Mar 07, 2023 Commission Meetings

UH, I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVE THANKS TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOOD, UH, UH, I GUESS THE FOOD BANK THAT WE HAD.

AND, UH, IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS.

UM, WE HAD, UH, SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS THERE AND THE, UH, ALSO THE, UH, UH, THE ROTARY CLUB THAT HELPED OUT IN DISTRIBUTING THE, THE FOOD OUT THERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR, FOR HELPING US, THE CITY, HELPING THIS, UH, TAKE THIS, UH, FOOD DRIVE OUT THERE TO THE COMMISSIONERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, NO.

I DO WANT TO BRING UP, UH, UH, SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN, UH, PHONE CALLS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND ALL I'M ASKING THE, THE, UM, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE RUNNING RIGHT NOW TO PLEASE, UM, JUST BE MINDFUL OF WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THE, UH, ASSIGNED, PLACING THE SIGNS IN THE LOCATIONS.

AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, BE, BE MORE MINDFUL OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.

SO, I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BE RESPECTFUL, RESPECTFUL TO EACH ONE OF US.

SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, AGAIN, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? NO.

[5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes). ]

ON.

NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENT.

RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, MA'AM.

UM, WELL, I'M HERE TODAY TO, OH, MA'AM.

UH, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

OH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, SORRY.

AARON EZ FIVE 60 NORTH TRAVIS STREET, SAN BONITO, TEXAS.

AND THEY TOLD ME, OH, IT'S A HOLIDAY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT TILL THEY COME BACK.

UH, WELL, I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS A CONCERN ABOUT A LOT OF THE ABANDONED PETS THAT, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A WHILE, BUT I MYSELF HAVE TAKEN IN TWO, HOPING TO FIND A HOME FOR THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS LATER THEY'RE STILL WITH ME.

SO NOW THEY'RE PART OF MY FAMILY.

BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I WANNA SEE IF WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION, A RECOMMENDATION OF HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE BUDGET FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE A BUDGET OF $2,500 FOR THE YEAR AND $400 ROUGHLY FOR FOOD.

AND THEY HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES WHO MANAGE THAT AS FAR AS THE VEHICLES THAT THEY USE TO PICK UP ABANDONED ANIMALS.

AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE AVAILABILITY ON WEEKENDS SLASH HOLIDAYS, CUZ I MYSELF HAVE CALLED WHEN THERE'S A DEAD ANIMAL ON SAM HOUSTON STREET

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WELL, THAT ANIMAL'S BEEN RUN OVER WHO KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES.

AND THAT'S JUST REALLY NOT A NICE SITE TO SEE.

SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE THE BUDGET AND HIRE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THOSE ROTATIONS, MAYBE MORE SO WHERE THE OTHER TWO GENTLEMEN WON'T BE DOING ALL THE LOAD THEMSELVES.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS FOR EMPLOYEES, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE, UM, WELL THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER TOPIC ABOUT ENFORCING THE RULES.

LEASH LAWS, CODE ENFORCEMENTS, WHICH I BELIEVE WE USED TO DO A FEW YEARS AGO.

UH, I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IF THERE'S A GRANT WRITER, DOES THE CITY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT? AND IF WE DON'T, WELL THAT'S ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT WE COULD TRY TO USE TO GET MORE REV, MORE REVENUES FOR THAT.

OR MAYBE OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY ITSELF, BECAUSE WE DO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SMALL TOWN, BUT YES, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE HERE, IS WE AS THE CITIZENS AND YOU THE PANEL TO TRY TO IMPROVE THINGS.

UM, I ALSO DO REAL ESTATE.

I'M TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE TOWN, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOME OF THE ISSUES THERE.

MM-HMM.

UM, MY NEXT TOPIC IS BUDGET AND FUNDS.

AM I ABLE TO CONTINUE EACH TOPIC? NO.

NO, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY A THREE MINUTE.

HOW MANY TIMES? YOU ONLY SIGN UP ONCE.

OH, YEAH.

BUT I LISTED ALL THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT SHE ONLY HAS THREE MINUTES.

YOU COULD CONTINUE IF THE COMMISSION.

OKAY, SO DO I HERE.

JUST TELL ME WHEN TO STOP AT THREE MINUTES.

BUT WE NEED TO MAKE THE SHELTER A LITTLE BIT MORE WELCOMING, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE INVITING IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO COME LOOK FOR A PET, BUT THEN YOU'RE TOLD YOU CAN'T GO.

NOW, THE BUDGET, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID INQUIRE ON IS, AGAIN, $2,500, ROUGHLY $400 FOR FOOD.

BUT I THINK IF WE WERE ABLE TO MAYBE PROPOSE SOMETHING AND THE CITIZENS VOTE ON IT, WHERE, WHAT HAVE WE ADDED, LIKE A 25 CENT FEE INTO THE WATER BILL, THAT ALONE WOULD GIVE US $1,800 AND 75 CENTS PER MONTH TO USE THOSE MONIES TOWARDS THE SHELTER, TOWARDS HELPING THESE ANIMALS.

UM, WE HAVE A VET WHO IS WILLING TO HELP WITH THESE SURGERIES FOR SPADE AND NEUTER.

WE NEED A LOCATION.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING.

WHERE IN SAN BENITO COULD WE SAY, OKAY, ON THIS DATE, EVERY MONTH THERE'S VOUCHERS THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIGURE OUT, BRING YOUR PETS AND LET'S START, YOU KNOW, RESOLVING SOME OF THE ISSUES.

UM, I KNOW WE HAVE PLENTY OF EMPTY SPACES HERE, SO MAYBE BETWEEN THE SHELTER ITSELF, WHICH I WAS TOLD, I COULD NOT JUST GO AND VISIT, UM, OR MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN THE PDS OFFICE, UM, WE COULD SET SOMETHING UP.

AS LONG AS WE HAVE POWER AND WATER, WE HAVE A VET WHO'S WILLING TO DO THIS.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CARE FOR THEIR ANIMALS ANYMORE.

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S CUTE WHEN IT'S A LITTLE PUPPY OR A LITTLE KITTEN.

BUT ONCE THEY GROW AND THEY START DAMAGING THINGS, PEOPLE DON'T WANT 'EM ANYMORE.

SO WE NEED ANOTHER WAY TO SAY, OKAY, WE UNDERSTAND.

BRING YOUR PET BACK.

LET'S TRY TO HOUSE THEM.

FOSTER THEM WITHOUT JUDGMENT.

I MEAN, IT CAN GET PRETTY HECTIC, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LARGE FAMILY OR, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN WHO INITIALLY WANTED THE PIT BUT NO LONGER WANT THE PIT.

UH, ANOTHER IDEA I THOUGHT WE COULD USE IS THAT MARQUIS SITS OUT THERE AT THE RIVERWALK, WHY DON'T WE POST PICTURES OF THESE ANIMALS WHO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED OR SITTING IN THE SHELTER? AND WE CAN TRY TO HELP FIND A FOSTER PARENT OR MAYBE THEIR INITIAL PARENT, THEIR FAMILIES.

MAYBE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE ANIMAL, WHAT DIRECTION THE ANIMAL MAY HAVE GONE.

UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY WE COULD TRY TO GET AN ANIMAL PLACED.

UM, LET'S SEE, THE SHELTER, UM, UM, I, I WAS TOLD YOU CAN ONLY GO OUT THERE IF YOU'RE GONNA FOSTER A PET.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SET UP,

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MAYBE I WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT PART CORRECTLY, BUT IF THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEIR PETS, WE CAN ALSO TRY TO ADVERTISE TO MOVE THEM UP NORTH.

I KNOW SOME OF THESE OTHER SHELTERS HELP DO THAT.

OH, CUZ WE HAVE SO MANY PETS.

SO I STOP OR CAN I CONTINUE? NO, MA'AM.

ANYBODY ELSE? GROUP? YES, SIR.

MR. ADAN SRA.

UH, GOOD EVENING CITY COMMISSIONERS MAYOR ADAN OSSA THREE 30 LOZANO, UH, THREE 30 LOZANO LANE SANTO.

UM, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO THERE WAS A MAJOR CHEMICAL SPILL IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, UH, STEMMING FROM A TRAIN DERAILMENT.

IT POISONED THE AIR, THE, UH, THE WATER, UH, WIPED OUT WILDLIFE AND PETS.

WHO KNOWS THE EFFECTS ON THE PEOPLE AND THE TOWN MAY NEVER RECOVER.

UH, SO THE DERAILMENT WAS THE RESULT OF SEVERAL FACTORS, INCLUDING DEREGULATION, UM, POOR WORKING CONDITIONS AND NEGLECTED INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, BUT IT'S NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

DERAILMENTS HAPPEN AT LEAST A THOUSAND TIMES A YEAR.

SO IN A CITY WITH, UH, TRACKS AND MANY OF THE SAKAS, I'M REQUESTING THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, UH, JUST IN CASE IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN HERE, WE'RE ON TOP OF OUR GAME.

AND TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL, TO LOOK FOR POINTS OF IMPROVEMENT.

UM, I LOOKED AT AN OIL TRANSPORT, UH, RAIL MAP, AND IT SAID MUCH OF SAN BONITA WOULD BE WITHIN A DANGER OR BLAST ZONE IF SOMETHING BAD WERE TO HAPPEN.

SO, UH, WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TIME? HOW DO WE MITIGATE CHANCES OF AN ACCIDENT? ARE WE BEING NOTIFIED IF AND WHEN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ARE BEING SHIPPED THROUGH? UH, I WANTED TO TALK NEXT ABOUT HOUSING AND PRAISE EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH RENOVATING OUR PUBLIC HOUSING, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT INVESTMENT AND SUPPORT, THINGS LIKE PUBLIC HOUSING GAIN A BAD REPUTATION.

UH, SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE EFFORTS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY RECENT UPDATES ON THE STONEWALL JACKSON, UH, BUILDING PROJECT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON OUR SECTION EIGHT WAIT LIST AND NEIGHBORING CITIES DISPLACING PEOPLE THROUGH GENTRIFICATION.

IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS PROJECT.

