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FIRST, I LIKE TO SAY GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME YOU TO OUR REGULAR MEETING
[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
OF THE PORT OR THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.JULY 20TH, 2021, UH, BEGAN AT 9:30 AM AND THEN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR DOES PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO AKIN TO MEETINGS.
WE REQUESTED THAT YOU MAKE THE, UH, REQUEST FOR THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND IT MAY BE DOWN BY CALLING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD, AND WE'LL MOVE THIS UP AND ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, COVID IS, IS RAISING ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN.
SO YOU DO WHAT'S PROPER AND NECESSARY FOR YOURSELVES, FOR YOUR FAMILIES.
AND, UH, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANYONE WHO IS NOT VACCINATED, PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN HAVE THEM TO TALK WITH MR. SMITH ABOUT BEING VACCINATED AND DO WHATEVER YOU POSSIBLY CAN TO BE SURE THAT YOU KEEP YOURSELF SAFE FROM THIS AT BAT CULPRIT.
WITH THAT, IMAGINE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR INVOCATION AND LIKE THE XR COSMIN MARKS WHERE YOU, UH, GIVE US AN INDICATION FOR YOU.
WOULD YOU BOW PLEASE? WELL, THE GOD WE ASKED YOU FOR YOUR SUPERNATURAL WISDOM, AS WE MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS IN THIS MEETING, HELP US TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE RELEVANT INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN GATHERED.
MAY THOSE SHARING INFORMATION, GIVE US PERTINENT POINTS.
SO WE ALL CLEARLY UNDERSTAND, HELP US TO BE INNOVATIVE.
AS WE BRAINSTORM SOLUTION, HELP US TO WISELY EVALUATE OUR OPTIONS, CONSIDERING THE PROS AND THE CONS HELP US TO BE UNIFIED AND MAKING THE BEST POSSIBLE DECISIONS UNTIL EFFECTIVELY CARRY THEM OUT FOR THIS.
LET'S SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND UNIVERSITY LEADERS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU ALL CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR US PLEASE? MAYOR BARR, T MAYOR PRO TEM FRAY, RESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES.
SO KINDLY SHE CHECK HER CARE AT THIS.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
[II. PROCLAMATIONS]
THE PROCLAMATION READS THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, AND IT SAYS, WHEREAS WILLIAM BOY BROWN WAS A NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED DISC JOCKEY WHO FOUND HIS HOUSEHOLD NAME BOY IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, HIS CAREER DATES BACK TO K J E T RADIO STATION WHERE HE JUST JOCKEYED FOR 17 YEARS AND WERE BORN IN 1926 IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.HE ATTENDED SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE.
BOY WAS BLESSED WITH FOUR CHILDREN WITH MS. LAVINIA BROWN, ROSALYN, RHODA, VINCENT AND VIRGIL IN 1956, WILLIAM MERRITT AND MARY ANN BROWN AND BLESSED HIM WITH FOUR MORE CHILDREN, BILLY RODERICK AND REGINA AND KEVIN WHO ARE BOTH DECEASED.
AND WHEREAS THE JOINEE WAS INCREDIBLE.
AND THE PAT YOU PAID LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE HEARTS OF SO MANY PEOPLE.
BOYD BROWN WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE N W C P.
HE WORKED AND PLAYED WITH THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN THE RADIO BUSINESS.
HIS CAGE AT KING BECAME HIS FAMILY AND TOGETHER THEY BROKE BARRIERS AND BECAME THE FIRST DJ'S
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TO PLAY SOUL MUSIC IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.NOW, THEREFORE I THURMAN BILL BARKY, MAYOR OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, JULY 20TH, 2021 AS WILLIAM BOY BROWN DATE IN THE CITY OF FORT
AND IT SIGNED LEMON BILL BARKY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE YES, FAMILY MEMBERS HERE.
MY NAME IS VIRGIL BROWN, UM, UH, BOYS, FORT KID, FIRST WIFE, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNSELING MEN, WOMEN, MEN, YOU MAYOR.
WELL HONORING MY FATHER FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS HERE IN THE CITIES.
UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FROM THE DEEPEST PART OF MY HEART, SINCERELY.
THANK YOU MR. BROWN COUNCIL MEMBERS OR HEADS UP, EXCUSE ME, JUST A MINUTE, JUST A MINUTE.
YOU ALL HAVE ANY REMARKS FOR MR. BROWN? WELL, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO, I'M SORRY, MAN.
I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT AN INSTRUMENTAL PART.
UM, MR. BOY, UH, BROWN WAS IN MY LIFE.
I CAN REMEMBER K JET, UH, RADIO AS A VERY INTEGRAL PART OF MY GROWING UP, UH, HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, UH, WHETHER IT WAS ON SUNDAY MORNING OR WHETHER IT WAS DURING THE WEEK.
AND SO IT WAS JUST A LARGE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR FATHER WITH US, UH, AND THE IMPACT THAT HE'S HAD ON OUR, OUR GROWING UP AND OUR, OUR, UH, OUR, UH, BRINGING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST OUR EXISTENCES.
AND JUST, UH, UH, LEWD TO WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANK, UH, BACK IN THE DAYS WE COULDN'T AFFORD DJS.
SO WE HAD USED TO PUT THE RADIO ON KJ YET TO LISTEN TO MUSIC.
SO COMMERCIAL NALL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY SOME OF THE MUSIC THAT YOUR FATHER WAS PLAYING.
SO AGAIN, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU.
AND I SEE THAT YOU HAVE A POSTER OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY DISPLAY IT BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT'S HISTORY.
UH, AND YOU SAID THAT HE WAS THE VERY FIRST IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO PLAY SOUL MUSIC.
SO, UH, FOR ME AND MY CHILDHOOD, ALONG WITH MY CLASSMATE HERE, I'LL MISS TIZZANO.
UH, THAT'S HOW WE USED TO PLAY IN EARLY DAYS, SEVEN, EIGHT GRADE.
SO THANKS AGAIN, MR. BROWN AND YOUR FATHER CONTRIBUTIONS.
ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN JONES THAT CAMILLE? YES.
I'M RUNNING A LITTLE LATE, BUT I'M HERE WITH TALKING ABOUT BOB BROWN.
I KNOW ABOUT BARBARA AND KIDS YET.
AND THERE'S A POINT, WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE NAME WHERE THE SLICK HAIR CAME OFF? YES, SIR.
RIGHT THERE ON THE 800 BLOCK, TEXAS AVENUE, A LITTLE BIT SHARPSHOOTER HOUSE.
REMEMBER THAT YOU WAS TOO YOUNG, TOO YOUNG FOR THEM.
THEY WAS TELLING ME
I DID MY DS THAT KENT LAW CA WE HAD A, WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE HAD A LITTLE PARTY GOING ON WITH POTATO KIDS YET.
WE DANCE ALL DAY ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT, SUNDAY MORNING GOSPEL.
SO I REMEMBER YOUR DAD REAL, REAL GOOD.
I'M PROBABLY A LITTLE YOUNGER THAN HIM, BUT I'M UP THERE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REMEMBER FONDLY THE HOUSE OF WAX, THAT BOARD BROWN STARTED AT KJ AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED CALLING RECORDS WAX.
SO INSTEAD OF BUYING IT, SO, UH, WE ENJOY THAT.
THAT WAS PART OF OUR MEMORIES GOING, GROWING UP.
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IN FACT, UH, IT KEPT US GOING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.SO, UH, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOUR FATHER DID FOR OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, BUT ALSO IN BEAUMONT.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY.
FOR WOMAN MOSES, I DON'T HAVE A MEMORY OF K REMEMBER K JET RADIO, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER ALL OF WHAT THEY REMEMBER, BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FATHER'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I DO REMEMBER K JET AND I REMEMBER LISTENING TO GOSPEL ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, MY MOM COOKING TO IT.
SO I KNOW THAT IT WAS A GREAT RADIO STATION AND IT PROVIDED WHAT WE NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY DURING THE TIME IT EXISTED.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING YOUR FATHER AND WHAT HE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU THOUSAND WOMAN HOMES.
I DO REMEMBER K JET AND I DO REMEMBER SPENDING TIME LISTENING TO IT WITH MY FRIENDS.
UM, LIKE COUNCILMAN KEN LAW SAID I'M A LITTLE OLDER THAN COUNCILMAN KINLAW, BUT I REMEMBER, UH, BEING LIFTS.
SO WE LISTENED TO IT AND REALLY ENJOYED.
AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THAT AND HAVE FAMILY IN BEAUMONT.
MA'AM OR MR. BROWN, LIKE I SAY, 1380 K J E T.
AND JASMINE JONES ALLUDED TO IT, BUT HE DIDN'T REALLOCATE GESTATION, SELFISH AND PULL IT OFF IT ON TEXAS AVENUE, KING ARTHUR WITH AMANDA.
BUT I REMEMBER YOUR DAD, BOB BROWN, WILLIE NIGHT, AND WILLIE CATER, GUEST, DJ, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS, BUT YOUR DAD WAS LIKE A GODFATHER OVER THERE AND CADE YET.
I REMEMBER WHEN THEY BUILT THE NEW BUILDING DOCKET YOU HIM AND GOT A RECORD HOUSE ON SAN DIEGO.
OPNET THAT ROAD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT CAJUN PLAYED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR LIVES, NOT IN JUST THE PORN OFF, BUT IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND NEVER, THEN WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TOWEL BECAUSE IT WASN'T, WE DIDN'T COULDN'T TRAVEL TOO FAR ANYWAY.
BUT I REMEMBER WHAT CAROL WAS SAYING.
WE, IF YOU HAD A, UH, A TRANSISTOR RADIO THAT 12 HOURS, WELL, YEAH.
THE ONLY STATION YOU WANTED TO PUT ON IT WAS KJ AND BORA BROWN.
YOUR DAD HAD THE BEST TIME BECAUSE I GUESS HE WAS THE GODFATHER THERE.
SO HE WOULD BE DOING THE DATE IN THE EARLIER PARTS OF THE DAY KING ARTHUR WOULD COME ON AND THEN A WINTER NIGHT, NOTHING WITH YOU WITH THE YOUNGEST AT THAT TIME.
