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NOTICE OF THE REGULAR[CALL TO ORDER]
MEETING OF CITY OF COMMISSION.AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS GONNA BE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US, FLAG AND, UH, TEXAS FLAG.
AND, UH, PLEASE REMAIN STANDED FOR THE INVOCATION.
APPLY ALLE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HE STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS LIBERTY FOR ALL UNDER A TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
UNLESS SOMEBODY CAN COME IN AND SAY AN INVOCATION.
ANYBODY OPEN UP TO ANYBODY? NO.
OKAY, THEN, UH, LORD, WE JUST GIVE YOU THE PRAISE, HONOR AND GLORY THAT, UH, YOU HAD BROUGHT US HERE.
WE PRAY THAT, UH, THIS GATHERING WILL BE WITH WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING.
AND LORD, THAT, UH, ALL THE, UH, THE INFORMATION AND, UH, THE VOTING THAT WE DO WILL BE FOR YOUR HONOR AND GLORY.
AND FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOTO, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, HONOR, AND GLORY.
UH, NEXT ONE'S GONNA BE PUBLIC
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ]
COMMENTS.RUTH, ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE EDDIE LOA.
I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON A EASTMAN ISSUE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REVIEWED FOR ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE CONCERNS.
AT A PRIOR MEETING UPON ITS ON RESORT, OFFERED THE CITY $25,000 IN EXCHANGE FOR SIGNING A DOCUMENT STATING THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE NO INVOLVEMENT IN THE EASEMENT CITY ATTORNEY, RICK VILLALOBOS AGREED TO, TO THAT OFFER, MAYOR RICK GUERRA, CITY MANAGER FRED SANDAL, AND COMMISSIONER GOODMAN APPEARED READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
HOWEVER, COMMISSIONER PILAN AND COMMISSIONER DEBORAH MORALES OPPOSED THE OFFER AND RECOMMENDED PER THE REVIEW, POSSIBLE LONG-TERM ISSUES RELATED TO THE EASEMENT.
I APPRECIATE THEIR, THEIR POSITION AS A PROPOSAL RAISED CONCERNS FOR ME.
THE OFFER GAVE THE APPEARANCE OF AN ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE CITY'S POSITION RATHER THAN FULLY ADDRESS THE LEGAL AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS OF THE EASEMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, DURING ONE MEETING, MR. VILLALOBOS APPROACHED ME AND STATED THAT I WAS GOING TO, TO UPSET, FUN AND SON ATTORNEYS AND COULD LOSE ACCESS TO THE EASEMENT.
THIS RAISES A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR ME, IS THE CITY ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE INTEREST OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND HIS RESIDENTS OR INTEREST OF THE FUN AND SON.
I HAVE ATTENDED MEETINGS FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS AND HAVE NEVER ONCE BEEN APPROACHED BY MR. VILLALOBOS TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS OR RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES INVOLVING MY NEIGHBOR RECEIVING TWO CITATIONS, ONE FOR RAISE, RAISING THE FENCE AND THE OTHER FOR IMPROPER DRAINAGE, CAUSING WATER TO FLOW TO MY PROPERTY CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE, CITATIONS BASED ON DOCUMENTATION VIOLATIONS.
HOWEVER, THE DRAIN DRAIN CITATION WAS DISMISSED BY CITY PROSECUTOR VICTORIA FLORES, WHO IS MARRIED TO MR. ASSISTANT ATTORNEY ERIC FLORES.
THE DEFENSE VIOLATION IS STILL PENDING, AND I HOPE IT WILL BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY.
THE SITUATION CREATES APPEARANCE OF UNFAIR TREATMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, AT THE LAST MEETING, MAYOR ERRA STATED THAT MY NEIGHBOR THREATENED LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE CITY.
I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THAT THE CITY NOT ALLOW THREATS OF LAWSUITS TO INFLUENCE ENFORCEMENT DECISIONS.
ALL RESIDENTS OF SAN BENITO DESERVE TO BE TREATED EQUALLY UNDER LAW.
SIR RUTH, ANYBODY ELSE? JENNA SERRANO SERRANO, YOU READY FOR ME? MY NAME'S JENNA SERRANO.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING GREEN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.
I'VE BEEN WITH GREEN FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS.
I JUST WANTED TO COME TODAY SINCE, UM, THE GRANT THAT'S ON THE DOCKET TO BE RECEIVED TODAY IS NUMBER 25 ON THE LIST.
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW
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THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB BECAUSE GETTING A $750,000 GRANT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT, UM, YOUNG PEOPLE, OLD PEOPLE, ALL PEOPLE NEED TO BE CONNECTED WITH NATURE, AND THIS IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO DO IT.
UM, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A REALLY BIG DEAL.
EVEN WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING TO PUT THE GRANT DETAILS TOGETHER, I MET A LOT OF OTHER WILDLIFE ENTHUSIASTS THAT I AM NOW CONNECTED WITH AND CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH THESE PEOPLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, PARKS DEPARTMENT, EXCELLENT JOB.
IF GREEN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY CAN SUPPORT YOU OR PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS, WHICH WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT SUPPORT US, PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW ELSE WE CAN SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS.
ANYBODY ELSE? SAMANTHA LANGA? YES, MA'AM.
I'M WITH THE TEXAS WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE, AS WELL AS THE ARROYO, COLORADO WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP.
I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS, UH, NUMBER 25 ON THE DOCK, IF REGARDING THE 750,000 GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED FOR THE SAN MANTO WETLANDS.
WE ARE THE STATE AGENCY FOR WATER RESOURCES, AND WE HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS PROJECT SINCE ITS BEGINNING BACK IN 2012.
UM, SO WITH THE TWRI, WE'VE BEEN PART OF THIS PROJECT SINCE 2012 AND HAVE BEEN HELPING WITH THE 14 SMALL WETLANDS GOING INTO THE THREE LARGE WETLANDS AND SO FORTH THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT PERIOD UP TO HERE.
UM, UH, PART OF MY JOB HERE AS THE WATERSHED COORDINATOR FOR THE OT OIL COLORADO, I COULD HELP AND ASSIST WITH ANYTHING, WATER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
UH, THE, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THIS AREA, AND THEY WILL BE CONTINUING TO DO SO WITH THIS NEW PROJECT TO EXPAND AND TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, BRINGING THE PUBLIC TOGETHER AND THE GENERAL COMMUNITY WITH THIS PROJECT TO CONTINUE INFORMING PEOPLE OF OUR WATER RESOURCES, WATER QUALITY CONCERNS, AND JUST PROTECTING THE ARROYO, COLORADO AND THE LAGUNA MARE IN GENERAL.
I'M CAMERON COUNTY'S COASTAL AND MARINE, PLEASE.
I'M CAMERON COUNTY'S COASTAL AND MARINE EXTENSION AGENT.
I REPRESENT TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE, AS WELL AS TEXAS SEA GRANT.
UM, I'M KIND OF LIKE A SPECIALIST DOWN HERE, UH, ALONG THE COAST.
UM, I CONTRIBUTED TO THIS NUMBER 25, THE SAN JUANITA WETLANDS BY PROVIDING A LETTER OF SUPPORT MYSELF, IN ADDITION TO SECURING A HANDFUL OF OTHER IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS TO PROMOTE THIS, UH, PROPOSAL.
UH, ONE OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDES THE TEXAS MASTER NATURALISTS PROGRAM, OF WHICH I SIT AS AN ADVISOR OVER TWO CHAPTERS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
IT IS A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL CITIZEN SCIENCE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
AND IT'S COMPRISED OF A LOT OF YOUR, UM, PROFESSIONALS DOWN HERE.
AND SO YOU HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT THESE WETLANDS, THE WETLANDS.
THIS ACTS AS A NATURAL SECONDARY FILTRATION SYSTEM, IF YOU WILL, FOR, UM, THAT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND TURNING IT INTO A MORE VIABLE PARK, JUST DOES NOTHING BUT PROMOTE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE GOING ON DOWN HERE, WHICH IS WHY I LIKE CAMERON COUNTY SO MUCH.
THEY REALLY DO THINK FAR AHEAD, UM, IN TERMS OF TAKING CARE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND WITH THE BIRDING, THE BIRDING OPPORTUNITIES ALONE.
I MEAN, NOT TO MENTION FISHING, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D EAT ANY FISH OUTTA THERE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
YOU KNOW, YOU TEACH KIDS HOW TO FISH.
UM, SO THIS PROPOSAL HAS MY SUPPORT.
IT HAS TWO DIFFERENT CHAPTERS DOWN HERE, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF SEVERAL HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS AND ALL OF THEIR LOCAL EXPERTISE.
UM, I HOPE YOU TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, THE ISSUE I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING TODAY, OH, MY NAME IS NOAH RODRIGUEZ.
THE ISSUE I'M GONNA BE BRINGING UP TODAY IS, AGAIN, THE ISSUE WITH THE FLOCK CAMERA
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SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, ITEM 20 ON THE AGENDA.I DO WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO POLICE CHIEF, UM, MARIO PERELLA FOR RELEASING THE CONTRACT AND BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE CONTRACT AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE DO HAVE WITH FLOCK.
BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE, AS PER ITEM 20, A CONSIDERATION OF ADDING TWO EXTRA CAMERAS INTO TWO OF THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, WHICH WOULD BE LANDRUM PARK AND FIRST RESPONDER PARK.
THESE NEW CAMERAS WOULD BE POWERED BY FLOCK, WHICH AS A COMPANY HAS A VERY, VERY BAD TRACK RECORD OF DATA BREACHES, PRIVACY VIOLATIONS, STATE'S RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND BUILDING NEW CAMERAS WITHOUT ASKING FOR PERMITS.
IN SOME INSTANCES, IT ALSO HAS A HUGE PRIVACY VIOLATION AMONGST ITS CITIZENS, WHICH IS A DIRECT VIOLATION NATIONALLY AGAINST THE CARPENTER VERSUS THE UNITED STATES ACT, WHICH SAYS THAT IN ORDER TO BE TRACKED BY LOCATION OR BY OTHER MEANS ELECTRONICALLY, THAT YOU MUST HAVE A WARRANT, UH, FOR THIS SORT OF TRACKING.
NOW, THEY DO ADVERTISE THEMSELVES AGAIN AS LICENSE PLATE READER, BUT, UH, AS A LICENSE PLATE READER, I WOULD NOT WANNA CALL IT THAT.
I WOULD RATHER CALL IT A AI POWERED SURVEILLANCE CAMERA, BECAUSE THAT'S REALISTICALLY WHAT IT IS, SINCE IT CAN ACTUALLY DETECT WHAT FINGERPRINT YOUR CAR IS UNDER, UNDERNEATH YOUR CAR, MAKE MODEL BUMPER STICKERS ON THE BACK OF YOUR PAINT COLOR OF YOUR CAR.
SO IT'S A VERY INVASIVE AI MODEL THAT ACTUALLY HARBORS A LOT OF DATA FROM CITIZENS.
UH, IT'S BEEN KNOWN AGAINST BE HACKED AS FAR AS DATA BREACHES.
THERE'S ACTUAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE HACKING AND WATCHING, UH, CITIZENS IN OTHER CITIES, UH, GO INTO THE PARK AND ROLLER SKATE AND BE ON THEIR PHONE.
AND BECAUSE THIS CAMERA, WHICH AS WELL IS GOING TO BE IN THE LANDRUM PARK, IS A PAN TILT ZOOM CAMERA.
IT ACTUALLY HAS FEATURES THAT ARE ABLE TO ZOOM IN ONTO PEOPLE'S FACE AND ONTO THEIR PHONE.
AND IT LOGS EVERYBODY INTO A NATIONAL DATABASE, WHICH OF COURSE IS VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DATA BREACH, JUST LIKE AMAZON, WALMART, AND A LOT OF OTHER MAJOR COMPANIES THAT DO A LOT OF SURVEILLANCE WITH AI.
UH, THIS IS ALL OF COURSE, TAXPAYER FUNDED, WHICH IS DEFINITELY A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE WITH PRIVATE COMPANIES, YOU CAN CONSENT AND WITH PUBLIC, IT IS A VERY BIG CONCERN AS FAR AS THIS IS ALL BEING TAXPAYER FUNDED.
AND I DID NOT NECESSARILY CONSENT TO HAVING MY FACE AND CAR BEING LOGGED INTO A DATABASE JUST BECAUSE I GO TO BURGER KING ON SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD, WHERE I DECIDE TO TAKE MY KID INTO THE PARK AT LANDRUM PARK, OR FIRST RESPONDER PARK, OR ANY OF THE CAMERAS THAT MAY POTENTIALLY BE PLACED IN THE FUTURE.
AND ACCORDING TO THEIR TERMS OF SERVICE, THEY DO NOT WARRANT, UH, SERV DOES.
THE PRIVACY POLICY STATES THAT FLOCK DOES NOT WARRANT SERVICES WILL BE ERROR FREE, NO WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM FLOCK, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY DODGE ALL LIABILITY.
AND IN THE CASE OF VIPING AMONGST, UH, UH, WRONGFUL CONVICTION THAT AN AI CAMERA MAY ACTUALLY DO, IT'LL ACTUALLY FALL INTO THE CITY, WHICH WOULD BE THREE MINUTES EXTRA LIABILITY FOR THE CITY AND COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN A MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUITS.
[PRESENTATION(S)]
IS GONNA BE PRESENTATION 10.UM, FEW ITEMS FOR Y'ALL TODAY.
UH, A RP IS DOING A FREE TAX SERVICE AT THE LIBRARY, AND, UM, THEY, UH, THEY'RE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, SO PLEASE CONTACT THE LIBRARY OR THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR OR HIS STAFF SO YOU CAN SCHEDULE THAT.
UH, THEY ARE PUTTING OUT A CALL THE LIBRARY AS WELL FOR, UH, THEIR ANNUAL EGG EXTRAVAGANZA THAT THEY DO AT THE, UH, LITTLE AREA BEHIND THERE.
UM, IT'LL BE HELD ON APRIL 4TH.
UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU GET THE WORD OUT TO THE BUSINESSES THAT WE, THEY WILL BE GETTING CONTACTED BY THE LIBRARY STAFF.
SO, AGAIN, THANKS FOR PUTTING THAT ON.
PEOPLE LOVE IT, SO THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, SO, UM, THE, UH, OUR CANINE GHOST, UH, DID, DID RECEIVE A, A GRANT THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR KINE.
UH, HE DOES HAVE, UH, HE'S GOT BRAND NEW BODY ARMOR NOW.
SO, UH, IN CASE HE GETS SHOT, HE WILL PROBABLY BE UNHARMED, HOPEFULLY.
BUT HE'S, UH, HE'S NOT REALLY AN ACTION DOG.
THE CHIEF SAYS HE DOES MORE, UH, MORE OF, UH, INVESTIGATION.
SO HE DOESN'T REALLY, HE DOESN'T REALLY GO IN THERE AND BREAK DOWN DOORS YET, BUT HE'S READY FOR IT IF WE HAVE IT, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UM, FREDDIE FENDER TOWER, UH, SHOULD BE, WE DID HAVE DEEP MEET WITH THE ENGINEER, UH, LAST WEEK THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, WE'VE HAD HAD SOME HINDRANCES BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WINDS.
UM, AGAIN, JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S,
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UM, BENEFIT, IT IS GONNA BE AN EXACT REPLICA OF WHAT WAS UP THERE.WE DID GET WHAT THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTING COMPANY THAT BUILT IT AS LANDMARK.
WE DID GET THE, UH, ORIGINAL ACTUAL PICTURES.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE LIKE A, THEY BLOW IT UP AND IT'S, UH, THEY'RE, THEY ACTUALLY PUT IT UP ON THE TOWER.
SO WE GOT THE ACTUAL PRINT OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THERE.
AND THE ORIGINAL, UH, COLORS BY NUMBER FOR, FROM TOMIC.
TOMIC IS ACTUALLY THE, THE, THE TANK COATING THAT WE'RE USING FOR ALL OF THEM.
SO IT'S GONNA BE AN EXACT REPLICA OF THAT.
SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
AND THEN THEY'LL BE STARTING ON THE WILLIAMS TOWER.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
IT'S GOING PRETTY QUICK, SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT PROJECT AND GET US BACK ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
SO, UM, ALSO EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY THIS FRIDAY, 10:00 AM TO 12 NOON.
WE'LL BE HERE IN THE MEETING HALL, UH, HR STAFF.
THANK YOU LADIES FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
SO, UH, COME IN AND APPRECIATE OUR EMPLOYEES WITH ME AND, AND THE STAFF.
AND, UH, Y'ALL ARE, Y'ALL ARE INVITED.
UM, SO WE'RE STILL TAKING APPLICATIONS FROM OUR CDBG CV PROGRAM.
UH, WE DID GET AN EXTENSION, Y'ALL DID GRANT US THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, TO RAISE, UH, THE AMOUNT SO WE COULD ACTUALLY, UH, I GUESS, HELP MORE PEOPLE.
SO, UH, THE CONTACT PERSON FOR THAT IS NINA IN HR.
SO PLEASE GET THAT OUT TO THESE FOLKS.
WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE SAME THING.
AND OUR NOTICE OF FUNDS FOR OUR CDBG PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTED, IS NOW OPEN.
SO, UM, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REACH OUT, PLEASE CONTACT DEANNA AT, UH, SINCE AT THE SIMPSON CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND ALSO, OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM OPENED AN EXHIBIT BY, UH, ARTIST RAY SMITH.
UH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S ALREADY BEEN ATTRACTING A LOT OF VISITORS FROM ACROSS TEXAS AND MEXICO.
UH, THE EXHIBITION REFLECTS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO HIGH QUALITY CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, AND IT STRENGTHENS OUR CULTURAL TOURISM AND, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM, HIM THERE.
AND, UH, WE DID MEET WITH, WITH HIM AND HIS, AND HIS REPRESENTATIVE, HIS DAUGHTER, SO THEY HAVE INVESTED IN DOWNTOWN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND, UM, GROWING THEIR PRESENCE IN SAN BENITO.
SO, AGAIN, REAL THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAD.
MAYOR, IF I MAY REMIND PEOPLE THAT TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO GO OUT AND VOTE TOO.
IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTE, MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT THERE AND VOTE BEFORE SEVEN.
[PUBLIC HEARING(S)]
NOW WE'VE GOT THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, AND, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS GONNA BE FROM NUMBERS ONE THROUGH EIGHT ON THE AGENDA KPI.THE KPI I, KPIS AND THE FINANCIALS.
THEN, UH, THEN WE'LL GO WITH THE, UH, SEMIAL KPIS.
WHO, SO WHO'S GONNA BE JANNA? YES, YES.
IT'S NOT COMING UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT'S OUT IN THE, IT WILL BE OUT POSTED, AND I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE, OH, IT IS POSTED, AND YOU ALL HAVE COPIES OF IT, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
BUT, UM, THIS, I'M, I'M SURE YOU DO Y'ALL HAVE 'EM UP? JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
SO IF WE GO THROUGH THE CODE AND COMPLIANCE, UM, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR NOTICES AND, UH, WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP SANTO, MAKE SURE IT'S BEAUTIFIED, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOOD TO GO.
SO, UH, WHILE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY, UH, WELL, WE HAD FIVE STRUCTURES DEMOLISHED, UM, BETWEEN OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, AND, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF ON THEIR OWN.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT ON IN HOUSE.
PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION, THEY'RE LISTENING, UH, TO THE NOTICES, AND THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THESE THINGS ON THEIR OWN.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT TO SEE.
UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, UH, SIGN REMOVAL'S GONE DOWN BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T NEEDED TO ENFORCE THAT TOO, TOO MUCH.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, WHILE WE HAVEN'T HOSTED A NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP YET, UM, ONE IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING VERY, VERY SOON.
SO, AND AS FAR AS THE MUNICIPAL COURT'S CONCERNED, OUR CITATIONS HAVE INCREASED.
OUR, UH, VIOLATIONS HAVE DECREASED.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T WANNA GET IN TROUBLE AS MUCH ANYMORE.
AND, UH, WHILE OUR WARRANTS HAVE INCREASED, AND, UM, WE HAVE SEEN MORE, UH, INDIVIDUAL AND CASES HEARD IN OUR COURT, AND OUR COLLECTIONS HAVE INCREASED AS FAR AS OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS IS CONCERNED.
UM, OUR GARAGE SALE PERMITS, UM, THEY'VE GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M SURE THEY'LL PICK UP ONCE, YOU KNOW, SPRING CLEANING HITS, UM, PLAN REVIEWS HAVE INCREASED.
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UH, TAPERED OFF A LITTLE BIT OF OUR INSPECTIONS, BUT THAT WILL INCREASE.AND THEN OUR OFFICE FIELD CONSULTATIONS HAVE INCREASED.
SO PEOPLE ARE COMING IN, THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, AND, UH, THEY'RE COMPLYING.
UM, AS FAR AS OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENTS, UM, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT MORE SUBDIVISION REVIEWS HAPPENING THIS FIRST QUARTER.
UM, NOTICES TO PROCEEDS HAVE INCREASED, UM, WHILE A FEW OF THEM HAVE DECREASED, LIKE SUBDIVISION VARIANCES, CONDITIONAL USE PER PERMITS HAVE DECREASED.
UM, WE HAVE HAD INCREASES IN ANNEXATIONS, A FEW DE ANNEXATIONS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD IN THAT DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AS A WHOLE.
UM, WHILE OUR NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS HAVE DECREASED A LITTLE BIT, THE SIZE OF THE WORK ORDERS HAVE NOT, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY BIG WORK ORDERS THAT WE ARE COMPLETING, UM, THAT WE DID COMPLETE FOR THAT FIRST QUARTER.
UM, WE DO TRY AND COMPLETE IN A, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO THAT'S BEING, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
AND WE HAVE INCREASED HOW MANY WORK ORDERS WE'RE DOING.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE, UH, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, IT'S IMPROVED.
WE MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE ANSWERING CALLS, RETURNING CALLS, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF ISSUES IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AS FAR AS OUR STORMWATER DEPARTMENT, UM, WE HAVE HAD, UH, NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION REMODELING RENOVATION APPLICATIONS REVIEWED WITH SIGN-OFFS INCREASE.
WE'VE HAD, UH, INSPECTIONS INCREASE.
WE'VE HAD INLAND INSPECTIONS INCREASE.
AND THEN, UM, WHILE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMMUNITY OUTREACH FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, WE HAD QUITE A FEW CITY EVENTS GOING ON AROUND THAT TIME THAT WILL PICK UP DURING THIS NEXT QUARTER, OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
WHILE OUR LIBRARY VISITS MAY HAVE DECREASED, WE DO HAVE MORE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A MOBILE LIBRARY.
WE'RE, UH, OUR LIBRARY IS DOING A GREAT JOB ENGAGING IN THE PUBLIC.
THEY'VE INCREASED, YOU KNOW, UM, PUBLIC COMPUTER USAGE, JUVENILE CIRCULATION, SUPER IMPORTANT.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S INCREASED.
AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY INCREASED OUR NEW LIBRARY CARD.
SO THAT'S PRETTY INDICATIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE MOBILE LIBRARIES OUT THERE.
WE'RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE AT THE, UM, AT THE MONTHLY MARKET DAYS THAT WE HAVE.
OUR LIBRARY'S BEEN OUT THERE, THEY'VE HAD, UM, A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH OUR, WITH THE PUBLIC AND HAVE GOTTEN SOME NEW LIBRARY CARDS.
AS FAR AS OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING, ONE OF THE, THE MAIN THINGS WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS TRAINING FOR OUR CITY STAFF.
SO, WHILE WE HAVE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, FUN ENGAGEMENT ITEMS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD, WE'VE ALSO HAD VACCINE CLINICS.
UM, WE'VE ALSO DONE VETERANS BREAKFAST FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
UH, WE HAD OUR THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON.
WE DID HAVE OUR SLIP TRIP AND FALLS TRAINING, UM, DURING THE VERY, VERY COLD COUPLE OF DAYS, WE HAD, WE DID HAVE, UH, THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE US HOT CHOCOLATE AND
AND, UH, WE ALSO HAD A CURATIVE INFORMATIONAL SESSION SINCE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE STARTED THIS NEW INSURANCE, WANTED THEM TO BECOME AWARE, KNOW WHAT THEY, UH, WHAT RESOURCES THEY HAVE.
AND SO I REALLY THANK HR FOR THAT.
AS FAR AS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, OUR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME, UM, HAS GONE UP A LITTLE BIT TO FIVE MINUTES AND 21 SECONDS.
UM, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S STILL WELL WITHIN THE AVERAGE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE OUR INCIDENCES HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ABOUT 27 FIRE INCIDENCES, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, RECALL, IT'S OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, PEOPLE USE OR MISUSING HEATERS, BARBECUE PITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE GI GIVEN OUT A LOT OF, UM, SMOKE DETECTORS.
UH, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THAT WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO GIVE OUT AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON.
SO AS FAR AS THE FIRE MARSHAL ACTIVITIES, UM, A LOT OF OUR FIRE INSPECTIONS HAVE INCREASED.
UH, OUR FIRE PERMITS HAVE INCREASED.
OUR COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEWS HAVE INCREASED AS WELL AS OUR RESIDENTIAL PLANNING, UH, HAS, UH, INCREASED.
AND THEN OUR, UH, FIRE PREVENTION REVENUE HAS INCREASED AS WELL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE BEING VERY PROACTIVE.
Y'ALL ARE ASKING US TO, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE WE ARE, AS FAR AS OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT'S CONCERNED, UM, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.
AND, UH, WE'VE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THAT THROUGHOUT THE FALL.
AND, UH, DURING THAT, UH, FIRST QUARTER, YES, OUR, OUR METRICS SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, UM, OUTREACH HAS INCREASED, OUR CONTENT HAS INCREASED, AND, UM, YEAH, JUST OUR OVERALL ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY GROWTH HAS INCREASED AS FAR AS PUBLIC, UH, RELATIONS IS CONCERNED.
UM, OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT, OUR PRODUCTION HAS INCREASED.
OUR WATER DIS DISTRIBUTION DID DECREASE AROUND THAT TIME.
UM, OUR WATER TRANSFERRED INCREASED, AND, UM, WATER PURCHASE DECREASED.
AS FAR AS OUR, UH, PUBLIC, UH, SORRY, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UM, WE DID HAVE OUR, UH, YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN REGISTRATION PRIOR TO PRIOR,
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UH, I GUESS VERSUS PRIOR ATTENDANCE.WE DID HAVE SOME CLOSING CEREMONIES, I BELIEVE IT WAS FOR SOCCER.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAD NO CHANGE, I BELIEVE, IN THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING.
UM, IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, WE, UM, WE HAD ABOUT FOUR TO 500 ATTENDANCE.
AND, UM, LITTLE UNDER, I THINK A HUNDRED PARADE ENTRIES.
SO JUST FY AS FAR AS THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, UM, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR EX EXHIBITIONS.
WE HAVE, UH, INCREASED OUR IN-PERSON VISITORS, AND OUR ESTIMATED EVENT ATTENDANCE HAS, UH, HAS INCREASED, ALMOST DOUBLED.
SO WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD, GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE, MAKING SURE WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN ATTENDANCE, UM, HAS TO DO WITH THE, THE TYPE OF, UM, ARTISTS WE'RE BRINGING IN THE, THE REGIONAL TALENT, THE ARTWORK, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO PEOPLE.
WE HAD A VETERAN SHOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ATTRACTING PEOPLE, UM, TO OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM.
AS FAR AS PDS CONCERNED, UH, UNFORTUNATELY OUR MURDER INCREASED, UM, BUT ROBBERY, DECREASED, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, DECREASED BURGLARY, THEFT, LARCENY, AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT HAVE ALL DECREASED.
SO, UM, SIMPLE ASSAULTS DID INCREASE, THOUGH, UM, AS FAR AS THE CALLS FOR SERVICE AND INCIDENT.
REPORTS HAVE DECREASED, ARRESTS HAVE INCREASED, UM, TRAFFIC COLLISIONS HAVE DECREASED, CITATIONS HAVE INCREASED, AND WARNINGS HAVE DECREASED.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER GONNA BE GIVING OUT WARNINGS.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU CITATIONS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES, UH, BRINGING ISSUES TO THE CITY OR CAUSING ISSUES, I'M SORRY, BUT NO MORE WARNINGS.
WE'RE GONNA TICKET YOU FOR THAT.
AND AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE, I GUESS THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT SUMMARY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CLOSE TO 8,000 TRAFFIC STOPS.
UM, THIS IS JUST PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, ETHNICITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOUND, UH, QUITE A BIT OF CONTRABAND, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE STOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAD WRITTEN WARNINGS, WE HAD CITATIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, ZERO INCIDENCES OF, UH, PHYSICAL FORCE AND, UH, RACIAL PROFILING, ZERO INCIDENCES.
SO AS FAR AS OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, UM, SO THIS IS HOW MANY ACCOUNTS HAVE OPENED.
AND THIS IS INDICATIVE TO THE, UH, NUMBER OF, OF, UM, PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S RENTING, WHETHER IT'S LIVING HERE IN, UH, RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL.
AND SO THEY HAVE BOTH INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, OR, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE, THEY HAVE BOTH INCREASED.
UH, THE IT DEPARTMENT, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ADDED THIS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THEY, WE SEE THAT THERE IS A LOT, A LOT OF, UM, WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS FAR AS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS CONCERNED.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PHISHING, UH, ATTACKS.
WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS HAPPENING, AND WE HAVE OUTDATED, EXTREMELY OUTDATED INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SO THESE ARE THE, I I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I, I ADDED THIS INFORMATION IN HERE SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE WORK ORDERS THAT COME IN THAT ARE COMPLETED.
AND I MEAN, WE'RE, LOOK, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 115, UH, FROM LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER 96 THIS YEAR.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF, KIND OF SLOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER INCREASED, DECEMBER INCREASED.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED A LOT OF HELP FOR THIS STUFF.
AND, UH, THEY ARE DOING A LOT AND THERE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT THEY CAN DO WITHIN THE BANDWIDTH OF EIGHT TO FIVE, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
UM, BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A 24 HOUR JOB WHEN IT COMES TO OUR, OUR INTERNET AND OUR CYBERSECURITY.
UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ADDED GRANTS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF, I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT Y'ALL ASKED US, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE EVERYONE LOOK FOR GRANTS.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL JUST A QUICK RECAP OF, UH, THE DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THAT FIRST QUARTER IN MARCH, BUT I MEAN, NOT, NOT THAT THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SCADA IN MARCH.
UH, WE HAVE AN EPA GRANT, UM, IN SEPTEMBER.
WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WETLANDS, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRES GETTING GRANTS, LIBRARIES GETTING GRANTS.
EVERYONE'S OUT, UH, LOOKING FOR, FOR, FOR FUNDS FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE OUR SAN MANINO DOLLARS STRETCH FURTHER.
SO, WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL WERE AWARE OF THAT.
WE HAVE THE TREE CANOPY GRANT.
UM, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, FOOD FOR THOUGHT, SOMETHING TO LOOK THROUGH.
AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE SO FAR.
NEXT ONE'S GONNA BE STEPHANIE, SLOWLY PLEASE.
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SHOULD HAVE TAKEN.GOOD AFTERNOON, STEPHANIE, SAO, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS GONNA END, SO I WOULD'VE MAKE MYSELF OVER HERE SOONER.
SO, UM, PRESENTING TO YOU, AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE LAST QUARTER, WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL DECEMBER KICKS IN, AND THEN WE HAVE TO RECONCILE THE WHOLE YEAR JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING CAME IN WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE SALES TAX, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH OUR BALANCE SHEET, TOTAL AMOUNT OF ASSETS.
UM, AND THIS ONE WE'RE COMPARING LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
SO OUR TOTAL ASSETS FOR THIS YEAR DURING SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS, OR THE END MONTH OF, OR FISCAL YEAR, IT'S 18,000,305, 407 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 18 MILLION, 200,723.
FROM THERE, WE'LL GO TO OUR FUND BALANCE, OR TOTAL FUND BALANCE, I'M SORRY, OUR TOTAL LIABILITIES ARE 2,428,915, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 2 MILLION 194,000 WITH 60.
SO FOR A TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE OF 18,305,407, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME, SEPTEMBER, BUT OF 2024, UH, WE HAVE 18,200,723.
UH, I WAS CONFUSED ON THE UNASSIGNED FUNDS NUMBER.
WHY IS, UM, 2024 MUCH LOWER THAN 2025? SO IS THAT AN ERROR OR NO? SO IF YOU SEE, UM, IT'S JUST A LINE ITEM.
SO IF YOU GO TO 2024, WHICH IS ON YOUR RIGHT, THEY WERE ON, ON THE ASSIGNED COLUMN, RIGHT? AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE UNASSIGNED FUNDS.
SO THIS YEAR COME AROUND, UH, AFTER WE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL LAST, NOT THIS PAST, UH, AUDIT, BUT THE ONE BEFORE WE WERE, UM, SUGGESTED TO RECLASSIFY OUR FUNDS, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO PUT 'EM IN AN ASSIGNED NOW.
SO THAT'S REALLY NOT ALL RESERVES, BUT MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE HAD IT LABELED FOR CONTINGENCY PURPOSES AS ASSIGNED, BUT IT, THEY'RE REALLY UNASSIGNED FUND.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT WAS SUGGESTED, AND THAT'S WHY WE CHANGED IT FROM THAT YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
UH, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE RESERVES OF 120 DAYS, THEY INCREASED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OPERATIONS INCREASED.
UM, AND THEN THE ENCUMBER BUDGET BALANCE ABOUT THE SAME.
THE ONLY THING, IT'S THAT DIVISION AND THOSE 200,000 THAT YOU, YOU SEE THERE ON SIGN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT WHENEVER WE DID THE LAST AUDIT, UM, I BROUGHT IT UP TO YOU THAT WE, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT, UH, EQUIPMENT.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA COME OUT BEING LIKE MAYBE PD VEHICLES, MAYBE CITY VEHICLES, MAYBE EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE CITY PARK.
THAT WAY IT COULD BE CLEARLY OUT THERE HOW MUCH WE HAVE FOR LIKE, EXTREME SITUATIONS WHERE WE NEED TO CHANGE OR UPGRADE ANYTHING, BUT JUST NOT HOLD EVERYTHING ASSIGNED AND NOT ALLOW ANYTHING TO HAPPEN.
IF THAT'S THE CASE MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE OUR REVENUES.
SO HERE ON THIS ONE, WE'RE COMPARING THE QUARTERLY, BUT WE'RE ALSO COMPARING THE YEAR TO ACTUAL, RIGHT? SO OUR TOTAL REVENUES, UH, COMPARE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
UH, LAST YEAR REVENUES WERE 3,602,284 COMPARED TO THIS YEAR.
UH, FOR THIS QUARTER IT'S 3,242,000 WITH 16 YEAR TO THE ACTUAL TOTAL REVENUES.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE 17,746,611, FOLLOWED BY THAT, WE HAVE OUR, OUR EXPENSES.
THIS ONE'S OUR BY DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE OUR QUARTERLIES, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR YEAR TO DATE.
SO TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE QUARTER OF, UH, 2025, 4,595,000 WITH 79 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 4,559,641.
THAT LEAVE US FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OF, UM, REVENUES UNDER EXPENSES OF 1,393,000 WITH 63 YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL, WE REVENUES UNDER EXPENSES OF, OR REVENUE OVER EXPENSES OF 13,000 HUNDRED AND 57.
SO WE ALMOST BREAK EVEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR OR EXPENSES WITH THE REVENUES.
UM, ON THIS ONE, I ADDED AN ADDITIONAL, UM, TAP, WHICH IS NOT THE NORM THAT YOU WOULD SEE ON YOUR REGULAR QUARTERLY REPORTS, JUST TO HAVE MORE OF A, A BIGGER LOOK OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE COMPARING ONE YEAR TO THE OTHER YEAR.
AND THIS IS LIKE THE WHOLE ACTUAL, SO HOW MUCH WE GOT FROM PROPERTY TAXES, NON-PROPERTY TAXES, FEES, REVENUES, LICENSE PERMITS, INTEREST REVENUE FROM A COMPLETED 2024 AND A COMPLETED 2025.
SO TOTAL REVENUES FOR 22 4 WITH 16,580,769 FOR THIS YEAR.
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UM, AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT YES, YOU HAVE SOME DIFFERENCE ON INTEREST REVENUE, MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, UM, BUT ALSO OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE REALLY THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT THERE.UM, THEN OUR EXPENDITURES, UM, THESE ARE BY DEPARTMENTS, AND IT'S ALSO THE COMPARISON FOR A WHOLE YEAR.
WHAT, UM, EACH, UM, DEPARTMENT EXPEND COMPARING LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR FOR A WHOLE YEAR ROUND.
SO, UM, TOTAL REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES LAST YEAR WERE 5 31 AND 5 530 1,892.
AND THIS YEAR IT'S, WE'RE ALMOST BREAKING EVEN WITH 1,357, 13,000 157, FOLLOWED BY THAT.
THIS IS ANOTHER FLIGHT THAT I ADDED THERE.
THIS IS BREAKING BY, BY MONTHS, THE REVENUES AND THE EXPENSES.
THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF SEE LIKE FLUCTUATION BETWEEN BOTH YEARS AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT EACH MONTH CAME, UH, HOW THEY CAME TO US.
AND THIS IS A TREND OF FIVE YEARS.
I KNOW MR. GOODMAN'S NOT HERE, BUT HE REALLY ASKED FOR THOSE FIVE YEARS, UM, TRENDS.
SO THIS IS WHAT, IT'S, WHAT'S LIKE A BIGGER PICTURE OF HOW IS IT THAT WE'RE INCREASING ON OUR EXPENSES AND OUR REVENUES, FOLLOWED BY THAT.
I, THIS IS PART OF YOUR COMPLETE PACKET.
NORMALLY IT'S NOT ADDED TO THE SCREEN, TO THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION, BUT I, I ADDED THIS ONE JUST TO KEEP EVERYONE INFORMED AND ALSO THE PUBLIC, 'CAUSE I KNOW THE PRESENTATION, IT'S MORE OUT THERE.
BUT THIS ONE, IT, IT BASICALLY TELLING YOU HOW MUCH WE BUDGETED FOR SALARIES AND HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY HAD IN SALARIES.
AND I DO SEE, UM, IT'S SMALL, 93% VERSUS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF LIKE, FULLY STAFFED.
BUT THAT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH, UM, THE, THE TIME THAT WE DON'T HAVE EMPLOYEES.
SO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE EMPLOYEES, WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE SHORT STAFFED, SO THAT DOESN'T CREATE AN EXPENSE.
SO THAT MAKES IT, SO THIS IS KINDA SHOWS THAT WE WERE MOSTLY FULLY STAFFED AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GREAT.
WE STILL, WE, WE STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGET WHEN IT COMES TO SALARIES.
UM, AND, BUT WE HAD THE PEOPLE THERE ALSO.
AND WE STILL STAYED WITHIN THE A HUNDRED PERCENT, 90%.
SO THAT DOES NOT, SO I KNOW WE BREAK EVEN, BUT THE SALARIES WASN'T PART OF IT WAS MORE OPERATIONS FOLLOWED BY THAT.
AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A FEW OF THESE.
THIS IS FOR OUR SALES TAX, BUT THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
SO FOR THE CITY OF SANTO OR FISCAL YEAR, IT RUNS FROM, UH, OCTO OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER.
AND FOR THE CONTROLLERS, IT RUNS FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER.
SO I LIKE TO PUT IT IN THE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
THAT WAY YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
'CAUSE IF YOU GO TO THE CONTROLLERS, YOU MIGHT SEE IT DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT RUNS, THE FISCAL YEAR RUNS DIFFERENTLY.
SO OVERALL, FOR THE YEAR 24 25, WE COLLECTED 7,646,235 WITH 12 CENTS FROM THAT.
25% GOES TO THE EDC 20, 75% STAYS WITH THE CITY.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.
1.9 FOR THE EDC AND THEN 5.7 TO THE CITY.
AND THEN THIS IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER YEARLY COMPARISON.
THIS IS COMPARING THE TWO YEARS, AND THE OTHER ONE IS COMPARING MONTH TO MONTH.
BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME INFORMATION, JUST DIFFERENT WAYS TO PUT IT OVER HERE.
THE SAME THING NOW, NOW WITH A CHART.
AND I'M, I ADDED THIS ADDITIONAL BECAUSE THIS IS, UM, THIS IS A REALLY KEY THING THAT KEEPS US FROM, LIKE, PRESENTING FINANCIAL SOONER OR, OR SALES TAX TO ACTUALLY KNOW HOW MUCH WE MADE AND CLOSE A YEAR CORRECTLY ON THIS ONE.
AND I KNOW IT LOOKS KIND OF SIDEWAYS, I THINK IT'S OUR MONITOR, BUT, UM, THIS IS OUR, UH, HOTEL MOTO FUND.
SO, UM, WE ARE STARTING ADDING IT TO OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIALS JUST FOR Y'ALL TO SEE.
'CAUSE FOR THE PAST WE WERE NOT DOING A LOT MUCH WITH THEM.
BUT NOW, UM, THIS IS FOR Y'ALL TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE ON SEPTEMBER OF 2024, WE HAD 800,561.
FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE 700,000, 44, 700,000, FORTY FOUR, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO FOR AN, UM, THAT'S FOR OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE.
SO TOTAL REVENUES, UM, WE GOT 120,000 WITH 13 FOR THE QUARTER, FOR ONLY THE THREE MONTHS.
UM, AND FOR, OR TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE BUDGET WERE, UM, 96,343 FOR AN ANY FUND BALANCE OF 627,623.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? AND WE'RE, WE'RE CATCHING UP.
SO I'M HOPING TO BRING THE FOLLOWING THREE MONTHS SOONER.
'CAUSE ON THIS ONES WE CAN ACCRUE OR SELL TAX 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY CLOSING THE YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS? OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS?
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THANK YOU.OKAY, STEPHANIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, THE NEXT ONE, NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, CAN WE MOVE UP WHAT, 15 AND 17? DO YOU WANNA DO IT RIGHT NOW? YEAH.
UH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE'D LIKE TO DEVIATE FROM THE AGENDA AND MOVE UP A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON, UH, IF FOLKS NEED TO GET ON WITH, UH, SOME OTHER THINGS.
[15. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2026-0303-006(R), recognizing and supporting the Texas Independence Celebration Association (THICA) event to be held on March 14, 2026, at the San Benito Fairgrounds, and acknowledging the historical significance of the Texas Revolution.]
I'D LIKE TO MOVE UP NUMBER 15, AND THAT'S CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 6 0 3 0 3, 0 0 6 R.
RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORTING THE TEXAS INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION CELEBRATION ASSOCIATION EVENT TO BE HELD ON MARCH 14TH, 2026 AT SAN BERNARDINO FAIRGROUNDS, AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEXAS RESOLUTION REVOLUTION.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? WAS THERE ANY, UH, BUDGET IMPACT TO THIS? UH, OR JUST A RESOLUTION, RIGHT? YES.
JUST A RE IT'S JUST A RESOLUTION.
JUST FOR HAVING, ARE THEY HERE? YES, THEY'RE HERE.
WHERE AT? WAS THERE A BUDGET IMPACT AS FAR AS THE REENACTMENT? YES.
LIKE, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE BUYING HAY BALES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'M, I'M REPRESENTING, REPRESENTING, UH, TEXAS HERITAGE INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION ASSOCIATION.
UH, WE PROBABLY HELPED, UH, DO A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES, UH, EITHER ORGANIZING AND, UH, UH, GETTING FUNDRAISERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, UH, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER, UH, WE THANK YOU, UH, CITY DISSEMINATED FOR HELPING US BRING US BACK INTO THE CITY.
WE'RE NOT RELATED, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE JUST WANNA LET THE PEOPLE KNOW.
NEVER SEEN YOU BEFORE, I THINK.
I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN HIM BEFORE.
COMMISSIONER, ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? MAYOR, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GLAND.
[17. Consideration and possible action to approve an Ambulance Service Contract between the City of San Benito and South Texas Emergency Care Foundation, Inc. for the provision of emergency and non-emergency ambulance services and emergency medical services (EMS).]
THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, THAT WE'LL MOVE UP IS ITEM NUMBER 17.AND THAT IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE BY ACTION APPROVE AMBULANCE SERVICE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTO AND THE SOUTH TEXAS EMERGENCY CARE FOUNDATION, INC.
UH, FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICES AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OF, OH, I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS I WAS HOPING THEY COME UP.
WELL, WE'LL MAKE PART OF THE STACK PRESENTATION.
UH, MAYOR PROTIME COMMISSIONERS, UH, B FIRE CHIEF FOR THE, UM, CITY OF SAN BERNARD.
UH, TODAY WE'RE JUST, UH, PRESENTING THE, UH, NEW CONTRACT WITH, UH, STACK EMS. UM, I'LL LET, UH, BILL, UH, ASTON HERE, DIRECTOR OF, OF, UH, SEC EMS, UH, GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT WE'VE, UH, DECIDED.
OKAY, MR. ASTON, THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS WAY.
I JUST COME OFF OF A CASE OF PNEUMONIA, WHICH IS NOT A LOT OF FUN AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR, BUT ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF ALLERGY ISSUES FLOATING THROUGH OUR AIR.
MR. PINO, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS? UH, OUR CORPORATE ATTORNEY IS MR. JUAN PINO.
I THINK HE WAS WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICE, MR. BILL LOBOS, AND I THINK WITH ERIC.
UH, REALLY THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE IN THIS.
UH, WE DID HAVE SOME FRANK AND GOOD DISCUSSIONS.
UH, ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE SAME CONTRACT WE'VE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
WE WERE LOOKING AT TRYING TO ROTATE AN ADDITIONAL UNIT IN HERE.
UH, WAS THERE ANY OTHER MAJOR? AND IT'S ALL AS USUAL.
UH, THE FOUNDATION, WHICH YOU'RE A MEMBER OF, UH, IS NOT CHARGING THE CITIES THAT WE SERVE ANY FEE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
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5% OF THE EMS BUDGET WAS CITY COUNTY FUNDS.AND I THOUGHT, THAT IS REALLY OUTTA WHACK.
EITHER WE'RE NOT BILLING PROPERLY, OR WE'RE NOT COLLECTING PROPERLY.
AND SO WE'VE WORKED IT OVER THE YEARS WHERE WE TRY TO DROP THAT PERCENT EVERY YEAR BY 10 TO 15%.
HERE WE ARE 40 YEARS LATER, AND FOR THE PAST, SINCE 2011, I THINK THE CITY, IF I REMEMBER LEONARD, YOU'RE THE MONEY PERSON.
ABOUT 2011, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AT NO COST TO THE COMMUNITIES, WHICH MAKES US VERY, VERY PROUD.
IT TOOK US A LITTLE LONGER, BUT IT'S A, THERE IS NO, NO FEE FOR THIS, FOR THIS, UH, SERVICE.
I DO WANNA COMPLIMENT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, CHIEF BATISTA'S GOT A GREAT DEPARTMENT.
AND YOUR FIRST RESPONDER LICENSE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS IS CURRENT, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME GRANTS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE, HAVE THE LICENSE IN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
AND NOT ALL FIRST RESPONDER, OR NOT ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES.
AND CHIEF, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF MY TROOPS WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THE STREET.
AND WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, WE SURE DO NEED THE HELP.
AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOUR OFFICERS AND YOURSELF, OR HELPING US ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OR MR. PINO, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ELABORATE ON OR CLARIFY? UH, NO.
THE, THE CONTRACT WAS, UH, PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE ONE PREVIOUS YEARS.
WE DID ADD A PROVISION REGARDING, UH, PROVIDING TRAINING AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
UH, DID CORRESPOND WITH MR. VILLALOBOS AND MR. FLORES REGARDING EDITS.
UH, AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS EVERYTHING WAS, WAS IN ORDER.
BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION.
JUST, THIS IS A SIX YEAR AGREEMENT, FIVE YEAR.
THIS IS, THIS IS HOW IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST.
UM, I THINK THE LAST SEVERAL, SEVERAL CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN FIVE YEAR.
FIVE YEAR TERMS. UH, AND TYPICALLY HOW STACK HAS DONE IT WITH, UH, MOST ENTITIES THAT THEY'VE CONTRACTED WITH HARLINGEN CURRENTLY ON A THREE YEAR TERM, YES.
AND WE'RE GONNA PROPOSE A FIVE.
ARE THERE RATES SIMILAR, UH, TO OUR RATES CURRENTLY? IDENTICAL WAS, YEAH, EVERY CITY'S THE SAME.
AND WHAT IS, WHAT IS THAT RATE? THE, UH, RATE SHEET, SHEET SHEET BLS IS 8 68.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE THE SAME RATE AS THE CITY OF HARLINGEN? YES, SIR.
BECAUSE WE SAID TO COVER A LARGE AREA, WE CAN YOU IMAGINE US HAVING A DIFFERENT RATE IN EVERY CITY.
UH, WE, IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT, THE CITY LIMITS, WHAT RATE DO YOU CHARGE? SO WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE SAME RATE FOR EVERY CITY.
SO WE DON'T RUN INTO THAT PROBLEM.
