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NOTICE[CALL TO ORDER]
THAT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.
ADAM, NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO US.
STAND FOR THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
I PLEDGE ALL TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER TEXAS FLAG.
ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER.
WE'RE SO VERY GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE THIS EVENING.
AND THE LIBERTY THAT WE ENJOY AND THE ABILITY TO DECIDE FOR OURSELVES, THE DIRECTIONS AND THE THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT ON OUR PART IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR OUR, OUR STAFF AND EMPLOYEES, AND THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT HELP OUR COMMUNITY MOVE FORWARD.
WE PRAY THAT A, A, A SENSE OF UNITY AND LOVE WILL, WILL, WILL WORK ITS WAY INTO OUR COMMUNITY, MORE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE TOGETHER THE SAME THINGS AND, AND WORK TOWARDS A COMMON GOOD AND A COMMON GOAL.
WE ARE DISHEARTENED BY THOSE THINGS THAT LEAD, THAT BREAK US APART AND TEAR US APART.
AND WE, WE PRAY THAT WE MAY LOOK PAST THOSE THINGS AND SEE THE GOOD IN EACH OTHER AND THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
WE NEED THEE ALWAYS, AND WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
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YOU GOT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZINGLADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IT SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND NEVER BE CONSUMED, UH, ENSURING THE LASTING LEGACY IN THE PRO REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, COMMISSIONER MORALE, THANK YOU, MAYOR, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF DECLARING CHICHARRON OFFICIAL HOG GUDO MASCOT SHALL BE PRESERVED, NEVER BE CONSUMED, ENSURING ITS LEGACY AND PROUD REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY, CITY OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN MEDO IS A PROUD COMMUNITY, STEEPENED, TRADITION, CULTURE, AND THE BEST MEXICAN CUISINE.
THIS SIDE OF THE RIO GRANDE RIAS AND AUTHENTIC FLAVORS REIGN SUPREME.
AND WHEREAS AMONG THE MANY CHERISHED TRADITIONS OF OUR CITY, NONE IS MORE DELIGHTFUL OR MORE DELICIOUS THAN OUR SIGNATURE HOG WADDLE EVENT.
A TIME HONORED CELEBRATION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER FAMILIES, FOOD LOVERS, AND FESTIVAL GOERS, AND JOYFUL RY.
AND WHEREAS ON MARCH 25TH, 2024, A SPECIAL LITTLE PIGLET WAS BORN IN THE HEART OF SANTO AND DESIGNATED FOR GREATNESS.
CHICHARRON A A CHARISMATIC AND CHARMING SWINE WHOSE ADORABLE SNOUT, PLAYFUL SPIRIT, AND LARGER THAN LIFE PERSONALITY, HAVE CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND MATCH THAT, PUT TIM, WHEREAS CHICHA AND HAS QUICKLY RISEN TO CELEBRITY STATUS, BECOMING A BELOVED FIGURE IN SANTO ADMIRED NOT JUST FOR HIS CUTENESS, BUT FOR HIS UNDENIABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE JOY AND EXCITEMENT OF THE HOG WADDLE EVENT.
AND WHEREAS IN LIGHT OF HIS ESTEEMED PO POSITION IN THE LOVE HE HAS GARNERED, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO PROCLAIM IN NO CERTAIN TERMS THAT CHI SHALL NEVER BE CHICHARRONES, CARITA, TAMALES, SAUSAGE LINKS, OR ANY CULINARY DELICACY.
BA SHALL INSTEAD BE HONORED, PROTECT AND CELEBRATE HIS CHERISH MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS CHAR ROLE AS OFFICIAL MACO OF THE
AND NOW THEREFORE BE PROCLAIM ICAO, RAMEZ CITY, SANTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, AND THE CITIZENS OF SANTO HEREBY PROCLAIM CHICHARONE AS THE OFFICIAL MASCOT OF THE HA GU EVENT, RECOGNIZING THIS PLACE AS A TRUE SANTO ICON, UH, AMBASSADOR AND, UH, FUN.
AND THE IN THE FRONT TWO, ALL IN WITNESS THERE OF, I HAVE, UH, HERE ONTO SET MY HAND ON THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY AS A YEAR, LORD, 2025.
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HEY.I JUST WANNA THANK THE, UH, THE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE FUN.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN THEY BROUGHT IT UP TO MY ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, HAVING HIM, YOU KNOW, UM, THE MASCOT OF, UH, HELP WADDLE AND, UH, THAT HE'LL BE PRESERVED, YOU KNOW, FOREVER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE THE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN HE DOES PARDON, UH, YOU KNOW, TURKEY, YOU KNOW, DURING, DURING THANKSGIVING.
WELL, WHY CAN'T WE DO THE SAME THING HERE? WE DO IT FOR THE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY DO IT FOR THE, FOR THE KIDS, FOR THE PEOPLE.
AND SO THEY CAN HAVE FUN AND WE CAN HAVE FUN ALSO.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, A SAD DAY, BUT IT'S ALWAYS, WE NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE IN THE PUBLIC EYE THAT, HEY, WE'RE HERE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR DOING THAT, YOU KNOW? YES.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
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ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.IT'S, UM, WHERE'S ROY? GIVE GIVE US SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS ROY GARCIA, CARPI ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE RECORD.
UM, WE'RE DOING VERY WELL RIGHT NOW WITH HA GUDO.
WE PICKED UP A TOTAL OF 41,500 IN SPONSORS ALONE, UH, WITH TICKET SALES THAT WE ALREADY SOLD.
AS OF TODAY, WE'RE AT 54,000 FOR BOTH DAYS.
SO IT'S A TOTAL COMBINATION FOR BOTH DAYS.
SO I, UH, I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR THAT BECAUSE, UH, WITH, WITH, WE HAVEN'T EVEN, UH, INCLUDED ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH THE, THE VENDORS THAT SHANNON'S WORKING REAL HARD ON THAT.
AND WE ARE NOT INCLUDING THE, THE DRINK SALES.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE SELLING TICKETS HERE, CITY HALL.
WE'RE ALSO SELLING TICKETS AT, UH, THE LOCAL BOOT JACK IN BRONZEVILLE, AND THE, AT THE EDC AS WELL.
UH, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ON ANYTHING? WE'RE HERE TO, I'M HERE TO ANSWER 'EM REGARDING MARKETING REGARDING, YES, SIR.
ROY, JUST COULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON THE, UH, WEEKEND, UH, THE WEEKEND, I GUESS, RADIO REMOTES THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, DONE THIS WEEKEND AND WHAT'S GONNA BE GOING FROM HERE UNTIL DAY OF SHOW OR WHATEVER.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, NOT ONLY PUSHING THE, THE HOG WADDLE ITSELF AND THE ACTUAL EVENT, BUT ALSO TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, ROPE IN OUR, OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNER BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, NO, UH, NO STRINGS ATTACHED, RIGHT? SO, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE THAT WE'RE SELLING, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE, WE CREATED A, A PACKAGE, AN ADVERTISING PACKAGE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING AROUND CITY, UH, LOCAL, THE CITY'S, UM, LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND GIVING AWAY FREE TICKETS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO TWO LI UH, TWO HOUR LIVE REMOTES AT, AT YOUR LOCAL, UM, BUSINESSES, AND WE'LL BE GIVING AWAY SOME TICKETS.
