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OKAY,[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
GOOD AFTERNOON.IT IS NOW 4:06 PM AND WE ARE GATHERED HERE AT 4 44, UH, FOURTH STREET IN WONDERFUL CITY OF FORT ARTHUR, TEXAS FOR A REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
AND I DON'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE.
I BORROWED ONE, UH, FOR OUR SPECIAL OR SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING ON TODAY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2024.
HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
AND THIS MEETING MAY BE ATTENDED AND YOU MAY PARTICIPATE VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE OR TELEPHONIC, UH, MEDIUMS. HOWEVER YOU WOULD 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 ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 8 3 5 3 2 8 6 2 1 6 AND THE PASSCODE OF 9 1 8 2 1 9.
AND YOU WILL BE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND THE MEETING.
ALSO, THESE MEETINGS TODAY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERIT, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACTS.
AND IF THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, ONE WOULD ONLY NEED TO CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5.
HOWEVER, IT MUST BE DONE 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE AND HER VERY ABLE STAFF WOULD DO ALL WITHIN ITS POWERS TO ACCOMMODATE YOU WITH YOUR SPECIAL REQUEST.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION, THE PLEDGE, AND THE ROLL CALL.
IF YOU ALL WILL STAND, PLEASE AND JOIN US.
IT IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT WE APPROACH YOUR THRONE OF GRACE AND MERCY ON THIS AFTERNOON THANKING YOU, DEAR GOD, FOR YOUR BLESSINGS OF EVEN AWAKENING US THIS MORNING AND ALLOWING US TO GET TO THIS PART OF THIS GREAT DATE.
NOW, DEAR GOD, AS WE GATHER HERE AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, WHICH YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO HAVE GOVERNANCE OVER, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW US, DEAR GOD, TO EVEN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY IN A MANNER THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR HOLY AND YOUR RIGHTEOUS WILL.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR GREAT CITY, AND WE THANK YOU EVEN ANTICIP FOR WHAT WE KNOW AS YOU ARE YET GOING TO DO.
CONTINUE TO GUIDE US AND ALLOW YOUR EVEN YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO DWELL WITH US EVEN IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THESE MEETINGS ON TODAY.
THESE THINGS WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS FOR HIS SAKE, WE DO PRAY.
SO PLEASE NOW JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE 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 THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU SO KINDLY FOR YOUR INDULGENCE IN OUR OPENING CITY SECRETARY.
WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH THE QUO? MAYOR BARTEE, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TIMM BECKHAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAMILTON, EVER FIELD COUNCIL MEMBER ETT.
[II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
ACTUALLY BE GOING INTO A, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, ON THE FOURTH FLOOR IN OUR, UH, CONFERENCE ROOM.HOWEVER, BEFORE WE WOULD GO INTO THAT MEETING, THERE ARE SOME STATE REQUIREMENTS BY LAW THAT WE MUST ACTUALLY PUT INTO PLACE BEFORE WE WOULD GO INTO THE MEETING.
AND THAT WOULD BE NAMELY BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.101 OF THE CHAPTER OF 5 5 1 OPEN MEETING LAWS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH WAS FORMED THESE SIX, UH, ARTICLE 62 52 DASH 17, SECTION TWO SUBSECTION A.
AND THAT SECTION STATES THAT PRIOR TO GOING INTO TO THE MEETING AND MY BEING THE PRESIDER OF THESE PROCEEDINGS, I MUST MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.
SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO MEET WITH ITS ATTORNEY
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TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BOARD CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT RELATING TO A PLEASURE ISLAND BUILDINGS A AND B, UH, B WATERVIEW RV RESORT ON PLEASURE ISLAND AND THE C NON-EXCLUSIVE AMBULANCE AGREEMENT.THE SECOND WOULD BE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS ON PLEASURE ISLAND, A FOR PLEASURE ISLAND RATHER BUILDINGS A AND B AND THE WIND TURBINE SOLAR AND BATTERY STORAGE LEASES ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
AND THIRDLY, WE WILL COVER SECTION 5 51 0.074 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS A, THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND EVALUATIONS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY, AND MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, WHICH HAS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DU ARE KINLAW, AND B, THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MAYOR REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ETT.
AND IF THERE WOULD BE ANY ITEM IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED THERE AND A NEED TO BE ACTED UPON THROUGH A MOTION THAT WILL BE DONE WILL BE DONE WHEN WE RETURN HERE TO OPEN SESSION AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION HAS COMPLETED.
SO IT IS NOW FOUR 13 AND AT 4:13 PM TODAY ON THE 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024.
WE ARE GOING TO RECESS THE DOWNSTAIRS TO OUR CONFERENCE ROOM TO BEGIN THE SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING.
ARE WE READY TO SEE THE SECRETARY? BUT I'M, I'M, I'LL CALL YOU UP.
ARE WE READY TO SEE THE SECRETARY? OKAY.
AND COUNCILOR LEWIS IS, IS STILL HERE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE REESTABLISH FORUM FOR ME? MAYOR BARTEE.
PRESENT MAYOR PRO TIMM BECKHAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAMILTON EVERETT.
AND WE ARE RETURNING SESSION FROM OUR, UH, EXECUTIVE, CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CITY ATTORNEY.
WERE THERE ANY, UH, ACTION ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ACT ON? NO.
MAYOR, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO PROCEED.
WELL, AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE WILL DECLARE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW ADJOIN AND WE WILL PREPARE FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.