SO AS WELL AS THE COUNTY, THE RATE IS THE SAME FOR COUNTY, ALL THE WAY TO A ROYAL CITY AND ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER.
UH, WHAT ABOUT, UM, TIMES RESPONSE TIMES FOR EMERGENCY? WHAT'S THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES? UH, YOU GET THOSE MONTHLY, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES.
AND I THINK THIS LAST REPORT WAS TEN EIGHT MINUTES AND 10 SECONDS, FIVE MINUTES, EIGHT MINUTES FROM 10 SECONDS.
IT'S, IT'S USUALLY IN THE EIGHT MINUTE OR SO RANGE.
UH, DURING COVID, IT WOULD, IT CREPT UP OVER NINE MINUTES.
WHAT HURTS OUR RESPONSE TIMES IS WHEN THE HOSPITALS GO ON DIVERSION AND HOLD THE AMBULANCES AND WE CAN'T GET THEM BACK IN SERVICE.
SO THE RESPONSE TIME IS THE TIME IT LEAVES THE FACILITY TO THE, TO THE, UH, PATIENT'S HOME? THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.
SO, AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, COMMISSIONER, I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW IN RENIE, CAN YOU ADDRESS THIS? WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT OVER, WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH FOR OUR REGION, WHICH SAN BENITO IS A BIG PART OF OUR REGION, THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES, THE NUMBER OF BEDS AND SO ON OVER THE, WHAT, LAST 24 YEARS OR SOMETHING? SURE.
UH, EZ, UM, DIRECTOR OF PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR THE FOUNDATION.
THERE YOU GO, UH, EZ WITH, UH, WITH, UH, EMS. UM, AND SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER IS, YOU KNOW, THE INCREASE IN POPULATION, UH, THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE, IN OUR REGION, UH, UH, AND YOU'VE SEEN, UH, THE HOSPITALS, UM, THE SIZE OF BOTH HOSPITALS, THAT HAS NOT INCREASED.
AND ACTUALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WENT FROM A 500 BED FACILITY DOWN, UH, RIGHT NOW OPERATING AT, UH, ONE OF THE HOSPITALS AT 300, AT A LITTLE OVER 300 BEDS.
SO WE'VE LOST A COUPLE HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
AND OF COURSE, THE OTHER ISSUE IS, SO WE HAVEN'T GROWN IN HOSPITAL SIZE, BUT YET WE'VE GROWN POPULATION.
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CALL VOLUME HAS DEFINITELY HAS INCREASED, BUT YOU ALSO HAVEN'T HAD AN EXPANSION IN HEALTHCARE PER SE.UH, WE'VE ALSO SEEN, OF COURSE, THE NUMBER OF PRI PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OFFICES THAT HAVE CLOSED.
AND SO YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THAT PRIVATE PRACTICE JUST GO OUT.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT AFFECTS US BECAUSE, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS DIAL NINE ONE INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, THEY JUST CALL 9 1 1 AND THEY WANT TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, WHICH WE, WE'VE SEEN THAT INCREASE IN THAT NUMBER GOING IN THAT, AND THAT THAT INCREASES OUR CALL VOLUME, WHICH INCREASES OUR WORKLOAD TO THE HOSPITALS.
AND AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE A, THE HOSPITALS HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY BIGGER.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF JAMMING EVERYTHING INSIDE THE EMERGENCY ROOMS. AND THAT IS A BIG CULPRIT THAT CAUSES DELAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.
AND OF COURSE, WE SAW THAT DURING COVID WHEN WE HAD THAT INFLUX OF PATIENTS GOING INTO THE HOSPITALS.
OUR, OUR DELAYS STILL CONTINUE.
UH, WE, WE, OUR ISSUES THAT THE HOSPITALS ARE FULL AND, UH, IT, IT, IT, IT REQUIRES, UH, MORE STAFFING AND, AND JUST MORE HOSPITAL BEDS, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO, AND THAT AFFECTS US BECAUSE THEY'RE HOLDING US AT THE, UH, THE WALL TIME THAT WE CALL WALL TIME.
'CAUSE BASICALLY WE'RE JUST STANDING BY THE WALL HOLDING OUR PATIENTS IN THE, IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM THAT CAUSES THAT DELAY, UH, IN GETTING AMBULANCES BACK IN SERVICE.
YEAH, I COULD UNDER, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND YOUR CHALLENGES AND APPLAUD YOU FOR TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE AND BRINGING THE DATA TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, HOW DOES THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME COMPARE TO COMPETITORS IN THE REGION? YOU SAID EIGHT TO 10 MINUTES.
I, THAT'S PRETTY, THE, THE RESPONSE TIMES IS PRETTY INDICATIVE OF, UH, OTHER, UH, SERVICE AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN OUR SERVICE AREAS ARE PRETTY MUCH AROUND THAT SAME TIMEFRAME.
SO DO WE HAVE A GOAL, THOUGH, AS, AS A LARGE COMPANY THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES? DO YOU HAVE A GOAL? OUR, OUR GOAL'S ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, ALWAYS KEEP IT, UH, WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME, THE, THE RESPONSES THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE, AND, AND, AND REALLY THE GOAL IS TO PRESERVE LIFE AND LIFE IS MINUTES.
SO WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME? SO THE, THE, THE, THE SOONER WE CAN GET AN AMBULANCE, THE, THE BETTER, RIGHT? AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S OTHER FACTORS THAT AFFECT THAT.
SO OUR GOAL'S ALWAYS BEEN TO, TO MINIMIZE THAT RESPONSE TIME AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
UM, BUT IT, IT REALLY, THERE'S OTHER FACTORS THAT AFFECT US IN THAT.
AND THEY'RE NOT HELPING BECAUSE, AGAIN, BECAUSE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
SO YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME THINGS OUTTA YOUR CONTROL.
IF I MAY SAY, SIR, UH, BACK IN 1991, WE GATHERED ALL OF THE CITIES TOGETHER AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TRY TO BUY ANOTHER ONE AMBULANCE A YEAR IS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS STAFF INSURANCE VEHICLE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, BETWEEN 800,000 AND AN EASY MILLION.
AND WE CAN SPEND A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THERE'S A BETTER WAY.
AND I HAD, I WAS SERVING BACK IN THOSE TIMES AS THE CHAIRMAN ON, ON THE STATE EMS PROVIDER COMMITTEE IN AUSTIN.
AND THIS NEW, UH, THING WAS HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE AND TALKING WITH THE BOBBY MOORE IN DALLAS, THEIR DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF THAT WAS OVER AT EMS AND OTHER CITIES, IT WAS FIRST RESPONDERS.
THAT'S WHERE THE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM CAME FROM.
AND A LOT OF REALLY SMART PEOPLE, A LOT SMARTER THAN I AM, SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T NEED AN AMBULANCE ON EVERY BLOCK IN THIS CITY.
UH, FIVE YEARS AGO, I THINK WE WERE AT HALF THE CALLS WE RAN TO, NOBODY WAS TRANSPORTED 50%, IT'S 49.5 OR SOMETHING.
DO YOU RECALL THE NUMBER 35? WE ONLY TRANSPORT ABOUT SEVEN OUTTA 10 PE PATIENTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE PATIENT ASSESSMENT TYPE CALLS.
SO WE MET WITH THE CITIES BACK AT THAT TIME AND SAYS, WHY DON'T WE GET THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER AND HAVE THEM AS FIRST RESPONDERS AND BUY SOME FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES, WHICH WE HAVE WHAT, SIX OF? SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE AMBULANCE GETS THERE IN 10 MINUTES.
WHAT MATTERS IS THAT THESE GUYS ARE OUR GUYS, BECAUSE THEIR VEHICLES ARE STAFFED WITH EVERYTHING GETS IN THAT AMBULANCE, GET THEM TO THE SCENE, GET THE TREATMENT STARTED AND GET THE, I'M SORRY, COUNSELOR
UH, AND THAT HAS BEEN, HAS PROVEN VERY RELIABLE.
I THINK YOU'RE RESPONDING TO VIRTUALLY EVERY CALL OR YOU'RE NOT, WHICH IS GOOD.
SOME DEPARTMENTS DON'T WANT TO RESPOND TO EVERY CALL, BUT SOME FIRE DEPARTMENTS DO.
THAT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
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I APPLAUD THAT PROGRAM AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE, FASTER SERVICE, WITHOUT SPENDING THESE EXTRA MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.AND UH, LIKE I SAY, THAT WAS IN 1991.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, GETTING EVERY CITY IN CAMERON COUNTY TO AGREE, UH, UH, WAS WAS, WAS REALLY FANTASTIC BECAUSE THEY DID, THERE WAS REALLY NEVER ANY ARGUMENT OVER IT.
WELL, THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO DO IT.
AND THEN THE BETTER PART OF THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE A MAJOR DISASTER OR A FLOOD OR MAJOR EMERGENCY, WE'VE GOT, THESE GUYS ARE TRAINED WHERE IN THE PAST THEY WERE NOT.
WE'VE GOT, IN SOME DEPARTMENTS, WE'VE GOT POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE TRAINED AS FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR EMS PERSONNEL.
SO I THINK THAT OUR COUNTY HAS, AND THE CITY HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB LOOKING AT THE OVERALL PICTURE.
WHAT DO WE NEED? DO WE NEED AN AMBULANCE IN BAYVIEW? WELL, IT'S NOT GONNA PAY ITS WAY, BUT IF YOU GET SOME FIRST RESPONDERS AND AN AMBULANCE COMING FROM LOS FRESNOS, PORT ISABEL OR WHEREVER, THEN UH, YOU, YOU CAN HAVE THOSE SERVICES WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK.
SO I'VE TALKED TOO LONG, BUT I ALWAYS LOVE TO COME SEE YOU GUYS, SO THAT'S OKAY.
I APPRECIATE THE BACK HISTORY.
AND WE INVITE YOU OVER, PLEASE COME OVER AND SEE HOW THESE 9 1 1 CALLS ARE PROCESSED THERE AT OUR FACILITY, WHICH IS WHERE, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN SETS OF THE 9 1 1, YOU DIAL 9 1 1 IN SAN BETO.
THAT CALL'S COMING TO OUR FACILITY OR HP D'S FACILITY.
AND THEN IT'S COMING BACK TO YOUR PD OR YOUR FD AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OVER SO YOU CAN SEE.
WE ALSO DECIDED WE NEED TRAINED EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHERS, NOT JUST SOMEONE TO ANSWER THE PHONE, GET YOUR ADDRESS AND HANG UP.
THESE PERSON ARE ALL PERSONNEL, ARE ALL TRAINED.
THEY'RE MEDICALLY TRAINED, THEY'RE CERTIFICATED BY A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, AND THEIR JOB IS TO STAY ON THAT PHONE GIVING INSTRUCTIONS UNTIL EITHER FD OR WE ARRIVE.
AND THEY DO THINGS LIKE DELIVER BABIES ON THE PHONE AND DO TEACH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TALK 'EM THROUGH DOING CPR HOW TO STOP THE BLEED AND SO ON.
THAT'S BEEN ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND I THINK PROBABLY UNLESS COUNTIES GOT THEIR STAFF BACK, PROBABLY ABOUT THE ONLY ONE IN THE COUNTY THAT HAS THAT SERVICE.
THE NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES, THEY'RE IN THE 15 TO 18 MINUTE RANGE.
THERE ARE SOME THAT RUN LONGER, 15 TO 18 MINUTES? YES.
UH, WE HAVE ADDED, WHAT, FOUR UNITS TO HANDLE THOSE OR THREE, FOUR PEAK TIMES? FOUR PEAK TIMES.
YOU'LL SEE THE SMALLER AMBULANCES ON THE STREET.
THEY'RE, WHAT ARE THEY? THEY'RE FORD TRANSITS.
YOU HAVE THE BIG UNITS THAT ARE PRIMARILY THE EMERGENCY UNITS, THE SMALLER ONES, THEY'RE EQUIPPED, THEY CAN GO TO EMERGENCIES ALSO.
BUT THOSE ARE, THESE WOULD BE FOR LIKE, UH, TRANSPORT PURPOSES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
MY ONLY THING WITH, UM, WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS THAT THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FOR THE NON TRAN, UH, NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORT, UM, PATIENTS GOING TO DIALYSIS MEETINGS OR, RIGHT, YES.
OR JUST GOING TO A SIMPLE DOCTOR'S VISIT COULD TAKE TWO TO THREE HOURS.
AND TECHNICALLY SIGNING ON OFF ON THIS DOESN'T ALLOW THE INDIVIDUAL TO GET A TAXI OR ANOTHER MEDICAL PROVIDER TO TAKE THEM TO THE DOCTOR VISIT.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, TECHNICALLY THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S, BUT YOU'VE GOT AN AMBULANCE WORKING IN THE CITY, THE ATTORNEY'S THERE, IS THAT RIGHT? YOU HAVE OUT OF TOWN.
THE THE CONTRACT IS FOR EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES.
YEAH, I NEED, AND IT'S A, UH, ONE, UH, ONE UNIT OPERATION.
YOU HAVE ONE UNIT THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO CLEAR UP.
YOU HAVE A UNIT AT THE FIRE STATION ON SOUTH SAM HOUSTON.
WHEN, WHEN WE BEGAN WORKING WITH THE CITY YEARS AGO, WE, UH, WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, A LOT OF DRIVING.
THERE WAS A UNIT AT THE STATION ON 77 SUNSHINE STRIP THAT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET FROM THE CITY LIMITS OF SAN BENITO, ABOUT A LESS THAN A, ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET.
DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT BUILDING WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED IN 19 80, 81 WAS PUR PURCHASED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SERVING BOTH CITIES.
SO EVERYTHING FROM SAM HU UH, OSCAR WILLIAMS TOWARDS HARLINGEN IS COVERED FROM THAT STATION.
THERE'S TWO UNITS BASED THERE FOR THE REST OF THE CITY.
FROM OSCAR WILLIAMS TO THE EAST IS COVERED BY SOUTH SAM HOUSTON.
SO THE CITY TECHNICALLY, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT
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RIGHT IN YOUR CITY LIMITS, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT UNITS ASSIGNED TO THIS CITY 24 HOURS A DAY.IS THAT CORRECT? AND YOU'VE GOT TWO UNITS AT THAT STATION UP THERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS.
AND THE DISPATCHERS ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING UNITS AROUND.
I MEAN, IF THIS UNIT GETS BUSY, THEY'LL TRY TO SEND 'EM ON YOUR WAY.
I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT MORE AND MAKE SURE THE DISPATCHERS ARE DOING THAT.
UH, SO YOU, YOU DO HAVE TWO UNITS, IT'S JUST THAT ONE OF THEM IS JUST OUTSIDE YOUR CITY LIMITS.
NOW, DOES IT HELP IF WE MOVE IT A THOUSAND FEET DOWN THE ROAD AND PUT IT IN BY THE CITY LIMITS? I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE STATIONS AND BUNKS AND THINGS FOR OUR CREWS.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO.
AND WE'RE, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING UNUSED AND COULD SERVE A BETTER PURPOSE.
HAVE WE? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD NAVIGATE.
UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE JUST SAW SOME QUARTERLY REPORTS, AND THEY'RE JUST QUARTERLY.
UM, HOW FAST THE CITY'S GROWING.
AND WE'VE HAD ONE UNIT FOR X AMOUNT OF YEARS.
AND I THINK IF THE BOOM IS HAPPENING, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE, UH, WE DON'T GIVE THE BEST AGREE TO OUR CITIZENS.
UM, I DON'T SEE THE NECESS NECESSITY OF A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT.
I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT, JUST BECAUSE IT GIVES US, UM, A BETTER GRASP OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
WELL, YOU HAVE IT OUT IN THIS CONTRACT.
THEN LET'S JUST SWITCH IT TO THREE YEARS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL THESE FIVE.
ONE IS BANK FINANCING OF FLEET EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, SEE, I WAS GOING TO, OH, DO YOU HAVE THE PAPERWORK ON THE, ON THE NATIONAL SURGERY RATE? SO THE BIGGEST, THE BIGGEST THING I HAVE IS THE, THE POPULATION WAS GONNA GROW PROBABLY AN EXTREME ALARMING RATE.
UM, IN TEXAS, SOUTH TEXAS WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON, UM, WITH SPACEX.
UM, BUT JUST LOOK AT THE HIGHWAY OUT HERE.
IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, THE NON-EMERGENCY TIMES HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST.
I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS, BUT IT'S ALMOST EVERY YEAR I DO GET A COMPLAINT.
AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT THEY HAVE TO, HOW CAN WE, I MEAN, YOU'VE BROUGHT SOME SOLUTIONS TO THE TABLE BY TRAINING OUR STAFF.
AND I THINK THE CHIEF'S DONE A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FIRST, UM, BLS CERTIFIED.
UM, BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE, UH, BETTER OUT ATTORNEY'S.
NOT HERE, BUT I, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T WANNA BE COMMITTED TO SOMETHING FOR ONE UNIT FOR THIS LARGE POPULATION.
HOW MANY UNITS DOES HARLINGEN HAVE? FOUR.
WHEN WE, UH, LOOK AT UNIT PLACEMENT AND WHEN WE HAVE TO CHANGE BOUNDARIES, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT POPULATION.
WE HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GO OUT AND DRIVE THOSE LOCATIONS.
THIS IS, I I JUST WANT TO, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS JUST PAINT A PICTURE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GROWING AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE HOSPITALS ARE GOING DOWN, DOCTORS ARE AGING, DOCTORS ARE RETIRING EARLY.
UM, THERE'S AN AGING POPULATION.
UM, PUTTING OURSELVES IN A CONTRACT LIKE THIS.
SO RESTRICTIVE OF JUST ONE ENTITY TO PROVIDE A, UH, AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, I DON'T THINK IS THE CORRECT THING TO DO.
SHOULD YOU HAVE TWO FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UM, TWO POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
I MEAN, THIS IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
DEPENDS ON COST AND THE POLICE AND FIRE.
ACTUALLY 70% OF OUR BUDGET, UH, YES SIR.
AS YOU WOULD SEE THAT, UH, THIS IS A SURVEY COMPLETED IN 2018.
UH, FIREHOUSE NATIONAL RUN SURVEY, WHICH IS SOMETHING MADE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY.
UH, IF I MAY READ, UH, JUST PART OF A PARAGRAPH, THEY SURVEYED 70 DEPARTMENTS.
THE AMBULANCE SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 20 1057 PEOPLE.
YOUR 24,800 AND SOME ODD, ACCORDING TO THE LAST SENTENCE, UH, CENSUS.
SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE ONE AND A HALF IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THAT, BECAUSE YOU GOT A UNIT THAT COMES CO UH, COULD YOU, COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN TO ME, SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT THE Y FIVE, Y THREE, Y ONE, Y SEVEN.
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IS IT FIVE YEAR CONTRACTS WITH ALL ENTITIES? 'CAUSE YES, HARLAN.AND WE TRY TO HAVE FIVE YEAR CONTRACTS WITH ALL ENTITIES.
IS IT FOR FUNDING PURPOSES? ONE IS FOR FINANCING BANKS.
LOOK AT LONG TERM AS, AND WE GET BETTER.
IS IT THE INTEREST RATES, LEONARD? THAT'S THE FAVORABLE THING ON, ON LONG.
WHETHER IT BE FINANCE, A $250,000 AMBULANCE OR A BUILDING, OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REPLACING STRETCHERS.
THAT'S WHAT TOTAL GONNA BE $2 MILLION.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE BUBBLE IS THE THING THAT I WAS GONNA POINT OUT WITH THE POPULATION, THE 70 MAJOR MAJOR SERVICES THAT WERE SURVEYED ACROSS THE NATION.
ONE AMBULANCE PER 21,000 PEOPLE.
WHAT'S IRONIC TO ME IS RURAL AREAS HAVE MORE PEOPLE PER CAPITA BECAUSE WHEN YOUR AMBULANCE HAS GONE FROM BIG BEND STATE PARK TO THE HOSPITAL IN ALPINE, THAT'S A HUNDRED MILES.
YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE ANOTHER UNIT.
YOU MUST HAVE SAME THING IN MANY OF THE RURAL AREAS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BACKUP UNIT.
UH, HOW MANY UNITS DO WE HAVE ON THE ROAD TODAY? WE HAD, UH, THIS MORNING WE HAD 12, 12 AMBULANCES ON THE ROAD.
WHAT DID BROWNSVILLE HAVE? DO YOU KNOW? THEY USUALLY RUN SIX, SIX OR EIGHT.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANNA DO A THREE YEAR? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT DOING A THREE YEAR CONTRACT VERSUS THE FIVE YEAR? WELL, I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS ALWAYS LOOKED TO TRY TO MOVE TO TWO AMBULANCES IN THE CITY.
HE HAS BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS.
UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, NOW WHERE, WHERE THE, WHERE WILL THOSE EMS TEAMS BE HOUSED? I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING DEFINITELY I THINK WE CAN LOOK INTO.
AND I THINK A THREE YEAR, UH, CONTRACT PUTS US IN A POSITION TO REALLY START THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, REALLY GET A GOOD OUTLOOK ON OUR POPULATION GROWTH.
UM, DEFINITELY YOUR FINANCES MATTER, BUT MY CITIZENS MATTER MORE.
UH, HAVE YOU, IS THE COMMISSION AWARE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT REHOUSING THAT EQUIPMENT? OKAY.
I, WE'RE ALREADY TRYING TO WORK ON MANY OF THESE.
SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY ARE HOUSED AT OUR FIRE STATION.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOW THEY HAVE, WE HAVE OUTGROWN THAT FIRE STATION.
SO, UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM INTO, UH, THE A EP BUILDING, UH, WHERE THERE'S MORE SPACE, THEY'RE MORE CENTRALIZED.
UM, ALSO ON, I KNOW ON THE, UH, CONTRACT, UH, IT DOES SPECIFY ONE AMBULANCE.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE IS A, UM, UH, ON SECTION TWO, YOU CAN NOTICE THAT, WELL, WE, WHAT I, WHAT I TRIED DOING IS, FIRST OF ALL, I TRIED WITH TWO AMBULANCES AND YOU KNOW, WE KINDA HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT, UM, SO NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A SECOND AMBULANCE DURING PEAK TIMES.
SO DURING PEAK TIMES, THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL BE A SECOND UNIT HERE IN THE, UH, IN THE CITY.
UM, WHAT ARE THE PEAK TIMES? SO, SO PEAK TIMES IS GONNA BE BASED OFF THE CALL VOLUME.
UH, SO WE HAVE TO, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, WELL, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRING BACK AND, AND WE'LL NEGOTIATE, WHICH, WHAT ARE GONNA BE THE PEAK TIMES FOR EMS, WHETHER IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, 12 HOURS DURING THE DAY OR, UH, STARTING MAYBE AT NOON TO MIDNIGHT.
WE WILL, BASED OFF THE DATA, THEN WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PLACE THOSE PEAK UNITS HERE EVERY DAY.
THEY, THEY HAVE THAT DATA AND THEY'VE HAD IT FOR YEARS.
SO THAT NUMBER'S ALREADY THERE.
I DO KNOW THAT HARLINGEN HAS PEAK TIMES OF WHEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE MORE UNITS AND DIFFERENT DAYS OF THE WEEK.
THAT'S WHY THREE YEARS I THINK REALLY, UM, PUTS Y'ALL IN A POSITION TO REALLY WORK THINGS OUT.
JUST, UH, SO I, I KNOW THESE PEOPLE GOTTA GET TO VOTE.
WE HAVE A LONG, I HAVE THE CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME.
I DON'T NEED TO BE READING BACK AND FORTH.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOUR TIME.
MY MOTION'S GONNA BE TO PROCEED, BUT WITH A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT AND TO CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CHIEF AS FAR AS, UH, TRAINING THE STAFF.
I HAVE A MOTION TO LEGAL HERE.
WELL, I GUESS WE DON'T, WE DON'T REALLY NEED 'EM.
I JUST HAVE A MOTION FOR, UH, I WANNA CHANGE THIS FROM FIVE YEARS TO THREE YEARS.
WELL, THE HAS TO BE AN AGREEMENT TO DEPARTMENT.
DO WHATEVER MOTION THAT THEY AGREE AND NOT WELL.
MY MOTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE IT BACK WITH THE, UH, CHIEF TO MAKE SURE TO SEE IF WE CAN DO A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VO FOR A TWO THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
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NAY, I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.I WOULD TRY TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
TO SEND IT BACK TO, UH, FOR A THREE YEAR CONTRACT BY SENIOR MANAGER ON IT.
AND MAYOR, IF WE COULD MOVE UP ITEM 23.
UM, I, I KNOW THIS ITEM WAS PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA.
UM, I WAS PART OF THAT
UM, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION, WE'LL GO ON ITEM NUMBER
[23. Consideration and possible action to ratify the Professional Services Agreement with Carpe Nox Industries, LLC. (Part 1 of 2)]
23.THAT'S CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE BY AND RATIFY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CAR POX INDUSTRIES.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? YES.
I'M JUST, UM, WONDERING WHY THIS WAS BROUGHT BACK TO US AND NOT WHEN WE DENIED IT HERE, THE LAST MEETING.
WHY WAS IT NOT TAKEN BACK TO EDC TO MAYBE, UM, CHANGE IT? THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE ON THERE? UM, I, I JUST HAVE CONCERNS GOING FORWARD.
I'M OKAY WITH DOING A CONTRACT UP UNTIL MARCH OF THIS YEAR PENDING A, A EVALUATION.
I DON'T SEE US DOING CONTRACTS GOING FORWARD WITHOUT ANY EVALUATION ON HOW, UH, THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING AT THE EDCN PART WITH CARPAY KNOCKS.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, IN MY THOUGHTS OF DISCREPANCY ON HOW WE DO OUR CONTRACTS, HOW WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY AND WHATNOT.
SO, UM, AT THIS TIME, I, IF WE'RE JUST DOING THE AGREEMENT, I WOULD SAY WE WOULD STILL DENY IT, UM,
AND I, I, I DON'T WANNA BE GIVEN OUT A BLANK CHECK ANYMORE, SO I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION TO NOT DO A YEAR CONTRACT, BUT DO IT UP UNTIL MARCH OF, OF THIS YEAR.
I'M NOT, NOT SURE WHAT THE LAST DAY OF MARCH IS.
PENDING EVALUATION, OF COURSE.
I NOW, IT'S ONLY FOR, IS THAT GONNA BE ONLY FOR MARCH ONLY? SO, BECAUSE, SO JUDGE, I'M SORRY.
FROM JANUARY UP UNTIL MARCH, I, I KNOW HE'S BEEN WORKING AND I WANNA BE FAIR WITH THAT, THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING, UM, DOING IT OUT OF THE, I WANNA SAY THE KINDNESS OF HIS HEART TO HELP US AND EVERYTHING.
BUT, UM, I BELIEVE HIS CONTRACT DIED ON DECEMBER OF, OF LAST YEAR.
UM, IT WASN'T BROUGHT BACK TO US UNTIL LAST MONTH ABOUT RENEWING HIS CONTRACT AGAIN, THERE'S JUST TOO MANY QUESTIONS AND NOT ENOUGH ANSWERS IN MY, MY POINT OF VIEW OF IT.
AND I JUST DON'T SEE, GOING FORWARD WITHOUT DOING EVALUATION OF HOW OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES WENT, WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE, WHAT IT BROUGHT BACK.
UM, I JUST DON'T, I KNOW THAT THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AND SOME EYES WAS A SUCCESS AND SOME WOULD SAY IT WASN'T.
I NEED TO SEE WHAT WAS COMING IN, WHAT WAS GOING OUT, UM, IF THERE WAS PROCEEDS.
I JUST FOUND OUT THAT WE HAD PROCEEDS FROM OUR CARNIVAL HERE THIS PAST FOUR DAYS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF INS AND OUTS THAT AREN'T BEING BROUGHT TO US, AND I DON'T LIKE BEING KEPT IN THE DARK.
THE, MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH THE EDC THAT'S IN THE, IN THE, UM, AGENDA.
IT'S NOT A CONTRACT WITH, UM, THE CITY.
THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE EDC.
THIS IS THE CITY EDC BYLAWS REQUIRE RATIFICATION BY THE COUNCIL, BY THE CITY.
BUT THIS CONTRACT WAS ALREADY DENIED THE FIRST TIME.
WHY DIDN'T IT GO BACK TO EDC FOR SOME KIND OF NEGOTIATING AND THEN BROUGHT BACK TO US FOR FINAL? THIS, THIS AGREEMENT WAS CANCELED.
SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT, YOU ALL HAVE TO COME AND APPROVE EVERYTHING THAT PRETTY MUCH THE EDC DOES, WHICH HAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN BOTH CITIES.
UH, SO YOU ALL WOULD'VE TO EITHER APPROVE IT OR NOT.
'CAUSE THE THING IS THAT THE, AT EDC, MOST OF US THAT WE HERE, UH, THE APPROVED IT, BUT THEN WHEN IT CAME TO THE CITY, WE DENIED IT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING IS, IS AT RIGHT NOW.
SO ALL WE, ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THE, SO THIS IS, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT FOR THE EDC TO CONTINUE PAYING FOR THE SERVICES? THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FOR JANUARY.
THEN I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO DENY, AGAIN, IT'S A YEAR CONTRACT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WITH THE FINANCE, RIGHT? IS THAT THE WAY IT'S GOING?
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WHAT, WHAT WE DID, WE TRIED TO MAKE IT RUN CONCURRENT WITH THE CALENDAR YEAR AS OPPOSED TO THE FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME DISCREPANCIES IN HIS ORIGINAL CONTRACT.WHAT THE CONTRACT THAT WAS TAKEN TO THE EDC WAS THE SAME.
UM, IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO Y'ALL FOR RATIFICATION BECAUSE, UH, WE DID HAVE, WE DID HAVE A LENGTHY DISCUSSION LAST FRIDAY AT THE EDC.
UM, AND I THINK THE ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS A MONTH TO MONTH CONTRACT OR A YEARLY CONTRACT.
AND I THINK THIS WAS MADE CLEAR THAT IT'S A YEARLY CONTRACT WITH QUARTERLY, QUARTERLY EVALUATIONS WITH, UH, BASICALLY NO, NO 30 DAY NOTIFICATION JUST TERMINATION UPON REQUEST.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE BOARD, THE BOARD CAN MAKE THEIR DECISION.
COUNCIL CAN MAKE THEIR DECISION.
UM, I, I THINK THAT IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING AND, AND THE PROCESSES THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, UNDERTAKING, AND THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE A HOG WADDLE LOOMING, AND WE DID SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE ARTIST THROUGH CARPI KNOCKS, UH, LATE LAST YEAR, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND YOU ALL CAN EVALUATE 'EM AT THE END OF MARCH.
LIKE THE CONTRACTUAL STIPULATIONS, UH, OUTLINE.
AND THEN Y'ALL, Y'ALL, I MEAN, HE SERVES AT THE WISHES OF THE BOARD ANYWAY.
COMMISSIONER MORALES, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR COP KNOCK OR MORE FOR EDC? WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY FOR, FOR BOTH.
I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU SIT ON THAT BOARD.
I, I I SIT ON THE BOARD AND WHEN I, WE DID APPROVE IT, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WE DIDN'T, WE DID APPROVE IT, BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS JUST GONNA BE UNTIL MARCH.
SO I VOTED YES, BUT THEN WHEN I SEE IT AT THIS END THAT IT WAS FOR A YEAR CONTRACT.
I DON'T AGREE WITH DOING A YEAR CONTRACT WHEN THERE HASN'T EVEN BEEN AN EVALUATION OF HIS PERFORMANCE, OF ALL THE CONCERTS AND EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT HE HASN'T DONE A GOOD JOB, HASN'T BEEN EVALUATION THROUGH YEARS, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN TRANSPARENCY, REALLY.
I MEAN, I COULD ASK FOR A SIMPLE CONTRACT AND I IT TAKES A WEEK TO GET ONE.
UH, YES, THERE IS ONE AND THEY PRODUCE ONE.
YOU KNOW, AND I, I JUST WANNA SEE NUMBERS.
I WANNA SEE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE GIVEN A, BASICALLY, TO ME, A BLANK CHECK OF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GO BY THE QUALITY OF LIFE WHICH WE COULD BE UTILIZING SOMEWHERE ELSE IN EDC FOR OUR PARKS AND WHATNOT.
GOING FORWARD WITH THIS, WE NEED TO START SMALL AND WORK OUR WAY UP.
WELL, YOU GOTTA REALIZE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE, WHAT, THE COUPLE OF WEEKS? TWO WEEKS BY THE TIME, UH, LESS, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS.
EVEN NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY MEETING.
BUT WE NEED TO, I'M SORRY, MAYOR, GO AHEAD.
IN ORDER TO GO GET IT GOING, BECAUSE MARCH 14, THAT'S OUR, THE HOG WATER.
SO IN ORDER, IF WE DENY ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, IT GOES BACK.
