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IT'S KIND OF HOT TO HEAR.[1. Welcome. ]
THOSE ARE THE REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COMMISSION, OF THE CITY OF SANTO.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND, UM, I LIKE THE ITEM NUMBER TWO AND ITEM NUMBER THREE.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.
AND, UH, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.
I PLEDGE ALL AGAINST TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES NATION UNDER JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONCE THEY UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
DEAR LORD, AS WE RISE TO MEET EACH NEW DAY, PLEASE LET US BE FILLED WITH YOUR SPIRIT WHEREVER WE GO.
LET US SPREAD LOVE, JOY, PEACE, GOODNESS, AND FAITHFULNESS.
LET US DESIRE TO BECOME MORE LIKE YOU AND TO WORSHIP YOU IN ALL WE DO.
HELP US DESIRE THESE THINGS SO THAT WE BECOME THE LIGHT FOR ALL THOSE WHO WE ENCOUNTER THE LIGHT FOR ALL THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL GOING BEFORE US.
[4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest. ]
NUMBER FOUR, UH, COMMUNITY INTEREST.UH, WE HAVE, UH, MR. JOHN CARILLO, FOUR YEARS, UH, FOUR YEARS OLD.
IS HE HERE? OVER HERE? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
MR. JOHN CARILLO, FOUR YEARS OLD.
AND THEN MR. MICHAEL CARILLO, SIX YEARS OLD FROM, UH, ROMANO, UH, ELIMINATES STAND RAISED $1,500 FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
POLICE CHIEF, UH, MARIO PER YES.
AND POLICE CHIEF MARIO PER THIS ITEM.
I MEAN, IT'S GONNA RECEIVE THIS, UH, DONATION.
SO YOU WANT, DON'T YOU GO, UH, COMMISSIONER WALLACE JUST A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY, CUZ YOU'RE, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
ALRIGHT, READY? 1, 2, 3, 1 MORE NOW THAT'S SERVING THE, THE COMMUNITY.
UM, NEXT ONE IS, UH, FEST, UH, IS ON JULY, SATURDAY, JULY 1ST AT, UH, HEAVY PARK MEMORIAL, UH, GATES OPEN AT FOUR.
UH, JOIN US FOR FOOD FUN, FIREWORKS LIVE, UH, MUSIC.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, UH, VISIT US AT UH, WWW.STAY.COM.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING? ANY OTHER, YEAH.
UM, YEAH, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT THE, THE COMMISSION WAS INVITED TO THE, UH, HARLINGEN STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS LAST WEEK.
AND, AND I JUST GOTTA TELL YOU THAT I WAS, I WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT NEIGHBORS IN THAT COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT REALLY SETS A GOOD, UH, GIVES US A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO AND GO FORWARD WITH.
UH, AND IT BECOMES REALLY CLEAR THAT, THAT REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS NOT JUST, NOT TRY TO COMPETE NECESSARILY WITH HARLINGEN, BUT TO COMPLIMENT THEM, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WHAT A GREAT EVENT THAT WAS.
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YES, IT, YES IT DID.UM, WEDNESDAY, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HOSTING A LUNCH AND LEARN.
IT'S, UM, AT NOON AND IT'S SPONSORED BY TEXAS REGIONAL BANK AS WELL.
HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT THERE TO ATTEND.
[5. Presentation of a Proclamation to the late City of San Benito Commissioner Jose Antonio "Tony" P. Gonzales.]
NUMBER FIVE, PRESENTATION OF ATION FOR THE, TO THE LATE CITY OF SOTO.AND, UH, WE HAVE HIS WIDOW, MISS, UH, IMA GONZALEZ HERE, AND I THINK HE, SHE'S GOT ALSO SOME OF HER FAMILY RELATIVES ALSO.
CAN Y'ALL PLEASE STAND AND, UH, CAN Y'ALL STAND OVER HERE PLEASE? OKAY.
WE HAVE PROCLAMATION FOR HIM FROM THE CITY OF SOTO.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE PRESENTED TO YOU ON THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, FACIAL PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION TO THE HONOR ANIMAL JOSE ANTONIO, TONY, PETE GONZALEZ SR.
UNITED STATES ARMY, UH, SPEC FOUR ARMY, VIETNAM COMMISSIONER, PLACE ONE AND MAYOR POAM, CITY OF SANTO.
WHEREAS JOSE ANTONIO, TONY GONZALEZ SR.
WAS BORN IN THE CITY OF SAN BONITO, TEXAS ON JANUARY 19TH, 1945 TO MR. FUO GONZALEZ AND MRS. AGUIGUI PUENTE GONZALEZ.
HE ATTENDED SANTO SCHOOLS, GRADUATED FROM SANTO HIGH SCHOOL IN 1964.
THIS SAME YEAR WE, HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART ADE GONZALEZ.
AND WHEREAS ANTONIO, I'M SORRY, JOSE ANTONIO, TONY GONZALEZ SR.
ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY SERVING FROM 1964 TO 1967 AS P FOUR ARMY VIETNAM, THEIR PRIMARY MISSION AS TO LOCATE VIETCONG TRANSMITTERS OPERATING IN THE SOUTH.
AND WHEREAS JOSE ANTONIO, TONY GONZALEZ SENIOR HELD NUMEROUS COMMUNITY SERVICE POSITIONS SUCH AS VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO FIRE DEPARTMENT, WAS A MEMBER OF THE SANTO HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1964 COMMITTEE, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF AMIGOS ZAYA.
FOR 10 YEARS, HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AS A CITY OF SANTO COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR PRO TAP.
HE ALSO HELD POSITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT THAT SERVED THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS POLICE OFFICER WITH THE SANTO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS JOSE ANTONIO, TONY GONZALEZ SR.
WAS QUOTED SAYING, THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT MAKES THE CITY OF SANTO GREAT.
HE GREATLY LOVE AND TOOK EXCEPTIONAL PRIDE IN HIS COMMUNITY.
HE WAS A HUMBLE AND GRACIOUS MAN WHO LIVED A SIMPLE LIFE AND WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS JOSE ANTONIO, TONY GONZALEZ SR.
IS SURVIVED BY HIS SPOUSE, MS. IRMA GONZALEZ, HIS THREE CHILDREN, CYNTHIA CASO, JOSE ANTONIO GONZALEZ, AND DEBORAH LIN GONZALEZ, AND SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN.
NOW THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED I, RIC ROMERO, CITY OF SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS DUE HEREBY COME IN, MR. JOSE ANTONIO, TONY GONZALEZ, SENIOR ON ALL OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT AND SERVICE.
AND I CALL THIS OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION OF ALL OUR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS AND WITNESS THEREOF.
I HAVE HEREON TO SET MY HAND THIS 20TH DAY OF JUNE AND THE DAY OF OUR LORD 2023.
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OKAY? AND WE'LL GO OUT ON NUMBER SIX, PUBLIC COMMENT[6. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes)]
BOOTH.DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? UM, YES.
MAYOR, WE HAVE, UH, MS. JANIE SILVA.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? SO GOOD TO SEE A BEAUTIFUL FACES, PHASES, NEAR PHASES AROUND HERE.
WELL, BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE WAR 13 COLONIES FORMED A NATION OF THEIR OWN.
THEY CAME TO ESCAPE FROM ENGLISH, ENGLAND AND ITS LAWS.
WELL, THE BRITISH TEXTS, THE COLONIES AND THE BRITISH OFFERED NO, NO HELP TO THEM AND TRYING TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE INDIANS AND THE FRENCH, UH, UH, FRIENDS.
SHOULD I SAY HOWEVER, TAXES WERE STILL BEING IMPOSED ON THEM? WELL, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY AND HOW THEY WERE TAXED AND, UM, YET ENGLAND WOULD NOT COME OUT AND HELP 'EM AND, AND PROTECT THEM AND DO WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO BECAUSE ALL THEY WANTED WAS THE, THEIR MONEY.
WELL, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ME? WELL, IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH ME.
AND I, UM, BEEN PAYING TAXES FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW I'M PAYING OVER $2,000.
AND I, I THINK I HEAR, OR MAYBE ALREADY, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED MY TAXES YET, THAT THE TAXES ARE GOING UP AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND I KNOW THERE'S NOTHING GONNA BE DONE ABOUT IT, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
I BELIEVE THAT BETWEEN 30 AND 35, UH, PERCENT.
OKAY, WELL, OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH ME AGAIN? RIGHT? WELL, I GET NO WATER SERVICE FROM YOU GUYS, BUT I PAY TAXES.
I GET NO SEWER, UH, HELP FROM YOU GUYS, BUT I GET TEXT ON THAT.
I PAY, I DON'T GET ANY WATER, NO GARBAGE, NO SEWER, NO WATER.
I AM PAYING THOUGH, TO THE CITY OF SAN BONITO RIGHT NOW.
I AM PAYING $18 AND 37 CENTS FOR THEM TO GO PICK UP MY GARBAGE.
WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS WHY I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORS TO THE RIGHT, MY NEIGHBORS TO THE LEFT, MY NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET AND OTHERS THAT ARE, THEY COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THEM.
I'M THEIR VOICE, BUT I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT TAXES ARE NOT GONNA GO DOWN.
MY FAMILY AND THOSE WHO ARE THERE, THEY'RE PAYING TAXES AND WE HAVE NO REPRESENTATION FROM YOU GUYS.
WELL, I ALREADY HAD THE 9 1 1 WITH THE COUNTY WHEN I WAS PAYING COUNTY TAXES.
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IT'S NOT RIGHT.THEY WERE PAYING SO MUCH TAXES AND WE'RE NOT GETTING, UH, THE OTHER GOOD IS THAT THE, THE WHOLE CITY OF SANTO IS GETTING, IT'S NOT FAIR, IT'S NOT RIGHT.
I SHOULD BE SUING THE, THE, THE SAN SCHOOL.
UH, I MEAN SAN, THE CITY OF SAN BONITO.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY,
[7. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the October 18, 2022 City of San Benito Regular City Commission Meeting.]
CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 18TH, 2022.CITY SAN, THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
[8. Discussion and possible action on removing and/or appointing a Board Member to Place 3 of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors.]
EIGHT, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE AND APPOINT THE BOARD MEMBER ON PLACE.THREE, SENATOR ECONOMIC BOARD CORPORATION OF DIRECTORS.
AND MR. UH, RAMIRO ALMAN, PRESENT.
AND THIS WAS A HOLDOVER FROM LAST MEETING.
UM, PLACE COMMISSIONER PLACED THREE'S APPOINTMENT.
SO NOW WE JUST, WE TABLED IT AND SO NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK UP TO, TO, UH, TO CONSIDER IT AGAIN TODAY.
MAYOR, THIS IS MY, UH, SEAT I MOTION TO NOMINATE.
HE OWNS THE MEDICINE SHOP PHARMACY, A LOCAL PHARMACY, AND A PHARMACIST IN TOWN.
THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
I THINK HE'S IN A APPROPRIATE NOMINEE.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. UH, TONY GARZA? THOMAS GARZA? YEAH.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
AND JUST BEFORE I GO, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE, UH, THESE EDC IS HOSTING THE COFFEE WITH THE CHAMBER IN AT 9:00 AM IN THE MORNING, AND WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND AND FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE CAN HELP THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
[9. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of Ebony Heights Subdivision Lot 16R, Block 123, Bearing a legal description of: Being a 1.47 gross acre tract of land, more or less, consisting of a portion of lots 15, 16, and 17, Ebony Heights Subdivision, out of Block 123, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof recorded 05, Page 45, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: National Retail Properties, LP.]
