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<br />LOUIS RIGBY <br /> <br />CHUCK ENGELKEN <br />Mayor <br />Councilmember District 2 <br />JOHN ZEMANEK <br />DARYL LEONARD <br />Councilmember At Large A <br />Councilmember District 3 <br />DOTTIE KAMINSKI <br />KRISTIN MARTIN <br />Councilmember At Large B <br />Councilmember District 4 <br />DANNY EARP <br />JAY MARTIN <br />Mayor Pro-Tem <br />Councilmember District 5 <br />Councilmember District 1 <br />MIKE CLAUSEN <br /> <br />Councilmember District 6 <br /> <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br />FEBRUARY 13, 2017 <br />The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, February 13, 2017, at the City <br />Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following <br />items of business: <br />1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: <br />Councilmembers Engelken, J. Martin, K. Martin, Earp, Zemanek, Clausen, and Kaminski. Absent: <br />Councilmember Leonard. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby <br />Alexander, and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. <br />2. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Dee Spears, Fairmont Park Church. <br /> <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Chuck Engelken. <br />4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS <br />(a) Recognition Employees of the Fourth Quarter and Year for 2016 Sgt. Bennie Boles and Officer <br />Justin Weaver City of La Porte Police Department Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby recognized Sgt. Bennie Boles and Officer Justin Weaver as Employees of the Fourth <br />Quarter and Year for 2016. <br /> <br />(b) Recognition Manager of the Year Megan Mainer City of La Porte Parks and Recreation <br />Department (Recreation Superintendent) Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby recognized Megan Mainer as Manager of the Year. <br /> <br />5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) <br /> <br />Courtney Dodge, 201 S. Virginia St., addressed Council by stating someone who sits on council has <br />lied about her husband. She stated this individual and a certain officer are in cahoots together, and <br />filed falsified documentation that her husband threatened him. She stated she feels like she and her <br />husband have no civil rights. She stated that her husband told this individual to let him live his life and <br />this individual live his, and now her husband is in a psych facility. She stated she is making a stand for <br />, and nobody is going to stop her. She stated she is sick and tired of being <br />and it has got to stop. She then Okay? Y, because it is about to get <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />Feb. 13, 2017, Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />