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[City Council Meeting]
MEADOWS PLACE, CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING I'D AMAZED CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM OF PRESENCE.WE ARE MISSING ONE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S OVER IN MISSISSIPPI.
UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WHO'S GOING TO BE LED BY ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, ASHTON.
AND, UH, THE TENANT A DOMINANCE IS GOING TO LEAD TO SCENARIO VACATION.
SO IF YOU WOULD STAND IT, GOT IT.
IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE
IF YOU'LL PRAY WITH ME, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY WITH THE HEART OF THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN OUR CITY.
AND FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CITY, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND COURAGE TO ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION THAT WILL EMBODY YOUR WILL.
WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS OUR COMMUNITY MEMBER, EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER, VISITOR, AND EMPLOYEE THAT LIVES AND SERVES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THAT YOU KEEP THEM SAFE.
AND OUT OF HARM'S WAY, WE ASK FOR A SPECIAL PRICE TODAY.
FATHER FOR OUR SISTER AT MISSOURI CITY PD, OFFICER CRYSTAL SEPULVEDA, MAY SHE WITNESS, MAYBE SHE'D BE A WITNESS TO YOUR MIGHTY HEALING HANDS, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AS SHE BEGINS HER JOURNEY TO BE FULLY RESTORED.
LORD BLESS US AND KEEP US, MAKE YOUR FACE SHINE UPON US AND BE GRACIOUS TO US.
LORD, TURN YOUR FACE TOWARD US AND GIVE US PEACE.
AND TO YOU BE ALL THE GLORY AND PRAISE IN JESUS NAME.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM B, WHICH IS, UH, REPORTS AND AS USUAL POLICE WILL LEAD US OFF WITH, UH, TAMMY STEWART.
I MEAN, PATIENTS ARE GIVING US A REPORT TO SAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
AND SO THAT WAS ONLY A CAPTAIN FOR 17 YEARS.
SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
WE'RE GOING TO START OUR REPORT OFF WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
TYPICALLY YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS ABOUT AVERAGE.
WE HAD 10, 10 ACCIDENTS TO REPORT IT AND WE HAD EIGHT ARREST, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE WAS 1900 AND THE ONE NUMBER REPORTS IS 45 TRAFFIC.
UH, WE HAD 322 CONTACTS WITH 776 CHARGES, UH, CITY, UH, ORDINANCE VIOLATION CITATIONS ISSUED FOR TWO WARNINGS FOR TRAFFIC OR 94 WITH 141 CHARGES.
UM, WARNINGS FOR CITY WARNER'S VIOLATION 12 TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT WAS 2,895.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ASSAULTS THIS PAST MONTH, WHICH IS GOOD.
WE HAD ONE BURGLARY MOTOR VEHICLE, TWO, UH, TWO BURGLARY OF BUSINESS, ZERO BURGLARY RESIDENCE, 14 CITY ON ITS CONTACTS.
AND TWO OF THOSE WERE CITATIONS.
THERE WAS A PREVIOUS MENTIONED ONE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, ZERO FRAUDS.
THERE WERE ROBBERS THIS MONTH, A TOTAL HOUSE WATCHED BUSINESS CHECKS.
AND THIS IS ALL COMBINED IS 1,902 THEFT.
WE HAD A SIX, WHICH IS UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES, STOLEN VEHICLE FOR THOSE COMING FROM VROOM.
AND I'LL PUT THAT IN MY REPORT LATER ON TLC PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE OUT THERE CHECKING CARS, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE LOCKING UP AND THEN HIDING THEIR VALUABLES.
WE DID MAKE 28 HAVE PASSED THE INSPECTION WITH 11 FAILING WITH 39 CONTACTS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD.
YOU CAN SEE THE CITY ON THIS BREAK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
THERE A WARNINGS ISSUED WITH FOUR FOR SOLICITORS FIVE FOR LOUD NOISE OF PARTIES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS DURING THE HOLIDAY MONTH.
LET'S NOT FORGET WE HAD THREE FIREWORKS CALLS, UH, THAT NO, NO OBSERVED VIOLATIONS.
MOST OF THOSE CALLS WERE, UH, NEXT TO HOUSTON.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY WITHIN THE CITY, THE CITY ORDINANCE.
UH, WE HAD ONE CITATION FOR BANDIT SIGNS, UH, THAT WAS CALLED AN ACT OF PUTTING UP THE SIGNS THAT WE HAD.
ONE FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING SEEMS LIKE SOMEBODY SITTING UP THERE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.
UH, WE HAD, UH, 10, UH, REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS AND ZERO WERE IN THE ROUNDABOUTS AS WE ALWAYS TRY TO POINT OUT IF THEY WERE IN THE ROUND BELTS OR NOT.
CONTINUING ON TO ADDITIONAL NOTES.
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UH, WE'D LIKE TO START ON PAGE, UM, PAGE TWO ON THE THEFTS, WE DID HAVE TWO RESIDENTIAL AND FIVE OREGON COMMERCIAL.AND ON PAGE THREE, IF YOU FLIP THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT THEFTS AND LOCATIONS.
WHAT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT AS I HIGHLIGHTED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS, AS WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE WITH EVERY CITY RIGHT NOW AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY THEM, WE HAVE CAPTURED SOME IN THE FACT OF THE, IF YOU RE RECALL, WE HAD SEVERAL THAT WERE TAKEN FROM VROOM QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTS, UM, THROUGH DNA PICTURES AND OR WE CONTACT WITH A GROUP OF DETECTIVES IN HOUSTON THAT ALREADY KNEW WHO THESE GUYS WERE BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE GANG AND THERE'S SOME OF THESE TIES ARE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO MEXICO WITH THE CARTEL.
SO IT'S A BIG BUSINESS ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE PAGE, FOR SURE.
YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE RECENTLY PASSED AN ORDINANCE MAKING, GIVING YOU A LITTLE MORE TEETH IN DEALING WITH PEOPLE, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, OTHER THAN IN THE ACT.
UM, AT THE LAST WEEK'S MAYOR'S MEETING, UM, THERE WAS, UH, STAFFORD HAD JUST PASSED THERE.
IT'S THE NIGHT BEFORE, UM, PLAKE IS SUPPOSED TO THIS WEEK.
UH, SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE WHEN YOU MEET WITH THE OTHER POLICE CHIEF, DID YOU REMIND THEM THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND ABSOLUTELY, UH, CAUSE THAT'S MY BELIEF.
WE CAN HELP YOU GUYS OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
EVENTUALLY THE STATE LEGISLATURE MIGHT NOT BE TOO AFRAID TO DO SO.
HOPEFULLY CONTINUING ON PAGE SIX, WE WANTED TO MENTION THE UNION VISA.
THEY'RE DOWN A COUPLE FROM LAST MONTH FOR THE STOLEN VEHICLES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FROM LAST MONTH AS WELL, CAME FROM VROOM.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MENTION THE FOUR COMMERCIAL TUFTS HERE.
MOST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO AS FAR AS THE KEYS ARE MISSING AND THEN THE VEHICLES ARE MISSING.
THEY'RE NOT FINDING OUT UNTIL A MONTH LATER.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING INTO ADDRESSING THAT.
SO THIS MONTH ALSO ON THE SAME PAGE, THE FLUX SAFETY ALERTS, IF YOU CAN SEE, UH, COUNCILMAN SHAMSKY HAD ASKED FOR A BREAKDOWN PER CAMERA, PER LOCATION.
AND SO THAT IS IN THAT BOX TO YOUR RIGHT, BUT WE DID HAVE 74 TOTAL ALERTS, 23 FOR STOLEN VEHICLES.
WE HAD 14 SEX OFFENDER ALERTS, 10 STOLEN PLATE, LOVING GANG MEMBER, TERRORIST ALERTS, ONE MISSING PERSON, 10 WARRANTS, FOUR ON A HOT LIST AND VIOLENCE PERS ONE VIOLENT PERSON.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A FEW LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ZERO FLAW CATS.
THAT'S JUST MEANS THOSE TYPES, THOSE VEHICLES AREN'T COMING THROUGH THOSE LOCATIONS.
AGAIN, WE CAN REEVALUATE THIS OVER TIME, BUT THIS HAS GOT ALL OUR MAIN POINTS OF ENTRANCES.
AND I DON'T SEE THERE'S A NEED TO REMOVE ANYTHING.
WE DID HAVE A FEW FEWER ARRESTS THIS PAST MONTH.
PEOPLE WERE BEHAVING THEMSELVES OR THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE FLUX SYSTEM AND THEY'RE NOT COMING THROUGH AS MUCH, BUT THE FIRST ARREST YOU CAN SEE THERE IS FROM A FLOOD KIT AND IT WAS A STOLEN VEHICLE.
DRIVER WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSFERRED TO JAIL.
NEXT ONE WOULD BE WARRANT FOR OUT OF OTHER JURISDICTION WITH POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE METHAMPHETAMINE.
ANOTHER WARRANT OUT OF THE JURISDICTION.
NOW WE HAD A THEFT, IT WAS AN IN STANDARD DEV TO AN OFF DUTY PRECINCT, FIVE WITNESS, AND ONE STEALING SOMETHING FROM MURPHY AND DETAINED THE SUBJECT UNTIL WE ARRIVED, THAT PERSON WAS ARRESTED.
UH, AGAIN, ANOTHER FLUX STOLEN VEHICLE HIT, OR WE ARRESTED THE DRIVER.
AND THEN WE HAD A FLOOD KIT OUT OF THIS, WHO WE ENDED UP GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF IT, AS YOU COULD SEE, ENDED UP WITH A POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE HEROIN, FRAUDULENT USE, AND POSSESSION OF IDENTIFICATION TAMPERING WITH A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT SO THAT THE FLOCK IS ACTUALLY GENERATING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
AS YOU KNOW, BESIDES JUST THE STOLEN US.
NEXT WOUND IS ALSO A FLOOD TIP FOR STOLEN VEHICLE.
AND THEN THAT WAS ALSO ARRESTED AND INVOLVED NOT ONLY THE STOLEN VEHICLE, BUT POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE METHAMPHETAMINE.
AND THEN FINALLY ON PAGE SEVEN, WHICH WAS MY ADDITIONAL NOTES WERE CONTINUING.
AND OF COURSE, WITH ALL THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH FOR COVID I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT RECENTLY AND WE DO HAVE HAD SOME OFFICERS OUT THAT ARE RETURNING.
SO WE'RE IN GOOD, WE'RE IN GOOD STATE RIGHT NOW.
MESA DOOR ACCESS SYSTEM IS STILL BEING INSTALLED AS ABOUT 75% COMPLETE.
THERE ARE STILL A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT
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AGAIN.WE ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVELY WORKING TO FILL OUR FOUR FULL-TIME POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE LOVED AND ONE PART-TIME POSITION.
UH, OFFICER DAMIAN DURAN HE'S ON BOARD.
UH, POOR GUY CAME HERE AND WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS COVID SO, UH, HE JUST NOW RETURNING BACK IN AND I'LL DUTY AND HE'S DOING GREAT.
UM, FILLING OUR CID POSITION DID MAKE A JOB OFFER YESTERDAY AND I'M WAITING FOR, UH, THE RETURN OF THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE TWO MORE APPLICANTS THAT ARE IN BACKGROUND CURRENTLY AND SHOULD BE REVIEWED LATER THIS WEEK TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE DID DO OUR AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND IT TURNED OUT REALLY GOOD.
THERE'S LOTS OF VALUABLE INFORMATION SHARED BY ALL CONCERNED AND PARTIES.
AND I THINK IT WORKED OUT REALLY, REALLY WELL.
AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ATTENDING AS WELL.
A NEW PD, SILVER IS IN PLACE AND IT'S BEEN INSTALLED.
SO WE'RE IN GOOD CONDITION THERE.
IF YOU REMEMBER LAST TIME I HAD TO REPORT THAT WE HAD A SERVER DOWN, IT'S ALWAYS A BAD THING TO DO.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON OUR EXTERNAL, UH, LARGE EVIDENCE, UH, SYSTEM, UH, CONTAINER FOR RIGHT OUT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.
UH, PRIMARILY WHAT'S THE HOLD UP RIGHT NOW IS FINDING ONE THAT LOOKS DECENT.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOT SOME KIND OF CURB APPEAL BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THEY COME UP ALL BEAT UP AND TAGGED AND MOST OF THE TIME, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT THE ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE SMALLER ONES JUST AREN'T VERY POPULAR AND THEY'RE JUST NOT, THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO FIND, UH, THE NEW VEHICLES.
WE ALSO ORDERED THOSE THAT JOE APPROVED.
THEY SHOULD BE HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THEY'RE JUST GETTING UPFITTED RIGHT NOW.
AND OUR EOC REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE BROAD HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP ON THAT.
AND WE'RE JUST WORKING RIGHT NOW TO GET EVERYTHING BACK IN ORDER OVER THERE.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
UM, CHEAP, BRING ME BACK UP, BRING ME UP TO DATE ON THE VEHICLES.
WHEN NOW THEY'RE BEING OUTFITTED WITH, UH, WOULDN'T YOU SAY OUTFIT, GIVE ME, OKAY.
SO THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE PATROL VEHICLES IS W WAS MENTIONED.
SO THESE ARE GONNA BE ADMIN, BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO BE UPFITTED WITH LIGHTS AND SIREN AND RADIO.
AND THE OTHER EQUIPMENT WE NEED, WE ALSO HAVE STORAGE BOXES IN THE BACK THAT ARE, UH, THAT LOCK UP EQUIPMENT.
UH, AND THOSE ARE THAT'S ALL BEING INSTALLED.
AND SO WHEN THEY HIT OUR HOUSE, THEY'LL BE READY TO ROLL THAT WE'LL BE READY TO ROLL, UM, WHO WILL THEN DECOMMISSION THE OTHER POLICE VEHICLES FOR THEM TO MOVE TO THEIR NEW HOME IN PARKS AND, UH, IN PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO BE DECOMMISSIONED FIRST.
NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT NEW ONES.
WE'LL BE HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE READY TO GO.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? NOT A QUESTION, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT, UM, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY GOING ON ALL AROUND IN AND AROUND HOUSTON.
AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE HAD ZERO BURGLARY OF RESIDENTS AND VERY FEW, YOU KNOW, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
AND SO I JUST SAY THAT TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE AROUND, YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB.
AND I THINK PEOPLE STILL KNOW THAT MEADOWS PLACE IS NOT A PLACE TO COME TO, UH, TO DO THEIR BUSINESS.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS ARE JUST DOING A GREAT JOB FOR THE CRIMINALS THAT DO KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
THEY DO NOT COME HERE ANYMORE.
THEY'VE ALREADY MET US FOR THE ONES THAT DO THEIR CRIME HERE.
THEY DON'T KNOW THEY'RE NOT IN MEADOWS PLACE UNTIL THEY MEET US, BUT WE DO, UH, UH, KEEP THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND INCREASE THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON EVERYBODY'S MIND, UH, BUT IT'S A LOT MORE ON THE MINDS OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE HERE.
ANYBODY ELSE, CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DO HAVE ONE EXTRA THING AT THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW FOR 4TH OF JULY.
UM, COLEEN STRESSED, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IMPACT THAT YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS HAVE OUT THERE AND ARE DISPERSING AND MIXING WITH THE CROWD AND BEING THERE AND HAVING SUCH A PRESENCE.
UM, I JUST THINK WE SHOULD MENTION IT HERE BECAUSE, UH, UH, IT IS, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT JOY FOR ME TO SEE IT.
IT WAS VERY, UH, CALLING HIM WAS IMPRESSED AND RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION IT IN PUBLIC.
I WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING TOO, AND I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS DURING THE REPORT, BUT JUST REAL QUICKLY, THAT THAT WAS THE LARGEST ATTENDED EVENT THAT WE'VE HAD THAT I'VE CAN RECALL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
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WE HAVE A NEXT STEP.MR. RODERICK, CANING DIRECTOR PUBLIC WORKS GIVEN THE REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS QUARTERLY PUBLIC REPORT WILL COVER THE PERIOD OF, UH, APRIL, MAY AND JUNE OF 2022.
RIGHT? I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE SIDEWALK REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, I HAVE COMPLETELY USED ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO ME THIS YEAR, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, BEING COMPLETED.
AND I'M NOW STARTING ON A LIST FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS THAT WANT THEIR COMPLETE SIDEWALK REPLACED BECAUSE THEY'RE SELLING HER HOME.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY I OWN REPAIR THIS TRIPPING HAZARD.
BUT IF ANYBODY ASKS THE LIST IS NOW STARTED, THEY JUST HAVE TO GIVE YOU A CALL OR DROP ME AN EMAIL AND I'LL PUT THEM ON LIST STREET REPAIR, THE ROAD FUNDING FEE.
WE ADDED A COUPLE MORE SECTIONS THIS FIRST THREE MONTHS.
I AM HOLDING THE LINE ON MAINTAINING THAT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RESERVE FOR THE ROAD USE FEE AND A ACTUALLY IN JULY, I STARTED A BIG ONE, BUT I'LL REPORT ON THAT FOR, FOR NEXT NEXT QUARTER.
I'M USING THE ROAD USE FEE AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN AND, AND ADDRESSING ANY ISSUES THAT ARE UP AND COMING THE LIST THAT I WAS WORKING ON BEFORE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID BEFORE, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR AND THE PAST DIRECTOR HAD CREATED.
I'M NOW ON TWO NEW ITEMS. SO I PATROL THE STREETS AND CHECK AND MAKE SURE WHAT'S, UH, WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.
AND SO IF YOU SEE ANYTHING, JUST GIVE ME A CALL, USW EXPENSES, APRIL MAY, AND JUNE OF 2022, APRIL 50, 1000 MAY.
I LIKE THIS ONE 34,000 AND OUR FORTUNATELY JULY, JUNE, JUNE WAS 69,000, WHICH IS A DIRECT REFLECTION ON THE NUMBER OF WATER LEAKS THAT WE HAD IN THAT PERIOD THOUGH.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION'S COMING, HOW MANY BREAKS DID WE HAVE? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, SIR.
I THINK IT WAS IN A RANGE OF 14 TO 16 IF I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH AT ONCE.
AND, UM, I JUST WONDERED BY KNOW THAT THAT'S A LOT OF BREAKS THROUGH THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
I'M VERY HAPPY WITH USW AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN STELLAR AND SO MUCH AS GETTING THINGS BACK IN PLACE.
AND, UH, WE SET UP A PROGRAM NOW SO THAT THE OPERATOR ON STAFF OR WHO'S DOING THE REPAIR WILL TEXT MYSELF AND CAMERON.
AND SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT THAT STUFF OUT TO THE RESIDENTS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LARGE AREA OUT.
AND THAT DOES HAPPEN OVER THE WEEKEND TOO.
DOESN'T IT? CAMERON, ALL THE REPAIRS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN DONE BY USW AND OUTSIDE VENDORS HOP.
DO YOU SAY THAT THE ALL SAY, WELL, THE WHOLE C REPAIR ON ONE NUMBER THREE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND I BELIEVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THAT WAS ONE 30, ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND LATER IN THE, IN THE, UM, THE AGENDA YOU'LL SEE THE APPROPRIATE, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THAT.
WELL, THREE BEING UP AND RUNNING, I HAVE TAKEN WELL TWO DOWN, ONE OF THE BOOSTER PUMPS FOR A LEAK THIS OVER THERE, DURING THAT PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS, I COMPLETED THE EVALUATION OF A STORM SERVICE AND, UH, BROUGHT THAT TO YOU DURING THE BUDGET.
AND THE OVERALL COSTS ARE ANTICIPATE TO BE AROUND $400,000 TO REPAIR ALL OF THE STORM SERVERS THAT DRAIN INTO THE BIO.
WE ARE GOING TO COMPLETE ONE REPAIR BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL DO A SECOND ONE NEXT YEAR.
AND WE'LL NIBBLE AWAY AT THAT $400,000.
JUST A ONE NOTE, THE STREET SIGNS WERE CLEANED.
THAT WAS A REQUEST BY A RESIDENT, OR MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MAYOR, FIREHOUSE HEATERS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED, BUT NOT INSTALLED.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT FOUR OF THEM WERE IN DISREPAIR LAST WINTER.
AND I THINK WE HAD A 16 WEEK LEAD TIME.
AND SO THEY ARE NOW THEY'VE BEEN DELIVERED, BUT, UH, SWANSON IS WORKING ON THE EOC TONIGHT AS WE SPEAK.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY MISSING A HEATER RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT.
NO, BUT THE FIRST LITTLE BIT OF A FROSTER CHILL DOWN, THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR IT.
IT KEEPS THEIR EQUIPMENT NICE AND WARM, UH, METER RINGS IMPROVED.
I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I MAY HAVE SAID BEFORE, BUT WE ARE, THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN MASTERED BY ANNA MARIA.
AND UH, EVERY TIME WE DO THE READING AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE LESS THAN 10 FOR READ READS, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC.
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WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, IT WAS IN THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES.SO THE FLASHING SCHOOL SIGN HAS, OH, WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT'S WHAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING ITEMS THAT I DEALT WITH EVERY MONTH.
IT DROVE ME CRAZY ROD, AND YOU TACKLED IT AND YOU GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO ANNA MARIA AND SHE DOES DESERVE A LOT.
AND I GRANT THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THAT'S DESIGNED TO BE AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT TAKES CARE OF 90% OF IT WILL.
I THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WAY THAT SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING NOW.
AND YOU'VE GOT A BIG HAND IN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
WPI WALKINSHAW PIERCE HAS ORDERED THE TWO JANUARY HATERS, ONE FOR THE EOC AND THE SECOND FOR THE WATER PLANET THREE THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH HARPER MONEY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE AND DONE SOME SITE WORK.
I BELIEVE THEY'VE DONE SOME TRENCHING FOR CONDUIT AND THE SMALL PAD HAS BEEN POURED ALSO WHERE, UH, AT THE EOC OR, WELL THREE, WELL, THREE, IF YOU LOOK BEHIND THE FENCE, YOU'LL SEE A NEW PAD THERE.
WHEN DO YOU THINK THOSE WILL BE DELIVERED? THEY HAD A LEAD TIME OF LIKE 20 TO 23 WEEKS.
SO IT'LL BE THE FIRST ONE NEXT YEAR.
IF IT WON'T BE THIS YEAR, THE COUNTY IS GETTING NERVOUS ABOUT UNSPENT, ARPA MONEY, UM, FROM OTHER AGENCIES OR OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE NOT SPENDING IT.
IF THE CITY HAS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE COMPLETED BEFORE, I THINK IT'S THE END OF 2024, OR IT MIGHT BE 2023, UM, MIGHT BEHOOVE US TO PURSUE SOME ADDITIONAL ARPA FUNDING.
AH, I COULD SPEND $300,000 ON A MECHANICAL BAR SCREEN.
NOW THE $150,000 ON THE CHLORINE BRIDGE.
WELL, I'M SAYING LET'S GET OUR LIST TOGETHER AND GET IT SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY.
RIGHT? YOU WANT TO MEET RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING, THE FLASHY SCHOOL SIGN HAS BEEN ORDERED IF NOT PROVIDED A FIRM AFFIRM DELIVERY DATE.
I SENT OUT ANOTHER EMAIL ASKING FOR AN UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON WHEN I RE-READ MY REPORT SAY SWANSON HAS STARTED ALL THE AC UNITS DOING THE SERVICE.
AND, UH, THAT'S THE QUARTER SERVICES ONGOING.
THE TCEQ PERMIT RENEWAL, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO THE TCEQ FOR FURTHER FUNDING REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
I THINK THE LAST THING THAT WAS DONE WAS BY COURTNEY AND SO MUCH THAT HAD TO BE ADVERTISED IN THE LIBRARIES AND SOMEWHERE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND THE NEWSPAPERS ALSO.
SO WE'RE AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE.
IT WAS IT'S DUE IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WITH THAT SORT OF STUFF, I LIKE TO BE IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER TWO, WE HAD, IT WAS AS A MAINTENANCE ITEM TO REPLACE AN AIR COMPRESSOR ON THE PRESSURE VESSEL.
I'M LOVING, EXCUSE ME, JUST A SECOND.
I WANT TO BRING CAMERON INTO THIS.
CAMERON POSTED UP THE, UH, WATER SYSTEM VIDEO ONTO, UH, BOTH, UH, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND INSTAGRAM.
UH, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE NOW THAT WATCHED THAT VIDEO THAT WHO KNEW WHAT THAT PRESSURE VESSEL IS NOW IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
I'VE GOT SPRING KLEIN, FENCE COMPANY TRYING TO REPAIR THE GATE AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UM, BEFORE I GOT HERE, APPARENTLY SOMEBODY DAMAGED IT OR A CONTRACTOR CAUGHT IT AND IS BENT.
AND SO EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, IT WILL STALL NO BACK UP AND IT JUMPS TRACKS.
AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MAINTENANCE ISSUE.
HOPEFULLY I DON'T HAVE TO SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY TO GET IT REPAIRED.
IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE TO THE GATE CODE.
CAN YOU LET ME KNOW? YES, SIR.
UH, THE, THE GATE CODE, UH THERE'S WAS THAT BOX BESIDE IT, IT'S GOT A CODE ON IT.
WELL, I'M, I'M TALKING THE GARAGE DOOR OPENERS CAUSE WE'VE GOT THE SCOUT FLAGS THAT ACCESS THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE SAME, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT CHANGING.
IF IT DOES, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET THE GEARBOX, UH, UH, FOR THE TRAVELING BRIDGE REPAIRED, THAT'S A 24 6 ISSUE.
WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH HDR FOR THE SITE VISIT WITH A REGARD TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN TO CLARIFY OUR BRIDGE.
IT TOOK SOME PICTURES, MADE SOME NOTES AGAIN.
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THE MEETING, AFTER THE SITE VISIT, WE HAD A MEETING AND THEY ANTICIPATE BEING READY TO GO TO BID PROBABLY NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.BUT THROUGH DISCUSSION, WE DECIDED TO HOLD THAT OFF UNTIL JANUARY OF 2023, JUST HOPING THAT WE MIGHT GET MORE THAN ONE BID.
THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD FOR READING ANYTHING IN CONSTRUCTION.
I'M A 14, 400 SERVER INSTALLED IN THE KIRKWOOD.
THE FIRST CORPORATE PROJECT WERE UPGRADED WITH THE CORRECT HOSE, ADAPTERS TO MEET, UH, STAFFORD'S REQUIREMENTS TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT EVENTUALLY I GOT IT DONE.
THEY USE, YOU ALWAYS DO SUFFER SOME DAMAGE FROM A CLOGGED DRAIN LINE ON THE MINI SPLIT THAT HOLDS TAKES CARE OF THE SERVER SERVER ROOM.
IT WAS A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FLOORS, THE TILE, THE VCT TILE, THE WALPOLE WALLBOARD PANELS.
AND SO WE RESPONDED TO A SERVPRO AND THEY COME IN AND THEY OPENED EVERYTHING UP, DRIED ALL OUT.
AND I HAD ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION SERVICES COMPANY COME IN AND PUT IT BACK PRETTY DARN QUICKLY AND REPLACED THE VC TILE AND REPAIRED THE PANELS AND TOUCHED UP THE PAINT.
ALSO HAD THEM RESEAL THE ENTIRE KITCHEN WITH A VCT AND HAD THEM, AND ALSO STEAM CLEAN THE MAIN ROOM FOR THE CARPET THERE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE FINAL REPAIRS ON, UH, THE HAIR CONDITIONER IS WE'RE PUTTING A WATER SENSOR ON THE, THE DRAIN LINE, WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD.
UM, IT'LL SHUT THE WATER OFF OR SHUT THE AIR CONDITIONER OFF WHEN ANY WATER COLLECTS IN THAT PAN.
SO WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY DAMAGE TO OUR FLOOR AND OUR SERVICE, ET CETERA, BUT I'LL ALSO ADDED A WIFI THERMOSTAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER GETS TURNED OFF.
FOR THAT REASON, THE WIFI THERMOSTAT WILL NOTIFY THE CHIEF ASSISTANT CHIEF AND MYSELF THAT THE SYSTEM IS DOWN SO WE CAN GET BACK IN THERE AND KEEP THE SERVICE NICE AND COOL.
WE PULLED SERVICED ON THE ICE MACHINE AT THE FIREHOUSE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS EARLY IN APRIL.
I'VE REQUESTED A QUOTE FOR TWO, A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF IRRIGATION AT CITY HALL.
UM, THAT'S PENDING AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I HAVE NOT HAD RESPONSE.
WPI IS WORKING ON AN ESTIMATE FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT GENERATOR AND I'M ANTICIPATING UTILIZING THE COUNTY, OUR PER FUNDS.
WE WERE ORIGINALLY AWARDED 650,000 AND WE'VE SENT 200.
I DO NOT HAVE A GOOD WORKING NUMBER FOR THE ESTIMATE ON THE GENERATOR BECAUSE OF THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE NOT WORKING AT THE PLANT REVIEW OF THE LOAD ANALYSIS OVER FROM CENTER POINT OVER THE LAST YEAR SHOWS THAT WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 25 TO 35%.
I CAN'T SIZE A GENERATOR OUT OF THAT.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO GET THAT OTHER INFORMATION TO THEM SO WE CAN DO A PROPER LOAD ANALYSIS.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE WON'T GO WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT IT SHOULD BE CLOSER TO 75% THAT WE SIZE THE GENERATOR FOR THE OVERALL CAPACITY.
UNLESS I HEAR ANY OTHER INFORMATION IRRIGATION SYSTEM REVIEW EVERY THREE MONTHS, I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY OF A ONE MONTH.
AND THIS ONE IS A COPY OF THE MONTH OF JUNE AND IT WOULD GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE SYSTEM WE HAVE.
RED SHOWS THAT WE NEED TO WORK AND I'VE ASKED THEM TO DO TO THEIR PEERS, ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE RED ZONE.
AND WE'RE KEEPING UP, UP TO DATE ON THAT KIRKWOOD LINEAR PARK, ALL THE DRIP IRRIGATION HAS BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS QUESTION ON THE, UM, DRIP IRRIGATION? SO WE REMOVED IT AND THEN REPLACED IT WITH THE SAME MATERIAL? NO, UM, THE DRIP IRRIGATION AND WE INITIALLY REMOVED, THERE WAS 12 SECTIONS THAT COLEEN, I AGREED THAT WERE CONSTANTLY BEING DAMAGED.
AND SO SOME OF THEM WERE JUST CUT OUT AND WE STUBBED AND WE KEPT, WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT.
IF THEY WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN, THAT'S A SMALL DIAMOND SHAPE AREAS ON THE CURVE, ET CETERA.
BUT THE REST OF IT THAT WAS AROUND ALL THE OTHER ROUNDABOUTS CALLING HIM, WANTED TO REMOVE ALL OF THAT AND REPLACE IT WITH A REGULAR SMALL SPRAY HEADS.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR ALL OF THE ROUNDABOUTS, THOSE HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR ARE THEY FURTHER BACK AWAY? THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE NOT AS SUSCEPTIBLE THE DRIP IRRIGATION.
YOU CAN DAMAGE JUST BY WALKING ON THEM.
THERE THERE'S A VERY, AS FAR AS THE ISSUE IS OUR, OUR YARD, OUR LAWN CREWS, WHATEVER, WE'D GO IN THERE TO WEED, EAT TO WHATEVER AND STEP ON STUFF AND
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JUST NOT PAY ATTENTION TO IT.I DON'T KNOW FOR YOU TO REMEMBER ABOUT A YEAR OR 12, MAYBE 15 MONTHS AGO THAT I HAD A PICTURE OF A DRIP IRRIGATION HEADER AND THERE WAS LIKE 10 LEAKS AND SIX FEET BECAUSE IT'S VERY SMALL.
PLASTIC IS VERY FRAGILE IF YOU'RE WORKING AROUND IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO SURVIVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHERE WE ARE AN UPDATE ON THE FINISHING KIRKWOOD? UH, I THINK I BELIEVE THAT I'M CALLING AND I HAVE WE'VE FROM THE IRRIGATION SPENT STANDPOINT AS WE'RE, WE'RE FINISHED, WE'VE DONE, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT CALLING HE WANTS TO GET DONE UNLESS SHE CHANGED HER MIND, COLEEN CALABASAS CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE ON GUARD.
THERE'S, THERE'S TWO MORE STEPS WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH, UH, JOE SAVITA, UM, TO COME IN AND DO THE BULL ROCK WORK.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF THE JOB RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE ONCE WE TOOK OUT THE IRRIGATION, UM, IT DID LEAVE A BIT OF A MESS.
AND THE INTENT IS TO, UM, WHERE THERE WAS PLANT MATTER IN THOSE AREAS.
UH, JOE'S GOING TO BE SCOOPING THAT OUT, REFILLING IT WITH SOME STABILIZED SAND BULL ROCK ON TOP OF THAT.
UM, SO THAT IT WILL BE, UM, GROOMED AND PRETTIER IN THAT AREA WITH NO PLANT LIFE.
NOW, UM, HE WAS SET TO GO ON THAT PROJECT, BUT THEN WE ARE, WE HAD A PARTY, ONE PROJECT STEP AHEAD OF THAT, WHICH WAS THERE, UM, NEXT TO THE SCHOOL, UM, REPAIRING THE STREETS.
SO, UM, HE SHOULD BE SWITCHING OVER TO THE KIRKWOOD AREA ONCE THAT'S DONE.
AND THEN ONCE THE BULL ROCKS IN, UM, A LOT OF OUR PLANTS HAVE TAKEN A HIT JUST LIKE EVERYONE'S HAVE, UM, IN THEIR YARDS, THE SUMMER HAS BEEN BRUTAL.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, MADE A PLAN THAT THE DEAD PLANTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND, OR DEAD TREES WE'VE REMOVED AND WE ARE HOLDING OFF UNTIL FALL ONCE THE WEATHER'S A LITTLE BIT COOLER TO REPLACE THOSE, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, UM, IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE FRESH.
AND AS WE GO AND WORKING WITH TEXAS LAWN TO, UM, TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON THE WEED ISSUE OUT THERE, DID YOU SAY THE DEAD PLANTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE REMOVED? UM, WELL IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS.
UM, THE DEAD TREES, I DO BELIEVE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED.
I KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE DEAD PLANTS HAVE BEEN, UM, MY STAFF HAS BEEN OUT FOR A WEEK AND A HALF, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
UM, WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THEN.
I KNOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TOUCH KIRKWOOD, UM, DURING THE LAST WEEK.
SO, UH, IT IS CONSTANT IT'S CONSTANT PROJECT.
AND HE'LL, HE'LL START ON THAT BULL ROCK.
UM, MY STAFF RETURNED TOMORROW, UM, AND SO THEIR, UH, PROJECT FOCUS WILL BE KIRKWOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? NO.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT A GOOD HANDLE ON IT.
YOU WORK IN GREAT WITH, UH, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW YOU AND COLEEN HAVE GOT A LOT TO DO AND, UH, INDIVIDUALIZING, AND YET YOU GOT A LOT TO DO COLLECTIVELY AND YOU DO A GOOD JOB OF IT.
I THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, AGAIN, KUDOS ON THE, ON THE BILLING IT'S, UH, THAT IT'S ALMOST AS FRUSTRATING.
IT WAS DEALING WITH LOOSE DOGS IN THE CITY.
UH, THAT'S NOTHING IT ROD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, PRIOR TO PARK, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING THEIR STUFF FIXED UP AND LOOKING AFTER HIM.
UH, WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR, OUR, UH, STAFFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, WE'D BENEFIT THEY'D BENEFIT AND IT WORKS OUT VERY, VERY WELL, BUT WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AFTER THEM.
UH, SO I'M GLAD WE'VE GOT HEATERS IN.
SO WHEN IT GETS COLD, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO STAY THERE.
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UM, THEN MEETING WITH, UH, CHIEF DICAMILLO AT THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW, WHO WAS HERE.HE WAS PART OF THAT AFTER ACTUALLY, UM, WE HAD, UH, 46 INCIDENTS WHERE THEY HAD, UH, UH, TO COME IN AND RESPOND.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, MOSTLY THEIR AMS IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT 26, UH, WERE MEDICAL ASSIST BY THE EMS CREWS.
UM, I SAW EMS CREW RESPONDING LAST NIGHT, UH, AND I HAPPEN TO BE COMING IN AS FOLLOWED A IN, IT WAS NOT VERY LONG FOR THEM TO GET THERE AND THAT CERTAINLY AM, UM, BLADDER THAT, SO, UH, COUNCIL, WE GOT 46 AND IT'S KIM SUPERNATURAL FIREBIRD VISITATION, UH, ALL THE WAY TO ALARM SYSTEM ACTIVATION.
UM, BUT, UH, THE REPORT IS IN YOUR THINKING, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO COLEEN.
I MEAN, THE COURTNEY ABOUT MAYBE WRITING THIS OUT A DIFFERENT WAY OR TAKING STUFF, UPS WOULD GET IT FROM HIM.
I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT LATER.
I LIKE WE'VE CHANGED THEIR REPORT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS NEXT THING IS I GET TO HAND THIS THING OFF IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.
UM, FIRST THINGS, FIRST COUNCIL, JUST A REMINDER, WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING AGAIN A WEEK FROM TODAY.
NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT, WE'VE GOT SOME IMPORTANT ITEMS, UH, GOING ON THEN.
SO WE'RE HOPING EVERYBODY CAN ATTEND, UH, CERTAINLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET.
UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISSING PIECES OF THE PUZZLE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR, WHICH OF COURSE ARE THE, THE VALUES FROM THE, THE, THE CAD.
UM, OF COURSE, ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF, OF, OF WHAT TO DO FROM THERE.
UM, WE'LL ALSO BE BRINGING YOU NEXT WEEK, A CHANGE ORDER, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, THE DORRANCE PROJECT.
UH, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE WANTED TO, AFTER THE FACT WE WANTED TO UPSIZE THE SERVICE LINES TO ONE INCH LINES FOR THE HOUSES, UM, THAT CHANGE ORDER WILL BE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS NEXT WEEK, ASSUMING YOU APPROVE IT, WE'LL GIVE THEM THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, UH, THE DAY AFTER THAT.
UM, AND THEY'LL BE READY TO DO SO.
UM, LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL IN THE SENSE THAT WE DID HAVE, UH, SOME COVID, UH, EXPOSURES.
UM, STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF, OF TRANSITIONING, TRYING TO MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS AS BEST WE COULD WHILE CITY HALL WAS NOT, UH, WELL, WE WERE NOT HERE.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT, UH, AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE MODIFYING, UH, OUR COVID POLICY UP HERE.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND TAKE A CUE MORE FROM, UH, WHAT CDC IS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING.
UM, WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE QUARANTINING, UH, UPON EXPOSURES, UM, HERE, UM, ESSENTIALLY IF THERE ARE EXPOSURES, CERTAINLY IF, IF YOU DO GET SICK, WE WANT YOU TO GO HOME, DON'T COME TO WORK.
UM, AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT, BUT, UM, THAT CHANGE WILL BASICALLY MAINTAIN OPERATIONS HERE AT CITY HALL.
UM, NOW ON THE PD SIDE, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THAT'S A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN OURS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, BUT ON THIS SIDE OF THE WALL, WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAINTAIN, UH, OPERATIONS.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SHORTENING THE COVID LEAVE DAYS.
UM, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS, WE BEGAN 14, UH, PAY DAYS OF COVID LEAVE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DROP THAT DOWN TO FIVE, WHICH IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT CDC RECOMMENDS, WHICH IS MORE IN LINE WITH THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND SO WE'RE MAKING THAT CHANGE AND WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO, UM, THE OTHER THING ROD MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, UH, WE DID MEET ONSITE WITH HDR A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THAT.
UM, THEY'RE DOING A FINE JOB, UH, WORKING THROUGH THAT, BUT, UH, WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE FULLY EXPECT THAT, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS REHAB IS GOING TO COST MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE ARPA MONEY.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY FOR MORE OPERA MONEY, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO RECEIVE THAT.
UH, BUT JUST BE PREPARED BECAUSE THE PRICE TAG ON THAT IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING, UH, BUT THOSE DOLLARS ARE NEEDED AND THE REHAB IS CERTAINLY NEEDED OVER AT THAT PLANT.
SO, UM, MAYOR THAT IS ALL FOR TIME, THAT'S IT FOR NIGHT? THAT'S ENOUGH.
UH, ONE QUESTION NICK ON, UH, IS REGARDING THE ARPA MONEY.
WHEN IS THE SUPPOSED FINISH TIME ON THAT? WOULD THAT FALL INTO OUR TIMELINE? IT WOULD STILL FALL INTO THAT, UH, HOPE SO.
I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO DO AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT SECOND LUMP SUM OF MONEY.
UH, WE HAVE THE FIRST, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE SECOND.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF ESTIMATED COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION, ONCE HDR GIVES US THAT, UM, WE'LL KNOW
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IN BALLPARK, WHAT WE MIGHT, UH, MIGHT NEED, BUT WE KNOW WE'VE KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THE, THE 1 MILLION PLUS THAT WE'RE GETTING IS NOT GOING TO COVER THE REPAIRS THAT WE NEED.AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, AND WE TALK ABOUT, UH, FUNDING PHASE TWO OF DORRANCE, WHENEVER WE'RE AT TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WE REALLY HAD THREE FUNDING SOURCES TO GO ON.
WE HAD EDC CITY MONEY AND WATER AND SEWER MOVING FORWARD THAT WATER AND SEWER COMPONENT REALLY IS GOING TO KIND OF BE OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON REHABBING THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND SO WE KNEW THAT GOING IN AND THAT'S, AND THIS REHABILITATION IS WHY, UM, THAT THIRD FUNDING SOURCE REALLY ISN'T AVAILABLE FOR DORRANCE WHEN WE DO PHASE TWO.
SO, SO YOU CAN IMPLEMENT DOWN, NOTICE, TAKEN AWAY AS FUNDING SOURCE.
YOU GUYS HAVE GOOD MONEY IN THE BANK.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO MAYOR'S COMMENTS.
UM, I'M GOING TO KEEP IT BRIEF IT UP.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS THAT I DID WANT TO ADDRESS.
AND ONE OF THEM WAS METAL'S PLACE PERSONNEL POLICY.
UM, PARTLY DUE TO SOME STUFF I DID AND SAID EARLIER AND WAY BACK WE NEEDED TO AMEND OUR POLICY.
AND, UM, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT COUNCIL IS DOING AND IS DOING, BUT ESPECIALLY THE STAFF DEPARTMENT HEADS DID TO MAKE SURE THE MEADOWS PLACE, UM, IT WAS A FABULOUS PLACE TO WORK AND OFFERS OUR STAFF A GREAT STAFF, GREAT BENEFITS.
UH, AND I, AND I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COURTNEY, THANK YOU TO NICK, UM, AND MARIA AS WELL FOR PUTTING ALL THIS THING TOGETHER.
AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAD TO SPEND A TON OF STAFF HOURS GOING THROUGH IT, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF A LEAPFROG AND BRINGS US UP INTO CURRENT TIMEFRAME AND MAKES US COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER CITIES.
AND THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, WE'RE COMPETING FOR PEOPLE.
AND, UH, THIS DOES A GREAT JOB AND WE'LL DO MILK MORE THAN THAT IN THE POLICY LATER.
BUT I THINK, UH, FOR, BUT IT DID, AND I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AND WANTED ON THE RECORD THAT, UH, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB IN PRESENTING THIS TO COUNCIL AND HOPEFULLY DON'T MESS IT UP.
UM, YEAH, I HAD A NUMBER B IS, UH, METAL'S PLACE, BUTTERFLY GARDEN.
UM, I HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ACROSS SOMETHING THAT I THREW OUT AND THEN BROUGHT THE ATTENTION TO COLEEN AND TO CAMERON.
AND THAT IS A THERE'S CONCERNS THAT MONARCH BUTTERFLY IS GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.
WELL, I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT IT EVER HAPPENED.
AND THEN I STARTED THINKING AND, YOU KNOW, METIS PLACE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY TRYING TO HELP WITH THE BUTTERFLY.
AND PARTICULARLY THE MONARCH MIGRATION.
WE'VE GOTTEN BURNED A LITTLE BIT BY COVID AND WE'LL REGROUP AFTER THE PARTS PROJECT IS DONE.
UH, BUT FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN DOING IT.
AND RECENTLY, UH, PRIOR TO EVEN KNOWING THIS, WE CONVERTED WHAT WAS A COMMUNITY GARDEN INTO A BUTTERFLY GARDEN.
UM, AND COLLEEN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND WANT TO JC, BUT ALSO THE REST OF YOUR STAFF WHO WORKED ON THAT.
AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, YOU GO LOOK AT CAMERON'S VIDEO THAT HE WENT OUT AND MADE, UH, THE DAY BEFORE THIS NASHVILLE WAS IN, I TOLD HIM ABOUT IT AND, UH, CAUSE HE BROUGHT AS HE WAS GETTING READY TO POST IT.
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I NEED, I NEED TO GET THIS ON OVER TO CHANNEL TWO.
SO HE CONTACTED CHANNEL TO, UM, SEND THEM OUR VIDEO OF OUR BUTTERFLY GARDEN.
THEY POSTED IT ON THEIR PAGE COMPLETE WITH OUR VIDEO.
UH, AND OF COURSE IT'S GOT OUR NAME ALL OVER IT.
UH, AND WE GOT SOME HITS ON THAT.
AND SO WE DID SOME GOOD AND TRIED TO BRING SOME AWARENESS TO WHAT COULD BE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A TRAGIC SITUATION AND WE'RE DOING OUR PART.
SO EVERYBODY THERE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR DOING YOUR PART IN THAT AND FOR JUMPING ON IT, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UM, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SOMEBODY THAT'S DOING SOME OTHER STUFF THAT, UH, I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR.
AND THAT'S, UH, OUR PERSONAL PROJECT MANAGER, RICK STABLE CORRECTLY.
SO WE HAD A, UM, PROGRESS MEETING ON DORRANCE THIS MORNING, UH, VIA
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TELECONFERENCE.UM, CONTRACTOR IS MOVING FORWARD.
