Sep 13, 2022 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE MOMENT CITY COUNCIL TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 13TH AND GIVEN OUR INVOCATION WILL BE EXECUTIVE PASTOR, MARK ADAMS FOR FIRST BAPTIST. WHEN YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD. EVERYONE WILL YOU PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND PLEASE STAND IF YOU SO CHOOSE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG. EVERY FATHER WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSING OF LIFE THAT WE OBTAINED FROM YOU. GOD YOU ARE MAGNIFICENT AND YOU LOVE US AND YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT BY SENDING YOUR SON TO DIE FOR OUR SINS. THERE'S ONLY THROUGH HIS SHED BLOOD THAT WE EVEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOUR THRONE. SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HONOR YOU AND WE WORSHIP YOU TODAY, DEAR GOD FOR WHO YOU ARE. FATHER I PRAY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR. I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD SEEK YOUR WISDOM AND THAT YOU LEAVE SO BLESSING TO GIVE THAT TO THEM FATHER AS THEY LEAD OUR GREAT CITY. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE. FATHER IS FOR YOUR PURPOSE . AND FOR YOUR GOOD AND FATHER, WE PRAY THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WILL. FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE COUNCILMAN OR MAYOR WHO SERVED YOU FAITHFULLY AND TAKE UP THEIR TIME TO DO THAT, AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEIR LIVES TREMENDOUSLY. I PRAY FOR OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN THE HOSPITALS. PEOPLE WHO DO SERVICE IN THIS IN THIS GREAT CITY. I PRAY FOR THEM AND ASK THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED HIM AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE EXTENDED TO BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AND WE PRAY THAT WE WILL BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT. WE PRAY ALL THIS BY THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. AMEN THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLANT. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLYING STRAIGHT AMERICA. THANK YOU VERY PUBLIC. ONE NATION. YEAH, INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU, PASTOR ADAMS. MAY I HAVE THE WORLD CALL, PLEASE? MR MORTON PRESIDENT, PRO TEM DURIO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS PRESENT. TURNER PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THANK YOU. THANK YOU ON

[Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions]

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MAYOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK, QUICK RUNDOWN OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE AT THE RIGHT CENTER OF THE RICE CENTER IS A NON RESIDENTIAL CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. WE'RE ACROSS AGE ACROSS DISABILITY TO ASSIST THEM TO LIVE MORE ACCESSIBLY ACCESSIBLY INCLUSIVELY IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES, AND A PART OF THAT IS ALLOWING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES EQUAL ACCESS TO PERFORM THEIR CIVIC DUTY. AND ONE WAY WE CAN DO THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, WHERE WE PARTNER WITH REV UP OUT OF AUSTIN, AND THEY'VE THEY'VE TEAMED WITH WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED MOVE TEXAS, AND THERE'S A WEBSITE CALLED MOVE. TEXAS .ORG/ REGISTER. AND FOLKS CAN GO ONTO THERE. WE DON'T HAVE ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT THIS IS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET. THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND CHECK THEIR REGISTRATION STATUS. THANK YOU GO ONLINE AND CHANGE THEIR ADDRESS IF NEEDED, AND IF NEED BE, THEY CAN FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND HAVE IT MAILED TO THEM WITH A ADDRESSED ENVELOPE TO THEIR COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, WHERE THEY CAN THEN MAIL THAT IN AND BE REGISTERED TO VOTE. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT'S HELPED US DO THAT. WE HAVE A LONG TIME DISABILITY ADVOCATE AND MISS PRINCE WHO REACHED OUT TO US TO ASSIST US WITH THAT, AND WE DO THIS KIND OF WORK AT THE RICH INNER EVERY DAY, AND WE APPRECIATE, UH, BEAUMONT COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE ACCESSIBILITY TO VOTE. IN OUR IN OUR ELECTIONS, SO WE SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND WE HOPE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM OUR CIVIC DUTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF PLUNKETT. ALSO FAR CHIEF WHITE. AND ALSO JUDGE PAUL BROWN. THANK YOU FOR BEING

[Public Comment]

NO PROBLEM. UM SO I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT GOING TO BE DISCUSSED TODAY. THE INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX. AND I GUESS MY MAIN, UM QUESTION ABOUT IT IS SINCE WE HAVE SO MUCH NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON BIG HOUSES . I LIVE RIGHT OFF RFD ROAD AND THERE'S LIKE THERE WAS NOTHING THERE WHEN I MOVED AND NOT TO 97. AND NOW I HAVE 45 HOUSES ON ONE SIDE AND ANOTHER. I DON'T KNOW 40 SOMETHING ON THE OTHER AND THEN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT GOING 50 BEHIND US. SO THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG TAX REVENUE. IT'S FOREST I CAN SEE. AND I JUST WONDERED WHY, YOU KNOW THE INCREASE IN TAXES, SORT OF IMPORTANT. SEE THAT? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING. I WE CAN'T MAKE ANY COMMENT ON IT, BUT IT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN AN ITEM NUMBER THREE AND HOPEFULLY YOUR QUESTIONS ARE BEING ANSWERED IN SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

KAREN HUSBAND, 700 NORTH STREET BY MY TEXAS, SPEAKING OF ADAM, NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA. YEAH GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED WAY . BUT MORE THAN THAT, I'M HERE

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DENTON COUNTY, LUBBOCK, NEW BRAUNFELS, LAREDO SEEN ANTONIO OUR NEIGHBORING CITY OF NEDERLAND, TEXAS IS ACTIVELY REACHING OUT NONPROFITS FOR JUST THIS REASON. YET THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IS CHOOSING NOT TO MAKE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE BUDGET THAT'S BEING VOTED ON TODAY. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. UNITED WAY STANDS TO BENEFIT NOTHING FROM THIS PROPOSAL. YET THE PEOPLE OF YOUR WARDS THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT 50% BRACKET 50% OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS. IN BELMONT. OR AN ALICE. THEY'RE WORKING, BUT THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR BILLS. EACH ONE OF YOU HAS REPRESENTATIVES IN YOUR WARD THAT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. I UNDERSTAND THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE IMPORTANT. I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE HUMAN CAPITAL THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO STAND TO BENEFIT DIRECTLY. FROM THESE FUNDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAROL GARY 5. 45 J. DR BEAUMONT, TEXAS, ITEM NUMBER 10 ON THE AGENDA.

WELCOME MR WILLIAMS. WELCOME TO BEAUMONT. THERE ARE MANY TIME COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M HERE TODAY TO SHOW MY SUPPORT OF A DOWNTOWN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. WE, UM ME PERSONALLY, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. SEE THIS ADVISORY BOARD AS A COMPLEMENT TO BEAUMONT IN THE CITIES, DESIGNATION BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT CITY AND ALSO LIKE TO MENTION WHERE OUR MAIN STREET COMMUNITY AND OUR DOWNTOWN HAS DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, MAKING A DECISION TO FORM THIS BOARD AND APPOINT MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND YOU REFER TO THE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THE CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT HANDBOOK. IT'S MY SINCERE WISH THE FOCUS OF APPOINTING THIS BOARD. AS FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION OF OUR HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN AND DESIGNED TO ADVISE NEW DEVELOPERS CONFIDENT THAT LOCAL ARCHITECTS PRESERVATION IS ATTORNEYS, REALTORS, ACCOUNTANTS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN WOULD LOVE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE POSITIVE OUTCOME OF THIS BOARD, INCLUDING THE GRAND POSSIBILITY OF NEW PRESERVATION ORDINANCES TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND DEVELOP OUR BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN. I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE A DIGITAL COMPANY DIGITAL COPY OF THE C. LG HANDBOOK UPON YOUR REQUEST.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT CAN BE REACHED AT MY PART TIME JOB RETIRED NOW, BUT I'M WORKING AT BELMONT MAIN STREET, AND I THINK YOU ALL KNOW HOW TO REACH ME. THIS IS THE HANDBOOK AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO EMAIL YOU A COPY OF IT AND DIGITAL FOUR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOU. HOLLY PETERSON, 8 25. NOR WOULD DRIVE FROM MY TEXAS ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA. I CAN HELP, SO I'M HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR TURNER. THANK YOU. UM IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO COME TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'M REALLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE ISSUES IN BEAUMONT AND IT'S PART OF MY HEART. AND THERE'S MUCH BIGGER ISSUES. BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE DOG PARK. SO JUST FORGIVE ME FOR A MINUTE, BUT I PUT MY NAME ON THIS AND I GOT TO SEE IT THROUGH. UM I DON'T KNOW. IF Y'ALL HUNT DOES ANYBODY HUNT, MR OKAY? I THOUGHT, MAYBE TAYLOR. I

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AND IN THE PROCESS I MET SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING THE SAME THING I WAS DOING, AND MANY OF THEM LIVED IN APARTMENTS IN TOWN HOMES. THEY HAD NO YARD. UH AND THEY WERE DOING THE SAME THING.

AND THEY WERE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING. WHY DON'T WE HAVE A DOG PARK AT ROGERS PARK? WOULDN'T IT BE NICE AND I HAVE SAID THE SAME THING SO MANY TIMES, SO YOU KNOW, I DID THAT.

I PUT A STARTED A PETITION TO GET A DOG PARK AT ROGERS PARK. THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO. SO A LOT OF LIFE HAS HAPPENED IN FOUR YEARS. IT'S KIND OF BEEN ROUGH WE'VE HAD, LIKE NATURAL DISASTERS, WATER ISSUES A PANDEMIC. UM. ECONOMIC DOWNTURN . OKAY SO IT'S KIND OF HARD I KNOW TO JUSTIFY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS THAT DESPITE THESE DIFFICULT CHALLENGES, THE INTEREST HAS NOT WANED FOR THIS. UM WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE SIGNING THE PETITION. I STILL HAVE PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME ALL THE TIME SAYING, WHAT'S THE STATUS? WHERE ARE WE? AND I'VE OFTEN ASKED MYSELF. YOU KNOW WHY EVEN, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT NATIONAL TRENDS, UM 30% OF PEOPLE ADOPTED A PET DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND PET OWNERSHIP IS CLIMBING, EVEN THOUGH DISPOSABLE INCOME IS DECLINING. SO YOU ASK YOURSELF WHY AND SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT THIS MORNING, AND I THINK I'VE COME TO A CONCLUSION THAT TRIVIAL THINGS SOMETIMES ARE THE THINGS THAT GET US THROUGH THE TOUGH THINGS IN LIFE. SO BEAUMONT CITIZENS ARE STILL USING YOUR PARKS. THEY STILL WANT A DOG PARK AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I STARTED A PETITION FOR YEARS AGO AND I'M GOING TO SEE IT THROUGH, SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN BEAUMONT. BUT THIS IS NOT A FALSE DICHOTOMY. IT'S NOT AN EITHER, OR, UM, WE CAN HAVE BOTH AND SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO DATE, PLEASE VOTE AND NOT ONLY VOTE TO PUT IT IN THE PLAN AND IN THE BUDGET, BUT PLEASE, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND FIND IT AND GET IT DONE? THANK YOU. CHARLIE CRAB 9 28 EAST TRAP. BEAUMONT TEXAS ADAMS, 45 AND SIX ON THE AGENDA.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNCIL. MR WILLIAMS WELCOME. LOW MARKS A GOOD OPERATING CITIZEN CITY. I HOPE YOU FIND IT INTERESTING TO KEEP IT OPERATING VERY GOOD. UH, OKAY. THE BUDGET. UH I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REVENUE REMAIN THE SAME. IF THE, UH ACCORDING TO THE APPRAISAL, AND WHAT HAVE YOU JUST REMAIN, UH KEEP THE. THE TAX RATE AS IT IS OR LOWER. TO MAINTAIN A THE REVENUE. AH THE DOG PARK, I BELIEVE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET AND GIVEN A LITTLE MORE STEADY. BECAUSE I THINK IT BENEFITS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN APARTMENTS. AND I KNOW THEY LOVE LOVE TO HAVE IT, SO I THINK THEY OUGHT TO PARTICIPATE A LITTLE MORE IN THE PURCHASE OF THAT EITHER RAISING MONEY FOR THE FENCE. OR HAVE THE APARTMENT OWNERS CONTRIBUTE. AND INSTALL THE PART ON A CITY PROPERTY. AND LET THE CITY PROBABLY SUPPORTED BY ADDING THE WATER OR, UH, ANYTHING NECESSARY BUT HAVE OTHER THE DOG OWNERS. SUPPLY. THE FENCE. AND THEN THE GARBAGE TAX RATE. I THINK IT SHOULD BIG REMAIN THE SAME AND NOT INCREASE , AS IS THE WATER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT REMAIN THE SAME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. A. KEVIN PEYTON 22 13 BRIAR CLIFF BY MY TEXAS ITEM NUMBER 10 ON THE AGENDA. WAS A GREAT DAY IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOLLY, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL Y'ALL DO AND WELCOME NEW CITY MANAGER. UH MY NAME IS KEVIN PEYTON, SPEAKING

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[CONSENT AGENDA]

[1. Consider an ordinance adopting the FY 2023 Budget by a record vote ]

IS THERE A COUNCIL AGAIN AND STAFF? LET'S SEE. UM. UH THIS IS A LONG I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS, UH TO MENTION THIS TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT REMOVAL AND IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT THAT THAT WAS A REAL HELP OF REMOVING MOST OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON PARK AND PEARL AND, UH MAIN STREET, AND I GUESS THERE WAS A FEW ON ON ORLEANS STREET. WHAT I ALSO LIKE TO MENTION IS THE NEW INTERSTATE. UH, LET'S SEE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO BEGIN AND SOMETIMES IN

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OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ITEM NUMBER ONE. BECAUSE FOR A RECORD VOTE BUTTON, YES. I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT SLASH DISCUSSION. WE READ THE ITEM AND THEN WE MAGNAY. I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. I'M MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO READ THE ITEM. FIRST ME DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

FOLLOWING AH, NEXT ITEM IS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED A PHYSICAL YEAR. 2023 BUDGET BY RECORD VOTE. I SAID IT. CHARTER STATES THAT THE BUDGET SHALL BE ADOPTED BY FAVORABLE AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THE BUDGET SHOULD BE FOLLOWED ADOPTED IN THE CAUSE WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SO THE COUNCIL TAKE NO FINAL ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. THE BUDGET AS SUBMITTED BY THE CITY MANAGER SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN FINALLY ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL. AS FAR AS AN ORDINANCE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REFERRED TO AS THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE ADOPTED A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD. BEGINNING OCTOBER 1 2022 ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH 2023 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, A PORTION OF THE FUNDS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES ARE PART OF AUDIENCE AND CONFLICT ARE WITH AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERAL ABILITY.

UH THIS, UH, PHYSICALLY, YOUR BUDGET WAS SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST 9TH 2022 REVIEW DURING A WORK SESSION ON AUGUST 16TH 20 TOOK 2022 AGAIN ON AUGUST 30 2022. AND WE HAVE TO READ THIS STATEMENT IN THE COURT WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ONE OR 2.5. THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY $3,665,000 OR 6.1% AND INCLUDED IN THAT AMOUNT 5 733,043 TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY HEADED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS

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WE'RE LOOKING AT HIKES IN OUR PLACE. UM THE FIRE IS GONNA WALK. OUR DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ARE GONNA WANT TO HIKE AFTER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GIVING RIGHTS IS ACROSS THE BOARD OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. IN THE MEANTIME. OUR EXPENSES HAVE GONE UP BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE INFLATION SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, AND THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS FOR THE CITY HAS GONE UP. SO WE HAVE THESE VERY REAL ECONOMIC PRESSURES ON US. YOU KNOW? THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS TO HOW MUCH PROPERTY TAXES YOU PAY. THERE IS THE TAX RIGHT? WHICH WE CONTROL. AND THEN THERE IS THE APPRAISED VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY. WHICH IS DONE BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. IF YOUR HOUSE DID NOT GO UP AND ITS APPRAISAL VALUE. FROM LAST YEAR. AND WE ADOPT THE TAX RATE OF 69 A HALF SINCE YOUR TAXES WENT DOWN WHAT YOUR TAX BILL WILL GO DOWN. AT LEAST FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE WE'RE LOWERING YOUR TAX, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU'RE APPRAISED VALUE OF PROPERTY WENT UP. YOUR TAXES ARE GOING TO GO UP REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR TAX RATE IS SO THAT THAT I HOPE IS AT LEAST AN UNDERSTANDING FOR THE CITIZENS AS TO WHY IT'S NECESSARY TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE A LITTLE BIT. BECAUSE OF THE THINGS I JUST SAID. COUNCIL MEMBER FELL SHORT AND COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER THANK YOU. MARY TODD WAS LOOKING AT THE MINUTES OF LAST GLASS MEETING AND THE GENERAL FUND, IT SAID. FOR YEAR 2023 1 45 TO 92.

UH, TOTAL EXPENDITURES. BUT BOOST GENERAL FELT HORRIBLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 IS 1 45 TO 92.

TOTAL EXPENDITURES. 1 45 6 12. SO MY POINT BEING IS WE'RE AT A DEFICIT IMMEDIATELY OF 300,000.

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MILLION. AGAIN THAT'S JUST BASED ON THE 60.69 POINT FIVE CORRECT SO WE'RE IN A DEFICIT TO BEGIN WITH. SO THE FY 23 BUDGET SHOWS A DEFICIT OF 320,000. AND THE FUND BALANCE. IS DROPPING. AND 47 MILLION TO 43 MILLION. CORRECT IS THE ESTIMATE. THAT'S CORRECT GOING FROM, UM THE 21 ACTUAL FUND BALANCE TO THE PROJECTED ENDING 23 FUND BALANCE. THERE'S THAT DROP. I MEAN, MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE COULD DROP IT TO 63 CENTS, BUT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT REASONABLE.

