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• • • MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 17, 1982 1. Meeting called to order by Mayor Meza at 7:00 P.M. Members of the City Council Present: Mayor Meza, Council- persons Norman L. Malone, John Longley, Gus Faris, Doug Latimer, Tom Simons, Deotis Gay, Don Skelton Members of the City Council Absent: Councilperson Linda Westergren Members of the City Staff Present: City Attorney Knox Askins, City Manager Jack Owen, City Secretary Betty Waters, Police Chief H. F. Freeman, Public Works Director Jerry Hodge, Fire Marshal Paul Hickenbottom Others Present: Betsy Webber, Bayshore Sun; Frieda Beaty, • Baytown Sun; Dave Corbin of Busch, Hutchison & Associates; and 16 interested citizens. 2. Councilperson Norman Malone delivered the invocation. 3. The Council considered the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council held February 3, 1982. Motion was made by Councilperson Faris to approve the minutes as presented. Second by Councilperson Simons. The motion carried, 8 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Latimer, Simons, Gay, Skelton and Mayor Meza Nays: None 4. The City Council considered letters from the County Clerk's office concerning the election and from County Judge Jon Lindsay concerning charges for the use of voting equipment. Askins: I requested this item be placed on the agenda after Mrs. Waters brought to my attention a letter she had received from County Judge Jon Lindsay concerning the prices on the new voting machines which will be put into service March 1st to be used thereafter because they are retiring the Shoup machines. The fees will be $25.00 each and $190.00 per counter. • In the next paragraph the letter states that absentee voting will be billed on a daily rate prescribed by Article 7.15,