[ Special Commission Meeting on September 9, 2025.]
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YOU HAVE FORM TWO IS THE, UM, PLEASE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DISPENSE WITH THE FORMALITIES.
COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENT OF UNWANTED, UNWANTED ITEMS. IT WILL BE HELD AT STOKE PARK, 5 28 NORTH STOKE ROAD, 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM PLEASE BRING PROOF OF ID OR A WATER BILL SHOWING THAT YOU LIVE HERE.
WE WILL HAVE DUMPSTERS ON SITE.
WE WILL HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL BRING, UH, WHATEVER THEY, UH, HAVE TO DISPOSE OF AND WON'T LEAVE IT SOMEWHERE.
SO, UH, WE'RE HOPING WE'VE GOT STAFF THERE.
WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE DOING THAT.
AND I GUESS THE BIGGER ONE, AND I'M SORRY I MISSED THAT ONE.
UH, CHICK-FIL-A GRAND OPENING, UH, THAT WOULD BE THURSDAY, THE 18TH OF SEPTEMBER.
YOU KNOW, UH, THAT WOULD BE, UH, WE HAVE TIMES AND, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE, UH, DISTRIBUTED A LITTLE BIT LATER.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, WE GOT THAT OUT TODAY.
SO THAT WILL BE HAPPENING NEXT THURSDAY, AND THERE'LL BE, UH, SOME OTHER EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
BUT THAT WILL BE, UH, BY INVITATION AND WE'LL BE GETTING THAT TO YOU ALL.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S CERTAIN, THERE'S CERTAIN MILESTONES THAT A CITY HITS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BUDGET OF A CERTAIN SIZE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF SO MANY SWORN OFFICERS, AND, UH, THAT PROVES THAT YOU'VE MADE IT WHILE THE CHICK-FIL-A IS ONE OF 'EM.
SO, WE'VE ALREADY HIT OUR MILESTONE IN THE CHICK-FIL-A, SO THAT PUTS US IN A, IN ANOTHER, IN ANOTHER REALM AND A, IN A HIGHER ECHELON.
SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THOSE FOLKS THAT BELIEVED IN US, AND THE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE OWNER OPERATOR, I THINK SHE'S, UH, SHE'S FULLY INVESTED IN SAN BETO.
UM, SHE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH YANNA AND I, AND, UH, I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I NEED TO BRING TO THE CITY, AND SHE'LL MOVE HERE.
SO, UH, THAT, UH, SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE TO ME.
SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STEP UP.
SO, MARY, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAD.
FRED, DO WE HAVE ANY NEWS ON THE STRIPES? WITH THE STRIPES THAT'S COMING WITH MY CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS, BUT YES MA'AM, WE DO.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE QUALITY OF THE WATER THAT IS COMING AT MY HOUSE.
YOU CAN SEE THE ONE'S CLEAR, THE OTHER ONE'S DOWN.
JUST YOU SEE EDDIE LOA, 2 48 CHARLES BARBARA ROAD, SAN TEXAS.
THERE I SAID IT, AND PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT MY FEW MINUTES.
I AM HERE ADVOCATING WITH THE TAXPAYERS AND RESIDENCE OF SAN BENITO, STATING THE FACTS NOT LIES LIKE THE PRO MAYOR STATED.
ON THE LAST MEETING, A FORMER A EDC MEMBER ONCE SAID THAT WE WERE NOT HERE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, AND HE ENDED UP BEING THE ENTERTAINMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WHEN I WANTED TO GET A CONDITIONAL PERMIT FOR MY BUSINESS, I SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH CITY COMMISSIONER TO DISCUSS THE FINDINGS OF THREE OTHER BUSINESSES OPERATING IN A MEETING AND BEING ADVERTISED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ARE NOT ON THE SAME STREET THAT, THAT ARE ON THE SAME STREET WHERE I LIVE AT.
SO I GET TO STARBUCKS IN SANTO, AND WHEN I GET THERE, I WAS INTRODUCED TO MR. MORALES.
I SAID TO MYSELF, WHAT IS THIS GUY DOING HERE? AND, BUT I DID NOT WANT TO SAY ANYTHING OR CROSS BOTTOM BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THEY WERE GONNA HELP ME OUT.
MR. MORALES WAS REAL QUICK TO ADVISE ME THAT, THAT HE WAS THE COMMISSIONER'S HUSBAND, AND WHATEVER HE SAYS GOES ALONG WITH IT.
SHE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ALL THIS TIME, HE DID ALL THE TALK.
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MAINLY CONCERNED WHO GAVE ME THE INFORMATION ON THE OTHER BUSINESS, OPERATING ON THE CONDITIONAL PERMIT ISSUED BY THE CITY.DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? I DID TELL THEM THAT I GOT ALL THE INFORMATION ADVERTISEMENTS ONLINE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I SUPPLIED THEM WITH HARD COPIES AND EMAILED THEM TO THE COMMISSION.
WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS, THE ADVERTISING OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
I HAVE COPIES OF ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS ON A SEPARATE DATE, WE SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH CITY MANAGER AND CITY COMMISSIONER AT VICKY'S RESTAURANT, AND I GUESS WHO, WHO, AND GUESS WHO WAS THERE? MR. MORALES.
I STARTED TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT MY NEIGHBOR'S FRIENDS BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE, AND MR. MORALES INTERRUPTED THE CONVERSATION AND TOLD THE CITY MANAGER THE FRIEND, WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF INCHES HIGHER.
I SERIOUSLY DON'T THINK MR. MORALE KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INCHES AND FEET THROUGHOUT THE SHORT MEETING THAT HE NEVER MISSED.
SHE NEVER SAID A WORD TO COMMISSIONER RESIDENCE OF SUMMIT.
DID YOU HOPE FOR, FOR HER TO BE YOUR CITY COMMISSIONER OR MR. MORALES FOR HUSBAND IS ALWAYS TELLING HER WHAT TO DO.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, MR. MORALES WAS, UM, PLANNING A ZONING BOARD AT THE TIME AND EPC AS WELL.
WHAT'S THAT, MR. HAVE A, YOUR HONOR? NO, SIR.
UM, MAJOR MEDICAL INSURANCE, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PRESENTS, UH, JONATHAN AND LAURA DEL JONATHAN.
LAST NAME SIR, WAS OUR KY, WE JUST CALL HIM JONATHAN SOUND.
AND I'M GONNA HAVE MY ASSOCIATE, MY ENROLLMENT COORDINATOR.
SHE'S GONNA BE DOING THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
I'M GONNA BE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
NO, MY LAST NAME IS NOT DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE.
UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, AND, UH, THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
AS JONATHAN MENTIONED, MY NAME IS LAURA GAVAN.
I'M THE ENROLLMENT COORDINATOR FOR VALLEY RISK CONSULTING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FOR THE 20 25 20 26, A PROPOSAL THAT IS FOR THE BENEFITS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE RFPS LABELED, UM, ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT THE, WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN IS WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL REVIEW.
IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AND WE'LL GO INTO, UM, INTO THAT QUESTION OR TOPIC.
SO ON THE FIRST SLIDE, YOU DO HAVE THE, UM, MEDICAL PROPOSAL THAT WE, UM, FOR THE BENE, FOR THE CARRIERS THAT, UM, BEEN ON THIS PROPOSAL ON THIS RFP.
SO AS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS REVIEW FOR THE TIME PERIOD OF 20 25, 20 26.
ON THE FIRST COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE YOUR CURRENT, AND THEN THE CURRENT CARRIER THAT IS, AND THEN YOUR RENEWAL THAT THEY SUBMITTED FOR THIS PLAN YEAR, SHOULD YOU STAY WITH THEM.
SO YOU WILL SEE A COMPARISON BASED OFF OF THE BIDS THAT CAME IN, WHICH WERE WITH CURATIVE, BLUE CROSS AND UNITEDHEALTHCARE.
SO WITHIN THIS SPREADSHEET YOU'LL SEE THE, UM, COVERAGES, THE BENEFITS, THE COVERAGES, AND THE RATES TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.
AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE COMPARISONS BASED OFF OF IF YOU CHOOSE TO RENEW WITH THE CURRENT CARRIER AND THEN WHAT OTHER OPTIONS YOU HAVE.
SO FOR THE FIRST COLUMN, YOUR CURRENT, YOU'RE CURRENTLY THROUGH A BA ON A PPO NETWORK THROUGH THE IMS NETWORK.
AND WE HAVE, UM, THE CO-INSURANCE AT 80% OUT OF NETWORK CO-INSURANCE AT EIGHT, AT 50%.
YOUR DEDUCTIBLES 1500 FOR INDIVIDUAL IN-NETWORK, OUT OF NETWORK, 10,000.
THE CALENDAR YEAR DEDUCTIBLE, 3000 FOR FAMILY AND OUT OF NETWORK, TWO 20,000 FOR FAMILY.
YOUR MAXIMUM OUT OF POCKETS IN FOR INDIVIDUAL IN, IN-NETWORK, 3,500 OUT-OF-NETWORK.
THE MAXIMUM OUT OF POCKET FOR FAMILY IN NETWORK IS 7,000, AND OUT-OF-NETWORK WOULD BE 38,700.
PRIMARY CARE, UM, COPAYS IS 25, SPECIALIST COPAYS IS 35.
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URGENT CARE COPAYS, DEDUCTIBLE PLUS 20% CO-INSURANCE.AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR LABS AND X-RAYS.
25 DO, UH, DOLLARS IN DOCTOR OFFICE, PLUS THEN THE DEDUCTIBLE AND CO-INSURANCE FOR OUT OF POCKET.
SO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, AND THEN OF COURSE YOUR PRESCRIPTION COPAYS, WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND THE RENEWAL FOR A BA GOING OVER FROM A SELF-FUNDED PLAN TO A LEVEL FUNDED PLAN IS THE SAME BENEFIT.
YOU WON'T LOSE ANY BENEFITS THAT YOU WILL SEE CHANGE IN YOUR PREMIUM, WHICH IS THAT INCREASE.
OKAY? SO THE INCREASE, THE CURRENT CONTRIBUTION, UH, FOR YOUR EMPLOYEE ONLY WOULD BE FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR FIFTY FOUR.
THE RENEWAL CAME IN FOR LEVEL FUNDED PLAN AT 5 63 96.
AND THIS IS AGAIN, FOR EMPLOYEE ONLY, WHICH THE CITY CONTRIBUTES A HUNDRED PERCENT.
DOES THIS INCLUDE THE STOP LOSS IN THAT SECTION? SO THE CURRENT, THE STOP LOSS IS INCLUDED IN THE PREMIUM? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO WITH HAVING A LEVEL FUNDED, OF COURSE, THIS IS JUST GOING TO, UH, ALSO INCLUDE WHAT THE PLUS AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT, UH, STRUCTURES OR COVERAGE LEVELS FOR EMPLOYEE SPOUSE.
THE NUMBERS OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE INDICATE THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE, OR THE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE OR ENROLLED IN THAT, UM, TYPE OF COVERAGE WITH A CENSUS OF OVER 200 OR 213 MINUTES.
SO THE CHANGE BETWEEN, UM, YOUR CURRENT AND THE RENEWAL WOULD BE THAT OF THE 27%.
AND THEN OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD OPTIONS.
SO THESE ALL, UH, ALL THREE OPTIONS WOULD BE FULLY INSURED.
SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR A STOP LOSS.
UM, THIS ONE WOULD HAVE, WE DO HAVE ONE DISTINCT PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE OUR CURATIVE CARRIER.
SO CURATIVE WORKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, OPTION TWO AND OPTION THREE, AS YOU SEE ON THE FIRST COLUMN FOR IN-NETWORK YOU SEE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND THEN GOING DOWN THE COLUMN THAT IS, YOU'D SEE ZERO DOWN ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS CURATIVE IS OFFERING, UM, A ZERO COPAY, ZERO DEDUCTIBLE, ZERO FOR LABS X-RAYS, PRESCRIPTIONS.
SO LONG AS A BASELINE VISIT IS DONE WITHIN THE FIRST 120 DAYS OF THE, UH, EFFECTIVE DAY.
SO WHAT A BASELINE VISIT IS, IS A 10 TO 15 MINUTE VIRTUAL QUESTIONNAIRE THAT EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE TO, UM, ATTEND OR SCHEDULE AND, AND, UM, VISIT WITH A CURATIVE REPRESENTATIVE OVER THE PHONE.
THEY BASICALLY, WHAT THEY DO IS GATHER INFORMATION, HISTORICAL HEALTH INFORMATION.
IT WILL NOT DENY THEM, IT WILL NOT INCREASE PREMIUM.
IT'S JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING AS FAR AS CLAIMS AND GETTING FAMILIAR WITH EACH MEMBER WITH THAT BASELINE VISIT.
THEY, LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY HAVE 120 DAYS TO COMPLETE THEREAFTER.
ONCE THEY'RE CHECKED OFF AND COMPLETED, THEN THEY WILL NOT HAVE A COPAY FOR THOSE SERVICES AS THE, WITHIN THAT COLUMN.
WE DO HAVE IT IN SEVERAL OTHER GROUPS OF OURS, UM, SEVERAL CITIES,
UM, EMPLOYEES REALLY SAY IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUTHFUL.
SO AS LONG AS THEY DO THE BASELINE VISIT, CURATIVE WILL, UM, PROVIDE THEM THOSE $0 CO BASE.
AND, UM, AGAIN, THEY HAVE 120 DAYS TO COMPLETE THAT.
IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY WOULD GO INTO WHAT WE WOULD SAY OUT OF NETWORK COVERAGE, AND THEN THE RATES WOULD BE, IT WOULD ACT LIKE A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO MEET DEDUCTIBLE BEFORE YOU START HAVING THE INSURANCE HELP YOU IN, IN SAVING, UM, OR PAYING, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR, YOUR NEEDS QUESTIONS WITH, UH, CURATIVE, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEBODY WOULD NOT GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WHAT, WHAT'S, SO SOMETIMES WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS NOT THAT IT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED WITH OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THOSE GROUPS, IS THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY OR IT'S, YOU KNOW, ELDERLY THAT DON'T HAVE AN EMAIL OR THINK IT'S A SCAM.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE VISITED WITH CITY MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND GET, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES AND HELP THEM.
I KNOW OTHER CITIES HAVE ALLOCATED SOME TIME TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S SCHEDULE YOUR BASELINE VISITS.
IT'S OKAY IF IT'S DONE DURING WORK TIME, IT'S JUST 10 TO 15 MINUTES, BUT PLEASE GET IT DONE.
SO WE'LL KEEP RECORD OF WHO STILL NEEDS TO COMPLETE IT.
THAT WAY THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY GET IT AND IT'S A ZERO COST.
SO IT'S JUST THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE, AGAIN, THE TECHNOLOGY OR THEY THINK IT'S A SCAM, THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT WE JUST NEED TO WORK WITH A LITTLE CLOSER.
WHAT'S THE TERM HERE? THE TERM TERM ONE YEAR.
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WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SECOND YEAR? SO THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR RENEWAL, RIGHT? AND OF COURSE, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH CURATIVE, THEY CONTINUE WITH THE SAME WITH THE SECOND KIDS.ARE THEY TRADITIONALLY, UH, INCREASING MUCH SECOND OR THIRD YEARS YOU
A LOT OF PEOPLE DO, CARRIERS DO INCREASE, BUT WE'RE SEEING LIKE AROUND RATE CAP AROUND FIVE TO 6% FIRST YEAR BE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO WITH OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO SIGN UP FOR THIS AND THAT WAY THEY TAKE, WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVEN THESE AMAZING PRICES? YES, OF COURSE.
WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THAT DONE TO EACH, ALL ALL STAFF HAVE TO COMPLETE THE 10 TO 15 MINUTE QUESTIONNAIRE IN ORDER TO BE, IF THEY ARE RECEIVED, IF THEY WROTE IN ELECTING COVERAGE.
SO IN ELECTIVE COVERAGE, IF THEY'RE ELECTING COVERAGE, YES.
IT WOULD NOT ONLY JUST BE, UM, LET ME CLARIFY.
ON THE BASELINE COVERAGE, NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE YOUR EMPLOYEES, BUT IF YOU ARE OUT ADDING SPOUSE OVER THE AGE OF 18, ANY, UM, CHILDREN OVER THE AGE OF 18.
SO BECAUSE CLAIMS RUN INDEPENDENTLY THROUGH EACH OF THE MEMBERS, ANYBODY OVER THE AGE OF 18 MUST COMPLETE THIS BASELINE VISIT.
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 DO NOT NEED TO COMPLETE IT.
ANY QUESTIONS WITH CURATIVE? AND THE FREIGHT, OBVIOUSLY FOR EMPLOYEE ONLY WOULD BE 4 70, 6 65.
THEY ARE OFFERING A 40,000 TRANSITION CREDIT, WHICH IF WE TAKE THE TRANSITION CREDIT INTO, UM, ACCOUNT, YOU WOULD LOOK, BE LOOKING AT ABOUT $461 IN COMPARISON TO THE 4 76 THAT WE HELP LIST OF IT.
AND I GOTTA ASKED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
I'VE GOT JONATHAN TO
UH, IT REALLY GOES TO STEPHANIE IN TERMS OF DOES THIS FIT WHERE WITHIN THE BUDGET WE'VE GOT? YES.
BECAUSE WE WERE FINDING GOOD AFTERNOON, STEPHANIE SA THE FINAL DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UM, YES, WE HAD BUDGET FOR A RENEWAL WITH THE SAME PLAN WE HAD.
SO OUR BUDGET DOES INCLUDE THOSE AMOUNT FAIRLY WELL.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO ADMIT YEAR WHEN WE DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS, WE MIGHT HAVE TO BRING IT BACK WITH THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE INSURANCE THAT WE SELECTED.
SO IT'LL RESULT LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE, WE'RE SAVING MONEY, YOUR EFFECT THERE AND REVENUES OUR EXPENSES AT MIDYEAR TERM OR EVEN BEFORE, ONCE WE FULLY DECIDE IF WE ARE GONNA GO WITH THAT.
AND WE PROBABLY WILL DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT JUST TO REFLECT EXACTLY THAT.
NOW ON THIS PPO, WE DO HAVE, UM, LOCAL DOCTORS.
THEY, OUR, OUR STAFF DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW, A DISTANCE IN ORDER TO GET HEALTHCARE.
SO THEY DO HAVE A, A, UM, NETWORK OF DOCTORS AND, AND WITHIN THE PAMPHLET, AND WE DO PROVIDE THEM, UM, ALL THE RESOURCES TO FIND DOCTORS THAT ARE LOCAL.
FROM MY EXPERIENCE AS MENTIONED, UM, I'M THE ENROLLMENT COORDINATORS.
I'M ALWAYS AT THE ENROLLMENTS AND GET FEEDBACK FROM EMPLOYEES TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE, TAKE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO THE HIGHER LEVEL.
UM, THE DOCTORS THAT I'VE SEEN, IT'S MORE SO SPECIALISTS THAT WE'VE SAMPLED.
I KNOW SAN BENITO IS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN COMPARING IT TO A LARGER CITY.
UM, BUT MOST DEFINITELY, WE DID SEARCH, THERE WERE SEVERAL DOCTORS WITHIN THE NETWORK HERE.
UM, THERE IS A LINK, IT'S REALLY THROUGH CURATIVE.COM AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SEARCH PACKAGE.
YOU WILL ALSO SEE A, UM, VALUE ADS, AND THAT'S PART OF THAT VALUE ADD.
THERE'S A QR CODE ACTUALLY THAT THEY CAN SCAN.
YOU JUST TYPE IN YOUR ZIP CODE OR YOUR CITY AND IT'LL GENERATE FOR PHARMACIES, URGENT CARES.
WE DID LOOK, THERE WAS AN URGENT CARE IN HARLINGEN THAT'S CLOSE, UM, THAT COULD BE USED FOR URGENT CARE PURPOSES.
OF COURSE, BRONZEVILLE IS ALSO A NEIGHBORING CITY FOR HOSPITALS THAT BE THROUGH THE VALLEY BAPTIST, UH, NETWORK.
AND THEN OF COURSE THROUGH PHARMACIES, THEY DO HAVE A PREFERRED PHARMACY OF HEB.
OKAY, I HEAR HEB IS GREAT,
THEY HAVE YOUR GRAY SYSTEM WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF, WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF MEMBER, WHERE THEY PUT SOME MONEY IN THE CARD FOR YOU, PAY THE BILL TO FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOU.
SO THEY WILL PROVIDE A MEMBER ID AND A RED LITTLE CARD THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, THINK IT'S A DEBIT CARD.
IT'S NOT PRELOADED WITH ANY KIND OF MONIES, SO THEY CAN'T GO OFF SPENDING, BUT THEY WILL USE THAT AS A PRE-AUTHORIZATION FOR THAT VISIT.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO EXPAND THEIR NETWORK.
SO THEY DO HAVE A, ON THEIR SITE, UM, KIND OF A PROCESS FOR THOSE DOCTORS THAT ARE OUT OF NETWORK.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GATHER WHAT DOCTORS
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ARE NOT IN NETWORK THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CURATIVE CARD OR NOMINATE INTO THIS FIRST, UM, IS IT THE FIRST HEALTH NETWORK? I'M LOOKING AT THIS, UH, PACKAGE THAT WE HAVE HERE, AND IT'S, THERE'S A LOT MORE PAGES IN THE ONE YOU'RE JUST SHOWING US.IT DOESN'T HAVE THE VALUE ADD.
WE WERE, WE WERE FOCUSING MAINLY ON, ON THE ACTUAL SPREADSHEET, BUT WE DID INCLUDE THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL VALUE ADD FOR YOUR REVIEW.
IT'S JUST, BUT ALL THE NUMBERS WILL ARE ON THE PACKAGE AND ON THE SPREADSHEET.
ANY QUESTIONS WITH IFF? SO THEN THE TWO OTHER OPTIONS, WHICH IS BLUE CROSS AND UNITEDHEALTHCARE, IT'S A MIRROR IMAGE OF YOUR CURRENT BENEFITS.
OF COURSE, WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT IS GOING TO BE THAT THEY'RE FULLY INSURED NOW AND THE PREMIUMS WILL BE, UM, DIFFERENT IF NOT HIGHER ON THESE TWO OPTIONS IN COMPARISON TO
SO WE'VE GOT, UH, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AT 4 95, 22 FOR EMPLOYEE ONLY AND UNITED HEALTHCARE AT 5 64 46 FOR EMPLOYEE.
I'M SORRY, GOING BACK TO THE PHARMACY MEDICINE, UM, NAME BRAND MEDICINES, THEY'RE REQUIRED BY DOCTOR.
SO TRADITIONALLY, I MEAN OF COURSE THE I ALL PRESCRIPTIONS, THEY DO HAVE PREFERRED AT A $0 COPAY, RIGHT? SO THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR NON-PREFERRED, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE BRAND NAME AND SPECIALTY.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON, UH, THE, THE ACTUAL, UH, PHARMACY THAT YOU GO TO.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY DO MAIL ORDERS THROUGH CURATIVE.
THEY ALSO HAVE COSTCO PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN ALSO DO MAIL ORDERS AND THROUGH, OF COURSE, THE PREFERRED, UM, PHARMACY OF CHOICE WOULD BE WITH, WITH HEE.
SO IF IT FALLS WITHIN THAT LINE, THERE WOULD BE THAT $0 DEDUCTIBLE.
NOW, IF THERE IS A A, THEY HAVE A, THEY JUST RELEASED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT 50 MEDICATIONS THAT, UH, COULD BE FILLED AT A NON PARTICIPATED OR NON NON-PREFERRED, I SHOULD SAY, PHARMACY.
AND THOSE WOULD BE MORE FOR LIKE VIRALS LIKE, UH, INFECTIONS, UH, THINGS THAT ARE INHALERS.
THERE'S SOME MAINTENANCE, UM, DRUGS THAT ARE ALSO IN THERE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO ADD MORE TO THOSE, TO THAT LIST THAT WE COULD ALSO PROVIDE.
UM, TO YOU ALL THAT COULD BE USED OR FILLED AT A NON NON-PREFERRED PHARMACY, THEY DO HAVE THEIR DRUG FORMULARY ALSO ON THE WEBSITE THROUGH THAT, UM, BARCODE OR QR CODE THAT YOU COULD SCAN.
WE CAN MOST DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT FOR YOU ON A ONE TO ONE AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON MEDICAL? NO, WE'VE GOT LOT COMMISSIONER.
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, UH, CURATIVE.
WHERE DO YOU FIND A PROVIDER WHERE YOU COULD GO LOOK FOR THE PHARMACY? THOSE QR CODES WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY AS IF YOU'RE USING THEIR MOBILE APP.
AND THEN ALSO WHERE YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SET YOUR BASELINE VISIT.
IT DOES HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOU, AND THAT IS ALSO GOING TO BE AN EMPLOYEE.
IF THIS IS THE, UM, CARRIER OF CHOICE, IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE BENEFITS GUIDE FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO REFERENCE.
AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR BASELINE VISIT AS FAR AS WHAT IT DOES AND WHAT WHAT IT ENTAILS.
ALRIGHT, SO YOUR NEXT BENEFIT IS GOING TO BE DENTAL.
YOU'RE CURRENTLY WITH EMERITUS.
UM, THE, THE IN-NETWORK IS YOUR 180.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? A HUNDRED FOR YOUR PREVENTATIVE? UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERAGE FOR PREVENTATIVE, 80 FOR BASIC SERVICES, 50 FOR MAJOR AND 50 FOR, UM, ORTHODONTIA.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE IN-NETWORK AND OUT OF NETWORK.
YOUR DEDUCTIBLE IS $50 AND FAMILY DEDUCTIBLE IS THREE TIMES.
SO THAT'S 150 OR YOUR PREVENTATIVE EXAMS. IT IS WAIVED.
UM, IT IS CONSIDERED IN THE DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES IS A PPO, BUT IT IS CONSIDERED A, IT, IT WORKS AS A MAC.
UM, YOUR ANNUAL MAXIMUM BENEFIT AMOUNT PER COVERED MEMBER WOULD BE 2000.
ORTHODONTIA WOULD BE A THOUSAND.
THERE'S NO WAITING PERIODS AND THE PER AND ENDO THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR BASIC SERVICES.
SO IT WOULD BE COVERED AT 80%.
THIS ISN'T EMPLOYER PAY BENEFIT AND YOU'RE CURRENTLY AT $20 AND 98 CENTS PER EMPLOYEE ON AN EMPLOYEE ONLY RATE.
SO WE DO HAVE THE FOUR OPTIONS.
ALAC, MUTUAL OF OMAHA, UNITED HEALTHCARE AND MIDLIFE.
WE DID SEE THAT ALAC CAME IN AT A LESSER AMOUNT IN COMPARISON TO OFFERING THE SIMILAR,
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UM, BENEFITS AS YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.ACTUALLY BOTH AFLAC AND MUTUAL
AND THEN WE HAVE A UNITEDHEALTHCARE AT A HIGHER RATE AS WELL AS MEDLIFE FOR THE SAME BENEFITS.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE WITH AFLAC IS THAT THEY DO HAVE A BENEFIT FOR INVISALIGN AND THEY DO HAVE A BROADER NETWORK, UM, THAN SOME OF THESE.
AND UM, WE HAVE, WHAT IS IT? THE AX NETWORK.
AX NETWORK IS WHAT THEY OPERATE WITH BPO AND AX.
QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE FEATURES OR ANY OF THE CARRIERS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN FOR DENTAL? IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT THIS IS AN EMPLOYER PAID, UH, DENTAL PROGRAM, WHICH, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT CURRENT VERSUS RENEWAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT AN 11, UH, 15% SAVINGS, ABOUT $11,700 PER YEAR.
AND YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS VISION, WHICH IS ALSO, UH, PAID FOR BY THE CITY.
UM, SO WE'LL GO OVER THAT NEXT, BUT THOSE ARE ALMOST THE 20 10%, ABOUT $2,600 SAVINGS ON THAT ONE'S COMING UP.
SO ON THE DENTAL AND VISION, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT BUNDLING.
AFLAC, UH, AFLAC, UM, AND WE'LL GO OVER THE VISION RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE JUST HAVING A SAVINGS FOR THE DENTAL AND VISION QUESTIONS ON DENTAL.
ALRIGHT, SO OUR NEXT BENEFIT IS DONE MENTIONED IT WILL BE OUR VISION PLAN.
AND YOU ARE ALSO CURRENTLY WITH THE EMERITUS.
WE HAVE THE VISION FREQUENCY AS 12 12 12, MEANING YOU CAN GET YOUR EYE EXAM EVERY 12 MONTHS.
YOU CAN GET YOUR LENSES REPLACED EVERY 12 MONTHS AND YOUR FRAMES CAN BE REPLACED EVERY 12 MONTHS.
A $10 COPAY FOR YOUR EYE EXAM, A UH, $0 COPAY FOR MATERIALS.
THE FRAME ALLOWANCE IS SET AT 150 AND CONTACT LENSES ALSO SET AT 150.
THIS IS, AS JOHN MENTIONED, TO A, UM, CONTRIBUTION THAT'S EMPLOYER PAID OR BENEFIT THAT'S EMPLOYER PAID.
AND UM, WE ARE AT $8 AND 44 CENTS WITH YOUR CURRENT CONTRIBUTION.
SO THE UM, OPTIONS ARE AFLAC, UNITED HEALTHCARE, METLIFE, AND MUTUAL OMAHA, SAME FUNCTIONALITY.
I KNOW JOHN DID MENTION THE RECOMMENDATION WITH AFLAC BASED OFF OF THE SAVINGS.
UM, AS WELL WITH AFLAC, THEY DO RUN THROUGH DAVIS VISION, WHICH IS A LARGER, UM, NETWORK.
AND YOU WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL, UM, $50 CREDIT FOR, OR ALLOWANCE, I SHOULD SAY, ON YOUR FRAMES IF YOU USE A CERTAIN NETWORK OR A CERTAIN, UH, VENDOR.
SO WE SET IT AT THE TRADITIONAL, JUST NOT TOO CONFUSE, BUT THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 200 OR AN ADDITIONAL 50 THAT MAKES UP $200 IF YOU GO THROUGH VISION NETWORK, VISION, UH, WORKS, SORRY, UM, THROUGH THE APP NETWORK.
DAVID, VISION, QUESTIONS ON VISION.
OKAY, SO THEN OUR NEXT BENEFIT'S GOING TO BE OUR PROOF, UH, BASIC LIFE, A, D AND D, WHICH IS THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF DISMEMBERMENT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, MUTUAL OF OMAHA IN PLACE WITH A BENEFIT AMOUNT FOR, UH, 20,000 GUARANTEED ISSUANCE WOULD BE 20,000.
IT IS EMPLOYER PAID AND THERE IS A RATE GUARANTEE CURRENTLY FOR TWO YEARS.
SO THE RATES DID NOT CHANGE FOR YOUR CURRENT OR YOUR RENEWAL.
UM, THE OPTIONS WE HAVE HERE WOULD BE, OF COURSE, UNITEDHEALTHCARE, METLIFE, MUTUAL.
UM, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE, THERE'S A REPETITIVE IN IN CARRIERS FOR A REASON.
THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS ARE GONNA BE AT A FLAT 20,000.
WE ALSO DID RECEIVED SOME PROPOSALS WITH A 50,000 LIFE INSURANCE, UM, BENEFIT AMOUNT FOR ALL THREE CARRIERS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE $20,000 PREMIUM VERSUS THE, UH, 50,000 PREMIUM.
SO WITH THE, WITH THE SAVINGS THAT YOU WOULD SEE ON, UM, AFFECT DENTAL ENVISION, IF YOU WOULD ELECT TO STAY WHERE YOU'RE AT, OF COURSE YOU WOULD SEE SOME SAVINGS.
BUT IF YOU MOVE OVER TO THE 50,000, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE, UM, COVERAGE PER EMPLOYEE, THAT'D BE $30,000 MORE, YOU WOULD SEE ABOUT A HUNDRED AND FIFTY, THREE HUNDRED FIFTY SOMETHING DOLLARS PER MONTH, UH, FOR ALL EMPLOYEES INCLUDED IS BASED OFF OF WHAT WE HAD CALCULATED.
SO THOSE, YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS, YOU CAN STAY WHERE YOU'RE AT OR OF COURSE MOVE OVER TO THE 50,000 BENEFIT FOR JUST ABOUT 153 FOR $30,000 MORE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.
QUESTIONS ON FOR LIFE, OUR NEXT BENEFIT'S GOING TO BE LONG TERM DISABILITY.
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QUESTION ON THE LIFE.UM, IS THERE DISCOUNTS FOR GOING WITH A, LIKE STAYING WITH THE SAME CARRIER IN BETWEEN THE SUPPLEMENTAL PLANS? YEAH, THAT'S MY JOB.
YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY YOU'RE, YOU'RE ONTO SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE RECOMMENDING THAT PUTTING MORE MONTHLY WITH ONE CARRIER, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT ONE CARRIER SEEMS TO BE THE, THE BEST FIT FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, AND THAT IS GONNA BE MUTUAL OMAHA FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT LINES.
SO WE DO HAVE THESE RATES CURRENTLY THAT CAME IN FOR THE BIDS.
IF THEY ARE AWARDED TONIGHT, WE CAN STILL GO BACK AND DO A BEST FINAL OFFER AND TRY TO SQUEEZE IT DOWN FROM A LITTLE BIT MORE 5% OFF.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS ACTUALLY BE RECOMMENDED TO DO LATER ON.
SO YOU GOTTA THE IT AND THEN, UM, THE MONTHLY RATES, IT'S 10 CENTS PER EVERY THOUSAND, CORRECT? IS THAT ADDITIONAL? IS THAT, NO, SO IT'S 10, UH, 10 CENTS PER EVERY THOUSAND AND EACH EMPLOYEE GETS $20,000.
BUT ALSO THEY HAVE AN A, DD, WHICH MEANS ACCIDENTAL DISMEMBERMENT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A 0.2 COMBINED.
SO THAT'S GONNA MEAN, SO WE HAVE FORBID ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES PASSES AWAY AN ACCIDENT, THEIR LIFE INSURANCE WOULD NOT BE 20,000, ACTUALLY 3000.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OPTION THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, IT'S GONNA ACTUALLY BE 50,000 OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THEM IN AN ACCIDENT.
THE CALCULATIONS HERE ARE BASED OFF OF JUST HAVING, 'CAUSE IT DOES HAVE AN AGE REDUCTION AFTER A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME, AND THERE IS A BENEFIT REDUCTION THAT YOU'LL SEE.
SO THIS WOULD BE UNDER THE AGE REDUCTION.
UM, SO THERE WOULD BE, IF THERE ARE ELDER EMPLOYEES OR OLDER EMPLOYEES, THEN THE PREMIUM OF COURSE WOULD BE WITNESS QUESTIONS ON LIFE, VOLUNTARY LONG-TERM DISABILITY.
UM, IT CURRENTLY WITH MUTUAL OF OMAHA, SO THE CURRENT AND RENEWAL RATE, THE RATE STANDS FOR TWO YEARS.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE THE SAME RATE AS UH, WHAT WAS CURRENT LAST YEAR COURSE.
THE BENEFIT PERCENTAGE IS ALSO 60% OF SALARY, YOUR MAXIMUM BENEFIT AMOUNT OF 5,000.
THE ELIMINATION PERIOD IS 90 DAYS, MEANING IT KICKS IN AFTER SHORT TERM DISABILITY AND THE DURATION WOULD BE THROUGH EIGHT.
UM, OR SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT AGE, RIGHT? THE OPTION HERE THAT WOULD COME IN WOULD BE UNITED HEALTHCARE.
THERE IS A RATE GUARANTEE FOR THREE YEARS, THE RATE IS SLIGHTLY LESS.
UM, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, IF THERE IS A PREFERENCE, UM, BASED OFF OF KEEPING THE LINES OR ADDING ADDITIONAL LINES WITH ONE CARRIER, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BUNDLE AND GET ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS.
SO THOSE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT, THAT CAME IN FOR THIS BED.
QUESTIONS ON LONG TERM STEP, DID WE TYPICALLY HAVE THIS BENEFIT? WE, WE DID THESE? YEAH, THESE BENEFITS ARE WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE CASE.
OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE OVER TO SHORT TERM.
SHORT TERM OF COURSE GOING TO ALSO GIVE YOU 60% OF SALARY WITH THE, I'M SORRY, BUT THE CITY DIDN'T PAY FOR THIS PORTION, RIGHT? NO, NO.
WE ONLY PAID MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION BASICALLY AND BASIC LIFE.
SO SHORT TERM IS, UH, THE MAXIMUM WEEKLY, THE AMOUNT WOULD BE A THOUSAND.
THERE IS AN ELIMINATED NATION PERIOD OF ZERO SEVEN.
THE DURATION WOULD BE 13 WEEKS.
AND THE RATE GUARANTEES TWO YEARS.
SO WHAT THE ELIMINATION PERIOD INDICATES IS THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT IS ILL OR, UM, HAS TO HAVE ANY KIND OF SURGERIES.
THE ELIMINATION PERIOD OF, OF SEVEN DAYS GETS THROWN OUT THE WINDOW.
THEREFORE, UM, THE BENEFIT DOES GO THROUGH THE 13 WEEKS.
TRADITIONALLY THE BENEFIT PAYOUT AMOUNT IS ON A 12TH WEEK BECAUSE OF THAT ONE WEEK ELIMINATION PERIOD.
SO YOU DO SEE YOUR CURRENT AND YOUR RENEWAL RATES WITH MUTUAL OF OMAHA, UNITED HEALTHCARE AND MANHATTAN AS AN OPTION.
SO WE DID LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE FOR, UH, MANHATTAN LIFE.
IT WOULD BE, UM, JUST ABOUT TWICE AS MUCH AS IT WAS WITH THE, UM, MUTUAL OF OMAHA.
AGAIN, THE, THE FUNDING AND OPTION TO STAY HERE, UM, WE REALLY DON'T LIKE TO
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INTERRUPT ANY KIND OF DISABILITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UM, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY, BUT ANY WOMEN THAT ARE PREGNANT OR THAT THERE'S SOMEONE OUT ON DISABILITY, UM, IF WE CAN CHOOSE TO STAY ON THAT CURRENT CARRIER, THAT WOULD BE PREFERABLE FOR THOSE REASONS.AND THEN LATER WE CAN EXPLORE A DIFFERENT OPTION.
QUESTIONS ON SHORT TERM DISABILITY? OKAY, WE'VE GOT OUR VOLUNTARY LIFE THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS OUR SUPPLEMENTAL LIFE WITH, UM, ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT.
SO THIS IS ADDITIONAL LIFE INSURANCE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES TO ELECT.
YOU DO HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY MUTUAL OF OMAHA WITH THE CURRENT AND RENEWAL RATES AT THE SAME RATE.
THERE IS A, UM, MAXIMUM BENEFIT AMOUNT OF 300,000.
THE GUARANTEED ISSUANCE IS 70,000.
YOU DO GO OVER YOUR 70,000 AND THERE WOULD BE AN EVIDENCE OF INSURABILITY THAT WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED TO GET HEALTH HISTORY, UH, QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND BE ABLE TO EXTEND THE COVERAGE.
IT DOES WORK IN IMPROVEMENTS OF 10,000.
UH, FOR SPOUSE, YOU DO HAVE A GUARANTEED ISSUANCE OF 20,000 WITH A MAXIMUM BENEFIT AMOUNT OF HALF THE, UH, HALF THE AMOUNT OF THE EMPLOYEE, WHICH WOULD END THIS CASE 150,000.
AND THEN YOUR INCREMENTS OF 5,000 ON DEFENDANT CHILDREN.
THERE IS, UM, A COVERAGE UP TO 10,000 THAT IS EXTENDED.
SO YOU DO SEE, UH, UNITED HEALTHCARE WITH, UM, RATES THAT ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AS WELL AS METLIFE.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE WOULD BE TO STAY ALSO WITH, UM, MUTUAL QUESTIONS WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL LIFE.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT A VOLUNTARY HOSPITAL INDEMNITY.
HOSPITAL INDEMNITY WILL HAVE, WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERED THROUGH COLONIAL LIFE.
SO COLONIAL LIFE OFFERS TWO DIFFERENT PLAN, UM, STRUCTURES OR PLAN TYPES.
PLAN ONE AND PLAN TWO, PLAN ONE, UH, OFFERING YOU A THOUSAND DOLLARS BENEFIT FOR YOUR FIRST 24 HOURS OF YOUR ADMISSION.
AND THEN YOUR PLAN TO OFFERING 1500 FOR YOUR FIRST TIME, UH, FOR YOUR FIRST 24 HOURS.
JUST DEPENDENT ON, ON THE PLAN YOU'RE ON, IS WHAT THE BENEFIT WILL PAY ON IT.
DOES, UH, OFFER FOR BOTH INTENSIVE CARE AND, UM, ICU ADMISSION, THE SAME AMOUNT YOUR PER DAY HOSPITAL CONFINEMENT CONFINEMENT, MEANING IF YOU'RE THERE FOR MORE THAN THE 24 HOURS EACH DAY, YOU'RE THERE UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT YOU WILL GET PAID.
THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, THEY DO INCLUDE A $50 HEALTH SCREENING BENEFIT ONCE A YEAR.
IF THERE'S ANY, UM, HEALTH SCREENINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ANY, YOU KNOW, PHYSICALS OR BLOOD WORK OR SOME FOR, FOR SOME BENEFITS.
SOME VACCINES FALL UNDER THE HEALTH SCREENING.
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR CLAIM AND GET $50 BACK, UM, EACH YEAR.
SO APPARENTLY WITH COLONIAL LIFE, WE DID HAVE, UM, MUTUAL OF OMAHA COME BACK WITH THE A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ADMISSION, BUT FOR ICU THEY DID INCREASE IT TO 2000, SAME DAILY RATE.
AND THEY ARE ALSO INCLUDING THE HEALTH STREAM BENEFIT FOR $50 AS WELL.
THIS IS ALSO VOLUNTARY, SO THE CITY'S NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ONE.
WE HAVE, UH, UNITEDHEALTHCARE IN MANHATTAN LIFE WITH, UM, THE SAME OPTIONS.
THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, DEPENDING ON THE, ON THE CHOICE REALLY.
IT, IT IS WHAT YOU WOULD, UM, SEE AS FAR AS A DIFFERENCE IN, IN INCREASE OR NOT.
THEY DO HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CHOICES FOR UNITED HEALTHCARE AS LOW AS 500 UP TO 1,500.
AND WITH MANHATTAN WE HAVE, UH, THE SAME STRUCTURE AS WE CURRENTLY HAVE THROUGH COLUMBIA LIFE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, BUNDLING WITH MUTUAL HAM.
SO WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, DECREASING SOME OF THE OTHER PRODUCTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
MUTUAL OMAHA, LIKE THE BASIC LIFE, THE VOLUNTARY LIFE, UH, SHORT LONG TERM DISABILITY.
BUT THIS IS THE ONE WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO MOVE FROM COLONIAL LIFE TO, UH, MUTUAL OMAHA SO WE CAN HAVE SOME MORE LEVERAGE AND NEGOTIATING BETTER RATES WITH THE OTHER PRODUCTS AS WELL.
IT ALSO MAKES IT EASIER FOR EMPLOYEES TO FILE ALL THEIR CLAIMS IF THEY HAVE HEALTH SCREENING.
INSTEAD OF GOING TO MULTIPLE CARRIER SITES, YOU CAN JUST GO THROUGH ONE OR IF YOU HAVE ANY DISABILITY CLAIMS OR AN ACCIDENT CLAIM, A HOSPITAL CLAIM, YOU SEE ALL THE BENEFITS ALL IN ONE, ONE PAGE.
ANY QUESTIONS WITH HOSPITAL? OKAY, WE'RE ALMOST TOWARDS THE END
SO WE HAVE THE ACCIDENT PROPOSAL HERE FOR, UM, YOUR CURRENT CARRIER IS, UH, COLONIAL LIFE.
OF COURSE THE ACCIDENT BENEFIT, THE WAY IT WORKS, IF YOU WERE TO GET HURT ON OR OFF THE JOB, YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO FILE CLAIMS DEPENDING ON THE
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TYPE OF IN, UH, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF, UH, ACCIDENT THAT IS, IS YOU PAY OUT OF, OF THE, OF THE CLAIM.OF COURSE, THE MORE CATASTROPHIC OR THE MORE SEVERE THE CHANCES ARE YOU'LL HAVE A HIGHER PAYOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
BUT IT DOES COVER, UM, THIS IS A CONDENSED VERSION OF WHAT THE COVERAGES ARE.
THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS THAT ARE COVERED, OF COURSE, UM, FOR YOUR BASIC, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENT, UM, FOLLOW UPS OR EMERGENCY VISITS, CT SCANS, X-RAYS, UH, SURGERIES, BROKEN BONES, LACERATIONS, ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE A DESIGNATED BENEFIT AMOUNT THAT GETS PAID DEPENDING ON THE PLAN THAT YOU'RE ON.
SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING A BASIC AND OR YOU'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING A BASIC AND PREFERRED THROUGH COLONIAL.
AND THE SAME THING GOES FOR THE REST OF THE CARRIERS THROUGH UNITED HEALTHCARE.
SO BASICALLY IT'S A LOW, MID AND A HIGH JUST DEPENDING ON THE FUND THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO GO WITH.
SO THERE IS A UNITED HEALTHCARE WITH THREE OPTIONS.
MANHATTAN LIFE WITH TWO OPTIONS AND YOUR MUTUAL OF OMAHA THAT DOES PROVIDE ON AND AND OFF THE JOB, UM, COVERAGE.
AND THE RATES HERE ARE ACTUALLY THE SAME WITH, YEAH, THEY'RE MATCHED WITH MUTUAL OMAHA HERE FOR THE CARRIER CHOICE QUESTIONS WITH ACCIDENT.
OKAY, OUR NEXT BENEFIT IS CRITICAL ILLNESS.
CRITICAL ILLNESS IS GOING TO COVER HERE IN THE EVENT OF A HEART ATTACK, STROKE, MAJOR ORGAN FAILURE, UH, MAJOR OR KIDNEY FAILURE, UM, COS AS WELL.
SO YOU HAVE THIS PRODUCT THROUGH COLONIZE THE RATES WE HAD REQUESTED, THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY DEPENDENT OF THE SCENARIO.
SO IT IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO GET A, A ACCURATE, IF YOU WILL, COMPARISON.
UM, HERE WE DO HAVE THE, UM, CHILDREN, ONE OF THE BENEFITS WITH MUTUAL HOME HEALTH THAT CHILDREN WOULD BE INCLUDED AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.
WHEREAS IN COLONIAL LIFE AND UNITED HEALTHCARE, YOU WOULD HAVE A SEPARATE RATE FOR CHILDREN.
UM, CHILDREN ARE DEPENDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 26.
UM, THEY DO HAVE A 10 YEAR BAND AS FAR AS A BRACKET GOES WITH MUTUAL ALCOHOL IN COMPARISON OVER TO UNITEDHEALTHCARE.
EVERY FIVE YEARS YOU WILL SEE AN INCREASE, JUST DEPENDING ON THE AGE BRACKET THAT YOU FALL THEM, IS WHERE THE RATE WILL BE ASSIGNED.
AND OF COURSE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU HAD LEFT.
SO THOSE ARE SEVERAL BENEFITS THROUGH MUTUAL OMAHA.
THERE QUESTIONS WITH CRITICAL ILLNESS.
OKAY, OH, AND I ALSO HAD MANHATTAN.
IT WAS JUST WAY TOO BIG
AND THIS WAS ALSO, UH, KIND OF CLOSE TO WHAT UNITEDHEALTHCARE HAD TO OFFER.
IT WAS JUST ON THE HIGHER END IN COMPARISON TO MUTUAL AND COLONIAL.
AND THEN ONE MORE PAGE AND WE'RE DONE.
THIS IS THE WHOLE LIFE, UNIVERSAL LIFE, UM, WHOLE LIFE AND UNIVERSAL LIFE IS THROUGH COLONIAL.
THIS ONE, WE ARE COMPARING IT TO MANHATTAN LIFE WHEN IT COMES TO LIVE PRODUCTS.
WE TEND TO KEEP THOSE WITH CURRENT CARRIERS.
AND THEN AT A NEAR FUTURE OR IN AT THE NEXT RENEWAL, CONSIDER, UM, WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES THERE IS BECAUSE LIVE PRODUCTS DO HAVE FEATURES THAT WE, UM, TYPICALLY DON'T LIKE TO INTERRUPT.
UM, MORE SPECIFICALLY YOUR CASH ACCUMULATIONS, IF THERE IS ANYTHING.
OF COURSE MOST OF THESE COULD BE POTENTIALLY PORTABLE INSTEAD OF THEM BEING PAYROLL DEDUCTED, THEN THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH THAT THROUGH THEIR BANK DRUGS, RIGHT? UM, FOR THIS PRODUCT AND FOR THE CANCER PLAN.
SO THERE'S THREE PRODUCTS, WHICH IS GONNA BE THE WHOLE LIFE.
YOUR CANCER PLAN, WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED IN HERE FOR THE SAME REASON AND FOR THE UNIVERSAL LIFE THROUGH COLONIAL LIFE.
UM, WE RECOMMEND STAYING DUE TO THE INTERRUPTION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO.
