Sep 13, 2022 City Council

WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL CITY SECRETARY.

OH, THERE IT IS.

FAR T MAYOR PRO TIM HOLMES HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

FRANK, YOU HAVE A QUO MAYOR PRO.

ON TO PRESENTATIONS, A PRESENTATION BY CHARLES WHEELER, PORT ARTHUR, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS REGARDING A PORT ARTHUR PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THERE BEING NO PROCLAMATIONS.

OUR SPEAKERS WE'LL MOVE

[III.B.1. A Presentation By Charles Wheeler, Port Arthur Project Manager Of The U. S. Army Corps Of Engineers Regarding A Port Arthur Public Open House]

MR. WHEELER, ARE YOU HERE? YES.

PLEASE JOIN US AT THE MIC MIC CHECK.

SO TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER.

HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING MORNING, EVERYONE.

GOOD MORNING.

HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALL ABLE TO GET, UH, THE HANDOUT THAT'S IN THE BACK.

MY NAME IS CHARLES WHEELER.

I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE SABINE PASS THE GALVESTON BAY PROGRAM PORT ARTHUR PROJECT.

UH, WE CALL THAT S TWO G FOR SHORT.

I'M HERE WITH, UH, MR. PHIL KELLY, A GENERAL MANAGER OF DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, ALSO KNOWN AS DD SEVEN.

AND, UH, THERE, THERE ARE NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR FOR THE PROJECT.

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WE HAVE, UH, COMING UP AND ALSO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY ON WHAT THE PROJECT IS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR PORT ARTHUR.

SO ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2022, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM AT THE BAUER CIVIC CENTER.

THE ADDRESS IS 34 0 1 CULTURAL CENTER DRIVE PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.

AND THE GOAL OF THIS EVENT IS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND GIVE THEM A, A DETAILED PRESENTATION AT DIFFERENT STATIONS OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE PROJECT ALIGNMENT OF HOW THE PROJECT'S LAID OUT THE LEVY SYSTEM, FLOOD WALLS, GATE STRUCTURES.

WE'LL LOOK AT THE, UH, REAL ESTATE.

WE'LL HAVE, UH, PD TEAM MEMBERS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THAT'S PROJECT DELIVERY TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE, THE CORE.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR PROJECT PARTNER STATION, UH, JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN.

WE'LL BE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECT ELEMENTS IN MORE DETAILS, AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND HOW IT COULD AFFECT THE AREA AND TRAFFIC.

AND WE'LL ALSO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS AND HOW WE'VE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR ELEVATIONS AND, AND SHOW, UH, THE, THE AREA WITH AND WITHOUT PROJECT.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A, A PROJECT STORY MAP STATION WHERE WE'LL HAVE LAPTOPS SET UP, UH, AND THE PUBLIC CAN GET ON THE LAPTOPS AND DIVE INTO THE, THE STORY MAPS THEMSELVES AND, AND GET INTERACTIVE.

SO THAT'S OUR OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 22ND.

ONCE AGAIN AT THE BOWER CIVIC CENTER NOW, JUST TO REFRESH YOUR ALL AND THERE, UH, AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT, STARTING WITH THE, UH, REGIONAL PORTFOLIO THAT THE GALVESTON DISTRICT'S WORKING ON HERE, YOU SEE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND I'LL START WITH THE, SO BEING PASSED THE GALVESTON BAY PROGRAM, IT'S MADE UP OF THREE PROJECTS, ORANGE AND ORANGE PORT ARTHUR IN THE BLUE, AND THEN FREEPORT DOWN IN THE SOUTH IN THE RED.

SO THESE THREE PROJECTS MAKE UP THIS PASS GALVESTON BAY PROGRAM.

AND THAT PROGRAM WAS FUNDED IN 2018 BY THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT FOR 3.9 BILLION.

AND IT WAS FULLY FUNDED TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, UH, THE COASTAL TEXAS STUDY IS A MAJOR PORTION OF THIS, UH, PORTFOLIO.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE HAVE, UH, FIVE OBJECTIVES THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE, UH, PROTECTION FOR THE, THE, THE REGION, INCLUDING, UH, REDUCTION TO, IT'S HARD TO SEE RISK TO HUMAN LIVES, UH, PETROCHEMICAL FACILITIES AND SOMETHING IN THE WAY.

I CAN'T SEE THAT, UM, THAT CAN MINIMIZE, MINIMIZE THIS.

FRONTING PROTECTION FOR THREE OF THE PUMP STATIONS.

THANKS AND REDUCING, UH, ADVERSE ECONOMIC IMPACTS TO WATERWAYS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE DEEPENING AND WIDENING THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL AND THE SABINE NATURE'S WATERWAY AS WELL.

SO THAT'S SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE, IN, IN THE GALVESTON DISTRICT.

SO, UH, WE, WE WANT TO DO THESE QUARTERLY AND WE, WE CAME IN JUNE AND PRESENTED HOW WE HELD A SMALL BUSINESS INDUSTRY DAY, WHERE WE FOCUSED ON THE, THE PORT ARTHUR INDUSTRY AND HOW THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN OUR CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS.

SO THAT WAS HELD IN MAY.

SO WENT TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AGAIN.

AND THEN WE HAD OUR CONTRACT ONE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION.

WE STARTED ON THE VALERO, UH, PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 87.

WE COMPLETED THAT ON JULY 30TH, THAT WAS A MILE LONG LEVY RAISE.

AND THEN WE, UH, WHAT STEWART WERE ACTUALLY CREATING A NEW CONTRACT CALLED P A V THREE C THAT'LL ALLOW US TO, UH, EXPEDITE THE PROJ THE PROJECT AND PROGRAM TO MOVE FORWARD.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE DOING SOME SUPPLEMENTAL NEPA WHERE ON ONE OF OUR CONTRACTS, UH, WE'VE REARRANGED THE ALIGNMENT.

AND SO WE'RE DOING SOME MITIGATION, SOME ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION.

SO WHAT'S NEXT, WE'RE WORKING ON AWARDING A CONTRACT, UH, P A V THREE A, UH, THIS WILL BE THE

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WE'RE WORKING ON THE ENDS OF THE SYSTEMS, UH, TYING IN THE HIGH GROUND AND HOW THAT'S GONNA CLOSE OUT.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON SOME INUNDATION MAPPING AND THE ALIGNMENT FOR, FOR THAT, WHAT WE CALL P A V OH FIVE, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON DESIGN ADVANCEMENTS ACROSS ALL OF THE 10 CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE DOING, UH, ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE THAT WE NEED TO DO AS FAR AS CULTURAL RESOURCES, INVESTIGATIONS, HT R W INVESTIGATIONS AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL NEPA.

AND FINALLY, WE'RE INITIATING RELOCATIONS AND LAND ACQUISITION SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION.

AND THE JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINS DISTRICT.

I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE EXISTING SYSTEM PORT ARTHUR, UH, CURRENTLY HAS A PORT, A HURRICANE FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEM.

THAT'S SPED UP OF 28 MILES OF EARTH AND LEVIES, AND ABOUT SIX MILES OF FLOOD WALLS AND 13 PUMP STATIONS.

AND THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1966 AND 1984 UNDER THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT OF, UH, 1962.

AND THE PROJECT SPONSOR WAS JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, AND THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE LEVY SYSTEM, UH, SINCE THAT TIME.

SO HERE'S OUR, OUR PROJECT, WHAT WE PLANNING ON INTENDING TO DO, WE'RE NOT INCREASING THE HEIGHT OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM, BUT WE'VE ANALYZED THE SYSTEM AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED LOW AREAS.

SO WE'LL BE DOING ABOUT 13 MILES OF THE 28 MILES OF EARTH AND LEVY.

WE'LL BE INCREASING THE HEIGHT OF THOSE FROM 14 TO 17 FEET.

AND THEN WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SIX MILES OF FLOOD WALL, AND WE'LL BE RAISING THOSE FLOOD WALLS FROM 14 TO 19 FEET.

SO IT'S A PROVIDE MAJOR AMOUNT OF PROTECTION.

AND, UH, WE, WE DIDN'T GET INTO DETAIL ON HOW WE BROKE THE CONTRACTS UP, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 10 TOTAL CONTRACTS, UH, THAT WE PLANNING TO GET THIS WORK DONE.

I LIKE TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT FEATURES.

SO YOU'LL HAVE AN IDEA WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING RIGHT NOW.

THE SYSTEM'S MADE UP OF EYE WALLS.

WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING ALL OF THESE EYE WALLS WITH T WALLS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE UPSIDE DOWN T WITH THE BATTERED PILES, UH, CREATING A, A SUBSTANTIALLY STRONGER, UH, STRUCTURE.

SO WE'RE DOING ABOUT SIX MILES OF FLOAT WALL REPLACEMENT.

WE'RE ALSO DOING LEVY RAISING ABOUT 13 MILES, AS I STATED BEFORE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A 1800, UH, FOOT PIECE AND A NEW EARTH AND LEVEE THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE ONCE WE INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE LEVEE, WE HAVE TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT.

AND SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL BE DOING ROAD CLOSURES, UM, UTILIZING ROLLER GATES FOR, UH, OPENINGS GREATER THAN 60 FEET.

AND THEN WE'LL UTILIZE, WE'RE LOOKING AT TROLLEY GATES AS A POTENTIAL OPTION FOR SOME OF OUR AREAS.

AND WHAT WE SEE A LOT ON THE SYSTEM NOW ARE THE SWING GATES.

THEN WE'LL BE REPLACING THOSE.

WE ALSO HAVE RAILROAD CLOSURES, SEVERAL OF THOSE AROUND THE SYSTEM.

SO YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS GRAPHIC, HOW THE WATER IS KEPT AT BAY, JUST REAL QUICK TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.

SO WE COMPLETED THE STUDY IN 2017, AND THEN WE WERE FUNDED AGAIN AND, UH, ABOUT THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET BUDGET ACT OF 2018, FULLY FUNDED, AND THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED.

AND THEN WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION IN 2020, AND WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETING DESIGN IN 2025 AND, UH, PLANNING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT BY 2028.

KEEP IN MIND THIS SCHEDULE, UH, WILL BE REVISED AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE DESIGN PROCESS.

SO PROJECT FUNDING, UH, WE WERE FUNDED FOR 863 MILLION, UH, COST.

WE COST SHARE THIS COST WITH, UH, JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN.

UH, THE FEDERAL SHARE IS 65% AND THE NON-FEDERAL SHARE IS 35%.

I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF GIVE A IDEA OF HOW BIG THE TEAM IS.

