1984-04-18 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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~ ~ • MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL APRIL 18, 1984 1. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Cline at 7:00 P.M. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Virginia Cline, Councilpersons Kevin Graves, Lindsay Pfeiffer, Deotis Gay, B. Don Skelton, Linda Westergren, Norman Malone, John Longley, Ed Matuszak Members of City Council Absent: None Members of City Staff Present: City Manager Jack Owen, City Attorney Knox Askins, Assistant City Secretary Laura Hall, Administrative Intern Doug de la Morena, Police Chief Herb Freeman, Director of Parks & Recreation Stan Sherwood, Pur- chasing Agent Jackson Ray, Assistant Director of Public Works Luther Maxey, Fire Marshal Paul Hickenbottom, Fire Chief Joe Sease • Others Present: Jim Wyatt, Debbie Rihn, M. Brewer, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Dewalt, Robert Head, Charlie Perry, Mike Martinez, Dennis Dunham, Paul Felgner, John Albanese, Mark Hill, Arlene Arends of the Bayshore Sun-Broadcaster, 8 citizens 2. The invocation was given by Councilperson Gay. 3. Council considered approving the minutes of the regular meeting held April 4, 1984. Councilperson Skelton had several additions to the minutes: (a) on item 7, he had commented that AMI had made their interest know in the City of La Porte and said they could move beds from one city to another, so they may have gone ahead and started a request; (b) on item 8, he requested staggered terms for the members of the Health Facilities Development Corporation board; (c) on item 11, had requested Mr. Owen to prepare a safety plan covering evacuation and safety measures in the event of a pipeline disaster. Motion was made by Councilperson Skelton to approve the minutes as amended to include his comments. Second by Councilperson Westergren. The motion carried, 9 ayes, 0 nays. • .Ayes: Councilpersons Graves, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren, Malone, Longley, Matuszak and Mayor Cline Nays : Nzone