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IN PROGRESS.[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
EVENING.AND YOU HAVE IT HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT OFF THE FOLLOWER REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING ON TODAY.
AUGUST 2ND, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEGAN AT 5:30 PM.
WE'RE NOW BEGINNING AT 5:52 PM.
THIS MEETING MAY BE ATTENDED AND YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN TELEPHONIC MEDIUMS. AND, UM, YOU MUST DOW EXCUSE ME.
8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9.
AND ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 3 3 1 9 3 8 5 9 2 5 AND THE PASSCODE OF 2 2 9 5 9 3.
AND WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OR THE MEETING HERE.
YOU NEED A NEED REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THIS MEETING MAY MAKE THAT REQUEST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING BY CALLING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5 AND LET YOUR, WHICH HAS TO BE KNOWN ON THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT YOU WOULD WANT.
AND IF IT'S DONE 24 HOURS PRIOR, THE CITY SECRETARY WOULD DO ALL WITHIN THEIR POWERS OR WITH HER POWERS TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR REQUEST.
WE WILL NOW HAVE THE INVOCATION AND THE PLATES AND THEN A ROLL CALL, UH, COUNSEL MCKAYLA.
WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN IMPLICATION? YES, SIR.
WILL YOU STAND WITH ME PLEASE? OH, HEAVENLY FATHER.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE BUSINESS FOR THIS GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AS THIS COUNCIL MAKES DECISION FOR THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS, THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
WE ACTUALLY THE BLESS THE FAMILY OF OUR FALLEN CITY EMPLOYEE.
WE ACTUALLY TO BLESS HIS WIFE AND, AND GUIDE THEM IN THEIR TIME OF SORROW.
WE X ALL THESE BLESSINGS TO YOUR SON, JESUS NAME OPERATE.
PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN UNISON, I PRAY THE LEADERS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR INDULGENCE.
IN OUR OPENING OF COUNCIL MEETING CITY, SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE ESTABLISH THE COURTROOM FOR PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW COUNCIL MADE REMARKS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES COUNCIL MEMBER FRAME.
SO KINDLY CITY SECRETARY ON PROCLAMATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY BEFORE ME AND THERE AREN'T ANY FOR THIS MEETING, WE WILL BEGIN NOW WITH,
[III.A.1.Bonita Green Regarding 0. W. Collins Apartments]
UH, PETITIONS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS.THAT FIRST SPEAKER IS MS. BENITA GREEN REGARDING OLD W COLLIN'S APARTMENT.
WOULD YOU APPROACH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO DO YOUR PRESENTATION.
MY NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AT DRESS 44 40 CATHAWAY DRIVE, APARTMENT 2, 2, 4 OH W COLLINS, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
UH, I'M A FORMER RESIDENT OF ODOR-FREE COLLIN'S APARTMENT AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS NOW.
AND I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU AS A VOICE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND APARTMENT COMPLEX, O W COLLINS HAS ENDURED MANY ISSUES AND STILL HAVE ENDURED MANY ISSUES FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
NOW WITH NO RESOLUTIONS ARE CONCERNED FOR THE AREA OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
THERE ARE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. EACH TIME THERE'S A HARD RAIN WIND STORM, OR EVEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY, BUT LIKE TO GO OUT, NOT ONLY JUST FOR HOURS, BUT SOMETIME EVEN FOR DAYS, AND THIS LEAVES THE RESIDENCE AND THE COMPLEX WITHOUT COMPLETE POWER IN THEIR UNITS AND HAS BEEN SAID TO MANY ATTENDANTS THAT IT'S A WIRING PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN A QUICK FIX AND NOT REPAIR, PROBABLY THERE'S HOT WATER.
THE ELEVATORS, THE FRONT AND THE BACK ELEVATORS, THEY BREAK DOWN AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK.
AND THE REPAIR CAN TAKE UP TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY BECOME OPERATIONAL.
AGAIN, THERE ARE ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THIS FIVE STORY BUILDING THAT AREN'T ABLE TO TAKE THE STAIRS WHEN THIS OCCURS.
THERE'S A GREAT BUG INFECTION OF ROACHES, WORMS AND SPIDERS INSIDE OF THE APARTMENTS, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT
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THE ENTIRE BUILDING.BUT WHEN THE SUMMER HOT MONTHS, THERE ARE MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE WITHOUT WORKABLE AC THEY'RE BEING REPLACED WITH ONE OF THE UNITS THAT ONLY COOLS ONE ROOM AT A TIME.
AND THESE UNITS ARE NOT IN LARGE QUANTITIES.
SO THEY ARE MANY WHO EXPERIENCE HEAT AND TEAR REPAIRS CAN BE DONE, WHICH CAN TAKE TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IS IN A HORRIBLE CONDITION.
THE FIELD AND THE MOLD RINGS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
THE STAIRWELLS ARE UNSAFE TO TRAVEL DUE TO OUTSIDE PEOPLE, SLEEPING UNDERNEATH THEM, URINATING IN THEM AND HAVING DRUG DEALS TAKING PLACE BECAUSE ZIBO AREAS IN THE FRONT OF THE COMPLEX AND THE BACK ARE ON SAFE.
DUE TO GATES, BEING VERY ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE TO ENTER OR LEAVE.
THE APARTMENTS ARE FILLED WITH DUST DUE TO POOR VENTILATION.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS DRUG DEALS AND CRIME AT A VERY ALL TIME HIGH.
THEY TAKES PLACE ON A DAILY BASIS IN THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THERE THERE'S NO SECURITY FOR THE BUILDING OR FOR THE TENANTS.
THERE ARE PROPERTY MANAGERS THAT DON'T LAST SIX MONTHS AND THEY'RE SOLD.
THERE ARE NO HELP TO THE RESIDENTS OR THE ATTENDANCE OF THIS BUILDING MAINTENANCE REQUESTS TAKE UP TO THREE TO FOUR WEEKS FOR APARTMENT REPAIRS AND TENANTS HERE ARE AFRAID.
THEY'RE TIRED AND THEY'RE DEPRESSED THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX CRIES AND HAS BEEN IGNORED IN MANY FEEL.
IT DOES NOT DO ANY GOOD TO SPEAK OUT.
SO I'M IN FEAR OF LOSING THEIR APARTMENTS IF THEY DO SO SOME FIELD, NO ONE CARES BECAUSE IT'S A LOW INCOME FACILITY.
SO TENANTS, WHILE OTHERS ARE LIVE IN COUPLE OF ME IN THEIR HOMES, YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY IN GREAT NEED.
CITIZENS WHO HAVE VOTED YOU INTO OFFICE, WHO HOLD JOBS AND PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I ALSO HAVE PRESENTED HERE WITH ME, PASTOR KENT RICCO, WHO HE, WHO IS SUPPORTIVE THE MINISTER'S CONFERENCE AND THE CITY ALONG WITH OTHER TENDONS OF THE ODB COLLIN'S APARTMENT.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE STANDING HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE HEARD.
WE WANT THE CONDITIONS TO CHANGE.
NOT ONLY CHANGE, WE WANT SOMETHING DONE.
I HAVE A PETITION HERE FROM OVER A HUNDRED RESIDENTS OF OWA COLLINS WITH THEIR SIGNATURES THAT IS AGREEABLE WITH THIS STATEMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL.
THANK YOU, MS. GREEN, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES, MS. GREEN, I VISIT OH COLLEGE PROBABLY A HUNDRED TIMES OR MORE.
ARE YOU AWARE THAT KYLE JONES? YES.
SO WE DO CARE AND, UH, WE HAD THREE GUYS, THREE MINUTES BY THE BEAT.
UH, PUT OUT YO, EVERYBODY TO BE PUT OUT OF DEBIT CARDS.
I SAVED TWO OF THEM ALONG WITH OF DONALD FRANK WILL BE THE LAST WEEK.
WERE YOU AWARE THAT YOU SEE A THREE OF FIXTURES? YES.
DID THIS MONTH TALK TO CORPORATE ABOUT THE PROBLEM WE HAVE OVER THERE? YEAH.
WHAT BEEN FIVE BUDDHA? BECAUSE THE LAST SIX, SEVEN YEARS THOUGH, WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, I KNOW THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE IT.
AND I HOPE THIS COUNCIL WOULD COME TOGETHER.
WHATEVER YOU COULD DO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR YOU.
I MO I MET NO DEBIT COGS ONCE A WEEK.
YOU KNOW THE NAME YOU SAID PETITION, YOU SAYING THEY ALL KNOW ME.
I BOUGHT CLOTHES THERE LAST WEEK FOR THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, MY SIBLINGS HAD MS. FREEMAN GAVE AWAY WHO GAVE AWAY? NO.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS STAYING WITH JOE GOING THROUGH IT'S, UH, IT'S BAD.
YOU KNOW, WHEN LAST WENT OUT ONE NIGHT, I CALLED THE CHIEF.
THE MAYOR WAS ALL OUT OF HERE.
WE DID IT IN TWO DAYS WAS PUT TO BED.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
AND, UH, I DON'T, CAN'T CONDONE WITH CAN'T YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND I HOPE WE FIND A WAY THIS CAN ALSO TO DO SOMETHING.
IF WE GOT MANDATORY PROBLEMS, WHICH ADDRESSED IT, WHATEVER WE COULD DO WITH THE COUNSELOR AND TO ADDRESS IT, I WAS SO I BOOKED OUT GOING THROUGH, BUT I WON'T GIVE UP, TRY TO HELP YOU OUT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN MS. GREEN, I WOULD ASK THAT, UM, THAT HER STATEMENT BE TAKEN IN AS AN OFFICIAL RECORD AND THAT, UH, IT COPIES BE MADE IN THAT IT'D BE GIVEN TO MR. CASSADA OF, UH, OF THE HOUSING, UH, AS WELL AS MAKING
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A MEETING MAYOR BECAUSE YOU MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO MEET WITH MR. CASSADA AND PERHAPS WITH THAT, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, TO SEE WHAT STEPS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN TO ALLEVIATE AND TO HELP THIS SITUATION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I'VE BEEN OUT AND WORKED WITH, UM, DEBRA FREEMAN AND SOME, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND DO SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE THERE.
AND WE'VE SEEN SOME THINGS THAT, BUT LET ME ASK YOU, HAVE YOU MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE SAME PRESENTATION YOU'RE MAKING TO US, UM, TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, HAVE YOU MET WITH THAT BOARD AND PRESENTED THIS TO THEM, BUT I'VE MADE SEVERAL PHONE CALLS.
I PROMISE RETURNED PHONE CALLS.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY BECAUSE THAT THEY, THEY HAVE JURISDICTION OVER, OVER THE PROPERTY MORE SO THAN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, SO I WOULD ASK AGAIN, AND AS WE CAN GO BACK AT THE AMERICAN, UH, POINT, WE CAN KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE HEARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BOARD AND THAT BOARD HAS JURISDICTION AND A CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY THAT MANAGES THE FACILITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO, THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED.
THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO START.
AND SO WE COULD GET YOU HEARD AND WE CAN SUPPORT, UM, AS A COUNCIL, DO A LETTER, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO ON OUR PART, BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE DON'T HAVE, WE, WE CAN SHOW UP AND HELP AND DO COMMUNITY SERVICE, BUT WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION.
AND SO, UM, I HAVE DONE, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
WE'VE DONE COMMIT, WE FED CHRISTMAS, PASSED OUT BAGS, DONE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THAT DOESN'T HELP WITH YOUR DEALING WITH, WHAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH, YOU'RE DEALING WITH AS MEDIA WITH THE RIGHT BOARD.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GET YOU.
IF YOU WOULD HELP ME OUT THERE, I'LL BE THERE.
CAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO STOP TILL SOME IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BLAME YOU.
SO, OH, I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR CALLING MR. POSADA AND, UH, US KIND OF BACKDOORING AND CALLING THE SAME WAY PUTTING THAT.
BUT SOMEBODY HAS, UM, THERE IS A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, UH, CONTRACT IN PLACE AND SO SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE FROM THAT END.
AND SO LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, GET THAT, MAKE SOME ACTION AND GET SOME ACTION DONE.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THE PROPER CHANNELS AND THEY, AIN'T GONNA SIT HERE AND SAY THAT I'M GOING TO HELP.
I, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH.
I THINK COUNCILMAN MOSES IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT WHEN THE, THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY IS RESPONSIBLE WITH SUPPORT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
MY QUESTION ATTORNEY, HOW MUCH PRESSURE CAN WE PUT ON THEM TO ADHERE TO SOME OF THOSE BASIC SAFETY AND HEALTH, UH, ISSUES? I MEAN, CAN THE CITY ACTUALLY SENT INSPECTORS? CAN WE ACTUALLY, UH, ENFORCE SOME OF THOSE POLICIES OF THE LIVING CONDITIONS THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT ACTUALLY GETTING AT? UH, O W COLLINS? YES.
IF THEY'RE VIOLATING ANY TYPE OF CITY ORDINANCE, UM, THEY, IT CAN BE ENFORCED, UH, THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE INSPECTORS CAN GO OVER THERE AND WRITE CITATIONS JUST AS IT WOULD ANY PROPERTY ON IT, BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD AS IS ANY OTHER BUSINESS OR PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN SAFE AND HEALTHY, UH, LIVING CONDITIONS.
WELL, MS. GREEN DESK, YOUR ANSWER WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED TODAY, OPENLY AND PUBLICLY ABOUT SOME OF THOSE HEALTH SAFETY AND HEALTH ISSUES.
IF WE CAN GET WITH, UH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER OR THE MAYOR, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME ENFORCEMENT DONE OVER THERE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE GETTING DONE.
UH, MS. SCREEN, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FIRST FOR COMING WITH A DETAILED REPORT AS COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MOSES ACTS.
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I WAS WONDERING.
HAD YOU APPROACHED THE BOARD AT THE, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY ABOUT IT NOW, THE NEXT THING WOULD BE IS THAT, WELL, WE ARE RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, I'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH MR. CASSADA, UH, UM, IMPENDING SOMETHING, UH, ON THAT, UH, TWO OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU BROUGHT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT THE DISCUSSION ON THE ELECTRICITY, ALL THE LACK THEREOF, THERE IS, UH, A PIECE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT THAT HAS BEEN ORDERED FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, BY, UH, CASSADA AND HIS, HIS, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET IT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE IN SOME OF THE, I GUESS
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IT WOULD CALL ALMOST THE ROLLING BLACKOUTS IN THAT BUILDING, BECAUSE, UH, BUT WHAT THE PANEL THAT'S THERE CAN'T REALLY DISTRIBUTE IF YOU WILL, THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY THAT NEEDED TO, I GUESS, TOTALLY ELECTRIFIED THAT BUILDING, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING WORKED UPON, WORKED ON.I WAS MADE AWARE THAT, UM, I WAS TOLD BY THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, UH, I THINK IT'S ITECH IS THE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M WRONG FOR SAYING IT, BUT I'M JUST SINCE WE WERE.
SO WE JUST PUTTING CHANTED BY TO EVERYBODY.
I'M NOT THROWING ANYONE UNDER THE BUS, I'M JUST BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC RECORD.
UH, I BELIEVE, AND THAT COMPANY DID TELL ME THAT THEY WERE GOING IN THE PROCESS PROCESSES ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THOSE SAME REASONS THAT YOU EXPRESSED, BECAUSE I DID AS COUNCILMAN JONES AND COUNCILMAN OF FRIGHT TO GO OUT TO THE PROPERTY ON A DATE, I COULD NOT GO OUT THERE AND BE BID GO WHENEVER THIS ELECTRICAL SITUATION OCCURRED THERE, WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW? IT'S THAT? AND YOU SAID, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME, AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU ALL ARE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST NOT TOTALLY SATISFIED WITH WHAT HAPPENS THERE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, BEING THE MAYOR.
AND ACCORDING TO MY, MY, MY LEGAL ASSISTANT, WHO WAS A PART OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HERE, THAT'S MR. JOSEPH SANDERS, WHO IS ADVISING ME ON THE PROPER PROCEDURES TO TAKE THAT ERADICATE SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT WE DO HAVE, AND THEY MUST BE DONE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO IF NOT ANYTHING THAT I CAN JUST GET UP TOMORROW AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO JUST DO AWAY WITH ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL AND BEING THE MAYOR.
I CAN ONLY APPOINT THOSE WHO ARE ON THE BOARD.
HOWEVER, WHAT I FOUND OUT AND THE LAWYER, YOU JUST TELL ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT BOARD.
THEY'RE SERVING AS LONG AS THE PREMIUM COURT JUSTICE IN THE STATE, IF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OKAY, THE PERSONS WHO ARE THE MAYORS WHO APPOINTED THEM, CONTINUED THEIR TENURE AND THE MAYOR WALL CAPACITY AND POUR OFF IT YET INDIVIDUALS CONTINUE TO SERVE.
AND FOR SURE, THEY'RE PROPERLY HANDLING THE JOBS OF THE ASSIGNMENTS OF BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU DID SAY THAT YOU HAD CALLED AND YOU'VE NEVER GOTTEN AN ANSWER.
DID SAY, WHOM DID YOU CALL MR. KEN SHODDY HIMSELF.
SO YOU CALL THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND YOU GOT NO RESPONSE, NO RESPONSE, NO ASSISTANCE, NO ONE THERE.
NOW YOU HAVE THAT DOCUMENTED THE DATES AND TIMES THAT YOU HAVE CALLED.
NOW I'M JUST ASKING, BECAUSE YOU MAY NEED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT INFORMATION LIKE THAT WILL HELP US MOVING FORWARD, ERADICATE WHAT APPEARS TO BE AT HAPPY AND AN ONGOING PROBLEM THERE, BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN DO IT, YOU HAVE TO DO IT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LAW.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH FEDERAL FUNDS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A HOOD PROJECT, IT'S HOOD FUNDS, IT'S A FEDERAL PUNTS.
BUT BY THAT SAME TOKEN, I WANT YOU AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF IT.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR THE PAST MONTH.
IT'S JUST, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME WITH ANY RESOLVE IN IT BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE ELECTRICAL SITUATIONS PUT IN PLACE.
AND SOME OTHER THINGS PUT IN PLACE BEFORE WE WOULD DECIDE TO GO AND BUILD ANY FURTHER AND ANYTHING THAT DEALS WITH THE PORTABLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU SAY THAT YOU PLAN TO GO TO THE BOARD.
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PLEASE MAKE THAT CALL AND PRESENT WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT.I THINK THE CITY SECRETARY DID RECEIVE WHAT YOU HAD.
COUNCILMAN FRANK ACT THAT IT WOULD BE PUT IN THE PUBLIC RECORD.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW IT AND ALL THE RESIDENTS WHOM YOU REPRESENT.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM NOW.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, SIR.
MISS TOLD YOU IT WAS YOU RETURN.
YOU SEE IF YOU DON'T MIND RETURNING TO YOUR SEAT, YOUR ORIGINAL SEAT.
YOU ORIGINALLY CALLED THE CHIEF PLEASE.
BUT TO GET THE CHIEF, PLEASE, SIR.
WE'LL PUT YOU DO A RIGHT THERE, SIR.
YEAH, THIS HIM TAKE A SEAT, MAN.
OH, WELL ARE YOUR PROBLEMS? THE
AND UH, I SEE A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
AND UH, I WANTED TO COUNSELOR, COUNSELOR, NO MAYOR.
I GREW UP THERE AND UH, THAT'S WHEN I WENT THERE, THE OFFICE MANAGER WAS TALKING TO THESE PEOPLE.
YOU AWARE THAT THEY CALLED COUNCILMAN JONES WHEN WENT UP THERE AND I HAD A TALK WITH HER IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE.
I SAID, MA'AM THESE ARE RELIGIOUS.
YOU KNOW, YOU THE OFFICE MANAGER.
AND BY 15, 20 PEOPLE STANDING THERE STILL A MAINTENANCE WORKER, SOMEBODY LADY WHO DO THE MAINTENANCE, SHE TRIED TO CHAT IN THAT THE OFFICE MANAGER WAS RIGHT.
BUT I DID SAY, HEY, MA'AM YOU ONLY CLEANED UP.
WHEN, WHEN YOU GO BACK CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN HIS HALL IN YOUR BATHROOM, LETS ME TALKING TO HIS MANAGER.
YOU WENT THROUGH WITH ME AND SHE TOOK ON THE OVER.
NO, BUT UH, LAST TIME I WAS OUT THERE, HE HAD A LITTLE FIRE IDEA AND THE HALL WAS ALL SMOKEY AND PEOPLE SLEEPING INSIDE.
UNDERSTAND? I COULDN'T, COULDN'T GO UPSTAIRS TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
THE SKEPTIC, YOU KNOW, I STARTED GETTING OFF ALL THE SMOKE WAS GETTING TO HIM.
WHAT WAS THAT? THE OTHER DAY? YES, THAT WAS MY APARTMENT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS OUT THERE AND UH, PEOPLE SLEEPING ALL IN THE HALLWAY, SCARED TO GO UPSTAIRS, SLEEP ON THE FLOOR ON THE CONCRETE.
I WITNESSED THIS AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
I WAS THERE TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING I WAS THERE.
AND I'M SAY BEFORE I'M TIRED AND SICK AND TIRED.
WE'LL PUT DISCUSSING THIS KIND OF THINGS.
WHEN I LEAVE HIM, GO IN MY HOUSE.
MY RECLINER TO EAT PEOPLE DO HAVE, DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS I'M COMFORTABLE DEPARTMENTS DO IS JUST THE IDEA.
AND THE COUNSELORS WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING SOME KIND OF WAY TO PUT PRESSURE ON SOMEBODY, GET Y'ALL SOME RELIEF ENOUGH KNOW.
[III.A.2 Ronald Lyons Regarding Racial Profiling And Destruction Of Property]
NEXT ITEM.THE NEXT ITEM IS MR. RONALD LINES REGARDING RACIAL PROFILING AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY WITH YOUR APPROACH, PLEASE WITH MINE.
WITH READ WITH LINES AND BEGIN.
AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO TALK OVER HIM.
THE CHIEF IS NOT GOING TO REMOVE IT.
LET HIM DO IT BECAUSE YOU SPEAK, SIR.
CHIEF, CAN YOU KICK IT THEM ON IN MY MEETING, PLEASE.
THE STAFF IS MARRED UPON ME PLEASE.
CHIEF CHIEF ESTABLISH ODD APPOINTMENT PLEASE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? MY NAME IS RONDO LYONS.
I LIVE AT 44 40 BELTWAY DRIVE, APARTMENT 5 26 OH W COLLINS.
I WAS CAME INSIDE THE GATE AND MY 1998 HONDA ACCORD.
AND WHEN I TURNED IN THE PARK, AS SOON AS I PARKED A NARCOTIC, SERGEANT, WILLIE FLEW IN THROUGH THE LIGHTS ON ME AND I'M SHOCKED.
PUT MY HANDS OUT THE WINDOW, HOLDING MY KEYS.
SO HE TOLD ME IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU
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HAVE TO HAVE A WORKING LICENSE PLATE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET.I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT MY VEHICLE HAD GOTTEN BROKEN INTO AND THE PEOPLE THAT BROKE INTO MY CAR IS TRANSIENTS THAT HANG OUT THERE AND W COLLINS AND THEY WERE SELLING MY STUFF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SO I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD MY INSURANCE.
I JUST WENT TO GO PUT THE HEADLIGHT IN SO I COULD MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY SO I COULD BUY SOME THINGS THAT I NEED.
UM, HE LOOKED IN THE CAR AND NOTICED TOOLS, RECEIPTS IN CAR PARTS.
SO HE ASKED ME TO STEP OUT THE CAR.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET ME PUT MY WINDOWS UP.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? I ASKED HIM, WAS THAT KIND UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR A LICENSE PLATE, LIGHT THAT'S WORKING.
AND UM, HE WAS LIKE, WELL, I NEED TO LOOK IN YOUR CAR.
HE WAS LIKE, I CAN GET A DOG OUT HERE.
I'M JUST GETTING OVER A SINUS INFECTION.
SO GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
AND WHEN HE PROCEEDED TO GO LOOK AT MY CAR, I SAID, I MADE THE STATEMENT.
IF YOU FIND JIMMY HOFFER BONES IN THERE, WE GONNA SPLIT THE REWARD, HIM AND ANOTHER OFFICER TOWARD THE INSIDE OF MY CAR.
THEY'RE PULLING MY DOOR PANEL APART.
THEY TOOK TWO, A FOAM OUT THE SEAT, THREW IT ALL OVER THE CAR.
AND AFTER ABOUT 20, 30 MINUTES LATER, HE'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU'RE FREE TO GO.
WHAT WAS ALL THIS FOR? WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR? YOU'RE FREE TO GO.
TAGS WERE BAD, NO INSURANCE, BECAUSE I HAD JUST OWE COLLINS TO TWO WEEKS TO RELEASE THE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH MIGHT THINGS THAT'S ON THE POLICE REPORT TO RELEASE THAT TO THE POLICE.
AND I PUT A BAG OVER MY WINDOW.
WELL, NOW THEY'RE PUTTING 12 AWAY STICKERS ON MY CAR AND I'M LIKE, YOU GUYS NOTICE MY CARD RUNS.
