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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
<br />LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL
<br />FEBRUARY 26, 1996
<br />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, Councilperson Guy Sutherland, Mike
<br />Cooper, Bob McLaughlin, Alton Porter, Deotis Gay, Jack Maxwell and Jerry Clarke
<br />Members of Council Absent: Councilperson Bob Thrower
<br />Members of City Staff Present: Assistant City Manager John Joerns, City Attorney Knox Askins, City
<br />Secretary Sue Lenes, Director of Finance/ACM Jeff Litchfield, Director of Administrative Services Louis
<br />Rigby, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett, Police Chief Bobby Powell, Assistant Finance Director
<br />Cynthia Alexander, Purchasing Agent Susan Kelley,
<br />Others Present: Dr. John Sawyer, Superintendent of LPISD Schools, Ken Schlather, President of LPISD
<br />Board of Trustees, and a number of other persons, to be named later, representing LPISD; and several La
<br />Porte citizens
<br />2. INVOCATION BY REV. MARLIN FINN, FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
<br />The invocation was delivered by Rev. Marlin Finn pastor of the First United Methodist Church in La
<br />Porte, Texas.
<br />3. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 12, 1996
<br />Motion was made by Councilperson Cooper to approve the minutes of February 12 as presented. Second
<br />by Councilperson Maxwell. The motion carved, 8 ayes, 0 nays.
<br />Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper, McLaughlin, Porter, Gay, Maxwell, Clarke and Mayor
<br />Malone
<br />Nays: None
<br />4. PROCLAMATIONS:
<br />A. RELAY FOR LIFE DAY - AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
<br />B. TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
<br />Mayor Malone asked the City Council to join him in proclaiming March 29 and 30, 1996, as Relay for
<br />Life Day. Receiving the proclamation was Rosalie Kuntz, President Southeast Harris County Unit of the
<br />American Cancer Society.
<br />Mayor Malone proclaimed the week of March 10 through 16, 1996, as Texas Public Schools Week.
<br />Accepting the proclamation were Dr. John Sawyer, Superintendent of LPISD Schools, Ken Schlather,
<br />President of LPISD Board of Trustees, Nina Zoch, LPISD Board of Trustees, Mary McDermott -Jackson,
<br />Principal of Lomax Jr. High, Mary Cantwell, Assistant Principal at Bayshore, Gayla Garnett, Assistant
<br />Principal of Baker Jr. High, Charles Wilder, Assistant Principal of College Park Elementary, Karen
<br />Patrick, Assistant Principal of Rizzuto Elementary, and spokesperson for the group, Beth Rickert, Director
<br />of Communications and Public Information Officer of LPISD.
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