WE HAVE OVER 400 PEOPLE WORKING ON THE PROJECT, UH, FROM THE, THE GALVESTON DISTRICT

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NUMBER SEVEN, WE LEAD THE PROJECT AND WE HAVE, UH, A TEAM OF, UH, THE CORE DISTRICT SISTER DISTRICTS THAT ARE SUPPORTING IN THE DESIGN EFFORT.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HIRED SOME ARCHITECT, ENGINEER ENGINEERING FIRMS, COWIE, UH, CDM SMITH, AND FREEA NICHOLS.

AND YOU'LL SEE ARCADA ARE DESIGN AND TWO OF OUR PROJECTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE FORIN THAT COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR CONTRACT ONE.

AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE WORKING WITH NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT ARCTIC, UH, CHICAGO DISTRICT, MEMPHIS DISTRICT, SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS TO GET THE WORK DONE.

SO LASTLY, BEFORE I GO, UM, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE AWARE OF OUR WEBSITE, WWW.SWG.UASE.ARMY DOT MILL SLASH S TWO G.

HERE, YOU CAN SEE INFORMATION ON ALL OF THE PROJECTS, FREEPORT, PORT, ARTHUR, AND ORANGE WITH, UH, A LOT OF MATERIAL TO REVIEW AND, AND READ.

ALSO, THERE'S A STORY MAP THAT'S INTERACTIVE WHERE YOU CAN SLIDE THE SLIDER AND SEE HOW THE, THE FLOODING WOULD HAPPEN IF THE LEVY WAS NOT BUILT AND INCREASED IN 50 YEARS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE IF PENDING ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING TO BRING US THOSE UPDATES.

IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR US.

UH, OUR NEXT

[III.B.2. A Presentation By Dr. Albert Thigpen, Dr. Delena King And Cheryl Gibbs Regarding The 2030 Census]

PRESENTATION IS, UM, DR.

ALBERT THICK PEN, DR.

DELINA KING AND CHERYL GIBBS REGARDING THE 2030 CENSUS DR.

THICK PEN, MS. GIBBS.

AND THANK YOU.

SAY THAT IT IS A PUBLIC COMMENT FORM, WHICH MEANS YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCILS MANAGER.

WE ARE HERE TODAY, UM, HERE WITH MS. GIBBS AND DR.

KING IS JOINING US, UH, VIA LIVESTREAM.

AND WE WANTED TO, FIRST OF ALL, OF COURSE, THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN THE 2020 CENSUS FROM THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.

UH, EVERYTHING WENT EXTREMELY WELL.

AND PORT ARTHUR WAS HONORED AS YOU KNOW, MS. GILL WAS ONE OF THE HONOREE, UH, BY THE POLY CHICK GROUP, UH, WHICH DID A LOT OF THE PHONE BANK WORK.

AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE 10 HONOREES THAT THEY DID THIS YEAR.

WE WANTED TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT A FIRST TIME HAPPENING.

AND THAT IS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, THE CENSUS BUREAU IS ASKING FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND ASKING FOR PUBLIC COMMUN.

AND SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE IN THE DESIGN PHASE.

I KNOW THAT PEOPLE THINK 20, 30 IS A LONG WAY AWAY, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COUNTING THE ENTIRE NATION, YOU NEED THOSE INTERVENING YEARS TO PLAN.

SO WITHIN THIS DESIGN PHASE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON CENSUS AND HOW THE CENSUS WAS DONE, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY ARE OFFERING, UH, AS EXAMPLES OF HOW THEY COULD MAKE THE CENSUS BETTER.

SO THEY HAVE FIVE AREAS.

OF COURSE, IT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT, SO YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY AREA, BUT THERE ARE FIVE AREAS.

ONE AREA IS OUTREACH AND IN A COMMUNITY, AS DIVERSE AS PORT AUTHORS, BEING ABLE TO REACH THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT.

THE OTHER AREA IS TECHNOLOGY.

HOW CAN THEY BETTER IMPROVE THEIR TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE CENSUS? THEY'RE LOOKING AT DATA SOURCES, WHAT INFORMATION, UH, DID THEY NOT USE LAST TIME? THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THEM.

THE FOURTH ITEM WOULD BE HOW TO CONTACT PEOPLE.

AND WE KNOW THAT IN ORDER FOR THE CENSUS TO WORK, PEOPLE HAVE TO RESPOND.

SO HOW CAN THEY CONTACT THEM? AND FINALLY SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE, PARTICIPATING IN THE CENSUS.

WE KNOW THAT THE CENSUS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IMPACTS TWO THINGS.

CRITICALLY.

ONE OF COURSE IS LOCAL LEVEL FUNDING OF FEDERAL DOLLARS.

AND SECONDLY, EVEN AS WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION TODAY, THERE ARE PROPOSALS GOING TO CONGRESS REGARDING HOW THE CENSUS IS ADMINISTERED IN ORDER TO LOOK AT HOW IT IMPACTS OUR REPRESENTATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

SO WE KNOW THAT THE CENSUS DOES HAVE AN IMPORTANT IMPACT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING TODAY IS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HELP BY ASKING CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE.

IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FOR YOU IN RESPONDING TO THE CENSUS, THAT YOU WOULD MAKE THAT A PUBLIC COMMENT, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU THINK THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO TO DO TO SUPPORT CITIZENS AND THE CITY IN HAVING THE CENSUS RESPONDED TO THAT, THEY WOULD MAKE THAT A PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE WOULD RE

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IF YOU MAKE IT IS VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD, UH, WE SHOW THE PAGE OF WHAT THE PRESENTATION, UH, FOR COMMENT LOOKS LIKE, BUT BASICALLY IT'S JUST A BLANK SQUARE WHERE YOU TYPE IN WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO SAY.

MS. GIBSON SAID THAT SHE'S GOING TO PLACE THE PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS HOW TO RESPOND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU ALL WILL ENCOURAGE YOUR DISTRICT MEMBERS TO RESPOND AND TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN ANSWER? COUNSEL? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, WOULD YOU ASK MS. KING, WHETHER SHE HAS ANY COMMENTS, I'M SORRY, MS. KING.

OH, MS. KING.

PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION BY STAFF REGARDING THE JULY FINANCIALS.

DR.

KING, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? CAN SHE, NO, THERE WE GO.

I'M SORRY.

I, YOU, SO I THINK THAT DR.

CHERYL, UH, DID A GREAT PRESENTATION AND I SENT ALL THE INFORMATION TO THEM AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR 2030, CERTAINLY.

AND THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

WE DID MAKE OUR NOVEL.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR CO AND OUR FINAL

[III.B.3. A Presentation By Staff Regarding The July Financial Report]

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR PROTE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

GOOD MORNING, MS. DANIELS.

I DON'T.

OH, IT IS UP THERE.

HE TOLD ME MY PRESENTATION.

WASN'T GONNA BE ON THE BOARD, BUT IT IS SO YAY.

MONITOR THE FUND TO ENSURE THAT THE FUND, UH, RETURNS TO A BALANCED POSITION, UH, BEFORE YEAR END, NEXT PAGE, UH, SIX, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE ISLAND FUND.

I HAVE THE, UH, JULY MONTHLY REPORT, UH, FOR YOU TODAY.

THIS IS THE 10TH MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

UH, NEARING THE END.

UM, WE'RE GONNA START ON PAGE TWO.

UH, WITH THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES CURRENTLY ARE 73.2 MILLION, WHICH IS 4.2 MILLION ABOVE THE ESTIMATE.

UM, 16.3 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS.

THESE ARE ABOVE THE, UH, ESTIMATE BY 700,000.

MOST OF THOSE ARE RECEIVED EARLIER IN THE YEAR AROUND JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, AND ALSO 33.2 MILLION WAS RECEIVED IN, IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT PAYMENTS.

AND ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, UH, SALES AND USE TAX FOR THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH JULY IS 12.3 MILLION OR 2.2 MILLION ABOVE THE CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATE.

UM, THERE IS A TWO MONTH TIME LAG IN RECEIPTS, JULY RECEIPTS REPRESENT MAC SALES.

UM, PAGE THREE, UH, LINDSEY, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING EXPENDITURES, UH, OR 53.9 MILLION THROUGH JULY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BELOW THE BUDGETED LEVEL, BLAH, ABOUT 5.3 MILLION BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE REQUESTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS NEEDED, UH, AN AMENDED BUDGET, UH, HAS THE ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 23.8 MILLION OR 120 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

TOTAL REVENUES ARE 73.2 MILLION AND TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE 64.4 MILLION, WHICH STILL RESULTS IN A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE OF 39.7 MILLION AT THE END OF JULY.

UH, THE FUND BALANCE IS WELL IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF 60 DAYS, PLUS ONE AND A HALF MILLION PAGE FOUR, LINDSEY.

UH, WE HAVE THE WATER FUND REVENUES TOTAL 26.2 MILLION AT JULY 31ST, WHICH IS ABOVE THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY ABOUT 416,000.

UH, THE REVENUE FROM INDUSTRY IS UP SUBSTANTIALLY.

UH, IT'S ABOUT A MILLION ABOVE THE EXPECTED AMOUNT AT THIS TIME OPERATING EXPENDITURES, TOTAL 16.8 MILLION, WHICH IS UNDER THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY 1.4 MILLION PAGE FIVE, WE HAVE THE SOLID WASTE FUND SOLID WASTE WASTE REVENUES TOTAL AT 8 MILLION THROUGH JULY, WHICH IS BELOW ESTIMATE BY ABOUT 767,000.

UH, OPERATING EXPENSES ARE CURRENTLY 5.3 MILLION, WHICH IS UNDER BUDGET BY 685,000.

THE CURRENT SAVINGS, UH, DOES LEAVE EXPENSES SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN AVAILABLE REVENUES AT THIS TIME.

BUT STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO

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UM, REVENUES ARE 900,000, WHICH IS ABOVE THE ESTIMATE BY ABOUT 29,000 OPERATING EXPENSES OR 699,000, WHICH IS 110,000 BELOW THE BUDGETED AMOUNT, LEAVING EXPENSES, UH, IN GOOD SHAPE IN LINE WITH REVENUES AT THIS TIME, PAGE SEVEN, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SECTION.

UH, WE HAVE THE STREET SUMMARY ALLOCATION, UH, BY YEAR END DISTRICT, THE TOTAL ALLOCATIONS, UH, FOR ALL YEARS, IT ONE THROUGH FOUR IS 62.6 MILLION.

THERE WAS 19.5 MILLION, UH, YEAR ONE 14.4 MILLION YEAR TWO 15.2 MILLION IN YEAR THREE AND 13.5 MILLION IN YEAR FOUR.

AND NOTE, THIS HAS BEEN REVISED, UH, TO REFLECT THE REALLOCATION OF YEAR FOUR, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UH, ON AUGUST 30TH, PAGE EIGHT, UH, THE STREET SUMMARY EXPENSES, 23.4 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT THROUGH JULY 31ST LEAVING A BALANCE OF 39.2 MILLION OF THIS 30.5 MILLION IS COMMITTED TO OPEN STREET PROJECTS.

AND THERE IS CURRENTLY 8.7 REMI REMAINING TO BE ALLOCATED FROM ONE YEAR FROM YEAR ONE THROUGH FOUR ALLOCATIONS, WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

JUST ON A SIDE NOTE, WE DID, UM, JUST CLOSE OUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT WE SOLD LAST MONTH.

THE CLOSING WAS THIS MORNING AND ALL'S CLOSED AND ALL IS WELL.

WE HAVE OUR $10 MILLION, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO WITH THESE EXPENSES.

UM, PAGE NINE, OPEN STREET PROJECTS, 45.1 MILLION HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR OPEN STREET PROJECTS.

14.6 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE LEAVING A BALANCE OF 30.5 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE OPEN PROJECTS.

PAGE 10, WE HAVE THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS.

CURRENT BUDGET FOR GENERAL IMPROVEMENT.

PROJECT BUDGET IS 31.7 MILLION EXPENDITURES.

TOTAL 7.9 MILLION WITH 24 MILLION REMAINING TO BE SPENT.

THESE DO INCLUDE VARIOUS CITY FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, TECHNOLOGY PURCHASE OF A FIRE VEHICLE.

PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS.

NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE THE OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, START WITH DRAINAGE.

THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, 69.1 MILLION PRIMARILY FUNDED FROM FEMA MITIGATION GRANTS AND CDBG 6 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TODAY LEAVING A BALANCE OF 63.1 MILLION AND IT'S PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, UH, 19 MILLION OF THE FEMA MITIGATION FUNDS RELATED TO THE LAKE ARTHUR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

OUR JEOPARDY AND ALTERNATE FUNDING SOURCES ARE BEING EXPLORED.

UH, WE'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE AS THAT.

UM, TRANSPIRES, UH, DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION BUDGET IS 5.1 MILLION PRIMARILY FOR PARKING LOT EXPANSION AND FIBER OPTIC IMPROVEMENTS.

3 MILLION, UH, WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH AN ED GRANT.

800,000 HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE LEAVING A BALANCE OF 4.2 MILLION.

THE WATER UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT 84.9 MILLION, PRIMARILY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT 12.9 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TODAY WITH 72 MILLION REMAINING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS.

PLEASURE ISLAND 590,000 HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR A BOAT RAMP AND PARKING LOT REPAIRS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRAND.

138,000 HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE.

THE EDC PRESS BUILDING RENOVATION WAS BUDGETED AT 10.9 MILLION OF WHICH 4.7 IS FUNDED BY GRANT FROM ED TODAY.

10.8 HAS BEEN SPENT, UH, LEAVING A BALANCE OF 50,000.

SO THIS PROJECT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.

UM, OUR GRANT PROJECTS, UH, IN MARCH OF 21, THE CITY AWARDED 26.7 MILLION IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GRANT FUNDS.

UM, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS, UM, UH, GOVERNMENTS AND RESPONDING TO ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF COVID 19 GOVERNMENT SERVICES MAKE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER, SEWER BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, SEVERAL PROJECTS WERE

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IDENTIFIED IN THE 2022 BUDGET TO BE FUNDED FROM A R P PROJECTS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY REALLOCATED, UH, TO INCLUDE 13 MILLION FOR WASTEWATER, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND 7.1 MILLION FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES.

AND THE 7.1 INCLUDES, UH, THE HEALTH BUILDING AT 5 MILLION AND THE SABINE PASS BOAT RAMP AT 1 MILLION.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE 2021 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, UM, PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 32.9 MILLION, UH, WERE ISSUED IN 2021 INCLUDES STREET PROJECTS, DRAINAGE, PUMP STATIONS, ANIMAL SHELTER, NEW HEALTH BUILDING, RENOVATIONS AND WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.

1.7 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR LEAVING A BALANCE OF 31.2 MILLION.

AND THE LAST PAGE WE HAVE OUR DISASTER FUND BEGINNING WITH HURRICANE HARVEY.

30.3 MILLION HAS BEEN RECEIVED PRIMARILY FROM FEMA AND INSURANCE, 34.3 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES WITH PENDING REIMBURSEMENTS OF 253,000.

LEAVE A BALANCE OF 3.7 AT THIS TIME.

AND ANTICIPATED REIMBURSEMENTS FROM OPEN PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO FURTHER REDUCE THE CITY'S OUT OF POCKET COSTS TO APPROXIMATELY 790,000 COVID 19.

WE HAVE 3 MILLION RECORDED IN REVENUES AND DONATIONS AND EXPENDITURES TO DATE ARE 3.6 MILLION HURRICANE LAURA 217,000 HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS THROUGH JULY AND 3.3 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, UH, OF WHICH ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 2.3 MILLION IS ANTICIPATED TO BE REIMBURSED FROM THE OPEN PROJECTS.

THE CITY DOES MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO CAPTURE AS MUCH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND INSURANCE THAT'S POSSIBLE FOR ALL DISASTERS.

THAT'S MY REPORT FOR TODAY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS? UH, YES.

UH, GOOD MORNING CANDY.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO LET'S IT'S PAGE 3, 4, 5, AND SIX UNDER OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

UH, THERE'S A VARIANCE ON EACH ONE OF THOSE, UH, ON THE GENERAL FUND IS 5 MILLION, 347,000.

WE'RE UN UNDER OUR BUDGET BY, UH, 5.3 MILLION FOR THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

RIGHT.

SO, AND YOU'RE UNDER BUDGET ON THE OTHER OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

SO THE, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS WHAT PROJECTS HAVE, UH, WHAT HAS WHAT'S CAUSING US TO HAVE THAT, UH, WELL, IN THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S NORMALLY PRIMARILY, UM, PERSONNEL, UH, POSITIONS.

IT'S NOT ALL OF IT WILL BE, BUT, UM, POSITION, THERE IS SOME, UH, UNDERRUN IN THE BUDGET DUE TO POSITIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FILLED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND SOME OF THIS IS, IS MAYBE A TIMING DIFFERENCE THAT WE DON'T REALLY EXPECT TO HAVE QUITE THIS MUCH LEFT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

IT MAY BE THAT SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN PURCHASED YET THAT WOULD BE PLANNED TO PURCHASE EARLIER AND, AND JUST HASN'T, UH, COME IN YET.

UH, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS ON, UH, WHAT MAKES THIS, UM, LIST AT THIS TIME, BUT, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER IF YOU LIKE.

I JUST, FOR MY, MY UNDERSTANDING AND, AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE BALANCE A BUDGET, WE'RE BASED IN THAT BALANCE ON RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BASED ON WHAT YOU EXPECT TO SPEND IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND SO IF, IF WE'RE, UH, THE VARIANCE IS, IS THAT LARGE WHERE WE HAVE NOT EXPENDED THOSE FUNDS, WHEN THOSE, FROM WE GET TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR NOW AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, RIGHT.

WE HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY UNSPENT MM-HMM RIGHT.

THIS IS KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS JULY'S REPORT, RIGHT? SO, UH, AND THIS IS JUST A POINT IN TIME.

AND WHAT, WHAT WE DO IS THE MOST OF THESE BUDGETS ARE TAKEN, UH, AND DIVIDED BY 12.

SO WE ALL KNOW THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY SPEND SO MUCH EQUALLY EVERY MONTH.

SO IT COULD BE THAT SOME THINGS ARE JUST NOT PAID

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FOR YET.

UH, AND THAT IT'LL, IT'S, WE DO PLAN FOR IT TO CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

UH, BUT I I'LL DEFINITELY, UH, LOOK AT IT AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCES UH, ARE.

AND, UM, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, THE BUDGET AND WHERE WE EXPECTED TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN YOUR NEW BUDGET.

THAT WAS JUST ADOPTED.

THERE IS A COLUMN THAT SAYS ESTIMATE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ESTIMATE TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA COME CLOSER TO THOSE NUMBERS.

AND, AND, AND THE, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, UH, SOME CONCERNS THAT THE COUNCIL AND CITY ARE NOT MOVING, UH, QUICKLY ENOUGH TO COMPLETE PROJECTS.

AND THEN WE LOOK, AND WE SEE WHAT THOSE EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE BEEN BUDGETED DURING THE YEAR.

AND WE SEE THAT WE'VE GOT X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN EXPENDED MM-HMM .

UH, AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE, THE BUDGETED MONIES ARE BEING SPENT IN A TIMELY FASHION SO THAT WE MOVE FROM ONE FISCAL YEAR TO THE NEXT AND, AND, AND GET THE PROJECTS FROM ONE YEAR TO THE OTHER, THOSE IN, IN 2022 ARE DONE IN, AND WE'RE READY FOR 20, 23.

AND THEN WE, WE FINISH UP AND, AND IN THAT WAY, MM-HMM, , WE, WE ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, NOT ONLY AS COUNCIL PEOPLE, BUT AS STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THE CITIZENS ARE GETTING THE BEST VALUE FOR THEIR DOWN.

I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH ORDERING AND DELAYS AND ORDERING HAS BEEN A BIG THING.

AND IT MAY BE THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT COME IN BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND WE MAY FIND THAT WE'LL HAVE TO RE BUDGET THEM NEXT YEAR IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY.

RIGHT.

AND, AND SO, SO THAT BRINGS BACK THE QUESTION.

IF THE MONEY HAS NOT BEEN EXPENDED THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE APPROVED A BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE UNSPENT FUNDS? IT GOES BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S THERE TO BE REAPPROPRIATED SHOULD SOMETHING NOT COME IN BY THE END OF THE YEAR THAT THEY'VE ORDERED.

AND WE HAD, WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE IT.

WHAT HAPPENS IS WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU NEXT YEAR AND WE'LL ASK YOU TO REAPPROPRIATE THOSE FUNDS, BUT IT WON'T AFFECT YOUR FUND BALANCE ANY, BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS WILL HAVE GONE BACK INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE TO BE USED.

RIGHT.

BUT, BUT YOUR FUND BALANCE WITHIN INCREASED BY THE AMOUNT THAT WAS UNSPENT.

IF TEMPORARILY, IF I'M READING IS RIGHT.

AND, AND SO I'M STILL WANTING TO, TO UNDERSTAND IF WE HAVE NOT EXPENDED FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, AND IT GOES, IT CARRIES OVER TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE FUND BALANCE INCREASES BY THAT AMOUNT THAT WAS UNSPENT.

AND WE STILL HAVE THAT PROJECT, RIGHT.

THAT WAS, WAS, WAS, UH, ON THE BOOKS TO BE COMPLETED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.