I MEAN, I'M WAITING ON SOME MONEY TO COME SOCCER.
WE PLAY WHERE YOU CAN HAVE IT OUT HERE.
SO I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH LIEUTENANT WIN.
SO UP ON GOING, YOU KNOW, TALKED TO WHEN HE CALLED NARCOTIC SERGEANT WILLER IN THERE, NARCOTICS SERGEANT WHEELER CAME IN THERE AND VERY AGGRESSIVELY LIKE, YEAH, I'M THE ONE THAT PULLED YOU OVER.
ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING OF IT? I'M LIKE, YEAH.
AFTER TAKING A PICTURE OF MY WORK AND LICENSE PLATE LIGHT, I WAS LIKE, YEAH.
UM, LICENSE PLATE LIGHT WAS WORKING.
THAT YOU DONE WAS UNCALLED FOR.
AND ARE YOU RACIALLY PROFILING ME? AND HE LIKE, OH, YOU COULD HAVE FIXED THAT.
I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT THAT PETTY.
LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE.
IT'S GOING TO SHOW EVERYTHING.
SO HE WENT FROM ZERO TO 10,000.
YOU'RE A LIAR AND GOT REAL HOSTILE.
AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT HIM, CALM AND COLLECTIVE.
LIKE WHENEVER YOU'RE DONE, THE VIDEO FOOTAGE IS GOING TO SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
WHAT AM I GOING TO LIE ON YOU FOR? I'M NOT PETTY.
SO HE STORMED OUT OF THERE AS A LIEUTENANT.
WHEN COULD HE LEAVE? SO I ASKED LIEUTENANT WHEN I WAS LIKE, YOU SEE A HOSTILE, HE IS, HE HAS ANGER ISSUES.
IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE STREETS, HE PROBABLY WOULD'VE KILLED ME OR PLANTED DRUGS ON ME OR PLANTED A GUN ON ME.
I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN PORT ARTHUR.
AND SO THE VIDEO FOOTAGE WOULD NOT SHOW.
SO, UM, HE TOLD ME YOU WOULD CONTACT ME THREE DAYS LATER.
I, I CALLED LIEUTENANT WHEN HE WAS LIKE, YEAH.
OKAY, WELL, YOUR SEATS WAS KINDA TORN UP, BUT YOUR DOOR PANEL WASN'T LIKE THAT WE'LL PAY FOR YOUR DOOR PANEL.
BUT I WAS LIKE, WELL, I WAS GOING TO GET THE INTERIOR REDONE.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE TOLD MY DOOR PANEL APART AND FINALLY CHIEF DO HER.
AND I ASKED HIM TO LOOK AT THE VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM THE INTERVIEW FROM, UH, SERGEANT
SO THE VERY NEXT MORNING LIEUTENANT WIND IS CALLING ME.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR NOTHING.
SO DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO SOURCE.
AND I'M WONDERING WHERE IT ALL THIS COMING FROM.
I MEAN, I HAVE PHOTOS OF THE DESTRUCTION THAT WAS CAUSED AND THE HOSTILITY THAT NARCOTICS SERGEANT WELLER USES.
IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR PORT ARTHUR.
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UH, AND IF I COULD GO ON TO, SINCE THIS WAS ABOUT RACIAL PROFILING, PARDON ME? MINUTE CORNER, MY LITTLE CLOCK.I'M ALSO A RESIDENT IN MY PASTOR, TRIED TO GET COWL JONES TO GO AND TALK TO, UM, THE MANAGEMENT AT OWA COLLINS, WHICH COMES, THEY HAVE ME LABELED AS A MONSTER.
HE PROBABLY THINK THAT I'M GODZILLA OR KING KONG.
I AM AN INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER FOR MY CHURCH.
I GO OUT AND DO THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND EVERYTHING.
AND I FRONT PAGE THE ENTERTAINMENT PAGE THREE AND FOUR, AS WELL AS BEING ON THE NEWS DURING ONE OF MY POEMS, I'M A WRITER AND THEY'RE NOT, THEIR BOOKS ARE NOT IN ORDER, WHICH NOW THAT I SEE THAT COME WITH THE CONSOLE MEETING.
UM, SO THEY'RE TRYING TO CHARGE ME SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REAL.
AND THEY CANNOT EXPLAIN THE REASON THAT THE NUMBER GOT THAT HIGH.
MY APARTMENT HAS BEEN FULL OF MOLD.
SHE SENT A MAINTENANCE MAN IN THERE WHEN MY REFRIGERATOR WENT OUT, WHEN WE HAD THE POWER OUTAGE AND AFTER 11 DAYS, HE FINALLY COME IN, NO THERMOMETER, NO NOTHING.
HE WANTED TO STICK HIS HANDS COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE.
AND MY REFRIGERATOR TEXTED MY FOOD, CHECKING THE TEMPERATURE.
AND WHEN I ASKED HIM, WHERE WAS HIS GLOVES? HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, NAH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUT YOUR HANDS ON MY FOOD THAT I HAVE TO CONSUME.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU CHANGED THE TOILET, UNSTOPPED, THE SINK OR WHATEVER.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SOME GLOVES TO TEXT MY FOOD.
NEXT THING I GET IN FRACTION FOR CUSSING OUT MAINTENANCE.
I CAN KILL A PERSON WITH INTELLIGENCE, NOT IGNORANCE.
ANY OTHER OR ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL BEFORE MR. UH, LADDER COSMIN JONES? YES, IT WAS LOANS.
WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT? YES, SIR.
WHEN DAN ASKED, I DID ALL I COULD TO TRY TO GET YOU GETTING EVICTED.
I EVEN GOT HE EVEN CALLED, I TEXT, YOU CALL THEM CORPORATE OFFICE WHILE I WAS THERE.
AND IT SAID, UH, HE WAS KIND OF BEHIND ON YOUR RENT.
YOU AWARE THAT THAT'S JUST SAID, IS IT, AND HE REALLY DID CATCH UP IF YOU CALL UP YOUR TWO IMMEDIATE DAVID, WHETHER YOU LEAVE YOU PASS, I TOLD YOU THAT.
I ACTUALLY HAD PAPERWORK AS TO WHERE THE MOUNTAIN OF MY, OF MY RENT.
NONE OF THE PAPERWORK THAT THEY HAD BEEN GIVING ME, LIKE WHEN MY CAR GOT BROKEN INTO OKAY.
ALL UP COUNCIL IS KIND OF OFF TOPIC, BUT WE TRIED TO HELP YOU AND, UH, AT PATHIC HOME AGAIN, AND WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
NO, NONE OF, NONE OF THEIR PAPERWORK IS IN ORDER.
I CAN'T GET THROUGH THE PAPERWORK.
SO, UH, WE, UH, I GOT, I'LL CALL YOUR PASTOR BACK AGAIN AND WE WILL, IF WE HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER ONE AT IT, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? THAT WOULDN'T THAT BE AN OKAY.
UH, MR. LANCE, FOR YOUR INDULGENCE IN, IN YOUR PRESENTATION TO US TODAY.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. I THINK IT'S JASON GARRETT.
PLEASE SPEAK TO INITIAL ACCOUNTS.
IF YOU
SO I HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION TO SPEAK.
I'M NOT, I HAVEN'T GIVEN UP PERMISSION TO SPEAK, SIR.
AND MS. MS. MS. JONES, YOU GET ON, YOU GET ON THE AGENDA.
DO YOU REMOVE HIM PLEASE? OKAY.
BUT I WANT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT
[III.A.3 Jace Garrett Regarding Disinfecting, Sanitizing, Deodorizing Trash Bins In The City]
JACE GARRETT REGARDING DISINFECTING SANITIZING.DEODORIZING TRASH BEANS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
JACE GARRETT, 10 15 NORTH 17TH STREET, NEATER LAND.
UM, GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF REAL CLEAN LLC.
IT IS A LOW COST, LOCAL TRASH, A TRASH CAN CLEANING SERVICE THAT DISINFECTS DEODORIZES AND SANITIZES TRASH THINGS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
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THE PROCESS OCCURS, UH, WITH OUR EQUIPMENT THAT PICKS UP GRABS TRASH CANS, OR IF THEY DON'T MOVE, I HAVE A PRESSURE WASHING GUN THAT SPRAYS THEM.AND I HAVE A WATER RECOLLECTION SYSTEM THAT PULLS THE WATER OUT WITH WATER.
THAT'S HEATED OVER 200 DEGREES AND PRESSURIZED UP TO 3000 PSI THAT BLAST OUT THE TRASH CAN SMELLS AND ALSO KILLS HARMFUL BACTERIA WITH SUCH HOT WATER AND HIGH PRESSURE.
UM, CHEMICALS ARE NOT NEEDED IN THE EQUIPMENT, UM, WHICH ALLOWS IT, THE WATER BE CONSIDERED GRAY WATER.
UH, WITH THAT, I HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL WATER TREATMENT FACILITY THAT ALLOWS ME TO DISPOSE OF THE WATER LEGALLY AND SAFELY TO BE TREATED.
THE REASON I'VE COME HERE TODAY IS I BELIEVE, UM, WITH SANITIZING TRASH CANS, IT'S BE A VERY BENEFICIAL SERVICE TO PORT AUTHOR FOR REALLY THREE BIG REASONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THEM, BUT MY BIG THREE WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE IS THAT IT WOULD SAVE MONEY WITH REPLACING TRASH CANS.
UM, WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE COMPANY I TALKED TO DIFFERENT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, UH, ONE THING THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD ISSUES WITH WITH PEOPLE WOULD CALL TRYING TO GET A DIRTY TRASH CAN OR SMELLY TRASH CAMERA PLACED, WHICH CAN'T BE REPLACED, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER THEY'D CALL BACK SAYING THE TRASH CAN WAS BROKEN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.
A TRASH CANS ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE, UM, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THAT COULD BE MITIGATED BY VERY LOW COST OF CLEANING SERVICE.
THE SECOND IS THAT, UH, IT SAVES THE CITY TIME AND MONEY WITH ORDINANCE ISSUES AND DRAMA.
UM, WHETHER IT'S, UH, ODOR NUISANCE WITH TRASHCAN SMELLING BAD WEATHER, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSE OR AT A PARK OR SOMEWHERE, OR ALSO, UH, WITH ISSUES OF IF SOMEONE WAS TO CLEAN A CAN, WHICH HAS BEEN SEWN THAT THEY USE 10 TO 15 GALLONS OF WATER AND A HALF A GALLON OF BLEACH, WHICH ISN'T AN ISSUE UNTIL IF IT'S DUMPED LIKE IN A SEWER LINE, IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE WITH THE CLEAN WATERS ACT.
SO IT WOULD SAY THAT A CITY OF TIME AND MONEY WITH THE FACT THAT I COLLECT THE WATER AND DISPOSE OF IT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS THE NEAREST AND DEAREST TO ME IS THEY CAN IMPROVE THE PARKS AND OTHER, UH, LOCAL PLACES, WHETHER IT'S, UM, UH, CLEANED A TRASH CAN, DOESN'T BRING IN DIFFERENT ANIMALS OR PESTS, WHICH WOULD DESTROY A TRASHCAN AND SPREAD TRASH ALL OVER.
UM, BUT ALSO IT JUST HELPS WITH THE SMELL AND THE GENERAL PLEASURE ABILITY OF BEING IN A PARK.
UM, I GREW UP AND STILL LIKE TO RUN AND PARKS, AND THERE'S A FEW PARKS THAT I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I CAN'T RUN BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO HOLD MY NOSE WHEN I RUN.
UM, BUT WITH THE COST SAVING OF THE TRASH AND THE VISUAL AND ODL, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT IT COULD BRING TO THE PARKS AND OTHER PARTS OF PORT ARTHUR, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE A VERY BENEFICIAL SERVICE.
SO JACE, SO YOU'RE PROPOSING OR PRESENTING TO US SOMETHING TO GO AND CLEAN THE DIFFERENT BANDS THAT WE HAVE AROUND IN THE CITY.
UM, AND KEEPING THEM DISINFECTED AND CLEANED, UM, CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE CURRENTLY SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN PLACE.
I WAS ABLE TO REFER THE VENDOR TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND ALSO TO THE PARKS AND RECREATIONS AND THE PLEASURE ISLAND.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE ARE CRAP BOYS OUT THERE, CRAWFISH BOILS AND PEOPLE USE THE PARKS, YOU KNOW, AND THESE POOLS OF THOSE THINGS ARE THERE.
AS HE SAID, IT LEAVES AN ODOR.
SO I SAID, THE FIRST PLACE YOU'VE GOT TO START WITH IS THE PURCHASE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND BECOME A REGISTERED VENDOR WITH THE CITY.
AND, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE HOW THE, THE COST AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED, BUT IT'S A SERVICE THAT THE CITY COULD USE.
