[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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OKAY, TODAY IS MONDAY, MARCH 20TH, 2023.
WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:09 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, THERE IS A QUORUM OF COUNSEL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE.
UH, TROOP 2 8 1 73 WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL RIGHT.
BEFORE ANYONE LEAVES THE, I WAS TOLD THAT THE GIRL SCOTT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IF WE CAN COME ON DOWN FOR A SECOND, WE'RE STAYING.
PUT, SQUEEZE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
AND HOW ABOUT, ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU COME FORWARD, STAND UP HERE WITH HER AND YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA GO RIGHT THERE.
BEFORE WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THE TR THE TROOP LEADER EVERETT MORRISON.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
FOUR ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.UH, MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST? YES, MR. MAYOR.
MS. CLARK IS YOUR APPROACH THE PODIUM.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ALSO, PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I RESIDE AT 34 18 LACOSTA ROAD.
I WAS HERE LAST MEETING AND I, UM, MENTIONED THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
AND I'M HERE AGAIN, AND I'LL BE HERE FOR MANY WEEKS.
SO I MET WITH SASHI AND THE CITY MANAGER LAST WEEK, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THEIR TIME, THEIR CONSIDERATION, AND LISTENING TO ME.
THEY ANSWERED MANY QUESTIONS AND WE APPROACHED A VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC THAT, UM, DOESN'T OFTEN WANNA BE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THAT'S OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH STAFFORD ANIMAL SHELTER IN OUR ANIMAL SHELTER.
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THAT JENNIFER GIBBONS, WHO RUNS THE FRIENDS OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, WEBSITE, SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, AND WE COMPARED NOTES AND WE BASICALLY HAVE, UH, MANY OF THE SAME CONCERNS.SO I'M GOING TO ALSO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, I'M WRITING LIST TO CONVEY SOME SPECIFIC CONCERNS I HAVE WITH MISSOURI CITY ANIMAL SERVICES PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF STAFFORD.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE PARTNERSHIP IS VALUABLE TO BOTH ENTITIES, THE CURRENT CAPACITY IN WHICH THE CITY OF STAFFORD OPERATES IS INEFFECTIVE AND NEGLIGENT.
THE CITY OF STAFFORD HAS NO S O P FOR THEIR ANIMALS, NO OVERSIGHT AND CONTINUES TO DO THE BARE MINIMUM FOR THEIR ANIMALS, WHICH I MENTIONED LAST TIME.
I THINK THAT TO BECOME AN EFFECTIVE TEAM, THE CITY OF STAFFORD SHOULD CONSIDER OVERSIGHT AND TURNING THAT OVER TO THE MISSOURI CITY ANIMAL SERVICES MANAGER AND PAY HER TO MANAGE THEIR STAFF F TWO.
BY DOING THIS, THEY COULD ADOPT OUR S O P.
THE DOGS WOULD ACTUALLY RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION IN TIMELY MANNERS, AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS COULD BE BETTER MANAGED AND ACCOUNTED FOR.
THEY COME INTO OUR SHELTER WHEN THEY WANT TO COME.
THEY BRING DOGS IN WHEN THEY KNOW THEY HAVE AN EMPTY KENNEL.
WHILE I SAY MAYBE WE CAN'T KICK OUT, Y'ALL SOON I HEAR ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED WITH THEIR CONTRACTUAL RENEWAL.
I THINK HARD QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ASKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE IT IS SIMPLY SIGNED, AS I STATED TWO WEEKS AGO.
JUST BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SOMETHING THE SAME OLD WAY DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE WAY TO CONTINUE.
I THINK IT DESERVES A LOT OF CONSIDERATION.
THEY SPRAY DOWN OUR KENNELS WITH DOGS IN IT.
SOMETIMES EVEN WITH DISINFECTANT, THEY HAVE AN INHUMANE USE OF CATCHPOLE.
THEY HAVE NO FORMAL DOG TESTING, VACCINATING, SPAY OR NEUTER, UNLESS THE CITY OR THE FRIENDS OF MISSOURI CITY OFFER AND DO IT ON THEIR OWN.
ALL OF THEIR FUNDING IS PAID BO BY MISSOURI CITY OR FRIENDS OF MISSOURI CITY.
THEY DO NOT POST THEIR STRAYS.
THEY DO NOT TAKE THEIR DOGS TO ADOPTION.
THEIR DOGS TAKE UP SPACE IN OUR SHELTER, WHICH COMPROMISES THE HEALTH, THE WELLBEING, AND THE ACTUAL LIFE OF OUR DOGS IN OUR SHELTER.
THIS CO-DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP WITH STAFFORD AND JUST BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR ISN'T WORKING.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
MR. ALLEN, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I SAY AT 43 46 CROW VALLEY IN MISSOURI CITY, 74 59.
UH, THE REASON THAT I AM HERE AND A CONSTITUENCY WITH ME, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A NEIGHBORING NEIGHBOR THAT WE HAVE.
THEY ACTUALLY SHARE A BACK FENCE WITH ME.
BUT THESE HAVE BECOME, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT THEY'VE BECOME, THEY HAVE BEEN A MENACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN A BLIGHT FOR THE LAST DECADE.
UM, YOU WILL HEAR MY WIFE COME UP AND SPEAK, WE'VE LITERALLY BUILT A FENCE ON THE INSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY LINE JUST SO WE COULD DO AWAY WITH HAVING TO DEAL WITH THEIR FENCE ON THE BACK OF THEIRS.
I HAD A WONDERFUL, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF LAKE OLYMPIA WHERE I STAY.
SHE SHARES THE BACK FENCE WITH HIM.
YOU WILL NOW HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBOR THAT HAS NOW MOVED IN AND TAKEN THAT PLACE AND THE SITUATION THAT THEY HAVE FOUND.
IT'S A SITUATION THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE'VE TRIED TO DO THIS CIVILLY.
WE'VE SAID, HEY, LOOK, UH, I'VE SEEN MANY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT YOU HAVE BACK HERE KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR THINKING THAT THE DOGS, IF THEY HEAR AT THREE IN THE MORNING, ARE ACTUALLY COMING FROM OUR HOUSE WHEN THEY ACTUALLY ARE NOT.
WE'VE ADDRESSED THIS WITH ANIMAL CONTROL, UH, AS RECENTLY, AS OF LAST MONTH AGO.
IT'S A SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T FEEL SAFE IN OUR BACKYARDS.
AND WE HAVE A, THE STANDARD SIX FOOT FENCE, AND WE'VE, IT DOESN'T MATTER THESE DOGS, WHEN THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE, IF THEY LEAN ON THE FENCE, THE WHOLE FENCE LEANS, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD TO DO A STEEL REINFORCED FENCE ON THE INSIDE OF OUR, ONLY INSIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE.
NO ONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PRESENCE.
AND AS I REPEAT, I AM A DOG LOVER.
I HAVE HAD DOGS MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I HAVE TWO NOW, THIS IS NOT ABOUT NOT LIKING DOGS.
THIS IS ABOUT WANTING TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND THE PEACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THIS IS THE ONE BLIGHT THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EVER HAD.
I'VE BEEN A HOMEOWNER HERE SINCE 2005 IS WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOME HERE.
AND I CAN SAY, WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS A CONSTANT REINFORCED NUISANCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE
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GONNA HEAR FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS TODAY.THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THEM HAD PETITION SIGNED, HAD TRIED TO LOBBY.
AND IT'S A SITUATION WHERE IF IT WAS JUST A PET, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
BUT THIS IS A BREEDING SITUATION.
SO THIS WILL BE A CONTINUOUS AND ONGOING CYCLE, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S LASTED FOR A DECADE.
AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY, LET ME PREFACE WITH THIS.
IF THESE WERE PEOPLE DOING THESE THINGS, WE WOULD'VE LONG SIN GOT THEM OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO LET'S NOT MAKE THE EXCEPTION JUST BECAUSE THE ANIMALS.
IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I MAY NOT WANT TO TELL YOU MY NAME IS BRUCE LANE.
Y'ALL LIVE AT 7 26 DALEWOOD OVER IN THE HUNTERS GLEN ONE, TWO.
AND THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT, AND, UH, MY OLD CLASSMATE WOULD PROBABLY LAUGH AT ME THOUGH, IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE PRESENCE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER HEAR THAT FROM ME, BUT THAT'S A FACT.
I MEAN, I USED TO SEE OFFICER ELISE ONCE OR TWICE EVERY TWO WEEKS OR A WEEK OR SO THAT PASSED THROUGH.
THEY STILL NEED TO LEARN HOW TO WAVE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, NOW THAT I DON'T SEE ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I SEE THE CHIEF BOY, THEN I SEE THE POLICE FORCE.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
SO I MADE A COUPLE TELEPHONE CALLS AND COME TO FIND OUT IS THAT WE'VE LOST OVER 24 TO 26 POLICE OFFICERS WITHIN THIS LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, AND, UH, I AND MY NEIGHBORS DEFINITELY HAVE SOME MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THAT.
SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS ANSWERS.
NUMBER ONE IS THE REASON WHY WE LOST THEM.
