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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Agenda Date Requested February 13,2005
Requested By: Mayor Porter
Appropriation
Source of Funds:
Department:
Mayor llyg City Co'\ycil
Account Number:
Report:
Resolution:
Ordinance:
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Amount Budgeted:
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Exhibits:
Ordinance and Back-up from LPISD
Budgeted Item: YES NO
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SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION
La Porte Independent School District recently appointed Dr. Say as the School District's representative for the
TIRZ/Redevolpment Boards. City Council needs to ratify this decision by approving the change in the
boards/commissions ordinance.
In addition, the ordinance reflects the vacant spot on the Chapter 172 Board recently vacated due to the resignation
of Kim Meismer.
Action Required bv Council:
Recommendation is to approve the ordinance ratifying Dr. Say and indicating vacant slot on Chapter 172 Board.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2004-2782-J
AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING MEMBERS TO VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS,
AND COMMITTEES, OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING 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:
· Indicates reappointment
Section 1.
The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the Airport Advisory Board for
the City of La Porte Municipal Airport, for terms expiring on
August 31st of the year indicated, or until their successors shall
have been duly appointed and qualified:
Position 1. - Debra Rihn
Position 2. - Nick Hooke
Position 3. - Hector Villarreal
Position 4 . - Tucker Grant
Position 5. - Steve Gillett
Position 6. - Eliminated by City Council
on 7/13/98 by Ord. 98-2265
2007
2007
2006
2006
2007
FAA Representative
William Gray
No Term
Airline Representative -
Dan Myhaver
No Term
Section 2.
The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby makes
the following appointments to the Board of Directors of the City
of La Porte Reinvestment Zone Number One, for terms expiring on
August 31st of the year indicated, or until their successors shall
have been duly appointed and qualified:
Position 1
Peggy Antone
2007
Position 2
Dave Turnquist
2006
Position 3
Alton Porter
2007
Position 4 Horace Leopard 2006
Position 5 Doug Martin 2007
Position 6 J.J. Meza 2006
Position 8 Chester Pool 2006
The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby ratifies the
following appointments by La Porte Independent School District and
Harris County:
Position 7 Dr. Say (LPISD) 2007
Position 9 *Lindsay Pfeiffer (Harris Co.) 2007
Section 3. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the Chapter 172 Employee
Retiree Insurance and Benefi ts Commi ttee, for terms expiring on
August 31st of the year indicated, or until their successors shall
have been duly appointed and qualified:
Citizen Position 1
Citizen Position 2
Retiree Participant -
Employee Participant-
Finance Staff
H.R. Staff
Legal Staff
Section 4. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the Fiscal Affairs Committee,
without term, or until their successors shall have been duly
Patricia Rothermel 2007
Vacant 2006
Buddy Jacobs 2008
Karen Beerman No Term
Michael Dolby No Term
Robert Swanagan No Term
Clark T. Askins No Term
appointed and qualified:
Chairman
Chuck Engelken
Date Appointed
1998
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Committee Membe r - Barry Beasley 2004
Committee Membe r - Howard Ebow 1998
Alternate Membe r - Louis Rigby 2004
Alternate Member - Tommy Moser 2004
Section 5. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the Fire Code Review Board of
the City of La Porte, for terms expiring on August 31st of the
year indicated, or until their successors shall have been duly
appointed and qualified:
District 1 Tim Bird 2008
Jeff Brown 2006
Woodrow Sebesta 2006
Floyd Craft 2006
Jim Bridge 2006
Lester Clark 2008
Bryan Moore 2006
Paul Vige 2008
Lynn Green 2006
The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
At Large-A
At Large-B
Mayor
Section 6.