NINE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REPLA ON EBONY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, UH, LOT 16 R BLOCK OF 1 23.UH, BEARING LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEARING AT A 1.47 GROSS ACRE TRACK OF LAND, MORE OR LESS CONSISTENT OF A PORTION OF LOT 15 16 17 EBONY HEIGHTS, UH, SUBDIVISION OUT OF BLOCK 1 23, UM, CITY, UH, SAN BERNARDINO LAND AND WATER COMPANYS, UH, SUBDIVISION CAME COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLATE THEREOF, RECORDED, UH, ZERO FIVE, PAGE 45, UH, MAP RECORDS.
UH, CAMPBELL COUNTY, TEXAS APPLICANT, UH, NATIONAL, UH, RETAIL PROPERTIES, LP AND MS. JOANNA MALDONA, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS, AND THE DEVELOPER IS COMBINING, I'M SORRY, GIMME ONE SECOND.
UH, COMBINING PARTS OF LOT 15, 16, AND 17 INTO ONE LOT, THE RELA UH, COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE CITY ORDINANCES AND STATE STATUTES.
COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, JOANNA DOES THIS, UM, BEFORE WE, WE HAD THE ISSUE OF THEM A, A VARIANCE BECAUSE OF THE AWNING THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT UP.
IS THIS JUST SOMETHING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY? YES, THEY HAD STARTED THE PROCESS, UH, UH, AROUND THAT TIME, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE A CORPORATION, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING COMPLIES.
SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE ONE LOT, THEY DIDN'T WANNA HAVE ANY ISSUES, UM, WITH NOT HAVING A LEGALLY PLATTED PROPERTY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE REFL.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOLDMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[10. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request to rezone a property located at 137 Palo Blanco Drive, bearing a legal description of Lot 19, Palo Blanco Gardens, an addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to map or plat recorded in Volume 14, Page 58, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, and amended in Volume 16, Page 33, Map records of Cameron County, Texas from SF-1 'Single Family One' to SF-2 'Duplex, Residential'. Applicant: Pedro A. Galvan.]
10, PUBLIC HEARING.UH, TO SOLICIT INPUT, UH, REGARDING THE, A REQUEST TO ZO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE THREE, UH, 1 37 PAOLO BLANCO, DRIVE, BARON.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT 19, FOLLOW BLANCO GARDENS.
IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANTO, CAME COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP FOR PLAT THEREOF, UH, RECORDING VOLUME 14, PAGE 4 58.
IN VOLUME 16 PAGE, UH, 33 MAP RECORDS CAMERA COUNT, TEXAS FROM SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE TO SF TWO.
DUPLEX, UH, RESIDENTIAL APPLICANT, UH, MR. PEDRO, A GALVAN AND JOANNA MALONA PRESENT THIS, A PUBLIC
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HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN SAN BENITO NEWS ON JANUARY, UM, I'M SORRY, JUNE 2ND, 2023.AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 5 51.
I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY FOR OR AGAINST IT? NONE.
UH, TIME IS 5 51 CLOSING, UH, UH, CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
[11. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-H to rezone a property located at 137 Palo Blanco Drive, bearing a legal description of Lot 19, Palo Blanco Gardens, an addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to map or plat recorded in Volume 14, Page 58, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, and amended in Volume 16, Page 33, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from SF-1 'Single Family One' to SF-2 'Duplex, Residential'. Applicant: Pedro A. Galvan.]
UH, FIRST WE KNOW ORDINANCE NUMBER, UH, 2252 DASH H, UH, TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN 1 37 PABLO BLANCO DRIVE, BARON.LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT 19 PALO BLANCO GARDENS, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANTO COUNTY COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO MAP OR PLAT, UH, RECORDED VOLUME 14, PAGE 58, MAP RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS AND AMENDED VOLUME 16, PAGE THREE, UH, 33 MAP RECORDS.
CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE TO SF TWO, DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL, UH, APPLICANT MR. PEDRO EIGHT GALVAN.
AND, UH, MS. JOANNA MALDON, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY TO SF TWO DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UM, INDICATES A PROPOSED USE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION AND IS CONTIGUOUS TO RESIDENTIAL USE.
A DUPLEX UNIT IS BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES AN SF TWO DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL ZONE TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY ORDINANCES.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED ON JUNE 15TH, 2023 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THIS ZONE.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN DIDN'T COME TO HIS OWN AIRING, BY THE WAY, WHEN WE DID THIS BEFORE.
THE, UH, WE, WE LOOKED AT THIS HAVING STILL SIT ON THAT BOARD.
WE LOOKED AT THIS AND REALIZED THAT IT BECOMES KIND OF A UNIQUE SITUATION, UH, FOR THIS ZONING, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE HOW MANY OTHER DUPLEXES ALREADY IN THAT AREA? THERE ARE FOUR, AT LEAST FOUR THAT WE KNOW OF.
AT LEAST FOUR THAT WE KNOW OF.
SO IT'S NOT INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THINK IT BECOMES INCUMBENT UPON US, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT PERHAPS WE PICK UP THE ISSUE OF, OF REZONING THAT WHOLE AREA JUST TO BE, KEEP PEOPLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES.
THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DID.
UM, DID MENTION WAS THAT IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT THE CITY WANNA LOOK AT REZONING.
THAT, THAT, UM, THAT ENTIRE STREET.
IT'S NOT AN WHAT'S A READING? YEAH, THAT'S A READING.
[12. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request for a variance for a proposed subdivision bearing a Legal Description of: Being a tract containing 5.00 acre tract of land situated out of Block Number Thirty-Four (34) of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Cameron County Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Rios Surveying, LLC.]
UH, ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR VARIANCE FOR, UH, PROPOSED, UH, SUBDIVISION BEARING, LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEARING A TRACK, UM, CONTAINING FIVE ACRES, TRACK OF LAND SITUATED IN AUTO BLOCK, UH, NUMBER 34 OF THE 70 LAND AND WATER SUBDIVISION AS RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS CAMPBELL COUNTY, UH, MAP RECORDS.APPLICANT, UH, RIOS, UH, SURVEY LLC.
AND MS. JOANNA MALDON PRESENT THIS A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, UH, WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BERNARDINO NEWS ON JUNE 2ND, 2023, AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
OKAY? AND THE TIME IS, UH, 5 55 AND I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK FOR OR AGAINST NONE.
TIME IS, UH, 5 55 CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING.
[13. Consideration and possible action to approve a request for a variance for a proposed subdivision bearing a legal description of: Being a tract containing 5.00 acre tract of land situated out of Block Number Thirty-Four (34) of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Cameron County Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Rios Surveying, LLC.]
13, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST, UH, FOR A VARIANCE FOR A PROPOSED SUBDIVISION BEARING.LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEARING A TRACK CONTAINING FIVE ACRES, TRACK OF LAND SITUATED, SITUATED OUT OF THE BLOCK.
NUMBER 34 OF THE, UH, SEMIO LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION.
THE RECORDING VOLUME ONE, PAGE SIX, CAMERON COUNTY MAP RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, UH, APPLICANT MR. RIOS SURVEYING LLC.
AND MS. JOANNA MALDON PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
AN APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR A, FOR A THREE LOT SUBDIVISION TO ALLOW A LOT RATIO OF FOUR TO ONE.
UM, CURRENTLY OUR CITY STANDARDS DO NOT ALLOW A FOUR TO ONE RATIO.
THAT'S WHY THE APPLICANT IS APPLYING FOR THIS.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED
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ON JUNE 15TH, 2023 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SUBJECT OF THE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE.JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, I DID TRY TO DO MY RESEARCH ON A FOUR TO ONE RATIO LOT AND WHY IT WAS PUT IN THE ORDINANCE TO NOT ALLOW IT, BUT I PERSONALLY, UM, TALKED TO A COUPLE OF PLANNERS AND SOME ENGINEERS, AND THEY DO NOT KNOW THE REASONING BEHIND PUTTING IT IN THE ORDINANCE YEARS BACK.
UM, I THINK IT WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE EXTREMELY LONG SKINNY LOTS.
UM, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF.
I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA HAVE REMOVED IT OKAY.
NOW, WAY BACK WHEN LONG, LOTS LIKE THAT WERE CONSISTENT BECAUSE YOU COULD PUT YOUR GARDEN OUT BACK AND, AND HAVE EVERYTHING IN, YOU KNOW, STILL HAVE HOMES IN FRONT FROM THAT CORRECT REASON FOR THAT.
I MEAN, IN THE PAST IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, UH, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A REASON FOR IT, BUT LIKE EVERYTHING WE'VE, UM, EVOLVED, MOVED OUT, MOVED ON, UH, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
SO WHY THEY HAD IT BACK THEN, I HAVE NO IDEA.
UM, I COULDN'T GET AN ANSWER, BUT I DO KNOW THAT I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER CITIES AND THEY HAVE REMOVED IT FROM THEIR ORDINANCE TO ALLOW TO ALLOW LONGER LOTS.
SO YOU DO RECOMMEND, UH, APPROVAL ON THIS CONSIDERING THAT IT'S GONNA BE SINGLE FAMILY? I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? NONE? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE? MAYOR, GOT A MOTION BY AMER POAM.
[14. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request for a Conditional Use Permit to consent Automobile Sales for a property located at 1120 Combes Street, on an existing commercial site zoned C-1 'Commercial Restricted Business', bearing a Legal Description of: Lots Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), and Eight (8), Block Eleven (11), Colonia La Palma No. 2 an Addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, as shown on the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 7, Page 38, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Luis Marcos Cepeda Saavedra]
PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING A REQUEST, UH, FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND TO CONSENT THE, UM, AUTOMOTIVE SALE FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1120 COMB STREET ON AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL SITE.JONES C, COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS BEARING ILLEGAL DESCRIPTION OF FIVE LOTS, 5, 6, 7, 8.
BLOCK 11 LAMA NUMBER TWO, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS IS SHOWN IN THE MAP OR PLATTER OF, UH, RECORDING IN VOLUME SEVEN, PAGE 38.
MAP, UH, MAP RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND, UH, LU FUEL, UH, MARCORA, UH, SRA.
A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BONITA NEWS ON JUNE 2ND, 2023, AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
OKAY, THE TIME IS, UM, 5 59 AND I'LL OPEN UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST SPANISH? EXCUSE ME? SHE SPEAKS SPANISH.
SHE DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK SPANISH.
UH, THE TIME IS, UH, SIX O'CLOCK SIX.
AND, UH, CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING.
[15. Consideration and possible action to approve a Conditional Use Permit to consent Automobile Sales for a property located at 1120 Combes Street, on an existing commercial site zoned C-1 'Commercial Restricted Business', bearing a Legal Description of: Lots Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), and Eight (8), Block Eleven (11), Colonia La Palma 2, and Addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, as shown on the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 7, Page 38, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Luis Marcos Cepeda Saavedra.]
OKAY, ITEM 15, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL PERMIT TO CONSENT THE AUTOMOTIVE CELL FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1120.UH, COMA STREET ON, UH, AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL SITE ZONE, C1 COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED THE BUSINESS PARALEGAL DESCRIPTION LOTS.
BLOCK 11, COLONIAL LA PALM TWO.
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANTO CAM COUNTY, TEXAS, AS SHOWN IN THE MAP PLATE THEREOF.
RECORDING IN VOLUME SEVEN, PAGE 38,
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UH, MATTER RECORDS, TEXAS AND, UH, THIS IS, UH, TTA MR. LUIS MARDA VEDA AND, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, THE APPLICANT SU SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW OPERATING AND AUTOMOTIVE SALES, UH, ESTABLISHMENT ON 1120 COLE STREET.THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C1 COMMERCIAL, UH, BUSINESS.
