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THE REGULAR MEETING.I'LL GIVE DOUGLAS A MINUTE TO SWITCH US OVER.
DOUGLAS, CAN I MOVE FORWARD? YES, MA'AM PLEASE.
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THE TIME IS NOW SEVEN OH ONE.I STAYED THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.
THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL WITH CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY COUNCIL MEMBER REALIST, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
THEY WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER, OTIS JONES, RESIDENT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, PRESENT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY JOYCE EMO PRESENT CITY SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON AS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, STACY WALKER, FIRE CHIEF EUGENE CAMPBELL, ASSISTANT CHIEF FIRE MARSHALL, MATT RIOS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.
SHE KUMAR RESIDENT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OLDEST SPRIGGS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, AMY MOORE, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, MARTIN WESSEL PRESENT FLEET SUPERINTENDENT, MIKE TUBS, MIKE TUBS, PLANNING MANAGER, JENNIFER GOMEZ AS DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
I'M SORRY, RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT KEVIN BROWN, PRESIDENT RECOGNITION AND COMPLIANCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
RACHEL MARIE PRESENT SEAN COACH VICE PRESIDENT OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, HUB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED.
IS THERE ANYONE, ANY STAFF OR PRESENTERS THAT I DID NOT CALL ANYONE ELSE IN CHIEF ASSISTANT CHIEF, MARIO PARTITA FIRE CHIEF.
UH, WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY PLANNING MANAGER, JENNIFER GOMEZ, JENNIFER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD EVENING.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.LET ME REMIND YOU THAT YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY FIRST PERSON WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IS SO, SO, SO RAB JELANI.
HI, THIS IS
ADDRESS IS THREE FIVE ONE NINE MOSS TRAILER AND MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS SEVEN SEVEN FOUR FIVE NINE.
AND, UH, UM, UM, WANTING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE, UM, THE MISERY CITY FIRE AND, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WAS AT A PUBLIC, UH, UH, GATHERING COMMUNITY GATHERING ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, UH, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, DEHYDRATION.
I COLLAPSED AND I WAS RUSHED TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES AT THE HOSPITAL AND, UH, DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MR. GREG IBARRA AND, UH, THE OTHER, UM, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY PRESENT OVER THERE AND THE MISSOURI CITY FIRE POLICE, UH, OFFICIALS PRESENT OVER THERE.
I WAS RUSHED TO THE, UH, GIVEN TIME THE ASSISTANCE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
AND FOR THAT, I WOULD WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THE MISSOURI CITY FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT.
AND I ALSO WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AND, UH, MR. ANTHONY, UH, FOR HIS, UH, UH, QUICK, UH, ACTION ALSO AT THAT TIME.
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THANK YOU.HI, THIS IS SHANA JALALI FOR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR FORT BEND MUD 48.
MY ADDRESS IS TWO ZERO TWO CENTURY SQUARE BOULEVARD, SUGARLAND, TEXAS SEVEN SEVEN FOUR SEVEN EIGHT.
UM, I'M HERE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ABOUT ACTION TAKEN AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 8TH SPECIAL LAW, UM, SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZING CITY STAFF TO ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH CORE VALLEY FOR THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE MUSTANG VALUE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
UM, I'M SURE TO EXPRESS CONCERNS ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, UH, MUD BOARD, UH, WITH RESPECT TO AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING AWARDING THIS CONTRACT TO QUELL VALLEY WHEN THE HIGHEST SCORING VENDOR WAS C ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE RFP, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, OR MY LOVE 48 DID A SITE INSPECTION OF THE MUSTARD VALLEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND, UH, FOUND A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND DRAFTED A LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, IN NOVEMBER, 2019, UH, LISTING THOSE ISSUES AND ASKING THAT THE CITY SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR A NEW OPERATOR AND THE FOLLOWING MONTH, THE CITY STAFF RESPONDED AND SAID THAT THEY DO THAT PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE, UM, AND INCLUDE PARTICIPANTS FROM FORT BEND LED 48 AND 47 ON THAT COMMITTEE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE.
UM, THE CITY DID THAT SET UP THE COMMITTEE.
THEY, UH, DEVELOPED AN RFP SCORING CRITERIA AND RANKED EVERYONE BY THE CRITERIA, ET CETERA.
AND OUR BOARD PRESIDENT DONNA GIBLIN WHO WHO'S ON THE LINE AS WELL, UH, WAS A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, HOWEVER, THE CITY STAFF THEN WENT ON TO RECOMMEND NEGOTIATIONS WITH, UM, AN ENTITY THAT WASN'T THE HIGHEST SCORING, UM, UH, VENDOR, UH, FELL VALLEY.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHY THAT HAPPENED.
IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE A REASONABLE CHOICE AND YOU KNOW, THAT 47 AND 48 ARE PAYING, UH, WELL OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE OPERATING COSTS FOR THIS PLANT, THEY'RE MAKING A VERY LARGE CONTRIBUTION FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT, UH, THE REHAB AND EXPANSION PROJECT THAT LIKE GOING, GOING ON WITH RESPECT TO THIS PLANT.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY DON'T HAVE A SAY WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATOR.
UM, AND THEY'RE JUST ACT ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER SEE ENVIRONMENTAL'S PROPOSAL, UH, BEFORE TAKING ANY ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ENGAGING OR RE-ENGAGING FELL VALLEY.
I WAS ABLE TO GET MY PHONE ON MUTE.
CAN I STILL SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.
DONNA, ARE YOU THERE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF FORT BEND MUD 48.
MY ADDRESS IS 31 SEVEN SEVEN FOUR NINE FIVE NINE IN VICKSBURG SUBDIVISION.
I WAS JUST ON ALSO AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER IN CASE SHIMA FORGOT SOMETHING, OR WE NEEDED TO ADD SOMETHING.
AND I JUST ALSO BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE, I JUST FELT LIKE I FELT LIKE THE CITY HAD ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MIND, WHO THEY WERE GOING TO PICK FOR OUR TIME AND ENERGY AND EVERYTHING WAS KIND OF WASTED BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE THAT THAT DECISION WAS ALREADY MADE AND IT WOULD BE AWARDED TO, UH, UH, QUAIL VALLEY, UH, UTILITY DISTRICTS.
AND WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED AND HAS SPOKEN TO PEOPLE, SOME SASHI, TAN, UH, DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR MANY YEARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN UNHAPPY WITH THE SERVICE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THEM.
AND I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS WOULD THINK ABOUT, UH, LOOKING INTO THIS MORE.
I WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING MY PHONE ON MUTE.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO GET A SPECIAL THANKS FOR ALL MISSOURI CITY EMPLOYEES.
I THINK ALL MISSOURI CITY EMPLOYEES SHOULD HAVE A TYPICAL SERVICE PROTECTING YEARS PAST WHEN I'VE WORKED IN CITY HALL AND DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
15, 20 YEARS AGO, I SAW THE NEED FOR
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ALL EMPLOYEES TO HAVE CIVIL SERVICE PROTECTION, NOT JUST POLICE ENVIRONMENT, ABUSIVE THINGS THAT WENT ON PARTICULAR COMMENTS MAY BE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, AND THANK GOD THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE NO LONGER HERE.I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GET SPECIAL.
THANKS TO, FOR PEOPLE WHO WORKED VERY HARD.
FIRST PERSON IS MARIA JACKSON.
SHE KNOWS HOW TO RETURN THE PHONE CALL HATS OFF TO YOU AND MARIA.
SECOND ONE IS GOLDEN WILKINS AND THE STREET DEPARTMENT.
SHE'S ALSO ANOTHER ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO RETURN PHONE CALLS AND FOLLOW UP ON THINGS.
UH, MS. TAMARA GODFREY, OUR ANIMAL CONTROL SUPERVISOR.
IF IT WASN'T FOR HER, I WOULDN'T HAVE MY DOG, WHICH IS ABOUT KNOWING WORTHWHILE THING.
IF IT'S NOT, NOT A MISSOURI CITY AND TO MR. TODD UBER, THE FIRST UTILITIES MANAGER, WHOEVER RESPONDED BACK TO QUESTION AND HAS HELPED MY DISTRICT, MY HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU.
AND I THINK MS. STERLING, YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM A PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS.
[5. STAFF REPORTS]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO FIRE CHIEF.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JEAN COUNTY, AND FIRE CHIEF ON THE LINE.
I HAVE A ASSISTANT CHIEF, MATT RIOS, THE FIRE MARSHALL AND ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, MARIA PARTITA, WHO IS ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER OPERATIONS, LIKE TO STOP THAT I'M PROUD OF THIS ANNUAL REPORT, UH, AS IT RELATES TO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SEEING, AND WE REALLY ENJOY SERVING THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.
NEXT SLIDE TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST GONNA TOUCH ON SOME OF THE TRENDS HIGHLIGHTED, UH, BY OUR FYI 2020 STATISTICS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ACCOMPLISHED, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A FEW, FEW OF THE FUTURE GOALS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UH, IN LATE 2015, GOING INTO 16, THE INSURED SERVICE OFFICE RATING, WE WENT FROM A LOWER RATE INTO A ISO CLASS, ONE ISO CLASS, ONE RATES, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, BASED UPON THE STAFFING LEVEL OF THEIR TRAINING, THEIR WATER SUPPLY, THEIR FIRE HYDRANTS, AS WELL AS THE PROXIMITY OF FIREHOUSES TO THE AREA, THEIR RESPONSES, THE HIGHEST RATING THAT YOU COULD HAVE IS ISO CLASS ONE WHILE AT 10 MEANS THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT DIDN'T MEAN IT OUT OF 2,859 CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE AN ISO RATING ONLY 69 OF THEM.
THAT MEANS THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT, MISSOURI CITY FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES IS IN THE TOP 3% WITH AN ISO CLASS ONE RATING NATIONALLY OUT OF 39,000.
WE HAVE A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR THAT SHOULD BE THREE 78.
UH, EXCUSE ME, FOR THAT ONLY 393 CITIES HAVE THAT.
SO NATIONALLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS KNOWN FOR EXCELLENCE HONOR AND SERVICE TO ALL AS AN ISO CLASS, ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT, NEXT SLIDE, EXCUSE CONGRATULATING, THINK, UH, COMMUNICATIONS FOR WORKING ON AND PUTTING THIS AND CREATING THIS, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON REALLY TRYING TO BRAND AND GET READY FOR OUR NEXT RECRUITMENT FOR STATION SIX.
AND SO THEIR TEAM PUT THIS TOGETHER.
I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, OUR VISION, BUT OUR MISSION IS ALSO TO PRESERVE LIFE PROPERTY AND PROMOTE A SAFE COMMUNITY.
AND THERE YOU SEE THE TENANTS OF OUR SPIRIT, WHICH IS SERVICE, PROFESSIONALISM, INNOVATION, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, AND TEAMWORK.
OF COURSE WE KNOW THOSE ARE THE TENANTS OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS EXCELLING TOGETHER TOGETHER.
OH, JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, I'LL START IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER HERE.
YOU CAN SEE MY MIXTURE OF MY EXECUTIVE TEAM AND MY COMMAND STAFF TEAM.
AS YOU MOVE OVER TO THE CENTER SLIDE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY EXERCISES THAT WE WENT THROUGH AS WE GOT READY FOR THIS HURRICANE SEASON.
AND IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE DID SOME OF THAT PLANNING AND WORKING WITH SOME OF THE SYSTEMS BECAUSE WE HAD SEVERAL ACTIVATIONS THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS, UH, WE STILL ACTIVATED FOR COVID-19.
