HomeMy WebLinkAboutAPRIL 14, 2009 - SPECIAL MEETING/PUBLIC HEARINGSPECIAL MEETING /PUBLIC HEARING -April 14, 2009
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Councilmember Henderson gave the invocation followed with the pledge to the flag.
The City Council of the City of Port Arthur met in a Special Session to conduct a Public
Hearing on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 5:02 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall,
with the following members present: Mayor Deloris "Bobbie" Prince; Councilmembers
Elizabeth "Liz" Segler, Morris Albright, III, Robert E. "Bob" Williamson, Dawana K. Wise
and Thomas J. "Tom" Henderson; City Manager Steve Fitrgibbons, City Secretary Terri
Hanks, City Attorney Mark T. Sokolow and Sergeant At Arms Chief of Police Mark
Blanton.
Mayor Pro Tem Jack Chatman, Jr. was absent from the Special Meeting.
Councilmember Martin Flood was absent from the Special Meeting.
Councilmember John Beard, Jr. was absent from the Special Meeting.
II. PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
Notice is hereby given of a Public Hearing of the City Council of
Port Arthur, Texas to be held pursuant to Chapter 43.142 of the
Local Government Code, and per Article I, Section 6, of the City
Charter, in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, Fifth Floor, 444
Fourth Street, Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. to consider
disannexation of the tracts of land as denoted in Exhibit "A".
A second Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2009
at 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers City Hall, Fifth Floor,
444 Fourth Street. (If more than twenty (20) adult residents of
the area file a written protest of this disannexation with the City
Secretary within ten (10) days after the date of publication of
this notice, the second hearing shall be held in the territory
proposed for disannexation. The protest must state the name,
address and age of each protestor who signs).
Precise drawings and descriptions of the proposed disannexation
will be presented at the Public Hearings and can be examined in
the Planning Department, City Hall, 444 Fourth Street, Port
Arthur, Texas.
/s/
Terri Hanks
City Secretary
Publication Dates: March 22, 2009
March 29, 2009
Mayor Prince introduced the above-mentioned Public Hearing at 5:02 p.m.
The Mayor requested to hear from anyone present in the audience who wished to
speak regarding the above-mentioned Public Hearing.
No one wished to address the Public Hearing.
Upon the motion by Councilmember Albright seconded by Councilmember Williamson,
and carried unanimously, the City Council closed the Public Hearing at 5:04 p.m.
III. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
Upon the motion by Councilmember Albright seconded by Councilmember Williamson,
and carried unanimously, the City Council adjourned the Special Meeting /Public
Hearing at 5:04 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 TERRI HANKS
END OF SPECIAL MEETING /PUBLIC HEARING HELD April 14, 2009.
APPROVED:
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Special Meeting /Public Hearing -April 14, 2009