Dec 05, 2023 Commission Meetings

UH, COMMUNITY INTEREST, UM, ON JUNE, UH, I MEAN, JOIN US ON THE WEDNESDAY, ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 2023 FROM SIX TO EIGHT AT THE, UH, CULTURE HERITAGE MUSEUM, LOCATED AT, UH, TWO 50 EAST HAYWOOD STREET FOR MEET THE CITY MANAGER.

[4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.]

AND WE ALL DON'T KNOW, HE'S RIGHT HERE.

OKAY, , UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, UH, 2023.

JOIN US WITH THE, UH, UH, FROM FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30 AT THE CULTURE HERITAGE MUSEUM, LOCATED AT THE TWO 50 HAYWOOD FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION OF THE, UH, CASTILIAN CASTILLIAN ROSE IN DECEMBER, UH, DECEMBER EXHIBITION.

NUMBER THREE IS, UH, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL, UH, TO VISIT ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, UH, BETWEEN SIX TO EIGHT AT, UH, 4 99 NORTH REAGAN STREET, UH, FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE EXTRAVAGANZA HAPPENING ON, UH, EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, THERE WILL BE A LIGHT SHOW, HOT CHOCOLATE COOKIES FOR SALE AND A FAMILY PHOTO BOOTH.

AND, UH, SOME, UH, FUN GIVEAWAYS.

ITEM FOUR IS, UH, UH, COME OUT TO OUR EIGHTH 81ST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 2023, BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM THIS YEAR'S THEME IS, UH, CHRISTMAS AT THE MOVIES.

AND COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR.

I JUST, UM, WE DO HAVE QUORUM FOR EDC.

SO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PRESENTATION OF, UH, MS. RAMONA LUCIA TORRES RODRIGUEZ.

UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM RIGHT NOW FOR EDC AND IT BE KNOWN AS, UH, 5 36.

SURE.

OH, YES.

UM, I JUST WANNA GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ATTENDING OUR LAST LIGHTING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO OUR STAFF.

UM, Y'ALL ARE AMAZING.

EVERY SINGLE DETAIL, EVERY MINUTE THAT YOU SPENT OUT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY COMPLETELY LOVED IT.

SO, THANK YOU.

YES.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

OKAY,

[5. Presentation of a Proclamation to Mrs. Ramona Lucio Torres Rodriguez.]

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR HER.

RECIPE IS HER DAILY CUP OF COFFEE IN ONE HAND, AND THE TELEPHONE IN THE OTHER.

COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF MRS. RAMONA LUCIO TORRES RODRIGUEZ ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS.

WHEREAS RAMONA LUCIO TORRES RODRIGUEZ WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 2ND, 1923 IN CHOCOLATE BAYOU, TEXAS TE GUADALUPE.

IN JUANITA LUCIO.

SHE WAS RAISED IN SANTO AND ATTENDED FRANK ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND WHEREAS RAM LUCIO TORRES RODRIGUEZ MARRIED MR. ENRIQUE TORRES, AND THEN AT A LATER TIME IN HER LIFE MARRIED MR. CATERINO RODRIGUEZ.

THEY HAD SIX GIRLS AND ONE BOY ALONG WITH NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS RAMONA LUCIO TORRES RODRIGUEZ CELEBRATED HER 100TH BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR, SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY AND DEAR FRIENDS.

AND WHEREAS RAMONA LUCIO TORRES RODRIGUEZ IS A MEMBER OF ST.

JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHERE SHE VOLUNTEERED MANY HOURS HELPING THE CHURCH WITH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.

AND WHEREAS RAMONA LUCILLE TORRES RODRIGUEZ ATTRIBUTES HER LONG LIFE TO THE JOY OF HAVING A FAIRLY LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND A FAMILY WHICH SPANS FIVE GENERATIONS.

HER SECRET

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SHE LIKES TO HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR, KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, STAY INFORMED, PLAY CARD GAMES, KARAOKE, AND WATCH SPORTS.

IT IS NO SECRET THAT HER GREAT ATTITUDE IS PLAYING THE LONG HAND NOW.

SORRY.

YEAH.

NOW THERE BE PROCLAIMED.

I, RICARDO GUAMA, CITY OF SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS.

DUE, HEREBY DECLARE DECEMBER 2ND, 2023.