AND IN OUR ZONING IT REQUIRES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONVEYED ON JUNE 15TH, 2023 AND HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMM COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
[16. Consideration and possible action to appoint or reappoint members to the Planning & Zoning Commission for the places and terms starting and expiring as shown: a) Place 3 - Current Term June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2023 b) Place 4 - Current Term June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2023]
NUMBER 16, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO PLANNING AND ZONING.UH, COMMISSION FOR PLACE IN TERMS STARTING, UH, EXPIRED AS, AS, UH, SHOWN PLACE THREE IN PLACE FOUR.
AND MS. UH, JOIN ON THE LAW PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
UH, THE FOLLOWING TERMS EXPIRED ON MAY 31ST, SO WE JUST NEED TO EITHER APPOINT OR REAPPOINT AND IT'S PLACED THREE IN PLACE.
APRIL, I'M GONNA BE APPOINTING ADAM RIGO.
HE'S A ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AT A LOCAL DOCTOR, PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR, CLINIC IN TOWN.
ALSO A FRANCHISEE OF A COMPANY, UM, AND A REALTOR.
SO I THINK HE HAS THE KNOWLEDGE BASE TO FIT IN THAT ROLE.
I'LL BE SENDING OUT THE APPLICATION TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION FORWARDING THE APPLICATION.
OKAY, SO THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR MOTION NIRO.
A MOTION TO APPOINT ADAM ABDI.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
COMMISSIONER, UH, MOTION TO NOMINATE NOIA MONTE? NO.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[17. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2023-0620- 001(R) authorizing the Mayor or his designee to approve the application and acceptance of any Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) Grant #3186808 that the Office of the Governor issues for the period of performance of March 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024. (Cameron - 2022 OPSG)]
17, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 0 6 2 0 DASH 0 0 1 R AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR ORDER IS THIS NEED TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF ANY OPERATION GUN STONE OPS G GRANT 3 31 86 8 0 8 THAT THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ISSUES FOR THE PERIOD OF, UH, PERFORMANCE ON MARCH 1ST, 2023 TO FEBRUARY 29TH, 2024.UH, CAMERON ON, UH, 2022, UH, O P S G AND CHIEF MAIO PER GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PROAM AND COMMISSIONERS POLICE CHIEF MAO PE.
FOR THE RECORD, THE SANTO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE OPERATIONS STONE GUARD AND GRANT PROGRAM FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THIS GRANT PROVIDES FUNDS FOR OUR OFFICERS TO WORK OVERTIME IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO COORDINATE OPERATIONS AND INFORMATION SHARING WITH US BORDER PATROL TO SUPPORT BOARD SECURITY EFFORTS WITHIN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SECTOR.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PATROL RURAL AREAS IN ORDER TO REDUCE OFFENSES RELATED TO HUMAN SMUGGLING, DRUG TRAFFICKING AND FIREARM SMUGGLING.
THIS YEAR, THE GRANT PERIODS AWARDED TO SAMUEL POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE $47,703.
A RESOLUTION MUST BE PASSED BY PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS EVERY YEAR IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THESE GRANT FUNDS.
THE RESOLUTION IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION? MAYOR, YOU GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR GALAVAN.
SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
[18. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2023-0620- 002(R) authorizing the Mayor or his designee to approve the application and acceptance of any Ballistic Shield Grant #4653201 that the Office of the Governor issues for the period of performance of October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. (Ballistic Shield Grant)]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 23 0 6 20 DASH 0 0 2 R AUTHORIZING MAYOR, OR IS DESIGNATE TO APPROVE, UH, THE APPLICATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF HIS, UH, BALLISTIC SHIELD GRANT.
UH, NUMBER 46 53 2 0 1 AT THE OFFICE.
AT THE OFFICE, UH, THE GOVERNOR ISSUES FOR THE PERIOD, UH, PERFORMANCE, OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, TWO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, BALLISTIC SHIELD GRANT AND CHIEF MARIO, THE SANTO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WAS AWARDED $27,975 AND 18 CENTS THROUGH THE BALLISTIC SHIELD GRANT TO PURCHASE FOUR LEVEL THREE BALLISTIC SHIELDS.
THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THESE SHIELDS WILL COME FIRST FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSET ASSET FORFEITURE ACCOUNT,
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WHICH WILL LATER BE REIMBURSED BACK BY THE GRANT.AS PART OF THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS, THE RESOLUTION NEEDS TO BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND SUBMITTED TO E GRANT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ? SECOND.
HOPE YOU NEVER HAVE TO USE THEM.
[19. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of four Paraclete Vanguard Level III Ballistic shields from Galls in the total amount of $27,975.18.]
OKAY.ITEM NUMBER 19, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF FOUR.
WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? A BLACK PER CLEAT WHAT? PER CLEAT? PER CLEAT.
VANGUARD, UH, LEVEL THREE BALLISTIC SHIELD FOR A GALL IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $27,975 AND 18 CENTS.
AND POLICE CHIEF MARIO HAVE BEFORE YOU IS REQUEST TO PURCHASE FOUR PARACLETE VANGUARD, LEVEL THREE BALLISTIC SHIELDS FROM GAULS.
AS I MENTIONED, THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM, THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THESE SHIELDS WILL FIRST COME FROM THE ASSET FORFEITURE ACCOUNT, WHICH WILL LATER TO BEING REIMBURSED THROUGH THE BALLISTIC SHIELD.
GRANT GALLS IS A BY BOARD VENDOR.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON 'EM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN.
[20. Consideration and possible action to remove, appoint or re-appoint members to the Traffic and Safety Board Advisory Committee (TSBAC).]
20, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS.TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE TS B A C.
AND POLICE CAPTAIN, UH, MICHAEL CORTEZ.
MAYOR PROAM, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
MICHAEL CORTES, POLICE CAPTAIN FOR THE SANTO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LIAISON TO THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY BOARD.
THE TERM FOR THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARDS, PLACES ONE AND FIVE ARE SET TO EXPIRE JUNE 30TH, 2023, AND PLACE FOUR PREVIOUSLY EXPIRED ON JUNE 30TH, 2022.
PLACE FIVE IS CURRENTLY VACANT NOMINATIONS TO FILL THESE POSITIONS.
WERE EACH, UH, TABLED AT THE, THE LAST MEETING.
UH, TODAY'S STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT NOMINATIONS TO REMOVE, APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO THE, TO PLACES ONE, FOUR, AND FIVE BE MADE.
UH, MAYOR, I'VE REQUEST, UH, AGAIN, THAT WE TABLE THIS MATTER.
I'M NOT YET PREPARED TO BRING A NAME.
DO I HAVE A SECOND TO, UH, TABLE FOR PLACE? ONE SECOND.
UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES TO TABLE.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE.
DO I HAVE A, UH, SECOND TO TABLE? SECOND.
SECOND BY MARI GALVAN, THE TABLE.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE AND FOR MINE, UH, PLACE FIVE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO APPOINT MR. JOSE SANTOS BARGAS JR.
UH, HE WAS A SEMINO PD OFFICER BACK, UH, BACK IN THE EIGHTIES.
WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM HIM, UM, AND, UH, HE'S RETIRED ALSO, SO, UM, I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, BE, DO AS YOUR HONOR, UH, TAKING THIS, AND HE SAID HE, HE WOULD.
SO, UH, MY MOTION IS TO, UM, APPOINT MR. VARGAS HERE FOR THIS, UH, PLACE FILE.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION CAP YES.
[21. Consideration and possible action to approve the Programming Payment to the Boys and Girls Club of San Benito for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 in the total amount of $10,000.00.]
OKAY.CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE TO APPROVE THE, UH, PROGRAM PAYMENT TO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, UH, CITY, UH, CITY SANTO PHYSICAL YEAR 2023, EXCUSE ME.
2022 THROUGH 2023, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $10,000.
AND MR. RAMON RODRIGUEZ PRESENT, UH, MAY COMMISSIONERS, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON BEFORE YOU EXIT AN INVOICE FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOR PROGRAMMING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
THE ORGANIZATION HAS AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR ACADEMIC, ATHLETIC AND INTERPERSONAL GROWTH FOR OUR YOUTH STAFF COMMENDS APPROVAL.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
DO I ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
[22. Consideration and possible action to approve the Facility Usage Agreement with the Boys and Girls Club for the year 2023.]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE FACILITY USE AGREEMENT WITH THE BOYS, UH, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, UH, FOR THE YEAR 2023.MR. RAMONA MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, AGAIN, UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU WILL LET THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTO USE
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THE CITY SOCCER AND FOOTBALL FIELD AS TOKI PARK TO EXPAND IT.UH, ATHLETIC PROGRAMMING, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
DO YOU MAKE SURE IT'S, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THIS, THIS IS THE, THE PARK NOT YES, SIR.
IT'S WHAT? ACROSS THE PARKING LOT? YEAH.
ARE THERE, UM, IS THAT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT CANOPY? NO, THAT'S A BASEBALL FIELD.
THAT'S THE BASEBALL FIELD? YES, SIR.
THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT FIELD, ALL THOSE FIELDS, WE TAKE CARE OF THAT, SIR, YOU TAKE CARE OF THOSE FIELDS? THAT'S YES, SIR.
IN PREPARATIONS FOR GAMES AND SO ON.
WHO TAKES CARE OF THAT? UH, THEY WOULD BE DO THE STRIPING, BUT WE WOULD SEAL THE MAINTENANCE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE THIS OTHER SECTION, SIR.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[23. Consideration and possible action to ratify the Waiver and Release of Liability form from L&F Distributors, LLC for the use of their stage during the 2023 ResacaFest.]
OKAY.CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE TO WA UH, RATIFY THE WAIVER AND THE RELEASE OF LIABILITY FROM THE L AND F DISTRIBUTED L L C FOR THE USE OF THEIR STATES DURING 2023, THE FE AND MS. UH, NIKKI CEDANO PRESENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI SERRANO PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER.
FOR THE RECORD, IN PREPARATION FOR FEST STAFF HAD REACHED OUT TO L N F DISTRIBUTORS FOR A POSSIBLE STAGE SPONSORSHIP, WHICH THEY HAD AGREED TO.
HOWEVER, DUE TO RECENT CHANGES IN THEIR MANAGEMENT, THEY NO LONGER, THEY ARE NO LONGER SPONSORING ANY OF THEIR STAGES FOR EVENTS AND ARE UNABLE TO COMMIT TO PROVIDING THEIR STAGE FOUR.
WE ASK THAT NO A NO ACTION BE TAKEN ON THIS ITEM.
[24. Consideration and possible action to ratify the purchase and installation of canopies from Play RGV, a BuyBoard approved vendor, for the baseball fields at Stookey Park in the total amount of $33,000.00.]
NUMBER 24, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO, UH, RATIFY.I REDIFY THAT THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A CANOPIES FOR, UH, PLAY RGB BY BOARD TO APPROVE A VENDOR FOR THE, UH, FOR THE BASEBALL FIELDS AT STOKE PARK IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 33,000.
AND MR. RODRIGUEZ, PRESENT THIS ITEM AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.
RODRIGUEZ PARKS IN RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SANTO MAYOR.
THIS ITEMS TO RATIFY THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF SHADES DESTROYED DURING, DURING A RECENT SEVERE STORM AT OOKY PARK, UH, BASEBALL FIELDS.
THE COMPANY WILL ALSO PERFORM REPAIRS TO THE METAL STRUCTURES FOR THOSE CANOPIES.
UH, THE, UH, SOME USE BASEBALL LEAK CONTRIBUTED, UH, $10,000 TOWARDS THE, THE TOTAL COST OF THE, OF THE CANOPIES.
UH, ON THIS, UH, CAN OF PIECE, WILL WE BE ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE HIM OFF? YES, SIR.
FOR THE SUMMER THAT WE DON'T, WHEN THE LADY'S NOT IN PLAY, WE'LL TAKE HIM DOWN.
AND ACTUALLY, WE ALSO TAKE HIM DOWN WHEN, UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN INCOMING STORM.
UH, THIS LAST ONE WE HAD, IT WAS JUST A FREAK OCCURRENCE.
UH, IT WAS, UH, IT SEEMED LIKE A MICROBURST THAT, THAT WENT THROUGH THERE.
SO, AND ALSO JUST TO NOTE, UM, OUR LEAGUE WAS ACTUALLY SELECTED TO HOST THE SUPER REGIONALS, WHICH IS HUGE FOR US, WHICH IS JUST BELOW THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH IS, AND THE, THE, THE LEAGUE PRESIDENT TELLS ME THAT, UH, WE WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIELDS, THAT THEY WERE IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE THAT THEY WANTED TO, TO HAVE IT HERE.
SO WE WANT IT TO LOOK AS NICE AS IT CAN BEFORE WE COME OUT IN EVERYBODY'S PICTURES.
MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? WE GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
[25. Consideration and possible action to appoint, re-appoint, or remove members of the San Benito Parks & Recreation Board: a) Place 1 - Appointee term expired May 31, 2023]
25, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE REAPPOINT REMOVE, UH, SEMINO PARKS AND, UH, REGS, UH, BOARD, UH, FOR PLACE ONE.UH, THIS ITEM IS TO, UH, COMPLETE OUR, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, WE HAVE ONE MORE, MORE POSITION OPEN.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND, UH, THE PLACEMENT OF GREG GOYO HERNANDEZ.
HE WORKS, UH, LOCALLY AS A, UH, YOUNG LIFE REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, UH, HE AND HIS WIFE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SOME TIME HAVE GROWN UP CHILDREN THINK WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THE, UH, TO THE BOY.
SO THAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION, YOUR TO MAKE A MOTION.
MOTION TO, UH, RECOMMEND TO, UH, OKAY.
I'LL PLACE GREG HERNANDEZ ON THE BOARD.
DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THIS? SECOND.
ANY NAYS MOTION YOUR QUESTION? NO, BUT
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I THINK I HAVE TO STAY.I THINK IT'S MY CHILDREN'S UNCLE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE SAME.
GREG, THE, WHAT'S GREG ON THIS? HE'S A YOUNGER, HE'S A YOUNGER GUY AND HIS WIFE.
NO, EVERYONE, SO WE'RE GOOD? YES.
SO ANYBODY'S YOUNGER MOTION PASSES.
[26. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 8 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 $111,723.69.]
ITEM NUMBER 26, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.UH, PAYMENT NUMBER EIGHT TO GERSON'S, UH, SERVICE, UH, SYSTEM INCORPORATED INCORPORATION AS RECORDED BY HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICE INC.
NUMBER ONE, UH, LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS AND THE AMOUNT OF, UM, HUNDRED $11,723 AND 69 CENTS.
AND MR. GARCIA PERZA, MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE, COMMISSIONERS GARCIA, INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM OF FOR DISCUSSION IS PAYMENT TO FERGUSON SERVICE SYSTEMS INCS, AS RECOMMENDED BY HANON PROFESSIONALS AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF, UH, 111,723, UH, DOLLARS AND 69 CENTS.
UH, THIS IS, UH, WOULD POSSIBLY BE THE SECOND TO LAST PAYMENT FOR THE REHABILITATION OF, UH, EL CAMINO, UH, LIFT STATION.
UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE CONDUCTING A CITY, UH, FINAL WALKTHROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AT, UH, 10 WITH, UH, ENGINEERS AND, UH, PROJECT MANAGERS AND OUR STAFF AS WELL.
UH, WE WILL, UH, GENERATE A PUNCH LIST AND IF THERE'S ANY, UH, ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF, UH, JULY TO ADDRESS 'EM AS WELL.
APPROXIMATE HOW LONG PAST THE ORIGINAL DUE DATE WAS THIS PROJECT? UH, NOT EXACT.
JUST, JUST TRYING TO, UH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S OVER, I BELIEVE.
IF I GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT I CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER IF YOU'D LIKE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[27. Consideration and possible action to award a contract to Cornett Construction Company, for the construction of the Alamo Lift Station in the amount of $1,362,407.09.]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD THE CONTRACT, UH, TO COORDINATE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALAMO LIFT STATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $1,362,407 AND 9 CENTS.GARCIA MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE GARCIA, INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, UH, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO CORNETT CONSTRUCTION OF SAM BONITO, UH, IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,362,407 AND 9 CENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY H C E.
UH, THEY'RE THE ENGINEERS, UH, IN CHARGE OF, UH, OF THIS PROJECT.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THAT A TOTAL REHAB ONE NOW, OR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THAT ONE? IT'S, THAT ONE IS A TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION RIGHT BEHIND, UH, THE EXISTING LIFT STATION THERE? CORRECT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A, A FULL, FULLY NEW CONSTRUCTED, UH, LIFT STATION.
SO THE, THE OLD ONE WILL BE DEMOED AND, UH, THE OLD WET WELL WILL BE BACKFILLED AND, AND OUT OF THE WAY.
I BELIEVE THIS MORE CAPACITY, THE, WELL, YEAH, THE, WELL ON THIS ONE I BELIEVE IS 21 FEET DEEP.
MR. VAL, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BIDDING PROCESS? H WAS H C E RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BIDDING PROCESS? YES.
WAS THERE ONLY ONE SUBMISSION? UH, NO, SIR.
UH, I BELIEVE THE SECOND SUBMISSION WAS BY A COMPANY OUT OF, UM, IF I DO RECALL, IT WAS AT A MISSION MOORE WILL, I BELIEVE, UH, THEY WERE THE, THE HIGH BID AT 1.388 AS STATED ON, UH, THE, WHEN IT WAS, WHEN IT WAS SUBMITTED TO YOU FOR, UH, RECOMMENDATION, FOR APPROVAL ON THE BIDS.
UH, THEY WERE THE, THE SECOND BIDDER, AND THAT WAS A HIGHER BID.
DOES THIS BID INCLUDE THE, UH, THE DEMOLITION AND FILL OF THE EXISTING STATION? THIS STATION? YES, SIR.
AND I THINK, UH, MR. CORNETT, THE CONSTRUCTION IS HERE IN SANTO.
AND I BELIEVE THEY'LL BE STARTING, THEY'RE, UH, HANDLING OUR LANDRUM STATION AS WELL, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY'LL BE STARTING THAT ONE, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO AS WELL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[28. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2023-0620- 003 between the City of San Benito and the State of Texas for the rehabilitation of the Stenger Street bridge at Cameron County Water Irrigation District Number 2 drain ditch.]
20, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH SIX 20 DASH ZERO THREE BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTO AND THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE REHAB REHABILITATION
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OF THE STINGER, UH, STREET BRIDGE AT THE CAMERON COUNTY, UH, WATER IRRIGATION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, DRAIN DITCH.AND MR. GARCIA, SETTLE MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE COMMISSIONERS.
EVA GARCIA, INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS.
THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS A RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE CITY SAN BENITO AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THE ENTITY REPRESENTING THE STATE OF TEXAS WOULD BE TEXDOT.
UM, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE STINGER BRIDGE, UH, NEEDED REHABILITATION ON IT.
OUR CITY ENGINEER, UH, ALSO CONCURRED WITH THAT.
SO HE WAS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, TEXDOT, UM, WHO THE BRIDGE PERTAINED TO.
UM, WE CAME UP WITH THE, WELL, TXDOT CAME UP WITH THE RESOLUTION.
UH, WE QUALIFIED FOR, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, UH, JOBS ACT, AND THE, UH, HIGHWAY BRIDGE RE, UH, REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
SO THAT, UH, BRIDGE, UH, REHABILITATION WILL BE FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THOSE TWO, UH, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE QUALIFY, UH, FOR, UH, THEY WILL BE HANDLING, UH, EVERYTHING FROM PROJECT MANAGEMENT, BIDDING, PROCESS CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND THERE WILL BE ZERO COST TO THE CITY.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THAT THE ONE BY HB? YES, SIR.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS MR. VE THIS IS THE, AT ONE POINT, WE WERE GONNA, WE WERE GONNA TAKE THIS PROJECT ON WITH TECH STOP, BUT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO PAY A PERCENTAGE.
DID YOU SPEARHEAD THIS OR HOW DID THIS COME TO FRUITION? UH, TO GET A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERAGE, OUR CITY ENGINEER, MR. RAUL MORALES, KIND OF, HE, HE'S, UH, IF YOU'VE EVER MET HIM, HE'S, ONCE HE, UH, SEES, UH, OR HE HAS A TARGET, HE, HE KIND OF GOES AFTER.
AND HE, UH, SO HE KIND OF SPEARHEADED AND, AND TOUCHED BASE WITH, UH, TECH DOT AND, AND, UH, KIND OF WAS PUSHING FOR THE REHABILITATION CUZ THERE WAS SOME, UH, ISSUES THAT HE SAW THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, AFTER SOME TIME PASSED, UH, THEY REACHED OUT AND, AND LET US KNOW, LIKE, HEY, UH, THAT WE QUALIFIED FOR THESE PROGRAMS, UH, AT A ZERO COST TO THE CITY.
SO, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON, ON THIS FOR SURE.
THE CONSISTENT, UM, THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OFF BASE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, GENERALLY WHEN TEXDOT OR ANY OTHERS DO THESE PROGRAMS, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY, WHEN THEY BUILT THE, THE, THE EXPRESSWAY, YOU GO INTO MANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE WALLS AS YOU GO PAST THE OVERPASSES, THEY GOT DESIGNS AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS ON IT.
AND I'M WONDERING, EVEN ON THIS LITTLE BITTY PROJECT, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN'T GET THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OR UNIQUE THAT BEGINS TO LIVEN UP THE VIEW.
I KNOW THIS IS JUST A SMALL PROJECT, THERE'S NOT MUCH TO IT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO SPICE UP OUR LOOK.
COMMISSIONER, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALE SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
[29. Consideration and possible action to remove, appoint, or reappoint members to the Veterans Advisory Board for the places and terms starting and expiring as shown: a) Place 1 - Appointee term expired May 31, 2023]
HEY, ITEM 29, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE, APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS OF VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD, UH, FOR THE PLACE AND TERMS STARTING IN, UH, AN EXPIRATION THAT'S SHOWN.PLACE ONE, UH, MR. DAVID FAA? YES.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.
DAVID FAA, PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR AND LIAISON TO THE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, PLACE ONE, UH, WAS HELD OVER FROM THE LAST MEETING, SO THIS, UH, THE SELECTION OF PLACE ONE, EITHER APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT, WILL FILL OUT OUR BOARD.
DAVID, PLEASE FORGIVE ME, BUT I'M DAVID.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO FOLLOW UP.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO LET IT FALL AGAIN.
I PLEASE REQUEST THAT WE TABLE THIS.
I DO NOT YET HAVE SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THANK YOU FOR KEEP BRINGING IT BACK.
IS THIS THE ONE THAT MR. SZ SITS ON THE SEAT? YES, IT IS.
HE'S, HE'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE MEMBERS AND HE IS A, A VETERAN.
SO LET ME COMMUNICATE WITH HIM DURING THIS TIME AND WE'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN.
SO I'VE GOT A, UH, A MOTION TO TABLE AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE.
UH, DO WE, MR. VILO, DO WE TAKE THIS HERE OR DO WE TAKE IT INTO EXECUTIVE DECISION OR NOT? WHAT ARE WE TALKING FOR? EXECUTIVE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEM ATTORNEY.
SO WE TAKE IT INTO EXECUTIVE DECISION.
[30. Discussion and action on Interim City Attorney agreement.]
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AND, UH, THIS ADAM, OKAY? YES, JUST, UH, SIR, I THINK, UH, THE MIKE, MIKE SAID THAT, I THINK, UH, WAS IT LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO? I DON'T REMEMBER.BUT Y'ALL HAD APPOINTED AND, UH, OF COURSE I'D LOVE TO SERVE.
UH, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK SOME OF Y'ALL MAY NOT KNOW.
I'VE BEEN IN LAWYER FOR 28 YEARS, 26 OF THOSE DOING GOVERNMENTAL WORK, INCLUDING, UH, I'LL START, START WITH THE SMALL ONES.
SAN JUAN, UH, CRYSTAL CITY, DONE SOME WORK IN CORPUS CHRISTIE, SAN ANTONIO BOND COUNCIL FOR SAN ANTONIO CORPUS.
I STILL REPRESENT SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE, A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT GOVERNMENT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I DO.
AND SO I THANK Y'ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I KNOW THE, THE THING WE'RE MISSING IS WE, Y'ALL DIDN'T DISCUSS, UM, WAGES AND AS SOMEBODY HAD MENTIONED, 75, I'M WILLING TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME UNTIL Y'ALL DECIDE WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS DIVIDED BY 12.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? WELL, I, I, I SEE THE ITEM AS BEING IN AGREEMENT, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY KIND OF WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
NO, BECAUSE, UH, WHEN, WHATEVER Y'ALL DECIDE, THAT WAS THE ISSUE.
THE ISSUE WAS, OKAY, WHAT DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO? BECAUSE WE HAD NEVER DISCUSSED, UH, COMPENSATION.
THE AGREEMENT IS PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS, YOU ALL CAN GET, GET ME OUT WHENEVER Y'ALL WANT.
THERE'S NO 30 DAYS IN THE ORDERS.
THERE'S NOTHING IF YOU COME IN, YOU GO OUT.
I CAN, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK ON THE PREVIOUS MISSION.
WHEN WE BROUGHT, UH, MEDIA, WHEN WE BROUGHT IN, THEY BROUGHT IN SASSY, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF ACCEPTANCE OF HIS RFQ, BUT THERE WAS NEVER DISCUSSION ABOUT OPTION A, B, OR C IN FORM OF PAYMENT.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF PAYMENT HAS TO BE HANDLED BEHIND DOORS.
WELL, THE DECISION OF THE PAYMENT OPTION A, B, AND C WAS HANDLED DOORS.
THIS ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO DISCUSS THE PAYMENT OPTION FOR THE ATTORNEY.
HE'S OBVIOUSLY THE INTERIM NOW.
UM, BUT WHAT IS A FAIR CITY MA UH, CITY ATTORNEY WAGE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, AND I'VE SEEN ANYTHING FROM 150 AN HOUR TO ALL THE WAY UP TO 250 AN HOUR.
AND SCI WAS PREVIOUSLY GETTING 1 75 AND THAT'S HIS DISCOUNTED RATE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, YOU KNOW, MY, MY, HONESTLY IT'S UP TO Y'ALL, BUT MY RECOMMENDATION IN THE INTERIM, IF Y'ALL DO THAT, IT'S ABOUT 6,250 A MONTH.
I KNOW, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN ALREADY.
IT CAN, DEPENDS WHAT IT CAN BE.
UM, SO IT, IT IS UP TO Y'ALL WHAT Y'ALL CAN DO.
THE, THE PROBLEM, A LOT OF THE TIMES A FLAT RATE IS EASIER BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.
IF YOU DO, UH, AN HOURLY RATE, YOU CAN PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT.
AND I GENERALLY DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU'ALL WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO.
JUST IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBERS.
THE RETAINER COULD BE, I DIDN'T AT THE BEGINNING WHEN I FIRST JOINED ON THE COMMISSION, I DIDN'T LIKE A RETAINER FOR CERTAIN ASPECTS, BUT IN SOME CASES HE CAN BE DOING ANFA HONOR WORK AND IT'S CAPPED
UH, I THINK THE, I KNOW OKAY, I WAS SUBMITTED AN AVERAGE, IT WAS ABOUT 102,000.
UH, I THINK THAT THE PREVIOUS ATTORNEY WAS, HAD I, I THINK BASED ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT, I THINK A RETAINER MAKES MORE SENSE THAN AN HOURLY WAGE AS RECOMMENDED.
I, AND I WOULD, I'D BE WILLING TO GO THE 75 AS RECOMMENDED AS WELL.
DO I HAVE A YES, I'LL MAKE THAT A MOTION.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
AND ONE ON THIS MOTION PASSES.
ON NUMBER 31 PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.0 71, I RECOMMEND THAT THAT ALSO BE TAKEN INTO EXECUTIVE.
AND DISCUSS WITH THE OTHER ONE.
THAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HOW ABOUT 32? CAN WE, WE CAN USE 32 HERE.
[31. Discussion and possible action on appointing an Interim City Manager. (Part 1 of 3)]
NUMBER 31 IS GONNA BE BE TAKEN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT OR JUST WHICH ONE? UH, 31.
WE CAN JUST TAKE IT UP WHEN YOU GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO ITEM NUMBER 31, WE WILL BE TAKEN INTO EXECUTIVE STATION.
[32. Discussion and action on advertising for request for qualifications for City Manager, or request for qualifications to hire recruiter to assist in City Manager search.]
UH, DISCUSSING ACTION TO ADVERTISE FOR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER AS REQUESTED FOR QUALIFICATION TO HIRE, RECRUIT AS ASSIST, ASSIST IN CITY MANAGER SEARCH.DO WE MAYOR? I I, I'M HAPPY TO PIPE IN ON THIS ONE.
UM, MY RECOMMENDATION AND MY VERY STRONG FEELING IS, IS THAT WE GO WITH A RECRUITER.
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THINK WHEN WE START TO, UM, LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IN, IN TERMS OF A, A COMMUNITY HAVING A VERY OPEN AND INDEPENDENT PROCESS, UM, BY HAVING A THIRD PARTY WHO IS EXTREMELY QUALIFIED TO DO THESE THINGS, UM, MAKES SENSE.UM, IT'S, WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT A PROCESS YOU GO THROUGH EVERY DAY.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO BRING SOMEBODY ELSE IN WHO HAS THE SKILLS TO KIND OF GUIDE US THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM, I, I THINK MAKES SENSE.
THE PROCESS THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH WITH THIS BEFORE, UM, FOR POSITIONS IN THE, IN THE, UH, PRICE RANGE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, IS THAT YOU GIVE THE PERSON A RECRUITER ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
YOU GIVE THEM THE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT EDC, UH, EXPERIENCE, YOU WANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, YOU WANT WATER WASTEWATER EXPERIENCE, YOU WANT, UH, CUSTOMER RELATIONS EXPERIENCE.
THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU PUT OUT THERE FOR THAT.
AND THEN YOU TAKE THE RECRUITER AND LET 'EM SAY, GO OUT AND FIND AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD FIT THIS.
AND THEN THEY BRING BACK ANYWHERE FROM, I DON'T KNOW, 30, 40 RESUMES IF THEY WANT TO.
UH, WHICH WE WOULD THEN, OR WE, WE BEING A COMMITTEE OF ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO SEVEN PEOPLE OR SO THAT THEN ALSO REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS AND DECIDE, OKAY, WHICH ONES GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
THE NEXT LEVEL WOULD BE A ONLINE INTERVIEW OF, OF, WITH US, PROBABLY INSTEAD OF HAVING THE COST OF BRINGING PEOPLE IN, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR THEY ARE AWAY, WE WOULD THEN HAVE STANDARD SETS OF QUESTIONS THAT WOULD GO TO EACH ONE OF THEM.
UH, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE, AGAIN, ACROSS THE BOARD, THE SAME.
WE WOULD RATE AND REVIEW THEM.
AND THEN THE NEXT LEVEL WOULD, WOULD BE TAKEN TO AN ONLINE OR TO AN IN-PERSON INTERVIEW WHERE WE WOULD BRING MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE, UH, CANDIDATES INTO TOWN HERE.
UH, HAVE THEM SHOWN AROUND TOWN, HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH PEOPLE AND, UH, EDC AND ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AND OTHER AREAS, AND LET EVERYONE GET A FEEL FOR WHO THIS PERSON IS.
AND THEN WE DO LIVE INTERVIEWS AGAIN WITH THE SAME SET OF QUESTIONS THAT WE GO BY.
AND AGAIN, WE, WE, UH, RATE THEM, UH, AND THEN COME DOWN, NARROW IT DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, FINAL CANDIDATE TO WHOM WE WILL THEN ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT A RECRUITER WOULD WORK THROUGH, WHICH I THINK IS THE MOST FAIR AND OPEN AND CLEAR POLICY.
YES, IT DOES COST TO BRING A RECRUITER IN, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO.
I THINK THAT'S THE MOST FAIR, TRANSPARENT AND PROFESSIONAL WAY WE CAN GO ABOUT BRINGING IN A NEW PERSON.
UM, NO OFFENSE TO YOU, MR. BILOS, BUT I DON'T LIKE THE WAY YOU WERE BROUGHT IN.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING PAID AND YOU'VE GOT APPOINTED TO IT.
THAT'S JUST LIKE INSANITY TO ME FOR ME MUNICIPALITY TO DO THAT.
UM, WHEN IT COMES BACK TO MARK, SAME THING.
THAT'S WHY I VOTED NO ON OUR PREVIOUS ATTORNEY AS WELL.
WE NEED A PROCESS AND WE NEED SOMETHING DONE PROPERLY FROM THE BEGINNING.
WELL OBJECT MAYOR ACTUALLY, A LOT OF THE TIMES IT TAKES A LOT OF THE BURDEN FROM YOU ALL AND YOU ALL GET AT THE VERY, AND, AND YOU ALL GET AT THE VERY END, SOME OF THE PEOPLE AND THAT ULTIMATELY Y'ALL DECIDE.
Y'ALL CAN GO REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS OR GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF BURDEN FROM YOU ALL.
HOW MUCH, UH, MANY, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH, UH, SINCE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH IT, I KNOW YOU'VE GONE THROUGH IT A COUPLE TIMES, DO YOU KNOW MORE OR LESS, UH, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ON THE, THE COST OF THIS? YES, SIR.
MOST, UH, RECRUITMENTS LIKE, UH, STRATEGIC GOVERNMENT RESOURCES, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS START OFF AT ABOUT 25,000 BASED ON WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS WOULD WILL BE.
AND UH, AND I'VE GONE THROUGH SDRS, I'VE GONE THROUGH IAN PUBLIC, I'VE GONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, GOV HR, SO THERE'S A HALF A DOZEN.
THEY DON'T, UH, THEY MAY BE SOME OTHER PART OF THE STATE, BUT THEY ALWAYS HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF LOCAL IN, IN LIKE IN TEXAS OR SOMETHING.
SO YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR THEM TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THEY HAVE A VERY LARGE NETWORK.
SO, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE STARTING RANGE.
AND UH, LIKE, UH, AND MS UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN CERTAINLY ARTICULATED THAT PROCESS.
THE VIDEO RECORDING, THE SET OF QUESTIONS, USUALLY THERE'S ABOUT 15 QUESTIONS AND THEN THE OTHER FIVE ARE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT YOU'VE GOTTA CONSENT TO.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THE, UH, DOES MR. MADRID, MR. MADRID, HAVE YOU, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THIS PROCESS, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION FOR US OR HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO ANYTHING? I WOULD, UH, REITERATE WHAT CITY MANAGER HAS MENTIONED THE, UH, RECRUITING FIRMS. THE SEARCH FOR FIRMS, UH, THEY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 40,000 BASED ON THE SALARY.
THEY CAN NEGOTIATE A PERCENTAGE, THEY WILL CHARGE YOU IN ADDITION TO THAT TRAVEL EXPENSES.
AND THEY USUALLY HAVE, YOU COVER THE TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THE, THE APPLICANTS AS WELL.