I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S A SERVICE THAT A LOT OF STATES AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE USING.
IT'S WILDLY USED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN USED IN, IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, LUMBERTON, AND MANY OF THE CITIES AS WELL.
UM, BUT THE, THE RESIDENTS BEAR THE COST OF IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A SERVICE THAT WE CAN INFORM THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY COULD PAY FOR IT IF THEY WISH TO ACCESS THE SERVICE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LIKE A SURVEY DONE, BASICALLY, AS YOU MENTIONED, I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY CITIZENS, TEXAS, UM, HAS HAD THAT SERVICE IN PLACE.
AND MAYBE IT CAN GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AS A COUNCIL ON SEEING HOW MANY CITIES, OUR SIZE EMPLOY THIS TYPE OF SERVICE SO THAT WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT.
I'M SURE THAT NO ONE I CAN'T STAND OR ANYBODY CAN STAND WALKING BY IT'S GARBAGE.
WE KNOW IT'S EMPTY, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO SMELL.
SO, JAMES, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO PORT ARTHUR PRESENTING, UM, YOU SERVICE ANY CITIES IN THIS AIR, IN THIS AREA ALREADY? YOU'RE SERVICING.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO PORT ARTHUR.
HOW'S IT GOING? ALL RIGHT, MEET AGAIN.
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UH, I TALKED TO MS. ALPORT BUDGET, YOUR PRESENTATION DEMONSTRATION YOU GAVE, AND SHE WAS VERY IMPRESSED, VERY IMPRESSED TO THE FACT THAT SHE, THE PROBLEM NOW WOULD ONLY BE LIKE TERM NO, HOW OFTEN YOU DO IT AND THE MONEY.SO YOU GIVE IT TO BURTON AND SEE THE MANAGER AND THEY WILL DISCUSS TERMING SOME THAT WAS REALLY SHOULDN'T DO IT EVERY MONTH.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO IT EVERY MONTH, SO QUARTERLY MAYBE.
AND, UH, WHAT SHE'S REALLY IMPRESSED WITH IT.
AND SHE COULD TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT A TERM AND PROBABLY NO AND NO MONEY.
SO I THINK YOU, UH, YOU OWN THIS UP, WHAT YOU GOOD LUCK IT.
UH, J SO DO YOU HAVE A WEBSITE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GO ONLINE AND YOU SAID THE COST WOULD BE ACCUSED BY THE RESIDENTS.
SO DO YOU HAVE, UH, OURS THROUGH THE CITY, THROUGH THE RESIDENTS? SO IT DEPENDS.
UM, IF IT WAS WORKED FOR INSTANCE, PARKS, PLEASURE ISLAND, UM, THAT WOULD BE THROUGH THE CITY.
RESIDENTIAL HOUSES WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAT'S THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WHAT IS YOUR WEBSITE? REAL CLEAN.COM.COM.
BEN'S UM, I DON'T HAVE, LIKE, ON THAT, I HAVE PRICING RESIDENTIALLY, THE PRICING FOR THE, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING WE COULD ASK YOU THE SURVEY? I'M SORRY, AMERICA.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE CAN, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, WHEN WE DO CONDUCT A SURVEY AND SEE HOW MANY CITIES ARE USING YOUR SERVICE, HOW WE, HOW THEY'RE SET UP MONTHLY, WEEKLY, ANNUALLY, HOW THAT FEE IS PAID AND, UM, GET SOME TYPE OF, UH, JUST SOME GENERAL, UM, AMOUNT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.
THANK YOU SO KINDLY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[III.A.4 Eddie Scaggs Regarding Majority System/ Plurality System]
EDDIE SCAGS REGARDING MAJORITY SYSTEM PRU REALITY SYSTEM.MAYOR BARR TEA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS EDDIE SCAGS AND I RESIDE AT 80 24 CHIMNEY ROCK COURT PULLED OFF THE TEXAS, I MEAN, MEMBER OF THE UNITED CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND, UH, I LIKE FOR THE MEMBERS TO PLEASE STAND AND MAYOR, IF IT'S, UH, IN ORDER, I'D LIKE TO GIVE THESE TO THE, UH, SECRETARY SO SHE COULD PASS THESE OUT.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE HERE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL CONCERNING MAJORITY VOTING SYSTEM VERSUS POLARITY VOTING SYSTEM.
THE THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM APPLIES HERE.
AND I KNOW THAT WILL BE CITIZENS WATCHING OVER THE GOVERNMENT CHANNEL, ET CETERA.
AND WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A VOTING SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS A MAJORITY VOTING SYSTEM, WHICH IS COSTING.
THE TAXPAYERS ARE PULLED OFF THE EXTRA MONEY.
PREVIOUSLY, THE UNITED CITIZENS HAVE PULLED OFF THE PROVIDED INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE ABOUT THE COST OF TAX, ABOUT THE COST TO TAXPAYERS OF THE POLARITY VOTING SYSTEM FROM 1998 TO 2008, THAT COST WAS $449,990 FOR THAT 10 YEAR SPAN.
HOWEVER, IN THE 10 YEAR SPAN FROM 2008 TO 2018, THE MAJORITY VOTING SYSTEM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR MURAL AND COUNCIL ELECTIONS COST TAXPAYERS 1 MILLION, $112,433 EXTRA CALLS DUE TO RUN OFF ELECTIONS.
THE MONEY SAVED WOULD HAVE BEEN $662,443, WHICH COULD BE USED TO IMPROVE LIGHTING AND NEIGHBORHOOD STREET REPAIR, HOURLY WAGES, UM, HOURLY WAGE INCREASES, ET CETERA.
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IF I COULD GET A SHOW OF HANDS OR NOT, BUT I'D LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO GIVE ME WITH $662,443, THAT WOULD BE A NICE GIFT IN AN HOUR 2020 TO ME OR ELECTION PULLED OFF THE HEAD FOUR CANDIDATES AND NONE RECEIVE 51% OF THE VOTE OUT OF SOME 28,000 PLUS REGISTERED VOTERS.ONLY 2,995 VOTED THAT INCLUDES EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY VOTING BECAUSE OF OUR MAJORITY VOTING SYSTEM, A RUNOFF ELECTION WAS REQUIRED AND 2,776, UH, PEOPLE VOTED 219.
THAT INCLUDES EARLY RUNOFF VOTING AND THE RUNOFF ELECTION DAY VOTE FOR OUR CITY.
THE MAJORITY VOTING SYSTEM IS NOT EFFICIENT AND NOT COST EFFECTIVE.
PULLED OFF THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT KNOWN AS PAI S D DRAINAGE DISTRICT SEVEN, KNOWN AS D SEVEN AND THE PORT COMMISSION USE THE POLARITY VOTING SYSTEM.
OUR VOTER TURNOUT HAS BECOME DISMAL AT BEST WITH EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY VOTING COMBINED HOLDING A RUNOFF ELECTION MAKES THOSE NUMBERS WORSE AND INCREASES THE COST TO THE PULLED OFF THE TAXPAYERS.
WE, THE UNITED CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR ARE REQUESTING THE COUNCIL TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A PETITION IN PROPER FORM TO BE PRESENTED TO THE REGISTERED VOTERS ARE PULLED OFF THE, FOR THE NOVEMBER, 2022, UH, ELECTION.
SO PUT OFF THE VOTERS CAN MAKE A DECISION ON THIS ISSUE.
WE WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE IF THAT IS NOT OUT OF ORDER.
ANY REMARKS FROM COUNCIL ON IT? COSMIN JONES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU REPORT A STATE ATTORNEY IS ANY WAY WE CAN GET, WE CAN MAKE UP SOMETHING TO DIVORCE, DECIDE NOT TO COUNSEL.
HAVE I HANDLED THIS KIMMY, PUT SOMETHING.
CAN WE FOLLOW UP ON THIS PRESENTATION WITH A VOTE, DECIDE THAT THE COUNCIL DECIDE, WELL, WHENEVER YOU CHANGE THE CHARTER, THE VOTERS ARE THE ONES THAT CHANGE THE CHARTER.
SO IF YOU, THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE A CHARTER AMENDMENT, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO LET US KNOW, OR IT CAN BE DONE BY A, UM, CHARTER CHANGE COMMITTEE.
SO IT WOULD BE UP TO COUNCIL TO DETERMINE IF THEY WANT TO MAKE A CHARTER CHANGE AND THEN DIRECT THAT, OR HAVE A CHARTER CHANGE COMMITTEE.
NOW THERE'S A, YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY NO, WE HAD A CHARTER CHANGE COMMITTEE AND WE AMENDED THE CHARTER, UH, AT THE NOVEMBER IN 2020.
AND WE AMENDED IT AT THE NOVEMBER, 2020 ELECTION.
AND YOU CAN ONLY AMEND THE CHARTER ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO TWO YEARS WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE YOU AMEND THE CHARTER.
BUT IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE OR DIRECT THAT SOMETHING WOULD BE DONE, YOU HAVE TO WAIT THE TWO YEAR PERIOD.
IT WOULD BE MARCH BECAUSE TWO YEARS YOU HAVE TO CALL FOR A NOVEMBER ELECTION IN AUGUST, RIGHT? SO THE TWO YEARS WHEN YOU, THE TWO YEARS IS WHEN YOU CALL FOR IT, BUT THE EARLIEST YOU CAN AMEND THE CHARTER WOULD BE MAY OF 2023.
SO IN MAY, YOU CAN AMEND THE CHARTER.
UH, THE CITIZENS CAN HAVE THE CHARTER MEN BECAUSE IT WOULD GO ON THE BALLOT AND THEY, THEN THE CITIZENS WOULD MAKE THAT CHOICE.
BUT YOU CAN ONLY DO THE CHARTER AMENDMENT EVERY TWO YEARS.
UH, THAT SCARED, THAT KIND OF CLEAR UP WHERE WE ARE NOW.
I WANT TO SEE, Y'ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO KNOW.
WELL, WOULD YOU WANT A SEED, YOUR ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU STATE WHEN THE LAST CHARTER CHANGE ELECTION WAS NOVEMBER 20, 20, 20, 20.
NOW, BUT YOU DON'T LOOK AT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU CALL FOR THE ELECTION TO HAVE AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, YOU HAVE TO CALL FOR IT IN TWO WEEKS.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? AND THAT'S NOT TWO YEARS,
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TWO YEARS, HALF TO PASS BEFORE YOU CALL FOR IT.A CHARTER CHANGE CAN TAKE PLACE IN MAY OF 2023 THAT IS ELIGIBLE, BUT THE TWO YEARS HAVE TO PASS.
WE COULDN'T PUT IT ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE RIGHT NOW.
YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T PUT IT, YOU DON'T DO IT IN NOVEMBER.
YOU CALL FOR THE ELECTION AND START ALL THE PRODUCTION PROCESSES.
I THINK AUGUST 27TH, AUGUST 27TH.
AND SO THAT'S NOT THE TWO YEARS, BUT YEAH.
AND YOU CAN, UH, I THINK YOU DON'T CALL FOR THE MAY ELECTION UNTIL JANUARY LATE, JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY.
SO YEAH, YOU, YOU, IT IS ELIGIBLE IN MAY OF 2023.
I'M SORRY FOR BEING REPETITIVE.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SOMETIMES IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT WITH YOU.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE I WAS TOLD AND MAYBE INCORRECTLY.
SO THAT, THAT WAS A 90 DAY WINDOW, WHICH WOULD MEAN 90 DAYS BEFORE NOVEMBER, 2022, WHICH, WHICH WOULD GETTING ON THE BALLOT UNTIL THE TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED.
SO YOU GOT TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT, RIGHT.
SO IT'S TWO YEARS, BUT YOU CAN GET IT ON THE BALLOT IN MAY OF 20, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER WANTS TO IN 23 YEARS, 23 AT THE MAY 20, 23 ELECTIONS.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER 20, 22.
AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE MAY OF 20, 23.
CAUSE SEE, YOU HAVE TO CALL FOR IT ON AUGUST 27TH AND YOU HADN'T MET YOU TWO YEARS, BUT YEAH.
EVERY TWO YEARS WENT TO, AND IT'S, IT'S I HAVE A BOOK THAT I COULD SHARE WITH YOU.
I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL AND THAT'LL EXPLAIN IT.
IT'S A GREAT BOOK I HAVE ON HOMEROOM CHARTERS IN TEXAS AND IT SAYS IT A LOT BETTER THAN I CAN, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE THAT BOOK TO YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SKAGGS FOR COMING AND THANK YOU ORGANIZATION FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF COMING.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THIS AND, AND, AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
UM, THERE IS, UM, UH, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS LACK OF DAISY CALL ATTITUDE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT, YOU KNOW, TO VOTE IN, I TALK TO INDIVIDUALS ALL THE TIME WHO SAY, MAN, THEY'RE TIRED OF RUNOFFS AND THEY'RE TIRED OF ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE ELECTIONS.