makes the following appointments to the La Porte Area Water
Authority, for terms expiring on August 31st of the year
indicated, or until their successors shall have been duly
appointed and qualified:
Position 1 Robert Roy 2007
Position 2 Dennis H. Steger 2007
Position 3 Steve Valarius 2007
Position 4 Chester Pool 2006
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Position 5
Paul Berner
2006
Section 7. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
appoints the following named persons, all of whom are residents of
the City of La Porte, and no more than four of whom are elected
ci ty officials or city employees, to serve as directors of the
City of La Porte Development Corporation without compensation, but
with reimbursement for actual expenses, for terms expiring on
August 31st of the year indicated, or until their successors shall
have been duly appointed and qualified:
Chuck Engelken 2007
Mike Clausen 2006
Tommy Moser 2007
Bill Love 2006
Ed Matuszak 2007
Pat Muston 2006
Deborah Johnson 2007
Section 8. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the La Porte Health Authority,
for terms expiring on August 31st of the year indicated, or until
their successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified:
Health Authority Abdul R. Moosa, M.D. 2008
Alternate Robert D. Johnston, M.D. 2008
Medical Advisor/EMS Oscar Boultinghouse Contract
Section 9. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the La Porte Redevelopment
Authority, for terms expiring on August 31st of the year
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indicated, or until their
appointed and qualified:
Position 1
successors
shall
have
been
duly
Position 2
Peggy Antone 2007
Dave Turnquist 2006
Alton Porter 2007
Horace Leopard 2006
Douglas Martin 2007
J.J. Meza 2006
Dr. Say 2007
Chester Pool 2006
*Lindsay R. Pfeiffer, Chairman 2007
The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
following appointments to the Main Street District
Position 3
Position 4
Position 5
Position 6
Position 7
Position 8
Position 9
Section 10.
makes
the
Commi ttee, an "ad hoc" committee, without term, or until their
successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified:
Position 1 Bill Manning, Chairman No Term
Position 2 Robert Schlenk, Vice Chairman No Term
Position 3 Deborah Johnson No Term
Position 4
Position 5
Position 6
Position 7
Position 8
Position 9
Douglas Martin
Vicki Campise
Paul Berner
Pat Muston
Gloria Lair
Brenda Brown
No Term
No Term
No Term
No Term
No Term
No Term
Section 11. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the Main Street Advisory
Board, a new Board required by the Texas Historical Commission,
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for terms expiring on August 31st of the year indicated, or until
their successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified:
Position 1- Deborah Johnson 2008
Position 2- Vicki Campise 2008
Position 3- April Crone 2008
Position 4- Bill Manning 2006
Position 5- Jerry Carpenter 2006
Position 6- Gerald Metcalf 2006
Position 7- Paul Pierre 2006
Position 8- Michaelyn Dunaway 2007
Position 9- Claire Zaborowski 2007
Position 10 Jan Lawler 2007
Position 11 Lawrence McNeal 2007
There are also three (3) Ex Officio members of this Board:
1 the City of La Porte's Main Street Coordinator
2 the City Manager of the City of La Porte, or her
designee
3 the Manager of the La Porte-Bayshore Chamber of
Commerce
Section 12. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the City of La Porte Planning
and Zoning Commission, for terms expiring on August 31st of the
year indicated, or until their successors shall have been duly
appointed and qualified:
Chairman
District 1
District 2
Pat Muston
Doretta Finch
2006
2008
2006
Nick Barrera
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District 3 Kirby Linscombe, Jr. 2006
District 4 Dottie Kaminiski 2007
District 5 Paul Berner 2007
District 6 Claude Meharg 2008
Alternate 1 Hal Lawler 2007
Alternate 2 Les Bird 2008
Section 13. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the Southeast Texas Housing
Finance Corporation Board of Directors, for terms expiring on
August 31st of the year indicated, or until their successors shall
have been duly appointed and qualified:
Director Patricia Muston 2006
Section 14. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the Youth Advisory Council,
for terms expiring on August 31st of the year indicated, or until
their successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified:
Position 1 Shelby Barnett 2005
Position 2 Hiba Haroon 2005
Position 3 Chaise J. Merritt 2005
Position 4 Laura J. Low 2005
Position 5 Amanda Gass 2005
Position 6 Brandy C. Hickey 2005
Position 7 Clemea J. Donaldson 2005
Position 8 Brandon C. Lunsford 2005
Position 9 Pierre N. Castillo 2005
Position 10 LaSadra M. Hillman 2005
Position 11 Margo R. Curette 2005
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Position 12 Marc R. Vanderbrink 2005
Position 13 Carol Parmer 2005
Position 14 Mia Parisi 2005
Position 15 Taylor Ryan Rowan 2005
Position 16 Ashley N. Weddle 2005
Section 15. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointments to the Zoning Board of
Adjustment, for terms expiring on August 31st of the year
indicated, or until their successors shall have been duly
appointed and qualified:
