Nov 22, 2022 City Council

NUMBER OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES THAT WERE VIOLATING THE, UH, CITY ORDINANCE.

UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IN FACT, AT THE LAST MEETING, WE BROUGHT THIS SUBJECT UP AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO BRING IT TO, UH, THIS MEETING AS AN AGENDA ITEM OF WORKING WITH, UH, MRS. MS LANGFORD AND HER GROUP.

WE HAD A MEETING CONCERNING, UH, A COMPLAINT FROM ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS OUT IN THE, UH, PORT ACRES AREAS ABOUT A

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UH, SO, UM, WE TOUCHED BASE WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH, UM, UH, I GUESS THAT'S PLANNING AND IS IT PLANNING AND ZONING, MR. BATON? AND WE ACTUALLY HAD IT, YES, PLANNING, IT'S PLANNING AND ZONING AND ZONING.

AND WE HAD A MEETING AND WE DE DECIDED THE BEST WAY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WAS TO, UH, TO ACTUALLY COME HAVE A, UH, PRESENTATION.

LET LET US KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE VIOLATIONS WERE CONCERNED IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, BECAUSE IT'S IN MY DISTRICT.

AND I THINK WHAT WE FOUND THAT THERE, UH, WAS SUBMITTED LIKE 54 INCIDENCES OF, UH, VIOLATIONS.

UM, UH, ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE MADE A LIST.

HE AND I TOURED, AND HE SHOWED ME ALL OF THE AREAS WHERE THESE, UH, UH, RVS WERE, WERE PARKED IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE, WHERE THEY WERE ACTUALLY ACCESSING THE UTILITIES THAT HOOK UTILITIES UP TO, UH, TO THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.

AND THAT SOME, SOME WERE OCCUPIED.

THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE, WHICH IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE.

SO, UH, WE PUT TOGETHER A MEETING AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD IN A, UH, METHODICAL WAY TO ADDRESS THIS.

AND I THINK MR. BATON AT THAT MEETING SAID HE WAS ALREADY LOOKING AT, UH, MODIFYING THE ORDINANCE, UH, SO THAT, UH, WE COULD BRING SOME SEMBLANCE OF, UH, WHAT WORD I'M LOOKING FOR HERE.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON ANYBODY'S TOES, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE IN COMPLIANCE IS, IS BASICALLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

I DID SPEAK WITH, UM, MR. JOSEPH IS IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND HE PROVIDED ME A LIST OF ALL THOSE, UH, VIOLATIONS THAT WERE ALREADY IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

I THINK THERE WERE 153.

UH, I SPOKE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

UH, SHE TOLD ME THAT WHEN SHE LOOKED AT THAT LIST, THERE WERE ONLY THREE OF THOSE, THREE OF THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, CITATIONS THAT HAD BEEN TICKETED.

SO AND SO, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THAT TICKET PROCESS AND, AND, AND WHEN THEY GO TO COURT.

BECAUSE IF WE'VE GOT 153 VIOLATIONS IN COURT, THAT'S A LARGE NUMBER.

AND IF THEY ONLY, ONLY THREE TICKETS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IF WE GOT A PROBLEM.

SO, UH, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO, IN MY DISTRICT, TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, SO THAT WHEN OUR PEOPLE COME OUT THERE, WHEN OUR STAFF COMES, THEN THEY, THEY KNOW WHY THEY'RE COMING OUT THERE.

AND SO THAT, UH, WE CAN MINIMIZE ANY CONFRONTATIONS, UH, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO AT THIS TIME, UH, MR. BATON, WOULD YOU JUST, UH, ENLIGHTEN US? UH, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCILMAN AND CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY ON THURSDAY, AS, UH, THE COUNCILMAN SAID ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, STAFF MEMBERS MET WITH THE COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS TO DISCUSS THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, UH, ISSUES THAT OUR END RESIDENTIAL LIAISON DISTRICTS.

UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER PRESENTED US WITH A LIST OF APPROXIMATELY 45 ILLEGALLY PARKED VE RV VEHICLES WITHIN HIS DISTRICT.

TO DATE, 40 OF THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY STAFF, AND 10 OF THOSE ADDRESSED FOUND TO HAVE NO VIOLATIONS AGAINST THEM.

THAT LEAVES ABOUT 35 VEHICLES, UH, THAT SEEM TO BE OR MAY BE IN VIOLATION.

SOME RVS SEEM TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL OR WATER CONNECTION AT THE SITE.

UH, THIS ACTION INDICATES THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MAY BE A PERSON OR PERSONS LIVING IN THE VEHICLE, WHICH IS ILLEGAL IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

SOME OF THE VEHICLES ARE ABANDONED AND NEED TO BE REMOVED, BUT ACCORDING TO STAFF, THERE IS DIFFICULTY IN FINDING A SERVICE PROVIDER TO ABATE THE NUISANCE.

UH, AS HE STATED, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON AN RV, UH, STORAGE AUDITING SINCE THE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR.

AND IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF

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REVIEWING THE DRAFT.

UH, IT IS ONLY THE FIRST DRAFT, AND THERE WILL NEED TO BE SOME CHANGES MADE TO IT BEFORE IT'S READY TO BRING TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.

UH, I HAVE PERSONALLY HAVE READ THROUGH THE DRAFT AGAIN AND ALREADY IDENTIFIED SOME CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE AND NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

UH, BUT WE ARE WORKING HASTILY TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

A COPY OF THE DRAFT HAVE BEEN SENT TO SOME UPPER MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR REVIEW, AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE AT LEAST NO LATER.

THEN BY JANUARY, WE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO REVIEW.

UH, AS FAR AS THE ISSUES OF, UH, GIVING OUT VIOLATIONS, I HAD REQUESTED, UH, SOMEONE FROM THE INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT, MAYBE PAM COULD ENLIGHTEN US ON HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS, BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH IT.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

MR. BROWN WAS HERE THIS MORNING TO JOIN US.

OH, HE'S JUST WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR.

UM, BUT THE ISSUE WITH, UM, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES IS VERY SIMILAR TO JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES.

THERE IS A PROCESS INVOLVED, UM, BEFORE ISSUING OUT A CITATION IN WHICH YOU DO HAVE TO ISSUE THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION.

UM, LETTERS ARE MADE TO THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THESE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.

IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF IDENTIFYING TAGS ON THERE, SUCH AS, UM, YOUR LICENSE PLATE OR EVEN THE INSPECTION TAG WHERE WE CAN GO BACK AND TRACK TO SEE WHO THOSE OWNERS ARE.

UH, ONCE THOSE NOTIFICATIONS ARE ISSUED, WE DO AWAIT, UH, FOR THE, UH, CONFIRMATION FROM THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO SHOW THAT NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN MADE TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE DO GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, FOR THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

IF NOT, THEN STAFF IS AUTHORIZED TO GO BACK OUT AND ISSUE CITATIONS ON THESE VIOLATIONS.

SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES THE SAME AS WE DO WITH JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES.

AND I'LL SEE, OH, THERE'S MR. BROWN, MR. BROWN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPOUND UPON THAT.

GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL.

GOOD MORNING.

MORNING.

WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT THE PROCESS, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO HAVE THESE VEHICLES REMOVED.

THEN ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, WHEN WE HAVE THE OKAY, OR WE HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO HAVE THEM REMOVED, OUR PROBLEM COMES IN, WELL, WHO'S GOING TO REMOVE THEM FOR US? WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS ONCE WITH ONE OF OUR LOCAL RECORD SERVICES WHERE HE TOW A VEHICLE AT A COST TO OUR DIVISION OF HOPE, $400.

THAT WAS JUST A TOWING FEE, THE STORAGE OF IT AT $20 A DAY.

AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HE SPENT TO HAVE HIS EMPLOYEES DEMOLISH OR DISASSEMBLE IT TO THE POINT, WHEREAS THE ONLY THING THAT IS LEFT IS A METAL STRUCTURE, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE ALL FIBERGLASS, PLASTIC WOOD, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH, BUT CREATE A PILE OF TRASH.

HE THEN HAD TO TURN AROUND AND HAVE THAT DELIVERED TO THE LANDFILL, WHICH IT COSTED HIM THERE THEN.

SO NOW WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE NONE OF OUR RECORDS, SERVICES THAT WE USE WANT TO EVEN DEAL WITH THESE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR THE MERE SIMPLE FACT, THEY DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY FROM IT.

THAT ONE, THAT SITUATION WHERE HE MADE THE $400 OFF OF US IS BECAUSE THAT VEHICLE WAS SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

IT WASN'T ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SO WE HAD TO DO, DO SOMETHING TO HAVE THAT REMOVED BECAUSE OF A TRAFFIC SITUATION.

WELL, IT COSTED THE CITY $400, AND YET IT COSTED HIM MORE THAN, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT PRETTY MUCH NONE OF THE RECORD SERVICES THAT WE DEAL WITH, WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY FROM IT.

THEY AS OUR OUR PROBLEM.

AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP IN OUR MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH, WE, WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, CONTINUALLY MEETING ON A REGULAR BASIS SO THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE THE RVS ARE BEING, UH, BROUGHT INTO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ONTO THIS PROPERTY BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE CITY.

AND THE CITY OR THE RECORD SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL.

SO, UH, WHEN I TALKED TO, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, SHE SAID THAT THE ORDINANCE THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, UH, ADDRESSES

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COMPLIANCE.

AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE BREAKING THE LAW, THEY, SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF STRATEGY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN UP THE CITY BY REMOVING THESE RVS THAT ARE IN VIOLATION OF OUR ORDINANCE.

AND IT DOES NOT COST THE CITY OR THE RECORD SERVICES THAT ARE EMPLOYED BY US, THE, THE FEES TO REMOVE AND DISPOSE.

SO, UH, WE WILL BE GOING FORWARD AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO MEET, I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT FOUR.

IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE IN YOUR SPECIFIC DISTRICTS THAT ARE HAVING, UH, THE SAME TYPE PROBLEM, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE HAVING IT AT THE, UH, LEVEL THAT WE'RE HAVING IT OUT IN, IN IN DISTRICT FOUR, BUT WE WELCOME ANY INPUT AND ANY INVOLVEMENT FROM ANY OTHER CITIZENS.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET TOGETHER AND PUT, UH, PUT TOGETHER A SERIES OF MEETINGS SO WE CAN ADDRESS THAT ALONG WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING, UH, MODIFIED AT THIS TIME.

AND, AND ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS SO THAT IT CAN BE ON RECORD SO THAT OUR CITIZENS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.

SO WHEN OUR STAFF COMES OUT, IT'S BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND, AND, UH, AN EDICT BY OUR CITIZENS WHEN WE WERE ELECTED THAT THEY WANTED THIS CITY CLEANED UP.

AND, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EFFORTS TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON CLEANING UP OUR CITY.

UH, COUNCILMAN MOSES? YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I'M GLAD COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MARKS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THIS UP.

THIS BRINGS US BACK TO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE THAT WE STARTED AND WORKING ON THE ORDINANCE, GETTING SOME OF THESE THINGS WORKED OUT ABOUT, UM, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.

AND THAT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD POINT TO GET, GET THESE VEHICLES AND GET THE CITY CLEANED UP.

BUT WE STOPPED SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, UM, WITH OUR COMMITTEE.

AND I'VE ASKED FOR, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL TIMES FOR US TO CONTINUE MEETING, UM, COUNCIL MCKINLEY AND I ON THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE.

I THINK THE MAYORS AS WELL.

AND, UM, WE HAVE NOT.

AND SO, UM, THAT BRINGS US BACK TO GETTING BACK TO WORK ON THIS COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN CLEAN THE ORDINANCES UP AND THAT WAY WE CAN, UM, HOLD THOSE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE, ACCOUNTABLE, UM, TO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENED.

WE, WE'VE STARTED WITH IT.

WE NEED TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS.

AND SO IN CORRELATION WITH WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT, WE REALLY NEED TO GET BACK ON THAT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A MEETING, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT TEAM SO THAT WE CAN GET ON THESE ORDINANCES, UPDATE THEM, AND GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE SO THAT THE CITIZENS AND STAFF CAN KNOW WHERE TO GO NEXT.

SO, UM, I'M, I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT.

WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, AND WHERE I LIVE, THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ARE SPEEDING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD, UM, JUST OUTTA CONTROL.

THEY COULD RUN INTO A TREE OR HAVE A TREMENDOUS ACCIDENT.

AND I'D HATE TO SEE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED IT.

SO I'M IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH YOU AND AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO GET BACK ON THIS ORDINANCE COMMITTEE AND TRY TO MAKE SURE WE GET THESE ORDINANCES WORKED THROUGH, UM, AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH SOME ESTABLISHED CRITERIA THAT'S GOING TO HOLD BOTH THE CITIZEN AND THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE REGARD THAT WE NEED TO BE WITH THE RULES.

SO, THANKS A BUNCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THIS STARTED AGAIN.

KEEP COMING UP GIVING GOOD SPEECH.

COUNCILMAN JONES, YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, I HEARD THE CONVERSATION AND I HEARD THE PROS AND CONS, BUT I GUESS I'M LOST SOMEWHERE IN THE, SHE, I'M THE LEAST EDUCATED UP HERE, I GUESS AMONG YOU, THE GUY, ASSOCIATE DOCTORS, MASTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHEN I KEEP HAVING MEETINGS.

, UH, OR COMMITTEE, WHEN YOU GOT AUDIT IN PLACE, WE THE BUCK STOP WITH THIS COUNSELING, YOU KNOW, AND DEPARTMENT HERE, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEYS, EXCEPT ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW.

WHY WE CAN'T FORCE THAT.

YOU KNOW, I'M LOST TO THE, SHE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT, WE GOT ATTORNEYS, COURT ENFORCEMENT, OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS TO HANDLE THIS, YOU KNOW, WHY IS IT GETTING DONE? WHY WE GOTTA KEEP GOING THROUGH THE S**T YEAR AFTER YEAR, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE DONE NOW.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? I'M LOST.

YOU KEEP, EVERYBODY

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THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

DAMN, IT SOUNDS GOOD.

WE GET BUT ALL BE STILL OUT THERE.

COULD BE OUT THERE ANOTHER YEAR FROM NOW.

WE DISCUSSING THE SAME THING WHILE THE COMMITTEE MEETING.

WE GOT CITY, WE GOT ATTORNEYS, WE GOT A COURT ENFORCEMENTS TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM.

NOT, NO COMMITTEES, NOT KEEP MEETING ANOTHER MEETING UNLESS MEETING GO BE.

Y'ALL ALWAYS CONFUSED ME.

SOME OF THESE MEETINGS WE HAVING UP HERE.

LET'S GET THINGS DONE.

UH, JUST TO KIND OF KINDA PIGGYBACK ON COUNCILMAN JONES, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS IS THAT, UH, WE FOUND, UH, WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THIS COMMITTEE IS THAT, UH, SOME OF THE LAWS, POLICIES, RULES COULD NOT ADDRESS HOLDING THE PERSON ACCOUNT.

AND WHAT WE DECIDED AND WHAT WE ATTEMPT TO DO, WE HAD A COUPLE, ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS ON ZOOM, I THINK, AM I RIGHT? ACCOUNTS MEMBER, UH, MOSES, WE HAD ABOUT THREE MEETINGS ON ZOOM, AND WE TRIED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE HARD, UH, DECISIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE AS A COUNCIL.

SO ONCE WE ENFORCE THESE ORDINANCE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO LOOK BACK.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHERE SOMEONE COULD COME FROM THE OUTSIDE, DO SOME, VIOLATE OUR POLICIES, AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WRITE CITATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE WROTE WITH YOU MANY A TIMES AND THEN, THEN WE GO TO LEGAL AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LEGAL SAID, WAIT, HOLD, STOP.

YOU MAY NEED TO ADDRESS IT THIS WAY.

SO, UH, THE REASON WE HAVE THESE, THESE MEETINGS, UH, THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS IS WHERE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE NO FLACK WHEN IT COMES BACK TO ENFORCING THESE POLICIES, RULES, ORDINANCE.

SO, UM, MR. BROWN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THAT, BUT MY THING IS THIS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS CITY THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.

AND IT'S OUR JOB AS A CITY, YOU KNOW, NOT ONE, ALL OF US.

