May 09, 2023 City Council

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AFTERNOON. AND WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE MOMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY IS TUESDAY MAY 9TH 2023, TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR JULIUS WARDLEY PAST SERVICES ST JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. PATRA IF YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD, EVERYONE. PLEASE STAND IF YOU SO CHOOSE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE. ALSO I WOULD ASK IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET US PRAY HOLY ONE KNOWN BY MANY NAMES AND BEYOND OUR NAMES, SPIRIT OF LIFE, SPIRIT OF LOVE, SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY MASTER BLESSINGS ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LEAVE THIS COMMUNITY AND RICHARD LIVE AND WORK AND PLAYING. WE PRAY THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE CITY. THE GOOD OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN IT. OH, GOD FOR THEIR WISDOM THAT THEY WILL BE FILLED WITH LOVE AND INSIGHT, AND WE ALSO PRAY FOR THE CITY THAT YOU'RE BLESSED AND KEEP EACH AND EVERYONE BUT YOUR LIGHT SHINE THROUGH THEM AND LORI, PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS AS WELL. THIS RE PRAYING THE NAME OF ALL THAT WE HOLD HOLY SACRED. ALL THAT IS GOOD, RIGHT? AND TRUE. AMEN AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE TIME NATION'S FLAG . I PLAYED THE LEADING BLACK UNITED STATES AMERICA PUBLIC PROBABLY STANDS UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, PASTOR WARDLEY. MAY I HAVE THE ROAD CALLED PLEASE MR MORTON PRESENT PROTEIN DURIO. PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER GETS ABSENT. COUNCILMAN RETURNER ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW, PRESIDENT SAMUEL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL

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THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE WISDOM THIS EXPERIENCE BRINGS, WHEREAS TEACHERS PLACE SO MANY DIFFERENT ROLES. THEY ARE MENTORS WHO GUIDE WITH CREATIVITY AND CARE. ADVOCATES WHO FIGHT FOR STUDENTS NEEDS THEIR ROLE MODELS WHO HELPED STUDENTS DREAM AND DARE MORE BOLDLY AND LEADERS WHO TIRELESSLY SUPPORT THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. THAT DEPENDS ON THEM. WHEREAS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ANNUAL OBSERVANCE IN EDUCATION BECAUSE IT BRINGS ATTENTION TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION, WHICH IS WORTHY OF RESPECT, HONOR AND PRAISE. WHEREAS OUR TEACHERS IN BEAUMONT ARE THE SUPERSTARS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND THEY GO BEYOND EXPECTATIONS. EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN LEARN, GROW AND THRIVE IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SAFE, WELCOMING, NOURISHING AND PRODUCTIVE. WHEREAS DOING TEACHER WEAK PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE HASHTAG. THANK A TEACHER ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR TEACHERS AND TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW OUR TEACHER MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES. NOW THEREFORE I ROBIN MORTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 8TH THROUGH 12TH 2023 AS NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IN BEAUMONT. AND PAY TRIBUTE. TO EDUCATORS

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PLEASE COME ON FOR MS BETTINA EVANS SECONDARY AND MISS GERALD SPANGER. PUT HIM ON THE SPOT, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM THEM FOR JUST A MINUTE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE HONOR OF COMING TO A CITY HALL MEETING. IT'S BEEN A VERY EXCITING JOURNEY, AND I'M VERY THANKFUL AND HUMBLE FOR ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES AND TO MEET ALL THESE WONDERFUL TEACHERS, AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. HMM. GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I SEE PASTOR FAIL SHOT JUST A GRAND OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY HERE IS, EDUCATORS WERE TRULY INDEED DEDICATED TO OUR CHILDREN AND WE ARE COMMITTED AND WE LOOK FORWARD AS A DISTRICT WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER ALONG WITH OUR STUDENTS SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER FUTURE. SO ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. HE HAS SO MUCH.

YOU'RE THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE TO IT.

THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE THEM A FEW MINUTES TO EXIT. ANYBODY IN THE BACK WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A SEAT.

YOU MAY DO SO.

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AT THIS TIME. AND IF YOU'LL STAND RIGHT HERE, MISS SCROGGINS. SHE'S GONNA TAKE OUR PICTURE. THE WHOLE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. HMM STAY UP FRONT. HOW WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACT? THIS IS MELINDA GILMORE. ONE OF THE BEST KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS TO CITY HAS EVER SEEN. AWESOME, AWESOME TEACHER. SHE TAUGHT MY DAUGHTER. MY DAUGHTER TOLD HER. SHE DIDN'T LIKE HER, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN HER CLASSROOM. SHE SAID. WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE ME. YOU JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO YOU, MS. GILMORE I THANK YOU, AND SHE ALSO TAUGHT MY GRANDSON AND MISS SCROGGINS ALSO TAUGHT MY SON. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE THE COUNCIL SIT DOWN, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN. I'M GONNA ASK ANOTHER WONDERFUL TEACHER WHO TAUGHT MY SON MRS BOBBY GRANGER. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL TEACHER.

SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD WITH THE FLOWERS AND THEIR GIFTS. AND TO EACH ONE OF YOU. MISS GILMORE. A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. IT'S PROBABLY PRESENTED TO MRS LINDA GILMORE IN HONOR. OF NATIONAL TEACHERS APPRECIATION WEEK. ALSO TO YOU, MISS BOBBY GRANGER. AND MRS ELGAR. THA PLEASE GIVE THEM A. YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE PODIUM AND SAY SOMETHING YOU MAY

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BUT WHAT WE DID. WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THE RESULTS. WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT THE STUDENTS THAT WE'VE TAUGHT AND WE SEE THEM DOING WELL. WE SEE THEM REMEMBERING THOSE THINGS THAT I HEARD. ROBIN, TELL YOU A MINUTE. WE'LL GO. THAT'S THAT'S ALL WE ASK. IS THAT YOU GIVE YOUR BEST.

LET NOTHING STOP YOU FROM DOING WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. NO ONE CAN STOP YOU. BUT YOU AND THAT'S WHAT I TAUGHT THE CHILDREN THAT ARE TAUGHT AND I HAVE THEM DOING A LOT OF THINGS. A LOT OF THINGS, AND I ALWAYS TOOK THAT WORD. CAN'T WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT MEANING? BECAUSE IT'S NOT SO. WE PUT FORTH EVERY EFFORT. AND I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN NOT JUST A FEW, BUT EVERY CHILD, BUT THAT CHILD HAS TO KNOW. THAT I EXPECTED FROM YOU. AND WHEN I MET MY CHILDREN I MET THEM WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO GET THE BEST OUT OF YOU. WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR, I'M THE QUEEN OF THE ROOM. I TEACH. I HAD ONE TO TELL HIS MOTHER, MAMA. SHE'S A WITCH MAMA . SHE'S A WITCH. BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. HE'S A LAWYER. NOW HE'S A LAWYER TODAY, AND IT'S JUST IT'S. IT'S JUST I DON'T KNOW. I JUST WANT TO CHILDREN. I WORK WITH CHILDREN AT MY CHURCH NOW I CAN'T DO IT. OUT, BUT I CAN DO IT IN CHURCH. AND AS LONG AS WE AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO SAY TO BECAUSE I HAD A MINISTER TO TELL US THIS ONE TIME IN A TEACHING SITUATION. EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE. AND I THINK THIS GOES FOR ALL OF US. YOU ARE TEACHING.

WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT. WHETHER IT'S YOUR TEACHING THEM TO BE ON TIME. WHETHER YOU'RE TEACHING THEM TO LEARN WHAT YOU ARE BEING WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT OR JUST LIFE. SO REMEMBER THAT TEACHING IT'S JUST NOT TEACHERS. BUT IT'S ALL OF US. AND AS TEACHERS WE KNOW THIS SO THEREFORE WE GIVE OUR BEST EVERY SINGLE DAY. I WAS AT SCHOOL IN. OH, GOODNESS, GRACIOUS IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING DURING THE SUMMIT AT ALL, BECAUSE I EXPECTED IT AND MY CHILDREN PRODUCED IT. THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE. RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU. EVERYTHING THEY SAID IT WAS TRUE AND THEN SOME MORE. BUT I DID WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL THE YEARS

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COACH LEO NOLAN AND MRS BARBARA DURLEY. AND TWO OF THOSE WERE, UM CULTURE, MARS AND COACH NOLAN WHERE MY HIGH SCHOOL COACHES MISS PSINET. WAS MY CHEMISTRY TEACHER, AND MISS BARBARA DURLEY IS FAMILY. THE WIDOW OF COACH ALEX DURLEY. AND IS THIS LEDOUX? WHAT'S MY HISTORY TEACHER? AND SO THEY WILL BE RECEIVING THEIR CERTIFICATES BY MAIL ARE EITHER IN PERSON BY ME. BUT I COULD NOT PASS UP THIS OPPORTUNITY. TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SO SIGNIFICANT IN MY LIFE. AND FOR YOUR APPRECIATION OF WHAT YOU HAVE INSTILLED IN ME. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. SO AT THIS TIME. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE FOR THE RECOGNITION AND PROCLAMATIONS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE. YOU MAY DO SO AND I WILL GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES. BUT I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND WOULD ABSOLUTELY MAGNETIC.

PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. SHE. AFTERNOON MAJOR IN COUNCIL EXCITED. THEIR MURDERS.

SEE? MANAGEMENT ROLE FOR ALERT IS TO SUPPORT OR PROVIDE TIMELY WARNINGS TO THE PUBLIC OF IMPENDING EMERGENCIES OR THOSE WHICH HAVE OCCURRED THAT MAY SAVE LIVES DECREASE. INJURIES AND REDUCE SOME TYPES OF PROPERTY DAMAGE. AND WE WANT THE SHORTEST TIME BETWEEN THE THREAT BEING CITED AND ACTUALLY GETTING THE WARNING OUT, SO WE DEPEND ON EYEWITNESSES AND THE WEATHER SERVICE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN NOTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT TO SUPPORT THE A CRITICAL NOTIFICATIONS, SO. THE ELECTRONIC NEWS MEDIA. THE TV AND RADIO BROADCAST NEWS ARE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF THE EMERGENCY INFORMATION WE GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC. AND. THERE'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THERE'S METEOROLOGISTS INTO STATIONS THERE, CITY OFFICIALS AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GET IT OUT. UM WE ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT WE CAN UH, HELP GET THE MESSAGE OUT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A MINUTE. UM BUT THERE'S SEVERAL SYSTEMS THAT THOSE NATIONAL THE EMERGENCY TYPE NOTIFICATIONS CAN USE. ONE OF THEM IS THE EMERGENCY LEARNING SYSTEM. AND THAT IS DONE THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, AND YOU'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THOSE COME OUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THAT HITS THE BROADCAST TV AND RADIO . THERE'S ALSO THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTING, WHICH IS UM , A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN JUST CELL PHONE REGISTRATION. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T GET PEOPLE REGISTERING THEIR CELLPHONES, FOR WHATEVER REASON , BUT THIS ACTUALLY USES ALL UM . CELL PHONES, OR, UM, ANY KIND OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA WIRELESS MEDIA. THAT CAN, UM ANYBODY THAT'S IN RANGE OF THAT CELL TOWER ACTUALLY GETS NOTIFIED, SO THAT'S WHETHER YOU REGISTER OR NOT, AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE OUTSIDE THE ALERTING AREA, AND

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SO NEXT SLIDE. UM, THAT'S WHAT A STORM CERN LOOKS LIKE. IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ONE AND NEXT SLIDE. SOME SOME COMMUNITIES USE THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS. USUALLY THEY'RE VERY, VERY SMALL ONES OR PLACES LIKE A REFINERY PLACES LIKE A BUSINESS OR A SMALL AREA. BUT VOICE DIDN'T CARRY VERY FAR SO THE NORM IS TO USE A TONE ONLY CERN, WHICH IS FOR ALERTING PEOPLE THAT ARE OUTSIDE. NOT IN A CAR. THE SIRENS NORMALLY FUNCTION ON LIKE A THREE MINUTE CYCLE. UM SO YOU

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UP INTO ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, MISSOURI. UM THAT AREA THERE WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF TORNADOES. BEAUMONT USED TO HAVE SIRENS MANY YEARS AGO. I HAVEN'T DATED IT EXACTLY, BUT IT'S BEEN OVER 20 YEARS I WAS TOLD BY MY PREDECESSORS THAT THEY WERE TOO EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN TOO EXPENSIVE TO GET REPLACED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY WEREN'T EFFECTIVE. MUCH LIKE YOUR CAR ALARMS. YOU SEE, PEOPLE DON'T EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. THEY DON'T EVEN TURN IN THE PARKING LOT TO SEE WHO'S CARS GOING OFF FOR AGAIN. THAT'S THEIR OWN CAR. THEY JUST THEY CONTINUE TO IGNORE THEM. THE MORE FREQUENTLY PEOPLE HERE AN ALERT AND IT'S NOT LEGITIMATE, MORE THEY ARE ATTENDING TO DISREGARD THOSE KIND OF MESSAGE AND FROM TALKING TO PIERS AROUND. THE COUNTRY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. UM THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SEEING NATIONALLY, A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT HAD THEM OR GETTING RID OF THEM AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY WERE USED FOR THE CITY BACK WHEN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, WAS MORE FOR AS A CIVIL TYPE METHOD OF COLD WAR. FEAR OF ATTACKS NOT NECESSARILY FEAR OF WHETHER NEXT LINE. SO. I ASKED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION, AND THEY'VE HELPED IN A NUMBER OF STUDIES. TORNADOES AND AROUND BEAUMONT ARE EXTREMELY RARE. UM SINCE 1956, WHICH IS WHEN THE DETAILED INFORMATION WAS WAS AVAILABLE.

THERE'S ONLY BEEN 33 TORNADOES AND ALL OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. AND IF YOU AVERAGE THAT OVER THE 67 YEARS, THAT'D BE ONE TORNADO EVERY TWO YEARS. HOWEVER IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE TORNADO AND SOUTH JEFFERSON AND IN THE LAST, AND THERE'S ONLY BEEN TWO IN BEAUMONT AND THE WHOLE DECADE OR IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, THE WHOLE DECADE OF 2010 SO UM, SINCE 1956 BEAUMONT IS ONLY HEAD SIX TORNADOES 1967 1974 1980 1981 2001 AND THE MOST RECENT Y'ALL REMEMBER PARKDALE MALL? KOHL'S WALMART, THE ROOFS TORN OFF CARS OVERTURNED THAT WAS IN 2009.

HOWEVER THERE WAS NO WARNING FOR THAT EVENT. SO YOU KNOW THAT ONE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD REASON TO ACTIVATE A CERN OR WHERE THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SO UM THERE'S ONLY ONE TORNADO EVENT THAT WOULD HAVE MET THE STANDARD RECOMMENDATION FOR ACTIVATION OF THE CERN IN THE EXPECTED LIFESPAN OF THE SOUTHERN. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

NEXT LINE, CHIEF. LET ME ASK YOU SOME BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD. SO YOU SAID THE COLD. THE COALS INCIDENT DID NOT. HMM. THERE WAS NO TIME TO WARN SO. IF THERE'S A NOTIFICATION OF A TORNADO. THEN.

DOES. THE SIREN IS THE SIREN ACTIVATED BY THE WINDS OR IT'S ACTIVATED BY A REPORT OF AN IMMEDIATE THREAT OF THE TORNADO, OR WIND IN EXCESS OF 70 MILES AN HOUR. SO IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THE WINDS WOULD EXCEED 70 MUCH LESS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A TORNADO SO THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO. THERE WAS NO WARNING BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LOCALLY. SO UNTIL WE SAW THE TORNADO ACTUALLY TEARING UP ROOFS AND TURNING OVER CARS, NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT AND THAT HAPPENS DOWN HERE. PERIODICALLY AS WE KNOW, OVER THE LAST FEW

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COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER HAS A QUESTION. UM UM I'M I'M REAL BIG ON SPECIFICS. WHEN WE SAY LESS POPULATED AREAS THAT WE KINDA HAVE AN ANALYST OF WHAT THOSE LESS POPULATED AREAS ARE. DO HAVE A MAP. I DIDN'T PROVIDE THAT IN THIS FORUM, HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNSEL DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO DO. WE CAN HAVE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. SHE DID PROVIDE THE MAP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LISTEN THIS COST WAS POTENTIALLY USING OF CERN'S IN. CITY OWNED FACILITIES ARE ON CITY OWNED FACILITIES, WHICH WOULD REDUCE SOME COSTS AND THAT PARTIALLY DICTATED SOME GAPS.

BUT WE DO HAVE A SHEET THAT I COULD PROVIDE, UM YOU KNOW IF YOU ALL WANT, UM, THAT WOULD SHOW YOU WHAT THE COVERAGE AREAS OF THE 2036 SIRENS AND THE 29 SIRENS ARE YES. THANK YOU. I JUST WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS IF I CAN ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY SEE WHAT THESE LISTS POPULATED AREAS ARE MARY FROM ME IF I CAN GET GOOD, UH, CHIEF THE CHECK TO GET THAT MAYOR AND I CAN SHARE IT WITH COUNSELING. GET YOU THAT INFORMATION CAN THANK YOU GET IT RIGHT IN A FEW MINUTES. SO THE. THE LIFESPAN IS ESTIMATED TO BE 25 TO 35 YEARS TO COS I ASKED HER, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2 30 EARTH SINCE 19. OH, FIVE. AND BUT THEY ONLY HAD A COUPLE THAT HAVE REACHED THE 15 YEAR MARK SO I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE GOOD. UM INFORMATION ON THAT. HOWEVER THIS ONE COMPANY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I'VE DEALT WITH UNTIL I GET MORE DIRECTION. THE WARRANTY ON THE EQUIPMENT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS . DISCERNS ARE ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

THE PIECES THAT MAKE IT RUN AND CONTROL. ACTIVATION RUN ABOUT TWO YEARS FOR WARRANTY. SO IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. IT ONLY AFFECTS A VERY SMALL SEGMENT OF THAT. THE POPULATION THAT HAPPENS TO BE OUTSIDE AT THE TIME, THE SIRENS GOING OFF THAT AREN'T IN A CAR AREN'T IN THE BUILDING, AND, UH BASED ON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND OTHER STANDARDS THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR IT WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN WARRANTED. 4 TO 5 TIMES IN 67 YEARS AND ONLY TWICE IN THE EXPECTED LIFESPAN. OF THE CERN. SO NEXT TALKING TO CHECK? YES MA'AM, SAYING THAT IF SOMEONE IS INSIDE OF THEIR HOME THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR IT. THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HEAR IT, BUT IT'S DESIGNED TO BE OUTSIDE. SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE LOVE THE DECIBEL LEVELS ARE SUCH THAT IT'S DESIGNED TO BE OUTSIDE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE EITHER THE FEMA GUIDANCE OR THE SIREN LITERATURE IT'S DESIGNED FOR OUTDOOR. USE ONLY NOT EVEN IN CARS, NOT IN BUILDINGS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DEPEND ON YOU BEING ABLE TO HEAR IT. COUNCIL MEMBER , NEIL THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO YOU SAID THE BEST WAY TO TRANSMIT THIS INFORMATION RIGHT NOW IS BY CELLPHONE. CORRECT I BELIEVE THAT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION DO YOU THINK HAVE CELL PHONES WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 8% HAVE VOLUNTARILY REGISTERED THEIR PHONE BUT THROUGH THE USE OF IPODS WHICH IS A WIRELESS ALERT SYSTEM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER TO GET THAT NOTIFICATION SO FORTH IF WE HAVE AN ALERT, WARRANTING ACTIVATION , THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIDN'T ALREADY PUT OUT OR IF WE WANT TO DUPLICATE WHAT THEY DID PUT OUT. WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO ALL CELL PHONES WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA. EVERY TOWER WITH ENERGY, A GRAPHIC AREA WITH A MESSAGE. AND YOU THINK THE VAST MAJORITY 95 PLUS PERCENT OF THE POPULATION ALL HAVE CELL PHONES. I DON'T KNOW THAT PERCENTAGE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. BUT YOU BELIEVE IN LARGER SECTION OF THE POPULIST WOULD HAVE CELL PHONES AS OPPOSED TO BEING ABLE TO HEAR IT JUST PHYSICALLY FROM BEING OUTSIDE. CORRECT. YES, SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM. HOW FAR WHAT DISTANCE CAN YOU HEAR THESE SIRENS? HOW FAR AWAY WHAT? WHAT DO THEY COVER? IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE 1000 FT IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT DECIBEL LEVEL, BUT I MAY BE WRONG. I CAN CHECK IF YOU WANT. I GOT THE MATERIAL HERE. I CAN

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BEAUMONT HAS A VARIETY OF WAYS TO USE OUR SYSTEM. IT'S ROBUST. AND IT ALLOWS US TO HIT DIFFERENT MESSAGING. THINGS LIKE , FOR INSTANCE, TEXT SOMETIMES GO THROUGH, EVEN IF THE THERE'S A LARGE EMERGENCY. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR PHONES. SOMETIMES TEXT WILL GO THROUGH EVEN A VOICE DOESN'T GO THROUGH , SO WE HAVE THOSE ABILITIES. YOU KNOW, SIRENS ARE RARELY USED. THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE. UM AND WE DO HAVE A RANGE FOR YOU JUST TO ESTIMATE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS. IT. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE WE HAD THE ACTUAL QUOTES AND THE PRICES? TINA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND, UM, LET THE CELL PHONES ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE BUT I STILL HAVE A CONCERN THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND WE SPREADING IT OVER 30 YEARS LIKE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IF WE CAN EVEN SAVE A LIFE SO I MEAN, IT'S JUST CONCERN OF MINE JUST FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S I MEAN, IF YOU ALL WANT TO PUT IN CERN'S THAN WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN A TIMELY MANNER. UM YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WAYS TO GET THE NOTIFICATIONS OUT. THERE'S GOING TO BE VERY FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A POSITION. THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR THE SIRENS AND THOSE THAT HERE HOW MANY ARE GOING TO LISTEN BASED ON UM, WHAT I'M HEARING NATIONWIDE FROM THE TRENDS. NOT 100% OF THE PEOPLE THAT GET THE WARNING OR GOING TO HEAT IT AND SO WHETHER IT'S EFFECTIVE OR NOT, AND THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO PRESENT AS MUCH AS I CAN, IN THE WAY OF STATISTICS, YOU KNOW THAT Y'ALL CAN ASSESS UM, WHETHER THAT COST IS WARRANTED. THERE. CANCER MEMBER GETS. WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL ASKED HIS QUESTION OF HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT THE WARNING YESTERDAY. I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, RAISE THEIR HAND. I GOT THAT WARNING AND IT'S IT. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS RIGHT THERE ON MY CELL PHONE AND YOU KNOW IT. LET ME KNOW WHAT WAS COMING OR WHAT THE CONCERN WAS WHAT THEIR THREAT WAS. IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND YOU HEAR A SIREN. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. YOU DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY IN NORTH KOREA HAS PUSHED A BUTTON AND YOU'VE GOT I C B M S COMING OR YOU DON'T KNOW IF, UH, YOU KNOW IT'S A TORNADO OR YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT'S JUST A SIREN. IT'S NOISE OUTSIDE, AND IT'S AS YOU SAID, I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO TEST DOWNTOWN. THE CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEM SIRENS THAT WE HAD AND IT GOT TO BE

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THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THIS SITUATION. YES SIR. WE DO HAVE LANDLINES TO JUST AS A REMINDER, BUT YES, SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM DIARRHEA. UM THESE, UM NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS. ARE THEY PERIODICALLY UPDATED OR UPGRADED ? UH, MAKE THEM BETTER AND REACH MORE PEOPLE MORE USEFUL, CONSTANTLY. ALL TECHNOLOGY IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, AND THIS SYSTEM IS NO DIFFERENT AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE REGION ON AN UPDATE FOR THE VENDOR, OKAY? THANK YOU. IT'S HAPPENING. CHECK. UM IF YOU HAVE LIFE ALERT. DO THOSE SIGNALS GO TO LIFE ALERT. I DON'T KNOW.

BACK AND FIND OUT. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE IS LIVING ALONG, THEY DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE. BUT. PRE K HAS CELL PHONES NOW SO. IS THERE ANYONE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CELL PHONE? THEY MIGHT NOT TELL THE TRUTH, MAN. YOU'RE PUTTING THEM ON THE SPOT. I MEAN, REALLY. IF YOU GO TO DAYCARE, THEY ALMOST HAVE A CELL PHONE. SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION AND FIND OUT IF LIFE OLIVER, UH, CAN GET THE SIGNAL BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE IF THERE'S SOME WAY IT COULD BE SENT TO A LIFE ALERT. AND I'M I WOULD I WOULD FIND IT VERY, VERY STRANGE. IF THAT'S SIGNIFICANT NOT BE SENT. BECAUSE IF THEY PUSH THE BUTTON, IT GOES TO A SYSTEM. AND I WOULD. THANK YOU WOULD PROBABLY WORK BOTH WAYS. BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE SPINNING ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO. THREE ALMOST $4 MILLION ON SOMETHING YOU CAN'T HEAR INSIDE OF YOUR HOME AND THE PURPOSE OF HAVING

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[Public Comments]

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YOU HAVE TO TEACH THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HEARING IT THAT THOSE THINGS ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME THROUGH HERE. IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE KIDS. I'M GONNA ARE JUST FINISH YOURSELF ARE REPEAT THIS . YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND LEAVE THIS TOWN AND GO TO PLACES WHERE THEY THEY'VE HAD THOSE STORMS. THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS UP HERE HE TOOK. HE GAVE YOU PART OF THE UP PART OF IT. HE DIDN'T GIVE ALL OF IT. $1.3 MILLION OVER 30 YEARS IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PAY FOR THE PROTECTION FOR THIS CITY. HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, THIS CITY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 300,000 IF WE DO THE RIGHT THINGS. THANK YOU. MR EARLE'S. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT WAS NOT AN ITEM THAT WAS ON THE CONSENT OF REGULAR AGENDA. ITEMS THAT WAS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I MISSED IT BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO VERIFY THE INFORMATION FOR ITEM G. SO JUST MOVING FORWARD. ANYBODY WHO ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE PRESENTATION WILL NEED TO DO SO IN PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHERS MIRROR. THANK YOU. AT

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

CONTINGENT UPON VERIFICATION THAT THEY ARE CURRENT OR IN A PAYMENT PLAN WITH THE CITY AS TO

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IS THERE ANYTHING THAT EXCLUDES PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED? IF THEY ARE BACK TAXES OR MONEY TO THE CITY? NO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO A PAYMENT PLAN BE CONSISTENT, BUT IT WAS JUST KIND OF BE BROUGHT UP TO THEIR ATTENTION THAT THIS IS A THING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED. SO IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION. BUT I CAN TELL YOU MOST OF OUR BIDDERS ARE RESPONSIBLE, AND THEY'RE EITHER CURRENT ON THEIR TAXES OR IN SOME FORM OF CURRENT PAYMENT PLAN. AND FOR THE RECORD IF YOU HAVE A PAYMENT PLAN AND YOU ARE CURRENT OR YOUR PAYMENT PLAN, YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE BEHIND. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. UM I JUST BELIEVE BECAUSE OF STAFF DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHY WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. THANK YOU, TODD. SO ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES. MAY I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE PLACE, MR CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. MADAM

[1. Consider awarding funds to the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce to facilitate the development of an Innovation Grant Program, a Growth and Expansion Program and a Minority Growth and Expansion grant program. ]

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IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GROW. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING IN JUNE, THE 10 X SMALL BUSINESS MENTORING PROGRAM. AGAIN DESIGNED TO BRING A COHORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND STARTUPS TOGETHER TO GO THROUGH A FOUR MONTHS PROCESS OF HOW TO DEVELOP THEIR BUSINESS AND TO GROW IT. SO THIS BRINGS US TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY. WHICH IS THE SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH GROWTH AND EXPANSION FUND AND THE 10 X I MEAN, AND THE ENTREPRENEUR INNOVATION GRANTS, SO THESE PROGRAMS AND WANT TO USE THIS AS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE REQUEST IS FOR $50,000. 15,000 FOR THE GENERAL FUND GENERAL GROWTH AND EXPANSION FUND. UM 15,000 FOR MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS GROWTH AND EXPANSION FUND AND 10,000 FOR THE FIRST STEP INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM THE ADDITIONAL $10,000 BEYOND THAT WOULD BE USED TO MARKET THE PROGRAM AND MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF IT. IN YOUR SENT OVER THE BASIC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM, AND WHAT'S THE WHAT IT'S DESIGNED OR CERTAIN THINGS CERTAIN BUSINESSES THAT WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, OR CERTAIN IDEAS THAT WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FOR THOSE GRANTS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR FIVE YEARS OR LONGER THAT HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD, AND THEN THERE'S A PRETTY RIGOROUS PROCESS. THAT THESE BUSINESSES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE JUSTIFY THE FUNDING WE PAY. WE DON'T PAY THE BUSINESS DIRECTLY. WE PAY THIRD PARTY, MEANING WE PAY THEIR VENDORS. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO POCKET THE MONEY AND GO TO DISNEYLAND. AND THE IDEA IS TO CREATE THAT WHAT I CALL THAT FLYWHEEL EFFECT OF SUCCESS. IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE FOUND THAT CAPITAL GOES WHERE IT'S WELCOME AND STAYS WHERE IT'S WELL TREATED. A SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND AN ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAMS SUCH AS THESE ARE FOUNDATIONAL. FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

EVERYONE GETS EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING IN NEW BUSINESSES TO A COMMUNITY AND YOU TYPICALLY HEAR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 15 20 YEARS. WHAT ABOUT US? AND THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP WITH THAT ASPECT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES. AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO START OUT WITH A SMALLER AMOUNT TO MAKE IT MORE DOABLE AND THE SHOW AND THEY USE IT AS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. SHOULD WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BEFORE WE HAVE DISCUSSION? TECHNICALLY, YES. THAT IS YOUR PROCESS. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A DAY. WELL IF WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE PROCESS WOULD LOVE THAT.

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HAVE WE EVER APPROVED ANYTHING THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET? I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL TWO YEARS.

