2018-07-23 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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LOUIS RIGBY Mayor JOHNZEMANEK. Councilmerriber At Large A DOTTIE KAMINSKI Coundmerriber At Large B DANNY EARP Councilmember District 1 CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilmember District 2 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE JULY 23, 2018 BILL BENTLEY Councilmember District 3 KRISTIN MARTIN Councilmember District 4 JAY MARTIN Councilmember District 5 NANCY OJEDA Councilmember District 6 Mayor Pro -Tem The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, July 23, 2018, 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: CALL TO ORDER — Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmembers Ojeda, Zemanek, J. Martin, Bentley, Kaminski, Engelken, and Earp. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, Assistant City Manager Jason Weeks and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. Councilmember Kristin Martin was absent. INVOCATION — The invocation was given by Viktoria Gotting, St. John's Episcopal Church. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember John Zemanek. 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) There were no public comments. 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 Regular City Council Meeting held on July 9, 2018 (b) Consider approval or other action filing the vacancy in the alternate position on the Drainage and Flooding Committee by appointing Councilmember John Zemanek — P. Fogarty (c) Consider approval or other action regarding recommendation date of September 10, 2018, for the Public Hearing on the City's Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Proposed Budget — S. WoIny (d) Consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance authorizing an agreement between the City of La Porte and Whitley Penn, for auditing services for a three-year period, September 30, 2018 to September 30, 2020 — M. Dolby (e) Consider approval or other action authorizing the City Manager to execute a Water Service Agreement and a Sanitary Sewer Service Agreement with, Emerson Automation Solutions for its facility located at 4607 New West Drive, in the Bayport Industrial District — D. Pennell Page 1 of 6 July 23, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes