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NOTICE IS THE REGULAR COM, UH,
[1. Welcome.]
MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION.AND I'M SORRY THAT WE STARTED A LITTLE BIT LATE, UH, FIVE.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE YOUR OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG IN THE TEXAS FLAG.
AND, UH, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE REPUBLIC UNDER TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INVISIBLE.
LORD, OUR FATHER, AS THE PENTECOSTAL SEASON CONTINUES, WE ASK THAT THE GLORY AND PROMISE OF THIS JOYOUS TIME OF YEAR BRING US PEACE AND HAPPINESS.
AND MAY CHRIST YOUR SON ALWAYS BE THERE BY OUR SIDE TO BLESS US AND BE OUR LOVING GUIDE.
WE LIFT OUR PRAYERS TO YOU IN YOUR EVER MERCIFUL NAME WE PRAY.
[4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.]
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COMMUNITY INTEREST.UM, OKAY, LET ME READ THIS ONE HERE.
UM, WELL, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE, UH, ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WANNA BRING UP? YES, GO AHEAD, SIR.
UH, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE ROTARY INTERACTIVE CLUB OF SAN BERNARDINO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR ROADSIDE CLEANUP ON SOUTH SAM HOUSTON FROM THE EXPRESSWAY TO PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
AND THIS HAPPENED ON, UH, SATURDAY, APRIL 1ST.
UM, I, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE 17 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO CAME OUT AND GAVE, UH, A FEW HOURS OF THEIR TIME, UH, THAT SATURDAY TO PICK UP, PICK UP TRASH AND KEEP SAN BONITO CLEAN.
I ALSO WANNA THANK MR. MIKE FRAZIER FOR COR COORDINATING THIS EFFORT.
ANY OTHER ELSE? UH, COMMISSIONERS? NO.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO RIGHT NOW.
IT'S THE, UH, TRASH BASH THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, APRIL THE 22ND FROM, UH, 7:00 AM TO 12 NOON AT THE CITY, UH, SERVICE, UH, UM, CENTER LOCATED 9 25 WEST DINGER ROAD.
THIS EVENT IS FOR SEMI OLD RESIDENCE ONLY.
THE WATER BILL AND THE PHOTO ID WILL BE PRESENTED, MUST BE PRESENTED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CON CONTACT THE CITY, UH, WEBPAGE AT, UH, WWW DOT, UH, CITY OF SANTO.COM.
UH, I KNOW THERE WAS, UH, THE BIKE TOUR THAT THE CHAMBER OKAY.
THAT, UH, THEY, THEY, UH, HOSTED ALMOST ABOUT, UH, WHAT, UM, ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO.
SO, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A TREMENDOUS, IT WAS A GOOD, UH, I THINK IT WAS AN AWESOME, YOU KNOW, EVENT, UH, THAT THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR PAST THREE YEARS.
EVERYTHING IS ALL WRONG, BUT, UH, THERE WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE OR MORE.
BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO GIVE 'EM, YOU KNOW, THE, A BIG THANK YOU THAT, UH, BIKE FEST CAME IN.
I MEAN, WE HAD PEOPLE FROM SAN ANTONIO, FROM A LITTLE BIT FROM MEXICO, BROWNSVILLE, SANTO, UH, ALL OVER THE VALLEY, AND IT WAS, UH, ANYWHERE, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, LIKE, UH, FIVE MILES, 10 MILES, 20.
IS IT 20, 40, 60 MILES AND 60 MILES.
YEAH, I WAS, I WAS LOOKING FOR TWO BLOCKS, BUT YEAH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO GET IN THERE.
BUT MA'AM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, THAT AWESOME, YOU KNOW, BIKE RIDE THE VEST THAT YOU ALL HAD.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, VIRO, DON'T HAVE NOTHING ELSE, THEN WE'LL GO TO ITEM.
[5. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the August 23,2022 City of San Benito Budget Workshop]
NUMBER FIVE.IT NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 23RD, UH, 2022 CITY WORKSHOP.
DO DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
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NO.MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
TIM, YOU FRANCO? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.
[6. Presentation of a Proclamation to Mr. Mark Moody by the City of San Benito City Commission.]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, PRESENTATION OF PRO COMMISSION TO MR. MARK MOODY BY THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION.SO, MR. MOODY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? PLEASE? YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, WE'RE GONNA, I WAS GONNA HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF, YOU KNOW, HANDCUFF YOU AND BRING YOU UP.
HERE'S ONE WAY TO GET ME BACK HERE.
TO COME THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
SO, UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, SOMETHING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA START OFF BY READING IT AND THEN, THEN WE'LL HAND IT OUT TO YOU.
OFFICER OF THE CITY, UM, OFFICER OF THE MAYOR, UH, OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION RECOGNITION OF MR. MARK MOODY FOR HIS DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE, UH, OCCASION OF HIS, UH, RETIREMENT, UH, THE RETIREMENT, UH, CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS.
WHEREAS ON MARCH 2ND, 1999, MR. MARK MOODY WAS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS COMMISSIONER PLACE TWO FOR THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION, AND THEN ELECTED TO SERVE FOUR CONSECUTIVE TERMS, DEDICATING OVER NINE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF SANTO.
AND WHEREAS MR. MOODY HAS BEEN HONORED AND INDUCTED INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WALK OF FAME AT THE 2008 HIDALGO BORDER FEST IN HIDALGO, TEXAS, FOR HIS SIGNIFICANT CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF HIS COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS MR. MOODY SERVED THIS AVENUE AREA BUSINESS COMMUNITY THROUGH SEVERAL YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE SAMINO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THEN SERVICE TO THE SAMINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THREE YEARS, INCLUDING SERVICE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FROM 1998 TO 1999.
AND WHEREAS MR. MOODY HAS VOLUNTEERED IN HIS COMMUNITY THROUGH NONPROFIT SERVICE, SERVING AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE SAN BENITO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, INCLUDING SERVING AS PRESIDENT.
AND WHEREAS MR. MOODY HAS DEDICATED OVER 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO LEINBERGER, GOGAN, BLAIR, AND SAMPSON, L L P, MEETING AND GREETING THE NUMEROUS LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND BEING A FRIEND TO ALL.
OKAY, NOW THEREFORE BE FURTHER PROCLAIMED THAT I, RICARDO MAYOR, CITY OF SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE APRIL 18TH, 2023 AS MARK MOODY DAY.
AND IT IS OUR HONOR TO THANK HIM FOR HIS DEDICATION AND MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY, CITIZENS OF THE CITY, SANTO AND COMMEND HIM ON ALL OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT.
AND I CALL THIS, UH, OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF SANTO, WHERE IN WITNESS SUPPORT OF, I HAVE UNTO SET MY HAND ON THIS 18TH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF A LORD, 2020 23.
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STAND BEHIND YOU IN POSITION OR STAND RIGHT HERE.OTHERWISE CALL MY SUPPORT SYSTEM.
ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY MONICA, GIRLFRIEND MICHELLE, YOU BETTER? JOANNA AND JOHN.
THIS IS MY SUPPORT STAFF FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
I HAVEN'T KNOWN EM ALL FOR LOT OF WHAT I'VE DONE IS THERE'S THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SURROUNDED ME, STARTING WITH MY PARENTS, WHO SAN FROM HERE TO YEARS AND, UH, THE THINGS DID THIS BUILDING EXAMPLE AND APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE, DO THIS AGAIN IN 10.
TRY TO ESCORT HIM OUT, I THINK NOW.
[7. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes).]
NUMBER SEVEN, PUBLIC COMMENTS.RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, MA'AM.
UH, INTRODUCE MYSELF, MIKE TRAVIS.
I LIVE AT, UH, 1695 RUSSELL LANE, HERE IN THE SUPER FANTASTIC CITY OF SAN BENTO SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 1989, KIND OF STUFF.
BUT, UM, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS.
I WAS INTENDING TO CALL THEM DIRECTLY, BUT SINCE I'M HERE, I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST GET IT AND MAYBE I'LL STILL CALL 'EM AND LET 'EM KNOW.
BUT, UH, YES, SIR, JUST TO SAY, SIR, MR. SPEAKING TO A MIC, PLEASE.
1695 RUSSELL LANE, SHOUT OUT FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
THE PAVING OF GAUSS AND GRANO STREETS IN THE, HERE, THE FABULOUS CITY OF SAN BENITO, WHICH I LIVED HERE SINCE 1989, UH, MOVING HERE FROM OKLAHOMA.
UH, IT WOULD, THEY WERE NOT SO RECENT, BUT THE LAST NINE MONTHS YEAR KIND OF STUFF.
AND I WAS INTENDING TO CALL PUBLIC WORKS MYSELF AND SAY THANK YOU, BUT SINCE I'M HERE, AND I'LL STILL CALL THEM, AND ALSO, UH, UPGRADING OUR SPEED HUMPS ON RUSSELL LANE, BECAUSE THE ONE THAT WAS THERE BEFORE THAT HELPS TO CUT DOWN ON ALL THE SPEEDING THAT GOES THROUGH OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF STUFF, WAS KIND OF GETTING DETERIORATED.
SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS, AND OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE ALL IS THE ONES THAT AUTHORIZE WHATEVER GETS DONE OR WHATEVER, AND SAY THANK YOU.
AND AGAIN, I'LL TALK TO THEM DIRECTLY AND I'LL, I'LL SAY WHAT I JUST SAID TO Y'ALL.
OKAY, RUTH, ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MA'AM.
HI, MY NAME IS VIPA MINO AND I RESIDE AT 3 1 4 16 BOWIE PARK ROAD, SAN BONITO.
AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23.
I AM A PROUD CITIZEN COMMUNITY MEMBER
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OF OUR CITY OF SAN BENITO, BUT I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH MANY OF THE CITY OFFICIALS WHO ABUSE THEIR POLITICAL POSITIONS FOR SELF-INTEREST AND FOR THEIR VERY OWN CONVENIENCE.I MADE IT A PRIORITY TO COME OUT HERE THIS EVENING TO VOICE OUT MY CONCERNS AND TO BE THE VOICE OF MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE SCARED AND INTIMIDATED TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
MY FIRST QUESTION TODAY IS, DO YOU WANT TO REAPPOINT JUDGE GARZA, WHO WAS RECENTLY REPORTED TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, THE STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT FOR VIOLATING FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS? WAS THIS POSITION OPEN FOR OTHER APPLICANTS TO APPLY, IF SO, OR WAS IT POSTED? PLEASE GIVE, PLEASE GIVE ME THE WEBSITE AND MAKE IT PUBLIC.
SO OTHER APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED CAN SEE WHAT HAS HE DONE FOR US, THE COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE HE DOESN'T KNOW, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HE DOES FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ANY OF POLITICAL CLOUT THAT HE'S A AFFILIATED TO.
MOST RECENTLY, HE ABUSED HIS POWER WITH AN INCIDENT THAT INVOLVED A FAMILY MEMBER OF HIS, HIS NEPHEW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
HE STATES HE RECUSED HIMSELF, BUT HE FELT TO STATE THAT HE ASKED ANOTHER JUDGE TO CHARGE HIS FAMILY MEMBER WITH A LESSER OFFENSE.
I AM COMING FORTH TODAY BRINGING THIS SERIOUS CRIME TO LIGHT SO THAT THE CITY COMMISSION, OUR TAXPAYERS, THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, CANNOT BE AWARE OF HIS UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR.
WHAT TYPE OF LEGACY DO WE WANNA HAVE AS A CITY LONG LIVE, THE GARZA DYNASTY? IT'S TIME PEOPLE TO IT'S TIME PEOPLE SEE HIM FOR WHO HE REALLY IS, BECAUSE I SAW IT WHEN THERE'S CONCERN ONLY FOR ONE STUDENT AND NOT THE REST, AND THERE'S NO CONSISTENCY, WHY WOULD WE WANNA REAPPOINT THIS PERSON, THIS JUDGE BACK? WHY BRING HIM BACK? THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS FOR TONIGHT.
OKAY, RUTH, ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MA'AM.
MR. DRAN? YES, MR. DRAN? MY, MY HANDWRITING IS TERRIBLE.
UH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, AND, UH, CITIZENS OF SANTO.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE A LOT OF, UH, UH, INVOLVEMENT TONIGHT.
UM, I HAVE A FEW POINTS THAT I JUST WANT TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT AS A, UM, A COMMUNITY, UH, A PART OF THE COMMUNITY I LIVE AT.
UH, I RESIDE AT, UH, 1 77 LAKEVIEW NORTH, UH, SAN BENITO.
AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENCE THERE SINCE THE LAST, UH, FOR THE LAST 33 YEARS, MORE OR LESS.
MY SON WAS BORN THERE, BASICALLY, UH, HE'S NOW IN AUSTIN WORKING FOR A FAMOUS COMPANY CALLED GOOGLE.
UH, HE'S IN, HE, HE'S A SOFTWARE ENGINEER, BUT I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT HIM.
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, THE FACT THAT, UM, UH, FOR THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS, I HAVE TAKEN SOME WALKS DURING THE NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY.
AND IN OUR SUBDIVISION REEKA SHORE'S, UH, SUBDIVISION, THERE IS A CONCERN THAT I IS BRINGING MY, UH, ATTENTION TO.
AND THAT IS THE STORM DRAINS ARE FILLED WITH DEBRIS TO THE BRIM.
AND, UH, I, LIKE THE OTHER GENTLEMAN BEFORE US, UH, SPOKE ABOUT CALLING OUT SOME ISSUES.
UM, I HAVE TRIED TO GO TO THE CITY OF UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, BUT BECAUSE OF MY LACK OF TIME, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO, AND I'M NOW, UM, GIVING YOU A HEADS UP IN ORDER TO BE MORE PROACTIVE, UH, UH, ANTICIPATING RAINS, HEAVY RAINS DURING THESE COMING MONTHS, AND POSSIBLY A HURRICANE, UH, GOD FORBID, UH, DURING THE, UH, HURRICANE SEASON, UH, WE WOULD WANNA HAVE THE STORM DRAINS CLEANED OUT BY THE EQUIPMENT THAT THE CITY OWNS.
NOW, IF, UH, IF, IF Y'ALL CAN DO US A FAVOR AND, AND, AND SOMEHOW CONTACT THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, OTHERWISE, I'D BE GLAD TO GO BY THERE, BY MY, MY MYSELF PERSONALLY.
AND SO THAT'S THE, I I TOOK SOME PHOTOS OF THE ISSUE OF THE SITUATION, BUT I, I JUST DON'T HAVE THEM READILY AVAILABLE TO YOU.
AND, UH, UM, IF YOU WANT, I CAN COME BACK ANOTHER DATE AND PRESENT THOSE PHOTOS TO YOU.
I DON'T THINK YOU WANT, YOU NEED THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE HERE AND, AND BETTER THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY, OUR SUBDIVISION, AND, UH, THE, WITH RESPECT TO OUR, OUR SUBDIVISION
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AND COMMUNITY.UM, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A HEADS UP TO THE CITY COMMISSION, NOT AS, UH, NOT, NOT AS ANYTHING NEGATIVE, BUT, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR PROGRESSING THROUGH THE RESURFACING OF THE STREETS IN THE, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I'M STARTING TO SEE A DIFFERENCE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S A RESURFACING PLAN FOR THE STREETS OF THE RAKKA SHORE SUBDIVISION.
UH, MY NEIGHBOR, UH, MR. WALDO, UM, CHAP, UH, HE HAS ALERTED ME TO, TO THE FACT THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.
AND IT'S TIME THAT WE START RESURFACING THE, THE STREETS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LOOSE GRAVEL.
AND ALL OF THAT IS GOING INTO THE STORM DRAINS, BY THE WAY.
SO, UH, HEADS UP, LET'S BE PROACTIVE AND LET'S CONTINUE BETTERING SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY TO, FOR EVERYBODY TO COME DOWN AND ENJOY THE, THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, MAKE IT A BETTER TOWN.
RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR.
[8. Presentation and acceptance of the Cascos & Associates, P.C., Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports pertaining to the City of San Benito, the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, Inc., and the San Benito Firemen Relief &. Retirement Fund.]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PRESENTATION ACCEPTANCE OF, UH, COSTCO AND ASSOCIATE, UH, PC'S, UH, PHYSICAL YEAR 20 21, 20 THROUGH, UH, 2022 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE, UH, FINANCIAL REPORT PERTAINING TO THE CITY OF SANTO, THE CITY, UH, THE CITY OF, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC.AND THE SOME OF THE OLD FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF AND RETIREMENT FUND.
AND MR. KACO, MAYOR HERE, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN.
UH, MY NAME IS CARLOS KACO AND I'M WITH THE, MY FIRM AND WE'RE YOUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.
AND, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE IN CHARGE ON THE JOB.
AND I TOLD HIM YOU'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING.
I'LL INTRODUCE YOU AND YOU PRESENT.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF THESE, AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, IT TAKES PRACTICE, SO TAKE IT EASY ON HIM.
OKAY? UH, BUT, UH, BUT HE'LL, HE'LL DO, HE DID A GOOD JOB FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE CITY, AND I THINK HE'S GONNA PRESENT SOME GOOD NEWS.
BEFORE THAT, I DO WANT TO PREFACE MY COMMENTS BY THANKING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE ASSISTANCE THEY GAVE US DURING THE AUDIT.
I MET WITH 'EM A FEW DAYS AGO TO GO OVER SOME SPECIFIC DETAILS.
I HOPE YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE AUDIT.
BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, THERE IS A, A SUMMARY SHEET THAT WE, THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING TO, UH, TO OUR CLIENTS.
IT KIND OF CAPITALIZES THE AUDIT IN, IN PLAIN ENGLISH, AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL, IT'LL ASSIST YOU AS YOU, AS YOU DISSECT THE, UH, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SO, WITH THAT, LET ME INTRODUCE ROYAL KTU, WHO'S WITH MY, WITH MY OFFICE, AND HE'LL GIVE YOU THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE AUDIT.
UM, UH, UH, GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD.
LIKE MR. KO SAID, MY NAME'S ROYAL CANTU, AND I COME ON BEHALF OF COSTCO'S AND ASSOCIATES TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CITY OF SANTO FOR THE YEAR END IT SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
AND LIKE MR. COSTCO SAID, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING YOUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, MR. DEL AND, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR PROVIDING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD BEEN REQUESTING IN SUCH A TIMELY MANNER.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, I WOULDN'T BE HERE PRESENTING TODAY.
IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS SUMMARY SHEET.
MY PRESENTATION'S GONNA BE COVERING ALL THESE POINTS.
SO IF I COULD PLEASE DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 18 OF THE REPORT.
HERE YOU WILL SEE THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.
WHAT THIS STATEMENT SAYS IS THAT THE, UH, STATES IS THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS.
AND I REALLY WANT TO PUT EMPHASIS ON THE WORD, UM, THAT THE CITY OF SANTO EARNED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN OPINION THAT WE JUST GIVE OUT.
IT'S EARNED THROUGH ALL THE HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
NEXT, ON PAGE 1 28 OF THE REPORT HERE, WE'LL SEE THE REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS.
AND ALL THIS STATEMENT BASICALLY SAYS IS THAT DURING OUR TESTING OF THE, UH, INTERNAL CONTROLS, WE DID NOT FIND ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE SCOPE OF OUR TESTING MATERIAL, WEAKNESSES AND SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES MAY STILL EXIST.
NEXT, ON PAGE 21 OF THE REPORT, HERE YOU WILL SEE THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, AND ALL THIS IS, IS A SECTION THAT PROVIDES A SUMMARIZED VERSION OF THE CITY'S ACTIVITIES FOR THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR, AS WELL AS COMPARATIVE INFORMATION.
UH, IT HAS COMPARATIVE INFORMATION OF THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.
NEXT, ON PAGE 37 OF THE REPORT, HERE, YOU WILL SEE THE BALANCE SHEET.