I THINK THAT YOU, YOU HAVE TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES AND ORANGES TO ORANGES WHEN YOU START COMPARING SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I WAS A SCHOOL BOARD, A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS AND THAT IF THE, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF IT, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO TWO YEAR TERMS THAT AS, AS A MUNICIPALITY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE TWO YEARS.
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THREE RACES IN SIX YEARS AS OPPOSED TO THREE RACES IN NINE YEARS.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING AND ELECTION AS WELL.
SO I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL, AS WELL AS PUTTING YOUR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, ON THE, ON THE VOTING BLOCK.
YOU KNOW, AND AS A SCHOOL BOARD, AS A, AS A RELATIVELY NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU'VE BEEN IN A JOB FOR ONLY TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST GETTING TO THE PLACE AND POINT WHERE YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING, DEALING WITH BUDGETS AND DEALING WITH THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT HAVING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT ONLY THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING EFFECTIVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IS A CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
SO, UM, BUT I THINK THE CITIZENS ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION, YOU KNOW? AND, AND SO WHENEVER THAT OPPORTUNITY COMES AND EXIST, YOU KNOW, I THINK PUTTING IT UP FOR A VOTE IN THE CITY AND CITIZENS WILL MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING.
AND I KNOW MY FIVE MINUTES IS CLOSE TO BEING OUT, BUT COULD I RESPOND TO THAT PLEASE? OKAY.
NOW I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE ORGANIZATION'S PERSPECTIVE IS THIS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO RUN FOR A POSITION, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND, NOT ONLY DOES IT COME WITH A LOT OF PRESTIGE, BUT IT ALSO COMES WITH A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT TIME FOR OJT.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ON THE JOB TRAINING BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT TYPE OF POSITION.
JUST LIKE IF YOU WERE, UH, I'LL JUST SAY WITH WHAT I DO AS A PHARMACIST, I COULDN'T WASTE TIME AND, YOU KNOW, BE PRACTICING, YOU GOT TO
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PREPARE YOURSELF IN ADVANCE.IF YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, THEN YOU HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AND DO THOSE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO SO THAT WHEN IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE TEST.
SO IT'S TIME TO RUN FOR THE POSITION TO GET ELECTED.
WHEN YOU HIT THE GROUND, YOU ALREADY RUN IT.
YOU DON'T HIT THE GROUND, KIND OF LIKE STUCK WHEN THEY PASS YOU THAT BATON, YOU READY TO MOVE.
SO OUR POSITION IS THAT EVEN WITH THE TERM OF TWO YEARS, IF I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH I RESPECT WHAT YOU DO, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY.
IF I WANT IT TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER, I WOULD START STUDYING AND PREPARING MYSELF SO THAT IF I HAPPEN TO BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ELECTED, THEN I WOULD HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT AS YOU SAY, YOU WOULD BE LEARNING ABOUT, I WOULD ALREADY KNOW I WOULD ALREADY COME IN WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE.
YOU KNOW, NOW GRANTED, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF OTHER KNOWLEDGE AFTER YOU GET THERE, BUT I WOULD COME IN AT LEAST WITH 75 TO 80% OF WHAT I NEEDED TO DO SO THAT I COULD BE AN EFFECTIVE MEMBER BECAUSE I'M SURE I WILL.
BUDGET IS PROBABLY 200 OR $300 MILLION OR MORE.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
AND WE AS TAXPAYERS FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, IF WE PUT YOUR NET POSITION, WE WANT TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE READY TO HANDLE IT.
SKAGGS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO US.
UM, AND PRESENT, I THINK THE LAST CHARTER CHANGE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED, UM, I KNOW I HAD A COUPLE OF APPOINTEES ON ONE OF MINE WAS, WAS MR. JAMES GREEN, UM, ON THE CHARTER CHANGE COMMITTEE AND AT THE TIME THAT THEY CONSIDERED, UM, AND WEIGH THE OPTIONS OF THIS, I THINK THIS CAME UP, I THINK TWO OF YOU ALL SET ON A CHARTER CHANGE COUNCIL MEMBER OF MARK'S COUNCIL MEMBER, INGRID HOME SET ON THAT COMMITTEE TO CHANGE THE CHARTER.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THE, UM, ITEMS THAT COME UP, UM, TO BE PRESENTED IN 2020, ACTUALLY, WHEN WE VOTED ON THE CHANGES THAT WE DID VOTE ON.
AND SO WHEN THAT CAME UP, THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE IT AS A THREE-YEAR TERM.
UM, AND TO DO IT BY MAJORITY VOTE THAT WAS CONSIDERED, UM, I THINK IT WAS, UH, A LONG TIME I TALK WITH JAMES GREEN AND, UM, AS LONG TIME FRIEND OF MINE, HE WAS ONE OF MY APPOINTEES AND THEY, THEY CONSIDERED WITH GREAT.
AND WE EACH, ONE OF US HAD TWO APPOINTEES.
AND SO WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING, SO THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE CHART, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE BALLOT IN 2020.
AND SO THEY DECIDED THAT CHARTER CHANGE COMMITTEE, THOSE 14 PEOPLE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD STICK WITH WHERE WE WERE.
AND SO I WANT TO JUST KIND OF BRING THAT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AS WELL.
AND LET ME SAY ANOTHER THING I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU OUGHT TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LEARNING FOR TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS, BY THE TIME YOU GET IN A CITY SEAT, I WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 20 YEARS.
AND BY THE TIME I GOT ON COUNCIL, UM, WHAT YOU LEARN ON THAT SIDE OF THE TABLE IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT YOU GET BACK HERE.
SO WHEN YOU GET ON COUNCIL AND YOU BEGAN TO WORK AND FUNCTION IN ANOTHER CAPACITY, UM, I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU'VE STUDIED UNLESS YOU'RE SITTING BEHIND, IT'S LIKE DRIVING A CAR, UNLESS YOU'RE BEHIND THE WHEEL.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA KNOW HOW TO DRIVE.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COME.
YEAH, YOU CAN COME WITH SOME KNOWLEDGE, SOME WORKABLE KNOWLEDGE, BUT I HAD TO GO BACK EVEN AFTER WORKING HERE IN HUMAN RESOURCES, WHERE POLICY IS MADE AND COME BACK AND LEARN WHAT, UH, AND HOW A FUNCTION OF A RESOLUTION WAS.
SO THAT
CAN I WORKED HERE IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN POLICY EVERY DAY.
AND WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL, I WAS INTIMIDATED BY, UM, BEING ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON RESOLUTIONS AND STUFF THAT I HAD NO CLUE ABOUT, OR I HADN'T BEEN AROUND IT, BUT NOT IN IT.
SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR OBSERVATION.
I JUST BELIEVE THAT IT DOES TAKE LONGER THAN TWO YEARS OR A YEAR TO LEARN AND YOU'RE ROTATING IN AND OUT EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO THAT'S MY STANCE, BUT IT WAS CONSIDERED BACK IN 2020 AND COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE BALLOT BACK THEN WHEN THAT CHARTER CHANGE COMMITTEE WAS MAKING CHANGES TO THE CHARTER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY SO THAT THE CITIZENS WOULD HAVE AN IDEA THAT IT WAS VOTED DOWN BY THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS APPOINTED BY
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EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THAT TIME.UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAYING, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY HOW THE GROUP FEELS, BUT RESPECTFULLY I DISAGREE.
I STILL THINK THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO RUN AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO RUN, YOU SHOULD START PREPARING YOURSELF.
AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU WILL BE EFFECTIVE.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT CHARTER CHANGE COMMITTEE DID NOT LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL OUTLAY FROM 1998 TO 2008 VERSUS 2008 TO 2018.
THEY WERE PROVIDED WITH THE COST.
THEY WENT BACK TO THE CITY SECRETARY AND DID THE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THE COST BETWEEN THE MAJORITY AND PLURALITY WAS NOT THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.
UM, UM, I, MY POINT, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT MY POINT, HE CAME BACK AND TOLD ME.
IT WAS LOOKED AT VERY CLOSELY, BUT IT STILL WAS NOT SOMETHING THEY PUT ON THE BALLOT IN 2020.
THAT THAT'S QUITE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THAT 10 YEAR SPAN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 1998 TO 2008, WHICH WAS, UH, THE POLARITY SYSTEM VERSUS 2008 TO 2018, WHICH IS THE MAJORITY SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING NOW, NOW, UNLESS, UNLESS THESE FIGURES THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE CITY SECRETARY ARE INCORRECT, BUT FROM, FROM 2008 TO 2018, IT'S OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, AND, AND WHAT, AND WHAT, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU HAVE THE REGULAR ELECTION AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND HAVE THE RUNOFF ELECTION, WHICH INCLUDES EARLY RUNOFF AND, AND THE ACTUAL ELECTION DATE.
THANK YOU, MR. SCAG FOR YOU AND DOGS IS INDICATED AS A PATIENT IN THIS, AND WE'LL BE GONE TOO.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR GROUP AND WHAT YOUR POSITION IS ON THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEMS. UH,
[III.A.5 Harold Doucet, Sr. Regarding Rules Of Decorum]
WE HAVE MR. HARRIS DOUCETTE SENIOR REGARDING RULES OF THE COURT.MY NAME IS HAROLD DOUCET 5,180 CAMBRIDGE STRAIGHT PULLED OUT THE TEXAS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE RULES OF DECORUM.
AND I COULDN'T GET A BETTER EXAMPLE THAN THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER OF WHAT I'M HERE FOR TODAY.
I DONE A PRESENTATION LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND, UH, AFTER I'D DONE THE PRECINCT TASTING, UH, THAT WERE COMMENT MADE BY COUNCILMAN'S AND, UH, THE COMMENTS, I DID NOT AGREE WITH HIM AND SOME OF THEM WERE INCORRECT, BUT WHEN I WENT TO RESPOND, I WAS TOLD I CAN'T RESPOND BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO BACK AND FORWARD.
AND WHAT I'M HERE TODAY IS SET UP, COME BEFORE COUNCIL MANY TIMES, AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND INSPECT MY CONCERNS.
AND WHEN I COME BEFORE COUNCIL, I WILL NOT ADDRESS LIKE SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER ALWAYS ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AFTER QUIET BY THE RULES OF DECORUM AS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER.
I ALSO KNOW THAT THOSE RULES ALSO APPLY TO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN ADDRESSED AND SET OF SINS ARE PRESENT AS A WHOEVER COME BEFORE YOU.
AND I ASKED THAT IF I FOLLOWED THE RULES, I SAID, RUBY FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMAN AND DRESSING ME AND ALLOW ME TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK AND THE, WITH THE RULES OF DECORUM.
AND WHEN THE COMMENTS WERE MADE AND I WENT TO RESPOND, I WAS NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY IF SAD TO DIDN'T WANT IT TO GO BACK AND FORWARD.
FROM THE TIME I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN COUNCIL, I HAVE
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NEVER SEEN A COUNCIL EVER DENY ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WERE SPEAKING OR PRESENTING ADDITIONAL TIME TO JUST WRAP UP WHAT THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KEEP TYING AND COUNSEL THEM WAS ON THE SAND, BUT I NEVER SEEN IT WHENEVER COUNTS.BILL MAKES A COMMENT PERTAINING TO AN INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, POOR COUNSEL.
THAT PERSON IS ALWAYS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THAT COMMENT AS YOU SEEN IN THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER.
SO WHEN I'M HERE TODAY IS SELECT COUNSEL.
KNOW THAT I'LL TAKE IT PERSONAL.
IF I CANNOT BE TREATED THE WAY EVERYBODY ELSE IS TREATED.
AND IF THE RULES ALLOW ME TO DO OR SAY CERTAIN THINGS, THEN I SHOULD BE DONE BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES OF DECORUM AS A COUNCIL PERSON TWO MINUTES, SIR.
IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE COURTROOM AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, SPEAKING TO US, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THE WINDOW DRESSING COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE.
AND I'M GLAD TO SPEAK FOR ME A GOOD EXAMPLE.
I THINK WE NEED TO FOLLOW THESE RULES OF DECORUM, BUT NOT JUST FROM SPEAKER'S STANDPOINT MORE FROM THE DYES, THE DYES.
DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY MORE PLAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME BEFORE YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. DOUCETTE, WE HAVE ANY REMARKS ON COUNCIL AND REMARKS FROM COUNCIL.
ANY REMARKS FROM COUNCIL? THANK YOU, MR. DOUCETTE.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH THEY ARE ON ANY PRESENTATIONS.
