[VI.(1) P.R. No. 25116 – A Resolution Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas To Enter Into An Agreement Between The City of Port Arthur, Texas And Environmental Industrial Services Group, Inc. (“EISG”) For Industrial Waste Operations At The Port Arthur Landfill Located at 4732 Highway 73 West, Port Arthur, Texas. (Requested By Councilmember Frank) ]

GOING TO MOVE NOW TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NUMBER ONE PR NUMBER 25116, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICES GROUP, I INCORPORATED EISG FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTE OPERATIONS AT THE PORT ARTHUR LANDFILL, LOCATED AT 4732 HIGHWAY 73 WEST, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. DO I HAVE ANY NO'S? YES. JUST SAY NO. NO. NO. SO I HAVE TWO NO'S AND.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. WE HAVE TWO NO'S. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOBS, COUNCIL MEMBER. GATEWOOD. THE THE MOTION PASSES. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. I'M

[VI.(2) P.R. No. 25008 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With PaveCon, Ltd., Of Houston, Texas, BuyBoard Cooperative Contract No. 800-26, For The Street Rehabilitation Program Project (District Four): 26th Street (Memorial Blvd. To 5th Avenue), 60th Street (Hazel Avenue To Jade Avenue), And Florida Avenue (29th Street To 25th Street), For The Amount Of $3,828,985.22. Funds Are Available In The Capital Streets Account No. 307-21-053-8517-00-10-000. Project Nos. ST5081, ST5082, & ST5085. ]

SORRY Y'ALL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO. PR NUMBER 25008, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH PAYCOM L.T.D OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, BY BOARD COOPERATIVE CONTRACT NUMBER 800 DASH TWO SIX FOR THE STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

PROJECT DISTRICT FOR 26TH STREET, MEMORIAL BOULEVARD TO FIFTH AVENUE, 60TH STREET.

HAZEL AVENUE TO JADE AVENUE AND FLORIDA AVENUE. 29TH STREET TO 25TH STREET FOR THE AMOUNT OF $3,828,985.22. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL STREETS ACCOUNT NUMBER 307-21053-8517-00-10-000. PROJECT NUMBER ST50181ST5082, AND STREET 5085. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE DAIS FIRST AND THEN I'LL DO THE AUDIENCE COUNCIL MEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. AND I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION FOR

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CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS DUE TO SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AND SOME VERY STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I MADE REGARDING THE WARRANTY FOR THE THE WARRANTY FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE STREETS IN DISTRICT FOUR. SO IF POSSIBLE, CAN YOU PROVIDE DETAILS REGARDING WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE, I GUESS TWO WEEKS AGO? THANK YOU. WELL EVERYONE, DO YOU GUYS HAVE THIS BOOKLET? IS YOUR MIC ON? IT'S JUST HARD TO HEAR OUT OF IT.

CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC A LITTLE BIT MORE? SO CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME NOW? YEAH, YEAH.

YOU HAVE TO JUST KIND OF SPEAK IN IT. SENSITIVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE THIS BOOKLET. YEAH, WE HAVE IT ON PAGE THREE. IF YOU GO ON PAGE THREE. MISS JACOBS, YOU WILL SEE OPTIONS WE HAVE. RIGHT IN THE BOTTOM. IT SAYS THREE YEARS WARRANTY. YEAH. ATTACHED TO THAT I WAS LOOKING AT HERE. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME AT ALL. THANK YOU. SO IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT THIS, THESE NUMBERS, IF YOU WANT THREE YEARS WARRANTY, YOU WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL COST OF $346,000. FIVE YEARS GIVES YOU 380,000. AND THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST FOR THE ROADWAY COST.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS PAGE. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER. SO THESE NUMBERS ARE FOR THESE ONLY. IT DOES NOT COVER UTILITIES. IS THAT COVER WHAT IT COVERS. ONLY ROADWAY COSTS THE ROADWAY PARTS. DO YOU SEE THAT. OKAY. THAT'S OH OH THAT'S THREE YEARS. AND THEN FIVE YEARS. YES. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, IT'S ALMOST 50, 60% MORE, WHICH ALSO MEANS LIKE OVER TIME WE'LL BE DOING THIS MUCH LESS WORK. SO IF YOU'RE PAYING 50% MORE, THAT MEANS 50% LESS PROJECTS. WE WILL BE DOING SO IN OUR ROAD ACCOUNT. WE DON'T HAVE REALLY LOTS OF MONEY. WE STRUGGLE WITH IT. I THINK IT'S SO THE OTHER SIDE TO THIS PROCESS IS LIKE WHEN THEY OFFER THESE WARRANTIES, THEY LITERALLY ARE BUYING INSURANCE. WE ARE PAYING FOR IT. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE CHANGING THEIR METHOD OR THEY'RE APPLYING DIFFERENT MATERIALS. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO USE HAVE EXACTLY SAME CONSTRUCTION METHODS, SAME MATERIALS. THERE'S LITERALLY NO CHANGE. IT'S JUST COSTING US MORE. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR WARRANTY, YOU KNOW? OKAY. OKAY. SO I THINK YOU MADE YOUR YOUR STANCE PRETTY CLEAR ON THIS. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S FOR MY SAKE AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE CITIZENS. SO WE ARE SAYING THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER IS SUFFICIENT OR APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF WARRANTY ON OUR STREET, WE WOULD BE DOUBLING THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT COVERAGE, 50% MORE, 50 TO 60% MORE. SO WHAT DO WHAT DO WE DO? SO WHAT WE DO IS WE DO BETTER INSPECTIONS. WE DO BETTER, MORE TESTING, YOU KNOW, WHICH WE ALREADY DO SOMEWHAT, BUT WE CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT WILL BE LESS COST TO GET BETTER RESULTS. ALSO. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MORE ENGINEERING TEAM MEMBERS. WE HAVE HIRED TWO MORE ENGINEERS, SO WE HAVE BETTER FOCUS ON EACH PROJECT. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I STARTED, WE HAD NINE ONGOING PROJECTS AND WE HAD ONLY THREE PEOPLE WORKING ON IT. SO AND SO THERE WASN'T REALLY ENOUGH FOCUS ON EACH EACH OF THEM. WE HAVE GOOD CONTRACTORS. THEY WORK WELL WITH US, BUT HAVING BETTER FOCUS ON LIKE MONITORING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, DOING MORE TESTING THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN BUYING WARRANTIES, BUYING INSURANCE.

IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN YOU'RE BUYING AN APPLIANCE, BEST BUY, ALWAYS TRYING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING. SURVIVE OUR INSURANCE. JUST AN INSURANCE. OKAY, I'LL RENDER YOU THIS. AND I DON'T KNOW THE FACTS AND THE FIGURES, BECAUSE IF I DID, I'D RATTLE THEM OFF. BUT IF WE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL, I'M GOING TO JUST MAKE SOME NUMBERS UP BECAUSE I'M STILL TRYING TO FOLLOW THESE. SAY, A STREET COST $1.5 MILLION TO RECONSTRUCT. RIGHT.

AND WE DECIDE THAT WE ARE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO INDULGE. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE THAT THREE YEAR WARRANTY. NOW, THE PRICE HAS GONE FROM 1.5 MILLION TO 3 MILLION, IF INDEED, WHICH IS THE CURRENT STATUS QUO IN PORT ARTHUR. THAT STREET SUSTAINS POTHOLES IN THE SAME SPOTS WITHIN THAT WARRANTY PERIOD. DOES THE COST OUTWEIGH. DOES

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THE COST OF THE REPAIRS OUTWEIGH THE COST OF THE INSURANCE? THE WARRANTY BONDING.

SO ANYTIME. SO CURRENTLY WHAT OUR METHOD IS WHEN WITHIN ONE YEAR, WHEN WE HAVE ANY KIND OF FAILURE THAT WE CALL CONTRACTOR BACK AND THEY COME AND FIX IT AND ANYTHING AFTER ONE YEAR, WHEN YOU HAVE POTHOLES OR ANY KIND OF SEXUAL FAILURE, WE GO FIX THAT AREA. SO OUR COST IS NOT VERY HIGH IN TERMS OF REPAIRING AND CATCHING UP. IT'S THE PERCEPTION THAT REALLY KILLS US BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT FAILED TOO FAST. BUT COST WISE, YOUR COST IS LESSER TO FIX THOSE POTHOLES, FIX THOSE SECTIONS, SECTIONS WHERE THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED. JUST IMAGINE DOING THE WHOLE PROJECT AND THEN DOING PIECES OF IT, RIGHT? BUT WE DO. WE ARE THE REDUNDANCY OF THE PIECES OF IT. AND THEN THE QUALITY OF THE REPAIRS NEVER MEET THAT OF THE ORIGINAL RECONSTRUCTION. AND I MIGHT BE STEPPING ON COUNCILMAN PENA'S TOES, BUT DISTRICT THREE, I DRIVE UP AND DOWN NINTH AVENUE WHEN I AND I'M TALKING ABOUT TO THE TUNE OF FIVE TIMES A DAY. AND, YOU KNOW, THANK GOD IT'S COMPLETELY OPEN NOW. BUT WHEN IT WASN'T, IT WAS SUCH A TASK TO AVOID THE SAME POTHOLES IN THE SAME SPOTS. AND THEN THEY WERE PATCHED AND THEY REAPPEAR IN FRONT OF ADAMS ELEMENTARY. I JUST GOT DONE TALKING ABOUT THAT. THAT IS A DEATH TRAP. SOMETIMES I STRADDLE STRADDLE THE LANE SO THAT MY CAR DOESN'T HAVE TO SUSTAIN ALL OF THE, THE THE TURBULENCE, QUITE FRANKLY. AND SO AND THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, RIGHT? WE HAVE STREETS SCATTERED ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. THERE ARE SO MANY IN DISTRICT FOUR. AND I WOULD BE DOING MY CONSTITUENTS WHO PUT ME IN OFFICE A DISSERVICE IF I DIDN'T GO TO BAT FOR THIS, BECAUSE THE STREETS ARE TORN UP, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. AND SO WE NEED A SOLUTION MORE THAN SOMEONE SAYING, OH, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TIGHTEN UP. LIKE, WHAT'S THE ASSURANCE THERE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, JUST BEING STRAIGHT UP HONEST AND FRANK, I DO NOT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH ASSURANCE FOR ME. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE FOR ME TO SAY THIS IS WHAT THE SOLUTION WILL BE MOVING FORWARD. WE NEED BETTER QUALITY RESTORATION AND REPAIRS, AND WE NEED BETTER QUALITY CONTROL, RIGHT? WE NEED TO BE VIEWING THESE THINGS AND REALLY DETERMINING LIKE, HEY, IS THIS DONE PROPERLY? BECAUSE THE CITIZENS CAN TELL US BETTER THAN ANYBODY. GO SCROLL ON FACEBOOK. I KNOW FACEBOOK ISN'T EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE, BUT THE CONVERSATION IS PERVASIVE ABOUT THE STREETS IN PORT ARTHUR AND THE STREETS IN PARTICULAR THAT HAVE RECURRING DAMAGE. SO STATE OF OUR STREETS IS A REFLECTION OF OUR INVESTMENT IN THE INTO THE MIC SYSTEM. SO I HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE NOT INVESTED A WHOLE LOT IN THE IN THE STREETS. SO I, I FEEL LIKE THIS IF WE HAVE BEEN REPAIRING OUR STREETS AND BUILDING THEM OVER TIME LAST TEN YEARS, WE WOULD HAVE SEEN BETTER STREETS RIGHT NOW, BUT I, I DO AGREE WITH YOU. WE NEED TO UP OUR EFFORTS TO HAVE BETTER QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY CONTROL. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. ABOUT IT. THAT'S THE BETTER WAY TO GO ABOUT GETTING BETTER RESULTS THAN TO PAY MORE FOR KIND OF INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, SO I, I, I'M PART OF THIS PROCESS NOW. WE HAVE HIRED MORE ENGINEERS COUPLE. SO OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, JESSE DEAN, IS A LICENSED ENGINEER. WE HAVE HIRED ROBERT WOODS.

HE'S A LICENSED ENGINEER. HE CAME FROM NETHERLANDS. SO WE HAVE WE ARE INCREASING OUR RESOURCES TO REALLY FOCUS ON IT. WE, WE, WE NEVER HAD THIS KIND OF RESOURCES BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SO I'M, I'M NOT SURE HOW ELSE CAN I CAN CAN STATE THAT THERE IS AN INCREASED EFFORT AND WE WILL INCREASE THAT FURTHER. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW MUCH WE INVEST IN OUR PEOPLE WHO WORK ON THESE PROJECTS AND ALSO HOW MUCH MONEY WE PUT FOR FUTURE, LIKE CATCHING UP ALL THE POTHOLES, ALL THE BROKEN STREETS. WE NEED TO HAVE ONGOING INVESTMENT IN OUR STREETS. THIS KIND OF EFFORT WILL FURTHER REDUCE THE FUNDING THAT GOES TOWARDS ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, ONGOING OVERSIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. SO, CITY MANAGER, I THINK YOU HEARD YOUR CHARGE TO CONTINUE LEADING YOUR TROOPS. I DO AGREE THAT A 50% INCREASE IN THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST IS, IS, IS QUITE PRICEY, BUT I GUESS MORE TO BE DETERMINED. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. MY QUESTION IS ONE HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THE STREETS? WELL, HOW ARE YOU MAKING REFERENCE TO WHAT STREETS NEED TO BE DONE BY

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DISTRICTS? HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT NOW? SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN EXISTING LIST THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL SOMETIME BACK. SO WE ARE STICKING TO THAT LIST RIGHT NOW TRYING TO FINISH. WE NEVER HAD ENOUGH RESOURCES TO FINISH THAT LIST. SO THE LIST YOU ARE LOOKING AT, THE PROJECTS YOU ARE LOOKING AT NOW, THEY CAME FROM THAT LIST. IT WAS CREATED THREE FOR 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO. SO SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE USED X-RAY MACHINE GOING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, GIVING GRADES TO STREETS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICTS. YES, SIR. OKAY.

ALRIGHT. NOW THE NEXT THING I'M LOOKING AT THE 240 CALENDAR DAYS THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS, RIGHT. OR WANT TO GET THESE JOBS DONE. NOW, WHO'S ON THE CITY SIDE AGAIN THAT'S GOING TO BE MONITORING THESE PROJECTS. WHO'S GOING TO BE THE PERSON? BECAUSE LIKE BEFORE RAINY DAYS, ALIBI DAYS, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE BUILT IN CONTRACTS. OKAY? SO IF THEY'RE NOT ABIDE BY THOSE AND THEY'RE NOT DECIDING TO WORK ON THOSE DAYS, AND THEY'RE WAITING CLOSER TO THE END AND TRYING TO RUSH, AND THEN THEY ASK THE COUNCIL TO COME AND DO CHANGE ORDERS. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ANYMORE. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHO ON THE CITY SIDE IS MONITORING THESE PROJECTS? WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREETS, AS YOUR CITY ENGINEER, ME AND MY TEAM, THAT INCLUDES MR. ROBERT WOODS, GREGORY CASHMERE, TALAL SIDDIQUI, WE HAVE HIRED RECENTLY, MR. EDMUND, BEFORE WE HAVE HIRED RECENTLY. THEY ALL ARE MY DIRECT REPORTS. SO MYSELF AND THESE PEOPLE WILL BE MONITORING THESE PROJECTS. AND I'M HOPING TO HIRE TWO COUPLE OTHER YOUNG ENGINEERS SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FORCE ON THEM.

MOST OF THESE PROJECTS GO DOWN TO DUSK, SO WE NEED PEOPLE REALLY MONITORING THESE PROJECTS DURING THAT TIME. WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE, YOU REALLY CANNOT EXPECT THAT TWO PEOPLE CAN BE IN FIVE PLACES. YOU KNOW, IT'S A WELL, SOMEBODY'S WORKING TOWARDS IT AND WE WILL BE THE ONE WHO WILL BE MONITORING IT FOR YOU. OKAY, WELL, YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. NOW, THE LAST THING, MAYOR, IS WHEN ARE YOU PLANNING ON BRINGING ANOTHER STREET AMOUNT IN DISTRICTS TO THE COUNCIL? WE GOT DISTRICT FOUR, AND THEY'VE THEY'VE GOT MORE STREETS DONE THAN ANY DISTRICT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. SO WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT TIME YOU BRING A PROPOSAL TO COUNCIL TO ADDRESS ANOTHER DISTRICT STREET PROBLEMS. GREAT QUESTION. SO JUST LIKE THIS ONE, WE ALWAYS ARE WORKING ON DESIGN PROCESS, BIDDING PROCESS. THERE'S THERE'S A PROCESS THAT GOES IN IT ONCE THIS WILL START, WILL WORK ON THE NEXT NEXT ONE, I WOULD SAY NEXT 45 TO 60 DAYS.

I'M GONNA HOLD YOU TO IT. JUST GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATED TIME. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL BE DEFINITELY UPDATING YOU AS WE GO IN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM. I'LL USE HIS WORDS. MY COHORT HERE, HE ACTUALLY WAS WALKING UPON THE SAME TRAIL THAT I WANTED TO KNOW AS WELL, BECAUSE IT WAS I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT ONCE ASSUMING THIS POSITION, I WOULD BE MEETING WITH SOMEONE TO TALK ABOUT STREETS PRIMARILY ONLY IN DISTRICT ONE. SO IS THAT IS THAT NOT HOW HOW WE OPERATE? SO YES, YOU CAN MEET WITH ME AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GO OVER DISTRICT ONE STREETS AND I CAN GO OVER WHAT WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED AND WHAT WE HAVE IN FUTURE COMING. I'LL BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU. OKAY. BUT THE OVERALL DECISION OF ALL STREETS, THE FUNDING AND THE STREETS, WE. THAT IS DONE BY THE WHOLE COUNCIL. WE BRING.

YOU HEAR EVERYTHING AND THEN COUNCIL APPROVES IT. OKAY. AND THAT'S I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD THAT MEETING YET. AND I WAS UNDER THE BECAUSE I HAVE STREETS IN SABINE PASS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED. AND SO IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ITEMIZED STREETS AS TO WHAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING BY BASED UPON TWO COUNCIL MINUTES AGO, YOU KNOW, THEN I HAVE TO FIT MY PRIORITIES WITHIN WHAT YOU HAVE. UNLESS WE HAVE A WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE SAID IDENTIFIED STREETS, HOW CAN WE ADD THIS OR PRIORITIZE IT TO THE LIST THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE? MY SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, AND I'M NOT TOO PRIVY TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST WORKSHOP WAS WE HAVE GOT TO FIND SOME WAY AS A CITY THAT WE CAN PUT SOME LEGISLATION IN PLACE FOR AREAS SUCH AS WEST 17TH STREET. LIKE WE. I KNOW FOR A FACT OUR CITIZEN CARS ARE NOT TEARING UP THAT STREET, BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO PAY FOR IT. WE HAVE GOT TO FIND SOME WAY THAT LEGISLATIVELY WE COULD PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE TO HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHO ARE UTILIZING AND TEARING UP THESE STREETS. I SEE 18 WHEELERS COMING DOWN THAT STREET EVERY SINGLE DAY. ON MY WAY HERE. THERE WAS 18 WHEELERS LINED UP. AND I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IT'S BUSINESS, BUT WE PAY FOR HAVING TO FIX THAT STREET, WHICH TAKES AWAY MONEY FROM OTHER STREETS THAT WE CAN BE UTILIZING THAT MONEY FOR. SO I WOULD JUST IMPLORE CITY STAFF TO FIND SOME TYPE OF LEGISLATION. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OUT THERE OR IF NOT, LET'S BE THE FIRST TO CREATE IT SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE IT'S TAKING MONEY OUT OF OUR POCKETS. AND TO, TO COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS POINT AND QUESTION THAT SHE ASKED, WE HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE SPENDING ON REHABBING

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THE STREET, WHEN WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE FIRST HAD THE STREET LAID? AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THE FACTS. OF COURSE, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND 50% MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE TO, BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME WAY TO, TO, TO MAKE THIS FEASIBLE.

BECAUSE HONESTLY, STREETS HAVE BEEN BAD FOR YEARS. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT. BUT BECAUSE OF THE PROGRESS OF WHERE WE ARE, IT IMPEDES EVERY SINGLE THING. WE WE CAN'T EVEN MAKE ONE DECISION ON TRYING TO IMPROVE SOMETHING ELSE IN THE CITY, BECAUSE WE STILL GOT THE SAME MESSED UP STREETS. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S AN AVENUE THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE AS A CITY ON ACCOUNTABILITY, SO WE CAN STOP SPENDING MONEY ON THE SAME STREETS. MY TIME IS UP, MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU GET MY POINT. WE GET IT, COUNCILMEMBER PENA. OKAY, SO FIRST, THERE'S A FEW POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE, BUT FIRST, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FEASIBLE FOR US TO PAY 50% OF THE COST ON A WARRANTY. SO WHAT IS WHENEVER WE HAVE A ROAD CONTRACTOR THAT COMES IN, DO WE NOT REQUIRE A WARRANTY BOND FROM THEM? GO AHEAD. EVERY CONTRACTOR HAS A WARRANTY OF ONE YEAR FROM THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION THAT THE CITY ASSUMES THAT DATE STARTS. BUT DO THEY HAVE A ONE YEAR WARRANTY? BUT DO THEY HAVE A WARRANTY BOND? NO, THERE IS NO WARRANTY BOND. OKAY. A WARRANTY ON THE PROJECT. OKAY. BECAUSE IT IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? WARRANTY BOND AND A WARRANTY. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. SO ARE WE REQUESTING THE WARRANTY BOND ON THEM. I AM NOT THE EXPERT ON THE BONDS. CLIFTON IS THE ONE WHO HANDLES THAT PART OF THE PROJECT. SO I DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING I DON'T HANDLE. OKAY. BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR PROBLEM IS. SO WHEN SOMEONE BUILDS A HOME HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, THEY HAVE TO GET A BOND, RIGHT? BECAUSE I'M A CONTRACTOR AND I HAVE A BOND HERE, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO IF I LEAVE SOME JOB UNATTENDED OR I DO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T COMPLETE A JOB, THEN THE CITY WILL COME AFTER ME AND CASH THAT BOND. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY.

$25,000 BOND FOR ANY DAMAGE. OKAY. THEN WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME FOR THE ROADS. AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT'S WHERE I THINK ALL OF US ARE CONFUSED HERE. OKAY. LET ME ADDRESS. WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL WARRANTY BOND AS FAR AS ROAD WARRANTY BOND. BUT WE DO REQUIRE PERFORMANCE BONDS. SO IN THE SCENARIO THAT YOU STATED, IF THEY DO NOT COMPLETE THE JOB, WE CAN FILE ON THEIR PERFORMANCE BOND. OKAY. SO WHAT IF THEY COMPLETE A JOB AND YOU KNOW, AFTER 6 OR 8 MONTHS IT'S FALLING APART. I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENS? WELL, THAT THAT GOES UNDER THE ONE YEAR WARRANTY BOND, OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW MANY CITIES, THEY REQUIRE 3 OR 5 YEAR WARRANTY BONDS, NOT ON ROAD PROJECTS. OKAY. WELL, I KNOW BUILDING IS DIFFERENT, BUT OKAY, I'M GOING TO DO MORE RESEARCH ON THAT. I MEAN, I HOPE YOU DO TOO, BUT I JUST THIS CANNOT IT'S NOT NEVER GOING TO WORK. I MEAN, 50% WARRANTY, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE BUILDING A HOUSE FOR $1 MILLION AND HALF $1 MILLION WARRANTY. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE'RE DOING MORE DAMAGES TO OUR STREET INDUSTRY IS DOING MORE DAMAGES TO OUR STREET THAN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE COLLECT. SO IT'S, IT'S WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET AHEAD. SO THERE HAS TO BE A SOLUTION. LIKE WHAT COUNCILMAN JACOBS STATED, AND COUNCILMAN GATEWOOD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE NEWEST MEMBERS ON THE BOARD AND WE NEED A CHANGE. YEAH, YOUR TIME IS UP. SO ONE DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND? YES, MA'AM. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY NOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT MORE TESTING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. SO THAT HELPS US ASSESS THE SITUATION RIGHT BEFORE THE ACTUAL FINAL CONSTRUCTION TAKES PLACE OF THE OF THE ROAD PAVEMENT. AND IF THERE ARE ANY POTENTIAL FAILURES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, WE'RE CATCHING THEM EARLIER AT THIS POINT. SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT WITH MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF FAILURES. AND IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILMAN KINLAW'S COMMENTS, THE WAY WE'RE HANDLING THE STREET JOBS IS WHATEVER'S GOING TO GO OUT NEXT YEAR IS BEING ACTUALLY DESIGNED THIS YEAR, LIKE DISTRICTS TWO AND THREE. THE BUDGET HAS $50 MILLION FOR STREET REHAB. THIS COMING BUDGET, THAT DESIGN IS 90% COMPLETE. SO BY THE TIME WE START THE BUDGET YEAR, WE'LL BE READY TO IMMEDIATELY PUT THEM OUT FOR BIDS VERSUS STARTING THE DESIGN PHASE. AND WHEN WE HAVE DISTRICTS ONE AND FOUR ONGOING BY CONTRACTORS, WE TRY TO GET OUR LOCAL IN-HOUSE CREWS TO BE WORKING ON DISTRICTS TWO AND THREE. AND THEN WHEN THE CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING ON TWO AND THREE, WE TRY TO DO IN-HOUSE WORK ON ONE AND FOUR. SO ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE GETTING WORK AT ALL TIMES. AWESOME. LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE, COUNCILMEMBER. FRANK, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. ON ANY

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GIVEN DAY IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, HOW MANY HOW MANY TRUCKS DO YOU HAVE OUT DURING THE DAY FILLING POTHOLES? OKAY, I'M GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, JESSE. JESSE, IF WE CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JESSE COME UP. HE'S A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE TWO ASPHALT PATCHING TRUCKS ON OUR ON OUR STAFF. ONE OF THEM IS DOWN RIGHT NOW. AND THEN WE DO HAVE ONE CONCRETE PATCHING CREW THAT HANDLES CONCRETE PANEL. SO WE ONLY HAVE TWO FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY. ARE WE GOING TO BE PUTTING FORTH ANY EFFORTS TO GET MORE OF THOSE? WHAT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE CITY MANAGER DIRECTOR TO GET FOUR CAPITAL AND STAFF? OKAY, SO HAVE WE HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT? HAVE WE HAVE WE LOOKED AT HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST US? HOW MUCH, WHAT HAVE WE HAVE WE ITEMIZED THAT? HAVE WE LOOKED AT INCLUDING THAT IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR? I MEAN, WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? HAVE WE HAVE WE DONE THAT? HAVE WE CONSIDERED THAT WE DID REQUEST A PATCH TRUCK AND STAFF? OBVIOUSLY, WITH BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, WE DID NOT GET THAT APPROVED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. LET ME JUST SAY VERY QUICKLY, BECAUSE OUR MAYOR IS KEEPING TIME THAT WE GET ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS, WE GET TO WE GET TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM AN ELEVATED STANDPOINT, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT THE FROM AN ELEVATED STANDPOINT WHEN WE ARE BEING CRITIQUED SO HEAVILY. AND, AND SOMETIMES CRITICALLY FOR STREETS IN PORT ARTHUR, LET ME SAY ONE THING THAT I THINK ALL OF US NEED TO UNDERSTAND. IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AND THAT IS THAT IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO PLAY CATCH UP THAN IT IS TO STAY CONSISTENT. AND WE ARE PLAYING CATCH UP IN SO MANY AREAS IN THIS CITY, WHETHER IT IS IN DRAINAGE, WHETHER IT IS IN WATER AND SEWAGE, WHETHER IT IS IN, IN, IN SO MANY AREAS THAT STREETS ESPECIALLY. SO WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP AND WE CAN ASK FOR GRACE, WE CAN ASK FOR MERCY, WE CAN ASK FOR CONSIDERATION. BUT WHEN SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE A FRONT END ALIGNMENT, THEY'RE NOT IN A VERY GRACIOUS MOOD. SO WE'RE CATCHING, WE'RE CATCHING THAT.

BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WHILE OUR CITIZENS ARE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE PICTURE IN IN TOTAL, IN TOTALITY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT OVER FRANK, WE SPENT OVER $500 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DO HAVE YEAH. WHAT HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S LIGHT ON? I'VE WAITED. OUR AUDIENCE HAS WAITED. SO, CITY MANAGER, I'M GONNA LET YOU COMMENT AND THEN I WILL GO TO THE AUDIENCE. YES. CARRYING ON FROM WHERE COUNCILMAN FRANK LEFT ON. YOU WILL NOTE IN THIS BUDGET, WHICH WE ARE ABOUT TO APPROVE TONIGHT, THE THIRD LARGEST ITEM, ONLY $50 MILLION CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION IS STREETS. $10 MILLION TO STREETS. THE OTHER $30 MILLION GOES TO WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES. THERE IS NO OTHER PROJECT THAT WILL BENEFIT UNDER THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE NEW FINANCIAL YEAR. BUT STREETS AND WASTEWATER WAS THE THIRD ONE AND SOME OTHER OKAY. SOLID WASTE AND SOLID WASTE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE CREATION OF THE NEW CELL. APART FROM WHAT WE JUST VOTED ON THERE TONIGHT. SO APART FROM THAT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. SO AGAIN, THE FOCUS IS ON STREETS AND ALWAYS WATER AND A WATER SYSTEM. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL AND PAST COUNCILS HAVE MADE A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO IGNORE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE HAD UNTIL WE HAD TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL GETTING TO OUR ATTENTION AND TELLING US THAT WE HAD TO ATTEND TO IT. YEAH. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. I'M GOING TO LET COUNCILMAN MR. DOUCET COME ON UP AT THIS TIME AND HAVE HIS SAY, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK, WHO HAS ANOTHER TWO MINUTES ON THIS SECOND TIME, TWO MINUTES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

HAROLD DOUCET, 5180 CAMBRIDGE STREET. ALL OF YOU ALL MADE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. STREETS HAVE BEEN THE THING CITIZENS TALK ABOUT IT. I'VE ALSO ASKED THAT I GET WITH THE STAFF AND IDENTIFY STREETS. I'VE SAID IT FOR THREE YEARS. A

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MONTH BEFORE I CAME OFF COUNCIL, I WAS CALLED TO PICK STREETS. THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST HERE, THESE THREE STREETS. WE ARE NOW GOING TO GET STREET FIXED. IF WE DO IT IN THIS FASHION, THESE THREE STREETS, THEY'RE ASKING FOR $3,828,000, 2,000,100 AND SOME THOUSAND IS WATER UTILITY PROJECT. I KNOW WE SAY IT WITH FIXED WATER UTILITY. YOU'VE BEEN TOLD UNDERNEATH NO. IF YOU GO BACK AND REVIEW THE MEETING WHERE THE STREET PROGRAM WAS ADOPTED, YOU WILL FIND THAT IT'S TALKS ABOUT CROSSING NOT ALONE, BUT THIS IS 200. I MEAN, TWO THIRDS OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO WATER UTILITIES. IF IT'S GOING TO BE THAT MUCH WATER UTILITY SHOULD FIX IT.

YOU CAN'T KEEP TAKING STREET MONEY AND DOING MORE OF THE MONEY GOING TOWARD UTILITIES.

IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE TOOK UP SOMETHING NEW. THEY WANT TO DO FIRE HYDRANTS. FIRE HYDRANTS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE A PROGRAM. YOU ALLOCATE MONEY EVERY YEAR TO REPLACE FIRE HYDRANTS. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM IDENTIFIED. WHICH ONES ARE THEY GOING TO DO? SO WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE STREETS? TWO THIRDS OF THE MONEY. NOT THIS STREET.

BEFORE LAST. AND PARDON THESE THREE STREETS WERE NOT SELECTED DURING MY TIME ON COUNCIL, WHICH IS OVER THREE YEARS. SO WE'RE GOING TO PICK STREETS AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE OVER THREE YEARS TO JUST GET THEM BIDDED ON. GO BACK, READ, UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM, AND THEN START HOLDING SOMEBODY ACCOUNTABLE. AND THE MONEY, IF WALLY TELLS YOU WANT TO DO THIS MUCH ON A STREET, THEN THEY NEED TO GET SOME OF THE MONEY OUT OF WATER UTILITIES, NOT OUT OF STREET, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO STREETS. MR. DOUCET, YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. MR. LEWIS. I'M SORRY. I WAS GOING TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK SPEAK. HE HAS TWO MINUTES. OH.

YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY, MR. LEWIS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER. WILLIE LEWIS JUNIOR, 2301 LAKESHORE DRIVE. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER COUNCIL. WHAT? FORMER COUNCILMAN DOUCET DID A GREAT JOB. I DON'T HAVE TO REHASH THAT, BUT. BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO DEAL WITH, I THINK, IS MISS JACOBS. COUNCILWOMAN, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POTHOLES. THAT WAS YOU. OKAY. YOU CAN GET WITH SAINT SHANE, SENEGAL COMMISSIONER SENEGAL, AND HE WILL ASSIGN PEOPLE. YOU GOTTA ASSIGN THEM IN AREAS TO WORK TO DO. THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR POTHOLE FOR YOU. BUT YOU HAVE TO SIGN AN AREA SYNAGOGUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK, DID YOU NEED TO SPEAK AGAIN? OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR VOTE. WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. HELLO? Y'ALL READY? ANYBODY HOME? OKAY. LET'S GO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I.

I. ALRIGHT. ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS TIME,

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA ]

IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEM THAT YOU LIKE TO WITHHOLD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

NUMBER SEVEN. IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HOLD FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON. I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, BUT WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALRIGHTY. COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. OH, I'M SORRY I STABBED MY LIGHT ON. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER JACOBS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS OR WITHHOLD ITEMS SIX, EIGHT AND TEN. OKAY, LET'S GO WITH ITEM SIX, WHICH IS ON PAGE FIVE. OKAY. AND THEN ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS ON PAGE SIX. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND TEN IS ON PAGE SIX AS WELL.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FOR A VOTE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA WITHHOLDING ITEM NUMBER SIX ON PAGE FIVE, ITEMS NUMBER EIGHT AND TEN ON PAGE NUMBER SIX. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND. ALL IN. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. I. WHO HAS A. I DON'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS. WE'RE VOTING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL. OKAY, MR. DOUCET. 5180 CAMBRIDGE STREET. I DIDN'T HEAR

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ANYBODY PULL ITEM NUMBER FIVE, SO I HAD A QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, MAYOR. OKAY. YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM FIVE. NO ONE. NO ONE PULLED IT. WE HAVE ITEM SIX, EIGHT AND TEN PULL RIGHT APPROVAL. SO ITEM FIVE IS PR NUMBER 25132. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MANAGER TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF A VACANT LOT IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL ID NUMBER 101671, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT FIVE, BLOCK TEN SHORT LINE TERRACE SUBDIVISION IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED IN HICKORY STREET BETWEEN RAY AVENUE AND 58TH STREET IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS FROM PROVIDENCE CHURCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? YES. MY QUESTION IS WE KEEP ACCEPTING THESE DONATIONS OF LOTS. AND AS COUNCILMAN FRANK MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF LOTS AND TALKING ABOUT GETTING THEM IN BANKS. BUT THESE LOTS, IF THE CITY HAS THEM, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEM. IF THEY GO TO INDIVIDUALS TO PURCHASE THOSE LIGHTS, THOSE LIGHTS WILL THEN BECOME A REVENUE. THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY THE TAXES AND THEY'LL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEM. AS FAR AS PEOPLE WANTING TO BUILD HOUSES, NORMALLY WHEN THEY GET GRANTS AND STUFF, A FEE CAN BE INCLUDED IN THERE TO PURCHASE A LOT. SO WHY ARE WE GETTING ALL OF THE ACCEPTING ALL THESE LOTS? WE'RE NOT KEEPING THEM CUT LIKE SOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND WE'RE NOT GETTING NO REVENUE. I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT. PUT IT BACK ON THE TAX ROLL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE BACK TO THOSE ITEMS THAT WE'VE WITHHELD FROM OUR. AND WE WERE VOTING ACTUALLY TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITHHOLDING. AND I'M JUST GOING TO REPEAT FOR THE RECORD, WE WITHHOLDING ITEM NUMBER SIX, WITHHOLDING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND ITEM NUMBER TEN. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND WE'VE HAD OUR QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. I ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE CONSENT AGENDA

[VII.C.(6) P.R. No. 25134 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract With AHC Services Of Beaumont, Texas, For Janitorial Services For The Port Arthur Health Department In A Projected Annual Budgetary Amount Of $95,908.00; Funding Is Subject To Approval And Adoption Of The Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget. Once Approved, Funding Shall Be Available In The Health Department’s Proposed Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Other Contractual Services Account No. 001-23-061-5470-00-50-000. ]

PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER SIX. ON PAGE NUMBER FIVE IT SAYS PR NUMBER 25134. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A C SERVICES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR THE PORT ARTHUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND A PROJECTED ANNUAL BUDGETARY AMOUNT OF $95,908. FUNDING IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET. ONCE APPROVED, FUNDING SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ACCOUNT NUMBER.

