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GOOD AFTERNOON.[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
IS NOW 4 0 7 ON TODAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2024, HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.AND WE ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED NOW IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THIS GREAT CITY.
AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR SPECIAL EXECUTIVE, UH, MEETING AT, UH, NOW 4 0 7.
RIGHT? AND AT THIS MEETING YOU MAY PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND, BUT FIRST YOU MUST DIAL 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9.
YOU WOULD ENTER THE MEETING ID CODE 8 4 5 1 7 2 2 9 3 9 9, AND THE PASSCODE OF 3 1 7 7 3 9, AND YOU WILL BE, BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE MEETING AND PARTICIPATE ALSO, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AT THIS MEETING.
AND IF YOU HAVE NEED FOR ANY REASONABLE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, YOU WILL ONLY HAVE TO CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
HOWEVER, IT MUST BE DONE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING BY DIALING 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5, AND HER VERY EFFICIENT OFFICE WOULD DO ALL WITHIN ITS POWERS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR REQUEST.
WITH ALL OF THIS HAVING BEEN SAID, WE'LL NOW BEGIN THE MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE AND WE WILL HAVE THE ROLL CALL.
COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, FRANK, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND? YES.
LET US BOW ALWAYS IN ETERNAL GOD, OUR FATHER, HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE FOR YET AGAIN, GIVING US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ASSEMBLE.
WE THANK YOU FOR WAKING US UP THIS MORNING AND KEEPING US AND SUSTAINING US ALL DAY LONG, AND THEN BRINGING US TO THIS MOMENT, GOD, WHERE WE WILL DELIBERATE AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF YOUR PEOPLE.
WE PRAY FOR PORT ARTHUR TODAY THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT US, GUIDE US, HOLD US.
WE PRAY, GOD, THAT YOU KEEP STORMS AWAY FROM US, GOD, EVEN PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AS WELL.
NOW, FATHER, ALLOW US TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WITH YOU IN MIND.
A RECITE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PRAY ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HE STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR INDULGING IN OUR OPENING.
NOW, CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO SET THE COURT, MAYOR BART, PRESENT MAYOR PRO, TIM BECKHAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAMILTON, EVER FIELD COUNCIL MEMBER ETT.
COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK HERE YOU HAVE A COORDINATOR.
[II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) ]
WOULD BE TO GO INTO CLOSED MEETING OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 5 1 0.101 OF OUR CHAPTER 5 51 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS LAWS OF THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CODE THAT WAS FORMED, THE ARTICLE 62 52 DASH 17, SECTION TWO SUB SECTION EIGHT, UH, MIGHT BE IN THE PRESIDE OF THIS MEETING AND OVER ITS AUGUST BODY.I AM COMPELLED AGAIN TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT THAT IN THE CLOSED SESSION WE WILL DEAL WITH SECTION, UH, 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO MEET WITH, UH, ITS ATTORNEYS AND THAT BE OUR ATTORNEYS TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE CITY UNDER CITY COUNCIL, UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, UH, RELATING TO A CAUSE NUMBER 24 DCCV 0 0 5 6, NICODEMUS WILLIAMS JR.
VERSUS JEROME HUDSON AND THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
ALSO, THERE IS ANOTHER MATTER B, WHICH IS THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RISK POOL CLAIM.
UH, NUMBER LB 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 6 9.
AND THE CLAIMANT IN THAT PARTICULAR, UH, MATTER IS CAROLYN GUNNER.
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AND THERE IS ONE OTHER ITEM, THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM.IF EITHER OF THESE THREE MATTERS, HAVE AN ACTION FROM OUR DISCUSSION.
WE WILL ACTUALLY CAST A VOTE IN OUR OPEN SESSION AGAIN WHEN WE RETURN.
WITH THAT IN MIND, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND NOW WE WILL, UH, RETALIATE TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM FOR OUR CLOSED SESSION.
THANK YOU AND GOOD A GOOD EVENING.
WE ARE
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING THERE.
WE RE WE'VE REENTERED THE CHAMBER.
WE WERE IN OUR SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION.