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YOU READY THERE?[1. Welcome.]
THOSE ARE THE OTHER REGULAR MEETING.THE CITY SEMI-AUTO COMMISSION IS TUESDAY, JULY 19TH, 2022.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO, I DON'T REMEMBER TO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG IN THE US FLAG, AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE VOCATION UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE STATE ONE.
LORD, OUR FATHER, WE HUMBLY ASK FOR WISDOM THAT COMES FROM YOUR THRONE.
PLEASE BLESS US WITH INSIGHT TO TELL US WHICH PATH WE SHOULD TAKE AND WHAT DECISIONS TO MAKE, HELP US MAKE WISE DECISIONS THAT WILL EXALT YOUR NAME AND MAKE YOU GLAD IN US.
WE THANK YOU ALL LORD FOR ALWAYS PROVIDING FOR OUR NEEDS.
WE KNOW YOU ARE ALL KNOWING, BUT WE CONTINUE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TO YOU IN PRAYER TO ASK THIS BITE AT ALL IN YOUR NAME.
[4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.]
ATTORNEY NUMBER FOUR, UH, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WORDS.DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO, UH, TO ANNOUNCE, UH, COMMUNITY INTEREST? YES.
UH, I WOULD APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S HELP, UH, WITH THE RECENT RASH OF, UH, UH, I WANT TO SAY VANDALISM AT OUR PARKS AT, UH, THE RESTROOMS, UH, UH, IT'S NOT ONLY HAPPENING HERE IN SOMEBODY'S THOUGHT IT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR CITIZENS TO, UH, PLEASE HELP US, UH, WITH, UH, KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE, PLEASE REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY.
UH, WE, WE NEED, WE NEED TO, WE NEED YOUR HELP.
UH, W W THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING WHEN YOU PUT A STOP TO IT, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP.
AND I'D APPRECIATE IF EVERYONE WOULD, UH, CALL, UH, THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT ANY TYPE OF VANDALISM, ANY TYPE OF THEFT OF OUR CITY ASSETS.
THESE ARE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR MARTINE, UM, AND LEGAL THERE'S, UM, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE'S A PETITION GOING AROUND TRYING TO GET FREDDY FENDER ON THE HALL OF FAME, AND I'VE SEEN IT FOUR TIMES.
I JUST DON'T HAVE THE CORRECT.
ARE YOU GUYS FAMILIAR WITH IT? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER, UH, BILLY, UH, MS. GARCIA, OUR CULTURAL ARTS OR TO NOTE HAS INFORMATION ON IT.
SO IF SHE WILL, WE'LL LET HER SPEAK ON IT.
IT'S A PRETTY FENDER PETITION.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE STEP UP TO THE LECTURE.
SO THE REASON I BROUGHT IT UP IS I WANTED TO SEE OR WANTED TO KNOW IF WE COULD PUT IT ON OUR WEBPAGE AND SO PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP ON THERE OR SIGN THE PETITION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OKAY TO LEGAL, UH, COMMISSIONER.
I SEE NO REASON THAT WE WOULDN'T PUT A PETITION.
IT'S SOMEBODY DOESN'T PETITION FOR DEFENDERS NATIVE TWO YEARS.
SO I WOULD SEE NO REASON WHY WE WOULD ACTUALLY NEED COUNCIL.
I SHOULD, WE WOULD JUST PUT IT ON.
THAT, THAT WAS, I WAS GOING TO BRING UP THE LAST TIME, BUT I COMPLETELY FORGOT THE INFORMATION, BUT I KNEW IT WAS CIRCLING AROUND.
I'LL PUT IT UP ON OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE AS WELL AS OUR, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE SIGNATURES.
ARE WE LOOKING FOR, ARE THEY LOOKING FOR OUT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF TRACTION.
WE'VE HAD, UH, UH, THEY'VE THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE OF STORIES IN THE MONITOR, UH, AND IN THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD.
SO, UM, YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN GETTING SOME NUMBERS UP, SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET BACK TO, I GOT TAGGED ON ONE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIAS FOR ME TO SHARE WITH YOU.
I DON'T RECALL WHAT DATE, BUT I'LL LET HIM KNOW THAT I DID, BUT YES.
IT'S FOR HIM TO GET THE VOTES TO GET TO THE HARVEY.
YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A PETITION FOR THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME.
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OKAY.UM, ON WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, A A DRIVE THROUGH THE SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY WILL BE HELD ON SOMEBODY WHO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEGIN AT 9:00 AM.
STUDENTS MIGHT BE, UH, PRESENT TO RECEIVE THE FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, 9:00 PM OR 9:00 AM AIR.
NINE, EIGHT M DRIVE THROUGH ON THE, UH, THE ALLEY SIDE, SO, OKAY.
AND, UH, UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE, UH, SALVATION ARMY, UH, FROM WHEN THEY CAME IN.
UH, THEY DELIVERED A HUNDRED FANS TO THE YEAR OLD, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY PLUS, UH, THE WALMART ALSO, THEY DONATE ALSO, UH, LIKE LITTLE SMALL TOY, A STUFFED TOY FOR THE, FOR THE KIDS.
SO MY HATS OFF TO THEM, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING SOMEBODY TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR COMING ALL THE WAY OVER HERE AND, UH, GIVEN THIS, UH, TO OUR, OUR, OUR ELDERS.
UM, I WANT TO BRING UP, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
HE'S NOT HERE CAUSE APPARENTLY HIS WIFE, UH, WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE EXPECTING THE LITTLE, I THINK IT'S A GIRL, UH, THEIR BABY.
SO HE WAS KIND OF NERVOUS AND HE WAS KIND OF, UH, WHEN HE TALKED TO ME, SO HE WAS KIND OF LIKE, IS IT COMING SHIRT? JUST GO, PLEASE GO THAT WAY.
IS IT BECAUSE, UH, I DON'T THINK, I, I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO BE OVER THERE.
YOUR MINDSET GOING TO BE IN THE, IN THE COMMISSION SIDE, GO, GO HAVE A GO WITH YOUR WIFE.
SO HE WENT THAT WAY AND I BELIEVE OUR COMMISSIONER, UH, SANCHEZ IS A SIX.
OH, WE JUST WISH HER ALL THE BEST.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, A GENTLEMAN ALSO, I THINK HE'S PROBABLY 15 YEARS OLD BIRTHDAY TODAY.
WELL, UH, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE AGE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU, UH, UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY.
SO I HOPE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE THAT HAS A BIRTHDAY TODAY, SO I DON'T KNOW.
UH, RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE? PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM NONE.
[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the March 22, 2022 Special City Commission Meeting.]
OKAY.I REMEMBER SIX CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 22ND, 2022 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.
DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY MR. PUTIN VIA FRANCO.
SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
[7. Public Hearing: To solicit input from citizens and stakeholders on Proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan.]
AT EMERSON PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT FROM CITIZENS TO STOCKHOLM STOCKHOLM STAKEHOLDERS ON PROPOSED A FISCAL YEAR 2022 DASH 2023 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG.AND, UH, MR. MARTIN SIGNS, A PERCENTAGE.
CAN YOU DO MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, MARTINE SCIENTIST AT THE CITY BUDGET COORDINATOR.
THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE 20, 20 TO 2023.
AND YOUR ACTION PLAN MERRILL SUB-SITE SO THAT YOU MAY OPEN IT UP.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING INTO PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I WILL, UH, THE TIME IS 5 39 AND WE'RE OPENING UP TO PUBLIC HEARING.
THEN, UM, THE TIME IS 5 39 AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING PRINTED COMMISSIONERS.
[8. Consideration and possible action on the renewal of the Accounting & Managerial Services Agreement between the City of San Benito and the San Benito Economic Development Corporation.]
I DID NUMBER EIGHT CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO THE RENEWAL OF THE ACCOUNTING, UM, UH, MANAGERIAL, UH, SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND THE, UH, SOME OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND MS. KATRINA GUERA PRESENTED ITSELF.UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UM, FOR THE RECORD KETTERING TO GET HER OUT OF THE BUSINESS AND DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR AT THE 72 EDC, UM, PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY IS THE ACCOUNTING AND MANAGER OF SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND THE SAN BENITO EDC.