WE, WE WERE GONNA COMPLETE IT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR MM-HMM , BUT WE'VE COMPLETED ANOTHER BUDGET WITH, UH, X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN THERE THAT ARE ALLOCATED FOR ALL THE PROJECTS FOR THAT MM-HMM NEW FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE STILL HAVE THAT MONEY ON THE BOOKS.

UH, AND IT'S BEEN UNALLOCATED AND UN IT'S BEEN ALLOCATED, BUT IT'S BEEN UNSPENT.

AND, AND, AND SO TO ENSURE AGAIN, THAT THE CITIZENRY IS GETTING THE BEST VALUE FOR THEIR DOLLAR.

WE NEED TO KNOW, I NEED TO KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE.

UH, I NEED TO KNOW, UH, HOW DO WE RECONCILE? WHAT WAS UNSPENT IN FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, WHEN IT'S CARRIED OVER TO 22, 23 FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED IN 21, 22.

NOW, MOST OF YOUR, YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, IF IT'S BEEN, IF IT'S MONEY THAT'S BEEN PLACED IN A CAPITAL PROJECT, THOSE BUDGETS CARRY CARRY FORWARD FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT TO THE END OF THE PROJECT, THOSE DON'T HAVE TO BE REBUDGETED RIGHT.

IF IT'S IN A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND, WE'RE ONLY SPEAKING OF THE OPERATING FUNDS.

I, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M REFERRING TO.

SO, BUT YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT INFORMATION.

UM, WHERE EXACTLY, UM, WE'RE OVER AND UNDER.

LET ME, LET ME DO SOME ANALYSIS AND, AND DETERMINE,

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AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCILMAN KIN LAW.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM, THANK YOU.

CANDY FOR YOUR REPORT.

UH, LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND I DID, UH, WELL, MAYBE TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO.

UH, I ASKED YOU ABOUT GARBAGE TRUCKS VERSUS TRASH TRUCKS.

YOU RECALL THAT, UH, THAT CONVERSATION.

AND THAT ALSO PROMPT ME TO ASK YOU THOSE CONVERSATION, THAT CONVERSATION, BECAUSE OF THE VARIANCE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE ACTUALLY PURCHASING THOUGH ITEMS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR? ARE WE WAITING UNTIL NEXT, UH, THOSE, THOSE ITEMS ARE IN THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND? THOSE WELL, ACTUALLY THEY'RE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

UM, WE DID APPROVE THOSE WITH IT IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU JUST APPROVED FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND WE, YOU KNOW, AND I, I ASKED ABOUT THE PRIOR YEAR ABOUT THE CRASH THE PRIOR YEAR.

AND, AND YOU DID THE SAME THING, AND THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF LIKE FOGGY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT? WHEN WE BUDGET FOR A PARTICULAR YEAR TO PURCHASE THOSE EQUIPMENT MM-HMM AND YOU DON'T GET IT THAT YEAR, THEN YOU, YOU, YOU GET IT THE NEXT YEAR, BUT HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT MAY HAPPEN, WHERE VARIANCE SHOWS THAT THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY IS HELD OVER IN THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET YEAR? WELL, WHAT HAPPENS LIKE, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE MONEY GOES BACK INTO FUND BALANCE IF IT'S NOT SPENT.

SO, UM, OUR BUDGET ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT WE APPROPRIATE FUNDS EVERY YEAR FOR THE OPERATING FUNDS.

AND IT, WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO REAPPROPRIATE IT IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IF WE HAD NOT ALREADY DONE.

SO.

SO HOW DID THE COUNCIL GET THAT INFORMATION? OKAY, GUYS, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

WE DIDN'T HIRE PERSONNEL THIS YEAR.

WE DIDN'T GET THE EQUIPMENT.

DO YOU GUYS BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO DO IT THIS TIME.

AND THAT WAS FUNDS THAT WE ARE ALREADY IN THE PRIOR BUDGET GOES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

WE WILL SAY THAT IF WE WERE, IF WE ASK FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE WILL SAY WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM.

AND WE WILL SAY THAT THIS WAS ANTICIPATED OR BUDGETED THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

IT DID NOT COME IN.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO RE BUDGET IT THIS YEAR WITH NO EFFECT ON FUND BALANCE BECAUSE THE FUNDS ARE ALREADY THERE.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY TRACKING SYSTEM YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.

WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MONITOR THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND, AND LET YOU KNOW, UH, IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS, LIKE I SAID, IF, LET ME DO THIS ANALYSIS OKAY.

UH, THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS HAS RECOMMENDED.

AND, UM, WE'LL MAYBE BE ABLE TO TELL MORE SOME OF THESE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE YEAR, WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA COME IN OR NOT.

WE EXPECT THAT THEY WILL, AND THEN THEY DON'T.

SO, UH, WE MAY NOT KNOW EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WELL, JUST IF YOU WILL, MY, MY INTEREST AND, AND I SAID IT LAST MONTH THAT THE TRASH TRUCKS, GARBAGE TRUCKS, MM-HMM, THE POTHOLE, UH, EQUIPMENT.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT VERY MUCH HAS MY INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THOSE EQUIPMENT HERE ON SITE.

ONCE WE, YOU APPROVED THE BUDGET.

I BELIEVE MR. BURTON HAS DIRECTED THE STAFF, THE, UH, STAFF TO ORDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTON, MR. MANAGER.

IT'LL CONTINUE TO REFLECT AS LONG AS WE HAVEN'T CUT THE CHECK FOR, FOR THE EQUIPMENT.

CANDY JUST SAID WHAT I WANTED TO SEE, UM, IN ORDER THAT, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT LAG IN BALANCE THAT APPEARS TO BE PRETTY HIGH.

UM, I THINK IT'S THE THIRD TIME THAT I'M, I CONTINUALLY TALK TO STAFF ABOUT, AS SOON AS THE BUDGET IS APPROVED, LET'S GO AHEAD AND ORDER ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED.

AND THAT HAS BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT CONSIDERING THE EXTENDED DELAYS THAT WE HAVE HAD SINCE COVID, BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO PUT US BEHIND AND THE PUBLIC CONTINUES TO SEE THAT, UM, THE, THE, THE RESOURCES ARE APPROPRIATED, BUT WE ARE NOT MAKING AS MUCH PROGRESS AS WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, UM, WHICH THE, THE REPORT MAY REFLECT, BUT IT'S AS CAN INDICATE IT'S NOT QUITE CORRECT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STUFF, SOMETIMES THE, UM, THE PO HAS BEEN ISSUED.

BUT THE FACT IS THAT THE IT'S, UH, UM, LET ME JUST GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE WHERE WE, WE, THERE'S A SPREAD UP THAT WE, UM, THE HERBICIDE PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED FOR LAST YEAR, UM, BECAUSE OF, UM, THE, THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND EVERYTHING THAT IS STILL OUT THERE, AND IT'S, IT'S AN ITEM FOR OVER 60, $70,000.

AND, UM, WE STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE TRUCK AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN, BUT THE PO HAS BEEN ISSUED, BUT WE JUST HAS NOT RECEIVED THE EQUIPMENT BECAUSE OF OUR SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

SO THOSE ARE SMALL THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE, YOU KNOW, TO THE DELAY, AND

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ANOTHER THING THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THAT, UM, THE BALANCE AS IT, IT REFLECTS, UM, ON, ON, ON, ON THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE, THE, UM, THE GENERAL FUND, THOSE ARE VERY MUCH SEPARATE FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND.

YOU KNOW, UM, REMEMBER THERE WAS AN ISSUE WHERE, AND ONE EXAMPLE, AGAIN, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH A HEAVY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN THE LANDFILL FOR ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

WELL, WE GOT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM, FROM THE INSURANCE.

AND THEN WE CAME BACK TO COUNCIL AND, UM, WE AMENDED THE BUDGET.

IT WAS OVER $470,000.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO AMEND THE BUDGET AND BECAUSE IT WAS A PRIORITY THAT WE, WE HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION, WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, LET US GO BACK AND, UM, PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT SO THAT WE ARE NOT FINED BY TCQ.

AND WE REMAIN ON TOP OF IT.

BUT THOSE ARE THINGS SOMETIMES THAT REFLECT THE BALANCE, THE VERY HIGH BALANCE THAT WE MAY HAVE, BUT WE WILL DO THE ANALYSIS THAT IS REQUIRED AND PROVIDED TO COUNCIL.

MM-HMM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? NO, COUNCILMAN JONES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR JIM.

I'M JUST TRYING TO CLEAR MY HEAD UP IN MY LITTLE PRE BRAIN.

I'M, YOU KNOW, I WAS TAUGHT LONG TIME AGO.

IT WAS START OFF WRONG.

IT ENDED UP WRONG.

WE HAVE, ONCE WE HAVE PROJECTS WE ALLOCATE ALLOCATED FOR MONEY, UH, ALLOCATE POST PROJECTS, ASK YOU TO COUNCIL.

EY, WE GONNA SPEND THAT MONEY GO BACK TO THE FUND, RIGHT? IF YOU GOT MONEY ALLOCATED FOR A PROJECT, WHY NOT SPEND THE MONEY? WHY NOT DO THE PROJECT GO BACK TO, TO THE FUND, BUT THE PROJECT STILL HASN'T BEEN PAID.

HADN'T BEEN DONE.

THAT'S MY CONCERN.

NOW I TOLD THE STUDENT MANAGER A WHILE BACK, WE HAD A LITTLE TALK ABOUT, ABOUT ALL THE MONEY.

WE HAD PROJECTS.

AND WE, I TOLD THIS, THIS NOT A SAVINGS ALONE.

IT'S NOT A, A BANKING INSTITUTION.

THIS IS A CITY.

WE GOT MONEY PUT UP FOR PROJECTS.

WE, WE CAN'T SIT IN THIS MONEY.

IT WON'T DRAW NO INTEREST.

YOU KNOW, THIS MONEY GOTTA BE SPENT ON THESE PROJECTS OR THEY'RE GO UNDONE.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY CONCERN.

IF WE GOT MONEY TO ALLOCATE THE PROJECT, WHY, WHY WOULD I SPEND SOMEBODY? WHY WOULD I GET IT DONE? WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? YOU KNOW, THAT'S CLEAR MY HEAD.

WHY WOULD I SPEND THIS MONEY? WHY, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT NOT GOING NOWHERE AND NOT GONNA DO THEIRSELF.

WE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA DO 'EM, YOU KNOW, SO EVERYBODY EXPLAIN WHY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE HOLD UP MANIC.

JUST SAY, RESPOND COMES TO THAT.

THOSE ARE THE, THE BALANCE THAT, UM, COUNSELOR MARKS AND COUNSELOR KEEN LAWYER ARE REFERRING TO.

THOSE ARE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.

THOSE ARE NOT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, BUDGET.

UM, THE FIVE POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IT'S IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.

THOSE, THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE AS IT MAY BE STREETS OR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT IS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET.

SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT BUDGETS AND THERE ARE TWO IT'S OUT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT APPLES AND ORANGES HERE.

UM, AND AS CANDY INDICATED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THE LARGE AMOUNT IS MAINLY DUE TO PERSONNEL.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, LET ME TAKE A, A SHORT OF THIS WHEN WE LOOK AT PERSONNEL, UM, MORE SO IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 POSITIONS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FILL.

UM, THAT'S IS THAT MIGHT BE WELL IN EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THAT MIGHT ACCOMMODATE FOR VERY LARGE SUM OF, UM, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL DO THE ANALYSIS AND WE'LL PROVIDE IT, BUT, UM, FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, IT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF STREETS OR ROADS OR BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

IT IS IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, WHICH IS VERY MUCH DISTINCT FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES.

WOULD HELP US TO SUBTRACT THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT, UM, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THOSE POSITIONS WOULD HELP US TO, UH, KIND OF GET IN THAT ANALYSIS, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF PERSONNEL AND THE PERCENTAGE OF EQUIPMENT IN A DIFFERENT, UH, PICTURE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO, THANK YOU MANAGER, UM, CANDY IN THAT ANALYSIS, UH, MAYBE THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, CAN EACH PROVIDE, UM, THE OUTSTANDING EXPENDITURES THAT THEY HAVE AND, UH, TO, IN YOUR, I KNOW YOU MAY HAVE THAT ALREADY, BUT MAYBE WE CAN GET A REPORT ON THOSE THINGS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT SINCE IT'S OPERATING, UM, STREETS, DRAINAGE, PUBLIC WORKS, WATER, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PLACES, MAYBE THEY CAN GET WITH YOU AND PROVIDE US WITH A STATUS OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.

AND IF YOU CAN INCLUDE THOSE IN THAT ANALYSIS, THAT WOULD HELP US HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT COME IN OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE STILL WAITING FOR, AND THEY CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE THROUGH THAT AND PERSONNEL.

SO IT'S PROBABLY TIME FOR US TO GET ANOTHER PERSONNEL UPDATE THAT

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YES, MA'AM, I'LL BE SURE AND INCLUDE THAT.

TO REPORTS AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST BY COUNCIL, BUT THAT WE HAVE NOT ITEM FIVE, ITEM FIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MS. DAN, UM, THERE BEING NO PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE'LL MOVE ON

[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

YES, YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING.

I DO.

UM, WE VERY OFTEN IF THEY DO SOMETHING WRONG, BUT I THINK THAT BOOSTS THE MORAL AND, UM, OF STAFF, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES NOT, SOMETIMES IT PAYS DIVIDENDS, UM, FINE EXCESS OF THE MONEY THAT WE PAY THEM WHEN WE SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.

UH, THIS MORNING, UH, I WANT TO, UH, GIVE A, A REALLY BIG THANKS TO, UH, MS. ROBERTS, UH, AND MR. JAMES SMITH IN THE STREETS DEPARTMENT.

UH, ON LAST WEEK, I, I RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE AND A PHONE CALL.

AND AGAIN, THIS MORNING I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE.

I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE, WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WHAT I'M THANKING THEM FOR IS FOR HOW THEY HANDLE THE SITUATION ON THE STREETS, UH, OUT IN, UH, IN THE VISTA AREA AFTER LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, MS. ROBERTS CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED, UH, IF THEY COULD DEVIATE FROM THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAD SET, AS FAR AS THE, UH, HOW WE WERE GONNA DO STREETS IN A CERTAIN AREA.

AND SHE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR. SMITH, WHO'S THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT FOR STREETS IN, IN THE AREA.

UH, THERE WAS A STREET OUT IN THE YALE VISTA AREA THAT WAS, UH, IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.

AND WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING THAT STREET DONE FOR A, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

WELL, THE TWO OF THEM GOT TOGETHER, MADE A TRIP OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT IT.

AND FROM WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND, CONVERSATION WAS HAD THAT IF WE DO THIS ONE STREET, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO AND LEAVE THE OTHERS UNDONE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO THEM LATER.

AND IN THE, IN THAT TIME HAVING TO BRING EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS BACK, WE WILL TEAR UP THE STREET THAT WE'VE JUST COMPLETED.

AND SO THEY WERE, THEY, MS. ROBERTS CAME TO ME AND SAID, IS IT OKAY IF WE DO THAT PARTICULAR AREA, ALL THE STREETS IN THAT AREA SO THAT WE CAN GET IT DONE AND WHAT THEY DID WAS, AND, AND I ACTUALLY RODE OUT THERE AFTER I GOT A CALL AND, AND, AND THE STREETS ARE IN, IN, UH, THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, UH, ASPHALT IN THOSE STREETS, BUT THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA ARE SO HAPPY ABOUT WHAT THEY DID AND HOW THEY DID THOSE STREETS.

SO I THINK THERE WERE LIKE FOUR STREETS IN THAT ONE BLOCK.

AND THEN THEY WENT ON DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAD THE EQUIPMENT AND THE MATERIALS IN THAT AREA.

THEY DID TWO OTHER STREETS IN THAT AREA.

SO THAT AREA'S ALMOST COMPLETE AS FAR AS THE STREETS ARE BEING REDONE.

AND WHAT THAT SHOWS IS THAT WHENEVER WE, AS STAFF AND COUNCIL AND, AND WE MANAGEMENT, WE SIT DOWN AND WE TALK TO EACH OTHER AND, AND, AND THEN, AND, AND SHARE IDEAS AND EXPERTISE ABOUT DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M NOT A STREETS PERSON.

I DON'T KNOW, UH, HOW THAT GOES, BUT THEY DO.

AND THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK MS. ROBERTS, MR. JAMES SMITH AND THE ENTIRE STREETS DEPARTMENT, AND THE, THE CITIZENS OUT THERE IN THAT EL VISTA AREA ARE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE JOB THAT THEY DID.

AND I, I WANT TO APPLAUD THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE AND THE COOPERATION THAT THEY'VE SHOWN BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND STAFF TO GET WORK DONE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS.

I DON'T GO AHEAD.

SEE THE MANAGER.

THANK, THANK COUNSELOR.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

YOU KNOW, VERY OFTEN THAT THE STAFF DOES NOT GET CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY DO.

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SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

UH, COUNCILMAN MARKS FOR REMEMBER THE STAFF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, ON A SAD NOTE, UH, WANT TO KEEP THE JAMES GREEN FAMILY IN PRAYER, UH, LONG TIME TRUSTEE, MR. JAMES GREEN DIED THIS WEEKEND THIS WEEK.

UH Y'ALL KNOW, MR. JAMES GREEN ON TRUSTEE BOARD.

HE PASSED, UH, THIS WEEK ALSO JERRY HATCH JR.

THE CENTER OF JERRY HATCH, THE CONTRACTOR HE DIED, UH, YESTERDAY, HEART MASSIVE HEART ATTACKS.

SO KEEP THOSE FAMILIES IN YOUR PRAYERS.

UH, JAMES GREEN AND JERRY HATCH JR.

DIED THIS WEEK.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE OF ROUTINE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS COUNCIL WITH, WITH THAT?

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN FURNISHED WITH THE BACKGROUND AND SUPPORT MATERIAL ON EACH ITEM AND, OR IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING.

ALL ITEMS WILL BE ACTED UPON BY ONE VOTE WITHOUT BEING DISCUSSED SEPARATELY, UNLESS REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER OR CITIZEN IN WHICH THE EVENT, THE ITEM OR ITEMS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE WITHDRAWN FROM INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE.

AFTER THE ITEMS NOT REQUIRING SEPARATE DISCUSSION HAVE BEEN ACTED UPON THIS TIME.

DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WE'D LIKE TO REMOVE? YES.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REMOVE A ONE.

I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU ALL A VERY QUICK REPORT.

ANY OTHER ITEM? YES.

MAY I APPROACH YOU? YES.

I'M SORRY.

UH, PR NUMBER 2, 2, 7 46 ON PAGE FOUR.

ANY OTHER ITEM? IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEM TO BE REMOVED WITH THAT? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, OTHER MOTION FOR APPROVAL MEMBER? TIM? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE ALL THE, UH, MAY I CALL THE QUESTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY ANY OPPOSITION POSITION MOTION CARRIES.

TO-DO LIST IS, IS THAT WE, WE CREATED ON OUR FINAL PACKET.

WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO,

[VII.A.1. Travel Request/ Expense Reports Al) City Attorney Valecia Tizeno: 2022 TML Municipal Policy Summit Austin, TX August 21 — 23, 2022 960. 92]

UH, ITEM NUMBER A ONE.

UM, I JUST, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE TO HOLD FOR APPROVAL FOR THAT ONE.

I WANTED TO PULL IT BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST LIKE A AWESOME EXPERIENCE.

THERE'S LIKE APPARENTLY A LOTTERY WHERE THEY PULL, WHO GOES TO THIS POLICY SUMMIT.

AND I THINK THE WHOLE TIME THAT I'VE WORKED HERE, UH, WE HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED ON THAT LOTTERY.

AND WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY HAD SO MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO MANY MAYORS, THEY PICKED SEVEN LAWYERS.

SOMEHOW.

I WAS ONE OF THOSE LAWYERS THAT WAS IN THE LAWYER HAD TO BE PULLED.

AND THIS IS THE POLICY SUMMIT THAT THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR.

AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT WHAT HAPPENED REAL QUICK AND, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A RESULT OF THAT.

BUT I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW AWESOME THIS EXPERIENCE WAS BECAUSE ON ALL OF THE TOPICS THAT INVOLVED CITIES, EVERYONE FROM ALL OF THESE CITIES WAS SHARING, LIKE WHAT THEY THOUGHT, WHERE THEY THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO GO LEGISLATIVELY.

AND I LEARNED A LOT.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL OR, UH, TO GO IN THE FUTURE.

WE HAD NEVER REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY ONLY PICK A HUNDRED CITIES AND THEY CATEGORIZE WHO THEY WANT.

SO THIS YEAR MY NUMBER CAME UP IN THE LAWYER LOTTERY, BUT, UM, I HAVE THE PACKET HERE.

THIS IS THE COVER PAGE AND JUST REAL QUICK, QUICKLY, UH, OKAY, HE'S GONNA DO THAT.

THIS IS JUST WHERE YOU CAN LOOK ON THE WEBSITE, UM, AND IT TALK AND YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN AND IT GIVES YOU ALL OF THESE.

