Dec 17, 2024 Commission Meetings

EVERYTHING WAS TABULATED.

THAT WAS THE CITY OF SANTO.

82ND, UH, ANNUAL, UH, CHRISTMAS PARADE MAKING SPIRIT WAS THE, UH, THE THING, UH, GRAND CHAMPIONS, UH, TRAVELING TR TROPHY WINNERS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WHO'S GONNA BE SAYING THIS ONE? OH, OKAY.

GOOD EVENING.

SO, WE HAD AN AWESOME PARADE THIS SATURDAY.

WE WANNA THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN IT.

UM, AND WE HAVE THE GRAND CHAMPION WINNER.

UM, WE DO HAVE, WE DID HAVE TWO GUEST JUDGES THAT TOOK PART IN THIS.

UH, WE MADE SURE THAT, UH, NONE OF THEIR CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN THE PARADE.

SO, UM, THIS WAS A VERY FAIR PROCESS.

WE DO WANT TO THANK THE JUDGES FOR DOING SO.

AND TODAY.

UM, SO THOSE JUDGES WERE RIGHT HERE FROM SANTO, AND THE WINNER OF THE GRAND CHAMPIONS ARE JOINING US HERE TODAY FROM SULLIVAN ELEMENTARY.

I ASKED THEM, OH, ALL OF Y'ALL ARE TEACHERS.

WELL, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALL PARENTS WHO ARE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION WHO WORKED ON THIS FLOAT FOR TWO MONTHS, AND IT WAS THE CANDY LAND FLOAT.

AND WE DO WANNA INVITE THEM UP TO RECEIVE THE GRAND CHAMPION AWARD PRESENTED BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.

IF Y'ALL CAN COME UP AS WELL AND JOIN THEM UP FRONT TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE FLOAT WAS MORE THAN JUST A, YOU KNOW, PR PRO PROMOTING FESTIVITIES.

IT WAS AN ART PIECE, SO I, IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD DISPLAY IT FOREVER.

, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

EVERYONE, STEP FORWARD AND KIND OF LET'S THE MAIN ONE GO FIRST.

SEE ONE MORE, PLEASE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UH, ONE OF Y'ALL TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT

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YOUR AWARD.

LET'S GO WITH THE VOLUNTEERS ON LADIES, DON'T SHY.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I TRY.

I REALLY, REALLY, MA'AM THE, UH, THE MIC, PLEASE.

I, I HAD IN MIND JUST, MAN, I WANNA GET OUR SCHOOL FIRST PLACE.

I, THAT'S WHAT I HAD IN MY HEAD THE WHOLE TIME.

AND NOW THAT WE GOT IT, I WAS JUST IN AWE.

I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS WHATSOEVER.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

JUDGES, EVERYBODY, AND ALL MY HELPERS.

UM, MOSTLY EVERY SINGLE ITEM ON THAT FLOAT WAS RECYCLABLE.

IF ANYTHING, IT WAS JUST OUR LIGHTS THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, BUT EVERY SINGLE THING ON THERE, DOWN TO THE GIANT CANDY BARS AND THE LOLLIPOPS, EVERYTHING WAS A RECYCLABLE ITEM.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS WHAT OUR SCHOOL IS ALL ABOUT.

SO, YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS SO COOL.

'CAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SO RECYCLABLE.

, BUT, YEAH.

WELL, GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I KNOW THAT, UH, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD SUCCESS THAT WE HAD.

UH, UM, HOW MANY ENTRIES DO WE HAVE? A HUNDRED? YEAH, ABOUT A HUNDRED, WHICH IS, I THINK IT'S, I DON'T KNOW.

WE EVER HAD THAT MANY IN THE PAST.

SO, UH, IT'S, IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL, A PARADE.

UH, MY HATS OFF TO ROY WHO TOOK, UH, THE, THE LEAD ON THIS.

THANKS SO MUCH, ROY.

AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, YES, THE CITY WORKERS STAND, STAND UP.

AT THE LAST MOMENT, HE BROUGHT IN A, A, A BAN ALSO.

IT'S, IT WAS GOOD.

UM, I MEAN, I STAYED THERE TILL ABOUT, I THINK ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK.

AND, UH, BUT, UH, THE WORKERS, THEY STAYED THERE ALSO UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS PICKED UP.

UH, I GOT UP, UH, MY WIFE AND I GOT UP, UH, THE FOLLOWING MORNING, WHICH IS SUNDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

WE DROVE BY DOWNTOWN AREA.

THERE WAS, WE COULDN'T SEE, NOT EVEN A LITTLE SMALL PAPER THROWN ON THE FLOOR.

THAT'S HOW MUCH, UH, THE, OUR WORKERS DID.

SO IT'S SO MUCH OF A GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW, CLEANING UP SOME TO DOWNTOWN AFTER A PARADE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS TRASH SOMEWHERE ELSE.

IT WAS ALWAYS BECOMES TRASH.

BUT, UH, UH, THE WORKERS DID A, A HELL OF A JOB ON THERE.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, LLOYD, AT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR WORKERS DID.

UH, ALSO, UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, ALL CITY WORKERS HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS JOB JUST KEEPING SOMEBODY TOO BEAUTIFUL.

AND, UH, I JUST WANNA, WANT TO THANK THEM AND RECOGNIZE 'EM ALSO.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THE MEETING EVERY SINGLE MONTH, AND WE MADE IT HAPPEN.

