HomeMy WebLinkAbout(01) 10/22/2024 SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) — October 22, 2024
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Councilmember Hamilton Everfield 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, October
22, 2025 2024 at 4:08 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following
members present: Mayor Thurman Bill Bartie; Mayor Pro Tem Doneane Beckcom;
Councilmembers Willie "Bae" Lewis, Tiffany Hamilton Everfield, 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.
II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE MEETING)
Closed Meeting:
(1) Section 551.071 Of The Texas Open Meetings Act To Meet
I 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) Pleasure Island Buildings A & B
(b) Professional Legal Services For Legislative Matters
(c) Local Sales And Use Tax (Requested By
Councilmember Lewis)
(d) Homelessness And City Of Grants Pass, Oregon VS.
Johnson, U.S. Supreme Court No. 23-175 (2023)
(Requested By Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom)
(e) Alcohol Policy At The Robert A. "Bob" Bowers Civic
Center
(2) Section 551.087 Government Code — To Discuss Economic
Development Negotiations:
(a) Pleasure Island Buildings A & B
The City Council recessed their meeting at 4:15 p.m. to meet in Executive Session to
consider the above-mentioned topics and reconvened their meeting at 5:43 p.m. with
the following members present: Mayor Bartie; Mayor Pro Tern Beckcom;
Councilmembers Lewis, Hamilton Everfield, Doucet, Kinlaw and Frank; City Manager
Burton; City Secretary Bellard; City Attorney Pais Cotroneo and Sergeant At Arms Chief
Duriso.
MOTION IN OPEN SESSION:
Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom read the following motion into the record:
A Motion To Authorize The City Manager And The City Attorney
To Discuss And Begin Non-Binding Economic Development
Negotiations With Selim Kiralp, LLC For Use And Improvement Of
The Two Building Inside The Gated Pleasure Island Marina, Often
Referred To As Pleasure Island Buildings A & B All Economic
Negotiations Are Preliminary, Conditional And Are Subject To The
Formal Approval By A Majority Vote Of The Port Arthur City
Council In The Form Of A Mutually Agreeable Written Contract
Upon the motion of Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom, seconded by Councilmember Kinlaw and
carried the above-mentioned motion was adopted.
III. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
The Mayor 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 October 22, 2024.
APPROVED: November 26, 2024.
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