AGAIN, THERE ARE MODELS WHERE CITIES TURN CITY PROPERTY INTO HOUSING.

UM, SO IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE.

JUST GOTTA FIND A WAY.

UM, I SAW THAT WE, UH, THE CITY WENT ON A LOBBYING TRIP, UH, RECENTLY, AND THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST TO LOBBY FOR.

UM, SO I CAN, I CAN SAY IT, UH, AFTERWARDS.

WE CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ALL WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE ALL SPEAKING, BUT, UH, THE STONEWALL JACKSON, UH, WAS, IS UNDER THE, UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

THEY TRIED TO, UH, RENOVATE IT, BUT IT'S $12 MILLION.

THEY COULDN'T, BUT, UH, THEY WERE TRYING TO SEE IF THEY CAN SELL IT NOW.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW.

SO, BUT AT LEAST AN UPDATE WHAT THE, WHAT YOU THAT IT HAS BEEN TRIED TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIX IT.

YEP.

SO, BUT THERE MORE QUESTIONS.

I'LL BE GLAD TO TALK TO YOU AFTERWARDS.

RUTH, ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MAYOR.

MR. RERO GALVAN.

MR. GALVAN.

THANK YOU RUTH.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS.

UH, I'M A CITIZEN OF SANTO AS WELL.

UM, I LIVE ON 7 89 GARRISON STREET AND I'M HERE TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE POLITICAL SIGNS THAT ARE, UH, BLOCKING THE VIEW OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

THE OTHER DAY I WAS COMING OUT OF CABOS AND THERE WAS A SIGN, CLEARLY IN TEXT DOT RIGHT OF WAY, THIS COULD BE YOUR FRIENDS PUTTING IT UP.

COULD BE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE PAID FOR.

SO THIS IS JUST A MESSAGE TO ALL CANDIDATES HERE AT THE SCHOOL.

I MEAN, AT THE CITY AND AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

CUZ THEY MAY BE VIEWING THAT.

WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE, THE WORDING THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR OWN SIGN THAT STATES, I WILL NOT BLOCK TEXT DOT RIGHT AWAY.

AND I MADE A PHONE CALL TO TEXT DOT.

SO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, TEXT DOT RIGHT OF WAY IS EVERYTHING UTILITY LINE TO THE STREET.

SO YOU CANNOT BE UNDER THE UTILITY LINE, YOU HAVE TO BE BEHIND IT.

UH, I AM GONNA FORMULATE AN EMAIL WITH SOME PICTURES.

I'M GONNA SEND IT TO TEXT DOT AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THE ISSUES AND WHETHER WE WANT TO ENFORCE THOSE ISSUES.

IT'S UP TO Y'ALL BECAUSE ALL WE TALK ABOUT IS LIABILITY.

AND THAT'S JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING

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TO HAPPEN.

THERE'S ALREADY ACCIDENTS HAPPENING JUST WITH THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON, AND WE'VE NOW DOWN TO ONE LANE.

AND IF YOU'RE BLOCKING THE VISIBILITY OF ONE LANE, WE NEED TO STOP THINKING ABOUT ADVERTISING OUR SIGNS AND WE NEED START THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MA'AM.

I LIVE AT 7 68 COMFORT LANE.

AND I'M KIND OF, KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON AARON EZ AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE ANIMAL CONTROL, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE EUTHANIZATION OF THE ANIMALS.

UM, HOW MANY DAYS ARE THEY THERE BEFORE THEY ARE EUTHANIZED? AND WHAT EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO FIND THE OWNERS? UM, IS THERE A WEBSITE WHERE THEIR PICTURES ARE POSTED SO THEY CAN FIND THEIR OWNERS OR FIND PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO ADOPT THEM, OR WHERE OTHER RESCUES COULD COME AND LOOK TO SEE IF THEY ARE ABLE TO, UH, RESCUE THESE ANIMALS? UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GIVEN A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO BE SAVED.

SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE'S A WEBSITE FOR THIS DEPARTMENT.

HMM.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THAT DEPARTMENT THAT ACTUALLY REACHES OUT TO OTHER AGENCIES TO TRY TO, TO, UH, FUNNEL THEM TO OTHER RESCUES.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE RESCUES HAVE TO COME IN TO SAVE THE ANIMALS.

SO THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN, IS THE, THE EUTHANIZATION AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO TRY TO SAVE THEM.

AND WHAT'S THE PROCESS? UM, IF I LOST A DOG, HOW MANY DAYS DO I HAVE TO FIND IT BEFORE IT'S, IT'S PUT DOWN MA MAYOR, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T RESPOND TO SPECIFIC REQUESTS, BUT IT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO RE REFER HER TO A STAFF MEMBER OR TO A WEBSITE SO SHE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.

WELL, RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, UH, WE CANNOT RESPOND TO YOU WHILE YOU'RE IN PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND, UH, WE WILL TRY, UH, WE DO HAVE PD OKAY.

THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE WILL, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DIRECT, UH, THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, TO THEM SO THEY CAN GET THEIR, YOUR ANSWERS.

SO, OKAY.

THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THAT WAS MY CONCERN FOR TODAY.

OKAY, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, MS. RUDE.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 9TH, 2022, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP.

[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the August 9, 2022 Budget Workshop.]

DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY.

NO QUESTIONS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR FRANCO? SECOND.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES.

HONOR NUMBER SEVEN, PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK.

[7. Presentation and update on the Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Funds.]

GRANT, UH, CORONAVIRUS, UH, FUNDS AND MR. MARTIN SCIENCE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MAYOR PROTON COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.

MARTIN SCIENCE COORDINATOR.

TODAY I WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PENDING CDBG CB AVAILABLE FUNDS.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CDBG CV FUNDS IS $403,977.

CDBG CB FUNDS WERE AWARDED TO CITIES IN ORDER TO PREPARE, PREVENT, AND RESPOND TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

PREVIOUSLY, CITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE FUNDS BE USED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR SAN BENITO RESIDENTS.

AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY QUALIFYING APPLICANTS.

THE C D B G DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING OTHER PROJECTS AND IS CONSULTING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HU REPRESENTATIVES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

WHAT YEAR IS THE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, UH, FUNDS THAT REMAIN OR FOR THE NEW FISCAL BUDGET? NO, THESE WERE FUNDS THAT WERE AWARDED BACK IN, UH, 2021, UH, THROUGH CDBG.

UH, SO THEY'RE, IT'S A BALANCE.

CORRECT? IT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE REWARDED AND THE TOTAL REMAINING FUNDS.

NONE.

HAVE YOU BEEN USE THIS OF RIGHT NOW IT'S PART OF THE CARES ACT, RIGHT? IT'S CDBG CARES CARES.

ON WHAT PROJECTS THAT, UH, CITY COMMISSION DECIDES THAT WE CAN USE, BUT IT HAS TO BE CONNECTED.

SO IT'S STRICTLY FOR HOUSING OR NO, IT'S, UH, DEPENDING

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UH, UH, COVID COVID 19.

HAVE YOU EXPLORED, UH, ON YOUR BEHALF, HAVE YOU EXPLORED ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONSIDER? UH, YES.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN, UH, UH, WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH HUD SAN ANTONIO, OUR REPRESENTATIVE, IN ORDER TO DECIDE ON A PROJECT THAT MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS AND THAT WE CAN USE, UH, A GOOD PART OF THE FUNDS.

BUT YOU DID SAY THAT, UH, YOU HAD THE ENTIRE AMOUNT.

WE DIDN'T USE ANY OF IT.

PREVIOUSLY, UH, THEY WERE USED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT THE COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY DECIDED.

UH, THERE WAS NO QUALIFYING APPLICANTS.

UH, ARE THEY REQUIREMENTS TOO STRINGENT? WHAT, I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENED THERE? I DON'T, ONE OF THE MAIN UNDERSTAND, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT, UH, THE APPLICANTS WEREN'T QUALIFIED IS CUZ YOU CAN'T DOUBLE DIP IF YOU'RE GETTING, UH, FUNDS FROM THISOR ORGANIZATION.

YOU CAN'T GET SOME FROM CG FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

SUPER EXTENSIVE.

I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE LADY THAT WAS LIVING IN A HOTEL WITH HER KIDS.

I WENT, GOT HER THE APPLICATION, CAME AND TURNED IT IN AND BROUGHT HER OVER, I MEAN, BACK AND FORTH.

AND SHE COULDN'T QUALIFY, WHICH WAS JUST MIND BOGGLING TO ME, BUT IT'S RIGHT, RIGHT.

IT WAS A LOSS.

WELL, WE DEF DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA RETURN THE MONEY SO WE COULD EXPLORE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

THAT'D BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

IS THIS, UH, PART OF THE MONIES THAT WE USED FOR A STIPEND FOR THE EMPLOYEES? NO.

THIS IS, UH, STRICTLY CDBG.

THIS IS STRICTLY, UH, CDBG, UH, THROUGH CDBG.

SO IT'S NOT RE USED FOR RENTAL.

WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND, UH, REALLOCATE OR CORRECT.

AND THAT'S, UH, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH HUDSON SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, TARGET A PROJECT THAT WE CAN USE IN ORDER, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE PROJECT? I CAN BE SOMETHING, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, RELATED TO COVID 19.

UH, IT CAN BE A SUBRECIPIENT SOMETHING, UH, A SUBRECIPIENT, UH, A NON-PROFIT THAT WAS HELPING DURING THE, UH, COVID 19 PANDEMIC MM-HMM.

THAT DIDN'T GET REIMBURSED THROUGH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT CAN QUALIFY THROUGH US.

SO THEY DO QUALIFY IF THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY ASSISTANCE THERE.

THERE HAS, THERE'S A APPLICATION PROCESS THEY HAVE THROUGH, IF THEY, IF THEY MEET THEIR RIGHT.

THE QUALIFICATIONS, BUT THEY NEEDED DIRECTLY FROM COVID.

I SAW SOME CITIES USING CARES MONEY, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN CBG AND REGULAR CARES MONIES.

NOW I KNOW, UM, THEY WERE USING IT FOR BUY A HUNDRED DOLLARS GIFT CARD, AND THEN THE CITY WOULD PUT $50 FROM C FROM CARES MONEY INTO A, UM, A LOADED CARD.

AND THAT CARD COULD ONLY BE USED IN THE CITY SANTO LIMITS, WHICH IT WAS JUST, IT WOULD INCREASE SALES TAX DOLLARS AND IT WAS JUST MONEY THAT WAS ABLE TO BE USED FROM THE CARES.

THERE'S A LOOPHOLE IN THE SYSTEM AND IT BOOSTED YOUR SALES TAX DOLLARS.

IS THIS AN OPTION FOR THIS MONEY? IT DOESN'T.

THAT ONE I WOULD'VE TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN, UH, WITH THE, AT LEAST NOT THE CBG ONES.

EXACTLY.

WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR THOSE CARDS? COMMISSION FOR WHAT? THE CARDS.

IT'S PEOPLE THAT, THAT WANT TO BUY A CARD FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS OR $50.

YOU CAN, IT CAN MAKE ANY MONETARY THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE THE NUMBER.

YOU WANNA MAKE $25 AND WE GIVE YOU, THE CITY GIVES YOU 50 FROM THAT FUND AT THE TML UH, CONFERENCE, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT DID IT, AND THEY GET YOU ALL THE CARDS.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE THEY CHARGE YOU A NOMINAL FEE FOR THE CARD.

A DOLLAR.

BUT IT WAS A WAY TO BOOST SALES TAX DOLLARS.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT HELPS THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WERE STRUGGLING DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE MONEY JUST GETS RECIRCULATED INTO THE SALES TAX REVENUE.

IT'S A WAY TO USE THE MONEY.

A LOT OF CITIES USED IT, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, I'M NOT SURE WHICH CARES MONEY IT WAS ACTUALLY USED.

AND THE CBG UH, FUNDS THE 400,000, UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED BY, UH, HUD.

BUT WE STILL HAVE TO, ONCE WE REQUEST THE REIMBURSEMENT, WE STILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEIR, UH, REGULATIONS.

SO IT'S, IT'S WHAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR THIS HONEY? UH, WE HAVE SIX YEARS.

BUT IT HAS TO BE 20 COVID RELATED.

COVID RESULTS.

SO THEY, IF WE DIDN'T GET IT OR WE DIDN'T USE IT WITHIN ONE YEAR, SIX YEARS FROM NOW, NO.

AND MAYOR COMMISSION SAID HARD COMMISSIONER GAVAN.

THE, UH, THE, UH, THE CARES FUNDS, THE ONES THAT WE UTILIZE TO PURCHASE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT MM-HMM.

AND SET OUT SOME OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS FROM, IS REGULATED THROUGH THE, THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, UNITED STATES TREASURY.

THOSE HAVE MUCH LOOSE, YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AS STRINGENT FEES ARE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENTS.

AND AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, THEY GO THROUGH AN AUDIT.

WE'VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD WITH HUD YEAH.

AND THOSE REGULATIONS.

THAT'S WHY IF IT DOESN'T FIT THERE, SO THAT'S, WE DON'T HAVE THIS 403,000 IN OUR BANK ACCOUNTS, WE

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HAVE TO FRONT IT.

IF WE DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA, THEN WE HAVE TO PAY IT BACK TO HUD AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO GET IT BACK FROM, SO IT'S A VERY STRINGENT REQUIREMENT.

AND IT'S, THAT'S WHY IF IT'S NOT COVID RELATED, THERE WAS PEOPLE THAT SAYS, HEY, I LOST MY JOB.

YOU LOST YOUR JOB BEFORE COVID.

WE HAD THOSE KIND OF IN, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITIES.

SO WE LOOKED AT BANK RECORDS.

IT IS VERY MUCH, THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK WITH THIS.

THERE WAS ANOTHER, UH, OPTION THAT I SAW BEING USED IS THAT THEY WERE HELPING PEOPLE PAY THEIR WATER BILL.

AGAIN, THE MONEY GETS RECIRCULATED INTO CITY SANTO AND IT MEETS REQUIREMENTS.

THOSE ARE, SOME CITIES HAVE USED THAT.

I THINK EDINBURG PRIMARILY, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, SO MAYBE YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE HOW THEY WENT ABOUT THAT AND IF THEY GOT HIT WITH THE CHARGE BACK.

, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING I'LL LOOK INTO.

BUT THERE'S AN OPTION.

I'M SURE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE DELINQUENT ON THE WATER BILL.

WE'LL WAIT FOR YOUR SUGGESTION OR YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH ANTONIO, I GUESS.

NEITHER.

TELL US WHAT ELSE.

TELL US WHAT ELSE WE CAN USE IT FOR AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD.

BUT RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, THAT'S, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S TOO STRINGENT AND, UH, ALL, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE NOT QUALIFYING.

SO.

WE'LL WAIT, UH, FOR YOUR, UH, RECOMMENDATION FROM RECOMMENDATION, HERE'S ARE FARFETCH IDEAS.

THERE'S SOME PROGRAMS OUT THERE, NONPROFIT, I GUESS, THAT HELP OUT.

UH, I GUESS THAT'S FORTUNATE PEOPLE TO REMODEL THEIR HOMES OR ROOM IN THEIR HOME, IN THEIR HOUSES.

YOU WANNA GO SOME LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? CORRECT.

THERE'S OPTIONS, RIGHT? I MEAN, UM, WE NEEDED A COMMUNITY BUILDING DURING THE TIME WE NEEDED, WE HAD THE VACCINATION CLINIC AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

THOSE WERE USED DURING COVID 19, SO THEY SUPPORTED A PANDEMIC RESPONSE.

SO CAN YOU USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO UPDATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE FOR ANOTHER DISASTER PANDEMIC? WE JUST HEARD OF A, A DERAILMENT POSSIBILITY.

WHAT'S THAT? IT WAS FOR HOUSING COSTS, UTILITIES, ET CETERA.

NOT, OH, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC.

ED MURRAY, UH, PRESENTATION UPDATE OF THE UNASSIGNED FUNDS BALANCE.

WELL, MR. SCIENCE, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND FREE WATER NEXT MONTH.

[8. Presentation and update of the Unassigned Fund Balances.]

AND MS. UH, STEPHANIE? HI.

HI.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, SORRY, MAYOR PART-TIME AND COMMISSIONERS.

UM, I'M PRESENTING TO YOU THE, THE BALANCE OF THE UNASSIGNED RESERVES.

SORRY.

FIRST WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A NON-RES UNASSIGNED RESERVE MEANS.

THIS IS AN UNDISTRIBUTED AND UN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF SURPLUS REMAINING ON THE BALANCE SHEET DATE AS A RESULT OF ALL COMPANY OPERATION FROM ITS COMMENCEMENT OF BUSINESS.

BASICALLY, THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE LEFT IF EVERYTHING GOES AS EXPECTED, AND NOT ONLY IF AS EXPECTED, UM, ON THE SAME FUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BASED ON THE, ON THE BUDGET WE HAD, UM, 8 MILLION HUNDRED AND 41 40 5,612.

WE COMMITTED SOME OF THOSE MONIES, UM, TO THE FOLLOWING CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY.

UM, IN OUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION, WE COMMITTED, UM, BETWEEN BOTH CONTRACTS NORTH AND SOUTH, 1.6 MILLION.

WE PURCHASED, UM, JOHN DEERE SWEEPER FOR A STREET MAINTENANCE OF $66,024.

WE COMMITTED, UH, FOR STREET MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS, 1.5 MILLION.

WE, UH, PURCHASED A BROOM, FIRST STREET MAINTENANCE FOR 74,603 WITH 51 CENTS.

AND SO FAR WE SPEND $152,480 FOR THE ST.

ROAD RACE GRANT.

UM, FIRST STREET MAINTENANCE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT, UM, ON SIGN FOUND LEFT.

SO RIGHT NOW IT'S 4 MILLION 7 52, 5 0 4, UH, WITH 49 CENTS.

THAT'S IF EVERYTHING GOES AS SUSPECTED AND IF THE, UH, BUDGETED REVENUES WERE THE BUDGETED IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING AND IF THE EXPENSES ARE WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

UM, NEXT YOU WILL SEE THE DAY'S OPERATION OF OPERATIONS FUND BALANCE, UH, PRESENT TIME.

IT'S 10 MILLION HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE, THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY WITH 49.

UM, THIS IS JUST WITH GENERAL FUND.

WE'RE NOT TAKING IN CONSIDERATION OR GRANTS OR, OR ENTERPRISE FUNDS THAT THIS WILL ALLOWS US, UM, AN APPROXIMATELY 188 DAYS OF OPERATIONS.

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AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY FOR GENERAL FUND AND WE ARE STILL IN MARCH.

SO THERE'S QUITE HALF A YEAR AHEAD TO COLLECT MORE REVENUE AND ALSO HAVE MORE EXPENSES.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.

THIS IS JUST TO KEEP YOU ALL POSTED AND UPDATED.

HOW DOES THAT WORK AND HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THAT? OKAY.

MANY, UH, THE 120 DAYS, WE'RE JUST, THAT'S NOT GONNA GO DOWN, RIGHT? NO, SIR.

RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE 188 DAYS.

THE 120 DAYS WAS, UH, INSTRUCTED BY CITY COMMISSION TO CITY MANAGEMENT THAT THAT'S THE BENCHMARK WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN.

CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY.

AND THAT IS WHAT OUR CREDITORS KNOW IS TO MAINTAIN.

SO IF YOU GO BILL 120 DAYS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I STARTED IN 2016, WE WERE RUNNING 103 DAYS ON A 90 DAY BUDGET.

YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CREDIT RATING WAS NOT AS, AS FAVORABLE AS IT IS TODAY.

IT WAS INCREASED TO ONE 20, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AFTER I CAME ON BOARD.

AND IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED.

SO, AND THEN WE'VE HAD A HEALTHY, UH, REVENUE STREAM SINCE THAT TIME.

UH, YOU, YOU HAVE MORE LEVERAGE AND YOU HAVE A BETTER BOND RATING WHEN YOU HAVE SOME OF THESE RESERVES.

SO YOU CAN LEVERAGE IT OR YOU'VE GET, GET SOME OF THESE, UH, PROJECTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE, THE TWO ROAD PROJECTS.

OSCAR WILLIAMS, NORTH AND SOUTH WITH, UH, YOU PARTNERED UP WITH CAMERON.

THAT'S WHAT DISABILITY, YOU KNOW, THESE FUNDS ALLOW YOU TO DO IN THE FUTURE.

IF YOU GUYS WILL, LET ME ADD, LAST YEAR WE HAD AT THE END OF THE YEAR, 216 DAYS AS PER OUR LAST AUDIT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE QUITE ABOVE THE 120 DAYS.

BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THE UNASSIGNED FUNDS.

NO, THAT'S CONSIDERED PART OF OUR OKAY.

FUND.

SO THEN WE CAN CONTINUE THE EFFORT.

I MEAN, I LIKE THE BALANCE WE HAVE FOR THE INSIGHT AND FUNDS BECAUSE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO, UM, USE SOME OF THIS MONEY IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR, UH, NEW ROADWAYS, FOR, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED.

THIS IS A GOOD BALANCE THAT WE HAVE.

I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE EFFORT, UH, CONSIDERING THE BALANCE THAT WE HAVE UNASSIGNED FUNDS.

I THINK WE NEED TO PUT IT TO USE, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHATEVER IS OUT THERE TO HELP US, UH, REBUILD, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR, UM, CONTINUE PROJECTS THAT, THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE CAN, RIGHT.

NO, IT'S SAFE TO SAY YES SIR.

UNASSIGNED.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SAW THE STING ROAD PROJECT, UH, IT'S GONNA LEAD UP FOR APPROXIMATELY, UH, UH, IT WAS $9 MILLION.

THE APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED.

YOUR PARTICIPATION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 20% OF THAT.

UH, IT BEATS HAVING TO COME UP WITH ALL $9 MILLION.

RIGHT? SO WE SUBMITTED A TEXAS WATER, UH, DEVELOPMENT BOARD, A APPLICATION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER LINES ON BUSINESS 77 FROM 5,000 505 0 9.

THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER 8 MILLION.

IF WE PARTICIPATE IN BASE ON OUR SCORING, IF WE GET A LOAN FORGIVENESS, WE GET A 50% REDUCTION.

IF NOT, YOU GET A LOAN AT A BETTER INTEREST RATE THAN YOU WOULD IN THE OPEN MARKET.

BUT YOU'RE LEVERAGING THESE.

SO THE, THE UNASSIGNED FUNDS, THE 120 DAYS ARE IN THERE, BUT THEY ARE RESTRICTED FUNDS.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CAN'T BE UTILIZED.

WELL NEVER GO BELOW THAT.

SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE IDENTIFIED IN THAT MANNER.

UN LINE MS. STEPHANIE, YOU DID STATE THAT THE UNASSIGNED FUNDS DO NOT INCLUDE CARES ARPA MONEY, NO.

ENTERPRISE? NO, THAT'S STRICTLY OUR FUND BALANCE FOR GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN THE, THAT WAS UNASSIGNED FUNDS IS WHAT I'M SAYING? YES.

THE, THE UN UNASSIGNED FUNDS, WHICH IS, OR RESERVE FUNDS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC EXPENSES OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT I MENTIONED.

AND THIS FUND BALANCE IS AS OF RIGHT NOW AS, YEAH.

SO OF LAST FI UH, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT FEW MONTHS WERE HUNDRED PERCENT.

IT'S LIKE A FEW MONTHS THAT WERE INTO THE SCHOOL.

SO 120 DAYS IS, UH, ABOUT 4.5.

IT'S FOUR MONTHS.

FOUR MONTHS.

YES SIR.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT SIX.

AND IMAN, WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT UNASSIGNED FUNDS.

WHETHER YOU WANT TO HAVE RESTRICTED, IF WE WERE TO HAVE A MAJOR HURRICANE LIKE ROCKPORT DID BACK IN, YOU KNOW, FEW YEARS AGO, FEW YEARS AGO, 2018, UH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA RECOVER IN FOUR MONTHS.

YOU'RE GONNA RECOVER SOMEWHERE SIX TO NINE MONTHS.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UM, THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR MENTIONED THAT WE ALSO HAVE A FUNDS AND OUR WATER AND SEWER FUNDS THAT WE NEVER HAD BEFORE.

WE HAD BILLED THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS BREAK DOWN.

IT'S NO LONGER 10 15,000.

NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM 25,000 TO $75.

$75,000 EVERY TIME.

15 BREAKS.

WELL LOOK AT THAT WATER LINE ON 77 WHEN WE HAD THE CHANCE TO FIX IT YEARS AGO.

WHAT, WHAT WAS IT COST? DO YOU RECALL? WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING IT BACK IN 2018? WE'RE LOOKING AT 2.5 MILLION.

NOW IT'S ROUGHLY A LITTLE BREAK MILLION.

AND NOW WE'RE IN DI SO WE SHOULD HAVE FIXED THE LIFT STATIONS 10 YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS CHEAPER.

WE WAITED FOR THE LAST YEAR.

THAT'S WHAT YOU STARTED.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

DOWN ALONG WITH OUR WATER LINE.

YEP.

ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SEE WHO WROTE TONIGHT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? NONE.

YOU

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THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK.

OH, YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE? YEAH.

[9. Presentation and update on the Bond Balances.]

PRESENTATION UPDATE ON THE BOND BALANCE.

AND AGAIN, HI MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS MAYOR PROTE.

AGAIN.

STEPHANIE S ON THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

UM, THIS IS ALSO AN UPDATE ON BALANCES REGARDING THE BONDS.

SO FOR FUND 44 SERIES 2007, REFUNDED 2015, REFUNDED 2020.

UH, WE HAVE A, A CURRENT BALANCE OF A MILLION HUNDRED AND 65,902 WITH 72 CENTS.

UM, SOME OF THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

THE LIST IS, IS UP THERE.

WE HAD IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PLAZA OF MANITO.

WE HAD, UM, EXPENSES ON HEAVILY AMPHITHEATER PARK.

WE HAVE, UH, THE STREET LIGHTS IN DOWNTOWN AND SWIMMING POOL RENOVATIONS.

WE HAVE A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT TOOK PLACE WITH THOSE FUNDS.

ON THE FOLLOWING ONE, WE HAVE, UH, FUND 46, WHICH IS A CAPITAL PROJECTS.

UM, FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 154,636 WAS 98 CENTS.

AND THE LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE USED TO THE FUNDS THAT WERE USED FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

UM, WE DID THE, THE CITY HALL ROOFING IMPROVEMENT, STREAM IMPROVEMENT, THE AIRPORT CROSSING.

WE ALSO DID THOSE CEMETERY FENCING PROJECT.

WE DID THE NEW CITY CEMETERY STARTUP.

SOME IT PROJECTS CITY HALL NEW FURNITURE, UH, THE WELCOME SIGNS FOR 70 77 AND STINGER AND SOME OTHERS LISTED THERE AS WELL.

WE ALSO HAVE FUND, UH, 47, WHICH IS, UH, SERIES 2011.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 844,926 WITH 80 CENTS.

WE USED THIS MAINLY FOR THE, FOR THE WATER FOR THE PLANTS.

SO WE DID, UH, WASTE AND WASTEWATER, UM, COLLECTION AND POND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.

WE DID A LIFT STATION AND OSCAR WILLIAMS. WE DID THE WATER PLANT AUTO CONTROL PROJECT, THE FIRE HY PROJECT.

SOME, UM, THE LIFT STATION, ARMENIA, AND SOME OTHER DIFFERENT, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE DID WITH THOSE FUNDS FOR, UH, SERIES 2012 FOR FUND 50.

WE ALSO DID, UM, WE HAVE A TOTAL BALANCE OF 270,312 WITH 90 CENTS.

WE USE IT FOR.

SO IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, MAINLY MCCOLO STREET PROJECT ON MILE 17 ROAD PROJECT, MORE STREET PROJECT.

WE BOUGHT SOME MACHINERY AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT FOR THE STREETS.

AND THAT, THAT'LL BE IT FOR ME.

I HOPE THAT PROVIDES YOU WITH A BETTER UPDATE ON WHAT THEIR FUNDS AND THE BONDS WERE USED FOR AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE LEFT THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? STEPHANIE? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WELCOME.

I LIKE CHARTS.

THIS IS GOOD.

THIS GIVES US A GOOD BREAKDOWN.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SUGGESTION THOUGH.

UM, YOU HAVE SOME OF THE MONIES PUT IN DIFFERENT BANKS, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE STORING THEM.

ARE THOSE BANKS EARNING YOU THE BEST RATE OF RETURN? YES, SIR.

BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS MOVE IT AND THEN LOOK AT, SHOULD I PUT, AND THEN WE NEED A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

5, 10, 15 YEARS OUT, WHICH ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING ON MM-HMM.

AND BEL ISN'T WORKING ON.

AND YOU SAY, ABEL SAYS, OKAY, IN SIX MONTHS, STEPHANIE, I'M GONNA NEED THIS MUCH MONEY.

YOU NEED TO MOVE SOME OF THAT MONEY HERE.

SO THAT WAY THAT INTEREST PAYS FOR THE PROJECT.

RIGHT? SO YOU LET THE INTEREST PAYS FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

UH, NOT IT'S GONNA LET, LET THE MONEY MAKE PAY FOR THE PROJECTS.

THE SECOND THE MONEY.

SO I'M USING THE BASE BALANCE AND IT JUST KEEPS ROLLING AND ROLLING.

SO SOMETHING MATURES IN THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS.

AND THAT'S WHY THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR 5, 10, 15 YEAR RECREATIONAL PLAN IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEN WE KNOW WHEN DO I NEED THIS MONEY TO MATURE SO THAT I CAN DO THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THEN YOU'RE JUST USING INVESTMENT MONEY.

THOSE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS.

THANKS.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? SHERIFFS? OH, STANDING .