AND HE WOULD CLOSE IT OUT IN THE EVENINGS, BUT THEY PROVIDED REAL GOOD INFORMATION TO A COMMUNITY THAT HAD BEEN MARGINALIZED.
AND FOR US TO HONOR HIM THE DATE AND EVEN HONOR THAT PARTICULAR CONCEPT THAT WAS IN PLACE THAT TOUCHED ALL ABOUT NINES.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR FAMILY FOR EVEN SHARING YOUR DAD FOR THOSE 17 YEARS HERE AND IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IS GONE TO ALL OF YOUR REQUESTS.
YOU WANT US TO OTHER CAPTAINS TO, SHE WENT TO SOME MUSEUMS AND SHE IS GOING TO MAKE COPIES OF THE ACTUAL PROCLAMATION THAT WE DO HAVE, AND WE'LL GET, DO ALL THAT FOR YOU.
Y'ALL WE HAD A REAL NICE MOMENT OF NOSTALGIA RIGHT THERE AND REFLECTION.
NOW WE WERE MOVED, MOVE YOUR PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATION.
ARE THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS TO COME BEFORE US TODAY? NEITHER.
WOULD THERE BE ANY, UH, PRESENTATIONS ARE RECOGNITION.
THEY HAVE A, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AT ANOTHER CAMP.
THERE AREN'T ANY CORRESPONDENCE, UH, DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME AND WE DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED.
SO WE ARE READY FOR IMPORTS OF, UH, UH, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY
[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO ( 2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)]
INTERESTS.AND THAT WOULD BE TWO MINUTES FOR EACH COUNCIL PERSON.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD CARE TO SPEAK ON, UH, AT THIS, AT THIS JUNCTURE, ANY OF THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.
I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS GOING ON, MS. JUDY SMITH.
CAN YOU STEP UP TO THE PODIUM FOR ME PLEASE? OH, OKAY.
THIS IS MY FIRST IN-PERSON MEETING ZONE LEARNING.
UH, I DO HAVE SOMETHING OF A COMMUNITY.
UH, I RECEIVED A CALL, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND.
UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY MEETING IN MY DISTRICT OUT,
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UH, AT GUIDING STORE, UH, BAPTIST CHURCH IN, UH, IN MONTROSE ADDITION, UH, TOMORROW NIGHT, UH, AT SIX O'CLOCK, UH, MS. OCTAVIA SANDERS IS, UH, COORDINATING THAT MEETING.UM, SHE SAID SHE'S ALSO CONTACTED SOME, SOME OTHER, UH, UH, EMPLOYEES HERE AND WORKED ON IT YESTERDAY AND, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, WE WILL HAVE A GOOD, UH, REPRESENTATION OF, OF CITY OUT THERE.
UH, UH, I MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LATE.
MY WIFE IS HAVING A PROCEDURE TOMORROW, SO I MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT I SHOULDN'T MAKE THAT.
UH, AND, UH, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SECOND MEETING IN THAT AREA IN, UH, IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, I GUESS, BUT, UH, AND I WANT TO SAY THIS, I WANT TO STATE THIS PUBLICLY.
UH, THE LAST MEETING WE WENT TO THE MAYOR, COUNCILMAN FRANK, UH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, UH, OF CITY EMPLOYEES THERE.
UH, THE HOUR I WAS REALLY, UH, TAKEN ABACK BY THE DECORUM THAT WAS DISPLAYED, UH, AT THAT, AT THAT MEETING.
UH, AND IT, IT, IT, IT REALLY SHOOK ME UP BECAUSE THE, THE WAY THAT FOLKS VERBALLY, UH, UH, AND LACK FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM ATTACKED OUR ART, OUR EMPLOYEES, AND, AND THOSE OF US WHO ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, WAS, WAS REALLY, UH, IT, IT, AGAIN, IT TOOK IT, IT SHOOK ME BECAUSE, UH, AS A, AS A PERSON OF WHO, WHO GIVES RESPECT, I EXPECT RESPECT BACK AND, AND, AND WE WENT OUT THERE TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT THEY, THEY HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE, AS THE CITY ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
AND, AND, AND WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN RIGHT NOW, MOST OF US ON THIS COUNCIL OR RELATIVES ARE NEW.
THE MOST OF US WHO WERE AT THAT MEETING THAT NIGHT WERE NEW, UH, AS FAR AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED.
AND SO W W WE'RE WE'RE COMING INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO GET OUR FEET ON THE GROUND TO DO SOME THINGS THAT'S GOING TO DO THAT IS GOING TO, UH, BENEFIT THAT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND SO TOMORROW NIGHT, WHEN WE GO OUT TO GUIDING STORE, I'M ALREADY TALKING TO MS. SANDERS, WHO'S COORDINATING THE MEETING.
AND I, I LET HER KNOW THAT, AND SHE AGREED THAT WE WILL SET A STANDARD OF THE COURTROOM FOR THAT MEAN THAT, THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE NO PERSONAL ATTACKS.
AND IF THERE IS, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THOSE PEOPLE TO LEAVE, WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, AGREE TO DISAGREE.
WE CAN HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UH, ISSUES THAT GO ON IN OUR CITY WITHOUT VERBALLY AND, AND, AND, AND ATTACKING AND DEMEANING PEOPLE OR PERSONS WHO WORK FOR THE CITY.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
I KNOW THIS IS BEING TELEVISED, SO I DON'T DO FACEBOOK BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS, THAT'S HOW THEY'RE COMMUNICATING NOW, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, IN MY OPINION, AS OPPOSED TO ACTUALLY GET OUR POINTS ACROSS IT'S IN A PUBLIC SETTING.
AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY IN PORT ARTHUR TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO RESPECT OUR CITIZENS, BUT WE ALSO EXPECT THEM TO RESPECT US.
AND WHENEVER WE COME OUT, WE'RE COMING OUT THERE FOR A PURPOSE.
AND, AND I, I, FOR ONE, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE HERE, BUT I, FOR ONE WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE IN A PUBLIC SETTING, IN A MEETING THAT WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO, TO ATTACK THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME OUT THERE TO HELP THEM JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, MAN, BUT COMFORTABLE HOMES.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THERE WILL BE A MEETING AUGUST 6TH IN, UH, DISTRICT ONE AT THE WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER TO PROVIDE, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS, UH, CREATING THAT MEETING AS WELL.
AND THEY WANT IT TO, UH, INVITE AND THEY, YOU WILL BE GETTING FORMAL INVITATIONS, BUT TO INVITE US TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY, IT'S AT SIX O'CLOCK, AUGUST 6TH AT THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
AND, UH, YOU'LL BE GETTING FORMAL INFORMATION AND MR. MANAGER, THEY WILL BE SENDING YOU A LETTER TO ASK YOU TO HAVE STAFF THERE AS WELL.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.UH, JUST, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE INFORMATION ON THE STONE GATE AREA.
I DID RECEIVE A, UH, EMAIL, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, THE STONE GATE AREA AWARENESS COMMUNITY GROUP WILL ALSO HAVE A MEETING.
IT'S GOING TO BE JULY 27TH AT 6:30 PM.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE LOCATION, BUT THE LAST TIME WE MET, WHICH WAS LAST MONTH, IT WAS AT THE YMCAS ON NINTH AVENUE.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD PROBABLY STILL BE THERE.
SO IF ANYONE THAT'S IN, OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE STONE GATE AREA WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING, UH, THEY CAN CONTACT VERNA, UH, AT G T DOT R R.COM FOR INTERRUPT THE FRUIT, UH, ABOUT, UH, ATTENDING THAT MEETING AND ALSO GETTING YOUR NAME ON THE LIST.
SO WE'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT FOR ANYONE IN THE STONE GATE AREA.
UH, WE HAVE A MAJOR CONCERNS THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS AND MOST OF THE TIMES, UH, IT'S, IT RUNS PRETTY SMOOTHLY.
SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE ON THE 27TH OF JULY AT SIX 30 AT THE YMCAS, YOU GET TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.
I PLAN ON BEING HERE TOMORROW NIGHT.
WELL, WE HAD A MEETING AND ALSO INGRID ON A DIFFERENT NOTE.
UH, SOMETHING'S ON MY MIND IS MORNING AND I GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, DEBRA AMBROSE TRUSTEE, WITH THE DISTRICT, I SAW WHAT SHE MADE.
UH, SHE CHALLENGED IT, UH, EMPLOYEE BY GRASS, CUTTING ON THE SCHOOLS AND THE BUY-SIDE ARTICLE.
SHE, SHE, SHE CHALLENGED THIS GUY OR WHAT'S THIS GUY NAMED WHO COMPLIMENT RANK DOES A HAIRNET OVER THE GRASS.
I CAN'T HEAR YOU, YOU TO REQUEST CUTTING WHAT'S HIS NAME? HOLD RANDOM RECIPIENT.
SHE CHALLENGED HIM BY GRASS CUTTING AROUND THE SCHOOLS.
SHE HAD AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE HUGGER RIGHT NOW AWARD.
IF SHE WAS HERE, SHE'S SAYING, UH, NICK, AND THEN BOOKER T DON'T LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAD BEEN, UH, BEEN NEGLECT, UH, NEGLECTED.
AND I AGREE WITH HER A HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD RIDE AROUND ONE DAY.
I CALL YOU OUT FROM THE FRANKLIN BY DEATH ABOUT A NEGATIVE SCHOOL.
CAPITAL'S LITTLE KEY AT THEIR PRACTICES.
AND THE COACHES WOULD, KNEE-HIGH GRAY IS GRASSLEY IN THESE PRACTICES AND THEY BACK CAMPUS GO AROUND PORT NICHES IN NEW ENGLAND, THE FIELDS, ALL CUT MANNER, CUTE LITTLE BLOKE.
THEN I CALLED POOR REED, RIGHT THEN I CALLED BOTH OF Y'ALL ASS.
AND I SAY, THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
YOU REMEMBER ME CALLING YOU? AND THEN THAT'S, IT DON'T FEEL KIDS TO ME, PRACTICING ON NICK AND CAMPUS AND NIHAD GRASS AND OTHER KIDS WERE ON THE OTHER CITIES, YARDS AND GOLF FIELDS, ALL CUTTING MANICURE, YOU KNOW, AND I SAW WHAT SHE DID.