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HERE YOU WILL SEE ALL THE CITY'S ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND FUND BALANCE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'M ONLY GONNA FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU HAD A TOTAL ASSETS OF 17 MILLION.
YOU ALSO HAD AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 9.9 MILLION.
AND THIS UN ASIDE FUND BALANCE, I WANT YOU ALL TO THINK OF IT AS A RAINY DAY FUND.
THIS IS, UH, A FUND THAT CAN BE USED FOR ONE-TIME PROJECTS THAT THE CITY HAD IN MIND, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PURCHASING SOME VEHICLES OR, UM, ONE-TIME RAISES THAT ARE GIVEN.
THIS IS THE FUND THAT'S GONNA BE AFFECTED.
NOW, I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT NUMBER IN MIND BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS IN, IN A, IN A MINUTE OR SO.
NEXT, ON PAGE 39 OF THE REPORT HERE, YOU WILL SEE THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE.
HERE YOU WILL SEE ALL THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THAT OCCURRED DURING THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR, BUT I REALLY WANT TO GET YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT EXPENDITURES AMOUNT.
IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR 13 MILLION THIS YEAR, THE CITY OF SANTO SPENT 13,258,000.
NOW, IF WE WERE TO GET THIS NUMBER AND DIVIDED BY 365 DAYS, WE'RE GONNA GET A NUMBER.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT COSTS THE CITY 36,000, ROUGHLY $36,324 TO OPEN THEIR DOORS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
NOW, IF WE GET THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 9.9 MILLION AND DIVIDED BY THIS NUMBER, WE'RE GONNA GET THE DAYS OF OPERATION.
THIS YEAR, THE CITY OF SANTO HAD 275 DAYS OF OPERATION.
AND WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS, LET'S SAY, UH, REVENUES WERE TO STOP COMING IN FOR SOME, UM, FOR SOME REASON, YOU WOULD HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT 275 DAYS OF OPERATIONS IF YOU WERE TO GO LIQUID.
AND TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, WE GENERALLY RECOMMEND OUR CLIENTS TO HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 70 TO 90 DAYS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU'RE REALLY FINANCIALLY HEALTHY.
AND, UM, THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK ME.
MR. DELAROSA, ON THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF, UH, ALMOST 10 MILLION, THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF, UH, YOU SAID 275 DAYS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OF OPERATION? IT'S, BUT I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A RESERVE FUND, DON'T WE? WE HAVE 120 DAYS OF RESERVES.
SO, AND THOSE ARE RESTRIC RESERVED.
THOSE ARE RESTRICTED RESERVES RESTRICTED.
SO THIS IS, YOU'RE TALKING ADDITIONAL, THIS IS, UH, MONIES THAT ARE NOT RESTRICTED.
BUT THOSE ARE LIKE REINVESTMENT FUNDS, THEN THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ASSIGNED TO ANY PROJECTS OR ANYTHING.
SO, SO THEY THEY COULD BE USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS, SIR, NECESSARILY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR RESTRICTED RESERVE FUNDS.
AND WE WON'T TOUCH THE 120 DAYS BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT WAS SET BACK IN ABOUT 2017.
UH, PART OF THAT IT WAS 90 DAYS, BUT THE, UH, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS ENDING FISCAL YEAR 22.
I LIKE THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU, YOU MADE, BUT REALLY MY CONCERN IS TO ENSURE THAT THE RESTRICTIVE FUNDS ARE THERE MM-HMM.
AND BECAUSE TO ME, UNASSIGNED FUNDS ARE MORE LIKE A REINVESTMENT FUNDS THAT WE CAN USE MM-HMM.
I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? YES, SIR.
DOES THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE INCLUDE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONEY? NO, SIR.
IT'S, UH, THERE'S A SPECIFIC FUND THAT'S ASSOCIATED FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
IT SHOULD BE ON PAGE, UH, 37 37.
IT'S, I BELIEVE, NEXT TO THE, RIGHT, NEXT TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE, UM, OF THE CITY'S FINANCES ARE AUDITED BY COSTCO'S GROUP.
YOU GO THROUGH EVERYTHING LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM.
LIKE FOR OUR TESTINGS, WE DO CERTAIN SCOPES.
SO, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW WE BELIEVE THE CONTROLS ARE WORKING FOR THE CITY, WE ASSIGN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TESTING.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR DISBURSEMENT, WE TESTED LIKE A SAMPLE OF, FOR EXAMPLE, 60.
UH, DUE TO THE, IF WE WERE TO TEST EVERYTHING
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COMPLETELY, IT WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE HERE ALL YEAR.SO IT WAS JUST, IT'S JUST A PERCENTAGE OF EACH DEPARTMENT.
AND WITH OUR TESTING, WE'RE, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT? UH, 15% OF EACH DEPARTMENT.
IT'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS THAT YOU LOOK AT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO OUR SAMPLE TOUCHES EVERY AREA, BUT NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
DOES MR. KO MAYBE HAVE THAT ANSWER? PERCENTAGE WISE? WE DON'T.
UH, OBVIOUSLY IT IF, WELL, I THINK WHAT ROYAL SAID, IF WE WERE TO TEST A HUNDRED PERCENT, WE'D BE HERE ALL YEAR, AND, AND YOUR COST FOR THE AUDIT WOULD BE A MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE INPUT THE, LET'S SAY CHECK NUMBERS AS AN EXAMPLE OR, OR PURCHASE ORDER NUMBERS, WHATEVER.
AND IT SPITS OUT 60 ITEMS RANDOMLY.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TEST OVER THE YEARS THAT IF, IF, IF WE, IF THERE'S A 5% ERROR MARGIN IN THOSE 60, WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THE WHOLE POPULATION'S GOT A 5% ERROR MARGIN.
AND THAT'S BEEN TESTED STATISTICALLY FOR US.
AS FAR AS WHAT PERCENTAGE IT IS, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S ONLY A PORTION.
AND THEN LAST YEAR, I REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION HAD SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.
DOES THIS ONE HAVE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT AS WELL THAT WERE NOTED COUPLED WITH THE AUTO REPORT, YOU SHOULD HAVE A MANAGEMENT LETTER AND, AND, UH, A RESPONSES FROM MANAGEMENT ON THAT.
TO THEM ALREADY? YOU KNOW, WHERE WE GO BACK AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR YEAR AND SEE IF THOSE THINGS WERE FIXED.
AND THEN BASED ON OUR TESTING, WE CAN COME UP.
NOW, THE, THE MOST, THE MOST PREVALENT TESTING THAT WE COME UP WITH, THE MOST PREVALENT ERRORS USUALLY IS THE PURCHASE ORDER DATES ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE INVOICE DATE.
PURCHASE ORDER DATE SHOULD BE PRIOR TO AN INVOICE DATE.
AND WE HAVE FOUND OVER TIME, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE, THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET THE PURCHASE ORDER IN.
YOU GOTTA BUY SOMETHING, THE INVOICE IS GENERATED, AND THEN THE PURCHASE ORDER IS DONE.
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN A WHOLE LOT.
SOMETIMES IT, IT'S VERY ENTITIES THAT WE DO IS VERY PREVALENT.
SO WHATEVER WE FIND DURING OUR TESTING, THAT'S WHAT WE REPORT.
WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HERE TO, TO, TO POINT FINGERS, BUT IT GIVES MANAGEMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHERE THERE MAY BE A WEAKNESS.
SOMEBODY DROPPED THE BALL SOMEWHERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS TESTING IS.
WE TEST PAYROLL ALSO, UH, AS PART OF OUR TESTING, NOT SO MUCH WHAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID PER SE, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'VE APPROVED ALL THEIR DEDUCTIONS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT TODAY'S TAX DAY TOO, RIGHT.
SO I HOPE EVERYBODY FILED THEIR EXTENSIONS OR FILED THEIR TAX RETURNS.
BUT WHEN WE DO PAYROLL, WE MAKE SURE THE I NINE S ARE THERE, W FOUR S ARE PROPERLY COMPLETED.
BUT OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND, I WANT TO GO BACK AND TOUCH THE GENERAL FUND A LITTLE BIT.
AS FAR AS FAR AS THE UNASSIGNED BALANCE, 275 DAYS IS A LOT.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T RECOMMEND, AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE NOT DONE THAT, IS TO USE THAT FOR OPERATIONS.
AND IT, IT, IT CAN BE USED FOR, FOR, IF YOU CAN TOUCH IT, YOU CAN SPEND IT FURNITURE, STREETS, EQUIPMENT, SOMETHING THAT IS A ONE SHOT DEAL, RESURFACING PROJECTS, PAVING OF ROADS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT IN YOUR, IN YOUR OPERATING BUDGET, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DRAW ON THAT FUND BALANCE BECAUSE IT'S A ONE SHOT DEAL.
Y'ALL ARE FINANCIALLY VERY, VERY STRONG.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE STRONGEST ENTITIES THAT, THAT WE DO, WE DO QUITE A FEW.
AND SO FISCALLY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A VERY STRONG POSITION.
BUT I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE PERCENTAGE.
IT COULD BE 3% OF THE POPULATION.
UH, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT NUMBER.
ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE SAMPLE THAT WE SELECT IS STATISTICALLY DONE, I GUESS, FOR A LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
PUNCH IT IN GIVES US THE CHECK NUMBERS.
AND IN THERE YOU COULD HAVE AVOIDED CHECK AS WELL.
WE DO A FORENSIC AUDIT ON THOSE TRANSACTIONS, AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT FORENSIC AUDITS ARE NOW.
BUT A FORENSIC AUDIT WE DO ON THAT TRANSACTION, WE FOLLOW IT FROM ITS INFANCY STAGE TO THE TIME IT GETS PAID AND RECORDED ON YOUR, ON YOUR BOOKS.
SO WE ANALYZE THAT SPECIFIC TRANSACTION FROM BEGINNING TO END.
SO AS YOUR COMPANY, THIS IS PRACTICE EVERY DAY.
THE THE WAY, THE WAY YOU DO, THE WAY YOU DID THIS AUDIT? PRETTY MUCH, YES, SIR.
WE HAVE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
AND, UH, EVERYBODY IS, IS, IS SUBJECT TO THE SAME ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, UH, WHETHER IT'S GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, UH, GENERALLY ACCEPT THAT AUDITING STANDARDS.
EVERYBODY MUST FOLLOW THE, UH, FOLLOW THE SAME THING.
THE OTHER THING WE DID NOT MENTION IS YOU WERE ALSO AWARDED THE, UH, THE G F O A CERTIFICATE, IF I, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S IN THERE.
NOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERY SINGLE CLIENT THAT WE DO RECEIVES.
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AND THAT PARTICULAR CERTIFICATE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DEMONSTRATES THAT YOU ALL HAVE MET A CERTAIN STANDARD FAR AND ABOVE WHAT NORMAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES DO.THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK INVOLVED TO GET IT, BUT ONCE YOU DO IT, IT LOOKS GOOD.
IT LOOKS GOOD FOR BOND PURPOSES, IT LOOKS GOOD, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOR, FOR THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO, TO ACHIEVE THAT, THAT CERTIFICATE.
SO JUST BASICALLY, I WANTED TO TOUCH BACK ON THE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.
IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S INCONSISTENCIES, IT'S JUST DID WE, DID WE IMPROVE FROM THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE? YOU MENTIONED SOME AREAS OF, OF IMPROVEMENT.
DID WE WORK ON THOSE AREAS TO YOUR SATISFACTION? IT APPEARS THAT YOU DID.
AND THERE CAN ALWAYS BE, YEAH, IF YOU, IF COMMISSIONER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PAGE, IT'LL, IT'LL SHOW LAST YEAR'S COMMENTS.
AND IF IT WASN'T FIXED, WE'LL SAY NOT FIXED OR IMPROVEMENT NOTED, OR WE DID NOT FIND THAT, THAT THOSE DISCREPANCIES AGAIN DURING OUR TESTING.
WHERE'S LAST YEAR'S? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? YES, SIR.
RIGHTFULLY SO, TO COMMEND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, ON AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
I KNOW THAT'S, WE'VE KEPT UP THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT, UH, NEVERTHELESS, YOU GUYS ARE DOING UNDERSTANDING JOB.
THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
UH, YOU, Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE, ARE GREAT CLIENTS.
WE APPRECIATE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO CONDUCT YOUR AUDIT AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN.
NOW THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTIONS PRESENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION.
SECOND BY CO COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES.
AND MS. STEFANIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT, UH, YOUR GROUP DOES OVER THERE ALSO.
AND, UH, AGAIN, UM, FOR KEEPING US, UH, KEEPING US SAFE AND OUT OF BANKRUPTCY.
[9. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2023-0404-001 supporting the artificial drainage system legislation filed by State Representative Janie Lopez and State Senator Morgan Lamantia proposing changes to the flood infrastructure fund program and establishing a task force to study the funding challenges that communities encounter with artificial drainage systems.]
OUTTA NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, 2023 DASH 0 4 0 4 DASH ZERO ONE, SUPPORTING THE ARTIFICIAL, UM, DRAINING SYSTEM.LITIGATION FILED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE JANIE LOPEZ AND STATE SENATOR MORGAN LAIA PROPOSING CHANGES TO THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND FLOOD PROGRAM, AND E ESTABLISHED IN THE TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE, THE FUNDING CHALLENGES THAT, UH, COMMUNITIES ENCOUNTER WITH ARTIFICIAL DRAINAGE, UH, SYSTEM.
AND MR. DEL ROSA PRESENT, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, ROLAND DE VELA WITH THE, UM, UH, THE CAMERON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, COULDN'T BE HERE.
HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO AUSTIN TODAY.
SO THIS IS, THERE'S A MEMORANDUM FROM HIM REGARDING THIS, AND IT'S SOME PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WERE FILED BY REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ.
UH, TECHNICALLY THERE'S TWO BILLS.
ONE IS, UH, HAVING TO DO WITH FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS, UH, FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
AND ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, HAVING TO DO WITH ARTIFICIAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, WHICH MEANS THAT BECAUSE WE ARE VERY FLAT HERE, WE HAVE TO CREATE DRAINAGE BY, UM, ARTIFICIALLY MOVING WATERS, UH, TO GET 'EM, UH, TO STORMWATER MITIGATION.
SO THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION, UH, MAYOR GUERRA, ALONG WITH THE LOCAL MAYORS FROM OTHER, UH, UH, FROM, UH, HARLINGEN, THEN OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS SPOKE AT LAST WEEK'S, UH, UH, STATE HOUSE COMMITTEE MEETING ON THIS.
UH, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS NATURAL RESOURCES MAYOR, SO HE CAN, UH, SPEAK MORE TO THAT.
BUT, UM, UH, OUR SENATOR, UH, MORGAN LATIA HAS, HAS FILED A SENATE BILL.
THIS HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE HOUSE, SO I BELIEVE THERE'S NOT BEEN A DECISION MADE FROM THE HOUSE TO SENATE TO CALENDARS.
BUT IF IT DOES AND IT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD, THE RESOLUTION, UM, WILL GO IN.
IT'LL GET RECORDED AS FAVORABLE IF YOU, IF YOU SUPPORT THAT, THOSE TWO BILLS.
PLUS IT'LL ALSO BE SENT, UH, TO LA'S OFFICE, SENATOR TO LA'S OFFICE FOR, UM, WHEN IT GETS A SENATE HEARING, AND I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE MORE COMMITTEE, UH, UH, MORE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING AT THAT COMMITTEE.
SO, UH, SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SUPPORT, UM, OUR LOCAL STATE REP AND SENATOR ON THE LEGISLATION THEY HAVE FILED, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE
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BENEFICIAL TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.UH, WHEN IT COMES, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE OPTIONS WAS IF THEY COULD SEEK, UM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AND YOU GO AND GET A, A LOAN FROM THE TEXAS WATER OF THE VILLAIN BOARD FOR, FOR STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, THE LOAN FORGIVENESS THAT WE'RE GENERALLY AWARE OF US IS THE 50% FORGIVENESS.
THERE'S AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE IT UP TO NOT TO EXCEED 70%.
SO IF YOU BORROWED 2 MILLION, YOU PAY BACK THREE.
SO, TECHNICALLY, SO THERE ARE OTHER CONDITIONS AS PART OF THAT, BUT I WAS TRYING TO SIMPLE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO THESE BILLS WILL HELP OUR AREAS, ESPECIALLY THOSE ARE DISADVANTAGED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE ALSO.
UH, BUT IT IS, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, MY POSITION HAS BEEN THAT EVEN IF WE DON'T GET IT THIS YEAR, WE KEEP TRYING AND EVENTUALLY YOU MAKE CHANGES IN AUSTIN THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, IT WAS JUST A, YOU KNOW, JUST A, UH, GREAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GO THAT WAY AND, AND THEN TALK TO HIM, TALK TO THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS THERE, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, SENATOR, I MEAN, REPRESENTATIVE, UM, UH, LOPEZ WAS THERE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST GET THIS BILLS GOING, UM, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO HELP THE, THE VALLEY.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE, THAT'S WHY WE WENT THAT WAY SO THAT, UH, OUR VOICES CAN BE HEARD THAT WE DO NEED HELP DOWN HERE.
UH, LIKE THE, UH, MANNY SAID, OUR PLANE, OUR SANTO IS IN SOME PARTS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SINK COAT.
JUST LOOK AT THE, THE, THE, UH, RAILWAY, YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN SECTIONS OVER HERE ABOUT TALKING ABOUT EIGHT, NINE FEET, YOU KNOW, HIGH AND
SO WE WE'RE IN CERTAIN AREAS, WE ARE AT A SINKHOLE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF WATER THAT STANDS, THERE'S A LOT OF WATER THAT PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, GETS AFFECTED.
AND, UH, SO HOPEFULLY WITH THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED HELP BECAUSE WE NEED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET THE, THE HELP FOR THE PEOPLE.
AND WE DON'T NEED THEIR HOMES FLOODED OR DAMAGE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THAT WAY.
SO IT WAS MORE UNITY THAT, UH, THE VALLEY WENT OUR SITE.
SO, THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? A MOTION TO APPROVE? MAYOR, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
[10. Consideration and possible action to approve an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority pertaining to Stenger Road Segment 1 from West Business 77 to Fannin Street from an Alternative Set Project to a Ready-to-Let Status with the Texas Department of Transportation.]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE INTER LOCAL, UH, COURT CORPORATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CAMERA COUNTER, UH, REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY PERTAINING TO THE STINGER ROAD SEGMENT ONE FROM WEST BUSINESS 77 TO FINANCE STREET FROM THE ALTERNATE, SET THE PROJECT TO A READY, SET, READY TO LET STATUS WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MR. DELAROSA, PRESENT, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.UH, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, WE'VE, UH, WE CONTRACTED WITH G D J ENGINEERING TO, TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ON OUR, OUR BEHALF FOR FUNDING FOR STINGER ROAD FROM, UH, BUSINESS 77.
UH, INITIALLY WE WERE LOOKING ONLY TO GO TO ABOUT, UH, FROM WESTERN BUSINESS 77 STINGER, ALL THE WAY TO ABOUT, UM, FM 5 0 9.
WE HAVE NOW CHANGED THAT TO GO FROM BUSINESS, ANY SEVEN, THE FAR WEST END, ALL THE WAY TO BUSINESS CENTER 10 AT THE FAR EAST END, WHICH MEANS BEYOND FIVE 10.
AND DID I SAY FIVE ONE? I APOLOGIZE IF IN FIVE 10, SO THAT AREA, THAT TRIANGLE AREA THAT GOES FROM FIVE 10 TO BUSINESS 10 WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED.
SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE A DRAWING IN HERE.
WE, IT'S ONE OF THE SEGMENTS, SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT.
BUT, UM, THE, UH, THE CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, UM, AND, UM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND I, UH, HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED BY EMAIL.
HE'S PROPOSING, UM, UH, ACTUALLY WITH THE RECOMMENDATION G, THAT IF WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD, WE SHOULD GET THIS PROJECT SHOVEL READY, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF HOW YOU GET SOME OF THESE FUNDING COMPLETED.
SO, UH, INSTEAD OF YOU HAVING TO PAY ALL HUNDRED, UH, ALL $230,000 FOR SEGMENT ONE, WHICH IS FROM STINGER STARTING, UH, ON THE WEST END AT BUSINESS 97 TO FANON STREET, UH, CAMERON COUNTY, UH, REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY WILL VOTE ON THIS SAME INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TOMORROW.
SO, WHICH IS WHY I'M RECOMMENDING CONDITIONAL APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE CCC RMA BOARD APPROVING THE SAME LOCAL AGREEMENT WHERE WE WOULD DO A 50% SPLIT.
SO AGAIN, INSTEAD OF PAYING 230,000, WE WOULD SPLIT THAT, OUR PORTION WOULD BE 115,000.
SO I, I THINK, UH, YOU CAN'T GET THOSE KIND OF DEALS AT THE BANK.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT GETTING THIS, THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS, UH, SHOVEL READY WILL HELP YOU IN YOUR FUTURE FUNDING SHOULD YOU APPLY FOR THOSE.
CUZ THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS MOVE VERY QUICKLY IN, IN PROJECTS.
UH, THE MAYOR, AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED SOME OF THE NPO MEETINGS.
UH, IF YOU'RE NOT SHOVEL READY, YOU DON'T GET THE FUNDING, WHETHER IT'S TEXTILE, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, OR ANY OTHER ENTITY.
SO, UH, THIS, UH, STINGER ROAD IS NOT A TEXTILE ROAD, UNLIKE, UH,
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OSCAR WILLIAMS FROM BUSINESS SIMPSON, NORTH OF TO SAN JOSE ROAD, YOU ALREADY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH CCR MA THERE, UH, AND YOU'VE GOT ONE ALSO WITH OSCAR WILLIAMS FROM THE EXPRESSWAY SOUTH TOWARD TURNER, AND THEN CONTINUED TO THE NEW SOUTH LOOP CAMERON COUNTY'S ROADWAY.SO, UM, I, I WANNA THANK CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY FOR EXTENDING THIS OFFER.
AND I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU CONSIDER IT IN, UH, SINCE THIS IS, UH, PART OF THE ENGINEERING DESIGN, AND I, I WOULD ALLOCATE THOSE, UH, SOME OF THOSE UNASSIGNED RESERVES TO PAY THAT.
MR. DELAROSA, THIS IS GONNA IN INCLUDE THREE THINGS.
IT'S GONNA HELP IMPROVE DRAINAGE TRAFFIC FLOW, AND THEN, UM, BIKEABILITY, RIGHT? PEDESTRIAN, UH, BIKE.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR.
[11. Consideration and possible action to award a contract to Westar Construction Incorporated for the City of San Benito Waterline Crossing Project in the base bid amount of $122,825.00.]
ADAM 11, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD THE CONTRACT OF WEST STAR CONSTRUCTION COM INCORPORATION FOR THE CITY OF SANTO WATERLINE CROSSING PROJECT, UH, IN THE BASE BID AMOUNT OF, UH, HUNDRED 22,800, UH, $25.AND MR. DELAROSA PRESENT THIS MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM, BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST, UM, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION.
THIS IS THE WATERLINE CROSSING ACROSS THE OSAKA.
UM, IT'S DOWN TOWARD THE EXPRESSWAY, UH, ABOVE, ABOVE THE, UH, THE OSAKA.
THE NEW LINE WILL GO UNDERNEATH IT, AND I BELIEVE ABOUT 10 FEET.
AND, AND DAVID SALINAS, UH, WITH THE US WATER SURFACES HERE.
HE'S THE PRINCIPAL WITH, UM, AMIO TECH ENGINEERING CIVIL GROUP.
BUT, UH, THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT WE ARE STILL WAITING ON CAMERON, OUR LOCAL CAMERON COUNTY IRRIGATION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, TO APPROVE THE EASEMENT.
UM, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ACROSS THAT OSAKA FOR DECADES.
BUT, UM, WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF AN EASEMENT, IT'S PRESCRIPTIVE.
IF WE WOULD'VE JUST BEEN MAINTENANCE, UH, THE STRUCTURED SUPPORTS WON'T HANDLE THAT.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE BETTER FOR OUR LINE AND SAFER IF WE BORE UNDERNEATH, WHICH IS THE PREFERENCE OF THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, IRON ENGINEERS, OUR CONSULTANTS, UH, WITH THE ARD, EVERYBODY AGREES.
SO, UH, YOU SEE, YOU DID, UH, AWARD THE BID, AND WE DON'T WANNA MOVE FORWARD ON THE CONTRACT UNTIL WE GET, WE HAVE APPROVAL FROM THE, OUR LOCAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
SO, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO ASK.
BUT IF NOT, WE'LL TRY AND PRESENT THAT.
I WAS HOPING THAT, UM, THAT THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL WOULD'VE ALREADY RESOLVED ANY ISSUES.
IT'S, I THOUGHT IT WAS A TEMPLATE.
APPARENTLY IT'S STILL BEING LOOKED AT BY THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE HOLD OFF, UM, UH, UNTIL WE GET A RESPONSE FROM THEM.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE? MOTION TO TABLE.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE.
[12. Consideration and possible action on approving a Master Agreement for Engineering Services between the City of San Benito, Texas, and Ambiotec Civil Engineering Group, Inc.]
IO CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MASTER AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEER SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS AND AMIO TECH, UH, CIVIL ENGINEERING GROUP, INC.AND MANY DEL MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, I'M RECOMMENDED THAT WE APPROVE THIS MASTER AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH AMIO TECH, UH, CIVIL ENGINEERING GROUP INCORPORATED.
THIS FOLLOWS VERY SIMILARLY TO, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH, UH, GUZMAN AND MUNOS HANSEN AND, UM, HCE ENGINEERING.
UH, THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS WE DID ADD CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND, UM, UH, GRANT MANAGEMENT AWARDING, UH, YOU MIGHT RECALL, AMPUTATE, UH, HELP US SUBMIT THE FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS APPLICATIONS TO, UM, UH, TO WASHINGTON.
UH, UH, AT THE REQUEST OF, UH, UH, OUR CONGRESSMEN SAYING THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION, AMPUTATE IS ALREADY WORKING WITH US WATER, THEY SAID, THEY BROUGHT THIS TO US.
THEY SAID, LOOK, WE CAN DO THIS FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UH, UH, SO THAT HAS BEEN DONE, BUT WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT.
SO AGAIN, THIS MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT SITS THOSE, UH, TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ANY TASK ORDERS THAT ARE ISSUED, FOLLOW THIS MASTER AGREEMENT.
WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEMS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE TASK ORDER ONE, WHICH IS, THAT'S APPLICATION, THEN TASK ORDER TWO, UH, SH GETTING IT SHOVEL READY ALSO.
BUT THIS IS, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE TEMPLATES THAT WE USE WITH OTHERS.
AND WE TEND TO, MARY, YOU ASKED EARLIER ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD, WE DON'T DO ONE YEAR AGREEMENTS.
WE DO TALENT TYPICALLY THREE YEARS.
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YOU LOOK AT THE OTHERS, UH, THE CONTRACTS, UM, THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY GET WORK.WE HAVE TO SIGN IT BY TASK, RIGHT? SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S LESS THAN 10,000, IT'S HANDLE AT MY LEVEL.
AND IT MAY BE I NEED A, UH, AN ENGINEERING, UH, TRANSPORTATION STUDY, RIGHT? AT A, AT INTERSECTION.
BUT IF IT'S A LARGE SCALE PROJECT, IT COMES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION AND YOU APPROVE THOSE, THOSE CONTRACTS WITH THOSE, UH, DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
OKAY? SO, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ON THAT? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO.
SO, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION?
[13. Consideration and possible action approving Ambiotec Civil Engineering Group, Inc., Task Order Number CSB-001-0423 pertaining to Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Appropriations Community Project Funding Request application submission and award management.]
13, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AMBI TAKE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING GROUP TASK ORDERING NUMBER S I MEAN C S B DASH 0 0 1 DASH 4 23, PERTAINING TO THE PHYSICAL YEAR 2024, FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS OF COMU COMMUNITY PROJECT, FUNDING REQUEST.APPLICATION SUBMISSION, AND GRANT, UH, MANAGEMENT.
AND MR. DEL LAA, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, THIS IS THAT, UH, FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS CONTRACTED WAS SUBMITTED.
YOU'LL SEE, SIR, TECHNICALLY IT'S KIND OF A RATIFICATION OF SOMETHING.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE AT RISK.
UM, GRANTON AWARDS USUALLY ALLOW A 10%.
I'VE NEVER SEEN 'EM HIGHER THAN THAT, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN 'EM LESS THAN 10%.
IT'S, IT'S PRETTY STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY.
SO, UH, AND IF YOU'LL READ THROUGH THIS TASK ORDER, AND IT'S ABOUT THREE PAGES IN TOTALITY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE AT RISK IF, YOU KNOW THEY'VE DONE WORK.
UH, IT TOOK 'EM A BETTER PART OF TWO WEEKS TO GET IT.
AND THEN LAST MINUTE CHANGES, UH, TO THE APPLICATION, BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO INCLUDE WATER AND SEWER.
IT COULD ONLY BE ONE OR THE OTHER BECAUSE THERE'S BASICALLY SEPARATE, SEPARATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE CONGRESSMAN, UH, GONZALEZ'S OFFICE STAFF, CHIEF OF STAFF WAS INVOLVED.
LOUISE BENSON, UH, CHANDLER MILLS, UH, AND I'M SURE THERE WERE SOME OTHERS.
BUT, UH, MOST OF MY COM UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH MS. MILLS, SHE'S ACTUALLY VISITED OUR STAFF HERE IN TOWN.
AND, UH, AND YOU'VE CERTAINLY HAVE, HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR CONGRESSMAN, UH, WHEN HE'S HERE IN, IN CAMERON COUNTY.
SO, UM, UH, MR. CARLOS MEDINA IS PRESENT.
IF YOU WANNA ASK ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO THAT.
IF NOT, IF YOU'VE NOT MET HIM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
COME ON, MR. I'M MARRIED TO HA UH, MR. MEINE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US WATER SERVICES.
HE'S PART OF OUR TEAM THAT WE'VE DONE.
HE'S, THEY'RE DOING OTHER WORK ALONG WITH US WATER, US WATER SERVICES, AND DAVID SALINAS HAS BEEN A GOOD, UH, TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE FOR US WATER.
UH, MR. MEINE IS NOT ONLY A CIVIL ENGINEER, HE ALSO HAS A PHD IN ENGINEERING AND SOME SMALL SCHOOL, I THINK HARVARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, BUT I'M HAPPY THAT HE IS PART OF OUR CONSULTANTS.
AND, UM, MAYOR, I THINK YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS EARLIER.
UH, MAYBE NOT ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, WE DID, DID DISCUSS PERCENTAGES, UH, AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS OF THE APPLICATIONS.
SO YEAH, I, I THINK IT WAS, UH, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER CUZ I LOST MY, UH, I HAD TO, UH, RESET MY PASSWORD ON THIS THING RIGHT NOW.
SO I LOST, WELL NOW SUMMARIZE IT.
THE FEDERAL, UH, APPROPRIATIONS APPLICATION WHEN IT'S SUBMITTED, HAD ENGINEERING DESIGN SURVEYS, ALL THAT KIND OF GEO TECHNO, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO, UH, YOUR CONCERN WHEN YOU SAW THE CONTRACT WAS, UH, DID THOSE PERCENTAGES MATCH? AND THEY DID, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD TO, WELL, NOT, WE WITHIN, UH, A 7:00 PM ONE EVENING TO 11:00 AM THE NEXT MORNING, THEY HAD TO WORK THAT EVENING NEXT MORNING.
SO, SO WE COULD AMEND THE APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED, UH, TO THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE AND ENTER THE PORTAL.
SO THEY GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, LESS THAN 12 HOURS TO READJUST OUR NUMBERS, WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN WE HAD THE WATER, UH, THE 1 MILLION GROUND STORAGE TANK SCADA SYSTEM, WE ALSO HAD SOME WORK TO SOME OF THE LIFT STATIONS AT AM SCADA SYSTEM.
SO WE WOULD KNOW WHEN THEY WERE FAILING.
WE REMOVED THE LIFT STATION PORTIONS AND WE INCLUDED, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, WATER PLANS, THE ELEVATED TANKS, THE FREDDIE FENDER, THE OSCAR WILLIAMS, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT TALKING WATER, WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO AT TURNER.
SO, UH, WATER PLANT ONE IS, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IT AS PART OF THAT SC AND IT'LL BE SOMETHING SEPARATE.
IT, IT'S, UM, UM, MANNY, SORRY.
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NUMBER TWO ON STINGER.IT'S A, MY, YEAH, IT'S A TYPO.
AM I CORRECTED? SO IT'S NOT IN THE AGENDA.
CONFUSING ME WITH THE ONE AND TWO THINGS.
IT IS WATER PLANT TWO IS THE, I THOUGHT I HAD IT RIGHT.
AND I READ THIS AND I WAS LIKE, IT'S THE NO.
AND I MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT SAID BECAUSE I, I NEED TO, AGAIN, THE ERRORS ON, ON THIS AND NOT SIGN.
IT'S JUST, AND IT'S IN THREE PLACES.
CAUSE I WENT BACK AND, AND, AND, AND LOOKED AT THIS.
THE, UH, WATER PLANT ONE IS ON STINGER ROAD, OBVIOUSLY NEAR FREDDIE FENDER, WATER, PLANT TWO, THIS AND WATER PLANT.
ONE IS THE CONVENTIONAL WATER PLANT, WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO IS THE FILTRATION MEMBERS.
SO THAT IS THE MUCH NEWER PLANT.
UH, AND UH, THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE ALREADY A PARTIAL SCADA SYSTEM, WHICH IS HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE EVOQUA, WHICH IS NOW MCO.
UH, AND, UH, IT'S VERY, IF YOU, YOU'VE BEEN AT, I THINK MOST OF YOU'VE BEEN AT THAT FACILITY, IT'S VERY HIGH TECH.
SO, UH, AND SO IS THE CHEMICALS THAT WE UTILIZE AND HOW WE MANAGE THAT FACILITY.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS TASK ORDER IS FOR THAT SUBMISSION OF THAT APPLICATION AND THE GRAND AWARD.
AND AGAIN, IT, HE, IT IS AT RISK.
UH, AND, AND, UH, I DON'T DEAL WITH A LOT OF FOLKS OUT OF, UH, UH, MR. MY DEAN'S OFFICE.
HE'S THE PERSON I TALKED TO AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
I LIKE, I LIKE THAT OUR PERCENTAGE CAME DOWN.
IT WAS A LITTLE HIGHER PREVIOUSLY, NOW IT'S AT 10%.
MUDIN, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SCADA SYSTEM.
I KNOW PREVIOUSLY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO ENCOMPASS THE SEWER AND WATER, CORRECT.
AND I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF LIFT STATIONS.
AND IT'S HARD TO MONITOR THEM AND IT'S A TCEQ REQUIREMENT, BUT NOW WE'RE JUST MONITORING THE WATER SYSTEMS. CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE, WHAT THAT ENTAILS OR HOW THAT LOOKS? SURE.
BUT FIRST, UH, LET ME JUST SAY THAT THE APPLICATION WAS FOR A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION AND WE GOT ON THE APPROVED LIST.
I THINK THERE WERE 57 COMMUNITIES THAT SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS, AND ONLY 15 WERE APPROVED TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR CON CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET.
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. GUERRA? SO WE'RE RANKED NUMBER TWO.
I THINK WE HAVE A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY GETTING FUNDED, AND AS WE SAID, THE, IT'S AT COMPLETELY AT RISK.
IF WE DON'T GET ANYTHING, OUR FEE IS ZERO.
AND IT INCLUDES MANAGING THE PRO, THE, THE BUDGET AND THE PROGRAM AND THE AWARDS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE, THE PERIOD OF IT.
UH, WHAT WE WERE INFORMED IS THAT WE HAD A CHANCE TO EITHER SUBMIT FOR WATER OR WASTEWATER, BUT NOT BOTH.
SO WE, RATHER THAN RISK, AND I THINK WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING IT, WE SUBMITTED ONLY FOR THE, UH, WASTEWATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST, I MEAN, FOR THE WATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
AND WHAT THAT WILL DO IS ALLOW US TO MONITOR THE SYSTEM, SAVE MONEY, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SEND PEOPLE OUT TO CHECK LEAKS, IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY LET US KNOW, UH, MAINTAIN PRESSURES, ET CETERA.
SO IT'S A, IT'S REALLY A COST SAVING IN ADDITION TO BEING A REGULATORY CONCERN, IT'S REALLY A WAY TO SAVE MONEY AND OPERATIONS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, MR. LA ROSA.
AND ULTIMATELY WHAT I WANNA DO IS TRANSLATE THOSE COST SAVINGS INTO A SUPPORT BASE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ALL REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT.
SO LET ME ASK YOU, UM, YES MA'AM.
THAT SCADA, IS THAT GONNA BE LIKE A, IS THERE GONNA BE LIKE A, LIKE A, UH, LIKE A CERTAIN ROOM THAT, UH, IS GONNA HAVE THE COMPUTER? CORRECT.
WHERE IS THAT GONNA BE LOCATED? IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE LOCATED, WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHERE EXACTLY YET, THAT WAY PART OF THE TASK ORDER, THE SECOND TASK ORDER, WE ACTUALLY DO THE DESIGN.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL AS STAFF AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS MANAGER TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF DOING IT.
UM, WHEN YOU TOUCH BASE ABOUT DETECTING THE LEAKS AND THE BRAKES, YES.
BECAUSE, UM, YES, WE DID HAVE A VERY HIGH WATER LOSS.
I THINK, UH, I SEE 37% ACCORDING TO THE LAST T C Q REPORT AND, UH, OR TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT IT ON.
WHEN THE AVERAGE CITY SHOULD HAVE ABOUT A 15% LOSS.
HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS US MINIMIZE SOME OF OUR LOSSES BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR WATER ENTERPRISE FUNDS RUN AT A NEGATIVE $2 MILLION DEFICIT.
SO I HOPE THIS FIXES THAT PROBLEM.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS IDENTIFYING AND WE'RE WORKING WITH A CITY MANAGER, UH, FOCUSING ON WHAT ARE THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE GONNA CREATE THE BIGGEST RETURN FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR MONEY AND WATER LOSS IS, IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGER AREAS TO FOCUS ON.
AND THE SCADA SYSTEM'S GONNA ALLOW US TO FOCUS ON WHERE THOSE PROBLEMS ARE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN.
SECOND TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
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AND[14. Consideration and possible action approving Ambiotec Civil Engineering Group, Inc., Task Order Number CSB-002-0423 pertaining to engineering design plans, specifications, and bidding documents for a one-million-gallon surface ground water storage tank and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for six water storage tanks and Water Treatment Plant Number 2 in the total amount of $390,758.00.]
WE'LL GO WITH NUMBER ITEM NUMBER 14, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AMBI TAKE, UH, CIVIL ENGINEER GROUP INC.UH, TEST ORDER CSB DASH, UH, 0 0 2 DASH 0 4 23, PERTAINING TO THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PLAN SPECIFICATIONS AND, UH, BIDDING DOCUMENT FOR A 1 MILLION GALLON SURFACE GROUND WATER STORAGE TANK AND SUPERVISION, SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA, UH, ACQUISITION SCADA SYSTEM FOR A SIX, UH, WATER TANK, UH, STORAGE TANKS AND WATER TREATMENT PLANT NUMBER TWO IN THE, UH, TOTAL AMOUNT OF $390,778.
