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PLEASE NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN CITY COMMISSION JULY 4TH, 2026.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
MS. MCGINNIS, CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE CALL? MAYOR
UH, BENJAMIN CASTILLO HERE FOR ERIC VOICE.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
MS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE PRESENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE.
I'M AT 4 64 ENA STREET, SANTO, UM, HERE AS, UM, REPRESENTATIVE OF RESIDENCE AND ALSO PRAIRIE FRIENDS.
I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH EDITH RAMEZ.
UH, WE WANNA THANK, UH, AGAIN, THE PREVIOUS AND CURRENT, UH, ADMINISTRATION HERE AT THE CITY, UH, FOR THE SPAIN NEUTER INITIATIVE, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RGB HUMANE.
WE'VE BEEN HEARING FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS.
UH, WE HAD A STORY OF A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS, UH, ACTUALLY SHE'S A STUDENT IN HIGH, IN JUNIOR HIGH.
HER PARENTS, UH, WANTED TO GET RID OF HER DOG BECAUSE SHE KEPT HAVING BABIES AND THEY JUST WANTED TO GET, YOU KNOW, GET, GET RID OF HER.
THEY COULDN'T AFFORD SPAY AND NEUTER.
UM, I CAN VOUCH THAT I CALLED EVERYWHERE AND IT COST BETWEEN 400 TO $800 TO GET A SPAY AND NEUTER A DECENT ONE.
UM, ANYWAY, SO SHE ENDED UP, UH, CONNECTING WITH ONE OF THE LADIES WHO HELPS THE EVENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS AROUND.
'CAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL LADIES THAT ACTUALLY DO HELP OTHER PEOPLE WITH THEIR, UM, WITH THEIR ANIMALS AND PETS.
SO SHE ENDED UP GETTING, UH, THE, THE DOG SPAYED AND THEREFORE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, LOSE HER PET.
SO, IT'S A GOOD STORY, I THINK.
UM, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR CITY, UH, THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, PETS DO PROVIDE COMFORT.
THEY PROVIDE COMPANIONSHIP LOYALTY.
UM, SO I WOULD ASK THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, AND I'M HOPING MORE RESIDENTS COME WITH ME.
UH, IF I CAN GET 'EM ON THE TELEPHONE, MAYBE I'LL GET APPROVED
SO I THINK, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AS, YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, NOT TIED UP IN THE BACK OR LIVING IN, YOU KNOW, IN POOR CONDITIONS.
UM, I THINK CHILDREN ESPECIALLY ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO GIVE THEM THAT EXAMPLE OR TEACH THEM.
SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT TO DO.
THE LADIES OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY DO A LOT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND GENTLEMEN.
BUT, UM, WE'LL HOPEFULLY SOMETIME GET TOGETHER AND MAYBE START, YOU KNOW, DOING SOMETHING THROUGH OUR NON-PROFIT TO REACH OUT TO KIDS AS WELL.
UH, WE JUST NEED VOLUNTEERS OF WHAT WE NEED.
SO ANYBODY WANNA BE A VOLUNTEER? LET ME KNOW.
THANK YOU MR. WILLIAMS. MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 39, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTO TEXAS REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS AS A CONDITION OF APPOINTMENTS TO CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTO EDC, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
EIGHT, ESTABLISHING SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, DISQUALIFICATION STANDARDS, AND INDI INDIVIDUALIZED REVIEW.
ATTORNEY ERIC TI WAS PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE'S SOME, UH, LANGUAGE I KNOW THAT I'D LIKE TO REVIEW, BUT, UH, THE, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE A CITY ORDINANCE THAT COVERS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
ALL I WOULD THINK MAYBE JUST LEAVE A NOTE OUT OF THIS ONE AND
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HAVE THIS COVER ALL THE OTHER BOARD.THE, UH, ALSO THE SECTION FOUR REVIEW OF RESULTS INCLUDE THE CITY MANAGER.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WOULD INCLUDE THE CITY MANAGER, UH, IN, IN REVIEWING THE RESULTS.
I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THE RESULTS WOULD BE VIEWED BY WHOEVER DOES THE BACKGROUND CHECK THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER PERSON NOTIFIED WOULD BE WHOEVER MADE THE APPOINTMENT.
I, I WOULDN'T, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A ROOM FOR DISCUSSION THERE, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD, RIGHT NOW THE WAY WE HAVE IT IS THERE'S NO ACTION.
LOOK 'EM OVER AND MAKE, UH, POSSIBLE CHANGES.
I, I WOULDN'T DEFER ANY TYPE OF REVIEW OF BACKGROUNDS TO ANY OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
GET TO THE DISCRETION OF THE HR CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER SINCE THEY RUN THE DAY-TO-DAY DUTIES.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF, IF THEY MEET THE, THE QUALIFICATIONS.
'CAUSE THEN YOU PUT THAT INTO YOUR HANDS.
BUT IF YOU HAVE LEGAL QUESTIONS, WE CAN, WE CAN ALWAYS ADDRESS IT BEFORE THE FINAL ACTION.
THE NEXT, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN SAY THEY GET DISQUALIFIED IN THE BACKGROUND, OBVIOUSLY WHOEVER DID THE BACKGROUND GONNA NO CITY ATTORNEY WOULD BE NOTIFIED AND THEN JUST NOTIFIED THE WHOEVER DEPARTMENT THAT THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY.
BUT NO REVIEW OF THE, OF THE BACK? NO.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN ANY BACKGROUND.
ANY OTHER EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE, UH, CONFIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SO JUST TRY TO KEEP IT TO THE MINIMUM.
SO, MR. MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER, WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE LEGITIMATE, UH, SUGGESTIONS.
AND SO LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST READING, UH, THE NEXT TIME THAT IT COMES UP ON THE EXHIBIT WILL BE THE SECOND READ FOR ACTION.
UH, BUT I'LL LET MR. FO KNOW THE SUGGESTIONS AND WE WILL, WE'LL WORK WITH THE MAYOR TO KIND OF WORK THESE THROUGH, UH, UH, FOR YOU GUYS CONSIDERATION, LIKE ON SECONDARY, IF THAT'S OKAY.
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A FACILITY USE AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF THE SAN DIEGO CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM BY THE SAN DIEGO ROTARY CLUB.
FOR FUNDRAISER, I HAVE, UH, ELA GARCIA, CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM DIRECTOR PRESENTING THE ITEM.
UH, GARCIA, CULTURAL DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UM, THE 70 ROTARY CLUB HAS REQUESTED THE USE OF THE SEVEN YEAR CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM TO HOST AN, UH, ONE EVENING WITH EF FUNDRAISER.
UH, THIS SATURDAY, JULY THE 18TH, APPROXIMATELY 128 ATTENDEES ARE EXPECTED, WHICH IS WITHIN THE MUSEUM'S OCCUPANCY CAPACITY.
THE ROTARY CLUB, UH, WILL PROVIDE ALL EVENT, UH, UH, FURNISHINGS, FOOD SERVICE, AND LIMITED DECORATIONS.
AND NO PERMANENT ALTERATIONS TO THE FACILITY ARE PROPOSED.
UH, THIS PARTNERSHIP SUPPORTS THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT'S MISSION, UH, TO WORK WITH, UH, LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHILE INTRODUCING MORE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO THE MUSEUM AND ITS PROGRAMS. THIS EVENT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE MUSEUM STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR EVARO.
MR. DO I HAVE A SECOND? AND GONNA BE AT THE OTHER BUILDING, RIGHT? BECAUSE I MEAN, MY UNDERSTANDING AT THE BEGINNING WAS IT WAS GONNA BE AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING
THAT WAS MY UNDER FIRST UNDERSTANDING AT THE BEGINNING.