COMMERS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? YES, MAYOR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MS. NANCY CASAS FROM SAN BENITO, CISD.

SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND I WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE HELD OUR FIRST, OUR SAN BENITO SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD OUR FIRST SHOP WITH A COP AT OUR LOCAL WALMART.

AND I, NANCY, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A PART OF IT.

IT WAS AMAZING.

WE HAD CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE SUCH HUMBLE CHILDREN THAT THESE KIDS WENT OUT.

THEY HAD $110 TO SPEND ON A GIFT CARD.

I BELIEVE IT WAS 153 STUDENTS.

CAN YOU STAND UP, NANCY, PLEASE MA'AM.

STAND UP.

YES, YES.

AND I'D A COUPLE OF STORIES.

YOU KNOW, I ASKED SOME OF THE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE BRINGING OUT THEIR GIFTS.

UM, IS THIS FOR YOU? AND THEY WERE LIKE, NO, MA'AM, THIS IS FOR MY BROTHER AND MY SISTER, MY MOM, MY DAD, ONE LITTLE BOY HAD SOME, UH, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL.

I'M LIKE, OH, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? I'M GONNA PLAY WITH MY DAD.

MY DAD'S GONNA PLAY WITH ME.

ANOTHER ONE THAT TELL ABOUT, UH, CAT FOOD FOR HIS CAT.

SO I'M JUST SAYING, OUR, OUR CHILDREN, I TELL YOU, ARE SO HUMBLE.

AND, AND I JUST, IT WAS AMAZING.

NANCY, I'D LIKE YOU TO COME UP AND JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS AMAZING PROJECT.

AND I WOULD LIKE OUR CHIEF CAPTAIN, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND ANYBODY THAT WAS THERE THAT HELPED OUT, PLEASE STAND BECAUSE IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT.

NANCY.

YES.

SO, UM, I WANNA THANK, UM, EVERYONE, THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

UM, I KNOW I REACHED OUT TO SANTO POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY LAST YEAR IN MARCH WHEN I WENT BACK TO MY EMAILS.

WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING IN MARCH.

AND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN, UM, DEALING WITH ME SINCE MARCH.

SO WE'VE HAD A MEETING ONCE A MONTH, AND THEY'VE BEEN ON

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SO WE RAISED $16,955, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, TO SPONSOR 153 STUDENTS WHO WERE ABLE TO SHOP WITH, WITH, UM, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE AS WELL.

AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAD FBI, UM, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, BORDER PATROL, DPS OFFICERS.

WE HAD AN ARRAY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AT WALMART TODAY.

IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT, AND I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT NEXT YEAR.

OKAY, WE ALL READY? CHIEF, CAN WE GET THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HERE? AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

THEY WERE A, ALL OF YOU WERE A BIG PART ON THIS, SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF, IT WAS A HARD WORK, BUT AT THE END, IT PAID OFF BECAUSE THE SMILES ON EVERY FACE WAS PRICELESS.

SO, AGAIN, MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU GUYS.

WELL, THAT DOESN'T STOP THERE BECAUSE, UH, POLICE CHIEF, I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, POLICE CHIEF, I MEAN, IT'S, I ALWAYS GO UP TO HIM AND GO SAY, CHIEF, I NEED, UH, I NEED, UH, GIFTS.

I NEED GIFTS FOR, UH, TWO SCHOOLS.

REACH OUT TO ME.

AND, UH, AND, UH, ALSO LIKE LAINA HEAD START ALSO.

WELL, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT THE END, THEY STARTED SCRUNCHING UP AND, UH, THEY CAME UP WITH, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR FRANK ROBERTS AND ALSO FOR SULLIVAN FOR THE KIDS.

AND THEY HAD LEFT OVER FOR THE, FOR THE, THE, UH, HEAD START.

AND I THINK THEY HAVE, UH, STILL LEFTOVERS.

WELL, I'M GONNA BE HITTING UP FOR YOU FOR SOME MORE.

SO THE CHIEF, HE KNOWS THAT, UH, EVERY TIME I CALL HIM, IT IS BECAUSE, UH, I NEED SOMETHING.

I WANT SOMETHING.

SO, AND HE PULLS THROUGH, UH, CHIEF TO YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS.

UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOOT WITH A HOOP ALSO WITH THE, UH, ELKS LODGE THAT Y'ALL WENT OVER THERE.

UH, SO I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, SOMETHING GOING ON AND, UH, OUR, OUR WORKERS PULLED THROUGH IT.

AND, UH, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THERE.

ALSO, MAYOR, I JUST WANNA EVERYBODY KNOW THIS IS WHAT A COMMUNITY DOES.

WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND IT'S NOT JUST DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, IT'S ALL THE TIME.

SO, THANK YOU.

I STILL WANT EM RECOGNIZE, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, UH, THE ELKS LODGE OF, UH, SANTO 1661, THEY DONATED 350 GIFTS TO SCHOOL, TO EVERY KIDS, TO EVERY KID THERE.

UH, FRED, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND MYSELF, WE WENT OVER THERE, TOOK SOME PICTURES, UH, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE ALSO.

THE 350 KIDS THEY DONATED, THEY ALSO DONATED $500 TO THE, UH, ANGEL TREE OF THE SALVATION ARMY.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S AWESOME.

BESIDE THE, THE GIFT THAT THEY GAVE TO LIA, THEY STILL DONATED $500 IN CASH TO THE, UH, ANGEL TREE.

