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TO THE MEETING OF THE MOMENT CITY COUNCIL TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 16TH TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR JOHN ADOLF PASTOR OF ANTI YACHT BAPTIST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
EVERYONE PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. IF YOU SO CHOOSE FOR OUR NATION'S FLAG, PASTOR ADOLF IF YOU PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM. CLEARLY HEAD BOWED AND EVERY HEART HUMBLED. WE WANT TO SPEND THIS MOMENT AND PRAYER FOR OUR CITY. AND I WOULD THAT PEOPLE OF FAITH WHO MAY HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF GOD TAKE THIS MOMENT. TO TALK TO THE D D THAT YOU LOVE. AND AFTER THAT BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE THAT WILL PETITION THE LORD THAT I LOVE AND LIVE FOR EVERY DAY. HEADS ABOUT A MOMENT OF SILENCE. AND SO IT IS. OH, GOD, I APPROACH YOU WITH A GRATEFUL HEART OF GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING. FOR THIS MARVELOUS DAY. THANK YOU, LORD FOR LIFE, HEALTH AND STRENGTH. AND THINGS THAT YOU'VE BLESSED US ALL WITH THAT MONEY CANNOT BUY. THAT CREDIT WILL NEVER CHARGE THAT CHECKS WILL NEVER RIGHT. SO GOD FOR THOSE THINGS THAT WE KNOW HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEONE GREATER THAN WE ARE WE BOWEL AND SAY THANK YOU. GOT THIS MORNING. I AM ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR THIS MARVELOUS COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN FOR THIS NATION BEING THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONUMENTAL METROPOLIS OF BEAUMONT TECH IS THAT HAS BEEN FOR US A HOMESTEAD IN ARRESTING PLACE TODAY, I SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND GOD. TODAY I THANK YOU FOR THIS MOMENT IN MY STARED NEVER BEFORE IN MY 32 YEARS OF MINISTRY 27 AS A PASTOR , HAVE I HAD THE MARVELOUS PRIVILEGE. PRAYING A PETITION AS THE LAMP OF MUNICIPAL LEADERSHIP SHIFTS FROM ONE HAND TO ANOTHER . SO TODAY GOD, I DON'T TAKE THIS MOMENT LIGHTLY. I THANK YOU PUBLICLY FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT IS OUTGOING. AND I THANK YOU EVEN MORE SO FOR THAT WHICH IS INCOMING TODAY, LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THE LOYALTY, LEADERSHIP AND ALL OF THE TIME AND THE AND THE ENERGY AND EFFORT EXPENDED BY OUR CURRENT MAYOR, ROBIN MUTINY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HER FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S DONE TO TRY TO MAKE BEAUMONT BE BETTER. BUT GOD TODAY I ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR. THAT IS YET INCOMING. ROY WEST. GOD I THANK YOU FOR THE RACE THAT HE'S RUN FOR THE ELECTION THAT HE'S ONE AND FOR THE TIME AND THE AND THE ENERGY HE WILL EXPAND. MAKING BO MIGHT BE A GREATER BEAUMONT FOR ALL OF ITS CITIZENS. TODAY OH GOD, AS I STAND HERE, MAKING SALOME'S UP LOCATIONS ON THE BEHALF OF THIS ENTIRE CITY, I PRAY RIGHT NOW.
FOR ME OR ROY WEST, THAT GOD, YOU WOULD ORDER HIS STEPS SO THAT HE WALKS WITH YOU EVERY DAY THAT YOU WOULD GOD HAS THINKING SO THAT THE WISDOM THAT COMES FROM HIM REALLY CAME FROM YOU.
AND THAT GOD THAT SOMEHOW WHEN ALL THIS SETTLED, YOU WOULD BLESS ROY WEST AND HIS TIME AND 10 YOU SO THAT HE IS A BLESSING FIRST TO YOU, HIS FAMILY, THIS CITY THIS COUNTY, THIS COUNTRY AND THE WORLD ABROAD. GOD I PRAY FOR THIS ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TODAY. THAT LORD, YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A HARMONY, A SYNERGY AND A UNITY LIKE NO OTHER TIME. THAT GOD, THEY WOULD WALK TOGETHER IN AN ALTRUISTIC BROTHERHOOD WITH EACH OTHER SO THAT WHAT IS GREAT FOR YOU BECOMES WONDERFUL FOR BEAUMONT. IT IS THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. WHO IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR MAKE THESE SILENT PETITIONS AND PLEAS IN YOUR NAME. I PRAY. AMEN. MAN. PLEASE JOIN US. PLEDGED TO OUR NATION'S FLAG DELETING THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS . ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND DESCRIBE . HE PASSED THE ADOLF. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FORMER MAYOR AMES AND FORMER MAYOR MORE AND ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND JUDGES THAT ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
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. COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW COUNCIL MEMORY SAMUEL COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THANK YOU, THANK[ELECTION OF COUNCILMEMBERS]
YOU. TODAY WE WILL HAVE A SWEARING IN OF OUR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. WE WILL RECESS FOR RECEPTION RIGHT AFTER THE SWING IN AT WHICH THAT TIME THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO COME BACK AFTERWARDS. THE RECEPTION IN THE FOUR YEAR MAY DO SO. CITY MANAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE US TO THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 6 2023 ELECTION. THANK YOU, MADAM. MAYOR ARCHNESS CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT HELD ON THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY 2023 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE FOR WARD COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR IT'S 123 AND FOUR AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERAL ABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL. WHEREAS AFTER DUELING CANVAS AND SAID RETURNS TO CITY COUNCIL FANS THAT THE VOTES CAST AT SAID ELECTION FOR THE CANDIDATES FOR SAID OFFICERS OR AS FOLLOWS OFFICER MAYOR ROBIN MUTINY VOTE 7739 IS 47.37% JAMES THERE, DARRYL ELLER. JUNIOR 137 VOTES 1370.84% PERCENTAGE. RIGHT WEST 8004 AND 60 VOTES 51.79. OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE. MICHAEL COOPER VOTES 3851% IS 16.44% BUT GUI TO BIG HERNANDEZ SMITH 2073 VOTES 8.85% ALBERT AJ TURNER 9246 VOTES 39.48. HMM TERRI PRESTON ROY 1138 VOTES 4.86% PHIL SHAW 7110 VOTES 30.36. COUNCIL MEMBER WARD ONE TO HEAR CORY SHE 1115 VOTES 25.25. TAYLOR IS KNEELED SR 3302 VOTES 74.76. COUNCIL MEMBER WAR TWO MIGHT GET 4424 VOTES COUNCIL MEMBER AWARD THREE WHEN SAMUEL 1440 VOTES 55.24. GARY SENEGAL JUNIOR 547 VOTES 20.98. CARLTON SHARP 620 VOTES 23.78% AND COUNCIL MEMBER ONE FOR CHARLES CHRIS DO RIO 2391 VOTE WITH JUST 100. AND FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS WERE ELECTED TO RESPECT THE POSITION SUBJECT TO THE TAKING OF THE OATH OF OFFICE IS PROVIDED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. BUT MAYOR GROWING WEST FOR COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE LEWIS ARE FILLED SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE ALBERT TURNER JR. COUNCIL MEMBER 11 TAYLOR KNEELED. COUNCIL MEMBER ONE TO MIKE, GET COUNCIL MEMBER WARD THREE WHEN M. SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER WARD FOR CHARLES STEREO. SOME AIR. YOU MAY COME FROM MOTION AND SECOND SHE WISHED THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE PROOF. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR . ALL IN FAVOR IS. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES PLEASE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. WELL BEFORE WE MAKE THE MOTION. I JUST LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME OUT TO PERSONALLY GIVE MY GRATITUDE AND RESPECT TO YOU, MA'AM UTAN.BEEN A PLEASURE SAVING FOR YOU FOR THESE TWO YEARS. SOME OF THE LATE PHONE CALLS SOME OF THE BUSINESS SOME OF THE THINGS WE HANDLE, AND I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THAT TIME WITH YOU. WE TALKED A LOT. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I HUMBLY APPRECIATE YOU AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW, FROM MY FAMILY TO YOU THAT WE GIVE YOU FLOWERS WHILE YOU'RE STILL HERE. SO ME AND MY WIFE, WE DID PURCHASE YOU SOME FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS. AND ONE THING I LEARNED FROM YOU IS HOW TO HAVE THICK SKIN AND POLITICS, SO I WON'T LET YOU KNOW. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR SERVICE. AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR FLOWERS
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WHILE YOU'RE STILL HERE. OKAY, SO THANK YOU, MATT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEMBER TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER FAILS. SEAN MAYOR, YOUR ADMINISTRATION WILL BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF 1ST 1ST.AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE MARY ELECTED FIRST FEMALE CITY ATTORNEY APPOINTED FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CITY MANAGER OPPONENT AND FIRST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION DOWNTOWN. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I PRAY GOD'S BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AS YOU GO INTO THE NEW CHAPTER IN SEASON OF YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU. YEAH COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL PREMIER. I JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP ME. UH WE'VE BEEN TO SOME GOOD DAYS AND SOME NOT SO GOOD DAYS. BUT I KNOW YOU LOVE BOMA. AND I KNOW YOU LOVE THIS AREA, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM DURIAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM THEY'VE ALL SAID IT, BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR LEADING ME FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP. WHEN I GOT ELECTED, I THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING. WHEN I GOT IN HIS CHAIR. I SAID, NO, I DON'T. BUT I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU. I LEARNED HOW TO BE STRONG. I LEARNED HOW TO, UH, FACE MY PROBLEMS HEAD ON, AND I LEARNED FROM YOU AND MY WIFE THAT EVERYBODY WASN'T GOING TO LIKE ME. BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA PLEASE EVERYBODY. I LEARNED THAT, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST. YOUR FOLKS. YOU ALWAYS SAID DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR FOLKS. YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOTE. YOU ALWAYS SAID THAT AND WE TALKED A LOT ON THE PHONE. ALSO WHEN YOU CALLED ME AND I CALLED YOU AND I'M GLAD I HAD MY MAN CAVE. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME BACK THERE TALKING TO YOU. BUT UM, I'M GOING TO MISS YOU. BUT I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE GONE BECAUSE I AM YOUR WARD COUNSELORS, SO AND I'M GONNA CALL MY NUMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. REMEMBER GETS, YOU KNOW SOMETIMES MAYOR. PEOPLE REFER TO US AS POLITICIANS AND THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN ELECTED AND SERVED NOW THAT WE'RE NOT POLITICIANS, BUT WE'RE PUBLIC SERVANTS. AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION IS, UH, PANAMA'S THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND YOU HAVE WORKED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF BEAUMONT. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEIL. THANK YOU, MARY. I JUST SIMPLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO BEAUMONT. THANK YOU. IF I MAY. MAYOR CITY MANAGER THANK YOU. I LIKE TO THANK YOU, TOO, FOR YOUR SERVICES LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS CITY AND FOR THIS REGION AND FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE I TRULY FEEL THIS IS NOT THE END FOR YOU. I THINK IT'S THE BEGINNING. THAT'S SOME GREAT THINGS AHEAD FOR YOU AND COMING TO BEAUMONT TRIED TO REST ON RATIONALIZE HOW I WAS COMING HERE. AND OF COURSE, I FIGURED IT WAS JUST AN ACT OF GOD AND I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE PART OF GOD'S PLAN AND GETTING ME HERE. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I WISH YOU WELL IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HMM OKAY. WITH ALL OF THAT SAID ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE. AH ANY OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES , SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY COMMENTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRIOR TO SERVING AS MAYOR . I SERVED AS WARD FOUR FOR SIX YEARS. AND ALSO SERVED AS MAYOR PROTEIN. SO IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO SERVE THIS ENTIRE CITY AND ALL OF ITS CITIZENS. HISTORY WAS MADE. AND IT WASN'T MADE JUST BY ME. IT WAS MADE BY THE CITIZENS HERE IN BEAUMONT. BEAUMONT IS RICHER FOR IT, AND I THINK WE'RE MUCH BETTER CITY FOR IT. AND I HAVE THE MOST REGARDS FOR EVERYONE THAT'S SITTING UP HERE THAT'S SERVING AND AS I SAID, BEAUMONT WILL KEEP MOVING FORWARD, AND IT WILL BE BUILDING A BETTER BEAUMONT AND I THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. I WANT TO THANK MY HUSBAND. MY FATHER, MY SISTER. ALL OF THE MANY CAMPAIGN WORKERS THAT WORKED AND SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, MY PASTOR. PASTOR EDISON COBURN AND HIS WIFE AND EVERYONE THAT'S SITTING HERE IN THIS AUDIENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU, BEAUMONT IS A GREAT CITY. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
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OATH. SO I WILL ASK IF JUDGE BRANDED. HMM. JUDGE BRADEN. I'M SORRY. NOT JUST YET. OKAY CHANGE OF PLANS. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH WARD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, TAYLOR, NEIL. YEAH. RIGHT? HELLO. THERE YOU GO. YOU READY? ALL RIGHT. I TAYLOR IS NEIL TAYLOR S NEIL'S DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR FARM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. FIRM OR FIRM THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED OR PROMISED TO SAY THAT I HAVE NOT. WHAT ARE YOU READING OFF OF JUDGE. DON'T GET SCARED.NOW IT. WENT AWAY. ALWAYS DRIVE , BUT SOMETIMES YEAH, I'M GETTING REWIND. YEAH REALLY, REALLY. RIGHT I TAYLOR IS NEIL DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL YOU WHAT THAT'S NEIL. DO SOMETHING, WE SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER WARD ONE MEMBER WARD, ONE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PROTECT INTO AND PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS, THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROLES. OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE . SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD, YES. OKAY OKAY. OKAY OKAY. AH! SIGN HERE THAT ONE MEAN CONTINUES NOW. CUTE. RIGHT? BROTHER APPRECIATE YOU. YOU GOT IT.