UM, THIS IS THE FINAL PACKET OF EVERYBODY WHO WENT ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES THAT WERE REPRESENTED AND THE DIFFERENT TOPICS.

AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE TOPICS THAT IMPACTED CITIES AND HEARD WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO SAY.

AND WE MADE MOTIONS TO DETERMINE WHAT TMLS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WAS.

BUT LIKE I SAID, I JUST, UH, ASKED THEM, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, CAN WE, UH, THERE'S THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THESE DIFF YOU KNOW, YOU SEND SOMEBODY JUST TO OBSERVE BECAUSE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, I HADN'T REALLY KNOWN MUCH ABOUT IT.

UM, BUT, UH, WE WENT THROUGH VARIOUS TOPICS.

AND SO AFTER WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE TOPICS AND WE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT LIKE, WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE GOING THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DEVELOPED OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

SO WHAT THE

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AND I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE, UM, TAB, IF YOU WANNA GO BACK AND Y'ALL CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT IT.

UH, THERE'S ONE MORE TAB THAT, THAT TALKS ABOUT WHERE WE GO NOW.

SO IN, WHEN WE GO TO TML THE TML CONFERENCE, GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2022 AT THREE, 3:30 PM, THERE WILL BE THE BUSINESS MEETING.

AND EACH CITY IS ENTITLED TO ONE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE BUSINESS MEETING.

UM, THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE.

AN ELECTIVE R ELECTED OFFICIAL IS ENCOURAGED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, BUT WE DO, THEY DO ENCOURAGE IT.

AND SO WE'LL NEED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE, EVEN THOUGH WE'LL ALL BE THERE TO KIND OF SIT AT THE TABLE AND REPRESENT THE CITY.

SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO REPORT TO YOU ALL, THEY WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO SIT THERE.

AND, UM, IT'S A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING PAGES OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT WAS LIKE A, REALLY A VERY EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE NOW WE KIND OF SEE WHY TML WILL GO THIS DIRECTION ON CERTAIN LEGISLATION.

IF WE, UM, UH, GO TOWARD THE LEGISLATIVE VIEW IN 2023, BUT JUST WANTING TO KIND OF LET YOU ALL KNOW AHEAD OF TIME THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO SEE IF THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE.

I HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND I CAN ALWAYS WORK WITH SOMEONE, BUT WANNA LET YOU KNOW ALL THAT.

WE WOULD NEED TO SIGN SOMEONE UP TO SIT AT THE TABLE AND DO THAT GOOD JOB FOR HIM.

AND Y'ALL CAN SIGN UP ONLINE, BUT IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

AND I JUST REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS BECAUSE I HADN'T KNOWN MUCH ABOUT IT.

AND I, I JUST, IT WAS GREAT HEARING ALL THE CITIES SAY HOW DIFFERENT THINGS AFFECTED THEM.

IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

SO OCTOBER 6TH AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS ON THE TML WEBSITE.

SO I, I ENJOYED GOING AND, UH, I CAME UP ON THE LOTTERY.

THAT'S THE ONLY LOTTERY I EVER CAME UP ON , BUT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

UH, AGENDA I CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, PR NUMBER 22, 7 46, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE GARBAGE CANS IN LIDS FROM AUTO ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER H G A C CONTRACT NUMBER R C 0 1 2 1 IN THE AMOUNT OF $42,668 AND 94 CENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, THREE 30.

BE THERE.

I'LL BE THERE.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.

WE'LL GO TO, UM, YES, WE'LL GO TO VOTING ON THE, UH, TRAVEL REQUEST EXPENSE REPORT FOR CITY ATTORNEY TNO TO ATTEND THE 2022 TML MUNICIPAL POLICY SUMMIT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SECOND, SECOND.

THANK YOU FOR MOTION AND SECOND CALL FOR DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

HI, ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL MOVE TO,

[VII.C.9. P. R. No. 22746 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase Garbage Cans And Lids From Otto Environmental Systems North America, Inc. Of Charlotte, North Carolina, Under H- GAC Contract No. RC01- 21, In The Amount Of $ 42, 668. 94. Funding Is Available In The FY23 Public Works Solid Waste Residential Garbage Division — Minor Equipment, Account Number 403- 50- 310- 5240- 00- 00- 000]

FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE F Y 23.

PUBLIC WORKS SOLID WASTE, RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE DIVISION, MINOR EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 43 DASH FIVE DASH THREE ONE DASH 5 2 40 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO.

UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVE SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND CALL FOR THE DISCUSSION.

COUNCILMAN GLOCK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTE, UH, REAL QUICK CITY MANAGER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HAVE, UH, SOMEONE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, I'M I GOT A LITTLE RED FLAG WHEN I LOOK AT THE, THE TOES OR I READ THE BACKGROUND OF, UH, OF THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING 560 TOS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA PURCHASE IN 200 LIDS.

ARE WE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THE LID CITY MANAGER? ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO, UH, STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ORDERING THOSE TOTERS AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU DOING THAT.

SO YOU PROMISED ME THAT YOU WOULD DO IT.

YOU WOULD STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.

WE'RE TRYING TO STAY AHEAD THE TEAM AS WELL AS, UM, IF WE DO NOT HAVE TO ISSUE, I'M SORRY, IF WE DO NOT HAVE TO ISSUE A, TO SOME PEOPLE JUST NEED A LID AND IT'S VERY, VERY INSIGHTFUL.

NOW, JUST THIS MORNING, I WAS DRIVING UP 19TH STREET AND THEN THERE'S THE TOTAL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IS FILLED WITH GARBAGE.

THE WIND IS BLOWING NO COVER FOR THE, TO, AND ALL WE COULD DO IS KEEP DOWN THE EXPENSE BY GOING OUT THERE AND PUTTING A LEAD ON THE TUTOR AND TAKING IT BACK TO, TO, TO THE RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, WE COULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF TRASH BEING IN THE DREAMS AND EVERYTHING.

SO YES, IT IS MORE PREVENTED EVENTS ABOUT STAYING AHEAD OF THE GAME.

UH, UH, UH, TO, UH, SO IS IT A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM THE OLD ONES THAT WE HAVE VERSUS THE SMALLER ONES? I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE CLOSE THAT.

YOU KNOW? UM, YES.

AND, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE DOING A CITY MANAGER.

YOU'RE ALSO, UH, I NOTICE IT'S A 95 GALLON,

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IF SOMEONE CAN ANSWER THAT BECAUSE MY CONCERN, I THINK I'VE TALKED TO YOU BEFORE IN THE PAST ABOUT DURABILITY OF THOSE TOTERS.

SO IF WE CAN ADDRESS THAT GOOD MORNING COUNSEL, GOOD MORNING.

THIS IS THE SAME SIZE TOTER THAT WE HAVE BEEN ORDERING FOR YEARS NOW.

UM, IT'S BEEN A 95 GALLON TOTER THAT'S THE SANDRA TOLD HER TOTAL SIZE.

SO, WELL, WE HAVE THE, WE, YOU STARTED THE TALLER ONES.

MM-HMM I DON'T KNOW WHAT SIZE GALLON THAT IS, BUT NOW WE ON AN NEW ONE, WHICH IS ABOUT, UH, FOUR FEET, FOUR INCHES, UH, SHORTER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE SAME CAPACITY IN GALLON, BUT MY QUESTION IS TO DURABILITY OF IT, IS IT STILL GONNA BE RUGGED, TOUGH WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY AUDIT THOSE TYPE OF TOLLERS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OKAY.

I'M NOT THE MANUFACTURER.

SO I CAN'T WELL, I MEAN, THOSE GUARANTEE, YOU KNOW, BUT IF WE'RE FINDING THAT WE ARE, UM, WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE STURDINESS.

UM, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE GRAPHIC, THEY DO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF A WARRANTY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE GRAPPLING MACHINE WAS ACTUALLY PUNCHING HOLES IN THOSE TOTERS AND I KNOW YOU GET THE CALLS, I'VE CALLED YOU BEFORE ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PREVENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME ORDER.

THOSE TOTERS, NOBODY SHOULD BE WITHOUT IF THEY'RE PAYING THAT WATER BILL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR ABOUT STAYING AHEAD OF THE GAME.

DID YOU NEED A RESPONSE ON THE, THE DIFFERENT SIZES OR? WELL, I SAID IF IT'S 95 GALLONS, I TRUST YOUR WORD, BUT I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE SHORTER NOW THE NEWER ONES ARE SO, BUT YOU KNOW, OKAY.

WE'LL MAKE, WE'LL MAKE DUE.

COUNCILMAN JONES.

THEY CAN BE APPROACH HIM, UH, CITY MANAGER.

DID WE ORDER SOME TOLD US ABOUT WHAT? SIX MONTHS AGO? YES, YES, YES, YES WE DID.

MY PROBLEM IS I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS IT, THE REASON WHY WE ORDERED SOMETHING ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT, BUT WE COULD TABLE AND TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I CAN GET A HURRICANES OUTTA MY DISTRICT.

THEY'RE NOT BEING USED A HUNDRED I CAN GET, THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY SITTING THERE VACANT IN PEOPLE, YARDS, EMPTY HOUSES.

SO I, WE COULD SPEND PART OF $7,000 ON TOS.

WE COULD HIRE POOR TIME EMPLOYEE YOU.

WE COULD TEAR DOWN MORE HOUSES, MORE DAMN STRUCTURES.

WE COULD FIX ONE MORE STREET.

WE HAVE, I CAME SUPPORT THIS OUT MORE TOS.

WE ALL SIX MONTHS AGO, I COULD FIND A HUNDRED IN MY DISTRICT.

THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY SITTING THERE VACANT, NOT BEING USED.

SOME HAVE FIVE AT ONE HOUSE, THE HOUSE FALLING DOWN WITH TWO PEOPLE IN THERE.

THEY GOT FIVE CANS.

GIVE ME A BREAK.

GIVE WITH GLEN WHITE AND MYSELF, AND ONE, UNDERSTAND MARY WE'LL GET THIS TOS.

WE GO TO HOUSE BY HOUSE RIDE WITH 'EM.

IF, IF YOU'RE PAYING FOR ONE, CAN YOU ONLY GET ONE CAN, SOME OF 'EM HAVE THREE OR FOUR CANS PAYING FOR ONE.

WE 'EM BUY TRASH TRUCKS, ME AND WAR AND TWO OUT.

CAUSE WE'RE DOING PEOPLE PEOPLE'S TRASH, NOT PAYING FOR 'EM GARBAGE.

NOT, AND WE'RE NOT COLLECTING MONEY FROM THESE PEOPLE.

I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.

IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY IN MY, IN MY, IN, IN MY OPINION, JUST GOT SOME SIX MONTHS AGO.

