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AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL TODAY. TODAY'S DATES TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH 2024, TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY REVEREND JACOB SMITH WITH VICTORY TEMPLE BEAUMONT, TEXAS AND IT'S HIS FIRST TIME HERE TODAY, SO WELCOME. AND IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. HEAVENLY FATHER. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN AND PROVIDED TO US. I PRAY TODAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS MEETING THIS COUNCIL THIS LEADERSHIP OF THIS GREAT CITY WITH YOUR FAVOR YOUR WISDOM YOUR DIRECTION. TODAY I PRAY THAT IN ALL THINGS AND ALL DECISIONS OR THAT YOU'RE GLORIFIED. WE KNOW TRULY THAT IT SHORT COUNCIL YOUR WORD. THAT STANDS SURE AND REMAINS FOREVER. WE THANK YOU TODAY FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE , AND LORD WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN TIN UTU DO IN THIS GREAT CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS. AND TRULY TODAY WE ASK ALL OF THESE THINGS IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
AMEN. AMEN. PLEASURE LEADING SUPPLIER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR WEST PRESENT PROTEIN TURNER ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER FELL SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL ABSENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THANK YOU. TODAY WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS AND A PRESENTATION FROM OUR
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COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT. FIRST WE'LL HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF JANUARY AS CRIME STOPPERS AWARENESS MONTH. WHEREAS SINCE 1976 CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAMS HAVE EMPOWERED CITIZENS ACROSS OUR STATE TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST CRIME IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND WHEREAS THESE PROGRAMS BRING TOGETHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, CITIZENS AND NEWS MEDIA TO SOLVE CRIMES AND BRING CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE, AND WHEREAS IN 1981 CRIME STOPPERS OF BEAUMONT WAS STARTED AND HAS EXPANDED TO COVER JEFFERSON, ORANGE HARDEN AND JASPER COUNTIES AND WHEREAS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY CRIME SAP STOPPERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECEIVED OVER 2000 TIPS, ENDING THE YEAR OF 2023 WITH 2094 TIPS. AND WHEREAS MANY CRIME STOPPERS ORGANIZATIONS ALSO HAVE CAMPUS PROGRAMS THAT STRIVE TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY REDUCING CRIME IN SCHOOLS AND WORKING DILIGENTLY TO KEEP SCHOOL COMMUNITIES SAFE. AND EVERY YEAR THE MONTH OF JANUARY IS DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS OF CRIME STOPPERS SUCCESSES AND MOTIVATING MORE TEXANS TO GET INVOLVED IN KEEPING THEIR COMMUNITIES SAFE NOW, THEREFORE, ROY WEST MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THIS MONTH OF JANUARY AS CRIME STOPPERS AWARENESS MONTH IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGES ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO JOIN US.HE APPLAUDS ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT CRIME STOPPERS DOES. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR IS HEARING TO SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIXED SAND ON THIS STAGE, JANUARY 9TH 2024 ACCEPTING WILL BE JEREMY RAILEY, ADMINISTRATOR AND CAMPUS COORDINATOR FOR CRIME STOPPERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AND I HOST OF BOARD MEMBERS. Y'ALL COME UP AS WELL.
THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU? OKAY? HOW ARE YOU? HMM. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE. YEAH I WANT TO STAND RIGHT HERE. WE CAN GET A PICTURE. ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL IN ONE LOOK RIGHT HERE. 12 AND THREE ONE MORE 123 EXCELLENT. COME ON THERE. YES, SIR. ONE. TWO.
THREE. GOTCHA. MR RANDY FROM THEM. REAL QUICK, VERY WEST AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH
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FOR RECOGNIZING CRIME STOPPERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. BUT YOU KNOW , WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CRIME STOPPERS AND THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE STATE AND EVEN THE COUNTRY, UM WE WOULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL. THE TIPS THAT COME IN GUARANTEEING ANONYMITY. FOR ALL TIPSTERS IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR PROGRAM. BUT THE DETECTIVES OUT THERE AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR WHAT? REALLY? HELP OUR TIPS GET SOLVED. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CLOSE IT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT JUSTICE IS SERVED IRISH IS JUST A SMALL EXTRA TOOL IN THEIR TOOL BELT TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED. AND YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK OVER HERE, MISS CAROL RILEY AND EVERYTHING YOU KNOW SHE WAS A VERY, VERY INSTRUMENTAL PART OF OUR PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS AND STILL CONTINUES. TO DO THAT WITH JUST BEAUMONT PD AND I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WITH TODAY ALSO BEING NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY. THANK YOU AND THE OTHER OFFICERS THAT ARE ALL OUT THERE, UH, PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND EVERYTHING. AND AGAIN THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH . RECOGNIZING OUR PROGRAM. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, JEREMY. AND NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONALLY HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH AND CELEBRATING THE WORK ACROSS THE BORDER BY THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BEAUMONT AND THE LAKE CHARLES JUNIOR LEAGUE, WHEREAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT EXPLOITS THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG THE AMONG US AND WEAKENS THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS GENERATIONS. MORE THAN 20 YEARS SINCE THE PASSING OF THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT, HUMAN TRAFFICKING STILL EXIST, INCLUDING THE FORCED OR FRAUDULENT RECRUITMENT, HARBORING OUR TRANSPORTATION OF PEOPLE FOR LABOR OR COMMERCIAL SEX. AND WHEREAS AN ESTIMATED 27.6 MILLION PEOPLE ARE SUBJECTED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING GLOBALLY, INCLUDING CASES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTED IN EVERY US STATE AND TERRITORY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE, BUT CERTAIN POPULATIONS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY EVERY RISK, INCLUDING AFFECTED BY ABUSE, VIOLENCE, POVERTY, UNSTABLE LIVING SITUATIONS, SOCIAL, SOCIAL DISCONNECTION OR DISCRIMINATION, AND WHEREAS PEOPLE CAN BE TRAFFIC, TRAFFICKED IN PERSON AND ONLINE AND IN INDUSTRIES, SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, DOMESTIC WORK CONSTRUCTION, AGRICULTURE AND FACTORIES BY STRANGERS OR SOMEONE THEY KNOW, INCLUDING EMPLOYERS, PARTNERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. AND WHEREAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING CAN BE PREVENTED BY BUILDING INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESILIENCE, REDUCING SOCIAL INEQUITIES AND ADDRESSING CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO EXPLOITATION. AND WHEREAS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BEAUMONT TOGETHER WITH LIGHT TRIALS, JUNIOR LEAGUE WILL BE WORKING FOR WAYS TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACROSS THE BORDER AND BEYOND. FOR GOOD NOW, THEREFORE ROY WEST MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JANUARY AS NATIONAL HUMAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AND REAFFIRMS OUR COMMITMENT TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING, MAKE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN I VIGILS AND COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND BUILD DIVERSE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE. TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HEARING TO SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIXED SIGN THIS DAY, JANUARY 9TH 2024 AND ACCEPTING WILL BE MICHELLE COON MATHESON, WHO IS THE ABOLISHED CHAIR FOR THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BEAUMONT AS WELL AS YOU'RE WELCOME TO BRING UP THE OTHER JUNIOR LEAGUE MEMBERS THAT ARE WITH YOU AS WELL.YES. DID YOU HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? TODAY. ALRIGHTY ALL LOOK RIGHT HERE AND 123. WE'LL DO ONE MORE
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12 AND THREE THANK YOU COURSE. ALRIGHTY M 12 AND THREE ALRIGHT. I GOT SEVERAL.WE JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY AND WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO CREATE EVENTS THAT WILL BRING AWARENESS TO SEX TRAFFICKING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, TANYA. AND NOW WE HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE FROM LAUREN, MONA MONA AS
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DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. YOU'LL GET IT ONE OF THESE WEEKS. I KNOW I'M GETTING I'M GETTING SO CLOSE. I'M ALL AROUND THE LAST NIGHT UNTIL I GET MARRIED, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A WHOLE NEW NAME. THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON AND HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY, 9TH. SAVE THE DATE AND JOIN US FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING OF THE PROPOSED DOWNTOWN HOTEL, CONVENTION, HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT ON FEBRUARY 13TH FROM 6 TO 9 P.M. AT THE EVENT CENTER HERE FROM THE CONSULTANT, SHARE YOUR IDEAS AND MAKE YOUR THOUGHTS HEARD IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT OR WANT TO GIVE YOUR INPUT IN ADVANCE. YOU CAN ALWAYS SUBMIT IDEAS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE DOWNTOWN AND TAKE OUR PLEDGE TO SAY YOUR OBOE LEVER. BEAUMONT VISION, 2035 .COM, WHICH IS WHERE WE'LL BE UPDATING ALL THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT INFORMATION. NEW YEAR. NEW YOU. ARE YOU TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE FREE OFFERINGS AROUND THE CITY TO HELP WITH YOUR RESOLUTIONS? THE LIBRARY HAS LEARNING BACKPACKS THAT CAN BE CHECKED OUT FOR FAMILY GAME NIGHTS OR CRAFTS IN YOUR LIBRARY CARD GIVES YOU ACCESS TO MUCH MORE THAN JUST BOOKS, INCLUDING 200,000 AUDIO BOOKS IN THE LANGUAGE, LEARNING APP MANGO CATTAIL MARSH, RUN BY THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU HAS FREE WEEKLY YOGA CLASSES, KIDS, CRAFTS AND PROGRAMS AND HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS. IN THE LAKESIDE CENTER IS A FREE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR RESIDENTS WITH ART, FITNESS AND TECHNOLOGY CLASSES GEARED TOWARDS SENIORS. ALL CITIZENS ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE.EDIBLE FRUIT TREES WERE PLANTED AT PARKS AROUND THE CITY AS AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO COMBAT FOOD DESERTS. TREES WERE PLANTED AT ROGERS PARK. THINGS WERE PLANTED AT CHARLTON POLLARD, TREES WERE PLANTED IN SPROUT PARK TO PUT PEARS BACK IN PEAR, ORCHARD AND CITRIX WILL BE PLANTED AT KLEIN PARK IN A FEW WEEKS WITH THE HOPE OF ADDING SEASONAL VEGETABLES THIS SPRING. AND THE CITY WILL BE CLOSED JANUARY 15TH FOR MLK DAY. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR WEEK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR THE RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.
