Jul 13, 2021 City Council

COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES.

YOU HAVE A QUICK, THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THE MEETING FIRST BY, UH, INFORMING YOU ALL OF A PLAN THAT I DID RECEIVE FROM THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE.

SO KINDLY CITY SECRETARY

[II. PROCLAMATIONS]

UH, THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON, FORMER STUDENTS AT, UH, CHARLES BROWN LEGACY AND THE PLAQUE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO ME WITH HONOR BARKY AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

IT WAS PRESENTED ON JUNE 12TH, 2021 AT TEXAS CITY, TEXAS.

AND BY IF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL CULTURAL SOCIETY AND AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL CULTURAL PARK.

AND I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU THAT THE CITIZENS OF TEXAS 80 THOUGHT IT NECESSARY, AND THEY WILL PRESENT ME WITH THIS.

I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND ON THAT DAY, BUT I DID RECEIVE THE PLAQUE AND I WANTED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND I DID RECEIVE IT ALSO ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, TWO OF OUR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ON IT AND GIVEN METALS, UH, ONE WAS, UH, PRESENTED TO COACH AURA SMITH.

AND THE OTHER WAS PRESENTED TO HER SISTER, MS. MELODY GUNNER, AND THEN AS FAR AS EXCELLENCE IN THEIR SERVICE AND BASICALLY TEXAS, WHICH IS NEAR TEXAS CITY AND ALSO FOR THEIR SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY GIVEN TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, NOT JUST IN BAY CITY HALL, IN TEXAS CITY, BUT EVEN IN PORT ARTHUR AND NOT JUST AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, BUT THE INTACT COMMUNITY OF ALL OF THESE CITIES.

SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TWO CITIZENS, COACH SMITH AND ASSISTANT CAUSE MELODY GOT IT.

NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND TODAY, AGAIN, BEING A HISTORIC DAY IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I WANT TO COME DOWN IF A MATE AND BRO, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT I APPRECIATE IT.

ONE TWO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

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YOU KNOW, I HAVE A HEARING CHAMPIONS.

I DON'T HEAR MYSELF NOW.

I HEAR IT A LITTLE BIT.

JUST THE VERY HISTORIC DAY HERE IN THE SENIOR PORT OFFICE.

SO THEIR HISTORIC DAY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HISTORIC DATE IN THE COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS DARK DAY AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE OF A GENTLEMEN WHO BOUGHT HIM PORN UP, WHO HAPPENS TO BE FROM PORT.

NOW THERE'S ONLY A, I WANT HIS MOTHER AND FATHER STAN, BECAUSE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THEM, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS TODAY.

WHAT I LIKE AT THIS TIME OR CALLED JUNIOR, COME HERE, MAN.

DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

I REMEMBER GENUINE WHEN HE WAS JUST ABOUT A FOOT TALL AND THEN ONCE ONE PROBLEM, HE KEPT GROWING.

BUT WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS READ THIS PROCLAMATION TO JR.

AND I'M SEEING HOW ASHLEY, HOW PAWNED WE ARE OF JR AND ALL OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS.

WE NOTICED THAT I USED TO GET YOU SOME TROLLS THAT WORKED OUT, MAN.

I UNDERSTAND.

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, IT SAYS THE CITY OF PORT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR WHERE HIS PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS BUILDS CHARACTER SELF-ESTEEM TEACHES PERSEVERANCE DESPITE ADVERSITY AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

AND WHERE IS WE APPLAUD KENNETH LAWTON JR.

FOR A JOB.

WELL DONE.

YOUR HARD WORK AND TENACITY HAS LED TO OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND IMPECCABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE MASH AT PORT ARTHUR MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU ALL REMEMBER JUNIOR MCDONALD, ALL AMERICAN NOMINEE.

HE WAS CLASS FIVE, EIGHT CLASS FIVE DAY, ALL REGION KATZ, FIVE DAYS ALL STATE FOR TWO YEARS, HE WAS 21, 5, 8 OFFENSIVE MVP FIRST TEAM, ALL DISTRICT FOR TWO YEARS, BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE, SUPER A GOLD TEAM.

AND FOR WHAT WE HAVE IN PORT ARTHUR, THE JAMES GAMBLE CLASSIC.

HE WAS AN MVP AS WELL.

WHEREAS MR. LOFTON ACCOLADES AT CLU A FORWARD FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BASKETBALL UNDER 19 TEAM PLAYING L A B A WORLD CUP.

AND I DON'T WANT TO MISPRONOUNCE THIS PLACE, BUT I DON'T I'M I'M NOT FROM RIGA RIGA.

SO YOU GOT TO BE RUSHING REGA CONFERENCE USA ALSO FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR NINE, 10 CONFERENCE USA, FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK CONFERENCE USA, ALL FRESHMEN TEAM CONFERENCE USA, THIRD TEAM CONFERENCE CALL MISSY NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR, FINALIST FRESHMAN, ALL AMERICAN IN OUR E OH, TOURNAMENT, SECOND TEAM.

AND THE MOVIES AT LOUISIANA STATE COLLEGE IT'S ESSENTIAL.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS REALLY RIGHT, BUT YOU I'M GOING TO READ IT LIKE, YEAH.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE IS PULLING UP.

AND WHERE IS KENNAN? LAWSON JR.

HAVE BEEN AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER FOR THE LOUISIANA BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND WAS SELECTED FOR THE 2021 N I B A U 19 WORLD CUP TO YOU LEAN TEAM USA TO A GOLDEN PERFORMANCE, SECURING A HARD FOUGHT VICTORY, AND EVEN A GOAL THAT I'M ALLOWING HIM TO WEAR HERE.

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AND I SAID, PLACE OF ME ACCOMPLISHED ATHLETES, THE MAYOR, MYSELF, THURMAN BILL BUNCHY, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO STAND HERE WITH ME, WANT TO EFFECTIVELY HONOR THE REASON TO CHEAT JR.

WITH TODAY'S PROCLAMATION.

NOW, THEREFORE I BERMAN BILL BARCHIE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT OFF THOUGH, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, JUNE 3RD, 2021, LOFTON JR.

IT WAS A CITY OF CAUGHT OFF.

I ASKED ALL CITIZENS TO CONGRATULATE JR.

ON REPRESENTING OUR CITY, THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.

AND IT SAYS, AND WITNESS WHERE I KNOW I HAVE HERE I'M TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO BE A FIXED THIS 13TH DAY OF JULY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2021, JR.

AND IF SIGNED BY ME FOR ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HERE, THE CITY OF PORT OFF THE JR.

UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK ALL MY FAMILY, YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY FOR SUPPORTING ME THROUGH THIS JOURNEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OVER YET, BUT YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I DO NOW.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE BIG LEAGUES.

THAT'S IT? WHAT WE LIKE TO DO AT THIS TIME WITH THE CONCERN OF THE COUNCIL, LIKE TO CALL A RECESS BUT I'LL DO IT ON PURPOSE TO DO THAT COLOR RECESS FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, WE ARE GOING TO BREAK.

YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PICTURES, A CITY BY CITY, OUR CITY MANAGER SHOULD IN FACT, THE CARE OF, AND HER STAFF, THAT'S ALL COUNTY PROVIDED SOME CAKE AND PUNCH OR TAKING PHOTOS FOR YOU.

SO WE HAD THAT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR 15 MINUTES, BUT WE ARE GOING TO RETURN SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR CITY COUNCIL.

ME, YOUR BROTHER.

WE WERE WE READY TO GET BACK? OKAY.

OKAY, JASON, PLEASE.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

WE'D LIKE TO GET BACK INTO THE SESSION.

IS THERE ANYTHING I NEED TO DO FOR HIM? AND HE SAID, THE SECRETARY ASKED ME TO CALL THE, WELL AGAIN, PLEASE RESET A CAR.

OF COURSE.

ROMAN NUMERAL THREE PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

MAYOR BARTEE, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANK HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES.

[Items III. A1 & VIII. A1]

AND WE'RE NOW AT SPEAKERS.

UH, FIRST SPEAKER IS, UH, MS. TAMMY.

OH, AND SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PORT OFF THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

AND SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK TO US REGARDING THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOR THE DESIGNATION OF OUR CITY AS A BIRD CITY.

AND YOU MAY PROCEED.

WITH BIRDING INFORMATION.

UM, BIRDING ALONG WITH FISHING AND BOATING, OUTDOOR RECREATION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISM, OR BASICALLY THE TOURISM MARKETS THAT OUR OFFICE PURSUES TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE CITY.

WE ARE LOCATED ON TWO MIGRATORY FLYWAYS, AND WE HAVE INCREDIBLE BIRDING.

AND SO WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BEGAN THIS BIRD CITY DESIGNATION.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS WE'RE SEEKING Y'ALL'S PERMISSION AND SUPPORT, NOT FINANCIAL, RIGHT? THERE'S NO FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BUT TO PURSUE THE APPLICATION TO BECOME A BIRD CITY DESIGNATION.

AND THIS WOULD HELP US IN OUR MARKETING EFFORTS WHEN WE PLACE BIRDING ADS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WE ARE A BIRD CITY.

CURRENTLY SIX CITIES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED.

AND IN YOUR RESOLUTION, YOU WERE GIVEN ALL THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT BECOMING A BIRD CITY.

MS. DEREK HAS STEAL FROM MY OFFICE, WHO'S WITH ME.

AND SHE GAVE EACH OF YOU A PACKET

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SHE'S KIND OF OUR BIRDING EXPERT IN THE OFFICE AND WOULD BE THE ONE COMPLETING THE APPLICATION, BUT IT TAKES A LARGE COMMITTEE LIKE OUR GOLDEN TRIANGLE, AUDUBON SOCIETY, THE MASTER NATURALIST.

THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF BUY-IN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND BIRDERS IN PARTICULAR.

UM, THE GOOD THING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, ALSO OUR BIRDING SITES, THE BIRDING SITES, WE HAVE TEXAS POINTS, NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

SO THAT SIDE IS MAINTAINED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEAT ROOM.

STATE PARK IS A STATE PARK SAVINE WOODS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE BIRDING SITES IN THE UNITED STATES.

LOCATED IN SABINE PASS IS OWNED BY THE HOUSTON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, BUT MAINTAINED BY THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AUDUBON SOCIETY.

SO THE ONE THE CITY REALLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF IS THE PLEASURE ISLAND SITES.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S BIRDING SITES ON THE ISLAND.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONES WE KIND OF MOW AND TAKE CARE OF.

IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT THE OTHERS, BUT THE OTHERS HAVE PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF THEM.

THERE'S MORE THAN 600 SPECIES OF BIRDS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ART AND JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS 394 THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED ON THE EBIRD APP.

THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE DOWNLOAD WHAT BIRDS THEY'VE SEEN.

AND SO WE HAVE 394 IN OUR COUNTY OF THE 600 IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND BIRDERS TRAVEL.

WE HAVE GOTTEN SO MANY EUROPEAN BIRDERS IN THE PAST NOW WITH COVID AND THE PANDEMIC THAT HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED, BUT BIRDING IS ALSO CHANGED.

IT'S A LOT OF BACKYARD BIRDERS.

NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUTSIDE NOW THAT WEREN'T OUTSIDE BEFORE THEY'RE BECOMING BIRDERS.

SO THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE'RE PURSUING AND OUR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING AND BECOMING A BIRD CITY OR REQUESTING THE BIRD CITY DESIGNATION AND SEEKING THAT IS BASICALLY SAYING THAT WE AS A CITY WILL BE A, WE BASICALLY WILL SHOW COMMITMENT TO CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CRITICAL BIRDING SITES.

AND THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE INCREDIBLE BIRDING AND WE SUPPORT BURNING TOURISM AS WELL.

SO THAT IS WHAT THE DESIGNATION IS.

AND TODAY THERE'S A RESOLUTION THAT'S ASKING YOUR SUPPORT AND ALLOWING US TO PURSUE THE APPLICATION.

ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU'D CARE TO SHARE? I THINK THAT'S IT.

UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, YES.

IS THAT RESOLUTION MAYOR, IF WE CAN, IT'S NOT CONSENT.

I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF THAT SHIT.

CAN WE HANDLE THAT RESOLUTION WHILE SHE WAS HERE? I WAS JUST, I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY, UH, COMMENTS FOR HER BEFORE I GO TO THAT.

UH, WHERE'S THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THIS DESIGNATION? IS IT JUST, UH, IT'S JUST DESIGNATING THE CITY AS A BIRD STUDY, SO RIGHT.

JUST THE CITY, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE COME TO Y'ALL FOR PERMISSION.

UM, A LOT OF TIMES, EVEN A BIRDING, SOCIETY'S DOING IT IN SOME CITIES, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO NAME PORT ARTHUR, A BIRD CITY, WE REALLY FELT THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY INTO AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BECAUSE THE APPLICATION FEE IS $75.

OUR OFFICE IS COVERING IT.

THE BIRDING SITES ARE MAINTAINED BY OTHERS.

THE CITY DOES DO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE OF THE SITES, NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS, BUT, UM, BUT WE'RE JUST ASKING Y'ALL'S APPROVAL, BUT IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC SITE.

IT'S DESIGNATING, UH, PORT ARTHUR AS A BIRD CITY.

OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TIM.

AND MAY I APPROACH HIM? GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, MUCH OF THE BURDEN HAS DONE ON PLEASURE ISLAND.

IS THAT WHERE MUCH OF THE BURDEN IS DONE? BECAUSE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, WE WOULD ALWAYS SEE CARDINALS AND BLUE BIRDS AND ALL OF THAT.

I DON'T SEE MANY OF THOSE, UH, IN OUR CITY.

NOW WE HAVE THERE.

THEIR LIFE BIRDS AND CHECKING OFF THEIR BIRDS ON A CHECKLIST.

SO SABINE WOODS AND SABINE PASS.

THAT IS WHERE MOST OF THE MIGRATORY BIRDS ARE.

SO APRIL AND MAY.

WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES HERE FOR THE MIGRATION.

AND THEN AGAIN IN THE FALL, SEE RIM, STATE PARK IS KNOWN FOR ITS SHOREBIRDS.

PLEASURE ISLAND IS MORE OF A SHOREBIRD AREA AS WELL, BUT YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENT SPECIES ON PLEASURE ISLAND, BUT EACH AREA IS SORT OF A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BIRD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPOT LIKE CRM CAN BE YEAR ROUND BIRDING FOR SHOREBIRDS, BUT SABINE WOODS FOR THE MAJOR MIGRATION IS TYPICALLY LATE MARCH TO MAY.

AND THEN AGAIN IN THE FALL BECAUSE THAT'S THE MIGRATION TIME.

SO YOU'RE SEEING DIFFERENT BIRDS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS LIKE EUROPEANS COME HERE TO SEE CARDINALS AND BLUE JAYS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THOSE IN EUROPE.

SO THAT IS CONSIDERED A LIFE BIRD FOR THEM.

THEY'RE COMING HERE TO SEE BIRDS.

WE SEE EVERY DAY.

SO, UH, THESE BIRDERS ARE SEEKING

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ANY OTHER REMARKS FOR HER? OH, WELL WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND REALLY EVEN BRINGING IT BEFORE US SO THAT THE CITY CAN KNOW IF THEY APPROACHED YOU AND SAID, I KNOW WHEN I GREW UP, THEY HAVE A SIGN AND YOU ENTER THE CITY IN THE LATE FIFTIES AND EARLY SIXTIES WAS IT PUT OFF TO THE BIRD SANCTUARY.

AND THAT WAS ALL WE KNEW AND ENTERTAINED.

YOU DID NOT DO ANYTHING HARMING BECAUSE BIRDS WITH PARTICULAR KICKER SPECIES HERE AND SHIT, IT PUT OFF.

NOW, WHAT WE DO HAVE IS A REVOLUTION AS HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO BY A COP ON MOSES.

AND IT'S FOUND ON PAGE SIX, PAGE SIX OF, UH, KNOCK AND ST.

AGENDA IT'S PR NUMBER 2, 1 9 4 1.

IT'S A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AN APPLICATION WITH THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TO BE DESIGNATED AS A BIRD SHITTY, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COSMIC? JOAN SECOND MAYOR HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 21, 9 41 IS RED.

READ UP FOR QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON AT THE MOMENT? THAT'S MY FRIEND.

SO YOU LIT UP.

NO, SIR.

I JUST WAS GETTING READY TO SAY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UH, NO, I'M READY THIS ALL IN FAVOR, YOUR USUAL SIGN OF VOTING.

AND HE'LL POSES.

AYES.

HAVE IT SHOWED HIS AUDIT.

WE WILL APPROVE PO NUMBER 2, 1 9 4104 FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR BECOME A BIRD CITY.

WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION FOR THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BARTON, UPDATED ON THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION.

OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE A SPEAKER AND UH, I BELIEVE IT IS MS. KAREN KENNETT, UH, WITH A PRESENTATION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

[III. B1. A Presentation By Karen Kennard Regarding Legislative Update]

I'M SORRY.

ITS PRESENTATION IS KAREN KEYNOTE REGARDING OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

ATTORNEY IS GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND IT'S GOOD THAT YOU LEAVE HERE AGAIN.

THE STORY THAT, UH, WE ARE DOING GOOD THINGS.

MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I AM KAREN CANARD.

I'M WITH THE GREENBERG TRAURIG LAW FIRM.

I'M IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE NEW TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT.

UH, MY LAW FIRM, MYSELF AND FOR MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, UH, WE REPRESENT THE CITY AT THE LEGISLATURE IN AUSTIN.

UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.

SO YOU ALSO RECEIVE A LEGISLATIVE SERVICES THERE.

UH, HOWEVER, UH, BACK IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2017.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS AN EFFORT AT THE LEGISLATURE TO OVERTURN THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.

AND THAT EFFORT GOT PRETTY FAR IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

UH, WE WERE NOT REPRESENTING YOU AT THE TIME.

AND SO THE CITY MADE THE DECISION THAT THEY NEEDED SOMEONE ELSE TO PAY REALLY CLOSE ATTENTION, NOT ONLY TO THOSE ISSUES, BUT TO OTHER ISSUES.

UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE TO THE CITY'S FINANCES.

AND SO THE CITY, UH, LOOKED AT SEVERAL FIRMS AND DECIDED TO HIRE US IN 2018.

UH, IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR CITIES TO HIRE, UH, LAW FIRMS TO, UH, TO REPRESENT THEM INDIVIDUALLY AT THE LEGISLATURE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, UH, KINDA AS A SECOND EYES, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPECIFICALLY, UH, LOOK OUT FOR THOSE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND ALL OF THOSE ISSUES THAT, UH, RELATE TO THOSE AND THEN OTHER ISSUES.

SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A, JUST A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT, UH, OCCURRED DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

I WANT TO FIRST BY THANKING YOUR STAFF, SPECIFICALLY, THE CITY MANAGER BURTON AND YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, MR. XENO FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THAT SESSION, UH, AS, UH, SOME OF, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD A, UH, AN EXTENSIVE, UH, LEGISLATIVE, UH, UPDATE.

I KNOW TML HAS DONE ONE AND SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE, UH, IT WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SESSIONS WHEREBY UM, CITIES WERE VERY MUCH UNDER THE GUN.

UH, YOUR AUTHORITY CONTINUES TO BE CHALLENGED IN AUSTIN.

AND SO, UH, I THANK YOUR STAFF BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH YOU AND YOUR STAFF, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TELL

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AND EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE EXAMPLES OF SOME OVERREACH IN SOME PLACES IT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE.

AND SO BY BEING ABLE TO TELL THAT STORY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN PORT ARTHUR, UH, IT HAS BEEN HELPFUL.

I ALSO, UH, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR LOCAL DELEGATION.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU HAVE MEMBERS IN THE LEADERSHIP IN AUSTIN, UH, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE REPRESENTS PART OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE MAYOR, AND MANY OF YOU HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIM.

AND THAT'S VERY HELPFUL WHEN WE NEEDED TO CONTACT HIM.

THE MAYOR WAS VERY, VERY WILLING TO DO THAT.

AND THAT HAS BEEN HELPFUL.

A REPRESENTATIVE DESSA TEL WAS ALSO A COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, UH, IN THE HOUSE.

AND THAT WAS IMMENSELY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY ON A LOT OF THOSE BILLS RELATING TO THINGS LIKE YOUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND ISSUES IN THE ETJ.

AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALSO SENATOR CREIGHTON, WHO ALSO REPRESENTS A PART OF THE CITY HAVING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IS CRITICAL.

SO BEFORE I START GOING OVER SOME OF JUST A FEW OF THE BILLS THAT I THINK I JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, I WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO MEMBERS OF YOUR DELEGATION, UH, YOU KNOW, INVITE HIM TO THINGS IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT BE GOOD OR BAD, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING HERE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE.

UH, THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT COMING HERE.

MAYBE WHEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU'VE HAD A, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, A BAD, YOU KNOW, STORM OR SOMETHING, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INTERTWINED INTO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY SO THAT THEY CAN SEE FIRSTHAND THROUGHOUT THE GOOD AND THE BAD AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.

AND ALSO THANK THEM FOR CONTINUING TO BE SUPPORTERS OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH JUST, JUST A FEW THINGS, UH, THAT I THINK THAT MAY BE IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW A FEW GOOD THINGS AND A FEW, MAYBE NOT SO GOOD THINGS, BUT JUST SOME THINGS I THINK I WANT TO PUT ON YOUR RADAR THAT I THINK MAY BE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY THAT HAPPENED IN AUSTIN.

AND THEN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CURRENT SPECIAL SESSION THAT JUST TOUCH BRIEFLY ON YOU GUYS.

A LOT OF WHAT'S GONE ON IN SPECIAL SESSION IS MAYBE NOT SO MUCH GOING TO TOUCH ON YOU GUYS.

AND THEN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS INTERIM IN THE INTERIM WILL LAST UNTIL THE NEXT SESSION IN 2023.

SO FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF KIND OF POSITIVE THINGS, UH, HOUSE BILL FIVE WAS ADOPTED DURING THE REGULAR SESSION, AND THAT'S A BILL THAT'S GOING TO CREATE AN OFFICE OF BROADBAND SERVICES AND THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.

I THINK DURING THE PANDEMIC, MANY OF US LEARNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT BROADBAND SERVICES ARE NOT AS WIDELY AVAILABLE IN MANY PARTS OF THE STATE AS THEY SHOULD BE THOSE HIGH SPEED INTERNET SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR NOT ONLY THE STATE TO GROW ECONOMICALLY, BUT FOR CITIZENS AND STUDENTS AND EVERYBODY TO HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET AND ALL THOSE OTHER SERVICES.

AND SO THIS NEW BROADBAND SERVICES OFFICE IS GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDING.

A NEW, A NEW A FUND IS BEING CREATED IN THE STATE, UH, GENERAL FUND.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR OFFICE IS GOING TO DO A MAP OF THE ENTIRE STATE.

AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK AT AREAS OF THE STATE AND DESIGNATE THOSE AREAS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ACCESS TO BROADBAND.

AND IN THAT IT'S GOING TO ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO THOSE AREAS THAT ARE LACKING IN THAT HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS.

AND SO THOSE AREAS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS AND GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT OFFICE TO HELP IMPLEMENT A MORE ROBUST BROADBAND SERVICES IN THOSE AREAS OF THE STATE.

SO I THINK, UH, AS THAT, UH, OFFICE GETS UP AND RUNNING, UH, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PROBABLY NONPROFITS AND THOSE AREAS OF THE STATE.

AND SO THAT MAP WILL LOOK DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHAT AREA OF THE STATE YOU ARE, BUT IT'S GOING TO ASSIGN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE STATE AS TO WHERE THE GRANTS ARE GOING TO BE MOST NEEDED TO PROVIDE THOSE, UH, THOSE SERVICES AND THOSE GRANT FUNDS.

SO I DO THINK THAT THAT'S A POSITIVE, UH, THAT CITIES SHOULD BE LOOKING OUT FOR I'M NEXT, GOING TO TURN TO SOME OF, SOME OF THE, UH, WHAT I THINK ARE KIND OF POSITIVE PUBLIC SAFETY,

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UH, LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED DURING THIS LAST SESSION.

UH, AND, AND THERE THERE'S ONE AREA.

I THINK THAT WAS VERY POSITIVE AND IT RELATES TO, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW, HOW HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A REALLY BIG PROBLEM IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW.

AND THERE WERE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS HOSPITAL THREE 90 AND IT CREATES THIS NEW HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAM.

AND ONE OF THE KEY PROVISIONS OF THAT PROGRAM IS THAT IT ALLOWS POLICE OFFICERS TO ACTUALLY ENTER, UH, HOTELS AND MOTELS AND OTHER LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS DURING THE HOURS OF NINE, 9:00 AM AND 5:00 PM TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE COMPLYING WITH THESE, UH, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS. SO, UM, IT ALSO SAYS THAT CITIES CAN'T CREATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S YOUR CITY PROGRAMS CAN PROVIDE FOR TRAINING.

AND THAT CITY PROGRAMS CAN BE MORE STRINGENT THAN THE STATE PROGRAMS. SO THE STATE PROGRAMS WON'T PREVENT WON'T PREEMPT LOCAL PROGRAMS. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE THE STATE'S NOT GOING TO PREEMPT CITIES AUTHORITY IN THAT AREA.

THE SECOND BILL THAT DEALS WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS HOUSE BILL 4 0 2.

AND THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION BASICALLY SAYS THAT IF YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE, UH, CONFISCATED, UH, SOME, UH, SOME ASSETS RELATED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THEY CAN USE THOSE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS TO FUND, UH, CERTAIN, UH, PROGRAMS THAT CAN HELP THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

SO THOSE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN FORFEITED FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING CAN BE USED TO HELP FUND PROGRAMS TO ASSIST THOSE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

SO THAT'S A REAL POSITIVE IN THAT PARTICULAR ARENA.

UH, ONE OF THE, UH, THERE, THERE ARE TWO OTHER, I THINK, UH, MAYBE, OR MAYBE THREE OTHER, UH, I WANT TO REALLY TOUCH ON IN THE, IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARENA.

I THINK ONE OF THE ONES THAT I THINK PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ABOUT IS, UH, THE PERMIT LIST, CARRY BILL HOUSE BILL A 1927, BASICALLY THAT BILL ALLOWS, UH, CITIZENS OVER THE AGE OF 18, UH, TO CARRY, UH, WEAPONS WITHOUT A PERMIT OR WITHOUT LICENSE, WITHOUT TAKING ANY TRAINING LICENSING, SENIOR TRAINING.

HOWEVER, IT PROHIBITS THE CARRYING OF A WEAPON IN A MEETING LIKE THIS, OR, UH, IN, UM, IN A POLLING PLACE.

AND THEN SOME OTHER PLACES, YOU KNOW, PLACES WHERE, UH, IF THEY'RE SERVING ALCOHOL, IF THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE POSTED A SIGN AND IN A CHURCH, IF THEY'VE POSTED, ASSIGN, BUT BASICALLY, UH, THERE IS GOING TO BE, PERMITLESS CARRY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS NOW, UH, UH, ALSO WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO HOUSE BILL 9 27, UH, RELATES TO, UH, BODY-WORN CAMERAS FOR POLICE OFFICERS.

UH, IT REQUIRES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE POLICIES FOR THAT, THAT BILL IS REFERRED TO AS THE BOTHAM JOHN ACT.

AND I THINK MOST OF YOU REMEMBER MS. THIRD, JOHN, HE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN DALLAS WHO UNFORTUNATELY WAS KILLED WHILE HE WAS IN HIS APARTMENT.

UH, UH, AND, UH, I GUESS DURING THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT, UH, THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE INVESTIGATING THEY AT ONE POINT DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF THAT SHOOTING, THEY TURNED OFF THEIR CAMERAS.

AND SO THIS PARTICULAR BILL HOUSE BILL 9 27 SAYS THAT, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UH, POLICY ON BODY-WORN CAMERAS HAS TO PROVIDE THAT BOTH THE AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING MUST CONTINUE TO RECORD BOTH THE AUDIO AND VIDEO DURING THE ENTIRE TIME OF THAT INVESTIGATION.

SO, UH, AND IT WAS NAMED AFTER BOTHAM JOHN.

SO, UH, I'M SURE YOUR POLICE CHIEF IS AWARE OF THAT AND, AND YOUR POLICIES, IF YOU HAVE BODY-WORN CAMERAS WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THAT, THE FINAL, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY BILL I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS, IS, IS, UH, IS A, IS A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPART, UH, OFFICERS, BOTH POLICE FIRE.

AND IF YOU HAVE EMS, AND THIS IS HOUSE

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BILL 2073, AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE THAT A CITY MUST PROVIDE THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES WITH QUARANTINE LEAVE, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A SEPARATE TYPE OF LEAVE.

AND IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE PAID TIME OFF AND PAID ACCOMMODATIONS FOR YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EXPOSED TO SOME TYPE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE WHILE THEY ARE ON DUTY, AND YOU CANNOT REQUIRE THEM TO USE UP ANY OF THEIR OTHER TYPE OF ACCRUED LEAVE.

SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE LEAVE BANK FROM ANY KIND OF VACATION, ANY OTHER TYPE OF SEEK LEAVE.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE ACCRUE QUARANTINE LEAVE.

SO, UM, I'M SURE YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, LEADERS ARE LOOKING AT THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SEPARATE FROM ANY OTHER LEAVE.

THEY HAVE, UM, UH, NEXT ONE TO TURN TO A COUPLE OF ELECTION BILLS THAT I THINK, UH, ARE PROBABLY CRITICAL THAT YOU LOOK AT, UH, UH, RELATED TO THAT WERE PASSED DURING THE REGULAR SESSION, UH, SENATE BILL ONE 16, AND IT'S JUST KIND OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND MINISTRATIVE THING.

I DON'T THINK MOST CITIES DO THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS BILL REQUIRES THAT YOU, YOU POST ELECTION INFORMATION AFTER THE ELECTION HAS BEEN HELD.

AND IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT AS SOON AS PRACTICAL BULL, AFTER YOUR ELECTION HAS BEEN HELD, YOU HAVE TO REPO POST NOT ONLY THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION, BUT YOU HAVE TO POST SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.

UH, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST, TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES GAS FOR EACH CANDIDATE, TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE, TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE, UH, AT EARLY VOTING AND BY MAIL, TOTAL NUMBER OF CAST FOR, UM, PROVISIONAL, BOTH COUNTED AND UNCOUNTED.

AND, UM, I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER CATEGORY, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUST REALLY, UH, SEPARATE OUT ALL THE TYPES OF DIFFERENT VOTES CAST AND POST THAT ON YOUR CITY'S WEBSITE.

AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A CITY SECRETARY AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER YOUR ELECTIONS.

AND IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE NO MORE THAN TWO CLICKS AWAY ON YOUR WEBSITE, SO YOU CAN'T BURY IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO CLICKS AWAY SO THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NEW, THAT'S REALLY NEW.

UH, SO, UM, AND THAT'S GONNA APPLY NOT ONLY TO CANDIDATE ELECTIONS, BUT ALSO BALLOT MEASURES.

SO, UH, THAT'S VERY NEW AND IT IT'S JUST MORE TRANSPARENCY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY THAT WE'D LIKE TO BE TRANSPARENT.

SO IT'S JUST MORE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT ELECTIONS.

THERE'S ALSO A NEW BILL, AND I KNOW THAT LAST NOVEMBER, THE CITY HAD TO CONDUCT ITS OWN ELECTIONS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL EVER HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN, BUT THERE'S THIS LITTLE BILL SENATE BILL 1387 THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONDUCT AN ELECTION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH THE VOTING SYSTEMS AND THE VOTING EQUIPMENT IS MANUFACTURED IN THE U S STORED IN THE UNITED STATES, HELD IN THE UNITED STATES, SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE COMPANY IS HEADQUARTERED IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO I DON'T KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU'RE EVER GOING TO CONDUCT YOUR OWN ELECTION AGAIN, BUT IF YOU ARE, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EQUIPMENT AND THE SYSTEMS ARE U S OWN.

SO EVERYTHING'S USO.

SO THAT'S QUITE A, QUITE A, I GUESS, A REQUIREMENT FOR, FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT THEIR SYSTEMS RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT.

THERE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO, UM, CITY'S AUTHORITY IN THE DISASTER AREA, AS YOU KNOW, UNDER PRIOR LAW, BECAUSE MANY OF THESE HAVE ALREADY GONE INTO EFFECT THE MAYOR HAD, OR HAS STILL HAS SOME AUTHORITY UNDER DISASTER DECLARATIONS, BOTH LOCAL DISASTER DECLARATIONS, AND S AND, AND STATE DISASTER DECLARATION LAWS.

THOSE AUTHORITIES MAY OR HAVE BEEN TWEAKED QUITE A BIT.

SO, UM, SYNABLE 8 77 IS ONE OF THOSE HAS BEEN TWEAKED A LITTLE

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BIT.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR ONE, UH, SAYS MAYOR THAT, UM, IN A PARTICULAR DISASTER DECLARATION, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO COME INTO THE CITY TO DO INSPECTIONS OF BUILDINGS, NOT JUST YOUR OWN BUILDING INSPECTOR.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALLOW SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE CITY TO DO YOUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS.

AND IT HAS A LIST OF WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE AND THEY'RE QUALIFIED.

SO IT'S NOT JUST ANYBODY.

IT'S JUST THAT IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE THE CITY'S BUILDING INSPECTOR ANYMORE.

UH, SENATE BILL 9 68, UH, SAYS THAT, UM, IT LIMITS THE MAYOR THE, YOUR ABILITY TO ISSUE EMERGENCY DISASTER DECLARATIONS, AS FAR AS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIMIT, UM, THE SALE AND TRANCE, UH, TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO MANUFACTURED HOMES INTO THE CITY, AFTER A DISASTER DECLARATION, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIMIT THINGS RELATED TO REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

SO IT KIND OF NARROWS YOUR DECK, YOUR, YOUR ABILITY RELATED TO CERTAIN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS AFTER A DISASTER DECLARATION.

UH, SO YOU, YOUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU.

YOU USED TO HAVE A REALLY BROAD AUTHORITY AND IT'S REALLY NARROWED IT QUITE A BIT, SO I'M SURE SHE'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.

SO, UH, I ALSO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, THINGS RELATED TO OPEN GOVERNMENT, UM, SPECIFICALLY, UM, THE GOVERNORS, UH, HAD ISSUED SOME ORDERS THAT ALLOWED YOU TO DO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOUR, ALL OF YOUR MEETINGS REMOTELY DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND THOSE ARE EXPIRING.

SO YOU GUYS ARE BACK.

SO THOSE PROVISIONS ARE EXPIRING AND, UH, UNDER, UNDER NEW LAWS, THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED BASICALLY ANY MORE, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO PUBLIC INFORMATION.

UH, THE ABILITY TO, TO JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, I GUESS, UH, EXTEND THE DEADLINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT UNDER NEW PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW, THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED.

YOU'RE BASICALLY GOING TO HAVE TO MEET THE TIMELINES AND ALL OF THAT.

THEY'RE JUST LIKE ALLOW US TO, TO THAT MUCH ANYMORE.

SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE THAT, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BILLS ALSO, I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK IN 2019, YOU ARE ALL REQUIRED TO DO CYBERSECURITY TRAINING.

THAT KIND OF EXPANDED THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST DIDN'T DO IT.

THEY'VE KIND OF PUT THE SCREWS TO THAT.

HB 1118 SAYS THAT ANY CITY EMPLOYEE, ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO USES ANY PUBLIC OR CITY OWNED COMPUTER FOR A MINIMUM OF 25% OF THEIR TIME IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS TRAINING.

AND IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT, THE CITY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR STATE GRANTS.

AND IF YOU APPLIED FOR A STATE GRANT AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE CITY EMPLOYEE OR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL DIDN'T COMPLETE THE TRAINING, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU REPAY STATE GRANTS FUNDS THAT YOU RECEIVED.

SO I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT SOME TEETH INTO THAT REQUIREMENT THAT CITIES AND OTHER, AND IT'S NOT JUST CITIES.

I JUST USE THE CITY CITIES AND OTHER LOCAL OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES TAKE THAT CYBERSECURITY TRAINING.

SO, UM, JUST GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT IT, I GUESS, UH, ON THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTY TAX, UH, BILLS, NOTHING AS SERIOUS AS THE 8% OTHER THAN, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY PASS THE LOWERING OF THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, CAP BACK IN 20, UH, 19 20 19 LORD THE CAP FROM EIGHT TO 3%, THEY ALLOWED YOU TO GO TO 8% AND A DISASTER, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN WE HAVE THE DECLARATION OF BOTH THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE DISASTER, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WELL, THIS SESSION, THEY CAME BACK AND SAID AN EPIDEMIC OR A PANDEMIC IS NOT A DISASTER.

A DISASTER HAS TO BE A NATURAL DISASTER, A FLOOD NATO, NATURAL DISASTER.

SO, YEAH, AND THAT'S EFFECTIVE ALREADY.

SO, UH, SO THEY'VE NARROWED THAT DISASTER QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY.

UH, IT WAS GOOD WHILE IT LASTED, I GUESS ALSO WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW,

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THIS WILL, I I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF CITIES THAT THEY CREATED SEVERAL SALES TAX ADMIT, UH, EXEMPTIONS.

THIS MAY HAVE SOME FINANCIAL IMPACT ON YOU GUYS.

UM, UH, THERE ARE, UH, THERE ARE SOME NEW SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR NONPROFITS WHO SELL ITEMS AT COUNTY FAIRS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ONE HERE, BUT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME CITIES THAT HAVE BIG COUNTY FAIRS IN THEY'RE ALL IN THEIR, IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS.

AND SO ANY NON-PROFITS SELLING ITEMS THERE THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT OF A HIT, UH, THERE'S A NEW SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA PROCESSING SERVICES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH PROCESSING CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD SERVICES, UH, THAT MAY BE, UH, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A FISCAL NOTE FOR SOME FOLKS.

AND THEN, UH, THE SALE OF ANIMALS BY A NON-PROFIT ANIMAL WELFARE FAIR ORGANIZATION, UH, IS NOW GOING TO BE A SALES TAX EXEMPT TRANSACTION.

AND THEN FINALLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ANY SALE OF A FIREARM SAFETY EQUIPMENT, THAT'S GOING TO BE EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX.

SO, UM, THOSE FOUR, YOU KNOW, CUMULATIVELY COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR SALES TAX COLLECTION IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE STATE.

SO THOSE WERE FOUR THAT I'VE HEARD THAT SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THAT MIGHT, UH, CREATE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME FINANCIAL IMPACT ON PEOPLE ON CITIES, BUDGETS.

UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BILLS THAT YOUR MUNICIPAL COURTS MAY BE INTERESTED IN THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON.

AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL SESSION, UH, HOUSE BILL 80, UH, WILL PROHIBIT, UH, MUNICIPAL COURTS FROM IMPOSING FINES OR COURT COSTS AGAINST DEFENDANTS WHO ARE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE TEXAS, UH, FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES OR ANY ANYONE WHO'S IN FOSTER CARE.

SO, UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU GUYS DOWN HERE, BUT, UH, UH, THOSE FOLKS WHO GET SPEEDING TICKETS OR ANY OTHER, UH, VIOLATIONS THAT SHOW UP IN YOUR MUNICIPAL COURT, YOU CAN NO LONGER FIND THEM, BUT THE BILL DOES ALLOW, UH, THE JUDGES TO SEND THOSE FOLKS TO, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE, UM, HOUSE BILL 10 71 WILL ALLOW, UH, FACILITY DOGS OR A THERAPY ANIMALS TO, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALLOW THOSE IN YOUR MUNICIPAL COURTS.

