The Council of the City of Alexandria, Louisiana, met in special meeting session at its regular meeting place, on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 1:30 P.M. There were present the Honorable Charles F. Smith, Jr., Everett C. Hobbs, Harry B. Silver, Louis Marshall and Roosevelt Johnson. Absent were Chuck Fowler and Myron K. Lawson. Also present were Assistant City Attorney Trey Gist and City Clerk Nancy L. Thiels.

The Council of the City of Alexandria, State of Louisiana, was duly convened as the governing authority of said City by the Honorable Louis J. Marshall, who stated that the Council was ready for the transaction of business.

EXECUTIVE SESSION
The items on the agenda to consider an executive session were as follows:

1) To hear from the City Attorney and Attorneys Craig Davidson and John Sharp on pending litigation and settlement matters concerning the matter of “City of Alexandria vs. Cleco Corporation, et al Docket #05-1121-A”. (This item was discussed by a conference call)

2) To hear from Attorney Jay Augustine in reference to the Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center.

A motion was made by Mr. Hobbs and seconded by Mr. Johnson to go into Executive Session to discuss the above items.

YEAS: Hobbs, Marshall, Johnson, Smith, Silver.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: Fowler and Lawson.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 P.M.

The meeting was called back to order with a motion made by Mr. Lawson and seconded by Mr. Hobbs and the roll was called with the following members present:

YEAS: Lawson, Johnson, Smith, Hobbs, Marshall.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: Fowler and Silver.

There being no further business to come before the Council, on motion properly seconded, the meeting was adjourned.
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President
ATTEST:
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