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[CALL TO ORDER:]
5 31.I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
MS. MCGINNIS, CAN YOU START WITH ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
PRESENT, COMMISSIONER RICARDO PEREZ.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL CORTEZ, PRESENT, COMMISSIONER VICTOR GONZALEZ, PRESENT ATTORNEY ERIC FLORES.
THIS IS ANDY BELLA FOR ERIC FLORES.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ALL.
WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE US FLAG.
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, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE.
UNDER GOD WANT AND INDIVISIBLE, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.
MS. LORI FLORES WILL LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION.
MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS MADAM SECRETARY.
DEAR LORD, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST BLESS YOUR HOLY, MIGHTY NAME AND WE ARE JUST SO THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
WE THANK YOU DEAR LORD, HEAVENLY FATHER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY THAT WE SERVE IN FATHER GOD.
WE KNOW THAT WE ARE APPOINTED FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS FATHER, WE JUST ASK FOR GRACE OVER ALL OF OUR POSITIONS.
DEAR LORD, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE KNOW FATHER GOD, THAT THIS IS A VERY THANKLESS POSITION, FATHER GOD, THAT WE CANNOT PLEASE EVERYBODY, BUT BEFORE WE TRY TO PLEASE ANYONE THAT WE SEEK FOR YOUR APPROVAL, FOR YOUR WISDOM, FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT FORTH FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SAN BENITO.
FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU DEAR LORD, HEAVENLY FATHER, FOR THE WISDOM AND THE GRACE THAT YOU'VE BESTOWED UPON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
THAT WE REMEMBER NOT TO TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY AND NOT TO TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED, FATHER GOD, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO REPAY, BE REPAID FOR THE SACRIFICE.
FATHER GOD, TO BE HERE TO HONOR YOU AND TO HONOR THE CITIZENS.
FATHER GOD, MAY WE SHOW EACH OTHER COMPASSION AND HONOR.
MAY WE SHOW EACH OTHER GRACE AND MERCY, AND MAY WE SEEK YOU ABOVE ALL ELSE, YOUR WISDOM, YOUR APPROVAL, FATHER GOD.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR MIGHTY NAME.
[Additional Item]
ON AUGUST 6TH, 2026 FROM FIVE 30 TO 6:30 PM SANTO FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITIZENS ACADEMY AT THE SANTO FIRE STATION.NUMBER ONE, LOCATED AT 1201 SOUTH SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD.
YOU CAN REGISTER ON SITE AUGUST 8TH, 2 20 26 FROM 6:00 PM TO 10:00 PM WE'LL HAVE MARKET DAYS ON ROBERTSON.
WE HAVE OVER 70 VENDORS FREE MOVIES, UH, FOR THE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES WHILE THEY LAST.
AUGUST 21ST, 2026 FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM RGV FOOD BANK DRIVE.
WE'LL HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH AT THE SANTO FIVE, UH, FAIRGROUNDS AT 1501 CESAR GONZALEZ PARKWAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO, THAT'S LIKE IT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS (Speaker remarks limited to three minutes)]
COMMENTS.GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ANORA THREE 30, LOZANO LANE, SAN BENITO, BORN AND RAISED.
UM, I WANTED TO COMMEND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF THE TACO ABOUT THE BUDGET, UH, EVENT.
IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE, UM, AND I LOVED HOW IT SEG.
UM, BUT I LOVED HOW IT SEGUED INTO A BUDGET PRESENTATION.
UM, SOMETHING THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF AND SOMETHING THAT I WAS GLAD I ATTENDED.
LIKE I SAID, I FOR THE BUDGET.
UM, SOMETHING I REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT THE BUDGET IS THAT THERE ARE PURCHASES AND POSITIONS BEING PROPOSED THAT BRING SERVICES, UH, IN-HOUSE.
UH, WHENEVER YOU SUBMIT CONTRACTS TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THERE ARE MORE OVERHEAD COSTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND, UH, WE GET MORE BANK FOR OUR, OUR TAX PAYER DOLLAR BY HAVING THAT IN-HOUSE.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT GETS, UH, APPROVED.
UH, THOSE PURCHASES, UH, THOSE POSITIONS GET CREATED.
UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THAT PRESENTATION WAS THAT THE MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY IS, UH, PROPERTY TAXES.
OUR PROPERTY TAXES, AND FOR THE SAN BENITO, UH, THAT I THINK WE ALL WANT TO SEE IN THE FUTURE, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY
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WISE TO AT LEAST MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FULLY FUNDING OUR PROJECTS, THAT WE CAN BE A LITTLE MORE AMBITIOUS IF IT GETS US AN EXTRA STREET PAVED, UH, UM, SOMETHING ELSE, UH, ANOTHER TRUCK MAYBE, UM, AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT COULD HELP US OUT, THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE.AND, UH, SOMETHING ELSE I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST IS, UM, ASKING, UH, THE PERSON WHO PUT THAT BUDGET TOGETHER, UH, TOGETHER, WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR AS REGARD TO THE, THE 0 CENT, THE 1 CENT, OR THE 2 CENT TAX REDUCTION.
I CANNOT PRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, MY NAME'S CONNOR PACE WITH ROYAL METAL BUILDING COMPONENTS HERE IN SAN BENITO.
UM, MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, ON JUNE 18TH, 2024, I STOOD BEFORE THIS COMMISSION TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DETERIORATING CONDITIONS OF DRIVE AND FALCON BOULEVARD IN SAN, IN THE SAN BENITO INDUSTRIAL PARK.
UM, AT THAT TIME, THESE ROADS HAD ALREADY BEEN NEGLECTED FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS, AND I ASKED THE CITY TO INVEST IN A PERMANENT RECONSTRUCTION INSTEAD OF THE CONTINUING TEMPORARY REPAIRS.
A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE CITY STRIPPED THE ASPHALT FROM AMUD DRIVE.
UH, BUSINESSES IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK WERE HOPEFUL AND ENCOURAGED BECAUSE WE BELIEVED THE CONSTRUCTION WAS FINALLY GOING TO BEGIN.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHERE PROGRESS STOPPED TODAY.
OMNISTAR DRIVE IS ESSENTIALLY A CALICHE ROAD WITH THE SAME POTHOLES IT'S HAD BEFORE, ONLY NOW IT'S COVERED IN DUST.
EVERY PASSING TRUCK CREATES DUST, CLOUDS THAT CODE OUR BUSINESSES, EQUIPMENT, INVENTORY, EMPLOYEE VEHICLES, AND CUSTOMER VEHICLES.
THESE CONDITIONS ALSO INCREASE WEAR AND TEAR ON COMPANY TRUCKS, DELIVERY VEHICLES, AND EVEN THE SAN BENITO ISD SCHOOL BUSES THAT TRAVEL FALCON BOULEVARD EVERY DAY.
SO IT ISN'T JUST A INCONVENIENCE, IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE.
SINCE I FIRST SPOKE TO THIS COMMISSION, LAMAR ADVERTISING HAS RELOCATED ITS RGV OFFICE TO HARLINGEN.
CAPITAL TOWING IS NOW HAS A FOR SALE SIGN OUTSIDE ITS PROPERTY, AND MAY BE RELOCATING AS WELL.
AND THERE'S RUMORS OF THE GILMAN DEALERSHIP ALSO RELOCATING.
UH, CAN I SAY THESE BUSINESSES ARE LEAVING BECAUSE OF THE ROADS? NO, BUT I CAN SAY THAT BUSINESSES INVEST WHERE CITIES INVEST IN THEM.
WHEN ONE OF ONE OF THE CITY'S LARGEST TAX GENERATING BUSINESSES, BUSINESS DISTRICTS IS LEFT WITH DETERIORATING INFRASTRUCTURE YEAR AFTER YEAR, IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO EXISTING BUSINESSES AND TO COMPANIES CONSIDERING INVESTING HERE.
THE SAN BENITO INDUSTRIAL PARK IS ONE OF THE CITY'S ECONOMIC ENGINES.
THE BUSINESSES HERE PROVIDE JOBS, ATTRACT CUSTOMERS FROM ACROSS THE VALLEY, AND GENERATE SIGNIFICANT TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
WE DESERVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REFLECTS THAT CONTRIBUTION.
UM, SIMPLY ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION PROVIDE THE BUSINESSES IN THE, IN, IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK WITH AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF OMNIA DRIVE AND FALCON BOULEVARD, A REALIST, A REALISTIC TIMELINE FOR RECONSTRUCTION, AND AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY OMNIA DRIVE WAS STRIPPED, BUT NEVER REPAID IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THE BUSINESSES IN SAN BENITO INDUSTRIAL PARK HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH.
MIKE TRAVIS, MIKE TRAVIS, SAN BENITO, TEXAS.
UH, GREETINGS ONE AND ALL THE LORD'S BLESSINGS UPON US.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE EDIFYING, WHOEVER DID THE YES.
THE CHURCH SAID AMEN ON ALL OF THAT.
UM, WANNA DO A COUPLE SHOUT OUTS HERE REAL FAST? UM, FIRST I WANNA SHOUT OUT TO MR. ULE MARTINEZ.
I THINK HE'S IN PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT HE'S OUR TRACTOR MOWING GUY ON, UH, LINE 17 ROAD, ALSO KNOWN AS RUSSELL LANE.
HE KEEPS US NEAT AND TIDY OVER THERE.
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ALSO WE'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PLANNING AND ZONING, MS. MONICA AND MR. ENRIQUE.UM, SOME OF YOU I KNOW FROM WAY BACK, MR. MAYOR, LIKE BACK 2023, WHICH IS WHEN I SORT OF REEMERGED ON THE SCENE AFTER AN ABSENCE, UH, KIND OF THING.
I WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PERIODICALLY BEFORE THAT.
BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE I CAME, YOU KNOW, MORE FULL TIME-ISH KIND OF STUFF.
BUT, UH, YES, UH, NUMBER OF ISSUES THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AND, UH, MS. MONICA AND MR. ENRIQUE HAVE BEEN, UH, THE UTMOST OF PROFESSIONALISM IN THEIR, WHAT THEY DO AND, UH, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF SAN BENITO.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT REAL FAST.
UH, AND COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS.
AND MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU THAT YOU KNEW PEOPLE.
I SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT YOU WEREN'T HERE SO YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME SAY IT.
SO I'M GONNA REPEAT MYSELF, REITERATE, SAY AGAIN AS THEY SAY.
IT'S MORE THAN TWO MEETINGS A WEEK.
I KNOW THAT'S, THERE'S ALL KIND OF WORKSHOPS, THERE'S ALL KIND OF STUFF, AND THERE'S ALL KIND OF, AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING RICH OFF OF IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO, BECAUSE I CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AND DO EVERYTHING.
UH, I ECHO THE AMISTAD AND FALCON, UH, SENTIMENTS.
'CAUSE WHENEVER I HAVE TO GO OVER TO THE CAMERON APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO PROTEST MY PROPERTY TAXES AT A HEARING, YEAH, IT DOESN'T HELP WHEN I GET COVERED UP IN DUST.
AND THEN ALSO IN LIGHT OF THE, THE, THE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE IRAN AND A PARENT'S INTERNET'S ATTACKS, CYBER ATTACKS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT, UH, IF CITY SAN BENITO IS INTER, UH, CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET OF THINGS TO EVALUATE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
AND IF THEY'RE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE HARDENED TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
BECAUSE ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OUT OF THAT, WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.
BUT IT CAN REACH OUT AND EFFECT US, I THINK, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF EVIL IN THE WORLD.
AND I PRAY THE LORD'S BLESSINGS UPON US, ONE AND ALL.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME TO LISTEN TO ME.
I AM AN UPCOMING RISING ARTIST.
AND TODAY I CAME HERE AND TOOK THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, RICK BETIS FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME AND ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME.
AND IT'S TRULY AMAZING ON HOW ALL THE UPCOMING EVENTS AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT HE DOES FOR ME.
SO I DO WANT TO GIVE HIM MY ALBUM BECAUSE HE IS TRULY AMAZING AND IT'S INCREDIBLE ON HOW, UM, ME, A 12-YEAR-OLD, A RISE COMING ARTIST AND HE'S OUT THERE SUPPORTING ME.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK HIM SO MUCH.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO VICTOR GONZALEZ FOR ALSO SUPPORTING ME AND BUYING 10 ALBUMS. I TRULY APPRECIATE IT, AND I JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.
[PRESENTATION(S) ]
MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE CITY SANTO GROUP EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PACKAGE FOR FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER 20, OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027 BY VALLEYVIEW CONSULTING, UH, PRESENTED BY JONATHAN SLANSKY, PRESIDENT PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO COMMISSIONERS, MR. CITY MANAGER ADMINISTRATION.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
UH, MY NAME'S JOHN S SALINSKY AND PRESIDENT OF, UH, BROKERAGE SERVICES FOR VALLEY RISK CONSULTING.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE GOING OVER THE, UH, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RENEWAL TONIGHT.
TODAY WE'RE JUST GONNA BE GOING OVER THE MEDICAL RENEWAL AND ALSO COBRA FSA DEPENDENT CARE, UM, AND, UM, AND CO COBRA SERVICES AND FSA, I'M SORRY.
AND THE NEXT MEETING, UM, WE HAVE A RATE GUARANTEE FOR ALL THE VOLUNTARY PRODUCTS.
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WE HAVE A TWO OR THREE YEAR RATE GUARANTEE ON ALL THOSE.SO, UM, WHAT WE DID LOOK AT FOR THE FUTURE IS THE DENTAL AND VISION TO ENHANCE THOSE FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
BUT TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE, UH, THE MEDICAL FIRST.
SO, RIGHT NOW, THE CITY, UM, WE, WE ARE IN A OCTOBER 1ST EFFECTIVE DATE.
WE ARE, WE HAVE ABOUT 222 EMPLOYEES ON THE PLAN.
WE HAVE, WE'RE CURRENTLY WITH CURATIVE ON A FULLY INSURED PROGRAM.
UM, YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A $0 DEDUCTIBLE, $0 COPAYS FOR THEIR, UH, THE PRIMARY DOCTORS, THE $0 COPAY FOR THEIR SPECIALIST ER, URGENT CARE LABS, AND X-RAYS AND MOST OF THE PRESCRIPTION COPAYS.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD A VERY COMPETITIVE RATE OFFER OF A $476 AND 65 CENTS PER EMPLOYEE.
THIS IS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE SECOND LOWEST PREMIUM I'VE SEEN IN THE VALLEY FOR ALL PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES.
UH, WE, OUR RENEWAL, WE DID RUN, UH, PRETTY HIGH IN CLAIMS THIS YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY HAVING A $0 COPAY, $0 DEDUCTIBLE, IT'S GIVING ACCESS TO YOUR EMPLOYEES TO USE THE, UH, THE PROGRAM.
SO WE WANT IT, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S INTENDED FOR.
