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:7 • • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council February 1, 1984, Page 5 Mrs. Helen Scott.. of the American Red Cross spoke to Council asking support for the Red Cross program Disaster Action Teams, which she is trying to enlarge so there will be sufficient teams to service our area. Councilperson Malone voiced. his apgrociation of Mrs. Scott, her husband, and other members of the Red Cross who_have worked so diligently in our area. 14. Administrative Reports Mr. Herrera announced the third public. meeting on the Compre- hensive Plan,- to be held February 6 at '7:00 P.M. Mr. Herrera introduced Doug. de la Morena, an administrative intern attending the University of Houston, who will work for the City .for 20 hours a week for the next year. 15. Council Action • Matuszak: Congratulations to Bobby Powell for.. his fine work. It is great to see the bond sale going.. ahead. It's a grand day for the junk autos; this, plus a few other ordinances, combined with our master plan, and we're going to have one fine city here. Much encouraged at the last meeting; many innovative approaches linking the city. Everyone should come to the meeting on Feb- ruary 6; it will be the unvEiling of the next decade of plan- ning as we see it. Pfeiffer: Would also like to congratulate_Bobby. The police have a thankless job; it takes a special kind of person to per- form a job that these gentlemen do. Welcomed Doug to the city and hope we can make him feel a part of the good family we have here. Skelton: Would like. to also congratulate Bobby. We're real proud of you and the whole organization there.- In fact, we're proud of all the city employees. Has. been looking at the dog ordinance.,. and would like for staff to bring it up to date. For example, boarding charges are too low. We need to tighten the ordinance. up before there is an outbreak of disease or something of thaw nature. We-need to • fix it where we could go onto people's property, if necessary, to pick up an animal. Welcome on board to Doug.