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EVERY 6 2020 FOR TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY FATHER JOSEPH. B. R. EXACT CLOSED FATHER, JOSEPH. YES THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. GOOD JOB. YOU GOT IT. NOW IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. FATHER, JOSEPH. IF YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM. I BEGIN THIS INVOCATION IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY PERIOD. AMEN. LOW GUARD. WE THANK YOU TODAY FOR THE GIFTS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY BOMB OATS AND THIS MEN AND WOMEN YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE GATHERED HERE AGAIN THIS DAY TO ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON OURSELVES AND OUR CITY, PLEASE LORD MADE THESE ONLY HAVE CHOSEN TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE AFFAIRS OF OUR CITY BE ALWAYS INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND DIVINE DIRECTION, MEDIA ACTIONS AND DECISIONS. WE ALWAYS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CITY. MAY WE CONTINUE TO WEAKNESS UNDER THEIR WATCH, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. WE BEG YOU, DEAR LORD, TO BRING ABOUT PEACE TO OUR LAND. THANK YOU, LORD JESUS. BECAUSE THROUGH THIS COUNCIL, YOUR NAME WILL REIGN SUPREME IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR LAND. WE MAKE OUR PRAYERS THROUGH. JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. PLEASURE LEADERS. WHAT HE'S SAYING. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR WEST PRESENT, TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? DARIO COUNCILMAN REGRETS PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW.
PRESENT, SAMUEL COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL DID I MISS MY FRIEND? DID I GET MISSED? DID I GET YOU MAIL PROTEIN TIMER? MAYOR PROTEIN, TURNER'S PRISON. IT HAS BEEN. THIS IS OUR 2ND 3RD MEETING TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR PROJECTION SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE RESOLVED BY THE NEXT MEETING AND ALSO OUR KIOSK, WHICH YOU NORMALLY SIGN IN IS NOT WORKING AS WELL. SO WE HAVE GONE BACK TO OUR GREEN SLIPS THAT WE DID HAVE BEFORE. SO YOU WILL HAVE TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS AND A PROCLAMATION ARE TO DO SO. IF YOU'RE WANTING TO SPEAK AND YOU HADN'T FILLED OUT A GREEN
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SHEET NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO THAT. AND I, WE'RE GONNA WE HAVE TO PROCLAMATIONS AND ONE PRESENTATION. UH, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH. MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT ONE. WHEREAS EACH YEAR NATIONAL BLACK BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS OBSERVED IN FEBRUARY TO REFLECT ON THE PAST HONOR AND APPRECIATE THOSE WHO HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR ALL TODAY . AND WHEREAS THE ORIGINS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH DATE BACK TO 1915 WHEN DR CARTER G. WOODSON FOUNDED AN ORGANIZATION KNOWN TODAY AS THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY AND WHEREAS IT IT BECAME A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN 1976 BY PRESIDENT GERALD FORD. AND WHEREAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE CENTURIES OF STRUGGLES FOR EQUALITY AND FREEDOM AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH ALSO CELEBRATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE IN SHAPING OUR COUNTRY, SOCIETY AND COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS EVERY YEAR THE OC ATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY. SETS OF THEME FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND THE THEME FOR 2024 IS AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE YARDS. AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE IS MIXED WITH AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AND THE BLACK AMERICAN LIVED EXPERIENCES IN THE FIELDS OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, FASHION FOLKLORE LANGUAGE FILM MUSIC ARCHITECT. CULINARY AND OTHER FORMS OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS. THE AFRICAN[00:05:01]
AMERICAN INFLUENCE HAS BEEN PROMINENT PARAMOUNT NOW THEREFORE ROY WEST, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DU PROCLAIMED THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024 AS THE NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN BEAUMONT AND ASK ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSE HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND CONTINUE THE EFFORTS TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS PEACEFUL, JUST AND PROSPEROUS FOR ALL AND TO ALSO REMEMBER THAT BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS EVERY DAY. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HEARING TO SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BAMUT TO BE A FIXED SIGN TODAY. FEBRUARY 6 2024. ALL RIGHT, AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO ACCEPT TODAY IS THAT CORRECT? NO ONE VIRTUE. NO ONE. OKAY WE NOW HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 8TH THROUGH THE 11TH.AS A CELEBRATION OF MARDI GRAS, SOUTHEAST TEXAS, WHEREAS AN APRIL 1992 FRIENDS STARTED MARDI GRAS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, WHICH AFTER THREE YEARS OF PLANNING AND COLLABORATION WITH 18 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, HELD HIS SUCCESSFUL FIRST EVENT IN FEBRUARY OF 1993. THE MISSION WAS TO BENEFIT NONPROFIT GROUPS STAGE OF FAMILY ORIENTED AFFAIR, PROMOTE DIVERSITY AND RACIAL HARMONY AND SERVE AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. AND WHEREAS THE MAJESTIC CREW OF AURORA ORGANIZED THE MARDI GRAS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, HOSTING ELABORATE BALL AND GRAND PARADE, THE EVENT KNOWN AS A FAMILY AFFAIR INCLUDES STATE FAIR CARNIVAL WRITES KIDS OWN STREET ENTERTAINMENT. CONCERTS PARADES AND OF OVER 50 FOOD IN ARTS AND CRAFTS VENDORS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WILL CELEBRATE MARDI GRAS CARNIVAL WEEKEND, WHICH WILL FEATURE CONTINUOUS CONCERTS ON MULTIPLE STAGES, VARIOUS PARADES AND EXCITING ATTRACTIONS NOW THEREFORE ROY WEST, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DEAR DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 8TH THROUGH THE 11TH 2024 AS MARDI GRAS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS IN BEAUMONT AND URGED ALL CITIZENS TO ENJOY THE FIFTH ACTIVITIES WITH YOUR FAMILY. PLEASE. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL ACCORDINGLY. THE MAYOR HAS HEARING TO SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF FORMAT TO BE A FIXED SUM THIS DAY, FEBRUARY 6 2024 AND I KNOW ACCEPTING. WE HAVE LAURA CHILDREN HERE AND TIM ROMERO AND ANYBODY ELSE WITH YOU. PLEASE COME FORWARD, AND, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET A PICTURE AS WELL.
CHILDREN CHECK INS AND CONGRESS. YEAH.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS ALL YOUR HARD WORK? SURE THANK YOU.
FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH RELATED. YEAH. YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND GET YOUR PICTURE SHIP, HUH? SURE CREO SOUND OKAY? HERE MOVE THIS WAY. JUST A LITTLE BIT PERFECT.
PERFECT RIGHT THERE. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN 12 AND 312 AND THREE PERFECT PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL THINK SHE WAS A LITTLE CAJUN MOMENT OF CASTILE. THREE. FOLKS BE SURE TO CHECK OUT FACEBOOK ARE THE THEIR PAGES. WELL FESTIVITIES START. UH THURSDAY NIGHT, SO WE'RE
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EXCITED ABOUT IT. RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. AND NOW WE HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAUREN. MONTET MON MOUNTED AS I'M NOT SHE'S GETTING MARRIED SOON AND I DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT ANYWAY. GOING TO HAVE JOE NEWMAN WORKS OUT TO BE BACK WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY. 6 SAVE THE DATE AND JOIN US FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING OF THE PROPOSED DOWNTOWN HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER PROJECTS. NEXT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH FROM 6 TO 9 P.M. AT THE EVENT CENTER YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE CONSULTANTS 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 AT BEAUMONT VISION. 2035 .COM. RD GRAS, AS YOU HEARD IS COMING UP THIS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH THROUGH 11TH, NOW CELEBRATING ITS 33RD YEAR, MARDI GRAS, SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS FAMILY FRIENDLY, AND THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GET INVOLVED FROM JOINING AND WATCHING A PARADE TO CATCHING LIVE ENTERTAINMENT OR THE CARNIVAL. DID YOU KNOW THE EVENT IS ACTUALLY A FUNDRAISER AND PROCEEDS BENEFIT 14 AREA NONPROFITS? MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT MARDI GRAS TX DOT COM OR TUNE INTO OUR PODCAST TONIGHT WITH ALL THE NEEDS TO KNOW INFORMATION. THE LIBRARY IS[00:10:01]
PARTICIPATING IN BLACK MEN READ THIS MONTH, A POWERFUL PROGRAM THAT CHANGES LIVES AND LEARNING BY EXPOSING KIDS TO POWERFUL STORIES AND POWERFUL ROLE MODELS. ELEVATING BLACK MENACE, STORYTELLERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. YOU CAN TUNE IN EVERY FRIDAY IN FEBRUARY 2, THE LIBRARY'S FACEBOOK PAGE FOR A NEW BOOK AND READER. THE FREE KIDS NATURE EXPLORERS PROGRAM IS BACK AT THE TAIL PARK NATURE CENTER. DROP IN FOR FUN, MAKE AND TAKE CRAFTS ON SELECT SATURDAYS FROM 10 TO 1. UPCOMING DATES INCLUDE FEBRUARY 10TH MAY 11TH. AUGUST 10TH OCTOBER, 12TH AND NOVEMBER 2ND. ADULT SOFTBALL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN THROUGH BEAUMONT RECREATION, YOU CAN SIGN UP A COED OR MEN'S TEAM STARTING FOR GAMES STARTING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY, 26. SAVE THE DATE FOR A MURAL FEST, WHICH IS HAPPENING MARCH 1ST THROUGH 3RD 10. NEW ARTISTS ARE BEING BROUGHT IN TO CREATE ART ALL OVER TOWN, AND YOU CAN FOLLOW. VISIT BEAUMONT, TX ON FACEBOOK FOR EXCITING ARTISTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND MORE INFORMATION. AND GET READY TO SHOOT SOME HOOPS AND HAVE A BALL. BEAUMONT RECREATION IS ALSO HOSTING A THREE ON THREE YOUTH BASEBALL TOURNAMENT. APRIL 5TH THROUGH SIX. THERE ARE MULTIPLE AGE BRACKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE SPUN COED DUAL INDOOR OUTDOOR TOURNAMENT. REGISTRATION ENDS MARCH 22ND AND YOU CAN SIGN UP IN PERSON AT THE STERLING PRUITT ATHLETIC CENTER ON GULF STREET. THANK YOU. DO NOT THINK THAT WAS BASKETBALL. BASKETBALL YES, SORRY. THREE ON THREE BUSSES, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]
YOU. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. YOU MAY MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND REGULAR AGENDA ADAMS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND, UH ADAM, SIX HAS BEEN TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. JASON JASON MARSH, BURN 1017 MONTEREY DROP BY MY TEXAS YES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR, UH I'M THANKFUL TODAY FOR THE LAST MINUTE COMPROMISE ON THE VARIANTS OF ALLOWING ALICE CITY VENDORS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TASTE OF TRIANGLE. UM THE OBVIOUSLY NO RESTAURANT WOULD WANT ANYBODY TO GET SICK ON THEIR FOOD. THAT'S BAD PUBLICITY, SO AND THERE AND ALL I'M RESTAURANTS ARE COVERED BY SOME ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.DOHERTY MAY NOT BE THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, MAYBE UH, HARDENED COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, JEFFERSON COUNTY, BUT THEY ALL FOLLOW BASICALLY DUTY FOR 2020 21 RULES. UM AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU ALL KNOW I DABBLE IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS A FEW FOR A FEW YEARS, AND I ALSO WANNA FOOD TRAILER NOW, SO I REALLY KNOW THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GET SICK OF THE FEARS.
BAD PUBLICITY. SO YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO HARM ANYBODY OR BY DOING THIS, AND I BELIEVE THIS. THIS IS HIS COMMON SENSE RULE FOR THE ASSEMBLY SPECIAL EVENTS IF THEY'RE UNDER ANOTHER HEALTH AUTHORITIES NEARBY LIKE, SAY, JEFFERSON COUNTY. I THINK IT'S JUST A SIMPLE FOR THEM TO PREPARE FOOD AND BRING IT, YOU KNOW HERE MOST RESTAURANTS EVEN ACTUALLY, THE BIGGER CHAIN. RUSSIANS ACTUALLY GO OTHER WAY JUST TO HAVE OUTSIDE AUDITORS GO UP, BEYOND AND BEYOND. WHAT IS THE FOOD CODE THE HARD SAY AUDITING FIRM LIKE STEREOTYPIC OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HELP EDUCATE THE EMPLOYEES. AND HOW, YOU KNOW, HELP THEM, UH, RATHER PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS TO MAKE SURE THEY SILVER AND YOU KNOW GOOD FOOD. I MEAN, IT'S TERRIBLE TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT PUBLICITY OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK OF THE FOOD. AND SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY COMMON SENSE RULE. AND I THINK THAT FOR, UH, KINDA LOOKING AT STEERING HIS VARIANTS AND MOUNTAIN OUT OF TOWN PARTICIPATE IN THIS IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE CALLED THE TASER TRIANGLE. ALRIGHT. APPRECIATE THANK YOU, MR MARSH BIRD. CHARLIE CRAB 928 EAST DRIVE BY MY TEXAS. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNCIL. UH MANAGER AND, UH AND STAFF. LET'S SEE MAN NAMED CHARLIE CRAB AND I LIVE AT 928 EAST TRIBE. AH END OF HARRISON. AND, UH, OF COURSE, IT'S A ANOTHER NICE DAY IN BEAUMONT. AND, UH, HMM. IN ART OUR TOWN AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MARDI GRAS ORGAN ORGANIZER'S. IT IT MUST, UH, GOING TO BE A GREAT PARTY WITH WE'RE SO MUCH PREPARATION GOING ON. I GUESS I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE THAT QUITE QUITE MUCH QUIET AS MUCH PREPARATION. THE PARKS WILL SOON , UH, GET A LOT OF USE. MAGNOLIA PARK SHOULD BE PREPARED WITH PARKING AND CHILDREN AND ADULT ACTIVITIES. THIS IS A HEY,
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BEAUTIFUL AND LARGE PARK, WHICH NEEDS TO BE USED MORE NOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE IF THEY WOULD PUT MORE BASKETBALL GOALS AND SOME MORE CHILDREN ACTIVITIES OUT THERE AND PICNIC AREAS WHERE THE. WHERE THE FAMILIES CAN ENJOY THAT ACTIVITY. ANYWAY, IT'S UH, IT'S A TODAY THE WEATHER GETS ME A NEW LEASE ON LIFE, SO YEAH, IT'S REALLY BEEN NICE AND I'VE GOT TO USE UP MY OTHER MINUTE OR TWO, AND I HOPE EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL. AND THE PLUMBING IS ALL DONE THE WATER SYSTEM AND, UH AND OF COURSE, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF FLOODING, WHICH ALWAYS CREATES A SEWER BACK UP, AND I HOPE WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT. TO UH, TO PREVENT THESE SUBDIVISION FROM HAVING THAT PROBLEM OR ON A GOOD RAINY DAY, EVEN THOUGH WE NEEDED TO RAIN, A LOT OF US ENJOY THE RAIN. I KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T ENJOY AS MUCH. OKAY EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD DAY AND GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MR CRABB. MELISSA BRADFORD 1022 PEARL STREET BY MY TEXAS. IS JUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE. WE ARE CALLED IN S CAPABLE NETWORK OF MUTUALITY TIED IN A SINGLE GARMENT OF DESTINY. WHATEVER AFFECTS ONE DIRECTLY AFFECTS ALL INDIRECTLY. DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. YEAH I'M GOING TO START OFF BY READING OFF ONE OF THE SECTIONS AND ONE OF MY PLEADINGS TO THE COURTHOUSE. REGARDING INTER VENOUS LISA LENSES, PORTIONS CLEARLY THESE CALLS OF ACTIONS ARE BASED ON OKAY, WELL, I'M READING THE WRONG ONE. OKAY, THAT'S RIGHT. CLEARLY THESE CAUSES OF ACTIONS ARE BASED ON RELATED TO, OR RESPONSE TO MOVIES, EXERCISE OF FREE SPEECH AND RIGHT TO PETITION BECAUSE MOBILE BELIEVES IN HIS EVIDENCE TO BELIEVE THAT INTERVENERS ACTIONS ARE PREDATORY TO CONSUMERS AND HARMFUL TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY RISE TO THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC CONCERN. MORE SPECIFICALLY, RACISM, CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PREDATORY ACTIONS OR A MEDAL PUBLIC CONCERN. SO MY ATTORNEY AT THE TIME, ERIC DICK, I MEAN, HE HE CAUGHT ON TO THIS RACISM EARLY ON AND THEN HAVE AN ISSUE, CALLING IT OUT FROM THE JUMP. OKAY NOW ON JANUARY, THE FOURTH JUDGE BELA WAR THEM HAD ISSUED A LETTER RULING PRIVATE LETTER RULING MY AD DIRECTED THE INTERVENERS. LISTEN LACES PARSONS TO PROPOSE, UM, ORDER ON HIS LETTER, RULE IT INCONSISTENT WITH THIS DATE. ON DECEMBER, THE FOURTH OF 2023. FINALLY JANUARY THE 23RD, WHICH WAS OVER 30 DAYS LATER, THE INTERVENERS SUBMITTED THEIR PROPOSED ORDER. BUT IT WASN'T INCONSISTENT WITH THIS LETTER RULING, WHICH WAS AGAINST THEM STATED THAT THEY CANNOT GET MY MONEY FROM THE COURT REGISTER $38,000 FOR ONE MONTH OF SERVICES. AND THEN HE TELLS ME WELL, YOU HAVEN'T SHOWED ANYTHING TO THE COURT OR BEFORE ME STATED THAT YOU TERMINATED THEM WITH GOOD CALLS. I'M LIKE, YES, I HAVE. AND ALL OF MY PLEADINGS. I HAVE ANYTHING I SUBMIT TO THAT COURTHOUSE. IF I'M PLEADING MY EXPRESSING MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS BOGUS FORCE CONTRACT, THEY DIDN'T CONTAIN THEIR SIGNATURE. AND THEN THEY FORGED MY INITIALS ON IT AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE. THEY DIDN'T EVEN SIGN HIS CONTRACT WHICH MAKES IT INVALID. SO THEREFORE WE DO NOT HAVE A VALID CONTRACT AND THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED. TOOK MY MONEY OF $38,000 FOR ONE MONTH TO DO IT PRACTICALLY NOTHING. BECAUSE THEY STILL HASN'T IN FOUR YEARS PRODUCED TO THE COURT THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID WORK ON MY CASE. NOW THIS THIS WHOLE CASE WAS DISMISSED IN JANUARY 20 21ST, BUT MR MARTIN INSTEAD. THE ARBITRATION BASED ON THIS EDITORIAL ATTRITION CLAUSES IN THE CONTRACTS SO, GEORGE, ONE OF THEM HE HAS ALLOWED THESE INTERVENERS TO ASSERT THEMSELVES IN THIS CASE. AND ALSO ASSERTED HIMSELF INTO MY CASE AS WELL, MALICIOUSLY AND ILLEGALLY. AND THEN TRY TO TRICK ME UP AT THE HEARING IN NOVEMBER . I'LL BE BACK VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MIRROR. OKAY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE COME FROM PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. UH NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO LEAVE, SO FEEL FREE TO LEAVE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.[CONSENT AGENDA]
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IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA TO APPROVE? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. YOU NEED DISCUSSION. HAVE A QUESTION, MAN. YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER. UH ON SOME APPOINTMENTS, LIKE SOME OF THE ONES YOU SEE IDENTIFIED.HOW DO WE COME UP WITH? THE, UH. THE PERSON WHO LEAVES THE MEETING THE PERSON THAT'S APPOINTED TO THE CHAIR. HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THE CHAIR? WHAT'S BEEN THE STANDARD PRACTICE? AND SOME OF THE ORDINANCES REQUIRES THE MIRROR TO POINT THE CHAIR. AND WHEN THERE'S NO WHEN IT'S CALLED SILENT ON WHO APPOINTS THE CHAIR THAN THE BOARD ITSELF, USUALLY NOMINATED CHAIR OKAY, SO IT KIND OF EVEN CHAIRS THAT THEY JUST ROLL OVER THERE REAPPOINTED OR I'M JUST ASKING FOR CLARITY BECAUSE I'M SO DONE THIS PROCESS SITUATION WHERE THE MAYOR POINTS THE CHAIR THAT'S AT HIS DISCRETION IN THE SITUATION WHERE THE BOARD WITH BOAT TO APPOINT WHO THE CHAIR WOULD BE WOULD BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD, OKAY? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL YES , UM, ON THE CONSENT OF GENDER. WE UH WE ARE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, UH, ORANGE DESIGNATED TO, UH, SICK BONDS FOR, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. UH, UH, IN A COUPLE OF GRANTS. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNEW, UH OR NOTES WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE BEAUMONT A SAFER PLACE, AND I DID SOMEONE FROM THE OLD MR ARTNET. SOMEONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. COULD YOU COME AND TELL US THE STATUS OF OUR PROGRESS TOWARD THE FUTURE SYSTEM AND MAKING THIS A CITY CITYWIDE PROGRAM? THIS IS SO THAT'S NOT A POSTED ITEM, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE GRANT FUNDING IS SOME OF IT GOING TO GO TOWARDS THE FUSES SYSTEM SO HE CAN TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT AND GIVE YOU KIND OF LIKE WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR, BUT PROBABLY NOT IN DETAIL ABOUT THE PROGRAM ABOUT YES.
WELL LET ME QUALIFY THAT NOT ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF, BUT HOW THESE ARE INTEGRAL PIECES OF THE PUZZLE. TO MAKE DOWNTOWN SAFE AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. I JUST WANTED TO GET, UH EITHER JUST KIND OF GIVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. YES SIR. THANK YOU. MARIAN COUNCIL. I, UH WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT WOULD PROVIDE EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD HELP US TIE IN UM, CAMERAS OF BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WANT TO BE UM, TIED IN TO OUR FUSES SYSTEM. AND UM, YOU KNOW, THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ACTUALLY THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING CONNECTING SOME OF OUR OWN, UH, EQUIPMENT.
AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS. UM BUT WHAT WE WANNA DO IS EXPAND AMOUNT. UM, I'VE. INFORMATION THAT WE CAN OBTAIN AND TO DO THAT WE NEED MORE EQUIPMENT. SOME PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO BUY IT THEMSELVES OR PURCHASE IT THEMSELVES. BUT WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE IT TO US, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO PROVIDE THAT ASSET. THIS WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AT NO COST TO THE CITY TO UM, DO THIS. WE'RE CONSTANTLY. PURSUING GRANT FUNDING TO HELP MITIGATE THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS, NOT JUST AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, BUT ALL ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT AND EVEN HELPING OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT WE SAW WE'D LIKE TO PURSUE WITH Y'ALL'S CONSENT. THE. FULL PROJECT PROBABLY WON'T BE DONE UNTIL SUMMER. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK UP THERE NOW THE WALLS ARE GOING UP. I MEAN THE CONSTRUCTION'S GOING BUILT BUILDING. SERVICES IS DOING A GREAT JOB COORDINATING WITH THE CONTRACTOR. SOME OF THE STUFF IS TECHNOLOGY AND SOME OF IT'S ACTUALLY HARD CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT ALL, TOO, WITH THE HOPE TO HAVE IT ALL ONLINE BY BY THE SUMMER. THANK YOU AND COUNCILMAN DURIO. JUST ONE QUESTION, CAPTAIN AUGER CHECK I NOTICED ON IN AND OH, HE SAYS TO RECEIVE FUNDING. YOU KNOW, UM P IS SAYS TO APPLY FOR
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SO IN AND OH, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR IT. WE'RE GONNA GET THAT MONEY. NO SIR. EACH PROCESS EACH GRANT HAS A PARTICULAR PROCESS THAT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH, AND SOME OF THEM REQUIRE. AS CERTAIN EVEN THE RESOLUTION HAS TO BE IN THE TEMPLATE. UM DEMANDED BY THE STATE DOWN TO THE WORD. UH IF YOU DON'T PUT IT IN THIS, THEY WON'T GIVE YOU THE FUNDING, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. THE RED TAPE, SO TO SPEAK TO GET THESE, UM IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING SOME OF THESE GRANTS. WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD TRACK RECORD OF BEING ABLE TO GET FUNDING. AND IN THIS CASE, WE'RE HOPEFUL WE JUST RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT THAT'S LISTED IN P M FROM LAST YEAR AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE U. S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR SUPPORT. WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT AGAIN AND THAT WILL THAT WILL BE FOR ACTUAL REIMBURSEMENT OF OVERTIME FOR OFFICERS THAT ARE SIGNED TO WORK FOR VIOLENT CRIME AGAIN A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE THAT THAT WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TRYING TO OVERCOME THIS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS PROCESS FROM TIME YOU APPLIED TO YOU ACTUALLY. RECEIVE FUNDS OR HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? IT DEPENDS. UM SOME OF THESE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SPENDING THEORETICALLY, IN OCTOBER OCTOBER FOR SOME OF THEM ARE SEPTEMBER. BUT UM MOST OF THEM ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR TO OUR UM FISCAL YEAR, THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR. HOWEVER SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GIVE US NOTIFICATION LIKE WE GOT ONE NOTIFICATION OF AWARD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT THEORETICALLY WAS OFFICIALLY STARTED IN OCTOBER 1ST SO THAT REALLY REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT PROJECT, SO SOMETIMES IT'S A YEAR OR MORE. IN THIS CASE, PROBABLY HOPEFULLY SIX MONTHS OR SO BEFORE WE'LL FIND OUT OKAY.YOU KNOW, ONE LAST QUESTION, MR MANAGER WHENEVER THE REAL TIME CRIME PLACES FINISHED, CAN TAKE US UP THERE AND SHOW US AROUND. CUTE WOULD BE GLAD TO BE AWESOME . WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PUBLICIZED TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT IT'S AVAILABLE. MHM. YOU SAID THE PROJECTED DATE. UH REAL TIME CRIME CENTER IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR THE SUMMER. I MEAN, THE PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW IS LIKE 115 DAY BUILD TIME, WHICH WOULD PUT IT IN EARLY MAY, BUT THERE'S SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES IN ON THE TAIL END OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND THERE'S YOU KNOW, INSTALLING CONNECTING EVERYTHING MAKING SURE IT'S WORKING. SO YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE DOING TOUR STUFF THERE TO SEE FOR GRADUALLY STARTING TO WORK AT SOME OF THE STUFF IS ALREADY WORKING. BUT WE'RE TAKING BABY STEPS, SO THAT SORT OF SPEAK AS WE TRY TO SPIN EVERYTHING UP, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HOPE THAT EVERYTHING'S ONLINE BY SUMMER. OKAY. COUNCILMAN FELL. SEAN.
RIGHT? TIM ADAM. OH SPEAKS OF A FUNDING FOR REGIONAL SWAT TEAM LEADER DEVELOPMENT COURSE. COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? EXPAND ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT. THE WORD REGIONAL SO. ONE OF THE THINGS SOME OF THESE GRANTS DO AS THEY PASSED DOWN THROUGH DIFFERENT, UH, ENTITIES. THIS ONE COMES DOWN. FROM THE DEPARTMENT. HOMELAND SECURITY THROUGH THE STATE. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THROUGH THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION. AND AT THAT POINT, IT'S DIVVIED OUT BASED ON PRIORITY OF PROJECT AND THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE. ON WHICH WE HAVE A MEMBER THAT SITS AND ALL THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN OUR REGION. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR CLASS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME SWAT MEMBERS GO TO CLASS AS WELL AS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO GO TO THAT SAME CLASS, SO NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IN A CLASS. WE HAVE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO ATTEND THE CLASS SPORT TO MAKE. THE COST, MAYBE $800 A PERSON OR SOMETHING. AND IF WE DON'T GIVE YOU KNOW THE WHOLE CLASS WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO SEND SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS CASE IT BENEFITS THE WHOLE REGION, SO IT BUMPS HIGHER ON THE AGREEABLENESS TO ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS IN THE REGION. AND IT
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BENEFITS EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, NOT JUST THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, YET WE GET THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE WANTED TO SEND WITHOUT A MATCH. UM FROM THE CITY BUDGET, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT IT ALSO CREATES A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES FURTHER PARTNERSHIP. YES SIR. WE HAVE ROUTINE MEETINGS WITH THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES. MOST OF OUR MAJOR INCIDENTS ARE MUTUAL. WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING HAPPENED, PEOPLE COME FROM NOT JUST OUR AGENCY. BUT OTHERS TO WORK TOGETHER. SO THIS PROMOTES THAT PARTNERSHIP.MUTUAL AID. AND ARE WE AND I'M ASSUMING THAT AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR SAMUEL BRINGING THIS UP, HIGHLIGHTING IT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE CITIZENS DILIGENT OUR CITY IS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. I MEAN, I THINK IN THE AGE IN WHICH WE'RE LIVING, IT'S IMPORTANT THEY KNOW THIS. AND I'M ASSUMING , TOO, THAT THIS ALSO FOSTERS THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER. WHERE THERE IS YOU KNOW WHEN THERE'S CHATTER, THERE'S CONCERNS LIVING IN AN AGE OF TERRORISM. I KNOW ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE IN OUR NATION IS THAT AGENCIES DON'T ALWAYS COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT LOCALLY WE THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION TAKING PLACE. YES, OR UNDER CHIEF SINGLETARY. UM BESIDES JUST COMMUNITY INTERACTION, HE'S UH, LEAN FORWARD VERY HEAVILY TO IN ENCOURAGING THAT COORDINATION BETWEEN ENTITIES AND SO WE USUALLY HAVE 1 TO 2 MEETINGS OF ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HEADS, WHETHER IT'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT JURISDICTIONAL UNIVERSITY. WE GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER COUPLE TIMES A YEAR AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. AND THEN WE DO THE SAME WITH REGIONAL SWAT COMMANDERS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF TEAMS, WE COORDINATE WITH THOSE AND WE INTERACT WITH THEM SO THAT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW A FACE. IT'S NOT JUST A PHONE CALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THAT THINGS LIKE THIS WHERE WE CAN SHARE I CLASS OR SOME OF THESE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT WE TRY TO BRING THAT THAT TRAINING IN WITHOUT US HAVING TO SEND PEOPLE OUT OF TOWN, PAY THE EXTRA HOTEL AND PRETTY AND FEES AND TRAVEL AND ALL THAT STUFF. THIS IS A MUCH MORE COST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO BUSINESS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, UH I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE SYSTEM.
