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NOTICE A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION.
UH, RUTH, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? WELL, MAYOR, IT'S UP BECAUSE OF THE ELECTED, WE WANT TO SPEED IT UP.
ALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT EXCEPT COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS ]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.THE CITY SUBMIT TO IS, UH, INVITING THE COMMITTEE TO AN OPEN STYLE WORKSHOP TO, TO BE PROVIDED INPUT ON THE NEW, ON OUR NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY SUBMIT TO COMMITTEE BUILDING.
UH, NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 13TH, UH, FIVE O'CLOCK FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM COMMISSIONERS.
YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? NO.
WELL, THE ONLY THING IS, UH, YOU STILL HAVE, UM, ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OF, UH, VOTING TODAY.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS.RUTH, ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? UM, YES.
MS. CRUZ, I'M GONNA GIVE SOMETHING OUT.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF TO BODEGA.
SIR, I'M TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN CHANGE THE ORDINANCE TO THE CITY OR AMEND THE CITY ORDINANCE OF, OF THE PERMIT LIMIT FEES.
MA'AM, COULD YOU SPEAK? OH, OKAY.
AND YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? UM, MY NAME IS CAROLINA CRUZ.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF TRU BODEGA.
UM, I'M HERE TO SEE IF WE CAN AMEND, UH, DO AN AMENDMENT FOR THE CITY OR FOR PERMITS.
NOW, MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, EVERY TIME HE HAS, HE HAS AN EVENT OR A SIDEWALK, UH, MARKET EVENT.
NOW, THE OTHER CITIES IN BROWNSVILLE AND IN HARLINGEN, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT.
NOW, HE WANTS TO DO A, A FLEA MARKET INSIDE AN INDOOR FLEA MARKET, AND HE'S, FOR RIGHT NOW THAT I'M, I'M AWARE OF THAT HE HAS TO PULL A PERMIT OR REARRANGE OR REQUEST A NEW PERMIT OR A NEW, A NEW ORANGE.
NOW THE THING IS HERE, I SPOKE TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN BROWNSVILLE, IN THE MALL, I'M SORRY, THE CITY, THE BROWNSVILLE, UH, CITY, UH, THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT, ON THAT FLYER, ON THAT PAMPHLET, YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN MY FINDINGS.
I'M JUST, THIS IS THE REASON, THIS IS THE REASON THAT SAMMY DOES NOT GROW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FEES AND A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS, AND MOST OF THESE VENDORS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PULL OUT, UH, PERMITS, THEY'RE BARELY MAKING ENOUGH.
AND WE CAN JUST SET A CERTAIN AMOUNT A YEAR INSTEAD OF EVERY EVENT YOU HAVE TO PULL A PERMIT THAT COSTLY.
MY FRIEND HAS BEEN, UH, MR. GOMEZ HAS BEEN PAYING THESE PERMIT FEES, AND IT'S OVER THE LIMIT OF, OF BROWNSVILLE'S LIMIT AND THE OVER THE LIMIT OF HARLAN'S LIMIT PERMIT COST.
JUST IF YOU CAN JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE CITY SO HE CAN STILL BE IN OPERATION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING, I'M STILL GONNA BE, UH, APPLYING FOR PERMITS.
BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT SANTO IS NOT LOOKING AT THESE BUSINESS OWNERS OR TURNS FACE ON OTHER OWNERS THAT ALREADY THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, BUT YET THEY WANT THE BIGGER STORES OR THE BIGGER, UH, THE BIGGER, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LITTLE STORES OR THE LITTLE SHOPS, THEY'RE OVERLOOKED.