ADAM, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT AND MS. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

OKAY,

[10. Consideration and possible action to approve the Budget Amendments for the Planning & Development Department.]

UM, WE'RE ASKING THAT WE REALLOCATE FUNDS IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BUDGET.

UH, WE'VE HIRED, WELL, AS YOU KNOW, UH, LAST YEAR WE DID NOT HAVE A DIRECTOR.

SO WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, I HAD TO LOOK

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AT THE BUDGET.

WE WENT AHEAD AND FILLED SOME POSITIONS THAT HADN'T BEEN FILLED, UM, BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING A DIRECTOR.

AND THEN WE NATURALLY NEED MORE, UM, MORE SUPPLIES, MORE EQUIPMENT.

UH, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE ORDINANCES, UH, WORK ON MORE ORDINANCES.

SO WE'RE HAVING TO, UH, POST IN THE NEWSPAPER.

AND SO WE JUST NEED TO REALLOCATE THE MONEY IN INTO, IN THE BUDGET.

ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

AND I SECOND CAROL'S MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN.

NUMBER 11, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.

[11. Consideration and possible action to approve the Budget Amendments for the Code Enforcement Division.]

AND MS. UH, JOANNA? UH, THIS WOULD BE THE SAME.

UH, THIS IS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT BUDGET.

WE'RE HAVING TO REALLOCATE SOME OF THE MONEY, UH, LIKE I SAID, MORE STAFF, THEY NEED TRAINING.

UM, MORE APPLIES.

UM, I'M GOING TO, NOW THAT I HAVE YOU BEFORE ME, UM, I'M GONNA BE ASKING THAT, UH, I'VE GOTTEN, UM, PHONE CALLS FROM A CERTAIN LADY THAT, UH, SHE'S BEEN WA WAITING FOR SOME PERMIT AND SHE HASN'T GOTTEN IT FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS.

UM, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, I THINK SHE'S GOT A TIMELINE BEFORE SHE GETS PASSED UP, UH, FOR THE HOUSE.

SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU REALLY LOOK INTO THIS.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

IS IT, THEY'RE HIGHLY UNDERSTAFFED.

IF YOU WALK INTO THEIR OFFICE, IT'S LIKE A TORNADO WENT THROUGH THERE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A TIMELINE ON THE LADY.

SO THEY NEED MORE STUFF.

PLEASE JUST LOOK AT IT.

UH, JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND ME THE INFORMATION AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND LOOK INTO IT.

IS THIS IN, IS THIS A BUDGET, MAAM? ANY, INCLUDING ANY, UH, WAGE INCREASES OR BASE BASE WAGE INCREASES FOR THE DEPARTMENT? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.

I'LL BE PREPARING SOMETHING FOR THE UPCOMING.

UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, RIGHT? YES.

HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

SECOND BY POLITAN VILLA FRANCO.

ADAM MATO CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR THE STORM WATER DIVISION.

[12. Consideration and possible action to approve the Budget Amendments for the Stormwater Division.]

AND MS. UH, THIS WOULD BE THE SAME THING.

THIS IS MY STORMWATER BUDGET AND WE'RE JUST MOVING SOME FUNDS AROUND.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.

UH, UNDER, YOU'RE DECREASING THE TRAFFIC SIGNS BY 200? YES.

WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT? UM, WE ALREADY ACTUALLY, UH, INSTALLED THOSE SIGNS LAST YEAR, SO THIS YEAR WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO IT.

SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE TO, TO USE THOSE FUNDS.

SO, OKAY.

UM, NO MORE QUESTIONS? NO.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.

I GET A MOTION BY, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

SECOND.

[13. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2252-A, after the Second and Final Reading, amending Ordinance Number 2252, and any other amending ordinances, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 5, Section 5.06 (D) & (E), pertaining to 'Building Yard Setbacks' and repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date.]

SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT WE CHANGE THE ORDINANCE TO 25 FEET.

EDMAN 13, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AND ADOPT.

ORDINANCE NUMBER, UH, 22 2 52 80 AFTER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING, UH, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252, AND ANY OTHER AMENDING ORDINANCE IN, UH, CODIFIED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER IN CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION 5.06 D AND E PERTAINING TO THE BUILDING YARD, UH, SETBACKS, REPEATING ANY IN OTHER, UH, ORDINANCE IN THE CONFLICT THERE WITH TO AS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SANTO AND PROVIDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AND MS. MAD, THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UM, ORDINANCE IS TO UPDATE THE FRONT SETBACK FOR ZONING DISTRICT'S O P N S C ONE, C TWO L I N H I, AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE FIRST READING.

UM, CURRENTLY, UH, THESE ZONINGS ARE GOING TO, ARE AFFECTED BY MULTI-FAMILY, UH, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 65 FOOT FRONT SETBACK.

SO THE FIRST 65 FEET, YOU CANNOT BUILD ANYTHING VERTICAL ON.

MOST OF CITIES DO NOT HAVE, UH, 65 FEET.

THEY HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 30.

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ITEM 14, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE FROM THE, UH, REQUIREMENT OF A FIREY REQUIRED UNDER CHAPTER 10.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY THE QUESTIONS? OKAY.

I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR FRANCO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

[14. Consideration and possible action to approve a variance from the requirement of a fire hydrant, required under Chapter 10, Section 10.02.011(7)(D) Subdivision Regulation, for Alvarado Estates Subdivision, bearing a legal description of; Being a 2.77 acre tract out of a 6.51 acre as recorded in Volume 15583, Page 243, Official Records of Cameron County, being out of Block 153 San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Josue Alvarado.]

SECTION, UH, 10.0 2.0117 D SUBDIVISION REGULATION FOR A ESTATES A SUBDIVISION BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEARING A 2.77, UH, ACRE TRACK OUT OF, UH, 6.7, UH, FIVE ONE ACRES AS RECORDING THE VOLUME.

UH, 1 5 5 8 3 PAGE 2 43.

OFFICIAL RECORDS OF KEER COUNTY BARRER OUT BEING OUT OF BLOCK 1 53 SEMI LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION RECORDING VOLUME ONE, PAGE SIX, MAP RECORDS.

KE COUNTY, TEXAS, APPLICANT UHWERE AND MS. UH, MONTE SEVEN, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A VARIANCE REQUEST, UM, FROM THE FIRE HYDRANT ORDINANCE.

THE REASON THEY'RE APPLYING FOR THIS IS BECAUSE, UH, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN HARLAN'S WATER CCN.

UM, IT'S INSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS, BUT IN THEIR WATER CCN.

HOWEVER, THE LINE THAT THEY HAVE THERE CURRENTLY IS ONLY A TWO INCH LINE, AND IT IS TO IT, THEY'RE MAXED OUT ON CONNECTIONS.

AND THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDED US A LETTER STATING THAT THEY CANNOT CONNECT ANY, ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT TWO INCH LINE.

SO THE OPTION THAT THE RESIDENT HAS IF THEY WANNA RECORD THEIR PLAT, IS THAT THEY, THEY GET A VARIANCE TO NOT HAVE TO INSTALL THE FIRE HYDRANT.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY THE QUESTIONS? WHAT, WHAT DID HAR, DID HARLINGEN SEND HER A LETTER THEN? YES.

WE HAVE THE LETTER, UM, FROM HARLINGEN SAYING THAT THEY CANNOT CONNECT ANYMORE ONTO THAT TWO INCH LINE.

CAN THEY GIVE UP THEIR WATER RIGHTS OR HOW DO WE GO ABOUT TAKING THEIR WATER RIGHTS? UM, DIFFERENT TOPIC.

THERE IS A PROCESS, UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA.

I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT A REVENUE STREAM FOR THE CITY.

DO YOU KNOW HOW THE ENTERPRISE FUND'S LOOKING? THAT'S OKAY, MARK.

IS THIS OKAY? MARK? UH, I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE OFF TOPIC.

THE TOPIC IS THE FIRE HYDRANT HERE? NO, BUT BE BECAUSE OF TWO CITIES? WELL, HER, HER TOPIC IS OKAY.

HIS, HIS TOPIC IS A LITTLE OFF.

WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? OKAY.

SO, AND SINCE DO WE NEED A VARIANCE FOR, UH, THE NO HYDRANT ON THERE? CORRECT.

IN ORDER FOR THEM.

AND THEY'RE STILL GONNA BUILD, WELL, THEY WOULD HAVE TO RECORD THE PLAT, AND IF THEY CANNOT, UH, GET A VARIANCE, THEN WE'VE GOT A, YOU KNOW, WE, IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THIS PIE RECORDED.

UH, ARE, ARE THERE OTHER HOMES NEXT TO THIS HOME? UH, LET ME SEE.

I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S MOBILE HOME PARK, ISN'T IT? IT'S IN THERE.

THERE LOCK, THERE ARE OTHER LOTS IN THE AREA.

YES, THIS IS THE ONE OUT THERE ON ZILLOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S A LOT OF, UM, OPEN LAND AND THEN SOME HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE.

THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE BASING THEIR FIRE RATES, YOUR INSURANCE RATES.

MS. MALDONALDO, ARE YOU ASKING ALSO FOR A VARIANCE TO THE FIRE CODE THAT THERE BE NO WATER STORES TANK ON THE PROPERTY? CORRECT.

SO THE REQUEST IS NOT JUST A VARIANCE FOR NOT A FIRE HYDRANT.

YOU'RE NOT ACCEPT REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE FIRE CODE MAYOR, WHICH MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT, BUT YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A WATER TANK ON SITE.

SO YOU NEED, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE, IF YOU APPROVE THE VARIANCE FOR THE FIRE HYDRANT, YOU SHOULD CONDITIONALLY APPROVE IT WITH THE VARIANCE THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY WATER TANK ON SITE BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS.

NOW, I WOULD AGREE THAT IF IT WAS IN OUR E T J THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET THE FIRE CODE BECAUSE IT'S, YOU CAN'T ENFORCE OUR FIRE CODE OUT IN THE CITY LIMITS.

YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR AN EXCEPTION.

YOU ASK.

IT'S NOT EVEN A VARIANCE.

