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Port Arthur council clashes over agenda control and removal of mayor from executive-session item
Summary
Council members debated whether the mayor's duties could be removed from an executive-session agenda item; the dispute involved points of order and competing interpretations of agenda authority before the council voted to proceed into closed session.
Council members engaged in a heated procedural dispute over whether the mayor could be removed from item 1 on the executive-session agenda, which addressed duties and responsibilities of the mayor and appointees. The exchange included repeated objections, points of order and competing legal interpretations, but the council ultimately voted to enter a closed executive session containing all seven listed items.
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