02-24-20 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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LOUIS R.RIGBY CHUCK ENGELKEN Mayor ( L • Councilmember District 2 BRANDON LUNSFORD iiiCOBILL BENTLEY Councilmember At Large A 9 Mayor Pro-Tem STEVEGILLETTy Councilmember District 3 Councilmember At Large B �m THOMASGARZA DANNY EARP Councilmember District 4 Councilmember District 1 4iTid JAY MARTIN Councilmember District 5 NANCY OJEDA Councilmember District 6 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Notice is hereby given of a Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council to be held February 24, 2020, beginning at 6:00 pm in the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. All agenda items are subject to action. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. INVOCATION —The invocation will be given by Minister Rachel Cotton, Pleasant Hill Church of Deliverance. PLEDGES —Will be led by Councilperson Brandon Lunsford. U.S. Flag Texas Flag: Honor the Texas Flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one, and indivisible. 3. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, AND RECOGNITIONS (a) Proclamation in recognition of Texas Independence Day, in collaboration with The Sons of the Republic of Texas. [Mayor Rigby] (b) Recognition of the retirement of Ron Parker, Chief of Police. [Mayor Rigby] 4. CITIZEN COMMENT (Generally limited to five minutes per person; in accordance wuth state law the time may be reduced if there is a high number of speakers or other considerations.) 5. CONSENT AGENDA (Approval of Consent Agenda items authorizes each to be implemented in accordance vlith staff recommendations provided. An item may be removed from the consent agenda and added to the Statutory Agenda for full discussion upon request by a member of the Council present at this meeting.) (a) Approve the minutes of the special session held on February 8 and the regular session held on February 10, 2020. [Mayor Rigby] (b) Approve the appointment of Janet Fitzke to an open position on the City of La Porte Airport Advisory Board. [Mayor Rigby] (c) Approve Resolution 2020-03 confirming the appointment of Steve Deardorff as the department head and chief of police of the La Porte Police Department, commencing March 1, 2020. [Corby Alexander, City Manager] (d) Approve purchase agreement with Software House International (SHI) for unified backup and disaster recovery system, under Texas Department of Information Resources (D IR) cooperative contract DIR-TSO-3984. [Grady Parker, IT Manager] (e) Authorize the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. to provide preliminary engineering, final design, bidding, and construction phase services for the Bayside Terrace Subdivision Improvements Project. [Ray Mayo, Director of Public Works] (f) Approve the issuance of a pipeline permit to Mobil Pipeline Company for the construction of a 36' crude pipeline within the city of La Porte. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]