[1. Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-Y-11-2024 requesting to rezone a property located on Yost and FM 732, bearing a Legal Description of Tract I: Being 20.00 acres comprised of the West one half of the Northwest one quarter of Block 31, San Benito Land & Water Company Subdivision, recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records, Concepcion De Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas. Save and except a 5.00-acre tract of land, more or less, out of 20.00 acres comprised of the West one-half of the Northwest one-quarter block 31, San Benito Land & Water Company Subdivision, recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records, Concepcion de Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas. Said 5.00-acre tract being the same property stated on Deed dated February 16, 1996, recorded in Volume 3729, Page 136, Official Records of Cameron County. Further, save and except a 22858 square foot or 0.525 acres of land out of Block 31, San Benito Land & Water Company Subdivision, recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records, and the Concepcion de Carricitos Grant, Abstract No. 16, Cameron County, Texas and said 0.525 acres is also out of and a part of the 13 acre remainder of the 20 acres conveyed to Guadalupe Villarreal and wife Olga Villarreal by Deed dated December 13, 1988 and recorded in Volume 667, Page 216, Deed Records of Cameron County, Texas. Tract II: Being 0.774 acre out of a 5.00-acre tract Cameron County Official Records, Volume 3729, Page 136, West one half of the Northwest one quarter of Block 31, San Benito Land & Water Company Subdivision, Concepcion De Carricitos Grant, according to Map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from AO “Agriculture & Open Space” to SF-1 “Single Family One”. Applicant: J.E.K. Properties, LLC. ]
OKAY.NEXT TIME IS GONNA BE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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WE GOT THE, WE GOT THREE OF THEM, RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, WE GOT, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.AND, UH, IT'D BE THE FIRST READING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2 Y DASH 11 DASH 2024, REQUESTING A REZONING ON YOST AND 7 32.
UM, THIS IS, UH, GOING FROM AO TO SINGLE FAMILY, AND THE APPLICANT IS JEK PROPERTIES, LLC.
UM, WE CAN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS POINT.
WANNA OPEN, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE? UH, THE TIME IS 5 39.
ANYBODY FOR AGAINST? NONE? OKAY, THEN, UH, WE'LL CLOSE, WELL WE'LL CLOSE FOR THIS HEARING HERE.
[2. Public Hearing for a Conditional Use Permit to operate a Convenient Store with 24-hour fueling, alcohol sales, and onsite consumption at a property zoned LI “Light Industry” bearing a Legal Description of Being 4.579-acres out of Block 15, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Mr. George Willett. ]
ITEM, GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, MAYOR.AND THAT'S PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH 24 HOUR FUELING ALCOHOL, SALES AND ONSITE CONSUMPTION, UM, ON A PROPERTY ZONED LI LIGHT, INDU LIGHT INDUSTRY.
UH, AND THAT IS, UM, THE APPLICANT IS MR. GEORGE WILLETTE.
LEGAL, CAN WE JUST OPEN THE WHOLE THING? UH, I, I WOULD SUGGEST OPEN IT ALL THREE AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION ITEM 1, 2, 3.
[3. Public Hearing for a Conditional Use Permit to operate an Automobile Sales establishment at a property zoned C-1 “Commercial Restricted Business” bearing a Legal Description of Being Lot Four (4), Block Two (2), Landrum Addition No. 1, City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to the Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume 2, Page 16, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Mr. Jose Luis Bedolla. ]
AND WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM THREE.PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE AUTOMOBILE SALES ESTABLISHMENT AT A PROPERTY ZONE.
C ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS.
UM, THAT IS THE APPLICANT IS MR. JOSE JOSE LUIS BEDOYA.
SO WE HAVE ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OPEN IT UP.
ANYBODY FOR OR AGAINST ANY? YES, SIR.
YOU STATE, UH, YOUR NAME AND, UH, WHICH ONE? THANK YOU, SIR.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.
UH, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, GUYS, UM, I SIR, YOUR NAME.
UM, I'M TRYING TO, TO HAVE A, A SMALL BUSINESS IN, IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY.
UM, IT'S JUST A A, WE WANT, I, I, I TRY TO SELL TWO OR THREE CARS.
IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS THAT I WANT TO OPEN FOR MY MOM, MY AUNT, AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE TRY AND ASK FOR YOU GUYS THE PERMIT IF IT IS AVAILABLE.
