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NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO COMMISSION MAY 19TH, 2026.
THE TIME IS 5:31 PM ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ARE PRESENT.
CITY ATTORNEY J VILO LOPEZ IS PRESENT.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
WANT AN INDIVISIBLE? UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION.
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE THIS EVENING THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND TO WORK TO SERVE EACH OTHER.
WE PARTICULARLY PRAY FOR BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY COMMISSION, UPON OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR MAYOR, UPON THOSE THAT SERVE AND WORK HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT SERVE US.
WE PRAY FOR THEM THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE WISDOM AND THE, THE, THE FORTITUDE, THE THE MEANS TO GO FORWARD AND TO SERVE US WELL AND TO TO BENEFIT THE DO THINGS THAT WILL BENEFIT US AS A COMMUNITY.
WE PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND WEAKNESSES.
SHORTCOMINGS, WE SEEK THE ALWAYS WE SEEK TO DO BETTER.
WE SEEK THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL FIND PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AGAIN, AND, AND FEEL THE LOVE AND AND COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER THAT WE NEED TO FEEL WE ASK FOR THESE THINGS NOW.
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DOES ANYBODY WANNA TAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS? I'LL GO AHEAD.WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE PROCLAMATION.
SUNNY GLEN'S CHILDREN HOME IS PRESENT TO RECEIVE THEIR PROCLAMATION TODAY.
OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START.
UH, COMMISSIONER CORTEZ, OFFICER OF THE MAYOR OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING MAY, 2026 AS FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH AND HONORING SUNNY GLENN CHILDREN'S HOME CITY OF SAN BENITO, TEXAS.
WHEREAS SUNNY GLENN CHILDREN'S HOME WAS FOUNDED IN 1936 BY MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN SAN JUAN, TEXAS.
AFTER SIX CHILDREN WERE ORPHANED FOLLOWING THE TRAFFIC LOSS OF BOTH PARENTS IN AN ACCIDENT, INSPIRING THE CREATION OF A PLACE OF HOPE, SAFETY, AND COMPASSION FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.
AND WHEREAS THE NEEDS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS EVOLVED.
SUNNY GLENN CHILDREN'S HOME EXPANDED ITS MISSION TO SERVE CHILDREN IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, PROVIDING CARE AND SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS FROM BIRTH THROUGH 22 YEARS OF AGE, WITH A SPECIAL COMMITMENT TO KEEPING SIBLING GROUPS TOGETHER DURING TIMES OF CRISIS.
AND WHEREAS SUNNY GLEN HOME PROUDLY CALLED SANTO HOME SINCE 1945, AND OVER THE COURSE OF MORE THAN 90 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, HAS IMPACTED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 25,000 CHILDREN AND FAMILY THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL CARE, FOSTER CARE SERVICES, COUNSELING, INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAMS, REFUGE CHILDREN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH THE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE STATE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM, THE PO ISH COUNSELING CENTER, THE ALLEN HOUSE SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM, AND THE REFUGE CHILDREN PROGRAM, SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME CONTINUES ITS MISSION TO PROMOTE HEALING, RESTORE HOPE, AND EMPOWER VALUE, UH, VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND, UH, YOUNG ADULTS TO THRIVE.
AND WHEREAS SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME ACTIVELY COLLABORATES WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AND NUMEROUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PREVENTION, RECOGNITION, AND REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, HELPING STRENGTHEN, STRENGTHEN THE SAFETY NET FOR CHILDREN THROUGHOUT SOUTH TEXAS AND, UH, WHEREAS, WHEREAS MAY IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH, A TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE URGENT NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND FOSTER CARE, RECOGNIZE DEDICATION OF FOSTER FAMILIES AND CHILD WELFARE PROFESSIONALS, AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN WHO DESERVE SAFE, LOVING AND STABLE HOMES.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED.I PEDRO A GALVAN MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, HEREBY HONOR AND COMMAND SUNNY GLENN'S CHILDREN HOME FOR ITS DECADES OF DEDICATED SERVICE, COMPASSION AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF SANTO BE A FIX.
THIS 19TH DAY OF MAY AND THE YEAR OF THE LORD 2026, WE CAN HAVE MEMBERS FROM SUNNY GLENN, PLEASE APPROACH.
DO YOU WANNA GRAB EVERYBODY READY? DID YOU WANT A PICTURE AS WELL? OKAY.
THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COMMISSION.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE, UH, THIS HONOR.
UM, SUNNY GLEN HAS BEEN ROOTED HERE IN SAN BENITO, TEXAS FOR BASICALLY 80 OF OUR 90 YEARS OF EXISTENCE.
AND WE HAVE ZERO PLANS OF THAT EVER CHANGING.
WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND WE LOVE THE SUPPORT WE'VE HAD FROM THIS COMMUNITY FOR SO MANY YEARS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO EACH OF YOU TO COME AND VISIT THE CAMPUS, SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AT THE CAMPUS.
UH, WE'D LOVE TO SCHEDULE A TOUR TO BRING, I GUESS WE COULDN'T HAVE A WHOLE MAJORITY WITHOUT POSTING IT, SO IN DIFFERENT WAVES, UH, OF THE, THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION.
BUT WE'D LOVE TO HAVE Y'ALL COME OUT AND SEE THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN SUNNY.
[ANNOUNCEMENT(S)]
ALL RIGHT.WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
MAY 18TH THROUGH JUNE, THE LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
REGISTRATION BEGINS AT THE SANTO PUBLIC LIBRARY 1 0 1 WEST ROSE.
MAY 20TH, 2026 AT NOON AT SANTO CULTURAL CENTER.
2 5 5 EAST STANGER COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNITY MEETING.
CONSOLIDATED PLAN HUD FUNDING INPUT SESSION CITY IS INVITING RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSOLIDATED PLAN GUIDES.
HOW FEDERAL HU FUNDING IS ALLOCATED LOCALLY, MAY 25TH, 2026, MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT 9:00 AM THE SILENT WALK FROM 4 0 1 NORTH SAM HOUSTON TO THE VETERANS WAR MEMORIAL 1 51 EAST ROSEN STREET AT 9:30 AM CEREMONY AT VETERANS MEMORIAL.
HONORING OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME AND PLEASE CONTACT CHIEF MARIO PO FOR MORE QUESTIONS.
MAY 29TH, 2026 AT 8:30 AM POLICE ENTRANCE EXAM, CONTACT CHRISTINE CASTILLO, MAY 30TH, 2026 AT 2:00 PM ZION WORKSHOP AT SANTO CULTURAL CENTER.
2 5 5 EAST STANGER A HANDS FOCUSING ON FUNDAMENTALS OF ZION CREATION, CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, LAYOUT, AND VISUAL STORYTELLING.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY, MS. RUTH, FOR SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING? YES.[00:10:03]
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.MR.
MY NAME IS RE CARILLO AND I REPRESENT REPUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH IS THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SERVICE PROVIDER.
I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION TO THE CITY OF SAN MANTO CITY COMMISSION AND IN GAINING THE TRUST OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY OF THIS TIME FINE CITY.
I'M HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF THE ACTIONS COMPLETED BY REPUBLIC SERVICES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, UM, IN COOPERATION, OF COURSE WITH THE, AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
IN RESPONSE TO THE WIND AND STORM DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY MAY 9TH.
TO DATE, WE HAVE RECOVERED 1,026 CUBIC YARDS OF STORM DEBRIS, WHICH AMOUNTS TO 74.6 TONS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THIS EVENT.
I'D LIKE YOU AND THE RESIDENTS OF SAN BENITO TO KNOW THAT MOISE AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT TO WORK WITH MR. ENRIQUE, WHETHER DIRECTLY WITH ME OR OUR REPUBLIC TEAM.
HE IS, UH, DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT HERE IN SANTO.
AGAIN, MR. ENRIQUE, WHETHER DIRECTLY WITH ME OR OUR REPUBLIC TEAM, HAS MADE HIMSELF ACCESSIBLE AND HAS COORDINATED AND COMMUNICATED WITH US DAILY.
SO A BIG THANK YOU TO THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST IN REPUBLIC SERVICES TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.
WE HAVE EDDIE LOA, MAYOR CITY COMMISSIONERS.
I'M HERE REGARDING A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST CONCERNING FINDING SON RV RESORT.
LET ME START BY CLARIFYING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO COURT ON THIS MATTER.
THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY THE CITY OF SAN CAN LEGALLY WITHHOLD PUBLIC RECORDS.
WHEN I REQUESTED PUBLIC RECORDS, MRS. MCGINNIS REDIRECTED ME TO CITY ATTORNEY ERIC FLORES TO RESPOND TO MY EMAIL.
AGAIN, LEMME CLARIFY THAT, THAT THIS MATTER IS NOT GOING THROUGH COURT.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT MS. MCGINNIS MAY SIMPLY BE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS IN THE SITUATION BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW ORDERS, YOU COULD LOSE YOUR JOB.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THOSE INSTRUCTORS CAME FROM FORMER MAYOR RICK GUERRA OR CITY MANAGER FRED SANDAL.
RICK RA IS GONE AND NOW WE ARE LEFT WITH CITY MANAGER FRED SANDAL.
THE CITY CHARTER STATES, THE CITY MANAGERS EXPECTED TO BECOME A RESIDENT OF SANTO AFTER BEING APPOINTED.
EVERYONE KNOWS HE STILL LIVES INUA NOT AT FUN AND SUN AS HE CLAIMS. WE NOW HAVE A NEW MAYOR AND NEW COMMISSIONERS AND AT THIS TIME TO START DOING THE RIGHT THING AND FOLLOWING THE CITY CHARTER RULES, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECEIPT OF ANY DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THE CITY REQUESTS AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDING REGARDING WHETHER THESE OPEN RECORDS CAN BE RE-RELEASED.
INSTEAD, INSTEAD, THEY SIMPLY REDIRECT MY EMAILS TO CITY ATTORNEY ERIC FLORES.
THEY DID SEND ME RE RECORDINGS OF SOME CITY MEETINGS, WHICH I DON'T NEED, APPARENTLY, JUST SO THEY COULD SAY THEY PROVIDED SOMETHING.
THEY ALSO SENT RECORDS OF SHOWING PAYMENTS TO CITY ATTORNEY ERIC FLORES IN THE AMOUNT OF 6,250 PER MONTH AND ANOTHER 6,250 PER MONTH TO ATTORNEY VIA LOBOS TOTALING SEVEN 75,000 PER YEAR, TOTALING 150,000 PER BOTH.
ONE CITY ATTORNEY IS TRYING TO RUN THE CITY OF MACALLAN AS A MAYOR, AND THE OTHER CITY ATTORNEY IS REALLY BUSY RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.
ASK YOURSELF, DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY'RE HERE TO HELP THE CITY OF SANTO? THAT IS ANOTHER CHANGE THE CITY NEEDS TO CONSIDER GETTING ONE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENCE OF SANTO.
OKAY, THERE'S NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PRESENTATION(S)]
ON TO PRESENTATIONS.FAVORITE PART, THE FIRST ONE WILL BE DELIA SOTO, REPRESENTATIVE FROM COSTCO'S AND ASSOCIATES PRESENTING THE ITEM.
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NAME IS DE SOTO AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CASCOS AND ASSOCIATES TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR END AT SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE CITY COMMISSION FOR GIVING CASCOS AND ASSOCIATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 AUDIT.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MS. HERNANDEZ AND HER STAFF FOR PROVIDING ALL OF THE REQUESTED INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER.
NOW I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE AUDIT REPORT BY FOCUSING ON THE MAIN AREAS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY LOOKING AT THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON PAGE 17 THIS YEAR, THE CITY EARNED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THIS PAGE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PRESENT FAIRLY THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE CITY AS OF YEAR END, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
AND AN UNMODIFIED OPINION IS THE BEST OPINION THAT A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ENTITY CAN RECEIVE AS A RESULT OF ANY AUDIT.
AND PAGES 32 THROUGH 34 IN THE REPORT SHOW THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH SHOW A BIG PICTURE OVERALL FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE CITY, INCLUDING ITS COMPONENT UNIT.
THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CITY'S CAPITAL ASSETS AND LONG-TERM LIABILITIES.
BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT PAGE 35.
THIS PAGE SHOWS THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE CITY'S MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
AND THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE CITY'S ASSETS, DEFERRED ITEMS, CURRENT LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES AT YEAR END FOR EACH MAJOR FUND.
AND UNLIKE THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF, UM, THIS BALANCE SHEET DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE CITY'S CAPITAL ASSETS AND LONG-TERM LIABILITIES.
BUT IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE FUND BALANCE SECTION FOR THE GENERAL FUND, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY HAD A BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 16.4 MILLION OF FUNDS WITH RESTRICTIONS, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF THE NONS SPENDABLE, COMMITTED, ASSIGNED, AND RESTRICTED LINE ITEMS, AND 11.5 MILLION OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS, UM, THE AMOUNT THAT IS NOT RESTRICTED OR SET ASIDE FOR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT PAGE 37.
ON THIS PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES FOR THE MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS AND FOCUSING ON THE GENERAL FUND DURING 2025.
THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND EARNED APPROXIMATELY 17.4 MILLION IN REVENUE AND SPENT 17.8 MILLION OF FUNDS.
NOW, BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, THE CITY HAS APPROXIMATELY 236 DAYS OF OPERATIONS OR OPERATING RESERVE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY SEVEN AND A HALF MONTHS.
AND THIS NUMBER IS JUST AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY DAYS THE CITY COULD CONTINUE OPERATING AT ITS CURRENT EXPENSE LEVEL, USING ONLY ITS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IF ALL REVENUE STOPPED, AND WE WOULD SAY THAT SEVEN AND A HALF MONTHS PLACES A CITY IN A FAVORABLE POSITION.
NOW, PAGES 44 THROUGH 81 ARE THE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE CITY'S OPERATIONS.
BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT PAGE 128.
HERE YOU'LL SEE THE REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING.
AND THIS REPORT STATES THAT WE CONSIDERED THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROL AND THAT IN OUR TESTING WE DENY, IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.
AND IT ALSO STATES THAT WE PERFORMED TESTS OF COMPLIANCE AND WE DID NOT FIND ANY INSTANCES OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
MOVING ON TO PAGE 130, ANOTHER AUDIT REPORT.
THIS IS THE REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR PROGRAM.
THIS REPORT STATES THAT THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR PROGRAM AND THAT IN OUR OPINION, THE CITY COMPLIED WITH, WITH THE COMPLIANT REQUIREMENTS OF THE RESPECTIVE MAJOR PROGRAMS. NOW, PAGE 32 SHOWS THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS.
AND THIS SCHEDULE IS A SUMMARY OF ALL FEDERAL AWARDS THAT THE CITY SPENT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE CITY SPENT APPROXIMATELY 5.1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND THE LAST AREA I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER IS THE SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTION COSTS ON PAGE 134.
THE FIRST SECTION AT THIS PAGE SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF AUDITING OF FINANCIAL REPORTING AND FEDERAL AWARDS.
AND IT SHOWS THAT THERE WERE NO FINDINGS AS A RESULT OF AUDIT PROCEDURES.
AND IT ALSO LISTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE AUDITED.
AND THE AUDITEE, THE REMAINING TWO SECTIONS IN THIS SCHEDULE SHOW THAT THERE WERE NO FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS AND NO FEDERAL AWARD QUESTION COST.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
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NO, THIS IS A NO ACTION ITEM.WE'LL MOVE ON TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
NEXT ITEM IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF SANTO FINANCIALS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2025.
STEPHANIE, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON, STEPHANIE SA AND, UH, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SANTO.
UM, SO THIS AFTERNOON I HAVE, UH, THE SECOND QUARTER.
THIS QUARTER STARTS IN JANUARY, FINISHES IN MARCH.
