R-1981-11 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

. . RESOLUTION NO. 81- /1 . WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, pursuant to a Charter Election passed and approved by the Citizens of La Porte in August of 1980, changed its form of government from Commission to Council/Manager; and WHEREAS, the Commission form of government provided that elected officials serve as department heads over specific city departments thereby necessitating that elected officials be closely involved in the day to day operations of their respective departments; and WHEREAS, the Council/Manager form of government now pro- vides that the City Council serve as a legislative and policy making body and by Charter delegate the implementation of policy and the day to day operations to a City Manager and the City staff; and e WHEREAS, incumbent members of the City Council who were members of the Commission under the previous Charter and form of government had in their possession and use for the discharge of their duties certain communication equipment, to wit: Two- way mobile car radios, two-way walkie-talkie radio, pagers and scanner monitors all of which relate to the police, fire and public works frequencies; and ~~EREAS, the change in the form of government and the relative duties of City Council members under the Council/Manager form of government removes the necessity of said Council members to have the aforementioned communications equipment; and, furthermore, said equipment now being used by members of Council could better be used in the operat~ng departments of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, that, the following policy shall become effective from and after the passage of this resolution. -- SECTION ONE: All existing communication equipment and scanner monitors above listed now in the possession of elected officials shall be turned in for distribution to the operating departments of the City as needed. SECTION TWO: It shall be the policy of the City of La Porte that municipal funds will not be expended to provide any communications equipment to elected offi- cials except that the Mayor of the City may, at his discretion, be provided a pager. The pager is to be used to contact the Mayor in cases related to the pro- vision of magistrate warnings needed during police investigations when a Justice of the Peace or the Muni- cipal Court Judge are unavailable and the ~ayor cannot be contacted by telephone. PASSED AND APPROVED this the e!l/J/-L day of ~~ - J. J.~r , 1981. ATTEST: .~~