SHE, SHE BROUGHT UP AGAIN THIS WEEK AND THAT SAME CONCERN.
NOW WE'LL BE GETTING WHAT YOU SEE.
I CAN HELP YOU TO PUSH THIS THING.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER STEP AWAY, THE WAY THE TREAT SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS AND TAKE CARE OF OTHERS.
SO I WON'T MISS DEBORAH AMBULANCE.
UH, STAY ON TRAVEL, BUT NOT BE WITH YOU AND HELP YOU OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, UH, MAYOR AND FRIGHTENING.
I WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THANKS, UH, AS A NEOPHYTE AND AS A NEW COUNCILMAN, TRYING TO LEARN EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO LEARN.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE APPRECIATION TO, UM, UH, UH, SOME OF OUR STAFF WHO HAVE JUST REALLY TRIED TO HELP ME WITH, UH, SOME OF THE SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES I WANT TO THANK DONNY, UH, STANTON OF COURSE, UH, WHO HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL IN, UH, WITH SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
I KNOW WHEN YOU START CALLING NAMES, I'M A PASTOR THAT YOU GET IN TROUBLE, BUT PAM, PAMELA LANKFORD HAS BEEN JUST SO HELPFUL AS WELL IN, IN HELPING ME NAVIGATE, UH, UH, THOSE SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT.
WE, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, DOING, UH, AND GOING THROUGH.
I WANT TO THANK CHRISTIE AS WELL, UH, FOR HELPING, UH, WITH THE SCHEDULINGS AND, AND TRYING TO KEEP ME, I GOT A BUSY SCHEDULE.
AND SO SHE REALLY HELPS AND KEEPS ME INFORMED AND APPRISED OF WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, WITH THE CITY WHEN I COME IN.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO THEM FOR HELPING THE NEOPHYTE, COUNCILMAN NAVIGATE HIS WAY THROUGH, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS NEW FOR ME.
AND SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
UH, MS. SMITH, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO COME UP TO INFORM US ABOUT THE MEETING AT THE TIMES THAT YOU, UH, TOLD ME ABOUT LAST.
AND I'M SORRY IF I WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
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SHE'S GONNA LET US KNOW YOU ALL I SAID AT THE ONSET OF THE MEETING OR COBY, IT IS WELL JUST TO SHIP IT IN SIMPLISTICALLY STATED THIS RAM AND BACK UP, AND THAT WAS NOT AS NO BRUCE SMITH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.UM, LAST, EXCUSE ME, LAST JANUARY, WE DID A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING AND THIS WAS RIGHT BEFORE WE STARTED GIVING THE COVID VACCINATIONS.
AND SO NOW WE DO SEE A NEED FOR ANOTHER TOWN HALL.
THIS ONE WILL BE A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING, UM, AT THE TEXAS ART MUSEUM.
AND THIS WILL TAKE PLACE ON NEXT THURSDAY, JULY THE 29TH, FROM SIX TO 7:30 PM.
OSCAR ENRIQUE WILL BE THE SPEAKER.
HE WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THIS IS NOT TO REALLY BULLY ANYBODY INTO TAKING THE VACCINES.
IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A FEW PEOPLE COMING IN WHO ARE NEWCOMERS.
THIS IS THEIR FIRST VACS VACCINATION, AND MANY OF THEM ARE SHARING WHY THEY HAVE BEEN HESITANT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE VACCINES ARE SAFE AND THAT THE VACCINES DO WORK.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A FEW BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS, THE VACCINES ARE SAFE.
WE THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT, UH, DO FOR OUR CITY AND THE CITIZENS, NOT JUST IN PORT ARTHUR, BUT IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
AND AT SOME JUNCTURE IS OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
WE APPRECIATE THAT THERE WOULD THERE BE ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT COUNCILPERSONS WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS? OKAY, GO ON QUICK, REAL QUICK.
I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER FOR ALIGNMENT TO SCOTT.
MORE TO HELP ME DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IT GOT DUST ON IT FROM ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD WITH DUST ALL OVER MY COMPUTER.
SO I HAD TO COME UP HERE AND DO MY, MY ZOOM MEETINGS AND SHE'D IMAGINED, WELL, I'LL MISS HIM MORE TO HELP ME WITH MY MEETINGS AFFECTED VERY MUCH.
IT'S A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER HELPED ME TO KIND OF WHERE HE COULD COSMIN JOIN.
YOU WANT SOME WATER? I GOT, WE HAVE A WATER SODA.
SO WHAT DO I NEED? HE WAS THERE FOR ME THAT HAS GOT MORE THAT COULD SEE THE MANAGER.
NOW WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT IS AN ADAMANT FOR UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
I HAVE A, WE HAVE PULLED THAT ITEM AND IT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT ANOTHER TIME.
I LIKE TO GET A MOTION TO REMOVE, UH, THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS APPEAL.
[VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS]
SHALL I READ IT? UH, THE ENTIRE MOTION.YOU HAVE TO READ IT FAR REMOVAL.
IF THERE'S A P 6, 7, 9, 9, AND ORDINANCE ADDING A SECTION 1 0 6 DASH 2 2 5 TO CHAPTER 1 0 6 OF THE CODE OF AUTUMN.