UP HERE. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME. UH COUNCIL MEMBER GETS WARD TWO. COUNCIL MEMBER GAS WHICH VERSION WOULD YOU LIKE? CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. DID YOU? RIGHT HAND. MICHAEL DID GET MICHAEL D GETS SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OPPOSITE COUNCIL MEMBER AWARD. TO THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF COUNCIL MEMBER OR TO THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. AND TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE , PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND IN THIS STATE, SO HELP ME GOD THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU TALKING ABOUT NOW. NIGHT NIGHT. YEAH YOU GOT TO MAKE IT A FISH. YES.
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COUNCIL MEMBERS AUDIO AND SAMU WARD THREE. HMM. ABSOLUTELY YEAH. HMM. HMM. YOU WANT TO HELP? SURE YOU DON'T BURN UP. THEY WENT THROUGH. YEAH. MM HMM. IN THE NAME OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS REPEAT THESE WORDS I ART ONE. SAMUEL I EDWIN SAMUEL, SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER WARD, THREE OF COUNCIL MEMBER WARD THREE, THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS, AND WE'LL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WE'LL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PROTECT AND DEFEND. COST OF TWO SHIN CONSTITUTION. AW LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES , THIS THING THIS STATE SOUL HELP ME. GOD HELP ME! GOD. AMEN.WHAT FOR? MAYOR PRO TEM DORIA. AND JUDGE NAOMI DOOR. HMM.
I CHARLES DORIO, CHARLES DURIO, SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM SOLEMNLY SWEAR OFF FIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER AWARD FOR COUNCIL MEMBER AWARD FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE STATE OF TEXAS WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS AND THE LAWS. NINE. IT STATES. THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD HELP ME. GOD YOU CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. YES, WE DON'T HAVE TO. GO BACK AND FORTH. HMM. OKAY? COUNCILMAN AT LARGE. ALBERT AJ TURNER . I ALBERT TURNER JR. ALBERT TURNER JR. SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THIS OFFICE DUTIES OF THIS OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER
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AT LARGE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE FAN CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LOST THE UNITED STATES OF THE UNITED STATES THIS STATE THIS STATE, SO HELP ME GOD HELP ME GOD! COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE, RANDY FELL, SHAW. OKAY. NEXT ONE. EITHER ONE. BE THE ONE. COME ON, SIS. IT'S YEAH. I LEWIS RFL SHOP LEWIS ARE FELLED SHOW DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS. THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES OF THIS STATE THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD HELP ME GOD. THANK YOU.OKAY JUDGE BRANNOCK, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? AND MAYOR ELECT I WEST. TO ADMINISTER THE OUT. OKAY? QUESTION LEFT HAND ON THAT BIBLE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. THYROID BE WITH JUNIOR ROY P. WEST JUNIOR SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES IN THE OFFICE. THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS. MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS , THE CARDS TO SHIN AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. MY GOD BLESS YOU AND THE REST OF THIS CITY COUNCIL AS YOU YEAH. OKAY? OKAY OKAY. OKAY?
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JUST BEGAN BY THINKING MAYOR ROBYN MARTIN FOR HER SERVICE. YEAH.FOLLOWING SOME NEW INSTRUCTIONS HERE. WE'RE GONNA WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS BE BREAKING FOR A RECESS HERE SHORTLY, BUT FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, AND THEN I WILL SPEAK BEFORE WE GO ON RECESS. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I KNOW YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK A MINUTE AGO. CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR WEST. LET'S GO TO WORK. ANYTHING TO THAT. SO LET'S DO IT. TO THE CITIZENS OF BOWMAN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR VOTING. THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US IF I DIDN'T GAIN YOUR SUPPORT THIS GO AROUND. HOPEFULLY I CAN DO SOME THINGS TO GAIN IN THE SECOND GO AROUND TO MELROY WEST.
CONGRATULATIONS AND YOU KNOW HOW I AM. LET'S GET TO WORK. ALRIGHT . FIRST OF THE WINNERS OF THIS ELECTION. LET ME SAY CONGRATULATIONS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE RETURNING TO THE NEW MAYOR WELCOME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH EVERYONE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. NUMBER TWO. LET ME JUST THANK EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS ELECTION. ALL THE CANDIDATES WHO RAN EVERY VOTER WHO CAST A VOTE FOR ME AND ALL THE CANDIDATES. MY STEERING COMMITTEE. MY CAMPAIGN MANAGER ROBIN TROY. MY CAMPAIGN TREASURY BILL MAXI, ALL THE VOTERS WHO WORKED SO HARD ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED ALL THE DONORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO ALL THE CAMPAIGNS UP HERE TO HELP HELP US TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET ELECTED. AND MOST OF ALL, TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND ESPECIALLY TO MY WIFE, WHO ENDURES. UH WHAT WE ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS GO THROUGH IN THE TIME THAT WE INVEST WITHIN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WE WERE CANDIDATES AND SUPPORTERS AND WE WERE CAMPAIGNING. WE HAD OPPONENTS, BUT TODAY NOW THAT THE OATH HAS BEEN TAKEN, WE GO BACK TO BEING CIVIL SERVANTS AND THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT WERE NO LONGER OPPONENTS WERE NO LONGER CANDIDATES, BUT WERE CIVIL SERVANTS. SO IT'S TIME TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES. LET'S GO TO WORK. LET'S UNITE, BECOME ONE CITY UNITED AND LET'S DO IT FOR THE BETTER OF BEAUMONT AND ITS CITIZENS, SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AGAIN. THIS IS MY THIRD TERM. I'M HONORED, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO EARN YOUR TRUST AND RESPECT THOSE WHO VOTED FOR ME AND THOSE WHO DIDN'T I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO SERVE YOU AND SERVE YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SIMPLY SAY TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR THIS DAY. I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE ALL HERE AND I PRAY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CITY. WE'LL PUT THAT AS THE FOREFRONT. UH LET THIS BE A CITY SET ON A HILL AND LET US UH, LET OUR LIGHT SHINE AS WE WORK TOWARD THE GOOD FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF BEAUMONT FOR THOSE WHO VOTED FOR ME, I SAY THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT. I SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE. OF FOR WHOEVER YOU VOTED FOR TO THOSE CANDIDATES THAT RAN IN THE RACE WITH ME. I SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU, CARLTON. AND THANK YOU, GARY. UH SO WE HAVE WORK TO DO AND LET US LET THAT WORK BEGINS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARRIAGE JUST LIKE THE SECOND GRESTE.
EVERYBODY THAT'S UP HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU . MAYOR WEST. LIKE SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON YOUR REELECTION TO THE COUNCIL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND MAYOR WEST WILL CAN'T CALL YOU MARY LIKE WESTERN ANYMORE. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT HAPPENED OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR US FOR ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER. GET SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.
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AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND ALL OF THIS COUNCIL. THANK YOU. TO SAY, WELCOME BACK TO MY GENTLEMAN WHO ARE COMING BACK INTO MIRROR WITH. I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE FUN TO WORK WITH YOU, BUT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ME SH RESULTS CAME IN, SO I LOOKED CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AND MOVE THE CITY BOARD. UM AS THE ONLY GIRL LEFT ON THE DAYS MY FAVORITE COLOR IS NO. JUST KIDDING. BUT IT'S GONNA BE FUN, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. WELL, CERTAINLY KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF, BUT I'VE GOT TO START BY THANKING MY WIFE, TRICIA, AND, UH, ALL OF MY FAMILY. REALLY WORK. AND CERTAINLY EVERYBODY THAT WORKED WITH ME ON THE CAMPAIGN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND, UH, KATE CAROL, I SEE RIGHT THERE AND, UH, GARRETT GUIDRY IS BACK THERE. AS WELL.EMILY KNEEL. AH AND THEN THAT WAS CHRIS CLARK, WHO'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. BUT THEN SO MANY INDIVIDUALS, SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS STEPPED UP AND WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY. THIS MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP, I KNEW WHO I SERVED AS I DO EVERY DAY. SERVE GOD FIRST, AND CERTAINLY MY FAMILY TODAY I GET A NEW CHARGE, AND I'M EAGER TO ACCEPT THAT IN TERMS OF SERVING THE RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ON A DAILY BASIS. WE HAVE. AS IT'S BEEN SET UP HERE, THE ELECTION IS OVER. IT IS A IT IS A NEW CHAPTER. WE TURN A NEW PAGE AND I AM JUST PLEASED. TWO. BE BEFORE YOU AND LET YOU KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT I AM HONORED AND SERVE WITH WITH MUCH HUMILITY. UH, AS YOUR MAYOR. AND HOWEVER UH, WHAT WAS IN THE PAST IS IN THE PAST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO. AND WHEN I WAS I WOKE WALKED UP TODAY AND I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE. IN OUR COURTYARD OUT THERE WE HAVE A SCULPTURE. IT WAS PUT IN 41 YEARS AGO. IT'S RIGHT OUT THAT WINDOW. AH! IN ITS WINNING. AND I ALWAYS HAVE A WORD FOR THE YEAR THAT I LIKE TO USE AND IT AND I WANT TO ADD THIS FOR THE WORD TO THE YEAR FOR OUR CITY BECAUSE THIS IS OUR CITY KNOWS HOW TO WIN. WE'VE GONE THROUGH HURRICANES. WE'VE GONE THROUGH FLOODS. WE'VE MADE NATIONAL NEWS HOW WE STAND TOGETHER AS A CITY UNITED WE HAVE CHALLENGES, AND I'M NOT GOING TO IGNORE ANY OF THE CHALLENGES AND I KNOW OUR COUNCIL IS NOT EITHER. BUT WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES. AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR EVERY DAY THAT GOD GIVES US TO ADDRESS THESE AND AS CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF BEAUMONT NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. AND CERTAINLY ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. WHO UH, GET IT DONE EVERY DAY. I WANT US TO BE THE NUMBER ONE CITY. I WANT US TO BE THE WINNING CITY IN TEXAS. AND WHEN YOU GOOGLE TEXT BEAUMONT, TEXAS, YOU GET WINNING BECAUSE WE CAN ACROSS THE BOARD AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE BEFORE US AND WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE PROCESS AND CERTAINLY THE STAFF THAT I GET TO HAVE GOTTEN ACQUAINTED WITH JUST IN THE LAST WEEK. REALLY CLOSELY. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. SO UNTIL, UH, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR A BIT SO WE CAN HAVE SOME CAKE AND COOKIES OR WHATEVER IS OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. PARLIAMENT WD OF A PRESS THE BUTTON PUSHING THE WRONG ONE. OKAY MAYBE WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE MAYOR WITH HERE. PROTEIN DURIO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER HERE. BALSHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, SAMUEL AND COUNCIL
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MEMBER, NEIL. THANK YOU. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. BYE MR CHRIS GIG LEO WITH CAPITAL EDGE. PLEASE COME FORWARD. YEAH. WHAT MAYBE WOULD HAVE BEEN. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY.[00:40:19]
I MIGHT HAVE. OH THAT'S WHERE RED BUTTON AS THIS YOU GOT THE POWER TO MAKE, BUT MM HMM. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY ON THIS REALLY SPECIAL DAY. I DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED THESE TRANSITIONS IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY TO WITNESS THIS. UH, I MY NAME IS CHRIS GIULIO. I AM WITH THE FIRM THAT'S CALLED CAPITAL EDGE AND HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY'S FEDERAL ADVOCATE. UH UM FOR MANY YEARS NOW, MY FIRM AND ITS PREDECESSORS HAVE WORKED FOR THE CITY SINCE 1981 AND IT'S FANTASTIC TO BE HERE AND ALSO TO BE WORKING IN D. C ON YOUR BEHALF. I THOUGHT I MIGHT TAKE JUST A MINUTE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE NEW IN THE COUNCIL. AS I SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR SINCE 1981 AND AS YOU CAN SEE, FROM THIS BRIEF DESCRIPTION, THE THINGS WE DO IT I LIKE TO SAY WE DO ANYTHING BESIDES WINDOWS IF IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH WASHINGTON, D C. WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND WORK WITH YOU IN THE CITY STAFF. IT'S ALSO SOMETIMES KIND OF TRAIT THAT I SAY THAT YOU KNOW SOMETIMES. WELL, I'LL BE REFERRED TO AS A LOBBYIST. UH AND I WILL SAY THAT YOU THE CITY COUNCIL REALLY ARE THE TRUE LOBBYISTS FOR THE CITY.I'M KIND OF A MIDDLE MAN. THAT KIND OF PROVIDES THE PATH WOULDT SLIDE, PLEASE, TINA. THANK YOU.
SO JUST KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY IN RECENT YEARS, AND THAT THE I GUESS THE TOP ONE IS STARTING TO BE NOT SO RECENT, BUT I AM REALLY PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THAT WITH THE NATURAL GAS ROYALTIES THAT WERE THAT CAME FROM THE BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IS PROBABLY ALMOST A DECADE AGO NOW, BUT FEDERAL LAW SAID THAT THE CITY WAS NOT ABLE TO USE THAT THOSE FUNDS ON ANYTHING BESIDES ON THE AIRPORT. AND SO AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, IN CRUSTING THE RUNWAYS AND GOLD . WE DECIDED TO GO TO WASHINGTON , D C AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO UNLOCK THIS FUNDS TO BE USED FOR OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF FEDERAL LAW SAID WE COULDN'T DO IT. THERE WAS A GOOD REASON FOR IT. LOTS OF LARGER AIRPORTS LIKE TO KEEP THEIR ROYALTIES ON ON THEIR AIRPORT GROUNDS. AND SO IT WASN'T GOING TO BE A SITUATION WHERE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE FAA. BE ABLE TO SAY. OH BY OH, YOU GUYS, BEAUMONT. YOU CAN JUST DO IT WITHOUT CONGRESS SORT OF PROVIDING A PATH AND SO WE HAD TO THINK REALLY CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW WE COULD GET BEAUMONT. YOU KNOW THERE AND SO WHEN WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING ENOUGH FAA REAUTHORIZATION BILL WAS ESSENTIALLY CREATING A PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW THE F A. A TO PROVIDE WAIVERS TO GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS FOR THESE SORTS OF THINGS, AND SO AGAIN, I AM VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE AND THE CITY DID ON THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, UM, PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDING AGAIN, ACTUALLY, LET ME LET ME BACK UP AGAIN.
WITH THESE RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THESE ARE NOT MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THESE ARE THE CITY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY STAFF, ALL ALL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO ALL OF THIS. THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING WHICH PROVIDED $33 MILLION IN DIRECT FUNDING TO THE CITY WAS NEVER GOING TO BE A SURE THING. CONGRESS LIKES TO GIVE MONEY. IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO GIVE MONEY TO THE STATES AND THEN SAY TO THE STATES, YOU GUYS FIGURE IT OUT HOW TO HOW TO BRING THAT DOWN AND SO WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND OTHERS WE TALKED. WE CONVINCED CONGRESS THAT THAT DIRECT FUNDING WAS WAS IN FACT NECESSARY. THEN I HAVE LISTED A COUPLE OF FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE WORKED ON. OF COURSE, THE CITY IS NO STRANGER TO DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THAT DISASTER ASSISTANCE COMES BACK TO THE CITY IN A TIMELY FASHION IS HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT. THE SECOND TO LAST ONE THERE. CONGRESS IS JUST SORT OF RESTARTED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE PRACTICE OF EARMARKING PORK BARREL SPENDING IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL THAT CONGRESSMAN WEBER HAS DECIDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND HE WAS WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT HE CHOSE, UH, SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY FOR FUNDING IN THE FY 2024 BUDGET. HE ONLY GETS 15 PROJECTS IN HIS WHOLE DISTRICT TO CHOOSE FROM. HE CHOSE ONE
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FROM BEAUMONT. SO THANKS, TINA. THIS IS WHERE I'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN 118TH CONGRESS, THE FIRST SESSION OF A TWO YEAR CONGRESS AND AS YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY AWARE WE'VE GOT A SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE FOR REPUBLICANS VERY SLIM MAJORITY IN THE SENATE FOR DEMOCRATS, AND THAT IS MADE LEGISLATING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE EACH EACH SIDE HAS THEIR HAS THEIR PRIORITIES, AND THEY'RE KIND OF DOING THEIR OWN THING. AND THERE ARE A FEW THINGS WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER THAT WE NEED TO COME. TOGETHER ON I WOULD NOTE THAT RIGHT NOW CONGRESSMAN BRIAN BABIN NOW REPRESENTS PARTS OF BEAUMONT. I CAN'T REMEMBER IN RECENT MEMORY THAT BEAUMONT HAS HAD TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE. CONGRESSMAN DR. BOBBIN IS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. SO THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, GIVEN GIVEN OUR NEEDS DOWN THE LINE, BUT ALSO NOTE THIS THIS COMING YEAR, SENATOR CRUZ IS GAINING SENIORITY IN THE SENATE. SENATOR CORNYN'S ALWAYS BEEN A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE SENATE AND IN THE LEADERSHIP. SENATOR CRUZ IS NOW TECHNICALLY PART OF THE LEADERSHIP NOW IS THE RANKING REPUBLICAN ON THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE. COMMERCE HAS JURISDICTION OVER ISSUES LIKE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RAILROADS , AMONG OTHER THINGS, SO HE'LL BE AN IMPORTANT ALLY AS WELL. UM AND CONGRESSMAN WEBER, OF COURSE, CONTINUES TO REPRESENT A GOOD PART OF BEAUMONT AND HE WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED TO THE HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A PRETTY PLUM ASSIGNMENT IN WASHINGTON, D. C. SO WE'RE WELL REPRESENTED IN WASHINGTON. THE LAST TWO. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND THIS IS ONE OF ONE OF THE THINGS TO OTHER THINGS THAT CONGRESS REALLY HAS TO DO THIS YEAR. RIGHT ONE IS APPROVED A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 WHICH WOULD TECHNICALLY START ON OCTOBER 1 OF THIS YEAR.IT'S BEEN ABOUT 25 YEARS SINCE CONGRESS MET THAT ON THAT OCTOBER 1 DEADLINE TO APPROVE A BUDGET. I DON'T EXPECT THEY'LL DO IT THIS YEAR AS WELL, BUT WE'LL HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR THEY WILL APPROVE IT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN LOTS OF NEWS ABOUT THE DEBT LIMIT. WE'RE GETTING READY TO THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT APPARENTLY HAS EXCEEDED THE DEBT LIMIT ALREADY, AND THEY'VE BEEN TAKING WHAT THEY CALL EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO PAY OUR BILLS. TREASURY SECRETARY SAYS PROBABLY AROUND JUNE 1 WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND SO CHRIS WILL NEED TO RAISE THAT DEBT LIMIT BEFORE THAT. THERE THAT ACTUALLY HAS A RELATIONSHIP TO THE 24 BUDGET BECAUSE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPUBLICANS LEADING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECENTLY PASSED LEGISLATION TO INCREASE THE DEBT LIMIT, BUT THEY ALSO INCLUDED SOME SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT REDUCTION MEASURES, WHICH AGAIN WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON 24. IT WOULD SET SOME, UH SOME OVERALL SPENDING CAPS. FOR FEDERAL SPENDING FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, STARTING WITH 2024, AND I BELIEVE IT'S UH UM BRIEFLY, IT WOULD ROLL BACK SPENDING IN FY 24 TO FY 2022 LEVELS. AND THEN CAP INCREASES EACH YEAR FROM THERE AT 1% SO LOWER LOWER THAN INFLATION, WHERE THERE WILL PROBABLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON BEAUMONT. IF THAT WERE TO BECOME LAW IS THAT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS AT LEAST AND OTHERS HAVE NOT WANTED TO CUT BACK ON DEFENSE SPENDING. AND THAT TAKES UP ABOUT HALF OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET MORE THAN HALF OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET EVERY YEAR. SO IF YOU CONTINUE TO GROW DEFENSE SPENDING AT THOSE LEVELS , YOU WILL HAVE TO CUT BACK ON IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE CAPS HAVE TO CUT BACK EVEN MORE ON WHAT WE CALL NONDEFENSE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING. AND THAT IS THAT PLACES LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, CDBG AND HOME FUNDING. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ROAD AND BRIDGES, FUNDING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. THOSE MIGHT HAVE TO IF THIS IS WHAT CONGRESS DECIDES TO DO, WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF ROLL BACK SPENDING ON THAT AND AGAIN BE VERY TOUGH TO GROW THOSE PROGRAMS OVER THE NEXT DECADE IF THEY DO SORT OF STICK TO THOSE CAPS. SO, UH AND SO WHILE CONGRESS DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE 24 BUDGET UNTIL OCTOBER, 1 AT THE AT THE EARLIEST. THIS DEBT LIMIT. YOU KNOW THIS DEBT LIMIT DEADLINE OF JUNE, 1 IS LIKELY TO HAVE SOME SOME IMPACTS ON ON THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS GET FUNDED AND DON'T GET FUNDED IN THE COMING YEAR. BLASTING I'D MENTIONED IS, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING VERY HARD ON ON BEHALF OF THE CITY IS CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2021 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT II J. A. THAT WAS THE LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WAS APPROVED IN BIPARTISAN FASHION BY CONGRESS. IN 2021, IT PROVIDES LITERALLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FUNDING. AH GOING BACK TO MY COMMENT ABOUT CONGRESS WANTING TO SEND MONEY TO STATES AS OPPOSED TO DIRECTLY TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THIS
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INFRASTRUCTURE BILL KIND OF DID THAT THERE ARE VERY, VERY FEW PROGRAMS WITHIN THAT 2021. THANK YOU. INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT SEND MONEY DIRECTLY TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THERE ARE MONTH THERE'S MONEY FOR STATES. TO DO THINGS LIKE WATER, DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT.UH BROADBAND. THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY IN THERE. BUT THAT GOES ALL TO THE STATES. CYBERSECURITY ALL GOES TO THE STATES, AND THEN SOME OF IT HAS TO FLOW DOWN TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND SO THE OTHER HALF OF THAT IS COMPETITIVE FUNDING. AND THAT'S YOU SAW THE PORTA BEAUMONT RECENTLY GOT A LARGE GRANT THROUGH THAT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. THE INFRASTRUCTURE. BILL WAS A FIVE YEAR BILL. WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 1.5 YEARS INTO IT. SO WE DO HAVE SOME, UH YOU KNOW SOME THREE OR SO 3.5 YEARS MORE OF LEFT THE FUNDING TO COMPETE FOR AND I BELIEVE WE WILL. UH AND WHAT WE ALSO DO HAVE NOW TOO IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK. WE'VE GOT AT LEAST ABOUT A YEAR OF AWARDS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, AND WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH HAS THE BULK OF THE TRANSPORTATION, THE COMPETITIVE MONEY. WE CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. AND WE DO KNOW THAT WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IS THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO SPREAD THIS MONEY AROUND.
