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<br />MINUTES - .REGULAR MEETING <br />OF THE <br />LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL <br />MARCH 4, 1981 <br />1. Meeting called to order by Mayor Meza at 7:00 P.M. <br />Members of the City Council Present: Mayor J. J. Meza, <br />Councilman John Tomerlin, Councilman I. J. Kibodeaux, <br />Councilwoman Virginia Cline, Councilman Tom Simons, <br />Councilman Norman Malone <br />Members of the Citv Council Absent: None <br />Other City Officials Present: City Manager James R. Hudgens, <br />City Attorney Knox Askins, City Secretary Betty T. Waters,. <br />Police Chief H. F. Freeman, Public Works Director Jerry Hodge, <br />Fire Chief Joe Sease, Chief Inspector David Paulissen, Parks <br />Director Stanley Sherwood <br />• Others Present: Keith Johnson, Bayshore Sun; 21 police of- <br />ficers and their wives; Mr. and Mrs. George Sharp, Sr.; <br />Norma Hutchins, Lou Lawler, Bob Biarnesen; Russel Shepherd, <br />Sr.; Carlos Smith; Fred Beck; Robert Daniels; John Longley; <br />Linda Westergren; Kenny Price; Andy Wilson; Kevin Graves; <br />Hal Lawler <br />2. The invocation was given by Councilman Kibodeaux. <br />3. Motion was made by Councilman Tomerlin to approve and adopt <br />the minutes of the Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting <br />of the La Porte City Council held on February 18, 1981. <br />Seconded by Councilwoman Cline. The motion carried, 4 ayes <br />and 0 nays. <br />Ayes: Tomerlin, Kibodeaux, Cline, Simons <br />Nays: None <br />4. Council reviewed the recommendation submitted by H. Carlos <br />Smith for the Lomax Street Bond Project No. 1288-80. The <br />recommendation set out the exact amount of bond funds voted, <br />$1,450,000.00, total expenditures to date $202,955.00, and <br />showed a balance of $1,247,045.00 for construction. The low <br />bid submitted by McKey Construction Company was $1,785,144.16. <br />Mr. Smith's recommendation contained two (2) options which <br />• <br />