I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE REAL BIG IN OUR CITY. OUR REMEMBER WHEN COMMUNITY POLICING WAS BIG AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT NOW, BUT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO INTERACT NOT JUST INTER AGENCIES BUT INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UM AND WE HAVE TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. AND SO WE'VE SPENT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FUNDS THAT'S OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS SYSTEM WHICH WILL ALLOW MOST OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO INTERACT TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL HOMES BECAUSE THESE DEAL WITH TERRORISM WE DEAL WITH , UM SOME OF THIS DEALT WITH TERRORISM. SOME DEALT WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THERE'S ALL TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE. UM AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE US TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET BACK TO A POINT OR INCREASE THE RELATIONSHIP. THE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN AUSTIN TO CHECK ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH , ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS
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CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. WE'RE GONNA MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE AGENDA, ADAMS. AND IF ARE YOU WOULD FIRST READ AGENDA ADAM, NUMBER FIVE, AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK ON TASK. WE'RE DOING THAT, TOO. WE HAVE A GUEST THAT HAS TRAVELED FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT NEEDS TO THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING OF FINAL PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS PROVIDING A SEVERAL ABILITY, CLAWS AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE, EFFECTIVE DATE AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE TO APPROVE? SECOND THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF IMPROVING ADAM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH, POSED THE MOST MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM? NUMBER ONE, PLEASE MIRROR. BEFORE WE GO TO THAT, UM , I HEARD YOU SAY EARLIER THAT ITEM NUMBER SIX HAVE BEEN[00:35:06]
TABLED. YES THAT'S CORRECT. NOT AWARE OF THAT. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHY THEY WOULD NEED TO BE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT MEETING AGAIN TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT MEETING? OKAY? THANK YOU. OKAY ADAM. NUMBER ONE COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY PREFERRED FACILITIES GROUP USA TO INSTALL A STANDBY GENERATOR AT THE PARK'S OPERATION CENTER, LOCATED AT 1378 LANGHAM ROAD, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE? BOTH TO APPROVE THERE. A SECOND SECOND. THERE IS A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM, NUMBER ONE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES COUNCILMAN NIL MANAGER THE YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE OF THESE TWO WEEKS AGO TO THE SAME THING FOR A GENERATOR, AND WE CONTINUE TO USE THE BAR BOARD VERSUS COMPETITIVE BID. IS THERE A REASON? WHILE WE'RE GOING THAT ROUTE ON THESE JOHN IS GONNA COME AND ADDRESS THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON. Y'ALL UM WE'VE TWICE BID THAT ON FORMAL BID AND TWICE WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD THE PROJECT. THE PEOPLE WHO BID WERE DISQUALIFIED FOR VARIOUS REASONS , MOSTLY BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WAS BECAUSE OF THE OF INSURANCE AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DID NOT MEET. SO AFTER TWICE FAILING TO GET FORMAL BIDS THROUGH, WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND USED THE BIBLE BY BOARD MEETING THE FIRST TIME WE DID PUT IT OUT TO BED, AND THE PRICE CAME BACK IN A VERY, VERY HIGH, AND IT WAS IT WAS NOT COMPETITIVE. SO HAVE OUR INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS GOING UP. NO, SIR. IT'S JUST KIND OF STRANGE THAT IT'S NOT EVEN KNOW ELECTRICIAN'S EVEN BID. THE PROJECT. YES SIR. I WAS NOT. I'M APPARENTLY NEW TO THIS. I'M FEELING IT FOR KEITH UNTIL I TAKE OVER. BUT AT THIS TIME ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS WELL.IT WASN'T JUST INSURANCE, BUT THERE WAS A AND THERE WAS A NO BID BOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER ONE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. C MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING ABOUT, UM, NUMBER TWO. COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH GOLDEN TRIANGLE STORAGE L L C AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER TWO? APPROVED. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER CAN A STAFF MEMBER OF SOMEONE WHO COULD EDUCATE ME ON HOW THIS CAME ABOUT? AND EXACTLY YOU KNOW HOW AND WHY. YES AND WE HAD DONE SOME AGREEMENTS FOR THE PHASING THAT'S COMING UP IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE HAD NOT DONE AN AGREEMENT ON THE CURRENT ASSETS, AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY HAVING THEIR ROUTINE CITY TAXES WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. UM THEY WERE IN OUR E. T. J SO WE NEED TO DO THIS TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THOSE THAT ARE IN R E. D. J. THANK YOU, MONSIEUR. THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, EVALUATING IT AND MAKING IT RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN FELL SHAW AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHY THE 80% 10% AND 75 TO 7% IS THAT BEING DONE TO TRY TO CORRECT AND MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THE TAXES THEY PAID IN? THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PAID OR HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, SO THAT'S OUR GENERAL STANDARD AGREEMENT. THIS IS YES, SO THAT'S URGENT, AND THAT'S JUST THE NORMAL SKILL THAT WE DO. UM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO PAY TAXES AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO IS THERE. IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THEM THERE, UM, ONE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES THAT ACTUALLY REACHED OUT AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, CAN WE ENTER INTO AN ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND THAT'S HOW THIS OCCURRED. THE IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK DOWN NOW WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT THOSE AGENCIES ARE REGISTERED AND LISTED SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGEMENT WITH INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENTS, BUT IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THEM TO DO THAT. AND THEY JUST DIDN'T DO VEGETABLE AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CORRECT WHAT WE PERCEIVE AS OUR MISTAKE. THIS WAS THEIR MISTAKE. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE ABOUT EITHER PARTY. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S A IT'S A BENEFIT TO THEM AND IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THEM TO KIND OF TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. UM AND SO WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY HAVE THEY HAD NOT BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ACCESS TO BE INCLUDED. AND
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SO THIS IS IT, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE ON EITHER PARTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR OF PROVING ITEM NUMBER TWO. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM, NUMBER THREE COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEXT BANK MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT USING INSURED CASH SWEEP, AND IT COMES WITH THE APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? COMING PRETTY. HMM THERE A 2ND 2ND. THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM, NUMBER THREE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH! ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF BOTTOM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT MAINTENANCE AND AUTHORIZED FOUND PAYMENT TO BORROW TAX COMPANIES FOR THE LONG STREET GROUNDING REPAIRS PROJECT AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. THEIR REMOTE. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER FOUR? YOU TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND FOR NUMBER ADAM FOUR. IT'S BEEN THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM, NUMBER FOUR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER. BART IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THE GROUTING REPAIRS AND WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, AND WHAT? THAT ACTUALLY WHAT DIRECTION IS ABOUT. THIS WAS RESULTING FROM THE COLLAPSE UNDER THE BNSF RAIL ON LONG STREET. WE DID THE POINT REPAIR AND THEN WE HAD DONE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR RADAR ALONG THE LENGTH OF LONG THAT STORM SEWER THAT GOES UNDER THE RAIL. AND FOUND A NUMBER OF CAVITIES ALONG THAT STORM DRAIN LINES. SO THE GROUNDING THE ITEM TODAY A WAS TO INJECT GROUT AND FILL ALL OF THOSE CAVITIES ALONG THE LINE AND ELIMINATE THOSE IMPERFECTIONS. AND THEN, UM, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. BUT THEY'RE DOING THE GEO CRETE LINING AND THAT WILL COME TO COUNCIL, PROBABLY IN MARCH. AND THAT WILL COMPLETE THE REHABILITATION OF THAT STORM SEWER LINE. YEAH. APPRECIATE YOU JUST WORKING ON IT FOR A WHILE. I JUST WANT TO WIN. THE BLEEDING STOPPED. IT'S TAKEN A WHILE. IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE ENDEAVOR. YES THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FOUR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS[WORK SESSION]
CARRIED. AT THIS POINT, MR CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE US INTO A WORK SESSION TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE HARRYING OF THE PROCESS OF THE POLICE CHIEF VACANCY? THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH YEAH. GET A POWER POINT ON YOUR SCREEN APPEAR AND ALSO YOU'RE GETTING A HARD COPY OF A PRESENTATION. I PREPARED FOR THIS. I WISH THE PUBLIC COULD THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE COULD ENJOY IT ON THE SCREEN. THERE'S SOME OF THE PICTURES ARE GOOD TO SEE ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE HIM BUT THE INTERNET WILL BE BROADCAST ON THEIR, UH WE DO MANY THINGS AS A CITY IS A GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT PROCESS. AND WHAT AND TERM FOR A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DO IS COLD, MAKING SAUSAGE AND HIRING. THE POLICE SHOW. CHIEF IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UH, IT'S CONSIDERED MAKING SAUSAGES. IT'S WHEN YOU CARRY OUT A TASK OF A CITY PROJECT OF A CITY AND IT TAKES A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO GET IT DONE A LOT OF THINGS TO GET IT DONE. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY MAKING SAUSAGES BIG PART OF HIRING A PUBLISHED CHIEF. UH, YOU KNOW, UM. YOU SEE MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT ON THE SCREEN. WE'RE VERY PROUD ABOUT POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE AN AWESOME POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY DO, UH, WORK ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY WHERE SOME CITIES UM IT DOESN'T WORK AS WELL DOESN'T WORK AS WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT DOESN'T WORK AS WELL WITHIN THE ARGUMENT STATION, SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. GIVE ME SOME BACKGROUND. AND WHILE WE'RE HERE TODAY, OF COURSE WE HAD THE RESIGNATION OF OUR LONGTIME CHIEF SINGLE TERROR IN JANUARY.2024. ALTHOUGH MY BEST EFFORTS WENT TO NORTH, WE COULDN'T CONVINCE HIM NOT TO DO IT ANYMORE. SO CHIEF DECIDED THAT HE WAS GONNA RETIRED CHIEF OF THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE DEFINITELY THANK CHIEF FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE. WE THINK FOR HIS WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT
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, HIS ABILITY TO ASK THE ABILITY TO THE DEPARTMENT. IT'S NOT EASY TO HAVE A STABLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE PEOPLE RESPECT THE LEADERSHIP AND, UH AND KEEPS YOU OUT OF TROUBLE TO KEEP IT PLAIN AND SIMPLE. SO WE THINK CHIEF OF HIS WORK THERE. HIS RESIGNATION COMES INTO EFFECT MARCH STUDY 1ST 2023 4 AND WERE PROPOSED TO FILL A POSITION TO RESEARCHING AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND THOSE CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 152 180 DAYS FROM THE TIME OF JOBS IS ANNOUNCED ANNOUNCED AND I GOAL IS TO, UH HAVE A CHIEF IN PLACE BY JUNE. 30TH 2024. THIS IS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN SOME AMBIGUITY IN THE PROCESSED AMBIGUITY IN THE ROWS OF WHO'S TO DO WORK BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE MANAGER, SO MY THING WAS , LET'S PUT IT ON THE WORK SESSION AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THE SET GENERAL TODAY. BENEFITS OF A SAFE COMMUNITY. UH IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE COMMUNITY. PUBLIC SAFETY IS A IT'S PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR CITIES IN AMERICA. NOW UM WHEN OUR SCHOOLS OUR BIG QUESTION, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY IS HUGE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE INTERNALLY DID AND YEAH, THINGS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE PHYSICALLY. UH IT PROVIDES LOOKING AT WELL BEING, YOU KNOW, IT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT QUALITY OF LIFE MEANS UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE IT AND EXCELLENT QUALITY OF LIFE. I HAD THE FORTUNE GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING RAISED IN EAST TEXAS. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER EXCELLENT QUALITY LIFE WAS UNTIL I MOVED TO CENTRAL TEXAS. AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU EXPERIENCE AND YOU FEEL AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WANT US COULD SAVE QUALITY ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S SOMETHING UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER EXPERIENCED, UH, WELL BEING SAFE COMMUNITIES PROVIDE THE SENSE OF PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR ANY COMMUNITY FOR SURE, BUT ALSO MM. BUT THE CHANGE PERCEPTION OF YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WHAT PEOPLE SEE US IN FROM OUT OF TOWN WHERE ONLY AS GREAT AS HOW THEY FEEL LIKE OUR CITY IS SAFE. MM PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD NOWADAYS, IT'S NOT JUST THE UNITED STATES OR THE NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE ADVENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA LOOK AT US THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO PERCEPTION ON WHAT WE HAVE GONE ON, AND THEN FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE INTERESTED IN MOVING TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSION . WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LOSS OF POPULATION. WE TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE NOT MOVING HERE. AH THAT CAN BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO HOW SAVE SOMEONE FIELDS AND LIVING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET A POLICE CHIEF. RIGHT. IT'S IMPORTANT. DID YOU GET PUBLIC SAFETY, RIGHT? SO WE SHOULD NOT.TAKE SHORT CUTS AND DOING THAT. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE ECONOMY YOU KNOW IT PROVIDES PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMY. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS. BUT YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PART OF THAT BECOMING MORE, UH, A VIABLE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF WE HAVE PEOPLE VANDALIZING AND DOING THINGS IT IMPACTS OUR ECONOMY IMPACTS WHAT WE'RE DOING. JOAN PUB PUBLIC JUST FEELS SAFER, REDUCE VIOLENCE AND WE CAN'T KID SAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HAD SOME REAL VIOLENT EPISODES IN OUR CITY. AND WE, YOU KNOW WE'D BE KIDDING OURSELVES. IF WE DIDN'T LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'VE GOT TO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. WE'VE GOT TO PUT SOMEONE IN PLACE. THAT CAN TAKE UP THE BOUNDED CHIEF HAD AND WORK WITH MY EXISTING OFFICERS, AND, UH, PUT US IN A PLACE WHERE WE FEEL SAFE . YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO PEOPLE NOW, NO MATTER HOW HARD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKS, AND THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF SOLVING CRIMES. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST YOU KNOW THEY DO THAT. BUT I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE GOING TO A CONVENIENCE STORE AT NIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I'M GOING TO THE CONVENIENCE. STORE IT IN A DAY. I'M NOT GOING TONIGHT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T FEEL SAFE AND THEN, UH, FOREST DISASTER PLANNING IS VERY IMPORTANT, VERY IMPORTANT TO BEAUMONT FOR US TO THE TASK OF PLANNING WITH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HURRICANES AND THINGS HERE, SO YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO PROVIDE THAT LEADERSHIP. YOU NEED SOMEONE TO WORK WITH OUR EXISTING STAFF. MEMBERS OF CAPTAIN MAGNET CHECK AND CHICK AENA TOO. WORK TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN A GREAT PLACE. BUT DISASTER PLAN AND THEN RECOVERY AND PRIVATE LEADERSHIP BUT ALSO A LOT OF THEM TO DO THEIR JOB.
NEXT STOP. PROCESS MISSION AND GO. UH, THIS IS A MISSION I JUST CAME UP WITH AND I DON'T LIKE TO
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READ. BUT I'M GONNA READ THIS ONE. AND THIS IS MY MISSION AND LOOKING FOR REPLACEMENT FOR THE POSITION AND S TO CONDUCT A SYSTEMATIC SEARCH OF COMMUNITY CONSENSUS THAT IS TRANSPARENT.ORGANIZATIONALLY IN COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE, CUSTOMIZED TO IDENTIFY CANDIDATES WITH THE RIGHT QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE SKILLS, LICENSE AND PERSONALITIES SUITABLE FOR THE BEST FIT FOR THE SYRIA. BEAUMONT, TEXAS. AND I THINK THE BEST MOST IMPORTANT THING THERE IS FOR THE BEST FIT FOR THE CITY APARTMENT, TEXAS WHATEVER WE DO, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT MINDS OUT THERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT LEADERS OUT THERE. BUT HOW? WELL THEY'RE GONNA WORK WITH BEAUMONT, TEXAS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS AND SOME GOALS AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS WANTED TO SPECIFY. IDENTIFY QUALIFY, APPOINT AND CONFIRM. SPECIFY WOULD CREATE A PROFILE. WE'LL DO THAT, THROUGH A COMMUNICATIONS WITH THIS COUNCIL WOULD CITY MANAGERS WITH PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC ADVISORY GROUPS ETCETERA TO COME UP WITH A PROFILE THAT WE THINK IT FITS THIS CITY OF GOMA IN THAT SEARCH? AND THEN IDENTIFY CANDIDATES. FORGIVENESS UH, SEARCH FIRM TO IDENTIFY CANDIDATES HERE OR THEY PICKED APPLICATIONS AND COME BACK AND MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US. LIKEWISE THEY WILL QUALIFY.
AH THOSE PEOPLE AND WE WILL QUALIFY THEM BECAUSE WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS. MAKE SURE THEY'RE LICENSED. AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SUITABLE FOR THE POSITION AND THEN THE APPOINTMENT AND THEN APPOINTMENTS BY THE CITY MANAGER. AND THEN CONFIRMATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE APARTMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER.
AUTHORIZATION WHAT DOES THIS AUTHORIZATION COMES FROM? FOR THE CITY MANAGER? WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? FOR THIS CITY? UH COUNCIL. BEAUMONT CITY CHARTER IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT AND CHAPTER THREE GIVES THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD HAVE SUCH INCLINED AUTHORITIES TO PROPERLY CARRY OUT THE FUNCTIONS OF CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND THE FIRST BULLET POINT ON THERE AT THE POINT AND REMOVE ALL HEADS OF THE APARTMENTS. BUT AS WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT THIS PROCESS THEY STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CO. CAME INTO G SEE CHAPTER. 143 IS A CIVIL SERVICES CITY, WHICH MEANS THAT THE, UM THE CITY COUNCIL. YEAH WELL, UH, CONFIRM EACH DISAPPOINTMENT HERE, THEY SENDING MANAGER WILL STILL APPOINT I'LL JUST READ IT RIGHT, SAID THE POLICE SO FAR, CHIEF. IT'S APPOINTED BY THE MUNICIPALITIES CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND CONFIRMED BY THE MUNICIPALITIES GOVERNING BODY. A PERSON APPOINTED AS THE HEAD OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR CERTIFICATION BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. OH IT'S EQUIVALENT AS DETERMINED ABOUT THAT COMMISSION. IT MUST HAVE SERVED AS A BONAFIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.
SO THIS JUST SAYS WE ALL HAVE ROLES IN THIS PROCESS. SO I HAVE A ROSE CITY MANAGER. YOU HAVE A ROLE LIST, AND SO, UM, CITY COUNCIL, BUT I LOOK AT IT AND SELECT THIS IN TERMS. CITY HAS A ROLE IN MAKING THIS DECISION AND THE PART OF THE PROCESS OF ME DOING APPOINTMENT. I INTEND TO INVOLVE THE ENTIRE CITY NEXT SLIDE. WE TALKED ABOUT AUTHORIZATION SALARY POSITIONS APPROPRIATED. THIS IS A POSITION THAT'S BEEN A CRUEL AND OUR BUDGET IMPROVE MY CITY COUNCIL WITH APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE POSITION, SO IT WON'T BE ASKING FOR NEW DOLLARS. UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS THIS WAY ABOVE ABOVE WHAT IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR THE POSITION. IN THE HAIR AND IT WAS SEARCH FOR FIRM IN THE AIR. YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER HAS TO START JUST FOR PURCHASING POWER CORE INTEL WERE PERSISTENT AUTHORITY UP TO $50,000. WITH MONEY BEING APPROPRIATED IN THE BUDGET. LIKEWISE IT'S ALSO CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATE UP TO 50,000 IN OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR FOR THE USE PART OF CITY MANAGERS CONTINGENCY. APPOINTMENT PROCESS. UH HOW ARE RECRUITING SPECIALISTS? WE HAVE PUT OUT TOMORROW PEACE BECAUSE OF AS WE WERE AT THE MOST MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS, BASICALLY GOING TO LOOK AT HER AND SOMEBODY AH! WE'VE DONE THAT WE HAVE SPERM HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED . UH ART SIGNED WHATEVER THE TERM IS, UM SORRY. BUT WE WANT TO MATTER TO EXPERIENCE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S EXPERIENCED AND KNOWING WHAT BEAUMONT NEEDS IN A CANDIDATE FOR POLICE CHIEF FOR SURE. CREATIVE FAITH. CREATE A PROFILE. I'M SORRY. UH WE WANT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE DONE AND A VARIETY OF
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WAYS. THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THIS ALREADY FEEDBACK FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ITSELF FROM OUR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY WILL BE TALKED WITH THEY WILL BE INTERVIEWED. IT WOULD GIVE THEIR, UM FEEDBACK AND LIKEWISE SUCCESS SECONDS EXECUTIVE STAFF. WE ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO'S A MEMBER OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO APPLY APPLY FOR THIS POSITION WE WANTED TO, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY IF THEY DO, THEY PROBABLY WON'T BE INTERVIEWED FOR THE PROFILE, BUT WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THAT. AND THEN, UH, I WANT TO CREATE A COMMUNITY INTERVIEW PANEL, WHICH CONSISTS OF LIVING OR 15 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND THESE COMMUNITY MEN WERE THAT PLEA CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH THE CANDIDATES. WHAT WHAT? THAT ME BEING IN THE ROOM. THEY WILL HAVE THAT INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO TALK.WITH THEM AND SEE HOW THEY FEEL ONE AND INCORPORATE THE POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. YOU KNOW THEY CAN. THEY WILL HAVE A APPOINTMENT TO THAT BOARD, BUT LIKEWISE, I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE THE GROUP THAT SUPPLIES THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AH, THAT WILL BE ASKED BY THE COMMITTEE.
