HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-09-18 Emergency City Council Meeting of the La Porte City Council
MINUTES OF AN EMERGENCY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
1. Call to order
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Porter at 2:21 p.m.
Members of City Council Present: Mayor Porter, Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Clausen, Council
members Tommy Moser, Mike Mosteit, Louis Rigby, John Black, Howard Ebow and
Georgia Malone.
Members of Council absent: Chuck Engelken
Staff Present: Assistant City Secretary Sharon Harris, Emergency Management
Coordinator Jeff Suggs, and City Manager Ron Bottoms
Others Present: Carol Christian (Houston Chronicle) and Phillip Hoot
2. Council to consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance continuing and
extending the declaration of state of disaster issued by the Mayor of La Porte, Texas on
September 11, 2008 in response to Hurricane Ike, until terminated by further order of the
City Council.
City Manager Ron Bottoms presented summary and recommendations and answered
Councils' questions.
Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Suggs provided Council with a status report of
the post hurricane recovery situations.
Mayor Porter read Ordinance 3112, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
TEXAS CONTINUING AND EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF STATE OF DISASTER
ISSUED BY THE MAYOR OF LA PORTE, TEXAS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 IN
RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IKE, UNTIL TERMINATED BY FURTHER ORDER OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 418.108 (b); FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Motion was made by Councilmember Malone to approve Ordinance 3112 as presented by
Mayor Porter. Seconded by Councilmember Mosteit. The motion carried.
Ayes: Mosteit, Clausen, Rigby, Moser, Black, Malone, Ebow and Porter
Nays: None
Abstain: None
Absent: Engelken
Minutes of Emergency City Council Meeting September 18,2008
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There being no further business on the Emergency City Council Meeting, the meeting was
duly adjourned at 2:59 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sharon Hams, TRMC,
Assistant City Secretary
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Passed and approved on this 22nd day of September 2008.
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Mayor Alton E. Porter