SO WE WILL BE ADVERTISING WITH CHRISTINA AND THE TEAM AND SHANNON, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE POSTING THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA SO YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE GOING.
BUT, UM, I KNOW WE JUST WENT THIS PAST SATURDAY TO, UH, CABO BAR
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AND GRILL AND, UH, IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT WITH, UM, MR. GARY.SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE MARKETING PLANS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT WE DO HAVE A BIG MARKETING PACKAGE, UM, WITH ALL OUR LOCAL, UM, ADVERTISING COMPANIES.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE ON FEBRUARY.
SO IT'S GONNA BE FEBRUARY 20 THROUGH FEBRUARY 23.
WE HAVE TWO FAMILY NIGHTS ON THURSDAY.
IF IT'S A FAMILY NIGHT, UH, FRIDAY'S GONNA BE COUNTRY NIGHT, SATURDAY WILL BE CONJUNTO.
WHAT WE DID DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS WE ADDED SIX CONJUNTO HIGH SCHOOL BANDS.
SO WE'RE GONNA, I DON'T HAVE 'EM IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I KNOW IT'S, UH, PA HIGH LOS FRESNOS, OF COURSE,
UM, BUT WE ARE GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, UTILIZING THE BIG STAGE.
SO WE ARE GONNA BRING SIX, THE OPENING ACTS WILL BE SIX HIGH SCHOOL BANDS.
UM, AND THEN M THAT WILL BE ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY.
WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE DO DIFFERENT IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE SCHOOL OF ROCKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH SCHOOL OF ROCKS, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A SCHOOL WHERE KIDS GET TO LEARN HOW TO, HOW TO PLAY THE INSTRUMENTS.
SO A BUNCH OF KIDS WILL BE COMING ON STAGE ON SUNDAY, AND THEN, UM, IT'LL BE, UM, WHISKEY D AND THEN THUNDERSTRUCK.
IT'S A, IT'S A TRIBUTE BAND FOR AC DC.
SO, UM, THAT'S KINDA WHAT WE HAVE ON SUNDAY.
SO WE HAVE A ROCK ON SUNDAY THAT'S A FREE EVENT.
FREE ON THURSDAY AND FREE ON SUNDAY.
CAN YOU, UH, CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN THE, THE COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE ON SOME OF THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING? YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING FROM S AND T AND, YOU KNOW, THE HORSES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
'CAUSE THAT'S ALL BEEN KIND OF NEW AND YES.
THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT REALLY COMING AT A COST.
SO I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU ON THAT.
UH, ON SATURDAY WE'RE ADDING A, A DIFFERENT SPIN TO IT.
UH, WITH F AND T MOTORS, WE'RE DOING A, A CAN-AM TRAIL THAT THEY'RE GONNA RIDE SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE CITY.
THEY'RE GONNA END UP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A TRAIL TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR, THEIR CANAM.
UH, THAT, THAT'LL BE, I BELIEVE, WELL, I'M GETTING WITH THE TIMES.
WE'LL GET THE TIMES OUT TO OUR, IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT'S SATURDAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT, YES, IT'S SATURDAY.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A HORSE TRAIL THAT IS GONNA BE COMING DOWN THE CITY.
THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING IN, UH, DOING A, THEY'RE GONNA RIDE AROUND THE CITY, THEN THEY'RE GONNA END UP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND SIX HORSES, ONLY SIX HORSES.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT SPIN THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THIS YEAR SO WE CAN ATTRACT A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT, UH, ENTITIES, LIKE DIFFERENT STUFF.
SO HOW MANY, IS THERE MORE HORSES OR MORE CAN-AM? UH, IT'S GONNA BE A, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE CUTTING IT CLOSE.
BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE TRYING TO COMPETE TO SEE WHO'S GONNA WIN.
AND ARE THE HORSES WORKING FOR FREE OR DO WE HAVE TO FEED 'EM? NO, NO, IT'S, UH, THEY'RE WORKING FOR FREE.
AND ON, ON, ON SUNDAY, WHAT MUSIC DO THEY PREFER?
AND ON SUNDAY, ANOTHER THING IS THAT THERE, THE NOTHING'S AT COST THERE.
SPONSORS COVERED THE BILL FOR SUNDAY AS WELL.
THE BANDS, THE STAGE AND STUFF.
SO THAT'S, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S FREE THURSDAY AND SUNDAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HEARD, BUT WE DO HAVE WRESTLING FROM FOUR TO SIX.
THERE'LL BE, UH, WRESTLING MATCHES INSIDE THE CAMPGROUND.
SO KIDS ARE FREE, LIKE EVERY DAY.
KIDS ARE FREE, THE $20 FOR ADULTS, BUT KIDS WILL BE FREE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY FOR THE, THE FOUR DAYS OF THE FESTIVAL.
NO, ROY, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S GONNA BE PRE-SALES IS $20, AND AT THE GATE IT'S GONNA BE $30.
NOW, ALSO, I KNOW THAT I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THE TICKETS, HOW THEY WERE BEING SOLD, AND, UM, MAYBE THERE WAS A GLITCH AT ONE TIME.
IT WAS A, THEY WANTING TO PICK THEIR SEATS AND STUFF AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO SO.
YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT BY TOMORROW.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PICK YOUR SEATS THAT YOU WANT AT A CERTAIN TABLE IF YOU'RE BUYING A VIP TABLE.
SO I KNOW THERE WAS A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT.
PEOPLE WEREN'T ABLE TO TO SELECT IT, BUT, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? NOPE.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO FINISH WITH, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THIS PROJECT WITH CHRISTINA SHANNON, THE DIRECTORS, MR. SANDOVAL.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN FUN AND EXCITING TO GET THIS GOING.
AND, UH, WE WILL START, SET UP EARLY.
WE'LL START MONDAY THIS COMING WEEK TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS PERFECT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER WITH PD AND EVERY, ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO GET THIS, THIS, UH, FESTIVAL 40 FESTIVAL.
PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, RUTH? ANYBODY? NO, SIR.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING IF I COULD.
SO, UM, KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT ROY BROUGHT UP AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE LATELY, YOU KNOW, UM, I'VE BEEN HERE OVER A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.
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THINK I'M GOING ON 14 MONTHS IF I'M, IF MY CALENDAR'S CORRECT.AND, YOU KNOW, I RAN ACROSS SOMETHING THAT, UH, A COLLEAGUE OF MINE SHARED, UH, WITH SOME OF HIS FOLKS THAT ARE IN HIS CIRCLE.
UM, HIS NAME IS BROOKS WILLIAMS AND HE'S A CITY MANAGER, UH, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, AND I WANTED TO READ THIS BECAUSE I THINK IN, IN, IN TODAY'S CLIMATE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, IN, IN, IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE, THE WHIRLWIND STOPS FOR NO ONE.
UH, WE, WE, WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY DAY.