MAIN WATERLINE IS IN, UM, THE WON'T START WORKING ON THE TAPS UNTIL THE BACK P TESTS ARE BACK BACTERIA TESTS.
AND THEN THERE WAS TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY'LL START REMOVING PAVEMENT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE CONTRACTOR WAS ON HIS PHONE, NOT ON THE COMPUTER AND THERE JUST WAS MISCOMMUNICATION AS TO WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN.
SO I REQUESTED THAT THE CONTRACTOR AND HDR MEET IN PERSON AT THE SITE TO GO OVER THE PLAN.
UM, IT SOUNDED LIKE THE CONTRACTOR WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE ROAD DURING THE DAY, AND THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO US.
UM, HE WAS REMINDED THAT HE HAS TO MAINTAIN, UM, EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACCESS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'LL GET TOGETHER AND CLARIFY WITH HIM WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON DORIS, THERE WILL BE SOME COMMUNICATION GOING OUT TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT TRASH COLLECTION.
UH, WE DID GET A HOLD OF TEXAS PRIDE TODAY.
UH, ROD DID A FINE JOB COMMUNICATING WITH THAT.
UM, KEVIN ATKINSON WITH TEXAS PRIDE IS FINE WITH IT.
WE ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING RESIDENTS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BEING TORN UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BRING THAT TRASH OUT TO THE EDGE.
UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'VE DONE BEFORE THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE OUT TO THE RESIDENTS.
UH, WHEN IT'S TIME ALSO TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, MAILBOXES AND YOU KNOW, THOSE MAILBOX IS GETTING MOVED BACK AND FORTH, UM, THE PROCESS FOR DOING THAT, BUT EVERYTHING WILL BE PUT BACK INTO PLACE THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY, UH, THERE.
UM, ON THE MOBILITY BIKE PROJECT BETWEEN MEADOWS PLACE AND STAFFORD, WE HAD A CALL ON THAT, I GUESS IT WAS LAST WEEK WITH CENTER POINT, UM, DID NOT GET THE ANSWERS WE WOULD HAVE HOPED FOR PRETTY MUCH CENTER POINT IS SAYING NO TO EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE TRAIL, NO SIGNS, NO GARBAGE CANS, NO ANYTHING, NO LIGHTS.
UM, AND SO I DID CONTACT, UH, HOUSTON PARKS BOARD TO VERIFY EVERYBODY'S GETTING THAT MESSAGE THAT IS CENTER POINTS, ANSWER TO EVERYONE.
UM, THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE USING THAT CORRIDOR AT NIGHT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THEY'RE NOT APPROVING ANY LIGHTS.
AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME THEY OWN THE LAND.
SO WE CAN HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THEIR DESIRES IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THEIR, ON THEIR FEE STRIP THERE.
UM, BEYOND THAT, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE PIPELINE THAT IS GOING TO COME UP THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR.
UM, THERE IS A MAJOR, ADDITIONAL GAS LINE THAT'S GOING TO COME UP ON THE EAST SIDE UP AGAINST THE BAYOU.
UM, THAT MAY MOVE TO THE WEST SIDE IS WHAT I HEARD IN THAT MEETING.
BUT WAS I WRONG ON THAT? I DID NOT HEAR THAT.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME WORK DOWN IN STAFFORD THAT'LL THAT'LL, UM, THAT'LL INTERFERE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR WHERE THE, UH, PATH WAS GOING TO GO.
AND SO THAT THAT'S PART OF THE FRUSTRATION IS, IS THAT IN TALKING WITH A CENTER POINT, EVERYTHING WAS GREAT UNTIL WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT DIDN'T INVOLVE, UH, JUST GRAVEL.
THEY HEARD THE DECOMPOSED GRANITE, UM, THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN, THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN.
PLANTS, UH, LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, NO WATER INSIDE THEIR, THEIR MAIN CONCERN STILL CONTINUES TO BE THE BRIDGE AND WHERE THE BRIDGE IS GOING TO GO.
UH, THERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT GETTING A GREEN LIGHT ON ANYTHING.
UM, AND SO THEY TOLD US AT THE TIME THEY WOULD HAVE AN ANSWER TO US BACK IN A WEEK AFTER WE BEGAN TO OFFER ALTERNATIVES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE INSTEAD OF LIGHT POLES, MAYBE WE HAVE SOME LIGHTS THAT ARE EMBEDDED INSIDE THE CONCRETE.
UM, HE, WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT THE IDEA, BUT THEY'LL RUN IT UP THE POLE AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY.
BUT, UM, STANDARD RESPONSE RIGHT NOW IS BASICALLY TRAILS ARE GREAT, BUT THAT'S IT.
AND SO WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH, BUT AGAIN, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S THEIR PROPERTY.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN TO BE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THIS, BUT THE MESSAGE THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM CENTER POINT WAS ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE IT'S THEIR CORRIDOR AND THEY, AND OTHER CO USERS USE THAT CORRIDOR.
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF THIS STUFF GETS DAMAGED, IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN.
UM, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT GOING IN, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A UTILITY CORRIDOR, SO, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THE BRIDGE IN HELL? OKAY.
HOW ABOUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS NOW? I APPRECIATE YOU BEING ABLE TO TALK
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WITH THOSE FOLKS, KNOW WHAT THE HECK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND EVERY CONTEXT TO CALL EUSTON.WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, COUNSEL ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2022 DAYS 38 AUTHORIZING, UH, AND ALLOWING UNDER THE AG GOVERNING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, UPDATED SERVICE CREDITS AND THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
BASICALLY THIS IS, UH, UPDATING OUR SERVICE CREDITS FOR THE RETIREMENT FUND.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IF NOT, I NEED A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD 20 22 38 MOVE TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY, UH, KURT.
SECOND, SECOND BY T ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, UH, ITEM TWO DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 23, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AGREEMENT, RENEWING AND EXTENDING THE BANK AND DEPOSITORY SERVICES WITH INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS FOR THE CITY'S DEPOSITORY AND BANKING SERVICE.
UM, I'VE TALKED WITH, UH, EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND, UM, IN OUR CITY, UH, COURTNEY, UH, AND ANNA MARIA, PRIMARILY, THEY'RE BOTH VERY SATISFIED WITH THE BANKING ARRANGEMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND WANT TO STAY WITH THEM.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? I HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY TIAA.
I'VE GOT A SECOND CARTER ON ANY DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, UNANIMOUS, BREATHE EASY.
UM, I WANT TO TAKE A SIDEBAR HERE AND MARIE AND I WORKED ON THAT FOR, IT WAS AMAZING WHAT TOOK PLACE TO GET US INTO A NEW BANK AND IT TOOK US TWO RUNS AT AND GETTING BIDS OR RF EAS AND, UM, HAD TO CALL IN SOME FAVORS TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME TALK TO US.
AND WE'RE THRILLED WITH, WITH THOSE FOLKS RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I APPRECIATE COUNSEL.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW AFTER YOU JUST MADE COURTNEY AND ANNA MARIA, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND CONCERTED CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 24, UH, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN ADDENDUM WITH AMERICAN JANITORIAL SERVICE INCREASING THE COMMUNITY CENTER EVENT, CLEANING FEE FROM $75 TO $95.
AND THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE WE'RE AMENDING THE CONTRACT AND IT HAS TO GO TO COUNCIL.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THIS CONTRACT MOTION BY RICK SECOND BY KELLY NEED DISCUSSION? IS THIS JUST A PASS THROUGH COSTS TO BE PASSED THROUGH TO THE RENTER? AND WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR, ANY OF OUR POLICIES FOR THAT OR ANY, UM, COLEEN'S ALREADY UPDATED THE FORMS TO GO INTO EFFECT AFTER THIS WAS PAST.
AND ALSO TO MAYOR W WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, BRINGING A BID TO YOU GUYS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER ON JANITORIAL SEARCH.
WE'RE TRYING, SO YEAH, WE, WE DO NEED TO BID THIS, SIR.
WELL, HE CAN, HE CAN NOT COMMIT QUICKER AND SMOOTHER JUST ABOUT ANYBODY ON NO, I LEARNED FROM THE BEST MAN.
UM, I HAD A FOUR DISCUSSION SEPARATION ORDINANCE, 2022 DASH 39 ADOPTING A NEW SECTION, UH, TITLE OF WATER AND SANITARY SEWER TAPS TO THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCES RELATING TO WATER TAPS, SANITARY, SEWER TABS FOR NEW RESIDENTS CONSTRUCTION THAT GOES TO HERE.
UM, BASICALLY, UH, NANCY Y'ALL HAVE ALL GOT THE SUMMARY.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING, UH, ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION METERS AND THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO PROVIDE THE RULES RELATED WHEN A ONE INCH SERVICE LINE SHALL BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO REPLACE SMALLER SERVICE LINES THAT ARE IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE HOMES AND WILL REMAIN THERE.
HOWEVER, WE DO WANT TO ADD THIS NEW SECTION TO ALLOW FOR A NEW ONE INCH WATERLINE AND A NEW ONE INCH WATER TYPE, A NEW FOREIGN SATER SANITARY SEWER TAP, AND A NEW E-SERIES ULTRASONIC METER SHALL BE REQUIRED WHEN, AND THERE'S THREE POINTS
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HERE UPON CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON PREVIOUSLY VACANT LOTS.I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THOSE UPON, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL HOME ON LOTS WHERE STRUCTURE PREVIOUSLY STOOD AND UPON RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING HOMES THAT MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH EXCEED 50% OF THE VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOTION TO SECOND.
THEN LET'S DISCUSS, I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS MOTION MOTION BY TIAA SECOND BY KELLY.
WE HAVE BASICALLY THREE ITEMS TO DISCUSS, AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO THROW OUT THERE, BUT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO LEAD THIS DISCUSSION.
OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO GO THE WAY WE ARE.
I THOUGHT WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT IT DIDN'T TRIGGER ON A REFURB JUST ON A REBUILD.
UM, I THINK WE CUT THE DISCUSSION SHORT TUESDAY.
WE WERE TIRED, TIRED AND SAID, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE BUDGET MEETING.
I THOUGHT, YEAH, I THINK THE QUESTION AND THIS IS, UM, THIS IS MY FAULT GUYS.
UM, THESE ARE BASICALLY TRIGGERS ON WHAT WOULD REQUIRE A ONE INCH LINE, OBVIOUSLY ORANGE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE DOING IT FOR EVERY HOUSE THAT IS, UH, WHERE NEW ROADS GOING IN.
BUT THAT THIRD BULLET UPON RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING HOMES THAT MAKE IMPROVEMENTS EXCEED 50% OF THE VALUE.
UM, THAT'S SIMPLY A TRIGGER THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN, UM, CERTAINLY IF YOU'RE DOING RECONSTRUCTION THAT EXCEEDS 50% OF THE VALUE, BUT YOU'RE NOT CHANGING THE NUMBER OF FIXTURES, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PERHAPS IT'S NOT REQUIRED, UM, ON THE BUILDING CODE SIDE, YOU KNOW, IF KEVIN, I TALKED TO KEVIN A. LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ON ANOTHER SUBJECT AND CIRCULATE OR BBG, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN BUILDING CODES THAT DO HAVE TO COME UP TO CODE, UH, WOULD THAT TRIGGER? SO THE REAL QUESTION IS, IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE UP CONVERT THESE FIVE, EIGHT INCHES TO ONE INCH LINES, UM, FOR EXISTING HOMES, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE SHOULD THAT THRESHOLD BE? UM, AND SO THAT'S REALLY A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS.
AND SHOULD IT BE INCLUDED? IS THAT IS THE QUESTION RIGHT, COUNSEL? I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE THAT THE 50% OF THE VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, BECAUSE SOME FOLKS DOING THAT, THEY'RE NOT ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL FIXTURES TO THE, TO THE HOME.
THEY DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL WATER SERVICE.
COULD WE SAY IT IS UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL IN PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BASED ON THE PLANS THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO US? ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN DO BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS, IS WE'RE DOING, WE'RE ADDING, WE'RE ADDING ONE INCH METERS, WHERE DO WE DO IT? DO WE WANT TO DO IT ON THIS? AND IF IT'S OVER 50% AND I HAVE, THIS WAS A WORLD UNFAMILIAR TO ME, OKAY.
BUT IF IT'S OVER 50%, THEN WE'VE GOT TRIGGERED.
THAT TRIGGERS SEVERAL THINGS IN IT.
IT'S JUST EASY TO KEEP REMEMBERING OR ADD THIS TO THE LIST.
WHEREAS THIS, IF WE DON'T, WE KICK IT OVER TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, HE'S GOT TO GET WITH ROD, I'M ASSUMING, AND THEN THEY'LL COUNT THE NUMBER OF TAPS ON IT.
I, I I'M, I'M INCLINED TO LEAN THAT WAY.
IT'S GOING TO MEAN THAT BUILDING OFFICIAL AND ALL THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REMEMBER TO DO IT INSTEAD OF JUST BEING TRIGGERED ABOUT, ABOUT IT.
BUT THAT'S PART OF THEIR JOB IN MY OPINION, COUNCIL, ANYBODY GOT A ELSE.
SO IF THE MAYOR AND ONE COUNCILMAN FEEL IT OUGHT TO GO THAT WAY, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY REASON NOT TO THEN CAN WE CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE? CAN WE PASS THIS WITH THE CHAIN'S LANGUAGE? YEAH.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK HER THAT BEING ON THIS.
SO I'VE GOT EMOTION DOWN HERE TO CHANGE.
SO TO BE CLEAR, THE CHANGE WOULD BE TO LEAVE IT UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL UPON RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING COURSE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS UPON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A HOME.
DO WE WANT TO HAVE A 50% OR DO WE JUST WANT TO SAY WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME THRESHOLD? OKAY.
SO IF IT EXCEEDS 50%, THEN WE'LL KICK IT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR THAT DETERMINATION.
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ANY OPPOSED, GREAT.THAT AMENDMENT CARRIED NOW FOR THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND, UM, I'M GOING TO, YES.
THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS THE AMENDMENT.
THEY WERE ON THE CHANGING OF THE LANGUAGE TO ITEM THREE.
SO NOW, NOW, YEAH, THEY'RE NOT, I GOTTA VOTE AT THE ORIGINAL AS AMENDED.
NOW WE HAVE TO VOTE BACK ON THE ORIGINAL ITEM AND THEN IT'S WITH, WITH JAMES AS AMENDED.
WOULD THAT BE EASIER ON YOU? SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS, SO THE MOTION WOULD JUST BE AS AMENDED MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED WITH THE KELLY AS A SECOND.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THIS VOTE BECAUSE IT, UH, IT CAN AFFECT ME DIRECTLY MONETARILY.
SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS LEFT TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED HEARING NONE THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT THIS BY THE WAY, FOR QUITE A BIT EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE LOOKED AT A TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT WAYS AND I FELT LIKE WE REALLY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOBODY CHANGED ANYTHING MUCH.
WE FORCED THEM, I HAD TO DEAL.
UM, I HAD AN UNDER FIVE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 40 AMENDING WATER AND SEWER RATES BY INCREASING RATES 10% PER YEAR, OVER FIVE YEARS TO, UM, INCREASE THE WATER AND SEWER REVENUE.
UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO READ THIS SUMMARY BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT AND I WANT IT ON THE RECORD.
