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HOW YOU DOING, SIR? WE'RE READY.
[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
YOU ARE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS FOR A REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON TODAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2022, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEGUN MAYBE, UH, 10 MINUTES AGO, BUT IT IS NOW 9 42.AND WE WILL BEGIN THIS MEETING, UH, OF THE PORT ARTHUR CITY COUNCIL.
IT MEETING MAY BE ATTENDED THROUGH TELEPHONIC AND, UH, VIDEO CONFERENCE OR MEDIUMS. UH, YOU MAY DO SO BY DIAL, UH, 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9, AND YOU MUST ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 9 2 2 1 7 7 1 3 6 7, AND THE PASS CODE OF 8 1 7 6 6 9.
WE'RE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT, AND YOU MAY REQUEST REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS BY CALLING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND LET THE OFFICE KNOW WHAT YOUR ACCOMMODATIONS ARE.
AND WITHIN THEIR POWERS, THEY WILL PROVIDE THOSE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS.
WE'RE READY TO BEGIN THE MEETING.
IF YOU HAVE, UM, ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD SILENCE THOSE AT THIS TIME.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE, AND THEN THE ROLE CALLED COUNCILMAN MARK.
WOULD YOU DO THE INVOCATION FOR US? WOULD YOU BOW PLEASE, FATHER GOD, WE COME TO YOU THIS MORNING THANKING YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY.
WE THANK YOU, FATHER FOR BLESSING US INDIVIDUALLY, BLESSING US COLLECTIVELY AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY.
WE ASK FATHER THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN THE MIDST OF THIS MEETING AS WE DELIBERATE ON THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
WE ASK THAT YOU TOUCH EACH OF US WITH THE WISDOM THAT YOU WOULD HAVE US TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
JOIN AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND UNISON POLICE, OUR PLEDGE, ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND JUST REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE DELIVERABLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE IN OUR OPENING CEREMONY.
CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH THE QUO FOR THIS MEETING? MAYOR BART, PRESENT, MAYOR PROTE HOLMES.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEN LAW COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK, YOU HAVE A QUO.
[II. PROCLAMATIONS]
WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING ON TODAY WITH PROCLAMATIONS.THE FIRST PROCLAMATION IS FOR WHITE CANE AWARENESS.
I IF YOU CAN COME UP, UH, MR. YOU HAVE ANYONE ELSE WITH YOU? CAN YOU TURN? WE CAN JUST TURN THE MIC, YOU KNOW.
IF WE CAN PUSH THE, UH, PODIUM HERE.
IF YOU CAN PUSH THE PODIUM TOWARD, WELL, IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S OKAY.
OFFICER CHIEF, WOULD YOU, IF YOU STAND TO YOUR LEFT, SOMETHING PICK UP ABOUT TWO STEPS TO YOUR LEFT.
AND THEN, AND THEN TURN IT, TURN IT STRAIGHT.
AND, AND PUSH IT A LITTLE FORWARD JUST A LITTLE MORE.
AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO STEP RIGHT THERE TO IT.
NOW TAKE YOUR TURN TO YOUR RIGHT.
NOW AND THEN THEY'LL TURN AGAIN.
NOW WE ARE READY TO BEGIN WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS WE HAVE FROM THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
WHEREAS THE WHITE CANE, WHICH EVERY BLIND CITIZEN OF OUR STATE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO CARRY, DEMONSTRATES AND SYMBOLIZES
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THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE A FULL AND INDEPENDENT LIFE AND THE CAPACITY TO WORK PRODUCTIVELY IN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT.AND WHEREAS THE WHITE CANE BY ALLOWING EVERY BLIND PERSON TO MOVE FREELY AND SAFELY FROM PLACE TO PLACE, EXCUSE ME, FROM PLACE TO PLACE, MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR THE BLIND TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SOCIETY AND TO LIVE THE LIVES THEY WANT.
AND WHEREAS EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE LAW REQUIRES THAT MOTORIST AND CYCLISTS EXERCISE APPROPRIATE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING A BLIND PERSON CARRYING A WHITE CANE.
WHEREAS TEXAS LAW ALSO CALLS UPON EMPLOYERS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, TO BE AWARE OF AND UTILIZE THE EMPLOYMENT SKILLS OF OUR BLIND CITIZENS BY RECOGNIZING THEIR WORTH AS INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES.
AND WHEREAS THE STATE OF TEXAS THROUGH ITS PUBLIC AGENCIES, AND WITH THE COOPERATIVE ASSISTANCE OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND CAN, SHOULD FACILITATE THE EXPANSION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GREATER ACCEPTANCE OF BLIND PERSONS IN THE COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET.
NOW THEREFORE, I THURMAN BILL BARTE, MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 15TH AS WHITE CANE AWARENESS DAY IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND CALL UPON OUR SCHOOLS, COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES TO FULL, TO OFFER WHETHER FULL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING TO BLIND PERSONS, UPON EMPLOYERS AND THE PUBLIC TO UTILIZE THE AVAILABLE SKILLS OF COMPETENT BLIND PERSONS AND TO OPEN NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BLIND IN OUR RAPIDLY CHANGING SOCIETY AND UPON ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE WHITE CANE AS A TOOL OF INDEPENDENCE FOR BLIND PEDESTRIANS ON OUR STREETS AND OUR HIGHWAYS IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEARING TOO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2022, AND IT SIGNED THURMAN BILL, BCI MAYOR.
AND WE'D LIKE TO, I'M GONNA COME DOWN AND PRESENT THIS TO YOU, COUNSEL.
WOULD YOU ANYONE HAVE ANY, ANYTHING, ANY REMARKS FOR THEM? OKAY.
I'M GONNA COME DOWN AND PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
WHICH WAY YOU WANT US TO TURN, TURN, TURN RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO TELL THE PORT ARTHUR CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND SIGNING THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE IT KNOWN TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO PORT ARTHUR THAT, UH, NATIONAL WHITE CANE IS RECOGNIZED EVERY YEAR ON OCTOBER THE 15TH IS AN ANNUAL RECOGNITION OF THE LIBERTY AND FREEDOM OF BLIND PEOPLE WITH WHITE CANES.
JUST KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SEE THE WHITE CANE, THAT IT IS AN EXTENSION OF US AND IT GIVES US LIBERTY AND GIVES US FREEDOM AND GIVES US ACCESS.
UM, WE ARE BEING EDUCATED, WE ARE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.
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TO CHURCH.WE ARE FELLOWSHIPING WITH EVERYONE AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW SOMEONE ARE RELATED TO SOMEONE THAT HAVE VISION CHALLENGES.
AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXTEND OUR HAND OUT TO THEM IF THEY NEED TO GET ANY EDUCATING ON BLINDNESS OR IF THEY NEED TO GET, UH, ANY TRAINING ON BLINDNESS.
TRAINING IS LIBERTY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL.
IT'LL GET 'EM UP OFF THE COUCH OR TO GET 'EM UP OUT THE HOUSE, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY CAN LIVE THE LIFE THAT THEY WANT EVEN AFTER BLINDNESS.
I'M A NEWLY GRADUATE OF LAMAR STATE COLLEGE, PORT ARTHUR, AND, UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GORE AND MY EDUCATION AND MY TRAINING HELPED ME GORE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
SO THIS FRIDAY WILL CELEBRATE NATIONAL FEDERATION, I MEAN, NATIONAL WHITE CANE DAY.
IT WILL BE IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS ON DARLING AND FOLSON.
SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT, UH, WE EXTEND THE INVITATION TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO SUPPORT US.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT'S GOING THROUGH VISION CHALLENGES AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT, WE WELCOME YOU.
AND WE AGAIN, WE SAY THANK YOU FOR SIGNING THIS POPULATION.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SITE OF BLINDNESS IS, UH, THE GUIDE DOG OH YEAH.
IS ALSO AN EXTENSION OF BLINDNESS.
ALL BLINDNESS IS NOT THE SAME.
SOME ARE TOTALLY BLIND, SOME ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, BUT, UM, SOME USE WHITE CANES, SOME USE BLIND DOGS.
AND, UM, WE JUST NEED YOU ALL TO KNOW THERE'S A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF BLINDNESS.
SO DON'T JUST THINK WHEN YOU SAY BLIND, EVERYBODY'S IN THE DARK BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S NOT ALL THE WAY IN THE DARK.
MAYBE I HAVE MIXED EMOTION, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M HAPPY AND SAD.
YOU KNOW, I SEEN YOU GROW UP MY LITTLE KID.
MATTER OF FACT, YOUR MAMA WAS MY, MY BOSS AND DR.
KEN LAW'S DADDY'S BOSS AT THE UNION HALL.
AND, UH, WE HAPPY FOR PROCLAMATION.
UH, IF I COULD HELP YOU ANY KIND WITH DOG, YOU SHOULDN'T CALL ME.
OKAY, THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR FOR CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH.
MUST ANYONE FROM THE CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION HERE, WHICH SAYS, WHEREAS THE OPIOID CRISIS CONTINUES TO TAKE A TOLL ON THE HEALTH AND LIVES OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND HAS WORSENED IN SOME COMMUNITIES DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS, UH, FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTIVE AND PREVENTION, WHICH IS BETTER KNOWN AS THE CDC, AS MANY AS ONE IN FOUR PATIENTS WHO RECEIVE PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS LONG TERM FOR NON-CANCER PAIN STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTIONS.
AND FROM 1999 UNTIL 2000, MORE THAN 260,000 PEOPLE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES FROM OVERDOSES INVOLVING PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS.
AND WHEREAS THE INTENT INTEREST IN AND NEED FOR GREATER ACCESS TO SAFE AND EFFECTIVE NON-DRUG, NON-INVASIVE APPROACHES, PAIN MANAGEMENT HAS INCREASED.
AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN COLLEGE PHYSICIANS THAT ARE KNOWN AS THE A C P RELEASED UPDATED LOW BACK PAIN TREATMENT GUIDELINES IN 2017 TO PROMOTE THE USE OF NON-INVASIVE NON-DRUG APPROACHES, SUCH AS SPINAL MANIPULATION, AS A FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST BACK PAIN BEFORE THE USE OF PAIN MEDICATION AND SURGERY.
AND WHEREAS THE CDC IN ITS DRAFT 2022 PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES ALSO PROMOTES DIVERSE APPROACHES AND VARIED PAIN MANAGEMENT
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SOLUTIONS, AND SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGES USE OF NON-DRUG THERAPIES AS A FIRST LINE OF TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE AND CHRONIC PAIN AND EVEN SOME TYPES OF ACUTE PAIN.AND WHEREAS DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC WHO FOCUS ON THE WHOLE PERSON WITH THEIR NON-DRUG, NON-INVASIVE TREATMENTS FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT, MOST NOTABLY SPINE MANIPULATION, CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HELPING PATIENTS LESSEN THEIR RELIANCE ON PAIN MEDICATION.
AND WHEREAS THERE IS A GROWING BODY OF RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE EARLY USE OF CHIROPRACTIC SPINAL MANIPULATION IN HELPING PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THEIR NEED LATER FOR PRESCRIPTION OPIOID PAIN MEDICATIONS AND SURGERY.
AND WHEREAS WITH THE THEME CHIROPRACTIC ON THE FRONT LINE OF PAIN OR FOR PAIN, CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH 2022 SERVES AS A REMINDER TO CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, THAT NON-DRUG TREATMENT FOR LOW BACK PAIN, SUCH AS SPINAL MANIPULATION PROVIDED BY DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC, CAN HELP TO LESSEN OR ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR RISKY, RISKIER, POTENTIALLY ADDICTIVE TREATMENTS AND SHOULD BE UTILIZED WELL APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE, RATHER, BEFORE STARTING PRESCRIPTION OPIOID PAIN MEDICATION.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS OFFICIALLY JOINS WITH THE TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION, TCA AND THE AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION, ACA IN PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2022 AS CHIROPRACTIC HELP MONTH IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AND ASK ALL CITIZENS TO HELP US RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSCULAR SKELETAL HELP AND BENEFITS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEARINGS WHO HAVE FIXED OR SET MY HAND AND FIXED THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS ON THIS 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022.
AND IT IS SIGNED BY ME THURMOND BILL BCI, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AND OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
AND THIS IS FOR A GIFT OF LIFE BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS.
SEE THAT SOME ARE HERE THAT YOU ALL WANNA COME UP NOW AS I READ.
SO IT'S THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
WHEREAS SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ARE NATIONAL OVARIAN AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, MUMPS WITH CAMPAIGNS ESTABLISHED THE HEIGHTENED INFORMATION ON THE RISK AND SYMPTOMS OF THESE DISEASES TO ADVANCE EARLY DETECTION AND INTERVENTION.
AND WHEREAS OVARIAN CANCER IS KNOWN AS A SILENT KILLER DUE TO ITS BE SYMPTOMS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DISCOVER UNTIL LATENT STAGES WITH THE DEVASTATING PROGNOSIS.
AND WHEREAS BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER AMONG AMERICAN WOMEN EXCEPT FOR SKIN CANCER, AND APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL DEVELOP INVASIVE BREAST CANCER DURING THEIR LIFETIME.
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WHEREAS THIS YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAT 310,000 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH EITHER BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER, AND NEARLY 57,000 WOMEN WILL DIE FROM THESE DISEASES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE SOUTHEAST TEXANS OR THAT SOUTHEAST TEXANS RATHER ARE EDUCATED ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND THE AVAILABILITY OF FREE MAMMOGRAMS FOR WOMEN WHO CANNOT AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH GIFT OF LIFE, WOMEN'S BREAST HEALTH AND CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAM.
AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIFE ANNUALLY PROVIDES THOUSANDS OF BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS AND DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAMS, ULTRASOUNDS AND BIOPSIES WITH ACCESS TO CANCER TREATMENT TO MEDICALLY SERVED SOUTHEAST TEXAS WOMEN.
AND WHEREAS TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF THESE DISEASES AND TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ITS PROVISIONS OF CANCER OR ITS YEAH.
PROVISIONS OF CANCER AND PREVENTION AND EDUCATION OUTREACH GIFT OF LIFE WILL HOST THE 12TH ANNUAL JULIE RICHARDSON, PROCTOR FIVE K RIBBON RUN MONSTER DASH IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH.
NOW, THEREFORE, I THURMAN BILL BARCHI, MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH AS GIFT OF LIFE BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS DAY.
AND I ASK HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AND I URGE HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, ALL WOMEN OF OUR COMMUNITY TO PURSUE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH PRACTICES AND EARLY DETECTION EFFORTS IN WITNESS WHEREOF.
I HAVE HEARINGS WHO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR TO BE AFFIXED THIS 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2022.
