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. . ORDINANCE 1504, Page 3 Section i. All notices required by this Ordinance shall be effectuated by serving them upon the City Secretary at the following location: 604 W. Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, and all such notices shall be effective only when actually received in the office of the person named above. Section 4. Neither the Mayor, a City Councilmember, nor any other officer or employee of the City shall have the authority to waive any of the provisions of this ordinance. Section 5. The written notice required under this ordinance shall be sworn to by the person claiming the damage or injuries or by someone authorized by him to do so on his behalf. Failure to swear to the notice as required herein shall not render the notice fatally defective, but failure to so verify the notice may be considered by the City Council as a factor relating to the truth of the allegations and to the weight to be given to the allegations contained therein. Section 6. If any provision of this ordinance or the application hereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without defeating the purpose or objective of the provisions, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 7. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the sUbject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further