WE WANT THEM TO GET HEALTHY, WE WANT THEM TO GO GET MORE BLOOD WORK DONE, MORE TESTS DONE.
SO THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
SO WE HAD ABOUT 120% LOSS RATIO.
AND WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES THE LOSS RATIO MEAN? SO IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PREMIUM, WE HAVE $120,000 AT THE CARRIER PAID OUT.
THAT'S HOW THEY CALCULATE THAT.
SO WE HAD ABOUT 120% LOSS RATIO.
SO OUR FIRST RENEWAL OP OFFER, THE FIRST RENEWAL OFFER THAT WE DID GET FROM CURATIVE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE, IN THE MID TWENTIES.
UH, THEY WANTED A 20 SOME PERCENT, UH, RATE RENEWAL INCREASE, WHICH WE GOT DOWN TO A 17% RENEWAL INCREASE.
BUT ON OUR BEST AND FINAL OFFER, WE WANTED THEM TO OFFER A LEVEL FUNDED OFF, UH, OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY ON, ON THE BEST AND FINAL THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MIDDLE.
SO, ON THIS AND WHAT IS LEVEL FUNDED, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDING FOR YOUR MEDICAL PROGRAMS. YOU HAVE A FULLY INSURED, WHICH YOU'RE ON TODAY.
YOU HAVE A LEVEL FUNDED, WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN FULLY INSURED AND SELF-FUNDING.
UM, IT'S LIKE, IT'S, IT'S, UH, ACT, SMELLS, TASTE, JUST LIKE FULLY INSURED.
THE PRICE YOU SEE ON THE, ON THE BOARD AT 5 56 IS THE PRICE YOU'LL PAY.
YOU'LL NEVER HAVE ANY RUN OUT CLAIMS OR EXTRA FEES YOU HAVE TO PAY AT THE END OF, AT THE END OF IT.
BUT YOU'RE PROTECTED BY WHAT'S CALLED STOP-LOSS INSURANCE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LEARNING HOW TO RIDE A BIKE, YOU HAVE TRAINING WHEELS, IT'S BEFORE YOU GO WITH LIKE A LARGE ENTITY, LIKE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE, THAT ARE SELF-FUNDED.
THE CITY'S NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO BE A FEASIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SELF-FUNDED.
UH, WE DID MOVE OUT OF THAT, UH, LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW WE WANTED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE STABLE FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE, UH, SET FOR THE BUDGET AND IT'S GONNA BE THIS EXACT AMOUNT.
SO LEVEL FUNDED, IT'S, IT ACTS THE EXACT SAME WAY 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA PAY MOVING FORWARD, BUT IT'S THE, IT'S ALL PROS AND NO AND NO CONS.
SO WHAT THE PRO IS ON THE LEVEL FUNDED OPPORTUNITY.
SO IF WE, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT I HAVE FOR MY EMPLOYEES, I HAVE A LEVEL FUNDED OPTION AS WELL.
SO IF YOU RUN WELL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR, UH, WHICH WE DID SEE SOME TRENDING DOWNWARD TOWARDS THE END OF THE RENEWAL.
SO WE, WE COULD RUN GOOD NEXT YEAR.
IF WE, WE RUN WELL NEXT YEAR AND WE DO RENEW A CURATIVE AGAIN, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO A 50 50, UH, SPLIT WITH THE CARRIER OR WHEREVER WE HAVE LEFT IN THE CLAIMS FUND.
SO IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 50, $60,000 LEFT IN THE FUND, WE GET, UH, HALF OF THAT BACK TO THE CITY.
SO IF WE HAVE $60,000 LEFT, WE GET $30,000 BACK.
UM, IF WE GO WITH THIS OPTION, AND WE DID HAVE OTHER QUOTES.
WE DID HAVE BLUE CROSS, UH, UNITEDHEALTHCARE, BLUE CROSS, UM, TML, UM, DID NOT SUBMIT A BID IN TIME.
WE DID GO TO GRAVY, AETNA, CIGNA HEALTHCARE HIGHWAYS, YOU KNOW, EVERY OPTION.
SIDECAR HEALTH, EVERY OPTION YOU CAN THINK OF.
AND THEN WE PUT THE TOP THREE THAT WERE ON HERE FOR THE CITY, UM, IN A, IN A CLOSE SECOND PLACE.
UM, UNITED HEALTHCARE DID GIVE US A GOOD OPTION HERE FOR A-A-P-P-O PLAN.
A THOUSAND DOLLARS DEDUCTIBLE, ABOUT A 7,000, UH, 150 MAX OUT OF POCKET.
THAT DID PEAK OUR INTEREST BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT THERE.
IT'S, IT'S RIGHT IN THE COMPETITIVE, UM, IN THE COMPETITIVE AREA WHERE WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE RENEWAL.
AND THEN WE DID HAVE A, AN OP OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR QUOTE WITH, UH, WITH BLUE CROSS.
BUT AS YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PLAN, IT DOES HAVE A HIGHER DEDUCTIBLE.
WE, WHEN, WHEN WE COMPARED LIKE A LOWER DEDUCTIBLE WE HAVE WITH CURATIVE, IT WAS JUST OUTRAGEOUS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH RANGE, AND THAT WAS JUST NOT IN, IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE CITY.
SO ON THIS PLAN WITH BLUE CROSS AND OPTION THREE, IT'S A $6,250 DEDUCTIBLE, 8,150 MAX OUT OF POCKET WITH WHERE THE RENEWAL WAS AND WHERE WE GOT THE BEST AND FINAL OFFER FOR A LEVEL FUNDED OP OP, UH, OP OPTION.
WE BELIEVE IT'S OF THE BEST INTEREST IN THE CITY TO LOOK AT THIS OPTION AND, AND TAKE THE LEVEL FUNDED.
SO THE, IF WE MOVE OVER FROM FULLY INSURED TO LEVEL FUNDED, THE EMPLOYEES WILL SEE NO DIFFERENCE.
EVERYTHING'S STILL ZERO, ZERO COPAYS, ZERO DEDUCTIBLE, ZERO, UM, ER ZERO, UH, URGENT CARE, ZERO LAB, AND X-RAYS.
EVERYTHING STILL REMAINS THE SAME.
SO IT JUST, IT'S JUST GIVING US A PRO OPTION AND HAVING POTENTIAL TO GET MONEY BACK FOR IF WE STAY WITH THEM FOR THE RENEWAL FOR NEXT YEAR.
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ON THE SECOND PAGE, WE DID SHOW SOME OTHER OPTIONS, UM, FOR, UM, FOR UNITED UNITEDHEALTHCARE AND ALSO BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.WE KIND OF INCREASED THE, UM, THE OP OPTION FOR BOTH.
WE DID INCREASE THE, THE UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTION TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS DEDUCTIBLE WITH THE MAX OUT OF POCKET.
WE LOWERED IT FROM 71 50 TO 4,000.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RATE IS STILL MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT WE HAVE FOR, UM, FOR UNITED WITH CURATIVE FROM THE RENEWAL.
AND SAME THING WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.
WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSER COMPARISON TO WHERE CURATIVE IS AT.
AND IT'S STILL THE MOST COMPETITIVE OPTION FOR THE CITY.
AND IT COMING IN AT A $556, UH, PER EMPLOYEE.
IT'S STILL ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE OFFERS OUT THERE FOR WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE LOOKING AT CITIES OR ANY OF THE PUBLIC ENTITIES.
SOME CITIES ARE ACTUALLY UP IN THE SEVEN, $800 RANGE PER EMPLOYEE ONLY.
AND SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE KNOCKING ON EIGHT, $900.
SO THIS IS STILL A VERY COMPETITIVE OFFER.
AND ONE, ONE GOOD THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO IS THAT Y'ALL OFFER A VERY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, BENEFIT PACKAGE.
NOT ONLY DO YOU PAY FOR THE EMPLOYEE ONLY, SO THEY PAY ZERO OUT OF POCKET FOR THEIR THIS PLAN.
YOU ALSO OFFER A $50,000 BASIC LIFE POLICY.
SO, AND A $50,000 AD AND D SO IF YOUR AN EMPLOYEE HAPPENS TO PASS AWAY WHILE ON IT COULD BE ON OR OFF DUTY, THEY ACTUALLY GET $50,000 FOR THEIR BENEFICIARY OF THEIR FAMILY.
AND IF IT HAPPENS TO BE AN ACCIDENT, IT DOUBLES TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THAT'S A ZERO $0 CHARGE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES.
SAME THING WITH YOUR VISION AND DENTAL.
A LOT OF CITIES DON'T OFFER VISION AND DENTAL AT NO COST.
UM, THIS IS ALSO OFFERED TO ALL YOUR EMPLOYEES AT ZERO COST, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
IT'S GONNA BE ON THE NEXT CITY MEETING.
ON THE DENTAL AND VISION, WE WERE, UH, WE WERE CHALLENGED.
WE WERE GIVEN A CHALLENGE TO ONE, LET'S KEEP THE SAME RATES OR LOWER THEM AND ENHANCE THE BENEFITS.
YOU KNOW, AS IT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST EVERYONE, INCLUDING MYSELF, WEARS GLASSES.
YOU KNOW, ONE THING YOU DO WHEN YOU DO GO TO THE, TO THE, TO THE DOCTOR, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR YOUR COPAYS, FOR YOUR FRAMES, YOUR LENSES, AND THEN IF YOU WANNA BUY OUT TO THE ANTI SCRATCH AND ALL THOSE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA PAY A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT COPAY.
SO WE WERE CHALLENGED TO LOWER THOSE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT DONE QUITE IN TIME TO BE ON THIS AGENDA, BUT WE'LL BE ON THE NEXT ONE.
UM, WE DID SEE, UM, A 0% RATE INCREASE ON THE VISION, AND WE ACTUALLY ENHANCED IT FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES, LOWERED THEIR COPAY AND ENHANCED THE BENEFIT.
AND ON THE DENTAL PROGRAM, WE ACTUALLY, UH, DECREASED THE COST AND, AND KEPT THE BENEFITS THE SAME.
SO WE HAD ABOUT A, I THINK A 4%, UH, SAVINGS FOR THE CITY ON THAT ONE.
SO, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ALSO, UM, THIS MID PLAN YEAR, THIS YEAR, WE WERE, UH, ASKED TO INCLU INCORPORATE AN FSA PROGRAM INTO YOUR, UM, INTO YOUR CITY'S BENEFIT PACKAGE.
SO WE HAVE, WE FOUND A SOLUTION THAT ACTUALLY CAN ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING FOR YOU GUYS, IS ACTUALLY CREATE A BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS.
THEY CAN DO, UM, AN FSA PLAN, UH, BA IT'S BASICALLY A PRE-TAX FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES.
SO IT ACTUALLY HELPS THE EMPLOYEE AND THE CITY.
SO ONE THEY GET TO DO ON A PRE-TAX DEDUCTION.
SO THEY CAN HELP 'EM OUT WITH THESE COPAYS TO SAY FOR THE DENTAL, THE VISION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF, UM, THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET A PRE-TAX DEDUCTION FROM THEIR, UH, PAYCHECK AND THEY CAN USE THAT, THAT, UH, THOSE MONIES TO ACTUALLY PAY FOR IT.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A WIN-WIN BY LOWERING THE, UH, THEIR ACTUAL PRE-TAX, THE ACTUAL CITY WILL ACTUALLY SAVE ON THEIR 9 41 PAYROLL TAXES.
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE EMPLOYEE.
AND AS WELL AS FSA, THEY, THEY DO OFFER OUR COBRA PROGRAM.
SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.
AND SO ANY EMPLOYEE THAT LEAVES THE CITY, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR, FOR, UH, FOR COBRA UP TO 18 MONTHS.
SO AT THIS, THE CITY NO LONGER HAS TO PAY FOR THAT EMPLOYEE.
SO LET'S SAY IT'S TO MAKE SIMPLE MATH, THE, THE RATE COSTS $500.
THE, THE ACTUAL EMPLOYEE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP ON THE CITY PLAN FOR UP TO 18 MONTHS.
BUT THAT WHAT THEY, BUT THEY WOULD'VE TO PAY THE FULL $500, THE CITY NO LONGER CONTRIBUTES TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO LEAVE THE CITY, RIGHT? AND THEN JUST PAY THE 2% FEE.
SO IT'D BE LIKE $510 ROUGHLY FOR THE ADMIN FEE FOR THE, UH, THE COBRA ADMINISTRATOR.
SO WE'RE NOT DOING THE CONSOLIDATED BILLING, BUT IS, IS IT, OH, ALSO THEY OFFER A CONSOLIDATED BILLING, BUT WE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE DOING THAT THIS YEAR.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW IT AS AN OPTION.
SO ON A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR CITIES, UH, THAT HAVE MULTIPLE CARRIERS, THEY COULD HAVE NINE OR 10 DIFFERENT CARRIERS, AND YOU WANNA JUST HAVE ONE BILL YOUR, YOUR ACCOUNTING, JUST LIKE, PLEASE DON'T GIMME EIGHT DIFFERENT CARRIER INVOICES, JUST GIMME ONE.
THEY OFFER, THEY OFFER THAT AS WELL.
AND THEY CAN BUNDLE EVERYTHING, MEDICAL, VOLUNTARY CARRIER AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, BUT WE, WE DIDN'T, WE'D RATHER DO.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT THE DEPENDENT CARE WAS ON HERE TOO.
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EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIDS AT HOME AND THEY NEED TO FIND, YOU KNOW, WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE DAYCARE OR, OR ANY, ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA THROW IN DCAP, UH, ON A PRE-TAX BASIS FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO OFFER THIS AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE THE, DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, GRANDMA AT HOME TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS.
THEY NEED TO FIND SOME SORT OF PROGRAM TO, TO, UM, HAVE THEM, THIS IS THE WAY FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY AND, AND FOR THE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE IT'S ON A PRE-TAX BASIS.
OH, SO ON THE FSA PROGRAM, ALL, EVERY, ALL THE EMPLOYEES WOULD BE GIVEN A A DEBIT CARD THAT'S ACTUALLY PRELOADED FOR THE AMOUNT THAT THEY ACTUALLY DESIGNATE.
UM, SO THEY GET TO USE THAT DEBIT CARD AND IT HAS AN APP THAT COMES WITH IT.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALL IN 1, 1, 1 LOCATION FOR THEM TO MAKE THEIR LIFE EASY.
AND THIS IS THE APP RIGHT HERE, MOBILE SUMMIT.
SO IT'S ON BOTH APP, UH, IPHONE AND ANDROID.
SO DAYCARE, PRESCHOOL, PRE-KINDERGARTEN, BEFORE SCHOOL, UH, AND AFTER SCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS, YOU KNOW, ADULT EL ELDERLY CARE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
BABYSITTING DURING WORKING COLLEGE HOURS, YOU KNOW, SICK CHILDCARE.
THIS HAS BECOME EXTREMELY POPULAR IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND THEN I MENTIONED THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, COBRA, THAT, SO IF AN EMPLOYEE DOES, YOU KNOW, DOES LEAVE, THEY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN COBRA FOR UP TO 18 MONTHS.
AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE IS NOT ON THE CITY'S EXPENSE ANYMORE.
AND THE, THE, THE CBA, THEY ACTUALLY HANDLE EVERYTHING.
THEY'LL SEND OUT THE NOTICES, UH, TO THE EMPLOYEES AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM.
SO IT KIND OF ALLEVIATES, UH, SOME OF YOUR STAFF.
THEY TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING FOR YOU GUYS.
AND THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE CITY? MR. SLANSKY? UH, REAL QUICK, IT SAYS THE BASELINE VISIT MUST BE COMPLETED EVERY YEAR FOR THE MEDICAL PLAN.
DID, DID ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES MEET THE BASELINE VISIT REQUIREMENT? I THINK WE HAD LIKE A 98 OR 99% COMPLETION.
AND YOUR, YOUR HR AND STAFF WORKED REALLY HAND IN HAND WITH OUR, WITH OUR TEAM.
AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE ON IT.
THEY ACTUALLY GOT WITH ALL THEIR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEY WERE MAKING SURE THAT WE GOT 'EM ALL DONE.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE 98 TO 99%.
AND THAT WOULD ONLY INFECT THE EMPLOYEE? UH, NOT THE, YEAH, IT WOULD JUST BE THE EMPLOYEE.
LIKE SAY THOSE DEPENDENTS ON THERE, IF THEY'RE UNDER, IT DOESN'T CHANGE OUR PREMIUMS. NO, IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING AT ALL.
EVERYTHING'S ALREADY LOCKED IN AND UNDERWRITTEN.
'CAUSE IF THEY DON'T COMPLETE IT WITHIN THE FIRST 120 DAYS, THEY JUST HAVE TO SCHEDULE IT.
THEY CAN SCHEDULE IT ON THE HUNDRED 19TH DAY AND IT'S, IT'S NOT COMPLETED UNTIL 150 DAYS.
BUT THEY WOULD JUST HAVE, UH, IF THEY DIDN'T DO IT, THEN THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD MOVE TO THE $5,000 DEDUCTIBLE PLAN AND IT WOULD JUST BE THAT SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD MOTIVATE ME TO GET EVERYTHING IN ORDER BEFORE I HAD THAT VISIT, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UM, THE FSA CARD, UM, THE EMPLOYEE CAN PUT, UM, THE PRE-TAX MONIES ON THERE MM-HMM
AND IF THEY DON'T USE IT BY MARCH OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, IT GOES BACK TO WHO? SO IT'LL ACTUALLY, IT SAYS A ROLLOVER PROVISION.
I CAN GET YOU THE RIGHT EXACT, WELL, THIS ONE ALLOW A ROLLOVER 'CAUSE SOME DON'T.
THIS ONE I'LL GET WITH, WITH CBA, BUT I BELIEVE THIS ONE DOES.
IT'S UP TO THE CITY, THEIR DISCRETION ON WHICH WAY THEY WANT TO GO.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY CHOOSE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOMETIMES THEY JUST DISAPPEARED.
THEY HAVE, THEY GIVE 'EM LIKE A, IT'D GO BACK TO THE EMPLOYER GRACE PERIOD.
IT COMES BACK TO THE EMPLOYER.
THERE'S SOME THAT ARE SET UP LIKE THAT.
IT'S REALLY UP TO THE CITY WHICH DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO WITH THAT.
I WAS WONDERING WHO MAKES THAT DETERMINATION? YEAH, THE EMPLOYER MAKES THAT DETERMINATION.
WE CAN'T TAKE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO COMMENT SOMETHING.
UM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THERE IS, UH, SPOUSES, EMPLOYEES AND SPOUSES INCLUDING THEIR CHILDREN ON, UH, ON THESE PLANS.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST MAKES IT SEEM LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES CARE ABOUT THEIR FAMILY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE.
ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO USE IT AT ANY TIME AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY PUT THEIR FAMILY IN THERE TOO.
AND I, AND IT'S, IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT, THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN SOME FAMILY PLANS, YOU KNOW, NOW THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER TO $3,000 AND IT'S JUST WHO CAN, NO ONE CAN AFFORD THAT.
SO I DO, I DO LIKE HOW WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, IN SOMEWHAT AN
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AFFORDABLE RANGE.I ALSO NOTICED THAT, UH, IN THE SMALL PRINT, YOU PUT ZERO COPAY FOR PRESCRIPTIONS.
UH, THEN IT'S 50 FOR NON-PREFERRED AND 250 FOR PREFERRED MM-HMM
BUT, UH, IT'S PUSHING PEOPLE MORE TOWARDS THE, THE GENERIC.
AND IT'S, IT ALSO HELPS US WITH THEIR CLAIMS. AND, UH, BUT ESPECIALLY LIKE ON PREFERRED AS, UH, THE MAYOR WOULD KNOW, THERE'S A TON OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ABOUT 13, 13, 14 DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES, AND THEN THEY COULD BE GENERICS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST TRYING TO HELP OUR EMPLOYEES, HEY, THIS IS AN INCENTIVE.
LET'S GO TO A GENERIC, UH, UH, FORMULARY OR GENERIC, UH, PRESCRIPTION.
AND THIS WILL HELP LOWER OUR CLAIMS TO HELP THE WHOLE CITY AND EVERYBODY OUT WITH HAVING THIS $0 PLAN.
SO ALL IN ALL, I NEVER, I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT UNTIL, UM, THERE WAS ONE THAT, UH, THE GENERIC IS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE NAME BRAND.
AND IN SOME CASES, THE PHYSICIAN WILL ACTUALLY SPECIFY THAT IT HAS TO BE THAT NAME BRAND 'CAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF A CERTAIN FORMULA IN, IN IT.
UH, THAT JUST MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
BUT THAT'S UP TO THE DOCTOR, I GUESS, IN THE PHARMACIST.
MR. SLANSKY, UH, YOU STATED THAT THERE, THIS IS, UM, IS IT, YOU SAID, UH, SEMI FUNDED, A LEVEL FUNDED PLAN.
SO IT'S LIKE IN THE, IN BETWEEN MM-HMM
THAT YOU SAID THAT IF THERE WAS, THIS IS AN INCENSE TO PROTECT THE, UM, THE CARRIER.
UM, SO THAT WE DON'T GO OVER THE CLAIMS. SO IF, IF WE ARE WITHIN THAT THRESHOLD, UM, WHO'S DOING THE ACCOUNTING TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THAT REIMBURSEMENT? UM, 50 50.
SO EVERY MONTH WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ACCESS AND I CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE ACCESS.
SO ON A LEVEL FUNDED PROGRAM WITH CURATIVE, THE REPORTING IS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD.
THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A REPORTING, UH, LOGIN TO WHERE EVERY MONTH WE CAN SEE EVERYTHING.
SO WE CAN HAVE ACCESS, THE CITY CAN HAVE ACCESS, AND WE CAN, WE CAN ACTUALLY TRACK HOW WE'RE, WE'RE TRENDING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR WITH THE, THE FULLY INSURED ONES.
WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT WITH THIS CURATIVE, UH, PROGRAM, BUT THE LEVEL FUNDED.
I DO HAVE SOME OTHER CITIES AND SOME OTHER PRIVATE COMPANIES WHO WILL DO, HAVE A LEVEL FUNDED, AND WE CAN TRACK THAT EVERY MONTH.
SO EVERY MO EVERY, YOU KNOW, THREE MONTHS IF WE WANT TO COME DO A PRESENTATION AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT AND THIS IS WHAT THE CLAIMS FUND LOOKS LIKE, WE CAN COME DO THAT AS WELL.
I THINK WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WITH, UM, UM, STAFF TO SEE MAYBE QUARTERLY WE CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT TO KIND OF GET IN A PICTURE THAT WORKS.
OR WE CAN HAVE MORE FIVE KS THERE.
[PUBLIC HEARING(S)]
ON TO PUBLIC HEARING.LET'S SEE, WE HAVE A FEW HERE.
WE'RE GONNA OPEN 'EM UP ALTOGETHER.
I THINK THAT'S THE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY OF SANTO, PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, A FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY OF SANTO.
PROPOSED A VALOREM PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE FIVE YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, 52ND YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR'S 2026 TO 2030.
IT'S A ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN FOR THE 20 26, 20 27 FISCAL YEAR.
AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.
WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS NECESSARY.
IT'S, IS ANYBODY FOR AGAINST THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX RATE? WE HAVE MR. TRAVIS COMING UP, OR THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED BLOCK GRANT, OR THE ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN.
MIKE TRAVIS SANTO TEXAS, UH, ON THE TAX RATES, UH, I'M ALL FOR LOWERING TAXES.
UH, I'M ALLUDING TO A EARLIER COMMENT, UH, THAT, UH, I'M ALL FOR LOWERING TAXES, BUT NOT TO THE DETRIMENTS OF CITY SERVICES.
BUT IF ANY EVENT WE CAN AVOID AN INCREASE, I'M 12 THUMBS UP ABOUT THAT.
SO I JUST FEEL THAT I'M ALREADY PAYING WHAT I'M PAYING AND, YOU KNOW, A DECREASE IS NICE, BUT IF ONE MORE STREET DOESN'T GET PAVED OR, AND AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HICKS PAVING.
UH, I SAID THAT LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
UH, SO, BUT I JUST ASK YOU ALL TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF MY TAX DOLLARS AND WE'LL
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JUST ASK THE GOOD LORD FOR, UH, JUDGMENTS AND GUIDANCE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.UM, MS. STEPHANIE, I THINK I HAD ASKED THE QUESTION IN THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF THE VALUATION? DO YOU HAVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT YOU HAD HAD THE PERCENTAGE AMOUNT? I, I DO NOT KNOW.
DO WE KNOW THAT THE ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN REVENUE DOLLARS YES.
IF WE LOWERED IT BY PROPERTY TAXES? YES.
SO TWO, IT WAS AN ADDITIONAL 228,000 EXPECTED IN REVENUES BASED ON THE CERTIFIED ROLES BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
WHICH IS THE NEW VALUATIONS FOR THIS, THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS PAY ON TIME, WHICH IS VERY GOOD.
UM, I GUESS IF THERE'S NO ONE AGAINST ANY OF THESE ITEMS, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, WAS POSTED ONLINE.
AND THEN, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT ACTUALLY BY LAW.
SO THEY CAN PULL THAT UP AND THEN IF SOMEONE COMES TO THE CITY HALL AND ASKS FOR A COPY, THEY CAN DO SO.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED AVALOR PROPERTY TAX RATE.
THIS WAS A PROPOSAL OF A 2 CENT PROPERTY TAX CUT.
THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN POSTED CURRENTLY.
AND EVERY PENNY IS A REDUCTION.
114,000 ABOUT, IT'S NOT SET UNTIL WE GO THE ARRANGEMENT.
SO IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, IF AGAINST ANY COMMENTS AS TIME IS 6 0 8.
SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]
ON TO THE CONSENT AND AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE QUITE A BIT HERE.SO CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO WELL, UH, ITEMS ONE AND TWO, THE MEETING MINUTES.
AND WE HAVE THE CDBG FIVE YEAR, UH, CONSOLIDATED PLAN COMMISSIONERS HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
AND THE CDBG FIVE-YEAR PLAN? BOTH.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO.
MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE AND TWO AND THE CONSENT AGENDA UNANIMOUSLY.
[1. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2026-0804-001(R), a resolution approving the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, Inc.'s Small Business Investment Program Agreements with Gigi's Wing Shack, El Fogon, and M&N Liquor. ]
TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH 8 0 4 DASH 0 0 1 R.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SANTO EDC INC.
SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM AGREEMENTS WITH GIGI'S, WING SHACK, EL AND M AND M LIQUOR.
MARI PALOMO, ASSISTANT EDC DIRECTOR PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
UH, I'M HERE TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS AND WE ARE, UH, ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED, WE'RE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH ISSUING OUT THE GRANTS.
UM, SO TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, I DIDN'T SEE THE, UM, THE COSTS FOR GIGI'S WINNING CHECK.
WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT? OKAY, THE GIGI'S IS $10,000.
GRANT, UHHUH,
AND THEN I'LL JUST MAKE ONE NOTE THAT ON THE APPLICATIONS THERE WAS A, SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS ABSENT OR MAYBE IT WAS NOT SHOWING UP ON MY COMPUTER.
SOME OF IT WAS, UH, TAKEN OUT, REDACTED FROM THE FORMS. I THINK.
NO, WE CAN'T, UH, DISCLOSE THAT.
BUT SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF, I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF THAT WHITEOUT SPILLED OVER AND I COULDN'T SEE.
BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE, I THINK IT WAS THE AMOUNT REQUESTED IT WAS LIKE TAKEN OFF.
'CAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS, UM, TRANSPARENT HERE FOR THE COMMISSION, THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT WAS GETTING APPROVED.
SO I'LL DO, AND LAST TIME WE COULDN'T APPROVE THIS 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A RESOLUTION.
AND NOW WE'RE HERE AND EVERYTHING'S ALL IN ORDER.
SO COMMISSIONERS DO HAVE A MOTION.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
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THE ITEM, UH, IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.[2.Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2026-0804-002(R), a resolution ratifying the adoption of the San Benito Economic Development Corporation, Inc.'s Budget Amendment.]
ITEM NUMBER TWO.MARIO PALOMO, ASSISTANT EDC DIRECTOR PRESENTING THE ITEM.
UH, THIS ONE IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND WE'RE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT.
WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS.
WE'RE LEAVING A THOUSAND, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND I BALANCE IN THE FAIRGROUNDS, UH, ACCOUNT.
AND WE'RE MOVING $612,085 TO SPECIAL PROJECTS.
MY ONLY QUESTION WAS THE VERBIAGE ON THE RATIFYING, DOES THAT MEAN THIS MONEY WAS ALREADY SPENT? IS THAT WHY WE'RE MOVING IT? NO, SIR.
NO, WE'RE JUST ASKING TO MOVE IT.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
[3.Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2026-0804-003(R), a resolution authorizing the purchase and financing of a 2026 Pierce Enforcer 107" Ascendent Single Axle Aerial Fire Ladder Truck and related equipment from Siddons Martin Emergency Group, a sole source, in the amount of $1,900,000.00 and authorize the Mayor to execute a 15-year Tax Exempt Municipal Lease Purchase Agreement with Government Capital Corporation.]
WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.FIRE CHIEF ALAN BATIST, STOP PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
UH, SO THIS NEXT ITEM IS A RESOLUTION, AND THIS IS TO AUTHORIZE, UM, FINANCING THROUGH GOVERNMENT CAPITAL.
UH, SO ALL THIS DOES IS PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY FOR BOTH THE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, DEMONSTRATES GOOD GOVERNANCE BY, UM, PROVIDING PROOF OF, OF AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FINANCING.
UM, SO THE NEXT STEP AFTER THIS, UH, RESOLUTION WILL BE TO, UH, THEY'LL SEND US A CONTRACT AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UH, LEGAL WILL LOOK OVER THE CONTRACT.
AND THEN IF YOU GUYS AUTHORIZE, UH, THE PURCHASE, WHICH IS NUMBER NINE ON THE, UH, AGENDA, THEN WE COULD, UH, GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THAT.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, AND THEN I WONDER WHY MY DAUGHTER ASKED ME SO MANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I, I DID LOOK UP THE PRICING.
IT'S PRETTY RELATIVELY COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES, OTHER, OTHER, UH, OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY, OTHER STATES, PRETTY COMMON VEHICLE.
UM, THE ONLY THING IS THAT WHEN WE'RE MAKING LARGE PURCHASES LIKE THIS, I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE AN, UH, AN RFP OR BID PROCESS.
AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE, WE, WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE, SO THIS VEHICLE IS, UH, WAS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING MADE.
UH, SO USUALLY TAKES, UH, FOUR YEARS, UH, TO COMPLETE THAT VEHICLE.
SO THIS VEHICLE WAS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH, UM, WHOEVER ORDERED IT BACKED OUT.
SO NOW IT'S ONLY A 28 MONTH WAIT INSTEAD OF 48 MONTH WAIT.
UM, THIS VEHICLE ALSO, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UH, VEHICLES THAT ARE SINGLE ACT SINGLE AXLE THAT ARE 107 FOOT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLIANT WITH THE ISO UH, RATINGS.
UH, IT'LL GIVE, GIVE US FULL CREDIT FOR ISO.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE JUMPED ON THIS.
UH, THE PRICING IS FROM TWO YEARS AGO INSTEAD OF CURRENT PRICING.
UM, SO WHAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE JUMPED ON THIS, UH, RIGHT AWAY.
UM, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY A 15 YEAR LEASE.
IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED FOR VEHICLES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A BIGGER PACKAGE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ELSE DOES THE, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE THE ISO RATINGS, WHETHER THAT BE, UH, A NEW, A NEW, UH, FIRE STATION, UM, INCREASE IN PERSONNEL.
WE HAVE THE, WHAT, A 2004 RIGHT NOW? 2004.
IT'S THE END OF ITS LIFE, RIGHT? DOES THE LADDER STILL GO UP? YES.
UM, SO THE WAY WE'LL GET CREDIT ON THE, ON THE ISO WILL BE FIRST FOR THE A HUNDRED FOOTER, RIGHT? BECAUSE A HUNDRED FEET WILL GIVE US FULL CREDIT.
AND THEN BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS OLDER TRUCK, WE'LL STILL KEEP IT IN RESERVE.
THAT'LL GIVE US MORE CREDIT OR MORE POINTS TOWARDS ISO BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE A RESERVE TRUCK ALSO.
SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR AN RFP PROCESS? AND TO GET SOME COMPETITION HERE.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS, SOMEONE SAID NO, RIGHT? BUT THERE'S OTHERS IN LINE FOR A VEHICLE LIKE THIS, I WOULD IMAGINE IN THE STATE.
SO WHAT GAVE US PRECEDENT? AND THEN THEM SAY, OH, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONES.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A REALLY GOOD DEAL IF YOU TAKE THIS NOW.
BUT THERE'S HUNDREDS OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE, RIGHT? SO I, I GUESS THE SOONER WE JUMP ON IT, THE SOONER.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER VEHICLE AT A CAR DEALERSHIP,
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YOU CAN, UM, SOMEBODY ELSE CAN BEAT YOU TO IT.I'D RATHER THEY BEAT ME TO IT.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE ARE GONNA PAY FOR THE SAME THING.
WE'RE GONNA PAY AT A HIGHER PRICE.
UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE WAGONER.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS WE'RE GONNA BE SPLITTING THE COSTS.
SO WE'LL BE PAYING, UM, 50% OF THAT ANNUAL PAYMENT THROUGH OUR ESD, UH, FUNDS.
AND WHEN DO WE START PAYING? IT'LL BE A YEAR.
WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET.
WE START PAYING IN A YEAR, CORRECT.
BUT IT'S NOT GONNA GET HERE FOR 24 MONTHS.
THE CONTRACT STATED 24 TO 29 MONTHS.
SO WE'RE GONNA DISCOUNT, UH, FOR, UH, FOR PREPAYING, ACTUALLY.
SO THE OTHER CITIES I SAW GOT THEIRS IN 24 MONTHS.
SO WHEN THEY TELL YOU YOU'RE GONNA GET IT WITHIN 29 MONTHS, IT DOESN'T TELL ME I'M GETTING IT SOONER THAN THE OTHER CITIES.
AND I'VE SEEN WESCO, SAN JUAN, ALAMO, MACALLAN.
SO, AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE GOTTEN 'EM SOONER.
I KNOW WESCO DID GET IT SOONER, BUT THEY DID GO THROUGH ANOTHER, UM, UH, MANUFACTURER.
UH, AND OF COURSE THEY'RE ONLY GETTING PUMPERS ON THOSE.
AND, UH, IF THEY'RE GETTING AN AERIAL LADDER TRUCK, IT IS TAKING A WHILE FOR THEM TO GET THOSE IN.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, THIS ONE IS, IT'S JUST ABOUT TH IT IS ONLY THREE FEET LONGER THAN THE ONE THAT WE HAVE NOW.
SO IF WE WERE TO GO WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY FOR A HUNDRED FOOTER, THEN WE'D HAVE TO GO WITH A LONGER TRUCK, UH, WITH A, UH, DUAL AXLE IN THE BACK, WHICH ACTUALLY WON'T FIT IN OUR STATIONS.
SO IT'S THE RIGHT SIZE, THE RIGHT PRICE, THE RIGHT TIME.
UH, WHAT WOULD A RFP PROCESS TIMELINE LOOK LIKE? MS. STEPHANIE? I WOULD SAY
IT'LL TAKE A WEEK FOR YOU TO TAKE IT THROUGH BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON MONDAY.
SO THREE WEEKS FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT TO GO OUT.
BUT THEN I WOULD SAY A MONTH NEXT MEETING, WE WILL PROBABLY WON'T MAKE IT TILL SEPTEMBER 1ST.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS NEEDED EQUIP, UH, EQUIPMENT.
AND THE, THE ISSUE WAS THAT WHERE DO WE PUT IT? AND I KNOW THE FORMER, FORMER MAYOR GETTA WAS ALWAYS HESITANT ABOUT THAT, IS WHERE, WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT IT AND IS IT GONNA FIT WHERE WE HAVE IT? AND DO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IF WE'RE LEADING INTO NEEDING THESE TYPE OF THINGS TO IMPROVE ISO RATINGS AND YOU HAVE, UH, A CURRENT GOVERNOR TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE LOWER INSURANCE COSTS, WELL THIS IS ONE WAY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO THEN WE GET TO THE TABLE WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THOSE LEADERS AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED FUNDING FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR A NEW FIRE STATION TO INCLUDE A NEW FIRE TRUCK WITH AN AERIAL LADDER.
AND I'M, I'M MORE THAN SURE THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO JUMP ON BOARD AND PAY FOR SOME OF THIS.
UM, SO WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO DO IS, UM, I KNOW THE, UH, TAX OFFICE HERE IN, UH, CLOSE TO REAGAN, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO MAKE THAT INTO A, EITHER OUR ADMINISTRATION OFFICE WITH AN OVERFLOW STATION, SO LIKE FOR HURRICANES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE, SO WE'RE KIND OF JUST STARTING INTO THE, UH, PROCESS OF LOOKING INTO THAT, UM, TRYING TO OCCUPY THAT BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S EMPTY RIGHT NOW AND IT'S NOT BEING USED.
AND OF COURSE IT'S AN EMPTY BUILDING AND IT'S NOT BEING USED.
IT'S NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, TAKEN CARE OF THE WAY WE SHOULD.
SO IF WE COULD USE THAT BUILDING ALSO, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, A CANOPY ON THERE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, PUT ANOTHER MAYBE ONE OR TWO TRUCKS UNDER THERE.
OR EVEN OUR, OUR OTHER, UH, SOME OF THE FLEET THAT WE DON'T USE AS OFTEN, BUT WE USE WHENEVER, LET'S SAY A HURRICANE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE COULD BE ABLE TO STORE 'EM UNDER THAT.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, MR. UTI, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE CHALLENGED YOU TO TRY TO IMPROVE THOSE ISO RATING RATINGS.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT WHEN THEY, AS A METRIC FOR THE DEPARTMENT, FOR THOSE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN AND FOR INSURANCE RATES TO LOWER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE DID A LOT WITH THE, THE FIRE HYDRANTS AND PERSONNEL.
WE'RE TRYING TO HIRE MORE PERSONNEL.
BUT WITH THESE LARGE TICKET ITEMS, I DON'T LIKE BEING PUT IN A CORNER AND SAY, YOU NEED TO BUY THIS NOW.
UM, I WOULD MUCH PREFER THAT WE GET AN RFP LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT FIRE TRUCKS AND, AND THEN THE DETERMINATION COME TO THE COMMISSION.
I, I CAN'T, I, I'VE REQUESTED THAT I, I CAN'T DO SOLE SOURCE VENDORS ANYMORE.
AND, UH, AND LIKE I TELL YOU, UH, SO IF WE GO WITH ANOTHER, UH, COMPANY OR ANOTHER MANUFACTURER, THEY, MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO HAVE A, LET'S SAY, SAME SIZE, SIZE TRUCK THAT WE HAVE NOW.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T DO THE A HUNDRED FOOT LADDER ON THEM.
SO I WOULD SAY I, IF, IF THE COMMISSION'S OKAY, I'M, I'M GONNA MOTION TO TABLE, I WANT TO GO INTO AN RFP PROCESS AND SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE PRICING WISE.
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THE TEAM TO LOOK AT A NEW FIRE STATION, IF THAT'S GONNA MEET THE NEEDS, THEN WHERE WE CAN PUT NEW PERSONNEL AND NEW TRUCK AND GET AN ALL-INCLUSIVE, UM, CO FOR THIS TYPE OF STUFF.SO MY MOTION'S GONNA BE TO MOTION TO TABLE.
SO CHIEF, THE, UM, YOU SAID THEY DON'T COME WITH A A HUNDRED LADDER, A HUNDRED FOOT LADDER.
WHAT, WHAT SIZE IS THE HIGHEST THEY MAKE? OR DO THEY, SO I MEAN, THE, THE HIGHEST THEY MAKE, I, YOU'RE GONNA FIND BIGGER TRUCKS, RIGHT? AND LIKE I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT THE SIZE OF, OF THE TRUCK, IT'S A SINGLE AXLE.
UM, SO ANYTHING HIGHER THAN THAT OR BIGGER THAN THAT, YOU NEED AN A SECOND AXLE IN THE BACK, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE ROOM FOR RIGHT NOW.
IF, IF WE WERE TO GET THIS TRUCK, THEN YES, WE DO HAVE THE ROOM FOR WE CAN HOUSE IT.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS HEIGHT, I MEAN THERE'S SOME THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, 107, A HUNDRED, 10, A HUNDRED.
SO, BUT FOR THE SINGLE AXLE ON THE SINGLE AXLE, THE, THE HIGHEST, THEY'RE RARE, RIGHT? VERY, VERY RARE ACTUALLY.
UH, I THINK PIERCE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT MAKES THE, UH, 107 FOOTER, UH, EVERY, EVERYBODY ELSE IS, UH, MAXIMUM'S GONNA BE ABOUT, UH, 77.
AND THE ONE WE HAVE, THE LADDER TRUCK WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS A 75 FOOT LADDER, 75 FOOT LADDER.
UM, LIKE I SAID IT, THE MAINTENANCE ON IT IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT PRICEY.
UM, I THINK LAST YEAR WE PUT IN ABOUT $15,000 WORTH OF, UH, MAINTENANCE ON JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE COUPLE OF LEAKS HERE AND THERE ON THE HYDRAULICS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS $15,000.
SO CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED MAINTENANCE.
SO IF WE GO THROUGH THIS VENDOR, ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO DO MAINTENANCE SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS VENDOR? SO IN THIS PACKAGE IS ALSO A, UH, AND AT WHAT RATE IS THAT THREE? IT'S A THREE YEAR MAINTENANCE, UH, PACKAGE ON THERE, THAT'S INCLUDED.
UH, AND IT GIVES US A THREE YEARS OF THE CERTIFICATIONS OF THE LADDER.
UH, THREE YEARS OF PUMP TESTS.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS, AND SO IT ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE WARRANTIES ON THERE.
UM, USUALLY IT'S A ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON ALL THESE TRUCKS.
AND THEY'RE NOT LIKE REGULAR VEHICLES.
UM, SO THE WARRANTIES AREN'T, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE THREE OR 36,000 MILES ON THEM.
SO, BUT WE HAVE TO GO WITH THAT SPECIFIC VENDOR FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
AND, AND TYPICALLY BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S LIKE A CHEVY DEALERSHIP, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA, THEY KNOW EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY GOT ALL THE, ALL THE PARTS.
THEY HAVE ALL THEY KNOW, THEIR TECHS KNOW ALL, ALL THEIR PRODUCTS.
SEE, UM, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF NUANCES THAT COME WITH THIS.
UM, MAINTENANCE, TRAVELING FEES, HOURLY RATE.
AND COMMISSIONER CAN TELL YOU THAT ONE DEALERSHIP'S NOT GONNA CHARGE THE SAME AS ANOTHER.
THAT'S WHY YOUR INSURANCE WON'T BE TAKEN AT SOME, UM, BODY SHOPS.
'CAUSE THEY'LL SAY WE CHARGE FOUR TIMES THAT AMOUNT AND WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY FOR THIS.
GO TO THE ONE THAT CHARGES 50 BUCKS AN HOUR.
SO, SO PIERCE DOES HAVE A, UM, UH, A SERVICE SHOP IN BURG.
UH, ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER, THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING OUTTA HOUSTON, UH, DALLAS, FORTH WORTH AREA.
UH, AND I KNOW OUR AUER, THEY COME OUTTA WACO, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS.
I HAVE A, I HAD A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM.
I JUST DON'T WANNA SEE AN RFP PROCESS FOR ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN THIS AMOUNT.
JUST IT'S A BETTER STEWARD OF DOLLARS A MONTH TIMEFRAME.
DO I HAVE A SECOND OR CHIEF, ARE WE, UM, ARE WE FULLY STAFFED AND DO WE HAVE, UH, ENOUGH COMMISSIONER FIREFIGHTERS TO, UH, SO MAN, THE TRUCK? THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
SO SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WE'RE, YOU CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION SO WE CAN MOVE ALONG.