CAUSE IF IN THE EVEN SOMEBODY'S GOING THROUGH CANCER TREATMENTS OR UNDERGOING ANY KIND OF, UM, CANCER RELATED, YOU KNOW, UM, PLANES, THOSE ARE THE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO STAY WITH COLONIAL LIFE FOR, FOR THESE THREE PRODUCTS.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING.
THESE ARE JUST SCENARIOS ON A WHOLE LIFE POLICY IN COMPARISON TO A, UH, 3-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WITH A BENEFIT AMOUNT WITH OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO, YOUR CURRENT OPTION OR OPTION ONE IF YOU WILL, IS THAT THE MONTHLY RATE? THIS WOULD BE YOUR MONTHLY RATE? YES.
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UH, TERM INSURANCE? YES.THAT WAS, IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE EACH OMAHA, IT'S ABOUT HALF THE PRICE.
UNITED HEALTHCARE AND I, HERE GO BACK TO THAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S AT A POINT HERE.
SO IF YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS THE VOLUNTARY ADVICE COMMISSIONER.
UH, THIS IS THAT, UH, YOU LOOK AT THE 25 TO 29 H BRACKET, YOU SEE THAT A 0.07.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE SECOND AND THIRD, UH, RANKED CARRIERS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE AT 0.1, ONE AND A 0.129.
SO THIS IS, IF THEY WANT TO BUY A SUPPLEMENTAL TURN LIGHT, THIS IS WHERE THEY CAN BUY IT EITHER HERE OR THEY CAN GO WITH CORONA FOR A WHOLE LIFE OR UNIVERSAL LIFE.
THIS IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE.
IT'S TERM, TERM INSURANCE IS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RENTING VERSUS OWNING.
SO THIS IS, UM, THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET SOME COVERAGE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES.
THEY WANT TO HAVE PERMANENT INSURANCE.
THAT COULD BE PORTABLE WHOLE LIFE, WHICH IS THE, WITH THE COLONIAL AND THE UNIVERSAL LIFE ARE BOTH PORTABLE AND PERMANENT.
ARE WE, UH, ARE ALL OF THESE SUPPLEMENTAL PLANS GONNA BE AVAILABLE OR ONLY ON APPROVED BASED ON APPROVAL? SO I ALSO DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE THE EMPLOYEE EITHER AND JUST HAVE SOMEONE SIGN UP FOR EVERYTHING, WHICH I DON'T RECOMMEND.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MS. LAURIE
WE DO PROVIDE A PACKET THAT'S, UH, AN ENROLLMENT BENEFIT PACKET TO, UH, ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES, ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.
SO ALL THEY'RE GONNA GO OVER ALL THE DETAILS.
AND ONCE THEY HAVE THE ONE-ON-ONE OPEN ENROLLMENT WITH THE, WITH THE AGENTS, THEY GO OVER EVERYTHING AND WE'LL SEE EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM OF DEDUCTION ON THEIR PAYCHECK, WHAT THEY ELECTED.
AND THEY'LL GET, THEY'LL GET A, A FORM THAT THEY ACTUALLY SIGN.
ONE COPY GOES TO THE CITY, ONE COPY GOES TO THEM, SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY, OUR AGENTS WILL ALSO HAVE, WE, I DO HOLISTIC TRAINING WITH OUR AGENTS INDICATING THE MAJOR CHANGES.
THAT WAY WHENEVER WE DO HAVE THOSE ONE-ON-ONES WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THEY KNOW WHAT'S CHANGED AND HOW THEY'RE IMPACTED, IF ANYTHING, OR STRESS ABOUT CERTAIN IMPORTANT THINGS.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT MOST MORE SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE BASELINE VISIT IF IT BE CURATIVE.
SO I DO TAKE THOSE, UM, TAKE THOSE PAIN POINTS, NOT PAIN POINTS, BUT THOSE IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, NOTES AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT EACH AGENT IS WELL AWARE.
AND AGAIN, I'M, I'M ON SITE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I USUALLY LIKE TO GO AROUND AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES OR QUESTIONS THAT THAT EMPLOYEES MAY HAVE.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR OUR PRESENTATION.
THOSE ARE JUST ADD VALUE ADDS THROUGH MUTUAL OF OMAHA.
UM, THAT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO OUR EMPLOYEES OR TO THE EMPLOYEES DURING THE, UM, OPEN ENROLLMENT.
AND AS JONATHAN MENTIONED, EACH ONE WILL HAVE A BENEFITS GUIDE AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS, UM, ENCLOSED WITHIN.
SO I'M SEEING A NUMBER OF OPTIONS.
UM, I'M, AND, AND YOU GUYS ARE COMMISSIONED BASED ON WHATEVER WE DO, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
THE, UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE BUNDLING OR HOW, WHAT ARE WE, I'M JUST NOT REAL CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS.
WE'RE GONNA BE LY SO ON THE MEDICAL, UH, WE ARE GONNA BE RECOMMENDING CURATIVE.
UH, WE DID COME IN AT, I THINK IT WAS A 476 4 76 EMPLOYEE ONLY RATE WITH THE $40,000 TRANSITION CREDIT WE'RE LOOKING AT BY 461 WITH FLAT, WITH AN OIL RATES COULD LOOK LIKE.
BUT AS FAR AS THE BUNDLING ASPECT OF IT, MUTUAL OF OMAHA HAS THE BASIC LIFE, HAS THE VOLUNTARY LIFE, HAS THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM DISABILITY.
CURRENTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT BUNDLING THE ACCIDENT, THE HOSPITAL CRITICAL ILLNESS THROUGH PRODUCTS.
SO BY WE, BY CHANGING THOSE TWO, UM, TO MUTUAL OMAHA, WE'RE LOOKING AT DROPPING EITHER ALL OR SOME OF THOSE PREMIUMS RIGHT NOW, SPECIFICALLY THE ONES THAT, UM, ARE PAPER BY THE CITY, WHICH IS THE BASIC ONE.
THAT'S THE ONE I'M GONNA TRY TO COME DOWN MOST ON.
AND I DID SEE HOW THE SHORTEN VISABILITY OR A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPETITIVE WITH ANOTHER CARRIER WITH UNITED HEALTHCARE.
I WANT THOSE TO COME DOWN TO MAKE, TO MAKE, WELL ONE, I WANT TO STAY THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH MUTUAL.
OMAHA CITY HAS A FEW YEARS WITH THEM AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD RAPPORT.
SO I WANT TO STAY THERE, BUT I WANT TO KEEP THEM HONEST AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S BETTER OPTIONS OUT THERE.
COME BACK AND TRY TO MATCH WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE.
SO THEN I CAN BUNDLE WITH OTHER PRODUCTS TO ACCIDENT AT THE HOSPITAL, CRITICAL ILLNESS AS WELL AS THE BASIC LIFE.
AND THEY JUST GET TO GIVE US THE BEST OFFERS, THE BEST IN FINAL.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONES I'M GONNA TRY TO, TO COME DOWN.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
WE ALWAYS OF COURSE ACKNOWLEDGE BASED ON COMMISSIONS.
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SURE IT'S THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE CAN HAVE TO SPEND SO WE CAN SPEND IT FOR POINT THE CITY.YEAH, THAT'S WHY THE DENTAL VISION, WE WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE SAW A RATE REDUCTION ON THAT TOO, BUT THAT WAS 18.
A QUESTION, UM, IS THERE A REVIEW BY I GUESS, YOUR AGENCY ON CLAIMS BEFORE GOING OUT FOR THESE BIDS? LIKE, DO YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR CLAIM HISTORY OR DO THESE GROUPS THAT PUT IN BIDS TO LOOK AT OUR CLAIM HISTORY? YES.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROVIDED, UH, IF YOU'RE FULLY INSURED, THEY'RE PROVIDED A TIER ONE, TIER TWO REPORT.
AS FOR THE RX DIAGNOSED
SO WE, WHEN YOU'RE SELF FUNDED, YOU HAVE EVEN MORE REPORTS.
SO YES, THEY ALL THE CARRIERS ARE PROVIDED THAT IN A SECURED FILE FOR THE RFP PROCESS.
SO THEY UNDERWRITTEN, THAT'S HOW THEY UNDERWRITE THESE NUMBERS AGAINST FIRM.
SO THESE NUMBERS ON ALL THREE OF THE TOP BIDS WITH THE CURATIVE BLUE CROSS AND NEW UNITED HEALTHCARE FIRM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR CLAIMS THAT THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH A QUESTION, NO, I JUST NEVER WANT TO GET INTO THE MIND OF A, OF AN ACTUATOR GOING TO THESE NUMBERS.
I KNOW IF OFFENSE'S COMMISSIONER BAN, WHY ONLY A EB AS PHARMACY
UM, SO THE, I ACTUALLY HAD TO, I MET WITH SOME OF THE TOP EXECUTIVES WITH CURATIVE AND I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.
SO WHY ONLY A EB? WHY ARE YOU KIND OF CARVING OUT CVS AND WALGREENS? YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE VERY POPULAR, UH, UH, PHARMACIES.
THOSE PHARMACIES ARE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN HEB, WALMART, COSTCO.
AND THERE'S A REASON WHY, I MEAN, AETNA OWNS CVS.
SO EVEN IF YOU, YOU DOWN THE BLUE CROSS, THEY'RE CARVED OUT ANYWAYS, BUT THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PHARMACIES.
SO, UM, CURATIVE HAS A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY.
THEY WANT TO COST, CONTAIN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, AND THEY WANT TO REWARD THE EMPLOYEES AND THE, AND THE EMPLOYER FOR GOING THAT ROUTE TO, TO COST, CONTAIN AND REWARD THEM WITH A $0 COPAY.
THAT'S WHY HEB, COSTCO, WALMART, THEY'RE SOME OF THE BEST FOR PRICING.
UM, CVS, WALGREENS, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONES.
UH, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY IT'S OUR A V
THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY IT'S FROM TEXAS.
YOU CAN STILL, YOU CAN STILL USE OTHER PHARMACY.
IT'S JUST THE PREFERRED OUTTA STATE.
AND, AND WHAT IF, GOD FORBID THEY'RE OUT SOMEWHERE IS OUTTA STATE, WHAT PHARMACIES WOULD THEY, SO IT'S ACTUALLY A, IT'S A PPO, SO THEY CAN, THERE'S ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A LIST, THERE'S ABOUT TON OF THEM ON THERE, BUT YOU CAN, WITH THAT LINK THAT WE PROVIDED, YOU CAN JUST LOOK UP THE ZIP CODE AND IT'LL TELL YOU ALL THE PHARMACIES IN THE AREA.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE PROVIDED IN THE BOOK LIST FOR ALL THE EMPLOYEES.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE APP, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THE, ALL THE WAYS TO LOOK UP THE PCPS OR DR.
PHARMACIES ALL, ALL IN THEIR HANDS.
UH, JONATHAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
I KNOW THAT IT WAS KIND OF CRUNCH TIME TO GET ALL THIS THING DONE WORKING WITH OUR STAFF AND CHRISTINA AND HER FOLKS AND NINA, JUST, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND, AND WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO US AT THE CITY AND, AND THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE GONNA PROVIDE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD REPORT.
UH, I NEVER REALLY HAD ANYTHING PRESENTED LIKE THAT HERE BEFORE.
SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL THE, ALL THE ATTENTION AND DETAIL AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH FIELD.
UH, I'LL, I'LL JUMP INTO, UH, MY, MY REPORTS SENIOR MANAGER.
GREAT SENIOR MANAGER'S REPORT.
OKAY, SO FIRST I GOT SOME, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
WE GOT A LOT OF EXCITING NEWS.
BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AN INITIATIVE THAT WAS STARTED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, EDWARD ENRIQUEZ.
UM, YOU KNOW, HE'D BEEN, HE'D BEEN LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, AND THE STAFF THAT WE HAD.
UH, HE'S RECENTLY TAKEN ON, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND HE'S BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB PUTTING, PUTTING THE STAFF IN A POSITION TO SUCCEED.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE CAME UP WITH ON HIS OWN, AND ACTUALLY HE DIDN'T EVEN, HE DIDN'T EVEN TELL US ABOUT IT, IT JUST KIND OF CAME AS A, AS AS A SURPRISE, BUT IT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
HE, UH, HE RECOGNIZED ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES,
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UM, AND, YOU KNOW, GAVE HIM A LITTLE EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR A WHILE, BUT IT TOOK SOMEONE LIKE HIM TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND, UM, RECOGNIZED ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES.
SO THE BIG TAKEAWAY HERE, AND WE, AND WE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT EMPLOYEE 'CAUSE SHE'S HERE TONIGHT.
