HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES 03/18/2025 SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) — MARCH 18, 2025
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, March 18,
2025 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, Tiffany Hamilton Everfield, Harold Doucet, Thomas
Kinlaw, III. and Donald Frank, Sr.; City Manager Ron Burton; City Secretary Sherri
Bellard; City Attorney Roxann Pais Cotroneo, and Sergeant At Arms Police Chief Tim
Duriso.
Councilmember Hamilton Everfield joined the meeting at 4:19 p.m.
Councilmember Kinlaw was absent from the meeting.
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) Ground Lease By Diligence Offshore Services LLC
From The City For Certain Tracts Containing
Approximately 13.79 Acres, 900 Acres And 1360.5
Acres Located On Pleasure Island For The
Development, Construction And Operation Of Wind
And Solar Energy Generation Facilities
(b) Entergy Industrial District Agreement
(c) Project Labrador
(d) State Of Texas Vs. City Of Port Arthur, Texas Cause
No. D-1GN-25-001285 In The 201st District Court In
Travis County, Texas
(e) Pleasure Island Buildings A & B
(2) 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, 900 Acres And 1360.5
Acres Located On Pleasure Island For The
Development, Construction And Operation Of Wind
And Solar Energy Generation Facilities
(b) Entergy Industrial District Agreement
The City Council recessed their meeting at 4:19 p.m. p.m. to meet in Executive Session
to consider the above-mentioned topics and reconvened their meeting at 6:17 p.m. with
the following members present: Mayor Bartie; Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom;
Councilmembers Lewis, Hamilton Everfield, Doucet 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 6:19 p.m.
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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 TRMC
END OF SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) HELD March 18, 2025.
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