1988-01-11 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND REGULAR MEETING LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 11, 1988 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Malone at 6:00 P.M. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Norman Malone, Councilpersons Betty Waters, John Lloyd, Ed Matuszak, Alton Porter (arrived at 6:15), Mike Shipp, B. Don Skelton, Jerry Clarke Members of City Council Absent: Councilperson Deotis Gay Members of City Staff Present: City Manager Bob Herrera, City Attorney Knox Askins, City Secretary Cherie Black, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Administrative Assistant to the City Manager Janie Luna, Police Chief Charles Smith, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett, Director of Parks and Recreation Stan Sherwood, Director of Finance Jeff Litchfield, Finance Officer Robert Stewart, Director of Community Development Joel Albrecht, CIP Manager Dr. Ross Cox, Chief Building Official/Zoning Official Ervin Griffith, Building Inspector Mark Lewis, Revenue Collections Supervisor Charlene Eldridge, Accounting Supervisor Cynthia Alexander Others Present: Doug Latimer, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman; Ed Hearon, Barbour's Cut Imports, Inc.; John Keever and Mr. Patterson, Union Carbide; Morris Stiver, Stiver Engineering; John Cutler, SWA; Bob Porter and Al Moomaw, Dupont; Curtis Herrod and Stan Minor, Public Works Department; Melissa Doyle, Bayshore Sun; 23 citizens 2. The invocation was given by Mayor Malone. 3. Mayor. Malone read a letter from Mark Lewis and Joel Albrecht regarding the hearing on dangerous buildings, which stated that two of the buildings had been withdrawn due to voluntary consent of the owners to have the buildings demolished. The letter also emphasized that since the funds to be used for demolition are from a Block Grant, Council should act upon the remaining buildings at this meeting in order not to lose the funding.