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Home My WebLink About08-09 thru 08-11-10 Regular Meeting and Budget Workshop Meeting on Proposed 2010-2011 Fiscal Year Budget STATE OF TEXAS )( COUNTY OF HARRIS )( CITY OF LA PORTE )( CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR REGULAR MEETING AND BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING ON PROPOSED 2010.2011 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AND OTHER MATTERS Notice is hereby given of a Regular Meeting and Budget Workshop Meeting of the La Porte City Council to be held August 9, 2010 beginning at 6:00 p.m. and reconvening at 6:00 p.m. each evening thereafter as necessary, and unless otherwise posted or noted on this agenda, in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, regarding the items of business according to the agenda listed below. The following items will be discussed in Regular Meeting and Budget Workshop Meeting beginning on Monday, August 9, 2009 and continuing each evening thereafter as necessary. Meetings will begin each evening at 6:00 p.m., unless otherwise posted or noted on this agenda, and will recess each evening at the conclusion of each evening's business and adjourn once all business has been concluded. Meetings will conclude when all business has been discussed. The Public Hearing for the proposed 2010-2011 Fiscal Year Budget will be held on September 13, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. at which time the Mayor and City Council will receive public input. 1. Call to Order 2. Invocation - Don Hill- 81. John's Episcopal Church 3. Pledge of Allegiance - Councilmember Engelken 4. Consider approvinQ minutes of the ReQular MeetinQ, Public HearinQ and Workshop MeetinQ of the La Porte City Council held on July 26.2010- M. Gillett 5. Petitions, Remonstrance's, Communications, Citizens and Tax Payers wishing to address Council - (Limited to five minutes) 6. Close Regular Meeting and open Workshop Meeting Discussion concerning the proposed 2010.2011 Fiscal Year City of La Porte, Texas BudQet - R. Bottoms 7. Close Workshop Meeting and open Regular Meeting 8. Administrative Reports - R. Bottoms August 9 - 13, 2010- City Council Meeting/Budget Workshop Meetings Early Voting for Special Called Elections - August 11, 2010 - August 24, 2010 - 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. extended hours for Early Voting will be Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Tuesday, August 24,2010 - 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Early Voting on Saturday, August 21,2010 - 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. August 12, 2010 - La Porte - Bayshore Chamber of Commerce - New Teacher's Luncheon - La Porte High School Student Center - 11 :45 a.m. August 13-14, 2010- Newly Elected City Official's Orientation - TML - Austin, Texas August 19, 2010 - Harris County Mayor & Council Dinner/Meeting - West U Recreation Center- 4210 Bellaire - Houston - 6:30 p.m. August 20,2010 - Plaza by the Bay Summer Concert 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (George Ducas) August 20-21, 2010 - TML- Region 14- Fall Meeting - Moody Gardens Hotel- Galveston August 23, 2010 - City Council Meeting August 28, 2010 - Election Day 9. Council Comments: - Engelken, Mosteit, Clausen, Rigby, Moser, Black, Zemanek and Mayor Pro- Tem Leonard A. Matters appearing on agenda B. Recognition of community members, city employees, and upcoming events C. Inquiry of staff regarding specific factual information or existing policy 10. Executive Session - Pursuant to provision of the Open Meetings law, Chapter 551, Sections 551.071 through 551.076, and sections 551.087, Texas government code, (consultation with attorney, deliberation regarding real property, deliberation regarding prospective gift or donation, personnel matters, deliberation regarding security devices, or excluding a witness during examination of another witness in an investigation, deliberation regarding economic development negotiations) 11. Considerations and possible action on items considered in executive session 12. Adjournment If during the course of the meeting covered by this agenda the Council should determine that a closed or executive meeting or session of the Council should be held or is required in relation to an item noticed in this agenda, then such closed or executive meeting or sessions authorized by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; will be held by the Council at that date, hour and place given in the meeting notice or as soon after the commencement of the meeting covered by the meeting notice as the Council may conveniently meet in such closed or executive meeting or session concerning any and all subjects and for any and all purposes permitted by Sections 551.071 through 551.076, and 551.087 of said Open Meetings Law, including, but not limited to: Section 551.071 - For the purpose of a private consultation with the Council's attorney on any subject or matter authorized by law. Section 551.072 - For the purpose of deliberating the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property. Section 551.073 - For the purpose of deliberating a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation to the City. Section 551.074 - For the purpose of deliberating the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee, unless the officer or employee requests a public hearing. Section 551.075 - for the purpose of conferring with an employee or employees of the City, only for the purpose of receiving information from the employee or employees or to ask questions of the employee or employees; provided, however, that no discussion of public business or City policy that affects public business shall take place between the members of the City Council during the conference. Section 551.076 - To consider deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or devices. Section 551.087 - To discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described by Subdivision (1). THIS FACILITY HAS DISABILITY ACCOMMODA TlONS AVAILABLE. REQUESTS FOR ACCOMMODA TlONS OR INTERPRETIVE SERVICES AT MEETINGS SHOULD BE MADE 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. PLEASE CONTACT CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE A T 281-471-5020 OR TDD LINE 281471-5030 FOR FURTHER INFORM A TION. Approved: VACu1eT1t,~ ,TfCMe r Martha A. Gillett, TRMC City Secretary Posted: