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[I. COMMENCEMENT ]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OVER RECORD COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF KLUT CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, CLUTE, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS, CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 4 1.
CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY, 5 5 1 0 7 2 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY, 5 5 1 0 7 3.
DELIBERATION ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONNEL MATTERS.
DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES 5 5 1 0 8 7.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 4 1 8 7 5 1 8 3 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE.
INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 3 2 1 0.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION.
THE AGENDA MEETING PACKET AND VIDEO LINK ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.CLUTEXAS.GOV.
UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN PERSON AND WILL OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC.
COMMENT ITEMS. TO REGISTER TO SPEAK OR TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE EMAIL CITY CLERK ROSIE POINT, OFIT AT ROSIE@KLUTEXAS.GOV.
AT LEAST TWO HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, A RECORDING OF THE VIDEO MEETING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
MR. VAUGHN, WOULD YOU CARE TO GIVE US AN APPLICATION? THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR OUR FAMILY? WE JUST ASK THAT YOU JUST CONTINUE TO WATCH ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL OUR EMPLOYEE SAFE EACH DAY SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, OR WE ASK IN YOUR EYES WHAT YOU FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THE COMPUTER.
PLEASE PLEDGE TO SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
NEXT ITEM WILL BE ROLL CALL CALVIN SHIFFLETT.
NEXT ITEM BE SCISSORS, CITIZENS, VISITORS, COMMENTS.
WE WILL FOREGO READING THAT ITEM AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
I GOT A LITTLE FROG IN MY THROAT.
[III. CONSENT AGENDA ]
AND THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND ARE GENERALLY ENACTED IN ONE MOTION.THE EXCEPTIONS OF THIS RULE IS THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REQUEST ONE OR MORE ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE ACTION.
TONIGHT'S AGENDA CONSISTS OF MINUTES, JOINT PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
AUGUST 24TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.
SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH, 2023 AT 6:30 PM WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOVED BY COUNCIL AGUILAR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL PERSON V.
ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
[IV. BUSINESS ITEMS ]
YOU.NEXT ITEM WILL BE A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
IT WOULD BE CITY OF KLU PROCLAMATION.
CITY OF KLU NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
A UNIQUE CRIME DRUG PREVENTION EVENT SPONSORED BY THE KLU POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 2023.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF CLU TO JOIN FORCES WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN PROMOTING COOPERATIVE POLICE COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS.
AND WHEREAS ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES PLAY A ROLE, PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ASSISTING THE CLU POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH JOINT CRIME, DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS IN THE CITY OF CLU AND ARE SUPPORTIVE OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2023 LOCALLY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF KLUT BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACT THAT THEIR
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PARTICIPATION CAN HAVE ON REDUCING CRIME, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE IN THE CITY OF KLUT.AND WHEREAS POLICE, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, AWARENESS AND COOPERATION ARE IMPORTANT THEMES OF THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROGRAM.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CALVIN SHIFFLET DO HEREBY CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF KLU TO JOIN THE KLU POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORTING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER THE THIRD, 2023.
FURTHER LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE THIRD, 2023 AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY OF CLU AND WITNESS WHERE OF HEARING TWO SAT MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PLU TO BE AFFIXED IS 28 DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023.
AND IT'S SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE TESTIFIED BY ROSIE POINT, BUT CITY CLERK AND IT WILL BE FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AT BRADFORD COLLEGE.
SO NEXT ITEM WOULD BE A PROCLAMATION OF WORLD TEACHER'S DAY.
DOES CITY INCLUDE TEXAS? BRADS CITY OF INCLUDE TEXAS PROCLAMATION.
BRADS PORT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHER'S DAY.
WHEREAS BRADS PORT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FUTURE OF STRENGTH DEPENDS ON PROVIDING A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS.
WHEREAS TEACHER QUALITY MATTERS MORE TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THAN ANY OTHER SCHOOL RELATED FACTOR.
AND WHEREAS TEACHERS SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS PREPARING LESSON PLANS AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS, AND WHEREAS OUR BRA SUPPORT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED GREAT RESILIENCE, ADAPTABILITY, AND CREATIVITY, WHEREAS OUR COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES THE SUPPORTS ITS TEACHERS AND EDUCATING THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS TEACHERS CAN IS A STATEWIDE MOVEMENT SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 150 PARTNERING BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ELEVATING THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND HONORING THE CRITICAL ROLES TEACHERS PLAY IN THE SUCCESS OF TEXAS.
AND NOW THEREFORE, BEING RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF CLUTE JOINS HASHTAG TEACHERS CAM AND IS PARTNERING ENTITIES ACROSS TEXAS AND CELEBRATING WORLD'S TEACHER DAY AND PROCLAIMED AUGUST, OCTOBER THE FIFTH, 2023 TO BE BRAZOSPORT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TEACHERS DAY TO BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT OUR CALVIN SHIFFLET MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CL TEXAS ENCOURAGED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY PERSONALLY EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO OUR TEACHERS AND DISPLAY A LIGHTER LIGHT BLUE RIBBON OUTSIDE YOUR HOMES, OUR BUSINESSES THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 5TH, AS A SYMBOL OF SUPPORT FOR OUR BRASSFORD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATORS AND WITNESS WHERE I HAVE HEARING IN TWO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL TO CITY
IT'S SIGNED BY MYSELF AND TESTIFIED BY ROSIE
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATION FOR YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF CLUE OF THESE, THESE NAMES THAT WILL BE CALLED OUT ARE FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES.
THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY, UH, SOME OF 'EM, EVEN EVEN THE ONE THAT'S BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS, MAY BE HERE FIVE YEARS OR SIX MONTHS.
BUT IT'S A, IT'S A CELEBRATION OF THEIR FIFTH OF, OF A FIVE YEAR INCREMENT.
AND FIRST WE WILL HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER WHO HAS NOW BEEN WITH US FIVE YEARS.
WE HAVE MELISSA MILLER THAT HAS BEEN WITH US 10 YEARS.
WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MR. D BARNES HAS BEEN WITH US 25 YEARS.
CARIA HAS BEEN WITH US FIVE YEARS.
BRITTANY FISHER HAS BEEN WITH US FIVE YEARS.
JOSE MEDINA HAS BEEN WITH US FIVE YEARS.
ERNEST COTTON HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 25 YEARS.
ALICIA HAMMOND HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 20 YEARS AND ANN RACK HAS BEEN WITH US 20 YEARS.
AND PATRICIA GRIFFITH HAS BEEN WITH THOSE 20 YEARS.
I KNOW WE HAVE ONE OF 'EM PRESENT TONIGHT.
MS. GRIFFITH AND HAVE THEIR MS. GRIFFITH HERE.
THAT'S, WE HAVE OUR APPRECIATION GIFT AND A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.
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THANK YOU.THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK OUT THERE.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE PRESENTATION ON COLLECTIONS FROM REPORT BY PURDUE BRANDON FELDER, COLLINS OD L L C.
AND MR. MICHAEL DARLOW WILL BE OUR PRESENTER.
COUNSEL, GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS EVENING GIVE YOU A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE ON OUR COLLECTION EFFORTS SINCE, GOSH, IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I WAS HERE LAST.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU, I THINK THE WATCH WORD IS CONSISTENCY.
I'VE LOOKED AT THE ROLES OVER THE YEARS AND THE TAX OFFICE IS COLLECTING FOR YOU VIRTUALLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR.
UH, WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB IN COLLECTING YOUR DELINQUENT TAXES.
THE REPORT THAT I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT SHOWS WITH REGARD TO THE DELINQUENT TAXES THAT YOU HAD, UH, $155,757 OF BASE TAX UNPAID, UH, WHEN WE PREPARED THIS EARLIER IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, AND AS YOU MAY RECALL FROM PRIOR MEETINGS, WE SORT OF BREAK THIS UP INTO CATEGORIES TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF, OF THE MONEY THAT'S OWED, HOW MUCH OF IT IS ACTUALLY COLLECTIBLE.
'CAUSE WHILE I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT WE CAN COLLECT IT ALL, THE REALITY IS THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
SO OF WHAT'S OWED, WHAT CAN WE DO? SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE CATEGORIES I'LL POINT OUT FOR YOU.
UH, FIRST I ALWAYS LIKE TO MENTION THE DEFERRALS, AND THAT'S ONE THAT AT PRESENT TIME WE CANNOT COLLECT.
AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE OVER 65 AND IT'S YOUR HOMESTEAD, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEFER THE PAYMENT OF YOUR TAXES.
YOU FILL OUT THE FORM WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, NOTIFY THE TAX OFFICE GETS THAT FROM THEM.
THEN WE GET TO LEARN ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN YOU DON'T HEAR FROM PURDUE, BRANDON.
SO LONG AS THAT DEFERRAL IS IN PLACE, IF IT CHANGES.
AND WE HAVE HAD SOME SITUATIONS IN THE CITY WHERE THE OWNERS HAVE PASSED AWAY, UH, AND THEN THE HEIRS HAVE HAD THE OBLIGATION THEN TO DECIDE IF THEY WANTED TO PAY THE TAXES OR NOT.
UH, AND THEN WE TRY TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET THEM PAID.
UH, AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, ULTIMATELY WE MAY HAVE TO FILE A SUIT AND SEEK FORECLOSURE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO OF THE MONEY THAT'S OWED A LITTLE OVER 24,000 IS IN THAT CATEGORY, NOT WORKABLE BY US RIGHT? NOW, LET ME MENTION THE LITIGATION, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $30,000.
SO WHEN THE LETTERS IN THE PHONE CALLS DON'T WORK, WE DO FILE SUIT.
UH, WE JUST HAD OUR LAST DOCKET LAST FRIDAY, AND WE TOOK JUDGEMENTS FOR SEVERAL CASES OF PEOPLE THAT OWN PROPERTY IN THE CITY.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET THEM TO VOLUNTARILY PAY.
IF THEY DON'T, THEY COULD END UP AS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WILL IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 7TH, WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT TAX SALE WITH THE PROPERTY UP FOR SALE.
UM, THE, THE MARKET IN THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO REMAIN STRONG.
IF WE HAVE TO GET TO THE POINT OF SELLING PROPERTY, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO HAVE IT STRUCK OFF TO THE CITY OR THE OTHER ENTITIES.
BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, ON THIS REPORT, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE UPPER LEFT PART IT SAYS IMPARTIAL PAY ENTRUST IN BANKRUPTCY ENTRUST, THERE'S ONLY $36 OF UNPAID TAXES TO THE CITY THAT INVOLVE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RESELL.
SO THAT JUST LETS YOU KNOW THAT ONE MOST PEOPLE PAY AND TWO, THAT EVEN THOSE THAT DON'T, WE'RE ABLE TO SELL THAT PROPERTY AND NOT CARRY IT ON OUR BOOKS.
UH, THE LAST CATEGORY I'LL POINT OUT TO YOU IS OUR ACTION PENDING, WHICH REPRESENTS ALMOST HALF OF THE ROLE.
AND WHY IS THAT? WELL, WE JUST STARTED WORKING ON YOUR 22 TAXES BACK IN JULY.
AND SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE COMMITMENTS TO PAY TO US OR THEY'RE MAKING PARTIAL PAYMENTS.
AND WE TRY TO LET, WE TRY TO DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO WORK WITH PEOPLE TO GET THEM TO PAY IT.
AND SO IF THEY NEED A PAYMENT AGREEMENT, THEY WORK WITH US OR THE TAX OFFICE, WE MONITOR THOSE.
SO SOME OF THE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE IN HERE HAVE PAYMENT AGREEMENTS.
SOME ARE PEOPLE THAT SAID, LOOK, I NEED 30 DAYS.
I'M ABOUT TO SELL THIS PROPERTY OR SELL SOMETHING ELSE.
WE LIKE TO GIVE THEM THE TIME TO DO THAT.
AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE GENERALLY FOLLOW UP AND SAY, HEY, YOU PROMISED TO DO THIS BY THIS DATE.
NOW WE NEED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS CATEGORY, UH, ARE IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.
ULTIMATELY, SOME OF 'EM WILL END UP, UH, WITH SUITS BEING FILED.
I'M GONNA, AND ROSIE'S DOING A GREAT JOB, BY THE WAY, BEING MY CLICKER THIS EVENING.
I'M GOING TO SKIP THE SECOND ONE AND I'LL GO TO THE THIRD, UH, DONUT EVEN THOUGH IT'S DINNER TIME.
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UH, AND GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE MONEY THAT'S OWED.HOW IS IT BROKEN DOWN BY YEAR? SO SORT OF SIMILAR TO THE ACTION PENDING IN THE FIRST GRAPH.
ALMOST 46% OF THE MONEY IS OWED FOR THAT ONE YEAR, WHICH AGAIN, IT'S THE NEWEST YEAR.
IT'S GONNA HAVE THE MOST BALANCE.
AND IN TERMS OF CONSISTENCY THAT I MENTIONED, UH, A MOMENT AGO EACH YEAR, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS WE, AS WE DO OUR WORK FOR YOU IS, IS THAT WHEN JULY COMES, THAT VIRTUALLY HALF OF THE MONEY THAT'S OWED TO A CLIENT IS WHAT I CALL NEW TAXES.
JUST THE NEW TAX YEAR THAT GETS TURNED OVER.
THAT LETS ME KNOW THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ARE MAKING SURE THAT OLD YEARS DON'T GET ADDED UP, THAT WE'RE COLLECTING THOSE YEARS SO THEY DON'T BECOME A BURDEN.
BECAUSE THE LONGER AN ACCOUNT STAYS DELINQUENT, THE MORE YEARS THAT ARE DELINQUENT NECESSARILY, THE HARDER IT BECOMES TO COLLECT FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS COULD BE THEY'RE NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.
IT COULD BE THAT THE, UH, MOBILE HOME IS NOT AS VALUABLE AS IT ONCE WAS.
IT COULD BE THAT THE PROPERTY ITSELF HAS SOME KIND OF PROBLEM.
SO YOU NEVER DO ANYBODY A FAVOR REALLY BY JUST LETTING THE ACCOUNT SIT AND ADD YEARS TO IT.
SO TO ME, THIS SAYS THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND TRYING TO KEEP YOUR DELINQUENT TAXES AS CURRENT AS YOU CAN.
SO MOVING ON, I'VE, I'VE GIVEN YOU, UH, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE 2017 YEAR FORWARD.
LET ME TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY AND I CAN GO BACK TO ANY ONE OF THESE YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION ON.
BUT LET ME JUST GO TO 21, WHICH IS THE YEAR THAT WE JUST COMPLETED FOR YOU.
SO LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS HERE, I WAS SHOWING YOU WHAT WAS OWED FOR THE 21 YEAR THAT HADN'T BEEN COLLECTED.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OF THE 103,000 THAT WAS TURNED OVER TO US, UH, LAST JULY, UH, THROUGH JUNE OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE COLLECTED ALMOST 75% OF THAT MONEY.
AND THEN JUST WITH TWO ADDITIONAL MONTHS, UH, OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS CYCLE FOR 21, WE'RE ALMOST AT 78%.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE I POINT OUT FOR YOU IS 2022.
THE YEAR WE JUST STARTED, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TAX OFFICE, YOU LEVIED ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER $3.8 MILLION LAST YEAR FOR YOUR 22 TAXES THROUGH JUNE, 96.75% WAS COLLECTED.
SO ONLY 124,000 PLUS WAS TURNED OVER TO US TO COLLECT WITHIN RANGE OF WHAT IT'S BEEN IN EACH OF THE PRIOR YEARS.
IF YOU LOOK BACK ON THIS, ON EACH OF THESE YEARS, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE START WITH EVERY YEAR.
SO AGAIN, THAT SORT OF RELATES TO THE CONSISTENCY.
PROPERTY OWNERS ARE PAYING THEIR TAXES BY AND LARGE, THE AMOUNT LEFT TO US IS RELATIVELY THE SAME.
AND THAT'S TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT YOU GUYS ARE EXPERIENCING GROWTH.
SO YOUR VALUES, YOUR TAXES ARE ARISING, BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONIES THAT'S BEING TURNED OVER IS STAYING RELATIVELY CONSISTENT.
SO THAT'S A QUICK UPDATE ON THE TAX PORTION OF MY REPORT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
OTHERWISE, I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK FINDING FEE UPDATE, WHICH IS THE NEXT SUPPLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REPRESENT YOU BESIDES IN THE PROPERTY TAX.
WE DO YOUR COURT FINDING FEES.
JUDGE SMITH AND HIS STAFF DO A GREAT JOB.
AND OF COURSE, ROSIE DID A GREAT JOB WHEN SHE WAS BACK IN THAT AREA MANY YEARS AGO.
NOW, UM, WE DO YOUR UTILITY COLLECTIONS, WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON, AND, AND WE COLLECT YOUR LIENS.
AND NORMALLY WE ONLY GET INVOLVED IN YOUR MOWING AND DEMO LIENS.
UH, WHEN WE HAVE LITIGATION, I'M ACTUALLY WORKING WITH STEVE UPTON ON A CASE RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT A JUDGMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN, UH, THAT'S GONNA GO TO SALE PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER ON A STRUCTURE, AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD COOPERATION BETWEEN, UH, ME AND MY STAFF AND, AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
UH, AND SO THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT'S OWED IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS.
AND YOU MAY RECALL THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR A WHILE THAT I CERTAINLY NEVER PROMISED TO COLLECT A LOT OF UTILITY COUNTS.
AND SO FAR THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT.
I HAVEN'T COLLECTED MUCH AT ALL.
UH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET GOING ON THAT.
UM, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF SOFTWARE ISSUES THAT A LOT OF CITIES ARE EXPERIENCING WITH THE UTILITY MODULE THAT, THAT, THAT INCODE PROVIDES.
UH, AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON SOME WORKAROUNDS FOR THAT.
THERE WAS ALSO A CHANGE IN THE LAW.
IT'S CALLED REG F AND I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH IT, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO SEND OUT PROPER LETTERS ON PEOPLE THAT OWE YOU PAST DUE UTILITIES, WE HAVE TO TAKE CERTAIN INFORMATION AND THROW IT INTO A LETTER AND IT JUST CAN'T BE ANY LETTER.
IT'S FORMATTED VERY ODDLY TO ME.
IT'S ODD AND THERE'S COLUMNS AND BLOCKS AND YOU HAVE TO FEED ALL THIS INFORMATION IN AND GET IT OUT.
SO WORKING, WORKING WITH CHRIS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT DATA.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING TO GET IT DONE INTERNALLY
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TO, TO BE ABLE TO DIGEST THAT INFORMATION AND THEN PUSH IT BACK OUT IN LETTERS.SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY, AND I'M HOPEFUL IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE'LL BE GETTING SOME MORE WORK DONE THROUGH YOU IN THE UTILITY AREA.
UH, I'M, I'M REALLY PLEASED WHERE WE ARE IN YOUR COURT.
AS YOU CAN SEE OVERALL, WE'VE COLLECTED ALMOST 70% BETWEEN CASH AND NON-CASH RESOLUTION OF THE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO US.
UM, WE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WORKED REALLY WELL WITH JUDGE SMITH AND HIS STAFF.
UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY, UH, ADDRESSES WE'VE CHANGED, THE LETTERS THAT WE'VE MAILED HISTORICALLY, THE NUMBER OF PHONE NUMBERS WE'VE CHANGED AND THE NUMBER OF PHONE CONTACTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THE CHIEF WILL TELL YOU, I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT TOO.
THE TRICK IN THIS, AND LET'S GO TO THE LAST, UH, MAP, BECAUSE I ALWAYS THINK THIS IS THE BEST ONE.
YOU GUYS MAY REMEMBER THIS FROM BEFORE.
THE TRICK IS GETTING OUR INFORMATION TO THE RIGHT P RIGHT PLAY PERSON.
AND WHEN THE CITY POLICE OFFICER STOP SOMEBODY TONIGHT DRIVING HOME, THEY STOP SOMEBODY AND THEY PULL 'EM OVER AND THEY SAY, NEED YOUR LICENSE AND INSURANCE, RIGHT? AND THEY HAND IT TO 'EM.
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THAT DRIVER'S LICENSE IS NOT CORRECT.
AND SO WHEN THAT INFORMATION GOES TO THE CITY AND IT GETS PROCESSED AND THE COURT SENDS OUT THEIR NOTICES, GIVING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR TICKET, IT GETS JUST LOST IN THE MAIL.
'CAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO OR IT COMES BACK.
SO THEN WHEN OVER 60 DAYS GOES BY AND THAT IS TURNED OVER TO US, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE HAVE TO ADDRESS RESEARCH AND ALL.
AND WE USE A SERVICE THAT WE SEND IT OUT IN BATCHES AND IT GOES OUT AT NIGHT, COMES BACK THE NEXT NIGHT, AND THEN WE START SENDING NOTICES.
AND THEN SOME OF THOSE COME BACK BAD.
AND THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT IS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART OR THIS MAP, THERE'S PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE COME THROUGH CITY LIMITS.
IT'S GOTTEN A TICKET THAT STILL OWE YOU MONEY.
AND THEREIN LIES THE CHALLENGE, UH, OF TRYING TO COLLECT THESE DEBTS.
BUT EVEN WITH THAT CHALLENGE, I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB FOR YOU.
UH, WE HAVE REPORTS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY, UH, IF THEY EVER DECIDE THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF ACTIVITY YOU WANT TO DO TO, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA WEIGH THAT WITH SAFETY, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT, BUT WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD WHERE WE'RE AT ON IT.
AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK EVERY DAY, UH, TO GET PEOPLE TO GO INTO THE COURT AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS.
PURDUE BRANDON DOES NOT NEGOTIATE.
ALL WE DO IS DRIVE PEOPLE TO THE COURT SO THE COURT CAN TAKE CARE OF THE PERSON THAT HAS THAT OUTSTANDING OBLIGATION TO THE CITY.
SO WITH THAT, HAVING BEEN SAID, I'D BE HAPPY, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
MIKE, WE APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S EFFORTS.
YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB AND PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT AN EASY JOB.
OKAY? NO OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 51 DASH 2023, APPROVING A CONTINGENT FEE CONTRACT WITH PER TWO, BRANDON COLLINS AND MO FOR THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT GOVERNMENT RECEIVABLES OWED THE CITY OF CLUTE.
AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 51 DASH 2023.
A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS AUTHORIZED RENEWAL OF A CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION SERVICES WITH THE LAW FIRM OR PURDUE BRANDON FELDER, COLLINS AND MO L L P.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS HAS PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION SERVICES WITH THE LAW FIRM OF PURDUE BRANDON FELDER, COLLINS, AND MO L P L L P PURDUE.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS WILL REALIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS OF MANPOWER AND EXPENSES BY CONTINUING TO UTILIZE THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY PURDUE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CLU, TEXAS DESIRES TO EXECUTE A DUE CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, PROVIDING FOR FUTURE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL PERIODS AND CANCELLATION WITHIN 30 DAYS NOTICE.
AND WHEREAS EXERCISING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLU, TEXAS HAS DETERMINED THAT THE USE OF THE LAW FIRM OF PURDUE, BRANDON FELS, COLLINS, AND MO L L P TO PROVIDE COLLECTIVE SERVICES TO THE CITY OF CLU, REPRESENTS A COST SAVINGS AND A NET FINANCIAL BENEFIT COMPARED TO DIRECT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BY THE CITY TO ATTEMPT SUCH COLLECTIONS.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS, THAT THE BAY END OR CITY MANAGER ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION SERVICES WITH THE LAW FIRM OR PURDUE BRANDON FELDER COLLINS AND MOD L L P FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
AND ANY WRITTEN DETERMINATION OF SUCH AGREEMENT PURSUANT
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TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, READ, PASS, AND ADOPTED THIS 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023 AND IT WOULD BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTESTED BY ROSIE TTT, CITY CLERK.WE CARE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 51 DASH 2023.
VAUGHN, SECONDED BY I'LL SECOND BY COUNCIL P MADDOX.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR A AYE, IT'S UNANIMOUS.
NEXT WILL BE AN UPDATE AND DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC WORKS ON MOWING AND TRAILER PARK METERING RULES AND REGULATIONS.
AND MR. WILKINSON WILL BE OUR SPOKESMAN.
UM, I'LL PASS YOU, I THINK SO MAYBE, MAYBE A LITTLE TOUCH TO READ IT, BUT YOU CAN, AT LEAST YOU'LL HAVE AN IDEA WHAT I, WHAT I EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAND OUT MAGNIFYING GLASSES? NO, I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THE MAJORITY OF WHAT I'VE TRYING TO POINT OUT HERE.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US, UH, COME UP HERE AND DO THIS.
WE'RE, UH, THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OVER A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT, UM, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY ARE DEAR, DEAR TO US.
AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU AND THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE, ON THE LIST HERE ARE MOWING AND MASTER MEDIA MASTER METERING FOR TRAILER PARKS.
THE THE FIRST ITEM THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE MOWING, AS YOU WELL KNOW.
UH, WE HAVE ONE MOWING CREW FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND THEY DO EVERYTHING.
UH, NOW WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ANOTHER, UH, OUTSIDE FERN THAT DOES CERTAIN AREAS OF THE SEA, THE MAP YOU LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE.
THE GREEN THAT YOU SEE OUTLINED THROUGHOUT THAT, THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF WHAT OUR ONE MOWING CREW COVERS JUST THEMSELVES OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE GET CALLS FOR TO GO OUT AND MOW INDIVIDUAL DITCHES WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO, TO MOW THOSE DITCHES.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR ONE CREW HERE.
A FEW YEARS AGO, THE WE, WE PRETTY MUCH TOOK OVER THE AREAS OF HIGHWAY 3 32.
IF YOU, IF YOU FROM DIXIE DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO THE, I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT THE SPAGHETTI LOOP THERE BEFORE WE GET TO FREEPORT, THE STATE ONLY COMES THROUGH THERE ABOUT TWICE A YEAR.
AND TO MOW THAT, AND THE ONE THING THAT YOU DON'T WANT IS, WELL, WE DIDN'T WANT, WAS WE DIDN'T WANNA HAVE THREE FOOT TALL GRASS OUT THERE ON 3 32.
THEN YOU PASS DIXIE DRIVE GOING ON NORTH, UH, AND IT'S ALL CUT ICE.
SO WE TOOK ON THE CHALLENGE OF MOWING THAT OURSELVES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT ALONE CAN TAKE OUR CREW UP TO A WEEK, TO A WEEK AND A HALF TO MOW THAT AREA.
AND, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE AREAS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS HERE THAT WE MOW AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, SOME OF YOU, YOU MAY GET CALLS AND I'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM RESIDENTS THAT WE, WE WELCOME THOSE CALLS AND WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO JUMP AROUND AND, AND, AND GET THESE SINGLE AREAS.
UH, BUT THE, THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO JUST OPEN THE DISCUSSION UP TO WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN GO ABOUT, UH, MOWING AREAS.
I KNOW WE BROUGHT UP IN ONE CONVERSATION WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, HIRED GOATS TO, TO HELP WITH THE DITCHES AND, AND THAT MAY COME TO PASS.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THE ONE MOWING CREW, WE OURSELVES, OTHERS JUMP IN AND HELP OUT.
UH, WE HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT CAN DO CERTAIN THINGS, BUT ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO OPERATE SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT.
WE GOT MYSELF AND A COUPLE OTHER SUPERVISORS THAT RUN SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT AT TIMES TO HELP OUT, JUST TO TRY TO KEEP CAUGHT UP OUTSIDE OF THE AREAS OF TRYING TO HIT THERE.
IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN ONE STREET AND YOU GOT TO UNLOAD EVERYTHING TO MOW ONE DITCH AND THEN LOAD BACK UP AND GO DOWN AND, AND THEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET BACK OUT TO 3 32, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
WE HAVE TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE, ARE ON THIS CREW AND WE HAVE TWO TEMP HANDS.
NOW, THE TWO TEMP HANDS, THE ONLY THING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T, UH, THEY CAN OPERATE MOWERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLES, SO THEY HAVE TO GO OUT WITH SOMEBODY THAT IS ABLE TO DRIVE.
SO THAT ONE MOWING CREW COVERS THESE AREAS HERE.
THE PURPLE AREA THAT YOU SEE ON THERE, WHICH IS, UH, THE AREA LIKE GOING DOWN PLANTATION AND DIXIE AND, AND A PORTION OF, UH, TWO EIGHT B AND OVER THERE AROUND THE COLLEGE IS MOBILE AND OUTSIDE FIRM.
NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT RENEGOTIATING THAT CONTRACT
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WHERE WE CAN EITHER TAKE AWAY ADD TWO, UH, TO WHAT WE MOW OR TO ADD TWO OR TAKE AWAY WHAT THEY MOW AND TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE FEASIBLE TO WHERE OUR CREWS CAN ACTUALLY KEEP UP WITH THE THINGS.IT'S HARD TO MAKE A FULL CIRCLE AROUND IN A, IN A TIMELY MANNER WITHOUT THE GRASS GET TOO TALL BEFORE WE GET BACK OUT THERE.
AND ONCE IT GETS OVER A FOOT, IT TAKES YOU A LOT LONGER TO MOW IT.
UM, SO THE INTENT OF THIS HERE IS JUST TO BRING OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN FOR OPTIONS AND IDEAS TO WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, LIKE I SAID, NEGOTIATE THAT CONTRACT WHERE WE CAN RE-PUT OUT FOR BIDS FOR THAT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THE OPTION TO CONSIDERATION OF, OF CHANGING OUR ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE RESIDENTS TO MOW THEIR DITCHES, KEEP THEIR ROADS, UH, EVERYTHING UP TO THE, THE, THE ROAD ITSELF.
NOW THAT COULD BE A CHALLENGE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO, IF THEY'RE ELDERLY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT, WELL IN THOSE CASES WE MAY LOOK AT CLOSING IN THOSE DITCHES, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CONSIDER CLOSING IN THE DITCHES TO MAKE IT WHERE IT'S FLAT TO WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO TO CHALLENGE OF, OF GETTING DOWN INTO A DITCH.
WE MAY OPEN THE DOOR TO WHERE WE MAY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO MOW THE DITCH DITCHES JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT THE DITCHES CLOSED IN.
WELL, AND I THINK LONG TERM, LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S STRATEGIC AREAS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLOSE IN DITCHES TO KEEP MAINTAIN THE ROAD.
'CAUSE IF WITH THE DITCHES AND SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE DO OUR OVERLAYS, UH, THE ROADS START TO SLOUGH OFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE A DROUGHT LIKE IT IS RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE CAN OVERLAY A ROAD AND DROUGHT, THE GROUND DROPS THREE TO FOUR INCHES, THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THE EDGE OF THE ROAD STARTS CRACKING AND STARTS SLOUGHING OFF.
SO THEN WE GOT ANOTHER PROBLEM.
SO CLOSING IN SOME OF THE DITCHES WOULD HELP REDUCE THOSE AREAS THERE AS WELL.
UM, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND I SAID I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT PORTION OF IT OUT TO YOU.
IF YOU DO GET COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS OR FEEL FREE TO CALL US.
I KNOW, I KNOW YOU WILL
UM, AND IF WE JUST HAVE TO RUN OVER THE NEXT ONE, WE'LL HIT IT BEFORE WE HIT BACK ONTO OUR NORMAL ROUTE.
BUT WE, WE TRY TO, TO STAY ON A ROUTE TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE CIRCLE AND GET THROUGH WITH EVERYTHING.
IT'S JUST GETS TO WHERE WE HAVE TO CUT HERE.
IT DOES MAKE IT A CHALLENGE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AS A DISCUSSION TO, BEFORE WE, WHEN WE DO LOOK AT CONSIDERATION OF CHANGING SOME THINGS, I, I LIKE TO ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS AND EVERYTHING PRIOR TO IT SO THAT WE'RE NOT FACED WITH, UH, BACKLASH OR YOU'RE NOT HEARING COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS, UH, ABOUT WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AND WE WANT TO CONSIDER ALL THE OPTIONS AND TO DO WHAT IS MOST FEASIBLE TILL WE GET THE JOB DONE.
I THOUGHT WITH OUR, UH, ON OUR LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE HAD LEFT IN FUNDS FOR THE, FOR THE GOAT SYSTEM, BUT EITHER THE GOATS OR ROBOTS, SOME FORCE MULTIPLIER.
RIGHT? WE'VE INCLUDED CAPITAL FUNDS IN JOHN'S AND IN WILL'S BUDGETS TO PROCURE SOME, SOME MANNER OF FORCE PROCUREMENT.
WE DID HAVE THE GOAT FOLKS, I HATE TO SAY THE, THE GOAT PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW THERE'S GOAT PEOPLE MAN.
UH, THE GOAT CONTRACTORS IN, THEY HAVE GIVEN US, UH, THEY TOOK A LOOK AT, I THINK AT YOUR MAPS, THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT WILL'S MAPS.
THE COST WAS ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN WHAT I ANTICIPATED THEM BEING.
UM, ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION THOUGH, THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S A SMART MOVE OR IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF OUR ENERGY, EFFORT AND MONEY TO BRING THEM IN RIGHT NOW AT THE END OF SUMMER.
IT WOULD BE BETTER TO WAIT TILL SPRING FOR THEM BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN GERMINATION HAPPENS AND THEY'RE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AT TAKING IT DOWN AND KEEPING IT DOWN AS THAT PROCESS STARTS.
AND SO, UH, THAT, THAT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO US.
THEY WERE LIKE, WE, IF YOU PAY US OR IF YOU WANT US, WE'LL BE HERE TOMORROW.
BUT WE DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BEST USE OF YOUR TIME, ENERGY, MONEY AND EFFORTS.
AND THIS HERE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEASON TO WHERE WE CAN SORT OF REALLY LOOK AT HONING IN ON THOSE AREAS WHERE WE CAN TRY TO, UH, DO THE BEST THAT WOULD BENEFIT US THE MOST.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M COMING HERE WITH THIS RIGHT NOW, IS JUST SORT OF GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.
LIKE I SAID, WE, OUR CREW MOWS AND THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND UH, WE, THEY, THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP UP WITH IT JUST TO GRASS GROWS FASTER.
BUT, UH, I SAID WE, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON BEEN A LOT EASIER THIS YEAR WITH NO RAIN? YEAH, WELL EVEN WITH THE NO RAIN.
EVEN WITH NO RAIN, IT STILL GROWS.
I KNOW THE, I KNOW I JUST TALKED TO YOU ABOUT ONE AND, UH, THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I THINK I'VE EVER UH, SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT IS THE ONE WHERE ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SAID THAT ONE OF THE PEOPLE WAS HANDLING EQUIPMENT THAT WAS A LITTLE SKETCHY, BUT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT.
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I THINK I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THAT ONE.UH, I MEAN, I KNOW YOUR CREWS ARE DOING MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO.
SO I MEAN, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR CREW.
UM, BUT JOB, I MEAN, IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO MOVING FORWARD? WELL, IT IS, THERE'S SEVERAL OPTIONS.
I SAID THE BIGGEST THING I SEE IS, IS IF WE CONTINUE WITH ONE CREW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDIRECT HOW WE GO ABOUT WHAT WE'RE CUTTING.
I MEAN, 3 32 IS A CHALLENGE AND, AND SAFETY OF IT AS WELL.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU LOOK AT THE NEWS NOWADAYS, PEOPLE ARE GETTING HIT JUST RIDING THEIR BIKE DOWN THE ROAD AND, AND WE GOT GUYS OUT THERE ON WEED EATERS.
WE'VE GOT GUYS ON MOWERS AND YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CAN, IF WE REALLY LOOK HARD AT, IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR TO HIT SOME OF THOSE PRIME AREAS, WE COULD TAKE THAT LOAD OFF OF OUR GUYS AND THEN KEEP OUR GUYS.
'CAUSE OUTSIDE OF THESE AREAS HERE THAT YOU SEE ON HERE, WE STILL HAVE 18 LIFT STATIONS THAT THEY MAINTAIN PLUS, UH, FOUR WELL SITES PLUS THE GROUND STORAGE TANK AND THEN ANY OTHER CALLS.
I MEAN WE, WE WERE CUTTING DOWN A TREE YESTERDAY.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE OTHER GROUP WILL ASSIST IN THESE AREAS AND UH, BUT IT'S JUST FOR ONE CREW IN, IN, UH, NOT TO POINT OUT, UH, AGE OR ANYTHING.
UH, I CAN SAY THAT I'M OVER 60.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR MOWERS IS 70 YEARS OLD AND HE'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND, AND, AND HE'LL OPERATE THAT THING.
AND I HAD TO CATCH HIM THE OTHER DAY AND TO GET OUTTA THE DEAD.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT YOU RUNNING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT'S, BUT HE'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND, UH, HE'S THERE EVERY MORNING.
HE, HE S AND SO THEY DO A LOT.
IT'S JUST THE CHALLENGE IS GONNA BE WHETHER WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN IT IN A WAY THAT YOU WANT IT.
WITH THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT HAS, IT ALWAYS, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE'RE JUST WANT TO, WE WANNA GO THE MOST FEASIBLE WAY.
HAS IT ALWAYS JUST BEEN TWO GUYS? I MEAN, HAVE WE, HAS IT ALWAYS JUST BEEN TWO? NO, SIR.
WE ACTUALLY, WE'VE, IT IS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS.
WE, YEAH, BUT WE HAD MORE TEMP HELP PRIOR.
AND YOU ALSO HAD MORE CONTRACT HELP? WELL, WE HAD, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD ONLY TWO TEMP PANS ON THE MOWING CREW.
I SAY ONE OF 'EM IS STILL HERE, ONE OF 'EM WAS STILL ON THE CREW.
THE OTHER OTHER GENTLEMAN THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY RAN THE SLOPE MOWER THAT WE HAD.
SO HE, HE CUT A LOT OF THE DITCHES WITH THE SLOPE MOWER.
BUT NOW THAT HE'S ON THERE, HERE, THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF US THAT RUN THE SLOPE MOWER.
UH, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TRIED TO LET OTHERS RUN IT, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, UH, WE'VE PULLED IT OUTTA THE DITCH BEFORE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, YOU GOTTA KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU'RE OPERATING IT.
SO DOES THE DEPARTMENT HAVE ANY OPENINGS RIGHT NOW OR, OR IS IT CONSIDERED FULLY STAFFED OR? WE DO HAVE AN OPENING, BUT WITH YOU SAYING THAT, I MEAN, THERE'S WHAT WE, THIS NEXT YEAR'S GONNA BE A A, A BIG CHALLENGE WITH US 'CAUSE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR, AND WHEN I GO INTO MY NEXT TOPIC, I MAY, IT'LL, IT'LL SORT OF BRING SOME LIGHT TO THAT.
UM, BUT WITH WHAT WE HAVE, I SAID WE HAVE ONE MOWING CREW.
WE HAVE A TWO MAN CREW WITH AN ADDITIONAL HELPER TO ASSIST WITH SAY OUR WATER SEWER, OUR CULVERTS, EVERYTHING.
UH, WHEN WE HAVE WATER LEAKS, YOU KNOW, WE PULL EVERYBODY TOGETHER WHAT WE NEED TO, IF, IF, IF, AND I HAVE TO GIVE THESE GUYS CREDIT.
I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A CREW LEADER AND, AND, UH, THE OTHER, HIS CREW MEMBER THAT WORKS WITH HIM, THEY'RE TOP NOTCH.
I MEAN, WE, YOU ALREADY SEEN SOME OF THE LEAKS WE'VE HAD.
UM, WE HAD ONE OVER HERE OFF OF WAY STREET THE OTHER DAY THAT IT WAS BLOWING OUT.
IT WAS SHOOTING 30 FEET IN THE AIR AND WE WERE GOT A CALL ON 11 O'CLOCK, WE CALLED EMERGENCY LOCATES ON IT.
THEY HAD IT OFF AND SECURED BY 1 30, 1 40.
AND UH, AND YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH LEAKS THAT ARE AROUND THESE, WELL NOW WITH EVERYBODY EXPERIENCING LEAKS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SAFE ABOUT HOW THEY GO ABOUT DOING IT.
WE, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE AND THEY'RE BLESSED.
THE FACT THAT WE CAN GET THESE LEAKS REPAIRED THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD OUR SHARE OF LEAKS AND UH, OTHER SEEDS ARE HAVING THEIRS AS WELL.
THEN YOU'VE GOT OTHER AREAS WHERE, UH, WE HAVE TO DO ROUNDS EVERY DAY ON EVERY LIFT STATION.
THERE'S R T C R SAMPLES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.
THERE'S, UH, THE LEAD AND COPPER RULE THAT'S COMING UP THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING RIGHT NOW THAT IS IMPACTED.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY OCTOBER OF 24.
SO TO PULL PEOPLE AROUND, IF I'M PULLING 'EM FROM THERE, THEN I'M NOT GETTING THOSE THINGS DONE.
AND, UH, IT'S, AND I SAID WITH THE ONE MOWING CREW, THEY, THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
WE WILL PULL AND TRY TO HELP OUT WITH, UH, RUNNING A BUSH HOG OR THE SLOPE MOWER
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IN AREAS WHERE WE, WE NEED TO GET THOSE THERE AREAS CUT.IT'S JUST, WE'VE OPERATED ON THE SAME STAFF THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD.
DO Y'ALL UTILIZE HERBICIDES IN ANY OF THESE DITCHES OR FENCE LINES? WE DON'T HAVE A, A LICENSED HERBICIDE DEAL.
WE DID HAVE A, UH, THERE'S A CLASS THAT WAS COMING UP, BUT WE HAD, IT WAS A CONFLICT WITHIN THAT CLASS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE, THE AG AGENCY TO WHERE WE CAN GET THE HERBICIDE.
BUT EVEN HAVING THAT HERBICIDE, I'M GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY GO OUT THERE TO GO, GO DO THAT.
BUT ONCE WE GET SOMEBODY LICENSE, THAT WILL ONE PERSON.
I MEAN, ONCE YOU GET IT SPRAYED, THEN YOU CAN BUY YOURSELF A LOT OF TIME.
YOU CAN HELP IF WE CAN GET THAT ONE PERSON OR WE, EVEN THE, THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAVE MOWING, UH, I'VE SPOKEN WITH HIM BEFORE AS WELL.
HE'S GOT A HERBICIDE LICENSE WHERE IT MAY BE BETTER THE TIME BEING TO UTILIZE THEM IN SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE YOU CAN USE THAT TO WHERE YOU CAN REDUCE THE GRASS.
I MEAN, SOME OF THESE JOBS I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT, WE CAN KILL THE GRASS IF THERE, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MOWING IT, BUT THERE'S SO MANY CHEMICALS OUT THERE DOWN TO WHERE LOOKS LIKE YOU MOW FOR A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF TIME.
SO, AND THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IT IS EITHER IT IS GETTING SOMEBODY IN THERE TO GET THAT LICENSE.
THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE TO GETTING LICENSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THEM FOR A DAY TRAINING.
OH NO, THAT'S LOSING 'EM FOR A DAY OF TRAINING.
WE, WE SEND 'EM THROUGH TRAINING THIS, UH, I SAID THEN, THEN WE GOTTA HAVE, BUT THAT IS AN OPTION.
YES, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT AS WELL.
I SAW THE WAY JACKSON FUNCTION WAS HAVING PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE, BUT LAKE JACKSON HAS, DOES HAVE SEVERAL MOWING CREEKS.
YEAH, THEY HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM OVER THERE.
WE, UH, WE AVERAGE 30 ACRES PER PERSON PER DAY.
SO I THE STATE PER PERSON OR SOMETHING.
BUT WE WERE WAY ABOVE, WE HAD SO MUCH LAND.
IT DITCHES AND, WELL, ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO, WE PUT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN THE BUDGET THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE BUDGET FOR CLEANING CULVERTS AND KEEPING THE DITCHES MOWED AND WEEDED NEEDED AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT WE NEVER COULD FILL THE POSITIONS.
SO OVER THE YEARS THOSE POSITIONS HAVE GONE AWAY.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE, WE RECENTLY POSTED FOR A WATER OPERATOR JOB.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'VE GOT ONE EMPLOYEE THAT NEEDS ANOTHER YEAR OF SERVICE.
AND I FEEL LIKE HE WILL, HE'S, HE STUDIES, I MEAN, HE'S ANOTHER KEEPER TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, HE, HE GOES HOME AT NIGHT, HE STUDIES THE MATERIAL.
HE KNOWING THAT WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR HE'S GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
HE WANTS TO GO AND TAKE A D TEST, BUT THE D TEST DOESN'T ALLOW HIM TO TAKE SAMPLES, BUT AT LEAST IT GETS HIM INTO THE PRACTICE OF DOING THE TEST.
SO, UH, BUT WE DON'T GET ANY ACA APPLICANTS FOR IT WHEN WE, WHEN WE POST FOR IT.
IT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE GETTING OR, UH, NOT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR.
I'D SAY WE NEVER COULD FILL THOSE POSITIONS BACK IN, BACK IN THOSE DAYS.
IT WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE BACK IN THOSE DAYS, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WAS STRONG AS IT'S EVER BEEN.
AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU COULDN'T, COULDN'T GET SOMEBODY TO COME TO WORK FOR THE CITY WHEN THEY COULD GO OUT THERE AND STAND ON THE END OF A WATER HOSE.
WATER AND WELDED SPARKS FOR $5 MORE AN HOUR.
I'M, FOR ME, THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY, I, I KNOW THAT HIRING MORE PERSONNEL WOULD PROBABLY BE, UH, REALLY TOUGH IN THESE CONDITIONS THAT EVERYBODY'S LOOKING TO HIRE.
UM, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'LL SAY THAT I THINK CHANGING THE ORDINANCE, I WOULD NOT BE FOR IT.
I WOULD BE MORE FOR UH, UH, MORE OF OUR THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR.
UH, PICKING UP MORE OF THE, OF THE ROUTE.
JUST 'CAUSE I, I'LL I, I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE RAISING, UH, RATES AND ALL THESE STUFF ON SEVERAL THINGS AND THINGS KEEP GOING UP AND PEOPLE ARE ARE, PEOPLE WILL NOW SAY, WELL NOW WE GOTTA CUT OUR OWN DITCHES.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOU, I THOUGHT THAT WAS, I HEAR A LOT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF THE ARGUMENT.
SO THAT, THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION AND NOT, NOT NECESSARILY ADDING MORE TO THE, THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, BUT MAYBE ADDING ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO DO SOME OF THE MOWING IF WE, IF WE RENEGOTIATE OUR, WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BIDS AND THEN WE WOULD DE
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DELEGATE WHAT AREAS WE WANT THEM TO CUT.AND, AND, AND I SAID WHEN THEY HAVE THE, THE STAFFING, THE CREWS THAT THEY CAN GO OUT THERE AND DO IT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, LIKE 3 32 FOR INSTANCE.
I MEAN, THEY COULD PROBABLY KNOCK IT OUT A LOT FASTER THAN WHAT WE COULD, THE IMPRESSION, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD ALLOW US MORE TIME IN SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS MORE IN ON ABSOLUTELY.
SMALLER AREAS, IT'D BE VERY WORTHWHILE.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE MY TAKE JOHN.
AND I KNOW YOU, YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE MOST THAT YOU CAN.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO ME THAT TWO MEN DO THIS AMOUNT WORK.
RIGHT? WELL THEY THAT'S WHAT I THINKING THEY STRUGGLE WITH IT, BUT I I'M SURE I SAID THEY, WE, WE JUMP AROUND BUT, AND THAT WHAT YOU MENTIONED IS, IS A GOOD POINT AS WELL.
I SAID THAT MAY BE THE OTHER, WE, THERE WAS A CLASS THAT WE, THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH IT THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET ANYBODY TO THE CLASS, BUT THEY HAVE MORE CLASSES THAT WOULD GO.
BUT THERE IS A PROCESS FOR GETTING THE LICENSE TO HERBICIDE LICENSE, IF YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.
IT, OH, THAT'S, THEY, YOU KNOW, JACKSON WE USED, WE WENT EITHER BANG OR COLLEGE STATION, RIGHT? WE USED TO GO THROUGH STRUCTURAL AND THEN WE GOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WE WERE TRYING TO GET THEY JACKSON, I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME IN ANGLETON, THE AG EXTENSION AGENCY HAD SOME PART THAT'S CHALLENGING.
THAT IS ALRIGHT TO MAINTAIN THERE.
JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN LICENSE HONOR.
JUST YOU DO IF WE NEED TO GET YOU TO WORK.
I IF ALSO I, I CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC.
UM, THE NEXT TOPIC THAT I WAS WANTING TO GO OVER WAS TRAILER PARK MASTER METERING.
AND THIS, UM, THIS HERE IS, UH, EACH YEAR WE DO, I DO A REPORT, IT'S A WATER LOSS AUDIT AND WE DETERMINE, BASICALLY TAKE WHAT WATER WE'VE TAKEN INTO OUR SYSTEM AND WHAT WATER WE HAVE, UH, SOLD THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT, WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IS AND HOW, WHERE THAT DIFFERENCE HAS GONE TO.
WHETHER IT'S WATER LOSS OR FLUSHING OR THEFT OR, OR WHAT IT IS.
UM, APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE ALL MASTER METER.
WE HAVE ONE METER AT THE PROPERTY LINE THEY GO INTO.
THEN FROM THAT POINT, IT BECOMES THE APARTMENT COMPLEX RESPONSIBILITY TO RUN THEIR LINES IN THERE.
THEY, THEY BASICALLY EITHER SUBMETER INSIDE THE COMPLEX OR THEY BILL THEIR RESIDENCE A PORTION OF WHAT THEIR WATER BILL IS.
UH, WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY WATER LOSS WITH THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE A MASTER METER THAT MEASURES IT ONCE IT GOES THROUGH THAT METER WE COLLECT FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
TRAILER PARKS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, FOR SOME REASON SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I DON'T KNOW THE REASONS WHY, UH, THIS WAS DONE.
WE, WE HAVE RIGHT AT MAYBE 10 TO 11 TRAILER PARKS WITHIN THE CITY, UH, ALL TOLD 'EM ABOUT ROUGHLY 220 SOMETHING TRAILERS IN THERE.
UH, AT ONE TIME, I WANT TO SAY THERE WERE MASTER METERS AT EACH ONE OF THESE TRAILER PARKS.
UH, FOR SOME REASON THEY WERE TAKEN OUT AND INDIVIDUAL METERS WERE PUT IN AT EACH TRAILER UTILIZING THE LINES THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE GROUND ON THE PROPERTY WHERE THEY WERE AT.
AND MASTER METERS WERE TAKEN OUT.
THERE WERE ONLY TWO UP UNTIL RECENTLY.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY, WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE WATER METERS, MASTER METERS THAT ARE IN THE CITY'S NAME.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT FOR BILLING OR ANYTHING, THEY'RE JUST FOR, UH, MEASURING WATER GOING IN.
AND ON THREE OF THESE TRAILER PARKS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, A MASTER METER THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THAT METER AND WE CAN COMPARE WHAT IT SHOWS IS GOING INTO THIS TRAILER PARK AND COMPARE IT TO WHAT ALL THE INDIVIDUAL METERS INSIDE THAT TRAILER PARK ARE, ARE SHOWING.
AND OF THESE THREE TRAILER PARKS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO MASTER METER THESE UM, ONE TRAILER PARK, UH, ONE TRAILER PARK HAD A IN ONE MONTH.
UM, THE INDIVIDUAL METERS THAT WERE IN THERE MEASURED ABOUT 22,500 GALLONS WENT THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL METERS THROUGH THE MASTER METER.
A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 20,000 GALLONS.
THAT'S UNACCOUNTED FOR, UM, ANOTHER TRAILER PARK.
THERE'S, UM, AND THAT TRAILER PARK HAD ROUGHLY AROUND FIVE ACTIVE ACCOUNTS.
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ANOTHER TRAILER PARK, WHICH HAD ROUGHLY 116 TRAILERS.THE TOTAL CONSUMPTION IN ONE MONTH WAS 970,600 GALLONS.
THE MASTER METERS SHOWED 1,105,700 GALLONS OF DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 135,000 GALLONS THAT WAS UNACCOUNTED FOR.
AND THE OTHER TRAILER PARK HAS BROUGHT UP EIGHT OR NINE TRAILERS IN IT.
UH, TOTAL CONSUMPTION GALLONS WAS 53,500.
THE MASTER METER SHOWS 75,500 A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 22,000 GALLONS.
SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT OVER A YEAR'S TIME, UH, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN, THERE'S NO INCENTIVE TO A OWNER OF A TRAILER PARK TO, TO FIX A LEAK IF IT'S INSIDE THEIR TRAILER PARK BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING BILLED FOR IT.
UH, THERE'S NO WAY OF KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING SERVED INSIDE THAT TRAILER PARK ONCE IT PASSES THAT PROPERTY LINE.
BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT METERED, IT'S NOT MEASURED UNLESS WE HAVE A MASTER METER THERE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE ONES THAT HAS A MASTER METER AND YOU SAY, OKAY, WELL IT IS DOING THIS MUCH, BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF THIS MUCH.
IT'S EITHER GOING SOMEWHERE THROUGH LEAKS OR IT'S GOING SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S NOT METERS BEING USED WITHOUT BEING METERED.
SO, AND I SAID YOU TAKE THOSE CONSIDERATION OVER A YEAR'S TIME, THAT'S A LOT OF WATER THAT'S, THAT'S BEING LOST.
AND WITH US TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN CONSERVE WATER, THERE'S ALSO A COMPOUND THAT COSTS WITH ALL THESE SUB METERS OR THE METERS ON THE INDIVIDUAL UNITS THEMSELVES, THAT'S OUR METER TO MAINTAIN, TO TAKE CARE OF, TO REPLACE.
AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO GO OUT AND DO SERVICE ON 'EM.
SO THERE'S A HIDDEN COST THERE IN ADDITION TO THE WATER LOSS COST.
BUT WE ALSO ALSO LIKE ON LIKE THE TAX WISE, ON THE FEES AND STUFF FOR WATER, IF WE HAVE WATER THAT'S BEING USED THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING, THERE'S GONNA BE PAYING THOSE FEES, WHICH MEANS EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY IS HAVING TO COVER THOSE COSTS.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS.
YOU SAID THAT WAS IN ONE DAY OR ONE THAT'S ONE MONTH.
IT'S ONE MONTH BILLING, BUT STILL IN ONE MONTH.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS GONNA HAVE TO COVER.
SO WHAT ARE YOU THINKING THAT FOR THE TRAILER PARKS THAT MAY BE SOME OF THESE PIPES ARE TAP BEFORE THEY GET TO THE METER? I THINK, UH, MY HONEST OPINION OPINION, IT IS, UH, THERE'S WATER BEING USED WHERE IT'S NOT BEING METERED.
BECAUSE SEE THE PROBLEM IS, IS WHEN WE SET METERS ON THE INSIDE OF THESE TRAILER PARKS, TYPICALLY IF, IF WE, WE STOP AT THE PROPERTY LINE, IF WE'RE GOING TO SERVE OR TRAILER PARK, THEN TYPICALLY YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD OBTAIN THE UTIL EASEMENT.
WE WERE RUNNING OUR LINES IN THERE AND THEN WE WOULD BRANCH OFF AND SERVE THE METERS.
AND THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEING SERVED AND THAT'S IT.
BUT WHEN WE TOOK IN THESE OTHER ONES THAT WERE ALREADY PIPED, THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING ANYONE FROM GOING IN THERE AND SAY, PIPING OFF THIS LINE HERE 'CAUSE IT'S HERE AND I CAN USE THIS WATER HEARING.
THEY NEVER KNOW IT'S, IT'S NEVER A METER BECAUSE THE MASS METERS WERE TAKEN OUT NOW SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN MR. BEVERLY WAS HERE, ALTHOUGH WE HAD A DISCUSSION FOR COUNCIL ABOUT, ABOUT PUTTING MASTER METERS IN AND ALL THE, THE PARTS AND, AND I WANNA SAY IT WAS APPROVED, WE COULD NEVER FIND THE PAPERWORK ON IT, BUT THAT WAS AN OPTION.
BUT A LOT OF THESE, YOU COULD GO TO LOOK AT THESE AND THERE'S SETUPS FOR THE MASTER METER, WHICH YOU NEED TO PUT 'EM IN.
BUT IF WE GO THAT ROUTE, THEN, UH, AND ANOTHER PART OF THIS, WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, WITH REGARDS TO LETTING COPPER, WE'RE HAVING TO IDENTIFY EVERY LINE THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S FROM OUR LINE TO WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR STOPPING POINT, WHICH IS TYPICALLY AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND THEN WE GOT TO IDENTIFY THE LINES GOING FROM THAT POINT INTO THE, INTO THE RESIDENCE UP TO WHERE IT COMES OUT OF THE, UH, THE GROUND TO THE RESIDENCE AND DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S COPPER, GALVANIZE, UH, LEAD-BASED COPPER, UH, P V C, WHATEVER IT IS.
WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THOSE LINES.
WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THIS LIST TO THE STATE BEFORE OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR.
NOW WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE TRAILER PARTS, THERE'S NO WAY OF IDENTIFYING, 'CAUSE WE HAVE NO MAPS OF ANY OF THESE AREAS.
THOSE LINES WERE RUN YEARS AGO.
AND SO WHEN YOU'VE GOT THESE PARTS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA REALLY CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO, UH, RE-PIPE 'EM OR PUT A MASTER METER IN AND PUT THE OBLIGATION BACK ON THEM.
WE, THIS IS ABOUT $28 AND 39 CENTS FOR THIS DEVICE RIGHT HERE.
UH, THIS SETS UP ON TOP OF YOUR BOX THIS PAST YEAR.
WE'VE ORDERED OVER 400 OF THESE THINGS AND YOU CAN DO THE MATH ON IT.
AND THESE CLIPS, THESE THINGS, THESE ARE ALL PARTS THAT GET BROKEN ON THESE THINGS.
LAST YEAR, THE PAST YEAR I HAD MELISSA RUN A
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TOTAL, WE PROBABLY ORDERED OVER $15,000 IN PARKS REPLACING THESE.MY OPINION IF, IF, IF WE WANTED TO REDUCE OUR COSTS ON THESE, THEN WE WOULD PUT A MASTER METER AND BUILD UP THE, THE OWNERS OF THE PARKS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING THEIR RESIDENCE FOR WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SERVING 'EM.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE WATER LOSS THAT WE HAVE, PLUS WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE REPAIRS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PAY OUT FOR THESE PARTS.
UH, AND I SAID THE TRANSMITTER THAT GOES ON HERE THAT YOU DON'T SEE HERE, IF A MOWER CUTS IT, IT IS NO GOOD.
THE WHOLE ITEM IS LIKE $155 FOR JUST THAT TRANSMITTER.
SO WHEN YOU REPLACE IT AND WE START REPLACING A LOT OF THOSE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S COSTLY.
BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A, WHERE YOU CAN REDUCE THAT COST, YOU KNOW, YOU CONSIDER IT WITHIN THE TRAILER PARKS WHERE WE CAN PUT THE MASTER METER IN THERE, DO IT AS A TEST AND, AND SEE WHAT KIND OF DIFFERENCES WE'RE HAVING.
BUT WE HAVE NO MAPS OF KNOWING WHAT'S BEYOND THAT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO INCENTIVE TO THE OWNER TO FIX A LEAK TO TRAILER PARK ACROSS THE HIGHWAY HERE, HAD A LEAK ONE TIME WE WERE ACTUALLY ON WILSON ROAD, WE NOTICED WATER FLOWING IN THE DITCH.
IT WAS ONE OF WHERE IT COME FROM.
WE TRACED IT FROM WILSON ROAD OVER THERE THROUGH THE STORM DRAINS BACK TO THE TRAILER PARK WHERE THEY HAD A TWO INCH LINE BLOWING.
AND IT HAD BEEN BLOWING FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL DAYS, ALMOST A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE THEY EVEN GOT IT FIXED.
BUT THERE WAS NO INCENTIVE FOR 'EM TO FIX IT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BEING BILLED FOR IT.
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT, IT WAS, IT, IT WASN'T GOING THROUGH AN INDIVIDUAL'S METER.
IT WAS, IT WAS JUST GOING THROUGH THE LINE THAT WAS IN THE PARK.
HOW MUCH MONETARILY ON THAT ONE MONTH YOU WERE GIVEN AN EXAMPLE FOR MONET, LIKE THE, THE ACTUAL COST OF ALL THOSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT.
DO WE KNOW THAT? DO YOU KNOW THE COST OF THAT? MM-HMM.
UM, I WILL SAY WE, WE HAD ONE THE OTHER DAY THAT WE NOTICED A RESIDENT, UH, THEY MOVED INTO A HOUSE THAT HAD AN IRRIGATION METER.
THEY, THEY DIDN'T TURN THEIR IRRIGATION METER ON, THEY ONLY TURNED THEIR DOMESTIC WATER ON.
AND FOR THE PAST YEAR, THEY JUST WENT OUT THERE AND TURNED THE IRRIGATION METER ON AND WAS USING IT.
WELL, OVER THE PAST, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS, THEY, UM, PROBABLY USED 350,000 GALLONS OF WATER.
NOT NOW TECHNICALLY, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
WE, UH, WE, THAT BILL WAS ABOUT $180 FOR 350,000 GALLONS.
AND, AND WE, UH, WE GOT, WE CHRIS AND, AND SH WE WERE, WE WERE BILLING THEM FOR IT.
AND WE, WE EVEN CONTACTED THE CUSTOMER AND HE, HE ADMITTED TO IT.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT.
BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT THE AREAS WHERE YOU CAN'T COLLECT OR YOU CAN'T HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHERE IT GOES.
BUT, BUT YES, THIS ONE ADMITTED TO IT AND IT, HE DIDN'T WANNA TURN THE ACCOUNT ON, BUT WE DID LOCK IT BACK OUT.
WE HAD ANOTHER ONE OVER HERE ON, ON ANOTHER STREET THAT THEY HAD A LEAK AT THE HOUSE, BUT THERE WAS NO METER FOR THE RESIDENCE.
BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR CREW GO OUT THERE AND GO UP TO WHERE THE HOUSE WAS.
'CAUSE THE HOUSE HAD DEMOL FIRE.
AND WE TRACED IT FROM THERE BACK OUT TO THE ROAD TO WHERE WE UNCOVERED AN OLD METER BOX.
IT HAD AN OLD STYLE METER IN IT, WHICH IS NOT ONE WE USE ANYMORE.
AND YOU KNOW, THE BRASS BADGER METERS AND IT ACTUALLY HAD THE DIAL FACE TAKEN OUT OF THE METER.
THERE WAS, THERE WAS, I MEAN, YOU, YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A, A PIPE, YOU SMOKE 'CAUSE THE WHOLE DIAL FACE WAS GONE AND THE METER WAS ON.
SO HOW LONG HAD THAT BEEN GOING ON? IF IT'S UNDERGROUND, YOU DON'T SEE IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S THEFT, UH, THERE'S UNACCOUNTED FOR WITH WITHIN THESE TRAILER PARTS.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN CORNER THAT DOWN.
IT IS JUST, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO WHERE WE CAN, IT NEEDS TO FORCE, WE NEED TO UPDATE THE UTILITIES CODE BECAUSE CURRENTLY, AND THE ONLY THING I CAN UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE INTERPRETATION WAS MADE THAT THESE ARE COUNTED AS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND THEN THAT THE DECISION WAS TAKEN FROM THAT POINT TO INSTALL METERS AS SINGLE FAMILY UNITS ON THESE TRAILERS INDIVIDUALLY INSTEAD OF TREATING 'EM AS A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S THE ONLY LOGIC I CAN PUT BEHIND WHY THIS WAS DONE THIS WAY.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE, WHAT'S THAT? WE NEED ORDINANCE.
NO, WE DO, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE PUT METERS IN ON EXISTING PIPING, WE ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
AND WE HAD THOSE METERS IN THERE.
