* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Welcome.] [00:00:03] OKAY. NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING AT CITY IS SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2023. TIME IS, UH, 5 33. LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG. AND, UH, PLEASE REMAIN SILENT FOR THE INVOCATION BY MR. FAO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. RECALL, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN LIBERTY FOR ALL, UNDER A TEXAS FLAG APPLIED TO ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE. MR. PABLO, LET PRAY GLORIOUS. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER HERE TODAY. AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, PLEASE BE WITH US AND FILL US WITH WISDOM AND IDEAS THAT'LL HELP LEAD OUR CITY FORWARD. WE GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR, AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING ALL THAT WE DO POSSIBLE. LET YOUR PRESENCE NEVER LEAVE US, BUT CONTINUALLY BE WITH US ALWAYS. IN JESUS CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, MR. FAA. [4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.] OKAY, ITEM NUMBER FOUR. UH, WE GOT THE ITEM OF COMMITTEE INTEREST. COMMISSIONERS. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? ANYBODY? UM, CHIEF , YOU'RE NUMBER ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MAYOR PROAM AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS. UH, CHIEF PERE FOR THE RECORD. UH, JUST WANTED TO BRIEF EVERYBODY, UM, ON, UH, SOME, UH, THREATS WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING AT THE SCHOOLS WE RESPONDED TO. UH, THREE TOTAL. UH, JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW, UH, THAT WE, WE DO INVESTIGATE 'EM, UH, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT. AND IF, UH, THERE'S ENOUGH PROBABLE CAUSE, WE DO, WE DO AFFECT AN ARREST, WE TAKE 'EM ALL SERIOUS. AND WE DO FOLLOW 'EM ALL, ALL UP. WE JUST HAD ONE RECENTLY AT RISING SCHOLARS. UH, IT WAS A VALLEY WIDE, UH, BOMB THREAT. AND, UH, WE RESPONDED OUT THERE, HELPED THEM OUT AND, UH, UM, GOT THEIR KIDS OUT SAFELY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, STAYED WITH 'EM FOR MOST OF THE DAY. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO BRIEF YOU GUYS ON, ON ALL THESE THINGS. UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS YEAR. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES, UH, TAKE LEAD ON SOME OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS. AND, UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HELPING THEM AND, UH, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. ANYBODY, SIR? ANY COMMISSIONERS? NONE. UH, CHIEF, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF. 'CAUSE I KNOW I CALLED YOU ON THIS WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND WITH LIKE A BRIEFING ON WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR ANY OF US TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE THINK THAT IT CAN'T HAPPEN TO US. MM-HMM. , AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S HAD THAT SENTIMENT BEFORE AND ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE. YEAH. UM, SO I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE COMMUNITY UP TO BRISS ON WHAT'S GOING ON, HOW YOU'RE HANDLING IT, HOW YOUR STAFF'S HANDLING IT, HOW OUR SCHOOL'S HANDLING IT. UM, JUST THANK YOU. KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. ? YES, CHIEF. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. MRS. YOU THERE? OKAY. UM, NEXT ONE IS THE, UH, THECA VILLAGE. I MEAN, THECA CITY OF FOOD COURT. UH, JUNTO ON UHTO WILL BE OBJECT, PUBLIC COMMENT. NO, THAT'S ONLY COMMUNICATE INTEREST. OKAY. LOOK AT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS NEXT. OKAY. SO WE GOT THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS AFTER THIS ONE. OKAY. WE WILL BE HELD ON THE, UM, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH AT THE JUNTO HALL OF FAME MUSEUM ON ROBERSON STREET, UH, FROM 5:00 PM TO FIVE, UH, TO 9:00 AM EXCUSE ME, 9:00 PM SO IT'S FIVE TO NINE. OKAY. UH, SECOND ONE'S GONNA BE, THE SOUTH TEXAS MU MUSICAL FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD AT THE HAVEN PARK AT MISSIONS $5. AND THE GATES WILL OPEN AT 4:00 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION, UH, VISIT, UH, WWW.STATESANTO.COM. THE NEXT ONE, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THAT ONE IS THE, UH, SEMINOLE POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, UH, FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AT THE HAVEN MEMORIAL PARK. THIS IS A FREE EVENT. OKAY. SO, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, EVENTS? NONE. OKAY. [5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes).] OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENTS. BUT DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES. MAYOR, WE HAVE, UH, MR. SANTIAGO PEREZ. MR. PEREZ, MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR [00:05:01] THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING THAT, UM, THIS, WHEN I SAY CORRUPTION, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SOMEBODY'S TAKING MONEY UNDER THE TABLE. SO WHEN I SAY CORRUPTION, I MEAN THAT THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK AND WE KNOW IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER TOWNS ARE GROWING EXCEPT SANTO, THE PEOPLE ARE JUST LEAVING, AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT. AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, JUST WE RESEARCH IT. I ALSO WANNA SAY IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT THE OTHER CITY MANAGER LEFT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THE WAY HIS CORRUPTION WAS, IT WAS JUST NO GOOD FOR SOMEBODY TO, BUT WHEN HE LEFT, HE LEFT THE CORRUPTION BEHIND. I'LL EXPEND THAT IN A MINUTE. UM, WE NEED TO REPLACE OR RETRAIN A LOT OF THE WORLD CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE. THEY COME UP WITH SOME LUNACY THINGS, UH, AS AN EXAMPLE SAYS, UM, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE NOT, I'M BUILDING A HOUSE. THEY TOLD ME THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA ISSUE A OCCUPANCY PERMIT. BE BECAUSE I NEEDED TO PLANT GRASS IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. AND IF THEY, IF YOU DON'T WATER IT, I GUESS IT'S GONNA DIE. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS MY POINT, THAT I NEEDED TO PAINT SOME OTHER, SOME LITTLE PATCHES OR ELSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE NOT GOING TO, TO, UH, ISSUE AN OCCUPANCY. THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO DO A DOOR BLOWER, UH, DOOR TEST. IT COST ABOUT $200. WELL, COME TO FIND OUT, THE OTHER CITIES ARE NOT DOING IT. WHY IS SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DOING IT? THAT'S $200 OUT. EVERY CONTRACTOR, EVERY EVERYBODY WANTS TO BUILD A HOUSE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO DO AN 18 FOOT DRIVEWAY, TWO CAR DRIVEWAY. ALRIGHT? YET ANOTHER GUY SAID THAT BUILT A BUILDING NEXT DOOR. HE OWNED HIS, IS LESS THAN 12 FEET, AND HE JUST STOPPED DOING CONSTRUCTION WHATSOEVER. FOR WHAT REASON? I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK IT'S THE SAME REASON THAT I'VE TOLD YOU PEOPLE JUST LEAVE THIS TOWN. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, AND I HAVE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MORE THINGS TO SAY, BUT ALL I WANNA SAY THIS, IT'S LUNACY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE COURT ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE. I MEAN, I JUST GIVE YOU TWO OR THREE EXAMPLES. I CAN GO, I I CAN GIVE YOU MORE AND, AND I WILL SAY MORE, BUT I THINK I, I WOULD RATHER PUBLISH THE PUBLISH 'EM IN A LOCAL PAPER. AND LAST, I WANNA SEE YOU SAY ONE THING. A LOT OF THESE ENFORCEMENT THINGS THAT, THAT THEY, THEY, THEY SAID TO ME, OH, IT'S A STATE LAW. IT'S A STATE LAW. WELL COME TO FIND OUT THAT A JUDGE JUST RULED THAT ALL THESE THINGS THAT THEY'RE, THAT I SPOKE ABOUT, THEY'RE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. A JUDGE RULED ON IT AND SAID THAT ABBOTT, WHAT HE DID AND PASSED ON ALL THESE RULES, THEY'RE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AND THAT, AND ALSO SAYING THAT A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT DID NOT FOLLOW YET. THEY'RE JUST DRAINING THE, THEY'RE JUST DRAINING OUR CITIZENS TO INCLUDE MYSELF. I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF A VICTIM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO CONSIDER MYSELF A PERSON DEALING WITH A LOT OF LUNACY. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE LOSING RESIDENTS, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOSING. WE NEED TAXPAYERS AND METERS IN THIS HOUSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WILL BE BACK FOR THE SAME REASON AND OTHER. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. PEREZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RUTH. ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MA'AM. MR. MIKE. UH, TRAVIS. MR. TRAVIS. GOOD AFTERNOON, ONE AND ALL FELLOW CITIZENS COMMISSION MAYOR. UM, I'M HERE, UH, BECAUSE I WANNA GET, GIVE, UH, A, A NUMBER OF SHOUT OUTS. UH, FIRST, UH, PUBLIC WORKS. UH, THE TRACTOR MOWING GUY CAME BY DAY OR SO AGO, UH, KIND OF STUFF OVER THERE ON RUSSELL LANE. OH, I'M SORRY, RUSSELL LANE. THAT'S WHERE I AM. 1 6 9 5 RUSSELL LANE. BUT, UH, HE CAME BY AND, UH, TOOK CARE OF US OVER THERE. UH, SOME OF IT'S LIKE, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, IS UN MOWED AND HE TOOK CARE OF IT FOR US. THANK HIM. UH, IN FACT, I THINK I'LL, UH, I DON'T THINK I WILL. I'LL CALL NORMA GOD WILLING TOMORROW AND, UH, PASS IT ON TO HIM. UM, ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UM, UM, MOST SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, THE OFFICERS TO PATROL OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE IN RUSSELL LANE. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TELL YOU, BUT, UH, IF I'M THERE AND I SEE 'EM, I CALL OVER TO THE DISPATCH. I SAY, THANK YOU. THANK THAT GUY THAT JUST WENT BY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT GETS THROUGH OR WHATEVER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE TELLING YOU OR WHATEVER. UH, ALSO, AND, UM, CHIEF PEREA AND, UH, CAPTAIN CORTEZ, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, UH, NETWORKING ON, UH, THE OTHER TRAFFIC, UH, ANALYSIS THING OVER THERE. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW I TOLD YOU PRIVATELY, BUT I'LL SAY IT FOR THE RECORD HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, KIND OF THING. AND, UH, LET'S SEE. MOVING ON. NUMBER THREE. UH, MISS, UH, JASMINE PARTITA. I WANNA GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE RIGHT THERE. UH, SHE HAS BEEN, UH, I'VE BEEN [00:10:01] LIAISONING WITH HER ON VARIOUS, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS. I WON'T GET BOARD THE DETAILS RIGHT HERE, BUT, UH, SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. I GIVE YOU 12 THUMBS UP, YOUNG LADY. UM, FOR NUMBER FOUR. UH, AND I SAID THIS AT THE TOWN MEETING WE HAD BACK, UH, THE STREAMING. I LOVE THE STREAMING BECAUSE WHEN I CAN'T BE HERE, I TRY TO LIVE STREAM IT. AND IF I CAN'T LIVE STREAM IT AT THAT TIME FOR WHATEVER, I CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND LOOK IN THE ARCHIVE FOR THAT. SO, SOME OF YOU HEARD ME SAY THAT BEFORE, BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, 12 THUMBS UP ON THAT ONE TOO. AND, UH, ALSO LOOKING OVER THE AGENDA HERE, I, I DON'T KNOW, JUST ONE COMMUNITY VOICE, UH, RIGHT HERE. BUT ALL THE STREET CLOSURES AND STUFF FOR EVERYTHING, UH, I VOTE YES. AYE. AND, UH, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING PATIENTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. TRAVIS. RUTH. ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR. NO. OKAY. OKAY. SO [6. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes for the January 17, 2023 Regular City Commission Meeting.] YOU GOT ITEM NUMBER SIX? UM, MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. OKAY. NO QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER SIX? NO. SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. [7. Update on Solid Waste Services by Republic Services Manager of Municipal Sales, Mr. Rey Carrillo.] OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. AND IT'S GONNA BE, UH, BY REPUBLIC. AND MR. RAY CARRIO, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER. GOOD, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS WAY, SIR. THANK YOU. RAY CARILLO ON BEHALF OF REPUBLIC SERVICES. I'VE GOT, UH, RAY TAMES, WHO'S OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER AND YOUR LOCAL, UH, SUPERVISOR. JOEL. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO, AS ALWAYS, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING REPUBLIC SERVICES TO CONTINUE TO SERVICE THE CITY OF SAN BENITO. I'D LIKE TO ALSO COMMEND, UH, MS. MCGINNIS FOR THE OPEN COMMUNICATION DURING THIS TRANSITION. WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE FOR US. UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE, UH, THIS YEAR'S, UH, PRICE INCREASE. UM, IT IS BASED OFF OF THE 12 MONTH, YEAR OVER YEAR AVERAGE ON THE WATER SEWER TRASH, C P I. UM, THIS YEAR IT, THE INCREASE WILL BE 4%, WHICH IS THE MAX THAT, UH, THE CITY HAD PLACED A COUPLE YEARS BACK DURING RENEGOTIATION. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. THE ACTUAL, UH, C PS WOULD'VE BEEN WELL OVER 5%. UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT SPECIFICALLY. WELL, I KNOW THIS WAS GONE UP, SO, RIGHT. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE DIESEL. WE'VE HAD A, A HECK OF A TIME TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE, THE LABOR, YOU KNOW, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, THE PAY SCALE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KEEP THE EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL HERE TO CONTINUE TO SERVICE OR, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT THE CITY DESERVES. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT HERE TODAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY SERVICE ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHEN IS OUR CONTRACT UP AGAIN IN IT IS, UH, ACTUALLY IT TEN ONE TWENTY, TWENTY FIVE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOD EVENING. I'LL, I'LL TALK TO RUTH BECAUSE, UH, I DO HAVE SOME, IT'S THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, UH, THAT, UH, THERE'S STILL SOME PEOPLE THEY'RE THROWING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USING A LOT IN EMPTY LOT THROWING RIGHT? WITH THE BRUSH. YEAH. WITH THE BRUSH. SO YOU, YOU KNOW, MR. MODS ABOUT YOU GUYS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL TALK TO THE CITY AND, UH, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CLEAN IT UP BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY. AND, YOU KNOW, ON, UH, ONE-OFFS LIKE THAT, IF YOU'LL CALL US DIRECTLY, YOU CAN EITHER COMMUNICATE WITH ME DIRECTLY OR WITH THE LOCAL SUPERVISOR, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, YOU KNOW, UH, WITHIN REASON, RIGHT. UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S YES, I, I UNDERSTAND. YES. BUT YEAH, WE'D BE GLAD TO HELP YOU OUT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT, SIR. I'M SORRY. THERE IS ONE MORE QUESTION, RAY. YES. IF, UM, I UNDERSTAND AS PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UH, DUMPSTERS THAT WE CAN USE AT VARIOUS TIMES OF THE YEAR. I BELIEVE IT'S, YES. I THINK IT'S EIGHT. IT'S EIGHT. YEAH. UM, A LOT OF 'EM ARE USED DURING THE ROUNDUP. RAY, DO YOU TRASH BASH? YEAH. DURING THE TRASH BASH. NOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR, LIKE A, AN EVENT FESTIVAL WE'VE HELPED OUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT BEFORE, WHETHER IT'S WITH EVENT BOXES OR WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, ROLL OFFS OR THAT KIND OF THING. SO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT FIRST TO US. WE, WE DO HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES FOR THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL. GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND YOU HAVE, YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO ACTION ON THIS ONE. SO [8. Update on projects by the City of San Benito Parks and Recreation Department.] ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, IT'S GONNA BE, IS THERE, MR. RODRIGUEZ? GOOD EVENING. UH, RAM RODRIGUEZ, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. UH, FOR THE [00:15:01] RECORD, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, UH, MAYOR , UH, BEFORE YOU IS THE LIST OF, UH, THE ONGOING AND RECENT PROJECTS, UH, AT, UH, OUR PARKS. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF RECAP OF SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES. UH, GAN PARK, WE'VE REPAINTED AND WORKED ON THE, THE BATHROOMS IN THERE. UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF VANDALISM. UH, THERE ALSO, WE HAD ON A, AN ARSON CASE, THEY, THEY SAID ONE OF THE TRASH CANS ON FIRE, AND THAT DESTROYED PART OF THE FENCE. SO WE'RE WORKING TO FIX THAT. UM, OKE PARK, WE TOOK DOWN ALL THE CANOPIES, UH, TOOK, UH, THE SEASON WAS OVER. SO WE WANNA PROTECT, PROTECT THOSE IN CASE OF A STORM. UH, WE LOST THEM LAST TIME, AND THAT WAS ABOUT $30,000 WORTH. UM, WE ALSO SECURED, UH, COST PROJECTIONS FOR A SPLASH PAD AND, UH, ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND FOR THAT PARK. WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, UH, AT HAVEN PARK. COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE LIGHTS BEING OUT. WE, THE, THE BATTERIES ARE GONE. THEY'RE DEAD. UH, WE HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING IT BECAUSE THE COMPANY THAT MAKE THOSE IS OUR BUSINESS. SO WE'RE FIND SOME SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA WORK. UM, LET'S SEE. KENNEDY PARK, WE REPAIRED THE ROOF OF THE PAVILION. IT WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED TO A LOT OF DRY ROT, SO THAT'S BEEN FIXED. WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF VANDALISM THERE. BROKEN SINKS, BROKEN TOILETS. UM, ANOTHER ONE IS A CEMETERY. WE HAVE TO INSTALL, UH, A BALLARD AND CABLE BARRIER BECAUSE CARSS, WERE DRIVING ON THE GRAVES. THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FIXED. AND THE WETLANDS, WE FINISHED, UH, THE, THE PEER ON THE LAST POND TO KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR GRANT REQUIREMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS? I DO, UM, I HEARD YOU MENTION A SPLASH PAD. IS THIS SOMETHING WE VOTED ON? IS THIS NO, NO. I, I WAS JUST ASKED TO GET PROJECTIONS ON THAT. OKAY. AND WHAT PARK WOULD IT BE FOR? UH, LOOKING AT THE, UH, SUKI. OOKY. MM-HMM. . AND IS THIS GONNA BE OUT OF OUR BUDGET OR IS THERE A GRANT LIKE WE HAD FOR OUR FIRM? WE JUST WANTED TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST AND HOW WE CAN GO AFTER GRANTS. SO THIS WASN'T BUDGET IN BUDGET, RIGHT? NO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET A GRANT FOR THAT. OKAY. WHAT, WHAT ABOUT THE, THE HAVEN PARK? IS THERE ANYTHING ON HAVEN? UH, AS FAR AS, WELL, AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE, UH, UM, THE AMPUTEE THERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN THE, THAT, THAT MOUND WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING COST, UM, ESTIMATES FOR THAT TO MOVE THAT MOUNT OUTTA THE WAY AND EXTEND THAT AREA. 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY SMALL. OKAY. I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE, THE, THE NUMBERS YET, BUT, UH, I GOT SOMEBODY LOOKING AT THAT ALSO. DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE BATHROOMS AT LANDRUM OR, AGAIN, THE CANOPY AT GAN CANOP AGAIN, AND I THINK THIS IS ABOUT THREE YEARS, SO WE CAN'T MOVE ON WITH NEW PROJECTS IF WE STILL CAN'T EVEN FINISH WHAT WE, THE CANOPY AT, AT FAGAN. UH, WE WILL GET THE MATERIALS WITHIN TWO WEEKS. DID THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK. OKAY. AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, I'M SORRY, GAZEBO. MM-HMM. . YEAH. YEAH. I SPOKE WITH, UH, THE COMPANY THAT'S, UH, UH, BUILDING IT, AND THEY SAID THEY'LL DELIVER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK. OKAY. JUST MAKE SURE ROMAN, BECAUSE, UH, YOU TOLD US THE LAST MEETING WE HAD THAT IT WAS GONNA BE DELIVERED. YES, SIR. IT'S OUTTA MY HANDS, SIR. IT'S, IT'S REALLY, I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. I, I CALL, CALL THEM CONSTANTLY JUST TO GET AN UPDATE. YEAH. AND THEY'LL TELL ME IT'S HERE, IT'S GONNA BE HERE NEXT WEEK. NO, PLEASE. WE, IF WE GET TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING HELD LIKE WE DID THE, WITH THE STREET, THE ROLLER YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT WE GAVE SOME MONEY DOWN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEING HELD UP OUTTA YOUR, IN OUR HANDS. MM-HMM. , I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THIS ONE, ACTUALLY, SIR, UH, THIS WAS THE SHORTEST WAIT TIME. UH, THE NEXT COMPANY, IT WAS GONNA BE SIX MONTHS. SO WE LOCKED OUT. WELL, ALSO, RAMON, UM, NONE OF OUR PARKS NEEDED NEW EQUIPMENT. UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TRAILERS THAT WE BOUGHT, BUT, UH, THE VEHICLES, OUR FLEET IS IN GOOD SHAPE. WE DO A LOT OF MAINTENANCE ON THEM. SO WORKING THAT ON NEW EQUIPMENT. MM-HMM. BECAUSE HOW, HOW OLD IS OUR EQUIPMENT, BASICALLY? WHAT'S OUR OLDEST EQUIPMENT DO WE HAVE ON ANY PARK? UH OH, OUR PARKS? YES. ON THE PARKS. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I MISUNDERSTOOD THE EQUIPMENT. YOUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. UH, YEAH. WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, REPLACING, WE'VE REPLACED THAT. A LOT OF SWINGS. UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S JUST, AS HE STARTS RUNNING AWAY, WE, WE TAKE IT AWAY. SO THAT'S AN ONGOING THING, SIR RAMON, I'VE SEEN THAT, LIKE SOME CITIES, THEY'RE WITHIN A WARRANTY. MM-HMM. GUIDELINE. SO THEY TRY TO GET IT REPLACED BEFORE THE WARRANTY CUTOFF. UHHUH . AND THEY'LL INSTALL EVERYTHING. YEAH. ALL YOU HAVE TO PAY IS THE INSTALL COSTS. IS THAT IT'S, UH, ARE OUR SYSTEMS WARRANTIED? OR WHAT, WHO DO WE USUALLY USE? UH, WELL, UH, IF IT'S IN THE WARRANTY, DON'T REPLACE IT FOR FREE. UH, I GUESS WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. SEE IF WE'RE COMING UP [00:20:01] TO THOSE DEADLINES. YES, SIR. TO HELP US OUT. YEAH. I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I THINK I SAW HARLINGEN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES. UM, I RECENTLY WENT TO ONE OF THEIR PARKS AT, I GUESS IT VICTOR PARK. MM-HMM. SAW THEY HAD CARPET, GRASS. IT WAS AN ALL INCLUSIVE, UH, PARK. PARK. IT'S, UH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER. THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO GET THAT'S PRETTY NICE. AND THEN SHADED AREAS FOR THE KIDS, RIGHT. BECAUSE MM-HMM. , IT'S STILL HOT. UM, I MAYBE YOU, YOU WANT TO GET WITH, UM, OUR ELECTRICITY PROVIDER. THEY MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A DONATION PROGRAM OF TREES OKAY. THAT WE QUALIFY FOR. AND YOU DID MENTION IT IN THE MEETING, SO I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOLDING THEM TO THAT MM-HMM. . YEAH. SO MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND SEE IF THEY ABSOLUTELY. THEY DO WANNA CONTRIBUTE TO SOME MORE TREE, UH, TREES IN CERTAIN AREAS BY BENCHES. MM-HMM. . YEAH. IT'S OPEN TO ANY GOVERNMENT, ANY OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. SO I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM. YEAH. YEAH. UH, ALSO MAYOR, IF I MIGHT, YES. UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A PROJECTION AT THE AKA UH, FOR A SPLASH PAD THAT'S MORE OF OUR CENTRAL AREA THAT EVERYBODY GOES TO. YEAH. I MEAN, THE WALKING TRAILS THERE, I MEAN, PEOPLE JUST GO THERE. WE DO HAVE PARKS THERE AS WELL, BUT SOMETHING IN THAT VICINITY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE ONE OVER HERE WITH THE, UH, FIRE STATION. MM-HMM. , THAT REALLY DOESN'T GET UTILIZED. ACTUALLY. IT GETS A LOT OF USE. EVERY TIME I GO BY IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER. SEE THAT SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS, YOU KNOW, BEDBOUND PLACE AND STUFF. YES. SO I JUST THINK MAYBE IT'S MORE CENTRALIZED. MM-HMM. , WE HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME, UH, OF PARTICIPANTS. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, GOING, UM, 'CAUSE I HAVE TALKED TO THE REPRESENTATIVES, JANIE LOPEZ, HER STAFF AND VICE GONZALEZ, THAT THERE ARE GRANTS OUT THERE YES. FOR US TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, AND IT WOULDN'T BE TOUCHING OUR BUDGET. YEAH. I SPOKE WITH, UH, UH, UH, JENNY, AND, UH, SHE TELLS ME THAT, UH, HER STAFF CAN HELP US, UH, THOSE YEAH. 'CAUSE THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. UM, ONE THING TO LOOK INTO BEFORE THAT, I KNOW THAT WAS WHAT WE CONSIDERED LAST TIME AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO THIS SPLASH PAD THERE. I KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE RETENTION POND. YEAH. I THINK IT'S T C, THE FACT THAT OUR WATER PLAN AND THE DISTANCE, I MEAN, IT WAS A BIG ISSUE. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T DO IT THERE. MM-HMM. . SO LET'S CONSIDER THAT BEFORE I HAVE LOOK AT T CQ REGULATIONS TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UH, STIPULATIONS ARE. RAM RAMON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN AND REPORTING TO US. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. GIVING US THE UPDATE. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, HOW IS YOUR STAFFING STAFF? I COULD USE MORE . UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. UH, UH, GROUND STAFF AND PARKS, UH, HAVE NINE GUYS AND THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF MOVING EVERY RIGHT OF WAY. EVERY PARK, EVERY BUILDING, EVERYTHING. THE ENTIRE CITY. THOSE NINE GUYS. SO, SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY MORE DO YOU HAVE BUDGETED TO HAVE ON STAFF? UH, WE, I HAVE A COUPLE, ABOUT THREE POSITIONS RIGHT NOW THAT I HAVE TO FILL. OKAY. MM-HMM. , I THINK I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MORE WORK. . UM, I'M TIRED OF SEEING ON THE AKA SIDE. MM-HMM. , A LOT OF THE, UH, THE EROSION UHHUH OF THE DIRT GOING ONTO THE STREETS. OKAY. OH, YEAH. OVER THERE ON THE SOUTH END. YEAH. ON THE SIDE. YEAH. HAVEN PARKED ON MEAN ON THAT SIDE BECAUSE, UH, IF LIKE, UH, MR. PETTY WAS SAYING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE, YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL GO OUT THERE FOR NOT HAVING GRASS. WELL, AKA IS, IS, IS A PRIME EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE. MM-HMM. , WE DON'T HAVE NO GRASS. THERE'S NOTHING. IT'S DIRT. YEP. AND ANY, ANY RAIN OR ANYTHING. EVERYTHING, ALL THE DIRT GOES ONTO THE YEAH. THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, CULDESAC OR, OR THE, UH, CARBON GUTTER. SO I KNOW WE HAVE A, A, A WATER LINE. IS IT LIKE A SPRAYER THAT YEAH, I'VE SEEN SOME GREEN, LIKE A GREEN SPRAY TO HOLD IT DOWN. IS THERE, WHAT'S IT COST? WE CAN LOOK AT PUTTING IT IN AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM THERE. I KNOW THERE'S A, A VALVE, UM, OVER BY, UM, ROBERTSON. NO, THE, THE OTHER STREET. SARA ROSA. UH, AND THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOUSAND NEAR FEET. IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD PROBABLY DO IN HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW. LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A SPRAY THAT, UH, YOU WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, WOULD HOPEFULLY MAKE IT GROW WITH GRASS. YEAH. WE CAN LOOK AT A HYDRO MULCH. THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, HYDRO MULCH OUT WOULD DO. YEAH. JUST TO, HOLD ON. MM-HMM. THE DIRT ON. YES, SIR. SO, OKAY. THAT'S ALL I GOT, SO THANK YOU. UM, MAYOR, IF I CAN, UH, LANDRUM PARK, WE DISCUSSED THE RESTROOMS AND IT'S BEEN A TOPIC, UM, LIKE COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SAID FOR A FEW YEARS NOW THAT C D B G MONEY HAS BEEN FUNDING. YEAH. HAVE WE ALREADY SENT OUT RF, QSS, OR NOT YET, SIR? NO. RFPS, NOTHING. NO. I NEED TO GET WITH MRS. UH, TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS. CAN, CAN WE JUST SUBMIT, PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE AND SAY, HEY, SUBMIT YOUR DESIGNS. UH, WE CAN ACTUALLY, WE HAVE DRAWINGS ALREADY, EVEN CONTRACTORS. UH, WE WOULD LOOK, WE LOOKED AT THE, UH, THE POSSIBLE LITTLE GOING WITH THREE FABRICATED STRUCTURES. UH, WE HAVE THOSE CATALOGS THAT CAN SHOW 'EM TO YOU GUYS. UH, THAT WOULD BE THE FASTEST WAY TO GO. [00:25:01] SO THEY BRING THE RESTROOMS IN A 19 WHEELER AND PRETTY MUCH SET IT IN PLACE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE HARD PART. WE JUST KEEP BOMBARDING AND BOMBARDING YOU WITH THINGS. BUT ONE, YOU'RE SHORT STAFFED, TWO . I MEAN, IT'S JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER. RIGHT. BUT WE NEVER GET TO FINISH THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE JUST KEEP THROWING THINGS AT YOU. ANYTHING THAT YOU, ANYTHING THAT C HONESTLY, TO, TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU GUYS, C D B G HAD NEVER HAD ANY REAL CONTROL OVER WHAT THEY WERE DOING ON THIS THING. IT WASN'T UNTIL MR. SANKY CAME ON BOARD THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT TRACTION ON THESE PROJECTS. UH, HE'S CLARIFIED A LOT OF THINGS. UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY, A LOT OF RED TAPE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH GONE. SO WE'RE DOING BETTER. WELL, GANS, UH, TIMELINE IS COMING UP. YES, SIR. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. NO, THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'LL BE COMPLETE HERE PRETTY SOON. OKAY. GAN THEN, UH, LANDRUM. LANDRUM. YES, SIR. OKAY. THERE'S A TIMELINE ON IT. YEAH. RIGHT. HE'S TALKING ABOUT IF WE DON'T USE THAT C D B G MONEY WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WE HAVE TO RETURN IT. RIGHT? YEAH. YES, SIR. SO LET'S GET, LET'S PAY FOR SOME DESIGNS OR SOMETHING. I DON'T MEAN THIS IS JUST GIVE A SIMPLE CONTRACTOR IF WE HAVE TO. I KNOW THE OLD DESIGN WAS JUST A SIMPLE WOODEN, I KNOW WE'RE AIMING FOR BETTER AND MORE TIME IS STANDING, BUT IF WE HAVE THE MONEY THERE AND WE'RE GONNA LOSE IT. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE BEST RESTROOMS EVER. BUT HONESTLY, WE JUST NEED SOME PART TO, WELL, THAT'S WHY I WAS, UH, MY, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE PREFABRICATED BECAUSE, UH, IT'S ALREADY DONE. UH, WE JUST, UH, BUILD THIS SLAB AND THEN THEY COME AND SET THE RESTROOMS IN PLACE. THAT'S WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USES AT A LOT OF THE PARKS. WE CAN LOOK AT IT. I MEAN, THERE'S CONCRETE CINDER BLOCKS TOO. IT'S NOT MM-HMM. , YOU CAN MAKE, YOU CAN BRING UP THE AESTHETICS BY JUST PUTTING A LITTLE BIT OF LIMESTONE, STUCCO IT. MM-HMM. , THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS. YEAH. AND IT DOESN'T PREFAB. THEY'RE GONNA TELL US IT'S GONNA BE EIGHT MONTHS. I ALREADY, I ALREADY EXPECTING IT. . IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT THAT LONG. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UH, THREE COMPANIES IN C D B D FUNDING. JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, LET'S SAY WE WERE TO USE IT TO ORDER SOMETHING FOR THE PROJECT DIRECTLY. IF IT DIDN'T ARRIVE IN OUR HANDS, DOES THAT COUNT OR NOT COUNT TOWARDS US USING, UM, LIKE LET'S SAY IT PASSES THE DEADLINE AND WE STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE ITEMS. CAN WE STILL CLAIM IT AS PART OF USING THE C D BG FUND SINCE IF WE YEAH, I THINK SO. LONG AS CHECK ASS QUARTER AND AS LONG AS HE ASIDE FOR THAT ASIDE BEFORE THE DEADLINE? YES. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO CHECK ON HIM. THAT'S MY, I KNOW. I WAS LIKE, I KNOW IT'S WISHY WAS, BUT MAYBE WE, WE CAN WORK ON A PRIORITY LIST AND, AND JUST WORK FROM THERE. RIGHT. BECAUSE IF WE HAVE ALL THESE PROJECTS, I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY HARD FOR YOU TO, LIKE, WHICH ONE SHOULD I FINISH FIRST? AND, AND AGAIN, UH, THE, THE, THE BIGGEST, UM, PICKUP WITH THE C D B G, UH, PROJECT WAS THE, ALL THE CONFUSION, THE, THE RAIN. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION. THE PREVIOUS COORDINATORS, UH, REALLY DID NOT HAVE A, A GRIP ON ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAD ME, UH, GO FOR QUOTES WHEN WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE, UH, GOTTEN, UH, BIDS. IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS. UM, THEY HAD ME QUOTE ONE PROJECT, UH, SIX TIMES. CONTRACTORS WILL NOT TALK TO ME. 'CAUSE UH, THEY THOUGHT I WAS PLAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING BACK TO THEM OVER AND OVER BECAUSE EVERY TIME IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. NOW WE GOTTA DO THIS. NOW WE GOTTA DO THAT. NOW I HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY. GIVE, GIVEN ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, HOW CAN WE BE AS A COMMISSION BE MOST HELPFUL TO YOU? UH, YOU CAN GIVE HIM THE PRIORITY LIST. YEAH. STICK WITH, YEAH. WELL, UH, LET ME KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOU SAID YOU GUYS WANNA SEE FIRST. OKAY. AND JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THE, WHILE THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. EXACTLY. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO IT'S ONLY AN UPDATE. NO ACTION ON THIS ONE. [9. Consideration and possible action to approve the San Bento Economic Development Corporation Executive Directors Contract.] JUROR NUMBER NINE. UH, MR. RAMIRO ELMAN. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COMMISSION. DARMAN. UH, SAN BERNARD, D C. AND SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACT TODAY. UM, IT WAS TABLED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING. CORRECT. AND SO NOW IT'S BACK UP FOR DISCUSSION AGAIN. AND JUST FOR BACKGROUND, UM, THE E D C BOARD ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH OF, UH, 2022, UM, OFFERED, UH, THE CONTRACT AND THE, ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 20TH, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED THAT CONTRACT. AND THEN FAST FORWARD, EXCUSE ME, FEBRUARY 16TH, UM, THERE WAS SOME BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME DISCREPANCIES REGARDING LIKE THE INSURANCE NUMBERS AND THE, THE, AND THE RETIREMENT NUMBERS. UH, THOSE NUMBERS WERE FROM A PREVIOUS CONTRACT AND PREVIOUS DIRECTOR. AND SO WE KIND OF UPDATED THAT TO REFLECT ON THE BUDGET. AND, UH, I THINK THE TOTAL DIFFERENCE IS LESS THAN $5,000 PER YEAR. AND SO ON FEBRUARY 16TH, THE, THE E D C BOARD APPROVED IT, [00:30:01] THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ON FEBRUARY THE 28TH. AND, UM, AND THEN THE CONTRACT, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CONTRACT WAS APPROVED ON MAY 11TH, 2023 BY THE E D C BOARD. SO NOW WE'RE, UH, HERE TO GET APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT? OKAY. DO I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COOLMAN? SECOND. SECOND MAYOR. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAYOR PROAM. UH, GOVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NAYS. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT, THAT WE WENT OVER THERE TO, UH, TO AUSTIN. UM, YES, SIR. I HOPE WE, UH, WITH ALL THIS, TAKE A MOVE FORWARD, PLEASE. OKAY. WE'RE STILL, WE'RE LACKING A LOT OF, I SAW IT FROM MY OWN EYES. WE WERE LACKING A LOT GOING OUT THERE TO AUSTIN AND TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME MONEY TO BRING INTO SANTO. UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UH, UH, PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW OUT THERE. UM, HOPEFULLY JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, UH, KEEP US IN MIND AND DO YOUR JOB AND MAKE US PROUD. UM, SIR, YOU'VE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT, UH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS OF ME. YES. AND THOSE ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE EXPECTATIONS I HAVE FOR MYSELF. RIGHT. SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. MAYOR, IF I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TOO, 'CAUSE I JOINED, UM, E D C, UM, AND THEIR BOARD MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE MAYOR ON THIS, UM, RETAIL LIVE THAT WE WENT TO. AND ACTUALLY IT WAS, IT WAS A NICE EVENT, I THINK. UM, MR. ALLMAN, I THINK THAT YOU'RE THE FIT THAT WE NEED, UM, THE NEW BOARD AS WELL, AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANNA SEE, UM, OUR CITY, THE GROWTH GO IN. SO I CONGRATULATE YOU AND THE E D C BOARD AS WELL ON WHAT Y'ALL DOING, AND CONTINUE TO HOPEFULLY PROSPER OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I'VE, I'VE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALSO MET WITH OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE COMMISSION TOO, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE, HOW THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE WORK. PLEASE, UM, CONTACT ME AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT DONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. [Items 10 & 11] OKAY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO COMBINE THE ITEM NUMBER 10 AND ITEM NUMBER 11. OKAY. BUT, UH, SO ITEM NUMBER 10, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, AND IT'S, UM, MS. JOANNA, UH, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE. A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BENITO NEWS ON AUGUST 11TH, 2023. AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM. UM, THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR A VARIANCE. OUR CURRENT REQUIREMENTS REQUIRE THAT THE LOT BE 50 FEET WIDE BY 125 FEET LONG. THEY WANT TO DO 60 FEET WIDE, WHICH IS 10 MORE FEET WIDE THAN WE WOULD REQUIRE BY 117.5 FEET LONG, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THE 1 25. IT'S, UH, 7.5 FEET. SO IN REALITY, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE OVER SQUARE FOOTAGE IF THEY GET THIS VARIANCE. UM, IT, THEY'RE GIVING US 2.5 FEET MORE THAN WHAT THEY WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED IF THEY DID THE 50 BY 1 25. AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE RADIUS. AND DURING THE PLANNING MEETING AND THE STREETS, UM, WE ARE REQUIRED THAT THEY, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MEET ALL THOSE, UH, CITY ORDINANCES. WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO MEET THE STANDARDS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE. THAT'S, THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE REQUIRED OF THEM. OKAY. OKAY. SO, UH, LET ME OPEN UP FOR A PUBLIC COM, UH, PUBLIC HEARING. THEN, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 7 AND I'LL OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC, UH, FOR ANY COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST NONE. OKAY. I, UM, TIME IS, UH, 6 0 7. NOW CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LIKE, UH, UM, I'M, LIKE I SAID, I'M COMBINING NUMBER, ITEM 10, NUMBER 11. 'EM ATTENDING THE 11TH TOGETHER. SO JOANNA, THIS IS A, UM, A VARIANCE AND IT'S, WHY ISN'T IT GOING TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS? SO, VARIANCES FOR SUBDIVISIONS DO NOT GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. OKAY. IT COMES TO, UM, P N Z AND THEN, UM, CITY COUNCIL. BUT BECAUSE IT'S FOR A SUBDIVISION AND YOU SAY THAT THE P AND Z APPROVED THIS. YES, THEY DID. OKAY. I NOTICED ON THE SUBDIVISION THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF LOTS THAT WERE, YOU LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE SMALLER ON THE VERY FRONT. DID [00:35:01] THOSE, THEY, THEY MIGHT BE, I CAN'T OFF OF THIS ONE. I CAN'T TELL THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET OUR SQUARE FOOTAGE. AND LIKE I TOLD THE P AND Z BOARD, WE'VE ONLY REVIEWED IT ONCE. THERE'S STILL COMMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO FIX. UM, BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE SENSE TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T GET THIS VARIANCE, THEY HAVE TO DO A COMPLETE, UM, OKAY. YEAH. A COMPLETE RE SO WHAT YOU GAVE UP IS NOT FINAL? NO. OKAY. NO. OKAY. SO THERE'S GONNA BE TWEAKING IN THERE. YES. YES. I HAVE A COMMENT. MAYBE FOR FUTURE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT VISIT, A LOT OF CITIZENS THAT VISIT THESE MEETINGS. IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAYBE PUT SOME OF THESE THINGS UP ON THE PROJECTOR SCREEN SO THEY CAN KIND OF FOLLOW US AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING? YES, WE CAN DO THAT. YEAH. IT'S DISCUSSION FOR RUTH AND YOURSELF. IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE. I, I LIKE THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM, I REMEMBER THE SUBDIVISION'S SO PEOPLE CAN VISUALIZE. I THINK IT'S OFF SCHAFER NEXT TO BERTHA CVAA, CORRECT? YES. CORRECT. AND IT'S THE, WASN'T IT GONNA BE A SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX THAT'S, WASN'T IT REZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX? UM, DO YOU REMEMBER? I THINK YOU HAD JUST COME ON THE BOARD. YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY. I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT GOT APPROVED. AND THAT'S WHERE THE, UM, SO THAT'S WHY I WANNA SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. ARE THEY GONNA DO SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX? SO FOR THIS ONE, I BELIEVE IT IS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT DUPLEX. OH, OKAY. IT GOT REZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX. I KNOW THAT THIS ONE, SO THE OWNER HAD A DIFFERENT ENGINEER, UM, HAD SUBMITTED A COUPLE OF TIMES. UH, THEY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAD POPPED UP. UM, THEY SWITCHED ENGINEERS. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS ENGINEER IS ACTUALLY SUBMITTING. THEY HAD ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT, I WANNA SAY THEY HAD THOUGHT ABOUT DOING, UM, A REZONE TO A P U D TO MEET THE LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS. UH, BUT THE VARIANCE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY OTHER, EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY'RE COMPLY, THEY'RE WILLING TO COMPLY WITH. IT WAS JUST THE, THE LOT LENGTH THAT, YEAH, I, I DON'T THINK THIS WAS IT COMMISSIONER. 'CAUSE REMEMBER ONE, THE ONE WAS DUPLEX WAS A SMALLER SUBDIVISION. I THINK THEY CHANGED IT TO THE MALTING IN FRONT AND THE SINGLE IN THE BACK. YEAH. HERE BY DOLLAR TREES. THAT $1 TREE. AND THEY DID THE, IN THE FRONT AND THEN ON THE RIVER WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE SINGLE. I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S BEHIND THE, UM, THE ONE THAT IS BEHIND THE GA THE CAR WASH. YEAH, THAT ONE. UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEHIND THE CAMINO LIFT STATION? YES, YES. NO, NO, NO. I'M PRETTY, I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAD HEARD OF SINGLE FAMILY, UM, DUPLEX. IT WAS A RESIDENTIAL DUPLEX. AND I THOUGHT, COOL. WHEN I DROVE BY THE OTHER DAY AND I SAW NO MOVEMENT, THIS IS WHERE THEY HAD THAT OLD HOUSE BY THE CANAL LINE, BY THE, THEY TORE IT DOWN, THEY CLEARED EVERYTHING OUT, AND THEN THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT. OKAY. LET'S JUST MAKE SURE IT MEETS THE MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX. IF THIS IS THE CASE, AND MAYBE THEY SHIFTED, MAYBE THEY'RE JUST GONNA DO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO FOR SINGLE FAMILY, THIS DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. IT MEETS THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE. OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, SECOND BACK. COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. [Items 12, 13 & 14] OKAY. SO, UM, AGAIN, I'M GOING LIKE TO COMBINE NUMBER 12, 13, 14. THERE'S THE SAME THING. AND, UH, WE GOT THE CHIEF UTI ON THIS ONE. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEMP COMMISSIONER, DEPUTY ZA, FIRE CHIEF FOR THE, UH, RECORD. SO 4 24 A UH, DASH 9 23 IS THE, UH, AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ORDINANCE 4 24, AUTHORIZING THE FIRE CHIEF TO APPOINT THE FIRE MARSHAL TO THE CITY OF THE SANITA FIRE, UM, MARSHAL'S OFFICE, UH, WITH APPROVAL OF THE CITY MANAGER AND CONSENT OF THE CITY COMMISSION. ORIGINALLY, THE, UH, 4 24 HAD THE MAYOR APPOINTMENT, MAKING THE APPOINTMENT. AND, UH, THAT WAS FROM 1935. HADN'T BEEN AMENDED SINCE THEN, SO EVEN I WASN'T BORN YET. . OKAY. SO, SO THERE, THERE'S NO ACTION. UH, THERE'S NO, THIS IS THE FIRST READING. YES. CORRECT. OKAY. HOW ABOUT, UH, NUMBER 13? NUMBER 13 IS GONNA BE, UH, 25 71, WHICH IS ALSO THE, UM, IT'S AMENDING DIVISION TWO OF ORDINANCE 2 25 71, ESTABLISHING THE, THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL WAGES, PAY STRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF SANTO FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. AND THAT, UM, SO BEFORE, UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL, UH, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN THE LAST, THEY HAD THE LAST FIRE MARSHAL, BUT IT WAS A, UM, [00:40:01] KIND OF LIKE AN ASSIGNMENT PAY. UH, HOWEVER, IT CONTRADICTS 4 24, WHICH IS CREATION OF A FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. SO THIS ONE'S JUST PRETTY MUCH LIKE THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, PAY STRUCTURE, UH, INCENTIVES AND SO ON. SO THIS IS JUST ALSO THE FIRST READING. AND THEN, UM, 25 66 IS, UH, THE FIRST READING ALSO. AND THIS IS ESTABLISHING THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL, WAGES, AND PAY STRUCTURE FOR THE, UH, TERMINATOR FIRE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. THAT'S ALSO FRUSTRATING. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON, UH, 12, 13, AND 14, WHICH IS THE SAME THING? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS ONE. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. [Items 15, 16, 17 & 18] OKAY, I, AGAIN. SO ITEM NUMBER 15, 17, AND 18 ARE THE SAME. AND ITEM NUMBER 15 AND MS. UH, NIKKI . GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI SERRANO, PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER. FOR THE RECORD, TAKA CITY FOOD COURT EVENT SERIES IS BACK THIS YEAR. WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH THE TEXAS CONJUNTO MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM TO FURTHER PROMOTE OUR CITY'S MUSICAL HERITAGE. THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH TO SHOWCASE ALL THAT SAN BENITO HAS TO OFFER. WE PLAN TO HAVE THE EVENT ON HISTORIC ROBERTSON STREET IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM AND THE MURAL, AND REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF THE CLOSURE OF ROBERTSON STREET FROM DIAZ TO FANIN STREET FROM 1:00 PM TO 10:00 PM STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. OKAY. AND THEN THE ITEM NUMBER. OKAY. UH, 15TH. THAT WAS 15TH. AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER 17, NIKKI. UH, 16. OH, NO, NO. OKAY. 16. YES. 16 IS FOR THE DATE CHANGE FOR OUR HALLOWEEN ON THE TRAIL EVENT. UM, THE HALLOWEEN ON THE TRAIL EVENT IS A COLLABORATION WITH THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 26TH. HOWEVER, IN AN EFFORT TO COINCIDE WITH A MORE HOLIDAY ORIENTED THEME, BOTH ORGANIZATIONS WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION ON FRIDAY THE 13TH STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE DATE CHANGE, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ON THE 13TH? YEAH. FRIDAY 13TH. OKAY. THAT'S ALL LIKE AN APPROPRIATE HALLOWEEN ACTIVITY. . OKAY. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 15. DO WE HAVE, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 15 FOR A SECOND FOOT COURT? SECOND. IT WAS ALREADY FIRST, RIGHT? TWO WHO? OKAY. I'M SORRY. UH, COM. COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, UH, APPROVED IT. AND SECOND, SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. AND NUMBER 16 ON THE, UH, HALLOWEEN. OCTOBER 13. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANZ. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. MORE MORALE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SECOND. OKAY, NOW WE GOT THE 17, 18. OKAY. READY? OKAY. I'M STILL TRYING TO GET THIS, UH, MR. WORD. SO IT'S GONNA BE, UH, 17, 18, AND 19. AND IT'S, UH, POLICE CHIEF . UH, THE, THE FIRST TWO ITEMS, UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TIM, AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. POLICE CHIEF MONTE, PER THE FIRST TWO ON 17 AND 18, UH, THOSE ARE ROAD CLOSURES. UH, THE DIFFERENCE IS ON THE 17TH, IT REQUIRES A RESOLUTION SINCE IT IS FOR THE HOMECOMING PARADE, AND THE STATE REQUIRES A RESOLUTION AND AN AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR. IN ORDER TO CLOSE THAT, THE PARADE IS GONNA BE HELD SEPTEMBER 14TH, AND IT'S GONNA BE FROM FIVE 30 TO SIX 30. UM, OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS, UH, SANTO, C I S D, WILL BE OUT THERE PROVIDING, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL. AND WE'LL BE CLOSING OFF THE STREETS. UH, WE'LL REQUEST, UH, BARRICADES FROM, UM, UH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TO CLOSE OFF THE SIDE STREETS. AND IT, IT SHOULD ONLY TAKE MAYBE 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR OF THE PARADE, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE THAT, UH, AGREEMENT FOR THIS, UH, CLOSURE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. ITEM 18. CHIEF, THIS IS JUST, UH, THE CLOSURE OF, UH, THE STREET SURROUNDING ST. TERESA'S PARK, WHICH IS GONNA BE KABA, KABA AND COMBS, VA ENCINO, AND ENCINO AND, UH, COMB STREET. [00:45:01] AND THEY ALSO ARE REQUESTING TO PARK ON THAT EMPTY LOT THAT'S JUST NORTH OF ALLEGAN PARK. IT'S A SIMILAR, UH, REQUEST THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR, UH, THE PAST. UH, I WANNA SAY THREE YEARS. UM, IT'S FOR THEIR ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL. IT'S HELD OCTOBER 7TH AND EIGHTH FROM, UH, FIVE TO 10:00 PM ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE MOTION, MOTION, MOTION. DR. COMMISSIONER MO? UH, MORALES. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? I HAVE TO ABSTAIN JUST 'CAUSE I'M ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE FESTIVAL. OKAY. SO WE'LL GET THE COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ TO ABSTAIN YOU ON THIS. UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES WITH ONE ABSTAINED BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. [Items 19 & 20] ITEM NUMBER 19, CHIEF. THE ITEM MAY HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST TO PURCHASE SIX DODGE DURANGO PURSUIT VEHICLES FROM SILSBEE FLEET AUTO GROUP AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $267,000 700 260 7,701 50 CENTS. THE PURCHASE OF THESE VEHICLES WILL REPLACE VEHICLES FROM OUR AGING FLEET. I HAVE INCLUDED REPORTS OF MILEAGE AND HOURS OPERATED FOR EACH VEHICLE, AS WELL AS PHOTOS IN YOUR EXHIBITS. AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THE VEHICLES IN THE CURRENT FLEET ARE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES, AND THE FEW ARE OVER THE 200,000 MILE MARK. THE AGES OF THE, OF THESE VEHICLES RANGE FROM NINE TO 13 YEARS OLD. I HAVE RESEARCHED SOME ARTICLES AND REPLACEMENT POLICIES AND DISCOVERED THAT IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR POLICE AGENCIES TO BEGIN REPLACING AGING EMERGENCY PATROL VEHICLES WHEN THEY REACH THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILE MARK. THIS HELPS KEEP MAINTENANCE COSTS DOWN AND IMPROVE OVERALL SAFETY. I DECIDED TO PRESENT THE PURCHASE OF THE DODGE PURSUIT VEHICLES INSTEAD OF OTHER POLICE VEHICLES BECAUSE AVAILABILITY. I INITIALLY REQUESTED QUOTES FOR FORD EXPLORERS, BUT WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE UNAVAILABLE. AND IF THEY DID BECOME AVAILABLE, IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL LATE 2024 OR 2025. I TRIED CHEVY TAHOES AND WAS ADVISED THE SAME THING. I WAS TOLD SOME ORDERS WERE NOT BEING FULFILLED EVEN, EVEN WHEN AGENCY HAS PURCHASE ORDERS. I CON CONTACTED MICHAEL WILEY FROM SILSBY'S FLEET GROUP AND HE ADVISED THAT HE COULD PROVIDE US WITH DODGE DURANG PURSUIT VEHICLES AND HIS LEAD TIME IS ABOUT 90 DAYS OR SOONER TO RECEIVE THEM. I'VE MET WITH FINANCE SEVERAL TIMES TO DISCUSS WAYS TO FUND THIS PURCHASE. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 80,000 IN A CAPITAL ASSET ACCOUNT, 66 60 6,500 FROM AN INSURANCE CLAIM. AND THE REMAINDER OF THIS PURCHASE AND THE PURCHASE OF THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS THE NEXT GEN ITEM, WOULD COME FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S YEARLY OPERATING BUDGET STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WHAT PER CHIEF, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR FLEET DOES THIS REPRESENT? THIS IS EVERY, EVERY VEHICLE EXCEPT THE 2021 FORD EXPLORERS, WHICH ARE NOW ON A CONSTANT ROTATION. SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THOSE. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE TWO YEARS OLD AND WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT OVER 50,000 MILES JUST BECAUSE THESE, THIS OLD FLEET IS GOING DOWN, UH, ON A CONSTANT BASIS. WE FIX 'EM, THEY GO BACK INTO THE SHOP. YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PICTURES AND GOING, DO I REALLY WANT TO GET IN THERE? YEAH. YEAH. . OKAY. SO CHIEF, YES. BETWEEN THE EIGHT 19 AND 20 MM-HMM. , WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM? WELL, 20 IS GONNA BE FOR THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. TOFI 'EM OH, THE EQUIPMENT? YES. OKAY. TO UPGRADE THE, THE, UH, THE SIX DUR WRANGLE ON THE DODGE. CORRECT. OKAY. I GOT YOU. I JUST LIKE TO SAY, CHIEF, WE ARE SO SORRY. LOOKING AT THEM PICTURES, I MEAN, HAVING TO GET INTO 'EM. AND I WAS EVEN THINKING, IS THERE ANY KIND OF INCENTIVE OR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GIVE? 'CAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL SWITCH OUT THOUGH, UH, POLICE OFFICERS MM-HMM. THAT IF THEY KEEP THEIR CAR MAINTAINED, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT WAS BAD . WELL, THE, THE 2021, UH, FORD EXPLORERS ARE, THEY'RE, THOSE ARE LOOKING GOOD. YOU GET IN THOSE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAINTAINING THOSE. THEY'RE ONLY TWO YEARS OLD. BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE ON A CONSTANT ROTATION NOW, JUST BECAUSE OF THE REST OF THE FLEET. WE STILL HAVE THE FIVE OTHER EXPLORERS PENDING. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE. AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GONNA BE 2025, LIKE I'M HEARING, I MIGHT REACH OUT TO THAT DEALERSHIP AND JUST SAY, HEY LOOK, UH, I MIGHT WANNA PULL BACK THAT ORDER AND TRY TO GO BACK TO DURANGOS. 'CAUSE WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME IS THAT DODGE IS THE ONLY ONES APPROVING RIGHT NOW. WELL, THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT TO YOU IS BECAUSE WE WENT TO THE PARADE WHEN THE GRAY LADY GREYHOUNDS WERE PLAYING. YEAH. AND YOU HAD A YOUNG POLICE OFFICER, AND I FORGOT HIS, THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME, BUT HE WAS OUT THERE PUTTING ARMOR ON ON HIS TIRES. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE WERE LIKE, WOW, THAT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THEY'RE, HE'S MAINTAINING IT. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING . BUT I, I ALSO THINK, I JUST, I, I REALIZE WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE HERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DON'T DO THE SPEEDS, HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SO YOU TRAVEL SLOW AND TO PUT THAT MANY MILES MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF HOURS. THOSE GUYS ARE SITTING BEHIND THOSE WHEELS IN THERE. SO YEAH, LET'S IMPROVE THAT. AND YOU WANTED TO GIVE IT TO THE ADMINISTRATION? NO, NO, NO. BUT PATROL'S PRIORITY, SIR. . OKAY. WELL, THE LEFTOVERS YOU WANTED TO GIVE IT TO ADMINISTRATION. WELL, WITH ASSET FORFEITURE, WE ENDED UP PURCHASING THE, THE THREE EXPLORERS WHICH YOU GOT DELIVERED. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR, UH, EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. OKAY. AND ONCE THAT COMES IN, THAT, THAT BUILDS UP OUR, UH, OUR, UH, DETECTIVE FLEET PRETTY MUCH. AND, UH, THE ADMINISTRA ADMINISTRATION FLEET. BUT IT'S MORE FOR THE DETECTIVES. THEY NEED THOSE VEHICLES OUT THERE. SO, OKAY. I DON'T WANT 'EM OVER HERE. NO. OKAY. I DON'T WANT 'EM. CHIEF I HAVE A QUESTION. SORRY MAYOR. UM, THE MAINTENANCE, A LOT OF TIMES WE CHOOSE DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS, DIFFERENT COMPANIES, AND THEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? SO DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN MIND, I KNOW YOU CAN THROW A ROCK AND HIT A MECHANIC SHOP, BUT DO WE [00:50:01] HAVE QUALITY MECHANIC SHOPS THAT CAN WORK ON THESE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO TAKE 'EM ACROSS THE STATE? UH, WELL, WHAT WE DO IS PROBABLY TAKE IT TO THE CLOSEST ONE IS IN HARLINGEN. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THE WARRANTY. ONCE A WARRANTY'S DONE IS, IS WE START TAKING 'EM TO OUR LOCAL MECHANICS, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE USED, UH, BEES FOR YEARS. WE'VE USED, UH, J AND J, UM, THERE'S THIS ONE ON, ON SOUTH WILLIAMS, UH, CARS THAT WE'VE USED HIM ALSO. UH, AND I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT, THAT WAS INTRODUCED TO US. IT'S, UH, UH, I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT, BUT IT'S OVER HERE ON EAST BUSINESS. AND, UH, UH, YEAH. SO, BUT THAT'S ONCE THE, THE, THE WARRANTY'S DONE ONCE, ONCE THEY'RE A WARRANTY, WE, WE DROP 'EM OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP, GET 'EM FIXED AND BRING 'EM BACK. SO WHEN, WHEN DO WE START LOOKING AT ? MY ESTIMATE? LIKE, UH, SOMEONE THAT SERVICES ALL OUR VEHICLES, RIGHT? LIKE A MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR ALL OUR VEHICLES, IF WE'RE DOING THIS SO OFTEN, 'CAUSE I, WHAT I'VE HEARD IS SOME CRAZY STORIES ABOUT THEY'LL CHARGE YOU 500 BUCKS FOR A BATTERY AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SWITCH OUT A BATTERY. YOU BUY IT FOR ONE 50 TO $200 AND SWITCH OUT YOURSELF. YEAH. AND YOU SEE, WHEN, WHEN I WAS A CAPTAIN, I DID FLEET MAINTENANCE. SO WHAT, WHAT I YOU'RE THE MECHANIC? YEAH. . WELL, I, I LEARNED A LOT FROM, FROM THE CROWN VIX JUST BY HEARING 'EM ALL THAT'S GONNA GO OUT. BUT WHAT I WOULD DO IS I TRANSITION TO THE PDS, GONNA BUY THE PARTS, AND THEN WE'LL FIND THE MECHANIC. SO WE GO TO THE MECHANIC, THE MECHANIC TELLS US, HEY, IT NEEDS A, A DRIVE SHAFT. SO WE'D GO TO THE, THE PARTS STORE AND WE SAY WE'RE GONNA BUY IT. SO WE KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE UNDER WARRANTY. SO IF WE GO BACK TO THE MECHANICS, THEY'RE CLOSED, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE THE WARRANTY INFORMATION OR, SO WE ALL, WE DO THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, AN, WE HAVE A SPREADSHEET OF EVERYTHING WE'VE PURCHASED FOR, I THINK SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN THE 20 ELEVENS, WE'VE HAD THE, THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR THOSE. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 19 PURCHASE AND NUMBER 20 TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT PACKAGES. OKAY. OKAY. SO I GOT, UH, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GUTMAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. [21. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2023- 0905-003(R) appointing a primary member and an alternate member and any proxies to the Rio Grande Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board.] OKAY, ITEM NUMBER 21. OH, AND I REQUESTED THIS ONE. UH, THIS ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, R G V M P O, UH, COMMISSIONERS. AND, UM, I GOT THE, UH, I TOLD RUTH TO PUT THIS ONE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE, UH, I NEED THE, SOMETIMES I NEED HELP GUYS, UH, COMMISSIONERS. UH, I DO MY BEST TO MAKE IT TO EVERY SINGLE ON THE N P O. YOU DO HAVE TO BE PERSONAL. IT'S GOTTA BE IN PERSONAL, UH, IT'S NOT VIRTUAL. THEY WILL NOT ALLOW IT. OKAY. SO, UH, THIS PAST WEEK I WAS IN AUSTIN, SO I MISSED IT. SO THREE CONSECUTIVE ABSENCE, WE CAN WE LOSE THE SEAT ON THE N P O AND THE CITY LOSES IT. SO, UM, I GOT THE, RIGHT NOW IT'S PROXY. UH, I GOT THE MAYORAL TIM RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, I NEED THE COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO, UM, TO NOMINATE, UH, MR. UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN FOR THE, UH, PROXY ALSO, UH, FOR THIS M P O ON THIS. OKAY? I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WOULD YOU ACCEPT IT? YES, SIR. OKAY. I'M SORRY I THREW IT ON YOU TOO, BUT, UH, SO I GOT A SECOND. UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. I WILL, I'LL BE CALLING YOU. OKAY. I'LL BE CALLING YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. UH, ITEM [22. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment to FEL GLO., INC., International Machine Shop for the emergency repairs conducted to the Water Treatment Plant Number 1 in the total amount of $14,300.00. ] 22. , SIR. MAYOR. MAYOR, BRO. TEMP COMMISSIONERS ANIEL GARCIA, PUBLIC WORKS RECORD FOR THE RECORD. THE ITEM UP FOR CONSIDERATION IS POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, TO RATIFY PAYMENT TO, UH, FEL GLOW INTERNA, UH, INC. INTERNATIONAL MACHINE SHOP FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO WATER TREATMENT PLANT NUMBER ONE AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $14,300. THE REPAIRS CONDUCTED ON, UH, WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE WERE A REPLACEMENT OF, UH, ISOLATION VALVE FOR ONE OF THE CLARIFIERS. UH, BRINGING THIS, UH, AND MAKING THESE REPAIRS ON THIS CLARIFIER ALLOWED US TO BRING A STINGER PLANT UP TO FULL CAPACITY JUST IN CASE. UH, WE RAN INTO ANY ISSUES WITH, UH, TURNER. UH, FOR APPROXIMATELY, I THINK WE'RE GOING ON ABOUT FIVE MONTHS NOW, WE'VE BEEN, UH, PUSHING TURNER TO, UH, TO HANDLE THE DEMAND, UH, THE CITY'S DEMAND, UH, USING, UH, STINGER AS A, UH, BACKUP SOURCE. UH, AND IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT AS A BACKUP, UH, IN CASE SOMETHING GOES DOWN AT AT TURNER, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE IT AT FULL CAPACITY, WHICH IT APPRO APPROXIMATELY CAN PRODUCE 6 MILLION GALLONS AND, UH, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO ALSO SUSTAIN THE, THE, THE SYSTEM. UM, SO THESE REPAIRS WERE, ARE DONE AND COMPLETED. UH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF RATIFYING THE PAYMENT. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. SO IT WAS NECESSARY. YES, SIR. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY MAYORAL TIM . ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PROCESS. [23. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Westar Construction, Inc., for the Resaca Waterline Crossing Project in the amount of $93,503.75.] ITEM NUMBER 23. [00:55:03] MAYOR, MAYOR PRO, TEMP GARCIA, PUBLIC COURT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, TO APPROVE PAYMENT OF WASTE. OUR CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR THE RECYCLED WATERLINE CROSSING FOR, UH, SERVICES RENDERED. UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, THEY REMOVED THE OLD, UH, EIGHT INCH LINE THAT WAS CROSSING THE SAKA. UM, IT HAD BEEN ISOLATED FOR YEARS. UH, CURRENTLY THEY'VE BOARD UNDERNEATH THE SAKA, BROUGHT IN THE PIPE. UM, AND WE'RE JUST, UH, PENDING THE TIE-INS, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WHERE'S THE LOCATION OF THIS? I'M SORRY. I CAN'T REMEMBER. THIS IS OFF THE FRONTAGE, UH, RIGHT IN FRONT OF, UH, NEXT TO CROSS CHURCH. OKAY. RIGHT IN FRONT. OKAY. SO I KNOW THE NEXT ITEM, NUMBER 24 IS GONNA BE NO ACTION. THAT IS CORRECT. WHAT WAS THE COST? UM, THE, THE DRAWINGS THAT WE HAD WERE, IT'S TO LINE IT UP. UH, BASICALLY WE BOARD UNDERNEATH REMOVE THE OLD PIPE BOARD UM, IRRIGATION DISTRICT WASN'T GONNA ALLOW US TO, UH, TO HAVE THE PIPE, UH, ON STROKE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY, UH, THEY, WE DECIDED WE'RE GONNA GO UNDERNEATH AND BORE IT. UM, PREVIOUS, UH, DRAWINGS THAT WE HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE WERE GONNA LINE UP, UM, UH, IN THE ENGINEERING FIELD, SOMETIMES THAT THAT DOESN'T REALLY COME INTO FRUITION. SO, UM, ONCE WE GOT THERE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO EXPOSE DIFFERENT PIPES, IT DIDN'T LINE UP. SO THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME CHANGES ON THAT. UH, JOINTS THAT NEED TO BE, UH, MOVED AROUND TO BETTER LINE UP THE PIPING AND STUFF. BUT THAT WAS FOR, UH, ITEM NUMBER 24. AS FAR AS ITEM 23, THAT'S JUST FOR, UH, THE SERVICES, LIKE I SAID, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'VE CONDUCTED ALREADY. THEY COMPLETED, YES. COMPLETED WORK ON IT. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, UH, JUST, UM, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT, UH, SANTO DOESN'T HAVE VERY GOOD MAPS OF EVERYTHING. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS TWO LINES, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, SO THINKING IT'S ONE AND IT WASN'T. SO YES, SIR. BUT ANYWAY, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 23? WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE ON THIS PROJECT? UH, THE 150, IT WAS 122,000. HAVE WE SPENT ANY SO FAR? UH, NEGATIVE? YES. MR. YES. LINAS? IT WAS 175. 174 FOR THE TOTAL BUDGETED 4,000? YES. YES. SALINAS, YES. EXPENDED ANY ISSUES? GOOD EVENING. DAVID SALINAS, US WATER REGIONAL MANAGER. YES, THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR WAS 174,000 AND SOME CHANGE. UH, HE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PAYMENT TO WESTSTAR FOR THE BOAR THAT THEY DID, THE MATERIAL THAT THEY USED TO CROSS. AND SOME OF THE MATERIAL IS ALREADY ON HAND, LIKE THE SAND AND THE, THE SILT FENCES OUT THERE. YOU DRIVE OUT THERE, YOU'LL SEE THE SILT FENCE AROUND THE BOAR PITS. IN FACT, I DROVE BY TODAY AND I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE, UH, ENGINEER TO SEND 'EM A LETTER THAT THEY NEED TO GO AND REDO SOME OF THAT WORK. 'CAUSE SOME OF THE, THE HOLES ARE, ARE OPEN AND THERE'S NO SECURITY AROUND IT. SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT GETS TAKEN CARE OF. UH, BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK, WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE COMPLETION DOES THIS REP, THIS PAYMENT REPRESENT ABOUT, SAY, WAS WHEN WE'RE ABOUT 60, 65%. SO IT LOOKS LIKE, WE'LL, STILL, EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE ON THE NEXT ITEM, POSSIBLY WILL STILL BE WITHIN BUDGET. YES, SIR. ACTUALLY, UH, THE CHANGE ORDER IS JUST SHY OF THE 25% MAXIMUM PER THE CHANGE ORDER. IN FACT, IN THE NOTE, IN THE, IN THE CHANGE ORDER THAT YOU WOULD'VE GOTTEN TODAY, IT HAD A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT ON THERE TO KEEP IT WITHIN THE BUDGET. AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING A COUPLE OF DEDUCTS AT THE END, BUT IT STILL DEPENDS WHAT THEY FIND UNDERGROUND, BECAUSE THERE IS A GAS LINE THAT WASN'T ANTICIPATED IN THE FIRST PROJECT BECAUSE THE LINE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE GAS LINE. IS THAT SO AN ACTIVE LINE? IT IS AN ACTIVE LINE, YES. IT PROVIDES FUEL TO THE CHURCH THERE AND TO THE HOUSES DOWNSTREAM. SO BEFORE WE WERE GONNA BE ABOUT 10, 15 FEET AWAY FROM IT. NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CROSS IT TO GET TO THE WATER LINE. SO EVEN THOUGH WE STILL ANTICIPATE A COUPLE OF, UH, DEDUCTS ON IT, WE STILL DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE, THEY EXCAVATE THAT. AND THERE IS MONEY IN THE CHANGE ORDER, YOU'LL SEE FOR THAT EXPLORATORY DIGGING THAT THE CONTRACTOR WASN'T GONNA DO IN THE BEGINNING. AND WE WANT THEM TO DO IT IN CASE THEY HIT IT. IT'S ON THEIR NICKEL AND THEIR DIME AND THEIR INSURANCE AND NOT ON THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE TOLD 'EM TO ADD IT INTO THE CONTRACT. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. NO PROBLEM. MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY, I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [24. Consideration and possible action to approve Change Order Number 1 request from Ambiotec Engineering Group for the Resaca Waterline Crossing Project in the amount of $30,340.00.] ITEM NUMBER 24 IS GONNA BE A NO. ACTION. YES. OKAY. ITEM [25. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of three 2024 Ford Mavericks XL, one 2023 Ford F-150 regular cab, four 2023 Ford F-150 supercrews and two 2024 Ford F-250 crew cabs from Payne Weslaco Ford in the total amount of $359,896.36.] NUMBER 25. MR. GARCIA, MAYOR. MAYOR PROTE. COMMISSIONERS? YES. EVA GARCIA, PUBLIC WORKS. RECORD FOR THE RECORD. SORRY, MR. , JUST A SEC. SO WE COMBINE 23 AND 24, RIGHT? UH, NO, NO, 24. THERE'S NO ACTION BECAUSE, UH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A MISTAKE ON THERE. OKAY. SO WE [01:00:01] HAD TO, WE HAD TO, UH, NO ACTION ON IT. THE WORDING. THE WORDING ON, ON, ON THIS. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO ACTION, SO WE HAVE TO VERY GOOD. SKIP IT FOR NOW. OKAY, SIR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEMP GARCIA, PUBLIC WORKS CLERK FOR THE RECORD. UH, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS A PURCHASE OF A TOTAL OF 10, UH, UH, PUBLIC WORK VEHICLES, UH, THAT WE ARE IN, UH, IN NEED OF. IT'LL APPROXIMATELY BE, UH, 3 20 24 FORD MAVERICKS. UM, 1 20 23, UH, FORD, F ONE 50 REGULAR CAB 4 20 23, UH, FORD, F ONE 50 SUPER CABS AND 2 20 24 F TWO 50 CREW CABS, UH, FROM, UH, PAYING WELO, UH, FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 359,896 AND 36 CENTS. THE, THE VEHICLES THAT WE'RE LOOKING IN PURCHASES, UH, MAINLY TO, UH, REVAMP OUR DISTRIBUTION AND, UH, SEWER COLLECTIONS, UH, VEHICLES, UH, THEY'RE PRETTY OLD ON, ON ON SOME OF 'EM, I THINK LATE TWO THOUSANDS EARLY, UH, UH, TEENS ON SOME OF THESE VEHICLES. UM, WE'RE HAULING AROUND, UH, CERTAIN EQUIPMENT WITH F ONE FIFTIES THAT ARE NOT MEANT TO HAUL AROUND, UH, WHICH GOES ALONG THE LINES OF HOW CHIEF PADEL WAS SAYING. MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE STARTING TO GET THERE. UH, TODAY I JUST GOT TWO, UH, UH, REQUESTS FOR NEW BATTERIES, UH, JUST TO REPLACE BATTERIES ON THEM. ALTERNATORS, UH, TRANSMISSIONS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY IN THE, IN, IN THE SHOP, UH, GETTING THOSE TRANSMISSIONS REBUILT, UM, JUST FOR THE SHEER FACT THAT HEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, TAKING ON LOADS THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. UM, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, LIKE I SAID, REVAMP OUR, OUR, OUR FLEET THERE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER. THOSE ARE, UH, THE CREWS THAT ARE AROUND THE CITY. UH, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY MOVING. UH, I THINK WE RECEIVED ONE, UH, F ONE 50 PICKUP MAYBE BACK IN 2019. THAT'S THE NEWEST, UH, UH, THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. UH, THAT WAS, UH, WENT TOWARDS OUR, UH, I BELIEVE OUR PUBLIC COORDINATOR, PUBLIC WORKS COORDINATOR HAS THAT ONE. UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO, TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS, UH, AND, AND MOVE FORWARD. UM, THE REASON WE'RE GOING WITH, UH, PAYNE WESCO, UH, WE TOUCH BASE WITH THEM. THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING THEIR, THEY'RE STARTING THEIR OWN FLEET PROGRAM THERE. UM, AS A CITY, THE CITY SAN BENITO IS ENTITLED TO, I BELIEVE IT WAS 25 ORDERS PER YEAR IF THE CITY WERE TO REQUEST THEM. HENCE, WE HAVE NEVER REQUESTED THAT AMOUNT OF VEHICLES. UM, SO THEY ARE AVAILABLE. UH, THEY DID PLACE THE ORDER FOR US AT NO COST TO THE CITY, NO COMMITMENT. UM, SO THE ORDER IS PLACED FOR US. SO AVAILABILITY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, UH, FASTER, UH, TO RECEIVE SOME OF THESE VEHICLES. I BELIEVE, UH, WHEN I FIRST SPOKE TO HIM, UH, MAYBE A MONTH AGO, UH, HE HAD SOME AVAILABLE ON, ON, ON THE LOT ALREADY. HE'S PLACING ORDERS TO, LIKE HE SAID, UH, THE VALLEY NEVER HAD ANY FLEET SERVICES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO A LOT OF CITIES ARE PLAYING CATCH UP AS WELL. UH, WE'RE ON THE SAME BOAT AS THEM. UM, THIS, LIKE I SAID, WOULD ALLEVIATE, UM, ONCE WE, IF, IF APPROVED, ONCE WE START, UH, REPLACING THESE VEHICLES, WE WOULD START, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, FADING, UH, PHASING OUT THE, THE OLD EXISTING ONES, UH, TO GIVE OUR EMPLOYEES SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS. HOW COME WE DIDN'T GET PICTURES LIKE THE CHIEFS SENT ? I, I CAN ADD SOME OF YOU ON NEXT TIME. OKAY. WHAT WAS IT CALLED? DO WE, DON'T WE HAVE A FORD HERE? YES. UH, ON SOME, WHEN I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, UM, THE PRICES DID COME IN. UH, THEY CAME IN, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE LOWEST OUT OF ANYBODY, I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE. UM, I, UH, I WANNA SAY IT WAS THE MAVERICKS. THOSE ARE SMALLER FOUR DOOR U UH, TRUCKS AS WELL. UM, WE'D BE UTILIZING THOSE FOR OUR WASTEWATER PLANT, UH, AND OUR WATER PLANT AND OUR ENGINEER, UH, ACTUALLY OUR ENGINEER'S, ONE THAT'S IN NEED OF A TRUCK. HE, I THINK HE'S DRIVING AROUND IN A 2002, UH, FORD PICKUP. UH, HE MAKES IT WORK. AC WORKS AND EVERYTHING. HE, HE DOESN'T WANT A NEW TRUCK, BUT, UM, TO HELP HIM AROUND, HE NEEDS TO GO TO JOB SITES AND, AND, AND GET TO, TO, TO THOSE LOCATIONS. CARRIES HIM AROUND MAPS. SOMETIMES HE PICKS ME UP. SOMETIMES WE, SO WE TAKE TURNS OF, UM, GETTING HIM THAT AVAILABILITY OF, OF A TRUCK SO HE CAN GET TO, TO THOSE JOB SITES. UH, THE REASON, LIKE I SAID, WE DID GO WITH, UH, WITH PAIN. LIKE, UH, THEIR LEAD TIMES WERE A LITTLE BIT, LIKE I SAID, UH, MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO US. UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE 'EM DRIVING AROUND AN F TWO 50, RIGHT? NAH, NEGATIVE. THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANNA SEE IS WHEN THE DIRECTORS ARE DRIVING THE F TWO FIFTIES, BUT THE LABORERS ARE PULLING THIS, THEIR STUFF AROUND WITH AN F ONE 50. AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. NO, I DON'T LIKE SEEING THAT. HE'S, HE, HE'S BEEN ADAMANT ABOUT TRYING TO TAKE FOR ME TO GIVE HIM MY TRUCK, BUT I TOLD HIM THAT THAT'S A A NO GO ON THAT ONE. SO I'LL MAKE THAT ONE ON RECORD. THAT WAY. HE, WHERE ARE THE FUNDS COMING FROM FOR THIS? UH, I DID SPEAK WITH FINANCE ON THAT ONE. UH, WE DID HAVE ON OUR SEWER AND, UH, WATER, WE HAD A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MONEY SET ASIDE, APPROXIMATELY 220,000, [01:05:01] I BELIEVE, WHICH WOULD APPROXIMATELY TAKE, UH, ABOUT 60% OF THE COST ON THAT. AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE WAS THREE AVAILABLE, OR THREE PENDING VEHICLES THAT WOULD NEED TO FIND FUNDING SOURCES FROM. UM, ONCE WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, FINANCE, WE'RE GONNA HIT EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT IS GONNA BE RECEIVING THOSE VEHICLES. UH, WE'LL HIT THEIR, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS A FIXED ASSET, UH, LINE ITEM THAT THEY HAVE, AND THEN WE'LL OFFSET IT WITH MONEY THAT WAS ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. UM, SO WE CAN STILL, UH, BE ABLE TO GET THOSE VEHICLES. THIS IS NOT ON SUBJECT PER SE, BUT THE QUESTION THAT IS STILL RELEVANT IN MY MIND IS HOW IS YOUR STAFFING? IT'S FLUID TO SAY THE LEAST. UH, IT, IT'S CHANGING ON A DAILY BASIS. I, I THINK LAST WEEK I MIGHT'VE, I LOST TWO EMPLOYEES. I, 10 MINUTES BEFORE I CAME IN HERE, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS. HEY, UH, I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES. HE'S THINKING OF, UH, UH, GOING ELSEWHERE. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S CONSTANTLY CHANGING. I KNOW, I, I, TOMORROW MORNING, I HAVE INTERVIEWS FROM, I BELIEVE EIGHT 30 TO ABOUT NOON TOMORROW. SO I DID ABOUT SIX OF 'EM LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE I DID ABOUT FIVE. SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A CONSTANT, UH, CHANGE. UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME OF OUR LONGER TENURE GUYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN, UH, HANGING AROUND AND WE KIND OF HELPED THEM OUT AND WE, WE, UH, ADJUSTED SOME OF THEIR WAGES TO, TO KIND OF MEET WHERE THEY SHOULD BE AT. UM, IT'S, UH, SOME OF OUR ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS THAT, UH, ARE KIND OF CONSTANTLY, UH, ON A ROTATING, UH, BASIS, UH, COME IN AND, UH, THEY'LL LEAVE. SO, UM, YES. OKAY. MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE PURCHASE. I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK. I'M SORRY. UM, I, I SEE THAT WE HAVE BOSWELL'S AND I KNOW WE LIKE, I REALLY LIKE TO KEEP IT LOCAL. YEAH. WHAT WAS THE TURNAROUND WITH BOSWELL LEAVE GETTING THE VEHICLES HERE COMPARED TO PAYING ON THOSE ON, ON SOME OF 'EM, CONSIDERING, UH, THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE ARE IN THE YEAR, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, I KNOW ONE OF THE VENDORS TOLD ME, UH, THEIR FISCAL YEAR ENDS, I THINK IT WAS IN JULY. SO THEY'RE RESTOCKING UP ON THEIR INVENTORY. SO NOW IF THEY PLACE IT, UH, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO PLACE ORDERS FOR, UH, 20, 20 THREES THIS YEAR. SO THEN THAT MIGHT BE SUBJECTED TO CHANGE TO, HEY, NOW I GOTTA ORDER 2020 FOURS. WHICH THEN THE LEAD TIME KIND OF RUNS A LITTLE BIT LONGER. UM, I WAS TOLD FROM ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO SIX MONTHS TO, HEY, SIX TO NINE MONTHS ON, ON SOME OF 'EM. UM, BOSWELL, LIKE I SAID, I, I WAS, UH, I TOUCHED BASE WITH THEM, MR. GARCIA THERE FROM THE FLEET MAN, THE FLEET MANAGER THAT'S THERE. MM-HMM. . UM, HE BROKE IT DOWN TO ME ONCE HE GAVE ME THE PRICES, AND, AND I LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS, THEY'RE RIGHT THERE ON SOME OF THEM. THEY DID COME OUT HIGHER ON ALL OF 'EM, LIKE I SAID, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE, THE MAVERICKS. UM, AND EVEN ON THOSE, THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE SUBJECTED TO CHANGE. LIKE I SAID, PAYING WESCO, THEY ALREADY WENT AHEAD AND PLACED THE ORDER FOR THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, UM, BASED ON, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE A, WHAT THEY CALL A FIN NUMBER FOR, UH, DESIGNATED FOR THE CITY. UM, THAT KIND OF GIVES US, UH, THE ALLOTMENT OF THE 25 VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE. SO THEY PLACE THAT ORDER, UH, LIKE I SAID, NO COMMITMENT TO US. UM, 'CAUSE IF WE DON'T PLACE THE ORDER, IF IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, ANOTHER CITY WILL COME IN AND SAY, HEY, I NEED TWO, TWO F TWO FIFTIES FOR F ONE FIFTIES. AND, AND HE'S, I CAN EASILY GET, GET RID OF THOSE. UM, SO AS FAR AS PLACING THE ORDER AND LEAD TIMES, UH, THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO GO WITH, WITH THAT ROUTE. MSBA, DO WE HAVE A NUMBER? UM, THE PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE, I WANNA KNOW A DOLLAR AMOUNT DIFFERENCE. I CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER. I, I, I WANNA SEE, BECAUSE THE, I KNOW THERE'S A LAW THAT PERMITS YOU TO GO WITH THE SECOND HIGHEST BIDDER. MM-HMM. , IF IT'S WITHIN YOUR LOCAL LIMITS, BECAUSE IT HELPS WITHDRAW GROWTH. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE PERCENTAGE. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, FIVE, 10%, 2%. UM, AND REALLY I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME LIKE, GRAY AREA THERE. LIKE IF IT, IF IT CAN FUND, LIKE HELP JOB GROWTH IN THE AREA, I KNOW IT DOESN'T BOOST SALES TAX DOLLARS. UM, BUT I DON'T SEE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PAYING WESCO. I HOPE THEY'RE TALKING TO NIKKI ALREADY TO SPONSOR THE NEXT EVENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE I ALWAYS SEE BOSWELL SPONSORING A LOT OF OUR EVENTS MM-HMM. . SO THAT, THAT, THOSE ARE THINGS I WANNA SEE THE PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE. I SEE THREE QUOTES, BUT I DON'T SEE THE PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE. SO IT'S, I CAN GET YOU THOSE. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TALLY ALL THIS UP. THERE'S A BUNCH OF, I CAN THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ALL THAT IN THERE. YEAH, IT'S A LOT. YES. I JUST NEED TO KNOW THE THREE DIFFERENT PRICES. AND THAT'S IT. AND LIKE I TOLD, AND I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH MR. GARCIA HERE AT BOSWELL. UM, I KNOW, HEY, THIS WAS FOR OUR, OUR 20 22, 20 23 FISCAL YEAR. AND, UM, WE HAD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WISHLIST [01:10:01] THAT, THAT WE HAD, THAT WE WANTED TO COMPLETE. UM, I BELIEVE WHEN WE FIRST CAME UP WITH THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN LAST YEAR DURING OUR WORKSHOP, UH, IT WAS PROPOSED THAT WE'D SPEND ROUGHLY 460,000 ON APPROXIMATELY, UH, THE SAME AMOUNT, 10 VEHICLES. UH, WE DID TWEAK THAT TO KIND OF, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE MAVERICKS WERE THE ONES THAT CAME IN. UM, AM I GONNA SPEND $33,000 ON AN F ONE 50 CREW, UH, REGULAR SINGLE CAB, OR IS THE MAVERICK AT $10,000 LESS? DO THE EXACT SAME THING, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR WATER, UH, UH, WATER PLANTS AND OUR, UH, WASTEWATER PLANTS AND OUR ENGINEER. UM, THEY STILL GET YOU TO POINT A TO POINT B, UM, FOR A LESSER AMOUNT. UH, THE MAVERICKS WERE THE ONES THAT WERE, HEY, UH, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO RECEIVE 'EM IN TIME. UM, SO I DID, UH, SPEAK WITH MR. GARCIA AND LET HIM KNOW, HEY, IF THIS IS, UH, AN OPTION FOR US MOVING FORWARD, THAT HEY, IF WE CAN PLACE THE ORDER AND STAY HERE LOCAL, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. I STILL GOTTA, UH, I STILL GOTTA LOOK AT MY METER READERS. THEY'RE ALSO ON THE ROAD CONSTANTLY. UH, THEIR TRUCKS ARE STARTING TO ALSO, UH, TAKE A HIT. SO MAYBE LOOKING AT THAT AND, AND GETTING MAYBE FORD MAVERICKS FOR, UH, FOR THAT DEPARTMENT AS WELL, AND STAYING HERE LOCAL. THAT'S ALSO, UH, SOMETHING THAT I, I DID LET 'EM KNOW ON THAT. UM, THEY ARE ALSO ON, UH, AS YOU CAN TELL ON THE, ON THE QUOTE, THEY ARE ON, ON TIPS. SO THAT'S, UH, ALSO AN OPTION FOR US TO GO DIRECTLY TO THEM. THE, FOR THE NEXT DOES PAYNE WANTS TO GO FORWARD ON TIPS? UH, THEY'RE ON BUYBOARD. OKAY. SO THIS WAS A BUYBOARD PURCHASE. WELL, I, I WENT AHEAD AND JUST GOT THE THREE QUOTES. UH, OKAY. JUST TO KIND OF GET A, A BETTER REFERENCE AND LOOK AT, UH, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. I THINK, UH, WE WENT WITH, UH, BRONZEVILLE, TIPTON, FORD, BOSWELL, AND I, I, THE PAINT, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T, I, I THINK THAT DOES THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA FOLLOW OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY. SO I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO GET LEGAL TO LIKE, TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE SURE THIS FOLLOWS THE PROCUREMENT POLICY. AND THEN IF WE'RE WITHIN OUR LIMITS, IF WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION HERE BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND DEMAND WOULDN'T FOLLOW BECAUSE IT, HE JUST SAID IT WASN'T THROUGH BUYBOARD OR THEY'RE ALL ON BUYBOARD. BUT THIS IS JUST LIKE A PAPER QUOTE. IT'S NOT RIGHT. YEAH. WELL, THE, THE, IT'S NOT A BUYBOARD QUOTE. NO. SO A BUYBOARD, YOU COULD, BUT NOT A PAPER QUOTE. YOU CAN'T, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO BIDS, CLOSE BIDS, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT. UM, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PROCUREMENT POLICY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WITHIN. OKAY. RIGHT. BUT IT'S 'CAUSE OF THE AMOUNT. IT'S TOO HIGH. I'M SORRY. UM, STEPHANIE SAR AND DEFENDANT'S DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, WE COULD, HOWEVER, IT IS A BUYBOARD. SO WHENEVER THEY DO SEND US A QUOTE, IT'LL BE AN OFFICIAL QUOTE AND IT WILL GO THROUGH THE BUYBOARD. THEY'LL GIVE US THE BUYBOARD NUMBER, AND THEN WE RESUBMIT THE INVOICE TO GET THE PAYBACK THAT WE RECEIVE FROM BUYBOARD FOR THE AMOUNT. THAT'S THE MAIN PURPOSE OF USING BUYBOARD . SO IT COULD, I MEAN, THE, THE QUOTE DOES STATE THE BIBLE NUMBER THERE. UM, BUT I THINK THOUGH, AND I SPOKE TO MR. VAL, WE WENT OVER THE QUOTES. I APPRECIATE CHIEF AND VAL GOING TO ME BEFORE BRINGING IT TO COMMISSION SO WE COULD LOOK AT ALL THE CLAUSES AND SEE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING CHARGED ANY FIBER FEES AND ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS THAT A QUOTE NEEDS TO HAVE. UM, AND THE MAIN THING WITH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOWELL, 'CAUSE I KNOW THE AMOUNTS WERE REALLY, REALLY CLOSE. IT WAS THE LEAD TIME, I BELIEVE WHEN WE SPOKE TWO WEEKS AGO OR A WEEK AGO, IT WAS POSSIBLE IT WAS EIGHT MONTHS, AND WITH THEM IT WAS ABOUT THREE MONTHS. THAT WAS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE. SO LET, LET ME, LET ME ADD TO THAT. SO IF WE KEEP MAKING DECISIONS ON LEAD TIMES AND NO, NO DISRESPECT, RIGHT? BUT WE MADE A DECISION FOR ONE OF OUR LIFT STATIONS BASED ON LEAD TIME, AND THEN ENDED UP TAKING NOT THREE MONTHS, BUT ON ENTIRE YEAR IT TOOK 420 DAYS. SO MAKING DECISIONS ON LEAD TIMES, IT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE RIGHT IDEA. MM-HMM. . BUT IF I WERE THIS SALESMAN, I WOULD TELL YOU ONE MONTH AND THEN I GOT YOU. RIGHT. BECAUSE NOW I KNOW YOU JUST MAKE, WE JUST MAKE, AND NO DISRESPECT, RIGHT? BUT WE JUST MAKE DECISIONS ON LEAD TIMES. AND I LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT TOO. BUT NOW I KNOW WHAT I KNOW BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND WE HAVE A ROLLER THAT'S BEEN PURCHASED FOR A YEAR, FIRE TRUCKS THAT YOU PAY A DOWN PAYMENT AND WE DON'T HAVE THE FIRE TRUCK YET. THE, I'M JUST GETTING TIRED OF THAT. SO, WELL, PARKS JUST DID THE SAME THING. THEY WERE GONNA HAVE SOME AN IN, AND HERE WE ARE, AND IT'S OVER. THE ROLLER ACTUALLY PAVED WAYLAND STREET TODAY, SIR. OH, IT PAVED US WELL, A YEAR LATER. BUT IT GOT HERE NONETHELESS. I EIGHT MONTHS. CAN I MAKE, UH, LIKE TO NOT GET IN AWAY ANYBODY'S TIME, BUT LIKE MAKE A MOTION TO, TO TABLE THE ITEM? I SECOND. OKAY. BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM THE, WOULD WE LOSE [01:15:01] THE UH, LIKE ON, ON THE, ON THE, UH, HE SAID NO COMMITMENT ON THE PLACE, ON THE PLACEMENT. WE LOSE NO, WE'LL LOSE NO. HE JUST SAID THEY PLACED IT AT A COURTESY, AN ORDER. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO, WHICH CHOOSE NOT TO LIKE SAID WE'RE, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS, HEY, YOU'RE ALLOTTED 25. IF YOU NEED TO PLACE THAT ORDER FOR 25 VEHICLES, WE'LL PLACE THAT ORDER. UM, THAT KIND OF HELPS EXPEDITE, UH, BEFORE I HAD TO PRESENT AND EVERYTHING. UM, NOW IF IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED, LIKE I SAID, WE CAN LOO LOOK AT THOSE AND IF WE NEED, BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS LIKE, UH, THE MAVERICKS TRUCKS, THE FORD TRUCKS CAN BE, I MEAN, THE, UH, BOWELL MIGHT HAVE 'EM YES. CAN'T GET 'EM. THE ONLY THING, AND ALL THREE, FOUR, ALL THREE VENDORS SAID THE SAME THING ON THOSE, HEY, THOSE ARE, WE CAN'T LOCK 'EM IN BASED ON THE INVENTORY AND THE TURNOVER. NOW, IF IT'S, UH, UH, 2020 THREES, LIKE I SAID, THEY PLACE THE ORDER, UH, ON THOSE, UM, BECAUSE THEY, THE, UH, MANUFACTURER WILL START DOING 2020 FOURS. AND THAT THOSE, ALL THREE OF 'EM ARE SUBJECTED TO CHANGE. IF THEY CANNOT, UH, COMPLETE WITH THAT 2023 ORDER BASED ON WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR FISCAL, ALL THOSE REGULATIONS RULES, WHAT ARE WE SENDING THEM OUT TO DO? OR ARE WE SENDING 'EM OUT TO DIRECTLY GO AND GET A BID FROM THE PERSON WE SPECIFICALLY WANT? OR WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE ASKING 'EM? THE SUPER CREW. THE SUPER CREW. UH, 24. CAN ANYBODY HERE BUY 'EM? UH, GET 'EM LOCALLY? WHICH ONES THE SUPER CREW? THE TRUCKS, THE 2020, UH, THE F TWO FIFTIES. YEAH. UM, I DON'T THINK THEY HAD ANY HERE AVAILABLE, UH, ON HAND. CAN, CAN WE SAY THAT, THAT WHATEVER CAN BE PURCHASED HERE LOCALLY, CAN YOU GET 'EM FROM, UH, WISCO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF THEY CANNOT GET THE F TWO FIFTIES, WHY ARE WE HOLDING THEM BACK IF HE NEEDS THEM, WHY WE HOLDING BACK TO, TO TRY TO SEE IF POSSIBLE CAN GET 'EM. I'M SAYING THAT WHATEVER THIS GENTLEMAN HAS OVER HERE AND HE CAN GET IT, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE CAN HOLD OFF ON. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OR YOU WANT THE WHOLE THING. IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S THE, IF THAT'S THE CASE, RIGHT? BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A LEAD TIME DISCUSSION. SO HE CAN'T, HE ABSOLUTELY CAN'T GET IN ANY F TWO 50. I THINK THE ONLY ONE, UH, WE GOT QUOTED IN F ONE 50 REGULAR SINGLE CAB. I MEAN, HE'S, HE'S A DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS ON HAND. UM, AND HE'S LIKE, HEY, IF YOU NEED IT NOW, I HAVE IT HERE. UM, WE WENT AND STARTED HAVING HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS OF, HEY, WELL THESE ARE ALL THE TRUCKS I'M GONNA NEED. UM, THE, AND I GO, HEY, THIS IS THE ONE THAT YOU QUOTED. I BELIEVE OUR PURCHASING AGENT REACHED OUT TO THEM AND IT WAS, UH, FOR OUR ENGINEER, THAT TRUCK, UM, THAT ONE GOT SOLD OFF AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, THEY'D HAVE TO PLACE THE ORDER. SO WHY DON'T WE JUST GO AND BE LIKE, THOSE FOUR, LET'S GO. RIGHT? WHY DON'T WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BUY THE NEW AND THEN WAIT FROM, TO COME FROM THE ASSEMBLY LINE? WHY CAN'T WE JUST GO AND BE LIKE, I'LL TAKE THOSE FOUR. THEY DON'T HAVE. YEAH. THE THING WITH THOSE AREN'T THE FLEET, UH, REGULAR. I MEAN, THEY'RE DEALERSHIP, THEY'RE, I MEAN, HAVE THE REGULAR TRUCKS THAT THEY GOT THERE, UH, ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE. LIKE AN F ONE 50, UH, CREW CAB. OH, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BASE MODELS, RIGHT? YES. BUT YOU LIKE THE GOOD STUFF. NO, I COULD GO, I MEAN, YOU GET THAT OR YOU WAIT EIGHT MONTH LEAD TIME. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. DO WE NEED 'EM TODAY? WE DON'T NEED 'EM A YEAR FROM NOW. OH. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. UH, LIKE I SAID, DIDN'T YOU JUST ARGUE LEAD TIME AND NOW YOU'RE ARGUING FOR THAT'S WHY I SAID NO, I WAS GONNA, I HATE 30. THEY'RE GONNA SAY IT'LL BE IN THREE MONTHS AND THEN IT'LL BE HERE IN A YEAR. SHOOT, I'LL PUT MONEY ON IT. WELL, THE ONE THAT TOOK SIX MONTHS IN, PROBABLY LIKE TWO YEARS, SAID, I'LL PUT MONEY ON IT. OKAY. I DON'T LIKE SEEING THIS REPETITIVE PROCESS, BUT ALSO, I DON'T WANT TO GO WITH SOMEONE THAT'S NOT A LOCAL VENDOR. WE TRY TO PROMOTE LOCAL AND WE'VE GONE OVER THIS BEFORE. AND IF WE LOOK, IF WE LOOK AT 'EM SIDE BY SIDE, THERE WAS ONE INSTANCE WITH THE, UM, WITH, WITH POLICE WHERE THE GAS TANK WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BIGGER WITH THIS OTHER VENDOR. SO WE ENDED UP GOING WITH THAT, THAT VENDOR. AND IT WAS, THAT'S IMPORTANT. THREE EXTRA. THAT WAS THE WORST MEETING EVER. HEY, THREE EXTRA IT TOOK. IT WAS CRAZY, RIGHT? IT WAS THREE EXTRA. YOU WENT LIST BY LIST ITEM BY ITEM ON WHAT THE YOU'RE GONNA GO AND YOU'RE GONNA GET MANUAL WINDOWS. AND YOU COULD'VE GOT POWER WINDOWS. IT WAS A GAS TANK. OKAY. SO WHAT WAS THE MOTION? WHAT WAS THE MOTION, UH, TO TABLE? I MOTION THE TABLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROCUREMENT POLICY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING I MOTION BY COMM, UH, MAYOR POT, UH, ALVAR. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? AYE. OKAY. I GOT TWO NAS. OKAY. AND I SAY NAY ALSO. OKAY. SO IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION TABLE? SO NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SAME TABLE. OKAY. CAN YOU BUY WHATEVER'S NOT HERE LOCALLY? CAN YOU BUY IT FROM WISCO SO YOU CAN GET THE VEHICLES? I CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. I'LL MEET WITH THEM. UH, OKAY. THE REST OF THIS WEEK. AND SO WHAT YOU CAN GET LOCALLY, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HERE TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET 'EM HERE LOCALLY AS SOON AS YOU CAN. I CAN DO THAT, SIR. THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I, I, I STOPPED BY, I, WE HAD AN M P O MEETING OUT IN, UH, IN EDINBURG. I STOPPED BY WITH THE, THE WESCO VENDOR. UM, THE TWO F TWO FIFTIES WERE ON THE LOT. YOU GET ME A PO TOMORROW, YOU CAN COME PICK THEM UP. THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU NEED? [01:20:01] YES, SIR. OKAY. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE UTILIZED, IF ANYTHING AT LEAST UTILIZED. 'CAUSE THOSE, WE'D LIKE TO EVENTUALLY CONVERT 'EM INTO UTILITY TRUCKS. UH, THAT WAY WE CAN CARRY AROUND ALL THE PROPER, UH, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, UH, PIPING EVERYTHING AND HAUL AROUND EQUIPMENT. BUT YOU'RE GONNA CONVERT THE FULLY LOADED ONE, THE F TWO FIFTIES INTO EVENTUALLY INTO UTILITY TRUCKS. OKAY. WELL, WHICH IS A NEED. YOU JUST TALK ABOUT LIKE NEEDING THAT AGAIN, LIKE YOU WANT THE BASE VEHICLES, RIGHT? BUT THEN YOU'RE GONNA BUY THE ONE ON THE LOT, WHICH IS PROBABLY REALLY NICE. AND THEN CONVERT IT TO A, A FLATBED OR SOMETHING. NO, IT'S A UTILITY TRUCK WITH SADDLES AND EVERYTHING TO CARRY AROUND. TOOLS TO FIX THE BROKEN WATER LIGHTS. JUST CONSTRUCT THEM TO GO TO THE LOT AND PICK 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR. HE, OKAY. AND NOW YOU DON'T WANT HIM TO DO THAT. YOU ARE THE MOST CONFUSING PERSON. I ASKED, I ASKED IF HE COULD DO THAT AT THIS LOCAL VENDOR. THEY, YOU SAID PROCUREMENT AND NOW YOU'RE DIRECTING HIM TO ONE EXACT PERSON THAT YOU, OKAY, COMMISSIONER. UH, SO I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT, SIR, YOU ARE WHATEVER. YOU COULD NOT HOLD HERE. OKAY. TO BUY OVER THERE. YEAH. OKAY. IT IS 50. THE GENTLEMAN FROM WESCO, LET ME KNOW. HEY, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU'RE ONLY GONNA GET FOUR OUTTA THE 10 THAT YOU ORDERED, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE AND WE'LL GO WITH THAT. OKAY? LIKE I SAID, THOSE ARE ORDERED. AND IF I CAN, UH, IF MR. GARCIA HERE AND, UH, BOSWELL CAN DELIVER WITH A REASONABLE LEAD TIME ON THEM, UH, WE CAN GO WITH THAT AS WELL. OKAY? 'CAUSE I THINK THEY STILL FALL WITHIN THE, THE, THE RANGE, UH, THE PERCENTAGE THAT HE SAID FOR, UH, THE AMOUNTS THAT THEY CAME IN. SO, UM, SO I MADE A MOTION TO, UH, WHATEVER HE CANNOT GET HERE LOCALLY TO BUY OVER THERE THE F TO THE F TWO FIFTIES. DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT ONE? OR WHATEVER EQUIPMENT HE NEEDS ON THERE THAT HE CANNOT GET HERE LOCALLY. SO I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? NAY. NAY. OKAY. I GOT TWO NAYS AND, UH, THREE YAYS. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, SIR. [26. Consideration and possible action to remove, appoint or re-appoint members to the Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee (CDCAC). a) Place 1 - Appointee, Term Expired July 31, 2023 b) Place 2 - Appointee, Term Expired July 31, 2023 c) Place 5 - Appointee, Term Expired July 31, 2023] AIR NUMBER 26 BY MRS. GOOD. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEMP COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. MARTIN STEIN, C D B G COORDINATOR. THE TERM FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PLACE ONE, TWO, AND FIVE EXPIRED ON JULY 31ST, 2023. TODAY'S STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT NOMINATIONS BE MADE TO REAPPOINT OR REAPPOINT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. PLACE ONE, TWO, AND FIVE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ONE, TWO, AND FIVE. ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE, TWO, AND FIVE IS WHAT HE'S GOT ON THAT HERE. ONE, TWO, AND THREE. WHICH ONE? UH, MR. SE, THE, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING. THE, UH, QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY RIGHT NOW TO NOMINATE, SO I'M GONNA ASK THE TABLE. BUT SECOND QUESTION IS, IS, UH, HOW OFTEN HAS THIS COMMITTEE MET? USUALLY TWO OF THE MAIN, UH, UH, MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE, UH, HAVE COMMITMENTS WITH THE C D B G MONEY THAT'S COMING IN, UH, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH TO DO. BUT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID LAST, UH, MEETING THE NONPROFITS OR TWO PARKS STARTING NEXT YEAR, ONCE WE GET ALL OF OUR, UH, ALLOCATION, THAT'S WHEN THE WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING. IT'S GONNA HAVE A BIG IMPACT TO BE IN THE, UH, COMMITTEE. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE MEET ABOUT TWO TO THREE TIMES A YEAR. WHAT, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS COMMITTEE THEN? OTHER THAN DETERMINE WHERE THESE FUNDS GO? I, I DON'T, MR. GOODMAN, WE NEED TO STICK TO THE, THE AGENDA? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. BUT WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION LATER, BUT THANK YOU, SIR. MR. SIGNS, ARE ALL OF THE, UH, THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDING ALL THE SESSIONS, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH SOME ATTENDING OR NOT? NO, ACTUALLY, UH, THEY ARE, UH, THEY'RE ALL ATTENDING. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'LL GO TO PLACE ONE. YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE NO APPOINTMENT. I HAVE NO RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO, UH, YOU WANT A TABLE? TABLE PLEASE? OKAY, I'LL SECOND. OKAY. MOTION TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER, UH, PLACE ONE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE. PLACE ONE. PLACE TWO. PLACE TWO. I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT, UH, JESUS MORALES. JESUS MORALES JESUS. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR, UH, HIS JESUS MORALES? DO I HAVE A SECOND? NO. SECOND. SECOND. BY MAYOR TIM GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY, SIR, YOU SAID ADAM FIVE IS PLACE FIVE. WELL, PLACE THREE. I GOT PLACE THREE. IT'S GONNA BE MS. UH, GARCIA. MS. IRIS. FIVE. OH, THAT'S FIVE. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO RENOMINATE THE IRIS, UH, GARCIA FOR, UH, PLACE FIVE. I SECOND I SECOND. AND THE SECOND BACK. UH, COMMISSIONER MORALE MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY, SO THANK YOU. ITEM THREE, PLACE THREE. NO, NO. DOESN'T HAVE THREE. OKAY. SO THIS ONE DOESN'T. OKAY. THANK YOU. [27. Consideration and possible action to approve the City of San Benito Comprehensive Fund Balance Policy.] [01:25:05] OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 27, MS. STEPHANIE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PROTON. COMMISSIONER STEPHANIE SANANDA, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. ITEM NUMBER 27 IS A CONSERVATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CITY OF SANTO COMPREHENSIVE FUND BALANCE POLICY. THIS POLICY HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2011, HOWEVER, IT WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY TAKEN UP FOR A COMMISSION. UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, MAY RECALL, WE RECENTLY HAD, UM, A RATING, UM, INTERVIEW, AND THEY CAN ADDRESS TO US ABOUT OUR FUND POLICY, COMPREHENSIVE FUND POLICY. UM, SO THAT MADE ME WONDER WHAT WAS THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, THIS AND THAT. SO IT NEEDS TO OFFICIALLY BE ADOPTED, UM, PLANNING TO AMEND IT. BUT SINCE THIS IS ONE, SINCE THIS IS THE ONE THAT IT'S BEEN IN PLACE AND USED, WE WILL NEED TO ADOPT IT RIGHT NOW. AND THEN WE'LL REVISIT IF WE NEED TO AMEND IT. IT'S MAINLY THE DEFINITION OF OUR FUNDS. UM, UNASSIGNED RESTRICTED, NON INS, SPENDABLE. IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING EVER SINCE, EVEN BEFORE THAT. OKAY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY MOTION TO ADOPT. YES. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. SECOND. SECOND MAYOR. SECOND BY MAYOR . GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. [28. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2023- 0905-001(R), a resolution of the City of San Benito, Texas, adopting and approving a Pay Rate Schedule Scale effective October 1, 2023.] OKAY, ITEM 28, MS. STEPHANIE, AGAIN. STEPHANIE HERNANDEZ, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UM, ITEM NUMBER 28, IT'S TO APPROVE RESOLUTION FOR THE PAY RATE SCHEDULE SCALE THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE IN EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, UM, ALONG WITH THE NEW BUDGET. UM, THIS IS A RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 9 0 5 0 0 1 R. UM, THIS PAY RATE SCHEDULE WOULD BE USED TO MONITOR AND ESTABLISH EMPLOYEE SALARIES. UM, AND IT, IT'S DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ACCURACY AND COMPLIANCE FOR CITY EMPLOYEE SALARIES. WE'LL START IN PAY GROUP NUMBER 10. STEP ONE. UH, I DID PROVIDE AN ATTACHMENT FOR YOU TO SEE WHERE IT'LL START. SO IT COULD RUN FROM A 3% AND A 5%. UM, THAT WAY WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF STRUCTURE WHENEVER WE'RE PROVIDING EMPLOYEES WITH INCREASES OR TO HAVE SOME STANDARDS TO FOLLOW, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVE THEM. OKAY. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I, I DO, YES. YES. YES, SIR. MS. STEPHANIE, UM, IF SOMEONE IS BELOW THE, THE MINIMUM STARTING POINT FOR THEIR JOB CODE BASED ON THIS CHART, ARE THEY GONNA BE IMMEDIATELY BUMPED UP TO THAT? YES. THIS BUDGET INCLUDES, UM, OR MINIMUM WAGES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BE BUMPED TO WHATEVER THIS SPACE, THIS PAY SCALE STARTS. SO MOVING FORWARD, IT'LL BE JUST JUMPING AT 3%. IF THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY JUMPS THREE, THREE STEPS, IT NEEDS TO HAVE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF REASONING BEHIND IT FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO BUMP FROM STEP 10. UM, I'M, I'M SORRY. GROUP 10, STEP ONE TO STEP 2, 3 4, UNLESS APPROVED WITH THE OVERALL BUDGET TOGETHER, ARE, ARE YOU GONNA, I'M SORRY. YES. YES. LEMME ASK ONE MORE. ARE YOU GONNA CONTINUE, ARE YOU GONNA SEE SOMEBODY GET LIKE A, A 20% INCREASE OR 15% INCREASE BECAUSE OF THIS NEW PAY SCALE AND THEN ADDITIONALLY RECEIVED THE 3%? NO, IT'S EITHER, EITHER OR. SO THE WAY, AND I KNOW THIS GOES MORE INTO THE BUDGET, BUT WITH THIS ONE, PARTICULARLY WHAT IT'S DOING, IT'S THE MINIMUM WAGE. WHAT WE HAD, IT WAS $10, RIGHT? SO ANYBODY THAT WAS A $10, NOW IT'S GONNA BE BUMPED TO THE 11 24 5. SO THEY WON'T QUALIFY FOR THE 3%. THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE 3% THAT THEY WOULD USUALLY GET, RIGHT? I DON'T, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET BOTH. 'CAUSE I, NO, THEY WON'T. WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE A DIRECTOR JUMP SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN QUALIFY FOR 3% RIGHT OFF THE BAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. NO. THIS, THIS MINIMUM PAY SCALE WOULD ONLY BE FOR THE MINIMUM WAGE EMPLOYEES AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S EXPECTING. IT WAS WHAT IT WAS APPROVED. EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD JUST GET A 3%. THAT'S HOW IT'S MANAGED. SO THIS FIRST YEAR IS PLACING SOME STRUCTURE AND WE'LL START AT 11, 11, 20, 25, 4, 24 5. AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WAS AT OVER THAT PAY, THAT WOULD JUST GET A 3% INCREASE. MY FEEL FOR THIS IS, WELL, I THOUGHT THE OPPOSITE. I WANTED THEM TO GET BOTH. IT SOUNDS MY FEEL IT'S FOR THE LOWER, WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE LOWER END. SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM THAT ARE CERTIFIED AND THEY WOULD GET THAT LITTLE PAY BUMP THAT THEY'VE BEEN NEEDING FOR SO LONG. I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD GET THE THEY FOR THE CERTIFICATION ALONG WITH THE 3%. I WASN'T THINKING DIRECTOR WISE, 'CAUSE MOST OF OUR DIRECTORS ARE SALARY. THEY HAVE THEIR, [01:30:01] YOU KNOW, THEIR DEGREE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY LIKE, CONSTANTLY GO OUT FOR CERTIFICATIONS OR SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR JOB. MY THING IS, I GUESS IN MY MINDSET, THE ONES THAT GO OUT FOR THE CERTIFICATIONS OR GET, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL TRAINING ARE OR LOWER END EMPLOYEES THAT REALLY NEED THE PAY JUMP. OKAY. AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, INFORMATION ON THAT, I DID MET MEET WITH, UM, MR. EVA, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND WE WENT AHEAD AND, AND ALLOCATED SOME INCENTIVE MONEY FOR PEOPLE THAT DO GET THEIR CERTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATIONS. YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY GETTING IT, BUT IT'S MAINTAINING IT. SO LIKE EVEN CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE KNOW A LOT OF THEM DROP OFF AND THEN WE NEED THEM TO GET CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, CERTIFIED AND CERTAIN THINGS. SO I DON'T, I MEAN, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS IS GIVE THAT INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO DO THAT. I DON'T WANT TAKE IT AWAY WITH ALSO, I MEAN, I KNOW THEY TO NOT, TO NOT GO OFF TOPIC, BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT FOR THE INSURANCE, THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING THE DISCUSSION. IT'S ALSO THE WHOLE INSURANCE GETS PAID. RIGHT. AND THAT'S ABOUT 500 A MONTH OR 4 84? 4 44. NO, NO, 4 4, 4 4. IT'S TOTAL BECAUSE, BUT THAT'S OURS. BUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA FILL IN THEIR PAYCHECK IS $84. THEY'RE NOT, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT'RE WITH THE CITY PAY FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT? YEAH. AND THAT'S INCLUDING THE 84. SO THE CITY CURRENTLY JUST LIKE $380. NOW WE'RE ALL GONNA TAKE THE QUESTION FROM THE EMPLOYEE SIDE AS WELL. OKAY. SO 4 44, I'M JUST DOING, UM, IT FOR THE LOWER, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. FOR THE LOWER PEOPLE THAT'S GETTING A, THAT IT'S MAKING $10, IT'LL JUMP TO 1125. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'LL GET THE INSURANCE PAID. SO IT'S FOUR EIGHT. SO YOU GETTING ONLY THE INSURANCE ITSELF, IT'S LIKE A 7% PLUS THIS JUMP OF A DOLLAR AND 25 CENTS, WHICH IS IT, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY GOOD DEAL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DOES THE MINIMUM WAGE. YOU'RE GETTING A DOLLAR 25 PLUS THE INSURANCE. MM-HMM. TOTAL, TOTAL COST IS ABOUT $2 AND 70 CENTS. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY SEEING LIKE A $4 INCREASE. YES. SO THAT, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. THAT'S 40% FOR SOMEONE THAT'S MAKING $10. YEAH. AND OF COURSE WE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IN AMERICA YOU CAN GET A 40% RAISE. YEAH. BUT IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT OR MINIMUM WAGES CANNOT, I CAN. SO WE'RE, WE'RE BUMPING IT UP TO A LEVEL. I LOOK AT THAT, I LOOK AT THE M I T STUDY AND IT GOES BASED OFF OF A ZIP CODE AND IT, IT, IT, IT ADJUSTS YOUR COST OF LIVING AND IT'S LIVABLE WAGE, POVERTY WAGE AND WHERE YOU'RE AT AND WHERE YOUR RESPECT TO EVERYBODY ELSE. AND MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT TO THAT. RIGHT. BUT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING. 'CAUSE I THINK WHEN, WHEN I STARTED ME HERE, OR WERE WE LIKE $8 SOMEWHERE THERE. SO WE'RE GONNA, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT INSURANCE. NOBODY PAYS A HUNDRED PERCENT INSURANCE EXCEPT FOR USUALLY GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES, UH, ENTITIES. SO I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT WE DON'T WANNA RELEASE IT ALL BECAUSE VALE WANTS A F TWO 50 . RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES, I'M SORRY TO HIS EMPLOYEES NEED IT. YEAH. EMPLOYEES DESERVE IT. AND, AND WE WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'LL TRY TO AVOID THE TURNOVER THAT WE'RE HAVING SO THEY COULD GET AS MANY AS BENEFITS AS POSSIBLE WITHIN OUR MEANS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE WITH THIS PAY SCALE. YEAH. AND I AGREE BECAUSE, UH, UH, INSTEAD OF HAVING, IN THE PAST, THEY HAD THE, I THINK ON, ON THE WATER THEY HAD THE, LIKE, UH, SIX CREWS. NOW YOU ONLY HAVE BARELY TWO AND A HALF. OKAY. SO THEY'RE WORKING OVERTIME LIKE CRAZY. AND I KNOW WE, WE COMPLAIN THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOO MUCH, BUT THAT'S ALL WE GOT. SO WE NEED TO KEEP THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND THAT'S WHAT THE, MY GOAL IS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KEEP AS MUCH AS WE CAN. SO, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 28TH? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I, I, I WANT SECOND. I JUST WANTED TO SAY BEFORE WE MOTION AND APPROVE THAT I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT, UH, FINANCE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS. USUALLY THIS COMES FROM HR OR A CONSULTING FIRM TO DO THIS ENTIRE PROJECT, WHICH PROBABLY COST US 50 GRAND. UH, BUT I WANNA THANK THE FINANCE STAFF FOR GETTING THIS TOGETHER. I KNOW IT'S BEEN ON THE DESK FOR A FEW YEARS AND WE FINALLY ARE BRINGING IT TO FRUITION. YES. SO WITH THAT, AND THANK YOU. SO I GOT A, UH, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOMAN. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY MAYOR TIM GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. OKAY, STEPH, THANK YOU. [29. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2618-08- 2023, after the Second and Final Reading, an ordinance levying the Ad Valorem Property Tax Rate for the City of San Benito, Texas, for the year 2023 and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith.] UM, NUMBER 29, MS. STEPH. NUMBER 29. IT'S A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 18 DASH EIGHT DASH 2023. THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR THE ORDINANCE, LIVING THE AT VALORIAN PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF SANTO FOR THE YEAR 2023. 2023. REPAIRING ALL THE ORDINANCE REPORTS OF ORDINANCE AND CONFERENCE HERE WITH, SO, UH, WE'RE STAYING WITH THE SAME TAX RATE. THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO INCREASE. UM, TO IT. THIS IS A SECOND AND FINAL READING. OKAY. STAFF QUESTIONS, APPROVALS. I DID ATTACH THE ORDINANCE BEHIND IT AND THE NOTICE THAT WAS POSTED IN THE, IN THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL IN OUR WEBSITE. OKAY. ANY [01:35:01] QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I'LL GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. MORE MORALE SECOND. OKAY. SECOND. BY BY ME. I, IT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. I JUST HEARD ME, WHAT WAS IT? OKAY, [30. Consideration and possible action to approve Appropriation Ordinance Number 2619-08-2023 after the Second and Final Reading, an ordinance adopting a Budget for the General Fund, Debt Service Fund, Community Development Block Grant, Economic Development Fund, Waterworks Enterprise Fund, Wastewater Enterprise Fund, Solid Waste Enterprise Fund, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Hotel and Motel Occupancy Tax for the Ensuing Fiscal Year October l, 2023 and ending September 30, 2023, in accordance with the Charter of the City of San Benito, Texas and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith.] ITEM NUMBER, UH, 30 AND AGAIN, SZA HERNANDEZ. YEAH. FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UH, ITEM 30. FINALLY, THE CONSERVATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 19 DASH 8 20 23. THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR THE ORDINANCE. ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, WATERWORKS ENTERPRISE FUND, WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND, SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUND, UT HEALTH, UH, FUND, HOTEL, MULTI OCCUPANCY TAX, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, STARTING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023. AND IT'S SEPTEMBER 30 30TH. UM, I, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, THERE'S, THERE'S A TYPE OF RIGHT THERE. IT SHOULD BE 2024, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, THE CITY CHARGER, SANTO, TEXAS AND REPEALING OUR ORDINANCE OR PARTS OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE CONFIDENCE HEREWITH. SORRY ABOUT THAT TYPO. OKAY, SO IT'S 20. IT'S TOTALLY, TOTALLY ME. UM, I DID ATTACH THE ORDINANCE BEHIND IT. AND I WANNA POINT OUT, UM, YOU DO HAVE YOUR ATTACHMENT AND YOUR ATTACHMENT, THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS, UM, PRINTED COPY OF THE SUMMARIES IN A BOOKLET. UM, BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF BUDGET FOR GENERAL FUND, IT'S 16,007,000 6 65, UH, WITH 88. THAT'S ONLY FOR THE GENERAL FUND THAT THE SUM OF 270,000 FOR DEBT SERVICE FUND. SUM OF 353,240 FOR THE C D B G SUM OF 4,414,917 FOR WATERWORKS ENTERPRISE FUND, SUM OF 3,853,244 FOR THE WASTE WATER ENTERPRISE FUND. AND THE SUM OF, UM, 3,874,906, UH, 96 FOR THE SOLID WASTE. UM, THE SUM OF 349,000 FOR THE E D C, THAT'S ONLY FOR THE DEBT PAYMENT SERVICE. UM, THE SUM OF 61,330 FOR THE UT HEALTH, THE SUM OF 39,357 FOR HOTEL MOTEL, OCCUPANCY TAX FOR THE VISITOR CENTER. UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONING. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? BUDGET? OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. [31. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended June 30, 2023.] ITEM NUMBER 31 AND MS. STEPHANIE? YES. UM, 77 FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UM, THESE ARE THE FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2023. WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT 'CAUSE WE, I I, I'M SORRY I MISSED ONE OF THE MEETINGS. I WAS OUT IN A CONFERENCE. OH, GIMME A SECOND. THERE WE GO. OKAY. TOTAL ASSETS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2023. IT'S 18,000,077. 3 0 4 COMPARED TO JUNE 30TH, 2022. 16,000,655. 715. FOLLOWED BY THAT, WE HAVE, UH, TOTAL LIABILITIES OF 1,000,930 9 908 FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. AND TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE OF 18 MILLION 77 300 0 4 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. 16,000,655. UM, 715. WE DO HAVE OUR REVENUES FOR THE MONTH, ACTUAL MONTH OF LAST YEAR, AND THE YEAR TO DATE. TOTAL REVENUES FOR THIS MONTH, JUNE, WE HAVE 900, 909,518. YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE 12,364,725 FOR THE MONTH. ACTUAL WE ARE REVENUES UNDER EXPENSES OF 86,644. YEAR TO DATE WE'RE REVENUES OVER EXPENSES OF 1,000,759. 807. FOLLOWED BY THAT WE HAVE OUR SALES TAX FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2023. WE COLLECTED, UM, 656,765 WITH 91 CENTS. 25% GOES TO OUR E D C 164,000 191 WITH 48 CENTS. SUMMARY JUST STATES WITH FOUR HUNDRED NINETY TWO FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR WITH 43 CENTS SIDE TO IT. YOU WILL SEE THE ALLOCATION HISTORICAL SUMMARY STRAIGHT FROM THE WEBSITE, UM, FROM THE TEXAS CONTROLLER'S WEBSITE. [01:40:02] AND THAT'S UP WITH MY PRESENTATIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMERS, WHAT WAS THAT? UH, IS THERE, IS THAT SALES TAX REVENUE OVER LAST YEAR? UM, I, I DIDN'T SEE THE, IT, IT'S, IT'S THERE. CAN YOU BRING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN GO BACK? GIMME A SECOND. UM, NO, IT'S NOT THERE. IT'S ON, ON THE ATTACHMENTS THAT I PROVIDED. THERE'S THE FULL, THE FULL WORKSHEET. SO YOU, I THINK, LET ME SEE. I LOOK. I, I'M SORRY. YES, I, THEY'RE HERE. I, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY SHOULD BE ON THE VERY END OF THE, OF THE, UM, OKAY. THANK YOU STEPHEN. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE. OKAY. THAT'S ONLY PRESENTATION ON 31. OKAY. [32. Executive Session: a) Consultation with City Attorney pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.107(1) to discuss privileged communication protected by the attorney-client privilege. b) 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. September 5, 2023 Regular City Commission Meeting Page 6 of 7 c) Consultation with City Attorney pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.071 regarding the exchange of real property. d) Discussion and deliberation pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.074 regarding the City Manager employment applications.] ITEM NUMBER 32. UM, CONSULTED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXT, UH, GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, 5 4 1 0.1071 TO DISCUSS, UH, UH, COMMUNICATION, UH, PROTECTED BY ATTORNEY, UH, CLIENT'S PRIVILEGE. TIME IS, UH, SEVEN 14. WE'RE EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. WE'RE NOT, WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS. OKAY. UM, [33. Consideration and possible action on items discussed in Executive Session.] TIME IS, UH, 8 25. WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND NUMBER 32. 32 A. AND, UH, THERE WAS NO ACTION ON THAT ONE. ITEM NUMBER 32 B, THAT WAS TABLED ALSO. THAT WAS, UH, YES. NO ACTION. BUT WE WE'RE GIVEN DISCUSSION AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. SO WE NEED TO MOVE ON THAT ONE, RIGHT? YES. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION ON, UH, 32 B AT DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE SESSION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND NAYS? MOTION PASSES. NAY. OKAY. TWO NAYS. THREE NAYS. TWO NAYS. AND, UM, THREE AYES. MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 32 C. ARE WE GONNA SAY, UM, WHAT YOU GONNA SAY? UH, CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE REGARDING THE EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, HAVE A, TO START DISCUSSIONS WITH E D C TO MAKE A PROPOSAL ON DESIGN PLANS. OKAY. SECOND, SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL IN FAVOR? NO. AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS ONE? AYE. OKAY, SO I GOT THE COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ'S NAME, SO I GOT FOUR YAY. AND ONE A MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER 32 D ON, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT. UH, SO NO ACTION ITEM NUMBER 34. ADJOURNMENT. THE TIME IS, UH, 8 27. WE ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.