AS YOU LOOK OVER TO THAT FAR RIGHT SIDE FIRE AND RESCUE MEDICAL RESPONSE, AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF SIDES, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE CALLS, BUT HERE WE SEE IN OUR FIREFIGHTERS OUT OF A LOCAL FIRE FIELD DOING SOME TRAINING AND ON THE LOWER LEFT, OFTENTIMES PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY THINK ABOUT EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT THEY'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION AND OR COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE THREE E'S, WHICH USED TO BE EDUCATION ENGINEERING AND ENFORCEMENT
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MAKE UP THE OLD WAYS OF FIRE PREVENTION, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, TO ME, THE RISK REDUCTION THAT SLIPS AND FALLS THROUGH SENIORS.THAT'S ALSO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THEN WITH HURRICANES AND HAZARDS.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CUNY RISK REDUCTION COMING TOGETHER.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TEAM, THEY'RE BRINGING ON A NEW FIRE INVESTIGATOR.
AND IF YOU NOTICE YOU SEE HER WITH HER, HER WEAPON ON HER HIP, UH, AND SO SHE, UH, JUST JOINED OUR TEAM ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
AND FOR ONE POINT THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UH, THIS IS, UH, THE ONE TIME DURING MY TEENS THAT WE HAVE EVERY POSITION FILL.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEY'RE REALLY BUSY ON A LOT OF PLANS AND DIFFERENT INSPECTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON IN YOUR CITY.
THE NEXT SLIDE WE DO TRAIN, WE TRAIN ALL THE TIME.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRAINING, BUT, UH, THAT LOWER SLIDE DOWN THE RIGHT SHOWS YOU THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OUR AIR PACKS.
UH, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION, UH, HAS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE MUST TRAIN ON EVERY YEAR.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT ARE FIREFIGHT AND LUNCH WHEN THEY FIRST COME ON, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SELF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TAKING CARE OF THEIR SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS.
AND YOU CAN SEE ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, TRAVIS WILLIAMS THERE, UH, GOING THROUGH THE NOMENCLATURE OF A BREATHING APPARATUS.
THE NEXT LINE IS THIS NEXT SIDE.
LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE 78 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, AND THOSE ARE THE POSITIONS NEXT SLIDE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, OUR STATISTICAL REPORTS.
IF YOU REMEMBER, FROM LAST YEAR'S, UH, ANNUAL REPORT, WE HAD JUST STARTED TO GET, UH, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE NEEDED TO GO TO STATS, FD, WHICH IS OUR SOFTWARE TO HELP DRIVE.
I DID A LITTLE DATA LIVE, UH, DATA-DRIVEN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE.
AND SO I LIKE TO TALK TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO FROM THAT, WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO DRILL DOWN AND LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS.
SO FOR A YEAR 2021, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS IMPACTED BY COBRA RESPONSES.
SO I CALLED THEM GOING TO SHOW THEM WE'RE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, WE JUST SHOWED A 7,000 CALLS, 6,842 CALLS.
WE HAVE EMS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OR RESCUE MADE UP 64.5, 7% OF OUR CALLS.
THE 4,418 FOR OUR INCIDENTS WAS A LOWER PERCENTAGE, ONLY 79.
AND WE DO KNOW THAT MORE PEOPLE WERE HOME WHEN WE HAVE LESS FIRE.
SO WE'VE BEEN SEEING THAT TREND, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, COVID-19 HAS BEEN IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS WELL AS STRUCTURE FIRES, SOMETIMES FRIES, AND CAN BE FAR AS IN A, IN A TRASH BIN OR A VEHICLE VERSUS ACTUAL STRUCTURE FIRES LIKE A RESIDENCE OR A BUSINESS OR A WAREHOUSE.
QUITE OFTEN, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE OTHER CALLS WHERE YOU GO ON FALSE ALARMS, HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, CALLS WHERE A PERSON JUST NEEDED OUR HELP AND JUST MAYBE WERE LOST OR SOMETHING.
SO THOSE ARE NOT EMERGENCY SERVICE CALLS, GOOD INTENT OR WEATHER RELATED COSTS.
UH, AND WE, WE GET SOME OF THOSE WHEN WE HAVE MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS A LITTLE HELP WITH SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN LOST, THEY'VE LOCKED HER KEYS IN THE CAR SOMETIMES, AND WE STILL HAVE GOING SOME PET CALLS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE GET IT BIOHAZARD SCARCE, OR A CITIZEN COMPLAINT ABOUT SOMETHING.
OFTENTIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL, BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HELP NEXT SLACK ALSO LET'S UH, WE JUST GOT TO FOCUS ON 20 THERE, 2020.
YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER NUMBERS PREDICTED THERE AS YOU LOOK AT 2019, WE WERE JUST UNDER THOSE NUMBERS, BUT WE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY UP FROM THE NUMBERS THERE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOTAL RESPONSES, UH, FOR FYI 2018, NEXT SLIDE.
SO I REALLY WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
MR. JONES IS GOING TO BE TALKING MORE ABOUT, I DIDN'T KNOW, MR. JONES, IF YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN HERE.
UM, BUT SIX SIGMA IS A SET OF TECHNIQUES OR TOOLS OR PROCESSES FOR IMPROVEMENT.
IT WAS INTRODUCED BY AN AMERICAN ENGINEER AND BILL SMITH WHILE WORKING IN MOTOROLA IN 19, 1986.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT REALLY JACK WELSH IS ALSO CENTRAL TO THIS BUSINESS STRATEGY THAT HE BROUGHT THROUGH GE GENERAL ELECTRIC.
UH, ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS FOR SIX SIGMA IS A METHOD THAT PROVIDES ORGANIZATIONS, TOOLS THAT IMPROVE THEIR CAPABILITIES OF THEIR BUSINESS PROCESSES.
THERE'S INCREASED PERFORMANCE AND THEN DECREASES VARIATION TO HELP LEAD TO DEFECT, REDUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT IN PROFITS, EMPLOYEE MORALE, AND QUALITY OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO ALL THE TIME.
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REALLY FOCUS ON OUR NUMBERS.UH, AND THAT LOWER DEFINITION JUST GIVES YOU ANOTHER, I SPENT A LITTLE TIME DOING SOME RESEARCH.
THERE ARE MANY TAKEOFFS OF IT.
I WANTED TO TAKE OFF DOWN BELOW, BUT HOWEVER, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO IMPROVE THROUGHOUT OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND I KNOW WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THAT, UH, FROM MR. JONES AND LATER PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT ARE ANY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE CITY GATE REPORT, AND WE LOOKED AT THE THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO ADOPT AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HELP GIVE US PARAMETERS.
SO WE COULD SHARE WITH NOT ONLY YOU, THE COUNCIL, UH, BUT MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE, OF MISSOURI CITY.
SO OUR FIRST GOAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ARRIVE FROM THE TIME IT GOES INTO A CALL PROCESSING.
THAT'S OUR PIECE THAT TIME TO WHEN WE ARRIVE ON CALL THAT'S EIGHT MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS, THAT'S OUR RESPONSE TIME GO FROM THE TIME IT GOES IN FROM MS. JONES CALLING IN THE SECOND PARAMETER, THAT'S P SAID TO DISPATCH FROM THE TIME THAT THE PERSON CALLS IN AND SAYS, I NEED HELP TO BE DISPATCH DISPATCH.
AND THAT CALL OUT TIMES MEANS THAT SHOULD PROCESS.
YOU SHOULD TAKE A MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS FROM THE DISPATCH TO IN ROUTE.
THAT MEANS THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS GET TO CALL IN THE STATION, OR THEY HEAR IT WHILE THEY'RE ON THE ROAD, OVER THE RADIO.
AND THEY START TO SAY, I'M IN RATTLE.
THEY HIT THE BUTTON FOR THEIR COMPUTER.
WE WANT TO SAY WE'RE IN WRITING WITHIN TWO MINUTES.
OFTENTIMES KEEPING IN MIND THAT IF THEY'RE IN THEIR STATION, THEIR TRAINING, THEY HAVE TO GET UP, GO TO THEIR UNIT IN A SAFE MANNER, DON THEIR SAFETY GEAR, GET IN, PUT THEIR SEATBELT ON, MAKE SURE THE DOORS ARE UP AND CLEAR SAFELY BEFORE THEY CAN GO OUT OF THE STATION, THEN PROCEED LOOKING WHEREVER THEY ARE FOR TRAFFIC PROCEEDING OUT, IF THEY'RE COMING FROM A FIRE STATION.
SO OFTENTIMES IT, THAT'S WHY IT TAKES UP TO TWO MINUTES TO DO THAT IN ROUTE TO ARRIVAL.
THAT'S THE TIME NOW THAT THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE STATION TWO, THEY ACTUALLY ARRIVE UP TO THE PROPERTY, THE ADDRESS, THE CAR ACCIDENT, UH, AND THEN THEY EITHER CALL OVER THE RADIO.
I HIT A BUTTON, A UNIT AND SAY THE WRONG THING THAT'S ARRIVAL.
SO ALL OF THESE SEGMENTS DISPATCH TO ARRIVE WAS THE TOTAL RESPONSE I WOULD TALKING ABOUT.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE LOOK AT TOO, UH, IS SEVEN MINUTES.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE.
LET'S PUT THOSE PIECES TOGETHER.
SO HERE AGAIN, YOU COULD SEE THOSE SEGMENTS BREAKING DOWN.
AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO THINK BACK ABOUT IS THINKING BACK ABOUT, UM, SIX SIGMA, BECAUSE PART OF SIX SIGMA IS ACTUALLY BREAKING EVERY PIECE DOWN, LOOKING AT IT, CONSTRUCTING IT AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN REDUCE THAT TIME, HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR RESPONSE TIME GO.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TURNOUT TIME, ALL THE COMPONENTS OF IT.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE CALL PROCESSING PROCESSING TIME.
IS THERE A WAY WE COULD SPEED IT UP THEIR TRAVEL TIME? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO.
NOT ONLY IN FLEET, BUT ALSO OUT THERE WITH OUR TRAFFICS IN THOSE IS PREEMPTION.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A NEW INITIATIVE, UH, IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND WE'RE INSTALLING THOSE IN A UNIT STYLE WHERE WE USE GPS VERSUS THE OLD OPTICOM SYSTEM WHERE YOU SAW THE LIGHTS FLICKERING ON SOMETHING UNIT.
NOW IT'S GOING TO BE USING A GPS TO DO THAT.
SO HERE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL RESPONSE TIME, EIGHT MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE MEETING THAT GOAL 76.25% OF THE TIME.
NOW YOU SAY, WELL, WHY IS THAT? THAT IS BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD OUT STATIONS, STATIONS, STATION SIX, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BREAK GROUND IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS GOING TO IMPROVE OUR, OUR RESPONSE TIME AND GET CLOSER TO OUR RESPONSE TIME GOAL, AS WELL AS THE PREEMPTION DEVICES, THAT'S GOING TO HELP US DO THAT.
IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO FREE UP INTERSECTIONS OR HAVE VEHICLES STOP.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AROUND TRAFFIC.
SO IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THAT AS WELL AS US LOOKING AT CALL PROCESSING TIME.
LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
AGAIN, JUST WANT TO REALLY SHOW YOU TAKING YOU BACK TO THE PRESENTATION AND THE STUDY THAT WE DID.
WHY STATION SIX, AS YOU CAN SEE OVER ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AREA THAT'S, UH, LIKE AN AMBER YELLOW THERE, AND YOU SEE THAT THERE ARE NO, UH, NUMBERS THERE, THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE ERRORS, YOUR RESPONSE BONDS RESPOND TO IF THEY'RE OUTSIDE OUR RESPONSE TIME
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GOAL AREA.AND SO WE, WE LOOK AT UNITS THAT ARE IN OUR CITY.