GEOGRAPHICALLY THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SPEND MONEY ON PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO SPEND MONEY ON PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS EQUITY ISSUES. UM YOU KNOW, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND RELATED ITEMS TO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THOSE IN THE PAST. SO THOSE TEND TO BE THE FOCUS, NOT IT'S NOT EVERYTHING THE GOOD THE GOOD APPLICATIONS DO STILL COME TO THE TOP. THE CREAM RISES AND SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT WILL BE VERY COMPETITIVE AGAIN WITH THE HELP OF OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION , AND YOU, FOLKS, SO THAT WAS MY PRESENTATION. BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I LEFT ANYTHING OUT THAT YOU FOLKS, UM, WE'RE INTERESTED IN I AM HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT COUNSELING TURNER, CHRIS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, CITIZENS ASKED TO HEAR FROM OUR REPRESENTATION AND YOU DID COME DOWN AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE IN WASHINGTON, D C AND THEN THEY'LL SEE YOU TOOK US TO THE CAPITAL. YOU LET US MEET WITH CONGRESSMAN AND WHOEVER INCOMING CONGRESSMAN BABIN AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE DISCUSSED WAS FUNDING FOR SEWER AND DRAINAGE, AND IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT SOME MONEY. THE PROJECT THAT WAS IN WORKED AT THE TIME WERE ACTUALLY DON'T GET FUNDING FOR THAT. SO I'M THANKING YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH OUR CONGRESSMEN, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS LOCALLY, GO OUT AND SPEAK TO OUR STATE REPS. AND OUR CONGRESSMEN HAVE KIND OF ALLOCATE AND TRY TO GET FUNDING TO BEAUMONT, TEXAS. SO YOU SHOWED GREAT HOSPITALITY, AND I JUST WANT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT YOU DID TAKE US IN AN OFFICE SET UP TO ME. MEANS. ESCORTED US AND YOU GAVE US YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD HIS GOOD HOSPITALITY, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY TO THAT THAT IS THAT HAS SORT OF BEEN A HALLMARK OF THIS COUNCIL FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. UM WHEN IT COMES TO YOU, FOLKS, THEY LEAVE POLITICS AT THE DOOR.
THEY YOU KNOW YOU HAVE CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE IN COMMON, UH AND THEY WANT TO HELP. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BILL SHAW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHRIS THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. UH YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT WHAT WE HEAR ON THE NEWS AND WHAT YOU HEAR IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT HOW FAR APART IS THE REPUBLICANS AND THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS DEBT LIMIT? YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE TOO FAR APART. I THINK THAT THERE'S PROBABLY A MAJORITY OF PROBABLY A LARGE MAJORITY IN CONGRESS THAT DOES WANT TO ADDRESS DEFICIT REDUCTION IN SOME WAY, AND IN THE LONG TERM WAY, I THINK THAT ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF THE AISLE, THEY SEEM THEY SEEM VERY FIRM IN THAT THEY WANT TO ADDRESS IT SEPARATELY. THEY WANT TO DO WHAT THEY WOULD CALL A CLEAN DEBT LIMIT INCREASE AND THEN TALK ABOUT DEFICIT REDUCTION, WHICH, ON THEIR SIDE OF THE AISLE WOULD ALSO PROBABLY INCLUDE DISCUSSION OF THE 2017. TAX BILL AND SORT OF ALLOWING SOME OF THOSE TAX CUTS TO EXPIRE. THAT'S YOU KNOW , SORT OF THAT THAT WILL RAISE REVENUES AND REDUCE THE DEFICIT AS WELL. SO I THINK THEY'RE CLOSER THAN YOU WOULD PROBABLY SEE AND IN IN PUBLIC TO SOMETHING, I ACTUALLY COULDN'T TELL YOU WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A CLEAN DEBT LIMIT INCREASE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO OR NOT.
THANK YOU. SURE. COUNCILMAN WELL , CHRIS, I JUST SAY THANK YOU. UH, I'VE WATCHED YOU OVER THE YEARS OVER 30 YEARS WHEN IT WAS CAROLINE CHENEY. HER SPIRIT CONTINUES TO LIVE WITH YOU. AND YOU'VE PROVIDED THAT CAPITAL AND YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET IN INTO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS AND GET THINGS DONE. I REMEMBER THE FIGHT FOR THE AIRPORT MONEY. UH AND YOU'VE CONTINUED TO FIGHT AND WORK FOR US. SO I SAY THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF US WHEN WE'RE IN WASHINGTON. AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE DOLLARS BACK TO OUR
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CITY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. CHRIS. THANK YOU. THE 33 MILLION THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY RECEIVED FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY GAVE US TILL DECEMBER OF 24 OBLIGATE THE FUNDS AND BELIEVE DECEMBER OF 26 TO SPEND THE FUNDS. CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE LEGISLATION TRYING TO CLAW BACK THOSE FUNDS THAT AREN'T OBLIGATED YET? YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT. THAT WAS ONE THING I DID WANT TO MENTION WAS THAT THAT IS PART OF THE HOUSE DEBT LIMIT BILL. THAT THEY APPROVED TWO WEEKS AGO DOES INCLUDE WHAT THEY CALL. UH UM UH, CLAWING BACK ON OBLIGATED. EXPENSES FROM PANDEMIC RELIEF BILLS. THEY'RE NOT VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, BUT, UM, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, THAT YOU WOULD THAT ANYTHING THAT IS OBLIGATED AND NOT NECESSARILY SPENT. IF YOU HAVE A PLAN THAT THIS COUNCIL YOU KNOW, SORT OF HAS APPROVED. I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY OKAY. BUT I DO THINK THAT PART OF THIS DEBT RELIEF BILL IS GOING TO BE, UH, SOME YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF CLAW BACK OF UNKNOWN OBLIGATED. PANDEMIC RELIEF. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, UM YEAH. IN YOUR OPINION, OBLIGATED MEANS COUNCIL DESIGNATED NOT NECESSARILY OBLIGATED WITH VENDORS WHO ARE GOING TO PERFORM THE WORD CORRECT. COUNCILOR TAYLOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR SIMONEAU OUT OF THAT 30, PLUS MILLION DOLLARS. HOW MUCH IS NOT OBLIGATED? ALREADY COUNCILS? UM THAT DESIGNATED ALL 33 MILLION.SO ACCORDING TO WHAT CHRIS IS SAYING IT'S ALL OBLIGATED. YEAH I THINK AND THAT AND IT IS SORT OF CONFUSING BECAUSE A LOT OF A LOT OF POKE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE MEDIA ARE TALKING ABOUT UNSPENT. PANDEMIC RELIEF MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OBLIGATION AND SPENDING AND THE LEGISLATION IS VERY SPECIFIC IN THAT IT, IT SAYS ON OBLIGATED.
IT DOESN'T SAY UNSPENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I'M SORRY . I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR GIGGLY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND IT'S TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. YOU MAY MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO. YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO PLEASE COMPLETE A GREEN SLIP AND HAND IT TO THE CITY CLERK. CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. READ APPRECIATE IF YOU'D KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. UH OH. WELL JUST SKIP THE CONSENT AGENDA, OKAY, BUT LET'S DO THE APPROVAL. NO. YOU JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU TELL THE CITIZENS THAT CAN SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TOE. I NEEDED TO MEET MYSELF THERE, SO WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE KITTEN SENT AGENDA AS WELL. SO DO WE HAVE
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ANY? I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME MAYOR. OKAY SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD ON THE APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR THE CONSENTED GENDER PROVE SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. UH I MEAN, HE OPPOSED. ALRIGHT MOTION PASSES.MOVING FASTER THAN MY AGENDA IS HERE. RECORD. HMM. WE'LL HAVE THE READING OF ADAM. NUMBER ONE,
[1. Consider authorizing the City Man ager to execute an Advance Funding Agreement AFA) with the Texas Department of Transportation ( TxDOT).]
