[Special Commission Meetings on May 23, 2022.]
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THE SPECIAL MEETING COMMISSION TWO AND FIVE 30.
UM, RIGHT NOW I PRESENT FROM ITEM THREE.
UM, UH, ITEM THREE IS BERNARD HIGH SCHOOL, UH, OFFICER PRO PROCLAMATION RECOGNITION HIGH SCHOOL, TEXAS.
AND, UH, WHEREAS THE CITY WHERE HIGH DURING THE NINTH OF 2018 SCHOOL YEAR BY MR. RU LUIS, ONE OF THE SCHOOLS TEACHERS.
AND WHEREAS THE CLUB WORKS IN CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTO IN THE PERFORMANCE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, CHIEFLY THROUGH THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM WHEREIN THE CLUB CLEANS UP A PORTION OF SAN HOUSTON FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
AND WHERE SEVERAL OTHER KEY COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ADOPTION AWARENESS EVENTS, FOOD DRIVES FOR THE SANTO PANTRY, AND SEVERAL OTHER TRASH CLEANUP EVENTS.
WHEREAS THE STUDENTS OF SAN BE HIGH SCHOOL ROTARY INTERACT CLUB, SO STRIVE TO MAINTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO GIVE OF THEMSELVES TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF SANTO.
AND WHERE THE CITY SANTO KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATES THE MANY DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE STUDENT MEMBERS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CLUB.
NOW, THEREFORE, MAYOR SANTO COUNTY, TEXAS TREMENDOUSLY HIGH SCHOOL AND WISHES THEM A GREAT SUCCESS IN THEIR FUTURE.
AND I CALLED UPON THIS JOURNALIST TO THE ATTENTION OF ALL OUR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF SAN TEXAS AND WITNESS WHERE I HEAR UNTO MY HAND, THIS 2020 THIRD DATE OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD THOUSAND 22.
OKAY, LEMME JUST TAKE IT REAL QUICK AND MAKE SURE HERE.
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WE GO BACK TO ITEM, NO, MAYOR.MAY, DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT OR JUST, UH, MA'AM, HERE, LET, LET ME GO AHEAD AND, AND INTERJECT THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA ASK THIS MATTER TO BE TABLE.
AND THE REASON BEING IS IF YOU SAW THE LETTER FROM THE COUNTY JUDGE, IT WAS, UH, IMPORTANT BECAUSE TODAY WAS TO BE THE DAY THAT, UH, TITLE 42 WAS NO LONGER GONNA BE AN ENFORCE.
IT'S GONNA BE LIFTED, SO NO LONGER VALID.
SO AS A FRIDAY, A FEDERAL JUDGE IN LOUISIANA, UH, PUT A HOLD ON THAT UNTIL, UH, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION GOES THROUGH ALL OF THIS DUE PROCESS BEFORE IT CAN BE LIFTED.
SO IT'S GONNA OCCUR AT SOME POINT.
WE DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT ITSELF.
WE WERE HOPING THAT WE, WE PROBABLY, WE WERE GONNA RECOMMEND SOME TYPE OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL BASED ON SOME LANGUAGE THAT, AND MAINLY THE TERMINATION COSTS.
OKAY? SO, BUT, UH, SINCE THERE IS NO URGENCY ANYMORE BECAUSE OF IT, A FRIDAY'S MOVED BY THE FEDERAL JUDGE, WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND, AND FOR THIS, FOR THE MOMENT, THERE'S ALWAYS IMMEDIATE MERIT.
WE'RE RECOMMENDED THAT IT BE TABLED.
SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS? A MOTION BY MAYOR.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY MOTION PASSES.
ACTION TO APPROVE SOLUTION 2022 IS TO APPROVE APPLICATION ACCEPTANCE OF OPERATIONS SG GRANT 3 180 6 8 7 THAT THE OFFICER OF THE GOVERNOR ISSUED PERIOD PERFORMANCE OF MARCH 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 3, 20 21.
OPG AND POLICE CHIEF, GOOD EVENING MAYOR.
BODY POLICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS, STONEWATER AND GRANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THIS GRANT PROVIDES FUNDS WHERE THE OFFICERS SHOULD WORK OVERTIME IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO COORDINATE OPERATIONS AND INFORMATION SHARING WITH US BORDER PATROLS COURT BORDER SECURITY EFFORTS WITHIN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SECTOR.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PATROL RURAL AREAS IN ORDER TO REDUCE OFFENSES RELATED TO HUMAN SMUGGLING.
DRUG TRAFFICKING AND FIREARM SMUGGLING.
PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS EVERY YEAR MUST PASS THE RESOLUTION.
THIS RESOLUTION IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND HOW MANY, UH, OFFICERS WHO THEY REQUIRE AS FAR AS GOING THAT WITH YOUR HELP? UH, WELL, WE LIKE TO DO, SINCE THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT ON 2 81, WE LIKE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UH, ON A TWO MAN TEAM INSIDE THE UNIT.
SO, AND, UH, THEY DO CALL US AND ASK US, HEY, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE OFFICERS IN THIS AREA AT THIS TIME? AND WE DO SCHEDULE, WE DO COORDINATE WITH 'EM CERTAIN TIMES, OTHER TIMES, UH, WE PUT IN, DURING THE PEAK TIMES THAT THEY REQUEST FROM US.
SO WE'RE READY AT WHATEVER TIME THEY REQUEST.
UH, IF WE DO HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE, WE'LL SEND 'EM OUT THERE.
IF WE DON'T, UH, WE'LL ADVISE 'EM, HEY, LOOK, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, BUT THEY DO, WE DO GO TO BRIEFINGS AND WE DO GO TO INTEL BRIEFINGS AND THEY TELL US, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS THE AREA WE WANT YOU AT DURING THESE TIMES, AND WE'LL SCHEDULE OFFICERS TO GO OUT THERE.
MAYOR, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
THIS MEMORANDUM IS ACTUALLY THE TOOL THAT THE HOMELAND SECURITY OR BORDER PATROL AND THE COUNTY WERE GOING TO UTILIZE FOR US TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES THAT UNDER THE MEMORANDUM THAT WE JUST TABLED THEM.
SO IT IT, IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S REQUESTING THIS ASSISTANCE TO THE COUNTY UNDER THIS SAME PROGRAM.
SO AT 28,000 IS ALL YOU WERE GETTING PAID.
YOU MIGHT GET PAID MORE IN FUTURE YEARS, BUT NOT OUT OF THIS CURRENT YEAR.
AND PART OF IT, OUR CONCERN IS, WELL, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH OUR RESOURCES? SO I JUST, THAT WAS THE CONNECTION WITH THAT MEMORANDUM AND THIS STONE GARDEN OPERATION AND THE TITLE UNDER TITLE 42, UH, THAT'S HOW HOMELAND SECURITY WAS REQUESTING THIS ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE COUNTY.
SO, SO PAST THIS, WELL, IT, ARE WE IN THE HOOKUP AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? AND I THINK, UH, YEAH.
LET MR.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT? SO RIGHT NOW, THE RESOURCES ARE ACCORDING TO THIS CONTRACT.
AND WOULD YOU TELL 'EM EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO AND HOW WE PAY THIS? UH, WELL, THE WAY WE DO IT IS THAT THEY AWARD, ONCE WE ACCEPT THE GRANT, THEN WE HAVE TO PASS THE RESOLUTION, WHICH GIVES US THE, THE FUNDS.
LAST YEAR, I THINK WE RECEIVED, UH, I BELIEVE 17,000, APPROXIMATELY 17,000.
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AND THEN THE DODGE DURANGO, UH, POLICE UNIT, WHICH IS GONNA GET UTILIZED.AND SO IT'S, IT'S THE SAME THIS YEAR.
THEY PROVIDE THE OVERTIME FUNDS AND THEN WE HAVE OFFICERS WHO WORK IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE SUBMIT FOR A REIMBURSEMENT.
SO UP TO THIS DOLLAR, THE 28,000? YES.
WE DON'T, WE, WE STAY, WE ALWAYS TRY TO GIVE OURSELF A BUFFER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO OVER.
SO I I, I'VE REVIEWED BOTH ITEMS. I HAVE NO ISSUE AT ALL WITH ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
AND THE CITY'S COMMITMENT IS CLEARLY DEFINED, UH, THAT THE OBLIGATIONS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF A GRANT OF THE STONE GARDEN GRANT, THAT'S CLEARLY DEFINED TOO.
RIGHT? UH, THE RESOLUTION IS SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AND WE, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
SO THIS IS MORE OF A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY EXISTING, UH, PRIOR TO TODAY, CORRECT.
THE, THE RESOLUTION FOR THIS, FOR THIS ACTION IS WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING.
NOW, THIS ACTION ITEM, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY TOUCHES UPON THIS, BUT THOSE OBLIGATIONS ARE NOT WELL DEFINED AND THAT'S WHY WE'LL DISCUSS THAT MORE PRIVATELY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, JUST ONE QUESTION.
UM, HOW DO YOU CYCLE OUT THE OFFICERS, OR DO YOU, WHO DO YOU CHOOSE AND WHO SEND OUT THERE? DO THEY GO BY RANK? WE, WE PUT UP A SIGNUP SHEET AND WE ASK WHO WANTS TO WORK IT.
AND, UH, ONCE THEY, THEY FILL IT OUT, ALL THE OFFICERS FILL IT OUT, UH, WE'LL THROW OUT A SCHEDULE OUT THERE.
WE'LL LOOK AT THEIR, THEIR DAYS OFF AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND WE'LL PUT, WE'LL PUT 'EM OUT THERE.
USUALLY MOST OF 'EM COME INTO WORK ON THEIR DAYS OFF, ESPECIALLY ON THEIR LONG WEEKEND WHEN THEY HAVE FIVE DAYS OFF, THEY'LL COME IN AND WORK AN EIGHT HOUR DAY AND THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL GO HOME FROM THERE.
SO NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED TO WORK, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS THE WORK ACTIVITY? THE WORK ACTIVITY IS PRETTY MUCH, UH, THERE'S A CERTAIN SECTOR ON, ON FM 2 81 THAT THEY WANT US TO PATROL MORE VISIBILITY, UH, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S A TARGET FOR HUMAN SMUGGLING, UH, DRUG TRAFFIC AND STUFF THAT, SO THEY WANT OUR, OUR PRESENCE OUT THERE AND, UH, TO, AS A DETERRENCE.
AND OCCASIONALLY WE DO RUN INTO SOMETHING.
WE ARE, WE DO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
AND SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST PATROLLING THAT AREA.
CONDUCTING TRAFFIC PATROLLING 2 81? YES.
TWO 80 RIGHT NOW WE'RE STICKING JUST ON 2 81.
IS IT THE UNIT, UH, THAT WE GOT? IS THAT THE PARK? YES, IT'S MARKED.
I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THE, I'VE SEEN THE PARK THERE.
AND THE, THE NEW ONE WE TOOK OUT TO THE, THE HALL.
WELL, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE, WE TOOK IT OUT THERE.
UH, JUST TO, TO GET IT RUNNING.
'CAUSE UH, WE, WE HAVEN'T STARTED WORKING THIS OPERATION YET.
SO ONCE WE DO, THAT'S GONNA BE THE UNIT WE UTILIZE.
SO IT, UH, TO, YEAH, WE DON'T USE THE, THE UNITS THAT WE USE TO PATROL THE CITY.
THOSE ARE STRICTLY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR HERE TO RESPOND TO OUR CALLS FOR OUR AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY MOTION.
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT FOR S LIBERTY.
MJ FOR GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI ANO PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER.
FOR THE RECORD, WE CONTINUE TO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR SAKA FEST.
THE FESTIVE COMMUNITY EVENT CELEBRATES THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA WITH FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES, MUSIC, AND A SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS SHOW.
OVERLOOKING OUR BEAUTIFUL AKA BEFORE YOU IS A CONTRACT WITH LIBERTY FIREWORKS FOR SERVICES FOR A PROFESSIONAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONERS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE'LL PAY HALF OF IT, UH, IMMEDIATELY UPON EXECUTION OF THIS CONTRACT.
AND IN FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT, WE HAVE TO PAY THE BALANCE SO THEY'RE PAID IN FULL BEFORE THEY EVER WALK ON SITE.
DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE BY GARCIA.