HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES 04/28/2025 SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) — APRIL 28, 2025
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Councilmember Kinlaw gave the invocation followed with the pledge to the flag.
The City Council of the City of Port Arthur met in Special Session on Monday, April 28,
2025 at 3:05 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following members
present: Mayor Thurman Bill Bartie; Mayor Pro Tem Doneane Beckcom;
Councilmembers, Harold Doucet, Thomas Kinlaw, III. and; City Manager Ron Burton;
City Secretary Sherri Bellard; City Attorney Roxann Pais Cotroneo, and Sergeant At
Arms Police Chief Tim Duriso.
Councilmember Willie "Bae" Lewis joined the meeting during closed session.
Councilmembers Tiffany Hamilton Everfield and Donald Frank, Sr. were absent from the
meeting.
II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE MEETING)
Closed Meeting:
(1) Section 551.074 — To Discuss Personnel
(a) The Duties, Responsibilities And Evaluations Of The City
Manager, City Attorney And City Secretary (Requested By
Mayor Bartie)
The City Council recessed their meeting at 3:09 p.m. to meet in Executive Session to
consider the above-mentioned topics and reconvened their meeting at 5:45 p.m. with
the following members present: Mayor Bartie; Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom;
Councilmembers Lewis, Doucet and Kinlaw; 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 5:46 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 TRMC
END OF SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) HELD April 28, 2025.
APPROVED:
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