Sep 27, 2022 City Council

IN PROGRESS.

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OKAY.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]

GOOD EVENING.

WE ARE GATHERED HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS, THE 27TH OF, UH, SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2022.

IT IS NOW 5:44 PM AND WE HAVE THE MEETING IN PROGRESS.

ATTENDANCE IN THE MEETING MAY BE DONE, UH, THROUGH TELEPHONIC, UH, VIDEO CONFERENCE, UH, MEDIUMS. UH, YOU WILL NEED TO DIAL 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9.

YOU MUST ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 6 1 8 6 9 8 6 2 9 9 AND THE PASS CODE OF 2 8 1 8 2 6 TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.

WE ARE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DIS, UH, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THOSE WHO WILL MAKE THE REQUESTS.

HOWEVER, THE REQUEST MUST BE MADE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO COUNCIL MEETING.

THE REQUEST HAS TO BE MADE THROUGH THE CITY'S SECRETARY'S OFFICE BY DIALING 4 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5, AND LET MAKE YOUR REQUEST AND OWN.

AND THEY WILL DO ALL WITHIN THEIR POWER TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE NEEDING, THOSE NEEDING THE, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS.

NOW, AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE WOULD STAND, UH, BE INVOLVED IN THE INVOCATION.

UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, FRANK, WOULD YOU DO THE INVOCATION FOR US, PLEASE? AND THEN WE WOULD DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN, UH, UNISON.

LET US BOW ALWAYS IN ETERNAL GOD, OUR FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU ON TODAY SAYING THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.

AS WE GATHER TOGETHER ON TODAY.

FATHER, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR WISDOM FOR YOU SAID, IF ANY MAN LACKS WISDOM THAT YOU WOULD GIVE LIBERALLY AND OUR BRAVES NOT.

AND SO WE PRAY, GOD, THAT AS WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF OUR CITY ON TODAY, THAT GOD, WE WOULD DO SO DECENTLY AND IN ORDER AND THAT WISDOM WOULD PREVAIL.

BLESS OUR CITY.

BLESS OUR NATION.

BLESS OUR WORLD IS OUR PRAYER.

THE POWERFUL AND PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

LET US REPEAT THE P ALLEG, I PRAY THENCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH IS STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE IN OUR OPENING.

SEE THE SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE ESTABLISH A QUORUM? MAYOR BART, PRESENT MAYOR PRO.

TIM HOLMES.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KEN LONG HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES.

YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK HERE.

YOU HAVE A QUO, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

SO KYLE, LET'S SEE THE SECRETARY.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH, UH, PROCLAMATIONS.

ARE THERE ANY, I DON'T HAVE 'EM.

OKAY.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROCLAMATIONS FOR TODAY.

WE'LL NEXT,

[III.A.1. Robert Petisca Regarding Eagles Park In Need Of Improvements And Upkeep]

WE HAVE SPEAKERS.

I BELIEVE THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. ROBERT PATISTA.

I HOPE I DIDN'T MESS YOUR NAME UP.

UH, REGARDING, UH, EAGLES PARK IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS AND UPKEEP.

UH, YOU MAY COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT.

BEAR WITH ME.

I HAD A COUPLE WEEKS OUT OF HIP SURGERY.

TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

NAME'S.

ROB PATISTA 59 81 PAT AVENUE MAYOR BARTE.

I'M THE ONE YOU TOLD ME TO GET MY WHITE BIG CRIPPLED ASS OUT OF THE AREA WHEN WE WENT TO VOTE BECAUSE YOU WERE UPSET ABOUT WHAT WE SAID ABOUT TEXT DIE.

THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PARK.

THANK YOU.

UM, I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL WENT OUT AND SPENT, UH, PROBABLY EIGHT OR NINE HOURS IN THE PARK YESTERDAY CLEANING UP AND, UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

UM, THE, UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE PARK AND

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UP UNTIL I, I'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, CHANDRA ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.

AND, UH, HER BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IS WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS.

MY QUESTION TO, TO ALL, AS THE PROTECTORS OF THE CITY, PORT ARTHUR AND THE PEOPLE IN PORT ARTHUR, WHY CAN'T WE DELEGATE FUNDS TO GET THESE SCHOOLS, THESE, THESE PARKS UP TO STANDARD? A LOT OF 'EM ARE NOT HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.

THE ONLY REASON THAT WE'VE GOT HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY NOW IS CUZ WE MET WITH THE MAYOR AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE AND THE PARKING LOT GOING TO, UH, THE, UH, PAVILION AND TO THE, UH, PLAYGROUND FOR THE KIDS.

I DEEPLY APPRECIATED THAT THEY DID THAT.

BUT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THREE KINDS OF HELL TO GET IT DONE.

UH, NOW THEY NEED TO FINISH THE HANDICAP PARKING AND THEY NEED TO TAKE AND TIE IN TO WHERE THE PARKING, THE NEW PARKING WOULD GO INTO THE WALKWAY.

AND THAT WAY THERE, THAT WOULD COVER THE BATHROOMS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THE PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WALK IN THE GRASS IN THE MUD WHEN IT RAINS.

UM, OTHER THINGS NEED TO BE DONE THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDS.

AGAIN, I ASK YOU ALL AGAIN, WHY CAN'T YOU GIVE CHANDRA THE MONIES THAT SHE NEEDS TO GET DONE? THE ONLY REASON THAT WORK WAS DONE YESTERDAY, MELLOW FROM CHANNEL, FOX NEWS CALLED ME AND ASKED ME WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I TOLD HIM, HE CALLED CHANDRA.

HE WENT OUT THERE AND TALKED TO CHANDRA.

AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THERE WAS A CREW OF TRUCKS OUT THERE AND PERSONNEL GETTING THE THING CLEANED UP.

WHY DOES IT TAKE A CALL FROM A NEWS MEDIA TO GET SOMETHING DONE WHEN WE, THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR AND PORT ACRES HAVE TAKEN ALL THIS TIME TO TRY AND GET SOMETHING DONE AND CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE.

SO WE NEED, THESE KIDS ARE OFF OUR FUTURE AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THESE KIDS OFF THE STREETS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET SOMETHING DONE, THEY'RE GONNA END UP GOING TOGETHER, FOUND THEY'RE GONNA GO START GANGS, THEY'LL DO MISCHIEVOUS THINGS AND THEN THEY'LL START DOING OTHER THINGS.

AND WE NEED TO STOP THAT BEFORE IT STARTS.

AND IT STARTS WITH Y'ALL GETTING THESE PARKS IN SHAPE.

THEY NEED A A SPLASH PARK.

THEY NEED, WE NEED TREES.

WE STARTED PLANT TREES.

WE LOST A FEW.

I'VE ASKED CHANDRA TO, UH, IF SHE COULDN'T GET 'EM REPLACED BECAUSE IF YOU GOT TREES OUT THERE AND THEY GROW, THAT GIVES YOU SHADE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO, UH, GET OUT OF THE SUN.

BUT, UH, WE NEED, UH, MORE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, WE NEED BATHROOMS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED.

AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO Y'ALL CUZ I KNOW MY TIME'S FIXED AND RUN OUT.

SO, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING TO ME.

ONE MORE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY, UH, MAYOR PARTEE, YOU STAND BEFORE THIS COUNCIL.

YOU'RE THE TOP PERSON IN THIS, IN THIS COUNCIL, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE GOT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MR. PAT.

OR WE HAVE ANY REMARKS FROM COUNSEL? ANY REMARKS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCIL MARKS? YES.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME APOLOGIZE.

WE WERE IN, UH, CONFERENCE WITH, UH, OUR ATTORNEY AND THAT'S WHY I MISSED THE, THE BEGINNING OF YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION.

I'M HEARING ABOUT THE, UH, THE ISSUES WITH THE PART, AND I CAUGHT THE TELL END OF IT.

BUT, UH, AS I RECALL LAST YEAR, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, AN EVENT THAT YOU HELD OUT THERE.

YOU ALL INVITED ME.

I CAME AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO YOU ALL FOR THAT PARTICULAR PARK THAT, THAT, THAT YOU NEED OUT THERE.

AND, UH, EVERYTHING IS, UH, HANDLED THROUGH, THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS

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WE WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT TO, TO APPROVE A NEW BUDGET.

THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT I RAISED CONCERNING MONIES THAT HAVE GONE UNSPENT THAT WERE ALLOCATED.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT, GET THOSE, THOSE, THOSE THINGS DONE.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON SOME THINGS, UH, TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN GET THE FUNDS TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT NOT JUST OUT AT EAGLES PARK, BUT OTHER PLACES ALSO.

SO, SO, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION FOR COMING HERE AND I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT YOU BRING WITH YOU EVERY TIME THAT, THAT YOU COME.

UH, BUT REST ASSURED THAT YOUR VOICE IS NOT FALLING ON DEAF EARS.

CAN I RESPOND TO THAT? SURE.

MY VOICE HAS BEEN FALLING ON DEAF YEARS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND THE SAD THING IS YOU'RE SAYING THAT, THAT, UH, WE NEED MONIES.

WHEN ARE YOU GONNA PUT THE KIDS FIRST? WHEN, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA TAKE AND PUT MONIES OUT THERE TO GET ALL THE PARKS ACCESSIBLE TO WHERE THE GRANDPARENTS CAN GO OUT THERE WITH THEIR KIDS AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE DAY WITH THEM? THERE'S, THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE DONE AND HADN'T DONE.

AND NOW YOU, YOU'RE SAYING HERE, YOU MAKING EXCUSES.

NO, SIR.

AND MAKE THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO GET IT DONE.

OKAY.

AND, AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS THROUGH WHAT WE CALL THE BUDGET PROCESS THERE.

WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR FINANCE PEOPLE AND OUR CITY MANAGER.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM.

DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, IN THIS CASE, MRS. ALPO PUTS TOGETHER HER BUDGET.

THERE'S A CAPITAL BUDGET ALSO, UH, THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO USE ANY MONIES OUTTA CAPITAL TO, TO, TO REFURBISH OR, OR RE REPLENISH THINGS IN THOSE, IN THE PARKS.

BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, THE CITY MANAGER, AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR ABOUT WHERE THOSE MONIES CAN COME FROM.

AND THAT'S THE BEST WE I CAN DO RIGHT NOW AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR.

UH, I, I THINK I'VE BEEN, UH, RESPONSIVE TO YOU ALL.

I THINK YOU LET THIS COMMUNITY DOWN PORT ACRES, I'M BE HONEST WITH YOU.

YOU WANT ME TO BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU? THANK YOU MR. MRK.

THAT'S OKAY.

THOSE ARE YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS.

WE WANT STICK WITH THE TOPIC.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, ANY OTHER REMARKS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY, THANK YOU MR. PARTICIPANT FOR YOUR, YOUR PARTICIPATION ON THE DATE.

OKAY, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE NEXT

[III.A.2. Niq Hunter Of Nerd Family Co. LLC. Regarding Partnership With The City Of Port Arthur]

UH, I THINK IT'S NICK HUNTER OF NERD FAMILY COMPANY, LLC REGARDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, WHICH YOU APPROACH PLEASE, MR. HUNTER.

YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND I MEAN, YEAH.

YES, MR. HUNTER, UH, YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

I'M NICK HUNTER, UH, FOUNDER AND CEO OF, UH, NERD FAMILY COMPANY, LLC, WHERE OUR ADDRESS IS 5 49, UH, FOURTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR SUITES 1 0 9 A AND 1 28 A.

UM, I WAS, UH, INVITED HERE TO SPEAK, UH, BY MS. MOSES HERE.

SO FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR SERVING.

UM, I CAN TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT LONG WINDED.

SO THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS TALKING TO MY GUYS ABOUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TODAY, UM, THEY SAID, WELL, LET'S JUST PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.

SO WE PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE VIDEO TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF.

SO IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND NO AUDIO.

I'M NICK HUNTER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF HERD, FAMILY OF PRODUCTION.

I WAS INVITED HERE TO SPEAK, TO TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT WE DO.

AND REALLY THERE'S NO BETTER WAY THAN TO SHOW YOU.

SO HERE'S WHAT WE DO NOW, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF, THANK YOU FOR ALL ANSWERING THE CALL TO SERVE.

EVERY ONE OF YOU UP HERE HAS HAD A ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN PORT ARTHUR, AND WITHOUT THOSE ROLES, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

WE ARE ONE OF THE NEW TENANTS IN THE PRESS BUILDING AND WE ARE INVITING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO LET US EARN YOUR

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WE PRODUCE VIDEOS AND DO SO MUCH MORE, AND WE WANT TO INVITE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO COME BY AND CHECK US OUT.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT AND DEVELOP PORT THROUGH THE WAY.

YOU GUYS HAVE TO BE A VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANY IN THE HOME OF FUN.

BEING JAN JOPLIN, ALL THE CREATIVES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH HERE, IS SO INSPIRING THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BUT SUCCEED.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE FORESIGHT, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE HOPE TO MAKE YOU PROUD.

SO THERE IT IS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE CALL TO SERVE AND, UH, WE WE'RE RIGHT THERE IF YOU NEED US.

THANK YOU, MR. HUNTER.

UH, WE HAVE ANY REMARKS FROM, UH, COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN MULK? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, THANK YOU NICK FOR COMING OVER.

I WAS, UH, TOURING THE PRESS BUILDING AND SAW THEIR OFFICE AND THEIR PRODUCTION, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST COME AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE CITY.

HE WAS AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND HE WAS IN THE BACK AND HE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS THAN INTRODUCE.

AND SO WHAT BETTER WAY FOR YOU TO INTRODUCE US THAN THE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO PORT ARTHUR AND STARTING YOUR BUSINESS IN PORT ARTHUR.

WE LOOK FORWARD, UM, I KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY, GETTING YOUR NAME OUT THERE SO PEOPLE CAN, CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INTRODUCING YOURSELF IN SUCH A GREAT WAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, THANK YOU MR. OKAY, NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO PRESENTATIONS.

OH, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.

A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 6:00 PM I'M VERY SORRY.

AND IT'S 6 0 1.

AND WE

[IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

UH, IT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND EXCUSE RECEIVE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGE, ZONING CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL A TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL L I, UH, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS APPROXIMATELY 95.4 ACRES, LAND PART OF LOTS TWO THROUGH SEVEN BLOCK, 13 RANGE L PORT ARTHUR LAND COMPANY SUBDIVISION SOUTH OF PARK CENTRAL, UH, BOULEVARD, AND EAST OF FM, HIGHWAY 365, PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND CITIZENS WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING DESCRIPTION OF THIS, UH, PROPERTY.

CAN CONTACT THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT 4 0 9 98 3 8 1 3 3.

THE PUBLIC WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO VIEW THE PUBLIC HEARING VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT WWW.PORTAUTHORTX.GOV.

AND YOU MAY BEGIN.

UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CITY MANAGER, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DIAS.

UH, GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL.

UH, MY NAME IS LARRY BATON.

I AM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE MANAGER FOR PORT ARTHUR, AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

UH, THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING NEXT, LINDSAY.

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THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING CONSIDERED, UH, A ZONING CHANGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 94.5 ACRES OF LAND CONSISTING OF PARTS OF LOTS 2 27 BLOCK 13 RANGE L PORT ARTHUR LAND COMPANY SUBDIVISION.

THE APPLICANT M BV REAL ESTATE SEEKS THE ZONING CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A FUTURE INDUSTRIAL SUBDIVISION.

AN APPLICATION WAS FILED, AN APPLICATION WAS FILED WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON JULY 13TH, 2022, REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE FOR THE PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY REFERENCED.

THE PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON SATURDAY, JULY 30TH, 2022, AS WELL AS MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PUBLIC SITE.

THE COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 15TH, 2022, WITH THE VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE SAID REQUEST.

ON AUGUST 30TH, 2022, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION, CALLING FOR A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.

THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE PREPARED AND MAILED NOTIFICATION FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLISHED A NOTICE IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2022.

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UH, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONE AS AGRICULTURAL.

AGRICULTURAL ZONING IS TO ALLOW LAND TO CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES UNTIL IT IS NEEDED FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING OR REZONING TO AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS ARE TYPICALLY CREATED AS A MEANS TO PROVIDE LOCATIONS FOR SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIAL USES THAT INVOLVE, INVOLVE EXTENSIVE PROCESSING, MANUFACTURING, OR ASSEMBLY OF VARIOUS PRODUCTS OR EQUIPMENT.

CITY STAFF WILL REQUIRE A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

IF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED,

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AS FAR AS THE SURROUNDING ZONING, THE SITE LOCATION IS ADJACENT TO INDUSTRIAL, LIKE COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND TWO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, DISTRICT FOUR AND 40.

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PROPERTY'S LOCATED SOUTH OF 365 AND WEST OF PARK CENTRAL BOULEVARD.

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AND THAT'S JUST A SITE OR AREA VIEW OF THE SITE.