AND IT IS SIGNED HERE BY YOURS TRULY, THURMAN, BILL BARCHI AND I WILL COME DOWN AND PRESENT THIS TO THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, JUST, UH, CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS AGAIN.
MY MOTHER PASSED WITH, UH, OVARIAN CANCER, SO IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART TO SEE, UH, THE STEPS THAT SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S REAL TOUCHING AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS CONTINUOUSLY IN THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE IS TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE BE AWARE OF THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS IN THEIR LIVES BECAUSE IT, IT WASN'T A PRETTY SIGHT IF YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH IT WITH SOMEONE.
SO AGAIN, PERSONALLY FROM ME, UH, I LIKE TO THANK YOU AND CONTINUE THE FIGHT WITH OUR CITIZENS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
I TOO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND FOR THE JOB YOU'RE DOING AND LOVE YOU SHOWING MY BABY SISTER DIED OVARIAN CANCER AND HER PARTIES, HER YOUNG PARTIES.
SO I'VE SEEN HER SUPPER GO THROUGH SOME THINGS.
SO THANK YOU OFF WHAT Y'ALL DOING.
KEEP THE GOOD WORK UP AS Y'ALL.
AND I WANT TO CHIME IN AND SAY THANK YOU, REGINA, NORMA, ALL THE LADIES WHO ARE HERE, MY SISTER-IN-LAW, MY WIFE IS A MEMBER OF THIS GROUP.
SHE, IN FACT, SHE WAS TEACHING THE CLASS LAST NIGHT RIGHT ON ZOOM.
AND, UH, SHE'S REALLY DEDICATED TO THIS GROUP THAT HAS DONE SUCH AMAZING WORK IN, IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
SHE'S COMMITTED ME TO, TO BE IN THE 5K WALK RUN THIS WEEK.
SO, SORRY AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YES, THANK YOU MAYOR, UM, TO THIS AMAZING GROUP OF WOMEN THAT YOU, YOU GUYS DO SUCH A G A FANTASTIC JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN CANCER.
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DETECTED EARLY BACK, UM, IN MD ANDERSON FIRST OPEN IN 78.BUT THANK GOD SHE DIDN'T DIE FROM OVARIAN CANCER, AND IT CAUGHT IT IN TIME.
SO EARLY DETECTION MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
SHE LIVED, AND SHE WAS AT THAT TIME ABOUT 35 OF RIGHT AT 35.
AND SO, UH, IN 78, BUT SHE LIVED TO BE 75.
UH, SOME OF THE EFFECTS FROM RADIATION AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT SHE DID, DID HURT HER AND HARM HER.
BUT I THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH, UH, GIFT OF LIFE, BECAUSE YOU'RE SAVING LIVES WITH EARLY DETECTION.
I'M A, I'M A WITNESS FROM WHAT MY MOTHER HAD TO ENDURE.
THANK GOD I HAVEN'T HAD IT AND HASN'T COME DOWN THE LINE.
BUT I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE WE, IT, IT, IT WORKS.
OH, SO, UH, WELL AT THIS TIME WANT TO REALLY RECIPROCATING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THE TESTIMONIALS.
THREE OF YOU WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN TOUCHED IN YOUR FAMILIES BY OVARIAN CANCER.
IT REALLY GIVES THE EMPOWERMENT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S WHY WE'RE PASSIONATE IS GIFT OF LIFE, TO INFORM AND TO HAVE INCREASED AWARENESS OF THESE CANCERS.
AND THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, NORMA SAMPSON, REGINA ROGERS, THIS WONDERFUL GROUP OF WOMEN THAT ARE WITH ME TODAY, RITA DAVIS, WHO IS ONE OF THE ALAC ACTIVE LIVING AFTER CANCER COACHES WITH YOUR WIFE AS WELL.
AND JUDA SMITH, WHOM ALL KNOW IS JUST A POWERHOUSE.
SHE'S SMALL, BUT A POWERHOUSE OF THE HEALTH ADVOCATE.
AND WE COULD NOT DO THESE PROGRAMS WITHOUT HER.
SHE'S SO INSTRUMENTAL IN ADVANCING HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS, PARTICULARLY FOR PORT ARTHUR RESIDENTS.
AND WITH ME AS KELLY PROSER, WHO IS ONE OF OUR ANGELS AMONG US DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING THESE AMBASSADORS OF OUR CAUSE.
AND AS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, SHE IS THERE IN THE FOOT SOLDIER ADVANCING AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATING IN SUPPORTING OUR INITIATIVES.
AND ALSO, ONE OF OUR COACHES IS JODY WOOD, WITH ACTIVE LIVING AFTER CANCER, WHO THE D O T WITH RITA DAVIS AND JODY ALSO PROVIDE THOSE ZOOM CLASSES THAT, AS YOU KNOW, YOU SEE COUNCILMAN MARKS, THEY ARE LIFE CHANGING IN TERMS OF THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THE CLASSES.
OUR FOUNDER AND CHAIR, REGINA ROGERS, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT HER SUPPORT.
AND HER REALLY, SHE IS THE CATALYST OF WHAT HAS MADE THIS PROGRAM SO SUCCESSFUL THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND GIVES SO MUCH OF HERSELF AND TIME.
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TO REALLY SHARE OUR SERVICES TODAY WITH ANYONE THAT'S HERE AND THAT'S LISTENING.
BECAUSE EVERY MONTH WE'RE IN PORT ARTHUR AT THE RICELAND DIAGNOSTIC HEALTH CENTER, PROVIDING A CONVENIENT LOCATION WITH OUR FREE BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS FOR WOMEN WHO ARE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED IN PORT ARTHUR.
SO FOR THOSE WOMEN WHO CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE, WE ARE THERE FOR YOU.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF CARE TO SAVE YOUR LIFE SO THAT YOU CAN ENJOY MANY, MANY YEARS AS YOUR MOM DID AS WELL.
OUR CONDUIT OF CARE EXTENDS BEYOND, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, BEYOND JUST THE MEDICAL ASPECT.
IT'S WRAPPED INTO LOVE AND COMPASSION AND DEVOTION TO FOLLOW EACH OF THOSE BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS THROUGH THIS JOURNEY.
AND PORT ARTHUR, JUST THIS YEAR, WE'VE PROVIDED MORE THAN 400 WOMEN WITH OUR LIFE SAVING SERVICES, TWO OF WHOM HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER, THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT AND THE INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ESPECIALLY THE INDUSTRY OF PORT ARTHUR, WHICH HAS BEEN TRULY THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR PROGRAM AND ALLOWED US TO BE SUSTAINABLE.
THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS.
AND SO WE THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US.
AND, UH, WE'VE INCLUDED SOME PACKAGES OF INFORMATION.
SO THIS IS THE ACTIVE LIVING AFTER CLASS, THE FLYER.
IT'S FREE, IT IS EVIDENCE BASED, IT'S LIFE CHANGING, AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CALL US, SIGN UP FOR THE CLASSES.
THIS IS ALSO THE FLYER WE'VE INCLUDED ABOUT OUR FREE SCREENINGS.
WE ARE THERE FOR ANYONE IN PORT AUTHOR WHO NEEDS OUR SCREENINGS, AND ANYONE WHO IS A BREAST, OVARIAN OR A GEOLOGICAL CANCER SURVIVORS, YOU'RE FREE.
