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r ~_ • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council December 16, 1981, Page 8 he has been required to do during this interim period of playing City Manager while being the Mayor. We do welcome you, and I want to wish all the citizens of La Porte a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I'm doing that because I won't be here anymore until after the first. Westergren: Jack, I also want to welcome you. We are very glad to have you come join us. I am sincerely moved by your taking our offer, because I believe you will be a benefit to our City. I am very proud to have you aboard. Merry Christ- mas, everybody. Simons: Jack, I don't want to be left out - welcome on board, and also I wish all the citizens of La Porte a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Make the last one coffee. Meza: Jack will start his new position on January 25, 1982. We are happy to have him here. By the. way, I wasn't playing; I took the job of Acting City Manager very seriously. • Skelton: I apologize for that. I had to get back for some- thing you did to me earlier. Meza: We have Mr. David Spangler here to make a presentation for Cablevision. Mr. David Spangler, President of Houston division of Harte- Hanks Cablevision spoke to Council concerning the progress being made towards La Porte cablevision. He stated construc- tion is 95 percent complete. He projected a turn on for the first sections of town to be in January 1982. As the areas become ready, they will go door to door with packets to advise the customer of the service available and charges. We antici- pate completion of the entire City area in the first quarter of 1982. Spangler answered some questions from the Council and those present in the Chambers. Faris asked that those persons going door to door to inform the public of the Cablevision services be very well identified. 13. There being no further questions we will adjourn into an executive session on two personnel matters and a legal matter. The Council retired into executive session at 7:45 P.M. The Council returned to the Council table at 8:35 P.M. •