IT'S AN EXCEPTION TO THE ORDINANCE, BECAUSE THE WAY I'M READING THIS, THE VARIANCE IS ONLY FOR THE FIRE HYDRANT, WHICH MEANS THE OTHER PART OF THE FIRE CODE KICKS IN, WHICH MEANS YOU GOTTA HAVE A WATER TANK ON SITE.

REMEMBER THIS ON LINE 17, RIGHT, MS. SANCHEZ.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVOLUTED THAN, THAN IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S WATER SYSTEM.

YOU NOW HAVE A FIRE CODE REGULATION IN THE CITY LIMITS, WHICH IS GONNA AFFECT YOUR ISO RATING.

IT'S NOT OUR, IT'S, IT'S GONNA AFFECT YOU OVERALL BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE NO LONGER ENFORCING A FIRE CODE THAT P

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COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.

YOU'RE JUST GOING TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION ON THIS MATTER.

WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM IF THEY ALREADY GOT? SO, UM, IF THE OTHER OPTION IS, LIKE, UH, MR. LAROZA SAID HERE IS THAT THEY PUT A STORAGE TANK, IT WOULD COST 'EM, 'EM ABOUT $15,000 APPROXIMATELY, UM, QUOTE, RIGHT? YES.

AND THEN THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE US, UH, A ROAD TO ALLOW, UM, FIRE A TRUCK ACCESS INTO THE PROPERTY.

SO ON THIS, YOUR RECOMMENDATION AS I READ IT, IT SAYS, STAFF RECOMMENDS REVIEW AND DECISION MM-HMM.

AND I'M RELYING ON YOU TO HELP ME MAKE THIS DECISION.

SO I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT MR. DELAROSA JUST TOLD US BEFORE WE GET INTO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA REGRET.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VARIANCE FOR THE FIRE HYDRANT.

THEIR NEXT OPTION IS TO PROVIDE US WITH THE WATER TANK THAT HOLDS 75,000 GALLONS OF WATER OR POUNDS.

AND IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME.

UM, YOU, I'M TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY, MR. DELOSA, JUST HOLD ON.

WHAT MR. LOOSA JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE INSURANCE RATES, HOW THIS IS, MAY HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE CITY.

AND, AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.

HOWEVER, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS SAYS, STAFF RECOMMENDS REVIEW AND DECISION.

SO WE ALL, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE ALSO GOT THE LETTER FROM, UH, HARLAN AND WATERWORKS SAYING THAT THEY CANNOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE SERVICES TO PROVIDE A FIRE HYDRANT.

UM, BUT LIKE MR. LARO SAID, THE OTHER OPTION IS THAT WE MAKE THEM INSTALL THE TANK AND THE STREET.

HOW IS, HOW FAR ARE OUR WATER LIGHTS? UH, THAT I'M, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON TOO FAR.

MAYBE.

WELL, EVEN, EVEN IF THEY WERE, WE CAN'T, UM, PROVIDE SERVICES IN THAT AREA UNLESS HAREN GIVES UP.

I WOULD SAY, WELL, HAREN BE WILLING TO ACCEPT FULL LIABILITY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ADEQUATE WATERLINE FOR A FIRE HYDRANT.

I THINK THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA COMMISSIONERS WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT THE VARIANCE.

MARK, NOW THAT YOU'RE ON TOP OF THIS, UM, GOOD IDEA, MARK.

AND, AND HELP ME OUT OR HELP US OUT RATHER.

UM, I'M HEARING THE PRESENTATION, BUT I'M ALSO HEARING MR. LA'S CONCERNS.

UM, I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE CAREFUL IN DOING THIS.

UH, I, I, I THINK WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.

THAT'S, THAT'S MY BELIEF.

I THINK WE NEED MORE INFORMATION BEFORE WE GET JUMP INTO SOMETHING THAT, UH, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE MAY REGRET.

SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE'VE GET MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU.

AND I'M GONNA BE TALKING TO MR. AROSO EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION I WOULD LIKE.

AND MAYBE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION MAY EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AS WELL.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS? UH, IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.

SO, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, TABLE THIS, WHAT'S WORKING HERE.

I GOT A SECOND, UH, UH, MOTION BY, UH, THE TABLE.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY MAYOR, PUT FRANCO.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? OKAY.

MOTION PASS PASSES TO THE TABLE.

THIS IS MY QUESTION TO YOU EARLIER, MARK.

THANK YOU HONOR.

AND I THANK MR. MS. MANDO.

NOW, I THINK, UH, BUT ON THE INSURANCE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ANY T OR IN ORDER TO GET THE, THE BEST INSURANCE FOR A HOME, UH, THEY ASKED YOU WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE NEAREST HYDRANT? YEAH.

SO I'M IN THE SAME SITUATION CUZ I LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTY.

I DO NOT HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT, SO MY RATES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER FOR ME.

MYSELF.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO, UH, RESIGN THE, THE AWARD PROOF ON FEBRUARY 28TH, UH, 2023 FOR THE TOP BOX ENTERTAINMENT FOR TICKETING SERVICES AT THE HOG WATER CONCERT EVENT, AND MS. NIKKI SERRANO.

UM, THAT'S HOW IT AFFECTS THE HOMEOWNER.

BUT NOW WITH THEIR, THEY KNOW THAT SEARCH TIME, WITH THAT HELP ON, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S ALREADY BIG TABLE.

[15. Consideration and possible action to rescind the award approved on February 28, 2023, to Top Box Entertainment for ticketing services at the Hog Waddle Concert event.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI SERRANO PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER.

FOR THE RECORD, LAST WEEK, A CLIENT AGREEMENT WITH TOP BOX ENTERTAINMENT WAS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL OF

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TICKETING SERVICES FOR THE UPCOMING HOG WADDLE CONCERT TO, UH, EXCUSE ME.

GIMME JUST ONE MOMENT PLEASE.

UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER APPROVAL OF THE CLIENT AGREEMENT, WE WERE UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE VENDOR, WHICH DELAYED OUR MARKETING EFFORTS TO AVOID FURTHER DELAYS AND CONTINUE PLANNING, PROMOTING AND MARKETING.

OUR EVENT STAFF HAS DECIDED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES IN-HOUSE STAFF RECOMMENDS TO RESCIND THE AGREEMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

WAIT A MINUTE.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE APPROVED.

WHAT, UH, LAST WEEK.

LAST WEEK? PREVIOUS MEETING.

OH, LAST WEEK? YES, SIR.

SO YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF THEM, THEY, THEY LEFT TOWN OR WHAT HAPPENED? THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, WE'RE NOT TOO SURE.

WE WERE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, REACH THEM SINCE THE, A FEW DAYS BEFORE, LIKE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, UM, SO THAT THEY COULD COME IN AND SIGN THE AGREEMENT MM-HMM.

AND THEN AFTER IT WAS APPROVED AS WELL, WE TRIED, UM, REACHING OUT TO THE, TO THEM SO THAT THEY COULD COME IN AND SIGN.

AND UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET, UM, ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT HAPPENED.

OKAY, SO I'VE GOT A MOTION BY, UM, MAYOR PUT FRANCO FIRST, AND THAT WAS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN? NO.

COMMISSIONER ER SANCHEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST BY THE SEMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO ASSIST IN THE SIXTH ANNUAL REEKA, UH, CITY BIKE TOUR ON APRIL 1ST, 2023.

THANK YOU, NIKKI.

OKAY, ADAM, NUMBER 16,

[16. Consideration and possible action to approve a request by the San Benito Chamber of Commerce to assist with their 6th Annual Resaca City Bike Tour on April 1, 2023]

AND, UH, ADAM'S GONNA BE, UH, FOR 16 A AUTHORIZED THE CLOSURE AT BOW STREET, FROMTO STREET TO BUSINESS SEVEN SEVEN FROM SEVEN 30 TO 8:45 AM AND ITEM 16 B, AUTHORIZED THE CITY, UH, TERMINO PD DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT AN ESCORT FOR BIKERS FROM THE STARTING LOCATION TO CITY LIMITS.

AND, UH, CHIEF MI MARIO PAD.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TIM AND COMMISSIONERS POLICE CHIEF MA FOR THE RECORD, THE SAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS REQUESTED THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR SIX ANNUAL BIKE TOURS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 1ST, 2023.

THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR A STREET CLOSURE BOWIE STREET FROM BUSINESS 77 TO OTHO SO THAT RIDER CAN LINE UP SAFELY ON THE ROADWAY BEFORE THE START.

IN ADDITION, THEY'RE REQUESTING AN ESCORT FROM STARTING POINT ON BUSINESS 77 AND BOWIE STREET TO SAM HOUSTON AND SAN JOSE RANCH ROAD AFTER THE RIOTERS EXIT.

CITY LIMITS, I BELIEVE PRE PRECINCT THREE CONSTABLES HAVE AGREED TO ASSIST THEM THE REST OF THE WAY.

THIS REQUEST IS SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND UNAVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

DO ANY COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? IS THE EVENT BEGINNING, UM, AT THE HAVEN TRAIL, IS THAT THE IDEA OR IS THAT THE GATHERING STARTING POINT OR THEY'LL, THEY'LL GATHER AT HAVEN TRAIL AND THEN THEY'LL LINE UP ON BOWIE STREET, AND THEN ONCE THEY START, THEY'LL TURN RIGHT ONTO BUSINESS ALL THE WAY TO SAN JOSE.

THEN THEY'LL KIND OF MAKE A BIG SQUARE BACK TO SAM HOUSTON AND THEN OUTSIDE CITY.

SO THE STARTING POINT WILL BE HAVEN? YES, SIR.

ARE THE RESTROOMS GONNA BE OPEN AND AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC? I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE SO.

I WOULD LIKE THAT, YES.

NO, THEY ARE OKAY.

NO, NO.

WE'VE, UH, WE'VE COORDINATED THIS WITH, UH, NOT ONLY THE PARKS.

UH, THEY'RE AUTHORIZED TO USE THE, THE AAP BUILDING, THE, OUR BUILDING BACK.