THERE ARE NO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS, NEITHER THAT ANY CORRESPONDENCE, HOWEVER, THEY OFTEN DISCUSSING ITEMS, UH, DISCUSSING,
[III.E.1. Discussion Regarding Use Of City Vehicles Including Take Home Policies ( Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)]
UH, REGARDING USE OF CITY VEHICLES, INCLUDING TAKE-HOME POLICIES.THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW.
AND, UH, DO WE HAVE CITY MANAGER? JUST ANY DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT GAUNTLET.
UH, JUST REAL QUICK CITY MANAGER.
I RECEIVED THIS MEMO ON, UH, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE A GRAVE CONCERN ABOUT, UH, CITY, UH, OWN VEHICLES GOING OUT TO CITY LIMITS.
SO, UH, I'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS.
I'VE BEEN SENT A PHOTOS AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS THAT WE ARE REALLY ADAMANT ABOUT ENSURING THAT OUR VEHICLES STAY IN OUR CITY LIMITS.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THE MEMOS THAT WAS ACTUALLY PASSED OUT TO THE COUNCIL.
ONE, ONE, IT'S A PROBLEM IN, UH, ATTORNEY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
THAT MEMOS DON'T TRANS TRANSITION TO THE NEXT COUNCIL ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS EVIDENCE, BUT ONE IS DATED ON ANY 11, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2011.
SO IF YOU HAVE A COMMANDER, EXCUSE ME, NOT A COMMANDER, BUT IF YOU HAVE A, UH, CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T TRANSITION TO THE NEXT CITY MANAGER.
SO ALL THESE MEMOS THAT WE HAVE HERE, THIS EVIDENCE OF WHY THESE VEHICLES ARE BEING TAKEN HOME SHOULD BE, UH, INVALID.
AM I CORRECT BY SAYING THAT A CITY ATTORNEY, WELL, THE ORDINANCE IS WHAT GOVERNS THE SITUATION.
NOW THESE MEMOS VIEW, I THINK THEY, THE REQUEST WAS MADE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY DIRECTIVES.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAD FROM THE LAST TIME THE ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED BEFORE COUNCIL IN 2011.
UM, SO I DID GIVE YOU A COPY OF, UH, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE.
UH, WHEN THE ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED IN 2011, THEY HAD VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS EXPLAIN, UH, THE USE OF TAKE-HOME VEHICLE.
WHAT AM I CORRECT ABOUT THE MEMOS? THEY DON'T TRANSITION TO THE NEXT COUNCIL.
OUR CITY MANAGER, THIS PARTICULAR PERSON WAS FIS GIBBON.
IF HE'S NO LONGER HERE IS INVALID.
UH, ON THESE MEMOS, THE COUNCIL ASKED THE CURRENT GROUP TO GIVE A REPORT.
SO THIS IS JUST, THIS IS A REPORT FROM 2011, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, DEALT WITH THAT RELEVANT TIMEFRAME.
SO IT'S NOT SHOWING VALIDITY OF WHY THESE, THESE VEHICLES BEING TAKEN HOME.
IT WAS RESPONDING TO THAT QUESTION IN 2011 AND HE NAMED ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO USED IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, ANYTHING OTHER THAN 2011 WAS ALL I COULD FIND.
AND THE ONLY REASON, THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING THAT CITY ATTORNEY, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COST IS VERY EXPENSIVE FROM MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN I WAS GIVEN THE EXPLANATION, YOU KNOW, SOME VEHICLES ARE TAKEN HOME BECAUSE OF EMERGENCY PURPOSES, BUT IF YOU LIVE 30 MINUTES AWAY AND THAT'S YOUR CHOICE, IF YOU LIVE IN ORANGE AND YOU'RE DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE WITH THE PORT, ARTHUR, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HELP US ANYWAY, IN THE EMERGENCY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU 30 MINUTES
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TO GET HERE.SO I'M VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING COSTS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FEW CONSUMPTION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE OPERATION.
THAT'S OUR JOB AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ENSURE THE TAXPAYERS THAT WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS WITH THE MONEY PERIOD.
THAT'S WHY I PUT THIS ON HERE.
I NEED TO KNOW FROM YOU, OR DO WE HAVE ANY VEHICLES THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM YOUR ACCOUNT THAT WE ALLOWED TO GO OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS FOR TAKE-HOME VEHICLES AND TO RETURN TO WORK VEHICLES? I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE VARIOUS, UM, DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, WHO HAS STAFF WHO LIVES OUTSIDE OF WHETHER IT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS TO PROVIDE ME FOR LISTS.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE ORDINANCE AND THE QUALIFIED ORDINANCE, AS IT INDICATES HERE, SECTION D STATES THAT, UM, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD MAY AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEES TO DRIVE TO AND FROM WORK IN CITY VEHICLES, IF IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE INCHES OF THE CITY OR HAVE VEHICLES AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE OR EMERGENCY USE.
AND I THINK THAT IS CODIFIED AS PART OF THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT IS CODIFIED AS PART OF THE CITY'S LAWS.
IS THAT CORRECT THOUGH? IF IT'S CO-DEFINED, IT MEANS THAT IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNCIL TO CHANGE, TO CHANGE IT.
IF IT HAS TO EVEN WANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO IT'S GOOD.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
UH, IT SHOULDN'T BE A COUNSELOR TO WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE, UM, IT DOESN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY AS TO WHERE YOU COULD TAKE THE VEHICLE AND I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR MANAGER, BUT MY THING IS, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY AS A COUNCIL, MY DISTRICT THREE, JUST, JUST ME TALKING THAT WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCIES OR WE TYPE, WE HAVE, UH, SOME TYPE OF HEALTH CRISIS, THOSE UNDERSTANDABLE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE, BUT JUST TO DO IT EVERY DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, DRIVING 50 MILES, 40 MILES, ONE WAY COMING BACK, WHO PAYS FOR THAT, THE TAXPAYER PAYS FOR THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO BRING TO LIGHT, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT IS THE MOST, UH, ECONOMIC WAY TO LOOK AT THOSE PER DEPARTMENT? AND I DON'T KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, I GOT PHONE CALLS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COHORT AND I'M SPEAKING FOR ME.
I GOT THE PHONE CALLS, I GOT MESSAGES.
I GOT ALL THOSE THINGS TO SHOW EVIDENCE THAT WE DO HAVE, AND WE DID HAVE, UH, VEHICLES THAT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
SO IF WE HAVE THAT GOING ON, THAT'S A CONCERN.
WE JUST NEED TO BRING IT TO LIGHT AND DISCUSS IT.
AND THAT'S THIS MY FIRST STEP OF DOING THAT, BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL.
SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT BECAUSE IF WE HAVE THAT THING GOING ON LIKE THAT, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, STOP AND REEVALUATE IT WELL, AND LET ME JUST SAY, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDS TO THE AUDIENCE.
UH, MAYOR, JUST QUESTION, YOU SAID CODAFIDE SO THIS IS A PART OF THE CITY ORDINANCE.
SO I'M A VAL I MEAN THE MAYOR, THE MANAGER ASKED YOUR QUESTION.
SO THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS IS A CITY ORDINANCE FOR, OR FOR A CHANGE.
WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO CHANGE IT.
WHERE RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCE.
YES, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE, THE ORDINANCE.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT, YOU CAN CHANGE IT OR YOU CAN GET, BUT IT'S SPECIFIC RIGHT NOW.
AND IT DOES NOT, IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY DEPARTMENT.
IT IS SPECIFIC THAT IT IS A WRITTEN ORDINANCE AND IT'S BEEN IN, HOW LONG HAS THIS ORDINANCE BEEN IN PLACE? YOU HAVE A COPY.
OH, IT'S BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD CAN AUTHORIZE EMPLOYEES TO DRIVE TO AND FROM WORK IN CITY VEHICLES, IF IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE OR EMERGENCY USE.
IT CAN'T BE USED FOR A PERSONAL USE.
AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT THAT VIOLATION WOULD SUBJECT SOMEONE TO SUSPENSION OR REMOVAL.
SO, AND THEN IT SAYS THAT THE MANAGER CAN ENFORCE THE POLICY.
SO IT LEAVES IT, I THINK, WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT LEAVES IT OPEN WHERE AN ADMINISTRATOR, A DEPARTMENT HEAD TO A CITY MANAGER CAN MAKE THE CALL BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE ORDINANCE.
SO COUNCIL HAS TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE SO WE CAN MEET AND GATHER ORDINANCE.
WELL THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT I UNDERSTAND, COUNSEL, A WOMAN MOSES, BUT, UH, IT SAID IMMEDIATE AND EMERGENCY USE.
SO DRIVING FIVE DAYS A WEEK, UH, FROM YOUR HOME AND YOU SAYING THE EMERGENCY USE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE ON THAT BECAUSE MY THING IS THIS IT'S THE CITY VEHICLE PERIOD, BUT MA MA MA MA MAY I SAY SOMETHING AND I'M NOT SURE OF HOW WE ARE GATHERING INFORMATION AND IS IN ANY PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT THAT IS ALLOWING THIS IN ONE DEPARTMENT OR ALL DEPARTMENTS, OR MAYBE LIKE YOU SAY, THE COLLEGE THAT YOU GET IT, WHAT CAUSE ARE THEY SEEING? WELL, I, I I'VE MENTIONED IT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
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HAD THAT TALK BEFORE, AND IT'S JUST NOT A FIRST TIME.ALL I'M SAYING IMMEDIATE IN EMERGENCY USE.
SO WE'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE EMERGENCY USE BY DRIVING FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND IT SAYS IT RIGHT HERE IN THE CHARTER IN BLACK AND WHITE.
SO I'M NOT MAKING IT UP THESE WORDS.
YEAH, NO, BUT, BUT WHAT I, WHEN I, WHEN I'M SAYING ANYTHING, BUT WE ARE MAKING IT A BLANKET, LIKE EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY IS DOING IT.
I'M JUST ASKING AT THIS POINT, CAN YOU BE SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT WE, I MEAN, WE CAN CLEAR THAT AND WE CAN GET TO ANOTHER SUBJECT.
I BE GOING TO DEAL WITH, BUT JUST FOR ME, CAN'T WE CHANGE THIS ORDINANCE.
WE CAN CHANGE THE ORDINANCE AND AMENDED THEM AND MAKE IT SPECIFIC OR DO WHATEVER WE WANT.
AND THAT WAS ALL IN MY POINT, COUNCIL, WE CAN LIVE THAT WEEKEND.
WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE AND MAKE IT OKAY.
BUT I, I, MY THING, I JUST WANTED HIM TO BE AWARE AGAIN ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH THE VEHICLES GOING OUTSIDE TO SEE THE LIMIT.
NOW LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO,
[III.E.2. Discussion Regarding The Renaming Portions of Bluebonnet Avenue And Grannis Avenue ( Requested By Councilmember Jones)]
DISCUSSING REGARDING THE RENAMING PORTIONS OF BLUE BONDED AVENUE AND GRANT AVENUE AS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.IF YOU WOULD, YOU COULD TIE THREE, TWO AND THREE TOGETHER AND BE THE SAME.
[III.E.3. Discussion Regarding Renaming the Municipal Court Building To Judge Kermit Morrison ( Requested By Councilmember Jones)]
DISCUSSION REGARDING RENAMING, THE MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING, UH, TO JUDGE KERMIT MORRISON REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNS.HE WANTS TO DISCUSS THEM BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY.
MAY OF MARRIAGE COUNSELING THE AUDIENCE.
I WANT YOU TO GET YOUR CHIP INTO SOMETHING.
OH, I LIVE IN THIS TOWN A LONG TIME.
PROBABLY, PROBABLY MORE THAN MOST OF YOU ALL GOT STREETS NAMED POLI AVENUE.
HERGERT OUT WHEN YOU WE'LL PUT ROOSEVELT HART AND D WALT DUNBAR.
I CAN'T REALLY KNOW THESE PEOPLE.
I CAN'T PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT, YOU GOT AN ORANGE STREET, YOU GOT MY LAB WHEN YOU GALSTON DATA.
I DON'T KNOW NO TOWN NAMED PAULA, TEXAS AND ORANGE AND ORANGE, TEXAS, WHAT? MY TEXAS, A GAS IN THE DATA.
BUT WE GOT ALL THESE NAMES AND WE GOT PEOPLE RIGHT HERE, TRAILBLAZERS AND WORKED HARD IN THIS CITY AND SACRIFICE.
WE HAVE NO NAMES, NO STREET NAMES BEHIND THEM.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REALLY KNOW PAUL HERGUT.
SO, UH, I NEED TO SAY LET'S TOOK A CHAIR TO HELP ME IN THE MAIL.
WHOEVER ELSE I WANNA CONSIDER RENAMING, UM, GRASS AVENUE BEHIND RUSSELL, GET WHAT SR.
