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          AH, AIR POSES 
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I'VE HAVE. 
          SO THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          NOW WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS THERE IS 
          [I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
A SPECIAL MEETING FOR A 10 30 HIGH UP IT'S ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK. 
          WE'RE ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEHIND, BUT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THE BUSINESS AND, UH, IT IS 10 30, 2 SPECIAL MEETING. 
          WE STILL HAVE THE SAME, UH, INFORMATION, UH, THAT I NEED TO READ IT ALL AGAIN TO THE SECRETARY. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S IT'S THE SAME MEETING. 
          WE ARE GOING TO CONDUCT A SPECIAL MEETING SCHEDULED AT 10 30. 
          HOWEVER, WE BEGIN TO NOW AT 11 O'CLOCK ONCE A DAY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST BY TELEPHONIC AND BY VIDEO CONFERENCE, IN ADDITION TO A MOWING, UH, IN PERSON ATTENDANCE, A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, NEEDS TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER FOR US TO CONDUCT THIS MEETING HERE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE PORT ARTHUR CITY HALL AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET, HIDDEN CITY PORT. 
          OFTEN THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THIS SPECIAL MEETING BY DIALING 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9 AND USE, UH, EIGHT A MEETING ID IS 8 3 2 9 2 4 3 1 5 1 8 AND A PASS CODE IS SIX, EXCUSE ME, 7 6 4 6 4 1. 
          AND EVEN WITH THIS MEETING, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND YOU MAY HAVE A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS BY CONTACTING THE CITY SECRETARY OF THE OFFICE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT 9 8 3 8 1 1 5 AND REQUEST THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS. 
          NOW AT THIS TIME, WE ARE, WE DO, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE INVOCATION AND PLAY IT AGAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN, OUR HOMES, WHAT'D YOU DO THE INVOCATION FOR US, PLEASE. 
          YOUR BOUT WITH ME, FATHER, GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THANKING YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND ALL THAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO WITH OUR LIVES. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS ALL IN ATTENDANCE, ALL WHO ARE JOINING US BY ZOOM. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEM AND WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEIR FAMILIES IN JESUS NAME. 
          AMEN. 
          HEY MAN, WE SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND UNISON. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU SO KINDLY FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. 
          SO THE SECRETARY, WHAT YOU ESTABLISHED A QUORUM FOR US PLEASE?  PERFECT. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK COUNCIL MEMBER HOME HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LOWE, COUNCIL MEMBER MARK'S COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES. 
          YOU HAVE A COOL THANK YOU CITY SECRETARY. 
          WE HAVE 
          [II. A1. P. R. No. 22164 — A Resolution Of Endorsement For Candidacy To The Board Of Directors Of The National League Of Cities. ( Requested By Mayor Bartie)]
ONE ITEM, UH, REQUESTING A MEETING INDIVIDUAL, UH, ACTION, WHICH WOULD BE NON-CONSTANT, UH, FOR A RESOLUTION. 
          AND I HAVE REQUESTED THIS THROUGH PR NUMBER 22, 1 6 FOR A RESOLUTION OF ENDORSEMENT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. 
          AND IT'S BEEN REQUESTED BY YOURS, TRULY, TRULY MAYOR BARCHIE. 
          UH, AND I'M ASKING FOR THIS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO HAVE YOUR NAME UP FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, YOU MUST HAVE A RESOLUTION OR HAS BEEN, UH, RECOMMENDED FROM T M L TO HAVE A RESOLUTION FROM YOUR CITY. 
          AND SO WE'VE JUST INCLUDED THIS AND IT WAS INCLUDED BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE ORIGINAL AGENDA THAT WE HAD PRINT, UH, POSTED LAST WEEK. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS SPECIAL MEETING. 
          NOW. 
          MAY I GET A MOTION OR MAY I APPROACH HIM ON THIS, UH, LOOSEN? UH, I MEAN, YEAH, RESOLUTION 2, 2, 1 6, 4, PLEASE. 
          SO MOVE MAN MAY GET A SECOND COUNCILOR MARKS. 
          WELL, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          ARE YOU RUNNING FOR THE PRESENT CANDIDATES, RIGHT? YEAH, NOT JUST A NATIONAL LEAGUE AND SEE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO BE A, A MEMBER RUNNING FOR NLC PRESIDENT. 
          OH NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          I MEAN, ALL OF THAT IS ON THAT DEAL THAT YOU SEE, BUT, UH, THERE ARE FOUR 40 BOARD MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND WHAT I'M DOING IS TRYING TO GET, I HAVE TO GET YOUR, UH, SUPPORT, DO THE RESOLUTION. 
          THEN I SEEK SUPPORT FROM TML AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OFF AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE CITY ATTORNEY IN THE MORNING OR EVEN TODAY TO TML, UH, SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE IT. 
          AND THE TME BOARD WILL ACT ON IT NEXT WEEK OR WEEK AFTER NEXT AT THE, AT HIS BOARD MEETING. 
          AND I'LL SEE IF I GET A TMDL, UH, UH, BLESSINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE READY FOR ALL. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE'RE READY FOR VOTING ALL IN FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY, AYES HAVE IT. 
          SO AS AUDIT, WE WILL ALL PASS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2, 2, 1 6, 4 AS 
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RED AND PRESENTED. 
          NOW I CAN, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT OF THIS SPECIAL MEETING I MYSELF SERVED. 
          THE SECOND IS REMOVED, AND SECOND, WE WOULD HAVE JOINED THIS MEETING AT 11:05 PM. 
          8:00 AM, UH, THIS MORNING. 
          UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY, THE AYES HAVE IT SEWED. 
          THIS AUDIT, THIS MEETING IS NOW DULY AGENDA.
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