Aug 09, 2022 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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DO AND WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE BEAUMONT CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY. AUGUST 9TH 2022 AT THIS TIME I WILL ASK IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. WE HAVE A FULL ROOM AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS GOES AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. SO PLEASE TAKE THIS TIME TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR DWIGHT BEN WAR. MAGNOLIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IF YOU SO PLEASE. STAND. FOR THE INVOCATION. AND OUR NATION'S FLAG. THANK YOU. WHO I STEAM AND HONORED MAYOR. MISS ROBIN MUTHONI TO THE CITY COUNCIL. TO CLERGY THAT IS PRESENT HERE TODAY AND TO INTERVIEW MY FRIEND. LET US PRAY. DID GOD OUR FATHER? IT WAS YOUR VOICE YOUR WORD. YOU WILL THE TURNED US FROM SLEEP TO SERVICE. IN THIS ANOTHER DAY. THANK YOU. EVERY TURN WE'VE MADE THUS FAR. HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF YOU. AND IN SOME , WE'VE TRUSTED YOU IN OTHERS. WE TRUSTED OURSELVES OR ANOTHER.

PLEASE FORGIVE US. WE PRAY. YOU'VE TURNED US TO THIS ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WITH OUR MAYOR. MISS ROBIN MOVIETONE. COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE, MR TURNER. PASTOR FASHION COUNCIL MEN. MR NEEL, MR. GETS MR SAMUELS, MR DURIO. UH CITY ATTORNEY, MS REED. AN INTERIM CITY MANAGER, MR BOONE CITY CLERK, MS BROUSSARD. AND EACH SUPPORTIVE MEMBER. WITH OUR CITY AND COMMUNITIES. AT HEART. AND NOW WE TURN TO YOU. YOUR EYES, NEVER SLUMBER. YOUR HANDS NEVER REST. YOUR HEART NEVER CEASE TO BEAT WITH LOVE AND GRACE AND MOC AND COMPASSION. YES SHOULDERS ARE NEVER WEARY. TO CARRY ALL OF US. EVEN WITH THE BURDENS THAT WE BAN GOT US TODAY. REMIND US.

THAT WE ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS WE ARE UNITED. AND AS WEAK AS WE ARE DIVIDED. MAKE CLEAR TO US.

THAT EQUALITY IS ONLY SAYING THIS BUT EQUITY IS FAIRNESS. MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THAT YOU HAVE CALLED US TO SERVE GET ACCESS. TO THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED FOR ALL. WE TURN TO YOU? AND WITH ALL IN MIND TOGETHER, WE STAND AND DIVIDED WE FALL. WE ASK IT IN THE NAME OF JESUS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS THE CHRIST.

WE ASK, AND WE PRAY AMEN. AMEN. AND AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US. AND I WOULD MAKE THIS FLAG I PLAYED DELICIOUS. UNITED STATES AND. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. MHM. HE IS HERE. BEFORE WE GET STARTED. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME DIGNITARIES THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. UM. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CLERGY, INCLUDING MY PASTOR, PASTOR EDISON COLBERT. AND MANY, MANY OTHER PASTORS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SHERIFF XENA STEVENS. OUR SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, DR ALLEN ALSO IN DOUBLE HCP PRESIDENT MICHAEL COOPER. ALSO JUDGE BROWN AND MR SIGGY. AND IF I MISSED ANYONE.

MY HUSBAND IS HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. BHUTAN PRESENT PROTEIN

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[Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions - Presentation by Entergy]

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THANK YOU. AGAIN THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, AND WE APPRECIATE IT. MHM NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY

[Public Comment]

THE RED LIGHT WILL BE YOUR INDICATION THAT YOU'RE THREE MINUTES OR OF RHONDA RUBIN 4 70 NORTH 15TH STREET, UH, BEAUMONT , TEXAS, ADAM NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR. AND BEAUMONT CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS THIS GREAT BODY. MY NAME IS WANDA REUBEN. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF BEAUMONT FOR OVER 40 YEARS. I CAN'T BEFORE YOU TO SPEAK ABOUT MY PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITY OF MR KENNETH WILLIAMS. I'VE KNOWN MR WILLIAMS FOR OVER 23 YEARS. WE USED TO GO TO LOVE CONTESTS TEXAS. AND LEARN HOW TO OFFICIATE BASKETBALL GAME AND HE WAS OUT TRAINER. I LIKE MANY, NO , HE WILL CONTINUE THE PROCESS AND INSTITUTE NEW INITIATIVES. THAT WILL CONTINUE. WITH THE GROWTH OF THE CITY AND KNOWN AS A SERVANT LEADER FOR WHAT HE DOES. THROUGH THE YEARS, I HAVE WATCHED HIM ASCEND THE NEW LEADERSHIP HEIGHTS. AS HE MOVED FROM HIGH PERFORMANCE CITIES TO SUPERB PERFORMANCE CITIES WITH CONTINUING IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CITIZENS QUALITY OF LIFE. CANADA IS A MAN OF IMPECCABLE INTEGRITY POSSESSES BROADENED RANGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REGARDING THE CITY MANAGEMENT. AND THE PERSONAL NEEDS TO ELEVATE BEAUMONT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. BEAUMONT WILL BE IN A BETTER PLACE. REALIZING THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL AND REALIZING NEW HEIGHTS IF YOU APPOINT MR KENNETH WILLIAMS AS A CITY MANAGER AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. RHONDA RUBIN, A GOOD CITIZEN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. TERRY ROY 91 50 SHEPHERD BY MY TEXAS ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA. GET AFTERNOON. YOU KNOW, IT'S IRONIC THAT IT'S RAINING BECAUSE YOU KNOW RAIN IS WHAT USUALLY WISEST AWAY ALL THE BAD THINGS. AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR BEAUMONT TO, UH THE CHANGE. YOU KNOW WHAT THE PREVIOUS STAFF HAVE HAVE DONE SOME GREAT THINGS, EVEN SOME GREAT THINGS FOR ME. IT'S JUST TIME THAT WE STOPPED DOING THOSE THINGS AND GET AHEAD OF HIM TO BE PROACTIVE. AND IF WE KEEP WHAT WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE BEHIND. THAT'S NO DISRESPECT TO ANYBODY. YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU COULD. AND THAT'S THAT. NOW IT'S TIME TO CHANGE TO BRING SOMEBODY ON DIFFERENT. TO GET PAST OUR EGOS AND I WOULD MEDIOCRITY IS IT'S TIME TO STOP BEING MEDIOCRE. THE CITY HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL. IT SEEMED LIKE NOBODY WANTS TO REACH THAT TENT. OH, YOU'D RATHER FIGHT FROM BEHIND. THEN TO TRY TO GET AHEAD. AND TODAY IS THE DAY TO START. AND THE GUY THAT WE HAVE SELECTED. IT'S THE PERFECT PERSON FOR THE JOB. AND IF WE DON'T DO IT THIS TIME, WE'RE NOT GONNA NEVER DO IT. SO YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR EGOS OUT OF THE WAY IF YOU EVER WANT TO GROW AS A CITY. I HAVE AN EGO ALSO. BUT I

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THANK YOU, MR ROY. MIRROR I HAVE A MONTH. MONTAS POWELL 37 80 CROW ROAD, BUT HE DID NOT CHECK ONE OF THE BOXES, SO I'M NOT SURE IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK ON ADAM ON THE AGENDA OR DOING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION. MONTAS POWELL. OKAY? CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS, 38 75 NORTH. MAJOR DR BEAUMONT, TEXAS, SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. OKAY, I'M GONNA JUST GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. UM COUNCIL MEMBER WAR TWO. YOU GOT A LOT OF RUMORS OUT THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AND, UH, I'M A JUICE. BE HONEST, UM. YOU WERE APPOINTED A CITY ATTORNEY HERE. TO GIVE YOU LEGAL COUNSEL. AND BY YOU GOING TO SEEK OTHER LEADS LEGAL COUNSEL. THAT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL AND IT IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT SHE'S INCOMPETENT. OKAY? UM. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE NEGOTIATING AND DEALING WITH.

AND I DON'T SEE YOU SEEKING LEGAL LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THAT OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL. AND THE PERCEPTION. THERE'S PERCEPTION VERSUS REALITY, WHICH, IN THIS CASE, I BELIEVE IT CAN BE ONE OF THE SAME. UM I'M GONNA JUST BE STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT JUST LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT A CANDIDATE HERE WITH AN OUTSTANDING RESUME. AND IT'S LIKE YOU WANT TO NITPICK. BECAUSE HE'S A BLACK MAN. I'M JUST TELLING YOU TO PERCEPTION THAT YOU'RE GIVING BEAUMONT UM CITY COUNCILMAN AT LARGE.

YOUTUBE YOUR CAMPAIGN. WHEN YOU RAN YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO UNITE BEAUMONT. AND BRING RACIAL RECONCILIATION ABOUT ONE YOU ARE DOING THE OPPOSITE. YOU ARE CREATING DIVISION. THIS MAN COMES WITH A RESUME. THE SMALL TOWN, BUT THEY DOUBLED IN POPULATION. THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN TEXAS. AND WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU WANT BEAUMONT TO GROW AND THEN IT'S LIKE YOU GET COLD FEET. ABOUT LITTLE THINGS LIKE THIS. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT REALLY BEING HONEST. YOU KNOW, UM Y'ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS? YOU ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS? QUIT PLAYING GAMES LIKE BEAUMONT IS TRYING TO GROW AND TRYING TO GET BETTER BECAUSE WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN A STEP BACK POPULATION WISE. AND. I'M NOT DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I KIND OF EXPECTED THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT SOMEBODY'S GOT TO SPEAK TO THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND WE GOT TO STOP THIS RACIAL DIVISION AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET BEAUMONT TO GROW. UM, I DON'T CARE HOW YOU VOTE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE. I'M ADJUSTING MY COMMENT RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU. TONY RENFRO, 61 10 BANKSTON LANE , BEAUMONT, TEXAS ITEM NUMBER ONE GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. AND MAYOR. THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION FROM LAST WEEK AND I WILL SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. THE CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS OVER THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW CITY MANAGER. GROUP. ONE WANTS TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO. GROUP. TWO WANTS TO IMPLEMENT A MUST NEEDED CHANGING DIRECTIONS AND MYTHOLOGY. GROUP ONE IS CLAIMING THE SERVANT PACKAGE IS ILLEGAL. GROUP TWO IS DEPENDING ON THE CITY ATTORNEY OPINION WHO SAYS IT IS LEGAL? GROUP ONE IS INTERPRETING CONTRACT IN WAYS TO JUSTIFY THEIR CHOICE. BY CLAIMING THE MANAGER CAN SLEEP WITH ITS SUBORDINATE. ARE ALLOWED TO THE CITY COUNCILMAN MEMBERS AND STILL GET PAID FOR IT. OR GET FINED. I'M SORRY. TWO IS READING THE CONTRACT, AND IT'S AS IT IS RED. WHERE THE MANAGER WOULD BE FIRED FOR GOOD CALLS WITHOUT SERVING PAY. GROUP WORLEY IS RAISING HELL OVER A POTENTIAL SERVICE. PAYMENT OF $300,000. GROUP TWO IS WILLING TO RISK $300,000 OUT OF A $300 MILLION BUDGET. TOGETHER THE CITY A NEW BOOST. GROUP ONE KNOWS THAT GROUP TOO. GOT THE MAJORITY VOTE. AND INSTEAD OF WORKING WITH THEM TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. GROUP ONE IS CHOOSING TO FIGHT A LOST BATTLE.

AND FURTHER DIVIDE THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. MAY 2023 ELECTIONS ARE COMING. MAY GOD

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CHRISTOPHER JONES, 10 45 DO SET BEAUMONT, TEXAS ITEM NUMBER ONEK AND SEE IF HE'S OUT IN THE HALL.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM IN THE BACK? I'M NOT SURE. MOM. ANYBODY IN LOVE? YOU WANT TO CALL THE NEXT PERSON? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE. WHO'S THE LAST PERSON THERE? HMM.

YOU JUST GIVE US A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. MILES. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. OKAY. THANK YOU FASTER THAN I THOUGHT. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER JONES. AND I COME TO YOU TO ADDRESS YOU AGAIN UNDER DELIBERATION AND HOPEFULLY ESPECIALLY BEING THAT IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM TODAY INSTEAD OF JUST I GUESS. RUMORS OF WHO YOU WERE GOING TO APPOINT. UM TODAY. THE DECISION OF A OF THE HIRING OF A NEW CITY MANAGER. WITH THE LISTED CONSIDERATIONS ON BEHALF OF MANY CITIZENS, CIVIC GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT CONSIDER AND WE'RE GLAD ABOUT THAT. THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR THE MANAGEMENT POSITION AND ASK THAT YOU INSTALL UM, MR WILLIAMS. AS THE NEW CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. UH WE ASKED THIS BECAUSE OF THE TRACK RECORD OF THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER WHO WAS OR IS THE DEVELOPER OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. DURING THE THEIR TENURE TO THE CITY. MANY OF THOSE I SPEAK FOR TODAY HAVE BEEN MADE TO FEEL THE ASSOCIATED AND EVEN EXILED FROM THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WITH OPTIONS OF RESOLVE. WE ARE NOT WILLING TO GO DOWN THE SAME ROADS EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE SAME PRACTICES. OR HAVE OUR ISSUES UNRESOLVED. THESE PRACTICES WHERE THE DEALINGS OF THE EXITING MANAGER AND SEEM TO BE THE ACTIONS AND OBVIOUS TRAININGS OF THE INTERIM MANAGER IN PLACE. NOW IS THE BEST TIME. THE BEST TIME TO SET UP THIS CITY FOR ITS NEW DIRECTION ON THAT ON ONE THAT WE THE PEOPLE CAN SUPPORT AND RALLY BEHIND. YOU WANT CHANGE? SO DO WE. AND WE FEEL THAT TODAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT CHANGE MUST START WITH A NEW CITY MANAGER. AND THE INTERIM MANAGER IS NOT THE OPTION. WE ASK THAT YOUR DELIBERATION AND EVENTUALLY OVERALL APPROVAL. IN THIS LINE ITEM. UH WITH THE POPULIST AND MANY OTHERS THAT I REPRESENT FROM OUR GREAT COMMUNITY. BY MY ATTENDANCE. AND ADDRESSING YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR GENERALS. WE HAVE ONE MORE. JEROME ALEXANDER 11 18 AVALON STREET BY MY TEXAS ITEM NUMBER ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON DOING. I JUST COME IN TODAY, YOU KNOW, LET EVERYBODY KNOW. YOU KNOW I WOULD VOTE FOR MR WILLIAMS. TO BE THE NEW WORLD COUNSELING. BECAUSE EVERY TIME I CALL MR BOONE RADIO IGNORED MY PHONE CALLS. IT WOULD BE SERIOUS SITUATIONS. I'M NOT GONNA SUGARCOAT. I'M JUST GONNA BE HONEST. DON'T BE JUST IGNORE MACAU, HE'LL GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO CALL ME SERIOUS ISSUE. EVEN NEED SOMEBODY TO PLACE THAT ANSWER OUR PHONE CALLS. WE CALL THINGS WE REALLY NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. HAVE ONE MORE MAYOR. SAM PERIGEE FOR 45

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THE MAN CHANGED HIS MIND. AND POOR RIG IT TO THIS DAY IS ONE OF MY HEROES. SO I'M NOT HERE.

EDWIN I LOVE YOU TO DEATH AND I HAD A LONG TALK WITH YOU. I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT CHRIS NOR MAYOR? I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT YOURS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT HERE TO FIGHT THAT BATTLE. I'M HERE TO GO FORWARD. I WANT THIS CITY TO GROW. WE HAVE SO BECAUSE OF CITY MANAGER SO YOU'LL KNOW. WE'RE DOING A DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE THE E T. J OF BEAUMONT RIGHT NOW. AND WE DID IT BECAUSE OUR WATER WATER PUBLIC WATERWORKS DIRECTOR DIDN'T WANT TO BRING US WATER AND SEWER AND BECAUSE OUR CITY MANAGER SAID ASKED HIM AND HE SAID, WE CAN'T SERVE IT. WE JUST SOLD A $4.5 MILLION PIECE OF PROPERTY TO A CHEMICAL PLANT COMING OUT OF INDIA. FIRST CHEMICAL PLANT IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THEM. AND IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A 30 40 $50 MILLION DEAL. I JUST SOLD CHEMICAL PLANT LOCATION OUT ON MAY 3 47. THAT O. C I THAT YOU JUST READ ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER. WE ALL I THINK, GAVE THEM SOME TAX ABATEMENTS.

SO I'M DOING MY PART. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY ELSE TO DO THEIR PART. RICHARD DUSTBINS OF THE WORLD HAS BEEN A FINE DEVELOPER IN THIS TOWN. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE AND I JUST WANT TO KEEP GOING. I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT. THIS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AT BEAUMONT IS BISHOP

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MM HMM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MIRROR. OKAY? EXCUSE ME. OKAY? I'M GONNA CALL FOR A MOTION FOR

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[1. Consider a resolution appointing Kenneth Williams to the position of City Manager effective September 6, 2022]

THAT'S BEING CIRCULATED. I WANT TO CLARIFY SOME THINGS FOR THE PUBLIC. THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT.

IT IS NOT HAVE A START DATE OR IN DATE. IT HAS A START DATE. THIS WILL BE HIS EMPLOYMENT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE IT. IN DATE. IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY THE ABILITY OF COUNSEL TO TERMINATE MR WILLIAMS AT WILL, UM, PER THE CITY CHARTER COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIX COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS DETERMINING COMPENSATION BENEFITS REQUIRED THERE IN ALSO LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THE POSTING THAT WAS POSTED BY OUR HIRED, UM FIRM TO FOR THE POSITION INCLUDED A LOT OF THE BENEFITS THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN HE HEARING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SEVERANCE UM, BUT IF EVERYONE HAS A COPY, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. THANK YOU. SO IN THAT FIRST SECTION ON PAGE TWO. 1.3. THAT SECTION HAS BEEN AMENDED TO NOW STATE THE TITLE IS CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR AN INDEFINITE TERM. THE ANNIVERSARY DATE SHALL COINCIDE WITH THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR, WHICH COMMITMENTS OCTOBER 1ST FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALARY ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SEVENTH PERIOD. EITHER PARTY MAY DECIDE TO NOT CONTINUE THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY REASON WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE A NOTICE BY COUNCILS AND CITY MANAGER AND ATTENTION NOT TO CONTINUE. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS TERMINATION HAVE BEEN UNDER SECTION 6.1 C AND THE UTILIZE OUR SEVERANCE THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S CHARTER INTO ALLEVIATING AND WE CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS NOT AN AT WILL EMPLOYMENT. ON PAGE THREE. 2.5 DEALS WITH INDEMNIFICATION. THE FOLLOWING WAS REMOVED. THROUGH INSURANCE OR AT THE POOL RISK POOL COVERAGE, IN WHICH CASE THE MANAGER RIGHT TO AGREE TO LEGAL COUNSEL PROVIDED BY THE MANGER WILL DEPEND ON THE TERMS OF THE AFFABLE INSURANCE RISK POOL CONTRACT. THE CITY IS SELF INSURED, SO WE DO NOT CONTRACT WITH RISK POOL. HOWEVER, THIS PROVISION DEALS WITH IF HE IS SUED IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY OR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES. CITY

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SECTION 2.9 IS IN ADDITION, THE MANAGER SHALL RESIDE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF CITY OF BEAUMONT. THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW, UM IN OUR CHARTER, SO WE ADDED THAT TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL, UM ON PAGE 14. ARTICLE FIVE SECTION ONE OF THE CHARTER , IT DOES SAY THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT AT THE TIME OF HIS APPOINTMENT BUT SHALL BE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF MOMENT. I'M DOING THIS TIER CITY MANAGER. AND I BELIEVE I MADE SURE EVERYONE HAD A COPY OF THE CHARTER THERE. THEIR SEAT. THANK YOU. UM 3.1. WE INCLUDED THE WORD BASE SALARY. UM SO IT READS WITH AN ANNUAL BASE SALARY, AND WE TOOK OUT THE WORD RATE. 3.3 SAME PAGE. THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE VACATION. WE HAVE PAID TIME OFF. SO ANY REFERENCE TO VACATION. WAS REMOVED AND THAT SECTION COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN P T O. PTO IS PAID TIME OFF IN THE CITY HAS A POLICY CITY POLICY TWO POINT OH, SECTION FOUR. I DO HAVE A COPY OF THE POLICY OF COUNCIL NEEDS TO REFERENCE IT. WOULD YOU STATE HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN IN EFFECT.

SO THIS PARTICULAR POLICY, UM WAS EFFECTIVE MAY 29 2019. UM IT'S OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW.

PROBABLY EVEN PICKED PAST THAT, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS THE CITY. HAD VACATION AND SICK LEAVE AT ONE POINT, AND THEN WE CONVERT IT TO PAID TIME OFF. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT THAT IT'S BEEN USED. YES MA'AM. IT'S NOTHING NEW. IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALSO NEED EMPLOYEES ARE ENTITLED TO. BUT THIS THIS SECTION WAS REVISED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CITY POLICY TWO POINT OH, SECTION FOUR. WE REMOVED LEAVE FOR THE SAME REASON THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO LEAVE. AND THEN THE COMPENSATORY TIME, UM, THAT SECTION WAS AMENDED THE MANAGERS ENTITLED TO COMPENSATORY TIME FOR HOURS WORKED BEYOND 40 HOURS DOING A MANDATORY BACK YOU ASIAN PERIOD OR CITY CLOSURE. UM THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY POLICY 2.9 AND I DO HAVE A COPY OF THE POLICY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THAT AS WELL. ALSO CAN YOU SAY HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN IN EFFECT? AND IS IT SOMETHING NEW TO THIS CONTRACT OR HAS OTHER CITY MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES BENEFITED FROM THIS. IN THE PAST. THIS POLICY HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE SEPTEMBER. 3RD 2017 THE POLYP THE SECTION THAT DEALS WITH THE MANAGER, UM IS BASICALLY IT SAYS THAT THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR OR DAYS AND HE'S WITH THE POINT WILL DOCUMENT ALL HOURS WORKED FOR EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES. BUT THERE'S ALSO A SECTION THAT SAYS IN THE POLICY THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE CITY MANAGER WHERE IT SAYS THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS , HIS HEART DESIGNEE MAY AUTHORIZE ANY EXAMPLE TO WORK OVERTIME OR COMPENSATED FOR WORK . SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALLOWED ONLY DOING LIKE CITY CLOSURES, FOR EXAMPLE, HURRICANES THAT COMPENSATORY TIME IS FOR NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES.

SALARIES UNITED PIKE WILL GET PAID EMPLOYEES ACCUMULATE HOURS. SO MISREAD TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU STRUCK. WAS A REQUEST FOR HIM TO HAVE COMPENSATORY TIME. CALCULATED AT THE RATE OF ONE FOR ONE FOR EVERY HOUR THAT HE WORKED PAST 40 HOURS AND WORK PERIOD. UH SO THOSE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES HE WAS ASKING WAS INCLUDING SERVING IT. CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION MEETINGS. YOU STRUCK THAT AND TOOK THAT THAT IS OUT NOW THE CITY POLICY AND THAT'S IN THE NEXT SECTION. WE DID ADD DISCRETIONARY TIME THE CITY DOES ALLOW FOR DISCRETIONARY TIME IN OUR POLICY. CITY POLICY TWO POINT OH 13 THAT POLICY TO POINT OUT DEALS WITH LEAVE IN GENERAL.

SO THAT SECTION DOES A LOT FOR DISCRETIONARY TIME. SO NOW THAT SECTION NOW READS. THE MANAGER IS ENTITLED TO DISCRETIONARY TIME BASED ON BUSINESS NEEDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. QUARREL DISCRETIONARY TIME WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. NOR WILL THE MANAGER BE PAID FOR DISCRETIONARY TIME OR HOURS, NOT USED, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN ACCUMULATE DISCRETIONARY TIME BECAUSE WE DO WORK LONGER HOURS. THERE ARE LATE COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE DO WORK ON WEEKENDS SOMETIMES, BUT WE ARE NOT PAID FOR THAT TIME, NOR WHEN WE DEPART FROM THE CITY WILL BE PAID FOR THAT TIME. SO IS THAT SOMETHING? YOURS THAT'S

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2019. YES, MA'AM. IT'S IS IT SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT NEW? IT'S SOMETHING THAT INTERIM CITY MANAGER WAS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT ALSO WHEN YOU'RE. A SALARIED EMPLOYEE. HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH DISCRETIONARY TIME? I MEAN, PRETTY MUCH YOUR TIME. WELL, COUNCILMAN, UM THIS PARTICULAR WEEKEND? JUST THIS JUST THIS WEEKEND ALONE. I WAS UP HERE ON SUNDAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME DOCUMENT. UM, YOU MAY NOT SEE ME TOMORROW. OKAY BUT YEAH, I'LL TAKE I'LL TAKE A LITTLE DISCRETIONARY TIME BUT OFTEN PEOPLE THAT THAT THERE'S ALSO LIKE JUST KIND OF AND I'M GOING TO PICK UP SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENT HITS. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT SEE US COMING LATER THAN EIGHT O'CLOCK CITY BUSINESSES FROM A TAKE TO 8 TO 5. UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT ME AND MOLLY ALWAYS RUN A TIGHT RACE. IF SHE LEAVES BEFORE I DO, SHE'LL TEXT ME AND TELL ME IT'S TIME TO GO HOME BECAUSE WE USUALLY THE BUILDING AROUND SIX OR SEVEN.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY PULL IN AT NINE. SO THE DISCRETIONARY TIME IS NOT, UH FLEX. WE'RE PROFESSIONALS. SO WE NEVER CHEAT THE CITY. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE MORE TIME THAN WE GIVE TO THE CITY. UM YOU KNOW HOW I THINK YOU CALL ME. Y'ALL KNOW HOW OFTEN YOU CALL AND I RESPOND. UM, AND SO THAT THAT IS WORK. WHEN YOU CALL ME ON IT ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT IS WORK. UM WHEN WE WORKED PAST SEVEN PAST FIVE THAT HAS WORKED, SO, UM, WITH THE POLICY ALLOWS US FOR THOSE PROFESSIONALS TO BE TREATED AS PROFESSIONAL AND THERE IS SOME HONESTY IN THAT, HOWEVER, IF TODD DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE HE'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THE BUDGET, I'M SURE HE'LL GET A PHONE CALL. 50. YEAH WHY PICKLES BUDGET ON THE BRAIN, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO PICK ON TOP, BUT TO THAT EXTENT LIKE IT IS BUDGET SEASON. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK ON THAT. BUT THOSE GUYS STILL COME TO WORK. SO IF THEY CHOOSE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE HER EARLY DOWN FRIDAY. HERE THERE, THAT'S YOU KNOW, CONSIDER PROFESSIONALISM, BUT NOT IN ADVANCE. BUT WE DO. DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS DO MONITOR IT THAT WE WANT TO OURSELVES. I MEAN, A JOB TO DO THAT AS WELL. YOU GUYS WILL OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T NEED TO MONITOR THAT. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR DEPARTMENT IS A DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THAT TO MY POINT I'M SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE GOING UP, CHECKING BEHIND YOU TO MAKE SURE WELL CITY ATTORNEY HERE TODAY AND YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONITORING GOING ON, AND NONE OF THESE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE EXEMPT EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE THAT . WOULD THEY TYPICALLY THE I THINK THE GENERAL IS IF SOMEONE'S LOOKING FOR YOU. YOU'VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG. SO. SO NO. UM BUT THAT THAT DOES THAT, UM, A CRUEL WAS ALSO AMENDED. IT SAYS THE MANAGER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ACCRUE.

