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[CALL TO ORDER]
THOSE ARE THE REGULAR MEETING OF CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION, MARCH 5TH, 2024.
THE TIME IS, UH, FIVE THIRTY ONE RU ROLL CALL PLEASE.
PRESENT MAYOR PRO PETRO GALVAN.
COMMISSIONER DEBORAH MORALES, PRESENT, COMMISSIONER, UH, CAROLYN SANCHEZ, WHICH IS ABSENT.
ITEM NUMBER TWO AND ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.
AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDARD FOR NUMBER THREE.
ITEM THREE FOR THE INVOCATION BY MR. DAVID FALE, A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES.
SUMMARY TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS, OR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS.
LORD, MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT NO MATTER THE DAY AND WHATEVER HARDSHIPS WE FACE, YOU ARE WITH US EXTENDING YOUR HAND IN LOVE.
HELP US TO BE OPEN TO YOUR GUIDANCE, KNOWING THAT YOU WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR US, ONLY ASKING IN RETURN, OUR WILLINGNESS TO DO GOOD AND HONOR YOU.
UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS ONE, THIS OPPORTUNITY ALSO, UH, MR. FAA, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HADN'T TALKED, UM, IN YOUR, THE LOSS OF YOUR DAD, I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT, YOUR DAD.
SO, UH, SINCE YOU'RE CONDOLENCES TO YOU ALL THE FAMILY BEHALF OF THE CITY.
[PROCLAMATION(S)]
NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE THE, UH, THE PROCLAMATION.PROCLAMATION FOR THE, UH, SEMIAL ROTARY INTERNATIONAL MAYOR STARTED OFF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, THE OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF SAN BENITO, CITY OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS.
WHEREAS THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTO, TEXAS WAS CHARTERED ON OCTOBER 19TH, 1919 AND IS CELEBRATING 104 YEARS OF SERVICE TO ITS COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD.
AND WHEREAS ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IS A WORLDWIDE SERVICE ORGANIZATION, FOUNDED ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 1905, WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF 1.4 MILLION PROFESSIONALS AND BUSINESS LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD, IN 46,000 CLUBS GROUPED INTO 529 DISTRICTS AND 34 ZONES.
AND WHEREAS THE ROTARY MOTTO, SERVICE ABOVE SELF INSPIRES MEMBER TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE, ENCOURAGE HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS AND PROMOTE GOODWILL AND PEACE IN THE WORLD.
AND WHEREAS ROTARY INTERNATIONAL'S VISION STATEMENT IS TOGETHER, WE SEE A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE UNITE AND TAKE ACTION TO CREATE LASTING CHANGE ACROSS THE GLOBE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OURSELVES.
AND WHEREAS THE ROTARY FOUNDATION IS A PUBLIC CHARITY THAT TRANSFORMS DONATIONS INTO LIFE CHANGING SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS SEVEN AREAS OF FOCUS, PROMOTING PEACE FIGHTING DISEASE, PROVIDING CLEAN WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE, SAVING MOTHERS AND CHILDREN SUPPORTING EDUCATION, GROWING LOCAL ECON ECONOMIES, AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE ROTARY CLUB OF SAN BENITO IS ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS FUNDED LOCALLY AND THROUGH THE ROTARY FOUNDATION, SUCH AS THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AT CALEND BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM, THAT ADDRESSES AND SUPPORTS EDUCATION AT THE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS.
AND WHEREAS THE ROTARY DISTRICT 5 9 3 0 SOUTH TEXAS AND ALL OF ITS CLUBS ARE COMMITTED TO PROMOTING PEACE AND OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR FAMILIES.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT IRA MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, CALL UPON THIS CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE, CELEBRATE THE A HUNDRED 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF, UH, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2024, AND CONGRATULATE, UH, OUR ROTARIANS TO, UH, FOR THEIR COMMITTEE CC COMMITTING THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WITNESS AWARE OF, I HAVE HERE SENT MY HAND ON THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH IN THE, UH, YEAR OF THE LORD, UH, 2024.
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WE CAN PLA UH, PLEASE HAVE ANY OF FELLOW ROTARIANS HERE TO TAKE A PICTURE UP FRONT.WE CAN PRESENT YOU THE PROCLAMATION.
WE COULD HAVE TO STAND IN THE FRONT.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL TAKE YOURS AND, OKAY.
I HAD TO THROW A, A SNEEZE FOR SAFETY MEASURE.
YOU WANT TO DO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS? SURE.
DOES ANY ANYONE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST BEFORE I READ THE LIST OF ANNOUNCEMENTS ON HERE? Y WANT ANYBODY WANNA SAY ABOUT THE ICE MONKEY? OH, YES.
UM, THIS PAST, WHAT WAS IT, SATURDAY? THE SATURDAY BEFORE LAST? YES.
UM, ICE MONKEY PUT ON A, A CAR CLUB, UH, SHOW FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I HOPE TO SEE MORE BUSINESSES, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW ME AND THE MAYOR AND, UH, PETE WIN AS WELL, COMMISSIONER PRO.
I ENCOURAGE, LIKE I SAY, I ENCOURAGE ALL, UM, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO, HEY, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO BRING THIS COMMUNITY BACK TO WHERE IT USED TO BE.
WE ALSO HAD THE, UH, THE ELKS LODGE, UH, 1661 HERE IN SANTO.
THEY DID THE, UH, I GUESS, UH, UM, LIKE A FIRST RESPONDERS LUNCH THAT, UH, THEY DID ON SATURDAY, THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY THE 25TH.
SO THEY, THEY INVITED AS MANY FIRST RESPONDERS.
IT WAS FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, PD, UH, EMS. THEY ALSO INVITED SOME OF US, MO MOST OF US.
AND, UM, BUT, UH, THEY, UH, THEY ALSO DID, UH, THEY'RE ALSO DOING WHAT THE, THE ROTARY'S DOING.
THEY'RE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE.
I WANNA, I WANNA RECOGNIZE 'EM ALSO AND THANK THEM ALSO.
UH, WE ALSO HAD THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION THAT, UH, AND THE, WHERE THE FOOD BANK WAS.
AND WE DONATED CLOSE TO 400 MEALS OR TO THE, TO THE 400 FAMILIES.
SO, UH, WE GAVE OUT THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE FOOD BANK GAVE US.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THE, THE ROTARY CAME OUT AND HELPED US, VOLUNTEERED.
AND, UH, SOME OF US ALSO WERE THERE, MOST OF US.
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I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, ROTARY FOR BEING THERE AND HELPING US OUT.AND, UH, ALSO INDIVIDUAL FROM THE, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY ALSO THAT THEY WENT OVER THERE AND HELPED US OUT.
SO, AGAIN, ALL THIS, UH, UH, COMMUNITY THAT'S OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE CLUBS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUT THERE HELPING US OUT WHEN HELPING OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND JUST GIVING THE SERVICE AND LIKE THE, THE, THE MODELS IS SO, UH, SERVICE ABOVE SELF, UH, REALLY COMES OUT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, SHINE UPON THEM.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM ALSO.
MAYOR, I'LL CONTINUE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, FIRST OFF, WE HAVE OUR SECOND CITY HALL FOR ALL.
WE'LL BE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 14TH, FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM AT THE KENNEDY PARK PAVILION.
COME MEET WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY LEADERS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT, THE ANNUAL EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH FROM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM TO NOON AT THE SAN BENITO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
NEXT, THE MARKET DAYS ON HISTORIC ROBERTSON STREET IS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM NEXT.
AS A REMINDER, DO NOT FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS ONE HOUR AHEAD BEFORE GOING TO BED ON SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH, AS DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEGINS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 10TH AT 2:00 AM NO EXCUSES EMPLOYEES.
JOIN US ON MARCH 22ND AND 23RD FOR THE HOG WAD.
2024 VIP TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON CITY OF SANTO.COM OR THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE, LITTLE JOE ILA FAMILIA HEADLINES ON MARCH 22ND.
AND AB CANTAN HEADLINES ON MARCH 23RD.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANY COMMISSIONERS? NOTHING ELSE.
UM, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY, UM, OUR PAST, UM, MARKET DAYS WHEN WE HAD, UM, IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.
UH, I KNOW THEY HAD SOMETHING THEY FACILITATED FOR THE CHILDREN.
SO WHENEVER YOU HAVE CHILDREN COMING, YOU GOT YOUR PARENTS COMING AND THEY'RE WILLING TO SPEND MONEY
SO IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT WITH THE DINOSAUR EXHIBIT.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE SHOP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING THAT PROMOTES IT.
AND, AND GUYS, WE'RE HERE TO PROMOTE YOU AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO.
AND ALSO, UM, ON THE HOG GU, I KNOW I'VE READ SOME ON FACEBOOK THAT THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE BUYING THEIR VIP IF THEY JUST WANNA BUY ONE TICKET FOR VIP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOTTEN TO YOU GUYS YET.
I THINK THEY'RE SAYING YOU CAN ONLY BUY AS A GROUP.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT, COMMISSIONER.
THE BLACK TOURNAMENT FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I, WELL TO PUT FREE ON THE ADVERTISEMENT WITH FREE ADMISSION BESIDES V IP CAN'T GO OUT MILL ON THAT ANNOUNCE, SAY FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
IT DOES, I THINK IT SAY FREE GENERAL ADMISSION.
IT DOES, IT DOES ON THE BOTTOM.
YEAH, I THINK THAT THIS SMALL.
SO WE HAVE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BIKE TOUR ON MARCH 16TH.
LOTS OF FUN FOOD AND EVENTS HERE AT THE OSAKA HAVEN TRAIL TO START OFF THE RACE.
WELL BRING YOUR BIKES,
UH, NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE OUR FINANCIALS.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS (Speaker remarks limited to three minutes)]
I'M SORRY.RUTH, ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE, UH, NO ES, MS. MONTE.
HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS NOELLA MONES FOR THE RECORD, MY ADDRESS IS 2 7 3 3 4 EARLY ROAD SANTO, TEXAS 7 8 5 8 6.
UM, I TOOK A LOOK AT THE AGENDA BEFORE, WAS RUNNING AN ERRAND AND I HAPPENED TO CATCH IT IN TIME.
I MADE A MISTAKE, I THINK ON THE NOTE, I MIGHT HAVE PUT NUMBER FOUR OR NUMBER FIVE.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION, AND I THOUGH THIS MIGHT NOT BE A DISCUSSION TOPIC.
AND THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS 'CAUSE I SENT AN EMAIL IN THE, UH, THE EARLIER PART OF FEBRUARY TO A FEW CITY EMPLOYEES AND TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
AND I DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE ONLY FROM MS. GOODMAN, AND I BELIEVE MS. SANCHEZ.
SO I FIGURED, WELL, PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET IT DONE PUBLICLY.
THE QUESTION AND THE CONCERN I HAVE IS REGARDING THE EDC AND OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, WHO I HEAR IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE AS A CITIZEN IS, IN THE PAST, A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON THIS COMMISSION HAVE BEEN KIND OF FLIP FLOPPING.
SO I, AS A CITIZEN, AM CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN AS FAR AS INCLUDING MR. SANDOVAL IN THE EDC.
WHAT FUNDS WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THAT? HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA BE CONSIDERED A STIPEND, A BONUS? WHAT, UM, TO WHAT LEVEL OR TO WHAT EXTENT OUR TAXPAYER MONEY WILL BE
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UTILIZED, ONLY BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE DENIED THAT IN THE PAST, AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK AND IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING AS A CITIZEN.I, UM, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT I THINK WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO DRIVE DOWNTOWN TO GO TO MARKET DAYS.
THE COMMUNITY IS VERY INVOLVED TO HEAR THE ROTARY IS DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT SOME OF THESE OTHER, UM, BUREAUCRATIC PROCESSES AND THINGS, UM, THAT, THAT CAN GET US INTO SOME ISSUES, QUITE FRANKLY.
I JUST THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MINUTES ARE BACKLOGGED TO THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR.
SO AS A CITIZEN, I HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD.
I CANNOT COME TO EVERY MEETING.
SO LIKE, EVEN NOW I'M GONNA SPEAK AND I REALLY HATE THIS, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE 'CAUSE I HAVE TO GO TAKE CARE OF MY SON.
UM, BUT JUST KIND OF LIKE THOSE MINUTES WOULD BE GREAT TO KIND OF REVIEW WHAT CHANGES.
I DON'T WANNA READ THAT IN MY RGV TWO WEEKS LATER.
YOU KNOW, I WANNA LIKE, SEE AFTER THE MEETING, SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND, UM, I AM KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
I, I AM GONNA TRY AND MAKE IT TO THE CITY HALL FOR ALL.
AND, UM, I DID COMMENT AND I DID GET A FEEDBACK ON A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOUT, ABOUT THIS CHANGE.
AND, AND MY CONCERN WAS WITH THE EDC AND THE BOARD MEMBERS CHANGING.
AND IF YOU DO GOOGLE, SAN BENITO, EDC, OH, MY, THERE ARE MANY ARTICLES.
SO I JUST WOULD, UM, CAUTION AND ADVISE THAT WE TREAD LIGHTLY AND THAT THESE THINGS ARE BEING LOOKED AT.
I'M CERTAINLY FOLLOWING AND KEEPING TRACK OF THAT, AND I REALLY WISH YOU THE BEST AND HOPE THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE ARE CONSISTENT, NOT JUST BASED ON PERSONALITY, BUT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE CITY AND WHAT IS ETHICAL.
[PRESENTATION(S)]
PRESENTATIONS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
STEPHANIE SANANDO, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, UM, HAVE ATTACHED A PRESENTATION OF THE FINANCIALS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
ON PAGE NUMBER TWO, YOU WOULD FIND A BALANCE SHEET WITH A TOTAL ASSET FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, ENDING ON 31ST, 2024 OF 21,799,994, AS OF COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, AND DURING THE SAME MONTH OF 19,824,413.
IF YOU MOVE FORWARD TO PAGE NUMBER THREE, YOU WOULD HAVE A TOTAL LIABILITIES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY OF 3,547,714, AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR DURING THE SAME TIME OF 2,708,000 106 TELEPHONE BALANCE AND LIABILITIES.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, IN THE ASSETS, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE HAVE 21,799,995 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 19,824,413.
IF YOU MOVE FORWARD TO PAGE NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE OUR REVENUE EXPENDITURE REPORT.
UM, TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE HAVE, UM, A MILLION 157,752.
ACTUAL, WE HAVE 8 MILLION 125,000 147.
ON PAGE NUMBER FIVE, YOU WILL HAVE OUR TOTAL OF EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH, MONTH TO DATE.
ACTUAL, IT'S 1,000,300 AND 90,907 AS OF COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, DURING THE SAME MONTH OF 1,000,300 86,299.
YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL, WE HAVE A TOTAL EXPENSES OF 4,913,774 REVENUES UNDER EXPENSES OF 233,000 155 FOR THE MONTH, YEAR TO DATE, ACTUAL WE ARE REVENUES OVER EXPENSES OF 3,211,373, FOLLOWED BY THAT ON PAGE NUMBER SIX.
UM, FOR THIS MONTH, WE WERE NOT, UM, PRESENTING SALES TAX BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE THREE MONTHS TO ACTUALLY HAVE CLEAR NUMBERS.
BUT I'D LIKE TO ADD THIS SHEET THAT MR. GOODMAN HAD, UM, MADE, MADE A COMMENT TO US THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, UH, A COMPARISON YEAR TO YEAR ON THIS ONE, YOU WOULD SEE HOW WE RECEIVED WHAT WE RECEIVED EACH YEAR ON EACH MONTH, AND THEN AT THE END, YOU SEE IF THAT INCREASE OR DECREASE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IT MORE CLEAR WHENEVER WE DO GET IT IN A SCREEN, BUT ON THE RED ONE, THAT'S HOW WE'RE DOING.
UM, YOU WOULD SEE THAT ON JANUARY WE HAVE A $500,000.
WE HAVEN'T PASSED IT THREE MONTHS, SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE.
UM, BUT WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS, THAT THAT NUMBER, IT'S GONNA BE ACCURATE AND CHANGE.
SO ON NEXT MONTH'S FINANCIAL, WE WILL PRESENT WHAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE FOR JANUARY.
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THERE'S A 90 DAY LAG.THERE'S A 90 DAY LAG BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO PAY THEIR SALES TAX FOR THAT MONTH, AND WE GIVE THEM 90 DAYS TO PAY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE NORM.
IF YOU SEE IT ON THE, THE NORMAL SALES TAX THAT I, THAT I PUT IN, ON THE VERY BOTTOM, IT SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT THE 90 DAYS.
I, I, I'VE LOOKED AT OTHER COMMUNITIES, I DON'T SEE THAT SAME 90.
WELL, BECAUSE WE USE, WE USE ACCRUAL BASIS AND THEY DO TOO.
EVERYBODY, THERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER.
WE ARE STILL RECEIVING FOR THE FOLLOWING TOO MUCH THE STATE.
IT'S THE STATE GIVING IT TO US LATE, NOT US PRESENTING, LIKE YES.
AND IF I PRESENT YOU WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE, WHAT WE'VE GAINED TO THE DAY THAT I PRESENTED FOR THAT MONTH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ACCURATE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TWO MONTHS.
WE ALLOW THEM TWO OTHER MONTHS FOR THEM TO SUBMIT THEIR SALES TAX.
SO WE WON'T ACTUALLY SEE A FINAL NUMBER FOR DECEMBER UNTIL, WELL, FOR DECEMBER YOU DID SEE IT BECAUSE NOW WE'RE IN, IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THE LAST FINANCIALS WE'RE IN MARCH, MARCH, MARCH.
SO YOU DID THAT NUMBER, IT'S ACCURATE.
BUT THEN IN JANUARY, WE STILL NEED TO WAIT FOR MARCH TO END.
BUT IF YOU SEE ON THE PRIOR MONTH, WE WERE 5.3 UP.
SO THAT JUST MEANS THAT PEOPLE PAID AHEAD.
BUT I WANNA BE 5% EVERY MONTH UP.
I WISH I COULD, I COULD HAVE A SAY ON THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, THIS WILL BE ADDED TO OUR MONTHLY FINANCIALS WITH THE ACTUAL SHEET OF WHAT WE RECEIVED EVERY MONTH FOR SALES TAX.
BUT THIS FOR EVERY, FOR EVERYONE TO SEE YEAR TO YEAR, HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN DOING MONTH AFTER MONTH.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS, STEPHANIE, BECAUSE YES, SEEING TRENDS IS ALWAYS SOMETHING I LIKE TO LOOK AT.
WHO'S, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD IT BE TO GO AFTER PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT, UH, UP TO DATE? IS IT THE COMPTROLLER, IS IT? OR DO WE HAVE SOMEONE IN-HOUSE? IT'S THE COMPTROLLER.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT PROBABLY LIVE ON THE BORDER AND THEN THEY, THEY FILE HARLINGEN, THEY DON'T FILE SAN BENITO.
I'VE SEEN THAT PROBLEM AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING JUST TO YEAH, YOU HAVE LEAKAGE EVERYWHERE.
I WENT TO A QUESTION, I WENT TO A LOCAL BUSINESS TOO NOT LONG AGO HERE, AND THEY DIDN'T CHARGE ME SALES TAX.
AND I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
DID YOU ASK, MAYBE IT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR AND THE PRICE OF THE ITEM? YEAH.
I MAYBE NOT ITEMIZING YOUR RECEIPT, BUT MAYBE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF YOUR ITEM.
THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATURE ADDED A FEW ITEMS THAT DIDN'T NEED SALES TAX, FOR EXAMPLE, DIAPERS.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, STEPH.
I'D LIKE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
IF Y'ALL RECALL WHEN, UH, BACK IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TOLD YOU WE WERE GONNA APPLY FOR A GLO RESILIENCY GRANT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY GOT WORD LAST WEEK THAT THAT GRANT WAS AWARDED.
UH, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CONTRACTING IT AS WE SPEAK.
UH, WE WILL GET OFFICIAL NOTICE WHEN WE, WHEN THEY FINISH THE CONTRACT, BUT THAT'S FOR $250,000 FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, EVEN MAYBE EVEN, UH, SOME OF OUR ORDINANCES AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT QUALIFY.
SO THERE NO, NO MATCH ON THAT.
AND, UH, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT TO US.
SO I WANNA THANK RUTH AND, AND JASMINE FOR HELPING ME PUT IT TOGETHER WITH, UH, THE HELP OF DONALD BRINKMAN FROM CSRS.
UH, I THINK IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO UPDATING OUR PLANS AND, AND USING THAT MONEY WISELY.
THANK YOU MR. SANDAL FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO US.
JUST LIKE YOU'RE 5.6 EVERY MONTH.
WELL, WE STILL, UH, GIRLS, WE STILL NEED SOME MORE.
WELL, I STILL OWE HIM LUNCH FOR THAT, SO JUST OH, OKAY.
SO, OH, AND STEPHANIE HELPED TOO.
YEAH, SHE WAS THE ONE THAT PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION, SO, WELL AT LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GET, UH, WE'RE GETTING $250,000 TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, MOVE FORWARD.
AND, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE A VERY, UH, BIG STEP FOR GOING FORWARD FOR US, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FOR THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION ALSO AND, UH, LADIES, FOR DOING IT, UH, DOING ALL THE WORK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MM-HMM? NO.
[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]
OKAY.GOING INTO THE CONSENT, UH, ITEMS. I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU, DOES ANYBODY WANNA PULL? LET ME, UH, LEMME JUST READ IT.
LET ME, THE CONSENT ITEMS FOLLOWING ARE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ROUTINE OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE, UH, DISCUSSION OF, UH, THIS ITEMS UNLESS THE CITY COMMISSION.
SO REQUEST IN WHICH THE EVENT OF THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT ITEM AGENDA AND CONSIDERING ITS OWN, UH, NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA.
SO WE GOT THE ITEMS FROM ONE THROUGH SIX.
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SO COMMISSIONER, IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS, UM, OUTSIDE THE, ON THE CONSENT NOW'S THE TIME, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS ITEM FOUR, ITEM FOUR, ME AS WELL.SO ITEM AND, AND FIVE AS WELL PLEASE.
ITEM FOUR AND FIVE WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CONSENT.
ANY OTHER ONES? MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO I GOT TO, UH, FIRST, UH, BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYORAL TIM GALVAN FOR ITEMS 1, 2, 3, AND SIX AS A CONSENT ITEMS. SO DO I HAVE, I HAVE MOTION.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES FOR 1, 2, 3, AND SIX.
NOW ITEM FOUR, MAYOR, CAN WE TAKE ITEM FOUR TO EXECUTIVE PLEASE? YES, I THINK SO TOO.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES? YES.
HOW ABOUT DO, IS THAT THE ONLY ONE? DO WE TAKE FIVE ALSO? OR NO, NO, NO.
SO, UM, ITEM FOUR, UH, TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TAKE ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND THE CONSENT ITEMS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH G-D-G-G-D-J, THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO SAY THAN I THOUGHT.
UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, IF Y'ALL RECALL, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WHEN I FIRST TOOK, UH, THE HELM AS CITY MANAGER WAS, I BELIEVE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, GALVAN WAS CONCERNED ABOUT OUR GIS SYSTEM, THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT COMPLETE, THAT IT WASN'T, UH, UPDATED.
THIS, THIS CONTRACT WOULD, WOULD PUT US IN THAT POSITION.
UH, THE ENGINEERING COMPANY WILL COME IN AND, UH, MAP ALL OUR WATER, OUR SEWER, OUR DRAINAGE, DO ALL THE ELEVATIONS, POP MANHOLES.
IT'S, IT'S AN EXTENSIVE PROJECT, UH, WITH WHAT, WITH WHAT'S LACKING.
BUT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PUT US WHERE WE NEED TO BE FROM, UH, A GIS MAPPING STANDPOINT.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE'D MAINTAIN IT OURSELVES.
SO ESSENTIALLY THIS PUTS US IN A SHOVEL READY POSITION FOR ANY FUTURE PROJECTS AS WELL.
I'M GONNA BE REAL CAREFUL HOW I ANSWER THAT.
UH, WE WILL HAVE ALL THE DATA OKAY.
NECESSARY TO BECOME SHOVEL READY.
UM, SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION ABOUT THE UPDATING.
SO THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US THE, THE FRAMEWORK, THE FOUNDATION AND THE UPDATING IS UP TO US.
OR CAN WE, IS THERE ROOM FOR, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, RIGHT? SO, UM, ARE WE CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING? UH, I BELIEVE SO.
I MEAN, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY AT THIS POINT.
I THINK WE, WE, WE'D HAVE TO STAFF UP FOR THAT, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME OPTIONS WITH THE, WITH THE COMPANY, UH, AND SOME AND SOME OTHER, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT COULD COME IN AND PROVIDE THIS AT AN HOURLY, AT AN HOURLY RATE IF, IF NECESSARY, IF WE CAN'T STAFF UP.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
IT'S A LIVING PLAN, SO IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AS THEY'RE COMING IN.
SO, COURSE, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPLICATED ANSWER, BUT YES, IT COULD BE DONE EITHER INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY THROUGH CONTRACT.
WHERE ARE WE TAKING THESE FUNDS FROM? UM, WE, WE CAN DO IT OUTTA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR WE CAN TAKE IT THROUGH ARPA, EITHER ONE.
THEY THAT WE, WE'VE GOT EITHER ONE FOR THAT.
MY MY CONCERN IS, UM, IT IS AN AGREEMENT.
HAVE WE PASSED THIS THROUGH LEGAL? OF COURSE.
WHEN? WELL, HE GOT THE AGENDA.
I MEAN, WE, WE SENT IT TO HIM.
AND BECAUSE KNOW, I, I CALLED HIM EARLIER AND HE WAS JUST LIKE, WHICH ONE IS THIS ONE?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN, I CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH HIM TOMORROW BEFORE, UH, BEFORE ANY EXECUTION OCCURS.
I WOULD JUST, I JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH LEGAL, AND I KNOW HE, WE SEND HIM THE AGENDA, BUT ON AGREEMENTS LIKE THIS OR CONTRACTS THAT WE GET FEEDBACK FROM HIM, HEY, WHAT IS, IS THIS A GOOD ONE? IS IT A BAD ONE? WHAT CAN WE ADD? CAN WE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS THE CITIES IS PROTECTED? OKAY.
WELL, I LIKE THE IDEA, EVERYTHING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERED.
I'LL, I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH HIM.
I MEAN, I, I SPOKE TO HIM THIS AFTERNOON AND HE SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
SO, UH, BARRING ANYTHING TECHNICAL ON THE CONTRACT, I MEAN THE ACTUAL CONTRACT ITSELF, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD IT LOOKED OVER BY OUR CITY ENGINEER.
PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS, AND OF COURSE LEGAL.
[00:30:01]
IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A, A, A GOOD, A, A GOOD PROJECT AND, UH, VERY AFFORDABLE COMPARED TO MARKETPLACE.I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE GO THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS FOR SURE.
HE SIGNS OFF ON IT THAT YES, IT'S A GOOD ONE,
MOTION TO APPROVE AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO,
YOU SAID IT EASIER THAN I DID.
SO I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN FOR ITEM TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WE'RE GOING TO, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.UM, WE'LL DO, UH, EXIT AND, UH, ALSO TAKE, UH, PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, SECTION 5 5 2 0.01071 TO DISCUSS OUR PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION PROTECTED, UH, BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT, UH, PRIVILEGE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU READY? THE TIME IS, UH, SEVEN 15.
WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION]
UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE, MAYOR, I GET A MOTION BY MAYOR
SECOND, WELL MOTION TO APPROVE WITH WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE, SORRY, UH, RESEND AND THEN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS DISCUSSED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR PROTE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES AND THAT SHOULD BE IT.