OUR JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT IF YOU COME IN THIS CITY AND IT'S NOT WITHIN LAWS AND POLICIES, YOU WILL BE ACCOUNT FOR, AND IF YOU HAVE TO PAY A FINE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE LIGHT THAT JUST HIT IN MY HEAD ABOUT ALL THE TYPE OF VIOLATIONS AND, AND CITATIONS WERE GIVEN FOR UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES PARKED IN THE CITY.

AND ONLY A HANDFUL, FEW HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ENFORCED.

SO THAT'S A CONCERN TO ME.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE FINDING A WAY OR PATH, CONTINUE THE MEETINGS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE GONNA ENFORCE OUR ORDINANCE, WE MAY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT'S TIME TO WRITE THE CITATION, IT GOES TO LEGAL FOR APPROVE, IT GETS BACK, IT GOES TO THE COURT SYSTEM.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ACCOUNTED.

AND WE GONNA PUBLICIZE IT.

THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR, AND, UH, THANK YOU.

OKAY, COUNCIL, UH, CAPTAIN MARTIN? YES.

UH, JUST, JUST TO FOLLOW UP, BECAUSE, UH, MR. MR. SANDERS, AFTER OUR MEETING ACTUALLY PROVIDED ME WITH THE SPREADSHEET OF EVERYTHING THAT'S IN MUNICIPAL COURT, AS OF WHAT'S HIS DATE? UH, THIS IS FROM JANUARY 15TH, 2020 TO OCTOBER 5TH, 2022.

AND IT TOTALED OUT TO BE 153 VIOLATIONS.

AND THERE'S A STATUS PROVIDED FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE, UH, EACH ONE OF THOSE TICKETS, IF YOU WILL.

WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE ARE GOING OUT, OUR PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT TO THESE, UH, RESIDENCES AND, AND TICKETS ARE BEING, I, AND I MIGHT NOT BE USING THE RIGHT TERM.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M A TICKET.

IT IS WRITTEN, IT ENDS UP IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

THERE ARE STATUSES PROVIDED ONCE THEY GO INTO COURT.

I CAN SEE WHERE SOME FOLK HAVE, HAVE PLEADED GUILTY.

SOME FOLK HAVE, UH, CHALLENGED THESE THINGS.

AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE, AND IS IT'S NOT THE CAST ASPERSIONS ON ANYTHING OR ANYONE OR ANY COMMITTEE, BUT WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING.

AND GOING FORWARD WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL COURT, THROUGH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, THROUGH, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING, THROUGH, UH, PERMITTING, UH, UH, MR. BROWN'S, UH, DEPARTMENT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, AS A CITY TO COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THIS.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.

I, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING IS NOT WORKING.

AND SO WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, IN MY OPINION, IS WE GOTTA COME UP WITH A STRATEGY.

I THINK I SAID THAT EARLIER.

COME UP WITH A STRATEGY, HOW WE GONNA ADDRESS IT?

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THAT WAS MY KEY WAS TO, TO LET THE CITIZENS KNOW BASICALLY IN, IN A, IN, IN THIS COUNCIL MEETING, THAT WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS ON A SERIOUS BASIS.

BECAUSE IN THE PAST, EVIDENTLY IT WAS NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY OUR CITIZENS, BECAUSE YOU DRIVE AROUND PORT ARTHUR, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH DISTRICT YOU IN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.

OUR PEOPLE GO OUT THERE, THEY GET HARASSED.

I, THEY, THEY GET, UH, UH, I'M NOT GONNA GONNA SAY ATTACK, BUT THEY'VE BEEN CHALLENGED BY PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEY'VE BEEN PUT IN SOME DANGEROUS SITUATIONS BE, AND WHERE OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE HAD TO BE CALLED OUT THERE BECAUSE CITIZENS ARE NON-COMPLIANT AND THEY DON'T WANT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

AND WE'VE PUT, AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE OUR, OUR STAFF OUT THERE BY THEMSELVES WITH, WITH WITHOUT THE PROPER SUPPORT TO ENFORCE OUR ORDINANCES.

SO THAT'S, THAT WAS THE IMPETUS FOR ME TO START LOOKING AT THIS ALONG WITH THE CITIZEN WHO SENT ME THAT LIST OF 40 SOMETHING, UH, SETS OF TRAILERS OUT IN PORT ACRES.

YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SENT THAT TO ME AND I TOOK A TOUR AND, AND WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.

SO I JUST WANT US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHATEVER COMMITTEE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECONVENED, I'LL BE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU ALL.

BUT WE NEED, WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS, WE NEED TO LET OUR CITIZENS KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS KNOW IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND THAT WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THROUGH ON IT, AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT THEY TOLD US TO DO WHEN WE WERE ELECTED.

THEY SAID, WE NEED TO CLEAN THIS CITY UP.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND WE NEED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE INFORMED WHILE WE'RE DOING THINGS.

AND THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE PUNITIVE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE TASKED TO DO ALONG WITH STAFF.

SO, AND I HOPE, AND THAT WAS JUST FOR CLARITY FOR WHY I BROUGHT THIS, OKAY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

THE METAL CONTENT OF IT IS VERY MINIMAL.

COUNCILMAN.

COUNCILMAN, UH, FRANK.

YES, MR. BROWN.

LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION.

UH, HOW MANY, SO WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT THE OCCURRENCES ARE RUNNING RAMPANT.

THE, THE, THE NUMBERS, WHAT EXACTLY, HOW, HOW MANY OCCURRENCES OF, OF WHAT YOU STIPULATED WAS THE PROBLEM OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING A RECORD TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN OR WHATEVER.

HOW MANY, HOW MANY, UH, OCCURRENCES HAVE WE HAD, UH, IN PARTICULAR OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE A, A, A VERY DETRIMENTAL SITUATION.

AND, AND, AND YOU DO NEED HELP IN THAT WAY AND IN THAT REGARD.

AND SO I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE CITY MANAGER WOULD HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

WELL, WITH THAT, SIR, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS SITUATIONS.

WE'VE CALLED RECORD SERVICES TO COME OUT AND THEY FIND OUT IT'S A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND THEY, THEY LEAVE US THERE STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND THEIR MAIN PURPOSE, OR THEIR MAIN REASONING FOR IT IS SAYING THAT THEY DON'T MAKE MONEY FROM THEM.

WE'VE HAD, ALONG WITH THE RECREATION OF VEHICLES, WE'VE HAD BOATS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SCHOOL BUSES THAT ARE PARKED IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT CREATE VIOLATIONS THAT WE STILL CAN'T, REGARDLESS TO WHAT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO WILL COME OUT AND ASSIST US WITH HAVING IT REMOVED.

WE JUST HAD A DISTRICT COURT HEARING OR CHAPTER 54 LAWSUIT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WHERE THERE ARE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON THAT PROPERTY THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO HAVE REMOVED.

AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE OUTCOME, WHAT DIRECTIVE WE'RE GOING TO GET, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THEM MOVED? THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON.

NOW, SPEAKING WITH, I'VE SPOKE WITH ONE RECORD SERVICE.

I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH ANOTHER ONE THIS AFTERNOON, CUZ I SPOKE WITH HIM ON THE SIDE AND ASKED HIM, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET YOU INVOLVED IN THIS AND WHAT KIND OF COST IS IT GOING TO INCUR TO THE CITY SO THAT I CAN BRING THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING AND THEY CAN DISCUSS THAT AS WELL.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT AND IT EXTENDS FROM SABINE PASS ALL THE WAY OUT TO PERIOD ATLANTIC ROAD.

SO SALVAGE YARDS DON'T TAKE THOSE.

NO SIR.

BECAUSE

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IT'S ALL PLASTIC AND WOOD AND NOTHING THAT THEY CAN USE FOR RESALE.

NOTHING THEY CAN USE FOR RESALE .

THANK YOU SIR.

UH, CITY MANAGER, YOU WANT, YOU WANT COUNCIL JONES? YEAH, YOU WANT, YOU WANT MAYOR? UM, I'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL, UM, WE NEED TO RECONNECT FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE POINT OF VIEW.

UM, WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE TABLE, BOTH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I AND WITH STAFF, UM, BECAUSE I'VE LISTENED.

THERE ARE NUMBER OF ISSUES.

THERE ARE NUMBER OF CONCERNS.

MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING ALL THE PARTIES TOGETHER AND WE SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

UM, AS COUNSELOR, MATH, CLAY SEATED, THERE IS A DISCONNECTION.

UM, AND WE JUST GOT TO WORK TOGETHER.

WE JUST GOT TO WORK TOGETHER, GIVE THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, THE, THE COURTS, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND, UM, LET ME ASSURE YOU OF THAT BEFORE.

I WILL SET SOMETHING BEFORE WE GO ON, UM, THANKSGIVING SO THAT WE CAN MEET BEFORE THE YEAR IS UP AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

OKAY? OKAY.

BEFORE THE END OF DECEMBER.

WE'LL, WE'LL RECONNECT AND WE'LL SEE HOW WE GET OUR HANDLE ON THIS.

OKAY? AND YOU'LL BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO US.

ABSOLUTELY.

RIGHT? THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER, COMAN JONES.

MAYOR, I SAID THE SAME THING.

RON SAYING DISCONNECT.

THEY NEED TO GET TOGETHER ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND FIX THIS PROBLEM.

UNDERSTAND WHAT I SAID.

ALL THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ALL THESE MEETINGS AFTER MEETINGS, WE GOT CITY MANAGER, THE ATTORNEYS, COURT ENFORCEMENT, WHAT WE NEED, WE THE CITY, WE IN THE TROLL TO VIOLATING OUR AUDIENCE.

WE GOTTA STOP THIS.

HERE WE ARE LIVE IN STOCK OF THE CITY AND POPULAR OF THE STATE.

SOME THE STUFF WE DRINK BY DAY AFTER DAY THAT WE, WE CAN PUT A HOLE ON IT.

VIOLATION EVERY DAY, ALL DAY.

I RIDE BY 'EM.

COURT PEOPLE PROBABLY RIDE BY 'EM.

POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY RIDE BY 'EM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE YOU SEE, ONCE THEY TURN THEM IN, IT GET BOGGED DOWN SOMEWHERE.

WHY IT GET BOGGED DOWN.

WE, THE CITY, WE GOT ATTORNEYS, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MR. COURT, ATTORNEYS, YOU KNOW, COURT ENFORCEMENT.

WHY WE CAN'T, THIS DO HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO IS TO COUNCIL THIS, STOP THE AND LET'S TAKE, TAKE CONTROL OF THE CITY AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST STOP BEING LAUGHED AT ME THIS LAST WITH AT US.

TAKE CONTROL NEXT CITY, THE MANAGER, THE COMMENT TO ME, THAT'S WHAT HE DO.

TAKE BACK CONTROL.

IF THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.

UH, THE AGENDA.

UH, WE HAVE LISTED ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ROMAN NUMER FOUR, WHETHER WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THERE AREN'T ANY.

AND WE GO TO ROMAN NUMER FIVE, UH, BE REPORTS OF, UH, COMMUNITY INTEREST THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD HAVE AT THIS, AT THIS TIME.

AND THE REPORTS OF, UH, COMMUNITY INTEREST AND AGAIN, ANY REPORTS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

WOULD NOW GO TO ROMAN NU NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS, UNFINISHED BUSINESSES.

EVIDENTLY THERE AREN'T ANY.

[VI.1. P.R. No. 22822 - A Resolution Approving The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation Engaging The Services Of The Chapman Firm PLLC For Legal Services In The Interest Of The Construction Project At 549 4th Street For An Amount Not To Exceed $50,000.00. Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120-80-625-5420-00-00-000]

PR NUMBER 22 0, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME.

EIGHT, UH, 22.

UH, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THESE, UH, ABOUT COMMUNITY ENTRIES.

OH, I'M SORRY, JUST CHAIR.

HAVE REQUEST.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, IF YOU LIT UP, I DIDN'T SEE IT.

THAT'S OKAY.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK FOR THE CONDOLENCES AND, UM, CONTINUE TO KEEP IN PRAYER.

SO CHANDRA ALPO AND, UM, HER MOM PASSED AWAY, UM, SINCE SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

OH, WOW.

MS. WILLIAMS. MS. WILLIAMS MOM, PAUL KE AND CRYSTAL WILLIAMS MOM.

PAUL KE.

FOURTH STREET FOR MOUNTAIN, I EXCEED $50,000 IN THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

SO IF WE WOULD JUST KEEP THEM IN PRAYER DURING THIS TOUGH TIME THIS SEASON.

UM, IT'S A TOUGH SEASON, UM, HERE BETWEEN HOLIDAYS AND GETTING TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO JUST KEEP THEM LIFTED IN PRAYER, OKAY? OKAY.

AND WE WANT THE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN MOSES.

OKAY, NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ROMAN NURO NUMBER SIX, UH, UNFINISHED BUSINESSES.

UH, PR 2 28 22.

A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

SECTION FOUR, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, ENGAGING SERVICES, UH, CHAPMAN FIRM, UH, P P I MEAN PL, L C FOR LEGAL SERVICES.

IN THE INTEREST OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT 5 49

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EDT ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 2 8 6 25 5 4 20 IN THIS MATTER.

ATTORNEY, ARE WE GOING TO, UH, DISCUSS THIS FURTHER IN, IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND COME BACK WITH THAT ACTION? WITH ACTION IT ON THIS, UH, YOU CAN, I THINK WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WAS MAKING SOME CHANGES TO IT AND WANTING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE EDC, UH, GETTING SOME INPUT.

UH, YOU CAN, IF THAT'S THE DESIRE, THE COUNCIL, IF YOU ALL WANNA HOLD IT UNTIL NEXT TIME.

I DON'T WANNA MESS ANYTHING UP.

UM, WITH THE, UH, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED IT BEFORE IN COUNCIL, UM, AND AT, UH, THE GENERAL REVIEW, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WOULD EITHER DISCUSS IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF IT'S AN ACTION ON OR IF THEY NEED TO GO BACK.

THEY WOULD KNOW AT THAT POINT.

NO, NO, BUT WE DIDN'T TOLD US WE GONNA GO BACK AND COME BACK TO US.

THAT WAS THE WHOLE THING.

UM, MAYOR, I THINK WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT MAKING AN AMENDMENT, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO GET BETTER AND THEY TOO, IF WE COULD DO IT, THEN WE CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT.

OR DO I NEED TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, THEY'RE, THEY HERE, BUT WE'LL HAVE THEM DOWN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THAT'S WHAT WE DID BEFORE, AND I WOULD, IM ASKING US IF WE WOULD DO IT AGAIN.

IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THAT PART? WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DESIRES, YOU CAN DISCUSS IT HERE OR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL.

AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO IT THERE.

EITHER WAY.

WOULD BE THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.

SO WHAT, UH, WE JUST HOLD THIS ITEM UNTIL IF, IF YOUR SO DESIRES.

YEAH, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT HERE.

EITHER WAY, WILL WE BE ABLE TO BRING THIS BACK TODAY AND, AND FINALIZE IT? BECAUSE IF YOU HOLD IT FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE CAN COME BACK UP AND VOTE.

YEP.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, OKAY.

SO WOULD YOU LIKE A MOTION, AMIR, OR, UH, YOU CAN JUST, UH, HOLD THIS IT AND JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM WITHOUT TAKING IT.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ITEMS

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

AND THESE ARE, UM, ITEMS THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL'S BEEN GIVEN SOME PRIOR, UH, UH, INFORMATION ON AND THEY'RE ALL TO BE VOTED ON IT ONE TIME.

DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE, UM, A DESIRE OR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED OR WITHDRAWN ANY ONE OF THE ITEMS FROM PAGE, UH, THREE THROUGH? AND I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE IT'S GOING TO END AT.

UH, LIKE IT'S THREE THROUGH, UH, UH, NINE, 10.

TELL ME THE PAGE NUMBER NINE, UH, PAGE NUMBER EIGHT.

UH, NUMBER 27, PAGE EIGHT.

ANY OTHER, UH, ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL? ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL? ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR WITHDRAW? OKAY, SO I'M READY NOW TO, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM, UH, NUMBER 33 AND ITEM NUMBER 27.

UH, COUNCILMAN MARKS.

SO MOVED.

MAKE IT A SECOND.

COUNCIL MCKINLEY.

SECOND MAYOR, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH AGENDA, EXCUSE ME, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE ITEM STATED.

UH, 33 AND 27.

UH, READY FOR QUESTION? WE TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? OH, COUNCIL MARKS, DO YOUR, NO, I'M SORRY.