I WANT THE PUBLIC TO HEAR IT FOR ALL THOSE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE WATCHING US THIS PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE WATER SUITOR AND SURFACE WATER FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USERS, WATER AND SEWER BASE CONSUMPTION RATES ARE TO BE INCREASED 10% BEGINNING 8, 1 20 22 FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND BE SEEN ON 8 25 BILLING, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, HAVING A SEPARATE IRRIGATIONS, A SPRINKLER SYSTEM WILL HAVE A NEW RATE STRUCTURE.
BEGINNING OF THAT TIME ALSO, WELL WATER AND SEWER BASE IN CONCEPTION RATES ARE TO BE INCREASED 10% IN EIGHT ONE FOR COMMERCIAL RATES WITHIN THE CITY.
AND ADDITIONALLY, A NEW RATE FOR CONSUMPTION ABOVE 20,000 GALLONS IS ADDED AT $2 AND 51 CENTS PER THOUSAND GALLONS.
UM, IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING AND BEARING RIGHT HERE.
UH, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A WAY TO SIMPLIFY LOOKING AT IT.
UH, CAMERA'S WORKING ON IT AND WE'LL GET TOGETHER AND GET THIS OUT HERE REAL QUICK.
UM, WATER AND SEWER BASED CONSUMPTION RATES ARE TO BE INCREASED BY 5% FOR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE CITY.
THIS AFFECTS CHUCKY CHEESE AND NOTING TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, MONTHLY SEWER RATES PAYING THE SAME.
AND FOR ALL CUSTOMERS, THE SERVICE WATER FEE WILL BE INCREASED FROM $2 AND 18 CENTS TO $2 AND 25 CENTS FOR EVERY THOUSAND GALLONS CONSUMPTION COUNCIL THAT SUMMER.
THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF THE, OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH, UH, IN THIS TOWN TO ACT ON IT.
UM, RODS BACK THERE, BABE BREATH.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS 22, 20 22 DAYS 40 MOTION BY RAY? SECOND, SECOND BY TIAA, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, SOMETIMES THINGS AREN'T FUN, UH, AND OUR WATER BILLS KIND OF GO DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION, BUT DID YOU HAVE ANY FIGURES ON THAT? LIKE HOW MUCH MY BILL WOULD GO UP? YEP.
DIDN'T KNOW, EXAMPLES, ITEM SIX.
UM, THIS IS DISCUSSION, UH, AND CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 41, AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES AND UPDATE AND FEES FOR A WATER SERVICE RATES, SANDRA TEARS, SEAR, SURFACE,
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WATER, WATER, AND SANITARY SEWER, RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION, WATER RATES, ESPECIALLY EVENT.WE GOT THAT APPLICATION COMMUNITY CENTER AND PEDDLERS SOLICITATION APPLICATION, UM, COUNCIL.
THIS IS A SCHEDULE OF FEES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.
UM, BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING IT UP ACROSS THE BOARD IN THOSE AREAS.
AND WE HAVE A SUMMARY SHOWING THE SINGLE TAP ONE METER.
UM, WE'LL BE A 400 BUCKS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE TO THE METER METER INSTALLATION SHORT 2000 A LONG TAP WILL BE 2,400 IRRIGATION METER PERMIT WILL BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS TOTAL FOR 2,500 OR 2,900, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S SHORT OR LONG TIME AND HOMES WITH EXISTING ONE INCH LINE PLUS METER IRRIGATION METER COST 400.
THE METER INSTALLATION IS EIGHT.
PERMIT FEE IS ONE TOTAL OF $1,300.
UH, THIS IS CLEANING UP AND PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE IN CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
NICK, YOU GOT SOME, YEAH, MAYOR.
I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AND THIS IS KIND OF A IT'S, IT'S A FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS IN THERE TO HANDLE LIKE THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT THAT WE JUST PASSED A FEW MONTHS AGO AND SOME OTHER STUFF.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY STRIKING AND RETIRING THE FEE FOR A FIVE, EIGHT INCH METER, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM DOING THAT.
AND SO FOR NEW HOMES THAT COME IN, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A ONE INCH METER AS OPPOSED TO THE FIVE-EIGHTHS INCH.
SO COUNSEL NEED A MOTION TO PASS WHATEVER THIS IS.
UM, 20, 22 DAYS 41 AND AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES.
WE HAVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY KURT SACKING BY KELLY, FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS.
THIS IS ITEM SEVEN IS TO CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 42, REPEALING THE CITY'S CURRENT EMPLOYEE POLICY MANUAL AND ADOPTING A NEW CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE PERSONNEL MANUAL.
CANCEL, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, IT'S ALL LAID OUT THERE FOR US.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE A MOTION TO PASS A 2022 DASH 42 MOTION MOTION BY TIA.
DO I NEED TO HAVE A SECOND? OKAY.
WELL, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT ON THE PERSON ELEMENT? WELL, I'M SEEING A LOT OF CHANGES THAT CAME OUT MONDAY AS EVERYONE REVIEWED THEM.
I HAVE NOT REVIEWED THEM IN TOTAL.
UM, I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THEM AND I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS ARE RECORDED AND COULD REQUIRE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE, UM, DISCUSSION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GET INTO THIS IN THE WEEDS OR I FEEL LIKE NOW IS BETTER THAN A LATER WE'RE HERE.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONLY THE ONLY BIG ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING.
IF Y'ALL ARE READY, I'D SAY LET'S JUMP.
I THINK THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT.
AND UM, SO WE'VE GOT, UH, COURTNEY IS PREPARED AND NICK HAS PREPARED.
AND UH, SO I THINK WE'D GO AHEAD.
ASK AWAY WHAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE.
I DON'T MEAN TO GET THROUGH THE REST HERE, MAKE SURE I'M DONE WITH MY CONTENT.
IT'S A BUY TO BUY RICK A LITTLE TIME HERE.
UM, SO OVER THE LAST COURSE STAFF GOT TOGETHER.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ALL, ALL KUDOS TO COURTNEY FOR BEGINNING THIS PROCESS.
THIS IS A WHOLESALE, UM, REPEAL AND REPLACE OF THE PERSONNEL POLICY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A GOAL OF OURS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, WE DID NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL.
A LOT OF THIS CAME FROM OTHER CITY POLICIES.
UM, STAFF HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT IT.
SINCE THAT TIME WE DID RELEASE THE DRAFT TO YOU GUYS, AND WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AS WELL.
UH, WE ALSO SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THE PHONE WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY YESTERDAY AND VETTED ALL THAT THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL, THAT ALL GENERATED A FEW CHANGES THAT COURTNEY SENT TO YOU GUYS LAST NIGHT.
WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY UP HERE TO FEEL PRESSURED OR LIKE YOU HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT.
WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A BIG DOCUMENT.
UM, THAT SAID WE ARE PREPARED TO DISCUSS ANY AND ALL CHANGES TO IT.
UM, I DID BRING SOME OF THE BULLET POINTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED, UH, PARTICULARLY IF SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOME OF THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS SIMPLY HAVE TO TALK TO YOURSELVES ABOUT OR TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT THEIR POLICY DECISIONS THAT WE CAN'T ANSWER.
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SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTED FOR TONIGHT, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, YEAH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO WORKSHOP THIS WITH YOU.SO KEEP IN MIND, WE DO HAVE A MEETING ON AUGUST 2ND, ACTUALLY.
SO IT'S NOT PUTTING IT OFF FOREVER, BUT IF WE CAN NAIL OUT SOME OF THIS STUFF, I THINK WE NEED TO, RIGHT.
SO THE WHOLE THING THAT STARTED THIS, THE DISCUSSION OF A NINE 80 SCHEDULE, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THAT.
DID ANY OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OKAY.
UM, UNDER, ON PAGE 10, SECTION 3.10 PAGE, WHO KNOWS? OKAY, SO SECTION 3.1 3.10.
IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 10, 3.10.
SO WHAT WAS IN HERE ORIGINALLY IS THE EMPLOYEES CAN'T ACCEPT ANY GIFTS THAT WOULD MEAN THEY CAN'T ACCEPT A PAN.
THEY CAN'T ACCEPT TICKETS TO THE SPACE, COWBOYS, NOTHING.
SO I PROVIDED A COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE COUNTY WE CAN RECEIVE UP TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUE IN A 12 MONTH ROLLING PERIOD IN THE EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THEY GET TICKETS TO WHATEVER MINOR THING.
NO, THEY SHOULDN'T BE GOING TO ROCKETS GAMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I FELT THAT A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUE WAS IN THE RANGE OF WHAT MOST AGENCIES ARE DOING.
NOW, THE COMMENT I HAVE IS THE FIRST SENTENCE SAYS AN EMPLOYEE IS PROHIBITED FROM SOLICITING, ACCEPTING, WHATEVER.
AND THEN WE SAY THEY CAN HAVE UP TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUE.
SO I DON'T, I THINK THAT LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.
UM, UM, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO QUIT PLAYING NOW? RIGHT.
WELL, IF YOU SAY IT'S PROHIBITED, WHAT WE CAN SAY IS, AND NOW LET'S SAY IT'S PROSE, LET ME FINISH HERE.
IT SAYS PROHIBITED FROM SOLICITING ACCEPTING OR AGREEING AS SOON AS ALRIGHT.
AND AS SOON AS THEY ACCEPT A PEN THEY'RE DONE.
SO WE COULD JUST PUT AN EXCEPTION THAT FOR, UM, 3.1, ONE, YOU KNOW, YOU SORT OF CITY EQUIPMENT, UM, APPARENTLY THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT, WELL, WHAT IF THEY TAKE A PERSONAL CALL ON THEIR CELL COUNTY OR THE CITY CELL PHONE? UM, IT SHOULD BE MINIMIZED, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WHAT I USUALLY SEE IS INCIDENTALLY USED AS ACCEPTABLE.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE AN ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES.
THERE'S A PRETTY STRICT, UH, PERSONAL USE POLICY ON, UM, PARTICULARLY ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE TAKING A PERSONAL PHONE CALL ON YOUR DESK PHONE OR THAT KIND OF THING, WE DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE.
UM, BUT WE DO WANT THERE TO BE SOME KIND OF ALIGNED TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S A BUSINESS COMPUTER, NOT A PERSONAL COMPUTER, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE WAY IT READS RIGHT NOW USE OF CITY EQUIPMENT, UM, SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR PERSONAL USE.
UM, IF WE WANT TO SOFTEN UP THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, WE CAN, UM, AGAIN, IT'S A TOUGH CONVERSATION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE IS SOMEBODY SOMEBODY'S WIFE CAN'T, FOR SOME REASON CAN'T GET THEIR PERSONAL CELL.
THEY CALL THEIR CITY CELL BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE KIDS HEADED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND SOMEBODY MAKES A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT.
WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT A CITY EMPLOYEES, EVERYTHING WE DO ON THOSE THINGS IS SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORDS.
THAT'S THE WHOLE KEY AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE PRAY AND WE PREACH.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DRACONIAN ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, UM, SO WE CAN SAY THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW OTHERS ARE GOOD FUTURE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INTERPRET IT.
SO I'M NOT SAYING IT HAS TO CHANGE.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE GROUP.
AND I WANT TO SAY, I WOULD SAY PERSONAL USE SHOULD BE LIMITED.
WELL, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S NOT FOR PERSONAL USE, INCIDENTAL USE IS ACCEPTABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I LIKED THE TERM INCIDENTAL USE BECAUSE THERE'S A SITUATION JUST EXACTLY, LIKE YOU SAID, HAS COME UP
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AND I DON'T WANT TO BE, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY WORRYING ABOUT THEIR JOB.I'M NOT ANSWERING THE EMERGENCY PHONE FROM THEIR FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO WORK, NEEDS TO KEEP IT.
BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY CALLING THEIR BOOKIE ON THE CITY CELL PHONE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S CONSIDERED INCIDENTAL USE.
I MEAN, WE COULD SAY WE COULD JUST ADD A LINE EXCEPT FOR INCIDENTAL USE, THEN USE OF CITY EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONAL.
BUT UNDER THAT SAME SECTION, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT, UH, PROHIBITS AN EMPLOYEE FROM USING, SAY A TOOL THAT THEY HAVE FOR CITI.
SO MAYBE THEY, THEY HAVE A HAMMER DRILL.
THEY WANT TO TAKE IT HOME AND USE IT.
UH, WELL, THAT'S KIND OF RIGHT HERE WHERE WE SAID USE OF CITY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR PERSONAL USE THAT.
SO THAT'S ANY CITY EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT.
IT JUST, THAT WHOLE PARAGRAPH TALKED ABOUT.
I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO DISTINGUISH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES BECAUSE WE DO BRING THOSE HOME.
YOU KNOW, YOUR WORK PHONE IS GOING TO GO HOME WITH YOU AND IT'S GOING TO SIT ON YOUR NIGHTSTAND, THAT KIND OF THING.
DON'T USE THE CITY PICKUP TO GO TO LOWE'S ON, ON THE WEEKEND FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND DON'T BRING A CHAINSAW HOME TO CUT DOWN YOUR OWN TREE.
NOT THAT I KNOW THAT'S ODDLY SPECIFIC, BUT I'M JUST SAYING DON'T DO THAT, UH, 5.4 0.4 LAST SENTENCE.
AND THEN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH BELOW THAT WE STILL HAVE AN ERRANT RETURN.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? THE PARAGRAPH BELOW THAT ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL? THE LAST TWO SENTENCES, THERE'S AN ERRANT RETURN.
I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THIS SECTION.
UM, I NEED TO REVIEW IT AGAIN AFTER THE CHANGES.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT US IMMEDIATELY.
UM, SO WE'LL BRING THIS BACK AT A FUTURE SESSION IF NEEDED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL BE NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH OR WHENEVER WE CAN DO THAT.
I MEAN, TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY POLICY ON THE BOOKS IS IMPORTANT, UM, AT ALL TIMES, BUT IF WE NEED TO MODIFY IT, I MEAN, THIS IS ACTUALLY A POLICY THAT WAS, I THINK, APPROVED WHAT BACK IN 20, 20, 20 16.
SO THIS, THIS WAS PUT IN PLACE SO THAT WE COULD GET FEMA MONEY OR IN RETURN FOR OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSIVENESS.
IF WE NEED TO REVISIT IT, BRING IT BACK TO YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH.
WHAT HAVE YOU, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
THERE WAS, TO ME, THERE WAS JUST, IT, IT TALKED IN CIRCLES.
WELL, AND IT WAS JUST REWRITTEN FOR FEMA REGULATIONS.
SO AN ANNA-MARIA ISN'T HERE TO EXPLAIN IT.
SHE'S THE ONE WHO PRETTY MUCH REWROTE THAT I THINK HER AUNT CHIEF HATCHED.
WELL, AND, AND THE REASON IT WAS WRITTEN IN CIRCLES MAY HAVE BEEN TO MEET THE FEMA REGULATIONS.
IT DEFINITELY THAT'S PROBABLY REALLY WELL.
RICKY DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH, EMERGENCY PANDEMIC WORK SCHEDULES AND SOME OF THE TIMEFRAMES ON THOSE.
I STILL NEED TO REVIEW ALL THESE CHANGES.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT I FELT WENT IN CIRCLES.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES, SO MAYBE IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED.
I JUST NEED SOME TIME TO DIGEST IT.
WE'VE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THE LAST TWO YEARS OF COVID AND HOW WE RESPOND NOW IS NOT THE WAY WE RESPONDED IN THE BEGINNING.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FALLS IN LINE, AND THAT INCLUDES THE, THE SCHEDULE SECTION 6.2 0.2, WHICH IS VACATION LEAVE.