CARRY OVER COMPENSATORY TIME AND PTO AND, WELL, ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEE UNDER, UM, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CRUEL AND PAYOUT UPON SEPARATION. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CRUDE FOR THE MANAGER IS AND THIS IT WAS ORIGINALLY 500. IT WAS CHANGED TO BE IN LINE WITH OUR POLICY, WHICH IS 1280 HOURS. ACCUMULATE LEE BEYOND THIS THRESHOLD WILL EXPIRE AND SHE'LL BE FORFEITED IF NOT TAKEN. THIS IS AGAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY POLICY TWO POINT OH, SECTION FOUR. C UM I WILL TELL YOU THAT NEW EMPLOYEES ARE CURE OUR CREW TIME AT ABOUT, UM, 4.62 HOURS RIGHT, AND THAT IT'S BASED ON YEARS OF SERVICE. SO THE MORE YEARS OF SERVICE YOU HAVE THE MORE HOURS A GROUP FOR PAY PERIOD, SO IT TAKES A REALLY LONG TIME TO GET TO THAT 12 88. UM BUT IT WAS AGAIN AMENDED TO REMOVE ANY REFERENCE TO STICK LEAVE AND TO BE IN LINE WITH THE CITY POLICY. THE COMMITMENT. ONE MOMENT. I'M SORRY COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER HAS I'M SORRY, JUST TO BE CLEAR. YOU SAID THE ORIGINAL WHAT? WHAT HE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED IN THE NEGOTIATION, IT WAS AMENDED TO WHAT DUE TO WHAT HE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED 500, HOWEVER, THAT WAS IN CONFLICT WITH THE CITY POLICY . UM, SO WE AMENDED IT TO BE IN LINE WITH THE CITY POLICY, AND OBVIOUSLY HE WASN'T OPPOSED TO THAT. OKAY THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD THAT CLEARLY. YES SIR. UM UPON COMMENCEMENT DATE, THE MANAGER SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCRUED 80 HOURS TO BE USED AS PTO, WHICH IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS HAVING BEEN A CUBE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT . THESE INITIAL HOURS ARE NOT PAYABLE AT SEPARATION SHOULD THE MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT CEASED PRIOR TO THE ACCUMULATION OF PTO . HE WILL NOT BE PAID FOR ANY UNUSED TIME UNDER THIS PROVISION . UM SO ALL THAT SAYS, IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW MR WILLIAMS TO HAVE 80 HOURS. WHICH IS ABOUT, UM 10 10 DAYS, UH, UPFRONT, AND HE WILL NOT BE PAID FOR THAT TIME IF HE DOESN'T HAVE A COOL PTO SEPARATION. UM THERE IS NO CITY POLICY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. HOWEVER THIS HAS BEEN DONE. HISTORICALLY WE HAD A DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR WHEN HE WAS HIRED ON IN 2006 THAT THEY RECEIVE 80 HOURS AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE MANAGER SO THE

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OKAY? 3.5 THE WORD EMPLOYEE WAS AMENDED TO THE CITY JUST TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT. UM AND 3.7, UM. ANYWHERE THE WORD CONTRACT WAS AMENDED TO THE WORD AGREEMENT, AND WE REMOVE THE WORDS OF RENTING TO TINKER WITH THE WORD MANAGER. I THINK THAT WAS JUST A TYPO IN THE AGREEMENT. EXPENSES. WE INCLUDED THE LANGUAGE WHILE ON CITY BUSINESS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS. AND SO THAT LINE NOW READS. THE CITY AGREES TO PAY ACTUAL AND INCIDENTAL COSTS INCURRED BY THE MANAGER FOR OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL WHILE ON CITY BUSINESS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SEMINARS, COUNSELOR AND MEETINGS AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY POLICY. WE DO ALLOW, UM, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS DO HAVE A BUDGET FOR TRAVEL, AND WE DO HAVE A BUDGET FOR TRAINEES PENSIVE. NOTHING NEW. NO, MA'AM , 3.9, UM THE, UH. 75 REPLACE 50 AND THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE POLICY WITH CITY POLICY. 6.1 UM, SECTION TWO. WE ALLOW FOR A 75 MILE RADIUS AS OPPOSED TO 50 MILE RADIUS. SO THAT WAS AMENDED TO BE IN LINE WITH THE CITY POLICY. PAGE SEVEN. WE ADDED A SECTION THAT SAYS EXAMINATION OF EXPENSES. THE MANAGER SHALL COOPERATE WITH THE CITY'S FINANCE DIRECTOR AND OR THEIR DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL SO THEY CAN PERFORM A COMPLETE EXAMINATION OF THE MANAGING EXPENSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT POLICIES. UM MOST DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, INDIVIDUAL MANAGERS HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A CITY PROCUREMENT CARD. UM THOSE ARE RECONCILED MONTHLY. WE WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS AND EXPLANATION FOR OUR PURCHASES.

AND SO THAT IS STANDARD PRACTICE WITHIN THE CITY. IN SECTION 4.4 UNDER TECHNOLOGY, THE WORD EMPLOYEE WAS AMENDED TO THE WORD CITY. I'M SORRY, THE WORD MANAGER JUST TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE CONTRACT. ALRIGHT THEIR AGREEMENT. I'M SORRY. UM, ON PAGE EIGHT. UNDER TERMINATION. WE ADDED THE FOLLOWING THE MANAGER'S INABILITY TO PERFORM HIS DUTIES

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MISREPRESENTING MATERIAL FACTS. THE WORD KNOWINGLY STILL APPEARS ON MY COPY. THAT'S THE LAST MINUTE CHANGE, SO I WAS REMOVED THE WORD KNOWINGLY. AND THEN H. UM HAS BEEN MOVED TO CLASS TWO.

AND I APOLOGIZE. UM MR COUNCILMAN GETS TO BRING THAT TO MY ATTENTION. UM I THOUGHT WE HAD THOUGHT I'D FIX THAT AND THEN CORRECT IT. I APPRECIATE YOU POINTED OUT TO ME, UM BECAUSE I DIDN'T MISS THAT. I APOLOGIZE. SO YOU MOVED H TWO A CLASS TO CAUSE. YES, SIR. CLASS TO CAUSE IS NOT PAYABLE. AND THEN UNDER, UM, THE CLASS TO WE REMOVED THE WORD, UH, INDICTMENT TO JUST CONVICTION TO BE MORE IN LINE. WITH THE PREVIOUS ONE. UM AND THAT CURRENT OBLIGATIONS THAT WERE PTO NOW REPLACES COMPENSATION TIME AND BIG VACATION LEAVE. ON PAGE 10.

THERE WERE, UH AND AT FIRST WIN, WHERE'S HIS SEVERANCE BENEFITS AND NOW READS SEVERAL BENEFITS MEANS CONTINUED ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS. THE MANAGER MUST INFORM THE CITY AND WRITING OF HIS INTENT TO ALEXA CONTINUED COVERAGE AND OTHER CITIES MEDICAL PLAN AT ITS OWN EXPENSE.

FOR THE SEPARATES PERIOD UNLESS SOONER THAN MANAGER OBTAINS FURTHER, FULL EMPLOYMENT. WE ARE THE CITY DOES OFFER COBRA AND WE DO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO CONTINUE MEDICAL COVERAGE. YES I'M SORRY.

I HAD A CITIZEN AND I PROMISED THAT I WOULD ASK THIS PUBLICLY FOR CLARIFICATION. WE ARE STATING THAT WE ARE NOT COVERING HIS WIFE'S INSURANCE. THE CITY ISN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR COVENANTS WRITES INSURANCE CORRECT AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE CITY OFFERS INSURANCE TO EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS. THIS CONTRACT IS NOT PAYING FOR HIS INSURANCE, THE PREMIUM FOR HIS INSURANCE OR FOR HIS WIFE'S INSURANCE. HE WILL PAY THE PREMIUM JUST LIKE ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE WILL. HOWEVER, WE'VE AGREED TO PROVIDE THEM INSURANCE , SO THE CITY IS A PART OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD. WE PAY THEM THE EMPLOYEE'S PAY A PREMIUM. SO IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN MY INSURANCE PACKAGE. THANK YOU. THE SEVERANCE PERIOD HAS BEEN AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOW. AND THIS IS A NEW ADDITION. SO MAY OR MAY NOT APPEAR IN YOUR COPY. SHOULD THE MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT TERMINATE WITH LESS THAN TWO YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY. THE SERVANTS COMPENSATION SHALL BE ONE YEAR OF THE BASE SALARY SHOULD EMPLOYMENT CONTINUE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS? THE SEVERANCE COMPENSATION SHOW REDUCED TO SIX MONTHS FOR A BASIS OF THE BASE SALARY.

NOTHING IN THIS PROVISION SHALL CONSTITUTE A TERM OF EMPLOYMENT. SO YOU CAN STILL FIRE HIM. BUT THE SEVERANCE PERIODS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THOSE PERIODS. UM. IN THE SECTION 3.2 SECTION C.

NUMBER THREE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PAY THE VALUE OF ALL CURRENT OBLIGATIONS, SEVERANCE AMOUNT AND THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO FULFILL ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE SERVICE BENEFITS AS DEFINED ABOVE, AND JUST WHETHER YOU'LL SEE THAT SECTION A LOT. THE SERVICE BENEFIT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA LOCK HIM TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR HEALTHCARE THROUGH COBRA AND SO FORTH. WHICH HE PAYS HIMSELF. YES. UM ON PAGE 11. 6.4. THREE IS THAT SAME LANGUAGE, BUT IT SAYS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE SERVANTS AMOUNT,

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IN DEEP D IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CITY PARTNER. BELIEVE, ADDED NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHOW ALTER OR MODIFY THE CITY'S OBLIGATION TO THE MANAGER PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN THIS OBLIGATION REGARDING THE SEVERANCE, SO THE CITY CHARTER DOES ALLOW FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, UM FOR THEIR MANAGER IF HE'S TERMINATED WITHIN SIX MONTHS. UM AND SO HE IS ENTITLED TO THAT AND THE CHARTER, SO WE INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT AS WELL. 6.5 THAT DEALS WITH RESIGNATION.

WE'VE TOOK OUT ANY REFERENCE TO VACATION AND COMPENSATORY TIME. AND REPLACE IT WITH P T O WE'VE ALSO REMOVED THAT LAST SENTENCE. THE PROVISION DOES NOT ADDRESS THE RESIGNATION, SO WE'VE REMOVED THAT SENTENCE. UM AND 6.6. WE'VE REMOVED ANY REFERENCE TO THE WORD RENEW HAS BEEN REPLACED TO CONTINUE. WE ALSO ADDED THAT THIS FORM OF SEPARATION DOES NOT ENTITLE THE MANAGER OR HIS ESTATE TO SEVERANCE PAY OR SEVERANCE BENEFITS. IN SECTION 7.3 SURVIVE SAVINGS CAUSE I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR CITIZENS BEFORE WE MOVE ON. SO IF HE RESIGNS BY CHOICE. HE DOESN'T RECEIVE A SEVERANCE RESIGNED THAT CLEAR THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, COMMENT THAT A CITIZEN CALLED ME WITH THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACT SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR THE TRANSPARENCY, SO IF HE DOES RESIGN, HE WILL NOT RECEIVE SEVERANCE PAY THERAPY RESIGNS OR DADS. WE DON'T PAY SERVANTS AND WE NO LONGER ALLOW ACCESS TO THIS, UH, OUR INSURANCE TO HIS SPOUSE. THANK YOU ONLY THING WE WOULD PAYOUT WOULD BE HIS LAST. WHATEVER MONIES WERE OWING ON HIS LAST CHECK AND HIS PTO. 73.3 SAVINGS CLAUSE ADDED THE FOLLOWING ANY REFERENCE TO THE CITY CHARTER CITY OF BEAUMONT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL BE THE LATEST VERSION IN EFFECT. 7.6 WE ADDED THE LINE. AND THIS STILL ISN'T NOTICE. IT'S HIS CURRENT ADDRESS. BUT WE SAID OR HIS BEING CURRENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE BECAUSE THE CITY DOES. THE CHARTER DOES REQUIRE HIM TO LIVE IN THE CITY. AND HERE THAT DAYS INCLUDE THE COMPARISON OF THE CHANGES, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. UM THIS IS HIS APPOINTMENT IS BY RESOLUTION JUST LIKE ANY OTHER OTHER APPOINTMENTS. WHEN YOU POINTED THE CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE POINT BY, UM, RESOLUTION IN THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION. THAT WAS THE LAST RESOLUTION THAT WAS APPOINTED. UM. IT INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE, ALL OTHER ALLOWANCES, COMPENSATION BENEFIT TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY. OBAMA WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. AND THAT'S INCLUDING ALMOST EVERY RESOLUTION. UM. FOR EMPLOYEES THAT YOU GUYS ARE POINT OR APPROVED. SO ALL THIS AGREEMENT DOES. IT'S JUST OUTLINE IN THE VERY SPECIFIC DETAILS. WHAT THOSE ALLOWANCES, COMPENSATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE I DON'T VIEW THIS AS SOMETHING THAT VIOLATES THE CHARTER. I DON'T VIEW THIS AS SOMETHING. UM THAT CAN'T BE DONE. IT'S JUST IT'S A PREFERENCE. WE'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. IF COUNCIL CHOOSES, UM NOT TO DO IT. THAT'S FINE, BUT, UM, I HAVE RESEARCHED THE ISSUE. I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT THIS PARTICULAR FORMAT VIOLATES OUR CHARTER, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT. IT IS, UM SOMETHING THAT SHOULD GIVE COUNCIL GREAT PAUSE. THE SERVANTS PACKAGING ITSELF DOES NOT CREATE A CONTRACT. UM. I CAN SAY WE DO RESOLUTIONS WHERE YOU AGREE TO PAY. UM A BASE SALARY. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO I C M A S THAT YOU OFFER CAR ALLOWANCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE ALLOWANCE TO THE POLICE THAT YOU GUYS APPOINT? UM WE'VE JUST NEVER DID IT IN THIS FORMAT BEFORE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR GOING THROUGH THAT LINE BY LINE. WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO THE AUDIENCE IS THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AN EXECUTIVE ITEM. I CHOSE TO DO IT. PUBLICLY FOR TRANSPARENCY. BECAUSE I WANT THE PUBLIC. I WANT IT ON RECORD. I WANTED ON FOUL SO THAT EVERYONE WOULD HEAR EVERYTHING WE WOULD HAVE, SAID AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO THEREFORE IT'S OUT FRONT. EVERY COUNCIL THAT'S SITTING HERE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE

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OF OUR CITY CHARTER. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR ATTORNEY AND HER STAFF. FOR A JOB. WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. SO. AT THIS TIME BEFORE YOU MOVE FOR EMOTION, AND I'M SORRY I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS. WE DID IN IN PREPARATION FOR THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN. UH FOR ONE, COUNSELOR. THAT IS, IF I LIKE THE CHARTER, AND THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER COUNSELOR TO GET, UM, TO SEE WHAT THE NORM WAS. WE DID REACH OUT TO TML WHO REVIEWED OUR CHARTER WHO LOOKED AT SOMETHING. AND MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS. BUT THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION DID PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATEMENT. COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT? AND I HAVE A COPY FOR THE COUNCIL AS WELL. WILL THAT ALSO BE SHARED ONLINE? CAN PLEASE. HAVE IT POSTED. IT SAYS THIS MEMO IS PRESENTED IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FOR ANALYSIS TO THE BIBLE. ITTY LIMITATIONS ENROLL OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR COMPENSATION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS. CMA IS A LEADING VOICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT WITH NEARLY 13,000 MEMBERS WORLDWIDE WHO SERVED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS UNDER VARIOUS FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. I, CMA HAS FOUND THAT EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS OR A PARTICULAR USEFUL INSTRUMENT BY WHICH THE ELECTED BODY MAY HOLD THE MANAGER SLASH ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNTABLE FOR PERFORMANCE AND SUPERTEC TO THE MUNICIPALITY AS AN EMPLOYER. ADDITIONALLY AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY TO CLARIFY THE LEVEL OF COMPENSATION PROVIDED TO THE MANAGER SLASH ADMINISTRATOR. FORMS OF THEIR DUTIES. THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED IS WHETHER THE ELECTED BODY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. ONE ARGUMENT HAS BEEN RAISED TO RIGHT TO WORK STATES SUCH AS TEXAS IS WHETHER CONTRACTS CAN BE USED AT ALL. THE TEXT OF WORKFORCE COMMISSION PROVIDES CLARITY ON THIS MATTER , STATING THE BASIC RULE OF TEXT. EMPLOYMENT LAW IS EMPLOYMENT AT WILL, WHICH APPLIES TO ALL PHASES OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP. IT MEANS THAT ABSENT A STATUTE OR EXPRESS AGREEMENT, SUCH AS AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT TO THE CONTRARY, EITHER PARTY IS AN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP MAY MODIFY ANY OF THE TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OR TERMINATE THE RELATIONSHIP ALTOGETHER FOR ANY REASON OR NO PARTICULAR REASON AT ALL, WITH OR WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE, EMPHASIS ADDED. SO A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. UNCERTAINTY PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE RIGHT TO WORK NATURE OF THE TEXAS EMPLOYMENT LAW. THE QUESTION THEN IS WHETHER THERE IS A STATUTE ESPECIALLY PROHIBITING THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FROM ANY INTO AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. A HOME RULE CHARTER. THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, HAS THE POWER OF SELF REMNANTS IN THE CITY CHARTER SERVES AS A GUIDING DOCUMENT STIPULATING THE POWERS AND AUTHORITY GRANTED TO THE CITY AND ITS AGENTS. THERE'S NO PROHIBITION IN THE IN THE CHARTER THAT DENIES THE CITY COUNCIL FROM ENTERING TO A CONTRACT OR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. ANY OTHER NATURE, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION AT THAT POINT RIGHT THERE. UM IT SAYS ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT OR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. THEY'RE USING THOSE WORDS SO NOT, UH, ANONYMOUSLY.

THEY'RE SAYING THE SAME THING AND EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND A CONTRACT OR THE SAME THING AND EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT IS A CONTRACT BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE AND CONSIDERATION, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IT CAN BE SAVED, SAID ANY DIFFERENT THAN AN APPOINTMENT AGREEMENT IS NOT A CONTRACT. THIS IS IN MY OPINION. THIS IS JUST THAT OF THE ICY MAY AND I JUST WANTED TO READ IT. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO RELY ON THIS, AND WE'RE GONNA TO RELY ON ALL OF IT. AND THEY'RE USING AND THEY'RE THEY'RE USING THE WORDS ANONYMOUSLY. PLEASE LET HER FINISH. GO AHEAD. IF YOU ALLOW ME TO FINISH, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT ANY QUESTIONS. I GUESS THAT ERASED FROM IT. UM IT SAYS THE CHARTER DENIED CITY FROM DENIES THE CITY FROM ENTERING TO A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT OF ANY NATURE. THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL MAY RELY UPON AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDED THE AGREEMENT ITSELF ISN'T IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY PROVISIONS STIPULATED IN THE CITY CHARTER. SPECIFICALLY THEY EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT SERVES AS A MECHANISM THAT CODIFIES THE RELATIONSHIP CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY CHARTER UPON THERAPEUTIC, THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. THERE ARE FOUR SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS PLACED UPON THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITH NO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT MAY DENY THE CITY MANAGER NEED NOT BE APPOINTED, BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, BUT DURING ITS TENURE OF OFFICE, HE SHALL RESIDE IN BEAUMONT. ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION

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PHONE SUPPORT THE CITIES THAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO GENERALLY AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT THEIR CITY MEANS IS OUR OUR CITIES, OUR SIDES AND JUST THE MAKEUP. I'LL TELL YOU THAT, ON AVERAGE, THE CITY COMPENSATION WAS BETWEEN 2 62 TO 80. SO. ALSO I'M SORRY. I WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING HERE THAT CAN WE LET THEM ADDRESS THIS? OKAY WANT SOME MEMBERS WANTED THAT TO BE INCLUDED FOR WINDOWS FISCAL YEAR. 23 START OCTOBER 1ST OF WHAT YEAR? 2022 CORRECT. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO HER OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR. I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS YES. CORRECT SO IF HE WAS TO GET THIS MONEY THIS OCTOBER THAT IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 AS WE ASKED, CORRECT. TECHNICALLY YES. THAT'S ALL I HAD. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS WHEN WE POSTED THIS JOB AS BEING AVAILABLE. WE POSTED THE TOP SALARY AS BEING 2 50. NOBODY ACQUIRED ANYBODY TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THIS JOB. IT WAS POSTED AT 2 50. IS THAT CORRECT? IT WAS OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER, BUT JUST TO PIGGYBACK WE POSTED TO 50 NOT BASED ON THE SALARY STUDY. WE JUST POSTED 2 50. THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING SIMILAR TO OUR SIZE AND SMALLER WHEN YOU ACTUALLY TRYING TO ATTRACT A CITY MANAGER. THEY CAN DO THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR OUR CITY TO DO SO. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO ASK. DID WE DO A SALARY STUDY PRIOR TO POSTING THAT SALARY? TO MY KNOWLEDGE. WE DID NOT THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL ON PAGE SIX, AGAIN UNDER 3.9 UNDER THE VEHICLE BALANCE. UM I'M FINE WITH ALL THAT. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, AND THERE IS IF WE COULD ADD A CLAUSE IN THERE THAT, UM THE INSURANCE WILL MEET OR EXCEED STATE REQUIREMENTS. UM THE 30 60 25 COVERAGE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL? THE 3.9 THE VEHICLE ALLOWANCE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE INSURANCE, SO WE'LL GIVE HIM $10,000 A YEAR FOR A CAR ALLOWANCE. AND THEN WITH THAT MONEY HE HAS TO PROVIDE, UH 30 60 25 INSURANCE COVERAGE. AND IN THE EVENT THAT THAT THAT CHANGES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT IN THERE THAT HIS INSURANCE WILL MEET OR EXCEED STATE REQUIREMENT. SO JUST TO GET THE LANGUAGE PROPERTY WE CAN SAY UM OR MEET OR EXCEED STATE REQUIREMENTS. AT ALL. OR I CAN SAY AT ALL TIMES THE COVERAGE SHOW MEET OR EXCEED YOU HAD THAT IN THERE. YOU COULD TAKE THE 30 60 20 OUT. 30 60 25 SORRY. I THINK IT'S PUT IN MORE FOR LIKE A BASE SO THAT YOU KNOW? THAT IT IT SHOWS LIKE THE MINIMUM UM,

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MEET STATE MINIMUMS, RIGHT? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE. ALL RIGHT. I GOT ONE LAST LITTLE AREA. SO ON PAGE EIGHT. LET'S SEE HERE. 6.1 UNDER THAT DETERMINATION CALLS, UM. WHAT PAGE? ARE YOU ON PAGE EIGHT. OKAY SO IT DEFINES THE FANS WOULD CALLS IS AND THE FINES IF YOU FIRE SOMEBODY FOR GOOD, ALL OF THE STEPS YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH, SO WE HAD TO WALK THROUGH THIS. IF YOU LOOK AT 6.3 OH, YOU CHANGED ON ME A LITTLE BIT. HANG ON. GO TO GOOD CALLS TERMINATION UNDER CLASS ONE CAUSES. GLAD YOU'RE HERE. THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO. THE MAJORITY OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL HAS TO VOTE TO PURSUE PURSUE A TERMINATION FOR CALLS. NUMBER TWO. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF DETERMINATION FOR CALLS HAS TO BE ESTABLISHED. THE NUMBER THREE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PAY THE VALUE OF ALL CURRENT OBLIGATIONS, SEVERANCE AMOUNT IN THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO FULFILL ITS OBLIGATIONS OF SEVERANCE BENEFITS. SO THEN YOU DOWN TO THE SEVERANCE BENEFITS. YEAH AND THERE'S THREE ON THAT AS WELL.

UM THE AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE VALUE OF THE MANAGERS, THEN CURRENT YEARLY SALARY. BE THE VALUE OF THE INTERNET OBLIGATIONS COMPUTED ON AN HOURLY BASIS. AND THAT HOURLY BASIS. MOTHER WEIGHS $120 AN HOUR AND YOU TAKE THE CURRENT CELERY WHICH IS 2 52 100 BY THE 2080. AND THEN SEE IS CONTINUED HEALTH INSURANCE. CONTINUED ACCESS TO HEALTHY TRUTH, OKAY? SO. THIS IS WHERE I STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO IF YOU GO BACK TO PAGE NINE AND GO TO THE CLASS ONE CALLS US AND ALL OF THESE RIGHT HERE IF WE TERMINATE HIM FOR THESE FOLLOWING 10 ITEMS, WE GOTTA PAY HIM A STEP SEVERANCE PACKAGE SO WE CAN SUPPORT THAT WE GET THROUGH THESE A FAILURE TO FULFILL THE CITY MANAGER'S DUTIES AS REQUIRED IN THIS AGREEMENT, CITY CHARTER OR CITY CODE ORDINANCES. IF HE FAILS TO DO THAT, WE FIRE AND WE GOTTA PAY SEVERANCE PACKAGE. BE INCOMPETENCE OR INEFFICIENCY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY MANAGER'S DUTIES AS DOCUMENTED BY EVALUATIONS, SUPPLEMENTAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM THE COUNCIL, WITH COUNSEL BEING THE ENTIRE BOARD AND NOT AS INDIVIDUALS, SO THIS GUY IS INCOMPETENT AND WE FIRE HIM. WE GOTTA PAY SEVERANCE PACKAGE. SEE? FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE DOLLS AND AUTHORITIES. IF HE FAILS. TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE WALLS AND AUTHORITIES AND WE FIRE HIM.