AND MR. UM, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, I'M RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER NUMBER TWO, UH, TO GET THIS PROJECT SHOVEL READY.
AND HERE'S WHY THE, UM, I FORWARDED YOU THE LETTER FROM, UH, CONGRESSMAN VICENTE GONZALEZ STATING THAT, UH, OUT OF THE TWO APPLICATIONS WE SUBMITTED AND AMIO TAKE WORKED ON BOTH OF 'EM, THE, THE WATER AND SEWER PROJECT COMBINATION, WHICH IS NOW WORTH WATER ONLY, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS TO STOOKY PARK THAT SOME OF YOU WERE VERY MUCH PUSHING FOR, UM, THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE.
UH, OR HE THIS IN THE LETTER TO YOU SAID, I'M SUPPORTING ONE AND THIS IS THE ONE I'M SUPPORTING.
IT'S THE ONE, IT'S THE, THE MORE, UM, UH, MORE VALUE IT, YOU KNOW.
SO, UM, UH, THAT'S NOT THE GOOD WORD.
IT WAS THE HIGHER AMOUNT PARK IMPROVEMENTS ARE VALUABLE, BUT $3 MILLION OR SO, IT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
SO THE APPROPRIATIONS WOULD BE ON OCTOBER OF 2023 WITH A 12 MONTH COMPLETION BY OCTOBER OF 2024.
YOU CAN'T DESIGN IT, ENGINEER IT, AND CONSTRUCT IT.
WE CAN'T EVEN DO THAT WITH A LIFT STATION.
CAN YOU IMAGINE DOING SOMETHING MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED? SO IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND, AND WE WERE GONNA HAVE SOME MATCHING MOST LIKELY TO THIS.
SO, UM, AND YOU SAW THAT IT WAS ABOUT A 20% MATCH.
SO, UH, IF WE CAN GET IT REDUCED, FINE.
IF WE DON'T, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT YOU DO HAVE THE 2019 SERIES BONDS THAT WAS FOR ENGINEERING, DESIGN OF WATER AND WASTEWATER RELATED PROJECTS.
WE STILL HAVE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN THERE THAT WE'VE NOT UTILIZED FOR ENGINEERING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN USING A LOT MORE OF THE 2020.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE THE FUNDS TO ALREADY DESIGN THIS, GET IT DESIGNED, ENGINEERED, GET IT SHOW ALREADY.
SO IF, UH, AND I'M VERY HOPEFUL AND I'M, UH, ALMOST CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AWARDED THIS PROJECT.
WE SHOULD BE READY, EVEN IF WE DON'T, YOU NEED TO SECURE FUNDING AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET FUNDING IF YOU'RE NOT SHOVEL READY, CIVIL, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO IF, UH, AND COMMISSIONER, I HEARD YOU SPEAK EARLIER ABOUT THE WASTEWATER.
WE DON'T HAVE A TASK WORK FOR THAT, BUT WE MAY WANT TO DESIGN WHAT IT'S GONNA CALL SO WE CAN GET THAT, THAT PROJECT FOR WASTEWATER, BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S, IT'S A CONCERN TO US.
BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS GRANT, THIS OPPORTUNITY IN GETTING THIS THING READY, SO WE'RE NOT AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE TRYING TO GET IT SHOVEL READY AND NOT MEET OUR TIMELINE AND THEN CORRECT MISS OUT ON THE FUNDING.
AND IF YOU'VE GOT, AND MAYOR, THIS IS THE PERCENT, SOME OF THE PERCENTAGE.
ALSO, UH, WHEN I HAD THAT CONVERSATION, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MS, UH, UH, DR.
AND, UH, HE, HE WAS, AS A MATTER IF HE'S, I WAS ALREADY WORKING ON IT.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHEN THEY DO IT, THEY DO WORST CASE SCENARIOS BECAUSE THEY HAD A VERY SHORT WINDOW.
EVERYTHING'S A LITTLE BIT HARD BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A REALLY A LOT OF TIME TO GO LOOK AT IT.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS A LITTLE, IT LOOKS BETTER.
AGAIN, IT WAS ALWAYS GONNA BE REQUIRED TO BE ENGINEER DESIGN, AND WE WERE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WHEN THE CONTRACTS CAME THROUGH.
WELL, THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS, IF THAT'S NOT ON THE TABLE, FORGET ABOUT ANYTHING.
WHAT'S THERE? THERE'S, THERE'S PEOPLE, CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 10, 15, 20 YEARS AND THEY HAVE BEEN SHOVEL READY BECAUSE THE, THE CITIES EITHER OR, OR THE SECTIONS DON'T HAVE THE FINANCES, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, TO BE SHOVEL READY.
AND THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT JUST BEEN HELD UP TO METO NOW IS, UH, IS IN A UNIQUE, UH, SITUATION THAT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME SHOVEL RATED PRACTICE RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, WITH THE HELP OF EVERY, EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE, YOU KNOW, SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GOING OUT THERE AND LOOKING FOR THIS.
YOU KNOW, AT, UH, I'VE BEEN HAMMERING MANY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE WATER, WATER TANKS OUT THERE.
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CAN YOU GIVE IT 10BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, AND UNDERSTAND, UH, CITIZENS OF SANTO, UH, WE DO HAVE A WATER DROUGHT.
OKAY? WE HAVE A DROUGHT, AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, ONE SEPARATE A TIME, AND HOPEFULLY THIS 1 MILLION WILL TURN OUT TO BE THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE LATER ON.
UM, THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT THEY HAVE ALMOST 12 OF THEM ON THE GROUND MM-HMM.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FALLING BEHIND AND, UH, WE TO PLEA CATCH UP.
SO, AGAIN, UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
IS THIS IN ADDITION TO THE 10% OF THE PREVIOUS AGENDA? YES, SIR.
THE 10%, IT'S, IT'S AN AUTOMATIC, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WOULD'VE HAD ANOTHER GRANT MANAGER, THEY WOULD BE 10%.
AND THEN THE ENGINEER AND DESIGN IS SEPARATE.
SO, UM, UH, IT'S JUST FORTUNATE THAT HE, UM, THIS FIRM BROUGHT IT TO US.
AND I SEE HERE IT'S, UH, IT'S CONFUSING THE WAY IT'S STATED.
IT SAYS LUMP SUM PAYMENT AND THEN BILLED MONTHLY.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A LUMP SUM, IT'S, THAT'S THE TOTAL COST.
I DON'T WANT TO GET, PAY THAT UP LUMP SUM AND NO, NO.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE WAY I WAS READING IT.
AND I TOLD MANNY SAID, THAT'S THE MAX.
I THINK I READ ON THE APPROPRIATIONS, IF YOU DON'T FINISH WITH A YEAR, YOU HAVE THE MONEY GOES BACK.
SO WE GOTTA GET STARTED QUICKLY.
I, LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THE DROUGHT IS RIDICULOUS.
OUR OWN PRIMARY WATER SOURCE IS THE OSAKA.
AND IF WE DON'T GET A STORAGE TANK TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS RIGHT.
OF MAYBE THE EPICENTER OR OTHER BIG PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING.
FOR A, A BIG DROUGHT AND ALL THE GROWTH IN SANTO THAT'S COMING.
SO, ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? I GOT A, UH, MOTION BY, UH, CAROL, I, MR. SANCHEZ, UM, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, STEVE GERA IN THE ROOM.
IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? UH, PHIL STAND UP.
MR. STEVE GRE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE.
UH, HE IS A FRIEND OF SAN BENITO.
HE'S ALSO, UM, UH, BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GET THIS APPLICATION THROUGH THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ON BEHALF OF, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT, I WANNA THANK HIM AND, AND DR.
MADAM FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE TO, TO PUT US ON, UH, ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
MR. GUERRA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HEY, WE'RE
[15. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request to Rezone a property located at North Williams Road, bearing a Legal Description of: 2.54 acre tract of land out of Lot 3, in Block 129, of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, in the Concepcion De Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, from AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to C-l "Commercial Restricted Business". Applicant: Randall P. Crane.]
15 PUBLIC, UH, HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING TO A REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERLY LOCATED NORTH WOODEN ROAD, UH, BARRING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 2.54, UH, ACRE TRACK OF LAND OUT OF LOT THREE BLOCK, UH, 1 29, LAND AND WATER COMPANY AND SUBDIVISION GRANT, UH, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLA OF RECORDING VOLUME ONE, PAGE SIX, MAP RECORD.CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO C ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS, PPLICANT, UH, RANDALL P CRANE.
AND, UH, THIS, UH, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COMMISSIONERS JOANNA MALDONADO, PLANNING MANAGER.
A PUBLIC, UH, HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BENITO NEWS ON MARCH 31ST, 2023.
AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.
UH, RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE LETTER.
UM, IT IS ACTUALLY ATTACHED IN YOUR PACKET IN OPPOSITION, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING.
WE ALSO DID RECEIVE A LETTER THIS AFTERNOON.
THE LETTER IS EXACTLY THE SAME LETTER.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT RESIDENT THAT'S SIGNED AT THE BOTTOM.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN FRONT OF YOU IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
UM, THEIR CONCERNS WERE FLOODING, UM, INCREASED FLOODING, TRAFFIC, INCREASED TRAFFIC, INCREASED, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
UH, THEY WERE ALSO CONCERNED THAT WE ARE GIVING UP AGRICULTURAL LAND AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
THEN, UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT TO, UH, OPEN PUBLIC MEETING.
THE TIME IS, UH, 6 41 AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC, UH, UH, OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
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COMING HERE TO THE MIC? STEP UP TO THE MIC, PLEASE.UM, MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE.
AND, UM, I, IN THE PACKETS, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF AGENDA ITEMS HERE, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THIS CUZ Y'ALL HAVE A COPY.
HOWEVER, UM, MS. MARDO, YOU SAID THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL LETTER.
WAS THAT ONE THAT I TOOK TODAY? TODAY, YES.
BUT THERE, IF I MAY, I HAVE YET ANOTHER LETTER THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME LETTER, BUT, BUT, UM, BY AUTHORITY OF THEM TO, UM, TO SUBMIT THAT ONE.
BUT I WAS TOO LATE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT APPARENTLY ONE OF 'EM GOT THROUGH, UH, KIND OF THING.
SO IF I MAY, MAY I ADD THIS ADDITIONAL RESIDENCE SIGNATURE TO THE PACKET? YES.
UH, YOU WOULD'VE TO BE ONE ALSO, UH, FOR ALL OF US.
UM, LOOK, IT'S GONNA BE FOR ALL FIVE OF US.
SO THE ONE, THIS IS THE ONE, CORRECT? IT'S THE ONE THAT, THANK YOU.
FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S TWO, THE ONE THAT WAS PLACED IN AND THE ONE THAT HE'S HANDING YOU CURRENTLY.
IN ADDITION TO MYSELF, UH, MR. JAMES HOLMES AND, UH, TONY GARCIA, UH, MR. HOLMES IS IN THE AUDIENCE HERE.
AS I MENTIONED, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ADD THOSE TO THE RECORD.
UM, MR. HOLMES IS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND, UH, MR. GARCIA WAS UNABLE TO, UM, BE HERE.
AND, UH, I'M ALSO, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, NET WORTHING NETWORKING WITH OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE PROPOSED AREA RIGHT THERE TO SEE WHERE THEY STAND ON THIS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, KIND OF THING.
SO I, UH, RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT TO THE, UH, RECORD.
UM, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 45 AND I'LL, UH, CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
[16. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request to Rezone a property located at North Williams Road, bearing a Legal Description of: 36.55 acre tract of land comprised of 10.00 acres of Lot 14, 10.00 acres of Lot 11, 10.00 acres of Lot 6 and 6.55 acres out of Lot 3, all in Block 129, of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, in the Concepcion De Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, from AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to SF-1 "Single Family One". Applicant: Randall P. Crane.]
OKAY.UH, TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING THE REQUEST OF REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH WILLIAMS ROAD.
PARA LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 36.55 ACRES, TRACK OF LINE COMPROMISE OF 10 ACRES OF LOT, 14, 10 ACRES OF LOT 11, 10 ACRES OF LOT SIX, AND, UH, 6.55 ACRES OF LAND OF LOT THREE.
ALL IN BLOCK 1 29, AL LAND AND WATER COMPANY, SUBDIVISION
AND ACCORDING TO THE MAP, OR PLA THEREOF, RECORDING VOLUME ONE, PAGE SIX, MAP RECORDS.
CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE APPLICANT, MR. REN, PETE CRANE.
AND, UH, MR. A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SANTO NEWS ON MARCH 31ST, 2023.
AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE LETTER IN OPPOSITION OF THE PRO, UH, PROPOSED REZONING.
UM, THE SECOND LETTER THAT WE DID RECEIVE TODAY IS THE SAME ONE THAT, UH, THE GENTLEMAN PASSED OUT TO YOU FOR THE FIRST, UM, FOR THE OPEN HEARING.
UH, P NZ UH, PLANNING AND ZONING CO, UH, BOARD DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON APRIL 13TH.
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NO.THEN, UH, I'LL OPEN UP FOR OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY FOR OR AGAINST? YES, GO AHEAD, SIR.
UH, THIS IS ALL PART OF THE SAME PROJECT THERE.
SO WHAT I SAID BEFORE I REITERATE, JUST SO I GO ON THE RECORD FOR THE MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MARK, WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS RIGHT ON THIS? YES.
ANY QUESTIONS? MS. MALANO? THAT THAT PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE PREVIOUS, UH, IT'S IN THE REAR.
SO JUST SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA.
THE FIRST ONE, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WAS FOR THE BLUE, UM, HIGHLIGHTED LOTS.
UM, AND OF COURSE, REMEMBER THAT THIS IS PRELIMINARY AND THIS COULD CHANGE, UM, THE IDEA.
IT IS JUST SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA, BUT REMEMBER THAT WHEN CONSIDERING A REZONING, YOU CONSIDER IF IT'S CORRECT ZONING FOR THE AREA, NOT BASED ON THE THE SITE PLAN.
UM, SO COMMERCIAL LOTS IN THE FRONT AND SINGLE FAMILY IN THE, IN THE REAR.
SO THAT'S THE SECOND PORTION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
MS. JOANNA IS THIS, UH, IS IN LINE WITH BEST USE FOR THE FUTURE LAND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA? SO CURRENTLY, UM, THE LAND USE IN THE AREA IS MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY.
AND ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY A BUDDING, THE LAND IS, UH, THE SAME COMMERCIAL, UH, ZONING THAT THEY ARE APPLYING FOR.
SO THE PLANES ONLY, UH, LOOKED AT THIS AND THEY APPROVED IT.
AS FAR AS ZONING GOES, UM, IT DOES, IT DOES LINE UP WITH THE AREA.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY LESS RESTRICTIVE IF THEY GO SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
THAT AREA IS MOSTLY COMMERCIAL AND THEN IT GOES INTO AGRICULTURAL.
HOW MANY LOTS PREDICTED? I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON THAT.
I KNOW THAT THEY WANNA DO THIS IN TWO PHASES.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH ON THAT, BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MANY LOTS IT IS TOTAL.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT BECAUSE THE PLAT DOES SHOW, UM, ONE THROUGH A CERTAIN NUMBER AND THEN AGAIN ONE THROUGH A CERTAIN NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S PHASED OUT IN TWO DIFFERENT TWO RIGHT.
THIS IS JUST AN APPLICATION FOR REZONING, RIGHT? YES, IT'S JUST FOR REZONING.
UM, AS THE MAYOR REQUESTED, HE WANTED TO SEE KIND OF HOW THEY WERE GONNA, UM, ENTER OFF OF, UM, OR WHERE THE ENTRANCES WOULD BE.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT THIS IN THE PACKET FOR Y'ALL.
YEAH, BECAUSE, UH, UH, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THERE WAS GONNA BE HOW MANY LOTS WERE THERE AND, UH, HOW MANY ENTRANCES AND EXITS.
AND LIKE, LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AS A REZONING, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY AND THIS COULD POSSIBLY CHANGE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO LOOK AT RIGHT.
UM, SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE.
THE TIME IS, UH, 6 51 IN CLOSING, CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING.
[17. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request to Rezone a property located at 1775 W Business 77, bearing a Legal Description of: 10.00 acres of land being all of Lot 14, Block 126, San Benito Land & Water Co. Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, from AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to C-l "Commercial Restricted Business". Applicant: KO Storage of San Antonio.]
NUMBER 17, PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE, UH, INPUT REGARDING A REZONE, UH, REQUEST TO PROPERLY LOCATED, UH, 17, UH, 75 WEST BUSINESS, 77 BARREN, A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 10 ACRES OF LAND BIEN, ALL OF LOT 14 BLOCK, 1 26, SEMI LAND AND WATER ACCOMPANIED SUB DIVISION CAMERON COUNTY IN TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP.AND FOUR PLAT THERE, UH, RECORDING VOLUME ONE, PAGE SIX, THE MAP RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO C1, COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS, PPLICANT
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KO, STORAGE OF SAN ANTONIO.AND MS. JOANNA, A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SANITA NEWS ON MARCH 31ST, 2023.
AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
UM, THIS IS A STORAGE FACILITY THAT IS CURRENTLY OPERATING AND HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THEY DO HAVE, UM, A COMMON ACCESS TO BUSINESS 77.
HOWEVER, THE ZONING WAS AGRICULTURAL AND FOR SOME REASON ALONG THE LINES, THEY JUST DIDN'T REZONE IT.
UM, SO THEY ARE PLANNING TO POSSIBLY ADD MORE.
SO BEFORE THEY DO THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND TAKE THEM THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS.
LOSS OF TAX REVENUE? NO, NO, NO.
THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UM, DOES THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT.
THERE'S DEFINITELY NOT A FARM THERE,
THEN, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 53 AND, UH, OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL OPEN FOR, FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
SO NOT A RESIDENT, BUT I'M A OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE OF K STORAGE.
UH, CAN DEFINITELY SAY THAT WE'RE PAYING TAXES, UM, AND INTENDING TO DO SO IN THE FUTURE.
SO UNLIKE WHAT WE HAD JUST DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS EXISTING HERE TO STAY.
OUR INTENTIONS ARE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE SAN BON ON THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITH STORAGE.
UM, WE PURCHASED, I BELIEVE IN 2022.
UM, OUR INTENTS ARE EVENTUALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DESIGN SITE PLAN WITH ENGINEERING.
UM, MAYBE ADD, I THINK WE HAVE THREE BUILDINGS PROPOSED, UH, BUT THAT WAS PUT ON HOLD WHEN WE, AND PLANNING MORE SO, UM, DISCOVER THAT THIS IS INCORRECTLY ZONED.
WE'RE NOT FARMING IT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE FARMING IT, BUT, UM, HOPING TO RECTIFY THIS AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE, UM, MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF KO STORAGE, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BUSINESS IN SAN BONITA.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS? NOTHING.
UH, THIS ONE WAS THIS MIKE TRAVIS, 1695 RUSSELL LANE.
UH, THIS ONE WAS NOT ON MY AGENDA, BUT, UH, HAVING READ THROUGH IT AND STUFF AND SEEING EVERYTHING ON THE MAP THERE AS A PUBLIC CITIZEN, PRIVATE CITIZEN KIND OF STUFF, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT AND WAY BACK WHEN NOT TO BE CRITICAL.
CERTAINLY NOT AGAINST THIS COUNCIL AND CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, BUT I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF STUFF THAT'S HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY, WHICH KIND OF WASN'T TAKEN CARE OF, SO TO SPEAK.
SO I WOULD SAY, UH, VOTE FOR THAT, UH, REZONING THERE ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE, COMMISSIONERS? NONE PUBLIC? NONE.