00123-6061-5470-00-50-000. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND, QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR CITY MANAGER. SO KIND OF ALIGNED WITH SOME OF MY COMMENTARY AND QUESTIONS FROM OUR MOST RECENT BUDGETING WORKSHOP THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK. I'M JUST WANT TO MAKE A GENERAL INQUIRY ABOUT OUR RATIONALE FOR SOME OF THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES THAT WE GO OUT FOR. IF I'M IF WHAT I READ AND I'M RECALLING WHAT I READ CORRECTLY IN MY NOTATIONS ARE CORRECT, THIS SPECIFIC RFP CALL FOR POTENTIALLY FOUR EMPLOYEES WORKING POTENTIALLY FIVE DAYS A WEEK. FOR POTENTIALLY FIVE HOURS A DAY FROM 5 P.M. TO 10 P.M. AND SO ONCE I DID A CALCULATION, I DETERMINED KIND OF A FEE PER HOUR, IF YOU WILL. I KNOW THAT THE RESPONDENT TO THE THE VENDOR WHO RESPONDED AND WAS HAS BEEN AWARDED THIS CONTRACT WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE A RATE BASED ON A SQUARE FOOTAGE, A SQUARE FOOTAGE RATE, AN AMOUNT PER SQUARE FOOT THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED. AND SO MY QUESTION KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE COMMENTARY THAT I MADE LAST WEEK, WHICH IS WHAT AMOUNT OF ANALYSIS AND RATIONALE ARE WE DOING WHEN WE DECIDE TO GO OUT FOR HIRING OR CONTRACTUAL WORKERS, WHETHER THAT BE IN A PART TIME OR FULL TIME CAPACITY VERSUS OPTING TO TO DO IT IN-HOUSE? CITY MANAGER CLIFF, CAN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE? BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS EVERY JANITORIAL SERVICE THAT'S OUT THERE, THERE'S A DIFFERENT SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. THE SCOPE OF WORK, AS IT MAY BE IDENTIFIED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IS DIFFERENT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND

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VARIES FOR THIS, THE FOR CITY HALL, AS IT MAY VARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SOME SCOPE OF SERVICES AS IS REQUESTED BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS, MAY BE MUCH LARGER THAN OTHERS. WHERE THE INTENSITY OF CLEANING MAY BE ONE THAT MAYBE MUCH MORE INTENSE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE. TO MAYBE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT CLIFF, IF YOU WISH TO EXPOUND ON THAT, PLEASE. AND AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS WHETHER IS, IS IT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MAKING A DECISION TO BID OUT THOSE SERVICES RATHER THAN HAVING INDIVIDUALS HERE ON A PERMANENT BASIS TO DO IT. AND THE QUESTION IS, THE ANSWER IS THESE SERVICES SHOULD BE BIDDED OUT. GO AHEAD PLEASE. OKAY. I'LL KIND OF GIVE TWO ANSWERS TO THAT. SO FIRST PART IS PROCUREMENT. I REALLY NOT INVOLVED AS FAR AS WHETHER WE CONTRACT IT OUT OR DO IT IN-HOUSE. BUT MY GUESS TO THAT ANSWER WOULD BE IS DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF WORK, SOMETHING WOULD BE HARD TO LIKE, SAY, JANITORIAL FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND CITY HALL ARE PRETTY LARGE BUILDINGS, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ADEQUATELY HAVE THE STAFF TO CLEAN IT ALL DAY COMPARED TO, I THINK IT'D BE MORE FEASIBLE TO CONTRACT IT OUT. BUT THAT'S JUST ON MY THING. I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT. NOW, AS FAR AS THE PROCUREMENT OF THE SERVICES, WE GENERALLY IN THE PAST HAVE GONE ON DOING RFP TO EVALUATE THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE BECAUSE, AGAIN, SOMETIMES WE CAN BID IT OUT STRICTLY AND JUST GO WITH THE LOWEST PRICE. BUT SOMETIMES YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. SO WE WANT TO WE WANT TO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CLEANING, ESPECIALLY SOMEWHERE LIKE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO WE'VE GONE MORE OF A RFP THING SO WE CAN EVALUATE ON OTHER CRITERIA TO BETTER ANALYZE WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST SERVICE FOR, SAY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE SOMEBODY COULD BE CHEAPER AND IT JUST COULD BE THAT ONE PERSON THERE, GRANDMA CLEANING, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO SOMEBODY WITH A FULL CREW. SO SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE ASK THEM TO PUT IN THEIR PROJECT APPROACH TO EVALUATE WHICH ONE IS BETTER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT PIECE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. CITY MANAGER. LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND I ARE HAVING A DISCUSSION TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONSOLIDATE ALL THESE ALL THESE CONTRACTS, BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT THERE COMES A TIME WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT ALL, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN BID IT OUT JUST AS ONE AND GET A BETTER BANG FOR OUR BUCK AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE THERE. WE HAVE NEVER DONE IT IN THE PAST, BUT WE ARE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. SO DON'T BE SURPRISED. IN THE NEXT BUDGET, YOU SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT HAPPENING. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE SPIRIT OF WHERE I WAS HEADED, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD. WE'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO SKIP ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I PULLED BECAUSE IT'S SIMILAR, VERY, VERY SIMILAR IN NATURE IN THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD LOOK AT SOME TYPE OF CONSOLIDATION. IF WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR TWO CITY BUILDINGS THAT REQUIRE GENERALLY THE SAME TYPE OF WORK, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, BUT WE'RE HIRING PART TIME WORKERS TO DO BOTH, THEN THAT COSTS THE QUESTION, SHOULD WE BE HIRING PEOPLE OR SHOULD WE CONSOLIDATE? I THINK ONE OF THOSE IS THE ANSWER VERSUS GOING OUT AND BIDDING TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR THE SAME WORK, WHEN IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE OF PHYSICAL ADDRESSES? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, COUNCILMEMBER FRANK? YES. THE ONLY THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ASK AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE CRITERIA FOR THE JANITORIAL SERVICES AND FOR THE CRITERIA THAT HAD TO BE MET FOR THE SELECTION PROCESS, THEY HAD A WEIGHTED VALUE FOR EXPERIENCE, REFERENCES, PRICING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, QUALITY OF SUBMISSION, BUT THERE WAS NO CRITERIA OR ANYTHING GIVEN FOR A COMPANY BEING LOCAL IN PORT ARTHUR. YES, IT'S NOT SHOWN, IT'S NOT SHOWN. AND SO IT'S NOT ADDED. THAT WEIGHT IS NOT ADDED TO THE TOTAL FOR THE SELECTION. SO WOULD THAT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE SELECTION? WE HAD ONE COMPANY FROM PORT ARTHUR. THE OTHERS WERE FROM CARROLLTON, BEAUMONT, NEDERLAND AND KATY. WOULD ANY POINTS BE GIVEN TO A CITY OR TO A COMPANY IN PORT ARTHUR, AND WHAT WEIGHT WOULD YOU ASSIGN TO ME, THAT'S 100 POINTS. SO THAT'S JUST ME. I'M. I'M JUST SAYING, GENERALLY WE DO IT. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THIS CONTRACT, WE KIND OF RUSHED IT OUT. SO THAT GOT

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OVERLOOKED. BUT WE HAVE DONE IT. BUT IT WOULD NOT BE 100 POINTS. GENERALLY WHEN WE DO THE LOCAL VENDOR, WE GENERALLY GIVE FIVE POINTS FOR THAT FIVE. WELL, BY LAW WE HAVE IT WHERE SOMEBODY WITHIN 5%. SO WE KIND OF KEEP THAT FIVE POINT STATUS EVEN IN OUR RFPS. LET ME SAY THIS IF WE DON'T GIVE POINTS FOR, FOR OUR, FOR, FOR THE AND I'M THIS, I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU. I'M, I'M SPEAKING IN GENERALITY. IF WE DON'T VALUE THE, THE, THE WORKERS IN PORT ARTHUR MORE THAN OTHER PEOPLE. THAT'S HOW IN THAT'S HOW IN GENERALITY, WE GOT AWAY FROM INDIVIDUAL.

THAT'S HOW LOCAL GOT EXPANDED SO BIG IN, IN, IN OUR COUNTY, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN OUR NEIGHBORING PLACES, BECAUSE WE START EXPANDING WHAT LOCAL MEANT. NOW LOCAL IS IN NEWTON AND, AND, AND SO THAT'S HOW COMPANIES ARE, YOU KNOW, GETTING SO MANY, SO MUCH BUSINESS WE HAVE TO VALUE. AND I'M TALKING TO ALL OF US. I'M TALKING TO US AT THE DAIS. WE HAVE TO VALUE LOCAL AND ASCRIBE A VALUE TO LOCAL. AND SO WE GET TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT LOCAL IS TO US WITHOUT, WITHOUT BREAKING ANY LAWS, WITHOUT LOOKING PAST WHAT STATE LAW SAYS, WE CAN VALUE LOCAL MORE. AND SO I I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS, AND I'M GOING TO DO IT SIMPLY BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE NEED TO VALUE WHAT, WHAT WHAT A PORT ARTHUR COMPANY BRINGS TO THE TABLE MORE THAN WE DO. AND WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED TO RUSH ANYTHING. SO I NEED TO SEE WHAT THE WEIGHTED VALUE OF THAT IS IN THE CRITERIA. THAT'S THAT'S DOING IT. SO WE DON'T NEED TO RUSH ANYTHING. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY. MR. GATEWOOD, COUNCIL MEMBER. GATEWOOD. SORRY. THANK YOU MAYOR, I KNOW WE'RE READY TO GET TO THIS VOTE. I JUST WANT TO JUST PUT ON THE RECORD TO FOR CITY STAFF TO IN EVERY IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

LET'S NOT FORGET THAT AT ALL WITH WITH ADDING THAT AT LEAST TO THE CRITERIA FOR LOCAL. SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR ENDS ARE COVERED. SO EVEN IF, OF COURSE, THAT LOCAL COMPANY DOES NOT GET THE BID OR SECURE THE BID, AT LEAST WE CAN SAY THAT AT LEAST WE HAVE THAT THERE. BUT WE ADVOCATED FOR THEM TO AT LEAST TRY TO GIVE THEM, OF COURSE, THAT THAT EFFORT OF PROMOTING LOCAL. SO I DON'T CARE HOW FAST THE PROCESS GOES, EVEN IF WE HAVE TO DO ONE IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS AFTER THIS MEETING, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS INCORPORATE LOCAL AND EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A PART OF A POLICY OR A STANDARD THAT WE HAVE, BUT LET'S PUT THAT TO BEST PRACTICE IN EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE DO, NO MATTER HOW FAST WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH A PROCESS OR HOW ELONGATED IT IS, LET'S NEVER FORGET LOCAL IN THAT CATEGORY. GREAT. OKAY, WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY NOS? NO.

LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A NO. FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK AND COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO PAGE NUMBER SIX. NUMBER EIGHT, PR

[VII.C.(8) P.R. No. 25138 – A Resolution Approving Water And Sewer Adjustments To Credit Certain Customer Utility Accounts Due To Leaks And/Or Equipment Malfunction. ]

NUMBER 25138. A RESOLUTION APPROVING WATER AND SEWER ADJUSTMENTS TO CREDIT CERTAIN CUSTOMER UTILITY ACCOUNTS DUE TO LEAKS AND OR EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER FRANK? NO, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER JACOBS THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL PULL THIS ITEM JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH DISCOURSE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AROUND OUR WATER AND SEWER, AS WELL AS CLAIMS, ALLEGATIONS OF ERRONEOUS BILLS AND. ET CETERA.

ET CETERA. AND SO WHEN I SAW THIS ITEM, IT MADE ME WANT TO SAY, IF, CAN WE GET SOMEONE FROM THE CITY STAFF WHO CAN REPRESENT WHAT THIS MEANS, WHAT IT ENTAILS, AND WHAT THE PROPER PROCEDURE IS WHEN YOU DO WANT TO CHALLENGE A BILL FOR, SAY, THESE SAME REASONS A LEAK AND OR EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION, I THINK THIS IS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THE CITIZENS ON THOSE PROCEDURES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU. YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT DO SURROUND LEAK ADJUSTMENTS, TRANSMITTER ADJUSTMENTS, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I'M SORRY. WILL YOU PULL THAT MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SPEAK INTO IT FOR ME? YES. SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOU. THAT'S BETTER. OKAY, GREAT. YES. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT CUSTOMERS DO HAVE ON THE PROCESS FOR LEAK ADJUSTMENTS. NORMALLY IF YOU HAVE A LEAK ON YOUR PROPERTY, WE ASK THAT YOU COME IN, YOU COMPLETE A LEAK ADJUSTMENT FORM. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUR ACCOUNT, IF YOUR

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CONSUMPTION RETURNS TO NORMAL AND YOU HAVE ADEQUATE AMOUNTS OF NORMAL CONSUMPTION, THEN WE CAN GIVE YOU AN ADJUSTMENT ON YOUR BILL ONLY IF IT QUALIFIES. NOW, LAST YEAR, COUNCIL DID CHANGE THE ORDINANCE BACK IN SEPTEMBER BEFORE WE WERE DOING LIKE SIX MONTHS LEAK ADJUSTMENTS. IF YOU LEAKED FOR SIX MONTHS, WE GAVE YOU A SIX MONTH LEAK ADJUSTMENT. AND BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY ADJUSTMENTS, CUSTOMERS ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR LEAKS.

THEN WE HAD TO CUT THAT BY HALF. SO NORMALLY NOW WE'RE DOING THREE MONTHS OF LEAK ADJUSTMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, THREE MONTHS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. HOWEVER, THE TIME FRAME HAS CHANGED FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. OF COURSE, YOU CAN GET A LEAK ADJUSTMENT EVERY 12 MONTHS IF YOU HAVE A LEAK. COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THOUGH, WE MOVE THAT TO 24 MONTHS. SO YOU CAN'T JUST GET AN ADJUSTMENT. EVERY YEAR WE WERE SPENDING AND REALLY PAYING FOR PEOPLE'S LEAKS WHENEVER THEY HAD THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS HAVE REALLY COST US A LOT OF MONEY. SAY, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAVE NOW, THAT FEE, WE'RE CREDITING THE CUSTOMER SINCE THEY PAID THEIR BILLS EVERY MONTH, THAT'S 25000.

BUT IF IT WAS ON THE OLD ORDINANCE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 50,000. WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO GIVE THAT CUSTOMER BACK BECAUSE WE REALLY THE CITY TOOK ON THE COST OF CUSTOMERS HAVING THEIR LEAKS, SO WE HAD TO CHANGE IT. BUT THE PROCESS IS STILL THE SAME. YOU COME IN, YOU COMPLETE A LEAK ADJUSTMENT FORM, LET US KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, PROVIDE THOSE RECEIPTS IF YOU HAVE THEM. IF IT'S AN EQUIPMENT FAILURE, THEN OF COURSE THE CITY IS GOING TO ADJUST YOUR BILL BECAUSE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EQUIPMENT. SO WE WILL DO THAT. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT RECEIPT TO US. THEN WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR CONSTANT RETURN TO NORMAL. IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONTHS OF AVERAGE USE, THEN WE CAN GIVE YOU ADJUSTMENT RIGHT AWAY. BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WAIT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE CUSTOMERS ARE GETTING UPSET BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET A LEAK ADJUSTMENT. YOU KNOW, THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS GOING TO GET IT TWO MONTHS AGO AND I HAVEN'T GOT IT. WELL, IF YOUR CONSUMPTION IS STILL HIGH, WE CAN'T GIVE IT TO YOU. IT'S REALLY A BENEFIT IF YOU WAIT, BECAUSE IF WE GIVE IT TO YOU, WE CAN GIVE IT TO YOU, BUT YOU MAY NOT GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT ADJUSTMENT. IF YOU STILL HAVE HIGH LEAKAGE ON YOUR NEXT BILL. SO WE TRY TO WAIT FOR THE CONS TO RETURN TO NORMAL, AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCESS IT. IT'S IT'S A IT'S A PROCESS. IT REALLY IS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT CUSTOMERS GET IMPATIENT, BUT WE DO TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM. YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KEEP THIS BALANCE ON YOUR BILL, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO WAIT UNTIL WE KNOW THAT THE PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY FIXED. IF YOU SAY YOU FIXED IT, WE WANT TO SEE IT IN THE CONSUMPTION AND THEN WE CAN PROCEED WITH YOUR ADJUSTMENT.

AWESOME EXPLANATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK HOPEFULLY I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE I KNOW WATCH THIS BECAUSE THERE IS JUST A LACK OF EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE THAT IS IN THE WATER UTILITY BILLING DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK IT JUST THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU. AND THEN CITY MANAGER, QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

THE REASON WHY THESE TWO ENDED UP ON THE BILL IS BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE BILL ENDED UP ON THE AGENDA. IS IT JUST DUE TO THE MATERIALITY OR I GUESS THAT'S YOURS. YES, MA'AM. YES. WELL, ACTUALLY, THE TWO IN QUESTION, BECAUSE THEY TOOK CARE OF THEIR BILLS. AND AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THESE, THEY'RE BOTH ON TWO DIFFERENT ORDINANCES. ONE IS ON THE MOST CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE, AND THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE OLD ORDINANCE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THAT SIX MONTH OF A LEAK. SO ONCE THAT SIX MONTH PROCESS IS OVER, WE CAN'T JUST GIVE THAT ADJUSTMENT. WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE COST TO RETURN TO NORMAL. AND NOW WE NEED SINCE YOU LEAKED FOR SO LONG, WE ACTUALLY NEED SIX MONTHS OF GOOD READS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THIS PARTICULAR ADJUSTMENT. SO THESE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT WE SUBMITTED DURING THIS TIME, BECAUSE THEY WERE THE ONLY TWO THAT WENT OVER THE THRESHOLD OF OVER $5,000. AND SO ACTUALLY, I MEAN, THE ADJUSTMENTS HAVE COME DOWN BECAUSE OF THE NEW ORDINANCE. AND WE WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR APPROVING THAT. IT'S REALLY APPROVING THAT. IT'S REALLY HELPING US AS FAR AS NOT DOING SO MANY ADJUSTMENTS. BUT WE DO HAVE STILL QUITE A FEW THAT WE HAVE TO PROCESS. SO WE JUST ASK THAT THE CITIZENS ARE PATIENT WITH US. WE WILL WORK WITH YOU ON AN ADJUSTMENT. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, FAIR TREATMENT. AS FAR AS THESE ADJUSTMENTS GO, EQUIPMENT FAILURES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WE DO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF IT. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE. MY STAFF IS AVAILABLE. THEY CAN ALWAYS COME IN AND REQUEST ME. MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE CALL ME ON A

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CONTINUOUS BASIS. I'M AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU NEED ANYTHING. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST GIVE ME A CALL. I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FROM CITIZENS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO JUST ECHO THE SAME THING THAT WAS SAID. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ARTICULATING THAT EXTREMELY WELL TO WHERE IT WAS FEASIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO UNDERSTAND. WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT IF WE COULD HAVE CITY STAFF PAIR WITH YOU ON A VIDEO THAT WE CAN PUT OUT AND A LETTER THAT WE CAN PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT WAY THEY GET THE SAME UNDERSTANDING. NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO COME BACK AND WATCH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE KNOW THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM WISE. BUT I THINK THAT'S THE THE MISSING BRIDGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. NOT HAVING THAT INFORMATION AND RECEIVING THIRD PARTY INFORMATION VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND WHENEVER YOU WHENEVER THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION, OF COURSE, IT LEADS TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE OR UNDERSTANDING. SO I THINK THAT INFORMATION THERE IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE ARTICULATED TO THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THE PROCESS, BUT HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHY THESE THINGS ARE OCCURRING. SO IF WE COULD JUST GET A VIDEO ON THAT, THAT WE CAN POST VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, AND HOPEFULLY THE NEWS WOULD EVEN COME AND TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THEY'VE REPORTED ON IT SEVERAL TIMES FROM RESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE. SO MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

YES. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER JONES, YES, I'M GLAD YOUR TIMING YOURSELF, COUNCILMEMBER, I GOT TO I SEE YOUR FACE. YEAH. RON. YES, SIR. I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONCERN, YOUR PATIENCE, PROFESSIONALISM. THANK YOU. I'VE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS CALL ME ABOUT WATER BILLS. I HAVE FRIENDS, I HAVE NEIGHBORS AND AND EVERY TIME I CALL YOU, IF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, PARTIAL TO NOBODY FAVORITISM. YOU HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALLY. THANK YOU. Y'ALL GET A LOT OF CALLS. YOU GET A LOT OF CRITICISM, BUT YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT DID A GOOD JOB IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING

[VII.C.(10) P.R. No. 25147 – A Resolution Awarding The Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur And Agape Cleaning Enterprises, Inc. Of Houston, Texas, For Janitorial Services For City Hall And The City Hall Annex With A Projected Budgetary Impact Of $56,220.00. Funding Is Subject To The Approval And Appropriation Of The Fiscal Year 2026 2027 Budget. Funding Shall Be Available In The Facilities Maintenance Building Maintenance Account, 001-21-059-5312-00 70-000. ]

TO MOVE NOW TO NUMBER TEN. PR NUMBER 25147. A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND AGAPE CLEANING ENTERPRISES OF INCORPORATE OF HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR CITY HALL AND THE CITY HALL ANNEX, WITH A PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $56,220. FUNDING IS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. BUDGET FUNDING SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE BUILDING MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT NUMBER 001-21-059-5312-0070-000. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. I HAVE LIGHTS, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY MANAGER, COULD YOU ASK CLIFF TO COME ON UP? OH, WHO PULLED THIS? OH, OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SORRY. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. I MEAN, I THINK I THINK I PREPPED EVERYBODY WITH WITH ITEM NUMBER SIX. SO THIS I MEAN, THE ESSENCE OF THIS IS THE SAME, THE SAME TYPE OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PERFORMING, PERFORMING AN ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR THE CITY TO DO, WHETHER WE SHOULD BE ENTERING INTO THESE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS, OR IF WE SHOULD BE HIRING PART TIME WORKERS TO COME AND COMPLETE THIS WORK. I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY TO HIRE PERSONALLY, BUT I KNOW WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY FOR TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HEADCOUNT AT THIS POINT, BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE ACTIVELY WORKING TOWARDS, ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO DRAFT OTHER CONTRACTS, ETCETERA, AND IN OUR YIELD. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW. ALL RIGHT. HEY, JESS. HOW ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT, MAN? HEY, QUESTION. YEAH. I'M LOOKING AT THE THE WEIGHT SCALE, AND IT'S JUST A TEN POINT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE THAT'S IN HOUSTON VERSUS SOMEONE IN PORT ARTHUR. I MEAN, DO WE WEIGHT OUR PORT ARTHUR COMPANIES A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMEBODY LOCAL AND WE'RE INVESTING BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY. SO WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT AS A WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE TYPE OF CONTRACTS OR THESE TYPE OF PROPOSALS THAT'S COMING BEFORE COUNCIL. CAN SOMEBODY GIVE ME AN EXPLANATION ON IT? I DON'T KNOW IF CLIFF WANT TO DO THAT OR YOU CITY MANAGER, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THOSE TOUGH THINGS THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS. YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM PORT ARTHUR WE CALL LOCAL, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE WEIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THESE TYPE OF CONTRACTS? CLIFF, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? SOMEBODY. YES, SIR. I'M NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. NO PROBLEM. OKAY, SO I KNOW CLIFF ANSWERED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT QUESTION OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO WEIGH IN BASED ON STATE LAW. NOW, EXPERIENCE DOES COUNT

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THAT THIS SAME CONTRACTOR WAS THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN DOING CITY HALL OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND SO, SO THAT ALSO HELPS THAT THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR FACILITIES AS WELL. ONE THING TO I WOULD NOTE IN SOME OF THOSE, SO SOME OF THESE CONTRACTORS, LIKE ONE THAT'S CENTERED OVER IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THEY'RE NOT SENDING A CREW FROM ATLANTA EVERY NIGHT TO COME CLEAN CITY HALL. SO SOME OF THE WORKERS ARE LOCAL. THEY HAVE LOCAL WORKERS THAT ARE SERVICING THESE BUILDINGS. THEY'RE NOT DRIVING FROM CLEAR OUT OF TOWN. SO THERE IS SOME BENEFITS TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER VENDORS THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE COMING ON A DAILY BASIS FROM LOCAL. I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE, BUT YOU'LL SEE IT IN SOME OF THOSE PROPOSALS THAT IT IS LOCAL STAFF AND NEARBY STAFF THAT CAN BE DISPATCHED PRETTY QUICKLY.

SO THAT DOES GO INTO IT, INTO THE WORK PLAN OF HOW AVAILABLE ARE THEY TO US TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS, BUT TO EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH A FACILITIES MASTER PLAN IS HOW DO WE MANAGE OUR BUILDINGS? HOW DO WE MAINTAIN OUR BUILDINGS? IS THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH CONSULTING OUT THE SERVICES THE BEST INTEREST, OR DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES AND THEN BALANCE THOSE ALTERNATIVES ON WHAT WHAT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST? WELL, THANK YOU JEFF.

JESS. CLIFF, DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF EXPOUND ON IT? I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND IF WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING PORT ARTHUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHAT YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHO WE HAVE. I'M JUST SAYING, ARE WE CONSIDERING HAVING A WEIGHTED SCALE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE FROM PORT ARTHUR, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CITY WOULD DO? THE ANSWER IS YES. OKAY. IF IT'S THE SAME AS BEFORE, I DON'T WANT TO GET TO A LONG STORY, BUT THIS HAD TO BE RUSHED OUT. BOTH OF THEM.

BOTH OF THESE BIDS BECAUSE OF SOME CONTRACTUAL THINGS. SO IT GOT OVERLOOKED. OKAY, MAN, BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO PORT ARTHUR. BUT YEAH, BUT IN GENERAL, WE DO DO IT. SO WE GIVE AGAIN, WE GIVE FIVE POINTS PER. SO IT'S NOT FIVE POINTS OVERALL, IT'S FIVE POINTS PER PERSON. SO IT CAN BE A DIFFERENCE. SO IT'S NORMALLY PUT IN THERE. IT'S IT'S GOT OVERLOOKED. I THAT'S ALL I CAN HONESTLY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK CITY MANAGER YOUR LIGHT'S NOT ON. AND I'M GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE CLIFF. I'M NOT TRYING TO. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK YOU'RE UP TO SPEAK NEXT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. I'M NOT TRYING TO. HOW DO WE COME UP WITH FIVE. HOW DO WE COME UP WITH FIVE POINTS? I'M SAYING, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING, WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING THIS AND WE'RE THROWING IT INTO THE EQUATION OF SELECTION IS, IS THAT WHAT THE STATE SAYS WE HAVE TO USE? IS THAT IS THAT STANDARD? IS THAT PROCEDURE? IS THAT WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE? HOW DO WE GET WHY CAN'T WE GIVE 25 POINTS? I'M SAYING HOW DO WE GET TO FIVE. WELL, THE LOGIC OF FIVE WAS BASED ON THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE OUT THAT WHEN WE DO A REGULAR BID, IF A PORT ARTHUR VENDOR IS WITHIN 5% OF THE HIGH PERSON, WE CAN GIVE IT. SO WE USE THAT FIVE THAT SAME 5% LOGIC ON RFPS. I MEAN, I LEGALLY, I CAN'T SAY THAT WE CAN'T PUT MORE POINTS INTO THINGS, BUT THE FIVE POINTS IS BECAUSE SINCE WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE 5%, WE'VE WE STAY WITH THAT STATUS. NOW, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE 25 POINTS PER FOR PORT ARTHUR PERSON BECAUSE HONESTLY, IF THEY ARE TERRIBLE CONTRACTOR, JUST BEING IN PORT ARTHUR IS GOING TO SEND THEM OVER. IF YOU GIVE THEM THAT MANY POINTS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND I MEAN, LOOK, I'M BORN IN PORT. I'M A PORT ARTHUR, I GREW UP, SO I'M ALL FOR PORT ARTHUR TOO. BUT I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I KNOW A LOT OF PORT ARTHUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT GREAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I JUST WANT TO WEIGH IT IN. SO IF THERE ARE IF THERE ARE COMPETITIVE AND THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE OFF, I THINK THE FIVE POINTS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET THEM OVER. IF THEY'RE COMPETITIVE. I DON'T WANT TO RIG IT INTO A POINT THAT IT'S JUST THAT NOBODY ELSE WOULD WANT TO BID BECAUSE WE GIVE, SAY, A PORT ARTHUR PERSON 50 POINTS, THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN WIN AND NOBODY ELSE, AND THEY WOULD KNOW IT. SO, I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT POINTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GO THAT HIGH. YEAH, I THINK I'LL GO BACK TO THE RESOLUTION AND GET SOMETHING TO GOVERN IT. WE NEED TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU CLIFF, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE TO GIVE GOVERNMENT COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU. HE ACTUALLY JUST ANSWERED PART OF THE QUESTION THAT I HAD. THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION WAS TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT INCREASING THAT LOCAL, NOT TO WHERE IT WOULD BE A DRASTIC AMOUNT, WHERE IT WOULD CHANGE THE ENTIRETY OF THE THE FAIRNESS OF IT. BUT TO AT LEAST SHOW THAT WE DO VALUE LOCAL. MY SECOND QUESTION WAS IN THIS CONTRACT, OUR AGREEMENT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LISTED WHERE IT

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SAYS THAT THAT TO GIVE LOCAL PEOPLE PREFERENTIAL FIRST OF CHOICE OF HIRING THEM? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. OKAY. CITY MANAGER YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AND AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER ONE BELIEVES IN TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YOU CANNOT BE A HOUSTON RESIDENT AND TRAVEL TO PORT ARTHUR AND WORK FOR $12 AN HOUR FOR FOUR HOURS A DAY, AND FOR YOU TO DRIVE BACK TO HOUSTON. YEAH, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE I SEE HERE WHEN I LEAVE HERE SIX AND 7:00, I KNOW THEM BY NAME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM PORT ARTHUR, AND I'VE KNOWN THESE PEOPLE, AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE TRANSITIONED INTO PERMANENT POSITIONS, GOOD POSITIONS WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. I CAN I CAN CALL THEM BY NAME RIGHT NOW. SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVEN IF IT'S NOT A PORT ARTHUR VENDOR, WE CONTINUALLY IDENTIFY THESE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT WE CAN CALL BY NAME, AND WE OFFER THEM POSITIONS WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. THAT IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO CLEANS YOUR OFFICE PROPERLY. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU DEVELOP A CONVERSATION WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL, YOU WILL KNOW THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS BETTER QUALIFICATIONS THAN JUST NOT THAT THE JOB IS NOT, NOT THAT THE JOB THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS DOING IS NOT HONORABLE, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS MUCH MORE POTENTIAL AND CAN TRANSITION TO A PERMANENT POSITION. AND WE HAVE DONE THAT. WE HAVE DONE THAT WITH EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS HERE, WHETHER YOU'RE HISPANIC, WHETHER YOU'RE BLACK, WHETHER YOU'RE ASIAN OR WHETHER YOU'RE WHITE, WE HAVE DONE THAT. AND THOSE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO ENJOY CLERICAL POSITIONS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, NOT JUST AS A JANITORIAL ASSISTANT. SO YES, WE ARE. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO SKIN THAT CAT. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR TALENT IN PORT ARTHUR. THANK YOU. OKAY. I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION, MAYOR OF DO WE HAVE THAT LEGALLY WRITTEN? IS THERE IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN WRITE THAT INTO IT? OKAY. LET ME I THINK WE PROBABLY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR'S PERSONNEL POLICY. OF COURSE, THAT'S PERSONNEL. YES. BUT I THINK IF WE ADOPT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT, IT SAYS ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL ON A MATRIX, THE PREFERENCE GOES TO THE CITY EMPLOYEE. I MEAN, THE PERSON THAT LIVES IN THE CITY, SAY SOMEBODY FROM BEAUMONT OR PORT ARTHUR, THE CITY PERSONNEL, AS A POLICY DOES ADDRESS THAT. IF EVERYTHING IS EQUAL ON THAT POLICY, NOT ONLY DOES IT GO. EVERYTHING IS EQUAL ON THAT MATRIX. THAT JOB WILL GO TO THE CITY EMPLOYEE THAT LIVES IN PORT ARTHUR AND WORKS IN PORT ARTHUR. SO IF WE ADOPT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT IN OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, THAT SAYS ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL ON A MATRIX IN THE SCORING, THAT THEY HAVE PREFERENCE, I THINK WE CAN MIRROR THAT LANGUAGE AND DO THE SAME THING WITH SOME TYPE OF A RESOLUTION OR SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL GIVES A DIRECTIVE TO DO, AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT. MR. PENA. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS BOARD PREFERS LOCAL CONTRACTORS, AND I'VE KNOWN FOR A FACT THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THERE'S EMERGENCIES, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSTON CONTRACTORS CALL THE NOT SO, NOT SO GREAT CONTRACTORS LIKE CLIFTON SAID, FROM PORT ARTHUR TO GET THESE JOBS DONE. SO WHENEVER WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, WE HAVE A REFINERY, AN INCIDENT, OR, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF INCIDENT THAT WE HAVE WITH STREETS OR DRAINAGE. AND WE CONTACT THESE HOUSTON GUYS, SOMETIMES THEY CANNOT MAKE IT BECAUSE OF WEATHER, AND THEY ALWAYS CONTACT SOMEONE LOCALLY. SO I JUST THINK IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PREFER THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS. LIKE COUNCILMAN FRANK SAID, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

COUNCILMAN JACOBS, YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT STILL ON? YES, MA'AM. I TURNED IT ON. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A DOG IN THIS PARTICULAR FIGHT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. BUT SINCE WE'RE HERE. I WOULD SUGGEST CITY MANAGER AND MR. CLIFTON, THAT WE ALIGNED WITH. BUT MAYOR PRO TEM AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK MENTIONED ADDING THIS INTO THE MATRIX. I THINK WE SHOULD FORMALIZE IT, RIGHT. MAYBE EVEN CHANGE THE WEIGHTING TO JUST PERCENTAGES, MAKE IT CLEAR AND PLAIN AND ASSIGN A REASONABLE, EQUITABLE PERCENTAGE TO PORT ARTHUR. RIGHT NOW IT'S NUMERICAL, OBVIOUSLY. AND IF ANYONE CAN USE A QUICK CALCULATOR LIKE I DID UP HERE, YOU CAN DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS, WHAT PERCENTAGE, THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS REPRESENT. BUT I THINK IF WE SIMPLIFY THIS FOR OUR INTERNAL USE AND ADD THAT CATEGORY IN THERE, MAYBE NOT FIVE POINTS, BUT MAYBE 5%,

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RIGHT? SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TIP THE SCALES TOO UNFAVORABLY OR TOO INEQUITABLY IN THE DIRECTION OF A PORT ARTHUR. BUT WE DO WANT TO SHOW PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL VENDORS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JONES YES, MA'AM.

EXCUSE ME. I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN FRANK, MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW COUNCIL LADY. WHEN WE BLINK. JACOBS. JACOBS. YEAH. NEED TO HIRE LOCAL PEOPLE AND WE WILL GIVE LOCAL PEOPLE A CHANCE. WHO WILL? YOU KNOW, I SEE BEAUMONT, I SEE HOUSTON, I SEE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO COME IN HERE, DO WORK. BUT IF WE GOT QUALIFIED PEOPLE DO THE WORK. WE NEED TO HIRE LOCAL PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, HOUSTON IS NOT GOING TO CALL SOMEBODY FROM TO DO JANITORIAL WORK. NOT GONNA CALL SOMEBODY, PA, YOU KNOW. SO WHAT CHANCE WE HAVE IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN PEOPLE WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE? SO I LIKE FRANK, COUNCILMAN FRANK, YOU KNOW HOW THESE PEOPLE FROM EVEN BEAUMONT, YOU KNOW, AND WE GOT PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME JOB. I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THAT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST FOR CLARITY, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, WHO I THINK THE CITY MANAGER, MADE IT CLEAR THAT EVEN IF THERE ARE A CONTRACTOR FROM HOUSTON, THEY DO HIRE LOCAL PEOPLE IN PORT ARTHUR, THOSE THAT WORK IN CITY HALL AND IN OTHER PLACES, JUST FOR CLARITY. SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, THEY THIS COMPANY MAY BE FROM HOUSTON, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HIRE ARE FROM OUR CITY. SO JUST FOR CLARITY AND YES, AND EVEN SOME OF THOSE HAVE BECOME PERMANENT CITY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE CLEANED CITY HALL. JUST TO BE CLEAR, JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR A VOTE AT THIS TIME.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. I WAS TOO LATE. I TOOK THE VOTE. NOW I'M JUST PLAYING. YEAH. LET THE RECORD REFLECT ONE. NO. OKAY. DO IT AGAIN. OKAY. I'M SORRY.

ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. WE VOTED. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. WE HAVE TWO NO'S. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK AND COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE READY TO MOVE NOW TO OUR NUMBER EIGHT ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL ACTION ON CONSENT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I SAID I WASN'T WE WEREN'T MOVING THIS AGENDA AROUND. BUT I NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO. DEREK IS HERE FROM OUT OF TOWN. HE'S GOT TO GO BACK IN THIS WEATHER. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET HIM ON THE ROAD BEFORE WEATHER. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE VERY LAST THING ON PAGE NUMBER 14.

NUMBER NINE. IF WE COULD GO THERE, IF YOU GUYS MIND. YEAH. I WANTED TO GET A CONSENSUS.

I'LL MAKE MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO MOVE TO NUMBER NINE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE MOVE TO NUMBER NINE ON PAGE 14 AND MOVE THAT ITEM UP A SECOND. AND ANY QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.

[VIII.B.(9) P.O. No. 7451 - An Ordinance Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Authorizing The Issuance And Sale Of City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Combination Tax And Revenue, Certificates Of Obligation, Series 2026B In The Aggregate Principal Amount Not To Exceed Of $50,000,000.00 Levying A Tax In Payment Thereof; Making Other Provisions Regarding Such Certificates Of Obligation, Including Authorizing The Preparation And Distribution Of One Or More Preliminary Official Statements And Authorizing The Preparation And Distribution Of One Or More Official Statements And Matters Incident Thereto; Awarding The Sale Of The Certificates; Authorizing The Execution And Delivery Of One Or More Purchase Agreements; Authorizing The Execution And Delivery Of One Or More Loan Agreements And Promissory Notes; Authorizing The Execution And Delivery Of A Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement; And Confirming The Engagement Of Certain Professionals In Connection With The Issuance Of The Certificates Of Obligation; Finding And Determining That The Meeting At Which This Ordinance Is Passed Is Open To The Public As Required By Law; And Enacting Other Provisions Relating Thereto.]

I. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PAGE NUMBER 14. NUMBER NINE PO NUMBER 7451. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2026 B IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED OF $50 MILLION, LEVYING A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF. MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, INCLUDING AUTHORIZING AND THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ONE OR MORE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ONE OR MORE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND MATTERS INCIDENTAL THERETO. AWARDING THE SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE LOAN AGREEMENTS AND PROMISSORY NOTES AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A PAIN AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND CONFIRMING THE ENGAGEMENT OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. GOD BLESS YOU. FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO. I NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND. QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MR. OUR BOND COUNSEL COME UP AND THEN ZOOM. I THINK MISS ANN IS ON ZOOM. CAN WE DETERMINE IF SHE'S THERE? YES, MA'AM. OH THANK YOU. WE CAN HEAR YOU. SO, DEREK, DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? YOU WANT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND SHOULD GO FIRST BECAUSE SHE TALKED ABOUT. OKAY. NUMBERS.

