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IN PROGRESS.[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
GOOD MORNING.GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF FORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
FOR OUR, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I SAY IT CORRECTLY, OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AND THIS MEETING WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE MEETING THAT WAS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK ON THE, UH, 12TH OF, UH, MARCH.
BUT WE ARE HAVING A MEETING TODAY BECAUSE OF THE, UH, TRAVEL OBLIGATIONS TODAY ON MARCH 5TH.
AND WITH THIS MEETING, YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING, UH, VIA TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEDIUMS. HOWEVER, YOU MUST FIRST DIAL 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9, AND YOU WOULD ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 8 5 6 9 8 8 8 5 4 9, AND THE PASSCODE OF 6 9 0 9 1 7.
AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND THE MEETING.
AND WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT IN THE MEETING HERE TODAY.
AND IF THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE REASONABLE, YOU MUST FIRST CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT AREA CODE 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5.
HOWEVER, IT HAS TO BE DONE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE, YOU WILL BE AFFORDED THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS ACCORDING TO THE ABILITIES OF THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
NOW, WE WILL MOVE TO A, AN INVOCATION, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE ROLL CALL.
COUNCILMAN KEN LAW FOR US, PLEASE.
YES, MAYOR, WILL YOU STAND BY WITH ME? OH, HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
IN THE GLORIOUS NAME OF JESUS, WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
WHILE WE CONDUCT THIS MEETING AND YOUR NAME'S SAKE, WE ASK YOU TO GIVE BLESSINGS TO OUR STATE, OUR LOCAL AND FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THIS MAGNIFICENT DAY.
WE ASK FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THY WORKERS THROUGH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND THEIR FAMILY.
IF WE ASK ALL THESE BLESSINGS IN YOUR SON JESUS' NAME, I PRAY, WE PRAY, AMEN.
TO JOIN US NOW IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ESTABLISH A QUORUM? FOREST CITY SECRETARY, MAYOR BARTEE, PRESENT, MAYOR PRO, TIM HAMILTON, EVER FIELD PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK, YOU HAVE A COURT MAYOR.
AND, UH, TO OUR COLLEAGUES HERE, COUNCILMAN FRANK DID CALL ME AND TELL ME HE HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AND THAT'S WHY HE WOULD NOT BE PRESENT ON THIS MORNING.
AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEW INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY, BLACK.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR AGREEING TO COME IN AND ASSIST US, UH, DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND OUR HIRING A NEW CITY ATTORNEY.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND WITH GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO FLOW IN THE MANNER IN WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT.
NOW WE WILL BEGIN BY PROCLAMATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CITY SECRETARY.
AND ON, UH, SPEAKERS, WE HAVE NONE HERE ON THE PRINTED AGENDA.
[III.B.(1) A Presentation By Representatives Of Motiva Enterprises Regarding An Update And Timeline Of The Renovation Project (Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)]
NUMBER ONE, A PRESENTATION BY REPRESENTATIVES OF MOTIVA ENTERPRISES REGARDING AN UPDATE AND TIMELINE ON THE RENOVATION PROJECT.AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KENMORE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE APPROACH? GOOD MORNING.
CLAIRE JACKSON MOTIVA ENTERPRISES.
OUR ADDRESS IS 25 55 SAVANNAH TRACE.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING US HERE TODAY.
UM, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO GIVE A COMMUNITY UPDATE OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AND NONPROFITS THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UM, INVOLVED WITH SINCE OUR PAST RECENT UPDATE.
UM, OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, WE DELIVERED OVER A HUNDRED CARE PACKAGES FROM CIVILIAN TASK FORCE TO LOCAL CHURCHES FOR
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THEIR DISTRIBUTION.WE ALSO SUPPORTED, UM, COMMUNITY CARE PRAYER OUTREACH TO HELP UTILITY BILL FOR PAYMENT FOR PORT ARTHUR RESIDENTS.
AND THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO IDENTIFY THOSE THAT NEED SUPPORT IN THAT AREA.
UM, ALSO IN 2023, WE COMPLETED 200 COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF MOTIVA AND OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THE WONDERFUL NONPROFITS THAT WE HAVE HERE LOCATED IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.
A FEW OF OUR PROJECTS TURNED INTO ANNUAL SUPPORT, LIKE THE FIRST RESPONDER GRANTS THAT PORT ARTHUR WAS A RECIPIENT OF TO RECEIVE LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT OR THE SYMPHONY OF THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS EVENT HERE IN PORT ARTHUR.
AND THIS YEAR WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT THAT FEATURED ONE OF A PORT ARTHUR'S OWN GLEN ALEXANDER.
SO WE'RE APPRECIATIVE THAT SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES ARE NOW ANNUAL EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE IN PORT ARTHUR.
UM, WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN WORKFORCE AND JOB TRAINING ACTIVITIES IN 2024.
WE'VE HAD AN ENGINEER JOB SHADOW LUNCH WHERE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATED.
OUR WELDING STUDENTS AT PORT ARTHUR ISD JUST HAD A PHENOMENAL SHOWING OVER IN HOUSTON.
AND I WON'T SHARE ALL THE NEWS, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THEM.
AND, UM, THIS YEAR WE ARE GRADUATING MENTORS FROM MOTIVA'S ASPIRE STUDENT MENTORING PROGRAM.
AND IN THE YEAR 2023, WE HAD OVER 800 VOLUNTEER HOURS OF A MOTIVA EMPLOYEE MATCHED WITH A JUNIOR OR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN PORT ARTHUR ISD THEY MENTOR FOR TWO YEARS.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM.
WE'RE ABOUT TO START THE FOURTH YEAR.
SO ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY WORKING WITH OUR NEAR NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS IN PORT ARTHUR.
AND I KNOW TODAY THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO ALSO HEAR AN UPDATE FROM OUR DOWNTOWN, UM, PROJECT ON THE ADAMS BUILDING.
SO I BROUGHT CHAD ALLEN TODAY, HE'S THE SENIOR MANAGER OF CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR MOTIVA, AND HE GAVE THE LAST UPDATE.
SO WE HAVE SOME PICTURES AND EVERYTHING TO SHOW YOU GUYS.
UH, SO SINCE THE LAST UPDATE, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL THE, UH, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, UH, ON THE BUILDING.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT THE, UH, ADAMS BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE, UH, WHEN IT'S COMPLETED.
UH, GOAL IS TO GET THIS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE HISTORIC SOCIETY TO, UH, GET ALL THE MATCH, UH, MATERIAL THAT WAS THERE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, UH, REINSTALLED AND, AND ALL REPAIRED ON THE OUTSIDE.
SO WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THIS HISTORIC SOCIETY ON THAT.
SO WHEN WE TALKED LAST TIME, WE WERE DOING ALL THE, UH, REVIEWS OF ALL THE UNDERGROUND MATERIALS AND DOING A FULL INSPECTION OF THE BUILDING.
WE'VE COMPLETED ALL THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING ON THAT AND WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS.
WE MAKE THOSE REPAIRS AND WE'VE GOT SOME PICTURES OF THOSE REPAIR WORK.
UH, SO WE DID A FULL INSPECTION OF EVERY SINGLE BEAM AND COLUMN AND FLOOR IN THE BUILDING.
AND THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THE REPAIRS.
UH, THIS PICTURE SHOWS WHERE THERE WERE CRACKS IN THE BEAMS. UH, SO THAT'S BEEN FULLY REPAIRED WITH GROUT.
UH, THE NEXT PICTURE SHOWS, UH, TYPICAL CONCRETE REPAIRS ON, UH, THE BEAMS. YOU CAN SEE THE NEW CONCRETE THERE.
SO, UH, THE TEAM WENT THROUGH AND CHECKED EVERY SINGLE BEAM AND COLUMN IN THE BUILDING.
WE CHIPPED OUT ALL THE OLD CONCRETE, REPAIRED THE REBAR, AND THEN MADE IT STRUCTURALLY SOUND.
SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER.
IT'S A, IT'S A VERY, UH, TEDIOUS PROCESS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE SCAFFOLDING, UH, THAT GOES ON EITHER SIDE OF THOSE COLUMNS AS WE DO A REPAIR ONE AT A TIME.
SO EVERYBODY'S BEEN WORKING VERY SAFE AND, UH, VERY FOCUSED ON, ON GETTING THE WORK COMPLETED.
UH, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE GOING CONCURRENTLY IS ALL OF THE, UH, TRADES FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SPRINKLER ARE ALL WORKING RIGHT NOW IN A 3D MODEL WHERE THEY'RE, UH, DESIGNING OUT ALL OF THAT MATERIAL COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THIS MODELING DONE, UH, HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS.
AND THEN THOSE TRADES WILL START TO, TO GO TO WORK TOGETHER AND INSTALL ALL THAT, UH, EQUIPMENT.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS DOING WORK ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THAT WORK STARTED IN THE SUMMERTIME.
MOST OF THE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS WILL BE DONE, UH, HERE ABOUT MID-AUGUST.
AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN THIS WORK INSIDE THE BUILDING, UH, AS WE GO FORWARD.
HOW LONG THE PROCESS TOOK TO GET, UH, THE, THE TEXAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO GIVE Y'ALL PERMISSION TO, TO GO GO FORWARD.
HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE? UH, SO THEY'RE UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW FOR ALL THE HISTORIC MATERIAL.
UH, SO THEIR REVIEW IS FOR MATERIAL ON THE OUTSIDE AND ON THE INSIDE FOYER.
SO WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM RIGHT NOW ON ALL THE COLOR MATCHES AND, AND MATERIAL SELECTIONS ON THAT.
SO IT'S ABOUT A 60 DAY PROCESS.
UH, WE'VE GOT A REPRESENTATIVE THAT WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE HISTORIC SOCIETY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL THE COLOR MATCHES
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CORRECTLY AND, AND THAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IT DID A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.WELL, YEARS AGO I WANTED TO TEAR DOWN THAT, THAT OLD STRUCTURE, BUT THE, IT WAS ON THE TEXAS HISTORICAL REGISTER.
I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE AND THE PEOPLE WAS ALWAYS ASKING, WHAT ARE Y'ALL GONNA DO ABOUT THAT STRUCTURE? I SAID, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL DESIGNATION.
BUT I, THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL, UH, CLEARANCE FROM THE HISTORICAL STATE OF TO TEXAS IS THEY, THEY THOUGHT THE PROJECT HAD BEEN A, MOST CITIZENS THOUGHT THE PROJECT HAD BEEN ABANDONED.
THEY DON'T, THEY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA DO.
BUT I KEPT, I KEPT EXPLAINING THERE THINGS, THEY ARE HURDLES THAT YOU HAVE TO CLEAR THE HISTORICAL, YOU JUST CAN'T JUST GO, UH, WILLY-NILLY DOING THINGS.
AND, AND MOTIVA HAS, WAS TEXACO BEFORE.
IT HAS HAD A GREAT IMPACT UPON THIS COMMUNITY.
LEMME SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU.
Y'ALL ALREADY, Y'ALL RECALL A A PAST PLANT MANAGER CALLED LEE TOWNSEND.
WELL, LEE TOWNSEND DID A LOT OF THINGS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LEE TOWNSEND DID, HE CAME TO, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, I INITIATED TAX ABATEMENT FOR THE, IN, FOR DOWNTOWN AREA.
HE WAS, WAS THE CEO OF THE INDUSTRY, CAME AND ASKED THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO EXTEND TAX ABATEMENT TO THE OIL INDUSTRY.
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED ALL THESE EXPANSION.
THEY DIDN'T, JEFFERSON COUNTY DIDN'T, NOBODY HAD IT.
SO WE EXTENDED IT TO THE INDUSTRY.
MOTIVA, TEXACO, ALL OF THESE, ALL INDUSTRIES STARTED EXPANDING.
NOW WE HAVE TO COMPETE, WE HAVE TO COMPETE WITH PASADENA OR TEXAS CITY LAKE CHARLES BATON ROUGE.
SO WE HAD TO HAVE SOMETHING TO ENTICE YOU ALL TO COME HERE, TO STAY HERE.
AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ALL THE THINGS Y'ALL HAVE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
AND, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY WHEN YOU STATED THAT AUGUST WOULD BE, UH, THE COMPLETION DATE FOR THE INSIDE AREAS, UH, BEFORE THE MAJOR STRUCTURAL REPAIRS? SO THOSE BEAMS AND COLUMNS.
THE BEAMS AND COLUMNS THAT YOU SAW WITH ALL THE CONCRETE REPAIR, THEY'RE METHODICALLY GOING THROUGH EACH PIECE ONE AT A TIME, MOVING THE SCAFFOLDING AS THEY GO.
BUT WE ANTICIPATE AUGUST TIMEFRAME TO BE DONE AT THE MAJOR STRUCTURAL REPAIR.
THERE'LL BE MINOR STRUCTURAL REPAIR THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT'LL, THAT'LL TAPER OFF INTO DECEMBER THIS YEAR.
BUT GETTING THE MAJOR REPAIRS OUT OF THE WAY WILL ALLOW THE OTHER CONTRACTORS TO COME INTO THE BUILDING AND START DOING THEIR WORK.
AND ALSO, WHAT IS THE TOTAL, UH, COMPLETION DATE FOR THE PROJECT IN A WHOLE? UH, WE'RE STILL TARGETING THE, UH, END OF 2025 FOR, FOR BEING, BEING ABLE TO MOVE FURNITURE AND, AND, AND STUFF INTO THE BUILDING.
AND ALSO, DO YOU FORESEE ANY OTHER MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT YOU MAY ENDURE? MATERIALS COST, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THAT, UH, YEAH.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'VE GOT ALL, MOST OF THE MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT, UH, SO WE'RE DE-RISKING THAT.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE HISTORIC SOCIETY VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE WE GET, UH, ALL THE TERRACOTTA AND ALL THE MASONRY, MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLETELY ALIGNED ON WHERE THOSE REPAIRS NEED TO BE MADE.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GOOD ON MATERIAL.
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR EXCITED.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS COHORTS.
AND I GUESS WHEN YOU GUYS GET DOWN THERE LOCALLY, WE CAN, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER BUSINESS TO WANT TO COME DOWNTOWN, SO.
WE REALLY NEED YOU GUYS DOWN HERE.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ANYTIME Y'ALL WANT A TOUR, JUST LET US KNOW.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT.
I WAS LOOKING AT MY, UH, CALENDAR
UH, I KNOW AT SOME POINT IN TIME THE CITY MANAGERS IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IT WITH YOU ALL.
MAY HAVE A, A HUEY UH, OUR COMPLIANCE OFFICER MAY DISCUSSING IT WITH YOU'ALL.
WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN YOUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE, IF Y'ALL COULD PUT YOUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE IN THE INSIDE OF THE CITY.
AND THAT UNDER STATE USE TAX, WHEREVER YOU ALL PURCHASE MATERIAL TO, TO REDO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
OR, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IN PORT ARTHUR MATERIAL IS USED IN PORT ARTHUR.
A LOT OF INDUSTRY IS NOT AWARE, BUT I, BUT I TRY TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF IT.
THE, THE, THE, UH, ENTERPRISE TANK FARM THAT WAS BUILT FOR, FOR YOU ALL TO SUPPORT YOUR EXPANSION.
WELL, THEY CAME TO US AFTER THEY STARTED BUILDING THE TANK FARM ENTERPRISE TANK FARM.
WELL, STEVE IS GIVEN, THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT APPROACHED THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME TO, FOR TAX ABATEMENT.
AND I SAID CONDITIONALLY, IF THEY PUT THEIR PROCUREMENT OFFICE INSIDE THE CITY, WE CAN CAPTURE
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THE SALES TAX REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY PURCHASED THE MATERIAL, THE SALES TAX COME TO, TO WHERE WE, WHERE IT'S BEING USED AT.WE CAPTURED OVER $2 MILLION EXTRA.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU ALL IN.
AND THE OTHER INDUSTRY WILL PUT YOUR PROCUREMENT OFF IN, IN THE DOWNTOWN HERE.
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THAT SALES TAX COME IN.
IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
WHEN IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND, GUESS WHAT HAPPENS? WE GET UP, WE END UP WITH A SURPLUS OF MONEY AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOWER ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAXES.
WE'RE GOING TO LOWER ALL OF Y'ALL TAXES.
THAT WAY EVERYBODY WILL BENEFIT.
BUT WE NEED Y'ALL HELP PUTTING YOUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE AND ENCOURAGE OTHER INDUSTRY TO PUT YOUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE INSIDE THE CITY OF PORT OFFICE.
[III.C.(1) Recognition Of Water And Sewer Employees (Requested By Councilmember Lewis)]
WE WILL MOVE TO, UH, I THINK WE HAVE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND A RECOGNITION OF WATER AND SEWER EMPLOYEES THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, LEWIS.WHILE I'M PRESENTING THIS, UH, RHONDA STANBURY, THE MANAGER, SHE HERE.
WILL YOU, WILL YOU COME UP AND, UH, INDUCE YOUR TEAM WHILE WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, THEY, THIS TEAM OF, OF WATER SERVICE, OF METER SERVICE PEOPLE CAME TO MY HOUSE TO VERIFY SOME THINGS.
AND I NOTICED THERE WAS A, A LINE IN MY METER WITH THE, WITH THE PIPE.
AND I SAID, Y'ALL DOING A GREAT JOB.
I SAID THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE LINING UP THE, PUTTING EVERYTHING IN LINE.
BUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE IT RUPTURED THE COUPLING AND I OVERHEARD SOMETHING.
YEAH, WE DO A GOOD JOB, BUT WE NEVER GET RECOGNIZED.
WELL, THAT'S WHY YOU ALL HERE.
UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, IT IS A PLEASURE, UH, TO STAND HERE THIS MORNING AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.
UH, THIS TEAM WORKS SO HARD EVERY DAY, UH, TO TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY.
UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ARE KNOWN AS THE CASH REGISTER OF THE CITY.
UM, WE TRY TO BRING IN AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT THESE GUYS ARE AMAZING AND WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY WITHOUT THEM.
SO I WANNA START OFF BY INTRODUCING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM BECAUSE WE'VE PUSHED THEM TO THE LIMITS AND THEY NEVER FAIL US.
THEY COME THROUGH EACH AND EVERY TIME.
UH, THE METER SERVICE SUPERVISOR IS ROCHELLE MITCHELL.
UH, LIKE, SHE'S AMAZING WITH THESE GUYS.
SHE TEACHES THEM EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW AND THEY DO NOT DISAPPOINT.
UH, ALSO WE HAVE KADAFI MARTIN.
WE HAVE PHILLIP TATE, ANTON GOODO, STEVEN WALKER, JORDAN PAUL, CAMERON WILLIAMS, BYRON WHEATON, UH, ASHIAN, BUT WE CALL HIM JAY, UH, WASHINGTON.
JAMES HEMINGWAY AND ANTHONY HARTON.
THIS IS YOUR METER SERVICE TEAM.
AND WHEN YOU GUYS SEE THEM OUT THERE, KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING THE BEST JOB THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DONE FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE WITH US THE BILLING SUPERVISOR WHO IS CLAUDIA EDDIE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, GLADYS HERNANDEZ IS ONE OF THE
GLADYS HERNANDEZ, WHO IS ALSO A BILLING, UH, CLERK.
AND MONICA DAVIS, WHO'S NOT WITH US THIS MORNING, BUT THIS IS YOUR BILLING TEAM.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THEM.
AND AGAIN, WE THANK YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS RECOGNIZING US.
AND ALSO TOO, WE HAVE TWO OF THE BEST LEADERS, UH, IN THE CITY.
AND THAT IS CALVIN WALKER AND DR.
LIKE THEY MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR US.
THEY GIVE US EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED, UH, ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
'CAUSE HE HEARS THOSE, THOSE COMPLAINTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE ALONG WITH YOU GUYS.
UH, BUT DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
AND IF YOU GUYS EVER NEED US FOR ANYTHING, THEN WE ARE DEFINITELY HERE FOR YOU.
UH, Y'ALL, Y'ALL WAIT JUST A MINUTE.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS PUBLICLY.
I'VE THANKED CALVIN AND DR TO PUBLICLY BEFORE, BUT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE THE, YOU'RE THE WORKHORSES.
AND WHEN I CAME ON COUNCIL IN JULY OF 23, IT WAS IN THE MIDST OF THE DROUGHT AND WE WERE HAVING SO MANY PROBLEMS. AND THE FIRST THING THAT I HAD TO TACKLE WERE ALL OF THE WATERLINE BREAKS IN
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STONEGATE.SO I JUST WANNA SAY ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF STONEGATE AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY TOO BECAUSE I REQUESTED A MANUAL METER READ AT MY HOUSE BECAUSE MY WATER BILL WAS NOT RIGHT.
I GOT MY BILL YESTERDAY AND THAT'S THE MOST ACCURATE ONE THAT I'VE HAD IN FOUR MONTHS.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR ME PERSONALLY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE AND FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
UH, UH, JUST TO KIND OF BE A TESTAMENT TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT.
AND I, I CALL THEM A LOT BECAUSE OF WATER, BILLS, BREAKS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
BUT, UH, THE LEADERSHIP FROM YOU, MS. RHONDA.
UH, I, I, I CALLED YOU, YOU TEXT ME RIGHT BACK, COUNCILMAN.
I'M GONNA REFER YOU TO MS. CLAUDIA.
MS. CLAUDIA CALLED ME IN 30 MINUTES.
I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF THIS LADY.
UH, ELDERLY LADY, HER AND HER HUSBAND.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SITUATIONS, WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM, WE GOT ALL THESE THINGS.
BUT THE THING THAT'S MAKE COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL GOOD WHEN YOU CAN CALL SOMEONE LIKE YOU THREE.
WE'RE NOT PURPOSE, PURPOSE, PURPOSE.
I MEAN THIS THING'S RUNNING MY HEAD, BUT WE'RE NOT PERFECT AT ALL.
AND YOU GUYS, IT'S GOOD TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU TAKE CARE OF THIS? CAN YOU LOOK INTO IT? CAN WE READ IT? MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATE.
AND MAY I SAY ONE OTHER THING? GO RIGHT IN.
UH, I DIDN'T MENTION THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES.
OF COURSE WE CAN'T PULL THEM AWAY.
UH, BUT THEY ARE, UH, THE MAIN PART.
THEY'RE THE FIRST LINE WHENEVER CUSTOMERS COME IN AND THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AS WELL, FACED WITH A LOT OF, UH, OF THINGS.
COUNCIL LEWIS? YEAH, JUST BRIEFLY, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE NOTICED AROUND TOWN WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS, RAINY WEATHER, STORMY WEATHER, IT DOES NOT RAIN ON THE METER SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
IT NOT, NOT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T RAIN IN THE METER SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
SO YOU ALL, WHEN YOU ASSIGN PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THE, THE TAKE CARE OF THE CITIZEN, YOU DON'T ASK FOR A WEATHER REPORT.