SO IT IS GONNA BE AT THE OTHER MUSEUM.
UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, IT WAS FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM.
AND THAT'S WHAT I JUST ASKED WITH, WITH, UH, THE PROSPECT OF THE ROTARY.
COMMISSIONER EZ, HAVE A DISCUSSION.
I'M CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE ROTARY CLUB, SO MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A SPONSORSHIP DONATION TO THE SAN BERNARD ROTARY CLUB ON THE AMOUNT OF $500.
CARLOS SENA, INTERIM CITY MANAGER PRESENTING THIS ITEM, UH, MAYOR COMMISSION.
UH, I WOULD ADD THAT, THAT THE COMMISSION, UM, ENTERTAINS THIS, UH, UH, DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.
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AND IT IS FOR TO ASSIST THE, UH, ROTARY CLUB.I KNOW THEY DO A VARIETY OF, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, AND YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION, UH, BEFORE COMMISSIONER, SHOULD I HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION TO POINT? I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEMP BRAVADO.
DO I HAVE A SECOND BEFORE I SECOND THE MOTION? UM, I KNOW THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, UH, HAD TOLD THE ROTARY CLUB THAT THEY WOULD DONATE A THOUSAND DOLLARS INSTEAD OF $500.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT STANDS.
WHETHER THAT WAS TRUE OR NOT, IT WOULD BE UP TO, TO THE ADMISSION TO DECIDE TO DO THAT.
AND THE, THE ONLY REASON WHY IS BECAUSE, I MEAN, I KNOW THE ROTARY CLUB CAME BACK, CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, HEY, WELL, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS I DO KNOW THAT THE ROTARY CLUB DOES DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, YOU KNOW, AND TO GET BACK TO THE KIDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GETTING READY TO DO.
SO IF THAT WOULD THAT, WE WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO THAT.
AND WE CAN ALREADY FIND IT WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.
SO WE CAN PUT IT TO A CONTRACT ON MOTION AND ATE MOTION TO APPROVE A THOUSAND BONUS COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR I NOVATO AS CHANGES MOTION TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ALL OPPOSED, SAME SIGN I ABSTAIN.
MOTION CARRIES FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS CONTRIBUTION CHECK, THE CITY SHALL MAKE THE ROTARY CLUB.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. DO HAVE A MOTION FOR TO CONVENIENCE EXECUTIVE SESSION? MOTION TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MAYOR PRO TEMP LAVADO THE MOTION.
WE'LL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU NEED ME TO READ OFF THE THINGS? UH, YES SIR.
DO YOU NEED, UH, IS IT US THAT READ IT OR GO AHEAD, I APOLOGIZE.
PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS TO DELIBERATE AND FINALIZE THE SEPARATION SLASH AGREEMENT AND RELATED TERMS SLASH RELEASES OF A FORMER PUBLIC OFFICER CORRECT ON THE WHILE FORMER CIVIL MANAGER.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY CONSULTATION, UH, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CITY MANAGER RESEARCH APPLICANT'S SCREENING SELECTION PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE TIME IS 7:48 PM COUNSEL? YES, MR. MAYOR, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, PURSUANT TO, UH, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 2 7 4 TO DELIBERATE AND FINALIZE THE SEPARATION, UH, SLASH AGREEMENT AND RELATED TERM SLASH RELEASE.
AS A FORMER PUBLIC OFFICER FOR
SO MOTION YOU HAVE A SECOND, SECOND.
I MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ALL OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH RESPECT TO THE SECOND ITEM, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS COMMISSION, UH, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SEARCH APPLICANT'S SCREEN AND SELECTION PROCESSES TO THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL, UH, THAT THE COMMISSION DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REACH OUT TO, UH, UH, APPLICANTS FOR INTERVIEW IS DIRECTED IN CLOSED SESSION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.
SECOND BY MAYOR PROTE BRAVADO.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.