AND, UH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT EDWARD WAS ABLE TO PRESENT IT BECAUSE IT WAS HIS INITIATIVE.
HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT TO US, YOU KNOW, AND DID ALL THE WORK WITH THE STAFF TO GET IT DONE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SO IMPRESSED WITH IT.
WE WENT, THEY HAD A LITTLE CEREMONY, A LITTLE LUNCHEON FOR THE EMPLOYEE THAT HE CHOSE.
AND AGAIN, SHE'S, UH, VERY WELL DESERVING OF IT.
BUT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THAT CITYWIDE.
SO I WANT TO THANK EDWARD FOR THE HARD WORK.
EDWARD, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO, TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE THAT YOU VALUE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT GONNA STEAL HIS THUMB HERE.
I'M GONNA LET HIM INTRODUCE HER AND THEN WE WILL PROVIDE, WE WILL PRESENT HER WITH HER, UH, WITH HER CERTIFICATE.
BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THIS IS HOMEGROWN IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA EXPAND THIS TO ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND BE DOING THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU EDWARD, APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, UH, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MY FRIEND.
SEE MAN EDWARD, UH, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE DIRECTOR.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER'S COMMUNITY.
UM, A LITTLE NERVOUS AND EXCITED AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY COOL.
UM,
WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
ADA CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND.
SHE'S KNOWN FOR EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, TREATING EVERYONE WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND A GREAT ATTITUDE INTERNALLY.
ADA IS A FANTASTIC TEAM PLAYER, ALWAYS CORD WITH STAFF AND WILLING TO HELP OTHERS WHENEVER THEY NEED IT.
IN HER ROLE, SHE'S INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT, COMPLETING TASKS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
WHAT TRULY SETS HER APART IS HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD WORK.
SHE WELCOMES NEW ASSIGNMENTS WITHOUT HESITATION.
THIS DEDICATION AND EAGERNESS MAKES HER A TRUE ASSET TO OUR CITY WHERE PRODUCTS RECOGNIZE HER FOR HER, UH, STEADY CONTRIBUTIONS.
I WOULD LIKE YOUR CENTER TODAY, SOME TOKENS.
ALL YOUR STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND CODE, I MEAN, HAS ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF A TOUGH DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE FACE OF THE CITY.
WHEN DEVELOPERS COME IN, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO EITHER EXPAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR, OR, OR COME INTO THE CITY, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THEY SEE FIRST.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND, UH, EDWARD, YOU KNOW, RICK, GOOD JOB.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME OTHER PRO A LOT MORE PROJECTS, SO WE'LL KEEP YOU GUYS BUSY, BUT EXPANDING TO THE CITYWIDE PROGRAM, WE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE CRITERIA JUST SO Y'ALL JUST, I WANTED TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY PUT THIS OUT TO ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IDENTIFYING THEIR, NOMINATING, THEIR DEPARTMENT SHOULD CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES, EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, POSITIVE ATTITUDE, INNOVATION AND INITIATIVE, PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, RELIABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ATTENDANCE, ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY AND STRONG ADHERENCE TO OUR, YOU KNOW, KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND OUR METRICS.
SO THERE'S JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT.
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECOGNIZING OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE CITY, AND, UH, NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE WITHOUT 'EM.
SO, AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, PUTTING THIS IN, IN MOTION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IT.
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UH, PLEASE.UH, JUST BECAUSE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL GOT OTHER DEPART HEADS THAT CAN DO THE SAME THING.
SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE HERE THAT CAN DO THAT, DOES OUTSTANDING JOB.
SO GET YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE THE ONES THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU ALL WORK WITH THEM.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE EXCELLENT, UH, YOU KNOW, TIES, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY.
ONE THING IS, AND IT GETS TO US, IT GETS TO US EVERY SINGLE TIME.
CUSTOMER SERVICE SOMETIMES IS NOT THERE IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS.
AND IT COMES TO US AND IT P****S ME OFF, HONESTLY, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS COMES IN.
THAT'S NOT MY JOB, THAT'S NOT MY DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, PLEASE GET THE ANSWER.
GET THE QUESTION, GET THE ANSWER.
GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY THAT, THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP 'EM OUT.
BUT DON'T JUST GIVE 'EM HANGING BECAUSE THAT WILL COME TO ME.
WE'LL COME TO THE PERMISSION AND NOW WE, WE'LL GO AFTER FRED AND ANYBODY ELSE.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR, WE ARE HERE AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR THE PEOPLE.
WE ARE HERE TO USE THEM TO HELP 'EM AND TO MAKE THIS A TRANSITION HERE WHEN THEY COME OVER.
BUT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO COME OVER HERE BECAUSE OF WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON, PLEASE.
I HOPE THAT, THAT YOU ALL LOOK INTO EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE THAT YOU HAVE, THAT YOU'RE, THAT ARE UNDER YOU.
AND, UH, LET'S RECOGNIZE YOU THAT GET SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO THE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, YOU ARE, WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THE WELL JOB WELL DONE HERE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
IT'S NOT THE FIRST ONE AND, UH, LET'S GET IT GOING.
OKAY, MAYOR, I'M JUST GONNA THROW A NAME OUT THERE, MR. OW.
AND THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT IT.
OH, YES, HE'S A ALL I HAVE HEARD THE, UH, THE SIREN, THE SIRENS BACK
SO THERE'S, UH, IT'S GONNA BE MORE, IT'S A SURPRISE PEOPLE.
BUT, UH, I'M KNOW STILL GETS DONE ON THAT, BUT, UH, YEAH, L IS VERY ESSENTIAL FOR US TOO.
SO, UM, SOME MORE GOOD NEWS STRIPES ON, UH, 1396 WEST BUSINESS 77.
UM, THEY WILL BE OPENING SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS MONTH.
UM, THE GRAND OPEN WILL BE SCHEDULED A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT.
UH, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MR. WILLETT.
THEY'LL BE TURNING IN, THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA BE TURNING IN THE ACTUAL, UH, SITE TO THE STRIPES FOLKS.
UH, NEXT WEEK TAKES A COUPLE WEEKS FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY GET IT ALL, UM, SET UP AND STOCKED.
AND SO I SAID THAT THEIR, THEIR, THE GRAND OPENING WILL BE THE 30TH.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, WELL THEIR OPENING WILL BE THE 30TH.
THEY'LL HAVE A GRAND OPENING AFTERWARDS.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THAT'LL BE TO BE DETERMINED AND I'LL GET YOU ALL THOSE DATES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO MR. ETTE FROM LASOW, THE ACTUAL, UH, DEVELOPERS, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER STRIPES COMING.
THAT'S THE SEVEN ACRE, UH, TRUCK STOP COMING ON SKI AND, AND, AND EXPRESSWAY THAT'S PROCEEDING.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM REAL CLOSELY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR.
SO WE CAN FINALIZE OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE EDC AND THEN BRING IT TO THE CITY FOR FINALIZATION AND APPROVAL.
UH, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE COMING IN.
THESE, THE, THE, THE STRIPES ON SKI IS GONNA BE, UH, LARGE TRUCK STOP, SEVEN ACRES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR PEOPLE ARE SERVED, BUT ALSO, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN WILL BE A TRUCK.
WELL, PEOPLE WILL COME INTO THE CITY.
SO, AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CHICK-FIL-A THAT'S, UH, THAT GRAND OPENING IS, YOU KNOW, ON THE 18TH.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'LL BE SITTING ON INVITATIONS FOR A PRIVATE EVENT THAT THEY'LL BE HAVING SOON AFTER THAT.
UM, WE DID GET NOTICE OF OUR EPA, UH, GRANT AGREEMENT THAT WE WERE, UM, PART OF AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL THROUGH, UH, CONGRESSMAN VICE GONZALEZ.
WE DID FINAL, I DID GET FINAL, UH, NOTIFICATION FROM THE EPA, UH, DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY OR YESTERDAY.
UH, THAT'S OUR 25 26 GADA SYSTEM.
THAT'S SUPERVIS CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION.
THAT IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $959,752.
WE HAVE EXTENSIVE PROJECT, UH, DEVELOPMENT ON THAT.
WE'LL BE GETTING, UH, WE'LL BE MOVING, UH, FORWARD WITH THEM ON THAT.
WE'RE JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST GOT THE AWARD.
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SO, BUT A LOT OF THE, AGAIN, ENGINEERING'S DONE, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT STATE SYSTEM STARTED PRETTY QUICK HERE.FREDDY, DID WE ACTUALLY GET THE AWARD? YES, SIR, WE DID.
I'VE HEARD THAT AWARD GIVEN THREE TIMES, BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'VE GOT, IT'S IN THE BANK STUFF THAT YOU NO, NO, NO, NO.
WE HAVE NOT CASHED THE CHECK YET, BUT WE WILL GET, LEMME KNOW WHEN IT'S COME BACK AND PRESENT IT WHEN WE HAVE THE CHECK.
UH, IT'S A, IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
I KNOW GOVERNMENT TAKES A LONG TIME, BUT THEY DO THREE YEARS NOT GOOD FOR ME.
AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN HERE TOO, AND I'VE BEEN WAITING.
I'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS AND I'VE BEEN WAITING HERE TWO YEARS.
SO, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, BETTER LATE THAN EVER.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SO MUCH NEEDED PROJECT FOR THE AREA, AND IT'S GOING, IT'S GONNA BLEND IN REAL WELL WITH, UH, THE MASTER PLANNING AND, AND, AND THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, UH, PLANNING THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO, UM, ALONG THOSE LINES, WE DID GET, UH, WE WERE KIND OF RUSHED HERE, UH, LATE, I GUESS EARLY AUGUST TO MID-AUGUST TO SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
WE, UH, WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT, THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED TO US.
WE DID MAKE THE CUT FOR, UH, DRINKING WATER SRF FUND FOR 12 INCH WATER LINE RELOCATION ON 77.
THAT IS, UH, $9,535,000 PROJECT.
SO, UM, WE WERE ALL HANDS ON DECK DOWN ON STAFF, UH, WATER PLANT FOLKS, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUR CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND, AND EVERYBODY WE COULD GET TOGETHER.
WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS TO GET THIS IN BY THE 26TH.
AND WE DID, JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, TWDB ONLY, UM, ONLY AWARDED 13% OF THEIR APPLICANTS THE MONEY.
SO STATEWIDE, I, I WOULD BE, I WOULD, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY APPLICATIONS, BUT IT WAS IN SEVERAL HUNDREDS, IF NOT CLOSE TO A THOUSAND.
SO, UH, WE WERE REAL LUCKY THAT WE GOT IN AND WE GOT THAT, WE GOT THAT PROCESS STARTED.
WE DID GET THE NOTICE OF COMPLETE A COMPLETION FOR APPLICATION FROM FROM TWDD.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, AS, AS THEY PERMIT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT AGAIN, THE BIG THING IS THAT WE'VE GOT, WE MADE THE CUT, AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A HUGE, THAT'S A HUGE BENEFIT FOR US.
SO, ALONG THOSE LINES, UH, I HAD A CALL WITH A NAT BANK TODAY, NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND, UH, WITH REGARDS TO $150,000, UH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT FOR OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER AND MASTER PLAN.
I GOT, I GOT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN.
WE'VE GOT THE SCOPE OF WORK IN, UH, WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT A BUTTON UP WITH THEM.
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REAL INTERESTING ABOUT THE CALL THAT IT KIND OF BLENDS IT, IT KIND OF HELPS WITH, UH, SOME OF THE STUFF WE'RE DOING WITH TWDB.
AND AGAIN, EXCUSE ME, FOR ALL THESE ACRONYMS AND EVERYTHING.
I KNOW THAT I, I'M SAYING 'EM REAL FAST, BUT I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THESE FOLKS FOREVER.
BUT THE, THE NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY DECADES.
AND, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A BINATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND THEY, THEY FUND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ALONG THE BORDER ALL THE WAY FROM BROWNSVILLE TO CALIFORNIA.
USED THEM BEFORE A MAYOR WAS ABLE TO SIT ON MOST OF THE CALL WITH ME TODAY.
AND, UM, THEY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A NEW FUND THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE ACCESS TO, AND IT'S A NEW WATER RESILIENCY FUND.
AND, UM, IT JUST SO HAPPENS SINCE WE'RE ALREADY IN THE HOPPER WITH THEM, UH, WE'RE KIND OF FIRST IN LINE FOR THAT.
