* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] OKAY. NOW [1. Welcome.] THIS IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF TOMATO CITY COMMISSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH, 2022. IT'S FIVE 30. AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME IS AGAIN, FIVE 30. WE HAVE A QUORUM NUMBER TWO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE, UH, TO USE LIKE, AND THE TEXAS FLAG. AND, UH, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION BY THE MR. DEBBIE FABIOLA. UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE, LET US PRAY GOD OF GRACE. WE OPEN OUR HEARTS, MINDS AND SOULS TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO DWELL IN YOUR KINGDOM AND LIVE IN YOUR PRESENCE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER TOGETHER TO GLORIFY YOUR HOLY NAME. COME BE WITH US, INSPIRE US AND LEAD US IN OUR TIME TOGETHER. WE ASK ALL THIS IN THE BEAUTIFUL NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. THINK OF US THE PROBLEM. [4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.] OKAY. I DON'T KNOW FOR, UM, ITEMS OF, UH, COMMUNITY INTERESTS AND THE COMMISSION HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY RIGHT NOW? OH, YES. UH, WE GOT EARLY VOTING, JUST REMEMBER JUST, UH, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, VOTERS OF THE PUBLIC. UH, WE DO HAVE AN EARLY ELECTION RIGHT NOW AND, UM, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE HAVE, SO PLEASE, PLEASE BE INFORMED AND GO VOTE. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE A COVID VACCINATION CLINIC. IT'S TAKING PLACE AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SAN BENITO. SO IT'S TAKING PLACE TODAY, TOMORROW AND THURSDAY FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM. UM, ANYONE WHO GOES IN AND GETS THEIR FIRST SHOT OR THEIR BOOSTER WILL RECEIVE A $75 GIFT CARD. OKAY, GOOD GRASSROOTS. THE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY FOR HOLIDAY. OKAY, GO AHEAD. SURE. THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, UM, CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. OKAY. [5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes).] I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, THE ROUTE THAT WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YES. MAYOR. WE HAVE A MINISTER NAVIA. SPINOSA HI. MY NAME IS NIDIA LEE ESPINOSA. I LIVE AT FIVE 18 NORTH MIDEM HERE IN SAN BENITO. AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO ALL OF YOU ALL ABOUT THE BEAUTIFICATION OF SAN BENITO. WE ALL LOVE THIS CITY. AND, UH, I'M ASKING THAT YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER TO BEAUTIFY THIS CITY. THERE ARE SOME IDEAS AND THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT. I READ IN THE PAPER THAT PHASE TWO, THREE, AND FOUR ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN FOR THE RASAKA. WELL, I'M ASKING THAT YOU TALK TO THE WHOEVER BUILDS WHOEVER'S GOING TO BUILD WHOEVER'S. THE CONTRACTORS ARE TO TRY TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE, UH, FOR THEM TO BUILD OTHER THAN BOXES FOR THEM TO ADD ROCK WALLS, WATERFALLS, MURALS, SOMETHING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO WANT TO GO IN INSTEAD OF JUST BOXES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. AND I DON'T WANT TO SOUND UGLY, BUT THEY CAN BE MORE CREATIVE. THEY'RE ARCHITECTS. AND THIS IS THE RASAKA CITY. SO TALK TO THEM ABOUT BEING MORE CREATIVE OF PHASE TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, AND MAYBE THEY CAN ADD PEOPLE LIKE FREDDY FENDER. WHO'S A MUSICIAN, KEVIN GARRETT, NFL PLAYER, LARRY KELLER NFL PLAYER, BOBBY MORROW WINNER THREE GOLD MEDALS. BENJAMIN HICKS WAS A PIONEER RANCHER. AND ACTUALLY SAN BENITO WAS NAMED PRETTY MUCH AFTER HIM. COLONEL SAMMY ROBERTSON, FOUNDER, REBEL PIONEER, FIRST POSTMASTER WORLD WAR ONE, RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL. CHARLIE CROCKETT, MUSICIAN T R FEHRENBACH AUTHOR, CHARLES PUGS, D FINCHER CARTOONIST, NOT CECIL MARTINEZ, CON MUSICIAN, CHARLES AND ROBINSON, THE THIRD AUTHOR HISTORY AND SCHOLAR ROBERT MALIBU. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY HIS NAME, PROFESSIONAL [00:05:01] POKER PLAYER, UM, OUT OF MONDO TORRES, THE THIRD FORMER US MARINE THAT WAS KIDNAPPED IN MEXICO. WILMA VINCENT, OUR HOSPITAL IS GONE, BUT THE MEMORY OF HER SHOULDN'T BE DON'T JOSE SPARSER. WE HAVE PARKS, BUT DO WE HAVE MURALS? DO WE HAVE STATUES OF THESE PEOPLE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TO OUR CITY? LOOK, TAKE PICTURES, READ ABOUT THEM AND DYING HERE IN SAN BENITO, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WE'RE KNOWN AS THE RASAKA CITY. SO WE SHOULD HAVE PAINTINGS. WE SHOULD HAVE MURALS, EVEN ON THE STREETS. UM, TXDOT WORK WITH THEM ABOUT BEAUTIFYING OUR, OUR, OUR OVERPASSES HARLAND, JIM BROWNSVILLE. THEY HAVE PICTURES THERE. THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS THERE. I'M TRYING TO HURRY. CAUSE I SEE THE TIGHT ENTRANCES INTO OUR CITY NEED TO BE BEAUTIFIED. THEY NEED TO BE, UH, UH, UH, ATTRACTIVE WITH PALM TREES, LIGHTS, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. AND IN THE 19 SECONDS THAT I HAVE LEFT OUR PO OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS NEED A RACE. THEY NEED TO BE GIVEN A LOT MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE GIVEN. I BELIEVE OVER ALL THESE YEARS, THEY NEED TO HAVE THE BEST VEHICLES. THEY NEED TO HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT AND THE BEST FACILITIES. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY DO FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM RUTH. ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MA'AM. HI, MY NAME'S MARY AND UM, DURING THE HEART FREEZE, I HAD A LOT OF 70 FOOT TREES THAT FROZE. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAD ANY MONIES FROM FEMA THAT COULD HELP OUT WITH CUTTING THOSE TREES DOWN. I HAVE THREE YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN THAT CANNOT COME VISIT ME BECAUSE, UH, THOSE TREES ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND IT'S BLOWING WHERE IT MIGHT FALL ON MY ROOF. UM, I DON'T HAVE TO SAY OKAY. MA'AM THANK YOU RUTH. ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. UH, I REMEMBER [6. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the November 2, 2021 Regular City Commission Meeting.] SIX CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. NONE. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER OF YOUR FRANCO? SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ONLY FAVOR ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. YOU GET [7. Consideration and possible action to approve a Conditional Use Permit to allow a Shelter Care Facility in a "Single Family - One" (SF-1) zone, located at 299 East Heywood Street, bearing a legal description of Lots 1-12, Block 36, San Benito Original Townsite Subdivision. Applicant: Urban Strategies, LLC.] THEM RESERVE IN CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW SHELTER CARE FACILITY IN THE SINGLE FAMILY. ONE S F THAT'S ONE ZONE LOCATED AT 2 99 EAST HAYWOOD STREET BURYING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOTS. ONE THROUGH 12 BLOCK, 36, 7, THE ORIGINAL HOME, UH, HOMESITE SUBDIVISION APPLICANT, UH, URBAN STRATEGIES, L L C M MR. DELAROSA PRESENT MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE IMMIGRANT SHELTER FACILITY LOCATED DIRECTLY ON THE NORTH SIDE, ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR COMMUNITY BUILDING AND OUR MUSEUM. SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU. WE'VE HAD NO OPPOSITION TO IT. IT IS CURRENTLY UTILIZED. UH, THIS IS, THIS WILL NOW BE THE THIRD OWNER OF THAT FACILITY. SO, UH, IT'S HAD PRIOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS THAT THAT STAYS WITH THE OWNER. UM, SO WE'RE STILL RECOMMENDING THAT THE NEW OWNER BE GRANTED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE IN USE LAND USE. OKAY. THEY STILL UNDERSTAND, UH, ABOUT THE PARKING LIKE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE VOTING THAT WE CAN USE A PARKING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER YESTERDAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A PUBLIC, UH, A PUBLIC PARKING AREA, SO. OKAY. OKAY. WHERE'S YOUR SEND THE QUESTIONS. UM, HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUES, UM, WITH SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE DETAINEES, UM, ESCAPING THE FACILITY AND CAUSING DISTURBANCES IN THE LOCAL AREA TO THE LOCAL? I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY IT'S A CHILDREN'S FACILITY AND I SEE THE CAPTAIN WAVING. NO. SO I WOULD HAVE HEARD AN INFORMED YOU, SO W WE WERE NOT HAVING ANY, ANY, ANY ISSUES. AND AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, THE LAST, UH, MEETING, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN THAT NOT WORKS FOR THAT GROUP. HE WORKED FOR THE, FOR THE PREVIOUS OWNER. MOST OF THE, I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES STAYED WITH THE NEW COMPANY, SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND THEY CARRY OVER MOST OF THE TIME. YEAH. OKAY. THE MOTION IS APPROVED. I'M IN MOTION AS RECOMMENDED. OKAY. A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRONCO. SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA ON, IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. [00:10:02] OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER SEVEN CONSIDERATION [8. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2598-02-2022(Z) after Second and Final Reading to rezone a property located at 1401 East Business Highway 77, being a 40.00-acre tract, lying in Bartolome & Eugenio Fernandez Survey, Abstract 16, Cameron County, Texas, same being a portion of Block 7 and Block 82 of the San Benito Land & Water Company Subdivision, as described and recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, a portion Block 82 of the San Benito land & Water Company Subdivision as described and recorded in Volume 1, Page 25, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, a portion of Lot 1, Block 1 of the San Benito Business Subdivision as described and recorded in Cabinet 1, Slot 3083-B, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Being the same tract as described in Special Warranty Deed to AEP Texas Inc., in Volume 22635, Page 217, of the Deed Records of Cameron County, Texas. From C-2 Commercial General Retail Business to PDD Planned Development District, default to C-2 Commercial General Retail Business. Applicant: AEP Texas.] AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 98 DASH ZERO TWO DASH 2022 Z. SECOND AFTER SECOND AND FINAL READING OF A REZONE, A PROPER LOCATION AT 1401 EAST BUSINESS HIGHWAY 77, BURNED A 40 ACRES TRACK LINE IN THE BOTTOM OF LOW. AND, UH, YOU SEE, UH, FERNANDA SURVEY, ABSTRACT 16 CAMERA COUNTY, TEXAS. UH, SAME, VERY NEAR A PORTION OF BLOCK SEVEN IN BLOCK 82, THE 72, A LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION AS DESCRIBED IN RECORDED IN VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX, MACK MAP RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, A PORTION BLOCK 82, A SEMINAL EVENT IN WATER COMPANIES HAVE DIVISION AS DESCRIBED AND RECORDED IN VOLUME ONE PAGE 25, MATT RECORDS OF KIMIKO AND TEXAS AND PORTION OF LA ONE BLOCK ONE OR SOME OF THE OLD BUSINESS OF DIVISION. AS THE DESCRIBING RECORDED IN CABINET ONE SLOT 3, 0 8, 3 SP MAP RECORDS OF CHEMICAL COUNTY, TEXAS BEING A SAME TRACK AT DISCREPANT SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED TO AEP, TEXAS, INC. IN VOLUME 22, 6 35. PAGE 2, 1 5 OF THE RECORDS OF A CHEMICAL IN TEXAS FROM A C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL, UH, RETAIL BUSINESS TO P D D PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DEFAULT TO C TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS AND APPLICANT AEP, TEXAS, AND A MANANA DELAROSA PERCENT DECIDE MIRA COMMISSIONER STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE. THIS IS A SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE. WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE FIRST READING WE'VE HAD PUBLIC, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS, BOTH AT THE PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION AND AT THE CITY, UH, UH, HERE AT THE CITY. UH, I SEE A GENTLEMAN WITH AEP. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS, WE CAN CERTAINLY LET THEM DO THAT BEFORE YOU JUST GO AHEAD. OH, I'M NOT ROTTEN MARTINEZ. I'M THE IT MANAGER FOR AEP TELECOM AND REPRESENTING THIS PROJECT. I THINK WHILE I WAS HERE WITH YOU, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, PERMITS ARE IN ON FILE. AND SO WE JUST NEED YOUR APPROVAL TO PROCEED CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY A COMMISSIONER GABON SECOND BY A MIRROR. PAUL TIM, ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. JUST GOT ONE QUESTION. UM, WHEN CAN WE START CONSTRUCTION THOUGH? YOU CAN CHECK WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE DEPARTMENT NEXT DOOR, AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU NOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. IS ITERATION [9. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2599-02-2022(Z) after Second and Final Reading to rezone a property located at 693 Stookey Road, bearing a legal description of Lot 6, Parque Vista Subdivision, as recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 499-A, of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, from SF-1 "Single Family One" to C-2 "Commercial General Retail Business". Applicant: Mr. Jose Ramon Garcia.] AND POSSIBLE ACTION? UM, I DON'T REMEMBER NINE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 99 DASH TWO DASH 2022 Z. UH, AFTER SECOND AND FINAL READING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 93 STOKEY ROAD BURNER, A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT SIX BARKER, A VISTA SUBDIVISION AS RECORDED IN COVENANT ONE PAGE 4 99 DASH A OR THE MAP RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM SINGLE, FROM S F DASH ONE, SINGLE FAMILY, ONE, TWO C, TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL, UH, RETAIL BUSINESS APPLICANT, MR AND MANY OTHERS. A PERCENTAGE MARY COMMISSIONER STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS SECOND FINAL READING OF THIS ORDINANCE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE STICKY FOOD MART THAT SITS AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BUSINESS AND THESE SEVEN AT STICKY ROAD. SO THIS WOULD BE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THAT MART ON STUCKEY ROAD. UH, IT MAKES SENSE. UH, IT'S A CLEAN OPERATION AND BECAUSE IT'S ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL ALREADY, UH, BUT DIRECTLY BEHIND IT. AND THEN TO THE SOUTH OF IT IS SINGLE FAMILY. SO, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS FITTING. IT CAN CREATE A LOT OF DISTURBANCE, UH, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. YEAH. WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS AND WHAT HE'S PROVIDING US, THAT HE'S, HE'S GONNA, UH, WON'T CREATE A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER SEND THE QUESTIONS. MOTION IS RECOMMENDED. NOPE. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. WE FRANCO SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES? GEE, I DON'T REMEMBER 10 [10. Consideration and possible action to approve the annual membership contribution to Research, Applied Technology, Education, and Service, D.B.A. RATES/RGV, to participate in the Stormwater Task Force and related Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regulations for the total amount of $11,446.00.] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP, A CONTRIBUTION TO RESEARCH APPLIED TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND SERVICE D B A A RATES BOARD SLASH RGB TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STORMWATER TASKFORCE, UNRELATED TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REGULATIONS FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $11,446. AND MR. NO WATER, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, PRESENTED, YOU MAY REMEMBER TIP COMMISSIONERS COULD EVEN, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDING, UH, APPROVAL. UH, IT IS A, A BUDGET ITEM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. THE STORMWATER TASKFORCE [00:15:01] MEMBERSHIP ENSURES COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, TCQ REGULATIONS FOR PROVIDING, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT, UH, UH, TWO SO THAT WE WILL MEET ALL STATE AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES. UH, THEY ALSO KEEP US UP TO DATE WITH ANY NEW, UM, EROSION POLLUTION, OTHER VIRUS CONTROL MEASURES, UH, THAT HELP, UH, OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS, UH, KEEP STAY PROTECTED. IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO PROVIDE, UH, ONLINE, UH, CONTINUE EDUCATION VIA ONLINE TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OKAY. THIS IS A BUDGETARY. YES, IT HAS AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS. IF I MAY, UH, MR. LAGUARDIA IS A CERTIFIED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THE OTHER PERSON ON THIS TASK FORCE, DO YOU HAVE A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY? AND I CAN'T RECALL, WHICH IS WHICH, BUT, UH, OUR PLANNING MANAGER, BERNARD RODRIGUEZ IS ALSO PART OF THAT, UH, STORMWATER DRAINAGE ISSUES, FLOODING ISSUES, NOT ONLY IS IT A NUISANCE ISSUE, A COMPLIANCE ISSUE, BUT IT'S ALSO A PLANNING ISSUE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE IT IN TWO SEPARATE DIVISIONS. SO THEY WORKED TOGETHER. UM, CHRIS WORKS WITH, UH, WITH CLEO AND, UH, ANDREA HERNANDEZ WORKS WITH BERNARD. SO, UH, THIS WHY WE HAVE MULTIPLIES WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE TRY TO MEET THOSE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS, WE'LL STANDARDS, AND WE TRY TO USE SOMETHING THAT'S REASONABLE. UM, NOT EVERYTHING IS, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN VERY DIFFICULT TO GET STONEWALL COMPLIANCE DOWNTOWN. IT'S AN OLD TOWN TOWN SITES. IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED. SO IT'S NOT IN EVERY PLACE. I WANT IT TO KIND OF CLARIFY FROM THAT LAST TIME, SOME LOTS WERE NEVER DESIGNED TO HANDLE IT EQUALS INTO TEXTILES, RIGHT? CONVEYANCE SYSTEMS, WHATEVER THAT SIZE IS, WE TRY TO HANDLE IT. BUT THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS OF THESE