The Port Arthur City Council met at 5:30 PM for a Regular meeting on August 2, 2022, in City Hall Council Chambers. Among the business discussed, a call for improving safety measures in a HUD-controlled housing complex, the City's Take-home Vehicle policy, and the renaming of streets, and the Municipal Court Building.

Speakers:

-Bonita Green Regarding O. W. Collins Apartments

-Ronald Lyons Regarding Racial Profiling And Destruction Of Property

-Jace Garrett Regarding Disinfecting, Sanitizing, Deodorizing Trash Bins For The City

-Eddie Scaggs Regarding Majority System/Plurality System

-Harold Doucet, Sr. Regarding Rules Of Decorum

Presentations

-Discussion Regarding Use Of City Vehicles Including Take Home Policies (Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)

-Discussion Regarding The Renaming Portions of Bluebonnet Avenue And Grannis Avenue (Requested By Councilmember Janes)

-Discussion Regarding Renaming the Municipal Court Building To Judge Kermit Morrison (Requested By Councilmember Janes)

REPORTS/ ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST

Condolences offered to the family of our fallen em[ployee, Mr. James Addison, who worked in Public Works. Special condolences given to LaMonica Martin-Addison, who is the wife of James and a City of Port Arthur employee.

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