HomeMy WebLinkAbout(01) 08/27/2024 SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) — August 27, 2024
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Councilmember Frank 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, August
27, 2024 at 4:07 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following
members present: Mayor Thurman Bill Bartie; Mayor Pro Tern Doneane Beckcom;
Councilmembers Willie "Bae" Lewis, Harold Doucet, Thomas Kinlaw, III. and Donald
Frank, Sr.; City Manager Ron Burton; City Secretary Kelly Moore; Interim City Attorney
Roxann Pais Cotroneo and Sergeant At Arms Police Chief Tim Duriso.
Councilmember Tiffany Hamilton Everfield joined the meeting at 4:23 p.m.
II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE MEETING)
Closed Meeting:
(1) Section 551.071 Of The Texas Open Meetings Act To Meet
With Its Attorney To Seek Legal Advice On A Matter In
Which The Duty Of The Attorney To The City Council Under
The Texas Disciplinary Rules Of Professional Conduct Of
The State Bar Of Texas Clearly Conflicts With The Texas
Open Meetings Act Relating To:
(a) Cause No. 24DCCV0056, Nickadmous Williams, Jr. vs.
Jerome Hudson and City of Port Arthur
(b) Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool
Claim No. LB0000000200969, Claimant: Carolyn
Gunner
(c) The City's participation in the Texas Enterprise Zone
Program
The City Council recessed their meeting at 4:12 p.m. to meet in Executive Session to
consider the above-mentioned topics and reconvened their meeting at 5:42 p.m. with
the following members present: Mayor Bartie; Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom;
Councilmembers Lewis, Hamilton Everfield, Doucet, Kinlaw and Frank; City Manager
Burton; City Secretary Bellard; City Attorney Cotroneo and Sergeant At Arms Chief
Duriso.
MOTION IN OPEN SESSON:
City Attorney Cotroneo read the following motion into the record:
Motion To Approve A Settlement In Cause No. 24DCCV0056,
Nickadmous Williams, Jr. Vs. Jerome Hudson And City Of Port
Arthur As Approved And Recommended By The Texas Municipal
League Intergovernmental Risk Pool
Upon the motion of Councilmember Frank, seconded by Councilmember Kinlaw and
carried the above-mentioned motion was adopted.
Voting Yes: Mayor Bartie; Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom; Councilmembers Lewis, Hamilton
Everfield, Doucet, Kinlaw and Frank.
Voting No: None.
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III. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
Upon the motion by Councilmember Frank, seconded by Councilmember Kinlaw and
carried unanimously, the City Council adjourned their meeting at 5:44 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 THURMAN "BILL" BARTIE
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY SHERRI BELLARD
END OF SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) HELD August 27, 2024.
APPROVED: September 10, 2024
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