BUT EVEN AT 69.5, WE'RE IN. WE'RE THERE'S RED INK. THERE'S RED INK, AND ALSO WE DISCUSSED IT IN THE WORKSHOP. TWICE. ABOUT THE 23 BUDGET. UM SOME NUMBERS THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THE 23 BUDGET, AND WE WENT OVER THIS BEFORE OUR TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS. YOU KNOW, NORMALLY EVERY YEAR WE TRANSFER CLOSE TO $2.5 MILLION TO THE TRANSIT FUN THAT FIND A SUBSIDIZED BY THE GENERAL FUND. WE ALSO TRANSFER $2.5 MILLION TO OUR WHAT WE CALL IS A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND THAT BUYS ARE FIRE TRUCKS. AMBULANCES PLEASE VEHICLES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S FUNDED FROM GENERAL FUND MONEY, BUT IT'S TRANSFERRED TO CAPITAL RESERVE. WE ALSO TRANSFER USUALLY A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE GENERAL LIABILITY FUND. THAT'S WHERE ALL OF OUR CLAIMS AND LAWSUITS ARE PAID OUT OF. SO THERE'S ABOUT $6 MILLION THAT NORMALLY IS AN EXPENSE IN THE BUDGET THAT WASN'T BUDGETED IN FY 23 BECAUSE WE FUND IT. THOSE FUNDS EARLY IN FY 22 BECAUSE WE HAD EXTRA REVENUE FROM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. OUR SALES TAX WAS WAS HIGHER THAN WHAT WE PROJECTED SO FORWARD LOOKING. WE'VE SHORED UP THAT A SPONGE FOR NEXT YEAR. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ONLY SHOWING A DEFICIT OF $320,000 RIGHT NOW, IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A DEFICIT OF $6 MILLION IF THOSE TRANSFERS WERE BUDGETED NEXT YEAR, RATHER THAN TAKING CARE OF THIS YEAR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER ATTORNEY THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GETS UH, TODD, I WAS LICKED AT ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO IN MAY, BUT WHEN I WAS LOOKING AND MADE TO MY UNDERSTANDING THE TAX RATE CORRECT ME OF HER OWN WAS 71 CENTS FOR EVERY $100. YEAH THAT'S UM, SO IT'S IN THE BUDGET BOOK FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. SO WE GET THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE. 71 71 CENTS FOR FOUR YEARS PRIOR, OKAY, I'VE BEEN ON FOR A YEAR AND WE HAVE WE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN PRIOR TO THIS DISCUSSION, RIGHT? WHAT WAS THE DECREASE PROJECT? THIS DISCUSSION. FROM 71 TO WHAT WENT TO 72 A HALF CENTS LAST YEAR. OKAY, AND IT'S STILL WITHIN THE SAME YEAR AND TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY GOING DOWN AGAIN. CORRECT CORRECT. SO WITH THAT BEING STATED, YOU KNOW , I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT DECREASING THE TAXES. AND WE ALSO AGREED TO INCREASE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO CONTRIBUTION RATE TO THE FIRE PENSION FROM 18% PAYROLL TO 20% PAYROLL DECORATE THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY WE VOLUNTEERED. AGREED TO MERGE . MM M S INTO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE THEIR PAYROLL GROWTH AS WELL RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS AS POSSIBLY POSSIBLY. THEY'RE TAKING INCREASE FROM WHERE IT WAS TWO NOW, RIGHT? WE PUT IN THE BUDGET OF 4% INCREASE IT COULD IT COULD BE MORE THAN 4. SO JUST THAT ALONE. THE FIRE AND POLICE ARE PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT'S 60% OF OUR BUDGET. ROUGHLY CORRECT RIGHT NOW IS THAT 59% OF THE GENERAL FUNDS BUDGET? OKAY WITH THAT BEING STATED, IT'S OBVIOUS WE HAVE 40% LEFT OVER TO OPERATE WHEN IT COMES TO STREETS, ROSE DRAINAGE AS WELL AS OUR STAFF, CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY SO IS CLEARLY THE OBVIOUS. EVERYONE UP HERE. I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO BE LOGICAL WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND REVENUE WE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO PAYING THEM. SO I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH EXPLAINS. WE HAVE DROPPED IT TWICE. BUT THE REALITY IS 60% OF OUR BUDGET GOES TO FIRE AND POLICE, WHICH WE FEEL DO A GREAT JOB AND WE WANT TO COMPENSATE THEM. BUT YOU CAN'T KEEP LOWERING THE TAXES AND COMPENSATE THEM AT THE SAME TIME. AT SOME POINT, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE OTHER, SO I WANT TO RUN THAT DOWN AND SPECIFY WHERE OUR MONEY AND OUR BUDGET ACTUALLY GOES. AND WE'RE TALKING 60% AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN HERE KNOWS IT'S ESSENTIAL. WE HAVE FIRE AND POLICE SO I THINK IT'S VERY LOGICAL. IF WE GO TOO LOW. WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF, AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND OTHER ISSUES AND THINGS IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. SO I JUST

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS. THANK YOU FOR ALSO POINTING OUT THAT THE CITY IS PLANNING ON USING OUR FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. AH WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WHICH THE UNITED WAY HAS MADE THE REQUEST TO RECEIVE SOME OF THAT FUNDING.

AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT HE IS A WORTHY AND VERY GOOD ORGANIZATION. BUT AS AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE PLUGGING THAT INTO OUR BUDGET TO HELP OFFSET WHAT IS ALREADY A DEFICIT WITHOUT DOING THAT. HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT OUR BUDGET IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MONEY THERE AND IF WE WERE GIVING IT AWAY TO NONPROFITS? SURE SO WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS IT WOULD REALLY COME DOWN TO THE TAXPAYERS AND TO THE WATER CUSTOMER, UM, USERS TO BASICALLY FUNDED THOSE DEFICITS. WE PUT ALMOST $11 MILLION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS INTO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ALONE. IF WE WERE TO BORROW $11 MILLION, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO RAISE THE RATES BY 2 TO 3% TO COVER THE DEBT PAYMENTS ON THAT. UM THE REST OF THE MONEY WENT INTO GENERAL FUND REVENUE LOSSES. IT'S GOING TOWARDS COVID RECOVERY AND SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW IF YOU PUT $10 MILLION INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS. AND HAD TO BORROW THAT MONEY FOR EVERY $10 MILLION YOU BORROW. YOU HAVE TO RAISE YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE 1% SO THERE'S NO OTHER WAY AROUND IT. THESE COSTS WOULD HAVE BEEN SHIFTED TO THE TAXPAYERS INTO THE WATER CUSTOMER SERVICE USERS HAD WE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE THEM. TO COVER OUR DEFICITS. CANCER MEMBER DIARRHEA. I'M TIRED OF YOU COULD FOR THE PUBLIC AND PEOPLE SITTING ON THE ARTIST. IF YOU COULD TELL MIKE WAS SAYING, UM IF YOUR HOUSE WAS APPRAISED AS THE SAME AND DIDN'T GO UP UM , OWN $100,000 HOUSE. HOW MUCH CASH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? FOUR YEARS. AS FAR AS YOUR PROPERTY TAX. SO IF YOUR HOUSE SAY WAS APPRAISED AT $100,000 LAST YEAR AND $100,000 THIS YEAR LAST YEAR, YOU WOULD HAVE PAID $705 IN TAXES THIS YEAR, YOU WOULD PAY $695 IN TAXES. AND IFS GOING FROM 70.5 TO 60.5 77 FROM 70.5 TO 69 A HALF OKAY, AND THAT'S ALL THAT WE CAN CONTROL. SO WHAT WE CAN CONTROL IS ACTUALLY DROPPING. WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES THIS YEAR AS FAR AS WHAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT CAN'T CONTROL. WELL, THAT'S A PRODUCT OF TWO THINGS LIKE COUNCILMAN GETS SAID AS A PRODUCT OF YOUR TAX RATE AND YOUR APPRAISED VALUE. WE CAN CONTROL THE TAX RATE. WE CAN'T CONTROL THE APPRAISED VALUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE THE PRICE VALUES COUNTY THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT IN THE DISTRICT PRICE OF DISTRICT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY ONE THING BACK TO THE QUESTION COUNSELOR. MADURO HAD MOST PEOPLE'S PROPERTY VALUATION DID NOT GO DOWN. OVERALL THE COUNTY IS UP. WHAT? WHAT WAS THE NUMBER YOU SAID TODAY? I THOUGHT RESIDENTIAL WAS 20% COMMERCIAL WAS 40 AVERAGE. SO OVERALL, THE APPRAISED VALUES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR WENT UP 7.5. RESIDENTIAL THAT'S ALL ALL PROPERTY COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL NUMBERS WERE BAD, APOLOGIZE. WELL I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM OUR TAX RATE IS GOING DOWN. AND DESPITE IT. UH A BIT GOING DOWN. WE ARE STILL IN THE RED. BUT YOU CANNOT OPERATE. ANH EVERYTHING GOING UP. ON THE SAME BUDGET THAT YOU HAD IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND WE ARE STILL ABLE TO LOWER THE TAX RATE. FROM 70.5% TO 69, A HALF PERCENT. ANE THING AS EVERYONE THAT'S SITTING

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[2. Consider a resolution adopting the FY 2023 Capital Program ]

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DISTRIBUTION THAT WE JUST SHIFTED THOSE WARD LINES AND REFIGURE THE ROAD MILES PER WARD WITH THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX RATING FOR THAT, AND THEN I COULD COME BACK AND GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEMBER DURIEUX. BART UM, ON THE STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM, I NOTICED THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ASPHALT OVERLAYS. FOR THE UM CITIZENS, CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICING AS FAR AS IF WE WANT TO REPLACE EVERYTHING WITH CONCRETE COMPARED TO ASPHALT OVERLAYS. WELL FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK WASHINGTON WAS $33 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO GO BACK WITH CONCRETE. THE LENGTH OF WASHINGTON. YOU'RE GONNA GET A LONGER LIFE SPAN OUT OF A BRAND NEW CONCRETE ROAD, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET A MUCH HIGHER COST.

UM ALSO, A LOT OF OUR ROADS WERE NEVER CONCRETE IN THE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEY WERE ASPHALT DITCHED ROADS ALONG THE CITY. UM SO IT WOULD BE A REALLY LARGE INVESTMENT ON THOSE TO ENCLOSE THE DRAINAGE AND GO TO CONCRETE ON TOP OF THAT, CAN YOU GIVE LIKE AN ESTIMATE ON WHAT WASHINGTON WOULD HAVE COST IF IT WAS ALL ASK PORT OR ASPHALT OVERLAY. NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I COULD FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOU. DO WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF PLAN IT? WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE TO HAVE A PLAN TO START DOING? AT SOME POINT, START DOING OUR REPLACEMENTS WITH CONCRETE OVER INSTEAD OF ASPHALT OVERLAY ANYTIME WE'RE REHABBING THE STREET. I THINK YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE IT ON THE STREET BY STREET BASIS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S APPROPRIATE, UM, WITH THE LIFE CYCLE OF A CONCRETE ROAD. OFTEN YOU WILL PUT THE CONCRETE ROAD IN PLACE. AND THEN YOU WILL DO, UH, PANEL REPAIR. MOST LIKELY AS YOU GO ALONG WHERE YOU HAVE FAILURES AND SPOTS ALONG THAT ROAD. IF THE BASE IS STILL IN GOOD REPAIR AND THE CONCRETE ROADS AND FAIRLY DECENT SHAPE, BUT THE RIDE QUALITY HAS GONE DOWN. IT'S VERY COMMON TO THEN ASPHALT OVERLAY THAT ROAD BECAUSE YOU GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK AND A GOOD RIDE QUALITY BY PUTTING THAT ASPHALT OVERLAY ON THERE. UM INSTEAD OF TEARING IT UP AND REPLACING THE ENTIRE ROAD TO THE TUNE OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WHAT? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE CYCLE BETWEEN THE CONCRETE AND ASPHALT OVERLAY? GOOD ASPHALT ROAD WITH MAINTENANCE CAN LAST 20 TO 30 YEARS CONCRETE ROAD WILL LAST 30 TO 50 YEARS, DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. IF YOU COME BACK WITH CONCRETE DO YOU HAVE TO REPLACE ALL THE DITCHES HAVE HAD TO BE CURB AND GUTTER OR CAN YOU DO THE CONCRETE AND STILL HAVE DITCHING YOU CAN DO CONCRETE AND HAVE DITCHING. UM THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT, UM BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU CAN GET EROSION UNDER THAT THAT BASE GOING INTO THE DITCH, WHICH WE HAVE ON A COUPLE OF ROADS IN THE CITY. IT'S MORE COMMON TO HAVE AN ASPHALT ROAD WITH AN OPEN DITCH. THANK YOU, BART. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. YES BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT WHEN WILL WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT? UH THE SPECIFIC AH, THE SPECIFICS OF THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM, BECAUSE, UM I KNOW THERE'S SOME THAT PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FOR CONSIDERATION AND THEY'VE BEEN ON THE CONSIDERATION LIST FOR QUITE SOME TIME, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA IN THE SOUTH END OF BEAUMONT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CAROL SYCAMORE, SOME OF THOSE STREETS YOU'RE TALKING THE NAMED ROADS IN THE C I P. YES, YES. UH HUH. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR UNDER MY TENURE THAT WE MOVED FOURTH STREET UP AND WE

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BECAUSE I KNOW THAT. I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT THAT TELLS ME THAT DESTROYED DECREASES THE LIFESPAN . UM, THE STREET ITSELF. WELL THE MAIN THING WHEN YOU DO WHEN YOU ENGINEER IT IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PROPER BASE ON THOSE ROADS TO SUPPORT THAT CONCRETE. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY THAT SECTION OVER BY THE FIRE STATION ON HELBIG FAILED. WE DO HAVE CONCRETE PANEL REPAIR SCHEDULED THERE, BUT YOU CAN HAVE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. YOU CAN HAVE FAILURE OF WATER OR SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THAT ROADWAY, AND THEN IT ERODES THE SUPPORT UNDER THE ROAD, AND THEN THE ROAD ON TOP GOES AWAY, WHETHER IT'S CONCRETE OR ASPHALT, SO IT'S OFTENTIMES WHAT'S GOING ON UNDER THE SURFACE THAT THAT IMPACTS WHAT ENDS UP YOU WHAT YOU SEE ON TOP OF THE CIRCLE. WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? AS FAR AS MONITORING THESE NEW NEWLY CONSTRUCTED CONCRETE SURFACES. UH PRIOR TO THE FLOOD. IF YOU WENT DOWN MAGNOLIA THAT'S NEW CONCRETE. AND THERE WERE SPOTS THAT WATER STANDING AND YOU HAVE TO RANGE NOW YOU CAN SEE IS THAT AN INDICATION OF THERE BEING A FAILURE UNDERNEATH? WATER ON THE ROAD COULD BE AN INDICATION OF PROBLEMS WITH THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. IT COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE GRADING ON THE ROADWAY AS THE WATER'S DRAINING ALONG THE SURFACE OF THE ROADWAY, IT COULD BE A ISSUE WITH TOO MUCH RAINFALL AND IT'S EXCEEDED THE CAPACITY OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND YOU'VE NOW BACKED UP. THAT WATER ONTO THE ROADWAY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO PREVENT FAILURE OF THE ROADS. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE ROAD, SO WE'RE PIPE BURSTING THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO ADDRESS THE SANITARY SEWERS AND WE INITIATED IN THIS THIS YEAR'S C I P PROGRAM MILLION DOLLARS FOR INSPECTING AND DOING POINT REPAIRS ON THE STORM SEWER, WHICH WE HAVE NOT EVER DONE BEFORE. AND WE'VE INITIATED THOSE EFFORTS. SO UM, WE'VE ALSO GONE THROUGH AND PRIOR TO AH! DOING FOURTH STREET. WE'VE GONE AND WE'VE TV. THE ENTIRETY OF THE STORM SEWER ALONG FOURTH STREET, AND WE'RE ABOUT DONE WITH THAT EFFORT IN GETTING THE REPORT AND AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE UNDERGROUND PROBLEMS THAT IMPACT US. AFTER WE REHAB, THE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER KIDS. ABOUT THE PARK'S ENHANCEMENT PROPOSALS. UM. IN TERMS OF THAT $1.46 MILLION COMPARED TO HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE LOOKING AT SPENDING ON STREETS. IT'S JUST A BLIP. BUT IN TERMS OF, UH PUBLIC CONCERN AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE PARK'S ENHANCEMENT. IT'S JUST AS STRONG, MAYBE STRONGER. AS TO WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING WITH OUR PARKS. AND I GUESS WHAT? I THINK WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS MORE FULLY THE PROCESS. THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT. TO SPEND THAT $1.46 MILLION. YOU MENTIONED IT

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THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ON THE PARKS AND THE DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH PARKS AND WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE. BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A DEFINITIVE PLAN PUT TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE BASED UPON THE PRIORITIES OF CITY COUNCIL. SO WE NEED TO ESTABLISH WHAT THOSE PARTIES OF COUNCIL OH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ONE YOU KNOW, UH, WE GET THE FEEDBACK FROM YOU, THEN STAFF WILL GO BACK AND GET THE COST ESTIMATES ASSOCIATED! AS I SAID. THEN UM HAVE THERE'S A PARKS ADVISORY. COMMITTEE OUT THERE AND HAVE THEM REDO IT FOR RECOMMENDATIONS , THEN GO BACK TO ADMINISTRATION AND MYSELF, AND WE'LL LIST THOSE PROJECTS AND, UH BRING NOTES RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO CITY COUNCIL YOU TO DISCUSS AND HAS HAS TO AND DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT FINAL LIST IN YOUR YOUR COMPELLING FINAL LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WILL BE DONE BY CITY COUNCIL. BASICALLY THEN, UH , MINISTRATIONS GO INTO A FOUND DESIGN PROCESS AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. OF COURSE, ALL OF THEM PROBABLY WON'T MAKE THE CUT. THEY WON'T MAKE THE CUT. BUT YOU YOU GOTTA BE YOUR JOB TO DETERMINE THAT LIST. THE PROJECTS. UH SOME COULD BE IN FISCAL YEAR 23 SO I COULD BE PUSHED TO PHYSICAL YOU'RE 24. BUT THE PARKS. THERE ARE SOME THINGS ARE GONNA NEED TO BE DONE AND JUST ABOUT MONT PERUSAL. UM OF SOME OF THE PARKS. UH, INTO THE FUTURES FOR THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ALLOCATE MORE DOLLARS FOR PARKS.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR WILLIAMS AND I GUESS, UH, YOU KIND OF HIT ON THE END OF SOMETHING THAT IS MY CONCERN AND FRUSTRATION. UM, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY. OUR PARKS BUDGET.

HAS BEEN IN MY BELIEF UNDERFUNDED. IT'S DIFFICULT. UM, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING OUR PARKS DIRECTOR TO DO MUCH MORE THAN MAINTAIN THE CONDITIONS OF THE PARKS.

JUST GET IT CUT AND PICKED UP. MUCH LESS DO MAINTENANCE ON EQUIPMENT OR BUY NEW EQUIPMENT.

