HomeMy WebLinkAbout(1) OCTOBER 28, 2019 SPECIAL MEETING SPECIAL MEETING — October 28, 2019
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Councilmember Moses gave the invocation followed with the pledge to the flag.
The City Council of the City of Port Arthur met in Regular Session on Monday, October
28, 2019 at 10:31 a.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following
members present: Mayor Thurman "Bill" Bartie; Mayor Pro Tern Harold Doucet, Sr.;
Councilmembers Raymond Scott, Cal Jones, Thomas Kinlaw, III, Charlotte Moses and
Kaprina Frank; Interim City Manager Ron Burton; City Secretary Sherri Bellard; City
Attorney Valecia R. Tizeno and Sergeant At Arms Police Chief Tim Duriso.
II. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
(1) P.R. No. 21096 — A Resolution Appointing Or Reappointing
A Member To The Planning And Zoning Commission
The Mayor introduced the above-mentioned Proposed Resolution.
Upon the motion of Councilmember Doucet, seconded by Councilmember Moses and
carried, Proposed Resolution No. 21096 was adopted becoming Resolution No. 19-488.
Voting Yes: Mayor Bartle; Mayor Pro Tern Doucet; Councilmembers Scott, Jones,
Kinlaw, Moses and Frank.
Voting No: None.
The caption of Resolution No. 19-488 reads as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 19-488
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING OR
REAPPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE PLANNING
AND ZONING COMMISSION
III. ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL ACTION — NON-CONSENT
(1) P.R. No. 21117 — A Resolution Authorizing The City
Manager To Execute Contracts Between Its Third Party
Administrator (Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Texas, Inc.);
For The City Of Port Arthur's Blue Cross Medicare
Advantage PPO And Prescription Drug Plan For Its
Medicare Eligible Retirees And/Or Medicare Eligible
Dependent(s); And Authorizing The City Manager To
Execute All Documents. Fund No: 614-1701-583.18-03
(Health Insurance Fund)
The Mayor introduced the above-mentioned Proposed Resolution.
Upon the motion of Councilmember Doucet, seconded by Councilmember Moses and
carried, Proposed Resolution No. 21117 was adopted becoming Resolution No. 19-489.
Voting Yes: Mayor Bartie; Mayor Pro Tern Doucet; Councilmembers Scott, Jones,
Kinlaw, Moses and Frank.
Voting No: None.
The caption of Resolution No. 19-489 reads as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 19-489
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS BETWEEN
ITS THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR (BLUE
CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS, INC.);
FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR'S BLUE CROSS
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO AND
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN FOR ITS
MEDICARE ELIGIBLE RETIREES AND/OR
MEDICARE ELIGIBLE DEPENDENT(S); AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS. FUND NO: 614-
1701-583.18-03 (HEALTH INSURANCE FUND)
(2) P.R. No. 21137 — A Resolution Authorizing The City
Manager To Execute Amendments To The Contract
Between Its Third Party Administrator (Administrative
Services Only) For The City Of Port Arthur Group Medical,
Dental Insurance, Basic Life, Basic Accidental Death And
Dismemberment, And Excess Loss Indemnity With Blue
Cross And Blue Shield Of Texas, Inc. Fund No. (S): 614-
1701-583.53-00 (Health Insurance Fund)
The Mayor introduced the above-mentioned Proposed Resolution.
Upon the motion of Councilmember Moses, seconded by Councilmember Frank and
carried, Proposed Resolution No. 21137 was adopted becoming Resolution No. 19-490.
Voting Yes: Mayor Bartle; Mayor Pro Tern Doucet; Councilmembers Scott, Jones,
Kinlaw, Moses and Frank.
Voting No: None.
The caption of Resolution No. 19-490 reads as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 19-490
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONTRACT BETWEEN ITS THIRD PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR (ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES ONLY) FOR THE CITY OF PORT
ARTHUR GROUP MEDICAL, DENTAL
INSURANCE, BASIC LIFE, BASIC ACCIDENTAL
DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT, AND EXCESS
LOSS INDEMNITY WITH BLUE CROSS AND
BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS, INC. FUND NO. (S):
614-1701-583.53-00 (HEALTH INSURANCE
FUND)
IV. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION)
Upon the motion of Councilmember Moses, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Doucet the
City Council recessed the Special Meeting to go into Closed Meeting Executive Session.
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Closed Meeting:
(1) Section 551.074 Government Code — To Discuss The Search
Process And Deliberate The Appointment Of A City Manager
The City Council recessed their meeting at 10:40 a.m. to meet in Executive Session to
consider the above-mentioned topic, and reconvened their meeting at 11:20 a.m. with
the following members present: Mayor Bartie; Mayor Pro Tern Doucet; Councilmembers
Scott, Jones, Kinlaw, Moses and Frank; Interim City Manager Burton; City Secretary
Bellard; City Attorney Tizeno and Sergeant At Arms Chief Duriso.
V. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
Upon the motion by Mayor Pro Tern Doucet, seconded by Councilmember Kinlaw and
carried unanimously, the City Council adjourned their meeting at 11:21 a.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 THURMAN "BILL" BARTIE
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY SHERRI BELLARD
END OF REGULAR MEETING HELD October 28, 2019.
APPROVED: .
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