HomeMy WebLinkAbout(01) 02/11/2025 SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) — February 11, 2025
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Mayor Bartle 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, February
11, 2024 at 4:09 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; 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 and Councilmember Donald Frank, Sr. joined
the meeting during the closed session
II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE MEETING)
Closed Meeting:
(1) Section 551.074 — To Discuss Personnel
(a) The Duties, Responsibilities And Evaluations Of The City
Attorney, City Manager And City Secretary (Requested By
Mayor Bartie)
(2) 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) Ground Lease By Diligence Offshore Services LLC From The
City For Certain Tracts Containing Approximately 13.79
Acres, 600 Acres And 1360.5 Acres Located On Pleasure
Island For The Development, Construction And Operation
Of Wind And Solar Energy Generation Facilities
(b) Cormorant Clean Energy LLC
(c) Entergy
(d) Project Labrador
(e) Collective Bargaining With The Port Arthur Police
Association
(f) Renewing The Downtown Housing Down Payment
Assistance Program
(3) Section 551.087 — To Discuss Economic Development
Negotiations
(a) Ground Lease By Diligence Offshore Services LLC From The
City For Certain Tracts Containing Approximately 13.79
Acres, 600 Acres And 1360.5 Acres Located On Pleasure
Island For The Development, Construction And Operation
Of Wind And Solar Energy Generation Facilities
(b) Cormorant Clean Energy, LLC
(c) Entergy
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 5:50 p.m. with
the following members present: Mayor Bartle; Mayor Pro Tem 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.
The City Council recessed their meeting at 5:51 p.m. and reconvened their meeting at
10:25 p.m. with the following members present: Mayor Bartle; 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
Upon the motion by Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom, seconded by Councilmember Tiffany
Hamilton Everfield and carried unanimously, the City Council adjourned their meeting at
10:28 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 February 11, 2025.
APPROVED: February 18, 2025.
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