[City Council Meeting]
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ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT VOLUME? AND I DIDN'T TURN IT OFF.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO TAKE REPORTS AND ITEM BEING FIRST STARTING WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF ASHTON GIVING THE REPORT THIS EVENING.
IS THIS OKAY TO EVERYBODY IN ANCHORAGE AND FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE WATCHING US TONIGHT? WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN SPEAK, RIGHT? TESTING 1, 2, 3.
CAMERON PROBABLY TURNED IT DOWN FROM FLOOR.
Y'ALL THINK WE'RE OKAY? DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK LOUD?
SO, UH, TONIGHT'S REPORT IS FROM, UH, LAST MONTH'S COUNCIL MEETING UP UNTIL YESTERDAY.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD, UH, NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WE HAD, 14, WHICH IS UP FROM OUR, UH, AVERAGE.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GET TO THE BOTTOM NUMBER OF ARREST.
CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH IS ANY POLICE ACTIVITIES.
UH, NUMBER OF OFFENSE REPORTS IS 48.
TRAFFIC CITATIONS ISSUED 413 987 CHARGES.
WE ISSUED SEVEN CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS, CITATIONS, THIS REPORTING PERIOD, EXCUSE ME,
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UH, WARNINGS FOR TRAFFIC.WE ISSUED 187 AND FOR 241 CHARGES, WE ALSO ISSUED EIGHT WARNINGS FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS, WHICH GAVE US A TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT OF 325, WHICH IS UP A LITTLE BIT FROM OUR AVERAGE.
GOING INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, UH, ASSAULTS.
WE HAD THREE BURGLARY MOTOR VEHICLES.
WE HAD ONE BURGLARY BUSINESSES.
WE HAD TWO BURGLARY OF RESIDENCE, ZERO CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
WE HAD A TOTAL COUNT OF 15 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
OUR PROPERTY CHECKS, WHICH INCLUDE OUR SCHOOL CHECKS, PARKS, HOUSE, WATCHES, 1,826, UH, THEFTS.
WE HAD SIX UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY AUTO THEFT.
WE HAD ZERO IN THE TLC PROGRAM.
THAT FAILED FOR TOTAL COUNT OF 40 IN THE TLC PROGRAM.
MOVING ALONG AND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, OUR CITY ORDINANCE BREAKDOWN WARNINGS ISSUED.
WE HAD SEVEN FOR, UH, NOISE OR LOUD MUSIC.
SEVERAL OF THESE WERE FOR AFTER HOURS CONSTRUCTION, UH, NEIGHBORS CALLING IN, PEOPLE DOING HOME REMODELING AT 10 OR 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
MOST OF THEM WERE IN COMPLIANCE.
I BELIEVE WE MAY HAVE ISSUED ONE CITATION FOR ONE THAT DIDN'T FEEL AS THOUGH THEY NEEDED TO COMPLY.
WE HAD A DISCHARGE OF FIREARM CALL.
UH, RESIDENT HEARD, UH, AS THEY DESCRIBED IT, EIGHT SHOTS BEING FIRED.
THE OFFICERS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WEST BELFORT.
OUR FRIENDS IN HOUSTON, UH, CITY ORDINANCE CITATIONS ISSUED FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
WE HAD FOUR FOR SOLICITORS THAT, AS YOU KNOW, CHIEF STEWART HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR THE SOLICITORS.
AND THEY WERE FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
TYPICALLY, WE GET SATURATED WITH MORE THAN, UH, WITH THE SAME COMPANY.
BUT THESE WERE DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
WE HAD TWO CITATIONS ISSUED FOR JUNK VEHICLES.
THIS WAS TO THE SAME RESIDENCE, THE ONE AT THE CORNER OF, UH, CEDAR FARM AND MULHOLLAND, I BELIEVE IT IS.
WE HAD GOTTEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENT ACROSS THE STREET AND THE VEHICLES WERE NOT PROPERLY REGISTERED.
UH, EXPIRED REGISTRATION, ALL OF THE CATEGORIES FOR THE JUNK VEHICLE ORDINANCE.
UH, GOING, UH, MOVING ALONG IN THERE TO, IN THE ROUNDABOUTS, WE HAD, UH, TWO ACCIDENTS.
ONE WAS AN H P D PURSUIT THAT THEY CAME SOUTH ON KIRKWOOD AND RAN INTO THE ONE AT SCOTTSDALE.
WE WERE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY END THE PURSUIT, BUT, UH, AND THEN WE HAD ONE WHERE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE VEHICLE WAS, BUT JUST DROVE OVER KIND OF LIKE THE PROBLEM THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH SOME OF THE 18 WHEELERS.
WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THE, UH, INFORMATION FOR, UH, COURTNEY TO SUBROGATE OR TML TO SUBROGATE AGAINST THE, UH, PERSON INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE ACCIDENTS IN LOOKING AT WHAT WAS GOING ON, WE HAD A TOTAL OF FIVE THAT WERE IN PRIVATE PARKING LOTS, SUCH AS CVS, WALGREENS, AND THEN OVER HERE WHERE THE NICE FANCY JIFFY LU IS.
UH, SOMEBODY BACKED INTO SOMEBODY ELSE AT THE TODDLER CARE CENTER.
TEETER TODDLER CARE CENTER OVER THERE.
THAT'S WHAT RAN UP OUR ACCIDENT NUMBERS, THOUGH FIVE OF 'EM WEREN'T ON THE, THE STREET.
UH, THEN MOVING INTO YOUR PACKET, I BELIEVE THAT THE CHIEF LIKES TO SKIP TO THE ARREST.
WHICH V? SO, OH, WELL THE FLOCK INFORMATION IS ON PAGE SIX, RIGHT? THAT, UH, NO, I APOLOGIZE.
SO ON PAGE FIVE, UH, THE FLOCK INFORMATION, WE'VE BEEN HAVING SEVERAL ISSUES CUZ YOU NOTICE THAT OUR FLOCK HIT COUNT IS DOWN, UH, GETTING THEM TO CHECK IT AGAIN BECAUSE USUALLY WE'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A HUNDRED PLUS HITS FROM THE FLOCK SYSTEM.
WE ARE STILL GETTING QUITE A BIT.
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NEIGHBORS NOW ARE GETTING ON BOARD WITH THE FLOCK BANDWAGON.ONE THAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN LOOKING AT THESE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM IN THE PAST WITH THE JUGGING, WHERE THEY WOULD FOLLOW SOMEBODY FROM THEIR STORE OR THE BANK TO THE DRIVEWAY.
WELL, YOU SEE, I MADE A LITTLE NOTE DOWN NEAR THE BOTTOM AT OTHER AGENCY.
SO ROSENBERG HAD ENTERED INTO THEIR CUSTOM HIT LIST THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
SO WHEN THAT SUSPECT VEHICLE CAME THROUGH THE CITY, THE GUYS WERE ALERTED TO THE VEHICLE.
SO THAT LET THEM KNOW TO FIND THE VEHICLE, KEEP AN EYE OUT, ESPECIALLY AROUND, UH, WALLACE STATE BANK.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE TO FLOCK THAN IT JUST FINDING THE STOLEN CARS FROM HOUSTON.
AND NOW THAT STAFFORD HAS PUT UP 11 OF THEM, YOU MAY SEE THERE'S ONE THAT'S THERE ABOUT DENNY'S THAT IS ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY STAFFORD'S CAMERA THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
SO WE BOTH GET BOTH DIRECTIONS NOW, INBOUND AND OUTBOUND.
AND THEY'RE PUTTING MORE ALONG THE FEEDER ROAD AND THE GRID.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ATTRACT STUFF COMING OUT OF STAFFORD AND INTO MEADOWS AS WELL.
NOW TO PAGE SIX, WITH THE ARREST.
SO WE HAD A TOTAL OF 17 ARREST, UH, TO YOUR RIGHT IS A, UH, BRIEF BREAKDOWN.
U U M V, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
THERE WAS AN ARREST FOR ONE, ASSAULT WAS ONE, A WARRANT FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
OTHER JU JURISDICTION POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
WE HAD ONE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE THAT WE HAD TWO BURGLARY, WE HAD TWO AND THE BURGLARY OF NO TWO.
WE HAD THE CVS BURGLARY WHERE THEY DROVE THE VAN IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS OF CVS, TURNED THE VAN AROUND INSIDE CVS AND BACKED UP TO LOAD UP THE ATM.
WE GOT TO SEE THIS ON VIDEO AND IT WAS SOMETHING TO, TO SEE CUZ THEY DID LOTS OF DAMAGE.
THE, THE LOSS PREVENTION SAID THERE WAS MORE DAMAGE INSIDE THAN THERE WAS TO THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE STORE.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, THE GUYS GOT AN ALARM CALL, GOT UP THERE, THEY SAW A TRAIL OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE ANTIFREEZE, FOLLOWED IT, FOUND THEM TAKING THE ATM OUT OF THE MINIVAN AND PUT IT INTO A JEEP, UH, LIBERTY A ONE OF THE SMALLER JEEPS.
AND, UH, WERE ABLE TO CHASE DOWN TWO OF THEM.
THEY FOUND ONE UNDER SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN THE BACKYARD.
ONE WAS UNDER A CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY.
AND I THINK THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT GOT AWAY.
UH, DETECTIVE VELOS IS WORKING THE CASE AND WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET A JAILHOUSE RECORDED PHONE CALL WHERE ONE OF OUR SUSPECTS WAS TALKING TO ONE OF HIS COHORTS AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING IT.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING BEING ABLE TO GET AT LEAST ONE MORE OF WHAT WE THINK ARE THREE MORE OUT THERE.
THAT, UH, SO LET, LET ME INTERRUPT IF YOU YES, SIR.
I'M ASSUMING WE SECURED THE ATM.
THAT, OH, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM.
GOOD POINT, MR. MAYOR, BECAUSE UP UNTIL RECENTLY WE WOULD'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO SO.
BUT IT IS ACTUALLY IN OUR, UH, OVERSIZED EVIDENCE STORAGE CONTAINER THAT MARION COUNCIL GOT FOR US.
SO WE ARE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT ACTUALLY HAVING A PLACE.
AND BECAUSE IT HAS ELECTRICITY AND LIGHTS, THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT IT IN THERE AND TO PROCESS IT IN THERE.
SO THE FINGERPRINTS, CUZ WE ALSO HAVE SOME DNA EVIDENCE THAT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO THE LAB AS WELL.
SO WE MAY GET EVEN MORE, UH, CORROBORATING EVIDENCE.
UH, THEFT, INNOVATING AND WARRANTS.
WE HAD ONE TRAFFIC AND, UH, RESISTING ARREST.
WE HAD ONE, UH, THE, THE CVS WAS THE PROMINENT, UH, CASE TO TALK ABOUT.
AS YOU FLIP THROUGH THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD MORE ACTIVITY AT MURPHY EXPRESS THAT, UH, BESIDES THE BEER THEFT, WE'VE HAD AN ASSAULT UP THERE.
UH, BOYFRIEND GIRLFRIEND ARGUING, AND ONE OF THEM HITTING THE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS A FAMILY VIOLENCE CHARGE.
THE, UH, WARRANTS FOR THE OTHER JURISDICTION.
WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THAT IS THAT WE'VE GOT WANTED PEOPLE, WE HAVE BAD GUYS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY.
PEOPLE THAT WE TYPICALLY DON'T DESIRE TO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAD THE THEFT AT NORTHERN TOOL.
THE GUY WENT IN AND WAS ABLE TO LOAD UP
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TWO OF THE ALMOST $4,000 GENERATORS AND TAKE OFF.OFFICER RICHMOND GOT THE CALL, SPOTTED THE TRUCK COMING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, GAVE CHASE TO IT.
IT WENT EASTBOUND ON WEST AIRPORT TOWARDS MURPHY ROAD.
AND FROM THERE, THEY, UH, DECIDED THE CARS THAT WAS STOPPED AT THE STOPLIGHT WERE IN THE WAY AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE BETWEEN 'EM, UH, UH, HITTING I THINK FOUR OTHER CARS, KIND OF LIKE YOU SEE ON TV.
BUT, UH, THE TRUCK THAT HE WAS IN GAVE OUT FROM THERE.
HE JUMPED OUT ON FOOT, TOOK OFF RUNNING THE, BY THEN STAFFORD IS SHOWING UP.
SUGARLAND IS COMING WITH THEIR CANINE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO TRACK HIM TO THE LITTLE MOTEL THAT'S, IF YOU KNOW, FRESH AND SAVORY BEHIND FRESH AND SAVORY, OR ACROSS THE STREET FROM LUBY'S.
THAT, UH, IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR HOTSPOTS TO GO FIND, UH, FREQUENT FLYERS.
AND THE GUY WHO DECIDED THAT HE WAS NOT GONNA COME OUT OF THE ROOM, SO SHIRLEY SENT THE KINE IN AND THE KINE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO BRING HIM OUT.
AND SO HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
SO, AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR, TO BE TREATED FOR DOG BITES AND IS CURRENTLY STILL IN FORT BEND COUNTY JAIL.
AND WE RECOVERED THE GENERATORS AND NORTHERN TOOL WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEY ACTUALLY FIX THEIR CAMERA SYSTEM.
AND THEN ON THE LAST PAGE, OR OUR ADDITIONAL NOTES, AND I, I'M SORRY THAT THE CHIEF IS NOT HERE TO EXPRESS BOTH OF OUR EXCITEMENT WITH THIS.
THE FIRST PART IS JUST, UH, UPDATE ON OUR TRAINING THAT OFFICER FLORIAN CAME TO US, UH, CAME BACK TO US FULL-TIME.
HE'S A CERTIFIED RANGE AND FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR.
SO HE HAS TAKEN OVER THE FIREARMS QUALIFICATIONS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY GOING ON WITH THE RIFLE, PISTOL AND SHOTGUN.
AND IT'S A PRETTY BIG TASK TO DO TO RUN ALL OF THAT IN THE RANGE CUZ YOU CAN ONLY RUN A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AT A TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RIFLE THAT, UH, SO HE'S TAKING OVER THAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE EVERYBODY, UH, TCO COMPLIANT FOR THE, UH, TRAINING CYCLE BY THE END OF JULY.
UH, FROM THERE, SO I LEFT THE FLOCK COMMENT IN THERE FROM LAST MONTH.
IT'S MORE OF A REMINDER, UH, TO ME THAT I'VE GOTTA GET WITH THEM AND DEMAND THAT THEY GET OUR CAMERAS BACK UP TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY WERE.
AND I PUT IN THERE, WE ARE SOON TO BE FULL STAFF IN PATROL.
ACTUALLY WE WILL BE FULL STAFF WITH ALL FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
FILLED THAT, UH, OFFICER MANNA, WHO WAS WITH US FOR, UH, FULL TIME, TOOK SOME TIME OFF AND WORKED AS A RESERVE.
AND HE IS COMING BACK JAN JULY 1ST.
SO WE WILL HAVE HIM AND HE WILL INSTANTLY GO ON TO A SHIFT.
THERE'S NO TRAINING REQUIRED BECAUSE HE'S BEEN WORKING.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, KAITLYN CHAN, IS OUR RECRUIT THAT THE GUYS, I BELIEVE OFFICER FOSTER, OFFICER IBARRA, OFFICER DURAN, AND PROBABLY OFFICER MILAN IN THERE SOMEWHERE THAT, UH, HAVE COACHED AND RECRUITED HER ALL THROUGH THE ACADEMY AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND PICK HER UP.
SHE DID REALLY WELL IN THE ACADEMY.
AND THAT, UH, SHE IS ALREADY BRAGGING ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT TO HER H P D SISTER THAT, UH, SHE KIND OF MISSED THE, THE TICKET THERE.
SO WITH THAT, THAT, UH, SHE'S IN TRAINING AND SHE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL PROGRAM.
SO WE'LL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 16 WEEKS AND THEN SHE'LL HIT THE STREET.
BUT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR SLOTS FILLED.
AND THAT IS, UH, TRULY EXCITING.
AND, UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HEAR THESE CONVERSATIONS, UM, NO DEPARTMENT AROUND HERE CAN SAY THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HUGE PERCENTAGE DOWN.
UM, SO I'M, I'M PROUD OF THAT.
I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD OF, UH, THE FOLKS THAT, UH, WORKED TO GET OFFICER CHAN INVOLVED IN THINKING, CONSIDERING MEADOWS PLACE AND STAYED WITH IT AND GOT HER TO COME OVER AND, AND SIGN UP WITH US.
THAT WAS, UH, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
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PLAN AND PROCESS TO DO THAT WITH RECRUITS AND WORKS, YOU KNOW? YES, SIR.WELL, THEY HAVE FORMED THEIR OWN LITTLE RECRUITING TEAM THAT HAS BEEN GOING OUT TO THE, THE VARIOUS ACADEMIES.
AND, UH, SOMETIMES THEY'RE WELCOME, SOMETIMES NOT, BUT THEY BRING A, UH, POSITIVE SPIN EACH AND EVERY TIME.
AND I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WE'RE HIRING REFLECTS THAT, THAT WE'RE GETTING MEADOWS PLACE POLICE OFFICERS.
UH, A COMMENT DOWN THAT, UH, FOR THE MESA DOOR ACCESS SYSTEM, WE ARE FINALLY NEARING COMPLETION ON IT.
THERE'S, UH, A COUPLE OF PARTS THAT WE'RE WAITING TO COME IN THAT WILL HELP ADDRESS THINGS SUCH AS THE, THE AFTER HOURS MEETINGS THAT ARE NOT PROGRAMMED IN TO SIMPLIFY FOR COURTNEY MORE THAN THAN ANYBODY.
BUT, UH, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
WELL, THERE WAS MAJOR PROGRESS MADE THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, A QUICK COMMENT IN THERE THAT, UH, WE ALL KNOW 4TH OF JULY IS COMING UP AND, UH, MS. COLEEN HAS A REALLY BIG SOIREE PLAN AND WE WILL BE THERE TO PARTICIPATE.
AND THEN THE GRANT STATUS, THE, THE CHIEF JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL GRANTS THAT ARE IN MOTION, WE'RE HOPING TO HEAR IN A MONTH OR SO ABOUT THE RADIO CONSOLE.
THAT ONE SEEMS TO BE TAKING A LONG TIME, BUT EVERYTHING IS STILL LOOKING GOOD FOR US.
IT, IT'S JUST SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH.
WELL, I'M, I'M PROUD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, UH, THAT YOUR OFFICERS ARE GETTING SO ACTIVE, INVOLVED IN RECRUITING, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, WILL PROVE, UH, TO BEAR PROOF IN THE FUTURE.
UH, COUNSEL, ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF ASHTON? NO.
UH, AND OFFICER IGN WILL PASS ALONG TO THE GUYS TO, UM, WELL, SHE CAN DO IT BETTER THAN YOU CAN.
UM, BUT, UH, IT IS, UH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE WORKING TOGETHER LIKE THAT.
UM, PEOPLE ARE SCRAMBLING RIGHT NOW TO FIND POLICE OFFICERS TO EVEN GET PEOPLE TO CONSIDER GOING TO THEIR CITY.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.
JUST, I'M SURE THE CHIEF MENTIONED IT.
WE WERE AT A BREAKFAST LAST WEEK.
THE CITY'S BEEN VERY FORTUNATE.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ASSISTANT CHIEF.
UM, NEXT UP IS, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT REPORT, UH, BY, UH, OFFICER BY, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, OFFICER JENNIFER CABELLO.
JENNIFER IS OUT SICK AS A DOG, AND SO WE'RE WISHING HER WELL.
SHE HANDED IN A VERY GOOD REPORT, UH, WHICH I WILL, UH, BRIEFLY GO OVER.
UM, IN THE LAST QUARTER, WHICH IS MARCH THROUGH JUNE, UM, SHE ENDED UP WORKING SEVEN DAYS ON WEEKENDS.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS SHE TURNS UP ON WEEKENDS ARE QUITE INTERESTING.
UM, SHE, UM, HAD, UH, 341 CASES OPENED.
356 CASES WERE CLOSED, AND 33 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.
UM, OF THOSE 300 AND, UH, 41 CASES, UH, THAT WERE OPENED, 242 COUNSEL WERE PROACTIVE.
MEANING, UH, COMPLAINTS OR REPORTS FROM CITIZENS, AND SHE GETS ON THOSE IN A HURRY.
UM, I GET A REPORT WITH ALL OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS IN APRIL THROUGH JUNE.
THERE WAS PARTICULARLY ONE OF NOTE, UH, SWIMMING POOLS, UNSANITARY, STATE OF DISREPAIR.
SHE HAD 13, WHICH I'LL COM COMMENT ON THE SECOND.
WE HAD FOUR UNOCCUPIED, UM, BUILDINGS.
SHE DEALT WITH THIS LAST QUARTER, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND SO WORKING WITH THE PD, BY THE WAY, TO DO THAT, TO LOOK AT THAT.
UM, SO WE HAD, UH, THE TOTAL VIOLATIONS FOR QUARTER WERE, UH, 397.
UH, SO I THINK IT SHOWS SHE'S ACTIVE OUT THERE AND WORKING HARD.
UH, THIS POOL REPORT, UH, THAT, UH, I ASKED FOR, UH, SHE SUBMITTED TO ME AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH NICK ON, UH,
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TAKING THINGS TO AND HOW TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SOLVE SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. WE HAD 18 PROBLEM POOLS.NOW, WHILE THAT IS AN ISSUE, IS CLEAN PAN.
UH, CLEAN POOLS ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT DUE TO MOSQUITO BORNE ILLNESSES.
I NOTICED RIGHT BEFORE I TOOK OFF A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THEY HAD SEEN SOME WEST NILE IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON.
WE EVEN HAVE A CASE OF MALARIA POP UP IN HOUSTON.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT, UH, CONCERN ME BY THESE POOLS.
UH, THIS PART OF TEXAS HAS 56 OF THE 86 DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOSQUITOES.
MY POOR WIFE GETS BIT BY ALL OF 'EM, I THINK.
UH, BUT ANYBODY CAN GET CONTRACTED DISEASE BY THESE, UM, MOSQUITOES.
SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PREVENTATIVE PROGRAM THAT JENNIFER UNDERTOOK.
AND SHE'S ACTUALLY, SHE ACTUALLY DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF IT.
UH, I ASKED FOR THIS REPORT AND I GOT IT.
AND THERE WAS, UH, THERE WAS 1, 2, 3, 4 WARRANTS ISSUED TO DEAL WITH THESE CUZ WE DIDN'T HAVE THE COOPERATION OUT OF THE HOMEOWNERS THAT WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE HAD.
SO WE GOT AFTER IT AND WE GOT, UH, UH, SOME WARRANTS ISSUED.
SHE'S GOING OUT THERE AND THE FIFTH POOL IS DIRTY, CONTAMINATED, ET CETERA.
SHE DROPS IN MOSQUITO PUCKS TO KILL THE LARVAE.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, SHE'S ISSUING A CITATION, RIGHT WITH THAT ONE.
THAT'S PART OF THOSE CITATIONS.
UM, SHE'S WORKING WITH PEOPLE.
WE'VE GOT SOME THAT ARE OPEN THAT PEOPLE JUST FRANKLY, UH, FOUND THEMSELVES IN A, IN A POSITION TO WHERE, UH, THEY HAD LET IT GET AWAY FROM 'EM AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT, UM, IN A PLACE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR IT, AND THEY'RE WAITING ON SOMEBODY TO COME FILL IT IN.
UH, JENNIFER'S GOING OUT THERE AND INSPECTING THE HOUSES, MAKING SURE IT'S EMPTY SO THERE'S NO WATER TO DRAW MOSQUITOES.
UM, SHE AND NICK SAT DOWN AND NICK BEING OUR SEATED ADMINISTRATOR, USUALLY THE NICE GUY THAT SITS NEXT TO ME, UM, BUT NOT TODAY.
UM, IT'S GONE DOWN AND THEY'VE WORKED OUT A, A POOL INSPECTION ROTATION FOR THOSE PROBLEM POOLS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.
AND IF SOMEBODY GETS ADDED TO IT, THEY'LL GET ADDED TO THE LIST OR WE DISCOVER A NEW ONE, THEY'LL GET ADDED TO THE LIST.
IF SOMEBODY'S IN COMPLIANCE AND IS ISSUED OR FILLED IN THE POOL, WE'LL DROP 'EM.
BUT THEY'VE GOT, UH, ONE MORE FALL INSPECTION SET FOR THE, UH, FALL OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A SPRING AND FALL NEXT YEAR, UH, ALREADY SET UP.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE UNDER INSPECTION.
UH, SO IT'S A WAY TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING BY AND THAT IF WE DO THAT, THERE HAS TO BE SOME ACTION TAKEN.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M, I'M SURPRISED THAT HOME THAT WE HAD THAT MANY, I REALLY AM EIGHTEENS A LOT OF PROBABLE POOLS.
UM, WE HAVE OVER 125 POOLS HERE IN OUR ONE SQUARE MILE OF WONDERFUL.
SO IT'S NOT A BAD RATIO, BUT I WAS STILL A LITTLE SURPRISED.
UH, BUT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF'EM.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CLOSED REPORTS, UH, SHE'S DONE A VERY GOOD JOB IN HANDLING THIS AND, AND WORKING WITH, AGAIN, PD, THE JUDGE FOR WARRANTS, ET CETERA.
SO THAT CLOSES UP CODE ENFORCEMENT, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION GOOD.
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES IN STAFFORD.
UM, WE'VE GOT A NEW MAYOR OVER THERE, UM, AND HE HAS ALREADY MET WITH, UH, CHIEF DE CAMILLO.
WE'VE GOT A REAL TIGHT ARRANGEMENT WITH, UH, CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE AND, UH, BETWEEN CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE AND, UH, STAFFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND ANYTIME THERE'S CHANGES AT THE HEAD, YOU KIND OF WONDER.
SO I HAVE, UH, I'VE SPOKEN, UH, WITH THE MAYOR KEN MATTHEW.
UM, AND BOY IS HE EXCITED AND I THINK HE'LL DO A REAL GOOD JOB OVER THERE.
BUT I'VE KNOWN MAYOR MATTHEW FOR YEARS, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT, UH, I'LL CONTINUE
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TO HAVE A FRIENDLY AND CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, UH, PERSONALLY.AND, UM, WE WILL MAINTAIN A VERY PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR CITIES.
WE TAKE PRIDE IN THAT RELATIONSHIP AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
I SPOKE AT LENGTH WITH CHIEF DE CAMILLA ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT STAFFORD AND CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, AND THE INTERDEPENDENCY THAT THEY HAVE WITH US AND US WITH THEM.
UH, CHIEF DE CAMILLA WAS ADAMANT THAT, UH, THOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME POLITICAL CHANGES AT THE TOP, THEY HAVE, UH, HE IS NOT AT ALL CONCERNED THAT IN, IN, IN ANY WAY WOULD, UH, CHANGE THE VALUE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE STAFFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
SO I WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT LAST MONTH.
WE, OR WE HAD 51 INCIDENTS, A LITTLE BIT OF UP MOST, AGAIN, WERE MEDICAL ASSIST, UH, BY EMS CREW AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THE, THE BLESSING OF HAVING THOSE FOLKS HERE IN OUR CITY.
UH, QUESTIONS ON THE FIRE REPORT.
THANK YOU AGAIN, THAT MOVES US ON TO WHERE OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
NICK, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, YOU DON'T GET TO GIVE ONE.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY? ANYWAY, THAT BRINGS YOU DOWN TO MAYOR COMMENTS.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE TIRED OF LISTENING.
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA HAVE TO DO THOSE.
UM, OUR BUDGET SEASON IS IN PROCESS, AND AGAIN, EMILY WAS THERE AND, UH, OTHERS.
BUT, UM, MEADOWS PLACE, I JUST WANT TO TALK TO EVERYBODY AND, AND REASSURE EVERYONE.
MEADOWS PLACE HAS A PLAN AND A PROCESS IN PLACE, UH, TO WORK THROUGH OUR BUDGET.
AFTER SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH STAFF CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND OUR CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR, ANNAMARIA WESTON, UH, SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS WITH THE, UM, STAFF, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER A, UH, PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR THE CITY.
UM, WE GET, I MEAN, WE GOT A PRETTY GOOD SIZE PACKET, UM, CUZ THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN IT.
UM, AND IT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM, UH, THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE, UH, SALES TAX REVENUES, UH, TO, TO THE CITY FUNDS AND HOW THEY'RE BROKEN OUT.
UH, AND IT GIVES US A GENERAL EX, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE CITY EXPENDITURES.
GIVES US A CITY, A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE UTILITIES AND THEIR EXPENDITURES ON HOW WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WORK OUT A WAY TO, WITHOUT, UM, DECREASE IN CITY SERVICES, UM, MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE.
AND THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MEETINGS TO GO.
UM, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DECISIONS TO BE MADE, UM, TO BE SETTLED BOTH ON A TAX PROPOSED TAX RATE AND A IN A BUDGET.
UM, THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALL ON CALENDAR, ARE THEY NOT? SHE SAID YES.
UH, THERE MICROPHONES, OH YEAH, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON.
UH, BUT I INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME CHECK THE CALENDARS, CLEAR 'EM, PLEASE SHOW UP, ASK QUESTIONS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS, THAT, THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK AND DISCUSS ANYTHING AT THOSE MEETINGS THAT PERTAIN TO BUDGETS, BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE, UH, WE ASK YOU TO CONTACT CITY HALL, CONTACT THE, THE DIRECTORS, UH, CONTACT ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FIND OUT HOW DO I ASK THIS QUESTION.