AND, UH, THEY ALSO DONATED 60 GIFTS THROUGHOUT THE PARADE ALSO.

I MEAN, THEY, THIS, UH, THE ELKS LODGE HERE IN SANTO HAS, UH, DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OKAY ON THIS, ON GIVING OUT.

THERE'S SO MUCH GIVING ON, AND MY HAT'S UP TO, UH, BENNY GOMEZ AND HIS, UH, FIANCE AMANDA, AND ALL THE ELKS LODGE, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE, AMANDA, I'M HOPING THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEEING THIS BECAUSE I TOLD 'EM, I WOULD, UH, REACH OUT TO 'EM AND JUST TELL 'EM THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY WELL DESERVE, THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT.

I SAID, I DON'T CARE.

YOU ALL GONNA BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GIVING HEART, OKAY? AND THE SALVATION ARMY FOR OF HAREN ALSO GAVE OUT TO 150 KIDS.

THEY ALSO DID THAT.

SO ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO, SO GIVEN, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME OF NEED.

AND, UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM AND, AND, UH, AND, UH, RECOGNIZE THEM FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO, MRS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, NO MORE.

THEN, UH, WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

RUTH, PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES.

MR. LUIS, UH, CHAVEZ.

MR. CHAVEZ.

HELLO, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS LUIS CHAVEZ FROM 400 PEREZ LINE ROAD, UM, REGARDING THE ISSUE FROM STUCKEY NORTH STUCKEY ROAD, UM, HAVING TO, UM, DECLARE THAT THE ACTUAL STATUS OF THE EASTMAN, IT'S, UH, OR WHAT THEY CONSIDER IS MEN, IS RIGHT NOW IN THE PROBABLE SITU, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE ALL THE GRASS IT'S ARISING

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ABOVE THE SURFACE.

AND IT'S SUSPICIOUS BECAUSE IT KIND OF, UH, APPEARS THAT IS PLANNED FOR THE, FOR THAT PART OF THE STREET TO DISAPPEAR.

SO, I HAVE EVIDENCE, AND I'VE SENT THE EMAIL TO EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND I WOULD LIKE, UM, TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN.

I MEAN, WE'RE IN CHRISTMAS, SUSAN, AND HELPING THE COMMUNITY IS A SPIRIT THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING, RIGHT? SO I'M HOPING THAT BY THIS, WE CAN TAKE ACTION TO ACTUALLY FIX THIS ISSUE.

I, I'VE BEEN IN THIS SIX MONTHS AGO, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER SIX MONTHS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

AND I FEEL THAT, UM, NEXT YEAR, AS MR. SANDOVAL ONCE SAID, UM, HE WILL FIX AN AGENDA IN ORDER FOR TO ATTEND MY CASE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT HIS PLANS ARE, BUT IF HE WANTS ME TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER YEAR, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE POINT ON IT AT THE END? UM, ALL I WANT, IT'S WHAT IS STATED BY LAW THAT, UH, TO GIVE SERVICE TO THE STREET IN THERE AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBDIVISION OF ROCKING G STATES THAT WAS ONCE IMPLEMENTED DURING THE 19, UH, 92, UH, PLA UPDATED ON THE CAMERON COUNTY, UM, FILES, AND TO ACTUALLY PAVE THE, THE CORRESPONDING SPACE OF THE, THE STREET.

THANK YOU, SIR.

CAMERON, NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NO MORE.

CAN I JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? MAYOR, I MAY BE OUT OF TURN HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CITY FOR MOWING ALONG BUSINESS 77 AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING CARE OF THE, THE EASEMENT THERE AND GETTING THAT GRASS CUT DOWN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

THAT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE.

YEAH, LOUIS.

AND I KNOW THERE'S MORE EQUIPMENT COMING IN, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT ALSO.

UM, WHAT IS WE AT? WE GET THE, UH, YOU GOT TIME LIMITS PRESENTATIONS

[PRESENTATION(S)]

REC, UM, STEPHANIE, HI.

I'M NOT GONNA SAY YOUR LAST NAME, BUT IT'S AAND.

HI.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, STEPHANIE'S AAND, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

THINK IT'S THE PROJECTOR'S GONNA TO THE SITE.

SO YOU MUST BE PLAYING BASKETBALL IN HERE.

NO, AND IT'S NOT GETTING THE, OKAY.

UM, DO I JUST MOVE FORWARD LIKE THAT? IT'S ALL CENTERED.

IS THERE A THING OVER THERE? YEAH, TRY IT OFF.

TURNING OFF AT ALL.

WILL, LEMME KNOW, DOES THE A GET CENTERED OR NO? DOES THIS, THEY STILL CALL IT AN A, I'M SORRY.

PROJECTOR.

PROJECTOR, DIDN'T THEY? YEP.

THEY PAINTED.

OH, YEAH.

SO I GUESS, DO WHATEVER YOU CAN.

FIRE TRUCK.

GOT A NEW FIRE TRUCK.

UM, PUBLIC RESPONSES, ECONOMIC RECOVERY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP IN THE WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO I'M PRESENTING TO YOU, UM, ARPA, WHICH IT'S BEEN A QUESTION.

UH, WHAT HAVE WE USED OUR FUNDS FOR? SO, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE ARPA FUNDS, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT MEANS, AND WHAT IS IT? SO BACK IN MARCH IN 2021, UM, FEDERAL LEGISLATION APPROVED 1.9 TRILLION IN ECONOMIC RELIEF, UH, TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID, UH, 19 PANDEMIC.

SO THIS INCLUDED FUNDING FOR STATE, LOCAL, UH, TRIBAL TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS.

UM, AND ITS PURPOSE WAS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH,

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UM, WHAT ARPA CAN BE USED FOR.

IT'S A QUESTION THAT IT WAS VERY POPULAR DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS.

UH, THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED, THINGS THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED.

SO THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ARPA, IT'S TO PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, HELP THE ECONOMY TO RECOVER INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY AN INVESTMENT IN WATER SEWER, BROUGHT BY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND PLAY AS A REVENUE REPLACEMENT TO SUSTAIN GOVERNMENT SERVICES.

AND, UH, ADDRESS, UM, THE IMPACT THAT COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE OF OUR, UM, THE C IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT WORKING AGAIN.

THE CITY OF SAN MANTO COLLECTED OR WAS GIVEN FORTUNATE 9 MILLION 66, 287, UM, AND FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY TO BE INVESTED, UM, TO RECOVER FOR THOSE ITEMS. JUST MENTIONED, WHAT DID WE USE OR WHAT DID THE CITY USE THE MONIES FOR? SO THE CITY WANTED TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF SANTO.

UM, MAIN, THE MAIN FOCUS WAS TO IMPROVE OUR WATER AND SEWER.

SHE MIGHT KNOW OUR CITY, UM, NEEDS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT ON OUR WATER AND SEWER LINES.

UM, SO WE TRY TO PROMOTE AS MUCH AS PUBLIC HEALTH AS WE COULD.

UM, AND WHY THIS? BECAUSE THIS, AS I MENTIONED, PROMOTES A PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, HELP, UH, PANDEMIC RESILIENCY.

IT'S AN ECONOMIC IMPACT 'CAUSE IT CREATES JOBS AND PROMOTES LOCAL ECONOMY BY DOING ALL THESE JOBS TO, UM, RESTRUCTURE OR WATER OR, OR WATER LINES AND OR SEWER LINES.

IT'S ALSO, UM, REDUCES THE WASTE OF, IMPROVES THE STORM WATER AND, UM, AND HAZES THE EXTREME WEATHER, IF WE HAVE.

IT HELPS.

IT HELPS THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, UM, THINGS.

UM, INVESTING IN THIS AREAS ENSURES A HEALTHY AND MORE SILENT COMMUNITY AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

SO THIS ONE, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF, THE SCREEN IS NOT HELPING US, BUT IT LISTS EXACTLY WHAT WE SPENT OUR FUNDS ON.

I'M NOT GONNA GO ONE BY ONE AMOUNT BY AMOUNT, BUT WE BOUGHT, UM, VALVES LAST YEAR.

WE USED OUR FUNDS, UM, TO BUY CHEMICALS, MATERIALS, ANY NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE WATER LINES NEEDED.

WE BOUGHT, UM, GIMME A SECOND.

I'M GONNA NOT USE MINE 'CAUSE THE SCREEN IS NOT.

SO WE BOUGHT 240 NEW METERS.

WE BOUGHT 28 FIRE HYDRANTS.

UM, WE BOUGHT, UH, GATE VALVES, THINGS THAT THEY WERE NECESSARY FOR WATER TO KEEP RUNNING AS SMOOTHLY AS IT DOES, OR SEWER OR SEWER NEEDED AT ALL.

HELP.

UH, WE DID A MANHOLE REHABILITATION PROJECT.

UM, WE UPGRADED, OR MANHOLES COVERS, WE, UH, IMPROVE OUR FLUSHING STATIONS.

WE, BUT PUMPS THAT NEEDED REPLACEMENT CONTROL PANELS.

UM, WE DID PIPE BURSTING IN AREAS THAT WERE NECESSARY.

UM, WE UPGRADED OUR GENERATORS THAT THERE WERE IN, IN NEED FOR THE LIFT STATIONS.

SO, I MEAN, THE CAPITAL'S THERE.

I'M NOT GONNA GO ONE BY ONE 'CAUSE THE SCREEN IS FREELY NOT HELPING US.

WELL, EVERYTHING'S ON THE, UH, EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE, IT'S POSTED ONLINE WITH THE AGENDA.

YES.

WHERE WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE TO DO AN ITEMIZED, UH, CHECK REGISTER TO BE TOGETHER WITH THIS PRESENTATION SO EVERYBODY CAN ASSOCIATE THE EXPENSES TO THE PICTURES, EVEN THOUGH THE, THE, THE PRESENTATION HAVE THEM.

SO WE BOUGHT SEWER JETTER, TOO MANY EXCAVATORS, A MINI STORAGE ARE ALL THIS EQUIPMENT.

IT'S WHAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO OR, OR UPGRADES AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE.

UM, THIS IS ALL EQUIPMENT THAT WAS BOUGHT FOR, FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT, SEWER DEPARTMENT, UTILITIES, WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THIS IS IN YOUR AGENDA.

I, I TOOK THE LEAD AND DECIDED TO PUT IT IN THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IT GETS APPROVED, BUT IT'S THERE AND IT'S TAKEN IN CONSIDERATION FOR Y'ALL TO MOTION AND APPROVE.

WE'RE, WE'RE UPGRADING OR BUILDING STORAGE FACILITIES FOR ALL THAT NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING.

WE NEED TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT.

UM, THIS REALLY ASSISTED THE CITY WITH GETTING EQUIPMENT THAT WAS MUCH NEEDED.

AND THIS FUNDS REALLY, REALLY IMPACTED, UM, IN A POSITIVE WAY.

I KNOW A PANDEMIC DIDN'T, BUT THE FUNDS CAME OUT REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL TO UPGRADE THE EQUIPMENT THAT IT WAS REALLY NOT UP

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TO PAR.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO REPLACE THE STORAGE BUILDING OFFICES, UH, COMPLEX AND A CARPORT.

UM, AND YOUR AGENDA ITEMS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE MORE IN DEPTH.

WE TRY TO ATTACH AS MANY PICTURES AS POSSIBLE ON EACH OF THOSE.

UM, AS YOU MIGHT BE AWARE, WE DID SOME, UM, HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE.

UH, WE IMPROVED THE CITY FACILITIES.

UM, WE IMPROVE OUR VENTILATION SYSTEM.

WE CANNOT RESTORE THE WHOLE VENTILATION SYSTEM OF THIS BUILDING.

WE ALSO PROTECTED OR STAFF WITH UPGRADE IN OUR WINDOWS OR WITH THE WINDOW FILM.

AND WE, UH, CHANGED OUR CAMERA SYSTEM.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF DOING THAT.

KINDA DIDN'T HELP, BUT, WELL, THANK YOU STEPHANIE.

MOVING FORWARD ON STREET DEPARTMENT.

ALSO, UM, PAY SOME, PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO, UM, WE WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT EQUIPMENT FOR THEM AS WELL.

ALSO IN YOUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, UM, A ROLLER FRONT END AND A BACK HOLE THAT IT'S REALLY NECESSARY FOR OUR STAFF TO KEEP MOVING AND WE'LL HELP A LOT.

AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVE MORE STREETS AT A FAST PACE THAN THE WAY, THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT, WHICH THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.

BUT THIS WILL HELP THEM A LOT.

UM, OR PD ALSO GOT, GOT IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, THEY UPGRADED THEIR SOFTWARE, UM, FOR THEIR DISPATCH AND RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

THEY IN IMPROVED THEIR CAMERA SYSTEM.

THEY, UH, GOT RA NEW RADIOS, UM, A NEW DISPATCH CONSOLE, LIGHT TOWERS THAT ARE MUCH NEEDED FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR EVENTS AND TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE AND LIGHT.

AND WE, UH, HAVE TO REPLACE THE GENERATOR TO ALSO IN YOUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, OR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

GOT ALSO A LOT OF EQUIPMENT NEEDED.

UM, THEY GOT AIR PACKS, LIFESAVER EQUIPMENT, FIRE BRU GEAR.

AND THEN THEY ALSO, UH, GOT NEW RADIOS FOR THEM AND FOR, FOR THE PD DEPARTMENT.

THEN I TRY TO PUT AS MANY PICTURES SO Y'ALL CAN PICTURE WHAT IS IT THAT THEY BOUGHT.

IT'S NOT TOYS, IT'S JUST TOOLS THAT THEY NEED FOR THEM TO KEEP MOVING.

AND NEW EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED TO KEEP RESIDENTS AND OR COMMUNITY SAFE.

WE ALSO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND BY SMOKE DETECTORS, ALARMS, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF 1,500.

YOU HAVE A THOUSAND IN YOUR, UM, AGENDA ITEMS IS TONIGHT.

UH, WE DID RECENTLY BOUGHT THE FIVE HUNDREDS AND WE DECIDED TO HAVE 'EM AVAILABLE FOR THE, FOR THE CITIZENS SO THEY CAN, THEY CAN BE SAFE.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UM, INVESTED IN AN INFLATABLE EDUCATIONAL HOUSE TO, FOR OUR STUDENTS AND TO TEACH 'EM AT SCHOOL AND AT OR EVENTS HOW TO GET OUT OF A FIRE.

SO WE ALSO UPGRADED OR MOSQUITO SPRAYING FOGGER, UM, THE SPRAYING MACHINE THAT GOES BEHIND THE TRUCK FOR THE MOSQUITO SPRAYING, UM, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SO WE WOULD HAVE, I WOULD HAVE TWO, AND I KNOW THIS YEAR WAS PRETTY BAD WITH MOSQUITOES, SO THERE WAS A MUCH NEEDED ITEM.

SO AS MENTIONED, WE ARE TRYING TO MOW AS MUCH POSSIBLE.

SO THIS, UH, EQUIPMENT WILL COME IN REALLY HANDY FOR OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, OR BUYING A MOTOR.

AND, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY THREE MOTORS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY DO DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, SMALLER AND THEN SOME OF THEM IN BIGGER CAPACITY SO THEY CAN MOW LONGER AREAS, BIGGER AREAS.

AND THEN, SO THIS IS KINDA LIKE AN, UM, SUMMARY OF WHAT WE USED THEM.

UH, IF YOU SEE, MOST OF OUR FUNDS WERE TO UTILIZE INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE OR WATER AND SEWER WAS IN, IN BIG NEED AT HELP.

BUT WE ALSO TOOK CARE OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY WERE AS WELL IN MUCH NEED.

BUT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ARPA, WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE AND WE PRIORITIZE WHAT IT WAS MUCH NEEDED FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A WATER.

UM, I HOPE THIS WAS EXPLANATORY AND GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IS IT THAT THE CITY DID WITH THE MONEY PROVIDED.

