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LOUIS RIGBY <br />Mayor <br />JOHN ZEMANEK <br />Councilmember At Large A <br />DOTTIE KAMINSKI <br />Councilmember At Large B <br />MIKE MOSTEIT <br />Councilmember District 1 <br />CHUCK ENGELKEN <br />Councilmember District 2 <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br />APRIL 14, 2014 <br />DARYL LEONARD <br />Councilmember District 3 <br />TOMMY MOSER <br />Councilmember District 4 <br />JAY MARTIN <br />Mayor Pro Tem <br />Councilmember District 5 <br />MIKE CLAUSEN <br />Councilmember District 6 <br />The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, April 14, 2014, at the City <br />Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the <br />following items of business: <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. Members of Council present: <br />Councilmembers Kaminski, Clausen, Mosteit, Leonard, Engelken, Zemanek, Moser and Martin. <br />Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, and Assistant <br />City Attorney Clark Askins. <br />2. INVOCATION - The invocation was given by Dr. B. L. Worsham, Second Baptist Church of <br />La Porte. <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Dottie <br />Kaminski. <br />4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS <br />(a) Proclamation — Fair Housing Month in the City of La Porte — Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby presented the Fair Housing Month in the City of La Porte proclamation. Planning <br />Director Tim Tietjens accepted the proclamation. <br />(b) Proclamation — Safe Digging Month — Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby presented the Safe Digging Month proclamation to CenterPoint Operations <br />Supervisor, Charles Sybert. <br />5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) <br />Chuck Rosa, 812 S. Virginia St., addressed Council with concerns of the City providing incentive <br />grants to businesses and suggested providing loans instead of incentive grants. <br />6. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be enacted <br />by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember requests an <br />item be removed and considered separately.) <br />(a) Consider approval or other action regarding the minutes of the regular city council meeting <br />held March 24, 2014 — P. Fogarty <br />Councilmember Clausen moved to approve the Consent Agenda pursuant to staff <br />recommendations. Councilmember Martin seconded. MOTION PASSED. <br />Ayes: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Clausen, Engelken, Zemanek, <br />Kaminski, Leonard, Mosteit, Moser and Martin <br />Nays: None <br />Absent: None <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />April 14, 2014, Council Meeting Minutes <br />