UH, IT REALLY REMOVES THE BURDEN OFF OF YOU.
THEY HELP YOU NARROW DOWN AND SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.
AND THEY ALREADY HAVE CONTEXT OF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS
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OR OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE WELL QUALIFIED.SOME OF 'EM HAVE RETIRED, WANNA GO BACK INTO THE LABOR FORCE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVE A, A BROAD NETWORK WHERE THEY CAN BRING IN, UM, QUALIFIED PERSON, QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
UM, DID, DID CAROL, YOU MIGHT KNOW, DID THEY, DID THEY DO THAT ROUTE? UM, PREVIOUSLY WITH, UH, CAROL, WITH, UM, CELESTE SANCHEZ AS MAYOR? UM, I DUNNO.
THE COMMISSION WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THE ONLY ONE I WAS ON THE COMMISSION WITH WAS MARK AGAIN.
I VOTED NO, SO NOT ON THE PROCESS.
UM, THINK WAS HERE BEFORE US, WELL, BEFORE ME ALL NOW, COMMISSIONER GALVAN, UH, GALVAN, THE, THE PROCESS WAS THAT THEY ADVERTISED IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
SO THEY DID A STATEWIDE, NOT A NATIONWIDE.
SO ALL OF THE APPLICANTS WERE FROM AROUND THE STATE, UH, DEL RIO, YOU KNOW, EL PASO, YOU KNOW, SO, SO, SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
SO I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A 22 GUIDELINE, 2022 GUIDELINE FROM TML.
WE ARE A REGISTERED MEMBER WITH TML.
THEY PROVIDE A FREE PROCESS FOR US AND THEY ALLOW US TO PUT ADVERTISEMENT ON THE TOWN AND CITY.
RIGHT? IT'S A NATIONAL, IT'S A STATE MAGAZINE THAT GOES OUT.
YOU GUYS GET IT IN YOUR EMAIL MONTHLY.
YOU GET TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.
BUT JOB OPPORTUNITIES POP UP ON THERE AND BASICALLY IT'S A FREE SEARCH FOR US.
IT'S FREE ADVERTISEMENT FOR US.
WE'RE ALREADY A MEMBER OF TML.
IF WE'RE NOT GONNA USE THEIR SERVICES, LET'S JUST, LET'S GET RID OF THEIR SERVICES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE PAYING THEM ACTUALLY.
IT'D BE A GOOD NUMBER TO LOOK AT.
BUT THEY PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND IT'S A PRETTY, UH, DETAILED DOCUMENT.
I THINK THAT IT'D BE WISE OF THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT THAT OPTION.
YOU KNOW, READ IT, READ WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
WE'VE HEARD WHAT MR. GOODMAN, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN HAS TO SAY, BUT LOOK AT THIS PROCESS.
WE WANT SOMEONE THAT DEFINITELY CAN, YOU KNOW, IS IS CLOSE TO THE CULTURE HERE, UM, CLOSE TO THE REGION.
THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE DIFFERENT.
THE AVERAGE MEANING INCOME IS THE LOWEST, THE UNEMPLOYMENT IS THE HIGHEST.
I MEAN, JUST ALL SORT THAT GO ON AND ON.
AND DO THEY UNDERSTAND THE BORDER ECONOMIC ISSUES AND CRISIS THAT WE FACE DAY TO DAY? UM, I, I'M OKAY WITH EITHER PROCESS, BUT I THINK IF IT'S GONNA BE AN ABSURD AMOUNT.
AND I THINK ALSO WHEN YOU GO WITH A RECRUITING FIRM, I'M A RECRUITER.
I HAVE THESE 10 COM 10 MANAGERS THAT I KNOW I GOT A JOB FOR YOU AND THEY PUT 'EM IN.
THEY DON'T ASK ALL THE ONES IN TEXAS, CUZ THEY ONLY HAVE SELECT NUMBER OF CONTACTS.
THIS WILL AT LEAST ALLOW IT TO GET ON THE TOWN AND CITY, GET ON THIS FREE ADVERTISEMENT.
WE GET THE EMAILS EVERY WEEK OR MONTHLY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT POINT.
IF WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE DON'T WANNA ENTERTAIN THIS, LET'S GO TO A NATIONAL RECRUITER.
UM, BUT IT AT LEAST ALLOWS PEOPLE TO START NOTICING THERE'S SOME MOVEMENT.
MAYBE I CAN MAKE A PHONE CALL AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
YOU CAN ALSO CARD LITTLE BUDDIES AND SAY, HEY, GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE A POSTING ON TML APPLIES SO WE CAN PICK YOU.
BUT IT'S STILL, STILL, YEAH, THAT'S PROCESS THOUGH BECAUSE IT'S STILL, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE VOTING ON, AND I AGREE WITH, UH, MAYOR PROTON GALVAN THAT, UM, OUR CULTURE IS DIFFERENT.
RECRUITERS, HE, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'RE GONNA BRING BACK A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
UM, I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH AND TO ME PERSONALLY, UM, BUT WHEN IT ALL COMES DOWN TO IT'S NOT JUST ONE VOTE HERE, IT'S EVERYBODY'S VOTE THAT'S INCLUDED.
AND, UM, I THINK I LIKE GALVAN MAYOR, PROTON, GALVAN'S, UM, APPROACH BETTER FIRST AT LEAST.
I SAID IT WAS 13 PAGES, IT'S 58 PAGES
UM, BUT IT, IT EVEN HAS A RANKING SYSTEM IN THERE.
SO MR. MADRID, I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD SEE, I WOULD SEE IF THE COMMISSION WOULD TASK YOU WITH REVIEWING THAT, SEEING WHAT YOU THINK.
AND IF IN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY MANAGER, IF THEY BELIEVE THAT, IF STAFF BELIEVE THAT'S APPROPRIATE, WE CAN START THAT PROCESS.
CERTAINLY THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TODAY.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, HAVE A, A, A DATE THAT IS CLOSER TO BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, HAVING SELECTED OR APPOINTED, UH, THE NEXT CITY MANAGER, THEN, UH, IF WE WOULD NEED DIRECTION TODAY AS WHETHER YOU'RE READY TO, UM, RE UH, HIRE A, UH, SEARCH FIRM OR IF YOU WANT, UM, THE HELP OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO ADVERTISE AND, UM, NARROW DOWN SOME OF THE APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE ENOUGH QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, THEN AT ANOTHER MEETING, THEN WE WOULD START THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM A SEARCH FIRM.
BUT IT WOULD DELAY THE PROCESS.
IT WOULD TAKE YOU OUT MUCH LONGER.
CUZ FOR STARTERS, IF WE WERE TO DO IT IN-HOUSE WITHIN SAY, UH, 30 DAYS, YOU CAN SELECT SOME OF THE APPLICANTS, ASSUMING THAT YOU DO GET THE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS RIGHT AWAY.
UH, WITHIN 60 DAYS, YOU COULD, UH, MAKE AN, UH, AN APPOINTMENT.
IT WOULD GO WITH THE SEARCH FIRM.
IT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM, UM, 60 TO 120 DAYS JUST TO, UH, GET SOMEBODY, UH, APPOINTED.
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THEY'RE ALREADY EMPLOYED, THEY NEED TO GIVE A PROFESSIONAL 30 DAYS NOTICE TO WHERE WHEREVER THEY WORK, OR EVEN 60 DAYS, WHICH, WHICH HINGES UPON, IF Y'ALL APPOINT AN INTERIM, HOW LONG DOES HE WANT TO BE HERE? SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING.Y'ALL NEED TO KIND OF DECIDE WHETHER IF THEY NEED SOMETHING QUICKER, IT JUST REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
UM, AND OF COURSE Y'ALL CAN DO THAT YOURSELVES TOO.
TML, YOU PUT IT OUT THERE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF APPLICANTS.
THE OTHER PROCESS DOES TAKE A LOT LONGER, BUT A LOT OF IT'S GONNA END ON, UH, WHO Y'ALL PUT FOR OR INTERIM, HOW LONG THEY WANNA BE THERE OR, OR THAT.
AND IF I MAY ADD, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT ONE OF THE, UM, AGENCIES AND, UH, FORMER MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF NACODOCHES, SHELLY, UM, BROPHY, SHE STATED, USING A SEARCH FIRM REALLY PAYS FOR ITSELF.
UH, THEY HELP YOU FIND A QUALIFIED CANDIDATE AND, UH, REMOVE SOME OF THE BURDEN AND, UH, HELP YOU MAKE A, A, UH, YOU KNOW, A WISE DECISION BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO GUIDE YOU FOR, FOR THAT.
AND ALSO, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR DURING YOUR SERVICE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS THE CITY MANAGER THAT YOU, UH, CHOSE.
I, I THINK THAT I, I APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS BROUGHT UP BY UNDERSTANDING THE LOCAL CULTURE AND, AND WHO WE ARE.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND, AND EVEN BY USING A SEARCH FIRM, YOU'RE NOT NEGATING THAT OR SAYING THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
INDEED, YOU CAN MAKE THAT PART OF YOUR QUALIFICATIONS IN SOME FORM OR FASHION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FOR THAT PERSON.
SO I, I I JUST BELIEVE THAT WE UNBURDENED OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT AND OFFER A MUCH CLEANER PROCESS BY USING MUCH MORE OPEN, MUCH MORE CLEAR PROCESS BY USING A RECRUITER.
IT JUST THAT, THAT PROFESSIONALISM, THAT LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM TO ME NEEDS TO, AND I, I'M, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR IT ENOUGH TO ADD WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
COMMISSIONER GOODMAN TML DOES OFFER, UH, SUGGEST, UM, ADVERTISING SEARCH, UH, SOURCES AND SHARES, EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRMS LISTINGS.
BECAUSE THEN IF WE HAVE ONE SEARCH FIRM IN MIND, WELL, WHAT WAS THE PROCESS TO SEARCH THAT SEARCH FIRM? SO WE CAN GO ON AND ON, RIGHT? SO WHAT WAS THE PROCESS WE WOULD REQUEST FOR, TO PUT MR. MADRID HERE? SHOULD WE DO A SEARCH FIRM FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE HERE OR JUST THE TOP DOG? YEAH.
THAT, THAT'S, UH, DECISION FOR YOU SIGN ON BUSINESS 77.
DO YOU THINK THAT ATTRACTS EVERYBODY? NO.
WELL, WE WANT LOCAL TALENT, RIGHT? YES.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME LOCAL TALENT.
I HEAR THAT KNOW, LIVE AND LIVE CLOSE TO THE CITY ARE FROM AROUND HERE, AND THEY'VE DONE A PRETTY EXCEPTIONAL JOB AND NOTHING PREVENTS THEM FROM APPLYING.
I I THINK TOO, WE KNOW THE TERM WE'RE USING BURDEN.
I THINK WE NEED TO SHY AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T BE A BURDEN TO ANY ONE OF US, INCLUDING YOU MM-HMM.
SO IF WE COULD JUST SHY AWAY FROM BURDEN, I, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I, IT'S NOT A BURDEN TO ME.
I, I, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS, MAYOR.
AND I THINK, UM, I WANT TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION NOW.
I WOULD, I WOULD MOTION TO TABLE IT.
GIVE EVERYBODY OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE 60 PAGE DOCUMENT.
TML OFFERS THE EXACT SOURCES THAT COMMISSIONER GOODMAN IS TALKING ABOUT AND THE OFFER 'EM POSSIBLY FREE.
UM, SO LET'S LOOK AT THAT OPTION.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE LIST OF A HUNDRED, UM, SEARCH RECRUITMENT FIRMS THAT THEY HAVE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU HAVE ONE SPECIFICALLY, BUT THEN WE CAN DO THAT.
