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• <br />Minutes of Special Called <br />Regular Meeting <br />La Porte City Council <br />7, 1995, Page 5 <br />City Attorney read: 95-2025 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND <br />AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND <br />COMMODORE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, FOR EXPANSION OF THE MUNICIPAL <br />COURT PARKING LOT; APPROPRIATING $40,375.10, TO FUND SAID <br />PROJECT; MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO <br />THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />Motion was made by Councilperson McLaughlin to approve <br />Ordinance 95-2025 as read by the City Attorney. Second by <br />Councilperson Cooper. The motion carried, 6 ayes and 0 nays. <br />Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper, Thrower, <br />McLaughlin, Porter and Mayor Malone <br />Nays: None <br />11. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A STIPULATION AND AGREEMENT <br />RELATING TO THE RATES OF HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY <br />jOrd. 95-2026) - K. Askins <br />City Attorney Knox Askins reviewed summary and staff <br />recommendation regarding the proposed ordinance. The City of <br />Houston and the Coalition of Cities, which includes the City <br />of La Porte, have reached an agreement with Houston Lighting <br />and Power Company on a rate decrease. <br />City Attorney read: ORDINANCE 95-2026 - AN ORDINANCE <br />APPROVING A STIPULATION AND AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE RATES OF <br />HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY; DETERMINING JUST AND <br />REASONABLE RATES TO BE OBSERVED AND IN FORCE WITHIN THE CITY <br />OF LA PORTE; ORDERING RATE REDUCTIONS AND CREDITS TO <br />RATEPAYERS' BILLS; FIXING THE RATES THAT SHALL CONSTITUTE THE <br />LEGAL RATES OF HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY UNTIL <br />CHANGED AS PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT; <br />PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF RATE SCHEDULES AND TARIFFS AND THE <br />APPROVAL OR MODIFICATION OF SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF <br />CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING FINDINGS AND OTHER <br />PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE FORGOING SUBJECT; PROVIDING FOR <br />SEVERABILITY; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; <br />AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />Motion was made by Councilperson Cooper to approve Ordinance <br />95-2026 as read by the City Attorney. Second by Councilperson <br />Thrower. The motion carried, 6 ayes and 0 nays. <br />Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper, Thrower, <br />McLaughlin, Porter and Mayor Malone <br />Nays: None <br />