AND, AND I THINK I WANTED TO READ AN EXCERPT FROM, FROM HIS, FROM HIS POST, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY FITTING.
UM, THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE THAT FUELS THE US VERSUS THEM MENTALITY.
THE ASSUMPTION THAT PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE DISCONNECTED, INDIFFERENT, OR WORSE, WORKING AGAINST THE PEOPLE THEY'RE MEANT TO SERVE.
THE FRUSTRATION, MANY FUEL IS VALID WHEN ROADS ARE CRUMBLING, UTILITIES ARE COSTLY, AND SERVICES ARE SLOW.
IT'S EASY TO ASSUME NEGLIGENCE OR APATHY.
BUT WHAT ISN'T SEEN IS THE, IS THE SYSTEM OUTDATED.
INFRASTRUCTURE, UNFUNDED MANDATES, RISING COSTS.
AND THE SLOW GRIND OF BUREAUCRACY CHANGE ISN'T BLOCKED BY INDIFFERENCE.
IT'S SLOWED BY A SYSTEM BUILT TO PREVENT RASH DECISIONS AND PROTECT LONG-TERM STABILITY.
BUT THE SYSTEM ISN'T THE ONLY OBSTACLE.
THE VERY PEOPLE DEMANDING THE CHANGE ARE OFTEN THE ONES PREVENTING IT.
PUBLIC SERVANTS, LIKE MYSELF, MY STAFF, CARRY THE BURDEN OF KNOWING THAT EVEN THE BEST DECISIONS WON'T PLEASE EVERYONE.
THEY OPERATE IN A SPACE WHERE OUTCOMES ARE JUDGED IN ISOLATION WITHOUT CONTEXT, AND WHERE SUCCESS IS OFTEN INVISIBLE.
WHILE MISTAKES ARE BLATANTLY PUBLIC, THIS ISN'T A PLEA FOR SYMPATHY.
IT'S A CALL FOR UNDERSTANDING.
MOST OF US IN PUBLIC SERVICE DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS PATH FOR RECOGNITION OR POWER.
WE CHOSE IT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT MATTER.
WE WAKE UP EVERY DAY KNOWING THAT THE SYSTEM IS FAR FROM PERFECT, BELIEVING IT CAN BE BETTER.
THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST, IF WE'RE GONNA FIX THE DISCONNECT, IT STARTS WITH SEEING THE PUBLIC SERVICE FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS A RELENTLESS EFFORT TO MANAGE COMP COMPLEXITY, SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND IMPROVE LIVES.
EVEN WHEN THE PATH FORWARD IS ANYTHING BUT CLEAR.
IT'S ALL OF US STUCK IN A SYSTEM THAT DEMANDS PATIENCE, PATIENCE, RESILIENCE, AND SOMETIMES UNCOMFORTABLE TRADE OFFS.
BUT WE KEEP PUSHING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PUBLIC SERVICE DEMANDS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO, SIR.
SOMETIMES LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER MORALES HAS SAID IN THE PAST THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO DO AND TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.
THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, HEART WARM, YOU KNOW, DESIRE TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
YOU KNOW, UM, CITY, UH, STREETS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SO MUCH STREETS ON THEM BECAUSE OF WHAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS ALLOWED US TO MOVE FORWARD ON AND, AND GET THE, UH, THE WORKERS, CITY WORKERS HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB INSIDE THE, UH, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
AND LIKE I SAID, UH, SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK, SAY THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.
WELL, WE TRY AND DO WITH THE, WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, TRY AND MOVE FORWARD AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, OUR DESIRE, MY DESIRE ON ALSO AS A MAYOR TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT.
UH, I CAN ONLY DO WITH THE, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION TO DO THAT AND COME TOGETHER AND BE ABLE TO DO THE STREETS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE DONE.
INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN IN DILAPIDATION FOR ALMOST DECADES, 20, 30, 40 YEARS, WHATEVER IT IS.
AND, UH, NOW WE'RE PAYING FOR IT.
BUT THE WORKERS THAT WE HAVE ARE STILL IN THERE.
THEY'RE STILL IN THERE ON THE PITS IN THE, IN THE WATER, PRESSURE, SEWER, WHATEVER IT IS.
THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE DOING, TRYING TO GET THE CITY MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BEST OF THE, OF THE PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WHATEVER WE CAN.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, PEOPLE THAT, UH, I'LL TELL YOU, YOU
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GUYS STAY OUT OF IT.THIS, THAT ARE DOGGING US OUT.
YOU NEED TO BE, BE OUT HERE, BE IN THE PUBLIC.
LISTEN TO WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, THIS WHAT, TO THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, WHAT'S COMING? IT'S NOT EASY.
IT'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH, WITH PEOPLE, WITH COMPANIES, WITH ALL THE STUFF.
YOU KNOW? UH, THIS GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN HERE.
MOST OF THE TIME I'VE SEEN IT.
COMPANIES TELL US, OH, WE'RE COMING.
WE'RE COMING NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK.
NOW A SUDDEN, TWO WEEKS LATER, OH YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE COMING THREE MONTHS LATER.
WELL, YEAH, WE'RE COMING SIX MONTHS LATER.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, IT'S, UH, NOT BECAUSE OF LACK OF TRYING THEIR COMPANIES.
THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING, THEIR BUDGET AND SEE WHAT THE, HOW THE ECONOMY'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO, TO BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, COME IN.
BUT AGAIN, UNDERSTAND CITIZENS OUT THERE.
UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE AND TO GIVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB.
I DON'T GET PAID WHEN I GO, WHEN I USE MY VEHICLES, I DON'T GET PAID.
I DON'T GET NOTHING FROM THE CITY.
BUT I HAVE TO BUDGET MY SALARY, MY RETIREMENT SALARY.
I HAVE TO BUDGET EVERY SINGLE MONTH TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AND GO AND MAKE IT TO MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY.
SO WHEN YOU ALL SAY THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH, THAT'S WHY I SAY, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU LOOKING AT? BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WHAT WE HAVE.
AND I HOPE YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST ENTERTAINMENT.
THERE'S THINGS HERE, THERE'S OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT, UH, THEY'RE STILL LACKING.
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY WAS IN.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THAT'S ME TALKING, NOT NOT THE COMMISSION.
ME DILAPIDATION SO MUCH IN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING.
WE ONLY KNEW IF YOU ONLY KNEW.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO THAT TIME.
WHEN THE TIME SAYS THE PEOPLE SAY, NO MORE, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
BUT UNDERSTAND UNTIL THEN, UNTIL THEN, UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND JUST MOVE THE CITY FORWARD TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY OF WHAT WE HAVE.
COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS CITIZENS.
AGAIN, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE STREETS AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
AND AGAIN, PLEASE UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT HERE SITTING DOWN JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT.
THE PEOPLE OUT THERE, THE WORKERS HERE, THAT'S THE ONE YOU HAVE TO THANK FOR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MOVES THE CITY.
AND I HOPE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
YOU GOOD? WE GOT ONE PUBLIC HEARING.
MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS AGAIN.
IT'S NOT LOST ON US, TRUST ME.
[1. Public Hearing on a request to rezone a property located on FM 732, bearing a legal description of: 33.894 acre tract of land, more or less, out of the Northwest One Quarter (1/4) of Block Twenty-Eight, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Cameron County Map Records from AO “Agriculture and Open Space” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicant: Amel R. Villarreal. ]
PUBLIC HEARING.ITEM NUMBER ONE IS REQUEST TO REZONE A PROPERTY LOCATED ON 7 32, UH, 33.894 ACRE TRACT OF LAND.
UH, IT'S GOING FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS.
OKAY? UH, TIME IS, UH, AUGUST 5 58.
AND WE'RE OPENING FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY FOUR OR AGAINST ON ONCE.
THAT WAS IN PUBLIC HEARING TIME IS TIME IS, UH, 5 58.
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NINE.WE CAN TAKE THEM ALL IN ONE MOTION.
OR IF ANYBODY, ANYBODY ON THE BOARD, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ONE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION WOULD TAKE THAT UP AT THIS POINT.
ANYBODY LIKE TO REMOVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, MEPO.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? ITEM NUMBER ONE.
THAT IT? OKAY, SO I GOT A MOTION, UH, TO REMOVE, UH, FROM THE CONSENT, UH, UH, ITEM ONE.
BY MAYORAL TIM, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, MAYORAL TIM, BUT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
NOW WE NEED A MOTION FOR WHAT? 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND EIGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION AS A CONSENT AGENDA FOR 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND EIGHT.
MOTION FOR CONSENT ITEMS. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND EIGHT, MA'AM.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
[1. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the January 21, 2025 City of San Benito Regular City Commission Meeting. ]
ITEM ONE, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.JANUARY 21ST, 2025 ON A REGULAR VIEW.
COMMISSIONER, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE CAUGHT UP.
IS THAT CORRECT, RUTH? YES, SIR.
UM, DI DICTATING AND WRITING DOWN.
WHEN THE MEETING'S AN HOUR LONG, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU THREE HOURS TO WRITE IT VERBATIM.
IT'S SOMETHING NICE THAT THE CITY DOES FOR THE CITIZENS.
I'M ACTUALLY THINKING BACK, LIKE, WHY, WHY DO VERBATIM IF WE CAN JUST, IF WE ALREADY HAVE AUDIO, IT SAVES A LOT OF STAFF TIME.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT USE AI.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT.
IT JUST WRITES EVERYTHING VERBATIM FOR YOU.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THE VIDEO CATCHES ONE THING.
AND I'VE BEEN CAUGHT BEFORE WHERE THE VERBATIM WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I SAID.
SO I'M GONNA LOOK AT ONE OF THESE ITEMS, BUT I REMEMBER WHAT I SAY.
I'M STILL NOT SENILE OR WHAT I VOTE FOR.
THE MAYOR, I'M GONNA CALL YOU OUT HERE ON ONE OF 'EM.
I, I, I BELIEVE IT WAS ITEM, UM, BOARD APPOINTMENTS TO POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT BOARD MEMBERS TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS RENEWAL BOARD.
I BELIEVE ALL OF US HAD MOTIONED TO TABLE IT, BUT I THINK MAYOR, YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT SAID NAY BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO PUSH IT FASTER, UH, LIKE YOU WANTED IT TO HAPPEN THEN.
SO ALL OF US WERE FOR THE TABLE.
SO HERE IT SAYS THAT I VOTED NAY FOR THE TABLE
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WE HAD ALL COME BACK AND SAID EVERYBODY TABLED IT BECAUSE WE WANTED A MUCH CLEANER ORDINANCE, AN UPDATED ORDINANCE, AND WE WANTED TO JUSTIFY WHO CAN SIT ON THAT BOARD, RIGHT? YES.
SO, AND IF THE BOARD EXISTS HERE, IT SAYS THAT GOODMAN COMMISSIONER GOODMAN COMMISSIONER MORALES COMMISSIONER NOVATO VOTED AYE.
AND MAYOR PROTE GOVAN VOTED NAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO CORRECT THAT.
TO SAY THAT I THINK WE ALL MOTION, UH, APPROVE THE TABLE AND IT SAYS COMMISSIONER GOODMAN MOTION TO TABLE, BUT THAT, THAT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE.
'CAUSE THAT MEANS THE MAYOR DIDN'T VOTE.
SO IF WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT ITEM.
WELL, I THINK THAT YOU ALL WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO CORRECTIONS.
THAT'S WHY I SAY JUST LET'S JUST UPLOAD VIDEOS.
I I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE NEED VERBATIM.
AND I LOOKED BACK AT THE TML LAW HANDBOOK AND THE ETHICS HANDBOOK, AND EITHER ONE IS FINE.
WE'RE AT LEAST PRIVILEGED TO HAVE VIDEO LIVESTREAM BECAUSE MOST CITIES DON'T.
SO I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS LONG AS WE CORRECT, UM, THAT TIDBIT THERE.
AND I THINK IT, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, WE HAD ALL MOTION AND APPROVE TO TABLE THAT ITEM.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ANY NAYS? I'M NOT GONNA SAY NAY.
[7. Consideration and possible action to approve a proposal with Alexander Business Development to develop a Comprehensive Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan for the Parks and Recreation Department. ]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.APPROVE A PROPOSAL WITH ALEXANDER BUSINESS
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DEVELOPMENT FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PARKS RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
DEANNA GARZA, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
UM, SO ALEXANDER BUSINESS IS, UM, SOMEONE WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED MASTER PARK PLANS AND SHE'S ALSO SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED FOR, UH, THIS TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT, UM, MANY, MANY YEARS TO THE TUNE OF OVER $8 MILLION THAT SHE'S GOTTEN AWARDED FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS THAT SHE'S PUT IN.
AND ONE OF THE, AND SHE'S ALSO AN EXPERT AT OUR WETLANDS, SHE'S HELPED, UM, GET PREVIOUS GLOW GRANTS, UM, FOR THE WETLANDS.
AND THIS SPECIFIC APPLICATION WILL BE TO COMPLETE THE WETLANDS BECAUSE IT'LL BE ONE OF THE HIGHEST, IN HER OPINION, ONE OF THE HIGHEST SCORING PROJECTS IF WE WERE TO SUBMIT IT.
IT IS A 50 50 MATCH BECAUSE MOST OF TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANTS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT RECENTLY, LIKE THE 1.5 MILLION, THOSE GRANTS WERE ALSO 50 50 MATCHES.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF IN KIND THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR 50% MATCH AND WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF IN KIND TO USE FOR OUR MATCH.
UM, SHE'S VERY CONFIDENT THAT PROJECT WILL SCORE HIGH.
SHE'S VERY CONFIDENT THAT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT IN THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION ON OUR BEHALF.
UM, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED TO REDO OUR MASTER PARK PLAN.
AND, UM, SHE HAS THAT EXPERTISE AS WELL AND IS WILLING TO UPDATE OUR MASTER PARK PLAN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION BY AUGUST.
SO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, OKAY.