WE'VE GOT TO PAY A SERVICE PACKAGE. THREE NEGLECTED DUTIES. YOU GOT TO PAY MY SEVERANCE PACKAGE. FALSIFYING RECORDS OR DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE CITY'S ACTIVITIES AND OR MIS MISREPRESENTING MATERIAL FACTS TO THE COUNCIL OR OTHER CITY OFFICIALS IN THE CONDUCT OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS. IF HE MISREPRESENTS SOMETHING KNOWINGLY TO THIS COUNCIL, AND WE FIRE HIM. YOU GOTTA GIVE HIM A SEVERANCE PACKAGE. WE REMOVED ENGAGING IN A ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A SUBORDINATE JUST A MINUTE AGO. AH VIOLATION OF THE R C M A. T C. M A CODE OF ETHICS. THE A. C. M. A, BY THE WAY IS THE REFERENCE LETTER THAT WE JUST RECEIVED J. ANY OTHER REASON CONSTITUTING GOOD CALLS UNDER ESTABLISHED TEXAS LAW. SO BASICALLY ANYTHING YOU FIRE THIS GUY FOR EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING ILLEGAL. YOU GOT TO PAY HIM A TERMINATION CALLS. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE IT STARTS WHERE ALL THE WHERE IS STUFF IS AND MARIA, JUST ONE. THE MANAGER BELIEVED THAT AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THE MANAGER MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY, THE MANAGER AND THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE. I DON'T SEE HOW ANY OF THOSE CLAUSES IN THERE ARE BENEFICIAL TO ANYBODY EXCEPT MR WILLIAMS. SO I DID REACH OUT TO MR WILLIAMS AGAIN. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, RIGHT, MR GATES. UM I DID REACH OUT TO HIM. AND WHAT HE SAID WAS, IS THAT A LOT OF THESE THINGS CAN BE SUBJECTIVE. UM AND SO THE SEVERANCE IS MEANT TO AGAIN. UM PROTECT THE COUNCIL AND HIMSELF . UM BUT A LOT OF A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DID LIKE HE SAID THEY REMOVED THE SEX WAS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS TO WHICH IS SOMETHING I REALLY THOUGHT WE DID. BUT HE SAID, YOU KNOW,

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THERE HAS TO BE SOME GOOD CAUSE, AND THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF WHAT GOOD CAUSE COULD BE. AND IN THE EVENT THAT WE DID TERMINATE HIM. WE'D HAVE TO OUTLINE WHICH ONE OF THESE WERE AND GIVE HIM NOTICE OF THAT AGAIN. SO IT'S STATING THAT IF ANY OF THESE CAUSES IF HE WAS BEING FIRED FOR ANY OF THESE CAUSES, WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHICH ITEM WE'D HAVE TO GIVE CARS HAVE TO GIVE HIM WRITTEN NOTICE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER REMEDIATED ESSENTIALLY TO DEFEND HIMSELF IN THAT REGARD TO JUSTIFY IT, AND THEN WE WOULD AGREE THIS AVERAGE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY? COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THAT IT CAN BE SUBJECTIVE, YOU SAID, BUT HOW IS FALSIFYING? RECORDS OF DOCUMENTS. MIS MISREPRESENTING MATERIAL FACTS AND COULD YOU COULD YOU CLARIFY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND AUTHORITIES ? WHAT WAS YOUR INTERPRETATION THAT BIG? THAT'S A RARE GENERAL ONE. BUT ESSENTIALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TARTAR THAT REQUIRED TO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM BE PRODUCED AT A CERTAIN TIME. AND IF IT'S NOT PRODUCED, THAT'S IN VIOLATION OF YOU KNOW THE CHARTER SO THAT WOULD BE FAILING TO PROVIDE COMPLY. THE AQABA LAWS? UM, I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE GIVE REPORTS, WE MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE FACTS THAT HE MISREPRESENTED SOMETHING. UNINTENTIONALLY THAT CAN BE MISREPRESENTING TO COUNSEL. I CAN TELL YOU AS WE'VE DEFINITELY DONE A SALARY STUDY AND THEN COME OUT AND SAY NO, WE DIDN'T DO IT A SALARY STUDY. THAT WOULDN'T BE ME INTENTIONALLY LYING TO YOU, BUT I WOULD HAVE MISTAKENLY GAVE COUNSEL FALSE INFORMATION. UM YOU CAN ALSO SAME THING ON THE DOCUMENT. UM THE MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNING DOCUMENTS ON FOR JUST ABOUT EXECUTING DOCUMENTS ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THE COUNCIL, SO WE WERE LYING ON HUMAN ARAB. YOU A DOCUMENT. I RELY ON THE EXPERTISE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PREPARED IT. THE MANAGER RELIES ON MY AUTHORITY TO SAY THAT IT'S LEGAL AND SOUND. BUT THERE COULD BE SOME THINGS IN THERE. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN NOT TRUE. AND UNDER AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT BECAUSE THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE TO BUSINESS OF COURSE. UH SUBSTANTIAL. YES, UH, AND LET ME LET ME JUST SAY THIS UPFRONT TO THE CITIZENS AND REMIND THE COUNCIL SO EVERYONE CAN APPRECIATE THE MOMENT. THE FIRST AGREEMENT THAT WE RECEIVED WAS TUESDAY AND EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE SECOND AGREEMENT WAS FRIDAY AND OUR PACKET THIRD AGREEMENT WAS YESTERDAY AT 5 15 BY EMAIL AND THE FOURTH AGREEMENT WAS PUT IN FRONT OF US WHEN WE SAT DOWN AT THIS DIETS AND THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH ACCOUNTS. I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU. BUT THIS IS THAT THE ONE THAT DOCUMENT THAT YOU RECEIVED ON TUESDAY WASN'T AN AGREEMENT. IT WAS JUST TERMS AND CONDITIONS EASY TO MISTAKE. AND SO, UH, THE THEY REQUEST THE PROPOSAL THAT MR WILLIAMS WAS ASKING OF US TO CONSIDER WAS GIVEN TO US ON TUESDAY. THE OFFICIAL UH UM. AGREEMENT WAS ON FRIDAY. THE SECOND OFFICIAL AGREEMENT WAS YESTERDAY AT 5 15 AND THE THIRD OFFICIAL AGREEMENT WAS TODAY AS WE SAID AT THE DIOCESE AND AS THE CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED, THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIAL. SOME COSMETIC, SOME IS SUBSTANTIAL. AND WE'RE EXPECTED TO ASSIMILATE THIS INFORMATION AND VOTE ON IT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. I'M NOT SURE THAT ANY BUSINESS MAN OR WOMAN IN THIS ROOM I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ENTER INTO ANY TYPE OF ILLEGAL AGREEMENT. WITHOUT. FATHER STUDY AND REVIEW. THE OTHER THING I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT TYPICALLY THESE TYPE OF THINGS ARE POSTED SO OUR CITIZENS CAN REVIEW IT. AND THEY CAN MAKE COMMENTS ON WHAT WE AS A COUNCIL WHO REPRESENTS YOU ARE GETTING READY TO VOTE. I WOULD CONTEND THAT THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS ROOM THAT REALLY KNOWS.

WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS, AND I'M GETTING READY TO VOTE ON. AND I'M JUST MAKING A STATEMENT THAT PERSONALLY, THIS THIS IS A CONCERN TO ME. IT MAY NOT CONCERN ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT UH, THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS THIS IS BEING DONE, AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS TO GET A NEW CITY MANAGER. I DO. BUT LET ME JUST REMIND ALL OF US THAT THE FIRST INTERVIEW THAT WE HAD WITH THE THREE CANDIDATES WAS ON JUNE THE 22ND. AH BETWEEN THE 22ND AND NOW IN SEVEN WEEKS. DURING THAT SEVEN WEEKS. WE HAD THREE WEEKS WHERE WE COULD NOT MEET. ONE WAS JULY 4TH ONE THAT WERE SICKNESS AND THEN THE THIRD ONE. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO TECHNICALLY, WE'VE HAD FOUR WEEKS TO REALLY CONSIDER THIS AND PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE, AS I THINK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BELIEVE THAT THIS PROBABLY WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION. THAT WE WILL NEVER MAKE WHILE SITTING ON COUNCIL. I KNOW COUNCILOR SAMUEL, YOU'VE ONLY DONE THIS AND 30 SOMETHING YEARS. YOU'VE ONLY HAD THIS FOUR TIMES. I MEAN, SO IT'S AND HE'S BEEN HERE AS I SAID FOR A WHILE, SO THIS IS A SERIOUS DECISION.

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UH IN CLASS ONE. THEN I UNDERSTAND THE SEVERANCE PACKAGE HAS TO BE PAID OUT, OKAY? IF WE TERMINATE HIM FOR CLASS TO THE SEVERANCE PACKAGES NOT PAID OUT. CORRECT CURRENT OBLIGATIONS ARE AND THAT WOULD BE CURRENT OBLIGATIONS BE HIS LAST PAYCHECK AND ANY ACCRUED PTF THAT ONE THERE IS. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. YES SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT EVEN THOUGH THAT THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL CHANGES, MOST IN MAJORITY OF THE CHANGES WERE TO BE INCONSISTENT. BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY POLICY. UM MOST OF THE CHANGES IF NOT ALL OF THE CHANGES MINUS A COSMETIC, WHERE I JUST CHANGE SOME TYPOS AND WHATEVER, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE CHANGES WERE TO BECOMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY POLICY TO THOSE ESSENTIALLY ARE IN FAVORITE OF THE CITY. UM MR WILLIAMS WAS AWARE OF THAT, UM I WILL SAY THAT COUNCIL HASN'T BEEN DATE CONTRACTS AT THE DAYS BEFORE WHERE THEY'VE ASKED FOR THINGS TO BE AMENDED. SO THIS ISN'T A UNUSUAL PRACTICE. I THINK THAT THE AMOUNT OF CHANGES UM WE'RE SLIGHTLY OVERWHELMING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LONGER AGREEMENT. BUT TRADITIONALLY, UM WE DO LIKE TO POST THE FINAL. I GOT THIS IN MY OFFICE VERY LATE, BUT I WANTED IT TO BE AVAILABLE TO COUNSEL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY PUT ON THE AGENDA. THERE WAS A WAY THAT I COULD HAVE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND JUST KIND OF GAVE YOU ALL THESE CHANGES THE LAST MINUTE BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE AGREEMENT TO BE POSTED IN TO BE VIEWED BY CITIZENS. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AGAIN THAT THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, UM, WERE MADE TO REFLECT CITY POLICY. SO THAT WAS ELIMINATING SOME, YOU KNOW, REFERENCE TO COMPENSATORY TIME AND HOW IT WAS ACCUMULATED AND REVIEWED AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND HOW TIME ESSENTIALLY WAS CALCULATED BY THE CITY, AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. THAT ISN'T MEANT TO KIND OF BAMBOOZLE THE COUNCIL. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS SOMETIMES DEAL WITH ASPHALT AND WATER LINES AND SEWER LINES, BUT IN DEALING WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR ME, THIS RISES TO A NEW LEVEL, AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT I MENTIONED IT, AND I DO APPRECIATE OUR CITY ATTORNEY. SHE'S BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL. AND JUST OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS I'VE CALLED HER THREE TIMES. OVER THE WEEKEND, AND SHE TOOK MY CALL EVERY TIME AND SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME WITH ME ON THE PHONE TO ANSWER ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS, I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND THIS. AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. YOU'RE BLACK MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER FELL.

SHAW YOU'RE SAYING THAT ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR DECISION. HAVE BEEN SATISFIED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTIONS CORRECT UP TO THIS DISAGREEMENT. I WAS SATISFIED AND WHAT I HAD ASKED HER, BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING ME IF I'VE COMPREHENDED ALL OF THESE CHANGES HERE IN THIS MOMENT I HAVE TO SAY NO, I HAVEN'T OKAY. BUT COUNSELOR THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUTSIDE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE AS IT THE EMAIL ON FRIDAY, THE ONLY ONES THAT REALLY CHANGED WAS THAT, UM, THE TRAVEL ALLOWANCE AND THEN THE CHANGES TO 6.1 WHERE WE MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND. UM AND CHANGE THE WORDING. THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WERE THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR YOUR EMAIL ON FRIDAY. LET ME REPHRASE THE WORD COMPREHENDED. LET ME USE THE WORD ASSIMILATE SIMILAR LATE. ALL OF THESE CHANGES AND TO LOOK AT EACH ONE. IT'S A LOT AND I THINK WE ALL YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER SAM HERE. HAVE ATTEMPTED TO JUST LISTEN TO MY COLLEAGUES AND, UM WE WERE ELECTED TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US EVALUATION OF THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN WE WERE WE ARE TO MAKE DECISIONS. I UNDERSTAND, UM YOUR CAUTION AND WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET IT RIGHT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST COUNCIL THAT'S DONE THAT. AS I STATED, I THINK I'VE BEEN THROUGH LEAST FORWARD. MOST TIMES IN PREVIOUS SITUATIONS. ONCE WE FIND CANDIDATES THAT WE FEEL ARE GOOD CANDIDATES, AND WE'VE DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST CANDIDATE THEY MOVED FORWARD WITH AN ASSUMPTION THAT THEY WILL BE GOOD FOR THE CITY AND MAKE ATTEMPTS TO DO THOSE THINGS OF WHICH IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY. THIS TIME. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD SO MANY, EVEN THOUGH THEY FOUND HIM TO BE QUITE COMPETENT. AND FOUND HIM TO BE EXPERIENCED AND FOUND HIM TO BE A GOOD CANDIDATE. WE TEND TO LOOK AND MAKE THE ASSUMPTION

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THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. BETWEEN. PUTTING SOMETHING IN A RESOLUTION. THAT ENCOMPASSES THE VARIOUS TERMS. OF COMPENSATION. AND BENEFITS. VERSUS. A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. IT IS A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT. I DON'T CARE IF YOU CALL IT AN APPOINTMENT AGREEMENT. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. IT'S THE SAME THING. EVEN AS I AM A RECOGNIZES THAT AS THAT USED THE WORDS ANONYMOUSLY. IN THEIR LETTER. THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE HAD WITH THIS ALL ALONG. IS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE THAT OF MUMBLING AND MUM ORING AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL. SO OKAY, ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. SO THE PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THIS ALL ALONG. AND I'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT IT IS THE SEVERANCE AGREEMENT.

THE NEW YORK CASE THAT WAS REFERENCED IN THE M C. M A LETTER HAS THE SAME OR VERY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES AND THAT CASE SAYS THAT DOING THIS IS ILLEGAL. OKAY LET'S JUST TAKE THAT OFF THE SHELF FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE TWO DIFFERENT LAWYERS CAN COME TO DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS AS TO WHETHER SOMETHING IS LEGAL OR NOT TOO DIFFERENT JUDGES. CAN COME TO DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS OF WHETHER SOMETHING IS LEGAL OR NOT. SO THAT CAN BE FOUGHT IN A COURT OF LAW. THAT'S WHAT COURTS ARE HERE FOR. TAKE THAT AWAY. LINKING THESE TERMS. OF TERMINATION.

THESE GOOD CALLS TERMS OF TERMINATION. TO PAYMENT OF A SEVERANCE PACKAGE. IT'S JUST A HORRIBLE IDEA FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. IT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF CITY OF BEAUMONT TO HAVE THIS DONE. I AM NOT SAYING THIS WOULD HAPPEN AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN. I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN. BUT LITERALLY UNDER THIS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. MR WILLIAMS CAN STOP COMING TO WORK. HE CAN STOP COMING TO WORK AND WE WOULD HAVE TO FIRE HIM. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY HIM. OKAY? HE COULD. BUT HE COULD. FALSIFY RECORDS OR DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE CITY'S ACTIVITIES. THAT'S NOT SUBJECTIVE. THAT'S OBJECTIVE. IF YOU'RE FALSIFYING RECORDS, YOU

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WAIT, WAIT, THAT ALSO AND I AND I JUST AND I JUST THANKED HER FOR DOING IT TOO. THANK YOU.