COME TO OUR RIBBON RUN AND WE WILL REGISTER YOU FOR OUR FUN ACTIVITIES WHERE WE HAVE FUN WALKING A SAING ON THE COURSE, AND OF COURSE, THE OVARIAN CANCER BROCHURES AND INFORMATION THAT WE'RE DISTRIBUTING TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND TO INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
SO, UH, AT THIS TIME, IF I MAY, COULD I ASK IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COMMENT THAT'S WITH ME TODAY? OKAY.
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I KNOW.I'M JUST, NORMA, NORMA HAS SPOKEN SO BEAUTIFULLY ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, BUT I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT YOU ARE A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR AND YOUR SISTER BOTH WERE DIAGNOSED WITHIN THE SAME WEEK, WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL.
AND SO I'VE GOTTA GIVE YOU A HUG,
NO, BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO OUR EFFORTS AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY'RE DOING SO WELL IN THEIR RECOVERY.
AND, UH, AS NORMA SAID, SEVEN YEARS NOW, ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? WE, WE NEED TO APPLAUD THAT.
AND WE, WE, THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS BEFORE THEY WERE DIAGNOSED.
SO WE HAVE HAD THE BENEFIT OF BEING THERE WITH THEM, SUPPORTING, HELPING, PRAYING, LOVING, AND BEING A PART OF THEIR LIVES, AND THEY'VE BEEN SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION, AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS MY COUSIN, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW PROUD I AM ALWAYS OF HER AND HER BEST FRIEND, JODY, UH, KELLY.
UM, I, I JUST WANNA BRING YOU UP HERE FOR ONE SECOND.
I, YOU KNOW, WE MET HER YEARS AGO THROUGH SEMPRA AND THROUGH PORT ARTHUR, L AND G, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF US ON YOU SITTING THERE ON YOU MCKENNA, THE SUPPORT AND THE ADVOCACY AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN US HAS BEEN SO MEANINGFUL TO OUR EFFORTS.
AND OF COURSE THEN WE LEARNED THAT SHE IN SAN DIEGO WAS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR MORE THAN ONCE.
AND I WILL LET HER JUST MENTION THAT THREE TIMES.
YEAH, I DON'T DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE AND IT'S CONFIDE CONFIDENTIAL.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING THIS ORGANIZATION SUCH LOVE AND SUPPORT.
UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE ALL BEEN TOUCHED OVER OUR LIFETIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M A THREEPEAT, SO I'M JUST GLAD I'M STANDING HERE.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF SERVICES AND GROUPS LIKE THIS, UH, THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME GET TO STAND HERE.
SO, UH, ALL I'M GONNA SAY IS PLEASE USE THE SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING.
YOU KNOW, COMPANIES LIKE US COME UP SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THESE EXAMS FREE AND THEY ARE LIFE SAVING, AND YOU NEED TO GO IN AND NOT BE AFRAID AND GO GET YOUR EXAMS DONE.
UH, THAT'S WHY YOU GET TO STAND HERE.
SO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES.
THESE LADIES ARE LOVELY AND THEY POWER AND ENERGIZE OUR WORLD EVERY DAY.
AND JUST APPRECIATE THE, UH, CITY'S SUPPORT, CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM, AND LET'S MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GOES OUT AND GETS AN EXAM THIS MONTH.
WOULD YOU AND JODY LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT ALAC? JUST QUICKLY.
OUR PROGRAM CAN ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL IF WE HAVE THE PEOPLE TO HELP.
SO WE HAVE THE ALAC PROGRAM, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CANCER SURVIVORS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR TREATMENT.
AND IT'S A PROGRAM OF EDUCATION, IT'S A SUPPORT PROGRAM.
WE'RE DOING IT ON ZOOM NOW, SO ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND ENCOURAGE SURVIVORS TO COME AND JOIN US.
WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF FUN, VERY EDUCATIONAL, VERY SUPPORTIVE.
SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE PEOPLE JOIN US.
WELL, I, I'M ACTUALLY SO GRATEFUL TO GOD.
IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS FOR ME AND MY SISTER.
WE ARE BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS.
AS REGINA STATED, WE WERE DIAGNOSED WITHIN THE SAME WEEK OF EACH OTHER.
WE, THERE, THERE WAS NO GENETIC LINK.
AND THIS WAS DIAGNOSED ON A ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM.
SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN, UM, TO NOT MISS, UM, THAT ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM.
AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE BECAUSE AS REGINA STATED, THEY WERE OUR SUPPORT SYSTEMS DURING OUR TIMES.
SO JUST THANK, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS MUCH TIME.
PORT ARTHUR MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR PROGRAM AND SAVING LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE'LL BE IN PORT ARTHUR IN NOVEMBER AT THE, UH, PORT AUTHOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERFORMING OUR MEN'S HEALTH SCREENINGS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HERE EVERY MONTH PROVIDING LIFE SAVING SERVICES AND WITH INTERPRETERS TRANSLATORS SO THAT ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, HISPANIC, ASIAN, VIETNAMESE, WE'RE THERE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.
REAL QUICK, THIS RUN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY RUN, RIGHT? OH, NO.
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RIGHT.I MEAN, I WANT, ARE YOU WATCHING? I WANNA COMMIT COUNCIL MEMOR MOSES.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT DON'T SAY WALK NOWHERE ON HERE, SO I WANT TO CAN C SA WITH ME.
WE CAN EAT DONUTS AND THEN WALK THE ROUTE TOGETHER.
ACTUALLY, AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN BRING YOUR PETS.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, GONNA BE ON ROLLER SKATES THIS YEAR, SO YOU CAN JUST ENJOY THE DAY AND CELEBRATE WITH US IN ANY WAY THAT'S COMFORTABLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT THOUGH.
OH, DO YOU MIGHT ALSO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND, UH, JUST TO ADD CONY TO THIS, ON LAST EVENING OVER AT OUR CHURCH AT FIRST SIXTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, THAT WAS A PROGRAM, UH, YOUR WIFE WAS THERE.
AND, UH, SEVERAL DENISE BK, WHO, UH, IS A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH AND THE CANCER CANCER SURVIVOR.
AND SHE, UH, HAD A PROGRAM AND THAT PROBABLY WERE MORE THAN 50, 60 WOMEN.
I LEFT BECAUSE I WAS ABOUT THE ONLY MAN THAT WAS THERE.
AND WE, WE THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND MAY, COULD I JUST INTERJECT, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO CHIEF DOO, MAYBE HE WAS WITH YOU LAST NIGHT.
HE SENT ME THIS WONDERFUL PINK BALLOON ARCH PICTURES WITH SOME WOMEN, AND I, I'M SURE HE GOT TIED UP WITH SOMETHING TODAY WITH THE POLICE BUSINESS.
BUT ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND UNDER THE DIRECTION IN LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF DOO, THEY HAVE SIX CARS THAT HAVE THE RIBBON ON THEM THAT ARE GOING ALL AROUND TOWN, HAPPENING AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATING WITH OUR INITIATIVE.
SO WANT TO ALSO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE.
COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO, AND I DID TO TEXT AFTER I LEFT THAT THE CHIEF HAD SHOWN UP.
HE, HE TOLD ME HE CAME AND HE STOLE THE SHOW.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SAY THANK YOU TO THE, TO THE COURT AUTHOR'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHIEF? YES, SIR.
WHO IS BOTH, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF HAS ALWAYS TAKEN A VERY ACTIVE ROLE, UM, THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY.
AND THESE IS ONE OF THE OTHER ROLES THAT WE APPLAUDING FOR, FOR, UM, BEING AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF STAFF.
