Nov 01, 2022 City Council

AND WELCOME TO

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TODAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022, AND TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR CARLTON SHARP OF FAITH CHRISTIAN CENTER CHURCH, IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME FORWARD.

EVERYONE, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES IF YOU SO CHOOSE, AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR NATION'S FLAG.

LET'S PRAY.

FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, HOW WE HONOR YOU TODAY, GOD, JUST FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE IN OUR LIVES.

GOD, THIS IS THE DAY THAT YOU'VE MADE.

WE REJOICE AND WE'RE GLAD, AND IT, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THIS COUNCIL, GOD, AS WE, AS THEY LEAD US, UH, THIS CITY.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE WISDOM THAT THEY NEED GOD TO MAKE DECISIONS, GOD, THE CRITICAL DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPACT THE LIVES OF EVERY CITIZEN IN BEAUMONT FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF, GOD, AS THEY CARRY OUT THE ASSIGNMENT OF THIS, THIS COUNCIL.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THIS CITY WILL BE KNOWN AS A CITY OF CORPORATION, A CITY OF LOVE, A CITY OF FELLOWSHIP, ONE WITH ANOTHER.

NOW, FATHER, WE TRUST YOU AND YOUR WORD FATHER, AND WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE GOD, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN AND I'LL PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD.

THANK YOU, PASTOR SHARP.

MAY I HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MAYOR MUON.

PRESENT MAYOR PRO.

TIM DIO, COUNCIL MEMBER GETZ PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL ABSENT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL PRESENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AT THE CLOSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATING OR PENDANT LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FIVE 50 ONE.ZERO SEVEN, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CLAIM OF ERICA PATINO AND THE CLAIM OF SUPER STOP NUMBER 17.

I'M SORRY, SUPER STOP NUMBER 19.

UM, AND IT'S, THAT'S THE CLAIM.

YOUR OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS, NO RECOGNITION.

UM, THIS IS A TIME

[Public Comment]

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE FILL OUT THE GREEN SL TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

FILL IT OUT, GIVE IT TO THE CLERK AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.

SHE'LL CALL YOUR NAME AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR THREE MINUTES.

THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON AT THE END OF IT.

SAM, I THINK THAT'S MARCHER.

UM, SIX 40, KENNEDY, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, ITEM E ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

UM, I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE, UM, JUNIOR LEADERSHIP BEAUMONT PROGRAM, SEGWAYING INTO THE, UH, NEWLY RENEWED, UM, UH, BEAUMONT YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED TO USE MY TIME TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROFOUND ADVANTAGES THAT THE PROGRAM HAS, UM, UM, IMPACTED SPECIFICALLY ON ME.

I JOINED THE PROGRAM LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER, REALLY MOSTLY BECAUSE IT GOT ME OUT OF AP, UH, STATS AND I DIDN'T LIKE HAVING TO GO TO CLASS.

AND EVERY THURSDAY IT WAS, IT WAS A WAY TO GET OUT OF THAT, BUT REALLY, FOR ME, IT EVOLVED INTO, INTO SOMETHING THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE NUMEROUS BENEFITS THAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT CAN HAVE FOR YOUTH.

UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY A SECRET TO ANY OF US THAT, UM, THAT A LOT OF THE, UM, PROMISING YOUTH IN THE CITY DOES NOT PLAN TO REMAIN HERE.

THIS ISN'T REALLY A PLACE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT AT LEAST TO, TO THE, UM, THE YOUNGER GENERATION HAS A, UH, HAS A VARIETY OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

YOU KNOW, LIKE NO ONE, LIKE DREAMS OF A FUTURE IN BEAUMONT, AT LEAST LIKE IN, IN, IN LIKE AT, AT, UM, WESTBROOK, THE SCHOOLS OR ANY OF THAT.

AND THIS PROGRAM, UH, REALLY, REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK HAS THE POSSIBILITY TO CHANGE THAT.

AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY, YOU COULD, IT, IT COULD GROW.

UM, ONE OF THE MORE IMPACTFUL PARTS OF IT WAS THAT IT REALLY FAMILIARIZES YOUTH WITH ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE WAY THE CITY FUNCTIONS.

