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THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY
[ Special Commission Meeting on October 14, 2025.]
OF SANTO COMMISSION, OCTOBER 14, 25, 7, 5 30.UM, HAVE TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY.
AND NUMBER TWO, FOR THE RELIGIONS TO US LEG AND FLAG.
AND PLEASE REMAIN STAND FOR THE ATION BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR SEE FATHER THAN HEAVEN.
WE SINCERELY BOW OUR HEADS AND GRATITUDE INTO DEED FOR BLESSINGS THAT WE RECEIVE THE FREEDOM AND THIS GREAT LAND, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND TALK WITH ONE ANOTHER.
WE PRAY THAT, THAT THAT PRIVILEGE AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE BETTER, THAT WE CAN HAVE THE CIVIL DISCOURSE THAT WE MIGHT COMMUNICATE AND FIND LOVE, AND, AND ENJOY, AND, AND BEING TOGETHER AND EACH WITH HIS OWN THOUGHTS AND WAYS AS, AS THINGS SHOULD BE.
PRAY FOR THAT DISCOURSE TONIGHT THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE AND DO THOSE THINGS WILL HELP TO ADVANCE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HONOR THEE, WE OFFER OUR HEARTS AND SOULS UNDER THEE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
OKAY, NEXT ONE GONNA BE ANNOUNCEMENT.
REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE LIFE OF LIEUTENANT MILTON RESENDEZ.
SECOND ANNIVERSARY HOLY MASS AT ST.
BENEDICT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, LOCATED AT 3 5 1 SOUTH BOW STREET FROM 9:00 AM TO 10:00 AM UH, GLIMPSES OF NATURE EXHIBIT EXTENDED THROUGH OCTOBER 17TH, 2025 AT SAN BENITO CULTURAL CENTER, LOCATED AT 2 2 5 EAST END STREET.
WE ALSO HAVE ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2025 SMOKEY BEAR STORY TIME AT THE SAN BENITO PUBLIC LIBRARY, LOCATED AT 1 0 1 WEST ROSE STREET AT 5:30 PM OCTOBER 24TH, 2025, FALL FESTIVAL.
AND 18TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AT THE SAN BENITO FAIRGROUNDS.
LOCATED AT 15 0 1 CESAR GONZALEZ BOULEVARD AT 5:30 PM OCTOBER 25TH, 2025.
FROM TAP TO TOWN, UH, OPEN HOUSE, LEARN HOW CLEAN WATER GETS TO YOUR HOME AT THE WATER PLANT.
LOCATED AT 1315 TURNER STREET FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM THAT SHOULD BE VERY INTERESTING.
RIO GRAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY VACCINE CLINIC AT 1 8 0 3 8 GARRETT ROAD IN HARINGTON, TEXAS FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:30 AM AND THAT IS OPEN TO SAN BENITO RESIDENCE AS WELL.
MOONLIGHT MADNESS AT FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE, LOCATED AT 12 0 1 SOUTH ST.
HOUSTON BOULEVARD FROM 5:30 PM TO 8:30 PM SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THE REST OF THIS MONTH.
OKAY, NEXT ONE'S GONNA BE THE PROCLAMATION, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION AND SUPPORT OF NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, OCTOBER, 2025.
WHEREAS DURING NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, WE HONOR THE INCREDIBLE FORTITUDE OF BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND OFFER OUR HEARTFELT SUPPORT AND PRAYERS TO THOSE CURRENTLY BATTLING THIS DISEASE.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IS A CHANCE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER BEING, IT IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON KIND OF CANCER.
APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EVERY EIGHT WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
EVERY TWO MINUTES, A WOMAN IN THE US IS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR, AN ESTIMATED 316,950 WOMEN AND 2,800 MEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH INVASIVE BREAST CANCER AND AN ESTIMATED 42,170 WOMEN AND 510 MEN WILL DIE FROM THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.
YOUR EARLY DETECTION IN IMPROVED TREATMENTS.
TODAY, THERE IS A 90% FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE FOR WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO MEET WITH THEIR PHYSICIANS AND DISCUSS THEIR INDIVIDUAL RISK, UM, OF BREAST CANCER.
AND WHEREAS THIS OCTOBER, THE CITY OF SAN NEW IS PROUD TO PARTNER WITH VALLEY BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM TO OBSERVE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
WE ARE ENCOURAGING OUR EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT MAMMOGRAM SCREENINGS AND EARLY DETECTION.
AND WHEREAS EARLY DETECTION IS THE KEY TO BEING TREATED AND THE BETTER CHANCES OF BREAST CANCER BEING CURED, INCREASED AWARENESS, ESPECIALLY OF FAMILY HISTORY AND OTHER COMMON RISK FACTORS.
PREVENTATIVE CARE AND REGULAR SCREENINGS, INCLUDING MAMMOGRAMS, CAN HELP SAVE LIVES THROUGH EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND PROMPT TREATMENT.
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INCREDIBLE RESILIENCE OF BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND REMEMBER THE LOSS OF TO THIS DISEASE, WE ALSO PRAY FOR COMFORT AND STRENGTH FOR THOSE CURRENTLY BATTLING BREAST CANCER.NOW, THEREFORE, BE PROCLAIMED BY
I CALLED UPON THIS OF JOURNALS TO THE ATTENTION OF ALL OUR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF SANTO, TEXAS IN WITNESS THEREOF.
I HAVE HERE ON MY HAND ON THIS 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER, AND THEN THE YEAR OF AWARD 2025.
AND THIS PROCLAMATION WILL STAY WITH THE CITY.
OKAY? SO IT'S GONNA BE DISPLAYED HERE IN THE CITY.
BREAST CANCER IS AN ISSUE MY FAMILY HAS FACED, UH, SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS FROM THAT.
AND, UH, HAPPY TO SAY THEY WERE ON THE FAR END OF THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S VERY MUCH A REAL THING AND VERY PERSONAL, VERY DIFFICULT, VERY CHALLENGING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YES, I GET THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
HEY, MR. LOWER 2 48 CHARLES BARBER ROOM.
RESIDENTS OF SAN BENITO ARE ASKING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SHOPPING PLAZA.
THEY SAID THAT WOULD BE BUILT BY JULY, BUSINESS 77 AT THE SE SEBASTIAN SUBDIVISION.
SOMEBODY ELSE MESSAGED ME ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE 2000 NO 2025 CHEVROLET RETO FROM TIPPO CHECK CHEVROLET FOR $40,368 31 CENTS.
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER NAVARRO WORKED FOR THE DEALERSHIP.
HE CAN'T VOTE ON AN ITEM THAT, THAT HE WORKS FOR.
IT'S CALLED CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
OKAY? UH, LAST TIME I WAS HERE, COMMISSIONER STATED THAT HER HUSBAND WAS ON A PLAN AND ZONING AND EDC.
WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR CLARIFYING THAT? DID THE CITY FORGET GETTING A CERTIFICATE, A TROPHY? I DON'T KNOW.
I'M HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE BECAUSE I HAVE ISSUES WITH MY NEIGHBOR WHO, IN MY OPINION, HAS BEEN BEEN HELPED BY CERTAIN COMMISSIONER.
THIS IS GOING BACK WHERE COMMISSIONER
I ALSO WANNA STATE THAT I'VE BEEN IN COMPLIANT WITH THE CITY ORDINANCES.
NOW MY NEIGHBOR IS IN THE OTHER HAND NOT HAD GOT CITED FOR OFFENSE VIOLATION.
AND BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND STILL PENDING COURT, WHOEVER IS HELPING HIM, IS DRAGGING IT.
HE'S PENDING RIGHT NOW TO COMPLY WITH INSTALLING A DRAINAGE SYSTEM ON HIS PROPERTY TO AVOID WATER OVERFLOWING TO MY PROPERTY.
THIS, THIS ALSO HAS BEEN TAKEN FOREVER BECAUSE HE'S CLAIMING TO GO TO HARDSHIP.
HARDSHIP IS A CONDITION OF LIFE THAT CAUSES DIFFICULTY, SUCH AS BEING WITHOUT A, WITHOUT WORK OR NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
AND AS FAR AS AS NO MONEY, HE'S SPENDING MONEY WITH LAWYERS IN COURT.
I WAS ONCE TOLD HERE BEFORE A MEETING OUT THERE IN THE HALLWAY THAT I COULD BE COMING IN PUBLIC SPEAKING AND OPEN COMMENTS TILL I TURN BLUE AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
WELL, THANK GOD I HAVEN'T TURNED BLUE, MR. GAN AND STILL HERE FIGHTING FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AGAIN, LET ME MENTION THAT IT'S BEEN RECORDED THAT ON A, ON A PLANNING ZONING MEETING, THEY, IT IS RECORDED.
THE DAY APPROVED, THE HAVE THE PLAN EASEMENT OPEN.
BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE COMMISSIONER MEETING, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN DECIDED TO TAKE IT AND STILL WAITING.
IT'S BEEN OVER SIX MONTHS AND NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE.
COMMISSIONERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING MENT PUBLIC POLICIES AND ORDINANCES EQUALLY TO ALL RESIDENTS.
REMEMBER THAT MR. WOODMAN? YES, IT'S RECORDED.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS NO ACCESS TO BACK OF MY PROPERTY IN CASE A FIRE, UNLESS THEY GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE GATED FUNDING.
DEFINITELY A SAFE THREE MINUTES ARE OVER.
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UM, PRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF MAGIC REPORT.SHOULD I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK ONE? WE DO HAVE, UM, THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH WILL BE THE, UH, THE OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING FOR, UH, STRIPES ON WOUNDS AT 77.
I DID SPEAK WITH, UH, VELASCO FOLKS TODAY AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE, UH, WE GOT OUT THERE.
WE WILL BE SENDING ON THE FORMAL INVITATION, UH, TOMORROW ITEMS A SHORT WEEK, BUT THAT'S, UH, THIS FRIDAY.
I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE MORNING.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT TIME, UM, BUT I'LL GET IT TO YOU.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION, WAS A SOFT OPEN.
YES, FRED, YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL STREET IS GOOD.
WELL, I FIGURED THE WORK WOULD SPEAK FOR ITSELF, BUT NO, THANK YOU, MA'AM.
YEAH, WE, UH, WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AND I BELIEVE IT IS, UH, AMAD STREET.
UM, SO WHEN YOU GOOGLE THE CAMERON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THE, UH, IN THE DIRECTIONS SEND YOU TO WILLIAMS, AND THEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE A LEFT ON AMISTAD.
SO EVERYBODY THAT GOES THERE THAT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO GET THERE DRIVES THAT ROAD.
UH, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE OF GOOGLE OR NOT, UH, THEY END UP ON THAT ROAD, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT.
SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT FOR A WHILE.
I KNOW THAT WHEN I GOT HERE, THERE WAS SOME, THERE WAS SOME ENGINEERING STUDIES BEING DONE TO ACTUALLY, UM, REBUILD THAT ROAD OF CONCRETE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG EXPENSE.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE, UH, WHEREWITHAL TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ESTIMATE WAS SOMEWHERE NORTH OF $4 MILLION, UH, FOR ONE ROAD, UM, THAT WOULD SEVERELY IMPACT OUR, OUR BUDGET AND ALSO, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER ROADS AROUND THE CITY.
SO WHAT WE CHOSE TO DO, UH, WE'RE GONNA REDO IT.
UH, LIKE WE DID SOME OF THE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS THAT WERE IN POOR SHAPE, REDOING THE CURB AND GUTTERS AND, UH, TAKING CORE SAMPLES OF THE ROAD THAT'S THERE.
WE'LL REBUILD EVERYTHING, UH, FROM THE BASE UP AND, UH, WE'LL PAVE IT WITH ASPHALT.
BUT, UH, WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME RELIEF OUT THERE WITH SOME FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO WE STARTED THAT LAST WEEK AND WE'RE DOING IT IN HOUSE.
SO I WANT THANK THE STAFF FOR THAT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP TO US.
UH, COMMISSIONER, THE THING IS THAT, UH, YEAH, UM, SOME PEOPLE ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
SOME WERE NOT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL SAYING, WHERE'S MY SUBDIVISION? WE, YOU WE'RE COMING.
I WISH I COULD DO WHAT, LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE, I WISH WE COULD DO ALL HUNDRED SOMETHING STREETS IN ONE DAY IN CATS, BUT, UH, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO DO WHAT WE CAN AND, UM, BRING RELIEF AS FAR AS, UH, GOOD ROPES TO THE PEOPLE HERE IN SANTO.
WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL WORKING, BUT MOST OF THE, THE WORKERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUT THERE, UM, UNDERSTAND.
I MEAN, IT, IT WAS HOT AND NOW THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF OF THE COOLNESS, BUT WE HAVE BUT'S STILL HOT OUT THERE.
AND, UH, SO THEY'VE DONE A HELL OF A JOB OUT THERE.
AND, UH, SO PLEASE JUST GIVE US TIME AND, UH, WE'LL BE GETTING, WE'LL BE COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SOON, AS SOON AS WE CAN, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
AND, UH, FRED, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW ITS, UH, THE MONIES THAT WAS THERE BEFORE ON THAT.
UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY COMMISSIONER.
UM, THAT WAS THERE IN THE DISTRICT PARK.
WELL, THEY CHOSE NOT TO GIVE IT TO SOME PEOPLETO.
THEY CAN COME AFTER ME OR WHATEVER THEY WANT.
THEY CHOSE NOT TO GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY.
SO THEY TOOK THE MONEY AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WELL, NOW THE CITY HAS TO, YOU KNOW, DISH OUT THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO PAY THAT TO DISTRICT PARK.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT WE'RE DOING IT.
OKAY? SO PLEASE GIVE US TIME, BE PATIENT WITH US.
OKAY? WE'RE COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS SOON AS WE CAN.
OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO PLACE A STORAGE BUILDING GREATER THAN 200 SQUARE FEET OF PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 27 60 EAST EXPRESSWAY 83.
AND IT IS ZONE C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS JOE A OW, IT'S JUST PUBLIC HEARING.
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OPEN UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.ANYBODY AGAINST IT? ANYBODY AGAINST IT? ONCE, TWICE.
CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERED.
MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, WE, UH, ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE, THAT'S CONSENT.
THESE ITEMS CAN BE TAKEN ALL AT ONCE WITH ONE VOTE, OR ANYONE, ANY ONE OF 'EM COULD BE, UH, TAKEN OUT TO BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY AND WE CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME FOR THE WISHES OF THE BOARD.
OKAY? COMMISSIONERS, ANYBODY LISTEN TO TAKE OUT ANY OF THE, UH, CONSENT ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE? ANYBODY? OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL NINE.
AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE.
GOODMAN, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
OKAY, GOING DIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION HERE.
POSSIBILITY TO AMEND THE GUIDELINES FOR SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN C OF SAN BERNARDINO IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
BROWNS BROWNSVILLE, C-D-B-C-C-D-C-B FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK, GRANT CORONAVIRUS OR CBG CV FUNDS? UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
WE HAD THIS ONGOING AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
WE WERE DOING, UM, WE WERE DOING ASSISTANCE FOR, UM, FOLKS THAT WERE BEHIND ON THEIR UTILITY BILLS, RENT, THINGS LIKE THAT, ELECTRICAL BILLS AS WELL.
UM, THE PROBLEM IS WE HAD A COUPLE OF, A COUPLE OF GUARD GUARDRAILS ON THERE.
IT WAS LIMITED TO THREE MONTHS OR $2,100.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF FUNDS REMAINING.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS REMOVE THE CAP OF $2,100 AND EXTENDED IT TO SIX, SIX MONTHS.
SO THESE FOLKS, UH, CAN REALLY GET SOME HELP, BUT ALSO SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GIVE OUT THE MONEY, UM, THAT, THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS I GOT FROM INDIANA FOR ALL THE PAPERWORK HERE.
I ASSUME SHE'S NOT HERE BECAUSE HER EYES ARE STILL BUZZED OR SOMETHING.
ALL THE PAPERWORK AND DOING ALL THAT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
IT'S, UH, IT WAS SOME GYMNASTICS.
I ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
ITEM TWO, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZED MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE BORDER ZONE FIRE DEPARTMENT FISCAL YEAR 2026 GRAND THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ESSENTIAL FIRE EQUIPMENT TOTAL LEADING THE AWARDED GRANT AMOUNT OF 212,009 $4 AND 92 CENTS.
HOW'D YOU GET, HOW'D YOU GET THIS GOING? SO FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THE FARM MARSHAL WHO I, UH, HAD TO DO, UH, THIS, UH, GRANT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE FARM MARSHAL'S GONNA BE ADDRESSING THEM IS EASY ON.
SO THIS, UH, IT OPENED UP LAST, UH, MARCH.
UM, IT WAS, UH, FOR SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO THE HORIZON ZONE AREAS.
SO WE APPLIED AND IT RECENTLY, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS GONNA BE FUNDED.
IS THIS THE ONE THAT HAS THE A TV WITH IT TOO? YES.
WELL, I THINK IT'S TRICKED OUT.
ISN'T IT GOING ANYWHERE WITH THAT? I SUPPOSE SO IT'S GONNA BE USED FOR FIRE SERVICE ONLY EQUIPMENT.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA HAVE, UH, THERE'S A TRUCK, BUT THIS, UH, THAT A TV IT STEPPED OUT SO THAT WE CAN, WE WE'RE IN THE COUNTY AREAS OR THE ER AREAS.
UM, IT'LL BE MANEUVERABLE, UH, EASY TO, TO GET INTO.
UM, IT'S GONNA HAVE, UH, SOME FIGHT FIRES AND ALSO FOR RESCUES.
CHIEF, I TOLD YOU YOU NEED TO EXTEND THOSE AT THE FIRE STATION.
YOU GOT EQUIPMENT THAT'S COMING.
I DON'T WANT IT SITTING UP THERE IN THE SUN.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM NUMBER TWO? CONGRATULATIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MAYOR? GOT A MOTION BACK.
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ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVE LIMITED TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS LOBBY PARTNERS, LLP, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
WE DO HAVE A, A, A REPORT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, LIKE TO HAVE GIVEN TO YOU ALL IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE TAKE ACTION AFTER WE CAN BACK UP IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
SO WE MOVE THIS TO EXHIBIT SESSION? YES.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION AND PROOF BASE RATE CHARGE INCREASE FROM SOUTH TEXAS EMERGENCY CARE FOUNDATION, INC.
SO THIS IS A RATE CHANGE FROM, UH, SOUTH TEXAS CARE, UH, SOUTH TEXAS EMERGENCY CARE FOUNDATION, OUR EMS SERVICE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. TON, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND WE'LL BE ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS.
CHIEF? MR. ESTON? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AS ALWAYS.
UH, AND FNI WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
OUR BOARD CONSISTS OF 22 MEMBERS AND, UH, 70 IS VERY WELL REPRESENTED.
HE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF, WHAT'S REALLY NEAT IS HE'S GOT ONE OF THESE AND HE UNDERSTANDS AND WHICH IS SUPER DUPER.
UH, IN THE PAST, YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE WOULD COME TO THE COMMISSION, OH, EVERY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS FOR A RATE INCREASE.
UM, AND WE'VE CHANGED THAT IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
YOUR CONTRACT WOULD'VE EXPIRED DECEMBER, BUT IT WAS FROM 20 21, 20 21.
UM, AND THOSE WERE BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN WE WOULD COME BACK ANNUALLY OR EVERY TWO OR THREE YEARS ON RATE INCREASES DEPENDING ON THE BUDGET THAT, UH, THE BOARD ADOPTED.
AND THEN TO CHECK AND SEE WHAT MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND OTHER PROGRAMS ARE PAID.
AND WE WENT TO A CPI ADJUSTED RATE.
SO WE COULD DO IT ANNUALLY IF NEEDED.
AND THE CPI RELEASED IT, I BELIEVE IT WAS AUGUST, WAS 2.7%.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE BUDGET COMMITTEE ADOPTED.
UH, IN THE LETTER I SENT TO, UH, YOUR CITY MANAGER, THIS DOES NOT AFFECT PEOPLE ON MEDICARE, MEDICAID.
IT ONLY SELECT, UH, ONLY AFFECTS A CERTAIN GROUP.
'CAUSE THOSE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, THEY'RE GONNA PAY YOU A CERTAIN AMOUNT REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR BILLING IS.
UH, SO THE BOARD, SO AGAIN, THIS WAS DONE, I GUESS LAST MONTH'S BOARD MEETING CHIEF FOR A 2.7% INCREASE IN THE, IN THE CONTRACT REQUIRES, UH, 45 DAYS NOTICE, WHICH WE HAVE SENT TO YOU, UH, TO FRED PRYOR.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TO ANSWER 'EM FOR YOU, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS.
OKAY, WE, ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
WHO, UH, WHO TAKES CARE OF THE COST WITH THE UNINSURED? WE WRITE THAT OFF AS, UH, CHARITY AND FOR NON-PAYMENT OR THERE'S, THERE ARE THOSE THAT COULD, THOSE ARE WRITTEN OFF AS BAD DEBT.
SO WE WRITE OFF BETWEEN THREE AND $5 MILLION A YEAR FOR CHARITY AND BAD DEBT.
SO LAST YEAR WAS AROUND JUST THREE POINT, BUT I THINK TWO DON'T HOLD TWO AROUND THREE BIG.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF POOR FOLKS THAT JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
AND, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE PAYMENT PLANS WHERE THEY CAN PAY $5 A MONTH, WHATEVER, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WANT TO PAY THEIR BILLS IF THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES.
AND THEY'LL COME TO OUR OFFICE AND PAY 5% ON THE BILL.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TRAINING.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THOSE THAT JUST HAVE NO OTHER RESOURCES.
SO WE JUST WRITE THOSE OFF THERE.
WHAT ABOUT FOR, UH, WHAT'S THE TRANSPORT FEE FOR SOMEONE THAT'S JUST GOING FROM NURSING HOME TO NURSING HOME OR GOING TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE VISIT? THAT SHOULD BE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT, PAGE TWO 20 IN YOUR PACKET.
THE TRANSPORT FEE, IF YOU'RE GOING FROM A NURSING TO A NURSING HOME, OR FIRST OF ALL, DOCTOR'S OFFICE CALLS ARE NOT COVERED BY MEDICARE.
SO WE TRY TO TELL OUR DOCTORS, PLEASE SEE YOUR PATIENTS IN MEDICAL FACILITIES BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A TRANSPORT TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE THAT'S NOT COVERED BY MEDICARE PROGRAM, BUT IS COVERED BY MEDICAID UNLESS THAT PATIENT HAS MEDICAID.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE TWO, NUMBER NUMBER 220, BASIC LAB SUPPORT RATE IS $868.
BUT IF YOU MOVE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT IS ALLOWED BY MEDICARE OR MEDICAID.
SO THAT 8 68 70 GOES DOWN TO 437.
THAT'S ALL THEY'RE GOING TO PAY.
UH, I SEE THAT WHEN I GO TO THE DOCTOR MYSELF, I WENT AND HAD SOME TESTS AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS AND I GET MY EOB FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
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LIKE, GOOD GRIEF.UH, AND THEN ON THESE A LS RATES, AND I CAN READ YOU SOME AND PROVIDE TO THREAD, WE DO A SURVEY ACROSS THE VALLEY WHERE WE CAN, THE LAST SURVEY WE DID, UH, WAS LAST YEAR WAS 2024, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF OCTOBER.
FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S USE BASIC LAB SUPPORT.
TRAVIS COUNTY IS 1,130 DOWN 4 8 68 ROSWELL'S EIGHT 50.
WE ALWAYS STAY PRETTY CLOSE TO THE VALLEY VALLEY RATES.
CONVERSE, TEXAS IS 1,100 CORPUS CHRISTI 1000 FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX FIFTY FIVE.
UH, HOUSTON FIRE, 1876, 1,876.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE TRY TO KEEP IT DOWN MUCH LOWER THAN THOSE BIGGER CITIES.
MISSION $1,400 PALM VIEW, $2,144, FAR $1,400.
PORT ISABEL A THOUSAND, BUT YOU'RE AT 8 68.
SO THEY FALL VERY WELL IN LAND.
SOME OF THESE ARE ADJUSTED AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ADJUSTMENTS IN THOSE BECAUSE OF THOSE CITIES.
THEY'RE WITHIN THEIR ORDINANCES.
AND I GUESS THEY DON'T ROLL IN THOSE ORDINANCES EVERY YEAR FOR ONE OR TWO SMALL ATOS.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, SIR.
AND, AND THE REST DEPENDS ON LEVEL OF SERVICE.
IF THEY NEED DIABETES, DEFIBRILLATION MEDICATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT, IT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE HIGHER.
SO JUST GOING TO FROM HOME TO DOCTOR'S OFFICE VISIT IS 8 68.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF COVERAGE WE MAY COLLECT.
WHEN IS, UM, OUR CONTRACT? DECEMBER 31ST? DECEMBER.
UH, THE RATES ARE, ARE NOT, NOT EXTREMELY, UH, I GUESS THEY'RE PROPORTIONATE TO THE REST OF THE VALLEY.
BUT THE BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THAT SOME RESIDENTS OR PATIENTS ARE SEEING THAT THEY'RE WAITING TOO LONG TO GO TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE VISIT.
AND BECAUSE THEY THINK WE'RE SET UP TO JUST WORK WITH STA THEY CAN'T USE JUST ANY PROVIDER.
UM, THEY'LL WAIT THREE, FOUR HOURS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BOOK IN ADVANCE.
THEY CAN'T GO RIGHT AWAY OR, OR THE UNIT IS IN USE.
SO HOW ARE WE GONNA TRY TO COMBAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT TYPICALLY USE YOUR EMERGENCY UNIT.
WE HAVE FOUR BASIC LAB SUPPORT UNITS THAT ROTATE AROUND THE CLOCK.
THOSE ARE THE ONES WE WANT TO ASSIGN TO THOSE KINDS OF CASES.
THE PROBLEM IS THEY GET BOGGED DOWN AT OUR HOSPITALS.
I WAS JUST TELLING CHIEF, GET READY FOR TONIGHT, GET YOU IN READY.
UH, WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION A WHILE AGO THAT VALLEY BAPTIST SAYS, HOLDING 30 PATIENTS IN THE ER THAT NEED ADMISSION WITH NO PLACE TO PUT, UH, I'VE RECEIVED A CALL FROM LOS FRESNO, THEIR AMBULANCE IS STRANDED AT THE HOSPITAL, SO IT CAN'T RUN CALLS SAME DAY.
I RECEIVED THE NOTICE FROM WILLESEE COUNTY OF ALL IT.
AND SO WE, WE WENT ON FOUR DIFFERENT BASIC LIFE SUPPORT, AMBULANCE, THE HANDLE OF THOSE TYPES OF TRANSPORTS.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE RUN INTO IS WE GET WHAT'S CALLED A WILL CALL.
WE'LL CALL YOU WHEN THE PATIENT'S READY.
AND NOBODY CALLS UNTIL AFTER A WHILE.
SOMEBODY SAYS, YEAH, WHY NOT HERE? BUT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A CALL.
UH, BUT WE SEE THE WILL CALL PROBLEM EVERY DAY.
SO, BUT IF THERE'S ANYONE IN PARTICULAR, UH, COMMISSIONER GALMAN THAT HAS SUFFERED THROUGH THAT, PLEASE HAVE THEM CONTACT US.
WE CAN LOOK AND SEE, UH, WE MAY GET A CALL FROM A DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
WE NEED TO MOVE THIS APPOINTMENT DOWN BECAUSE THE DOCTOR HAD TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS.
SOMETIMES THE PATIENT'S NOT NOTIFIED THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, UH, APPOINTMENT DOWN.
SO ALL KINDS OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
AND I'M SURE WHERE YOU'VE WORKED AND YOU'VE SEEN THE SAME ISSUES REGARDLESS OF WHAT COMMUNITY YOU'RE IN, BUT WE WANT MOVE ALL THESE PATIENTS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
AND THOSE FOUR BASIC LIFE SUPPORT UNITS HAVE REALLY HELPED.
I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
IF SOMEBODY HAS A CONCERN, CALL ME.
WE'RE EASY TO FIND OR CALL FRED AND FEDERAL.
CALL ME IF YOU MAY HEAR COMMISSIONER.
WE HAD, UH, WE HAD ONE, UH, BOARD APPOINTMENT.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE CHIEF YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD THERE FOR, FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
AS LONG AS THAT'S WORKING, THEN THAT'S FINE.
JUST MAKING SURE WE COVER THE BASES.
EVERY CITY IS REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD EXCEPT A COUPLE THAT ARE SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND THEY REALLY DON'T.
I TOLD THE MARIJUANA, THE COMMUNITY SAID, MAYOR, WE NEED YOUR
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TIME TO GO TO MEETING.WELL, IF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO HAVE SOMEONE APPOINTED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.
IT'S A SMALLER, ONE OF THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE HAVE SERVICE WITH, ACTUALLY IT'S 10 COMMUNITIES, BUT SERVED EIGHT, EIGHT.
SO I'VE GOT EIGHT DIFFERENT MAYORS, EIGHT DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS OF SOME TYPE TO DEAL WITH, PLUS THE COUNTY.
UH, I DO WANT TO INVITE YOU AND TOM, I THINK I TOLD YOU MENTIONED THE LAST TIME WE VISITED.
PLEASE COME BACK AND SEE THE HEADQUARTERS AND GO INTO MECOM.
UH, IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT THOSE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN DO IN THERE WHEN THEY GET THREE OR 4, 9 1 1 CALLS AT THE SAME TIME.
REMEMBER THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE HOUSED IN, THE REASON THAT WAS PUT THERE WAS TO SERVE BOTH SAN BERNARD AND ARLINGTON QUICKLY.
THAT BUILDING IS ONE OF THE HUBS FOR CAMERON COUNTY 9 1 1.
IT IS ALSO THE BACKUP HUB FOR YOUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
YOUR RADIOS FOR PD ARE, YOU'RE NOT IN THERE, ARE YOU? OR MAYBE IF YOUR SYSTEM GOES DOWN, BOOM, IT SWITCHES TO THAT BUILDING RIGHT UP THERE ON VERMONT STREET.
UH, WHEN WE DESIGNED TO DO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR HAR AND SOMEBODY TO PALM VALLEY, THIS, UH, PRE HOMES, UH, WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE HUB.
SO ONE HUB WAS BASED THERE AND ANOTHER ONE AT THE ARLINGTON POLICE DISPATCH CENTER ON THE NORTH LOOP.
SO IF YOUR SYSTEM GOES DOWN, YOU CAN GO TO, YOU CAN ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY GO TO THAT BUILDING CHIEF.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE Y'ALL, I KNOW YOU'VE GONE TO ARLINGTON AND WHAT'S REALLY NEAT ABOUT IT, THE PATROL OFFICERS DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DISPATCHER IS DISPATCHING FROM ANOTHER BUILDING FOUR OR FIVE MILES AWAY.
IT'S ALL SEAMLESS AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO COST A FORTUNE.
BUT WE HAVE BACKUP AT ARLINGTON PD AND AT EMS. SO QUITE ASSISTIVE.
WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO COME BY AND SEE HOW THAT SYSTEM WORKS.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'VE TALKED ALL THAT GUYS.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS WAY.
UH, THAT IS DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION.
AUTHORIZED MONTH TO MONTH CONTINUATION OF CITY SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BFI WASTE SERVICES IN TEXAS, LP UH, REPUBLIC SERVICES INTO IMPROVE CONTRACTUAL CONSUMER PRICE.
CPI RATE ADJUSTMENT OF 4% TO THE CITY.
AND HE AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
UH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, THIS IS, THIS ITEM OR THIS ACTUAL CONTRACT WAS, UH, DUE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH.
UH, THEY DID NOT GET IT TO US IN TIME.
UH, SO WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO ACT ON IT.
UM, REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT THESE FOLKS TO FIND OUT WHY, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE MONTH TO MONTH AFTER, AFTER CONSULTING WITH LEGAL.
UM, HIS RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO A MONTH TO MONTH, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH IS APPROVED BY, BY THE CONTRACT.
UM, WE DO HAVE A 4% INCREASE THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN REGARDLESS.
SO, UH, LIKE TO CONTINUE THE MONTH TO MONTH UNTIL WE CAN.
UH, HE'S LEGAL'S RECOMMENDING THAT WE REBID, UH, GO OUT FOR SOLICITATIONS, WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT A BAD IDEA AT THIS POINT.
UH, IT'S A LOT CLEANER THAT WAY AND IT'LL GIVE US A CHANCE TO TEST THE MARKET AND SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.
SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS AS, UH, PRESENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, ONCE A MONTH CONTINUATION OF THE CONTRACT.
GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAYOR
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NATE? MOTION PASSES.
ITEM SIX, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ION WORD BID NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO ONE DASH NINE 16 FOR A 12 MONTH SUPPLY OF CHEMICALS.
THIS, UH, DID GO OUT FOR BIDS.
THIS IS OUR WATER WASTE WATER SUPPLY, UH, WATER PLANT CHEMICALS.
AND, UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND THE, THE PAGE AND THE PACKET WAS KIND OF HARD TO READ.
ARE WE GETTING ALL FROM ONE SOURCE OR ALL COMING FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
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I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE FROM ONE SOURCE.USUALLY IT'S ONE SOURCE, ALTHOUGH NOT ALL OF 'EM, UH, SUPPLY EVERYTHING.
SO I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
I'M COMFORTABLE THAT OF COURSE YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT THE LOWEST BID.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND ON CHEMICALS.