COUNCILMAN JONES, TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETION, OUR COMPLETING OUR VERIFICATION OF TOS AT EACH HOME.

HE'S GOING, I THINK WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

WE ARE PURCHASING THIS OUT.

WE ARE PURCHASING THIS OUT OF FY 23.

ONE MORE THING.

OH, I'M SORRY.

CAN WE THE TABLE STILL TALK ABOUT IT LATER TO IMAGINE.

AND UH, IS IT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL TODAY? THIS ITEM? YES.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY.

ITEM FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND TO TABLE.

MR. MEASURE, WE ARE PURCHASING THIS OUT OF FY 23 BUDGET NOW.

MM-HMM NOW.

IT, IT MEANS THAT, UM, WE DO NOT MAKE THE PAYMENT UNTIL AFTER THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, BUT WE NEED TO BE A GAME BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT WAS MY QUESTION BECAUSE I KNEW WE COULDN'T SPEND MONEY OUT.

NO, NO, NO BUDGET.

WE GOTTA JUST BE AHEAD OF THE GAME BECAUSE OF THE CHAIN SUPPLY.

I'M TRYING TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME.

SO THIS, THIS IS TO APPROVE AN IMMEDIATE THAT'S PURCHASE FOR OCTOBER 1ST.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE

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ITEM NUMBER 22, 7 46.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? NO.

MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS OF NON-CONSENT PR NUMBER 22, 4 28, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH N NT CONSTRUCTION, A COMPANY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT FACILITY LOCATED AT 58 60 NINTH AVENUE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 9 MILLION, $385,000.

ONE, ONE OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES WITH THAT.

WE'LL

[VIII.A.1. Resolutions — Non- Consent P. R. No. 22428 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Contract With N& T Construction Co., Inc., Of Beaumont, Texas For The Renovation Of The City Of Port Arthur' s Health Department Facility Located At 5860 9th Avenue, Port Arthur, Texas, In An Amount Not To Exceed $ 9, 385, 000. 00; Funding Available In Capital Projects/ Buildings Account No. 307- 21- 049- 8512- 00- 10- 000; Project No. B0006- CON In The Amount Of $ 2, 385, 000. 00 And ARPA Account No. 169- 07- 015- 8512- 00- 40- 000, Project Nos. ARP005 GREBUI AND ARP014 GRE- BUI In The Amount Of $ 7, 000, 000. 00]

FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN CAPITAL PROJECT BUILDINGS, ACCOUNT NUMBER 3 0 7 TO 1 0 4 9 8 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.

PROJECT NUMBER B U 0 0 6 CO N IN THE AMOUNT OF 2.6, 2.385 MILLION AND I A RPA ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 6 9 0 7 0 1 5 8 5 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.

PROJECT NUMBERS, A R P 0 0 5, G R E B U I AND A R P 0 1 4 G R E B U I IN THE AMOUNT OF 7 MILLION.

SO MOVE MAY I HAVE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE, UH, AGENDA ITEM 2, 2, 4, 2 8.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGN MAYOR.

OH, I'M SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM AT, UM, SENT AN EMAIL OUT LAST WEEK AND UH, ASKED THE CITY MANAGER FOR SOME, UH, SOME DETAIL ON, UH, THE, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

AND I THINK, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PAM LANGFORD ACTUALLY RESPONDED WITH A, UH, WITH A SPREADSHEET MM-HMM AND, UM, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, UH, CONCERNING, UH, JUST GENERAL QUESTIONS.

THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ACTUALLY REFLECTS, UH, APPROVING A CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 9 MILLION, $385,000.

UH, AND MY QUESTION IS, IS WHAT IS THE PROJECTED TOTAL COST FOR THE, UH, THE, UH, RENOVATION, UH, OF THE BUILDING AND, UH, ALONG WITH THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE BUILDING, UH, AND, AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME WHERE WE KNOW THAT MATERIAL COSTS ARE ESCALATING, UH, WE ARE, UH, GOING TO SEE SOME COST INCREASE IN OTHER AREAS, UH, SPECIFICALLY, I APPRECIATE YOU, MS. LANGFORD FOR SENDING US THAT SPREADSHEET, UH, THE, THE IT'S $527,000.

THAT'S REFLECTED IN THIS, THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU SENT US IS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN AND, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE 9.385 MILLION.

AM I CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THE SALES PRICE? YES, SIR.

ARE THE PURCHASE PRICE, I SHOULD SAY.

IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THAT 9.385 MILLION.

NO, SIR.

I BELIEVE, UM, FOR THE PURCHASE OF THAT BUILDING THAT CAME OUT OF ONE OF THE SPECIAL ACCOUNTS, RIGHT.

UM, BACK IN 2020 IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.6 MILLION.

PURCHASED THAT BUILDING, YES, SIR.

BUT THAT STILL IS A PART OF THE TOTAL COST.

THAT'S CORRECT OF THAT.

AND I'M MAYBE, AND, AND I MIGHT BE INCORRECT IN AND ASKING THIS QUESTION THOUGH, BUT WHEN WE

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UH, THE SALE OF THE CURRENT THAT IS THAT COST, THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SALE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS 9.385 MILLION EITHER, RIGHT? NO, SIR.

SO, AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, IS, IS, IS THAT FOR CLARITY SAKE, AND THIS IS FOR ME YES, SIR.

AS, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF, OF, UM, MY, MY DISTRICT FOUR, I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE, THE TOTAL COST THAT THAT'S INVOLVED, AND THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING.

SO IS THERE, UH, A NUMBER THAT YOU CAN GIVE ME TO WHERE TO DATE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THAT ARE INCURRED AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS THING BASED ON THE INFLATION AND EVERYTHING.

UM, AND NOT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A TOTAL, BUT I CAN PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN, UM, FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 DASH 360 2, ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2020, IT WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.6 MILLION.

UM, THERE WAS A PROCEEDS TRANSFERRED FROM THE SALE OF 4 49 AUSTIN AVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $785,624.

UM, THAT WAS DEDUCTED, UM, IN TERMS OF THE BALANCE THAT WAS DUE THE PURCHASER AT THE TIME WHEN THE, UM, THE DE WAS SIGNED OFF WHEN WE WENT THROUGH TITLE FOR THAT BUILDING.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WERE, UM, RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, ONE DASH 2 99.

THAT WAS FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN SERVICES, UM, OF THE BUILDING AT 58 60 NINTH AVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $490,585.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, CITY STAFF CAME BACK, UM, AS A RE UM, BEING A RECIPIENT OF A FUNDS AND DECIDED TO INCLUDE A COVID VACCINATION CLINIC, THEREFORE RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, ONE DASH 5 24 WAS APPROVED IN THE AMOUNT OF $36,700.

BOTH OF THESE EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN PAID TO DATE.

AN ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UM, WHICH WE ARE JUST EMBARKING UPON THIS, OUR GOAL, THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN THE RENOVATION WORK OF THAT BUILDING, THAT RESOLUTION NUMBER WAS TWO, TWO DASH 2 89 IN THE AMOUNT OF 300, $12,500.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INVOICES YEAR TO DATE FOR THAT SPECIFIC SERVICE.

UM, THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CON RENOVATION, UM, OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUILDING AT 58 60 NINTH AVENUE, THAT'S FOR THE 9.385 MILLION.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL, UM, RENOVATION WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SUCH AS A SANITARY SEWER LINE THAT OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IS OBTAINING BIDS ON.

SO WE DO NOT HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THAT LINE.

UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE A GENERATOR THAT WOULD BE PURCHASED FOR THAT BUILDING THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THIS CONSTRUCTION, UM, CONTRACT WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT GENERATOR TO BE BETWEEN 300 TO $400,000 TO SERVICE THAT BUILDING IN ITS ENTIRETY.

UM, THE ADDITIONAL COST THAT WOULD BE ADDED ALSO WOULD BE, UM, THE PURCHASE OF FURNITURE, WHICH IS OF COURSE, UM, A PROJECT THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEGUN TO EMBARK ON BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEGUN THE RENOVATIONS OF THAT BUILDING, UM, AS OF YET.

SO, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WOULD BE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THAT BUILDING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE COVID VACCINATION CLINIC, AS WELL AS THE RENOVATION PROJECT, UM, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE ENGINEER SLASH ARCHITECT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UM, CONTRACTOR IN TERMS OF SEEING IF WE CAN IDENTIFY SOME VALUE ENGINEERING AND COST SAVINGS.

UM, SO WE DO ANTICIPATE TO COME BACK WITH A CHANGE ORDER, UM, ACTUALLY REDUCING THE AMOUNT ON CONSTRUCTION BY THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

MY CONCERN IS, IS, IS THIS WHAT AREAS OF SERVICE IN, IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY, BY THE, THE COST SAVINGS OR COST CUTTING EFFORTS? AND SO YOU YOU'LL BRING THAT TO US.

AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP THE THAT'S, THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP IS BECAUSE THERE WAS THE INDICATION THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE, UH, SOME, UH, EFFORT TO REDUCE THAT'S CORRECT.

THE, THE, THE COST OF THIS AND

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ABSOLUTELY.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AGAIN, WAS THE COST OF THE GENERATOR AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL, UM, AGREEMENT FOR RENOVATIONS.

UM, THAT GENERATOR ALLOCATION WAS, UM, ANTICIPATED TO BE AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, OF COURSE THE CITY HAS PURCHASED MANY GENERATORS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, UM, EVEN FOR CITY HALL WHERE WE HAVE NOT EXPANDED QUITE THAT MUCH.

SO WE DECIDED TO HAVE THAT REMOVED FROM OUT OF, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND THE CITY WILL EMBARK UPON THAT PURCHASE INDIVIDUALLY.

SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND THOROUGHLY LOOKED AT THE LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR THIS RENOVATION PROJECT IDENTIFIED WHAT POSSIBLY COULD BE DONE IN HOUSE.

ANOTHER WAS THE, UM, INSTALLATION OF THE SANITARY SEWER LINE THAT OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE UPON, UM, IN HOUSE, UM, SEPARATELY FROM THIS CONSTRUCTION CAR, UM, CONTRACT THAT WOULD PROVIDE US SOME COST SAVINGS.

I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY $600,000 IN SAVINGS IN, IN, IN GETTING TO THOSE $600,000 IN SAVINGS.

WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CUTTING OUT ANY SERVICES ALREADY.

NO, SIR.

THAT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WAS AGREED UPON.

BY THE, THOSE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE, THE EXPERTS OVER AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE TO, TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANTED IN THAT HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE IN THAT HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND WE DO INCLUDE MS. JUDA SMITH, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH IN THOSE MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT MISSING ANYTHING.

OH, THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TIM, UH, PAM HIGHER.