NOW AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE AGENDA, THERE AREN'T ANY SPEAKERS OR PRESENTATIONS AND THERE IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
UH, WOULD THERE BE ANY REPORTS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS? JUST ABOUT THE GUY THAT DIED? THE EMPLOYEE BILL, GO AHEAD.COUNCILWOMAN MOSES, WE JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE OUR, UH, SINCERE CONDOLENCES FROM THE COUNCIL FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEE THAT PASSED AWAY, UM, ON SUNDAY.
PETER BILL, UM, HE WAS, UM, JUST HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND PASSED AWAY.
SO WE'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO KEEP HIM IN PRAYER, AS WILL THE COUNCIL, UH, KEEP HIS FAMILY AND HIM, UH, KEEP THEIR FAMILY IN PRAYER AS WELL.
ALSO KEEP THE COFFEE, UH, CHARLES ALONG WITH PHYLLIS.
CHARLES, SHE WAS MY APPOINTEE.
SHE WAS MY APPOINTEE ON THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE WOULD SAY A PRAYER, SPECIAL PRAYER FOR HER AND HER HUSBAND.
IF THERE BE UNDER, WE WILL MOVE TO, UH, OUR NEXT SECTION OF, UH, BE SIX.
AND THAT IS NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
SEVEN, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE ITEMS THAT ARE BASICALLY OF ROUTINE NATURE AND ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE.
AND THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED INFORMATION PRIOR TO, UH, THE MEETING ON EACH ITEM.
WOULD THERE BE ANY ITEMS THAT WE HAVE THAT NEED TO BE WITHDRAWN BY COUNCIL
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MEMBERS OR CITY ATTORNEY? YOUR LIGHT CAME ON.I JUST HAVE ONE, ONLY BECAUSE THEY'RE, UH, HERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WANTED TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS.
AND THERE WAS A, A TYPO IN IT,
AND, UH, IT WAS, IT'S BEEN CORRECTED, BUT PR 2, 2, 8, 6, NUMBER 16 ON PAGE SIX, UH, PORT ARTHUR LNG IS, UH, PRESENT TODAY.
YOU SAID THERE'S A TYPO IN IT? NO, WE CORRECTED IT.
WE CORRECTED IT, BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I WOULD SAY PULLED.
CAN WE PULL IT? YES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PULL AND NO, JUST PULL IT.
YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO JUST PULL THAT AND HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU ALL SPEAK.
WE HAVE, UH, NUMBER 16 ON PAGE SIX TO BE WITHDRAW.
ANY OTHERS? AND ALSO, I'M SORRY, MAYOR, GO RIGHT IN.
11 12, 13, 11 ON 11 IS ON PAGE FIVE.
UH, WE HAVE THE WITHDRAWAL OF ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 11, ITEM NUMBER 12, ITEM 13, AND ITEM 16.
WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THOSE ITEMS, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
SO MOVE MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN MOSES, SECOND MOVE.
AND SECOND, THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT IS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ITEMS 11, 12, 13, AND 16.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION ON ANY QUESTIONS? WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR IN THE POSES I HAVE SO AUDIT, WE WILL ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXCLUDED ITEMS OR THE WITHDRAWN ITEMS. NOW WE HAVE
[VII.C.11 P. R. No. 22796 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase Two 2022 Ford F- 550, Regular Cab 4x2 Flush Trucks From Kinloch Equipment & Supply Of Pasadena, Texas Through BuyBoard 601- 19 For Utility Operations Department, With A Projected Budgetary Impact Of $ 383, 563. 70. Funds Are Available In Water Utilities Account No. 625- 40- 000- 8522- 00- 00- 000, Equipment]
NUMBER 11 ON PAGE FIVE, PR NUMBER 2 27 96.A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE 2 20 10 TO 2 20 22 F FIVE 50 REGULAR CAB FOUR BY TWO FLUSH TRUCKS FROM THE UH, KEN LOCK EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY OF PASADENA, TEXAS THROUGH BY BOARD NUMBER 6 0 1 19 FOR UTILITY OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT WITH A PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $383,563 AND 70 CENT FARMS ARE AVAILABLE IN WATER UTILITIES.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 6 2 5 DASH 4 0 8 5 22 DASH ZERO AND EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? UH, COUNCIL MCKINLAY.
SO MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN JONES.
OKAY, TO MOVE THE SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22 7 96.
I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE STAYING AHEAD OF THE GAME, UH, WITH PURCHASING VEHICLES LIKE THIS, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, CITIZENS HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT MY QUESTION IS UNITS NUMBER 2022 AND 2023, UH, WHAT, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE STATUS OF THOSE OLD UNITS? CAN SOMEONE TELL ME THAT? CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE BACKGROUND.
I DON'T SEE THE STATUS OF THOSE UNITS EVEN IN THE DETAIL.
THE OLD OKAY, GO RIGHT IN THE, UH, THE OLD FLUSH TRUCKS, UH, THEY BASICALLY BREAK DOWN A LOT AND THEY'RE TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR LIFE.
AND WOULD, WOULD YOU PURCHASE THESE HEAVILY USED? BECAUSE WE, THE, THE VECTOR HAS A VERY POWERFUL HIGH PRESSURE JET FOR OPENING UP SEWERS.
IT'S, UH, TO THE LARGE EXTENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOG ISSUES WE HAVE FROM FATS ALL INCREASE, WHICH FORM ALMOST A CONCRETE IN THE SEWERS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WINTER.
SO WE, WE USE THESE TRUCKS HEAVILY DURING THE WINTER, ALONG WITH, WE ARE ALSO PURCHASING A FACTOR TRUCK, WHICH WILL GIVE US A MUCH P MORE POWERFUL FOR THE LARGE SEWERS.
THE, THESE FLUSH TRUCKS WILL DO THE EIGHT INCH AND MAYBE THE 10 INCH SEWERS, BUT NOT THE LARGER SEWERS.
BUT THE EXISTING ONES ARE OLD AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BROKEN A LOT.
AND WE PURCHASED THOSE TRUCKS IN ABOUT 18 OR 19.
THEY WERE HERE WHEN I GOT HERE.
THEY ZUS, THEY'RE SMALLER TRUCKS, SO MM-HMM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? THERE AREN'T ANY.
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ANY OPPOSERS? AYE HAVE.SO AS HONOR, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 27 96 AS PRESENTED.
NEXT, WE HAVE PR NUMBER 2 27 97,
[VII.C.12 P. R. No. 22797 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase A F- 350 Pickup Truck With A Flat Bed For The Water Utilities Department From Chastang Ford Of Houston, Texas, Through BuyBoard # 601- 19, In The Total Amount Of $ 65, 998. 00. Funds Are Available In Equipment Account No. 625-40- 000- 8523- 00- 00- 000, Equipment]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE A F THREE 50 PICKUP TRUCK WITH A FLAT BID FOR THE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT FROM, UH, ANG, UH, FORD OF HOUSTON, TEXAS THROUGH BY BOARD NUMBER 6 0 1 19.AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $65,998 BARN ARE AVAILABLE IN EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 6 2 5 DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 8 5 2 3 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0 EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN MOSES? SO MOVED.
MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN MARKS SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE BEEN ACCEPT THIS.
UM, IT'S, WE'VE GONNA REPLACE UNIT 2069.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, AFTER HARVEY, WE HAD TO REPLACE A LOT OF OUR VEHICLES AND THAT'S MY CONCERN THOUGH.
UM, TO BE REALLY BLUNT WITH YOU, IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF VEHICLES WHEN WE MAKE THESE TYPES OF PURCHASE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF PURCHASE I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING IS REPLACING 2069 AND IT'S A FLATBED.
DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE ANY FLATBED, UH, VEHICLES THAT WE ARE USING THIS THE FLATBED WE WERE USING FOR THE PIPE BURSTING CREW? MM-HMM.
I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHY IT FELL, BUT, UH, FLATBED IS USED TO HAUL THE HEAVY GOOSENECK TRAILER AND WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS MOVING EQUIPMENT WITHOUT A FLATBED.
SO THIS IS TO GET THE PIPE BURSTING CREW BACK UP TO FULL SPEED.
WELL, UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND, AND STAYING ON TOP, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO OUR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE ON HOW WE CONDUCT MAINTENANCE WITH, UH, WITH OUR VEHICLES.
BECAUSE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UH, THESE VEHICLES, A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES WERE PURCHASED 18, 19 BECAUSE IT CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CONDUCTED THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THESE VEHICLES TO ENSURE WE CAN GET EXTENDED LIGHT, UH, WITH THESE VEHICLES.
SO THANK AGAIN FOR YOUR, YOUR, UH, RESPONSE.
OKAY, LET ME JUST, UM, I'M GLAD THAT COUNSELOR KINDLER BROUGHT THIS UP.
LET ME JUST SHARE WITH, UM, THE COUNCILORS, WELL, THAT WE GO THROUGH A VERY EXTENSIVE PROCESS OF VETTING THESE VEHICLES EVEN BEFORE THEY GET TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE BEING PLACED AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
UM, CALVIN HAD TO MEET WITH IVAN AND THE ENTIRE TEAM AT THE GARAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE VEHICLES ARE ASSESSED.
AND, UM, THEY GIVE US AN OPINION AS TO WHETHER IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO INVEST MORE IN REPAIRING THESE VEHICLES OR TAKING THEM OFF THE LIST.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT A VEHICLE, UM, AND THE VEHICLE IS 20 YEARS OLD, BUT WE SPENT $93,000 ON A VEHICLE OF $24,000.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR RIGHT NOW.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE PAST BEFORE, BUT, UH, MADE IT A POINT OF DUTY WITH, UM, UM, THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AND WITH IVAN AND WITH ALL MEMBERS OF STAFF, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT UNLESS IT IS PROPERLY VETTED BY THE TEAM OF THE GARAGE.
SO I'M, I'M GLAD THAT KING CONSULAR KING BROUGHT THAT UP.
IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH UNLESS IT'S BEEN PROPERLY VETTED AND IT MAKES ECONOMIC AND MONETARY SENSE FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE CITY.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER.
WHAT KEVIN WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, LIKE WE WITH UNIT NUMBER 2069 AND WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COUNCIL GOING FORWARD IS BASICALLY KNOWING THE YEAR THAT WERE PURCHASED.
I KNOW YOU CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IT, I CAN, YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT NOW, BUT LATER.
YOU, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD IF WE WOULD HAVE THAT PURCHASED IN 1920 AND 19 20 20, 20 16 AND THAT WAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN PURCHASED 20 YEARS AGO.
WE VOTE ON THINGS AS FLEXIBLE AND FLUID HERE.
WE VOTE ON 'EM AT THE TIME AND THEN I'M DONE WITH IT.
SO BASICALLY YOU COULD JUST KIND OF REFRESH US.
BUT I KNOW AS, UH, RON STATED, UH, THERE ARE MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH IVAN.
UH, YES, DARRELL HARMON, IT DID MOST OF IT SETTING WITH HIM TO JUSTIFY WHICH, WHAT'S USED FOR AND, AND IT, CAN IT BE REPAIRED? I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, FOR US IT'S, WE'D RATHER REPAIR IT BECAUSE WE GET IT BACK FASTER.
I UNDERSTAND PURCHASING TAKES A WHILE.
SO WE WANNA DO WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU GUYS TO KEEP YOU GOING.
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JUST, BUT PUTTING THAT INFORMATION DOES HELP COUNSEL TO KNOW THEN WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED.ON ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE ARE READY FOR VOTING.
ANY OPPOSERS I HAVING TO HIS ORDER, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 2 70 97.
[VII.C.13 P. R. No. 22798 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase A F- 550 Pickup Truck With A Dump Body For The Water Utilities Department From Chastang Ford Of Houston, Texas, Through BuyBoard # 601- 19 With A Projected Budgetary Impact Of 76, 996. 00. Funds Are Available In Equipment Account No. 625- 40- 000- 8523- 00- 00- 000, Equipment]
WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 13.IF THIS PR NUMBER 2 2 7 98 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE A F FIVE 50 PICKUP TRUCK WITH A DUMP BODY FOR THE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT FROM CHEANG FORD OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, THROUGH BY BOARD NUMBER 6 0 1 DASH 19 WITH A PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $76,996.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 6 2 5 DASH 4 0 0 DASH 8 5 2 3 DASH 0 0 0 0 0 EQUIPMENT.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN MARK? SO MOVE MAN.
MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN JONES HAS MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 2 79 8 AS RE READ OF QUESTION, UH, COUNCILMAN KIMLER? YES.
AND THIS AGAIN, CAPTAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UP.
I, I THINK YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND OF WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS.
UH, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES MADE A GREAT IDEA, UH, STATEMENT ABOUT THE YEAR.
ALSO, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND THE, THE, THE, THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THAT EQUIPMENT BACK AFTER IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT CITY MANAGER OR NOT.
BUT, UH, AFTER IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND WE PURCHASED IT, HOW LONG WOULD IT BE BEFORE WE GET THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT? THAT'S SOMETHING I'D BE INTERESTED IN ALSO, UH, WANTING TO KNOW.
WE'VE HAD IT IN THE PAST, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK? MANAGER? YEAH, WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST SIMPLE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ING DEPARTMENT AND THE VENDOR.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WOULD NORMALLY GIVE US AN IDEA AS TO WHETHER 60 90 DIESEL O OKAY.
AND I THINK WE, IF WE COULD STAY ON TOP OF THAT, YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE GET OUR EQUIPMENT IN A TIMELY PERIOD.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSERS I ADD TO HIS ARGUMENT EXCEPT PR NUMBER 22 7 98 AS RED.
[VII.C.16 P. R. No. 22806— A Resolution Authorizing The Execution Of The First Amendment To The Industrial District Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur, Port Arthur LNG, LLC And Its Subsidiary, PALNG Common Facilities Company, LLC]
16, PR NUMBER 22.SO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE EXECUTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, PORT ARTHUR, L N G, LLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARY, P A L N G, COMMON FACILITIES COMPANY L L C.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN MOTOR.
MARKS SECOND HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22.
UH, COUNCIL MOORE? WELL, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A QUESTION.
IT WAS JUST A HOUSEKEEPING ISSUE, UH, ON THE RESOLUTION, WHICH IS A PERMANENT RECORD.
AS I REVIEWED THE AGENDA LAST NIGHT, IT SHOWED THAT, UH, WE HAD, UH, APPROVED, UH, THE INITIAL RESOLUTION 19 DASH 45 ON JUNE 4TH, 2022.
AND WHEN I STARTED TO GO BACK AND LOOK FOR THE INFORMATION, IT ACTUALLY WAS, UH, APPROVED ON JUNE 4TH, 2019.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION ON THE PERMANENT RECORD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, OUR RECORDS ARE CORRECT.
YOU AND, AND WE, WE ARE GOOD WITH THAT.