APPRECIATE Y'ALL, EVERYTHING Y'ALL HAVE DONE.
WELL, I WANNA SAY THINGS, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL COULD FIX THE WATER LEAKS, BUT I KNOW Y'ALL COULD COOK
MS. MITCHELL SEES TO IT THAT I GET WHATEVER THEY HAVE BACK THERE AND SHE DOES.
BUT THAT WAS JUST THE LIGHT IN THE ROOM OF YOU ALL DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
I KNOW, UM, I WAS DRIVING, I THINK IT WAS FRIDAY OR OR SATURDAY, OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN EVEN SUNDAY.
AND THE CREW WAS WORKING ON SOMEWHERE, SOME STREET, YOU KNOW, AREA Y'ALL PASSED AND Y'ALL HAD ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TRUCKS.
I REALLY THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED.
Y'ALL HAD THE LIGHTS BLINKING AND Y'ALL WENT DOWN DOWN THE ALLEYWAY.
I DIDN'T WANNA MESS MY SHOES UP SO I DIDN'T GET OUT THE CAR
BUT I OBSERVE YOU, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME THINGS.
AND I CAN RECALL ONE INCIDENT OVER ON WEST 15TH WHERE IT WAS 90-YEAR-OLD LADY HAD CALLED ME, SAID I WAS THE MAYOR AND I NEED TO COME FIND A WATER LEAK.
AND I WENT DOWN THERE AND I CALLED YOU AND IT WAS ABOUT 10 OR 11 THAT NIGHT.
AND Y'ALL GOT THERE AND FOUND WHAT IT WAS AND WORKED ON IT BEGINNING THAT NIGHT THAT YOU, YOU REMEMBER? MM-HMM.
THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT THAT'S THE SERVICE THAT YOU GO OVER AND BEYOND.
AND SO ALL OF YOU, UH, CALVIN AND, AND DR.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE PART OF WHAT GOES WITH THE JOB.
BUT JUST KNOW THAT, THAT YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN LEWIS WANTING TO, UH, RECOGNIZE YOU.
'CAUSE I THINK WE HAD A PROCLAMATION OF SOMETHING LAST WEEK, BUT THEN HE SAID HE WANTED Y'ALL TO COME UP.
AND, UH, AND I KNOW Y'ALL DIDN'T MIND MISSING A FEW MINUTES, SO YOU ALL CAME STRAIGHT ON UP.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I DON'T WANNA PICK ON YOU, BUT THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB AND WE ALL APPRECIATE THEM.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT SOME LIMITS, UPPER LIMITS ON HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO BUY THEM.
BUY THEM A LUNCH TODAY, TOMORROW, OR WHENEVER THEY, AT THEIR CONVENIENCE OR BUY SOMETHING FOR THEM TO COOK.
OH, BECAUSE THEY RATHER COOKING.
WELL BUY IT SO THEY CAN COOK IT.
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UH, MAY ITHANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR, UM, FOR THE SERVICE.
I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU, I KNOW THAT RAINS LEAD US SNOW, YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE, AND THAT YOU GET A LOT OF GRUMBLING FROM NOT ONLY US SOMETIMES, BUT FROM THE CITIZENS.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE ENCOURAGED TO ALWAYS JUST DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
[III.D.Correspondence]
IS, UH, A CORRESPONDENCE.AND I JUST SHARED ONE WITH THE, UH, CITY SECRETARY.
THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS DATED MARCH THE FOURTH, UM, FINAL RESULTS OF THE SUSHI'S PILOT CITY SELECTION PROCESS.
I'M THRILLED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE INAUGURAL WINNER OF THE SUJI PILOT CITY SELECTION PROGRAM.
THIS PRESTIGIOUS SELECTION SIGNIFIES THAT PORT ARTHUR WILL SPEARHEAD SUSHI'S AMBITIOUS INITIATIVE TO ERADICATE LONGSTANDING GENERAL POVERTY ACROSS THE NATION.
THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY PROVIDING EVERY CHILD FROM UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PURSUE A HIGHER EDUCATION.
WE EAGERLY ANTICIPATE COLLABORATING WITH YOU ON THIS TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY AS WE TOGETHER STRIVE TO CREATE A MODEL THAT COULD IN TIME BE ADOPTED NOT ONLY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, BUT ALSO AROUND THE GLOBE.
SINCERELY, DAVID ETSO, FOUNDER AND CEO OF ACI INCORPORATED, SUI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
AND NEXT WE WOULD BE, UH, THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING, UH, UH, REPORTS OF,
[V.(1) Expressions Of Thanks, Congratulations, Or Condolence;]
UH, ITEMS OF INTEREST.UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, INFORM OR SHARE WITH US.
I RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION ON THIS MORNING THAT, UH, JUDGE MORRIS RE PASSED AWAY.
I THINK IT WAS EITHER YESTERDAY OR TODAY.
HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED STATEWIDE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND, UH, HE TOO WAS FAMOUS FOR US BOW TIES, UH, FROM WAY, WAY, WAY BACK.
BUT, UH, I WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH US, UH, EVEN COMING OUT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.
AND, UH, JUST COINCIDENTALLY, UH, JUDGE OVERSTREET WOULD PASS AWAY, UH, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, UH, AND, UH, COULD HAVE BEEN BEFORE THEN, BUT THE PERSON WHO INFORMED ME TOLD ME IT WAS ON YESTERDAY.
SO I WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH US, UH, THIS MORNING.
[VI.(1) P.R. No. 23555 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation To Enter Into A Professional Services And Consulting Agreement With The Solco Group, LLC Of Port Arthur, Texas For The Provision Of On-Call Engineering-Related Consulting And Grant Application Support Services In An Amount Not To Exceed $25,000.00; Funds Available In PAEDC Account No. 120-80-625-5420-00-00-000]
TO ITEM NUMBER SIX ON PAGE THREE.AND I'M GOING, RIGHT, UH, CITY SECRETARY, RIGHT UP.
AND WE WOULD GO TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
WE HAVE PR UH, NUMBER 2, 3 5, 5 5.
IT IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH THE SO CALLED GROUP, LLC OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, FOR THE PROVISION OF ON-CALL ENGINEERING RELATED CONSULTING AND GRANT APPLICATION SUPPORT SERVICES IN AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN P-A-E-D-C.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 2 0 8 6 2 5 DASH 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCILMAN ETT? SO MOVED.
MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN BECKHAM SECOND, IT'S REMOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD, UH, APPROVE PR NUMBER 2 3 5 5 5.
AS READ, WE ARE READ FOR QUESTION.
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YES, MR. STOKES.I WAS READING THROUGH HERE AND I READ THE CONTRACT, THE BACKGROUND AND STUFF, RIGHT? UH, MY QUESTION IS, WE GOT A ON-CALL ENGINEER.
IF YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PROJECTS OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND OUT FOR YOUR RF QS, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE SAME PROCUREMENT PROCESS AS EVERYBODY ELSE BEING THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY, YOU KNOW? SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY CAN'T YOU SEND OUT FOR RF QS FOR COMPETITIVE INSTEAD OF GIVING A A ON-CALL CONTRACT AT THE SAME TIME? YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER SOMEBODY ELSE COULD QUALIFY OR DO IT BETTER.
IT'S ON-CALL AND THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR IF THEY DO IT A SERVICE.
SEE, THAT'S THE CATCH THAT SOMEBODY MAY NOT UNDER UNDERSTAND.
THIS IS NOT PAYING THEM FOR THE JOB THEY'RE GONNA DO.
IT'S GOING TO BE JUST SO YOU COULD CALL THEM.
SO WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, NOW DID NOT GO THROUGH AN RFQ PROCESS ON THIS, UH, PRIMARILY, UH, TO NOT WASTE, UH, ANY OF THE TAXPAYER'S TIME OR MONEY.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR FIRM, UH, HAS, HAS, UH, DONE, UH, WORK ON BEHALF OF THE EDC.
AND I'VE HAD THE, THE, THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING THEM DO THAT WORK ON BEHALF.
UH, MOST NOTABLY, UH, THEY HAVE BEEN THE LINCHPIN TO THE ENGINEERING WORK THAT HAS BEEN REQUIRED, UH, BY A CERTAIN FIRM IN TOMBALL, UH, THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THAT YOU AND, UH, MR. HAYES BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
UH, OVER THE COURSE OF TIME OF WORKING WITH THESE FOLKS TO BRING THEM FROM WHERE THEY ARE NOW TO PORT ARTHUR.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE HAD TO BE DONE.
AND, UH, THE SOCO GROUP HAS STEPPED UP EVERY TIME AND PERFORMED THOSE ACTIVITIES BEYOND THAT, UH, I LIKE TO TRY AND NOT RECREATE THE WHEEL.
UH, SO I FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LEARN CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF, UH, WHEN HE PUT FORTH A PROPOSAL BACK IN DECEMBER, UH, WHICH WAS APPROVED FOR ON-CALL SERVICES FOR HIS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING MOST NOTABLY TRANSIT.
UH, BASICALLY ALL I DID WAS KNOWING THAT THE, THE BODY OF WORK HAD BEEN STUDIED BY HIM AND HIS STAFF.
THE BODY OF WORK BY THIS FIRM HAD ALREADY PERFORMED FOR US, UH, EXCEPTIONALLY.
UH, I SIMPLY JUST REPLICATED THAT RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS, UH, AFFIRMED UNANIMOUSLY BY THIS BODY, UH, AND SUBMITTED IT THE NEXT MONTH.
NO, WHAT WHAT WE DO ON THIS BODY IS RELATED TO WHAT WE DO WITH CITY BUSINESS.
AND, UH, AND, UH, I'M, I'LL ADDRESS THAT THE NEXT TIME IT COMES BEFORE US TOO.
THIS ON CALL, YOU KNOW, WHEN TAXPAYERS DOLLARS BEING SPENT AS EASY SAY ON CALL, YOU WOULDN'T DO ON CALL FOR WITH YOURS.
AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, FUNDING.
OKAY? IT IS NOT I DO, WHAT THEY DO IS WE DO WHAT'S RIGHT, OKAY? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ON CALL, YOU KNOW, AND YOU SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE THE WILL, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
WE SHOULD DO, WE SHOULD DO REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.
WE SHOULD DO BIDDING BEING GOVERNMENT ENTITIES BECAUSE WE ALL DEAL WITH TAXPAYER MONEY.
WE DON'T DO WITH DEAL WITH PRIVATE MONEY, OKAY? AND IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN'T FORESEE THINGS THAT YOU NEED DONE.
YOU HAVE A BOARD YOU'D BE PRESENTING IT TO.
THEY OKAY, YOU THEN WE HAVE TO SEND OUT THIS, THIS A PROCESS.
BUT JUST SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, UH, I'LL PICK THEM.
THAT'S, THAT'S TAKING AWAY COMPETITIVE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO AND I'LL BE ADDRESSING IT ON COUNCIL, EVEN WITH THE CITY.
SO, BECAUSE THE CITY DOES IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S RIGHT.
AND WE OPERATE ON A DAILY BASIS.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU, YOU'RE NOT DOING MANY PROJECTS A DAY OR MONTH.
IN FACT, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROJECTS.
AND THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
WE AIN'T MAKING MONEY, BUT WE WANT TO SPEND MONEY.
WE AIN'T SPENDING MONEY ON DOING WORK.
WE'LL SPENDING MONEY FOR SOMEBODY TO BE ON CALL.
SO WHEN I ASK YOU, THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU WHAT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO PUT PEOPLE ON CALL AND I'LL ADDRESS IT HERE ON CITY TOO.
