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• ~ <br />Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council <br />June 8, 1987, Page 2 <br />5. The Mayor proclaimed Safe Boating Week, accepted by Mr. and <br />Mrs. Jim Drury, and PBX/Telecommunicators Week, accepted by <br />Nancy Kelly. <br />6. Mr. Ron Flood and Mr. Henry Veltkamp addressed Council and <br />presented plans for the Veterans War Memorial to be placed at <br />Sylvan Beach. They asked for Council and citizen support in <br />this project.. The La Porte Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter <br />is sponsoring this effort, and hopes to have the dedication <br />of the memorial on Memorial Day weekend. <br />7. Council considered authorizing additional engineering <br />services with HDR Techserv, Inc., for services dealing with <br />obtaining the sanitary landfill permit. <br />"~~tion c:Tas made by Councilnerson Skelton to authorize <br />additional engineering services with HDR Techserv, Inc , ~n <br />the amount_of_$6,400. Second by Councilperson Clarke. The <br />motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays. <br />Ayes: Councilpersons Waters, Lloyd, Matuszak, Porter, Shipp, <br />Gay, Skelton, Clarke and Mayor Malone <br />Nays: None <br />8. The Mayor and City Manager asked that items 8, 9, 10, and 12 <br />be taken to Executive Session. <br />11. Council considered approving a resolution encouraging use of <br />United States manufactured steel for the Highway 146 bridge <br />over the Houston Ship Channel. <br />The City Attorney read Resolution 87-$. Mntion was made by <br />o n i~person Waters to approve Resolution 87-8. Second by <br />Councilperson Gay. <br />Mntion cias made by Councilnerson Skelton to amend the motion <br />and change the resolution to read that the Citv encourages <br />rinmestic+ steel and employees for erection of the bride if it <br />~pAt-s the bids of any foreign ,produc~d_~~~. Second by <br />Councilperson Lloyd. <br />After discussion, Councilperson Skelton withdrew his <br />amendment and Councilperson Lloyd withdrew his second, and <br />Counciloers^r~ Ske'*^„ amended the original motion to strike <br />