THAT PUTS US UP TO DATE AND THE INFORMATION.
IT'S ALSO SUPPOSED ON OUR WEBSITE IF, UH, THE, FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION.
OKAY, ON SLIDE, UH, SLIDE NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE FOR, UH, TOTAL ASSETS OF 22,630,455, UH, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 21,279,314, FOLLOWED BY THAT, WE HAVE A TOTAL LIABILITIES, UH, THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR FOR 3.5 MILLION COMPARED TO 2.7 OF LAST YEAR TOTAL FUND BALANCE AND LIABILITIES OF 22,630,455 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 21,279,314.
THIS IS A OR QUARTER, UH, REVENUES COLLECTED.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUES COLLECTED FOR THIS THREE MONTHS, WE HAVE 4 MILLION 6,798 COMPARED OF LAST YEAR.
COMPARED TO THIS YEAR, WE HAVE, UH, 3,000,960 1092 YEAR TO DATE.
ACTUAL WE HAVE COLLECTED 12,327,347.
UM, MOST OF OUR REVENUE OF COURSE, THAT YOU COULD SEE UP THERE, IT'S PROPERTY TAXES, NON-PROPERTY TAXES BEING OUR SALES TAX.
HERE YOU HAVE OUR LIST OF, UH, THE LIST OF OUR EXPENSES FOR, UH, THIS QUARTER.
LAST YEAR OUR EXPENSES WERE AT 5.1 MILLION COMPARED TO THIS YEAR OF 4.3 MILLION.
YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL WE'RE AT 9 MILLION 132,523.
THIS INCLUDE ALL OUR OPERATIONS FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, CURRENT TIME, WE ARE REVENUES OVER EXPENSES OF 3 MILLION 194,824 FOR THE QUARTER.
WE ARE, UH, UM, THE NEGATIVE WITH THE REVENUES COLLECTED FOR THE QUARTER WITH THE EXPENSES FOR THE QUARTER FOR 403, UH, 134 FOLLOWING SLIDE, YOU HAVE OUR SALES TAX, UH, COLLECTION, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
AND, UH, WE HAVE TO BE TWO MONTHS BEHIND BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR IT TO CLOSE COMPLETELY, IT HAS TO BE TWO MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
'CAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY COLLECT ALL THE SALES TAX, UM, THAT BELONG TO THAT MONTH.
SO FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE COLLECT X 616,000 182, WHICH FROM THAT, UM, 25% GOES TO THE EDC.
SO CITY, THE CITY OF STATE WITH 462,000 137.
THIS, UH, RIGHT TO YOUR, TO YOUR RIGHT, YOU COULD SEE, UH, STRAIGHT FROM THE WEBSITE FROM THE COMP CONTROLLER'S WEBSITE WHERE YOU COULD SEE THAT THAT'S WHAT IT'S BOOK AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S COLLECTED.
AND THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON.
SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT WE WERE LAST YEAR DURING THE SAME MONTH.
SO LAST YEAR, UH, 20 YEAR, 24, 25.
FOR FEBRUARY, WE WERE AT, UH, 408.
THAT'S THE PORT, THE 75% THAT STAYS WITH THE CITY.
FOLLOWED BY THAT WE HAVE OUR MOTEL, UH, HOTEL MOTEL TAX, UH, TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE OF, UH, 669,992 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 767,503.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.
STEP MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF SAN NITO INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2025.
STEPHANIE SAUDI MANIA, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PRESENTING THE ITEM AGAIN.
UM, SO, UH, WHAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU NOW GOES HAND BY HAND WHERE OUR FINANCIALS, UH, QUARTERLY FINANCIALS, UM, THIS IS OUR INVESTMENT REPORT.
AND I'M GONNA GO OVER, UM, TWO OF THE LICENSES 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY REPETITIVE.
SO ON THIS SLIDE, UH, YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN OUR BANK ACCOUNTS, WHAT WE HAVE IN MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS, AND OUR CD ACCOUNTS.
SO, UH, OUR QUARTERLY INTEREST INCOME, IT'S, UH, 251,000 OR YEAR TO DATE INTEREST WE'RE AT 520,466.
UH, ROLLING THREE MONTHS ON TREASURY, WE HAD THREE POINT 72%, WHICH IS PRETTY OKAY.
ROLLING SIX MONTHS ON TREASURY, UH, 3.78.
AND FOR THE TEXTBOOK WE HAVE 3.67 TOTAL PORTFOLIO PUTS US AT THREE POINT, UH, ZERO 9%.
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AND THEN ON THIS ONE, IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.IT TELLS YOU WHAT WE'RE GETTING PER BANK AND WHERE WE HAVE OUR MONEY SITTING AND WHAT'S OUR POWER VALUE AND HOW MUCH WE'RE, UM, INTEREST WE'RE GETTING.
STEFAN, THE PNC ONES, THE RATES ARE REALLY LOW.
WHAT ARE THOSE FOR, I GUESS, DOLLARS THAT WE NEED TO SPEND RIGHT AWAY? WHY ARE THE RATES THAT'S, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE MONIES, BUT THAT WAS PART OF LIKE, WHEN WE TRANSFER EVERYTHING OUT, THEY ARE, THE RATES ARE REALLY LOW.
SO WE'VE ALREADY, FOR NEXT WHAT YOU ARE GONNA SEE, HOW WE TRANSFER THOSE MONIES OUT OF THERE.