IT SAYS, AS IT PERTAINS TO TRAFFIC AND ASKED YOU FOR HIBBETT PARKING OR PORTIONS OF SEVENTH STREET PROVIDING FOR ANY EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR PUBLICATION, MR. REQUESTED HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN JONES AND NOW SOME MORE STUDIES GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO, UH, REMOVE, OKAY.
MAY I GET A SECOND COUNSEL? MCKINLEY SECOND, MAN.
AND SECOND THAT WE WILL REMOVE THIS FROM THE, FROM TODAY'S AGENDA ARE WE WOULD HAVE A CRISIS.
WE WANT, UH, I'LL USE YOU ASSIGN A VOTING ANY OPPOSES THAT'S HABIT.
SO IT IS AUDIT AND WE ARE READY NOW.
COUNCILMAN MARTIN, COUNCILWOMAN CALLS YOU A LIGHT CAME ON.
THEY DON'T HAVE A DEAD GOOD YET.
I'M NOT IN THE STATE HOUSE WHERE YOU CAN TOUCH IT ELECTRONICALLY VOTE.
SOME CITY SECRETARY, YOU SEE US WHAT WE NEED AND YOU CAN UPGRADE YOUR EQUIPMENT.
NOW WE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND, UH, NOW ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA THAT, UH, ACT OF A ROUTINE NATURE, ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE, AND COUNCIL PERSONS HAVE BEEN FURNISHED WITH THE BACKGROUND AND SUPPORT MATERIALS FOR EACH ITEM.IF THERE IS AN ITEM THAT A COUNCIL PERSON WOULD LIKE TO BE HANDLED INDIVIDUALLY, IF YOU WILL, WOULD YOU LET ME KNOW AT TIME WHAT THAT ITEM IS BY PAGE AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER? WOULD THAT BE ANY ITEMS THAT WOULD BE WITHDRAWN AND, AND HELD OVER TO BE VOTED ON INDIVIDUALLY? ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE LIGHTING UP.
SO THEREFORE I'M READY TO ACCEPT THE MOTION TO
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APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MCKEON, LACOSAMIDE, MARCH, WHERE YOU SET IT HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND TO THAT, WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I READ AT THE CORNER AND WE HAVE NO UNREADINESS ON THIS.
READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT.
THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED AND ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED.
NOW WE HAVE THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA WITH ADAM THAT WE WILL DEAL WITH
[VIII. A1. P. R. No. 22036 — A Resolution Nominating A Member And/ Or Members To The Board Of Directors Of The Orange County Appraisal District For The 2022 — 2023 Term]
INDIVIDUALLY.THE FIRST TO BE IN P R A NUMBER 22, 0 3, 6 OR RESOLUTION NOMINATED A MEMBER AND OUR MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR THE 20, 20 TO 2023 TURN.
DO YOU HAVE THE NAMES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AVAILABLE AT CITY SECRETARY? IT'S.
CAN YOU WISH TO HAVE THE NAMES? I COULDN'T HEAR IT.
CAN I SPEAK, LET ME TAKE THIS OFF.
MAY I SPEAK TO THE RESOLUTION? OKAY.
PULL YOUR MIC DOWN A LITTLE BECAUSE I COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
I DON'T THINK, BUT I PULL IT CLOSER.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THIS RESOLUTION, UM, THIS IS A NOMINATION FORM WHERE YOU CAN NOMINATE CANDIDATES AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO STUDY IT, THERE IS A LETTER ALSO ATTACHED IS TO NOMINATE THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD.
AND THAT IS LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THERE ARE FIVE POSITIONS ON THE BOARD AND IT STATES WHAT THE CURRENT NAMES ARE.
THIS IS JUST TO NOMINATE NOT TO VOTE.
UM, SO IN OCTOBER WE WILL GET THE BALLOT TO VOTE.
SO IF YOU SO CHOOSE, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE ONE, IT'LL TELL YOU WHO THE CURRENT MEMBERS ARE.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RENOMINATED, YOU SAID ON PAGE, ON WHICH PAGE NOW, PAGE ONE AT A RESOLUTION.
DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A CAP OF IT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING CITY SECTOR.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WANT IT.
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A LITTLE, IF YOU ALL WANT TO STUDY IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STUDY IT, YOU CAN ALSO TABLE IT.
UM, I HAVE THE NAMES MAYOR, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO READ THEM, IT THAT'S THE CURRENT BOARD, THE NAMES THAT YOU HAVE AND THE NAMES OF THE CURRENT BOARD.
ON THIS, UH, I DON'T SEE THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE APPOINTED FROM LAST.
SO THEY ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT INDIVIDUAL AGAIN.
OR THEY CAME UP WITH THEIR OWN PERSON IS THE CURRENT BOARD THAT'S LISTED ON ITEM FIVE.
AND I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT SOMETHING HERE IS, THIS IS, THIS IS THE SAME THING, UH, THAT I'M NOT PERSONALLY NOMINATED IN A GENTLEMAN FOR THIS, UH, MR. WAYNE SPARROW, IS THIS THE SAME BULLET THAT HE'S TAKEN CARE OF? I'M NOT SURE, BUT I CAN PULL.