WE'RE WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT, NOT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF KENNETH WILLIAMS IF HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPENSATION LEVEL. OF $250,000. HE HAD ALREADY RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF BUDDHA. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO COME HERE AND THEN STARTED THERE AND START NEGOTIATING FROM THAT POINT. I MEAN, AT ONE POINT HE WANTED TO 75 YOU KNOW, AND OUR JOB IS NOTT FOR KENNETH WILLIAMS THIS TO NEGOTIATE THE BEST CONTRACT FOR THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. THIS IS NOT IT, I WILL NOT SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DIARRHEA. EXCUSE US. YEAH. WITH ALL THIS SAYING ABOUT MR WILL YOU WANT TO TELL YOU A FEW THINGS ABOUT MR WILLIAMS AND FEW THINGS ABOUT STUFF Y'ALL MAY HAVE HEARD ONLINE. MISINFORMATION. NUMBER ONE NO THREE YEAR CONTRACT. BEST.

THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. NO $300,000 A YEAR BASE SALARY. THAT'S NOT TRUE. THE $250,000 SALARY THAT WE'RE OFFERING HIM. IS LIKE THE LOWEST IN THE STATE. FOR A CITY. I WAS SIDE. I'M GONNA READ IT TO YOU HERE. UM WHEN CARL HAYES LEFT HIS SALARY WAS $245,208 A YEAR. WE HAD A POPULATION OF 115,000. WACO TEXAS HAS A POPULATION. THIS IS THIS. THESE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE 2020 CENSUS. POPULATION OF. $143,286. THE CITY MANAGER. SALARY IS 272,000 YEAR. THEY HAVE FOUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. BEAUMONT HAS NONE. TYLER, TEXAS. POPULATION OF 105,000 CITY MANAGER SALARIES $290,000 A YEAR. THEY HAVE TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, POPULATION HALF OUR SIZE. 67,000 PEOPLE. CITY MANAGER SALARIES $273,000 A YEAR. THEY HAVE TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. TEMPLE, TEXAS. POPULATION OF 85,000. CITY MANAGER SALARY IS $285,000. THEY HAVE TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. I READ THAT TO YOU GOT TO SAY WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE IN ORDER TO GET GOOD PEOPLE TO COME TO WORK TO BEAUMONT. WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE. I WANT THE BEST FOR BEAUMONT. I WANT THE BEST PEOPLE THAT WE CAN GET.

MY SELECTION FOR MR WILLIAMS IS BECAUSE HE WAS THE BEST APPLICANT REALLY? NO DISRESPECT TO MR BOOM REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. I WAS CHARGED WITH DOING THESE INTERVIEWS. ALL THE AND WE GOT 17 RESUMES AND VIDEO INTERVIEWS TO DO BEFORE WE WILL IT DOWN TO THREE. AND I DID ALL OF THEM. AND COME UP WITH THE BEST CANDIDATES, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID. BEAUMONT DESERVES THE BEST. SOMETIMES WE SAID NO SERVICE PACKAGE. THAT'S TOO MUCH MONEY TO ME ALWAYS SAYING BEAUMONT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO HAVE A GOOD CITY MANAGER. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE. WE DON'T NEED TO OFFER THEM ALL THAT WE JUST SETTLE. JUST TAKE WHATEVER BECAUSE IT'S JUST BEAUMONT, TEXAS. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. I GOT THIS JOB BECAUSE I LOVE BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BEAUMONT, TEXAS DESERVES THE BEST, AND I'M GONNA DO WHAT'S BEST. WHAT THE FOLKS ELECTED ME TO DO WAS TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS USING INFORMATION I'M GIVEN BY STAFF, LIKE THE INFORMATION THAT MISREAD GAVE MRS REID GAVE US. YOU KNOW HOW SHE ADVISED US. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANT YOU TO ABOUT HIM. WHAT HE DID IN THE CITY OF BUDDHA. HE DOUBLED THEIR POPULATION. HE UH THEY HAD A DOWNTOWN SIMILAR TO OURS. A LOT OF VACANT BUILDINGS FIELD THOSE

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ANYBODY AROUND HERE? IF YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO GET AS GOOD A JOB, YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THE BEST DEAL FOR YOU. IT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. IT'S NOT MAKING HIM A BAD PERSON AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT SAINT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT HIM IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, AND IF YOU NEVER MET HIM, YOU WOULD THINK THIS GUY'S CRIMINAL. WE DON'T WANT OUR I SAID THERE. SOMETIMES IT FELT INSTEAD OF MR WILLIAMS BEING INTERVIEWED, HE WAS BEING INTERROGATED. I HATE THEM OFF USES. PLEASE. COULD YOU HOW YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE? HE WAS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES. THAT'S JUST IT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO? WE HAVE ABOUT 61 VOTE FOR THIS THING. WE FIRST STARTED. EVERYBODY LOVED THEY STARTED LOOKING FOR A REASON. THEY STARTED, UH, TRYING TO FIND DIRT ON HIM. BAKER CHILE, WE PAID THEM 24,025 $25,000. THAT WAS THE FIRM THAT SEARCH FOR OUR CITY MANAGERS. THEY BROUGHT US ALL THOSE APPLICANTS AND THEY SAID ALL THE APPLICANTS THEY BROUGHT US OUR ALL STARS. OR ELSE THEY WOULDN'T BROUGHT THEM TO US. THEY THEY BOUGHT THEM AND IF THERE WAS ANY DIRT ON THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND IT. THEY DIDN'T AND THEY DIDN'T PRESENT TO US. SO IT'S NOTHING UNDERHANDED ABOUT CHOOSING MR WILLIAMS. NOTHING ILLEGAL AS PER OUR CITY ATTORNEY, WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW HER ADVICE WAS THAT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT IS WHAT I'M DOING. I'M NEVER HIRED A CITY MANAGER BEFORE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN HIRING FIREMAN BEFORE, BUT IT NEVER HIRED A CITY MANAGERS.

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT OH, DEAR. JUST HOLD ON BECAUSE I HAD TO WRITE NO, BECAUSE IT'S JUST A LOT THAT I LIKE. ABOUT IT HERE, MR WILLIAMS. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WE WORKED. VERY GOOD BEFORE. I THINK THE MAYOR HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. OF NOT HAVING A DIVISIVE COUNCIL BROUGHT THIS COUNCIL TOGETHER. THIS ISSUE HERE IS IT'S LIKE IT'S DIVIDING IT AND EVERYTHING. WE WERE STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE THAT. WE'RE DOING WHAT WAS IN, UH, ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER. HE WAS THE BEST APPLICANT. HE'S PASSED EVERY TEST THAT WE'VE THROWN ON THEM AT HIM. HE'S NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH. HE'S BENT OVER BACKWARDS EVERY JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HE WAS SAYING, UM, BRING ME BACK AND FORTH. JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE TOLD HIM.

NO, HE SAID, OKAY. HE SAID, OKAY. YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO GET HIM TO SAY YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE HAD ENOUGH. TAKE MY NAME OUT AHEAD. AND HE DID, AND HE HAD HE SAID.

WHEN HE WAS HE RETIRED, AND THEY WANTED TO. WHY DID YOU RETIRE IN IN? UM MARCH AND THEN IN JULY, I PUT YOUR NAME IN THE HAT TO BE HIRED AGAIN. I WANT TO SAY YOU EVER HEARD TOM BRADY. HE DID THE SAME THING. HE RETIRED TWO MONTHS LATER. I'M TIRED OF BEING RETIRED. I'M READY TO GO BACK TO WORK. I GOT OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW? YEAH, HE STILL HE STILL HAS STUFF LEFT THAT HE COULD DO MR WILLIAMS IN THE SAME THING. I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WILL CONSIDER HIM TO BE A GOAT. GREATEST OF ALL TIME. AS FAR AS CITY MANAGER. SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY YOU COULD COMPARE HIM TO A TOM BRADY HAS FOR IT ALL HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. YOU KNOW, AND EVERY PERSON THAT I'VE TALKED TO I'VE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM AUSTIN. VIEW TO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT THAT KNEW HIM THAT WE'RE FROM AUSTIN AND WHERE FROM THERE, EVERYBODY WAS SAYING HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT WANT TO APPLY AND COME TO WORK IN BEAUMONT? YOU KNOW, I'M READY FOR HIM TO, UM OPEN IT. AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER. I'M READY FOR IT. YOU KNOW? I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY. OH, MR MR WILLIAMS IS THE BEST IS THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE. I'VE EVEN BEEN ASKED, WHY DON'T YOU LIKE CHRIS? I DO LIKE MR BOONE. BUT I WAS ELECTED TO MAKE WHAT I FEEL IS THE BEST DECISION. FOR HIRING A CITY MANAGER AND I FEEL THAT

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AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE WHITE. INSTEAD OF BLACK. AND THEY CAME BEFORE US WANTING THE SAME SORT OF SEVERANCE LANGUAGE IN THERE. I WOULD HAVE OBJECTED TO IT. JUST AS EMINENTLY AS I AM. NOW.

AND LET ME GO FURTHER THAN THAT. BECAUSE I HEARD ONE CITIZEN SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A RACIAL ANIMUS.

ABOUT THIS. I CONTACTED MR WILLIAMS. I CONTACTED MR WILLIAMS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND COUNCILMAN TURNER IN THE ROOM. OKAY? AND I ASKED HIM AND I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU HAVE SOME GOOD THINGS YOU CAN OFFER TO BEAUMONT. NICE. I SAID, WE WANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BEAUMONT. I SAID, WE WANT TO DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY IN BEAUMONT. BUT MR WILLIAMS, YOU'RE INCLUDING A SEVERANCE PACKAGE AND THERE THAT GIVES ME CONCERN. IT MAY BE ILLEGAL.

BECAUSE THERE'S A COURT CASE THAT SAYS IT IS BUT EVEN IF YOU PUT THAT ASIDE. FOR ALL THE REASONS WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED TODAY. I THINK IT'S A BAD DEAL WHERE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY COME IN HERE AND DO THESE THINGS. FORCE US TO HAVE TO FIRE YOU. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO PAY YOU. I ASKED HIM TO TAKE THE SEVERANCE PACKAGE OUT. I ASKED HIM TO TAKE THE SEVERANCE PACKAGE OUT AND I TOLD HIM THAT IF HE WERE TO DO THAT, I WOULD VOTE FOR HIM AND I BET EVERYBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL WILL VOTE FOR HIM TO AND HE COULD COME HERE WITH A SEVEN OH, VOTE. AND WE COULD GO FORTH AND A DIRECT QUOTE I SAID WAS WE CAN GO FORWARD AND MAKE BEAUMONT GREAT CITY. THAT'S WHAT I SAID TO HIM NOW. TO ME. THAT LAID IT ALL OUT THERE, AND THAT TAKES AWAY ANY RACIAL ARGUMENT THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE. OKAY? BUT HIS RESPONSE WAS NO. I WANT THAT SEVERANCE PACKAGE IN THERE. AND THAT GIVES ME CONCERN. IT GIVES ME CONCERN. AND. I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT. AS I SAID EARLIER, MR GET BUT TELL. TELL TELL THEM. HE SAID HE WOULD NOT TAKE IT OUT. BUT TELL HIM WHY. HE SAID HE WOULDN'T TAKE IT OUT. I DON'T CARE. WHY WOULDN'T TAKE IT OUT. TELL THEM WHY. YOU YOU'VE TOLD YOU CAN. YOU CAN TELL HOW THAT ALRIGHT, AUDIENCE, PLEASE. ONE MOMENT. HOW'D ON ONE MOMENT YOU'VE TOLD THE WHOLE SCENARIO? OF YOUR PHONE CALL TO MR WILLIAMS, RIGHT? BUT TELL THEM WHY HE RESPONDED TO YOU WITH THE ANSWER. NO. IF YOU WANNA WERE YOU IN THE ROOM, I WAS NOT IN THE MENU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE RESPOND ONE MOMENT. ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. AUDIENCE. PLEASE, PLEASE. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE HIS WHOLE RESPONSE IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO AMPLIFY WHAT I SAID. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND COUNCILMAN TURNER WERE IN THE ROOM. THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, IT DOESN'T MATTER. AT THIS POINT, HE WOULDN'T TAKE IT OUT. AND IT CAUSES A PROBLEM FOR ME. OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER MARINER. COUNCIL MEMBER, TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER ADDARIO THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAMUEL, BUT YEAH, I THINK I THINK I'M I'M ACTUALLY GONNA YOU I'M GOING TO HELL. OKAY ONE MOMENT, PLEASE . AND COULD YOU PLEASE YIELD TO THE CITY ATTORNEY? YEAH YOU'RE GONNA WAIT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. THE REALITY IS WHEN YOU NEGOTIATE. NEGOTIATIONS BOUNCED AND IT GOES BOTH WAYS. AND ONE THING THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN DURIO. WE HAVE