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NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. YOU MAY MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE OR ANY OTHER TOPIC. ADAM SIX AND SEVEN HAVE ALREADY BEEN HEARD IN PUBLIC HEARING AND THEREFORE PERSONS CANNOT SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. YOU ARE REMINDED TO THREE YOU'RE. YOU'RE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES WHEN YOU WALK UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOUR CITY. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON.AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME WILL TURN ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. VICTOR FULTON. HELLO. MY NAME IS VICTOR FULTON RESIDED IN. AH WHAT IS MY ADDRESS? 5690 JACKIE LANE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I'M ALSO THE SENIOR PASTOR SHALLOW MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AT 1995. BLANK CHIT. WHICH BRINGS ME HERE, UH, TO THE MAYOR OF THE COUNCIL. SECOND MANAGER SEE THE ATTORNEY ASSISTANCE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CITY CLERK. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I NEED TO SAY THAT REAL QUICK BECAUSE I'M REALLY, REALLY PLEASED WITH WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN DOING THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING TOGETHER WHERE YOU'RE WORKING TOGETHER. YOU'RE NOT COMING HERE. BICKERING IN OREGON KEEP IT BACK THERE AND GET OUT HERE WITH THE UNITED STATES AND PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU. REAL BIG, REAL QUICK ABOUT SERVICE AND I'M GOING TO GO LIKE THIS, UH, MARCH 23 2. APRIL 23. MY USAGE WAS 100 AT THE CHURCH 100 GALLONS. APRIL TO MAY 100 GALLONS. UM, MAY TO JUNE. 100 GALLONS. JULY TO AUGUST. 1300 GALLONS. THAT'S 1000 GALLONS MORE. REALLY DIDN'T RAISE AN EYEBROW BECAUSE, OKAY, MAYBE
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SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW. AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER. 38,000. 300 GALLONS. 300 SOUNDS RIGHT. THE 38,000. IS MORE WATER THAN IT TAKES TO FEEL AN OLYMPIC POOL. THAT SHALLOW MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WERE NOT PLACED ON AN ISLAND WITH WATER AROUND US. WE DO NOT HAVE, UM, WATER COMING UP TO THOSE CEILINGS INSIDE THE CHURCH. IF I EMPLOYED SOMEONE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO FLUSH THE SEVEN TOILETS THAT WE HAVE LOCATED IN THE CHURCH GIVEN ACCOUNT FOR THE TOWN THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE TOURIST TO REFILL. IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THIS BUILDING PERIOD IS IN IT WOULD NOT AMOUNT TO 38,000 GALLONS OF WATER. UM I REACHED OUT TO A COUNCIL MEMBER. UM I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BACK. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TOLD SOMEONE TO CONTACT ME, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BACK.I CAME UP HERE. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE AH, I TRIED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE SUPERVISOR. HE WAS NOT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, NO ONE WOULD SEE ME. I CAME UP TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND TALKED TO THE SECRETARY OF SOMEONE THERE. THEY SEND ME BACK DOWN TO TALK TO THE SUPERVISOR TO THE SUPERVISOR. SERVICE MANAGER. HE WAS ABOUT TO GO ON APPOINTMENT, SO HE SENT ME TO THE SUPERVISOR.
UM WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED. WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY HEADWAY. ABOUT THAT TIME THE GUY COMES BACK IN OR THE MANAGER COMES BACK IN. WE SIT DOWN. WE TALK HE SAYS THAT DURING THE TIME WHEN THE 1000 GALLON SPIKE HAPPENED, THEY WERE DOING SOME SERVICE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. REMEMBER THE LADY THAT WAS ON TV THAT SET HER WATER BILL WAS UP. OKAY IT WAS BY HER HOUSE. SHE HAD A WATER BILL CEMETERIES. SHE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH, AND IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT THAT THAT THAT NUMBER WAS EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH AND. FOUR MONTHS LATER. I'M STILL GOING TO BUILD FOR THE AMOUNT CHARGED ME FOR £38,000 OF WATER. NOW EITHER SOMEBODY NEED TO GIVE ME 38,000 GALLONS OF WATER, REVEREND. YEAH I APPRECIATE WE ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO SOMEBODY FROM THE FROM THE CITY WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. I APPRECIATE IT AND I'M GOING TO BE OBEDIENT. I'M GONNA GO SIT DOWN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND DAVID PETE. MHM.
DAVID PETE 6350 FASHION LINE BY MY TEXAS GREETING MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND EVERYONE, UM, I, UM SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE CITY ATTORNEY IN REGARDS TO A TO THE ITEM ITEMS ON AGENDA AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT YOU COUNSEL CANNOT RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY UNLESS IT'S ON THE AGENDA, BUT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SPEAK ON IT'S ON THE AGENDA CONCERNING FOUR OR FIVE OF THE HONOR CONSENT AGENDA CONCERNING CONSIDERATION FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THESE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. MY QUESTION TO EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THE SELECTION THAT YOU HAVE PUT FORTH HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS BEING BEING BEING, UM HAVE THEY BEEN, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO ANY TYPE OF APPLICATION OR WHERE THEY SUBJECT TO ANY VERY TO WHERE YOU ARE POINTING THEM TO THESE. THESE COMMITTEES. IF SO, THEN WHY HASN'T IT NOT BEEN MADE KNOWN TO THE COMMUNITY IF THERE'S SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON, SO I'M ASKING EACH OF YOU ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU ARE PRIVILEGED TO ANSWER THIS BECAUSE IT'S ONLY AGENDA. SO MR DURIO MR GETS, UM UM, MR JONES. EXCUSE ME, UM, PASSING ON PHIL SHAW. UM MISS SAMUELS, MISS O'NEILL. SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, AND YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT, ARE YOU VERY IN THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO APPOINT TO THESE COMMITTEES. ON ON ITEMS. E.
THROUGH ITEM L, UM, SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND, IT IS IT IS PROPER. AND IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO RESPOND, AND IT JUST TELLS ME THAT WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T RESPOND TO SOMETHING. IF IT'S NOT ONLY AGENDA VERSUS WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA, SO I ASKED, SEND IT TO THE CITY CITY ATTORNEY AND I KNOW SHE HAD A CHANCE TO RESPOND , BUT THAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO ADDRESS IT. SO I'M PUTTING IT FORTH TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE A VETTING PROCESS FOR THESE PEOPLE? WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND DURING THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BURN YOUR TIME BECAUSE WE TALK RIGHT NOW. YOU DON'T GET TO FINISH. I MEAN, THAT'S FINE. BUT I'M JUST SAYING SIMPLY SAYING WHY YOU'RE NOT RESPONDING. I MEAN, SOMEONE CAN'T RESPOND. YOU CAN GO IN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSUMER TIME, BUT IT IS PROPER.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS THING RIGHT? OKAY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SAYING, FOR EVERY TIME THAT YOU CANNOT RESPOND IF IT'S NOT ON
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THE AGENDA, AND THE ACCOUNTANT ATTORNEY HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT ONLY IF IT'S ONLY AGENDA THAT YOU CAN RESPOND TO A QUESTION FROM A CITIZEN ON A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IS OPEN. BUT EVERYBODY IS SITTING THERE AS THOUGH I MEAN, YOU KNOW SO, BUT I'M EXPECTING A RESPONSE. AFTER I COMPLETE SO MAKE SURE YOU RESPOND. THANK YOU, SIR. DENISE DOGGETT. I'M DENISE DOGGETT AND I LIVE AT 204 CALHOUN. AND I'M RIGHT OFF OF MCLEAN. IT'S A DEAD END STREET AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TURN ON COLTON TO GO LEFT. IT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GO. MY COMPLAINT IS I KNOW WE HAVE A DOG ISSUE ON MCCLEAN. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF NO MAIL. I HAVE DISTRICT SIX HAS LITERALLY TORE UP MY YARD. I HAD NO DRIVEWAY AND THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON ALL OF THIS, AND NOW THEY'RE ASKING US TO PUT IN MAILBOXES. I HAVE NO DITCH TO PUT A MAILBOX IN BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON MY STREET AND MR WEST. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE MEETING WITH THE SUPERVISOR AT THE POST OFFICE IN ANIMAL CONTROL ON FRIDAY. I JUST ASK THAT SOMEBODY NOTIFY PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE GONNA NOT DELIVER OUR MAIL AND THAT WE NEED TO GO TO WALDEN ROAD TO GET IT. AND THAT I DO HAVE DOGS. MY DOGS ARE IN MY YARD THERE FENCED AND I'M OUTSIDE WITH HIM EVERY TIME THEY GO OUTSIDE. AND SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE OF THE DITCH PROBLEM. THEY'RE NOT DONE. THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED THAT PROJECT. I NEED HELP. I CAN'T PUT A MAILBOX IN WHEN I CAN'T PUT ONE IN THAT'S WHERE I STAND.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HMM JOAN CLARKE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PARK ON CALDER. THE POLLUTION IN OUR HISTORY HISTORIC DISTRICT LEVEL NOISE IS CONSIDERED TO BE A NUISANCE, STATUTORY NUISANCES MORE THAN AN ANNOYANCE OR AN IRRITATION. IN FACT, IT IS DISTURBANCE THAT INTERFERES SIGNIFICANTLY WITH YOUR RIGHT TO ENJOY YOUR HOME. IN FACT, STATUTORY NUISANCE HAS NO FIXED LEVELS OF NOISE PARK ON CALDER GOES UP TO 8590 DECIMALS AT NIGHT LATE AT NIGHT. LOCAL ORDINANCE VARY, BUT IF YOU ARE MAKING NOISE PAST A CERTAIN HOUR OR DECIMAL LEVEL YOU YOUR NOISE CAN BE HEARD BEYOND YOUR PROPERTY LINE, AND YOU COULD BE CITED THE PARK ON COLDER MUSIC.
NOISE TRAVELS PAST ALL OF THEIR PROPERTY LINES. BEAUMONT NOISE ORDINANCE ARTICLE 12.08 EXPLAINS WHAT 70 DECIBELS SOUNDS LIKE, GET CLOSE TO YOUR WATCH MACHINE, YOUR DISHWASHER 70 DECIMALS.
