HomeMy WebLinkAboutOCTOBER 16, 2007 JOINT/SPECIALCITY COUNCIL AND SECTION 4A EDC
JOINT/SPECIAL MEETING -October 16, 2007
I. ROLL CALL, INVOCATION & PLEDGE
The City Council of the City of Port Arthur met in Joint/Special Session on
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 5:38 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City
Hall with the following members present: Mayor Deloris "Bobbie" Prince;
Mayor Pro Tem Michael "Shane" Sinegal; Councilmembers Jack Chatman,
Jr., Cal Jones, Thomas J. Henderson,, Martin Flood and Robert E. "Bob"
Williamson; City Manager Steve Fitzgibbons; City Secretary Evangeline
"Van" Green and First Assistant City Attorney Valecia "Va1" Tizeno
Councilmember Beard was absent from the meeting.
The following members of the EDC Board of Directors were present:
Board Directors Richard Wycoff, Kerry Thomas, Keith Daws, Ke11y Shanks,
Doris Green, Eli Roberts and Kaprina Frank; EDC CEO Floyd Batiste
EDC Board Director Lloyd Christian arrived at the meeting during the
Executive Session.
EDC Board Director Garciela Alavarez was absent from the meeting.
Councilmember Chatman gave the invocation followed with the pledge to
the flag.
II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION)
Closed Meeting:
(1) Section 551.087 Government Code - To Discuss Incentives For
EDC Business Prospects
(2) Section 551.072 Government Code - To Discuss The Value Of
Land At The EDC Business Park On Spur 93 As Well As The
Value Of Land Of The Approximately Five Acres Adjacent To
Jimmy Johnson
(3) Section 551.074 Government Code - To Discuss The Duties
And Responsibilities Of The CEO Of The City Of Port Arthur
Section 4A Economic Development Corporation
The City Council recessed their meeting at 5:41 p.m. to meet in Executive
Session to consider the above-mentioned topics, and reconvened their
meeting at 7:15 p.m. with the following members present: Mayor Prince;
Mayor Pro Tem Sinegal; Councilmembers Chatman, Jones, Henderson and
Williamson; City Manager Fitzgibbons, City Secretary Green and First
Assistant City Attorney Tizeno.
The following members of the EDC Board of Directors were present after
Executive Session: Board Directors Wycoff, Christian, Daws, Shanks, Green
and Frank; EDC CEO Batiste.
III. OPEN SESSION
To Discuss And Possibly Take Action On Delineating Goals And
Objectives As To Facilitating Economic Development -None
IV. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Including Additional
Comments from City Councilmembers and EDC Board
Directors)
Councilmember Chatman: Requested quarterly joint meetings with the
EDC and City Council.
Councilmember Williamson: Discuss future agreements with board
members and staff of the EDC that pertain to
incentives in City Council Regular Meeting
Executive Sessions. (Invite EDC Board
members and CEO to attend relevant
Executive Sessions pertaining to incentives to
promote better understanding of
agreements).
Mayor Prince: Reiterated that Executive Sessions for 5:30
p.m. Regular Meetings will commence at 4:00
p.m.
Mayor Pro Tem Sinegal: Expressed appreciation to the EDC Board and
CEO for their hard work and congratulated
them on an article that recently appeared in
the Port Arthur News
Councilmember Jones: Reiterated accolades to the EDC Board and
CEO for their contributions to the city.
City Manager Fitzgibbons: Announced that the next joint quarterly
meeting with the EDC Board will be tentatively
scheduled for January 22, 2008.
Councilmember Henderson: Reminded the City Council of a TML
Leadership Seminar to be held at the Bob
Bowers Civic Center on October 17, 2007 from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
EDC Board Director Shanks: Invited the City Council to attend an updated
presentation of the EDC at least once
monthly.
Mayor Pro Tem Sinegal: Requested that the EDC office send an
agenda to each Councilmember prior to EDC
meetings,.
City Manager Fitzgibbons: Requested that the EDC office send agenda
items to the Legal Department a week or
more in advance for review.
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Councilmember Chatman: Stressed the importance of communicating
more with EDC Board Appointees.
Councilmember Williamson: Requested a copy of a map on land owned by
the City of Port Arthur and EDC.
EDC Board Director Green: Asked for more communication and a closer
working relationship between the City Council
and EDC Board.
EDC CEO Batiste: Stated that the City Council can be given
access to the EDC website to retrieve agendas
and other documents.
EDC Board Director Christian: Extended an invitation to City Council to
attend EDC meetings on a more regular
basis.
EDC Board Director Wycoff: Extended appreciation to the City Council for
the open communication and successful
dialogue occurring between the City Council
and EDC Board at this joint/special meeting.
V. ADJOURNMENT
Upon the motion of Councilmember Henderson, seconded by
Councilmember Williamson and carried unanimously, the City Council
adjourned the meeting at 7:33 p.m.
An audio-tape of this meeting is on file in the office of the City Secretary
and is made a part of the official minutes of this meeting.
Mayor Deloris "Bobbie" Prince
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY EVANGELINE GREEN
END OF JOINT/SPECIAL EDC MEETING HELD October 16, 2007.
APPROVED:
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