IF THEY'RE ACCOMPANYING A DEFENDANT IN COURT, A HOUSE BILL 16, UH, 93 IS A BILL THAT SAYS THAT, UH, MUNICIPAL COURTS CAN NOW HAVE ACCESS TO THE STATE'S, UH, FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY VERIFICATION PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S THE ONLINE DATABASE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY HAS INSURANCE WHEN THEY GET A TICKET FOR NO INSURANCE, BUT THERE'S A COST TO ACCESS THAT DATABASE.

AND THE BILL SAYS THAT YOU CANNOT PASS THAT COST ONTO THE DEFENDANT THAT THE CITY HAS TO BEAR THE COST OF THAT.

SO IT SAYS YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT COST, BUT IT SAYS THE CITY MUST PAY THE COST OF THAT.

SO THAT MIGHT BE MR. CITY MANAGER OR COSTS THAT YOU NEED TO PUT INTO YOUR NEW BUDGET.

AND THEN HOUSE BILL 42 93, THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO PARTNER WITH THE, THE STATE, UH, OFFICE OF COURT SERVICES THAT, UH, WOULD ALLOW A CITY TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO, UM, TO SEND OUT TEXT MESSAGES TO PETE, TO DEFENDANTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED WHAT THEY CALL SITE AND RELEASE TICKETS.

THERE ARE CERTAIN OFFENSES IN TEXAS WHERE YOU CAN DO CITE AND RELEASE.

AND THE STATE OFFICE HAS THIS DATABASE WHERE THEY CAN SEND THE DEFENDANT, UH, A TEXT MESSAGE, UH, TO SAY, HEY, YOUR DATE, YOU GOT A CITE AND RELEASE OFFENSE YOUR DAY TO SO-AND-SO.

YOU CAN GET A TEXT MESSAGE ON THAT.

AND, UH, AND SO IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, IF YOU COULD DO THAT.

SO, SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BILLS THAT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN FROM THE REGULAR SESSION.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ALL THE BAD STUFF THAT CAME UP AND VAL AND I PROBABLY HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A LOT OF THAT STUFF, BUT, UM, IT WILL BE BACK BECAUSE IT ALWAYS COMES BACK.

UM, THE SPECIAL SESSION STARTED LAST,

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UH, THURSDAY, JULY 8TH, UH, UNDER THE TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL UNDER TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

THE, THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO CALL US SPECIAL SESSION.

THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT THOSE SESSIONS LAST 30 DAYS, BUT HE CAN CALL AS MANY OF THOSE AS HE LIKES TO, UH, IN HIS CALL, HE NAMED BAIL REFORM, ELECTION INTEGRITY, BORDER SECURITY, SOCIAL MEDIA, CENSORSHIP, UH, ARTICLE NINE FUNDING, WHICH IS FUNDING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION, YOUTH SPORTS, WHICH IS AN ISSUE RELATED TO, UH, CHILDREN PLAYING SPORTS BASED ON THE GENDER THAT THEY WERE BORN UNDER, UH, ABORTION DRUGS, WHICH IS AN ISSUE RELATED TO, UH, NOT ALLOWING, UH, UH, MAIL FOR DRUGS RELATED TO, UH, ABORTION CRITICAL RACE THEORY, UH, 13 TO CHECK, WHICH IS A, UH, ISSUE RELATED TO THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

AND THEN APPROPRIATIONS ISSUES RELATED TO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, FOSTER CARE, AND CYBERSECURITY THREATS.

THOSE WERE THE ISSUES THAT HE NAMED AS THE ISSUES THAT THE LEGISLATURE WOULD CONSIDER IN THE SPECIAL SESSION.

I THINK EVERYBODY HAS BEEN, UH, KIND OF, UH, CAPTIVATED BY THE FACT THAT, UH, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AND A FEW MEMBERS OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ARE NOW IN WASHINGTON DC.

SO, UH, IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS.

AND SO THERE'S NOT, NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON IN THE HOUSE.

UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SENATE.

I BELIEVE THE SENATE TODAY TOOK UP THE ELECTION INTEGRITY BILL.

THEY WERE BOTH THOSE BILLS WERE VOTED ON OVER THE WEEKEND AND IT WAS ON THE SENATE FLORIDA DAY.

AND I BELIEVE THEY PASSED IT IN THE SENATE.

THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE IS A MINOR, THERE ARE SOME MINOR THINGS IN BOTH THE BAIL REFORM BILL AND THE ELECTION INTEGRITY BILL THAT MIGHT IMPACT CITY.

SO IN THE BAIL REFORM BILL, IF YOUR MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE DOES MAGISTRATED SERVICES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DO, BUT IF THEY DO, IF YOU HAVE A MAGISTRATE IN YOUR MUNICIPAL COURT, THEY MAY BE IMPACTED BECAUSE THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME MAGISTRATED CHANGES.

AND SO YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE YOUR JUDGE LOOK AT THAT.

I KNOW THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURT SERVICES CENTER, THEY TESTIFIED ABOUT THAT.

AND SO THOSE ARE JUST MINOR THINGS THAT I WATCH FOR YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE, UH, IN THE ELECTION INTEGRITY BILL, THERE ARE CHANGES TO ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.

SO JUST LIKE I JUST TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO PUT ON YOUR WEBSITE AND SOME OF THE OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS I WATCH THAT I DON'T, I DON'T WATCH THE OTHER STUFF CAUSE THAT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU, BUT I ALWAYS WATCH ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF.

CAUSE THOSE ARE COSTS TO YOU BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, YOU RAN YOUR OWN ELECTION LAST NOVEMBER.

SO I WILL WATCH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ON BEHALF OF YOU GUYS, UH, ALL THIS OTHER STUFF I'M NOT SO MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT ON BEHALF OF YOU GUYS, BUT MAY OR LET ME SAY THAT NO TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING BILL IS BACK.

IT WAS FILED YESTERDAY.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THAT'S A BILL THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE.

IT'S A BILL THAT SAYS CITIES, COUNTIES, ALL PUBLIC ENTITIES.

YOU CAN'T HIRE PEOPLE LIKE ME BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE BAD AND WE DON'T DO GOOD THINGS.

AND IT WAS FILED AGAIN YESTERDAY.

IT'S NOT IN THE GOVERNOR'S CALL.

IT MIGHT BE AT IT.

BUT, UH, THAT WAS FILED YESTERDAY IN THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE.

WE WATCH IT, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT ME, AND WHEN I SAY I'M HERE STANDING BEFORE YOU, BUT THERE ARE A TEAM OF FIVE PEOPLE IN MY LAW FIRM THAT WORKED FOR YOU GUYS.

AND WE WORK SEAMLESSLY AT THE LEGISLATURE ON YOUR BEHALF.

WE HOPE OUR WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF FOR YOU.

WE ARE HONORED TO REPRESENT THE CITY.

UM, AND WITH THAT, I THINK I'M GOING TO STOP AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, ATTORNEY.

UH, ANYONE WOULD HAVE ANY REMARKS, UH, ANY QUESTIONS, PROBABLY ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEY? UH, I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOU ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND WE'LL BE SENDING SOME IN SOME THINGS TO COUNCIL.

CAUSE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SEVERAL THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT.

AND JUST THANK YOU AGAIN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

I WILL IN TURN, GET IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE, UH, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

YOU THINK YOUR ATTORNEY AND THE ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE YOU ASKED ME AT THE END AND I FELT THAT THAT BILL WOULD RAISE ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN AND WHAT WE'LL DO GET BACK WITH THE SHITTY ATTORNEY AND

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AND THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ME EARLY TONIGHT TOO.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I WOULD MIX OUT OF BUSINESS WELL AS WRITTEN IN OUR

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AGENDA.

I THINK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION, BUT SAY THE SECRETARY, I WILL STILL DO IT.

SO I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

WE'RE GOING TO DO NUMBER TWO.

I, UH, WHO, WHATEVER DEPARTMENT COME ON.

MR. ALBERTO, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, I'M ALBERTO AFFINIA.

WE ARE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

I'M HERE TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR EMPLOYEES IF I CAN HAVE THEM STAND TODAY.

UH, I HAVE LESLIE AGED PERKINS, THE THIRD AND CANAAN D SCOTT.

WHILE I READ THEIR, UH, EXPLOITS, UM, ON JUNE 30TH, 2021, THE SOLID WASTE STRESS DIVISION TEAM OF LESLIE H PERKINSON THIRD AND CANAAN D SCOTT WAS COLLECTING TRASH AT THE, FOR WAS COLLECTING TRASH FOR THE CITY.

WHEN THEY NOTICED THAT BURNING HOUSE AT 2300 NORMAN STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS WESLEYAN CANAAN WENT OVER TO THE HOUSE AND REALIZED THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE INSIDE THE BURNING STRUCTURE WITH DISREGARD TO THEIR WELLBEING.

THEY WENT INSIDE THE BURNING HOUSE AND SAVE A WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN AND A DOG EMERGENCY RESPONDERS SOON ARRIVED AND TOOK CARE OF THE BURNING HOUSE AND ANY INJURIES THE FAMILY, THE FAMILY MAY HAVE SUSTAINED THROUGH.

LASTLY, H PERKINS THE THIRD AND CANAAN D SCOTT'S RAPID RESPONSE AND BRAVERY LIVES WORK SAFE.

IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THESE TWO HEROIC HEROES.

JUST THERE'S TWO HEROES TODAY.

AND THANK THEM ON BEHALF OF THE THREE PORT ARTHUR FOR A JOB.

WELL DONE.

AND GENTLEMEN, WOULD YOU ALL HAVE A SPEECH ON YOU ALL JUST SAY BLACK? OH, WELL I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY COME RIGHT ON.

LIKE YOU SAID, MY NAME IS LESLIE PERKINS, UH, EMPLOYED WITH SOLID WASTE, UH, ALYSSA GLENN, WHITE, UH, SARAH GLOVER.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT EVERY DAY PRIOR TO OUR, UH, DEPARTURE FROM THE CENTER, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY HE, HE TOUCHES ON SAFETY, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S TOLERATED IN PRACTICE SUPPOSED TO BE PRACTICED.

UH, WELL, DURING THE EVENT OR THE I'M NOT GONNA LIE TO Y'ALL, I THOUGHT WE WAS GONNA GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY POSED TO BE PUMPING, YOU KNOW, HE TELLS US, HEY MAN, HEY, I NEED YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.

YOU KNOW, SO WHEN WE SEEN HIM AND I JUST COULDN'T STOP, MAN, YOU KNOW, UH, DEFINITELY WHEN I SEEN HIM KIDS MEAN I HAVE CHILDREN ON MY OWN.

I'M SURE LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE GRANDKIDS, CHILDREN, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT WHEN I W WHEN HE CAME, YOU KNOW, I, UM, HE CALLED, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NINE 11, UH, WHEN GLEN CAME, I'M LIKE, OH MAN, I KNOW WE FINNA GET IT.

YOU KNOW, WE FOLLOW FOR IT TO GET ROLLED UP AND GOING ON.

AND, BUT NO, UH, AND HE TOLD ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU DID THE RIGHT THING, YOU KNOW, UH, BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, WE WAS THE FIRST ONES THERE, MAN.

THE STREET WAS QUIET, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT ANYWAY, UH, HE TOLD ME MANY THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE, AS A CITY, UH, EMPLOYEES, WE CAN INTERVENE, WE CAN HELP, YOU KNOW? UH, SO, UH, I'D WANT, YOU KNOW, THANK HIM, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, BEING LENIENT AND, AND TEACHING ME THAT WE DID THE RIGHT THING, YOU KNOW? SO HE DEFINITELY DID.

KNOW, THESE GUYS ARE DRIVING AND THE CONCENTRATING ON THE JOBS THAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT TO BE ABLE TO BE ATTENTIVE ENOUGH, TO NOTICE THAT THERE IS A HOME ON FIRE AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP IS AMAZING ALL BY ITSELF.

WE APPLAUD YOU FOR IT.

HEY GUYS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE PREACH.

I MEAN, THAT FAMILY THAT YOU SAY IN THOSE KIDS WERE BEG THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT YOU SAID.

UH, I THINK YOU SAVING LIVES.

I HADN'T HEARD THIS STORY UNTIL, AND I THINK THAT ALL THE MEDIA SOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS, BECAUSE THAT FAMILY WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU GUYS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU PERSONALLY, FOR BEING THERE, YOU WERE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

YOU JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT.

RIGHT.

AND I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH OF YOU GUYS FOR THE WELD JOB THAT YOU DID AND SAVING THAT FAMILY AND WORKING FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

THANK YOU GUYS.

YEP.

YES.

UM, I LIKE TO CONCUR WITH A COUNSELOR MCCANN LAW AND, UM, YOUR, UM, SUPERIOR, UH, GLENN WHITE, YOU ALL JUST TO BE ATTENTIVE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SEE, BECAUSE NORMALLY, YOU

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I REALLY, REALLY THANK GOD FOR YOU AND FOR THE, UM, YOUR ATTENTIVENESS AND HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE AND NOTICE THINGS AROUND YOU AND, UH, THE ALERTNESS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE, NOT ONLY THAT YOU'RE SERVING THE CITIZENS BY DOING WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY, BUT TO GO BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND HE'S RIGHT.

UH, I REALLY WISH WE HAD SOME STUFF.

I KNOW WE HAVE PUT OUT THE NEWSMAN'S BATSON IS HERE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, EVERY NEWS CHANNEL WE WANT TO PUT Y'ALL EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S HERO, HERO IS AT ITS BEST.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU BOTH DID.

APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.

YEAH, SIMPLY I WANT TO SAY NO GREATER LOVE HATH ANY MAN THAN THIS THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND.

YOU PUT IT ON THE LINE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JONES.

YES, THEY CAN MIRROR, UH, MR. SCOTT AND PLUGINS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DEDICATION.

LOVE FOR THE CITY.

LOVE FOR THE CITIZEN, THESE PEOPLE USING THE RIGHT VISIT AND THE RIGHT TIME.

AND I COULDN'T STAND.

Y'ALL BEING SCARED.

CAUSE GLEN WHITE, HE'S A NO NONSENSE.

YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE SUPERVISOR WE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME BEFORE HE IS, YOU DON'T MIND LAYING THE HAMMER DOWN.

I KNOW HOW HE IS.

SO WHY THEY GOT GET THEM AN OFFICE EQUIVALENT ON THE CARPET, BUT Y'ALL, ISN'T THE RIGHT PLACE, THE RIGHT TIME AND SAVING LIVES, MAN.

SOMEBODY'S HAPPY TODAY.

I'M HAPPY I CAN YOU GUYS TAKE ME MR. WHITE? THEY CAN SARAH, BUT Y'ALL NEED SHIP.

THANK Y'ALL.

OH, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF ALL THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU DO.

NOT EVERY DAY, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR OCCASION, IT IT'S AMAZING.

AND, AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, UM, OVERALL, BUT THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.

AND I JUST THANK THE STAFF, THE TEAM FOR LETTING US KNOW ABOUT IT.

YOU ALL SHOULD BE APPLAUDED.

AND, AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES SAID, EVERY NEWS MEDIA SHOULD BE HERE AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

WELL, I LIKE TO SAY, UH, I WAS PRIVY TO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ALL HAD DONE THIS GREAT HEROIC ACT.

AND, UM, I WANT TO EXPRESS THE SENTIMENTS, ARTICULATE THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COUNSEL, MY COLLEAGUES, AND THAT THE CITIZENRY OF THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR TO THANK YOU ALL.

I KNOW WE CAN GIVE YOU ENOUGH FELLOW CAUSE WE'LL SEE WHAT YOU DID.

HE SLAMMED SOMETHING IN THE STREET OR YOU DIDN'T PICK SOMETHING UP.

IT SHOULD'VE BEEN PICKED UP OR YOU JUST DIDN'T SHOW UP WHERE WE WANTED YOU TO SHOW UP.

I GET THOSE CALLS TOO, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW, I GOT THE CALL THAT YOU ALL DID, THAT HE WROTE THAT.

SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT SOMEONE WAS WATCHING, OKAY.

SUPERVISORS, SOMEONE WAS WATCHING AND HE DID CALL AND INFORM.

AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU ALL HAD ALREADY CARRIED A STORY ON IT.

PRIOR TO THIS, HAD YOU KNOWN IT WAS A LITTLE WHILE.

UM, BUT I'VE ALREADY PASSED MY PHONE NUMBER TO HIM TO PASS THE MOVING SECRETS OVER HERE.

WE WON'T, WE, WE THANK YOU.

AND WE PRAISE GOD FOR YOU, MAN, BECAUSE YOU DID WHAT YOU KNEW WAS RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, YOU THOUGHT ABOUT NOT BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE NOW BECAUSE YOU ALL WORK ON A TIME SCHEDULE, BUT YOU SAW SOMETHING HAPPENING.

AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY, IF YOU HAD ENOUGH GOD IN YOU TO SEE THAT SOMEBODY NEEDED YOU, THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN CARE ABOUT WHAT MR. WHITE WOULD DO YOU, BUT YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND DO IT AND TAKE WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE.

THAT'S A REAL MAN.

WE APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU FOR IT.

BLESS YOU ALL DAY.

AND WOULD THERE BE ANY OTHER RECOGNITION TO THE SECTOR FROM THOSE WITH EMPLOYEES? OKAY.

AND THAT WAS THE ONE ABOUT FOR THE SATURDAY WASTE EMPLOYEES.

TRASH PUPPIES, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

AND THERE AREN'T ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, SIR.

AND THERE IS ONE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE GENDER POSTING AS REQUESTED BACK, UH, MAYOR POKEY AND FRANK.

UH, I WANTED TO PULL THAT IF WE CAN PULL THAT, IF YOU, UH, IF YOU WANT TO, IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANT THAT.

I DON'T NEED TO GO ANY FARTHER MATERIAL PROCEDURE ON IT.

HE HE'S REMOVED.

WE MOVE TO THE NEXT THING THEN.

RIGHT.

THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING BY THE WEEK

WHAT WE'LL DO IS MOVE NOW.

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[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO ( 2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)]

REPORTS ON ITEMS OF A COMMON INTEREST LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FACILITY 2 5, 5, 1 0.0415 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAY MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS, WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES NUMBER TWO INFORMATION REGARDING HOLIDAY SCHEDULES, NUMBER THREE, AN HONORARY AND A SECRETARY RECOGNITION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OR CITIZEN, EXCEPT THAT IT DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF A PERSON'S PUBLIC OFFICE OR PUBLIC APPOINTMENT, IF NOT AN HONORARY, UH, SALUTARY RECOGNITION FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION.

NUMBER FOUR, AMANDA, ABOUT AN UPCOMING EVENT ORGANIZED BY ORGANIZED OR SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNING BODY.

NUMBER FIVE INFORMATION REGARDING THE SOCIAL CEREMONIAL OR COMMUNITY EVENT ORGANIZED OR SPONSORED BY AN ENTITY OTHER THAN THE GOVERNING BODY THAT WAS ATTENDED OR IS SCHEDULED TO BE ATTENDED BY A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY, UH, AN OFFICIAL EMPLOYEE, UH, THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AND, UH, NUMBER SIX ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING AND, UH, IMMINENT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE IN THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT HAS ARISEN AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA.

AND IF IT POSSIBLE ITEMS MAY NOT BE DISCUSSED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN ANY PARTICULAR REPORT.

AND ALSO I THINK, WELL RIGHT HERE IN BOLD WRITING ADAMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ON THE PORCH OF, FROM EITHER OF THESE NUMBERS THAT I'VE JUST GONE OVER, ARE YOU LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN YOU MAKE THOSE PARTICULAR TYPE REMARKS, UH, DO I NEED A MOTION ON THIS? OR WE JUST, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A PART OF IT, BUT, UH, ATTORNEY, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA THAT, UH, THE LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZED.

THIS IS JUST HERE IN THE EVENT.

SOMEONE HAS ONE OF THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE CAN MOVE ON.

THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME DOING THIS, SO, OKAY.