UM, AS I MENTIONED THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE, UH, WITH THE AGENDA.

IT'S ALSO GONNA BE A AVAILABLE IN A ADDITIONAL TAP.

AND WITH THE CHECK REGISTER OR WHAT WE USE ARPA MONEY FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS YANAS MENTIONED, THEY'RE IN OUR, YOUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

SO WE'LL APPRECIATE IF GET APPROVED NOW, WE'LL HAVE TO UPGRADE OR, OR PRESENTATION.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, GO AHEAD.

I KNOW THE SCREEN

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BECAUSE I MEAN, BRINGING THAT UP SO THAT THE PEOPLE IN PUBLIC CAN SEE, AND EVEN US CAN SEE THAT WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DID BECAUSE SOMETIMES, UH, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, ME, DO WE HAVE MONEY? DO WE HAVE MONEY? WHAT CAN WE USE IT FOR? AND FRED GOT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, BACK, UH, ALSO AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE IT FOR? YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE USE FOR, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE GOT THIS MONEY, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD USE IT FOR.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT, I MEAN, AS YOU COULD SEE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WHEN, WHEN THIS CAME ABOUT, I MEAN, IT WAS, WE HELD IT, WE HELD IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

YES.

BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW WHAT THE, WHAT IT WAS FOR AND CITIES THAT THEY USED IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY GOT IN TROUBLE.

SO, OH, WE MAKE SURE.

YEAH, .

SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, NOW AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE TRY AND USE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT.

A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT, THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR THIS, FOR THE CITY BEING BOUGHT FOR THE CITY.

WE NEED IT.

IT IS ACTUALLY NEEDED, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TRUCKS, THEY HAD PILLOWS.

I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT IT HAD PILLOWS ON THE SEAT.

THAT'S HOW BAD IT WAS.

SO MY HAT TALKED TO YOU GUYS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE MONIES FOR, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE EQUIPMENT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S THERE.

IT'S IN THE, UH, THE AGENDA.

THE AGENDA.

IT'S IN THE INTERNET.

IT'S EVERYWHERE.

WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN.

OKAY? YES.

OUR DEADLINE, OUR DEADLINE FOR USING THESE FUNDS IS WHEN? DECEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR.

YES, SIR.

WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL FUNDS EXPENSE, HOWEVER WE GET TO, UH, DECEMBER, 2026 TO HAVE IT COMPLETELY DONE AND OVER WITH.

SO A PO WORKS AS A SOURCE OF LIKE COMMITTED MONIES AND YOUR APPROVAL WILL HELP ON THAT PROCESS.

SO AS WE HAVE ALL POS ENTER ALL OR MONIES USED, THEN WE HAVE TWO MORE YEARS TO ACTUALLY WRITE THAT CHECK.

SO IT'S, I'M LOOKING, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, UH, PUTTING IN AS MANY ITEMS AS POSSIBLE IN THIS AGENDA SO IT CAN, WE CAN MEET OUR DEADLINE.

I KNOW, UM, THE, I GUESS THE RECORDING OF IT OR THE SUBMITTAL OF THIS RESOURCES TO APRIL, BUT THE DEADLINE, IT'S DECEMBER 30TH, 2024.

THIS YEAR.

I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I'M THINKING IT IS REALLY IS CHRISTMAS, ISN'T IT? WITH ALL THE MONEY WE'RE SPENDING .

IT'S BECAUSE WE HOLD IT LIKE, LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE HOLD IT FOR, I SAY TWO YEARS, AND THEN FROM 2322 TO NOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE MONEY BECAUSE YOU OR LOSE IT.

SO I, YEAH, IT WAS USE IT OR LOSE IT AND WE DON'T WANNA PAY BACK.

WELL, I JUST, I HOPE OUR DEPARTMENTS USE, USE EVERYTHING.

WELL, I KNOW THAT WE GET A LITTLE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, GET USED TO HAVING MONEY TO SPEND AND NOW WE DON'T.

SO WE'VE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.

SO, WELL THAT THERE'S ME TOO, SO, OKAY.

THEY'LL KNOW .

STEPHANIE SO MUCH.

UH, COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? THANK YOU.

STEP NONE.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

THANK YOU STEP, YOU ARE WELCOME.

YOU WANT IT? SURE.

AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL GO ON TO, UM, THE REGULAR AGENDA.

WE'LL GO ON TO CONSENT.

CONSENT ITEMS. UH, YOU KNOW, WE DID, UH, WE DID PACK THIS AGENDA BECAUSE, UH, IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE HAD A LOT OF, A LOT OF ITEMS, HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS THAT WE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF.

I MEAN, THESE ARPA ITEMS, AS STEPHANIE MENTIONED, WERE KEY.

I MEAN, I KNOW WHEN I STARTED 13 AND A FEW, YOU KNOW, 13 AND A HALF MONTHS AGO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HIT ME WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT SEVEN POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, WHAT A PROBLEM TO HAVE.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT COMES WITH A LOT OF STRINGS AND IT COMES WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, TREASURY DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS.

AND, UM, TRUST ME, STEPHANIE WAS ALL OVER IT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE COMPLY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD TO WALK THAT LINE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THE EMPLOYEES AND THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS WHAT THEY NEED.

SO, APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE WORK FROM THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY STEPHANIE.

LEAST A, A COUPLE OF WEEKS SPREAD THERE.

UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS WRANGLING EVERYBODY, AND I'M PROBABLY THE ONE THAT BUGS YOU THE MOST.