NOW HE, UH, MR. CHARGE CARRO CAN SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO BE, THE HOG WATER HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CITY EVENT.
AND IF I'M SAYING IF WE JUST DO A CONTRACT, WE COVER UP UNTIL MARCH, IT COVERS THE HOG WATER.
FRED, IF THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT, THE, THE EDC UH, LAST MEETING CANCEL TO, UH, PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF COMPENSATION FOR HOG WATTLE EVENT.
SO, HO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW AN EDC CONTRACT IS HERE FOR, I GUESS IT'S NOT FOR HOG WA, BUT IT'S BEING PAID THROUGH EDC.
BUT EDC LAST EVENT CANCELED ANY TYPE OF COMPENSATION FOR HOG WATER.
ACTUALLY WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE EDC WAS A DONATION FOR 125,000.
THE CONTRACT WITH CARPI KNOX IS A SEPARATE ISSUE.
UH, IN THIS CASE, HE PRO, HE ACTUALLY SIGNED THE TALENT FOR THE HOG WA UM, UNDER THE, WELL, WHO, THINKING THAT WE WERE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH HIS CONTRACT, DID WE PAY FOR THE TALENT ALREADY THROUGH FINANCE? YES.
AND WHO PAYS THE 1 25 EACH? WHO? 25,000.
HAVE WE PAID? HAVE WE CUT A CHECK, STEPHANIE? YES.
THE CITY OF SANTO CITY AND THE A DC.
THERE'S THE, THE TWO PARTS TO WHO? TO, UH, CAR KNOCK.
THE ONE THAT DID THE AGREEMENT.
WHEN WAS THAT DONE? UM, LAST WEEK.
IT WAS THE SECOND HALF BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE A DATE.
UH, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE A CONTRACT.
SO WE WIRED MONEY TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CONTRACT CURRENTLY WITH THE CITY.
AND FRED, I THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CITY PAID BOTH PORTIONS OF IT, THAT EDC DIDN'T PAY THEIR 1 25.
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BOTH PORTIONS HAVE BEEN PAID ALREADY.BUT ISN'T IT USUALLY PAID UPFRONT AND THEN PAID THE DAY OF EVENT? IT ALL, IT ALL DEPENDS WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT.
SO IN THIS CASE, THEY WANT IT TO BE PAID WHEN IT'S THAT BIG OF A NAME.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T DO THE REGULAR, BUT I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN.
LIKE, BEFORE, WE WOULD JUST GIVE THEM THE YEAH, RIGHT THERE AND THERE.
BUT WITH THIS, BUT WE WIRED MONEY TO SOMEBODY WITHOUT A CONTRACT.
WELL, IT WAS, IT WAS APPROVED FOR HERE AND THE INVOICE WAS TAKEN HERE.
SO IT WAS APPROVED FOR THAT MONEY TO BE WIRED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE ENTERTAINMENT.
SO THAT WAS LIKE THE INVOICE ATTACHED HERE WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO COMMISSION WAS TO PAY HIM.
SO IT WAS APPROVED TO PAY HIM, WHETHER IT'S A CONTRACT OR, NO, THAT'S HOW HE WAS GONNA GET THE MONEY, THE CHARGE PROJECT.
'CAUSE HE'S ALREADY PAID THAT.
SO YOU HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER TO, TO I I, MY MOTION BE TO DENY AS WE DID.
WE NEED TAKE IT BACK TO E WE NEED SOME LEGAL GUIDANCE HERE.
SO CAN WE TAKE THE EXECUTIVE NO, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO NO EXECUTIVE ON THE AGENDA.
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OKAY, SURE.WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[23. Consideration and possible action to ratify the Professional Services Agreement with Carpe Nox Industries, LLC. (Part 2 of 2)]
23.WE DID DEVIATE FROM THE AGENDA AGAIN.
AND THAT'S, UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.
RATIFY THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CARPE KNOCK INDUSTRIES.
UM, COMMISSIONER MORALES DID MAKE A MOTION.
I'M GONNA STAND WITH MY MOTION TO, UM, NOT GO FURTHER WITH THE YEAR CONTRACT.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH DOING IT UP UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR AND DIDN'T DO AN EVALUATION.
NO, THAT WAS A MOTION THAT WAS PUT ON THERE.
OKAY, SO WE GOTTA TAKE IT BACK TO
SO WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.
I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
ALL, UH, NAY, NAY, NAY TWO AND TWO.
CAN THERE ANY OTHER MOTION? I DUNNO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT'S BROUGHT UP TO US.
A YEAR OF CONTRACT WITH A, UH, IN MARCH THE EVALUATION THAT WE CAN EITHER, YOU KNOW, KEEP 'EM OR WE CAN TERMINATE THE WAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SO WE CAN KEEP GOING WITH THE, UH, HOT WATER.
NOW THAT'S GONNA BE MY MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MOTION.
SO I GOT, UH, COMMISSIONER NAVARRO FOR A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER NAVARRO, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER MORALE.
I DO HAVE TO HAVE AN AGREE, UH, ENGAGEMENT.
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GO ON TO, UM, ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT.WE'VE GOT SEVERAL, SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH 'EM PRETTY QUICK.
MARY, YOU WANNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8? YEAH, AND I'LL READ THROUGH 'EM REAL QUICKLY.
UH, YOU DON'T NEED TO READ 'EM.
DO WE NEED TO READ 'EM? UM, DO WE NEED TO READ 'EM ALL ONE THROUGH EIGHT? NO, JUST ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE OPEN ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY AGAINST IT? NOW'S THE TIME.
ANYBODY, ANY KIDS? ANY, ANY ITEMS? ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
JUST PICK UH, WHICH, UH, WHICH OF THE, UH, ITEM IS AGAINST GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I HAVE A MAP I'D LIKE TO PASS OUT.
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COMMISSIONERS, I'M REFERRING TO NUMBER EIGHT.IT IS THE REQUEST TO REZONE A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9 4 2 EAST STINGER STREET FROM COMMERCIAL, WHICH BRINGS IN SALES TAX REVENUE TO MOBILE HOME DESIGNATION.
THE MOBILE HOME ZONING PER THE CITY OF SAN BENITO REQUIRES AT LEAST A 25 SITES FOR A MOBILE HOME OR RV PARK.
THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS BROUGHT IN IS ONLY EIGHT SITES FOR THIS, I'M ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO SIDE WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHERE THEY DENIED THE REZONE.
I'M ALSO WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE MAP BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS WITHIN 200 FEET OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND PER THE CITY OF SAN BENITO REZONE REQUIREMENTS, A PIECE OF PROPERTY CANNOT GO FROM C TWO TO MOBILE HOME DESIGNATION BEING THAT CLOSE TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU SIDE WITH YOUR STAFF WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND DENY THE REZONE.
UH, EXCUSE ME, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN? I'M SORRY.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE AGAINST ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYBODY ELSE? PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC HEARING? UH, IT'S LONG NIGHT.
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CONSENT TO AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR.UH, THESE ITEMS CAN BE TAKEN WITH ONE MOTION UNLESS Y'ALL WANNA RULE ONE, ONE, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN APPROVE THOSE OR YOU CAN REMOVE ANY AT THIS TIME IF YOU'D LIKE.
COMMISSIONER, ANYTHING, ANY OTHER ONE THROUGH FOUR IN THE CONSENT? I, UM, I HAD A QUESTION ON NUMBER FOUR.
SO YOU WANNA TAKE NUMBER FOUR OUT? WELL, THERE'S ONLY FOUR.
MARY, YOU JUST WANNA DO IT AND ALL OF 'EM.
I MEAN, WE, NO, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY HERE REAL QUICK.
WELL APPROVE ONE THROUGH THREE.
MOTION TO APPROVE ONE THROUGH THREE, EXCEPT NUMBER FOUR.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN TO APPROVE, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ONE THROUGH THREE.
AND, UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.
AYE SAMANTHA? UH, I LIKE THE ORGANIZATION BUT KEEP, UM, KEEP SANTO BEAUTIFUL ADVISORY BOARD.
I NOTICED THAT THE TERMS, I THINK WERE, WERE THEY TWO YEARS OR THEY WERE TWO YEAR TERMS? UM, IS THAT BY LIKE, KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL CAMPAIGN STANDARDS OR JUST A TERM A YEAR? WE USED, SO THIS ORDINANCE IS ONE OF, UM, THAT THEY USE, SO THEY KIND OF GIVE YOU A TEMPLATE.
AND I DID CHECK IN WITH OTHER CITIES, UH, AS FAR AS, UM, MACALLAN AND SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.
AND THEY DO HAVE TWO YEAR TERMS AS WELL.
BUT THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE LIKE, YOU CAN PUT IT AT WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT THEY DO IT SO THAT WAY THEY CAN EVALUATE THE PROGRESS THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THOSE TWO YEARS.
JUST, UM, THE, THE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IT RUN CONCURRENT WITH THE CITY COMMISSIONER'S TERMS. AND I THINK THAT JUST PROVIDES A LOT OF CLARITY.
UM, IF THE COMMISSIONER GETS REMOVED FROM THEIR SEAT, THOSE SEATS GO UP, FIX IT.
AND IT JUST MAKES THINGS EASIER BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF TIMES OF LIKE A HOLDOVER OR SOMEONE TRYING TO, I'M GONNA APPOINT SOMEONE NOW BEFORE I LEAVE SO THAT THEY CAN STAY YEAH.
AND IT GOT REAL MESSY AND I JUST WANTED IT TO BE RUN A LINE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS.
THAT THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY SUGGESTION.
WE CAN CHANGE IT TO THREE YEARS INSTEAD.
I KNOW THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING, BUT CAN WE, CAN WE MAKE THAT AMENDMENT AND STILL APPROVE ASK AND THEN I CAN JUST, WHAT I, I THINK THERE'S STILL A FEE TO JOIN, RIGHT? OR IT'S GONNA BE, UH, YES.
SO IT'S GONNA BE, UH, SO WHAT WE DID GET RID OF WAS, I KNOW ORIGINALLY I HAD PUT THAT IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO BE A MEMBER AND PAY THE MEMBER FEE.
BUT IF WE'RE GONNA APPOINT THEM, WERE NOT GONNA CHARGE THEM THE MEMBER FEE.
BUT EVERYBODY ELSE WHO JOINS, THEY WILL PAY A MEMBERSHIP FEE.
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THOSE MEMBERSHIP FEES ARE GOOD FOR US BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA STAY PAYING OUR MEMBERSHIP TO KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL.IF WE HAVE ANY, UM, CLASSES THAT THEY WANNA, WE WANNA GO TO OR WE NEED ANY ITEMS FOR THE CLEANUPS BECAUSE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE WE'RE AN AFFILIATE, THEY WILL SEND US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STUFF FOR FREE TRASH BAGS, UH, PICKERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT BY USING THIS MEMBERSHIP WE CAN GO AHEAD AND REBUY STUFF FOR THOSE CLEANUPS THAT WE DO PLAN TO HAVE, OR THE PLANTINGS OR ANY OF THE EVENTS THAT WE CHOOSE TO PLAN WITH.
AND I DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED ALREADY AND THEY DON'T MIND PAYING THE FEE AT THE TREE, UH, PLANTING EVENT.
I HAVE LIKE SIX OR SEVEN ALREADY THAT DID SIGN THE MEMBERSHIP FORM AND I TOLD 'EM JUST TO HOLD OFF ON EVERYTHING UNTIL WE GOT EVERYTHING SETTLED AND THEN I WOULD CONTACT THEM AND LET THEM KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? UM, THAT WAS MY ONLY MOTION TO JUST TO MAKE THE, UM, THE TERM, THE LENGTH OF THE TERM TO RUN CONGRUENT WITH THE CITY COMMISSIONER SEAT OR, OR MAYOR.
YEAH, WE CAN DO IT FOR THE THREE YEARS.
UM, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT CHANGE TO IT AND THEN I'LL SEND IT OVER TO MS. RUTH SO THAT WAY WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET IT SIGNED ONCE IT'S APPROVED.
MAKES THINGS CLEANER FOR RUTH AND YOURSELF.
OKAY, SO IS THAT YOUR MOTION? THAT'S MY MOTION.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, A BUNCH OF FIRST READINGS ON ORDINANCES.
[1. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2111-B, an ordinance amending Ordinance Number 2111 and Ordinance Number 2111-A, to prohibit the assessment of additional local fees for alcoholic beverage sales for food establishments that have already paid required operational fees and repealing any other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito.]
FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO 11 B AND ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO 11 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO 11 A TO PROHIBIT THE ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL LOCAL FEES FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY PAID REQUIRED OPERATIONAL FEES AND REPEALING ANY OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH AS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SAN BENITO.UM, IT IS A FIRST READING SO WE CAN MOVE ON.
[2. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-AX-031726, amending Ordinance Number 2252, and any other ordinances, and codified in the Code of Ordinances in Section 12, Special Use and Regulations to add Section 12.09 Regulations for Smoke Shops and Related Retail Establishments and dealing with related matters; providing savings, repealing and severability clauses; and providing an effective date.]
READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2252 DASH AX DASH 0 3 1 7 2 6.AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2.
AND ANY OTHER ORDINANCES IN CODIFIED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
SECTION 12, UH, SPECIAL USE REGULATIONS ADD SECTION 1201 REGULATES FOR SMOKE SHOPS RELATED ESTABLISHMENTS IN DEALING WITH RELATED MATTERS, PROVIDING SAVINGS, REPEALING AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AGAIN, THAT IS A FIRST READING AS WELL.
[3. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-AY-031726, an ordinance of the City of San Benito, Texas, amending Ordinance Number 2252, the Zoning Ordinance of the City, providing amendments to the zoning regulations, providing enforcement, repealing all ordinances in conflict, and providing an effective date.]
FIRST READING, ORDINANCE NUMBER 22 5 2 A Y OH 3 1 7 2 6.ORDINANCE OF CITY SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 22 5 2.
THE OR ZONING ORDINANCE OF CITY PROVIDING AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING REGULATIONS, PROVIDING ENFORCEMENT REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
[4. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-AZ-031726, a request to rezone properties located at 1010 and 1020 Ratliff Street bearing a Legal Description of: Being Lot One (1) Two (2) and Three (3) Block One Emma Porter Estates San Benito, Cameron County, Texas according to the Plat thereof recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 848-A, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from HI “Heavy Industry” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicant: Charles Ratliff]
FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 22 5 2 AZ OH 3 1 7 2 6.REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 10 10 AND 10 20 RATLIFF STREET BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION, UM, AS FOLLOWS, UH, IT'S GONNA GO FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO C TWO HEAVY INDUSTRY TO C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL BUSINESS AND THE APPLICANT IS CHARLES RATLIFF.
[5. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-BA-031726, a request to rezone a property located at 762 East Otho Street bearing a Legal Description of: Lot Twelve (12) Block Four (4) Third Addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas according to the Map or said Addition recorded in Volume 2, Page 5 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from SF-1 “Single Family One” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicant: Alma Delia Cantu.]
NUMBER FIVE, FIRST READING BOARD NUMBER 2252 BA OH 3 1 7 2 6.REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 6 2 EAST O STREET.
UM, AGAIN, THAT IS GOING FROM SINGLE FAMILY ONE TO C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL AND THE APPLICANT IS ALMA DELIA CANTU.
[6. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-BB-031726, a request to rezone a property located at 1123 East Eighth Street bearing a Legal Description of: Being 10.0-acre tract of land out of Block 27, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas as per map thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records, Cameon County, Texas, and further being out of certain 20.00 acre tract recorded in Volume 14147, Page 159, Official records, Cameron County, Texas from AO “Agriculture and Open Space” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicants: Francisco and Miriam Galindo.]
SIX, FIRST READING OF NUMBER 22 5 2 BB 0 3 1 7 2 6.IT'S A REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED 1123 EAST EIGHTH STREET.
AGAIN THAT IS GOING FROM C TWO, I'M SORRY, A O TO C TWO.
UH, AGRICULTURE TO GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS.
THE APPLICANT IS FRANCISCO AND MIRIAM GALINDO.
[7. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-BC-031726, a request to rezone a property located at 351 Cesar Gonzalez Parkway bearing a Legal Description of: Being 5.01 acres of land out of the Southwest 10.0 acres out of the Southeast One-Quarter of Block 6, San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, according to Map recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records, Concepcion De Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas from LI “Light Industry” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicant: Ovidio De La Fuente III.]
SEVEN ONE READING OF AVOIDANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2 BC 0 3 1 7 2 6.AND IT'S ALSO REZONING LOCATED AT 3 51 CESAR GONZALEZ PARKWAY.
