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Port Arthur City Council holds closed session on pending litigation, employee grievance and city debt
Summary
At a June 4 special meeting the Port Arthur City Council recessed into a closed executive session under Texas Government Code to consult its attorney on several legal matters, including pending litigation, an EEOC complaint, Project Carol Canel, and outstanding debts owed to the city.
The Port Arthur City Council recessed into a closed executive session on June 4, 2025, to consult with the city attorney under the Texas Government Code about multiple legal matters, the council’s presiding officer said. The meeting recessed at 4:17 p.m. and the council returned to open session at 5:32 p.m.
Mayor Barty, the meeting’s presiding officer, said the council was invoking the state’s open-meetings exemptions to consult the city attorney. “I am going to make this statement in order to be in compliance with section 551.101 of, the chapter 5 51 of the open meetings law of the great state of Texas government code,” he said before listing the topics the council would discuss in closed session.
The items Mayor Barty read into the record…
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