YOUR VACUUM CLEANER CAN BE 70 TO 80. THESE HOUSEHOLD MACHINES MAKE MODERATE NOISE LEVELS. LONG LEFT 70 DECIMAL LEVELS FOR LONG EXTENDED PERIOD AND REPEATED EXPOSURE CAN BECOME DISTURBING TO US A 70 DUST DISABLE LEVEL SOUND CAN RAISE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE AFFECT YOUR CONCENTRATION AS WELL AS OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS. BEAUMONT, TEXAS LAW ARTICLE 1208 NOISE 12.08 0.007 EXCEPTIONS TO 1208. THE FOLLOWING ARE ACTIVITIES SHALL BE EXEMPT NOISE LEVEL ROUTE REGULATIONS. LIGHT INDUSTRY HEAVY INDUSTRY PARK ON COLDER IS NOT EITHER. HE'S NOT IN A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SO HE CAN'T CLAIM THAT EITHER. REMEMBER THE STATUTORY NUISANCE LAW DISTURBANCE THAT INTERFERE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH YOUR RIGHT TO ENJOY YOUR HOME. NO FIXED LEVELS OF NOISE REQUIRED FOR STATUTORY NUISANCE PARK ON COLDER, REFUSED TO LAWYER LOWER THEIR MUSIC, KEEPING IT WITHIN PROPERTY LINES . THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A STATUTORY NUISANCE ARE THEY BEING CITED FOR NOISE? HOW MANY CITATIONS REMEMBER, WE ARE NOT HIS CUSTOMERS. YET. THE PARK ON CALDER IS DICTATING TO THE OAK HISTORIC DISTRICT RESIDENTS WHAT MUSIC THEY HAVE TO ASSAULT WITH US WITH. REMEMBER WHILE MANY CHILDREN ARE ASLEEP, LOUD, FOUL BASE, BEATING HORN BLOWING MUSIC IS BEING PUMPED INTO THEIR SLEEPING BRAINS. WE ARE ALL TAXPAYERS WHO ARE BEING ASSAULTED WITH MUSIC THAT WE DO NOT CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO. THE PARK ON CALDER HAS EVERY RIGHT TO PLAY WHAT THEY WANT, BUT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS, THE PARK ON CALDER DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO FORCE US TO LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC. BEAUMONT MUST DO BETTER. WE SHOULD NOT BE ASSAULTED IN OUR HOMES, BED YARDS WITH FOUL MUSIC. WE DO NOT WANT TO HEAR YOU CAN HEAR THIS MUSIC 2 TO 3 BLOCKS AWAY. WE HAVE RECORDINGS OF THE MUSIC. WE HAVE NOISE MACHINES THAT READ IT. WE ARE
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BEING ASSAULTED WITH MUSIC. WE DID NOT ASK FOR THE PARK ON CALDER HAS A RESTAURANT BAR LICENSE. THEY DO NOT HAVE A CLUB LICENSE. DID BEAUMONT CITY COUNCIL GET FROM? WELL, YOU HAVE THE REST OF IT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. JAMES CALLIS. MEN OF COUNCIL MAYOR, WEST CITY STAFF AND GUESTS HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL. I AM JAMES CALLIS. LIFELONG RESIDENTS LIVE ON ROSEMARY OFF PLANT ROAD AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR ALL THE CONSIDERATION THEY GAVE ME LAST YEAR AND HOPEFULLY I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR. MY CONCERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT RED TECH HOUSES. I'M A MEMBER OF THE HOMELESS COALITION AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT DONE, BUT WE'RE STILL A LOT TO DO. SO MY ISSUES TODAY THIS IS THE CURRENT LIST OF RED TAG HOUSES ABOUT 403 174 TO BE EXACT. THIS IS A LIST OF THE HOUSES CITY TORE DOWN LAST YEAR, APPROXIMATELY $5000 A HOUSE. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED TO REBUILDING SOME OF THESE HOUSES. THIS IS 70 HOUSES TORN DOWN. THIS IS A LIST OF THE HOUSES THAT WERE REHABBED AND THERE'S ACTUALLY PEOPLE IN THEM. NOW MY HOUSE IS THE SECOND ONE ON THE LIST. I'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO GET ONE COMPLETED SO FAR. I HAVE FOUR TO MY OWN. AND TO THAT I AM THE MASTER PLUMBER ON SO I'M ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION, AND I MUST HAVE MISSED THE MEETING. UH CHARLIE CRAIG TOLD ME ABOUT IT OUT IN THE HALL. BUT IF WE'VE GOT TO HAVE PLUMBING IN THE SHELTERS FOR THE HOMELESS IT SHOULD BE A LOT EASIER TO HAVE THEM IN THESE HOUSES AND THESE HOUSES MAKE THE BEST. WHAT WE CALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR THERE TO BE CONSIDERATION BEYOND JUST SETTING THE HOUSES OUT AS RED TAG AND DEMOLISHING THEM. UM THERE IS A COST. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS SUBSIDIZING IT. BUT NONETHELESS, THERE WAS A COST. I'D LIKE TO BRING THIS ATTENTION JUST TO THE ATTENTION OF THIS IS THE COST OF OUR WATER , METER AND SEWER. I JUST BOUGHT A WATER METER. FOR ONE OF MY PROJECT. I GOT BAD CHEAP. I PAID 1000 $49 THERE NOW $1570 FOR A ONE INCH TAP. AND THE WONDERS TAP IS REALLY A LOT OF WATER. SO AND THE SEWER TAPS NOW ARE 1820. NOW UH, I KNOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH AN INFLATION AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHY THE CITY RAISE THESE RATES. NOW WHEN I WORK OUTSIDE THE CITY, THESE THINGS COST EQUIVALENT SOMETIMES MORE. BUT THE LAST THING I WOULD LEAVE YOU WITH THE SCOUT ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS HAVING ITS 100TH MEETING. THIS COMING SATURDAY. THE 27TH.WE'RE TRYING FOR A PROCLAMATION LIKE THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS AND WE DID GET A RESULT FROM THE CITY. BUT THEY DIDN'T SEEM LIKE WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE PROCLAMATION. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'D LIKE. SO I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT. BUT I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR ALL THAT THEY DID FOR ME DIRECTLY AND THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. CHARLIE CRAP.
LEFT LOU MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME'S CHARLIE GRAB. I LIVE AT 928 EAST DRIVE. UH 77706 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE. IT'S ANOTHER NICE DAY IN BEAUMONT, OUR TOWN SAY, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE YEAH. OH YEAH, THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD CONCERN. JUST AFTERNOON. UH THAT HEARD AND WE NEED A GOOD ARM OMBUDSMAN. I MAY BE THE MAN. OKAY LET'S GO ON WITH SOME LITTLE IN THIS HERE. 00 I WANT TO MENTION THEY PATCH ON NORTH PEARL IN FRONT OF ST MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE PARKING LOT. CAME OUT REAL SMOOTH AS FAULT IS KING. UH WHAT ABOUT FOURTH STREET? THIS IS A COMPLETION MONTH I TURNED SOUTH ON FOURTH STREET FROM COLLEGE.
OTHER DAY EXPERIENCE A VERY SMOOTH DRIVE TO CALL THE STREET. I DID NOT HAVE TO GUIDE MY CAR DOWN TO CORALIE BECAUSE FOURTH WE'RE SO SMOOTH MY CAR ALSO LIKED A LITTLE SQUARE FLAPS ON THE ON THE ON THE STREET RATHER THAN THE LINES. AVENUE C AND AVENUE A COULD STILL USE A FACELIFT. UM I'M RECOMMENDING, UM, I ENTERED A HALF ASPHALT. AND COUNCILMAN DARIO. WOULD YOU
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LOOK INTO THAT FOR ME? LET'S SEE. ALL THE EDIBLE CITRUS TREES. IN THE PARKS A GREAT IDEA. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PICK. I HOPE THEY'RE SEPTIMUS. YEAH. OKAY I JUST HAVE A LITTLE LITTLE TIME LEFT. I'D LIKE TO, UH, READ THE LYRICS OF A FAVORITE SONG OF MAN. I SEE TREES OF GREEN RED ROSES, TOO. UH, I SEE THEM BLOOM FOR ME AND YOU AND I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD I SEE SKIES OF BLUE AND CLOUDS OF WHITE AND BRIGHT BLESSED DAYS AND DARK, SACRED NIGHTS I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD BECAUSE THE RAINBOW SO PRETTY IN THE SKY . ALSO ON THE FACES OF PEOPLE GOING BY SEA, FRIENDS SHAKING HANDS SAYING, HOW DO I? HOW DO YOU DO THERE REALLY SAYING I LOVE YOU? YEAH. AND I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD I HEAR BABIES CRY, WATCHED HIM GROW THAT THEY'LL LEARN MUCH MORE THAN I'LL EVER KNOW. I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD YES, I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD. OKAY? YEAH. THOSE WHO WERE RECORDED BY LOUIS ARMSTRONG. MR CRABB MORE MORE OF THAT STORY LATER. ALBERT HARRISON. ALBERT HARRISON. PROTEIN TO 1240, ACTUALLY, HAVEN'T YOU GOT MY TEXAS MIRROR CITY COUNCIL. BUT CITY STAFF CONCERNED CITIZENS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ONE OF MY COMMENTS PERTAINING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA TO WHEREAS I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING ON CHANGING DAYS OR. FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WOULD LIKE TO BASICALLY STATE THAT ON THAT PARTICULAR ARTIST, I VOTED AGAINST IT. I DO NOT THINK THAT CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME IS TRANSPARENT ENOUGH TO GO TO CALL SOME MEETINGS A MONTH. I THINK IT SHOULD BE. MAYBE TWO A WEEK REALLY. TO BE HONEST ABOUT IT. OTHER COMMENTS IS BASIC PERTAINING TO. SIS I'M DOWN TO ONE VEHICLE NOW. AND HOW IT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIAL TRANSIT SYSTEM OUTSIDE FIT SO I CAN WRITE IT FREE. THE WAIT TIME FOR COIN TO GET SCHEDULED ON THAT PARTICULAR TRANSIT SYSTEM. LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON ON THAT GREAT TIME HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND 10 MINUTES. THE SHORTEST TIME I'VE BEEN ON IT. IT'S BEEN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. SO MY IN MY OPINION, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE TO WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT SO LONG TO GET TOLD. SOMETIMES THERE'S NOTHING AVAILABLE FOR YOU FOR THE TIME. YOU NEED TO GO AWAY WHERE YOU GOTTA GO. BROTHER. COMMENT IS PERTAINING JEW. WATER PRESSURE. MY PARTICULAR HOME. FOR SOME REASON THAT ANOTHER I HAVE A COMMODE. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE PUSH BUTTON TYPE COMMODES. I HAD A PLUMBER TO COME OUT. HE TOLD ME THE WATER PRESSURE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO OPERATE THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF COMMODITY. I NOTICING WALKING HERE? I DID WALK HERE, SO I PASSED IN FRONT OF JULIE WATERS THEATER. I NOTICED THAT ONLY ONE OF THE PUMPS THAT PUMP WATER UP HE'S WORKING GOVERNMENT IS NOT SO IT TELLS ME. EVEN. CITY DOESN'T HAVE DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH WATER PRESSURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. JEROME ALEXANDER. YEAH, NO GOOD AFTERNOON, HAVING NEW YEAR'S DAY EVERYBODY DRAMAS ON 1118 LEVEL ON SPEED. BEAUMONT, TEXAS SEVEN SOMETHING SOMETHING YOU WERE ONE COME AND SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT LAST TIME. I CAME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, COUNCIL MATERNAL WE HAD TALKING. OH YOU YOU, MR. MR. SAM YOU GOT OFFENDED TO THE POINT TO WHERE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE[00:35:04]