THERE WAS A, A DATE THAT NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED ON THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE RESOLUTION, SO WE DID CORRECT THAT.
AND THEN THIS, UM, BASICALLY JUST, UM, REVISES THE DATES, UH, FROM THE COMMENCING IN 2023 TO COMMENCING IN 2026 AND ALL THE OTHER TERMS ARE THE SAME.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE'RE JUST MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT ON DATES.
UH, AND YOU DID REQUEST, UH, YOU MADE AN INFERENCE THAT IF, UH, SEMPRA, UH, WANTED TO COME UP.
JUST STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE AND YOUR POSITION WITH THE COMPANY AND MAYOR BARDI.
UH, JIM AC WITH SEMPRA ENERGY.
I'M DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE TAX.
UH, JUST WANNA SAY THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON OUR PORT ARTHUR LNG PROJECT.
I'M HERE ON THEIR BEHALF TODAY, ALONG WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES FROM FROM SEMPRA.
UH, PORT ARTHUR LNG HAS BEEN A, A LONG HAUL.
IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN LONG IN DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UH, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
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AND MOMENTUM AROUND THE PROJECT, AND SO WE'RE HOPING FOR, FOR GOOD NEWS, UH, SOON ABOUT THE PROJECT.AND WE APPRECIATE, WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE, OF THE CITY, UH, AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, ALONG, UH, A LONG AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.
I WANNA, I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY WHEN WE MET WITH THEM, UH, UH, A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AS WE, UH, TALKED ABOUT, UH, AMENDING THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT.
AND THEY WERE PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS AND THEY WERE HELPFUL AND COOPERATIVE AND SO, UH, APPRECIATE THEIR, THEIR HELP TODAY AND WANTED TO, TO, TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE ASSISTANCE WE RECEIVED FROM THEM.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, THANKS AGAIN AND IF, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PORT ARTHUR AND G I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANY REMARKS? OKAY.
I HAVE ONE REMARK THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, WE ARE, WE ARE ELATED AND THE STATIC THAT YOU ALL HAVE CHOSEN PROPERTIES HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO BEGIN TO DO BUSINESS.
WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TOTALLY, TOTALLY CONSIDER AS YOU QUOTE, AS YOU DEVELOP, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S TAKEN A GOOD, GOOD PERIOD OF TIME, DEVELOP, UH, A RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RESIDENT SUPPORT OFTEN FOR OUR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.
UH, WHEN WE SAY THIS, I AM NOT AGAINST THE REGIONAL APPROACH.
I THINK REGIONALISM HAS ITS PLACE, HOWEVER LOCALISM HAS ITS PLACE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCALISM AND, AND WHATEVER YOU COULD DO TO BE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO LOOK LIKE ME AND ARE QUALIFIED FOR THOSE JOBS AND LIVE IN PORT ARTHUR ARE GIVEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY SO THAT THE, THE MANNER OF LIFE BEING ABLE TO LIVE A DECENT LIFE IN PORT ARTHUR, THAT YOU ARE BEING PRODUCTIVE IN BEING SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS IN PORT ARTHUR HAVE A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ONE THING TO COME IN PORT ARTHUR, DO BUSINESS WORLDWIDE, MAKE BILLIONS WORLDWIDE, AND FOLKS DRIVE IN HERE EVERY MORNING AND LEAVE EVERY AFTERNOON.
AND THEN SPEAK ABOUT SOME DISENCHANTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN CONSIDER INCENTIVES FOR YOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK WITH YOU TO LIVE IN PORT ARTHUR.
I THINK THIS COUNCIL AND THE FUTURE COUNCILS WILL DO ALL IT CAN TO BE SURE THAT WE LIVE UP TO OUR PART OF THE BARGAIN, OF BEING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE PORT ARTHUR ATTRACTIVE.
AND YOU DO YOUR PART IN BEING SURE THAT YOU ARE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES, NOT JUST THE FOLK FROM NINE COUNTIES, BUT THE FOLK FROM ONE CITY WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED.
THANKS MAYOR BARDI, WE APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE PLANS, WE DO HAVE PLANS TO, TO HOLD JOB FAIRS IN PORT ARTHUR, RIGHT? AND, AND, AND IN THE AREA.
AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN PORT ARTHUR TO, UH, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BE EMPLOYED BY OUR PROJECT OR BY OUR CONTRACTORS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST STEP IS TO BUILD THE PROJECT.
RIGHT? WE NEED YOU TO BUILD IT AND GET, AND EVEN WHILE IT'S BEING BUILT TO CONTRACTORS WHOM YOU CONTRACT WITH, ASK THEM YEAH.
AND WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CONTRACTOR, OUR, OUR MAIN CONTRACTOR, AND, UH, AND, UH, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE COMMITMENTS FROM THEM ALONG THAT REGARD.
SO, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST HEARD WHAT YOU SAID.
AS I SAID, WE WANNA, YOU GOT COMMITMENTS FROM 'EM, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND WE WANNA PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND WE WANNA MAKE, WE WANNA MAKE PORT ARTHUR A BETTER PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.
SO, UM, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL WORK TOGETHER ON THAT AND I'LL GET BACK WITH KELLY TO GET TO YOU.
SHE'S GONNA BE MY PERSON TO GET ME TO YOU, SO I'M GONNA FIND OUT, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOOD AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE'RE READY FOR VOTING.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY POSES? I HAD IT.
SO THIS ORDER, WE WILL ACCEPT P R NUMBER 2 28 6 AS RED.
[VIII.A.1 P. R. No. 22791 — A Resolution Approving An Agreement With Terry Stokes For Professional Services & Employment As Chief Executive Officer Of The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation]
TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OR LAW NUER EIGHT.AND THERE ARE, THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE NON-CONSENT.
UH, ITEMS, WE HAVE THE FIRST ITEM, PR NUMBER 2 2 7 9 1.
IT'S A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH TERRY STOKES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR SECTION FOR A
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION.MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN JONES MOVE.
MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCIL, MCIN LAW SECOND MAYOR HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT P E R NUMBER 2 27 9 1.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? UH, MAYOR, GO RIGHT AHEAD TO TURN.
YEAH, I HAVE ALSO SOMETHING POSTED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I CAN GO OVER SOME OF THE DETAILS.
UM, IN SPEAKING WITH THE EDC, I KNOW THEY'RE HERE, SO THEY MAY WANNA GO AHEAD AND GET THIS RESOLVED NOW.
AND THEN IF YOU ALL HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, UH, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK OVER IT.
THERE'S A PROVISION, UM, THIS IS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT.
THERE'S ONE PROVISION THAT I THINK WE AGREE WE NEED TO TWEAK AND I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THAT LATER.
BUT BASICALLY, WELL ON, IF, IF WE NEED TO TWEAK IT, WE CAN'T VOTE ON IT NOW, WE NEED TO TWEAK IT THEN VOTE.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE SO WE'RE JUST VOTE WHEN WE COME BACK.
NO, I WAS JUST, UH, SAYING I CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I KNOW THEY'RE WAITING, BUT WE CAN DO, THEY'RE GONNA WAIT.
THEIR PATIENT, THEY GONNA BE PATIENT.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE, MOVE TO SOMETHING ELSE AND WE DISCUSS IT.
WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH, OKAY.
JUST LET ME JUST, WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.
YOU'VE ALREADY TOLD ME, WE'LL COME BACK TO IT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WHAT WE CAN DO.