WELL, LET'S, LET'S HIRE FIRM TO SELECT THE RIGHT SEARCH FIRM, BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE A SELECT NUMBER OF CITY MANAGERS THEY'RE GONNA CALL.
I'VE HEARD THAT PROCESS AND I'VE, I'VE HEARD IT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH OF HOW IT HAPPENED.
SO, WELL, THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION TO TABLE IT, MAYOR.
A MOTION BY, UH, COMM MAYOR POT, UH, ANTE TABLE.
UM, I PUSH, UH, FOR TO TABLE ALSO.
SO YOU GOT THE THREE YAYS TO TABLE AND TWO NAYS.
MAYOR, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW THOUGH, FOR A LISTING FOR CITY MANAGER? ANYTHING LIKE ON OUR WEBSITE OR ANYTHING? NO.
CAN WE NOT DO THAT YET? NO, NOT YET.
YOU CAN'T DO I HAVE A CITY MANAGER.
I'M JUST GONNA SPRING ONE ON US AGAIN.
[33. Discussion and possible action on the organization and promotion of two Town Hall Meetings.]
2033, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ON THE, UH, ORGANIZATION PROMOTION OF TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND COMMISSIONER TOM GUNMAN.UH, PRESENT THIS OUT WITH, UH, MAYOR, UH, MAYOR POT, UH, PETE GALVAN.
UH, PUT IN THIS ON THE AGENDA.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I RAN INTO AS I WENT THROUGH THIS ELECTION PROCESS, AND I'M NEW TO THIS GAME IN TERMS OF POLITICS AND FIND MYSELF SURPRISED, BUT I HAD
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LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY.AND I SAT OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS PRIOR TO, TO SITTING UP HERE NOW.
AND I HEARD A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND WHEN YOU'RE OFFERING PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.
SO WE CAN'T HAVE THE INTERACTION WITH INDIVIDUALS.
AND SO THE FORMAT, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN, IN THE DOCUMENTS, AND PETE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FINDING IT.
UM, A TML DOCUMENT INDICATING, UH, TML DOCUMENT.
OKAY, WHAT DID I SAY? SORRY, MR. GIL, WHAT DID I SAY? TML DOCUMENT.
DID I SAY IT WRONG? THAT'S THE ONE.
I'LL GET RIGHT ONE OF THESE DAYS.
THE, UH, TML DOCUMENT OUTLINING THE, THE, UH, TOWN HALL, UH, AND, AND KIND OF THE, THE RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THERE.
BUT I WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CITIZENS.
I WANT OUR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD, AND I WANNA BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH 'EM SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT FEAR AND, AND, AND FEEL LIKE THAT THEY'VE GOT AN INPUT.
MANY PEOPLE JUST WANNA BE HEARD.
AND SO, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ORGANIZED A COUPLE OF, AT LEAST TWO TO BEGIN WITH TOWN HALL TYPE MEETINGS.
I THINK WE NEED TO SPEAK MORE WITH OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS.
OKAY? DO WE HAVE THE PROS AND CONS ON THIS? UM, MANNY, DO I HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS AS FAR AS WORK WE CAN MEET, WHAT TIME WE CAN MEET, UM, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS? UH, I WENT THROUGH THE DOCUMENT AND IT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT I'VE HAD WITH YOU.
SO ON PAGE SEVEN, YOU'LL SEE ON THE DOCUMENT THAT IT SAYS THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING, IT NEEDS TO BE STRUCTURED.
WHAT WE HAD IS, YOU MIGHT RECALL BACK IN 2017, WAS NOT STRUCTURED RIGHT? IT WAS A FREE FOR ALL.
IT WAS CHAOTIC, OKAY? IT WASN'T A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, BUT WE HAD ELECTED OFFICIALS AT A MEETING AND, UH, THE TOPICS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE, RIGHT? SO NOT NECESSARILY IN COMPLIANCE, NOT EVEN WITH THIS DOCUMENT.
AND THIS WAS IN 2014, WRITTEN BY, UH, SCOTT HOUSTON, THE FORMER LEGAL COUNSEL FOR T M L.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A TOM HALL MEETING, ANY ONE OF YOU, MAYOR, YOU'VE HAD HIM WITH THE CHAMBER AT STARBUCKS, ANY ONE OF YOU CAN HAVE A MEETING WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND GET FEEDBACK.
THIS DOCUMENT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
YOU CAN'T HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY HEAR THEM OUT.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIST IT, THIS NUMBER SEVEN SAYS, AND THIS WAS THE CITY ATTORNEY MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION.
THEY JUST LISTED EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.
AND THEY MIGHT HAVE ONLY TALKED ABOUT A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY LISTED, BUT THEY PRETTY MUCH COVERED EVERYTHING.
SO MR. VILO LOPEZ WILL WALK YOU THROUGH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE YOU THAT ASSISTANCE WHEN YOU SET THAT AGENDA.
IF YOU WANNA HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING, TO WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE IN A, IN A QUORUM MORE THAN THREE, AND FOLLOW THESE PROTOCOLS, AND IF NOT, CERTAINLY HAVE YOUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS INDIVIDUALLY LIKE YOU, YOU'RE DOING NOW.
SO, BUT WHEN YOU GATHER THESE KIND OF MEETINGS, SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS, WE, WE TEND TO HAVE RECORDINGS.
YOU GOTTA FOLLOW THESE PROTOCOLS, RIGHT? THERE'S ALL SORTS OF COSTS IN, IN INVOLVED IN THIS.
ALL THE RESOURCES AROUND STAFF, POLICE, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
THEY WEREN'T THERE FOR YOUR STARBUCKS WHEN YOU AND THE MAYOR PRO TEAM OBAMA WERE THERE, PRESENT TO TWO, NOT THREE.
SO THIS DOCUMENT IS VERY GOOD.
IT'S THE SAME THING WE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
SO WE JUST NEED YOUR GUIDANCE AND THEN DISCUSS WHAT THAT IS.
WE HAVE A, UH, A BUDGET WORKSHOP.
IT'S A SPECIAL CALL MEETING NEXT WEEK, FOLLOWS OUR ORDINANCE FOR THAT TYPE OF MATTER.
SO, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A WEEK MEETING THE WEEK AFTER FOR JULY 4TH BECAUSE IT'S A HOLIDAY.
WE'VE MOVED IT TO JULY 11TH, AND WE'VE GOT BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
I MEAN, SO THE STAFF IS WORKING DURING THE SUMMERTIME FINANCE, MOST OF 'EM CAN'T TAKE VACATION OR THEY HAVE TO TAKE VERY LITTLE TIME OFF.
ALSO, WE CAN MEET THOSE, THOSE, UH, BUDGET PREPARATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO DO YOU WANT TO HAVE HIM IN THE EVENINGS? YOU WANNA HAVE HIM ON A WEEKEND? WHEN DO YOU WANT TO HAVE IT SO WE CAN PLAN FOR THOSE KIND OF EVENTS? AND DO YOU USE COLLECTIVELY WANT TO MEET IN A QUORUM OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE HIM INDIVIDUALLY? WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE GROUND RULES ARE.
OKAY, MR. VILO, AS LONG AS YOU COMPLY WITH THE OPEN MEETING ACT, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
AND I'LL, FOR EXAMPLE, I MYSELF, I DO IT MYSELF, UH, COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR.
SO YOU ALL CAN DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, THERE'S NO PROBLEM.
YOU CAN DO WHATEVER Y'ALL WANNA DO.
BUT IF YOU ALL DO GET TOGETHER, THEN YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THAT'S IT.
SO IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO DO IT, WE CAN GUIDE YOU AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
OKAY? IF YOU ALL WANNA DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, OKAY.
THEN COMMISSIONERS, UM, HOW YOU WANNA DO IT, DO YOU WANNA DO INDIVIDUAL TWO? HOW ARE I, I'M, I'M THE REASON I PUT IT THIS UP OUT HERE AND TO, TO LOOK AT IT.
THIS, YES, ON PAGE EIGHT, THERE'S A MUCH MORE CONTRACTED, UH, NOTICE THAT COULD BE PUT OUT INSTEAD OF INCLUDING ALL THE ITEMS IN THERE.
SO I, AND, AND IT IS JUST UNDERSTAND,
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YES, TO COMPLY WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND WE DON'T DO THAT.I'M FINE JUST DOING THINGS ON MY OWN AND, AND, AND HAVING THAT.
BUT, UH, I, MY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UM, I, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHO ELSE WAS GONNA WANT TO PARTICIPATE, WHO ELSE WAS GONNA BE THERE.
AND SO UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE IN TERMS OF NOTICE OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, I'M FINE JUST DOING IT ON MY OWN.
BUT AGAIN, IT WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHERS WANTED TO PARTICIPATE.
IF OTHERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT NOT WANTING TO PARTICIPATE, AND THAT'S FINE, I'LL GO DO IT ON MY OWN.
AND SOMETIMES YOU DO IT ON YOUR OWN AND A FEW OTHER COMMISSIONERS SHOW UP AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL, RIGHT? YEAH, EXACTLY.
SO THAT'S, THAT WAS WHY I WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS FIRST TO MAKE SURE WE, UH, WE, WHAT WE WERE DOING.
AS LONG AS IF THERE'S GONNA BE A FORUM, YOU GOTTA COMPLY.
IF NOT, YOU DO IT ON YOUR OWN.
OKAY? SO WHY NOT JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT A MEETING? IT'S UP TO YOU.
YOU COULD, BUT IT, UH, IF LET'S SAY YOU MAKE IT A MEETING AND THEN ONLY YOU SHOW UP, THEN YOU MADE A MEETING, YOU MADE THE STAFF AND YOU MADE EVERYBODY SHOW UP FOR NO REASON.
THE ONLY BENEFIT I WOULD SEE, UM, MAKING IN A MEETING AND IF MORE THAN THREE OR MORE WANT TO SHOW UP, IS THAT I WOULD WANT STAFF PRESENT TO BE TAKING NOTES ABOUT MR. ALLEN ABOUT SOME PUBLIC WORKS ISSUES OR SOME FINANCE ISSUES WITH, CUZ I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT HOW THE PROCESSING OF THE WATER BILL AND STEPHANIE MAY WANT TO HEAR THIS MR. FROM FINANCE.
MAYBE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
UM, BUT STILL, I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AS A CITIZEN, IT'S DIFFERENT VERSUS YOU ON THE BACKEND, YOU DON'T SEE YOU'RE JUST DOING YOUR JOB.
RIGHT? BUT WHEN THE PROCESS AS A CITIZEN, AND I'VE DONE TAKEN SOME OF THOSE APPROACHES AS A CITIZEN, AND AREN'T YOU COMMISSIONER GALVAN, THEY BLEW MY COVER.
I JUST WANT TO GO IN AS A CITIZEN, SEE HOW THE PROCESS IS AND IS.
WALKING BACK AND FORTH FROM HERE TO THERE WITH NO SIDEWALK IS NOT EFFICIENT.
RIGHT? AND IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE A VERY CLOSE FRIEND THAT'S IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW FOR AN ISSUE WITH THEIR HEART.
SO WE JUST NEED TO FIND WHERE WE CAN, UM, BUILD ON THOSE EFFICIENCIES.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, GOODMAN, BUT WE GOTTA MAKE SURE, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL WANNA, WE ALL WANNA BE THERE AND I, I WANNA BE THERE.
I'LL BE WHEREVER YOU GUYS NEED ME TO BE.
WELL, I, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO.
THEN WE CAN, WE CAN DO TWOS AND DISTRICTS.
I MEAN, IF IT EVER COMES TO A POINT WHERE THE CITY MANAGER SENDS AN EMAIL AND SAYS, HEY, I, WHO WANTS TO GO? IF THREE SAY, THEN WE MAKE IT A MEETING, WE FOLLOW THE AGREEMENT AND WE GET WITH THE ATTORNEY IF SAY, HEY, ONLY TWO CAN MAKE IT.