WE GOT SOME THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF, BUT I WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT POLICE STAFF.
UM, SO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND TO TABLE, UH, ITEM.
I WANT MS. STEPHANIE, YOU HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, I KNOW IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS, IT WAS TOO RUSH, BUT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY.
SO PRIOR TO THAT, THE FIRE MARSHAL, I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE TOO.
PRIOR TO THAT, THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS WORKED ON GETTING QUOTES FOR A 70, AS MUCH AS I CAN UNDERSTAND ON FIRE EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? FOR A 75 TALL LADDER.
UH, THE QUOTES WERE FAIRLY CLOSE TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT VERSUS VERSUS, UH, 1 0 7.
THIS, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, VENDOR THAT WE'RE PURCHASING, SIT-INS, PIERCE, UH, THEY'RE PART OF OUR HGCA, UH, HOUSTON CO-OP GENERAL, SOMETHING,
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SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PART OF.SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A BUYBOARD.
UM, AND THEY DID HAVE SOME QUOTES, BUT THEY COULDN'T PUT 'EM IN BECAUSE IT WAS FOR DIFFERENT, UH, TRUCKS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE.
HOWEVER, THEY WERE EITHER MORE EXPENSIVE OR VERY CLOSE.
SO WE, THEY WERE NEVER LOOKING AT THE A HUNDRED FOOTER BECAUSE IT WAS MORE OF AN EXPENSIVE OPTION.
AND THEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME TO THEIR DOOR AND THAT'S HOW THEY PRESENTED TO ADMINISTRATION.
AND THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA SPLIT IT BETWEEN 15 YEARS AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN PURCHASE IT LIKE THAT THAT WAY.
SO IF AND THE CASE, WE GET THAT GRANT, I KNOW WE, WE SAID NOT TO SPEAK ABOUT PERSONNEL, BUT IN CASE WE GET THAT GRANT, WE HAVE THE TWO EQUIPMENTS AVAILABLE ALREADY.
ASIDE FROM THE PLANS OF LIKE MAKING A NEW, UM, FIRE STATION OR ANY OF THAT, WE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THAT.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND WE DON'T LIKE SOURCES, BUT THIS IS CUSTOM MADE MANUFACTURER FOR NOT, WE'RE NOT UNIQUE, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE MANUFACTURED FOR EVERY CITY.
HOW OFTEN DOES THIS, UH, TYPE OF TRUCK CHIEF GO OUT INTO SERVICE? UM, WE ONLY HAVE WHAT, A ONE FOUR STORY BUILDING AND THE CITY LIMITS.
THAT'S NOT IN OCCUPANCY STOLEN JACKSON.
WE ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF THESE, UH, UH, THREE STORY APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
THAT'S, UH, THAT WAS A STIPULATION BACK IN THE DAY THAT, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE NEEDED THAT OR WHY WE GOT THAT LA TRUCK.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO THEY, YEAH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT A REGULAR LADDER UP AND CLIMB UP TO THE ROOF ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, THIS, THAT'S WHAT THESE LADDER TRUCKS DO IS, I MEAN, IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER, A LOT SAFER.
SO YOU HAVE, USUALLY YOU HAVE MUTUAL AID, RIGHT? UH, THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY TOO.
UM, BUT FOR POLICE, BUT USUALLY HAVE THE NEIGHBORING FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
I THINK HARLINGEN HAS THREE LADDER TRUCKS, SO THEY'VE USUALLY HELP, UM, COME THIS WAY.
I STILL THINK IT'S, I, I JUST CAN'T DO THESE SOLE SOURCE PROVIDERS ANYMORE.
IT'S COME BACK TO BITE US IN THE BUTT.
THERE WAS ONE VENDOR AND WE WERE SITTING ON IT FOR 24 MONTHS AND STILL WASN'T HERE.
WHAT DID WE DO? WE WENT AND BOUGHT IT ONE THE NEXT, THE NEXT DAY AND IT WAS DELIVERED THE NEXT DAY.
SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE FOR THE COMMISSION.
UM, I THINK COMPETITION IS HEALTHY.
THAT'S WHERE CAPITALISM WAS BUILT ON.
SO I WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE, PASS THIS SO WE CAN MOVE ON.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PERES TO APPROVE THE $1.9 MILLION.
LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE TO GET A ROLL CALL.
WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PERES.
UM, COMMISSIONERS WILL MOVE TO THE HAND SIGNAL LIKE LAST, LIKE LAST TIME.
SO I HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PERES, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY NAY.
A WE HAD ONE ABSTENTION, UM, FROM COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
COMMISSIONER CORTEZ, DO YOU NEED SOME MORE TIME? YOU HAVE 29 MONTHS TO THINK ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE IT'LL GET HERE IN ALMOST THREE YEARS.
I'LL SAY, I TOLD YOU WE CAN MOVE THIS ITEM TO IF WE'RE NOT READY TO VOTE, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALREADY VOTED AND WE'RE ALREADY HERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANNA RESEND IT.
AND THEN CAN WE DO THAT? MOVE IT TO THE END? YEAH.
MAYOR, I MEAN, UM, I JUST, YOU GUYS CAN MOVE IT TO THE END IF YOU'D LIKE.
YOU KNOW, YOU, WHOEVER WAS THE ORIGINAL MOTION MAKER CAN RESEND AND AFTER THAT, THE SECOND CAN ALSO DO THAT.
AND A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ.
YEAH, I MEAN, IT DOES APPEAR THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER CORTEZ DOES HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME, UH, SOME QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
I CAN'T, UM, SEE IT FROM HERE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BEST IN, IF THERE IS A LEGAL QUESTION, MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THIS INTO EXECUTIVE SECTION FIVE.
UH, IF NEED BE, UH, COMMISSIONER BEES.
COULD YOU, OH, SO, UH, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORD THIS QUESTION.
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UM, SO THIS TRUCK IS, WAS ORDERED BY SOMEBODY ELSE, CORRECT? IT'S ALREADY BEEN SOMEBODY ELSE.AND THEN THEY WON'T TELL US AND UH HUH.
ANOTHER, ANOTHER, ANOTHER ENTITY, DEPARTMENT, WHATEVER.
UM, AND YOU SAID THIS PRICE IS FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
CORRECT? WARRANTY IS THE SAME AS WE IF WE GET A NEW ONE.
SO FOR EVERY YEAR, FOR EVERY YEAR, ADD 3% FROM THAT PRICE.
SO ANOTHER NINE, MAYBE NINE TO 10% MORE THAT WHAT IT'LL COST US.
BUT HE'S ASKING IS, THAT'S GONNA BE THE CASE WITH EVERY OTHER FIRE, FIRE, UH, A LADDER TRUCK THAT YOU GET, WHICH IS, IT'S, IT'S THE CASE THAT'S GONNA BE A THIN CASE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THE, THE, THE MORE WE WAIT, THE, THE, THE HIGHER THE PRICE IS GONNA GET.
I MEAN, AND SO IS THIS TRUCK ON, ON HOLD FOR US RIGHT NOW? OR IS IT STILL OPEN TO, IT'S STILL OPEN.
ANY OTHER, SO WHATEVER CITY GETS IN FIRST, RIGHT? SO JUST 'CAUSE WE SIGNED THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA GET IT.
SO WHAT, WHEN YOU SIGN THE RESOLUTION IS FOR THE FINANCING.
RIGHT? UH, AND THAT PRETTY MUCH SAYS THAT, HEY, YOU'RE AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING ON NUMBER NINE.
IT'S GONNA BE FOR THE PURCHASE.
AND THERE WE, WE, WE SIGN THE CONTRACT THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS TRUCK IS FOR US.
WE SEND THAT TO THE, UH, UH, SALES PERSON, AND THEN THEY PUT THE HOLD ON IT AND SAY, THIS IS SAM NEEDLE'S TRUCK.
WHAT GETS ME IS LIKE, IF A, IF SOMEONE ALREADY ORDERED THIS TRUCK, THEY'RE ON YEAR 12, WHY DON'T THEY SAY, HEY, WE GOT THIS ONE.
YOU KNOW, AND YOUR TIME HAS BEEN SPED UP.
IF SOMEBODY, IF THERE'S ANOTHER, THIS IS NOT A ORDERING WANTS TO ORDER A TRUCK AND THEY SEE IT TOO.
TOO MANY TIMES THE CELL TACTIC IS A IT'S NOW AND THE TIMEFRAME, AND I JUST CAN'T.
WELL, AND SEE, HERE'S THE THING ABOUT THESE LADDER TRUCKS THAT E EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR THESE, AND, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S, I'M NOT TRYING TO, UM, SAY WE HAVE TO, TO DO IT NOW.
THE THING IS, WE'RE TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THESE OPPORTUNITIES AREN'T HANDED, AREN'T HANDED OUT.
UH, MR. FLORES, COMMISSIONER CORTEZ.
SO IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, RIGHT, WHAT THE RESOLUTION DOES IS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PURCHASE THE TRUCK WITH, THEY'RE INSURING THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, THE BANK, WHOEVER THE LOAN, UH, COMPANY HOLDER, UH, IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AN AUTHORIZED PURCHASE.
THAT'S ALL THE RESOLUTION DOES.
IT SAYS THAT HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO GO BUY THE TRUCK.
I, SO WE HAVE, LET'S TAKE A VOTE AGAIN.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
SAY WE HAVEN'T HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
ONE ABSTENTION FROM COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
COMMISSIONER PEREZ WITH AN AYE.
STILL WITH ABSTENTION? ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
[4.Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2026-0804-004(R), a resolution of the City Commission for the City of San Benito expressing its nomination for an Appraisal District Director for the Cameron Appraisal District Board of Directors. ]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH 8 0 4 DASH ZERO FOUR R.
UM, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SANTO EXPRESSING ITS NOMINATION FOR APPRAISAL.
DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR THE CAMERON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER, CARLOS ERENA.
PRESENT, PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
UM, THIS IS A RESOLUTION, UM, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, PRESENT THE NOMINATION FOR THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR THE, UH, APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER IF YOU HAVE A NOMINATION SO WE CAN
ONE INDIVIDUAL SUBMITTED SOME PAPERWORK.
IT'S RIGHT THERE IN YOUR PACKETS IN OUR PACKET.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO US, CORRECT? WELL, SINCE YOU'VE HAD YOUR PACKET, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
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IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO US.BUT IT HAS TO BE SOME GO AHEAD.
WHEN IS, WHEN IS THE DEADLINE FOR IT? SO IN YOUR PACKET IT'LL SAY AUGUST 10TH.
I TRIED TO GET IT ON THE MEETING BEFORE.
THERE'S OTHER PRESSING ITEMS, I GUESS.
MR. GOMEZ HAS A 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
OTHER CITIES AND ENTITIES WILL HAVE NOMINATIONS TOO.
AND THEN THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE.
SO THIS IS, WE MAKE IT FOR THE NEXT, NO SIR.
MOTION TO YOU COULD ALL UM, I'LL MAKE A SPECIAL.
IT'S MY MOTION TO MAKE A NOMINATION.
AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
MR. FUSO GOMEZ IS OUR JUNIOR, IS OUR NOMINATION.
[5. Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to sign a five-year Renewal Agreement with SmartCom Telephone, LLC for the San Benito Police Department's internet service. ]
RIGHT.NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN A FIVE YEAR RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH SMART COM.
TELEPHONE LLC FOR THE SANTO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET SERVICE POLICE CHIEF MARIO PER PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
MAYOR PRO TIM COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD.
POLICE CHIEF WIND PER, THIS IS A RENEWAL OF OUR SMART COM INTERNET SERVICE TO A FIVE YEAR, UH, AGREEMENT.
WE'RE GOING UP FROM A HUNDRED MEGABITS PER SECOND TO 500 MEGABITS PER SECOND.
WE'RE NOTICING THAT OUR DISPATCH, UH, AREA WAS TAKING A LOT OF OUR INTERNET.
SO, UH, OUR, IT RECOMMENDED WE INCREASE.
THE INCREASE IS ONLY GONNA BE A DIFFERENCE OF, I BELIEVE, $67.
AND, UH, WE CHANGED FROM SPECTRUM, WHICH SPECTRUM WAS 1,034.
SO WE'RE SAVING MONEY ON THAT.
UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE IS WE'RE GONNA GET SOME REDUNDANCY INSIDE THE DISPATCH CENTER.
'CAUSE EVERYTHING RUNS OFF INTERNET.
UH, NOWADAYS, THE PHONES, OUR CAD SYSTEM, OUR MS SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT GETTING STARLINK.
SO IF OUR SMART COM GOES DOWN, IT'LL SWITCH OVER TO STARLINK.
SO WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE INTERNET SERVICE, UH, AVAILABLE TO, WE CAN PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS.
UM, CHIEF, I WOULD SAY HERE,
UM, YOU WOULD THINK AT AND T SPECTRUM, WHICH YOU MENTIONED SPECTRUM, UM, T-MOBILE, STARLINK NOW WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF SERVICE.
SO IT ALLOWS SOME TYPE OF COMPETITION FOR PRICE NEGOTIATIONS.
'CAUSE $600 A MONTH FOR FIVE YEARS SEEMS CRAZY TO ME.
BUT JUST A WHILE AGO, WE WERE PAYING A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH FOR SPECTRUM.
CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEMAND IS THERE, IF THE BUT 500 MEGABYTES PER SECOND IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
AND THIS, THIS, ESPECIALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, SO I, I FEEL LIKE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO, WE, I WOULD IMAGINE WE WOULD SEE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LANDSCAPE AND THAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, DIDN'T WE JUST WITHIN THE LAST YEAR HAVE FIBER, TX FIBER PUT SOMETHING DOWN? BUSINESS 77? WELL, WE HAVE A DIRECT FIBER LINE TO THE, THE PD SMART COM DOES.
WE ALREADY HAVE SMART COM FOR OUR PHONE SERVICE, WHICH WE CANCELED SINCE WE WEREN'T USING IT ANYMORE.
WE SWITCHED OVER TO HYPERLINK.
SO SMART COM DOES HAVE A DIRECT LINE TO OUR PD, WHICH WE, WE SWITCHED OVER TO SMART COM BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN CITY HALL AND THE PD, WHICH C JS IS REQUIRING US TO SEPARATE AND BE OUR OWN ENTITY AND DRAW OUR OWN DIAGRAM.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT WITH THE SMART COM.
AND THE 500, UH, MEGABITS PER SECOND WAS RECOMMENDED FROM OUR RIT DEPARTMENT.
A HUNDRED IS RUNNING IT RIGHT NOW.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE IS TIMES WHERE OUR DISPATCH IS DRAWING A LOT OF THAT INTERNET, SO HE JUST RECOMMENDED GOING TO 500.
DO WE HAVE, DOES THE PD HAVE, UM, LIKE DO THEY HAVE DEDICATED BANDWIDTH THAT THAT WON'T, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AROUND OR ANYTHING.
THEIR, THEIR SPEED'S NOT GONNA DROP BECAUSE OF THE USE IN THE AREA.
'CAUSE IT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A DIRECT LINE INTO THE PD.
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NOT SURE, NO.LIKE T-MOBILE DOES OFFER, 'CAUSE WE WENT OUT AND GOT A QUOTE FOR SMARTLINK.
UH, SO IT COULD BE OUR REDUNDANCY, LIKE I SAID.
'CAUSE IF, IF OUR INTERNET GOES DOWN, OUR PHONE LINES GO DOWN, WE CAN'T ANSWER PHONES, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
WE SWITCH OVER TO, TO, UH, CELL PHONES, WHICH ISN'T ACCEPTABLE FOR A DISPATCH OR A PSAP CENTER.
SO WE DID GO OUT, I HAVE A QUOTE FOR STARLINK.
IT'S, I THINK IT'S 3000 FOR THE DEVICE TO MOUNT ON OUR PD.
UH, I KNOW T-MOBILE, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH, WITH OUR CELL PHONE SERVICES AND OUR MDTS AND OUR VEHICLES, THEY DO OFFER A SERVICE, BUT I JUST NEED TO SPEAK WITH 'EM TO SEE ARE THEY GONNA BE CHEAPER OR IS IT GONNA BE CHEAPER BUYING OUR OWN DEVICE AND THEN PAYING THROUGH STARLINK.
SO I HAVEN'T SET UP THAT MEETING YET.
IT'S GONNA BE SET UP, LIKE I SAID.
UH, BUT I RECOMMEND GOING WITH SMART COM.
UH, JUST SO WE CAN GET OUR CGIS BACK INTO OUR CGI COMPLIANT.
WE'RE COMPLIANT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE NEED TO, TO DO THIS.
IS IS FIVE YEARS THE MINIMUM FOR THIS COMPANY OR JUST, IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
UM, I CAN SPEAK TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY CAN, UH, I WOULD IMAGINE THE LANDSCAPE WOULD CHANGE IN FIVE YEARS, UM, IN A YEAR.
BUT THESE LARGER PROVIDERS DOING ALL THESE THINGS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND PROVIDING FIRST RESPONDER DISCOUNTED RATES, I WOULD FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY CANNOT BE COMPETITIVE WITH THIS.
WHICH, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GET SOME TYPE OF REDUNDANCY AND YEAH.
AND IT'S EITHER GO WITH STARLINK OR GO WITH WITH T-MOBILE.
I CAN CHECK WITH OTHER PROVIDERS.
I THINK THE REST OF THE CITY HAS, UH, SPECTRUM.
UH, AND WE HAD, WE'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN OUT.
SO WHEN WE SWITCHED OVER TO SMART COM, OUR OLD IT PROVIDER COULDN'T GET THAT SWITCH OVER SMART COM RECOMMENDED.
WE BRING BACK, UH, OUR PREVIOUS IT, HE CAME IN IN A FEW DAYS.
HE HAD SMART COM UP AND RUNNING.
INTERNET'S BEEN FINE, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE AREAS IN THE PD WHERE OUR WIFI'S A LITTLE BIT SLOW.
AND THAT'S, THIS IS WHY HE SAID HE RAN, HE RAN TESTS AND HE SAID, HEY LOOK, YOU SHOULD GO UP TO THE 500 AND YOU SHOULD BE FINE AFTER THAT.
AND YOU, YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY PRICES ON STARLINK OR ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW? STARLINK, I BELIEVE, UH, AND I HAVE IT ON MY EMAIL.
UM, I BELIEVE THE, THE DEVICE WAS GONNA BE 3000 TO PUT ON TOP OF THE PD AND THEN IT WAS GONNA BE AROUND, I THINK MAYBE $50, $55 A MONTH.
UH, SO ABOUT 600 ALSO, UH, A MONTH.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S, UH, SMART COM HAS THAT DIRECT, UH, FIBER LINE INTO OUR PD.
SO, UM, AND IN MY OPINION, I THINK STARLINK SHOULD BE THE, THE REDUNDANCY.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE OUR MAIN PROVIDER.
ARE WE MONTH TO MONTH RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW? YES.
I THINK ANYTHING THAT COMES, LIKE IF IT'S GONNA BE REDONE EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS, THERE SHOULD BE A STANDARD.
YOU GUYS SHOULD FEEL THE TEAM.
THE CITY SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE.
IT'S A PROCESS AND IT COSTS MONEY, BUT BID IT OUT.
WHAT DO WE, I THINK WE DID THAT LAST TIME WITH SPECTRUM AND WE SAVED 400 BUCKS, RIGHT? THAT WAS PROBABLY THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE WHEN YOU SWITCHED.
I THINK, UH, THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE WE HAD SPECTRUM AND THEN WE SWITCHED, WAS IT THREE BUDGET CYCLES AGO? YEAH, WE SWITCHED OVER TO TO SMART COM, UH, AND WE SAVED.
SO IT, IT'S STILL GONNA BE CHEAPER THAN SPECTRUM.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE PAYING MONTH TO MONTH IS SPECTRUM RIGHT NOW.
I'LL TABLE FOR AN RFP FOR THIS PROCESS.
UH, I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF.
WELL, THE RF PROCESS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO SEE.
UM, SO STEPH, IT'S GONNA TAKE LIKE A MONTH.
SOME, SOME A MEETING IN SEPTEMBER WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH TIME.
UH, SEPTEMBER 1ST IS
IS THAT GONNA BE FOR THE SEPTEMBER 1ST MEETING? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL BE READY IN TIME.
SO I GAVE 'EM AN OPTION TO PICK WHATEVER'S EASIER FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE TO PUBLISH IN A PAPER AND DO SOME OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
WELL, LIKE, THAT'S, SO AT LEAST WE'LL KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN DATE WE CAN DO SEPTEMBER 1ST.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT READY, I, I, I DON'T PUT THE PAPERWORK TOGETHER.
SO IF STAFF'S READY FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST, IF NOT FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING, FOLLOWING.
IS THAT OKAY FIRST? IF NOT THE SECOND MEETING OF SEPTEMBER COMMISSION.
WE, WE JUST HAVE TO, UH, LOOK AT THE, THE DATES THAT THE NEWSPAPER IS PUBLISHED.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT WE'LL TRY TO GET TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.
IS THIS A PRESSING ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO RIGHT AWAY, OR MONTH TO MONTH? WE, YEAH, WE HAVE INTERNET SERVICE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE THE SMART COM RIGHT NOW.
UM, I CAN CALL THE REP AND SAY,
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HEY LOOK, THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.AND, UH, HE'S MORE THAN WELCOME TO, UH, BID.
SO, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I'LL TABLE IT FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST MEETING.
[6.Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to execute the Master Agreement for Mutual Aid between participating members of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council (LRGVDC).]
AGAIN FOR PRESENTING THIS ITEM FOR THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, UH, MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT.SO THIS IS A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT IN CASE WE HAVE A LARGE SCALE EMERGENCY OR DISASTER WHERE IT EXCEEDS OUR OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES.
UH, WE'RE ABLE TO CALL OUR NEIGHBORING, UH, JURISDICTIONS AND ASK FOR ASSISTANCE.
UM, I RECOMMEND, UH, PROVING THIS ITEM.
THIS WAS NO COST TO THE CITY, RIGHT? CHIEF? NO.
UNLESS AS OF NOW, UNLESS, YEAH, AS OF NOW, UNLESS WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO GET ASSISTANCE AND THE CITIES DECIDE TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY, UH, ASSISTANCE THEY PROVIDED US.
UH, AS OF NOW, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVER HAPPENED.
WE, WE HAVE SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT GOING TO ASSIST THE OTHER AGENCIES.
BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO HAVE IN PLACE.
IS IT ONLY FOR POLICE OR IS IT FOR LADDER TRUCKS TOO? IT, I THINK IT, IT, THERE'S A SECTION IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT FIRE EMS. FANTASTIC.
SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, CHIEF RECOMMENDATION MOTION MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
[7.Consideration and possible action to approve a Premise Use Agreement with VIDA Recia Off Road for the use of the City of San Benito Fairgrounds for a community backpack giveaway event on August 15, 2026.]
SEVEN.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A PER A PERMISSION PERMIT PER PERUSE WHAT PREMISE USE AGREEMENT WITH VIDA RECIA OFF ROAD FOR THE USE OF THE CITY OF SANTO FAIRGROUNDS FOR A COMMUNITY BACKPACK GIVEAWAY EVENT ON AUGUST 15TH, 2026.
MR. UM, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, CARLOS OP REQUESTING THIS ITEM, UH, MAYOR ITEM AND THEN COMMISSIONERS REQUESTING NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
THE EVENT WAS MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
[8.Consideration and possible action to amend the Master Services Agreement with CSRS, LLC to extend the contract date to December 31, 2026, due to significant delays by the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in processing reimbursement requests, which requires continued coordination on remaining grant management items.]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND THE MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH C-S-R-S-L-L-C TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT DATE TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.DUE TO SIGNIFICANT DELAYS BY THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND PROCESSING REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS, WHICH REQUIRES CONTINUED COORDINATION ON REMAINING GRANT MANAGEMENT.
ANA GARZA, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PRESENTING THE ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THIS IS JUST TO HAVE THEM CONTINUE TO HELP US RECAPTURE OUR FUNDS.
AND, UH, IT'S NO ADDITIONAL COST.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HELP US GET OUR FUNDS FROM THE GLO.
THEY'VE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR REIMBURSEMENTS, FOR WHATEVER REASON ON THE STATE LEVEL.
AND IT'S JUST, UM, LIKE I SAID, JUST TO HELP US GET THOSE FUNDS IN THAT WE'VE ALREADY PAID.
SO IT'S JUST TO, TO GET US REIMBURSED.
ANY QUESTIONS? HOW LONG WAS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT? I BELIEVE IT ENDED, UH, OR IT'S ENDING ALREADY.
UM, WELL, WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SO WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF THAT AGREEMENT.
WE'RE JUST EXTENDING IT TILL DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
UH, I MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS A RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM EIGHT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[9.Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of one (1) 2026 Pierce Custom Enforcer 107’ Ascendent Single Axle Aerial HD Ladder Truck from Siddons Martin Emergency Group in the total amount of $1,900,000.00 and authorize the Mayor to execute a 15-year tax-exempt Municipal Lease-Purchase Agreement with Government Capital Corporation.]
NUMBER NINE, FIRE CHIEF IF PRESENTING THIS ITEM.SO THIS IS JUST THE, UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR THE RESOLUTION.
THIS IS JUST, UH, TO, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, PURCHASE OF THE LADDER TRUCK.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
[10.Discussion and possible action to approve the City of San Benito group employee benefits package for the plan year October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. . ]
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CITY MANAGER, CARLOS, PRESENTING THIS ITEM, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSION.WE, WE, UH, UH, I AM ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THE, UH, THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED, UM, BY, UH, OUR CONSULTANTS, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS ON THE, UH, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PACKAGE PRESENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING.
WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION, MR. THAT, UH, WE GO, UH, WITH A RECOMMENDATION OR A CONSULTANT? I THINK IT, UH, UH, THAT WE GO WITH THE, UM, THE ONE, SORRY.
THE LEVEL FUNDED BECAUSE IT, IT MAINTAINS THE SAME LEVEL OF, UH, UH, BENEFIT FOR EMPLOYEE, UH, WITH, UH, MODEST INCREASE.
AND IT, IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED IN OUR BUDGET.
WITH THE 2 CENTS OR WITHOUT THE 2 CENTS? EITHER WAY.
I HAVE A MO UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I RECOMMENDED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY, AYE.
[11.Consideration and possible action on re-organization of legal services, including the city attorney, ancillary legal services, and special counsel, and contractual terms and conditions.]
ITEM NUMBER 11.COMMISSIONER VICTOR GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER RICARDO PEREZ, REQUESTED THIS ITEM CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO RE ON REORGANIZATION OF LEGAL SERVICES, INCLUDING THE CITY ATTORNEY, ANCILLARY LEGAL SERVICES AND SPECIAL COUNSEL, AND CONTRACTUAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, UM, FOR THIS ITEM, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED, UM, BY MR. FLOTIS, UM, UM, BY THE FIRM.
I'D REQUEST AT THIS TIME THAT MR. FLOTIS CAN GIVE A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF WHAT THE FIRM'S ACTUALLY PROVIDING.
MAYOR, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF RUNDOWN AND THEN, UH, DO RECOMMEND SINCE THERE IS, UH, SOME CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE IN THERE TO TAKE IT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO, HANLIN DE I THINK CASTILLO'S BEEN DOING THIS, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES.
THE CURRENT CONTRACT WE HAVE IN PLACE MONTHLY SITS AT 62 50.
WHAT DOES THAT COVER? THAT COVERS YOUR GENERAL COUNSEL, WHICH YOU SEE I, MYSELF AND OTHER PARTNERS.
THE CONTRACT IS WITH THE FIRM, NOT WITH ANY SINGLE ONE OF OUR ATTORNEYS.
UM, SO IT COVERS THE GENERAL COUNSEL MEETINGS, LITIGATION AT NO COST OR NO HOURLY FEE.
IT COVERS COMPLIANCE AND OF COURSE CONTRACTUAL REVIEW.
WHAT WE DO ON THE DAILY BASIS WITH DEANA, AS WELL AS WITH THE INTERIM.
UH, MR. YANA, AS YOU HAVE SEEN, THERE'S BEEN SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO Y'ALL'S EMAIL.
AND THEN IT INCLUDES, UM, OF COURSE, UH, YOUR MUNICIPAL COURT, WHICH IS AT NO CHARGE, UH, TO, UH, THE CITY.
YOUR CURRENT MUNICIPAL COURT PROSECUTOR, UM, IS A SEASONED MUNICIPAL JUDGE.
UH, AND HAS BEEN, UH, THERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.
WHEN WE GOT THERE, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKLOG.
I THINK THERE WAS MAYBE A THREE AND A HALF TO ABOUT SIX MONTH BACKLOG.
WE HAVE SEEN THOSE REVENUES GO UP.
I DON'T KNOW KNOW IF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR IS, I DO SEE SOME, SOME COURT STAFF, UH, HERE, BUT, UM, YEAH, THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT INDIVIDUALLY.
AND THEN IN REGARDS TO LITIGATION, WE ARE HANDLING SOME, UH, LITIGATION CASES AT THE MOMENT THAT IS FREE OF CHARGE TO THE CITY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO DO, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY OUR ORIGINAL, UH, REASON FOR, UH, GETTING ENGAGED BY THE CITY OF SAN MANTO.
UH, WE DO HANDLE AND DO HAVE STAFF TO THAT.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND NUMBERS WISE, YOU HAVE ABOUT 10 SEASONED ATTORNEYS.