I KNOW WE HAD BUT I WANT TO HEAR Y'ALL SAY WE HAVE, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS EVERY YEAR. AND ALSO, UM. I WASN'T TRYING TO BE FLIPPING. I'M JUST JUST SAYING WE CAME IN THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR, USUALLY FOR UNFORESEEN COSTS. ALSO THE CHARTER ALLOWS US TO BUDGET A CONTINGENCY FOR EMERGENCIES OR UNFORESEEN ITEMS. UM I THINK IT'S UP TO $1.5 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND WE DO THAT, BY BUDGETING 100% OF PAYROLL KNOWING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO I CONTINGENCIES BASICALLY

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OKAY? COUNCIL MEMBER, FELLAS, SEAN. THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GETS AND THEN MAYOR PROTEIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK FOR THIS COUNCIL. BUT WHAT I SENSE HERE TODAY IS THIS COUNCIL. AH SEEMS TO BE IN FAVOR OF WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO US. AH YOU SEEM TO BE IN FAVOR OF WAITING FOR MONTHS. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE STAFF. CAN THIS COUNCIL NOT MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS TODAY BEING PUT IN OUR BUDGET SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET DONE WHAT HE WANTS TO BE TO BE DONE AND ALSO TRY TO WORK WITH THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN GETS TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS. CAN THAT MOTION BE MADE? TECHNICALLY COUNCIL DOESN'T NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE BUDGET. TYPICALLY AT OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE GET A CONSENSUS OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND WE START WORKING OR STAFF STARTS WORKING TO DO THAT. WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU TODAY, SO THERE'S REALLY NOT SO YOU DON'T NEED THEM ACTION OF ISN'T THAT A NECESSITY FOR Y'ALL TO DO THAT? IF YOU I GUESS I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN GETS TO TABLE AND HAVE THE ITEM BROUGHT BACK BY THAT TIME, HOWEVER, IF IT'S ADDED TO THE BUDGET, IF IT'S A BUDGETED LINE ITEM, IT WOULD NECESSARILY NEED TO COME BACK AT ALL. I SUPPORT YOUR PROGRAM. UH, STEVE, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO MOVE PAST THIS AND MOVE ON. I'M EXCITED. I THINK THERE'S GREAT OPPORTUNITIES HERE. AND OBVIOUSLY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. I'VE BEEN BIG. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THAT'S YOUR POLICY DECISION. AND SO WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE WORKING WITH YOU. AND WE WANT TO ALL BE GOING THE SAME DIRECTION, SO I'M GOING TO DEFER TO HOW HOW YOU WANT TO DO THIS, BUT I DO THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF AN OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. I WILL SAY THIS COUNCIL MEMBER TICKETS I LIKE TO DO THIS AS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. I HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS. AND THERE WE CAN FUND MORE MONEY IN THE FUTURE. I HAVE. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. WOULD YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? IF WE DID APPROVE IT TODAY, MA'AM.

ABSOLUTELY I DIDN'T THINK SO. OKAY COUNCIL MEMBER GET THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH FIRST, TODD, ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE THESE CONTINGENCIES IN THE BUDGET IS FOR UNFORESEEN EMERGENCY THINGS . SO A LOT OF THE TIMES WHEN WE DO A BUDGET AMENDMENTS, IT IS FOR SOMETHING THAT IS UNFORCED SEEN. IT'S RESPONDING TO EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES. ISN'T THAT CORRECT? SO A LOT OF TIMES, DEPENDING ON WHICH FUND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND. WE USUALLY AMEND THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS LIKE THE MUNICIPAL TRANSIT FUND CAPITAL RESERVE FUND GENERAL LIABILITY FUND THAT GET THEIR REVENUE FROM THE GENERAL FUND. AND SO IF THOSE FUNDS DEPLETE THEIR CASH FASTER THAN WHAT WAS ESTIMATED, WILL TRANSFER MORE MONEY INTO THOSE FUNDS. SO IT'S THOSE TYPE OF USUALLY UNFORESEEN THINGS OR EMERGENCIES. IT COULD BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS WE DIDN'T KNOW GAS WAS GONNA YOU KNOW, SPIKE UP IN PRICE OR CHEMICALS AT THE WATER PLANT. WE'RE GONNA SPIKE UP AND PRICE EXACTLY. AND THE OTHER THING, UH AND I WANT TO APPLAUD THE CITY MANAGER FOR THIS. YES YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN AND APPROVE UP TO $50,000. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. UH THAT IS NOT TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT AND A COMPLIMENT YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD SO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT TODAY AND HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT THAT I THINK MOST

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NEXT. ONE MINUTE. CANCER MEMBERS SAMUELS CAN'T REMEMBER GETS YES . SO THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE, UH DID IN THE PAST, WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOANS. YES THAT WAS FEDERAL MONEY, BUT YES, SIR. OKAY AH, ACTUALLY, THIS IS A GRANT. NOT ALONE. THIS IS A GRANT. THIS ISN'T ALONE. OKAY. GRANT IT'S NOT BEING PAID BACK THAT THE REVOLVING LOAN HAD A SERIES OF PINE AND I THINK IT WAS LIKE, BUT IT'S FOR THE SAME TARGET. CREASY SAME IDEA.

CREDIT, CREATE START BUSINESSES CREATE JOBS, EXPAND JOBS. CONCEPTS ARE SIMILAR TO THIS IS ACTUALLY MONEY THAT WOULD BE GIVEN THIS IS MONEY FROM THE CITY GIVEN TO THE CHAMBER TO OPERATE A PROGRAM OPERATE THE PROGRAM WHEREBY PREVIOUSLY THE CITY DID THAT THE CITY RECEIVED THE FUNDS AND THE CITY ADMINISTERED THE PROGRAM. THIS WOULD ELIMINATE THE CITY FROM HAVING TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM. THIS IS THE CHAMBER WILL BE MANAGING THE PROGRAM. CORRECT, CORRECT, CORRECT, BUT IT ALSO ELIMINATES THE RECIPIENT FROM HAVING TO PAY IT BACK, WHICH THE RECIPIENT HAD TO DO UNDER THE LOAN PROGRAM. NOT UNDER THIS RECIPIENT WAS SUPPOSED TO PAVE IT AND THAT CREW CREATED THE PROBLEM ENOUGH NO LONGER HAVE IT. SO TO MAKE SURE I'M FOLLOWING IT. WE DID IN THE PAST FROM THE CITY. A REVOLVING LOAN, NOT A GRANT. IT'S TOO. IT'S A DIFFERENCE. CORRECT. THEY WERE LOANS. YES, OKAY, AND THE LOANS ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY BACK. BUT REALITY IS WHAT HAPPENED IF THEY DIDN'T THEY JUST DIDN'T PAY IT BACK. CORRECT THAT'S THE REASON THE PROGRAM SUSPENDED IS BECAUSE SEVERAL. WE'RE NOT PAYING IT BACK. AND SO HUD CAME BACK TO THE CITY AND SAID, WELL, THEN YOU NEED TO PAY IT BACK. FAIR ENOUGH OF OUR BUDGET. YES, SIR.

SO THIS WAY, THIS ELIMINATES THE CITY. AND THEN IT'S THE CHAMBER. ADMINISTER IT AND OVERSEE IT.

BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS IS A GRANT IS NOT ALONE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK TO GRAND PROGRAM TO THEM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK GRANT AND IT WILL BE PAID DIRECTLY THIRD PARTY NOT DIRECTLY TO THE BUSINESS ON BUSINESS. IT GOES TO THE REMAINDER, WHEREAS COUNCIL MEMBER TURNING IN THE PAST IF THEY DID THE LONG THROUGH THE CITY. IF THEY DID NOT USE IT FOR THEIR BUSINESSES. WE HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT. BECAUSE THEY GOT THE MONEY, THE FUNDS AND THEN IF THEIR BUSINESS WENT BELLY UP, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WENT BELLY UP BECAUSE OF BAD FINANCES THROUGH YOU KNOW OF THEIR OWN OR JUST BUSINESS WAS BAD. I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN. UH THIS IS A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BUSINESSES. IT'S GOING TO EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD WANT IT TO GO TO. THE ONLY THING THAT'S DIFFERENT IS. IS THIS SOMETHING WE WANT TO BYPASS THE PROCEDURE TO DO OR DO WE JUST PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET, AND IT CAN EVEN BE BROADER IF PLACED INTO THE BUDGET. WHEREBY THIS CAN BE A PROGRAM THAT THE CHAMBER IT'S A DEMONSTRATIVE PROGRAM PROJECT ANYWAY, SO IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL NOW, WE COULD VERY WELL, PUTTING MORE INTO THAT PROGRAM AFTER THE FIRST BUDGET PROCESS, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PUTTING IT INTO THE BUDGET RATHER THAN JUST TAKING IT FROM A, UH FUND BALANCE AND MOVING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHICH

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THERE WASN'T BUDGETED AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. SO WE'RE SAYING CONSISTENCY, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE DONE IT. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL WE HAVE WENT IN AND DID SOMETHING THAT WASN'T BUDGETED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I DON'T MIND IF THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL WANTS TO DO THAT, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT, WE'RE GONNA BE TRANSPARENT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. CAN WE CALL THE QUESTION? MAYOR PROTE MAYOR PROTEIN? YES THANK YOU, MAN.

WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST, MR WILLIAMS ? UH YOU NEVER FAIL TO DISAPPOINT ME, CHRIS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW MATTER WHAT COUNSEL DOES, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S UP TO YOU HOW YOU DO IT, HOW YOU DO THIS PROCESS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SUPPORT STEPHEN WHAT HE'S SAYING SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES ARE VERY VITAL PART OF YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS BUILT ON ON THREE THINGS. RECRUITMENT OF NEW BUSINESS RETAINING EXISTING BUSINESS EXPANSION OF EXISTING INSTANCE. AND IF YOU OFTEN TIMES IT IS GET CRITICIZED FOR GOING OUT AND RECRUITING THE BIG BOX. THE NEW THINGS TO COME TO TOWN. THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN TOWN. AND THEN THEY GET CRITICIZED. YOU LOSE PEOPLE AND WHATEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO DO WITH YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND PLANS, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT NO MATTER HOW YOU DO IT, IT'S KEY THAT YOU SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS AND PROVIDE, UH TOOLS FOR THEM TO SURVIVE AND GROW AND THRIVE AND EXPAND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. NOW WHETHER YOU VOTE TODAY OR WHETHER YOU VOTE ON BUDGET. IT'S STILL GOING TO TAKE A VOTE OF THIS COUNCIL TO PUT THIS IN THE BUDGET. SO IT'S BECAUSE YOU GOT TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET. SO WHATEVER YOU DO IS THAT BUT I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS. AND DON'T LEAVE THEM OUT OF ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THEM TO SUPPORT SOME OF YOUR BIGGER PROJECTS WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE, SO JUST JUST MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KIDS STILL CALL THE QUESTION AND I'LL RESTATE THE MOTION. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. CORRECT MOTION WAS TO BRING IT BACK TO OCTOBER, THE FIRST MEETING AFTER THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED. THAT WAS THE AMENDED MOTION THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE FLOOR. YES, MA'AM. ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE GET A SECOND ON THAT JUST TO BE CLEAR . SECOND ON THAT AMENDED MOTION . IT DOESN'T REQUIRE SECOND STATEMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STICK TO THE CONTENT OF THIS. PROPOSAL WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS FUND AND MINORITY FUN. I DON'T WANT US TO COME BACK IN OCTOBER, AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR TODAY THAT IF WE ARE GONNA WAIT IS GOING TO BE ON THE SAME TONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE DAY. I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK IN OCTOBER, AND SO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ARE TRYING TO CHANGE SOMETHING AROUND. COUNSELOR COUNSELING TURNER. I AGREE WITH YOU, I THINK THE STAFF HERE TODAY SINCE IS THAT THERE IS A CONSENSUS ON THIS THIS COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM. WE'RE JUST WANTING TO DO IT THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND SO I THINK IT'S A IT'S UPON THE STAFF THE COUNCIL TO BE WATCHFUL OF THIS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES LAND IN OUR BUDGET, BECAUSE, STEVE, WE DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL THROW A WRENCH IN SURE. OKAY I, UH I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AND PUT EVERYTHING INTO PERSPECTIVE. WE ARE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS NOW WHERE WE ALWAYS HAVE UNDERSTOOD . THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE SHOULD FOLLOW. I'M COUNCIL MEMBER GETS BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THIS MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO PUT INTO THE BUDGET AND FOLLOW THE PROCESS. WITH THAT. YOU CAN'T ALWAYS COMPARE. EVERYTHING TOGETHER. SOMETIMES THEY ARE LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. APPLES ARE DIFFERENT FROM PEARS. UH AH. I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT'S NOT CRUCIAL TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW.

BUT I HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER , UM, WANTING TO MAKE SURE SMALL BUSINESSES KNOW WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM, AND WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM NOW. I DON'T THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO JUST DO THINGS OUTSIDE OF THIS PROCEDURE. AND FEEL WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT WITH OUR PROCEDURE. BUT THERE ARE

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SO ORIGINAL PLAYER. I'M GONNA CALL FOR THE MOTION FOR. ITEM NUMBER ONE ALL IN FAVOR. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? SO MOVED UP TO NUMBER ONE OR OUR SECOND HAVE EMOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL SO. ARE YOU BRINGING IN EXTRA STAFF TO MANAGE THIS PROGRAM? NO, WE'LL DO IT INTERNALLY, SO LIKE. WHY IS IT GONNA COST $10,000 TO ADVERTISE IT? WELL IT'S 10,000 AND PROMOTED AND THEN ALSO TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING. SO STAND IT UP. SO YEAH, THAT'S JUST KIND OF A ROUGH COST IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU LOOK AT TRADITIONAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN TERMS OF PROMOTING THE PROGRAM. I MEAN, I GUESS MY CONCERN AT THIS POINT NOW IS WE'RE PAYING $50,000, BUT ONLY GETTING $40,000 AFTER THE CITIZENS AND THIS I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S UNBUDGETED ON TOP OF THE $75,000 THAT WE GAVE MONTHS AGO.

THAT WASN'T BUDGETED EITHER. AND THEN I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO BUDGET SEASON.

AND THERE'S GONNA BE MORE REQUESTS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR THAT I GUESS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF SITS DOWN WITH THESE GUYS ON THE FRONT END AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN THIS POSITION NEXT YEAR. JUST THINK THAT THE INTENT BEHIND THIS IS GOOD. BUT THIS IS ALL JUST EXPLORATORY WORK THAT WE DON'T KNOW. EVEN WITH THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT IS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. THE 75,000 WAS BUDGETED THE ADDITIONAL 75,000. WORSE, IT WAS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY ALL IN FAVOR. SORRY DISCUSSION. AH. COUNCIL MEMBER AGAIN. SO LET ME UNDERSTAND CLEARLY BECAUSE IT WAS SAID THAT ALL THESE BUSINESSES OUT HERE REALLY NEED THIS MONEY. HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING ONLY TALKING 50,000 TOTAL AND WOULD BE 15,000 FOR A GENERAL BUSINESS 15,000 FOR A MINORITY ON BUSINESS AND 10,000 TO $10,000 FOR A WHAT I CALL A STARTUP OR SOMEBODY WHO'S TRYING TO BRING AN IDEA TO THE MARKETPLACE. SO THEY DON'T NEED THE FIVE YEAR NO, THEY DO NOT. THEY WOULD NOT MEET THAT FIVE YEAR CORRECT BECAUSE IT'S A NEW IDEA THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING TO THE MARKETPLACE. WELL AGAIN SUPPORT YOUR IDEA. SUPPORT THE PROCESS MORE. AH THEN YOU KNOW, JUST REACHING INTO THE CITY. UH FUND BALANCE TO DO THIS , BUT AH, I'M NOT GONNA POSE THIS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT. UM I JUST I WISH THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF FOLLOWING THE PROCESS, AND IT'S

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MAYOR PROTEIN. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE JUST HAD. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GET MORE TRANSPARENT THAN THAT. SO IT'S TRANSPARENT. WE DID IT IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY TO SEE TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING. IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. SOME OF US DISAGREE ON WHEN TO FUND IT. AND BUT WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT. THANK YOU. NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

I'LL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSE. THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. MAY I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. MAYOR BEFORE YOU GO INTO THE ITEM NUMBER TWO, COUNCILMAN TURNER HAD AN ITEM QUESTION ON ITEM C AND I WANT TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SERVICES DIRECTORS HERE . HE HAD A QUESTION FOR HER. IT WAS JUST A STATEMENT. I WENT TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. ARE YOU READY? I'M HERE. YES THANK YOU. CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR PROPERTY INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR VARIOUS CITY OWNED BUILDINGS AND ASSET. IT'S TIME TO RENEW OUR POLICIES ON OUR CITY ON BUILDINGS AND ASSET. UH, I'M GONNA PASS THIS TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE HIGGINBOTTOM THEM. PORT ARTHUR, WHO'S OUR BROKER FOR SECURING CITIES PROPERTY INSURANCE IT TO SPEAK TO US TODAY. SO AH, AT THE PODIUM MAYOR, WE HAVE OUR LIABILITY ADMINISTRATOR MERCER ARSENAL, JOINED BY JOE BASS AND ERIC SIMMS, WHO IS A MANAGER SAID OUR BROKERS WITH HIGGINBOTHAM PASSED AROUND THE PROPOSED CONTRACT. UM. FOR COUNSEL TO REVIEW I WANT TO KIND OF JUST SET THE STAGE FOR OUR BROKERS THAT THIS WAS A VERY HARD INSURANCE YEAR. PRESS UM, IT'S BECOMING HARDER FOR THE CITY TO RETAIN THE AMOUNT OF COVERAGE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. AND JUST LIKE WHATEVER THE INDUSTRY, OUR INSURANCE PREMIUMS HAVE GONE UP. SO THERE WITH THAT EQUATES TO IS ESSENTIALLY, LET'S COVERAGE FOR MORE MONEY. UM BUT HIGGINBOTTOM HAS BEEN VERY DILIGENT AND WORKING TO GET THE CITY THE BEST, UM, COVERAGE FOR OUR MONEY. AND WITH THAT, I WILL THROW IT OVER TO YOU, ERIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. HIGGINBOTTOM AS YOU ALL KNOW, HAS HAD A VERY LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY ABOUT MINE AND IT'S WITH GREAT EMPATHY THAT I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU WITH MHM. THIS YEAR'S PROPOSAL. IF I COULD BORROW A TERM FROM THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRIES, YOU GOT BULL MARKETS AND GOT BEAR MARKETS. WELL IN THE INSURANCE, YOU GOT HARD MARKETS AND SOFT MARKETS. THIS IS THE HARDEST MARKET. THAT WE SEEING IN THE LAST 100 YEARS THAT THE CAPACITY FOR INSURANCE, ESPECIALLY CAT PRONE INSURANCE AND THE PROPERTY MARKETS. AS ESSENTIALLY. AH TRIPLED IN COST IN THE MATTER OF A YEAR, AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS UM, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT ARE STILL IN THE MARKETPLACE. ARE CHOOSING THE CREAM OF THE CROP, THE BEST CONSTRUCTED BUILDING THE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE. YOU ARE THE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE CHERRY PICKING THE BEST OF THE BEST NOW I LOVE THIS CITY. DON'T GET ME WRONG. BUT IF YOU'RE AN INSURANCE COMPANY, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY FROM A CONCENTRATION OF RISK. WE HAVE A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF BUILDINGS IN A SMALL AREA THAT ONE HURRICANE COULD COULD GREATLY AFFECT. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID THESE THESE CARRIERS ARE UH, THEY'RE GOING UP ON THE RATES. FINE AND SIMPLE AND THE OTHER THING THEY'RE LOOKING AT. IS BUILDING VALUATIONS. AND A MATTER OF 10 YEARS. IT'S ON THE BUILDINGS IN THE CITY UPON LIGHT , AND THESE CARRIERS ARE ALL RUNNING MODELING REPORTS. AND THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE CITY WAS UNDERVALUED BY ABOUT $100 MILLION AND THEY HAVE MADE THOSE CORRECTIONS. IN ORDER TO EVEN PRESENT A POLICY TO RENEW SO. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT LOST ON US. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO, UM.

DISASTERS ONE GENTLEMAN EARLIER WAS TALKING ABOUT A DISASTER AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO OR HIGH WIND EVENT. AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IF I IF I COULD JUST THROW THIS LITTLE EXTRA TED BED

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HOW LONG 10 YEARS 10 YEARS. THREE MILLION OVER 10 YEARS. SO HAVE WE LOOKED AT RAISING OUR DEDUCTIBLES. WE DID THEY DID. WE RAISED OUR DEDUCTIBLES AND WE ASSUMED MORE RISK GOING ON GOING FORWARD OR DEDUCTIBLES FOR THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY WE HAD WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER. AND WHEN WE CAME BACK WITH THE INITIAL QUOTES THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU REQUESTED THAT THEY GO BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE DECIDED TO TAKE ON MORE RISK RAISE IT HIGHER. WOULD THAT BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY? AND AT THAT TIME, MR SIMMS SAID, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WOULDN'T MATTER. WE'RE JUST IN A VOLATILE AREA. UM THIS AREA IS HURRICANE PRONE, AND THE MARKET IS BECOMING MORE RISK ADVERSE, SO WE HAVE DID WHAT WE COULD TO MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL INCREASE IN. I'LL TELL YOU THAT IT'S A LOT LOWER THAN INITIALLY EXPECTED, AND OUR DEDUCTIBLES ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER END THE MAJORITY OF THE CARRIERS. THAT WE NORMALLY DEAL WITH OR EVEN IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT PAGE EIGHT, IT'LL TELL YOU THAT MOST OF THEM WERE NOT REALLY WILLING TO GIVE US A QUOTE BECAUSE OF OUR LOCATION AND THE RISK THAT THEY WOULD CARRY WITH US BEING IN THIS LOCATION. ALL OF THOSE THAT SAY LOCATION. THAT'S EACH OF THEM ALSO THAT THAT PAGES SHE'S REFERRING TO TELLS YOU IF THEY QUOTED WHILE THEY DECLINED IF THEY WERE NOT COMPETITIVE, UM AND JUST SO YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE QUOTES THAT WE WOULDN'T TYPICALLY NOT CONSIDER. IT'S BEING NOT COMPETITIVE. SO IF IT'S NOT COMPETITIVE, WAS LIKE WAY OUT THERE. BUT A LOT OF THE CLOSER WE ACCEPTED THIS TIME WOULD NORMALLY BE NOT COMPETITIVE. IN PREVIOUS YEARS IS JUST THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A

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CORRECT. ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE IN YEARS PAST THAT WE WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THESE MARKETS. WE COULD CHERRY PICK OUR FAVORITES TO BUILD THE LAYER THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. WHAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR IS US BEGGING AND PLEADING ALL OF THEM FOR TWO EVEN CONTRIBUTE TO THE TOWER.

AND UNFORTUNATELY. YOU CAN. YOU CAN HATE THE MESSAGE I HATE DELIVERING THE MESSENGER GOODBYE , BUT BUT THE MARKET AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY. YES WE'RE SEEING THIS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. EVERY BUSINESS OWNER IN THIS IN IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS FEELING THE SAME. BUT EVEN OUR HOMEOWNERS, CORRECT. YES I KNOW PEOPLE. WE DO NOT SAVE THE BEST RATES FOR OURSELVES. MY WIFE HAD A STROKE WHEN SHE SAW HER HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE AS WELL. HE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK, AND I ALSO DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO THINK THAT, UM, THEY GET PAID BASED OFF OF COMMISSION. SO WE PAY THEM A ONE TIME FEE FOR THE AGENCY FEE, AND THAT'S IT, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY QUOTE AS A EXTREMELY HIGH OR EXTREMELY LOW, THEIR PAYMENT ALWAYS STAYS THE SAME SO IT THEY DON'T BENEFIT FROM THE INSURANCE POLICIES INCREASING TOO BAD YOU DIDN'T BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE HAD A BIG CHECK. WE UNDERSTAND IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO CLAIM. I THINK COUNCIL SHOULD DO A MOTION AND IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF THAT WE CAN ANSWER, BUT WE DID. I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE QUOTE THAT WAS BEFORE YOU PRIOR TO YOU MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE ER. I THINK I CAN'T ANSWER ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS THINK. OKAY? THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. KIM GOING TO CALL FOR THE MOTION? YEAH. MAY HAVE EMOTION, PLEASE. TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WELL AT THIS TIME AND. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE FILL OUT THE

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THANK YOU. DYLAN RICHARDSON, 45 75 NORTH MAJOR DRAFT TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. MY MOTHER NEVER REALLY HAD GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT POLITICIANS. BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT I CAN DISAGREE WITH OUR SENTIMENTS NOW. AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER. I'VE BEEN CONFRONTED BY EACH OF YOU AND HOPES TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS I'VE SPOKEN ON PREVIOUSLY. I HOPE THAT THROUGH THESE ENCOUNTERS TRUE ACTION IS TAKEN. I HOPE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NECESSARY PARTIES ARE FORMED AND THAT ALL EGOS PUT ASIDE AND THE PURSUIT OF ACCOMPLISHING THESE ENDEAVORS. COUNCILMAN KNEELED SPOKE ON HIS TRIP TO WAY GO TEXAS TO TORBAY, WHERE UNIVERSITY IN HIS PUBLIC RESPONSE A FEW SHORT WEEKS AGO. HE SPOKE ON THE NEED FOR BEAUMONT TO LOOK AT CITIES LIKE WACO AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESPECTIVE RIVERFRONT AND THE AREA SURROUNDING THE UNIVERSITY. UNFORTUNATELY NOTHING HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED TO THIS CONVERSATION SINCE I WOULD LIKE TO SUBSTANTIATE COUNCILMAN NEAL STATEMENT BY SAYING THAT BEAUMONT GDP IS FOLLOWING YEAR BY YEAR, CITIES LIKE WACO IN COLLEGE STATION ARE STEADILY RISING. ALSO THEY WERE UNIVERSITY'S ENDOWMENT IS 20 TIMES THAT OF A MARS WHILE TEXAS A AND M IS 135 TIMES THAT OF THE MARS I BELIEVE THAT ANY SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF THIS CITY AND THIS UNIVERSITY RELIES ON THE WILLINGNESS OF THE COUNCIL TO WORK AS A COHORT WITH THE LOCAL UNIVERSITIES ADMINISTRATION. FINALLY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MADE THE COMMENT TO ME SATURDAY THAT IF THE CURRENT MAYOR ELECT WHEN HE BETTER FIX EVERYTHING THAT HIS PREDECESSOR MESSED UP, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I HOPE HONEST JUDGE ON HIS ACTIONS AND NOT ON HIS ABILITY TO WRITE SOMEONE ELSE'S WRONGS.

I ALSO FOR EACH OF YOU WHO ARE ANGRY TO NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT UNIONS THAT YOU PUT YOUR EGOS TO THE SIDE AND STILL WORK TO SOLVE THE ISSUES AT HAND FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE LIVES OF THE TRUE HEROES OF THE CITY. LIKE TO THANK EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY FOR OUR PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS AND CONGRATULATE MANY OF YOU ON

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YOUR WAS BORN GREAT. BE GREAT. IF YOU FALL YOU GET BACK UP THE GREATNESS PLAYING FOR ME, PLEASE. OKAY MR. TURNER COUNCILMAN TURNER WAS CALLING FOR SOMETHING ELSE IS YOUR TURN FOR THAT CHAIR? YOU GOTTA PUT IN THE FOOTWORK. YOU GOT TO PUT IN FOR WORK, MISS MORTON. THERE IS NO FOOTWORK. WITH THE PEOPLE. THE FULL WORK. COME SEE ME. YOU CAN HAVE THIS PART RIGHT THERE.

NO. MY PROBLEM WAS COMMERCIAL. ON TV. CLEANER BOMBER. HOW MANY PEOPLE SEEING IT? THE COMMERCIAL, THE DUDE RAPPING. OKAY? MY DAUGHTER WENT TO NEWFOUNDLAND WARD HOUSE.

WONDERFUL ONE OF YOUR TRUE AND THEY TOLD HER THEY TREATED OUR SLAVES. GOOD. I SAID WHAT THEY TOLD YOU EVERY TIME, SHE SAID THE COMMERCIAL THE COMMERCIAL THEY SHOW MCMAHON WOODHOUSE. HOW MANY OF YOU DO KNOW YOUR HISTORY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HUH? HOW MANY YOU KNOW, HISTORY OLD TOWN.

BEAUMONT IS NAMED AFTER A WOMAN. OLD TOWN. MCMAHON WATERHOUSE BLACK PEOPLE HAD TO WEAR DOG COLLARS. NOW WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT HOUSE ON THE COMMERCIAL? UH HUH. I DON'T. I DON'T. I DON'T JUSTIFY THAT. 73 AND CALLED HER SHE NOW WHEN PEOPLE WAS THERE. PEOPLE STILL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SOMETHING CALLED THAT'S MY ROLE. I'M MAKING MY MOVE. I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE DIED FOR US THIS COUNTRY WHAT Y'ALL DOING LANDFILL? UH HUH. WHICH I DON'T IT'S SO BEGGING PEOPLE FOR, UH WHY WHY FORMER PD. FROM MY FACE. I PAY TAXES. RIGHT. THE PUBLIC SERVANTS AS A YOUNG PUBLIC

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VILLAGE. I WAS CALLING YOU, MR TURNER. BUT MY SON, RIGHT? YOU TOLD MY WIFE STEP ASIDE. LET ME HANDLE HIM. GUESS WHAT HE'S BETTER. SOME GENTLEMAN CAME IN HIS COACH. SORRY HANDLE MY SON, RIGHT? HE'S BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. MR SANG, I'LL BE CALLING YOU BECAUSE I WILL TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU. AND I'M A BLACK BUSINESS ON THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WAIT A LONG TIME AGO. THIS THANK YOU ALL. VERNON DURDEN 16436 WESTBURY ROAD BY MY TEXAS. HMM. YOU'RE DOING, UH, FIRST. CONGRATULATIONS TO ROBIN MORTON FOR MAKING HISTORY FOR SHOWING LITTLE BLACK GIRLS THAT CAN BE MAYOR. UH WE'RE FOREVER INDEBTED TO YOU FOR THAT. FIRST . LAST WEEK I CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT, UM, SENDING MY EMAILS TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL PERSONS.