UH, THEY'VE GOT, UH, SOME, SOME REAL INTERESTING, UM, SOME REAL INTERESTING MANDATES ON THAT FUND.
UM, IT, IT HAS TO DO WITH WATER RESOURCES AND, AND WATER RESOURCE DIVERSIFICATIONS IN MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS. SO I WONDER WHO THAT FITS.
UM, WATER CONSERVATION AND MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
REPLACING LINES, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WATER CONSERVATION AND AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS.
SO THAT'S LIKE LINING CANALS, AKAS PIPING STUFF INSTEAD OF RUNNING IT THROUGH CANALS.
SO OUT OF THAT 400 MILLION, A HUNDRED MILLION'S GONNA BE GRANTS, 300 MILLION'S GONNA BE LOW INTEREST LOANS.
UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY OPENING THE GATES ON THIS HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THEY'VE ALREADY SENT ME THE APPLICATION.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET, WE'RE GONNA GET RIGHT UP FRONT AND GET, BUT IN, UH, WE, WE WE'RE ALREADY IN THAT PROGRAM AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS.
SO IT'S GONNA BLEND IN VERY NICELY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING ON OUR MASTER PLAN, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE STACKED AGAINST OUR APPLICATION, UH, WITH THE TWDB FOR THAT 9 MILLION, NINE AND A HALF MILLION.
AND, UH, WE CAN ACTUALLY LAYER IT.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO PAY 30 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, UH, THERE'S A CHANCE WE COULD PAY A LOT LESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, BUT IT'S JUST A, A, A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
AND, UH, THE PLANNING ON THIS HAS
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WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.SO JUST WANTED TO BRING Y'ALL UP TO DATE ON THAT.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE BIG PROJECTS, THINGS THAT ARE REALLY GONNA, UH, AGAIN, GENERATIONAL IN NATURE.
IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA SET US UP FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
Y'ALL KNOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR MUD AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, REGIONAL TYPE COLLABORATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT THE MUD IS, IS TAKING IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST.
AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA USE A LOT OF THESE TOOLS TO KIND OF HELP FUND THAT.
AND, UM, IT'S GONNA BE GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF US.
IT'S GONNA BE GOOD NEWS FOR THE CITIZENS, BUT IT'S ALSO GONNA BE GOOD NEWS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE A PART OF THAT.
THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S ONLY, IT'S ONLY TUESDAY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE HERE, ERS, UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
WE HAVE THESE ITEMS UNDER CONSENT.
WE CAN TAKE ALL OF THESE AS ONE MOTION, OR WE CAN REMOVE ANY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THEM SEPARATELY.
AND, UH, WE CAN ENTERTAIN EITHER ONE AT THIS POINT.
COMMISSIONERS, ANYTHING YOU WANNA PICK UP? PAGE SEVEN, NUMBER SEVEN.
ANYONE ELSE? TWICE? OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU DO.
I WANT A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEMS, EXCLUDING NUMBER SEVEN, SECOND MOTION BYMAN OF THE SECOND.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.
IMPROVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR MOU FOR THE REGIONAL FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED AND STRATEGIC PLAN AS REQUIRED TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, URBAN AND DEVELOPMENT, OR U BETWEEN THE, BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND THE CITIES OF MGEN AND BRA MAYOR.
THIS HAPPENS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
YES, THIS HAPPENS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND, UM, WE'RE JUST IN THE, WE'RE IN THAT FIFTH YEAR, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PARTNER UP WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES AND WE SUBMIT A REGIONAL PLAN TO HUD.
WHAT'S THE COST SHARE? THE COST SHARE.
IS IT CHEAPER? SINCE WE'RE A SMALLER CITY? YES.
WHAT DID WE BARGAIN IT? IT'S BASED OFF OF THE SIZE AND ON TREE PUTTING, BUT USUALLY, UM, YEAH, THE, SO HARLAN AND BROWN WILL TAKE THE LEAD AND, UH, WE PROVIDE DATA.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW THAT WORKS.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT, WHAT IS IT? WELL, WE COULD, UH, WE COULD MAKE THIS SUBJECT TO, UH, APPROVE YOU.
IT IS SUBJECT TO ANY REVIEW HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A STANDARD CONTRACT.
ALL ALL ENTITLEMENT CITIES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT YET WE CAN HAVE LEGAL REVIEW IT, MAKE SURE IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IRON CLOUD, WHICH IT SHOULD BE.
I MEAN, IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? SO WE SHOULD, RIGHT.
AND THIS MOU GOES TO, WE SHOULD TRUST HIM.
BUT WE'LL, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S, UH, MOTION.
WELL, MAYOR, IF THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS OR MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO LEGAL REVIEW.
AND COMMISSIONERS ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION SET THE AGENT OF RECORDS TO RECOMMENDATION FOR MEDICAL AND VOLUNTARY PRODUCTS FOR FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 30TH, 2026.
UM, AFTER THAT, EXTENSIVE AND VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER, UH, PRESENTATION STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
MAYOR, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SO WE, UH, COMMISSIONER
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YEAH, I NEED, YEAH.SO WE'RE, WE ARE CURRENTLY RECOMMENDING CURATIVE FOR THE MEDICAL CARRIER, UH, MUTUAL OF OMAHA FOR THE BASIC LIFE, WHICH WE DO NEED TO, I GUESS, FIGURE OUT TODAY IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING 20,000, OVER $50,000.
WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE A 20,000.
UM, AND I BELIEVE WITH THE SAVINGS WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET WITH THE DENTAL AND VISION, IT MIGHT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO MAYBE OFFER THE 50,000 FOR ALL THE EMPLOYEES.
UM, SO THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA BE OFFERING IN MUTUAL OF OMAHA.
UM, DENTAL VISION IS GONNA BE WITH AFLAC.
VOLUNTARY LIFE IS GONNA BE A MUTUAL OF OMAHA ACCIDENT, HOSPITAL INDEMNITY, CRITICAL ILLNESS, ALL WITH MUTUAL OMAHA.
THE, I THINK CRITICAL, AS I MENTIONED OF OMAHA, THE, UH, SHORT AND LONG TERM, THE FUTURE OF OMAHA, THE WHOLE LIFE, UNIVERSAL LIFE AND CANCER WITH, UH, COLONIAL LIFE.
THOSE WOULD BE REMAINING THE SAME.
SO, SO THE ONLY THING WE NEED IS, UH, THE 20 OR 50,000 CORRECT.
SO HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PUT ALL OF THAT IN MOTION?
AGENT AGENT, UH, IN MOTION WITH THE 25,000.
SO IT'S, IT'S EITHER THE 20 OR THE 50, BUT 50, I'M SORRY.
SO NOW DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT'S A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION AS REFERRED BY.
OKAY, SO I SECOND FAVOR BOTH, UH, GOODMAN, I'M SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT NAMES.
AND, UH, SECOND IS LEAD BY COMMISSIONER NOVARRO.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATION AS FAST AS WE CAN.
WE START OPEN ENROLLMENT THIS WEEK.
MY SISTER'S NAME IS LAURA
IT'S THE FIRST TIME I MEETING HER.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT PUBLIC THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST A COINCIDENCE.
THAT WAY SOMEONE WOULD COME IN.
DOESN'T GET ANY MORE ON THE RECORD THAN THAT.
SO, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, FIRST READING.
UH, FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 23 3 0 DASH ZERO TWO.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 3, 3 0, 1, ESTABLISHING, ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR TRUCK AND HAZARDS MATERIAL ROUTES WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, FOLKS, IT'S THE FIRST READING, UM, TRYING TO REGULATE SOME OF THESE TRUCKS AND, AND, AND, AND SEMIS ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT ADHERING TO TRUCK ROUTES AND THEY'RE REALLY KILLING OUR STREETS.
IT'S KIND OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO KEEP, UH, ALL THE GOOD PAINTING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, WE'LL KEEP IT INTACT AND, UH, KEEP THESE TRUCKS ON, ON DESIGNATED ROUTES.
AND, UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO AGAIN, JUST STRENGTHEN UP OUR, OUR ORDINANCES TO BETTER REFLECT OUR NEEDS AND OUR BUDGETARY, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
ASK YOU, UM, WELL, ENRIQUE STANDING UP.
GOT ANY COMMENTS? HE JUST STANDING UP.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, MAYOR TON.
ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, UH, THE STRIP THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE UP 7 32.
IS IT BIG ENOUGH THAT WE CAN GET ALL THIS TRUCKS THAT ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, GEAR 'EM OUT THERE, MAYBE THEY CAN PARK.
WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO? WE, WE'VE GOT A PARKING ORDINANCE TO THE NEXT
BUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF NOT, THEY DON'T, FIRST THING IS THEY GOING KEEP CALLING US.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO PARK? THERE'S NOTHING WRONG HERE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO, MAYOR? I THINK ON THE NEXT ITEM WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.
SO THAT WAS FIRST READING ON ACCORDANCE NUMBER 2, 3 3 0 DASH ONE, I MEAN TWO, SORRY, REPLACING ONE.
UH, NOW WE'LL DO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AND THAT'S FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 5 7 2 DASH OH ONE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 5 7 2, ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE PARKING OF TRUCKS, TRUCK, TRACTORS, AND TRAILERS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN MANITA.
WHERE HEADED ARE YOU, MAYOR? WHERE HEADED ARE YOU, JEFF? GO.
SO, TO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, YES, WE'RE TRYING TO REGULATE THOSE, THOSE TRAILERS AND THE TRACTORS, NOT REALLY THE TRACTORS
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SO MUCH, BUT THE TRAILERS THEMSELVES, UH, YOU FIND THESE, UM, THEY CALL 'EM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GYPSY TRAILERS AND THEY'LL, AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL DROP 'EM OFF AT THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.THEY'LL DROP 'EM OFF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THEY THINK ARE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT SECURE.
AND THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE FEET WHEN THEY PUT 'EM DOWN, AND DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE LOADED OR NOT, AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT.
BUT EITHER WAY, IT JUST A LOT OF PRESSURE AND A LOT OF WEIGHT ON A VERY SMALL, UH, SQUARE FOOT, YOU KNOW, SQUARE, SQUARE FOOT AREA, SQUARE INCH AREA, AND, YOU KNOW, THE PSI ON THAT JUST KILLS THESE STREETS.
SO, UH, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT COMPLAINTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE EITHER TRUCKERS OR LONG HAUL, YOU KNOW, UH, HOT SHOTTERS OR WHATEVER.
AND THEY'VE GOT THOSE GOOSENECKS AND THEY'RE PARKING 'EM IN PLACES, AND IT'S TAKING UP A LOT OF SPACE.
AND A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE GETTING UPSET.
SO PD GETS THE CALLS, WE GET THE CALLS, YOU ALL GET THE CALLS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO REGULATE THAT AND GIVE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT A LITTLE, UH, MORE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT, SOME MORE TEETH IN THAT SO THAT WE CAN ENFORCE IT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THOSE THINGS DO GET REGULATED.
NOW, UM, THERE IS, I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME FOLKS THAT WANT TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY BUILD A, A REAL TRUCK AND TRAILER PARKING AREA.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S SOME THAT ARE, AGAIN, OUTSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS, AND THEY'RE JUST DOING THAT WITHOUT REGULATION.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF, UH, ALL WEATHER SURFACE.
AND YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NEIGHBORS THAT ARE NEARBY AND THEY'RE COMPLAINING.
SO THIS IS PART OF THAT TOO, SO THAT WE CAN, SO WE CAN ENFORCE THAT EVEN IN OUR ETJ.
AND A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LONG TIME COMING.
BUT ENRIQUE, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? YEAH, THANK YOU.
SO YEAH, BASICALLY, UH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONCERNS AND CALLS FROM CITIZENS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE OUTSKIRTS, UH, EVIDENCE, 7 32, 5 0 9, WHERE THEY HAVE A LARGE PROPERTY AND THEY JUST START CHARGING PEOPLE, I GUESS, TO PARK THERE.
UH, SO THIS ORDINANCE WILL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN ACTUAL BUSINESS LICENSE WITH THE CITY AND OFFICE.
AND, UH, ALSO, UH, CCHE, NO, NOT CCHE, ASPHALT CONCRETE OR GRAB AT LEAST TO HELP WITH DUST CONTROL.
SO ANYBODY THAT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEN COURT ENFORCEMENT OR PD WILL BE ABLE TO ENFORCE NOW BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING A, A ANCE, I NOTICED IN THE ENFORCEMENT PENALTY SECTION OF THIS, THAT THERE IS, UH, EACH DAY THAT A VIOLATION CONTINUES, SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
THAT'S ALL GREAT, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY REAL DOLLARS IN FUNDS ASSOCIATED.
THAT BE UP TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
WILL THERE BE ANY KIND OF A, A TRANSITION PERIOD OR, OR, UM, SOME SORT OF NOTIFICATION OR HELP TO GET THESE TRUCKS MOVING? WILL WE WORK WITH THEM, LET 'EM KNOW, GET 'EM? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? JUST TO KIND OF, YES.
I MEAN, ONCE WE START ENFORCING IT, I MEAN, WE'LL START, I GUESS SPRAYING THE WORD.
I KNOW INDUSTRIAL PARK, THEY'VE BEEN PARKING THERE OVERNIGHT AND THEY DROPPED THEIR TRAILERS THERE.
AND WE HAVE OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY JUST PARK THERE, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE PD, UH, WHOEVER WAS OUT THERE, THEY CAN LET 'EM KNOW THAT IT'S NO LONGER ALLOWED, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL COMPLY.
YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A, A COMPLIANCE PROGRAM AND WE'LL GIVE THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME NOTIFICATION AND WE'LL GIVE 'EM A LITTLE GRACE PERIOD, UH, FOR THAT EDUCATION PIECE.
WE'LL PUT IT ON, YOU KNOW, ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE DO IT, YOU KNOW, UH, SLOWLY BUT SURELY, AND EVENTUALLY GET TO SOME POINT.
BUT NORMALLY YOU ROLL THESE THINGS OUT, IT'S A 30 TO 90 DAY PERIOD AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE, ONCE THAT PERIOD, YOU KNOW, RUNS OUT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR REAL.
IT'S JUST OFTENTIMES TO SEE THESE THINGS WRITTEN BUT NOT ENFORCED.
SO, AND THIS ORDINANCE IS GONNA, UH, ALSO TAKE CARE OF, UH, RVS, BOATS, TRACTOR TRAILERS, REGULAR TRAILERS THAT YOU, UH, PULL WITH A TRUCK, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT SHOULDN'T BE PARKED IN THE PUBLIC DRIVEWAY.
UH, ALSO PEOPLE OWN TRACTORS OR THE, THE TRAILERS AND THEY HAVE A RESIDENTIAL OR IN THEIR HOME, THEY PARK IT OUT OFF THE STREET, SO THEY'LL BE ALLOWED TO PLACE IT ON AN ACTUAL PARKING SPACE ON THE PROPERTY.
IF NOT, THEY CAN'T PARK IT ON THE, ON THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE FIXING THESE STREETS AT THE INDUSTRIAL PARK TO HANDLE THESE LOADS, BUT THEN CHARGING AN ANNUAL FEE, A PARKING FEE FOR THESE TRUCKS? SOMETHING THAT'S CROSSING MY MIND.
THERE'S NOT REALLY A PLACE RIGHT NOW WHERE THESE, A LOT OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK IS OWNED BY, UH, MR.
SO I HAVE SEEN ANOTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHERE HEAVY TRUCKS ARE REGULATED.
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HERE ON OTHER TRAILERS, UM, WHERE MUNICIPALITIES DO CHARGE A PERMIT FEE, UM, TO PARK A CITY OWNED PROPERTY.YOU ALSO CHARGE A PERMIT FEE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S A, MAYBE A RESIDENTIAL ROAD IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET TO THEIR PROPERTY USING, LET'S JUST SAY A REEFER, AN EXTRA FOOT TRAILER.
UM, IT, OF COURSE, IT'S HEAVIER THAN THE RATED, THAN THE ROAD IS.
THE CITY COULD ALSO CHARGE, LIKE, FOR OVERWEIGHT.
FOR OVERWEIGHT, BECAUSE THAT, I, I PROBABLY DROVE, MR. GOODMAN PROBABLY DROVE PAST A FEW, UH, MOBILE HOMES AND RVS AND BOATS.
SO THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO BE PARKING DOWN THE THAT'S CORRECT.
IN THE RIGHT WAY OR THE ORDINANCE.
YOU CAN PARK THEM ON THE PROPERTY.
THEY ALL, YEAH, I MEAN, THERE'S COMMERCIAL LOCKS THAT HAVE BEEN OPENING UP.
AND THEN ONE IN PARTICULAR BEHIND NIXON ROAD, THOSE RESIDENTS KEEP CALLING ME ABOUT ALL THE DUST.
AND THEN THEY ELEVATED, KIND OF PUT THEM IN A HOLE BECAUSE THEY, THEY IMPROVED THE STREET IN THE FRONT AND THEN THAT COMPANY IMPROVED THEIR LAND.
SO THEY LEFT ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND GOT HOLE FLOODING.
THIS SHOULD HELP THEM HAVE TO ENFORCE IT.
I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA GET SOME PUSHBACK 'CAUSE WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTING POPULATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR ANY INPUT, I MEAN, THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING, WE COULD ADD IT TO THE SECOND AND FINAL.
I MEAN, I COULD JUST THINK IF WE HAVE ANY PROPERTY THAT'S NOT BEING IN USE RIGHT NOW OFF THE HIGHWAY IN PARTICULAR BY THE EDC, THAT COULD GENERATE SOME REVENUE
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
I MEAN, THERE'S LAND THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE NOT USING.
I, I JUST WOULD RATHER NOT COMPETE WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
WE DO HAVE, AGAIN, THERE IS ACTUALLY COMPANIES OUT THERE.
BUT I, I DON'T, WELL, I, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE THE RESIDENT AN OPPORTUNITY, LIKE A CHEAPER OPTION, RIGHT? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO KILL THEM TO NO, NO, NO, NO.
IN FACT, THAT'S SOMETHING I DISCUSSED WITH STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RIGHT AMOUNT, WITH THE RIGHT SIZE OF PROPERTY, UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO OUR OWN, TO OUR OWN GUIDELINES AS WELL.
IT'S A LITTLE EXPENSIVE, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF NOBODY'S GONNA PROVIDE IT, WE CAN'T.
AND YOU GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL WITH YOU CHARGE IN ANY, IN THAT, IN ANY ASPECT, HOLD A RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR THEFT IN THAT CASE.
THAT'S, SO WHEN, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT, I USE IT, I WON'T NAME A HANDBOOK.
YOU LOOK AT SOME PROMINENT CITIES, UM, HERE IN THE VALLEY, THEY'RE DOWNTOWN AREAS.
THOSE, UH, PROPERTIES LIKE THE GARAGES ARE, UH, CITY PROPERTY IN SOME CASES.
AND AS LONG AS THE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE IS UP THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS, THEFT, UM, ANY LIKE THAT, EVEN DAMAGE, PHYSICAL DAMAGE, SOMEBODY HITS IT.
UM, THEREFORE YOU'LL NOT BE LIABLE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL ALSO PAY AND UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY SIGN THEIR ABUSE AGREEMENT.
SO IN OTHER CITIES THAT WE'VE DONE IT, THEY UNDER, YOU KNOW, PAY THEM, GET A PARKING PERMIT.
YOU PAY IT MONTHLY OR ANNUALLY, HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE TO DO IT.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S NOT LIABLE.
THE CITY DOES PROVIDE SOME SORT OF SECURITY CAMERA.
UM, IT MAY BE SOME SORT OF SECURITY WHERE IT BE EVERY OTHER NIGHT THEY PASS BY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT WOULD BE A WORK IN PROGRESS.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION, IMPROVE AMENDED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH SAN BERNARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS HAS JUST BEEN A, IT'S KIND OF BEEN IN LIMBO.
UH, SOME OF IT IS WHAT WE CHARGE, UM, WHAT THE CITY CHARGES, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR OUR SERVICES.
WE HAD GONE BACK AND FORTH A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THE AMOUNT WE REVERTED BACK TO THE STANDARD AMOUNT.
AND, UH, MS. STEPHANIE, UH, WAS IN COMPLETE CONCURRENCE THAT WE PAID FULL PRICE TO THE EDC OR THE EDC PAY US FULL PRICE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THAT NUMBER IS, UH, WHAT IS IT, 50 50, 54.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
AND THEN THERE WAS A, I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING MENTIONED IN THERE ABOUT, UM, THE RENTAL OR THE USE OF THE FAIRGROUNDS SINCE IT HAS, IT STILL BELONGS TO THE CITY, UH, BUT THE EDC IS ACTUALLY, UH, USING IT.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING ELSE, UNLESS Y'ALL SAW ANYTHING THAT JUMPS OUT AT YOU ALL.
ON, UH, I THINK ON D CITY WILL REIMBURSE THE CI UH, CITIZEN MENTAL EDC FOR ANY COSTS, EXPENSES, ATTORNEYS FEES.
WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST, UM, WE JUST PASSED, GIVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE SUBJECT TO FINAL REVIEW SO I CAN LOOK AT OKAY.
THE PROVISIONS JUST LIKE THAT.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE WERE APPRECIATIVE OF THE HELP, THE EDC PROVIDES THE CITY, UM, THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE
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ENTITIES.AND, UH, FROM MY STATE, WE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, CITY IS, IS WELL CORRECT.
MOTION TO APPROVE BASED ON THE LEGAL, UH, REVIEW.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDER A POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PURCHASE OF 1 20 25 RANGER XL TRUCK FOR PARTS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FROM PAYNE WESTCO FORD IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $36,241 AND 75 CENTS.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF, UH, VEHICLES THAT ARE, THAT ARE NEEDED IN PARKS.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE MONEY FOR IT AND, UH, IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA.
AND, UH, CFOS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND FRED, I SEE THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS BOSWELL WOULD TAKE WEEKS RIGHT BEFORE WE DOCK THE VEHICLE AND THE PAIN, WE WOULD HAVE IT WITHIN DAYS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? A MOTION? UM, NO, I DON'T.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
ANY OTHER QUESTION? MAYOR, IF I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING.
UM, FRED ENRIQUE WITH THESE ORDINANCES OF AMENING, HOW WE NEED THEM.
UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR TO SEE ON OUR NEXT MEETING THE ORDINANCES FOR OUR DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE I'M WITH COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, WE NEED TO START PUTTING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE STOREFRONTS THAT ARE UNOCCUPIED.
WE'RE, WE'RE GOING IN A DIRECTION OF PROMOTING OUR CITY AND WE NEED THE COMMUNITY'S HELP, BUT WE NEED TO START THAT PROCESS OF BEING PROACTIVE AND KEEPING IT UP DOWNTOWN.
WELL, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, COMMISSIONER.
IN FACT, THAT'S SOMETHING THE STAFF IS WORKING ON AS WE SPEAK.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING PARKING.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING DURATION OF PARKING.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING, UM, ALLEY MAINTENANCE.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING, UM, UH, ABSENTEE LANDLORDS.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING, UH, THE ACTUAL DESIGNATION OF DOWNTOWN AND WHAT WE CONSIDER DOWNTOWN, HOW THAT OVERLAYS WITH OUR, UH, CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT, JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE ALMOST A PERFECT MATCH.
UH, AND WE DID, UH, INCLUDE, UM, SOME MONEY THROUGH THE EDC AND, UH, TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT STAFF'S WORKING, YOU KNOW, FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE SO WE CAN PUT THOSE TOGETHER FOR YOU ALL AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING RID OF SOME OF THESE VACANT PROPER, YOU KNOW, VACANT.
WE'RE, WE'RE FIXING THE VACANT LOTS DEMOLISHING HOMES.
UH, DOWNTOWN SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT.
I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER LAURO HAD CALLED ME A LITTLE, A LITTLE WHILE BACK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DURATION AND HOW WE COULD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REGULATE SOME OF THAT PARKING.
SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THAT AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL AND LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING IT IN FULL, YOU KNOW, FULL SPEED OCTOBER 1ST 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE SOME MONEY FOR THAT.
BUT THE ADMINISTRATOR DECIDED ON ANOTHER NOTE TOO.
MAYOR, I KNOW WE DIDN'T MENTION THIS AT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, THE NINE 11 EVENT, THERE'S UPDATES.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE ATTENDING THE REMEMBRANCE EVENT AT THE STEM ACADEMY.
HEB HAS GENEROUSLY OFFERED TO PROVIDE LUNCH FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
AND I KNOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY FOR THEIR EVENT, WHICH WILL BE IN BROWNSVILLE, UM, AT 9:30 AM ON 1100 EASTLAND MONROE STREET IN BROWNSVILLE.
AND THANK YOU MS. DEANNA FOR GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO US.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO TIME IS, UH, SEVEN SIX.