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<br />MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING, PUBLIC HEARING AND WORKSHOP <br />OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL <br />APRIL 13, 2009 <br /> <br />1. Call to order <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order by Mayor Porter at 6:04 p.m. <br /> <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. <br /> <br />Members of Council Absent: None <br /> <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. <br /> <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. <br /> <br />2. Father Gary Rickles of S1. Mary's Catholic Church gave the invocation. <br /> <br />3. Mayor Porter led the Pledge of Allegiance <br /> <br />4. Presentations/ Proclamations <br />