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KNOW WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO TOUCH.[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.AND WE ARE READY TO BEGIN, UH, OUR SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING HERE ON TODAY'S SEPTEMBER 27TH IN THE YEAR OF LAW 2022, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEGUN ABOUT 12 MOMENTS AGO, BUT THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR ME TO WALK UP THE STAIRS.
AND, UH, IN ADDITION, UH, PERSONS WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING MAY DO SO BY DIALING 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 ARE EVEN 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9.
AND YOU MUST ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 2 7 9 4 9 3 1, EXCUSE ME, 0 1 0 5, AND THE PASSCODE OF 4 5 5 1 1 7 FOR THIS FIRST MEETING.
WE ARE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND IF YOU HAVE NEED FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, THEY WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU.
HOWEVER, YOU MUST MAKE THAT REQUEST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING BY CALLING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5, AND THAT'S YOUR REQUEST TO BE KNOWN AND THEY WOULD DO ALL WITHIN THEIR POWERS TO FULFILL YOUR SPECIAL NEEDS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE READY TO BEGIN THE MEETING.
AND CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE SO KIND AS TO, UH, ESTABLISH THE QUORUM FOR ME.
YOU WANNA HAVE THE INVOCATION FIRST? OOPS, I DID.
JABAL WITH SOME PRAYER PLEASE.
FATHER GOD IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT WE APPROACH OR THRONE OF GRACE AND MERCY AT THIS HOUR WITH HUMBLED HEARTS, FATHER GOD ASKING THAT YOU WOULD DO FOR US, THAT WHICH SHOULD BE DONE SO THAT WE MAY CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THIS OUR GRACIOUS CITY HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
WE ASK DEAR GUARD THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE AND PROTECT US.
AND THEN, FATHER, I HAVE A PERSONAL THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO THROUGH A SUCCESSFUL SURGERY AND TO RETURN.
AND I THANK YOU FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE HERE, WHO CONDUCTED THE BUSINESS EVEN IN MY ABSENCE.
INVEST ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR NATION.
THESE THINGS WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
FOR A SAKE, WE PRAY A MAN AND THANK GOD, LET US NOW SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, OR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND NOW, CITY SECRETARY, WHICH YOU ESTABLISHED COURT FOR US.
MAYOR BART, PRESENT MAYOR PRO.
SO COUNTY, THEY SAY THE SECRETARY AT THIS TIME AT 4:15 PM ON THIS, THE 27TH OF DECEMBER, 2022.
OKAY, I'M A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF.
[II. *CLOSED MEETING ( EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
PREPARING TO GO INTO CLOSED, UH, MEETING OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE ARE GOING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 5 1 0.10, ONE OF THE CHAPTER OF 5 51 OPEN MEETINGS, UH, LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH WAS FORMALLY ARTICLE 62 52 DASH 17, SECTION TWO, SUB SECTION EIGHT.
AND I AM THE PRESIDE AT THE MEETING.
AND I WILL MAKE THIS PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE WILL COVER SECTION 5 51 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE, UH, FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OR PENDING CLAIMS, CONTRACTS, LITIGATIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS INVOLVED IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
ALSO, WE WILL DEAL WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, BETTER KNOWN AS OUR ET J INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
WE WILL DISCUSS SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY'S SECRETARY.
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BY MAYOR POCHE HOMES AND COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.AND WE WOULD DISCUSS SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND OR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
AND AS, UH, USUAL, IF THERE WOULD BE ITEMS IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT, UH, WOULD BE DISCUSSED AND WOULD NEED ACTION, WE WERE ACTIVE ON THEM.
WHEN WE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION, WE WERE NOW ADJOURN, UH, THIS MEETING OR RECESS.
WE'LL RECESS THIS MEETING AND MOVE DOWNSTAIRS THROUGH COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
CITY SECRETARY, ARE WE ABOUT READY? YEAH.
WE ARE BACKED IN SESSION FOR OUR, UH, SPECIAL MEETING AND CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU REESTABLISH THE QUORUM PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEN LAW COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES HERE.
UH, THE ATTORNEYS ARE NOT, NO, NO.
WE ARE, WE WERE IN THE RE IN A, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THERE WAS NOT ANY ACTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE, UH, ACTED UPON, UH, CITY ATTORNEY.
SO THAT WOULD BE NO ACTION, UH, COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND I AM READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, ADJOURN.
UH, COUNCILMAN? UH, SECOND, SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVING SECOND AND WE WOULD, UH, ADJOIN OUR SPECIAL MEETING THAT ACTUALLY HAD BEGUN AT, UH, ABOUT 4:00 PM ON THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, WE WERE READY FOR CAUTION.
NOW AREN'T ANY, WE WERE READY TO VOTE.
SO HIS AUDIT, THE SPECIAL MEETING OR EXECUTIVE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.