UH, RAMIRO ALEMAN, THE E EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE EVC SAID THAT, UH, HE'S AUTHORIZED THE TEMPERATURE, USE THEIR PARKING LOT.

THERE'S GONNA BE SOME TYPE OF COOKING.

SO, UH, OKAY.

I THINK OUR CONCERN WAS DO, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH RESTROOMS OR WERE THEY GONNA TRY TO BE WELL, AS LONG AS THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL PUBLIC.

LIKE THEY, WELL, LIKE THEY SHOULD BE IN AND, UM, UH, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF KEEPING THAT, UH, BUILDING AVAILABLE, THE OLD AEP BUILDING OR WHATEVER IT IS.

SO THEY, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE STAFF PHONES SIDE, SO, UH, TO KIND OF KEEP THINGS TIDYING CLEAN SO IT, IT DOESN'T, WHAT, IT'S ABOUT THREE HOURS LONG.

THERE'LL BE A LOT OF VISITORS.

THAT'S MY, MY MAIN CONCERN.

THERE'S A LOT OF VISITORS COMING TO SANTO FOR THAT EVENT.

SO YES, SIR.

OF COURSE, WE WANT TO IMPRESS THEM WITH, UH, THE HOSPITALITY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.

SO, UH, THE, THE CHAMBER DID MAKE A REQUEST TO HAVE ALL FEES, UH, WAIVED.

WHAT IT DID IS BY ORDINANCE, I'M ALLOWED TO PRORATED.

SO IT'S BEEN PRORATED TO $0.

SO, UH, THAT WAY THEY CAN KEEP WHAT THEY'VE GOT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE AT THIS EVENT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION APPROVE.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN.

SECOND.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE, UH, PAYMENT FOR G D J ENGINEERING.

[17. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to GDJ Engineering for Invoice Number 2023-041 pertaining to the Stenger Road Preliminary Engineering and 2023 RAISE Grant Preparation in the amount of $88,225.00.]

INVOICE NUMBER, UH, UH,

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2 0 23, UH, DASH 41 PERTAINING TO THE STINGER ROAD, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.

AND, UH, 2023 RAISE, UH, GRANT, UH, PREPARATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF 87 80 $8,225.

AND MS. UNA, UH, THIS IS TO PAY THE INVOICE FOR $88,225, UM, FOR THE STINGER ROAD PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORK, THE AMOUNT THAT Y'ALL ORIGINALLY, UM, APPROVED WAS THE 152,480.

WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN ONE PAYMENT.

UH, THERE ARE ABOUT 75.9% COMPLETE.

AND THE REMAINING BALANCE ONCE WE PAY THIS WOULD BE 36,709.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

18, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY MAYOR FRANCO.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAMES? THANK YOU.

[18. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 1 to Ferguson Service Systems, Inc., as recommended by Hanson Professional Services, Inc., pertaining to the Stenger Surge Tank Improvements in the amount of $30,320.20.]

UH, NUMBER ONE, TO FERGUSON, UH, SERVICE, UH, SYSTEM INC.

HAD RE, UH, RECOMMENDED BY HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICE INC.

PERTAINING TO THE, UH, STINGER SEARCH TANK IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $30,320 20 CENTS.

AND, UH, MR. GARCIA MAYOR, MAYOR PROTAN COMMISSIONERS A**L GARCIA ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IS PAYMENT TO FERGUSON SUR SYSTEM, INC.

FOR THE ST SEARCH, UH, SEARCH TANK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 30,320 AND 20 CENTS.

THIS IS FOR BONDS AND, UH, INSURANCE, UH, FORMS THAT THEY SUBMITTED.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

HOW'S IT GOING ALONG? UH, THIS ONE'S PRELIMINARY.

WE'RE STILL GETTING SOME MIDDLES FROM THE CONTRACTOR, SO, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST PAYMENT YEAH.

TO, TO GET IT GOING.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST PAYMENT, AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 40% OF IT.

SO, WELL, WE STILL GOT A FEW MORE PAYMENTS ON THAT.

SO HOW DO YOU SEE THE PROJECT GOING? LIKE I SAID, IT'S STILL PRELIMINARY, SO WE'RE STILL RECEIVING, UH, UH, SUBMITTALS FROM THE CONTRACTOR.

SO ONCE WE, UH, THEY FINISH THAT, THEN WE CAN KIND OF GET A, A LOOK AT, HEY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, FOR COMPLETION, UH, TIME ON IT.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW THE COMPLETION TIME YET? UH, WELL, WE STOLE OUR, UH, WE, WE'VE GIVEN 'EM THE, THE CONTRACT DAYS THAT I KNOW THEY WILL BE SUBMITTING SOME, UH, SOME OTHER, UH, DOCUMENTS, UH, HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO OKAY.

WE'LL EVALUATE 'EM AS THEY COME IN.

YEAH, MAYOR, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS WHEN THEY'RE GONNA START CONSTRUCTION, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY NEEDED THE CONTRACT SO THEY CAN PLACE THE ORDERS FOR THE MATERIALS.

SO THE, UNTIL THE MATERIALS START COMING, THERE'S NO REASON TO START PUTTING ANY EQUIPMENT ON, ON SITE.

THERE'S NO MOBILIZATION WITHOUT SOME OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS THEY NEED.

THAT'S THE DELAY.

IT'S THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

GETTING IT HERE.

I KNOW THIS, THIS WAS ONE OF THE, UH, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT WAS ON THE EDC, I MEAN ON THE, UH, UH, T C Q RIGHT.

ON THIS.

SO I, YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT, MA'AM.

THE DISTINGUISHER SEARCH TANK, IS IT THE CITY YARD AT THE CORRECT, THAT IS THE LIFT STATION THAT'S COSTING YOU ALMOST $2 MILLION? YES.

IT TAKES IN THREE DIFFERENT FEEDS.

IT TAKES IN A LOT OF BIOSOLIDS INTO ONE AREA AND THEN SENDS IT TO THE SEWER PLANT FROM THERE.

SO IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST CRITICAL, IT'S ONE OF FOUR CRITICAL LIFT STATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN.

AND THAT WAS THE ONE WITH THE OPEN TOP THAT GAVE YOU THAT NICE ODOR WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO HAVE LUNCH OUT THERE.

YEAH, YEAH.

ANYBODY WANTS TO GO VISIT AND, UH, IT'S OPEN AIR TOP.

YEP.

I KNOW.

COME SIT BY MY OFFICE IN THE MORNINGS.

IT'S PLEASANT.

WE'LL, WE'LL TRY.

WELL YOU NEED TO TRY THEN, YOU KNOW, GET IT DONE, SIR.

IS THAT WAY YOU ELIMINATE THOSE ORDERS? YES, SIR.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? SECOND? WHO WAS FIRST? OKAY, I'M SORRY.

UH, BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY MAYOR PROTO VIA FRANCO.

[19. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 5 to Ferguson Service Systems, Inc., as recommended by Hanson Professional Services, Inc., pertaining to the El Camino Number 1 Lift Station Improvements in the amount of $18,768.20.]

THAT WOULD BE GOING TO THE BYPASSING PROCESS TO, UH, TO FINISH THAT PRO UH, THAT AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

ITEM NUMBER 19, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT NUMBER FIVE TO FERGUSON.

UH, SERVICE SYSTEM INC.

PERTAINING TO EL CAMINO.

UH, NUMBER ONE, LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,768 AND 20 CENTS.

AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS GARCIA, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE RECORD.

THE ITEM OF FOR DISCUSSION IS PAYMENT TO HANSON PROFESSIONALS OR HANSON SERVICE SYSTEM, INC.

UH, FOR THE EL CAMINO, UH, NUMBER ONE LIFT STATION AND THE AMOUNT OF 18,768 WITH 20 CENTS, UH, APPROXIMATELY $10,000 WILL BE ALLOCATED.

IT'S GOING TOWARDS THE, THE REHABILITATION OF THE OLD LIFT STATION AND CONVERTING IT INTO A SEARCH TANK, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 99% COMPLETE.

SO IT'S COMPLETED.

UM, AND THE REST OF

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UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I SAW, UH, IS THIS THE ONE BY SONIC, RIGHT? YES.

SAW SONIC DOING SOME WORK WORK IS THAT BECAUSE OF US, THEY WERE PULLING UP SOME CONCRETE AND THEN REGRADING? WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STARTING TO WORK ON THE ACTUAL, CUZ WE DECOMMISSIONED THE FIRST SOLICITATION ENTERING THE, THE TRAILER PARK.

THAT'S GONNA BE OUR SEARCH TANK TO KIND OF HOLD SOME VOLUME AND THEN IT, UH, FEEDS INTO THE, THE LIFT STATION OUT ON 77, WHICH IS NEXT TO, UM, IN ORDER TO, UH, I THINK THEY WERE INSTALLING A, A MANHOLE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO STABILIZE IT.

THEY WERE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH, UH, THE WATER TABLE.

UM, BUT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING, UH, THE NEW WET WELL THAT WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING THERE.

SO I BELIEVE MAYBE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONCRETE THAT THEY WERE GETTING RID OF FROM THE OLD LIFT STATION TO YEAH.

TO INSTALL THE NEW, UH, WET.

WELL THEY CUT OFF TWO BIG CHUNKS OF SONIC'S ENTRANCE.

AND THEN THEY RESUB CEMENTED.

SO THEY WERE ADDING A MANHOLE TO SONIC'S? NO, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CONNECTION THAT COMES OUT TO OUR MAIN, UH, UH OH WOW.

FORCE MAIN.

SO, WHICH EVERYTHING, I KNOW SONIC DOES KIND OF STAY ON TOP OF IT, BUT, UH, WE'VE LET 'EM KNOW EVERYTHING WILL GET PUT BACK THE WAY IT WAS.

SO YEAH.

AND WE'RE ON TOP.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT DID.

THEN WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ALSO BECAUSE ARE WE IN THE TEXDOT RIGHT AWAY THERE? UM, I DON'T WANT TEXDOT TO COME IN AND THEY HAVE SOME PLANS.

AND THEN WE JUST PAID A MILLION DOLLARS MM-HMM.