WE NEED TO START MANAGING MONEY.
I DO NOT SEE NOTHING TO PAY SOMEBODY $25,000 TO YOU THAT IF WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE STILL CAN ACCOMPLISH THE
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MISSION.THIS ON CALL, IT'S JUST, THAT'S THE SAME AS LAWYERS ON RETAINER.
YOU, YOU GOTTA PAY 'EM, YOU, YOU PAY 'EM TO, TO BE ON RETAINER.
IS THERE A FEE BEING PAID FOR BEING ON CALL? AND THEY'RE USING DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY, BUT IT'S, IT, TO ME, IT, IT BOILS DOWN TO THE SAME THING.
THE WAY YOU WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT THIS IS THAT WHENEVER WE NEED THEIR SERVICES, THEY'RE GOING TO FIT WITHIN THIS PARAMETER UP TO THAT MAXIMUM.
AND THEN I EITHER RESUBMIT OR CUT OFF THE SERVICES.
SO THIS IS JUST GIVING US THE, THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
AKIN TO, BUT NOT EXACTLY LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU ALSO GOT HERE RELATED ENGINEERING RELATED CONSULTANT AND GRANT APPLICATIONS.
SO IF THEY'RE GONNA PARTICIPATE IN THE GRANT WRITING OF APPLICATION, THEY GOT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE PAID.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT FOR NOTHING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
THATS WHAT THE SERVICES ARE CALLING FOR, RIGHT? I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER HAS THIS $25,000 UP TO $25,000, BUT THAT'S AN AGGREGATE.
HE STILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO US.
HE CAN'T SPEND 24,000 AND KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING AT A PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER.
HE HAD SPENT UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND, A HUNDRED SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS, 24,000.
AND THEN HE BLAMED THE PURCHASING AGENT FOR TELLING HIM THAT HE COULD DO THAT.
AND LIKE I TOLD HIM, I SAID, NO, DON'T LET ME CUT YOU DOING THIS AGAIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO JUST KIND OF BE CONSCIOUS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THESE TYPE OF, UH, ITEMS ON THE AGENDA EVEN AT THE CITY SIDE THAT WE DO THESE, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHY.
AND I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT IF WE ARE OUT THERE GIVING, UH, SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL GAIN ON CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS.
I DO, I REALLY HAVE A CONCERN.
I BROUGHT IT UP LAST TIME WHEN IT WAS ON THE CITY SIDE.
I, I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THOSE, EXCUSE ME.
HOWEVER, ON THE CITY SIDE, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE MANY TIMES, AND WE HADN'T HAD DISCUSSION LIKE THIS.
SO LET'S JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRACTICE THAT THIS CITY HAS BEEN DOING A LONG TIME.
AND I JUST HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, UH, MAYBE WE CAN CONTROL IT.
IT'S OUR LANE TO CONTROL THESE TYPE OF THINGS IF IT GETS BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
BUT I, I DON'T THINK AT THIS TIME, IT'S ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS BEEN ON AN AGENDA LIKE THIS, AND I'VE QUESTIONED IT BEFORE IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, I JUST HOPE THAT WE LOOK MORE INTO THE FUTURE ABOUT MAKING SOME CHANGES OR LOOK MORE INTO THESE TYPE OF, UH, AGREEMENTS.
IN OTHER QUESTIONS, WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
IT APPEARS THAT IT WAS TIED TO, LET ME DO A ROLL CALL.
[VI.(2) P.R. No. 23556 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation (PAEDC) To Enter Into A Professional Services And Consulting Agreement With Retail Strategies, LLC For The Provision Of A Community Development Partnership And Downtown Strategic Visioning Plan & Implementation Support Services For An Amount Not To Exceed $45,000.00; Funds Available In PAEDC Account No. 120-80-625- 5420-00-00-000]
UH, PR NUMBER 2 3 5 5 6.THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PA EDC, TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES LLC FOR THE PROVISIONS OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP AND DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC VISIONING PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $45,000 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN P-A-E-D-C ACCOUNTANT.
NUMBER 1 2 0 DASH EIGHT ZERO DASH 6 2 5 DASH 5 4 2 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
MAY I GET A, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCILMAN LEWIS MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN BECKHAM? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER
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23 5 5 6.IT'S READ, UH, UH, READY FOR QUESTION.
COUNCILMAN ETT? YES, MR. STOKES.
UH, WHEN I WAS READING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT HERE, I LOOKED AT, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION AND ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S PLAN.
OKAY? THE CITY'S PLAYED HAVE A DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PLAN.
WE PAID OVER $700,000 FOR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND IF WE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW IN DEVELOPMENT WITH MOTIVA FINN TO DEVELOP AND BRING ALL THESE PEOPLE DOWN HERE, AND I'M QUITE SURE PEOPLE GONNA WANT TO PUT SHOPS AND STUFF UP.
SO THE DOWNTOWN IS COMING TO LIFE, OKAY? BUT THERE'S A PLAN ALREADY.
WE, WE PAID THIS ONE TALKS ABOUT THIS COMPANY TALKING WITH CITIZENS AND GETTING INPUT AND STUFF.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT OUR PLAN DID.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WITH WORKING WITH OUR PLAN, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ OUR PLAN AND GET FROM THERE.
WHAT CAN YOU HELP US? IT DOESN'T REQUIRE GETTING SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME BACK IN AND, AND REINVENT THE WHEEL FOR OUR PLAN AND DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT.
THE OTHER THING IS, UH, THE EDC HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH HELPING WITH KICK OFF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE, UH, APARTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, GET NDC TO WORK WITH THAT THEIR BUILDING.
THEY REDID, THEY DONE THE NEWS BUILDING, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, THEY HELP WITH THE PARK, THE PAVILION.
SO THE EEC HAS BEEN VERY WELL INVOLVED WITH, UH, HELPING WITH THE CITY, DEVELOPING OF DOWNTOWN, UH, THE HOUSES.
I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT THE HOUSES OVER HERE WITH LAMAR.
THE, THE EDC HAS REALLY LED THE WAY, BUT WE HAVEN'T PAID ANYBODY TO DO THAT.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY ARE WE GOING TO PAY SOMEBODY TO EVEN GET INVOLVED WITH A STUDY OR PLAN? WE, WHEN WE PAID OVER $7,000 TO GET OURS, IT SEEMED LIKE WE SHOULD STICK WITH THAT.
AND IF WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED ALL OF WHAT I JUST MENTIONED, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO THAT? WHY CAN'T WE CONTINUE DOING IT FROM THE, UH, CORPORATION AND ITS, AND, AND ITS WORKERS? THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE, UH, THAT IS, UH, WELL FOUNDED AND WELL DOCUMENTED.
UH, AND IN GOING THROUGH IT, UH, RIGHT NOW, WHEN THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, THERE WAS NOT A CONCEPT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
THERE WAS NOT AN IDEA OF A BUSINESS INCUBATOR.
SO ALL THIS PROJECT WILL BE DOING IS SIMPLY ADDING ON, TO THINK OF IT AS AN ADDITIONAL CHAPTER, IF YOU WILL, IN AN EXISTING PLAN.
DOESN'T CHANGE THE PLAN, DOESN'T RECREATE REINVENT THE WHEEL, THE PLAN STANDS AS IT IS.
THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN 2024 THAT WASN'T IN PLACE IN 20 17, 20 18.
AND ALL WE'RE DOING IS HAVING THIS FIRM COME ALONG WITH THEIR EXPERTISE ALONGSIDE WITH ME AND MY STAFF, AND BASICALLY UPDATING WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE TRYING TO DO WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FEEDING THAT INTO THE OVERALL PLAN.
AND SINCE MOST OF THAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP WILL TAKE PLACE DOWNTOWN, THAT IS WHY I REFERENCED DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, MR. MR. THO ENTREPRENEURSHIP COULD SOUND LIKE A BIG WORD, BUT THAT BOTTOM LINE IS BUSINESS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DECIDED TO DO.
AND, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE NEWS BUILDING.
OKAY? I MEAN, THE PRESS, WELL, THE PRESS BUILDING, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHY IT WAS ALL FIGURED IN.
WE START BUSINESS THERE NOW AS FOR THEM, LOCATE SURE.
THAT'S WHAT DEDC DOES, EVEN WITHOUT THE INCUBATORS OR THE IN, UH, ENTREPRENEUR.
OKAY? SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU STILL HAVEN'T SAID NOTHING TO JUSTIFY.
YEAH, WE PAY, WE PAY A LOT OF, WELL NOT WE, BUT TAXPAYER PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR SALARIES OVER THERE.
YOU, THE MISSION, THE MISSION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS TO CREATE
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NEW OR EXPAND BUSINESS.AND WHEN WE LAID OUT THAT PRESS BUILDING AND DECIDED FOR THE INCUBATOR, I WAS ON THE ECONOMIC DINNER, THE WHOLE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS HELP PEOPLE GET STARTED IN BUSINESS AND HELP 'EM LOCATE.
AND IF WE LOOKING AT THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PLAN THAT THE CITY HAS, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE SIMPLY TRY TO LOCATE 'EM DOWNTOWN.
WE, YOU AND YOUR STAFF NEED TO, YOU WANT TO HIRE PEOPLE TO DO WHAT WE PAYING YOU ALL TO DO.
AND, AND I'VE LISTENED TO EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FALLOUT CITIZEN, WE TALKING BUSINESSES.
AND YOUR MISSION OVER THERE, YOUR MISSION, YOU AND YOUR CORPORATION AND YOUR BOARD IS TO CREATE BUSINESS OR EXPAND BUSINESSES.
THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE BEING PAID FOR.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I DON'T SEE WHERE THAT IS.
I SEE IF WE GETTING SOMEBODY TO DO THINGS THAT WE WANNA DO, ONCE AGAIN, I'LL MAKE THAT STATEMENT TAXPAYER'S MONEY SOMETIME IS EASY TO SPEND OR WE GOTTA BE MINDFUL THAT WE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE, UH, RE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE WE JUSTIFY THAT.
COUNCILWOMAN BECKER, THANK YOU.
I I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCETTE DOES.
IT LOOKS AS IF WE'RE HIRING PEOPLE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING FOR THE EDC, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC VISIONING PLAN.
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO COME TO US WITH A MASTER STRATEGIC PLAN AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE NOW OVER A YEAR AND WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
AND I'VE TOOK ISSUE WITH YOU OVER THAT WHEN WE HAD OUR JOINT EDC COUNCIL MEETING, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
SO I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ETT.
IT LOOKS AS IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND DO THE JOB THAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING THAT YOU, YOU ARE BEING PAID AND HIRED TO DO.
MY OTHER ISSUE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING, LOOKING AT THE NAME OF THIS COMPANY AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
RETAIL, RETAIL STRATEGIES, LLC OUT OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M ALL ABOUT FINDING LOCAL COMPANIES TO HELP US.
AND I'M WONDERING, SAME QUESTION THAT MR. DOUCETTE HAD ON THE LAST ISSUE.
WAS THIS SENT OUT FOR RFQ SO THAT WE COULD FIND SOMEBODY MAYBE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT UNDERSTANDS TEXAS BUSINESS AND IN PARTICULAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS? UH, TWO ANSWERS ON THAT.
THE COMPANY IS HEADQUARTERED IN ALABAMA.
THEIR LARGEST REGIONAL OFFICE IS IN TEXAS.
UH, AND THEY'VE DONE A NUMBER OF BODY OF WORK, UH, IN TEXAS.
UH, SECONDLY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE MANY YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN THIS, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO FIRMS THAT CAN COME TO THE TABLE.
AND I SPENT EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME WITH BOTH OF THEM.
UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I PROPOSED RETAIL STRATEGY SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN INVOLVED A COUPLE YEARS BACK, UH, ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN LOOKING AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAD BEEN PUT TOGETHER AND WHERE THEY COULD POSSIBLY SPEAK INTO IT.
FAST FORWARD A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, UH, NOW WE HAVE A FIRM IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM AND I FELT IT WAS TIME TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH EXPERTISE SPECIFICALLY IN CONVERTING FOLKS INTO A COMMERCIAL SPACE, UH, TO BRING, TO BRING THEM TO THE TABLE.
SO THE ANSWER IS NO, THIS DID NOT GO OUT FOR RF.
OH, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING AT THE COUNCILMAN ETT AND COUNCILWOMAN BECKHAM HAS COVERED ALL THE POINTS.
UH, DIRECTOR, UH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY PASSED BY YOUR BOARD.
AM I UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY TO GET HERE AND GET ON THE COUNCIL? SO IT'S NOT A DECISION THAT YOU MADE INDEPENDENTLY? NO, SIR.
IT WAS COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR BOARD COMING UP WITH A, A SOLUTION AND IDEAS TO BRING BEFORE THIS COUNCIL.
SO WE ALL HAVE A APPOINTEES THAT ALSO, UH, THAT'S ON THAT EDC BOARD THAT APPROVED THIS AND SAY, HEY, LET'S BRING THIS TO CITY COUNCIL.
AM I CORRECT IF I SAY THAT? YES, SIR.
AND I WOULD JUST ADD, OBVIOUSLY IN THAT FORM IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO, UH, 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WITH ME EVERY DAY FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS FITS IN WITH THAT OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, SOMETIMES YOU'RE WORKING ON A PLAN, BUT YOU'RE ALSO KNOWING WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO AND TRYING TO BE AHEAD
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OF WHAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TRY AND IMPLEMENT.SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, AS YOU KNOW, FROM FROM DAY ONE, UH, I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE INCUBATOR PROGRAM.
AND THAT WAS A PART OF THE 10 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT THE BOARD PASSED IN MARCH OF 23.
UH, SO WE ARE WORKING CONTINUOUSLY TO TOWARDS THAT.
DO THEY HAVE THAT ONGOING INFORMATION? YES.
BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU APPOINT THEM FOR.
TO, TO BE INVOLVED AND HAVE THAT ONGOING INFORMATION.
UH, NOT AN INDEPENDENT DECISION BY ME.
BACK TO THE COMMENT, UH, WHEN, UH, COUNCIL WARREN BECKON WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR PLAN, YOU KEEP REFERRING TO THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M KIND OF GETTING PERTURBED BY.
'CAUSE I KEEP HEARING IT, BUT YOU NEVER HAD IT APPROVED YET BY THE BOARD.
WHEN YOU GET IT APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THEN IT'S TIME TO WORK AND EXECUTE.
SO I KEEP HEARING IT, BUT IT AIN'T NEVER BEEN DONE AND APPROVED.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT.
IN ANSWER TO COUNCILMAN KEN LAW'S, UH, COMMENT, I SAT ON THE BC BOARD.
UH, MOST OF US ARE, ARE, ARE CITIZENS AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND PURCHASING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO A LOT OF TIME, UNLESS SOMEONE REALLY, UH, LET US KNOW WHAT IT ENTAILS, YOU TAKE FOR GRANTED.
EVERYTHING I'M BEING PRESENTED, IT IS ALL IN LINE WITH AND IT'S OKAY.
SO, UH, IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYTHING THEY APPROVED, UH, HAS TO BE APPROVED BY US BECAUSE SOMETIME THEY REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE POLICIES, THE PROCEDURES, UH, HOW THINGS ARE BEING DONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PURCHASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT NATURE, BECAUSE THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH AND WHAT THEY HAVE IS BROUGHT TO THEM JUST LIKE WE MEET, UH, EVERY OTHER WEEK.
UM, AND WE ARE PRESENTING STUFF FROM THE, FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
AND IF WE DON'T DO A LOT OF RESEARCH AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, WE EITHER HAVE A CHOICE OF ACCEPTING WHAT IS SOMEBODY IS TELLING US OR WE COULD GO AND RESEARCH IT AND FIND OUT THAT YOU ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.
SO SOMETIMES, UH, THINGS COME BY AND I'M JUST GONNA LOOK AT IT FROM THIS POINT WHEN IT GETS TO HERE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT HERE TO RUBBER STAMP IT.
AND SOMETIME AFTER SERVING ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD FOR A WHILE, A LOT OF, UH, COMMISSIONERS REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PURCHASING.
SO THEY WON'T KNOW COUNCILMAN LEWIS? YES.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I, THAT I WROTE DOWN.
WHEN WAS THIS ISSUE VOTED ON? SO I'M HEARING THAT THE BOARD HAS NOT VOTED ON THIS ISSUE.
THAT'S WHAT, IF THEY VOTED ON IT, WHEN DID THEY VOTE ON IT? NOTHING.
THIS RESOLUTION COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN TO YOU UNLESS THE BOARD HAD APPROVED IT.
WHAT WAS, WHAT DID YOU SAY? THE RESOLUTION COULD NOT BE BEFORE YOU IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAD NOT APPROVED IT.
OH, SO YOU'RE SAYING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS? I NEED THE DATE.
UH, THEY APPROVED IT AT THEIR, UH, SEE WHAT IS THIS MARCH? THEIR FEBRUARY 13TH MEETING.
I DIDN'T HAVE AN APPOINTEE ON THE BOARD.
UH, SOMEONE IS ASKING FOR A ROLL CALL.
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THERE ARE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT ARE BASICALLY A ROUTINE, UH, OF ROUTINE NATURE RATHER.AND, UH, COUNSEL HAS BEEN GIVEN, UH, BACKGROUND AND SUPPORT MATERIAL FOR EACH OF THESE ITEMS. AND, UH, IF THAT WOULD BE ANY ITEMS THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER WISHES TO HAVE, UH, REMOVED OR WITHHELD.
AND THAT WOULD BE FROM PAGES FOUR AND PORTION OF PAGE FIVE.
UH, OR ITEMS, UH, EIGHT ITEMS. I BELIEVE IT IS.
DO YOU JUST LET ME KNOW THE PAGE NUMBER AND THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER
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IF THERE WOULD BE A DESIRE TO HAVE ANY OF 'EM REMOVED.COUNCILMAN KENMORE, TO APPROVE THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
UH, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT AND APPROVE, UH, DECEMBER AGENDA AS PRAYER.
AND SECOND, THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
WE READY FOR QUESTION NOW IN THE QUESTIONS? WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSES? OKAY, YOU GOT, OKAY, WE HAVE IT.
UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
[VIII.B.(1) P.O. No. 7230 – An Appropriation Ordinance Amending The City Of Port Arthur Budget For The Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2023 And Ending September 30, 2024, Increasing The General Fund By $3,442,120.00, The Solid Waste Fund By $700,000.00, The FEMA Fund By $130,000.00, The GLO Fund By $1,000,000.00, And The ARPA Fund By $6,882,000.00 And By Adding Provisions To The Budget For Special Revenue Fund To Include The Police Fund By $250,000.00 And Home Health Fund By $1,500,000.00 (Part 1 of 2)]
TO ADAM NUMBER, UH, ROMAN NUMER EIGHT.UH, AND THIS IS THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA.
NOW ON THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS MOVE OUT OF THE NATURAL NORMAL SEQUENCE AND MOVE TO PAGE EIGHT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE ON PAGE EIGHT UNDER ORDINANCES.
AND IT IS, UH, PO NUMBER 72 30 AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR'S BUDGET OR PORT ARTHUR BUDGET RATHER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, INCREASING THE GENERAL FUND BY $3,442,120, THE SOLID WASTE FUND BY 700,000.
THE GLO FUND BY $1 MILLION AND THE APA FUND BY 6 MILLION, UH, 800, EXCUSE ME, AND $82.
AND BY ADDING PROVISIONS TO THE BUDGET FOR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO INCLUDE THE POLICE FUND BY $250,000 AND THE HOME HEALTH FUND BY $1,500,000.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN ETT.
MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN BECKER? SECOND.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 72 30 AS PRESENTED.
YOU READY FOR QUESTION? QUESTION.
COUNCILMAN ETT? MR. BLACK? IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE HERE, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET WITH SEVERAL ITEMS ON IT.
SO IF WE APPROVE THE BUDGET, WE ACTUALLY APPROVING THE FUNDING FOR ALL THOSE ITEMS. THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA.
IT IS BASED ON US APPROVING THE, UH, BUDGET.
SO HOW IS THAT, IF WE APPROVE THE BUDGET, THEN ANY OTHER ITEM ON THERE BASED ON US APPROVING THE BUDGET, THE MONEY'S ACTUALLY FUNDED BEFORE WE GET TO THE ITEM.
I'M NOT SURE I'M FAMILIAR ENOUGH TO ANSWER, TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.
UH, COUNSEL AND THE, AS I SEE THIS, THESE, THESE ITEMS, UH, INCREASING THE BUDGET, EACH ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA SEPARATELY, UH, ON THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA PRIOR TO THIS.
SO I, I DON'T THINK THAT IF YOU INCREASE THE BUDGET, UH, IF YOU PASS THIS ORDINANCE, I DON'T THINK THAT IT FUNDS IT, BUT IT ALLOWS IT TO BE INTO THE, IN THE BUDGET.
SO I'M NOT SURE I SEE WHERE IT WOULD BE IF YOU FAIL TO AUTHORIZE, IF YOU FAIL TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ON ONE OR TWO OF, ON SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE AUTOMATIC.
THEY'RE FUNDED BY THE, BY THE AMENDMENT TO BUDGET.
IF WE APPROVED, LET'S GET THE FINANCE DIRECTOR UP HERE TOO, BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA GO TO SOME BASIC, UH, ACCEPTABLE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES HERE.
HOW YOU DOING LYNN? IF WE APPROVE ALL OF THESE AMENDMENTS YES.
IN THAT ONE AMENDMENT, THAT MONEY NOW IS APPROVED TO BE PLACED IN THE BUDGET, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATED BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND NOT ONLY WILL IT BE APPROPRIATED BY CITY COUNCIL, BUT IT'S GONNA BE APPROPRIATED FOR THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON.
IT IS SPECIFIC TO THOSE THINGS.
SO DID, SO MY QUESTION WAS HOW CAN WE AMEND A BUDGET TO APPROVE AN ITEM, RIGHT?
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THAT IS NOT BUDGETED FOR WHICH THE OR IS CALLED FOR.SEE, BECAUSE IF THE, ONCE WE PUT THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET, WE DON'T NEED AN AMENDMENT FOR IT.
BECAUSE WE ALREADY APPROVE IT.
IT'S IN THE BUDGET, SO THAT'S CORRECT.
WE HAVE ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA THAT ARE NOT BUDGETED.
AND EACH ITEM ON THAT AGENDA, WHEN WE GET THERE, WE SUPPOSED TO APPROVE IT.
AND, AND THAT'S THE TIME I FOUND THIS TO BE KIND OF CONFUSING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOING IT RIGHT? 'CAUSE AN ITEM IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON HERE UNLESS WE HAVE, IT'S BEEN BUDGETED.
IF IT HAD NOT BEEN BUDGETED, THEN WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT.
SO NORMALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NOW WE GO BACK AND WE APPROVE IT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BUDGET.
THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR YOU TO DO THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION'S VERY SPECIFIC.
THAT IS CONTINGENT ON THE ORDINANCE PASSING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE ORDER ACTUALLY, I, IF THEY WANT TO ADDRESS EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL RESOLUTIONS FIRST WITH, BECAUSE IT HAS A CONTINGENCY AND THEN WAIT TO THE END TO SEE IF THERE ARE SOME THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO APPROVE AND CHOSEN NOT TO APPROVE.
THEY CAN THEN ADDRESS IT AT THE ORDINANCE TOWARDS THE END.
THAT'S DOES THAT MAKE I AGREE.
I WOULDN'T BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
NOW THAT'S, NOW THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE CAN'T PUT MONEY IN IT.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO IT, WE SAY WE HAVE TO AMEND IT.
YOU ALREADY PUT THE MONEY IN THERE NOW.
NOW I AGREE WITH THE WAY YOU WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT BECAUSE THAT WAY WE'LL APPROVE IT THEN IN THE END WHEN WE GO BACK WE'LL APPROVE THE, THE, THE, UH, AMENDMENT OF THE BUDGET.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT, THEN WE CAN AMEND THE AMENDMENT.
THE AMENDMENT TO LEAVE THAT ONE OUT, RIGHT? YES.
SO ACTUALLY THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
WE JUST READ THEM, MAYOR, AND IF WE HAVE ANYONE, ANY ONE OF 'EM THAT WE DON'T APPROVE ANY ITEM, WE DON'T APPROVE, THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GO AT THE END WHEN WE GET READY TO UH, APPROVE THE BUDGET, WE CAN AMEND THE BUDGET TO TAKE THAT ONE OUT AND THEN ALL THE REST WILL BE APPROVED.
COUNCILOR LEWIS? 'CAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL.
SO FINANCE DIRECTOR, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON HERE TO AMEND THIS BUDGET QUALIFIES UNDER THE HEALTH AND WELFARE AS AN EMERGENCY.
NONE OF THESE QUALIFY AS EMERGENCY, WHICH IS WHY I REFERENCED THE, THE OTHER CODE FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.
ANY OTHERS? OKAY, WE READY TO VOTE AGAIN? NO.
QUESTIONS ON IT? UH, ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.
I HAD A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SO I GOTTA CARRY A VOTE ON.
I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE RHETORIC THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
NOW I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
THAT'S HOW I GOT THE QUESTION.
SO NOW I'M CALLING FOR A VOTE QUESTION.
MAYOR PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
BUT I WOULD THINK YOU COULD TABLE A, A MOTION TO A LATER.
NO, NO ONE HAS MADE A MOTION TO THE TABLE.
OKAY, I MOVE, I REC, I ASK, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RESCIND THE MOTION AND MOVE ON WITH THE ARTICLES.
YOU SECOND MAYOR PRO TEMP? YES, SIR.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD RESCIND THE, UH, MOTION AND, UH, CARRY ON IN, IN THE NATURAL SEQUENCE.
RIGHT? AND BECAUSE THAT WAS SECOND, WE DO VOTE ON THAT FIRST.
ALL IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT? ACTION.
SOUNDS AS THOUGH THE AYES WOULD HAVE THAT AND WE WOULD, UH, MOVE NOW BACK
[VIII.A.(1) P.R. No. 23517 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager Or His Designee To Negotiate An Amendment To The Professional Engineering Services Agreement With Arceneaux, Wilson & Cole, LLC, (AWC) Of Port Arthur, Texas For Construction Management Services Associated With The Woodworth Streetscape Improvements Project From Lakeshore Drive To State Highway 87 (Gulfway Drive). Funding Is Available In The Street Capital Fund Account No. 307-21- 053-8517-00-10-000. Project No. ST4014-ENG]
TO THE, UH, NATURAL FLOW WHERE WE WERE ON PAGE.UH, YEAH, I LOST MY PAGE NUMBER.
OKAY, NOW WE HAVE ON PAGE FIVE, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION AND, UH, THE CITY MANAGER
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HAS REQUESTED, UH, MADE A REQUEST ON, ON, ON THIS RESOLUTION.SO, COUNCILMAN, UH, WOULD YOU GIVE US A RESOLUTION TO, UH, TABLE? THIS ONE? JUST THE ONE MOTION CITY MANAGER.
YOU HAVE SOME SITUATION? OKAY.
UH, YES, MAYOR, UH, I'D LIKE TO TABLE AT THIS TIME, PR NUMBER 23 5 1 7.
UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF HAS SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO THIS.
SO I ASK THE COUNCIL THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM.
OKAY? CAN I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN LEWIS? SECOND.
OKAY, THEN MOVE TO SECOND THAT WE WOULD TABLE PR WOULD 23 5 1 7 READY FOR QUESTION? NO.
ALL IN FAVOR OF TABLE A? ANY OPPOSES? OKAY.
[VIII.A.(2) P.R. No. 23566 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Amendment No. 2 To The Professional Engineering Services Agreement With Arceneaux, Wilson & Cole, LLC, (AWC), Of Port Arthur, Texas, For Construction Management Services Associated With The Port Acres Subdivision Drainage Improvement Project For The Amount Of $541,770.00. Funds Are Available In The Hazard Mitigation Grant Account No. 154-00-000-8515-00-10-000 And The Community Development Block Grant DR (CDBG) Account No. 148- 00-000-8515-00-10-000. Project No. DR1P03-ENG]
PR NUMBER 23.5 66 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ARSENAL WILSON AND COLE, LLC, UH, KNOWN AS A WC OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PORT ACRE SUBDIVISION DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE AMOUNT OF $541,770.
AND THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE, IN THE HAZARDOUS MITIGATION GRANT.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 5 0 DASH 0 0 0 0 DASH 8 5 1 5 DASH ZERO ZERO.
AND THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT, UH, CBBG ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 4 8 DASH FOUR, UH, ZERO ZERO DASH 8 5 15 1 0 DASH 0 0 0, WHICH IS PROJECT, UH, DER ONE P ZERO THREE DASH ENG ENGINEERING.
I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCILMAN KINLOCK.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS.
UH, WE, WE READY FOR A QUESTION? QUESTION.
YOU GOT A QUESTION? COUNCILMAN DOUCETTE? YES, WE'RE RIGHT HERE.
WE GOT TWO DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS AGAIN AND ASKING US FOR MONEY, BUT WE, NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH MONEY WE TAKING OUTTA EITHER ONE OF THESE ACCOUNTS.
YEAH, LET ME ASK THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR TO COME FORWARD IF SHE CAN GIVE US, BECAUSE BOTH THE HAZARDOUS MITIGATION, THOSE ARE GRANT ACCOUNTS.
YY YEAH, BUT EVEN WHEN WE, WHEN WE TRACKING MONEY, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WE SPENDING OUT EACH ACCOUNT.
WHENEVER YOU COME TO COUNCIL AND YOU ASK US TO APPROVE MONEY, IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE SOME OUT THIS ACCOUNT AND TAKE SOME IN THAT ACCOUNT, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE TAKING OUT THIS ONE, HOW MUCH YOU'RE TAKING OUT THAT ONE.
BECAUSE I LIKE TO TRACK IT TOO.
I LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE SPENDING.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH WHAT WE SPENDING IF IT, AND I DON'T LIKE A PROVEN MONEY COMING OUT DIFFERENCE ACCOUNT IF I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE TAKING OUT THE ACCOUNTS.
AND I'VE SAID THIS THE LAST TIME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S SO COMPLICATED BECAUSE WHOEVER MAKES IT, YOU'VE ALREADY DETERMINED YOU'RE GONNA TAKE 541,700.
WELL, IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THAT, YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA TAKE IT OUT TWO DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS.
WELL, HOW MUCH YOU GONNA TAKE OUT THIS ONE? HOW MUCH YOU TAKING OUT THAT ONE? WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA TAKE OUT TO ADD TO THE 5, 2 1.
WHEN YOU BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT, LET ME KNOW.
BUT LET ME SEE THE COME UP THERE.
SHE, WE, WE'LL GET YOU THE AMOUNT.
I'M JUST SAYING YES, I GET YOU.
YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE THE SAME WAY.
AND I DON'T WANT TO WAIT A MINUTE.
I DON'T WANT TO STOP THE MEETING.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE KEEP SAYING.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW, WELL HOW MUCH WE'VE TAKEN OUT ANY ACCOUNT BEFORE OUR VOTE.
AND I, WE MAKE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOU.
ANY OTHER COUNCILMAN? KIM, YOU HAVE SOMETHING QUOTE NOW.
UM, WHEN I SAY THOSE TWO ACCOUNT CODES, UH, IT BRINGS BACK, SO I'M NOT GONNA LABOR ON THIS.
UH, PLEASE IF YOU CAN, AND FINANCE CAN, UH, PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN ACTUALLY TRACK THE ACCOUNT
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CODES.[VIII.A.(3) P.R. No. 23567 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Amendment No. 2 To The Professional Engineering Services Agreement With Arceneaux, Wilson & Cole, LLC, (AWC), Of Port Arthur, Texas, For Construction Management Services Associated With The El Vista Subdivision Drainage Improvement Project For The Amount Of $451,025.00. Funds Are Available In The Hazard Mitigation Grant Account No. 154-00-000-8515-00-10-000 And The Community Development Block Grant DR (CDBG) Account No. 148- 00-000-8515-00-10-000. Project No. DR1P02-ENG]
PR NUMBER 23 5 6 7 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ARSENAL WILSON AND COLE, L-L-C-A-W-C OF PORT ARTHUR FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VETA, UH, SUBDIVISION, UH, DRAINAGE PROJECT PROJECT FOR THE AMOUNT OF $451,025.FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE HAZARDOUS MITIGATION ACCOUNT.
NUMBER 1 5 0 0 0 8 5 1 5 0 0 0 0.
AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT BLOCK.
UH, D-R-C-B-B-G ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 48, EXCUSE ME.
PROJECT NUMBER DR ONE P ZERO TWO DASH ENG.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN LEWIS? MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN BECKER SECOND IS REMOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE, UH, PR NUMBER 2 3 5 6 7 AS PRESENTED.
UH, WE READY FOR QUESTIONING? COULD YOU ASK THE CITY MANAGER DO YOU WANT SAY, UM, I WILL, UM, INSTRUCT THE, UM, OUR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL BEFORE THE DAY'S UP? OKAY, THANK YOU.
OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? UH, NUMBER ONE, WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO PR NUMBER 23 E 5 6 7 WILL BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
[VIII.A.(4) P.R. No. 23593 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Accept Grant Funds In The Amount Of $1,931,696.00 From The United States Department Of Transportation (USDOT) For FY 2023 Safe Streets And Roads For All (SS4A) Funding Appropriations. Local Match Of $482,924.00 In Account No. 001-00-000-4510-00-00-000 Contingent Upon Approval Of A Budget Amendment Via Adoption Of Proposed Ordinance No. 7230]
FOUR, WHICH IS PR NUMBER 2 3 5 9 3.IT IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,000,920, I MEAN $31,696 FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, U-S-D-O-T FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL SS FOUR A FUNDING APPROPRIATIONS LOCAL MATCH OF $482,924.
AND THIS IS IN THE ACCOUNT OF 0 0 1 DASH 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE, UH, BUDGET, UH, BUDGETED AMOUNT IN, UH, PROPOSAL, UH, AUDIT PROPOSAL.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN KINLOCK MOVE MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN ETT SECOND IS MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 23 5 9 3.