AND I APOLOGIZE.

NO, I DON'T BUG YOU, BUT IT'S, WHEN I DO, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW, I BUG YOU.

BUT THE ITEMS WE HAVE ON TONIGHT ARE A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT PACKED, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND WE ARE ALSO ASKING TO CANCEL THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, ONLY BECAUSE OF TWO WEEKS IN BETWEEN THESE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS ARE GONNA BE DEAD.

AND IT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD TO PUT TOGETHER AN AGENDA, BUT REST ASSURED THAT IF WE DO HAVE TO CALL A SPECIAL CALL MEETING OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN THERE, WE CAN, WE JUST NEED THE 72 HOUR NOTICE.

I JUST DIDN'T WANNA PUT TWO MEETINGS BACK TO BACK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 21ST AND, AND, AND THE 14TH.

UH, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE AT

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BUT ANYWAY, UH, WE'LL GET ONTO THE

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]

REGULAR CONSENT ITEMS HERE.

UH, WE GOT ITEMS ONE THROUGH 30, ONE THROUGH 30.

UM, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO, UH, VOTE ON THOSE OR ONE ITEM, WE CAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE ANY OUT FOR DISCUSSION, UH, WE CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME AND VOTE ON THE, ON THE BALANCE.

FRED, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 4 28, 29, AND 34, 28, 29, AND 30, 28, 29, AND 30.

ANYBODY ELSE? DO I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER NUMBERS I'D LIKE TO ADD MAYOR NUMBER TWO.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

ANY OTHER NUMBERS? UM, HOLD ON, I HAVE TO LOOK.

NO OTHER NUMBERS THEN.

UM, OKAY.

DO HAVE, SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE? OKAY, SO IT'S GONNA BE ITEM NUMBER TWO, NUMBER 4, 28, 29, AND 30.

MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OTHER CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS OTHER THAN 2, 4 28, 29, AND 30.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ITEM TWO, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVE.

ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[2. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2024-1217-001(R), authorizing the Chief of Police or his designee to approve the application and acceptance of any Operation Lonestar Grant Number 519201 that the Office of the Governor, Homeland Security Grants Division, issues for the period of performance beginning September 1, 2024, and ending August 31, 2025.]

RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH 1217 DASH 0 0 1 R AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHO'S DESIGNEE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF ANY OPERATION.

LONE STAR GRANT NUMBER 5 1 9 2 0 1 AT THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS DIVISION ISSUES FOR THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2024, AND ENDING AUGUST 31ST, 2025.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MAYOR PROTE, COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD.

POLICE CHIEF MARIA, THE ITEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, IT'S A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, UH, FOR 20,000 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND, UH, IT'S FOR OPERATION LONE STAR, WHICH WE, BEFORE WE WERE WORKING, UH, OPERATION BOARD SECURITY, NOW IT'S OPERATION LONE STAR AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

I PULLED THE WRONG ITEM.

UM, OKAY.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GIVING US 20,000.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT WAS GOING ON.

YEAH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, YEAH, NORMAL.

GO AHEAD.

TAKE, UH, TAKE THE MONEY.

SO DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GOODMAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALE.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

OKAY, ADAM, NUMBER FOUR,

[4. Consideration and possible action to approve an Emergency Water Service Agreement with the Harlingen Waterworks System to provide Potable Water to the City of San Benito during Emergency Events]

APPROVE AN EMERGENCY WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THIS HARLINGEN WATER WORK SYSTEM TO PROVIDE POTABLE WATER TO THE CITY OF SAN BENITO DURING EMERGENCY EVENTS.

COMMISSIONER, JUST EXPLAIN BASICALLY THE EMERGENCY INTERCONNECT WITH, UH, OUR NEIGHBORING CITY.

IF HAREN, IF WE DO HAVE WITH HARLINGEN, AND IF WE EVER DO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE NEED WATER, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA BE BASED ON AVAILABILITY.

UH, WE HAVE THAT OPTION AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN OPEN THAT VALVE AND WE CAN TAKE, UH, WATER FROM THEM AT A PRICE.

WHAT IS THE, IS THERE A BASE FEE ATTACHED TO THIS? 'CAUSE PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS A BASE FEE ATTACHED TO THIS CONTRACT, AN OLDER CONTRACT THAT WE HAD MM-HMM .

IS THERE A BASE FEE ATTACHED TO THIS? I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE GOOD, UH, NEIGHBORING CITIES AND SAY, YOU KNOW, NO, NO BASE FEE.

WHEN YOU SAY BASE FEE, DO YOU MEAN THEY WOULD CHARGE US JUST TO HAVE IT YEAH.

ACCESSIBLE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING THAT WITH HIM.

SO, UH, WE'LL WORK, WE'LL, WE'LL FINISH IT UP.

IT'S A NEW DIRECTOR, UH, OF THEIR, HE'S ACTUALLY AN INTERIM GUY, BUT, UM, YEAH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE CHARGED A MONTHLY CONNECTION FEE.

THE, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE NOT USING IT BECAUSE THEY DO CHARGE US, WE WE'RE METERED THAT, THAT THAT CONNECTION IS METERED.

SO, UH, WHEN AND IF WE DO ACTIVATE IT, BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT CONNECTION GOES BOTH WAYS.

SO THERE MAY BE A TIME THAT THEY'RE BORROWING FROM US OR BUYING FROM US.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IF THEY CHARGE US, WE'LL CHARGE THEM, EH, YEAH, LET'S GO.

OR VICE VERSA.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA SO I COULD FINISH MY NEGOTIATIONS WITH 'EM.

BASICALLY, IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE AGREEMENT AND WE DO NEED IT.

UM, BUT I DIDN'T WANT THE YEAR TO END WITHOUT IT, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY WERE, THEY'RE GETTING TO THEIR POINT WHERE THEY NEED TO, THEY NEED TO CLEAR THEIR, UH, THEIR, THEIR ITEMS FROM THEIR, YOU KNOW, FROM THEIR TO-DO LIST.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

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YEP.

AND THIS NEEDED BECAUSE, UH, I THINK A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I THINK ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAD A, A MAJOR, WE HAD A MAJOR WATERLINE BREAK AND, UH, IT, IT WAS IN A, IT WAS IN A WEEKEND HOLIDAY AND WE COULDN'T GET THE PARTS.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS DURING COVID, AND SO OUR WATER PLANTS COULDN'T KEEP UP.

SO IT GET TO THE POINT THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, MR. LATO WAS, UH, CALLING ME HIS GOES MAYOR, IT'S GOING, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CALL, UH, ZO, I MEAN, UH, TO, UH, OPEN UP THE, THE GATES SO WE CAN, UH, AT LEAST HAVE PART OF IT.

PART OF THE SOTO, THE OTHER PART OF SONITO, UH, FEED HIM, YOU KNOW, SO, BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY, IT WAS JUST ONE OF THE TRANSMISSION LINES THAT WE HAD, AND THEY WOULD JUST KIND OF, THE MORE THEY BOOSTED UP, THE MORE THE WATER WHERE THE WATER LINE WAS.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S, IT'S NEEDED.

BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE CHARGING US.

WHY CAN'T WE CHARGE THEM? SAME THING.

COME ON.

UH, WE NEED TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER.

SO I, I FOUND THE, UH, MAYOR, IF I MAY, THE, THE RATES.

SO THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE US ON 2 MILLION GALLONS A MONTH, WHETHER WE TAKE IT OR NOT.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE FAIR WITH EACH OTHER.

AND I AGREE.

I WOULD ONLY MOTION TO APPROVE IF FRED CAN GET THAT STRUCTURED IN A WAY IT BENEFITS BOTH PARTIES.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS MY, OKAY.

THAT'S NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

SO DO YOU HAVE A MOTION MAYOR PROTO A MOTION TO APPROVE ON, UM, TO GIVE, TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER DIRECTION TO, UH, RENEGOTIATE THE RATE CONTRACT PORTION OF THE CONTRACT? YEAH.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY NAYES MOTION PASSES.

SO, UM, WE'RE ON TO ITEM 28, 29, AND 30.

YEP.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THE, UH, 28 DEALS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

UM, 29 IS, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND 30 IS, IS, UH, PERSONNEL.

WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, I WOULD ASK THE BOARD, WE COULD DISCUSS AT LEAST 28 AND 30 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, BECAUSE THEY DO, THEY DO QUALIFY AND THEY CONCURRENT, CONCURRENT CONCURRENCE FROM THE, UM, THERE'S SOME LEGAL THAT I HAVE.

NO ATTORNEY.

OKAY, SO WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS.

SO, UM, SO ALL THREE OF YOU ARE GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, SIR.

SO THEN, UM, MOTION TO TAKE, UH, 28, 29 TO 30 INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I MAY MAKE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UM, MORALES.

AND, UH, SECOND BY, UM, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

TIME IS, UH, SIX 16, EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION ONE FIVE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

UM,

[POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

ITEM NUMBER 28, AND WE'RE BACK.

CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH 1217 DASH ZERO TWO R TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED PROJECTS OF SAN BENITO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INCORPORATED.

STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 29 IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.

APPROVE A PROPOSAL FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH EMPOWERMENT ENDEAVOR FOR THE SAN BENITO HOG WADDLE EVENT.

UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE ON THIS SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

MOTION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

BUT COMMISSIONER MORALES.

STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

A NAY.

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM NUMBER 30, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED EMPLOYEE END OF YEAR SALARY SUPPLEMENT.

UH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, UH, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND OPTION ONE, WHICH, UH, FOR THE RECORD IS NEW HIRES WOULD BE, UH, GET A, GET A, A CHECK OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS.

UH, THREE MONTHS WOULD BE $200.

AND ANYBODY SIX MONTHS PLUS, WHICH WOULD BE YOUR NORMAL FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WOULD GET A CHECK OF $600, UH, FOR A TOTAL, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $125,100.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION.

MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORE MORALES SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.

ITEM, UH, NUMBER TWO.

ITEM ONE AND TWO.

UH, WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON THOSE.

FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS CONSIDERATION.

ITEM THREE AND ITEMS

[3. Consideration and possible action to approve the cancelation of the January 7, 2025, City of San Benito Regular City Commission Meeting]

POSSIBLE ACTION.

PROVE A CANCELLATION OF JANUARY 7TH, 2025.

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CITY OF SAN BENITO CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

AS I SAID, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REALLY TOUGH NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND YOU ALL CANCELING THIS MEETING.

IF WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, AN EMERGENCY ONE, SIR, WE WILL DO SO.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT ABSOLUTE MOTION TO CANCEL A MEETING? ? I GOT A, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN SECOND.

I'LL SECOND IT.

AND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSION? NOTHING.