WHERE'S THE, I BELIEVE IT'S FROM DIFFERENT, UH, SOURCES.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT PRICES BASED ON, FOR THE RECORD, A PROCUREMENT AGENT, UH, WE DID PUT OUT FOR BIDS.
AND THE LIST IS OF THE BIDS THAT WERE SUBMITTED ARE, UM, QUITE A FEW.
AND THEY, THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE VENDORS THAT DON'T SELL CERTAIN CHEMICALS, SO THEY ONLY BID FOR THE CHEMICALS THAT THEY, THEY PROVIDE.
UH, SO I BELIEVE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME THAT I'VE DONE IT, BUT, UH, JULIO WAS GONNA EXPLAIN, BUT, UM, WE WILL BE GOING WITH EACH ONE THAT HAD THE LOWEST BID.
UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME VENDORS THAT HAVE, UM, MULTIPLE, UH, CHEMICALS AND DEFINITELY GO WITH THE LOWEST VENDORS.
HAVE WE ALSO MADE SURE THAT WE'VE, UH, VETTED THE VENDORS SO THAT THEY ARE RELIABLE AND IN DISPENSING AND GETTING US THINGS WHEN WE NEED THEM? YES.
AND MOST OF THESE VENDORS ARE, ARE, ARE NORMAL THAT WE'VE ALREADY BOUGHT THESE CHEMICALS FROM.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF THE COST? THE COST OF, BASED ON, BASED ON LIKE, I GUESS THE, THE USAGE FROM LAST YEAR? OH, THE TOTAL THAT WE'VE USED FOR THE WHOLE YEAR? YEAH.
WHAT, WHAT ARE WE BUDGETING? I DID, I GUESS WE COULD DO THAT WITH THESE NUMBERS, RIGHT? PRICE PER GALLON.
I DIDN'T BRING THE BUDGET WITH ME FOR THOSE CERTAIN CHEMICALS, BUT, UM, KUDOS VERY GOOD AT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT HE BUDGETS THE CORRECT AMOUNT.
UM, ACCORDING TO HIS PREVIOUS PURCHASES FOR THE YEAR, THAT WAS, UH, THE BIGGEST IMPACT TO THE BUDGET AND EXPENSES FOR THE WATER PLANT PLUS CHEMICALS ALMOST DOUBLED ONE YEAR.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PLANNING RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT OVER ORDERING OR UNDER ORDERING.
UH, I BELIEVE MAYBE THEY WERE USING THE CHEMICALS FOR WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE, ADD NUMBER TWO.
SO THE, THE, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE THERE WAS A BIG PURCHASE, BUT THE CHEMICALS WERE, WERE BEING USED.
WELL THE OTHER THING TOO IS WE ARE, WE ARE RUNNING BOTH PLANTS.
SO ONE NUMBER ONE IS THE CONVENTIONAL.
NUMBER TWO IS THE MEMBRANE FILTRATION.
SO EACH REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CHEMICAL TREATMENT.
THE OTHER THING TOO IS AS OUR WATER QUALITY IS DIMINISHING OF OUR RAW WATER THAT WE'RE TAKING IN, YOU NEED MORE CHEMICALS TO TREAT 'EM TO, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.
SO, UM, WE HAVE HAD A LOWER QUALITY OF WELL WATER THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING IN.
SO WE'VE BEEN USING THE, THE CONVENTIONAL PLANT, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE 'CAUSE IT'S MORE SUITED TO THAT.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT RAW WATER THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKEN IN IS NOT VERY GOOD QUALITY.
SO IN ORDER TO PUT THESE WATER OUT, WE NEED, WE NEED TO TREAT AND IT TAKES MORE CHEMICALS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, BIDS.
WINNING MEANS FOR THE, UH, CHEMICAL SUPPLIES.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION AWARD BID NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO TWO DASH 0 9 16 FOR A 12 MONTH SUPPLY OF ROAD MATERIALS.
CHE, WHAT ELSE CAN WE SAYS? CONCRETE TOO, I GUESS.
SO, UM, HE'S BEEN WAITING ON THIS TO BE AWARDED SO WE CAN START ON
UH, BUT YEAH, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USING.
UH, WE'RE USING SOME OF OUR BUDGETED ITEMS FOR THAT ROADWAY AND, AND, AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN, THAT ARE ON THE LIST AND, YOU KNOW, OH EIGHT, UH, APPROVAL.
SO, UH, WE DID PUT THIS OUT THE SAME WAY.
AND, UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND TO COURT.
DID I SEE THAT WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID THAT YES.
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ANY REASON FOR THAT? ALRIGHT, A TO STRING.UM, SOME OF THE COMPANIES DID NOT WANT TO BID BECAUSE ONE OF 'EM WAS HACKED.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BID TO NOBODY, NO SAVINGS, NOTHING.
THE OTHER COMPANY, ONE OF US HERE, UH, SAID THAT WE ARE KIND OF IN THEIR WAY BECAUSE WE ORDER A LITTLE BIT OF CONCRETE AND OTHER COMPANIES JUST GOT TIRED OF SENDING IN BASE BECAUSE WE DON'T GET 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO HIGH.
AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THERE.
BY THE TIME YOU GET ONE LOAD OF CONCRETE, UH, NINE YARDS, YOU'RE PAYING 200, 300 FOR YARDS SOMETIMES.
SO THEY PUT A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS IN THERE FOR DELIVERY.
ONE HOUR JUST BEING THE TRUCK RIGHT THERE.
SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE THIS.
SO WE ONLY GOT ONE COMPANY THAT DID IT.
AND THESE ARE COMPANIES THAT WE USED THIS PAST YEAR AND THEY WERE VERY GREAT.
THE ONE HAD MIX THAT ONE HOUR AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING AND THEY WERE THERE.
THE OTHER COMPANY THAT WE HAD BEFORE THEY WERE OLD GOT FORBID THEY, THEY WOULDN'T SHOW UP UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
HOW LONG HAS THAT COMPANY BEEN IN, IN EXISTENCE OF BUSINESS FOR USING, I DUNNO SIR.
11 AND FRONT WAS THE MAIN ONE THAT WE ALWAYS GET, BUT NOW WE'VE GOT PROVIDING MATERIALS AND I'M SATISFIED.
I MEAN, YOU'RE SEEING WE'RE MOVING ON BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THOSE, I MEAN, REAL QUICK.
I'M JUST POSTED CONCERN ABOUT RELIABILITY AND COMPETITIVE PRICING.
WHAT DOES THE, ON THE PRICING AS A NUMBER SLASH TIME, DEL, WHAT'S THE DEL STAND FOR? OH, DELIVERED PRICE.
WHAT, UH, WHAT MR. MEEZ IS SAYING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S BEEN TIMES THAT, UH, WOULD FALL ON THEM THAT WOULD GO OVER THERE TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND THE WORKERS WOULD JUST BE WAITING THERE.
AND THAT, UH, ANGRY BUT YET CALM.
I SAID, HEY, SO WHY ARE YOU ALL STANDING AROUND? I SAID, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE NEXT TRUCK.
IT'S BEEN AN HOUR AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO HOURS.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DO YOU BLAME THE, THE, THE, HOW DO YOU BLAME OUR WORKERS WHEN THEY'RE WAITING? THEY'RE WAITING TO WORK, BUT YET TECH STOCK WOULD ALSO CALL 'EM UP AND YOU TOLD
SO WHATEVER GETS RELEASED, THEN WE'LL GET SOMETHING THEN WHATEVER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WAIT TWO, THREE HOURS.
SO, UM, HE'S BEEN TELLING ME THAT, UH, THAT THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN DONE GOOD AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE MOVING.
WE'RE MOVING A LOT AND, AND A LOT MORE.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU.
UM, TO ME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THE, HE RECOMMENDS ON ALL FORS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? ANYTHING MOTION THERE? I A MOTION FOR MORE SECOND.
I, I THINK THAT WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS THOUGH ON SUPPLIES, IT, IT, IT WARRANTS A BID.
I DON'T THINK IT HURTS TO THROW THE BIDS AND THEN GO, GO OUT MORE, HAVE THEM REBID IT, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AGAIN.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REBID AND THEN NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S SAY YOU SAVED 20%, IT'S 200 GRAND, THREE MORE STREETS.
IF THEY'RE TELLING, HE'S ALREADY TELLING ME THAT THE MOST OF THE TIME WE DON'T WANT TO BID BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PICKING THEM.
I MEAN, WHAT WAS THIS CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE WERE PAYING WITH FONTANA, YOU KNOW? UH, YES.
AND THIS, UM, WHAT WAS FONTANA CHARGING? 90, 91.
WE GIVE THAT, AND THIS ONE WE GOT 90.05 FOR ASPHALT.
AND THIS BID RIGHT NOW, THE SAME COMPANY THAT WE GOT LAST YEAR WENT DOWN TO 88.
DO WE HAVE LAST YEAR'S BID? LAST YEAR BID I THINK HAD THREE OR FOUR COMPANIES.
DID WE COMPARE THAT TO THIS? I MEAN, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO GET THE BIDS.
YOU CAN JUST USE LAST YEAR'S PRICING TO GET AN IDEA OF
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IS THIS REALLY A BETTER DEAL? WELL, THERE'S ONLY TWO COMPANIES.BID ITSELF HAS
THE DATA SUPPLIES MOSTLY THE BIG CONTRACTORS AND THE STATE.
DID WE LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S TO COMPARE THE PRICING? I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT OKAY WITH ONE BID COMMISSIONER.
BUT I KNOW IF WE DO THAT, THE COMPARISON, WOULDN'T THE PRICES BE HIGHER NOW THAT WE HIRED FROM, UH, FROM A YEAR AGO? WE THINK THAT INFLATION THAT HAS GONE UP SHARE AND EVERYTHING FROM A YEAR AGO, NO, I'VE BEEN HERE SIX YEARS AND FROM THAT HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THEIR PRICING.
EVEN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, JUST BECAUSE OF, UM, LOYALTY.
WE'VE BEEN WITH THEM FOR SO LONG.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN UPPER VALLEY MATERIALS.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD, WE, WE PICKED AND CHOOSE FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT.
THEY, THEY, THEY SAID THEY WERE HACKED, THAT THEY WERE GONNA, WELL, I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE, IF WE HAVE THOSE BIDS, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME TABULATIONS FROM A YEAR AGO.
WE JUST LOOK AT THAT TO COMPARE TO THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE WENT WITH DR BECAUSE THEY WERE LOWER THAN FROM, FROM
NO, BUT I CAN USE THE DATA FROM A YEAR AGO.
SO ARE YOU GONNA CALL ME AND BUY IT? I ALREADY HAVE YOUR DATA.
ARE YOU GONNA SELL IT TO ME OR NOT? YOU CAN'T FORCE THEM TO, YEAH, I I JUST DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THERE'S ONLY ONE COMPANY ADMITTING THIS MATERIAL.
IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS OR, UM, THERE'S ALREADY, UH, ORDER FOR, SO I GOT A, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES.
I MEMBER, I HAVE A, I HAVE A MAY FOR THE RECORD.
ALL COMMISSIONER YE AND FEDERAL
RUTH MAYOR, FORGOT TO MENTION THAT.
ITEM EIGHT CONSIDERS AN POSSIBLE ACTION PROOF PURCHASE OF ONE CHEVROLET SILVERADO POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLE FULLY EQUIPPED WITH EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT FROM SAMS GOVERNOR, FLEET SALES, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $73,360 AND 98 CENTS.
UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD.
THIS PURCHASE IS GONNA BE FOR, UH, OPERATIONS STONE GARDEN.
WE RECEIVED A GRANT, UH, FOR 78,500 I BELIEVE.
SO WE, WE, WE GOT QUOTES AND, UH, WANNA PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE, THEIR APPROVAL.
WHO GETS TO DRIVE IT? THAT'S GONNA BE ALL THE OFFICERS WORKING, UH, OPERATIONS STONE GUARD.
SO WHOEVER'S WORKING THAT DAY CAN USE THAT VEHICLE FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO HEAR OUR DEPARTMENT'S GETTING GRANTS.
IT'S OKAY TO GO PICK IT UP THEN.
IT'S, IT'S READY TO GET PICKED UP AS SOON AS WE GET THE, UH, PR.
I'LL GO PICK IT UP AND THEN I'LL BRING IT TO YOU, BUT I'LL PICK IT UP.
CHIEF ITEM NINE, UH, CONSIDERATION APPROVED RATIFICATION FOR 1 20 25 CHEVROLET COLORADO.
FOUR BY FOUR FOR TWO TEX CHEVROLET PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF $40,368 AND 31 CENTS.
AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS BEING RATIFIED, BUT WE HAD A PRICE HOLD TILL THE 30TH AND WE HAD TO TAKE DELIVERY OF IT.
UM, WE DID TAKE DELIVERY OF IT.
IT IS BEEN, UM, FULLY, FULLY, UH, PROCESSED AND STAFF OF REGULATED TOOLS ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE.
REFUSING, REFUSING, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.
I MOTION BY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? A ANY NAY MOTION PASSES FOR THE COMMISSIONER CUS CUS OKAY.
I LIEUTENANT, UH, CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION OF PROVE CRITICAL, CRITICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE.
REPLACED INOPERABLE EQUIPMENT BY VEAE COMMUNICATION SERVICES, LLC AND INOPERABLE CABLING BY EC KD, LLC.
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UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.WE DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT DURING THE BUDGETARY PROCESS.
I MEAN, UM, ONE THING THAT I FOUND WHEN I GOT TO THE CITY, AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN, WE HAD SOME OLDER BUILDINGS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, STRUCK ME WAS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I MEAN, NOT THE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME FOLKS COME IN, UM, JOB APPLICANTS FOR EXAMPLE, UH, LOOKING TO, UH, WORK WITH US AND, AND POINTING THINGS OUT TO ME.
ASIDE FROM OUR VENDORS AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING WORK FOR US, OUR CONTRACTORS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, UH, REALLY OLD, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE CABLING, SWITCHES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT REALLY IMPAIRS OUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS JUST DON'T MAKE WIFI SIGNALS, UH, THE, THE PROPER WIFI SIGNALIZATION TO, TO HAPPEN.
DON'T, DON'T LET THAT BIG, IT DOESN'T LET IT HAPPEN.
'CAUSE THE WALLS ARE SO THICK.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME CONNECTIVITY ISSUES WITH THAT, BUT A LOT OF IT IS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT LOOKED, UH, THE PD PDS GOT SOME STUFF THAT'S 15, 20 YEARS OLD.
UH, WE'VE GOT, I MYSELF HAVE A MESH ROUTER IN MY OFFICE THAT'S 15 YEARS OLD.
UH, AND AGAIN, NOBODY'S REAL FAULT, JUST TECHNOLOGY MOVES SO FAST.
UH, YOU CAN IMAGINE 15 MONTHS IS OLD FOR SOME OF THIS STUFF, LET ALONE 10 TO 15 YEARS.
SO THIS IS PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORT TO TRY TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, IT'S BEING, UM, BEEN LOOKED AT BY OUR FOLKS AND SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS.
IT'S NOT GONNA FIX EVERYTHING.
UH, BUT IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA MOVE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GET A LOT OF IT REDONE AND, UH, AND OPERATING PROPERLY.
SO, UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, OUR IT FOLKS HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF WILL RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AND YES, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S EXPENSIVE TO ME AND IT'S TIME CONSUMING AND IT'S ARDUOUS AND IT'S ME RIDICULOUS.
AND ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING AT 10 AND 11 HERE ON THE AGENDA AND HOW THOSE REALLY KIND OF GO TOGETHER, MY
UM, AND SO IF I MIGHT JUST BRING UP, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11 IN ADDITION TO THIS, I THINK IT BECOMES REALLY CRITICAL AS WE, UH, LOOK AT THIS, UM, THAT YEAH, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE GOING TO CLOUD-BASED SERVICES, WHICH MEANS THE, THE, UH, CONNECTIVITY VIA WIFI AND OTHER THINGS ARE CRITICAL.
AND THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
UH, ALSO IF YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I, MY FIRST COMMENT IS, IS THAT IF WE'RE PUTTING IN NEW STUFF, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE OUT THE OLD STUFF.
UM, I I, I LEARNED THIS LESSON THE HARD WAY IN MY OFFICE.
I GOT OLD WIRES THAT ARE STILL SITTING THERE, YOU KNOW, GENERATIONS AGO.
AND SO WE, WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO REMOVE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT GOES IN.
SO YOU'RE NOT JUST PUTTING NEW CABLE IN, YOU'RE REMOVING OLD STUFF AS WELL.
THAT'S, TO ME, EXTREMELY CRITICAL.
'CAUSE IT GETS REALLY CONFUSING HARD.
SECOND OF ALL IS, IS IT YOU THAT WILL BE ADMINISTERING THIS? BECAUSE I, I MEAN, I WANNA BE CLEAR THE SECURITY ISSUES RELATED TO THIS AND SOMEONE THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, GOOD CLEAR ADMINISTRATION OF THESE SERVICES AS THEY ARE INSTALLED AND AS THEY ARE, UM, INCORPORATED INTO THE USE AND THE USE OF STUFF.
I WILL, MY NAME'S RICH CONSULTANT AND I WILL BE ADMINISTERING ALL THIS PROCESS.
AND BOTTOM LINE IS I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT HACKED.
YOU ALREADY HEARD THAT, AND I'M SURE EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S NOT.
IF IT'S WHEN, AND WE'RE STILL GETTING EMAILS FROM THE CITY MISSION.
THEY GOT HACK IN MARCH AND I CALL THE IT RICH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
WE CAN'T BE ATTACKED WHEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
BUT I'M SURE YOU KNOW ABOUT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND BUSH AIRPORT, CITY OF EDINBURG, D HR, VANDENBURG, ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS JUST HELP PROTECT, UH, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT BECOMES CRITICAL TO ME IS REDUNDANCIES AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE THINGS SO THAT WE HAVE BACKUPS.
AND IN CASE YOU'RE NOT HERE, IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS NOT HERE, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PASSWORDS ARE AND ALL THAT KINDS OF, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
AND SO THAT KIND OF STUFF DOES TAKE PLACE.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW, MY CONCERNS.
NOW IS THAT GONNA HELP OUT THE, THE, UH, LIKE, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, LET'S TAKE AN EXAMPLE.
THE FINANCE, I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE GONE TO STEPHANIE MM-HMM
AND BEFORE SHE USED TO HAVE THE SECURITY CAMERAS, RIGHT? THE REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, I'M THERE FOR IT TO SEE IT BECAUSE THEY'RE BEHIND THE WALL, RIGHT? YOU GOT THE, ALSO THE ANNEX BUILDING.
WHEN THEY'RE OPEN THE DOOR, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK IS BEHIND THE DOOR, RIGHT?
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OKAY.I'VE SEEN THOSE CAMERAS MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE OFF.
WHY WE WENT INTO NEW CAMERAS, AND I KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING, BUT I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM, BUT, UH, THOSE CAMERAS ARE, ARE OFF, RIGHT? UM, THOSE PEOPLE, THE WOMEN, THEY NEED PROTECTION.
THEY NEED TO SEE WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR, THE WALLS.
AND, UH, SO HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING YOU? NO.
YEAH, IT'S GONNA HELP CAMERAS, OUR PHONES, OUR NETWORK, OUR INTERNET, OUR IN CODE, IT'S GONNA HELP ALL THAT.
OKAY? JUST LIKE WHEN YOU BUILT A HOUSE.
THIS IS THE BEST FOUNDATION FOR US RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, SO MAYOR, ALSO, ONE QUICK COMMENT ON THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 AND 11 AND THANK YOU MAYOR PRO 10 FOR, FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
UM, YOU'VE GOT YOUR CABLING AND YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS CRITICAL.
YOU KNOW, GOT YOUR, UH, SWITCHES AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT I ONLY HEAR ABOUT AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY WHEN THEY'RE NEW, THEY WILL.
BUT THEN THE RACK SPACE, UH, THE RACKSPACE SURVEY SERVERS WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER ADDED VALUE TO US.
THE, YOU KNOW, REDUNDANCY, UM, CATASTROPHIC.
IF THERE IS A CATASTROPHE, A HURRICANE, WE HAVE BACKUPS THAT ARE OFFSITE.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CAPABILITY.
IF WE SHOULD HAVE TO EVACUATE AND MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE OF A NATURAL, A NATURAL DISASTER, WE COULD SET UP SHOP SOMEWHERE ELSE AND STILL BE VIABLE.
UH, THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.
INSTEAD OF GOING AND SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON STANDALONE SERVERS WHILE WE'RE USING RACKSPACE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND ALSO BECAUSE I MEAN, THEY PROVIDE THESE EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS AND TO BE OPERABLE FOR OURSELVES.
BUT THEN THE OTHER THING, A THIRD PIECE TO THAT MAYOR, AND TO YOUR POINT IS OUR ACCESS CONTROL THAT'S COMING.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT.
I MEAN, WE ALL HAVE OUR LITTLE HID ACCESS CARDS, BUT, UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND SECOND GEN.
SOME OF 'EM DON'T EVEN HAVE 'EM.
PEOPLE CAN WALK IN AND OUT OF HERE, UH, SOME OF OUR OTHER BUILDINGS.
SO WE'LL BE HARING OUR BUILDINGS UP AS WELL AND ACCESS TO THOSE.
AND ALL OF THAT COMES KIND OF PART AND PARCEL TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
AS MR.
I MEAN YOUR, YOUR CABLE AND YOUR HARDWARE AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEN IT WORKS INTO HOW WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES VIRTUALLY FROM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET ACCESS TO OUR, TO OUR SYSTEM FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT ALSO HOW WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES PHYSICALLY, UH, FOR THE FOLKS IN, IN, YOU KNOW, HIGH, UH, HIGH RISK AREAS.
AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE SECURITY OR HAVE ACCESS TO SECURITY.
UH, AND THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SO TO KIND OF ELIMINATE OUR BLIND SPOTS.
SO ALL THIS IS COMING, THIS IS A, AN EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, PARDON THE CITY, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, UH, MORE, LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THREATS, BOTH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
SO I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT AND HELPING US, YOU KNOW, BUDGET FOR THAT SO WE CAN, UH, CATCH UP.
AND, AND FRED, I SEE IT'S GONNA REQUIRE A BUDGET APPLICATION.
WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? WHERE ARE WE SWITCHING IT FROM? OR WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE? UM, FOR WHICH ONE COMMISSION AND WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT THEN NUMBER TWO, IT'S A MONTHLY YEAH, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT TWO CHOICES THERE AND I, I NEED TO TALK TO STEPHANIE ABOUT IT.
WE CAN EITHER, WE CAN EITHER DO THIS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY PUSH US INTO ANOTHER BUDGET HERE OR, UH, WE CAN PAY IT IN IN, IN ONE LUMP SUM.
IF WE DID THE BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THAT, THEN WE COULD PAY IT IN ONE LUMP SUM.
I'M CHOOSING TO DO IT MONTHLY INSTEAD.
UM, AND SO MORE, MORE OF A UTILITY TYPE BILL AND WE CAN BUDGET FOR THAT ACCORDINGLY.
UM, SO IT, IT WILL BE LESS OF AN IMPACT FOR US FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT.
I THINK IT ONLY MAKES SENSE BECAUSE, I MEAN, MY NEXT QUESTION IS GONNA BE HOW LONG IS THIS PROJECT GONNA TAKE? AND IT REALLY VIRTUALLY BECOMES AN ONGOING PROJECT.
BUT HOW LONG IS 12 MONTHS? 12 MONTHS? YES.
YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT OF, THAT'S A LOT OF PHYSICAL LABOR INVOLVED IN DOING THIS.
WHAT IS THIS? UM, CAT SIX IS SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN RUN ON ETHERNET, CORRECT? RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CAT FIVE AND CAT THREE, CAT THREE BEING FROM 1995, TECHNOLOGY, WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST RUN EVERYBODY OFF OF WIFI WE CAN WITH OUR PHONES AND IN CODE AND IT'S A LOT FASTER.
YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED MICS OF A THOUSAND.
YOU'RE GOING 10 TIMES FASTER AND THAT'S GONNA HELP THE CAMERAS AS WELL.
YEAH, I HAVE PHONES ON THE RUNNING OFF THE COMPUTER NOW WITH THE USB
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AND THAT'LL BE A BACKBONE FOR THE WIFI TO HELP US.THEY DON'T REQUIRE MOVE FASTER.
THEY DON'T REQUIRE, UM, A PHONE LINE ANYMORE.
IT JUST REQUIRES ANOTHER DATA LINE.
ALSO, I SEE THAT THIS IS A HIGH COST AGAIN, BUT IT WAS ONLY ONE, IT WAS JUST NOT REQUIRED TO GO OUT FOR BIDS.
MR. FRI, THESE ARE, UH, SORRY.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH, WITH OUR CONTRACTOR.
UM, THE TWO, I KNOW THE CONTRACTOR, UH, OUR IT CONTRACTOR.
DOES HE HAVE TO GO OUT? WELL, I GUESS MR. S, DO WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BIDS BEING THE COST? OR WHAT IS THE COST? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT CONTRACT WE HAVE, THAT TYPE STUFF, WHETHER IT'S AN EXTENSION OF WHAT HE'S DOING OR SOMETHING TO THIS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS 10 OR 11, BUT THIS IS 236,000.
VARIABLE TIPS IS, UH, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO FOR THAT.
IS THERE LEASING PROGRAMS? I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF COMPANIES GO A LEASING ROUTE WITH THIS TYPE OF STUFF BECAUSE OF THE HOW QUICKLY THESE THINGS CAN GET OUTDATED.
DON'T KNOW THAT VENDOR HAS THE LEASING OPTION.
CABLE, UH, TECHNOLOGY, ARE WE, ARE WE GONNA JUST, ARE WE JUST DOING LING ARE WE DOING ANY COMPUTERS OR HARDWARE? WE'RE DOING THE HARDWARE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ROUTERS AND SWITCHES TO NK AND WE HAD A VENDOR COME OUT FROM AUSTIN FROM, FOR IT, AND WE HAD A PRICE 280,000, BUT I THINK THEY JUST, I DON'T KNOW.
THEY CAME DOWN HERE AND SAW A NUMBER SIGNS AND JUST DOUBLED AND TRIPLED THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH WE DIDN'T NEED.
SO I DID ANOTHER WALK THROUGH WITH ANOTHER VENDOR AND I HAVE THE GENTLEMAN HERE,
WELL, I KNOW THIS, WHEN I STARTED TALKING ABOUT TAKING OUT CABLES, HE WAS SHAKING HIS HEAD.
SO END UP WITH A BIG TRUNK AND YOU DON'T TAKE IT OUT.
UH, BUT YEAH, I MEAN WE'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS A NUMBER OF TIMES IN, IN MY OWN OFFICE AND UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT PRETTY RIGHT? IT'S NOT PRETTY.
IT TAKES A LOT OF DETAILED WORK AND STRAP THE LINES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER ON THE, ON THE LEASING? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SERVERS, SIR.
ON THE SERVERS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LEASING THAT'S ALREADY, IT'S ON THE CLOUD.
RIGHT? AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE CHANGING AND EVERY PER THE CONTRACT, USUALLY THEY'LL CHANGE IT LIKE EVERY SIX MONTHS.
AND THAT'S TRANSPARENT TO THE CITY.
THAT'S PART OF THEIR, PART OF THEIR DEAL.
GOING TO THE CLOUD, YOU'LL HAVE THE LATEST AND GREATEST, UH, SERVERS.
SO NOW, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE, I KNOW THAT YOU DID A BIG REVIEW OF EVERYTHING AND YOU SAW, YOU FOUND WHAT WE NEEDED AND NOW YOU HAVE A TEMPLATE.
WOULD YOU NOT BE ABLE TO USE THIS TEMPLATE, YOU KNOW, FOR SEVERAL, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF COMPANIES DO THIS TYPE OF WORK, UM, SOME BETTER THAN OTHERS MAYBE.
UM, AND GETTING AND PRESENTING THOSE BIDS, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT'S POSSIBLE? I JUST, I, I JUST DON'T LIKE 'EM.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY GOING AND THERE'S ONLY ONE FIRST, THERE'S ONLY ONE COMPANY PROVIDED TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE ON, ON NUMBER 10.
SO THERE'S V-E-A-E-I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE? DO YOU HAVE THIS JUST PACKET? I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A MONTHLY RATE.
DO YOU, ARE YOU REQUESTING BEA ON? OKAY.
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SORRY, COMMISSIONER.WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THE, THE BIDDING.
I HAVE FORTINET AND WHO ELSE? CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN HOW YOU, YOU LOOKED AT THE FORTINE BID, CAME BACK AND GOT AN ORA BID, UH, AND THAT'S THE ONE YOU SUBMITTED? YEAH, SO WE, WE DID SOME THAT QUESTION.
SO WE DID SOME WALKTHROUGHS AND THE ORIGINAL WAS 48 FROM AUSTIN.
AND YOU SEE THAT NUMBER? THE 2 36 MM-HMM
SO THEN I HAD OTHER VENDORS COME AND DO ANOTHER WALKTHROUGH AND UH, JUST, I, I DON'T THINK WE NEEDED THE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT THAT THE FIRST VENDOR DID.
UH, WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE BUILDINGS FOR THE ADDRESS, AND NOW IF YOU LOOK ON THE OTHER PAGE IS WHEN I HAD WENT WITH ROBERT'S COMPANY AND IT WAS A LOT LOWER THAN FORT IT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND WHAT'S THAT PRICE? DO YOU HAVE YOUR QUOTE? OKAY.
SO THE, UH, PRICING WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO $9,000 A MONTH IN, IN, IN PHASES.
THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL QUOTES WERE OVER 200 GRAND.
THIS ONE CAME OUT TO A LITTLE BIT UNDER A HUNDRED.
IT'S LESS, IT'S LESS EQUIPMENT.
WE ACTUALLY DID A WALKTHROUGH AND DID EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.
IT'S NOT JUST THE SINGLE POINT OF FAMILY.
CAN THE OTHER COMPANY GIVE THE SAME, UH, I MEAN, SO I, SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S NOT APPLES TO ORANGES, RIGHT? YOU'RE SAYING IT'S LESS, BUT IT'S LESS EQUIPMENT? IT IS, IT'S, IT IS ACTUALLY SAME ONE.
IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE, THEY WERE LIKE TRIPLING THE EQUIPMENT STUFF THAT WASN'T REALLY NEEDED.
SO WHAT WOULD THEIR QUOTE BE WITH WHAT WE'RE GETTING HERE? I THINK WE WERE STILL UNDER LIKE BY ALMOST 20.
SO SEE THAT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.
IS IT, SO IS IT 9,000 TIMES 30? IS THAT THE TERM? 30? IT SAYS TERM 30 12.
SO THE TERMS NET 30 IS INCORRECT.
SO I DID ASK OUR SALES REP, WE CAME DOWN HERE FOR ANOTHER WALKTHROUGH.
DID YOU SEE DOLLAR SIGN? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEEDED SO MUCH EQUIPMENT.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 30 YEARS.
WE NEED A ROUTER TO SWITCH PER BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY KEPT ON INCLUDING MORE EQUIPMENT AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
SO THEY, THEY'RE PROVIDE CAN LABOR? YES.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, RESPECTIVELY? WELL, THAT COULD BE ASKED.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MOVE IT ALONG HERE.
I DO TOO, BUT I ALSO CARE WHEN WE'RE PUTTING MONEY, RIGHT? I'M NOT JUST GONNA SAY, OH, LET'S APPROVE IT.
I'M REMINDING YOU WHO WE WORK FOR.
WELL, I HAVE BROUGHT UP THE COST ISSUE NUMBER OF TIMES.
YOU, YOU APPROVE THE LAST ONE FOR A MILLION.
SO I, YEAH, IF HE WANTS TO VOTE, HE CAN VOTE.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
SO SC FOR ME, I GOT A MOTION BY, UH,
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
COMMISSIONER MORALE, MORALES COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER VAR AND COMMISSIONER.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS CONSIDERED POSSIBLE MOTION TO APPROVE CITYWIDE TRANSITION TO CLOUD SERVER HOSTING SERVICES THROUGH US INC.
INCLUDING AUTHORIZATION FOR NECESSARY HOSTING TERMS, IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING AND SUPPORT AGAINST DATA SECURITY, SCALABILITY, AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.
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OKAY.ANY QUESTIONS? SHERIFF? CAN WE HAVE AN EXPLANATION ON THIS ONE? IT'S PRESENTED, IT'S JUST, UH,
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TABLE IT.
I GOT MOTION BY COMMISSIONER
SESSION WITH, UH, ITEM ONE, SOLICITATION WITH LEGAL PURSUANT TO
AND ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A DISCUSSED, UH, PERSPECTIVE LITIGATION CONCERNING AND OF APPEAL AND THE, AND, UH, SPECTRUM AND, UH, SPECIALTY INSURANCE.
AND ALSO ON THE, AS FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEM NUMBER THREE TO GO AND TAKE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE TIME IS SIX TWO OR EXECUTIVE SESSION IS SEVEN 11.
AND BACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE INDIVIDUAL CONSENT ITEM NUMBER THREE, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS', UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVE AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS LOBBY PARTNERS, LLP, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
UH, WE ARE AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN OUR POST LEGISLATIVE LIFE AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL EXTENDING THE, UH, AMENDMENT.
I'M SORRY, APPROVING THE AMENDMENT.
FRED, WHAT'S THE EXTENSION AND IS IT THE SAME RATE? YES.
SAME RATE, SAME, UH, AS 12 MONTHS.
DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION? HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER? SECOND.
UM, ON EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, ITEM NUMBER ONE AND TWO, NO ACTION.