1983-04-06 Regular Meeting La Porte City Council

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~ ~ • MINUTE S OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL APRIL 6, 1983 1. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Cline at 7:00 P.M. Members of the City Council Present: Mayor Virginia Cline, Councilpersons Norman Malone, John Longley, Ed Matuszak, Kevin Graves, Lindsay Pfeiffer, Deotis Gay, Don Skelton Linda Westergren Members of the City Council Absent: None Members of the City Staff Present: City Manager Jack Owen, City Secretary Betty T. Waters, City Attorney Knox Askins, Director of Administrative Services Bob Herrera, Director of Pudic Works Jerry Hodge, Building Official David Paulissen, Fire Chief Joe Sease, Director of Parks and Recreation Stanley Sherwood, Judge J. B. Williamson, Chief of Police Herb Freeman • Others Present: Frieda Beaty, Baytown Sun; Melissa Lestarjette, Bayshore Sun; David Wade, Bayshore Sun; 59 interested citizens. 2. The invocation was given by City Attorney Askins. 3. The Council considered the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council held March 16, 1983. A correction to the minutes was requested by Councilperson Deotis Gay to Item 20, Councilperson Malone. Councilperson Gay requested the sentence, "This met with a nod of approval from Council" b.e struck from the minutes. A motion was made by Councilperson Skelton to accept the minutes as corrected. Second by Councilperson Gay. T e motion carried, 9 ayes and O nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley,~ Matuszak, Graves, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Cline Nays: None 4. The City Council canvassed the returns of the 1983 General City of La Porte Election. The City Attorney read: AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE REGULAR ELECTION HELD • IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE ON APRIL 2, 1983, FOR THE ELECTION OF A COUNCILPERSON DISTRICT 4; COUNCILPERSON DISTRICT 5: AND COUNCIL- PERSON-AT-LARGE POSITION A"