WE READY FOR QUESTION UNDER QUESTION? YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
THE UH, PR NUMBER 23 5 9 3 IS APPROVED AS READ.
NEXT WE HAVE PR NUMBER 23 6 0 6.
[VIII.A.(5) P.R. No. 23606 – A Resolution Authorizing A One-Year Renewal Of The Contract With Ardurra Group, LLC For Disaster Recovery Grant Management And Administration Services And Providing Additional Contract Funding Of $450,000.00; Fund Availability Is Subject To The Reimbursement From FEMA And/Or Other Sources; To Be Paid From Hurricane Harvey Account #147-07-015-5420-00-40-000, Project Number DS2617-GRE-PRO, Contingent Upon Approval Of A Budget Amendment Via Adoption Of Proposed Ordinance No. 7230]
IT IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A ONE YEAR RENEWAL OF A CONTRACT WITH A DUAL GROUP LLC FOR A DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES, AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CONTRACT FUNDING OF $450,000.FUND AVAILABILITY IS SUBJECT TO THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA AND OTHER SOURCES TO BE PAID FROM HURRICANE HARVEY.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 4 7 DASH 7 5 5 4 2 0 4 0.
AND THIS IS UNDER PROJECT NUMBER DS 26 17, GRE DASH PRO CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL AGAIN OF THE BUDGETED, UH, AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED IN, UM, ORDINANCE NUMBER 72 3 0.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN KEN LAW? SO MOVED.
MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN DOUCETTE? SECOND IS THE MOVE AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 23.
6 0 6 AS WE READ, WE READY FOR QUESTION? WHAT OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL? OKAY, GO FIRST.
MAY I PLEASE HAVE AN UPDATE OF THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED OVER
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THIS PREVIOUS YEAR FROM THIS COMPANY REGARDING OUR DISASTER RECOVERY AND SHOWING THAT ALIGNED WITH THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDS THAT WE SPENT? CITY MANAGER? LET ME, LET ME ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE, CRAIG, ARE YOU HERE? YES.IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT NOW.
IT COULD BE EMAILED TO ME TODAY.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UH, MAYOR PROTE, RIGHT? SEE, OKAY.
AN UPDATE, UH, YEAH, WE GOT WE COULD DO THAT.
AND, AND THAT WILL BE ASKED TO DUR PARTICIPATION AND, AND, UH, AM I CORRECT ON THAT? UH, COUNCILWOMAN? NO, I, I WAS SAYING YOU WERE ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT A DURAS PARTICIPATION, UH, ON THESE PROJECTS? OR WERE YOU ASKING JUST IN GENERAL FOR EVERY, UH, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS JUST ONLY DEALING WITH RENEWAL FOR, UH, A CONTRACT WITH A DOURA.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, RIGHT? I AM REQUESTING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THE ORGANIZATION HAS HELPED US TO RECOVER.
SO AS I, I, I'M, I WANNA BE SURE WE, WE WE COULD DO THAT.
WHAT I ASKED YOU WAS CORRECT AND YOU JUST, YOU JUST SAID IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COUNCILMAN ETT? YOU HAD SOMETHING? YES.
UH, CAN I HAVE SOMEONE ANSWER THE QUESTION FROM MADURA CRAIG? GOOD MORNING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, MR. BLACK.
CRAIG, WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM THE LAST TIME, THE LAST TIME WE, YOUR CON YOUR, UH, CONTRACT CAME UP, IT WAS FOR, UH, MANAGEMENT OF, OF ARPA FUNDS OR SOMETHING.
IS THAT, IS THAT DISCOUNT? THIS THIS ITEM, THIS ITEM DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ARPA.
THE ARPA IS UNDER A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT ITEM.
A APA IS A DIFFERENT CONTRACT? YES.
WELL, I LOOKED AT THIS ONE AND, UH, YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2018.
LIKE I ALWAYS TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WHEN YOU BUT FEMA AND MITIGATION AND STUFF, IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S GOING, I MEAN, WE GOT, WE GOT GRANTS ALL OVER THE PLACE DEALING WITH, UH, THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, STUFF.
BUT MOST OF THE THINGS ARE GONE.
YOU'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS, SO WHEN ARE WE GONNA START DOING SOMETHING? CITY MANAGER, OUR STAFF AND US ARE MONITORING THIS.
WHY WE GOTTA KEEP HAVING A CONSULTANT FOR THIS LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
AND WE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTING, UH, AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW WE HIT, HOW WE SURVIVED GOING HIRING YOU OVER TWO YEARS, REALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, BEING THAT, BEING THAT YOU ARE A CONTRACT, AND WE GOT AN ORDINANCE SAYS THE COUNCIL MAY APPROVE CONTRACTS FOR ENGINEERING, APPRAISAL, ARCHITECTURAL, LEGAL, PHYSICAL, AND MEDICAL, AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY WITHOUT COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
SUCH CONTRACTS SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO YEARS EXCEPT FOR COMPLETION OF WORK IN PROGRESS UNDER ARCHITECTURAL OR ENGINEERING CONTRACTS.
YOU KNOW? AND, UH, WE JUST KEEP RENEWING YOUR CONTRACT OVER AND OVER, OVER, WE WERE, SORRY.
AT LEAST WE GET TO A POINT AT SOME POINT IN TIME WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW UP AND DO STUFF UNLESS THAT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY COMING IN AND AVAILABLE.
AT SOME POINT, WE NEED TO DO IT.
WE GOT PEOPLE, WE PAYING SALARY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE GONNA BE DISCUSSING.
WE GOT PEOPLE THAT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT, APPLY FOR GRANT AND DO GRANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UH, AND, AND JUST GO ONLINE.
MOST OF THE STUFF THAT WE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE A, ANYTHING YOU JUST COULD GOOGLE IN THERE.
THEY TELL YOU ALL THESE GRANTS, ALL THIS MONEY OUT THERE AVAILABLE.
AND IF YOU DON'T, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A GRANT WRITER, YOU CAN ALSO GOOGLE AND THEY SAY APPLICATION.
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OF GRANT WRITING IS JUST THE BUZZ WORDS, AND I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, AND IF WE KEEP GOING LIKE THIS, WE MIGHT AS WELL GIVE YOU A JOB WITH THE CITY.SO, YOU KNOW, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHY WE SHOULD RENEW IT, CRAIG.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
WHAT YOU GONNA DO THIS NEXT YEAR? WHAT YOU GONNA DO THIS NEXT YEAR FOR US TO REDO THIS CONTRACT THAT OUR PEOPLE CAN'T DO? OKAY.
UH, HE'S HITTING ON SOME OF THE TABS THAT I HAVE.
UH, WHAT, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T GET ME WRONG.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS CITY SINCE 2018 AND THE AMOUNT OF MONIES YOU'VE GENERATED WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE, YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
BUT HOWEVER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME TO A POINT WHERE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THIS STUFF OURSELVES.
AND I'VE EXPRESSED THAT, UH, UH, I STAFF ALONG WITH YOU THAT'S PROVIDING THE DATA, SHOULD HAVE KIND OF BEEN DOING A RIGHT SEAT, LEFT SEAT WITH YOU AND KIND OF GETTING SOME OF THOSE CONTACTS AND INFORMATION, UNDERSTANDING PO POLICY PROCEDURES, UNDERSTANDING HOW TO ACTUALLY, UH, WRITE THOSE, UH, THOSE DOCUMENTS UP.
AND I, YOU KNOW, IF WE HADN'T, IT'S OUR FAULT AS A CITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THIS EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO BETTER? WHAT'S, WHAT'S COMING OUR WAY? UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT DISTRICT THREE, ABOUT THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS BASED UPON, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GONNA ALWAYS SAY THAT BECAUSE I WAS A CHAMPION FOR THAT, GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO, FOR THE CITY TO, UH, THAT'S, THAT THE CITY CAN'T DO FOR THEMSELF AT THIS POINT? BECAUSE FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS, THAT'S A LONG TIME.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE EXPERTISE IN MANY AREAS THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE.
I'VE TALKED TO YOU MANY A TIMES AND, AND I DO RESPECT YOU AND YOUR TITLE, BUT MY, MY JOB AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU KNOW, ARE WE DOING THE BEST THING FOR THE CITIZENS? ARE WE SPENDING MONEY CORRECTLY AND APPROPRIATE ON, BASED UPON THE NEEDS OF THE CITY? AND I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ON NUMBER FIVE, UH, UNLESS YOU COULD TELL ME SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE, THE PLAN, WHAT'S THE GOAL? UH, WHAT'S, WHAT TYPE OF MONEY IS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH OUR STAFF? THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS WE NEED TO BE UPDATED PRIOR TO THIS EVENT.
UH, VOTING ON YOUR, THIS CONTRACT, NOT YOUR CONTRACT, BUT THE COMPANY'S CONTRACT.
SO IF YOU COULD KIND OF HELP ME OUT IN, IN YOUR BEST SPEECH AND SPIEL.
UH, I DID READ THE BACKGROUND.
UH, IT TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE HAR HURRICANE HARVEY FUNDING.
IT ALSO TALKED ABOUT FEMA, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE CAN AND SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I DO AGREE WHAT COUNCILMAN DUC SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GONNA BE THE END GOAL FOR THIS YEAR? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHAT'S GONNA BE NEXT YEAR? YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD THINK AHEAD AND PLAN AHEAD FOR EVENTS, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT SEE THEM COMING.
WE SHOULD BE IN THE PIPELINE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST THING FOR OUR CITIZEN.
OKAY? COUNCILMAN LEWIS, I'M GONNA GET, GET SOME CLARITY AS TO WHAT AM I LISTENING TO AT EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ADDRESSING TO HIM, HE WORKS FOR US.
HE WORKS FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
WHAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING TO HIM SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE CITY MANAGER.
DON'T SAY WHAT WE GOING TO DO.
HE'S, HE'S EMPLOYED, HE'S A CONTRACTOR.
ASK THOSE QUESTIONS TO THE CITY MANAGERS.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS WHEN YOU GOING, HE'S WORKING ON, I KNOW HE'S WORKING ON GETTING HIS DEPARTMENT UP TO SPEED TO HANDLE GRANTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THE QUESTION, WELL, ALSO, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON, WE NEED TO PUT YOU TO WORK, COME WORK FOR THE CITY.
WHAT I I CAN ANSWER THAT RIGHT QUICK.
THAT'S TOO LITTLE OF MONEY JUST WORKING FOR THE CITY.
OKAY? NOW, THIS IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT.
NOW, I, I KNOW NOT NECESSARILY THE COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I'VE HEARD THE INTERVIEWING CITY MANAGERS OVER THE YEARS.
I'VE HAD CITY MANAGERS TO CANDIDATES TO SAY, IF IT IS NOT BROKE, BREAK IT.
THIS IS NOT BROKE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO BREAK IT.
OKAY? UH, CITY MANAGERS, YOU, YOU, YOUR LIFE IS ON SOME MY LIFE IS ON EVERYWHERE.
WELL, COUNCILMAN LEWIS
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THE ONLY PEOPLE WE EMPLOY WORK FOR THE CITY MANAGER IS THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
EVERYBODY ELSE WORKS FOR THE CITY.
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THAT, UH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HE WANTED.THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT COUNCILMAN KINLAW IS SAYING, UH, WHAT, WHAT HE GOING TO DO AND STUFF.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, PUT IT ON HERE FOR, TO REQUEST THAT, RENEW, THAT WE RENEW IT.
SO HE COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER.
BUT IT DON'T MATTER WHO ANSWERS IT, IT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED.
YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS ARE READY TO VOTE.
