08-01-06 Special Called Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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CITY OF LA PORTE WRECKER COMMITTEE MINUTES OF AUGUST 1,2006 Committee Members Present: Wayne Sabo, Planning Director (designated representative of the City Manager); Martha Gillett,. City Secretary; and Carl Crisp,. Police Lt.- (designated representative of the Police Chief) Staff Members Present: Clark Askins, Assistant City Attorney; Sharon Harris, Assistant City Secretary; and Peggy Lee, Office Coordinator 1 CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order by Chairman Wayne Sabo at 2:01 PM. 2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF JUNE 28~ 2006, MINUTES. Motion by Martha Gillett to approve the Minutes of June 28, 2006. Second by Lt. Carl Crisp. The motion carried. Minutes approved as presented. 3. CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AN APPLICATION BY CHARLIE HINDS, CHARLIE HINDS PAINT & BODY, INC. FORAN EMERGENCY AUTO WRECKER PERMIT, IN ACCORDANCE wrm SECTION 7g-297 OF TIlE CODE OF ORDINANCES. A. OPEN PUBLIC HEARING Chairman Sabo opened the public hearing at 2:02 p.m. B. STAFF COMMENTS Assistant City Secretary, Sharon Harris, reported that on June 30, 2006, the City received an application and associated fee for an emergency auto wrecker permit from Charlie Hinds. At that time, the applicant was informed there were no emergency tags available, but Mr. Hinds chose to proceed with the application process. When questioned, Ms. Harris concurred that a correction had been made to Mr. Hinds's Certificate of Liability Insurance naming the City of La Porte as Certificate Holder. C. PUBLIC COMMENTS Charlie Hinds, of Charlie Hinds Paint & Body, 4421 Red Bluff, resident of La Porte since 1979, addressed the Committee. Mr. Hinds stated his service would be an asset to the City by providing another truck to help with needs and would allow time for better policing of all trucks. In Mr. Hinds's experience, the following applies: · In other cities, one owner can hold only one tag. There are no limits as to the number a trucks an owner can have, but he is limited to one license/tag.