WE'RE BEGINING NUMBER 27 ON PAGE EIGHT, WHICH IS PR NUMBER 22 8 99, THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE, UH, BACK TRUCK FOR THE DRAINAGE, UH, DIVISION FROM TARGET, UH, FREIGHTLINER INCORPORATED OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS LLC AUSTIN OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, THROUGH THE BY BOARD COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM FOR THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $458,965 FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND ACCOUNT.

MY BAD.

OKAY, ARE WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSERS? I HAVE IT.

SO, AS HONOR THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED AS READ.

NOW FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OF THE WITHDRAWN ITEMS THAT WE WOULD DEAL WITH INDIVIDUALLY,

[VII.27. P.R. No. 22899 - A Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of One (1) Vactor Truck For The Drainage Division From Doggett Freightliner, Inc. Of South Texas, LLC - Austin Of Austin, Texas, Through The BuyBoard Cooperative Purchasing Program For The Not-To-Exceed Amount Of $458,965.00. Funds Are Available In The Capital Reserve Fund Account, Account Number 625-21-000-8522-00-00-000]

ACCOUNT NUMBER 6 25 21 85 22 0 0 0 0 0.

MAY I GET A MOTION OF, EXCUSE ME, FOR APPROVAL CUSTOMER MOTOR.

SO MOVE, MAKE A SECOND OR COUNCILMAN FRANK.

SECOND.

IT MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 2 8 99.

THAT'S READ, WE READ FOR QUESTIONS.

ARE COUNCIL MCKINNELL?

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UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, I'VE BEEN TRACKING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES, EVA TRUCKS, I DON'T KNOW, UH, CITY MANAGER WHO WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, UH, NUMBER, UH, 1976.

I KNEW THAT, UH, MY QUESTION WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET, UH, ONE, UM, WHY WERE WE CONTINUALLY REPAIRING AND ALSO TRYING TO BUY PARTS FOR A TRUCK AND NOT STAYING AHEAD OF THE GAME? SO I SEE THIS ON HERE.

UH, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT, UH, 1976, THE MODELS IS 20 20 12.

UH, IT'S A COMBO 2100 PLUS AND IT ONLY HAD 50 58,000 MILES ON IT.

AND WE WERE PUTTING AND DUMPING A LOT OF MONEY.

SO NOW WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY PURCHASE ONE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF READING THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON HERE FOR, FOR THAT AMOUNT, THAT 400 AND 400 AND, UH, $58,000.

SO ONE FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT WAS THE LAST PURCHASE WE HAD, UH, OF A BACK TRUCK? BECAUSE IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, WE, WE PURCHASED ONE AMOUNT TWO YEARS AGO.

NUMBER TWO, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS TRUCK, UH, EQUIPMENT NUMBER 1978, ARE WE GONNA SELL IT AND TRY TO ACCOMMODATE OR GET SOME OFFSET OF THE COST OF WHAT WE ARE PUTTING IN FOR A NEW ONE? SO IF I CAN GET SOMEONE TO ANSWER THOSE TWO QUESTIONS, I'LL FEEL A BIT MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT, UM, VOTING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

HAVE 'EM COUNCIL, UH, 30 MINUTES.

LET ME ASK MS. ROBERTS, COULD YOU COME FORWARD? WHY I EXPLAIN THE COUNCIL, UM, IF COUNCIL REMEMBERS, WE WERE, REMEMBER WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME BACK TRUCKS, UM, SOME TIME AGO WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF, UM, FUNDING COMING FROM INDUSTRY AFTER, AFTER THE STORM, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND, UM, WE HAD THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT BEING REPLACED, UM, GIVEN THE NEED FOR THE CONTINUED CLEARANCE OF OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AVOID THE FLOODING, THOSE TRUCKS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY USED, NOT ONLY BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO BY THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS SHARING EQUIPMENT BETWEEN BOTH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND THE DEMAND, UM, BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE UTILITIES.

SO THAT HAS PLACED A, A MUCH WEARER ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE.

UM, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE SAW THE NEED FOR US TO CON, FOR US TO REPLACE AND CONTINUE TO HOLD ONTO THIS BACK TRUCK, BUT BE PREPARED, UM, INDEPENDENTLY AS THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC FOOD DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS.

AND WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, WE INTENDED TO PURCHASE THIS NEW VECTOR TRUCK, WHICH WILL NOT PLACE US IN A BIND OR WILL NOT PLACE AN ADDITIONAL HARDSHIP OR BURDEN ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRAVEL BETWEEN BOTH DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE REAL, UM, THAT'S THE REAL REASON FOR US TO GET IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF THE WORKLOAD, UM, OF BOTH DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN.

UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING BOTH DEPARTMENTS I REFER TO AS BEING SELF-SUFFICIENT AND, UM, NOT AFFECTING, ADVERSELY AFFECTING, UM, THE, THE VARIOUS TASKS THAT AND DEMAND THE TASK AND THE DEMAND FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS.

YOU HAVE YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THEM? YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS MS. ROBERTS? WELL, YEAH, WELL, I WOULD LIKE HER TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY FACTOR TRUCKS DO WE HAVE? CURRENTLY? THERE'S AN OPERATION WITH THE CITY, BOTH UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS.

I CANNOT SPEAK FOR UTILITIES, SO I REALLY DON'T, I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THEY HAVE.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WE HAVE ONE APPROVED PURCHASE OF THE GET TO THE MIC.

UM, SO, BUT AS FAR AS PUBLIC WORKS AND OPERATION, UM, WE, I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO.

I CAN GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBER AND THE TRUCK NUMBERS AND ANY OTHER DETAILS YOU NEED.

SO WE HAVE TWO AT LEAST.

AND THE PLAN FOR EQUIPMENT NUMBER 1976, ARE WE PLANNING TO SELL THAT ON SOME TYPE OF BUY BOARD OR WHAT'S THE PLAN? ARE WE GONNA KEEP IT AS A RESERVE OR, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK HAD A LOT OF COST TO IT MM-HMM.

BECAUSE OF PARTS AND BEING DOWN ALL THE TIME.

AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING AND UNPLUGGING SOME OF THOSE LINES.

SO WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR 70 19 76? AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND I'M, I'M GOING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THIS, THE MODEL FOR 1976 IS THE SAME AS THE MODEL THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO WE CAN FORM THAT FOR PARTS.

SO IF WE HAVE ANY NEED FOR ANY PARTS FOR THE, THE OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT'S IN OPERATION, WE CAN USE 19.

ANY PARTS FROM 1976 THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOOD BASICALLY, AND USE THOSE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO OUT AND BUY, BUY PARTS AS LONG AS WE HAVE A PLAN.

THAT'S, THAT'S MY ACTION ON THAT.

YES, SIR.

UH, AND THANK YOU, YOUR DIRECTOR.

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YOU APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ONE USED FACTOR, AND WE HAVE OUR OTHER FACTOR THAT WE WILL BE SENDING IN TO REBUILD IT.

UH, BASICALLY FOR THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, THE FACTOR IS PRIMARILY USED FOR CLEANING SEWERS.

MM-HMM.

FOR HER DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE IT'S MAINLY ON DRAIN, DRAIN, DRAIN DRAINAGE.

AND THE PROBLEM OF MIXING THEM, THOUGH, SHE'S BEEN VERY GRACIOUS TO LET US USE HERS, IS WE NEED TO DUMP ANYTHING WE PICK UP AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE TREATMENT PLANT.

AND IF HERS STAYS CLEAN AND JUST IN DRAINAGE, THEY, IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO CLEAN IT OUT AND DUMP IT IN INTO AN AREA AND LET IT JUST DRY OUT.

CAUSE IT'S DIRT, IT'S NOT SANITARY WASTE.

SO THEY REALLY DO NEED TO BE SEPARATED.

IT, IT, IT MAKES THE WHOLE OPERATION EASIER.

SO, AND LESS CLEANING THAT'S REQUIRED.

NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER 33, WHICH IS ON PAGE NINE, WHICH IS PR NUMBER 2 29 0 8.

BUT AS WE'RE COMING INTO THE WINTER, THE, THE GREASE AND THE OIL AND THE SEWER BASICALLY REALLY STARTS CAUSING PROBLEMS. OKAY.

UM, WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSERS? I WAS HAVING TO ORDER, WE WILL ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 28, EXCUSE ME, 99 AS READ.

