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          CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2025. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY REVEREND ANDREW WILSON OF REVIVAL CULTURE CHURCH. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. IF YOU WOULD CARE TO BOW YOUR HEAD OR CLOSE YOUR EYES, YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO SO. JESUS SAID IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO STAND AND WATCH WHILE YOU PRAY. AND TODAY, LORD, WE COME TO YOU BOLDLY IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER. WE THANK YOU. BY YOUR GRACE. IT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN COME BY YOUR BLOOD THAT WAS SHED ON CALVARY IS WHAT GIVES US ACCESS TO THIS THRONE ROOM OF GRACE, WHERE WE COME TO ASK FOR HELP. BECAUSE, LORD, WITHOUT YOUR WISDOM WE CANNOT LEAD. AND SO WE SIMPLY INVITE YOU AND ASK YOU TO BE HERE WITH US. AS THIS MEETING IS CONDUCTED. FATHER AND I JUST RELEASED FRIENDSHIP ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, THAT BECAUSE WE WERE MADE FRIENDS BY THE ACT OF WHAT JESUS DID, NOW WE CAN BE FRIENDS. WE CAN HAVE FRIENDSHIP HERE IN THIS CITY. 
          AND SO, FATHER, I JUST RELEASE THAT. I BLESS THESE MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD WHO ARE DOING YOUR WORK. LORD, I BLESS THEM WITH THE ABILITY TO BE FRIENDS AND FOR THIS CITY TO HAVE FRIENDSHIP. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF AMERICAN. FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR WEST. PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM TURNER HERE. COUNCILMEMBER DARIO HERE. COUNCILMEMBER HILLIARD HERE. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, COUNCILMEMBER SHERWOOD AND COUNCILMEMBER CRENSHAW HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TODAY WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS, ONE PRESENTATION. 
          AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR PROCLAMATIONS, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE 
          [PROCLAMATIONS]
PICTURES FIRST. BUT THEN YOU'RE WELCOME TO TAKE ALL THE PICTURES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE. 
          THE FIRST PROCLAMATION WILL BE RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 14TH, 2025 AS THE BEAUMONT AREA COUNCIL OF THE BLIND WHITE CANE DAY. ACCEPTING WILL BE MISTER KENNETH SIMEON, SENIOR PRESIDENT OF THE BEAUMONT AREA COUNCIL OF THE BLIND, INC. AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY BRING ANYBODY THAT IS WITH YOU AS WELL TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION AND SPEAK AS WELL. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR. PLEASURE. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE, TRACY. WE'RE GOING TO GET THE PICTURE. I APOLOGIZE. YEAH, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. YEAH. EVERYBODY RIGHT HERE ON THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE. PERFECT. THREE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. AND WE ARE HOPING THAT OUR CITY WOULD BECOME BETTER FAMILIAR WITH THE WHITE CANE USED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF US WALKING THE STREETS IN BEAUMONT BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF SIDEWALKS, BUT IT'S SO GOOD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DAY AROUND THE NATION. ON OCTOBER 15TH. EVERY YEAR, IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED AS WHITE CANE SAFETY DAY FOR THE BLIND, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING TO BE 
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MORE CAREFUL AND BE AWARE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PEDESTRIANS WITH CANES IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER PEDESTRIANS. BUT WE WANT TO. WE'LL BE WALKING AT PARKDALE MALL NEAR EASTEX FREEWAY ON OCTOBER THE 15TH WITH OUR WHITE CANE WALK, AND IT WILL BE CALLING OUR WALK FOR INDEPENDENCE. AND SO IT'LL BE A GOOD GROUP OF STUDENTS AND ADULTS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED TO JUST BE OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE. 
          AND WE DO APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH. ACCEPTING WILL BE OUR FIRE CHIEF, EARL WHITE, CHIEF OF THE BEAUMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. 
          OKAY. ONE. TWO. THREE. THIS WAY. GOT IT. TO COUNCIL. MAYOR, CITY MANAGER. MADAM ATTORNEY, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THIS YEAR'S THEME CHARGING THE FIRE SAFETY, LITHIUM ION BATTERIES IN THE HOME. WE'RE NOT JUST EMPHASIZING JUST BATTERIES, BUT LITHIUM ION BATTERIES BECAUSE OF THEIR LONGEVITY. AND WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE WHEN WE FALL BACK ON OUR CLOCKS, CHANGE OUR SMOKE DETECTORS. I CAN TELL YOU, IN MY EXPERIENCE IN FIRE FOR MANY YEARS, SMOKE DETECTORS DO SAVE LIVES. SO WE WANT YOU TO NOT ONLY HAVE SMOKE DETECTORS, BUT CHANGE THE BATTERIES IN THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU CHIEF. AND NOW WE HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS REPORT FROM MISS TRACY KENNICK, THE DIRECTOR OF 
          [ Communication Update]
COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I HAVE QUITE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. OUR BIG CITYWIDE BEAUMONT BOND OPEN HOUSE IS COMING UP OCTOBER 16TH AT THE DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER AT 6 P.M. ONLINE, 7 P.M. IN PERSON. WE HOPE EVERYONE WILL COME OUT. 
          AND WE ALSO ARE ADDING ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE BOND AT A HISPANIC OPEN HOUSE AT ALICE KEITH PARK COMMUNITY CENTER ON OCTOBER 13TH, ALSO FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. AND AGAIN, THERE'S A VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE TOURS, ALWAYS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT BEAUMONT BONDS.COM. REMEMBER, EARLY VOTING RUNS OCTOBER 20TH THROUGH THE 31ST AND ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 4TH. WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT COUNCIL UPDATE THAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED BEGINNING NOVEMBER 4TH. ALL PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS WILL BE PRESENTED ONCE A MONTH AT 1030 ON THE MORNING OF THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE MONTH. THIS CHANGE WILL HELP US RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHILE KEEPING OUR MEETINGS EFFICIENT. REQUESTS SHOULD STILL BE SUBMITTED 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING EACH MONTH. THE CITY IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF THE MAYOR'S VETERANS COMMISSION. THIS IS A CHANCE TO CONNECT VETERANS WITH LOCAL RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS. MAYOR ROY WEST HAS APPOINTED COUNCILMAN JOEY HILLIARD AND COUNCILMAN CHRIS DORIO AS CO-CHAIRS OF THE COMMISSION. JOIN US FOR THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH AT 9 A.M. AT THE DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER. VETERANS FAMILIES, SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ALL INVITED TO ATTEND. ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. YOU CAN REGISTER A TEAM NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 24TH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. AT THE STERLING PRUITT ACTIVITY CENTER. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MUSEUM MADNESS WEEKEND, OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH THE 19TH. THERE ARE A TON OF FUN HALLOWEEN EVENTS AT OUR LOCAL MUSEUMS, AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FREE DIGITAL PASS AND RACK UP POINTS. TO WIN PRIZES, GO TO BEAUMONT KTVB.COM TO LEARN MORE, PUT ON YOUR COSTUME AND HEAD OVER TO THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A SPOOKTACULAR AFTERNOON OF TREATS, LAUGHS, AND HALLOWEEN FUN. JOIN US FOR OUR FIFTH ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT, A SAFE 
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AND NOT SO SPOOKY EVENT FOR ALL AGES. THAT'S SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26TH FROM 2 TO 5 AT 555 OR 255 COLLEGE STREET. YOU CAN CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN AT THE STERLING PRUITT ACTIVITY CENTER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 6 TO 9 P.M. COME ENJOY AN EVENING OF FREE AND SAFE TRICK OR TREATING AND FESTIVE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. THAT'S ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT AT THE STERLING. 
          AND FINALLY, THE JEFFERSON THEATER. ROBERT MORTON PIPE ORGAN IS FULLY RESTORED FOLLOWING THE DAMAGE FROM HURRICANES RITA AND HARVEY. BUT THANKS TO GENEROUS GRANT FUNDING FROM THE MAMIE MCFADDEN WARD HERITAGE FOUNDATION, IT'S BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. TAKE A LISTEN. A GOOD PIPE ORGAN CAN REALLY CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. BEAUMONT IS SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL THEATER FROM 1927, WITH ITS ORIGINAL ORGAN AND SO MANY CITIES DALLAS, FORT WORTH, HOUSTON, AUSTIN HAVE ALL LOST THEIR BIG THEATERS LIKE THIS ONE, AND IT'S STILL HERE IN BEAUMONT. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF IT. THIS IS A SPECTACULAR THEATER, AND IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE BEST OF THE BUILDING OF THE MOVIE PALACES OF THE 1920S. WE HAD FOUND OUT THAT THE HURRICANE HAD DAMAGED THE CHAMBERS, AND I CRAWLED UP AND SAW THE DAMAGE, AND I KNEW THAT WE HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM. AND TOM WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AS THE MOST EXPERT WITH THE ROBERT MORTON ORGANS. WHEN TOM HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ORGAN HERE AT THE HISTORIC JEFFERSON THEATER, HE KNEW SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE TO REPAIR IT, AND HE WANTED TO BE THE MAN FOR THE JOB, BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST RESTORE IT TO ITS ORIGINAL GRANDEUR. HE WANTED TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. BUT WHAT WAS EXCITING WAS THAT THEY WERE WILLING AND THEY WANTED TO HAVE IT RESTORED. AND THEY'RE KEEPING THE TRADITION ALIVE. IT'S OUR HERITAGE. IT WAS INDEED A LOT OF WORK, AND WE HAD TO FIND A LOT OF PARTS AND THINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND SOME OF THEM ARE NEW, AND PIPE ORGANS ARE ALL BUILT BY HAND. YOU CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, GET ONLINE AND ORDER SOMETHING AND JUST PLUG IT IN. AND THERE WAS SO MUCH EXTRA ROOM UPSTAIRS. THERE WAS EXTRA SPACE ON THE ORIGINAL CONSOLE TO ADD STOPS. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME OF THESE THINGS ALREADY. 
          WHY DON'T I JUST DONATE THEM TO YOU? AND THEN PEOPLE LIT UP AND THE MCFADDIN WARD FOUNDATION GOT BEHIND THE PROJECT AND WROTE A BIG CHECK TO HELP PAY FOR THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND IT WORKED OUT JUST SPECTACULARLY. THE ORGAN IS RAZZAMATAZZ NOW, AND IT STILL CAN PLAY SOFT AND SWEET, BUT NOW IT CAN HAVE A VARIETY OF TONES THAT IT NEVER HAD BEFORE, AND WE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE ORGAN. THE EFFECT, ESPECIALLY THE STEREO EFFECT NOW, IS SPECTACULAR. THE LOOK ON PEOPLE'S FACES WHEN THEY FIRST EXPERIENCE ONE OF THESE STEREOPHONIC TYPE ORGANS WITHOUT ANY AMPLIFIERS, NO SPEAKERS, ALL WIND BLOWN PIPES PRODUCE THIS. WELL, IT'S ONCE SAID IT WAS THE HAPPIEST SOUND THEY'D EVER HEARD. THAT MEANS THE MUSICAL SOUL OF THIS THEATER IS HERE. AND NOW. IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN IT WAS ORIGINALLY. WHICH MEANS THAT THE TRADITION OF THIS THEATER CAN CARRY ON. AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE GOBSMACKED BY THE WORLD OF THE MOVIE PALACES AND THE THEATER ORGAN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN RIGHT HERE ON EARTH. AND YOU CAN BE GOBSMACKED AS WELL AND HEAR THIS NEWLY RESTORED ORGAN PLAYED LIVE DURING A SPECIAL SHOWING OF THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH AT 7 P.M. AS PART OF OUR 13 NIGHTS OF HALLOWEEN SERIES AT THE JEFFERSON THEATER. THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS, AND THAT IS ALL FOR THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU MA'AM, AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR PRESENTATIONS OR PROCLAMATIONS AND YOU'D LIKE TO LEAVE, NOW'S THE TIME TO DO SO. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING. AT THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING TODAY, CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATED OR PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE CALLS NUMBER TWO FOR THE. CE-VVE 1314 COMBINED HOSPITALITY, LLC VERSUS UNITED CAPITAL CORP. AND H CORP. CASE NUMBER 2510136, CHAPTER SEVEN. IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY 
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COURT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, BEAUMONT DIVISION, IN REGARDS TO DAVE RAJ, BROTHERS 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]
LLP DEBTORS. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK, YOUR NAME WILL BE CALLED AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE OR ANY OTHER TOPIC THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK. WHEN THE CITY CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IF SHE HAS NOT, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. AND PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND TO YOUR INQUIRIES AT THIS POINT. WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THOSE STATEMENTS, BUT SOMEONE FROM THE CITY WILL BE IN TOUCH, OR WILL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO RESPOND AT A LATER TIME. MARGARET GOLIAS, 3430 AVALON, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARGARET GOLIAS AND I LIVE AT 3430 AVALON. AND A WEEK AGO WE HAD A MAJOR WATER PROBLEM ON OUR STREET. WHEN I GOT HOME FROM COUNCIL, THE. IT WAS A STEADY LITTLE DRIP THAT I NOTICED IN MY FAUCET, MY WATER HOSES AND EVERYTHING. BUT BY 4:00, AN EYEDROPPER COULD HAVE CHALLENGED THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WAS COMING OUT OF MY FAUCET. IT WAS AWFUL. SO MY NEIGHBOR AND I, WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE CALLED OUR COUNCILMAN, COREY CRENSHAW, AND WITHIN AN HOUR, THIS MAN SHOWED UP ON HIS WHITE HORSE, CURRENT DAY CADILLAC, AND HE ARRIVED. I WAS SO IMPRESSED. HE WALKED UP TO THE ONE OF THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS MOVING DIRT AND WATER AND GRASS AND THINGS. HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF. HE SHOOK HANDS WITH EVERYBODY THERE. HE WAS SO PROFESSIONAL. AND HE WAS HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO FIND OUT FROM THOSE WORKERS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. AND AS HE AS WE STOOD THERE AND LISTENED, HE COULD HAVE EASILY PITCHED A FIT AND COMPLAINED. BUT HE DIDN'T. HE LISTENED TO ME. AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT WE'VE EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THIS PROBLEM IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM, PARTICULARLY IN THIS AREA. NOW I LIVE ON AVALON TOWARD LONGFELLOW, BUT THE PROBLEM STARTED THAT MORNING AT ABOUT 23RD AND LONG AND 23RD IN AVALON, AND THERE WAS A FIRE HYDRANT THAT WAS BEING REPLACED. AND AS TIME WENT ON THAT AFTERNOON, THE PROBLEM JUST CONTINUED DOWN THE STREET. SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HE GOT TO THE ROOT OF IT. IN ABOUT MIDNIGHT WE HAD OUR WATER PRESSURE WAS UP. LIFE WENT ON AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO, AND I JUST WANTED ALL OF MY ALL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I SPOKE WITH. THEY WERE THEY WERE JUST SO HAPPY. THEY SAID, HOW DID YOU GET HIM HERE SO FAST? THAT'S HIS REPUTATION. AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT WE THANK YOU AND THANK YOU GOES A LONG WAY. I KNOW YOU GUYS HEAR MORE PROBLEMS AND AGGRAVATION THEN YOU DO THANK YOUS, BUT THANK YOU AS REALLY WHAT IS CALLED FOR HERE. AND I KNOW HE DOES THIS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND TOWN, BUT WE I LIVE ON A STREET THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE A TOUGH TIME GETTING ON A COMPUTER IS REALLY HARD. SO BUT HE DID A GREAT JOB AND WE THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. BRIAN DUNNIGAN, 1919 1020 FIRST STREET, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. MY NAME IS BRIAN DUNNIGAN. I LIVE IN 1910 21ST STREET. AND LAST WEEK SOMETHING KIND OF HIT ME A LITTLE HARD. THE GENTLEMAN WAS HERE, HE WAS A VETERAN, AND Y'ALL GAVE HIM TEN DAYS ON HIS HOUSE FOR THE THE DIRT AND ALL THE DEBRIS, AND I'M SURE IT IS FILTHY. I'M SURE IT IS. BUT HE'S A VETERAN. HE FOUGHT FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SIT IN THAT CHAIR, YOU KNOW, TO TO DISGRACE HIM BY TEN DAYS. AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO BE 
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ABLE TO DO IT. WHY DON'T WE DEVELOP A PROGRAM? YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE KNOWN TO TO WASTE MONEY. WHY DON'T WE DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT WE TAKE PEOPLE OUT OF THE POLICE STATION, I MEAN, OUT OF THE JAILS THAT ARE THAT THAT CAN COME OUT ON GOOD BEHAVIOR AND HELP CLEAN THESE PLACES UP. YOU KNOW, LET'S DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO WHERE WE HELP THEM. WE DON'T FIND THEM. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THIS MAN THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT Y'ALL KNOW HE CAN'T PAY FOR THIS. 
          HE'S ON A FIXED INCOME. WE NEED TO DEVELOP SOMETHING LIKE TO FIX THIS CITY. NOT NOT TO BE LIKE HE SAID. HE'S THE GENTLEMAN SAID Y'ALL ARE BULLYING HIM BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. HE NEEDS HELP. HE DON'T NEED FINES. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY FOR IT. AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS MR. HILLIER, THIS IS NOT RELATED TO IT. BUT IF YOU COULD MOVE OVER A LITTLE BIT AND PUT ANOTHER CHAIR UP THERE BECAUSE MIKE GETS DON'T REALIZE HE'S LOST, HE'S STILL HARASSING ME ABOUT LAST WEEK AND IT NEEDS TO STOP. AND I KNOW HE'S WATCHING THAT CAMERA. SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SAY IT. HE NEEDS TO SIT RIGHT NEXT TO YOU BECAUSE HE DON'T KNOW HE HAS LOST. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TELL HIM, Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. EZEKIEL GARCIA 1616 SABINE PASS BY MY TEXAS. HELLO, I'M EZEKIEL GARCIA, 1616 SABINE PASS AND BEAUMONT. AND I'M JUST HERE TO LET US KNOW, MISS LYNN DID ACTUALLY WORK AND SHE CAN HELP ME OUT. I LEARNED THAT I SUPPOSED TO PUT SOME SIGNS IN THE CITY AND GOT SCARED ME FOR $1,000 FINE FOR EACH SIGN, SO. BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, I WAS GRATEFUL THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ADVISE ME THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. AND SO I THANK EVERYBODY AND ESPECIALLY MISS LYNN. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. KENNETH EARLS, 1265 BEAUMONT, TEXAS. YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT, THAT $150 MILLION THAT WE SEND TO BATON ROUGE EVERY YEAR. WE SHOULD KEEP THAT MONEY IN TOWN. THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING TO $260 MILLION ON THE RIVERWALK, AND OTHER THINGS THAT SHOULD BE SECONDARY, THAT $150 MILLION DOES NOT JUST HAPPEN ONE YEAR. IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AT A 3% RISE. SO I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO CONSIDER THAT EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO POSTPONE THIS BOND ELECTION FOR SIX MONTHS SO THAT SOME ANALYSTS COULD COME IN HERE AND TELL YOU WHAT'S APPROPRIATE AND WHAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE, IF WE CAN KEEP $150 MILLION IN THIS TOWN, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN GET. WE CAN BUILD A CONVENTION CENTER THAT HOLD 50,000 INDIVIDUALS AND GIVE IT TO LAS VEGAS. THEY WILL BUILD A LOT OF THE HOTELS. THEY'LL BRING THE CONCERTS, THEY'LL BRING THE BOXING MATCHES, THEY'LL BRING THE SOCCER AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. IF WE DON'T THINK OUT OF THE BOX, WE'RE GOING TO BE BEHIND THE CURVE, AND OTHER CITIES WILL DO THE VERY THINGS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE A LONG TIME AGO. BUT LET ME LET ME RUN THIS DOWN TO YOU. 30, $30 MILLION OFF THAT $150 MILLION GET PAID EVERY YEAR ON THOSE BONDS AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TAXES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO US. ANOTHER 25 MILLION COULD GO ON ROADS, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS WAIT TWO YEARS TO THREE YEARS TO GET THIS UP AND RUNNING. AND AS I LOOK AT IT NOW, THE CHINESE ARE DOING THINGS IN EUROPE. THAT'S AMAZING. THEIR TECHNOLOGY IS PROBABLY THREE GENERATIONS AHEAD OF OURS, AND WE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO SELL POWER TO EVERY CITY IN THIS REGION. AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SELL POWER TO PLACES LIKE DALLAS, AUSTIN, HOUSTON BECAUSE THEY NEED THE POWER THEMSELVES. SO. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR LISTENING TO ME. I HAVE ACCUMULATED THAT INFORMATION THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, AND I'M HAVING WRITTEN UP IN A DOCUMENT SO YOU CAN SEE IT. THANK YOU 
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SIR. OKAY. ALBERT HARRISON, 1240 ASHLEY BEAUMONT, TEXAS. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES AND OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS THAT ARE PRESENT. THE LITTLE THING I NEED TO EMPHASIZE, I HAVE EMPHASIZED THIS TO PASS CITY COUNCIL, BUT BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN I OR MYSELF AND MISS ALEXANDER COME BEFORE YOU, WE COME BEFORE YOU. AS COMMUNITY ADVOCATES. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WHEN WE SPEAK, WE DON'T SPEAK FOR OURSELVES. WE SPEAK FOR THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE GLADYS STREET AREA. MY NEXT COMMENT IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT MY COMMENTS ON LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO YOU, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW, FOR PROPOSING A TEN DAY GRACE PERIOD FOR THE WATER BILL. 
          SINCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, NOW, I LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST SINCE THE YOUNG LADY IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT SAYS IN HOUSE. NOW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE IS THAT MONEY THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED FOR LATE CHARGES IN HOUSE? WHERE'S THE MONEY? WHERE IS IT GOING? SINCE YOU'VE BEEN COLLECTING IT? SO I'M REQUESTING A SPECIAL AUDIT FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU. NOBODY ELSE IS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. AND IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN TURNER? THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, ANYONE FROM STAFF, CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THE HOW WE ITEM ITEM F? WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WITH THAT, WITH THAT ADDRESS, WHAT ALL WOULD THAT ADDRESS? CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN IT? YES, SIR. SO THIS IS THE CONTRACT TO HIRE THREE CONTRACTORS TO HANDLE OUR PRIVATE YARD MOWING. WHEN GRASS GETS HIGHER THAN 12IN IN HEIGHT OVERALL ACROSS THE LOT, THEN IT'S IN VIOLATION OF OUR CODE. 
          SO WE HAVE TO SEND NOTICE FORMALLY. GIVE THEM TEN DAYS TO ABATE. AND THEN IF THEY DO NOT, THEN THE CITY WILL HIRE THAT CONTRACTOR WITHIN THIS CONTRACT. THAT IS BEFORE YOU GUYS TODAY TO ABATE THOSE ISSUES. WE DO THIS FOR PRIVATE YARD, MOWS SOME CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND THEN ALSO VACANT AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES. SO HOW IS IT KIND OF SCALED TO TRACK IF THE CONTRACTOR DOESN'T REACH THE AMOUNT THAT'S SET FORTH? HOW DOES THAT WORK? I'M SORRY. 
          LET'S JUST SAY I SEE ONE IS FOR. LIKE THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. YES, THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. 
          LET'S SAY THAT DO THEY ALL NORMALLY REACH THE ENTIRETY OF HOW MUCH THE CONTRACT IS? I SEE IT'S A DECREASE, BUT YES. SO IF IT'S OVERLAP AND MONEY LEFT OVER, DOES THAT EVER TAKE PLACE. 