HI.

HOW ARE YOU? UH, JUST REAL QUICK.

UH, COUNCILMAN MARKS ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I DID.

I WAS SCRATCHING HIM OUT AS HE WAS GOING ALONG WITH HIM.

BUT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT A SANITARY, UH, SEWER LINE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WHAT'S THE ISSUE WITH THAT? WAS IT COLLAPSED BECAUSE THAT BUILDING IS PROBABLY WHAT ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD? MAYBE CURRENTLY THERE IS, OH, HERE'S MR. MATTHEWS.

HE CAN EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN I AM.

THE AREA THAT THE HEALTH CENTER SETS IN AND THE GLACIER CHURCH ARE BASICALLY NINTH AVENUE NORTH OF THE SCHOOL.

LUCIA UP IN SCHOOL IS NOT SEWERED WHEN THE CITY, I GUESS, ANNEX THAT AREA IS BEFORE ME, THAT THEY HAD PUT IN EITHER INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS OR A SMALL PUMP STATION THAT PUMPS PASSED 60 OVER TO A MANHOLE, UH, DOWN BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IT'S A VERY POOR SYSTEM.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LEAKS, UH, AND SINCE WE TOOK POSSESSION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IT'S OUR PUMP POOL PUMP STATIONS OR OUR LEAKS.

AND WHAT OUR PLAN IS, IS TO EXTEND A SEWER FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UP TO THE PIPELINES, WHICH IS THE HEALTH CENTER AT 60TH.

AND WE SIZE THE SEWER TO ALLOW SOME DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

SO IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IT'S TO SEWER THAT AREA.

AND WE'VE, WE'VE GOT IT DESIGNED.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ALLOCATING THE FUNDING PART.

WE DID THE DESIGN IN-HOUSE WE DID NOT GO OUT FOR ENGINEERING.

THAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T SEE A CONTRACTOR OR ANYTHING GO FOR ALL RIGHT.

ALL WELL, UH, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR FOR THAT.

AND THEN, UH, LAST, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER PARKING.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH OUR PARKING LOT.

THAT'S GONNA BE OVER THERE, RIGHT.

SHARING IT WITH ANYONE ELSE.

WELL, WE SHOULDN'T THOUGH, BUT, UM, I'VE, I'VE ALSO DIRECTED STAFF THAT WE LEAVE NO STUDENT ON TUNE, AS FAR AS THE AESTHETICS OF THAT BUILDING.

AND AS FAR AS THE FACILITIES ARE CONCERNED IN TERMS OF PARKING AND EVERYTHING, UM, WE WILL UTILIZE THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN.

GOT IT, GOT IT.

IT'S VERY FORWARD THINKING.

JUST AS WE DECIDED, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES, I'M GLAD THAT CALVIN TOUCHED ON THE, UM, THE UTILITIES PART OF IT, BECAUSE IT WAS FORWARD THINKING ON OUR PART AND ON HIS PART AND DR.

HE AND HIS PAT AND THEIR STAFF IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

SO IT MEANS THAT NOW THAT WE, WE ARE PLANNING TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE, UM, SANITARY, SEWER NEEDS, WE CAN BRING IN MORE PROPERTIES, MORE PROPERTIES ARE, ARE MUCH MORE MARKETABLE FOR, UM, IN THAT AREA.

AND IT'LL BRING IT IN, IN TERMS OF OUR, UM, UM, UM, THE, THE TAX DOLLARS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS IN THAT AREA.

IT'S FORWARD THINKING.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTE, COUNCILMAN JONES.

PAM.

I WAS TRYING TO WRITE THESE NUMBERS DOWN.

YOU GAVE ME ABOUT, UH, 785001.6 MILLION, JUST A BALLPARK.

WE HAVE A BALLPARK NUMBER, TURN, KEEP JOB, WHICH IS GONNA COST US ROUGHLY.

IT'S ALL SEEN DONE 72 MILLION.

UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

GIVE YOU A PRECISE NUMBER.

UM, I WOULD SAY ESTIMATED, UM, WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE MAYBE 15 MILLION PLUS OR MINUS 15 MILLION, 15 MILLION, YES.

HOPEFULLY LESS THAT COUNT FROM MARCY THE SERVICE WE WILL GO ON BY NO, NO SERVICE BEING INTERRUPTED.

NO, NO SERVICES WILL BE INTERRUPTED.

AND DR.

SMITH HAS BEEN IN, IN, IN, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN THESE, SOME OF THESE THAT'S CORRECT.

AND WE CAN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT DR.

SMITH IS INVOLVED.

CAUSE THAT'LL BE OUR HOUSE.

SO WE WANT SURE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE WANT ALL HER INVOLVEMENT.

ALL RIGHT, PAM THANKING BABY.

WE'VE HAD A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AH, ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

2 26 0 7.

THE CITY MANAGER HAS REQUESTED THAT IT BE REMOVED.

UM, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO REMOVE IT? OKAY.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO REMOVE ITEM 2, 2, 6 0 7.

ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES? UM, I'LL ASK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES, CARRIE, THE NEXT ITEM AS I AM GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF.

THIS TIME GOING TO, UM, PUT THIS, UM, MOTION FOR, UM, INDIVIDUAL ACTION.

WE ARE AT

[VIII.A.3. P. R. No. 22711 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into Three ( 3) Community Development Block Grant ( CDBG) Interoffice Agreements For Housing Assistance Programs And Administration, Grants Management, And The Parks And Recreation Department. The Resolution Will Also Authorize The City Manager To Approve Sub- Recipient Agreements With Seven ( 7) Non- Profit Organizations For Public Service Activities That Benefit Low And Moderate- Income Residents. The Ten Agreements Funding Source Is The 2022 CDBG Program Year]

NON-CONSENT PR NUMBER 2, 2 7 11, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO THREE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, BLOCK GRANT CDBG, INNER OFFICE AGREEMENTS FOR HOUSING AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATION GRANTS MANAGEMENT, AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

THE RESOLUTION WILL ALSO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE SUB RECIPIENT AGREEMENTS WITH SEVEN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS.

THE 10 AGREEMENTS FUNDING SOURCE IS IN THE 2022 CDBG PROGRAM YEAR.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

SO MOVE MA'AM SECOND.

WE'VE HAD A, A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON? NO.

WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR, WOULD YOU SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? AYE.

AYE, AYE.

THE EYES HAVE IT.

THE MOTION PASSES AND THANK YOU.

BEEN HIT THIS THING.

I HAVENT HAT COUPLE DAY WE'LL

[VIII.B.1. Ordinances — Non- Consent P. O. No. 7096 — An Ordinance Extending The Declaration Of Disaster Pursuant To § 418. 108( b) Of The Texas Government Code]

MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES.

PO NUMBER 7 96, AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF DISASTER PURSUANT TO, UM, FOUR 8.18 B OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ZERO NINE SIX.

CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

UH, WE HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, MAY I THINK, UM, MAY I PRETEND THAT I THINK WE HAD, UM, UM, WE FORGOT TO INCLUDE IT IN THERE.

UM, WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT EXTENDING IT FOR THREE MONTHS INSTEAD OF 50, INSTEAD OF COMING EVERY MONTH INSTEAD OF IT COMING EVERY MONTH.

WELL, SIX, HE SAID EVEN SIX.

IF WE, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THE IS GONNA THREE MONTHS, LET'S DO THREE MONTHS AND THEN REVISIT.

HOPEFULLY.

SO INSTEAD OF WE'D LIKE TO MAKE YOU TO AMEND THE, THE ITEM AND AMEND IT TO TH MAY I ASK TO 90 DAYS WE AMEND THE MOTION PLEASE.

OH, WHO MADE THE MOTION? YOU DID? I DID.

OH, OKAY.

LIKE TO AMEND MO THE MOTION.

UM, PREVIOUS MOTION GIVEN ON ITEM, UH, P NUMBER 7, 0 96, MAKING THIS ITEM TO EXTEND FOR 90 DAYS INSTEAD OF THE 30 DAYS AS LISTED.

MY SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 7, 0 96.

ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY

[01:30:01]

BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES AGENDA ITEM ORDINANCE, UH, P NUMBER 7 0 9 8 AN ORDINANCE BACK.

HMM, WE JUST DID.

OH, I'M SORRY.

THE, UH, COUNCIL WILL RECESS TO GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL OUR PENDING CLAIMS CONTRACTS LITIGATIONS.

SO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE.

WE HAD A MOTION.

WE HAD A, YEAH, BUT WE HAD A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

AND SO, UM, MAYBE WE HAVE A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES? HM.

WE HAVE

[VIII.B.2. P. O. No. 7098 — An Ordinance By The City Council Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, ( Or " City") Declining To Approve The Change In Rates Requested In Entergy Texas, Inc.' s (" ETI" Or " Company") Statement Of Intent Filed With The City On August 31, 2022, And Finding And Determining That The Meeting At Which This Ordinance Was Considered Was Open To The Public And In Accordance With Texas Law]

ONE MORE ITEM.

UH, NUMBER 7, 0 98, AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR OR CITY DECLINING TO APPROVE THE CHANGE IN THE RATES REQUESTED IN ENERGY.

ETI ARE COMPANY STATEMENT OF INTENT FILED WITH THE CITY ON AUGUST 31ST, 2022.

AND FINDING, DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS CONSIDERED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS MOVE APPROVAL, MAY I HAVE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ZERO NINE EIGHT.

CALL FOR THE QUESTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES AT THIS TIME,

[IX. * CLOSED MEETING ( EXECUTIVE SESSION)]

OUR LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION 5 5, 1 0.072 TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION 5 5, 1 0.072 TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY'S, UH, ETJ SECTION FIVE POINT I'M SORRY, 5 51 0.074 TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND EVALUATIONS OF THE CITY.

ATTORNEY CITY MANAGER, MUNICIPAL COURT, JUDGE AND CITY SECRETARY AS REQUESTED BY MAYOR PRO TIM HOMES, SECTION 5 51 0.087 GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND OR IN INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS.

IF THERE ARE ANY, UM, DECISIONS THAT REQUIRE VOTING THAT COME OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK.

WHEN WE RECONVENE AT THIS TIME WILL RECESS TO EXECUTIVE TO RECORDING.

YES MA'AM.

THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO RECONVENE THE, UH, MEETINGS, UH, CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU, UH, ESTABLISH QUORUM PLEASE? MAYOR BART, MAYOR PRO TIM HOLMES HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JONES HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER FREE.

YOU HAVE A CORE MAYOR PRO TIM.

UM, AT THIS TIME THERE IS, THERE ARE NO AGENDA ITEMS TO BE VOTED ON.

CORRECT? SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO ADJOURN.

UH, TODAY'S MEETING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.