AND THEN WE, THERE ARE SOME TRAILER PARKS THAT HAVE LEAKS AND WHEN THEY CALL US, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN YOUR PARK, YOU'RE GONNA CALL A PLUMBER.
AND, AND SOME OF THEM DO GO OUT AND CALL THE PLUMBER, GET 'EM OUT THERE TO FIX IT.
SOME DO NOT, SOME HAVE NO INTEREST.
I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, UH, DO THEY HAVE ANY EXPLANATION FOR THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN HOW MUCH IS BEING THEY REALLY
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DON'T KNOW.THEY, YEAH, THAT'S, WE'VE, WE'VE OH, SORRY.
NO, WE, THAT THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S NOT REALLY THAT WE'VE EVER APPROACHED THEM ON IT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE OWNERS IN QUESTION WAS VERY, UH, RECALCITRANT TO THE MASTER METER BEING PUT INSTALLED BECAUSE I THINK HE HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WERE GONNA FIND WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS.
WELL, BUT IN, I MEAN, THE MASTER METER I THINK IS THE BEST SOLUTION.
BUT IN A CASE LIKE THAT, COULD IT BE THEN FINE IF THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN HOW MUCH IS USED AND HOW MUCH THOSE INDIVIDUAL METERS OR METER OR CALCULATING OR WHATEVER THAT THE OWNER OF THAT TRAILER PARK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR? THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT UNLESS THEY CAN PROVE WHERE IT WENT.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S, AND THAT'S UL IT NO, THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE, WE HAVE IT AS IT'S CONSIDERED A LEAK ON OUR SIDE.
THE CITY SYSTEM, BECAUSE OUR METER IS AT THE ACTUAL TRAILER ITSELF, NOT AT THE MAT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY LICENSED TO WORK BEYOND THAT METER.
THAT'S USUALLY WHERE IT FALLS TO THE PLUMBER.
WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING IS THE MAT METERS THAT YOU PUT IN, OR JUST A TATTLE TAIL AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE NOT BEING BILLED.
AND WE, WE CAN'T BILL 'EM BECAUSE THERE'S NO END POINT TO THE POINT OF SERVICE.
THE END POINT OF THE POINT OF SERVICE IS THE SUB IS THE METER THAT'S AT THE TRAILER.
SO IT'D BE LIKE US SETTING A, A METER ON OUR MAIN HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AND THEN CATCHING, YOU KNOW, WELL HARGET STREET, THERE'S X NUMBER OF USAGE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT THAT IS.
SO WE CAN, WE KNOW IT'S ON THAT PROPERTY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LEGAL RECOURSE TO SAY, YOU OWE US THAT, THAT WATER BACK.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY ASKING TO COME INTO COUNSEL TO DISCUSS IS WE NEED AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS FROM NOW ON, THOSE ARE TRAILER PARKS ARE GONNA BE COUNTED AS MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING INSTEAD OF SINGLE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCES.
WHICH IS, I THINK WHERE THE INTERPRETATION GOT MADE UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE.
IS THAT HOW IT WORKS AT APARTMENTS? OUR APARTMENTS BUILDING APARTMENTS ARE SUBMETERS.
SO THERE, THE, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS A MASTER METER AND THEN THEY BILL BASED ON THE PER CAPITA POPULATION AND USAGE, THAT BREAKS OUT AND IT'S VARIABLE.
AND YOU WERE SAYING THERE'S A UNIT COST APARTMENT COMPLEX.
YOU HAVE A 200 UNITS APARTMENT COMPLEX, THERE'S ONE MASTER METER THERE.
AND THEN THEY'RE CHARGED 200 UNITS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE.
'CAUSE EACH, ACTUALLY, EACH ONE OF THOSE UNITS IS COUNTED AS A CONNECTION.
WHERE WE COUNT, WE COUNT METERS AND WE HAVE CONNECTIONS.
CONNECTIONS ARE EACH INDIVIDUAL YOU LIVE IN, IN THE CASE WITH TRAILER PARKS.
IF YOU, IF YOU GO TO THE MASTER METER AND YOU TAKE OUT ALL THOSE OTHER METERS, THEN HOW MANY TRADERS ARE IN THERE? THERE'S 10.
AND THEN THAT'S UP TO THE, THE, THE, UH, THE LANDOWNER TO DECIDE HOW HE, HE COLLECTS THAT MONEY FROM THE, SO THAT APARTMENTS, EACH, EACH APARTMENT RESIDENT PAYS BASICALLY THE SAME AMOUNT THAT EVERYONE ELSE PAID, OR IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S BEEN A QUESTION THAT'S COME UP, UH, IN THE COMPLEX I LIVE IN AND ANOTHER COMPLEX BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A DIFFERENT MODEL AT USE.
UH, THE WAY THAT THE LAW WORKS IS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE EVERYBODY PAYS BASED ON THEIR SQUARE FOOTAGE AND BASED ON THE AGGREGATE USAGE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WHAT APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING WITH SOME OF OUR APARTMENTS THOUGH, IS THEY HAVE AN APPORTIONED COST.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR OCCUPANCY IS.
SO YOU CAN HAVE WILD SWINGS IF YOU HAVE LIKE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
YOUR BILL LIKE WHAT? MY BILL WAS $80 ONE MONTH.
BECAUSE OCCUPANCY WAS DOWN IN THE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE, I LIVED IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AT ONE TIME AND YOU ACTUALLY PAID AN OUTSIDE COMPANY LIKE MINE METER.
THEY, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE METERS IN THERE TO WHERE IT MEASURED YOUR USAGE INSIDE APARTMENTS.
THEY GOT 200 UNITS IN THERE AND A HUNDRED OF 'EM ARE UN OCCUPIED AND WHATEVER THEIR USE IS, THEY GONNA BE DIVIDED BY A HUNDRED JUST TO 200.
BUT, AND IF WE DO THAT TO THE TRAILER PARKS AND IT'S JUST UP TO THE TRAILER PARK OWNER TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA CORRECT.
WELL, SO DO WE NEED A MOTION TO INSTRUCT OUR ATTORNEY TO DO ANYTHING OR WELL, NO, YOU DON'T.
THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN HERE.
WE JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND KIND OF GET THE WORD OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE FEEDBACK ON.
WHAT WE WANNA GET IN THE OPEN RIGHT NOW TO WHERE WE CAN AT LEAST TRY TO ADDRESS IT THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
UM, I MEAN IT'S BEEN GOING ON.
IT'S, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN FIX IT.
IT'S JUST WE NEED TO, WE WANNA FIX IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.
THE ONLY OTHER WAY TO, THE ONLY OTHER WAY TO, TO DO IT WOULD BE TO TRACE ALL THE LINES, SEE IF ANYTHING'S TAPPED BEFORE THE METERS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND YES, I MEAN THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DO ELECTRICITY THE SAME WAY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, RIGHT? YEAH.
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WOULD WE DO LIKE AN ACTION WHERE WE MAYBE SEND, ARE WE GONNA SEND LETTERS OUT TO WE AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, THERE JUST, THERE'S A DISCREPANCY IN YOUR WATER USAGE AND DO YOU HAVE AN EXPLANATION? AT LEAST GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE PEOPLE, BUT GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO OFFER A SOLUTION ON THEIR END FIRST.I MEAN, I THINK THAT, I'VE TALKED TO ONE, ONE LADY THAT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S A FUNNY STORY BECAUSE IT'S CLAY WALKER'S EX-WIFE.
SHE ACTUALLY OWNS A, UH, TRAILER PARK HERE AND INCLUDES, UH, BUT SHE WAS REAL OPEN TO, TO WORKING WITH US ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
'CAUSE SHE'S HAD TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES IN THE TRAILER PARK WHERE THERE'S LEAKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SHE WAS VERY OPEN TO WORKING, UH, WITH US ON, UH, WE HAVE THIS, AND I SAID THE OTHER ONES, I THINK IT MIGHT BE THAT WE AND SOME OF 'EM ARE TAKING MORE WANT ACROSS THE ROAD HERE.
I THINK THEY'VE TAKEN NEW OWNERSHIP AND THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO FIX UP THE PLACE THERE.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT'S GOOD.
AND THE MISS, WE WE'RE EXPECTING SOME TO BE NICE AND SOME TO PUT UP A RIGHT.
I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT THE TYPICAL, THE NORM IS YOU GO TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE TREATED.
YOU'VE GOT THE, IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WE'D SEND A LETTER AND EVERYBODY WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THAT WATER AND WRITE A CHECK.
BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA HA, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA, I KNOW WHAT I WAS
I JUST, IT, IT, IT IS, UH, THAT IS A TOPIC AND I, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, IT'S ONE OF AREAS WE CAN, WE CAN TARGET TO WHERE WE CAN TRY TO, UH, REDUCE THE LOSS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
WELL, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG AREA.
WELL, IF WE COULD GET THE DISCREPANCY REDUCED, IT CUTS OUR PAPERWORK DOWN AS WELL.
IF WE GET THE DISCREPANCY REDUCED, IT CUTS OUR PAPERWORK DOWN AS WELL BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR IT.
AND IN THE END, I MEAN WE, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR, OUR GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY DOWN.
AND WHENEVER YOU, WE ARE STARTING TO FIND MORE AND MORE WHERE THESE AREAS WERE, WE'RE LOSING, WE FLUSH A LOT.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO FLUSH, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE HYDRANTS ANNUALLY, ALL THE DEAD ENDS MONTHLY.
UM, BUT WE, WE, WE TRACK THAT, WE MEASURE IT, IT'S THE AREAS WHERE NOW THAT WE GET THESE MASTER METERS, WE CAN, WE CAN FURTHER TRACK THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'RE MISSING IT AND TRY TO GET THAT.
RIGHT NOW I THINK OUR LAST REPORT WAS 10 GALLONS PER CAPTIVE PER DAY.
IF WE CAN GET THAT DOWN TO SIX IS WHERE WE'RE, OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT DOWN SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
AND THIS JUST HELPS IN DOING THAT.
WELL, WELL WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
LIKE I SAID, I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY,
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 52 DASH 2023.
AND IT WOULD BE A CITY INCLUDE RESOLUTION NUMBER 50 20 DASH 2023 APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE ECONOMIC BOARD OF DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND WHEREAS EACH DIRECTOR SHALL SERVE A TERM OF TWO YEARS OR UNTIL HIS OR HER SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UNLESS SUCH DIRECTOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM, IN WHICH CASE THE TERM OF DIRECTOR SHALL ASPIRE ON THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE TERM DIRECTOR, TERM OF THE DIRECTOR WHOSE POSITION HE OR SHE WAS PO WAS APPOINTED TO FILL.
WHEREAS POSITIONS 1, 3, 5 AND SEVEN EXPIRE IN OCTOBER, 2023 AND THE CITY WISHES TO REAPPOINT THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE EXPIRING POSITIONS AT THIS TIME.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS.