FOOTBALL ORGANIZATION WHERE THIS ONE WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN THEY WHEN THE CAMPAIGN EVERYTHING'S GOING ON. THE MAYOR TOLD ME WE'RE HAVING TO GET THE FOOTBALL. THE SCHOOL BOARD FIXED. MR SAMIMI. HE TRIED TO HELP ME GET THE, UH THE FIELD BACK, WHICH HE ASKED ME DID I HAVE INSURANCE BECAUSE I HAD A FOUL OUT WITH THE CAPTAIN AT THE MEETING WITH MR GETS WASN'T AT THE HOMELESS MEAN HE CAME UP AND HE HAD WAS THE PROBLEM AND I TOLD HIM WHAT PROBABLY TRYING TO TAKE THE FIELD FOR BECAUSE WE DON'T GOT NO MONEY TO GIVE TO HIM, RIGHT? AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE MONEY ISSUES, SO THEY WHEN I CAME, HE ASKED ME TO SAY HE HE ASKED THE MAN TO SEND THEM EMAILS. HE NEVER SENT HIM AN EMAIL. SO HE ASKED ME TO BRING THE INSURANCE I BROUGHT. THE INSURANCE OF YOUR TUNING WAS HAVING A MEETING. SO I BROUGHT THE INSURANCE WHEN I BROUGHT THE INSURANCE SAID WELL, JEROME, I DON'T THINK I REALLY DO NOTHING BECAUSE WE AIN'T A PART OF SALVAGE STORM. I SAY THEY'RE BEGINNING DONATIONS SOLD AND I WENT TO THE MIDDLE ACTUALIZING.SURE WE HAD A PROBLEM. I DEFEATED ROME. I'M GONNA TRY TO HELP. SO HE ASKED ME IF THEY WOULD SEND ME THE EMAIL UP TO WHAT? YOUR QUESTION YOU NEED TO ASK. I SAID, BECAUSE THEY GET MONEY, BUT WE'RE NOT. THE KEY IS NOT GETTING NO PROGRAM. WE DON'T GET ENOUGH. THEY'RE GETTING MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THE PROGRAM WAS NOTHING GOING ON. SO IT'S STILL NOT GOING ON. SO WHEN I CAME UP YOUR BROTHER IS THE REASON WHY I CAME UP BECAUSE THEY PROMISED SOME THINGS. AND NOW THE THINGS HE DID RECEDED. BUT WHEN I CAME AND I TOLD YOU ABOUT AS A LEADER, BUT AS A LEADER IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, I WANT TO KNOW WHY THAT I WOULD GO AND SAY, WHY WE WHY WOULD YOU TAKE THE FIELD AWAY FROM WHAT'S THE REASON HE TOLD HIM? BECAUSE IT WAS TRASH RIGHT? WE TRASHED THE FIELD, OKAY? I WAITED FOR THAT. I'VE SEEN THEM PICTURES AND SHOWS I'VE SEEN HIM PITCHING AND SHOWED ME EVERY TIME AFTER THE GAME. IT WAS CLEANED UP. I'VE SEEN HIM THE OTHER DAY PIGEON. THEN I TOLD YOU CAN GO ASK THE CHURCH MAN ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE I MADE SHOW YOU LET'S USE THE PARKING LOT. EVERYTHING WAS CLEAN, SO THEY KEPT USING EXCUSES, EXCUSES. SO THE AS A COMMUNITY WE DON'T THE KIDS DON'T HAVE NOWHERE TO GO AFTER SCHOOL, BROTHER SO NOW I WANT TO KNOW WHY. THAT'S WHY I CAME AS LEADERS. JUST SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND ASKED HIM WHY WE CAN'T USE THE FIELD NO MORE. GOT TO FEEL FOR US. WE DIDN'T HAVE NO PROBLEM THEN WHEN HE CAME OVER THERE, CAPTAIN BAGAN. NOW SOME MONIES. I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT USING ITS NO BOXING. THERE'S NO FOOTBALL IS NOTHING. SO WHAT IS THEY THERE FOR? SO I JUST AS I COME AND ASK YOU OUT FOR Y'ALL HELP Y'ALL HELP ME. I GUESS THE BITS BUT Y'ALL CAN, BUT I'M ASKING YOU ALL JUST LOOK AT THESE. SOMEBODY NEED TO TALK TO HIM AND SEE WHAT THERE IS. AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. SCOTT ANDREWS. THE MAYOR WILL WHISK CONGRATULATIONS INTO THE COUNCIL. I THANK YOU FOR THE PLEASURE OF BEING SPEAKING TODAY. THIS PAST FRIDAY AT 9 A.M. APPROXIMATELY NINE IN THE MORNING I WAS RIDING ON THE CORRECT SIDE OF ROAD I'M HOT NATURE. I'M A U S. NAVY DISABLED BIT. I'M GONNA DISCHARGE I'M NOT A FELON. AND I WAS STRUCK BETWEEN 45 AND 15 MILES AN HOUR, BUT SOMEONE DIDN'T BLOW HORN. END UP MERCEDES GENTLEMAN DID NOT HIT AND RUN. NEVER KNOWN WHO HIT ME OR WHAT HIT ME WAS NO RPG COMBAT, BUT I MADE SURE IN THE NAVY NOT A FELON. AND. HE FELT REMORSE. HE STOPPED AND COLD PRECINCT WAS THERE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES TOOK ME TO SIGN A LITTLE BIT. THEY SAVED MY LIFE. YESTERDAY I SPENT ALL DAY LIKELY THE BAKKIE IN HOUSTON HAVE A BROKEN RIB HERE. MY STARRING WAS CRACKED MY ANKLES SWELL SO BAD. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE THIS PAST WEEK. I WENT THROUGH MORE PAIN SINCE I DID BLACK OP IN OVERSEAS AND WAS IN A COMA WHEN THEY PULLED THE PLUG ON ME AND PRONOUNCE ME DEAD. I BOMBED OUT THE RISK FOR EVERYBODY. GRACE OF GOD WALKED OUT THAT PLACE THAT DAY. BUT TODAY ON THE WAY WALKING TO GO AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, I APOLOGIZE. I STARTED MY NOSE, BROKEN ME AND BROKEN HIS GAME BEGGARS 2.5 YEARS AGO. VIOLET WAS SENT BACK TO WASHINGTON STATE AND MURDERED. I WAS ATTACKED BY A GANG BANGER ACCUSED ME OF KILLING ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. JOHNNY THOMASON MECHANIC WHO WAS MURDERED. HIS BODY WAS FOUND SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA. SO I ASK YOU. GOD MEANS GOOD ON HIS DIRECTION. YOU LIKE MORIMOTO, AND I RESPECT YOU. YOU HAVE GRAY HAIR. YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO GET IT. WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE PEOPLE ARE USING ETHNIC BACKGROUND. WE ALL INSIDE YOUR VEINS. ALL OUR BLOOD IS PROBABLY WHEN IT MEETS AIR. ONLY THING I GOT THE GUY WANTED TO KILL ME. KILL ME OF MURDER WHEN I RESPECT AUTHORITY. WAS ALMOST GOT HIS AS KILLED. EXCUSE MY ENGLISH. BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE FIGHTING EROSION YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IN THE WORLD IS HAVING DIRK OLD CAST IRON SEWER COLLAPSING INTO THE CAST IRON FOR LIVES. AND YOU TAKE YOUR WATER TO CULLIGAN MAN WILL TEST IT AND FIND OUT WHAT ELEMENTS HARMING PEOPLE. SO I ASK YOU, PLEASE. THERE ARE MORE PLACES AND IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. I'M NOT PLAYING HERE PLAYING A BLAME GAME HOLD PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS. WHEN THERE'S ONE PLACE TO TREAT US BEST, AND
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YOU'RE ALL BET. LOOK AT OUR AS SERVANTS. YOU HAVE MORE PLACES TO TREAT DOGS HERE. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET A LITTLE RESPECT THAT WE GIVE YOU? THE OFFICERS SHOWED UP. I CAME TO COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'M LATE. I APOLOGIZE. I'LL MAKE THIS BRIEF. WHEN YOU GONNA STAND UP AND SAY ALL LIVES OR NOT A DEFICIT TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND I'M NOT KNOCKING CHINA GET ACUPUNCTURE, BUT THE, UH WELL MY ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC REALIZE YOUR LIFE IS PRICELESS. MINUS TWO INSTEAD OF DO IS WRITE AND QUIT. JUST ONE MEETING. I CAME HERE ONE DAY AND THEN WE MOVED TO ASK, COULD I PROVE I FROM MEMORY QUALITY PARAMETER CONSTITUTION? SHE NEVER SAID A WORD. THE COUNCILMAN SIT THERE AND ARGUE THE REST OF THE MEETING. ABOUT WHAT? THE BEAUMONT THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ABOUT THE MEETING TIME. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT STAND UP TO SPEAK? WHOSE NAME I DID NOT CALL BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. I HAVE NO ONE[CONSENT AGENDA]
MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? DON'T MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.ANY DISCUSSION YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER THAN COUNCILMAN GETS, UH, QUESTIONS. PROFESSIONAL CITY ATTORNEY. IS IT APPROPRIATE IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS ON THESE SKITS? CITY COUNCIL DATES TOO. VOTE NOW MOVE IT SEPARATELY AND DISCUSS IT. YOU'D HAVE TO PULL THE ITEM TO DISCUSS IT SEPARATELY, SO YOU CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO IT. OKAY WELL, I WILL LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEE IF I CAN GET SOME SUPPORT REMOVAL ITEM AND APPROVED OF SIMPLY DUE TO THE DATE THAT DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THREE SCHEDULED MEETING DATES A DAY BEFORE A DAY AFTER A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO ITEM B. YES, MA'AM. ITEM B. I APOLOGIZE. SO COUNCILMAN SAMUEL MADE THE MOTION SO EITHER HE WOULD NEED TO AMEND HIS MOTION TO HAVE IT BOTH SEPARATELY. OR, UM, I WILL AMEND MY MOTION TO APPROVED CONSENTED ITEM EXCEPT B AND WE WILL VOTE ON B SEPARATELY. THAT'S MY MOTION. THANK YOU. A COUNCILMAN DARIO. COUNCILMAN GET, UH. MS RAID IS AN APPROPRIATE THAT I CAN RESPOND TO MR PETE AT THIS TIME. YES, SIR. MR PETE. UH WHEN I POINT SOMEBODY ON ONE OF THE COMMISSION'S OR ONE OF THE BOARDS THAT WE HAVE APPOINTMENT ABILITY TO DO SO I DO KNOW THE PERSON BETTER THE PERSON MYSELF, SO THAT'S THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. COUNCILMAN FELL SHOW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. UH TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE WERE NOT TO RESPOND. COULD YOU BRING A LITTLE CLARITY TO THAT FOR MR PETE? PERHAPS WE CAN AND I JUST MISUNDERSTOOD AND I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW THAT I RECEIVED THE EMAIL YET, BUT IN RESPONSE TO MR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHY COUNCIL DOESN'T RESPOND TO COUNSEL COMMENTS ARE COUNCIL. UM SORRY. PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE, UM, WHILE THEY'RE SPEAKING. BUT IT'S OUR GENERAL PRACTICE THAT A WE DON'T RESPOND, DOING THEIR COMMENTS TO ALLOW FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR FULL THREE MINUTES AND SO THERE'S NO BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT. ALSO FOR OPEN MEETING PURPOSES, COUNCIL CAN ONLY RESPOND TO POSTED ITEMS, WHICH IS WHY I WAS APPROPRIATE FOR COUNCILMAN GETS TO