2014-01-13 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council minutes

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LOUIS RIGBY Mayor JOHN ZEMANEK Councilmember At Large A DOTTIE KAMINSKI Councilmember At Large B MIKE MOSTEIT Councilmember District 1 CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilmember District 2 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE JANUARY 13, 2014 DARYL LEONARD Councilmember District 3 TOMMY MOSER Councilmember District 4 JAY MARTIN Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember District 5 MIKE CLAUSEN Councilmember District 6 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, January 13, 2014, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business: 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmembers Engelken, Leonard, Zemanek, Kaminski, Mosteit, Martin, Clausen, and Moser. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. 2. INVOCATION - The invocation was given by Clark Askins, Assistant City Attorney. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Daryl Leonard. 4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS (a) Recognition — Certificates of Appreciation for Thanksgiving By the Bay — Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby provided Certificates of Appreciation to Dennis Lunday, Barbara Lunday, Bruce Compton, George Welsh, Matt Thomas, Paul Chapman, Rayna Headrick, Rick Weimer, Sandra Holub, and Tonya Sandefer for their contributions and efforts during the Thanksgiving By the Bay event held. Dennis Lunday thanked the City for assistance during the event and vowed the 2014 event will be even better. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) Robby Sabban spoke on behalf of the Running Alliance Sport and thanked the City for making the La Porte by the Bay Half Marathon race such a successful event. Mr. Sabban advised Council the next race will be held on November 16, 2014. John Kling, 11025 Pinewood Ct., addressed Council in regards to damaged sidewalks in his neighborhood and requested Council to add additional funding for repair of sidewalks. Rhonda Lunsford, 10280 North H, thanked Council for the improvements made at the Lomax Arena and provided her concerns about not adding bucking chutes to the arena. Ms. Lunsford also requested additional clean sand in the arena. 6. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember requests an item be removed and considered separately.) (a) Consider approval or other action regarding the minutes of the special council meeting held December 2, 2013, and minutes of regular council meeting held December 9, 2013 — P. Fogarty Page 1 of 4 January 13, 2014, Council Meeting Minutes