OUTSKIRTS, LIKE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, LARGER, THOSE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE, WE, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPLY THOSE NEW STANDARDS TO THOSE. UM, BUT WE HAVE TO USE, UH, A LOT OF COMMON SENSE WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH OLDER PARTS OF TOWN, OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. OKAY. THANK YOU ABOUT THE, UH, I'M WANT TO PRETEND TO STOP IN THIS SPOT. YES, SIR. OKAY. SAM HOUSTON, THE ONE THAT WE HAVE, THE 1700 FEET OF THE LINEAR BOX OF DRAINAGE, HOW DOES THAT HELP US OUT? DOES IT, UH, CREATE ANYTHING IN THERE TO HELP US OUT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S A, WHAT'S A PROBLEM. YEAH. THAT'S THAT? UH, IT'S ABOUT 1700 LINEAR FEET OF J STREET, CORRECT? L THAT WAS CONVEYED TO THE CITY SOME DECADES AGO. UH, WE WE'VE RETAINED A, AN ENGINEER, ONE OF THE THREE THAT WE'RE USING TO DO TO PERFORM AN ASSESSMENT THAT ASSESSMENT WE'LL DISCUSS IT WITH YOU. THAT ASSESSMENT MAY BE AS SIMPLE AS CLEANING IT OUT, OR IT MAY BE MORE COMPLEX THAT WE REMOVED THE BOX CULVERTS WIDENED THAT CAN NOW RESTORE SOMEBODY TO CREATE MORE CAPACITY. AND IF WE DO SOMETHING THAT'S MUCH MORE CONSTRUCTION TYPE, RATHER THAN CLEANING, WE MAY QUALIFY FOR SOME GRANTS, BUT YOU GET TO DECIDE BECAUSE WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS. OKAY. SO DOES THAT FALL INTO THE STORMWATER DEAL? THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY DO. THEIR JOB IS TO INSPECT THEM. THEY GET COMPLAINTS, THEY GO LOOK AT THEM. UH, SOMETIMES THERE'S DEBRIS, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS CLEAN OUT ALL THE DRAINAGE ANALYSTS, BUT IF THEY GET REPORTS, YOU REPORT THEM TO US. THEY MAY LOOK AT THEM OR, AND THEN THE STREET CREWS HELP US OUT WITH THAT. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, THEY GOT EQUIPMENT AND THEIR JOB IS THEY'LL KIND OF DO THE, SOME OF THE MINOR CLEANUP AND PICKING UP AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT BLOWING THEIR LEAVES, BREATHE. THAT KIND OF STUFF. I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH HE'S A CODIFY, UH, ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WE DON'T REALLY USE THAT TERM. WE USE CODE COMPLIANCE. WE SEEK VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE BEFORE WE ESCALATE ENFORCEMENT. OKAY. WHEN YOU MENTIONED IT WAS CONVEYED TO THE CITY, WAS IT CONVEYED IN THE STATE THAT IT IS IN NOW? OR WAS IT A DITCH? NO, IT WAS CONVEYED. I FIND THAT IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND THEN SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY WAS CONVEYED BY A SEPARATE INSTRUMENT AND FILE WITH A CAMERA COUNTY'S CLERK'S OFFICE. SO WHEN IT WAS CONVEYED TO US WHERE THOSE BOXES ALREADY THAT THEY WERE IN THERE ALREADY. YES, SIR. SO THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS DONE, BUT THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW. AND IF IT WAS DECADES, EVEN 20 YEARS AGO, WHAT WAS THE POPULATION? WHAT WAS THE DENSITY? WAS IT COVERAGE? WHAT WAS TAKEN IN NOW? YOU'VE GOT MORE ROOFTOPS GOING IN. YOU GOT MORE CONCRETE, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO, UH, AND, AND HISTORICALLY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, NOT JUST JANIE'S DISTRICT, BUT CITIES, THEY DON'T USUALLY PREPARE FOR LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY JUST, THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT THEIR GROWTH. SO WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF ACCEPTING A CONVEYANCE THAT, OH, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, I MEAN, SOMEBODY WANTS TO GIVE ME A WHITE ELEPHANT. I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM, I WON'T ACCEPT IT. YOU DON'T GENERALLY ACCEPT SOMEBODY ELSE'S INFRASTRUCTURE. EXACTLY. DID SOMEBODY DID ONE ENTITY, IF ANY, TO ANOTHER ONE? I MEAN, I'D BE, I'M CAREFUL WHEN SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO CONVEY SOME TEST AND WHATEVER THAT REASONING WAS THAT WAS DETERMINED HERE BECAUSE SOMEHOW IT ENDED UP AND WE'VE HAD SOME YEARS AGO. YEARS AGO. YES, SIR. OKAY. OH, THANK YOU. BACK TO THE, UM, THE MEMBERSHIP, THE MEMBERSHIP. YEAH. I SEE A REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTMENT TO [00:20:01] REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON THE LINE ITEM. IS THIS, ARE WE APPOINTING SOMEONE TO BE ON THIS REGIONAL TASK FORCE? THAT'S MYSELF AND BERNARD. OKAY. AND THEN I REMEMBER WHEN, UH, GOING THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS, THERE WAS A STORM WATER DEPARTMENT, AND I BELIEVE YOU WERE LISTED ON THERE AND IT'S LIKE THE LEAD. AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL. IS THAT STILL CONSISTENT? THERE'S THREE TOTAL THREE. THE THIRD ONE WAS ALL YOUR NAME. AND THEN ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WAS WALLY OUT, BUT HE'S NO LONGER EMPLOYED. SO YOU'RE THE ONLY, AND BERNARD, BERNARD'S PRETTY BUSY WITH A LOT OF THINGS IN THE OFFICE, RIGHT. WE ALL ARE. SO EVERYONE IS SO AND STORM. WATER'S A BIG ISSUE AND I'M SURE HOW MANY STORM DRAINS DO YOU HAVE IN THE CITY? THE NUMBER AND COMMISSIONER, UH, ONE LEON WAS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. UH, CRYSTAL BALL ABREGO HAS BEEN HIRED IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL HE RE HE IS BEING TRAINED BY MR. LONGORIA, BUT HE CAN ACT AS AN INSPECTOR, BUT HE'S LIMITED UNDER STATE LAW OF WHAT HE CAN DO AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. IN OTHER WORDS, HE CAN ISSUE CITATIONS. HE GOES AND SPECS LOOKS AT SOMETHING, AND THEN HE GOES AND REPORTS IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR. AND MR. LAQUINTA CAN ISSUE THE CITATION. WHEN WE DON'T FIND THESE GENTLEMEN, THEN WE REACH OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ISSUE CITATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY ORDINANCES. THERE IS ENOUGH PEOPLE WE'RE NOT DEPENDENT ON JUST CLEAL AND CHRIS WE'VE GOT OFF, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL. UM, THE BIGGEST THING I SEE IS LAWN CLIPPINGS. THEY CUT AND THEY GET LEFT IN THE CURB. YEP. UM, LET'S SEE, YOU SEE THE VEHICLE DRIVE RIGHT BY. SO, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT EVERY, LIKE MAYBE CODE COMPLIANCE CAN GET WITH THE STAFF AND HAVE A CODE COMPLIANCE DAY WHERE THEY'RE EDUCATED ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR. SINCE WE DO HAVE STAFF, THAT'S LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE ON THE FIELD EVERY DAY. AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT THEIR MAIN PRIORITY, BUT IT CAN BE A SECONDARY THING THAT THEY CAN JUST AT LEAST KEEP AN EYE ON. RIGHT. CAUSE WE'RE ALL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, WE DO, UH, WE DO PREPARE PSA'S FOR NOT ONLY DEBRIS THAT GOES IN, BUT FOR DUMPING IN OUR SUMMER TOURS, THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WE MANAGE. WE HAVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. I THINK IT'S ALSO ON THE WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ONLY WEBSITE AND WE'VE HAD IT WHERE YOU GOT TO PLACE IT BEFORE. AND ALSO AT THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A TABLE, WE GIVE OUT HANDOUTS, NOT ONLY THOSE THAT WE GENERATE, UH, LIKE SOME OF THE, UH, STENCILING THAT WE DO AT INLETS AT INLETS THAT SAYS, UH, DON'T DUMP, DON'T DRINK WHATEVER. BUT THESE ARE ALSO ALL, UH, PAMPHLETS THAT ARE CREATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WE UTILIZE. SO MAYBE WE NEED TO, UH, WE'LL INCREASE THAT. UH, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE STRUGGLING ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER CITY, ALONG WITH THE COUNTY, AS LONG WITH EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION, STRUGGLING KEEPING EMPLOYEES, UH, BECAUSE WE JUST ARE, SO THIS, THIS MEMBERSHIP JUST GIVES US ACCESS TO CES, I GUESS. IS IT A, DOES IT REQUIRE YOU GUYS TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CES TO STAY COMPLIANT? YES. CORRECT. AND THEY HELP US WITH EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AS WELL. AND AGAIN, THIS, THESE WORKSHOPS, THE HE'S A MANDATORY THAT YOU COMPLETE THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL OR CES. YES. YES. I MEAN, BUT AGAIN, THESE WORKSHOPS ARE VERY, VERY HELPFUL, VERY INFORMATIVE. VERY EDUCATIONAL WHAT'S HEARD IS, UH, THIS PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN THE COVID THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO OUR OUTREACH. LIKE WE NORMALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO THEM, BUT HOPEFULLY SOON AS WE GET BACK TO LIKE A SIMPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DRIVING BY A SIMPLE, YOU SEE THE GOLAN CLIPPINGS ON THE CURB, YOU CAN, HERE'S A PAMPHLET, JUST LEAVE IT AT THE DOOR TO REMIND THEM. AND NOT, NOT SO MUCH JUST FIND THEM, BUT JUST REMIND THEM OF THE WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP. AND PART OF THIS IS ALSO THAT IF WE'RE NOT PART OF THIS TASK FORCE, THEN WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE AN ENTIRE PROGRAM AND IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE COSTLY THAN THE 12,000 FOR THIS PROGRAM. UH, THERE, THAT'S NOT ALL THEY DO AS PART OF THEIR SALARIES OR THEIR WAGES, BUT IT, UH, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF A TASK FORCE WITH THE UT RGV OR KINGSVILLE, NOW, ONE OF THOSE AND ONE OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND IT'S CHAIN CHANT, IT WAS KINGSVILLE FIRST. AND I WAS VTR DV. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IF WE'RE NOT PART OF THIS TASK FORCE AND WE PAY OUR DUES AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PART OF THIS TASK FORCE, THEN YOU HAVE TO IN COURT INCORPORATE THE ENTIRE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS WANTS ON YOUR OWN, ON YOUR OWN. THIS IS JUST SUBSIDIZING IT THROUGH THE STATE AND WE PAY OUR PRO-RATA SHARE. THAT'S REQUIRED. DO THEY DO THEY? SO WE'RE PART OF THIS MEMBERSHIP OF A TASK FORCE. DO THEY PROVIDE OTHER THAN THE CE SERVICES? DO THEY COME TO THE TOWN AND HELP US DO THEY DO FREE STUDIES? THINGS LIKE THAT. TH TH THEY, THEY WILL. AND, AND IF WE ASK THEM TO, BUT AGAIN, DUE TO COVID, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN VERY, UH, RESTRICTIVE TO SUSTAIN BACK WITH VIA ZOOM MEETINGS OR, YEAH. I MEAN, I SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, THE MEMBERSHIP BEING A COMPLIANCE THING, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE, I CAN DO THIS VERSUS THIS VERY STRICT THING, BUT I STILL, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A BLANKET MEMBERSHIP. I WANT IT TO BE CORRECT. IT NEEDS TO HOLD THE IMPORTANCE THAT IT HAS. [00:25:01] I APPRECIATE IT, MR. NO MATTER HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE PARTICIPATED IN THIS IS 2016. I BELIEVE WAS THE FIRST MANDATORY, CAME UP SIX YEARS NOW. PROBABLY THE MEMBERSHIP IS BUDGETED FOR, OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. WE FRANCO SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. [11. Consideration and possible action on the award of the Small Business Investment Program-Rent Subsidy Grant for Glam Spot in the amount of $2,250.00.] OKAY. EDIT NUMBER 11. CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD, UM, ON THE AWARD OF THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT, UH, UH, PROGRAM RENT SUBSIDY GRANT FOR, UH, GLAM SPOT ON, ON THE AMOUNT OF 2,215, UH, MS. REBECCA CASTEEL PRESENTED AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR PER ATTEMPT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE RECORD. YES. AND THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO AWARD A, THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR RENT SUBSIDY TO GLAM SPOT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,250. IF AWARDED IN AN AFTER THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. OUR REMAINDER BALANCE FOR THIS GRANT WILL BE OF $38,250 WITH 2 CENTS. THE BOARD REVIEWED THIS APPLICATIONS IN JANUARY THE 31ST AND IS RECOMMENDING YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY. COMMISSURES ANY QUESTIONS? SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY A MAYOR. PUT TIM SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VIA FRANCO ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. THAT NUMBER [12. Consideration and possible action on the award of the Small Business Investment Program-Rent Subsidy Grant for Ana's Snacks in the amount of $1,950.00.] TOTAL CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AWARD. THAT WAS A SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT, A PROGRAM RENT, A SUBSTITUTE GRANT FOR HONEST SNACKS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,950. AND MS. CASTILLO PRESENTED AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, REBECCA CASTEEL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE MANITO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. UH, THERE'S THE APPLICATION FOR ANNA'S SNACKS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM, RENTAL SUBSIDY GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,950, UH, THE BOARD REVIEWED HIS APPLICATION AND APPROVED IT ON JANUARY THE 31ST AND IS RECOMMENDING YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY. COMMISSIONER IS IN THE QUESTIONS. MOTION TO MS. CASTILLO, THE PRICE PER SQUARE FEET IS, UM, A FAIR MARKET RATE. YEAH. YES, SIR. THAT'S I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. OKAY. YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND, SECOND BY AMERIPRO TIM ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES? I DID NUMBER 13 [13. Consideration and possible action on the award of the Small Business Investment Program-Rent Subsidy Grant for Ice Monkeys in the amount of $4,800.00.] CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AWARD. IT WAS A SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT, THE PROGRAM RENT SUBSIDY FOR ICE MONKEYS IN THE AMOUNT OF 4,800 AND MS. CASTILLO PRESENTED CENTER. AND I GUESS AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, REBECCA CASTILLO WITH A 72 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, THE AGENDA ITEM IS FOR THE AWARD OF A SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM. WHEN SUBSIDY GRANT FOR ICE MONKEYS, IT'S A NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN, THE ADC BOARD REVIEW THIS APPLICATION AND IS RECOMMENDING YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS? I DO. WHERE'S THIS BUSINESS, UH, ISN'T THE PLAZA FOR MAIN STREET BISTRO AND A MEDICINE SHOP IS AT, IT USED TO BE ALREADY AN ICE CREAM PLACE. UH, SO, UH, HE CLOSED DOWN AND THEY ARE TAKING OVER AND OPENING IT, UH, IN THE INVESTING, UH, IN, UH, UH, UM, WHAT IS CALLED, UM, ICE MONKEYS. THEIR HOURS ARE RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FROM 11 TO NINE ON THE APPLICATION. NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT 12 O'CLOCK TO 9:00 PM. AND AT ONE TIME GIVEN, THEY WERE ALSO CONSIDERING OPENING FROM SEVEN IN THE MORNING TO 9:00 PM BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ALSO HAVE LIKE COFFEES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT IT'S ICE CREAM HAS BEEN ON THE SPLITS, UH, UM, STYLE THAT THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SNACKS SNACKS TOO. YES, SIR. AND THAT'S A MONTHLY LEASE ON THAT AREA. I'M SORRY. THAT'S THE MONTHLY LEASE. YES, SIR. IT'S ABOUT ICE CREAM. IT'S GOOD. I MEAN, I WENT OVER THERE ALREADY, SO IT'S GOOD. YEAH. SO, OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY A MIRACLE, TIM. SECOND I'LL SECOND. THE SECOND BY MIRROR, UH, BY COMMISSIONER ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. YOU HAVE TO LOOK TO EACH AND EVERY ONE ON. OKAY. I [14. Consideration and possible action on the San Benito EDC Economic Development Corporation Annual Budget Amendment #1.] REMEMBER 14 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ASSEMBLY OF EDC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ANNUAL BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. AND MS. CASTILLO PRESENT AGAIN FOR THE RECORD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. UH, WE'RE PRESENTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, THE ANNUAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE EDC, UH, AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, [00:30:01] UH, THE AMOUNT OF THIS, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT TOTAL OF $99,000, UH, IT'S FOR CONSIDERATION TO INCLUDE, UH, MONEY FOR A STRATEGIC, FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. THE BULK OF IT IS $33,000, WHICH WE'RE STILL PENDING TO SEE. WE WILL BE NEEDING TO PAY IT FOR THE EXPRESSWAY PROPERTY. UH, WE'LL GO UNDERGOING THE PROCESS, UH, NAVIGATION PROCESS FOR EXEMPTION. WE'RE STILL PENDING OUR RESPONSE. IF THAT, UH, EXEMPTION IS GRANTED, THEN THOSE MONIES WILL NOT BE UTILIZED AND THEY'LL STAY IN THE BUDGET. UH, THAT'S THE BULK OF THOSE AMOUNTS, UH, ALSO IS FOR MORE TRAVEL EXPENDITURES. WE HAVE EVOLVED AND ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD, TO ATTEND ANY MORE TRADE SHOWS AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAXIMIZE AND BRING PROSPECTS INTO OUR COMMUNITY. UH THAT'S FOR THE, FOR THE MOST PART, IN SOME OTHER SCHOOLS, ALSO IN TO ADDING INTO THE BUDGET, UH, MONIES FOR A MAGAZINE, TV, AND RADIO ADVERTISING AS WELL, YOUR TRAVEL, YOUR TRAVEL BUDGET, WASN'T INCLUDED AT THE VERY BEGINNING, IT WAS IN A, IN A SMALL AMOUNT FOR THE EDC BOARD. THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH OF A TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY ALSO BECAUSE OF COVID. UH, BUT NOW THAT WE ARE, UH, FORECASTING AND PLANNING FOR TRADE SHOWS, WHICH ONE IS COMING UP IN MAY, UH, WE NEEDED TO AMEND THE BUDGET TO INCLUDE MORE DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, OUR BOARD AND STAFF ATTEND. OKAY. AND YOU'RE YOUR ATHLETE YOU'RE ASKING FOR $25,000 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. UH, LET ME LOOK CLOSELY ON THAT ONE. UH, THAT'S UH, THAT ONE, IT WAS ORIGINALLY 15,000 ON THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. WE ARE REQUESTING TO INCLUDE $10,000 FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT WILL BE AN INVESTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS. IF WE MOVE FORWARD STRATEGIC PLAN, IT WILL BE ACTIVE IN, UH, EFFECTIVE FOR A FIVE-YEAR PLAN. THEN WE'LL BE NEEDING TO EXPAND, UH, AGAIN, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. SO THERE'S MORE OF A TWEET $2,000 INVESTMENT PER YEAR. OKAY. YES, SIR. IT'S A BIG COST, UH, EFFECTIVENESS