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AND WHY I MEAN. SOMETIMES I WISH WHEN THEY WHEN THEY PUT THE PIT, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE PUT NONE OF THEIR PICTURES ON THE FACEBOOK. SO YOU COULD JUST WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE HIM JUST GO BY THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. YOU KNOW, BUT I'M A MAN. I THOUGHT MY CITY OF BEAUMONT WAS PASSED THAT BUT I WAS MISTAKEN, BUT I MUST CONTINUE TO WORK LIKE THAT. I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO BE COLOR BLIND. YES THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. SO I WOULD LIKE, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I DIDN'T DRAFT THE CONTRACT OR DRAFTED AGREEMENT. WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL ON, IT MERELY JUST MADE THE CHANGES THAT I THOUGHT WERE NECESSARY COUNSELING GETS. I DID ASK THAT SOME OF THE WE AMEND CLAUSE ONE. CLAUSES AND MR WILLIAMS WAS NOT AMENABLE, HE SAID. THAT WAS IN HIS OPINION. THE PURPOSE OF THE SEVERANCE WAS TO PROTECT THEM FROM BEING TERMINATED. UM UM, JUST AT A WHIM, AND SO THAT'S HE WANTED TO LEAVE IT IN, BUT HE HE DID AGREE TO MOVE. UM SECTION H TWO, CLASS TWO AND MAKE SOME OTHER TAKE OUT THE KNOWINGLY. WOULD YOU REQUIRE HIM TO HIRE HIGHER CAUSE SO JUST IT'S JUST BLATANT AT THIS POINT. UM BUT I DID TRY TO IN MY OPINION. NEGOTIATE WHATEVER NEGOTIATE WHAT I FELT LIKE WAS THE BEST. AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. UM IN OTHER NEWS, I PASSED OUT A RESOLUTION FROM 2002, WHERE A PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, DO YOU GET A FOUR MONTH SEVERANCE? UM SORRY THAT THIS IS LATE IN THE GAME, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAD TO GO WAY WAY BACK. UM THANK YOU, UH, TWO PEOPLE ASSISTED WITH THIS OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, BUT THIS JUST SHOWS THAT THERE IS A PRESIDENT'S FOR IS NOT NEW. TO THE CITY. HE DID OFFER A FOUR MONTH SEVERANCE IN 2002 UNDER MARYLAND, EVELYN LORD FOR THE RESIGNATION OF THE CITY MANAGER AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU. ONE MOMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL, COUNCIL MEMBER. FELT SHOT AND COUNCIL MEMBER GETS UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. TWO THINGS ONE. TO ADDRESS UH, MR PERIGEE. UH I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. UH AND YOUR FAMILY IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND I KNOW YOU LOVE BEAUMONT. UM THE ONLY THING I'M ADDRESSED IS WE DISCUSSED IT. I TOLD YOU WHERE I STOOD. YOU TOLD ME WHERE YOU STOOD. I DID TELL YOU, UH, THAT I HAD SPOKE TOLD YOU WHY I DID NOT SUPPORT CHRIS. AND I'VE ALSO I TALKED TO CHRIS ABOUT WHY I DID NOT. I MEAN, MR BOONE ABOUT WHY I DID NOT SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS UNDERCOVER TALK. I'VE BEEN STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH YOU, AND I RESPECT YOU AND BEING STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH ME. NOW. I'VE SAT HERE. AND I'VE TRIED. NOT TO DO THINGS THAT I WOULD ORDINARILY DO. BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO COME ACROSS AS BEING PERSONAL. OR PETTY. BUT WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER TWO HOURS. AND I DID NOT CALL FOR A POINT OF ORDER. WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER GETS JUST BEGAN TO BROADCAST WHY HE'S SAYING THE THINGS THAT HE'S SAYING IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

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THAT COACH WAS ALEX DURLING. AND HE SAYS, SOMETIMES WE MAKE CAKES. IT'S ABOUT THE INGREDIENTS THAT WE PUT INTO THE CASE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE CHOCOLATE CAKES. SOMETIMES WE HAVE VANILLA CASE. BUT IT'S THE INGREDIENTS THAT GO IN. THIS IS THE INGREDIENTS. WE CAN BE GOOD STEWARDS. WE CAN HELP MOVE BEAUMONT FORWARD. OR WE CAN BE A REASON THAT WE PUT THE BRAKES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING GOOD IN BEAUMONT BY FIGHTING. I'M TRYING TO BE A GOOD TEAMMATE. AND I HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE. TO WASTE. TIME. ENERGY AND EMOTIONS. PLAYING GAMES.

COUNCIL FRUITFUL SHOW. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS MOTION THAT IS ON THE FLOOR. IS SIMPLY THE SEVERANCE PACKAGE. THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE CAUSE ONE. UH, PAYOUT. THAT IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO ME THAT WE COULD END UP PAYING OUT OVER THE QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FOR WHAT WE ALL WOULD AGREE WOULD BE BAD BEHAVIOR. NOW DO I THINK THAT MR WILLIAMS WOULD EVER DO THAT? NO, BUT I DO STRUGGLE WITH ATTACHING A SEVERANCE PACKAGE. TO CAUSE ONE BEHAVIOR. REQUIRING THE CITY TO PAY OUT. UM MY ISSUE, AS WITH THE OTHERS ARE NOT WITH MR WILLIAMS. I'VE TALKED TO HIM MORE THAN ONCE. HE SEEMS LIKE A VERY GRACIOUS MAN. I JUST THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT OUR CITY IS STRAPPED WITH THIS TYPE OF AN AGREEMENT AND I WAS HERE TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS. AND TO TRY TO FIND THE BEST. AGREEMENT FOR YOU AND I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL THAT A MAN THAT COULD ANY MANAGER ANY ANY MANAGER MALE FEMALE ANY MANAGER? COULD COMMIT ONE OF THESE. OFFENSES AS LISTED AND WOULD STILL RECEIVE THAT TYPE OF A PAYOUT. AND WITH THAT, SAID MAYOR CALL FOR THE QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL SO , THE ONLY OTHER REQUEST I HAVE SO NOBODY HAS NOBODY HAS A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS ALL THE WORDS IN IT, INCLUDING WHAT WE DID TODAY. IS THERE? IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET ALL THAT DONE SO WE CAN EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A COPY OF THAT BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY. UM YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE WORDING RIGHT? SO WE'LL HAVE TO BUILD ON THIS THING ONE TIME. BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS CHANGED. THAT'S HOW COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL AND I JUST WANT. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE YOU KNOW, THE GREAT THING ABOUT ABOUT THIS COUNCIL IS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO THEIR OWN CHOICE, LIKE MR PRIDDY SAID. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO GET DISAGREEMENTS DIVIDED THEN. THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY LOW, BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY VOTED DIFFERENT THAN ME DOESN'T MEAN I HATE THEM FOR THEIR WHO THEY ARE AND THEIR DECISION, UH, IN DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER, THEN COUNTS NUMBER DURIO OVER OVER THE LAST YEAR OVER THIS EXACT MATTER. VOTE VOTE YOUR YOUR FEELINGS, VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE AND JUST BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH YOU ON IT DOESN'T MEAN I HATE YOU. AND I RESPECT THE SAME THING. I MEAN, THAT'S EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO THEIR OWN VOTES. THANK YOU, MAN. I DO AGREE, COUNCILMAN. UH, I DON'T HATE THE PLAYER. I JUST HATE THE GAME. COUNCIL MEMBER, DARIA, I'D HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN NEIL ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS. THIS COUNCIL. WE VOTE AND WE DISAGREE , AND WE MOVE ON. WE MAY HAVE RAISED VOICES FOR A MINUTE. IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. NEXT THING

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THAT WAS ADJUSTED. THANK YOU. UH BUT THEIR SEVERANCE FOR WHATEVER REASON. HE WANTS IT IN THERE AND TO ME. YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT THING TO DO WOULD BE I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE PROTECTION ABOUT MAYBE PERHAPS A NEW COUNCIL GETS ELECTED IN IN MAY OF 23. MAYBE THEY JUST DON'T JIVE AND THEY WANT TO REPLACE HIM FOR YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO REPLACE IT. I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO HAVE PROTECTION AND THAT CIRCUMSTANCE BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO HAVE PROTECTION WHEN YOU FALSIFY RECORDS OR GIVE BAD INFORMATION , OR, UH, TO COMPLY WITH YOUR DUTIES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AND THAT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT'S ME. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. I THINK ONE THING WE HAVEN'T DONE TODAY IS ACKNOWLEDGED ALL THE WORK THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY DID THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS. THE REALITY IS SHE HAS GOT EXTREME AMOUNT OF CALLS FROM THE OPPOSING SIDE AS WELL AS THE SUPPORTERS SIDE.

SHE'S EVEN SAT IN MEETINGS AND ATTEMPTED TO MEDIATE BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES. AND I THINK THE REALITY IS WE HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE TO WORK THAT I CITY ATTORNEY HAS DONE. AND EVEN PRIOR TO THIS VOTE, I DO WANT TO THANK CHRIS BOONE IS INTERIM. I GOT A HIGH LEVEL OF RESPECT FOR YOU, BROTHER. I DO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT PURPOSE, ALL RIGHT? OKAY I'M GONNA CALL FOR THE VOTE IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS MR PERIGEE. I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM MR PERIGEE. I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING MR BOONE. BUT I DON'T THROW THE ROCK AND HAD MY HAND I NEVER HAVE AND I NEVER WILL. MY DADDY TOLD ME. WHAT DID YOU DO? EVEN IF I GOT IN TROUBLE I STOOD UP TO IT, AND I ALWAYS WILL, BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR WORD. AND I WENT TO CHRIS. AND I SAID CHRIS. IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE NOT A GOOD PERSON. I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT IT IS THE TIME FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. FOR THIS JOB, AND I SAID I WANTED IT TO COME FROM ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HEAR IT FROM ANYONE ELSE. AND HE THANKED ME FOR THAT. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY ON CAMERA, WHERE THE MEDIA A CITIZENS THAT ARE NOT HERE CAN SAY THANK YOU. FOR THE JOB THAT YOU'VE DONE. IT TAKES A LOT TO COME AND SIT IN HERE. TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE VOTED ON FOR A JOB THAT YOU STEPPED IN. AND YOU, MAN. AND HELD THE WHEEL FOR US. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO SAY, AS I SAID BEFORE, TO OUR ATTORNEY, IF YOU THINK SHE HAD A LOT OF LONG NIGHTS, SUNDAYS, SATURDAYS AND WEEKENDS. ONE NIGHT WE DIDN'T GET OUT OF HERE TO ALMOST NINE O'CLOCK AND THEY CAN ALL TELL US A CHECK THE CLOCK. IT'S TIME BECAUSE AFTER YOU'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER, YOU START TO REPEAT YOURSELF. AND AT SOME POINT SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE CONTROL. AND SAY WE ARE REPEATING OURSELVES AND IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I TOOK THAT STEP AS MAYOR IN THE LAST EXECUTIVE MEETING THAT WE HAD

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AND AGAIN AS COUNCIL MEMBER, DURIO SAID. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB, AND YOU'RE NEGOTIATING A JOB FOR YOURSELF. YOU'RE NOT GONNA SAY YEAH. JUST PAY ME $5.76 AN HOUR LIKE I MAKE RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO IN AND ACCEPT WHATEVER SOMEONE OFFER YOU. YOU'RE GONNA NEGOTIATE THE BEST. FOR YOURSELF AND FOR YOUR FAMILY, AND THIS IS ALL THIS MAN HAS DONE. AND ALSO HE HAS WORKED 15 YEARS AS A CITY MANAGER. DO YOU THINK HE'S GONNA JEOPARDIZE HIS NAME HIS INTEGRITY TO COME TO BEAUMONT AND NOT DO WHAT IS RIGHT? SO AT THIS TIME, AND THIS POINT I AM CALLING FOR THE VOTE. MANNER MAY I AMEND MY MOTION? YES, SIR. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. UH, AND MAY I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT. I HAVE A MOTION TO THE AMENDED ORIGINAL MOTION. AND I HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY. AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A RECORD VOTE. PLEASE SHOW YOUR HANDS. WHEN WE DO RECORD VOTES THAT CLARK CALLS THE NAME, YES. BHUTAN YES, PROTEIN DURIO? YES GETS NO COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. YES FAILED. SHAW, NO COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL. THANK YOU . THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRY FOR THREE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER. OKAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[2. Consider a request to extend the deadline to commence construction for a school expansion located at 7720 Park North Drive]

NUMBER FIVE ENSURE ALL PORTABLE BUILDINGS WILL BE ACCESSIBLE VIA 88 GUIDELINES FROM THE PARKING LOT DROP OFF AREA. AND FINALLY, NUMBER SIX MODULAR BUILDINGS MUST MEET ALL CITY OF BEAUMONT BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS. AGAIN. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THIS EXTENSION DUE TO DELAYS. DUE TO COVID 19, AS WELL AS FUNDING ISSUES. THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE SAME SIX CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR IN THE DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR . PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES

[3. Consider a resolution receiving the proposed FY2023 Budget and scheduling a public hearing]

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ARTICLE SIX SECTION TO THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRES THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL AT LEAST 45 DAYS PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. IN ADDITION, SECTION FOUR REQUIRES COUNSEL TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD ON AUGUST 23RD 2022 AT 1 30 PM AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CITY HALL. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SAMUEL STEPPED OUT FOR A MOMENT. BEFORE CALLED FOR THE VOTE. YEAH I'M GONNA WAIT SO THAT HE COULD VOTE. THAT'S IN THE MEANTIME, MAYOR REAL QUICKLY. IF I COULD. I WOULD JUST POINT OUT AGAIN. WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU ALL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF THE BUDGET AND CALL FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING. ONE THING I ALSO POINT OUT AS WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A WORK SESSION ON THE BUDGET, UH, NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT. THE BUDGET SPECIFICALLY THE TAX RATE THAT WE ARE AT WILL PROBABLY ASK YOU ALL TO SET NEXT WEEK. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO PROBABLY TODD SIMINO OR CFO. THE LEGISLATURE HAS CHANGED THE LAWS ABOUT HOW THAT SET RECENTLY. IT IS A COMPLICATED FORMULA THAT OUR CFO AND THE BUDGET STAFF HAS TO CALCULATE. IN ORDER TO SET THAT TAX RATE. UM AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REACH OUT TO HIM DIRECTLY. AND MAYBE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, BUCKET, CLARIFY JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SETTING THE PROPOSED TAX RIGHT NEXT WEEK. YOU WANT TO PROVE A TAX RATE TILL TILL SEPTEMBER. YEAH JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, AS AS AS MR SEMINAR MENTIONS. WE HAVE TO SET IT IN ORDER TO ADVERTISE IT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD. BUT YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT STUCK WITH THAT NEXT WEEK. THANKS FOR ASKING MEMBERS TO SET IT. MR MANAGER PRIOR TO LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, I REQUESTED, UH, ON LAST WEEK, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU RESPONDED TO ME TODAY. REQUESTED THAT WE SEE A SALARY STUDY TO LOOK AT OUR MINIMUMS AND SEEING COMPARISON TO WHERE WE ARE WITH OTHER CITIES. HONESTLY I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD AND WE ARE, IF NOT, WE'RE NOT IN COMPETITIVE RACE OR HAVE A PLAN TO GET TOO COMPETITIVE RATES. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT I AM LOOKING STILL TO RECEIVE THAT SALARY STUDY SO I CAN ACTUALLY COMPARE WHAT OUR MINIMUMS ARE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES SIMILAR TO OUR SIDES. YEAH YES, SIR. AND SO OUR HR DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR FINANCE GROUP. WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR LOWEST ESSENTIALLY ARE LOWEST IN PAID EMPLOYEES. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UM AND SO HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE BUDGET. WE WILL. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT NEXT WEEK. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAMUEL HELD THE VOTE UNTIL YOU GET BACK. WE ARE ITEM NUMBER THREE. RESOLUTION RECEIVING THE PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET. AND SCHEDULING THE PUBLIC HEARING, OKAY? MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE PROOF. HAVE EMOTION. MAY I HAVE A 2ND 2ND MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSE THE MOTION