AGAIN, THAT IS GOING FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO C TWO COMMERCIAL.
[8. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-BD-031726, a request to rezone a property located at 780 South Fannin Street bearing a Legal Description of: Being the South 35 feet of Lot Six (6), all of Lots Seven (7) and Eight (8) and the North One-Half (1/2) of Lot Nine (9), Wilkinson Subdivison, an addition to the City of San Benito, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 6, Page 55, Map records of Cameron County, Texas from SF-1 “Single Family One” to C-2 “Commercial General Retail Business”. Applicant: Antonio Vasquez.]
ITEM EIGHT ONE.READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2 BD 0 3 1 7 2 6 A REZONING AS WELL.
AGAIN THAT IS GOING FROM SINGLE FAMILY ONE TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL C TWO.
[9. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2252-BE-031726, a request to rezone a property located at 942 East Stenger Street bearing a Legal Description of: Tract I: A 1.44 acre of land being a portion of Block Two (2) of the Clara Subdivision in Block Seventeen (17) of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 4, Page 72 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas and Tract II: Being a 0.31 acre tract of land, being part of Block (2), of the Clara Subdivision in Block Seventeen (17) of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 4, Page 72 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas from C-1 “Commercial Restricted Business” to MH “Mobile Home”. Applicants: Carlos and Alicia Ruiz.]
NUMBER, THAT'S NUMBER NINE.ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 5 2 BE OH 3 1 7 2 6.
ANOTHER REZONING LOCATED AT 9 4 2 STINGER STREET, EAST STINGER STREET.
UM, THAT IS GOING FROM MOBILE HOME, I'M SORRY, C ONE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED BUSINESS TO MOBILE HOME.
AND THE APPLICANT IS CARLOS AND ELISA REESE.
[10. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2546-01, an ordinance of the City of San Benito, Texas, amending Ordinance Number 2546 and any other amending ordinances codified in the Code of Ordinances pertaining to "Flood Damage Prevention", repealing all ordinances in conflict, and providing for an effective date.]
NUMBER NINE.NUMBER 10, FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 5 2 2 5 4 6 0 1.
ORDINANCE OF CITY OF SAN MANTO, TEXAS AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 5 4 6.
AND ANY OTHER AMENDING ORDINANCES CODIFIED IN THE OR CODE OF ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION,
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REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OF CONFLICT AND PROVIDING IT FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THOSE ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10.
UH, FIRST READINGS ON ALL THOSE.
[11. Consideration and possible action to ratify Resolution Number 2026-0303-001(R), authorizing the Mayor or his designee to approve the application and acceptance of any Operation Stonegarden Grant Number 3186811 that the Office of the Governor issues for the period of performance of March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027.]
11, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION RATIFY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 6 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 R AUTHORIZING MAYOR HIS DESIGNEE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF ANY OP OF OPERATION STO GARDEN GRANT, ANY OPERATION STONE GARDEN GRANT NUMBER 3 1 8 6 8 1 1 THAT THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ISSUES FOR THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE MARCH 1ST, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2027.AND WE DO REQUIRE A MOTION FOR THAT.
CHIEF MONTE PERE FOR THE RECORD, IT'S JUST A RESOLUTION THAT WE NEED TO SUBMIT IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDS.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT RECEIVE 73,000.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NOVARRO.
[12. Consideration and possible action to ratify Resolution Number 2026-0303-002(R), authorizing the Mayor of his designee to approve the application and acceptance of any Rifle Resistant Body Armor Grant 5733501 that the Officer of the Governor issues for the period of performance starting September 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027.]
ITEM NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.RATIFY RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 R AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNATE OR HIS DESIGNEE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF ANY RIFLE RESISTANT BODY ARMOR GRANT.
5 7 3 3 5 0 1 THAT THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF THIS SHOULD BE OFFICE.
IT'S ANOTHER TYPO OF THE GOVERNOR ISSUES FOR THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE STARTING SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.
AGAIN, THIS REQUIRES AN ACTION ITEM CHIEF.
IT'S A SIMILAR, WE JUST NEED A RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO, WE'RE APPLYING FOR THE FUNDS.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEM YET, BUT WE DID APPLY FOR $23,261 AND 25 CENTS.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MAYOR.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOLAND.
HE WANTS THE VEST 'CAUSE HE'S GONNA BE A REENACTOR AND HE WANTS TO SURVIVE THAT ONE.
[13. Consideration and possible action to ratify Resolution 2026-0303-003(R) authorizing the Mayor to execute a Texas Department of Transportation Agreement for the temporary closure of a State Right-of-Way on Sam Houston Boulevard, for the 1st Annual Hog Waddle Mini Kickoff Parade to be held on March 7, 2026.]
ITEM 13, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE.0 0 3 R AUTHORIZING MAYOR TO EXECUTE A TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT FOR THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF A STATE RIGHT OF WAY ON SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL HOG WATTLE MINI KICKOFF PARADE TO BE HELD.
OH MAN, YOU'RE ALREADY, HE MELTED.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE, UH, IF YOU WANNA DO IT, DONNA'S, IT WAS JANNA'S IDEA.
SO JUST AS A NOD TO OUR, OR AN ODE TO OUR HISTORY OF HOG WADDLE AND HOW IT STARTED AT THE CABBAGE PARADE WHERE THOUSANDS OF PIGS GOT SCARED AFTER A GUNSHOT.
UH, WE'RE BRINGING BACK, UM, THE PIGS, NOT THE GUNSHOT.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAVING IT HERE IN FRONT OF MUNICIPAL, UH, THE STREET CLOSURES.
JUST TO HELP US SET UP THE EVENT IS FROM 10 TO 11 AND WE INVITE EVERYONE TO, TO BE OUT THERE FOR OUR FIRST LITTLE CLO TROT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GATHER THEM AND THEN THE CHIEF IS GOING D THIS IS THROUGH THE, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA COOK THEM.
WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCHARGE A FIREARM THIS SECOND.
THIS IS, WE'RE ACTUALLY PARTNERING UP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE, UM, THEY'RE FFA PROGRAM AND HAVING THE KIDDOS OUT THERE, UM, MCCOY SPONSORED THEM.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A NICE EVENT.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
[14. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2026-0303-004(R), a resolution approving the Joint Election between the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District and the City of San Benito for the May 2, 2026, School Board and City Commission Elections.]
UH, ITEM 14, CONSIDER A POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION.UH, RESOLUTION APPROVING THE JOINT ELECTION BETWEEN THE SAN BENITO CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF SAN BENITO FOR THE MAY 2ND, 2026 SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COMMISSION ELECTIONS.
RUTH, YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO, JUST, YEAH, PRETTY SOON.
IT'S IN ORDER TO SAVE MONIES BETWEEN BOTH ENTITIES FOR THE COST OF THE TOTAL ELECTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALGAN.
[16. Consideration and possible action to approve the San Benito Drainage Master Plan Project, including authorization of the Interlocal Agreement and adoption of Resolution Number 2026-0303-005(R) regarding the Flood Mitigation Assistance local match and related additional services.]
16.CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.
IMPROVE THE CITY OF SAN BENITO DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN PROJECT, INCLUDING THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 0 3 0 3 DASH ZERO FIVE R REGARDING FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE, LOCAL MATCH
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AND RELATED ADDITIONAL SERVICES.UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A PROJECT GOING BACK SEVERAL YEARS BACK WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
UM, THEY DID APPLY, I THINK, FOR A GRANT.
THEY GOT SOME MONIES FOR, UM, A MASTER PLAN FOR ALL OUR DRAINAGE.
I DON'T THINK IT INCLUDED A LOT OF PARTS OF THE CITY'S ACTUAL DRAINAGE SHED.
HOWEVER, AFTER MEETING WITH THEIR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR THEIR NEW MANAGER, UH, DEANNA AND I WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE THEM TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THIS.
UH, IT'S GONNA COST THEM ANOTHER COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO INCLUDE ALL OUR DRAINAGE.
UH, ORIGINAL, OUR ORIGINAL MATCH FOR THIS WAS $40,000 THAT WILL STAY THE SAME.
UH, WE JUST, THE CITY NEVER ACTED ON IT.
AND, UH, THEY'RE AT THE POINT WHERE THEY, THEY REALLY NEED TO FINISH THIS.
AND WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF GOOD DATA, NOT ONLY FROM THE MODELING, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT THEY CRACKED OPEN A BUNCH OF MANHOLES AND, UH, A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT, UH, INLETS.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME REAL TIME DATA ON WHERE SOME OF OUR FAILURES ARE, WHERE SOME OF OUR MANHOLES ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, COLLAPSED, UH, AND WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY STOPPED UP.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET THAT, THAT TO GET OUR DRAINAGE FOLKS AND, AND THE CREW WE'VE GOT STARTED.
UH, NOT THAT THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY, BUT, UH, AGAIN, IT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP.
AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL SO WE CAN GET THIS DONE.
ANY QUESTIONS? DEPUTY SHERIFFS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
MAYOR, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LAN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NOVARRO.
ANY NAYS? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? ITEM 17 WAS TAKEN
[18. Consideration and possible action to approve an Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the City of San Benito and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for Cybersecurity Services.]
UP EARLIER.ITEM 18, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION OF APPROVING A LOCAL COOPERATION CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE FOR CYBERSECURITY SERVICES.
THIS WAS, UH, RECOMMENDED TO OUR A CM FROM OUR IT FOLKS.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH T-U-T-R-G-V.
AND, UH, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
[19. Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to enter into an Agreement with Express Employment Professionals.]
19, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS.
THIS IS BEING, UH, RECOMMENDED BY OUR HR DIRECTOR, AND WE HAVE SOME POSITIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO FILL.
UM, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE IN THAT.
UM, SHE'S RECOMMENDING THE USE OF EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT.
UM, AND SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
ANY QUESTIONS? MY ONLY CONCERN ON THIS ONE, MAYOR, IS THE, THE MARKUP.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOR ONE POSITION, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO IF THE, IF THE PAY RATE WAS 15, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD PAY THIS COMPANY $20 AND 25 CENTS.
SO THEY WOULD TAKE THE 35% MARKUP.
I THINK WE'RE BETTER OFF JUST ADVERTISING BETTER PAY FOR THE POSITION AND WE CAN ALWAYS LOWER THE, THE HOURLY RATE AS WELL.
UM, BUT THE MODIFIED, THE RATIONALE MODIFY WOULD REMAIN AT THE THIR 35%.
I, YEAH, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN JUST, I, I WOULD BET I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE JUST RAISING THE PAY BY 35% THAN GIVING IT TO, UM, THIS ENTITY.
BUT MAYBE WHAT'S THE ADVERTISED RATE RIGHT NOW FOR THE POSITION? IS IT F RUTH? IS THIS FOR RUTH'S ADMINISTRATIVE? NOT JUST FOR HERS, BUT IT'S FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAVING, UH, PROBLEMS FILLING THAT VACANCY? UM, WE'VE DONE PRETTY GOOD.
WE'VE WANT GONE FROM LIKE, WHAT, 180 TO TWO SOMETHING, TWO 70 ISH MM-HMM
OH, WELL, WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA PAY SOMEBODY 35%, I'D RATHER IT GO TO THE EMPLOYEE.
USING, USING THIS COMPANY TAKE NO RISK ON THE EMPLOYER, RIGHT? NO, NO HEALTHCARE.
UH, WORKERS COMP OFF? CORRECT.
AND THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE 720 HOURS ON THIS.
IT'S LIKE A LITTLE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
PROBABLY LESS THAN LIKE SIX MONTHS.
AND IF THEY DO, WELL, THEN IT'S UP TO THE DIRECTOR TO HIRE THIS INDIVIDUAL TO CONTINUE WITH IT.
BUT OF COURSE THE PAY IS NOT GONNA BE AT THE 2025.
IT'S GONNA GO BACK DOWN TO THE RATE THAT WE HAVE ADVERTISED.
I I FEEL LIKE THERE'S JUST, THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR ALL DIRECTORS OR,
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UH, THIS ONE? NO, THIS ONE IS JUST, SO THIS ONE IS AN EXAMPLE FOR, UM, CITY ADMINISTRATION.SO THIS IS, UM, BUT THIS IS FOR ALL POSITIONS THAT ARE STILL PENDING.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA HIRE 'EM, RIGHT? CORRECT.
NO, I'D RATHER LEAVE YOU SEE, I'D RATHER LEAVE THAT 35% TO THE EMPLOYEE.
SO THEN GIVES US WIGGLE ROOM TO SAY IF THERE'S A SKILLED EMPLOYEE, UM, THE RANGE CAN BE, IT NEEDS TO BE JUST BETTER, UH, MARKETED THE RANGE COULD BE FROM 15 TO $20.
AND WE JUST NEED TO MARKET THAT MORE CLEARLY BASED ON SKILLSET.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M STILL ASKING FOR THAT COMPENSATION PLAN, BECAUSE THEN THAT GIVES EVERYBODY THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT YOU CAN PAY AND CAN'T PAY ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES.
AND WHAT IS THE MIDPOINT TOP POINT OF A POSITION.
AND IF AN EMPLOYEE WANTS TO EARN MORE PAY, IT'S NOT JUST BY SAYING, I WANT MORE PAY, IT'S BY CORRECT.
BUILDING THE SKILLSET OR JUMPING TO A ROLE THAT HAS A HIGHER PAY.
SO MY, MY MOTION WOULD BE TO, TO DENY THE RECOMMENDATION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND MOTION? DIE.
ANY OTHER MOTION TO APPROVE? I I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND IT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, IF WE DON'T NEED IT, I MEAN JUST IF IT, IT IS GOOD FOR US, KEEP ON DOING IT.
IF NOT, THEN WE CAN SHUT IT OFF.
YOU GOT A NAY BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
SO IT WAS TWO YAY AND ONE NAY MOTION PROCESS, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND, AND I WILL GET WITH THE HR AND MAKE SURE THIS IS MONITORED AND BRING YOU, YOU BRING YOU ALL BACK THE STATUS.
[20. Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to sign an Agreement between Flock Group, Incorporated, and the City of San Benito for the Police Department to install Pan-Tilt-Zoom video cameras at Landrum Park and First Responder Park.]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZED AND MAYOR TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN FLOCK GROUP, INCORPORATED CITY AND THE CITY OF SAN MANINO FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INSTALL PAN TILT ZOOM VIDEO CAMERAS AT LANDON PARK AND FIRST RESPONDERS PARK.SO THESE CAMERAS ARE GOING TO GO UP ON LANDRUM AND, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS PARK AND IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE HOW THEY WORK OUT.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL BRING IT BACK, UH, TO COMMISSION TO SEE IF MAYBE WE WANT INSTALL THESE IN OTHER AREAS.
UH, WE DID LOOK AT, UH, HEEN TRAIL.
UH, THERE IS SOME CANOPY, UH, ISSUES THERE FOR THE TREES, BUT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MAYBE A BETTER LOCATION FROM 'EM.
BUT THIS IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT.
IF WE DON'T LIKE IT, IT'S NOT AI, IT'S NOT FACIAL RECOGNITION.
ALL IT'S GONNA DO IS GONNA BE SECURITY FOR THE PARK.
IT'S GOT A GUARDIAN MODE, SO WE CAN SET THE TIME WHEN THE PARK CLOSES.
IF ANYBODY GOES INTO THAT PARK, THE CAMERA AUTOMATICALLY STARTS TRACKING THEM THROUGH THE PARK.
SO IF THEY'RE GONNA DO ANY DAMAGE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THE CAMERA'S FOLLOWING THAT, THAT, THAT INDIVIDUAL OR WHOEVER'S IN THAT PARK.
SO IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA START OFF WITH.
WE CAN LOG IN, YOU CAN SEE IT LIVE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
AND, UH, WE CAN COME BACK LATER IF WE WANT TO ADD 'EM OR WANNA REMOVE THEM.
THIS IS GONNA COME OUT OF THE PDS BUDGET THOUGH, INITIALLY, SO, OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMERS? UM, THE ONE QUESTION FOR FRED, DID WE LOOK AT, WE ALREADY HAD A TEAM COME OUT AND INSTALL SOME CAMERAS AND THEY WERE TRYING TO SYNC 'EM ALL UP TOGETHER.
WAS THERE NOT AN OPTION TO ROLL OUT SOME OF THE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE FACILITIES CURRENTLY AND JUST USE THE SAME PLATFORM THAT WE HAVE? THE THING WITH THAT, I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE SITE TO SITE.
SO IF THERE'S NO INTERNET CONNECTION THERE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO GET 'EM THERE.