I'M HEARING DIFFERENT RUMORS AND STORIES ABOUT IT, BUT I WANT TO HEAR THE FACTS.
NUMBER TWO IS, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT GETTING NEW POLICE OFFICERS IF WE'RE LOSING THEM? AND, YOU KNOW, HOW ACTIVE ARE YOU GUYS AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? WHERE DID THAT LIST ON YOUR LIST AS FAR AS ONE THROUGH 10? ARE WE TRYING TO GET 'EM THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, OR WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REAL SERIOUS ISSUE WITH US BECAUSE WITHOUT POLICE PRESENCE, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LEADS TO.
AND NOBODY HAS TO TELL YOU, HELL, MY RING GOES OFF EVERY NIGHT AROUND TWO O'CLOCK, TALKING ABOUT THEY'RE SHOOTING ON 2234.
AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WOULDN'T HAVE NONE OF Y'ALL JOBS CAUSE I'M A COWARD.
SO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THESE GENTLEMEN DO THEIR JOB, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER WILL TAKE THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO DO THAT.
I SEE WE GOT NEW, UH, CITY MANAGERS AND EVERYBODY ON BOARD.
I'M SURE THEY, THEY'RE GONNA LEAD US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT IN QUITE SOME TIMES.
IN FACT, LOOK LIKE THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW UP HERE IS MR. EMERY.
SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MR. EMERY.
AND FOR THE CHIEF CHIEF, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE SOMEWHERE.
YOU HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BECAUSE I DO SEE YOU OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S A PLUS FOR ME.
ONE OTHER THING I HAVE TO SAY BEFORE I GO, MONICA, IS THIS OUR WATER COMPANY.
I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A DECENT JOB AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BUT I'VE HAD A WATER LEAK SINCE JANUARY THE 20 IN MY SIDEWALK.
IT'S A SLOW LEAK, AND THOSE PEOPLE HADN'T GOT IT RESOLVED.
NOW, I DID SEE SOME TRUCKS TODAY, BUT IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS.
I GOT SEVEN GRANDKIDS, SEVEN GREAT GRANDKIDS, AND THEY CAN'T PLAY ON MY SIDEWALK.
MR. RASHAD, AS YOU STEP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE, UH, RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
UH, YOU JUST HEARD MY HUSBAND SPEAK MOMENTARILY.
I LIVE AT 43 46 CROW VALLEY DRIVE.
MY NEIGHBOR HAS THE PROBLEM OF 4 33 5 BRIGHT SPIN.
FOR OVER A DECADE, WE'VE DEALT WITH THESE, UH, DOGS, AND AGAIN, WE ARE DOG LOVERS.
HOWEVER, UH, IN RECENT OCCURRENCES OF THESE DOGS BEING EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE, UM, WHAT MADE ME CHANGE MY MIND ON HOW TO APPROACH THIS ABOUT PUTTING STILL BEAMS AND DOUBLING UP MY FENCE IS THAT THE DOG BROKE THROUGH THE FENCE AND IT, IT ALMOST, IT LAUNCHED AT MY DAUGHTER WHO AT THE TIME WAS AROUND EIGHT.
AND, UH, I KNOW IT WAS A PRESENCE THAT COVID HIT.
I UNDERSTAND SUPPLIES ARE HARD TO GET, AND I LO I PUT ALL MY SAVINGS INTO THE FENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN GO BACK THERE.
STILL TO THIS DAY, I STILL STAND ABOVE WHEN I'M TRYING TO PICK MY GARDEN.
THESE DOLLS CAN CLEAR THE HEAD.
AND REMEMBER, THESE ARE KING KANE CORSO.
THE HEAD CAN LITERALLY COME ABOVE SIX FEET AND START SNIPING AT YOU
AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FRIGHTENING TO SEE, SEE SOMETHING LAUNCH AT YOU AT YOUR OWN FENCE.
UH, THE BARKING, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT KING KONG SWAR, THEY HAVE ABOUT 110 DECIBELS.
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AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GARBAGE TRUCK RUNNING BY EXCESSIVELY FOR OVER 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.UH, CHRISTMAS AND, AND, UM, FIREWORKS OR JANUARY 1ST ARE EXTREMELY HARD BECAUSE WE HEAR THIS EXCESSIVE BARKING GOING FOR HOURS.
THE OWNERS ARE REALLY NOT THERE, SO HE DOESN'T CONTROL THEM.
UM, IMAGINE HAVING YOUR OFFICERS COME AT YOUR DOOR AT 12:30 AM 2:30 AM TO KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DOG.
IMAGINE YOU'RE ANOTHER NEIGHBORS THINKING IT'S YOUR PROBLEM, AND THEY COME TO YOUR DOOR AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY.
NOTHING BOTHERS ME MORE THAN BEING THAT I FEEL LIKE I'M HAVING TO BE TRAPPED IN MY OWN HOME.
IMAGINE YOU WALKING OUT YOUR BACKYARD.
YOU GET A HUGE, HUGE AMMONIA AND A SCRIMM SMELL FROM YOUR BACKYARD.
IT JUST HITS YOU WHEN YOU WALK OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
MY DAUGHTER CANNOT ENJOY HER TIME OUT THERE.
I CANNOT HAVE PEOPLE OVER MY HOUSE.
I HAVE EARPLUGS, PLUGS I GOTTA WEAR IN THE BACK OF MY YARD.
WHY DO I HAVE TO CHANGE MY LIFESTYLE FOR THESE DOGS? THIS IS NOT A PET OWNER.
THIS IS A PERSON THAT IS, IT'S LIKE SITTING IN A POUND.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TAKE A CONSIDERATION.
THINK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO'S HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS.
I CAN'T EVEN SELL MY OWN HOME IF I WANTED TO.
NOT NOBODY DOESN'T WANT TO BE BEHIND A BUNCH OF DOGS THAT DO THAT.
MR. BRITT SAYS YOU PRESS THE PODIUM IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ALSO RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT CAN PASS HIM AROUND.
YES, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I'M WITH THE FOLKS YOU JUST HEARD FROM TONIGHT.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU A SITUATION WHICH I BELIEVE NOT ONLY IMPACTS THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN, BUT THE OVERALL SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY IN LAKE OLYMPIA AND AROUND PALMER ELEMENTARY.
I LIVE ON CROW VALLEY DRIVE, LESS THAN A MINUTE'S WALK FROM PALMER ELEMENTARY.
DIRECTLY BEHIND ME IS THE OWNER OF SEVERAL LARGE BREED CANE CORSO DOGS.
THE OWNER BREEDS THESE ANIMALS AND HAS BEEN WITNESSED TO HAVE IN EXCESS OF 10 OR EVEN 20 DOGS AT A GIVEN TIME.
THE OWNER'S DOGS ARE A NUISANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE A HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS WITH ANIMAL SERVICES, THE CITY AND OUR POLICE.
BEYOND 10 PLUS YEARS OF NOISE COMPLAINTS IN SEVERAL INSTANCES OF DOGS AT LARGE, ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2023, I OBSERVED EACH OF THE ADULT DOGS FIGHTING WITH ONE ANOTHER WHILE TRYING TO ENJOY MY BACKYARD WITH MY TWO AND A HALF YEAR OLD SON, THE DOGS STARTED BARKING AS THEY DO NEARLY EVERY TIME I ENTER MY BACKYARD.
AND WITHIN 10 TO 15 MINUTES BEGAN TO FIGHT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
WHEN I CHECKED IN ON THE ANIMALS AFTER HEARING A LOUD YELP, I WITNESSED EACH DOG BITING AND CLAMPING DOWN ON ONE ANOTHER.
ONE DOG WAS SO AGGRESSIVE AS TO BREAK THROUGH THE KENNEL'S CHAIN LINK FENCE TO ATTACK THE OTHERS.
I WAS VIDEOING MY BACKYARD THAT DAY AS PART OF EVIDENCE GATHERING TO SUBMIT A NOISE COMPLAINT.
I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER THAT DAY, LETTING HIM KNOW OF MY CONCERNS.
I DECIDED TO LET HIM HANDLE HIS BUSINESS AND ATTEND TO HIS DOGS.
AROUND ONE WEEK AFTER THIS INCIDENT, ONE OF THOSE DOGS BROKE THROUGH AND EVEN KNOCKED DOWN OUR NEIGHBOR'S FENCE, ULTIMATELY KILLING THEIR MALISSE.
I COME TO YOU TODAY, JOINED BY THE FAMILIES THAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM AND OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE DEALT WITH THIS MAN AS A BREEDER OF DANGEROUS DOGS.
ATTACHED BEHIND THIS STATEMENT IS MY SIGNED AND NOTARIZED DANGEROUS DOG WITNESS STATEMENT WITH ANIMAL SERVICES ALSO INCLUDED OUR PICTURES AND SNAPSHOTS FROM THE VIDEO I TOOK THAT DAY, WITNESSING THE DOG FIGHTING INCIDENT.
AFTER REVIEWING THESE MATERIALS AND MY FORMAL WITNESS STATEMENT, PLEASE TELL US WHAT CAN OUR CITY DO TO END THIS THREAT TO OUR FAMILIES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WALK HOME ON A DAILY BASIS.
I'VE REVIEWED OUR CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE AND I FIND THAT APPROPRIATE POWER ARRESTS WITH ANIMAL SERVICES TO ORDER THE DOGS BE REMOVED FROM CITY LIMITS.
BUT I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH ROBIN LYNN, YOU AND, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND ASSISTANT ATTORNEY, UH,
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AS WELL AS TABORA FROM ANIMAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE, UM, FURTHER FOR MY, MY, MY RATIONALE TO, TO HAVE THE DOGS ORDERED, UM, A AS WELL AS AS SOME OTHER MATERIALS.I, I JUST PLEASE ASK THAT YOU REVIEW THOSE AND TAKE THEM WITH A SEVERITY, UH, AND, AND, UH, ATTENTION THAT YOU WOULD GIVE IF MS. SPRITZ YOU WERE HAVING THIS BEHIND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR HOME.
CITY MANAGER JONES, CITY MANAGER JONES.
CAN WE GET SOMEONE TO FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, AT LEAST, UH, ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES THERE SO WE COULD GET, CUZ THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND THEN, UM, IF WE CAN KIND OF GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN AN INVESTIGATION OR SOMETHING.
MR. ZIMMER IS YOUR PER PODIUM.
IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I'M A 40 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT, A 20 YEAR PLUS EMPLOYEE, AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ISSUES AND THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.
THE CITY WANTS TO BE KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED AS A SUPERIOR MUNICIPALITY ORGANIZATION AND DELIVER OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
OUR ISSUES IS HOW, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS KNOWN THE STATE OF ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT IN CASE YOU DON'T, HERE ARE THE FACTS.
WE ARE NOW OVER 20 OFFICERS SHORT, THAT'S 20 OFFICERS.
WE HAVE FIVE MORE WITH APPLICATIONS OUT LOOKING TO LEAVE AND ALREADY STARTED THEIR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS.
UM, AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ON LIGHT DUTY TRAINING OR ON LEAVE, UH, TO STAY AFLOAT.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD TO MAKE MANY DIFFERENT, UH, MOVEMENTS.
AND THIS INCLUDES PULLING OUR MOTOR UNITS, PULLING OUR CANINES, PULLING OUR SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT, AND PART OF OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS TO BE REASSIGNED BACK TO PATROL JUST TO STAY AFLOAT.
I'M NOT HERE TO BLAME OR POINT FINGERS, BUT I'M HERE TO STATE IT IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR IT'S ADMINISTRATION, OR IT'S YOUR ASSOCIATION OR CIVIL SERVICE.
UH, THESE ARE KNOWN FACTS, UH, FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND YET, AND YET TO BE TRULY ADDRESSED AND HAVE YET TO BE, UH, FIXED.
IN CONCLUSION THAT APPEARS NONE OF THESE ISSUES WERE IMPORTANT UNTIL THE PHONE STARTED RINGING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, THE CITY MA OR THE, I'M SORRY, THE MAYOR.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, OF THE LACK OF SEEING THE P THE POLICE OFFICERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE KEEPER PHONES CLOSE.
BECAUSE THESE PROBLEMS ARE GOING FROM ISSUES ARE NOW GOING TO A STATE OF AN EMERGENCY.
AND I BELIEVE TO AS TOGETHER WE CAN FIX THESE ISSUES AND THEN WE CAN EXCEL.
MR. MCCLENNAN, AS YOU STEP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ALSO, PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
I COME TO YOU TODAY TO EXPRESS SOME MEMBERS' CONCERNS ON THE COMPENSATION STUDY AND PROPOSED RAISES.
WE HAVE REACHED CRISIS LEVEL IN VACANT, VACANT POSITIONS AND WILL CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO FILL QUALIFIED OFFICERS DUE TO STARTING SALARIES BEING MORE THAN 20% BELOW THE MARKET IN THE REGION.
FURTHER, WE WILL CONTINUE LOSING OFFICERS TO COMPETITIVE CI CITIES INVESTING IN RETENTION.
OUR LAST CIVIL SERVICE EXAM RESULTED IN THE CANCELLATION DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO CREATE A LIST.
THIS CITY IS NOW ADVERTISING ON THE WEBSITE.
OUR FIRST YEAR SALARY IS 65,580.
THAT INCLUDES A $10,000 BONUS.
WE HAVEN'T GIVEN OUT A $10,000 BONUS YET.
THE THING THAT IT DOES NOT STATE IS WHAT IS THE SECOND YEAR SALARY? WELL, THAT NUMBER IS 56 9 70.
THIS ASSOCIATION STRESS TO THE CITY STARTING TWO YEARS AGO OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND BENEFITS TO PREVENT WHAT WE KNEW WOULD OCCUR.
SALARY SURVEY HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
HOWEVER, THIS ASSOCIATION BEEN REFUSED THE DATA AFTER WE WERE RECOGNIZED AS SOLE COLLECTING SOLE
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BARGAINING AGENT FOR POLICE OFFICERS BY THIS COUNCIL ON THE 3RD OF JANUARY.LAST YEAR'S, OUR MEMBERS HEARD A PLAN WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE IN JANUARY AND MONEY WAS BUDGETED TO EXECUTE THIS PLAN.
NOW WE HERE NOW, WE'RE HERE, WE'RE ALMOST IN APRIL.
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE QUESTION OUR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE.
AND IT DOES NOT APPLY TO JUST SALARIES, BUT TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THE VERY PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS THE SHOW ME CITY.
MR. Z BROSKI IS YOUR PURSE THE PODIUM? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND ALSO PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T GIVE A CRAP ABOUT ANYTHING GOING ON IN THIS CITY.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR ABOUT A BRIDGE BECAUSE ONE PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL ALREADY TOLD ME IN OCTOBER, AS LONG AS I'M ON THIS COUNCIL, YOU'LL NEVER GET A BRIDGE.
FINE, NOW YOU'RE LETTING THIS CITY GO DOWN FURTHER.
WE CAN'T EVEN GET DECENT POLICE PROTECTION IN THIS CITY.
YOU'RE MORE WORRIED ABOUT CLOSING DOWN AN ADULT NOVELTY STORE AND SPENDING $30,000 IN LEGAL FEES TO STOP IT FROM OPENING.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PRIORITIES ARE.
I KNOW YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT A BRIDGE.
IT'S ONLY ABOUT 110 HOUSEHOLDS THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A PARK.
BUT YOU'RE BRAGGING ALL THESE THINGS OF THE MOST LIVABLE CITY, THE MOST THIS, THE MOST SAD.
YOU EVEN GO AND ABUSE SENIOR CITIZENS IN MISSOURI CITY.
A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS IS A HOMEOWNER ON EAST ANTOINE'S CIRCLE GAVE THE CITY A MOST $3,000 WORTH OF SIDEWALK WORK.
AND YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REIMBURSE HER.
YOU'RE WASTING MONEY ON STUPID PROJECTS.
FREEDOM TREE PARKS, GIVING MONEY TO A BARBERSHOP OR TRYING TO ENCOURAGE A MCDONALD'S TO STAY OR $200,000 TO IMPROVE THEIR PARKING LOT NONSENSE.
YOU HAD A CITY MANAGER HERE THAT ALMOST BROUGHT A MAJOR HOSPITAL INTO THE TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR AND YOU FIRED THEM.
ALL OF YOU COUNCIL NEED TO GO.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MISSOURI CITY EMPLOYEES.
IT'S THIS COUNCIL AND I'M SICK OF IT.
THIS IS THE 41ST YEAR I'VE LIVED IN MISSOURI CITY AND IT'S DISGUSTING TO ME NOW.
MR. GRIFFITH, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I DON'T LIVE IN YOUR CITY, BUT I WORK IN YOUR CITY.
I'VE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER FOR 21 YEARS.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THIS CITY, BUT WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, THERE WAS A HUNDRED PEOPLE APPLYING FOR ONE POSITION.
NOW WE HAVE ONE PERSON APPLYING FOR 22 POSITIONS.
YOU KNOW, I CARE ABOUT THIS CITY.
I CARE ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES, I CARE ABOUT OUR CITIZENS.
AND EVERY POLICE OFFICER HERE CARES ABOUT THE CITIZENS.
AND OUR CITIZENS CARE ABOUT US.
THAT'S WHY THEY VOTED IN, YOU KNOW, OUR CIVIL SERVICE FOR US.
YOU KNOW, THEY DID THAT CAUSE THEY LOVE US AND WE LOVE THEM CUZ WE'VE GIVEN THEM SERVICE.
AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD OVER THE YEARS, DO MORE WITH LESS.
BUT YOU'RE BLEEDING POLICE OFFICERS NOW AND YOU WON'T LISTEN.
YOU'VE PAID FOR SALARY SURVEYS, SAME DATA.
WE'RE THE LOWEST PAID IN THE AREA.
NOW I CAN GO TO ANOTHER AGENCY AND START OVER AS A BRAND NEW BOOT MAKING MORE THAN I MAKE AS A SERGEANT.
I'M A SERGEANT IN C I D, WE HAVE HALF THE DETECTIVES.
