HomeMy WebLinkAbout(02) SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 - SPECIAL/EXECUTIVE MEETINGSPECIAL/EXECUTIVE MEETING -September 22, 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 Executive Session on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 4:07 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following members present: Mayor Deloris "Bobbie" Prince; Mayor Pro Tem Elizabeth "Liz" Segler; Councilmembers Martin Flood, Robert E. "Bob" Williamson and Thomas J. "Tom" Henderson; City Manager Steve Fitzgibbons, City Secretary Terri Hanks and City Attorney Mark T. Sokolow. Councilmember Morris Albright, III was absent from the Special Executive Meeting. Councilmember Dawana K. Wise joined the Special Executive Meeting at 4:10 p.m. Councilmember John Beard, Jr. joined the Special Executive Meeting at 4:15 p.m. Councilmember Jack Chatman, Jr. joined the Special Executive Meeting at 5:12 p.m. II. *CLOSED MEETING EXECUTIVE SESSION Closed Meetin4: (1) Section 551.087 Government Code - To Discuss Incentives For Industrial Business Prospects, And Commercial Expansions For Downtown Port Arthur And For PAEDC Business Parks (2) Section 551.074 Government Code - To Discuss The Appointment Of An Interim City Attorney And Transition Thereof (3) Section 551.072 Government Code - To Discuss The Value Of Land Adjacent To The City's Boardwalk And As To 7BS Operations The City Council recessed their Special Executive Meeting at 4:09 p.m. to meet in Executive Session to consider the above-mentioned topics, and reconvened their meeting at 5:33 with the following members present: Mayor Prince; Mayor Pro Tem Segler; Councilmembers Chatman, Flood, Beard, Williamson, Wise and Henderson; City Manager Fitzgibbons; City Secretary Hanks; City Attorney Sokolow and Sergeant At Arms Chief of Police Mark Blanton. III. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Upon the motion of Councilmember Williamson, seconded by Councilmember Chatman and carried unanimously, the City Council adjourned their Special Executive Meeting at 5:34 p.m. An audio-disc of this meeting is on file in the office of the City Secretary and is made a part of the ofFcial minutes of this meeting. MAYOR DELORIS ~~BOBBIE" PRINCE ATTEST: CITY SECRETARY TERRI HANKS END OF SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING HELD: September 22, 2009. APPROVED: City Council Minutes -Special Executive Meeting September 22, 2009