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<br />Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting -January 8, 2007 <br /> <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />11. Council to consider approval or other action regarding an ordinance appointing members to <br />various boards and providing for City appointment of Zoning Board of Adjustment <br />Chairperson Commissions. <br /> <br />Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins read: Ordinance 2782-P - AN ORDINANCE <br />APPOINTING MEMBERS TO VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND <br />COMMITTEES, OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY <br />CLAUSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH <br />THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />Motion was made bv Council member Moser to approve Ordinance appointing members to <br />various boards by placing Sammy Jacobs on the Chapter 172 Board Retiree Participant <br />position. placing Trent Wise on the 4B Development Corporation. providing for City <br />Council appointment of Chairperson of Zoning Board of Adiustment. and appointing Bill <br />Maltsberger of Position 5 as Chairperson of the Zoning Board of Adiustment. <br /> <br />Ayes: Mosteit, Ebow, Clausen, Moser, Engelken, Rigby, Griffiths, Beasley and Mayor. <br />Nays: None <br />Abstain: None <br /> <br />12. Council to discuss distribution of funds for compensation of employees and provide staff <br />with direction. <br /> <br />Council directed staff to move forward with option 2A, as provided in backup materials by <br />Staff, whereby each full-time budgeted employee is to receive a 3.25% salary increase, <br />retroactive to October 1, 2006. In addition, council directed staff to bring back an item at the <br />January 22,2007 Council meeting providing Council with a schedule of when the <br />benefits/compensation study will be completed. <br /> <br />13. Council to receive report from 4B Development Board Members Clausen, Moser and <br />Engelken. <br /> <br />It was not necessary for a report to be provided since all Council members attended the joint <br />City Council/4B meeting. <br /> <br />14. Mayor closed the regular meeting and opened the workshop meeting at 6:55 p.m. <br /> <br />15. Council discussed the following workshop items: <br /> <br />A. Council discussed and provided guidance to staff regarding proposed modifications <br />to the notification procedures used for public hearings as outlined in Chapter 106 <br />(Zoning) of the Code of Ordinances, and directed staff to prepare proposed <br />modifications for consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission, including <br />but not limited to placing signs on the property being considered for zoning changes <br />as a notification process. <br /> <br />B, Council discussed and provided guidance to staff to prepare and ordinance to amend <br />Chapter 78 of the Code of Ordinances regarding regulation of tow trucks and <br />provided guidance regarding the base fee for a normal, non-consent tow in the City <br />of La Porte. Council directed staff to move forward. <br />