'CAUSE THEY WERE NOT GIVEN, NOT EVEN COMPETITIVE TO WHAT WE HAD SAID THAT THEY WILL, UH, THEY WERE, THEY SHOW THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
BUT IF YOU SEE THE AMOUNTS ARE REALLY, ARE REALLY LOW, 'CAUSE WE REALIZED THAT WE QUICKLY MOVE THE MONEY'S OUT.
UM, PNC WAS ONE OF OUR GREATEST OPTION BECAUSE, UH, THEY HAD A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF SECURITY ON THEM.
LIKE EACH TRANSACTION WAS REALLY SECURE.
THEY OFFER A LOT OF, UM, EVERY TIME WE WOULD DISBURSE A CHECK, THEY WOULD DO A LOT OF SECURITY ALERTS.
SO IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT IDEA TO USE IT AS OUR DAILY OPERATIONS BANK, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO INTEREST, IT, IT WASN'T WORKING OUT.
SO WE'VE ALREADY MAKE OUR CHANGES THERE.
SO, BUT STILL, IT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY 'CAUSE WE, WE REALIZED THAT QUICKLY.
AND THIS ONE, UM, IT SHOWS HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN A SUPER ACCOUNT, HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN OUR DDA ACCOUNT AND OUR CD ACCOUNT AND OUR MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS, JUST LIKE A PIE CHART.
SO YOU COULD SEE THE GREAT SCALE OF THINGS.
AND THEN THIS ONE, IT'S LIKE, I, LIKE I MENTIONED THE, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME INFORMATION NOW THAT THIS ONE HAS A MATURITY DATE.
WHEN THEY HAVE A MATURITY DATE, THAT MEANS THAT THEY WERE DUE EVERY MONTH.
THE ONES THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, THEY'RE CDS.
SO THEY'RE DUE EVERY THREE MONTHS.
WE LIKE TO LOCK THEM OUT FOR AT LEAST THREE TO SIX MONTHS WHEN THE RATES ARE FAVORABLE.
THAT WAY WE AVOID MOVING MONEY OUT.
AND, UM, WE LOCK THAT RATE FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS.
AND THIS IS THE BIGGER PICTURE.
YOU COULD SEE EXACTLY WHERE EVERYTHING SITS PER ACCOUNT, NOT JUST PER BANK, BUT ALSO PER ACCOUNT.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, PRESENTING THIS ITEM, FRED SANDOVAL.
OKAY, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU.
UH, A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES FOR YOU ALSO, WE CAN MOVE ON.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANNA WELCOME ALL THE NEW COMMISSIONERS TO THE BOARD.
UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT TO, TO RUN FOR THIS OFFICE.
I WANNA WELCOME WELL, REWE, OUR WAS COMMISSIONER, NOW MAYOR, UH, GALVAN.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF, UH, I'D LIKE OUR STAFF TO STAND UP FOR OUR STAFF.
UH, WE WERE GONNA GO THROUGH THE LITTLE ONE-ON-ONE, BUT WE DON'T WANNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
BUT THIS IS, UH, MOST OF MY STAFF.
YOU GOT SOME OF 'EM HIDING OVER THERE IN THE HALLWAY.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TEAM FOLKS LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, COURT HR, OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL KNOW STEPHANIE, FINANCE, FIRE, POLICE, UH, YOU KNOW, PLANNING UTILITIES AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
PIO, PUBLIC WORKS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT FOLKS.
WE'VE GOT A FEW, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A, THESE ARE SOME OF THE SUPERVISORY TYPE FOLKS, AND THEN WE GOT ALL THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE EVERYTHING HAPPEN.
SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL PUT A FACE TO THE NAME.
WE'RE WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE, UH, MEETING WITH Y'ALL, UH, ON A PERSONAL, ON A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL AS TIME GOES ON.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU'ALL FOR BEING HERE.
UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO, TO, TO BRING UP, UH, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LONE STAR BANK HERE.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT'S BEEN A GOAL OF MINE FROM THE, THE MINUTE I GOT HERE TILL, TILL TILL NOW.
UH, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME GOOD INROADS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE'VE GOT SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE FREDDIE FENDER FESTIVAL.
UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS REALLY GRACIOUS.
HE'S GONNA GIVE US SOME EXTRA SPACE OUT THERE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE OUR, OUR REDEDICATION OF THE FREDDIE FENDER TOWER WHEN, UH, WHEN, UH, THE FREDDIE FENDER ESTATE AND THOSE FOLKS ARE HERE.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT PART OF THE, PART OF THE FESTIVITIES.
BUT, UM, LONE STAR BANK ALSO HAD A CONTEST AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUR DEPOSITORY.
THEY ACTUALLY, UH, AWARDED, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CLASSES HERE AT VETERANS.
AND, UH, HUNAN WAS ABLE TO, WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO INVITE ME, UH, TOOK THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH ME.
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I, I GUESS IT'S NO SECRET NOW THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.UH, WE SCORED A LOT OF POINTS THERE, BUT COULD YOU COME UP AND TELL 'EM REAL QUICK ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UH, CONTEST WAS? 'CAUSE THIS WAS VALLEY WIDE AND IT WAS A REALLY NEAT THING FOR THESE KIDS.
UH, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS JULIAN ALVAREZ, AS FRED MENTIONED, I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF LONE STAR NATIONAL BANK.