AFFORDABLE COST BECAUSE, UH, WE PLAN TO UNDERGO THE PROCESS OF TRAINING THE BOARD AND, UH, INVOLVE STAKEHOLDERS AS TO STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND THEN AN UNDERGO THE PROCESS ITSELF AS TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE EDC. UH, THIS TYPICALLY IF IT'S DONE, UH, OUTSOURCE, TOTALLY OUTSOURCE TO A CONSULTANT, IT COULD COST US OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. I'VE UNDERGONE THIS KIND OF PROCESS BEFORE FOR WE'RE BUDGETING $10,000 BECAUSE INFLATION AND EVERYTHING. BUT THE LAST TIME I DID IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO IN, WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT FOR 5,000. OKAY. SO I'M, I'M STILL EXPECTING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A SAVINGS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE BUDGETING A LITTLE BIT MORE, CONSIDERING THAT FOUR YEARS, HALF LAPSED IS THE LAST TIME I UNDERWENT A PROCESS LIKE THIS. WHAT ARE OTHER EXPENSES THAT COME OUT TO 73,300? SO IT'S, UH, ASIDE FROM THE 99,000 IS 32,000 TOWARDS EXPRESSWAY PROPERTY FOR THE PROPERTY TAXES. IF THAT EXEMPTION IS NOT GRANTED, UH, TRAVEL FOR THE BOARD LINE ITEM INCREASED FROM $4,000 TO 25,000, THAT WAS AN INCREASE OF $21,000, $12,000 FOR THE BOARD TO TRAVEL. IT WAS A 4,000 ONLY THE ENTIRE COMMISSIONS IS LESS THAN 15, RIGHT? THE OTHER, UH, JUST WHAT WE'RE LOOKING IN. SOME OF THE TRADE SHOWS EVA, SOME OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ATTEND, IT WILL INCREASE. IT WILL BE A COST OF A RELATIVELY IN THAT AMOUNT, ONLY GOING TO USE IT AS A MATTER OF HOW YOU'VE BEEN IN TROUBLE IN THE CITY COMMISSION. AND THEN THAT'S SO MUCH ABOUT TRAVELING SO MUCH IS THAT THOSE TRADE SHOWS THAT WILL BE ATTENDING THE COST TO ATTEND THEM ARE AT THAT, UH, AT THAT, UH, IT MIGHT BE TWO OR THREE FOR THE YEAR, BUT, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY OF MAXIMIZING THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, THE IDEAS FOR, UH, THE MOST, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF TO ATTEND, TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE ATTENDANCE TO THE TRADE SHOW WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE AT DIFFERENT PLACES, MEETING WITH PROSPECTS, UH, MANNING THE EXHIBIT, UH, ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE ITSELF. SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT TASKS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS AND WE'RE TRYING TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THE PAST THREE YEARS WE HAVEN'T UTILIZED MUCH OF THOSE DOLLARS. UH, ALSO IN TERMS OF THE, UH, WE ADDED FROM, UH, FROM 5,000, WE INCREASED TO $15,000 MORE TO THE MEETINGS, PROSPECT RELATED LINE ITEM. AND THIS ONE, AS YOU HAVE SEEN, WE HAVE, UH, CONDUCTED A COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT TOUR. WE HAD A MIXER IN DECEMBER AND WE'RE LOOKING AT COMP UH, SIMILAR, UH, EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THAT PURPOSES. AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE DOLLARS WHERE WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH [00:35:01] THE RGB PARTNERSHIP AND, UH, CHAIRING THAT COST. BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE DO HAVE THOSE PROXY PROSPECTS EVENTUALLY COMING TO TOWN, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DO THE TOURS OR ANY, UH, IN-PERSON UM, EFFORTS FOR BRINGING THEM IN INTO, UM, IN OTHER WORDS, BE PREPARED. YES, SIR. IT'S A SEAL. I SEE TWO TRAVELING, UH, UM, MY NIGHT ITEMS. WHY IS THERE TWO DIFFERENT ONES? ONE IS FOR THE BOARD. AND ONE IS FOR THE STAFF. THE STAFF HAS ALWAYS HAD $10,000 BECAUSE IT INCLUDES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVEN'T UTILIZED IT. HE HAS IN MARION MINIMUM FROM MAYBE A THOUSAND TO $2,000 FOR SOME, UH, VIRTUAL COURSES THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. UH, BUT, UH, IT HAS TO BE MINIMUM THAT WE HAVE UTILIZED. SO WE JUST INCREASED THAT ONE FROM 10,000 TO 15,000. SO WHAT SERVICES ARE WE ACTUALLY PROVIDING TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THE 1.3, THREE, $9 MILLION WITH, UH, WE HAVE A, THE $60,000 BUDGETED FOR THE COMMERCIAL. I MEAN, FOR THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT, WE HAVE $76,000 FOR FUNDING FOR THE VAP THEY'RE IN SUBSIDY, THE FACADE, UH, SOME OF IT IS FROM THE SALARIES. A LOT OF, A LOT OF US BEEN UNDERGONE, UH, INTERNALLY THROUGH, I GUESS, INTERNAL EFFORTS, UH, AGAIN, UH, MEETING WITH PROSPECTS, PROMOTING, UH, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH THE WEBSITE TO WALK INTO THE EDC BUILDING TODAY, WHAT EXACTLY DO THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDE TO THEM? UH, PRETTY MUCH DEPENDING FROM A SMALL BUSINESS, WANTING TO OPEN A BUSINESS FROM HELPING THEM WITH A BUSINESS PLAN, TO REFERRING THEM TO THE BUSINESS PLAN OVER TO UT RGV, RIGHT? BUT WE STILL NEED TO ADVISE THEM OF WHAT THAT IS, WHAT, WHAT THAT PROCESS IS, WHAT IS THE BUSINESS PLAN? SO THERE'S JUST SOME LEG WORK TO EVEN UNDERSTAND FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS PROCESS. SO GUIDING THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS, EVEN WHEN THEY COME IN FOR AN APPLICATION, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AND COMPLETED, WE NEED TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS FROM WHERE TO GO AND COMPLETE THE BUSINESS PLAN TO ANY RESOURCES, THE FACADE AND GRANTS, FACADE GRANT. SOMETIMES THEY'RE EVEN HAVING TROUBLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, GENERAL CONTRACTORS TO GO WITH. SO HE WAS LIKE, WHO DO WE GO WITH? AND WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANYONE, BUT WE HAVE TO DO LIKE A GOOGLE SEARCH AND JUST GIVE HIM PRETTY MUCH WHAT STANCE AROUND SURROUNDING AREAS. AND SO MANY VETO, BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROMOTING THE LOCAL SPENDING. SO IT VARIES FROM A PROSPECT JUST THIS AFTERNOON. I MET WITH A PROSPECT THAT HAS A PROPERTY IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. SO THEY WANT TO KNOW NOT ONLY FROM THEIR PARTICULAR LOCATION AND WHAT THEY CAN DO THERE, BUT THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT ELSE HAS HAPPENED IN SOMEBODY THOUGH. SO WE NEED TO ADVISE HIM AND INFORM HIM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR SOCCER VILLAGE, DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE IF WE'RE STOOD DOWNTOWN, THERE'S ALSO MONEY BUDGETED FOR THAT. SO IT'S MULTIPLE THINGS. AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO MR. DELAROSA THAT I WANTED TO COME AND DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT DOWNTOWN, BUT AS WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, I CAN DEFINITELY COME AND DO A PRESENTATION AS TO MAYBE THE STATE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PAST YEAR AS JUST SOME, OUR EFFORTS IN PARTICULARLY AS TO ALL THESE LINE ITEMS AS TO WHAT ARE OUR EFFORTS. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING, WE HEARD, WE HEARD OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT MURALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE ARE EFFORTS THAT WERE UNDERGOING, BUT THERE'S AND MECHANISMS THAT NEED TO BE IN PLAY SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND THAT WE'RE UTILIZING OUR, UH, FUNDING OUR DOLLARS AS, AS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REBECCA, I'M LOOKING ALSO AT THE, UH, DID WE TOUCH BASE ON THE CAPITAL EXPENSE? WAS IT FOR THE ROOF? YES, THERE IS THE THERE'S, THERE'S 30,000 BUDGET FOR THE ROOF. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AND WE'RE AWAITING A RESPONSE ON OUR GRANT. UH, IF THAT GRANDKID'S FUNDED, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS. AND IF IT DOESN'T, WE DO HAVE THEM IN THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED IN, IN, AND DO THEY PROMISE WHERE THE ROOF, THE MARKETING, I SEE THE MARK, THE MARKETING EXPENSES ARE GOING UP, RIGHT. UM, AND ADVERTISING, HAVE WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SEE IF WE CAN USE AN INTERN OR, OR BORROW SOME OF THEIR MULTIMEDIA STUDENTS? WE DO HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE OF COVID THAT KIND OF A STALLED A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE TRYING TO RESTART THE CONVERSATIONS. CAUSE WE WERE WORKING ON A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO BE ABLE TO TAP TO THOSE SERVICES. UH, WE ALSO WORK WITH A CITY WITH A MEDIA PRODUCTION SERVICES SO WE CAN PRODUCE SOME OF THE VIDEOS. UH, IT IS INCREASING IN THE SENSE THAT, UH, UH, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BUDGETING, MORE FOR, UH, MEDIA TV RADIO, WHICH WE HAVEN'T HAD IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. SO, UH, IT'S UH, AS THE EVOLUTION IN, WE'RE TAPPING INTO DIFFERENT MARKETS, THERE'S [00:40:01] TOO MANY MEN, THE NEED TO INVEST SOME DOLLARS WHEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUSINESS TOUR, UH, THE, UH, COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT TOUR THAT WE RECENTLY HAD, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE EVEN FROM THE MINIMUM WE'RE HAVING BUSINESS, UH, WE ARE HAVING VISITORS WHO ARE ACTUALLY WENT TO SOME OF OUR CHOPS LOCALLY IN DOWNTOWN. AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY HAD FOUND OUT ABOUT, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEW BAKE SHOP, BECAUSE THEY ATTENDED OUR TOUR EARLIER AND THEN THEY ATTENDED IT. THEY WERE CHOPPING AT THE BAKE SHOP. SO WE WENT FROM THE MINIMUM STANDPOINT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS SHOWING UP BACK AT THE OFFICE WHERE NOW THEY WANT TO VISIT AND WANT TO HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS AND MEET INDIVIDUALLY TO FIND OUT SPECIFICALLY MORE THINGS. CAUSE HE'S LIKE, WELL, I'M INTO HOUSING. I WANT TO DO THIS, OR I'M LOOKING FOR A PROPERTY. SO, UH, WE'RE SEEING ALREADY SOME OF THAT RETURN OF INVESTMENT, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A $2,000 INVESTMENT THEN NOW COULD POSSIBLY DRAW US A PROSPECT THAT MIGHT BE AT $350 MILLION PROSPECT OR DEPENDING ON THE, ON THE OPERATIONS AND COMPANY THAT COMES IN. SO PART OF THAT IS MAXIMIZING OUR OPPORTUNITY, BUT, UH, SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE TO SPEND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY TO RE BRINGING, BE ABLE TO BRING IN THOSE PROSPECTS IN, UH, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE MAX STUDIES ALLOWED FOR MARKETING IS 10% OF OUR BUDGET IS PROGRAM. SO WE COULDN'T DO WELL MORE THAN $130,000 OUT OF THE PROGRAM BUDGET. SO WHY NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IN A 9.4, IF YOU DO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 9.4%. SO IT'S NOT, UH, IT LOOKS, UH, EXTENSIVE AND A LOT, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT MORE THAN THE 10% THAT THE STATE ALLOWS US TO, TO PROGRAM INTO OUR BUDGET. OKAY. WHAT'S YOUR QUESTIONS? UH, GOING BACK TO THE, UH, PROPERTY, UH, TEXTS, OF COURSE, IF YOU DON'T PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAX A CERTAIN TIME, I THINK IT WAS WHAT JANUARY. OKAY. THERE'S, UH, AN INCREASE IN PENALTIES, RIGHT? SO, UM, UH, IN THE PAST, I KNOW WE'VE PAID TAXES ON THAT PROPERTY AND RIGHT NOW WE SUBMITTED THE EXEMPTION REQUESTS, RIGHT. AT THIS POINT. UH, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING FROM THEM? ALL OF LAST MEETING LAST WEEK, WE HAD A BOARD MEETING, UH, TO DATE. I HAD TRIED TO REACH OUT AND INQUIRE ABOUT THE STATUS OF IT. UM, MR. SAUCY DID AS WELL, AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED AN UPDATE, SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWING UP EVERY FEW DAYS I TRIED CALLING YESTERDAY. UH, SO, UH, I WAS GIVEN A NAME AND INFORMATION AS TO WHO TO REACH OUT TO, UH, I LEFT THEM A MESSAGE AND SOMEBODY SUPPOSED TO CALL ME BACK, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO CALL IN TO SEE THAT THE STATUS, BUT THEY DO HAVE ADVICES THAT IF, UH, IF WE MAKE THE PAYMENT, NOW, IF THE EXEMPTION DOES GO THROUGH, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT MONEY WILL BE, UH, REIMBURSED. OKAY. I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM COUNCIL, UH, I THINK SOMETIME BACK. OKAY. OKAY. SO, BUT WE'RE STILL ON THAT AND ALL RIGHT, YOU WERE FOLLOWING UP TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, AND FROM, UH, SOME OF THE, I GUESS, UH, UH, DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD, THERE'S A HIGH POSSIBILITY THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT ASSUMPTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, COMMISSIONER HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED BY EDC? OKAY. I GOT, I MEAN, YOU'RE COMING FROM THE RECOMMENDED ON YOUR BOARD, RIGHT? YES, SIR. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON JANUARY THE 31ST AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL ANONYMOUS. THAT WAS MY NEXT, UH, BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE KNEE AND HE WAS MORE BECAUSE OF, UH, WE DO HAVE BUDGETED, UH, THE REAL SPORTS LIFE, UH, FUNDS AT THAT TIME WE HAD THE CONVERSATION THAT IT WAS TO ADD THOSE DOLLARS. BUT WHEN WE DID, WHEN WE DID IT REVIEWED EVERYTHING, IT WAS ALREADY INCLUDED FROM THE ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN SEPTEMBER. THANK YOU. OKAY. I GET A MOTION BY A PORTION OF YOUR FRANCO. SECOND, A SECOND. OKAY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. I GOT, OKAY. I GOT TWO, TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS, SO WHAT'S A TIGHT, SO AND AWARD IN FAVOR FOR IT. OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, BRING US SOMETHING GOOD, PLEASE. OKAY. [15. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a 5-year subscription for Budget Software from Mclain Decision Support Systems for the total amount of $31,875.00.] I DON'T REMEMBER. 15 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PHASE ON A FIVE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION OF A BUDGET SOFTWARE FROM A CLAIM DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $31,875. [00:45:01] AND MS. , UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD OF OLYMPIA FINANCE DIRECTOR, YOU PACKAGE A, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND TWO PROPOSALS FOR A BUDGET, UH, SOFTWARE PURCHASE. ONE IS FROM MCLEAN, UH, DECISION SUPPORT AND ANOTHER FOR CAREER GOV. UH, CURRENTLY WE ARE USING EXCEL TO PREPARE THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY. AND, UH, THIS SOFTWARE WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT. WE CAN WORK DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE DIFFERENT PAY RATES FOR THE EMPLOYEES OR EXPENSES FOR, UH, ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS. I WAS PRESENTED WITH TWO DEMOS BY THE COMPANIES. UH, THE SOFTWARE ARE SIMILAR. UH, THEY HA THEY'RE INCO, UH, COMPATIBLE, WHICH IS OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. THEY ALSO HAVE, UH, IT'S WEB BASED AND THEY HAVE 24 7, UH, TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR ANY ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE, UH, IN THE CAREER CALF. THE PAYCHECK SAYS 25 43 DOES THE COST FOR THE FIVE YEARS. THEY INCLUDE FIVE MODULES. AND, UH, THE ONE FROM MCLEAN, UH, THERE'S A PAGE, THE FINAL PAGE, UH, ALSO FIVE, FIVE YEAR, UH, QUOTE, IF WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDING THE MCLEAN, UH, BECAUSE IT'S MORE, IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE. UH, UH, BOTH SOFTWARES. THEY DO MOST OF THE SAME THING. SO FOR MCLEAN, UH, FOR THE FIVE YEARS, WE PAY ON YOUR PAYMENTS, WHICH IS OPTION A, IT WILL BE 42,500 FOR THE FIVE YEARS. IF WE GO AND PAY, UH, OPTION C LIKE PRE PAY, THE FIVE YEARS, WE WILL BE SAVING 10,000 6, 25. SO WE WILL BE 31,000 8, 75. YOU MIGHT, YOU BUY A WHOLE PROGRAM UPFRONT AND YOU SAVED $10,000. YOU PAY FOR THE USE OF THE PROGRAM. IT'S LIKE IN CODE, YOU PAY EVERY YEAR AT YOUR ANNUAL PAYMENT TO USE THE SOFTWARE. SO THAT WOULD BE FOR FIVE YEARS. AH, YES, THE FIVE YEARS THEY GIVE YOU A DISCOUNT OF $10,000. OKAY. 6 25 FROM EXCEL THAT WE NEED TO AMERICA COMMISSIONERS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM SPREADSHEETS. IT'S GOT HUMAN ERROR, YOU KNOW, CA UH, TABLES AND SO FORTH. AND, AND OUR STAFF IS PRETTY COMPETENT WITH IT. UH, WE UTILIZE IT A LOT IN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, BUT THIS WILL INTEGRATE INTO INCODE. WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THAT ECOSYSTEM AND IT IS NOT A SINGLE SOURCE BECAUSE NOW IT'S MORE COMPATIBLE, UH, MCLEAN. UH, IT'S A TWO BROTHER, HIS TWO BROTHERS MCCLAIN'S, UH, THEY'VE BEEN IN CITY, GOVERNMENT MCLEAN. UM, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, WENT OFF AND STARTED CREATING THE FINANCE PERSON TO THE BROTHERS, STARTED CREATING SOFTWARE FOR SMALLER CITIES THAT COULD AFFORD TO GO TO INCODE INCODE HAS BEEN AROUND BETTER PART OF THREE DECADES, BUT NOBODY COULD, LARGE CITIES COULD AFFORD, I MEAN, LARGE CITIES WHERE THE ONES SMALLER CITIES COULDN'T. SO MCLEAN STARTED GENERATING, DO YOU REMEMBER THE OLD, UH, QUICK BOOKS AND STUFF? I REMEMBER USING QUICKBOOKS. I MEAN, WE WERE USING STUFF THAT YOU CAN BUY OFF THE SHELF FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T AFFORD A HUNDRED THOUSAND, 200,002 DECADES AGO. SO MCLEAN STARTED COMING UP WITH PROGRAMS, COMPONENTS, AND STARTED BUILDING IT. NOW HE'S MADE IT COMPATIBLE BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I EVEN HEARD THE NAME WAS 15 YEARS AGO, HE HAS IMPROVED THAT SYSTEM. SO WHEN BILL LIMP PRESENTED IT AND GAVE ME THE OPTIONS AND GAVE ME WHAT THEY CAN, CAN, IT CAN'T DO FOR THE MONEY. NOT CLEAR. GOV IS NATIONAL MCCLAIN IS LIKE MORE REGIONAL, BUT IT TIES INTO INCO, WHICH IS NATIONAL. SO WE SAID, LOOK, IT'S A GOOD PRODUCT THAT THE GUY KNOWS BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE BUSINESS. I SIT AND THERE'S NOTHING FROM EVERYTHING I SEE. HE'S CONTINUED TO GROW THAT BUSINESS. NOW HE'S, HE'S COMPATIBLE WITH INCO. UH, SO IT MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT. YOU, YOU CAN'T JUST BUY THESE THINGS OFF THE SHELF, YOU GET SUBSCRIPTIONS BECAUSE THE SOFTWARE CHANGES. SO OFTEN EVERY FEW YEARS THAT YOU GOT TO STAY CURRENT, YOU'RE JUST PAYING FOR THOSE UPGRADES. SO, UH, THE INTENT WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD START GETTING AWAY FROM SPREADSHEETS, START MAKING SURE THAT IT'S IN THE SYSTEM, WE LOSE EMPLOYEES OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES YOU CAN'T FIND A LOT OF FOLKS THAT KNOW EXCEL. NOW IT'S GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER. EVERYBODY'S MORE DEPENDENT ON SOFTWARE SYSTEMS. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO PROTECT THE ORGANIZATION BY GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. AND ALSO THEY, I'M SORRY. THEY ALSO OFFER, UH, I CAN PRESENT, UH, I ASKED HIM, I NEED, UH, LIKE A SPREADSHEET, UH, A CHART, A PIE CHART, LIKE THIS FORMAT. HE WILL DO IT. HE WOULD ACCOMMODATE TO OUR NEEDS. OKAY. [00:50:01] OKAY. UH, THE FORMAT OF THE REPORTS. UH, SO I HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HIM AND I MEAN, HE CAN DO THAT FOR THE CITY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK. IF IT, IF ONE OF THE STAFF HAD A QUESTION AND YOU ASKED THEM FOR A SERVICE LIKE THAT, IS THERE, IS THIS ALREADY INCLUSIVE? HE'S GOING TO CHARGE YOU. NO, IN THE FEE. YES. AND I CAN SAY IT'S WEB BASE SO I CAN WORK FROM HOME. YEAH. AND HE IS A TEXAS BASED COMPANY. HE IS WELL KNOWN BUSINESS. AND IS THAT 24 7 SUPPORT AND TRAINING IN CASE ANY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN CALL 24, 7. I WANT TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, VIA FRANKLIN SECOND BY CHEMISTRY. BECAUSE ONE, ALL IN FAVOR, WE HAVE TO ADVANCE OUR TIMES. OKAY. OKAY. I CAN, I CAN GET, UH, TWO MONTHS VACATION FROM WORK FROM HOME. UM, BUT THEN I, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO EXPECT A LOT OF, LOT OF PIE CHARTS NOW, A LOT OF CHARTS. OKAY. LET ME FINISH IT UP. THEN YOU GET ALL CONDUCTED. OKAY. SO I GOT THE MEASURE. SO ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. NUMBER [16. Presentation of the City of San Benito Investment Reports for the First Quarter ended December 31,2021.] 16, UH, PRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF SOME META INVESTMENT, THE REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021. AND MS. CENTER AGAIN, THE OLYMPIA FINANCE DIRECTOR. GOOD EVERY DAY AND AMERICAN COMMISSION, I IN YOUR PACKET IS THE DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, UH, INVESTMENTS REPORT, UH, FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF 45,787,000 4 52. ARE THERE DOES THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR? WE'LL EARN 13,000 TO 38, UH, IN REVENUE. CAN I ASK, SORRY, CAN I STOP YOU ON THIS SLIDE HERE? YES. BEFORE THE CDS, DO YOU KNOW WHAT DAY OF THE IMMATURE, UH, ONE MATURES, UM, UM, WHAT DAY, WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK? PARTICULARLY. CAUSE WHEN I WENT TO A FINANCIAL CONFERENCE, THEY STATED THAT A CD MATURING ON A FRIDAY IS KIND OF HOW THEY TIE YOUR HANDS BECAUSE YOU'RE TIED UP FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SO IF WE CAN JUST REEVALUATE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE IS NOT MATURING ON A, ON A WEEKEND WHERE WE CAN'T TOUCH IT, ACTUALLY, UH, WE HAD ONE CITY THAT MATURE, UH, ON A WEEKEND AND WE DID RECEIVE THE INTEREST FOR THOSE DAYS. IT DOES, UH, CONCERN. YEAH, WE DID GET THE INTEREST FOR THOSE TWO DAYS UNTIL I, UH, TRANSFERRED THE FUNDS TO THE OTHER, TO THE OTHER BANK. COOL. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT PAGE? NO. OKAY. WHERE ARE WE KEEPING THE, UM, WHERE ARE WE KEEPING THE DEPOSIT MONEY FOR? UH, FOR THE WATER BILL, THE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY GET WATER BILL, THEY PUT A DEPOSIT. WHAT IS IT? 150, 200 IT'S 250 FOR RENTERS AND 25 FOR OWNERS. RENTERS IS HOW MUCH, 250. AND I'M JUST LIKE, WELL, HOW MANY WATER ACCOUNTS WE HAVE? SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY SITTING SOMEWHERE. IS IT IN A CD? AND THEN NO, IT'S IN THE, UH, UTILITIES FUND, BUT WE HAVE A SPECIAL ACCOUNT IN INCO. SO IT'S SEPARATED FROM ANY OTHER MONEY. OKAY. ON THAT PAGE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE INVESTMENT HOLDINGS AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2021. UH, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE BANKS, UH, HOW MUCH WE HAVE ON EACH ONE. THE TOTAL IS 45 MILLION, 7 87, 4 52. UH, YOU ALSO SEE A COLLABORATION THAT THE RATES, UH, BACK IN DECEMBER AND WE HAVE, UH, MONEY MARKETS, UH, AS WELL AS CDS. SO, SO FOR ALL THOSE MATURITY DATES, THEY'RE ALL ON A SATURDAY FOR THAT, THE TOP, THE TOP ONES, TEXAS REGIONAL BANK. WELL, THOSE ARE MONEY MARKETS, THE ONES ON THE TOP MONEY MARKETS ARE WE LOSING OUT ON THOSE TWO DAYS, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MONDAY MARKET IS LIKE A OPERATING ACCOUNT IS NOT A CITY THAT IS TIED UP UNTIL IT MATURES MONEY MARKET. YOU CAN MOVE THE FUNDS ANY DAY THAT YOU, YEAH. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING OUT ON, ON CONTINUOUS SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, AND THEN MORE SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, THEY ADD UP. AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT THE CDS AND A TWO 12 IS A SATURDAY AND JUNE 4TH, [00:55:01] IF IT HASN'T CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME I LOOKED, YES, A SATURDAY, UH, JUNE 8TH AS A WEDNESDAY, THIS IS, THIS IS OUR ART BANK WHERE WE KEEP MOST OF OUR MONEY. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR FRIENDS. RIGHT. FIDUCIARY, WE'RE THEIR FIDUCIARIES. RIGHT. SO BOTH. SO WE'RE WORKING IN OUR BEST INTEREST. YOU THINK THAT'D BE SOMETHING THEY'D MENTIONED TO US, HEY, THIS, HUH? WELL, YOU SAID, BUT YOU SAID ON ONE, THEY DID. WE GET PAID ON ALL THESE? YEAH. SUNDAY WHEN IT DEPENDS. WHEN I MOVED THE MONEY TO THE OTHER FUND, IMMATURE, LET'S SAY ON SATURDAY, BUT I MOVED THE MONEY INTO A MONDAY OR TUESDAY. OKAY. THEY WILL GIVE US THE INTEREST FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL DAYS. OKAY. W I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT. YES. I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DOING THAT. WE'RE DOING, OR WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD. THEY WANT IT, WE WANT TO BE GOOD CLIENTS. AND THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING GOOD TO US. RIGHT. WE JUST DEPOSIT A LOT OF MONEY INTO THEIR BANK. YES. OKAY. DOES THAT, UH, PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, YOU CAN SEE THE CHART PIE OR THE BARS AND THAT'S, UH, THE BOOK AND MARKET VALUE, WHICH IS THE SAME FOR BOTH. UH, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AS WELL, HOW MUCH WE HAVE ON EACH OTHER BANKS FOR A WHILE, THAT MONEY THAT WE HAVE, UH, AS OF DECEMBER 20, 21. AND THE NEXT PAGE IS A FUND ALLOCATION. AS OF COURSE, DECEMBER, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DIFFERENT BANK ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE AS WELL AS THE CDS MONEY MARKETS AND THE BALANCES THAT WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2021. SO HERE ON THE UTILITIES, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THE DEPOSITS ARE BEING HELD IN THE FRONT. YEAH. UTILITIES WE HELD, UH, NOT JUST A SECURITY DEPOSIT, BUT OTHER FUNDS AS WELL. OKAY. OKAY. SO HOW MANY, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 7,500. HOW MANY ACCOUNTS? HOW MANY? 75, 7500 SHANI 500 WATER ACCOUNTS, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME ACCOUNTS WERE OPEN 20, 30 YEARS AGO. SO THE DEPOSIT WAS $20, $50. THAT MAKES SENSE. GOOD WAY OF THINKING. IF THERE'S A TRANSFER OF UTILITIES, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE NEW DEPOSIT. YES. DO YOU THINK THAT THAT, OKAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE DEPOSIT LATER, BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE, I JUST, THAT'S MY TAKE, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE DEPOSITS LATER. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE HIGH. UM, BUT NO, I'M JUST DOING THE MATH HERE. 7,500 ACCOUNTS, THE $150 DEPOSIT. IF, IF IT WERE, IT WOULD BE ONE POINT, $1 MILLION THAT SHOULD BE SITTING THERE OR YOUR INTERESTS CAN LOOK AT IT THAT WAY THOUGH. I KNOW, BECAUSE SHE SAID, YOU SAID THAT SOME OF THEM MIGHT'VE PAID $5 BACK THEN SOME DIDN'T EVEN PAY. YES. IT SAY YES. AND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ACCOUNTS OUT THERE. ALL THREE, THEIR GRANDFATHER DAMN LUCKY THEM UNLESS, UH, SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN AND THE PERSON DIES. I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY ACCOUNTS ARE STILL LIKE THAT. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DEPOSITS. ARE WE ABLE TO SEE THAT? IS THERE? WELL, NOW YOU HAVE A REALLY NICE SOFTWARE. ONCE YOU GET IT, WHEN YOU GET IT, I COULD DO IT FROM HOME TOO. YOU JUST TOLD ME AT 12 FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. I JUST, JUST LITTLE THINGS I LIKE TO LOOK AT. THAT'S WHY I LIKE PIE CHARTS. OKAY. YEAH. LET ME REMIND BERLIN. UH, WHEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND PULL OLD WATER ACCOUNTS. YEAH. IT'S NOT, THEY DON'T GO THAT FAR BACK. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO PULL THE RECORDS THAT GO BACK DECADES AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE UPDATED. SO, SO WE'VE GOT SOME PARTIAL INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT OWNERSHIP AND STUFF. I MEAN TODAY, DIFFERENT. AND I WE'RE DEALING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER FROM LAST WEEK, UH, THAT THE PERSON DIED IN 19 96, 25 YEARS AGO. AND IT'S, AND SO DADDY'S BEEN GONE FOR 25 YEARS AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT EXACTLY WHAT'S NAME. AND WHY ARE YOU GETTING EXEMPTIONS? MAYBE WE HAD THAT SOFTWARE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. IT WOULD HAVE HELPED OUT. I KID YOU NOT. WHEN I TELL YOU THIS BASED ON WHAT WE PULL THE RECORDS. SO, UH, WE'VE ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE NEED TO GO WAY BACK. UH, THOSE, THAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE, UH, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PUT IT IN. IT'S JUST NOT SCANNED. SOMEBODY'S GOT TO TYPE IT INTO THE SYSTEM. SO IT'LL TAKE A WALK. IF IT'S THAT IMPORTANT TO US, WE WILL GO PULL THOSE RECORDS OUT. AND ONLY IF SOMEBODY OPENS THE DOOR THAT SAYS, WE HAVE TO GO LOOK AT SOMETHING. SO THIS IS THE LEAKAGE. THIS IS LEAKAGE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT IS THE LEAKAGE. [01:00:01] SO HOW BIG IS THIS LEAK WITHOUT THE LEAKAGE? THE LOSS OF REVENUE, UH, FUNDS. YEAH, WELL, NO, I MEAN, THEY'RE PAYING THEIR WATER BILL, BUT THERE'S A LEAKAGE IN, IN AD VALOREM TAXES. NOT ONLY TO US, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WELL, WELL, YOU KNOW, BY STATE LAW, ONCE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, WE CAN ONLY GO BACK FIVE YEARS. RIGHT. AND WE ARE GOVERNMENT, WE DO REPORT TO OTHER ENTITIES. RIGHT? THAT'S OUR JOB. WE HAVE AN APPRAISER IN HERE IN HOUSE THAT GOES ON. NO, SIR, NO. UH, THAT, THAT ABILITY GOT TAKEN AWAY FROM CITIES DECADES AGO. TWO DECADES AGO. YEAH. THE COUNTY DOES IT. THE STATE PUTS SOME STATE LAWS THAT THE APPRAISALS ARE NOT DONE BY OUTSIDE ENTITIES. UH, QUITE HONESTLY, THAT THAT PRACTICE STARTED PROBABLY ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO WHEN THE COUNTY WOULD THEN BE ESSENTIALLY RESPOND TO COUNTY. IT'S A, IT'S AN, A PERSON DISTRICT, RIGHT? WHEN I APPLIED FOR HOMESTEAD, THE GUY CAME TWICE, MADE ME FILE HOMESTEAD TWICE, AND THEY ARE DOING THAT. NOW I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR MEETINGS WITH THE CHIEF APPRAISER IS SO, UH, THAT LEAKAGE IS, IS GETTING REPAIRED, UH, AT THE, UH, THE CHIEF APPRAISER, UH, UM, HE AND I MEET TWICE A YEAR. WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. THEY, THEY, THEY, UH, THEY ADDRESS A LOT OF COMMERCIAL FIRST, RESIDENTIAL SECOND, THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THEIR BOARD. YOU HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT BOARD, ONE THAT REPRESENTS ALL 14 OR 15 SMALL CITIES. SO, UM, SO, AND, UH, AT THAT LEAKAGE, YOU'RE ARRIVING, GOING BACK AND PULLING IT OUT W W WE DO HAVE A RECORD OF IT, BUT EXACTLY HOW FAR WHO OPENED IT, HOW LONG DID THIS ACCOUNT? SO WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE MOVE, UH, AND YOU BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION, THAT WE NEED TO, UH, REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY, WE START PULLING RECORDS, AND THAT'S PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE CAUTION IS ONCE WE START PULLING RECORDS, WE DON'T STOP. YOU'VE OPENED UP A CAN. YES. CAN YOU CONTINUE? JUST ONE, I MENTIONED THAT THE INTEREST RATES ARE GOING UP. UH, WE HAD A CD THAT MATURE, UH, THIS PAST FRIDAY AND, UH, WHICH WAS A POINT 13, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE GOT THE CD WITH, IT WAS BANK 1.09%. SO WE TRANSFERRED $3.9 MILLION. WHAT'S THE MATERIAL. HOW LONG? IT'S PROBABLY A ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. RIGHT. DO WE EVER LOOK AT OKAY. IF I HAVE A PROJECT IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S A LITTLE TAKES A LITTLE MORE TIME, BUT I HAVE A PROJECT IN SIX MONTHS. I WANT TO LOOK AT, RIGHT. UM, THERE'S A PROJECT I WANT TO, I WANT TO COMPLETE IN SIX MONTHS OUT. SO I CAN ONLY PUT THIS MONEY IN A CD FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE I NEED IT IN SIX MONTHS. IS THAT, AND THAT'S HOW WE DO IT WITH THE, UH, WITH A SERIOUS 2020, WE INVESTED, UH, $7 MILLION. AND, UH, FOR SIX MONTHS, KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED IT, KNOWING THAT WE WERE GONNA NEED A SECTOR. THAT'S HOW WE, AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON THE TERSE, THE TIRC MONEY THAT'S IN THERE. 1.8 MILLION. I KNOW WE WERE STILL PENDING SOME WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, I GUESS WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. AND THEN THE ARPA-E GRANT MONEY. WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT THAT. MY SUGGESTION WAS THAT WE DO A TOWN HALL MEETING AND IT WILL BE CHAOS. I UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE CAN BE 200 SUGGESTIONS, BUT IT GIVES THE COMMUNITY INPUT ON WHAT WE DO WITH $9 MILLION VERSUS FIVE INDIVIDUALS. UM, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUNCH OF SUGGESTIONS. WHAT WAS YOUR, WHAT WAS YOUR COMMENT? YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOU, HOW MANY, THE ARPA-E GRANT MONEY, THE NINE POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS IN A MILLION, THOSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE 200 SUGGESTIONS. YOU COULD GET OVER 200 SUGGESTIONS. UM, BUT WE CAN NARROW DOWN THE SCOPE. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH EVERYTHING. UM, THERE HAS TO BE A LIMITATION, RIGHT? UH, BUT THERE COULD BE, I'VE SEEN SOFTWARES AND OTHER CITIES THAT THEY'VE USED TO KIND OF ALLOW COMMUNITY INPUT AND YOU BUILD A PIE CHART, AND WE KIND OF SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS GO WHERE, AND IF INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES AND 50% GOES THERE, 50% GOES HERE. AND 25% GOES TO PARKS AND, AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS AS FORWARD. CAN I THROW OUT THE DOOR? NO, THEY GOT MONEY FROM THE CARES ACT ALREADY. NO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THEM WITH EQUIPMENT AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED. NO, BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN WE FINISH THE PRESENTATION? HOLD ON. EACH DEPARTMENT, EACH DEPARTMENT GOT CARES. ZACK MONEY, RIGHT? I'M STILL JUST TALKING. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ARPA-E GRANT. THAT'S THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION. THERE'S SOME FUNDS THERE. WE DON'T, WE CAN'T. WHEN DOES IT GO BACK? THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION REPORT. IT'S OKAY. TO TALK ABOUT THE ARNO, RIGHT? YEAH. THIS IS THE, OKAY. IT HAS, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GOVERNMENT [01:05:01] FUNDING. THE CHILDREN BY THE PURPOSE AGENDA ITEM IS RECEIPT OF THE INVESTMENT REPORT. NOT WHAT THE CITY IS GOING TO DO WITH THE, THEN THE FIDGET. I UNDERSTAND. SO THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE, THEN WE DO A FOLLOW UP PRESENTATION ON ARPA-E GRANT THEN. OKAY. YOU CAN ALSO DISCUSS IT ON THE NEXT TIME COMMISSIONER ON THE FINANCIALS, KIND OF MORE BROAD, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS IS IT. THE NEXT ITEM AFTER INVESTMENTS IS I THINK NUMBER 17. YES. THAT'S THE ONE. COOL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, BELINDA, YOU FINISHED WITH NUMBER 16. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COMMENT, BUT THEN I WANT TO THANK YOU. MANNY, FRED, FERNANDO, AND THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THE OUTSTANDING AWARD YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THIS YEAR. WE JUST GOT THAT EMAIL THE OTHER DAY. THANK YOU FOR DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON TAKING CARE OF FINANCES. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. LET'S GO TO NUMBER SEVEN. NUMBER [17. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended December 31, 2021.] 17 PRESENTATION, UH, OF, UH, THE CITY OF SAMANTHA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021. AND MS. PARALYMPIAN, YOU PRESENTED. OKAY. UM, MY OWN COMMISSIONERS AGAIN FOR THE RECORD BY OLYMPIA FINANCE DIRECTOR AND YOUR PACKAGE IS A FINANCIAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER 31ST, 2021. UH, WE HAVE THE BALANCE, THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET, WHICH SHOWS A 20,000,020 1005 12 IN ASSETS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS, UH, YEAR, SAME QUARTER, 16,000 8, 49, 6 72. WE HAVE, UH, LIABILITIES OF 4 MILLION, $453,025 COMPARED TO THE LAST YEAR IS 3000005.4 1 43, WHICH GAVE US A FUN BALANCE OF, UH, 15 MILLION 5 68, 4 86 AS OF DECEMBER 31ST COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR IS 13 MILLION, 3 45, 5 29. IF, UH, THE NEXT REPORT IS THE, UH, STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE. AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, UH, FOR THAT MAN, WE HAVE, UH, REVENUES OF 1,081,106. THE YEAR TODAY IS 6 MILLION 1 68, 5 39. THE EXPENDITURES IS, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER IS 1 MILLION, 2000 TO 22 YEAR. TODAY IS $2,980,032, WHICH GAVE US OUR REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OF 77,884 AND YEAR TO DATE 3 MILLION, 180 8, 508. OUR, UH, TARGET FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIOD, UH, IS 25% IN REVENUE. WE REACH 41 POINT 16% AND EXPENDITURES, UH, 21 POINT 59%. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY, BELINDA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REMEMBER 18 GERMAN THER I GOTTA, I GOTTA THINK OF A MOTION BY A MIRACLE TEAM. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANKEL, ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES TO ADJOURN. THE TIME IS, UH, 6 39 AND WE ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.