Position 1 Sidney Grant 2007
Position 2 Bob Capen 2007
Position 3 Rod Rothermel 2007
Position 4 Charles Schoppe 2007
Position 5 George (Bill) W. Maltsberger 2007
Alternate 1 Lawrence McNeal 2006
Alternate 2 Gilbert Montemayor 2006
Section 16. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
appoints the following named persons, all of whom are resident
electors of the City of La Porte or non-resident individuals
owning or operating a business within the City of La Porte, duly
verified by proof of an applicable tax statement or utility
account for such business, and each of whom the City Council deems
competent to serve on such Board by virtue of their experience and
training in matters pertaining to building construction, and none
of whom are employed by the City of La Porte, to serve as members
of the Building Codes Appeals Board for terms expiring on August
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31st of the year indicated, or until their successors shall have
been duly appointed and qualified:
Position 1 Tom Campbell 2007
Position 2 Terry Bunch 2007
Position 3 Paul Larson 2007
Position 4 Ron Holt 2007
Position 5 Ken Schlather 2007
Position 6 John Elfstrom 2007
Position 7 Bruce Compton 2007
Section 17. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby
makes the following appointment to the Fire Fighters Pension Board
of Trustees, to serve without term or until his successor shall
have been duly appointed and qualified:
City Council Representative *John Joerns 2007
Section 18. 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 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 19. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of such conflict
only.
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Section 20.
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, 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.
Section 21. This Ordinance shall be effective from and after
its passage and approval, and it is so ordered.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this 13TH day of February, 2006.
By:
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Alton E. Porter
Mayor
ATTEST:
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a tha A. Gillett
City Secretary
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Clark T. Askins. ~
Assistant City Attorney
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
LA PORTE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Minutes
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
Board Room - Administration Building
January 10, 2006
Present:
Gene Horn, Kathy Green, Charlcya Wheeler, Jim Schul, Bill
Snead, and Dr. Charles Hilborn.
Administration:
Drs. Say, Livaudais, and Trlica, Mark Gabehart, Margie Grimes,
Janis Edwards, patrons, staff, principals and other administrators.
I. OPENING
A. At 6:03 pm, President Ham called the meeting to order and announced
that a notice of the meeting had been posted in a manner required by law,
and that a quorum was present.
President Horn solicited Trustees/Superintendent for specific Agenda items to be
discussed in Closed Session. They were:
1-4. V. New Business, D. Personnel, items 1,2,3,6.
At 6:05 pm, the Board recessed the Open Session for the Board to convene
in Closed Session under Section 551.074 for the purpose of considering
the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline
of a public officer(s) or employee(s), or to hear complaints or charges
against a public officer(s) or employee(s) pertaining to item(s) Jbted in the
notice! Agenda of this meeting.
At 7:04 pm, the Board reconvened in Open Session to conduct the business
of the meetiDg.
B. PRESENTATION OF COLORS/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
was led by the J .RO. T .C. of La Porte High School
C. INVOCATION was given by Dr. Mike Thomas, principal, La Porte Jr.
High School
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II. RECOGNITIONS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ms. Rickert recognized the following...
1. The five (5) LPISD teachers who have achieved National Board
Certification:
Dawn. Beard, Lomax Elementary; Sandy Carpenter, Bayshore
Elementary; Andrea Beaman, Bayshore Elementary; Andrea
Rivers, Lomax JH; and Debbie Klein, district diagnostician.
2. Since January is JlSchool Board Recognition Month," plaques
and ''bulldog orange" personal shirts were given to each Board
member as a "thank you" from the District for their services.
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m. AG:ENDA ITltM
A. Linda Wadleigh, Director for Federal & State Funds and grants, conducted
the Public Hearing for the 2006-07 Academic Calendar. She reported on the
District's phone survey to some 4119 households, the results being a majority
vote for Calendar A. She also related that the sign in sheets in the Foyer tonight,
were unanimous for Calendar A (school beginning August 10, 2006). (attached
to boUnd minutes)
IV. PUBLIC COMMENT
There were none.
v. NEW BUSINESS
A 1. Kathy GTeen moved, seconded by Jim Schul, to determine and approve the
New Business Consent Agenda. For approval were:
a.) A 2: Board Minutes of Board meeting held on December 13, 2005;
b) B 1: Un-audited Financial Statements for the General Fund,
Food Service, Debt Service and Capital Projects Funds
for months ending November 30, 2005.
