1984-06-13 Special Called Meeting

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~ • • SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL JUNE 13, 1984 1. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Cline at 9:35 P.M. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Virginia Cline, Councilpersons B. Don.Skelton, Linda Westergren, Norman Malone, John Longley, Ed Matuszak, Lindsay Pfeiffer, Members of City Council Absent: Councilpersons Deotis Gay, Kevin Graves Members of City Staff Present: City Manager Jack Owen, Assis- tant City Attorney John Armstrong, City Secretary Cherie Black, Director of Administrative Services Bob Herrera Others Present: Arlene Arends, Bayshore Sun-Broadcaster; two citizens • The Mayor called Council's attention to the emergency addendum item at their places at the Council table. 2. Council considered awarding a bid for ambulance units. Motion was made by Councilperson Westergren to accept staff's recommendation and award the bid for ambulance units to Collins Ambulance Sales. Second by Councilperson Skelton. The motion carried, 7 ayes, 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Skelton, Westergren, Malone, Longley, Matuszak, Pfeiffer and Mayor Cline Nays: None Mayor Cline read a letter from Leola Mercado, complimenting the Ambulance Corps for their prompt action when she had an emer- gency recently. 3. Mayor Cline explained the emergency addendum, an ordinance amending Ordinance 1405 which closed a portion of South 12th Street, which erroneously retained a perpetual public utility easement for the City. The agreement entered into between the City and the owners of the property was that the City would only retain a temporary easement until such time as the sewer line • could be relocated.