2009-08-10 & 08-11 City Council Meeting for the Budget Workshop Meetings on Proposed Budget and Public Hearing on Recommendations of Staff and Other Matters of the City of La Porte

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ORDINANCE NO. 3J70 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LA PORTE EMPLOYEE POLICIES HANDBOOK BY ADDING A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE POLICY; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby adopts amendments to Chapter 3, "Standards of Conduct", of the City of La Porte Employee Policies Handbook, by adding a Social Networking Site Policy, a true and correct copy of which is attached to this Ordinance as Exhibit "A", incorporated by reference herein, and made a part hereof for all purposes. Section 2. The revised City of La Porte Employee Policies Handbook hereby adopted, shall supersede all previous City of La Porte Employee Policy Handbooks and City of La Porte Personnel Policy Manuals, including amendments made thereto, heretofore adopted by the City Council of the City of La Porte. Section 3. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this Ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid. Section 4. 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