* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. RECORDING [00:00:01] IN PROGRESS. OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS OCTOBER 22ND, 2021. [I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL] AND IT'S AT 10 0 9. EXACTLY. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT 10, 8:00 AM. 10:00 AM MEETING. THAT IS A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND THIS COUNCIL MEETING IS FOR THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR, AND WE WILL CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS IN A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING. UH, THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR THIS TIME ON THIS DAY, OCTOBER 22ND, 2021. NOW YOU MAY ENTER THE MEETING THAT WE HAVE IN RIGHT NOW, THE OPENING BY TELEPHONIC AND BY VIDEO CONFERENCE. UH, IN ADDITION, THIS ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE, UH, PARTICIPATION. HOWEVER, THE CALL THE COUNCIL HAS TO HAVE A CORE AND THE QUORUM HAS TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE CITY HALL HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. NOW, AGAIN, YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN PERSON OR BY DIALING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS, EIGHT FIVE THROUGH 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 AND 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9. AND WE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ARE HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND WE WILL PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY REQUEST THOSE. I EVER, THE REQUEST HAS TO BE MADE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND THE REQUESTS CAN BE MADE BY CALLING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5. NOW, WITH THOSE PRELIMINARIES HAVING BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO BEGIN THE MEETING WITH AN INVOCATION, I WILL GIVE THE INDICATION AND THEN WE WILL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU ALL MIND STANDING, PLEASE, WILL YOU BOW WITH ME IN PRAYER, FATHER GOD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE APPROACHED HER THRONE OF GRACE AND MERCY AT THIS MOMENT, DEAR GOD, THANKING YOU FOR ALL OF THE MINI BLESSINGS. YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH EACH INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, AND AS A BODY OF GOVERNANCE FOR THIS GREAT CITY THAT YOU ALLOW US TO CALL HOME, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THIS MEETING. DEAR GOD, ALLOWING US TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY IN A MANNER THAT IS PLEASING INTO YOUR SITE. AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BLESS PORT ARTHUR BLESSED THE STATE OF TEXAS BLESS AMERICA. AND EVEN BLESS THIS WORLD, THESE THINGS WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS FOR A SAKE, WE DO PRAY A MAN. AND THANK GOD WHEN WE NOW SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN UNISON, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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 FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. AND NOW CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH THE QUORUM FOR MAYOR BARTEE PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK REDLAND COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KID LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARK'S COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES. YOU HAVE A CORE OF MAYOR. THANK YOU. SO KINDLY AND [II. *CLOSED MEETING ( EXECUTIVE SESSION)] COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN PRESENCE HERE TODAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU. I DID ASK TO HAVE THIS MEETING SCHEDULED AND THIS MEETING, IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.101 OF THE CHAPTER 5 50, 1 OF OPEN MEETING LAWS THAT GOVERNS THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND THIS HAS BEEN FORMALLY ARTICLE NUMBER 62 5 2 DASH ONE SEVEN, SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION EIGHT, EIGHT. AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO THIS, UH, CLOSED MEETING AND WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN THE CLOSED SESSION, SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OR PENDING CLAIMS LITIGATION AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND THE SECONDLY, WE WILL DEALT WITH SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.071 AGAIN, OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY HERE UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. AND THESE WILL BE THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL DISCUSS. IF THOSE ITEMS WOULD HAVE ACTION ON THEM, THEN WE WILL RETURN TO THIS MEETING BEFORE ADJOURNMENT AND ACT ON THE ACTION THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. [00:05:01] SO AT THIS POINT WE WERE RECESSED IF I'M CORRECT ATTORNEY TO OUR CHAMBERS DOWNSTAIRS AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO CALL MS. CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE, SIR, MAYOR PARTY MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK COUNCIL MEMBER, HOUSE COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKED COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY SECRETARY. AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE CONCLUDED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE IS NOT ANY ITEMS OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WOULD NEED TO HAVE ACTION ON THEM. SO AT THIS POINT I WOULD BE, UH, READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A GERMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, HOMES. OKAY. AM I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN JONES IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD HAVE JOINED THIS SPECIAL MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THAT HADN'T BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THE DATE OCTOBER 22ND, 2021 THAT HAD BEGUN AT 10 0 9. AND IT IS NOW 1117. AND WE WILL JOIN THE MEETING, UH, ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT. SO AS ODD AS THIS MEETING IS NOW ALL CONSIDERED TO BE A GIANT, PLEASE GO IN PEACE AND WE WILL SEE YOU ON TUESDAY AT THREE. YES, SIR. Y'ALL KNOW THAT. RIGHT? TELL MY FRIEND, BROTHER AND FAMILY THREE O'CLOCK TUESDAY. AM I CORRECT? THE CITY SECRETARY? YEAH, THREE O'CLOCK TODAY. WE HAVE A WORKSHOP FIRST. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BYE-BYE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.