* Quarterly Investment Report for quarter ending November 2005.
,. Property Tax Collections Report November 2005.
continued
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(New Business Consent Agenda, continued)
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c) B.2: Budget Amendment #917.
d) D 4: changes to the Certified Instructional New Hire Staff Schedule
in the La Porte ISD Compensation Plan for school year 2005-06; and
e) D. 6: the recommended employment of professional staff.
Motion carried unanimously. (attached to bound minutes)
2. Approval of the Board Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of
Trustees held on December 13 , 2005. (Consent Agenda)
3. Kathy Green moved, seconded by Dr. Hilborn. that Position 3 be declared
vacant until the regular election to be held May 13, 2006. Motion carried
W'lanimously.
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The following appointments made by President Horn were noted:
a. appoint Bill Snead to the Board Facility Planning Committee;
~. appoint Dr. Say to the City of La Porte's TlRZ CoI11J.'nittee.
B. BUSINESS
1.
Approval of ;
* Un-audited Financial Statements for the G~eral Fund,
Food Service, Debt Service and Capital Projects Funds
for months ending November 30. 2005.
Quarterly Investment Report for quarter ending November 2005.
Property Tax Collections Report November 2005. (Consent AgendB)
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2.
Approval of Budget Amendment #917. (ConHDt Agenda)
3.
Jim Schul moved, seconded by Charlcya Wheeler, to accept the donation
of a baseball scoreboard from The David Foundation. (drawing
attached) Motion carried \U1animously.
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C. CURRICULUM
FYI: 1.
Dr. Livaudais gave a presentation on the 2005 Academic Excellence
Indicator System (AEIS) Reports as required within 90 days of their
receipt. She noted areas in need of improvement as well as the
successful areas.
2. Jim Schul moved, seconded by Bill Snead, to approve a "First Day of
Instruction Waiver" and the accompanying Calendar Option A with
a first day ofschool date of August 10,2006.) Motion carried unani-
mously. (attached to bound minutes)
D. PERSONNEL
FYI: 1.
Reports of the employment of at-will staff were noted.
2. Report of transfers within campuses/departments in the District
were noted.
3. Report of retirements and resignations of at-will staff were noted
4. Approval of the changes to the Certified Instructional New Hire
Staff Schedule in the La Porte ISD Compensation Plan for
school year 2005-06. (Consent Agenda)
5. Kathy Green moved, seconded by Charlcya Wheeler, to amend and
approve the retirements and resignation of professional staff, including the
addition of Dr. Trlica's resignation. Motion carried unanimously.
(attached to bound minutes)
6. Approval of the recommended employment of professional staff.
(Consent ACenda)
VI. DISCUSSIONSIINFORMATION
Dr. Say noted that he and Ms. Rickert will be in Austin on January 24 for the
prestigious awa.rding of "Crystal Awards" from the Texas Association of
Partnerships to LPJSD's Educational Foundation and to Mr. John Black) editor
of the Bayshore Sun. This will necessitate rescheduling the January 24 Board
Meeting to Monday. JanuaI)' 23. 2006.
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VII.
REQUESTED FUTURE BOARD ITEMS
It was noted that the Board needed to hold a workshop to complete the revised
Superintendent's Appraisal that had been started earlier in this year but not
completed. Could this be possible at the January 23 meeting?
VIII. COMMENTS OF BOARD/SUPERINTENDENT
None
Reminded everyone to be sure to get their tickets to this year's
annual musical.. _ "Sweet Charity;" LP High School is famous
for their productions;
sorry about Dr. Trlica's resignation to go to work for Houston
lSD; thanked her for her contributions here in LPISD;
glad that 2005 is over!; noted the loss of Be a Svambera; 2006
has to be better!
wished I'~ood lucklt to Tr)ica; noted that her grandson will be
in this year's HS musical;
nothing to add;
the same!
Hilborn:
Snead:
Green:
Schul:
Wheeler~
Horn:
Say:
IX. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:13 pm.
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Charlcya Whe er. Secretaly
Board of TlUStees
La Porte Independent School District
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Gene Horn, President
Board of Trustees
La Porte Jndependent School District
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