SO THEY ALL HAVE A ROLE IN HERE. THEN IT'S PUBLIC SURVEYS ARE AND OR PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET CANDIDATES INTERACT WITH THEM, SEE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEM AS THE PROCESS GOES ALONG. NEXT SLIDE. RECRUITING SPECIALIST AGAIN IF THAT'S SELECTED BY EXECUTIVE STAFF AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE OLD SCREEN, THE CANDIDATES FOREST. THEY'RE QUALIFIED AS CANDIDATES. THEY'LL DO THE BACKGROUND CHECK FOR US. WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM IDENTIFYING 5 TO 8 CANDIDATES TO SUBMIT TO THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE FOR INTERVIEWS. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT STEP. CONTINUALLY IN THE PROCESS. AS I SAID INITIAL INTERVIEWS WITH HELD BY THE COMMUNITY PANEL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THE NEXT SLIDE ON WHAT THAT MEANS. UH INTERVIEWS WHILE THE EXECUTIVES, STAFF AND CITY MANAGEMENT GROUP AND THEN IT. THAT POINT AFTER THAT POINT IN THE BUILDING APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. COMMUNITY INTERVIEW. PANEL MEMBERS FROM THESE AREAS YOU WANT A GOOD CROP SESSION SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY? AH ON THIS PANEL OF THE 11 TO 15 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW SOMEONE FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, SOMEONE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
CULTURAL DIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE POLICE UNION, UH, CITY ATTORNEYS PUT SOMEONE FROM THE POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FROM THE FAITH BASED COMMUNITY POLICE ADVOCATES AND SOMEONE WHO ADVOCATES FOR ADVOCATE FOR THE POLICE. SOMEONE FROM THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS. WE WANT OUR VIEWS AND SOMEONE FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO SEVERAL THAT COMMITTEE INTERVIEW PANEL. CONFIRMATION SAID THE COUNCIL CONFIRMED, UH, CONSIDERED CONFIRMATION OR SELECTION BY THE CITY MANAGER. AND ALSO IN THIS PROCESS, THERE MIGHT BE A AN INTERIM POLICE CHIEF APPOINTMENT AND ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T DONE DONE LAST PROCESS IF THERE WAS AN INTERIM, BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS COUNCIL, CONFIRMING THE INTERIM POINT, MY INTERIM APPOINTMENT FOR THE POLICE CHEAP . I WANTED TO BE AN EXCLUSIVE PROCESS. I WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE OF THIS COUNCIL, THE PROCESS INCLUSIVE PROCESS OF THIS COMMUNITY. NEXT TIME. AGAIN UH, WANTED TO BE A TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY INVOLVED PROCESS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT TAKES ALL OF US. TO DO. WE WANT THAT INPUT . WE WANT PEOPLE TO WANT FEEL GOOD, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A TRUSTED PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS ONE THAT WILL BE WITH THE CITY FOR SOME TIME, WITH PUBLIC SAFETY BEING SUCH SUCH A BIG ISSUE TODAY, AND THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE QUOTE FROM UM HENRY FORD AND HE SAYS COMING TOGETHER IS A BEGINNING, STAYING TOGETHER AS A PROGRESS AND WORKING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS. SO THIS PROCESS I LOOK FORWARD AS A COMMUNITY PROCESS I LOOK FOR IS AS A PROCESS FOR US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER. FOR SOMETHING FOR THE GOOD OF THIS COMMUNITY AND SELECTING A PERSON THAT WILL B B IN PLACE, UH, TO PROVIDE US WITH THE LATEST MODERN METHODS OF POLICING. AND
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UH, WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PROCESS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU, MR CITY MANAGER. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN NEIL THEN COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW TURN AROUND FOR THIS, MR. MANAGER I GUESS MY QUESTION MIGHT BE MORE LEGAL THAN CITY MANAGER. BUT PER THE, UM LOCAL TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. IS THE MAYOR, NOT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. NO SO IT LOOKS. IT LOOKS. FUNNY BIT THERE. IT'S POINTED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, AND THEN IT IT CUT COUNCIL TOGETHER. AS THE MUNICIPAL BOARD THE MANAGING BOARD, SO THE MANAGER IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. IN THAT THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE WHERE REFERS TO HIM IS THAT HE APPOINTS THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND IT'S USED THAT WAY AS WELL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW, THEN COUNCILMAN TURNER, FIRST OF ALL CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU FOR THIS. UH, THIS PRESENTATION AND THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE CREATED HERE. IT'S ONE OF OPENNESS, TRANSPARENCY INVOLVING MANY PEOPLE. UM JUST A QUESTION. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF BEAUMONT, AND I'M ASSUMING IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. BUT WHAT WHAT DO WE DO IF THE COUNCIL COMES TO A PLACE OF A NO CONFIRMATION? WELL MY INTERPRETATION IF WE COME TO KNOW, CONFIRMATION THAT YOU'RE SOMEONE ELSE'S RECOMMENDED TO YOU, UH, IF YOU DON'T APPROVE THAT RECOMMENDATION, AND BECAUSE OF THAT UM, FEELING THE WEIGHTINESS OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY? UM I KNOW THE COUNCIL WILL NOT BE A PART OF THE INTERVIEWS. PROCESS I'M ASSUMING BUT COULD WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION? ACCESS TO THE ACTUAL INTERVIEWS OF THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE SELECTED LIKE QUESTIONS FROM THE INTERVIEW PANEL. WELL, I JUST KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE IS BROUGHT BEFORE ME THAT I'M TO VOTE ON AND LIKE TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO KNOW THE PARTICULARS ABOUT THAT PERSON. UM SHERIFF. IT'S DOCUMENT AND I GUESS IF THEY'RE MEN INTO WHATEVER YOU ASKING FOR THEIR RESUME, OR ARE YOU ASKING FOR, LIKE, WELL, I KNOW THAT LIKE WHEN WE WERE DOING THE CITY MANAGER, WE ACTUALLY HAD VIDEOS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT INTERVIEWS OF THE CITY MANAGERS AND IT HELPED US IN OUR DECISION MAKING SIMILAR TO THAT PROCESS. THE BOARD THAT'S BEING CREATED WILL REVIEW THOSE INTERVIEWS, AND THEY WILL NERO DOWN FROM THE VERY CIVIL LIKE Y'ALL DO Y'ALL CREATED? Y'ALL STOP CHOICES, AND THEN FROM THERE, THEY'LL DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO INTERVIEW FIVE PEOPLE, 10, PEOPLE, 15 PEOPLE AND THEN FROM THOSE THOSE INTERVIEWS, THEY WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF THEIR AT THE MANOR DRAGS FOR THEIR TOP FIVE OR THEIR TOP THREE TO GO TO THE MEAT TO THE MANAGER. ARE YOU ASKING FOR THE RESUMES AND THE DOCUMENTATIONS OR THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD? OR ARE YOU ASKING TO SEE THE ENTIRE PROCESS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS IT'S FILTERING THROUGH. YEAH. WHAT I KNOW THAT AS YOU MENTIONED WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THERE WERE 16 INTERVIEWS. I BELIEVE WE PICKED OUT OF THE 16 OUR TOP FIVE. AND THEN OUT OF THAT FIVE WE WENT FROM THERE. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ALL THE INTERVIEWS. I GUESS I GUESS MY PRIMARY CONCERN WOULD BE WHEN A PERSON IS BROUGHT BEFORE THIS COUNCIL FOR US TO CONFIRM I WOULD NEED MORE THAN JUST THEIR NAME. I WOULD NEED THE INFORMATION THE PARTICULARS. I'M ASSUMING THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO US PACKET. THE RESUME THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW THAT'S DONE. WILL IT BE FILMED? WHETHER IT BE A VIDEO INTERVIEW? WOULD WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT VIDEO BOARD DOES MOST LIKELY NOT. THE BOARD WOULD BE A NORMAL INTERVIEW, THE BOARD WILL PULL THEM INTO PERSON AND INTERVIEW THE CANDIDATES SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WHEN Y'ALL CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS OF BEING NORMAL INTERVIEW SO AGAIN, THE PROCESS WOULD BE THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES APPLICATIONS IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE COLD OUT TO A HANDFUL CORRECT. CORRECT. AND THIS IS THE MANAGERS PROCESS AND SOME OF THOSE TWO WILL BE WORKED THAT WANTS TO RECRUIT HIM FROM PHARMACY WORKED OUT THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT IN THAT PROCESS, BUT THE GOAL IS TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AND COUNSEL S REQUIRED OR IS NEEDED, UH, HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE IN THIS PROCESS. UH WANT SOMEONE THAT THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO WANT TO APPROVE WOULD BE WOULD NOT. IT WOULD BE WHO MAY NOT TO BRING SOMEBODY TO THIS COUNCIL WHO'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. AH, SO, UM. MY GOAL IS TO BRING SOMEBODY TO THIS COUNCIL WHO WILL BE EXCITED TO WORK WITH AND ITS COMMUNITY BIG, EXCITED TO[01:05:02]
HAVE AND THAT WILL HAVE BEEN VETTED BY THIS INTERNAL COMMUNITY. WELL AND THAT'S WHY YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER MENTIONED UP FRONT THAT THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE CREATED LOOKS AS YOU SAID , TOTAL TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND AGAIN. I DON'T I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS, BUT YOU KNOW IF FOR A PERSON TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR US TO CONFIRM IT HAS TO. FOR ME. THERE HAS TO BE MORE THAN JUST A NAME. I HAVE TO HAVE INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND WHO I AM CONFIRMING FOR ME TO DO THAT AND INTELLIGENT DECISION INFORMED DECISION SO THAT I CAN TELL YOU HOW WE DID IT LAST TIME WHEN WE APPOINTED IN 2018, WE APPOINTED THE FIRE CHIEF. IT WAS A SIMILAR PROCESS WITH A SIMILAR, UM, SIMILAR MAKEUP OF A COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND COUNCIL WAS PROVIDED WITH A PACKET. OF THEIR CHOSEN INDIVIDUAL, WHICH IS YOU KNOW, WAS CHEAPER OR WHITE, SO THEY WERE CHOSEN HAD HIS RESUME HIS HIS BIO. UM THE RECOMMENDATION FROM FROM THE BOARD. I BELIEVE THAT THEY GOT IN IT DOWN TO THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT THE MANAGER ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED AND FROM THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS. THAT MANAGER CHOSE HIS SOLID CANDIDATE. THE COUNCIL AT THE MANAGER'S DISCRETION COULD SEE ALL OF THOSE BIT. THE PACKET THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL WAS FOR THE CHOSEN CANDIDATE WITH WHICH INCLUDED HIS RESUME HIS CREDENTIALS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SO IT WAS A YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHY THAT PERSON WAS BEING CHOSEN, BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO COMPARE THEM AGAINST THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS. BUT OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCILMAN TURNER. YES, I THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, ONE I HAVE. I HAVE, LIKE 34 QUESTIONS CONCERNS LOW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND ON EXACTLY WHAT WE MEAN BY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS . WHEN WE SAY LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS COULD BE OTHER AGENCIES OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COULD BE FEDERAL AGENT OFFICERS COULD BE STATE OFFICERS. JUST PARTNERS WHO WE WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE MENTIONED A SWAT TEAM EARLIER, BUT THERE'S OTHER ENDED HIS AGENCIES WE WORKED WITH TO WORK AGAINST CRIME IN OUR AREA, AND I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH A GROUP ABOUT THIS AND I BE BEHOOVE NOT TO ACTUALLY SPEAK UP AND SAY THIS I JUST ALL TO STRONGLY CONSIDER YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE MEDIAN AGE IN BEAUMONT, AND WHEN WE PICKED THE COMMITTEE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WANT TO LET'S GET SOME YOUNG REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD, JUST TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST. I SPOKE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND MY AGE AND YOUNGER, AND THAT'S A CONCERN OFTEN WHEN WE MAKE BIG DECISIONS THEY AREN'T SELECTED OR THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE TABLE AND HAVE SOME SAY SOMEONE FEEDBACK. SO JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THAT AGE GROUP AND DEMOGRAPHIC, I LIKE TO ASK IF WE CAN STRONGLY CONSIDER JUST HAVING SOME SOME YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, YOUNGER PERSON ON THE COMMUNITY ON THAT BOARD FOR SURE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY. BUT I GUESS I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT IS CONSIDERED YOUNG THAT SOME NOT EVEN ME LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CRIME AND BOMA AND I THINK MOST OF THE OFFICERS CAN SPEAK TO THIS IS MAINLY SOMEHOW OUR YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHICS AND I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO LEARN SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE IS ACTUALLY HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE THEM A PART OF THE PROCESS OF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING EXPERIENCE AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT. LIKE THAT, THAT 30 UNDER AGE RANGE, LIKE THE ACTUAL CROWD THAT DEALS WITH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TALK TO THAT CROWD OFTEN, BUT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE THEY DEAL WITH MAINLY SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. I LEARNED A LOT FROM JUST SIMPLY TALKING TO HIM. THERE'S ACTUALLY YOUNGER THAN ME WAY YOUNGER THAN ME. BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW WE DO CONSIDER. YOU KNOW THE YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC AS WELL.ABSOLUTELY I TOTALLY AGREE. YEAH AND MY LAST THING IS I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO HIRING AND BEAUMONT.
I KNOW WE HAVE CHALLENGES AND. WITH THE CHALLENGES SOMETIMES IT'S VERY COMPLICATED TO GET THAT CALIBER TALENT DOWN HERE WHEN I LOOK AT US APPROVING DEPARTMENT IS IN THE HIGH LEVEL POSITIONS. YOU KNOW, MR WILLIAMS , SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME HIGH LEVEL POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. LIKE WHAT? WITH THAT BEING SAID. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STRUGGLES OR DO YOU THINK? DO YOU FIRST SEE SOME ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THESE QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO RELOCATE DOWN HERE IN THIS AREA BECAUSE ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERN IS MAKING SURE WE JUST HAVE HIGH LEVEL PRODUCERS. IF WE DO GO OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE. UM I THINK A LOT OF HIS IS THE PERCEPTION OF BEAUMONT. THAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME, YOU KNOW, AND GETTING PEOPLE HERE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ARTICLES ABOUT. BAD
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THINGS HAPPENING IN CRIME, AND IT'S BROKE CAST ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE SEE THAT WE HAD A REALLY STRONG CANDIDATE AND WE FOR ANOTHER POSITION WITH THOUGHT WE HAD HIM, BUT WE LOST THEM TO COLOR BILL. TEXAS COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS IS PERCEIVED TO HAVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, TOO, THEN. BEAUMONT, TEXAS , WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT, UH, THAT PERSON THOUGHT SO. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GET SOME PROFESSIONAL HELP TO FIND A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION. YOU DONE JUST WAS A CONCERN OF MINE THAT THAT LAST THING HE JUST SAID, I THINK WE NEED TO. REALLY CONSIDER THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE HIGH LEVEL POSITIONS, BUT APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER COUNCILMAN DURIO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OH, MR MANAGER. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION DONE A GREAT JOB APPRECIATE BEING SO TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVENESS OF ALL THE FOLKS INCLUDED ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. DO YOU ANTICIPATE INTERIM CHIEF BEING APPOINTED AS SOON AS THE CHIEF SINGLETARY IN LAST DAY? YEAH PROBABLY. I WOULDN'T LIKE TO HAVE THEM IN PLACE BEFORE HIS LAST DAY BECAUSE THERAPY A TRANSITION PERIOD. OKAY THAT WILL HAVE TO.WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH. SO SOMEWHERE MARCH 1ST TO MARCH 15TH WERE AND TESTED ANTICIPATE.
UM AND AROMA APPOINTMENT. INTERIM UM, BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE FULL TIME JOB. YES. SO.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT? WE'VE GOT COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW, THEN COUNCILMAN TURNER. CITY MANAGER JUST FALLING OUT WITH COUNCILMAN TURNER. I RECOGNIZE SOMETIMES THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE AND ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO BEAUMONT. I GET THAT, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT OUR PAY SCALE AND SO FORTH IS COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER CITIES ARE SIZE WHEN IT COMES TO THE CHIEF AND ALSO JUST TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT I THINK ONE THING THAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO BEAUMONT IS THE FACT THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL. I'VE NEVER KNOWN THIS COUNCIL TO SAY NO, AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY TALK AS BACK IN 2021 ANY CHATTER ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE. THIS COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND SO I JUST I BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO WORK FOR A CHIEF OF POLICE, BUT BACK TO MY QUESTION. I'M ASSUMING THAT OUR PAY SCALE AND SO FORTH IS COMPETITIVE. WE THINK IT IS. WE THINK IT'S COMPETITIVE. WE WANT TO START WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BUDGETED FOR THE POSITION, YOU KNOW AND WORK FROM THAT POINT. AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHOW THAT THAT'S THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. CITY MANAGER MINISTER BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO IT'S A FANTASTIC ENVIRONMENT TO COME WORK IN AND GET THE SUPPORT THAT YOU REALLY WOULD NEED AS A POLICE CHIEF. THANK YOU VERY OKAY. COUNCILMAN TURNER. MY LAST QUESTION. SOMEONE SENT IT TO ME, IS IT? IN POLICY. IS IT REQUIRED FOR OUR POLICE CHIEF TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BEAUMONT? IT LOVE IN TEXAS AND THEN ONE LAST CIVIL SERVICE LAW FOUND OUT THIS DIFFERENT. UH YOU CAN'T REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO LIVE IN THE CITY ON LAKE CITY MANAGERS RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN YOU REQUIRED TO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF A CITY BUT AND LET'S SAY THAT TOURNAMENT CORRECTLY, BUT I THINK IN TEXAS YOU CAN'T REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE TO LIVE IN THE CITY. HE'S NOT A CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE, THEN YEAH. BUT CHARTER WE REQUIRE THE POLICE CHIEF BY OUR CHIEF CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS. UM, EVERYWHERE ELSE. THERE'S BEEN SOME STATUTORY OR SOME SOME LAW THAT SAYS THAT THAT COULD BE DISCRIMINATORY HAS A SERVER COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST, RIGHT? OKAY? SOMEONE ELSE. I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION FOR BUT IN A COUPLE OF, UH COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM YOU KNOW, FOR THE PUBLIC IS THIS IS NOT SOMETHING CHIEF SINGLETARY HAS BEEN A POLICE CHIEF FOR 12 YEARS. CHIEF WHITE BEEN CHIEF FIRE CHIEF FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, AND, UH, THAT PROCESS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, AND MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNCIL HAVEN'T BEEN A PART OF IT. SO THIS IS HOW WE'RE LEARNING, AND IT'S DONE IN A WORK SESSION. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS FOR THOSE THAT WONDER. WELL, DON'T YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY KNOW WE'RE LEARNING THE PROCESS WE KNOW AND WORKING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER WHO I KNOW IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE
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THE, UH, BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE IN THIS. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS. SO ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS IN TERMS OF A SELECTION DATE FOR WHEN WE MIGHT HAVE A SEARCH FIRM CHOSEN BECAUSE. WE'RE READY TO GO. ACTUALLY WE WERE WORKING. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HR AND STUFF AND WE'VE TALKED TO SOME SEARCH FIRMS AND WE HAVE ONE WE LIKE TO GO WITH, BUT WE WERE JUST WAITING TO ACT UNTIL AFTER LIST. THIS DISCUSSION. TO GO WITH THEM. SO UM, WE DID RP PROCESS AND WE GOT ABOUT WHAT EIGHT OF FIVE OR 5 TO 8. SOME MIDDLES AND MYSELF. CHRIS CATALINA, JOAN CHRIS BOONE, AND WE SIT DOWN AND WE INTERVIEWED THEM AND WE INTERVIEWED HIM AND CAME UP WITH ONE WHEREVER WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND. OH, WITH AND NOT TO VEER OUT OF MY LANE. BUT I KNOW THAT WITH OUR LAST TWO POLICE POLICE CHIEF AND FIRE CHIEF HARDER AND THIS GETS A LITTLE BIT TOO WHAT COUNCILMAN FELL, SHAW SAID, AND REMINDING THE PUBLIC THAT WHENEVER ALL OF COUNCIL OR FOUR OF US ARE MORE GOING TO BE PRESIDENT BECOMES A PUBLIC MEETING, SO THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO THOSE. SO THAT DOES PRESENT SOME CHALLENGES, BECAUSE CERTAINLY THE AH, WE'RE NOT A DIRECT PART OF THE HIRING PROCESS, HOWEVER, WITH CHIEF WHITE AND WITH CHIEF SINGLETARY, THEY WERE VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN HERE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, SO THERE WERE NOBODY ON COUNCIL THAT WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH EITHER OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN TERMS OF THEIR CHARACTER IN TERMS OF HOW THEY SO I KNOW THAT I FOUND OUT I KNOW FOR MYSELF. ALBUM NUMBER ONE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I CAN . IF WE'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T KNOW LOCALLY, JUST TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION IN TERMS OF CONFIRMATION, NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST THAT PROCESS, AND I DO BELIEVE HAVING THE CITIZENS INVOLVEMENT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE WE USE CITIZENS FOR MANY FANS IN THE CITY TO BE EFFECTIVE, INCLUDING POSSIBLY OUR TOURIST BOARD IN THE FUTURE, BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN THE COUNCIL HAS TO CONFIRM SOMETHING, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO FILL, UH, THAT WE HAVE COMPLETE INFORMATION, AND I REALIZED THAT MAYBE A KIND OF A WORK IN PROGRESS BECAUSE THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE DO ALL THE TIME, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC AND THAT SO I APPRECIATE YOUR OPENNESS AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE AND PERHAPS WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE ANOTHER WORK SESSION ALONG THE WAY TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS US. YES, COUNCILMAN DORIA JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR CITY ATTORNEY RECENTLY. WE HAD THAT CHARTER ELECTION. AND WE HAD TO CHANGE SOME THINGS BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF IN OUR CHARTER WAS IN CONFLICT WITH STATE LAW. IS THAT IT IS A CHANCE THAT THAT REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TO LIVE INSIDE THE CITY IN OUR CHARTER COULD BE IN CONFLICT WITH STATE LAW. NO AGAIN THAT GOES TO, UM, A COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST REQUIRING ALL EMPLOYEES TO LIVE. MAYBE BECAUSE THERE'S CASE LAW THAT'S YOU KNOW, STRICTLY REFERENCED TOWARDS THAT, BUT NOTHING IS IT RELATES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHICH WE NEED, UM. TO UH, TRUST THE MAYOR'S CONCERNED, YOU KNOW THE YOU GET THE INFORMATION ON THE CANDIDATE WHERE BRING THESE PEOPLE INTO HAVE MEAT AND GREETS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TALK WITH THEM FACE TO FACE. OR HOW PLACES WHERE YOU CAN SIT DOWN WITH THEM, ETCETERA , ETCETERA, SO THEY'LL BE PULLING ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ACTION FOR THIS COUNCIL. FOR SURE. BUT I JUST ASKED YOU TO LET THE PROCESS GIVE THE PROCESS A CHANCE BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT TO GET COMMUNITY BUY IN TWO AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET THEM TO DO THEIR WORK. AND THEN THINGS HAPPEN THAT CIRCUMVENTS WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE. AGREED. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. OKAY UH, THE WORK SESSION IS NOW CLOSED. AT THE CLOSE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATED OR PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.07. OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. THE CLAIM OF JOSE SANDOVAL AND JAMES MATTHEWS VERSUS CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, CALLS NUMBER A 192887. HYPHEN A IN THE NINTH COURT OF APPEALS NUMBER 09-23. CV THERE. THERE IS GOING TO BE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING THE TOUR'S FINAL PLAN THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED SINCE THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER. AND NOW WE'LL[COUNCIL COMMENTS]
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HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS WILL START WITH COUNCILMAN DURIO. I JUST HAD ONE THING. UM I NOTICED WE'RE STILL GETTING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT SEWAGE BACKING UP IN THE FOLKS HOUSE WHEN IT RAINED AND NOT BEING ABLE TO FLUSH AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GET A UPDATE ON THAT PROBLEM AND SEE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO FIX THAT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE SAME HOUSE. SAME NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS. SO IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON THAT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN DURIO COUNCILMAN GETS NO COMMENT. COUNCILMAN TURNER. I JUST WANTED TO THANK STEPH THAT BUS STATION OVER THE AL PHONE.CONCORD AND LUCAS. I THINK ME AND COUNCILMAN SAMUEL WORK DONE IN A WHILE WITH THE THING YOU CITIZEN HOME. THEY FINALLY MOVED THAT BUS STATION AND SOME OF THEM CONTACTED ME AND BUS STOP.
BUT STOP WITH THE BENCH. SO WE'RE CLEAR AND I BUS STATION BUT THE BUS STOP. SOME OF THEM CONTACTED ME AND JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR SAYING THAT THROUGH. THEY DID A PETITION ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. ALMOST TWO YEARS AND WE FINALLY GOT AROUND TO DOING IT, AND THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. UH, THE SECOND THING IS I WANT TO THANK LEADERSHIP BEAUMONT. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND MY TOPIC WAS SUING DRAINAGE AND WATER. UH ASSISTANCE. I WANT TO THANK UH I WANTED APPOINTMENT HERE. MIKE HARRIS. HE HELPED ME OUT A LITTLE BIT. HE CAME THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH. SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME OUT, MAN. I APPRECIATE IT. AND I JUST WANNA EXTEND MY SUPPORT TO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE HIGH LEVEL POSITIONS. MR WILLIAMS. I'M OPEN TO DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ATTRACT THE BEST WE CAN ATTRACT TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I FEEL OUR CITY IS THE BEST AND I DON'T MIND DOING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET THE BEST. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S HOW I FEEL SPECIAL ABOUT THESE HIGH LEVEL POSITIONS. WHETHER BE DEPARTMENT IS POLICE CHIEF CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY I WANT THE BEST. SO I'M OPEN TO DOING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET THE BEST. COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER.
COUNCILMAN SAMUEL COUNCILOR NEIL . MADAM CITY ATTORNEY COMMENT, MAN. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BART COBIA. MR CITY MANAGER. HMM. NO COMMENT. BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE AS IT WAS SAID EARLIER FEBRUARY 13TH WERE AT THE EVENT CENTER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE, UH DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS OF THE HOTEL THAT HAS BEEN THERE WERE WORKING TOWARDS NEXT TO THE BIG CENTER AND WE ARE GETTING THE TRANSFORMERS REMOVED. AS OF TODAY IS MY UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WILL GET CLOSER. AH, CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHIEFS? UH 53 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 12 YEARS IS POLICE CHIEF HERE AND WHAT A WONDERFUL JOB HE'S DONE, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO, UH AND FOUND WAYS TO SHOW HONOR TO HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. HERE UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SUGGEST IF WE COULD LOOK AT POSSIBLY HAVING AH WORK SESSION IN THE FUTURE ABOUT OUR SEWER JUST TO BRING PEOPLE UP TO DATE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE PAY IN BECAUSE IT IS CERTAINLY AN ONGOING PROBLEM, AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. WE ALL ARE TO ADDRESS THAT IN TERMS OF SPENDING MONEY, BUT KEEPING THE PEOPLE INFORMED BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING IT, AS THEY HAVE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKENDS, I KNOW MY PHONE RINGS A LOT AND JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WITH ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS GOING ON.
THAT IS NEVER OFF OUR MINDS AND UNDERSTANDING THE PRIORITY OF THAT. WE'RE CERTAINLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT MARDI GRAS COMING UP AS WELL AS I KNOW, WITH THE TASTE OF THE TRIANGLE AND ALL THAT'S BEEN IN SOCIAL MEDIA. I CAN ASSURE YOU FROM MY TIME WITH THIS CITY COUNCIL AND WORKING WITH THIS CITY MANAGER IN THIS CITY ADMINISTRATION, WE ARE A VERY BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY AND WE DO WANT TO SEE BUSINESSES GROW AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH THEM. PUBLIC HEALTH IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. COMMUNICATION'S THE KEY AND I WILL SAY I KNOW MY CELLPHONE FOR 093509317 IS EVERYWHERE. IT IS ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE PUBLICLY. MY EMAIL I SHARE REGULARLY AND AS WELL AS YOU CAN
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JUST GO ONLINE. THE REASON I SAY THAT IS OFTENTIMES THERE BECOMES CONVERSATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH IS FINE. I USE SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I DON'T READ SOCIAL MEDIA MY DAY, SOMETIMES START AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING AND GO TILL NINE AT NIGHT. RIGHT AND THE IF WE IF YOU CONTACT THE CITY WITH A PROBLEM, IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US TO RESPOND RATHER THAN BAKE. POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EXPECT THE CITY TO BE STUDYING THAT TO RESPOND IN PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE TO OWN SOCIAL MEDIA, CERTAINLY, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR CITY WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WITH 311 ON THE ONGOING CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND WHEN THERE'S CHALLENGES, OFTENTIMES THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WILL WORK WITH THE SITUATION TO COME UP WITH. A SOLUTION, BUT THEY HAVE TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM BEFORE THEY CAN START PRESENTING THE SOLUTION. SO AGAIN, THANK EVERYBODY FOR THAT.BEAUMONT VISION 2035. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND IN THE DIRECTION THAT'S GOING SO THANK
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