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MINUTES OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE
<br />LA PORTE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY and
<br />LA PORTE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE
<br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS
<br />January 25, 2023
<br />DETERMINE QUORUM; CALL TO ORDER.
<br />The Board of Directors of the La Porte Redevelopment Authority, City of La Porte, Texas, and La Porte
<br />Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, held a regular joint meeting, open to the public, on Wednesday,
<br />January 25, 2023, at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La
<br />Porte, Texas, and the roll was called of the duly appointed members of the Board, to -wit:
<br />Peggy Antone, Secretary Position 1
<br />Barry Beasley
<br />Position 2
<br />Alton Porter
<br />Position 3
<br />Kent Remmel
<br />Position 4
<br />Nicole Havard
<br />Position 5
<br />Mark Goodwin, Vice -Chairman Position 6
<br />Rick Helton Position 7
<br />David Janda, Chairman Position 8
<br />Kristen Lee, Asst. Secretary Position 9
<br />and all of the above were present, with the exception of Director Lee, thus constituting a quorum.
<br />Also present were Naina Magon and Linda Clayton, Hawes Hill & Associates, LLP; Corby Alexander,
<br />and Haley Bower, City of La Porte; Virginia Blake, McCall Gibson Swedlund Barfoot PLLC; and
<br />Muhammad Ali and Taylor Risien, Gauge Engineering. Chairman Janda called the meeting to order at
<br />6:31 p.m.
<br />APPROVE MINUTES OF THE JOINT LA PORTE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND LA PORTE
<br />TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 28, 2022.
<br />Upon a motion made by Director Beasley, and seconded by Director Goodwin, Directors Antone,
<br />Beasley, Remmel, Havard, Goodwin, Helton and Janda voted to approve the Minutes of the November
<br />28, 2022, Board meeting, as presented. Director Porter abstained. The motion passed.
<br />6:34 lr.m. Director Lee arrived meeting,
<br />APPROVE FY2022 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND AUDIT FROM McCALL GIBSON
<br />SWEDLUND BARFOOT PLLC.
<br />Ms. Blake presented the FY2022 Annual Financial Report and Audit, included in the Board materials.
<br />She reviewed the Independent Auditor's Report and reported a clean opinion. She went over pages
<br />3-7, Management's Discussion and Analysis for the Year Ended September 30, 2022; page Statement
<br />of Net Position and Governmental Fund Balance Sheet; page 9, Reconciliation of the Governmental
<br />Fund Balance Sheet to the Statement of Net Position; page 10, Statement of Activities and
<br />Governmental Fund Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Change in Fund Balance; pages 12-22,
<br />Notes to the Financial Statements; and page 24, Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in
<br />Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - General Fund. She reported no audit issues. Upon a motion made
<br />by Director Helton, and seconded by Director Havard, the Board voted unanimously to approve the
<br />FY200 Annual Financial Report and Audit, as presented.
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