RESPOND TO AN ITEM THAT WAS POSTED GENERALLY, WHEN THEIR QUESTIONS FROM UM THE PUBLIC THAT DEAL WITH A, UM, ITEM THAT IS POSTED COUNCIL WILL TRY TO EITHER GET THAT INFORMATION FROM STAFF OR ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS DURING THIS PROCESS RIGHT NOW. SO UM, TECHNICALLY LEGALLY AFTER THE CITIZEN IS FINISHED WITH THEIR THREE MINUTES IF THEY ADDRESS A POSTED, ADAM COULD WE COMMENT THEN? YES UM, HIGH RATE HAS BEEN OUR PRACTICE NOT TO ENCOURAGE A DIALOGUE BETWEEN COUNCIL AND CITIZENS JUST TO AVOID, UM GETTING OFF TRACK. UM SOMETIMES THAT CONVERSATION COULD GO BEYOND THE POSTED ITEM AND TO AVOID THAT IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN EQUAL THREE MINUTES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A CITIZENS AT THE PODIUM AND THEY ASKED THE QUESTION, AND YOU ANSWERED, IT BECOMES REALLY HARD FOR THE CLERK AT THAT TIME TO DECIPHER WHETHER OR NOT THEY SPOKE FOR THREE FULL THREE MINUTES, AS OPPOSED TO YOU ALL HAD A CONVERSATION FOR THREE MINUTES. WE ALLOW OUR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OUR CITIZENS, OUR GUESTS TO SPEAK FOR A FULL THREE MINUTES IN SO IF SHE HAS TO STOP THE CLOCK EVERY TIME YOU ARE COUNCIL PERSON WANTS TO RESPOND AND THEN RESTART THE CLOCK EVERY TIME THE ANSWER A QUESTION. TECHNICALLY THEY'RE GETTING MORE THAN THE FULL THREE MINUTES AND ANOTHER PERSON AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO AGAIN ALLOW FOR CONSISTENCY AND FAIRNESS AND ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN WITH EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN
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WHICH MAKES FOR A VERY LONG MEETING. THANK YOU. AND TO MR P. PLEASE KNOW THAT WHEN I MAKE APPOINTMENTS ALSO, AS COUNCILMAN GETS SAID, I DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM A PAWNING. CITIZENS THAT ARE HIGHLY RESPECTED AND QUALIFIED, AND IF SOMEONE'S NOT SERVING, AS PERHAPS THEIR SCHEDULE WOULD IF THEY'RE NOT SERVING LIKE THEY NEED TO, PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THEIR SCHEDULE. I DON'T REAPPOINT. I HAVEN'T REAPPOINTED SOME PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE SCHEDULE MAY MAY NOT ALLOW THEM TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS LIKE THEY SHOULD. AND SO, AS COUNCILMAN GETS SAID, I DO THE BEST I CAN. THANK YOU, MARY. COUNCILMAN DORIA. YEAH TWO QUESTIONS OF ONE YEAR, MR PETE. ME ME AS WELL. BECAUSE WHEN WE APPOINT PEOPLE TO THESE COMMITTEES THERE, MY REPRESENTATIVE, SO I'M VERY I'M NOT MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF MYSELF AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB FOR THE CITY ON THAT COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO THOSE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS THAT'S TOTALLY UP TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CORRECT. SO SOME OF THE, UM ORDINANCES THAT ALLOW FOR A BETTER ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE OR THE SORRY THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE DO HAVE CRITERIA FOR THE INDIVIDUAL. JUST USE IT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE TOURISM BOARD ACTS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF APPOINTMENTS, BUT GENERALLY THE APPOINTMENTS ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF COUNCIL AND ALSO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN APPOINTMENT, WE DO IT EVERY YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL IN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE APPOINTED TO A CERTAIN COMMITTEE COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TERMS FOR COMMITTEES TYPICALLY RAMP ABOUT TO 22 YEARS. SO SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2026 WILL BE THE END OF THIS NEXT CYCLE. SO THEY SHOULD ACTUALLY EMAIL YOU BEFORE, OKAY? I WOULD SIMPLY SAY MANY OF MY APPOINTMENTS ARE FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAS ASKED ME TO SERVE IN SOME CAPACITY AND I MAKE THE DECISION AND STAND WITH DECISIONS THAT I MADE IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS IT THERE IF THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS, UH THEN I NORMALLY APPOINTED. AND LASTLY, MR PETERMAN RESPOND TO YOU OUT OF RESPECT, AND THEY GOT HOWEVER, RESPECT FOR YOU. MOST OF MY APPOINTMENTS ARE HIGHLY VETTED, BUT I DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE REQUESTED AND I HAVE LITERALLY SWITCHED ALMOST 80 90% OF MY APPOINTMENTS . SO I HAVE A COMPLETELY NEW APPOINTMENTS AND I DID THE FIRST TERM. I FEEL LIKE WE GOT A LOT OF TALENT IN BEAUMONT. I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY DESERVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. AND ALSO MR PETE I'VE RECEIVED I RECEIVED A NUMBER OF REQUESTS AND VETTED ALL THE APPOINTMENTS THAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MAKE AS MAYOR SINCE I GOT ELECTED, SO AND SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING CONSENT AGENDA. REMOVING OUT ON B, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE, UH, THE READING OF ADAM B. BEGIN WITH ONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPROVING A CALENDAR FOR THE PHYSICAL YEAR. 2024 CITY COUNCIL MAYBE, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, BUT WITH DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER UH, THE ONLY CASE I KIND OF WANT TO PLEAD TO THE COUNCIL AND MAKE SURE WE REALLY TAKE THIS AND STRONG CONSIDERATION IS YOU HAVE PRESIDENT'S DAY ON 219 TO 19TH AND WE HAVE A MEETING. LITERALLY ON THE 20TH FOLLOWING PRESIDENT'S DAY THE SECOND AND THAT'S THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY. THE SECOND NATIONAL HOLIDAY IS JUNETEENTH. YOU HAVE JUNETEENTH AND YOU HAVE A MEETING LILY A DAY. AFTER A DAY BEFORE JUNETEENTH AND THE THIRD ONE IS LABOR DAY IN SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE LABOR DAY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND AND WE HAVE A COUNCILMAN. BUT COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD. I JUST WANT COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. WE HAVE STAFF THEY HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THESE MEANS IN HOLIDAYS, THEY OFTEN TAKE OUT TAKE OFF. I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SHOW A LITTLE APPRECIATION TO OUR STAFF. BUT THEY CAN BE BETTER PREPARED FOR OUR MEETING. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE THE FEBRUARY 20 MEETING, WHICH IS THE DAY AFTER 2 FEBRUARY 27TH THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE JUNE 18TH MEETING WAS THE DAY BEFORE JUNETEENTH TO JUNE 25TH THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY. AND THE SEPTEMBER 3RD ME 2 SEPTEMBER 10TH, WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY AND REALLY OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE CITIZENS, AND IT'S A HOLIDAY. IF THEY'RE TRAVELING, THEY CAN'T MAKE IT IN STAFF THAT MAY BE TRAVELING AND CELEBRATING FOR THE HOLIDAY, AND[00:50:04]
I'LL JUST ASK COUNSEL TO STRONGLY CONSIDER THAT. COUNCILMAN FELL SHOW. FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE COUNSELING. TURNER'S CONCERNED I. THAT'S THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT HAS TO BE LOOKED AT IT. COULD THE CITY MANAGER SPEAK TO THIS ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF? IS THIS A ISSUE FOR THEM? I'M SURE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A HOLIDAY SPECIAL. THE SECOND TIER WHAT I WOULD CALL SECOND TIER HOLIDAYS LIKE PRESIDENT'S DAY. THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BUT THE OTHERS, I THINK, ARE ONES THAT DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED. BUT COULD YOU SPEAK TO THIS FOR US AND HELP US AS A COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND? IS THIS AN ISSUE? SURE COUNCILMAN AFFAIR SHOW AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ATTORNEY FOR BEING CONSIDERATE STAFF THAT THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR. UH IN THE PAST, WE'VE STAYED AWAY FROM DAVID DAYS BEFORE THEY AFTER COUNCIL MEETING, BUT NOW WE HAVE A NEW AGENDA PREPARATION SYSTEM, WHICH ALLOWS US TO GET IT DONE QUICKER AND EASIER, AND IT TAKES LESS PLANNING THAN IT DID IN THE PAST . LIKE UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DAYS. WE CAN GET IT DONE AND THE WEEK BEFORE, SO IT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT IN THAT RESPECT TO STAFF ANYMORE FOR ITS PREPARATION. TIME IS NOT NOW IT DOES IMPACT IF SOMEONE'S TRAVELING THE DAY BEFORE THE DAY AFTER FOR SURE, BUT FOR ITS PREPARATION WITH THIS NEW, UM, MY COLORED AUTOMATED AGENDA PARK SYSTEM WE CAN'T WE GET IT DONE. AND YOU KNOW BAD OF OURS NOW, THE WEEK BEFORE. COUNCILMAN GETS COUNCILMAN SAMUEL AFTER THAT, I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES AND AUTOMATING OUR SYSTEM. BUT I THOUGHT THE WHOLE REASON THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING GOING TO EVERY OTHER WEEK WAS BECAUSE IT WAS TAKEN A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO PREPARE THE AGENDAS AND UM. IF WE'VE ACTUALLY IMPROVED THAT ABILITY. WOW. ARE WE CONSIDERING GOING TO EVERY OTHER WEEK? NOW? IT'S NOT SO MUCH. THE STAFF TIME FOR PREPARATION OF THE GENDER IS JUST F TIME IN GENERAL, THAT IT FREES US UP TO DO THINGS THAT WORK ON OTHER PROJECTS. IT WASN'T JUST THE PREPARATION OF THE AGENDA THAT THAT'S A SMALL PART OF WHAT WE DO AND SOME SITUATIONS. BUT THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE THE THREE NIGHT MEETINGS IN THERE FOR SUGAR AND WE WERE CONSIDERATE OF NEW YEAR'S EVE. IT WAS ON, UH, THE DAY BEFORE A COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE, WE, UH, THEN SAID THAT ONE FOR THAT PARTICULAR REASONS.WELL YOU KNOW WHAT WE'LL DO IS COUNCIL PLEASES, BUT THOSE DATES SHOULDN'T GREATLY IMPACT STAFF.