I, I COMMEND YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I THINK THIS IS GREAT, UH, TO SEE THAT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE, UH, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE IN KIND, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE AS WELL, WHICH YES, WE HAVE PLENTY OF, SO THAT'S GREAT.
SO NOT NECESSARILY DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET, BUT JUST YES, SIR.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS HOW DOES THIS WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MASTER PLAN OR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW? IT ALL FOLDS IN WITH EACH OTHER.
SO, SO THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH WHAT IT YEAH, SHE'LL BE SEEING THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY AGGREGATED FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT THE MASTER PARK PLAN IS IN, ITS A PLAN IN ITSELF THAT, UM, PARKS AND RECREATIONS USUALLY HAVE.
OURS IS EXCESSIVELY OUTDATED FROM 2016 AND IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR ANY OF THESE KINDS OF GRANTS AND FUTURE GRANTS.
SO IT'S STEP ONE IN THE TWO STEP PROCESS TO APPLY.
JUST A SIDE NOTE, QUICK QUESTION.
WHERE, HOW FAR ALONG ARE WE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH GDR OR WHATEVER THE COMPANY NAME IS? IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM.
I'M JUST, I'LL ASK THAT QUESTION LATER THEN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMERS? NO.
AND IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THESE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANTS, WE NEED AN UPDATED MASTER PARK PLANT.
AND SHE, I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT THEY ALWAYS WANT US TO SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY TO GET A BUNCH OF MONEY.
WELL YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PLAN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO APPLY.
50 CENT DOLLARS ARE BETTER THAN IT MAKES SENSE.
I JUST, I WOULD JUST LIKE THAT WE MAKE SURE WE GET, YOU KNOW, GOOD SURVEY RESULTS.
I MEAN THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY DECIDE.
DO YOU WANT SKATE PARKS OR DO YOU WANT BASEBALL? BASEBALL PICKLE BALL.
THAT'S THE KEY, RIGHT? IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH.
UM, MAYBE THEY WANT SHUFFLEBOARDS.
WAS THIS THE SAME PERSON THEY GOT LIKE CAMERON COUNTY PARKS MOST RECENTLY? YES.
SHE ACTUALLY GRANT DID THE, UH, CARTON GOT LIKE 1.5 OR 1.3 MILLION? CORRECT.
AND SHE DID THE CAMERON COUNTY, UH, THE LAURELS COUNTY PARK OUTDOOR GRANT.
SHE ALSO DO THE LEGUNA MAD NATURAL, UH, OR NATURE CENTER INDOOR GRANTS.
SO SHE'S, AND SHE WOULDN'T TAKE ON PROJECTS THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW SHE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEM.
SHE LIKES HER RECORD THAT SHE DOES.
FFY
WELL, SHE, NO, SHE, SHE, WELL, WE'RE IN DESPERATE.
UM, SHE, SHE ONLY WORKS ON PROJECTS.
THAT SHE KNOWS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND SHE HAS, SHE KNOWS THE WETLANDS LIKE THE BACK OF HER HAND.
YEAH, SHE'S GOT A GREAT BATTING AVERAGE AND SHE WANTS TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
APPRECIATE YOU CHASING THAT DOWN.
[9. Consideration and possible ratification of the San Benito Fairgrounds Demolition Project. ]
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NUMBER NINE IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.UH, RATIFICATION OF SAN BENITO FAIRGROUNDS DEMOLITION PROJECT.
UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS WAS TAKEN TO THE EDC BOARD.
THIS IS JUST A RATIFICATION AT THIS LEVEL.
UH, THIS IS, UH, FAIRGROUNDS DEMOLITION.
WE'RE CLEARING OUT ALL THE BRUSH, UH, THE DEBRIS.
THERE'S RIP WRAP, THERE'S CONCRETE, THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF THAT I'D RATHER NOT MENTION ON THE RECORD, BUT WE'RE GONNA CLEAN IT OUT.
UH, WE WANT TO GET IT CLEAN AND SCRAPED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO Y'ALL AT A LATER DATE.
AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
WHERE'S THIS, UH, COMING OUTTA WHAT BUDGET? EDC.
ARE WE GONNA KEEP THE RUNWAY? NO, SIR.
WE ARE NOT GONNA KEEP THE RUNWAY.
HOWEVER, THAT RUNWAY'S GONNA TURN, BE TURNED INTO MILLINGS THAT WE'LL BE USING AROUND THE CITY.
SO WE'RE GONNA RECYCLE WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE ON SITE.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, ELOY? YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF GOOD.
IT'S A LOT OF GOOD MILLINGS AND A LOT OF GOOD CALICHE.
SO WE'RE GONNA STOCK PILOT THERE AND, AND START USING IT AROUND OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD PROJECT.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER UH, GOODMAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
[1. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2103-008-02-2025, an ordinance amending ordinance number 2103, 2103-1, 2103-2 and any other amending ordinances codified in the Code of Ordinances pertaining to Subdivision Regulations "Standards and Specifications", and repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date.]
GO TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.FIRST READING IS THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 1 0 3 DASH ZERO EIGHT DASH 2 20 25.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 3 DASH 1 2 1 0 3 DASH TWO, AND ANY OTHER AMENDING ORDINANCES CODIFIED IN A CODE OF ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, STANDARDS AND SPEC SPECIFICATIONS.
AND REPEALING ANY OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH AS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND PROVIDING FOR UN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS FIRST READING, FIRST READING ONLY.
[2. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-AE-02-2025, a request to rezone a property located on FM 732, bearing a Legal Description of: 33.894 acre tract of land, more or less, out of the Northwest One Quarter (1/4) of Block Twenty-Eight, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Cameron County Map Records from AO “Agriculture and Open Space” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicant: Amel R. Villarreal. ]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252 DASH AE DASH OH TWO DASH 2025.
REQUEST REASONABLE PROPERTY LOCATED ON FM 7 32, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 33.894 ACRES.
AGAIN, THIS WAS, UH, THIS IS IN, UH, FULFILLMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, IT'S GOING FROM AGRI, UH, EARLIER TODAY.
IT'S GOING FROM AO UH, AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL.
AND AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST READING, SO WE CAN MOVE ON.
[3. Discussion and review of feasibility and funding opportunities for a Trap-Neuter Vaccinate-Return (TNVR) Community Cat Program and Spay and Neuter Services. ]
NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND REVIEW OF FEASIBILITY AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A TRAP.WELL, THEY ADDED A, THEY ADDED A LETTER TO THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST TNR, UH, TNVR COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM AND SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES.
AND THIS IS BY MAYOR PROAM? YEP.
SO THANK YOU MAYOR, MYSELF AND, UM, COMMISSIONER MORALES.
WE'RE DISCUSSING THE BENEFITS OF THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT WAS A TRAP AND RELEASE.
UM, A TRAP, NEUTER AND RELEASE.
THEY'RE MOVING NOW IN THE BARK IN BROWNSVILLE.
UM, THE BROWN BROWNSVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY HAS BEEN DOING THIS WHERE THEY, INSTEAD OF CATCHING CATS, WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO IS WE CATCH CATS, TAKE 'EM TO OUR HUMANE SOCIETY ANIMAL SHELTER AT THE WETLANDS, AND THEY'RE FREE TO ROAM.