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IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO 11, UH, 1 0 0 7, SUBSECTION C OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

CODE 19.

PUBLIC NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED SITE AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THE DATES WERE JULY 30TH, 2022.

THERE WERE NO WRITTEN OR VERBAL OPPOSITIONS AND NO LETTERS RETURNED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE PUBLISHED DATES WERE SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2022.

THERE WERE NO WRITTEN OR VERBAL OPPOSITIONS.

AND THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS FROM THE, UH, GALLERY YOU MAY APPROACH IF, IF YOU NO, MA'AM.

NO MA'AM.

APPROACH, PLEASE.

YOU GO TO STATE YOUR NAME AND WE'LL, OKAY.

STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE AND THEN WE COULD DIRECT THE QUESTION.

HI, MY NAME'S LINDA PATTERSON.

YOU NEED MY ADDRESS TOO? NO.

OKAY.

WHERE IS THAT PROPERTY? IS IT BY THE HOSPITAL? IT'S, UH, BY THE TRACTOR ON 365.

THE TRACTOR, UH, TRACTOR SUPPLY? UH, YES.

IT'S SURROUNDED, KIND OF SURROUNDS IT AND IN THE BACK OF IT.

OKAY.

AND HOW MANY ACRES? 94.5.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER REMARKS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE GALLERY? ANY REMARKS FROM THE GALLERY IN THE PUBLIC? ANY REMARKS FROM COUNCIL? ANY REMARKS FROM COUNCIL? ANY REMARKS FROM COUNCIL? WAIT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MR. NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY, WE MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 0 7 P.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSERS? OURS WAS ORDERED.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OVER.

WE WERE NOT RETURNING

[III.B.1. A Presentation By Mickey Moshier, City' s Consultant; Malana James, Blue Cross And Blue Shield ( BC/ BS) Account Executive III, And Dr. Albert Thigpen Regarding An Overview Of The Upcoming Renewal For Major Medical Insurance For FY 2022- 2023]

AND WE WOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MICKEY MOSIER, CITY CONSULTANT, UH, ME, JAMES BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD B, CBS ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE THREE, AND DR.

ALBERT THIGPEN REGARDING THE OVERVIEW OF THE UPCOMING RENEWAL OF, UH, MAJOR MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR FISCAL YIELD 2022.

2023.

YOU ALL MAY BEGIN AND YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS MANAGER, UH, WE DON'T INTEND TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TOO LONG, BUT WE WANTED TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT MANY CONSIDER TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT BENEFIT AFTER SALARY OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE CITY.

AND THAT IS HEALTH INSURANCE.

UH, AS YOU ARE AWARE THAT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS WE DISCUSS THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING A 9.5% INCREASE IN THE RENEWAL, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO MORE DETAILS.

THAT WAS HOWEVER DIVIDED WITH 75% OF THAT BEING ABSORBED BY THE CITY.

AND, UH, ONE FOURTH, ONE THIRD OF IT, GOING TO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE DEPENDENT COVERAGE.

AND OF COURSE, WE WOULD WANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR PAYS FOR THE COVERAGE FOR ALL OF ITS EMPLOYEES, SOMETHING WHICH DOES NOT MATCH THE INDUSTRY TREND, BECAUSE THOSE OF YOU, ESPECIALLY IN THE CORPORATE WORLD, ARE AWARE THAT MANY COMPANIES REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR HEALTHCARE COVERAGE, EVEN IF IT'S JUST SINGLY FOR THEM.

SO WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TWO DIFFERENT RESOLUTION.

ONE OF COURSE IS THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN, WHICH IS THE PLAN WHICH COVERS THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RETIRED AND OVER 65.

AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGE IN THAT PLAN.

SO THAT WAS A 0% RENEWAL.

UH, SO IT WOULD BE THE SAME AS IT WAS ON LAST YEAR, UH, THIS YEAR.

RENEWAL OF COURSE, AS WE SAID, DOES HAVE AN

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AND I HAVE WITH ME, MISS MILANO, JAMES AND MS. MR. MICKEY MOSER WHO'RE GONNA SPEAK TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT.

MS. JAMES IS WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, AND SHE'LL EXPLAIN THE UNDERWRITING CRITERIA AND ITS IMPACT, AND MR. MOSER WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERALL RENEWAL AND HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED THE CITY.

WE WANTED THE COUNCIL TO BE AWARE THAT THERE WERE MANY CONSIDERATIONS AND A LOT OF INFORMATION DISCUSSED, UH, WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM AS IT RELATED TO THE RENEWAL.

THERE WERE SOME OPTIONS THAT WERE LOOKED AT, BUT THOSE OPTIONS REQUIRED RAISING THE DEDUCTIBLE TO LEVELS WHICH WERE DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY REQUIRED DOUBLING THE DEDUCTIBLE.

SO IN THAT SENSE, YOU WOULD SAY THE CITY HAD, UH, INSURANCE COVERAGE, BUT IT WOULD BE COVERAGE, WHICH WOULD BE INACCESSIBLE BY MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES.

AND IT WAS THE MANAGER'S DIRECTION, HIS BELIEF THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD WANT FOR THE CITY'S EMPLOYEES.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING HOSPITALIZED RECENTLY, I WAS HOSPITALIZED A YEAR AGO FOR COVID.

UH, YOU UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES COMING OUTTA THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVING THE BILL AND RECEIVING A SIX FIGURE BILL AND THEN KNOWING THAT YOUR INSURANCE IS GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT IS A WONDERFUL FEELING AND I BELIEVE ACTUALLY HELPS WITH YOUR RECOVERY.

SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THAT INSURANCE PLAN AND WHAT'S BEING OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES.

UH, THE PLAN, OF COURSE, IS TO HAVE OPEN ENROLLMENT TO BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1ST.

UH, ONE OF THE EMPHASIS THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE ON WELLNESS.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WELLNESS PLAYS A PART NOT ONLY IN THE IMPACT ON THE PLAN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT'S IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO MOVE TO ENJOY YOUR LIFE IS SOMETHING WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE WELLNESS OPTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER THIS YEAR ARE GOING TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO DO THAT.

WE ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE, UH, ABLE OR AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES, SUCH AS TELEHEALTH, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE PHYSICIAN WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR HOME.

WE ALSO HAVE THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH CLINIC, WHICH EMPLOYEES CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WITHOUT PAYING A COPAY.

SO THERE ARE MANY THINGS AVAILABLE TO OUR EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE CITY OF IMPORT ARTHUR, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR HEALTH.

NOW, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE IDEA OF A NINE AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE SOUNDS IS FOUNDING, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE ONE PARTICULAR POINT, AND THAT IS THAT ALTHOUGH IS NINE AND A HALF PERCENT, AGAIN, THE NINE AND A HALF PERCENT IS GONNA BE MOSTLY FOR THE CITY TO ABSORB BECAUSE ONLY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE DEPENDENT COVERAGE ARE GOING TO SEE ANY ASPECT OF THAT INCREASE.

AND SO IF YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS A MAINTENANCE WORKER TOO, WHICH IS AN AVERAGE SALARY OF $42,000, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AN INCREASE THIS YEAR BASED ON THE 4% OF OUR INCREASE OF $140 A MONTH.

AND WE HAVE, UH, CALCULATED THAT THE AVERAGE INCREASE FOR DEPENDENT COVERAGE IS GONNA BE $35 A MONTH.

SO IT IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE MORE THAN MANAGEABLE FOR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HERE.

AND SO WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT'S DRIVING THIS INCREASE.

AND THE REASON WE SAY THIS INCREASE FROM 2016 TO 2018, EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCED A 0% INCREASE, AND THEN IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, THE TOTAL INCREASE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS WAS 4.9%.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE INCREASE EVEN THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GONNA BE 2.4% FOR ONLY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE DEPENDENT COVERAGE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT ON AVERAGE WE HAD A 1.8% INCREASE OR 2% INCREASE OVER THOSE YEARS.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT VERSUS THE COST OF LIVING, THE CITY'S HEALTH INSURANCE HAS REMAINED COST EFFECTIVE.

UH, WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB IN TERMS OF REPRICING AND MAKING SURE WE GET THE MOST VALUE FOR THE DOLLAR.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL ASK MS. JAMES TO EXPLAIN THE INFORMATION REGARDING UNDERWRITING.

THANK YOU, DON.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

UM, WON'T TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF IT, JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, UM, AS WITH HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS AFFECTED BY YOUR PREVIOUS PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO FOR YOUR MEDICAL INSURANCE, IT'S BASED OFF OF YOUR LAST 12 MONTHS OF COVERAGE.

WE HAD SOME REALLY HIGH CLAIMANTS THIS PAST YEAR, UM, AND WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO HELP NEGO NEGATE THAT DOWN.

WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH, AS DR.

THICK BEEN SAID, WAS THE 9.5% INCREASE.

UM, THAT WAS QUITE A DEDUCTION FROM WHERE WE STARTED.

SO, UM, WE WERE, WE WERE PLEASED WITH THAT.

UM, WE HAVE EIGHT CLAIMANTS, HIGH COST CLAIMANTS, SO THOSE ARE ONGOING CONTINUING.

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SO WE HAD TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE WERE MAKING YOUR, UH, PROJECTED CLAIMS OF WHAT YOUR CLAIMS WERE GOING TO BE, UM, THAT COULD GO DOWN, WHICH IS BE WONDERFUL FOR NEXT YEAR.

UM, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SOME PHARMACY CHANGES THAT WE'LL SEE AN APPROXIMATE, UM, $188,000 OF SAVINGS OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

AND IT IS A VERY, VERY MINIMAL IMPACT.

THERE'S LIKE 2% OF THE MEMBERS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED FOR THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING FOR PHARMACY.

UM, ON WELLNESS, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WELLNESS.

WE ARE IMPLEMENTING, UM, THE FULL WELLNESS PROGRAM THAT BLUE CROSS OFFERS.

IT'S OUR WELLBEING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

MEMBERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, GYM MEMBERSHIPS, DISCOUNTED GYM MEMBERSHIPS, UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT, UM, MOBILE APP, EVERYTHING.

YOU CAN DO A LOT OF STUFF THAT IS NOT IN PERSON.

UM, IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE COACHING, YOU HAVE WELLNESS ONLINE, THAT TYPE OF THING.

UM, WHAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ISNT ASSOCIATED WITH WELLNESS IS WHAT WE CALL OUR LAVONGO PROGRAM.

AND THAT IS A, UH, EARLY DETECTION ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN, UM, HYPERTENSION OR PREDIABETES OR THAT THEY'RE A DIABETIC.

UM, THERE'S PROGRAMS AND THEN THEY WILL BE ENROLLED IN THOSE PROGRAMS. IT'S STRICTLY VOLUNTARY, UM, BUT IT DOES HELP.

UM, WE HAVE NOTICED OVER ALL OF OUR, UH, BOOK OF BUSINESSES, THE ACCOUNTS THAT DO IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS, THEY'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN THEIR CLAIMS. UM, THERE'S A COACHING THAT COMES WITH EVERY, THERE'S A COACH THAT COMES WITH EVERY MEMBER THAT ENROLLS IN THIS.

SO WHETHER THEY DO IT ON THE PHONE, WHETHER THEY DO IT ON THEIR MOBILE APP, IT'S STRICTLY UP TO THE MEMBER THAT ENROLLS.

