HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-2016-3647 Appointing a Presiding Judge and Alternate Judges for the La Porte Municipal Court of RecordORDINANCE NO. 2016- 3647
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING A PRESIDING JUDGE AND ALTERNATE JUDGES FOR THE
MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, FOR A TERM OF
FOUR YEARS, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2016, AND EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30, 2020,
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS:
Section t. The City Council of the City of LaPorte, Texas, hereby appoints Denise C.
Mitrano as the Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court of Record in the City of La Porte, Texas.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, hereby appoints John M.
Morgan as Alternate Judge of the Municipal Court of Record in the City of La Porte, Texas.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of LaPorte, Texas, hereby appoints Dick H.
Gregg III as Alternate Judge of the Municipal Court of Record in the City of LaPorte, Texas.
Section 4. The City Council of the City of LaPorte, Texas, hereby appoints Chris Gore
as Alternate Judge of the Municipal Court of Record in the City of La Porte, Texas.
Section 5. The City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, hereby appoints John C.
Cardenas as Alternate Judge of the Municipal Court of Record in the City of La Porte, Texas.
Section 6. Each of the above appointees shall serve for a term of four (4) years, effective
October 1, 2016, and expiring on September 30, 2020, and shall receive compensation as may be
fixed by City Council.
Section 7. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause or any part of any section, sentence,
phrase or clause of this ordinance shall, for any reasons, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not
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affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this
City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of
the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.
Section 8. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the
extent of such conflict only.
Section 9. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declared 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, 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 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.
Section 10: This ordinance shall be effective from and after its passage and approval, and
it is so ordered.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 26th day of September, 2016.
ATTEST:
By: 9
Patrice Fogart Pcity Sec etary
APPROVED:
By.
Clark T. Askins, Assistant City Attorney