SOME OF 'EM MAKE IT, SOME OF 'EM DON'T.
UM, IN THIS CASE, THE BEST THING TO DO, THE MOST HUMANE THING TO DO IS TO TRAP, NEUTER, VACCINATE AND RELEASE.
IT'S NOT, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE.
AND WHEN YOU TALK TO REPUTABLE VETERINARIANS, UM, THEY SUGGEST A TRAP AND, UH, NEUTER AND RELEASE PROGRAM.
UM, SPAY AND NEUTER, UH, NOT EUTHANASIA BECAUSE YOU'RE NEVER GONNA CATCH UP TO THE, THE WAY CATS BREED AND DOGS BREED.
THEY CAN HAVE MANY LITTERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY CATS.
UM, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT ONE CAT LADY.
SO SHE WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE HER CATS BE TAKEN TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
SHE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE VACCINATED AND RETURNED TO HER HOME.
UM, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER OPTION WITH, UH, POSSUMS TOO.
UM, SOME CITIES HAVE STOPPED PICKING UP POSSUMS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE A THING WITH POSSUMS BEING TERRIBLE ANIMALS, BUT, UM, THEY'RE NOT, THEY CONTROL THE TICK POPULATION.
THEY DON'T, THEY USUALLY PLAY DEAD.
THEY DON'T BOTHER HUMANS AS VERY LOW CHANCE THAT A HUMAN CAN BE INFECTED WITH RABIES.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST RABIES, UH, INFESTED POSSUM THAT ATTACKED AND KILLED SOMEBODY THAT WOULD CUT COSTS DOWN FOR THE SHELTER ALSO, UM, EUTHANIZING ANIMALS IS, COMES AT A COST.
SO INSTEAD OF EUTHANIZING, WE WOULD BE SPAYING, VACCINATING AND RELEASING.
SO THIS IS JUST AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE COMMISSION TO, YOU KNOW, UM, LOOK AT THE INFORMATION, ADJUST IT.
UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GETTING WITH BARK TO GET THEIR NUMBERS.
AND THEN ANOTHER, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR IN HARLINGEN.
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UM, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH GROWING PAINS.UM, BUT I'M GONNA GET THAT INFORMATION FOR THE COMMISSION.
NOW THIS WAS JUST TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM.
AND WE START WITH CATS AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO DOGS.
UM, IT'S A TEMPORARY ONE DAY JOB AND THEY'RE CUTE.
THE A POSSUMS ARE CUTE AND THEY'RE LITTLE.
SO THIS ITEM I AM VERY AFRAID OF POSSUMS, BUT THEY'RE AWFUL.
MY DAD USED TO HAVE A STICKER ON HIS, ON HIS, UH, VERY CAR, ON HIS VERY NICE CAR THAT SAID, EAT MORE POSSUM ABOUT THAT.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.
BUT, UH, HELP ME UNDERSTAND HERE.
THIS IS A RE REVIEW OF FEASIBILITY AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE PACKET ABOUT THIS.
SO THERE, WHEN WE MOVED, UM, SO I CAN GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY.
SO WHEN WE MOVED, UM, THAT, THAT DEPARTMENT TO THE POLICE, THAT'S ANOTHER WHOLE NOTHER ISSUE.
BUT WHEN WE MOVED THAT DEPARTMENT, IT WENT WITH LIKE 300 GRAND.
RIGHT? SO LOOKING AT THAT, IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, YOU STILL HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE NOT PAYING THOSE TWO EMPLOYEES 300 GRAND, ALTHOUGH, LIKE, THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID 300 GRAND, BUT THEY'RE NOT.
THEY'RE PROBABLY PROBABLY GETTING PAID ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO $40,000.
WHERE'S THE REST OF IT? YOU'RE NOT BUYING 250 GRAND OF DOG FOOD.
ALL IT DOES IS IT SIT, IT DOESN'T DISAPPEAR.
IT SITS IN THE BUDGET AND IT ROLLS OVER TILL NEXT YEAR.
YOU DON'T SPEND IT AND IT ROLLS OVER
SO STEPHANIE ROLLS IT OVER FOR CHIEF TO BUY CARS BECAUSE IT'S HIS MONEY FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
BUT THERE, THERE'S MONEY THERE.
THE POINT IS THAT THERE'S MONEY THERE.
SO WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS IT.
IS, IS THAT DEPARTMENT BEST UNDER CHIEF'S WATCH? UNDER CHIEF'S WATCH, RIGHT? I DON'T, IS IS LIEUTENANT MARTINEZ HERE? HAS HE EVER BEEN TO THE SHELTER? I DON'T WANNA CALL HIM OUT NOW, BUT MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE.
RIGHT? SO HE'S THE SUPERVISOR OF THAT, BUT HE'S AN OFFICER AT THE END OF THE DAY.
I DON'T THINK HE WANTS TO BE CLEANING UP DOG POOP OR, OR PETTING DOGS AND CATS WHILE HE'S TRYING TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, MAYBE A PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION, MAYBE UNDER, UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
SO WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS SOME SORT OF, UH, STRUCTURED JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS A SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM.
BUT THEN THAT'S BRINGING IN A SEPARATE PROGRAM AT ANOTHER COST.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO, NO, WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE THIS DEPARTMENT UNDER SOMEONE ELSE'S WATCH.
UM, PROBABLY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
'CAUSE THEY ADMINISTER SERVICES.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK WITH FRED AND YANA AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK IS BEST.
BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO FUND THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 300 GRAND.
IT COULD START OUT WITH 25,000 AND WE CAN MOVE FROM THERE.
BUT SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING TO TARGET AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS.
I MEAN, THEY CALL THIS GROUND ZERO FOR ANIMALS FOR A REASON.
UH, A LOT OF, THERE'S VERY STRICT SPAY NEUTER LAWS.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, MAYOR, IF I COULD COMMISSIONERS, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST IS A WORKSHOP.
I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY WORKSHOP FODDER.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT TO TAKE IN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, THERE'S STAFFING, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE, UH, AMENDING OF BUDGETS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, WE'RE GETTING TO THAT PLACE HOOK.
STEPHANIE'S LOOKING AT ME A LITTLE FUNNY ABOUT MENDING THE AMENDING THE BUDGET.
BUT YEAH, LET US, LET US GET WITH STAFF.
UH, WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE, UH, FORMAT FOR Y'ALL AND WE'LL HAVE A, WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP, I MEAN A, A WORKSHOP ON THIS ISSUE.
AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.
'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK.
SO THAT, THAT LEADS TO THE NEXT ITEM, MAYOR NUMBER FOUR.
[4. Discussion of the City of San Benito animal control ordinance, Chapter 2.]
YES.I'LL DO DISCUSSION IN DISCUSSION IN CITY SAN BERNARDINO ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE CHAPTER TWO.
SO COMMISSIONER AND I, UH, DE MORALES WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND WE WANTED JUST TO ALIGN OUR, OUR LOCAL ORDINANCE WITH THE TEXAS STATE LAW.