I, FOR THE RECORDS, I, I PUT MY, MY FILES AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST A SMALL THING THAT I ALREADY HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS OVER THERE.
AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO ASK YOU GUYS THE PERMIT IF I CAN, UH, SELL TWO OR THREE CARS.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WHAT I ASKING FOR YOU GUYS.
WHERE IS THIS LOCATED AT? IT'S HERE IN THE SAM HOUSTON IN FRONT OF THE, THE AUTO SON NEXT TO THE NEXT TO WIND CHECK.
IT'S SO THE, THE EMPTY LOT THAT SIR? SORRY? THE EMPTY LOT, THE RENOVATED? NO, IT'S, UM, CAN, CAN I SHOW YOU SMALL PICTURE? IT'S THE RENOVATED HOUSE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR AGAINST YES, SIR.
JUST, I THINK, UH, MAYOR, YOU ALREADY MENTIONED IT.
UH, YOU, US QUESTION WHERE HE LOCATED.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WHEN YOU PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, PUT THE EXACT ADDRESS OF THE PLACE THAT YOU'RE TALKING, 'CAUSE I GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? BECAUSE IT SAYS FOR, IT'S FOR ONE SITE CONSUMPTION, SO MORE OR LESS THAT'S A BAR.
SO MY QUESTION WAS, WHERE IS IT LOCATED? YEAH, IF ANYBODY KNOWS THE ANSWER, THAT ONE IS LOCATED AT, UH, SAM HU OR, UH, WAS IT 5 0 9 IN THE EXPRESSWAY? IT'S WAY OUT ON 5 0 9 IN THE EXPRESSWAY ON THE, UH, NORTH BY MATT'S CASH AND CARRY ACROSS FROM MOS CASH AND CARRY ACROSS THE STREET FROM MOS CASH AND CARRIED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FOUR AGAINST
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ANY, ANY OF THE ITEMS? ONE, ONE TO THREE ONCE, TWICE.UH, 5 44 ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S) ]
YES SIR.MAYOR, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THAT'S ITEMS ONE THROUGH 15.
UM, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THOSE AND, AND, UH, TAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME, UNLESS SOMEBODY'D LIKE TO PULL ONE OUT, UH, OR ANYONE OUT TO DISCUSS.
WELL, MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT, UM, I USED TO PICK ON, UH, AL BECAUSE HE KEPT COMING AT US FOR MONEY AND I THINK THAT THE, UH, POLICE CHIEF NOW HAS THAT TITLE.
FOR, FOR COMING AT US FOR THE MOST MONEY.
SO, CHIEF, YOU, I'M LOOKING AT YOU AND I SEE DOLLAR SIGNS AND I, AND I REALIZE THAT WE HAVE ARPA MONEY THAT HAS TO BE SPENT.
UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ONE OF THE ITEMS WE HAVE TO PULL, BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION NUMBER TWO, WE JUST HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT.
UM, DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT? OH, OKAY.
THAT WAS, LET'S JUST PULL THAT ONE SO WE CAN REVIEW THAT.
WELL THEN IF THAT'S CLARIFIED, THEN I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE TO PULL IT, RIGHT? THAT'S ONLY CONCERN.
IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING HERE AND YOU MAKE THE MOTION AND THE SAME MEETING.
I DID HAVE ONE NUMBER THIRTEEN'S, THE REST ARE JUST THE CHIEF BUYING A BUNCH OF STUFF AGAIN,
SO JUST NUMBER 13, DO YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION TO COUNT 13? I WILL, UH, AMEND MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LESS.
I SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
[13. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment to C&A Builders for emergency sewer line repairs in the amount of $21,750.00.]
OKAY.CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION RATIFY PAYMENT TO CNA BUILDERS FOR EMERGENCY SEWER LINE REPAIRS IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,750.
MY ONLY, MY ONLY CONCERN HERE IS I SEE THIS A LOT ON CONTRACTS IS, UH, MOBILIZATION FEES.
AND THIS, THIS MOBILIZATION FEE IS ALMOST 30% OF THE ENTIRE QUOTE.
I DON'T LIKE MOBILIZATION FEES.
UH, UM, I WANNA GET RID OF THEM.
SO I WANNA ASK LEGAL AND FRED, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS? BECAUSE THESE ARE BUILDERS, THESE ARE CONTRACTORS.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING.
I, I DON'T PAY MY ROOF FOR IMMOBILIZATION FEE.
BUT WHY DO CITIES GET TACKED ON WITH THIS? I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE.
I THINK IT, AND IT'S VERY, IT JUST SAYS MOBILIZATION FEE.
IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME.
THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, BUT I KIND OF DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT MO MOBILIZATION FEE GENERALLY APPLIES TO A LARGER PROJECT WHEN YOU'RE, YOU ARE GONNA MOBILIZE, UH, THIS ONE.
I AM NOT SURE WHAT IT IS OR WHY SO MUCH OR DEPENDS.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH A, WITH A PROJECT OR EXACTLY WHAT THE EMERGENCY WAS.
IF BE FAIR, YOU CAN HELP US ON THAT.
YEAH, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TELL HIM? JB GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
UH, WE CONTRACTED CNA BUILDERS TO BRING A CAMERA AND A BACKER TRUCK.
UH, WE HAD A OBSTRUCTION, A PIECE OF CLAY THAT WAS STUCK IN THE PIPE.
WE TRIED TO PULL IT OUT WITH OUR JETTER.
THEY BROUGHT THE BACKER TRUCK.
THEY STUCK THE CAMERA IN AND WE FOUND A PIECE OF CLAY WAS BROKEN FROM ONE OF THE PIPES THERE.
SO WHAT THEY DID, THEY FLUSHED WITH THE VECTOR TRUCK.
AFTER THEY PUT THE CAMERA, THEY FOUND WHAT WAS PROBLEM.
WE PUT THE VECTOR TRUCK AND PUSHED THAT OBSTRUCTION OUT AND WE NO FURTHER HAVE A SPILL.
SO, UM, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO AVOID IS A FINE FROM TCQ FOR ALL OF THAT.
I, I, I AGREE WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETIMES THIS IS REQUIRED.
THEY'RE CONTRACTED WITH TIPS, WHICH IS GOOD.
THEY'RE A HUB VENDOR, WHICH IS A HISPANIC, IS IT HISPANIC? UNDERUTILIZED? HISTORICALLY HISTORIC?
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HISTORICALLY.SO MEANING WE HAVE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THEM BEFORE WE GO TO SOMEONE ELSE.
WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM AN OPTION.
BUT I'M JUST NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH MOBILIZATION FEES.
I WANNA SEE HOW WE CAN GET RID OF THIS AND STOP MAKING IT A NORM.
UM, I, I CAN UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE GONNA GATHER A BUNCH OF PEOPLE NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR VECTOR TRUCK, I DO HAVE A CAMERA THAT GOES CONNECTED TO IT AND IT RUNS OFF OF A GOPRO WITH THE WIFI.
UH, NOW THAT I HAVE THE VECTOR TRUCK, I CAN, THANKS TO YOU GUYS, I, I CAN PUT THE CAMERA NOW AND I DON'T HAVE TO REALLY CALL THEM.
UH, I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE CORRECT EQUIPMENT.
MR. I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT DURING PROCUREMENT.
THAT MOBILIZATION SHOULD BE A PERCENTAGE OF, BECAUSE ON THIS ONE I, IT'S LIKE 33% OF THE ENTIRE QUOTE.
I KNOW IT SEEMS TO BE MORE A SERVICE THAN A PROJECT.
SO WE CAN PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE LOOK INTO IT AND MAKE IT A PERCENTAGE FOR LIMITED TOO TO SOMETHING.
CAN WE GO BACK? I KNOW WE'RE RATIFYING IN A PAYMENT, BUT CAN WE GO BACK AND TALK TO THE VENDOR AND THAT IS IT, IT'S A SERVICE THAT WAS PROVIDED, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, GENERALLY MAKES
WHAT WAS, UH, MR. LADO, WHAT WAS THIS, UH, LOCATION AT? THIS WAS ON DOROTHY AND COMMERCE.
DOROTHY AND COMMERCE, UH, THE 100 BLOCK OF DOROTHY, RIGHT BY THE CITY SHOP? YEP.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS THERE? THE FORCE MAIN IS SPLIT TO TWO, UH, LIFT STATIONS.
IT'S SPLITS TWO HEB LIFT STATION AND IT SPLITS TO THE CITY SHOP.
SO, UH, IS THIS, DIDN'T WE JUST REHABILITATE STANGER PLANT? NO, WE'RE RE WE WE'RE REDOING, UH, THE CITY SHOP.
THE, WELL IT'S A STORAGE SHOP.
SO THIS DOES, DOES THIS ONE CONNECT TO THE CITY SHOP? IT GOES THAT WAY.
SO WHOEVER, UM, WHO WAS IT THAT WAS WORKING ON IT? ACTUALLY THEY'RE WORKING ON IT NOW AS WE SPEAK.
HANSON, WE, HANSON IS WORKING ON THAT.
SHOULD THEY NOT SEE THOSE LINES COMING IN? THEY DO EXCEPT HOW IT SPLITS THERE ON A FORCE MAIN.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MANHOLES TO CHECK.
THAT'S THE FIRST MANHOLE THAT, FROM THERE IT GOES GRAVITY TO HEB.
SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, WE'LL HAVE A BIGGER SPILL AT THE CITY SHOP BECAUSE THE CITY SHOP SEARCH TANK IS NOT AT FULL CAP.
I MEAN, IT'S OVER THE CAPACITY.
SO THE NEW TANK THAT WE GOT NOW IS BIGGER THAN THE TANK THAT'S THERE.
UH, WE HAVE A VERTICAL 20 FEET AND LIKE 30 FEET HORIZONTAL TANK IN THERE THAT'S GONNA TAKE UP THAT TO KEEP IT FROM SPILLING ON DURING OUR RAIN EVENTS.
I THINK THE COMMISSIONER MAKES A GREAT POINT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT, UH, UH, THE FEES.
WE, WE DO HAVE FORCE MEANS THAT COME INTO THAT SEARCH TANK THAT ARE NOTICEABLE.
YOU CAN SEE THEM JUST, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS SPLIT THROUGH THERE UNTIL THAT OBSTRUCTION CAME APART.
SO NOW THAT, NOW WE KNOW THAT IT GOES TOWARD HEB, WE CAN FIGURE OUT, NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS NEW LIFT STATION COMING UP, WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO ELIMINATE THAT.
SO IT JUST GOES STRAIGHT TO THE SEARCH TANK AT THE CITY SHOP, WHICH IS THE STINGER LIFT STATION.
UM, JUST GOTTA CAP IT AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE IT GOING.
IT'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THE CITY SHOP.
YEAH, I THINK THE ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS ABOUT DEPLOYMENT FEES AND I AGREE THAT WE LOOK ON, ON THAT.
I LOOK AT THAT ON FUTURE, UH, UH, ISSUES OF, OF PURCHASE SO THAT WE, OKAY.
WE CAN, WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT.
STEPHANIE
SO WE NORMALLY SEE, AND I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM PREVIOUS HISTORY, WE NORMALLY SEE HIGHER MOBILIZATION FEES WHENEVER THEY'RE USING BIGGER EQUIPMENT TO SERVICE THE AREA.
UH, IN THIS CASE I'M THINKING IT WAS, UH, JETTER JUST THE, LIKE THE ONE THAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE.
SO SOMETIMES THOSE, AND ALSO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE TELL THEM, LIKE IN THIS CASE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY, SO THAT MIGHT BE THE REASON WHY THE MOBILIZATION FEES WERE SO HIGH.
UM, AS ADDING TO THE COMMENT THAT YOU MADE.
WE CAN ALWAYS GO AND ADD SOMETHING TO A PROCUREMENT THAT CAPS THEM AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OR A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE EXPENSE.
BUT THAT'LL BE, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO A PROCUREMENT AND BRING IT UP AND DO ALL THOSE PROCEDURES TO HAVE IT ADDED TO A PROCUREMENT MANUAL IF THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT FOR, BUT YOU ALL HAVE TO, YOU ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND NOW ALSO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES IN THAT, THAT'S IT.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE TO, TO LEAN ON, NOBODY ELSE TO ASK FOR.
I MEAN, YOU JUST GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EMERGENCY.
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LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.I MEAN, WE, WE'VE ASKED, WE BORROWED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VALLEY.
NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S LUCKILY THAT UH, MOST OF THE CITIES THAT THE, THAT, UH, MR. LO, THEY UH, UH, I REALIZE HAS, UH, HAS ASKED, THEY, THEY'VE COMPLIED IN HELPING US OUT AND GIVEN US THAT, THAT LITTLE SMALL ELBOW JUST TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE IF NOT, WE WOULD'VE BEEN INATED RIGHT NOW WITH THAT TCQ.
SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT, BUT AT ONE POINT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S AN EMERGENCY AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE COMPANY HAS IT, WHAT YOU GONNA DO? SO LET'S JUST, UH, LET'S LOOK AT IT AND TRY SO WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
OTHER THAN THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, MAYOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY ON ANOTHER NOTE, UH, MR. AVILA AND MR. LADA, THANK YOU FOR THE PROMPT ATTENTION THAT YOU DID PUT ON THIS MATTER.
'CAUSE I KNOW I GOT A LOT OF CALLS ON IT 'CAUSE OF THE HAZARDOUS CONCERNS THE RESIDENTS HAD.
SO AGAIN, MAYOR, I AGREE WHEN IT'S AN EMERGENCY, IT'S AN EMERGENCY.
BUT YES, WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THE FEES AS WELL.
BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO THE CREW FOR TAKING THAT AND GOING WELL AND BEYOND THAT WE HAD TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WERE SAFE.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT WAS A MAJOR CONCERN TO A LOT OF THEM.
OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ITEM NUMBER 13, NONE.
I GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
MAYOR, I GOT, UH, SO I GOT FOUR.
OKAY, SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? SO I SAID YAY, NAY.
[1. First Reading of Ordinance 2129-C-11-2024 amending Ordinance Number 2129-B-2023, and Ordinance 2129-A, Code of Ordinances, amending Chapter VI, Absences and Leaves, Section 1, Holidays and Absences and all other ordinances in conflict herewith and adopting an effective date. ]
OKAY, MAYOR, WE'LL GO ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.AND THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 1 29 DASH C DASH 11 DASH 2024 AMENDING.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2129 DASH B DASH 2023 AND ORDINANCE 2129 DASH A CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDING CHAPTER SIX, ABSENCES AND LEAVE SECTION ONE, HOLIDAYS AND ABSENCES AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND ADOPTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS THE FIRST READING, SO, OKAY, WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO Y'ALL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, MINUTES NOW? IF NOT, WE CAN BRING IT UP LATER.
ESSENTIALLY WE'RE ADDING ONE HOLIDAY.
IS THAT WHAT I'M SEEING? WE'RE, WE'RE ADDING ONE HOLIDAY, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAYS.
SO COLUMBUS DAY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY HOLIDAY, BUT I AM PROPOSING AND HOPEFULLY YOU ALL WILL, UH, AGREE WITH ME TO GIVE, UH, EACH EMPLOYEE THEIR BIRTHDAY OFF AS A PERK FOR WORKING HERE.
THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY CHANGE.
ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S THE FIRST READING.
ANY QUESTIONS? NOTHING ELSE, ANYTHING FOR, UH, NEXT MEETING? NONE.
OKAY THEN TO ME, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, FIVE TO SEVEN AND WE'RE ADJOURNED.