,AND RECOGNITIONS (a) Recognition - Retirement of Curtis Herrod (City of La Porte Public Works) [Louis R. Rigby, Mayor] 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) 5. CONSENT AGENDA (Approval of Consent Agenda items authorizes each to be implemented in accordance viith 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.) (a) Approve the minutes of the City Council meetings held on September 9. [Louis R. Rigby, Mayor] (b) Approve the Mayor's nomination of Doug Martin to continue serving as the Chair of the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One(TIRZ) Board of Directors and of the La Porte Redevelopment Authority through May 2020. [Louis R. Rigby, Mayor] (c) Award Bid#19016 for mowing of various City properties. [Corby Alexander, City Manager] (d) Approve the nominations of Councilperson Engelken as the City's representative and of Councilperson Bentley as the City's alternate to the Houston Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) 2020 General Assembly and Board of Directors. [Louis R. Rigby, Mayor] 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ASSOCIATED ORDINANCES (a) The City Council will hold a second public hearing to accept comments on their consideration to accept a maximum property tax rate of $0.71 per $100 valuation for the City's 2019-2020 fiscal year. [Corby Alexander, City Manager; Michael Dolby, Finance Director]