SO YOU, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? NO, I CAN, I WAS LOOKING AT THE LIGHT THAT WAS, UH, CUT THE LIGHT ON.
LET ME ASK COUNSEL, UM, TO NCE THE RENEWAL OF THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDING, OVER $300 MILLION.
AND I'LL ASK CRAIG AT OUR NEXT MEETING, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED TO US IN THE PAST, TO REITERATE THE BENEFITS THAT HAVE BEEN DERIVED AS A RESULT OF YOUR COMPANY'S ENGAGEMENT IN BRINGING FUNDING TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON A, UM, COST BENEFIT RATIO, AS FAR AS THOSE, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
SO THAT, I THINK IT'LL DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION OF WHAT HAS COME TO THE TABLE.
IT'LL DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION AS TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE TWO POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE THE TRANSITION THAT WE WISH TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, UM, WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO CULTIVATE THE KNOWLEDGE, UM, WHICH IS NOT SO EASILY TRANSFERABLE, YOU KNOW, FROM A COMPANY STANDPOINT OR A CONTRACTOR STANDPOINT TO STAFF.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO SOURCE STAFF WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE, PARTICULARLY IN THAT FIELD, WHICH IS A VERY RARE COMMODITY TO FIND.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOLD, HOLD, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
YEAH, BECAUSE COUNCIL, NOT ONLY THIS ONE, UM, IN BUDGET, IN, IN, IN, UM, COUNCIL MEETINGS TO COME, I DO HAVE SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR AURA, BUT I DO HAVE A TRANSITION PLAN TRANSITIONING OVER FROM A CONTRACTING COMPANY AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE AHEAD.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I SAID WHEN I SAID, TELL ME WHY.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT COUNCILMAN KINLAW SAID.
JUST TELL US WHY DON'T BRING SOMETHING FOR ME AND WANT ME TO VOTE ON IT IF YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? I DON'T THINK THEY'RE READY.
ALL IN FAVOR? FAVOR, MA'AM? YEAH.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DIDN'T SAY NOTHING.
WELL, THE I'S HAVE IT ON THAT.
UH, WE APPROVED PR NUMBER 23 6 0 6 AS PRESENTED.
[VIII.A.(6) P.R. No. 23618 – A Resolution Authorizing The Acceptance Of A Donation From Colonial Pipeline Company, Alpharetta, Georgia For Port Arthur Fire Department Emergency Response Equipment And Training Support In The Total Amount Of $17,500.00, With No Cash Match, Appropriation Contingent Upon Adoption Of Proposed Ordinance No. 7230]
PAGE SEVEN.PR NUMBER, UH, 2 3 6 18 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION FROM COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, FOR PORT ARTHUR FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING SUPPORT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $17,500 WITH NO CASH MATCH APPROPRIATION CONTINGENT AGAIN UPON ORDINANCE, UH, 73 20.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN LEWIS? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN BECKER? SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND, UH, THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS, UH, RESOLUTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO PR NUMBER 23 6 1 8 IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
[VIII.A.(7) P.R. No. 23620 – A Resolution Ratifying The City Manager’s Decision To Apply For Grant Funding Through The 2024 Bridge Investment Program Competition And The City’s Contribution Of 20% Of The Proposed Planning Budget (A Maximum Of $1,000,000.00). Funding Of Local Match Is Contingent Upon Approval Of A Budget Amendment Via The Adoption Of Proposed Ordinance 7230]
23, 6 22, I MEAN SIX 20, I'M SORRY, UH, IS A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S DECISION TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING THROUGH[01:30:01]
THE 2024 BRIDGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM COMPETITION.AND THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION OF 20% OF THE PROPOSED PLANNING BUDGET, A MAXIMUM OF $1 MILLION.
FUNDING OF LOCUM MATCH IS CONTINGENT, UH, AGAIN, UPON, UH, ADOPTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVEN, UH, 72 20.
UH, UM, MAKING A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCILMAN KINLOCK.
AND SECOND, THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PER NUMBER 23 6 20 AS PRESENTED.
WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION, QUESTION.
COUNCILMAN LEWIS? YEAH, LET'S CITY MANAGERS.
IT, UH, THE APPLICATION FOR THIS GRANT IS GONNA BE IN-HOUSE, OR, OR WHAT? YES.
THE, THE, UM, OUR DIRECTOR OF, UH, UH, YES, OUR DIRECTOR OF, UM, PUBLIC WORKS IS THE ONE WHO SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION.
WELL, AGAIN, I, I, I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION.
THERE IS ALREADY A TRANSITION TAKING PLACE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO WORK ON IT AND, AND IT HAS TO BE SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN AREAS, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT THOUGH.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.
YOU HAD SOMETHING COUNCILMAN, UH, ETT? YES.
I, I'LL READ IN THE BACKGROUND, IT'S TALK ABOUT BRIDGES AND, AND AND STUFF.
WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? UM, IT'S, IT'S TRUE.
UM, YOU MISS MS. ROBERTS, WOULD YOU CARE TO COME AND GIVE A BRIEF, BRIEF EXPLANATION? 'CAUSE MOST OF IT, MOST OF IT TALKS ABOUT BRIDGES AND, I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BRIDGES.
THEY, THEY'RE MOSTLY ON STATE ROADS, HUH?
OKAY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SHE'S VERY SHORT.
JUST KIND OF LET ME KNOW WHAT WHAT IT'S ABOUT OTHER THAN WHAT I READ.
SO THE, THE GRANT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE, UH, US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.
AND IT BASICALLY FUNDS, UH, THERE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE APPLIED FOR ONE, WHICH IS A PLANNING OPPORTUNITY.
WE, UM, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS IF YOU PROVIDE US WITH THIS FUND, THESE FUNDS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND EVALUATE ALL OF THE CITY'S BRIDGES, UM, AND DEVISE A PLAN AS TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? RIGHT? I JUST WANT YOU OKAY.
KNOW MORE ABOUT THAN WHAT I READ.
BUT YES, SIR, WE DO MAINTAIN BRIDGES.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 23 6 2 0 AS PRESENTED.
[VIII.A.(8) P.R. No. 23622 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Rent Equipment With Operators For Dirt Work Operation For The Public Works Landfill Division From LSJ Trucking, Inc. Of Beaumont, Texas, For The Not-To-Exceed Amount Of $648,000.00 For 1 Year With The Option To Renew For One Additional Year. Funds Are Contingent Upon Approval Of A Budget Amendment Via Adoption Of Proposed Ordinance 7230 From The American Rescue Plan Landfill Slope Stabilization Account No. 169-07-015-5486-00-40-000, ARP003.GRE.LAN]
PR NUMBER 23, UH, 6 22.UH, AND ON THIS, I JUST RECEIVED A NOTE FOR US TO, UH, REMOVE THIS ONE.
UH, SO COUNCILMAN KEN, WOULD YOU MAKE A MOTION FOR REMOVAL? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'VE BEEN ASKED, UH, TO PULL THIS ITEM.
UH, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF HAS SOME CALCULATIONS TO OVERSEE ON THIS.
SO AT THIS TIME, THIS ITEM IS NOT READY, SO I ASK TO BE PULLED THIS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
OKAY, YOU THE SECOND COUNCILMAN ETT.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD REMOVE, UH, PR NUMBER 23 6 22.
WE FOR QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? A, ANY OPPOSES? YOU, YOU WITH US, RIGHT? YES.
UH, SO THAT BUTTON IS REMOVED.
[VIII.A.(9) P.R. No. 23634 – A Resolution Ratifying The City Manager’s Acceptance Of Grant Funds In The Amount Of $990,000.00 From The 2019 United States Housing And Urban Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Grant For The Replacement Of Sixty (60) Storm Sewer Manholes In Various Locations Throughout The City, With A Local Match Of $10,000.00 In Account No. 001-00- 000-4510-00-00-000 Contingent Upon Approval Of A Budget Amendment Via Adoption Of Proposed Ordinance No. 7230]
PR NUMBER 23 6 34.IT IS A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 990,000 FROM THE 2019 UNITED STATES HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY, WHICH IS C-B-B-G-D-R GRANT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF 60 STORM SEWER MANHOLES IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH A MATCH OF, UH, $10,000 IN ACCOUNT NUMBER 0 0 1 DASH 0 0 0 DASH 4 5 0 0.
AND AGAIN, THIS TOO IS CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 72 30.
COUNCILMAN LEWIS, I GET A SECOND.
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BECKHAM SECOND IF BEEN MOVED.AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 23 6 34 AS READ, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I, OKAY.
WE READY FOR QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NOW WE BETTER VOTE.
SO AS ORDERED, WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 23 6 34 AS READ.
[VIII.A.(10) P.R. No. 23641 – A Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of Twelve Zebra Electronic Ticket Writers And Ten Zebra Printers With Accessories From Tyler Technologies For A Total Of $33,370.00 Through Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Contract #090320-TTI; Funds Through The 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Funds, Account No. 107-17-045-5420-00-30-000, Project No. PS2023.GRE.MIN Are Contingent Upon Approval Of A Budget Amendment Via Adoption Of Proposed Ordinance No. 7230]
ON PAGE EIGHT PR NUMBER 23 6 4 1.IT IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE PURCHASE OF 12 ZEBRA ELECTRONIC TICKET WRITERS AND 10 ZEBRA PRINTERS WITH ACCESSORIES FROM TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR A TOTAL OF $33,370 THROUGH SOURCE.
WELL, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT NUMBER 0 9 0 3 2 0 TTI FUNDS THROUGH THE, UH, 20 20 20 23 EDWARD BY MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT JAG FUND, AND ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 0 7 DASH SEVEN DASH FOUR FIVE DASH 5 4 2 0 DASH THREE ZERO.
AND THIS IS PROJECT NUMBER NS 2 2, 3 POINT G-R-M-I-N.
AND THEY ARE CONTINGENT AGAIN UPON APPROVAL OF THE, UH, NEXT ORDINANCE.
UH, I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
CONSTABLE KINLOCK SECOND MAYOR, EXCUSE ME, HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ARE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO ORDER PR NUMBER 23 6 41 IS APPROVED AS READ.
[VIII.B.(1) P.O. No. 7230 – An Appropriation Ordinance Amending The City Of Port Arthur Budget For The Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2023 And Ending September 30, 2024, Increasing The General Fund By $3,442,120.00, The Solid Waste Fund By $700,000.00, The FEMA Fund By $130,000.00, The GLO Fund By $1,000,000.00, And The ARPA Fund By $6,882,000.00 And By Adding Provisions To The Budget For Special Revenue Fund To Include The Police Fund By $250,000.00 And Home Health Fund By $1,500,000.00 (Part 2 of 2)]
ORDINANCE NUMBER 72 30.IT IS APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, INCREASING THE GENERAL FUND BY $3,442,120, THE SOLID WASTE FUND BY $700,000.
THE GLO FUND BY $1 MILLION AND THE ARPA FUND BY $6,882,000.
AND BY ADDING PROVISIONS TO THE BUDGET FOR A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO INCLUDE THE POLICE FUND BY 250,000 AND HOME HEALTH FUND BY $1,500,000.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN KINLOCK? SO MOVED.
MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN ETT? SECOND.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PO NUMBER 72 3 0 AS PRESENTED.
SO ORDINANCE NUMBER 72 30 DEALING WITH THE, UH, ORDINANCE.
I MEAN THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR HAS BEEN APPROVED AS PRESENTED, AND THERE WOULD BE NO EXEC EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE COMPLETE AGENDA AND I NOW DECLARE THIS MEETING CLOSED OF THE PORT ARTHUR CITY COUNCIL.