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~ ~ c: MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL MAY 5, 1982 1. Call to order by Mayor Cline at 7:00 P.M. 2. The invocation was given by Councilperson Graves Members of the Council Present: Councilpersons Norman Malone, John Longley, Edward Matuszak, Kevin Graves, Lindsay Pfeiffer, Deotis Gay, Don Skelton, Linda Wester- gren and Mayor Virginia Cline Members of the Council Absent: None • Members of the Staff Present: City Manager Jack Owen, City Attorney Knox Askins, City Secretary Betty Waters, Director of Public Works Jerry Hodge, Parks Director Stan Sherwood, Assistant Police Chief Robert Hall, Fire Marshal Paul Hicken- bottom, Fire Chief Joe Sease, Graduate Engineer John Joerns, Chief Inspector David Paulissen Others Present: Craig Garnett, Bayshore Sun; Frieda Beaty, Baytown Sun; Dave Corbin of Busch, Hutchison & Associates; and 31 interested citizens 3. The Council considered the minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 21, 1982 and the Special Called Meeting of April 28, 1982. Motion was made by Councilperson Skelton to approve the minutes as corrected. Second by Councilperson Pfeiffer. The motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Matuszak, Graves, Pfeiffer, Gayy Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Cline Nays: None • At this time Mayor Cline read a proclamation declaring the week of May 15 as National Police Week, and presented the proclamation to Assistant Chief Robert Hall. 4. Councilman Jim Kite of Deer Park was unable to attend the Council meeting to present films concerning the proposed solid waste compaction system. However, Councilperson Don Skelton, at the request of the Mayor, briefed the Council and those present on the necessity of further investigation into the matter. Councilperson Skelton further advised the Council of