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LOUIS RIGBY <br />Mayor <br />JOHN ZEMANEK <br />Councilmember At Large A <br />DOTTIE KAMINSKI <br />Mayor Pro Tem <br />Councilmember At Large B <br />DANNY EARP <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 />JUNE 9, 2014 <br />DARYL LEONARD <br />Councilmember District 3 <br />TOMMY MOSER <br />Councilmember District 4 <br />JAY MARTIN <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, June 9, 2014, at the City Hall <br />Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following <br />items of business: <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: <br />Councilmembers Kaminski, Leonard, Clausen, Engelken, Zemanek, Moser and Martin. Absent: <br />Councilmember Mosteit. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby <br />Alexander, and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. <br />2. INVOCATION - The invocation was given by Windell Gill, First Baptist Church of La Porte. <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Chuck <br />Engelken. <br />4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS <br />(a) Presentation — Administer the Oath of Office to newly elected Councilmember Danny Earp, <br />District 1 — State Representative John Davis <br />State Representative John Davis administered the Oath of Office to newly elected Councilmember <br />Danny Earp, District 1. <br />Administer the Oath of Office to re-elected Councilmember Mike Clausen, District 6, and <br />Councilmember Dottie Kaminski, At Large B — Judge Denise Mitrano <br />Judge Denise Mitrano administered the Oath of Office to re-elected Councilmember Mike Clausen, <br />District 6, and Councilmember Dottie Kaminski, At Large B. <br />(b) Presentation — 2014 Arbor Award from Trees for Houston (Parks and Recreation <br />Department) — Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby and Barry Ward with Trees for Houston presented the 2014 Arbor Award to the Parks <br />and Recreation Department. <br />(c) Presentation — 2014 Platinum Leadership Circle Award (City of La Porte) — Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby presented the Finance Department with the 2014 Platinum Leadership Circle Award. <br />5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) <br />Chuck Rosa, 812 S. Virginia, addressed Council with concerns of needing sidewalks near La Porte <br />High School. Mr. Rosa also informed Council of a boy who was injured near the Skateboard Park <br />by a Domino's Pizza delivery vehicle, further indicating the need for a sidewalk. In addition, Mr. <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />June 9, 2014, Council Meeting Minutes <br />