AM I PARLIAMENTARY DOING IT CORRECTLY? LET ME, CAN I FINISH MY STATEMENT? GO RIGHT IN.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING, AND WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.
IT'S JUST A SMALL THING, BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, WE CAN'T SAY IT PUBLIC.
YEAH, I MEAN WE EVIDENTLY WE WE'LL GO DOWN TO EXECUTIVE.
SO WE'LL GO DOWN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, WE AREN'T GONNA JUST DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.
OKAY? SO WE'LL MOVE TO IT AND YOU ALL JUST HAVE TO WAIT.
EVERYBODY GOT SOMEWHERE TO GO? ALL RIGHT.
NEXT THING WE HAVE IS PR NUMBER 7 1 0 2.
YOU HAVE TO EITHER HOLD, GOTTA DO SOMETHING.
IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT ATTORNEY? YEAH, YOU CAN HOLD UNTIL THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR THAT? COUNCIL SAID THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT I MOVED ON.
[VIII.B.1 P. O. No. 7102 — An Ordinance Declaring An Intent To Reimburse The City For Certain Funds Expended In Connection With The City' s Funding Of Capital Equipment And Improvements To Streets, City Facilities, Pleasure Island And The Water And Sewer System From Proceeds Of Certain Certificates Of Obligation To Be Issued By The City Within One Year]
WHATEVER ABOUT TELL, I'LL DO IT.P NUMBER 7 1 0 2 IS AN ORDINANCE DECLARING AN INTENT TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR CERTAIN FUNDS EXPENDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY'S FUNDING OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS.
STREETS, CITY, FACILITIES, PLEASURE ISLAND AND THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM FROM PROCEEDS OF CERTAIN, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY WITHIN ONE YEAR.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN MARKS.
SO MOVE MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILWOMAN MOSES? SECONDLY IS REMOVING SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7 0 1 IS RED.
SO IT'S ORDERED, WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7 0 2 AS RED.
[IX. * CLOSED MEETING ( EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.UH, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 5 1 0.101 OF CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS LAWS, UH, I MUST MAKE THIS FOLLOWING STATEMENT PRIOR TO GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE WOULD DEAL WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVISED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OR APPENDANT CLAIMS, EXCUSE ME, CONTRACTS, LITIGATIONS, AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVED IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
WE WOULD DISCUSS, UH, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AGAIN OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND IN THAT, UH, ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE TO DISCUSS A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
NEXT, WE WILL DEAL WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN.
AND WE WILL DEAL WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AGAIN OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY'S EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 THE GO.
GO TO DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT OF A CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF FORT ARTHUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, UH, AS DIRECTED.
AND WE WOULD DEAL WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT GO TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND, UH, INDUSTRIAL PROS, UH, PROSPECTS.
AND IF THERE WILL BE ITEMS AND I THINK THERE WILL BE AN ITEM, THEN WE WILL RETURN FROM, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL ACTIVE ON IT IN OPEN SESSION.
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IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL NOW RECESS TO THE COUNTS TO THE, UH, NOT COUNCIL CHAMBERS, BUT THE CONFERENCE ROOM DOWNSTAIRS TO HELP HOLD OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE RETURN.OKAY? SHE GAVE ME THE THUMBS UP.
WE ARE BACK IN OUR IN SESSION AND WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS I THINK I HAVE TO GET A MOTION TO, UH, CALL, EXCUSE ME, I'M VERY SORRY.
NOW WE, UH, WERE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND BEFORE WE WOULD END THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION, I THINK WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM COMING OUT OF THERE, RIGHT? ATTORNEY? YES.
WE OUTTA THE DEPUTY SESSION? YEAH, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR THE, UH, EDC MATTER.
YEAH, BUT SO WE ARE JUST HANDLE HOW, HOW, HOW I HANDLE IT.
2 27 9 1 IS, IS THAT CORRECT? AND FIND IT.
LET ME FIND RESOLUTION NUMBER.
YEAH, IF I'M, I HAVE, I HAVE 2 7, 9, 1 ON NINE CONSENT.
WE HELD THAT ONE AND WE LIKE TO CALL THAT ITEM BACK UP.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS CALL THE ITEM BACK, UH, PR, PR NUMBER 2 27 90 ONES.
SO RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, TERRY STOKES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE, UH, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, CORPORATION.
SO I'D BE CORRECTING THAT AGAIN, THE MOTION COUNCIL, MOSES, SO MOVE I GET A SECOND.
UH, WE HAVE MOTION SECOND TO ACCEPT P R NUMBER 2, 2, 7, 9, 1.
WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION TO THE ATTORNEY.
SO THE, UH, EDC HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ALONG WITH THEIR ATTORNEY.
THERE'S A SECTION THAT WE JUST NEEDED TO ADD A CLAUSE TO, UM, IN SECTION I THE AGREEMENT AS IT PERTAINS TO TERMINATION OR SEVERANCE PROVISIONS, IT CURRENTLY STATES, UM, SIX MONTHS AND WHAT THE AMENDMENT TO THE DOCUMENT WILL BE THAT THE, UH, SEVERANCE WOULD BE UP TO SIX MONTHS BASED UPON THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE, UH, CEO IS EMPLOYED.
UM, AND I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE ONE MONTH FOR EVERY YEAR OF SERVICE.
OKAY? AND THOSE, THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE WOULD BE WRITTEN BY THE ATTORNEYS AND, UM, UPDATED IN SECTION I OF THE DOCUMENT.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE AN AUTOMATIC SIX MONTHS, IT WOULD BE BASED ON THE LENGTH OF SERVICE THEY WOULD GAIN, UH, SEVERANCE TIME AND IT WOULD BE CREW PER YEAR.
A MOTION ON YOUR MEMORY? YES MA'AM.
YOU TO MOVE THE SECOND THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT.
ATTORNEY? UH, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT? YES.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR? WELL, WE, WE WOULD NO QUESTIONS ON IT, BUT NO QUESTIONS.
HABITS OVER THE MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT.
VOTE ON EXCEPT NOW WE WILL VOTE ON THE ACTUAL MOTION.
UH, WE, YEAH, IT'S ON THE FLOOR.
SO ALL THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT, UH, PR 2, 2, 7, 9, 1.
AND WE WELCOME MR. TERRY STOKES.
AND YOUR EMPLOYMENT FOR CITY OF PORT.
NOW, UH, OUR MOTION TO, UH, ADJO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CAN MAKE A LITTLE STATEMENT REAL QUICK.
I JUST WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT TO, UH, EDC.
UH, I READ AN ARTICLE ON FRIDAY ABOUT THE NEW CEO COMING IN, AND I WANT TO, UH, I READ SOMETHING BY KIND DISPLACE WITH IT WAS A COMMENT MADE, SAID WE, WE GETTING A REAL PERSON HERE.
WE HAD CRYSTAL RUNNING ADC AND WE HAD A REAL PERSON WITH MR. BATISTA.
HE, MR. BAT DID A HECK OF A JOB.
HE DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH COUNSEL SOMETIME WITH CERTAIN THING, BUT HE DID A GOOD JOB OF BEING CHRISTIAN, A GOOD JOB.
SO I VERY DISRE READ, BUT WE GOT A REAL
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PERSON.WE WERE GETTING THINGS DONE, SO WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL.
UH, MOTION TO, UH, SO SECOND SOMEONE MOVE SECOND.
THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD END THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? OH, YEAH.
I THOUGHT NOBODY WAS IN FAVOR.
AND ALSO NOW MOTION TO, UH, AJON.