THE SERVICE AGREEMENT EXPIRED JULY 1ST, 20 W JULY 1ST, 2022.
AND IS BEING BROUGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR RENEWAL STARTING JULY 1ST, 2022 AND EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2023.
UM, THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SERVICES BY THE CITY OF SAN MARINO FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE
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GENERAL OVERSIGHT BY THE CITY OF SAN MARINO CITY MANAGER, THE EDC BOARD APPROVED THEIR AGREEMENT, JULY 13TH AT THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.I MIGHT ADD IT WAS UNANIMOUS, UH, COUNCIL.
UM, YOU ARE THE ATTORNEY FOR EDC AS WELL AS FOR OUR CITY.
UM, AND THIS AGREEMENT, DID IT CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR OR IS IT THE SAME, OR ARE THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT WE NEED TO KNOW? I MEAN, THE, THE, THERE WERE, THERE WERE NO CHAIN, THERE WERE NOTES, NO FURTHER CHANGES OTHER THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE EDC BOARD.
I MEAN, THE AGREEMENT WAS PRESENTED TO THE DC BOARD, THE SAME AGREEMENT THAT'S BEING PRESENTED.
NOW, I DON'T RECALL WHETHER THERE WERE ANY SMALL CHANGES BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR.
UM, THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WERE MADE WERE IN FEBRUARY 9TH, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE, I BELIEVE IT SAID C O SERVICES, MS. REBECCA STEEL.
UM, THEY HAD AN UPDATE TO JUST PUT AS GENERAL OVERSIGHT BY THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, I COULD PROVIDE THOSE DOCUMENTS IF NEEDED, HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, BUT THOSE WERE THE ONLY UPDATES THAT WERE MADE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR.
AND COUNSEL, HOW DOES THAT, UH, WORK, UH, WORK WITH, UH, THE AGREEMENT, UH, GENERAL OVERSIGHT? IS THAT SOMETHING THE BOARD SUGGESTED OR I THINK, I THINK THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE EDC AS TO THE ROLE THE CITY MANAGER WOULD HAVE IN TERMS OF OVERSIGHT.
UM, THERE WERE, THERE WERE PEOPLE ON THE EDC BOARD AS, AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU SIT ON THE EDC BOARD, UH, THAT WANTED, UM, UH, THE EDC DIRECTOR TO BE MORE INDEPENDENT.
AND, UH, TH TH BASICALLY THIS WAS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE CITY COMMISSION AND ADC BOARD IN TERMS OF THE ROLE, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE CONTINUED INDEPENDENCE FOR THE EDC, BUT AT THE SAME TIME OVERSIGHT.
AND SO WE HAD SYRINGE CURRENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF THINGS AND MONIES THAT WERE BEING SPENT PROGRAMS THAT WERE BEING PURSUED, AND THAT THERE WAS A, BASICALLY A CONTINUITY OF CONTINUITY OF, UH, OUTLOOK BETWEEN THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE EDC.
I MEAN, THAT'S BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT I WANT THE UNDERSTANDING TO BE IS THE GENERAL OVERSIGHT OR COMPLETE OVERSIGHT OF EDC, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE INDEPENDENT BOARD, THEY'RE STILL AN ARM OF THE CITY OF SOMEBODY THOUGH.
AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT'S STILL PART OF OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE COMPLETE OVERSIGHT.
I KNOW WE HAD, UH, SOME PROBLEMS IN THE PAST, UH, INSURANCE AND OTHER ISSUES WHERE, UH, I WANT TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THERE IS COMPLETE GENERAL OVERSIGHT, BUT COMPLETE OVERSIGHT OF THE OPERATIONS.
COMMISSIONER AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY THE AGREEMENT WAS AMENDED TO PROVIDE, TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAD THAT ROLE, UH, MS. JONAH ROSA, DID YOU REVIEW THIS AND ENSURE THAT, UH, THAT IS THE UNDERSTANDING? YES, SIR.
I REVIEWED IT BEFORE THE EDC MEETING.
UH, THERE WERE SUBSEQUENT PROPOSED CHANGES, UH, BASED ON, UH, SOME MEDIA PRODUCTIONS.
SO THIS IS THE LAST AGREEMENT THE EDC HAD, AND THIS IS THE AGREEMENT I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TODAY.
AND BY COMPLETE OVERSIGHT, I JUST WANT ONE OF PREVENT ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY WITH INSURANCE AND OTHER ISSUES.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WELL COVERED, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN ARM OF THE CITY.
IT'S NOT, UH, BASICALLY OUT THERE, MS. GARRETT, WE'LL GIVE YOU TESTIMONY.
THEY, EVEN TODAY I QUESTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT ONE OF THE PROGRAMS AND SHE RESPONDED VERY PROMPTLY.
SO I'VE HAD NO ISSUES WITH MS. CASTILLO OR ANY OF THE STAFF, INCLUDING MS. GARRETT.
AND IT WAS VERY, AND THAT WAS DONE TODAY.
I MEAN, WITHIN MINUTES OF ME SITTING IN AN EMAIL, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES ON THEIR END, BUT, BUT, UH, I AM MONITORING EVERYTHING AS MUCH AS, OKAY.
AND AS FAR AS FINANCE OF, UH, OF COURSE WE HAVE THE REVOLVING, UH, YES.
AND THAT ONE, OF COURSE, WE NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT.
UH, UH, I WANT TO SAY ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, UH, I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THAT AS WELL, BUT, UH, AS LONG AS WE STAY CURRENT ON ALL THAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE GENERAL OVERSIGHT THAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
AND, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, ONE OF THE MEETINGS, UH, MS. ROSS'S, THEN YOU FIND INSTRUCTOR ATTENDED THAT MEETING THE NEXT MEETING.
SHE WAS NOT AVAILABLE, BUT THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, ALONG WITH ONE OF THE STAFF ACCOUNTANTS AND ALONG THE CITY MANAGEMENT STAFF MYSELF, WAS THERE.
SO WE WERE PROVIDING THE SERVICES TO THE EDC AND WE WILL, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, THE OVERSIGHT THAT IS EXPECTED OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND BY
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THANK YOU.[9. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance 2606-07-2022 , an ordinance of the City Commission of the City of San Benito, Texas approving a negotiated resolution between the City and Texas Gas Service ("TGS" or "The Company") regarding the Company's April 28, 2022 Cost of Service Adjustment ("COSA") filing; declaring existing rates to be unreasonable; adopting new tariffs that reflect rate adjustments consistent with the negotiated settlement and finding the rates to be set by the attached tariffs to be just and reasonable; providing for the recovery of the City's and TGS' reasonable and necessary rate case expenses; adopting savings clause; determining that this ordinance was passed in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Open Meetings Act; declaring an effective date; repealing any prior ordinances inconsistent with his ordinance and requiring delivery of this ordinance to the Company's and the City's legal counsel.]
I NUMBER NINE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 26 0 6 DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 2 0 2 2, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER, THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS, A PROVEN IN NEGOTIATIONS, A RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE TEXAS GAS SERVICE T G S OR THE COMPANY REGARDING THE COMPANY'S, UH, UH, APRIL 28TH, 2022 COST OF SERVICE ADJUSTMENT HOLSTER FILING DECLARING THE EXISTING RATES WILL BE UNREASONABLE, UH, ADOPTING NEW TERROR, UH, THAT THE REFLECTOR RATE ADJUSTMENT, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE IN NEGOTIATION SETTLEMENT, THEN FINDING THE RATES TO BE SET BY THE, UH, ATTACH TARIFF AND BE JUST AND REASONABLE PROVIDING FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE CITIES AND TGS, UH, REASONABLE AND NEGOTIATE NECESSARY RAPE CASE EXPENSES, ADOPTING SAVINGS CLAUSE, DETERMINING THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, REPEATING ANY PRIOR ORDINANCES, CONSISTENT WITH ITS ORDINANCE AND REQUIRING A DELIVERY OF THIS TO THE COMPANIES AND THE CITY'S LEGAL CONSOLE.AND MR.