PLEASE. MAYOR COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT. FAA WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WHICH IS TECH STARTER RESOLUTION WAS PASSED IN NOVEMBER THAT AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER APPLY AND ER INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITH TECH START FOR THE 2020 HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM. BASICALLY IS TO BE USED ON A SIGNAL PROGRAM, BASICALLY UPGRADING, INSTALLING SOME EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE THAT WILL ALLOW TRAFFIC TO FLOW COMMUNITY FOR SIGNALS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. THE ENGINEERING ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECTS IS FOR AN 80,007 06 TO SEE THIS MATCH WAS 96,005 6 WAS FEDERAL FUNDS PAN? UH 367,200 STATE PAYING 17,000 THIS COUNTRY, NO CITIES CAPITAL PROGRAM AND STUFF IS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR NUMBER ONE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION. YES COUNCILMAN TURNER. SO CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS HOW TO[01:00:04]
TRAFFIC FLOW WORKS AND HOW TO STUDY GOES WITH TEXT DOT CAN SOMEBODY KIND OF SPEAK TO THE FLOW BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY THE LIGHTS AREN'T SECRET NYSE IS THIS LIKE THE SAME THING ? CAN WE KIND OF EXPLAIN IT TO THE COMMUNITY? UH YEAH, I WOULD. BUT I THINK MOLLY. I COULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN I CAN STAND. SHE'S WORKING WITH THAT PROGRAM, SO I'M GONNA ASK IF SHE WOULD COME FORWARD. SORRY MOM. OKAY GOOD AFTERNOON. APOLOGIZE UH, BART'S NOT HERE TODAY. UM THE, UM. INTERCONNECTING OF THE SIGNALS IS THE, UM ABILITY FOR THE SIGNALS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT IN 2015, THE CITY DID A SIMILAR PROJECT ON COLLEGE FROM HOSPITAL DRAFT TO, UM MAJOR DRIVE AND THAT RIGHTLY IMPROVED THE FLOW OF THE TRAFFIC ON COLLEGE STREET. SO THIS PROJECT WILL DO THE SAME THING REPLACE THE HARDWARE AND THE SIGNALS FROM THE ON DALLIN ROAD FROM EAST TEX FREEWAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO COLLEGE STREET. WE'RE DOING SIMILAR PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, UM OR, UM, FOURTH STREET FROM CALDER TO HIGHWAY 69 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REHAB OF FOURTH STREET AND THEN ALSO, WE'RE DOING GLADYS FROM EDSON TO CENTRAL, SO WE'RE TRYING TO JUST IMPROVE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, SO THE SIGNALS CAN'T SPEAK TO EACH OTHER. AND UH, THE CURRENT PROJECT IS ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW FOR COMPLETION JULY OF 2023.WE'RE JUST WAITING. WE'RE HAVING SOME SHIPPING DELAYS OF SOME MANNER, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS, BUT WE SHOULD BE CLOSING OUT THAT PROJECT THIS SUMMER. THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU, MOLLY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. UH HUH. ANY OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. SO IF I'M FOLLOWING CORRECTLY, THE CITY MANAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE US INTO THE WORK SESSION? THANK YOU, UH, WORK SESSION IS TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED FIXED
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ROUTE REALIGNMENT FROM THE ZIP, WHICH IS OUR BUS SYSTEM, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS A TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF BEAUMONT. UH WE HAVE MISS QUARTER YOUR SCENT MIGUEL HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM FOR US. AND WE ALSO HAVE MR BOONE. WHO CAN THAT INFORMATION? GOOD AFTERNOON.CLAUDIA SAN MIGUEL, YOUR TRANSIT THAT GENERAL MANAGER. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
AND TO ALL OF US AS WELL. I JUST WANNA INTRODUCE REAL QUICK. SOME OF THE STAFF HERE THAT JUST GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT AND ONE MINUTE OF GLORY IF I WILL SAY SO. FULL OF WHITE AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND HR. OFF THE LEDGE, A TRANSIT SUPERVISOR. ALAN JACKSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNION. NO. UM AL COMMITTED TRANSIT. LOCAL 10 31. SO I JUST LIKE, GET THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT I'M HERE LIKE I SAID, TO PRESENT SOME OF THE STAFF A FEW NOTES. BEFORE WE GO INTO THE PRESENTATION. I PROMISE TO MAKE IT QUICK FOR ALL OF YOU, AND FOR THE RECORD FOR PEACE OF MIND FOR ALL OF US ARE GONNA HOPEFULLY MAKE A DECISION TODAY BEFORE WE BROUGHT THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION FOR A PROBLEM. WE HAVE SEVERAL INTERNAL MEETINGS WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING IT MAKES SENSE FOR ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS UP. AFTER THAT, WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT INPUT. OBVIOUSLY OUR DRIVERS ARE THE ONES THAT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE INFORMATION AND BASICALLY THE ACTUAL, UM I WANT TO SAY, FEEL IN TOUCH WITH THE COMMUNITY. WHAT DIDN'T NEED FOR IN REALITY, SO I REALLY, UM TAKE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATION TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. SECOND TO THAT WE RUN SOME SURVEYS WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH THE ACTUAL WRITERS AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS NOT GOING TO BRING A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THOSE ACTUAL WRITERS ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO IS PROMOTE AND BRING NEW PEOPLE INTO THE TRANSIT SYSTEM, SO WE LIKE I SAID, WE TOUCH PRETTY MUCH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS OR INTERNAL GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE PASSENGERS AND ACTUAL SERVICE LIKE YOU SAID, AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY, BRINGING YOU A PRESENTATION SUMMARY OR BALDO FACTIONS AGAIN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT PEACE OF MIND. WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IS BEEN FILTERED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE HE GOT TO THIS PRESENTATION. SO UM, LIKE YOU STARTED PROMISED TO TRY AND BE QUICK. UM ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE DO, UM, WHEN I CONSIDER UM, THE TOP THE SAFETY WANT TO TRY TO BRING IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO DELIVER. SAFER SERVICE
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FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SECOND TO THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE WHAT WE ARE NEEDED. UH IN A LINE ON ONLINE WITH THAT IS ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USING MOBILITY ADVISORS, SO WE'RE MINDFUL WHERE THOSE POPULATIONS ARE TRYING TO REACH AND GET CLOSER. WE CAN TO THEM AND DEFINITELY BETTER EFFICIENCY. DAY IN AND DAY OUT, WE YOU KNOW, WERE CHALLENGED TO WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND DO MORE AND DO BETTER. SO WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT SO BETTER EFFICIENCY IS GOING TO BE NUMBER THREE FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON ORDER THAN WE WANT TO DELIVER SAFE SERVICE. AND I CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. BUT I PROMISE YOU, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE AH. WITH THE LAST SLIDE ONLINE. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING A SAFER SURVEY. WE WANT TO BE A SHIP EFFICIENT AND WE WANT TO BRING THE CERTAIN WHAT IS NEEDED. UM SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT MAKES UH WHAT IT'S GONNA BE MORE VALUABLE FOLLOW US IS TO REVIEW THE SPECIFIC CHANGES. SO IF WE CAN GET TO THE ACTUAL IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE UH, BIO MEN. SO THIS IS WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE 10 EXISTENT ROUTES AND THE COMMITMENT AND THE PROMISES THAT WERE GOING TO MAXIMIZE THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE SO WE CAN BETTER CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE FIVE ROUTES FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY. AND I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYTHING DIFFICULT OR NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE ACTUAL PASSENGERS TODAY. AND THIS IS WHERE WE START. THIS IS THE CURRENT PARK, THE ROAD AND ALL WE'RE DOING IN THIS IT. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FOLLOW, BUT WE CAN GO TO THE PROPOSED CHANGE.WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT ONE. UM THE RIGHT RIGHT NOW RUNS A LINE ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND WE'LL BE HAVING SOME REALLY NEAR MISSES WHERE WERE BORN IN THE BOARDING PASSENGERS ON RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. UM AND WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH THAT TO THE BACK, WHICH IS THE STRAIGHT CAN READ THE NAME. UM CONQUERED. I'M SO SORRY. AH TO THE BACK, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SERVICE THE SAME BUSINESS THAT ARE IN THE FRONT OF THE HIGHWAY, AND THEY ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THE BACK. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE BRINGING THE BUS CLOSER TO THOSE OTHER BUSINESSES AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT BEHIND IT. SO THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE NOTHING ELSE. UH, THIS PARTICULAR ONE LIKE WHICH AT THE BOTTOM, WE'RE GONNA SERVICE ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES THAT SIT ON THAT CONCORD STREET. WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SAFER SERVICE. TO THE CURRENT PASSENGERS. OF COURSE, THE CITY HAS INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO REPLACING THAT PHRASE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO AVOID AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WE'RE IN COLLISIONS BY BEING BORING AND THE BOARDING PASSENGERS ALONG THE HIGHWAY, SO THIS IS THE FIRST PROPOSAL AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING TO THE PARK. THE ROAD I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. YES SIR. 11 STOP.
IS THAT A I GUESS, ACCORDING HERE SO WILL THAT BE IN THE BACK? OR OKAY, I'LL SEE YOU RIGHT THERE ON THE FRONT BY THE CHASE BANK, I GUESS OKAY, BUT IT'S NOT ONLY ON THE SERVICE ROAD IS IN THE PARKING LOT. ALL RIGHT, THANKS. YEAH, AND REFERENCE TO THE MALL. I KNOW.
AT ONE POINT A FEW EMPLOYEES ASKED ABOUT YOU KNOW THE TIME THEY GET OFF AROUND EIGHT OR NINE O'CLOCK DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BUS THAT COMES AROUND THAT TIME WHEN THEY GET OFF. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AT NINE O'CLOCK. OKAY, PERFECT. SO THANK YOU. THERE WAS SOMETHING RESIDENT ASKED ME PRIOR TO THIS MEETING WHEN THEY SEEN THIS ON THE AGENDA, SO THAT'S WHY I WANT THE X. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME FIRM AND SEND BACK SOME INFORMATION THROUGH SYRIA MANAGEMENT TO SCHEDULE INFORMATION. THE SPECIFICS YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. AND THIS PARTICULAR ROUTE. NOW WE CAN JUST GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SOUTH 11TH. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX WHERE WE ARE, WE CAN GO TO THE FIRST CHANGE. BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. IS WE AVOIDING SOME OF THE AREAS THAT IT'S BASICALLY JUST ADDING TRANSIT TIME? THEN WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE PROPOSED CHANGE. UM THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR. WE'RE ABORTING THAT STREET HERE DOWNTOWN REGULARLY GETS SHUT DOWN FOR EVENTS AND WERE ASKED TO REROUTE . SO, BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON THIS PRESENTATION WERE KIND OF CLEANING UP. WE'RE TRYING TO DO THOSE BABY STEPS. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE US TO AN EVENTUAL MOST LIKELY REALIGNMENT OF THE COMPLETE SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT. BUT THESE ARE THE BABY STEPS. LIKE I SAID, UM, THIS IS TAKING US OUT OF THE WAY OF EVENTS AND THANKFUL THAT
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NATURE I UNDERSTAND SOME OF DISTRICT ALSO HAVE THAT PARTICULAR DIFFERENT. UH, STONE THAT ARE BUSSES THAT ARE REALLY HEAVY OR TRYING TO STARTING TO MAKE A DENT ON THOSE WHO WERE ALSO BEING MINDFUL OF THOSE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE CHANGE THAT YOU SEE HERE. NEXT ONE. THIS ONE IS , UH, LIKE I SAID THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT A LOT OF DETAIL, BUT BASICALLY, WE'RE AVOIDING CERTAIN TERMS. THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW US TO BE INCREASE OUR FREQUENCY. WE AGAIN WE TOOK SURVEYS FROM THIS AREA. WE'RE NOT MOVING AWAY FROM SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS TO SERVICE. UM SO BASICALLY, WE'RE JUST INSTEAD OF GOING INTO THAT, UH, TURN THAT YOU SEE THERE THERE IS. IT HAS TO, UH, CROSS OUT OR JUST GOING TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT. SO THIS INDIVIDUAL FOR WHATEVER YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE ONE OR TWO PASSENGERS ON THAT AREA. THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SERVICE. MIGHT HAVE TO WALK IN ADDITIONAL BLOCK. BUT BASED ON THE SURVEY THAT WE RUN , REALLY NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE USE THAT, UH, THAT BACKSIDE OF THE ROUTE. BUT WE'RE GONNA BEGINNING ADDITIONAL TRIPS. BY DOING THESE CHANGES THE NEXT ONE AT THE BOTTOM. IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME. WE'RE REMOVING SERVICE FROM AREA THAT FOR SOME REASON, THEY MATURE. THAT'S THE WAY I SAID THAT THE WAY WE USE AND TRANSIT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MATURE TO THE POINT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY WRITERS AS WE USED TO HAVE, SO WE'RE BRINGING THE SERVICE OUT OF THOSE LOCATIONS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. AND BY DOING SO, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE OTHER NOTES. UH WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING TRIPS, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, BUT MORE AND MORE OFTEN, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE SOME OF YOU MIGHT GET FROM THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM MORE THE BUS MORE OFTEN, SO THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE FOR THAT. UM AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING ON THAT PARTICULAR ROUTE.I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. IF NOT, WE'LL GET ON THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS FINE.
