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9 • <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF <br />LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL <br />JANUARY 22, 1996 <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order by Mayor Norman L. Malone at 6:00 P.M. <br />Members of City Council Present: Mayor Norman L. Malone, Councilpersons Guy Sutherland, Mike <br />Cooper, Bob Thrower, Bob McLaughlin, Alton Porter, Deotis Gay, Jack Maxwell and Jerry Clarke <br />Members of Council Absent: None <br />Members of City Staff Present: City Manager Robert T. Herrera, Assistant City Attorney John <br />Armstrong, City Secretary Sue Lenes, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Director of Finance/ACM Jeff <br />Litchfield, Director of Administrative Services Louis Rigby, Director of Parks and Recreation Stephen <br />Barr, Police Chief Bobby Powell, Assistant Finance Director Cynthia Alexander, Cash Manager Rick <br />Overgaard, Accounting Supervisor Kathy Hutton, Purchasing Agent Susan Kelley, Golf Course <br />Superintendent Dennis Hlavaty, Secretary to the City Manager Carol Buttler, Utility Billing Clerk Cherell <br />Arcangeli <br />Others Present: Attorney John Hightower, representing Olson & Olson Law Firm, Mr. Steve Chandler, <br />representing J.A.C. Interests, Inc., and several La Porte citizens <br />2. INVOCATION BY REV. RANDY GILCHRIST - FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH <br />In the absence of Rev. Randy Gilchrist, Councilperson Alton Porter delivered the invocation. <br />3. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 8, 1996 <br />Motion was made by Councilperson Maxwell to approve the minutes of January 8 as presented. Second <br />by Councilperson McLaughlin. The motion carried, 9 ayes, 0 nays. <br />Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper, Thrower, McLaughlin, Porter, Gay, Maxwell, Clarke and <br />Mayor Norman Malone <br />Nays: None <br />4. PRESENTATION: <br />PAT MENARD RETIREMENT - R. T. Herrera <br />Mayor Malone read a dossier on retiring Cash Collection Supervisor Pat Menard. City Manager R. T. <br />Herrera presented Pat Menard with a watch in honor of her outstanding service to the City of La Porte. <br />5. PROCLAMATIONS: <br />A. THE "MOVING WALL" - VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL <br />Mayor Malone proclaimed March 13 through 19, 1996, as "Moving Wall" Week, and he presented a <br />proclamation to the Moving Wall Committee, Chairman Jim Hodges, committee members Sammy Jacobs, <br />Bill and Betty Stoumbaugh, and Dan Hickey <br />