TO FIX THIS LIFT STATION AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, MOVE IT BACK FIVE FEET.

I UNDERSTAND.

SO IS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL? I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, THE SETBACKS OF WHERE THEY START IN OUR OR WHERE TECHO IS AT.

SO I WANNA GET WITH THE TECHO ENGINEER JUST TO MAYBE VERIFY TOUCH BASE WITH THEM.

CAUSE WE, AND I THINK WE TOUCHED BASE ON, ON THE PROJECT THAT WE DID SUBMIT.

I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A PROBLEM.

, I DO RECALL THE, UH, THE, THE SANITARY SEWER LINE, WHICH IS THE COLLECTION LINE IS IN A, WITHIN A UTILITY EASEMENT, THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF WHERE THE LIFT STATION AT SITS WITH AN AN EASEMENT.

NOW TECH STOCK CAN ALWAYS TELL YOU, AND I THINK THAT THAT EASEMENT IS OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, FROM WHAT I RECALL SEEING IT, CUZ I SAW IT ON THE, ON THE SONIC AND THE VAGO WORKS.

SO, UH, I DON'T RECALL US EVER ENCROACHING, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FOOTPRINT THERE BEYOND THAT SUBMIT, WE ARE RIGHT AT THEIR PROPERTY LINE.

UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE AN EASEMENT AND IT'S OVERLAPPING TECHOS RIGHT AWAY, WE STILL HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS, BUT IT'S STILL TECHOS.

SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS TWO YEARS AGO, LOOKING AT THIS, UH, WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED THAT TEXTILE WAS GONNA WIDEN UNTIL NINE MONTHS AGO.

UH, RIGHT.

SO IN FAIRNESS, AND THE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED, ENGINEERING WAS DONE.

IT IS WAY TOO LATE.

SO WE WOULD HAVE A NICE, HEALTHY, UH, DEBATE WITH TEXTILE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EASEMENT.

NOW, TEXT TEXTILE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF EASEMENTS IN A LOT OF PLACES LIKE THE, THE REST OF OUR WATER LINES IN FRONT OF, UH, THE WATER BURGER AND THOSE SITTING OUT RIGHT AWAY.

BUT AS LONG THE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF OUR CONSULTANT ENGINEERS, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THIS MORE, HAS BEEN THAT AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH TEXTILE, WE'LL ASK FOR WAIVERS.

BUT THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S US BEING VERY NICE AT TECHO AND THEM RECIPROCATING.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSION.

UH, MAYOR FRANCO.

TAKEN THANK YOU.

TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD 18 MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE, THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OKAY,

[20. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended November 30, 2022.]

NUMBER 20.

PRESENTATION OF CITY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING, ENDING NOVEMBER UH, 30TH, 2022.

AND MS. STEPHANIE? HELLO, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COMMISSIONS.

UM, STEPHANIE UTTER, I'M THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

WE'RE SENDING TO YOU THE FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR NOVEMBER, 2022.

FIRST SLIDE, WE HAVE OUR BALANCE SHEET, UM, TOTAL CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENT OF 4 MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN WITH A TOTAL ASSETS OF 21,251,000 WITH 17 TO LAST YEAR.

TOTAL LIABILITY IS 4 MILLION SEVEN FIFTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, FOUR 4 MILLION FIFTY EIGHT, SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE.

TOTAL PHONE BALANCE, 16,500 HUNDRED AND 63, I'M SORRY, 16,500,000 HUNDRED AND 63 COMPARED TO, UM, LAST YEAR'S SAME DATE.

UM, 14 MILLION 886 717.

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE OF 21,000,251 COMPARE US OF LAST YEAR.

RIGHT NEXT TO IT, THE GENERAL FOR REVENUE, GENERAL FUND, REVENUES

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AND EXPENDITURES, EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE.

MONTH TO DATE, WE HAVE TOTAL REVENUE OF, OF 2,000,300 AND 952.

YEAR.

TO DATE, WE HAVE 5 MILLION EIGHTY FOUR, THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE MONTH.

UH, WE HAD 1,000,050 TWO, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX, UM, YEAR.

TODAY WE HAD 2 MILLION HUNDRED AND 40.

610.

THE REVENUES OVER THE EXPENDITURES, 1,000,250 SIX, EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX YEAR TODAY 2 MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE SEVEN THIRTY FIVE.

NEXT WE HAVE THE SALES TAX RECEIVED FOR NOVEMBER 22.

UM, RIGHT NEXT TO IT, YOU SEE THE ALLOCATION, HIS HISTORICAL SUMMARY FROM THE TEXAS CONTROLLER WEBSITE FOR 550 3080 WITH 2 CENTS, UM, SEVEN CITY OF 78 PORTION, FOUR HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, EIGHT HUNDRED TEN WITH 1 CENT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISS COMMISSIONERS.

STEPHANIE ON THE, DO YOU HAVE THAT PAGE? I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE THIS PAGE.

I CAN GO BACK.

IT'S A, A STATEMENT OF REVENUE, EXPONENTIAL CHARGES AND FUND BALANCE.

AS OF NOVEMBER 30TH, 2022, THERE WAS A NEGATIVE, UH, 2.6 MILLION, UH, ON REVENUE, REVENUE OVER, UNDER EXPONENTIALS, UNDER THE UN ENCUMBERED BALANCE.

I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE THAT.

NO, IT'S NOT IN, IN THE, IT'S NOT YOUR PRESENTATION.

I CAN, I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT IN IN FRONT OF ME.

JUST IF YOU CAN POINT IT OUT.

THIS IS THE FIRST MONTH OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT? THIS IS NOVEMBER.

THIS WILL BE THE SECOND MONTH.

OH, OCTOBER 1ST ON, YEAH, THIS IS NOVEMBER.

SO NOVEMBER 1ST, TWO 31ST THIS, LET'S SEE, A NEGATIVE 2.6 MIL UNDER THE UNENCUMBERED BALANCE.

THAT THE, I GUESS EXPENSES ARE EXCEEDING REVENUE.

CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY, THE UNENCUMBERED MEANS THAT THOSE ARE REVENUES THAT WERE TO, LIKE WE PUT IT, THEY'RE, WE'RE GONNA PAY IT, BUT IT COULD BE LIKE A, A PO THAT IT'S OPEN THERE, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE PAYING IT IN FOR THAT MONTH.

IT COULD BE FOR THE YEAR NOW.

SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT WHAT, WHAT YOUR ACTUAL EXPENSES ARE FOR THE MONTH WILL BE THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED FOR THE MONTH TODAY.

ACTUALLY, I GUESS WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE IS THAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER OVER BUDGET BY 2.6 MIL IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

WELL, THAT'S, THAT'LL BE UNENCUMBER FOR LIKE THE WHOLE YEAR FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

BECAUSE OF WHY, WHICH JUST ONE MONTH IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS MY CONCERN.

WELL, BUT THEY, SOME OF THE POS ARE OPEN POS, SO THEY'LL PUT IN WHAT THEY EXPECT TO SPEND AND THEN THEY'RE BEEN SPENDING OVER THE MONTH.

I THINK IT JUST SEEMS LARGE, 2.6 MILLION.

I CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

BUT THAT'S NOT SAYING AS ALL OUR EXPENSES ARE KIND OF BROUGHT UP THERE.

THEY MIGHT NOT BE PAID THAT MONTH, BUT OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE, OR THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN HAPPEN.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S EXPECTED.

THOSE ARE LIKE JUST SITTING THERE, BUT IT'S NOT AFFECTING OR OKAY.

NEGATIVE.

YEAH, I CAN, I CAN GIVE YOU LIKE A, A DETAIL OF WHAT THOSE ARE AND THAT WAY WE CAN STILL NEGATIVE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.

NOPE.

NUMBER, UH, 21 PRESENTATION OF CITY SANTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

UH, ADAM, ITEM

[21. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended December 31, 2022.]

AND MS. UH, STEPHANIE, STEPHANIE AGAIN FOR THE RECORD ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.

UM, I'M PRESENTING TO YOU THE FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR DECEMBER, 2022.

UM, TOTAL ASSETS FOR DECEMBER AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

WE HAVE 200 MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO S LAST YEAR, 18 MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR.

WE HAVE TOTAL LIABILITIES OF 4 MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY COMPARED TO LAST, LAST YEAR.

3 MILLION 819 853 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE.

WE HAVE 20 MILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO COMPARED OF LAST YEAR, 18,000,784 FOR, FOR 54 GENERAL FUND REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE OF TOTAL REVENUE OF A MILLION OH 4 0 3 YEAR.

TODAY WE HAVE 6 MILLION 88, 3 40 49 TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

UH, WE HAVE A MILLION HUNDRED AND 48 7 88 FOR, UM, REVENUE OVER AND UNDER EXPENDITURES OF, UM, NEGATIVE 1 44 7 85.

HERE TODAY.

WE DO HAVE, UH, REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES OF 2 MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR.

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WE HAVE OUR SALES TAX FOR DECEMBER, 2022.

UM, NEXT TO IT YOU WILL SEE THE ALLOCATION AGAIN.

IT'S, UM, 726,000 300 0 2 WITH 46.

SORRY ABOUT THOSE SMALL NUMBERS.

UM, WITH THE 75% FOR SOME BONITO FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2022 OF 544,726 WITH 84 CENTS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

DO YOU COMMISSION ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.

NONE.

NUMBER 22, EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OKAY, THANK YOU MA'AM.

OKAY, ITEM

[22. Executive Session]

CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, FIREFIGHTER 2.1071 TO DISCUSS PRIVILEGE, UH, COMMUNICATION PROTECTED BY ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE.

AND, UM, THAT'S IT.

AND THE TIME IS, UH, 6 46 AND WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND THE TIME IS, UH, SEVEN 20.

ITEM NUMBER 23, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, ON THE ITEMS, UH, DISCUSSING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE TIME IS SEVEN 20 AND WE'RE COMING BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH,

[23. Consideration and possible action on items discussed in Executive Session.]

NO ACTION.

AND ITEM NUMBER 24, ADJOURNMENT.

UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RETURN? I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.