ONE TEXAS CERTIFIED, UH, CITY ATTORNEY AT ALL TIMES.
AND THEN ONE DEDICATED, UH, SPECIALIST, UH, FOR YOUR PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST.
AND THEN THREE SENIOR LITIGATORS.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR LITIGATION CASES, WHAT DOES SENIOR LITIGATION COUNSEL MEAN? IT MEANS FOLKS THAT HAVE ARGUED CASES AT THIS STATE, THE 13TH COURT OF APPEALS, SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS, UH, AND THEN SOME CASES, UH, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WHICH WOULD BE THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
AND AT THIS POINT I DO RECOMMEND, UH, WE DO TAKE THIS ITEM INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMISSIONERS.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS I DO, I WOULD ASK THAT THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, BE TAKEN.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE, UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOTION TO MOVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11 TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OH, I DO WANNA ADD ONE MORE THING, MAYOR.
ALSO, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN, UH, ASKED THIS QUESTION.
UH, WE ALSO CONDUCTED THE CITY MANAGER SEARCH, UH, FOR THE CITY OF SAN BENITO.
UH, I WON'T REFERENCE THE OTHER PERSON, UH, OR OTHER ENTITY IN THE AREA.
THEY CONDUCTED THE CITY MANAGER SEARCH.
UH, THEY APPROXIMATELY GOT ABOUT 30 TO 35 APPLICANTS.
THEY WERE CHARGED ABOUT 17 TO $20,000.
WE DID A CITY MANAGER SEARCH FOR YOU ALL FREE OF CHARGE.
ACTUALLY, WE INCURRED THE COST, UH, FOR THAT.
SO IT WAS ABOUT 21 TO $3,000 FOR THAT.
CITY SANTO, WHAT DID THE RETURN LOOK LIKE? WE HAD ABOUT 22 APPLICANTS TONIGHT.
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WILL BE CONDUCTING AND FACILITATING, UH, THOSE, UH, FINAL INTERVIEWS AND THEN INTO YOUR FINAL CONTRACTUAL, UH, NEGOTIATIONS, UH, WITH THEM.SO WITH THAT, UH, I WILL RETURN.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS ITEM IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.
[12. Consideration and possible action to approve the proposed City of San Benito Street Rehabilitation and Maintenance Program for implementation during Fiscal Year 2026 2027. ]
EDWARD ENRIQUE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR PRESENTING THIS ITEM.THIS IS A CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED CITY SANTO STREET REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTING DURING IMPLEMENTATION DURING FISCAL YEAR 2026.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEMP COMMISSIONERS IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU SHOULD HAVE A LIST OF THE STREETS WITH, UH, SOME PICTURES THAT Y'ALL HAD ASKED FOR TO WANT TO SEE THE CONDITION OF THE STREETS THAT ARE ON THIS LIST.
UH, JUST NUMBER ONE DISREGARDED.
UH, I DON'T, THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST STREETS THAT WAS ON THERE.
I'M SO SORRY THAT THEY PUT IT THERE WASN'T ME.
MAYBE THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT WAS NEVER DONE
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU, YOU HAVE ALL THE PICTURES THERE IF YOU WANT, WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THIS LIST OR IF Y'ALL WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND REARRANGE IT, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
STREET WORKSHOPS ARE ALWAYS FUN.
YOU GUYS WANNA DO ONE OF THOSE ZERO IAD? WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA USE EDC FUNDS, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT ON THIS ONE.
'CAUSE THIS IS ALL WITH THE BUDGET FROM THE, FROM THE CITY.
WE COULD ALWAYS GET EDC TO COME AND PRESENT ON THAT COMMISSIONERS IF Y'ALL WANT.
UM, AMISTAD HAD FUNDED SOME ENGINEERING WORK FOR AMISTAD AND CHANGING LEADERSHIP.
I BELIEVE THAT ONE WAS, IT WAS APPROVED BY EDC.
AND THEN, UH, WE'VE HAD TWO ENGINEERS LOOK AT IT NOW.
IT JUST, UH, I THINK THE, THAT WAS GONNA GET DONE BY CITY STAFF AND, UH, JUST NEVER HAPPENED.
IS THERE IS THIS LIST IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER, THE WAY IT'S ON YOUR LIST? IT'S THE WAY THEY ARE, THEY'RE NUMBERED CORRECTLY.
SO AUSTIN WOULD BE NUMBER ONE, YOUS WOULD BE NUMBER TWO, AND SO FORTH.
MA YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS ANSWER, BUT I'M GONNA ASK ANYWAYS.
UM, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE LAST TIME NUMBER 24 WAS DONE? WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE STREET? DICK DOWLING NORTH.
I THINK MR. NO, UH, GUILLERMO TOLD US LAST MEET BUDGET WORKSHOP.
SO I'M GONNA KIND OF TELL YOU, I USED TO GO TO, UH, BC AND THAT STREET'S BEEN THE SAME.
AND THAT WAS, I'M 51 YEARS OLD NOW, SO, WOW.
SO, I MEAN, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT STREET SHOULD BE LIKE NUMBER TWO.
OH, YOU SAID AUSTIN'S GONE, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA SCRATCH THAT ONE OUT, I BELIEVE.
THEN, UH, NORTH TAKE DARLING SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE BECAUSE THAT STREET, UH, ALSO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT USES THAT STREET AS WELL.
A LOT OF, UH, SCHOOL BUSES GO THROUGH THAT STREET.
UH, I PERSONALLY USED TO LIVE ON DICK DOWLING AND I HATED GOING HOME BECAUSE YOU WOULD HEAR THE, THE CAR BANG.
SO YEAH, I'VE, UH, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO MAKE THIS EASIER IS GET AN OBJECTIVE PLAN TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT HAS THE MOST TRAFFIC? IS IT GOING TO A SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS? WHAT'S THE
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THAT APPARATUS, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE BLACK CAT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, GETS THE NU GETS THE TRAFFIC COUNT FOR YOU, THE MACHINE THAT GETS THE TRAFFIC COUNT SO THAT YOU MAYBE, BECAUSE WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS YOU START HAVING THIS SELECTION TYPE OF PROCESS.
I WANT THIS ONE FIRST, THIS ONE, AND THEN WE DO THIS HERE.
AND WE SKIP THE ONES FROM THREE YEARS AGO.
AND IT, IF YOU POST THIS LIST, EVERYONE'S GONNA CALL YOU AND TELL YOU AUSTIN WAS NUMBER ONE.
WHY'D YOU SKIP IT AND GO TO 23? YOU'LL HAVE TO FIELD THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO TO MAKE IT JUST MORE TRANSPARENT AND OBJECTIVE IS LIKE, THERE HAS TO BE RUBRICS OF WHY THIS STREET AND WHEN AND IS THERE DIRE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, FIVE YEARS AGO
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WE DID LAST B DRIVE BECAUSE WE ARE RUSHING BECAUSE THERE'S AN ELECTION AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS TOTALLY SHOT THERE.NEED TO BE, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
NO, OF COURSE THEN NEED TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT INSTEAD OF JUST WAIT FOR AN ELECTION WHEN IF IT'S IN MY WATCH, IT'S GONNA GET DONE.
WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS DONE CORRECTLY AND THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE.
BUT I CAN, I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION IS I CAN ALSO PROVIDE YOU ANOTHER ONE WHERE I COULD PUT THE ONE NO UTILITIES AS A PRIORITY VERSUS NO UTILITIES.
I CAN DO IS THAT AS WELL, IF YOU ALLALL WANT THAT.
'CAUSE IT'LL BE EASIER AND QUICKER TO FIX.
I THINK IT HAS TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST THAT WHERE YOU ACTUALLY GET, AND AGAIN, IT COMES BACK TO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS WHERE IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE, THE EQUIPMENT TO DO TRAFFIC COUNTS, YOU DO THAT, DO DO A STUDY OF ALL THE STREETS THAT NEED WORK, UH, DO A STUDY WITH THE WATERWORKS AND SEWER, FIND OUT WHERE THEY HAVE MOST PROBLEMS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND, AND THEN OF COURSE THE, THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD.
AND YOU COMPILE ALL THAT TOGETHER.
AND THEN YOU CAN GET A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF WHICH ONES ARE IN THE WORST SHAPE AND WHICH ONES ARE GONNA DO THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET IT DONE.
THIS WAS ALSO A LIST APPROVED BY THE PRIOR COMMISSION ALREADY, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
DID WE FINISH THE PREVIOUS YEARS ALREADY? NO, SIR.
WHAT DID, WHAT DID THEY DO? HOW, HOW DID THEY DETERMINE WHICH STREETS NEEDED TO BE DONE? FIRST? WE LET THE STAFF MAKE THE DECISION.
WE DON'T, I DIDN'T, WE THE COMMISSION DIDN'T MICROMANAGE STAFF SAID, GO AHEAD.
AND THEY PICKED HIM AND THEY WENT
AND THEN SOMEONE WOULD CHIME IN AND SAY, MOVE OVER HERE.
NO SIR, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKED.
I WON'T SPEAK ON IT ANYMORE THEN.
YES, YOU CAN ASK ME OFF THE RECORD.
SO IF, IF YOU GUYS WANT, I CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, STUDY THAT YOU WANT AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK.
ONCE I GET ALL THAT, I, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
DO A, A COMPLETE STUDY WITH THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, UH, TYPE THE BUSINESSES OR, UH, RESIDE.
WHAT IF IT'S JUST RESIDENTIAL OR IF THERE'S BUSINESSES, IF THERE'S, UH, HIGH PRIORITY, UH, BUSINESSES OR RESIDENCES IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHATEVER.
UH, WHAT USED ALL THAT AS YOUR MATRIX TO DETERMINE WHAT STREET GETS RANKED? NUMBER ONE? YES SIR.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE LOOKS, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, FINE FIELD CALLED AND SAID HE WANTS THE ROAD FIXED.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING TO BACK IT UP, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
WE, WE WOULD COORDINATE A MEETING WITH, UH, DEPARTMENTS AND THEN BASED ON FEEDBACK, BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
AND, UH, CAN I JUST HAVE A REQUEST IF WE CAN MOVE IT TO MAYBE LIKE THE FIRST MEETING SEPTEMBER SO THEY CAN GIMME TIME TO DO ALL THAT AND MAKE SURE IT'S DONE CORRECTLY AND ACCURATELY.
WE CAN DO THE HOLD ON BEFORE WE DO THAT.
SO THAT, UH, THAT COUNT MIGHT NOT BE ACCURATE.
BECAUSE JUST LIKE I SAID, I USED TO LIVE OUT FROM TICK DOWNLEY AND I WOULD AVOID IT SOMETIMES, RIGHT? SO THE COUNT MIGHT NOT BE AS ACCURATE.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW, HEY, THE STREET MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, LESS TRAVELED THAN OTHERS.
SO THAT COUNT MIGHT NOT BE ACCURATE.
UM, AND THE OTHER ONE, IF WE CAN DO IT FOR THE SECOND MEETING OF SEPTEMBER, THAT FINE WITH ME.
I, THERE THERE'S SOME STREETS THAT ARE VERY OBVIOUS COMMISSIONERS.
THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE A HANDFUL OF STREETS IN THE CITY LIMITS THAT DON'T, THAT ARE STILL CALICHE.
I WOULD, I WOULD SAY LET THE TEAM WORK ON THOSE.
THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S LIVED THERE THEIR ENTIRE LIFE AND HAS NEVER EVEN SEEN IT PAVED ONCE.
AND THERE'S A FEW OF THOSE STREETS.
GET US A LIST OF WHICH ONES THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, THERE IS A FEW THAT DO HAVE CONCRETE.
AND IF WE CAN DO TOTAL REHAB ON THAT, THAT'S GONNA COST MORE AND IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE TIME.
I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE EVER REMOVED THE CONCRETE.
THEY JUST OVERLAY IT, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
WELL, NO, WE CAN, WE CAN REMOVE IT.
IT'S GONNA TAKE MONEY, MATERIAL, YEAH.
AND I ALSO HAVE, I KNOW ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ASKED ME IF I COULD GIVE AN ESTIMATE, AN ESTIMATE OF, UM, HOW MUCH IT WOULD COME OUT IF WE DO TOTAL REHAB ON ALL THE STREETS.
RIGHT? AND I HAVE THAT NUMBER IF Y'ALL WANT TO HEAR.
WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? TOTAL REHAB.
MEANING JUST STREET? NO UTILITIES.
MEANING THAT, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO RECONSTRUCT THE WHOLE STREET, REMOVE THE ASPHALT, SUBGRADE, LIME,
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AND THEN PAVE.WHAT'S THE CURRENT PRICE FOR A SURFACE OVERLAY? THE ONE BLOCK VERSUS THE TOTAL REHAB? IT ALL DEPENDS ON LINEAR FEET OF THE I WHAT I HAVE IS, I GOT THE TOTAL COST OF, LET'S SEE, SO IF YOU WANT TO DO ALL OF THEM TOTAL REHAB WITH NO OVERLAYS AT ALL.
YOU'RE DOING THAT 6 MILLION 459, 440 8,000 WITH 32 CENTS.
WERE YOU AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP? NAH,
SO THAT'S JUST MR. TRAVIS SAYS NOT TO RAISE TAXES.
WHY YOU GUYS ASKED THAT QUESTION? I JUST WAS BECAME PREPARED IN CASE YOU ASKED.
I'M JUST SAYING IF, IF WE, IF YOU DO A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY LIKE THAT, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU, YOU WON'T HAVE IT BY THE NEXT MEETING ANYWAY.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF I CAN HAVE IT ON MONTHS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO TRAFFIC COUNTS ON EACH STREET THAT'S ON THE LIST.
I DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT LONG EITHER.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA APPROVE THE LIST.
THIS LIST WAS ALREADY APPROVED.
WE JUST NEED TO, THE TEAM NEEDS TO JUST CONTINUE WORKING.
UM, I SAY LET THE TEAM WORK ON WHATEVER'S THE WORST THAT THEY BELIEVE ON THIS LIST.
AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN BRING IT BACK.
THIS IS A LIST THAT WAS APPROVED LAST FISCAL YEAR.
IT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED, SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP DELAYING IT.
I MEAN, I, I'D RATHER HAVE, I AGREE.
I'D RATHER HAVE NONE OF THE STREETS DONE AND, AND PUT THE MONEY INTO IF WE'RE GONNA DO A STREET, DO THE STREET AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THE, BUT THE TEAM, THE TEAM KNOWS, THEY KNOW WHERE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS SHOT.
LIKE IF YOU, IF YOU LET THEM WORK, THEY YEAH, BUT WE'RE NOT LETTING THEM WORK.
WE'RE LETTING THEM DO A OVERLAY.
SO YOU WANT A TABLE THEY SHOULD HAVE WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THE ROAD AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE? WELL, NO SIR.