AND TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND BACK ON LATE APRIL OF THIS YEAR, 2022, THE TEXAS GAS SERVICE FALL FOR A COST OF SERVICE ADJUSTMENT, THEY WERE REQUESTING $3.717 MILLION.
IT WAS NEGOTIATED DOWN TO $2.750 MILLION.
SO THIS IS PART OF A RATE SETTLEMENT.
IT'S ALMOST A YEAR AFTER THE LAST FREEZE OF SO ALL OF THESE WERE STILL CONTINUING TO PAY, AND THAT'S WHY UTILITY COMPANIES GET TO MAKE THESE, UH, REQUESTS FOR RATE ADJUSTMENTS.
UH, HOWEVER, THIS IS A NEGOTIATED NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE COALITION OF CITIES IN THE, THE FIRM LUG BLEVINS CROSS-LINKS OUT OF BOSTON, REPRESENTS THE CITIES.
SO WE NEED YOUR APPROVAL, UH, APPROVING THIS ORDINANCE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS SETTLEMENT.
HOW MANY SHARES DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
SECOND, SECOND BY
[10. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2022-0719-010, a resolution of the City of San Benito, Texas adopting a Federal Procurement Policy for the City of San Benito.]
I REMEMBER 10 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THIS SOLUTION.A 2022 DASH 0 7 1 9 DASH ZERO 10.
THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY SEMITONE TEXAS DUMPED IN A FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY FOR THE CITY OF 72.
AND, UH, I SIT IN SENIOR MANAGER OF FREIGHT BILL AND PRESENTED THE SEVEN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRETENDING COMMISSIONER FOR THE RECORD.
FRED BELL ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH GRANT WORKS IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR TWO GRANTS OUT OF THE GENERAL TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS FLOODING AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED LAST WEEK, YOU ADOPTED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING GRANT WORKS TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE JLL IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THESE GRANTS.
LAST WEEK, GRANT WILL GRANT WORK.
STAFF CONTACTED ME AND ADVISED THAT UPON REVIEW OF THE CITY'S RECENTLY ADOPTED PROCUREMENT POLICY, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR FEDERAL FUNDING ACCESS, PARTICULARLY TITLE TO CHAPTER TWO PART 200 SECTIONS THREE 17 THROUGH 3 27.
AND YOUR PACKETS IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CFR CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
SECTIONS THREE 17 THROUGH 3 27.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS OF COMPOSERS? NOW? THIS ONE IS A FEDERAL PROCUREMENT BECAUSE WE PASSED THE CITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION BY
[11. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2022-0719-011, a resolution of the City of San Benito, Texas adopting a financial procedures policy.]
I REMEMBER IN CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022 DASH 0 7 1 9 DASH 11.THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY, SOMEBODY TO ADOPT AN INITIAL, UH, PROCEDURES, POLICY AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FEBRUARY PRESENTED THE CENTER AGAIN FOR THE RECORD FOR THE BELL ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEMS, GRANT WORK STAFF ADVISED THAT UPON REVIEW OF THE RECENTLY ADOPTED PROCUREMENT POLICY, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED REGARDING PROCEDURES ON HOW THE CITY'S FINANCIALS ARE DEPOSITED INVOICE PAID AUDITED AND RECONCILED ALSO NEEDED OUR INTERNAL CONTROL MEASURES THAT COMPLY WITH, UH, TITLE TWO OF THE CFR SECTIONS 200.303.
AND YOUR PACKETS IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THESE FINANCIAL PROCEDURES FOR, UH, POLICIES FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
CAN WE JUST, ANY THE QUESTIONS,
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NO QUESTIONS.WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, IT IS FINANCIAL PROCEDURES, UH, AND THEY, THEY INVOLVE OUR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AS WELL THAT THEY DO COMMISSIONER.
WHAT I DID IS IF I, IF I CAN INTERJECT THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION WAS A TEMPLATE.
SO WHAT I DID IS I MADE SURE THAT THIS PROCEDURE FOLLOWS EVERY PART OF OUR IN-HOUSE PROCEDURES, BUT WE HAVE EITHER IN POLICY OR WHAT WE HAVE AS PART OF OUR OPERATING.
SO THE FINANCE DIRECTORS IN HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD THE STAFF ACCOUNTANT, BUT NO, WE WANT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
WE KNOW THAT THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE AND MINE ARE THE ONES THAT IN INCODE, WE, YOU SAY AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN-HOUSE, OR OUR PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE, OR INCORPORATED INTO THIS PROCEDURE HERE.
SO IT INCLUDES, AND THE VERY LAST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE ONLY MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM.
AND IT'S RIGHT BEFORE, UH, YOU SEE THE MAYOR SIGNATURE, THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT MONITOR THIS PROGRAM.
WE ARE CONSIDERED THE SAN BENITO ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THESE FEDERAL FUNDS AND THIS JELLO WE ARE GOING, OR BECAUSE THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE IS A STATE AGENCY THAT GETS FUNDING THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THIS FLOODING, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE FOUR OF US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE INCORPORATED INTO THIS RESOLUTION.
WE WILL INCORPORATE SOME FUTURE DATA INTO OUR OVERALL, UH, PROCUREMENT POLICY THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED SOME MONTHS AGO, BUT WE ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO DEALING WITH THESE FEDERAL FUNDS.
WE JUST, WHY HE NEEDED TO BE MUCH MORE DETAILED.
AND WHEN I READ EVERY ONE OF THESE LINES AND I MARKED IT AND I MAKE THE CHANGES, YES.
THE EMOTION GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.
GARCIA IS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, AIRPORT, TIM VIA FRANCO ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES.
[12. Consideration and possible action to approve the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council Valley Metro's Regional Public Transportation System local match for Federal Transit Administration to operate in the City of San Benito for the new fiscal year starting October 1, 2022, in the total amount of $23,223.20.]
I DON'T REMEMBER 12 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL VALLEY, METRO REGIONAL, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, A LOCAL MATCH FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TO OPERATE IN THE CITY OF TOMATO FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, STARTING OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 SECOND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF A $23,223 AND 20 CENTS AND MINORITY, THAT WAS A PERCENT OF THE CENTER, ERIN COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING PAYMENT TO, UH, THE LOWER LOWER.AND IF I CAN REMEMBER WHO THEY ARE, THE LAURA REAL BRANDY VALLEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, IT'S THE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
IT'S A LOCAL MATCH TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION THAT THE LOCAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT HANDLED.
SO OUR ALLOCATION, OR AT LEAST OUR MATCHING PORTION IS THIS $23,223 AND 20 CENTS.
SO ALL THE CITIES WERE PART OF THE, OF THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S ALL BASED ON POPULATIONS ANYWAY.
SO IT PROVIDES THE, THE HOURS OF OPERATION HERE WITHIN SAN BENITO.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CUT YOUR, YOUR, UH, BUS SERVICE.
UM, YOU MAY NOT SEE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT USE IT BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THE NUMBER OF HEADS.
IT'S NOT BASED ON THAT, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT NEED THIS SERVICE.
SO AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF IT IS IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE FEDS, AND THIS IS OUR PORTION.
AND I SEE NO REASON THAT WE SHOULDN'T APPROVE THIS.
AND THIS IS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, STARTING OCTOBER 1ST, 2022.
AND WE DO HAVE BUS STOPS OR, UH, THIS, UH, THIS, UH, VALLEY TRENT, UH, METRO, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO.
AND THE, UH, OUR CITIZENS ARE WELL AWARE OF THE PICKUP TIMES AND SO ON.
DO WE HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE, EVERYTHING.
AND IF IT'S NOT, I WANT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING THIS OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED IT.
AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE WITH THE INFLATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE MOVING AROUND, NOT JUST THROUGH SOMEBODY'S WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO, MAYBE ANOTHER COMMUNITY OR SO, BUT YEAH, I LIKED THE IDEA.
