HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES 06/04/2025 SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) — JUNE 4, 2025
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Councilmember Lewis gave the invocation followed with the pledge to the flag.
The City Council of the City of Port Arthur met in Special Session on Wednesday, June
4, 2025 at 4:11 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following members
present: Mayor Thurman Bill Bartle; Mayor Pro Tern Harold Doucet; Councilmembers
Willie "Bae" Lewis and Doneane Beckcom; City Manager Ron Burton; City Secretary
Sherri Bellard; City Attorney Roxann Pais Cotroneo, and Sergeant At Arms Police Chief
Tim Duriso.
Councilmember Tiffany Hamilton Everfield joined the meeting during closed session.
Councilmembers Thomas Kinlaw, III. and Donald Frank, Sr. were 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) State Of Texas Vs. City Of Port Arthur Texas, Cause
No. D-1-GN-25-001285 In The 201st District Court Of
Travis County, Texas
(b) Kirk Thomas Vs. City Of Port Arthur And Flozelle
Roberts, Civil Action No. 1:23-CV-282 In The U.S.
Eastern District Of Texas
(c) Employee Grievance And EEOC Complaint Filed By
Gregory Benson (Requested By Councilmember
Lewis)
(d) Project Carroll Canal
(e) Outstanding Debt Collection On Port Arthur Police
Cadet Training Agreements
(f) Outstanding Debt Owed To City By Medical Center Of
Southeast Texas Located At 2555 Jimmy Johnson
Boulevard, Port Arthur, Texas
The City Council recessed their meeting at 4:17 p.m. to meet in Executive Session to
consider the above-mentioned topics and reconvened their meeting at 5:31 p.m. with
the following members present: Mayor Bartle; Mayor Pro Tern Doucet; Councilmembers
Lewis, Hamilton Everfield and Beckcom; 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 5:32 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 June 4, 2025.
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