HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES 06/18/2025 SPECIAL MEETING SPECIAL MEETING — June 18, 2025
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Reverand Albert gave the invocation followed with the pledge to the flag.
The City Council of the City of Port Arthur met in Special Session on as Wednesday,
June 18, 2025 at 10:36 a.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following
members present: Mayor Thurman Bill Bartie; Mayor Pro Tern Harold Doucet;
Councilmembers, 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.
Councilmember Willie "Bae" Lewis was absent from the meeting.
II. ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL ACTION
(1) P.O. No. 7343 — An Ordinance Canvassing The Returns And
Declaring The Results Of The Runoff Election, Held On June
7, 2025, For The Purpose Of Electing A Mayor In The City Of
Port Arthur, Texas In Accordance With The Texas Election
Code
The Mayor introduced the above-mentioned Proposed Ordinance.
Upon the motion of Councilmember Kinlaw, seconded by Councilmember Beckcom and
carried, Proposed Ordinance No. 7343 becoming Ordinance No. 25-33.
Voting Yes: Mayor Bartle; Mayor Pro Tem Doucet; Councilmembers Hamilton Everfield,
Beckcom and Kinlaw.
Voting No: None.
The caption of Ordinance No. 25-33 reads as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 25-33
AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS
AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE
RUNOFF ELECTION, HELD ON JUNE 7, 2025,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR IN
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS ELECTION
CODE
III. SWEARING IN OF THE MAYOR ELECT
The City Secretary administered the Oath and Statement for Mayor to Charlotte
Moses.
IV. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
Upon the motion by Mayor Pro Tern Doucet, seconded by Councilmember Beckcom and
carried unanimously, the City Council adjourned their meeting at 11:30 a.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 EXECUTIVE MEETING HELD June 18, 2025.
APPROVED:
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