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Home My WebLink About06.30.09 SPECIAL MEETINGDELORIS "BOBBIE" PRINCE, MAYOR ELIZABETH "LIZ" SELLER, MAYOR PRO-TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS JACK CHATMAN, JR. MORRIS ALBRIGHT, III MARTCV FLOOD JOHN BEARD, JR. ROBERT E. WILLIAMSON D. KAY WISE THOMAS L HENDERSON Energy Cli~1 pf City ort rthur~- Texas AGENDA City Council Special Meeting June 30, 2009 4:30 p.m. STEPHEN FITZGIBBONS CITY MANAGER TERRIHANKS CITY SECRETARY MARK T. SOKOLOW CITY ATTORNEY In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, the City of Port Arthur will provide for reasonable accommodations for persons attending City Council meetings. To better serve you, requests should be received 24 hours prior to the meeting. Please contact the City Secretary's Office, at (409) 983-8115. P.O. BOX 1089 PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77641-1089 409/983-8115 FAX 409/983-8291 Special City Council Meeting City Hall Council Chamber City Of Port Arthur June 30, 2009 4:30 PM PLEASE TURN OFF OR MUTEALL CELL PHONES INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL Mayor Prince Mayor Pro Tem Segler Councilmember Chatman Councilmember Albright Councilmember Flood Councilmember Beard Councilmember Williamson Councilmember Wise Councilmember Henderson City Manager Fitzgibbons City Secretary Hanks City Attorney Sokolow Sergeant At Arms: Police Chief Blanton Or Designee PRESENTATION Presentation by IEDC Regarding Downtown Redevelopment III. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING NOTE: If Evening Meeting Extends Past 11:59PM, The City Council May Elect To Recess The Meeting And Reconvene At 8:30AM On July 1, 2009. During The Recess, No Action Will Be Taken On Any Item Of Remaining Business And No Executive Sessions Will Be Held To Discuss Any Matters, All In Accordance With The Open Meetings Law RULES OF DECORUM ~.. PERSpNS ADDRESSING COIfNCIL & AUD IENCE MEMBERS 1. Rec~yn/t/oe by P~~n9 OA7car. No person shall'add~s the Cvundl without hest tieing Mize ,Presiding Ot~ficer. ~ rermg d by the 2' Spea~g Procredur~e; Ltmi4tioh on d eip to the micro hone b~usslon and questlonheg. -Faith person addressing tfie CounclE shall step ' voice for the P Provided for the use ~ the Public and give his name and address in an audible tone of records, state,that subject he wishes to organisation or otleer person, and unless !u !state whom~he Ts ropr~ng if he rrpresenL~ an remaeies to fh-e (sj ndn~, All oher time is granted by ma~jo~,y vote of the Coundi, shag limit his thereof. No ~'~ shall be addressed. to the Counci as a whole and not tin any member person other than neene6ers of the Coundl and the perso~r having the fksoe•shall ~• enter into any dLsaession, whether di pgmi~ ~ ' Presiding p}R~. !'~Yar tfieoetgh a eetem6er of the Coundl, w[thawt the:perm>ssio~ of the 3. ynpro~ '_. ; p eerily, ~~~ ~ taoridt~ ' ~ willfully utters loud ~'• slanderous, ~~ry~~~ CO~~% ~Y Person maidn~ e~~sly or .. ~~~ .threatening or abeesive language: ~ rte~i snide, or profane-remarks or who ~Pt. or disturb ties ord eae~, the oM~ ag~• in any disordeeiy eeufdud: whkh would • continues, may, at the dte~~ o f ~p ~ by the Pr~esidi'ng OHixr, and if soda conduct Coundl duMng flat Meeting. ~ Sri tie oe+dered barred from further audknce before the 4. Add~AJi+arMo~ Made arPtib~c been d y~~9 f.Xawse% After a tteotion has been made or a public hearing-has aensidera~tion nMroitieo ~ n~~~ shah address the Coundi }Y~ ~e audienaee on the matbec under ~. Campaign SP~,dltes tit/ ieajo Pbh No ~ do so rihl vote of the City Coundi. . speedtes for or against an ran ~O~ atiQ be agowed to address the City Counci by making campaign airea ordered Y ~~ who has announced or does anetounce his lnteeetion to tvn, or issue dY on a ballot for election. 6' CI.s~°uelar/y. Condom No person in the audience shall engage in disc • stamping of feel;, whistling, using Profane tan ua a rdaiy conduct such as hand da in ~distuefis the peace and good order of the mcetingg g , Yelpng, and similar demonstrations, which induct '. Llmltatlons ~ /lsae o~SvpP/e~b/ Uybdn9~ Llmitatioees on use of su lemental lighting for television a motion picture cameras to create the least amount of interference with or disturbance of Coundl nd and/or discomfort to the public pt+oceedings 8. Persons Hatring Comp/a/n~, q//e~at/ons, or Charges Against lnd/v3c/ua/ CI Em /o any complaint;, specifle allegation, or charge against.an individual ~~ p ~ NO person shall make C[ty.Employee byname in a_public meeting renless her;t~rst shows that he has puesued aPProPi3ate aetministrative deannels:~ . ENFORCEMENT OF DECORUM ' Warring. All peesons shall at the request of tite Presidin Remotrai: if, after receiving a waning fr9at the Presiding ~~; be silent , . Officer may order film to remove himself from the eneetieg~~,d°~ of remove hinmself, this Preddi g O~~r ma . order the Sergeanrt-at0aeems to remove him. • Y . Rung Renrora/. Aeey Person who resists removal 6y the Sergeant-at-arms shall be cha ed with . Penal Code 42.05. rg violating V.T.C.A, Motions To Pn1f~~r. Any Coundineember may move to require the Presiding Officer to ee>foree this div[sio affinreative vote of a majority of the Coundi shall regyire him. to do so. n, and the RULES OF PROCEDURE .} , . The City Secrotary shall make public, in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings ~ Law, an agenda eontainin all business to be discussed at a meeting of the City CoundL 9 a To Be ~de..~ ~ . any matter may, do so by noti Cl) Res7dents. Any resident who wishes to address the Council on Aonresidents. aey nonresident wis thing two addr~~b~~yn~l h~ nods the QtySe ~ and s the matter being considered. The Ci S Pen Meetings 'Law. (2) pladng the Maine on the Agenda... ~ rY shall present such request ~ ~ . Pedfy his interest In the Presiding Ofl`tcer.foc approval before ~'a~Ac itoenda Ite•••• After a motion, second and dlscusston by fine City Coundf on an s rift 'beforo a vote is taken, the presiding Officer shall r~ognlze any dozen In the audience wishl g to aad~ ~e m, and on such item, who shall be Permitted to address the Council thereon for a period of throe 3 minutes. S coundl Items' are defined as any item sPedfled on the Notice of Mdetin () pedtic Agenda and which becomes the subject of a motion beforo the Council. g ~~ for Purposes °f ~° Texas Open Meetings Law