HOW CAN WE SERVE THESE CITIZENS WITH NO OFFICERS, NO SPECIAL UNITS ANYMORE, HALF THE DETECTIVES, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? IT'S NOT ABOUT, WE'RE NOT UP HERE.
POLICE OFFICERS CRYING FOR MONEY.
MONEY WOULD BE NICE SO WE COULD FEED OUR FAMILIES AND TAKE CARE OF THEM.
YOU KNOW, BAYTOWN PD HAS 200 PEOPLE APPLYING AND THEY HAVE ONE POSITION OPEN.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY VALUE THEIR POLICE OFFICERS, THEY PAY THEM WELL, AND THEY HAVE HAVE BETTER BENEFITS, AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE.
AND I'M NOT HERE BEING MAD AT YOU AND HATEFUL AND VENGEFUL.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN BECAUSE I WANT THIS CITY TO BE WHAT IT USED TO BE.
WHEN I APPLIED HERE, MY DAD TOLD ME, GO WORK FOR MISSOURI CITY.
I HAD A FRIEND THAT CAME HERE BEFORE ME AS A POLICE OFFICER.
HE SAID, YOU'VE GOTTA GET OVER HERE.
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TO GET INTO MISSOURI CITY.YOU APPLIED AND YOU KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE HARD TO GET IN BECAUSE THEY PICKED THE BEST OF THE BEST.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE ONE OFFICER APPLYING, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA PICK THE WORST OF THE WORST? OR ARE YOU GONNA SETTLE FOR WHOEVER'S BREATHING? WHAT KIND OF QUALITY IS THAT GONNA GIVE YOUR CITIZENS? DO YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CITIZENS? THEN CARE ABOUT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, CARE ABOUT YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, CARE ABOUT YOUR CITY.
EMPLOYEES TAKE CARE OF THEM BECAUSE ALL THE EMPLOYEE, ALL THE, LIKE I SAID, ALL THE OFFICERS ARE LEAVING TO MAKE MORE MONEY OTHER PLACES AND GET BETTER BENEFITS FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
AND RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF, YOUR DEPARTMENT IS LEAVING, FIVE ARE ALREADY APPLYING, MORE ARE LEAVING, YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE READY FOR RETIREMENT.
SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN 3, 4, 5 YEARS WHEN ALL YOUR OTHER OFFICERS HAVE LEFT AND ALL YOUR OFFICERS ARE RETIRING, YOU CAN ONLY HIRE ONE A YEAR.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO YOUR CITIZENS? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL THEM THEN? THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BEFORE I MOVE ON, LET ME ALSO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US IS CORLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT THREE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR.
[(a) Presentation and Discussion - Receive a presentation on the Fiscal Yea...]
I'M NUMBER FIVE A STAFF REPORTS FIVE A PRESENTATION DISCUSSION TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE PHYSICAL YEAR 2022 ANNUAL COM CO COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT BY ELENA PORTIS, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
TONIGHT WE HAVE GREG PETERSON, WHO IS A PARTNER WITH WEAVER AND TIDWELL, WHO'S OUR AUDIO, I'M SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
TONIGHT WE HAVE GREG PETERSON, WHO IS A PARTNER WITH OUR AUDITING FIRM.
WE RENTED WELL, WHO'S GOING TO GO OVER, UH, THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT, UH, FOR FISCAL ATTORNEY.
CAN WE HAVE, CAN WE PLEASE IF YOU CAN, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING ON? OKAY, GO AHEAD, MS. PORTS.
UH, OUR FISCAL YEAR 20, UH, 20 20 22, UH, AUDIT, WHICH IS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
WE HAVE, UH, GREG PETERSON, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED AUGUST 30TH, 2022.
I BELIEVE YOU MAY HAVE A HARD COPY OF THE PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PULLED UP ON THE POWERPOINT.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA CLICK AWAY HERE TOO.
SO, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE INFORMATION I'LL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE OPINION THAT WE ARE RENDERING ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF AN AUDIT IS FOR AN AUDITOR TO RENDER AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
UM, BASICALLY PROVIDING ASSURANCE THAT THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING PRESENTED IS NOT MATERIALLY MISSTATED.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE FINANCIAL RESULTS, UM, FROM SOME OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THE GOVERNMENT WIDE VIEW.
SO ON PAGE PAGE ONE HERE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE OPINIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA RENDER ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
UM, SO FIRST OFF, WE CONDUCTED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, AND WE PERFORMED OUR SINGLE AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIFORM GUIDANCE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO RENDER UNMODIFIED OPINIONS BOTH ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ON THE SINGLE AUDIT, WHICH IS AN AUDIT OF YOUR FEDERAL AWARDS.
UM, AN UNMODIFIED OPINION IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE IN AN AUDIT.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DON'T ONLY JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF THE CITY, WE ALSO EVALUATE THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER ITS SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION CLASSES.
UM, SO THAT'S OVER YOUR CASH DISBURSEMENT PROCESSES AND YOUR PAYROLL PROCESSES.
SO WE EVALUATE THOSE INTERNAL, THOSE PROCESSES, UM, TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN THOSE CONTROL PROCESSES.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY WEAKNESSES IN THOSE CONTROL PROCESSES.
WHEN WE CONDUCTED OUR SINGLE AUDIT, WE EVALUATED THE CORONA RELIEF FUND, WHICH REPRESENTED
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ABOUT 52% OF THE CITY'S TOTAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURES WITH THAT ONE PROGRAM.SO IN SUMMARY, AS THE COUNCIL, YOU HAVE JUST PRESENTED TO YOU THE INFORMATION FROM OUR AUDIT.
THESE ARE ALL VERY POSITIVE RESULTS.
UM, UNMODIFIED OPINIONS ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND INTERNAL CONTROLS.
THOSE ARE THE THE THINGS YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY, UH, PREPARES AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, UM, AS PART OF THAT, THAT'S GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS NORMALLY REQUIRED FOR A FINANCIAL REPORT.
UM, AS PART OF THAT, THEY SUBMIT FOR THE G F O A AWARD FOR FINANCIAL RECOGNITION, AND THEY DID RECEIVE, UM, THAT AWARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 21.
SO THEY DID RECEIVE G F O A, UM, AWARD LETTER FOR PRIOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, SUBMIT FOR THE AWARD AGAIN IN 2022, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE THAT AWARD.
NEXT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE INCOME STATEMENT, UM, FOR THOSE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS JUST ON THE GENERAL FUND RESULTS, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY OPERATING FUND OF THE CITY.
UM, WE LOOK AT TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE GENERAL FUND, YOU, YOU KNOW, YEAR OVER YEAR.
WELL, WE SEE THE TOTAL REVENUES DID INCREASE BY ABOUT, UH, EXCUSE ME, DECREASED BY ABOUT 1.8 MILLION OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.
THAT DECREASE IS THE RESULT OF TWO PAYMENTS THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR THAT WERE ONE TIME REIMBURSEMENTS.
UM, SO WE HAD A A $970,000 REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE BELTWAY EIGHT AND WEST CRAVEN PROJECTS, AND A $1 MILLION REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FOR CORONA RELIEF FUNDS.
LOOKING DOWN AT THE EXPENDITURES, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF THE GENERAL FUND WERE 53.4 MILLION.
THAT'S ABOUT A $400,000 INCREASE OVER PRIOR YEAR, UH, REPRESENTING ABOUT A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE OF EXPENDITURES YEAR OVER YEAR.
UM, BUT THE KEY THING TO LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES IS WHAT IS OUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES VERSUS OUR BUDGET.
UM, AND THE CITY DID HAVE A POSITIVE BUDGET VARIANCE, UH, WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND OF ABOUT ABOUT $9 MILLION.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST TO SAY THAT THESE FUNDS ARE BEING ALLOCATED.
THEY WEREN'T SPENT IN THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR SPENDING IN FY 23.
THE NEXT SECTION THAT YOU SEE IS THE OTHER FINANCING SOURCES AND USES.
UH, THE CITY HAD NET TRANSFERS OUT OF 2.3 MILLION.
UM, THE TRANSFERS OUT WERE TO THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND TO, UH, PROVIDE FUNDING FOR FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THE NET RESULT OF THE GENERAL FUND'S OPERATIONS WAS AN INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF 5.2 MILLION, TAKING FUND BALANCE FROM 53.5 TO 40.8 MILLION.
UH, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FUND BALANCE, UM, WHAT THAT IS IS BASICALLY THE REMAINING EQUITY LEFT IN THE FUND THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR NEXT YEAR'S SPENDING.
UM, IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE GENERAL FUND, YOU WOULD SEE THAT CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS MAKE UP ABOUT, UH, 40 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR NEXT YEAR'S SPENDING.
MOVING ON TO YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UM, WE'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INCOME STATEMENT FOR YOUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS.
UM, WHAT SEPARATES THESE FUNDS FROM YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, OR THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT OPERATE LIKE A BUSINESS, UH, PRIMARILY THROUGH CHARGES FOR SERVICES.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE TOTAL ENTERPRISE FUND COLUMN, UH, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR TWO MAJOR FUNDS, YOUR WATER SEWER FUND, UM, YOUR SURFACE WATER FUND, AND THEN WE HAVE AN AGGREGATE NON-MAJOR, UH, COLUMN THERE, WHICH REPRESENTS YOUR SOLID WASTE FUND AND YOUR LGC FUND.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA JUST LOOK AT THE TOTAL COLUMNS.
SO YEAR OVER YEAR, YOUR TOTAL ENTERPRISE FUNDS TOTAL REVENUES WERE 28.9 MILLION, WHICH IS A 2.1 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.
APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION OF THAT WAS AN INCREASE IN YOUR SERVICE WATER REVENUES, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY RELATED TO INCREASES IN USAGE.
LOOKING AT YOUR OPERATING EXPENSES, YOUR TOTAL ENTERPRISE FUNDS HAD 20.8 MILLION OF OPERATING EXPENSES, WHICH IS A DECREASE OF 800,000 FROM PRIOR YEAR.
UM, THE REASON IT DECREASED, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO, UH, WHAT WE SAW IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR LAST YEAR, WE HAD SOME ONE-TIME OPERATING EXPENSES THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR, SO THEREFORE THERE WAS A, AN OVERALL DECREASE IN YOUR OPERATING EXPENSES.
MOVING DOWN TO YOUR NON-OPERATING REVENUES AND EXPENSES, YOU HAVE 2.8 MILLION NON-OPERATING EXPENSE, WHICH IS A $400,000 INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.
UH, THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO, UM, YOUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS LOSS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY UNREALIZED, UM, UH, INVESTMENT LOSSES.
NEXT WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFERS.
YOU HAD A NET TRANSFER OUT OF $500,000, UM, THAT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND TO COVER OPERATING EXPENSES.
SO YOUR NET RESULT IN YOUR TOTAL ENTERPRISE FUNDS
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FOR THE YEAR WERE, WAS AN INCREASE OF 4.7 MILLION.SO INCREASING YOUR NET POSITION FROM 69.5 TO 40.3 MILLION.
NEXT, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, A QUICK VIEW OF THE TOTAL CITY, UM, BALANCE SHEET.
AND I REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON THIS BOTTOM SECTION REFERRED TO NET POSITION.
UM, LOOKING AT THAT IN YOUR TOTAL PRIMARY GOVERNMENT COLUMN.
UM, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUR UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION YEAR OVER YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT, IT INCREASED FROM A NEGATIVE 8.7 MILLION TO A POSITIVE 27.6 MILLION.
UM, THAT'S A RESULT OF A DECREASE IN YOUR PENSION LIABILITY, UM, ALSO AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE MIX THAT YOU HAVE IN FINANCING YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, BUT THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THAT IS A VERY POSITIVE INDICATOR THAT RATING AGENCIES LIKE TO LOOK AT.
UM, I ACTUALLY JUST NOTICED IN YOUR LATEST BOND ISSUANCE THAT YOUR RATING WENT FROM, UH, AA TWO TO AA ONE.
SO THAT'S A POSITIVE MOVE IN YOUR, YOUR RATING.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INDICATORS THAT RATING AGENCIES LOOK AT, UM, TO RATE YOUR DEBT.
UM, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT AS BEING A MOVE IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
SO THAT KINDA CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT.
UM, AND AGAIN, IF FOR TO JUST, UH, SUM IT UP IN QUICK 30 SECONDS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT THE UNMODIFIED OPINIONS AND THE NO, NO FINDINGS AND INTERNAL CONTROLS.
UH, WE HAVE COUNCILMAN RAPONI.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THIS DID COME BEFORE THE FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR THAT NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, BUT, UH, THERE ARE NO ISSUES THAT WERE FOUND, UH, INTERNALLY, UH, WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE LOOKED AT.
AND WE MANAGE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS FROM FEDERAL FUNDS TO, YOU KNOW, WASTE WATER AND SURFACE WATER AND, AND, AND VARIOUS OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
AND SO, UH, KUDOS TO ELENA AND HER TEAM FATIMA, UH, AND THEM FOR WORKING WITH THE AUDITORS TO ENSURE THAT WE, UH, HAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION YET AGAIN.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
WENT ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, IS A CONSENT AGENDA.SEE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? YES, MAY.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS SIX A THROUGH SIX C AND PULL ITEM SIX D.
RILEY, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? THAT REMAINS YOU A SECOND.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, TO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, MAYOR, UH, THAT MAYOR THAT, UH, MOTION FOR THE CITY SECRETARY'S PURPOSES ARE TO APPROVE ITEM SIX A THROUGH SIX C, UH, AND PULL ITEM SIX D FOR DISCUSSION.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(d) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the City Manager to nego...]
WE'RE GOING TO ITEM SIX D.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC MASONRY AND FENCING, LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MARQUEE DIGITAL REDESIGNS IN THE AMOUNT OF 528,112, $12 AND 45 CENTS.
KUMAR OR COUNCIL? BONNIE? UH, YE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE, UH, HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UH, ITEM, HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UH, ONE ON TIMING, UH, AS FAR AS TIMELINE, UH, WHEN WILL THE CONSTRUCTION BEGIN AND WHEN WE'LL CONCLUDE.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS RELATIVE TO DESIGN FOR ANY FUTURE DIGITAL READER SIGNS THAT THE CITY MAY REALIZE ARE NEEDED FOR THE CITY, IF PO IF AT ALL, UH, WILL WE USE THE SAME DESIGN OR WILL WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT FOR DESIGN AGAIN? SO YOU CAN START WITH THAT INITIAL QUESTION.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I THINK, UH, YOU ASKED THREE QUESTIONS.
I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE TIMING, UH, THE, THIS IS TO, UH, NEGOTIATE AND AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
IT'LL TAKE US A WEEK OR TWO TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST, IF NOT SEPTEMBER.
WE ARE SHOOTING FOR AUGUST, AND WE FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT IT'LL BE DONE.
AND BY THE WAY, THIS WAS THE SAME CONTRACT THAT WHO DID THE OTHER SCIENCE AND UH,
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UM, BACK THEN WE HAD SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.UH, THE MARKET IS A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS THEN.
SO WE THINK THAT WILL BE, UH, ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT IN AUGUST, 2023.
SO IF, IF WE FIND THAT THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS FOR DIGITAL READER SCIENCE ACROSS THE CITY, DO WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT AND DO ANOTHER DESIGN? IF WE ALREADY HAVE THIS DESIGN, WE COULD USE THE SAME ONE, RIGHT? THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME COOKIE CUTTER DESIGN.
BUT EVERY SITE IS SPECIFIC IN THE SENSE THAT IS UTILITIES, THAT IS ELECTRIC POLES.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE, WE WANNA BE CONSISTENT.
WE WANT TO USE THE SAME TEMPLATE ACROSS THE CITY.
WHEN WE MEAN DESIGN, THIS IS NOT LIKE RECREATING THE WHEEL.
THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE THAT THERE IS NO UTILITY CONFLICTS, THERE IS NO RELOCATIONS, AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
WE GOTTA PUT TOGETHER A SET OF PLAN SET AND BID IT BASED ON THE SPACE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO, SHOULD, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE REINVENTING THE BILL.
WE'LL TAKE THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE, MODIFY IT AND REBI IT AT THE OTHER LOCATION SHOULD WE HAVE TO DO IT.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS FOR THE THREE DIGITAL READER SIGNS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, UH, GASNER PORTION OR DISTRICT A? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND ALSO THE, THE CONVERTING, THE ONE SIDED ONE THAT'S AT INDEPENDENCE NEAR FOND TO THE DOUBLE-SIDED.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER WRITING.
THANK YOU, UH, SHAHI, UH, FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE COUNCIL, I HAD A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, UH, REPUBLIC MASONRY.
UM, HAVE WE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE? IS THIS A DIFFERENT COMPANY THAT DID THE LAST ONES? THESE WERE THE ONES THAT BUILT THE LAST MARQUE SITES.
SO THEN THEY ALREADY UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW WE OPERATE.
AND THEN MY OTHER, UH, STATEMENT IS, UM, WERE THEY THE ONLY COMPANY THAT SUBMITTED, UH, FOR A BID? YES.
THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT SUBMITTED THE BID, BUT, UH, IT CAME, UM, RIGHT AROUND OUR EXPECTATIONS OR BELOW OUR EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF CONSTANT, THEY'VE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE OTHER PROJECT.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO SUBMITTED THE BID.
AND I SEE THAT IT CAME UNDER THE, THE AMOUNT THAT COUNCIL ORIGINALLY APPROVED.
I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, FOR WORKING ON THIS, UH, BEING THE DISTRICT, A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND A BIG PUSH FOR THESE THREE READER SIGNS IN THE HARRIS COUNTY SIDE OF, OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU GUYS ADDING IN THAT SECOND, UM, SIDE OF THE INDEPENDENCE LOCATION.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOUR TEAM.
Y'ALL ARE DOING A FABULOUS JOB AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I SEE A MOTION AND A SECOND, SIR.
SIR, THERE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[7. AUTHORIZATIONS]
NUMBER SEVEN ARE AUTHORIZATIONS.SEVEN A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING AN ANNUAL REQUEST BY THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF FORT BEND TO POST CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS SIGNS ALONG HIGHWAY 98 AND PRESENT STREETS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, THIS IS A REQUEST THAT THE FORT BEND EXCHANGE CLUB PROVIDES EVERY YEAR.
UM, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE ISLANDS ALONG 90 AT THE INTERSECTION OF PRESENT, UH, IT'S THE CITY LIMITS BETWEEN MISSOURI CITY AND STAFFORD.
UH, FORT BEND EXCHANGE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF APRIL, UH, WHICH IS RECOGNIZED AS CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH, UM, PUTS OUT A DISPLAY TO, UH, MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THE SEVERITY, UM, OF CHILD ABUSE IN THE AREA AND EFFORTS, UH, TO COMBAT COMBAT IT.
UM, SO THERE'S A SMALL PORTION OF THE, OF THE DISPLAY THAT'S ON THE MISSOURI CITY SIDE.
THE MAIN PORTION IS IN THE CITY OF STAFFORD, UH, RIGHT THERE AT THEIR CITY LIMITS UNDER, UH, THAT CITY OF STAFFORD SIGN.
BUT MISSOURI CITY HAS APPROVED, UH, THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE SIGNS, UH, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
IT'S A VERY SIMILAR DISPLAY THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING FOR THE COUNCIL.
THIS IS A PR UM, THIS IS A STANDARD UNDER THE CITY'S SPECIAL EVENT SIGN REGULATIONS THAT, UH, PROVIDES REGULATIONS FOR SIGNAGE AT, UH, SPECIFIED INTERSECTIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT, WHICH IS WHY IT'S BEFORE.
UH, THE, UH, THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
I JUST REALLY WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT, UM, AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE EXCHANGE, UH, FOR IT BEING, UH, ORGANIZATION, FOR BEING CONSISTENT OVER THE YEARS TO DO THIS.
UM, BEING VIGILANT ABOUT BRINGING THE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE, WHAT TAKES PLACE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEIGHT OF COVID.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT GOING ON.
AND SO THANK YOU JENNIFER, FOR WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL.
UM, OF COURSE, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO PARTNER WITH OUR SISTER CITIES, UM, STAFFORD.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXCHANGE CLUB.
RECOGNIZING, MAY I APPROACH SOME MEMORY? YES.
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ANY OF, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS OR ANY OF THE STAFF WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ATTEND THAT EVENT.UH, LIKE I SAY, IT'S ONE THAT'S BEEN, UH, UH, GOING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND MISSOURI CITY'S A, A, I SAY A PORTION, MAYBE NOT THE LARGEST SECTION, BUT A PORTION OF THE, UH, RECOGNITION OF, UH, CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS SIGNS.
UH, SO, UH, IF ALL POSSIBLE, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD, UH, SHOW OUR, UH, RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE ITEMS THAT, UH, ARE POSTED ON THE, UH, THEIR FLAGS THAT REPRESENT, I BELIEVE, UH, EVERY INDIVIDUAL, UH, CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS THAT'S BEEN RECORDED.
SO IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THE FIELD, JUST HOW MANY, UH, OF OUR, UH, OUR YOUNG FOLKS ARE, UH, BEING SUBJECT TO, UH, THAT, THAT TYPE OF, UH, OF ABUSE.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
CAN YOU GIVE EVERYBODY THE DATE FOR THAT ANNUAL CEREMONY? OKAY.
BUT YOU SHOULD RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION EITHER VIA YOUR CALENDAR.
AND THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SINCE DEAN, NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First of two readings - An ordinan...]
NUMBER EIGHT.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE PERSONNEL POLICY OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING RULES RELATED TO THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOUR SEPARABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.
UH, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A TOOL USED TO COMMUNICATE IN AN INTERACTIVE MANNER, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SHARE INFORMATION QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.
UH, DUE TO THE RISE IN THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S BEST PRACTICE FOR EMPLOYERS TO HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES INTEGRATED IN THEIR PERSONNEL POLICIES.
UH, SOME OF THE CITIES THAT ARE, UH, NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT HAVE THESE POLICIES ARE THE CITY OF PEARLAND, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, CITY OF TEXAS CITY, AND FORT BEND COUNTY.
IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY, AND THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS BEING USED EFFECTIVELY AND THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IS COMPLETE AND FACTUAL.
THE CITY UTILIZES VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, INCLUDING FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, AND LINKEDIN.
THIS POLICY PROVIDES REQUIREMENTS OF EMPLOYEES IN REGARDS TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT PROVIDES DEFINITIONS RELATED TO SOCIAL MEDIA, REQUIRES WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FOR CITY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, PROVIDES FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT'S, ACCESS AND RIGHTS TO CITY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR THOSE CREATING MAN, MAINTAINING, POSTING, OR SHARING SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT, UH, ADDRESSES PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA AND PROHIBITIONS FOR CITY AND NON-CITY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
UM, COULD THIS, UH, POLICY POSSIBLY EXTEND OVER TO OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT MAY BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE? CUZ I NOTICED THAT QUITE A FEW OF THEM WERE OUTLINED IN THE POLICY, BUT CAN WE ALSO ADDRESS FUTURE ONES? YES, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT ADDRESSES FUTURE SILENCE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
SINCE SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - First of two readings - An ordinan...]
EIGHT B, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE ESTABLISHING THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
RECOGNIZING CITY MANAGER ANGELS JONES.
THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS A RESULT OF AN ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT THAT IDENTIFIED SPAN OF CONTROL ISSUES WITHIN DEPARTMENTS.
AND THIS ACTION WILL ENABLE US TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP THAT WILL ENHANCE THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION, THERE'S BEEN A SECOND.
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ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A Resolution of the City Council o...]
ITEM NUMBER NINE ARE RESOLUTIONS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, SUSPENDING THE MAY 1ST, 2023 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PROPOSAL BY CENTER POINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORPORATION, DOING BUSINESS AS CENTER POINT ENERGY IN TAX AND CENTER POINT ENERGY, TEXAS GAS, HOUSTON DIVISION TO IMPLEMENT GAS RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR GAS UTILITY INVESTMENTS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUB TO THE SUBJECT.THIS ITEM RELATES TO THE SUSPENSION OF THE RATE INCREASE FOR, UH, CENTER POINT GAS USERS.
THE INCREASE WILL, UH, INCREASE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES GAS RATES BY ABOUT $2 AND 14 CENTS PER MONTH.
THE ONLY ABILITY THAT YOU WILL HAVE AT THIS POINT, UH, THAT STATE LAW PROVIDES IS TO SUSPEND.
SO, UH, SUSPEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THAT INCREASE BY 45 DAYS.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE ACTUAL AMOUNT, BUT YOU CAN AT LEAST POSTPONE IT FOR 45 DAYS.
SO THIS ACTION AUTHORIZES THAT SUSPENSION.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES SEEING NO ONE, ONE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[10. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ITEM NUMBER 10, OUR CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS.LET'S STICK WITH OUR TIME OF THREE MINUTES.
UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, A LARGE POSITION.
UM, EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS ENJOYING SEEING THE WEEKLY VIRTUAL CELEBRATIONS, UH, FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
UM, LAST WEEK WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A VIEW AT DR.
UM, THAT WAS A PRETTY INTERESTING WOMAN AND SHE'S ALSO A NEIGHBOR HERE AND SHE'S A SURGEON OVER AT THE VA HOSPITAL.
NEXT WE HAVE KELLY GOFF AND EMMY NOMINATED PRODUCER IN PLAYWRIGHT.
AND SHE ALSO, UM, WAS ONE OF THE PRODUCERS FOR AND JUST LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL FEATURE RHONDA, UH, KANDAL, I THINK I SAID HER NAME CORRECTLY.
SHE'S PRETTY MUCH DEDICATED HER LIFE TO FIGHT AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING.
UM, THE KNIGHTS ROAD AND WATCH PLANTATION RIBBON CUTTING AND GRAND OPENING WAS AWESOME.
I REALLY ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO DO THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
THAT WAS REALLY, UH, COOL THAT WE GOT A CHANCE TO RIDE DOWN, UM, BE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO RIDE ON THE ROAD.
WANNA SEND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO COMMISSIONER GRADY PRESAGE AND THE COUNTY FOR PARTNERING WITH US AND GETTING THAT, UM, DONE.
UM, TALK ABOUT EAT, SHOP, AND PLAY.
WHILE I DID MORE EATING THAN I DID SHOPPING JOHNNY TAMALES, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EAT THERE TWICE LAST WEEK FOR LUNCH.
SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE A VIBRANT, UH, LUNCH CROWD AND THEN VISITING WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER.
THERE HE IS, IN GREAT HOPES OF HAVING THAT LUNCH CROWD.
UM, INCREASE AND CONTINUE GOING ON.
UH, DOUBLE DAVE'S PIZZA IS OPEN.
I NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM THERE TOO, BUT IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE VISIT THESE GREAT PLACES.
THE FREEDOM TREE PARK EASEMENT SIGNING.
I THOUGHT I WAS AT, UH, PRESIDENTIAL SIGNING ON
UM, BIG THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND MAYOR PRO TEM EMERY FOR JUST NOT GIVING UP AND FOR STAYING THE COURSE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THAT EASEMENT DONE.
AND WE CAN'T THANK AL GREEN ENOUGH FOR BRINGING PHILLIPS 66 ON IN ORDER FOR THEM TO LITERALLY GIVE US THAT EASEMENT.
THE CITY DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, SO IT WAS REALLY NICE.
UM, THE, THE ARTISTS ARE JUST UNBELIEVABLY TALENTED, BUT THERE WAS ONE DESIGN THAT I SAW THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THE MOST.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A DESIGN THAT WAS DONE BY A CITIZEN.
AND UNDERNEATH THE GLOBE, IT WAS WRITTEN IN GREEN WRITING AND IT SAID, LOVE EVERYBODY.
I ENCOURAGE US ALL TO LOVE EVERYBODY.
UH, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE POSITION NUMBER TWO, LYNN KLAUSER.
UM, I TOO ATTENDED THE, THE CHALK FESTIVAL WITH THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES.
AND, UM, KUDOS TO PETROLEUM 66 ON, UM, THEIR, UH, DEDICATION AND GIVING US THAT LAND.
IT WAS JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND THEY STEPPED UP AND THEY DID THAT PROUDLY.
UM, AND AGAIN, KUDOS TO, UM, MAYOR PRO, TIM EMORY AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY FOR, UM, THEIR, UM, UH, FOR JUST STICKING WITH IT AND MAKING SURE IT
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HAPPENED ALONG WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M SORRY, CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN.UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
UM, SOMETIMES WE GO TO AN EVENT AND WE SEE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MICROPHONE SET UP AND THE SPEAKER SET UP, AND WE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO THAT.
AND THE SCRIPTS WHEN WE WALK UP, WE'RE HANDED SCRIPTS.
SO, UM, ANDRE AND YOUR TEAM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING MOVED ALONG LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
AND ALSO PARKS AND REC, UM, ATTENDED THE DOUBLE DAVES, UH, PIZZA, UH, RIBBON CUTTING.
ALSO THE FARMER'S MARKET FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.
UM, UH, MAYOR PROTEM GAVE, UH, A PROCLAMATION BEFORE I GOT THERE, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GO THERE AND, UM, AND AND PURCHASE A BUNCH OF THINGS FROM MANY OF THE VENDORS.
IT IS A WEEKLY FARMER'S MARKET, SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT OUR WEEKLY FARMER'S MARKET.
AND THANK YOU TO THOMASINE AND GEORGE JOHNSON FOR PUTTING THAT ON EACH WEEK.
UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING THIS FRIDAY WITH, UH, AT MIKE, UM, WINE VIBES.
UM, AND THAT'S THIS FRIDAY, I BELIEVE IT'S 12 O'CLOCK.
SO WE INVITE EVERYBODY FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING.
AND, UH, MAY 9TH, WE ARE HAVING OUR NEXT SMALL BUSINESS MIXER PUT ON BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE AT WINE VIBES AT SIX 30.
AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEW NE UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, CEDRIC COLE.
ALSO, UM, CONGRATULATE OUR TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, JASON MANGUM AND ELENA PORTIS.
AND ALSO WELCOME TO OUR NEW, UH, GOLF MANAGER KELLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT A MONICA RILEY.
UM, I WANNA JUST SAY, FIRST OF ALL, UM, TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS, WE, WE TRULY DO APPRECIATE YOU.
I VALUE YOU PERSONALLY JUST BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 48 YEARS AND I'VE SEEN WHAT YOU GUYS GO THROUGH, WHAT YOU DEAL WITH AND WHAT YOU FACE.
UM, SO PLEASE, PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH US AND JUST KNOW THAT WE, WE DO CARE.
UM, I WANTED TO SAY THAT FIRST.
UM, I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO SOME OF OUR CH UM, MISSOURI CITY MEMBERS OF LIFE.
100 CHURCH PASTOR SI ALLEN, AND FIRST LADY YOLA ALLEN, WHO CELEBRATE THEIR 17TH, UM, CHURCH ANNIVERSARY, AS WELL AS OUR CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH.
UM, SPIRITUAL LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY VIABLE.
AND SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS INVITING US OUT TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU.
WE, UM, WERE ABLE TO SAY WE, BECAUSE, UM, I'VE BEEN BUGGING JASON SINCE I GOT TO COUNCIL, UM, SINCE I LEARNED ABOUT PICKLEBALL.
THE FIRST OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL COURT, UH, IS OVER THERE IN FONDANT PARK AT MCCLEAN, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY, UH, THE MCCLEAN PICKLEBALL COURT.
SO I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES TO PLAY, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, I KEEP HITTING THE BALL INTO THE STREET, UH, EVEN THOUGH Y'ALL HAVE TALL FENCES.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, JASON, FOR HEARING THE RESIDENTS DOING THINGS, UM, OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I APPRECIATE YOU AND OUR RESIDENTS DO AS WELL.
UM, I WANNA SAY SEND MY PRAYERS OUT TO MS. LAURA LOPEZ.
UH, SHE HAS BEEN A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY THIS PAST WEEKEND, UM, AND SO SHE WAS, UM, LATE TO REST SO REST IN PEACE, MISS ISABEL LOPEZ AND I WENT TO A HOST OF EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE FOLLOW ME ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I WANNA ALSO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT TOMORROW IS THE FIRST, UM, MOUNTAIN MOVIE, MONICA DISTRICT, A COMMUNITY TOWN HALL.
UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE TEAMS AND THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKED REALLY HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU JOIN, UH, ME AND THE STAFF, SEE THE WORK THAT THEY PUT ON, AND THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, UM, FOR THE DISTRICT, A TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW AT 6:00 PM RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, TO ANDRE, JASON SHAHI, UM, ANGEL, CRYSTAL, RAMONA, UH, EVERYBODY THAT I'VE BUGGED HALF TO DEATH FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
AND THEN I WANNA CLOSE BY SENDING MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS OUT TO UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS, THE FACULTY, EVERYBODY WHO LOST, UM, A MEMBER OF THEIR COMMUNITY, A STUDENT WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE.
AND TODAY, AND I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE TO PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF HOW YOU TREAT OTHERS AND THE PRESSURES THAT YOU PUT ON OTHERS, BECAUSE LIFE IS VERY PRECIOUS, IT'S VALUABLE, AND IT CAN BE GONE IN A MOMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT B JEFFREY ALBO.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA START OFF BY CONGRATULATING, UH, KELLY O'DONNELL FOR JOINING US AS L G C MAN, UH, MANAGER, GENERAL
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MANAGER.ALSO WANNA CONGRATULATE, UH, CEDRIC COLE, UH, ELENA PORTIS AND JASON MANGHAM ON THEIR NEW ROLES.
UM, I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WEATHERING THE STORMS, FACING ALL OF THE ADVERSITY AND CHALLENGES, UH, AND CONTINUE TO BE LEADERS.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE IN THESE ROLES TODAY, UH, BECAUSE YOU'VE, UH, EXHIBITED LEADERSHIP IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL, AND I WANNA COMMEND YOU, UH, CITY MANAGER JONES, FOR COMING IN AND RECOGNIZING THAT INTERNAL TALENT AND ALLOWING THEM TO SHINE AND RISE UP IN THE RANKS THAT, THAT IS.
KUDOS TO YOU AS WELL AS TO ALL OF YOU ALL WHO HAVE YOUR NEW ROLES.
UH, I TOO, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THE MCCLAIN PARK, PICKLEBALL COURT'S GRAND OPENING.
GOT A CHANCE TO, UH, UH, BE DOUBLE'S PARTNERS WITH, UH, THE DISTRICT, A COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MONICA RILEY.
AND WE DID SOME DAMAGE OUT THERE ON THE COURT.
I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME EVIDENCE, WE GOT SOME, WE GOT SOME VIDEO, WE GOT SOME VIDEO.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE GREATEST, BUT IT, IT WAS DEFINITELY OFF THE CHAIN.
I THINK WE DID OUR, OUR THING ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE RIBBON CUTTING, UH, UH, AT THE KNIGHT ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT.
THANKS TO, UH, COMMISSIONER PRESAGE AND FORT BEND COUNTY FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP ON THAT MOBILITY PROJECT, AS WELL AS SHAHI AND YOUR TEAM, UH, FOR BRINGING THAT TO FRUITION.
UH, AND CITY MANAGER JONES FOR FORCING US TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS IN A, IN A, IN A, IN A POSITIVE WAY.
UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE DOUBLE DAYS PIZZA, UH, RIBBON CUTTING WITH MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, AND OF COURSE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER FOR DELIVERING THE PROCLAMATION AND, AND LEADING THE CHARGE THERE.
ALSO PARTICIPATED, UM, THE FREEDOM TREE PARK EASEMENT SIGNINGS WITH FIS, PHILLIPS 66 AND CONGRESSMAN GREEN, UH, AT THE CHALK FEST, UH, FESTIVAL THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, HAD JUST GOT OFF THE PLANE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS HONORED, UH, TO BE, UH, IN WASHINGTON, DC HE HERE RECENTLY.
I WAS INVITED, UH, TO THE PERSONAL OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, UH, KAREEM JOHN PIERRE, WHO SERVES AS THE VOICE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND THAT'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SEEN IN THIS BLACK MEAN, EXCUSE ME, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
SHE'S THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, TO SERVE IN THE ROLE AS WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY.
SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT'S ALWAYS A PLUS.
AND LASTLY, TALKING ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY MO MONTH, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, UH, A TRUE POWERFUL PROVERBS 31 WOMAN.
AND THAT'S NONE OTHER THAN CHARIN, WILS BONY.
MY WIFE
AND, UH, I COULD TELL YOU, UH, SHE IS A PHENOMENAL INDIVIDUAL, NOT ONLY JUST TO PUT UP WITH ME, UH, BUT BECAUSE SHE IS A, A STELLAR IN, IN SO MANY WAYS.
AND SO I JUST WANNA WISH HER PUBLICLY A, UH, HAPPY, UH, WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT C ANTHONY MORES.
TO THE EMPLOYEES POLICE AND FIRE.
I, I ASK THAT YOU GUYS JOIN SOME OF THE BRAG BROWN BAG LUNCHES THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S GONNA HOST.
AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME ANSWERS WITHIN THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE SOME CALM AND, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
UM, I WAS NOT HERE FOR THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO SHARE MY BLACK HISTORY TIDBIT, BUT, UM, THE LAST THING I DID ATTEND WAS THE WALK OR THE MARCH.
AND SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT'S SPECIAL TO ME.
IT ALSO TIES WITH GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY THIS SATURDAY.
SO BACK IN THE DAY, THE, THE LEADER OF OUR CHURCH, ARCHBISHOP YABOS, ACTUALLY MARCHED WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING IN SELMA TO, TO PROTEST, TO, TO SHOW, UH, UNITY, TO FIGHT FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE.
HE WAS, HE WAS JUST BEAT UP, BUT HE DID THE WALK.
AND, UH, HE'S A LEGEND TODAY, AND HE MADE THE FRONT OF THE LEFT MAGAZINE.
SO WHEN I WALK WITH MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WITH BONY, ESPECIALLY, I THINK, MAN, THAT'S ME AND YOU BUDDY WALKING THE WALK.
SO ANYWAY, WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.
UM, I'M ALSO SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE FRONT PAGE OF COMMUNITY IMPACT MISSOURI CITY'S FRONT PAGE ABOUT TEXAS PARKWAY.
IF ANYONE THINKS WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR THE CITY, PICK UP THE PAPER, PLEASE.
AND THEN LASTLY, GO COGS
YEAH, I, I LEFT MY HAT AT HOME, BUT GO COGS.
WE ARE COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT D, FLOYD EMERY, AND MAYOR PRO 10.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ALSO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE FARMERS MARKET OF MISSOURI CITY FOR THEIR FIFTH YEAR, UH, OF, UH, EXISTENCE, UH, IN MISSOURI CITY.
THEY STARTED OUT AS THE ONLY CITY, UH, UH, FARMERS' MARKET IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND, UH, THEY'VE ADDED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VENDORS.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO THOMASINE AND, UH, AND GEORGE JOHNSON FOR
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THEIR PERSEVERANCE.AND, UH, AND IN KEEPING IT IN MISSOURI CITY, THEY HAD TO MOVE BECAUSE OF, UH, SPACE.
BUT, UH, THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS IN MISSOURI CITY, SO KUDOS TO THEM FOR THAT.
UH, I ATTENDED THE, UH, QUELLI FUND, UH, ANNUAL MEETING, UH, THAT THEY HAD.
AND THE ONE THING THAT WAS, UH, IMPRESSED, UH, I THINK A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND IMPRESSED ME WAS THE NUMBER OF STAFF PEOPLE THAT WE HAD THERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, THE DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT OUR CITIZENS HAD.
AND, UH, I, I THINK IT WAS WELL RECEIVED.
SO, UH, IT, I KNOW THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, UH, IN PLANNING AND, UH, ASKING, UH, A COMMITMENT FROM OUR STAFF.
BUT, UH, IT WAS WELL, UH, WELL RECEIVED AND WELL ACCEPTED.
UH, THE FREEDOM TREE, UH, PARK, UH, UH, UH, THE EASEMENT RELEASE FROM, UH, UH, PHILLIPS 66 WAS WELL, UH, WELL ATTENDED.
UH, AL GREEN WAS THERE, AND OF COURSE, WHEN HE'S THERE, HE WANTS TO HAVE BALLOONS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT BRING, UH, RECOGNITION TO, UH, TH THAT EVENT AND NOW BEING ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH, UH, THE FREEDOM TREE PARK AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED, I THINK IS, UH, A REAL, UH, A REAL PLUS.
AND AS, UH, SOME OF US SAID TO JASON, LET'S GET A SPADE IN THE DIRT AND START MOVING AND GETTING THAT THING GOING, WHICH I KNOW HE WILL, CUZ IT'S A PRIORITY FOR, FOR HIM.
ALSO, UH, I ATTENDED A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ED Z AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ED ZAI, HE WAS THE PROPRIETOR OF ED'S PHARMACY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
HE WAS, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE, UH, UNOFFICIAL MAYOR OF QUAIL VALLEY.
UH, HE WAS, UH, LIKE I SAY, WELL RESPECTED AND, AND GAVE VERY MUCH TO THE, UH, TO THE, THE CITY AND TO QUAIL VALLEY.
AND HE HAD, UH, QUITE AN OUTPOURING OF, UH, OF FRIENDS AND, AND RELATIVES THAT, UH, WANTED TO, TO CELEBRATE, UH, HIS LIFE AS, UH, HE MOVES ON.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT CITY MANAGER.
UH, WHO IS THAT, THAT, THAT WAS OH, THAT, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S MY FRIEND WHO KEEPS WANTING MY SHIRT, BUT WE'LL NEVER GET IT.
DOES MAYOR PRO TIM GET ANY KIND OF, UH,
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS, UH, AGAIN, UH, KUDOS TO, UM, THE, UH, CITY MANAGER FOR BRINGING, UH, THE, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ON BOARD, UH, TO, UH, ELENA PORTIS AS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND TO JASON ANGUM AS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
AND WELCOME TO OUR GENERAL MANAGER OF L G C KELLY O'DONNELL.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR GREAT THINGS.
WE ALREADY HAVE GREAT THINGS AT QUAIL VALLEY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL MOVE IT UP ANOTHER NOTCH, SO THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING OUR OFFER.
UM, LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF THOSE.
WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, MAYORS YOUTH COMMISSION TRIP TO, UH, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
WELL, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE ELECT, UM, UH, OH MY GOD, DR.
YES, BOTH OF 'EM FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
I HAD SENT OUT A KUDOS EMAIL TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAVE HELPED OUT IN THIS PROCESS.
YESTERDAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND PASTOR SI ALLENS, UH, 70, 17 YEARS CELEBRATION, AND RECOGNIZING HIM, GIVING HIM A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
UM, ALSO, LET ME JUST ALSO THANK, UH, JERAL, UH, OUR DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY FOR LAST WEEK.
YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR DEDICATION, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS PROMPT, EVERYTHING WAS RIGHTED WHILE THE CITY, UH, SECRETARY WAS OUT.
AND, UM, FREEDOM TREE PARK, OF COURSE.
UH, THANK YOU TO MAYOR PROTO, OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY LB BONY, AS WELL AS OUR CONGRESSMAN, UH, GREEN FOR THEIR HARD WORK, THEIR DEDICATION.
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AND OF COURSE, KUDOS TO, AND CONGRATULATIONS, I SHOULD SAY.CONGRATULATIONS TO CEDRIC COLE, UH, ELENA PORTERS AND JASON MANUM FOR YOUR ROLES.
AND I, AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY MANAGER WANTED, SO WE APPROVED IT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR BETTER THINGS TO COME FROM Y'ALL IN THE FUTURE.
LET ME ALSO CONGRATULATE KELLY O'DONNELL FOR THE POSITION FOR THE GOLF COURSE.
AND LASTLY, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR P O A, UM, PRESIDENT MIKE ZIMMER FOR COMING UP HERE AND TALKING AND WITHOUT DISRESPECTING COUNSEL AND TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUE OF WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR.
AND I WOULD ALSO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO, LET'S WRAP THIS UP.
LET'S GET TO THE WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ANXIOUSLY WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU ON WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
WITH THAT, I GIVE THE TIME BACK.
[11. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
NUMBER 11 IS A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE TIME IS 8:25 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.0 74, AND 5 51 0.07.
ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE
[12. RECONVENE]
TIME IS 9:30 PM CITY COUNCIL NOW WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION, UM, HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.UM, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:30 PM THANK YOU ALL.