THESE ARE GONNA BE, UH, 5G CAPABLE.
AND WE'RE GONNA, I TALKED TO, UH, 4K.
AND, UH, WE TALKED TO, UH, RAMON, UH, HERNANDEZ FROM, UH, PARKS AND UH, OR MAINTENANCE AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET GOODY ELECTRIC.
IF IT GETS APPROVED, WE'LL GET GOODY ELECTRIC OUT THERE TO INSTALL, UH, THE ONE 20 OUT THERE.
SO WE CAN PLUG IN THE CAMERA AND IT'LL BE CONTINUOUS.
AS LONG AS THERE'S POWER OUT THERE, THE CAMERAS WILL BE WORKING.
LIKE I SAID IT, WE GOT A NEW RESTROOM OUT THERE.
WE GOT THE, THE LITTLE TRAIL THAT'S OUT IN LANDRO PARK WITH THE PLAYGROUND.
WE ALSO GOT THE BASKETBALL COURTS AT FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE HAVE, UH, THE SPLASH PAD, WHICH IS GONNA START GETTING USED PRETTY SOON.
AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE PUMPS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO IF WE GET SOMEBODY THAT GETS INTO THAT BUILDING, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE SOME TYPE OF EVIDENCE TO, TO GO OFF OF, OR A LEAD TO GO OFF OF TO CONTINUE OUR INVESTIGATION.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
MAYOR SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES.
[21. Consideration and possible action to approve a Contract between the City of San Benito and Dizzy Productions, LLC for Hog Waddle 2026 Stage, Sound, and Lighting Services in the amount of $40,000.00.]
UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.IMPROVED CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND DIZZY PRODUCTIONS.
LLC FOR HOG WATER 2026 STAGE SOUND LIGHTING AND SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000.
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OKAY, SO, UH, I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.IT'S SOUND LIGHTING AND PRODUCTION FOR CHARLIE CROCKETT.
LET'S GO THE CITY, ALTHOUGH, I'M SORRY, THE CITY.
WELL, IT WAS BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TOLD SEVERAL TIMES THAT HOG WADDLE IS A CITY PROJECT.
HOWEVER, SINCE WE APPROVED ROY'S OR CARPI KNOX'S AGREEMENT MAY BE MOOT AT THIS POINT.
BUT I WOULD DO BELT AND SUSPENDERS AND LET'S JUST APPROVE THIS.
UM, IT'S PART AND PARCEL TO HOG WADDLE.
WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH, UH, CARPI KNOCK, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
[22. Consideration and possible action to approve ratification of an Agreement with Creative Benefit Administrators for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reporting Services.]
UM, ITEM 22, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVED RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT WITH CREATIVE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS FOR AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.UM, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY OUR, UM, BY OUR AGENT OF RECORD GROUP VALLEY RISK MANAGERS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH HR AND THEIR STAFF.
THESE ARE TO PROVIDE OUR 10 90 FIVES.
IS THAT WHAT THEY ARE? AND, UH, JUST, UH, IT'S A CON IT'S A SERVICES THAT, IT'S SERVICE.
UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
HR IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I'VE, I'VE BEEN HERE SIX YEARS NOW AND I'M, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.
COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING AND WHY IT'S NECESSARY NOW? YES.
SO, UM, SINCE WE WERE SELF-FUNDED WITH A BA, UH, THEY HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO REPORT TO THE IRS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 10 90 FIVES.
SO NOW THAT WE'RE FULLY FUNDED, WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING TO THE IRS 'CAUSE THEY WILL NOW, UM, VALLEY RISK WILL BE REPORTING ON OUR BEHALF.
OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THE, OUR CURRENT AGENT OF RECORD FOR HEALTH INSURANCE CAN'T DO THIS FOR US OR OUR, IN OUR TEAM, BECAUSE WE WERE SELF-FUNDED.
THEY, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO IT.
BUT IF I WERE TO OUTSOURCE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, WHICH I DID LAST YEAR, IT'S GONNA COST US MORE.
WE DID, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT WE'VE DONE IT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
WE'VE OUTSOURCED IT TO THE SAME COMPANY, TO NO, TO SOMEONE ELSE.
WHAT'S THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT? 3000 A YEAR.
YEAH, IT'S JUST A ONE TIME FEE.
'CAUSE NOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, VRC THAT'S HELPING US, THEY'RE NOT CHARGING US.
SO THIS COMPANY THAT, THAT WE HAVE IT, THEY'RE CHARGING US VERSUS THE ONE THAT WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO.
IT HELPS YOU GET THE JOB DONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MAYOR.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALVAN? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NOVARRO.
[24. Consideration and possible action to ratify a contract with Heart of America Shows to host a carnival at the San Benito Fairgrounds.]
AND THAT'S CONSIDERATION.POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY A CONTRACT WITH HEART OF AMERICA.
SHOWS TO OFFICER CAR WITH SAN BETO FAIRGROUNDS, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK.
UM, THE, UM, AS Y'ALL RECALL, WE DID HAVE THIS EVENT, UM, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST EVENT THAT THE EDC AND CARPE KNOX WAS GONNA DO ON THEIR LIST.
HOWEVER, I WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT WE WERE, WE WERE, THE, THE AGREEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY KIND OF PROFIT SHARING OR, UH, ANY KIND OF PAYMENT TO THE CITY.
UH, WITH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS, THIS SHOW WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BE PART OF THE EDCS, UH, YEAR, YEAR PROGRAM IN THE FIRST ONE.
UM, THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, PART OF THEIR, THEIR FUNCTION.
IT WAS NOT, WE DIDN'T HAVE AN APPROVED CONTRACT WITH MR. UH, MR. GARCIA AND OX.
UH, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND, SINCE THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO COMPENSATION OF THE CITY, AND MR. GARCIA TOOK ON THIS ON HIS OWN TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS EVENT CONTINUED, UH, THAT THIS, THIS, UH, THE MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN TO US TODAY BE RETURNED TO, UH, TO THE, TO HEART OF AMERICA.
AND SO HE CAN REPURPOSE THAT TO, UH, HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF THE SHOW THAT, UH, MR. GARCIA PUT ON THIS WEEKEND.
AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO I HAVE A MOTION?
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I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
UH, GALVAN, UH, MOTION PASSES.
[25. Consideration and possible action to accept a $750,000 grant award from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Local Park Non-Urban Outdoor Grant program for park improvements at the San Benito Wetlands.]
GO ON 25.POSSIBLE ACTION OR ACCEPT A $750,000 GRANT AWARD FOR, UM, THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPART.
DIDN'T WE ALREADY DO THIS ONE? OH, NEVERMIND.
UH, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPART WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.
LOCAL PARK, NON-URBAN OUTDOOR GRANT PROGRAM FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT SAN BENITO WETLANDS.
MR. LLOYD, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WITH YOU? NO.
WELL, WE, WE, I THINK THEY ALREADY PRESENTED EARLIER TODAY.
WE HAD PLENTY OF SUPPORT, BUT I DO LIKE TO SAY, I MEAN, LO AVILA PARKS AND REC, UH, THIS IS PATTY ALEXANDER.
SHE WAS A GREAT HELP FOR GETTING THIS GRANT.
UH, THE STAFF WAS, YOU KNOW, MARVELOUS.
SO, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE SUPPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE ALSO AND, UH, FOR HAVING IT.
SO, MRS. ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NOVARRO.
[26. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 14 and Payment Number 15 to Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority (CCRMA) pertaining to the City of San Benito Commitment for North Williams Road, Phase I Project, Per Agreement Number 2022-0510-4(A), in the amount of $32,033.28.]
26, CONSIDER CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.IMPROVE PAYMENT NUMBER 14 AND PAYMENT NUMBER 15 TO CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, C-C-R-M-A PERTAINING TO THE CITY OF SAN BERNARD.
COMMITMENT FOR THE NORTH WILLIAMS ROAD, PHASE ONE PROJECT PER AGREEMENT.
NUMBER 20 20 22 0 5 10 DASH FOUR A IN THE AMOUNT OF 30 2030 8 28.
THIS IS, UH, ONGOING AGREEMENT AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
WHEN'S THE LAST PAYMENT? I HAVE NO IDEA, MAYOR, BUT I WILL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
YEAH, BUT, UH, MONICA, THE, THE PROJECT IS STILL ONGOING AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE 75% THROUGH WITH IT, SO WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER 25% TO GO.
OKAY, SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT? YES.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NOVARRO.
[27. Consideration and possible action to approve the annual payment to Granicus, LLC, for the renewal subscription of live stream services of City meetings in the total amount of $21,638.61.]
27, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT, APPROVE ANNUAL PAYMENT TO GRANICUS LLC FOR THE RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTION OF LIVE STREAM SERVICES CITY MEETINGS IN TOTAL AMOUNT OF 21,000 638 61 AUGUSTINE.UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. A AUGUSTINE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
MR. SIR, UM, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS
THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL, UH, RENEWAL PAYMENT FOR GRAN'S, UH, PLATFORM, WHICH PROVIDES OUR DIGITAL AGENDA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND LIVE STREAMING FOR COMMISSION MEETINGS.
THIS SYSTEM SUPPORTS TRANSPARENCY, PUBLIC ACCESS, AND EFFICIENT MEETING ADMINISTRATION.
THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO SUPPORT OPEN GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC ACCESSES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, AND PROPER RECORD MANAGEMENT.
SO THIS ONE'S GOTTA BE OUTSOURCED.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
SO IT IT'S THE COMPANY WE PARTNER UP WITH SO THAT, THAT WE CAN HAVE THE LIVE STREAM.
AT PLUS, UM, UH, THEY COORDINATE WITH, UM, CIVIC PLUS TO POST OUR AGENDAS, THE WHOLE PACKET.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.
[28. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of one Chevy Silverado Police Pursuit Vehicle from Caldwell County Chevrolet for the San Benito Police Department in the total amount of $51,580.00.]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.PROVE THE PURCHASE OF ONE CHEVY SILVERADO POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLE FROM CALDWELL COUNTY CHEVROLET.
FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $51,580 AND 0 CENTS.
SO THIS IS COMING OUT OF ASSET FORFEITURE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKETS ON ITEM, UH, 29, I INCLUDED SOME BACKUP ON THE FLEET REPLACEMENT POLICY.
MOST OF 'EM ARE, ARE READY FOR, TO BE REPLACED OR A NEED OF BEING REPLACED PRETTY SOON.
SO THE, THE SILVERADO WILL REPLACE ONE AND THE NEXT, WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT ITEM, THOSE WILL REPLACE THE OTHERS.
BUT, UM, I'M PURCHASING THE VEHICLES AND THEN THE CARRYING THE MORE EXPENSIVE PART AND THEN HOPEFULLY NEXT, UH, BUDGET I CAN PUT IN FOR THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, UH, ON MY NEW BUDGET TO UPFIT 'EM.
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BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE I PUT MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR THE 2020 ONES.EVERYTHING'S IN THERE FOR THE PA FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE.
THEY'RE ALL, ALL THAT INFORMATION'S IN THERE.
ANY COMMISSION? UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
[29. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of two Dodge Durango Police Pursuit vehicles from Dodge City of McKinney for the San Benito Police Department in the total amount of $86,296.00.]
29, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.PROVE THE PURCHASE OF TWO DODGE DURANGO POLICE TO POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLES FROM DODGE CITY OF MCKINNEY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $86,296 AND 0 CENTS.
SO SAY, TO REPLACE THE 2021 FORD EXPLORERS, LIKE I SAID, MCKINNEY CAME BY, DROPPED OFF A CARD, I REACHED OUT TO 'EM, THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE ME A BETTER DEAL THAN WHAT I'VE GOTTEN WITH SAMES AND CZAR.
AND, UH, THESE WILL GO INTO THE PATROL FLEET TO REPLACE THOSE AGING, UH, FORD EXPLORERS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, WAS IT EIGHT THOU, 6,000 LESS EACH OR JUST TOTAL? UH, WELL, MCKINNEY HAD 'EM AT 42 6 4 8.
SAMES HAD IT AT 48, AND ZARA HAD IT AT 46.
SO THAT'LL EQUAL OUT TO THE 86 2 9 6.
BUT THEY'RE, LIKE I SAID, A LOT CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE GOT 'EM FOR BEFORE.
BUT YOU NEED TO POP YOUR COLLAR OR YOU SAVED US 12 GRAND PLUS
DID, UH, MARSHALL DYLAN COME AND
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MERIT.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NOVARRO.
[30. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Tri-County Communications, LLC, for the purchase of Emergency Equipment for San Benito Fire Department Unit Number 415 in the amount of $21,000.00.]
30, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.IMPROVE PAYMENT TO TRI-COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS LLC FOR THE PURCHASE OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT FOR SAN BENITO FIRE DEPARTMENT UNIT NUMBER FOUR 15 IN THE AMOUNT OF 21,000 EVEN.
OKAY, CHIEF, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
UH, MAYOR PORTON COMMISSIONERS.
UH, THIS, SO THIS, UH, PURCHASE IS JUST FOR THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND THE SIRENS AND STUFF FOR THE, UH, NEW UNIT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE LAST, UH, BORDER ZONE GRANT.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? MOTION TO APPROVE, MAYOR.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN.
[31. Consideration and possible action to approve ratification of payment to OMT Utilities for Emergency Repairs to a collapsed utility manhole located at the intersection of Expressway 77/83 Frontage and Whalen Road, in the amount of $59,000.00]
UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.APPROVE RATIFICATION OF PAYMENT TO OMT UTILITIES FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO A COLLAPSED UTILITY MANHOLE LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF EXPRESSWAY 77 83 FRONTAGE AND WAYLAND ROAD IN THE AMOUNT OF $59,000.
YOU JUST KEEP PULLING AT THAT STRING, DUDE.
AND I SAW THE LITTLE MAN HOLES.
UM, JB FOR THE RECORD, AS Y'ALL KNOW ME, MY THROAT HURTS.
I HAD A LATE NIGHT LAST NIGHT, MAN, COME ON.
ANY NEEDS, MOTION PASSES? ALMOST? YEAH.
[32. Consideration and possible action to approve ratification of payment to SHI Government Solutions for the annual renewal of all City employees' Adobe Accounts in the amount of $12,447.16.]
32.CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RATIFICATION PAYMENT TO SHI GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS FOR ANNUAL REVIEW OF ALL CITY EMPLOYEES ADOBE ACCOUNTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,447 AND 16 CENTS.
UH, WE HAD AN ADOBE, UH, EMERGENCY WHILE WE WERE AT ICSC.
UM, AND STAFF HAD TO, UM, RENEW OUR ACCOUNT.
STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
YOU DON'T HAVE COVID, RIGHT? ME? NO.
MAYOR, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GAVAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
[33. Consideration and possibly action to approve ratification of payment to Holt Cat Industrial Rentals for emergency rental of a Tow Generator for the San Benito Police Department in the total amount of $24,131.60.]
LAST ONE.OH NINE NUMBER 33, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT.
IMPROVED RATIFICATION OF PAYMENT TO HOLT CAT INDUSTRIAL RENTALS FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL OF A TOW GENERATOR FOR THE SAN MANINO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $24,131 AND 60 CENTS.
WHERE'S CHIEF? DID HE LEAVE? NOPE.
CHIEF TOW GENERATOR FOR THE PD? YEAH.
YOU'RE THE MAN OF THE HOUR TONIGHT, DUDE.
YOU'RE SAVING MONEY AND YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY.
SO WITH THE ARPA, WE PURCHASED A NEW GENERATOR THAT WAS GONNA POWER UP THE WHOLE PD.
THE OLD GENERATOR WAS, UH, FAILING.
AND WHEN WE WERE GONNA DO THE SWITCH, WE NEEDED TO GET A BACKUP GENERATOR, A RENTAL.
SO, UH, WE CAN, IN CASE POWER WENT DOWN, WE'D STILL HAVE, WE'D BE STILL BE OPERATIONAL.
SO THAT'S WHERE, UH, I THINK MR. AL WORKED IT OUT AND, UM, PRETTY MUCH RENTED THE GENERATOR.
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AND, UH, SO NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PAY IT BACK.THAT'S FOR THE RENTAL OF THE, THE GENERATOR THAT WE HAD THERE WHILE THEY DID THE CONVERSION.
HOW LONG DID Y'ALL RENT IT? FOUR WEEKS.
COULDN'T YOU JUST BUY IT? IT'S A, IT'S BUY, IT'S ANOTHER 2000.
I'LL TALK TO YOU BETTER, OKAY? OKAY.
UH, ANY QUESTION, COMMISSIONERS? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NOVAR? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.