I JUST TRIED TO FIND HIM BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS THE PERSON, EXCUSE ME, THIS THE SAME BULLET WHERE WE NOMINATED HIM BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL PASSED THE WEIGHT THAT WE HAD ALREADY NOMINATED.
IF, IF THE, THE CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL BEST POOL, THIS PARTICULAR ITEMS. SO WE CAN GET CLARIFICATION.
I REMEMBER IT WAS NEAR THE LETTER ATTACHED THAT EXPLAINS IT.
AND THAT WAS SCANNED WITH THE AGENDA.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO GET A PACKET, I KNOW THEY DON'T TREAT ME.
WE WILL PULL THE PACKET IF YOU'D LIKE TO STUDY IT.
AND THERE'S A LETTER FROM HIM THAT EXPLAINED, BEEN TELLING ME ABOUT IT ALL FRIDAY AT TWO, AND I HADN'T SEEN THE NAMES.
I NEED TO GET A MOTION FOR THAT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO TABLE IT TO THIS TIME, THIS IS PROBABLY OKAY.
CAN I GET A MOTION COME FROM I'M MAYOR PRO TEM.
I MOVED TO TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM, UH, UH, UH, RESOLUTION 2, 2 0 3 6.
MAY I GET A SECOND COUNSEL? KEN LAW SECOND.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD, UH, TABLE PR ONE NUMBER 2, 2 0, 3, 6 AT RED OR RED.
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A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF TABLING.THE, JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.
WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND AS WELL, IS THAT US POT OF TEA BLENDERS.
WE ASKED THE CITY SECRETARY TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT BY THE TIME WE COME BACK, YES, WE HAVE NOMINATIONS.
BASED ON WOULDN'T TAKE UP THAT MUCH TIME.
AND AS SOON AS SECRETARY WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO US PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING.
NEXT WE HAVE P R NUMBER 2, 2 0 3 7 IS
[VIII. A2. P. R. No. 22037 — A Resolution Appointing And/ Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone TIRZ # 1 Board]
A REVOLUTION OF POINTS AND OUR REAL POINT IN A MEMBER, OUR MEMBERS TO THE DOWNTOWN CACS PERMIT, REINVESTMENT DOLL, BETTER KNOWN AS TURF.THEY GOT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR CUSTOMER MARK.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 0 3 7 AS WRIT.
UH, WE READY FOR VOTING? OH, SHOOT ME.
IF ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCILOR, MARK.
OH, JUST, UH, JUST, UH, JUST VERY INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.
WE ARE REAPPOINTING, UH, COUNSELING FOR CHARLOTTE.
AND, AND, AND, AND FOR CLARIFICATION, UH, AS WE DID COUNCILMAN 10 LAW, THEN BECAUSE OF THE COVID, THEY ARE TERM REALLY WASN'T SERVED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY TO MEET.
AND WE W WE, WE HAVE A TIME TO REAPPOINT CONFLICT IN LAW.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALREADY GOT ON YET UNTIL, UH, THE ATTORNEY FOR COUNSEL MOLDED IS UP NOW.
YEAH, BUT COURSE IT WOULD BE COUNCILMAN KENMAR, THE CHAIRPERSON COUNCIL ON THE MOTORS.
UH, SHE WAS ON THE BOARD AND I HAVE MISS ELIGIBLE WITH, UH, I THINK TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
I THOUGHT HE HAD A SECOND COMPLIMENT.
MAYBE SHE DIDN'T GET IT REMOVED IN A SECOND.
SO WE WILL, UH, READ UP ON THAT MOTION.
WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED US? THAT WAS AVID.
[VIII. A3. P. R. No. 22046 — A Resolution Authorizing The Waiver Of Building Permit Fees In The Not To Exceed Amount Of $ 11, 484. 00 Associated With Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation Phase 2 Reconstruction Of The Press Building Located At 549 4th Street, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas]
NEXT.WE ARE PR NUMBER 22, 0 4 6, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE WAIVER OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES, UH, AND THE METRICS SEAT AMOUNT OF $11,484 ASSOCIATED WITH THE PULLOUT, THE SECTION 48 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PHASE TWO RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PRESS BUILDING LOCATED AT 5 49, 4 STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, UH, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS PORT OFF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR FROM KENALOG THERE? MAY I GET A SECOND, UH, COST OF A MONTH? SECOND.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 22, 0 4, 6 AS READ, OR WE READ IT FOR QUESTION.
AND ANY OTHER READINESS BEFORE VOTING? HE COMMITTED A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY.
[VIII. B1. P. O. No. 6982 — An Ordinance Extending The Declaration Of Disaster Pursuant To § 418. 108( b) Of The Texas Government Code]
WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE AUTOMATIC NUMBER 6, 9, 8, 2.IT AUDIT, EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF DISASTER PURSUANT TO FOUR 18.108, SUBSECTION B OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
NOW I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCILMAN FRANK SOBO MAYOR NEGATIVE SECOND CONCERT WOMAN HOME HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE ORDINANCE 6, 9, 8, 2 AS RIT.
UH, WE MADE UP OF COURSE, NO, OF COURSE, NO ONE RETURN IS WE'VE GOING TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT.
