HomeMy WebLinkAboutJUNE 17, 2003 SPECIALSPECIAL MEETING - 3une 17, 2003
ROLL CALL, INVOCATION & PLEDGE
The City Council of the City of Port Arthur was scheduled to meet in Special
Session on Tuesday, .1une 17, 2003 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber,
City Hall to act on P. R. No. 12232 after the approval of action item number 5 on
the agenda of the Port Arthur EDC. The following were present for the special
meeting: Mayor Oscar G. Ortiz; Mayor Pro Tern Tom Gillam, III, Councilmembers
Craig Hannah, Felix A. Barker, Thomas .1. Henderson, John Beard, Ronnie
Thompson, Rose M. Chaisson and Michael "Shane" Sinegal; City Manager Steve
Fitzgibbons, City Secretary Evangeline "Van" Green and First Assistant City
Attorney .1udith Rawls.
II.
ITEMS REQUIRING INDIV]~DUAL ACTION
P. R. NO. 12232 - A Resolution Authorizing The Economic Development
Corporation To Pay $30,000 In Addition To The Amount Previously
Awarded In The Amount Of $50,000 Pursuant To Resolution No. 02-
268 To The Texas Association Of Minority Business Enterprises
(TAMBE) For The Port Arthur BOSS Conference. (Requested By
Councilmembers Gillam, Sinegal And Beard)
The Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation met in the City Hall Council
Chamber at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, .1une 17, 2003, scheduled to precede the
City Council meeting.
A motion during the EDC meeting was made by EDC Director Paula Richardson
and seconded by EDC Director J.B. Hathaway to deny the request from the
Texas Association of Minority Business Enterprises for additional costs relating to
the Business Opportunity Symposium Series (BOSS) Conference held on .1une 4 -
6, 2003.
The motion to deny the request carried unanimously by the EDC Board of
Directors.
The above-described item did not go before the City Council after the EDC failed
to pass the item on their agenda.
III.
AD3OURNMENT OF MEETING
Mayor Ortiz canceled the .1une 17, 2003 Special Meeting of the City Council at
6:40 p.m. after the Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation voted not to
approve the request.
MAYOR
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CITY SECRETARY
END OF SPECIAL MEETING HELD .1une 17, 2003. APPROVED:
City Council Minutes Special Meeting June 17, 2003