AND YOU STEPPED OUT, BUT I WANTED TO, UH, I HAD, UH, AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND I WANTED TO HOLD IT UP UP UNTIL THIS POINT, IF IT MAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, MAKE IT, IF HE MEETS ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES, I WON'T BE LESS THAN TWO MINUTES, BUT HE WON'T COME BACK.

UH IT'S IT'S THE WELCOME BACK.

OUR COUNCILPERSON COUNCILMAN KINLAW AND IT WAS A KNOWN PUBLIC FACT THAT HE SUFFERED CORONARY INFARCTION.

I BELIEVE IT WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WE, WE ALL PRAYED VISITED OR HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM.

AND GOD HAS BLESSED HIM TO RETURN TO US TODAY TO SERVE THE CITY.

AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, EVEN IN HIS ABSENCE TO LET IT BE KNOWN.

AND I SAVED IT FOR THIS TIME BECAUSE WE COULD DO IT THAT WAY.

SO Y'ALL COULD KILL HIM WHEN HE COMES BACK.

I DID IT.

NOW, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH, AND, UH, IT SAYS ABOUT THOSE THAT THESE ITEMS ARE FRUIT OF A ROUTINE AND ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE.

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN, THE COUNSELOR HAS ALREADY BEEN FURNISHED WITH A BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON EACH OF THESE ITEMS AND THEY CAN BE DISCUSSED OR HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING AND ALL ITEMS IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA MAY MAYBE ACCURATE ON WITH ONE PARTICULAR VOTE.

AND IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD HAVE A DESIRE TO BE WITHDRAWN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE NOW BY STATING WHATEVER THAT ITEM IS AND WHAT PAGE IT'S ON.

AND WE WILL VOTE ON THAT ITEM INDIVIDUALLY, IF NOT, WE WILL VOTE ON THE ENTIRE, UH, I THINK IT IS A CONSENT AGENDA WITH, UH ONE PARTICULAR VOTE.

ARE THEY IN ITEMS THAT MEMBERS WOULD WANT WITHDRAWN ENDED UP IN THE LAST DAY.

YOU'RE OKAY.

I DON'T SEE ANY, UH, ANYONE WITH A PARTICULAR INTEREST OF HAVING SOMETHING WITHDRAWN.

IF NOT, I'M GOING TO ACCEPT A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

AND I GET A MOTION.

COUNCILMAN JONES, SOME MOVE MA'AM MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANK SECOND MAYOR HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA

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AS PRESENTED.

ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION AND READINESS ON THIS? IF NOT WITH YOUR USUAL ASSIGNED A VOTING ALL IN FAVOR, UH, MAYBE YOUR POSES.

THAT'S EVERY INSURANCE AUDIT.

WE WILL ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTED TO DATE IN OUR WRITTEN AGENDA, UH, WITH ALL OF THOSE ITEMS AND NONE HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN.

NOW WE HAVE THE NON-CONSENT, UH, AGAIN, AND THESE ITEMS ARE TO BE ACTIVE ON INDIVIDUALLY.

WE'VE ALREADY ACTED UPON NUMBER ONE, AND THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED AND PASSED AND APPROVED.

[VIII. A2. P. R. No. 22019 — A Resolution Authorizing The Port Arthur Public Library To Change Its Operating Hours]

WE WILL.

BUT NUMBER TWO, PR NUMBER 2, 2 0 1 9, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE PORT, ARTHUR, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO CHANGE ITS OPERATING HOURS.

UH, THEY'LL GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THAT COUNCILMAN.

UH, FRANK, SO MOVE MAYOR MIGHT GET A SECOND.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MOSES SECOND.

HAS BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22 0 9 1 0 1 NIGHT AS RICK.

ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? JASMINE JONES? GO AHEAD HERE.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOURS.

WHAT TIME? THE, WHAT TIME IS IT, STEVEN? WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR REASON FOR WANTING TO CHANGE? I'M I'M I'M PAID WELL, IT'S WANTING TO KNOW WHY GIVE US A BETTER MEASURE.

CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES.

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

EVERYONE.

MAYOR COUNCILS, CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY ATTORNEY, BASICALLY THEY'RE REDUCING A FOR SECURITY AND ALSO ON SUNDAYS.

WE'RE NOT GETTING THE PATRONAGE COUNT AS WE DID IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY IS JUST BASICALLY, I LOST THE FUNDS WITH THE CITY AND THE PATIENT.

AREN'T UTILIZING THE LIBRARY ON SUNDAYS, WHICH I WAS GOING TO BE ON DURING THE WEEK.

AND ON SUNDAYS ON SUNDAYS WERE GOING TO BE CLOSED COMPLETELY AND ON WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, I'M RECOMMENDING THE CLOSING UP AN HOUR EARLIER.

AND JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, NO LIBRARY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK EXCEPT US, SO, ALL RIGHT.

AND WHEN THAT ACCOUNT IS DOWN A BIG COLLEGE ANYWAY? NO, I MEAN, NOT AT ALL.

I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU.

I UNDERSTAND FOR RESEARCH, BUT, UH, JUST FYI.

IS THIS STILL ON? UH, WE'RE STILL OPEN MORE THAN ANY OTHER PUBLIC LIBRARY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS, EVEN THOUGH I'M REDUCING DAYS, HOURS.

SO EVEN BOW MINE.

UH, ANY OTHER, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? ARE WE ALL READY? UH, FOR VOTING? ARE YOU YOUR SIDE OF THE VOTING ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

AS HABITS ALREADY THOUGHT WE WOULD ACCEPT P R A NUMBER 2, 2 0 0 1 9 IS RED.

[VIII. A3. P. R. No. 22030 — A Resolution Confirming The Appointment Of The Fire Chief/ Department Head For The City Of Port Arthur]

NEXT.

WE ARE PR NUMBER 2, 2 0 3 0 A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FIRE CHIEF DEPARTMENT.

HEAD OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

I THINK IT SHOULD SAY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OH SHIT.

AMANDA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY BEFORE I GET EMOTIONAL ON THIS? OKAY.

COULD, COULD, COULD ALL Y'ALL HERE? NO, LET IT TURN RIGHT IN LIGHT UP.

I DON'T KNOW.

LET IT TURN.

YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL DID JUST, I MEAN, HE, HE, SHANE IS COMING.

YEAH, I'VE GOT IT ON.

IT'S ON GREEN.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHOW THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL TAKE UP THE POSITION ON THE 19TH, THE COUNCIL LEVEL.

MOST OF YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET.

HE'S READY TO TAKE A POSITION ON 1990 NEXT WEEK, MONDAY, NEXT WEEK.

MONDAY, MONDAY.

AND I WANT A CLARIFICATION, EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT.

ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON RENTING IT ON THIS? UH, GREG BENSON, MR. BEN STILL NEED A MOTION MAYOR.

I WENT ALL IN MY MIND.

I HAD MADE IT IN IT PAY AND I GET A MOTION.

COUNCILMAN MOSES.

HE WAS SO NICE.

IF I'M SO MOVED, HE MAY GET A SECOND COSMIN FREE.

SECOND MAN HAS BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION.

I'M CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FACULTY AS EXPLAINED BY OUR CITY MANAGER.

UH, WE MET OF COURSE ONLY FAVOR IN THE OPPOSES.

I WAS HAVING SOME OF HIS AUDIT AND I'M JUST IN HUMOR.

I KICKED MYSELF OUT OF MY SEQUENCE.

WHEN I SEE THE MANAGER SPEAK.

YOU MESS ME UP CITY MANAGER.

I'M SORRY.

[VIII. A4. P. R. No. 22034 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development To Replace The Air Conditioning Evaporator Coil And High And Low Pressure Sensors At 501 Procter Street By Nance Commercial & Industrial HVAC& R Services Of Beaumont, Texas For An Amount Not To Exceed $ 23, 940. 00; Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120- 80- 625- 5312- 00- 00- 000]

OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

WE'RE READY FOR THE NATIONAL PR NUMBER 22, 0 34

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THE SECTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO REPLACE THE EYE CONDITIONING AND CONDITIONING EVAPORATE, A CORAL AND HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE SENSORS AT 5 0 1 PRACTICE STREET BY NATS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL HVAC CNR SERVICES, UH, UH, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, UH, FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $23,940 FOND SPOT.

THIS IS AVAIL, UH, AVAILABLE IN EDC ACCOUNT NUMBER 1, 2 0 DASH EIGHT ZERO DASH 6 2 5 DASH 5 3 1 2 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THIS COUNCILMAN? UH, KEN, I GET A SECOND.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN HALL HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 0 34 IS RED.

ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION AND A DISCUSSION ON A MAN IN HIS OWN? OKAY, I'LL BE READY.

I'LL PUT HIM VOTING OUT IN FAVOR.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE OUR NARCAN FIT OTTOMAN CHEST.

ANY OPPOSED I WAS HAVING.

SO WITH AUDIT AND IT'S APPROVED NOW THE PR NUMBER 22 DASH 0 34 AS RED.

[VIII. B1. P. O. No. 6975 — An Ordinance Adding Section 18- 44 To Chapter 18 Of The Code Of Ordinances As It Pertains To Economic Incentives For New Commercial Entities Providing For An Effective Date And For Publication]

WE HAVE PO NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 5, AND AUTUMN OF ADDING SECTION 18 DASH 44 TO CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

AS IT PERTAINS TO ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR A NEW COMMERCIAL ENTITIES PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND THE FAULT PUBLICATION.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL APPROVAL? COUNCILWOMAN HOLMES, MEGHAN, A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN JONES HAS BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT.

AUTUMN IS NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 5 AS RED.

WE WAIT FOR, UH, EXCUSE ME.

ANY QUESTIONS? CALL THE QUESTION.

EXCUSE ME.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNREADINESS ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT SHOWED HIS AUDIT.

WE ACCEPT UP PO NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 5.

[VIII. B2. P. O. No. 6976 — An Ordinance Extending The Declaration Of Disaster Pursuant To § 418. 108( b) Of The Texas Government Code]

AS WE HAD NEXT.

WE HAVE FIELD NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 6, AND OTTOMAN EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF DISASTER PURSUANT TO FOUR 18.108.