OKAY. AND IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND SPEAK, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL

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MEMBERS. MR. BURTON, FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS ANNE BURGER AND CHICKEN WITH HILLTOP. AND WE SERVE AS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR. AND BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE LATITUDE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS BY ZOOM. I AM OUT OF STATE, BUT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I COULD SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WE SENT EARLIER. AND IF I MAY ASK IF YOU COULD PLEASE TURN TO SLIDE THREE. ONE ONE OF THE MANY STEPS IN THE BOND ISSUANCE PROCESS IS TO HAVE OUR RATING REEVALUATED BY STANDARD AND POOR'S, AND WAS RATED THE CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON THIS JUST VERY BRIEFLY TODAY, BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MAYOR AND MR. BURTON, IS WE WOULD LIKE TO FIND A TIME IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WHERE EITHER I COME TO PORT ARTHUR OR WE SCHEDULE ANOTHER ZOOM MEETING WHERE I CAN REALLY GO INTO THIS IN MUCH MORE DETAIL AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE UNDERTOOK THIS PROCESS IS THE CITY WAS DOWNGRADED FROM AN A+ TO AN A MINUS, AND THE OUTLOOK WAS REVISED FROM STABLE TO NEGATIVE.

THE PRIMARY RATIONALE, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WHEN WE MEET IN PERSON, WE'D LIKE TO GO OVER. BUT THE PRIMARY REASON IS THAT AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 24, THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BALANCE WAS OVER $25.6 MILLION. IN YOUR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR END 25, THAT GENERAL FUND BALANCE HAS DECLINED TO 3.6 MILLION. AND THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THIS WAS THE NEED FOR THE GENERAL FUND TO SUBSIDIZE OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL FOR THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. NOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SLIDE, THE CITY HAS ALREADY TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS SINCE THAT POINT IN TIME TO PUT IN PLACE WHAT WE CALL CORRECTIVE ACTION.

YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS WAS THAT THE 25 AUDIT WAS FILED TIMELY. AND IT REALLY IS IT SPEAKS TO WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. I'M SORRY, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, TO BE ABLE TO GET FOR AUDITS FINALIZED AND FIRE. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS DONE WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT. AND AGAIN, IT SPEAKS TO THE WORK OF YOUR STAFF, BUT ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE IN SEPTEMBER OF 25, UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE IMPACTS TO THE GENERAL FUND, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR 20% FOR BOTH THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. AND I CAN'T MINIMIZE HOW CRITICAL OF AN ACTION THAT WAS. ADDITIONALLY, WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF CONSIDERING ANOTHER 7% RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR YOUR FISCAL YEAR 2027. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS THAT THERE'S BEEN CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE YOUR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS, AND THOSE ARE WATER, WASTEWATER, SOLID WASTE, PLEASURE ISLAND, THOSE THAT ARE THAT ARE MORE BUSINESS TYPE OF FUNCTIONS FOR THE CITY, THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE SELF-SUPPORTING. AND THAT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN ALL IN ONE YEAR. BUT THERE'S A CONTINUED EFFORT TO DO THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE CITY AWARE OF THIS. AND AS I SAID, I WILL BE I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO FIND A TIME TO COME TO PORT ARTHUR, WHERE WE CAN HAVE A MEETING, SIT DOWN AND GO INTO FULL DETAIL ABOUT THIS AND PROVIDE SOME OF THE HISTORY. AND LIKE I SAID, WHY IT HAPPENED, THE CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY TAKEN TODAY, AND THEN SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT IN WORKING WITH MR. BURTON AND YOUR STAFF, LOOKING TO GET THAT RATING BACK TO THE LEVEL THAT IT WANTS. IT'S A MOVE ON NOW TO SLIDE BY. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND WHAT'S VERY INTERESTING IS THE RESULT FOR THIS TRANSACTION WERE FANTASTIC. ON SLIDE FIVE, WE'RE DOING THERE'S A $50 MILLION BOND ISSUANCE RELATIVE TO PRIVATE FUND DEPOSITS, ALTHOUGH THE AMOUNT IS A LITTLE BIT LESS. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT

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THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT THIS IS DEDICATING $15 MILLION FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS, 30 MILLION TO ADDITIONAL WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, AND 5 MILLION FOR SOLID WASTE. IF I MAY ASK YOU TO TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE AND I APOLOGIZE, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LOT OF NUMBERS, BUT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS 49,000,945. BUT IF YOU LOOK UNDER THAT, THERE'S PREMIUM OF 833,000. SO IN ESSENCE, WE GET TO HAVE THE WHOLE PROJECT FUND DEPOSIT BECAUSE THE PREMIUM THAT'S NOT NEEDED FOR THE COST OF ISSUANCE CAN BE USED TO HELP FUND PROJECTS. THE BIDS THAT WE HAVE FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS A 5.06%. WOW. WE WANTED TO SHOW THE DEBT SERVICE. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY MINDFUL OF STRUCTURING YOUR DEBT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT PAYS OFF AS BEING THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE ASSET. SO THE THREE AND THE SOLID WASTE ARE AMORTIZED OVER 20 YEARS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART. BUT THE WATER AND WASTEWATER, BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS HAVE A MUCH LONGER USEFUL LIFE THAT IS EXTENDING OUT 30 YEARS. SO WE DRILL DOWN AND WE LOOK AT EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHERE WE COMPARE THE OUR PREVIOUS PROJECTIONS TO THE BID THAT WE HAD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WHEN I WAS BEFORE YOU, BEFORE WE WERE PROJECTING 50 MILLION OF PARAMOUNT AND WE HAVE 49. 945 WE THOUGHT THAT YOUR PROJECT SUN DEPOSIT WAS GOING TO BE 49 MILLION, BUT WE ARE ABLE, WITH THIS PREMIUM TO FUND THE WHOLE 50 MILLION GOING TO THE PROJECT. WHEN WE WERE BEFORE WE BEFORE WE WERE PROJECTING A FIVE AND A QUARTER AND WE HAVE A 506. AND WHAT IS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT THAT. 19 BASIS POINT REDUCTION RESULTS IN DEBT SERVICE PROJECTED LESS BY $10,900,000 OVER THE LIFE OF THIS BOND ISSUE, YOUR CALL DATE IS 85136, AND THERE IS NO INCREASE FOR THE CITY DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE THAT IS GOING TO STAY AT THE SAME LEVEL IT HAS BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WOW. I'D LIKE TO SPEND TO GO TO THE NEXT TOPIC FOR INVESTOR ORDERS. AND THIS IS THE PART THAT I THINK IS SUCH A MAJOR MOVE. I WILL TELL YOU, OUR MARKETS HAVE BEEN VERY VOLATILE, AND IF YOU HAD PRICED THIS LAST WEEK, I WOULD NOT HAVE THE NUMBERS AND THE RESULTS FOR YOU TODAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK. OUR MARKET GOT FIRMNESS. OUR MARKET HAS SHOWN OUR MARKET RIGHT NOW IS REALLY INTERESTING. THE MUNICIPAL MARKETS ARE VERY, VERY TIED TO THE PRICE OF OIL. AND SO BECAUSE THE PRICE OF OIL, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS, AND THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THAT HAS HELPED THIS. I ALSO THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS HAS HELPED WAS THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A $50 MILLION BOND ISSUE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN JUST A SECOND. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL NEW INVESTORS WHO BOUGHT YOUR BOND. SO BASICALLY WE HAD ABOUT 50 MILLION IN BONDS. YOU HAD 100/176,000,000 IN ORDERS, WHICH MEANS THAT THIS WAS OVER THREE AND A HALF TIMES OVERSUBSCRIBED. WHEN WE HAVE MORE ORDERS THAN WE HAVE BONDS, WE GET TO REPRICE, WHICH MEANS THAT CERTAIN OF THESE MATURITIES, WE ACTUALLY GOT TO LOWER THE YIELDS THAT WE WENT OUT WITH. AND THAT HAPPENED IN SIX OF THESE DIFFERENT MATURITIES, AND IT RANGED FROM 3 TO 10 BASIS POINTS. AND I KNOW THIS IS SMALL, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST MATURITY ON THE LEFT IN THE BLUE, AND THEN YOU LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT, OUR FINAL MATURITY HAD 10.3 TIMES MORE ORDERS THAN WE HAD BONDS. AND IN THAT LAST MATURITY, WE WERE ABLE TO LOWER THAT INTEREST RATE ALONE BY TEN BASIS POINTS. AND SO THIS IS THIS IS JUST A PHENOMENAL RESULT. IF I MAY ASK YOU TO PLEASE TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE DRILL DOWN AND WE WANT TO SEE WHO ARE YOUR LARGEST INVESTORS. AND HERE'S A LIST OF THEM. AND THESE ARE VERY HIGH QUALITY INVESTORS. AND WE WENT BACK TO YOUR LAST COUPLE OF BOND SALES ALL SPRING WITH A NEW INVESTOR, THE AA, RIGHT BEFORE PINE RIVER IS NEW.

HEADWATER IS NEW. 16TH AMENDMENT IS CINCINNATI FINANCIAL FOLKS BOUGHT YOUR

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BONDS BEFORE STAMKOS BOUGHT THEM, BEFORE VANGUARD, VANGUARD WAS AN INVESTOR IN YOUR BONDS TODAY AND EVER. EVERCORE WEALTH WAS SPOT BEFORE. BUT BLUE HAVEN IS ALSO A NEW INVESTOR. AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THESE RESULTS, WHEN YOU SEE RESULTS LIKE THIS AND YOU HAVE THIS MANY NEW INVESTORS IN YOUR BOND, I JUST THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES. AND YES, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TALK ABOUT S&P, BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS DOES THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT CREDIT REVIEW OF THE CITY. AND SO ANYWAY, I JUST I CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OUTCOME. AND IF I CAN TURN TO THE LAST PAGE, A SUMMARY, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY ACCEPT THIS DEBT, THE TRUE COST OF 506 IS 19 BASIS POINTS LESS THAN WE THOUGHT. YOU'RE YOU'RE GETTING THE FULL 50 MILLION. THE ACTUAL DEBT SERVICE COMPARED TO THE PROJECTED DEBT SERVICE IS $10.9 MILLION LESS. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I TOOK A FEW MOMENTS TO THANK EVERYBODY, BECAUSE THIS IS A HECTIC TIME FOR ALL OF OUR CLIENTS. YOU'RE DOING YOUR BUDGET, YOU'RE GETTING YOUR TAX RATE. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON, AND THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS TO THIS PROCESS. NOT ONLY THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT, BUT MEETING WITH THE RATING AGENCIES. AND I WILL TELL YOU, DOCTOR GONZALES AND I PROBABLY HAD 5 OR 6 DIFFERENT PHONE CALLS WITH STANDARD AND POOR'S. WE WERE PROVIDING DOCTOR BOSWELL WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION. SHE AND I WERE EVEN TALKING ON SATURDAY MORNING TO TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION AND TRY TO HELP S&P HAVE FACTUAL INFORMATION TO MAKE THEIR DECISION. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT PUT IN THAT. ALSO, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THE UNDERWRITERS ARE REQUIRED TO DO A DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE THE RATING AGENCY PROCESS. THERE ARE A TON OF QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION, AND YOUR STAFF WAS REALLY A PART OF THAT PROCESS.

AND IT WAS LIKE THE SMOOTHEST DUE DILIGENCE CALL THAT I THINK THE CITY HAS EVER HAD. AND WE CAN'T DO OUR WORK FOR YOU WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE SUPPORT AND THE WORK OF THE STAFF. AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT, THAT THEY WERE ALWAYS RESPONSIVE, ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WORKING TO HELP US DO OUR JOB FOR YOU. AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THERE, THERE, THERE HAS BEEN AN AMAZING JOB AS WELL. WE WANT TO THANK HIM. I'D LIKE TO SPEND JUST A MINUTE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR SENIOR MANAGER. THE CITY UTILIZED A NEW SENIOR MANAGER THIS TIME HUNTINGTON CAPITAL MARKETS, AND YOU STILL ALSO HAVE IN YOUR SYNDICATE CO-MANAGERS STEVE HERBERT, WILLIAM SHEA, AND HE AND STEVE AND I REALLY WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU, SENIOR MANAGER. I FELT LIKE THEY DID A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB. THEY WERE THEY ACTUALLY GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THEIR TAKEDOWNS. THEY WERE EXTREMELY CLEAR ON THE LIABILITY. AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE THESE NEW INVESTORS, WHICH ACTUALLY HELPED US TO REPRICE AND LOWER THE COST TO THE CITY. SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO COMMEND THE WORK THAT HUNTINGTON CAPITAL MARKETS DID. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF YOUR TEAM, AND THANK YOU, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AND AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. LET ME SEE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF LIGHTS ON, IF YOU DON'T MIND. NO QUESTION. OKAY. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD OH, THAT THAT I THINK THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION.

THAT'S IT. I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF MR. DEREK WAS GOING TO SHARE SOME SOME GOOD NEWS TOO, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MISS ANNE, FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIRELESS WORK ON THIS. IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD REPORT CONSIDERING WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED DUE TO PAST DECISIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE. AND I CAN TRULY SAY THAT GOD IS WITH US FOR SURE.

AND SEEING THESE RESULTS THAT WE THAT WE SAW TODAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY MENTION AND JUST REITERATE THE CITY MANAGER, IF YOU COULD, JUST FOR THE CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING. WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER. IT'S GOING TO, OF COURSE, THE STREETS, THE WASTEWATER, THE SOLID WASTE SALE, AND OF COURSE, THE WASTEWATER INCREASE. SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT I RECEIVED A FEW PHONE CALLS FROM A FEW CITIZENS WHO DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS GOING, BUT IT'S OUT THERE.

AND JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT HERE IN COUNCIL MEETING, IN THE PROPER SETTING AS TO WHERE IT'S GOING. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER FRANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR BOSWELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN I WANT TO THANK THE ATTORNEY AS WELL FOR THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT WE HAD

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ON THE LANDFILL, BECAUSE SHE DID ALLUDE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT AND IMPERATIVE THAT WE MAKE SOUND DECISIONS AND HOW IT AFFECTS US WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TIMES, IN OUR IN OUR EXPERIENCE OF GETTING BONDS AND HOW QUICKLY INDIVIDUAL BOUGHT OUR BONDS BECAUSE THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT PORT ARTHUR IS DOING AND WHAT PORT ARTHUR HAS DONE, IT MATTERS.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY AND TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT IT IS A CAUTIONARY TALE. IT IS A CAUTIONARY TALE BECAUSE MY MOTHER USED TO SAY ALL THE TIME, DEREK, THAT LEARN SENSE IS BETTER THAN BART SENSE. AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DAY IS HOW IMPORTANT DECISIONS ARE AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AFFECT US DOWN THE LINE. AND IT DID AFFECT US THAT WE DID NOT VOTE FOR A 7% INCREASE. WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO DO SO, AND WE WENT PART OF THE WAY TO 5.5%, WHICH DID CREATE THE SITUATION OF OUR BOND RATING SLIPPING TO THAT PARTICULAR PART. SO IT IS NECESSARY THAT WE LOOK FROM THIS DAY AHEAD DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE, THAT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE EASY, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE NECESSARY GOING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN LEAD OUR CITY AND DO OUR DO FOR OUR CITY WHAT IS NEEDED AND NECESSARY. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW. THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK. SOME DECISIONS WE HAD TO MAKE IN THE PAST MAY HAVE BEEN US, BUT AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO CELEBRATE THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE WHOLE 50 MILL IS GOING TO BE DEPOSITED. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S UNHEARD OF TO GET THOSE TYPE OF THINGS BOUGHT. SO I'M JUST SO HAPPY AND ELATED THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GO FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS, THESE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS AND EVEN ADD A LITTLE MORE PLAIN LANGUAGE TO IT FOR THE CITIZENS, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MUCH HEARTBURN ABOUT THESE RATES AND THE RATE INCREASES. AND AS WE CAN SEE FROM THAT SLIDE NUMBER THREE, THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TAKEN, THE COMPLETION OF PRIOR OUTSTANDING AUDITS AND THE TIMELY FILING OF THE FISCAL, THE FISCAL YEAR IN 2025 AUDIT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025 OF RATE ADJUSTMENTS OF 20% FOR BOTH WATER AND SEWER FUNDS. THE ADDITIONAL WATER AND SEWER FUND RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 7% PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, AND THEN THE CONTINUED EFFORTS TO ENSURE ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ARE SELF-SUPPORTING. IF WE HAD NOT DONE THIS, WE WOULD NOT HAVE JUST SLIPPED TO AN A MINUS. IT WOULD BE A MUCH, MUCH DIFFERENT STORY AND CONVERSATION TO HAVE TODAY. SO JUST ECHOING THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE, THERE WERE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT HAD TO BE MADE BEFORE I GOT HERE. AND I, I ONE OF THE ONES WHO I FEEL LIKE OUR CITIZENS, AS MUCH AS THEY ARE, RIGHTFULLY CRITICIZE THE TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT GET MADE UP HERE. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO APPLAUD THEM WHEN WE DO RIP THE BAND AID OFF AND MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUND FURTHER AND FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE, QUITE FRANKLY, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT TO BE VOTED UPON HAD WE NOT TAKEN THESE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS SO SERIOUSLY AND SO SWIFTLY. CITY MANAGER, MAY I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT HERE. AND I'VE SAID SO BEFORE, RELATIONSHIPS DOES MATTER. AND WHEN DEREK CALLED ME ON THE IDENTIFYING AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE APPOINTED AS A SENIOR MANAGER ON THIS PROJECT, AND HE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO ME AND I INTERVIEWED THE INDIVIDUAL, I KNEW WE HAD THE RIGHT PERSON IN PLACE, AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR BOND COUNSEL TODAY. IT HAS PROVIDED DIVIDENDS FOR US. SO, DEREK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION. AND AS I SAID SO ELOQUENTLY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT HERE TODAY WITH THE VICTORY FLAG BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH YOU AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED WITH THIS SENIOR MANAGER WHO CLOSED THE DEAL ON OUR BEHALF. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, DEREK HAS BEEN REITERATED SO MANY TIMES. I CAME IN LAST YEAR, AND OF COURSE, WE HAD ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD TO FACE. BUT I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOU AND AN AN YOURSELF JUST HELPED NAVIGATE US WITH THE STAFF THAT WORKED WITH YOU GUYS HERE. AND I LIKE TO, TO THANK OUR AND COMMEND OUR CITY STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. DOCTOR BOSWELL, YOU ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY AWESOME AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR. I SEE WHY THEY CALL YOU DOCTOR.

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YOU'RE THE DOCTOR OF FINANCE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. IT DOES SOUND REDUNDANT, BUT THE MAYOR JUST GETS TO CALL LIGHTS AND PEOPLE. BUT YOU BARELY GET TO SPEAK. BUT I DID HAVE TO SAY, MAN, I LOST SOME SLEEP OVER TRYING TO RAISE THOSE RATES. WE LOST SLEEP OVER TRYING TO TO JUST GET HERE AND THINK WE HAVE TO DO A 20% RATE INCREASE WAS NOT FAVORABLE. IT WAS JUST SO MUCH. BUT WE GOT IT ALL DONE. THE AUDITS THAT WERE DONE, ALL THE TREMENDOUS WORK. I REALLY DO APPLAUD OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU ALL, WHOEVER THAT ENTAILS ON YOUR STAFF. LYNN. I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAMES, BUT THANK YOU. OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY, WE WANT TO SAY TO OUR CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE WAY BECAUSE YOU SO OFTEN DON'T GET AN ACCOLADE. BUT I'M GOING TO CLAP OUR HANDS FOR YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. SO ALL WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW TO A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ONE. WE DON'T. OKAY. OKAY. ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE THE ORDINANCE PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW

[VIII.A.(1) P.R. No. 25106 – A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing Members To The Zoning Board Of Adjustment Pursuant To Appendix A: Zoning, Section 5.04 Of The City Of Port Arthur Code Of Ordinances. ]

BACK TO OUR AGENDA, OUR REGULAR AGENDA. NON CONSENT. WE DON'T. ITEM NUMBER ONE. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE A WHILE. PR NUMBER 25106. A RESOLUTION APPOINTING OR RE APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS PURSUANT TO APPENDIX A ZONING SECTION 5.04 OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE I DO WE HAVE ANY NAMES? YES. KEITH RICHARDS. OKAY. KEITH RICHARDS AND MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO REAPPOINT LANGSTON ADAMS. OKAY.