[4. Consider a resolution receiving the proposed 2023 Capital Program and scheduling a public hearing]

ARTICLE SIX SECTION 20 OF THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRES COUNSEL TO SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED CAPITAL PROGRAM. THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING THAT A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD AUGUST 23RD 2022 AT 1:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CITY HALL. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I HAVE A SECOND, THE MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR IN A DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRY MAY HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER

[5. Consider an ordinance amending the boundaries of the wards of the City of Beaumont for election purposes]

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[6. Consider authorizing the Interim City Manager to amend the Tax Abatement Agreement with Suez Water Technologies & Solutions, Inc. ]

START THEN. ABATEMENT. NO SIR, WERE ASKED THEIR ASKED, ADDITIONALLY, ASKING ACTUALLY ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME SO THEY HAD NOT STARTED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT

[COMMENTS]

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HELLO MADAM MAYOR. HELLO MY NAME IS MONTY IS POWER PRESIDENT. OH, HOW IN HEDGES. A NATIONAL OUTREACH ORGANIZATION. AND UM, WE ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO PUT ON A MASSIVE EVENT.

UM IT'S GONNA BE A MARCH FOR HOPE. WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT OF HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS AND, UH. MYSELF I WAS A PRODUCT OF HOW WHEN HE

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WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE, TROY PFANNER, AND SYLVESTER TURNER, THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON. AND WE WENT OUT AND WE ACTUALLY TRANSFORMED LIVES OF PEOPLE THROUGH GOSPEL CONCERTS AND ALSO MARCHES AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO WE WANT TO DO A MARCH WITH ABOUT 304 100 PEOPLE. UH WE'RE TRYING TO MARCH ON CROW ROAD. AND WE WAS TRYING TO SEEK SOME ASSISTANCE FROM YOU GUYS TO ACTUALLY, UH, EIGHT US WITH MAYBE SOME ESCORTS TO GO DOWN DOWN THE STREET IN MARCH ONTO THE CONCERT SETTING. AND SO WE'RE HERE TO ACTUALLY HELP BEAUMONT MOVE FORWARD. WE WANT TO ASSIST YOU GUYS WITH THE CRIME IN THE AREA AND WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND MULTIPLE CITIES. AND SO WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS TO ACTUALLY ASSIST US IN YOUR CITY. WELL, THANK YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE DATE OF YOUR EVENT 27 OF THIS MONTH. AND THE ADDRESS. OKAY? YES 37 80 CROW ROAD WILL BE HOSTING A THREE DAY REVIVAL OR AT OUR CHURCH LOCATION THAT WE'RE JUST NOT PURCHASE AND THE MARCH WILL ACTUALLY, UM, CORRALLED THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND TO INVITE THEM TO THE NEW CHURCH HOME. WELL THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE NEED ALL THE HELP THAT WE COULD GET, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR USED THE ONE THING I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU CALL, UH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. TO REQUEST A PERMIT. FOR YOUR MARCH. AND YOU NEED TO DO THAT, PROBABLY TODAY. I THINK YOU NEED LIKE A TWO WEEK UM, WINDOW. PRIOR TO YOUR DATE, BUT CALLED THEM TODAY SO THAT YOU COULD REQUEST YOUR PERMIT. FOR YOUR POLICE ESCORT. IT'S THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT THERE, TRAFFIC ACTUALLY CAN GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT AND THEY CAN DIRECT YOU TO THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHAT THEIR HOUSE, OKAY AND THAT'S UH ON ARLENE STREET. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET A TICKET, AND YOU HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE JUDGE THAT BUILDING BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND YOUR INPUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I DID SPEAK WITH SOMEONE THIS MORNING FROM YOUR CONGREGATION, AND, UM, WE WELCOME IT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR CHRISTOPHER JONES. 10 45 DO SIT BY MY TEXAS HE WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT HE IS COMING FROM THE OVERFLOW ROOM. WAS HE HERE? I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS HERE. OKAY? THANK YOU, MA'AM, BUT THEY HAVE TO RUN THIS TIME. UH GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING A DECISION. AH ON TODAY ON, UM, AT LEAST MOVING FORWARD, MOVING THE CITY FORWARD WITH A NEW CITY MANAGER. I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL, UH , AND WHATEVER TEAM THEY DEVELOP , ESPECIALLY THROUGH YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU LIKE I SAID, OR MY DIRECT ACCESS, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM TO WHATEVER. WE HAVE IN STORE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'VE NEVER SEEN A PROCESS SO GRUELING. UM EVEN WITH OUR PAST CITY MANAGER UM AND THE TORT REFORM THAT WAS THROWING THAT COUNCIL A WHILE, BACK. UM I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT. BUT I WILL SAY I DO APPRECIATE UM, THREE OF MYE ENVELOPE FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE SECURE AGAIN. UP PRIDEFUL FUTURE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, REGARDLESS TO WHO TAKES US THERE. AGAIN I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. AND FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR JONES. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. OKAY? AT THIS TIME I WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS AND I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THANK YOU. COUNTER MEMBER SAMUEL UPSET ENOUGH. NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FELT SHARP. NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. NO COMMENT. WHOA! COUNCIL MEMBER GETS NO COMMENT. HA HA HA! COUNCIL MEMBER DURIANE

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ALSO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THIS SATURDAY. MR SAM PETERSON'S 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY READ. A PROCLAMATION OF AMERICA COULDN'T MAKE IT. HE'S A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY. A LOT OF US WENT TO. HE TAUGHT A LOT OF US IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND, UH IT WAS A PLEASURE BEING ABLE TO DO THAT FOR HIM. ALSO LAST WEEK, I WORKED WITH BEACON CHURCH THEY WERE HERE WITH HARVEST FOR LOST SOUL. AND IT'S A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS COME BACK DOWN, AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOME WORK TO DO. YEAH, AND SO KENNEDY. ANDREWS CALLED ME AND ALL THE CALL AND I SAID, UM, I MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS, AND WE ENDED UP GOING OUT TO THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF WEEDS TO PULL OUT THERE AND I ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND PULLED SOME WEEDS, BUT VERY NICE PEOPLE . UM, AND WE SURELY APPRECIATED THEM COMING DOWN HERE AND VOLUNTEERING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK. AND LAST. I JUST WANT TO SAY JUST WAS REALLY. LIKE MR JONES SAYS. THIS IS A HARD DECISION AND GRUELING DEAL, BUT I'M GLAD WE MADE IT THROUGH. AND I THINK IN THE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THESE DECISIONS THAT WE DIDN'T ALL AGREE UPON. BUT I THINK WE AGREED TO DISAGREE, AND WE MOVED ON, AND, UH UM, I'M STILL GOOD WITHOUT EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL. UH NO, I GOT I WENT TO A CONFERENCE AND, UH, ALWAYS ALMOST ALMOST STEAL THAT THEY HAVE PERSONS SAY I LOVE ALL OF Y'ALL AIN'T NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT RIGHT? THAT'S ALL I'M HERE.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN AMADOU. YEAH BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS I DID THINK OF A COMMENT NOT RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ELVIS MOVIE, WE OUGHT TO GO SEE THAT ELVIS MOVIE. IT WAS REALLY GOOD. I GOT MY WIFE OUT. SHE UH SHE ENJOYED IT. SO IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD MOVIE. THANK YOU. AS CITY ATTORNEY. I THINK I TALKED A LOT TODAY. NO COMMENT. WELL, YOU EARNED ALL YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. MHM AND MR BOONE. NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY, UM.

LIKE BEFORE. I COULD EVEN GET YOUR NAME OUT. TODD I JUST WANT TO ECHO WITH THE CITY MANAGER SAID EARLIER. I REALLY DO WISH Y'ALL WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO CALL ME OR I'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU THIS NEXT WEEK ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS. THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS CHANGED THE WAY WE CALCULATE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE TWICE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. IT'S RATHER COMPLICATED. SO THE MORE I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU BEFORE THE WORKSHOP, THE MORE YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE RATE SETTING PROCESS, THE MORE PRODUCTIVE OF WORKSHOP WILL HAVE THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, UM. I WAS IN PHOENIX ON FLEW OUT TO PHOENIX ON SUNDAY. BLUE BACK LAST NIGHT DROVE IN FROM HOUSTON GOT HOME ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK. SO I AM SAYING ALL OF THAT TO SAY THAT I MISS THE CANDLELIGHT VISUAL FOR OUR FOLLOWING OFFICER SHEENA YARBOROUGH. AND OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE BUT TO THE YARBOROUGH FAMILY. UM YOU ARE ALWAYS IN OUR PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES. CONTINUE TO THAT FAMILY AND HER HUSBAND, TYLER. AND I AM SORRY I DID MISS IT. UM ALSO, I WAS IN PHOENIX. UM FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS. UM COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA. WHOM I WAS A MEMBER FOR 32 YEARS OF THAT UNION, AND THEY INVITED ME TO SPEAK ON A WOMAN'S FORM, AND IT WAS FORMER COMMUNICATION WORKER OF AMERICA, REMEMBERS THAT ARE NOW ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND SO, UM I WAS HAPPY TO GO AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE UNION THAT SUPPORTED ME AND THAT I WAS A PART OF AND THEY WERE VERY ENLIGHTEN ABOUT BEAUMONT AND TO HEAR THAT I WAS THE FIRST FEMALE UM MAYOR TO BE ELECTED. AND SO, UM SHEILA JACKSON LEE WAS ALSO THERE. UM MAYOR TURNER COULD NOT MAKE IT BUT I BELIEVE HE DID SEND HIS REPRESENTATIVE, SO IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY BIG CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS. AND, UH, I REALLY ENJOYED IT. ALSO, UM AGAIN, ATTORNEY READ. I CANNOT SAY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE. EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID. UM TO MAKE ALL OF THESE CHANGES. ALL OF THESE

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THAT WAS HANDOUTS THAT THEY WERE RUNNING UPSTAIRS AND PULLING AND PRINTING AND BRINGING DOWN TO US AND I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. THIS IS MY SEVENTH YEAR NOW, AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS WAS PRETTY GRUELING. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME SOMETIMES WE COME IN HERE. AND WE'RE OUT ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK . BUT THEN THERE'S SOMETIMES WHERE WE'RE HERE TO NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. AND, UM AND THE CALLS.

DON'T STOP. UM WE GET CALLS, WEEKENDS AND PEOPLE KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR, AND, UH YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S PART OF THE JOB IS PART OF THE TERRITORY. WE WERE ELECTED TO SERVE. AND I TOOK A NOTE AND I AND I'M GOING TO SERVE AND I'M GONNA DO MY PART TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. BECAUSE WHEN I LAY DOWN AT NIGHT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I SLEEP AS I NEED MY REST. I'M GETTING OLDER. AND, UM SO, UM, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UM PORT ARTHUR, COUNCIL MEMBER, CAL JONES WAS IN THE AUDIENCE. OKAY HE DID LEAVE. BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND ALSO PRESENT IS PRESIDENT EMERITUS VERNON DURDEN. AH! FROM THE 100 BLACK MEN, AND SO JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TODAY. BUT ALSO HOW MANY TIMES WILL YOU SEE ENERGY PRESENTING A CHECK AS NORMALLY WE'RE WRITING THOSE CHECKS EVERY MONTH, SO I WANT TO THANK KEITH PAULSON YOUR AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE GREAT WORK FOR THE MONEY THAT UM, WE WILL BE SAVING OUR CITIZENS THE ENERGY EFFICIENT PORTION OF THAT, NOT TO MENTION WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND YOU AND YOUR STAFF. AND ALSO, UM, MR PETERSON. AH UM , NEAR PRO. TIM THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR GOING OUT AND READING THAT PROCLAMATION FOR ME FOR MR PETERSON 90TH BIRTHDAY. HE WAS ONE OF OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS, UH, AT HEBREW HIGH SCHOOL. RETIRED DRAFTING. HE WAS A DRAFTING TEACHER. HE WAS A DRAFTING TEACHER, AND, UH, HIS WIFE, MISS PETERSON. SHE WAS OUR SCIENCE TEACHER IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT TOTEM. SO, UM I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY AND SORRY I COULDN'T MAKE IT ON SATURDAY. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT. I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THE PROCESS OF CITY COUNCIL WORK TO ITS FULLEST TODAY. UM AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA ALWAYS AGREE. WE HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE, AND IF WE AGREED ALL THE TIME, IT WOULD BE NICE FIELD, BUT AH, THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT IT'S THE PROCESS AND SO YOU SAW THE PROCESS GO FORWARD. TODAY WE HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM A PART OF ANOTHER HISTORY MAKING MOMENT HERE IN BEAUMONT. BECAUSE HE WILL SERVE AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CITY MANAGER IN THE HISTORY. OF THE CITY SO, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE DO NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE WE HELD IT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU SO THAT THE CITIZENS COULD SEE THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

AND GO OUT AND AGAIN, AS I

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.