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OKAY,[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, AND WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL WELL ACTUALLY CITY, REGULAR CITY, REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.HOWEVER, WE ARE GETTING READY TO GO INTO SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
WE ARE NOW LOCATED ON THE FIFTH FLOOR IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 5:30 PM HOWEVER, NOW AT 4 0 6, UH, PM WE ARE GETTING READY TO GO INTO SPECIAL EXECUTIVE, UH, SESSION.
BUT IN THIS, UH, PARTICULAR MEETING, YOU MAY ATTEND THE MEETING, UH, VIA, UH, TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEDIUMS. AND, UH, YOU MUST FIRST HAVE A DIAL 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9.
YOU WOULD ENTER THE MEETING CODE OF 8 6 0 1 2 5 2 3 4 9 9, AND THE PASS CODE OF 9 6 4 0 8 2 AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND THE MEETING.
WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACTS, AND IF THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR SPECIAL OR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS BY ANY INDIVIDUAL, YOU WOULD MUST FIRST CALL.
HOWEVER, 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5, MAKE YOUR REQUEST KNOWN TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S STAFF AND THEY WOULD DO ALL WITHIN THEIR POWERS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THOSE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN OUR MEETING, UM, OPEN, UH, SESSION NOW WITH THE, UH, INVOCATION AND THEN THE, UH, PLEDGE AND A ROLL CAUSE.
UNDERSTAND AND, UH, DO THE INVOCATION.
YOU ALL BOW PLEASE, FATHER GOD.
IT IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT WE APPROACH A THRONE OF GRACE AND YOUR THRONE OF MERCY AT THIS HOUR.
DEAR GOD, THANKFUL THAT YOU AWAKENED US ON THIS MORNING, AND YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO MAKE IT UNTIL THIS PARTICULAR PORTION OF TODAY.
AND FOR THIS, DEAR GOD, WE ARE MIGHTY, MIGHTY GRATEFUL.
WE ASK NOW, DEAR GOD, IN THE SPECIAL WAY THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO HANDLE THE BUSINESS OF THIS MUNICIPALITY IN A MANNER AND IN THE WAY IN WHICH WOULD BE ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL FOR OUR GREAT CITY.
WE PRAISE YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE YET EVEN GOING TO DO.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD JUST BE WITH US AND WE INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE UPON THIS ASSEMBLAGE.
THESE THINGS WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS FOR HIS SAKE, WE DO PRAY.
LET US DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE ALL 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 CITY.
SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH THE CORE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
PRESENT, MAYOR PRO TIMM HAMILTON, EVER FIELD COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEN LAW COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK, PRESENT.
AND AS I STATED IN MY OPENING, UH, STATEMENTS, WE ARE HERE, WE'RE PREPARING
[II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
NOW TO GO INTO SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 5 1 0.101 OF THE CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OPEN MEETINGS, LAW OF THE, UH, GOVERNMENT CODE FORMALLY, UH, ARTICLE 62 52 DASH 17, SECTION TWO SUBSECTION EIGHT.PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE CLOSED MEETING, MY BEING THE PRESIDING OFFICER, I MUST MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IN THE CLOSED MEETING OR IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL BE HERE PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF 5 5 1 CHAPTER 5 5 1 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
WE WILL DISCUSS SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE 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.
WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS AND COVER SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, UH, MORE COMMONLY, 7 35 FREEMAN AVENUE AND 1201 GRANNIS AVENUE.
AND WE WILL DISCUSS SECTION 5 5 1 0.074, THE GOVERNMENT
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CODE TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY MANAGER, CITY TECH FOR CHERRY AND MUNICIPAL JUDGE.AND THIS IS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KEN LAW.
AND IF THERE'LL BE ANY ACTION FROM ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHEN WE RETURN, WE WILL VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS, UH, AND THE ACTION OF THOSE ITEMS IN OUR OPEN, UH, SESSION.
SO AT THIS TIME, AT 4:11 PM WE'RE GOING TO RETIRE TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FOURTH FLOOR AND BEGIN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, AND WE ARE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE CITY HALL AND WE ARE AT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EACH OF YOU WHO ARE HERE.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO NOW IS, UH, CITY SECRETARY.
WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO REESTABLISH A QUORUM.
TIM HAMILTON, ED, EVER FIELD PRESENT.
THANK YOU SO KINDLY, UH, CITY ATTORNEY.
WE WERE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND ARE THERE ANY ITEMS OF ACTION THAT WE NEED TO, UH, DISCUSS IN THIS OPEN, UH, SESSION? OKAY, THANK YOU.
THERE AREN'T ANY ITEMS COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEREFORE, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS AT THIS JUNCTURE, UH, DECLARED EXECUTIVES SESSION CLOSED, UH, WITHOUT ANY, UH, OPPOSITION FROM THAT, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NOW CLOSED.