OR YOU CAN GO IN TO ASK A QUESTION ON OUR WEBSITE THAT COMES TO COURTNEY AND SHE WILL FIND OUT AN ANSWER ON ANYTHING ON, UH, HOW, HOW TO HANDLE THAT.
UH, WHATEVER QUESTION YOU'VE GOT, WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MAYOR'S COMMENTS.
WE START ON THE EDC BUDGET TOMORROW.
UM, JUST BEFORE WE LEAVE BUDGET ON THAT, MAYOR, UM, I DID SEND SOME QUESTIONS TO YOU AND ANNA, MARIA AND NICK THIS WEEKEND.
UH, FOR COUNCIL, THERE IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT LEAVING THE, THE MEETING.
UM, THERE WERE SOME ASSUMPTIONS MADE
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THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO DISCUSS, BUT I'LL LET, UM, STAFF DISTRIBUTE THOSE AND, AND KIND OF GO INTO THAT.AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.
GOOD DECISIONS WILL HAVE TO BE MADE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE GOOD DATA TO DO IT.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, COUNCIL COMMENTS.
EVERYBODY GET READY TO, OH, IT'S RICK, UH, DORRANCE LANE.
THE CONTRACTOR STILL HAS NOT FILED HIS FINAL PAPERWORK SO THAT GET US TO RELEASE THE RETAINAGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, ALL THEY GOTTA DO IS GIVE US THE FINAL DOCUMENTS AND HE GETS HIS 10% RETAINAGE.
SO IT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
IT'S PROBABLY OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
YEAH, SO, WELL, TO ME IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S DRAGGING HIS FEET ON GETTING HIS PAPERWORK IN OTHER THAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES ARE NOT KNOWN FOR PAPERWORK.
ANY QUESTIONS ON DORRANCE ON THE BIKE PROJECT? UM, THE BORINGS ARE DONE.
CENTER POINT HAS VERIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE.
SO THEY HAVE REFUNDED OR TORN UP OUR DEPOSIT CHECK ON THE, UM, JUST TO ENSURE THERE WAS NO DAMAGE.
SO THAT DESIGN SHOULD BE MOVING ALONG VERY QUICKLY.
UM, I DID CHECK ON THE GAS LINE.
THAT CENTER POINT IS DESIGNING LAST MONTH.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT DO WE WANT THE PROJECT TO GO FORWARD RIGHT NOW KNOWING THEY'RE GONNA COME THROUGH? OR HOW DO WE PHASE THE PROJECT SO THAT WE DON'T BUILD SOMETHING AND HAVE THEM TEAR IT UP? CAN WE BUILD THE BRIDGE AND THE PARKING LOT? YOU CAN BUILD THE BRIDGE AND HALF THE PARKING LOTS.
OTHERWISE, OTHERWISE IT'S AT RISK.
OTHERWISE THEY'RE GONNA TEAR RIGHT THROUGH 'EM.
SO UNLESS THEY'RE BORING AND THEY HAVE NOT ANSWERED THAT QUESTION TO ME, I, I WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I DON'T, I, WELL FIRST I GOTTA FINISH THE DESIGN AND THEN ONCE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO A HUNDRED PERCENT, THEN WE'LL LOOK AT WHERE CENTER POINT IS AND KIND OF GO FORWARD FROM THERE.
TRY TO MEET, MEET UP WITH THEM.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I, I'VE GOTTA TELL YOU, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH OUR, UH, VOLUNTEER PROJECT MANAGER, UH, RICK STALEY, UH, BECAUSE HE HANDLES ALL THESE THINGS IN HOUSE AND IT KEEPS EVERYBODY INFORMED THAT NEEDS TO BE INFORMED AND WORKS WITH US.
AND COUNSEL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE I JUST DID AND HAVE IMMEDIATE RESPONSES.
HIS TALENT IS EX EXTRAORDINARY AND, UM, HIS ENERGY TOWARD WORK SERVING THE CITY HAS, UH, JUST INVALUABLE AND RICK, UH, ON THE RECORD.
UM, THAT MOVES ASON TO ITEM D, THE REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, ITEM ONE IS, UH, DISCUSSING CONSIDERATION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 10 APPROVING THE TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS POOL RENEWAL NOTICE AND BENEFIT VERIFICATION FORM, SETTING THE EMPLOYER FUNDED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR THE MED EMPLOYER, MEDICAL, DENTAL, LONG-TERM DISABILITY, LIFE, A AND D, VOLUNTARY DEPENDENT LIFE AND ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT COVERAGE.
UH, I THINK EVERYBODY'S READ THE SUMMARY.
UH, IF NOT, YOU HAVEN'T IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD COURTNEY TO, TO THIS AT THIS POINT? UM, NO.
I THINK WE PRESENTED LAST WEEK AT THE BUDGET MEETING.
IT IS A 10%, UM, PREMIUM INCREASE AND IT'S KEEPING THE COVERAGE EXACTLY THE SAME, NO CHANGE IN COVERAGE.
BUT THE AVERAGE RATE FOR TEXAS WAS THE AVERAGE RATE FOR THE WHOLE POOL WAS 16%.
SO WE CAME IN UNDER THE AVERAGE RATE FOR THE POOL AND WE'RE MAINTAINING AND WE'RE MAINTAINING 9 37.
MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK.
SECOND BY, WAS THAT CORRECT? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM TWO IS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ON RESOLUTION 2 0 23 DASH 11 APPROVING THE 2023 DASH 2025 RERATE NOTICE FROM B S P VISION CARE SEEKING THE EMPLOYER FUNDED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY SECRETARY TO
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ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR EMPLOYEE DEPENDENT VISION COVERAGE.UH, JUST EVERY OTHER YEAR THE CITY REVIEWS THE COVERAGE BSP HAS SUBMITTED IT TO YOUR RENEWAL AT THE SAME BENEFITS AND NO INCREASE.