WE TOURED, UM, HOSPITALS, FIRE STATIONS, ART MUSEUM, WENT TO TERRELL PARK, UM, ALL DID, UH, LIKE, UH, WE WE WENT TO BAPTIST THROUGH RADIOLOGY CENTER, THINGS THAT, THAT BEFOREHAND WE HAD NO IDEA EVEN EXISTED POSITIVE THAT WERE GOING ON IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, THAT, THAT, THAT WEREN'T HIGHLIGHTED, THAT NOW A, UM, LARGE CLASS OF SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL IS AWARE OF AND MAY PLAN TO INCORPORATE INTO THEIR FUTURE AND REMAIN IN BEAUMONT.

SO PROGRAMS LIKE THAT AND THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL REALLY HAVE THE, UM, POWER TO IMPART A POSITIVE MESSAGE ON THE YOUTH OF BEAUMONT THAT THE CITY IS NOT A

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SO I, I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THE CITY, UM, COUNCIL WILL ENDORSE THIS, UM, ROLE OF, OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JUNIOR LEADERSHIP, BEAUMONT IN FEEDING INTO THE BEAUMONT YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MY TIME.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

LITTLE SAM .

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

SAM, COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH US? THANK YOU.

COME CLOSER.

WE WANT YOU TO GET A BETTER SHOT OF THIS .

HOLD ON IF YOU DON'T MIND.

CAN ALEX AND KRISTA GET IN THE PICTURE? MIKA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU TAKE THE PICTURE FOR US PLEASE? ALEX AND, AND MOUSE.

OKAY.

EVERYBODY.

MAYBE I LOOK, MAYBE I LOOK SMALL.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE LAUGHING CAUSE WE JUST TOOK THE PHONE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

UM, AND SO GLAD TO HEAR YOUR HONESTY AND YOUR WORDS, UH, FROM OUR FUTURE LEADERS OF THE CITY.

THANK YOU.

UH, AT, AT THIS TIME

[CONSENT AGENDA]

MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSE THE MOTION? CARRIE, MAY

[1. Consider approving a contract for investment management services ]

YES MA'AM.

SECOND COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PROVING A CONTRACT FOR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

UH, TODAY'S MARKET ENVIRONMENT HAS INTEREST RATES RAPIDLY ON THE RIDES, AND WE NEED TO CAPTURE THE MOST INVESTMENT INCOME WE POSSIBLY CAN.

WE CAN DO BETTER THAN CD RATES BY PURCHASING SECURITIES.

ON AUGUST 31ST, 2022, THE CITY HAD 145.9 MILLION IN INVESTMENT FUNDS.

AND AN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FIRM WILL DEDICATE TIME TO MONITORING THE MARKETS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND TO DEVELOP AND EXECUTING INVESTMENT STRATEGIST TO SAFELY OPTIMIZE THE RETURNS ON THE PORTFOLIO.

AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, UH, UH, VAL VIEW CONSULTANT IS, IS RECOMMENDED THEY IN THE SCC REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISORY FIRM.

AND AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, VAL VIEW AGREES TO PERFORM THE FOLLOWING DUTIES, UH, ASSIST THE CITY IN DEVELOPING CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS SUGGESTS APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE CITY'S OBJECTIVES, ADVISE THE CITY ON MARKET CONDITIONS, GENERAL INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DATA, ANALYZE RISK, RETURN RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIOUS INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES, ATTEND PERIODIC MEETINGS AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY, ASSISTING THE SELECTION, PURCHASE AND SALE OF INVESTMENTS SECURITIES.

AND THE CITY WILL MAKE ALL DECISIONS REGARDING PURCHASE AND SALE OF INVESTMENTS THAT'S DEFINED BY THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY.

THEN ADVISE ON THE INVESTMENT OF BONDS AS TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE RATE OF RETURN TO THE CITY IN A MANNER THAT WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INVESTMENT POLICY OF THE CITY AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL FUNDS AND REGULATIONS AND ASSIST THE CITY IN CREATING INVESTMENT REPORTS AND COMPLIANT WITH STATE LEGISLATION AND THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY.

AND, UM, THIS WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2023 OPERATING BUDGET.

AND RECOMMENDATION IS, UM, UM, IS ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING.

THANK YOU MR. CITY MANAGER.

YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE.

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PROTO DUO, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GETZ NEXT.

IT SAYS IT HAS, UH, 45.9 MILLION AS OF AUGUST 31ST.

WHAT IS THAT BALANCE STAND AT NOW? THE BALANCE USUALLY GOES DOWN IN SEPTEMBER, UM, MAINLY BECAUSE WE GET ALL, ALL

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UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONTHLIES OUT RIGHT NOW, SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU BALANCE, BUT IT IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN THAT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY.

AND WHAT THESE FUNDS, WHAT DO WE USE THESE FUNDS FOR? WE JUST INVEST THEM AND I MEAN, YEAH, SO THE A HUNDRED FORTY FIVE, FORTY $9 MILLION, THAT'S HOW MUCH CASH IS ON THAT WAS ON HAND IN AUGUST.

WHAT WE USUALLY DO IS WE TYPICALLY, UM, LADDER OUT $60 MILLION, UH, OF INVESTMENTS FOR A PERIOD OF MATURITIES UP TO THREE YEARS.

SO, SO FOR EVERY QUARTER WE HAVE ABOUT 5 MILLION TIED UP IN CDS AND WE LADDER THOSE OUT FROM THREE MONTHS TO 36 MONTHS.

AND THAT KEEPS, UH, THAT KEEPS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIQUIDITY COMING THROUGH THE INVESTMENT THROUGH THE MATURITIES OF THOSE INVESTMENTS.

SO ANYTHING OVER $60 MILLION JUST FUNDS THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS 38 SO FUNDS THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS.

SO, UM, WHAT VALLEY VIEW IS GOING TO DO IS UP UNTIL RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN BASICALLY JUST MANAGING CASH.

SO WE'VE BEEN HOLDING OUR CASH AND INVESTMENT POOLS AND MONEY MARKETS AND CDS BECAUSE THE, UH, INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT WASN'T CONDUCIVE ENOUGH TO GO OUT FOR SECURITIES.

SO WITH THE WAY THE FED'S BEEN RAISING THE RATES, AS WE ALL KNOW IN THE LAST, UM, WELL WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, IT MAKES IT MORE CONDUCIVE TO GO OUT AND GET SECURITIES AND BONDS OF, OF THAT TYPE OF NATURE.

SO THOSE ARE A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED AND INVESTMENTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHY WE WANNA LOOK TO VALLEY VIEW TO BASICALLY AID US IN LOOKING AT SECURITIES TO INVEST IN RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST INSTRUMENTS OF CASH SUCH AS CDS.

SO VALLEY VIEW, THEY DO BUSINESSES, UH, BUSINESS WITH OTHER CITIES ALSO.

IS THAT THEIR MAIN CUSTOMER? YEAH, THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UM, CUSTOMERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN USING VALLEY VIEW FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW.

UM, BE BACK WHEN THE INTEREST RATES WERE HIGHER YEARS AGO, THEY ACTUALLY DID THIS SERVICE FOR US.

THEY WENT OUT AND, UM, FOUND BONDS FOR US TO INVEST IN.

WE SUSPENDED THAT WHEN THE INTEREST RATES WERE TOO LOW.

WE CAN FIND CDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT OURSELVES.

THAT'S NOT COMPLICATED.

AND, UM, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR US FOR LIKE THE LAST 10 YEARS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT SEARCHING FOR IN INVESTMENTS FOR US, THEY'RE COMPILING OUR MONTHLY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS AND OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS, UM, THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE PUBLIC FUND'S INVESTMENT ACT.

SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING COMPLIANCE WORK FOR US ALL THIS TIME.

THEY USED TO DO INVESTMENT WORK AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR 'EM TO DO INVESTMENT WORK.

AGAIN.

THANK YOU TODD.

COUNCIL MEMBER GETZ.