[VII.33. P.R. No. 22908 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract With On-Site Industrial Of Brownsville, Texas For The Purchase And Installation Of Litter Fences At The City Of Port Arthur's Landfill In An Amount Not To Exceed $121,477.48. Funds Are Available In Public Works Department - Solid Waste Landfill's Equipment Account, Account Number 403-50-320-8522-00-00-000]

IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH ONSITE INDUSTRIAL OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF, UH, LITTER FENCES, EXCUSE ME, AT THE, UH, CITY OF FORT ARTHURS, UH, LANDFILL IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $121,477 AND 48.

48 CENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 3 5 DASH 32 DASH 85 22 DASH ZERO ZERO.

I GET A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL OR COUNCILMAN MARKS MOVE MAY GET A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN JONES, IT MOVED THE SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22 9 0 8.

WE READ FOR QUESTION.

UH, COUNCILMAN KEN LAW.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, I'VE BEEN ALSO TRACKING THE, THESE LITTER FENCE THAT'S AT THE LANDFILL WE PURCHASE, UM, UH, ACTUALLY LAST YEAR.

SO CITY MANAGER, TELL ME EXACTLY, AND, AND YOU'VE ACTUALLY, YOU'VE BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF GETTING THE TRASH OFF THE HIGHWAY OFF THE, UH, 73.

YOU DON'T SEE AS MUCH AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, BUT MY QUESTION IS, SO THIS PARTICULAR PURCHASE FOR THESE, THIS FENCE IS TO, WHAT, IS IT THE RESERVE? OR, BECAUSE I KNOW WE DID IT LAST YEAR AND IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT EVERY YEAR, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHY AND WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT? YEAH, IF YOU, UM, REMEMBER COUNCIL THAT, UM, SOMETIME WE HAD A BID FROM MIDLAND AND, UM, WE REJECTED THAT BID.

WE CAME BACK AND WE REJECTED THE BID.

AND, UM, THERE ARE OTHER METHODS THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE.

WE HAVE TAPS THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE IN THE LANDFILL.

THERE'S A SPRAY RIGHT NOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE AS A GROUND COVER.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL, WE COVER ALL OUR BASES AND THERE ARE VARIOUS BEANS THAT WE CONTINUE TO, TO USE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY, UM, OF OUR LANDFILL AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT IN, IN, UM, THAT WE CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH T C Q.

THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THE PRISTINE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

UM, IT'S BECAUSE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GROUND COVER THAT WE SPRAY, IT'S A MATERIAL THAT YOU HAVE TO MIX WITH WATER AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND THEN YOU SPRAY IT AND, UM, THAT REDUCES THE ODORS THAT, UM, EMANATES FROM THE LANDFILL.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT APART FROM THOSE, WE DO HAVE THOSE, THOSE FENCES.

UM, ONCE UPON A TIME WE, WE, WE MOVED AWAY FROM THE FENCES BECAUSE OF THE BEATING, UM, AND THE PRICES OF IT.

UM, NOW, UM, THE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE WHAT IS, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY'VE GOT A MUCH MORE COMPARABLE PRICE.

AND SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY IS ALSO AVAILABLE, THAT THEY COULD CONTINUE TO USE IT AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH TCEQ.

SO THERE ARE FREE METHODS.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE TAPS THAT WE ARE USING.

WE HAVE THE GROUND COVER THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPRAY ONTO THE LANDFILL, AND THEN WE ARE MOVING BACK TO DEFENSES AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, WE MAINTAIN THAT PRISTINE CONDITION THAT WE

[01:00:01]

ARE SO PROUD OF.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS DISCUSSION? YEAH, BUT AGAIN, MA'AM, I WANNA FIND THE STAFF OF THE LANDFILL OUT THERE.

I, I VISITED THERE ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND, UM, IT'S DIFFERENT.

YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE HIGHWAY, YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE HIGHWAY.

IT'S DIFFERENT.

UM, WE DO NOT HAVE MUCH COMPLAINTS AS WE HAD BEFORE FROM THE PUBLIC.

YOU KNOW, THE STAFF IS DOING AN EXCELLENT CONDITION OUT THERE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE.

WE DO NOT HAVE, UM, UM, AS MANY VIOLATIONS AS WE HAVE HAD BEFORE FROM T C Q INTO THE TUNE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, FOR THE JOB THAT MS. MS. MS. ROBERTS, DR.

TO AND, UM, THE STAFF WHO'S OUT THERE, THE, THE JOB THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO, YOU KNOW, UM, IN MAINTAINING THE PRISTINE OF OUR LANDFILL, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

CITY MAN.

OH, COUNCILMAN FRANK.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHERE WE, WITH THE WATERLAND, THE WATER LINE WITH THE GOING OUT TO THE LANDFILL.

OH, BUT LET, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, LET'S TRY TO KEEP IT WITH THIS.

WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PRISTINE HERE CONDITION.

OKAY, GO RIGHT HERE.

NO, NO, GO, GO, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

GO RIGHT HERE.

NO, NO.

LOOK, THE ATTORNEY DIDN'T STOP YOU, SO, BUT I THINK IT WAS MY JOB TOO.

COUNSEL, AS YOU KNOW, THAT WATER LINE WAS, UH, INITIALLY DESIGNED TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE SEMPRA PROJECT.

SO THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE, ALL THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DD SEVEN RAILROAD, EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO.

BUT WE DID NOT BID THIS PROJECT YET.

CAUSE WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT SEMPRA IS GONNA DO BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SPEND AROUND 2 MILLION TO INSTALL THAT WATER LINE.

SO IT'S SPENDING SEMPRA'S, UH, SCHEDULE.

THAT IT COUNCILMAN FRANK? YES.

NOW MOVE TO ITEM ROMAN NU EIGHT.

UH, THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UNLESS WE READ TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

IN THE OPPOSERS I HAVE IT.

SO WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22 9 0 8 AS READ.

[VIII.A.1. P.R. No. 22812 - A Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of By-Pass Pump Header Materials For The Port Acres Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent Lift Station From Midwest Flow Control Products Of Olathe, Kansas For $25,720.18 And Core & Main Of Beaumont, Texas For $130,319.54 With A Projected Budgetary Impact In The Amount Of $156,039.72, Funding Is Available In ARPA Account No. 169-07-015-8516-00-40-000, Project No. ARP015]

AND WHAT WAS YEAH, EIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT, I'M CORRECT.

EIGHT.

AND IT IS A, UH, RESOLUTION.

IT IS PR NUMBER 22 8 12.

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF BYPASS PUMP.

HEAD OF MATERIALS FOR THE PORT ACRES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT INFLUENCED, UH, LIFT STATION FROM, UH, MIDWEST FLOW CONTROL PRODUCTS OF OH EIGHT KANSAS, UH, FOR $25,720 AND 18 CENT AND CORE AND MAINE OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS FOR $130,319 AND 54 CENT WITH A PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $156,039 AND 72 CENTS.

FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN A R P ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 69 0 7 15 85 16 4.

AND PROJECT NUMBER IS A R P 0 1 5.

MAY I GET, UH, PROMOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN FRANK MOTION? MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN? UH, COUNCILMAN MOSES? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN, IT SHOULD BE MOVED.

AND SECOND, THEY WOULD ACCEPT, WE WOULD ACCEPT P R NUMBER 2, 2 8 1 2 AS READ.

WE ARE READY, UH, FOR QUESTIONS.

YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSERS EYES HAVE IT? SO PR NUMBER 2 2 8 1 2 IS ACCEPTED AND APPROVED.

[VIII.A.2. P.R. No. 22896 - A Resolution Nominating A Member To The Board Of Directors Of The Jefferson Central Appraisal District For The Remaining Portion Of The 2022 - 2023 Term, Due To A Vacancy]

PR NUMBER 22 8 96 RESOLUTION, NOMINATING A MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE, UH, JEFFERSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR REMAINING PORTION OF 20 22, 20 23 TERM.

AND IT'S, UH, DUE TO A VACANCY, WE WERE ASKED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT COUNCIL, I MEAN, THE CITY SECRETARY, YOU HAVE THAT NAME AVAILABLE, MA'AM? I, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND.

ATTORNEY HAD SOMETHING.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

SO THERE WAS A PERSON, UH, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK I TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WE GAVE YOU ALL THE LETTER.