THIS IS ALSO A LITTLE SMALL CHANGE. INSTEAD OF MAKING THAT TURN. WE CAN GO TO THE ACTUAL CHANGE. INSTEAD OF MAKING THAT TURN. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE OUT ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF THAT AREA. THAT'S THE DIVISION. BY DOING SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL BLOCK FOR US IS NOT A WHOLE LOT , BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT OR NEIGHBORHOODS ACTUALLY APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
THERE'S ALSO A SCHOOL ON THAT BACK AREA AND AGAIN, UH, RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT BE USING THE SERVICE RIGHT NOW ON THAT STREET THAT WE'RE TURNING RIGHT NOW GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE BUS. JUST ONE MORE BLOCK AWAY. WE RUN SURVEYS. THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT ANYBODY IN A NEGATIVE WAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THE BUS SERVICE CLOSER. THE ENTRANCE OF THOSE APARTMENTS COMPLEXES AROUND. I BELIEVE IT'S LUCAS. THERE'S A SCHOOL AND SOME OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES. SO AGAIN, WE'RE BRINGING THE BUS CLOSER AND HOPING THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT NEW WRITERS. AND THAT'S ALL THE CHANGE ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY DOESN'T QUESTIONS. HOW ARE I GUESS NOT ONLY THE REGULAR CUSTOMERS, BUT ALL THOSE CITIZENS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE NOTIFIED OF THESE CHANGES. SO UM , WHAT WE DID AGAIN? WE TOOK THOSE SURVEYS. AND THEN THAT WAS POSSIBLY ABOUT 34 MONTHS AGO, AND WE REALIZED THAT THE TIME YOU KNOW SINCE PASSED SINCE THEN . SO WHAT WE DID IS WE POSTED NOTICES AND THE BUSSES. WE POSTED NOTICES AT THE DATA BOB STATION. LARGE NOTICES. UH AND WE HAVE RECEIVED HELP FROM THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT LIKE A CURE CODE. VERY MUCH. EVERYBODY HAS A SMARTPHONE SO THERE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, JUST PRETTY MUCH AIMED TO THAT CUBA CODE AND THAT WILL TAKE THEM DIRECTLY TO THIS ENTIRE PRESENTATION. IN OUR WEBSITE. WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL WRITER ALERTS THAT ARE POSTED IN THE SAME WAY PAGE WHERE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, NORMALLY ACCESS THE OUR WEBSITE FOR RIGHT INFORMATION FOR THE TIMES THEY CAN GO IN AND ACCESS THIS ENTIRE PRESENTATION. AND ALSO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KNOW THEY CAN SUBMIT REQUESTS.
YOU CAN EMAIL US DIRECTLY AND THAT EMAIL IS MONETARY REGULARLY . SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CONCERNS OR WHATSOEVER, THEY CAN RACHEL DIRECTLY AT THAT POINT IN TIME, SO GENERAL PUBLIC THEY'RE BEING ADVISED BY POSTING WHICH, FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE THOSE ARE THE DEMO STATION.
IN THE BUSSES AND BEING A WEBSITE. THANK YOU. COUNSELING DOING RIGHT. THERE WAS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AFTER THE WORKSHOP AND PART OF THE STATE. THE LAW WILL HAVE A 14 DAYS. WE'LL ALL OF THAT WILL CONTINUE, SO WE'LL MEET THE REQUIREMENT AND THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN NEIL SO OYO, PHYSICALLY ADDING ANY MORE BUS STOPS. UNDER THE NEW AREAS THAT WE'RE EXTENDING THE SERVICE THEY ANSWER IS YES. LIKE THAT PARTICULAR AREA LIKE LOCUSTS. IF WE CAN GO BACK, I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WITH LUCAS
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WERE THERE, UH WE'RE GONNA BE MIRRORING THOSE STUFF THAT THEY WEREN'T THE PREVIOUS STRAIGHT.WE'RE GONNA MIRROR THEM TO THE TO THE BACK STRAIGHT. NOW. LOOK AT WHAT LUCAS BLOOD WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, ADDING BUS STOPS FOR THOSE KEY LOCATION. WHETHER THE SCHOOL THE ACCESS TO THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, AND IF WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY OTHER NEEDS WILL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO ADAM, IF NEITHER ARE Y'ALL. HOW ARE Y'ALL PICKING THE LOCATIONS AGAIN? SO THE FIRST, UM. YES CONSIDERATION IS GOING TO BE ACCESSIBILITY TO LARGER GROUPS OF PEOPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
THERE IS A SCHOOL NOT IN THIS EXAMPLE. BUT LIKE SENIOR CENTERS , AND THINGS OF THE LIVES ARE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. ANY BIG CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND THEN AGAIN, WE BECAME A BIT OF A WHERE WE SPECIAL REQUEST BY IT BUSINESS OR ANY OTHER. SPECIAL NEED WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TRY TO ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN ALWAYS RUN ANY NEW BUS STOP TO THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.
SO WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T PUT THE BUS. UH YOU KNOW, IN DANGER. WE DON'T YOU KNOW, BLOCK ANY ACCESSES TO BUSINESSES TO RESIDENCES AND THE LIKE, SO REACHING OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO CONFIRM THAT THEY'RE FINE WITH A BUS STOP GOING IN FRONT OF THEIR LOCATION. MY PRACTICE WILL BE YES. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS AND QUITE SOME TIME.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, SO WE WILL LET HIM KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE POSITIONING STOPS. OKAY ONE MORE QUESTION. SO MAYBE I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. BUT ON THE NEXT ITEM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS TALKS ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE, THEY SAY NONE IS REQUIRED. SO WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM FOR THIS? SO NO NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE REALIGNMENT, BUT NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS. IF WE'RE GONNA ADD BUS STOPS, THE COST OF THE SIGN IS MINIMAL, BUT YOU COULD ACTUALLY SHIFT THEM AROUND. UM BUT IN TERMS OF FUNDING THIS IT'S A COMBINATION OF CITY GENERAL FUNDS, FDA FUNDS AND TEXT DOT FUNDS FUND THE WHOLE SYSTEM. BUT IN TERMS OF A COST OF THE NEW PROGRAM. IT'S MINIMAL. SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE THE NEW BUS STOPS THE COVERED CANOPIES, THE CONCRETE THE NO. THOSE ARE REFERRED TO AS SHELTERS AND THOSE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND SO THAT NO THAT WOULD NOT BE PART OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. MOVE TO THE NEXT IMMEDIATE ONE. THIS IS THE SOUTH PARK ROUTES COVERED THIS ONE. NO. AND WE CAN GO TO THE TO THE CONDEMNED SO. AH! NO. THIS IS THE, UM. OKAY WITH THE SOUTH PARK SOUTH PARK. OKAY SO, UM, THERE'S BASICALLY WE CAN GO TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES, JUST SLIGHT EXTENSION. UH WHERE WE WERE CONTACTED. THE CITY WAS CONTACTED TO PROVIDE SERVICES. DO A NEW OFFICE. UM AND BASICALLY THIS IS THE REFLECTION OF THAT NEEDS. IT'S GONNA ADD TIME ON THIS AND THIS SITUATION BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY EXTENDING THE ROUTE, UM, WERE TRYING AND FIND WAYS TO MINIMIZE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD WORK RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNION AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FINE TUNING THIS. THIS DOESN'T HAVE BIG OR NEGATIVE IMPACT CURRENT WRITERS SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND DO THE BEST INTO STRETCH THE SERVICES WITHIN 16 TIMES. BUT IF NEEDED, WE MIGHT HAVE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL TIME. UM, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY ALL THE CHANGE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. YES ON THIS ROUTE IS FLORIDA STREET . YOU DO REALIZE THAT FLORIDA AND AVENUE A HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND IT MAY BE CLOSED FOR A WHILE. WE LOOK AT A COUPLE OF US TENTATIVE WHETHER GOING OUT THROUGH THE NEXT IMMEDIATE STRAIGHT, BUT THAT'S GONNA PUT US INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT'S GOING TO ADD MORE TIME. SO IN THE MEANTIME THAT THAT WORK IS COMPLETED, WHICH I COULD MENTION MIGHT TAKE A WHILE. WE'RE GOING TO REROUTE THE BUS AROUND THE HIGHWAY UNTIL THAT WORK IS COMPLAINT. SO BASICALLY, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT TO THAT INTERSECTION. DO I RETURN AND COME BACK AND THAT WILL BE WILD . UH THE WORK IS COMPLETED. THE OTHER OPTION WAS TO GO THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT THAT WAS DEFINITELY THAT WE'RE TALKING THAT WE WILL NOT RECOMMEND BECAUSE I WILL FURTHER DELAYED AROUND. UH ONE THING THAT I NOTICE IS LAMAR HAD A BIG INFLUX OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE GOOD TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. MAYBE GET WITH THE PRESIDENT LAMAR AND SEE IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOME TYPE OF A ROUTE THAT MAYBE TO GET THEM TO THE
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GROCERY STORE OR SOMETHING TO THAT MAGNITUDE BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I TALKED TO THE DOCTOR TOLD ME HE DID SAY THEY HAD A BIG INFLUX OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE. WE CAN LIVE, TOO, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CONNECT AND WORK WITH LAMAR UNIVERSITY. AND LASTLY, JUST A COMPLIMENT TO YOU ARE YOU KNOW THE CITY UNION UP HERE WITH LEADERSHIP? YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS TYPE OF CONNECTION AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING TOGETHER. I NOTICED IT, AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THAT. SO THANK YOU, OKAY. HMM. UH UM, WE DO PROVIDE SERVICE TO LAMAR, BUT WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT, STEVE, YOU KNOW WHAT ADDITIONAL SERVICES WE CAN DO FOR THEM MY EXPERIENCE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, LIKE A LIKE A SHOPPER ROUTES SPECIFICALLY CERTAIN DAY OUT OF THE WAY WE'RE STUDENTS OR RESIDENTS OF A SPECIFIC LOCATION. CAN YOU KNOW? HAPPY. SPECIFIC NEEDS SO I WILL REACH OUT THROUGH CITY MANAGEMENT.MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WE COULD APPROVALS AND GET THE RIGHT CONTACT SO WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND FIND OUT. HOW CAN WE BETTER SERVICE THAN AS WELL BUT WE ALREADY SERVICE IN THE UNIVERSITY. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO US. I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO AND LAURA WILL BE THE LAST ONE. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE ACTUAL CHANGE. UM, AND THIS ONE I'M FINE, TOO. AND MY EFFICIENT AND THIS ONE UM. GOD SO THAT'S 11TH 11TH STREET TO TOCCOA. OKAY I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. SO THIS ONE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID BRINGING THE BUS INTO THE AXLE ROSE THE HIGHWAY WHICH GETS TO BE REALLY, REALLY CHALLENGING SPECIALLY DURING THE RUSH TIMES AND ACTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WELL. SO, BASICALLY, WE'RE BRINGING THE BUS THROUGH THE BACK. NO IMPACT TO ANYBODY BECAUSE WE'RE MIRRORING EVERY BUST OF THAT ON THE FRONT OR PUTTING THEM ON THE BACK. AND BY DOING SO, WE'RE GONNA AGAIN NO IMPACT TO CURRENT WRITER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE BUS CLOSER TO POTENTIAL NEW . UH WHY DOES USERS WOULD ON THAT BACK STRAIGHT AND THE BALLS ARE GONNA CROSS USING THE TRAFFIC LINE INSTEAD OF JUST ACTION, ASKING OUR DRIVERS TO JUMP INTO THE TRAFFICKER ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. SO LIKE I SAID, MOST OF IF NOT ALL THESE CHANGES HAVE SAFETY ON MINE EFFICIENCY ON MINE AND BRINGING THE BUS STRETCHING WITHOUT IMPACTING COSTS OR ACTUAL OPERATIONS ON THE FORM OF A MINNOW WITHOUT PUTTING ANY IMPACT INTO THAT AND PROVIDING MORE SERVICE AND BRINGING THE SERVICE CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL USERS. AND I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE THE LAST ONE. ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCILMAN GETS THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AND SEE HOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BUS ROUTES MORE EFFICIENT AND SAFER. I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE AND BASICALLY HAVE THE BUS ROUTES YOU HAVE. NOW YOU'VE LOOKED AT THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO KNOW. IS IT TRUE THAT YOU CAN NOW USE GPS TECHNOLOGY TO ACTUALLY TRACK AND REAL TIME WHERE BUSSES OR AND IF THEY'RE COMING TOWARDS YOU APPEAR AT A BUS STOP OR IF YOU JUST MISSED IT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE THEY'RE ABLE TO OFFER AT THIS TIME.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S BEEN OFFERED. WE HAVE A AN APP. IT'S CALLED TRANSFER LOCK, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY VIEW A DIRECTLY IN A WEBSITE TO SEE WEBSITE WHICH IS PART OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE. SO, YES, YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. I MEAN ANY ANY PRESIDENT CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT IN VIEW IN REAL TIME WHERE THE BUSSES YOU KNOW, APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION. I THINK THAT'S VERY USEFUL. THE OTHER THING IS, I HAD PREVIOUSLY ASKED, AND I THINK IT'S PROVIDED A TOTAL NUMBER OF UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS THAT ACTUALLY USE THE BUS SERVICE AND JUST WANT TO CONFIRM IT WAS LIKE BETWEEN SIX AND 700. INDIVIDUALS REGULARLY USE THE BUS ON A ON A REGULAR BASIS. IS THAT NUMBER ACCURATE OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT NUMBER? DON'T RECALL. THE EXACT NUMBER I BELIEVE WAS DEFINITELY HIGHER THAN THAT. UM AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY A CALCULATION BASED ON THE DAILY RIDERSHIP THAT WE HAVE THAT IS GONNA IDENTIFY. OBVIOUSLY WE WERE NEVER GOING TO KNOW FOR SURE WHO IS WRITING THE BUS TODAY. WHO'S RIGHT IN THE BOX TOMORROW. BUT BASED ON THE RIDERSHIP, I THINK WITH MORE LIKE 5000, MR BOONE BECAUSE I KNOW HE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION. AH YES, THAT WILL BE THE NUMBER, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S MORE THAN 5000 UNIQUE WRITERS. AH BE MORE THAN GLAD TO BRING THAT NEXT OPPORTUNITY OR SEND THAT DIRECTLY TO. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, CHRIS, IS THAT NUMBER SOUND WE CAN. I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT NUMBER. WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL IT FOR YOU. AS WE DISCUSSED. IT'S DIFFICULT. IT'S KIND OF EXTRAPOLATED NUMBERS. IT'S DIFFICULT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY UNIQUE WRITERS BUT IN THE STS SERVICE, WE DO HAVE THAT DATE AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SHOW SHARE WHAT WE DO HAVE UM SO I
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BELIEVE WE SEND THAT INFORMATION . BUT GO AHEAD AND WE SHARE WITH MR BULL SO HE CAN SEND IT TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU, CHRIS. WHAT WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN BY UNIQUE WRITER? WELL SO THE QUESTION HAS BEEN POSED, ESPECIALLY BY COUNCIL GETS. IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MANY HOW MANY OF OUR CITIZENS USED THE SYSTEM? AND I THINK YOU KNOW IT'S A FAIR QUESTION IN TERMS OF OKAY, THIS IS WHAT IT'S COSTING TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM. HOW MANY CITIZENS USE IT ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF OUR DATA IS BASED ON RIDERSHIP, WHICH, OF COURSE, WOULD BE PERHAPS THE SAME INDIVIDUAL USING IT REPEATEDLY TO GO TO WORK OR SCHOOL OR WHAT OR WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GET TO UM , BUT I THINK THE QUESTION IS, IS, UM, KIND OF HOW MANY HOW MANY OF OUR CITIZENS USE IT ON A REGULAR BASIS. WHEN YOU SAY RIGHT? YOU MEAN DAILY? WELL IT COULD BE DAILY. OR IF YOU SAY UNIQUE, IT COULD BE ONLY USE IT MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, BUT THAT'S STILL SOMEBODY WHO'S USING IT. SO MHM. AND AGAIN IF I COULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO THANK CLAUDIA AND HER STAFF AND THE UNION FOR YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSIT MODELS AND ANALYSIS THAT CAN GO INTO IT . I THINK THE DAY TO DAY THE DRIVERS AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE ROAD IN THE SYSTEM EVERY DAY. THAT'S I THINK OUR BEST OUR BEST VALUE TO TRY TO MAKE THE MOST EFFICIENT SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION BIKES, CARS, OF COURSE, SO WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE THE MOST EFFICIENT SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE HAVE MORE RIDERS IN THE END. WRITERS USING THE NEW MIKE WRECKS ON THE FRONT OF THE BUSSES. YEAH. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GREAT TO SEE YOU. MR CITY MANAGER. WILL YOU TAKE US INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING IN YES, MA'AM[PUBLIC HEARING]
, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE MEN AND THE AMENDING THE ZIPS FIXED BUS ROUTES AND, UH, MAY HAVE YOU MET IF YOU WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEN CLOSE THE, UH , PUBLIC HEARING AFTERWARDS. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. MM HMM. DOES ANYBODY SIGNED IN? TINA YES, SIR. CHARLIE CRAB 9 28 EAST DRIVE BY MY TEXAS. HELLO MAYOR COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR. UH, THAT WAS A GOOD REPORT ON THE BUS SYSTEM. AND NOT ONLY, UM, COMMENT IS WE GOTTA USE SOME CREATIVITY TO TRY TO GET MORE WRITERS. UH AND I WAS THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF HAVING A FREE WEEK WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST RIDE THE BUS. ANYBODY RIDE THE BUS? AND ALSO THE BUS CAN STOP WHEN YOU WAVE THEM DOWN. NOT YET. YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BUS STOP, BUT YOU COULD JUST YOU COULD BE ON THE ROAD WHERE THE BUS IS COMING IN, WAVE THEM AND THEY'D STOP AND PICK YOU UP. THAT MAY BE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM, BUT, UH, THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE COMMENT TO BE CREATIVE IN THE RIDERSHIP BECAUSE WE SURE NEED SOME WRITERS ON THOSE BUSSES.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. OKAY MAY WE HAVE THE READING? OH MR PETRIE. CHECK OUT THE BUS. UNDER THE BUS. ERIC PETRIE 32. I THINK THAT IS IT 32 OR 37? 05 37 05 EAST LUCAS DRIVE BY MY TEXAS GRADUATION STAR? YEAH. MY NAME IS ERIC PICTURE. I FILLED OUT A PETITION. 2021 AUGUST 5TH ABOUT LUCAS BUS STOP ON ACCOUNT BIRD,5 PROSTITUTES, DRUGS HOMELESS AT THE BUS STOP. I NOTICED IT. THE MANAGERS JUST GOT HERE AND HE TELLS ME HE'S BEEN BUSY. I UNDERSTAND. BUT FOR TWO YEARS, ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW HAS BEEN DONE TODAY. THE UNION REP DRIVE THE BUS. CAME TO 37 05 BEAT LUCAS. A YOUNG LADY SAID FIRE, SO I CALLED 91 CENTER PUT FIRE DEPARTMENT THEY MAY HAVE PUT IT AT OKAY? HE DIDN'T LEAVE. HE DID THE RIGHT THING. WAIT UNTIL THEY GOT THERE DURING THE DAY. THREE FIGHTS. THE POLICE CAME WHEN THEY CAME. I SAID WATCH OUT,
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OFFICERS. THEY'RE GONNA FIGHT YOU SHOWING UP. THE BOY TRIED TO FIGHT THE CAP SLAMMED HIM DOWN, TOOK HIM AWAY. IT'S JUST TERRIBLE. WE GOT REGISTERED VOTERS AT THIS BUILDING. THEY ALL SIGNED PAPERS. I TURNED IT ALL IN. THIS BUS STOP NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. NUMBER ONE. WHEN A BUS STOP AT 37 05 THE BUS STOP! STOP THERE. HE GOT ONE BLOCK TO GO ACROSS THAT TRACK TO SWITCH LANES TO GO DOWN HERE. BIG ROAD . OKAY IF YOU MOVE THAT BUS STOP BACKWARDS TOWARDS TO TRYING TO PAWN SHOP. THEY'LL GET A BUS DRIVER ENOUGH TIME TO CROSS OVER DIDN'T GET TO THE RAILROAD CHECK AND HE'LL BEGIN TURN LEFT BECAUSE LUCAS IS INTERSTATE 10 NOW. IT IS TERRIBLE OVER THERE.SOMETHING'S GOTTA BE DONE ABOUT THIS BUSTER. AT FIRST, THEY SAY THEY'LL MOVE THE BUS BENCHES THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE TOP SO THEY CAN STILL HAVE A BUS STOP. IF YOU MOVE THE BUS SEATS, THEY CAN'T SIT THERE AND HANG OUT ALL NIGHT LONG IF SOMEBODY WANT TO MOVE THERE AND SEE PEOPLE DOING DRUGS AND LOPING OVER WHO'S GONNA WANT TO MOVE THERE? STEP BUST UP, GOT TO BE MOVED BACKWARDS AWAY FROM THE BUILDING. SOMETHING GOT TO HAPPEN IS TERRIBLE. Y'ALL JUST DOING THIS STAND. THEY FIGHT THE POLICE AND LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE POLICE. POLICE COME THERE, AND THEY ARREST HIM. MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THEIR ARREST THEM THAT GO AROUND THE BLOCK AND LET HIM OUT THE CAR. FOUR HOURS LATER, THEY DON'T RIGHT BACK THERE AGAIN. THEY GET THE SCRATCHING LIKE BUGS ON THEM. THEY DON'T WANT TO TOUCH THEM. THEY GET NICKY AND GET TO DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF ON THE SIDEWALK. THESE OLD PEOPLE THEY DON'T WANT. YOU WANT TO COME OUT AND THEY'RE WHEELCHAIR. NO MORE. THAT BUS STOP. GOT TO GO. MOVE IT BACKWARDS SO YOU CAN GET A BUS STOP THE DRIVER ENOUGH TIME TO CROSS OVER BECAUSE WHEN HE STOPPED AT 37 05 EACH LUCAS GET ON THE BUS. HE GOT THE LOOK IN HIS MIRROR BECAUSE LUCAS IS I MISSED 8:10 A.M. TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET OVER THE CROSSOVER. THANK YOU, MR PETRIE. HELP US, BRO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE A MIRROR.