TODD, WHEN YOU'RE TALK ABOUT SECURITIES AS OPPOSED TO CDS, YOU'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT IT SOMEWHAT HIGHER ELEMENT OF RISK.

SO, SO I PRESUME THAT'S WHY YOU WANT PROFESSIONALS LIKE THIS INVOLVED, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT, AND IF YOU'RE OF A CERTAIN AGE, YOU MAY REMEMBER, UH, THE CITY BACK IN THE MID EIGHTIES LOST A LOT OF MONEY, UH, WHEN IT WAS INVESTING IN SOME, UH, RISKIER, UH, BONDS.

AND I SAY LOSS, WE EVENTUALLY RECOVERED THAT MONEY.

UH, BUT IT TOOK A PERIOD OF TIME AND IT WAS A, UH, VERY TUMULTUOUS PROCESS.

A LOT OF EMPLOYEES GOT LAID OFF AND IT WAS A TOUGH TIME FOR THE CITY.

WE, UH, COULDN'T DO INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS.

SO FOR THE PUBLIC, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT TYPE OF SECURITIES YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AND CONTRAST THAT WITH WHERE WE ENDED UP GETTING HURT SO BAD IN THE EIGHTIES? SO THE ONLY SECURITIES THAT WE LOOK AT, AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE NOT LIKE A NORMAL ENTITY WHERE WE CAN INVEST IN EQUITIES SUCH AS STOCKS, HIGH RISK, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'RE, WE'RE GOVERNED BY THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AND THAT LIMITS OUR, OUR RISK TO ORAL EXPOSURE TO RISK.

SO WHAT WE UH, TYPICALLY LOOK AT ARE GOVERNMENT SECURITIES THAT ARE BACK FULL FAITH OF THE GOVERNMENT.

SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE, UM, TREASURIES, THESE ARE GOVERNMENT NOTES.

THEY'RE, UH, FANNIE MAE MORTGAGE BACK LOANS, AND THEN WE LOOK FOR BONDS, UM, MUNICIPAL BONDS, THINGS OF THAT SUCH.

AND THE ONLY RISK YOU HAVE WHEN YOU'RE BUYING THESE, THESE BONDS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE LOOKING AT, THE ONLY RISK YOU HAVE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE HOLDING A BOND IS IF YOU SELL IT PRIOR TO MATURITY.

WE SPECIFICALLY LADDER THESE INVESTMENTS OUT LIKE A, I SAID ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE TO 36 MONTHS TO WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO CALL A BOND EARLY.

SO THERE IS NO RISK AT ALL IF YOU HOLD IT TO MATURITY.

YOU'RE GONNA GET THE STATE OF STATED AMOUNT OF INTEREST THAT'S QUOTED IN THAT BOND IF YOU HOLD IT TO MATURITY.

AND THAT'S OUR PLAN.

NO MA'AM.

OKAY.

NO, I,

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ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGN.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, AYE.

ANY OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRY? MAY I HAVE THE READING

[2. Consider approving the purchase of protective bunker gear for use in the Fire Department ]

COUNSEL TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF PROVING THE PURCHASE OF PROTECTED BUNKER GEAR FOR USE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, 57 SETS OF REPLACEMENT BUNKER GEAR IS BEING PURCHASED AT A TOTAL COST OF 190 2009 45.

THE PRICING WAS OBTAINED FROM CA INDUSTRIES INC.

THROUGH THE BY BOARD CONTRACT BY BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AND ASSOCIATION AT COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS PROCUREMENT STATUTES.

OLD GEAR WILL BE DISPOSED OF ITS CITY AS PER CITY POLICY AND THE QUOTES ATTACHED, THIS WILL BE FUNDED IN THE JUNE FUND AND, AND, UH, RECOMMENDATION AS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU MR. CITY MANAGER.

I SEE OUR FIRE CHIEF IN THE AUDIENCE.

CHIEF WHITE, COULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC UH, WHAT THE BUNKER SETS ARE USED FOR? THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR REGULAR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR OUR REGULAR BUNK BUNKER GEAR, WHICH IS FOR STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING HAS APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEAR LIFE CYCLE.

