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I • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council August 1, 1984, Page 9 Skelton: I appreciate what you've done for the City; I appreciate working with you, being on the Council with you. I didn' t know you before I got on the'..Council. .but a short time, but I've come to know you and like you and understand you, and I appreciate all the things that you've done for the people. I was shocked to hear it when I came into the conference room tonight. ~We'l1 miss you sorely. Pfeiffer: I, too, would like to echo the comments that have been made. I've known Kevin for a very long time, and I ap- preciate the efforts that he's placed, the time he's taken from his family to work for the City of La Porte. I know it's a great burden for him to find the time. It's the thanks that make the job. worthwhile; we get very few of them, but Kevin, I do thank you. Gam: I'm sure each of you has enjoyed the comments concerning Mr. Graves. Like I said, I'm going to miss him most of all, because he usually sits next to me when we go to eat, and I always sneak something off his plate while he's looking the other way. I'm going to miss that more - I'm just saying • that, but truly, I am going to miss him. Mr. Graves received a standing ovation from Council and from those present in the Council Chambers. Graves: I don't think I can talk. I do appreciate the op- portunity to be able to serve the citizens. I've been down here fighting for you and it's just really been a heck of a challenge. Things just get better and better as they go along, but like they said, sometimes there's some changes. You have to change directions in your life. I'm striving to go to school more, and work more to get my law degree, and it's just taking up a lot of time. I feel I'm not able to serve the citizens best and most wisely with the time I've got. I don't have the time to devote to it~like I'd like to. My heart hurts when I don't study the items on the agenda. So I'd like for some- body to get in there, run for it, because I'm behind them. I appreciate all the help and comments I've gotten from the citizens. Thank you. Thanks also to the Councilman who took me in as a greenwing and taught me things. There's a lot to learn up here. The vote on Ordinance 1411 was then taken, and carried, 5 ayes and 0 nays. • Ayes: Councilpersons Westergren, Matuszak, Pfeiffer, .Skelton and Mayor Pro Tem Gay Nays: None