* 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. [00:00:02] RECORDING IN PROGRESS. [I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE'RE READY, KELLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LINDSEY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, THIS IS, EXCUSE ME. UH, WELL THE ACTUAL, UH, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. I HAVE A WILL BE WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE MEETING AND WE WILL MOVE DIRECTLY INTO OUR SPECIAL EXECUTIVE, UH, MEDIUM, BUT AT THIS MEETING, AND EVEN AT, DURING THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT, WE ARE ALLOWING PERSONS TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM HERE, PHYSICALLY PRESENT HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 4 44 ON FOURTH STREET IN THE CITY OF PORT OFFER. NOW THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE BY DIALING 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9 AND ENTERING MEETING ID 8 7 0 9 4 6 9 9 5 9 8. AND PUTTING IN THE PASSCODE OF 7 5 3 8 1 0. AND WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY THAT, AND YOU MAY CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 9 4 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5, AT LEAST 24 HOURS. PRIOR TO THE MEETING, MAKE THE REQUEST FOR THE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS AND THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE WOULD DO EVERYTHING YOU POSSIBLY CAN TO ACCOMMODATE THE INDIVIDUAL, MAKING THE REQUEST WITH THAT BEING SAID, DOUG, ONE MOTIVE. IF YOU GIVE US AN INVOCATION AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AMEN. WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND UNISON. I PLAYED THE LEADERS 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. AND THE CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO DO A ROLL CALL TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR US PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES, MARY HAVEN. WOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY SECRETARY. [II. *CLOSED MEETING ( EXECUTIVE SESSION)] WE ARE ABOUT TO RECESS THIS MEETING THAT WE'VE JUST ACTUALLY BEGUN AND YOU MOVE INTO A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND IN, UH, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.101 OF CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS, LAW, EIGHT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE THAT WAS FORMALLY ARTICLE 62 52 DASH ONE SEVEN, SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION EIGHT PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE CLOSE MEETING, UH, IBM, THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE CITY SHOULD MAKE THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. AND THAT IS THAT WE WILL END THE CLOSED MEETING, HAVE DISCUSSIONS THAT WOULD COVER SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07. ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, WHERE WE WOULD DEAL WITH ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE TO DISCUSS THE MANNER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY THAT YOU'D BE A GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. WE'LL ALSO COVER THAT SAME SECTION FIVE I 1.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OR PENDING LITIGATION AND OTHER ILLEGAL CLAIMS AND MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT ORBIT. THEN WE WOULD HAVE SEX IN 5, 5, 1 0.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OUR, UH, ALL DELIBERATE, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF RAY AVENUE AND THE 61ST STREET. AND [00:05:01] ALSO AGAIN FOR A SECTION FIVE, BY 1.07, TWO OF THE GOVERNMENT GOES TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE A VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON PLEASURE ISLAND. AND WE RECOVER. AND 5, 5, 1 0.074 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS. SHE, THE MANAGER CITY, SECRETARY AND MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, AND THE SECTION 5 5, 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS. AND ALL THE ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACTED UPON IF THAT WOULD ARISE. WHEN WE RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE WILL RECESS. UH, I RETARGET TO THE CHAMBERS ON DALLAS, HAS ON THE FOURTH FLOOR TO BEGIN OUR EXECUTIVE SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION OF WHICH AGENDA I JUST HAD GONE OVER WITH YOU. OKAY. AND WE OVERTURNED FOR FIVE 30 HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. OKAY, GOOD EVENING. GOOD [III. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING] EVENING. GOOD EVENING TO EACH OF YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE ARE JIMMY CITY ATTORNEY. WE DO HAVE SOMETHING COMING OUT OF IT AS A MEANING EMOTION. SO WE NEED TO, OKAY. WE NEED TO DO THAT. AND LIKE, YEAH. A CITY ATTORNEY, I MEAN CITY SECRETARY, BUT YOU BE SO KIND AS TO REDO THE AGENDA FOR ME FOR THE SPECIAL PARTY PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM FRANK HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARK'S COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES HERE, MARY, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, CITY SECRETARY, WE ARE RECONVENING FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT HAD BEGUN AT ABOUT FOUR 15 HIS AFTERNOON. AND THERE IS ONE ITEM CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE HAVE ACTION ON. YEAH, EMOTION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SERIOUS. AND, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH THE PURCHASE OF 1.4, FOUR EIGHT ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE NICE NIGHT NORTHEAST CORNER OF RAY AVENUE AND 61ST STREET FROM THE PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE IN THE AMOUNT OF 53,500, THE CITY MANAGER IS ALSO AUTHORIZED TO, UH, GET SUCH CONTRACT FOR SAID, PURCHASE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE AND SALES CONTRACT WILL BE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. YOU MIGHT GET A MOTION FOR THAT. UH, MAYOR PRO TEM SOME MOVE. MR. MAYOR MAY GET A SECOND COUNCIL REMARKS. IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE MOTION IS READ BY THE CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING THE PURCHASE LAND. ALL READY REALLY WELL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS HABITS OR AS AUDIT, WE WOULD ACCEPT THE MOTION THAT CAME OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AS READ BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY. AND THERE IS NOT ANY OTHER BUSINESS. WE WILL NOW JOIN THE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL BE READY. * 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.