          YES. SO APPROXIMATELY ON AVERAGE THE CITY SPENDS ANYWHERE BETWEEN DEPENDS ON THE ON THE SEASON TO IF THERE'S A LOT OF RAIN THAT THAT YEAR IF THERE'S NOT. BUT WE DO SPEND APPROXIMATELY 700 TO $800,000 ABATING HIGH GRASS. AND THOSE JUST DEPEND ON IN QUANTITY SECTION BY SECTION. BUT YEAH. SO WE SPEND THE CONTRACT DECREASED. BUT WE DO SPEND BECAUSE IT GOES BASED ON CUTS. AND WE DO ABOUT 8000 CUTS PER YEAR. SO WE DO SPEND APPROXIMATELY 700 TO $800,000 ON THAT. AND IT'S ALL IT IS BUDGETED. MY QUESTION IS DO WHEN BIDDING ON THIS TYPE OF JOB, DO WE SHOW ANY PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO LOCAL CONTRACTORS? DO THEY GET INCENTIVIZED TO DO THESE GRASS CUTTING THROUGH LOCAL COMPANIES? SO I WILL INVITE PURCHASING UP IF THEY HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT. YES, THERE IS A Y'ALL 
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COUNCIL HAS A LOCAL VENDOR PREFERENCE POLICY, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO COME WITH A PERCENTAGE OF LIKE IF THERE'S ANOTHER VENDOR FROM NEDERLAND OR THEY HAVE TO COME WITH A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE TO OF THE COST BID TO BE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT. THEY ALSO HAVE TO FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK AND MEET THE GUIDELINES THAT COUNCIL HAS LAID OUT. SO THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN ON H. THE. CATERPILLAR 2011 CATERPILLAR. CATERPILLAR. THAT'S $658,000 TO REPAIR. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT A PRICE WOULD BE TO REPLACE IT? OUR FLEET MANAGER, JEFF HARVILLE, IS HERE. THAT MAY HAVE SOME MORE INSIGHT ON THOSE REPLACEMENT COSTS. A NEW D8 DOZER THESE DAYS RUNS ABOUT $1.1 MILLION. SO I GUESS TWICE AS MUCH, TWICE THE PRICE TO REPAIR IT JUST ABOUT RIGHT. HOW LONG THEY LAST? WELL, WE GET A THREE YEAR, 3000 HOUR WARRANTY WITH IT. THE LAST REBUILD THIS DOZER HAD WAS IN 2018, I BELIEVE. SO HERE WE ARE EIGHT YEARS LATER. OKAY, OKAY, I WAS JUST WONDERING. THERE'S A LOT TO REPAIR, BUT ALL THE PROFESSIONALS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. ONE MORE QUESTION, MAYOR. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ON THE OPIOID LITIGATION HOW MUCH THE SETTLEMENT IS GOING TO BE TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS 
          [1. Council consider a resolution accepting maintenance of the street, storm sewer, water, and sanitary sewer improvements in Bellechase West Subdivision, Section Two.]
CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE? YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING MAINTENANCE OF THE STREET, STORMWATER, STORM, SEWER, SORRY. WATER AND SANITARY SEWER. IMPROVEMENTS IN BELLE CHASE WEST SUBDIVISION SECTION TWO. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. AYE. 
          [2. Council consider a resolution accepting maintenance of the street, storm sewer, water, and sanitary sewer improvements in Montclaire Subdivision, Phase Three, Section A.]
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO? COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING MAINTENANCE OF THE STREET, STORM SEWER, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS IN MONTCLAIR SUBDIVISION PHASE THREE, SECTION A, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? SO MOVED. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER TWO? PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY 
          [3. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 1 to the contract with SETEX Construction Corp, of Beaumont, Texas for the 23rd Street Sanitary Sewer Trunkline Rehabilitation Phase I Project.]
WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH CSX CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FOR THE 23RD STREET SANITARY SEWER TRUNK LINE REHABILITATION PHASE ONE PROJECT. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? SO MOVED TO APPROVE? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. YES. 
          COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I SEE A LOT OF IS THIS SOUTHEAST TEXAS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE ORDERS FROM THEM. CAN YOU MOLLY, KIND OF ENLIGHTEN ME AS TO WHY WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE. SO THIS IS THE WORK THAT IS TO REPLACE A SECTION OF 48 INCH DIAMETER SANITARY SEWER LINE ON 23RD STREET. AND WHEN WE GOT IN, IT'S WHEN THEY GOT INTO THE EXCAVATION AND REALIZED THAT THEY COULD NOT PRESERVE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE PIPE ONCE THEY GOT IN THERE TO PLACE THAT MANHOLE. THAT IS WHAT THIS IS, IS A MATERIAL CHANGE TO REMOVE THAT SIX INCH DIAMETER PRECAST CONCRETE MANHOLE AND REPLACE IT WITH AN 84 INCH DIAMETER PRECAST MANHOLE THAT HAS A DOG HOUSE ON IT, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT CONNECTION, PRESERVE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE 
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PIPE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING TO, SO THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE THIS PROJECT AND GET OUT OF OUT OF THIS HOLE. AND SO FOR TO SPEAK FOR C TEX, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT HAS COME UP, THEY ARE LOCAL COMPANY AND THEY VERY AGGRESSIVELY BID THE WORK THAT IS DONE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, THAT THEY ARE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM SOME OF THESE JOBS THAT THEY ARE BIDDING ON. THEY'RE KIND OF GNARLY, OKAY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. AND SO THERE ARE SURPRISES ONCE YOU GET INTO THAT EXCAVATION THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD WE HAVE HAD A BETTER DESIGN GOING IN AND DESIGNED IT WITH THIS TYPE OF MANHOLE? POSSIBLY. WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT THE PIPE THAT WE WERE CONNECTING TO WAS GOING TO BE AS FINICKY AS AS IT IS, BUT IT IS. I MEAN, THIS IS A MAJOR DISCHARGE LINE FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE WEST END OF BEAUMONT. SO IT'S A VERY ADVERSE CONDITION. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BY CHANGING THIS MATERIAL OUT WITH THIS NEW MANHOLE FINISHES PROJECT AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER THREE? PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU TAKE US INTO THE WORK 
          [WORK SESSION]
SESSION COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RECENT PASSAGE OF TEXAS SENATE BILL 1008, CHANGES TO CHAPTER 437 OF THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND THE IMPACTS TO CITY HEALTH CODES. 
          WE HAVE MR. KENNETH COLEMAN FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING. 
          COUNCIL MAYOR, YOU KNOW, IN THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WAS A LOT OF BILLS PASSED. 
          AND I'M JUST HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE CHANGES TO THE FOURTH, 437 AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AS IT RELATES TO FEES AND PERMITTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. NEXT SLIDE. TINA, THIS IS THE BILL HERE. JUST PART OF IT IS REALLY SAYING IN THAT SECTION 437 THAT THE THE DEPARTMENT WHICH REFERS TO IS THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES HAVE TO POST A REGISTRY OF FEES THAT ALL LOCALS WOULD HAVE IN THEIR ORDINANCES. AND THEN IN SECTION 437 IT SAYS A COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY OR PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT SHALL ESTABLISH A FEE SCHEDULE FOR ANY FEES COLLECTED UNDER THIS CHAPTER AND REVISE THE FEE SCHEDULE AS NECESSARY. 
          AND B WHAT IS IT SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS FEE SCHEDULE TO THE STATE NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FEES GOING INTO EFFECT? NEXT SLIDE. SECTION 437.0126 LOCAL FEE LIMITATION. TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THIS. BASICALLY WHAT IT'S SAYING IN A IS THAT NO LOCAL JURISDICTION CAN HAVE PERMITS OR PERMIT FEES THAT THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE THAT STATEMENT. AND B IS SAYING THAT LOCAL A COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT, INCLUDING AN AUTHORIZED AGENT, EMPLOYEE OR DEPARTMENT MAY CALCULATE AND ASSESS FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION A ON AN ANNUAL BI ANNUAL BASIS, OR USING A RISK BASED ASSESSMENT. AND TYPICALLY HERE WE DO OUR PERMITS ANNUALLY BY THE YEAR. 
