<br />MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING, PUBLIC HEARING AND WORKSHOP
<br />OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL
<br />APRIL 13, 2009
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<br />1. Call to order
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<br />The meeting was called to order by Mayor Porter at 6:04 p.m.
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<br />Members of City Council Present: Mayor Alton Porter, Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Clausen,
<br />Council members Tommy Moser, Mike Mosteit, Georgia Malone, Louis Rigby, Chuck
<br />Engelken, John Black, and Howard Ebow.
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<br />Members of Council Absent: None
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<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 City Manager John Joerns, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett,
<br />Patrol Officer Sherman Moore, Building Official Debbie Wilmore, Lieutenant Tammy
<br />McBeath, Lieutenant Gary Chastain, Human Resources Manager Heather Weger, Judge
<br />Denise Mitrano, Deputy Court Clerk Lisa Syzdek, Mary Ann Harrison, Sonya Cates,
<br />Beverly Washmon, Jorge Reynaga, Mary Reed, Veronica Rodriguez, Wendy Elliott,
<br />Finance Director Michael Dolby, Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Suggs, Police
<br />Officer Matt Daeumer, Police Sergeant Marcus Upchurch, Wanda Richards, Kristi Palmer,
<br />Charlene Fox, Assistant to the City Manager Melissa Lanclos, Planning Director Tim
<br />Tietjens, City Planner Masood Malik, Controller Phyllis Rinehart, Court Clerk Lynda
<br />Kilgore, GIS Specialist Isaac Rodriguez, GIS Manager Brian Sterling, Economic
<br />Development Coordinator Debbie Westbeld, Lieutenant Steve Deardorff, Purchasing
<br />Manager Susan Kelley, Administrative Secretary Robin Eldridge, and a number of other
<br />employees.
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<br />Others Present: Adam Yanelli of Bayshore Sun, Father Gary Rickles, Gilbert Montemayor,
<br />Dottie Kaminski, Ted Powell, Katherine Aguilar, Henry Newsom, Pat Clark, Orville
<br />Burgess, Susie Burgess, Nick Barerra, Maggie Anderson, Daryl Leonard, Loretta Carter,
<br />Marylee Jackson, Mary Gay, Shar Lynch, Joe Bertugulia, Jerry Carpenter, Randa Specks,
<br />David Height, Loyce Young, Tom Stringer, John & Gloria Lair, Paul Larson, Lance and
<br />Lisa Emord, Brent Heckendorn, Don Gallington, Ralph Osborn, Jess Osborn, John
<br />Zemanek, Vicki Campise, David Janda, Ronda Lunsford, Cherelle Daeumer, Virginia
<br />Pierson -Turner, Joseph and Christine Espinosa, Justin Saltsman, Bill Manning, Jr.,
<br />Charlie Doug Boyle, Phillip Hoot, Shar Lynch, Mark Follis and a number of other citizens.
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<br />2. Father Gary Rickles of S1. Mary's Catholic Church gave the invocation.
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<br />3. Mayor Porter led the Pledge of Allegiance
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<br />4. Presentations/ Proclamations
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