UM, MOST OF THE TIME, IF LAW TEXAS STATE LAW IS MORE STRICT THAN CITY LAW, THAN WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE MORE STRICT LAW.
BUT I JUST WANT OURS TO, TO READ CLEARLY SO THAT THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEN THAT WILL ALSO, UH, PLAY A PART WITH THE REACTIVATION OF, UM, AN ANIMAL ADVISORY, ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS, INCLUDES AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, A VETERINARIAN.
AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MEETING SO OFTEN PER ORDINANCE.
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UH, SO I KNOW WE'RE NOT A REAL ANIMAL SHELTER.WE'RE MORE OF A ANIMAL PRISON.
SO, OKAY, COMMISSIONER, MORE ABOUT HOLDING FACILITY.
IT'S, IT'S A HOLDING FACILITY.
UM, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN DOING REALLY GOOD JOB OF HOLDING IT LONGER THAN ANIMALS, LONGER THAN THREE DAYS, BECAUSE MY WIFE CALLS A LOT.
AND THE OTHER ANIMAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES LIKE MS. EDITH CALL A LOT.
AND I WANNA THANK THE CITY FOR HELPING WITH THAT.
BUT I WANT IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, CLEAR IN ORDINANCE AND THAT ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHETHER THE COMMISSION WANTS TO CONTINUE WITH THE, WHAT, WHAT I JUST MENTIONED WITH ONE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, ONE COMMISSIONER, A MEMBER FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND A VETERINARIAN.
OR DO WE, DO WE JUST, YOU KNOW, ADD SOME ANIMAL ADVOCATES TO, TO THAT GROUP AND THEN EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS GET TO PICK ONE.
SO DURING THE REVISION OF THAT ORDINANCE, MY GUIDE IS TO THE, SO STAFF IS THAT WE REVISE THAT ORDINANCE TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH STATE LAW.
SO NOW, BECAUSE THIS DIVISION IS UNDER THE CHIEF OF POLICE, HE'S GONNA HAVE TO GO AND RIDE AN ORDINANCE ABOUT ANIMALS.
BUT HE HAS A MUCH BIGGER TASK, RIGHT.
TAKING CARE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO THIS IS WHAT GOES BACK TO WHO SHOULD BE RIDING THIS.
'CAUSE I'M NOT, 'CAUSE LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, I DON'T GET PAID FOR THIS.
I GET PAID TO FILL PRESCRIPTIONS.
I JUST GET PAID TO SUGGEST AND THEN DIRECT THE STAFF.
AND THEN WITH THE ADVICE OF THE COMMISSION, IF THEY SUPPORT ME WITH THIS, YOU CAN GET THIS ROLLING.
IF I MIGHT ADD, OH, I'M SORRY.
I WANNA SAY THANK TO BOTH OF YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING THIS THIS THING UP.
I MEAN, I, I, MY MIND GOES REAL FAR AND WE HAVE A BIG OLD ANIMAL SHELTER, A CORRECT ONE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I WANNA THANK ACTUALLY THE ANIMAL ACTIVISTS THAT HAVE CALLED US AND ACTUALLY REMINDED US THAT, HEY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.
IT'S GONNA BE A LONG PROCESS, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH US.
BUT IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, I THINK IN ORDER TO TAKE, UH, ACTION ON SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WELL OVERDUE.
SO I WANNA THANK EDITH OUT THERE THAT, UH, JACKIE, UM, MAYOR, PRO, TEMS WIFE, ALL THE ONES THAT GO OUT THERE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY TAKE OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET, UM, TO DO WHAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THESE ANIMALS.
WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
AND THAT IS, OH NO, FRED, WE'RE TAKING ACTION.
THE ACTION IS TO DIRECT THE STAFF
NO ACTION MEANS IT'S GONNA SIT ON THE TABLE FOR YEARS.
THE ACTION IS THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR MOTION IS I WOULD LIKE FOR THE STAFF TO START REVISING THAT ORDINANCE AND REACTIVATING AN ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR REVIEW.
WELL, OKAY, THESE ARE DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE REALLY CAN'T TAKE A VOTE ON IT, BUT IT'S DULY NOTED.
PUT IT ON THE NEXT MEETING AND WE'LL VOTE ON IT ON THE NEXT MEETING.
WELL, YEAH, NO, BUT I MEAN, WE'VE, TO, TO QUOTE YOU EARLIER, IT'S UH, IT'S ON THE RECORD VERBATIM.
I'VE SEEN RESTROOMS APPROVED FOR 80 GRAND VERBATIM IN 2016 AND WE'RE IN 2025 AT RUM PARK AND THERE'S STILL NO RESTROOMS, WHICH IS WHY I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS DONE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT MONEY WENT ANYWHERE, IT JUST NEVER GOT BUILT.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON IT NOW.
AGAIN,
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORDINANCE, WHAT YOU, I MEAN, OTHER THAN ALIGNING IT, I MEAN, WE CAN PUT IT ON THERE AND ALIGN IT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
DO THINK WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY THAT CAN HELP US WITH THAT? WITH THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS? FAIR ENOUGH.
[5. Discussion of City of San Benito Personnel Exit Interview Procedure. ]
MOVE ON TO NUMBER FIVE? GO TO FIVE.DISCUSSION OF CITY SAN MANINO PERSONNEL EXIT INTERVIEW PROCEDURE.
UM, MAYOR COMMISSION, I, I, ME AND MAYOR PROAM BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMED ON HOW OUR EMPLOYEE EXIT INTERVIEW, UM, HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THEM.
UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE RETENTION OF, OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD GUIDE FOR US TO LOOK AT AND SEE WHEN WE DO HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE EITHER TERMINATED, RESIGNED, OR FOR WHATEVER REASON, DECIDE NOT TO KEEP THEIR EMPLOYMENT HERE, IT'S A GOOD TOOL TO LOOK AT, TO SEE IF THERE'S ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN THE INNER SIDE THAT WE COULD CORRECT.
UM, WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION, WE'RE
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KIND OF JUST IN THE DARK.SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT, WHAT PROTOCOL DO WE DO WHEN WE DO THESE EXIT REVIEWS? ARE THEY EVEN LOOKED AT, UH, COMMISSIONER, MAYOR, I'M SORRY, MAYOR COMMISSIONER.
UH, YEAH, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT THIS PERSONNEL, UH, EXIT INTERVIEW IN PLACE.
THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY PERSONNEL FILE ISSUES.
UM, SOME ARE A LITTLE, SOME ARE A LITTLE MORE ROBUST THAN OTHERS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE NORMAL TURNOVER.
WE'VE HAD NORMAL NUTRITION, I THINK HERE.
AND IF, IF I RECALL WHEN I GOT HERE, WE WERE SHORT, PROBABLY 25, 30 PEOPLE.
WE'VE, UH, BUILT THAT BACK UP, UH, TO OVER, UM, WHAT'S THE LAST NUMBER? I'M SORRY, 200 AND WAS IT WHERE WE AT 2 25? 2 25.
I THINK WHEN I GOT HERE WE WERE LIKE AT ONE 90 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADD, UH, ABOUT 45 EMPLOYEES AT, AT LEAST WHEN I GOT INTERVIEWED, I WAS TOLD THAT NOBODY WANTED TO COME TO SAN BENITO.
SO ALL OF A SUDDEN I GUESS THEY DO.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, NORMAL ATTRITION IS NORMAL ATTRITION.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR CONCERN IS.
I MEAN, THIS IS A, THIS IS PERSONNEL, THIS IS HANDLED AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.
UH, WE HAVE THAT POLICY IN PLACE AS PART OF OUR PERSONNEL POLICIES.
UM, I MEAN WE COULD SHARE THE, THE PERSONNEL POLICY WITH YOU AND, UH, BUT WE DO FOLLOW THROUGH ON IT.
AND WHAT WE DO AFTER THE FACT THAT WHEN THESE ARE TURNED IN AND WHEN WE GO OVER THEM, DO WE ADJUST? I MEAN, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT MAYBE AN EMPLOYEE HAD, AND I DON'T WANNA SAY DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE FACT HERE.
UM, BUT MORE AS TO, OKAY, IF SOMEBODY HAS AN ISSUE HERE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, UM, WHAT DO WE DO TO ADDRESS IT? I MEAN, AS A COMMISSIONER, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF ISSUE IN THE INNER SIDE IN ORDER TO CORRECT.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, GO AHEAD.
I WOULD SUGGEST IF WE COULD, UM, TAKE THIS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSION WITH THE ATTORNEY.
WHAT IS OUR LIMITATIONS HERE AS COMMISSIONERS, BECAUSE THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM I PUT ON AS WELL.
UM, I KNOW IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE AND IT'S PERSONNEL, UH, BUT BECAUSE IT'S PERTAINING TO PERSONNEL MATTERS, I WANNA SEE IF WE CAN TAKE IT TO EX EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WELL, AND, AND, AND, AND WE CAN MAYOR PRO TEM.
I THINK THERE AGAIN, THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL ISSUES AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF AND THEN, UH, WHAT YOU ALL, UH, HAVE AUTHORITY ON UP HERE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL PAY ME AND MY STAFF TO DO THAT.
SO YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER MORALES, WE DO, UH, WE'VE GOT A PROFESSIONAL HR PERSON, UH, MS. CHRISTINE, UH, EVERY TIME WE HAVE, UH, AT LEAST DURING HER TENURE AND I HIRED HER, UH, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN HANDLING THIS THING PROFESSIONALLY.
WE GO THROUGH EACH ONE IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, ANYTHING THAT'S BROUGHT UP, SHE BRINGS IT TO MY ATTENTION TO DEANNA'S ATTENTION AND WE ADDRESS IT.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, UM, THERE'S A BIG DISPARITY BETWEEN NORMAL ATTRITION FOLKS LEAVING FOR MORE MONEY, FOR BETTER BENEFITS, UH, CHANGES IN, UH, PERSONNEL PERSONAL STATUS.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF FOLKS LEAVE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
HOWEVER, UH, WE'VE SEEN NORMAL ATTRITION.
I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A FEW DEPARTMENTS, AT LEAST ONE DEPARTMENT THAT I, I KNOW OF THAT, YOU KNOW, CHANGED A LOT OBVIOUSLY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BULK OF IT IS COMING FROM THE BIGGER DEPARTMENTS.
I MEAN, PUBLIC WORKS IS ALWAYS SHORT.
WE GOT A HARD TIME HIRING, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER OPERATORS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YEAH, WE, WE, WE MAKE IT A VERY, UH, WE MAKE IT AN INTENTIONAL PROCESS TO REVIEW THESE IF THERE IS AN ISSUE.
OBVIOUSLY IF THE, IF THE, IF THE EMPLOYEE WAS A PROBLEM EMPLOYEE, IF THE EMPLOYEE WAS FIRED, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THAT PRETTY MUCH SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
SO, UH, WE, WE FOLLOW EVERYTHING THE WAY WE SHOULD.
WE SHARE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR, AND, AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND ALSO FOLLOW PROTOCOL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD ASKED FOR EARLY ON IN TERMS OF KPIS OR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, IS WHAT ARE, WHAT OUR ATTRITION RATES, OUR TURNOVER RATES AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS ARE.
AND SO, UH, I KNOW WE HAD SOME GOOD INFORMATION IN THE PAST, BUT I'M LOOKING FOR AN UPDATED REPORT HERE SOON IN TERMS OF SOME OF THOSE KPIS BECAUSE YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE DEAL WITH.
NO, WELL, THERE'S NO, NO ACTION ON THAT AND WE'LL BRING YOU ALL BACK THOSE KPIS THAT WE CAN TAKE 'EM UP THEN.
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THAT OKAY? YEAH.[6. Discussion and possible action on City Attorney agreement. ]
NUMBER SIX.DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON CITY ATTORNEY AGREEMENT.
I'M GONNA ASK TO TABLE THIS ITEM A SECOND.
I KNOW, BUT, UH, THIS WAS ONLY TOLD WE GONNA BE VOTING FOR THIS.
I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FOR CONSIDERATION.
I, I WOULD LIKE, NO, IT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
I WOULD LIKE MR. UM, VILO TO BE PRESENT.
SO I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORE MORALES SECOND BY MAYOR
UM, SO DO I NEED, OKAY, SO I GOT IT FIRST AND SECOND.
ANYBODY AGREE I WENT BLANK ON THIS ONE? 'CAUSE I WAS, I WAS THINKING OF SOMETHING ELSE.
NO, BUT UH, JUST TAKE THE VOTE IN THERE IF YOU WANT OR IF YOU DON'T, LEMME TAKE THE, I MEAN WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER SIX.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
OKAY.AND WE'LL BE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOUR.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS ATTORNEY CONSULTATION PURSUANT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 DASH OH SEVEN ONE FOR LEGAL ADVICE RELATING TO CONTRACT PROVISION FOR REFUND REPAYMENT AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE AND FLEET SERVICES FOR THE FORD BRUSH TRUCK BUILD.
SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IN EXECUTIVE ITEM NUMBER TWO, PURSUANT TO CONS TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.074 A ONE TWO PERSONNEL MATTER.
DELIBERATE TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF THE CITY MANAGER.
OKAY, THE TIME IS, UH, SIX 30.
WE WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TIME
[POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION]
IS, UH, I GOT, I GOT 7 57 AND WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.OKAY, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REFUND PAYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN MANINO AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE AND FLEET SERVICES FOR THE BRUSH TRUCK BILL AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO APPROVE.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOMAN.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON PERSONNEL MATTER ON ANY PERSONNEL MATTER DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NO, THERE'S NO ACTION ON THAT ONE.
ANY OTHER ITEMS? THAT'S IT, MAYOR.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU GUYS WENT GOOD AND, UH, WE'RE HERE EXCITED.
WE'RE EXCITED AND I BELIEVE WE ARE UNITED TO MOVE FORWARD.
SANTO, WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE.
THE TIME IS, UH, 7 58 AND WE ADJOURN.