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Home My WebLink About09-27-10 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting of La Porte City Council STATE OF TEXAS ) ( COUNTY OF HARRIS ) ( CITY OF LA PORTE ) ( City Council Agenda Notice is hereby given of a Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting of La Porte City Council to be held September 27, 2010 at 6:00 p.m., 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. Next Ord. 3277 Next Res. 2010- 26 1. Call to Order ~ 2. Invocation- Bobbye Worsham - Second Baptist Church 3. Pledge of Allegiance - Councilmember Tommy Moser 4. Presentations/Proclamations A. Presentation - Acknowled~ement of Mayor Pro-Tern Daryl Leonard for his Service - Mayor Ri~by 5. Petitions, Remonstrance's, Communications, Citizens and Tax Payers wishing to address Council- (Limited to five minutes) Phillip Hoot - Who is ~overnin~ this City? 6. Consent Agenda - Any item may be removed by a Council person for discussion A. Consider approval or other action of minutes of Re~ular Meetin~. Public Hearin~ and Workshop Meetin~ of La Porte City Council held on September 13.2010 - M. Gillett B. Consider approval or other action re~ardin~ an Ordinance amendin~ Chapter 34 of the Code of Ordinances relatin~ to re~ulation of nuisances on developments and subdivisions with approved plats - COrd. 3277) - D. Wilmore C. Consider approval or other action awardin~ the City of La Porte's Employee Dental Covera~e - H. We~er D. Consider approval or other action awardin~ the City of La Porte's Employee Vision Covera~e - H. We~er E. Consider approval or other action awardin~ the City of La Porte's Employee Lon~-term and Short-term Disability Covera~e - H. We~er F. Consider approval or other action awarding of bid #10029 for Water and Sewer Supplies - M. Dolby G. Consider approval or other action awarding of RFP #10509 for Grounds Maintenance Services at various sites throughout the City of La Porte - S. Barr H. Consider approval or other action regarding additional expenditure of $48,000.00 to Klotz Associates for engineering services for the preparation of plan/profile sheets for the sheet flow relief swales and storm sewer outfall improvements in the Brookglen, Fairmont Park East. Fairmont Park West and Creekmont Section One Subdivisions - T. Tietiens I. Consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance terminating the Main Street Advisory Board - COrd. 3278) - Mayor Rigby 7. Receive Report from Fiscal Affairs Committee of the final report from Belt Harris Pechacek, LLLP as a result of an agreed upon procedures engagement for the Town Plaza Proiect forensic audit - C. Engelken 8. Consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance appointing members to various City of La Porte Boards. Commissions. and Committees as desired COrd. 3279) - Mayor Rigby 9. Public Hearing - Discuss the Little Cedar Bayou Drainage System Improvements and Fire Station No. One reconstruction Disaster Recovery Supplement CDRS) Program associated with the Hurricane Ike Texas Community Development Block Grant Funds - T. Tietiens Open Public Hearing Review by Staff Public Input Close Public Hearing 10. Close Regular Meeting and Open Workshop Meeting Discuss Building Codes Appeals Boards recommendation for adoption of 2009 Code Editions and provide staff with direction - D. Wilmore 11. Close Workshop Meeting and Open Regular Meeting 12. Receive monthly Inspections Report from Staff - D. Wilmore 13. Administrative Reports - R. Bottoms September 25,2010 - Health and Safety Fair - La Porte Junior High School- 9:00 a. m. -1 :00 p.m. September 27,2010 - City Council Meeting - 6:00 p.m. September 29, 2010 - Salute to Industry Golf Tournament - Bay Forest Golf Course (2) tee times - 8:00 a.m. and 1 :00 p.m. September 30, 2010- Salute to Industry - Dinner - Monument Inn - 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. October 7, 2010 - Plaza by the Bay Fall Series - Molly and the Ringwald's - 7 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. October 26 - 29,2010 - Annual TML Conference and Exhibition - Corpus Christi, Texas 14. Council Comments: Moser, Black, Zemanek, Leonard, Engelken, Mosteit, Clausen, Martin and Mayor Rigby 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 15. Executive Session - pursuant to provision of the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551 , Texas Government Code, Sections 551.071 through 551.076, 551.087 (consultation with attorney, 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) A. 551.071 (Pending or Contemplated Litigation) Discuss with City Attorney Port of Houston Noise Citations 16. Considerations and possible action on items considered in executive session. 17. 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 TIONS AVAILABLE. REQUESTS FOR ACCOMMODA TIONS OR INTERPRETIVE SERVICES A T 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: -jJ(~ttellffidl Martha Gillett, TRMC City Secretary 0-;(3-- .:J-.O/O posted