MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING AND WORKSHOP MEETING
<br />OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL
<br />February 23, 2009
<br />1. Call to order
<br />The meeting was called to order by Mayor Porter at 6:01 p.m.
<br />Members of City Council Present: Mayor Porter, Mayor Pro -Tern Mike Clausen, Council
<br />members Tommy Moser, Mike Mosteit, John Black, Georgia Malone, Howard Ebow, Louis
<br />Rigby and Chuck Engelken
<br />Members of Council Absent: None
<br />Members of City Executive Staff and City Employees Present: City Manager Ron
<br />Bottoms, Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins, City Secretary Martha Gillett, Police Chief
<br />Kenith Adcox, Assistant Police Chief Steve Deardorff, Police Sergeant Matt Novosad,
<br />Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett, Municipal
<br />Court Judge Denise Mitrano, Assistant Fire Chief Donald Ladd, Director of Planning Tim
<br />Tietjens, Director of Parks and Recreation Stephen Barr, Police Sergeant Matt Daeumer,
<br />Office Manager Melisa Lanclos, Police Officer John Blakemore, GIS Technician Isaac
<br />Rodriguez, Police Officer Tracy Phelan, Municipal Court Clerk Lisa Syzdeck, Fire Chief
<br />Mike Boaze, Police Officer Sherman Moore, Animal Control Supervisor Clarence
<br />Anderson, Police Officer Kyle Jones, Police Lieutenant Tammy Mc Beath, Police
<br />Detective David Huckabee, Police Officer Paul Whitechurch, Economic Development
<br />Coordinator Debbie Westbeld, Human Resources Manager Heather Weger, Emergency
<br />Management Coordinator Jeff Suggs, and a number of other employees and Police
<br />Officers.
<br />Others Present: Adam Yanelli of Bayshore Sun, Carol Christian of the Houston Chronicle,
<br />Horace Leopard, Colleen Hicks, Dottie Kaminski, Maggie Anderson, Nick Barrera, Jay
<br />Dunham, David Janda, Kathryn Aguilar, Ted Powell, Barry Beasley, Amy Holloway, Phillip
<br />Hoot, Joe Brown, Pat Clark, Gene Neiss, Richard Warren, Tom Barbee, Brittany Turner,
<br />Mary Key, Curtis Kearns, Ray Key, Shirley Larkey, Justin and Ruth Saltsman, Brett Saltar,
<br />David Jestice, Sherri Ditrich, Ed Wells, Dana Vaughn, Jesse Arenivas Jr. and a number of
<br />other citizens.
<br />2. Dan Chappell of Fairmont Park Church delivered the Invocation
<br />3. Mayor Porter led the Pledge of Allegiance
<br />4. Presentations/ Proclamations
<br />A. Mayor Porter noted Billy Brooks of Public Works as "Employee of the Fourth
<br />Quarter" was unable to be present and will attend a future Council meeting.
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