          LOCAL FEE LIMITATION CONTINUES. A COUNTY MAYOR SAYS A REINSPECTION FEE THE REINSPECTION FEE IS NECESSARY TO CURE A VIOLATION THAT PRESENTS A DIRECT AND SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH. SO A REINSPECTION FEE WOULD BE WE GO OUT TO INSPECT YOUR RESTAURANT AND DUE TO THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS YOU HAVE, WE MAY CLOSE YOU AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT TO INSPECT YOU TO BE SURE YOU'RE BROUGHT UP TO CODE. SO THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A REINSPECTION FEE. OKAY. ALSO, THE REINSPECTION FEE DOES NOT EXCEED THE LESSER THE COST OF INITIAL INSPECTION OR $200. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN ONE REINSPECTION FEE IS CHARGED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF A PREVIOUS INSPECTION, UNLESS THE ENTITY IN WHICH THE INSPECTION IS IMPOSED FAILS TO MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION. WE HAVE SOME ESTABLISHMENTS HERE THAT WE HAVE GONE OUT 4 OR 5 TIMES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BRINGING THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS UP TO CODE. AND SO WHEN THE INSPECTOR HAS 
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TO CONTINUOUSLY GO BACK OUT TO THESE RESTAURANTS THAT MANY TIMES, THAT TIES THEM UP, BECAUSE EACH TIME IT'S CONSIDERED A FULL INSPECTION. AND SO THIS IS WHAT THIS REINSPECTION FEE WOULD DO, IS REALLY TO HELP THEM COME INTO COMPLIANCE. SO THIS REINSPECTION FEE DOESN'T APPLY TO ALL RESTAURANTS. IT ONLY APPLIES TO THE RESTAURANTS WHO ARE NOT UP TO CODE. NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE. AND THE WAY BEAUMONT THE WAY WE DO IT IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STOOLS OR CHAIRS. AND ON THE RIGHT THE STATE CHARGES BASED ON REVENUE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE STATE REVENUE, 0 TO $49,000. THEY CHARGE $258, 50,000 TO 149,000. THEY CHARGE $515. AND IF YOU MAKE 150,000 OR MORE, THEY CHARGE $773 FOR A PERMIT FEE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FOR US, CITY OF BEAUMONT, THE MAX THAT WE CHARGE IS 350. SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR POTATOES. THAT WOULD BE YOUR CHEDDAR'S THAT THEY FEES $350. BUT WITH THE STATE IT WOULD BE $773. NEXT SLIDE TEMPORARY FOOD PERMITS. THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. OUR TEMPORARY FOOD PERMIT WAS IT WAS $30 FOR INITIAL DAY AND $15 EACH ADDITIONAL DAY UP TO 14 DAYS. BUT WITH THE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL 1008, THE STATE SINGLE EVENT PERMIT IS $52 FOR 14 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. SO FOR US PER EVENT, THAT'S $175 OF REVENUE LOST PER EVENT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD 296 TEMPORARY PERMITS LAST YEAR. NEXT SLIDE INSPECTION FEE. THE STATE CHARGES $150 PER INSPECTION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DOES NOT CHARGE AN INSPECTION FEE AT ALL. A REINSPECTION FEE. THE STATE CHARGES $200. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DOES NOT CHARGE AN INSPECTION FEE OR REINSPECTION FEE. SO WE WE WILL BE PROPOSING $150 FOR INSPECTION FEE, AS WELL AS A $200 INSPECTION FEE. NEXT SLIDE. BUSINESS NOT REQUIRING PERMITS. ESTABLISHMENTS THAT OFFERS ONLY PREPACKAGED FOODS THAT ARE NOT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. PRODUCE. STANDS THAT ONLY OFFERS UNCOOKED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS. BED AND BREAKFAST PRIVATE HOME THAT RECEIVES CATERED OR HOME DELIVERED FOODS, AND A KITCHEN IN A PRIVATE HOME. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE FALLS UNDER THAT COTTAGE FOOD LAW. NEXT SLIDE. ORGANIZATIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM PERMITTING IF THEY ARE LICENSED BY THE STATE, INSPECTED AND PERMITTED BY THE CITY COUNTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT. NOW, WHEN WE GET TO NONPROFITS, THAT'S YOUR LITTLE LEAGUE, YOUR CHURCHES, ALL YOUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. WITH THIS NEW PASSAGE OF THIS BILL, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PERMIT THEM ANYMORE. AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, BASED ON WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, THAT'S $23,318 IN LOST REVENUE. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHURCHES AND ALL THESE 501 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE OVERSIGHT, IT WILL CAUSE SOME CONCERN WITHIN THE CITY. 
          WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FEEDING THE HOMELESS. AND SO, NO, WE NO LONGER HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER CHURCHES. CAN'T PERMIT THEM, CAN'T INSPECT THEM. SO WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT ACTIVITY. ALSO, WE'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO INSPECT DAYCARES, NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING HOMES. THAT'S THAT NOW IS UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS TO DO THOSE INSPECTIONS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND LOST REVENUE, WHICH IS NOT MY MAIN CONCERN. MY MAIN CONCERN IS JUST DEALING WITH WHAT WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS YEAR IS A COUPLE OF NURSING HOMES THAT WE HAD TO REALLY GO IN AND CLOSE DOWN THEIR KITCHEN. NO HOT RUNNING WATER, RODENT INFESTATION, AND NOW WE HAVE NO LEGAL AUTHORITY TO EVEN INSPECT THOSE FACILITIES ANYMORE. NEXT SLIDE. SCHOOLS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT, BUT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO INSPECTIONS PER YEAR. AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO THE FUNDING 
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REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR FEEDING PROGRAMS. AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE PROPOSING $150 PER INSPECTION FEE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE STATE CHARGES. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE STATE IS CHARGING SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS. NOW, THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS ANYMORE. AND SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT IS SIX OR MORE VENDORS. I KIND OF GAVE SOME EXAMPLES. TASTE OF THE TRIANGLE. FAIR TASTE OF SOME OTHER PLACE, WHICH IT WAS $220 PER EVENT AS A SPONSOR. WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. BUT NOW WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN WITH THE FAIR? EVERY VENDOR AT THE FAIR WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A TEMPORARY FOOD PERMIT. EVERY VENDOR THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE TASTE OF THE TRIANGLE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A TEMPORARY TEMPORARY FOOD PERMIT. WE ALSO USED TO DO SEASONAL PERMITS. CRAWFISH SEASON. WE HAVE SOME HOTELS WOULD DO STEAK NIGHT DURING FOOTBALL SEASON. WE GOT A LOT OF RESTAURANTS WITH HOLLY'S DOING THESE SEASONS AND WE WOULD DO SEASONAL PERMITS, BUT THE STATE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SEASONAL PERMITS ANYMORE. WITH THE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL 1008. AND SO WE WOULD JUST BE PROPOSING AN INSPECTION FEE OF $150 TO REPLACE SEASONAL PERMITS. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN DARIO, THEN COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, A FEW QUESTIONS, MR. COLEMAN. YES, SIR. THOSE FEES, WERE YOU LISTED? WERE THE CITY CHARGES AND WHAT THE STATE CHARGES? THE RESTAURANT OWNERS. NOW THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY THE CITY AND THE STATE. NO, I WAS JUST SHOWING YOU THE COMPARISON OF WHAT THE STATE CHARGES TO FOR A PERMIT FOR RESTAURANT COMPARED TO WHAT WE CHARGE. OKAY, SO BUT WITH THIS NEW BILL, WE KNOW WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE DOING PERMITTING. NO, WE STILL INSPECT BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS. OKAY. WE JUST DON'T HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER DAYCARES, NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING HOMES AND CHURCHES OR ANY ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A 501 C STATUS. AND THOSE THOSE FEES THAT THEY'RE PAYING, THOSE ARE ONE TIME PAYMENTS. YES. AND WHAT ABOUT YOU MENTIONED THE 500 AND 13C THAT DOES THAT INCLUDE LIKE THE HOMELESS SHELTERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT TOO. YES. SO YOU WILL YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO INSPECT THEM ANYMORE. BUT THE STATE'S GOING TO INSPECT THEM. THE STATE HAS OVERSIGHT. OKAY, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. SO EVEN IF YOU KNOW THAT THIS PLACE IS IS HAS A POTENTIAL TO TO HARM ELDERLY OR OR CHILDREN, THERE'S NOTHING EXCEPT REPORTED TO THE STATE THAT CAN BE DONE. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE JURISDICTION TO GO AND INSPECT A COMPLAINT. IF A COMPLAINT COMES TO US, THEN WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT COMPLAINT TO THE STATE. OKAY. WOW. COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW ON TASTE OF TRIANGLE. YOU'RE SAYING THAT WHEN THAT EVENT IS HELD RIGHT NOW AT THE BEAUMONT CIVIC CENTER AND THE CITY ONLY CHARGES ONE $220 FEE FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT? SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND NOW, IN THE FUTURE, EVERY SINGLE BOOTH WILL HAVE TO PAY 220. NO, SIR. THEY WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR TEMPORARY, WHICH IS $52. OH, OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY WAY FOR DOES THE CITY HAVE THE DISCRETION TO WAIVE THAT? SURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THE CITY THE CITY ACTUALLY WAIVED THE FEE FOR OKTOBERFEST. SO THEY DO HAVE DISCRETION OKAY, TO WAIVE. AND SO PREVIOUSLY THE $52 FEE WAS NOT PAID BY EACH INDIVIDUAL. THE ORGANIZER WHO ORGANIZED IT WOULD PAY WOULD APPLY FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT, THE ONE $220. RIGHT. AND THEN EVERYBODY FELL UNDERNEATH THAT PERMIT. 
