1991-07-15 Special Called Meeting and Joint Workshop Meeting

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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL AND JOINT WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL AND THE LA PORTE FIRE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE JULY 15, 1991 1. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Malone at 6:00 P.M. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Norman Malone, Councilpersons Guy Sutherland, Mike Cooper, Bob Thrower, Bob McLaughlin, B. Don Skelton, Jerry Clarke Members of City Council Absent: Councilpersons Alton Porter and Deotis Gay Members of Fire Code Review Committee Present: Chairman Delbert Walker, Members Richard Browder, Emery Farkas, Tom Hayes, Charlie Young Members of City Staff Present: City Manager Bob Herrera, City Secretary Cherie Black, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett, Fire Marshal Paul Hickenbottom, Fire Chief Joe Sease, Chief Building Official Ervin Griffith, Director of Community Development Joel Albrecht Others Present: Lin Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer & Sons Electrical Contractors 2. Council considered an ordinance authorizing agreement between the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation and the City of La Porte for construction, operation, and maintenance of traffic signals. Assistant City Manager John Joerns reviewed the ordinance for Council. Motion was made by Councilperson Skelton to adopt Ordinance 1765 with the amendment that the Mayor be authorized to execute the document rather than the City Manager as named in the ordinance. The motion died for lack of a second. The Mayor read the ordinance caption, as follows: ORDINANCE 1765 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY OF LA PORTE, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS (1988-92 PASS PROGRAM); MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.