I HAVE A LITTLE HEARTBURN WITH THE EMPLOYEES GETTING THE FULL CREDIT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE IF THEY LEAVE, IF THEY TAKE THEIR TWO WEEKS IN DECEMBER AND THEN LEAVE IN JANUARY, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME CLAWBACK ON THAT TIME.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT WAY.
I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT FIXING IT NOW.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT AND WE CAN, UM, ADDRESS IT GOING FORWARD.
ALSO JUST SO YOU KNOW, CURRENT POLICY, IF THEY
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HADN'T USED THAT LEAVE AND THEY LEAVE IN JANUARY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAID FOR THAT LEAVE.I'M USED TO AN ACCRUAL METHOD.
I'M NOT USED TO HERE'S, HERE'S A LUMP SUM BATCH OF IT, UH, CURL.
W WE WE'VE GONE AROUND AND AROUND THAT, AROUND ON THE ACCRUAL METHOD, UM, IT'S A PAIN TO KEEP UP WITH.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, VACATION LEAVE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE BETWEEN EMPLOYEES.
I JUST WANTED IN THE EVENT THAT YOU KNOW OF A SICKNESS AND THERE'S NO, NOT ENOUGH SICK TIME TO GO AROUND.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL WANT TO DONATE VACATION TIME AS WELL.
UM, PROBABLY NOT HERE BECAUSE WE KEPT THE VACATION.
UM, THIS, THAT USUALLY THE DONATED VACATION TIME IS MORE FOR AN AGENCY THAT DOESN'T CAP THE VACATION.
PEOPLE END UP WITH FIVE MONTHS OF VACATION AND THEY'D BE WILLING TO DONATE IT.
SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT A BIG DEAL HERE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE WERE PAYING OUT SICK LEAVE AND I'M NOT AWARE OF TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT DO THAT.
AND SO TO ME, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH AND DISCUSS GOING FORWARD AS WELL.
BUT I MIGHT BE THE LONE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS ON THAT ONE.
SO WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS, UM, ITEM DAY.
SO YEAH, WE DO, WE DO RATCHET IT DOWN.
SO IF AN EMPLOYEE LEAVES THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S TERMINATION OR TAKES ANOTHER JOB OR RETIRES, UM, THEY DO GET PAID FOR WHATEVER VACATION TIME THEY HAVE ON THE BOOKS.
UH, RICK IS CORRECT BECAUSE WE DON'T, UM, ACCRUE VACATION PAY PERIOD BY PAY PERIOD.
YOU GET THE FULL AMOUNT ON OCTOBER 1ST.
AND SO YOU CAN USE THE FULL AMOUNT ON OCTOBER 1ST.
THAT ALSO MEANS THAT IF YOU RETIRE ON OCTOBER 2ND, YOU DO GET THE FULL VACATION AMOUNT THAT YOU WERE ALLOTTED.
UH, THE DAY PRIOR WITH SICK, WE RATCHET THAT DOWN TO 25%.
AND SO YOU GET PAID OUT IF YOU LEAVE, NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR SICK LEAVE, BUT 25% OF THAT, UM, THAT'S THE WAY THE POLICY IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT.
UM, SOME CITIES DO GO AHEAD AND, UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING IT.
AND CHIEF THAT WOULD BE GOING FORWARD.
IT WOULDN'T AFFECT ANYBODY IN THE PAST.
THERE'S A GRANDFATHER FOR THAT.
UH, NO, WE GRANDFATHERED ME A LONG TIME AGO, BUT THIS HAS BEEN, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THE 144 HOURS.
WHAT WE DID IS IF YOU RECALL MARIN COUNCIL, WE CHANGED THE NUMBER OF SICK HOURS.
WE WERE HAVING EMPLOYEES THAT WERE FALLING SHORT BECAUSE WE MAXED OUT AT 2 88.
UH, BUT AT THAT TIME YOU GOT PAID HALF YOUR SICK LEAVE WHEN YOU LOVE, WHICH WAS THE 144 HOURS.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE JUST CHANGED THAT TO 25% TO KEEP IT 144, SO THAT IT WAS THE SAME FOR EVERYONE.
AND THE SICK HOURS WENT UP TO 5 76 SHONDA FOR THOSE AREA.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING I'M NOT USED TO SEEING.
I'VE LOOKED AT THIS AND TALKING ABOUT IT.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY HEARTBURN OVER THIS PART OF THAT WAS A SUGGESTION THAT WE MADE BACK WHEN, UH, EVERYBODY SEEMED TO BE SATISFIED WITH IT AND SEEMED TO BE FAIR.
AND BECAUSE WE DO THAT AND WE KEPT ARE THERE 25%, RICK, I'M HAPPY WITH THIS.
NOW YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK UP, ANYTIME, FEEL FREE.
BUT, UM, 6.3 0.3, SICK LEAVE DONATION AT THE COUNTY.
WE'VE GOT A POOL AND YOU DONATE TO THE POOL, NOT TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS IT CAN BECOME A POPULARITY CONTEST.
IF THE PERSON HAS LIKED PEOPLE DONATE TO THEM.
IF THE PERSON IS NOT LIKED, THEY DON'T.
AND THAT WAY YOU MIGHT BE BETTER OFF GOING INTO A POOL, OR MAYBE YOU COULD BE NICE TO YOUR FELLOW EMPLOYEES.
COURTNEY, DO YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANGE THAT WE MADE? WE DID ADD IN HERE THAT, UM, SINCE WE CURRENTLY DONATE TO AN EMPLOYEE, IF MORE IS DONATED THAN IS USED, WE WILL PUT THAT IN A POOL.
AND THEN THE NEXT PERSON WHO REQUESTS TIME, WE WILL PULL FROM THAT BEFORE REQUESTING STAFF TO DONATE AGAIN.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE TO HAVE A POOL AND THE WAY THE COUNTY WORKS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PULL FROM THE POOL, YOU HAVE TO DONATE TO THE POOL, TAKE A PENNY, LEAVE A PENNY.
HOW DOES EVERYBODY FEEL ABOUT THAT THOUGH? IN TERMS OF, UH, TYPICALLY THE WAY IT WORKS NOW IN THE ORGANIZATION IS IF SOMEBODY IS OUT BECAUSE THEY NEED SURGERY, ET CETERA, COURTNEY WILL SEND AN EMAIL BASICALLY SAYING SO-AND-SO NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF DONATED SICK TIME.
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TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO SEND AN EMAIL SAYING I DONATE X NUMBER OF HOURS.UM, IF WE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT AND HAD JUST A POOL, SORT OF A POOL THAT COULD BE USED BY ANYBODY AT ANY GIVEN TIME, KIND OF, UH, BLINDLY, I THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A TIME TO SOLICIT SICK, LEAVE DONATIONS JUST GENERALLY AT SOME POINT DURING THE YEAR.
AND I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT.
SO IF YOU ONLY GET TO USE FROM THE POOL, IF YOU DONATE INTO THE POOL, WE HAD THE ISSUE DURING COVID AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAD BEEN HERE LESS THAN TWO YEARS, ENDED UP HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID.
SHE WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN ACCRUED ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO DONATE INTO THAT POOL, TO REQUEST A DONATION, TO HELP COVER WHILE SHE WAS OUT, BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN HERE SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO MY QUESTION IS, HAS THIS EVER BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE? I MEAN, WE'RE SMALL ENOUGH TO WHERE, I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF HERE AND WE, AND SINCE WE PASS THIS POLICY, I THINK WE'VE REQUESTED DONATIONS FOUR TIMES.
AND EVERY TIME WE RECEIVED MORE DONATIONS THAN THE EMPLOYEE NEEDED, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS GIVING THAT BACK, BUT WE CHANGED THE POLICY TO SAY THAT OVERAGE WOULD GO INTO A POOL WITH A SMALL AGENCY.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT, RICK AND PERSONALLY, I THINK BECAUSE WE ARE CLOSE HERE AND THE EMPLOYEES ARE MORE INCLINED IN TO PERSONALIZE IT.
I'M NOT GIVING IT TO THAT ROOM.
AND ONE MORE THING THAT WE JUST THOUGHT OF WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS WITH THE MAYOR THIS AFTERNOON, WE DO WANT TO ADD A LINE IN HERE THAT THOSE WHO DONATE IT WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE EMPLOYEE WHO REQUESTED DONATIONS TO COME BACK AND SAY, I WANT A LIST OF WHO DONATED TO ME.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO PUT A THING IN THERE SAYING AN EMPLOYER WILL NOT GO AROUND SOLICITING AND REQUEST LONE TIME? WE CAN PUT THAT SO WE CAN ADD A SENTENCE SAYING EMPLOYEES SHALL NOT SOLICIT SICK TIME.
AND WE CAN ALSO ADD A LINE SAYING THAT IT'S AN ANONYMOUS DONATION.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU'RE SAYING ALL, EVERYTHING'S JUST GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH COURTNEY OR SOMEBODY WENT AROUND ASKING COURTNEY IS YOUR HR OFFICER.
CURRENT POLICY IS THEY CONTACT ME THAT THEY NEED THE HOURS.
I SEND AN EMAIL OUT EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO DONATE COMPLETE A FORM IT'S SIGNED OFF BY THE EMPLOYEE AND THEIR SUPERVISOR.
I DO ALL OF THE CONVERSIONS AND DONATIONS FOR, UM, DRUG TESTING, VARIOUS, I DON'T SEE IN HERE WHERE WE PRESCRIBE, WHAT, WHERE ARE YOU AT? UH, 8.3, UM, BOTTOM OF PAGE 33, PAGE 33.
AND BASICALLY THIS AND THE NEXT SEVERAL SECTIONS.
I DON'T SEE IN HERE WHERE THERE'S A SPECIFIC, I GUESS, PUNISHMENT.
AND SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION OF, IS IT THE CITY MANAGERS AT THE SUPERVISOR? IS IT WHO DETERMINES WHAT THE PUNISHMENT IS? IF THEY POP POSITIVE? YEAH.
AND I KNOW THAT PD HAS YOUR OWN SEPARATE POLICY, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE DICTATED.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE PD AND THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN ISSUES.
SO ON OUR SIDE, IT, IT, AND IT TALKS ABOUT REASONABLE SUSPICION, SUSPICION AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU'D ASKED EARLIER IS, UM, YOU KNOW, DOES IT, DOES IT RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC TERMINATION? I THINK IF YOU READ THE POLICY, THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS NO.
UM, TH THAT IT IS MEASURED IN DEGREES, NOT AN ABSOLUTES.
AND SO, UM, SHOULD SOMEONE TEST POSITIVE? I DO THINK IT'S A CIRCUMSTANTIAL THING.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS OBVIOUSLY WITH HR AND PROBABLY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, GO AHEAD AND, AND DETERMINE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, YOU ASKED A GOOD QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO BRING UP, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY IN THIS NEW WORLD, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY GOES AHEAD AND GOES TO COLORADO OR NEVADA FOR THE WEEKEND, AND THEN COMES BACK INTO TOWN ON A MONDAY, IT TAKES A TEST AND, UH, TESTS UP POSITIVE.
THAT'S ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANTIAL SITUATION THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE SOME DISCRETION ON.
AND SO, UM, THERE IS NO CAUSE AND EFFECT, UH, I WANT TO SEE LISTED THERE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT THAT THAT HAPPENS, UM, YEAH, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A CALL TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AND THAT KIND OF FOLLOWS IN WITH WHAT THE COUNTY DOES.
UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN POSITIONS WHERE IT'S AUTOMATIC TERMINATION, RIGHT.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF, IF YOU TEST POSITIVE WHILE YOU'RE ON THE JOB, IT'S PRETTY MUCH
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GOING TO BE AN AUTOMATIC TERMINATION.IF YOU ARE, DO NOT OPERATE COUNTY EQUIPMENT, MOTOR VEHICLES, HEAVY LIFT LOADERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IF YOU'RE AN OFFICE WORKER, THEY DO HAVE A PROBATION OPTION FOR IF, IF THE DEPARTMENT HAD WANTS TO KEEP THAT EMPLOYEE, BUT IS STRICTLY THE DEPARTMENT HEADS DISCRETION, HR DOESN'T GET INVOLVED.
THE, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD SAYS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET A SECOND CHANCE OR YOU'RE NOT.
UM, SO YEAH, YOU HAPPY WITH THAT? OKAY.
UM, THAT APPEARS TO BE ALL MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
JUST BE AWARE THAT I MAY BRING A FEW OF THOSE SECTIONS BACK.
AND WE DEFINITELY PUT IT BACK UP.
I MEAN, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MODIFIED.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH STUFF THAT WE DIDN'T DEAL WITH YEARS AGO.
UM, DID I BRING UP ANYTHING THAT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL WE NEED TO ADDRESS NOW BEFORE PASSING THIS? THERE'S A FEW OTHERS.
NICK, UH, COURTNEY, THANK YOU ALL FOR ANSWERING A LOT YESTERDAY FOR ME.
UM, SO 3.6 BACK ON, UH, NOW LOOKING AT PAGE EIGHT, SO CITY HALL HOURS, WE WERE GOING TO BE EXTENDING, UH, CURRENTLY WHAT IT'S NINE TO FOUR, IS THAT CORRECT? WE WERE ABLE TO GO EIGHT 30 TO FOUR.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GO TO EIGHT 30 TO FOUR 30? I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR STAFF, I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF IS OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT I, I ALSO, I GUESS WE'LL BE CLOSE TO THE ALL FOUR AND LEAVE AT FOUR 30 NOW.
SO PLEASANT AT FOUR 30 LEAVING AT FIVE OR CLOSING AT FOUR 30, LEAVING AT FIVE LEAVES THEM THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO CLOSE.
SO I THINK CLOSING AT FOUR 30 IS FINE.
NICK, DO YOU AGREE? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
I MEAN, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW LONG IT TAKES THE FOLKS UP FRONT TO CLOSE OUT.
WE USED TO HAVE A FULL HOUR BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THEM TO CHECK EMAILS AND STUFF.
BUT, UM, NOW WE JUST HAVE THE 30 MINUTE WINDOW AND THEY'RE CLOSING OUT REALLY WITH NO ISSUES IN 30 MINUTES.
I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S A COMPLAINT I GET OFTEN, ESPECIALLY FROM FOLKS WHO HAD JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE, THEY WANT TO GO UP TO CITY HALL, GET WATER STARTED.
WELL, THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE ON A FRIDAY.
COULDN'T GET UP THERE BY FOUR.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S MONDAY AT FOUR 30.
AND I HONESTLY, THAT 30 MINUTES IS HELPFUL.
IF PEOPLE CAN GET OFF WORK AT FOUR AND GET HERE AT FOUR 15.
AND THEN I DO WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY.
THAT WAS A HUGE DISCUSSION WHEN WE WENT FROM EIGHT TO FIVE TO NINE TO FOUR, AND WE ALL SAT HERE IN COUNCIL HAVING HEARTBURN.
UM, AND I, I GOT THAT ALBUM MARK FOR BRAD.
THEN HE CLOSED THE DOOR MARCH.
I'M A NERVOUS ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND WE KICKED IT AROUND AND FINALLY DECIDED TO DO IT.
AND WE WOULD WATCH AND MONITOR AND SEE WHAT KIND OF PUSHED BACK WE GOT.
AND IF WE NEEDED TO CHANGE OUR MIND, NOTHING.
I MEAN, RICK, WE WERE SHOCKED.
WE DON'T HAVE MANY THAT COME AFTER FOUR, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IF THEY COME KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, THE CLERKS WILL GO OUT THERE AND LET THEM IN.