UH SO WITH THAT BEING UNDERSTOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER AND I. EMBARKED EARLIER THIS YEAR ON A CAMPAIGN TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE BUDGET. FOR PARKS ENHANCEMENT. AND UH, WELL , MR BOONE WAS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR. THIS PROPOSED BUDGET WAS PUT TOGETHER. INCLUDING. UM AN INCREASED AMOUNT TO ENHANCE OUR PARKS WENT FROM ABOUT WHAT $150,000 A YEAR TO 1.46 MILLION PROPOSAL. THAT'S A BIG, BIG JUMP. AND UH, COUNCILMAN TURNER AND I, WE HAD A WORKSHOP. AND WE WANTED. TO GET EVERYBODY'S IDEAS ON WHICH PARKS NEEDED TO BE TARGETED FIRST AND WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS AND YOU KNOW WE CAME UP WITH A LIST BUT EVEN GOING BACK FURTHER THAN THAT, AS MS PETERSON ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL EARLIER SHE PROPOSED THIS DOG PARK. ROGERS PARK FOUR YEARS AGO. AND SINCE THAT TIME, AND SHE CREATED A ONLINE PETITION BUT NOW HAS OVER 2800 SIGNATURES OF PEOPLE RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO HAVE A DOLLAR PARK BUILT IN ROGERS PARK. SO I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT BEFORE YEARS AND I HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD MR BOONE I'M GONNA FIND IT REAL HARD TO VOTE FOR ANY BUDGET THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE FUNDING OF ADULT PARK AT ROGERS PARK. BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. KIND OF AT THE 11TH ARE WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE INCREASE AND THE DESIRE OF SOME AMENITIES AND SOME OF OUR PARKS IN THE CITY. NOT JUST THE DOG PARK IN ROGERS PARK, BUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL. I LIKE THE PROPOSAL. THAT YOU'RE MAKING AND THAT MR BOONE MADE TO INVOLVE OUR PARKS ADVISORY BOARD IN THIS PROCESS THAT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN AH, THE CASE TOO MUCH. AND I AM WILLING TO TRUST IN THE PROCESS. TO BELIEVE THAT. WE WILL GET A DOG PARK AT ROGERS PARK AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR IF WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILMAN TURNER'S ASKED FOR, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT

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AND LIKE YOU SAID THE BUDGET WENT FROM ROUGHLY 130 140 50,000. TO PROPOSE 1.4 MILLION.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE DID A WORKSHOP AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, WE SAT HERE LITERALLY FOR HOURS. AND EVERYBODY TOOK THE TIME OUT TO DO SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, WHICH WAS WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT VISIONS AND PLANS. SO I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A HUGE JUMP. OUR MEDIAN AGE IN BEAUMONT IS ROUGHLY 33. IT'S A FAMILY CITY, AND I THINK WITH EVERYTHING GOING UP, IT'S ESSENTIAL. YOU KNOW, WE DO SOME THINGS BECAUSE THE PARKS DON'T HAVE A FEE ASSOCIATED SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE FOCUS ON QUALITY OF LIFE, ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING GOING UP. ALSO I WANNA ADD COMMENT THAT DURING THAT WORKSHOP, UM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAD INPUT IN THAT WORKSHOP. UM TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF ADDING THE $1.4 MILLION BECAUSE. AS EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID. OUR PARTS ARE FREE AMENITIES TO OUR CITIZENS. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S MUCH NEEDED UPDATED, UPDATING THAT WE NEED TO DO. UM, OF COURSE. TWO OF THE PARKS HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS. UH RECENTLY. AS OF FRIDAY, CARROLL STREET PARK. I GOT A PHONE CALL. I CALLED THE CITY MANAGER. AS CITY MANAGER INSTRUCTED. PARKS AND REC TO GO TO CHARLTON POLIT PARE PLAYED ON THAT PLAYGROUND. BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES.

UH, SAFETY. AND SO WE'LL ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO UM, DEAL WITH SAFETY.

FIRST BEFORE PLEASURE. UM IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE SAFE WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE, AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS OR YEAH. WELL ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, BART. UM, YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT THE PROJECT IN SOUTH END FOR RE DIVERTING WATER DIRECTLY INTO THE NATURE'S RIVER. CAN YOU SPEAK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR THE AUDIENCE? YES SIR. WE'VE PUT IN UNDER THE STATES OR I GUESS IT'S A FEDERAL HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM, BUT THE STATE'S MANAGING IT WE PUT IN FOR $47 MILLION RIVER DIVERSION, UH, THERE IN SOUTH PARK. IT WOULD TAKE WATER FROM AROUND FLORIDA OR JIM GILLIGAN. UNDER THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR UNDER M. L. K AND INTO THE WATERSHED THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE NATURES. WE FOCUSED ON CREATING THAT OUTFALL BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY TWO MAJOR OUTFALLS IN THAT AREA. RIGHT NOW , ONE GOES DOWN THE THREAD NEEDLE LINE THROUGH EXXON AND ONE GOES, UH DOWN, LAVAKA, UM, JUST TO THE OUTSIDE OF EXXON'S PROPERTY AND ALL THE DRAINAGE PRETTY MUCH IN THAT AREA GETS CHOKED THROUGH THOSE TWO OUTFALLS, SO TO CREATE ANOTHER ONE TO TAKE WATER OFF AND PULL WATER OFF A HILDEBRANDT GET IT, TOO. THE NATURE'S RIVER WOULD BE BIG FOR US, AND THEN WE CAN BUILD AND FUTURE DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND CONTINUE EXPANDING THAT INTO THAT SOUTH PARK AREA, BUT WE HAD TO LIMIT IT AT THE 47 MILLION BECAUSE OF GETTING A GOOD, UM GOOD. ESTIMATE TOGETHER THAT WOULD RATE HIGH UNDER THE RULES SO THAT GRANT SUBMISSION PROGRAM AND WHERE ARE WE IN THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THE RESULTS OF THAT ARE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BART. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS ONE OF THE ITEMS LISTED AS A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. WITH THE PROSTAGLANDIN $5 MILLION. YES THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 555 MAIN STREET. NOW. THE CITY HAS ALREADY SPENT ABOUT $3 MILLION A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION ON THAT PROJECT. BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT MONEY BACK. AND WERE DEVELOPED OR HAVE DEVELOPED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL

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WE PROPOSE TO HAVE IT OPEN FOR HOW LONG? WE PROPOSED. I THINK THE RETURN, UM WOULD BE IN FEBRUARY. OKAY THAT'S THE SAME THING AGAIN. FEBRUARY PAPERWORK, OKAY? I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO 60 DAYS DECIDED TO WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR THAT. BUT IN LOOKING AT LARGE SALES LIKE THIS AND OTHER RFP S BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE OUT OF TOWN BIDDERS BECAUSE OF THE DUE DILIGENCE REQUIRED BY SOMEONE HAVING TO COME IN AND LOOK AT THE BUILDING, WE FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE BEST TO KIND OF EXHAUST ALL OPTIONS, SO THAT'S WHY WE LOOKED AT FEBRUARY. ANOTHER BIG TICKET ITEM ON THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LIST IS RIVERFRONT PARK IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S IT. $28.1 MILLION, BUT 90% OF THAT'S FUNDED BY FEMA. AH! WE'RE GONNA BREAK GROUND ON THAT THIS YEAR OR WHEN. WE'RE PROJECTING TO GO OUT ROUGHLY IN NOVEMBER. WE WERE READY TO GO OUT FOR BID. BUT WE HAD THE ABILITY TO GET SOME MONEY OUT OF THAT. BP OIL SPILL PROGRAM 5.3 MILLION. I THINK IT WAS TIME. SO. YEAH THEY FINALLY CAME BACK AND THE STATE HAD T C Q. MANAGE HOW THAT MONEY WAS TO BE GIVEN OUT. T. C Q FINALLY CAME BACK TO US A FEW MONTHS AGO , UH, AND STARTED WORKING WITH US ON OUR PROJECT, WHICH WE WERE GOING TO DEDICATE THAT MONEY TOWARDS RIVERFRONT. AND THE PAPERWORK ON THAT WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE. SO WE STALLED THE BID. FOR RIVERFRONT BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENT UNDER THAT, BP OR MONEY THAT, UM, ANYTHING WE WERE AWARDED. AND NO WORK COULD BE DONE ON THAT, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE AWARD, SO WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE BID THE RIVERFRONT WORK THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES AS BEST WE UNDERSTOOD THEM THAT WERE REQUIRED FOR THIS OTHER FIVE MILLION, WHICH WOULD THEN LEAVE US IN BETTER SHAPE BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF RE INSTEAD OF BRINGING THE BANKS OF THE RIVER FRONT PARK BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE PRETTY, HARVEY, WE DECIDED TO LEAVE THEM STABILIZE THEM WHERE THEY ARE. AND USE THE REMAINDER OF THAT MONEY TOWARDS COLLIERS FERRIES. SO THE MONEY FROM BP GOING IN HERE WILL LEAVE US IN BETTER SHAPE ON COLLIERS FAIRY, MORE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR IT. OKAY SHOULD BE NOVEMBER. WE GO OUT FOR BID. 60 DAYS THAT SHOULD PUT US INTO EARLY NEXT YEAR IN 23 FOR CONSTRUCTION, THE LIMITATIONS THAT BP OIL MONEY, UM IT HAD TO BE EASY FOR RIVERFRONT PARK OR JUST FURTHER ANYTHING RELATED TO DAMAGE FROM HARVEY OR WHAT IT HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THEM, AND THEY APPROVE IT HAD TO BE MITIGATION TYPE RELATED. A LOT OF IT WAS SHORELINES, RESTORATION, ETCETERA, SO THE RIVERFRONT BANK STABILIZATION FIT INTO THE LOT RIGHT IN THE SWEET SPOT OF WHAT THEY WERE WANTING THE MONEY USEFUL, OKAY? AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE RIVERFRONT PROJECT. FEMA IS FUNDING 90. BUT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUNDING 7.5% SO THE CITY MATCHES ONLY 2.5% ON THAT. HAVE A QUESTION THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL BACK TO THIS RFP ON THE 555 MAIN WHAT'S WHY SIX MONTHS THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. WELL AGAIN. WE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER RFP S NATIONWIDE. UM REALIZING WE'RE ALREADY HALFWAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER. WE'VE GOT THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP. IT IS POTENTIALLY A TWO OR $3 MILLION

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[3. Consider an ordinance accepting the appraised roll and approving the property tax rate for the tax year 2022 (FY 2023) ]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR FIRST LET ME GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND. THE JEFFERSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT SUBMITTED THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLE ON JULY 20TH 22 IN THE AMOUNT OF JUST SHY OF $9.5 BILLION. BASED ON THAT TAXABLE VALUE OF PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 69, A HALF CENTS PER $100 EVALUATION FOR THE TAX YEAR, 22 FOR FISCAL YEAR. 23 IS PROPOSED, WHICH IS ONE CENT LESS THAN THE CURRENT TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WOULD BE APPORTIONED AS 51.457 CENTS OF EVALUATION GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND 18.43 CENTS PER $100 EVALUATION GOING TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. AS REQUIRED BY THE TAX CODE. THE TAX RATE CONSISTS OF THOSE TWO COMPONENTS THAT HAVE JUST MENTIONED EACH OF WHICH MUST BE APPROVED SEPARATELY BY RECORD VOTE, AND AT LEAST 60% OF THE GOVERNING BODY MUST HAVE PROVED IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE. SO

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THANK YOU. MAYOR MARTIN YES, MAYOR. PRO TEM DURIO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS YES. TURNER YES, KILSHAW COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THANK THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRY.

OKAY THE SECOND RECORD VOTE WOULD BE THE APPORTIONMENT OF 51.4576. 1ST $100 ASSESSED VALUATION TO GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. AGAIN. THIS NEEDS TO BE READ. NO THE MOTION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE, SO WE JUST NEED A RECORD VOTE ON THE IMPORT MINT TO THE GENERAL FUND. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A RECORD VOTE. MAYOR MARTIN YES. PROTEIN DURIO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS YES.

TURNER YES. REMEMBER PHIL SHAW, COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY IN THE FINAL RECORD, VOTE ON THIS ITEM WILL BE TO APPORTION 18.43 CENTS PER $100 ASSESSED EVALUATION TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. THANK YOU. I WILL CALL FOR A RECORD VOTE.

MAYOR MOTAUNG YES, MAYOR. PRO TEM DURIO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS YES. TURNER YES, COUNCIL MEMBER FELL. SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY THEN. NEXT ITEM MAYOR. UM PLEASE. THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR COUNSELOR CONSIDERING ORDINANCE

[4. Consider an ordinance ratifying the budgeted property tax increase reflected in the FY 2023 Budget ]

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SO WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE ARGUMENTS. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? SECOND THE MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, END OF DISCUSSION. OKAY, I WILL CALL FOR A RECORD VENT. YES MAYOR PRO TEM DURIO? YES GETS YES. TURNER YES? PHIL SHAW COUNCIL MEMORY. SAMUEL COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRY THEY HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE. THANK

[5. Consider amending Section 22.05.211 of the Code of Ordinances to increase garbage rates $1.50 more per month ($20.75 to $22.25) ]

AND THE NEED TO INCREASE THOSE RATES TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED MINIMUM FUND BALANCE PER FINANCIAL POLICIES. UH, DUE. TO HAVEN'T AND MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT RELIABLE EQUIPMENT, OPERATION EQUIPMENT, ETCETERA AND THE COVER LANDFILL OPERATIONS ON A DAILY BASIS. IT WAS PROPOSED THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASE OVER DOLLAR 50 PER MONTH FROM $20.75 TO 22,025 CENTS TO ENSURE THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT OF 15% IS ADHERED TO MAINTAIN FINANCIAL POLICIES. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. PLANNING A SECOND. I WAS GOING TO REMIND YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU DO DISCUSSION. YEAH. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS AND COUNCIL AMIR FOR TIM DIARRHEA. WITH REGARD TO OUR GARBAGE RATES. OUR GARBAGE AND TRASH PICK UP. YES. BEFORE THE BEST IN THE AREA AND YOU KNOW, THOSE GUYS DO INCREDIBLE WORK. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. WITH DOING AN INCREASE FOR THE GARBAGE RIGHTS. UH I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY WITH THE WATER, RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO A KNOWLEDGE, THE JOB THAT BENJI WILLIAMS AND HIS DEPARTMENT DOES. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER CITY THAT YOU GET HEAVY TRASH PICKUP. ONCE A WEEK IN THE IN THE AREA. UH, YEAH. I MEAN, YOU COULD PUT ALMOST ANYTHING OUT THERE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO PICK IT UP, AND THAT'S EVERY SINGLE WEEK. SO THAT'S THAT'S INCREDIBLE AND APPRECIATE IT SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.

REMEMBER, DEAR YEAH. YES I GUESS . TODD CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PART OF THIS AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS, UH 15% IS MAINTAINED PER FINANCIAL POLICIES. YES SIR. WE HAVE A MINIMUM FUND BALANCED POLICY ON THE SOLID WASTE FUN. THE WATER FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH CASH RESERVES ON HAND TO MAINTAIN YOUR OPERATIONS IN THE EVENT. I'M SAYING MAYBE A HURRICANE, WHICH WE HAVE FREQUENTLY HERE. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE INDUSTRY. STANDARDS AND, UH, WE LOOK AT BENCHMARKS. AND 15% IS USUALLY. THE LOWEST MINIMUM REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT IS ABOUT STATE LAW. IT'S NOT STATE LAW IS SOMETHING SOMETHING THAT ATE ANY CITY CAN SET. SO IT'S UM YOU CAN CHOOSE ANY LEVEL OF MINIMUM REQUIRED FUND BALANCE. BUT LIKE I SAID, USUALLY THE BENCHMARKS, INDUSTRY STANDARDS OR 15% MINIMUM. THANK YOU, TODD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR TRASH PICK UP. SINCE 2008. WE'VE HAD EIGHT INCREASES, BUT THE LAST INCREASE WAS IN FISCAL YEAR. 2022 WE ALSO HAD ONE IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND JUST I'VE BEEN IN CONFERENCES THAT NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND JUST TALKING TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. THEY WERE ALMOST SURPRISED THAT WE DO WEEKLY TRASH PICKUPS, AND I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE STAFF OF GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT

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PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE. AH, ANY OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIED. I HAVE THE READING OF

[6. Consider amending Section 22.02.001, Water Service Rates and Section 22.02.002, Wastewater Service Rates of the Code of Ordinances to increase rates by six percent (6%) effective October 1, 2022 ]

AND THAT ORDINANCE IS AMENDING CHAPTER 22, I GUESS, BASICALLY READ IT. BUT AVOIDANCE OF CITY OF BEAUMONT INCREASE ONE AND WHAT WASTEWATER RAID? EFFECTIVE BAIT PROVIDE FOR REPEALING PERATA PENALTY. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SIX. I HAVE EMOTION, PLEASE. TO APPROVE. HAVE A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CATS. I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF CITIZENS. COMPLIANCE CONCERNS.

ABOUT HOW MUCH THEIR WATER BILLS FOR GOING UP. NOW. RIGHT NOW. EVEN BEFORE. THIS PROPOSED RIGHT HIKE TAKES PLACE. AND I DON'T KNOW THE REASON. BUT HERE WATER BILLS ARE GOING UP. I KNOW MY WATER BILL LAST MONTH WAS $376, BUT I THINK IT HAD TO DO WITH THE TREE FALLING AND DAMAGING BY IRRIGATION SYSTEM CHECKING THAT OUT, BUT YOU KNOW? CITIZENS ARE TELLING ME THEY'RE HAVING WATER BILLS OF 203 $100 A MONTH. AND I'M JUST. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, UM THE WHAT WAS WITH THAT TYPE OF WATER BILL. IT'S JUST, UH MHM INCREASE COUNCIL MEMBER KIDS BILLS. NO THERE ARE 2 TO $300 INCREASE TO $300 WATER BILLS. YEAH. YEAH BEING AN INCREASE FROM THE LIKE OF BASE RATE OF LIKE 90 SOMETHING I'VE HAD LOTS OF EMAILS LIKE THAT. AND. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN 15% AH, BASELINE IN OUR REVENUES. AND THAT'S ALSO FOR BONDING. IS THAT RIGHT? MR SEMINAR? SO AS DISCUSSED IN THE WORK SESSION ON AUGUST 30TH. WE HAVE A 15% MINIMUM FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT AND LET ME JUST EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BETTER SO 15% FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT MEANS 15% OF YOUR ANNUAL EXPENDITURES. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE IN RESERVE ON STANDBY AND ALSO TALKED LAST WEEK WILL NOT LAST WEEK ON AUGUST 30TH DURING THE WORK SESSION THAT I PERSONALLY THINK WE NEED TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE IN THE WATER FUND FROM 15. TO MAYBE AS HIGH AS 25. AND THIS IS WHY THE BOND RATING AGENCIES THAT WE USE WHEN WE ISSUE UM WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS. THEY RATE US ON UNRESTRICTED CASH AND DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE, AND ALL OF THAT BASICALLY, TIES TO YOUR FUND BALANCE. THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THESE DAYS HAVE CHANGED, AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE FOUR YEARS AGO. THEIR NUMBERS ARE GOING UP, WHICH MEANS OUR FUND BALANCE NEEDS TO GO UP. SO WE'RE GONNA NEED AT LEAST A MINIMUM 20% FUND BALANCE GOING FORWARD. TO PRECLUDE HAVING A DOWNGRADE FROM THE

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THAT'S CORRECT. THE ONLY OTHER THING YOU CAN DO TO AVOID A RATE INCREASE. IF YOU CAN'T BRING IN REVENUE IS TO DECREASE EXPENSES AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE SLOWING DOWN. YEAH THE AGGRESSIVENESS OF WHICH WE'RE DOING SOME OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND YOU KNOW THAT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FINALLY MAKING SOME PROGRESS. UH, WITH YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GAIN TRACTION ON AN OLDER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS, SO YOU KNOW IT'S A DILEMMA. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO NOT SEE THIS MORE THAN A AH FIVE.

PERHAPS SENT, UH BUT 5% HIKE, NOT 6. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET IT TO 5? SO TO GET TO 5% YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIND ANOTHER $480,000. BUT HERE'S WHERE I STAND WITH IT. AND I KNOW I'M NOT A COUNCIL MEMBER. I DON'T HAVE A VOTE, BUT I DO WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD. I STILL RECOMMEND AN 8% INCREASE. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T RIGHT NOW, EVEN WITH A 6% INCREASE BUILT INTO OUR MODEL FOR FY 23 WE'RE GONNA GO HAVE A $1.7 MILLION DEFICIT IN FY 23.

THAT'S WHAT THE 6% RATE INCREASE. UM I TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES. THE AUGUST NUMBERS CAME OUT. JUST TODAY OR YESTERDAY. NATIONWIDE WE'RE AT 8.1% INFLATION. IT'S NOT GOING DOWN. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST THAT'S THE C P I. THAT'S AN INDEX OVER A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS. IN THE WATER FUND. WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT BUYING THOSE VARIETY OF PRODUCTS WERE BUYING PIPES WERE MINE CHEMICALS WERE HAVING INCREASES OF 100% NOT 8.1. SO WE'RE STILL GOING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE BY 1.7 MILLION A YEAR. WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE THAN 6% TO SATISFY THE RATING AGENCIES. AND IF YOU DON'T SATISFY THEM, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A DOWNGRADE AND THAT COST OF A HIGHER INSURANCE RATE. WHEN WE BORROW MONEY IS GOING TO BE PASSED ON TO THE WATER CUSTOMERS. SO IT'S EITHER YOU PAY NOW OR YOU PAY A LOT MORE LATER. THAT CAN ALSO AFFECT OUR WORK. HOPE BOND RATING CORRECT. WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS. IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR BOND RATINGS. AND WE'RE SCHEDULED TO GO OUT FOR $25 MILLION. PROBABLY MADE FY 23 TO CONTINUE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION, SO YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING WE'RE GOING TO BORROW $25 MILLION AND CONSIDERING WE HAVE RECORD INFLATION, NOT JUST 8.1% BUT IN EXCESS OF 50% ON A LOT OF ITEMS. WE'RE RECKON. WELL, I WAS RECOMMENDING 8% I KNOW IT'S NOT A POPULAR THING TO DO. BUT AGAIN , IF YOU DON'T PAY IT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY MORE LATER, BECAUSE WHEN WE WHEN IF WE GET A DOWNGRADE, THAT MEANS YOU'RE GETTING A HIGHER INTEREST RATE YOU HAVE TO PAY BACK. IT'S JUST LIKE A MORTGAGE ON A HOUSE. NO ONE LIKES TO PAY HIGHER INTEREST. AND SO IF WE DO, GET ANOTHER DOWNGRADE THE INTEREST RATES GOING TO GO UP, IT'S GOING TO BE PASSED ON TO THE WATER CUSTOMERS. THANK YOU. SURE YES, MA'AM, AND SHE KNOW WHEN WE STARTED THIS COMING CONVERSATION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY STEPH AT 8% AND AFTER THAT HAPPENED, I HAD WENT BACK AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND ASKED THEM TO FIND SAVINGS SO WE COULD GET THIS LOWER BECAUSE COUNCIL HAD HAD EXPRESSED THIS OPINION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOWER RATES, SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT SOME THINGS. AND GOT IT TO THE 6% BUT IT'S IT IS IT THERE IS SOME RISK AS TODDLERS. TOLD YOU ASSOCIATED WITH GET INTO THAT 6. FOR SURE.

UM YOU KNOW, MOST CITIES DON'T CARRY A 15% FUND BELLS. YOU'RE LOOKING 20 TO 25% FOR SURE. AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING THAT WE'RE AT A 15% FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT. I WOULD RECOMMEND 25% AT LEAST 20% SO I THINK WE ARE ACCEPTING SOME RISK BY GOING TO THAT NUMBER. FOR SURE. ALSO

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THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEMBER NEIL . MR SIMILAR. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BOND RATING, SO. ALRIGHT. SO FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO CLARIFY. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I VOTED AGAINST THE BUDGET EARLIER IS BECAUSE THE TAX VERY TIRED THAN WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED. UM SAME THING ON THIS. IF YOU'RE RECOMMENDING 8% AND WE'RE GOING TO 6% AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AT RISK OF LOWER IN OUR BOND RATING. HOW LONG IS THAT PROCESS? TAKE TO BUILD IT BACK UP AT LEAST TWO YEARS. AND SO OUR BOND RATE DECREASES. AND OUR RATE THAT WE BORROW MONEY AT INCREASES. HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE THAT YOU ARE YOU THINKING WE'RE LOOKING AT ON $25 MILLION BONDS. HONESTLY I'D PROBABLY HAVE TO GET WITH OUR BOND FINANCIAL ADVISOR ON THAT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE INTEREST RATE IS AT THE TIME. UM AND I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME. BUT AS ANYONE CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST LIKE A MORTGAGE ON YOUR HOUSE. JUST A QUARTER PERCENT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE FINANCING IT OVER 20 YEARS. SO ALL RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS LOOKING AT HERE. THE DISCOUNT THAT WE GIVE FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY TAKE? UH OR USE THAT I COULD PROBABLY RUN A REPORT, BUT OFFHAND, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SENIOR CITIZENS WE HAVE ON THE WATER CUSTOMER SYSTEM. BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I KEEP ON HEARING IS ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS ON THE SENIOR CITIZENS. SO IS THERE A WAY TO DO BOTH WERE MAYBE WE INCREASE THE GALLONS THAT WE ALLOW THE SENIOR CITIZENS TO DISCOUNT BUT STILL INCREASE THE WATER RATE. YES AND WE YOU KNOW WE HAD PLANNED ON WORK SHOPPING A LOT OF IDEAS TO HELP OUT THE WATER FUND THAT WOULD REQUIRE A CHANGE OF ORDINANCE. BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT CHANGING THE ORDINANCE ANYWAY AS IT RELATES TO MULTI UNIT UM LIKE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, MOBILE HOME PARKS. THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHEN WE DO WORKSHOP IT WHENEVER Y'ALL JUST DECIDE YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT WORKSHOP, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE MAYBE POSSIBLY INCREASING SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNTS AS WELL. WELL UM I HAVE ONE MORE THING AFTER YOU, OKAY? ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU ARE A SENIOR CITIZEN THAT THE DISCOUNT AUTOMATICALLY BE APPLIED TO THE BILL THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT. WE HAVE TO VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT THEIR SENIOR CITIZEN OR NOT, OR EVERYONE WOULD BE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. SO UM, WE DID . YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED THIS, I THINK LAST YEAR ALSO TO WHERE WE MAKE IT MORE KNOWN THAT SENIORS CAN APPLY FOR THAT DISCOUNT, AND I THINK WE PUT IT OUT ON WATER BILLS, BUT NOW IT'S ON THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION PROCESS TO

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IT'S ON THERE TO NOTIFY THEM PAY . IF YOU'RE OVER 65, YOU CAN QUALIFY FOR THIS 10% DISCOUNT ON WATER AND ON SOLID WASTE PICKUP. OKAY SO MAYBE WE NEED TO SEND THAT OUT AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL CITIZENS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. WE'LL PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE. AND MAYBE GET IT OUT BACK IN THE IN THE WATER BILLS, RIGHT AND MAYBE WE CAN GET CHRIS CATALINA'S COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT TO PUSH THAT OUT. ALSO RIGHT? THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEMBER GETS TO OUR WATER REVENUE FUND BALANCES STRUGGLING FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT YET YOU'RE PROPOSING TRANSFERRING HOW MANY MILLION FROM THE WATER REVENUE FUND TO THE GENERAL PHONE. IT'S OVER SEVEN MILLION OVER SEVEN MILLION. SO. YOU KNOW, I STRUGGLE WITH THIS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A WIDER REVENUE FUNDS STRUGGLING, BUT WE'RE TAKING SEVEN MILLION OUT. TO GO TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU LEFT IT THERE IN THE WATER REVENUE FUND. IT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY MUCH HEALTHIER THAN IF IT WAS REMOVED, AND BUT YOUR GENERAL FUND WHAT HAVE TO SOMEHOW SHORE UP THAT LOSS OF $7 MILLION IN REVENUE, BUT DOG GONE, IT SURE SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE EASIER TO DEAL WITH. THE GENERAL FUND RIGHT NOW, CONSIDERING HOW HEALTHY THAT IS.

THEN TAKING THAT $7 MILLION OUT OF THE WATER REVENUE FUND. WELL, LET'S EXPLAIN THAT THEN SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS. SO IN LIEU OF ATTACKS, REMEMBER, I CALLED THE WATER FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND EACH SEPARATE COMPANIES. THE WATER FUND. IF IT WAS TREATED AS A COMPANY, IT WOULD PAY SALES TAX. IT WOULD PAY PROPERTY TAX. THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY OFFERS, WHICH IS LEGAL. HR PAYROLL, ACCOUNTING BENEFITS. PURCHASING TECHNOLOGY SERVICE SAYS THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. JUST IN PROPERTY TAXES ALONE. I THINK I TOLD YOU ALL TWO WEEKS AGO IN A WORK SESSION IF THEY WERE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON $470 MILLION OF ASSETS, THEY WOULD BE PAYING AROUND $5.2 MILLION OF PROPERTY TAXES. SO YOU PUT ON TOP OF THAT PROFESSIONAL STAFF FOR LEGAL HR . PAYROLL ACCOUNTING BENEFITS, TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, PURCHASING ETCETERA. IT'S PROBABLY WELL ABOVE THE $7.2 MILLION THEY PAY. ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT IF YOU REDUCE THAT TRANSFER FROM THE WATER FUN. TO THE GENERAL FUND THAT PUTS MORE OF A STRAIN ON THE TAXPAYERS. THAT MAKES THE TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZE THE WATER FUN, WHICH ISN'T FAIR BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CUSTOMERS THAT USE WATER THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS THAT DON'T PAY PROPERTY TAXES, SO YOU'RE MAKING PROPERTY TAX OWNERS PAY MORE OF THEIR SHARE TO THE WATER.

INFRASTRUCTURE THAN WATER CUSTOMER USERS. COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER THAN CANCER MEMORY, NEIL WELL. I'M LISTENING AND. MY CONCERN IS THE IMPACT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE CITIZENS IN THE END. I'VE LISTENED TO YOU TODD OVER THE YEARS. AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY STEADY. AND WHEN YOU'VE EXPLAINED TO ME YOU HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND. AND WHEN I BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR RATE. RATING. AND WE LOSE THAT, UH AND YOU FEEL CERTAIN THAT IF WE WERE TO GO. EVEN WITH THE 6% IS GOING TO HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON OUT RATING. WE CAN LOSE THAT RATING AND IN A YEAR BUT WE WOULD IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET IT BACK. IF SO, AND YOU SAID THAT. THE INCREASE IN THE WATER RATE. UM AND 6% WOULD BE ABOUT HOW MUCH CUSTOMER FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, NOT COMMERCIAL, BUT RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER THAT USES 6 6000 GALLONS, WHICH OUR SYSTEM TELLS US THAT IS THE AVERAGE IT WOULD INCREASE THE WATER SEWER BILL BY $4.16. OKAY? AND SHE WE. AND SHOULD WE HAD THE ADVERSE IMPACT ON OUR RATING? AND OUR RATING GOES DOWN. AND WE HAVE TO GO OUT WITH THE BOND SALE. WHAT WOULD BE THE AMOUNT THAT THAT WOULD BE LIKELY TO IMPACT OUR CITIZENS.

IN AN INCREASE. AGAIN, I'D HAVE TO CONSULT WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR WHO HANDLES THE ISSUE

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SOMETHING AS SMALL AS A QUARTER PERCENT, FINANCED OVER 20 TO 30 YEARS CAN HAVE A BIG BIG IMPACT ON YOUR MONTHLY PAYMENT. PETER AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION. IT'S BEEN PRESENTED FOR 6. INCREASE, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER. 1 22, BUT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING NOT THE 6. BUT THE 8. MAKES ME THE BAD GUY.

BUT, YEAH. WELL, I THINK WE, UH AS. AS COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER MENTIONED AS WE GO ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'VE HEARD HEARD A LOT OF CITIES WHO ARE IN A LOT WORSE, SAY SHAPED AND WE ARE FISCALLY AND THAT'S BECAUSE OUR STAFF. SO I APPRECIATE OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT.

YOU DO. UM AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO BE THE BAD GUY. KIND OF A JOKE KIND OF A JOKE, BUT HONESTLY, I TRIED TO TRIED TO, BUT YOU DO HAVE. DON'T CALL ME THE BAD GUY. UM I ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS AS WATER USERS AND TAXPAYERS. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN PAY SOME NOW OR YOU CAN PAY A LOT MORE LATER. IF IT WAS ME, I WOULDN'T WANT TO PAY A LITTLE MORE A LITTLE MORE NOW AND NOT A LOT MORE LATER. IS GOING TO CATCH UP. WELL. MAYOR I JUST MY LAST COMMENT IS, UM I'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE. I'M NOT UM, DEFINITELY NOT AN EXPERT IN FINANCE. AND UM, I DO TEND TO LISTEN TO THOSE WHO I CONSIDER TO BE EXPERTS. THOSE WHO DO THAT ON A DAILY BASIS. AND YOU'VE NOT STARED US WRONG. AS OF YET. SO THAT'S MY POSITION. THANK YOU. CAN'T REMEMBER TURNER THAN COUNCIL MEMBER GET. I HAVE TO ACTUALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN SAMUEL LIKE THE SAME WAY WE YIELD WHEN I LEGAL ADVISOR GIVE US ADVICE. I THINK AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ELAINE OR TRYING TO BE AN EXPERT IN SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY EXPERT IN AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING, ITS FORESTS ARE SENIORS. I THINK THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW IT'S GREAT TO GET WITH HR, BUT SO EVEN BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ACTUALLY CREATED FOR TO ACTUALLY GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO OUR SENIORS. AND NOT ONLY COMMUNICATED VIA WEB WE HAVE PLENTY OF SENIOR CITIZEN GROUPS THAT MEET THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. I JUST WAS INVITED BY COUNCILMAN DURIO TO A SENIOR CITIZEN MEETING WHEN IT WAS ALMOST 100 SEE THIS SEASON'S IN THAT PARTICULAR MEETING, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN PHYSICALLY GO OUT AND REACH THE SENIOR CITY RESIDENTS. SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENTS WOULD IT BE MARKETING PUTTING THE CARDS AND THEY'RE LIVING FACILITIES AND RESIDENTS? WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT BECAUSE CONSTANTLY EVERYONE'S BEEN STATING THAT THE SAYING IS AFFECTING THE MOST. AND I AGREE BECAUSE NOW FIXED INCOME, BUT WE GOTTA DO A BETTER JOB. MARKETING AND PHYSICALLY GET THE MATERIAL OUT TO THEM. THE INTERNET, MOST SENIORS DON'T DON'T FEEL BAD AT ME. BUT MOST THINGS NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO KEEP UP WITH THESE RATES AND THE SERVICES WE OFFER, SO WE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB PHYSICALLY GOING TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THEM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER AGAIN. I THOUGHT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO GET IT DOWN TO 6% AND, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD TO LOOK BEHIND EVERY ROCK AND CREVICE TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIS PAID FOR THE OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. THOSE ARE PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, CORRECT. COMES OUT OF MY MONEY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CLAIM. IT'S FUN THAT COMES OUT OF MY MONEY. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER FUND. OKAY SO A PORTION OF ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT POOR. FORTUNATELY THAT $7 MILLION WOULD TRANSFER BACK IN HELPS REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND FOR CLAIMS THAT ARE PAID OUT. ACTUALLY IF I COULD CLARIFY, SO WE HAVE A GENERAL LIABILITY FUND WHERE CLAIMS ARE PAID OUT OF IT'S NORMALLY FUNDED. BY TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, THE WATER FUN AND THE SOLID WASTE FUN. WE DID DO A TRANSFER THIS YEAR. TO THE

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WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SHOW TO PROVE THAT THEY OVER 65? PROBABLY ANY KIND OF BANDAGE AND IDENTIFICATION DRIVER'S LICENSE. OTHER TYPE OF IDENTIFICATION THAT JUST SHOWS THEIR DATE OF BIRTH. JUST NEED TO COME UP HERE AND PROVIDE THAT CORRECT. THEY CAN GET WITH THE WATER CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT HERE ON THE FIRST FLOOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU. CANCER MEMBER TURNER SO SENIORS THAT THAT'S THAT'S ONE THING RIGHT THERE. YOU SAW THE SENIORS HAVE TO PHYSICALLY COME UP HERE. I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER TOUGH ONE. BECAUSE I MEAN, WE GOT SENIORS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, 85 UP THERE , AND THEY DON'T MOVE HIS MOBILE AND AGE, SO THEY DID ANOTHER OPTION. THEY CAN. THEY CAN DO IT ONLINE. A LOT OF SENIORS THAT WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT. DON'T I DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY OR THE TECHNOLOGY TO SCAN THOSE DOCUMENTS IN AND SEND THEM TO THE WATER CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION, BUT THEY CAN DO IT VIA EMAIL OR OR WALK UP. WELL. I'M GOING TO GET TO YOU. 11 THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO EVERYONE. IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S VIEWING.

SERVICES HAVE TO BE PAID FOR. AND NO ONE WANTING I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO INCREASE, BUT WATER HAS TO BE PAID FOR TRASH PICKUP HAS TO BE PAID FOR. AND. WE'RE DEBATING AND GOING BACK AND FORTH. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE AT THE CLOCK AND WE'VE BEEN GOING RIGHT NOW, 22 MINUTES ON THE SUBJECT THAT HAS TO BE PAID FOR. OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL ADVISOR . AN OFFICER IS STATING. HE'S RECOMMENDING. AN 8% INCREASE. BUT WE'RE SETTLING FOR A 6% INCREASE, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO COVER IT. WE ALREADY KNOW IF WE DO IT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY THE COSTS AND WE'RE GOING TO PAY THE COSTS. ON THE LATTER END OF IT, AND IT'S GOING TO COST US MORE. AND AT SOME POINT UH, ALWAYS SAY, COUNT THE COST AND YOU HAVE TO COUNT THE COST. AND, UH, TODD. THANK YOU. FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. I MEAN, IT'S THAT PLAIN AND SIMPLE. IT HAS TO BE PAID FOR THE SERVICES. EITHER WE CUT SOME OF THE SERVICES. OR. YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. WE ALL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. AND I'M SAYING WE AS CITIZENS. WE ALL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SAMUEL. WELL I THINK INITIALLY, UH, TODD, YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS 8. AND WE CHOSE. TO ASK FOR THE 6. THIS IS A TIME THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE FEEL IS FISCALLY PRUDENT. AND I'M GOING ON THE ADVICE OF HAVE YOU AND YOUR STAND. AND I'M GOING TO ASK. I'M GOING TO AMEND MY MOTION. AH RATHER THAN THE 6% I'M AMENDING MY MOTION TO GO WITH THE 8. I'M SORRY.

COUNCILMAN FELLOWSHIP MADE THE MOTION. I BELIEVE AND YOU WERE THE SECOND. OKAY WELL, I WITHDRAW MY WITHDRAW. I I'M EMOTION, EMOTION. YOU HAVE TO AMEND IT. NO YOU DON'T. YOU

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO INCREASE YOUR UNRESTRICTED CASH? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO INCREASE YOUR DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE? AND SO I TOLD YOU ALL MY ANSWERS ARE GONNA DEPEND ON WHAT YOU ALL DO HERE TODAY. SO WHEN I DO HAVE THE NEXT BOND RATING. CALL WITH THEM. I'M GOING TO TELL THEM HEY, WE PASSED AN 8% INCREASE. WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT SINCE 2008. YOU KNOW OUR OUR RATE INCREASES AVERAGE BETWEEN FIVE AND 8. SO IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATE INCREASES WE'VE HAD, AND YOU KNOW. DEPENDING ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN THE WORKSHOP, YOU KNOW, FINDING OTHER WAYS TO

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SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR. WE WON'T NEED A RATE INCREASE AT ALL. BUT EITHER WAY IT GOES INCREASING CONSUMPTION OR THIS 8% ALL FALLS BACK ON THE TAXPAYER, AND IT'S LIKE YOU SAID PAIN NOW OR PAY LATER. NOT ON THE TAXPAYER, BUT ON THE WATER, WATER, WATER WATER CUSTOMERS. LAST QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO, UH PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. MR. LIU CITY MANAGER AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. CUT YOUR MIC OFF. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT. JUST A FEW COMMENTS. I GUESS WHAT I SAY THAT I GUESS PART OF THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE THAT YOU'RE NOT CHARGING UP TO RECOVER YOUR COSTS. YOU'RE IT'S COSTING YOU MORE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND YOUR FUND BALANCES GOING DOWN AND YOU ARE FUNDING IT THROUGH YOUR FUND BALANCE, AND YOU'RE JUST NOT PROVIDED CHILDREN AND HELP OF THAT SERVICE. SO THAT HITS YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN IN YOUR FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DROP. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF PART OF OUR OVERALL FINANCIAL SITUATION. HOWARD NET VALUE AS A CITY DROPPED $10 MILLION FROM THE LAST AUDIT, AND THAT GIVES YOU A GENERAL OPINION OR STATE OF YOUR CITY FINANCIAL CONDITION, SO WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS THAT BASICALLY. OUR EXPENSES. WHAT WE'RE SPENDING IS OUTPACING YOUR REVENUES. SO THIS IS JUST ONE INSTANCE OF THAT HAPPENING TO YOU AS A CITY AS A AS A WHOLE. UM YOU KNOW, UM. UH SENIOR RIGHTS. YOU YOU TALKED ABOUT SENIOR RATES. WE NEED TO EVALUATE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK THERE'S A GENUINE CONCERN HERE ABOUT THE SENIORS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT'S WHAT I HEAR FROM FROM ALL OF YOU. SO I GUESS STUFF AND WE'LL EVALUATE OUR PROGRAM. WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH SENIORS AND HOW WE EDUCATING THEM HOW WE'RE GETTING THEM OUT TO PARTICIPATE. IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE CAN DO SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH THEM WITH THEIR RATES. AT SOME POINT, WE NEED TO EVALUATE THAT AND GET THAT DONE FOR SURE. ALSO I'D LIKE AND I'LL TALK WITH TODD. WE NEED TO DO FIVE YEAR PROJECTIONS ON OUR RATES RATHER THAN A YEAR LEAGUE PROJECTION. IT HELPS YOU PLAN MUCH BETTER. AND IT HELPS YOU ABSORB THE LORD INCREASES OR SMALL, ALL SMALLER INCREASES AND BE ABLE TO BALANCE THEM OUT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION ON OUR RATES, AND IT HELPS YOU PLAN AS A BOY MUCH BETTER THAN EVERY YEAR SITTING THERE TRYING TO HASH THROUGH THAT, AND YOU HAVE MORE FLEXIBLE ABILITY TO ADJUST THAT EVERY YEAR AS YOU GO THROUGH FOR THAT. BUT AGAIN, UM, BUT I THINK FINANCIALLY. IT'S A GOOD MOVE. YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOME FROM WHETHER SIX OR 8% I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU AND INCREASE YOUR RATES OR OTHERWISE, YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR THE PRIZE FUND.

WATER FUN AND A COMPROMISE SITUATION. COUNCIL MEMBER. SAMUEL. YES SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED YOUR FEAR, UH AND PARTICULARLY AS WE GO OUT FOR THE BONDS, YOU SAID YOU WOULD EXPECT TO GET THAT CALL. WHAT ARE WE DOING? AH AND YOU SAID YOUR EVENT YOUR RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE BASED ON WHAT WAS DONE. UH IN YOU SAY, 19. 2019 SO NO SO TWO THINGS SO I THINK THE RATING. HOW HOW ARE THE BOND RATING GOES, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR. 23 THINK THE RATING IS ALREADY

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WE'RE WE HAVEN'T CLOSED FISCAL YEAR 22 YET, AND IT'S USUALLY NOT GOING TO BE CLOSED TILL MARCH OF 23. WE'LL PROBABLY ISSUE BONDS BEFORE MARCH OF 23, SO THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 21 NUMBERS. THOSE ARE ALREADY IN THE BOOKS SO MY FEAR IS THERE MIGHT ALREADY BE THE POSSIBILITY OF A DOWNGRADE IN THE WORKS. BUT MY PHONE CALL WITH THEM WHEN THEY ASK ME. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO CORRECT YOUR SITUATION TO IMPROVE YOUR UNRESTRICTED CASH, IMPROVE YOUR DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE. THOSE ANSWERS ARE GOING TO BE DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ALL DECIDED TODAY AND WHAT WE DECIDE IN THE WORKSHOP TO COME. MAYBE NEXT MONTH OR OR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AS FAR AS UM YOU KNOW, WE DID THE RIGHT INCREASE OF 8% WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT YOU KNOW THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. UM. PRISON SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT ARE SEVERAL. THERE'S SEVERAL IDEAS WE HAD IN THE WORKS TO INCREASE REVENUES AND DECREASE EXPENSES. ANOTHER ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO A DIFFERENT CREDIT CARD COMPANY WHERE THE USER FEES FOR PAYING YOUR BILLS ONLINE OR PASSED ONTO THE CONSUMER RATHER THAN THE CITY RIGHT NOW, THE CITY PAYS ABOUT $350,000 OF CREDIT CARD FEES. BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO PAY THEIR BILLS ONLINE. MOST OTHER OTHER ENTITIES PASS THAT USER CHARGE ONTO THE CUSTOMER, AND WE'RE GOING TO START DOING THAT AS WELL. AND YOU. YOU BELIEVE THAT 22. EVEN THOUGH 22 IS NOT THE BOOKS WE WANT. I'M HOPING SO, ESPECIALLY WITH UM, WITH THIS RATE INCREASE, OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE TILL FY 23. BUT YEAH, HOPEFULLY, THE METRICS AND THE AUDIT FOR FY 22 OR BETTER THAN FY 21. THE REASON I'M GOING. I'M GOING DOWN THAT LINE SO THAT JUST LIKE WE MAKE DECISIONS TODAY. AH WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE DECISIONS. AGAIN NEXT YEAR. AND SHOULD THINGS. BE BETTER. WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND REDUCE. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A POINT. OF CRITICAL DECISION HAS TO BE MADE. IS THAT PROPER. IS THAT THE WAY IRONS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MY ESTIMATION THAT'S CORRECT. LIKE I SAID, WE RECEIVED A SLIGHT DOWNGRADE IN FEBRUARY OF 22. AND I TOLD YOU ALL IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO RESTORE ORDER IN YOUR FUND BALANCE, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE STARTING THAT PROCESS TODAY, SO IT'LL BE ANOTHER TWO YEARS FROM TODAY. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, TURNER, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GETS I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT PRIOR TO HAVING THE WORKSHOP AND COMING UP WITH OTHER IDEAS TO, UH COMING UP TO THE IDEAS OF HOW TO PASS THIS COST ON TO OTHER PEOPLE. BESIDES JUST THE RESIDENTS OF BEAUMONT. WE'RE JUST. IMMEDIATELY GOING TO THIS BIG 8% INCREASE WHEN WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES YET OR THE OUT OF TOWN PEOPLE ARE OUT OF AREA. UM PEOPLE THAT ARE BUYING THE WATER. AND I JUST STROKE, YOU KNOW, 8% INCREASE THAT'S A BIG INCREASE. HAVE WE EVER HAD AN 8% INCREASE BEFORE? LIKE I SAID THAT WE HAD ONE BACK IN 2008 WAS 8. AND REMEMBER THIS. THIS 8% INCREASE ISN'T THE ANSWER. IT'S NOT THE FIX ALL EVERYTHING.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A DEFICIT. RIGHT MY NEXT QUESTION . WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THE OUT OF CITY LIMIT RATES, THINGS LIKE THAT. THE CREDIT CARD FEES WE HAVE TO DO OTHER THINGS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS INCREASE TO FIX THE SITUATION. THE RATE INCREASE ISN'T GOING TO DO IT ALONE. SO HOW DOES ONCE YOU MOVE? IF THIS MOVES TO 8? HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO OTHER LIKE CITIES? AROUND THIS AREA.

SO WE HAD A SLIDE SHOW FOR Y'ALL AND ONE OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS. BUT I CAN I CAN READ THIS OFF TO YOU. OF COURSE, I THINK THIS ONE THAT I'M GOING TO READ IS BASED OFF OF THE 4% I'M SORRY. THE 6% INCREASE, BUT WACO, AND THESE ARE ALL ON RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WITH 6000 GALLONS OF USAGE.

WACO'S AVERAGE BILL WAS $95.27. ORANGE WAS $84.81 SPORT. ARTHUR WAS $78.65 TYLER WAS $59.70, ABILENE, $62 AND. 95 CENTS. GROVES 53 60 NEED ERLAND 56 80 AND OUR CURRENT. UM BILL IS 69

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[7. Consider an ordinance denying Entergy Texas, Inc.'s application to implement Rate Schedule Utility-Owned Distributed Generation (UODG) filed with the City on August 31, 2021 ]

INCORPORATED APPLICATION TO IMPLEMENT RIGHT SCHEDULE UTILITY OWN DISTRIBUTED GENERATION YOU O D G FILED WITH THE CITY ON AUGUST STUDY 1ST 2021 ME AND COUNCIL ENERGY HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO PROMOTE A NEW PROGRAM. THE POWER THROUGH PROGRAM WHICH WILL INSTALL GAS FILLED OR FIRED GENERATORS AND A RANGE OF SUITABLE FOR THE BUSINESS, 100 KILOWATT TO 10 MEGAWATTS TO COMMERCIAL AND IN DISTRICT. INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS. WHAT THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO IS IN THE EVENT OF A POWER SURGE OR POWER OUTAGE. THOSE BUSINESSES WOULD NOT LOSE POWER AND WILL ACT AS ALMOST A BACKUP SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE AREA . UM ENERGY HAS REQUESTED THAT WE DID NOT THEIR REQUESTS SO THAT IT CAN BE HEARD BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, A TEXAS ALONG WITH THEIR ALREADY PROPOSED TAX RATE INCREASE, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING MEANING APPROVAL OF THE DENIAL. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE TO APPROVED. I HAVE A 2ND 2ND MOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR AND THE DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION APPROVING MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASE OF TRAFFIC, MARKETING MATERIALS BEARDS OR WERE WERE REQUESTED FOR ANNUAL CONTRACT TO SUPPLY SIGNAGE. SAND MATERIALS HARDWARE , SPECIALLY THANKS, TRAFFIC CONTROL MATERIALS AND THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS. FOR USE BY FIRST VARIOUS DIVISIONS WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS. AND BASICALLY YOU HAVE THOSE BIDS FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THEY'RE PART WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING THAT'S A SURE AND, UM WE DO THIS YEARLY THEY ESTIMATE OR GIVE ESTIMATED QUANTITY. BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS SET UNIT PRICES FOR THE VARIOUS ITEMS AND THEN WE PURCHASE WHAT'S NEEDED DURING THE YEAR ACCORDING TO OUR NEEDS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. HEY BOARD. I KNOW IT SAYS WE SEND IT OUT TO 18. PEOPLE TO BID ON AND I NOTICED ITEM SECTIONS ONE THROUGH FOUR ONLY HAD ONE COMPANY BID ON IT. IS IT LIKE STANDARD? IS IT LIKE A LACK OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO THIS? BUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. WE CAN'T REALLY COMPARE IT TO NOTHING BECAUSE ONLY ONE GROUP BID IT ON 1 TO 4. SOME OF THE ITEMS ARE MORE SPECIALTY ITEMS, AND WE ONLY HAD ONE PERSON RESPOND ON ON THOSE. SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE GONNA TALK TO IN THE NEXT ITEM ABOUT E BID AND DOING SOME CHANGES, AND THAT MIGHT ALLOW US TO GET A LITTLE MORE WIDER NET ON THESE BIDS GOING FORWARD. OKAY YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN KIND OF CONSISTENT ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH BIDS. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE BEST. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIA BART, ARE THESE PRICES? AFFECTED

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[9. Consider approving the rules for the electronic receipt of bids or proposals]

SHOWING A BID TO YOU GUYS, BUT SAYING IT DIDN'T MEET SPECIFICATIONS BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE A MISSING SIGNATURE. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT TODD HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. BUT THERE ARE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES WHEN WE'VE HAD TO TELL COUNCIL THAT WE COULDN'T ACCEPT THE BID BECAUSE IT WAS EITHER INCOMPLETE FOR EITHER LACK OF FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIELDS THAT WERE REQUIRED, AND SO HAVING AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT WON'T ALLOW THE USER TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT SCREEN UNTIL THE REQUIRED FIELDS ARE COMPLETED, WILL REDUCE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND SO ALSO BE A GOOD SAVINGS TO THE CITY BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE TO REJECT THE LOWEST B BECAUSE IT WASN'T DONE PROPERLY . AND SO IT'S HARD TO GO. THIS WILL BE A BIG HELP IN ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. OKAY I HAVE EMOTIONS. PLEASE MOVE. THE COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RULES FOR THE ELECTRONIC RECEIPT OF BIDS OR PROPOSALS SECOND. HAVE EMOTION AND THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. YOU NEED DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING ALL RIGHT, I NEED OPPOSE THE MOTION

[8. Consider approving multiple contracts for the purchase of traffic marking materials ]

[10. Consider authorizing the creation of an ad hoc Downtown Planning & Development Advisory Committee to advise and act as a steering committee for planning and development efforts in Downtown Beaumont ]

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THE PLAN IS TO ASK FOR REQUESTING THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND ESTABLISHED THE COMMITTEE AS OUTLINED. AND THE PLAN WOULD BE TO PRESENT A PROPOSED SLATE OF MEMBERS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU ALL WOULD BE ABLE TO SELECT OR ADD, UM AT AT YOUR DISCRETION. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 10. MAY I HAVE EMOTION? PLEASE PROVE 2ND 2ND ON THE FLOOR AND THE DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH MR MAYOR A COUPLE COUPLE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. CONCERNS THAT I HAVE, UM ONE IF YOU GO BACK, AND I THINK I SENT YOU THE ORDINANCE THAT I WAS READING LAST NIGHT WERE OKAY. CLEARLY KIND OF OUTLAYS ARE OUTLINES. HOW WE FORM A COMMITTEE OR HOW WE FORM. UM DIFFERENT BOARD AND A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE I THINK WE CLEARLY NEED SOME SOME WORDING IN HERE THAT IT'S GOING TO FOLLOW THAT ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY PASSED. UM AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME WORDING IN HERE THAT IT HELPS TO FIND THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THIS BOARD. UM SO THAT WE ARE WE NEED TO PUT PEOPLE ON HERE THAT UNDERSTAND DOWNTOWN OR COMMUNITY TYPE DEVELOPMENT SO THAT YOU HAVE THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS AND, UH PROPERTY PLANNERS AND PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND THE FINANCES BEHIND IT. THIS IS NOT A TYPE OF COMMITTEE THAT IF WE REALLY WANTED TO BE PRODUCTIVE THAT WE JUST NEED TO FEEL WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. UM, YOU SAID THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED? I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT THE OTHER THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THIS ONE RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW, IT SAYS THE MAYOR IS THREE APPOINTMENTS IN THE COUNCIL GETS ONE. AND WHILE I WOULD PREFER TO GIVE YOU ALL THE APPOINTMENTS MAYOR WE COULD. THE PROBLEM IS PER THE ORDINANCE. IT'S THERE THAT YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE MORE THAN THE COUNCIL. WITH THAT BEING SAID IT ALSO STATES THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A ODD NUMBER.

