2015-04-13 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council minutes

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LOUIS RIGBY O�: L" A Mayor O DARYL LEONARD JOHN ZEMANEK !.� ,.` Councilmember District 3 Councilmember At Large A tl rim TOMMY MOSER DOTTIE KAMINSKI Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember District 4 Councilmember At Large B JAY MARTIN DANNY EARP *ex►e 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 APRIL 13, 2015 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, April 13, 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 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmembers Kaminski, Martin, Earp, Leonard, Clausen, Zemanek and Engelken. Absent: Councilmember Moser. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty and City Manager Corby Alexander. 2. INVOCATION—The invocation was given by Windell Gill, First Baptist Church. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE—The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Danny Earp. 4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS (a) Proclamation—Fair Housing Month in the City of La Porte—Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby presented the proclamation on Fair Housing Month, and Planning Director Tim Tietjens accepted it. (b) Proclamation—National Volunteer Week—Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby presented the National Volunteer Week proclamation. Chief Adcox shared the proclamation with the volunteers:who were in attendance. (c) Proclamation— National Public Safety-Telecommunications Week—Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby presented the National Public Safety-Telecommunications Week proclamation. Chief Adcox shared the proclamation with the telecommunicators who were in attendance. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) Chuck Rosa, 812 S. Virginia, addressed Council in regards to the La Porte Development Corporation Board awarding economic development incentives to new businesses. He is not in favor of doing this, and believes the ED Board needs to be abolished. Al Flores, 2601 Underwood, general counsel for Gringo's, addressed Council in regards to Item 8a, the surcharge fee component of the City of La Porte Industrial Waste Ordinance. Mr. Flores suggested Council revisit the definition of industrial waste and commented he does not believe the definition includes restaurants. I Page 1 of 5 April 13,2015, Council Meeting Minutes