UH, I KNOW I'VE SEEN A FEW FOLKS SITTING OUT HERE SOMETIMES, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION WAS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT IS WORKING WELL FOR OUR RESIDENTS? HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING FROM, UH, WHO, WHO KEEPS TABS ON THIS TYPE OF SERVICE OR THE, EVERY AT THE, UM, AT THE BOARD MEETINGS AT THE MIRROR TENTS? THERE'S, THERE'S THESE, UH, REPORTS FROM THE METRO? UH, MY DEVELOP
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ON TRADERS IS THE NEW DIRECTOR.THEY'VE HAD SOME CHANGES DUE TO COVID-19, UH, CHANGING PERSONNEL.
AND SO, UH, BUT, UH, IF YOU MIGHT RECALL, TOM, I CAN'T THINK OF TOM'S LAST NAME WAS THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
PARDON? I CAN'T THINK OF THE, UH, BUT THE POINT IS, UM, THERE ARE RIDERSHIP NUMBERS, THEY TRACK IT.
SO IF YOU LIKE FIRST TO GET THAT FROM THEM, WELL, THAT'S, UH, MS. CONTRERAS, UH, TO DO THAT, WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THEM BECAUSE THE LA PALMA SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AND THAT'S WHO'S FUNDING A PORTION OF IT IS, IS FROM COMBS TO OSCAR WILLIAMS. SO WE HAVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, BUT THEY'RE OUR RIDERSHIP NUMBERS.
THEY, THE EA THEY PROVIDE THAT REPORT TO, UH, THE ELECTED BODY, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS THAT ARE ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS, BUT WE CAN REQUEST IT AND SHARE IT WITH YOU.
I'LL SEE MR. FIBULA AND WE'LL DO A BETTER JOB AT, AND WE'LL EVEN SET UP A IT'S OWN WEBPAGE THAT WAY THEY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO IT.
AND THEY'LL SEE BUS SERVICE AREAS EXACTLY.
POINT OUT WHERE THE BUS, THE BUS STOPS ARE AT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LAPEL.
AND I THINK WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT RIGHT HERE.
I NEVER SEE THEM THROUGHOUT THE OTHER BUS STOPS.
I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT IF THIS IS A SERVICE WE'RE PAYING FOR, UM, WE'RE MAKING OUR CONTRIBUTION.
WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PUBLICIZE IT TO DO THE OUTREACH TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT ACTUALLY NEED IT.
AND I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A NEED OUT THERE, BUT ALSO WHAT ABOUT THE BUS STOP, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING WE ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO AS IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S LEFT TO DO IT, AND ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB OF IT? THE, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME OF YOU ABOUT THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, UH, MR. BELLA, AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PEYTON STONES THAT ARE MISSING.
TXDOT HAS DONE SOME WORK IN OUR AREAS, REMOVE PAVING STONES, THERE'S AREAS THAT ARE NOT, UM, LEVEL WELL, UH, YOU SAW, UH, WHEN YOU REPORTED THE, THE POOR, UH, OUR, ONE OF OUR CITIZENS, OUR CUSTOMER THAT TRIPPED ON, UH, A TECH, TECHNICALLY IT'S A CITY SIDEWALK IN A STOP RIGHT AWAY.
TEXTILES IS GOING TO REPAIR IT WE'LL WE WILL, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING NOT ONLY AT, AT THOSE AREAS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUS STOPS.
I WAS TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT AREAS AND CAN WE MAKE POINT REPAIRS WITH INSTALLING PAVERS TO LEVEL OFF THEORIES? BECAUSE IF YOU THINK THAT THE CONTRACTORS THAT DID THE, THE STREET, UH, THOSE STREETLIGHTS, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL LIGHTS ARE GOING TO COME BACK WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GONE LONG GONE, IT'S GOING TO BE US.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO HOW TO, HOW TO IMPROVE THOSE AREAS ALONG THE CITY, JUST BECAUSE IT'S OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A BUS STOPS AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE IDENTIFIED ON THE WEBSITE, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF COURSE, PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT AND KNOW WHERE TO GET THE BUS IF THEY NEED IT.
AND OF COURSE, UH, WE ALSO CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF MAINTAINING THEM, UH, CLEANED IN US.
AND WE CUT THE WEEDS OR WHATEVER.
WE WILL NOT ALL THE BUS STOPS ALONG THE ROUTE.
THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE COVERED.
THERE'S BENCHES THAT ARE NOT APPROVED.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU LOOK OUTSIDE HERE, BUT ONE THAT SPEAK BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS IS THE BUS STOP, NOT THE OTHER COVERED AREAS SO THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE AROUND TOWN.
WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE ALONG SAN HOUSTON.
SO WE'LL DO A BETTER JOB AT IDENTIFYING THOSE.
AND AGAIN, THESE OTHER STRUCTURES, I'M NOT SO SURE THAT WE REALLY NEED THEM.
THEY DON'T PROVIDE MUCH SHADE.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, SOME OF THEM ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE GETTING HIT BY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, NOT STAYING ON THE ROADWAYS.
UH, OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PAGODAS.
WELL, YEAH, THAT'S BEEN, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT, BUT GOING BACK TO THE BUS STOPS, I WANT TO ENSURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO, UH, DO AN OUTREACH TO LET OUR CITIZENS KNOW, AND OF COURSE WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PREPARED FOR THEM TO USE IT AND THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE AND CLEAN AND LIKE A BUS STOP SHOULD BE, IF IT'S GOING TO SERVE OUR PUBLIC, GIVE US ABOUT A WEEK, 10 DAYS, WE'LL DO A WET, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WEBPAGE WILL IDENTIFY, UH, ROUTES AND LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
I WANT THEM TO MAXIMIZE WHATEVER WE'RE CONTRIBUTING TO, TO THIS EFFORT.
NO COMMISSIONERS, UH, ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF YOUR PACKAGE, BUT THERE, IT TELLS YOU MORE OR LESS THE TIMES, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, UH, ROUTE 45, ROUTE 42 AND OTHER ONES, IT JUST GIVES YOU MORE OR LESS A GENERAL IDEA.
AND WE'LL INCORPORATE THIS INFORMATION THERE AND WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND WILL, IT NEEDS TO BE BETTER MARKED, UH, THE SIGNS ARE SMALL.
IT'S IT'S IT? WELL, SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED TO MODERNIZE AND IF WE NEED TO DO WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
MR. WATSON QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
SECOND, SECOND BY
[13. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended May 31, 2022.]
NUMBER 13, PRESENTATION OF THE CITY, 72 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS[00:30:01]
FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31ST, 2022.AND MS. ELIZA, UH, THOSE AS A PERCENTAGE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO MAY, 2022 FINANCIAL REPORTS.
WE HAVE ASSETS AT THE BOTTOM 16, 9 45, 6 96.
WE HAVE MAY 31ST, 2020 1 16 5 5 3, 5 31.
ON PAGE THREE, WE HAVE TOTAL LIABILITIES.
MAY, 2022 IS 2 5 38, 3 27 MAY, 2021.
YOU HAVE 3 0 73, 6 84, AND WE HAVE THE FENN BALANCE OF MAY, 2021 IS 14 4 0 7, 360 9 FUND BALANCE OF 20 MAY, 2021 IS 13 4 79, 8 47.
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE FOR MAY 20TH, 2216 9 45, 6 96 MAY 20TH, 2116 5 53, 5 31.
WE HAVE THE MONTH TO DATE ACTUAL REVENUES, 7 67, 7 41 YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL 11 1 56, 5 89.
THE YEAR TO DATE IS 8 5 25, 3 13.
SO WE HAVE, UH, REVENUES ARE UNDER, UM, BY 4 45, 0 75.
AND OUR YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL IS 2, 6 31 TO 76.
THIS IS OUR, UM, SALES TAX ALLOCATION REPORT.
SO THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S WEBSITE.
WE'RE AT 3, 4 71, 3 0 6 POINT 33 CENTS.
UM, I'M SORRY, NOVEMBER THREE, APRIL.