AND AGAIN, IT'S VOLUNTARY, IT'S NOT MANDATORY, BUT THOSE THAT WE EN UH, ENROLL, WE SEE DECREASED CLAIMS AND LESS POTENTIAL HIGH COST CLAIMANTS IN THOSE MEMBERS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME, SOME GOOD THINGS.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEGINNING, UH, AT YOUR 11 ONE OPEN ENROLLMENT.

THANK YOU.

KIND OF HARD TO FOLLOW.

SOMEONE IS ELOQUENT AS HIM, ISN'T IT? DAD GUM.

I KNOW MOST OF YOU.

I'VE MET YOU BEFORE.

MY NAME IS MICKEY MOSIER AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH FOR THE CITY FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES.

AND I DO WORK FOR THE CITY.

I DON'T WORK FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY, I DON'T WORK FOR AN AGENCY.

MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE BEST, BEST COMBINATION OF RATES, SERVICE, MEDICAL PROVIDER NETWORK, UP TO THE UP TO THE MINUTE RULES AND REGULATORY INFORMATION.

COUPLE OF THINGS, DOC MENTIONED THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN WITH NO CHANGE TO RATES.

THERE ARE TWO OTHER SMALL ASPECTS OF YOUR HEALTH BENEFIT OR OF YOUR BENEFITS THAT ARE NOT CHANGING DENTAL COVERAGE NOR LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE ARE CHANGING.

THEY'RE REMAINING THE SAME BENEFITS AT THE SAME RATES.

LET ME GIVE YOU JUST KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT OF THE WAY YOUR PLAN WORKS.

THE CITY OFFERS TWO HEALTH PLANS FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES AND FOR UNDERAGE 65 RETIREES TO CHOOSE FROM.

BOTH PLANS ARE FUNDED VIA THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ONLY.

PLAN A PARTIALLY SELF-FUNDED ARRANGEMENT FROM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS.

ANNUAL COSTS FOR THAT ARE A COMBINATION OF FIXED COSTS, WHICH WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE AND STOP LOSS COSTS AND ACTUAL CLAIMS COSTS.

CURRENT STOP LOSS COVERAGE, KINDA LIKE YOU BREAK YOUR WINDSHIELD, PAY THE FIRST A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY PAYS THE REST WELL UNDER YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN.

YOU CURRENTLY PAY THE FIRST $125,000 AND THEN BLUE CROSS PAYS THE REST OF THAT.

AS DOC AND MALAINA MENTIONED, THERE HAD BEEN EIGHT CLAIMS WELL ABOVE THE SPECIFIC STOP LOSS LEVEL IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

THOSE CLAIMS TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 1.7 MILLION.

WELL, I'M, I'M SORRY, I SAID THAT BACKWARDS.

THOSE CLAIMS APPROXIMATELY TOTALED $2.1 MILLION.

WILL, THE PREMIUM PAID TO COVER THOSE CLAIMS WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.6 MILLION.

UM, OVERALL HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS INCREASED FROM LAST YEAR BEING 8.2 MILLION TO, EXCUSE ME, THIS YEAR BEING 9.3 MILLION.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY 13%.

WE STARTED OUT WITH A 12% RENEWAL FROM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD.

WE DID NEGOTIATE THAT DOWN WITH SOME UPDATED REVIEW TO NINE AND A HALF PERCENT.

AGAIN, NINE AND A HALF PERCENT IS STILL TOUGH, BUT LIKE DOC HAD MENTIONED, THE MOST RECENT TWO YEARS OF SUGGESTED FUNDING LEVELS REFLECTED LAST YEAR 0.45%, LESS

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UM, UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT CLAIMS INCREASES IN THE PAST YEAR, THE FUNDING LEVELS REFLECT THE 9.7 9.5% ADJUSTMENT.

DO REMEMBER THAT IF CLAIMS ARE LESS THAN THAT NUMBER, THE CITY KEEPS THE MONEY, THE, THE ONLY TIME IT GETS PAID IS IF THE CLAIMS ARE MORE THAN THE EXPECTED FUNDING LEVELS.

UM, ONE OTHER THING, JUST AS AN ASIDE, DOC SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD NETWORK, AND I CAN'T REITERATE THAT ENOUGH, JUST KIND OF AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

TML, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE JUST MOVE ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEE GROUPS TO BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD EFFECTIVE JANUARY ONE OF THIS YEAR.

THEY DID A SIGNIFICANT SURVEY FROM NORTH TEXAS TO SOUTH TEXAS AND EAST TO X THE CLAIM SAVINGS BY MOVING FROM THEIR OLD CARRIER TO BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AT 8%.

AND ANOTHER POSITIVE IS IT THE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD NETWORK HAS AN INCREASE IN PROVIDER MEMBERSHIP OF APPROXIMATELY 13% MORE MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND MORE FACILITIES THAN THEIR OLD CARRIER DID.

SO ONCE AGAIN, LET ME REMIND YOU, THE FUNDING LEVEL IS A RECOMMENDATION.

IF CLAIMS ARE LESS, THE CITY MAINTAINS BEYOND USED MONEY.

UM, AND ONE OTHER THING I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU ALREADY KNOW AND THAT'S AT YOUR HR DEPARTMENT IS FLAT AMAZING.

I WORK WITH AN AWFUL LOT OF LIKE FOLKS HERE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS, AND THESE FOLKS ARE THE BEST, THE HARDEST WORKING, THE MOST DILIGENT STAFF AND FOLKS THAT GENERALLY CARE ABOUT YOUR EMPLOYEES.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING.

OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE, DOC? NO, THAT'S IT.

ANY OTHER, UH, INFORMATION, DOCTOR? NO, SIR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE HAVE ANY, UH, REMARKS FROM COUNCILWOMAN MOSES? HEY DOC, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU GAVE A QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION AND THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION AND LETTING US KNOW WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE STOOD.