CALCIUM SAMUEL. WELL UH UM, SEEN THESE CALENDARS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW? UM AND WHEN I ACCEPTED THE POSITION, UH, TO SERVE IT WASN'T SO MUCH ABOUT ME, BUT IT WAS ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT JUST KNOWING NOW, UM I'M A LITTLE OLDER AND FOR ME TO REMEMBER IS THAT EVERY 2ND AND 4TH TUESDAY OR IS IT THE 1ST AND 3RD TUESDAY OR ALWAYS HAVING A MEETING THIS DAY, AND I'M THINKING CITIZENS THEY KNOW THERE WAS A TIME ALL THIS TIME THEY KNOWN TUESDAY'S NORMALLY THERE WERE MEETINGS. I CAN UNDERSTAND. WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A MEETING JUST TO HAVE A MEETING. UM, BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE. THE KNOWLEDGE OF JUST GETTING INTO THE HABIT AND KNOWING WHEN THERE IS A COUNCIL MEETING WOULD BE TO THEIR BENEFIT. BUT IT'S NOT FROM OUR CONVENIENCE. WE'VE HAD COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR CHRISTMAS AFTER CHRISTMAS. OTHER HOLIDAYS SO FOR ME THAT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY. SO IT'S WHAT. BEST TO GET THE MOST PEOPLE HERE. AND IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THIS ONE OF THOSE DAYS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A MEETING? IS THIS THE SECOND TUESDAY? UH SO IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. BUT IN MY THINKING. WHAT IS GOING TO BE BEST FOR THE CITIZENS? AND THEY NEED TO HAVE A PRETTY STANDARD IDEA OF WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING. COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS OUGH COUNCILMAN SAM YOU ARE YOU? ARE YOU THEN SUPPORTING CONSISTENCY, AS IN EVERY MONTH IS THE SECOND AND. WELL. 2ND 4TH TUESDAY OF
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THE MONTH OR YOU ADVOCATING FOR WEEKLY MEETINGS. OKAY? I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH BIWEEKLY. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH WEEKLY MEETING. WHAT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS NOT BEING CONSISTENT BECAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT NOW IT'S FIRST . NO IT'S 1ST AND 3RD. 1ST 3RD AND 5TH. YES, FIFTH SO THAT'S IT. IF IT'S EVERY TUESDAY. I KNOW EVERY TUESDAY, I GOT TO BE HERE. BUT IS THIS THE FIRST TUESDAY OR EXISTED? SECOND TUESDAY. SOME PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT. I DO. BUT I WRITE IT DOWN. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM, MAN. SO YOU'RE JUST CALLING FOR CONSISTENCY. I JUST WANT CONSISTENCY. OKAY AND COUNCILMAN DURIO. UH, UM, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE ABOUT THIS. DIDN'T THE CITIZENS VOTE FOR THIS ON DURING THE CHARTER BOAT? SO THE CHARTER WAS AMENDED TO SAY THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD MEET AS NECESSARY AS OPPOSED TO MEETING EVERY TUESDAY. THE PREVIOUS LANGUAGE CALLED FOR EVERY TUESDAY THE LANGUAGE WAS AMENDED TO SAY AS UNNECESSARY AND ALSO ON THESE HOLIDAYS. PRESIDENT'S DAY IS THAT A DAY THAT THE STAFF IS OFF? ARE THEY OFF ON PRESIDENT'S DAY? YES, SIR. YES, THEY ARE OKAY. BUT NONE OF THESE ARE SET ON HOLIDAYS, RIGHT? NO, SIR.RIGHT. BUT. THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO ADD, AS I KNOW MY LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, I ASSUME THAT HAVING EVENING MEETINGS WOULD BE BETTER. AND YET WE HAD A POLL.
THAT WE USED HERE IN THE CITY AND PEOPLE CHOSE DATA MEETINGS OVER EVENING MEETINGS. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHERE I THOUGHT SOMETHING IN AND I REALIZED THAT I AGREE WITH YOU.
I'VE BEEN HERE ON TUESDAYS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE MEETINGS AND PEOPLE SHOW UP ON TUESDAYS BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS. BUT I WILL SAY, I THINK WE'RE JUST MOVING. WE'RE IN A TIME NOW THAT PEOPLE WILL NEED YOU KNOW THE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED UP HERE, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND ALWAYS IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. IT IS NOT. IT'S NOT PERFECT, AND I REALIZED PEOPLE GET IN ROUTINES. BUT I DO THINK THAT THE EFFICIENCY THAT IT CAN HELP WITH THE STAFF NOT HAVING TO SPEND TIME IN WEEKLY MEETINGS AND, UH AND ALSO WHEN WE CAN CONSOLIDATE SO, YES, COUNCILMAN, AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT WAS A PART OF THAT. I FOUND OUT THIS MORNING. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ITS FIRST. THIRD AND SO THE FIFTH ONE IS GONNA BE A NIGHT MEETING AS IS THAT CORRECT WAS IN EVERY TIME THERE'S A FISH TUESDAY. THAT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHT MEETING. THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM COUNCIL LAST MEETING, SO THAT'S IN LINE TO BE WITH. YOU HAVE THE NIGHTLY QUARTERLY MEETING THAT COUNCIL HAD ALREADY INITIATED. SO THAT WAS JUST TO KEEP US ON SCHEDULE. WE HADN'T SO THAT THEY WOULD BE PROPERLY ADVERTISED THAT SAYING I CAN. I CAN REMEMBER THAT I WAS HOPING TO REVERSE IT SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE NEVER SO I'M SORRY.
SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT'S, UH , IT'S THE 1ST AND 3RD 2 STEVE EVERY MONTH AND THE FIFTH TUESDAYS ARE NOT MEETING AND THAT'S THE CONSISTENCY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. BUT I UNDERSTAND THIS YEAR. THERE'S NOT THAT LAST ONE BECAUSE IT WAS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THAT ONE. IT SHOULD BE EVERY FIFTH TUESDAY. THERE'S A NIGHT MEETING YES, EVERY 1ST AND 3RD TUESDAY THERE'S A DAY MEETING CORRECT. AND MAYOR MAYOR EVEN EVEN IF WE HAVE A HOLIDAY ON A MONDAY, WE DO NOT PREPARE. WE GET OUR PACKETS AND OUR OUR AGENDA AND EVERYTHING THROUGH THE WEEK AND WE POST ON FRIDAY. SO EVEN IF WE HAD A HOLIDAY ON A MONDAY, UM THAT STILL DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH US HAVING A TUESDAY MEETING BECAUSE EVEN IF SOMEONE WAS OUT OF TOWN THEY'RE JUST OUT OF TOWN. HMM. SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN UREA SO AS FAR AS CONSISTENTLY GOES, YOU LOOK OUT HERE AND THE PEOPLE THAT SITTING HERE IS MOST OF THE TIME. IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA BE AT EVERY MEETING. WHOEVER WANTS TO COME TO THE MEETING THEY'LL FIND OUT WHEN IT IS AND THEY'LL BE HERE AND IT'S EARLY. YOU CAN TELL ALSO BY THE NIGHT MEETING I MEAN, WE MAYBE HAVE LESS THAN THIS. MANY PEOPLE COME TO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE NIGHT MEETINGS. THEY JUST THEY JUST DON'T COLD DON'T GO, AND IT'S NOW AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS OR SOMETHING THAT WAS ONLY AGENDA JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS COUNCIL AS FAR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN ON, IT HAS NEVER BEEN THIS TRANSPARENT BEFORE. THIS IS TRANSPARENT. AS I'VE EVER SEEN HIM. WE PUT
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EVERYTHING OUT THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING. EVERYTHING IS OUT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC POSTED SO THE PUBLIC COULD COME UP AND COMMENT ON IT SO AS FAR AS NOT BEING TRANSPARENT, SO WE NEED TO COME UP HERE EVERY WEEK OR TWICE A WEEK. THAT'S JUST I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AT ALL. AND THAT'S THE PASTOR THEATER EARLIER. THIS COUNCIL WORKS WELL TOGETHER EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE. WE DISAGREE, AND WE MOVE ON. WE KEEP THE FUSSING UPSTAIRS OR IN THE BACK. SO WE'RE TRANSPARENT AND THE FOLKS THAT WANT TO BE HERE WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN THE MEETING IS AND THEY WILL BE HERE. IF THEY REALLY CONCERNED THEY'LL BE HERE. NO MATTER WHEN THE MEETING IS UNLESS IT'S LIKE, SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND I WON'T BE HERE. WHICH YOU KNOW SO COUNCILMAN GETS. SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS PROPOSED CALENDAR. JANUARY OF 24. AND THE FIRST MEETING IS NOT ON THE FIRST TUESDAY. IT'S ON THE SECOND TUESDAY. IS THAT A MISTAKE OR IS THAT DESIGN WEREN'T I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. SOMEBODY OKAY? THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S THERE WAS A HOLIDAY, UH, THERE BECAUSE WE HAD HOLIDAY THERE AND NEW YEAR'S EVEN WHICH REALLY IMPACT AND THERE WAS A NEW PROCESS, SO WE'RE JUST PROPOSAL TO START THE PROCESS IN FEBRUARY RATHER THAN JANUARY. THE BOAT STAFF AND CITY EMPLOYERS ARE GOING TO BE HERE ON JANUARY THE SECOND, RIGHT? THAT DAY IS YEAH. SO YOU CAN GET . YEAH YEAH, PAST SO TO START. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WHY WE DID IT, THOUGH. OKAY YOU ANSWERED SO WELL, BASICALLY, WE TOOK THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM COUNCIL AND IT WAS A DISCUSSION ITEM. MY WIG CAME BACK WITH THIS PROPOSAL. FOR CALENDAR MEETINGS BASED UPON THAT, BASED UPON THE PROPOSITION, PASSING WITH COUNSEL BEING ABLE TO SIT THERE MEETINGS AND SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS CALENDAR FOR THE SO YOU WANT TO START THIS IN FEBRUARY.ALRIGHT THEN THE QUESTION THAT'S AWESOME. SO UH, ALL THOSE IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. THERE'S BEEN EMOTION IN A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER B . PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, WELL, WE'RE VOTING ON. ARE WE VOTING FOR? ARE WE VOTING FOR COUNCILMAN'S? TURNER'S ADJUSTMENTS WERE VOTING ON BE, DON'T BE AS WRITTEN REST. YEAH. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AH, MARY, YOU DON'T HAVE Y'ALL JUST WENT STRAIGHT INTO DISCUSSION MOVED TO APPROVE BE, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. OKAY SECONDED. DID YOU GET WHO THE MOTION MOVED.
THANK YOU. YEAH. ALRIGHT IT'S IT HAS NOW BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ADAM, BE ALL THOSE, UH. ARE THOSE PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, IF YOU'RE APPROVED, AH, ANY OPPOSED. NO, NO. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? I KNOW WHERE THERE'S A MISUNDERSTOOD THE GROWTH. YEAH YEAH, IT PAST 52 WERE CALLING FOR THE VOTE AS WRITTEN. YEAH AS NOT NOT AN AMENDMENT. BUT AS WRITTEN, OKAY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE ALRIGHT. SO NOW, MR CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM? NUMBER
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ONE, PLEASE? YES MA'AM. EXCUSE ME. COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGE OR THE NUMBER ONE SUBMITTED BY DELK. CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CIVIC CENTER BALCONY GOT REAL MODIFICATION LOCATED AT 701 MAIN STREET, SO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE? SO MOVED EXACTLY BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER ONE? MAYOR? YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN TURNER. I KNOW WE HAVE A VISION SET FOR 2035 WERE. IT INCLUDES THE CIVIC CENTER, AND I KNOW I ASKED THIS MEETING.I ASKED THIS QUESTION AND PRIOR TO THE MEETING, BUT CITIZENS WANT TO KNOW. AH, WELL, THIS CONSTRUCTION ACTUALLY NOT BEING ASSET TO THE IMPROVEMENTS WE PLAN TO MAKE IN THE FUTURE WITH THE KIND OF BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE OF WHAT IS THIS SOMETHING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR NOW? SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST TO CLARIFY. I GUESS IT'S KEITH IS COMING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS TO CORRECT A MISTAKE BY ARCHITECT BAIT WHEN WE PUT IN THE SPECS FOR THE JOB, THEY DID
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IT BASED ON WHAT THEY SAY WE NEEDED, UM AND LOOKING AT IT. IT WAS NOT, AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO PAY TO HAVE THAT GLASS REPLACED SO THAT IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS SPECS. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL APPROVED WAY BACK IN THE GAP, BUT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO KEITH.YEAH, I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. THE THIS IMPROVEMENT YOU KNOW, SHOULD STAY IN PLACE, NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO. THIS WILL ALLOW THE BALCONY, RAIL OR THE BALCONY SEATING TO BE ABLE TO BE USED AND BE SAFE FOR PERSONNEL SAYS WE'RE NOT USING THE RETRACTABLE SEATING BELOW.