WHEN YOU SEE THE BLUE SECTION THERE, AND WE WERE LOOKING BACK THEN ON A FOUR MINUTE TRAVEL TIME.
WHEN YOU SEE THE COLORS CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU CAN SEE THAT CLOSELY, IT TURNS IT INTO A LOT OF BLUE THAT LOOKS AT A FIVE MINUTE TRAVEL TIME.
BUT WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT GOING BEYOND THAT, WE DON'T HAVE A FIRE STATION THERE.
AND SO THOSE UNITS ARE OUTSIDE OUR RESPONSE OR TRAVEL TIME GOES, UH, AND WHEN WE DID IT AND THIS RENDERING 19,000 PEOPLE WERE OUTSIDE A FOUR MINUTE TRAVEL TIME GOAL.
THAT'S THE GOAL WE HAD AT THAT TIME.
BUT GIVEN THAT WE, WE, UH, TOOK ON A NEW TRAVEL TIME.
UH, WE ADJUSTED THAT, BUT WE'RE STILL OUTSIDE OUR TRAVEL TIME AGO, THAT THE PROTECTION THAT YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT NEXT SLIDE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO IS INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S NEW RECRUITS, UH, AT BANJARA LEFT-HAND, OR IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIDDLE SLIDE THAT'S SITTING DOWN, WE HAD, UH, OUR DOCTOR, DOCTOR AS A DOULA COME AND TALK TO THE TROOPS, UH, DURING COVID-19 AND EXPLAINED TO THEM WHY WE NEED TO WEAR A MASK, TELL HIM WHAT A GREAT JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, AS IT RELATES TO PROTECTING THEMSELVES OUT IN THE FIELD.
TALK TO THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EMERGING, UH, STUDIES THAT WE WERE FINDING OUT, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE CUTTING EDGE, THEY'RE ON THE TIP OF THE SPEAR.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR WHO HAD THE LATEST INFORMATION WAS THERE WITH THE TROOPS ON THE GROUND TO HEAR THAT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT SLIDE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, BUT I WANT TO THANK MR. JONES FOR COMING OUT AND BEING A PART OF THAT.
UH, WHEN WE'RE OUT WITH THE STATION IS WITH, UH, OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR UP AT THE TOP TRAINING IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS DO.
UH, WE JUST HAD A CALL AND ANOTHER AREA WHERE THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT, DO WE HAVE ABILITY TO DRAFT? DO WE HAVE ABILITY TO GET FIRE HYDRANTS OUT CLOSE TO THE FIRE HYDRANT? AND I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRAINING.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THINGS TO MAKE SURE WHEN THE CALL IS WHEN WE'RE CALLED, WE'RE READY FOR THE RESPONSE, UH, LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER HERE.
AGAIN, WE'RE TRAINED AGAIN, WORKING, WORKING OFF A LADDER, UH, AND THEN DOWN IN THE RIGHT, WE HAVE OUR MEMBERS, UH, GOING TO, UH, A TRAINING SITE AND WORK WITH SOME GREAT PEOPLE UP IN COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S THEM, UH, WE'RE ON SOME EVOLUTIONS DOWN THERE.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS VESTED IN PEOPLE.
NEXT SLIDE, THE DIFFICULT REPORTS.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRAIN.
UH, OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER IS A LAST TRAINING PERIOD AND WE PUT IT IN LINE WITH THE PHYSICAL YEAR FOR THE BUDGET.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE TRAINED OVER 10,000 CE HOURS.
WE TRAIN A LOT OF THINGS THAT DEAL WITH EMS. UH, AND THESE THINGS ARE REQUIRED EVERY FOUR YEARS FOR OUR CE HOURS, 72 HOURS FOR, UH, EMT.
ADVANCED EMT IS 108 HOURS, EMT PARAMEDICS, 144 HOURS.
IF WE JUST LOOK AT WHAT THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION ANNUALLY, IT'S 20 HOURS.
AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY COME OUT AND LOOK AT WHERE THEY'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING SOME TRAINING ON, UH, EMS, TECHNICAL COMPANY LEVEL PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS AT THE MALIBU, BUT JUST WANTING TO REALLY LET YOU KNOW THIS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT WE ALSO EIGHT TEXAS COMMISSION FIRE PROTECTION TRAINING FACILITY.
SO WE'RE CERTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO TEACH STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING, A DRIVER OPERATOR, FIRE INVESTIGATOR, FIRE INSPECTOR PLANS, EXAMINER A FIRE INSTRUCTOR, ONE AND TWO AND FIRE OFFICER ONE AND TWO.
SO MANY OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS NOT ONLY TEACH OTHER FIREFIGHTERS ON THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY TEACH OTHER FIREFIGHTERS AROUND FORT BEN AND AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND OCCASIONALLY I'VE HEARD OF SOME OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS GOING OUTSIDE THE STATE OF TEXAS TO TEACH.
SO I THINK HE OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF IT.
YOU CAN SEE OUR BREAKDOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE FOR TECHNICAL COMPANY LEVEL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, OFFICER DEVELOPMENT AND EMS. NEXT SLIDE.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DIVISION BEFORE, BUT WHAT IS COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION? IT'S A PROCESS TO IDENTIFY PRIORITIZE LOCAL RISKS, FOLLOWED BY INTEGRATED AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN RESOURCES, WHETHER THAT'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE OR FIRE PREVENTION TO REDUCE THE OCCURRENCE OR THE IMPACT OF RISK.
TYPICALLY COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTIONS USE A STICK SIX THAT PROCESS.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT HERE AGAIN, IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE DOWN, THERE IS SOME FIREFIGHTERS COMING OUT AND PROBABLY CHANGING SOME
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BATTERIES FOR RESONANCE.YOU CAN CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW IF YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR IS GOING OFF AND YOU HAVE THE BATTERIES.
IF YOU JUST CALL OUR NUMBER, YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE OR CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL COME RIGHT OUT AND WE WILL CHANGE THOSE BATTERIES FOR YOU.
WE'RE PUTTING ON A SCHEDULE AND THE CREWS WILL COME OUT AND DO THAT.
AND ON THE, IN THE OTHER PICTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE IS NOW, AND THEN WE GO OUT.
SOMETIMES WE GET QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS IN PEOPLE'S HOMES, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE DONE A, UH, SMOKE DETECTOR PROGRAM.
AND WE USUALLY DO THAT IN THE WARMER MONTHS.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT YOU COULD SEE INSPECTING INVESTIGATOR WILLIAMS DOWN THERE TALKING TO ONE OF OUR LOCAL CITIZENS FOR THAT GO INTO THE NEXT LINE.
SO LET'S LOOK AT COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION, HAND, OR FIRE PREVENTION, DATA.
TOTAL NUMBER PLANS REVIEWED, UH, 18 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR US.
WE HAD ALMOST 6,675 PLAYERS REVIEWED BY OUR INVESTIGATORS EXAMINERS.
UH, WE HAD ABOUT 547, UH, INITIALLY BECAUSE OF A COVERT IS SLOWER, BUT NOW WE CAN REALLY SEE THAT PICKING UP.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE NUMBER OF FIRE INVESTIGATIONS, EXISTING BUILDING RE-INSPECTION INSISTED BUSINESSES THAT WE INSPECTED AS WELL AS RE INSPECTIONS AND INSPECTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE NOW, THE MORE BUSINESSES WE GET, THE MORE WE INSPECTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING ON PROPERTIES THAT IT'S INCREASING THE WORKLOAD, AS WELL AS ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING FROM SIMPLE, UH, INSPECTIONS, WHICH TAKE A LESS AMOUNT OF TIME TO A MONITOR IT TO A VERY COMPLEX TO BUILDINGS WERE NOW OVER A MILLION SQUARE FEET TO DO THAT NEXT SLIDE.
SO SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS I'M GOING TO PRIDE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
FIRST OF ALL, WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
WE LIKE, WE APPRECIATE THE CITIZENS IN COUNCIL SUPPORT.
AS WE TOOK DELIVERY ON TO, UH, APPARATUS, UH, FROM PIERCE MANUFACTURING, WE KEPT MORE WORKING ON OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVE.
WE BELIEVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS PARAMOUNT FOR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO WE WORKED ON THAT AND WE HAVE A LIVE SCAN, UH, MEDICAL FOR ALL OUR FIREFIGHTERS ANNUALLY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE CAME UP, UH, WITH A NEW, ONLINE, EASY APP APPLICATION FOR ALL OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS CAN USE THE ACCESS FROM THE WEB ON AN ONLINE AND THROUGH A COMPUTER OR ON THEIR PHONES, AND THEY CAN ACCESS THEM OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.
YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE SMOKE DETECTOR LIFT, THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RED CROSS AND WE'VE GONE OUT AND HAD THREE CAMPAIGNS AND INSTALLED OVER 85 SMOKE DETECTORS.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP, NOT ONLY WITH THE RED CROSS, BUT WITH LOCAL SUPPLIERS WHO DON'T MAKE THOSE TO THE CITY FOR US TO GO OUT AND INSTALL THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS OVER 134 DOCUMENTED ONES.
THOSE ARE ONES THAT WE'VE DOCUMENTED, NOT IMPROMPTU, NOT JUST STOPS, BUT ACTUALLY DOCUMENTED EVENTS.
WE HAD OVER 300 HOURS AND WE ALSO HAD TWO OPEN HOUSES DURING THAT YEAR, AS WELL AS WE, UH, VISITED 20 SCHOOLS AND DAY SCARES, UH, TOUCHING OVER 1700 STUDENTS.
WE HAD A FEW PROMOTIONS THERE.
WE WON'T TOUCH ON THEM ALL WHILE WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT EITHER CAME ON BOARD OR THAT WERE PROMOTED, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, FINISHING UP THE COLLABORATION WORK BETWEEN OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
WE HAD ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, BATTALION CHIEFS ON A COMMITTEE OVER THE LAST YEAR, WORKING ON, UH, IDEAS AND CONCEPTS, UH, DEVELOPING THOSE, UH, AND IT CULMINATED IN THE COMPLETION OF THE PLANS FOR STATION SIX NOW, WHICH IS BEING REVIEWED BY OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT MEMBERS AND THE STAFF WILL BE ARCHITECTS.
UM, WE ALSO RECEIVED A LOT OF GRANTS.
WE DID SOME WORK ON GIVE OUR GRANTS AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
UH, WE PROVED OUR EQUIPMENT, OUR BREATHING APPARATUS HERE AGAIN, UH, THERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PARAMOUNT FOR FIREFIGHTERS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, UM, OUR FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE BECAME ITS OWN POLICE AGENCY.
UH, GIVEN THAT FACT THAT, UH, THEY ARE POLICE OFFICERS.
UH, THEY DO THAT AS PART OF THE SERVICE FOR THE CITY, UH, FOCUSING ON, UH, ARSON INVESTIGATIONS.
AND SO THEY WERE AWARDED THAT THIS YEAR, A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT.
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LEGAL AND WHAT THEY DID TO HELP SUPPORT THAT.UH, WE DID A NEW PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST, TALKED ABOUT OUR FIREFIGHTERS COMING ON NEXT YEAR, WE ALREADY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SMOKE DETECTOR PROGRAM.
ON ANOTHER SIDE, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY A THOUSAND, UH, TOYS TO, UH, THE CHILDREN OF CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTED A NEW TRAINING, UH, ELEMENT FOR FIRE ACADEMY ONE, UH, AND WE'RE COMPLETING A STAFF STUDY THAT WAS DONE AND LOOKING OVER THE DRAFT NOW.