SO WE'RE HAVING SOME GEAR GO OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND NEW GEAR COMING INTO COMPLIANCE AND IT'S PART OF OUR REGULAR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

WHAT DO Y'ALL DO WITH THE, UH, OLD GEAR? IT'S JUST NON-FUNCTIONAL.

IT'S NON-FUNCTIONAL.

UH, IT'S ACTUALLY SENT TO CITY SURPLUS TO BE DESTROYED BECAUSE WE CAN'T GIFT IT TO ANYONE CUZ IT'S OUTTA COMPLIANCE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRE CHIEF? I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER? NO, NOW IT'S LIKE A MAYOR, UH, CHIEF YOU WERE SAYING.

SO EVERY FIVE YEARS WE REPLACE IT AND THIS JUST POPPED UP ON ME HERE, BUT THEY OFFER A 10 YEAR WARRANTY ON THIS STUFF.

WELL, IT'S PART OF OUR FIVE YEAR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

OKAY.

WE TRY TO SOME IS CYCLING OUT.

SOME IS CYCLING IN.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 243 SWORN FIREFIGHTERS AND EACH UM, INDIVIDUAL GETS A SET OF GEAR PLUS A STATE OF, UH, SET OF REPLACEMENT GEAR AND SAYS IT'S CONTAMINATED OR DAMAGED TO THINGS LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CHIEF WHITE.

OKAY, APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE.

SIGNIF.

WE NEED A MOTION.

OH, I'M SORRY.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? MAYBE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

MAY I HAVE THE READING

[3. Consider approving the purchase and installation of two PAXPWM600 mixer assemblies for use at the Loeb water treatment plant ]

COUNSEL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF TWO PA X P W M 600 MIXER ASSEMBLIES FOR THE USE AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THE GROUNDWATER STORAGE TANKS AT THE LOBE WATER TREATMENT PLANT CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE MIXERS.

THE PURPOSE OF ADDING THE MIXERS TO THE TANKS IS TO PROVIDE IMPROVED AND CONSISTENT WATER QUALITY WITHIN THE TANKS BY, BY PREVENTING SHORT CIRCUITING OF FLOW THROUGH THE TANKS, SHORT CIRCUITING RESULTS AND STAG ZONES OF WATER WITHIN THE CHANGE, WHICH CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF DIS DISINFECTED RESIDUAL IN THE DRINKING WATER THAT MAKES US ALSO HELP WITH BETTER CONTROL OF WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES.

THE PURCHASE WILL BE MADE FROM PACKS WATER TECHNOLOGIES IN OF CHICAGO, WHO IS THE SOLE SOURCE PRO PROVIDER OF THE PATENT EQUIPMENT TOW OF THE TWO MIXERS.

BUT THE INSTALLATION IS 121,000 3 2 80 AND THE QUOTES ARE ATTACHED.

THIS WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND AND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION IS, UH, RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU.

YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SORRY FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND.

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER? UH, BART CAN YOU SPEAK TO IF THIS A RESULT FROM THE CORONA UH, CONSULTING REPORT? WE GOT BACK, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY GAVE US A LIST OF SOME THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR WATER QUALITY.

IS THIS A PART OF THAT? IT'S ACTUALLY A RECOMMENDATION FROM A PREVIOUS STUDY THAT FREEZE AND NICKELS DID CONCERNING WATER QUALITY AND SPECIFICALLY WATER QUALITY FROM THE WATER FROM LOBE.

THEY POINTED OUT THE, UH, BENEFITS OF HAVING MIXERS WITHIN STORAGE TANKS WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THEN WHEN WE, UH, DRAINED THE WEST TANK, UH, TO REHABILITATE IT, WE NOTICED THAT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF, UH, RUST AND THE RAFTERS DUE TO THE OUTGASSING OF THE CHLORINE GAS FROM THE WATER.

SO BY PUTTING THIS IN, IT WILL MIX THE WATER WITHIN THE TANK.

IT WILL KEEP A CONSISTENT LEVEL OF CHLORINE WITHIN THE WATER.