          BUT WE STILL WENT OUT AND INSPECT EACH BOOTH. OKAY. AND ANYTHING OTHER THAN EACH BOOTH NOW HAVING TO PAY THE $52 THAT CHANGES IN YOUR PROCESS, THAT WOULD MAYBE MAKE THE EVENT MORE DIFFICULT. NO. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN DORIO. I KNOW SOME OF THE EVENTS LIKE THE FAIR, THE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY HAS TO GO OUT AND DO AN INSPECTION THAT CONTINUE. I BELIEVE SO, YEAH. THERE'S THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. MR. COLEMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. THOUGHTS EVERYTHING ON THE WORK SESSION AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO 
          [COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. AND I WILL BEGIN ON THIS SIDE, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW. THANK YOU, 
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MR. MAYOR. I, I HAD SEVERAL CALLS THIS MORNING REGARDING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR MEETING ON FRIDAY, AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. SO HOPEFULLY CHANGES COULD BE MADE PRIOR TO FRIDAY. BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE BISD DID A BOND ELECTION IN 20, IN 2007, THERE WAS AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THAT BOND AND SOME DIFFICULTY AROSE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY. BUT IN REALITY, THE SCHOOL BOARD DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WITHOUT REGARD TO WHAT THE COMMITTEE SAID. SO I AM ASKING THAT WHEN WE DO THE THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT IS NOW ON THE AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, IF WE COULD PLEASE LOOK AT NOT USING THE TERM OVERSIGHT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT I DON'T WANT ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN 2007 TO CARRY ON UNTIL NOW. 
          AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BOND COMMITTEE NAME THAT DOES NOT USE THE TERM OVERSIGHT, SO THAT THERE'S NOT ANY CONFUSION WITH THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE IS. SO THAT'S JUST A CONCERN THAT CAME UP. AND I THINK THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, MAKES SENSE. SO I WOULD ASK THAT MOVING FORWARD, IF THIS COUNCIL CONSIDERS A A COMMITTEE THAT IT NOT USE THE TERM OVERSIGHT. THAT SAID THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY THE TERM, THE I GUESS THE THE NAME BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS, IS KIND OF LIKE A TERM OF ART THAT'S JUST KIND OF BEEN ADOPTED. OTHER CITIES AND OTHER ENTITIES, WHEN THEY CREATED, THAT'S THE TERM THAT THEY USE A ENTITY, AN ELECTED BOARD CANNOT SHIFT RESPONSIBILITY TO ANOTHER BOARD. SO ANY ANY COMMITTEE THAT'S CREATED, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU CALL IT, IS GOING TO BE ADVISORY. THEIR THEIR SOLE PURPOSE WOULD BE TO, YOU KNOW, FOSTER TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNICATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY, REVIEW AND MAKE SURE THE PROGRESS, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTS PROGRESS NECESSARILY. BUT THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALLOCATION AND DELEGATION WOULD WOULD REST WITH THE BODY, THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL, I COMPLETELY AGREE, AND I JUST I'M CONCERNED THAT THE TERM OVERSIGHT MAKES THE PUBLIC THINK THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORD OTHER THAN BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT POSSIBLY WOULD BE BOND TRANSPARENCY COMMITTEE OR BOND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T IMPLY THAT IT THAT THE COMMITTEE IS TAKING OVER THE ROLE OF WHAT ULTIMATELY WILL BE THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL, WHICH WILL BE OVERSIGHT. SO AGAIN, I'M JUST I'M THESE ARE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED TO ME THAT AFTER HEARING THEM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL NOT EVERYONE HAS THE HISTORY GOING BACK TO THE BUSD BOND IN 2007, BUT THOSE THAT DO THAT HAVE SOME CONCERNS. I THINK THAT IT'S JUST A REASONABLE STEP FOR US TO TAKE TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE. AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE CONSIDER A DIFFERENT NAME SO THAT THAT THAT ISSUE DOESN'T COME UP. BUT YOUR YOUR I APPRECIATE THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN. COUNCILWOMAN, I'M GLAD THAT YOU KIND OF BROUGHT THAT UP. THIS COUNCIL IS A SELF-GOVERNING BODY. AND SO I GUESS THAT REALLY MEANS THAT WE'RE CHECKING EACH OTHER WHEN THINGS GET OUT OF LINE. I'D ASK THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS KIND OF CHECK THEIR WORDING, THEIR INSULTS, THEIR CREATION OF PERHAPS DIVISION INADVERTENTLY. AND I'D LIKE TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT HERE ON THE DYESS, BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT APPEAR TO BE EITHER NEFARIOUS OR SHADY OR BACKHANDED OR DISINGENUOUS. I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN USE A PLETHORA OF WORDS, AND WHILE I'M NOT 100% FAMILIAR WITH COMMITTEE CREATIONS AND REGULATIONS, IN AN EFFORT TO BE TRANSPARENT, MAYBE WE NEED SOME EDUCATION ON WHAT COMMITTEE CREATION LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A 
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LEARNING CURVE WHERE MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, AND WE COULD BE STOKING FEARS, SUSPICION, DIVISION AND UNNECESSARILY CREATING ISSUES WHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE NONE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE MY COUNCIL MEMBERS KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY A LITTLE MORE UNIFIED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. SO, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN SHERWOOD, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE THE BOND COMMITTEE AS WELL. SO CHAPTER TWO OF YOUR ORDINANCE DOES OUTLINE HOW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE CREATED, SPECIFICALLY TELLS YOU THAT IF A BOARD OR COMMISSION IS CREATED AND IT DOESN'T HAVE A DESIGNATION OR A SPECIFIC WAY, HOW IT'S PRESENTED THAT IT OUTLINES THAT THE COUNCIL WILL APPOINT, AND THEN THE MAYOR WILL APPOINT AN ODD NUMBER. AND IF THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T SAY WHO APPOINTS THE CHAIR, THEN THE MAYOR ALSO ASSUMES THAT RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL. YOU DO HAVE AN ANIMAL CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT IS SOLELY APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. SO HAVING A COMMITTEE THAT IS SOLELY APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR IS NOT UNUSUAL. THE THAT PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE GOES ON TO SAY THAT IF A BOARD AND COMMISSION IS CREATED, A COMMITTEE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEN THEY HAVE TO RESIDE IN BEAUMONT. THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN'T SERVE ON MORE THAN TWO BOARDS, AND THEY HAVE TO NOT RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION. 
          SO IT'S VERY CLEAR, AT LEAST FROM THAT ORDINANCE, HOW THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. WHAT IT DOESN'T SAY IS THAT HOW A COMMITTEE OR AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS TO BE CREATED, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC IN LIMITATIONS IN SAYING HOW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CAN BE CREATED. IF COUNCIL IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT AN ENTIRE COMMITTEE, THEN YOU CAN AMEND YOUR YOUR ORDINANCE. BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE COMMITTEES THAT ARE SOLELY APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. THERE ARE THE PLANNING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. WHICH ONE? THERE'S ONE THAT HE APPOINTS HEAVY. I THINK IT'S THE BOARD OF APPEALS. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. 
          BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS I WAS SEE, YOU SHOOK YOUR HEAD. NO, DEMI. AND I KNEW I WAS RIGHT. YEAH. 
          SO THERE'S ALSO THE BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS, I BELIEVE IS ALSO APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. 
          YOUR ANIMAL CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. SO THERE'S SEVERAL COMMITTEES THAT ARE SOLELY APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. SO THIS IS NOT A ABSTRACT OR ABNORMAL CREATION, BUT THAT IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR IN CHAPTER TWO OF YOUR ORDINANCE. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. NO COMMENT. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMAN TURNER YEAH, JUST FOR ME, I WANTED TO GET INTO THE CHAPTER TWO DEFINITIONS BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS WHEN WE THROW THINGS OUT THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE DON'T PUT ALL THE FACTS OUT, THAT CAN CAUSE A LOT OF DISTRUST AND ISSUES WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND NOT ONLY DO WE THROW THINGS OUT THERE, WE THROW PORTIONS OF WHAT THE ACTUALITY IS. AND THAT'S JUST AS BAD AS NOT BEING HONEST. SO MY THING IS, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. THAT'S THE MOVE WE WANT TO MAKE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO. BUT ONE THING I'M NOT GOING TO DO, AND I HAVEN'T DONE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN CHASTISE ONE ON ONE ANOTHER ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT WHAT IS THAT GOING TO GET FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT? WE ALL GOT ROCKS WE CAN THROW AT EACH OTHER. I CAN CALL OUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS. I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE DONE WRONG ON THIS DAIS, BUT THAT WAS THE CULTURE THAT WAS CREATED IN COUNCILS PRIOR TO ME BEING ON COUNCIL. SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS LET'S NOT CONTINUE THE CULTURE. THAT WAS ONCE A PRESIDENT OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD THROW PUNCHES BACK IF PUNCHES WILL CONTINUE TO BE THROWN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I APPRECIATE IT. I WOULD THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. DEMI. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH AN ORDINANCE TO DEAL WITH BROKEN DOWN CARS IN PEOPLE'S YARDS? I AM GETTING A LOT OF. I'M GETTING A LOT OF. OKAY. I'M SORRY, A LEGAL QUESTION. I'M SORRY. SHERRY. SO IF WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE, BUT FOR A JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE AND THERE IS SOME RESTRICTIONS ON HOW PEOPLE CAN MAINTAIN IT. HOWEVER, LIKE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY, OLD TOWN, YOU CAN'T PARK IN YOUR YARD. AND THERE'S OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU CAN'T PARK THINGS. 
          BUT. BUT I GUESS LIKE TO AVOID LIKE BEING REDUNDANT. COULD YOU JUST BE MORE SPECIFIC ON WHAT 
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YOU WOULD WANT THAT ORDINANCE? BECAUSE WE COULD EXPAND ON THE JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE ORDINANCE IF YOU LIKE. BUT I DO WANT YOU TO MAKE AWARE THERE IS A JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE ORDINANCE THAT DOES PREVENT A VEHICLE FROM BEING STAGNANT IN IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. BECAUSE I'M GETTING A LOT OF CALLS ON, THERE'S EVIDENTLY 3 OR 4 PLACES IN MY WARD THAT WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH, EITHER AUTO MECHANICS OR TAKING PLACE, AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS. I THINK THE CITY HAS TRIED TO MOVE ON IT, BUT THERE'S 3 OR 4 OTHER PLACES THAT THERE'S CARS IN, YARDS THAT THE GRASS IS GROWING UP AROUND THEM. AND SO WE HAD TALKED AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WE DID HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT. SO IS THERE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT DOING CITYWIDE? YES. SO LET ME LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE REGARDING JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES. WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE, BUT STATE LAW IS PRETTY SPECIFIC ON WHAT A JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE IS REGARDING PARKING AND GRASS. I WOULD JUST NEED TO LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN APPLY THAT IN OTHER AREAS. OBVIOUSLY OLD TOWN IS A PRESERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT, SO ONE OF THE PURPOSES IS IF YOU'RE PARKING IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, THAT'S BLOCKING SOME OF THE HISTORIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT. AND SO THEREFORE THAT'S WHY THAT'S BUILT INTO THAT ORDINANCE. BUT I WOULD JUST NEED TO RESEARCH QUITE A BIT MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT I PRESENT SOMETHING TO YOU GUYS THAT IS SOUND. YOU WANT TO. IF I COULD JUST REAL QUICKLY, IT MAY MAY WARRANT A WORK SESSION BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S TWO, TWO IDEAS MAYBE THAT ARE BEING PUT TOGETHER. ONE IS PARKING IN THE FRONT OR SIDE YARD, WHICH IS LIMITED TO OLD TOWN AND CALDER PLACE, AS THE CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED. AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES, WHICH IS GUIDED BY THE PROCESS, IS GUIDED BY THE STATE, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MET TO BE DECLARED JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE. GOING BACK TO THE PARKING IN THE FRONT YARD. I WILL SHARE THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY MULTIPLE TIMES WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT CITYWIDE AND HAD WORK SESSIONS TO DISCUSS IT. SO IT MAY JUST WARRANT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ANOTHER WORK SESSION WE COULD TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHY IT DIDN'T GO FORWARD. AND THE PROS AND CONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I MAYBE I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD AND I AND IN THE, THE THE TRASH THE PEOPLE THAT PICK UP OUR TRASH DO A GREAT JOB. BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY WE I'VE GOTTEN SOME COMPLAINTS FROM SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT THEIR TRASH CANS. IN FACT, WE HEARD IT LAST NIGHT. TRASH CANS GET KNOCKED OVER OR LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND ARE NOT PUT BACK WHERE THEY GO. IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD MAYBE STRESS THE IMPORTANCE THAT IF YOU DO KNOCK SOMEONE'S TRASH CAN OVER WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF EMPTYING THAT, WE PICK IT UP? SURE. AND MAYBE SURE. OKAY. IN THE PAST, THEY'VE REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB. IT'S ONE OF THE LEAST COMPLAINED ON DEPARTMENTS WE HAVE. SO I WAS VERY SURPRISED LAST NIGHT WHEN WELL, SO WE GET ANYTHING WE'LL BE GLAD TO TO RECTIFY IT. OR WE'LL TALK WITH FERNANDO ABOUT HIS DEPARTMENT DOING THAT. OKAY. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN. DARIO. YEAH. I JUST RECENTLY HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE JUNK. JUNK CARS, AND PEOPLE JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT IT HAS TO GO BEFORE WE CAN GO AND GET IT. IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS. WE CAN'T JUST GO ON PROPERTY IF THEY CALL US BECAUSE SOMETHING'S BEEN THERE TOO LONG AND GO ON THERE AND JUST TAKE IT. THAT'S WHAT IT'S TOLD TO ME. 
          BUT THEY DID HAVE ONE, THOUGH, AND I TOLD THEM, THANK YOU. I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING, ONE THAT WAS KIND OF DANGEROUS. IT WAS AN OLD ABANDONED RV AND KIDS WAS TRYING TO GO IN THERE AND PLAY AND THEY THEY EXPEDITED IT AND THEY GOT IT OUT OF THERE A LITTLE FASTER ALSO. SO BUT LIKE I SAID, IT IS ONE AND IT DOES WORK. BUT PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO REALIZE IF THEY CALL ME AND SAY THAT CAR BEEN PARKED THERE FOR A MONTH, I CAN'T CALL SOMEBODY AND GO PICK IT UP THAT DAY. IT MIGHT TAKE ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE THEY GET IT OUT OF THERE. ALSO, AS FAR AS GARBAGE CANS, SOMETIMES WHEN THEY PICKING UP THE HEAVY TRASH WITH THE SCOOPS, THEY LEAVE A DEEP HOLE IN THE GROUND WHERE THEY PICK THE HEAVY TRASH UP. FROM NOW I'VE CALLED ACM AND THEY USUALLY SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO FILL THOSE HOLES UP, BUT IF WE COULD GET THEM, AT LEAST IF THEY COULD MAKE A NOTE OF IT, WHY THEY'RE PICKING IT UP WITH SOMEBODY COULD GO BEHIND THEM AND FILL THOSE HOLES BACK UP, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, IF YOU RUN OFF AND GO IN THAT HOLE, YOU CAN MESS THE CAR UP. SO I GUESS IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PAYING ATTENTION. ALSO. MR. ALFRED HAS MENTIONED WATER, WATER, DEPARTMENT AUDIT AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD ONE OF THOSE IS IN PROCESS NOW OR JUST COMPLETED. ANY IDEA ON WHEN THAT'LL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL TO TO LOOK AT. I GOT THE REPORT DURING THE REPORT THIS WEEK. WE'RE GOING TO MEET AS STAFF, AS AN ORGANIZATION AND HEAR A VERBAL REPORT AND 
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THEN START STRATEGIZING. AND THEN WE WILL GIVE THAT REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ALSO, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, FIRE FEST, WAS THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND IT WAS GREAT. IT WAS OUTSTANDING. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. AND YOURS TRULY, COUNCILMAN DARIO COOKED OVER 1000 HOT DOGS BY MYSELF AND THEY WERE GOOD. BUT IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME. MY GRANDDAUGHTER TWINS CAME OUT THERE AND THEY HAD FUN. THEY EVEN SET UP A LITTLE OBSTACLE COURSE FOR THE KIDS TO GO TO FIRE DEPARTMENT, OBSTACLE COURSE FOR THE KIDS TO GO THROUGH, SO IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. GOOD JOB, CHIEF WHITE, AS USUAL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. SO SATURDAY WAS FULL OF EVENTS IN BEAUMONT. STARTED WITH A FIRE FEST. GREAT JOB, BY THE WAY. 
          COUNCILMAN DARIO, AS WENT TO LAMAR'S FOOTBALL GAME. THEY HAD A GOOD WIN OVER NICHOLLS. SO THAT WAS FUN AND THEN ENDED WITH OKTOBERFEST. IT WAS AMAZING AS USUAL. GOOD JOB TO EMILY AND HER STAFF AND ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED. SO IT WAS A LOT TO DO IN BEAUMONT AND I'M JUST SUPER PROUD OF OUR CITY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED THIS WEEKEND. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. HOWDY. SO TWO QUICK UPDATES TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A TEX. DOT HAS REACHED OUT. THEY WANT TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING. THIS IS THE SIGNAL STUDY THAT THEY ARE UNDERTAKING FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON INTERSTATE TEN. IN THAT CONSTRUCTION AREA. SO ANYWAY, IT'S JUST A FOLLOW UP MEETING. I HOPE TO HEAR SOME GOOD NEWS, BUT WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. ALSO NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE RESTARTING OUR LUMA TRACKER STUDY, AND THIS IS A CITYWIDE STUDY OF ALL OF THE STREETS AND THE STREET LIGHTS, AND IDENTIFYING AREAS THAT NEED MORE ILLUMINATION. THERE WILL WILL ALSO BE POSTING THIS TO SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE WILL BE A TRUCK. IT WILL HAVE CITY PLACARDS ON IT, BUT IT WILL BE A SLOW MOVING TRUCK GOING UP AND DOWN THESE RESIDENTIAL STREETS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS ARE NOT ALARMED IF THEY SEE THIS VEHICLE. THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR HOMES, ARE NOT BEING CANVASED FOR ANYTHING. THIS IS A SURVEY OF THE STREET LIGHTS, AND IT CAN ONLY BE DONE AT NIGHT, OF COURSE. SO WE WILL BE PUSHING THAT INFORMATION OUT SO THAT THE CITIZENS ARE AWARE IF THEY SEE THAT VEHICLE, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU MA'AM, REAL QUICKLY, KUDOS TO EMILY WHEELER AND HER HER STAFF, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN OKTOBERFEST. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR IN TEN YEARS I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I HEARD IT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENT AS USUAL. SO THANKS TO THANKS TO THOSE FOLKS, YOU MISSED A GOOD ONE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ONES WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. SO, I MEAN, THE BAND WAS GREAT, THE GAME WAS ON, THE FOOD LINES WERE SHORT, BEER LINES WERE SHORT. SO WE'RE GOOD. 
          SORRY. IT'S A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU. YES. REAL QUICK. SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS IS ABOUT TO KICK OFF. AND THAT'S A LONG RANGE PLAN THAT BASICALLY COVERS INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND IT SHOULD HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET SOME NAMES AND PUT A QUALIFIED GROUP TOGETHER, SO PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT. THE INTENT IS TO BRING THIS COMMITTEE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO YOU GUYS WILL SEE THOSE DISTRIBUTIONS HERE SOON. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS BROUSSARD. MR. WILLIAMS, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND OUR DEPARTMENT ON OUR NEW SCREEN UP HERE. IT'S AN AWESOME VIDEO SCREEN THERE. WE PAID THROUGH IT THROUGH OUR JPEG DOLLARS. SO IT'S NOT PAID FOR THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND, AND THAT THOSE DOLLARS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR FOR AUDIO VISUALS THAT PERTAIN TO US PRODUCING OUR SHOWS AND PRODUCING THIS COUNCIL MEETING AND WHAT WE PUT ON CHANNEL FOUR. SO THAT'S AN AWESOME SCREEN THERE. THAT'S WHY I WAS WATCHING THE QUALITY OF IT AS WE WERE SHOWING THINGS. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO JUST COMMEND OUR CITY EMPLOYEES IN GENERAL FOR MULTITASKING. WE'RE TAKING ON SOME MAJOR PROJECTS AND WE THEY'RE RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY, YOU KNOW, BOND ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE, PROJECT, COMP PLANS, PARKS, PLANS, YOU NAME IT. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO COMMEND THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T ALWAYS WE CAN'T ALWAYS BE PERFECT. BUT THAT DON'T MEAN WE HAVE TO STOP TRYING. SO BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO BE PERFECT. AND I COMMEND THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. AND I JUST ALSO HAVE TO SAY, ALTHOUGH I'M 
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REPEATING WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID, BEAUMONT WAS REALLY SHOWING OFF THIS WEEKEND WITH FIRE FEST AND OKTOBERFEST. LAMAR WON THE LAST FOUR GAMES. THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, SO WE NEED TO ALSO CELEBRATE THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE UPCOMING SPECIAL SESSION MEETING THAT WILL BE THIS FRIDAY. AND CERTAINLY AND PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ABOUT THE TIMING OF IT. AND I WILL SAY I COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF GETTING IT ON TODAY'S AGENDA BECAUSE I SHOULD HAVE HAD IT ON TODAY'S AGENDA. BUT WITH THE NEW STATE LAW CHANGE, I DIDN'T GET THE REQUEST IN ON TIME. SO THAT'S WHY A SPECIAL SESSION WAS CALLED. BUT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I DON'T EVEN RECALL WHERE IT WAS FIRST BROUGHT UP, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY COMMON WHERE CITIES DO BOND ELECTIONS TO GIVE AN OUTSIDE LOOK OF IT, WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT BOND, AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO I APOLOGIZE THAT WE'RE HAVING TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THAT. IN TERMS OF THE REASON THAT I CHOSE THAT COMMITTEE IS IT WAS A TIMING ISSUE. AGAIN, I SHOULD HAVE PREPARED BETTER. BUT I CONTINUE TO LEARN AS WE DO NEW THINGS HERE. AND I THINK THAT I CHOSE PEOPLE VERY INTENTIONALLY ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE RESPECTED MEMBERS AND WELL KNOWN MEMBERS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT I THINK ARE ARE ABOVE REPROACH. AND I THINK THEY HAVE THE VOICE THAT IF THEY WERE TO SEE ANY CONCERNS, THEY WOULD CERTAINLY SPEAK UP, BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ARE VERY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY OVERALL. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I KNOW I'VE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY TWO MEDIA OUTLETS TODAY, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL NOT HAVING ANY SAY IN THIS. CLEARLY, WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING ON FRIDAY. SO THE COUNCIL HAS ABSOLUTE SAY IN WHO'S GOING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE. THEY WEREN'T IT WASN'T THEY WEREN'T INVITED TO SUBMIT NAMES ONLY BECAUSE OF THE TIME FACTOR. AND BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE NAMES I THINK ALL OF THEM ARE CERTAINLY WELL KNOWN, WELL RESPECTED AND HAVE BEEN VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE. SO. I APOLOGIZE ABOUT ALL THE MEDIA THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT IT'S PART OF CITY GOVERNMENT AT TIMES, SO I CERTAINLY
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