WELCOME, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
SO, AS FRED SAID, WE HAD A CONTEST AND WE DID IT IN FOUR DAYS.
WE REACHED OUT TO REGION ONE WITH DR. KING, WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW.
AND, UH, WE HAD A CONTEST AND WE WERE RECOGNIZING, UM, OUR TEACHERS.
SO IT WAS A TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE HAD A CONTEST AND WE ASKED THE TEACHERS TO PARTNER UP WITH THEIR STUDENTS.
AND WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS A SLOGAN TO OUR BANK USING COWBOY CASH IN THEIR, IN THEIR, UM, IN THEIR, UM, PROJECT, UH, WHATEVER CAME TO MIND WHEN THEY THOUGHT OF BANKING.
SO WE HAD SOME STUDENTS THAT MADE A BANK, WE HAD SOME STUDENTS THAT PUT ON A PLAY.
UH, WE HAD SOME STUDENTS THAT, UM, DRESSED UP LIKE COWBOY CASH, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY COOL.
UH, BUT THIS CONTEST WAS EVERYONE JUST, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT IT TOOK PLACE ALL HIGH SCHOOLS FROM SOUTH PADRE ISLAND ALL THE WAY UP TO FIA AND TO LAREDO.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER 77 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OVER HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE COMPETITION.
AND WE WERE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, SAN BENITO, I WANNA SAY VETERANS MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, WON, UH, FIRST PLACE.
AND SO WE AWARDED ALL THE STUDENTS A PIZZA PARTY, WHICH WAS A SURPRISE TO THEM.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE TEACHER WITH THE GIFT CERTIFICATE.
THEY WERE THE FIRST FIRST TIME WE EVER DID IT.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL THAT IT CAME FROM, UH, SAN BENITO.
AND SO WE WANTED TO COME PERSONALLY, I APOLOGIZE, FRED, THAT I HAD INFORMED YOU REAL LATE THAT WE WERE GONNA BE HERE.
MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T INFORM YOU EARLIER, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME UP AND, UM, WE MADE A TRIP OVER HERE AND WE INFORMED MR. BETIS THAT WE WERE GONNA BE IN TOWN.
I THINK THEY WERE MORE EXCITED TO SEE COWBOY CASH THAN THEY WERE TO EAT THE PIZZA.
BUT JUST, JUST FOR THE RUMORS, I AM NOT COWBOY CASH.
SO EVERYBODY THINKS I'M COWBOY CASH, BUT I'M, I'M JUST KIDDING.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE FRED MENTIONED EARLIER, IF I MAY, FRED, UM, LONE STAR NATIONAL BANK IS, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL FOR CHOOSING US AS TO BE YOUR BANK.
UM, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CITY JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, LONE STAR NATIONAL BANK ALSO, UM, IS VERY ENGAGED WITH THE BAOS SCHOLAR.
AND AS I INFORMED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT YESTERDAY, THAT MANY OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE BA SCHOLARSHIP ARE STUDENTS THAT HAVE COME FROM SANTO WHO HAVE DONE VERY WELL.
AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, WE ACTUALLY PAY FOR THEIR COLLEGE FOR FOUR YEARS EVERY YEAR UNTIL THEY GRADUATE WITH A FOUR YEAR DEGREE.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE ASSIST THEM UNTIL THEY GET THEIR MASTERS.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU, FOR YOU, CERTAINLY LET ME KNOW.
I DUNNO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA.THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, THESE ARE ROUTINE ITEMS BY THE CITY COMMISSION, WILL BE APPROVED BY ONE MOTION.
THERE'LL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A CITY COMMISSION.
SO REQUESTS IN WHICH THE EVENT, THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT TO GIANT, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, UH, ITEMS AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE OF THE AGENDA.
ANYBODY? NO ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
DID YOU HAVE ANY LOCKED UP? NO.
UM, THIS SECOND AND FINAL READING ON BOTH ITEMS, UH, THEIR ORDINANCES NUMBER 22 5 2 B 8 0 5 1 9 2 6 AND 22 5 2 B BI OH 5 1 9 26.
BOTH OF BOTH OF THEM ARE REZONES.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE THE SECOND AND FINAL READINGS.
STEP I ACCEPT ITEMS. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ.
MOTION PASSES FOR A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE AND TWO.
[1. Consideration and possible action to approve the appointment of a Mayor Pro Tempore.]
ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.THAT'S, UM, CONSIDERS IMPOSSIBLE ACTION OF APPOINTMENT OF A MAYOR, MAYOR PRO POER OR MAYOR PRO TEM.
MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO, I WISH TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER NOVATO
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IF YOU WOULD ACCEPT.DO I HAVE A MOTION? OH, I MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER NOVATO APPOINTMENT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER NATO'S APPOINTMENT? I'LL SECOND.
[Items 2, 3, 4 & 5]
THREE AND FOUR ARE, UM, THEY'RE BASICALLY THIS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SIMILAR, THEY'RE SIMILAR IN NATURE.UM, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTICIPATION FOR, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR EM, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MUTUAL AID.
AND THEN ALSO THIS IS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A STEP PROGRAM CLICKER TO TICKET FROM MAY 15TH TO SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026.
UM, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL, UH, RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
SO MR. MR. POLICE, UH, POLICE CHIEF MARIO PADERA IS PRESENTING THE ITEM.
UM, BUT CHIEF, UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE GRANTS YOU BRING FORWARD.
UNLESS THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE A QUESTION.