SUBSECTION B OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ME.

I GOT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE OF KELLOGG AND NOT GET A SECOND.

UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, MOSES HAD BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 6 3.

WE BETTER HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH.

I'M WEARING IS ON THIS OR THAT OR THE VOTE YOU A VOTED ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED IT I WAS HAVING.

SO IT IS AUDIT.

IT WAS APPROVED PO NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 6.

NEXT WE HAVE APPEALED NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 7, AND AUTOMATES A SECTION 1 0 6 DASH 2 2 5 TO CHAPTER 1 0 6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

AS IT PERTAINS TO TRAFFIC AND ASKED YOU PROHIBIT PARKING ON PORTIONS OF SEVENTH STREET PROVIDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PUBLICATION.

AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MAGENTO MAYOR? UH, AT THIS TIME I NEED TO DO A LITTLE MORE STUDY ON THIS ISSUE.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT ADDITION TO THEM FOR THE NOSES IS WITHDRAWN.

WITHDRAWN THE TABLE.

WE'VE GOT ME TICKETS TO THE MOTION TO TABLE ALL BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING THE TABLE CAN GET A SECOND ON, ON, ON TABLE IN THIS COSMIC KAYLA.

UH, WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE, EXCUSE ME, PO NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 9, THEN AUTUMN IS AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF REGISTERED TRANSMITTED UNITS.

THEN MOVE.

AND SECOND THAT WE HAVE A TABLE P O NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 7.

I HAVEN'T READ IT FOR QUESTION.

OH, OH, EXCUSE ME.

WE RENTED A BOAT THEN.

NO, A WRITTEN IS ON IT ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED I WAS HAVING.

SO APPEAL NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 7.

IT'S BEEN TABLED TILL FURTHER TIME.

NEXT WEEK WE HAVE,

[VIII. B4. P. O. No. 6979 — An Ordinance Authorizing The Sale Of Register/ Transmitter Units]

YEAH, THAT'S IT IMAGINE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COUNCIL ON THE MOLDED MEGHAN.

THE SECOND, UH, THEREFORE JIM FRANK HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 6, 9, 7, 9 IS RED.

ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? WE'RE READY TO VOTE? NO.

UNWRITTEN IS A USER ASSIGN A VOTING.

WE HAVE PILL NUMBER 6, 9, 8, 0 AND AUTOMATIC AMENDING ARTICLE NUMBER TWO PERSONNEL POLICY BY ADDING SECTION SEVEN EIGHT DASH 2 7 2 EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

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ANY OPPOSED? NAY.

THE AYES HAVE IT TO AN EXOTIC, WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 6, 9, 7 AS RED.

AND FINALLY

[VIII. B5. P. O. No. 6980 — An Ordinance Amending Article II ( Personnel Policy) By Adding Section 78- 272 — Education Program For The Mayor And City Councilmembers ( Requested By Mayor Bartle)]

AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY MAYOR BARKEY.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UH, CAUSING THE KENALOG? I GET A SECOND.

COSMIC.

JOAN IS REMOVING AND SECOND AND ACCEPT AND APPROVE P O NUMBER 6, 9, 8.

OH, ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? YES, MA'AM UM, MAYOR AS I WAS, UH, LOOKING AT OUR PERSONNEL POLICY AND IN PARTICULAR, OUR TRAVEL POLICY, UM, AND ADDING THIS SECTION, UM, TO IT AS I'VE READ EXHIBIT A SUCH AND 78 DASH 2 72 OF WHAT'S BEING ASKED TO BE ADDED.

UM, IF YOU COULD, IF SOMEBODY CAN EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THIS IS DOING, THAT OUR CURRENT POLICY IS THAT I KIND OF LOOK AT OUR OLD POLICY TRAVEL POLICY AND, UM, WE ARE ALLOWED CLASSES OR EDUCATIONAL COURSES THAT WE CAN TAKE UNDER TML AND WE CAN TAKE COURSES UNDER, UM, NLC NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS EXHIBIT IS GOING TO DO THAT WE CURRENTLY CANNOT DO UNDER OUR POLICY THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

MCKAYLA, HEY, THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, VAL, UH, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

I GUESS THAT WOULD BE ME, UM, UNDER THE EXISTING, UM, ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE, WHICH THE LAST TIME I THINK WE AMENDED IT, I PULLED, IT WAS ORDINANCE 18 DASH 63.

UM, THIS IS THE TRAVEL POLICY.

WHAT WE DID AND THE TRAVEL POLICY WAS, UM, THE LAST TIME WE AMENDED, WE HAD PRE-APPROVED TRAVEL AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER JUST STATED.

UM, AND ANY EVENT THAT'S NOT PRE-APPROVED REQUIRES APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE.

AND IT, AND THEN THE PRE-APPROVED ITEMS WE JUST MENTIONED OR TML ANNUAL CONFERENCE, REGIONAL CONFERENCE, NEWLY ELECTED NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, ANNUAL GOLDEN TRIANGLE, AND THE MIRROR'S CONFERENCE ANNUAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE MAYORS.

AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT, UM, REQUIRED IT NEEDED A TRAVEL REQUEST AND, UH, TO BE APPROVED PRIOR TO, UM, ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA.

SO BASICALLY THE PRE-APPROVED ITEMS YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR.

AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU TO COME TO COUNSELING AHEAD OF TIME, BUT SO LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION.

YES, THOSE PRE-APPROVED ITEMS DO INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL COURSES THAT WE CAN TAKE UNDER TML AND UNDER NLC FOR EDUCATION.

AM I CORRECT? YES.

THEY'RE THERE, THERE ARE EDUCATION COURSES THAT ARE PART OF DEEP CONFERENCES YET THAT WE CAN TAKE YOU IN WITH, OKAY.

WHEN YOU'RE AT THE CONFERENCES.

SO FOR ME, READING UNDER EXHIBIT A FOR INSTANCE, LETTER A YOU'RE SAYING THE EDUCATION COURSE MUST BE RELATED TO A MUNICIPAL PURPOSE THAT FACILITATES THE DUTIES OF A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY AND THE FUNCTIONING OF CITY GOVERNMENT.

THE COURSE MUST NOT REQUIRE ANY TRAVEL.

THE REPORTS SHOWING COMPLETION OF THE COURSE MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY.

AND THEN YOU SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF BUDGET PER COUNCIL IS $200 PER FISCAL YEAR AUTHORIZATION BEYOND 200 REQUIRES PRIOR CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION.

I THINK THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PAID A STIPEND AS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAN COVER ANYTHING THAT'S NOT COVERED UNDER A PRE-APPROVAL OF TRAVELING MY SON.

UM, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE, IF WE TAKE A TML CLASS OR NLC CLASS THAT'S PAID FOR IN THOSE CONFERENCES THAT WE ATTEND, THIS IS GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL CLASSES THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE OUTSIDE OF THAT REALM.

AM I CORRECT? YES.

THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR.

THAT'S WHAT THE $200 UP TO 200.

SO IT'S ADDING, IT'S ADDING ON TO IT FOR ITEMS WHERE YOU DON'T TRAVEL.

NO, WE CAN, WE GET A STIPEND.

WE'RE PAID A STIPEND BY THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR AND WE COULD DO $200 IN A YEAR.

WE COULD PAY FOR WHATEVER CLASSES WE WANT OUTSIDE OF NLC AND TML.

I MEAN THAT, I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS, SO, OKAY.

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WHEN WAS THE ACTUAL DATE OF THAT UPDATE THAT WAS IN 19 OR 18? CAUSE I WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE.

THIS ONE THAT I'M SPEAKING OF THAT WE STATED WITH THOSE CONFERENCES, IT WAS OCTOBER OF 20 18, 20 18, 19.

BECAUSE I THINK WE HAD TO ACTUALLY, UH, FORM A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THOSE UPDATES AND CHANGES FOR THE CURRENT TRAVEL POLICY, THAT CONCERNS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO IF WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE CONSIDER, WE SHOULD HAVE A COMMITTEE FORUM, LIKE WE DID BACK IN 18 TO DISCUSS ANY UPDATES ARE, ARE, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THAT TRAVEL POLICY.

THAT CONCERNS ME AND COUNCIL.

RIGHT? CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE INITIATED PRIOR TO MAKING THOSE CHANGES.

YOU'VE COUNSELED.

IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S DESIRE, YOU CAN HAVE A COMMITTEE IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

UH, THE MAYOR ASKED THAT THIS ITEM BE PLACED THE AGENDA.

SO, UH, AN ORDINANCE CAN BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA.

IF YOU'D LIKE FURTHER STUDY, YOU CAN REQUEST THEM.

AND, AND THAT'S ALL THAT WAS MADE.

SO WE POST, LIKE WE PUT IT ON BECAUSE WE GOT, WE WOULD HAVE TO OUTLINE ALL THE TYPES OF, UH, EDUCATIONAL, UH, OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE THAT SCOPE OF TRAVEL BETWEEN MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE, YOU KNOW, PUT ON THE AGENDA TO APPROVE AT THIS POINT, UH, WOULD BE A CONCERN TO ME.

ANY OTHER WRITTEN, OKAY, WE'RE READY FOR VOTING.

DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE OR IF WE COULD DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

YOU GOT TO CHOOSE YOUR CHAIR.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES.

NO COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

NO COUNCIL MEMBER.

KEN LAW.

NO COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES, NO MAYOR BARR TEAM.

THE MEASURE FAILS ME.

NOW WE ARE IN OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH IS A GERMAN OF THE MEETING.

THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE THAT WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, ACCORDING TO THIS AGENDA.

AND I BELIEVE I'M CORRECT ON THAT TO THE SECRETARY.

YES, SIR.

YEP.

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

UH, MAY I GET A MILLION FOR OUR GERMAN COUNCIL, WOMAN HOMES? OKAY.

MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN FRANK SECOND, MAN.

HE MOVE IN A SECOND AND WE WOULD HAVE JOIN HIS MEETING ON, EXCUSE ME WITH A QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSES THAT HAD HAPPENED.

SO IT IS AUDIT.

THIS MEETING IS NOW OFFICIALLY A GIANT.