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. e MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 23,1995 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Norman L. Malone at 6:00 P.M. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Norman L. Malone, Councilpersons Guy Sutherland, Mike Cooper, Bob McLaughlin, Alton Porter, Deotis Gay, Jack Maxwell and Jerry Clarke Members of Council Absent: Councilperson Bob Thrower Members of City Staff and City Employees Present: City Manager Robert T. Herrera, City Attorney Knox Askins, City Secretary Sue Lenes, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Director of Finance/ACM Jeff Litchfield, Director of Administrative Services Louis Rigby, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett, Director of Planning Guy Rankin, Director of Parks and Recreation Stephen Barr, Assistant Finance Director Cynthia Alexander, Accounting Supervisor Kathy Hutton, Cash Manager Rick Overgaard, Purchasing Agent Susan Kelley, City Engineer Fred Thompson Others Present: Hugh L. Landrum and Hugh L. Landrum, Jr., Representing Hugh L. Landrum & Associates, Inc., Patty Welborn and Tom Odson representing Browning-Ferris, Inc., and several La Porte citizens. 2. INVOCATION BY REV. JIM MANN - CHRIST REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH Mayor Norman L. Malone delivered the invocation in the absence of Rev. Jim Mann, Christ Redeemer Lutheran Church. (Rev. Mann entered the Council meeting at 6:07 P.M. Rev. Mann stated he teaches a church class on Monday evenings and was sorry he was late. Rev. Mann brought several of his students to observe the City Council meeting. Mayor Malone thanked Rev. Mann for coming to the Council meeting and for bringing his students to observe the City Council in action.) 3. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 9, 1995 Motion was made by Council person Cooper to approve the minutes of October 9 as presented. Second by Councilperson Sutherland. The motion carried, 7 ayes, 0 nays and 1 abstain. Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper, McLaughlin, Porter, Maxwell, Clarke and Mayor Malone None Council person Gay Nays: Abstain: 4. PROCLAMATIONS: A. RED RIBBON WEEK - Joyce Sease Mayor Malone proclaimed October 22-28, 1995, as Red Ribbon Week. Substance Abuse Counselors from LPISD, Joyce Sease and Susan Wolff, received the proclamation and thanked Council for their participation in the campaign. Mayor Malone thanked both ladies for their efforts in the fight against substance abuse.