FIRST THAT CALVIN SHIFFLET IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO FIELD POSITION ONE, WHICH EXPIRES IN OCTOBER, 2025.
SECOND, THAT KENNY VENER IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO FIELD POSITION THREE, WHICH EXPIRES IN OCTOBER, 2025 AND THIRD, THAT LINDSEY RICHARDSON IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO FIELD POSITION FIVE, WHICH EXPIRES IN OCTOBER 20, 25 AND FOURTH, THAT SCOTT FERRY IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO FIELD POSITION SEVEN, WHICH EXPIRES IN OCTOBER, 2025 AND FIFTH, THAT THIS RESOLUTION AFTER
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EXECUTION AND ATTESTATION HAS IT BEEN SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN THE PERMIT RECORDS OF CITY READ PAST AND APPROVED THIS 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023 AD AND IT WILL BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTEST BY ROSA APPOINTED AT THE CITY CLERK.ONE CARRIED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 52 DASH 2023.
AND I'LL SECOND MOVE BY COUNCIL PERSON.
VAUGHN SECONDED BY COUNCIL PERSON, MADDOX, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 53 DASH 2023.
IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 53 DASH 2023.
A RESOLUTION OF CITY OF KLU, TEXAS DECLARING CERTAIN ITEMS SURPLUS AND APPROVING THEIR DONATIONS SLASH TRANSFER TO THE BRAZORIA COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, WHEREAS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 11 INTEROPERABLE IPADS, WHEREAS THE CITY'S DES DESIRES TO SEE THESE OUT USE TO BENEFIT THE DEPARTMENT IN NEED THROUGH THEIR DON DONATION TO THE BRAZO COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.
NOW THEREFORE BEING RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY CL TEXAS, THAT THE 11 IPADS ARE HEREBY DECLARED SURPLUS AND APPROVED FOR DONATION TO THE LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE BRAZORIA COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.
THIS RESOLUTION DULY PASSED THIS 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023 AND IT WOULD BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE TEST BY ROSIE APPOINTMENT CITY CLERK.
I'LL COME TAKE YOU HONOR, UH, NOT AS THE, UH, CHIEF OF A CLUE, BUT AS THE, UH, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE RO COUNTY, UH, FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION AND THE, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE, UH, MISSOURI COUNTY FIRE TRAINING CENTER, UH, THESE ITEMS IN NARROW HANG WOULD BE A VERY GOOD USE IN EVERYTHING.
AND NOT FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS HERE INCLUDE, BUT FOR THE WHOLE PEORIA COUNTY, UH, PEORIA COUNTY FIRE TRAINING CENTER HAS BEEN PICKED IN NARROWING TO BE A, A HUB TO DO TESTING AND TRAINING FOR STATE FOR THE, UH, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE TEXAS STATE FIREMEN AND FIRE MARSHALS AND PLUS AND EVERYTHING FOR THE COMMISSION, THE FIREFIGHTER COMMISSION FOR THE WHOLE STATE, BOTH VOLUNTEER AND PAID.
SO WE'RE BUILDING A NEW BUILDING OUT THERE AT THE, UH, FIRE FIELD.
AND THESE, UH, PADS WOULD BE, MAKE IT EASIER NOT FOR A PROCTOR TO COME IN AND ADMINISTER THOSE TESTS UNDER, UH, RESTRICTIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE HERE WITHIN THE COUNTY.
AND AS FAR AS OTHER COUNTIES THAT AND EVERYTHING TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND DO, HAVE A, A CENTRAL PLACE TO TAKE THE NECESSARY TESTS FOR THEIR CERTIFICATIONS.
SO WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, THE OFFER AND EVERYTHING AS THIS THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND AS FAR AS FROM THE COUNSEL.
SO THE, THE IPADS ARE NOT OPERABLE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY STILL OPERATE, THEY JUST, THEY JUST WON'T FUNCTION AS A POLICE IPAD ANYMORE.
CORRECT? THEY, THEY'RE OPERAT, WELL, IPADS, THEY ARE JUST, WE HAVE UPGRADED THIS WILL SUFFICE.
UH, FOR WHAT THEY'LL BE USING THEM FOR.
THEY CAN PROGRAM 'EM FOR WHAT THEY NEED TO USE 'EM FOR.
NOW THEY'D BE PROGRAMMED AND ONLINE WE'VE BEEN WORKING THIS OUT AND THIS WOULD BE A, A FEE IN
'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT HY AS FAR AS GOING TO THE COLLEGE AND STUFF GOING THROUGH THERE.
BUT THEY HAVE THEIR ADDITIONAL FEES AND THIS WOULD MAKE IT IN THEIR LANE.
THEY'RE NOT THOUGHT LANGUAGE, THEY'RE IN THEIR
THE STATE COMES IN, TAKES A LOOK AT, PUTS THE PROGRAM THAT THEY NEED TO PUT INTO IT AND THEN IT'S ALL RESTRICTED BY THE PROCTORS THAT THESE COMPUTERS THAT OUR PATH WOULD ONLY BE UTILIZED FOR TESTING IS WHAT THEY BRING IN.
ANYONE CARE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 53 DASH 2023.
MAYBE I CALL COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.
MADDOX, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 49 DASH 2023 APPROVING REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S MASTER MASTER FEES SCHEDULE, INCLUDING CHANGES TO FEES FOR SERVICES RELATED TO WATER, WASTE, WATER AND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION.
EXCUSE ME, IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 49 DASH 2023.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF FLUTE, TEXAS APPROVING REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S WASTE CITY'S MASTER FEE SCHEDULED TO INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE CITY'S WATER, WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FEES.
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WHEREAS THE CITY HAS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED A MASTER SCHEDULE IN 2019, WHEREAS THAT SCHEDULE HAS BEEN UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME TO REFLECT CHANGES IN THE RATE FEE AND STRUCTURE.AND WHEREAS PRIOR TO LAST YEAR, THE CITY HAS NOT INCREASED ITS WATER, WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE FEES SINCE 2016.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY, LIKE ALL OTHER BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS ARE FACING SIGNIFICANT PRICE INCREASES FOR, FOR SUPPLIES, GOODS, AND SERVICES.
WHEREAS IT'S DESIROUS OF ENSURING THAT ALL FUNDS OF THE CITY ARE IN GOOD FINANCIAL HEALTH, WHICH SOMETIMES REQUIRES A RATE INCREASE FOR SERVICES OFFERED NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY TEXAS, THAT THE REVISED MASTER FEE SCHEDULE TO ATTACHED HERE TO IS HEREBY ADOPTED AND APPROVED AND RATIFIED.
READ PAST IS 26 DAY OF SEPTEMBER.
IT'LL BE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023.
IT WILL BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AND IT TESTIFIED BY ROSA APPOINTMENT CITY CLERK.
AGAIN, THIS IS PREDICATED ON THE FEES AND REVENUES THAT WERE PROJECTED INTO THE BUDGET.
WE KNOW THIS ISN'T A POPULAR THING TO DO, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT'S NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PUT BELT AND SUSPENDERS ON THE BUDGET.
SO, SO WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY PASSED THESE WITH THE BUDGET.
SO THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION THAT'S PUTTING THEM INTO EFFECT.
JUST UPDATING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE.
YOU'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION FOR NINE DASH 2023 WITH THE DATE CORRECTION.
HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL PERSON BOND.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THE PLENTY OF THOUGHT.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY BRADFORD WATER AUTHORITY GOES UP ON US, SO WE HAVE TO YEAH, WE HAVE TO MAKE UP THE COST SOMEWHERE.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
NEXT ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CANCEL OR RESCHEDULE THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 26TH, 2023 DUE TO A CONFLICT WITH THE SPOOKTACULAR DRIVE THROUGH EVENT.
I THINK THAT SOMEONE MENTIONED SOMETHING AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THAT, THAT EVENT.
SO THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CANCEL THAT MEETING.
AND AS ALWAYS, IF WE CANCEL IT, IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S AN EMERGENCY, WE WILL SCHEDULE A, AN EMERGENCY MEETING.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD A CITY COUNCIL MEETING DURING IT.
IS IT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR OVER? IT'S EVERY YEAR.
IT'S ALWAYS THE LAST THURSDAY OF OCTOBER.
WELL, WE GOT THE, I WENT BY THERE.
I DIDN'T GET TO STAY VERY LONG, BUT I WENT BY THERE.
I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE 30 MINUTES OR SOMETHING.
YOU CAN TYPICALLY GO AND THEN FIGHT THE TRAFFIC ON THE WAY OUT, SO, YEAH.
AND I DIDN'T GO JUST BECAUSE AND YEAH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO.
HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR TO CANCELED THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 26TH AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL PERSON, MADDOX.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
WE WILL ALL GO TRICK OR TRUNK.
[V. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION - 551.087 ]
NEXT ITEM WILL BE A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.5 5 1 0.087 CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS OVER MEETING ACT.
GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATIVE LITIGATION SETTLEMENTS OR OTHER MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE ART, STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 5 5 1 GOVERNMENT CODE.
TONIGHT'S, UH, CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE A DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL IMMINENT DOMAIN.
THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL RETIRE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
GET DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER FROM ROSIE? I GOT IT.
I'LL CONSIDER A MOTION TO COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.
I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR TO SECOND BY, UH, COUNCILPERSON MADDOX THAT WE COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE, WELL, WHAT'D I DO WITH IT?
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ACTION TAKEN.AS A RESULT OF THE, UH, ACTION TAKEN AS A ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 54 DASH 2023.
MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 54.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AULA.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
[VI. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS ]
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE NOTICE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WILL BE AT RAPORT COLLEGE ON OCTOBER THE THIRD, 2023.
NEXT WEEK FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM WE'LL HAVE A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE 12TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM WE WILL CANCEL OUR MEETING FOR OCTOBER THE 26TH.
AND WE WE'LL SCHEDULE ANY SPECIAL MEETINGS THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED AND THE KLU SPOOKTACULAR DRIVE THROUGH, TRICK OR TREAT AT THE KLUT MUNICIPAL PARK WILL BE ON OCTOBER THE 26TH, 2023 AT 6:00 PM NEXT ITEM WILL BE ADJOURNMENT.
MAYOR, CAN I INTERJECT JUST ONE SECOND.
UH, WOULD YOU MIND JUST READING THE CAPTION? NO PROBLEM.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 54 DASH 2023 WOULD BE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS, APPROVING THE USE OF IMMINENT DOMAIN IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC ROAD WITHIN A T TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CLU, TEXAS.
WE HAD A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR, THE SECOND BY COUNCIL.
WE WILL NOW I'LL ENTERTAIN THE VOTE WITH THE CAPTION.
MOVED BY COUNCIL BOND, SECONDING ABOUT A SECOND.