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Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council March 11, 1991, Page 2 The City Attorney read: ORDINANCE 1748 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE II, "WATER, SEWERS, AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; ESTABLISHING A NEW RATE AND FEE STRUCTURE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Motion was made by Councilperson McLaughlin to adopt Ordinance 1748 as read by the City Attorney. Second by Councilperson Porter. Motion was made by Councilperson Skelton to table the .item and bring it back to the next meeting as a workshop item and then a regular item to consider for action. Second by Councilperson Clarke. The motion carried, 5 ayes and 3 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Cooper, Matuszak, McLaughlin, Skelton and Clarke, Nays: Councilpersons Sutherland, Porter and Mayor Malone 6. Council considered an ordinance approving and adopting the Coalition of Cities recommendation for settlement of the pending Houston Lighting & Power Company rate case. The City Attorney read: ORDINANCE 1749 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE COALITION OF CITIES RECOMMENDATION FOR SETTLEMENT OF THE PENDING HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY RATE CASE; CONTAINING FINDINGS AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Motion was made by Councilperson Skelton to adopt Ordinance 1749 as read by the City Attorney. Second by Councilperson Sutherland. The motion carried, 7 ayes, and 1 nay. Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper, Matuszak, McLaughlin, Skelton, Clarke and Mayor Malone Nays: Councilperson Porter 7. Council considered a resolution authorizing submission of a grant request to Governor's Criminal Justice Division for Information Systems/Computer Aided Dispatch program. The City Attorney read: RESOLUTION 91-03 - A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT REQUEST TO THE GOVERNOR'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION FOR FUNDING TO THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, FOR A PROGRAM KNOWN AS INFORMATION SYSTEMS/COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH.