Jan 06, 2026 Commission Meetings

COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYBODY BREAKING? UH, WE'LL BE HAVING MARKET DAYS THIS COMING SATURDAY.

MARKET DAYS.

WHEN DO WE HAVE, YES.

SO WE GOT MARKET DAYS THIS COMING SATURDAY, ALSO FROM, UH, 10.

WHERE? RIBBON CUTTING.

ALL EVERYBODY'S WELCOME.

UM, RIBBON CUTTING AT MAN ROOM PARK.

GO AHEAD FOR THE RESTROOMS. UM, THIS THURSDAY AT 10:00 AM 10:00 AM TUESDAY, THURSDAY.

ANY OTHER ONES? IT GOES OFF.

OH, THAT'S GOOD.

I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT THERE.

MIKE TRAVIS SANTO, TEXAS.

UM,

[PUBLIC COMMENTS (Speaker remarks limited to three minutes)]

RUTH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

RUTH, ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? UM, YES, SIR.

UH, MR. MIKE TRAVIS, MR. TRAVIS, GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS ONE AND ALL.

TO REITERATE WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SAID, I WISH, UH, ONE AND ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT, UH, 2026 WILL BE THE BEST EVER.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, NEXT THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, UH, THE, UH, DECEMBER 16 MEETING, UH, WITH THE, UM, ACQUISITION OF THE POLICE PATROL UNITS, UH, PROTECTION EQUIPMENT.

UH, I'M ALL 12 THUMBS UP ON THAT.

UH, AND I UNDERSTAND, UH, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE THING IS, TAX DOLLARS OR GRANT DOLLARS OR WHATEVER.

HONESTLY, I, UH, IN MY BOOK, I DON'T CARE.

I'M HAPPY FOR MY TAX DOLLARS TO GO TO THOSE THINGS AND NOT, UH, TO BRING UP BAD NEWS, BUT I'M GOING TO, OR SAD NEWS OR SAD ITEMS. BUT I, I REFLECT ON, UH, LIEUTENANT

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RESENDEZ DEATH, AND I KNOW WE CAN'T GO BACK AND FIX THINGS.

AND COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, YES, IT IS SAD THAT WE HAVE TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S LOTS OF EVIL IN THE WORLD, AND WE NEED TO EQUIP OURSELVES TO DEAL WITH THAT AS MUCH AS WE HUMANLY POSSIBLE, AND THE REST IS IN GOD'S HANDS.

SO, UH, I, I APOLOGIZE FOR BRINGING UP THAT, THAT SAD MOMENT THERE, BUT, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

I'M ALL FOR IT.

I'M HAPPY FOR MY TAX DOLLARS TO GO TO THAT.

AND EXECUTIVE, UH, SESSION ITEM NUMBER ONE, VARCO.

I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED MY OPINION ABOUT VARCO, SO I'LL, I'LL, THEY, THEY TRIED TO, TO SCREW US OVER, AND I WANT MY TAX DOLLARS TO FIGHT AGAINST THAT.

UH, THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT.

SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY NEW YEAR ONE IN ALL.

2026 WILL BE THE BEST EVER, I HOPE.

AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU, SIR.

RUTH, ANYBODY ELSE? YES.

UM, MS. LINDA DELAROSA.

MS. DELAROSA, GOOD EVENING.

AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ROBERTSON STREET MARKET DAYS.

WE STARTED, WELL, IRIS VISION OF HAVING A MARKET IN HISTORICAL ROBERTSON STREET CAME TO A, UH, CAME TO LIFE WHEN WE OPENED IT UP INSIDE THE LATA.

WE STARTED SMALL AND WE WERE BLESSED ENOUGH THAT WE GOT TO GROW.

SO WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN, IT'S BEEN FOUR OF US, NORMA BOWL AND MYSELF, ALMA, AND OF COURSE, OUR LEADER, IRIS GARCIA, HAVE BEEN MANAGING OUR MARKET DAYS FOR SIX YEARS.

SIX YEARS.

AND RIGHT NOW, WE FEEL THAT WE NEED HELP.

IT'S GROWING.

WE'VE DONE ALL THAT WE COULD DO.

I MEAN, A LOT OF GREAT HAS A LOT OF GOOD HAS COME OUT OF IT.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME HOME AND THEY MEET ALL ACQUAINTANCES.

THEY, WE HAVE VENDORS THAT HAVE STARTED OFF AS ONE OF OUR LITTLE VENDORS AND THEN NOW OUR BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO, UM, CONTINUE.

HOWEVER, WE DO FEEL LIKE WE NEED SOME HELP WITH THAT.

ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO IT, NORMA? WELL, UM, WE REALLY DID START OFF, WE WANTED TO REVITALIZE ROBERTSON STREET, HISTORIC ROBERTSON STREET.

AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF DOING THAT.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT NEW BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, IN AND AROUND THE CORNERS AND ALL THAT.

AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND STUFF.

UM, BUT THERE IS OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOWING INTEREST IN COMING DOWN HISTORIC ROBERTSON STREET.

SO MARKET DAYS HAS BEEN GREAT FOR EVERYBODY.

NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

WE GET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE VALLEY.

WE EVEN GET VENDORS FROM ALL OVER THE VALLEY.

BUT LIKE LINDA SAYS, IT HAS, IT'S GOTTEN TO BE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH JUST FOR US FOUR.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CITY POSSIBLY TAKING OVER.

WE WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU ALL IN ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL ENDEAVOR TO DO.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR BOTH THE CITY AND FOR HISTORIC ROBERTSON STREET TO CONTINUE GROWING AND TO, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, I, I, I REALLY DO THINK THAT IT HAS A LOT, A LOT OF POTENTIAL.

I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IT HAS GROWN.

AND SO WITH YOUR HELP, I THINK THAT IT WILL ONLY GET BETTER.

WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL EVEN TAKING UP, YOU KNOW, THIS IDEA.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.

WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONOR.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

RUTH, ANYBODY ELSE? NO MORE MAYOR? NO.

UH, AGAIN, AS WE MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A, A RIBBON CUTTING THIS THURSDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK FOR LAND, LAND, UH, PARK RESTROOMS. UH, THAT'S REALLY NICE PROJECT, AND IT'S GONNA ADD A LOT TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THAT PARK.

SENIOR MANAGER'S REPORT, RIGHT? MAYOR, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

AGAIN.

UM, JUST WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

HOPE EVERYBODY HAD GOOD HOLIDAYS.

AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, 2026.

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SO, UH, WE GAVE IT A, A PRETTY GOOD REHAB AND A, AND A MAKEOVER.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PUBLIC AND THE TAXPAYERS IN THE AREA AND, AND ALL OF THE WHOLE CITY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE ONES THAT ARE NEARBY, ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO JOIN US AND, AND, UH, TAKE PART IN, IN THAT, UH, CEREMONY, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA ADD A A LOT TO, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, AGAIN, WANNA INVITE FOLKS TO THAT.

UM, THE OTHER THING TOO, I DID HAVE A, AN UPDATE MEETING.

AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE, UH, WE STARTED A SPAY AND NEUTER INITIATIVE WITH, UH, RIO GRANDE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY.

AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF LEGWORK HERE IN THE CITY.

I MET WITH LILLIAN AND KIM YESTERDAY.

AND, UM, A LOT OF THESE, UH, THE FIRST GROUP OF PETS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UM, THAT ARE GONNA BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM, UM, THEY'RE ALREADY LINING THOSE UP.

THEY'RE USING THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS IS KIND OF THEIR SHERPAS TO GET 'EM TO THE FOLKS THAT REALLY, UM, NEED THE HELP, UH, THAT HAVE MULTIPLE ANIMALS AND THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, HAVE BEEN A LITTLE, A LITTLE HARD TO, UH, WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY NEED THE HELP.

SO, UH, EVERYTHING'S GOING THE WAY IT SHOULD.

UM, WE, WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE.

SHE WILL COME AT THE NEXT MEETING, GIVE YOU ALL A FULL UPDATE, DIDN'T HAVE ANY REAL NUMBERS JUST YET.

'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE STILL PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, THE ACTUAL, THE ACTUAL CLIENTS.

AND, UH, THEY'RE STILL WALKING THE STREETS AND TALKING TO THE FOLKS INDIVIDUALLY.

SO IT'S A REAL GRASSROOTS EFFORT.

AND I THINK, UH, THESE FOLKS NEED TO BE, UH, NEED TO BE COMMENDED BECAUSE IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S HARD WORK, BUT IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH OUR FOLKS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR ANIMAL CONTROL FOLKS.

UM, IT'S FOR THEIR, THEIR THEIR OWN GOOD.

AND I GUESS THE BIG TAKEAWAY HERE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, IS THAT, UM, SHE WAS VERY, VERY ENTHUSED THAT EVERYONE SHE SPOKE TO, TO A PERSON, TO A HOUSEHOLD WAS HAPPY.

UH, THEY'RE, THEY WANT TO HELP.

THEY WANNA BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.

UH, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS AND DON'T HAVE THE MONETARY, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PETS TO THIS LEVEL.

SO WE'RE GIVING THESE FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY THEIR PETS AND ALSO HELP US CONTROL THE POPULATION SO WE CAN BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE IN THAT SENSE.

UM, AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN GIVING VERY POSITIVE REVIEWS.

UH, EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, SHE'LL PROBABLY SHARE SOME MORE DETAILED CASES WITH Y'ALL.

BUT I MEAN, THERE'S SOME FOLKS HERE THAT HAVE A LOT OF DOGS.

UM, SHE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 DOGS IN ONE PLACE, BUT THEY'RE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

THEY'RE FED.

UH, THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED, THEY NEED HELP TRYING TO CONTROL THEIR POPULATION.

SO, UM, IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT FIRST, THAT FIRST PHASE OF THIS, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO FINISHING IT OFF WITH THEM.

UH, AGAIN, I WANNA THANK THE CHIEF AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL FOLKS FOR GOING, GOING OUT THERE.

AND I KNOW THAT, UH, DID SPEAK TO ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD INVOLVE OUR ANIMAL CONTROL, UM, COMMITTEE.

UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

UH, WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS OF THE FIRST PHASE AND TALKING TO THE FOLKS FROM RIO GRANDE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY.

THEY'D LIKE TO GET THIS FIRST THING DONE AND THEN SIT WITH THEM AND, AND SIT WITH THE BOARD AND, AND SEE WHAT MORE.

SO YOU SEE WHAT KIND OF GUIDANCE THEY'D GIVE 'EM AND WHAT THEY SUGGEST, OBVIOUSLY.

'CAUSE A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE TOO, AND THEY KNOW WHERE SOME OF THE PROBLEM AREAS ARE, BUT THIS THING'S SUCCEEDING.

AND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING US, UM, MAKE THIS A PART OF A BUDGETARY PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, LETTING US PARTNER UP WITH THESE FOLKS.

'CAUSE IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM THE, FROM THE, UH, FROM THE CITIZENS.

SO, AGAIN, THANKS.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAD, MAYOR.

UH, LET'S GO FOR THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDAS.

THEN,

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]

I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE IT OUT THE, FROM THE, UH, CONSENT AND IT HAVE NO ACTION.

SO NUMBER FIVE IS GONNA BE OUT OF CONSENT.

UH, YEAH.

IT'S BEING ASKED TO BE RE UH, REMOVED, RIGHT? YEAH.

THE, UH, THE GENTLEMAN, UH, MR. CLAUDIO HAS REQUESTED, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, REMOVE IT FROM THE, UH, UH, FROM THE DNX SESSION.

SO WE HAVE ITEMS, INFORMATION.

SO WE HAVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10.

UH, ITEM FIVE WILL, I GUESS, IS BEING ASKED BY THE PETITIONER TO BE REMOVED.

THE BALANCE OF THESE AND THEN VOTE ON ITEM FIVE, I GUESS? OKAY.

SO, ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT Y'ALL WANNA REMOVE, OR COULD WE TAKE THE,

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ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE, UH, DO WE HAVE MOTION? MOTION APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR AND SIX THROUGH 10, EXCLUDING ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR PO TIM, UH, GOODMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

UH, ERIC, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT.

WE'RE GOOD.

FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

ITEMS

[1. Consideration and possible action to ratify a Sixty-Day Extension Agreement of Emergency Medical Service Contract with South Texas Emergency Care Foundation, Inc., for the continued provision of emergency and non-emergency medical services in the City of San Benito.]

WE HAVE ITEMS ONE, WE HAVE ITEM ONE THAT'S CONSIDERATION.

POSSIBLE ACTION RATIFY A 60 DAY EXTENSION AGREEMENT, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH SOUTH TEXAS EMERGENCY CARE FOUNDATION, INC.

ORECK, RIGHT? IS THAT STICK? YES.

FOR CONTINUED PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO.

UM, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, I, THIS IS AN EXTENSION.

KNOW THERE'S SOME CONTRACTUAL, CONTRACTUAL ISSUES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH STACK AND, AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

UM, I THINK 60 DAYS WOULD GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE, TO MAKE ALL THAT, UH, MAKE ALL THAT HAPPEN SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? CHIEF, WE GOT YOU UP THERE? ANY COMMENTS? YES.

UH, I, I THINK IF, UM, I THINK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO, UH, HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CONTRACT IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS, UH, THAT'LL BENEFIT THE CITIZENS.

MOTION TO APPROVE RATIFICATION.

I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO, UH, GOODMAN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER.

SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER.

UH, ALVAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

TWO IS DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZED CITY OF SAN BENITO TO ASSUME FULL OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR A HISTORIC ROBERTSON STREET MARKET DAYS EVENT.

UM, ITEM

[2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the City of San Benito to assume full operational responsibility for the Historic Robertson Street Market Days Event and to place the program under the Cultural Arts and Tourism Department.]

AND TO PLACE A PROGRAM UNDER THE CULTURAL ARTS AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT.

UM, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IRIS AND, AND, AND THESE FOLKS THAT CAME TONIGHT.

I MEAN, APPRECIATE THEIR, THEIR COMMENTS AND, AND OBVIOUSLY FOR US FROM THE STAFF SIDE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE HERE, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THIS THING CONTINUES.

SO I, I THINK MAYBE THE WORDING ON THIS, UM, AND I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO LEGAL ON THIS 'CAUSE I WOULD MAYBE DO SOMETHING TEMPORARY.

UH, MAYBE LIKE A, A 60 OR A 90 DAY OPERATIONAL CONTINUANCE.

'CAUSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THIS BUDGETED, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, ANYTHING, UH, IN, IN LINE FOR THIS.

BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE USE, UH, HOTEL MOTEL MONEY THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, UH, TO FUND THIS.

BUT WE NEED A LITTLE TIME TO GET ALL THAT WORKED OUT.

SO COULD WE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AMENDMENT TO THIS.

UM, WHOEVER OFFERS THE MOTION CAN MAKE THAT, UH, PURSUANT TO THEIR MOTION, AND IT'LL BE VOTED ON AND WE'RE GOOD.

AND IT WOULD GIVE US TIME TO COME BACK AND BRING YOU ALL A FINISHED THOUGHT.

SO IT CAN BE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM, SUBJECT TO A 60 DAY TRIAL OR A 30 DAY TRIAL UNTIL, YOU KNOW, GIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR STAFF TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THIS IS GONNA BE A BUDGETED ITEM OR WHERE THE SOURCE OF FUNDS ARE GONNA BE COMING FROM.

PERFECT.

MY QUESTION IS, UH, WHILE WE HAVE THIS, YOU'RE PUTTING THIS UNDER, WE HAVE WONDERFUL CULTURAL, CULTURAL OPTION TOURISM.

WE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT WHY NOT PUT IT UNDER EDC AND, AND WE COULD, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION.

I WOULD THINK IT MORE OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAN EVEN COMING UP UNDERNEATH THE CITY.

UM, ABSOLUTELY.

UH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE UP AT OUR NEXT EDC MEETING THIS MONTH.

AND EITHER WAY, WE'D STILL NEED THE TIME FOR THE INTERIM OKAY.

TO GET IT DONE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AND, UH, WHATEVER THE WISHES OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL AND THE BOARD ARE, WE'D BE MORE THAN WILLING TO COMPLY.

SO IT WOULD BE MORE, IT WOULD BE SENT TO THE EDC FOR APPROVAL.

I, I THINK IT, IT'D BE BEST TO KEEP IT UNDER THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, UM, BECAUSE, UM, DRIVING TOURISM, RIGHT, AND THEN HAVING A ART NIGHT AND THAT, THAT HARD WALK EVEN, UM, ART WALK, AN ART WALK OR, UM, MURALS THAT WOULD COME FROM A LATEST TEAM.

NOW, THE EDC CAN DEFINITELY SUPPLEMENT THE BUDGET BY CONTRIBUTING SOME FUNDS THAT WAY FOR THE, AS FAR AS THE MURAL PROGRAM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THEY HAVE A STAFF OF THREE MM-HMM .

UM, ALADA HAS A LITTLE BIT SIMILAR STAFF SIZE, BUT, UM, IT ALLOWS HER TO GET SOME MORE HELP AND KIND OF COORDINATE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND MAKE IT MORE COHESIVE AND BUILDING UP OUR HISTORICAL DISTRICT.

KIND OF GROW MARKET DAYS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A MIDYEAR THING AND OBVIOUSLY WE, WE WILL WORK IT OUT.

WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

I THINK WITH THE MU THE, UH, THE JUNTA MUSEUM BEING DOWN THE STREET TOO ON, ON ROBERTSON STREET, IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THAT AS WELL TO

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ABSOLUTELY.

I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND SEE THIS PROJECT THROUGH, NOT WAIT, GIVE IT A PROBATION PERIOD.

UM, IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AND JUST COME BACK IN TO AMEND THE BUDGET TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE APPROPRIATED TO, TO THE CULTURAL ARTS MUSEUM.

I MEAN, I'M PRETTY SURE WE COULD FIND SOME MONEY MAYBE FROM OUR CONCERT SERIES OR SOMETHING TO PUT THERE, .

YEP.

I MEAN, WHATEVER THE WISHES OF THE BOARD ARE, I MEAN, I, I JUST DON'T WANT THIS THING TO GO AWAY, SO, I MEAN, I THINK WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT.

I, I THINK WE STILL NEED TO GO AS A TRIAL, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY WE CAN FIGURE OUT IF IT'S GONNA BE THROUGH THE COURT CHARGE OR IF IT'S GONNA BE THROUGH THE EDC OR IF IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO THROW IT INTO THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CULTURE ARTS RIGHT NOW.

WELL, BUT WE, WE NEED TO HAVE IT.

IM SORRY, MAYOR, COULD WE HAVE DI DEANNA TALKING ABOUT SURE.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU HAD A MEETING WITH MARKET DAYS AND SEE, I, I DON'T WANNA GET BE UNDER NO MISGUIDED MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN ANY PARTIES WHAT WAS TOLD.

SURE.

SO IF YOU COULD PUT YOUR INPUT, BECAUSE TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.

OF COURSE.

SO WE MET WITH, UH, ALIDA, UM, ELIDA AND I, UM, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER STAFFERS MET WITH, UH, MARKET DAYS.

AND WE DISCUSSED WHAT THE, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.

AND THE ISSUES ARE IS JUST THEY, THEY CANNOT CONTINUE.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'RE JUST PASSING ON THE BATON.

AND THIS IS JUST A FORMAL WAY FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE PARTIES THAT WE ALREADY KIND OF HAVE HELPING.

FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE VENDORS, THEY, THEY WOULD'VE STILL HAD TO COME OVER HERE IF IT WAS PRIVATELY DONE TO GET PERMITS AND THINGS OF THAT, THAT NATURE.

NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL JUST GONNA HAVE TO COME OVER HERE, BUT TO REGISTER AS VENDORS.

SO THIS IS JUST THE WAY TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP CONTINUE MARKET DAYS FOR NOW.

AND THEN ONCE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE GENERAL COST IS OF MARKET DAYS AND WHERE IT WOULD BE BETTER HOUSED, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.

BUT THIS IS JUST TO CONTINUE IT AND TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE CITY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY TO HELP KEEP MARKET DAYS GOING SINCE IT IS TECHNICALLY PRIVATELY OWNED RIGHT NOW.

THAT, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TAKE OVER THIS, AND I DON'T EVEN LIKE SAYING TAKE OVER THIS PROJECT, UM, TO ASSIST IRIS AND THE REST OF THE, THE LADIES AND THE STAFF THAT WORK MARKET DAYS.

SEE, BECAUSE TO ME, WE TAKE A LOT OF GAMBLE.

WE TOOK A LOT OF GAMBLE WITH THESE CONCERT SERIES.

IT'S TIME WE START TAKING GAMBLES WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WITH OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, THAT ARE DOING THE BIT.

SO, I MEAN, WE COULD SIT HERE AND DEBATE, YOU KNOW, THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, NO, LET'S, LET'S TAKE A GAMBLE ON THEM AND LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THIS.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS EVENT.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR AT LEAST SIX, SEVEN YEARS.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE GOT MONEY THERE THAT WE COULD REARRANGE SOMEWHERE.

SO I, I WANNA JUST MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP THIS TAKE TO ASSUME FULL OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MARKET DAYS.

MARY, I HAVE A MOTION NOW, YOU JUST, UH, NEED A SECOND.

SO I, IS THAT THE MOTION COMMISSIONER? YES.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MOTION DIES TO LIKE A SECOND MAYOR.

YEP.

OR COMBINATION THAT'S CORRECT.

I'D LIKE TO REVISE AND MAKE A MOTION THEN.

THE MOTION WOULD BE TO, UH, UH, ACCEPT THE, UM, UH, THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS PROGRAM.

BUT LOOK AT A A OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS, LOOK AT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HOW TO, UH, BEST UTILIZE THAT BASED ON THE FUNDS FROM THE CITY OR THE UDC OR BOTH.

SO WE CAN SAY BOTH.

NO, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING ONE OR, OR BOTH.

SO, UM, SO MR. UH, COMMISSIONER MAYOR, PRO TEM GOODMAN'S MOTION MAYOR, UM, IS TO ACCEPT THE PROJECT 90 DAYS TO FIGURE OUT IN THOSE 90 DAYS, UM, WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE GONNA BE COMING FROM, EITHER BOTH FROM EDC OR CITY OR VICE VERSA.

OR THAT INTERPLAY, OR ANY COMBINATION.

OR COMBINATION.

I JUST, I JUST WANNA SEE A PLAN AND AFTER THEM 90 DAYS, WE'LL TAKE IT.

WE'RE GONNA STILL KEEP, KEEP IT.

LET'S, LET'S SEE WHAT THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE.

BUT AS FAR AS I WANT, YES.

WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP IT.

IT'S NOT A MATTER OF DOING AWAY WITH IT 90 DAYS AT ALL.

IT'S A MATTER OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, THERE'S NOT THE SET IN STONE THAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? I'M SORRY.

I THINK RESIDENT TO CLEAR IT UP, WE'RE TAKING IT OVER.

THAT'S, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

THE CONTRACT PART IS FOR OUR SIDE OF THE CITY.

THAT'S ALL.

IT'S RIGHT.

INSTEAD OF JUST LEAVING AN OPEN CHECKBOOK HERE TO, THAT'S OUR CULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE'RE DOING, BUT THAT WE'RE TAKING OVER.

WE TAKE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES, .

WHAT WE WE'RE GOING HOME FOR AND WHAT'S THE PLAN? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA SPEND MONEY ON? WE DON'T EVEN KNOW YET WHAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND MONEY ON.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHAT, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THE MONEY FROM? THAT'S ALL IT IS.

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SO THAT'S, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO TAKE IT AND MAKE IT A PERMANENT THING.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW YET WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WELL, LET ME THROW ONE MORE WRINKLE INTO IT.

I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S AN EVENT.

I MEAN, PARKS DOES EVENTS, MAYBE PARKS WILL TAKE IT OVER.

WHO KNOWS? SO GIVE US A CHANCE TO, TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR YOU GUYS AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK.

AND TRUST ME, WE'RE NOT THE TABLE.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

WE'RE VOTING ON IT.

SO, UM, MARY, YOU HAVE A MOTION, YOU HAVE A SECOND AND, UH, YOU CAN CALL THE QUESTION NOW.

SO I GOT A, UH, EXCUSE ME, A MOTION AND THE MOTION, THE, THE MOTION WAS TO TAKE THE EVENT AND OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS, DETERMINE WHAT THE EVENT GOING FORWARD LOOKS LIKE AND WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM IN ORDER TO GET IT TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.

AND WE CAN ALTER THAT SINCE THE ITEM SAYS CULTURAL ARTS AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT ON THE AGENDA ITEM, THE LANGUAGE IS BROAD ENOUGH, UM, THAT HE'S VIA HIS MOTION.

SO I, UH, GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR THA GOODMAN AND SECOND, STILL BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MAYOR, I ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE.

YOU ABSTAIN.

ITEM THREE AND FOUR RELATED, UH, THEY'RE BOTH RELATED TO, UH, ENGINEERING SERVICES CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED PAYMENT OF KLM ENGINEERING INC.

ABSTAIN.

COMMISSIONER GARVAN WILL BE ABSTAINED FROM THIS, UH, FROM THIS VOTE.

[Items 3 & 4]

FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES RELATED TO SPECIFICATION DEVELOPMENT, BIDDING ASSISTANCE, AND SUBMITTAL REVIEWS FOR THE FREDDY FENDER.

1 MILLION GALLON ELEVATED COMPOSITE WATER TOWER AND THE AMOUNT OF $14,300.

UM, THE SAME THING FOR NUMBER FOUR.

IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME PAYMENT, TWO DIFFERENT TOWERS.

UM, WE HAD THESE FOLKS CONTRACTED 14,300 AS WELL FOR THE OSCAR WILLIAMS, UH, POINT 85 MILLION GALLON, UH, ELEVATED, UH, LEGGED TANK.

AND THAT'S BOTH WATER TOWERS THAT WE BROUGHT TO Y'ALL LAST TIME.

WE DID GET THE BIDS IN.

WE DO HAVE A, UH, PRE-BID CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY AND WE'RE PROCEEDING.

KLM HAS BEEN THE CON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROJECT ENGINEER ON THIS.

UM, WE DID APPROVE THEIR CONTRACT EARLIER LAST YEAR, AND, UH, THIS IS FULFILLMENT OF THAT CONTRACT.

STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON BOTH, PLEASE.

MR, ANY QUESTIONS? ITEMS THREE AND FOUR? NONE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.

I HAVE MOTION BY MAYOR , UH, GOODMAN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

MAYOR.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR.

IS IT COMMISSIONER GARVAN? I'M SORRY.

YEAH, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

PLEASE TALK INTO THE MIC, PLEASE.

AYE, COMMISSIONER, SECOND MAYOR.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PRICES.

PT, MOTION TO GET THE MAYOR HEARING AIDS.

WE CAN HAVE SOME, WELL, YEAH, LET'S, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT.

[5. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of patrol uniforms for the San Benito Police Department from GT Distributors Incorporated for the total amount of $12,817.98.]

I'M OKAY.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED PURCHASE OF PATROL UNIFORMS FOR THE SAN BENITO POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM GT DISTRIBUTORS INCORPORATED FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $12,817 AND 98 CENTS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD.

PRETTY EXACT.

POLICE CHIEF MARIO PERERA.

UH, THIS IS, UH, JUST A YEARLY ITEM.

WE, WE PURCHASE, UH, UNIFORMS FOR THE OFFICERS EVERY YEAR.

SO THIS IS JUST, UH, TO REPLACE SOME OF THEIR OLD, UH, UNIFORMS. THANK GOD NO CARS CHIEF.

GOT IT.

CHIEF, WHY EVERY YEAR? UM, I MEAN, THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE, ON THE UNIFORMS, HAVING THE VEST OVER IT.

UH, SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A, A LINE ITEM, FOUR UNIFORMS, AND WE PURCHASE 'EM TWO A YEAR.

THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING TWO.

UH, LATER ON THE YEAR, WE'LL REEVALUATE IF THEY NEED MORE, WE'LL BUY 'EM MORE.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE ANYBODY'S OUTGROWING THEM, RIGHT? NO.

, IS THAT, IS THAT PART OF THE BARGAINING AGREEMENT? NO, IT'S NOT.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM SIX, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.

I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR TIM GOODMAN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

MAYOR, SECOND.

COMMISSIONER, MORALE, UH, IN FAVOR, AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PRICES.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

CHIEF

[6. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment to Zone Industries, LLC, for emergency repairs to the pump check valves at the Herminia Lift Station in the amount of $21,029.84.]

RATIFY PAYMENT TO ZONED INDUSTRIES LLC FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO PUMP CHECK VALVES AT ARMENIA LIFT STATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 21,000 OH 2 9 20 1000 $129 AND 84 CENTS.

UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS,

[00:30:01]

THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY.

AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT, UM, WE EITHER FIX IT OR PEOPLE ARE SWIMMING IN IT, SO I, I DON'T KNOW.

UH, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

JB ISS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL HAVE THEM.

JB WHY? UH, THAT'S, THAT'S STATION.

OH, JB LAU FOR THE RECORD.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THAT STATION'S ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD AND, UH, THE GASES IN THE SEWER WILL EAT UP THAT METAL.

SO WE NEEDED TO CHANGE IT OUT.

AND THIS COMPANY'S THIS SOLE SOURCE AND THEN BUYBOARD FOR GOVERNMENT RUN.

SO WE WENT AHEAD AND CALLED HIS TECHNICIAN AND HE CAME AND TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

SO IT WAS A, LIKE A REHAB.

IT'S, IT'S CHANGING OUT AN OLD CHECK VALVE.

CHECK VALVE.

TO ACTUALLY TWO CHECK VALVES.

ARMENIA, IT'S OFF OF, UH, IT'S OFF OF CASH STREET AND ARMENIA STREET.

BEHIND THE PENAS STREET.

BEHIND THE OLD MOODY'S.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO I, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION, MAYOR? YEP.

MOTION FROM, UH, MAYOR PO.

TIM, YOU SAID IT.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES SECOND.

I'LL SECOND IT.

SECOND MAYOR, I'LL SECOND IT.

SO I'M SORRY I BEAT YOU SECOND BY MYSELF.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ITEMS. WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OKAY, MAYOR.

UM, THAT'S IT FOR, FOR THESE

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

GOT THAT SECOND.

I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOU GET IT.

MAYOR, YOU SECOND THE LAST ONE.

YES, I DID BECAUSE HE SECONDED IT TOO, BUT YEAH, YOU DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

THAT'S OKAY.

I'LL GET THE NEXT ONE.

SO, ITEM ONE, CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION INVOLVING BARER REAL ESTATE LP, INCLUDING DELIBERATION CONCERNING LEGAL'S RIGHTS STRATEGY, AND POTENTIAL SETTLEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.071 IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT CO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND THAT'S 2 0 2 5 DCL OH 3 7 3 5.

MARCO REAL ESTATE, SAN BENITO, LOC VERSUS CITY OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS.

AND THEN ITEM TWO IS CONSIDERATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS THE ADOPTION OF STANDARDIZED CITY MANAGER EVALUATION INSTRUMENT PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0 2 0 7 4 A ONE AND TWO PERSONNEL MATTER.

OKAY, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS, MAYOR.

OKAY, WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT TIME IS, UH, 6 0 5.

WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ONE.

NOW I'M NOT.

YOU GOOD ROYCE? GOOD TIME IS, UH, SIX

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

50.

WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND, UH, ITEMS FOR ON THE, UH, DISCUSSED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE DISCUSSION FROM, UH, THE DE BARCO ON, UH, 0 2 5 DCL MOTION TO APPROVE TO, UH, UH, TO GO FORWARD AS APPROVED AS DISCUSS DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OKAY, I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR GOODMAN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.

WELL, IS IT THE VERBIAGE THOUGH? THE VERBIAGE IS FINE? THE SIGNATURES AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES.

DISCUSSED.

OKAY, SO WE STILL, I TAKE BACK MY NAME.

NAY TWO.

NA, I'LL TAKE IT BACK.

OKAY, SO MOTION PASSES.

S YAY.

UH, COMMISSIONER .

AND ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION ON, ON THE, UH, DO, UH, STANDARDIZED, UH, CITY MANAGERS, UH, INSTRUMENT.

SO YOU'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK? YEAH.

MAYOR, ON THIS ONE, WE'RE JUST GONNA TABLE IT.

I'M GONNA BRING BACK SEVERAL TEMPLATES.

NO, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN WANTS TO CONSIDER THE ICMA ONE.

SO I WILL BRING BACK THAT ONE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A COMPARISON.

UM, AND I'LL BRING BACK SOME OTHER EXAMPLES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TABLE THIS, RIGHT? THERE'S JUST NO MOTION.

YEAH, JUST NO ACTION MAYOR.

NO ACTION.

OKAY, HONOR NUMBER TWO.

NO ACTION.