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[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
GOOD AFTERNOON.BECAUSE OF SOME DIFFICULTIES, VISUAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE TECHNOLOGY.
WE ONLY HAVE AUDIO AT THIS TIME AND WE WILL TRY TO CORRECT IT A LITTLE LATER.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THIS MEETING, UH, TODAY.
OUR, UH, SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, UH, TODAY, UH, OCTOBER 24TH, 2023, UH, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEGUN ABOUT 14 MINUTES AGO AT UH, 4:00 PM BUT IT'S NOW FOUR 14TH.
AND, UH, YOU MAY ATTEND THIS MEETING VIA TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEDIUMS, HOWEVER, YOU MUST FIRST DIAL 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9, AND YOU WOULD PUT IN THE MEETING ID OF 8 7 3 8 2 6 0 5 0 5 6 3 AND THE PASS CODE OF 1 4 5 4 4 6, AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.
AND WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACTS AT THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
HOWEVER, YOU MUST MAKE A REQUEST KNOWN 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS BY CONTACTING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5, AND, UH, MAKING YOUR REQUESTS AND OR WISHES KNOWN FOR THE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF UH, YOU HAVE ELECTRONIC DEVICES OR PHONES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, PLEASE MUTE OR SILENCE THOSE DEVICES.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION.
FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, WE WILL HAVE THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, COUNCILMAN LEWIS, WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US THE, UH, INVOCATION? PLEASE MAKE AMEN.
JOIN US PLEASE IN THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE, OUR 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 THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU SO KINDLY FOR INDULGING IN OUR OPENING.
SEE THE SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO SET THE QUO.
MAYOR TI PRESENT, MAYOR PRO TIMM HAMILTON, COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
[II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) ]
UH, AT THIS TIME WE WILL PREPARE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR IN OUR CLOSING MEETING AND EXCUSE ME, BE IN THE PRESIDING OFFICER.I MUST MAKE THIS OR, AND, AND I'M COMPELLED TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT THAT WE WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 5 1 0.101 OF THE CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OPEN MEETINGS LAWS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY ARTICLE 62 52 DASH 17, SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION EIGHT.
AND PRIOR GOING INTO THE MEETING, I MUST MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT THAT IN THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING, WE WILL COVER 5 5 1 0.071 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OR PENDING CLAIMS, CONTRACTS, LITIGATION, AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
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 CORPORATE LIMITS OF PORT ARTHUR.
SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 GAIN OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE, UH, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND OR, UH, INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE GOVERNMENT GO TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND EVALUATIONS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, AND CITY SECRETARY AND MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE.
AND THIS IS REQUESTED BY MAYOR BCI.
AND IF ANY OF THESE ITEMS WOULD HAVE ACTION THAT WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THEM, THEY WILL
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BE, THAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN WHEN WE RETURN TO THE CHAMBERS HERE FOLLOWING THE CLOSED SESSION MEETING.SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ACTUALLY RECESS TO THE, UH, CONFERENCE ROOM FOR OUR CLOSED MEETING.
UH, GOOD RECORDING IN PROGRESS.
WE ARE HERE IN THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AT 4 44 FORBES STREET.
UH, AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS ACTUALLY SPECIAL SESSION, A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO, UH, REJOIN AND WE ARE REJOINING NOW HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UH, UH, ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS? THERE ARE, THERE AREN'T ANY.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION TO ACTUALLY, UH, ADJOURN THE, UH, SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING THAT BEGAN AT FOUR 14, UH, PM ON TODAY, OCTOBER 24TH.
COUNCILMAN KEN LAW? SO MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN DOUCETTE.
THE SECOND THAT WE WOULD ADJOURN THE COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
THAT MEETING HAS NOW CONCLUDED NOW.