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• 0 • Minutes, Special Meeting, La Porte City Council December 28, 1983, Page 3 Second by Councilperson Matuszak. The motion carried, 8 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Westergren, Malone, Longley, Matuszak, Graves, Gay, Skelton and Mayor Cline Nays: None 6. Council considered an ordinance.updating Texas Municipal Retirement System service credits. City Attorney Askins read AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND ALLOW- ING, UNDER THE ACT GOVERNING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, "UPDATED SERVICE CREDITS" IN SAID SYSTEM FOR SERVICE PERFORMED BY QUALIFYING MEMBERS OF SUCH SYSTEM IN THE EMPLOY- MENT OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING FOR INCREASED PRIOR AND CURRENT SERVICE ANNUITIES FOR RETIREES AND BENEFICIARIES OF DECEASED RETIREES OF THE CITY; ALLOWING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY, WHO PERFORMED OR HEREAFTER PERFORM ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES (OR THEIR RESERVES OR AUXILIARIES) OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS DURING PERIODS OF CONFLICT WITH FOREIGN FORCES, TO APPLY AND MAKE DEPOSITS FOR, AND TO RECEIVE SPECIAL CREDIT WITH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIRE- MENT SYSTEM FOR LIMITED PORTIONS OF SUCH MILITARY SERVICE, AND PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS TO THE SYSTEM ON ACCOUNT OF SUCH SERVICE CREDIT AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SUCH ACTIONS. Motion was made by Councilperson Graves to adopt Ordinance 1395 as read by the City Attorney. Second by Councilperson Malone. The motion carried, 8 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Westergren, Malone, Longley, Matuszak, Graves, Gay, Skelton and Mayor Cline Nays: None At this time Mayor Cline asked for Council comments. Graves: Would like to commend the water standby crews; starting Christmas day they have certainly put in some hours. They really bent over backwards for people, and should be commended. Owen: Thank you, Councilman Graves. I know they'll really appreciate that. Talking with them yesterday, some of them had lost track of how many hours they had worked. As of about 2 o'clock yesterday they had cut off in excess of 700 homes with broken pipes. • Skelton: That brings up another point. With 700 homes cut off, that's 700 homes that's not going through the sewer. I think we