O-2013-3480 repealing Ord 2011-3346/Council expense policies & procedures

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ORDINANCE NO. 2013 - AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2011.3346, ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR TRAVEL AND BUSINESS EXPENSES BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MEETINGS; PROVIDING AUTOMOBILE EXPENSE ALLOWANCES; 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 expressly repeals Ordinance No. 2011-3346, adopted on April 25, 2011, establishing guidelines for travel and business expenses by city council members to meetings and providing automobile expense allowances, as well as all other preceding ordinances or parts of ordinances establishing guidelines for travel and business expenses by council members to meetings and providing automobile expense allowances, including but not limited to Ordinance Nos. 2000-2434, 2002-2597, and 2004-2743, as repealed by passage of said Ordinance No. 2011-3346. Section 2. 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 3. 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.