YOU DID SAY THAT THERE WAS, UM, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF D OF EMPLOYEES WITH DEPENDENT COVERAGE VERSUS THOSE WITHOUT, UM, DEPENDENT COVERAGE.

YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER? YES.

TO MAKE SURE MY NUMBERS ARE CORRECT.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THERE ARE 794 EMPLOYEES.

7 49 MM-HMM.

.

SO WE HAVE 749 WITH, I MEAN 7 49 TOTAL.

TOTAL.

TOTAL.

TOTAL.

MM-HMM.

, HOW MANY WITH DEFENDANT COVERAGE? UH, I'VE GOT 308.

THAT'S, THAT SOUNDS ABOUT, SO THOSE ARE THE EMPLOYEES THAT WON'T GET THE FULL BENEFIT OF THE 4% INCREASE THAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT THEY'LL GET A PORTION OF THAT INCREASE THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT OR ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO THEY WILL GET ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 2.34%.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 2.34% AT 300 AND SOMETHING.

THREE HUNDRED NINETY, THREE HUNDRED, THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHT WITH DEPENDENT COVERAGE.

4 41, UH, SINGLE COVERAGE.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

GREAT JOB DR.

TH PEN.

GLAD TO HAVE THAT REPORT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

END THAT COMMENTS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU ALL.

WE

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

UH, WE'LL GO TO PAGE TWO.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL NOW GO TO ROMAN.

NUMBER NUMBER FIVE, PULL UP COMMUNITY INTERESTS, UH, FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER CARE THE DISCUSS.

COUNCILMAN FRANK? YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED TO OFFER CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF, UH, MRS. BARBARA JOSEPH, UH, A LONGTIME EDUCATOR, UH, AND, UM, A COMMUNITY PERSON, UH, HERE.

UH, SHE WAS THE WIFE OF, UM, MR. WARREN JOSEPH, MOTHER OF BYRON AND CRAIG, UH, JOSEPH, UH, UH, PART OF THE VISTA VILLAGE COMMUNITY.

UH, BUT, UH, SHE'S GOING TO BE FUNERALIZED THIS WEEK AND I JUST WANTED TO OFFER CONDOLENCES, UH, TO HER FAMILY.

UH, AND ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO ARE CLEARLY, UH, CONNECTED TO HER.

SHE WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN.

UM, A CHURCH WOMAN, A BELOVED WOMAN, AND, UH, SHE'S GOING TO BE SOLY MISSED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN.

ANY, ANY OTHER COUNCILMAN MARKS? UH, YES.

UH, LIKE TO, UH, APPLAUD, UH, ONE OF OUR, UH, YOUNG PORT AUTHORS, UH, GLENN AND ALEXANDER THE SECOND WHO PERFORMED AS A CONDUCTOR AND CARNEGIE HALL.

THIS PASS, UH, WEDNESDAY,

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UH, AND MR. ALEXANDER, UH, IS A MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.

UH, HE'S A PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY GRADUATE.

UH, HE'S GOTTEN HIS MASTER'S OF MUSIC FROM BARR COLLEGE AND UPSTATE NEW YORK, HIS PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION FROM THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC.

AND HE'S WORKING ON HIS, UH, DMA, WHICH IS A DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ART, MUSIC ARTS AT THE BOARD, UH, COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, PORT ARTHUR DUN PRODUCED SOME TALENTED INDIVIDUALS.

YEAH, SURE.

HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF CAPA FOR SIDE FRATERNITY.

INCORPORATING, YEAH.

SO YOU, SO WE KINDLY OMITTED THAT I'M KNOW WHO THAT GET HIM.

WELL, YOU SPOKE OF HIS ACCOLADES AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, SO I WANTED TO PASS THAT ON.

ACHIEVEMENT IN EVERY FIELD OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR FOUGHT THE GREATEST FRATERNITY IN THE WORLD.

ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? DON'T COMMENT, GET BACK TO THE GYM.

.

OKAY.

UH, AND I, I'D LIKE TO SAY CITY MANAGER.

WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE ON YESTERDAY WHO HAD A, A YOUNG BABY WHO, UH, WAS DECEASED ON YESTERDAY.

UH, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HER NAME, BUT, UH, ACTING FOR PRAYERS FOR THAT PARTICULAR FAMILY.

THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME, UH, TRAUMATIC SITUATIONS IN THE PAST YEAR OR TWO.

AND ON YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE A TWO MONTH OLD BABY, TWO MONTH OLD, YEAH, TWO MONTH OLD BABY, UH, WAS DECEASED, UH, YESTERDAY.

SO SHE NEEDS, SHE NEEDS THE PRAYER OF ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND FOR SURE OF HER FAMILY HERE AT THE, UH, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

OKAY.

NOW WE WILL MOVE TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

AND AM I CORRECT ON THAT? UH, CITY SECRETARY.

OKAY.

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

AND THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE ITEMS OF BASICALLY A ROUTINE NATURE.

AND IF THERE WOULD BE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNSEL PERSONS WOULD CARE TO HAVE REMOVED THROUGH PAGE NINE, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ALLOW ME AND LET ME KNOW.

NOW, I I EVER, BEFORE WE WOULD DO THAT, UH, I HAVE ONE I WANT TO PULL, UH, OR WITHDRAW FROM THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA PR, IT'S ON PAGE FIVE, NUMBER 10, PR NUMBER 2, 2 7 5 8.

AND WE WILL HANDLE IT, UH, INDIVIDUALLY.

THAT'S, UH, PAGE, UH, FIVE NUMBER 10.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, PR NUMBER 2 2 7 5 8.

BUT WOULD THERE BE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT COUNCIL PERSONS WOULD WANT TO MOVE THROUGH? PAGE NINE.