THE OWNERS CHEWING OFF THE WE EVER HAD IN THIS CITY, YOU KNOW, AND IN MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS, I WANT TO THINK ABOUT NAMING BLUE, BONDED BY REVEREND SAMUEL, JOSEPH WHO PASSED THE FOUR TO FOUR YEARS AT THAT SHALLOW.
AND LAST ONE, RENAMED THINKING ABOUT RENAMING, THE COURTHOUSE BEHIND JEWISH, COMMON MERCER JUDGE COMING MORRISON, MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING THE MAIN CITY OF 57 YEARS OLD AND THE COURT TO WHERE I NEED TO HELP ME GET ON BOARD.
WHAT SHOULD I DO TO GET THESE THREE PEOPLE? SO NAME RECOGNITION, BECAUSE I WANT TO LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND AND I LEAVE HIM THIS JUST WORLD.
NOW I WANT SOMETHING THAT MY KID CAN RELATE TO.
AND MY GRANTEE WAY TO THE CAMERA, NOT BY POLLING HER, WE'LL PUT BOTH OF YOUR HEART.
AND WE DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN ALL MY STREET.
SO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THESE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THIS LEAVES SOME BEHIND, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER NAMED THESE PIECES THEY DID AT THAT TIME IS OUR TIME NOW TO DO SOMETHING WELL, IF I CAN RESPOND.
SO THERE'S BASICALLY TWO TYPES OF STREET RENAMING.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE STREETS VERSUS THE BUILDING.
UM, YOU CAN HAVE AN HONORARY NAMING WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT CALL IT WHOEVER, WHATEVER NAME YOU WANT WAY.
UM, OR LIKE WE HAVE, UM, THE ONE THAT STREET AFTER MR. WISE, THAT'S NOT THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE STREET, BUT THAT'S LIKE AN HONORARY NAME.
SO YOU CAN DO AN HONORARY NAME AND THAT'S A SIMPLE WAY, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL STILL KEEP THEIR ADDRESS.
AND THE ONLY THING, IF YOU DO A PERMANENT RENAMING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION OF 75% OF THE PEOPLE ON THAT STREET BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, INSURANCE, EVERYTHING, ALL THEIR PAPERWORK.
SO THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET HAVE TO AGREE IF YOU DO A PERMANENT.
SO YOU HAVE PERMANENT, WILL YOU HAVE TO GO TO THOSE RESIDENTS AND SEEK THEIR PERMISSION.
AND THEN YOU HAVE HONORARY WHERE YOU KEEP YOUR SAME NAME, BUT IT'S STILL AN HONORARY A WAY AS WE DID FOR MR. WISE, OR WE COULD PUT UP SIGNS, STREET SIGNS ON THE RADIO.
LIKE NEAR MR. WISE, I THINK IT WAS, UH, WHAT WAS HIS, UH, MR. WISE WAY, REMEMBER
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EDGAR WISE? I HAD TO THINK OF IT.AND IT'S STILL 17TH STREET, BUT THEN YOU STILL HONORED HIM.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE PERMANENT, YOU CAN DO THAT TOO.
BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE 75% OF THE RESIDENTS AGREED TO OKAY.
ON OUR WAY WITH THE STREET, SAS, YOUR GOALS UP.
LIKE IN BONE, UM, AND NEEDLE AND THEY HAVE BUMMED PHILLIPS WAY, BUT IT'S STILL NEEDED AN AVENUE.
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, BUT YOU CAN STILL HONOR THAT INDIVIDUAL AND RECOGNITION THAT I WOULD SAY NO, BECAUSE THIS IS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
THEY NAMED THESE STREETS, THIS TOWN, WE NAMED SOME OF THE STREETS AND BUILDINGS.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE, UH, YES, SIR.
WELL, JD ATTORNEY, UNLESS EVOLUTION FROM COUNCIL ON IT.
WE HAVE A PROCESS AND MS. LANGFORD SENT THAT OUT AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE WE CALL OUR PROPERTIES.
NOW, THE BUILDING IS DIFFERENT.
THAT'S JUST UP TO THE CEILING.
THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING IS A CITY BUILDING.
SO YOU CAN NAME IT WHENEVER YOU CHOOSE TO DO THE COUNCIL CAN DO IT.
SO YOU WERE WORKING ON A RESOLUTION FOR THAT, FOR IF YOU SEWED THE MEETING ON THE SIXTH.
UH, WITH ERIC, NO PUBLIC HEARING.
[V.1. Expressions Of Thanks, Congratulations, Or Condolence;]
OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY.UH, I LIKE TO SAY, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN KIMBALL FOR INCLUSION IN HIS PRAYER, UH, UH, THE FAMILY OF, OF MR. ADDISON, UH, ALL CITY EMPLOYEE OF, UH, GREAT TENURE HERE.
I'LL GO FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, I BELIEVE.
AND CITY EMPLOYEE WAS, UH, KILLED ON A FATALLY, A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON FRIDAY, EVEN I BELIEVE IT IS, OR IT WAS ON A GOLF WEIGHT.
AND, UH, WHAT ELSE? PRAYERS FOR HIS FAMILY? HIS WIDOW ACTUALLY WORKS HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT OFF IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
I THINK IT IS, UH, AND, UH, SORT OF WANTS TO REMEMBER THAT FAMILY AND PROUD AS A YOUNG, UH, UH, ADOLESCENT HIGH SCHOOL, RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.
I, FROM WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND, UH, LAMAR STATE COLLEGE, UH, AND WILSON, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL KID WHO FINISHED, UH, HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE, MR. ALLISON'S, HIS FATHER.
AND SO THAT FAMILY FAMILY'S TRAUMATIZED.
EVEN WITH THAT, I LIKE TO ADD THAT WE HAD TWO POLICE OFFICES WHO HIT, UH, STRUCK BY, UH, A DRIVER ON FRIDAY.
I WAS BEFORE MS. ADDISON WAS FATALLY STRUCK ON HIS MOTORCYCLE BY ANOTHER DRIVER.
AND BOTH THESE DRIVERS WERE IMPAIRED.
UH, THEY WERE IMPAIRED BECAUSE THEY HAD PARTAKEN IN LIBATIONS OR DID THE SPIRITS IN SOME PARTICULAR FORM.
UH, AND THEY PICKED IT THAT POLICE OFFICERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT YOU BEGGED THEM AND SHALLOW TO THEM.
THEY ALL ALREADY WORK IN UNDERSTAND AND TO HAVE OFFICERS REMOVED FROM SERVICE BECAUSE OF IT, THEN THE ULTIMATE GIVING UP YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE YOU AT A SIGNAL LIGHT, OBEYING THE LAWS AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE HE'S IMPAIRED, YOU KNOW, DUE TO OPEN BELGIANS, ALLEGEDLY, AND HE OVERRUNS YOU.
AND NOW THIS FAMILY IS LEFT WITHOUT A FATHER WITH AN OP, WITHOUT A HUSBAND WE'RE LEFT WITHOUT, ARE WE A GOOD EMPLOYEE? EVERYBODY SUFFERS.
AND THEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THEIR FAMILIES SUFFER IN SOME SHAPE, FORM OR FASHION BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BE PRODUCTIVE PERSONS IN THEIR FAMILIES.
WHAT I LIKE TO DO AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, WE WOULD OFFER PRAYERS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE THE PERPETRATORS IN THIS PARTICULAR, IN THE INCIDENTS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO PRAY WITH THEM AS WELL, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU WERE HOLDING IT AND I AM, BUT WE'VE ALL DRIVEN.
WELL, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE GOD BLESSED US AND EVEN INDIVIDUALS HAVE DONE IT.
AND THEY WERE NOT GIVEN THE SAME GRACE AND MERCY THAT WE ALL RECEIVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I AIN'T TIME YOU TO TALK ABOUT IT AND BEAT THEM UP, BE PAINFUL.
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TO YOU, BUT ALSO BE MINDFUL THAT IT'S THE MESSAGE THAT WE'VE GOT TO CARRY AS CITIZENS IN THESE UNITED STATES, AS CITIZENS IN THIS STATE OF TEXAS.AND FOR SURE AS CITIZENS IN PORT AUTHOR, DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.
UH, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONCERN? OKAY.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT THAT'S, UH, THAT PART OF THAT SECTION NOW WE'LL MOVE TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS,
[VI.1. P. R. No. 22682 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Revise The American Rescue Plan Act ( ARPA) Project Categories Which Were Previously Approved ( Public Comment Will Be Allowed Prior To Consideration Of This Item)]
WHICH IS ON PAGE THREE, ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR, WE HAVE PR NUMBER 22, 6 8 2 IS A REVOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO REVISE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, WHICH IS OPERA, UH, PROJECT CATEGORIES, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND PUBLIC COMMENT.IT'S GOING TO BE ALLOWED PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM.
WE HAVE A GENTLEMEN, UH, MR. MARK, VIA TOOL, OH, WHO WAS GOING TO SPEAK BEFORE THE PREVIOUS MEETING YOU HAD TO LEAVE.
WE HAVE, WE WILL AFFORD YOU THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, YOU WOULD APPROACH, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, I RESIDE 12, 15 LONGFELLOW DRIVE IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BUT I'M THE PORT DIRECTOR FOR THE SPRING PASSPORT AUTHORITY, 59, 60 SOUTH FIRST AVENUE, SABINE PASS, TEXAS.
AND I WANT TO SAY SABINE THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW.
I SAY PORT ARTHUR, BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT IS PORT ARTHUR.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN, UH, IN THE STREETS AND W SOME OF THE NEW, ADDITIONAL STREETS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND SABINE PATHS.
I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE PORT ARTHUR PUBLIC BOAT RAMP AT BROADWAY AND FIRST AVENUE, UH, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE HAS DONATED THE, UH, ALONG WITH SHANIA 1.2 MILLION.
AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR THAT MONEY TO GO TO WASTE.
WE'D LOVE TO SEE A MATCH, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT BOAT RAMP GETS PUT IN PLACE.
WE HAVE 87 BOATS SLIPS THAT ARE, THAT OUR CUSTOMERS USE TO ACCESS OUR MARINA.
THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S MARITIME DIVISION, UH, PUTS IN THERE AS WELL, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, AND THEN THOUSANDS OF RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN, UH, ACCESS THE SHIP CHANNEL SABINE LAKE AND THE GULF OF MEXICO.
AND, UH, WE HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, ON THIS SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE THAT, THAT, UH, THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN DONATED BY PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND SHENIR, AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
IN BOXES WHERE I'D TAKE HIM, I'M GOING TO CALL YOU REVEREND VEHICLE, BUT I THINK THAT'S CORRECT TOO WELL.
UH, ON THIS, WE HAVE ANY OTHERS FROM THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD CARE TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION, ANY REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC? YEAH, NO REMARKS FROM THE PERFECT.
I BELIEVE AT THIS MOMENT, I AM READY FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22 6 8 2, WHICH IS ACTUALLY CATEGORIZE IT AS UNFINISHED BUSINESS ONTO, THEY MAY GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
COUNCILWOMAN MOSES MAY GET A SECOND COSMIN MARKS.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22 68, 2 AS PREVIOUSLY READ.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTIONS ON ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED THIS? I TOOK IT AS A JOKE.
WE WILL ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 6 8 2 AS RED.
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
TO THE CONSENT AGENDA IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL HAS BEEN GIVEN, UH, BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, UH, AND, UH, THEY BEGAN ON PAGE FOUR AND THEY GO THROUGH, UH, PAGE NINE, UH, JUST ABOUT FAITH NINE, ALL ROMAN NUMERAL SEVEN.
AND WOULD THAT BE ANY ITEM THAT WE WOULD CARE TO HAVE POOLED AND HANDLED, UH, SINGULARLY OR COUNCILMAN KEN LAW.
UH, NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER SIX ON PAGE FIVE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
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NUMBER 24 ON PAGE EIGHT AND NUMBER 24 ON PAGE EIGHT.I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED WITH THE EXCLUSION OF NUMBERS, SIX, EIGHT AND 24.
IT SHOWS ONE OF SIX, EIGHT AND 24, AND ALL OTHERS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS PARTICULAR VOTE.
SECOND MAYOR, IF WE MOVED AND SECOND EVERYBODY, EXCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE STATED ITEMS, I WOULD READY FOR QUESTION THERE ON ANY QUESTIONS ON HERE ON, ON THIS, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR AND HE'LL POSES A TAB.
WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED NOW TO DEAL WITH INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. WE HAVE ITEM
[VII.C.6. P. R. No. 22683 — A Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of A PB Loader BC4 ( Pothole) Patcher From Doggett Freightliner Of Southeast Texas, LLC Of Austin, Texas, Through TIPS Cooperative Purchasing Contract Number 200206 For A Projected Budgetary Impact Of $ 229, 885.90. Funding Is Available In The Capital Reserve Account, Account No. 625- 21- 000- 8522- 00- 00- 000]
NUMBER SIX, P R A NUMBER 22 6 8 3, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A PB LORNA BC, PAUL POTHOLE, PATCHER FROM DOGGETT FILE.GREAT LINEUP OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LLC OF AUSTIN, TEXAS THROUGH TIPS, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT NUMBER 202 0 6, PROBABLY PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT UP $229,885 AND 90 CENTS.
BRENDAN IS AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL RESERVE ACCOUNT NUMBER 6 2 5 DASH TWO ONE DASH 0 0 0 DASH 8 5 2 2 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0, MEGAN AND MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
COUNCILWOMAN MOSES MEGHAN, A SECOND.
COUNCILMAN HOMES HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 6 8 3 IS RE UH, WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION OR COUNCIL MCKAYLA.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
UH, DO WE HAVE A POTHOLE FREIGHTLINER? UH, NOW, CURRENTLY, BECAUSE I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WE WAS HAVING ISSUES ABOUT STAFFING A CREW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, I THINK THE DIRECTOR, UM, PUBLIC WORKS.
EASY ONE REAL QUICK, REAL QUICK.
I TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO GET, DO WE HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW? EXCUSE ME.
YES, WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A POTHOLE, PATRICK, I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, HOW OLD IT IS, BUT IT IS AN AGED MACHINERY YOU CAN DIRECT.
AND THE REASON I KIND OF BRIEFED THAT QUESTION FOR YOU.
WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO STAFFING AND TRAINING THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO I W MY ED LEADS ME INTO MY NEXT QUESTION.
UH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO STAFF THOSE INDIVIDUALS? UH, BECAUSE I REMEMBER 18, 19, WE HAD A SITUATION, UH, NOT HAVING PROPERLY TRAINED INDIVIDUALS WITH THAT NEW, UH, EQUIPMENT.
WHENEVER WE DO GET A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR WHICH OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT VERY FAMILIAR, WE WILL REQUEST THAT THE VENDOR HAVE AN ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES TO COME DOWN WITH THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND TO TRAIN OUR STAFF BEFORE JUST RELEASING THE EQUIPMENT TO STAFF OR USE.
AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU DIRECTOR IS, UH, ALSO REMEMBER IN RECALL COUNSEL, A WOMAN, MOSES MAY REMEMBER THIS, HOW WOULD YOU HOUSE THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT? CAUSE HE JUST CAN'T, IT HAS TO BE TALKED OVER OR SOME TYPE OF BARRIER, YOU KNOW, OVER THAT EQUIPMENT.
UH, AND I REMEMBER THAT BEING AN ISSUE AT ONE TIME.
SO ARE WE PREPARED, UH, BEFORE WE GET THIS HOT LA EQUIPMENT, WE DO HAVE BAYS AT THE OPERATION CENTER WHERE WE, WE DO HOUSE SOME OF OUR LOWER JAN HIGH DOLLAR EQUIPMENT.
UM, SO WE CAN MAKE ROOM IN THAT DAY.
KINDLES REMARKS, UH, MS. MS. ROBERTS, AND I MIGHT BE OUT OF, OR ASKING THIS QUESTION, BUT WILL THIS EQUIPMENT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE, UH, INTERSECTIONS ALONG GULF WAY DRIVE, WHERE WE HAD THE, UH,
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ASPHALT, UH, PLACED ON THE STREET AND WHEN YOU HIT THESE INTERSECTIONS, IT'S LIKE HITTING A HUGE POTHOLE, UH, WILL THIS EQUIPMENT BE ABLE, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A STATE, UH, TEX DOT JOB REPAVING GOLF WAY DRIVE, BUT AT EVERY INTERSECTION THAT GULF WAY DRIVE TOUCHES, IT'S LIKE HITTING A POTHOLE COMING FROM EITHER DIRECTION.SO TO, WILL WE BE ABLE TO, WILL WE BE ABLE TO USE THIS EQUIPMENT TO REPAIR THOSE? OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADDRESS TO TXDOT AGAIN, IF YOU WANT, I CAN ADDRESS IT TO TEXTILE.
THEY SAID THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK HERE.
THEY TOLD ME, SO THEY SAID THEY'RE NOT THROUGH US YET.
JUST GIVING THEM A FEW MORE WEEKS, THEY GO TO REACH OUT TO THE ARMS AS WELL, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
IN MY COURSE, YOU WERE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU AS HAVING SO AS AUDIT, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 6 8 3 AS READ NEXT, WE HAVE PR
[VII.C.8. P. R. No. 22686 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation To Enter Into A Lease With BKG Enterprises For Suite 131A 549 4th Street ( The Press Building)]
NUMBER 22, 6, 8, 6, OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PORT OFF THE SECTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT, OR AT LEAST WITH B K G ENTERPRISES FOR SUITE 1 31 8 AT 5 49 FOURTH STREET DEPRESSED BUILDING.UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COSMIC MOSS MIGHT GET A SECOND COUNSELOR.
I'M CURIOUS WHO COULD BE OCCUPYING THE BUILDING.
SO WHO WAS BKG AND WHO WAS THIS? WHO? THIS COMPANY.
AND WHAT'D YOU DO? UH, PAST A CAITLYN GARDNER.
THAT'S HIS COUNSELING SERVICE PASS THE GARDENER.
THAT'S THAT'S IT COUNSELING SERVICE.
I'M CHOOSING TO BE KZ PRIVATE.
ANY OTHER UNWRITTEN IS ON IT? ANY OTHER, OKAY.
WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT TOWARDS AUTO.
WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 6, 8, 6 AS RED.
[VII.C.24. P. R. No. 22705 —A Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of Twenty- Four ( 24) Portable Radios And Fourteen ( 14) Mobile Radios With Accessories For The Fire Department From Motorola Solutions Of Houston, Texas Through HGAC Contract RA05- 18, In The Amount Of $ 221, 803.84; Funding Is Available In Equipment Account Number 149- 13- 630- 8522- 00- 10- 000]
P R NUMBER 22, 7 0 5, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF 24 PORTABLE RADIOS AND 14 MOBILE RADIOS WITH ACCESSORIES FOR THE POWER DEPARTMENT FOR MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS OF HOUSTON, TEXAS THROUGH H G A C CONTRACT RAC OH FIVE DASH ONE EIGHT IN THE AMOUNT OF, EXCUSE ME, $221,803 AND 84 CENTS.FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 4 9 DASH ONE THREE DASH 6 3 0 DASH 8 5 2 2 THAT'S ZERO ZERO DASH ONE ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILWOMAN, MOSES, MAKE IT A SECOND.
SECOND MIRROR HAS BEEN MOVED TO SECOND.
THEY WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22 7 0 5 AS READ.
WE'RE READY TO QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE RADIOS, UH, LAST YEAR, ABOUT TWO YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS AGO.
WELL, UH, AND I REMEMBER, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAGELLAN AND MYSELF.
WE WERE INQUIRING ABOUT THE COST OF THE RADIOS UPGRADES AT RADIOS.
AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE WARRANTIES.
UH, CAN YOU ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE WANT TO ASSURE THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT OUT THERE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT JOB IS VERY DIFFICULT AND TWO, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO WARRANTY SOME OF THESE EQUIPMENT.
RADIO IS COMMUNICATIONS CONTINUES TO BE A VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION IN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE RADIOS, THAT THEY ARE FUNCTIONAL IS A KEY ITEM IN THE, IN MAKING SURE WE'RE THE SERVICE LEVEL.
THE WARRANTIES ON THESE RADIOS IS I UNDERSTAND IS BASICALLY IT'S ONE YEAR.
UH, IF WE DROP THEM OR SMACK THEM AGAINST SOMETHING, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
THEY ALSO, WE ARE ABLE TO REPROGRAM THE RADIOS BECAUSE DURING THE LIFESPAN OF THE
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RADIOS, MOTOROLA MAY CHANGE CERTAIN THINGS.AND WE'RE ABLE TO NOW REPROGRAM THESE RADIOS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMMING COMPONENT IS AT ITS MOST, UH, APPROPRIATE LEVEL, IF YOU WILL.
SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO IN, WELL, MAYBE I NEED TO ASK YOU THE QUESTION.
ARE WE ANTICIPATING HAVING THIS TYPE OF COST EVERY YEAR? UH, THIS IS A SECOND, UH, PHASE OF A THREE-PHASE REPLACEMENT FOR THE RADIOS.
SO YOU'LL PROBABLY GET A CHANCE NEXT YEAR AND SAY, CAN I CALL YOU BACK UP HERE TO, AND I KNOW ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN CHIEF RICHES WAS HERE, WE HAD THE SAME SITUATION AND I FOUND OUT THEN THE LIFESPAN ON THOSE RADIOS WAS BASICALLY IF WE GOT 20 MONTHS, WE WOULD DO A REAL GOOD, BUT MOST YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IF, YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN RECALL, YOU GOT GUZMAN JONES.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND OUT THEN THAT'S WHY, WHEN I SAW THIS DURING THE AGENDA REVIEW, IT WAS JUST, IT SOUNDED LIKE ROPE BECAUSE EVERY YEAR OR TWO, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A COST, BUT WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THE STATE OF THE ART, YOU KNOW, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT.
BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, JUST TO, SO THE RADIO, THE LIFESPAN FOR THE RADIOS IS EIGHT TO 10 YEARS.
BUT IF YOU'RE WORKING IN THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME, SOME, SOME CATCHES WOULD HAVE RADIOS.
BUT THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH MR. BURTON ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING SO THAT WHEN RADIOS ARE, ARE BEING, UH, YOU KNOW, PURCHASED, I'LL SAY IN 20, 22, WE NEED TO BE PLANNING TO REPLACE THEM IN 20, 32 OR SOMEWHERE THERE ABOUT THAT.
THE LONG-TERM PLANNING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TO, TO HELP WITH THE, THE WHOLE PLANNING AND THE FISCAL ASPECTS OF IT.
SO COSMIC CAME UP, IF I'VE NEVER SAID THAT YOU MAY RECALL THIS, THAT WAS SOME FUN THAT WE HAVE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THEM, UH, SOME VIOLATIONS WITH SOME OF THOSE MONEY, THAT MONEY IS USED.
AM I CORRECT? THE ATTORNEY ON THAT? SOME MONIES FROM CERTAIN VIOLATIONS WE OWE THAT MONEY.
THAT CAN BE, THOSE MONIES CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I CAN, I CAN GO FURTHER PRIVATELY, BUT IT'S SOME, IT'S SOME FAN MONEY.
WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
SO WE JUST AUDIT NOW WE WILL MOVE NOW TO THE NON-CONSTANT
[VIII.A.1. P. R. No. 22719 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into The Second Year ( First Renewal) Of The Contract With Ardurra Of Houston, Texas For Assistance With The American Rescue Plan Act Program/ Grant Management Services In An Amount Not To Exceed $ 180, 000. 00 Per Annum. Funding Is Available From American Rescue Plan Account # 169- 07- 015- 5470- 00- 40- 000, Project No. ARP0007]
AGENDA.AND I THINK WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM HERE ARE AUTHORIZED TO TWO.
I WILL LIVE IN THE CHARLOTTE STILL GOING WHAT? I WANT IT TO BE NONE.
IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO THE SECOND YEAR.
FIRST RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH A DEWAR OF HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PROGRAM, GRANT MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 180,000 PER ANNUM, UH, FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACCOUNT IN NUMBER 1 6 9 DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 1 5 DASH 5 4 7 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
AND IT'S PROJECT NUMBER ARPAC AARP 0 0 0 7.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN JONES.
CAN I GET A SECOND COUNCIL WOMAN AT HOMES? SECOND, MAN, IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22 7 1 9 AS RED.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? ANY QUESTIONS? READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NAY.
[VIII.B.1. P. 0. No. 7085 - An Ordinance Extending The Declaration Of Disaster Pursuant To § 418. 108( b) Of The Texas Government Code]
NEXT WEEK, WE'LL HAVE P O NUMBER 7, 0 8 5, AND AUDIT EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF DISASTER PURSUANT TO FOUR 18.108.SUBSECTION B OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? OKAY.
MY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO SEE YOU.
SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD, UH, PASS THE AUDIT TO 7 0 8 5.
IT'S RED ALL IN FAVOR AND HE'LL POSES AS AVERAGE.
SO IT IS PUT TOGETHER AND IT IS AT 7 37.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS GREAT AUGUST BODY,
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AND IT'S BEEN MOVED.AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD HAVE JOINED THIS MEETING.
MAYOR WHO MADE THE MO THE MOTION IN THE SECOND? THE CITY'S OKAY.