SO THERE'S A TWO MONTH LAG, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
THIS IS A SPREADSHEET THAT IS ACTUALLY, UM, SHOWED, UM, AT THE BOARD MEETINGS.
SO IF YOU CAN SEE THERE'S, UM, 3, 9 77, 9 93, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT ON I'M SORRY, I'M GOING BLANK.
THESE ARE SMALL, RIGHT UNDER STATE COMPTROLLER 3 9 77, 9 0 360 7.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT INCLUDING THE OCTOBER CAUSE THE OCTOBER'S FROM THE LAST, UM, IF YOU GO ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE COMPTROLLER, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO, UH, ANOTHER SHEET, WHICH I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY PULL IT NEXT TIME.
SO THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE OCTOBER AND IT'LL ACTUALLY MATCH THIS.
BUT I WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE AMOUNT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE SYSTEM AND THE AMOUNT THAT IS ON THE COMPTROLLER'S WEBSITE.
SO COMMISSIONER GARCIA, YOU'VE MADE AN INQUIRY A MONTH AGO REGARDING THE SELL SEX.
WE SAW, UH, A, A DIFFERENCE, UH, AND MS. ROSE'S CAN, UH, ADDRESS THAT.
NOW, IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION, BUT, UH, WE DID FIND THAT THERE WAS AN ERROR MADE SOME MONTHS PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS ROUGHLY 147,000 1 47, 5 24 66.
AND THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THAT.
UM, I NOTICED IT ON THE REPORTS AND I SAID, WELL, THAT DOESN'T MATCH, UH, AT, JUST DOESN'T BALANCE OUT.
UH, AND I KNOW I TALKED TO MR. LAROSA ABOUT THAT, UH, MAYBE A FEW DAYS OR MAYBE A WEEK AGO OR SOMETHING, AND HE WAS STOLEN, UH, OF COURSE ON THE TOP OF MY MIND.
UH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION, UM, GOING BACK TO THE INITIAL PAGE OF
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PAGE ONE, THE BALANCE SHEET OR CASH AND EQUIVALENT OR, OR CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, ARE WE PRETTY MUCH ON TARGET WITH THE WAY WE BUDGETED AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING, OR IS IT ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT MAY PRESENT A PROBLEM? I KNOW THE PROPERTY TAXES, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR AN ACTUAL NUMBER OF COURSE FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW, ARE WE ON TRACK SO FAR? UM, I ACTUALLY, UM, HAVEN'T STARTED PULLING REPORTS.I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH DIRECTORS AND WORKING ON THE BUDGET, BUT TO START, UM, RECONCILING ALL THOSE ACCOUNTS I HAVEN'T SEEN.
I CAN GET YOU SOME INFORMATION, BUT IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT WE'RE MOVING ALONG.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, JUST THE REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES, YOU WILL SEE THAT ON PAGE FIVE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE A 2.6 MILLION.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE LATELY WE'VE HAD A, UH, AN INFLUX OF, UH, WATER BREAKS AND SO MANY OTHER PROBLEMS OUT THERE.
AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT OUR CREWS OUT THERE WORKING WEEKENDS, WORKING OVERTIME, AND I JUST MAKE SURE THAT, OF COURSE THESE ARE NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, OF COURSE ADDRESS EVERY BREAK THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A WEEKEND, I THINK THAT I CALLED YOU ON, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BREAKS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE ONE AREA.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE, THE SPENDING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COVER WHATEVER NEEDS ARE OUT THERE, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
WE, WE GO THROUGH A CYCLE TO TWO TIMES A YEAR WHEN IT'S VERY DRY.
LIKE IT IS NOW THE GROUNDS HARDENING AND WATERLINES BREAK, SEWER LINES ALSO TEND TO BREAK, BUT WE DON'T NOTICE THOSE LEAKS AS EASILY UNTIL THEY GET THEIR STOPPAGES.
AND THEN YOU'RE IN THE WINTER MONTHS.
AGAIN, IT GETS WHEN IT'S A COLD IN THE GROUND STARTS HARDENING UP AGAIN.
WE SEE THIS, UH, WE MET WITH ONE OF OUR WATER CONSULTANTS YESTERDAY.
THE MAYOR HAPPENED TO BE IN THE BUILDING.
AND, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF WATER BREAKS.
AND I THINK MARY, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT 2019, WE'RE LOOKING AT HISTORICAL AS WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS WITH OUR SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE AS ME IN ONE FISCAL YEAR, 290.
SO WATER BREAKS, WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO EXCEED THAT.
AND YESTERDAY I SAID, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE AVERAGING MAYBE ONE OR TWO RIGHT NOW.
AND MOST OF THE MARTINEZ SAID, NO, SIR, I'VE GOT FIVE LEAKS TODAY.
UH, I RECALL A MONDAY OR LI UH, UH, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK.
HE AND I SAID, UH, WE WERE EVERY MONDAY, 9:00 AM, CITY MANAGEMENT MEETS WITH THE, WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
AND ALONG WITH HIS SUPERVISORS, IT WAS A 9:00 AM.
ON ANY GIVEN DAY COMMISSIONER WHEN YOU'VE CALLED SOME IN, AND I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE WEREN'T BEING RESPONSIVE.
SO I GOT, UH, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER LEAKS, I MEAN, BUT, BUT I GET IT COMMISSIONER,
IT CAME FROM THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
WE'RE DEALING WITH LEAD PIPE, NEAR CONNECTION, UNDERNEATH A LOT OF A CONCRETE ROADWAY OF ALL PLACES.
AND THE DECISION WAS MADE THAT NIGHT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL FOR UTILITY LOCATES BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE WOULD BE SAVING, BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING WATER, ISN'T ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT IT'S GONNA COST US ANY EQUIPMENT MAN HOURS AND THE COMPLEXITY.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAD STARTED AT 10 30 AT NIGHT, SOMETIMES ALSO BUSINESS DECISIONS.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THE CITIZENS WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
WE SEE THE WATER RUNNING, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH SUBSURFACE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IT IS.
SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET COMMISSIONER WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, UM, WE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS HOW, HOW DELICATE OUR SYSTEM IS.
AND WE CAN ALMOST TELL YOU WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THERE'S A PERIOD THAT WE ARE JUST GETTING HAMMERED.
AND RIGHT NOW WITH A HUNDRED DEGREE TEMPERATURE OR NEARING A HUNDRED DRINK EVERY DAY, THE GROUND IS IT'S TOO DRY, BUT YOU CAN'T WATER CAUSE THE WATER IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP WATERING RIGHT NOW.
IT IS TOO, TOO DRY, TOO HOT, THE GROUND SHIFTING.
AND WE WILL, AND THE CREWS ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
AND, UH, AND THAT IS ONE THING ABOUT HAVING OUR OWN CITY CREWS DO THIS BECAUSE WE'RE ON TOP OF IT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL FORECAST PROPERLY AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROPERLY.
UH, DURING THE, THE BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS, I DO, UH, MANY, UH, AND YOU KNOW, ME, UH, I WANT TO KNOW AS FAR AS THE BONDS, HOW ARE
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WE ON THE BONDS? HOW MUCH OIL WE USE TOMORROW, DO WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, LEFTOVER, UH, IN THE PAST, ALL OF THEM, UH, THE, UH, THE ROADS WE ALLOCATED A MILLION DOLLARS.I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE USE, HOW MUCH WE HAVE, UH, WHAT'S THE LEFTOVERS AND ALL THAT STUFF ON HER.
AND AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, THE LAST OR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE IN, WE ALLOCATED MONIES IN TWO DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH THE TWO DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS AND MERGE THEM INTO ONE ACCOUNT ONE.
SO, UM, I DID MEET TODAY WITH MS. ROSES.
AND BASICALLY BECAUSE I GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DIRECTORS TO PUT THIS CAPITAL, YOU HEARD ME AT THE LAST MEETING, WE WERE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE MOST AGGRESSIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT YOU'VE EVER HAD.
IT GOES THROUGH YEARS, ONE THROUGH FIVE.
1, 2, 3, STARTING FISCAL YEAR, 20, 20, 23, 1 THROUGH 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS OUT.