THERE'S NO NEED TO MAKE A MEETING.
PART, PART OF THE REASON FOR LOOKING AT IT THIS WAY AS WELL IS TO GET THE PUBLICITY OUT FOR IT SO PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT AS WELL.
USING RESOURCES OF THE CITY TO, TO PUBLICIZE THIS, UH, INSTEAD OF JUST INDIVIDUALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
UH, WELL, I DON'T THINK WE CAN USE, UH, THE CITY MEDIA, RIGHT, FOR THAT.
THE, THE, THE FILMING NO BOARD.
YEAH, YOU CAN, NO, THE VIDEO, THE YES, WE, WE VIDEO SPECIAL MEETINGS, REMEMBER? NO, NO, NO.
IF, IF IT'S A TOWN HALL MEETING THAT HAS AN AGENDA THAT'S ACTUALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ORDINANCE, THAT'S A SPECIAL CALL MEETING.
SO YOU SCHEDULE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING AND WE GET THREE, ONE OF YOU BACKS OUT AND WE ONLY HAVE TWO.
YOU NOW HAVE TO POSE A CANCELLATION, YOU CAN'T EVEN MEET AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
WE'VE HAD THAT OCCUR HERE FOR SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS.
I MEAN, SO WE, WHAT WE TRY TO DO FOR SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS, WE TRY TO GET A QUORUM.
AND EVEN ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING WHERE IT SAID, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? RIGHT? TWO, THREE HOURS BEFORE ME AND WE GO CANCEL CUZ WE GET NO RESPONSE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE FACE BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY MUCH SAID ON TUESDAYS.
AND YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO KEEP 'EM EVERY OF THE WEEK BECAUSE WE MOVE THEM THROUGH THURSDAYS INTERFERES WITH SPORTS DURING CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEARS.
RIGHT NOW, SUMMERTIME, IT'S HARD TO GET FOLKS INVOLVED IN SUMMERTIME.
I'VE EXPECT I'VE EXPRESSED MY DESIRE TO ATTEND THESE THINGS.
UH, PETE, YOU'VE ALSO SAID YOU HAVE WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF YOU, CAROL? YES, MAYOR, I'LL ATTEND.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, UH, IF IT'S THREE, I WON'T, I'M NOT, IF IT'S TWO, I WILL, I'LL BE THERE.
AND THE THING IS THAT, UH, WHEN I HAVE THE COFFEE WITH, WITH THE MAYOR, I DO MY BEST TO INFORM EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WANTS TO GO, IT'S THERE, YOU KNOW.
BUT LIKE I SAID, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO DO.
BUT YOU NEVER GET REALLY, OKAY.
YOU GET BE GETTING EMAILS, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ANSWER.
LET'S GET WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE.
SO, AND SINCE, UH, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, OKAY? YOU WANNA MAKE A, YOU KNOW, I, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE HOLD, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO WAS BE, BEFORE WE EVEN HAD BUDGET WORKSHOPS, IS UNDERSTAND WHERE
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CERTAIN ITEMS FROM THE COMMUNITY MAY NEED TO FIT IN.BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALREADY IN THAT SEASON.
UM, BUT, UM, MY PROPOSAL WILL BE THAT WE HOLD TWO WORKSHOPS, ONE OF AN EVENING AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING, UH, PERHAPS ONE ON A SATURDAY MORNING AT MAYBE THE EDC BUILDING.
IF WE CAN DO THAT, THEN WE NEED TO GET THE TOWN HALLS.
THEN WE NEED TO GET THE STAFFING RIGHT.
WE NEED TO GET THE, NO, WE'VE ALREADY SET THE SCHEDULE.
WE SENT THAT SCHEDULE ON MONTHS AGO.
REMEMBER WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE SCHEDULE BY A CERTAIN DATE TO MEET THE, THE TAX ASSESS.
SO WE HAVE DATES THAT WE MEET SO WE CAN MEET WITH YOU, MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
THAT'S WHY THE FIRST ONE, YEAH.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE POSTPONE THAT THE WORKSHOP, BUT NOT AT ALL THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
ALL WE NEED IS DATES FROM YOU WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THEN WE'LL START PUTTING TOGETHER, SEE WHO'S AVAILABLE.
SO GENERAL KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE ANY MEETING, YOU SHOOT DATES TO MY OFFICE, WE'LL START LOOKING TO SEE AVAILABILITY, UH, AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, MY MO MY MOTION THEN IS TO, TO, UH, HAVE TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS, UH, ON THE DATES TO BE PROPOSED YET, UM, WHERE WE GET, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW MUCH MORE DETAILS THERE NEED TO BE TO DISCUSS ON THE PICTURE FOR FUTURE, YEAH.
FUTURE, SOME FUTURE DATES TO BE, AND COMMISSIONER GOMAN, YOU CAN SEND ME THAT AND I CAN SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.
AND THEN YOU RESPOND TO ME ONLY.
BASED ON, ON WHAT YOU ONE DAY, ONE NIGHT, ONE SATURDAY, WHATEVER IT IS, WE START LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, FOR SET THE DATES LATER OR FUTURE DATES.
[34. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended May 31, 2023.]
ITEM NUMBER 34, PRESENTATION OF, UH, CITY SOTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31ST, 2023.AND STEPHANIE, ADAM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.
MAYOR PROTIME, COMMISSIONERS STEPHANIE 99 FINANCE DIRECTOR.
FOR THE RECORD THIS EVENING, I'M PRESENTING TO YOU THE FINANCIALS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 2023.
FIRST, WE HAVE OUR BALANCE SHEET, TOTAL ASSETS AS OF MAY 31ST, 2023.
YOU HAVE 18000000.3 COMPARED TO, UM, LAST YEAR, MAY 31ST, 2022.
WE HAVE ALMOST 17 MILLION TOTAL LIABILITIES FOR MAY, 2023 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE 2.1 MILLION COMPARED TO 2.5 OF LAST YEAR.
TOTAL FUND BALANCE, UH, 16,207,774 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 14,000,400 AND OH.
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE OF 18.3 MILLION COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 16.9 MILLION.
FOLLOWED BY THAT WE HAVE OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, UH, REPORT.
MONTH DATE ACTUAL, WHICH IS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF REVENUES OF 953,858 COMPARED TO LAST MAY OF 2022 OF 767,741 YEAR.
TO THE ACTUAL, WE HAVE ABOUT 11.5 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES, UH, FOR THE ACTUAL MONTH.
MAY, 2023 HAVE 1,000,360 1,709 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 1,000,200 AND 13,076 WITH, UH, EXPENDITURES OVER REVENUE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 31ST, 2020 THREE, OH FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVEN, EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE YEAR.
TO THE ACTUAL, WE ACTUALLY ARE, UH, REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES, 1.88 MILLION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
ANY QUESTIONS? WAY TO GO ON EARNING MORE INTEREST ON THE MONEY.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER ONES? OKAY, THANK YOU STEPHANIE.
[35. Executive Session: a) Deliberation pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.087(2), on incentives or business prospect that City seeks to locate within City (RGV Epicenter Project) and to consult with legal counsel pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.071(2) on related issues. b) Discussion pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.071 on City Manager's separation agreement.]
NUMBER 35, EXECUTIVE STATION EXECUTIVE STATION DELIBERATION, UH, PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 0 1 0.0872 ON THE INCENTIVES AND, UH, BUSINESS PRO, UH, PROSPECT, THAT'S, UH, CITY SIX TO, UH, UH, LOCATE, UH, WITHIN THE CITY, RRGB EPIC CENTER AND TO CONSULT WITH THE LEGAL CONSULTANT, UH, PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 0.0712[01:30:01]
UNRELATED ISSUES.AND ITEM NUMBER 35 B, UH, DISCUSSION PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 0.071 ON CITY, UH, MANAGERS SEPARATION AGREEMENT.
AND ALSO ITEM NUMBER 31 31, UH, DISCUSSING POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF INTERN CITY MANAGER.
AND IN MY OPINION, THE ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED ARE PROPER FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OKAY, SO, UM, THE TIME IS, UH, 7 0 1 AND WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM NUMBER
[31. Discussion and possible action on appointing an Interim City Manager. (Part 2 of 3)]
31.MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, UM, A MOTION BE MADE TO APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER ON A CONSULTING BASIS AND AUTHORIZED COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? ONE SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER UH, MORALES, THEY WERE, UM, ALL IN AGREEMENT.
SO WE GOT THE 4, 4, 8 AND ONE NAME.
MAYOR, WHO'S THE MOTION? WHO'S THE PRIMARY MOTION? THE PRIMARY MOTION IS, UH, TO APPOINT THE, NO, WHO'S THE, WHO.
MOTIONED IT WAS, UH, UM, COMMISSIONER MORALE AND SECOND MOTION.
I'LL TAKE THE FIRST IF YOU WANT.
[36. Consideration and possible action on items discussed in Executive Session.]
WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SECTION ITEMS. WE HAVE A, UH, SHOULD BE, IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE AN EXTENSION OR AN AGREEMENT AS DISCUSS AN EXECUTIVE, UH, SESSION.SO, UH, MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
YEAH, THE LAST ITEM, MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT SOMEONE MOVE TO RECOMMEND, UH, SEVERANCE PACKAGE AS DISCUSSED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
TO THE, TO THE CITY, TO THE COUNCIL, CORRECT.
TO THE, SO RECOMMEND, WELL, YES TO, UH, UH, TO ACCEPT THE, THE SEVERANCE PASS PACKAGE TO ACCEPT AS DISCUSSED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MOTION TO ACCEPT THE SEVERANCE PACKAGE.
DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WAIT, WERE WE PRESENTED A SEVERANCE PACKAGE? WHAT, WHAT WE DISCUSS THAT'S, UH, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WE GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALE.
CAUSE I DUNNO WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.
HEY, Y'ALL WANNA RECESS AGAIN REAL QUICK? WE CAN YOU WANNA WHAT? RECESS.
Y'ALL WANNA RECESS AGAIN INTO EXECUTIVE REAL QUICK? OKAY.
DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA SEE IT? FINE, YOU ALL ARE STILL, HE GAVE YOU THE NUMBERS, NOT YOU WERE ON YOUR, ON FACEBOOK? YES.
OKAY, SO WE GOT THE, OKAY, SO WE GOT A MOTION BY FIRST AND SECOND.
DO I HAVE MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION.
MOTION BY MAYOR POTAIN, UH, GOVAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[31. Discussion and possible action on appointing an Interim City Manager. (Part 3 of 3)]
AN ITEM 31.DID WE NAME SOMEBODY? NO, NO, NO.
LET'S TAKE IT BACK AND NAME THE INDIVIDUAL.
SO WE ALREADY ACCEPTED HIM AS A CONSULTANT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
BUT, UH, NAME THE INDIVIDUAL WE MOVE TO APPROVE THE, THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL.
WANT ME THE MOTION? GOODMAN WANT ME TO AMEND IT? AMEND YOUR MOTION, YEAH.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND OR DO WE RESCIND? YEP.
AND NOW THE MOTION TO, UH, TO APPOINT AN INTERIM MAN, MAN, INTERIM CITY MANAGER.
AND AUTHORIZE THE, UH, ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE TERMS AS A CONSULTANT.
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DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.ANY NAYS? YOU GOT UH, FOUR NAYES, ONE NAME, NAME THAT YAYS AND NAYS.
YOU GOT FOUR YEARS AND ONE NAME.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR A POLL, JUST A CLARIFICATION.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURNMENT.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
IS MEETING ADJOURNED? NO FURTHER? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADUR? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES THE, YOU STAY THE TIME IS, UH, NINE O'CLOCK AND WE'RE ADJOURNED.