THE TIME IS, UH, UH, CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING.
[18. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2252-B, after the Second and Final Reading, amending Ordinance 2252 and sections of the Code of Ordinances that pertain to Conditional Use Permits, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Chapter 14, Section 14.2 and Section 14.05 (B) and (F), pertaining to 'Conditional Use Permit', Chapter 15, Section 15.04 (A) Zoning Board of Adjustments, and Chapter 16 to add Section 16.05, and Repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date.]
MAR, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE, UH, 22 50 52 DASH B AFTER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING, AMENDING ORDINANCE, UH, 2252 AND SECTIONS OF, UH, COURT OF ORDINANCE THAT PERTAIN TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND CODIFIED IN THE, UH, COURT OF ORDINANCE IN CHAPTER 14, SECTION 14.2, SECTION, UH, 14.05, BK AND F PERTAINING TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CHAPTER 15, SECTION, UH, 15.04, A ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND CHAPTER 16 TWO, ADD, UH, SECTION 16.05 AND REPEATING ANY OTHER, UH, ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT THERE WITH TO PROVIDE THE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SANTO AND PROVIDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.AND MS. UH, JOIN THEM ON THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE, UM, IS TO TAKE ANY CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION AND TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL.
UM, THIS IS THE SECOND READING, THE FIRST READING
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WE HAD AT THE LAST, UH, CITY COMMISSION MEETING.AND BASICALLY WE HAVE SOME STUFF THAT HAS BEEN GOING BEFORE ZBA.
WE JUST NEED TO SEND IT TO P AND Z AND CITY COMMISSION INSTEAD OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR VIA FRANCO SECOND, TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? I'M GONNA, I RECUSE MYSELF MARK FROM THIS VOTE.
SO ALL IN FAVOR? ANY, ANY NAYS? OKAY.
SO WE GOT THE ONE, UH, ABSTAINING AND FOUR GS.
[19. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-C to Rezone a property located on N Williams Rd. Bearing a Legal Description of: 2.54 acre tract of land out of Lot 3, in Block 129, of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, in the Concepcion De Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1 Page 6 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, From AO 'Agriculture and Open Space' to C-l ' Commercial Restricted Business'. Applicant: Randall P. Crane.]
ME.FIRST WE HAVE ORDINANCE NUMBER, UH, 2252 DASH TO RESORT, THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH WILLIAMS ROAD.
UH, BUREN LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF, UH, 2.54.
ANCHOR TRACK OF LAND OUT OF LOT THREE BLOCK 1 29 SEMI LAND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION IN CON DECI GRANT CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLA THEREOF, RECORDING ONE PAGE SIX IN THE MAP RECORDS, ER, COUNTY TEXAS FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO C1, COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS AND APPLICANT, UH, MR. REN P CRANE.
AND, UH, MR. JOIN NOW THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO SEE, UH, ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE.
A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WITH COMMERCIAL LOTS OFF OF WILLIAMS ROAD ARE BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES THIS 2.54 ACRE TRACK TO BE REZONED TO C ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY ORDINANCES.
ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
UH, YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO IS, UH, TO REVIEW AND MAKE A DECISION, BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS EARLIER, I THINK YOU SAID THERE WAS A PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY ABUTS ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT IS SIMILAR IN WHAT THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO.
SO, SO ALL OF THIS BLOCK IS ACTUALLY COMMERCIAL.
SO THIS WOULD, THERE'S RESIDENTIAL HERE, HERE, UM, AND LITTLE S SLIVERS THAT HAVE BEEN REZONED.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ALL OF THIS IS STILL AGRICULTURAL.
HOWEVER, WHAT HAS BEEN REZONED IS ALL OF THIS, AND IT HAS BEEN TOO COMMERCIAL.
SO THIS PORTION COMMERCIAL IS A BUDDING, JUST MORE COMMERCIAL.
THIS WOULD BE LESS RESTRICTIVE IN THE REAR FOR THE NEXT ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR.
BUT THIS DOES MATCH WHAT IS COMING OR WHAT IS ALREADY ZONED IN THIS WHOLE AREA HERE.
THAT WAS, UH, GET FIRST READING NUMBER NINE 19.
[20. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-D to Rezone a property located on N. Williams Rd., bearing a Legal Description of: 36.55 acre tract of land comprised of 10.00 acres of Lot 14,10.00 acres of Lot 11,10.00 acres of Lot 6 and 6.55 acres out of Lot 3, all in Bock 129, of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, in the Concepcion De Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, from AO 'Agriculture and Open Space' to SF-1 'Single Family One'. Applicant: Randall P. Crane.]
ITEM 21ST, READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252 DASH D TO ARIZONA.PROPERLY LOCATED IN NORTH OF WOODEN ROAD DURING LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 36.55 ACRES, TRACK OF LAND COMPROMISED OF 10 ACRES OF, UH, LOT 14, UH, ACRES OF LOT, UH, 1110 ACRES OF LOT SIX, UH, 6.55 ACRES OUT OF LOT THREE.
UH, UH, COMPANY SUBDIVISION CARTO, SHOWN DETO GRANT, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLATE RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX MAP RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SINGLE SF ONE, SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND APPLICANT MR. RANDOLPH P, GREEN, AND MS. UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE.
A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IS BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES AN SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ZONE TO COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCES.
OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NONE.
[21. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-E to Rezone a property located at 1775 W. Business 77 bearing a Legal Description of: 10.00 acres of land being all of Lot 14, Block 126, San Benito Land & Water Co Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Map Records, Cameron County, Texas from AO Agriculture and Open Space' to C-l 'Commercial Restricted Business'. Applicant: KO Storage of San Antonio.]
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NUMBER 22, UH, 52 DASH E TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED, UH, 17 17 5 17 75 WEST BUSINESS 77.BE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 10 ACRES OF LAND BARR, ALL OF LOT 14 BLOCK, 1 26 LAND AND WATER COMP, UH, COMPANIES OF DIVISION COME COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLA THEREOF.
RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX OF THE MAP RECORDS
MS. UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO C1 COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESSES AND EXISTING BUSINESS HAS BEEN OPEN, UM, OPERATING A STORAGE BUSINESS SINCE 2000.
TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS, THIS PROPERTY WILL NEED TO BE REZONED C1, COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS TO COMPLY WITH OUR CITY ORDINANCE.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NONE.
[22. Consideration and possible action to approve a request for a variance for a proposed subdivision located on Business 77 bearing a Legal Description of: 5397 acres of Lot 7, Resaca Front Subdivision out of Block 196, San Benito Land & Water Company Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 2, Page 21 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Briar Ridge Inc.]
ADAM ARE 22 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE.UH, WERE A PROPOSED SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN BUSINESS 77 BARRON.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF, UH, UH, 53 97 ACRES OF LOT SEVEN, UH, FRONT SUBDIVISION OUT OF BLOCK 1 96, SEMI LAND AND WATER COMPANY, SUBDIVISION, CHEMICAL COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT, THE ROAD RECORDING VOLUME TWO PAGE, UH, 21 OF THE MAP RECORDS.
CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS APPLICANT, UH, BREYER RIDGE INCORPORATED, AND MS. AN APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR A FOUR LOT SUBDIVISION TO BE CONSIDERED A MINOR PLAT.
ONE, UH, ONE REQUIREMENT TO CHAPTER 10.
SECTION, UH, CHAPTER 10, SECTION 10.0 2.009, MINOR PLAT APPROVAL.
UM, DELEGATION B TWO STATES TO QUALIFY FOR APPROVAL.
UNDER THIS SECTION, ALL LOTS MUST FRONT AND EXISTING, DEDICATED PROPOSED STREET LOTS, ONE THROUGH THREE IN THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION FRONT AND EXISTING STREET LOTS.
ONE WILL PROVIDE A COMMON ACCESS TO LOT FOUR.
THE UTILITIES FOR THIS SUBDIVISION WILL BE SERVED BY CITY OF SAN BONITO.
LOT FOUR WILL HAVE A PRIVATE SERVICE LINE FOR FIRE HYDRANT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS VARIANCE ON APRIL 13TH, 2023 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
SO IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR A MINOR PLAT, OUR ORDINANCE STATES THAT ALL LOTS MUST FRONT, UH, AN EXISTING ROAD.
THEY PROPOSED TO BUILD A STREET.
HOWEVER, UM, THE STREET WOULD BE JUST SOLELY FOR COMMERCIAL USE AND IT WOULDN'T BE IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO MAINTAIN SOMETHING THAT IS TECHNICALLY PRIVATE.
UM, SO THEY DO PROVIDE US COMMON ACCESS EASEMENTS THAT ARE TWO, UH, CITY STANDARDS FOR FIRETRUCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING DOES MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS.
THE ONLY REASON THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS IS BECAUSE THAT ONE PORTION OF THE, OF THE CODE SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO FRONT A ROAD.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? NO QUESTIONS.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UM, MAYOR FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
[23. Consideration and possible action on reappointing David Garza as Presiding Judge of the San Benito Municipal Court beginning June 1, 2023 and ending May 31, 2025 and approving a contract for related services.]
UH, 23 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REAPPOINT, UH, DE REPRESENTING JUDGE ON THE, UH, SEMI MUNICIPAL COURT, BEGINNING JUNE 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING, ENDING MAY 31ST, 2025, AND APPROVE A CONTRACT CONTRACT FOR RELATIVE SERVICES.AND MR.
SO, UH, IN MY SEVEN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, JUDGE GARZA.
AND, UM, AND TWO YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT ONE, THE, THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE ALANISE HAS BEEN WITH US ABOUT TWO YEARS.
SO THE, THE APPOINTMENT TERMINATES AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
SO, UH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE JUST KIND OF MONITOR TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND WHETHER WE'RE GONNA, UH, STAY WITH THAT.
I'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS.
YOU MIGHT RECALL, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE ACTUALLY, ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO,
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WE SOLICITED APPLICATIONS.WE OPTED TO STAY WITH THE, THE JUDGES AT THE TIME.
AND TWO YEARS AGO, UM, WE MADE A CHANGE.
JUDGE GARZA STATE IS PRESIDING.
SO THE, UM, IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, JUDGE GARZA BE REAPPOINTED.
AND IF HE IS, UH, THE CONTRACT IS IN ATTACHED TO THIS, THE CONTRACT, UH, THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, UH, STIPULATES, UH, TERMS, UH, EXPECTATIONS, MAINLY, YOU KNOW, UH, BASICALLY WHAT HIS COMPENSATION'S GONNA BE, THE HOURS AND HOW, HOW WE WANT THINGS TO KIND OF MOVE ALONG EFFECTIVELY.
SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY COME IN EARLY, UM, PROVIDE, UH, THE, THE MAGISTRATE WARNINGS THAT THEY NEED TO.
AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY DETAINED OR NEEDS TO BE RELEASED OR SENT SOMEWHERE ELSE, UH, THAT IS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER, THAT WE'RE NOT HOLDING PEOPLE IN OUR HOLDING FACILITY, UH, LONGER THAN NECESSARY.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I SEE, UH, CHRIST.
UH, SO HOW'S THE FLOW GOING AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO MEET, UH, UH, BE AND BEING EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT? FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTINA SANCHEZ, COURT ADMINISTRATOR, THE FLOW IS GOING GOOD.
THEY ARE GETTING TO THE JAIL, DOING ARRAIGNMENTS ON TIME.
TRAFFIC COURT IS WELL, UM, ANY TRIALS THAT WE HAVE SET, IT'S, EVERYTHING IS FLOWING SMOOTHLY.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO MORE QUESTIONS.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.
UM, JUDGE, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? SURE.
IF, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT, I THINK IT'S DOING FANTASTIC.
I THINK THAT THE, UH, STAFF IS RIGHT ON TIME IN REFERENCE TO GETTING EDUCATION, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR OUR COURT TO CONTINUE WORKING IN THE PROCESS THAT IT IS.
UH, I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD, UH, MANNY, TALK ABOUT A POSSIBLE WARRANT OFFICER BAILIFF FOR THE FUTURE.
THAT WOULD BE TO YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A BIG, BIG PLUS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
BUT AS FAR AS, UH, THE MUNICIPAL COURT, MYSELF AS WELL AS JUDGE ESE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING.
AND WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO, WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE, UH, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONSIDERATION.
UM, I KNOW THE CHIEF IS HERE AS WELL.
UM, EVERYTHING IS, WHAT I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE IS THAT WE'RE, THIS TYPE OF PROCESS IS WORKING FOR ALL CONCERN, BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR DEPARTMENT IS, UM, A BIG FACTOR IN THIS.
UH, SO EVERYTHING IS, UH, FOR THE RECORD, UH, POLICE CHIEF FIGHTER.
EVERYTHING IS, UH, WORKING WELL.
UH, WE'VE, UH, PRETTY MUCH MOVED AWAY FROM HOLDING PEOPLE THERE LONGER THAN THEY NEED TO BE.
AND WE TRY TO GET 'EM OUT AT, AT A QUICKER TIME, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, CLASSY MISDEMEANORS.
UM, SO, BUT EVERYTHING'S BEEN WORKING, UH, WELL, AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WARRANT OFFICER.
AND HEY, JUST, UH, OF COURSE, RECOMMENDED A BAILIFF.
SO, UH, YOU CAN GIVE US INPUT LATER.
AS FAR AS WHAT, WHAT YOU FEEL WOULD, WOULD BE GOOD FOR US.
YEAH, COMMISSIONER, IT'LL COME UP DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UH, MS. SANCHEZ HAS ALREADY APPROACHED ME.
THE, THE WARRANT OFFICER REFERENCE IS THE BAILIFF THAT MM-HMM.
SO, AND I CAN TELL THAT JUDGE GARZA, UM, UH, TODAY, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN CALLED ME ABOUT A CONCERN.
COMMISSIONER GALVAN HAD A CONCERN.
I SPOKE WITH CHRISTINA SANCHEZ, SHE SPOKE WITH THE CHIEF.
NOTHING SITS IDLE THAT WE DON'T ADDRESS.
SO, AND AGAIN, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE SEVEN YEARS, JUDGE, YOU AND I HAVE EVER BROKEN BREAD.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP.
IF I HEAR A CONCERN, I ADDRESS IT.
CHIEF, REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED THE CALL HAD CONCERNS ABOUT OTHER JUDGES? YES, SIR.
UH, LET ME ASK YOU, JUDGE, UH,
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DO WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE LIKE, UH, UNPAID FINES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? RIGHT NOW? THERE ARE STANDING, THERE'S NO DOUBT.AND THIS IS WHY A WARRANT OFFICER WOULD BE A BIG, BIG PLUS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NO ONE TO GO OUT THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE CATCHING UP WITH WHAT WE USED TO HAVE, BUT WAS VERY STAGNANT, BUT WE'RE UP TO DATE ON IT.
WE'RE HAVING OUR PRETRIAL HEARINGS, OUR BENCH HEARINGS, AND SOON TO HAVE JURY TRIALS AS WELL.
SO THINGS ARE WORKING VERY, VERY WELL.
BUT LIKE I MENTIONED, A WARRANT OFFICER WOULD BE A HUGE PLUS FOR COLLECTIONS.
SO YOU USE THAT WARRANT OFFICER FOR, OBVIOUSLY, FOR, FOR COLLECTIONS, BUT OTHER TIME TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT THERE AT THE COURT YES.
CUZ WE NEED A BAILIFF AS OF RIGHT NOW, NOW WE HAVE TO, UH, PULL SOMEBODY OFF PATROL, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S NOT CONVENIENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE EVERYBODY ON THE ROAD THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE MISSING PEOPLE.
BUT THAT WOULD BE A BIG, BIG PLUS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
CHRISTINA, WHAT WAS THE LAST, THE NAME OF THE LAST WARRANT OFFICER THAT YOU HAD? IS THAT BIG TOK? RIGHT? DID YOU HAVE ONE? NO, IT WAS OFFICER MONROE.
WELL, YOU WERE THERE AGAIN, PROBABLY ABOUT OFFICER PAOLOS.
UH, HE PASSED AWAY, UNFORTUNATELY.
THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE TREMENDOUS FOR OUR MUNICIPAL COURT.
THIS IS WHY I THINK THAT IT'S, UH, A BIG PLUS IF WE WERE TO HAVE AND CONTINUE AN ADDITIONAL ONE.
WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT IT DURING THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
CONTINUE CHIEF VIDEOS NOT, UM, UH, HE'S NOT HESITANT ABOUT ASKING FOR THINGS.
[24. Consideration and possible action on reappointing Noe Alaniz, Jr., as Associate Judge of the San Benito Municipal Court beginning June 1, 2023 and ending May 31, 2025 and approving a contract for related services.]
IN PROVIDING A CON, UH, CONTRACT FOR RELATIVE SERVICES AND MR. DEL P.
MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I'M RECOMMENDING THE APPOINTMENT OF NOE.
ELISE JRS THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR THE, UH, SANTO MUNICIPAL COURT.
UM, HE HAS MET HIS, UH, CONTRACTUAL EXPECTATIONS.
UH, AND AGAIN, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, UH, FROM THE STAFF, UH, HE'S PLEASANT TO WORK WITH, JUST LIKE JUDGE GARZA, SO I HAVE NO REASON WHY NOT TO RECOMMEND HIS HIS REAPPOINTMENT.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
GOT A MOTION BY, UH, MARI VIA FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
JUDGE, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING OR NO? GREAT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, UH, SANTO.
AND I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
[25. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2023-0418-001, a resolution of the City of San Benito, Texas, finding that AEP Texas Inc.'s Application to Amend its Distribution Cost Recovery Factors to increase electric distribution rates within the City should be denied; authorizing participation with the cities served by AEP Texas; authorizing hiring of legal counsel; finding that the City's reasonable rate case expenses shall be reimbursed by the company; finding that the meeting at which this resolution is passed is open to the public as required by law; requiring notice of this resolution to the company and legal counsel.]
OKAY, HONOR NUMBER 25, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.UH, 2023 DASH FOUR 18, UH, DASH ZERO ONE RESOLUTION OF CITY SANTO TEXAS, FINDING THAT A P TEXAS INC, UH, APPLICATION TO AMEND ITS DISTRIBUTION COST RECOVERY FACTORS TO INCREASE ELECTRIC, UH, ELECTRIC, UH, DISTRIBUTION RATES WITHIN THE CITY SHOULD BE DENIED AUTHORIZING, UM, PARTICIPATION WITH THE CITY SERVED BY A P TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE HIRING OF LEGAL COUNSEL, FINDING THAT THE CITY'S, UH, RE UH, VISIBLE RATE, UH, CASE, UH, EXPENSE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BY THE COMPANY.
FINDING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
REQUIRING NOTICE OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COMPANY AND LEGAL COUNCIL, AND MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGEMENT'S RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION DENYING AEPS, TEXAS AND CES APPLICATION TO AMEND DISTRIBU DISTRIBUTION, COST RECOVERY FACTORS SEEKING TO INCREASE DISTRIBUTION RATES WITHIN THE CITY.
WE ARE A MEMBER OF A COALITION OF CITIES, UH, AND AGAIN, THIS RESOLUTION DENIES THAT INCREASE.
SO ALL IT DOES IS IT GETS, UH, OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE TABLE.
SO BETWEEN OUR, YOU KNOW, THE COALITION OF CITIES CAN NEGOTIATE THOSE RATE STRUCTURES, AND THEN IT'LL BE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS.
AAP TEXAS IS OUR FRIENDS, BUT AGAIN, UH, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY STAY IN CHECK
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UH, UH, MAYORSECOND BY CO COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES FOR THE CITY TO DENY.
[26. Consideration and possible action to ratify the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Subaward Agreement Number M2101662, Amendment Number 2.]
