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MINUTES
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SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL
JULY 11, 1984
1. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Cline at 7:20 P.M.
Members of City Council Present: Mayor Virginia Cline,
Councilpersons Deotis Gay, B. Don Skelton, Linda Westergren,
John Longley, Ed Matuszak, Lindsay Pfeiffer
Members of City Council Absent: Councilpersons Norman Malone,
Kevin Graves
Members of City Staff Present: City Manager Jack Owen,
City Attorney Knox Askins, City Secretary Cherie Black,
Director of Administrative Services Bob Herrera, Director
of Parks and Recreation Stanley Sherwood, Director of Public
Works Jerry Hodge, Assistant Fire Chief John Dunham
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Others Present: Arlene Arends, Bayshore Sun-Broadcaster;
Linnea Schlobohm, Baytown Sun; representative from Pasadena
Citizen; 7 interested persons
2. Council considered adopting an ordinance suspending the
schedule of rates of Houston Lighting & Power Company.
Mr. Jim 6Vyatt, District Manager for HL&P was present and
answered questions from Council regarding the ordinance.
City Attorney Askins read: ORDINANCE 1407 - AN ORDINANCE
RECITING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER
COMPANY (HL&P) STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CHANGE ELECTRIC RATES;
SUSPENDING THE SCHEDULE OF RATES OF HL&P FOR A PERIOD OF
NINETY (90) DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF; AND PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
Motion was made by Councilperson Skelton to adopt Ordinance
No. 1407 as read by the City Attorney. Second by Council-
person Longley. The motion carried, 7 ayes and 0 nays.
Ayes: Councilpersons Gay, Skelton, Westergren, Longley,
Matuszak, Pfeiffer and Mayor Cline
Nays: None
• 3. There being no further business to come before the Council,
the special called meeting was duly adjourned at 7:35 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
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Cherie Black, City Secretary
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• Minutes, Special Called Meeting, La Porte City Council
July 11, 1984, Page 2
Passed & Approved this the
18t day of July, 1984
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V' inia Cline, Mayor
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ORDINANCE NO. 1407
AN ORDINANCE RECITING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE HOUSTON LIGHTING
& POWER COMPANY (HL&P) STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CHANGE ELECTRIC
RATES; SUSPENDING THE SCHEDULE OF RATES OF HL&P FOR A PERIOD
OF NINETY (90) DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF; AND PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, on June 15, 1984, the Houston Lighting & Power
Company (HL&P) filed a Statement of Intent to change its rates
for electric service within the City of La Porte and has
requested that said changes become effective on July 20, 1984;
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WHEREAS, HL&P has filed revised Tariff Schedules together
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p y' g proposed change, a
rate filing package, and supporting testimony; and
WHEREAS, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Regulatory
Act, Article 1446c, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, gives 'the
governing body of each municipality exclusive original juris-
diction over electric rates within its municipal boundaries;
and
WHEREAS, Section 43(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory
Act authorizes the governing body of any municipality acting
as a Regulatory Authority to suspend the operation of any pro-
posed change in rates for a period not to exceed 90 days beyond
the date on which the scheduled rates would otherwise go into
effect, which period may be further extended for an additional
150 days by the Texas Public Utility Commission; and
WHEREAS, HL&P's proposed rate changes and the detailed
material supporting those changes require comprehensive evalu-
ation and study; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
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vice within the City of La Porte proposed by Houston Lighting
& Power Company to become effective on July 20, 1984, should
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Ordinance No. 1407 , Page 2.
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be, and are, hereby suspended for a period of 90 days beyond
said proposed effective date, until October 18, 1984, subject
to an additional possible suspension of up to 150 days beyond
said date by the Texas Public Utility Commission.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately
upon its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 11th day of July, 1984.
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ATTEST:
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City Secretary
APPROVED:
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City Attorney