OKAY MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM? NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. OH WE'RE CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING NOW
[2. Consider amending The ZIP' s fixed bus routes]
. NOW WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER TWO. THANK YOU. MAYOR BASICALLY IS CONSIDERED MEN AND THE ZIPS FIXED BUS ROUTES. YOU'VE HEARD THEIR REPORT THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL AND, UH, YOU'RE PROUD OF HAD A PUBLIC CURE. AND SO COUNSELOR. CONSIDER AMENDING THAT ZIPS FIXED BUS ROUTES, ACCORDING TO WHAT WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO MOVED TO APPROVE. I DON'T NUMBER TWO IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR MANAGER, CAN WE? CAN WE SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS MR PETRIE'S CONCERNED BECAUSE I DO RECALL THE PETITION WHEN HE DID COME UP HERE. CAN WE SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT MAYBE MOVING THE BUS STOP FOR THE TOY? IT'S UM, THE SHOPPING CENTER WERE THERE. CONCORD AND LUCAS JUST MOVING FURTHER TOWARDS THAT WAY, SO IT CAN KIND OF ADDRESS THIS CONCERN IF, IF POSSIBLE. YES WHAT WILL WORK WITH STAFF AND TO FIND A RESOLUTION TO THAT ISSUE? ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM, NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE IS CORRECT. I WAS TESTING YOU. THAT WAS SMOOTH. YEAH. ALRIGHT ADAM, NUMBER TWO, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ALRIGHT. HE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY[COMMENTS]
CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE COMPLETE A GREEN SLIP AND HAND IT TO THE CITY CLERK CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME. WHEN IT'S TIME TO SPEAK.WE'RE APPRECIATE IT IF YOU KEEP YOUR KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES, THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
DYLAN DYLAN RICHARDSON, FORTIES 5 75 NORTH MAJOR DRIVE BY MY TEXAS HOW Y'ALL DOING? BE HONEST WITH YOU ALL YOU ALL KNOW I'M I'M PRETTY NEGATIVE WHEN I COME HERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY GOOD THINGS TO SAY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT SOMETHING FEELS DIFFERENT TODAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE NEW MAYOR GETTING SWORN IN OR WHAT IT IS EXACTLY, BUT I DO FEEL GOOD. AND I DO THEM FOR EACH OF YOU TO CONTACT THE PRESIDENT OVER MAR DR JAIME TAYLOR. HE WILL BE PETITIONING THE COUNCIL PUBLICLY AND HOPEFULLY IN PRIVATE. ON DIFFERENT MATTERS. UM UNCLE SAMUEL, I'D LIKE TO I CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR REELECTION AGAIN WHEN FILLED
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SHAUL TURNER GETS DARIO AND THE ORDERED LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL AS WELL. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THANK YOU, MR RICHARDSON. CHARLIE CRAB 9 28 EAST DRIVE BY MY TEXAS. READINGS MAYOR ROY WEST. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE COUNCILMAN FOR THEIR REELECTION. UM YOUR, UM I SAY, MAY YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF OMAHA BUT BE VERY PRODUCTIVE. YOUR FELLOW ACCOUNT COUNCIL COUNCILMAN HAVE SHOWN THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN SERVING THE CITIZENS OF ALL MOUNTAIN SIN. THAT ALL THE SERVICES OF THE CITY FORTUNATE ANY PEAK. PERFORMANCE YOU'RE INHERITING A GREAT STAFF. MR WILLIAMS AT CITY MANAGER AS WELL PREPARED TO MANAGE WITH MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. HELPING HIM AND THAT IS, UH, IS HIS ASSISTANCE MR BOONE AND MR LEE, AND THERE ARE 10 EVEN AND THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. OF COURSE IN OUR SAFETY DIVISION. WE'VE GOT THE FIRE CHIEF EARL WHITE. UH POLICE CHIEF MIKE SINGLETARY. AND MR JUST GO BACK TO MR BOONE. HE IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. HE HAS MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND I'M SURE HE'S SHARING ALL THAT WITH MR LEE. OKAY WHERE'S MR BART? UH KOBE AT OUR CENTER WORKS MANAGER. HE'S GOT THE BIG JOB SUPPLY AND ALL OF OUR WATER, SEWER AND STREETS AND. IN AND HE ALWAYS ■HAS PROMT WITH ANY ANSWERS THAT THE CITY SERVICES ER CITY. UH FINANCIAL OFFICER, MR SEMIN. OH HE'S HE.HE'S HE'S PROPPED WITH ALL OUR FINANCES, AND HE PREPARES THAT BUDGET AND HAS ALL THE ANSWERS.
I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE HIM ON THE CITY BOND ISSUES TO CONTACT EXXONMOBIL. SEE IF THEY CAN, UM BY THE WHOLE PACKAGE. YEAH YEAH , I THINK WE'VE LOST SOME OF OUR MILLIONAIRES. SO THEY MAY WITH THEY WERE CUSTOMERS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL AVAILABLE. IF THEIR TRUST FUNDS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. OKAY SITTING NEXT, THERE IS MRS BROUSSARD WITH ALL THE CLERK DUTIES AND THE ELECTION. DUTIES. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS MISS READ THE CITY . MMA THE CITY ATTORNEY. SHE CAN MANAGE THE CITY. LEGAL MIND FOR THE CITY. YOU WILL HEAR FROM HER WITH A QUIET VOICE DURING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, KEEPING THE BUSINESS AT HAND LEGAL. THERE'S THERE IS MANY MORE DEPARTMENT HAS THAT. KEEP THE THESE STOPPED THAT THERE'S MANY MORE DEPARTMENT HEADS. KEEP THAT.
KEEP THE CITY FUNCTIONING. THANKS EVERYONE FOR SERVING. THANK YOU. MR CRABB. MR MR PETRIE. YOU CHECKED, UM PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU DONE OR DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN? YOU'RE DONE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THEN MIRROR. THANK YOU. NOW IS THE TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. COUNCILMAN NEIL MARRIAGE JUST ONCE AGAIN. I JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. UM SOMEBODY NEEDS TO FACT CHECK ME ON THIS, BUT I THINK KELLY HIGH SCHOOL ALSO JUST WANTED TO TAPS DIVISION TO STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO KELLY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SAYING, OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU AGAIN . CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE AND ALSO TO THE STAFF. I KNOW. TRANSITIONING UH, ONE COUNCIL TO A NEW COUNCIL. A NEW MAYOR IS THERE'S A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED, AND WE APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MAKE THIS DAY HAPPEN, SO THANK YOU.
STAFF. COUNCILOR TURNER. ROY. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE TEAM IS OUR JOB UP HERE TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS TEAM THE BEST TEAM. WE CAN MAKE IT AND WE'LL BE SUPPORTIVE, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GET SOME WORK DONE. TO MR PETRIE. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SPEAK UP. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING, MR CRABTREE. YOU ALWAYS A DELIGHT WHEN YOU COME TO THE PARTY, AND
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WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR PLEASE KEEP COMING, MR CRABB TODAY, THEN THAT'S BECAUSE STICK WITH THEM. BUT OKAY. WELL, MR CRABB, I GOT YOU SO I WILL SAY THESE ELECTIONS ARE GRUESOME. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK, A LOT OF EFFORT THAT'S PUT INTO HIM AND I THINK ALL YOU GUYS ARE WORKING HARD BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY. YOU KNOW A LOT OF SWEAT, HARD WORK. TIRED NIGHTS LONG, HOT DAYS GOING TO THIS, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THIS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY MAN. IT MEANS A LOT. I'M READY TO GET TO WORK, SO THANK YOU APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO VOTED THANK YOU. MAYOR WEST. CONGRATULATIONS UM WE GO BACK A LONG WAY. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REMEMBER. BUT WHEN MY WIFE RAN FOR A TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR YOU ACTUALLY SERVED AS HER CAMPAIGN TREASURER . SO SHE IS SAD THAT SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT SHE HAS CERTAINLY THINKING OF YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU AS WELL. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD VERY MUCH TO WORKING WITH YOU AND THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL . CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF YOUR REELECTIONS LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A PRODUCTIVE, UH TERM AND LET'S GET TO WORK. ABSOLUTELY.COUNCILOR WEST ONCE AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS AND, UH I CAN'T SAY AS ME AND MIKE AND BOTH SAY IT'S A LOT EASIER WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN OPPONENT. YEAH BUT I HOPE THAT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AGO AS SMOOTHLY AS THIS ONE DID TODAY. AND WE'LL BE GETTING OUT OF HERE AT 3 30. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL ON YOUR ELECTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS. AND LIKE COUNCILMAN TURNER LIKES TO SAY I'M GONNA STEAL YOU SAYING MAN TEAMWORK MAKE THE DREAM WORK. THANK YOU. MAYOR AGAIN CAN GET CONGRATULATIONS, ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR REELECTION AND CONGRATULATIONS, MAN WEST, BUT ALSO LIKE TO MENTION STAFF STAFF IS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THEY CONTINUE DOING OUTSTANDING JOBS. ELECTIONS ARE TOUGH ON STAFF MEMBERS. YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW TOUGH IT IS FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO THEIR JOB AND YOU KNOW, AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, BUT ALSO, UH, NOT DO IT SOMETHING THAT'S OFFENSIVE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE RUN INTO IT'S TOUGH ON THEM SO I CAN SEE SOME RELIEF ON THEIR FACES TO FOR SURE, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AH A COUPLE UPDATES THE PROJECT UPDATE BUT BOOK YOU'LL BE GETTING AT THIS WEEK OR THE LIST OF ALL OUR PROJECT OF PROJECT SO WE'LL BE GETTING THAT OUT TO YOU THIS WEEK, AND UNFORTUNATELY I GOT IT. UH WE HOPE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON MEETING FOR THURSDAY. WE'VE GOT SOME GLITCHES HAPPENING THERE, SO I'LL BE LETTING YOU KNOW. HOW THAT WORKS OUT THIS AFTERNOON. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MARRIED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AGAIN MY FAVORITE KNOWS KIDDING. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS SHOULD BE FUN . I GREW UP WITH A LOT OF BROTHERS. SO THIS IS JUST A YOU KNOW FUN ACTIVITY, BUT NO MAYOR WEST IS GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME.
THIS IS A GOOD GROUP OF GENTLEMEN TO WORK WITH THEIR REALLY PRODUCTIVE AND AS IT WERE , I DON'T THINK YOU CAN OUTWORK AJ, BUT PLEASE DON'T TRY. JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. MAYOR WEST LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.
CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR WEST WAS A PLEASURE MEETING WITH YOU LAST WEEK TO HEAR YOUR VISION FOR BEAUMONT. I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE MEETINGS WITH YOU AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. IT'S JUST REALLY AN EXCITING DAY FOR ME HERE IN IN BEAUMONT, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE CITY AND MAKE IT MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE SAID JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. DO YOU WAVE ME OFF? AROUND YEAH, I'M JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO HOLLANDE COUNCIL. MAYOR WEST LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. IT'S GOING TO BE A BLAST. WELL AND I JUST I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF. THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL GOTTEN TO CERTAINLY MEET EVERYBODY UP HERE, AND, UH, EVERYBODY'S BEEN VERY WARM AND, UH, VERY HELPFUL VIRTUES. NOT IN HERE. I DON'T THINK RIGHT NOW, AND SHE HAD EVERYTHING DOWN HERE. SO EVERYTHING I GOT WRONG WAS BECAUSE I GOT IT WRONG AND I WASN'T LOOKING AT IT. SO I THINK VIRTUE AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK THE STAFF TO LOOK AT ANY POSSIBLE EFFICIENCIES WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO FOR FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE PROSPECT OF EVENING MEETINGS
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AND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE SIZE ARE DOING SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT COMING UP. AND OTHERWISE, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND MEET* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.