LANGSTON. OKAY. AND IS THAT EVERYBODY? OKAY? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES.

[VIII.A.(2) P.R. No. 25112 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With Golden Triangle Consulting Engineers To Provide Professional Engineering And Consulting Services In A Lump Sum Monthly Amount Of Sixteen Thousand And No/100 Dollars ($16,000.00) And Shall Not Exceed One Hundred And Ninety-Two Thousand And No/100 Dollars ($192,000.00) Per Year. Funding Is Subject To Approval Of FY26-27 and FY27-28 Budgets. Water Utilities Account No. 410-40-200-5420 00-00-000, Professional Services.]

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO NUMBER TWO. PR NUMBER 25112, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GOLDEN TRIANGLE CONSULTING ENGINEERS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES, AND A LUMP SUM MONTHLY AMOUNT OF 16,000 AND $100, $16,000 AND SHALL NOT EXCEED 192,000 AND DOLLARS 192,000 PER YEAR. FUNDING IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE FY 2627 AND FY 2728 BUDGETS. WATER UTILITIES ACCOUNT NUMBER 410-40- 200 DASH 5420-00-00.000. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE. ANY NO'S. OH, I GOT A QUESTION. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SEE HIS HAND EARLIER. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OH YOU HAVE A LIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. LET'S BACK UP FROM THE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION FROM OUR MOST RECENT COUNCIL MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, WHERE WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT A SIMILAR TYPE OF CONTRACT WHERE IT'S ALMOST LIKE A I CAN'T CALL IT A BLANK CHECK. IT'S NOT A BLANK CHECK, BUT IT IS IT IS A VERY WIDE SWATH OF, OF SERVICES THAT THESE CONTRACTED ENTITIES ARE BEING SECURED FOR. AND SO I GUESS IN THIS INSTANCE, I WOULD LIKE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, OF ALL OF WHAT THIS ENTAILS. AND THEN ALSO IF, IF INDEED, WHICH I HOPE WE DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN HOUSE. JUST KIND OF GIVE ME THE, THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF, OF THESE SERVICES. THANK YOU CALVIN. THANK YOU. CALVIN MATTHEWS WATER UTILITIES, I'LL GIVE YOU PART OF IT. SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE MIC. OKAY. I'LL GIVE YOU PART OF THE BENEFIT ANALYSIS. THIS IS A WASTEWATER WATER WATER UTILITIES CONTRACT.

IF I KNOW HE WORKS AND HELPS A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE, WE HAVE A A SET PROJECT, WHICH MEANS IT'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TCE THAT WILL DO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WORK BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. AND SABINE PASS, WE HAVE TO DO 2000FT OF SEWER PIPE. SIX MANHOLES IS AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM EVERY YEAR. THAT IS HANDLED BY GOLDEN TRIANGLE ENGINEERING.

IT'S A BASICALLY, THERE'S ABOUT 500 $0 WORTH OF DESIGN FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE VALUES IT AT. IF WE WENT OUT TO OTHER CONSULTANTS, IT WOULD BE HIGHER BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN VERY RECENTLY. WE ALSO DO

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A CITYWIDE SANITARY SEWER REHAB WHERE WE'RE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING OUR SECOND CONTRACT AT THIS TIME. AGAIN, THOSE ARE BEEN DESIGNED BY GOLDEN TRIANGLE ENGINEERS.

THEY'RE ABOUT $2 MILLION OF WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE WILL PROBABLY INCREASE THAT NEXT YEAR. IT'S PART OF SHOWING THE FAITH TO THE AG'S OFFICE. SO THAT'S ABOUT A $200,000 DESIGN FEE. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUTSIDE OF HE'S HE'S DONE. SO NINTH AVENUE STREET REHABILITATION, STORM MANHOLE REHABILITATION, WHICH WAS A GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED CITY STAFF DID NOT RESPOND. I KNOW I GOT A CALL ON A SUNDAY BY A CERTAIN GENTLEMAN THAT SITS OVER THERE TO FIND OUT WHY IT WOULDN'T SPIN. I FOUND OUT AFTER DISCUSSING. WE FOUND OUT IT WAS A STORM MANHOLE, SO I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. GOLDEN TRIANGLE ENGINEERS STEPPED UP AND DID IT IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, SO WE DIDN'T LOSE THE FUNDING. THAT WAS ABOUT A $39,000 WORTH OF FEE. SO IN ALL TOGETHER, THAT'S ABOUT $323,000 WORTH OF FEE.

THAT IS JUST AN ENGINEERING WORK. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT GOLDEN TRIANGLE ENGINEERS, I GET TO USE THEIR DRAFTSMAN, WHICH ALLOWS ME TO DO IN-HOUSE DESIGN. I THINK I Y'ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN-HOUSE DESIGN. I'VE DONE A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION, IN-HOUSE DESIGN THAT I'VE BID UNDER MY SEAL, AND I COULD NOT DO THAT WITHOUT THE HELP OF AN ENGINEERING FIRM BECAUSE I'M, I HAVE TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD ENGINEER CHECK MY WORK, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GETS A LITTLE OUT OF. I MEAN, I'M A PUMP PUMP STATION DESIGNER, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGNER HYDRAULICS, AND LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON A, GETTING A RESTROOM UP TO MEETING ADA COMPLIANCE. SO I GET A LOT OF HELP FROM THIS GENTLEMAN ON THAT AREA. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IT BASICALLY IN-HOUSE WITH HIS HELP. SO WE GET A LOT OF BANG FOR THE BUCK OUT OF THIS CONTRACT. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN CAN TALK SOMETIMES. I KNOW HE GOES AND HELPS RON DO THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. SO YEAH, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. IS THIS TO ME, THIS KIND OF TAKES ON A IT TAKES ON THE APPEARANCE OF STAFF AUGMENTATION. WHEN WE WHEN WE. SOME OF THE WORK SOUNDS PREDEFINED, BUT THEN SOME OF IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE AUGMENTING OUR STAFF. LIKE WHATEVER NEEDS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE, THE EXPERTISE OR THE QUOTE UNQUOTE MANPOWER TO. TO EXECUTE ON. WE HAND IT OVER TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CONTRACTED. WOULD THAT BE A ACCURATE PERCEPTION? IT PROBABLY BE ABOUT. 20 HOURS HERE AND THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD HIRE SOMEBODY THAT CAN DO THAT. I MEAN, I WAS DOING SOME OF IT SIMPLE STUFF ON MY OWN PERSONAL COMPUTER, BUT IT FRIED IN THE CITY. I DON'T HAVE THE SOFTWARE ON MY COMPUTER TO DO IT. SO I HAND DRAW IT ON A DRAFTING MACHINE.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A DRAFTING MACHINE, I HAVE AN OPERATING ONE. IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK IN TIME. AND BUT YOU CAN'T BID THAT. SO I'M GOING TO LET. YOU FEEL BETTER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE TWO MINUTES. THE VALUE OF THE WORK THAT I PROVIDE AS ENGINEERING ONLY SUPERSEDES THE VALUE OF THIS CONTRACT BY ALMOST DOUBLE. THEN YOU CAN THINK OF ME AS AN ENGINEER ON DEMAND ON ANYTHING ELSE I'M DOING WITH THE CITY OUTSIDE. THE TIME THAT I PROVIDE THE VALUE OF THE TIME I'VE PROVIDED. IF I CALCULATED HOURLY WAS AROUND $267,000 FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER OF 2025, SO THE VALUE THAT I GET PAID FOR IS STRICTLY FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN. AND I PROVIDE VERY GOOD RATES ON THAT. THE REST OF THE TIME I, I PROVIDE TO THE CITY IS NOT EVEN INCLUDING THE COST OF THIS CONTRACT. OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR HANEY. I GUESS ABOUT TWO MORE. YEAH. AND I'LL THIS IS MY LAST COMMENT AND THIS IS JUST CITY MANAGER. I THINK ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS LIKE THIS. BEAR THE NEED TO BE REVISITED AND I'LL JUST PUT IT LIKE THAT. I HAVE I THINK BEAT THIS HORSE PRETTY DEAD OVER THE

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PAST SEVERAL MEETINGS ABOUT OUR DILIGENCE WITH OUR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT. AND WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS THAT TAKE ON THE QUALITIES OF AN STAFF AUGMENTATION. OKAY. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. CITY ATTORNEY, YOUR LIGHTS ON.

YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'M LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT AND I'M SEEING THAT IN ATTACHMENT A, THERE IS AN HOURLY FEE SCHEDULE THAT IS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THE CURRENT CONTRACT DOES NOT PROVIDE. AND I SEE ON HERE THAT THE SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER HAS A BILLABLE RATE OF $30 PER HOUR. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT THE CORRECT RATE OR IS THAT A MISTAKE? THAT'S PROBABLY THE RATE IN 1920. IT'S A TYPO. I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT AND WHAT. SO I SEE THE PROJECT MANAGER RATE IS $145 AN HOUR. SO WHAT WOULD THE SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER RATE BE IF IT'S NOT $30 AN HOUR IN THE 180? IF WE CAN CORRECT THAT THROUGH A WILL BE GREAT. SO LET THE RECORD REFLECT, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY PROVIDED BY THE VENDOR THAT THE SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER HOURLY RATE FOR SERVICES PROVIDED THAT ARE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE $180 PER HOUR. OKAY. THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY, MR. DOUCETTE. AT 5180 CAMBRIDGE STREET. ARTICLE 14 OF THE CHARTER. SECTION FIVE CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. THE COUNCIL MAY APPROVE CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING APPRAISAL. ARCHITECTURAL, LEGAL FOR PHYSICAL, MEDICAL AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY. WITHOUT COMPETITIVE BIDDING, SUCH CONTRACT SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO YEARS EXCEPT FOR THE COMPLETION OF WORK IN PROGRESS UNDER ARCHITECTURE OR IN ENGINEERING CONTRACTS. I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR THE LONGEST.

WITH THIS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT DOCTOR TOM DID AND DONE FOR THE CITY. WHEN WE HIRED HIM. WE HAD NO LICENSED ENGINEER IN THE CITY AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. I DON'T QUESTION WHAT HE'S DONE SAVING MONEY, BUT IT GOES BACK TO THE CONTRACT BECAUSE IF YOU READ THE CONTRACT, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS AS LONG AS THIS CITY EXISTS. PIPE BURSTING, THE WATER IS TILTED. THIS IS GOING TO THIS IS JUST PART OF OPERATING THE CITY. SO WE'RE PAYING 192,000 BASE CONTRACT. BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY READ AN ADDITIONAL THINGS. AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY SAY ABOUT THE ANYTHING OVER 25,000 HAS TO GO THROUGH TO YOU, BUT THEY DON'T MENTION IF IT'S LESS THAN 25,000, IT'S GOING TO GET APPROVED. SO IT'S A LOT ABOUT THIS. AND AT THE END OF IT, WHEN WE HIRED DOCTOR HANNEY, WE HAD NO LICENSE. NOW WE HAVE TWO LICENSE ENGINEERS IN PUBLIC WORKS. TWO ENGINEERS WHO COMPLETED THEIR DEGREE AND EVERYTHING. AND IN WATER UTILITY, WE HAVE TWO LICENSE. SO WE GOT ALL THESE LICENSED ENGINEERING. AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE NEED TO START TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS IN THE CITY, CHECK WITH OTHER CITIES AND SEE, DO THEY HAVE SOMEBODY CONSULTING FOR EIGHT YEARS? THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE CITY MANAGER. YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON. NO, NO. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. LET'S GO TO NUMBER THREE. PR NUMBER

[VIII.A.(3) P.R. No. 25119 – A Resolution Approving An Economic Development Performance Agreement Between The Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation And Seamless Management Company LLC, DBA Seamless Medical Centers In An Amount Not To Exceed $391,000.00; Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120-80-625-5478 00-00-000. ]

25119. A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PORT ARTHUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND SEAMLESS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, DBA SEAMLESS MEDICAL CENTERS, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $391,000 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN EDC ACCOUNT NUMBER 120-80-625-5478-00-00.000. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? MISS COUNCILMAN GATEWOOD. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I CAN GET CLARITY ON THE. I WAS LOOKING UNDER THE INCENTIVES, SO IT'S BROKEN UP IN TEARS FROM FROM WHAT I WAS READING. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS LOOKING AT IT CORRECTLY. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. YEAH, JUST

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CLOSE TO THE MIC. THAT'S HORRIBLE. OKAY. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN GATEWOOD. GOOD EVENING. YES, IT IS BROKEN UP INTO TEARS. THIS INCENTIVE, ALL OF OUR INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS ARE ACTUALLY REIMBURSABLE. SO THEY HAVE TO PERFORM CERTAIN METRICS BEFORE THEY GET PAID OUT. SO AT THIS PARTICULAR PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT IS BASED ON CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. SO THEY'LL HAVE TO ACHIEVE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT BEFORE THE REIMBURSED UP TO THE AMOUNT THAT'S STATED IN THE CONTRACT, AS WELL AS THEY HAVE TO DO JOB CREATION OVER A THREE YEAR TERM.

OKAY. SO THEY'LL BE REIMBURSED FOR THE JOB CREATION THAT THEY THEY MAKE. SO BOTH OF THESE NUMBERS ARE UP TO. SO THE NUMBER HERE 391,000 IS THEY THEY MAY NOT REACH THAT IF THEY DON'T PERFORM. SO IT ISN'T UP TO AMOUNT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO GAIN CLARITY ON THAT ONE BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE JOB CREATION. AND OF COURSE THAT MEANS JOBS FOR PORT ARTHUR, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS READING IT CORRECTLY, THAT THERE'S TIERS TO IT THAT THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY

[VIII.A.(4) P.R. No. 25120 – A Resolution Approving An Economic Development Conditional Grant Agreement Between The Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation And Central Mall Port Arthur, LLC For An Amount Not To Exceed $1,300,000.00; Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120-80-625-5478-00-00-000.]

NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES NUMBER FOUR. PR NUMBER 25120. A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONAL GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PORT ARTHUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CENTRAL MALL, PORT ARTHUR, LLC, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,300,000. FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE EDC ACCOUNT NUMBER 12080-625-5478-00-00-000.

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS? THANK YOU. MAYOR. HI. MISS MUELLER, CAN YOU JUST PROVIDE THE CITIZENS PRESENT AND THOSE WHO MAY BE WATCHING OR WILL WATCH SOME OF THE DETAILS ABOUT THIS DEAL? WHAT ALL IS THE EDC PLANNING TO, I GUESS, ASSIST THE CENTRAL MALL, PORT ARTHUR WITH? BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A PRETTY HOT TOPIC AMONGST OUR COMMUNITY, AND A LOT OF US ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN CENTRAL MALL. YES, MA'AM. OF COURSE, THIS PARTICULAR INCENTIVE IS SOLELY BASED ON INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THE INCENTIVE IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TOWARDS CENTRAL MALL, THE BUILDING ITSELF. IT'S ACTUALLY FOR THE INTO THE I'M SORRY IN THE MIC. YES. I APOLOGIZE FOR OUR MIC. WE'RE GOING. I'M SORRY. WHEN YOU COME BACK ONE DAY WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK. HAVE A REALLY GOOD. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO THE THE ITEMS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PERFORM AND COMPLETE OUR DEMO. EXISTING ASPHALT AND REPAIR AS NEEDED FOR THE PARKING LOTS. STRIPING OF THE PARKING LOT. SO MOSTLY PARKING LOT WORK. THERE ARE COMMERCIAL SIGNS THAT ARE STANDALONE SIGNS, SO NOTHING ON THE BUILDING. EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IS UNDERNEATH THE PROPERTY OR TO THE SITE ITSELF. SITE PREPARATION, THE PAD, THE PARKING LOTS, OUTDOOR SIGNAGE THAT IS NOT ON THE BUILDING, EV CHARGING STATION INSTALLATION AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING. AS FAR AS THE POLES AND THE LED ILLUMINATION THAT GOES ON THE POLES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSE? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NUMBER

[VIII.A.(5) P.R. No. 25133 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract With Construction Managers Of Southeast Texas, LLC, Of Beaumont, Texas, For The Construction Of Fire Station No. 2; Funding In The Amount Not To Exceed $10,709,000.00 Is Subject To The Approval And Appropriation Of The Fiscal Year 2026 And 2027 Budget. Once Approved, Funding For This Project Will Be Available Under Fire Department Project No. BU0012.CON, Account No. 307-19-047-8512-00-30-000. ]

FIVE PR NUMBER 25133. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LLC OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,709,000, IS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE APPROPRIATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND 2027 BUDGET. ONCE APPROVED, FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE AVAILABLE UNDER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. PROJECT NUMBER BU0012 DOT CON, ACCOUNT NUMBER 307-19-047-8512-00-30-000. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. AND THEN I SEE YOU. GOT YOU. I'M SORRY I HAD TO SAY THAT. NO, YOU GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN GATEWOOD. THANK YOU. GOT THREE MINUTES. TWO MINUTES. OH. THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU. I'M MESSING WITH YOU. ALL I NEED IS IS IS IS REALLY THE TWO. BECAUSE I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION, I KNOW. FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS NEW FIRE STATION. IT'S LONG OVERDUE. IT'S A MUCH NEEDED FOR THE WEST SIDE OF PORT ARTHUR, BUT ALSO TO. FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE TO ENDURE THE THE ENVIRONMENT THERE. BUT MY QUESTION WAS, BECAUSE I KNOW LAST TIME WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE NOT THE EXACT REPLICA, BUT THE SAME MAKEUP OF THE THE FIRE STATION THAT WE JUST BROKE GROUND ON. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY HAS PUT SOME SAFEGUARDS TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE AS MANY CHANGE ORDERS COME THROUGH,