I'M A MOTION FOR APPROVE MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY KURT, SECOND BY DAVID.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
MOTION CARRIES YOUR UNANIM AS I SAW.
UH, ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ON REGARDING RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 12 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, UH, FOR FIRE CODE, UH, INVESTIGATIONS.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING CUZ WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH FIRE MARSHAL THROUGH B D.
UM, BUT UH, THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE, THE COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL, BUT THAT WAS FOR INSPECTIONS AND THIS IS FOR INVESTIGATIONS.
UM, AND THIS WILL SET US UP THROUGH THE COUNTY TO DO THE INVESTIGATION SERVICES ONLY ON THIS PAPERWORK, UH, SHOULD WE EVER NEED IT.
SO, UM, ANYBODY HAVE, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, GOOD.
UH, DO NEED A MOTION TO PASS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND BY T UH, ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UH, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUR INSURANCE CERTIFICATE INTO 'EM.
THERE IS AN INSURANCE REQUIREMENT IN THERE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES YOU UNANIM ENDLESSLY.
UM, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION AUTHORIZING H D R ENGINEERING INC.
TO COMPETITIVELY BID THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REHABILITATION.
UM, I THINK COUNSEL IS, UH, AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE, UM, WITH THE, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE IS THE ABILITY TO BID IT OUT.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING IS AUTHORIZE AN HDR TO BID IT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE BY TIA BAKER.
FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND THIS, UM, THE PROPOSED, UM, PROPOSAL AND AGREEMENT TO ME JUST FOR A REVIEW.
UM, BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE ALL THE FEDERAL CLAUSES TO BE IN THERE BECAUSE OF THE ARPA MONEY YOU'RE WANTING THE CURRENT HDR AGREEMENT? NO.
WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT ON THE STREET FOR THE OH, THE BID PROPOSAL.
THE BID, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ALL THOSE FEDERAL CLAUSES IN THERE, UM, IN ORDER TO ACCESS THAT 1.5 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY, RIGHT? AND IF NOT, THE COUNTY CAN GET JAMMED AND WE CAN GET JAMMED.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR HIM SAY NO.
SO, WITH THAT, WHERE WERE WE? DID WE, WE DID NOT VOTE.
UH, HAD A PROPOSAL IN A SECOND.
NEED A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND I AM SO EXCITED.
FINALLY, GET THAT STARTED DISTILLED.
WE'RE NOT OUTTA THE WOODS YET, BUT UH, THIS GETS US GOING.
UM, DISCUSSION, UH, IN CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZING STAFF TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW POLICE VEHICLE NOT TO EXCEED $35,000.
AND THAT'S THE POLICE VEHICLE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
SINCE THE COST IS OVER 25,000, COUNSEL MUST APPROVE THE, UM, EXPENDITURE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION BY KURT THINKING ABOUT DAVID? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, ITEM D SIX, UM, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ON ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 17 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF THE FISCAL YEAR BETWEEN OCTOBER, 2022, ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 IN THE AMOUNT OF 38 OR 83,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO LINE ITEM, UH, 105 0 5 2 0 500 0
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POLICE VEHICLE PURCHASE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE POLICE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT.UM, BUT WE NEED TO PASS ORDINANCE 20 23 17 TO AMEND THAT LINE ITEM.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DO SO? MOTION BYTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, THIS IS, UH, ITEM D SEVEN RATIFYING THE, UH, MAYOR'S SIGNATURE ON AN AGREEMENT WITH NTS FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF A BLOWER AND BLOWER MOTOR ON UNIT TWO AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE AMOUNT OF $49,000.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BLOWERS ON THE TREATMENT PLANT.
WE ARE, UH, SAVING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY BY DOING IT, BUT WE'RE SAVING TIME BY GETTING IT DONE THIS WAY.
SO MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK.
ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, THAT BRINGS US INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION BY, CAN I GET IT? APPROVED AMENDED AS, UM, UHOH THE FIRST SET OF MINUTES SHOULD BE FOR MAY 23RD, NOT MAY 22ND.
ANY OPPOSED? KNOWN THAT MOTION CARRIES ALSO.
I'D HATE TO COME BACK TO ANOTHER MEETING AND DEAL WITH IT.
UH, ITEM IF AUDIENCE FROM COMMENTS FOR MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA, LEE WILL SEE YOU WANT TO TALK TO, UH, TO US? NOW'S THE TIME.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE MIC AND GET UP KIND OF CLOSE.
MOVED HERE IN THE MID NINETIES.
UM, MY KIDS WERE ABOUT YAY BIG AT THE TIME.
WE LIVED IN A REALLY, REALLY BAD PART OF TOWN AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO START FI LOOKING FOR A HOUSE.
HAD A GUY THAT WAS WORKING, UH, THAT I WAS WORKING FOR, HIRED A GUY AND PUT HIM UNDER ME.
GUY KEPT DOING A LOT OF BAD STUFF AT THE OFFICE, MAKING COPIES AND, YOU KNOW, THINKS HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? HE SAYS, WELL, I GOT A LAWSUIT GOING ON.
I SAID, WITH WHO? WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH WORK? WHY ARE YOU USING COMPANY EQUIPMENT? LONG STORY SHORT, I LOOKED AT WHAT HE HAD AND IT WAS A LAWSUIT WITH THE CITY OF MEADOWS.
WASN'T MEADOWS PLACE THEN FOUND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
I WAS DRIVING THROUGH THIS TOWN THAT I USED TO LIVE IN.
MY MAMA STILL LIVES THERE AND I WAS DRUNK AS A SKUNK AND PEELING THROUGH STOP SIGNS.
I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU BECAUSE YOU GOT A TIME LIMIT OF THREE MINUTES.
SO WHEN I FOUND OUT WHERE THIS PLACE WAS, AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR A HOUSE, AND WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS HE SAID THE COPS CAUGHT HIM, CHASED HIM INTO HIS MAMA'S HOUSE, DRUG OUT HOG TIED HIM, THREW HIM IN THE BACK OF THE CAR, KICKED OUT THE WINDOW, AND HE WAS IN A BIG LAWSUIT.
