1996-03-18 Special Called Regular Meeting

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• • ORDINANCE NO. 96 - 2096 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA FORTE AND JANET A STEVENSON FOR SETTLEMENT OF TWO (2) LAWSUITS BROUGHT BY MRS. STEVENSON AGAINST THE CITY OF LA PORTS; APPROPRIATING $65,000.00 TO FUND SAID AGREEMENT; HARING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SIIBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA FORTE: Section 1. The City Council hereby approves and authorizes the Release and Settlement Agreement described in the title of this ordinance, in substantially the form as shown in the document which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute such document and all related documents on behalf of the City of La Porte. The City Secretary is hereby authorized to attest to all such signatures and to affix the seal of the City to all such documents. City Council appropriates the sum of $65,000.00 from the General Fund Contingency Account to fund said Agreement. Section 2. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof.