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THAT OKAY?[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
WE, WE READY? YEAH.UH, WE ARE GATHERED HERE AT THE, UH, PORT ARTHUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, PORT ARTHUR CITY HALL IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE, 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
AND TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 7TH.
IT IS NOW 4:08 PM AND WE ARE HERE AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING ON THE DATE AND THE EXECUTIVE MEETING.
AND THIS MEETING MAY BE ATTENDED VIA, UH, TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEETINGS.
HOWEVER, YOU MUST 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 ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 6 9 5 1 0 5 4 5 8 3, AND THE PASSCODE OF 8 3 2 5 2 2, EXCUSE ME, AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.
ALSO, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND IF THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR ANY SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, YOU WOULD FIRST CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5, AND MAKE THAT REQUEST KNOWN TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S STAFF, AND THEY WILL DO ALL WITHIN THEIR POWERS TO FULFILL YOUR REQUEST FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
UH, WE WILL NOW HAVE AN INVOCATION AND, UH, OUR PLEDGE, UH, COUNCILMAN IF YOU DO AN INVOCATION FOR US, PLEASE.
OH, HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AS COLLECTIVE COUNCIL AND THE BETTERMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF PORT ARTHUR.
BLESS THE MANAGEMENT, BLESS THE WORKERS, BLESS EVERYONE.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR DERRICK HOLLAND AS HE RECOVERED FROM HIS, UH, COMPLICATION.
WE ASK THESE BLESSINGS IN YOUR SON JESUS NAME, I PRAY, AND WE PRAY.
LET US, UH, DO THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I HAVE 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.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATING IN OUR OPENING, UH, CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH THE QUORUM? MAYOR BARTEE, PRESENT, MAYOR PRO.
COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK, YOU HAVE A CORPS MAYOR.
SO KIND AND THE TRUTH COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR
SO SHE SAID AS SOON AS THEY WOULD DO THAT, SHE WOULD BE HERE.
[II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
OKAY.UM, WE ARE GETTING READY TO GO INTO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE ARE GOING TO COMPLY AND BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 5 1 0.101 OF THE CHAPTER 5 5 1 0 4 MEETINGS, LAW OF THE, UH, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH WAS FORM ARTICLE 62 52 DASH 17, SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION A.
UH, PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE MEETING, UH, THERE IS A REQUIRED STATEMENT THAT I SHOULD MAKE OR I MUST MAKE, AND I'M COMPELLED TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT THAT IN THE CLOSED SESSION WE WILL DISCUSS SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
WELL, WELL, WE WILL BE INVOLVED IN DISCUSSION AND WE WILL RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR, OR CONSULTATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OR PENDING CLAIMS, CONTRACTS, LITIGATIONS, AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF FOR ARTHUR, UH, SUCH AS, UH, UH, SERENA THOMAS INDIVIDUALLY AND, UH, AS NEXT, UH, FRIEND OF, UH, JT, UH, AND THEN MINOR VERSUS, UH, CITY OF FORT ARTHUR, A SEPARATION AGREEMENT WITH, UH, ALSO A SEPARATION AGREEMENT WITH FORMER, UH, POLICE CHIEF, UH, BENSON, FIRE CHIEF, EXCUSE ME.
I SAID POLICE CHIEF AND LOOKING RIGHT AT IT, MAN, IT JUST ACCOUNTS OUT AUTOMATICALLY.
AND I'M LOOKING AT CHIEF, EXCUSE ME.
SO KINDLY, UH, ALSO WE WOULD COVER SECTION 5 5, 1 POINT AS HE WAS SEVEN FOUR, THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITY AND EVALUAT OF THE CITY SECRETARY.
AND IF THERE WOULD BE ANY ACTION ITEMS, WE WILL, UH, RETURN HERE IN OPEN SESSION AND DISCUSS THOSE.
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YEAH, JUST BRIEFLY, THE, THE LAST ITEM, YOU, ME, MENTIONED THE LAST NAME.I, I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BEEN NOTIFIED? I'M NOT SURE.
WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT, BUT, UH, WE, WE'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT WHENEVER WE GO DOWN TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
UH, WE WILL NOW RECESS DOWN TO THE, UH, CONFERENCE ROOM TO BEGIN THE, OUR, UH, CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY RECONVENING OUR, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO REESTABLISH QUORUM FOR ME, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU SO KINDLY, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, ARE THERE ANY ACTION ITEMS COMING OUT OF THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MAYOR.
UH, AND WE DID COMPLETE THE STATE OF THE AGENDA, SO I, I WILL NOW DECLARE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW ADJOIN NOW.