I CALLED MY WIFE, I SAID, YOU GO FIND THIS LITTLE TOWN AND YOU FIND US A HOUSE THERE.
SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY SAFE PLACE.
UM, WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD SUCCESS WITH THE POLICE HERE THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE.
MY WIFE GOT CARJACKED A HANDFUL OF YEARS AFTER WE WERE HERE.
AND, UH, GARY STEWART WAS THE LEAD DETECTIVE AT THE TIME, AND HE CAUGHT ALL FOUR OF THEM, GOT 'EM ALL THROWN IN PRISON.
WE, WE HAD FOUR SEPARATE TRIALS.
I HAVE A POLICE REPORT, I HAD A THEFT AT MY HOUSE.
IT WAS, THE DATE WAS EARLIER THIS MONTH.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN YOUR THEFT REPORT.
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UH, SIX 10 OF 23.I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH THE POLICE EVER SINCE.
I'VE GOT PUSHED TO, UH, SERGEANT KENNICK, I BELIEVE IS HIS NAME.
I'VE LEFT MESSAGES AND HAVE NOT HAD SO MUCH AS A RETURN PHONE CALL.
I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT I CALLED GARY STEWART, HE HASN'T RETURNED MY CALL EITHER.
MY QUESTION IS THIS, WHO DO I TURN TO NOW? THANK YOU BY THE WAY, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, ALL THE JOB, ALL YOUR SERVICE LEE RYAN THESE YEARS.
NOW I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M GONNA KIND OF GIVE CHIEF STEWART A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY.
HE'S HAD SOME THINGS GOING ON, OKAY? UH, AND HE WAS IN TODAY FOR MEDICAL ISSUES, ET CETERA, FOR INSTANCE.
OKAY? UM, AS FOR THE OTHERS, THERE'S A MAN SITTING RIGHT BACK THERE CALLED US HISTORY CHIEF FROM ASHTON.
I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GOING BE HERE WHEN I GOT HERE TODAY,
AND, UH, HE'S HEARD WHAT YOUR COUNSEL HAS HEARD AND I ASSURE YOU HE'S NOT HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, HE'LL FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHY THERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF COMMUNICATION.
NO, AFTER ASKING, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO, UH, RESPECTFULLY LET US KNOW AS A COUNSEL WHAT THAT BREAKDOWN WAS AND WHAT STEPS YOU'RE GONNA TAKE TO CORRECT IT.
NOW, I'LL ALSO THROW THIS OUT, UH, MY PHONE NUMBER'S ON THE BACK OF YOUR NEWSLETTER.
IF THIS ISN'T SQUARED AWAY TO YOUR SATISFACTION NEXT FEW DAYS, GIMME A CALL.
AND AGAIN, I DO, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SERVICE AND PARTICULARLY ALL THESE.
ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER COUNT COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? I WANNA BE AN AUDIENCE MEMBER REAL QUICK.
KURT KICINSKI, 1930 MEADOW TRAIL LANE.
UH, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE MEADOWS MARLIN SWIM TEAM.
UM, YEAH, THEY ARE THE 10 AND UNDER DIVISION THREE CHAMPIONS.
UH, SO, UH, I WANNA RECOGNIZE EMILY MERLEY.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD THIS YEAR.
UM, AND, AND SEAN RE WHO, UH, IS ON THE P AND Z BOARD.
HE IS THE, THE COACH, THE HEAD COACH OF THE SWIM TEAM.
UM, AND HE HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
OUR SWIMMERS HAVE ALL IMPROVED.
THEY HAVE, THEY'RE GOOD SPORTS.
THEY'RE KIND, THEY'RE CHEERING PEOPLE ON.
UH, THIS IS THE BEST TEAM I'VE SEEN.
WE'VE BEEN A PART OF IT FOR SEVEN YEARS.
UH, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EMILY FOR HER LEADERSHIP.
AND SEAN, EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT HERE, HE'S PROBABLY LISTENING, PROBABLY NOT.
UH, BUT, UH, OUR SWIMMERS, THEY, THEY WON THIS MORNING, 10 AND UNDER.
SO THEY ARE, THE DIVISION CHAMPIONS BEAT OUT, UH, AREAS LIKE SWEETWATER, UM, SUGAR CREEK.
SO WE, WE BEAT OUT A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE AREA THAT, UH, WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEAT.
UM, AND, AND IF YOU WANNA SEE THE, THE HEARTBEAT OF MEADOWS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, IT'S DEFINITELY THE POOL.
AND IT'S THE SWIM TEAM AND THE NUMBERS ARE, ARE AWESOME.
TONS OF YOUNG SWIMMERS, UH, TONS OF NEW FAMILIES GETTING INVOLVED.
THANK YOU MEADOWS MARLINS SWIM TEAM.
WELL, I, I WANNA SAY LET'S, UH, RECOGNIZE EMILY.
THANK KURT, AND, UH, IF I'D HAVE KNOWN EMILY, IF SO, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T, BUT I, I'VE BEEN TRAVELING UNTIL LAST NIGHT.
I WOULD'VE WORN MY MEADOWS MARLINS TIE.
AND, UH, SO, BUT I WAS ON A BUNCH OF ARMY BASES AND I WAS FEELING PATRIOTIC TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MEADOWS MARLINS ASSEMBLY.
I I WAS, MY KIDS WERE PART OF A SUCCESSFUL CYCLE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND, UH, THEY STILL HAVE FRIENDS FROM MEADOWS, MARLINS SWIM TEAM AND THAT'S HOW CLOSE IT CONNECTS TO THE FAMILY.
ANYBODY ELSE, TIA? I WAS JUST MAKING SURE RICK.
NO MORE AUDIENCE COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.
NEXT TIME YOU KNOW YOU, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS PICK UP THE CALL.
YOU WANNA KNOW WHERE YOU CAN CALL ME.
ALL RIGHT, UH, WE'LL FIND OUT.
WITH THAT, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM G AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.