AND I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S FOLKS PULLING PERMITS, AND WHILE I WAS AT THE OFFICE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, BUT THEY DIDN'T OPEN TILL NINE.
SO I SAT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR AN HOUR.
AND EVEN A LOT OF TIMES THEY COME IN HERE PLANNING TO HAVE, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO.
SO THE HOURS CHANGING WILL I THINK BE HELPED.
SO COURTNEY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT CALL.
AND OF COURSE, GOING TO CLOSE OUT, THAT'LL BE FINE, BUT ALSO STILL PERMITS NEW WATER SERVICE.
A LOT OF THAT CANNOT BE DONE, UM, ONLINE AND THROUGH EMAIL.
NOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME IN, WE CAN DO THIS.
I MEAN, WE CAN SHIFT IT FROM EIGHT 30 TO FOUR 30 AND IF WE'RE UP AGAINST THE CLOCK AND WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
UM, BUT YEAH, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE STAFF, BUT IF WE CAN PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO COURTNEY, TOP OF PAGE EIGHT, WE'LL JUST CHANGE EIGHT 30 TO FOUR 30.
SO, UM, ANOTHER ITEM 6.4 ON PAGE 29.
SO FIRST I'M GRATEFUL TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE, UM, WAIT, HOLD ON.
WELL, WE HAVE TO GIVE THE 12, BUT FOR, UH, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THREE DAYS OFF WITH PAY FOR BIRTH AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
I DON'T THINK THREE DAYS IS, IS, UH, UP WITH THE STANDARD RIGHT NOW.
UM, IF, IF MY WIFE JUST HAD A BABY AND I HAD TO GO BACK
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TO WORK ON DAY FOUR, NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILY AS WELL.WELL, BUT IT SAYS IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
SO HOW DO WE DO THIS TO WHERE THE SPOUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SPOUSE GETS MORE THAN THREE DAYS OFF.
I THINK, AS COUNCIL'S WANTING TO GIVE MORE PAID TIME, WE JUST ADD ANOTHER BULLET HERE, SPECIFYING, UH, PAGE 29, SPECIFYING THAT IF IT IS AN EMPLOYEE WHO'S ACTUALLY GIVING BIRTH, HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY GIVE? AND IF IT'S AN ENVELOPE, AN EMPLOYEE WHOSE SIGNIFICANT OTHER IS GIVING BIRTH, HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY GET? WE JUST NEED TO CLARIFY THAT WITH WHATEVER COUNCIL WANTS TO PUT IN THERE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOR THE EMPLOYEE HAVING THE BABY, THERE'S NO PAID THEIR SICK AND VACATION SO THAT THEY WOULD USE THAT.
WHAT DO YOU START OFF WITH WHEN YOU FIRST START HERE? YOU GET ONE WEEK.
YOU DON'T ACCRUE ANY VACATION TILL YOU'VE BEEN HERE SIX MONTHS AND YOU GET ONE WEEK AT YOUR SIX MONTH ANNIVERSARY.
UM, WHEN THEN AT ONE YEAR YOU GET YOUR TWO WEEKS AND SICK TIME OCCURS EIGHT HOURS PER MONTH.
SO YOU DON'T GET SICK LEAVE UNTIL YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR FIRST MONTH OF EMPLOYEE.
SO YES, TECHNICALLY IF YOU'RE READING THE POLICY, IF YOU GET HERE IN JANUARY AND YOU HAVE A BABY IN MARCH, YOU'RE AT THE MERCY OF YOUR COWORKERS TO DONATE TO YOU, OTHERWISE YOU GET THREE DAYS.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND ASK YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY, FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN HERE TWO MONTHS OR FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN HERE 20 YEARS, WHAT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER FOR WHEN YOU HAVE A BABY.
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW, YES, FULL TIME EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THREE DAYS OFF WITH PAY.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU'RE TAKING YOUR OWN PAID TIME OFF IF WE WANT TO, UM, EXTEND THAT, UH, AS A BENEFIT, UM, THAT'S NOT COUNTED AGAINST YOUR PAID TIME OFF NOW IS OUR CHANCE TO DO THAT.
WELL, I WOULD, I THINK I'D WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S THE STANDARD WITH OTHER CITIES BEFORE WE COMMIT TO ANYTHING.
HONESTLY, THIS IS THE FIRST CITY I'VE EXPERIENCED WHERE WE GIVE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF YOUR REGULAR PAID TIME OFF.
I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED A CITY THAT HAS PAID MATERNITY OR, I MEAN, WHEN I TOOK FOR MY KIDS, I TOOK TWO WEEKS SICK TIME EVERY TIME.
AND I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE IT, BUT NOT TO SAY, I'M NOT, I'M NOT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULDN'T, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THIS A LOT ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, BUT NOT A LOT ON THE PUBLIC SIDE.
UM, SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS IF OTHERS, WHAT OTHER CITIES, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT AND REPORT BACK TO YOU ALL NEXT WEEK.
I MEAN, I'M INCLINED TO SAY, YES, WE, WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING WE'RE LIKE, IT WAS SAID EARLIER.
WE'RE LIKE A FAMILY HERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TARGETED LEAVE MATERNITY AND PATERNITY.
WELL, AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL THROW IN ADOPTION.
LET'S SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.
AND WE CAN TAKE IT UP WITH THE OTHER POSSIBLE CHANGES.
AND EVEN IF OTHER CITIES ARE DOING NOTHING OR MOST ARE DOING NOTHING, I THINK WE SHOULD STILL DO SOMETHING.
WELL, THAT'S DEFINITELY A, WELL, I MEAN, AND I DON'T MIND, WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING? AND THEN WHAT'S THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOING? I DON'T MIND, I DON'T MIND HEARING FROM, BUT WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS DOING EITHER PRIVATE SECTOR IS ABSOLUTELY INCREASED IT A LOT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A POLICY, ESPECIALLY FOR PATERNITY AT ALL.
UM, AND WE JUST UPDATED IT TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO ALL THIS TIME WE'VE NEVER HAD A POLICY IN PLACE FOR IT, BUT WE DO NOW.
SO PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO UPDATE IT.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT MORE COMPANIES THAT ARE DOING IT, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME THAT DON'T HAVE IT.
WELL, I I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IT, RICK.
I THINK THAT'S INCLUDING ADOPTION INTO THAT.
UM, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE, HOW MANY DAYS AGAIN, I, I DON'T KNOW, UH, PARTICULARLY ON THE PATERNITY SIDE, HOWEVER, I THINK NICK OR SOMEBODY GAVE HIM THE EXAMPLE OF OUR DISCUSSION, WHERE IT WAS REALLY A GOOD THING THAT THEY HAD IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU CAN'T, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO HIT IT.
BUT, UM, WELL I THINK IF THE CITY GIVES ANY AMOUNT OF PAID TIME, THEN THEY CAN STILL FALL BACK ON THEIR SICK VACATION LEAVE.
I THINK STAFF WOULD APPRECIATE ANY PAID TIME IF YOU'VE GOT COVID.
AND I DON'T KNOW OF TOO MANY PREGNANT PEOPLE THAT CHANGE JOBS TWO MONTHS BEFORE THEY GIVE BIRTH, BECAUSE THAT IS A DICEY
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THING TO DO.WELL, YOU COULD STATE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE EMPLOYED A MINIMUM OF A YEAR.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WOULD DENY IT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT ARE PREGNANT, THEY ARE NOT CHANGING JOBS UNTIL AFTER THAT BABY IS BORN.
AND THEN IF THAT BRING THEM IN WELL, YEAH.
AND SAME THING I'VE IMAGINED GOES FOR THE SPOUSE.
BUT I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO LOOK AT HAVING SOME KIND OF A PAY TIME OFF JUST FOR THE BIRTH OF A CHILD OR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD, WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT THAT IN THERE.
SO WE'RE GIVEN THREE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GIVEN THREE RIGHT NOW, JUST TO THE PERSON HAVING THE BABY, OR MAYBE IT'S A BIRTH IN THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
SO BASICALLY WHEN MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW HAD A BABY, I GET THREE DAYS.
AND WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED A LINE FOR THE MOM OR THE SPOUSE.
SO CAN WE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN BRING BACK UP ON AUGUST 2ND? BRING THIS UP FOR POLICY ANYTIME.
I MEAN, THREE DAYS IS THE WAY IT STANDS NOW, BUT IF WE WANT TO MODIFY IT LATER, WE CAN DO IT, WHATEVER.
AND WE'LL LOOK, WE'LL LOOK AND SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES DO AND SEE WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DO FOR SURE.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PREGNANT EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S NOBODY GIVING BIRTH.
THERE'S NOBODY GIVING BIRTH IN THE NEXT MONTH.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK MAYBE BRING US BACK THE INFORMATION FOR THE AUGUST MEETING AND THEN WE CAN CONSIDER IT AT THE AUGUST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NOT BE READY TO MAKE A DECISION NEXT WEEK, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T VIEW THIS AS IMMINENT BECAUSE SOMEBODY, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PREGNANT BODY ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH RIGHT NOW DIRECT, YOU GUYS HAVE A FEW MONTHS.
AND YEAH, THAT ONE'S GOING TO GET INTERESTING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEFINE THAT IN A WAY, IF IT, IF IT'S A GIRLFRIEND OR FIANCE, THEY'RE NOT MISSING, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE WE'VE.
I'LL LET YOU GUYS WORK THAT ONE OUT, BUT UH, OH YEAH.
IF IT'S YOUR, IF IT'S YOUR CHILD IN THE GIRLFRIEND, FINE, BUT I CAN GET REAL DICEY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING FAIR, EVERYONE.
WHERE ARE WE AT? IS EVERYTHING ON MY LIST, UM, FROM YOU GUYS? UM, AND THEN THE ONES THAT I HAD, UM, YEAH.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
IT'S JUST, THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH PERSONNEL POLICIES.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES.
LET ME GET BACK OVER TO THE PUMP.
WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK AND LOOK AT.
UM, SO NO CHANGES ON THE CURRENT DOCUMENT OR ARE YOU CHANGING THAT TIME ON CITY HALL? SO, SO THE MOTION WAS NOT, DID NOT INCLUDE ANY AMENDMENTS.
SO, SO WHO, WHO MADE THE MOTION? SO TIA, DO YOU WANT TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THE, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE THE NEW HOURS FROM EIGHT 30 TO 4:30 PM.
SHE'S LOOKING THROUGH THE OTHER CHANNELS, THE TYPE OF, I MEAN, TYPOS I CAN FIX WITHOUT, BUT THERE WAS, WE WERE ADDING IN, UM, IN THE SICK LEAVE DONATION THAT THE EMPLOYEE CAN NOT SOLICIT.
AND THE DONATIONS WILL BE CONFIDENTIAL.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY ONES I HAD TO CHANGE RIGHT NOW.
AND WHO WAS THE SECOND? UH, KURT.
DO YOU ACCEPT THOSE AMENDMENTS? OKAY.
WE GOT A RE-IMAGINED AND RESECTION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, MAN.
IS THAT A LOT OF WORK WITH THIS KIND OF TAKING PLACE RIGHT HERE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME BUDGET.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE NINE 80 SCHEDULES WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT TALK TOBAR FIRST.
SO THE NEW HOURS WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT TILL OCTOBER 1ST.
NOW WE'VE GOT SOME BUDGET AMENDMENTS, UM, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION, AND THE BOARD IS 20 22 43 AMENDING THIS GENERAL BUDGET, UH, FOR
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OCTOBER 20TH, ONE TO SEPTEMBER 30, 22 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $26,400 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, UH, FOR FEW, AND FOR THE INCREASED COST OF FUEL FOR CITY VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, I SKIPPED ALL THE NUMBERS.SO MOVED MOTION BY RICK SECOND BY KURT AND DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT IS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 44.
MENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR, UH, OF THIS, UH, ENDING SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, UH, TO LINE ITEM 1 0 0 6 0 50 8,000, UH, PARKS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR PARKS PROJECTS.
CALLING, WOULD YOU STEP UP AND TELL US WHAT THIS 30 GRANTS FOR SINCE YOU'RE HERE? YES, SIR.
UM, SO, UH, IN OUR EFFORT TO, UM, SERVE A FLAT BUDGET, UH, WE DECIDED THAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE SOME OF OUR, UM, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PLAYGROUNDS THIS YEAR, INSTEAD, THAT WOULD HELP THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE, UM, IN THE PLANNINGS OF RIGHT NOW IS TO INSTALL A SENSORY PLAYGROUND, UM, A SENSORY PLAYGROUND.
UM, THIS WOULD BE IN THAT AREA, UH, BETWEEN THE NEW SCHOOL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND THE HEALTH BEND PARK.
SO WE WOULD TAKE OUT THAT ONE PIECE OF OLD EQUIPMENT THAT IS THERE, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD TO REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THAT AREA WOULD BECOME A SENSORY PLAYGROUND, WHICH WOULD BE COMPRISED OF, UM, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, UM, HUMAN POWERED TECHNOLOGY TYPE OF, UM, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, SEESAWS THAT AS YOU ARE SEE, OR AS YOU'RE SITTING ON IT, UM, IT STARTS PLAYING MUSIC.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT IF THE KIDS RUN WITH A CRANK AND RUN AROUND THIS BIG BALL, IT TELLS A STORY.
UM, SO IT'S VERY INTERACTIVE, ENGAGING, NOT ONLY VISUALLY, BUT, UM, UM, ALSO AUDIBLY, UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'LL HAVE SOME STRUCTURES OR LIKE A SHADE STRUCTURE OF SORTS, BUT IT'S NOT INTENDED FOR SHADE.
IT'S INTENDED FOR THE LIGHT TO PASS THROUGH IT AND PUT RAINBOWS COLORS ON THE GROUND AND THINGS.
SO, UM, IT GOES IN LINE WITH, UM, UM, A PLAYGROUND FOR ALL IDEA, WHICH IS THE HELFMAN PARK.
UM, BUT INSTEAD EVERYONE CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF IT.
IT WOULD BE A UNIQUE PLAYGROUND FOR US.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THAT AT ALL, UM, IN ANY OF OUR CITY PARKS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE, YOU USE THE FUNDS FOR US TO CREATE THAT AREA.
SO THIS IS JUST, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD PLANNED TO DO NEXT YEAR.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BEST PARKS I'VE TAKEN MY KIDS TO THE ONES WHERE THERE, THEY LOVE RUNNING UP TO PLAYING.
THEY'LL SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE AND THEY WON'T BUG ME AS MUCH.
WHAT'S THE LEAD TIME ON HIS PHONE DOING A TRANSACTION? UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL INDEPENDENT, EXCUSE ME, INDEPENDENT PIECES.
UM, SO THEY ALL HAVE VARYING LEAD TIMES.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE PRODUCT AVAILABILITY, BUT TYPICALLY WITH THAT EQUIPMENT, NOW YOU'RE HAVING TO PAY UPFRONT FOR IT, UM, TO RECEIVE IT IN BECAUSE THEY ARE SMALLER ITEMS TOO.
UM, THEY TEND TO COME IN QUICKER THAN A BIG PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE.
SO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, IS THAT GOING TO COME DOWN ONCE EVERYTHING'S INSTALLED? YES, WE WILL.
YES, WE WILL WAIT UNTIL ALL THE PIECES ARE IN.
AND THEN WE'LL REMOVE THAT WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLAY STRUCTURE, UH, MEADOW CREST, THERE'S THE POCKET PARK.
AND OUR CURRENT PARK PROJECT FUNDS.
WE'RE GOING TO USE A PORTION OF THAT IN THAT, UM, NOT ONLY TO REPLACE THAT PIECE, BUT TO ADD ADDITIONAL PIECES IN THAT PLAYGROUND, UM, THAT POCKET PARK WILL THEN BECOME MORE OF A TODDLER ZONE.
LOVE TO HEAR MORE DISCUSSION ON.
WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT AN EMOTION ON, OR WE'VE GOT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO TRY TO PULL FROM NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET ACTION.
THEN THE NEXT ONE ARE THE SAME, UH, IN THAT REGARD.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS 2022 DASH 44 MOTION BY KELLY BECKETT? I HEARD THAT SURPRISED ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY, ANY INJECTIONS? NO THAT'S WITH, UM, ON ITEM 10, THIS WAS PART OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION, AS YOU RECALL, TO TRY TO MOVE SOME FUNDING AROUND, UH, INTO THIS YEAR.
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10 IS DISCUSSION BOARD AND IT'S 20, 22 DAYS 45 MENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, UH, FOR THIS YEAR AND THE AMOUNT OF 36,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE OVER THE LINE ITEM OF 100 0 6 0 56 0 0 1 BONE AND LANDSCAPING FOR ANNUAL TREE TRIMMING AS $36,000.THAT'D BE SWAPPED OUT FROM ANTICIPATED NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING FOR IT AS IT LAYS.
NOW, DO I HAVE MOTION TO TRIM THE TREES THIS YEAR AND MOVE THEM ON MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK? SECOND BY QUESTION.
HAVE WE TALKED WITH OUR ARBOR AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STRESS THE TREES IF WE DO IT NOW, OR ARE THEY GOING TO WORK? WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY ITEM 11, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION, UH, AMENDING THE UTILITY FUND TO BUDGET.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY ROD'S STILL HERE.
I WAS WONDERING, UM, TO, UH, BEGINNING OCTOBER ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,800 FROM THE UTILITY FUND BALANCED LINE ITEM 347, 5 6 7 0 0 SEWER DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE OR REPAIRS OR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED REPAIRS TO THE WASTEWATER TRIP PLATE LIFT STATION PUMP.
I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THAT MONEY.
CAUSE OTHERWISE WE'D HAVE TO GO PULL THE PUMP OUT ALL IN FAVOR.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BREATHE EASIER.
UM, ITEM 12, THIS IS ALSO, UM, AMENDING THE UTILITY FUND, UM, BUDGET ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 2 DASH FOUR SEVEN.
UP FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 130, $2,000 FROM THE UTILITY FUND BALANCED IN LINE ITEM 3 0 0 0 4, 6 56 7 0 0 WATER DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE REPAIRS FOR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FAIRS TO WATER.
WELL NUMBER THREE, MOVE TO APPROVE.
MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND BY KURT.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS.
I THINK ALL THAT TO ANSWERED IN ROD'S OUTSTANDING REPORT.
MOTION TO APPROVE ALL IN FAVOR.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS ITEM F AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR MATTERS.
PLEASE COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
GIVE US YOUR, UH, NAME AND ADDRESS AND THE CLOCK WILL STOP.
UH, THE ADDRESS PROPERTY THAT I OWN IS AT 12 0 0 3 SCOTTSDALE.
I WAS RAISED IN THE MEADOWS UNTIL I LEFT TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
A LOT OF HARD WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY COUNCIL AND STAFF, WHICH MAKES ME PROUD TO BE FROM THE MEADOWS.
I REALIZED THAT I'M AN UNLIMITED THREE MINUTE TIMEFRAME.
SO I WANT TO BE BRIEF AND ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
I'VE COME HERE TO DEAL WITH STAFF ON TWO OCCASIONS.
AND ON BOTH OF THESE OCCASIONS, I'VE BEEN MET WITH WHAT I PERCEIVE THE INTERDICTION OF POLICE FORCE FOR CERTAIN ISSUES.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT STAFF SHOULD IMMEDIATELY USE POLICE INTERDICTION AS A DEFAULT PROVISION WHEN SOMEONE'S TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY.
AND AS AN EXAMPLE, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK A LOT OF US KNOW THAT SLABS MOVE AROUND HERE.
SO AS A RESULT, I HIRED A COMPANY CALLED ALLY, WHICH IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL COMPANY, WELL THOUGHT OF AND DOES A GREAT JOB.
THEY CAME OUT, DID THEIR REPAIRS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THE SLAB MOVED AGAIN AND THEY CAME OUT TO DO SOME WARRANTY WORK AND IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT I NEEDED TO COME BACK DOWN HERE.
SO I CAME DOWN HERE AND WHEN I ADDRESSED THE STAFF MEMBER AT THE CALL WINDOW, THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK FROM ALL FROM, FROM THE FOLKS.
ONE OF THE OTHER PERSONNEL INSIDE THEN SAID THEY HAD SUFFERED THIS BEFORE WITH THEM AND
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THEY WERE GOING TO SEND OUT THE POLICE.AND I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT IS JUST TOO HARSH.
I FORTUNATELY SOME OTHER PEOPLE INTERCEDED.
AND I THINK THAT WAS IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST IN ALLIED GOT IN WHATEVER PAPERWORK WAS NECESSARY.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE REACT THAT HARSHLY TO FOLKS THAT ARE RESIDENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY, TRYING TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY I AM TRYING TO KEEP THE SLAB MOIST.
AND MY 82 YEAR OLD MOTHER IS MY RESIDENT IN THE, IN THE HOUSE.
I KEEP COMING OVER AND MOVING AROUND.
MY LANDSCAPER SAID HE COULD INSTALL A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
UNFORTUNATELY I FOUND OUT I NEEDED A PERMIT.
SO I HAVE GONE THROUGH TWO OR THREE PEOPLE.
I TURNED AROUND, I FOUND ANOTHER LANDSCAPER OVER ON DELIS, EXCUSE ME, NOT DELIS DORRANCE.
AND HE SAID THAT HE COULD INSTALL IT, THAT HE COULD GET THE PERMIT.
SO ANYHOW, TODAY HE TOLD ME HE COULD DO IT, FOUND THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE INSURANCE TO LET HIM GO.
BUT WHAT UPSET ME TODAY WAS THE FACT THAT I GOT A CALL FROM THE PERMIT OFFICE AND THE PERMIT OFFICE SAID THE GUY HAD NOT SUBMITTED THE NECESSARY DRAWING.
WHEN I CALL BACK THAT NUMBER AFTER LUNCH, IT WAS ANSWERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS ANSWERED BY DETECTIVES OFFICE NOW.
THIS IS NOT, NOT THE PLACE TO DISCUSS THIS STUFF CAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO PLACES.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED.
AND HE CALLED, UH, YOU KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED.
IT HAPPENED ALL CALLS FROM WITHIN THE CITY, COME OUT FROM OUR MAIN TRUNK LINE, WHICH USED TO COME UP TO 8 1 9 8 3 29 5 0.
FOR SOME REASON, WE JUST RECENTLY REALIZED TODAY, ACTUALLY WITH YOUR PHONE CALL, THAT THAT NUMBER WAS COMING UP TO 8 1 9 8 3 29 51.
WE HAVE KNOWN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT IT'S COMING UP AS 29 51.
WE DID NOT REALIZE UNTIL YOU CALL TODAY, THAT TWENTY NINE FIFTY ONE IS A DIRECT EXTENSION TO A DETECTIVE'S DESK.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PHONE COMPANY TO FIND OUT WHY OUR MAIN TRUNK LINE SWITCHED FROM THE 29 50 TO THE 29 51.
AND UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER AT THIS TIME.
WHY THAT CHANGED? I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.
AFTER WHAT I WENT THROUGH PREVIOUSLY, I'M SOMEWHAT SUSPECT.
FOR AN ANIMAL CARE, WHY WE NEED TO GET A CHANGE BACK.
THAT'S ALL THE THING I CARE ABOUT.
I CAN SEE WHERE DAVID WOULD GET CONFUSED.
AS SOON AS WE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING TODAY, WE'VE GOTTEN ON WITH OUR PHONE COMPANY TO GET IT CORRECTLY.
SO NOW YOU KNOW THAT IT WASN'T INTENTIONAL.
WE WEREN'T SPYING ON YOU THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WELL, I, I'M A LAWYER BY TRAINING.
I'M AN I AND AS A RESULT AND I THINK YOU'RE A LAWYER AS WELL.
SO WHEN I GET A CALL FROM A POLICE OFFICER, THAT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS AND WHEN I, AND WHEN I GET IT AND YOU KNOW, I TELL THEM MY SON AND MY DAUGHTER, THE MINUTE A POLICE OFFICER SAYS STOCK TO COME IN AND VISIT.
I'VE GOT TO PUT HIM IN AT NINE O'CLOCK.
AND BY DONE AT 10, CALL ME SOMETIME BETWEEN 10 AND NOON TOMORROW.
AND WE'LL SET APPOINTMENT TIME FOR YOU TO COME IN.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, BRING UP THE DATE ON TIM L REGION 14 AND THE MEETING IS THE FIFTH AND 6TH OF AUGUST DOWN IN GALVESTON AT THE, UH, I CAN'T GO.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE GOTTEN INFORMATION ON IT, BUT WE'VE GOT A GOOD, UH, LEGISLATIVE, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE A ROUND TABLE WITH THE LEGISLATURES.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT YET.
IT'S ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE A DISCUSSION ON THE COASTAL BARRIER LEGISLATION.
THE, THE, UH, FEDERAL GRANDMA'S PASSED IT.
THAT'S MY RE-APPROPRIATION AND, AND GETTING IT DONE THROUGH THE STATE AND REFERRED TO AS HURRICANE IKE.
AND THERE'LL BE DISCUSSION ON THAT.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE INNER, UH, PRESIDENT FOR ARCOP
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IS GOING TO BE THERE AND GIVE A PRESENTATION.SO IT WAS SEVERAL GOOD TOPICS.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, JOEL ZIMMERMAN SHOULD BE MOVING UP TO DIRECTOR.
SO WE NEED TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT HIM.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAD IS JUST, YOU KNOW, BRINGING YOU UP TO DATE ON THAT AND TRY TO MAKE IT OKAY.
YOU KNOW, MOODY GARDENS IS A GOOD PLACE TO GO AND TAKE YOUR KIDS.
WELL, TERRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS USUAL.
I'M GLAD YOU'LL BE DOWN THERE REPRESENTING THE MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, I HAVE A BIRTHDAY ON THAT DATE AND MY BRIDE IS BOOKED US UP SOMETHING, SO I WON'T BE THERE.
UH, IT BECAME MAKING JOE'S ZIMMERMAN OR MY WIFE HAPPY AND TELL JOEL SAID, I, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT COUNSEL, IF YOU, THESE ARE REGIONAL THEY'RE LOCAL, OR IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, PLEASE DO A NORMAL AD DO, BUT UH, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS YEAR OR THAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE NOW IS WHERE YOU STEP UP NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
I'M KAREN SEERS 1, 1 7 3, 4 BRIGHTON LANE.
UH, WELL, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE MID SEVENTIES, SO WE'VE OWNED THIS HOME FOR MANY YEARS AND WE CALLED MEADOWS PLACE HOME FOR A LONG TIME.
WE REALLY ENJOY LIVING HERE AND WE FEEL VERY SAFE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE, THAT YOU ALL DO.
UM, UH, BUT WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUTS.
UH, WE THINK THAT THEY'RE ATTRACTIVE.
WE THINK, I KNOW A LOT OF HARD WORK IS GOING INTO THEM AND WE UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED, UH, AND WHY W WE NEEDED THEM THERE.
UH, MY HOME IS ABOUT HALFWAY WEST OF, UH, KIRKWOOD.
SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY I GO THROUGH THERE, UH, ALL THE TIME.
UH, MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW DO SO, UM, UH, THE CONCERN OBVIOUSLY IS THE KIRK WARD TRAFFIC.
UH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THESE PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A FOUR WAY YIELD AND THEY ARE JUST BARRELING THROUGH THERE.
UH, AND IT'S REALLY GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT ON THE DANGEROUS SIDE.
UH, WE, UH, FIND OURSELVES COMING THROUGH, UH, WAITING OUR TURN, AND THEN WHEN WE GET READY TO GO, THEY STILL COME AND THEY HONKING THEIR HORNS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY SOME OBSCENE GESTURE AND STU HAPPEN NOW.
AND THEN, AND IT'S JUST KIND OF A TOUGH WAY TO START YOUR DAY AND ENJOY YOUR DAY, UH, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE, AS OFTEN AS WE GO THROUGH THEM.
SO I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT, WHAT CAN BE DONE.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE CAN BE BIGGER SIZE, I'M SURE THERE'S TRAFFIC CODES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE, UH, THAT CAN KIND OF ENCOURAGE THESE PEOPLE.
I SAT THERE THIS MORNING, UH, TAKING MY DOG FOR A WALK AND I JUST SAW THIS, UH, THIS POOR GENTLEMEN SITTING THERE, UH, TRYING TO GET OUT ONTO KIRKWOOD.
AND IT WAS JUST, HE WAITED AND WAITED AND WAITED AND WAITED AND NOBODY EVEN SLOWED DOWN.
SO WE JUST WONDERED IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE, UH, THAT MIGHT ADDRESS THAT.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, SO, BUT WE DID WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, THAT IT IS A CONCERN FOR US.
AND YOUR COMMENTS ARE DOING NOTED AND YOU GOT A 44 SECONDS LEFT IN MAIL.
WELL, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S, WE LOVE BEING HERE.
WE LOVE THE 4TH OF JULY PARTY OR THE FESTIVAL.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT TIME.
SO THE FESTIVAL IS THE LARGEST WE'VE EVER HAD ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF.
AND I AGREE, AND I'M GLAD YOU WERE THERE.
UH, THAT'S JUST, UH, THAT'S JUST A CONCERN OF OURS, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THAT'S LOOKING GOOD AGAIN SOMEDAY.
AND RICK, I WOULD, UH, REQUEST THAT, UH, YOU GET LEND YOUR EXPERTISE HERE.
WELL, I'LL TALK TO THE PD AND SEE WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO.
UM, IN GENERAL, THE ONLY TICKET THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EVEN LOOK AT AS POSSIBLY TAILGATING OR FAILURE TO YIELD, RIGHT? AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE FAILURE TO YIELD, IT'S, YOU'VE GOT TO BE THERE TO SEE IT AND THEN BE ABLE TO PURSUE.
AND WHEN THE OFFICER PARKS NEARBY, THEY SEE HIM AND THEN THEY BEHAVE UNTIL HE'S GONE.
UM, AND, UM, I KNOW THAT KIRKWOOD IS FAIRLY BUSY.
UM, AND IT'S A MATTER OF, SOMETIMES THERE'S A GAP AND SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT.
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OF IT IS THE, THE SIGNAL AT AIRPORT IS MEADOWS PLACE SIGNAL.THE SIGNAL AT WEST BELFORT IS HOUSTON SIGNAL, AND THEY'RE NOT COORDINATED.
SO SOMETIMES THE TRAFFIC IS GOING BY AT THE SAME TIME, SOMETIME JUST AS THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC GETS DOWN HERE, COMES INTO THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A WAIT FOR YOU.
ANYWAY, WE JUST WONDER, BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
WELL, I NEED TO TALK TO RICK ABOUT THIS.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STAYING THROUGH THE COUNCIL, MEETING YOU NOW.
IF NO ONE ELSE CAN COME UP AND TAMIA, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM G AND WITH NO, THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING, MAKING ADJOURN.