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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-07-11 Special Called Meeting • • • MINUTES OF THE 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 • 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: L,E~ C// ' Cherie Black, City Secretary • • • Minutes, Special Called Meeting, La Porte City Council July 11, 1984, Page 2 Passed & Approved this the 18t day of July, 1984 _ , _.~ V' inia Cline, Mayor • • 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; and WHEREAS, HL&P has filed revised Tariff Schedules together • with statements s ecif in in detail each 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: • Section 1. That the changes in rates for electric ser- vice within the City of La Porte proposed by Houston Lighting & Power Company to become effective on July 20, 1984, should • • Ordinance No. 1407 , Page 2. • 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. • r~ U CITY OF LA PORTE 1 By i' /, ~, ~ V' ginia line, Mayor ATTEST: p~ ~ ~~~ - City Secretary APPROVED: L~7/ ' City Attorney