NOT ONLY WILL YOU SEE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, YOU'LL SEE A CAPITAL STAFFING PLAN AND A CAPITAL PURCHASE PLAN.
SO THE THRESHOLD THAT I'VE ESTABLISHED IS ANYTHING OVER 50,000 GOES ON THESE CAPITAL PLANS OR SOME, AND NOW WE'RE BUYING ONE VEHICLE.
IT IS A CAPITAL PURCHASE, BUT IT'S A CAR MAY GO 23,000, 25, LESS THAN 50,000.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BUY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUYS MULTIPLE VEHICLES OR PUBLIC WORKS BY, AND THAT EXCEEDS AT 50,000 IN AGGREGATE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PLAN.
WE'RE WORKING ON A VEHICLE POLICY, LIKE A VEHICLE REPLACEMENT POLICY.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THE BONDS OF 2019, THE 2020 BONDS.
SOME OF THE OLDER BONDS THAT WE'VE GOT, WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS ALREADY.
SO I THINK THE, I CAN'T RECALL, BUT TO PARAPHRASE, YOU SAID I HAD HIM IN PANIC MODE BECAUSE I GAVE HIM TILL FRIDAY TO GIVE IT TO ME, NOT, YOU KNOW HOW I AM, I DON'T GET WHAT I WANT.
SO, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING OUR STAFFS AND OUR DIRECTORS.
YOU'VE, UH, YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO, TO HIRE MORE INDIVIDUALS TO GREAT, THAT DEPTH WE'RE SETTING THAT EXPERT EXPECTATION ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THAT SECOND WORKSHOP AND WE CAN DISCUSS MORE THIS LATER AS WE GET, BECAUSE I, I PUT A, AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT IT'S MAINLY FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS SO WE CAN GO DO THE RESEARCH.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO IT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME, BUT WE'RE NOT WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE.
BUT I ASSURE YOU AND COMMISSIONERS, YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE ALL YOUR FUNDS ARE AT AND WHERE THESE ARE GOING.
AND I AM GLAD THAT MY DIRECTORS AREN'T IN PANIC MODE.
ANOTHER, THE PUSH OF COMMISSIONERS.
NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED BONDS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME REALLY OLD BONDS THAT WE STILL HAVE OUTSTANDING OUT THERE, IS THAT GOING TO BE WORKED INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT? IT CERTAINLY WILL BE IN OUR NEW CAPITAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
PROJECT COORDINATOR IS ON BOARD AND HE'S GONNA EARN HIS KEEP.
BECAUSE OF COURSE ARE CERTAIN ONLY CERTAIN SPECIFIC THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THOSE BONDS.
SO WE NEED TO EXECUTE THAT ALREADY.
AND THIS IS, UH, I WANT TO SAY, WHAT IS THE OLDEST, UH, BOND THAT WE HAVE THERE? WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? 2007? MAYBE I REMEMBER.
BUT WE NEED TO START DOING THAT.
I LIKE TO PLAN, NO, I REALLY DO.
GETTING SOMEBODY ON BOARD, THAT'S GOING TO HELP US, UH, OF COURSE, UH, UTILIZE THESE MONIES TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE.
UH, AND THAT TOOK THOSE BONDS.
UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE INTENDED FOR AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN EXECUTED YET.
WE NEED TO AT WORK AND WORK IT INTO THE, INTO THE EQUATION.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, TELL ME THE TITLE AGAIN, PROJECT, ESPECIALLY CAPITAL AND HABITS.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ANYTHING THAT'S A CAPITAL PROJECT.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE CDBG FUNDS THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO THE PARKS.
THE PARKS IS MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT BE UNDERSTAFFED, OR THEY MAY NOT HAVE THAT SKILLSET.
THIS PROJECT COORDINATOR WILL HELP US GET THOSE, GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE.
SO HE IS NOT JUST WORKING IN WATER AND SEWER MAYOR.
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS, UH, ROUGHLY THE 9000003.88 ARE BEING UTILIZED.
TELL US THAT THE WATER AND SEWER RATE INCREASES.
THE OTHER 6.1 ARE BEING INCORPORATED INTO THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.
AND THEN EVEN THEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO FIX EVERY PROBLEM WE'VE GOT.
SO THEN WE WILL PRIORITIZE THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE DEEMED TO BE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS YOUR PARKS ISSUES.
FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME CBG FUNDS THAT WE GOT TO GET BEHIND US.
WELL, IF WE NEED TO, UH, POSSIBLY UTILIZE SOME OF THE UNASSIGNED RESERVES TO FINISH A PROJECT OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S BRING UP THE PAVILION OR THE BATHROOMS. IF WE'VE GOT SOME FUNDS AND WE NEED TO CLOSE THE GAP, WE WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE NEED FROM THESE UNASSIGNED FUNDS THAT WE YOU'VE BEEN ALLOWING US TO, TO
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BUILD UP THIS WAR CHEST SO WE CAN PAINT THINGS AGAIN.IT HELPS YOU WITH FUTURE BONDS AND KEEPS YOUR BOND RATINGS DOWN.
WE ARE SOLVING, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND IT ON.
WE WANT TO LEVERAGE AS MUCH OF OUR FUNDS AS POSSIBLE WITH THE PROJECTS WE HAVE CLOSED THEM OUT AND MOVE ON.
WE KNOW WE'VE HAD VANDALISM IN PARKS.
SOME OF THESE FUNDS WILL GO TO THE CEMETERY.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, VANDALISM AT A PARK OR BATHROOM OR THE, OR THE FIRST RESPONDERS, COMMUNITY PARK IT'S UNFATHOMABLE.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE VANDALISM AT THE CEMETERIES, IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, SO WE HAVE FUNDS FOR CERTAIN AREAS AND WE ARE GOING TO PRIORITIZE.
THAT'S WHY, UH, WHEN I RESPONDED TO COMMISSIONER GALVAN ABOUT HIS CONCERN, YES, WE ARE GOING TO PROTECT THOSE ASSETS THAT WE CAN PROTECT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH THAT WE CANNOT ADDRESS EVERY, EVERY TRAIL, BUT WE WILL PROTECT OUR ASSETS, OUR BUILDINGS.
THESE ARE NOT JUST OUR BUILDINGS.
HE'S GOT THE COMMUNITY BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT, AND WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM.
SOMETIMES WE'RE PROTECTING THEM FROM THEIR OWN NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS OR SOMEBODY THAT JUST WANTS TO DESTROY PROPERTY.
AND WE, WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S OCCURRING HERE.
SO IF WE CATCH THEM, WE WILL PROSECUTE.
BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BE MUCH MORE PROACTIVE BY PUTTING UP CAMERAS SO WE CAN IDENTIFY THESE INDIVIDUALS WELL PROACTIVE IN PREVENTING IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DEFINITELY, WE WERE AT THE POINT OF BEING REACTIVE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING.
UH, I THINK, UH, WE HAD, UH, UH, AND IT'S WORSENING, ISN'T IT? I THINK IT'S GETTING WORSE.
DIDN'T WE HAVE A, SOME TYPE OF SITUATION OVER HERE AT, UH, HEAVEN TRAIL, WHICH WASN'T EXACTLY TEARING DOWN BATHROOM STALLS OR BREAKING.
IT WAS MORE OF LIKE A VANDALISM OF ANOTHER TYPE, BUT, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO WORK, UM, REALLY CLOSELY WITH PD TO ENSURE THAT WHAT IS BEST WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HELP US, UH, COULD IT BE BRINGING BACK A CRIMESTOPPERS UNIT? COULD IT BE CAMERAS WITH BETTER RESOLUTION IF IT'S OUT THERE, UM, WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING, UH, BETTER, UH, TOGETHER AND IT SHOULD BE QUICKLY, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, I KNOW FOLKS OUT THERE PROBABLY RELUCTANT TO CALL 9 1 1.
IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, UH, THEY DON'T CONSIDER AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF SITUATIONS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE HAPPENED WHEN PEOPLE CALL NINE ONE ONE, BUT IF THEY CALL CRIME STOPPERS, MAYBE A HOTLINE OR SOMETHING THAT'S DIRECTED TO THE DISPATCH OR SOMETHING AT PD, OR MAYBE AN ASSIGNED OFFICER, I DON'T KNOW, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO SEE IF THE CHIEF OR ANYONE OUT THERE THAN THE PD COME UP WITH AN IDEA.
IF YOU LOOK AT RIGHT A COMMISSIONER, PARDON THE CHIEF, WE ALREADY HAD THAT DISCUSSION TODAY.
CRIMESTOPPERS WORKS WELL, IF YOU'VE GOT MORE CRIMES THAT ARE ABOVE VANDALISM, SOME OF THESE ARE JUST CLASS CS OR CLUBS, BUT WE ARE HAVING, IF YOU NOTICE WE'RE HAVING MORE, UH, CONFLICT ARMED ROBBERIES AGGRAVATED THOSE KINDS OF THOSE ARE CRIMES OPPOR.
THERE ARE, THAT IS CALLED THE CHIEF.
AND CAN TELL ME THE P SOMETHING, MS. ROSA, IF YOU'LL LET HIM SPEAK.
YEAH, NO, AND IT'S GOOD BECAUSE AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS OR I'M LOOKING AT THESE THINGS, BUT HE CAN TELL YOU WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS FOR THE RECORD POLICE CHIEF MIGHT'VE HAD IT.
WE HAD BEEN LOOKING AT A P THREE TIP SYSTEM.
UH, WE LOOKED BACK, WE LOOKED AT IT BACK IN, UH, FEBRUARY AND IT IS, UH, THE CITIZENS CAN DOWNLOAD AN APP AND THEY CAN SEND IN, UH, A TIP OFF OF SORTS THAT THEY SEE SOMETHING.
OR IF WE HAVE AN ACTIVE CASE, IT'S SIMILAR TO, UH, IT ACTUALLY, SOME CITIES HAVE IT WITH CRIMESTOPPERS, UH, BUT I'VE TALKED TO THE REPRESENTATIVE AND HE SAID, WE CAN, WE CAN PUT IT IN PLACE WITHOUT THE CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM CRIMESTOPPERS.
UH, WHAT YOU GOTTA DO IS YOU HAVE TO SET UP A COMMITTEE AND THERE THERE'S RULES ON WHO CAN BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO IT.
BUT IF WE SET UP SOMETHING ON THIS SIDE, UM, SOMETHING TO THIS DEGREE, I THINK IT'LL WORK OUT WELL FOR US.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WORTH THE TRIAL RUN.
AND, UH, I AM LOOKING INTO IT.
I ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE GENTLEMAN TODAY.
WELL, IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING COMPLICATED FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO REPORT A CRIME.
I'M LOOKING SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, MAYBE A PHONE NUMBER, UH, ONE PARTICULAR PHONE NUMBER THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO CALL BECAUSE I DON'T EXPECT THEM TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL NINE 11.
IF THEY SEE SOMEBODY VANDALIZING SOMETHING OR STEALING SOMETHING FROM ONE OF OUR ASSETS OUT THERE, NO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY TO CALL.
UH, AND IT USED TO WORK WELL IN THE PAST.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, UH, UH, PRETTY MUCH, UH, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO CALL, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CALL 9 1 1.
I KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD, I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE BEFORE WHERE THEY JUST SAY, NO, IT'S TOO MUCH TROUBLE AND THIS AND THAT.
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LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WISH THEY WOULD DO THAT, BUT IS THERE, AND I, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ME NOW.I'M JUST, IT'S JUST ME THINKING.
WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO SIMPLIFY THE INDIVIDUALS REPORTING OF, UH, UH, I WANT TO SAY, UH, NOT, NOT, UH, MURDER OR ANYTHING, LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO CALL 9 1 1 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT A MISDEMEANOR OR, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST ANY, ANY TYPE OF VANDALISM.
AND WITH THIS APP, IT IS VERY EASY TO USE.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY UPLOAD PICTURES AND SHORT VIDEOS TO IT.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO IF SOMEBODY SEES SOMETHING TAKES A PICTURE, THEY CAN TEXT IT TO THAT NUMBER.
AND IT'S GOING, THAT WILL ALERT ME.
IT'LL ALERT WHOEVER I HAVE ON THE ADMIN TEAM OR THE SUPERVISOR PHONE THAT, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS OCCURRING.
UH, AND, UH, I THINK IT'LL WORK WELL.
UM, AND I THINK IT IS WORTH THE TRIAL RUN.
IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO ANYTHING.
YEAH, RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO STOP THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS NONSENSE OF WE'RE BUILDING A PARK, WE'RE BUILDING, UM, RESTROOMS AND FOR SOMEONE TO JUST COME IN AND DESTROY.
AND, UH, NO, WE NEED TO PUT A STOP TO THIS.
AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT WE WILL PROSECUTE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR ASSETS.
IT'S OUR COMMUNITY ASSETS, AND WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SAVE THIS, UH, WHATEVER ASSETS WE HAVE.
ONE REGARDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
HOW FAST CAN WE SEE THAT PLAN IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE BUDGET? IT'S PART OF THE BUDGET COMMISSIONER YOU'RE GOING TO ADOPT WHEN YOU ADOPT THAT BUDGET, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A PLAN YEAR.
ONE TO YEAR TWO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO US.
I WON'T FOR YOU, BUT FOR LONG-TERM YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS ARE.
NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE A, A FILTRATION SYSTEM, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT THE LIFE, THE SHELF LIFE OF A FILTER, AND WE HAVE OVER 800, UH, MEMBRANES IN THAT SYSTEM.
THERE THEY ARE SO COSTLY THAT BY THE TIME WE GO TO REPLACE THEM AT THE 10 YEAR PERIOD, THERE WERE A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO IS GOING TO, UNLESS OUR ENGINEER'S CONVINCES OTHERWISE IN MARRIAGE, YOU HEARD THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH ENGINEERS.
THE POINT IS THAT WHEN, WHEN WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING FILTERS AND THESE FILTERS COME FROM AUSTRALIA, WE HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT COMES FROM OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE THAT WE CONVERT THIS PLANT FROM A FILTRATION SYSTEM TO A CONVENTIONAL, THEY WILL CUT BACK OUR CHEMICAL COSTS AND GO BACK TO JUST THE WAY THE, YOU KNOW, WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE DOES.
SO YOUR CAPITAL PLAN NEEDS TO SHOW THAT PLAN.
AND THEN THAT CONVERSION THAT'S HOW FAR OUT WE'RE PLANNING THIS COMMISSION.
IF WE, IF WE'RE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CITY AND AT THE SIZE THAT WE'RE GETTING, WE SHOULD BE PLANNING 20 YEARS OUT FOR EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE GOT.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND THE OTHER ONE, UH, I KNOW BACK IN THE DAY, SOMETIME AGO, A PART OF THE PATRONA WAS BIKE PATROL AND, UM, HAVING TRUE, WE STILL, WE STILL DO HAVE THE, UH, THOSE BIKES THERE, BUT, UM, WE HAD, UH, ISSUES OF, OF WHICH OFFICERS WERE GOING TO DO IT.
AND, UH, I, I GUESS IT'S WITH THE YOUNGER OFFICERS THAT THEY, THEY WEREN'T, THEY COULDN'T RIDE THE BIKES SOMETIMES.
SO, UM, IT, IT IT'S, IT, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYBODY OUT THERE.
THAT'S NOT CERTIFIED TO DO IT.
I, I, THE REASON I BRING IT UP, LIKE I KNEW IT WAS GOING ON ONE TIME, UH, AND MAYBE USE IT AS AN INCENTIVE FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO DO THAT DURING THAT TIME.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WOULD HELP AND NOT SAYING FOR THEM TO BE, UM, THE THREE SHIFTS OUT THERE JUST MAYBE FROM THREE TO 11 WHEN IT'S, UH, WHEN THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE AND THEIR PAST 11 HAVING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA THINK ABOUT IT AND I'LL GET WITH MY COMMAND STEPS OR WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT IT THAT I WANT ANYBODY OUT THERE IN THE BIBLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO REALLY WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
UM, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE ADDRESSING THIS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, BUT OF COURSE, I'M GONNA LEAVE UP TO YOU, UM, TO FIND OUT HOW, OR MAYBE OTHER COLLEAGUES, UH, YOU KNOW, HERE THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE AND HELP YOU COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF A SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS THAT FROM HAPPENING.
