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YES, SIR.[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
GOOD AFTERNOON.WE ARE HERE AT 4 44 FORBES STREET HERE IN THE GREAT BEAUTIFUL CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS FOR A CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEETING.
AND THIS IS HAPPENS TO BE A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING THAT WE ARE GETTING READY TO HAVE ON TODAY.
AND THEN THIS MEETING FOR EVERYONE'S, UH, INFORMATION WAS ACTUALLY CHANGED TO, UH, TODAY BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY ON LAST WEEK.
SO THIS IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023.
IT IS NOW FOUR 10 OR 4:11 PM AND WE ARE NOW, UH, AT ABOUT, UH, FOUR 11 TO BEGIN THE MEETING.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEGUN ACTUALLY AT 4:00 PM YOU MAY ATTEND THE MEETING TODAY, UH, AND THIS FIRST PART OF THE MEETING BY, UH, TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEDIUMS. BUT YOU WOULD FIRST DIAL 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 AND 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9.
AND FOR THIS MEETING, YOU WOULD ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 4 5 8 4 1 5 1 2 4 0 AND THE PASS CODE OF 6 4 3 3 3 9 3 3 3 9, AND YOU'LL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.
WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AT THIS MEETING.
HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION REQUEST, YOU MUST MAKE THAT REQUEST KNOWN TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU.
WE WILL BEGIN THIS MEETING WITH OUR, UH, INVOCATION AND WITH THE PLEDGE AND THE ACTUAL ROLL CALL.
UH, WE'RE SAYING THIS AT, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANK.
WOULD YOU GIVE US THE, UH, INVOCATION PLEASE? LET'S BOW OUR HEADS.
OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IN THE MOST HUMBLE WAY IN WHICH WE KNOW HOW.
UH, WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING.
WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, THIS SEASON OF THANKS, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS SEASON OF GIVING AS WELL.
AS WE COME TODAY, WE ARE ASKING SIMPLY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US WISDOM AND GUIDANCE, UH, AS WE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY.
WE'RE ASKING A SPECIAL BLESSING UPON THE ALEXANDER FAMILY, UH, OF OUR CITY AND SO MANY OTHERS, FATHER, WHO ARE GOING THROUGH TURBULENT AND GRIEVOUS TIMES.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD SIMPLY TOUCH ACCORDING TO YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.
WE ASK ALL OF THIS IN THE POWERFUL AND PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE? 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.
SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH A FOR MAYOR BARTEE PRESENT, MAYOR PROTI HAMILTON, COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
DO YOU HAVE A QUORUM MAYOR? THANK YOU SO KINDLY.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE FOR OUR, WELL, IT'S A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING HERE, UH, AT 4:14 PM ON THIS NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023.
AND WE WILL GO INTO OUR CLOSED MEETING IN JUST A MOMENT.
HOWEVER, UH, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT WE ARE IN, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 5 1 0.101, UH, CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW OF THE TAPE OF OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY ARTICLE 62 52 DASH 17, SECTION TWO SUBSECTION EIGHT.
AND THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWS ME TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT BEING THE PRESIDING OFFICER.
IN THIS MEETING IN THE CLOSED SESSION,
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WE WILL COVER SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CULTURE DISCUSSED AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OR PENDING CLAIMS, CONTRACTS, LITIGATION, AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS.ALSO, WE WOULD 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 CORPORATE LIMITS OF PORT ARTHUR AND OR, UH, UH, AND OR THE EXTRA, UH, TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, WHICH IS BETTER
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KNOWN AS THE ETJ INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.AND WE WOULD DISCUSS SECTION 1 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
AND BE THERE ANY, UH, NEED FOR ACTION FROM ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED.
WE WOULD RETURN HERE IN OPEN SESSION AND CONDUCT THE VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RETALIATE TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM FOR OUR SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL RETURN AND YOU ALL WHO ARE ON AND THOSE WHO EVEN IN THE GALLERY, YOU ARE WELCOME TO REMAIN AND WE WILL RETURN, UH, FOR SURE BY FIVE 30 TO, UH, BEGIN OUR, UH, REGULARLY SCHEDULED, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
WE WANT TO GET BACK TO OUR, UH, SPECIAL MEETING.
WOULD YOU REESTABLISH THE QUORUM FOR ME, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
PRESENT, MAYOR PROTO HAMILTON.
UH, CITY ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS COMING OUT OF THAT MEETING, DO WE? OKAY.
AND BE THERE ARE NO ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ACTIONS ON, UH, CITY COUNCILWOMAN BECKER.
WOULD YOU GIVE ME A MOTION TO ADJOIN THE SPECIAL MEETING? I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ADJOURNED THE SPECIAL MEETING THAT BEGAN ABOUT FOUR 11 TODAY AND IT WOULD BE END NOW AT 5:15 PM HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AT 4 44.
UH, I WANNA SAY GULF 4 44 FOURTH STREET,
4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
IT OPPOSES OUR ADVERSARY IS ON.
WE'LL ADJOINING THIS MEETING AND WE'LL BE WE READY TO BEGIN THE NEXT MEETING YOU ON IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.