I MOTION TO APPROVE TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
FIVE OH AND FIVE, I'M SORRY, MORE GRANTS.
THAT IS ACTUALLY TO ALLOW US TO GET REIMBURSEMENT FROM T DM FOR EMERGENCY.
AND WE'RE HAVING TO, WE'RE HAVING TO, UH, AMEND OUR PERSONNEL POLICIES.
I RESEND MY MOTION, SO, AND I, WELL MODIFY MY MOTION TO APPROVE.
AGENDA ITEMS. 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE.
[6. Consideration and possible action to approve Mid-Year Budget Amendments for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.]
OKAY, ITEM SIX, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26.UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, UH, MIDYEAR BUDGET AMENDMENTS WILL ONLY BE BROUGHT UP TO YOU IF THEY'RE MAKING ANY ADDITION OR MOVING INTERDEPARTMENTAL CHANGES.
UH, WE DID HAVE A ROUNDUP WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WE WENT OVER, UM, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IF THINGS WERE NEEDED.
LIKE LET'S SAY THEY BUDGET $500 OFF THE SUPPLY, THEY NEEDED 700.
SO THEY TRANSFER FROM FIXTURES TO OFFICE SUPPLIES.
THOSE PASS BY WITH ADMIN WITH MY APPROVAL AND ADMINISTRATION.
THIS ONE, THE ONE IN FRONT OF YOU, THIS IS FOR OUR WATER DEPARTMENT WATER PRODUCTION.
UM, WE DID ADDED TWO EXAMPLE OF LIKE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE PARTS THAT THEY NORMALLY BUY.
THEIR CURRENT BUDGET WAS 140,000.
UM, SO WE DID ADDED SOME QUOTES SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, WHAT THEY NEED, THE PARTS THAT THEY NEED.
AND, UM, MR. EDWARD CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
BUT IT'S REALLY BRASS, UM, AND FIRE HYDRANTS, WHICH IF YOU DO APPROVE, WE DO HAVE TWO, UH, EXPENSES COMING UP TO REQUEST, UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL TO APPROVE THE ITEMS, UH, FOR FIRE HYDRANTS AND FOR FOUR PARTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR, UH, SEWER WATER LINES TO BE REPLACED.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THOSE QUOTES SPEAK FOR ITSELF OF WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE BUYING WITH THIS AMENDMENT.
WE WANNA, THAT WILL CONTINUES ALLOW US TO CONTINUE WORKING.
I MEAN, IT WAS UNEXPECTED AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WATER BRICKS WE'RE GONNA HAVE, HOW MANY INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
THIS, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT ROUGH COMPARED TO OTHER YEARS.
WE DID, WENT OVER THEIR EXPENSES FOR THAT LINE ITEM.
AND THEY WERE MOSTLY PARTS, MOSTLY THINGS TO REPAIR AND REPLACE OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE DID DO, UM, CLOSE LOOK AT EACH EXPENSE THEY MAKE.
UH, MR. MANUEL, I DON'T KNOW IF MR. MANUELA IS HERE.
UH, MR. MANUEL AND, UM, MR. LARA, WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE BUYING AND THE REASONING WHY THEY'RE BUYING THEM.
AND I MEAN, WHAT CAN I SAY? IT'S REPLACING OF ALL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN MOVING FASTER THAN OTHER YEARS.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, MR. EDWARD IS HERE.
UM, IF YOU, IS THIS FOR THE WATER WATER DEPARTMENT? YES SIR.
WATER PLANT TWO, OR JUST IT'S FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION.
WATER DISTRIBUTION IN GENERAL WATER.
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ALL THOSE FIRE HYDRANTS THAT WE HAD THAT WE BOUGHT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? DID WE ALREADY PUT THEM INTO THE GROUND? YES, THEY'RE ALL GONE.I HAVE FOUR LEFT, I HAVE FOUR LEFT AND I HAVE, UH, WORK ORDERS.
HOW MANY OF THOSE? THERE WAS A 20 SOMETHING? NO, THOSE 27 FIRE HYDRANTS.
AND UH, I HAVE EIGHT REQUESTS.
I HAVE FIVE FIRE HYDRANTS IN, UH, LAINA ITSELF.
WE CHANGED ONE OUT LAST NIGHT IN FRONT OF A PIZZA HUT.
WE HAD TO DO THAT AT MIDNIGHT.
UH, SO WE CAN CLOSE THE BUSINESSES AND EFFECT THEM, BUT MR. LARA, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE, UH, FIRE HYDRANTS THAT YOU TAKE OUT? WE SELL 'EM TO THE SCRAP.
WE SELL 'EM TO THE SCRAP AND THEN WE TURN IT INTO STEPHANIE NOT TO SCRAP THE MONEY.
CAN THOSE NOT BE REBUILT?
WE'RE REPLACING, UH, OLDER FIRE HYDRANTS WITH MUELLERS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF AMERICAN DARLINGS, A LOT OF, UH, DIFFERENT KENNEDY BRANDS THAT WE'RE GOING WITH MUELLER BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP IT ALL IN THE SAME SO WE'RE NOT BUYING DIFFERENT BRANDS.
BUT THOSE, THOSE OLD ONES CAN'T, CAN'T BE REBUILT AND USED AS SPARES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THERE'S, UH, CALCIUM IN THE WATER.
