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1 1+ • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council October 5, 1983, Page 5 Graves: Apologizes for not being at the picnic Saturday; he had to work all weekend at the boat races in Clear Lake. Maybe his colleagues would see fit to donate a month's salary next year so he can go - how about that, Mr. Malone? (Let the minutes reflect Mr. Malone said yes.) Cline: Went to the City of Dallas with Director of Public Works Jerry Hodge. They were very warmly received, and Dallas officials were very surprised that La Porte city of- ficials would take the time and effort to have two plaques made up and make a special trip to Dallas to present them to the City of Dallas in appreciation of their help with the cleanup after Hurricane Alicia. One plaque was presented to the Mayor of Dallas and one to John Tipple, Streets & Sanitation Director. They were very pleased, and most appreciative of the special plaques. A plaque will also be given to the City of San Antonio at a later date in appreciation of their help. Last Saturday was a milestone in the City of La Porte - it was the first time City employees have been recognized for their years of service to the City. We had a service award; we had. some beautiful pins made up, and we had 52-54 awards to be presented. I'm very sorry that none of you were here to participate in this. We had three people receiving 20- year awards; one person recieved a 15-year award.; ten year awards and 5 year awards were given. And the people who were there to receive the awards were emotionally overcome because the City had given them .recognition; they were given a pin, and I think it was a beautifully designed pin. we had a good attendance at the picnic and everyone enjoyed it. I personally want to thank the staff who made this picnic possible. They worked very diligently and very hard - Bob Herrera, Jerry Hodge, Steve Gillett, Stan Sherwood who was the chairman, Chief Freeman. Chief Freeman stayed there all night Friday night so he could guard the meat. Everyone had a very nice time and enjoyed receiving their awards, and I just wish that you all could have been there. Malone: Would like to make people aware of the Chaplain's Program that is going on. This program is for notifying relatives of victims of accidents, etc. Eight .out of 12 ministers in our area are involved in this program, .and it's not an easy task. I think we need to inform `our citizens of this so they'll know we're doing more than repairing roads. '`~