RAMONA LUCIO TORRES RODRIGUEZ, 100TH, UH, BIRTHDAY.

UH, BIRTHDAY.

AND IT IS OUR HONOR TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT, UH, CITIZEN AMONG US.

AND I CALL THIS OBSERVANCE AT THE ATTENTION OF ALL OUR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS, WHEREIN THEREOF.

I HAVE HERE TO SEND MY HAND ON THIS DECEMBER 5TH, ON THE FIFTH DAY, I'M EXCUSE THE FIFTH DATE OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, UH, 2023.

AND THIS WAS BROUGHT TO HER ATTENTION BY I KNOW, UH, CITY COMMISSIONER, UM, OLGA MONTE.

AND, UM, AND, UH, UH, WE HAVE A DAUGHTER.

WHICH IS DEBRA TORRES'S.

HERE.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST A COUPLE WORDS, PLEASE.

UM, WELL, WHAT I WAS GONNA RELY ON WAS THAT BIT THAT YOU JUST SAID, .

UM, PEOPLE HAVE OFTEN, PLEASE, NO, NO, NO.

UH, JUST, PEOPLE HAVE OFTEN ASKED HER, WHAT IS THE SECRET TO YOUR LONG LIFE? EVEN PEOPLE THAT KNOW HER.

AND REALLY, SHE IS ALWAYS WITH A GREAT ATTITUDE.

ALWAYS.

I WAKE HER UP IN THE MORNING AND SHE'S SMILING.

SHE REALLY LOOKS FORWARD TO THE DAY.

SHE IS ALWAYS TAKING A PHONE CALL NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF THE DAY.

'CAUSE SHE'S A NIGHT OWL AND SHE'S LOVES TO NIBBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF BED ALL THE TIME FOR ANYBODY THAT STOPPED BY, BECAUSE PEOPLE STOP BY ALL THE TIME.

EVEN, YOU KNOW, TODAY, THEY'RE STOPPING BY.

UM, SHE'S VERY WELCOMING AND SHE'S VERY SOCIAL, AND SHE GENUINELY LIKES LIVING, AND SHE LOVES TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHO SHE'S GONNA SEE NEXT.

I THINK THAT'S HER SECRET.

SHE'S BEEN A GREAT MOTHER.

WELL, GREAT.

MM-HMM.

AND A FRIEND, OF COURSE.

FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE, UH, MR. SANTIAGO PEREZ.

OH, SHE DIDN'T WANT A DRESS.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'LL LET YOU PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS.

IF YOU NEED A VOLUNTEER, CALL ME.

WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOU TO THAT ONE OF THOSE DAYS, IF YOU CAN BRING HER SO WE CAN, UH, THAT WOULD, YEAH.

UM, RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY

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

MR. PEREZ, THANK YOU.

SO THANK YOU.

TODAY, I'M, I'M HERE NOT TO COMPLAIN, BUT TO, JUST TO TELL EVERYBODY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

YESTERDAY, MY WIFE COMES IN AND SAYS, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT DOG STUFF OUT THERE.

AND SAYS, WHAT DOG STUFF? WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A DOG.

I SAID, WELL, IT'S, I STEPPED ON IT.

AND, AND THE LAWNMOWER SPREAD IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WELL, IT HAPPENS TO BE MY NEIGHBOR'S DOG IN WHOSE FENCE IS ALREADY THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY.

SO I SAYS, SO I SAID TO MYSELF, WELL, THIS IS A COURT ENFORCEMENT STUFF.

GO TO COURT ENFORCEMENT, YOU PEOPLE, AND EXPLAIN TO 'EM WHAT'S, WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

I MEAN, THIS, THAT'S WHAT IT IS, RIGHT AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION SAYS ALL THAT.

WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

YOU GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO I GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENED PHASE, BUT I'LL CUT TO THE CHASE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION AND EXPLAIN TO 'EM, WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON? I SAID, OH, NO, NO, THAT WE, WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THAT.

WE, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S COURT ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW? I SAYS, WELL, AT THE END, AT AT TOWARDS THE END, I THINK I SPENT ABOUT THREE HOURS.

NOTHING, NOTHING GOT ACCOMPLISHED.

ALRIGHT? TODAY I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I NEED TO LOCATE THE, I, I HIRED SOMEBODY TO GO LOCATE THE, THE, UH, THE SEWER LINES AT THE, UH, AT ONE OF THE PROPERTIES.

AND, UH, I COULDN'T FIND THEM.

SO I SAID, WELL, LEMME GO TO ENGINEERING.

IT'S AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM, AND, UH, THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS.

ALL I NEED TO KNOW IS, HEY, WHERE IS THE TAP THAT GOES INWARD? SO FROM THERE,

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I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

WELL, YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TOO, IN TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, UH, THAT'S AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM.

AND THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF INFORMATION THAT I CAN USE FOR MY PROBLEM.

AND IT SAYS, OH, NO, NO, NO.

IT'S, UH, THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM.

IT'S WATER PROBLEMS. AND THEN I WENT BACK AND SAID, LOOK, EVERY TIME I COME HERE, FIVE, SIX TIMES, I'VE BEEN HERE MANY, MANY TIMES, YOU ALWAYS SEND ME BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.

THAT'S A RUNAROUND I ALWAYS GET.

SO I SAID, AND I EXPLAINED TO THAT PERSON, I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A RUNAROUND, IS IT? OH, NO, NO.

GO OVER THERE.

GO TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT.

SO I GO TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND I EXPLAIN TO 'EM THE WHOLE SITUATION.

IT'S, AND IT'S A, IT'S A SERIOUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY TO MY WIFE.

AND I LOOK AT IT AS A HEALTH ISSUE AND NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FIXED.

THE WATER DEPARTMENT TELLS YOU, OH, NO, NO, NO, THAT'S NOT OURS.

THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM.

THE QUESTION IS, DOES ANYBODY KNOW THEIR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES, RESPONSIBILITIES? I MEAN, MAY GOD STRIKE ME NOW IF I AM SPENT AT LEAST 10 TIMES, EITHER HE CAN STRIKE ME NOW OR HE CAN STRIKE ME WHEN I, WHEN I DIE, GUYS, I USUALLY, I SPENT THREE, TWO OR THREE HOURS TRYING TO SOLVE A ISSUE THAT WITH THE CITY.

AND I GET NOWHERE.

SO MY THING IS, MY QUESTION IS, GUYS, I'VE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE AND I, AND I'VE, I'VE ASKED THEM, HEY, UH, HOW COME, WHY CAN'T YOU GUYS DO SAY SOMETHING? OH, NO, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A BACKLASH.

YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME SOMEBODY LIKE ME PRESENTS THEMSELVES HERE, IT ALREADY HAPPENED 10 TIMES.

THE PEOPLE DON'T COMPLAIN.

THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

I'M NOT HERE COMPLAINING.

I'M NOT HERE MAD AT ALL.

'CAUSE I'M, I'M USED TO IT.

BUT PLEASE, UH, LOOK INTO IT.

MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

SO WE WON'T HAVE TO SPEND, I SPENT THREE HOURS YESTERDAY AND THREE HOURS TODAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYBODY ELSE? RUTH? NO, SIR.

NOPE.

AND THIS IS, UH, BY CITY STAFF.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the April 25, 2023 City of San Benito Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Two Board of Directors Meeting.]

YES, SIR.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION.

ACTION.

UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

APRIL 25TH, 2023.

CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, TAX REINVESTMENT.

ZONE NUMBER TWO, BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

JUST APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

MAYOR STAFFORD, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

OKAY, I MAKE A MOTION, MAYOR.

OKAY, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORERA.

SECOND, SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

FIRST READING, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 1 0 3 DASH SIX AMENDING, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 1 0 3 DASH TWO, AND ANY OTHER AMENDING ORDINANCES IN CODIFIED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IN CHAPTER 10, SUB SUBDIVISION REGULATION, ARTICLE 10.2, 10.02, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE SECTION 10.0, TWO POINT 11 STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS, SECTION 11 E PERTAINING TO LOT RATIO AND REPEALING ANY OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT? THEREWITH AS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND PROVIDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATA AND PUBLICATION.

ANY NAYS? WHICH PASSES

[8. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2103-6 Amending Ordinance Number 2103-2, and any other amending ordinance, and codified in the code of ordinances in Chapter 10, Subdivision Regulation Article 10.02 Subdivision Ordinance, Section 10.02.11, Standards and Specifications, Section (11), E pertaining to "Lot Ratio" and repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date and publication.]

IT'S JUST, UH, THEY'RE CHANGING THE, THE CLAUSE ON THE FOUR TO ONE LOT RATIO THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE.

I THINK JOANNA'S BROUGHT IT UP AND IT'S THE FIRST READING MIRROR, SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING TO ADD TO IT? THE ONLY THING IS JUST THAT BE BACK IN THE DAY, THE UTILITIES USED TO BE IN THE BACK.

THAT'S THE REASONING WHY IT WAS IN THE ORDINANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF IT.

NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION ACTION.

SO IT'S ONLY A READING.

THERE'S NO, ANY MR. ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.

IT'S ONLY A READING, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO, UH, PROVE ANYTHING, SO, OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

[9. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of forty-five rifle plate carriers with rifle ballistic plates for the San Benito Police Department from GT Distributors, Inc. for the total amount of $54,770.60.]

APPROVED PURCHASE OF 45 RIFLE PLATE CARRIERS WITH RIFLE BALLISTIC PLATES FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO PD FROM GT DISTRIBUTORS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 54,770 AND 60 CENTS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, POLICE CHIEF.

MIGHT PERE FOR THE RECORD.

UH, BACK IN OCTOBER, WE WERE AWARDED $54,280 AND 60 CENTS, UH, FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERALS FOR THE RIFLE RESISTANT BODY ARMOR GRANT PROGRAM.

UH, THIS PURCHASE WILL BE USED, UH, WELL, WE'LL USE, INITIALLY WE'LL USE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THE VEST.

AND ONCE WE DO THAT, WE SUBMIT THE PROPER PAPERWORK ON OUR FINANCIAL STATUS REPORTS AND WE'LL GET THAT MONEY REIMBURSED THROUGH THE GRANT.

SO, UH, I'M REQUESTING APPROVAL TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PURCHASE.

THESE VESTS WILL, UM, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE RIFLE RESISTANT, SO, AND EACH OFFICER WILL GET ONE.

THEY'LL HAVE 'EM WITH IT AT ALL TIMES.

UH, IN THE EVENT THEY, UH, ENCOUNTER A THREAT NO, WITH A RIFLE.

DO WE ALL GET ONE, UH, SOUVENIR ? NO.

I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE GRANT FOR THIS .

OH, CHUCK, I WANT YOU.

COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

ALL MOTION.

I SECOND ASSIGNED TO A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

MORALE, MORALE.

APPROVED PURCHASE OF TWO KUBOTA KX 0 33 DASH FOUR R THREE, A COMPACT EXCAVATORS FROM A LEAF MOTORS VIA BUYBOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 6 85 DASH 22 FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $105,197 AND 48 CENTS.

CHIEF ITEM 10.

UH, CONSIDERATION

[10. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of two Kubota KX033-4R3A compact excavators from Elliff Motors, via Buyboard Contract Number 685-22, for the total amount of $105,197.48.]

POSSIBLE ACTION

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MAYOR COMMISSIONERS NEEL GARCIA, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

UM, AN ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS THE PURCHASE OF OBVIOUSLY TWO CO, UH, COMPACT EXCAVATORS.

UM, THE PURCHASE OF THESE, UH, EXCAVATORS WILL ALLOW US, UH, AS WE SPOKE RIGHT NOW, AND MS. MONICA MADE A COMMENT.

OUR UTILITIES ARE, A LOT OF OUR UTILITIES ARE IN, UH, IN ALLEYWAYS.

IT'S, UH, VERY CONFINED SPACES.

UM, WE'RE IN SOME CASES WE'RE NOT, UH, ABLE TO GET OUR BACKHOES IN THERE.

AND, UM, FROM OUR SUPERVISORS EXPERIENCE, UH, A COMPACT EXCAVATOR, UH, GETS THE JOB DONE A LOT EASIER.

UM, I BELIEVE, MAYOR, YOU WERE THERE WHEN WE HAD THAT 12 INCH, UH, WATERLINE BREAK THERE.

YES, EXACTLY.

UM, CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE ONE, WHICH KIND OF HAS RAN ITS COURSE AS WELL, THE EXCAVATOR THAT WE HAVE.

UM, CONSTANT LITTLE THINGS HERE AND THERE THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE IT INTO THE SHOP.

UM, SO WHEN I PULL THAT ONE OUT TO DO A, A MAJOR REPAIR OF THAT NATURE OF A 12 INCH WATER LINE, UM, THEN I HAVE TO PUT THE SMALLER, UH, LINES THAT ARE IN ALLEYS ON THE BACK BURNER.

SO THEN THAT KIND OF SLOWS DOWN PROCESS.

SO GETTING TWO OF THESE WILL KIND OF KEEP, UH, OPERATIONS AND, AND, AND GETTING THESE WORK ORDERS DONE ON, ON THE PASTURE BASE PACE FOR ANY QUESTION? ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, MAYOR, I DO.

UM, I, I ALWAYS SEE THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE.

I GUESS THIS IS A QUOTE.

YES, MA'AM.

WHY? I KNOW WE HAVE A NPE THAT'S HERE LOCAL, AND I KNOW WE PREACH ALL DAY ABOUT BUYING LOCAL.

WHY ISN'T THERE A, UH, QUOTE FROM NPE FOR AVAILABILITY? UM, I DID GO TO, WE DID REACH OUT TO THEM.

UH, WE DIDN'T GET ANY, ANY QUOTES.

UH, WE DID GET SOME FOR BACKHOES AND, UH, FOR OUR FRONT END LOADERS.

UM, I DID.

AND THEN ONCE WE WENT FOR THIS SPECIFIC, UH, COMPACT EXCAVATOR, UH, I DID REACH OUT TO KUBOTA.

UM, THERE WAS AVAILABILITY HERE IN HARLINGEN.

UH, THEY ARE HOLDING ONE, UH, UH, RIGHT NOW.

THEY RECEIVED THE OTHER ONE, I BELIEVE THIS WEEK.

SO, UM, I'LL BE ABLE TO GET THOSE AS SOON AS I GET 'EM A PO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COME AND DROP THOSE OFF.

I DID ALSO REACH OUT TO ANOTHER VENDOR, UM, BOBCAT, WHICH IS ANOTHER, UH, MAKE THAT THEY, UH, THAT THEY TYPE OF EXCAVATOR AS WELL.

UM, THEY GOT THE QUOTE A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO ME A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN I, THAN I NEEDED IT.

UM, THE PRICES WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER EITHER WAY.

UM, AND FOR AVAILABILITY AND FOR, UH, LEAD TIME PURPOSES, UH, WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THIS.

MAYOR, IF I MAY, I MADE A PHONE CALL TODAY, ACTUALLY ABOUT MAYBE FOUR HOURS AGO TO NPE.

THEY SENT ME A QUOTE WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND THEY HAVE IT IN STOCK.

AND THEN WE DID LOOK AT LIKE, YOU KNOW, AVAILABILITY.

AND THEIR SAN ANTONIO COULD HAVE IT TO US ASAP.

SO I'M WONDERING WHEN WE, I I JUST, I HAVE A THING THAT WE PREACH.

I KNOW THE MAYOR DOES, AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER, UH, SANCHEZ DOES ABOUT BUYING LOCAL MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, AND I'M PRETTY SURE HAREN BUYS FROM THEIR HAREN.

WE NEED TO START DOING THAT.

IF WE HAVE AN ENTITY HERE THAT IS CAPABLE, UM, AND HAS A FEASIBILITY THAT WE NEED, WE NEED TO, WE NEED IT AS COMMISSION, I FEEL, SEE THEM QUOTES TOO.

NOT JUST COME TO THE TABLE WITH JUST ONE ALL THE TIME.

UM, 'CAUSE IF I'M GONNA PREACH IT, MY GOD, I'M GONNA HOLD MYSELF TO THAT.

AND I WOULD LIKE MR. SANDOVAL, UM, TO HAVE OUR DIRECTORS DO THAT AS WELL.

ALWAYS COME HERE FIRST.

YOU KNOW, WE PRAISE ON SHOPPING LOCAL AND STUFF, AND I'M GONNA, I AS A COMMISSIONER ARE GONNA HOLD IF WE HOLD OUR COMMUNITY TO DO THAT.

MY GOD, I'M GONNA HOLD OUR STAFF TO DO IT.

SO, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS IF WE MAY, TO GET MAYBE SOME MORE INFORMATION.

UM, I TALKED TO A, I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS ROBERT AT MPE.

MM-HMM.

AND I KNOW YOU AND FRED HAVE, ACTUALLY RICK TOLD ME THAT Y'ALL WENT LAST WEEK AND SAID THE SAME THING, THAT WE WANNA SHOP LOCAL, THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH US.

I SPOKE TO ROBERT TODAY.

YES.

I'VE WORKED WITH MR. ROBERT.

WE, WE ENDED UP GETTING OUR ROACH ROOM FROM HIM.

MM-HMM.

UM, LIKE I SAID, WE REACHED OUT TO HIM AND THIS ACTUALLY BID WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

SO I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE FOR THE INFORMATION, AND I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHY HE DIDN'T RESPOND OR GO THROUGH PROPER PROTOCOL AND GO THROUGH OUR DIRECTOR IF THEY REACHED OUT AND TRIED TO GET INFORMATION FROM HIM.

I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT PLACE WE WERE BEFORE IN THE CITY TO WHERE IT'S LIKE, OH, HERE'S MY FRIEND AND THE COMMISSIONER.

HEY, HERE'S A CODE.

GET IT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT AGAIN.

SO, SURE.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA KNOW IS WHY HE DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR DIRECTOR WHO REACHED OUT TO HIM AND GO THROUGH THE PROPER PROCESS AND, AND PROTOCOL THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO.

I'LL CHECK WITH, UH, MY STAFF AS WELL, IF THEY RECEIVED ANYTHING.

LIKE I SAID, WE DID REACH OUT FOR OTHER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, UH, DO YOU HAVE IT, UM, AVAILABLE.

SOME OF THE UNITS WERE ALSO, UH, USED.

UM,

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UM, AND WHEN CAN WE RECEIVE 'EM.

LIKE I SAID, UH, ONCE I TALKED TO THE GENTLEMAN OVER AT KUBOTA, THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, I HAVE 'EM HERE IN STOCK.

SO AS SOON AS, UH, YOU GET ME A, A QUOTE, THE FURTHEST I LOOKED, IT WAS MAYBE CORPUS.

UM, BUT THEN ONCE I KIND OF REACHED OUT HERE AND THEN TO THE MACALLAN VENDOR, UM, THEY KIND OF GAVE ME THE, THE QUOTES WERE PRETTY SIMILAR.

LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS MAYBE A HUNDRED THOUSAND MM-HMM.

UM, AND THEN WHAT WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THAT ONE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, LEAD TIME AND THE AVAILABILITY.

THEY DID HOLD OFF ONE FOR US.

UH, IT'S SITTING THERE IN THEIR YARD.

UM, THEY WERE JUST WAITING ON THE NEXT ONE.

SO, UM, BUT I CAN REACH OUT AGAIN TO MI MR. ROBERT, LIKE I SAID, I'VE, I, WE'VE PURCHASED, UH, EQUIPMENT FOR STREETS.

UM, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF WEEK TIMES.

AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING, AND THAT'S GOOD TOO.

BUT IF THEY WANT THE BUSINESS, THEY ALSO NEED TO COME TO US.

IT'S NOT JUST YOUR DOCTOR.

AND I CAN TOUCH BASE WITH THEM IF YOU'D LIKE, UH, WITH THEM TOMORROW AND REACH OUT TO SEE WE, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, JUST OPPORTUNITY.

I MEAN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KEEP OUR BUSINESS HERE IF WE CAN.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I TOLD ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND I TRY TO PRACTICE THAT MYSELF.

MAYOR AND I HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION SEVERAL TIMES.

SO I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE HERE.

I JUST THINK THERE'S, SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE A LITTLE ISSUE WITH, YOU KNOW, AVAILABILITY AND WHEN IT CAN BE DELIVERED AND HOW THAT, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.

AND, AND THEY, THEY DO HAVE IT.

NO, NO.

I YOU NOT THAT PART.

WHAT I MEAN IS, AND NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM OR THESE ITEMS, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA SHOP HERE FIRST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK OUR WAY OUT ACCORDINGLY.

CAN WE, UH, IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO HAPPEN TO, UH, TABLE THIS, CAN WE GIVE DIRECTION TO THE, UH, CITY MANAGER? YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOES, YOU KNOW, THERE, THE EQUIPMENT IS A NEED, RIGHT? YES.

IT'S A NEED.

SO IF IT DOES HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, AVAILABILITY, AVAILABILITY HERE IN SANTO, AND QUICK, CAN WE JUST DIRECT THE, CAN WE HEAR FROM OUR ATTORNEY FIRST BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY WHAT TYPE OF PROCUREMENT WAS DONE? THANK YOU.

YEP.

SO IF I'D LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, SO WHENEVER IT'S A BUYBOARD, CAN YOU COME JUST, JUST SO THAT IT CAN BE RECORDED? IF NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE RECORDED THOUGH.

STEPHANIE EZ, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

SO, WHENEVER OR DIRECTORS GO THROUGH A BUYBOARD, THERE'S A SPECIFIC REASON WHY AS PER PROCUREMENT, IF THEY'RE USING A BUYBOARD, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED.

THE THREE QUOTES, HOWEVER, MOST OF THEM DO, DO THE THREE QUOTES, OR AT LEAST REQUEST IT FROM OTHER VENDORS.

'CAUSE I'VE SEEN IT.

UM, HOWEVER, IF THEY DO WITH THE BUYBOARD, WE DO GET SOME, SOME MONIES BACK FROM THEM, FROM IT, FROM BUYING FROM, UM, THE PIPELINE.

UH, YES.

SO BUYING FROM, UM, AN EX, NOT EXCLUSIVE, BUT ONE OF OUR CO-OPS.

SO EVERY YEAR AS MUCH PURCHASES AS WE DO, WE RECEIVE A CHECK.

IN FACT, WE JUST GOT IT.

UM, I COULD GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ALL HOW MUCH WE GOT FOR THIS YEAR, BUT ALL OF OUR PURCHASES ARE DONE THROUGH BUYBOARD.

WE SUBMITTED, AND THEN WE GET LIKE A REBATE FOR IT.

AND THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE DIRECTORS AIM MORE TO GO WITH THE, WITH THE BUYBOARD, UH, VENDOR BECAUSE THEY GET THE SALES FROM IT, AND THEN WE GET SOMETHING BACK.

HOWEVER, I DO UNDERSTAND, UM, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE A COMPARISON OF PRICES.

AND OF COURSE, THIS IS BY BOARD AS WELL.

NP WAS BY BOARD THE QUOTE.

I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A LEAD TIME OR THE FACT THAT IT, I, I, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE ROUTE THAT EACH DIRECTOR TAKES, BUT THAT'S THE PROCUREMENT, IT'S FOLLOW.

SO IF IT'S A BY BOARD, WE WOULDN'T REQUEST THE, THE THREE CODE PRESUMED TO BE THE LOWEST MM-HMM.

BUT NOT NECESSARILY PRESUMED.

BUT IF YOU DON'T GO OUT AND YOU DON'T LOOK EXACTLY, BUT IF WE DO GO OUT, WE NEED TO DO IT PROPERLY AND THEY NEED TO DO IT PROPERLY AS WELL.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT ACROSS TO.

I MEAN, JUST AS MUCH AS A BENEFIT AS IT IS, AS IT IS TO US AND OUR CITIZENS, IT'S A BENEFIT TO THEM AND THEIR BUSINESS.

SO THEY NEED TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE OF FOLLOWING THE PROCESS PROPERLY.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ OR COMMISSIONER MORALES, THE TABLE.

THE TABLE.

THIS.

AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, SECOND.

A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

YOU WANNA TAKE THAT? OKAY.

TABLE THIS.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 11, 12, AND 13.

UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND TABLING UNTIL WE HAVE OUR JOINT MEETING WITH THE, WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WHY? I'M SORRY.

WHY? UM, WE'RE HAVING, UH, A JOINT SESSION.

WE'RE HAVING A, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL LATE, SO IT WASN'T ON MY SCHEDULE.

BUT WHY ARE WE WAITING IF IT WAS ALREADY DISCUSSED AT THE A DC? UH, NOT ALL OF THESE WERE DISCUSSED AT THE A DC.

THAT'S WHY COMMISSIONER NUMBER 11 WASN'T DISCUSSED.

NUMBER 11 WAS, AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE OUT AND TAKE ACTION ON THAT, THAT'S FINE.

I WOULD SURE

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SURE.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

APPROVE AND RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MS. JULIA LANDRUM AS INTERIM DIRECTOR, EX INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN MANINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INCORPORATED, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023.

YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? YES.

MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1.

I AGREE.

CAN WE, UH, CAN WE SKIP THIS ONE AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE? OR, UH, WE ARE GOING INTO, UH, TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I THOUGHT THE OTHERS WERE OKAY.

NO, NO.

UH, WE STILL GOT THE 14.

WELL, 12 AND 13 IS ITEM NUMBER TABLE.

ITEM NUMBER 15.

THEY'RE GONNA TABLE, WE WILL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

Y'ALL WANT TO DO 14? YEAH.

THAT WAY WE, YEAH, WE CAN FINISH WITH THAT AND THEN JUST COME BACK OUT.

MM-HMM, .

NUMBER 14, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO IMPROVE AND ADOPT THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO INVESTMENT POLICY.

UM, AND THEN, UH, MOTION TO, IF WE CAN GO SKIP, UH, 11, 12, AND 13, THEN GO INTO, UH,

[14. Consideration and possible action to approve and adopt the City of San Benito Investment Policy.]

IT'S COLLATERALIZED ALWAYS.

GOOD EVENING, STEPHANIE.

COMMISSIONER, MAYOR.

UM, STEPHANIE ENA, FINANCE DIRECTOR.

SO THIS IS A COMMON PRACTICE.

WE TAKE THE INVESTMENT PUBLIC, UH, ASSESSMENT, UM, POLICY EVERY YEAR.

UH, THIS YEAR.

UH, WE DID MAKE SOME UPDATES TO IT JUST FOR IT TO BE MORE, MORE CLEAR.

UM, I DID ADD ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT DOCUMENTS FOR, YOU COULD SEE THE ONE BY ONE, THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE.

THE FIRST CHANGE MADE, UH, WAS THE WORDING OF IT.

NOW WE'RE BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC WHERE OUR, UM, INTEREST AND OR INVESTMENT FOR THE LONG OVER THE LIFE PERIOD OF THE INVESTMENT.

LIKE THEY DON'T, WE DON'T NEED TO GET SOME SORT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR US TO BE COLLATERALIZED.

WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO BE.

UM, THE OTHER ONE, UH, WE USED TO HAVE A SAMPLE OF A INVESTMENT PROVIDER CERTIFICATION, WHICH COMMONLY EVERY BANK PROVIDES IT TO US.

SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO HAVE THE SAMPLE IN THERE.

AND THE THIRD ONE, THE NAME FOR, UH, ONE OF OUR FIRM'S REPRESENTATIVE CHANGE.

SO FROM DUNCAN WILLIAMS, IT'S NOW SOUTH STATE DUNCAN WILLIAMS. SO THOSE WERE THET THE THREE CHANGES THAT WE MADE FOR THE INVESTMENT POLICY.

AND IT'S JUST THAT IT NEEDS TO GET BROUGHT FOR COMMISSION EVERY, EVERY UPDATE WE DO AND EVERY YEAR.

MR. ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

NONE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BACK.

COMMISSIONER MORRA.

SECOND BACK.

COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

SO ITEM NUMBER 15, EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[15. Executive Session]

CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, 5 0 2 0.01071 TO DISCUSS PRIVILEGE COMMUNICATION PROTECTED BY ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE.

AND THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 1 AND WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

GO AHEAD.

THE TIME IS, UH, 6 31.

AND WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

MR. SANDON? YES, SIR.

UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS ON RECOMMENDATION BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

UH, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND TABLING ITEM 12 AND 13.

MOTION TO TABLE AS, UH, ITEM 12 AND 13.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RATIFICATION THE APPOINTMENT WITH JULIA LANDER.

TAKE ON ITEM NUMBER 11,

[11. Consideration and possible action to approve the ratification of the appointment of Ms. Julia Landrum as Interim Executive Director for the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, Inc., effective November 28, 2023.]

INTERIM DIRECT, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INCORPORATED, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 28TH.

2023.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? WAIT, ARE THEY GONNA PRESENT? THEY DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK BEFORE WE MOVE BACK THERE.

I MEAN, THEY CAN, YOU'VE GOT, I MEAN, IT'S, ALEX, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT? WE'RE JUST, WE'RE GONNA AGREE, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT A, THERE'S NOT A, THERE'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

WHAT, SO WE JUST PUT UP FOR NO REASON.

NO.

Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

UH, SO WHAT IYE, MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.