THEN THAT CREATES A HAZARD WITH THAT LITTLE BALCONY ROOM, SO THAT'S WHY THIS PROJECT CAME ABOUT WAS PUT THIS HAND REAL GLASS RAILING TO MAKE IT SAFE AND BALCONY RAIL HIGHS SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY FALLING OVER THAT LOW WALL, WHICH WAS 26 INCHES HIGH. AND WE NEED TO BE HERE RIGHT AT AROUND 42 FOR SAFE. HANDRAIL SITUATION. THE IMPROVEMENT SHOULD STAY. I DON'T SEE THAT. CHANGING WITH ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE CENTER. COUNCILMAN DIARRHEA, SO I JUST NOTICED IT ON HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BASICALLY WE HAVING TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF ARCHITECT MADE A MISTAKE, CORRECT. THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT BETWEEN BETWEEN THE ARCHITECT AND HIS INSURANCE CARRIER THROUGH THERE'S A MISSION CLOSED IN HIS INSURANCE.
THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN NEIL NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE. OKAY ANY OTHER COMMENT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH, OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ARM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WARD OF AN ANNUAL CONTRACT CUSTODIAL SERVICES FOR WATER UTILITIES. COMPLEX AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR AUTUMN NUMBER TWO PROOF? SECOND THERE IS A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM. NUMBER TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AH OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM? NUMBER THREE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO WATER CONTRACT, TOO BRASH STOCK CRUNCH CONTRACTING INC. BEAUMONT FOR THE WEST LUCAS DRIVING GLADYS AVENUE. EMERGENCY STORM, SWORD POINT REPAIR AND CAVITY REPAIR PROJECT. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. AS THEIR EMOTION FOR ADAM, NUMBER THREE. MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM. NUMBER THREE. ANY DISCUSSION COUNCILMAN NEIL MR MANAGER IS THE ONLY REAL QUESTION I HAVE IS THIS IS BEING DONE AS EMERGENCY WORK. BUT IN THE RIGHT UP THIS WAS FIRST DISCOVERED AND THEY OF 2023, WHICH IS EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS AGO, TOOK US SO LONG TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. WE HAD, UH, IMPERFECTION IN THE ROAD. WE PLAYED IT OFF AND WE PROCEEDED TO INSPECT THE LUCAS LINE. WE FELT THAT THE PLATES WERE GONNA GONNA HOLD UNTIL WE GOT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT BEGAN FAILING AROUND THE PLATES TO THE POINT THAT WE FELT IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO LEAVE IT PLATED WITHOUT UNDERTAKING THE WORK. HAS THE STUDY FOR THE REST OF LUCAS COME BACK YET? YES WE HAVE. AND HOW MANY OTHER BAD SPOTS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE ONE OTHER POINT REPAIR THAT I'M AWARE OF. THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE. BUT IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY, SO WE'LL END UP BIDDING THAT OUT. AND THEN THERE'S AMOUNT OF GROUND INJECTION AND THEN LINING OF THE PIPE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE. EVENTUALLY THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SUBMITTED IN THE C I P FOR CONSIDERATION THIS NEXT BUDGET PROCESS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER 33, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH! ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER FOUR. COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE RATE PROCEEDINGS IN 2024, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR? TO APPROVE. THEY'RE A 2ND 2ND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM. NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AH OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE READING ABOUT, UM, NUMBER FIVE PLACE. COUNCIL CONSIDERING
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ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER FIVE? TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM. NUMBER FIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? FAIR QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE OUR OUR FUND BALANCES ACTUALLY IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WE ORIGINALLY PROJECTED, APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER OF THE STAFF, WORKING HARD, UH AND BRINGING THIS TO US AND WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUDGET STAYS HEALTHY BUT JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT OUR OUR FUND BALANCE IS IN A BETTER PLACE. I THINK I'M LOOKING FOR IT. I THINK WE'RE AT 24. IF I'M CORRECT IS THAT RIGHT? CITY MANAGER? IT WAS 24. INSTEAD OF WHAT 22 OR SO WELL, WE WOULD PREDICT IN JUST OVER 20. I PROPOSED BUDGET AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME SNAPSHOT IN TOWN TIME, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 24. AND CHERYL, YOU'RE IN JUNE.IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ON THAT. PLEASE FEEL FREE. YES THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOWING AT THIS TIME. OF COURSE, WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED ALL THE ENTRIES THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE AUDIT. BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD BE SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT COUNCILMAN DURING QUESTION. I WAS LOOKING AT IT AND THERE'S A P E G FUND. WHAT? WHAT ARE THOSE FUNDS USED FOR? THOSE ARE USED FOR TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES. I THINK THEY WERE GOING TO USE IT FOR SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOWN HERE. UM, ALSO, THE CHANNEL FOR IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE DONE WITH THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, UH ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING ABOUT? UM, NUMBER SIX, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDERING A REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW ALLOW AN RV RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK WITHIN GC, MD. GENERAL COMMERCIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5497 FROM THAT ROAD. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, THE PROJECT WILL WILL REQUIRE AN APPROVED DRAINAGE PLAN TO ENSURE THE RUNOFF FOR THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS EQUALS THAT OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS FOR THE 100 YEAR STORM EVENT USING ATLAS 14 RAINFALL DATA PERSON TRAINING DISTRICT NUMBER SIX NUMBER TWO SHALL BE IN STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 24.06 0.008 MINIMUM STANDARDS WITH TYPE C RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK. THE CITY'S COAT OF ORDINANCE, ORDINANCES AND ALL APPLICABLE FIRE AND BUILDING CODES AND THREE LIGHTING INSTALLED SHOULD BE DIRECTIONALLY SHIELDED FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES LOCATED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. IS THERE A MOAT? IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX? MHM. SPOKE TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITH THE CONDITIONS SECOND. IT'S BEEN THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM, NUMBER SIX. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING AUTUMN NUMBER SIX. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH , ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING ABOUT HIM? NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A SOCIAL SERVICES BUSINESS WITHIN THEIR RCR RATHER THAN SHAL CONSERVATION REVITALIZATION DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1890 BROADWAY STREET, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS WANT ONE CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SENATOR. SOURCE SERVICES. INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY, BACKFLOW PRE TREATMENT AND OR FOG PROGRAM AND TO CONSTRUCTION PLAN SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING AND FAR COACH. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN MOVED TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM. NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. NOW IS THE TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
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THINGS. WELL I THINK WE ALREADY ANSWER MR PETERS QUESTION. I WAS GONNA ASK ANSWER THAT. AND ALSO, UH MR CRABB. I CERTAINLY WILL LOOK INTO THAT ASPHALT ON AVENUE AND AVENUE C. DID YOU GET THAT BARK? YEAH, OKAY. ALSO UH, I WOULD JUST ASK FOLKS AND UNNOTICED THIS WAS SITTING UP HERE TO WORK WE DO. NOBODY'S TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY. IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT.SOME PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY SCENE AND WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING BAD, AND IT'S OUR INTENTION TO DO ALWAYS BE DOING WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT AND ALWAYS BE DOING WHAT WE WERE ELECTED TO DO, AND THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE. THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING. NOT TRYING TO BE SNEAKY. NOT TRYING TO GET SOMETHING BY YOU. WE WERE VERY TRANSPARENT CITY MANAGER BRINGS STUFF BEFORE US THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO THAT. HE COULD JUST DO IT IF HE WANTS TO LOOK IN HIS JOB DESCRIPTION, BUT HE BRINGS HIM BEFORE US SO IT COULD BE BEFORE Y'ALL. SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING. AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER. SHE'S ALWAYS WATCHING. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PENNY DURIO. COUNCILMAN GETS I HAD A CITIZEN, UH, WAS SOMETHING ELSE. SOCIAL MEDIA EARLIER TODAY ABOUT SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE AT ROGERS PARK. MR MANAGER, PROBABLY EVEN EVEN SEEN THAT EMAIL FORWARDED IT TO YOU. BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE IS A PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE THERE THAT HAS HAD SOME ORANGE MESH NETTING, UH, COVERING THE AREA WHERE A SLIDE WAS REMOVED.
THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR OVER A YEAR. AND, UH, AND I NEED TO GET A STATUS REPORT ON WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET A NEW SLIDE TO REPLACE THAT OR OTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT STRUCTURE HOLD. THERE WAS ALSO A PIECE OF METAL STICKING OUT THAT COULD BE A HAZARD TO A CHILD AND WE NEED TO LOOK INTO HAVING THAT REMOVED. UH AND THEN THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE GROUND OUT THERE WHERE IT HAD SHIFTED, AND THERE ARE SOME HOLES AND, UH YEAH, THE GROUND WAS CRACKING REAL BAD. SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, AND GET BACK TO ME, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER AS I SAW YOU EMAIL RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING AND FORWARDED TO THE APPROPRIATE STAFF, AND THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMAN TURNER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH FOR ME, MR MANAGER. I JUST GOT A MAJOR CONCERN WITH WE HAD SEVERAL CITIZENS COME TO THE DIETS AND SPEAKING REFERENCE TO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND I KNOW WE PUT AN EMPHASIS ON GETTING SOME OF THESE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE CITY, SO I JUST WANNA IF POSSIBLE, MAYBE SOON. COMING UP ON ONE OF THE UPCOMING AGENDAS. MAYBE JUST , UH, UPDATE REPORT. KINDA HOW LAWRENCE SPEAKS ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP, MAYBE TO LET THEM KNOW SOME OF THE PROGRAMS SOME OF THE REGULATION OF THINGS WE ACTUALLY HAVE GOING. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON SOME THINGS NEXT WEEK AND GET BACK WITH US. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD IN THE FUTURE TO KIND OF LET THEM KNOW SOME OF THESE RECREATIONAL THINGS COMING UP. NO WE APPROVED THE STRIPING MACHINE UTILIZE OR SOME OF THE FIELDS AND I PARK SO MAYBE WE CAN ASSIST WITH SOME OF THESE TEAMS THAT DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PARK. THERE'S OUR PLAY WITH SOME OF THE STRIPE, AND I DON'T KNOW THE FOOTBALL LITTLE LEAGUE IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT MAYBE REACH OUT TO ONE OF THE CITY'S THAT'S COMING TO THE DICE AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THEM. ANOTHER THING THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF MINE IS I'VE HAD SEVERAL CITIZENS THAT'S BEEN WALKING AND EXERCISE THROUGHOUT OUR PARKS IN THE DEAD TREES LIKE THAT. THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT THEY MAY FALL OR YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A LOT OF DEAD TREES, SPECIFICALLY TAROT PORK AND ROGERS PARK. IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD WITH THE TREES OVER THERE SO WE CAN KIND OF LOOK INTO THOSE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM ADDRESSED. SEE IF WE CAN CREATE A PLAN TO ADDRESS THEM. I APPRECIATE IT. JUST DEAD TREES. WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM ON THE DEAD TREES AND STAFF IS WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THOSE AND PARTICULARLY AND TEAR APART, BUT , YEAH, IT'S A PRIORITY AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, UM , GETTING THE THINGS DONE AND IF WE COULD GET FEEDBACK OF SOMEONE NOTICES WERE SOME THAT WE HAVEN'T WE'D BE GLAD TO GET THAT INFORMATION. GOING TO A PARK EVERY DAY, AND THEY THEY'RE TAKING TREES DOWN OUT THERE EVERY DAY EVERY DAY. THANK YOU IS THAT ALL COUNCILMAN TURNER COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW THANK YOU. MAYOR TODAY IS NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY.
JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHEN YOU BUMP INTO AN OFFICER LIKE OFFICER RILEY, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM. BROTHERS CITY COUNTY OR STATE. ALSO LAST WEEK, UM CHIEF SINGLETARY ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT AND I DON'T MEAN TO STEAL THE MAYOR'S THUNDER. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, BITTERSWEET. IT'S A WELL EARNED RETIREMENT. HE SERVED OVER 50
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YEARS. I BELIEVE AND SO HE'S EARNED THE RIGHT BUT HATE TO LOSE A MAN OF THAT CHARACTER AND THAT CALIBER UM, GENERATION IS MOVING ON, AND IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO SEE THAT WE APPRECIATE CHIEF SINGLETARY AND HIS FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM AND MAKE SURE YOU LET THE LAW ENFORCEMENT KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, FELLAS, ALL COUNCIL AND SAMUEL. WELL UH, I PASSED A LOT OF TIMES ON PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT IN THIS ONE MIGHT NOT BE TOO APPROPRIATE. BUT I'M GONNA DO IT ANYWAY. UM I'M GONNA EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, AND AFTER HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS PAST HOLIDAY SEASON , UH AND THEN GOING TO THE COURTHOUSE EVERY DAY. UM. I THINK WE AS PEOPLE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF LOOKING AT ACTUALLY SEEING THE PEOPLE WE ENCOUNTER EVERY DAY. IT'S ONE THING TO LOOK AT PEOPLE BUT TO SEE THEM. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CLOSE TO THE EDGE. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP. THE GOVERNMENT IS FAILING THEM. WASHINGTON'S FELLING THEM THE STATE FAILS THEM SOMETIMES WE FAILED HIM. BUT. SOMEONE CUT IN FRONT OF ME. AND MY FIRST RESPONSE WAS WHAT THE BUT I DON'T KNOW. WHAT THAT PERSON WAS GOING THROUGH. I COULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING. THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THEM TO REACT. AND I REACT. AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC REACTION. I GUARANTEE YOU I CAN'T GO FROM HERE BACK TO MY OFFICE. AND ENCOUNTER NOT SEE SOMEONE THAT OBVIOUSLY. IT'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. SO I JUST SAY TO EACH ONE OF US, ESPECIALLY OUR EMPLOYEES. WE NEED TO REALLY TRY TO SEE THE PEOPLE IN THAT WE ENCOUNTER EVERY DAY. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP THEM AT THAT TIME. WHAT WE COULD BE THE ONE THAT DON'T PUSH THEM OVER THE EDGE BY JUST SHOWING A LITTLE LOVE. THAT'S MY THOUGHT TODAY.
AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH EACH ONE OF YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHO HEARD IT. BUT SOMEBODY HEARD IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. MADAM ATTORNEY. HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE AND HAPPY NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA. MY FAVORITE GIRLS IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL Y'ALL DO. CHERYL. I THINK SOMEBODY HAS A BIRTHDAY TOMORROW. HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL EARLY. AND HAPPY AND HAPPY LAW ENFORCEMENT DAY, LADIES. MR CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAN. HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL, UH, TO RECOGNIZE EVERYONE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT DAY.
UH, WE RECOGNIZE FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DO WE APPRECIATE IT. I JUST SAID, AND ALSO ELECTED KNOWLEDGE CHIEF SINGLE TOUR IN HIS WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY. IT'S BEEN A BEEN A QUITE A COMMITMENT. YOU DON'T GET 53 YEAR COMMITMENTS FROM ANYONE IN PARTICULARLY LARGE FORCES ENFORCEMENT. OF COURSE, IT CAN BE SUCH A CHALLENGING POSITION TO THANKS FOR WHAT? HE DID JUST A QUICK COMMENT TO HAD MENTIONED A COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING NEW CHIEF. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER. THE REAL MENTION , YOU KNOW, CITY. IMAGINE HAVING ABILITY TO DO SOME THINGS BUT WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND WORK WITH THAT, SO I'LL BE SICK AND FOR SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL INPUT FROM COUNCIL, BUT I WANT TO MAKE THIS A COMMUNITY PROCESS OR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE GET INPUT FROM THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE KEY POSITIONS IN A CITY SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR THEIR POSITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CITY MANAGER COUNCILMAN DORIA 11. QUICK POINT ADDRESSING THE ONE OF THE PROCLAMATIONS.
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TODAY, THERE'S A MOVIE ON PRIME CALLED SOUNDS OF FREEDOM, AND IT'S ABOUT CHILD THRIFT TRAFFICKING. SLAVERY, AND IT'S BASED ON A TRUE STORY, AND I WATCHED IT THE OTHER NIGHT AND IT'S VERY GOOD. IT'S IS IT OPENS YOUR EYES TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO ON, BUT IT'S ON PRIME AND IT'S PRETTY GOOD. YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK IT OUT. MAYBE SOUNDS OF FREEDOM. GO. OKAY.HE'S HERE. OKAY, AND, UH THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DURIO. YOU'VE GOT THREE COMMENTS. UH AND I DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON FACEBOOK YET THAT IT'S COUNCILMAN NEIL'S BIRTHDAY TOMORROW. SO UH AND, UH AND CERTAINLY COUNCILMAN DURIO SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. WE WISH THEM ALL HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UH, WITH NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DAY. CERTAINLY ALL OUR POLICE OFFICERS, NOT JUST OUR CITY, BUT OUR COUNTY AND STATE. AND CONSTABLES AND ALL. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT WORK THEY PUT IN EVERY DAY AND KEEPING US SAFE AND, UH, WE TEND TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF SAFETY AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE JOB THAT THEY DO FOR US ON A DAILY BASIS.
CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR CRIME STOPPERS AND ALSO THE ABOLISH HUMAN TRAFFICKING JUNIOR LEAGUE AND TANYA. CASTLE IN STAYED THE WHOLE TIME AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF ON THURSDAY MEETING WITH THE MAYOR OF LAKE CHARLES, WITH THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BEAUMONT AND THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LAKE CHARLES. WE'RE MEETING HALFWAY IN ORANGE. I DIDN'T REALLY MEASURE IT, BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO HALFWAY AND IN TERMS OF HOW ARE CITIES CAN PARTNER AND CERTAINLY, UH, THE HAVE BEEN INFORMED A LOT ON WHAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ESPECIALLY YOUTH. HUMAN TRAFFICKING. LOOKS LIKE IN OUR CITY AND I WAS UNAWARE OF IT UNTIL I GOT EDUCATED BECAUSE I'VE ONLY SEEN MOVIES AND IN THE MOVIES DIDN'T PORTRAY AT THAT ACCURATELY, WELL, MAYBE ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE. BUT, UH CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. UH, SOME. OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS IS EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE'VE GOT EM. OKAY DAY THIS COMING MONDAY AND THIS SATURDAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARADE THAT I CAN SAY FROM PERSONAL PARTICIPATION IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST PARADE IN BEAUMONT. AND THAT WILL BE THE SATURDAY MORNING AND IT BEGINS DOWN AT, UH IT. L I T AND GOING ON FROM THE PARK THERE, SO CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT EVERYBODY GET OUT THERE. IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT IT ALSO. AH CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR CHIEF JIMMY SINGLETARY. 13 YEARS IS PLEASED CHIEF AND THE 53 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND IT'S BEEN SAID A LOT. I MEAN ANYBODY THAT CAN, UH GIVE THAT MUCH OF HIS LIFE AND THAT MUCH OF HIS HEART TO THE COMMUNITY IS CERTAINLY WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND UH, WE'RE GRATEFUL. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HIM WITH HAVE ALSO BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS ROBERTSON, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SOME OTHER PLACE AND NEXT WEEK. IT IS GONNA BE EXTREMELY COLD, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE PLANS TO OPEN UP SOME OTHER PLACE. THEY HAVE A GYMNASIUM MULTIPURPOSE CENTER THAT THEY'VE GOT COTS FROM THE RED CROSS. THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR KITCHEN SO PEOPLE ARE THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY. HE IS WORKING WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TO SEE, UH BUT HE FEELS LIKE THEY CAN PRETTY WELL ACCOMMODATED WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. THEY'RE GETTING SOME VOLUNTEERS, BUT HE IS REACHING OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS AND HE'S TEXT ME SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE AND SAYING THAT HE'S HAD A GOOD BIT OF SUCCESS WITH THAT. SO IN THE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC, OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMELESS AS THEY SHOULD BE. WHEN WE HAVE THESE EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURES, WHETHER IT'S TOO HOT OR TOO COLD. RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS AN OPTION FOR HIM, AND ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE SOME OTHER PLACE AND THEY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO SPEND OVERNIGHT. THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE IN THE DAY, YOU WILL STILL SEE SOME HOMELESS OUTSIDE IN THESE TERRIBLE TEMPERATURES. AND BUT DON'T JUST ASSUME THAT IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. AND IF YOU'RE HEARING MY VOICE RIGHT NOW, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CHECK ON THAT THERE IS AN OPTION FOR HIM. AND UH AND WE WILL BE LOOKING TO UTILIZE BEAUMONT BUS IS AS NECESSARY AS HAVING TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE LOOKED AT, BUT IT'S ALSO GONNA NEED BUT HAVING A PLACE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO, AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE. FED IS CERTAINLY A HUGE VEIN, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR SOME OTHER PLACE AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HE IS WORKING WITH. HAVE THAT HAS TAKEN THE STEPS TO BE PREPARED IN ADVANCE, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IT CAN. PEOPLE AREN'T
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AWARE OF IT UNTIL IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN. AND THE OTHER THING IS, I CERTAINLY, UH, SUPPORT WITH, UH COUNCILMAN TURNER HAS SAID ABOUT OUR YOUTH INITIATIVES AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE SEE THE NEED AND THEY'RE HAVING HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER IN THIS COUNCIL. I KNOW THAT WE ALL SEE THAT NEED AND GETTING ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK TOGETHER IS AN ONGOING PROCESS.BUT I DO THINK WE ARE MAKING PROCESS. UM, PROGRESS. BUT OFTEN TIMES BOTH OF THE TIME PROGRESSES SLOWER THAN I'D LIKE FOR IT TO BE ON THE ITEMS THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE CAN KEEP. UH I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THIS AND THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET BETTER ON ITS OWN. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST WAIT FOR, IN MY OPINION, AND WITH THAT THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.