HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES 11/17/2025 SPECIAL MEETING SPECIAL MEETING — NOVEMBER 17, 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 Monday, November
17, 2025 at 10:07 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following
members present: Mayor Charlotte Moses; Councilmember Willie "Bae" Lewis; City
Manager Ron Burton; City Secretary Sherri Bellard; City Attorney Roxann Pais Cotroneo
and Sergeant At Arms Police Chief Tim Duriso.
Mayor Pro Tem Harold Doucet and Councilmembers Tiffany Hamilton Everfield,
Doneane Beckcom, Thomas Kinlaw, III. and Donald Frank Sr. were absent from the
meeting.
City Attorney Roxann Pais Cotroneo read the following Election Law into the record
Sec. 67.004. PROCEDURE FOR LOCAL CANVASS. (a) At the time set for
convening the canvassing authority for the local canvass, the presiding
officer of the canvassing authority shall deliver the sealed precinct returns
to the authority. The authority shall open the returns for each precinct and
canvass them as provided by this section. Two members of the authority
constitute a quorum for purposes of canvassing an election.
II. ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL ACTION — NON-CONSENT
A. Ordinance — Non-Consent
(1) P.O. No. 7376 — An Ordinance Canvassing The Returns And
Declaring The Results Of The Special Election, Held On
November 4, 2025 To Authorize The City Of Port Arthur
Economic Development Corporation To Use The Sales And
Use Tax Imposed Under Chapter 504 Of The Texas Local
Government Code, Including Any Amount Previously
Authorized And Collected For The Following Specific
Category Of Projects That Qualify Under Chapter 505 Of
The Texas Local Government Code And Are Projects
Related To: (1) Recreational Or Community Facilities; (2)
Affordable Housing; (3) Water Supply Facilities And Water
Conservation Programs; (4) New Or Expanded Business
Enterprises That Create Or Retain Primary Jobs; (5) Sports
Venue And Related Infrastructure; And (6) To Undertake
Any Maintenance And Operating Costs Of A Facility When
Legally Allowed And Conduct Said Election In Accordance
With Chapter 271 Of The Texas Election Code
The Mayor introduced the above-mentioned Proposed Ordinance.
Upon the motion of Councilmember Lewis, seconded by Mayor Moses and carried,
Proposed Ordinance No. 7376 was adopted becoming Ordinance No. 25-67.
Voting Yes: Mayor Moses and Councilmembers Lewis.
Voting No: None.
The caption of Ordinance No. 25-67 reads as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 25-67
AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS
AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE
SPECIAL ELECTION, HELD ON NOVEMBER 4,
2025 TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF PORT
ARTHUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION TO USE THE SALES AND USE
TAX IMPOSED UNDER CHAPTER 504 OF THE
TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING
ANY AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED AND
COLLECTED FOR THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC
CATEGORY OF PROJECTS THAT QUALIFY
UNDER CHAPTER 505 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE AND ARE PROJECTS
RELATED TO: (1) RECREATIONAL OR
COMMUNITY FACILITIES; (2) AFFORDABLE
HOUSING; (3) WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES AND
WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; (4) NEW
OR EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES THAT
CREATE OR RETAIN PRIMARY JOBS; (5)
SPORTS VENUE AND RELATED
INFRASTRUCTURE; AND (6) TO UNDERTAKE
ANY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING COSTS
OF A FACILITY WHEN LEGALLY ALLOWED AND
CONDUCT SAID ELECTION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH CHAPTER 271 OF THE TEXAS ELECTION
CODE
IV. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
Upon the motion by Councilmember Lewis, seconded by Mayor Moses and carried
unanimously, the City Council adjourned their meeting at 10:12 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 CHARLOTTE M. MOSES
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY SHERRI BELLARD TRMC
END OF SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING HELD November 17, 2025.
APPROVED:
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