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AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING EXCEEDS THIS, THIS $10 MILLION THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO PUT HERE. SO THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD FOR THE CITY. YEAH. OH. PLEASE BE SEATED. YES WE HAVE WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM INVOLVED. YOU APPROVED A RESOLUTION FOR $600,000 TO EMPLOY SOUTH TEXAS SURVEYORS AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS FOR THAT PROJECT, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE FOR THE LAST PROJECT. SO WE DO EXPECT THINGS TO GO MUCH SMOOTHER WITH THIS PROJECT, UNLIKE THE PROJECT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED CLARITY TO MAKE SURE THAT TAXPAYERS DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ANY EXTRA MONEY ON SEEING THIS FIRE, THIS FIRE STATION COME TO FRUITION. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. COUNCILMAN. MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. CHIEF HAVENS, WE HEAR YOU REMEMBER. WE WE KIND OF STARTED THIS DOG ON PROJECT WHAT, FIVE YEARS? CITY MANAGER. YEAH. FIVE YEARS AGO. YEAH. IT WAS 17, 27, 2017. AND WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND DOING A SITE VISIT WITH CHIEF HAVENS. HE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, ME AND CAL JONES WERE RIDING AROUND AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE FIRE STATION. AND HE SAID, BEFORE HE LEAVE OR RETIRED, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE HAD THOSE BUILDINGS AND UPGRADES FOR HIS DEPARTMENT. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE HERE NOW, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, CHIEF. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF RIDE? WE STARTED THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND WE ARE FINALLY HERE. SO KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND CITY MANAGER AND EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS PROCESS. OKAY. SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, PUT THAT MIC UP, CHIEF. YEAH, WE HAVE TO USE THE MIC. YEAH, YEAH, WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE SAVED THE CITY A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS. EVERYTHING. IT'S JUST BEEN GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. I OWE ANY NO. OH, I'M SO SORRY. OH MY GOD, MISS WHO? I SAW YOUR HAND THEN I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE. COME ON, MR. DOUCETTE. I'M SORRY. NO, LET ME LET ME GET THIS OUT, BECAUSE I'M GOING AFTER THIS ONE. OKAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER. GATEWOOD. I GOT A QUESTION. IS THIS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION ONLY, OR DOES IT INCLUDE ANY FURNISHING OR ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. THE CONTRACT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION ONLY. COUNCIL APPROPRIATED I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 2025 SERIES OF CERTIFICATES OR MAYBE 2024 SERIES OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 11.675 MILLION FOR THE TOTAL PROJECT. SO ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS THAT MAY COME BACK FOR FURNISHING FURNISHINGS WOULD BE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT FROM THIS CONTRACT. THAT'S ON THIS CURRENT AGENDA. THE REASON THE REASON I SAID IT FOR ALL CLARITY, IF YOU GO BACK TO PAGE 30 OF THE BUDGET APPROVED BUDGET, A WELL PROPOSED BUDGET, UNDER YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POLICIES, ITEM NUMBER SIX. BEFORE WE VOTE OR APPROVE ANY FACILITIES I E FIRE STATION OR LIBRARY, WE WILL KNOW ANNUAL COSTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. EVEN ENSURING IT EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING. SO WE SHOULD GET THIS WHEN IT COMES BEFORE THE CITIZENS SO CITIZENS CAN UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IS THIS FIRE STATION GOING TO COST US. AND THE FINANCIAL REPORT SAYS BEFORE YOU VOTE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. SO WHEN WE HEAR WE GOING TO HEAR THIS OTHER PRICE HE JUST SAID, AND THE TEN NINE, WHEN IT'S MORE THAN THAT, YOU WILL KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO COST MORE THAN THAT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, IMPOSING THE BUDGET. THAT'S. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. DOUCETTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, AYE. ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES NUMBER SIX. PR NUMBER 25137. A

[VIII.A.(6) P.R. No. 25137 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Approve Payments With A Projected Budgetary Amount Of $160,443.49 For The Texas Commission On Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Annual Water And Wastewater System Permit Fees For The City Of Port Arthur, Water Utilities Department With $60,858.00 Funds Available In Water Purification Account No. 410-40-210-5471 00-00-000, Regulatory Costs And $99,585.49 Funds Available In Wastewater Treatment Account No. 410-40-225-5471-00-00-000, Regulatory Costs, Both For FY27 And Subject To City Council's Annual Appropriation And Approval Of The Budget.]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE PAYMENTS WITH A PROJECTED BUDGETARY AMOUNT OF $160,443.49 FOR THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ANNUAL WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM PERMIT FEES FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WATER UTILITIES

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DEPARTMENT, WITH $60,858 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE WATER PURIFICATION ACCOUNT NUMBER 410-40-210-547100-00.000 REGULATORY COST AND $99,585.49. FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 41040225-5471-00.00.000. REGULATORY COSTS, BOTH FOR FY 27 AND SUBJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. AYE. ANY NO'S? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE

[VIII.A.(7) P.R. No. 25139 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Contract With Coburn Supply And Company, Inc. Of New Caney, Texas For The Purchase Of Curbstops, Unions, Corporations Stops, Adapters, And Couplings For The Water Utilities Department With A Total Projected Budgetary Impact Of $217,668.60 With Funding Allocated From Water Utilities Account No. 410-40-215 5315-00-00-000, Water System Maintenance For FY27, Subject To City Council's Annual Appropriation And Approval Of The FY27 Budget.]

GOING TO MOVE NOW TO NUMBER SEVEN ON PAGE NUMBER NINE PR NUMBER 25139. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH COBURN SUPPLY AND COMPANY INCORPORATED OF NEW CANEY, TEXAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF CURB STOPS, UNIONS, CORPORATIONS, STOPS, ADAPTERS AND COUPLINGS FOR THE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. WITH A TOTAL PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $217,668.60, WITH FUNDING ALLOCATED FROM WATER UTILITIES ACCOUNT NUMBER 410-40215-5315-0000.000. WATER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE FOR FY 27, SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL'S ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND APPROVAL OF THE FY 27 BUDGET. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY NOES? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. PR NUMBER 25140. A RESOLUTION

[VIII.A.(8) P.R. No. 25140 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Change Order No. 1 To The Sabine Pass Pipe Bursting Project Phase V With Global Drilling, Inc Of Winnie, Texas, Increasing The Contract Amount By $134,663.20 (Sub-Total Amount Of $184,663.20 Minus The Contract Contingency Amount Of $50,000.00) To The New Total Contract Amount Of $699,573.20, And Extend The Contractual Duration By 30 Days, Thereby Shifting The Original Completion Date From October 13, 2026, To November 12, 2026; Funds Are Available In Capital Improvements Projects Account No. 405-40-000-8516-00-00-000, Project No. WS0006.CON. ]

AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE SABINE PASS PIPE BURSTING PROJECT. PHASE FIVE WITH GLOBAL DRILLING INCORPORATED OF WINNING TEXAS, INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $134,663.20. SUB-TOTAL AMOUNT OF $184,663.20, MINUS THE CONTRACT CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF $50,000 TO THE NEW TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $699,573.20, AND EXTEND THE CONTRACTUAL DURATION BY 30 DAYS, THEREBY SHIFTING THE ORIGINAL COMPLETION DATE FROM OCTOBER 13TH, 2026 TO NOVEMBER THE 12TH, 2026. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS ACCOUNT NUMBER 405-40-000-8516-00-00.000.

PROJECT NUMBER WS0006 DOT CON. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST ONE QUESTION. WANTED TO SOLIDIFY THAT THIS NEW DATE OF NOVEMBER 12TH, 2026 IS GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL DATE OF COMPLETION, OR SHOULD WE EXPECT TO MOVE IT AGAIN? WE EXPECT IT TO BE COMPLETED BY THEN. OKAY. SO WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT. I CAN'T GUARANTEE AND GUARANTEE IT, BUT I EXPECT IT TO BE FINISHED. WE'VE GOT TWO PUMPS COMING IN TO FINISH A LIFT STATION, AND WE HAVE TO DO THE SEWER THAT GOES OVER TO THAT GAS STATION THAT WAS IN, KIND OF FOUND OUT IT WAS A BIG PROBLEM. WE HAD A LOT OF INFLOW COMING IN, SO WE EXTENDED THIS.

PART OF THE EXTENSION WAS TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT FIXED, BECAUSE WE HAVE HUGE AMOUNT OF INFLOW COMING IN. YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SABINE PASS WITH A HIGH TIDE COMES UP. YEAH, THE SEWERS ARE UNDER TIDAL WATER AND IT'S BASICALLY FLOWS LIKE A SPONGE. SO THE PIPES START FLOWING FULL IF THEY'RE BAD. AND THIS ONE WAS COMPLETELY GUSHING IN AND FILLING UP THE GOOD THING. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY I ASKED BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY'RE GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IN DISTRICT ONE. SO I WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT'S HARD TO WORK, BUT WE'RE WE'RE PUSHING TO GET ALL THE SEWERS REDONE IN SABINE PASS. I MEAN, JUST CONTINUING AT THIS RATE. AND IT'S, IT'S IT'S A DIFFICULT PLACE TO WORK. NOT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE OR ANYTHING. NO, BECAUSE OF THE THE LOCATION. YEAH. THERE. BUT IT'S GREATLY IMPROVED. I MEAN, I THINK IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CALLS WE GET FOR COMPLAINTS, IT'S WAY DOWN. IT'S WAY, WAY DOWN. AND I THINK LESS PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS THERE. AND EVERY YEAR IT'S A LOT BETTER. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I WAS JUST MESSING

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WITH YOU WITH THE GUARANTEE. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE A HARD STOP FOR US IN NOVEMBER. SO WE CAN START STOP. OKAY, I WANT TO START DESIGNING THE NEXT YES FOR THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE. YES. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I, I HEARD SOME PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE ROADS WERE IN BAD SHAPE. I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN, BUT WE WERE SEWERS FIXED. SO WE CAN GET THEY CAN FIX THE ROADS. PERFECT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. YES, THANK YOU MAYOR. MR. MATTHEWS, JUST A THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DO DILIGENT WORK. AND THEN A RD OF ADMONISHMENT. AS WE LEARN THESE LESSONS, LET'S ABSOLUTELY KEEP TAKING THE LESSONS WITH US AND INCORPORATING THEM INTO THE NEW SCOPE, BECAUSE I'M. UNTIL YOU SPOKE JUST NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, SEEING A CHANGE ORDER THAT AMOUNTS TO ALMOST 24% OF THE ORIGINAL TOTAL CONTRACT COST. THAT IS HOW WE END UP OVERRUNNING THESE PROJECT COSTS CONSISTENTLY. AND I KNOW SOME OF THIS IS UNAVOIDABLE, RIGHT? SOMETIMES YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW OR DON'T SEE UNTIL YOU DIG IN THE GROUND AND GET TO IT. BUT JUST OVERALL, LET'S KEEP TAKING THESE LESSONS LEARNED. NOW, NOW THAT WE KNOW, RIGHT, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TAKE THAT LESSON WITH US AND INCORPORATE IT INTO ALL FUTURE SCOPES FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK. IN SABINE PASS TO REMEMBER, SABINE PASSED THE WHOLE SEWER SYSTEM IS THE PROJECT. WE'RE JUST FIGHTING PIECES OF IT, RIGHT? SO EVERY FOOT OF PIPE WE REPLACE GETS US CLOSER TO A A HAPPY COMPLETION.

YES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT.

[VIII.A.(9) P.R. No. 25143 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Change Order No. 2 Submitted By Brystar Contracting, LLC, Of Beaumont, Texas, For The 9th Avenue Pavement Improvement Project (Most Westward Lane) From Jimmy Johnson Boulevard To Lake Arthur Drive, Decreasing The Original Contract Price Of $1,195,243.25 To The New Contract Price Of $956,943.94, Accept The Close-Out Documentation, And Authorizing The City Manager To Release The Retainage In The Amount Of $47,847.21. Funding Available In Account Nos. 148-00-000-2050-00-00-000 ($45,302.76) And 307-00-000-2050-00-00-000 ($2,544.45), Project No. GM2502.CON. ]

THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NUMBER NINE PR NUMBER 25143. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO SUBMITTED BY BRIGHTSTAR CONTRACTING, LLC OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FOR THE NINTH AVENUE PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

MOST WESTWARD LANE FROM JIMMY JOHNSON BOULEVARD TO LAKE ARTHUR DRIVE, DECREASING THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT PRICE OF $1,195,000. 190 501 HUNDRED OKAY. STOP 1,000,195 $243.25 TO THE NEW CONTRACT PRICE OF $956,943.94, EXCEPT THE CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTATION, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO RELEASE THE RETAINAGE AND THE AMOUNT OF $47,847.21. FUNDING AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT NUMBERS 14800-000-2050-0000-000, 45,300 276, AND 307 DASH 00-000-2050-00-00-000 $2,544.45. PROJECT NUMBER GM2502 DOT CON. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I.

ANY NOS? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW TO NUMBER TEN ON PAGE

[VIII.A.(10) P.R. No. 25146 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Contracts For Road Building Materials With Texas Materials, Vulcan Construction Materials, KAT Excavation And Construction, Martin Marietta Materials, Mid County Land Co, And Modern Concrete & Materials For The Public Works Streets Division And The Engineering Department With A Projected Budgetary Impact Of $3,000,000.00. Funding Is Subject To The Approval And Appropriation Of The Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget. Funding Shall Be Available In The Streets Maintenance Account, 001-21-053-5316 00-70-000 ($500,000.00), And The Capital Improvement Fund Streets Program Account, 307-21-053-8517-00-10-000 ($2,500,000.00), For Various Projects.]

TEN. PR NUMBER 25146. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS FOR ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS WITH TEXAS MATERIALS. VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, CAT EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION. MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, MID COUNTY LAND COMPANY AND MODERN CONCRETE AND MATERIALS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS STREETS DIVISION AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

WITH A PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $3 MILLION. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO THE APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. BUDGET FUNDING SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN THE STREETS MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT 001-21-053-5316-00-70-000 FOR $500,000, AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND STREETS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 307-21-053-8517-00-10-000 FOR $2,500,000 FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR? YES. WE VOTE. WE HAVE A FEW TIES ON THERE THAT YOU HAVE TO PULL. OKAY. ALRIGHT, LET'S. COME ON. I GOTTA COME AND PULL THEM. CAN YOU BRING THEM UP HERE? I'M TIRED. JESUS, BRING THAT CUP UP. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FLAX I GOT OH, YOU GOT THAT CUP RIGHT. THAT'S IT. OKAY. WHAT ELSE TO DO? OKAY. WHAT'S GOING ON? YEAH.

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I HAVE TO PULL THEIR TIES, SO I HAVE TO PULL FOUR TO BREAK THE TIE ORDINANCE. OH, WE HAVE TO PULL THEM. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO, OKAY, SO IN THIS CASE, WE ARE AWARDING FOR MULTIPLE VENDORS.

CAN WE GET A HANDHELD MIC BECAUSE WE'RE LIVE? OKAY. SO FOR THIS BID FOR ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE VARIOUS ITEMS WE'RE AWARDING TO MULTIPLE VENDORS SO WE CAN HAVE BACKUPS IN CASE THE OTHER PERSON CAN'T SUPPLY, CAN'T SUPPLY. SO ON A FEW OF THESE ITEMS, WE HAD TIED VENDORS. SO IN THE CASE OF A TIE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MAYOR PULL TO SELECT. THE FIRST ITEM THAT HAD A TIE WAS ITEM NUMBER. THE MAYOR GOT A PULL, BUT ANYWAY, I'M GONNA PULL. SO ITEM THE FIRST TIE WAS FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH WAS LIMESTONE FOR THE ITEM THAT WAS FOR THE WORK SITE, WHICH WE HAD A TIE AT $48. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING FOR THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY VENDOR. OKAY. SO CAN YOU FOLD THOSE UP? KIND OF. YEAH, I AM FOR THE THE FIRST VENDOR THAT WAS TIED WAS MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS. AND THE SECOND IS MARTIN CONCRETE AND MATERIALS LLC. I'M NOT LOOKING. SO FOR THE WORK SITE FOR THE LIMESTONE, THE PRIMARY VENDOR WILL BE MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS. SO THE SECONDARY VENDOR WILL BE MARTIN CONCRETE.

THE SECOND ITEM THAT WE HAD A TIE FOR WAS ALSO ITEM NUMBER THREE LIMESTONE. BUT THIS WAS.

FOR THE THIRD VENDOR BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING THREE ON THIS. SO THE VENDORS THAT WERE TIED FOR THIS WAS VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TEXAS MATERIALS. AND I CLOSE MY EYES. THIRD CONTRACTOR WOULD BE TEXAS MATERIALS. ALRIGHT. AGAIN ONLINE, THERE'S A LOT OF TIES ON THIS ITEM. SO THE AGAIN FOR LIMESTONE, WE WILL BE PULLING FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD VENDOR FOR THE LOCATION AT THE PLANT. THE FIRST NAME WE'RE READING OFF IS VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. THE SECOND ONE WE'RE READING OFF IS MARTIN CONCRETE MATERIALS. AND THIRD IS MARTIN MARIETTA. AGAIN, FOR THIS WE ARE PULLING FOR THE PLANT LOCATION. WE'RE PULLING FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD CONTRACTORS. SO THIS ONE WOULD BE FOR THE SECOND. HOW MANY IS THREE AND THREE IN THERE. AND WE'RE PULLING FOR TWO AND THREE. SO TWO. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TWO AND THREE. OKAY. SO I'LL DO ONE PULL. YEAH ONE FOR TWO. OKAY. SO THE SECONDARY VENDOR WILL BE

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VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO PULL FOR THE THIRD. MIGHT TRY TO BLAME ME OR SOMETHING. NOBODY'S EVER COMPLAINED. AND OUR THIRD VENDOR WOULD BE MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS. AND OUR FINAL PULL IS GOING TO BE FOR ITEM NUMBER 11 THE CONCRETE RUBBLE. IS FOR THE PLANT LOCATION. AND WE'RE PULLING FOR THE THIRD VENDOR. TWO VENDORS THAT WE HAVE PULLING OF VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND MARTIN CONCRETE MATERIALS. AND OUR THIRD VENDOR FOR THE PLANT LOCATION IS MARTIN CONCRETE MATERIALS. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE TIES FOR THE ROLE BUILDING MATERIALS. OKAY, SO NOW WE CAN GO TO A VOTE, RIGHT? I'M SORRY. NOW WE CAN MOVE TO OUR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES.

[VIII.A.(11) P.R. No. 25150 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Contracts With Cleveland Asphalt Products, Inc. Of Shepherd, TX, And Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc. Of Austin, TX, To Provide Asphalt, Oil, And Emulsions With A Projected Budgetary Impact Of $650,000.00. Funding Is Subject To The Approval And Appropriation Of The Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget. Once Approved, Funding Shall Be Available In The Streets Maintenance Account, 001 21-053-5316-00-70-000 ($50,000.00), And The Capital Improvement Fund Streets Program Account, 307-21-053-8517-00 10-000, ($600,000.00), For Various Projects. ]

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO NUMBER 11. PR NUMBER 25150. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS WITH CLEVELAND ASPHALT PRODUCTS INCORPORATED OF SHEPPARD, TEXAS.

ARAGON ASPHALT AND EMULSIONS INCORPORATED OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, TO PROVIDE ASPHALT, OIL AND EMULSIONS WITH A PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $650,000. FUNDING IS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL AND THE APPROPRIATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET. ONCE APPROVED, FUNDING SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN THE STREETS MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT 00121-053-5316-00-70-000500 $0, AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND STREET PROGRAM ACCOUNT 307-21-053-8517-00-10-000 $600,000 FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES

[VIII.A.(12) P.R. No. 25151 – A Resolution Authorizing The Execution Of Two One-Year Contracts With Texas Materials And Modern Concrete & Materials Of Beaumont, Texas, To Purchase Concrete Building Materials For The Public Works Streets Division With A Projected Budgetary Impact Of $850,000.00. Funding Is Subject To The Approval And Appropriation Of The Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget. Funding Shall Be Available In The Street Maintenance Account, 001 21-053-5316-00-70-000 ($200,000.00), And The Capital Improvement Fund Streets Program Account, 307-21-053-5316-00 70-000 ($650,000.00) For Various Projects.]

HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES NUMBER 12. PR NUMBER 25151. A RESOLUTION EXECUTION OF TWO ONE YEAR CONTRACTS WITH TEXAS MATERIALS AND MODERN CONCRETE AND MATERIALS OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS TO TO PURCHASE CONCRETE BUILDING MATERIALS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS STREETS DIVISION AND A PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $850,000. FUNDING IS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. BUDGET FUNDING SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE STREET MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT 00121-053-5316-00-70-000 $200,000, AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND STREETS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 307-21-053-5316-00-70-000 $650,000 FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE

[VIII.A.(13) P.R. No. 25159 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Contract Amendment No. 1 Between The City Of Port Arthur And Nine (9) Eligible Nonprofit Subrecipients To Reallocate $30,000.00 In 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Public Service Funds Previously Awarded To Catholic Charities - Hospitality Center, Which Declined Its Allocation, And To Distribute The Funds Equally, Subject To Rounding, Among The Remaining Eligible CDBG Public Service Subrecipients.]

RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO NUMBER 13. PR NUMBER 25159. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND NINE ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT SUBRECIPIENTS TO REALLOCATE $30,000 IN THE 2025 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES HOSPITALITY CENTER, WHICH DECLINED ITS ALLOCATION AND TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS EQUALLY SUBJECT TO ROUNDING AMONG THE REMAINING ELIGIBLE CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE RECIPIENTS. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY.

SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY NO'S? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION

[VIII.A.(14) P.R. No. 25162 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With Sigma Engineers, Inc., Of Beaumont, Texas, In An Amount Not To Exceed $738,504.00, For Architectural And Engineering Design Services Related To The Renovation Of The Gates Professional Building, Located At 3535 Gates Boulevard, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, For Conversion Into A Port Arthur Police Department Field Office; Funding Available In Capital Improvement Building Account No. 307 17-045-8512-00-30-000, Project No. BU0016. ]

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PASSES. LET'S GO TO NUMBER 14. PR NUMBER 25162. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH SIGMA ENGINEERS INCORPORATED BEAUMONT, TEXAS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $738,504 FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES RELATED TO THE RENOVATION OF THE GATES PROFESSIONAL BUILDING, LOCATED AT 3535 GATES BOULEVARD, PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS FOR CONVERSION INTO A PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FIELD OFFICE. FUNDING AVAILABLE IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. BUILDING ACCOUNT NUMBER 307-17-045-8512-00-30-000. PROJECT NUMBER BU0016. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. I ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE

[VIII.B.(1) P.O. No. 7443 – An Ordinance Approving The Appraisal Rolls For The Year 2026 And Receiving Determinations From The Tax Assessors Under Section 26.04 Of The Texas Property Tax Code.]

GOING TO MOVE NOW TO ORDINANCES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THESE WERE ALL GOING TO REQUIRE A ROLL CALL VOTE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND READ NUMBER ONE PO NUMBER 7443. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE APPRAISAL ROLLS FOR THE YEAR 2026 AND RECEIVING DETERMINATIONS FROM THE TAX ASSESSORS UNDER SECTION TWO, 6.04 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. SO MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? CITY SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOBS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENA. THEY DON'T. CHANDLER. COUNCIL MEMBER.

JONES. COUNCIL. MEMBER. GATEWOOD. YES. MAYOR. PRO. TEM. KINLAW. YES. MAYOR. MOSES. YES.

[VIII.B.(2) P.O. No. 7453 – An Ordinance To Adopt A Budget That Will Require Raising More Revenue From Property Taxes Than In The Previous Year For The Ensuing Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2026 And Ending September 30, 2027, In Accordance With Section 102.007 Of The Texas Local Government Code. ]

MEASURE. PASSES. MAYOR. PILL NUMBER 7453. AND ORDINANCE TO ADOPT A BUDGET THAT WILL REQUIRE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR THE ENSURING FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 102.0007 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND. OH. I'M SORRY. ROLL CALL. VOTE. I APOLOGIZE. YES. OH, MOTION. DID I GET A MOTION? YES, MA'AM. AND DID I GET A SECOND? I SECOND IT, YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SECOND OUR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ROLL CALL. VOTE. NO, WE GOT SOME LIGHTS. OH! OKAY. WHOO! LORD HAVE MERCY.

IT'S OKAY. MAN. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOBS. YES! THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING.

AND JUST JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL SOME CONFUSION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THIS WHAT THIS ENTAILS. AND SO IT SAYS WE'RE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES NOW. WE'RE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM RAISING PROPERTY TAXES. WE ARE NOT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES. YES, THERE IS THAT THAT THAT IS A FALLACY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THAT. WE ARE NOT RAISED. WE ARE NOT VOTING ON A RAISING OF PROPERTY TAXES.

WE ARE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS HANDED DOWN TO US FROM THE COUNTY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO THAT'S WE HAVE ZERO CONTROL OVER THAT.

YES. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. THANK YOU. SO THE CITIZENS. NO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. I, I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN JACOBS FOR ARTICULATING THAT. WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP. I ALSO DONE A COUNCILMAN'S CORNER ON FACEBOOK WHERE YOU CAN GO WATCH THAT VIDEO WHERE WE ACTUALLY BREAK IT DOWN. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DOCTOR LINDA BOSWELL FOR HELPING, HELPING ME UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANT, BECAUSE READING IT, IT CAN BE VERY CONFUSING.

BUT THIS IS, OF COURSE, TEXAS STATE LAW THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY IN, IN SAYING IT AS SUCH.

BUT JUST TO REITERATE ONE FURTHER TIME, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK, WE ARE NOT RAISING TAXES. THIS IS ONLY AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE SIDE OF IT, BUT WE ARE NOT INCREASING TAXES. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR ROLL CALL. VOTE NOW. CITY SECRETARY. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOBS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

PENA. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GATEWOOD. YES. MAYOR. PRO. TEM. KINLAW. YES.

MAYOR. MOSES. YES. THE MEASURE PASSES. MAYOR. THANK YOU. NUMBER THREE. PO NUMBER 7444.

[VIII.B.(3) P.O. No. 7444 – An Appropriation Ordinance Adopting A Budget For The Ensuing Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2026 And Ending September 30, 2027, In Accordance With Section 7, Article XII Of The Charter Of The City Of Port Arthur. ]

AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION SEVEN, ARTICLE 12 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO

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MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? I NEED A ROLL CALL. VOTE. CITY SECRETARY, COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK. I THINK HE HAS TO PRESENT THE AMENDMENT. OH. I'M SORRY. WAIT JUST A SECOND, MR. LEWIS. I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND OPPORTUNITY. LET ME HEAR WHAT THE CITY MANAGER IS. LYNN. ARE YOU. YES. LYNN, WILL YOU PRESENT YOUR. OH, YES. THANK YOU. THE MINOR CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE. YES, PLEASE. I WANTED I NEEDED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE CHANGES WE MADE SINCE AUGUST 20TH. AND THAT'S BEFORE YOU. NOW WE'VE MADE CHANGES REALLY UP TO THE 11TH HOUR. SO THE CHANGES INCREASED BY $4,812,681 FROM THE PROPOSED OF 460 MILLION PLUS TO 465. WE'VE ALSO INDICATED WHAT THOSE CHANGES WERE. AND WE'VE SHOWN YOU WHAT IS IN GENERAL FUND. YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU. THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE. AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT THOSE CHANGES WERE AND AND WHY WE HAVE THE SAME FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. THIS ONLY AFFECTED FIVE OF THE FUNDS, BUT I NEEDED TO EXPRESS TO YOU WHAT THOSE CHANGES WERE FROM THEN TO NOW. AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 163,530 FOR THE SOLID WASTE FUND, AN ADDITIONAL 1000 FOR THE WATER AND SEWER CAPITAL FUND, AND AN ADDITIONAL $649,698 FOR THE WATER AND SEWER FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, AND 2,232,295 FOR THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND. THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, AND I HAVE STAFF THAT CAN ALSO FURTHER EXPLAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AS TO WHY SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS CHANGED.

WE KNEW THAT WE GAVE YOU A PROPOSED. HOWEVER, THIS IS WHAT WE STAND AS THE FINAL FOR TONIGHT'S ADOPTION. THANK YOU. MAYOR. OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW AND THEN MR. LEWIS.

THANK YOU. LYNN. SO ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD THOSE CHANGES. THOSE CHANGES ARE ALREADY INCLUDED. OKAY. IN TODAY'S BUDGET. YES. IN TODAY'S BUDGET, I BELIEVE THOSE CHANGES WERE THERE RIGHT BEFORE YOU SAT DOWN TODAY. OKAY. SO IF THE ORDINANCE SHOULD HAVE YES, THEN IT WON'T HAVE TO AMEND ANYTHING.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO YOU DON'T HAVE TO AMEND ANYTHING. OKAY. YES. I GAVE YOU A SHEET THAT SAYS HERE'S THE PROPOSED CHANGES. THANK YOU. I TRY TO BE EFFICIENT. THANK YOU DOC.

APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS IS JUST A PRESENTATION JUST TO GIVE US AN UPDATE TO KNOW WHAT'S BEEN CHANGED. SO FUEL WATER UTILITIES. OKAY. EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE TREATMENT.

MECHANICALS. TEMPORARY SIR. THAT'S IT. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER. GATEWOOD. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AND HER TEAM FOR ORCHESTRATING THIS BUDGET.

IT HAS BEEN A VERY UNIQUE PROCESS FOR MYSELF. WITH THIS BEING MY FIRST TIME GOING THROUGH BUDGET SEASON HERE. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PERSONAL MEETINGS THAT WE EACH HAD ON HELPING ME UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON, SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT MY CONSTITUENTS WERE INFORMED. AND THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK. IT'S NOT EASY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AS SUCH AS THIS ONE, BUT WE GOT IT DONE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE TEAM AND THE CITY STAFF FOR GETTING THIS DONE AND PRESENTING A BALANCED BUDGET. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. NOW WE'RE READY FOR THE ROLL CALL VOTE. OH, I'M SORRY, MR. LEWIS. WOULD IT BE LEWIS? 2301 LAKE SHORE DRIVE? I'M HERE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THE BUDGET SHORTFALL, THE CITY MANAGER'S JOB AND THE STAFF'S JOB IS TO PROVIDE A A BALANCED BUDGET. IF YOU GOT SHORTFALL ON REVENUE, THEN THAT'S A COUNCIL'S PROBLEM. OKAY. NOW, I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT THE REASON WE. FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, WE'VE HAD TO RAISE THE WATER RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR AT LEAST FOUR TIMES. WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU ALL NEED TO ACTIVATE YOUR ARTICLE TWO OF THE CHARTER, SECTION SEVEN INVESTIGATED. I'M TELLING YOU THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS OWED TO THE TO THE TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. THEY'VE BEEN CHEATING US SINCE 2010. OKAY. IT'S A GIANT. THE NAVIGATION DISTRICT IS A GIANT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN PUNISHED. AND IT'S TIME TO PUNISH THEM.

THEY'LL BE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO COURT ON THE FIRST. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID

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GOING TO COURT SIMPLY BECAUSE WHEN THEY. WHEN THEY LOSE, THEY GOT TO BE PUNISHED. AND IT'S GOING TO BE THREE TIMES WHATEVER THAT THE PLAINTIFF IS ASKING WHAT I'M SAYING NOW, YOU ALL NEED TO, AS A COUNCIL, YOU NEED TO GO AFTER THE THE REVENUE THAT THE NAVIGATION DISTRICT OWES CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, MR. LEWIS. JUST ONE YEAR OR 2025, WE PROVIDED A LEASE IN IN IN MAY. IT WAS THE LAND WAS CLEAN IN JUNE. I'M SO SORRY, MR. LEWIS. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW? BUT YOU GOT $40 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT, THE $40 MILLION THAT THEY OWE YOU FROM, SIR, FROM THE NAVIGATION DISTRICT HAS NOTHING. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. THE SABINE NAVIGATION DISTRICT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, SIR. NOT TONIGHT. IT DOES NOT.

THE BUDGET IS THE BUDGET, AND IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED. SIR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MAYOR, THEY OWE YOU MONEY. OKAY, THAT'S NOT ON HERE. THAT'S NOT ON HERE FOR ME TO HANDLE TONIGHT AND FOR US TO HANDLE. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION, I APPRECIATE IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILMAN, CITY SECRETARY. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOBS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

PENA. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GATEWOOD. YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM. KINLAW. YES.

MAYOR. MOSES. YES. PASSES. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO NUMBER FOUR,

[VIII.B.(4) P.O. No. 7445 – An Appropriation Ordinance Approving And Adopting A Budget For The City Of Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation For The Ensuing Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2026 And Ending September 30, 2027 In Accordance With Section 12.03 Of The Bylaws Of The Corporation.]

PAGE NUMBER 12, PO NUMBER 7445, AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 12.03 OF THE BYLAWS OF THE CORPORATION. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED! SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? CITY SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD GIVE US A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOBS.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENA. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GATEWOOD. YES. MAYOR.

PRO TEM. KINLAW. YES. MAYOR. MOSES. YES. PASSES. MAYOR. THANK YOU. NUMBER FIVE PO

[VIII.B.(5) P.O. No. 7446 – An Ordinance Adopting A Tax Rate For The Tax Year 2026 (Fiscal Year October 1, 2026 - September 30, 2027). ]

NUMBER 7446. AND ORDINANCE ADOPTING A TAX RATE FOR THE TAX YEAR 2026. FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1ST, 2026. SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND. SO MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ROLL CALL. VOTE. CITY SECRETARY, COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOBS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENA. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

GATEWOOD. YES. MAYOR. PRO. TEM. KINLAW. YES. MAYOR. MOSES. YES. PASSES. MAYOR PO NUMBER 7447.

[VIII.B.(6) P.O. No. 7447 – An Ordinance Approving The 2026 Tax Roll For The Use And Support Of The Municipal Government Of The City Of Port Arthur; And Providing For The Interest And Sinking Fund And Apportioning Each Levy For A Specific Purpose. ]

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2026 TAX ROLL FOR THE USE AND SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND PROVIDING FOR THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND AND APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE. OH LORD, YOUR WORDS ARE APPROPRIATION EACH LEVY FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY I'M SORRY. ROLL CALL. VOTE. CITY SECRETARY. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOBS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENA. COUNCIL MEMBER.

JONES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GATEWOOD. YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM. KINLAW. YES. MAYOR. MOSES. YES. IT PASSES. MAYOR. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. ALRIGHT. NUMBER ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. NUMBER SEVEN ON

[VIII.B.(7) P.O. No. 7448 - An Ordinance Amending Appendix A, Zoning, Of The Code Of Ordinances Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, By Approving A Zoning Map Amendment For Approximately 27.80 Acres Of Land, All Of Blocks 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 118, 117, And 116; Part Of Blocks, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91, 114, 115, 119, 122, 123, 124, And 125, City Of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas (Located North Of Procter Street And West Of Stilwell Boulevard) Changing The Zoning Classification From Commercial Retail (CR) To Planned Development 47 (PD-47) To Establish A Planned Development (PD) District That Provides A Unified Development Plan For The Area. The Planned Development (PD) District Will Incorporate The Medium Density Residential (MDR) District And Allow Residential Construction Within The Designated Commercial Retail (CR) District Through A Specific Use Permit (SUP). Existing Homes And Homes Currently Under Construction Within The Designated Commercial Retail (CR) District Shall Be Recognized As Having An Established Specific Use Permit (SUP) Under The Provisions Of The Planned Development (PD) District; Providing That Any Person Violating Any Provision Of This Ordinance Shall Be Deemed Guilty Of A Misdemeanor And, Upon Conviction, Shall Be Fined In An Amount Not To Exceed $2,000.00, As Provided In Chapter 1, Section 1-13 Of The Code Of Ordinances, And That Each Day Such Violation Continues Shall Constitute A Separate Offense; Providing For Publication In The Official Newspaper Of The City Of Port Arthur; And Providing That This Ordinance Shall Become Effective Immediately Upon Publication.]

PAGE 13. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY, PO NUMBER 7448. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, BY APPROVING A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 27.8 ACRES OF LAND, ALL OF BLOCKS 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, ONE, 18, ONE, 17, AND 116 PARTS OF BLOCKS 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91, ONE, 14, ONE, 15, ONE, 19, ONE, 22, ONE, 23, ONE, 24 AND 125. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.

LOCATED NORTH OF PROCTOR STREET AND WEST OF STILWELL BOULEVARD. CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM COMMERCIAL RETAIL KR TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. 47-47 TO ESTABLISH A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR

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THE AREA. THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT WILL INCORPORATE THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL MDR DISTRICT AND ALLOW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT THROUGH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SUP EXISTING HOMES AND THE HOMES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT SHALL BE RECOGNIZED AS HAVING AN ESTABLISHED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SUP UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT, PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSONS VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND, UPON CONVICTION, SHALL BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER ONE, SECTION 1-13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND THAT EACH DAY SUCH VIOLATION CONTINUES, SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON PUBLICATION. Z26-10- CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. PO

[VIII.B.(8) P.O. No. 7452 – An Ordinance Amending Chapter 110 (Utilities), Article II (Water), Division 3 (Service Charges And Billing), Sections 110-91 (Rate Schedule) And 110-92 (Consumers Outside City Not Having Special Contracts) Of The Code Of Ordinances Of The City Of Port Arthur, As It Pertains To A 7% Increase In Water And Sewer Rates With Modifications Of The Schedule Of Service Charges, And Providing For Publication. ]

NUMBER 7448 PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW TO NUMBER EIGHT. PO NUMBER 7452. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 110 UTILITIES ARTICLE TWO WATER DIVISION THREE SERVICE CHARGES AND BILLING SECTIONS 110-9, ONE RATE SCHEDULE AND 110-92 CONSUMERS OUTSIDE CITY NOT HAVING SPECIAL CONTRACTS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AS IT PERTAINS TO A 7% INCREASE IN WATER AND SEWER RATES, WITH MODIFICATIONS OF THE SCHEDULE OF SERVICE CHARGES AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. I JUST NEED ONE MINUTE. JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT THE CITY CAN GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO OUR CITIZENS PRIOR TO SEEING THEIR BILL, JUST SO THEY'LL THEY'LL BE AWARE OF THE INCREASE. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, AND THOSE WHO'VE ATTENDED MEETINGS KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE PRIVY TO THIS INFORMATION YET. SO IT WON'T BE TOO ALARMING TO THEM TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. I. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. I. I GOT ONE I OH, READY? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE ARE NOW DONE. I WOULD LIKE TO GET A MOTION FOR. NO. YEAH. ONE JUST ONE THING. MAY I HAVE THE DRAFT OF THE BUDGET AT A GLANCE? OKAY.

THAT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE IN FINAL FORM. IT'S IN DRAFT FORM TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE BUDGET. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES. AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK AGAIN BEFORE WE ADJOURN, ALL OF THE CITY, THE FINANCE STAFF, YOUR WORKERS, EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON THIS BUDGET. WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD. DON'T TAKE OFF TOMORROW. NOBODY CALL IN SICK. BUT ANYWAY, I'M JUST. RIGHT, YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, EVERYBODY. CITY MANAGER, HARD WORK EVERYBODY YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK. AND WE ARE NOW READY FOR ADJOURNMENT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I WILL SECOND. I JUST HAD ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY. MAYOR, I'M ABOUT TO CUT YOUR MIC OFF. I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT BUT I, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN THEY SEE THIS MEETING AND I KNOW THE SPECTACLE THAT IS GOING TO BE. WE'RE IN NO MEANS CUTTING PEOPLE OFF FROM SPEAKING, BUT WE CAN ONLY SPEAK TO WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL, YOU CAN DO SO IN PRESENTATION FORM. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. SO THAT WAY WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THAT'S BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL FOR 50 YEARS SHOULD KNOW THAT. YES. THANK YOU. I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. I. WE ARE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Sep 22, 2026 City Council

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