[VIII. B2. P. O. No. 6983 — An Ordinance Authorizing The Sale Of City Owned Property Adjacent To 6255 Jade Avenue, Legally Described As Tract 4, Lot 8, Block 14 Port Acres Addition, And Execution Of A Special Warranty Deed Thereof]
FINALLY, WE HAVE A PO NUMBER 6, 9, 8, 3, AND AUTUMN IS AUTHORIZING[00:40:01]
THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY ADJACENT TO 62 55 JADE AVE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TRACK FOUR LOT EIGHT BLOCK, 14 PORT ACRES, ADDITION, AND EXECUTION OF A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED THAT THERE OF ME.I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL CROSS WOMAN HOME.
MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN JONES? LIKE IT HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT P O NUMBER 6 93 AS READ A LITTLE BIT OF A QUESTION WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED AS I HAVE IT TOO, IT'S AUDIT, WE WILL APPROVE PO NUMBER 6, 9, 8, 3 AS RED.
[IX. * CLOSED MEETING ( EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
WE'VE NOW MOVED TO THE, UH, PORTION OF THE MEETING FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.101, ALL THE CHAPTER OF 5, 5, 1 OPEN MEETINGS, LAWS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FARM IN THE ARTICLE 62 52 DASH ONE SEVEN, SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION EIGHT.PRIOR TO GOING INTO THIS CLOSED MEETING UP IS OUT OF OFFICER WHOM WOULD BE MYSELF, UH, SHOULD READ THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC STATEMENTS.
IN THE CLOSED MEETING, WE WILL DISCUSS SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND PENDING LITIGATION AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR.
ALSO, WE WOULD DEAL WITH SECTION 5, 5 1 0.071 A GAIN OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE FOR ATTORNEY CONSULTATION TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND COUNSEL IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY'S RIGHTS TO PRIVILEGES AND OBLIGATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PENDING LITIGATION AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, WHICH BETTER KNOWN AS A F F UNCLE, EXCUSE ME, 3, 9, 7.
ALSO WE WOULD DEAL WITH SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE ATTORNEY CONSULTATION TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND COUNSEL IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY'S RIGHTS DUE TO HIS PRIVILEGE OF THAT OBLIGATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH PENDING LITIGATION AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PORT ARTHUR POLICE ASSOCIATION, BETTER KNOWN AS P A P A.
AND WE WOULD DEAL WITH SECTION 501.071 A GAME OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CITY MANAGER, CITY, SECRETARY, AND MUNICIPAL JUDGE, AND FINALISTS SECTION 501.087.
AGAIN, WILL BE REVISITED OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
AND THESE ARE ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED.
AND IF NEED BE, WE WILL RETURN TO THE OPEN SESSION TO VOTE ON ANY ITEMS THAT WOULD HAVE A VOTE FOR AN OPEN SESSION ATTACHED TO IT BEING MADE A LAW.
SO, AND WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I WOULD GET INTO A MOTION TO, UH, GO INTO CLOSED SESSION A OR BAREFOOT AND FRANK, I'D GET A SECOND.
THE SECOND THAT WE WOULD JUST STOP, UH, JOIN THIS MEETING AND MOVE INTO OUR SPECIAL SESSION.
AND WE WILL RETURN AT THE, UH, END OF THE SPECIAL SESSION AND ATTORNEY.
WE ARE BACK WE'RE BACK AND WE WANTED TO IN PLACE A GATING IN PLACE CITY, SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KAT AS YOU ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR ME, PLEASE, MAYOR BARTEE, MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES, COUNCIL MEMBER HOME PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN KINLAW PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES.
UH, WE ARE BACK NOW IN SESSION AND MY EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THAT WAS NOT ANY ITEMS FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT NEED TO BE ACTED UPON IN THIS OPEN SESSION.
AM I CORRECT? CITY ATTORNEY? OKAY.
THEREFORE I AM READY TO, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR A GERMAN COUNCIL REMARKS? SO MOVE BACK IN THE SECOND COUNCILMAN.
UH, KEN LONG SECOND MAYOR IS REMOVED AND SECOND, AND WE WOULD HAVE JOINED THIS MEETING OF THE POOR OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND REGULAR MEDIA FOR JULY 20TH, 2021 THAT BEGAN AT 9:30 AM.
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AND WE WILL CONCLUDE THIS MEETING AT 12:34 PM AND ARE READY TO VOTE.UH, ARE WE READY? READY FOR VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
BEFORE I SAY THAT IT'S CARRIED ON TOMORROW.
CITY ATTORNEY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.
WHAT TIME IS THE MEETING ON THURSDAY? SAME TIME.
WE HAVE ONE CONFLICT, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO, I MAY BE LATE FOR THE TRAINING.
TML HAS SOMETHING ORANGE AT NINE 30 ON THURSDAY MORNING.
I HATE NOT TO GO BE IN THE MILL.
YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST, I JUST SAY NOT TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY EXPECT, THEY EXPECT TO HAVE SOMEBODY.
I KNOW ALL Y'ALL DON'T WANT, NONE OF Y'ALL CAME WITH DON'T WANT TO GO.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO FROM HERE.
ANY OPPOSED? IF YOU OPPOSED YOU COULD OPPOSE IT ON THE ELEVATOR.