HomeMy WebLinkAboutJANUARY 15, 2002FELIX A. BARKER, MAYOR PRO-TEM
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
CRAIG HANNAH
THOMAS J. HENDERSON
TOM GILLAM, III
REV. RONNIE LINDEN
BOB BOWERS
ROSE MITCHELL CHAISSON
ROBERT E. ALLEN
Ci~ of
Texas
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CITY MANAGER
CAROLYN DIXON
CITY SECRETARY
MARK T. BOKOLOW
CITY ATTORNEY
AGENDA
City Council
Special Meeting
January 15, 2002
5:00 P.M.
BOX 1089 ° PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77641-1089 · 409/983-8115 · FAX 409/983-8291
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
City Hall Council Chamber
City Of Port Arthur
January 15, 2002
5:00 PM
II.
VI.
ROLL CALL, INVOCATION & PLEDGE
Mayor Ortiz
Mayor Pro Tem Barker
Councilmember Hannah
Councilmember Henderson
Councilmember Gillam III
Councilmember Linden
Councilmember Bowers
Councilmember Chaisson
Councilmember Allen
City Manager Fitzgibbons
City Secretary Dixon
City Attorney Sokolow
ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL ACTION
A. Resolutions
(1)
P.R. No. 11631 -A Resolution Authorizing The Financing
Mechanisms To Build A Business Park In Conjunction With
Or By The Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development
Corporation With The Park Being In The Vicinity Of Highway
365 And West Port Arthur Road
(2)
P.R. No. 11575-'A Resolution Approving The Guidelines
For A Performance-Based Incentive Policy As
Recommended By The Cornerstone Group As It Relates To
The Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development
Corporation
B. Ordinances
P.O. No. 5237 - An Ordinance Delineating The Number Of
Authorized Police Officer Positions In The Police Department
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
RULES OF DECORUM - PERSONS ADDRESSING COUNCIL & AUDIENCE MEMBERS
RECOGNITION BY PRESIDING OFFICER. NO PERSON SHALL ADDRESS the COUNCIL WIthOUt
first Being reCOGNiZED BY the PRESIDINg OFfiCEr.
SPEAKING PROCEDURE; LIMITATION ON DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONING. EACh PERSON
ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL SHALL STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE PROVIDED FOR THE USE OF
THE PUBLIC AND GIVE HIS NAME AND AE)DRESS IN AN AUDIBLE TONE Of VOICE FOR THE
RECORDS, STATE THAT SUBJECT HE WISHES TO D~SCUSS, STATE WHOM HE IS REPRESENTING
IF BE REPRESENTS AN ORGANIZATION OR OTHER PErSON~ ANE} UNLESS FURTHER TIME IS
GRANTED BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COUNCIL. SHALL LIMIT HIS REMARKS TO FIVE (5)
MINUTES. ALL REMARKS SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL AS a WHOLE AND NOT TO
ANY MEMBER THEREOF. NO PERSON OTHER THAN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE
PERSON HAVING THE FLOOR SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ENTER INTO ANY DISCUSSION, WHETHER
DIRECTLY OR THROUGH A MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL, WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE
PRESIDING OFFICER.
IMPROPER REFERENCES, DISORDERLY CONDUCT BY PERSON ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL;
ANY PERSON MAKING, EXPRESSLY OR IMPIEDLY, PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, SLANDEROUS~
DEROGATORY~ DISCOURTEOUS, SNIDE1 OR PROFANE REMARKS OR WHO WILLFULLY UTTERS
LOUD, THREATENING OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, OR ENGAGES, IN ANY DISORDERLY CONDUCT
WHICH WOULD IMPEDE, DISRUPT, OR DISTURB THE ORDERLY CONDUCT THE ORBER BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER, AND If SUCH CONDUCT CONTINUES, MAY, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
PRESII~ING OFFICER, BE ORDERED BARRED FROM FURTHEr.AUDIENCE BEFORE THE COUNCIL
DURING THAT MEETING.
ADDRESSES AFTER MOTION MADE OR PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED. AFTER a MOTION HAS BEEN
MADE OR A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED, NO MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SHALL ADDRESS
THE COUNCIL FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE MATTER UNDER CONSIDERATION WITHOUT FIRST
SECURING PERMISSION TO DO SO 8Y MAJORITY VOTE Of THE CitY COUNCIL.
CAMPAIGN SPEECHES PROHIBITED. NO PERSONS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE CITY
COUNCIL BY MAKING CAMPAIGN SPEECHES FOR OR AGAINST ANY CANDIDATE WHO HAS
ANNOUNCED OR DOES ANNOUNCE HIS INTENTION TO RUN, or ISSUE ALREADY ORDERED ON a
BALLOT FOR ELECTION.
DISORBERLY CONDUCT. NO PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE SHALL ENGAGE IN DISORDERLY
CONDUCT SUCH AS HAND CLAPPING, STAMPING OF FEEt, WHISTLING, USING PROFANE
LANGUAGE, YELLING. AND SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS~ WHICH CONDUCT DISTURBS THE PEACE
AND GOOD ORDER OF THE MEETING.
LIMITATIONS ON USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL
LIGHTING FOR TELEVISION AND MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS TO CREATE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF
INTERFERENCE WITH OR DISTURBANCE OF COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS AND/OR DISCOMFORT TO
THE PUBLIC.
PERSONS HAVING COMPLAINTS, ALLEGATIONS, OR CHARGES AGAINST INDIVIBUAL CITY
EMPLOYEES. NO PERSON SHALL MAKE ANY COMPLAINT, SPECIFIC ALLEGATION, or CHARGE
AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL CITY EMPLOYEE bY NAME IN A PUBLIC MEETing UNLESS HE fIRST
SHOW THAT HE HAS PURSUED APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANNEL.
RULES OF PROCEDURE
THE CITY SECRETARY SHALL MAKE PUBLIC~ IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW,
AND AGENDA CONTAINING ALL BUSINESS TO BE DISCUSSED AT A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
PERSONS REQUESTING TO BE HEARD ON AGENDA ITEMS (~) RESIDENTS. ANY RESIE)ENT WHO
WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCil ON ANY MATTER MAY E}O SO BY NOTIFYING THE CITY SECRETARY
~N ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW. (2} NONRESIDENTS. ANY NONRESIDENT
WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL SHALL NOTIFY THE CITY SECRETARY AND SPECIFY HIS INTEREST
IN THE MATTER BEING CONSIDERED. THE CITY SECRETARY SHALL PRESENT SUCH REQUEST TO THE
PRESIDING OFFICER FOR APPROVAL BEFORE PLACINg THE NAME ON THE AGENDA.
SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. AFTER A MOTION, SECOND AND DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY
SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, AND BEFORE A VOTE IS TAKEN, THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHALL RECOGNIZE
ANY PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON SUCH ~tEM, WHO SHALL BE
PERMITTED TO AE}DRESS THE COUNCIL THEREON FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3~ MINUTES. "SPECIFIC
AGENDA ITEMS'I ARE DEFINED AS ANY ITEM SPECIFIED ON THE NOTICE OF MEETING POSTED for
PURPOSES OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW AND WHICH BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A MOTION
BEFORE THE COUNCIL.