2004-10-25 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing, and Workshop Meeting

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City Council Regular Meet'and Workshop Meeting - October 25, .4 - Page 6 City Attorney Clark Askins read ORDINANCE 2004-2782 - AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING MEMBERS TO VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES, OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Motion was made bv Councilmember Griffiths approve Ordinance 2004-2782 and deleting section 10 of the ordinance as presented. Second by Councilmember Moser. Motion carried. Ayes: Beasley, Engelken, Mosteit, Moser, Rigby, Clausen, Porter, Ebow and Griffiths Nays: None Abstain: None 15. Council to consider approval or other action regarding an ordinance appointing Keith Trainer and Les Bird as members of the Civil Service Commission. City Manager Debra Feazelle presented summary and recommendation and answered Council's questions. Councilmember Rigby asked the City Manager to consider switching these two appointments due to Keith Trainer having 20 plus years of Civil Service experience; and if we adopt it as it stands, he would only serve for 10 months. Mr. Rigby would prefer to have him on the later appointment so we could have his expertise a little longer; by then, the Attorney General's opinion will be resolved. City Manager Feazelle does not have a problem with Mr. Rigby's recommendation. Mayor Porter stated that we do have the flexibility of not appointing a successor. City Attorney Clark Askins read: ORDINANCE 2004-2790 - AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Motion was made bv Councilmember Rigby to amend the term limits to the Civil Service Commission Ordinance 2004-2790 as. Dresented. Second by Ebow. Motion carried. Ayes: Beasley, Engelken, Mosteit, Moser, Rigby, Clausen, Porter, Ebow and Griffiths Nays: None Abstain: None 16. Administrative Reports City Manager Feazelle reminded Mayor, Council and Staff of the TML Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas, October 27-29,2004, and reminded Council that the comments for the 2005 calendar are due. Additionally, the City Manager's Office received the resolution packet from the Texas Municipal League and distributed copies to Mayor and Council. The Resolution Committee will be meeting Wednesday, October 27, 2004, at 9:00 a.m., with City Manager Feazelle being on the Committee. General membership will be meeting on Friday, October 29, 2004, to vote on the resolutions.