2014-03-10 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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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 DARYL LEONARD Councilmember District 3 TOMMY MOSER Councilmember District 4 JAY MARTIN Mayor Pro Tern Councilmember District 5 MIKE CLAUSEN Councilmember District 6 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE MARCH 10, 2014 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, March 10, 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 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmembers Engelken, Zemanek, Kaminski, Clausen, Mosteit, Moser and Martin. Absent: Councilmember Leonard. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. 2. INVOCATION - The invocation was given by Councilmember Jay Martin. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Jay Martin. 4. PRESENATIONS, PROCLAMATION, and RECONITIONS (a) Proclamation — Texas History Month — Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby presented the Texas History Month proclamation to Dottie Blankenship. Ms. Blankenship briefly shared some comments. S. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) There were no public comments. 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 regular city council meeting held on February 24, 2014, and the minutes of the town hall special meeting held on February 27, 2014 - P. Fogarty (b) Consider approval or other action regarding a Resolution designating the City Manager as the authorizing grant official and approving the grant application for Digital Forensics Examination and Analysis equipment and training through the Criminal Justice Division, Governor's Office - K. Adcox (c) Consider approval or other action regarding an ordinance vacating, abandoning, and closing a 600-square-foot tract out of the West 'D' Street right-of-way, and authorize the execution and delivery of a deed to the adjoining landowner - T. Tietjens (d) Consider approval or other action regarding RFP # 14502 Franchise Fee Audit for Telephone, Electrical, Cable and Natural Gas - M. Dolby (e) Consider approval or other action awarding Bid # 14071 for Tractor/Loader Backhoe with Concrete Breaker - D. Mick Page 1 of 4 March 10, 2014, Council Meeting Minutes