SO WE GET A STAFF STUDY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY, UM, OUR CITY GATES.
YOU CAN SEE OUR APPROVED GRANTS, UH, THAT ARE WORKING ON A LITTLE BIT FROM HARVEY, GOING BACK TO THE FLOODING OF 2016 SUPPLEMENTAL CARES GRANT FOR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL CARES ACT FUNDING.
THAT'S OUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS WORKING WELL WITH, UM, EVERYBODY TO DO THAT.
AND THAT PROGRAM IS BEING WORKED ON NOW BY AMY.
SO I WANT TO THANK AMY FOR HER WORK ON THAT.
SAVE FOR GRANT WE'VE APPLIED FOR THAT THAT'S FOR $2,321,000 ON W WE STILL PENDING THAT GRANTED THROUGH PENNY, THAT'S IT FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO COME ONTO.
UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IMPROVE SAFETY FOR THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, AS WELL AS ASSISTANCE OF FIRE, UH, GRANT.
AND THAT GRANT IS FOR A BREATHING APPARATUS TO COMPLETE A RETOOLING OF ALL OF OUR BREEDING OPERATORS.
SO IT MEETS THE LATEST STANDARDS, UH, THAT ARE OUT THERE BY NFPA TO NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION, UH, ADMINISTRATION, NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHAT'S OUR FOCUS FOR 2021 QUICKLY.
IT'S REALLY THE COMPLETE DESIGN AND SUPPORTING ELEMENTS FOR STATION SIX, UH, TO INCLUDE THE LAND ACQUISITION THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
NOW, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE BIDS TO COME BACK AND A RECOMMENDATION TO COME FORWARD, HOPEFULLY TO YOU MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, NEXT MONTH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE, UH, FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT REFINING THAT.
SO WHEN IT'S PROPER AND TIME TO MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE ALL THE BEADS IN PLACE THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT.
UM, THE PROCUREMENT OF NEW ENGINE SIX, UH, THE PAPERWORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THAT.
IT'S NOW IN THE PROCESS THROUGH THE COMPANY TO BE BUILT.
UM, WE PUSHED IT BACK AS FAR AS WE COULD BE IN LINE WITH, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH COVERT.
UM, BUT IT'S DUE TO BE HERE SOMETIME IN LATE JUNE IN ORDER FOR LATER OPENING.
AND WE USUALLY GET OUR UNITS HERE EARLY, SO WE CAN EQUIP THEM, TRAIN CREW, GETS ON THEM AND PUT THEM IN SERVICE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH, AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EARLIER, COMPREHENSIVE RECRUITMENT, WORKING WITH, UH, COMMUNICATION TO REALLY GET IT OUT TO ALL THE AVENUES SO WE CAN GET SOME GREAT, UH, PEOPLE TO COME ON OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON AS ANOTHER MODE OF REFINERY TOO, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING THE BEST PRACTICES.
UH, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO SEEK TASTES PRACTICES.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE IDENTIFIED WE WANTED TO DO.
WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE SUCCESSION PLANNING.
THAT PLAN WAS ROLLED OUT LAST YEAR.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT AND WORK ON THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO REALLY WORK ON DOING THIS YEAR IS ROLL OUT A COMMUNITY WISE CPR PROGRAM.
WE'LL WORK WITH COLLABORATIVE WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER ENTITIES TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET TEACH SOMEBODY THAT CAN GET TO A PERSON IN TWO MINUTES OR LESS, WE CAN PROVE THE SUBLET, THE SURVIVABILITY RATE BY 50%.
THAT MEANS WE CAN SAVE A LIFE.
IF WE CAN GET A PERSON BY 50%, IF WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO DOING CPR AND UNDER TWO MINUTES.
AND SO WE WANT TO DO THAT BY EXPANDING THAT LIFESAVING, UH, TRAINING TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI CITY.
NEXT LINE HERE, JIM, WE KNOW WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
HERE'S OUR TIMELINE FOR STATION SIX, UH, RECRUITMENT, UH, STATION DESIGN.
WE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
THE GROUNDBREAKING, UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK, HOPEFULLY THAT'S GOING TO COME DECEMBER, JANUARY, THIS YEAR TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FIRETRUCK DELIVERY.
UH, WE LOOKED TO START, UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A TYPO THERE, EXCUSE ME FOR THAT SHOULD BE 2021.
BRING PEOPLE ON SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, THE 2021.
UH, AND THE STATION WOULD BE COMPLETE IN DECEMBER OF 2021.
SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE SPIRIT WHERE WE'RE SO GLAD TO BE EMPLOYEES AND TEAMMATES, UH, FOR THE CITIZENS, CITIZENS IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND UP TOP, YOU CAN SEE US CELEBRATING THOSE A FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR AWARDS, WHERE THEY'RE HAVING A LITTLE FUN CONGRATULATING, THE FIREFIGHTERS THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE.
YOU CAN SEE INSPECTOR WILLIAMS WITH OUR DRONE PROGRAM FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW.
WE, WE HAD OUR DROVES BACK DOING HARVEY.
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COME DOWN AND WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT SOME, SOME AREAS OF CONCERN USING OUR DRONES DURING HARVEY.WE HAVE HEB COME BY AND CELEBRATING SOME OF THE GREAT WORK LOOKS LIKE NINE 11 BREAKFASTS DOWN THE LOWER LEFT.
YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THOSE WIPE DOWNS WHERE THE CITIZENS HAVE COME OUT THIS PAST JANUARY AND BACK AND DOWN IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A PAST PICTURE OF THE POLICING AND FIRES ASSISTANT ACADEMY.
SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR TIME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? ALL RIGHT.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? THIS COUNCIL MEMBER EVER? IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL AND A STERLING? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
VOTE, MAY APPROACH AND PRESTON.
COUNCIL MEMBER ED WAS MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]
THERE ARE NO ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS IN AN ORDINANCES.
71 PUBLIC HEARING ON PROGRAM YEAR 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AMENDMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CARES.
HELLO? CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND START.
DO WE HAVE THESE SLIDESHOW? THERE WE GO.
SO SET FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM.
THE CARES ACT FUNDING ALLOCATION.
IT IS $428 FOR $428,000, 200 DEAD.
WE RECEIVED THE FUNDING ON APRIL 2ND, AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF WHAT IT IS OF CB CDBG.
IT'S UH, THE SEED THAT HAD MADE A BOAT TO DISTRIBUTE THIS IN THREE WAYS.
SO WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT TO GO TOWARDS RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTIAL, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND $228,000, 210 TO SMALL BUSINESS MORTGAGE AND LEASE ASSISTANCE.
SO THE CDBG FUNDED ACTIVITIES MUST MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL OBJECTIVES.
THEY MUST BENEFIT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, PREVENT OR ELIMINATE SLUMS AND BLIGHT AND MEET AN URGENT COMMUNITY NEED.
UM, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE STANDARD CARROTS ACT HAS TO MEET THE 120% AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME, BUT THE FUNDING FROM THE CDBG CV FUNDS HAS TO MEET THE 80% AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PERSONS AND FAMILY VERSUS THEIR ANNUAL LIMIT.
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THIS ALSO OUTLINES THE, UM, THE 80%THE DEFINITION OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES FOR THIS IS THEY MUST HAVE ONE TO 50 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES OR FULL TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES.
AND THEY MUST HAVE HAD A 2019 GROSS REVENUE OF AT LEAST $25,000 TO NO MORE THAN 5 MILLION.
AND THEN THE REST OF THIS INFORMATION, IT, IT MIRRORS THE, UM, THE CURRENT CARES ACT ELIGIBILITY OR THE SMALL SYSTEM, SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
UH, SO WITH THIS NONPROFITS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE IT'S FOR FOR-PROFITS SMALL BUSINESSES.
ONLY THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT EACH SMALL BUSINESS CAN RECEIVE IS $15,000 FUNDS ARE PROVIDED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS SELF-EMPLOYED AND SOLE PROPRIETORS QUALIFY, BUT THEY MUST'VE FILED A SCHEDULE C ON THEIR IRS TAX RETURN FOR 2019.
AND IN THAT SAME LINE, THIS, THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT ALLOW US TO PAY A MORTGAGE FOR A RESIDENTIAL HOME.
IF THE BUSINESS IS A HOME BASED BUSINESS, THEY MUST BE PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN MISSOURI CITY AND PAY TAXES TO MISSOURI CITY.
THE BUSINESS MUST HAVE BEEN OPERATIONAL AS OF MARCH 1ST, 2019.
HOWEVER, IF THERE IS A DEFINITIVE DEMONSTRATION OF LOSS OF REVENUE DUE TO COVID-19, UH, AT LEAST TO 25%, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT IN BUSINESS IN 2019, WE CAN STILL ACCEPT THEIR APPLICATION AND IT CAN BE REVIEWED FOR AN EXCEPTION ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, THEIR PAYMENTS TAKE ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS FROM APPROVAL TO BE, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT PROOF OF PAYING THEIR MORTGAGE OR LEASE.
AND THE CDBG FUNDS DO HAVE AN EXPIRATION OF SIX YEARS WHILE THE CARE'S FUNDING HAS UNTIL DECEMBER 30TH, 2020, DOUG, IS AMY STILL THERE? IT'S SILENT.
UM, JUST TO CARRY ON THERE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE I WILL.
UM, YES, MA'AM SO THIS IS JUST A TARGET AREA MAP IN WHICH THE CD BG DISTRIBUTION ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE WITH ALL OF THESE SENSES TRACKS.
SO WE'LL USE THIS AS A TOOL OF SCREENING AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT LIE, AND THIS IS JUST THE MOVING FOR, UM, OUR GOAL IS TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL TOMORROW.
UM, WE WILL FORWARD THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CDAC AS APPROVED BY CONSOLE TO HUD FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
UM, AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF, UM, THE CARE ZACK CD MONEY IN WHICH WE WILL, WE WERE ALLOWED A WAIVER TO HAVE A FIVE DAY PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, AS OPPOSED TO A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD.
NEXT SLIDE, AMY, ARE YOU? YES, I'M BACK.
SO THIS IS A HEARING AND WE ALSO I'M ASKING FOR THE SECOND ACTION ITEM WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE SPENDING, UM, ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATIONS AND FORWARD ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS TO HUD.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
WAS THAT YOU COUNCIL MAYOR WORKS.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
I'LL DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON.
COUNCIL MEMBER ED WAS MADE THE
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SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.BUT WHEN HE MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS, YES.
AND THIS IS MAYOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN OPEN.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP, BUT DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY.
I'LL MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MALONEY TO CLOSE A, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
COUNCIL MEMBER AIR WAS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MADE THE MOTION.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO EIGHT APPOINTMENTS.
NINE EIGHT CONSIDER AWARDING CONTRACTS FOR 2021 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
IF I MAY, MAYOR, I BELIEVE THAT OTIS REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAMS AS SPECIFIED.
IS THIS SOMETHING ADDITIONAL OTIS YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD? OR IT'S IN THE COVER MEMO, BUT IT'S BASICALLY TO FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CDAC TO HUD FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT.
SO IT'S TO JUST FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATIONS, IS THAT WHAT THE MOTION NEEDS TO BE? YES.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MY ANTHONY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO, THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS.
[9. AUTHORIZATIONS]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO TONIGHT.CONSIDER AWARDING CONTRACTS FOR 2021 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
AGAIN, UM, UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL COME BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST THAT THE, UH, THAT YOU WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING UNITED HEALTHCARE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL, UH, DUAL COVERAGE OPTION MEDICAL PLANS WITH OUR DENTAL INSURANCE, VISION INSURANCE, AND ALSO A MEDICAL INSURANCE.
UM, THIS WILL REPLACE OUR CURRENT BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MEDICAL PLANS AND METLIFE DUAL OPTION, DENTAL INSURANCE PLANS.
WE CURRENTLY UTILIZE, UH, UNITED HEALTH CARE FOR OUR VISION INSURANCE PLAN.
UH, ALSO NOT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER, UH, FOR MINNESOTA LIFE OH EIGHT O C H S TO PROVIDE OUR LIFE VOLUNTARY, UH, INSURANCE TO REPLACE DEARBORN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MADISON LIFE OHC O C H S TO PROVIDE LONGTERM DISABILITY INSURANCE TO REPLACE DEARBORN BLUE AND BLUE SHIELD FLORES TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS AND COBRA, UM, AND ALSO JELLY VISION FOR HSA, FOR ADMINISTRATION SERVICE FOR OUR HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO REPLACE OPTIMUM FOR OUR CURRENT HSA ADMINISTRATION SERVICE ALLIANCE, WORK PARTNERS FOR OUR ADMINISTRATION OF OUR EMPLOYEE SYSTEM PROGRAM TO REPLACE OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATOR, UT HEALTH EAP HELD JOY TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO REPLACE OUR CURRENT SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND THEN OF COURSE, BENEFIT CONNECTOR FOR BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE.
THIS, THIS REQUEST ALSO INCLUDES AN AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH EACH OF THEIR PROVIDERS LISTED THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
UM, EACH CONTRACT AGREEMENT WILL BE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH THE CITY, BUT ALSO INCLUDES AN OPTION TO RENEW THE CONTRACT OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.
AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE RATES GUARANTEES OR MAXIMUM CAPS FOR EACH PROVIDER THAT RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE YEARS, THESE RATE GUARANTEES CABS WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH A STABLE RATE FOR OUR BENEFITS OVER MULTIPLE YEARS AND WILL NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FROM COUNSEL FOR THE 2021 OR 2022 BENEFITS CALENDAR YEARS.
UM, IN SOME CASES BEYOND, AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND CONSISTENT WITH A STRATEGY, MAINTAINING FINANCIAL SOUND AND PERFORMING ORGANIZATION.
THE CITY MISSOURI CITY DOES OFFER ITS EMPLOYEES WITH A COMPREHENSIVE
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TOTAL REWARDS PACKAGE.THAT INCLUDES THE MARKET, COMPETITIVE RATES, SALARIES, HEALTH, DENTAL, VISION, LIFE, ACCIDENTAL HEALTH, UH, LONGTERM DISABILITY, RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION, AND OPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS, EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT, AND TUITION REIMBURSEMENT.
UH, THIS 2028, WE ENGAGE IN A PUBLIC REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR SPECIAL SESSION FOR OUR BENEFITS PLAN PROVIDERS.
AND WE GAVE YOU A SYNOPSIS AND RECEIVE MULTIPLE FAVORABLE QUOTES BACK A DETAILED COMPARISON OF THOSE PROPOSALS BY THE RECOMMENDED UAC AND INCOME AT BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ARE PROVIDED.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN OUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT THIS ALSO KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA BASED UPON THE COST SAVINGS, HOW MUCH THE CITY WE'LL SAY OVER THE COURSE OF THIS UPCOMING PLAN YEAR.
UM, AND I CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION, BUT I DO WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR IF YOU HAD ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS PERTAINS TO WHAT WE ALREADY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL EARLIER, UH, IN OUR SPECIAL MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARTIN? NO.
IS THERE A MAYOR WOULD RECOMMEND BASED UPON, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY MAKE THE CARRIER CHANGES TO UNITED HEALTH CARE, MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND VISION INSURANCE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE BOTH ENHANCEMENTS TO THE CITY'S INSURANCE PROVISIONS AS WELL AS PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN COST.
IS THERE A MOTION? THIS IS ANTHONY.
I MOVED THAT WE WERE THE CONTRACTS FOR 2021 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF.
IS THERE A SECOND? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF MAYOR? THIS IS ANTHONY.
UM, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD, SPECIAL MEETING, WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, UH, TO MARTIN'S POINT EARLIER THERE'S SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS.
AND I THINK THE STAFF AND THE PRESENTER, UH, FOR, FOR PROVIDING THAT DETAIL.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND MARTIN, CAN YOU LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT THE OVERALL SAVINGS WILL BE? YES.
SAVINGS, UM, FOR THE FIRST YEAR ALONE.
AND LET ME GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE.
MS. DARLEY YOU MADE THE SECOND, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
COUNCIL MEMBER RULE HAS MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
BE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A NEW STREET, SWEEPER TRUCK.
DO YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST THREE ITEMS THAT THE FLEET DIVISION HAS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
I WOULD LIKE FIRST TO SAY, THOUGH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR APPROVING THIS NEW SUITE SWEEPER IN THE 2021 BUDGET PROCESS THIS WEEK, OR WILL HELP US GREATLY AND IMPROVING THE APPEARANCES OF OUR CITY STREETS.
AND IT'S ALSO SMALLER AND MORE MANEUVERABLE THAT ARE JUST SWEEP OUR COLBY FACTS.
AND SOME OF THE TYPE THREE IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE THREE SLEEPING IS THE SECOND MOST REQUESTED SERVICE IN OUR CITY.
THE FIRST BEING THAT OF SPRINGS AND THIS PURCHASE WILL BE UNDER AN APPROVED RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
IS THERE A MOTION THIS EMORY MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL, WOMAN STARING? AND SECOND, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MIKE I'M AN EDWARDS? I HAVE A QUESTION, MIKE, WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN OF A CURRENT SUPER TRUCK? IT'S A PROBLEM BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10 YEARS.
IT KIND OF, KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW TAKEN CARE OF,
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THANK YOU.YEAH, THIS IS COUNSELING AND EMERY.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT, UH, HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, SCHEDULE, UH, I GUESS THIS SECOND TRUCK, AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT, UH, LOCATIONS, UH, AND AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WILL, UH, WE'LL BE ADDRESSING WITH THIS NEW TRUCK IN THE SLEEPER? I DON'T, I WON'T, I'M NOT SUPER BUSY.
I'M NOT THE SUPERVISOR OVER THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, BUT OUR INTENT IS TO USE THIS DURING THE DAY WHEN TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE CARS AREN'T PARKED IN THE CODE AND WE CAN GET AROUND AND DO A BETTER JOB.
UM, MIKE MANDARIN COUNCIL, THIS IS SHASHI KUMAR.
IF I MAY CHIME IN ON THAT QUESTION, PLEASE DO, UM, MARIN COUNCIL ASKED US TO BE, AND HE NEEDS TO GROW.
WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL LANE MILES OF STREETS.
WE ADD AN INSTANCE LAST YEAR DURING THE PEAK SWEEPING SEASON, ONE OF THE, THE LOAN EQUITY WENT, UH, UH, BROKE DOWN AND WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR, UH, TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
SO HE, THIS IS GOING TO COMPLIMENT THE SERVICE OF THE ONCE WE PUT TRUCK, WE HAVE, UH, ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BACKUP AND, UH, LIKE MY CUPBOARD, UH, IT WILL HELP US, UH, UH, METAL SWEEP THE CALL, THE SACHS AND OTHER PIKE SPOT TO WHICH THE BIG MAKEUP CAN COVER.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS A WEEK AGO.
AND BACK TO YOU, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ONE MORE, UH, UH, MARY FORD, UH, QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, IF, UH, A DEVELOPMENT WANTS TO, UH, ACQUIRE THE SERVICES OF THE, UH, THE SWEEPER, UH, IS THERE A WAY OF CONTACTING THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, GETTING, UH, THEIR REQUEST PUT INTO A, A PRIORITY QUEUE OR JUST EXACTLY, UH, IS THAT A, WOULD THAT BE A WAY THAT THEY, THAT, UH, A DEVELOPMENT COULD IN FACT, UH, ACQUIRE, UH, THE STREET SWEEPING SERVICES COUNCIL MEMBER? I WOULD ASSUME SO, BUT LET ME ADD SAUCE.
YOU NOT ANSWER THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT MY DEPARTMENT.
WE DO HAVE A SWEEPING SCHEDULED, UH, AND SOME INSTANCES WE DO GET REQUESTS FOR IN BETWEEN OR ADDITIONAL SWEEPING.
AND AGAIN, THIS COMES THROUGH EITHER THROUGH PHONE CALL OR THROUGH SEECLICKFIX OR OTHER MEDIUMS THAT'S REPORTED TO THE CITY.
I, IN THOSE INSTANCES, WE DO ADDITIONAL SWEEPING, BUT WE DO HAVE A REGULAR SWEEPING SCHEDULE THAT WE COVER THE ENTIRE LANE MILES, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
SEE, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.
FOR THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL.
WE PURCHASED THE BELOW NINE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.
THESE NINE VEHICLES ARE BASICALLY WORN OUT AND NOT SUITABLE FOR FURTHER SERVICE WITHIN OUR CITY.
UM, ALL OF THESE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES WILL BE PURCHASED UNDER A CO-OP CONTRACT.
UM, AND THIS TIME THESE, THESE VEHICLES ARE, WE'VE SEEN THEIR DAY AND IT'S COME AND GONE.
IS THERE A MOTION COUNSEL ON EMORY? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SO IT'S THE BAD WORD SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. TUBBS? OKAY.
MAY I APPROACH HIM PRESTON? YES.
COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
D CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO NEW VEHICLES FOR THE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
A STAFF IS REQUESTING TO PURCHASE TWO NEW TRUCKS FOR OUR FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
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FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, EITHER THEY BE INSPECTORS OR INVESTIGATORS, AND THEY ARE GREATLY ENHANCED THEIR RESPONSE TIME ON THE CAUSE OF THEY RECEIVE, UH, ALSO WE'LL BE USING A FORT BEND COUNTY CONTRACT, UH, ON THE PURCHASE OF THESE.IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND COUNSEL, MR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. TUBBS? I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
MAY I APPROACH HIM PRESTON? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
HE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH SIANNA MUD.
NUMBER ONE FOR THE PROVISION OF FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.
MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AT STAFF AND THE PUBLIC.
THIS ITEM CONSTITUTES THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S EXISTING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH SIENNA PLANTATION, MUNICIPAL UTILITY UTILITY DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE, TO PROVIDE FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.
AS YOU ALL KNOW THE AMENDMENTS FOR SIENNA MUDS FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN WERE AUTHORIZED AT THE OCTOBER 5TH, 2020 MEETING.
AND AT THAT TIME, CNN MUD ONE HAD NOT COMPLETED A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT.
IT HAS COMPLETED THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND HAS FORWARDED AN EXECUTED COPY OF THE CONTRACT AND HAS AUTHORIZED THAT CONTRACT.
UH, THEREFORE WE ARE BRINGING THIS ITEM TO COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE, TO THE EXISTING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP.
HAPPY TO HEAR ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION DISCUSSION WHEN EMORY MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, JOYCE? KAY.
MAY I APPROACH AND PRESTON? YES.
MAKE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
F CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE FORT BN BUSINESS PARKWAY PHASE TWO FINAL PLAT.
JENNIFER, ARE YOU THERE? GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, UH, THE SYNOPSIS AND BACKGROUND PROVIDED ON THIS COVER MEMO, UM, DOES NOT REFLECT THE ACTUAL ACTION, UM, COUNSEL, UH, APPROVED THE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WHAT THIS ITEM IS PERTAINS TO THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE FORBES AND BUSINESS PART, THE CITY OWNS REAL PROPERTY, UH, CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PLAT.
UH, SO THIS WOULD BE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.05 OF THE CITY CHARTER, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR TO SIGN OFFICIAL PLAQUES CONTAINING CITY PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT'S THE REQUESTED ACTION AS THAT, UH, THIS PLAN WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, ON THEIR OCTOBER 14TH, UM, AGENDA.
AND ONCE THE MYLAR, UM, HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE OTHER OWNERS, IT WILL REQUIRE SIGNATURE BY THE CITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER.
AND SO THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE MYLAR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE COUNCIL MEMBER PRECEDENT.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COUNCIL, MR. BERLIN, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. GOMEZ? OKAY.
AND PRESTON MADE THE MOTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALISTS YES, YES, YES.
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YES.10 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS TO INCLUDE SIENNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS, ONE, FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH AND WEST OF THE SIENNA POINT.
RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION SOUTH OF STEEP BANK, FLAT BANK TRACE EAST OF THE BREASTS RIVER AND WEST THE FARM TO MARKET ROAD FIVE 21 OR
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THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES DESCRIBING SUCH TERRITORY AND FURTHER DETAIL AND EXITING TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ALL OF THE AREAS WITHIN SUCH TERRITORY FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, APPROVING A SERVICE PLAN FOR THE SERVICE AREA WITHIN SUCH TERRITORY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM IS, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF SIENNA MUDS ONE, FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THOSE AREAS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE, UH, COVER MEMO, THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
ADDITIONALLY, AS A REMINDER, BECAUSE THE AREA'S BEING ANNEXED FOR LIMITED PURPOSES, PEOPLE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA EVENTUALLY WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE, UH, IN CERTAIN CITY ELECTIONS AT THIS POINT.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE FORT BEND COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 30 QUALIFIED VOTERS IN THAT AREA THAT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL OF THAT FACT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS THE FIRST READING.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED COUNCIL MEMBER, IS THERE A SECOND OR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EACH CHOICE? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA.
10 B AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, PROVIDING RULES OF ETHICS FOR THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THE CITY SECRETARY ESTABLISHING AN ETHICS COMMISSION PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED.
UH, THIS ITEM IS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO YOU.
IT WAS CONSIDERED AT YOUR INITIALLY CONSIDERED AT YOUR SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2020 MEETING FOR DISCUSSION.
IT HAS BEEN, UH, PRESENTED BY OR REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
UM, SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION ON THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE COUNCIL MEMBER BONY HAS ASKED THAT THE CITY MANAGER CITY, SECRETARY, AND CITY SECRETARY BE ADDED TO THE, UH, PROVISIONS, UM, AND THE JURISDICTION OF THE PROPOSED ETHICS COMMISSION, UH, JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS ORDINANCE COVERS.
IT PROVIDES A PROHIBITION ON COUNCIL MEMBERS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS FROM GRANTING OR INFLUENCING THE GRANTING OF SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO INDIVIDUALS WHEN ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
IT ALSO PROHIBITS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS FROM MAKING OR USING CITY STAFF AND OTHER RESOURCES IN A MANNER THAT COULD VIOLATE STATE LAW.
AND IT ESTABLISHES AN ETHICS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO ADOPT? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND STEP? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EACH CHOICE? YES.
ADRIAN IS ON THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THAT THE FORT BEND COUNTY ACTUALLY HAVE AN EPIC COMMISSION THAT WE CAN ALL REPORT ANY TYPE OF ELECTED OFFICIAL TO THAT.
YOU GET ANY TYPE OF FEEDBACK ON ANY OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES OR JUST THE FACT THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS COMMISSION AND THEY'LL PRETTY MUCH BE REDUNDANT.
NOW, I BELIEVE THE COMMENT ON FORTMAN COUNTY WITH IT.
THEY HAVE A PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT THAT DOES LOOK AT, UM, STATE LAW VIOLATIONS BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.
UM, CERTAIN IT JUST REGARDING OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONS.
I BELIEVE I SENT YOU ALL A FEW EXAMPLES.
ONE IS THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND.
ANOTHER IS, UH, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
THERE ARE VARIOUS CITIES IN THE AREA THAT HAVE THEM, AND THERE ARE SOME THAT DON'T AS WELL.
I MEAN, MISSOURI CITY DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
UM, SO THEY'RE VERY VARIOUS CITIES THAT DON'T.
UM, IS THERE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC ELEMENT OF AN ETHICS COMMISSION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR
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NO, I JUST, I JUST THOUGHT NEVERMIND.JUST REGARD, BUT I DID REMEMBER SPEAKING ABOUT THE FORT BEND COUNTY HAVING ONE AND PRETTY MUCH ASKING FOR FEEDBACK FOR OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.
I WAS JUST GOING, I WAS JUST GOING TO REITERATE THAT THEY DO, UH, PORT BEN COUNTY.
UH, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DOES HAVE A PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT THAT LOOKS INTO INVESTIGATIONS OF, UH, VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW.
UM, BUT THERE ARE CITIES, UM, IN OUR AREA THAT DO HAVE ETHICS COMMISSIONS.
AND, UH, SO I JUST LISTED A FEW, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS AS WELL.
SO YOU JOINED, DID YOU PULL INFORMATION ON THE COST? BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WHEN I, WHEN I READ THROUGH THIS, IT SAID THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE AN ATTORNEY OR COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE IF THE ETHICS, IF THE COMMISSION FELT THERE WAS A NEED, SO WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, BUT EVEN IF A COUNCIL MEMBER ACTS IN THEIR CAPACITY AND ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE VIOLATING SOME TYPE OF ETHICS LAW, YOU ARE OUR ATTORNEY.
SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO ALSO PAY FOR YOU TO DEFEND US.
SO THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THE CITY'S ATTORNEY.
SO YES, THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE VIOLATION IS, THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, DIRECTLY, OR EITHER THROUGH THE RISK POOL COULD PROVIDE, UH, SERVICES, LEGAL SERVICES.
THIS ITEM PROVIDES FOR AN INDEPENDENT OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVELY INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT MATTERS.
UM, I DID, UM, RECEIVE INFORMATION ON A FEW OTHER CITIES, UH, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THEIR COSTS.
AS I MENTIONED, LEGAL SERVICES, THERE'S AN ARRAY OF LEGAL SERVICES AT COST RANGES FROM ABOUT A HUNDRED, $5 PER HOUR TO $350 PER HOUR MORE.
UM, BUT SEVERAL CITIES THAT RESPONDED TO OUR INQUIRY DID STATE THAT THEY ONLY SEE ABOUT ONE OR TWO OF THESE TYPES OF, UH, ETHICS, COMMISSIONS, UH, INQUIRIES PER YEAR.
SO THAT ESSENTIALLY COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH, UM, A PROPOSED AMOUNT, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEEING ONE TO TWO PER YEAR, BUT AS I MENTIONED TO THE REQUESTER, I THINK IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHOEVER'S MAKING THAT PLAIN OR HOW MANY COMPLAINTS THE CITY RECEIVES.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A STANDARD, BUT I GUESS SO THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF MY QUESTION, BUT THE OTHER PART IS, IS THAT THE CITY HIRES OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE SAY THAT THAT INVESTIGATOR OR THAT COUNSEL FIND SOMETHING, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, THAT UNETHICAL PER SE, THEN YOU ARE OUR ATTORNEY.
SO THEN YOU WOULD THEN DEFEND THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE MAYOR.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THE CITY'S ATTORNEY.
AND DEPENDING ON THE ALLEGATION, THE CITY ATTORNEY MIGHT DESCEND OR MIGHT, UH, REPRESENT THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
BUT IF IT'S AN ACTION THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE MEMBER OR OFFICIALS ROLE, THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD NOT REPRESENT THAT INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE THAT INDIVIDUAL COULD HAVE, UM, AN INTEREST THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE CITY'S INTERESTS.
BUT AT THE BEGINNING OF WHEN YOU WERE READING THIS ORDINANCE, IT WAS SPECIFIC TO SOMEONE ACTING IN THEIR CAPACITY AS COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR.
AND I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY OF LIKE, UM, A PENAL CODE VIOLATION.
IF SOMEONE IS COMMITTING SOME SORT OF A VIOLATION OF THE LAW, THEN THAT PERSON WOULD NOT BE ACTING BECAUSE THEY'RE COMMITTING A CRIME.
THEY WOULD NOT BE ACTING IN THEIR SCOPE AS AN OFFICIAL, A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND BEYOND THEIR SCOPE.
BUT BACK TO MY QUESTION, IF SOMEONE WAS ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS AN ETHICS VIOLATION, YOU ARE OUR ATTORNEY.
SO THE CITY'S ATTORNEY, AS LONG AS THE INTERESTS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE ENTITIES CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, THEN YES, THEN YES, THE CITY ATTORNEY
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WOULD, UH, OR COULD ASSIST, UH, THE MEMBER.BUT IF THOSE, UH, SO SHORT ANSWER IS YES, PROVIDED THAT THE INTERESTS ARE ALIGNED.
SO THE CITY WOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS ON BOTH ENDS.
SO HAVE WE, IS THIS GOING TO COME OUT OF YOUR LEGAL FEES? WHERE DOES THIS MONEY COME FROM? HAVE WE IDENTIFIED THIS IN THE BUDGET? NOT THAT I KNOW OF MR. JONES, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED THIS IN THE BUDGET MAYOR, MAYOR FOR THIS IS COUNCIL AND STARTING.
YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING EARLIER.
SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE CITY MANAGER WOULD ALSO REPRESENT THE, UH, THE OTHER MEMBERS ON THIS COUNCIL COMMISSION IN ADDITION TO YOUR, YOUR REGULAR DUTIES AS THE CITY MANAGER? I'M SORRY.
MA'AM WOULD YOU MIND RESTATING THAT QUESTION? OKAY.
THE MAYOR MENTIONED SOMETHING A MOMENT AGO ABOUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO REPRESENT THE COUNCIL OR IN ADDITION TO YOUR REGULAR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
ASSUMING THAT THE INTERESTS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD, OR COULD ALSO REPRESENT THE MEMBER IN A HEARING WITH THE COMMITTEE, AND THIS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, RIGHT? NOT FOR ME AS CITY ATTORNEY, BUT IF THE COUNCIL HIRED AN ADDITIONAL ATTORNEY TO, TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, THEN THAT COULD BE, UM, THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL, UM, FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THAT.
I, IN MY OPINION, I THINK MORE THOUGHT NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO THIS.
UM, AND WE NEED TO IDENTIFY FUNDS FOR THIS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES MAY HAVE HAD ONE OR TWO, BUT WE HAVE A, WE SEEM TO BE DEAD WITH DEALING WITH DIFFERENT TYPES AND SITUATIONS IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE ELECTED BODY AND THE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PUT MORE EFFORT AND IDENTIFY FUNDS AND PUT A MORE STRUCTURE TO THIS.
UM, CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW OTHER CITIES ACTUALLY SELECTED THEIR COMMISSION? CERTAINLY SOME CITIES SELECT RESIDENTS, SOME CITIES ACTUALLY APPOINT THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THE ETHICS COMMISSION TO REVIEW CLAIMS. IT'S DONE DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT CITIES.
WHAT I CAN DO IS PROVIDE THE COUNCIL, MAYBE A CHART AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT PROVIDES A BREAKDOWN OF SELECTION CRITERIA, UM, AS WELL AS PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU ALL MIGHT NEED FOR THIS ITEM.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE WHAT I'M READING INTO THIS AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND MAYBE I'M EATING THEN.
SO I THINK I NEED MORE CLARITY AS WELL.
NO, IT IS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE WHERE WE WILL HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, IF SOMEONE'S ACTING IN THEIR CAPACITY AND THEN THERE'S AN ETHICS VIOLATION BEYOND IT BEING CRIMINAL, THEN JOYCE WOULD TURN AROUND AND DEFEND US.
I MEAN, THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
OR WE CAN HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL OR COUNSEL COULD THEN SAY, WE'RE GOING TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO NOW DEFEND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE MAYOR.
I MEAN, THIS, THIS IS ANTHONY, BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS BEING DONE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO HOW DO THEY GET AROUND A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED CLARITY ON YOU.
JOYCE, DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT? I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT IF THE CITY ATTORNEY PARTICIPATES IN THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE IS NOT A CONFLICT BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE CITY WOULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THOSE INSTANCES.
WELL, RATHER THAN US MAKING ASSUMPTIONS, CAN WE GET SOME CLARITY? UM, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE VOTE? WELL, THERE WAS A MOTION.
I JUST DON'T LIKE ASSUMPTIONS.
I JUST, I LIKE, I LIKE TO HAVE FAXES.
SO IF WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY, I MEAN, THAT WILL BE AMENABLE IF THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
YOU JOYCE, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ONLY PRESENTING THE ITEM.
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUEST.
THIS IS ANTHONY JOYCE, UH, UNDER B IT STATED THAT WITHIN THE THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE APPOINTMENT AND IT LISTS THE DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, UM, WAS THAT A STANDARD THAT YOU FOUND
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IN OTHER CITIES THREE OR WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST CAME UP WITH BASED ON OUR TERMS AND WHATNOT.THAT WAS ALSO A STANDARD THAT I IDENTIFIED IN FROM ANOTHER CITY.
I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND PULL WHICH CITY IT WAS.
I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, BUT, UM, I, I CAN CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO IDENTIFY WHERE EACH PROVISION, UM, OR WHICH CITIES ACTUALLY UTILIZED EACH PROVISION.
THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, IN, IN LINE WITH WHAT A COUNCIL MEMBER RULES.
UH, THERE ARE ALSO SOME CRITERIA THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, UH, SUCH AS, UH, UH, ONE COULD NOT, UM, UM, BE CONSIDERED FOR, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE COMMITTEE, IF THEY HAD, UH, UH, DONATED TO THE, UH, UH, TO THE CAMPAIGN OF ANY, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR.
AND MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS, UH, OR WHAT CITY DID WE, UH, DERIVE THAT, THAT, UH, CRITERIA FROM? AND THAT WAS ALSO FROM ANOTHER CITY.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU, I RELIED PRIMARILY ON, UM, THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UM, PROVISIONS SO THAT I CAN, AND ALSO THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, I CAN GO BACK AND PULL AND IDENTIFY WHERE EACH PROVISION OR WHICH CITIES OUT OF OUR BENCHMARK CITIES, UM, UTILIZE, UH, OR REQUIRE EACH PROVISION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S UP TO YOU.
I MEAN, IT'S IN YOUR DISCRETION TO APPROVE OR TO DISAPPROVE IT'S IN YOUR DISCRETION TO ADD ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, OR TAKE AWAY ANY, UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU DON'T WANT IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
WELL, AGAIN, THIS WAS, COMES FROM MEMORY.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER, UM, FEATURE THAT WAS IN THE, UH, IN THE WRITEUP THAT INDICATED THAT, UH, THE, UH, UH, COMMITTEE COULD, UH, THAT'S EXTREMITY COULD GO BACK FOUR YEARS, UH, TO LOOK FOR, UM, UH, FAR VIOLATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
AND MAYBE WHEN YOU DO YOUR, UH, YOUR ANALYSIS AND YOUR, UM, UH, EXPLANATION OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHICH CITY, UH, PROVIDED THOSE, YOU COULD INCLUDE THAT WITH IT.
THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
YOU MADE A STATEMENT THAT YOU FEEL WE NEEDED MORE INFORMATION.
ARE YOU STILL MOVING FORWARD ON YOUR SECOND WITHDRAWAL? BECAUSE WHEN I, WHEN I READ THE, WHEN I LISTENED TO WHAT, UM, THE CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY, IT SOUNDS LIKE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND RATHER THAN JUST VOTING ON ASSUMPTIONS, I REALLY HAVE SOME CLEAR FACTS.
WITH SOMEONE ELSE LIKE TO SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE'S MOTION, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER MARU WAS WITH THE SECOND, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND, UM, ITEM B TO WITHIN THE THREE YEARS PRIOR, MAKE IT FOUR, UM, JUST TO, UM, TIE TOGETHER WITH TWO YEAR TERMS OF COUNCIL.
AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, SO, UH, YOU YOU'VE MENTIONED, UM, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN, WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT WHETHER YOU WOULD DEFEND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, OR THE MAYOR, UM, THAT IS CUSTOMARY IN ANY, UM, ITEM THAT MAY COME AGAINST US, WHETHER WE'RE SUED FROM, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL OR A BUSINESS OR AN ENTITY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CUSTOMARILY ALWAYS IS GOING TO REPRESENT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IS THAT NOT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT AGAIN, IF THERE IS AN INSTANCE, EVEN IN THAT SITUATION, IF THERE IS AN INSTANCE WHERE THE MEMBERS' INTERESTS ARE NOT CONSISTENT OR ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S INTERESTS, THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD NOT REPRESENT A MEMBER INDIVIDUALLY ON THAT BASIS.
COULD YOU GIVE US JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? UH, ONE EXAMPLE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WAS, UH, LET'S SAY, UM, AND I KNOW NOBODY WOULD DO THIS, BUT LET'S SAY THERE WAS LIKE A THEFT OR SOMETHING BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THAT MEMBER NEEDED CRIMINAL DEFENSE
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SERVICES.THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE COVERAGE IN THAT INSTANCE, IN TERMS OF RISK POOL COVERAGE.
UH, IF A MEMBER MADE FALSE CLAIMS OR COMMENTS ABOUT A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND THAT PERSON WAS, AND THAT PERSON THEN SUED THE MEMBER AND THE MEMBER, UM, ESSENTIALLY MADE COMMENTS THAT WERE OUT OF, OUT OF THEIR SCOPE AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, THE CITY ATTORNEY OR A TML IRP, UH, THE RISK POOL WOULD NOT DEFEND THE MEMBER IN THOSE INSTANCES.
SO AGAIN, IN INSTANCES WHERE THERE'S NO ALIGNMENT, UH, BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS EFFECTIVELY, OR IS IN FACT THE, UH, ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY AS AN ENTITY AND NOT SPECIFIC COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO IF THERE'S NO, IF THERE IS NO ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THOSE INTERESTS, THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ALL HAD CLARITY AS TO WHAT YOUR ROLE WOULD BE AS THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THIS MATTER.
UM, I GUESS I, UH, I'LL HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, I KNOW IT WAS ASKED OF THE CITY MANAGER, WHETHER THERE WERE DOLLARS THAT WERE ALLOTTED FOR, UM, THESE TYPES OF MATTERS FOR LEGAL FOR THE CITY.
UM, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND OR WRAP MY MIND AROUND HOW THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO, WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW IF, AND WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, DEALING WITH A, UH, AN ISSUE RELATIVE TO A LEGAL MATTER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND OR THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT AREN'T THERE MONIES ALLOTTED AND SET ASIDE IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED LEGAL SERVICES.
AND I CAN ANSWER, I CAN ANSWER THIS IN PART, YES, THERE ARE, WE DO HAVE, UH, FUNDING THAT IS SET ASIDE, BUT IT'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
AND USUALLY, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REQUESTS THAT FUNDING BASED UPON, UH, POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE MIGHT HAVE, UM, OR I'LL JUST KIND OF THROW OUT ONE EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE THAT'S, UH, IN EXISTENCE NOW, THE POTENTIAL FOR CIVIL SERVICE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, IN THE LAST BUDGET, YOU ALL APPROVED AN INCREASE BECAUSE WITH CIVIL SERVICE, THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL OR ADDITIONAL, UH, POTENTIAL LEGAL EXPENSES.
SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, WE DO HAVE A KIND OF A POT OF, UH, LEGAL SERVICE FUNDS, BUT IT IS LIMITED.
AND WE DO TRY TO, UM, ALLOCATE THAT FUND THOSE FUNDS OR, UH, REQUEST THOSE FUNDS BASED ON THE POTENTIAL LEGAL EXPENSES THAT WE KIND OF SEE COMING.
I JUST WANT IT TO BE CLEAR WHEN, WHEN, WHEN IT WAS ASKED WHETHER WE HAD FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR LEGAL SERVICES, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT ANSWER IS NOT NO, UH, WE DO, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION BEING, UH, HAS THIS BEEN CONSIDERED RELATIVE TO THE, THE POTENTIAL OF THIS ORDINANCE PASSING, WHETHER THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE REQUEST, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR OR MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE ARE MONIES THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR LEGAL SERVICES THAT MAY ARISE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY ARE.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE ANTICIPATED, BUT I JUST WANT US TO BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT, WHAT THAT IS THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER IS NOT NO, THAT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET SET ASIDE FOR LEGAL SERVICES.
UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT, UM, THE SAME DOCUMENT PRIMARILY WAS PRESENTED TO EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER ON, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ENJOY SEPTEMBER THE NIGHT, UH, WHERE THE SAME THING WAS, WAS STATED THAT WE NEEDED MORE TIME.
WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THIS FURTHER AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD, UH, OVER A MONTH TO ANALYZE THE DOCUMENT AND LOOK AT THE KEY DETAILS AND ASK ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEFORE US, AGAIN, I ASKED AT THAT TIME, IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR NOT.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT COSTS.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT EACH CHOICE, UM, I KNOW I'D ASKED HER IF SHE COULD LOOK INTO HOW MANY OF THESE TYPES OF, OF, UH, OF, OF, UM, REQUESTS OR ISSUES COME BEFORE THE RESPECTIVE CITIES.
AND AS SHE INDICATED EARLIER, THEY, THEY DON'T SEE ONE MORE THAN ONE TO TWO.
I DON'T KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE DYNAMICS HERE IN MISSOURI, WE FEEL LIKE THERE ARE RESIDENTS OR THAT, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS
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HERE OR, OR ARE IN DIRE STRAIGHTS.BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE, UM, OPERATING IN THE, IN THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ETHICS, THAT, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS DEFINITELY NEEDED.
UH, AND IF WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, IF AT ALL, WE CAN DO SO, BUT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS, I BELIEVE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND I'D BE OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, HAVING IT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT WHERE EACH, UH, ELECTED INDIVIDUAL, UH, APPOINTS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMEONE TO THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE IT'S SEVEN SLOTS, I'M OPEN TO THAT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TO VOTE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT VERSE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE OR HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, OR BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, UH, BY, BY AN EXTERNAL ENTITY OR A GROUP, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I KNOW THAT MANY TIMES I'VE BROUGHT FORTH ISSUES THAT I THOUGHT OF A CONCERN AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MONEY WAS NOT AN ISSUE.
UH, AND AT THOSE TIMES, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND WE NEED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.
ANYONE ELSE METAPHORS, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON VEIN OF BEING TRANSPARENT.
I THINK MODIFICATIONS AT A LATER DATE WOULD NOT BE IDEAL.
I THINK YOU WANNA GET IT RIGHT? UM, OUT THE GATE.
AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS, UM, LEFT TO BE ANSWERED.
UM, AND IF WE CAN GET THOSE ANSWERED THIS EVENING, IF THERE'S STILL CLARIFICATION THAT'S NEEDED, UM, I DO NOT, UM, FEEL COMFORTABLE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SUPPORTING, UM, THIS MEASURE.
ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE DO IT ALL CARVE OUT? YEAH.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AGAIN, UM, WE VOTED ON ITEMS, UH, IN THE FORM OF A BUDGET PRESENTATION WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DETAILS AS TO HOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET, SUCH AS A REVOLVING LOAN FUND AND A CDC WE'RE GOING TO BE LAID OUT.
SO IF WE WERE WILLING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING AS SERIOUS AS A BUDGET, WITHOUT HAVING KEY DETAILS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UM, WHICH INVOLVES NO MONEY, UH, BUT INVOLVES US BEING OF COURSE, HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND BEING TRANSPARENT TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.
WHY THAT WOULD BE SO PROBLEMATIC, BUT I DIGRESS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE BOOK MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON, AS I STATED EARLIER, BASED ON THERE STILL BEING OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS AND DESIRE TO RUSH THROUGH THIS WITHOUT HAVING THOSE ANSWERS, I'M GOING TO VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, NO COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING AND MERE FOR JESSICA.
I JUST NEED CLARITY ON ASSUMPTIONS CAUSE I REALLY DON'T LIKE, UH, VOTING ON ASSUMPTIONS.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY NO UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY ON THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE GOT FROM CITY MANAGER, THEN I'LL VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BOUNTY MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS MADE A, A SECOND WITH AN AMENDMENT OR AN ADDITION.
EAGLE IS, DO WE NEED A DIFFERENT MOTION FOR THAT? YEAH, IT GETS ME I'M TECHNICALLY, UNLESS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, UM, AMEND HIS ORIGINAL MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT AMENDMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS THE, THERE SHOULD BE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ITEM AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA.
BUT AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY COULD JUST CHANGE HIS MOTION TO INCLUDE, EXCEPT IF IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, HE COULD JUST INCLUDE THAT IN HIS MOTION.
THEN YOU WOULDN'T NEED A SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE, DO YOU WANT TO AMEND YOUR MOTION? I WOULD NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT THE AMENDMENT REQUEST THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
MY RULE IS I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHICH SURE, NO PROBLEM.
SO ON PAGE SEVEN, UNDER SECTION TWO 71, B TWO, IT STATED THAT WITHIN A THREE YEAR PERIOD PRIOR TO THE APPOINTMENT, MY RECOMMENDATION OR MY AMENDMENT RATHER WAS TO MAKE THAT FOUR A SO THAT YOU HAVE IT EVEN AS IS OUR TERMS ON COUNCIL TO YOUR TERMS. SO I'M NOT CHANGING THE THREE TO FOUR
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I'D ALREADY SAID FOR YOU, JOYCE.I THINK IT ALREADY IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER RULES.
I'M READING THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS SENT PAGE SEVEN.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT SECTION 2.2 DASH ONE OH FOUR, TWO 71.
IT IS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY PAGE SEVEN ON SECTION TWO DASH ONE 71, ITEM B TWO B TWO.
IT SAYS WITHIN THREE IN OUR PROPOSAL RELATIVE TO THE RELATIVE TO THE COMMISSION, CORRECT.
I'M FINE WITH MAKING THAT A AMENDMENT, A MAYOR TO INCLUDE, TO INCLUDE, UM, INSTEAD OF THREE YEARS ON SECTION TWO, B UH, FOUR YEARS INSTEAD OF THREE.
SO THAT'S THE MOTION THAT AMENDMENT EGOS.
DO WE NEED TO DO THE VOTE OVER AGAIN? GO AHEAD.
CAUSE WE STARTED ON THE BOAT BEFORE THEY COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE SAID HE'S OKAY WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
MAY I APPROACH AND PRESTON, IS IT STILL NOWHERE OR YAY OR NAY IS STILL NO, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IS THERE ANY KIND OF HINDERING OR CLARIFICATION ARE WE, ARE WE CLEAR? IT SEEMS TO BE KINDA MESSY, RIGHT? IT IS.
IT'S QUITE CLEAR IN TERMS OF THE PROCEDURE.
I THINK YOU ALL ARE VOTING ON THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE IN ITEM 10, B COUNCIL MEMBER BONY HAS ACCEPTED A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND SO THE MAYOR'S JUST GOING BACK OVER THE ROLL CALL, VOTE TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE STILL A, THOSE OF YOU WHO VOTED ARE STILL NO VOTES.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, NO COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
I THINK I'D SAY COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
AND MY RULE IS MADE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, ARE YOU THERE? I'M SORRY.
THERE ARE TOO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
I NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE ON WHERE THESE BUDGETED FUNDS ARE GOING TO COME FROM AS WELL AS WHETHER OR NOT.
IF A ETHICS VIOLATION IS FILED, WE PAY FOR OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
THEN WE PAY FOR THE ATTORNEY, IS THE CITY PAYING FOR ALL OF THIS BEYOND THIS BEING A CRIMINAL ACT, WE NEED ALL THAT INFORMATION ANSWERED AS MAY APPROACH HIM STATED THERE ARE TOO MANY OPEN, OPEN UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
SO THE, THE BOAT DOES NOT PASS
[11. RESOLUTIONS]
11 RESOLUTIONS, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.THE PERFECT SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE COMMUNITY OUTDOOR OUTREACH PROGRAM TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT TO FUND OUTDOOR RECREATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS KEVIN BROWN, RUTGERS AND SUPERINTENDENT ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU DENIED TO PRESENT THIS ITEM, UH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS PURSUING THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
THE IN QUESTION IS THE COMMUNITY OUTDOOR OUTREACH PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS FOR PROGRAMMING THAT ENGAGES UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS IN TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
MISSION-ORIENTED UNDER RECREATION CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.
UH, THIS GRANT WOULD PROVIDE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE OUR OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE SUCH AS ARCHERY AND FISHING, AS WELL AS CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION AND EDUCATIONAL, UM, ACTIVITIES SUCH AS KAYAKING, FAMILY, CAMPING AND NATURE, UH, CLINICS AND WORKSHOPS.
UM, THIS IS A NON-MATCHING REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, UH, MEANING THAT IF WE ARE NOT AWARDED THE GRANT, UH, NO FUNDS WILL BE REQUIRED.
UM, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION OF, OF THIS IS ALREADY BEEN, UH, MOSTLY PROVED IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.
SO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, IF AWARDED WOULD BE REIMBURSED IN THE CITY OF AN AMOUNT OF TWO, $15,209.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME.
IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION STERLING? SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN?
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OKAY.COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS IS KEMP COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR OVERTIME ACTIVITIES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REDUCE THE INCIDENTS OF TRAFFIC INJURIES AND FATALITIES AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING TO ACCEPT THAT ALLOCATED FUNDING BY TECHSTOP FOR THE CLICK IT OR TICKET GRANT WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING OCCUPANT RESTRAINT USE AND ALL PASSENGER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS BY CONDUCTING AN INTENSE OCCUPANT PROTECTION ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION EFFORT DURING THE ENFORCEMENT PERIOD, WHICH WOULD BE NOVEMBER 13TH, 2020 TO DECEMBER 2ND, 2020, THE ALLOCATED REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT WOULD BE $4,950 BY TEXT OUT WITH A 20% MATCH, TOTALLY $1,237, EXCUSE ME, AND 50 CENTS BY THE CITY, WHICH COMES FROM FRINGE BENEFITS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION MOVED? IS THERE A SECOND OR A SECOND? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RACHEL DOESN'T JUST COMES FROM A MEMORY OR ARE WE A, AIN'T A, UH, ANY UPTICK IN, UH, ACCIDENTS WHERE, UH, THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED.
I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DIRECT FIGURES ON THE CRASH DATA.
NOT ABLE TO ANSWER THAT AT THIS TIME, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TEXDOT DOES YEARLY.
THEY PROVIDE THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY TO ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN TEXAS.
THEY HAVE ALREADY ALLOCATED THIS MONEY TO EXCUSE ME TOWARDS OUR AGENCY.
SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT SEATBELT SPECIFICALLY AS SOMETHING THAT TEXDOT WISHES TO ENFORCE BECAUSE OF AN OVERALL INCREASE IN SEATBELT OCCUPANT, RESTRAINT ACCIDENTS? I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH YEAH.
UH, WITH THE, UH, THE, UH, THE GRANT, UH, MINE WAS JUST MORE OF A, NO A QUESTION OF YES.
FOR, I GUESS MY OWN EDIFICATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE SEEING THAT, BUT I'M ALL FOR THE, UH, UH, APPROVING THE RESOLUTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS AND COUNCIL.
MR. LEE MADE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT, MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON.MAYOR JUST WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REVISIT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE RECENTLY JUST VOTED ON DURING THIS COUNCIL MEETING AND WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT MEMBERS THAT HAVE ADVOCATED FOR IT USE REASONING SUCH AS THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO US YET LACKED THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
UM, I FIND IT APPALLING THAT WE WOULD RUSH THROUGH SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON US AS A CITY.
AND SO I AM, UM, PRETTY APPALLED BY THAT, BUT ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AND THAT AFTER SKIN CANCER, BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER AMONG WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES.
MILLIONS OF WOMEN ARE LIVING WITH BREAST CANCER AND SURVIVAL RATES HAVE IMPROVED, MOSTLY IMPORTANT, THANKS TO, UM, EARLY DETECTION AND ADVANCES IN TREATMENT.
UM, AS WE ACKNOWLEDGED OCTOBER BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, I WANT TO SAY THAT AS A CITY, WE STAND WITH THOSE IMPACTED BY THIS DISEASE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF PRETTY MUCH AS LIKE KNOWLEDGING THE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN OCTOBER.
I'M ALSO WANT TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO, UM, CONTINUE TO VOTE.
I KNOW WE HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES STARTING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EARLY, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN RECTIFIED.
THE LINES ARE MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU VOTE ALL THE WAY DOWN AT THE BALLOT.
LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE AT THE BOTTOM.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING.
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TO, UH, TO WORK WITH, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS ON PASSING OUT, UH, POLLUTE AND PPES LAST SATURDAY, AS WELL AS I ATTENDED THE, UH, GET OUT TO VOTE RALLY, UH, WITH, UH, RON REYNOLDS STATE REPRESENTATIVE.THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO DO SO.
AND I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS, UH, INLINE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUE WHO SPOKE FIRST, UH, THAT I TOO AM NOT ONLY APPALLED, BUT DISAPPOINTED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, HAVE A DOUBLE STANDARD HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE VIEW, UH, ITEMS THAT WE, UH, HAVE COME BEFORE US, UH, WHEN WE HAVE LIMITED INFORMATION, BUT YET MOVE THOSE THINGS FORWARD.
SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET INTO A SPIRIT OF ACTUALLY, UH, BEING RESPECTABLE TO EACH OTHER AS COLLEAGUES.
COUNCIL MEMBER IS I HAVE NO COMMENTS TONIGHT.
I, AGAIN, WANT TO ECHO, UH, SOME OF THE EARLIER SEDIMENTS AS FAR AS, UH, GETTING OUT IN AND VOTING.
UH, IN ADDITION, UH, I WOULD, UH, WOULD HOPE THAT WE'RE MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE THOSE, UH, UH, THOSE GRANTS AVAILABLE, UH, THROUGH THE CARE ZACK AND, UH, ALSO TO, UH, CITIZENS WHO MAY NEED A RELIEF FOR, UH, THEIR, UH, THEIR RENT OR LEASES.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DOLLARS ARE THERE AND IF WE DON'T USE THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOSE, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SO, UH, JUST A, UH, A, A, A, A REQUEST THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO, TO PUSH THESE OPPORTUNITIES FORWARD.