HomeMy WebLinkAbout(02) 11/19/2024 SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) — November 19, 2024
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Reverend Zachery Queen 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,
November 19, 2024 at 4:06 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the
following members present: Mayor Thurman Bill Bartle; Mayor Pro Tem 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 4:44 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) Pleasure Island Buildings A & B
(b) Waterview RV Resort On Pleasure Island
(c) Non-Exclusive Ambulance Agreement
(2) Section 551.087 Government Code — To Discuss Economic
Development Negotiations:
(a) Pleasure Island Buildings A & B
(b) Wind Turbine, Solar And Battery Storage Leases On
Pleasure Island
(3) Section 551.074 Government Code — To Discuss Personnel:
(a) The Duties, Responsibilities And Evaluations Of The City
Attorney, City Manager, City Secretary And Municipal Court
Judge (Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)
(b) The Duties And Responsibilities Of The Mayor (Requested
By Councilmember Doucet)
Items (3), (a) and (b) were rescheduled to the December 3, 2024 Regular Meeting
under *Closed Meeting (Executive Session).
The City Council recessed their meeting at 4:13 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 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.
III. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
The Mayor adjourned their meeting at 5:43 p.m. 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 November 19, 2024.
APPROVED: December 3, 2024.
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