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ORDINANCE NO. 96 - 2096
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND JANET A STEVENSON FOR
SETTLEMENT OF TWO (2) LAWSUITS BROUGHT BY MRS. STEVENSON AGAINST
THE CITY OF LA PORTE; APPROPRIATING $65,000.00 TO FUND SAID
AGREEMENT; MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING'
AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. The City Council hereby approves and authorizes
the Release and Settlement Agreement described in the title of this
ordinanc~, in substantially the form as shown in the document which
is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. The
City Manager is hereby authorized to execute such document and all
related documents on behalf of the City of La Porte.
The city
Secretary is hereby authorized to attest to all such signatures and
to affix the seal of the City to all such documents. City Council
appropriates the sum of $65,000.00 from the General Fund
Contingency Account to fund said Agreement.
Section 2. 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
ci ty for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as
required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government
Code; 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 ratifies, approves and confirms
such written notice and the contents and posting thereof.
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ORDINANCE NO. 96 -2096
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section 3. This Ordinance shall be effective from and after
its passage and approval, and it is so ordered.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this 18th day of March, 1996.
CITY OF LA PORTE
By: ~~~
b. 6,
Mayor Por Tern Bob Mclaughlin
ATTEST:
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Sue Lenes,
City Secretary