OKAY.CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ASKING TO ACTION, TO RATIFY THE TEXAS A AND M, UH, AGREED LIFE, UH, EXPANSION SERVICE, UH, CIVIL WARD AGREEMENT NUMBER M 21 0 1 66 2.
UH, AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, THIS EXTENSION PERTAINS TO PHASE FOUR OF THE WETLANDS PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, PEER RENOVATION, GAUGE INSTALLATION, AND SITE MAINTENANCE.
SO THE ORIGINAL, UM, AGREEMENT, I BELIEVE WAS GOING TO EXPIRE OR DID EXPIRE, AND THEN WE, UH, RATIFIED, UH, THE SIGNATURES BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO SUBMIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE, YOU HAVE THE FIRST AGREEMENT AND YOU HAVE THE SECOND AGREEMENT IN YOUR PACKET.
THEY SHOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME.
ONLY THE SECOND ONE IS JUST EXTENDING THE TIME.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE TO HAVE MOTION.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
SECOND, BY BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
[27. 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.]
AT NUMBER 27.CONSIDERATION WORKING TO APPROVE PAYMENT TO G E D J ENGINEERING FOR INVOICE NUMBER, UH, 2 0 23 DASH 41 PERTAINING TO THE STINGER ROAD PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.
UH, GRANT THE PREPARATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF $88,225 AND MS. THIS INVOICE IS THE LAST PAYMENT.
UM, THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED WAS $152,480.
UH, SO FAR WE'VE PAID $115,771.
THE LAST PAYMENT WOULD BE 36 UH, THOUSAND $709.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAMES? QUESTION PASSES.
[28. Consideration and possible action to approve the Cameron County Emergency Services District Number 1 Fire Services Contract beginning October 1, 2022, and ending September 30, 2023.]
ITEM NUMBER 28, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CAMERON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT.NUMBER ONE, PRIOR SERVICE CONTRACT, UH, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
AND, UM, WHAT CHIEF? OUR CHIEF UMA, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PROTE COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS OUR ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH THE, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT.
AS YOU UH, KNOW, LAST YEAR, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY GONE UP EVERY YEAR.
UM, THIS YEAR WENT UP BY, UM, IT WAS LIKE $3,400.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO APPROVE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT OR INITIALLY WE DID.
UH, WE WENT BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT INITIALLY, AND THEN, UM, MR. SASI LOOKED IT OVER AND SAID IT WAS GOOD.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY WITH IT.
CHIEF BOTH WAS LOOKING AT THE MAP.
HAS THE DISTRICT CHANGED SINCE? NO.
NO, NOT, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME, UM, ZONES THAT, OR ZONE THAT WE HAVE.
IS IT, I KNOW IT, IT INCORPORATES OUR ETJ.
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT WHAT SQUARE MILES WE ENCOMPASS VERSUS OTHER CITIES? BECAUSE THEY'RE, I SEE HARLAN G AND, UM, THEY HAVE SEVEN STATIONS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE NOT ENCOMPASSING AS MUCH MANY SQUARE MILES AS WE ARE.
AND WE ONLY HAVE TWO STATIONS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, AND REALLY IT IS GONNA BE CALL VOLUME.
UM, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 140, 150 CALLS IN THE COUNTY A YEAR.
UH, THEY MIGHT AVERAGE LESS SINCE THEY HAVE LESS, UH, I GUESS, LAND THAT THEY HAVE TO RESPOND OUT TO.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE, UH, TANKER TRUCKS ARE FOR, RIGHT? CORRECT.
DO Y'ALL GET THE, THE MUTUAL AID ALSO FOR, UH, CORRECT.
THAT'S PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WE, WE PROVIDE MUTUAL AID AND THEN THEY, THEY GIVE US MUTUAL AID WHENEVER WE NEED IT.
EITHER HAR HARLINGEN, BROWNSVILLE? NO.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN.
[29. Consideration and possible action to approve Change Order Approval Request Form Number 4 from Hanson Professional Services, Inc., for the Alameda Lift Station Improvements RFP #2022-002-0501.]
OKAY.ITEM NUMBER 20, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER APPROVED OR REQUEST FORM NUMBER FOUR FOR HANSON, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE INC.
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UH, LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS.RF P UH, NUMBER 2 0 22 DASH TWO DASH 5 0 1.
AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS GARCIA ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS RECORD FOR THE RECORD.
THE ITEM OF FOR DISCUSSION IS, UH, TIME EXTENSION FOR THE ALAMEDA LIFT STATION.
UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH, AT A COMPLETION DATE FOR MAY 15TH.
UH, IT'S MINOR, UH, DETAILS THAT THEY NEED TO, THEY DID ADD A LETTER.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE CANOPY FOR, UH, COVER ON THE PANELS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING.
UM, SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE ON THAT.
JUST ADDRESSING MINOR, UH, PRETTY MUCH COSMETIC, EXCUSE ME, PRETTY MUCH COSMETIC.
UH, THEY DID ADD AN EXTRA WEEK ON THERE SO WE CAN, UH, ALSO DO A WALKTHROUGH, UH, CITY STAFF ALONG WITH OUR ENGINEER JUST TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THAT DO ARISE THAT WAY.
WE DO, UH, ADDRESS 'EM, UH, ACCORDINGLY.
SO WHAT DID YOU DO THERE AFTER ALL ON THAT, AMID WE REHAB THE, THE WHOLE LIFT STATION GOT REHABBED.
UH, TWO NEW SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS, CONSIDERING IT'S IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA BEHIND A HOME, UH, TO KIND OF, FOR VISUAL PURPOSES.
SO, UH, WE DID SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS THERE.
WE DID A NEW, UH, CONSTRUCTED A NEW, UH, CONCRETE SLAB, UH, EVERYTHING, UH, PERIMETER, FENCING, LIGHTING, UH, NEW PANELS, UH, PROTECTIVE PANELS, SO THE, THEY'D LAST A LOT LONGER.
UH, SO EVERYTHING, UH, IS GOING ACCORDING, UH, THEY JUST ASKED FOR THIS EXTENSION.
HOW IS YOUR ORDER? HOW'S THE ORDER NOW? HAVE? IT'S, UH, AS OF NOW, YEAH.
IT'S WAY BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.
I MEAN, UH, UM, I KNOW IT WAS UNBEARABLE DRIVING BY, UH, MUCH LESS THE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
DOES THIS INCREASE THE PRICE INCREASE NEGATIVE? NO.
UH, MANUFACTURER DID, UH, INCLUDE A LETTER THERE STATING, UH, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO RECEIVE CERTAIN MATERIALS, SO, UH, THAT'S WHY THEY ASKED FOR THE EXTENSION.
AND THEN WE DID HAVE A COUPLE RAINY DAYS, UH, IN THERE.
SO THEY, UH, ASKED FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE REQUESTED JUST, HEY, GIVE US AN EXTRA WEEK SO WE CAN GO AND ASSESS IT.
AND, AND IF ANYTHING ARISES SO THAT WE, UH, CATCH, UH, FROM OUR STAFF, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS IT THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR FRANCO.
SECOND TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
[30. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 6 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 $60,968.27.]
ITEM NUMBER 30, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT NUMBER SIX FOR FERGUSON, UH, SERVICE, UH, SYSTEM INC.AS RECOMMENDED BY HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICE INC.
UH, NUMBER ONE, LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $60,968 AND 27 CENTS.
MR. GARCIA, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS AN GARCIA ASSISTANT PUBLIC FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM OF HER DISCUSSION IS PAYMENT TO HANSEN, OR PAYMENT TO FERGUSONS SERVICE SYSTEMS, INC.
UH, RECOMMENDED BY HANSEN PROFESSIONALS, WHICH ARE THE PROJECT MANAGERS OVERSEEING IT.
UM, THE PROJECT'S APPROXIMATELY ON HERE, WE'RE ABOUT 60% COMPLETED ON THAT.
UM, THE PAYMENT PERTAINS TO DEWATERING, UH, CONSIDERING WE DID HAVE SOME RAINY DAYS.
SO THEY ARE, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE WET WELL, UM, TO DEWATER TO BE ABLE TO SET A A, A SOLID FOUNDATION.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN, UH, KIND OF NAVIGATING THROUGH THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, THEY DON'T SEE ANY, UH, UH, DELAYS.
SO WE'RE IN LINE TO FINISH, UH, BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I WAS SEEING THE WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE.
UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, YOU DID SAY NEXT WEEK, EXCUSE ME, NEXT WEEK TO BE FINISHED? NO, NEXT MONTH.
THAT'S WHEN THE COMPLETION BEGAN.
I, I WISH I, I WANT, I HOPE IT WAS GONNA GET DONE NEXT MONTH.
YOU HEARD ME LAST TIME ABOUT ALL THE CONCERNS OVER.
I SAW THE BIG, UM, SUBMERSIBLE, WHAT IS IT? A BIG, UM, PIPE THAT WENT INTO THE GROUND? YES.
THE WET, WELL, THE, IS THAT WET? WELL, OKAY.
UM, MY CONCERN IS, AGAIN, THE ODOR BECAUSE THE RESTAURANTS ARE THERE, CAN I STILL GO EAT AT SONIC AND NOT HAVE TO AND AVOID THIS ISSUE? YES.
I BELIEVE I, I HAVE TO GO BACK INTO THE SCOPE OF WORK ON THIS.
I BELIEVE THESE, WE DID GO AS WELL SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS TO KIND OF ELIMINATE THAT, UH, TO KEEP 'EM, UH, SORE EYE AS WELL FOR THAT.
AND KIND OF IN CASE EVERYTHING DOWN IN THE WE.
SO I THINK YOU'LL, WE WILL BE FINE EATING THAT SONIC, SIR.
AND COMMISSIONER GALVAN, THESE PUMPS RUN MORE OFTEN BECAUSE OF THE CAR WASH THAT'S THERE, YOU KNOW, BIT.
SO THERE'S MORE, UH, FRESH WATERS HITTING THAT WET.
WELL, SO THE PUMPS COME ON QUICKER.
WHEN YOU HAVE IT IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SEWAGE BUILDS UP.
THAT'S WHY YOU GET SEWER GASSES UNTIL IT GETS TO A CERTAIN LEVEL.
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THEM LONGER, AND WE SET THOSE PARAMETERS, BUT THEN YOU LOSE CAPACITYSO THAT'S WHY IT, WELL, THERE'S MORE TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE ODOR ISSUES IT RUNS OUR ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL COSTS, ELECTRICITY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SET 'EM AT A LOWER CENTER TO RUN 'EM MORE OFTEN.
THERE'S TWO, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S THREE, AND THEY CONTINUALLY ALTERNATE.
SO WE DO TRY TO ADDRESS THEM TO TRY TO GET, MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T CREATE THOSE, THOSE ODOR ISSUES.
WELL, I JUST RECOMMEND YOU PUT THE COLOGNE INTO IT.
DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY MORE? OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES.
GET A MOTION BY CO COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
SECOND BY CO COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
[31. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment for the emergency repairs needed for the Business 77 sewer line break to Southern Trenchless Solutions in the total amount of $13,750.00.]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY PAYMENT FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS NEEDED FOR THE BUSINESS 70 72 LINE BREAK TO SOUTH, UH, SOUTHERN TRENCHLESS, UH, UH, SOLUTIONS IN TOTAL AMOUNT OF $13,750.AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS GARCIA, ASSISTANT PUBLIC COURT RECORD.
FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM OF FOR CONSIDERATION IS RAT, UH, RATIFYING PAYMENT TO SOUTHERN TRENCHLESS SOLUTIONS AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $13,750.
UH, THAT WAS TO, UH, ASSESS THE, THE DAMAGED, UH, SEWER LINE THAT WAS ON BUSINESS 77, UH, JUST PAST THE, THE SUBWAY.
UM, WE HAD TO BYPASS IT FOR A LITTLE UNDER TWO MONTHS, I BELIEVE.
UM, TO BE ABLE, IT WAS A DEEP LINE.
UH, SO IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY, UH, SPILLS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE INTO THE NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOODS THERE, DOWN LOVETT ROAD.
UM, SO WE DID HAVE TO DO, UH, OUR, OUR CITY STAFF, UH, KIND OF DID THE BYPASS, SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO PROPERLY ASSESS IT.
UH, UH, IT WAS A DEEP DIG, SO, UH, THAT'S WHY WE HIRED THEM TO, TO AS ADDRESS THE SITUATIONS.
NO, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
YEAH, IT'S COMPLETED AND DONE.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN.
[32. Consideration and possible action to award a bid for the repair of streethghts located on Interstate Highway 69 to Austin Traffic Signal Construction Company, Inc., for the total amount of $27,780.00.]
32, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD A BID, UH, FOR THE REPAIR OF STREET LIGHTS LOCATED ON INTERSTATE, UH, HIGHWAY 69 TO AUSTIN.TRAFFIC, SINGLE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
MR. GARCIA MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS GARCIA, HIS REPUBLIC FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS, UH, THE REPAIR ON OF THE LIGHTS OUT ON, UH, THE EXPRESSWAY.
UH, PREVIOUSLY AUSTIN TRAFFIC, UH, SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HAD, UH, PREVIOUSLY DONE WORK, UH, FOR THE CITY.
UM, SO WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AGAIN, UH, WITH THE LIGHTS THAT WERE OUT.
UM, AND THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY HAVE, UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING IT'S A 27,780.
WE DO HAVE, UH, THE OTHER THREE QUOTES.
UH, WE DID GET A LETTER, UH, STATING FROM ONE OF THE, UH, OTHER, UH, UH, QUOTES THAT WE GOT.
AND THEN THE THIRD, UH, QUOTE THAT WE GOT WAS JUST FOR A DIAGNOSTICS CHECK, WHICH THEN IN TURN, WE WOULD GET ANOTHER BILL FOR TOTAL.
SO WE DECIDED TO GO WITH AUSTIN TRAFFIC.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
LET ASK YOU, THOSE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT, UH, I, I THINK REPAIRED OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS HERE ON AT FREDDY FIT STINGER.
NOW, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FREEWAY YES.
I BELIEVE IT'S FROM, UH, ON CLOSE TO DIANE STREET OVER, UH, BY RATCLIFF ON, ON THE EXPRESS, THAT AREA.
SO NOW THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT LIGHTS IN THE FREEWAY, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PROPER TIME OR APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT, UH, THE LIGHTS UNDERNEATH OVERPASSES, OTHER CITIES HAVE DECORATIVE LIGHTS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S TEXTILE SYSTEM.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE PAYING FOR THE ELECTRICITY FOR THE KEY.
WE ALREADY HAVE THAT AGREEMENT.
SO ANYTHING THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO, I MEAN, WEST COAST'S GOT SOME LIGHTING.
THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR EDC PAID FOR IT.
WOULD YOU SEE? SO CAN WE, CAN WE WORK ON SOMETHING, PUT AN AGENDA, THAT WAY WE CAN, UH, BRING TO THE TABLE.
UH, YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL US KIND OF WHICH AREAS AND WE CAN KIND OF RUN SOME NUMBERS.
UH, YOU'VE SEEN AFTER WHAT? YOU GOT SAM HOUSTON, YOU GOT MACU, YOU GOT OSCAR WILLIAMS, YOU GOT FIVE NINE.
NOW YOU GOT THE ONE OVER THERE FOR, UH, EPIC CENTER, MAYBE ALL FOUR HOUSTON.
WE'LL LOOK AT IT, COMMISSIONER.
BRING IT BACK PLEASE, MR. AVE.
WHAT IS A MOBILIZATION, UH, FEE.
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A LOT ON THESE QUOTES.CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? IT'S A, THEY ALWAYS CHARGE US A MOBILIZATION ON THE, ON THESE QUOTES.
WHENEVER WE GO WITH SOMEONE TO DO A PROJECT, I CAN GET BACK TO, I BELIEVE THAT ONE IS, UH, TO KIND OF DIRECT TRACK WHEN THEY'RE WORKING IN THE AREA.
I, SIR, THE WAY I READ IT IS LIKE, JUST TO GET THEM STARTED.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S SET IN CONES.
IT'S LIKE A ROOFER COMES IN MY HOUSE, HE'S FREE QUOTE, I'M NOT GONNA GIVE HIM A MOBILIZATION FEE.
HE SAID THAT'S WHY HE DIDN'T GO WITH THE OTHER ONE.
TRAFFIC SIGNAL MOBILIZATION OF YEAH.
AT 500 TO SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT'S JUST TO KIND OF KEEP, UH, I GUESS, UH, THEY GIVE YOU BREAK IT DOWN TO, HEY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA FLOW.
I, I WANNA SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO AVOID THAT.
IT'S LIKE GETTING A FREE QUOTE.
I DON'T GO WITH THOSE GUYS THAT CHARGE ME JUST TO COME LOOK AT THINGS.
BUT ANYWAYS, I KNOW THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MUNICIPALITIES.
NO, HE WENT, YOU WENT WITH AUSTIN TRAFFIC SIGNAL, RIGHT? YES.
AND DO WHAT YOU JUST SAID? NO, THE OTHER ONE WAS A DIAGNOSTIC.
DAVID WAS JUST CHARGES AND COMMISSIONER, IT IS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD, BUT WE STILL PAID I MOBILIZATION FEE FOR AUSTIN TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT WAS AWARDED THE BID, RIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WE DO THIS WITH OTHER COMPANIES.
SORE LIST ALSO CHARGES THE MOBILIZATION.
THEY ALREADY HAVE IT AND THEY'RE GONNA COME LOOK AND BE LIKE, OKAY, MOBILIZATION, I'M HERE.
NEXT QUESTION, THE OFF-DUTY OFFICERS, UM, EIGHT OFF EIGHT HOURS OF $55 EACH IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OFF-DUTY OFFICERS PRESENTED TO OUR OFFICERS FIRST.
I'VE SEEN SOME MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THEY FIRST WRITE A REFUSAL TO ALLOW THEM TO DO OFF-DUTY WORK TO MAKE SOME EXTRA INCOME.
AND THIS IS HOW THEY SUPPLEMENT THEIR SALARIES.
IS THIS OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED TO OUR OFFICERS FIRST? MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MR. DEL LAROZA.
YEAH, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT, BUT I WOULDN'T LOOK INTO IT.
CHIEF, DO YOU KNOW CHIEF DID ARE YOU OFFERED THIS OPPORTUNITY CHIEF? GO.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE IS PROVIDE YOUR OFFICERS ANOTHER AVENUE OF, OF INCOME.
AND I THINK SOME CITIES HAVE TALKED TO OTHER OFFICERS IN LIKE BROWNSVILLE MM-HMM.
THEY'RE GIVEN THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE TO GO WITH CITY OFFICERS, AND THAT PROVIDES NOT A LETTER, LETTER, UH, AREA OF REVENUE FOR Y'ALL.
UH, SO WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY WERE REPAIRING ALL THE, THE ELECTRICAL POLES ON BUSINESS, THEY DID OFFER IT TO US AND OUR OFFICERS DID WORK IT.
UH, BUT AS FAR AS ANY OTHER PROJECTS, UH, NO.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY ANY OF THE COMPANIES.
I THINK THEY, THEY USE, UH, I MEAN, UH, THEIR OWN LITTLE, UH, CREW ALREADY.
AND, UH, SO THEY GO FROM SITE TO SITE.
BUT, SO I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT WOULD SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE TO USE OUR OFF, OUR OFFICERS HAVE TO BE OFFERED THAT REVENUE FIRST.
BECAUSE THERE'S MORE MONEY FOR Y'ALL.
ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? ARE WE TRAINED TO DO THAT? UH, IT'S, IT'S TRAFFIC CONTROL.
I KNOW WHAT THE WAY THEY DO IT IS, UH, THEY, UM, THEY UTILIZE THEIR OWN VEHICLES AND THEY PUT EMERGENCY, UH, LIGHTS ON 'EM.
THAT'S WHAT, SO, AND THEN, YEAH.
