Votes at a glance: Port Arthur City Council actions June 17, 2025

The Port Arthur City Council took a series of formal actions June 17, 2025. Below are the items recorded in the meeting minutes and the meeting excerpts that introduced and closed each topic. For several routine procurements the exact roll-call votes were recorded as voice votes (“Aye”) and the minutes do not list a member-by-member tally.

Summary of council actions (selected items from the agenda)

- PO 7330 — Ordinance amending city code sections 62-108 and 62-109 (sex-offender residency restriction) - Motion/request: Approve PO 7330 as amended - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Notes: Mayor called for motion; council approved as presented. See workshop minutes for amendment reference. - Provenance excerpt: intro s:13011-e:13024 / finish s:13039-e:13045

- PR 24298 — Contract for concrete driveway repairs at Fire Station #8 (original award to Corvus Communications LLC; amendment to award locally under 5% preference) - Motion/request: Approve resolution to award repairs; amendment proposed to award to local Henson Contractors (Sabine Pass) under local-bidder preference. - Outcome: Amendment passed to award local contractor; main motion approved (voice votes; no roll-call tally recorded in transcript) - Notes: Amendment based on local preference within 5% per Texas/local purchasing policy; city attorney referenced Texas Local Government Code allowance. - Provenance excerpt: intro s:13228-e:13247 / finish s:13820-e:13829

- PR 24319 — Repair of a 2018 betwing tractor unit (accident repair) - Motion/request: Authorize repairs not to exceed $30,833.04 (insurance payout/deductible clarified in discussion) - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:13878-e:13887 / finish s:13994-e:13994

- PR 24365 — Contract award for citywide technology assessment and 5-year strategic technology plan (TIPS cooperative) - Motion/request: Authorize agreement with Sayings LLC via TIPS for technology assessment ($64,630 projected) - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:14054-e:14057 / finish s:14102-e:14102

- PR 24347 — Emergency sewer line repair (Jade Ave & First St.) by Alcoa LLC (emergency authorization) - Motion/request: Ratify emergency repair authorization in amount not to exceed $157,430.11; contingent on budget amendment - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:14138-e:14164 / finish s:14177-e:14177

- PR 24350 — Purchase of resilient-seat valves for water utilities (Midwest Flow Control Products) - Motion/request: Authorize purchase with annual projected budgetary impact $173,345 - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:14227-e:14261 / finish s:14271-e:14271

- PR 24359 — Amendment to Department of State Health Services grant (Heart & Stroke Prevention) to extend contract and add FY26 funds - Motion/request: Accept grant amendment to extend term to 08/31/2026 and add $95,000 for FY26 - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:14321-e:14332 / finish s:14332-e:14338

- PR 24360 — Professional engineering agreement for traffic signal design (EJES, Inc.) - Motion/request: Authorize engineering agreement for intersections and related projects - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:14399-e:14411 / finish s:14411-e:14421

- PR 24366 — Repairs/renovations for pump station at the Pavilion (Mike Barnett Construction) - Motion/request: Award contract for Phase 4 repairs, $415,250 (project account BU0015) - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:14452-e:14466 / finish s:14502-e:14512

- PR 24367 / PR 24368 — Landscaping & irrigation maintenance renewals and additions for Spur 93 / Jade Ave business parks (PA EDC) - Motion/request: Renew and extend landscaping/irrigation contracts and add curb-strip services; authority delegated to PAEDC with EDC funding - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:15462-e:15471 / finish s:15554-e:15562

- PR 24370 — Economic development performance agreement (PAEDC item; Spidal, Inc. referenced on agenda) - Motion/request: Authorize economic development performance agreement (amounts and EDC account cited in agenda) - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:15929-e:15939 / finish s:15939-e:15966

- PR 24374 — Contract for hauling landfill leachate (GFL) — budget contingent - Motion/request: Award contract to GFL for hauling leachate (amount and account noted) - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:16054-e:16059 / finish s:16067-e:16067

- Fleet purchases / leases (solid waste trucks and landfill equipment): PR 24383, PR 24384, PR 24385, PR 24386–PR 24388 (multiple cooperative purchases and equipment leases) - Motion/request: Approve cooperative purchases and multi-year leases for residential/collection vehicles and landfill dozers (contracts through Vanguard/Mustang/Sourcewell/TIPS programs). Council approved amended lease amounts for certain items during meeting; staff later noted updated monthly/annual totals in the record. - Outcome: Approved (voice votes; specific monthly/annual amounts amended on the record) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:16136-e:16141 / finish s:16670-e:16675

- PR 24395 — Contract extension for a citywide classification and compensation study (Evergreen Solutions) - Motion/request: Authorize final extension of contract period (no additional cost) - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded) - Provenance excerpt: intro s:16759-e:16764 / finish s:16936-e:16943

- Proposed Ordinance 7340 — Budget amendment (various funds including hotel occupancy tax and transfers into capital funds; solid-waste financing noted) - Motion/request: Amend FY2025 budget to reflect capital and operating changes (hotel occupancy, general fund transfers and a solid waste note) - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded); city finance director explained solid-waste notes and how amounts tie to the previously approved equipment purchases - Provenance excerpt: intro s:16945-e:17028 / finish s:17193-e:17194

Notes about the record

- Where the transcript shows a voice vote with “Aye” and no roll-call tally, the minutes record the motion as approved and do not include a member-by-member roll-call number. The meeting transcript includes direct mover/second identifications for many motions (for example, motions were often introduced by councilmembers Frank, Dussek, Ken Law, Beckham and Lewis). When the transcript contained an amendment (for example, PR 24298 to award contract to a local bidder under policy), the amendment was put to a voice vote and the amendment and main motion carried.

- Items removed from the agenda or deferred to an executive-session discussion were not voted on in open session.

If you want a machine-readable extraction of each PR/PO number with the full motion text and the precise transcript excerpts that introduced and closed each item, I can produce a linked spreadsheet with the agenda item, mover, seconder, recorded vote language and the two excerpted evidence spans.