WE WILL MAKE SURE, SINCE I, I TOOK OVER IN ALMOST, ALMOST A YEAR NOW.
UH, I'VE BEEN GETTING WITH THE TEAM AND MAKING SURE THAT WHAT NEEDS TO GET TOTAL REHAB, WE DO IT.
SO WE'RE DOING THE STREETS PROPERLY SAYING REHAB.
YOU'RE NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE WATER LINES AND SEWER LINES THAT ARE WELL, NO, NO, NOT, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT, BUT WE CAN START DOING THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY I SAID WE CAN WORK ON THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE UTILITIES, WHICH THEY ARE STREETS THAT NEED TOTAL REHAB.
SOME OF 'EM THAT DON'T HAVE UTILITIES, WE CAN WORK ON THOSE AND THEY'RE PRETTY BAD.
BUT LIKE, UH, MAYOR, UH, GALVAN SAYS WE CAN KEEP GOING AND JUST GOING ON THE ONES THAT ARE REAL BAD AND THEN COMING BACK WITH SOMETHING AS, AS WE'RE GOING ALONG, COMMISSIONERS.
IS THERE, UM, IF, IF THERE'S NO NEW INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED, DO WE WANT TO HAVE A MOTION? HAVE A MOTION? CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? THIS LIST DOESN'T SHOW WHICH STREETS HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THAT.
YOU KNOW, UTILITIES BE REPLACED.
OH, WE HAVE THE NEW GIS SYSTEM, SO IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG NOW.
LIKE WE, LET'S WE KNOW WHAT STREETS HAVE, SEWER LINES, WATER LINES, MANHOLE.
AND YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE COUNT OR SOMETHING THAT SHOWS HOW MANY ISSUES YOU'VE HAD WITH WATER LINES AND SEWER LINES IN THOSE AREAS? NOT ON ME.
I DON'T COULD, COULD I DO, COULD, COULD WE DO THIS? COMMISSIONERS? I, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TAKE CARE OF THE HANDFUL OF STREETS THAT ARE CALICHE STILL IN THE CITY LIMITS.
I THINK ONE'S HERE JOINS ROAD.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER THAT ARE STILL CALICHE, UH, AGAR LANE JOINS ROAD.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE BACK AND LOOK AT A FULL REHAB LIST RIGHT.
IS THAT OKAY? CAN, CAN I AT LEAST WE'RE GOING ON A INCORPORATED IN WHAT, 1907.
I I I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CALICHE ROADS NEED TO HAVE ROADS.
IT'S GONNA BE LESS THAN A HANDFUL.
AND THEN BY THAT TIME IT GIVES THE TEAM TIME TO BRING BACK SOMETHING WITH UTILITIES.
'CAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON CHAPMAN.
WE HAVEN'T COMPLETELY FINISHED THAT ONE YET.
AND FINISH WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON NOW MOVE ON TO CALICHE ROADS AND THEN COME BACK AND SO THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT HAVING A WHOLE, A FEW MONTHS NOT DOING ANYTHING.
I DON'T EVEN SEE, UH, RUSSELL LANE ON HERE.
AND THAT ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE CURB AND GUTTER YEARS AGO AND NOW.
AGAIN, LIKE MERCY, THIS IS, UM, LIST THAT WAS DONE.
THIS WAS A, GAVE IT TO ME A LIST THAT WAS APPROVED BY PREVIOUS COMMISSION.
THERE'S, IS THAT, OKAY, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO THE, THE STREETS THAT I'M PROPOSING ARE NOT ON THIS LIST.
ERIC, IS THAT OKAY, MR. FLORES? THAT MAKE A MOTION TO, DOES IT SAY HERE, UH, TO APPROVE STREETS THAT ARE IN APPROVE THE PROPOSED CITY SEMIAL STREET REHABILITATION MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
IT JUST SAYS IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE IS TO START THIS PROGRAM IS WE START WITH THE ROADS THERE ALICHE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE TEAM COME, WHICH IS LESS THAN A HANDFUL, PROBABLY THREE AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN HAVE THE TEAM COME BACK AND PRESENT THIS, THESE LIST OF STREETS WITH UTILITIES SO THAT THE COMMISSION CAN GET A BETTER FEEL FOR IT.
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SECOND.UH, BY MAYOR PRO, TEMP NOVATO.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, MAYOR PRO TAP NOVATO, MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER PEREZ WITH THE NAY.
DID I GET A VOTE? WELL, YOU DID NOT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, EDWARD, DO YOU KNOW? I KNOW IT'S HOW MANY STREETS? PROBABLY TWO OR THREE, RIGHT? WITH WHAT THAT ARE ALICHE ABOUT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE IN THE PICK UP.
SO MY QUESTION IS NOW THAT, NOW THAT, WAIT, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A VOTE ON THE TABLE.
SO WE HAVE THREE AYES, ONE NAY.
WE'RE ON A VOTING ROLL CALL ALREADY.
THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BRING YOU BACK A PACKET.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO MORE THAN FINISH OFF CHAPMAN IN THREE STREETS.
PROBABLY YOU CAN CHANGE THIS WHOLE LIST.
I, I'LL SAY, I'LL SAY, I'LL GO WITH THE A.
WELL, WELL THE, THE MOTION WAS TO PROCEED WITH ANY KCHE STREETS.
WHICH IS LESS THAN THREE OR FOUR IN THE CITY LIMITS THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT ON THIS LIST.
AND THEN COME BACK AND GIVE A WHOLE PROPOSAL TO THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER PEREZ DID STATE, YOU KNOW, HE'S SEEN A ROAD THAT WAS FOR 50 YEARS.
THERE'S SOME ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN 109 YEARS HAVE NEVER BEEN PAVED.
SO YOU WANT TO DO THE 109 YEAR OLD STREET OR THE 50-YEAR-OLD STREET THEY ON HERE BEFORE.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THERE.
AND THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE TO MY PURSE INSTEAD OF RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION.
SO YOU DON'T WANT, YOU'RE GOING TO DEFAULT THE RESIDENT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PAVED NOW.
YOU WANNA WAIT TILL 110 YEARS.
I PUT IT OUT ON US NOW, BUT IT WAS ON YOU ALL BEFORE.
DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITIZENS NOW? SO YOU VOTED NAY.
COMMISSIONER CORTEZ, DO I HAVE A VOTE? YOU SAID I, I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T LIKE WASTING MONEY ON, SO WE HAVE A JUST REPAVING.
SO WE HAVE A FOUR ONE, A THREE, TWO VOTE.
WELL JUST FOR THE REC RECORD PURPOSES, RIGHT BAR.
AND AGAIN, I'LL REMIND YOU'ALL SILENT THIS CONSENT WHEN THE VOTE IS CALLED WE VERDICT TO A, A ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER CORTEZ, ARE YOU AN AYE OR, OR NAY? UH, AYE.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE FOUR ONE VOTE.
SO MY, MY MOTION WAS THAT WE CONTINUE WITH K.
RHODES, WHICH IS PROBABLY LESS THAN TWO OR THREE.
FINISH OFF THE WORK THEY'RE WORKING ON NOW, WHICH IS CHAPMAN.
AND THEN COME BACK WITH A HUGE PROPOSAL FOR Y'ALL AND WE CAN HAVE AN ENTIRE CITYWIDE BUDGET WORKSHOP ON STREETS.
UM, SO WE CAN PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
[13.Consideration and possible action to approve ratification of payment to OMT Utilities for emergency repairs to the El Camino Lift Station located at 550 West Business 77, in the amount of $72,500.00.]
13, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RATIFICATION OF PAYMENTS TO OMT UTILITIES FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO EL CAMINO LIFT STATION.LOCATED AT 5 5 0 WEST BUSINESS.
EDWARD ENRIQUE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
PRESENT, PRESENT IN THIS ITEM.
UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN.
UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE Y'ALL AWARE THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT A CAR RAN INTO THE LIFT STATION BACK IN JULY 17TH OF THIS YEAR.
UH, THAT LIFT STATION WAS PRETTY, PRETTY MESSED UP.
SO WE HAD TO PUT A BYPASS PUMP TEMPORARY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN WASH THAT SEWAGE OUT.
SO WE UH, GOT THIS COMPANY TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE EMERGENCY FIX ON IT.
AND WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT YOU GUYS APPROVE THE, I HAVE A DO A MOTION.
UH, THIS, UH, UH, WORK THAT WAS DONE IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BILL IT TO OUR INSURANCE.
CORRECT? AS TO MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THEIR INSURANCE, MANPOWER, VEHICLES, EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY HAS PUT IN, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE FROM OUR PART HAS BEEN GIVEN TO HR SO THEY CAN SUBMIT ATM L.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A CASE GOING.
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I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CORTEZ.ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
MOVE ON TO THANK YOU MR. RODRIGUEZ.
[14.Consideration and possible action to approve payment in the amount of $12,500.00 to Ornelas Air Conditioning for the replacement of HVAC ductwork at the San Benito Fire Station Number 1]
TO ITEM NUMBER 14.UH, MAYOR PROTON COMMISSIONERS.
UH, SO THIS ITEM IS JUST THE, UH, OR SO STATION ONE HAS BEEN, I THINK IT WAS, UH, EARLY TWO THOUSANDS WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
THE, UM, AC DUCTS HAVE, UH, ARE IN NEEDLE REPAIR.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA BE, UH, THE 12,500.
COMMISSIONER, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? DID YOU GET A BRAND NEW UNIT? NO.
IT'S OLD AND IT'S, UH, CONDENSING AND IT'S, UH, I I IF WE LEAVE IT, IT'S GONNA KEEP, IT'S GONNA CAUSE, CAUSE MOLD.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? THIS IS THE FIRE STATION ON, UH, WILLIAMS ROAD? NO, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE ONE ON SOUTHAM HOUSTON.
YEAH, THE ONE ON WILLIAMS WAS BUILT IN 82.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
UH, COMMISSIONER BETIS, I NEED YOU ON THE MIC.
[Items 15 & 16]
NUMBER 15.AND 16 MAYOR, I WOULD ASK, UM, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, 15 AND 16, UM, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, UH, PRIOR AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE DO HAVE, I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LEGAL UPDATE.
5 5 1 0 7 1, UH, IN REGARDS TO THESE TWO.
UM, SO THAT I CAN PRESENT THOSE UPDATE TO YOU, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE LEGALLY COMPLIANT, UH, IN REGARD TO THE STANDING CONTRACT.
MOTION TO MOVE, UH, ITEMS 1516 INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR TEMP NOVATO.
ALL IN FAVOR? SAY RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.
WE'LL MOVE ITEMS 15 AND 16 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[BOARD APPOINTMENT(S)]
ON TO BOARD APPOINTMENTS.COMMISSIONER VICTOR GONZALES TO APPOINT PLACE THREE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER? YES.
YES, I, UH, MOTION TO APPOINT MS. ANGELA RODRIGUEZ TO PLACE THREE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
MS. ANGELA RODRIGUEZ TO PLACE THREE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
I HAVE A, CAN I GET A, CAN HAVE SECOND.
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE, APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS OF THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD FOR PLACES TERMS STARTING AND EXPIRING AS SHOWN PLACES ONE THROUGH FIVE.
COMMISSIONER RICK CARDO PEREZ, DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE FOR PLACE? ONE? ACTUALLY I CAN TABLE MY, MY, UH, APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE THE 18TH OF AUGUST.
I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP NOVATO.
I WANNA APPOINT AAN RA, UH, TO PLACE ONE OF THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY BOARD IS, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR? I MEAN, I'M SORRY, I HAVE A SECOND.
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR APPOINTMENTS.
UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REMOVE, APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MEMBERS OF THE VETERAN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE PLACES IN TERMS STARTING AND EXPIRING AS SHOWN PLACES.
PLACE NUMBER TWO, COMMISSIONER DANIEL CORTEZ.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PHONE CALL BACK FROM THE PERSON YET, SO I WILL TABLE TO THE NEXT, UH, MEETING.
WE HAVE A, UH, TABLE PLACED TO, UM, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DIANA CORTEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HANDS.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. MR. FLORES, YOU WANT, YOU WANNA READ 'EM OFF? DO I HAVE TOI CAN READ 'EM OFF REALLY QUICK.
UH, CITY COMMISSION WILL CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT WERE POSTED ON THERE PURSUANT TO, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION ONE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONAL MATTERS REGARDING THE TWO FINALIST CANDIDATES.
THEY'RE HERE FOR THEIR FINAL INTERVIEWS.
UH, SESSION TWO WILL BE, UH, 5 5 1 0 7 1.
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REGARDS TO SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, ITEMS IN REGARDS TO A PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR THE EDC, UH, THREE WILL BE GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 0 1 0 7 1 REGARDING A CEASE AND DESIST UPDATE THERE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY REGARDING TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT AND CONSULTING AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS SERVICES.AND THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS, UH, THAT WERE MOVED OVER THERE.
WHICH OF 15? 16, UH, AND 11, WHAT WAS THAT LAST ONE? UH, 15, 16 AND 1111.
WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
ABSOLUTELY.SO WE TOOK, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'LL TAKE THE ONES THAT WE HAD IN OPEN SESSION FIRST FOR ITEM UH, 11.
UM, THERE WILL BE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU GUYS, UH, FOR THE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY.
SO FOLLOWING THE NEXT ITEM, WE DID TAKE ITEMS 15 AND 16, UH, INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO 5 5 1 0 7 1.
UH, THERE WAS SOME LEGAL QUESTIONS LEGAL WOULD ASK YOU TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSED, UH, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
PROCEED AS DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
PROCEED AS, UH, DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SECOND, A MOTION, UH, WE HAVE MOTION
ALRIGHT, UH, NOW WE ARE, UH, WITH THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, ITEMS, UM, MAYOR FOR THE ITEM IN REGARDS TO THE TWO FINALIST CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE TERM AND CONDITIONS OF A PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.
UM, THESE WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE AUGUST, UH, 10TH MEETING.
UH, THIS TIME THERE IS NO ACTION NECESSARY.
UM, THIS WILL BE POSTED, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC.
IT'LL BE POSTED ON THE AUGUST 10TH MEETING.
UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT.
AND THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, HAS FULL INTENTION TO MOVE FORWARD AS THE PROPOSED GUIDELINE THAT IS OUT NOW.
MOVING ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE, UM, ORDINANCE IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE SAN BENITO.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH FINALIZING THIS.
UH, AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I WILL NEED A MOTION, UH, JUST TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS, UH, PROCEED.
PROCEED IN, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, MAYOR, THE UM, LAST AND FINAL ONE WILL BE THE, UM, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR LEGISLATIVE CONSULTING AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS SERVICES.
UH, WE WILL PROCEED AS DISCUSSED, UH, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
A MOTION I MAKE A MOTION TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SECOND, THERE BEING NO FURTHER ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU MAY ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.