[Special Commission Meetings on March 22, 2022.]
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THERE THE SPECIAL MEETING AT CITY SANTO CITY COMMISSION.
IT'S TUESDAY, MARCH 22ND, 2022.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, AND, UH, LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, YES MA'AM.
MS. LYNN? RE MS. RE HELLO FOR THE RECORD.
LYNN RE, UM, CITIZEN OF SAN BERNARD.
UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT I WANT TO COME IN HERE AND TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF FOR KEEPING THIS, THIS, UH, CITY RUNNING DURING THESE DIFFERENT DIFFICULT AND TOUGH TIMES.
UM, I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN EASY ON ANYBODY'S INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVE, BUT AS FAR AS I CAN SEE IS THE CITY'S COMING OUT BETTER ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE'S MORE COMMUNITY, THERE'S MORE UNITY AND THERE'S MORE HEARING GIVING.
AND THE OTHER THING, UM, THAT YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IS ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, THIS IS THE EIGHTH TIME I BROUGHT IT UP IN THREE YEARS, ASKING THE CITY, PLEASE LIVE, STREAM THE SPECIAL MEETINGS.
I KNOW I'M NOT BEING HEARD, BUT I AM LIVE STREAMING THIS.
AND HOPEFULLY THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO WILL STAND BEHIND ME IN AND DEMAND IT.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH LIVESTREAM.
WE USED TO DO IT BACK WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE VIDEO.
THE CAPABILITIES PART OF THE MONEY WAS PAID FOR OUT OF CITIZEN TAXPAYER MONEY.
AND WE NEED AND RESERVE TO HAVE THESE SPECIAL MEETINGS, INCLUDING THE BUDGETARY MEETINGS ON ZOOM, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE HESITANT TO COME OUT IN PUBLIC.
I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR WE SPEND MONEY ON UGLY EVENTS VIDEOTAPING, AND I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, IT WOULD GO OUT OF THE CITY'S WAY TO PUBLICIZE THE SPECIAL MEETINGS BECAUSE ON THE OTHER HAND, IT GIVES THE APPEARANCE OF HIDING SOMETHING OR PERHAPS THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.
I'M JUST SAYING THE APPEARANCE, THE APPEARANCE OF RAISING OUR RACE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO BE WHERE I'M RIGHT NOW AND I NEED TO CLOSE IT UP.
BUT THE RETALIATION FROM THE CITY AGAINST CITIZENS WHO SPEAK UP IS UNPRECEDENTED.
AND MANY, THIS IS WHERE I'M GONNA BE ASKING THE, UH, THE QUESTION THAT THE HEAD PARTY THAT I HAD A PHONE CALL.
YOU CAN, UH, POSE A QUESTION AND NOW THAT MR. SASSY'S HERE.
UH, UH, MR. SASSY, I HAD A PHONE CALL FROM A, FROM A PRIVATE CITIZEN, AND, UH, HE WAS ASKING THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE WATER RATES WAS GONNA BE DISCUSSED.
AND UH, SO HE KIND OF MENTIONED, SAID, WELL, SHOULDN'T THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? AND, UH, UH, HE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY ILLEGAL TO GO DO BUSINESS CITY, THE BUSINESS WHEN IT PERTAINS TO, TO THE CITY, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT THE CITY INFORMATION IS.
SO I'M ASKING YOU ON THIS EXECUTIVE SECTION WHERE THE WATER RATES THAT WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING.
NO, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S NO LEGAL VOTES OR ANYTHING, JUST DISCUSSION.
LET ME, LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY WHAT THE PARAMETERS OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ARE.
UH, THE CITY COMMISSION, FIRST OF ALL, UH, WHEN YOU ENACT AN ORDINANCE, YOU HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE, AND THOSE ARE PUBLIC, UH, AS IS THE DISCUSSION FOR THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS PUBLIC.
HOWEVER, ON ANY ISSUE, UH, IN WHICH THE CITY CONDITION OF WHICH IS TO CONFER WITH ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT LEGAL QUESTIONS, ABOUT LEGAL IMPLICATIONS, ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, INCLUDING, UH, THE, THE LEGAL ISSUES OR RAMIFICATIONS, UH, OR RELATED ISSUES RELATING LEGAL ISSUES REGARDING THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORDINANCE, THEY CAN CONSULT WITH THEIR ATTORNEY.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS, UH, TO, TO HAVE THAT CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO CONCERNING THOSE ISSUES.
UH, AND, AND SO YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY AS A, AS A BODY CALL TO, TO MEET WITH YOUR ATTORNEY, TO CONFER WITH YOUR ATTORNEY ABOUT ANY LEGAL ISSUES ATTENDED TO THAT,
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THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORDINANCE.UH, THEN WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO INTO THE SAFETY SESSION UNDER THE PARAMETERS.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, SESSION CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WATER 5 5 1 0 7 1 2 PERTAIN TO A WATER, UH, RATE ONUS.
AND, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 5 36 AND WE'RE GOING AND THE TIME IS, UH, 6 27.
WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, WE HAD THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ITEM ON EXHIBIT STATION ITEM AND WE GAVE TO PROCEED WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
DO I HAVE MOTION TO GARCIA? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
MOTION PASSES TO ADJOURN AND THE TIME IS, UH, 6 28.