2015-02-23 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council minutes

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LOUIS RIGBY Mayor p DARYL LEONARD JOHN ZEMANEK I4 9 Councilmember District 3 Councilmember At Large A r '� DOTTIE KAMINSKI V m TOMMY MOSER Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember District 4 Councilmember At Large B JAY MARTIN DANNY EARP rexw►g Councilmember District 5 Councilmember District 1 MIKE CLAUSEN CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilmember District 6 Councilmember District 2 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE FEBRUARY 23, 2015 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, February 23, 2015, 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 6:02 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmembers Kaminski, Martin, Earp, Leonard, Clausen, Zemanek, Moser and Engelken. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, and City Manager Corby Alexander. 2. INVOCATION —The invocation was given by Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember John Zemanek. 4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS (a) Recognition—Citizens Certificate of Merit—Mayor Rigby This item was pulled due to the honorees not being able to attend the meeting. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) Chuck Rosa, 812 S. Virginia St., addressed Council voicing opposition to the La Porte Development Corporation Board providing incentive grants and provided a list of grants previously provided. In addition, Mr. Rosa requested the City build sidewalks for the kids in the community. Mark Young, a representative with the United Steel Workers Union, 311 Pasadena Blvd, Pasadena, TX, addressed Council and advised the current strike is about safety for the workers and not about money. Jana Pellusch, 714 Dartmouth Ln. Deer Park, TX, addressed Council in regards to the current strike and requested Council support the safety of workers. 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 City Council Meeting held on February 9, 2015—P. Fogarty (b) Consider approval or other regarding a Resolution opposing Senate Bill 343 and any other legislation which would erode the authority of a Home Rule Municipality—P. Fogarty Page 1 of 5 February 23,2015, Council Meeting Minutes