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Home My WebLink About2012-10-08 Regular Meeting of La Porte City CouncilLOUIS RIGBY Mayor JOHN ZEMANEK Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember at Large A DOTTIE KAMINSKI Councilmember at Large B MIKE MOSTEIT Councilmember District 1 CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilmember District 2 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE OCTOBER 8, 2012 DARYLLEONARD Councilmember District 3 TOMMY MOSER Councilmember District 4 JAY MARTIN Councilmember District 5 MIKE CLAUSEN Councilmember District 6 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, October 8, 2012, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business: 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmembers Zemanek, Engelken, Mosteit, Martin, Kaminski, Leonard, Clausen and Moser. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. 2. INVOCATION - The invocation was given by Father Gary Rickles, Saint Mary's Catholic Church. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Dottie Kaminski. 4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS and RECOGNITIONS (a) Proclamation — "Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month" — Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby presented the "Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month" proclamation to Thecia Jenkins with the Bridge Over Troubled Waters. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) Ronda Lunsford, 10280 North H, addressed Council and expressed her appreciation for Council's consideration of renovating and improving Lomax Arena in addition to showing her support of Scenario F. Mark Follis, 831 S. 7th, addressed Council with concerns of existing damage to the Lomax Arena and expressed concerns for possible improvements to the arena for consideration by Council. Mike Cobb, 109 Summerwinds Dr., addressed Council and expressed his support of Scenario F for improvements to the Lomax Arena. 6. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember requests an item be removed and considered separately.) (a) Consider approval or other action regarding the minutes of regular City Council meeting held on September 24, 2012 — P. Fogarty (b) Consider approval or other action to approve city council meeting dates for the months of November and December 2012 as recommended by staff — C. Alexander/P. Fogarty Page 1 of 7 October 8, 2012, City Council Meeting Minutes (c) Consider approval or other regarding an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute the amended Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the City of La Porte and the Texas Department of Public Safety (OMNIBASE) — D. Mitrano (d) Consider approval or other action authorizing the purchase of a Type I Frazer Ambulance Module and an Aero Elite bus through Houston -Galveston Area Council's (H-GAC) cooperative purchasing program — D. Mick (e) Consider approval or other action regarding a resolution adopting a Section 3 Local Opportunity for the projects funded by the Texas Community Development Block Grant Program — T. Tietjens M Consider approval or other action authorizing the Police Department to proceed with procurement of Coban systems through Houston -Galveston Area Council — K. Adcox (g) Consider approval or other action authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with AT&T for Virtual Desktop Integration (VDI) services utilizing DIR Contract # DIR-SDD-646. Regarding Consent Item 6f, Mayor Rigby questioned if there were any other options to be considered other than financing new computers/DVR systems at the Police Department. Chief Adcox responded the city could purchase the equipment outright for $523,841.00, with a five-year maintenance agreement or finance the equipment allowing payments in five increments over the next five years. There was no further discussion regarding buying the equipment outright. Regarding Consent Item 6c, Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins read the caption of Ordinance 2012-3438: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FTA PROGRAM CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (OMNIBASE), MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT, FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Councilmember Engelken moved to approve the Consent Agenda pursuant to recommendations by staff. Councilmember Leonard seconded. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Engelken, Zemanek, Kaminski, Clausen, Leonard, Mosteit, Martin and Moser Nays: None Absent: None 7. RESOLUTIONS (a) Consider approval or other action regarding a resolution designating INEOS USA, L.L.C., as a State of Texas Enterprise Zone Project — S. Osborne Economic Development Coordinator Stacey Osborne presented a summary. Steve Reynolds, with INEOS USA, L.L.C., and Eric Geisler, with Economic Incentives, Inc., also provided information and answered questions during the presentation. Councilmember Zemanek moved to approve a resolution designating INEOS USA, L.L.C., as a State of Texas Enterprise Zone Project. Councilmember Clausen seconded. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Engelken, Zemanek, Kaminski, Clausen, Mosteit, Leonard, Martin and Moser Nays: None Absent: None 8. DISCUSSION OR OTHER ACTION Page 2 of 7 October 8, 2012, City Council Meeting Minutes (a) Discussion or other action authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the City of Houston Police Department to assign a detective to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force — K. Adcox Chief of Police Ken Adcox presented a summary. Councilmember Engelken moved to authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the City of Houston Police Department to assign a detective to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Councilmember Zemanek seconded. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Engelken, Zemanek, Kaminski, Clausen, Mosteit, Leonard, Martin and Moser Nays: None Absent: None (b) Discussion or other action regarding Dental/Vision Insurance plan for employees — K. Anderson Human Resource Manager Katherine Anderson presented a summary. Councilmember Leonard moved to award an RFP for dental and vision insurance benefits to Met Life for dental insurance and Block Vision for vision insurance. Councilmember Engelken seconded. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Engelken, Zemanek, Kaminski, Clausen, Mosteit, Leonard, Martin and Moser Nays: None Absent: None (c) Discussion or other action regarding dangerous buildings/structures — D. Wilmore Building Official Debbie Wilmore presented a summary and reviewed the finding of the Dangerous Building Inspection Board. Councilmember Martin commented he was in receipt of a letter from property owner Susan Rector, and he would like to meet with Ms. Rector prior to a public hearing date. Councilmember Martin also requested updated information be forwarded to all of City Council regarding Rush Oaks Apartments located on S. Broadway. Councilmember Moser moved to authorize a November 12, 2012, public hearing date. Councilmember Zemanek seconded. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Engelken, Zemanek, Kaminski, Clausen, Mosteit, Leonard, Martin and Moser Nays: None Absent: None (d) Discussion or other action regarding possible options for improvements to the Lomax Park — S. Barr Parks and Recreation Director Stephen Barr presented a summary of numerous scenarios for Improvements to the arena at Lomax Park. Mr. Barr also advised Council that Civil Concepts has agreed to release the City to move forward with other options if that is Council's decision. Page 3 of 7 October 8, 2012, City Council Meeting Minutes Councilmember Mosteit moved to accept Scenario F and directed staff to research 4B and Hotel Motel funds for possible funding of the improvements to the Lomax Park. Councilmember Zemanek seconded. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Engelken, Zemanek, Kaminski, Clausen, Mosteit, Leonard, Martin and Moser Nays: None Absent: None 9. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS (a) La Porte Development Corporation Board Meeting, Monday, October 22, 2012 (b) City Council Meeting, Monday, October 22, 2012 (c) City Council Meeting, Monday, November 12, 2012 (d) Thanksgiving Holidays — Thursday, November 22, 2012, and Friday, November 23, 2012 City Manager Corby Alexander thanked the Police Department, Municipal Court and numerous individuals who attended at the Jennie Riley Community Center for an excellent National Night Out community event. 10. COUNCIL COMMENTS regarding matters appearing on the agenda; recognition of community members, city employees, and upcoming events; inquiry of staff regarding specific factual information or existing policies — Councilmembers Kaminski, Zemanek, Leonard, Engelken, Mosteit, Clausen, Martin, Moser and Mayor Rigby. Councilmember Mosteit thanked everyone involved for a great National Night Out and thanked City Council and staff on behalf of constituents in District 1 for the passage of improvements to the Lomax Park and arena. There were no additional comments from other Councilmembers or Mayor Rigby. 11. EXECUTIVE SESSION The City Council reserves the right to meet in closed session on any agenda item should the need arise and if applicable pursuant to authorization by Title 5, Chapter 551, of the Texas Government Code, including, but not limited to, the following: Texas Government Code, Section 551.071(1)(A) — Pending or Contemplated Litigation — State vs. Port of Houston - Sound Mediation Texas Government Code, Section 551.071(1)(A) — Pending or Contemplated Litigation — Tammy Cooper vs. City of La Porte City Council recessed the regular meeting to convene an executive session at 7:05 p.m. to discuss the State vs. Port of Houston — Sound Mediation and Tammy Cooper vs. City of La Porte. 12. RECONVENE into regular session and consider action, if any, on item(s) discussed in executive session. The regular meeting was reconvened at 7:40 p.m. No action was taken. Page 4 of 7 October 8, 2012, City Council Meeting Minutes 13. ADJOURN There being no further business, Councilmember Engelken moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:41 p.m. Respectfully submitted, 4� 1, �' 0 � Ar"� 0 :, (' , Patrice Fogarty, y Secr ary Passed4,edipr ved on October 22, 2012. e M or ouis R. ig y Page 5 of 7 October 8, 2012, City Council Meeting Minutes