UM, UM, I CAN SAY, 'CAUSE I USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY, SO I KNOW, UM, WE USED TO GET THE BREAKAWAY, UH, BOLTS AND WE HAD TO MAKE OUR OWN, UM, WE HAD TO MAKE OUR OWN SEALS AND WITH RUBBER MATS GA
SO, SO I UNDERSTAND, I I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GO THROUGH.
HAVING TO BE OUT THERE IN THE COLD AND THE COLD WATER.
AFTER A WHILE IT GETS WARM AND YOU'RE THERE WORKING.
UM, ARE Y'ALL STILL BUYING STAINLESS STEEL, UH, CLAMPS.
AND WHO ARE YOU BUYING THEM FROM? I, I GET 'EM FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
I GET 'EM FROM DIFFERENT, UH, I GET FROM CORN MAIN, I GET FROM, UH, OUR WORKS.
I GET IT FROM, UH, FERGUSON, A CT PIPE AND, UH, ACCURATE STAINLESS STEEL'S.
A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT IN THE LONG RUN IT'S GONNA, IT LAST A LITTLE LONGER.
UM, I CAN RELATE TO, TO WHAT YOU GO THROUGH.
'CAUSE I, I WAS THERE MANY YEARS AGO, BUT, UM, IF, UH, I KNOW EVERYTHING, THE, THE PRICES HAVE GONE UP.
UM, CAN WE BID IT OUT? CAN WE GET BIDS? WHAT DO YOU THINK PETE? WELL, THIS, THIS ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE, I GUESS ALREADY THE DISBURSEMENT OF THE FUNDS TO BUY THE FIRE HYDRANTS.
IN THOSE, IN THOSE, I HAVE THREE QUOTES FOR THREE DIFFERENT, OKAY.
UM, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE, WE HAVE A BUDGET CYCLE COMING UP ON OCTOBER.
SO ALL Y'ALL WILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO REVIEW WORKSHOPS.
ONE, TWO, AND HOPEFULLY THREE.
UM, WE NEED TO JUST PLAN AND DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED THINGS, WE NEED TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
'CAUSE BUDGET AMENDMENTS COME FAR AND FEW IN BETWEEN.
BELIEVE ME, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE, WELL, THEY'RE FIRE HYDRANTS.
I ALREADY TASKED THIS TEAM WITH IMPROVING OUR ISO RATING, SO THIS IS GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO I GUESS WE HAVE TO DO THIS.
THESE, THIS, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT IS FOR NOT JUST FOR THE FIRE HYDRANT, IT'S ALSO FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE LOG LINES.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING, YOU'RE APPROVING AN INCREASE TO THAT LINE ITEM AND THAT ITEM, IT'S USED FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION PARTS LIKE, LIKE WHAT HE MENTIONED, CLAMPS AND BRASS AND FIRE HYDRANTS AS WELL.
ALONG THAT, WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE LINE BREAKS, THE WATER BREAKS, UH, ARE YOU REPLA, ARE YOU REPAIRING THOSE OR ARE YOU, IF IT'S AN OLDER LINE, ARE YOU REPLACING THE WHOLE LINE? IT, IT, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MANY CLAMPS WE HAVE.
UH, SO YOU'RE JUST REPAIRING, USUALLY WE'LL REPAIR IT, BUT IF IT'S GOT THREE, FOUR CLAMPS, THEN WE'LL CUT IT OUT AND PUT A NEW PIECE.
UH, YESTERDAY WE CUT OUT A PUSH MT WITH A PUSH ON FIRE HYDRANT DIDN'T HAVE A VALVE.
WE INSTALLED PVC WITH QUANTUM COUPLINGS, A NEW VALVE AND A NEW FIRE HYDRANT.
UM, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE WATER LINES INFRASTRUCTURE IN TOWN ARE AT AN AGE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED? ALL OF IT.
SO, SO WE, WE, WE CAN'T MOVE TOO FAR FROM THE AGENDA ITEM.
SO LET'S JUST, BUT THIS FOR MAINTENANCE TO GET, WE'LL, ANOTHER, WE'LL GET TO THAT LATER.
THE, THERE'S, THERE'LL BE A STUDY YOU GUYS WILL BE PRESENTED LATER.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PATCHWORK.
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TO STAY ON THE TOPIC, THIS IS FOR A MIDYEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
COMMISSIONERS IN FULFILLMENT OF THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT.
UH, THEY DIDN'T WANNA WAIT TOO LONG.
[7. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of fifteen (15) 4'0" Bury Hydrants from Core and Main Lp., in the amount of $47,419.50.]
SO ITEM SEVEN IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 15 FOUR FOOT BREWERY HYDRANT BREWERY HYDRANTS FROM QUARTER MAIN IN THE AMOUNT OF 47,400 1950 AS, UH, WAS STATED BY STAFF.WE'VE GOTTEN THREE BIDS ON THAT AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ? DO I HAVE A SECOND? I.
MOTION SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ.
[8. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of multiple-sized brass parts from Accurate Utility Supply in the amount of $11,877.89.]
ADAM, A CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION OF PROOF PURCHASE OF MULTIPLE SIZE BREASTS, PARTS FROM ACCURATE UTILITY SUPPLY IN THE AMOUNT OF 11,000 877 89.UH, AND THIS IS ALSO IN FULFILLMENT OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AND AS DISCUSSED STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I? MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO.
MOTION PASSES NOW FOR THE FAVORITE PART.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? WE DON'T REALLY NEED A MOTION.