HomeMy WebLinkAboutAPRIL 7, 2009 SPECIAL MEETINGSPECIAL MEETING -April 7, 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 Special Session on Tuesday, April 7,
2009 at 4:14 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following members
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present: Mayor Deloris Bobbie Prince; Councilmembers Elizabeth "Liz" Segler, Martin
Flood, Robert E. "Bob" Williamson, and Thomas J. "Tom" Henderson; City Manager
Steve Fitrgibbons, City Secretary Terri Hanks and City Attorney Mark T. Sokolow; and
Sergeant At Arms Police Lieutenant Kurt Nesbitt.
Mayor Pro Tem Jack Chatman, Jr. was absent from the Special Meeting.
Councilmember Morris Albright, III arrived during the Executive Session at 4:20 p.m.
Councilmember John Beard, Jr. arrived during the Executive Session at 4:37 p.m.
Councilmember Dawana K. Wise arrived during the Executive Session at 4:20 p.m.
II. *CLOSED MEETING EXECUTIVE SESSION
(1) Section 551.071 Government Code - To Discuss With The
City Attorney Potential Litigation As It Pertains To Bell
Street And Drainage
(2) Section 551.087 Government Code - To Discuss Incentives
For Commercial, Residential. And Industrial Business
Prospects
(3) Section 551.071 Government Code - To Discuss With The
City Attorney Potential Litigation As To Entergy And Street
Lighting
(4) Section 551.071 Government Code - To Discuss With The
City Attorney His Duties As It Pertains To Reviewing EDC
Employment Agreements
(5) Section 551.071 Government Code - To Discuss With The
City Attorney Potential Litigation With TCEQ As To
Vandalism To A Portion Of The City's Sanitary Sewer
System In Sabine Pass
(6) Section 551.071 Government Code - To Discuss With The
City Attorney Potential Litigation As It Pertains To 3510
Lake Arthur Drive
(7) Section 551.071 Government Code - To Discuss With The
City Attorney Potential Litigation With The Port Arthur
Housing Authority As It Pertains To Delinquent Water
Utility Bills
(8) Section 551.071 Government Code - To Discuss With The
City Attorney Potential Litigation With Signal International
As It Pertains To Delinquent Water Utility Bills
The City Council recessed their Special Meeting at 4:16 p.m. to meet in Executive
Session to consider the above-mentioned topics, and reconvened their Special Meeting
at 5:44 p.m. with the following members present: Mayor Prince; Councilmembers
Segler, Albright, Flood, Williamson, Wise and Henderson; City Manager Fitrgibbons, City
Secretary Hanks and City Attorney Sokolow; and Sergeant At Arms Chief of Police
Blanton.
III. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
Upon the motion of Councilmember Henderson, seconded by Councilmember
Williamson and carried unanimously, the City Council adjourned their Special Meeting at
5:45 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 HELD: April 7, 2009
APPROVED:
City Council Minutes -special Meeting Z
April 7, 2009