KEVIN MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT DEMOLITION. I'M YET TO HEAR OF A DATE TO HAVE THAT MEETING. SO PLEASE GET BACK WITH ME SOON. IT WAS A STATEMENT MADE. LAST WEEK THAT THERE IS NO PERFECT ORDINANCE. MADE BY MR BOONE. THANK YOU. CHERYL JACKSON 8 62 PORTER STREET BY MY TEXAS.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNCIL. AH! I'VE BEEN TO TWO SCHOOLS TODAY, SO I AM EXCITED ABOUT TEACHERS APPRECIATION WEEK. HOWEVER, UM. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH TEACHER IF WE STILL HAVE SOME HERE FOR WHATEVER WHAT THEY DID FOR US FOR OUR EDUCATION, MOTIVATING US AND LOVING US. I WAS HERE PRIOR TALKING ABOUT GETTING A PETITION FOR COACH SWEAT. I AM HERE AGAIN . WITH THE PETITION SIGNED PETITIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS ON JACKSON STREET, THE 700 TO 800 BLOCK. UM MENTIONED BEFORE HE WAS MORE THAN A COACH. HE WAS A FATHER. HE HAD AN OLD SCOOBY DOO VAN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL REMEMBER THOSE VANS WHERE HE TOOK THE KIDS AND THAT VAN AND TOOK HIM TO GAMES PRACTICE. HE WAS THERE FOR ALL TO THE CHILDREN. WE CANNOT. LET THIS MAN GO AND NOT HONOR HIM SOME KIND OF WAY WHEN I SAY HE WAS A FATHER TO ME, IT WAS A FATHER TO ME AS WELL AS EVERY OTHER CHILD . I MEAN, HE WAS WITH ME. I S D FOR CLOSE TO 50 YEARS. I DIDN'T HAVE A BIG ISSUE AND GETTING THE PETITION SIGN BY THE RESIDENTS. HOWEVER THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO COME. WE WOULD HAVE HAD THOUSANDS OF VOTES. THAT'S THE IMPACT THAT COACH PHILLIPS WENT HEAD ON THE COMMUNITY ON HIS STUDENTS. SO I AM HERE WITH THE PETITION. I WILL HAND IT OVER. I THINK TO MISS BREWSTER. DO I HAND IT OVER TO YOU? THAT'S THE NEXT STEP. UM, WHATEVER STEPS I HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET THIS DONE. I WILL. AND I THINK A FEW OF YOU ALL KNOW, COLD SWEAT PERSONALLY. AND WE KNEW HIM PERSONALLY. GREAT MAN. WE DO APPRECIATE OUR TEACHERS. LIKE I

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THERE WAS A SURVEY DONE TO RAISE HANDS ON HOW MANY PETS CELL PHONES. THAT IS NOT ADEQUATE IN A FEDERAL EMERGENCY PLAN. A SIREN CAN CAN. MOVE FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, AND THEY CAN BE BATTERY OPERATED. THEY CAN BE HEARD THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE INFORMATION THAT I SUBMITTED THE OTHER THING IS TRAIN IS PARAMOUNT AND I HEARD SOMEONE FROM THIS PODIUM SAY PEOPLE WOULDN'T KNOW ANYWAY. IF THEY HEARD IT. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TRAINING. THAT'S WHY WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE PEOPLE WENT TO MEETINGS AND THEY TRAINED OTHER PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THAT SONG MEANT. SO TO ME THAT WAS INSULTING. BUT T V AND RADIO CANNOT BE A SOURCE FOR CITY OF BEAUMONT, AND I'LL FINISH NEXT WEEK BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS TWO YEARS. GO AHEAD AND FINISH BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A WORKSHOP TODAY AND I KNOW YOU WEREN'T HERE EARLIER. GO AHEAD AND FINISH. OKAY SO TWO YEARS I'VE STOOD UP HERE. TV AND RADIO IS NOT A PRIMARY SOURCE FOR CITY OFFICIALS TO DEPEND ON YOU ARE CHARGED TO PUT KEEPING THIS CITY SAFE. UM WE'VE HAD THREE TORNADO WARNINGS THIS YEAR. FORTUNATELY YESTERDAY. THE WEATHER. UM A SYSTEM CAME ACROSS THE CELLPHONES. EVERYBODY DIDN'T HAVE CELL PHONES. I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE ROAD. IF WE HAD HAD A CYRENE THEY WOULD NOT. OH, MY GOD, WHAT'S GOING ON? IT'S NOT ONLY TORNADOES, HURRICANES, WE HAVE CHEMICAL PLANTS. AND WE COULD HAVE SOME MASS DESTRUCTION WE COULD HAVE EVENTS LIKE WAS AN ALLEN, SO EVERYTHING IS NOT TIED

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WASHINGTON BOULEVARD WOULD ALSO LOOK FOR NO OTHER STORES OR RESTAURANTS BE ABLE TO HAVE DEEP CLAUSES THAT PREVENT FOOD GROWTH AND STOP OR PRODUCERS FOOD DESERTS IN LESS IMPOVERISHED OR IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES AROUND BEAUMONT, LIKE HTTP DID FOR 30 TO 55 YEARS HAVE BEEN ON WHICH ONE IS THE ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THAT? I WOULD ALSO LOOK FOR 304 PEARL STREET RIGHT HERE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOWN FLANAGAN GOODHUE DEVELOPMENT LLC PROPERTY, IT'S STILL BEING EXIST , HAD A FIRE IN IT IN APRIL 4TH OF 2022. IT STILL HASN'T BEEN RED TAGGED. I KNOW THERE WAS A HOUSE BEHIND ME THAT WAS RED TAGGED, AND THAT'S A HOMEOWNER. THEY WERE RED TED WITHIN. MONTHS OF HAVING THEIR ELECTRICAL ISSUES THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE ALLOWING MILLIONAIRES ON THESE PROPERTIES AND NOT ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING THEIR CITY BETTER BY PROTECTING THE PROPERTIES ABOUT CLOSING THEM UP AND ALSO LIKE I SAID THE CITY TO GO THROUGH WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW THE ORDINANCES THE CODES. IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT, THEN WE NEED TO DEMOLISH THEM THE SAME WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO RETAKE HOMES AND ATTEMPT OR THREATEN INDIVIDUALS WITH FIVE YEARS AND THIS AND THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS GONE.

FOR A WHOLE YEAR WITHOUT ANY ACTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND THERE'S OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED BY THAT SAME INDIVIDUAL IF WE CAN GIVE SAME EQUALITY TO THE CITIZENS AS WELL AS THE MILLIONAIRES OR 1000 YEARS, OR WHATEVER THE MAN'S BANK ACCOUNT IS IF WE COULD LOOK INTO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS CREATED EQUAL AND TREATED EQUAL IN THE CITY. I WAS SURE I WOULD SURELY THINK THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR EDWARDS. KENNETH URLS 12 65 CONDON BY MY TEXAS. THE YOUNG MAN THAT CAME UP HERE FROM LAMAR UNIVERSITY. HMM. THE FIRST PLACE THAT WE NEED TO START AS AN INCUBATOR. POUR THE CREATION, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND OTHER PLACES IF THEY CAN DO IT AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, USING APPLE'S MONEY, WE CAN DO IT HERE IN THE CITY SHOULD BE NOW HELPING THOSE YOUNG MEN IN THE FUTURE CREATE THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, THE NEW VENTURE CAPITAL. THE FUTURE FOR BOTH FOR BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HOPEFULLY ONE OF THESE DAYS, THE NAME LAMAR

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ENDOWMENT. RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A CITY JUST 100 MILES AWAY THAT IS NOW TRYING TO GET INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. ENDOWMENT. THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT MONEY HITS THEIR TOWN. MORE IS GETTING A SMALL SMIDGEN PEACE. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BEAUMONT GET. YEAH I WOULD SAY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. UH, LOOK AT U T A LOOK AT, UM AH, UM. UT RIO GRANDE, UT EL PASO, SAN ANTONIO TYLER. THOSE CITIES ARE REAPING THE REWARDS OF BEING IN THAT ENDOWMENT. AND IF WE DON'T DO THOSE THINGS IF WE DON'T CREATE THE THINGS THAT IS GOING TO MAKE BEAUMONT GREAT IN THE FUTURE. AND WHEN I SAY THE FUTURE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW. I'M TALKING ABOUT 25 30 YEARS. WE MAY NOT BE HERE TO ACHIEVE THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT OUR CHILDREN WILL BE BE HERE. I HAVE A LOVE FOR BEAUMONT. I GREW UP HERE. I WENT TO FOREST PARK HIGH SCHOOL. AND MR STANSBURY, WHO WAS OUR HISTORY TEACHER, OUR GOVERNMENT TEACHER. HE MADE SURE THAT WERE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT CIVIC END OF ENDEAVORS. HE MADE SURE THAT WE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR THIS. THIS CITY THAT I CALL MY HOME. I DIDN'T COME HERE. TO LIVE. I CAME HERE TO DIE. I AM THAT, SALMAN. THEY THAT WENT AWAY FOR 40 YEARS AND I'VE COME BACK HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED TO LEAVE THIS CITY AND GO AND LOOK AT OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE GOOD FINISH. FINISH YOUR SENTENCE.

YOU NEED TO LEAVE HERE. THEY TOLD YOU THAT YOU NEED TO TRAVEL ROBIN MAYOR. I LOVE YOU. YOU'RE WONDERFUL FEMALE. YOU NEED TO GO TO EUROPE AND YOU NEED TO GO TO ASIA AND YOU NEED TO GO OTHER PLACES AND IMAGINE WHAT THIS DOWNTOWN COULD LOOK LIKE. BECAUSE YOU LIVE. YOU HAVE A RIVER RUNNING THROUGH IT. THAT RIVER IS WORTH MORE THAN $10 BILLION. WHEN I SAY THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTON, DC, THE MILITARY MAKE A THINK TANK AT AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BEAUMONT. AND HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN ER , THE HOUSE OF THE HULLS IN WASHINGTON, DC THOSE MEN WOULD GET IMMEDIATE WE THIS CITY SITS WITHIN 25, MILES OF ALL, THE MAJOR. REFINERIES IN AMERICA, 47% OF ALL PETROLEUM IS CREATED HERE WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN CHICAGO WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN NEW YORK WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN LOS ANGELES WHEN WE HAVE A COLD THE WHOLE. ALL OF AMERICA SUFFERS. SO YOU YOU HAVE TO REIMAGINE WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. YOU NEED TO HAVE MEETINGS. THE CITY MANAGER. THE LOCK THIS CITY ATTORNEY AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER THE FUTURE MAYOR.