WHICH MEANS THAT EACH PERSON INCLUDING THE MAYOR WOULD ONLY GET ONE IF I READ BETWEEN THE LINES CORRECTLY, SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT QUESTION. CANCER. REMEMBER? UH I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH IT BEING OUTLINED TO SPECIFY THE SPECIFICATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I WAS ON THE LINES WITH THAT WHEN CHRIS READ IT, I THINK HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO SUBMIT PROPOSED LIST, AND WE CAN EITHER ADD OR WITHDRAW. BUT EVEN WITH THE PRESIDENT BOARDS AND HOW THEY WERE FORM, CHRIS, WHAT DID YOU GO OFF OF WITH THIS PARTICULAR BOARD? PER PER. WHAT OTHER BOYS? HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS NUMBER? SURE. SO THE JUST TO CLARIFY IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES WE DO. IT IS OUTLINED BASICALLY HOW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR CUT. WHAT IS PROPOSED HERE IS NOT A BORDER COMMISSION BUT AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THE WAY IT WAS THE WAY IT WAS DEFINED, AS I KIND OF TOOK A MODEL THAT WE USED BACK IN 2009 FOR AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THERE, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE I GOT THE THREE FOR THE MAYOR AND THE ONE FOR EACH UM, SO THAT WAS THE MODEL THAT WE USED TO COME UP WITH THIS AND AGAIN. THAT'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY POWER THAT A BOARD OR COMMISSION MIGHT HAVE IN. THE IDEA IS, IT'S TEMPORARY IN NATURE, SO IT'S THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THIS PLANNING EFFORT. NOW COMING OUT OF THE PLANNING EFFORT, WE MAY WANT TO COME UP WITH A NEW COMMISSIONER BOARD. BUT THAT WOULD BE LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD. THIS IS TEMPORARY TO BE A STEERING COMMITTEE. UH UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING SAID THAT IF YOU WANT TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT COP COMPOSITION. OF COURSE, THAT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL. MY SECOND QUESTION IS JUST MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. AH THE WE CURRENTLY HAVE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT OPERATING TO THESE NUMBERS, AND WE AREN'T COMPLIANT WITH OUR OWN ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING SOMEONE CREATED IN 2009. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING THAT WAY AGAIN JUST TO CLARIFY THIS. THIS CITY ORDINANCE SPELLS OUT HOW A FORMAL BOARD OR COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO BE SET UP. OKAY BUT THIS IS NOT A BORDER COMMISSION. THIS IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMAL.

UM I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. THEY'RE GOING TO DO IMPORTANT WORK, I THINK IS A STEERING COMMITTEE. BUT IT'S NOT A FORMAL BORDER COMMISSION. AND AS YOU LOOK AT THAT CHAPTER IN THE ORDINANCE, I MEAN TALKS ABOUT TWO YEARS AND TERMS AND ALL THAT, AND THIS AGAIN IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO IT'S AGAIN. IT'S STYLED ON THAT 2009

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YES CORRECT. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT CALL FOR THAT. IT'S A COUNCIL IDENTIFY WHAT THEY BELIEVED TO BE THOSE POSITIONS I FELT LIKE WAS NECESSARY. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED. AND MAY I JUST LIKE TO ADD ON TO THAT REGARDING THE AND I UNDERSTAND THE WISDOM BEHIND A LOT OF THAT, AND I THINK THERE IS WISDOM TO IT. I DO KNOW THAT WITH SOME OF THE COMMITTEES LIKE LANDMARKS SOMETIMES IF THERE'S A POSITION THAT CALLS FOR A HISTORIAN OR AN ARCHITECT. SOMETIMES WE MAY NOT. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S WILLING TO SERVE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. I MEAN MOST OF THE TIME. IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. AND SO I WOULD ONLY ASK, AND I WILL SAY I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE NAMES OF THE DRAFT, BUT THE LIST THAT WE'VE KIND OF EARLY DRAFT IS HEAVILY IT IS HEAVILY WEIGHTED TOWARDS, UH FOLKS WHO OWN PROPERTY DOWNTOWN , WHO ARE DEVELOPED DEVELOPERS ARE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING DOWNTOWN. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS THE ONLY THING IS TO CAUTION IS, I THINK THERE'S WISDOM IN TRYING TO HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERTISE OR DIFFERENT REPRESENTATION. BUT WE WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGED, AT LEAST CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HEAVILY WEIGHTING IT TOWARDS FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE INVESTED OR ARE INVESTED, OR WE EXPECT MIGHT INVEST IN DOWNTOWN. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRO TEM DORIA. SO, UM, SHERRY. WE CAN APPROVE THIS ITEM TODAY AND THEN COME BACK AT A LATER TIME AND SET IT UP AND SET UP HOW WE WANT IT SET UP AS FAR AS WHAT COUNCILMAN NEIL WAS SAYING. OR DO WE HAVE TO DO ALL THAT BEFORE WE APPROVED THE ITEM. SO THERE ARE SOME STIPULATIONS ATTACHED TO THIS THAT WEREN'T WE, UM, WE I HAD AN IDEA TO KIND OF LAUNCH THIS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT YEAH, LET ME LET ME JUST ADD A LITTLE TWIST TO THIS. THIS IS A CONDITION EVER OKAY? CONDITION THAT I WAS TRYING TO DO WITH THAT. YEAH CONDITION OF THE ADDENDUM THAT WE DID FOR MAIN STREET. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS OCTOBER ONE. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, CORRECT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE CONDITION FORM AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE EMPOWERED WITH THE PURPOSE OF FORMULATING A LONG TERM MASTER PLAN FOR THE REVIVAL REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT NO LATER THAN ON OCTOBER 31ST 2022 SO IT THIS WOULD HELP TO COMPLY WITH THAT CONDITION OF THE SALE OF 555 MAIN STREET. IT WAS TALKING EARLIER. ARE THEY ALREADY THIS COMMITTEE? SO THIS WOULD THIS WOULD NOT IMPACT WILL BE ON THE MAIN STREET DAYS. THIS IS SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SATISFY AS A CONDITION OF AN AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE OUR CONTRACT WITH SALE, SO THIS THIS IS NOT TO COMPETE WITH THEM, BUT TO JUST SATISFY THAT AGREEMENT, AND SO IF YOU GUYS IF IT WAS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT THAT YOU HAVE, YOU WOULD SEE THIS IT SHOULD COME BACK AGAIN NEXT WEEK WITH SOME I GUESS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO VOTE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND IT. IF YOU TABLE IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK RELATIVELY QUICKLY TO GET THIS DONE. WELL WE HAVE TO DO LIKE ON THE OTHER COMMITTEES. WE

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AND IS IT NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCES THAT PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE RESIDE? UH, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BEAUMONT. IT'S AT ITS NOT REQUIRED AGAIN AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE THAT REQUIREMENT , SO NONE OF THE TRADITIONAL BOARD AND COMMISSION RESTRICTIONS OR REGULATIONS APPLY TO AD HOC COMMITTEE UNLESS THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO APPLY THEM. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER TODAY OR WOULD THAT BE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE? SO AGAIN. WE WANT TO HAVE THIS COMMITTEE. WE WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. OCTOBER 1ST. SO IF YOU DIDN'T CONSIDER TODAY, YOU'D HAVE TO CONSIDER IT NEXT TUESDAY. OCTOBER 31ST OCTOBER. 30 30 31ST, SO WE HAVE SOME TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL I GUESS THE. THE BIG QUESTION IS, ARE WE JUST FORMING THIS THING TO APPEASE TOM FLANAGAN AND THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY? BECAUSE MY THOUGHT PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORM A GOOD COMMITTEE, A GOOD SOLID COMMITTEE AND ACTUALLY MAKE PROGRESS DOWN HERE. AH SO THESE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THESE RESTRICTIONS AND I THINK NOW IS THE TIME. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR.

UM THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS PUT ON BY THE CELLAR, THE PROPERTY JUST THAT IT BE DONE BY A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY UM THERE WERE ANY RESTRICTIONS OTHER THAN THAT, JUST THE TIME PERIOD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S TO APPEASE HIM DIRECTLY. IT'S MEANT TO CANCEL AND RETURN. WE ARE VOTING AND I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND I'M PRETTY SURE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE THAT VOTED THAT WAY FEELS THE SAME. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT IT'S BIGGER THAN TIME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LIFE CHANGING FOR GENERATIONS. WE NO LONGER ON THIS EARTH, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET INVESTED INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THEY'RE LIKE WE'VE ALL SAID WELL AND SINCE I MEAN WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT PUTTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE. UM, I JUST BELIEVE THAT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, INCLUDING MYSELF AS MAYOR. UM. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE AND JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE PICKING YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU. SO AT THAT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MAYBE I JUST NEED SOME CLARITY.

WHAT GONE HERE. SO ARE YOU. COMMISSIONING STAFF TO GO FORWARD. WHAT SOMETHING OR DO YOU WANT TO APPLY SOME CONDITIONS THAT YOU WANT CERTAIN TYPE OF PEOPLE ON THIS GROUP? NO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW THAT BEFORE THEY START TRYING TO APPOINT PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THE MOTION. WE NEED TO BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THOSE THOSE REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED PEOPLE TYPES POSITIONS, WHATEVER THE WHATEVER THEY WANT. YEAH. OR

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SO WHEN YOU SAY THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU THAT THE ORDINANCE SO YOU SO CHAPTER TO THE CITY ORDINANCE SPELLS OUT HOW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED AND IT TALKS ABOUT TWO YEAR TERMS. IT TALKS ABOUT APPOINTMENTS. UM RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS ALL THIS IS ALL SPELLED OUT IN TERMS OF HOW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED. BUT AGAIN WITH THIS BEING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, RIGHT, THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THE CONCEPT ABOARD.

YEAH HAVING SAID THAT, IF YOU WANTED TO SET IT UP AS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS, YOU COULD, BUT MAYOR. CANCER MEMORY. GET IT, YOU KNOW IT'S BEING PHRASED AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. THE LAST TIME WE DID AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS BEFORE I WAS EVEN ON CITY COUNCIL, AND IT KIND OF SEEMS THAT THAT POINT WE MOVED A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAID. AND WE'RE NOT TRUE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE. UH AND THE WAY WE WERE GIVING APPOINTMENT POWER TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME. THIS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT IMPORTANT COMMITTEE AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE AH, MORE FORMALIZED IN THE WAY OF AN ARTIST CHANGED AND MAKE IT A, UH, STANDING BOARD OR IF IT WHICH WHICH WOULD REQUIRE PERHAPS AN ELECTION, BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE OCTOBER 31ST I GET IT. UM AH, I THINK I WOULD KIND OF DEFER TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF. UH, ON THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THANK YOU, MARY BACK TO THE COMMENT. COUNSELOR. GUEST IS BAD . I GUESS MY CONCERN IS AND I DON'T WANT TO. I KNOW EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL WOULD MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ON THIS, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, MR BOONE WAS THINKING IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S THE ONE PUTTING THE LIST OF PEOPLE TOGETHER. UM IS THERE ANYTHING PRESSING ON WHY WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY? I DON'T THINK MR BOONE, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS NEEDS PROBABLY FURTHER DISCUSSION, AND IT MAY BE RIGHT FOR A WORK SESSION OR, YOU KNOW US DISCUSS IT INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE MANAGER AS TO HOW YOU KNOW AGAIN DIFFERENT PREFERENCES. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME. I WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL JUST SAID. DO YOU HAVE A LIST? WE HAVE A DRAFT SLATE LIST THAT WE WOULD PRESENT TO Y'ALL. UM BUT AGAIN, YOU ALL WOULD MAKE THE COUNCIL WOULD MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. BECAUSE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL APPOINT ONE MEMBER ACCORDING TO THE AUTUMN. YES, SIR. SO WHAT DO YOU SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? LIST FOR US TO APPOINT FROM WE JUST HAVE A RECOMMENDATION LIST THAT WE SUGGEST THAT YOU CONSIDER BUT IT'S JUST IT'S A STARTING POINT RIGHT SO THAT YOURSELF AND THE OTHER COUNCIL WOULD WOULD ULTIMATELY MAKE THE DECISION.

IT'S JUST A STARTING POINT. I WILL TELL YOU THOSE SINCE. PEOPLE LOOKED AT THE GENDER ON FRIDAY BEEN GETTING PHONE CALLS SO. BLISS ISN'T A PROBLEM. UM. COUNCIL MEMBER, PHIL SHARP MAYOR PRO TEM DURIAN, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ATTORNEY. CHRIS IS IT TRUE THAT JUST TO SATISFY THE TIME CONSTRAINT THAT WERE UNDER THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING? CANNOT CAN'T WE PASS THIS TODAY, TRUSTING EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO APPOINT THE RIGHT PERSON? IT'S AN AD HOC. IT MAY BE TEMPORARY, AND THEN AT A LATER DATE AFTER WE'VE HAD TIME TO REALLY SIT DOWN AND CONSIDER THIS WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL AS WE'RE DISCUSSING ABOUT THE ORDINANCE AND FORMING A TRUE COMMITTEE AS AS AS BEING DISCUSSED. YES, SIR. SO AGAIN, ACCOUNTS OF MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO DO THE RIGHT THING TODAY, AS OPPOSED TO DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. LET'S GET THIS DONE. LET'S GET BEYOND THIS AND LATER IF WE'D LIKE TO MAKE IT A MORE PERMANENT, UH, COMMITTEE.

THAT'S FINE. BUT FOR TODAY, IT'S AN AD HOC. TEMPORARY THANK YOU. MARY CITY ATTORNEY SO I WOULD CAUTION COUNCIL NOT TO JUST DO SOMETHING, UM HASTILY, UM, WE WANT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONTRACT. BUT THERE'S TIME. MY FEAR IS THAT IF WE DO SOMETHING, UM AND THEN TRY TO MAKE CHANGES TO IT LATER THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOME CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD AND SAYING THAT WE DIDN'T ACT AND GOOD FAITH. SO WE'RE PROPOSING IT AS AN ACT COMMITTEE . I THINK IT LIKE IT'S COUNCILMAN FAILED TO MENTION IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DECIDE NEEDS TO BE PERMANENT, AND WE WANT TO MERGE IT WITH SOME EXISTING. UM, ORGANIZATIONS ARE BOARDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OR EXPAND SOME EXISTING ONBOARD AUTHORITY IN THE CITY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE IS ESTABLISHED WITH THE INTENT TO COMPLY BOTH WITH WITH THE CITY DESIRES, BUT ALSO WITH THAT

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YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND STAFF DOESN'T HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION. I ASKED COUNCILMAN ILL. YOU BROUGHT IT UP, SO CAN YOU JUST GET THEM SOME CLEAR DIRECTION OF SUGGESTIONS? WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. SO NOW THEY'RE NOT LEAVING HERE. YOU KNOW, CONFUSED ON HOW TO BRING IT BACK TO US. YEAH I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT CAN I PAUSE BECAUSE THERE IS EMOTIONAL FORWARD TO APPROVE IT. SO IT IF IN THE SECOND, SO WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS SO THAT THERE'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT , AMENDING THE MOTION OR APPEALING THE MOTION OR TABLING THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF DEAL WITH THE MOTION. THAT IS THAT IS ON THE FLOOR. SHARIA APOLOGIZED. GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID. WAS YOU RECOMMENDING THAT WE SLOW DOWN ON THIS ITEM? I MEAN, IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE YOU WERE AS OUR LEGAL ADVISER TO MAYBE TABLE. THIS COUNCIL HAS CONCERNS I WOULD PREFER COUNCIL TABLED THE MOTION SO THAT STAFF CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE MOTION TO COMPLY WITH A CONDITION OF A CONTRACT TERMS SO THAT WE CAN TRULY SAY THAT WE ARE ADOPTING THIS THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE BOTH IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT CONTRACT TERMS BUT ALSO IN THE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT WAS INTENDED TO DO BUT WHAT I SAID THAT WAS TRUE, THEN THIS IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. UH WE EACH CAN APPOINT SOMEONE WE CAN TRUST EACH ONE TO DO THEIR JOB, BUT THAT DOESN'T ELIMINATE US FROM IN THE FUTURE OF DOING ANYTHING ELSE. ABSOLUTELY. AND I AGREE WITH YOU. I WAS JUST STATING THE FACT THAT IF COUNCIL HAD CONCERNED IN TERMS OF HOW THIS COMMITTEE WAS BEING FORMED, THAT I ENCOURAGE THEM TO TABLE THE MOTION, SO NOT THAT IT WOULD COME BACK LATER FOR US TO REVISE OR EXTEND THE ORDINANCE, BUT TO JUST TABLE IT SO THAT STAFF CAN HAVE HAVE A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS SO THAT AT THE TIME IT WAS APPROVED. IT WAS IMPROVED BOTH IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONTRACT BUT IN THE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT WAS INTENDED, AND IT LATER ON DOWN, THE LINE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS SERVING THIS CITY AND THE CITIZENS WELL, AND THEY WANTED TO EITHER EXTEND ITS AUTHORITY MAKING A BORDER COMMISSION OR WHATEVER COUNCIL WANTED TO DO EXTEND THE AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER BOARD. TO HAVE YOU NO AUTHORITY OVER THIS COMMISSION. WHATEVER COUNCIL WANTED TO DO, WE WILL BE IN GOOD STANDING TO DO THAT IF WE DID THE RIGHT THING ORIGINALLY. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL I'M CONFUSED, SO I'M ASKING IS IT PROPER? JUST THE MOTION TO TABLE THIS, UH MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR, SO WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER UNDERSTAND, ACCORDING TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ALREADY CAN'T MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE SO THAT WE DON'T HURT. WE MOVE INTO THIS SO THAT WE CAN DO IT RIGHT FIRST TIME WITH WHATEVER UNDERLYING PRECEPT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I MOVE THAT WE TABLED THIS AND IT COMES BACK. 2ND 2ND THANK YOU, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION, SO WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND. WE WANT TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT DIES ON THE FLOOR AND AMANDA ALREADY WE HAVE. YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE. WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED ROBBERIES ORDER . AND SO THAT'S WHY I SAID, AND THE ROBINSON WHERE YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION, BUT UNDER THE CITY'S RULES, EITHER WHOEVER MADE THE MOTION WOULD HAVE TO WITHDRAW THAT MOTION. AND THEN WE CAN GO WITH THEIR MOTION TO TABLE OR THE MOTION CAN JUST DIE . UM SOMEBODY COULD REPEAL THEIR SECOND DIED FOR LACK OF SECOND OR IT CAN JUST DIE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T PASS IT. THAT'S KIND OF THE MIX THAT WE'RE IN, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO TABLE SO, YES. IS EVERYONE OKAY? WITH THE MOTION TO TABLE YES, YES. YES. YEAH, OKAY. SO WE HAD EMOTION BACK COUNTER MEMBER SAMUEL TO TABLE. YES WHO'S SECOND, EVERYBODY? EVERYBODY OKAY? I THINK IT WAS TAYLOR, WHO ACTUALLY SPOKE UP FIRST, EVERYBODY OH, OKAY? OKAY AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT IF THERE THERE'S SOME CONCERNS THAT THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST KIND OF EMAIL THOSE SENSITIVE

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[11. Consider a resolution adopting the Reinvestment Zone Tax Abatement Policy for the City of Beaumont ]

OKAY? AND I WILL SAY THAT WHEN WE'VE HAD SOME USES, THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE. WE HAVE LOOKED AT THREE EIGHTIES AS POTENTIAL BECAUSE THIS THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN INCREMENTAL TAX ABATEMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL USES. HAVING SAID THAT IT POTENTIALLY COULD BE EXPANDED. BUT IN THE PAST WE'VE LOOKED AT THOSE AND IN THE LIGHT OF 3 80, WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER OPTION. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF A PROVEN ITEM NUMBER 11 . PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT IS THE END OF OUR AGENDA. BUT AT

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LITTLE MARINE COUNCIL. THIS BEEN A VERY GOOD AFTERNOON. VERY INTERESTING. AND YES, I GUESS IT IT WAS LONG, BUT JUST A COMMENT OWNED UP ON RESURFACING STREETS . I THINK WE NEED TO DO AS NEEDED. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE USAGE OF OUR STREETS AND, UH AND OVER LAMB WITH THIS ASPHALT THAT MAKES IT VERY NICE. UH, STRAIGHT WHEN YOU. WHEN YOU GET TO DRIVE OVER AN ASPHALT COATED STREET.

AND, UH, I GUESS THE, UH PARKS. UH YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ENHANCED PARTS WHERE PEOPLE WILL USE THEM. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF YOU , SAID JOHN THESE BASKETBALL COURTS. AND, UH, TENNIS SCORCH.

YEAH I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE ADEQUATE TENNIS COURTS, BUT YOU MIGHT THINK OF HOW PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND JUST ENHANCE IT. BUT GIVE THEM MORE MORE THINGS. OKAY ON THE ROADS, I GUESS YOU YOU USE A MILEAGE SEE THE USAGE OF THE ROADS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN ROADS. RESURFACE IS AND I DIDN'T THINK THEY REALLY NEEDED IT. YEAH BUT, UH, SOME SOMETHING HAPPENED. AND, UH, ANYWAY, I ENJOYED THE MEETING. AND, UH, I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. EDDIE ALLEN 96 95 GROSS. BEAUMONT, TEXAS. MAYOR COUNCIL NEW CITY MANAGER AND LEGAL. I JUST MADE SOME NOTES THIS TIME. USUALLY I COME UP HERE AND JUST GO RANDOM, BUT THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM ME AS A CITIZEN, THE TAX RATE INCREASED AND CITIZENS HAVE TO SHOULDER THE TAX HIKE. OKAY THAT'S OKAY. BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME SOME DRAW THAT BECAUSE WHEN THE $3 MILLION BUILDING WAS BUILT I WONDER IF THE BOND UM RAMIFICATIONS WERE CONSIDERED AT THAT TIME AND IF THE THREE MILLION IS GIVEN BACK IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF GOING INTO THE WATER FUND, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I'M AN AIRPORT ADVOCATE. UM WELL, MAYBE NOT AN ADVOCATE, RIGHT? BUT ANYWAY, THAT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S $4 MILLION. THAT'S GOING TO GO TO A TEE HANGAR AND 11,000 SQUARE FOOT. UH FACILITY FOR PRIVATE PLANES. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR PROJECT WHERE WE STILL HAVE BROWN WATER. OKAY SO THE STIPEND $4000 RAISED FOR THE NON CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. IS THAT CONSIDERED IN THIS BUDGET WHERE IT WON'T HAVE TO BE A STIPEND, BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE A RACE. AND THEN I WAS LOOKING AT LISTENING TO YOU ABOUT THE STREET REPAIRS, AND IT WAS SAID THAT IT'S DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE WARDS. WHAT ABOUT DISTRIBUTIONAL ON HISTORICAL DATA BASIS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE OLDER STREETS AND MOVING FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S FAIR OR UNFAIR, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. AND THEN IN THE RFP FOR, UM, JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THE CITY OFFICIALS NOTE WHAT YOU REALLY WANT, BECAUSE AN RFP CAN BE DONE QUICKLY, AND WE CAN GET THIS MONEY BACK AND THEN WITH TRASH PICKUP LAST YEAR, I ASKED THAT THE TRASH, UH, EMPLOYEES WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE MLK DAY OFF. THAT WAS THE WHOLE GIST.

YOU KNOW OF, UH, M OKAY FIGHTING FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT THAT WE'RE HANDLING THE TRASH. THEY STILL WORK ON MLK DAY. WHY WE HAVE INDUSTRIES. THEY'RE GETTING ABATEMENTS. SO WHY DON'T WE JUST

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PARKING LOT ON O'REILLY AUTO PARK ACTUALLY SHOW PROOF OF LICENSE AND INSURANCE. I COMPLIED, I WAS TOLD ALLEGED DIDN'T STOP AT A STOP SAYING I USE THE TERM SIGNAL INSTEAD OF BEING GIVEN CITATION I WAS EX ME AND MY PASSION JUST TO STEP OUT OF THE CAR AND PUT MY HANDS UPON THE COP CAR, THEN WAS ASKED TO SEARCH MY VEHICLE. I SAID NO. ACCORDING TO THE LAW, TEXAS THEY HAD TO HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE. THAT THEY MAKE OUR SEARCH MY VEHICLE. AND, UH, OF THE EVIDENCE OF A CRIME AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBABLE CAUSE. SIX OFFICERS PROCEEDED ANYWAY. CALLING DOLLS STUFF MY SNIFF MY CAR AT THE SAME TIME. WE WERE SEARCHING DOWN FROM HEAD TO TOE WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION. BEING HUMILIATED RATHER ABOUT OUR DIGNITY FROM SEARCH. X ALL. SAUCE OF DEROGATORY QUESTION. I FEAR FOR OUR LIVES SURROUNDED BY SIX PARTIES AND ALL WHITE. I WISH YOU NOT REFLECT. POPULACE OF THIS CITY. BEING 48.5% BLACK AND OTHER PERCENTAGES. OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS. THAT GENERATE MORE FEAR , ACCORDING TO THE U. S CONSTITUTION, TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS ILLEGAL. CERTAINLY WITHOUT DOUBT IN THIS IN THIS CITY, IT EXISTS. AFTER DECISION THERE WAS FOUND NO NARCOTICS. THEN OFFICER MADE A SARCASTIC REMARK THAT DID, UH, WE FOUND A BRICK, WHICH I DIDN'T THINK WAS SO FUNNY AT ALL. GAVE ME A CITATION AND LET US GO. WE WILL WAS ALMOST WHEN WILL JUST STOP? I HAVE EVIDENCE HERE. DID. CHOSE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH ME. THEY DIDN'T EVEN. THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN INCIDENT REPORT ON FILE WHEN I WENT TO GET ONE TIME , MORE DETAILED INFORMATION FROM A JUDGE. I'M 66 YEARS OLD. TIRED OF BEING HARASSED BY BY BEAUMONT POLICE. FOR NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON. THIS TYPE OF OPPRESSION HAS TO STOP. NOT ONLY WITH ME BUT WITH ALL CITIZENS. IT IS A GREAT CITY JUST BECAUSE YOU GIVE SOMEONE A TICKET. YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MR HOLMES. YOUR TIME IS, UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHARLES PAUL 56 15 PHELPS ROAD BY MY TEXAS. HELLO THERE. HELLO, EVERYONE. EXCUSE ME. I GOT HIM TO SPEAK TODAY BECAUSE I'M NEW OWNER. ABOUT SOME PROPERTY AT FOURTH AND HARRIET AND FOR THE FINISHED ROAD IS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER. IT'S AN, UH MR DURIO IS WAR. I GREW UP IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I WAS BORN IN, UH, TRAP CITY HAD BEEN MIDWAY. BUT ANYWAY, I MIGHT SOUND LIKE A BABY WITH PAMPERS ON HIS FEET, BUT I'M COMING TO SEE BUT LIKE

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AND I GAVE US SOME IDEAS. I WAS THINKING ABOUT BEAUMONT SUPPOSED TO BE THE ATHLETIC CITY. NFL CAPITAL. I THOUGHT ABOUT A LITTLE SPORTS MUSEUM THERE WHERE WE CAN SHOW DIFFERENT ATHLETES FROM MY OWN CITY. MAYBE EVEN GET SOME LITTLE CARDS LIKE FOOTBALL CARDS FOR THOSE GUYS. BASKETBALL FOOD TRUCK BUSINESS WORKOUT ROOM THAT CROWBAR SNOW CONE SMOKE SHOP. DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE.

TUTORING, LEARNING HOW TO HANDLE THEIR FINANCES AND GET AWAY FROM THEM PAYDAY LOANS AND IT WAS TIGHT ALONG TYPE PEOPLE. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE UP MAYBE A HOT SPOT FOR THOSE TEENAGERS COMING THROUGH TO BE DOING SOME WHATEVER KIND OF WORK OR ANYBODY ELSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, UH, MAYBE ART STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY. SOUND BOOTS WITH PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO DO, DJ, OR MAYBE DO PODCAST. I'VE TALKED WITH SOME PEOPLE NOT TALKING ABOUT EMAILS AND STUFF ON ONLINE BY POSSIBLE FRANCHISES. I HAD A SCOOTERS IS COFFEE SHOP IS IN WOODLANDS AND CAROLINE.

MAYWEATHER HAS A FITNESS GYM THAT HE'S GOING AROUND DIFFERENT CITIES. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER FITNESS CLUB 25TH 5TH 20. CLEANERS BY JEFF THE CLEANER ALSO SAID WE COULD PROBABLY PUT A POLICE SUBSTATION THERE AND TRY TO HELP THE CRIME IN THAT AREA. ANOTHER LITTLE, MAYBE THE BASKETBALL COURT, DUNCAN DUNCAN BOOT OR SOMETHING FOR THE ATHLETES IN MIDWAY EVEN GET, UM MAYBE, UH, LIKE A BATTING CAGE WITH CHILDREN CAN USE THE BAT OR THEY CAN LEARN TO PITCH. YOU ALSO CAN GET A LITTLE KID AND THAT CAMERA BUT, UH, TIME PEOPLE CAN RUN LIKE THE 25 YEAR OLD DASH AND JUST FOR FUN, BUT IT WAS TELLING ME THAT WE WENT TO THE CHEAPEST BECAUSE MOST OF THESE GONNA BE SOME BIG MONEY AND I'M NOT A SIX FIGURE OR SEVEN FIGURE TYPE GUY. I'M A FULL FIGURE. BUT ANYWAY YEAH, BUT ANYWAY, THEY TOLD ME YOU HAVE TO GET THE SIDEWALKS AND LANDSCAPING AND I'M SAYING I'M NOT A BIG CORPORATION SEEM LIKE INDIVIDUAL. I WOULDN'T NEED THAT A SIDEWALK. LET ME GET IT STARTED. MAYBE GETTING ONE OR TWO FOOD TRUCKS. THEY'RE HEALTHY FOOD. MAYBE THE GREASY FOOD JUST GET PEOPLE STARTED. YOU KNOW IF THEY CAN, SHE SAID, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT FIRST. AND I THINK IT'S I DON'T KNOW THERE'S AN ORDINANCE OR HOW Y'ALL GO BACK.

BUT IT SEEMED LIKE I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO A SIDEWALK BECAUSE THERE'S A RED LIGHT THERE AT FOURTH AND INFINITE AND IT'S NOT BEING KEPT UP THE SIDEWALK. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CITY OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO KEEP IT UP. BUT IF I HAVE TO PUT IT THERE AND THEN IT'S GONNA DEAD END.

IT'S A SIDEWALK THAT GOES NOWHERE. THANK YOU. YEAH CHERYL JACKSON 8 62 PORTER STREET BY MY TEXAS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WELCOME MR WILLIAMS TO BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I AM HERE. UH ABOUT THE PORK, BUT I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE PART AND TELL THEM TALK ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS THE CHARLTON PARLAYED NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH END TO MOST. THE ORIGINAL SOUTH END. UM I AM VERY PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. HOWEVER. WE CAN SPEAK FOR A FEW OF US AND TIRED OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD BEING NEGLECTED. NUMBER ONE. THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I PAY TAXES IS A PARK. A PARK. THAT WE DO. UH, PARTIES. UH BALLOON, THE LADY SAYS DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT EVENT. I DO EVENTS IN THE PARK. HOWEVER I FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT FAIR THAT WE HAD A RUN DOWN PARK. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE. APART I MEAN, SOMETHING IS SAFE.

UH I WENT TO RHONDA'S PARK AFTER BEING CALLED OUT. AND NOTICED THAT THEY HAD TO PLAYGROUNDS. 22 I ONE THAT WAS RUSTED OUT. OUR CHILDREN. OUR CHILDREN WANT TO BE SAFE. WE WANT TO HAVE THESE EVENTS IN A POINT. THAT IS THE ONLY THING WE HAVE. WE HAVE NO RESOURCE CENTER, NO COMMUNITY CENTER. WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, NOT EVEN A GROCERY STORE. OKAY, SO. WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR PARK. I TAKE PRIDE IN IT . WE'RE GONNA BE DOING MORE AND MORE EVENTS THERE. HOWEVER WE NEED SOME REPRESENTATION. UH, ODD ONE. I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO STEP UP. WE NEED TO SEE YOU. YOU ARE OUR VOICE. SO I'M CALLING YOU OUT. UM MAYOR. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE ABOUT THE PARK. I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU SAW THAT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND YOU SHUT IT DOWN. THANK YOU.

A J. THANK YOU AS WELL. OUR CHILDREN MATTERS, TOO. FRED GRANT, 24 45 AMARILLO BY MY

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OKAY? I AM HERE. TO DEFEND THE HOUSE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT'S A DRESS YOU. S U FEW REMEMBERS. THE U. S. SUPREME COURT. AND YOU ALLOWED ME TO OPPORTUNITY. TO DEFEND MY CLIENT. I CAME HOME ONE DAY FROM WORK. AND I WAS A VICTIM. BY THE BEAUMONT CITY MEMBERS. I HAVE BEEN CRYING FOR HELP. FOR TWO YEARS. AND NEVER GOT IT. I AM. A VETERAN. AND A SENIOR CITIZEN.

AND I AM HOMELESS. AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS TRYING TO ESTABLISH REASONABLE DOUBT. WHY THAT HOUSE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RED TAGGED. I HAD A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS I WANTED TO SAY. BUT SINCE I AIN'T GOT BUT THREE MINUTES JUST LIKE AND I FORGOT EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY. BUT WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE USED TO RE ATTACK THE HOUSE. TO ME. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THE POLICE CAME OUT THERE AND THE REST OF THE HOUSE. THE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROPERTY. THE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE REPAIRS THAT WERE GOING ON.

THE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED ABOUT PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE. SOMEONE DECLARED THAT THE HOUSES UNOCCUPIED. AIN'T NOBODY LIVED THERE IN 10 YEARS AND I'M SAYING WHERE DID ALL THIS COME FROM? I TALKED WITH AH, I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT PERSON. OKAY? AND, UH, IT'S LIKE WHO DECLARED THAT NO ONE LIVES IN THAT HOUSE. WHAT AUTHORITY? GIVES. WHAT'S THAT ORGANIZATION? UM WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WHAT WHAT AUTHORITY GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO TELL A PERSON. WHERE THEY DON'T LIVE. I HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE OH, FOUR EVER SINCE I CAME BACK FROM GERMANY.

BUT NOW ENFORCEMENT COLD IS TELLING ME I DON'T LIVE THERE. I SAY, WOW, WE WHERE DO I LIVE? SHE SAID WHEN SHE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE, THE PERSON THAT WAS SIR. OKAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. HOLD ON, BUT YOU COULD SPEAK TO MR BOONE. THANK YOU. PROCEED, MR SORRY.

CHRISTOPHER JONES, 10 45 DO, SAID AVENUE BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM WELCOME TO BEAUMONT. MR WILLIAMS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH END TALKING POLLARD GREATER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. UM I DO. EXTEND OUR INVITATION NOT ONLY TO OUR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR , BUT ALSO TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT REFORMULATING AND RECONSTITUTING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS THE CHILD AND POLLARD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RECLAIMING OUR NAME, WHICH IS THE SOUTH END. SO WE'RE NOT SOUTH PARK WHERE THE SOUTH END. AND HISTORICALLY WRITTEN. WE WANT TO, UM LIKE I SAID, TO RECLAIM OUR NAME AND RECLAIM THE STATUS AND HISTORICAL STATUS TO THE SOUTH THAT WE WILL BE MEETING THIS EVENING AT 6 30 AT THE AMERICAN LEGION IN THE SOUTH END. UM IT'S ON PARK STREET

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AND HADN'T ALWAYS BEEN NICE. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE TO ADDRESS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD TO SAY. UM I DON'T KNOW. BASED ON YOUR CRITERIA. YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING MY SITUATION AS A CITY PROBLEM, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH THINGS THAT AFFECT THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. UH, I AM. AN ADVOCATE, AND I AM DEDICATING MY ENTIRE LIFE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO. THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN BEAUMONT.

IT'S FAIR TO EVERYONE. RIGHT NOW. I'M DEALING WITH JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT. I'M DEALING WITH JUDICIAL CORRUPTION, WHICH IS A CRIME. UM PAPERWORK. AUDIO VIDEO INFORMATION HAS BEEN WITHHELD FROM ME. UM. I AM REACHING OUT TO VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AND VARIOUS, UM SITUATIONS IN VARIOUS THINGS, AND LIKE I SAID , BEFORE, HOPEFULLY BY YEARS IN HAVE ANY INFORMATION AND MATERIAL FOR EVERYONE TO BE USED IN THE CITY AND WITHIN WITHIN THE SURROUNDING AREA WERE COMING ALONG VERY WELL. THE INFORMATION I HAVE IS VERY DETAILED. IS THERE. OH AND IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. TWO HOURS PER WEEK TO, UM GET ALL THE INFORMATION OUT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF IT, AND IT'S SHAMEFUL. I'M SORRY THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS, BUT OUR TGS WITHIN OUR CITY HAS LEFT US NO CHOICE. SO, UM, UM I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF YOU GUYS ARE THAT INTERESTED AS THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I'M BUT I KNOW THAT THE CITY ITSELF IS INTERESTED. BECAUSE THIS IS OUR CITY, AND, UM, IT DOESN'T BELONG TO US. IT BELONGS TO OTHERS. WE SEE YOUR JUDGE, FRIENDS. WE SEE YOUR CORPORATIONS THAT WITHIN THESE BUSINESSES, THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST THE DARK MONEY AND WE JUST HOPE WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING HER INTO IT. I'M NOT GONNA TAKE YOUR FULL THREE MINUTES. UM BUT I WILL READDRESS, THE CITY COUNCIL AND HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WITHOUT OUR INFORMATION. GET READY TO ROLL OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOHN GUIDRY. 28 30 ST JAMES BEAUMONT, TEXAS. YES. MY NAME IS JOHN GEDRICK. AND YOU'RE THE NEW MANAGER. I WOULD HOPE YOU BROUGHT SOME GOOD EYES. BEAUMONT, WHERE THEY COULD. BUT I COULD START CHANGING. COULD YOU COME UP TO THE MIKE? YEAH WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. I WANTED YOU TO SEE IF YOU COULD. EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. THEY AIN'T GOT NO PRINTS, NO PROGRAMS TO CUT NOTHING BACK. THEY WANT TO GO FULL FORWARD TO REVITALIZE THE RIVERWALK REVITALIZED THIS AND THAT THEY'RE NOT CUTTING BACK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW LIKE I'VE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE WHOLE SENIOR CITIZEN. AGAIN ONLY GET $275 A MONTH IF IT WOULDN'T BE FOR GOD ON MY SIDE TO KEEP ME LIVING IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE, I WOULD BE IN TROUBLE. SO WHY DON'T YOU PUT ON THE PROGRAM TO START CUTTING BACK ON SOME OF THE PROGRAMS LIKE THE PARK AND DO YOUR ROD DOESN'T JEFFERSON THEATER CUTBACK FOR PEOPLE CAN LIVE? Y'ALL GOING UP 8. AND I'M LIVING ON 2 75 A MONTH ALSO BEHIND THE WORLD. I'M GONNA MAKE IT IF YOU DON'T KEEP GOING UP BECAUSE Y'ALL CAN'T KEEP Y'ALL BUDGET.

THAT WITHOUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE A BUDGET DIRECTOR SO I HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS 100 YEARS AND THEY STILL CAVE AND, UH, QUALIFY FOR A LOAN. IT DON'T MAKE SENSE. THEY GET THIS MANY MILLION DOLLARS COMING IN, BUT AIN'T NOBODY THEY MUST BE MISMANAGING IT BECAUSE NOBODY HAS THE MONEY TO KEEP UP WITH BEAUMONT. SO IF YOU'RE THE NEW MANAGER, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TELL THESE PEOPLE HERE. LOOK HERE. I'M A MANAGER. THIS WE'RE GONNA CUT THIS PROGRAM. WE'RE TRYING TO REVITALIZE BEAUMONT. BUT YOU CAN'T REVITALIZED BECAUSE IT'S DEAD. YOU GOTTA SIT BACK. SAVE YOUR MONEY. AND THEN YOU CAN RESULT BUT THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP SPIN SPIN SPIN THIS

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MUCH OF MY LIFE INCARCERATED BEHIND THE BOAT. MY POLICE DEPARTMENT, BOTH POLICE DEPARTMENT RED TAG HAD ONE OF MY HOUSE IS REALLY TAG AND HAD IT TOWED DOWN AND POWER. MY TRUCK COULDN'T GET MY TRUCK BACK OUT ANYTHING. THEY ARE OUT OF CONTROL. THEN I WANT TO KNOW WHILE SWEATING AND THEY GOT GUNS ALL AROUND ME AND STUFF IN MY HOUSE. WHEN THEY HAD NO SEARCH WARRANT OR ANYTHING. THEN THEY WALKING DOWN MY STREET WITH GOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I AIN'T DOING ANYTHING. NOTHING JUST SITTING IN MY HOUSE AND I HAD THREE ROOMMATES LIVING THERE AND THEY HARASSING ALL OF US, AND THEY THEY ARE OUT OF CONTROL. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT OUT OF CONTROL AND I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'M TERRIFIED RIGHT NOW. I'M TERRIFIED THAT DID FIVE I DID LOVE IN YEARS IN THE MILITARY. I DON'T DESERVE ONLY HAD FIVE MOS IS I DON'T DESERVE THIS YEAR FROM THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL I'M THROUGH WITH THIS. THANK YOU, SIR.

CHRISTOPHER MATH. MATHEWS 38 75 NORTH MAJOR DRIVE BY MY TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL.

MADAM MAYOR. UH, PERSON WANT TO START OFF WITH WELCOME TO BEAUMONT CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE. EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN BRING THE BEAUMONT. UM THE WATER DEAL ISSUE. THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. BUT I HEAR WHAT THE OLDERS CITIZENS, BOWMAN ARE SAYING UM AND I BELIEVE THE CFO MADE MENTION OFR SOMETHING IN WHICH WOULD ME THAT'S FINE WITH ME. I DON'T I DON'T MIND PAYING AN EXTRA $6. I WOULDN'T MIND PAYING AN EXTRA $20. TO GIVE THE CITIZENS OF SENIOR CITIZENS, BOMA AN EXTRA DISCOUNT. SO THAT MAY BE AN IDEA OR SOMETHING. ALONG THOSE LINES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT YOU GUYS CAN MAYBE CONSIDER UM. COUNCIL MEMBER WAR, TOO. YEAH.

YOU DID SAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING YOUR GRANDKIDS TO TALK IN PORTLAND PARK PORK AND LET THEM PLAY STILL WAITING TO SEE THAT AND I REALLY WANTED TO GET AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.

THANK YOU. HOLLY PETERSON, 8 25 NOR WOULD DROP BY MY TEXAS. I WOULD NOT FEEL RIGHT SITTING AND LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS ABOUT CHARLTON PARLOR PARK. UM AND COME AND ASK IN A PLACE OF PRIVILEGE FOR A DOG PARK AT ROGERS. SO I JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND BE VERY CLEAR. I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU PASSED THE RESOLUTION OR A BUDGET FOR IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I DO LIVE IN WAR, TOO. BUT I'M A CITIZEN AT LARGE. I USE ALL THE PARKS IN BEAUMONT. I SEE PROBLEMS AND I SEE WONDERFUL THINGS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT AMENITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S WORTH INVESTING IN. BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LEND MY SUPPORT FOR ALL THE PARKS OF BEAUMONT. I WOULD LIKE EVERY CHILD IN OUR COMMUNITY TO FEEL LIKE A CITIZEN AT LARGE. I FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GO TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WHERE THEY CAN GO TO ANY PARKING BEAUMONT. AND ENJOY OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM LATASHA , AND I DON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS OR A LAST NAME, MAYOR.

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THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP ME FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. ON THE SIMPLE INSURANCE CLAIMS. THAT THEY, THE JUDGE STATED. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE MY SITUATION FOR US. I'M GOING TO QUOTE THESE QUOTE, TRANSFER. AT LEAST THIS ONE PAGE. AND THIS IS THE JUDGE HIMSELF, SAYING THIS.

FIRST THEY STARTED OFF TALKING ABOUT THIS GAG ORDER TO TRY TO PREVENT ME FROM GOING PUBLIC WITH MY STORY. IF THE JUDGE GOES I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. WE HAVE A POTENTIAL TO MAKE THIS WORSE, YOU KNOW? YOU ALREADY MENTIONED WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONALLY. WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO US. WHAT I SAID IN MY COMPLAINTS LETTER WITH THE STATE BAR. WHERE I STATED THAT I WAS GOING TO GO PUBLIC WITH MY STORY IF THEY FAIL TO TAKE ACTUALLY AGAINST MICHAEL LINDSAY. MA'AM DON'T CALL ANY NAMES. WHAT'S BEING DONE? IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE THINGS BETTER. IT'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS WORSE. AND I'M AFRAID THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO THAT WITH THIS SITUATION HERE LIKE I WAS CLASSICALLY TAUGHT. AND I THOUGHT ALL OF YOU I'M BEGINNING TO WONDER WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT TO I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL. BUT CARE FOR FREE SPEECH. YOU DISAGREE WITH ITS MORE SPEECH, NOT LESS. SO I AM JUST INCLINED NOT TO DO THE GAG ORDER, AND I DON'T EVEN LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT TERM, BUT I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR USING IT. I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. THERE'S JUST SO MANY LAYERS TO THIS WHOLE FRAUDULENT SEEN CASES. I'VE BEEN HAVING THE STUFF OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA JUST TO DO SOME RALLYING TO TRY TO GET SOME HELP. AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO DIFFERENT NEWS OUTLETS THAT'S BEEN INTERFERING ME WITH NO PROBLEM IN POSTING MY CONTENT OVER SEX, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. BECAUSE LIKE THEY'RE SAYING THIS JUDGE NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED FOR WHAT HE'S DOING.

BEAUMONT HAS A LOT OF CORRUPTION GOING ON, AND I'VE TALKED TO THREE OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I MEAN, I HAVE THE COVERAGES ON MY INSURANCE POLICY . UM MY INSURANCE COMPANY WHO WAS FORM AS THEY DID PAY THE APPRAISAL AWARD ON MY CLAIM. BUT THIS JUDGE IS HOLDING MY PHONE IS TRYING TO FORCE ME TO DO AN ARBITRATION. WITH THIS ATTORNEY WHO IS MICHAEL LINDSAY. AND HOLDING MY FUNDS UNTIL I WENT TO PAY HIM $16,000 FOR ONE MONTH OF DOING PRACTICALLY NOTHING ON MY CASE. THEY'RE SAYING MY FUNDS SUPPOSEDLY, THEY'RE THEY'RE IN A REGISTER THE COURT. MY LAWYER WHO I JUST RESEARCH TERMINATED ERIC DICK AT THE DECLAWED FIRM HE'S CLAIMING, CAN YOU PLEASE NOT CALL ANY NAMES WILL THERE'S NOT BEEN AN ISSUE, CALLING OUT THE NAMES ELSEWHERE. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM HERE. BUT SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT FOR THIS AREA. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN THERE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME. WE WILL, UM, HAVE COMMENTS FROM UM, COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEMBER SAMUEL NO COMMENT. CANCER MEMBER PHIL SHOW. JUST SIMPLY, MR WILLIAMS, WELCOME TO THE DIOCESE AND COUNCILMAN TURNER HAPPY BIRTHDAY. COUNCIL MEMBER UREA MAYOR PRO TEM JURY. I'M SORRY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LITTLE BROTHER. I WAS GLAD I GOT TO SPEND SATURDAY WITH HIM, UH, PLAYING GOLF, AND HE ACTUALLY DIDN'T DO TOO BAD. AND UH, ALSO , I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, MAYOR ON YOUR STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. YOU DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION OUT THERE AND IT WAS REALLY OUTSTANDING EVENT. THANK YOU. UM I WAS ALSO WENT TO THE 9 11 LUNCHEON AT THE ROCKING A FOR A LOT OF VETERANS THERE IN AMERICAN LEGION WAS THERE AND I'M A MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION, AND IT WAS REALLY A GOOD TURNOUT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BUDGET IF YOU A LOT OF Y'ALL LOOKED AT THE BUDGET, ANYTHING THAT SAYS FOR CONSIDERATION HAS NOT BEEN FUNDED. IT JUST SAYS IT'S FOR CONSIDERATION. I MEAN, PEOPLE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY WANTS, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN FUNDED AND IT'S NOT OFFICIAL. IT'S NOT HAPPEN. WE HAVE NOT PAID FOR THAT, AND THAT'S NOT HAPPENING AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, JUST IF IT'S UNDER FOUR CONSIDERATION. THEN IT'S JUST THAT FOR CONSIDERATION

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THAT'S PART OF THE JOB. THAT'S ALL THAT HAPPENED HERE. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TUNE COUNCIL MEMBER GETS THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH AGAIN. HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER, TURNER. I WAS AT WESTBROOK HIGH SCHOOL THIS MORNING. AND THE REASON I WAS THERE WAS BECAUSE OF A SERIES OF FIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER THERE, INCLUDING ONE PARTICULARLY BRUTAL ONE LAST WEEK, UH, MET THERE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT BY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND PRINCIPLE. WE WALKED AROUND CAMPUS. UH, THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED A PLAN TO MONITOR THE BATHROOMS. UH I HOPE THAT THEY FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT. UH AH. YEAH YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE USING COACHES TO MONITOR THE BATHROOMS. I THINK THEY NEED TO GO. FURTHER THAN THAT. YEAH THEY EMPLOY BOTH B I S D POLICE CITY OF BEAUMONT , PLEASE AND B I S D. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. I PROBABLY NEED TO EMPLOY MORE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHEN COACHES ARE MONITORING THE BATHROOMS IF THEY GET CALLED AWAY TO AN ATHLETIC MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW THE BATHROOMS MIGHT BE AND MONITOR. YOU KNOW, THERE'S CAMERAS IN THE HALLWAYS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, EYES OUT THERE IN THE HALLWAYS. BUT IN THE BATHROOMS, OF COURSE, THERE'S NO CAMERAS, SO A LOT OF BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN IN THE BATHROOM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE AT THE DOORS I CAN SHARE. THAT THESE TYPES OF THINGS AREN'T GOING ON IN THE BATHROOMS. THERE IS A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT. I PLAN ON BEING THERE AND TALKING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THIS FURTHER. THANK YOU, MARY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER SO I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS WITH MY GRANDMA A FEW A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN I'VE SEEN ISSUE COME UP. THAT WAS IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. HORRIBLE ISSUE WITH BROWN WATER, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT PORN. I LIKE MUD OUT OF THE FAUCET. BUT THE MAYOR WHO WAS ACTUALLY BEING INTERVIEWED ON ABC NEWS. HE MENTIONED THAT I MARRY IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, IS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO HIM AND SEND HIM A 18 WHEELER 18 WHEELER FULL OF WATER. SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY THAT I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS AND I'VE SEEN IT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU, MAN. I LIKE THE FACT THAT BEAUMONT LOOK GOOD IN THE POSITIVE LIFE. WE HAVE TESLA CHARGING STATIONS. UH IT'S NEW TO THE AREA IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM PAPA THOSE OUT THERE. AND WHILE THE ROAD WE HAVE A LOT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, SO I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO KNOWS SOMEBODY THAT DRIVES ONE IT'S AVAILABLE NOW THAT AREA AND WE'RE MOVING INTO PROGRESSIVE DIRECTION. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR A POSSIBLE SOLUTION THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH WITH THE BIDDING PROCESS. I THANK YOU ALL FOR GETTING CREATIVE AND PUTTING YOUR HEADS TOGETHER AND GETTING PROACTIVE, SO I APPRECIATE IT AND TO THE TRIALS IMPALA NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HEARD Y'ALL WE ANSWERED Y'ALL AND THANK YOU ALL FOR SPEAKING UP, OKAY? UNLESS BUT NOT LEAST A CP GOT A GOLF TOURNAMENT ON 10 1. I'M GETTING A FEVER. I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF THIS WEEKEND, SO I'M READY TO GO AGAIN. SO WE HAVE TO GET HARDER WHEN YOU COME PLAY WITH ME AND CHRIS AND SEE HOW I DO AGAINST OTTOMAN. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN THERE. I KNOW IT'S A LONG MEETING, AND I'M EXCITED TO GET NEXT DOOR. WELCOME MR WILLIAMS AGAIN TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. OKAY? CITY ATTORNEY THE CITY CLERK. THANK YOU. OUR CITY FINANCIAL OFFICER. CHRIS AND BORING. OKAY AND MR CITY MANAGER SINCE MY PARTY, UH, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THIS CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF ON PASSING A BUDGET IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT YOU DO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU DO IN A YEAR, SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND GET IT AND DONE AND ACKNOWLEDGED TARTNESS SELF. FOR THE WORK THIS TREMENDOUS WORK THEY PUT TOGETHER WE JUST SEE SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT'S DONE AND PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET. BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND ALL OF CITY STAFF AND GETTING THAT DONE. COUPLE OF QUICK NOTES. AH THINGS COMING UP TO YOU PRETTY SOON I'M GOING TO

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BUT AGAIN, WE WERE TAKING TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS. UM, I WANT TO ALSO, UM SAY TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS, ALL OF, UM. 9 11 DON'T EVER I DON'T EVER WANT TO FORGET 9 11. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT THANK YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. ENJOY ON SUNDAY. AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE CBS, UM, SPOT ON THE NEWS, AND, UH, ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE TO SHOW BEAUMONT IN A GOOD LIFE. I WILL ALWAYS DO THAT. I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF BELMONT , AND I WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT'S BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT BY MY IS SEEN IN THE BEST LIGHT SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ALSO, UM TO THE CHARLTON POLLOCK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. YOU HAVE MY GUARANTEE THAT I WILL ALWAYS PUT SAFETY FIRST, NOT ONLY FOR CHARLTON PAULA, BUT FOR EVERY CITIZEN IN THIS IN THE CITY. UM I'M SORRY THAT IT WAS EVEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION AND IT WAS A LACK OF ATTENTION AND HOPEFULLY THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I WILL TELL YOU WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF. UM, EVERYONE'S TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE BALL WAS DROPPED ON THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM. I HAD A 95 YEAR OLD WOMAN, UH, AT SAM'S THAT TRIED TO GET OUT OF HER CAR ON HER WALKER. TO GREET AND MEET ME, SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE WOULD EVER EVER SEE ME. SHE LOOKED OVER. I WAS PUTTING GAS AND MY VEHICLE AND SHE SAID, IT'S THE MAYOR. AND HER NAME WAS MARY ARE DONDO AND I TOLD HER THAT I WOULDN'T MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. SHE WAS SO GRACIOUS TO WANT TO GET OUT OF THE CAR TO SPEAK TO ME AND I TOLD HER I WAS SO HONORED. I TOLD THE POLICE DO NOT GET OUT OF THE CAR. YOUR 95 YEARS OLD, AND SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS SO HONORED THAT SHE JUST EVEN WANTED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR TO EVEN SPEAK TO ME. SO THAT WAS HONORED FOR ME. IN ADDITION TO THAT, ON SATURDAY.

SEPTEMBER 17TH AT 43 90 FERNET ROAD FROM 9 TO 1. THERE IS A KNACK ER. WHICH IS, UM. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CORPORATION OF AMERICA. AH HOMEOWNER WORKSHOP THAT IS FREE. IT'S A ONE STOP EVENT THAT WILL ALLOW HOME BRENNER'S HOMEBUYERS TO APPLY FOR NEW HOUSING IN THIS AREA, SO PLEASE COME OUT. IT'S A FREE WORKSHOP. YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO NAKA IN A C A, UH TO DO A PREREGISTRATION. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR NEW HOME OWNERSHIP PLEASE COME OUT ON SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 1. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS TO THE RECEPTION NEXT DOOR, UH, TO MEET AND GREET OUR NEW CITY MANAGER AND

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