SO LIKE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, DO WE HAVE ALL THAT? OR, UH, WELL, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE IT ON THEIR OWN SINCE IT'S AN OFF-DUTY, UH, EMPLOYMENT.
THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE IT ON THEIR OWN.
SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VEHICLES.
THEY PUT THEIR OWN LIGHTS AND THEY, THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE SUFFICIENT LIGHTING OUT THERE.
THEY CAN'T JUST GO OUT THERE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF STROKES.
AND I THINK MOST OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, LIKE INDOOR AIR CONDITIONED NOT OUTSIDE.
SO, SO THAT'S GOTTA BE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING THEY HAVE TO DO NO, NO, I GET IT.
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY OF ANOTHER AREA OF INCOME.
YOU'LL BE ASKING FOR IT VERY SOON.
WE'LL PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION TO THOSE PROPOSALS WHEN THEY COME IN.
SO, BUT, UH, LET ME GET BACK TO THE, UH, UH, CHIEF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK, SEE IF THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT.
WHAT WOULD BE OUR LIABILITY? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY EXACTLY AN EVICTION FOR $400.
I'M JUST SAYING THEY'RE, THEY'RE OFF DUTY.
UH, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT ANY INJURIES OR ANYTHING THAT OCCURS OFF DUTY IS IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT THE CITIES.
UH, THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN VEHICLE, THEIR OWN INSURANCE.
SO ANYTHING THAT HAVES, FIND OUT IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE, BEFORE YOU TO ANY AGREEMENTS.
MARK'S WORKED IN BROWNSVILLE BEFORE.
HE'S WORKED IN MERCEDES BEFORE.
AND I'VE TALKED TO BOTH THOSE OFFICERS FROM THOSE CITIES.
THAT'S AN OFF-DUTY EVENT THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO WORK, WORK FOR EXTRA.
MARK HAS WORKED IN BOTH CITIES, SO WE HAVE A PERFECT ATTORNEY TO LOOK INTO IT, TO HELP YOU GUYS.
YEAH, RIGHT? IT'S EASILY DONE.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.
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ANY NAYS? MOTION YOUR PASSES.[33. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Heavy-Duty Deck-Over Tilt trailer from Good Guy Trailers for the total amount of $14,484.00]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A HEAVY DUTY DECK OVER, UH, OVER TILT TRAILER FROM GOOD GUY TRAILER, UH, FOR THE TOTAL MONTH OF, UH, $14,484.MR. GARCIA MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE, COMMISSIONERS GARCIA, ASSISTANT PUBLIC
LITEM UP FROM CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF A HEAVY DUTY DECK OVER, UH, TILT TRAILER FOR, UH, HAULING AROUND THE EQUIPMENT.
UM, THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY, WE'VE PURCHASED.
WE'RE ABOUT TO, UH, HERE SHORTLY.
WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING OUR, UH, ROLLER THAT WE DID PURCHASE.
WE PURCHASED OUR BROACH ROOM SWEEPER.
UM, THE HAVING THIS TRAILER WILL, UH, GIVE US MORE ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING TO HAUL AROUND IN OUR LOW BOY, WHICH IT, IF YOU KNOW THAT WHAT A LOW BOY IS, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET IT INTO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE KIND OF HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT.
UM, THIS WOULD, UH, ALLEVIATE THAT, UH, FOR HAULING PURPOSES.
UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS, UH, 14,000, UH, FOUR, UH, $484.
WE WILL BE USING, UH, FUNDS FROM THE AUCTIONED OFF, UH, PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT THAT, THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE WILL BE RE UH, REUSING THAT TO PURCHASE.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE GOOD GUY TRAILERS IS LOCATED HERE, UH, LOCALLY IN SANITA.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THEM.
UM, YES, WE DID PROVIDE THE THREE QUOTES ON THERE.
UM, ONE OF 'EM, I BELIEVE IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT THE REASON WE WENT WITH THAT, UH, IT DID HAVE, UH, CERTAIN COMPONENTS, UH, STABILIZING JACK'S AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT THE OTHER ONE'S, SAME TRAILER.
IT JUST DIDN'T COME WITH THOSE.
SO IT COME A LITTLE BIT COSTLIER.
UH, SO WE, THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO GO.
UH, GUYS, TRAILERS HERE LOCALLY, SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE USED FOR WHAT? UH, FOR HAULING AROUND STREET EQUIPMENT, UH, ROLLER BROACH, ROOM SWEEPERS, UM, ALL THAT.
YOU PURCHASE NEW, NEW EQUIPMENT YOU PURCHASED, YOU SAID? YES.
AND THAT, THAT KIND OF ALSO, UH, USING THE LOW BOY, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A CERTIFIED CDL DRIVER.
THIS, WE CAN HAUL IT AROUND IN OUR DUALLY, WHICH, UH, IT'S MORE ACCESSIBLE.
AND NOW WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS OF, HEY, WE, IF WE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE DON'T HAVE A CDL DRIVER ON HAND THAT DAY, WE CAN KIND OF HAUL IT AROUND ANYBODY THAT'S ABLE TO HAUL AROUND A TRAILER.
SO IT KIND OF MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER ON, ON THE STAFF AS WELL.
I JUST DON'T WANNA SEE NO MORE THE F ONE 50 S WITH THE, WITH THE OTHER SMALL ROLLER DOING, GOING THIS LIKE THIS.
UM, COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
[34. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Pump Package from Precision Pump Systems for the rehabilitation of the Kenneth Lake lift station for the total amount of $17,155.47]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF PUMP PACKAGE, UH, FROM A PRECISION PUMP SYSTEM FOR THE REHABILITATION OF AKINS LAKE LIFT STATION FOR TOTAL AMOUNT OF $17,155 AND 47 CENTS.MR. GARCIA MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE, COMMISSIONERS GARCIA, ASSISTANT PUBLIC FOR THE RECORD OF CONSIDERATION, IS THE PURPOSE OF, UH, PUMP PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDES THE PANELS, PUMPS, UH, ALARMS, UH, LIGHTING, UH, FOR THE KENNETH LAKE, UH, LIFT STATION.
WE, UH, RECENTLY HAD A T C Q, UH, UH, WALKTHROUGH.
THEY DID, AND THEY, UH, CHOSE KENNETH LAKE.
UH, THEY DID, UH, POINT OUT CERTAIN, UH, DEFICIENCIES THAT WE DID HAVE.
UM, SO WE, UH, WE STARTED ADDRESSING THEM AS, AS THEY CAME.
UH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO PROLONG IT OR WAIT IT, UH, SO, UH, GOT WITH CITY STAFF AND OUR, OUR, UH, COLLECTION SUPERVISOR, UH, HE DID NOTIFY ME, HEY, I CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KNOCK THIS OUT IN-HOUSE.
UM, WE'RE ABOUT, WE COMPLETELY DEMOED EVERYTHING.
UH, WE'RE SETTING THE FOUNDATION.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE PUMP PACKAGE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, LIFT STATION SO WE CAN GET IT ALL, UH, THROUGH T C Q.
AND WE'VE BEEN KEEPING 'EM IN ON THE LOOP JUST TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT, HEY, WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE IN ADDRESSING THESE, UH, ISSUES THAT THEY DID POINT OUT.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? UM, IS THERE A MOBILIZATION FEE HERE? UH, NEGATIVE, SIR.
AND THEN WHERE'S THE KENNETH LAKE LIFT STATION? I, I, IT'S, WHERE CAN I GO TO SEE ALL THE LIFT STATIONS IN, IN RESPECT? CUZ THEY, THEY'RE GIVEN NAMES, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT.
UH, THE KENNETH LIFT STATION IS OFF OF GO STREET.
WHERE? UH, GOSS STREET, WHICH IT USED TO BE THE OLD, UH, WAS IT KENNETH LAKE? HOUSING AUTHORITIES SPEAK, SIT DOWN.
BEHIND THE CHURCH? NO, WHERE WE JUST, WE, YES, I BELIEVE, YEAH, THERE'S A, THAT ROAD? YES.
AND SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS NEED TO BE RE REDONE, RIGHT? OKAY.
SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS NEEDS TO BE REDONE FOR.
UH, IN THIS SITUATION, THE BUILDING WAS PRETTY MUCH, UH, RAN ITS SCORE, SO WE DID DEMO IT.
WE ARE DOING THE RE UH, REDOING THE FOUNDATION AND THEN WE'LL BE PUT IN A PERIMETER FENCING
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AROUND IT SO IT CAN COMPLY WITH ALL T C Q REGULATIONS.UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I GOT A, UM, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
[35. Consideration and possible action to ratify a road closure request of Sam Houston Boulevard for the Cross Church Prayer Walk on March 25, 2023.]
UH, CONSIDERATION.POSSIBLE ACTION TO VERIFY, UH, VERIFY A ROAD CLOSURE REQUEST FOR SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD FOR THE CROSS CHURCH OF PRAYER WALK ON MARCH 25TH, 2023.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TIM AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, FOR THE RECORD, POLICE CHIEF MAA PAD, THE CROSS HEARD CHURCH HELD A PRAYER WALK ON SATURDAY MAY TW, UH, MARCH 25TH, 2023 THAT STARTED AT THE 600 BLOCK OF SOUTH SAM HOUSTON AND ENDED AT HE PARK.
THEY SUBMITTED ALL REQUIRED PAPERWORK TO THE CITY.
HOWEVER, TECH STOCK ADVISED THAT THEY ARE REQUIRING TO SIGN AGREEMENT FROM THE CITY FOR THEIR RECORDS.
EVEN THOUGH THE EVENT ALREADY TOOK PLACE IN THE PAST.
I WAS INFORMED THAT IF THE EVENT WASN'T A FULL CLOSURE, CLOSURE, JUST A MEMO DETAILING THE TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES WOULD BE NEEDED, UH, TO BE SUBMITTED.
NOW THEY'RE REQUIRING TO, UH, TEXT OUT RIGHT OF WAY AGREEMENT FOR ANY EVENT HELD ON THEIR ROADWAYS.
SO IT, IT HAPPENED, UH, THE ADVICE WE GAVE THEM WAS FOR THEM TO SUBMIT A MEMO, UH, AND TO DO THE, THE PROPER PAPERWORK WITH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN.
BUT, UH, IT TURNS OUT, NO, YOU NEED TO, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ON THAT ROADWAY DOING A MARCH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU NEED A ROAD CLOSURE.
SO, UM, I INCLUDED THE MEMO, UH, THE EMAIL THAT FROM THE COMMUNICATION WITH TECHO, UH, BUT NOW IT'S, IT'S CHANGED, WHICH IS, WHICH IS FINE.
WE, WE'LL JUST DO, UH, ROAD CLOSURE, ROAD CLOSURE REQUEST FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
WHICH REQUIRES AN APPLICATION, A RESOLUTION.
REMEMBER, THERE'S A LOT OF LIABILITY OUT THERE AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA ASSUME IT.
EVEN FOR HALF A LENGTH OR EVEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR VETERANS, UH, PARADE.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? RIGHT? WE USED TO JUST DO TAKE UP ONE LANE, ONE DIRECTION, RIGHT.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT UP.
SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS, SO WE'LL BE COMPLIANT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
ALL IN FEVER? ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES.
[36. Consideration and possible action to allow the San Benito Police Department to dispose of the following four decommissioned vehicles: a) 2009 Ford F-150 VIN #1FTRW12WX9FB18922 b) 2009 Ford F-150 VIN #1FTRW12W69FB 18920 c) 2009 Ford F-150 VIN #1FTRW12W8FB18921 d) 1986 GMC Armored Vehicle VTN# 1GDL7D1BXGV509263]
ITEM 36, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO ALLOW THE SEMI, UH, SOMEBODY POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DISPOSE, UH, THE FOLLOWING FOUR DECOMMISSIONED, UH, VEHICLES.I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT, UH, PLEASE.
YOU CAN JUST READ THE LAST FOUR NUMBERS.
THE VEHICLES LISTED HAVE BEEN DECOMMISSIONED FOR SOME TIME NOW.
I BELIEVE THE LAST YEAR THE FORD PICKUPS WERE USED, MAY HAVE BEEN IN 2012, RIGHT AFTER WE PURCHASED A FLEET OF NEW CROWN VICTORIA'S.
THE GMC ARMORED VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN MOVED IN YEARS.
IT HAS BEEN PARKED IN THE SAME LOCATION FOR WELL OVER 15 YEARS.
IN AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE CLEANING OUR IMPOUND LOT, I AM REQUESTING THAT THESE VEHICLES BE DEMOLISHED AND SOLD FOR SCRAP.
UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE FORD CROWN VICTORIA'S LAST YEAR, THE SAME SCRAP YARD WILL BE USED AND THEY REASSURED US THAT THEY COULD CRUSH THE ARMORED VEHICLE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WHEN UNAVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
SO THE ARMORED CAR'S GONNA BE DEMOLISHED.
WE HAVE AN OLD, UH, UM, BANK, UH, MONEY DELIVERY TRUCK BACK THERE.
SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET RID OF IT.
UH, WE ASKED THE SCRAP METAL PLACE, THEY SAID, SAID THEY CAN CRUSH THE TOP OF IT ALL THE WAY DOWN.
SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, JUST TO CLEAN UP THAT AREA.
IS THAT THE A AZ STEEL HERE IN SANTO? YES, SIR.
UM, WHEN I SAW THIS, I THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING A, UH, REMEMBER THE OLD DAYS WHEN WE USED TO HAVE A BASH THE CAR EVENT.
WOULD WE MAKE MORE MONEY THAT WAY OR IS THAT A LIABILITY? WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
WOULD SAY IT'S A LIABILITY IF SOMEONE CUTS THEMSELVES OR LET'S GO WITH THE, THE SLEDGEHAMMER AND HIT SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD.
UM, I JUST, I JUST THOUGHT THAT'D BE COOL.
UM, BUT ESPECIALLY DAYS HAVE CHANGED.
WHAT ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT USING IT FOR A, UM, DRINKING AND DRIVING EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO PROMOTE? UM, YOU CAN HAVE IT CRUSHED IN FRONT OF THEIR YEAH.
THEY ALWAYS NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
RIGHT? IT JUST, UH, THEY CHARGE 'EM FOR IT FOR AN EVENT LIKE THAT.
IT'S GOT POLICE MARKET ON IT, SO WE DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THE VEHICLE IS WRECKED.
JUST MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU CAN.
HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING AT BRING IN SOME.
DO I HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO.
MOTION? GOT A MOTION BY CO COMMISSION GARCIA SECOND CHECKING COMMISSION SANCHEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES.
[37. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of three unmarked 2023 Ford Explorer SUVs for the San Benito Police Department from Boswell-Elliff Ford in the total amount of $114,915.00.]
ITEM 37, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF, UH,[02:15:01]
THREE UNMARKED, UH, 2023 FORD EXPLORER SUVS FOR THE, UH, TA POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM BOWELL L FORD IN TOTAL MONTH OF $114,915.AND MR. CHIEF, THIS REQUEST IS TO PURCHASE THREE UNMARKED, UH, BASE MODEL FORD EXPLORER FROM BOSWELL ETT FORD IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $114,915 TO BE UTILIZED AS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S UNMARKED FLEET.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 5 20 16 FORD SEDANS AND FOUR OLDER C'S VEHICLES THAT THE C I D DIVISION UTILIZES TO CONNECT THEIR DAILY OPERATIONS.
THESE VEHICLES ARE ALSO USED FOR TRAVEL TO AND FROM TRAINING OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
THE OLDER C VEHICLES HAVE STARTED TO HAVE MECHANICAL ISSUES AND I FEEL IT'S TIME TO REPLACE THEM WITH NEWER, RELIABLE VEHICLES.
I'M PROPOSING USING ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDING OR PURCHASE OF VEHICLES.
BOSWELL ELLA FORD IS A MEMBER OF THE TIPS PURCHASES SYSTEM AND, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
LET THE BUDGET WHERE YOU'RE GETTING IT FROM.
IS THERE, IT DIDN'T SAY A PERCENTAGE, IT SAID A PORTION.
NO, THE FOR FOR THE UNMARKED FLEET VEHICLE, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, WE'RE GONNA PURCHASE IT WITH FORFEITURE COMPLETELY.
YEAH, COMPLETELY WITH FORFEITURE.
YOU GET TO DECIDE HOW TO USE IT.
REMEMBER THAT ON THE NEXT REQUEST CUZ IT'S COMING.
[38. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of five 2023 Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles equipped with emergency equipment for the San Benito Police Department from Rockdale Country Ford in the total amount of $373,435.00.]
38, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF FIVE.2023 FOURTH, THE POLICE INTERCEPTORS UTILITIES, UH, VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT FOR SEMI, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM ROCKDALE COUNTY FORD IN TOTAL AMOUNT OF, UH, $373 AND FOUR AND 435.
AND, UM, POLICE CHIEF OF ME, THIS REQUEST IS TO PURCHASE 5 20 23 40 UTILITY INTERCEPTORS EQUIPPED WITH EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT FROM ROCKDALE COUNTRY FORD IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $373,435.
ASIDE FROM THE FORD UTILITY INTERCEPTORS WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON OUR FLEET, THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IS AGING AND HAVING SERIOUS MECHANICAL ISSUES.
WE ARE STILL UTILIZING SEVERAL 2011 FORD CROWN VICTORIAS 2014 CHEVY TAHOES AND 2014 FORD TAURUSES.
THESE VEHICLES ARE HIGH IN MILEAGE AND OPERATING HOURS.
WHILE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THESE VEHICLES FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, I FEEL IT'S TIME TO REPLACE SOME OF THE OLDER UNITS THAT HAVE CONSISTENT PROBLEMS. I'M PROPOSING WE UTILIZED UNASSIGNED FUNDS AS WELL AS SOME ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS TO COMPLETE THIS PURCHASE.
IF APPROVED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE ASSET FORFEITURE, UH, ACCOUNT WILL BE PLACED TOWARDS A PURCHASE WHILE THE REMAINING $273,435 WILL COME FROM UNASSIGNED FUNDS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS ONE SAYS, OKAY, I SEE A LOT OF SMIRKS, INCLUDING THE CHASES.
THIS ONE SAYS, UH, PORTION OF THIS AMOUNT WILL BE PAID WITH ASSET
WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE? I DON'T READ THE OTHER.
OH, THAT, THAT, UH, I INCLUDE IT.
I GET THAT IN THE, IN THE RATIONALE, BUT, UM, TO EXPLAIN TO YOU, IT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND WILL COME FROM MASSIVE FORFEITURE AND THEN THE REST, UH, HOPING CAN COME FROM 2 43, 2 73 2 FROM
TARA, 73,000 ARE USED TO BE PAID, UH, CASH OR FINANCE? FINANCE.
NO, WE LOOKED AT FINANCE COMMISSIONER NAY WAS UPWARDS OF, UH, FIVE, FIVE AND A HALF PERCENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE LOOK, SO THIS IS A CASH PURCHASE? YEAH, IT, IT WOULD BE BETTER CASH PURCHASE BECAUSE, UH, I THINK WE WERE, BY DOING CASH, WE WOULD BE, WHAT, WHAT WAS IT? IT WAS, UH, 5.6% AND IT'S ABOUT 50 52,000.
THAT'D BE SO LET'S, UH, LET'S DISCUSS THIS FOR A SECOND.
AND, UM, HE'S, HE'S A GOOD SALESMAN.
SO DID YOU TELL HIM ABOUT THE FLEET ACCIDENTS? NO.
IT SAYS THAT RECOMMENDS FOR, WELL, I DO RECOMMEND BECAUSE HERE'S HOW, THIS IS WHAT I'M GONNA PROPOSE.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME CONDITIONS.
UM, WE HAVE THE FUNDS, THE, THE 273,000 MM-HMM.
UM, BUT, BUT THE BACK TRUCK AND PUBLIC WORKS, IT'S BROKEN.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, AVAN SEE HERE? YES.
