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• • Minutes Regular Meeting La Porte City Council October 9, 1995, Page 2 Director of Planning Guy Rankin reviewed the summary and recommendation for the request. Mr. Rankin and City Manager Robert T. Herrera answered questions and reviewed information with Council. City Attorney read: ORDINANCE NO. 95-2068 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND HORSESHOE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, FOR THE REHABILITATION OF SANITARY SEWER LINES, BOTH IDENTIFIED AND YET TO BE IDENTIFIED; AND TO AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND INSITUFORM GULF SOUTH, INC., FOR TRENCHLESS REPAIR OF YET TO BE DETERMINED LINE SEGMENTS; APPROPRIATING AN AMOUNT NOT. TO EXCEED $300,000.00 TO FUND SAID CONTRACTS; MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Motion was made by Councilperson Clarke to approve Ordinance 95-2068 as read by the Citv Attorney. Second by Councilperson Thrower. The motion carried, 8 ayes, 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper, Thrower, McLaughlin, Porter, Maxwell, Clarke and Mayor Malone Nays: None 6. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A RENTAL FEE POLICY FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRING RANGE (Ord. 95-2069) - R. T. Herrera Mayor Malone stated Item 6 will betaken to executive session for discussion. 7. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CREATING A MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING SECURITY FUND (Ord. 95-2070) - R. T. Herrera City Manager Robert T. Herrera reviewed with Council the summary and recommendation for the request for an ordinance to create a municipal court building security fund. Mr. Herrera and City Attorney Knox Askins answered questions from Council. Councilperson Sutherland suggested a change to the verbiage in Section 3 of the Ordinance. City Attorney Askins agreed and will make the appropriate change. Councilperson Porter asked if staff has any idea about what amount of revenue will be generated from the passage of this ordinance. Mr. Herrera stated, "We do not know at this time what amount of revenue this may potentially generate based on past history". Councilperson Porter said he would like to know those figures by the next meeting. City Attorney Askins said we could do a proforma based on last years figures.