MAKE SURE YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT WATER GOING IN AND OUT ON A TIMELY BASIS AND IT'LL PREVENT THAT OUTGASSING, WHICH EXTENDS THE LIFE, THE SERVICE, LIFE OF THOSE, UM, STORAGE TANKS.

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SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? NO OTHER COMMENTS PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE FOR APPROVAL.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIES.

[COMMENTS]

PLEASE FILL OUT THE GREEN SLIP TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM HANDED TO THE CLERK TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.

SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR THREE MINUTES.

YOUR GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON TO GIVE YOU YOUR INDICATION THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP.

I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME HERE.

OH, WOW.

, THERE'S NO COMMENT TODAY.

SO I WILL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT AND I WILL START WITH YOU TODAY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL.

NO COMMENT.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SAMUEL.

COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOW SHAW.

NO COMMENT, MAYOR.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS GONNA HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, BACK ON 11 15 21, WE PARTICIPATED WITH THE WHOLE COUNCIL WITH A VISION WORKSHOP AND THERE'S SOME THINGS WE TOUCHED ON THAT MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL SAID THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON.

ONE WAS, UH, BUILDING TRUST.

WE HAVE A NEW MARKETING DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND WE WERE LOOKING TO GET THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT TO COME UP AND GIVE US A REPORT OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY PLAN ON MARKETING THE CITY EX EXPECTATIONS TO MAKE SURE IT MATCHES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COUNCIL'S VIEWS.

ANOTHER THING WE DISCUSSED WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE DIDN'T SAY WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON ONE OF THESE THINGS, BUT WE SAID AS A COUNCIL WANTED TO GET EDUCATED MORE ON EDCS TYPE A AND TYPE BS VERSUS HAVING THE EDC IN-HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH STAFF.

SO WE WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.

AND ANOTHER THING WAS MAJOR EVENTS.

WE DO A LOT OF FESTIVALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

WE KIND OF WANTED TO LOOK AT THE BUDGETS FOR EACH OF THEM AND YOU MAKE SURE THEY ALL BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY, WHICH THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO SAY TO COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUELS IN 2016, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, HE BROUGHT THE YOUTH COUNCIL TO BEAUMONT, TEXAS WITH THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN VERY PIVOTAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

AND HE BROUGHT IN THAT HE DID IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL HAS WORK WITH ME AS WELL AS SOME PEOPLE IN THE CROWD TO REVITALIZE THIS YOUTH COUNCIL.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME OUT, THANK YOU FRONT OF EVERYBODY FOR BRINGING THIS PROGRAM TO BEAUMONT AND HELPING GET IT BACK OFF THE GROUND.

SO I WANNA LET YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE YOU AND SHOW MY GRATITUDE.

AND LASTLY, UH, THE MAYOR, SHE WENT TO A CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON DC AND SHE HELPED SECURE SOME BIG FUNDING TO COME TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNCIL, OUR COUNTERPARTS WHEN THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS CUZ WE TRAVEL A LOT.

AND SOME PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHY WE TRAVEL.

BUT FOR HER TO GO OUT THERE AND SECURE SOME OF THAT FUNDING THAT THE CITY WILL DO A BIG PRESS RELEASE COMING SOON, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, GIVE A FLAW WHILE SHE HEAR.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT THERE AND REPRESENT BEAUMONT WELL AND SECURING THAT FUNDING TO COME MY WAY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THE YOUTH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL.

THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

THAT'S SOMETHING I REALLY BEEN WANTING TO WORK WITH.

AND SAM, WE GONNA GET TO WORK.

ALL RIGHT, .

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, OVER THE WEEKEND WE HAD SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPEN IN BEAUMONT.

UH, A MAN WAS RUN OVER PURPOSEFULLY AND KILLED.

UH, THIS MAN'S, UH, WAS FREQUENTLY HERE BEFORE COUNCIL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE AND I DIDN'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE.

IN FACT, A LOT OF TIMES WE DIDN'T.

BUT, YOU KNOW, NOBODY DESERVES TO HAVE THAT KIND OF FATE HAPPEN TO 'EM NO MATTER WHAT THE DISAGREEMENT IS.

NOBODY DESERVES TO BE LAYING IN YOUR BED AND ATTACKED BY A HAMMER.

NOBODY DESERVES TO BE SITTING IN A MOVIE THEATER AND HAVE SOMEBODY COME UP BEHIND YOU AND SHOOT YOU IN THE HEAD.

BUT WE'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN IN OUR HISTORY TOO.

AS LONG AS WE, WE'VE BEEN A NATION, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT ACT OUT.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THOSE PEOPLE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR CITIZENS ARE GOOD CITIZENS AND WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE AND ENDURE THE TRAGEDIES AS THEY COME OUR WAY.

UM, SO EVEN THOUGH, UH, CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS WAS NOT SOMEBODY THAT I ALWAYS AGREED WITH, I WILL MISS HIS PRESENCE HERE AT COUNCIL.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

MIKE MAYOR PRO TIM DIA.

UH, YES.

I JUST WANT TO ASK EVERYONE TO PRAY FOR THE FAMILY OF CHRIS MATTHEWS.

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UH, VERY SMART GUY.

I HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS.

HE LOVED HIS COMMUNITY AND HE LOVED THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. UH, CITY MANAGER.

UH, JUST TO ANNOUNCEMENTS MAYOR, AS AS WE EVOLVE AS A CITY AND INVOLVED IN, IN WHAT I'M DOING AS CITY MANAGER, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE TWO THINGS THAT WE, WE'VE CHANGED RECENTLY.

THERE'S ONE WE ENHANCED, CREATED THE, UH, LANDSCAPING GREEN SPACE CREW.

WE, WE'VE DEDICATED A DEPARTMENT, A GROUP TO THAT NOW UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. KENNETH BRIGETTE.

UH, SO HE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, NOT ONLY THE, THE, THE LANDSCAPE WORK AND MANICURING WORK, BUT ALSO THE MOWING THE FREEWAYS AND RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND THERE.

SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE PUTTING MORE FOCUS INTO THE BEAUTIFICATION OF BEAUMONT.

SO WE'VE OFFICIALLY DID THAT.

AND TWO, I'D LIKE TO ASK LAUREN MONS TO STAND.

UH, I'VE OFFICIALLY MADE LAUREN A DEPARTMENT HEAD WITH THE FREESTANDING DEPARTMENT.

IT'S GOT MEDIA, PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT.

IT'S GONNA BE THE GO-TO, UH, UH, FOR, FOR IN INTERACTIONS WITH MEDIA PUBLIC WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENT WILL STILL HAVE THEIRS, BUT SHE WILL BE THE LEAD PERSON.

UH, WE NEED THAT, WE NEED THAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, THAT MESSAGE.

UH, AND SHE'S GOING TO ANSWER DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

UH, WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE HER UNFETTERED AND BE ABLE TO DO HER JOB AND, AND BE ABLE TO DO A GOOD JOB FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

THANKS LAUREN.

THANK YOU.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, LAUREN.

THANK YOU.

CITY ATTORNEY.

NO MA'AM.

THANK YOU MR. BARRO.

MR. BOONE.

THANK YOU MRS. SEMINO AND OUR CLERK.

I JUST WANNA EX EXTEND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU.

WELL, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, UH, CONDOLENCES TO, UH, CHRIS MATTHEWS FAMILY.

UH, HE WAS, UM, A REGULAR VISITOR HERE, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND CHRIS HAD A STRONG PASSION FOR THIS CITY.

UM, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER GETS SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES YOU MAY NOT HAVE AGREED WITH EVERYTHING HE SAID, BUT, UM, HE, UH, HAD A STRONG, STRONG OPINION.

HE LOVED THE CITY.

AND, UM, IT'S SO SAD THAT SOMEONE WOULD TAKE THE LAW TO THEIR OWN HANDS.

AND IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE.

AND, UM, AGAIN, I'D SEND MY CONDOLENCES, UH, TO THE MATTHEWS AND THE BASSETT FAMILY ALSO.

UM, THAT WAS A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING, UM, OFF OF LAVACA ON FONVILLE.

AGAIN, INNOCENT PEOPLE, EVEN THE NEIGHBOR TALKED ABOUT ON THE NEWS HOW THEIR HOUSE WAS SUBJECT, UH, TO THE RICOCHET OF THE BULLETS.

AND IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE THAT THOSE TWO KIDS WERE SHOT, UH, THAT COULD HAVE ALSO RESULTED INTO, UH, SOMETHING FATAL.

AND THANK GOD THOSE KIDS ARE OKAY.

UH, WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE PEOPLE ARE ANGRY AND JUST TAKING THE LAW TO THEIR OWN HANDS.

AND SO, UM, I JUST ASK THAT EVERYBODY JUST PLEASE KEEP OUR CITY IN PRAYER.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, UNITED WAY, UH, DRIVE HAS KICKED OFF ON YESTERDAY AND THAT, UH, DRIVE WILL RUN FROM OCTOBER 31ST THROUGH, UH, DECEMBER 2ND.

SO IF, UH, YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONATED, YOU CAN DONATE THROUGH YOUR EMPLOYER OR YOU CAN WRITE ONE BIG FAT CHECK.

BUT, UM, THE UNITED WAY REPRESENTATIVE HAS COME HERE TO EXPRESS THAT THEIR FUNDS ARE LOW, UH, DUE TO JUST THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN.

BUT UNITED WAY HELPS SO MANY, UH, NON-PROFIT AND SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THIS CITY.

SO IF YOU CAN GIVE, PLEASE SUPPORT UNITED WAY.

ALSO, THIS MORNING WE KICKED OFF, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, FILLED THE BOOT.

SO YOU WILL SEE, UH, FIREMEN, UH, OUT ON BUSY AND MAIN INTERSECTIONS WITH THEIR BOOTS FOR MD MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.

AND I LEARNED SOMETHING THIS MORNING THAT,

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THEY WENT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SAID, WE NEED SOME HELP.

AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD A COFFEE CAN THAT THEY, EVERYONE PAID FOR THEIR COFFEE.

AND SO THEY TOOK THIS ONE CAN AND DONATED IT TO THIS FAMILY.

AND FROM THAT DAY FORWARD, THEY ADOPTED MDA AS THEIR CHARITY, UH, SINCE 1954 TO START, UH, GIVING THEIR, UH, DONATIONS AND THEIR FUNDING TO MDA.

AND SO, UM, WHEN YOU SEE THE GUYS OUT ON THE STREET CORNERS WITH THE BOOT, PLEASE DROP YOUR COINS, UH, YOUR PAPER, UH, BILLS IN BECAUSE NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, LAST NIGHT WE HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITY, UH, FALL FEST AND, UM, THE PARADE CENTER.

UM, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAD , WITHOUT A DOUBT, UM, A GREAT, GREAT TURNOUT.

UM, AND I THINK THEY OUTDID THEMSELVES, BUT IT WAS SOMEWHERE SAFE FOR THE KIDS TO GO AND TO BE OFF THE STREET.

AND, UH, TO THE STAFF, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT JOB.

UM, ALSO HARVEST FOR LOS SOULS, HAD A FALL FEST LAST NIGHT, WENT BY THERE.

UH, THEY HAD GREAT FOOD AND FUN FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, ANTIOCH BAPTIST BAPTIST CHURCH, UH, THEY HAD A FULL FAIR OUT THERE.

I MEAN, THERE WERE RIDES AND FOOD BOOTH AND SLIDES AND IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.

SO, UH, THANKS TO OUR STAFF AND TO THOSE TWO CHURCHES, AND I'M SURE MANY OTHER CHURCHES, UH, HAD THINGS, UH, IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND, UM, BUT IT WAS A GREAT PLACE FOR KIDS TO NOT BE ON THE STREET TO HAVE SOMEWHERE SAFE TO GO.

AND SO WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, IT IS 2 0 3.

THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR MEETING FOR TODAY.

WE WILL

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THANK YOU FOR COMING AND GO OUT AND SPREAD THE LOVE.

THANK YOU.