HOW MANY WEEKS HAVE WE BEEN GETTING PARTS? HOW MANY WEEKS HAVE BEEN WAITING? SIX.
UH, WE APPROXIMATELY ARE WAITING FIVE WEEKS.
A SMALL VALVE, WHICH IS VERY SPECIFIC TO, TO THAT VECTOR TRUCK.
SO IT'S HARD TO GET SUPPLIES FOR AN OLDER TRUCK.
WE'LL GET IT EVENTUALLY AND, AND IT'LL BE NICE TO HAVE, BUT IF WE NEED TO PURCHASE A $485,000 TRUCK RIGHT.
A VECTOR TRUCK TO TAKE CARE OF OUR SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH IS HOW WE CLEAN LINES, AND SO IT GETS PRICEY.
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CARS ARE ANOTHER 373,000.WE NEED A FOUNDATION AND A COVER FOR THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS.
YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE RIGHT? EXCAVATOR, $300,000 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OUT IN THE OPEN FIRE TRUCKS THAT ARE UNDERCOVER.
YOU NEED ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF, QUITE HONESTLY.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT THIS IS WHAT I DO PROPOSE IS THAT IF, UM, WE MAKE A BOND PAYMENT AND STEPHANIE'S BEHIND ME AND WE PAY, WELL YOU KNEW THE NUMBER.
IT'S 148,000 A YEAR, CORRECT? NO, ONE OF OUR, UH, YEAH.
WE MAKE THE LAST PAYMENT ON JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
THAT HAS BEEN A NOTE FOR THE 1.48 MILLION THAT WAS ISSUED BACK IN 2013.
FOR RADIO EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN STORING BECAUSE IT HASN'T WORKED IN FIVE YEARS.
YEAH, WE'VE BEEN USING THE RADIOS, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN USING THE, THE COMPUTERS INSIDE THE VEHICLES.
WE HAD TO COMPUTERS AND CAMERAS.
WE HAD TO TAKE 'EM OUT AND THEN RE UH, PUT UH, I EQUIPMENT IN THERE.
IT WAS A PURCHASE THAT WAS DONE.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO BE OUT OF THAT DEBT.
UH, THE CHIEF WAS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH ME AND, UH, ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT THIS MONEY EXTRA THAT IT'S BEEN PAID FOR OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND.
HE'S WILLING TO GIVE UP A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR ASSET FORFEITURES.
BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD COME UP WITH BALANCE, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUY VEHICLES, LARGE VEHICLES.
WHAT I PROPOSED IS THAT, AND, AND TAKE CARE OF THE FIRE STATION, UH, SOME OF THE, UM, EQUIPMENT WE DID PUT IN A RIDER FOR A NEW FIRE STATION SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT'S NOT GONNA RESOLVE STATION ONE.
WE HAVEN'T RESOLVED PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS AND UH, COVER FOR THAT.
SO WHETHER YOU DO A MILLION, YOU CAN'T ISSUE BONDS FOR LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND ABOUT 1.5 WOULD KIND OF GET YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.
IF YOU, IF IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND YOU WANT TO DO THIS, MY RECOMMENDATION IS AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE ISSUE A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS, HEY, SHOULD WE, SHOULD THE CITY ISSUE BONDS FOR THESE, IT CAN PAY ITSELF BACK AND MAYBE DURING THE SUMMER WE CAN TALK ABOUT BONDS TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THIS INIT WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS.
INTEREST RATES ARE HIGH AT THE BANKS, THEY'RE JUST HIGH EVERYWHERE.
YOU'RE BETTER OFF FINANCING IT.
YOU GET ISSUING MUNICIPAL BONDS AND THEN THAT MEANS THAT INSTEAD OF CHIEF GETTING IT TONIGHT, AND WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IT OFF A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW MM-HMM.
I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UM, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS, UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND, UH, THERE WAS A LEARNING CURVE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN WE DID THE PURCHASE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS FIRE ENGINE IN 2016, EVEN THOUGH WE GOT RID OF IT, WE MADE SOME LAST PAYMENTS BECAUSE WE FINANCED IT.
AND WHETHER YOU PAY IT OFF EARLY OR NOT, YOU OWE THOSE MONIES EVEN IF YOU PAY IT OFF A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME.
FINANCING DOESN'T REALLY WORK WELL FOR CITIES LIKE US.
WE SHOULD JUST ISSUE BONDS OR PAY FOR A CASH IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN ISSUING THAT THESE BONDS IN THE FUTURE FOR SOME OF THESE VEHICLES IN THESE ASSETS.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS STILL THAT WE DO THIS PURCHASE AND JUST PAY FOR A CASH CHIEF HAS DONE, UM, A LOT OF GOOD BY USING A LOT OF HIS ASSET FORFEITURES BECAUSE THERE HAPPENS TO BE A LOT OF CRIME
UM, BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, OH, WE GO ANY FURTHER.
CHIEF, YOU SAID THE PORTION WOULD BE UP OR DID YOU SAY MANNY A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
HE WANTS TO MATCH, HE WANTS TO PUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THE ASSET FORFEITURE ON THIS PURCHASE.
HE'S ALREADY PUT MORE AND I FIGURE THAT'S, THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE.
NO, IN YOUR OH, YOU DON'T, OR YOU HAVE MORE UHHUH
SEE THAT SMILE
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AREAS THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD A, UH, DISPATCH CENTER THAT HAS TWO CONSOLES, ONLY ONE HAS A RADIO.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING TO, UH, DO AN AUCTION PRETTY SOON.
WE, WE DO HAVE, UH, ABOUT A COUPLE OF VEHICLES.
SO I, I NEED TO UPGRADE THAT DISPATCH CENTER SO WHEN WE HAVE TWO DISPATCHERS IN THERE, THEY EACH HAVE THEIR CONSOLE RADIO.
SO THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION.
I'M LOOKING AT DOING ALSO WITH FORFEITURE FUNDS.
SO I, I, IF NOT, I, I'D HAVE TO, IF I EXPEND 'EM ALL ON VEHICLES, I CAN'T DO THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT, THAT WE HAVE PENDING AND CHIEF IN TAKING CARE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, THE, THE COMPUTER, UH, STUFF.
SO IT, IT, IT IS SO, I MEAN THE CHIEF HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB AT MAINTAIN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE POLICE STATION, ALSO BUYING VEHICLES, CHANGING, UH, AN OLD FLEET.
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DONE THE SAME THING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.WHAT WE COLLECT FROM THE CAMERON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT, WE REINVEST IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT DOESN'T GO INTO OUR GENERAL FUND, IT DOESN'T GO TO PUBLIC WORKS, IT GOES TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BUT THEY DO NEED THOSE, THOSE THAT, THOSE FLEETS JUST LIKE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, I DON'T WANT TO U UTILIZE SOME MORE OF, OF THE, UH, THE CARES FUNDS.
THOSE ARE, THOSE HAVE HAVE INSULATED FOR PUBLIC WORKS WORK TRUCKS, BUT WE'VE MADE SOME BIG PURCHASES.
WE'VE STREET SWEEPERS, ROLLERS STUFF FOR THE, THE ROADS.
I MEAN WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PURCHASES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ALSO, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE WITH OUR ASSETS.
FIRST, I LIKE YOUR IDEA ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE BONDS CUZ IT'S, UH, GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY TO WORK WITH, BUT WHY DON'T WE GET REBATES FOR CASH DEALS? I DON'T SEE A REBATE LISTED HERE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU FINANCE IT, SOMETIMES THEY GIVE YOU 0% INTEREST.
WHY DO THEY ALWAYS UPCHARGE THE CITIES? LAYPERSON GETS REBATES, BUT WE DON'T, WE THESE ARE VEHICLES.
YOU DON'T ANY, UH, WE'RE GIVING REBATES LEFT AND RIGHT.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN ASKING YOU ALSO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF SOME OF, SOME OF THE, OUR, THE FLEET ADMINISTRATION HAVE ALREADY TOLD THAT, UH, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, UPGRADE 'EM ALSO BECAUSE OF SOME OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND, UH, SO IN A SENSE I'M ASKING THAT, UH, EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT AGAIN, TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT, TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED.
AND PUT IT IN THE LIST SO WE CAN START LOOKING AT THE EVERYTHING.
I JUST CANNOT, UH, I'M NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE PD SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW? UM, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE OTHER DEPARTMENT IS STILL IN NEED.
I WANT THAT, I WANT THE LIST FROM EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT DO YOU NEED? OKAY.
AND THEN SO WE CAN START LOOKING AT OKAY.
FROM WHAT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY THIS.
SO CHIEF, WELL I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, HYBRID VEHICLES.
I JUST WENT ONTO THE WEBSITE OF FORD.
DON'T, AND THEY DESCRIBE, UM, THE COST SAVINGS FROM GAS BECAUSE HYBRID VEHICLES.
AND I KNOW GAS IS ALWAYS A FACTOR FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, WHEN I TALKED TO ROCKDALE, UH, THEY SAID THEY HAD THESE VEHICLES IN STOCK.
THE, THE THING IS THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH, WITH ORDERS.
LIKE I SAID, WHAT HAPPENED TO US LAST YEAR, THEY CANCELED TWO OF THOSE VEHICLES, UH, THAT WE HAD ORDERED, UH, HERE LOCALLY.
AND THEN WHEN I RAN INTO HIM AT THE TML CONFERENCE, HE'S LIKE, LOOK, I GOT A COUPLE ON THE LOT THAT, UH, GOT CANCELED ORDERS.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE US IF WE DO ORDER THESE VEHICLES, UH, TO GET 'EM.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SOME OF THESE IN STOCK, UH, UH, THROUGH EMAIL COMMUNICATION.
HE SAYS HE'S GOT 'EM FROM CANCELED ORDERS.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST, UH, TAKING A CHANCE OF ORDERING 'EM AND NOT GETTING 'EM.
AND THEN, UH, WE WASTE ABOUT EIGHT, SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS.
I, I LIKE THE BOND, LOOKING AT THE BOND ISSUE CAUSE IT GIVES YOU MORE CAPITAL TO WORK WITH.
AND THEN TWO, UM, LOOK AT THE HY HYBRID VEHICLES, IF THERE'S ANY MM-HMM.
AND THEN THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO LOCAL.
I DIDN'T TAKE TIME TO LOOK IT UP.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY SAME TIME, RIGHT.
WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT VEHICLES WITH BATTERIES, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND WHAT, WHAT PROBLEM THAT WAS AND PLEASE INFORM 'EM.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW, LIKE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, UM, THE, THE MUSTANG, UH, THE MAEE, THEY, THEY'RE RUNNING CLOSE TO 60, 70,000.
WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO CHARGE 'EM YET.
SO IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT, THAT IT, UH, UNTIL THEY'RE, THEY'RE, WE HAVE CHARGING STATIONS HERE WHERE WE INSTALL SOME, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND, AND TEST OUT.
BUT, BUT HYBRID ARE NOT CHARGING.
HE LIKES TO INVEST IN CITIES NO NEARBY.
AND WE WANT TO GO FULL ELECTRIC.
BUT MY THING IS JUST HYBRID CUZ I HAVE, WE HAVE MORE DATA ON HYBRID VERSUS FULL ELECTRIC.
SO IF YOU ISSUE ANOTHER BOND, BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO MAKE THE LAST PAYMENT IN JANUARY ISSUE SOMETHING RELATIVELY THAT, SO YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE.
SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO RAISE TAXES TO PAYING YOU DEBT.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO PAY SOMETHING OFF AND YOU'RE GOING CONTINUE WITH THE, CONTINUE MAKING THAT SAME APPROXIMATE PAYMENT, WHICH ABOUT IT'S 148,000 SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1.5, WHETHER IT'S 1.4, IT'S, IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH, BUT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO OFFSET ONE PAYMENT THAT YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ON FOR 10 YEARS.
GET INTO NEW DEBT ON VEHICLES, LARGE PURCHASE VEHICLES.
BUT IF YOU DO THIS BE, YOU HAVE TO GET A RESOLUTION PASS FIRST THAT SAYS, HEY, WHEN WE, THE MONEY COMES IN, WE CAN REIMBURSE OURSELVES
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FOR THE PURCHASE, THE, OUR FUNDS FOR THE POLICE VEHICLES.THE CHIEF CAN'T COMMIT TO BUDGETARY ITEMS. HE CAN MAKE PURCHASES AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE BUDGET.
MAYOR, YOUR SUGGESTION WAS, I GIVE VEHICLES, I GET VEHICLES, I CAN, I CAN DONATE THE VEHICLES THAT WE USE AND PUT THEIR, THEIR UH, DETECTIVES.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF VEHICLES THAT ARE PROBABLY 20, 20 19, 18, NOT MUCH OR A COUPLE YEARS OLD, BUT HE CAN'T RECIPROCATE, HE CAN'T BUY ME VEHICLES FOR THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE THEIR FUNDS.
HE GOES AGAINST THE STATUTE STATE LAW.
SO WE LOOKED AT, AT VARIOUS OPTIONS.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IS YOU DEBT FOR THE 1.4, 1.5 MILLION, YOUR PAYMENTS WILL BE DUE STARTING THE YEAR AFTER.
AND WE CAN ADD, START ADDRESSING THIS VECTOR TRUCK THAT WE'VE BEEN, THAT WE THIS UH, UH, VECTOR TRUCK FOR HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH IS A FACTOR TRUCK? 485,000 AND THEN HIS 2 73, HE'S HE'S 2 73.
YEAH, YOU'RE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, ABOUT 755,000 IN THERE.
THAT'S SO WHAT YEAR WAS THE VECTOR TRUCK
THE ONE WE HAVE ONE I BELIEVE IS, UH, 2009 I BELIEVE.
SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH RAN ITS FORCE.
SO WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO MOTION THE TABLE AND THEN WE CAN RE-LOOK AT THIS.
IF THAT'S, IS THAT THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO TAKE IT, MARK? I MEAN YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION TO RELOOK AT IT WITH A RE RESOLUTION AND A BOND.
WE GOTTA CAN APPROVE IT PENDING THE RESOLUTION.
YOU CAN ALSO APPROVE IT PENDING THE RESOLUTION.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING THAT KEEPS YOU FROM APPROVING.
WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO STOP THE PROCESS.
NO MOTION IS TO APPROVE OUR CONVENTION OF MANY, UH, PENDING THE RESOLUTION AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT CAN CLICK BEHIND IT.
CAROL'S ASKING RIGHT? IF WE HE KNOWS THE VEHICLES.
IF YOU NOT, IF YOU FOLLOW MY, MY UH, YOU RE MOTION.
YOU YOU THE MOTION, I HAVE A MOTION TO, THERE'S A MOTION ON TAPE.
I MADE A MOTION TO, AT FIRST I MADE A MOTION TO TABLE.
IF YOU WANNA CANCEL THAT, WE CAN GO THROUGH IT.
WELL I MADE A MOTION TO TABLE AND TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE FROM THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE RESOLUTION AND THE BOND.
DO I HAVE, OKAY, DO I HAVE A SECOND TO, TO TABLE? OKAY.
THERE'S ANOTHER MOTION OUT THERE.
SO MY MOTION IS DICE, MOTION DICE.
OKAY, NOW WE HAVE A SECOND ONE.
MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT THE CITY MANAGER PENDING, THEN WE COME BACK WITH THE RESOLUTIONS TO SO THAT WE DON'T STOP THE PROCESS IN PURCHASING THOSE VEHICLES AND WE LOSE WHATEVER IS THAT YOU YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT MM-HMM.
AND THE RESOLUTION IS NOTHING MORE THAN IF YOU ISSUE BONDS, YOU REIMBURSE YOURSELF.
IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
IT, THE VEHICLES ARE STILL PURCHASED AND WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO MEET THAT.
[39. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 7 to Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority pertaining to the City of San Benito Commitment for the South Williams Road (Phase II) Project, per Agreement Number 2022-0510-3, in the amount of $10,105.02.]
39, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT NUMBER SEVEN TO CAMERON COUNTY, UH, ORIGINAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY PERTAINING TO THE CITY OF SAN MATEO.COMMITMENT ON THE SOUTH SOUTH WILLIAMS ROAD, PHASE TWO PROJECT, UH, PER AGREEMENT.
UH, NUMBER 2222 DASH FIVE 10 DASH THREE.
IN TOTAL, ABOUT $10,105 AND 2 CENTS.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER STEPHANIE SATURN.
I'M THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UM, THIS IS A, UM, CONSIDERATION AND PO POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A PAYMENT.
UH, ORIGINAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY PERTAINING TO THE CITY OF SANTO COMMITMENT FOR THE SOUTH WILLIAM SRO PHASE TWO.
UH, ON THE BACK OF THE PAGE, YOU COULD SEE, UM, THE INVOICE ON THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS AND THE PROGRESS REPORT FOR THIS ONE.
THIS IS A PAYMENT FOR 10,000 1 0 5 OH 2 CENTS.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? YOU HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.
[40. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended January 31, 2023.]
NUMBER FOUR, THE PRESENTATION OF, UH, CITY OF SANTO FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE PERIOD AND THEN JANUARY 31ST, 2023.AND AGAIN, UH, MS. STEPHANIE PRESENTED THIS.
ADAM AGAIN, STEPHANIE AAND, THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
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OKAY, ON PAGE NUMBER TWO, WE'LL HAVE THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET.UH, WE HAVE TOTAL ASSETS, CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENT FOR 3 MILLION 4 0 1 3 55 FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2023 WITH A TOTAL ASSETS OF 19 MILLION 8 35 7 50 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 18 MILLION 2 56 3 14.
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, WE CONTINUE TO PAGE NUMBER THREE, WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL LIABILITIES OF 2 MILLION 7 35 6 22.
AND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, UM, TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE OF 19 MILLION 8 35, 7 50 FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2023.
PAGE NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE, UH, REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE REPORT.
UM, TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE HAVE 1,000,212, 876 YEAR.
TODAY WE HAVE 7 MILLION FOUR TEN NINE FIFTY.
WE CONTINUE OUR EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 1,000,300 86 2 99 WITH, UH, REVENUES UNDER EXPENDITURES OF ONE 73,423 YEAR.
TODAY REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES OF 2 MILLION 7 35 2 46.
FOLLOWING, WE HAVE OUR SALES TAX COLLECTED FOR JANUARY.
IF YOU COULD SEE, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2023, WE COLLECTED 5 9 500 90,812 WITH 84 CENTS FROM THAT 25%.
IT'S A PORTION FOR EDC AND THEN 75% FOR THE CITY.
YOU WILL SEE, UM, SNAPSHOT STRAIGHT FROM THE TEXAS CONTROLLER WEBSITE, UM, FOR THE 5 98 12.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, UM, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
[41. Executive Session]
NUMBER 41, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.OKAY, UH, 41 AND CONSULTER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 55 2 0.1071 TO DIS UH, DISCUSS PRIVILEGE COMMUNICATION PROTECTED BY ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE 41 B DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTI NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 0.087 RGV EPICENTER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 0.71.
UH, REGARDING THE SAME 41
AND THE TIME IS, UH, EIGHT 10.
AND WE'RE, UH, GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, SIR.
WE'RE COMING BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[42. Consideration and possible action on items discussed in Executive Session]
UH, ITEM NUMBER 42, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ADAMS DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE SESSION.I KNOW, UH, FOR 41 A, NO ACTION.
41 C DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PROCEED AS REGARD? MOTION TO PROCEED AS A, AS DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ATTORNEY.
DO I HAVE A, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND BY CO COMMISSIONER, UH, GARCIA.
ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES WHAT HE DID? YES.
MOTION IS DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE DECISION.
UM, I GOT THE COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ FOR, UH, ADJOURNMENT.
COMMISSIONER UH, GARCIA? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES AND THE TIME IS, UH, NINE 10.