HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES 08/26/2025 SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) — AUGUST 26, 2025
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Councilmember Hamilton Everfield 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, August
26, 2025 at 4:08 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following
members present: Mayor Charlotte Moses; Mayor Pro Tem Harold Doucet;
Councilmembers Willie "Bae" Lewis, Tiffany Hamilton Everfield, Doneane Beckcom,
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.
II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE MEETING)
CLOSED SESSION
1. Section 551.071 (Legal Advice) — Hotel Occupancy Taxes
owed to City by Holiday Inn Port Arthur Park Central
located at 2929 Jimmy Johnson Blvd., Port Arthur, Texas
2. Section 551.071 (Legal Advice) and Section 551.072 (Value
of Real Property) — (1) 735 Freeman Ave., Port Arthur,
Texas; and (2) Sabine Neches Navigation District
3. Section 551.071 (Legal Advice) and Section 551.072 (Value
of Real Property) — 1148 9th Avenue, Port Arthur, Texas
4. Section 551.071 (Legal Advice), Section 551.072 (Value Of
Real Property), And Section 551.087 (Economic
Development) — Purchase And Development Of 35.24
Acres Of Land Located On Pleasure Island (Requested By
Councilmember Lewis)
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 5:31 p.m. with
the following members present: Mayor Moses; Mayor Pro Tem Doucet; Councilmembers
Lewis, Hamilton Everfield, Beckcom, Kinlaw and Frank; City Manager Burton; City
Secretary Bellard; City Attorney Pais Cotroneo and Sergeant At Arms Chief Duriso.
MOTION IN OPEN SESSION:
Councilmember Kinlaw read the following motion into the record:
Motion To Authorize The City Attorney To Receive With The
Necessary Legal Actions To Collect Outstanding Hotel Occupancy
Tax Owed To The City By Holiday In Port Arthur Park Central
Located At 2929 Jimmy Johnson Boulevard, Port Arthur, Texas
Upon the motion of Councilmember Kinlaw, seconded by Councilmember Hamilton
Everfield and carried, the above-mentioned motion was adopted.
Voting Yes: Mayor Moses; Mayor Pro Tem Doucet; Councilmembers Lewis, Hamilton
Everfield, Beckcom, Kinlaw and Frank.
Voting No: None.
III. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
Upon the motion by Mayor Pro Tem Doucet, seconded by Councilmember Kinlaw and
carried unanimously, the City Council adjourned their meeting at 5:31 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 CHARLOTTE MOSES
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY SHERRI BELLARD TRMC
END OF SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) HELD August 26, 2025.
APPROVED:
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