COUNCIL MCKEN LAW? YES, MAYOR, UH, PR NUMBER 2, 2 4 9 2 ON PAGE FOUR.

NUMBER ONE, PAGE FOUR.

NUMBER ONE.

OKAY.

IS THAT ALL COUNCILMAN? UH, ALSO MAYOR, IF, UH, JUST WANNA GET CLARIFICATION ON PR NUMBER 2, 2 73, UH, NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE FOUR.

YEAH.

YOU, SO YOU WANT THAT WITHDRAWN AS WELL? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

OKAY.

NOW I SEE YOU LATER.

THAT'S WHY I ACTUALLY THE LIGHTS LATER.

OKAY.

ANY, ANY, ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA THROUGH PAGE NINE WITH THE EXCLUSION OF NUMBERS ONE, FOUR AND 10.

I GET A MOTION, UH, COUNCILMAN MARKS.

SO MOVE MAY GET A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN JONES IS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION.

WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR IN THE POSTS, THE EVIDENCE AND AUDIT THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THOSE THREE ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED.

NOW

[VII.C.1. P. R. No. 22492 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Terminate The Contract With Braeko Inc., Of Port Neches, Texas For The Construction Of Litter Fences For The City Of Port Arthur Landfill In The Not To Exceed Amount Of $ 80, 400. 00. Funded By Account Number 403- 50- 320- 8522- 00- 00- 000]

FUNDED BY ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 0 3 DASH 5 32 8 5 22

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MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN MOSES? SO MAGGIE, THE SECOND COUNCILMAN, FRANK SECOND, IS REMOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 9 2 AS READ, WE ARE READY FOR A QUESTION.

COUNCILMAN KENK.

THANKS MAYOR.

UH, REAL QUICK, CITY MANAGER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR, YOUR, UH, STAFF TO COME AND ANSWER, BUT THE QUESTION IS, UH, THAT WE WERE REJOINING THIS BECAUSE OF THE BID AS BEING ACTUALLY TOO LOW, SO THEY WERE AWARDED THE BID.

AND MY NEXT QUESTION, HOW LONG OF A PROCESS DID IT GO THROUGH TO GET TO THAT POINT COMING UP? UM, AND CLIFF.

CLIFF, YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE BID IN PROCUREMENT PROCESS, RIGHT? AND, UM, IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THERE, BUT, UM, THEY HAVE DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE.

AND CLIFF, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, UH, TCEQ, I REMEMBER THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING THE ONES THAT WE HAD BEFORE.

THAT WAS OFF OF 73.

THE COUNCIL WAS ALL IN IT, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID THAT, TO KEEP THE TRASH FROM GOING ON 73.

MY QUESTION IS, HOW LONG WAS THE PROCESS TO GET TO THIS POINT AND WHY WOULD THEY NOW SAY THE BID IS TOO LOW? UH, THE PROCESS WAS A LITTLE OVER A MONTH CUZ WE HAD TO ADVERTISE IT AND THEN OPEN IT AND THEN AWARD IT.

SO I'LL SAY ABOUT SIX WEEKS.

UH, I CAN'T GIVE A GOOD ANSWER TO AS TO WHY HE'S NOT.

HE JUST JUSTIN AND, UM, THE LANDFILL WENT OVER TO, TO SEE THE PROCESS AND WE KNOW AS MUCH, MUCH WASN'T DONE.

AND THEN AFTER CONVERSATIONS, HE ADMITTED HE JUST COULDN'T DO IT.

SO AS SOON AS WE FOUND THAT OUT, WE CAME TO COUNSEL SO WE CAN MOVE ON AND GET SOMEBODY ELSE.

THEY CAN DO IT, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW WHY DURING THE PROCESS HE ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THE MORE ACTIVE VENDORS THAT WAS INQUIRING, ASKING QUESTIONS, COMING BY THE OFFICE.

SO IF ANYONE, YOU WOULD'VE BE, WOULD'VE BEEN THE ONE THAT TRULY KNEW DO IT WOULD'VE BEEN HIM.

BUT WHAT QUESTION NOW SINCE WE WE'VE DECIDED TO WITHDRAW IT, WILL WE GO TO THE SECOND, UH, PERSON OR WILL WE START THIS PROCESS OVER AGAIN? OVER AGAIN? OKAY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON IT? THERE AREN'T ANY.

WE ARE READY TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY POSES? AYE HAVE, SO IS HONOR, WE WILL ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 2 4 92 AS RED.

[VII.C.4. P. R. No. 22703 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Council To Enter Into A Service Agreement Contract With Utility Associates Inc., Decatur, Georgia To Provide Body Cameras In The Amount Of 151, 104.90 Per Year For A Period Of Five Years Utilizing DIR Cooperative Agreement Contract Number DIR- CPO- 4799. Funding Is Available In Account Number 001- 17- 045- 5470- 00- 30- 000]

IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ENTER INTO A SERVICE AGREEMENT CONTRACT WITH UTILITY ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED OF DECATUR, GEORGIA TO PROVIDE BODY CAMERAS FOR THE AMOUNT, OR EXCUSE ME, IN THE AMOUNT OF $151,104 AND 90 CENT PER YEAR FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.

UTILIZING D I R COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, CONTRACT NUMBER D R C P 4 7 9 9 FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN AN ACCOUNT NUMBER 0 0 1 17 45 5 70 DASH THREE.

OKAY, I'M SORRY, 5 47 0 MAY HAVE SAID THAT INCORRECTLY.

UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN FRANK? MOTION MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MOTION.

SECOND.

IT'S MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY P R NUMBER 2 2 7 0 3 AS READ, WE ARE READY FOR, UH, QUESTION.

UH, COUNCILMAN KEN LAW.

THANKS MAYOR.