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Houston City Council on Wednesday confirmed Mayor William White's appointment of Munir Ibrahim to the Houston Convention Center Hotel Corporation. The city council confirmed White's appointment of George DeMontrond to the board of directors of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. The city council voted to pay a $500,250 fee to the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District for the city's 2004 ground water withdrawal permit. The city council voted to accept a sculpture honoring former President George H. W. Bush, to be located in Sesquicentennial Park, from the Greater Houston Community Foundation. Several items were tagged, or delayed for one week, by individual members of the city council. An ordinance appropriating $161,101.64 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, $38,075.09 out of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Affordable Housing Midtown Fund and $100,115.33 out of Homeless and Housing Consolidated Fund; approving and authorizing a developer participation contract with Kendall Homes Corporation for construction of water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer lines to serve the Avondale Subdivision Section Two was tagged by Ada Edwards. A proposed $584,923 contract with Diamond Carwash Sales and Service vehicle car wash services for the Houston Police Department was tagged by Addie Wiseman. An ordinance relating to health care benefits for city employees, retirees, deferred retirees, survivors and certain dependents was tagged by Edwards, Adrian Garcia, Carol Alvarado and Gordon Quan. Action on a permit to Texas Southern University for a waterline for fire line purposes, abutting Tierwester Oaks across and under Canfield Street, was delayed for two weeks on a motion by Edwards. A proposed $1,357,521 construction contract with Allco, Inc. for wastewater collection system rehabilitation and renewal was delayed for one week on a motion by Quan. All other agenda items were approved. Council Member Mark Goldberg used his "pop off" period following the regular agenda to "pop the question" to Annette Guajardo, a member of the mayor's staff, who he has been courting for four years. Although Council Member Alvarado jokingly tried to "tag" the proposal, Guarjardo accepted with no hesitation.
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