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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 />OCTOBER 27, 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, October 27, 2014, at the <br />City 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 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: <br />Councilmembers Kaminski, Clausen, Earp, Zemanek, Moser, Engelken, Leonard and Martin. Also <br />present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, and Assistant City <br />Attorney Clark Askins. <br />2. INVOCATION - The invocation was given by Reid Morgan, St. John's Episcopal Church. <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Chuck <br />Engelken. <br />4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS <br />(a) Proclamation — Robert (Bob) McLaughlin Day — Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby presented a proclamation and key to the City to the family of Robert (Bob) <br />McLaughlin. <br />(b) Presentation — The City of La Porte -Distinguished Budget Presentation Award — Mayor <br />Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby presented the City of La Porte -Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to Finance <br />Director Michael Dolby. <br />(c) Presentation — 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report — Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby presented the 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report to Finance Director <br />Michael Dolby. <br />(d) Presentation — 2013 Popular Annual Financial Report — Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby presented the 2013 Popular Annual Financial Report to Finance Director Michael <br />Dolby. <br />6. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) <br />Don Berkemeyer, 3111 Fondren, thanked Council on behalf of Bayside Terrace Civic Club for the <br />street resurfacing. <br />Richard Morris, 8414 Bandridge, informed Council he received a tax statement from the City and <br />has not received one in the last three years, and he believed the City has removed the exemption <br />Page 1 of 9 <br />October 27, 2014, Council Meeting Minutes <br />