YOU NEED TO STEP UP AND START LOOKING AT THE WORLD OUT THERE BECAUSE SOME OF US HAVE BEEN THERE MR EARLE'S PERIOD OF TIME , SO YOU CAN ONLY ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS, A COUNCIL AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE. OKAY THANK YOU. UM, BUT I'VE I WANTED YOU TO FINISH YOUR SENTENCE. I KNOW I WOULDN'T BE ON BUT I'LL CONTINUE WITH THIS. UH THERE'S A WORLD OUT THERE AND WE NEED TO BE ABOUT THAT WORLD. THERE'S THE MILITARY HAD A 808 170 GOING INTO ANOTHER SUBJECT. I JUST

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THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY FOR HYBRID SYSTEM OF BOTH. DIGITAL. AND SIRENS. WE HAVE ALL THESE SCHOOLS AROUND HERE THAT HAS A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM. I'M SURE THEY'RE TIED INTO A COMPUTER SOMEWHERE. SOMEHOW ANOTHER THAT THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY FOR YOU TO MATCH. ENTIRE ALL OF THEM TOGETHER, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I'M IN JOHN POLLARD NEIGHBORHOOD. I HEAR CHARLIE PARLORS ANNOUNCEMENT IN MY HOUSE. WHEN THE PORTAL BEAUMONT HAS THEIR SIREN. GO OFF. I HERE IN THE HOUSE. OF COURSE, WHEN MOBILE GOES OFF, I HEAR IT IN THE HOUSE. THERE HAS GOT TO BE A WAY FOR US TO NETWORK THEM ALTOGETHER. AND THE SPEAKER SYSTEMS ARE THERE THAT WOULD REDUCE HOW MANY SPEAKERS YOU NEED FOR A SERIOUS ABOUT THAT? THEN YOU WOULD ONLY HAVE TO BRIDGE THE GAPS IN BETWEEN THOSE AREAS. YOU ALSO HAVE SPEAKERS THAT UM, PASS STATIONS. THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY FOR Y'ALL TO BRIDGET AND SOMEONE OUT THERE HAS DONE IT. WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE NETWORK CUT THE COST TRAUMATICALLY. THAT'S ABSOLUTE THERE. THERE IS ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE ELECTRONIC FOR 34 YEARS. THERE'S APPS FOR EVERYTHING NOWADAYS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S TONY CARRIER 40 TO 40 ANNIE'S BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. SO HAPPY THAT THIS WAS THE LAST FINAL. THANK YOU, JESUS AND THE YOUNGEST STUDENT AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY WISE, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE ON THEIR WIN, AND ESPECIALLY THE MAYOR, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU YOUR LOSS, BUT NOT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR LOSS. BUT HOW YOU LOST I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE FIGHT AS HARD AS YOU FOUGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU DID A GOOD RACE. YOU RAN REAL HARD, AND I THINK THAT GOD KNOWS HOW TO GIVE HIS CHILDREN REST. YOU NEED TO TAKE A REST, BABY. YOU WERE WORKING SO HARD. I MEAN, MY GOD, YOU MADE ME TIRED. ANYWAY I'M GONNA TELL EVERYBODY UP HERE, INCLUDING, UM MY GUESS.

THAT I WILL BE BRINGING COOKIES . WHEN IS THE LAST DAY THE LAST DAY FOR YOUR TERM, SWEETIE? WHEN WERE YOU CHANGE NEXT TUESDAY? NEXT TUESDAY. OKAY SO I WILL BE BRINGING COOKIES BECAUSE SCHOOL IS OUT, AND I WON'T BE SO BUSY SO TO EVERYONE AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS. AND YOUR VICTORY, OKAY? THANK YOU AND I WILL BE AT YOUR CHURCH. ALRIGHT YOU SAID FRIENDS. YOU SAID FRONT SEAT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, AND IF OUR PROCEEDING THAT THE MAYOR THAT PRECEDES YOU DO HAPPEN, BECAUSE JOB IF YOU AS YOU HAVE DONE, HE WILL DO A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. THANK YOU. NOW IS THE TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT AND I WILL START MAYOR PRO TEM DURIAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE TEACHERS.

UH I'VE SAID THIS TO MANY TEACHERS. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE THE HIGHEST PAID STATE EMPLOYEES FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY GO TO NOT ONLY A TEACHER SOMETIMES THEY SERVE AS PARENTS. MENTORS THINGS LIKE THAT. ALSO MAYOR COACH NOLAN WAS MY FOOTBALL COACH. AND MISS LEDOUX WAS MY ENGLISH TEACHER. I'M GLAD SHE WASN'T HERE. SHE MIGHT REMEMBER SOME OF THE STUFF I DID WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM, AND ESPECIALLY YOUR TEACHERS THAT CAME UP THAT TAUGHT AND THEN AND STILL TEACHING. I HAD THAT TO WHERE I'VE ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF MY TEACHERS TEACH ONE OF MY GRANDKIDS, SO THEY'VE BEEN TEACHING FOR A LONG TIME. AND ALSO, MAYBE I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. FOR BEING MY MENTOR AND SHOWING ME A LOT OF STUFF BECAUSE I THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING UNTIL I GOT IN THIS SEAT. AND THEN I FOUND OUT I DIDN'T BUT I KNOW A LOT NOW A LOT MORE NOW THAN I DID TWO YEARS AGO. AND UM, AND FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH WE FOR BEING LIKE MY BIG SISTER. UM JUST

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UNFORTUNATELY, I COULDN'T MAKE IT. BUT ARE YOU COUNSEL GRADUATED? I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AND LET THEM KNOW I'M PROUD OF MY APPRECIATE THEM. AND UNTIL THE WHOLE COUNCIL I THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO OVERSEE THAT GROUP. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MY PEOPLE. THAT'S UP THERE, AND LIKE I SAID , I HAVE MORE TO SAY TO YOU NEXT WEEK, MAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL RESERVE MY COMMENTS ALSO REGARDING THE ELECTION FOR NEXT WEEK, BUT I WILL SAY TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

I THINK YOUR BIRTHDAY WAS SUNDAY AND SO JUST WANNA SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM. SEVERAL THINGS ONE I FOUND OUT ABOUT A NEW SUN. UH, WOW. GOING THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN. HE IS QUITE A CHARACTER. BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE , WE DO HAVE, UH, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GOOD TALENT, YOUNG TALENT, AND IT'S IT JUST GIVES ME JOY TO SEE THEM GROW AND DEVELOP. EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN BE KIND OF CRAZY AT TIMES, BUT YEAH, THANK YOU, SON. YEAH AND ALSO, UM. I WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THE TEACHERS TO THE GREATEST PEOPLE IN MY LIFE WERE TEACHERS, MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER. I COME FROM A FAMILY OF TEACHERS. I KNOW THE SACRIFICE THAT THEY MAKE, AND I KNOW THE PAY THAT THEY RECEIVED. SO I SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEACHERS OUT THERE. UM THANKS TO ALL THE VOTERS WHO WENT OUT AND VOTED THOSE WHO VOTED WITH US THOSE THAT VOTED AGAINST US, UH, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS SYSTEM WORK. ALL PEOPLE PARTICIPATING, BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO, UH, VOTED FOR ME GIVING THEIR CONFIDENCE IN ME. TO CONTINUE TO WORK. I LOVE DRAMA. UH OH, VERMONT A LOT BECAUSE BEAUMONT HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND SERVING THE PEOPLE

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THANK YOU, MR BARK OVER YET. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH TEXT DOT ON THE CROSSING, UH, ACROSS LUCAS BY HELBIG. THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. IT'LL PROBABLY HIT THIS SUMMER. WE THINK, BUT IT'S ON THEIR SCHEDULE. AND AS PART OF THAT WE'VE LOBBIED TO INCLUDE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, WHICH THEY'VE AGREED TO IT THAT SPOT IT WILL BE ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UM ARE PART OF THAT WILL BE TO TIE THE SIDEWALK TO THE CROSSING ACROSS THE RAIL. SO WHILE WE DON'T HAVE A TIME WE DO KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE WHEN THEY DO THOSE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ONLY LUPUS STREET FOR RIGHT NOW, FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OTHER ONES . BUT IT'S A LONG PROCESS. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ONE ON FOURTH STREET BECAUSE WE'RE TO REDOING THE FOREST STREET AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, BUT IT'S JUST A VERY INVOLVED LONG PROCESS TO GET AGREEMENT. WE WERE LUCKY ON LUCAS AND THAT TEXT DOT ALREADY HAD A FUNDED SAFETY IMPROVEMENT AT THAT INTERSECTION, WHICH MADE IT UH, A LITTLE EASIER TO GET THAT MOVING QUICKER IN CONJUNCTION WITH TEX DOT SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'VE ENJOYED WORKING 19. OH, YOU WEREN'T THERE. DIDN'T YOU LEAVE? MR SEMINAR. I TOO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. I THINK I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE WATCHING YOU FOR EITHER SIX OR EIGHT YEARS NOW, AND I KNOW IT. IT'S A YEAH. SO I KNOW IT'S A HARD JOB. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WISH YOU THE BEST. THANK YOU. MM AND MR BREWSTER MIRROR. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKED WITH YOU FOR EIGHT YEARS. NOT JUST IN WHAT FOR? BUT AS MAYOR, AND I'VE WATCHED YOU GO FROM WHAT FORWARD TO BECOME A MAYOR, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU TO WATCH YOU TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. SO I'M GOING TO MISS YOU. BUT I KNOW YOU WON'T BE A STRANGER AND ALSO WANT TO THANK THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK. UM ROXANNE AND HER STAFF FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB THEY DID HELPING US WITH THE ELECTION. THEY DID A FABULOUS JOB. WE HAD A FEW HICCUPS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD ELECTION. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HELP AS WELL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SO NOW IT'S DOWN IN MY COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK LEGACY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. YOU REALLY GOT TO SEE COUNSEL IN FULL EFFECT TODAY, AND HOPEFULLY YOU LEARNED

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JENNIFER SAID I HEARD YOU GOT THE KEYS TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AND SHE WAS LIKE, YEAH, I DID. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF, AND WE WERE PROUD TO PRESENT HER WITH THAT AND TO REWARD GOOD . A LOT OF TIMES YOU HERE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, NOT DOING SUCH GREAT THINGS, BUT WHENEVER WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REWARD ONE OF OUR OWN I DEFINITELY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES . AND, OF COURSE, THIS COUNCIL. UM HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO RESERVE MOST OF MY COMMENTS FOR NEXT WEEK, BUT IT HAS BEEN A JOY AND A PLEASURE TO SERVE THESE PAST EIGHT YEARS. AND THEN AND I LOVE BEAUMONT. AND UM, I'M GLAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF PALMA. AND IT

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