SO YOU SAID YOU STILL HAVE THE BIKES.
WE STILL HAVEN'T OUR DISTRICT.
RIGHT? SO THE MEASURE WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT USING ONE HERE RECENTLY, AND THE REASON BEING IS WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO IT BECAUSE PART OF IT IS GOING TO BE PART OF OUR, UM, APPROACH TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THESE, SOME OF THESE, UH, VANDALISM.
SO, UH, W WE HAVE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WHAT WE PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR APPROACH IS GOING TO BE TO CATCH THESE SUSPECTS
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YOU WERE AT THAT, UH, LESS, UH, TML, THOSE CAMERAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.UH, I DID, UH, LOOK AT THOSE AND I DID TALK TO, UH, I TALKED TO THOSE PEOPLE AND I TALKED TO ANOTHER VENDOR.
UM, THE ONLY THING IS WHEN I SAW THE FIRST RESTAURANT TO PARK, CAUSE I WAS OUT THERE THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS LOOKING AT WHERE WE COULD SET THEM UP.
CAUSE YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM UP PRETTY HIGH AND YOU DO HAVE TO PLUG THEM IN.
AND I THINK THE TREE CANOPY IS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT GETS US THERE BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HIGHER THAN THE TREE.
SO YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE AMPHITHEATER.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE CONCESSION STAND.
SO I, I THINK THOSE ARE, UH, THOSE MIGHT NOT WORK WELL, THERE, THEY MIGHT WORK WELL AT FIRST RESPONDER SPORT.
SOME OF THOSE CAMERAS THAT, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, OR WE TALKED WITH THE VENDORS AUTHOR THERE, YOU CAN MOVE AROUND.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS HAVE THEM AT THE SAME LOCATION.
SO YEAH, THEY, THEY, THEY NEED TO RECORD.
YOU START RECORDING, THEN YOU NEED TO START SAVING THINGS, RIGHT? SO OURS IS, WE'RE NOT HAVING, WE'RE NOT RECORDING FOR A LONG PITCH.
SO IF WE DON'T CATCH IT, WE HAVE A SUSPECT AND IT RECORDS OVER ITSELF.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO START GETTING OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS.
WE GET TO BUY MORE SERVERS TO MAINTAIN.
SO WE WERE WALKING THAT FINE LINE WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE'RE RECORDING, WHAT OUR RESOLUTION IS.
AND AGAIN, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, THE CHIEF AND I TODAY, I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT JUST SIT AND WATCH CAMERAS.
AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD ADD MORE PERSONNEL TO, TO MONITOR, TO JUST BE, SO WE HAVE TO PUT SOME TYPE OF AN ALERT THAT THESE THINGS GO OFF.
IT PICKS UP SOMEBODY JUST LIKE YOU WALK UP TO YOUR HOME.
SOMEBODY IN YOUR SPOTLIGHT COMES ON.
WE WANT THESE THINGS BEING TRIGGERED.
WE NEED BETTER RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE HAD THEM A WATT.
SO, UH, WE WANNA, WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR SYSTEM.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S BAD WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL IDENTIFY THEM.
SOME OF THOSE CAMERAS THAT, THAT, THAT THEY SET UP THOUGH.
THOSE TOWERS AT THE SET UP AT THE PARKING LOT THAT WE LOOKED INTO.
ONE OF THOSE I'VE NEVER LOOKED INTO THEM.
I KNOW THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
UH, BUT I'VE, I'VE NEVER, UH, NEVER ACTUALLY I SAID THE FORFEITURE FUNDS, I THINK THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE.
THOSE ARE JUST IDEAS THAT, AND I THINK WE'RE AT A CROSSROAD RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT GETS WORSE.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING ABOUT RESOLUTION AND THINGS, OF COURSE, UH, MAYBE CAMERAS WITH A GOOD RESOLUTION OR, UH, WITH THE BEST RESOLUTION, UM, BUT ON A TIMER, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SPLASH PAD AND THAT ONE HASN'T BEEN AFFECTED YET, RIGHT.
I HOPE WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO PREVENT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN AFFECTED BY THERE'S SPLASH PADS BEING VANDALIZED.
UM, I THINK I WAS TELLING HARLAN RECENTLY I SAW A REPORT ON TV ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, I MEAN, IT TOOK US YEARS TO GET OUR SPLASH PAD AND HERE WE COULD HAVE IT ALL DAMAGED AND ONE NIGHT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT, AND I KNOW IT'S TOUGH OUT THERE, BUT OF COURSE, YEAH.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THERE AS FIRST RESPONDERS PARK.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT CAMERAS BETTER RESOLUTION.
AND WHILE THEY'RE THERE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MONITOR IT MUCH EASIER THAN, THAN DISPATCH WILL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, WE IMPROVED THE DRIVEWAY.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE COLUMBUS STREET THAT COMES IN, UH, OFF THE NORTHERN SIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT GATES, WE'RE GOING TO PUT HERE'S THE THING.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T GENERALLY WALK THE, OF THE PARKS AND WHERE THEY GET TO A VEHICLE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CATCH VEHICLES THAT ARE DRIVING THEM WITH RESOLUTIONS, UH, HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH RESOLUTION THAT WE CAN READ LICENSE PLATES, BUT THE IDEALIST I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE CANOPIES OR THE AREAS I'M WORRIED ABOUT ASSETS.
CAN WE IDENTIFY, CAN WE PUT SOME TYPE OF AN ALERT SYSTEM AND THEN UTILIZE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE PARK IS RIGHT THERE.
SO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AGAIN, IT'S NOT THEIR FUNCTION TO BE LOOKING AT THE CAMERA, BUT IF WE SEE IT WE GOT THE LIGHTS.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB AT PROTECTING THOSE ASSETS.
THAT'S THE NEWEST PART, BUT THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT TO US, BUT IT'S BREAKING RESTAURANTS, BREAKING PARTITION, BREAKING COMMODES, AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S JUST, LIKE I MENTIONED ABOUT THIS FLASH PAD.
HOW MANY YEARS DID IT TAKE US TO GET US FLASHBACK AND MONIES FROM THIS FUND MONEY? NO, WE NEED MORE MONEY.
NO, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH YEAR AFTER YEAR TO FINALLY GOT IT BUILT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M LOOKING AT US.
LIKE, GOSH, WE GOT TO FIND A BETTER WAY TO PROTECT OUR ASSETS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.
THAT CONCLUDES THE DISCUSSION ON SALES TAX, I GUESS.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, ANY MORE FOR MR. QUESTIONS COMPOSERS? IS THAT IT? YEP.
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15 ZIKA DECISION CONSULTA CONSULTATION WITH A CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.THE 5 5 2 0.1071 TO DISCUSS THEIR PRIVILEGE.
COMMUNICATION ARE PROTECTED BY THE, UH, UH, ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
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AND, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER 15 B CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PERCENT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 0 1 0.074 TO DIRECT WHERE THE APPOINTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, ASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE AND DISMISSAL, THE PUBLIC SER, UH, OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE THE PLAN, THE PLANNING MANAGER, AND THE TIME IS SIX 30 AND WE'RE GOING INTO CAUSE THIS DECILE AND THE TIME IS 7 0 1.AND WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION OUT OF NUMBER 16, UH, CONSIDERATION PATHWAY TWO ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM 15 EIGHT.
THERE WAS NONE ON THAT ONE AND I DON'T WANT A 17 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT.
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM NUMBER 15 B, AND THE WE'RE GOING TO DO HAVE MOTION, MOTION TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSED.
SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES TO ADJOURN? THE TIME IS 7 0 2.