UM, LET ME JUST GRAB IT.

SORRY.

LET ME GET TO THE RIGHT PAGE.

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THERE WAS A VACANCY AND, UM, WE NEEDED TO ASK FOR, UH, A NOMINATION.

UH, NIKKI, MATT WAS A MEMBER THAT HAD RESIGNED.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 16TH TO MAKE, MAKE A DECISION ON A NAME, AND THEN THE NOMINATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.

BUT JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, WE HAVE OUR NOMINEE, I MEAN, WE HAVE OUR PERSON ALREADY THAT REPRESENTS US, RIGHT? WHICH IS DR.

LEWIS REED, BUT SOMEONE FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, JUST HOLISTICALLY, NIKKI.

MATT RESIGNED.

SO IF YOU HAVE A NAME NOW, I, I DID SUBMIT A NAME.

UH, YOU MAY THOUGHT IT WAS IN HUMOR, BUT I SUBMITTED A NAME IN, UH, OUR MEETING, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION FOR IT, MR. TO NEIL.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THAT NAME, UH, WOULD THE, THE COUNCIL CAN INSERT A NAME.

YEAH, AND THAT'S THE NAME.

MY SUBMITTED.

THEN I THOUGHT THE CHIEF SECRETARY HAD IT, BUT EVIDENTLY IT DIDN'T.

UH, OKAY.

AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE ARRESTED, YOU WOULD ALL HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.

AND THEN WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS WE'LL SEND THAT AND THEN THE WHOLE, UM, ALL OF THE COURT AND IT ENTITIES WILL VOTE.

AND THEY'LL SEE IF THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING.

AND WHAT THEY'LL DO IS, UM, JUST FOR THOSE WHO DON'T REMEMBER, WE HAVE SO MANY VOTES WE GET IN PORT ARTHUR, BUT DR.

REED IS THERE VOTING, REPRESENTING PORT ARTHUR BECAUSE OTHER, EVERY ENTITY IS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A NOMINEE UP BECAUSE WE DID THAT BEFORE AND THAT PERSON DIDN'T.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUBMIT A NAME, YOU MAY DO SOMETHING.

THAT'S THE NAME I SUBMIT IT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THAT NAME AGAIN IF IT'S, IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE OR TO YOU CAN SUBMIT A NAME IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON THE NAME.

MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR.

YOU HAVE TO THE 16TH OF DECEMBER.

GO AHEAD.

WELL WE NEED TO CHECK WITH HIM FIRST.

RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK HER.

WHAT? SAY? WELL, HAS YOU BEEN CONTACTED? I CAN, I WILL.

I, I DID, BUT I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T TALK BACK AGAIN.

BUT I CAN IF Y'ALL WANT US TO.

UH, EITHER WAY.

THE 16TH.

I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING JUST THAT DAY THAT WE NEEDED.

AND, AND, AND IT WAS ON HERE.

IF YOU WANT, IF YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, I CAN BRING YOU BACK.

BUT YEAH.

WELL, UH, LET US NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 16TH.

YEAH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAID THAT, THAT KIND OF, UH, CHANGE SOME OF IT.

SO MR. MAY YES, SIR.

MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE GO AHEAD AND PUT HIS NAME THERE AND THEN YOU CONTACT THEM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK IF HE DECIDES THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO, I CAN ACCEPT THAT.

IF SO WITH THAT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT MR. TOM NIS MAY WILL BE PUT NOT A MOTION.

YEAH, WE HAVE TO, I ALREADY CALLED THIS ONE.

SO IT BE A MOTION WE CAN AMEND IT.

MOTION TO AMEND.

MOTION TO NO.

AND AMEND AMENDED WITH, UH, HIS NAME.

WE HAVE THAT CITY SECRETARY.

AND I'LL PERSON, I'LL CHECK WITH HIM IF HE, THAT HE GIVE YOU AN INTEREST THAT WANTED TO DO NO, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME FOLK WHO WERE DEALING WITH PORT ARTHUR AND WHO PROBABLY WOULD'VE, UH, SOME, SOME, WELL WITH ALL TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE PR NUMBER 2 29 16, UH, A RESOLUTION APPOINTED AND A REAPP APPOINTED THE MEMBER TO THE PORT OR THE POLICE CHIEF, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEES REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES.

UH, SO ALL IN FAVOR? WE NEED A SECOND.

WE, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON IT? WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AND THE OPPOSERS, THE, HAVE IT, SO IT'S AUDITED.

WE WILL HAVE THIS PR NUMBER 2 2 8 96 WITH THE NAME OF MR. TOI OR INSERTED.

[VIII.A.3. P.R. No. 22916 - A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Port Arthur Police Chief Advisory Committee (Requested By Councilmember Moses)]

AND WE, WE HAVE A NAME FOR THAT APPOINTMENT.

YES, SIR.

CAP KATRINA JACKSON.

AND WHAT WAS THE, THE FIRST NAME ON JACKSON KATRINA.

I GUESS.

UH, KATRINA JACKSON, UH, WOULD BE THE, UH, PERSON FOR COUNCIL MOSES.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE YOU HAVE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

SO I REAPPOINTED REVEREND KAYLA GARDNER.

WE READY? UH, YEAH, THE MOTION.

NO, GO AHEAD.

COUNCIL.

YES, I WANTED INFORM EVERYBODY.

I HAD AN APPOINTMENT, UH, I MADE A LAST MONTH, BUT I HAD TO CHANGE THE APPOINTMENT DUE TO OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED.

I APPOINT THE LADY AND SOMETHING HAPPENED.

I COULDN'T KEEP HER ON THE BOARD.

OH, OKAY.

LET TO THE SAME POSITION ALREADY HAD.

YEAH, SO DOES HE IS I THINK YOU HAVE THAT.

DON'T YOU SHARE? OKAY.

SO THAT, THAT, THAT ONE IS GOOD.

UH, CITY SECRETARY.

SO NOW WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN MOSES WITH KATRINA JACKSON BEING THE NAME OF BEING 30 FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE, UH, SERVICE ON THE CHIEF ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON IT? VOTE WE NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M, I'M, I'M ANSWER THE MOTION.

WILL YOU BRING THE MOTION COUNCIL? THANK COUNCIL, FRANK.

WITH CAP JACKSON BEING THE INDIVIDUAL READY FOR QUESTION.

HE REMOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2 9 16.

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THE QUESTIONS READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

IN OPPOSERS, I HAVING TO, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 29.

16 SIX IS RED.

UH,

[VIII.B.1. P.O. No. 7109 - An Ordinance Of The City Council Of The City Of Port Arthur Disannexing Property Owned By Port Arthur LNG, LLC And Its Subsidiary, PALNG Common Facilities, Co., C/O Sempra Energy Located Within The Corporate Boundaries Of The City Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; Providing For The Following: Findings Of Fact, Effective Date, Filing, Severability, And Property Notice & Meeting]

WE HAVE, UH, ORDINANCE HERE.

P NUMBER 71 0 9.

IT'S AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR D, THIS ANNEXING PROPERTY OWNED BY PORT ARTHUR, L AND G LLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARY PA A L N G, COMMON FACILITIES COMPANY AND SEMPRA ENERGY LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT EFFECTIVE DATE FILING SEVERAL ABILITY AND PROPERTY NOTICE AND MEETING.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCIL MARKS.

SO MOVE MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCIL? KEN LAW SECOND MAYOR HAS BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE, WE WOULD ACCEPT THE ORDINANCE PO NUMBER 71 0 9 AS READ.

WE READY FOR QUESTION? CITY ATTORNEY.

JUST VERY QUICKLY, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, WORKING WITH US ON THIS DIS ANNEXATION PROCESS.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO.

UH, WE'LL BE FILING THIS, UH, UPDATED ANNEXATION ORDINANCE WITH THE, UM, THIS ANNEXATION ORDINANCE WITH THE COUNTY.

AND THEN ALSO WE'LL BE LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE, UH, HAVE TO UPDATE THE CITY MAP TO REFLECT THAT.

SO WE'LL DO A NEW UPDATED, UH, CITY PORT ARTHUR MAP REFLECTING THE DIS ANNEXATION.

WE'LL ALSO FILE THAT WITH THE COUNTY CLERK.

AND THEN JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, AS YOU WE TALKED ABOUT, WE'LL BE DOING A NEW, UM, JUST AN AMENDMENT TO OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT REFLECTING, UH, THE DIS ANNEX PROPERTY.

SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US ON THAT.

OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS, ON ANY OTHERS? WE WILL, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? UH, ANY OPPOSERS? I HAVE CHOICE TO HIS AUDIT.

WE WILL APPROVE AND ACCEPT PO NUMBER 71 0 9.

[VIII.B.2. P.O. No. 7111 - An Ordinance Providing For Holiday Pay For Fiscal Year 2022/2023 (Requested By Councilmembers Kinlaw, Marks, Moses And Holmes)]

WE HAVE P NUMBER SEVEN 11.

IT'S AN OR THAT'S PROVIDING FOR HOLIDAY PAY FOR, UH, FISCAL, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.

2023.

AND IT IS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

KEN LAW MARKS MOSES AND HOLMES.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN JONES? MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN FRANK? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7 1 1 1 AS READ, WE ARE READY FOR QUESTION.

COUNCILMAN JONES QUESTION.

THIS CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT.

UH, I KNOW ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO SEE CITY, CITY EMPLOYEES GET A RAISE.

AND I JUST WONDER HOW THE FULL NAMES POPPED UP.

ALL NAMES POP UP.

CITY COUNCIL IN GENERAL WANT TO RAISE AND WHO MAY, MAY I, MAY I TAKE A LIBERTY DOWN TO THAT? YES, SIR.

THAT'S WHY I CALLED YOU TO MOTION.

AND THE SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN FRANK.

AND SO EVERYBODY PARTICIPATES IN I'M GONNA CARRY THE VOTE.

SO WE ALL IN IT.

I KNEW NOTHING.

THAT'S SO, YEAH, BUT I MEAN, BUT BUT EVIDENTLY YOU DIDN'T JUST CONTACT HER OR I DIDN'T.

I DIDN'T.

SO I WON'T MAKE COUNCILMAN JONES, NOT BART.

WANT MAKE SURE, I WANT THE PEOPLE TO HAVE A RAISE TO SEE.

YES, SIR.

BUT I WOULD LET YOU KNOW HOW, HOW WE WERE INCLUDED.

I, OKAY.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.

I, I LOVE HIM.

I WANT HIM TO HAVE A RAISE THAT OTHER WANT HAVE A RAISE.

NOTHING PERSONAL.

I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALL PARTED.

GIVE A RAISE, OKAY.

AND SEE THE SECRETARY, CITY SECRETARY, WOULD THE RECORDS REFLECT THAT COUNCILMAN JONES MOTIONED IT? YES SIR.

THE WRITTEN RECORD.

AND THE WRITTEN RECORD WOULD ALSO REFLECT WHO WAS THE SECOND? YES SIR.

AND WHO PUT IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL? YOU DID MAYOR.

AND WHO'S GONNA CARRY THE VOTE? EVERYBODY.

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING.

WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA ASSUME WHO'S GONNA VOTE.

I WAS.

I APOLOGIZE.

IT WAS A TEACHER MOMENT FOR ME AND I WAS JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

NEXT WE HAVE PO NUMBER 7 1 12 IN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY TO ENROLL AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENCE OF THE CITY.

RIGHT NOW.

ALL IN FAVOR? AH, IT OPPOSERS.

OKAY, WE HAVE ACCEPTED PO NUMBER 7 1 1.

OKAY,

[VIII.B.3. P.O. No. 7112 - An Ordinance Authorizing A Special Warranty Deed For The Conveyance Of Property To Low And Moderate-Income Resident Of The City Who Is Participating In The Hurricane Harvey Disaster Recovery Program Through The Texas Government Land Office And The AECOM Disaster Recovery Program]

WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN THE HURRICANE HARVEY DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM

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THROUGH THE TEXAS LAND OFFICE AND THE A E C O M OR ACOM DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN FRANK? SO, MOVEMENT MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN MOSES? MAY I GET A SECOND? SECOND? IS IT MOVED? AND SECOND.

AND WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7 1 1 2 ARE READY FOR QUESTION.

THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS.

WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY POST POSTERS EYES HAVE SO AS ORDER, WE WILL ACCEPT PILL NUMBER SEVEN 12 AS READ.

AT THIS

[IX. CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION)]

JUNCTURE, WE ARE PREPARED TO GO INTO OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND IN THE CLOSED, CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, IT MIGHT BE IN THE, UH, PRESIDING UH, OFFICER.

IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING, I AM TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT THAT WE WILL BE UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.101 OF THE CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS UNDER LAWS GOVERNORS THROUGH THE CODE, WHICH IS FORMERLY CALLED ARTICLE 62 52 DASH SEVEN, SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION EIGHT.

AND THE STATEMENT THAT I SHOULD MAKE IS THAT WE WILL COVER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 OTHER GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OR PENDING CLAIMS, CONTRACTS, LITIGATION, AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVED IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

WE'LL DISCUSS SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE, DELIBERATE THE, UH, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF RENT OF REAL PROP, REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF PORT ARTHUR, UH, SECTION 5 5 1 0.0.

TELL THEM TWO AGAIN, OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE, UH, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY'S EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OR OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND OR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS.

AND AS ALWAYS STATED, IF ANY ITEM OUT, UH, IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WOULD NEED TO COME OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE ACTION ON IT WOULD BE RENDERED.

WE WILL O UH, HAVE THAT ACTION DONE IN OPEN SESSION.

WHEN WE RETURN AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO RECESS TO THE CHAMBERS, UH, DOWNSTAIRS OR COUNCIL, UH, DOWNSTAIRS.

COUNCIL MARK, GO AHEAD.

UH, BEFORE WE RECESS, UH, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS TIME TO, UH, EXPRESS CONDOLENCES FOR MYSELF AND FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO DID NOT KNOW THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY LOST HER LAST AUNT ON YESTERDAY.

OH, WOW.

AND, AND SO, UH, WE JUST WANT TO KEEP OUR, IN OUR PRAYERS.

OKAY? OKAY.

YOU HAVE OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES.

COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK, PRESENT.

WE'RE READY TO RECESS DOWN IN THE, UH, CHAMBERS.

HEY, HOW ARE YOU? HEY, KELLY.

RIPPY.

WHAT'S UP? OKAY, UH, WE ARE READY TO, UH, RE ADJOURN A RECONVENE.

YEAH, I SAID RE ADJOURN.

I MADE ME A WORD.

I WANT TO SAY ADJOURN ME .

OH, FORGIVE ME BABY .

I DON'T WANNA SAY WE CAN BE, UH, CITY SECRETARY, BUT YOU ARE REE ESTABLISHED.

MAYOR MART.

PRESENT MAYOR PRO.

TIM HOLMES.

COUNCIL MEMBER JONES MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER KEN LAW.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM MAYOR.

SO KINDLY, UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WE, UH, HAVE DISCUSSED IN, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND THAT ITEM, UH, YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IT FOR US, UH, INTRODUCE IT.

WE'RE GOING, UH, COME BACK TO THE, UH, ITEM THAT WE TABLED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UH, WE JUST HELD TILL THE BEGINNING.

IT'S ON UNFINISHED VISION.

IT'S PAGE ONE, PR 2 28 22.

AND I BELIEVE OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WERE GONNA TABLE IT.

OKAY? UH, SO ON, ON, ON THAT ITEM.

AND I DON'T NEED TO TAKE A VOTE OR ANYTHING ON THAT, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO TAKE A MOTION.

MOVE.

COUNCILMAN FRANK, DO YOU MAKE A MOTION ON THAT FOR ME, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.

ON THAT ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE THAT ITEM, PLEASE, SIR.

ITEM THAT WAS JUST INTRODUCED BY THE 2 2 82.

COUNCIL MARKS SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED THE SECOND, AND WE WOULD TABLE THE

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2 82 2 2 82.

CAUSE CAUSE I, I HAVE THE WRONG, I HAVE THE WRONG PAGE.

2, 2 82.

UH, UNTIL THE NEXT, UH, MEETING, UH, WE ARE READY FOR QUESTION ON THAT THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

IT OPPOS US.

THE EYES HAVE IT SO IT IS ORDERED.

THAT IS THE ONLY ACTION ITEM THAT WE HAVE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD BE, UH, PREPARED TO RECEIVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

COUNCILMAN UH, FRANK? MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? MAYOR.