[00:00:02] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF A COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH, 2025 AT 7 P.M. [I. COMMENCEMENT] IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 108 MAIN STREET, CLUTE, TEXAS, 77531 FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS. THE 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 FIVE, FIVE, 1.071 CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY 551.072 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY. 551.073 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS 551.076 DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES. 551.087. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 418.175.183. DELIBERATIONS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTION 321.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION. THE AGENDA MEETING PACKET OF VIDEO LINK ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT WW.GOV TO ADDRESS COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FORM MUST BE COMPLETED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY CLERK BEFORE THE START OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. A RECORDING OF THE MEETING VIDEO WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER. MR. VAUGHN, WOULD YOU CARE TO GIVE US A BLESSING? YES. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY, LORD, AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN AND REPLENISHING ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR TREES AND GRASS AND WIRES AND STUFF. LORD, WE WE KNOW WE'LL BE BACK WITH THIS RAIN HERE IN ANOTHER MONTH OR WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU GET IT. FOR WE JUST WE ASK THAT YOU. LOOK OUT FOR ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. IS THERE ANY BAD WEATHER, THE LATE NIGHTS AND STUFF? YOU GET HOME SAFE TO THEIR FAMILIES OR JUST WATCH OUT FOR ALL OUR WORKERS HERE IN THE CITY AROUND THE WEATHER THEY DON'T GET. THEY DON'T GET TO CALL IN JUST BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE A JOB TO DO. SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR FOR ALL OUR CITIES TO HAVE. AND LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THE COUNCIL TO MAKE DECISIONS AND JUST HOPE THAT THEY'RE IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE US DO, OR WE JUST AS WE KNOW THE SCRIPTURE THAT IT DOES TELL US THAT ALL OF GOD'S PROMISES. THE ANSWER IS YES. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE WORDS THAT YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE. PLEASE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. NOW HAVE ROLL CALL. CALVIN SHIFFLETT. PRESENT. PRESENT. ERIC AGUILAR. PRESENT. NICOLE MADDOX. PRESENT. JOE LOPEZ. PRESENT. FRANCIS VAUGHN. PRESENT. OKAY. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. CITIZENS COMMENTS. I SEE NONE IN THE PACKET. WE WILL FOREGO READING THAT AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT. AGENDA. ITEMS LISTED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE OR GENERALLY ENACTED IN ONE MOTION. [Ill. CONSENT AGENDA] THE EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REQUEST ONE OR MORE ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE ACTION. TONIGHT'S AGENDA CONSISTS OF CANCELING THE JULY THE 4TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR OPENING DAY OF THE GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL, AND THE SECOND ONE IS MINUTES FROM THE MEETING. MAY 22ND, 2025 AT 7 P.M.. HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MAYOR. MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR. I SECOND COUNCIL PERSON. VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD CONSIDER ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ON SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I KNOW WE'VE GOT A REALLY LONG AGENDA, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT LATER. JUST KIND OF SOME VERIFICATION. OKAY. IS THAT AN OPTION THAT'S NOT UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. NEVER MIND. I'LL BRING IT UP LATER. BUT THAT'S A THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN FORWARD YOUR QUESTIONS TO CITY MANAGER. AND HE CAN ANSWER THEM I'M SURE. OR I THOUGHT IT FELL UNDER MAY REQUEST ONE MORE ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE ACTION. THE ONLY THING ON THE. THE ONLY THING ON IT ARE THE CANCELING OF THE FESTIVAL AND THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING. [00:05:03] OKAY, JEFF, I DON'T THINK THEY PUT THOSE REPORTS ON THE AGENDAS ANYMORE. THAT'S EXACTLY MY POINT. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE NOT DONE MY DUE DILIGENCE OF READING IT, AND AFTER READING IT, I'M A LITTLE EMBARRASSED NOT TO BRING TO PUBLIC WHAT SOME THINGS THAT I QUESTION. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON. ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM WOULD BE BUSINESS ITEMS. [IV. BUSINESS ITEMS] AND THE FIRST ITEM IS PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL FLAG DAY, JUNE THE 14TH, 2025. AND IT WOULD BE CITY PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS KE FAMILY LIFE SOCIETIES HAVE LONG PROCLAIMED THEIR PATRIOTISM BY CELEBRATING AND HONORING FLAG DAY, JUNE 14TH. AND WHEREAS, FAMILY LIFE SOCIETIES PERFORM MANY RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, CULTURAL AND PATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS, AND WHEREAS, THE VOLUNTEERS OF THESE ADULTS AND JUNIOR SOCIETIES PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE TO OUR STATE AND OUR NATION THROUGH CIVIC AND PATRIOTIC PROJECTS. AND WHEREAS FAMILY LIFE CALLS UPON THE SOCIETIES TO TELL THE IDEALS AND OBJECTIVES OF FAMILY LIFE AND TO UNITE AND OBSERVATION OF NATIONAL FLAG DAY. NOW, THEREFORE, OUR COUNCILWOMAN PHILIP, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE DAY JUNE 14TH, 2025, AS NATIONAL FLAG DAY. WE CALL UPON CITIZENS TO LEND THEIR SUPPORT AND SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS BY MEMBERS OF KJ'S FAMILY LIFE. THE WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED US TO BE AFFIXED TO THE 12TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025, SIGNED BY MYSELF AND TESTED BY ROSIE POINTER, THE CITY CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT THAT'S GOING TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION? OKAY. THEN THE NEXT ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA WOULD BE PRESENTATION FROM BASF FOR SPONSORSHIP FOR THE FOR THE CITY OF CLUTE, 43RD ANNUAL GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL. I WANT THAT. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I THINK WE. JUST NEED SOME STRENGTH, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS FRED MORRISON. I'M HERE REPRESENTING BASF. FREEPORT. I'M THE SITE MANAGER THERE, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FROM BASF. PERHAPS I CAN ASK YOU TO STAND OR RAISE YOUR HANDS. STAND UP. AND PUT YOUR HAT ON. YEAH. I WANT ONE OF THOSE HATS. OH, GOSH. EVEN YOU'RE HERE. WHAT'S SO BAD NOW? YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE HATS WERE MISSY'S IDEA. BUT OF COURSE, WE'RE HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE 43RD ANNUAL GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL. AND I THINK THAT. YEAH, THIS IS A GREAT EVENT THAT REALLY BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND GIVEN OUR CLOSE PROXIMITY AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WORK AT OUR SITE AND ALSO LIVE HERE IN CLUTE, THEN I THINK THAT. YEAH, THIS IS A FANTASTIC EVENT THAT WE HAVE GREAT PRIDE IN SPONSORING. SO I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE ENTRANCE FOR THE THURSDAY NIGHT. SO WE MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY TO ATTEND INDEPENDENT OF THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER, ENJOYS WHERE THEY WORK AND WHERE THEY LIVE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FUN TOGETHER AND ENJOY THE, THE FESTIVAL AT THE SAME TIME, SUPPORTING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAND OVER THE CHECK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD INVITE THEM TO HELP US OPEN THE FESTIVAL. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO THE SWATTING OF THE FIRST MOSQUITO. [00:10:04] YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU ACTUALLY KILL MOSQUITOES AT THE FESTIVAL? WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES WE'VE HAD IT, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MOSQUITOES. THEY'VE BEEN AT CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK. YOU'RE SO AWESOME. YEAH. OH, WELL, THAT BIG OLD. WHY DIDN'T WE TAKE THAT OFF? I DON'T KNOW. OH. OH, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO. ALL THOSE WITH HATS. YES. ARE WE GOING THAT WAY? WE'RE GOING TO STAY RIGHT HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A ROOM TO FIT, BUT YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT'D BE. AWESOME. AWESOME. YEAH. WE'LL BE THERE. READY TO SWAP. WE'LL MAKE. WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS IT ON THEIR CALENDAR. THAT'S SO COOL. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST HAVE A SECOND. WHAT ONE? I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN ME AND WILL WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION. AND SO WHAT? WHAT WHAT DO WE NEED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE THE FESTIVAL OR SOMETHING? AND HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, I WISH WE COULD HAVE A FREE NIGHT SO THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN GET INVOLVED AND JUST COME IN FOR YOU KNOW, JUST COME IN. COME AND GO. AND THEN WE WE STARTED LOOKING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHO WHAT WHAT PARTNERS COULD WE PARTNER WITH? THEN COME AROUND. WE MET MONICA, I MET MONICA, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? BASF WOULD LOVE TO DO IT. SO AS OUR CLOSEST INDUSTRIAL PARTNER, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU REALLY TO BASF AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, NOW YOU GUYS ARE PARTNERING WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. MS. SO, I MEAN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT IDA B. WHERE DID YOU GET THE HATS MADE. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE YEARS AGO THE VERY COOL. OH NO NO NO I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT YOU LOOKED FANCY. NO NO NO NO. PART OF OUR MERCHANDISE PACKAGE. OKAY. YEAH. IF YOU SPONSOR FRIDAY NIGHT, YOU GET ONE, TWO. YEAH. OKAY. MOVING ON. THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL REPORT, TOURISM REPORT, AND REQUEST FOR CONTINUED FUNDING TOWARDS THEIR MARKETING EFFORTS. I LIKE THIS MEETING. I'M EDITH FISHER, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF TOURISM FOR THE BRAZOSPORT AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE BRAZOSPORT CONVENTION AND VISITORS COUNCIL. WE PROMOTE THE AREA AS A LEISURE AND MEETING DESTINATION. WE CARRY OUT A PLAN OF ACTION THAT'S PUT TOGETHER BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE MAKE AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION TO TO COUNSEL AND SUBMIT QUARTERLY REPORTS TO LET YOU KNOW HOW WE RECEIVE THE TAX FUNDS WE RECEIVE FROM THE CITY. WE ARE FUNDED THROUGH HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES, COLLECTED NOT ONLY FROM CLUTE, BUT ALSO LAKE JACKSON, FREEPORT AND SURFSIDE BEACH. ONE WAY WE PROMOTE THE AREA TO VISITORS VISITORS TO GET THEM HERE IS BY WORKING WITH OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS. WE HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS AND ATTRACTIONS. WE TRY TO MEET ABOUT TWICE A YEAR TO EXCHANGE IDEAS, TO WORK OUT ANY ISSUES THAT THEY MAY BE FACING FROM VISITORS, OR FROM THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN GENERAL. WE WORK WITH TXDOT THEIR TRAVEL DIVISION. WE WORK WITH HISTORICAL COMMISSION, WITH INDEPENDENCE TRAIL PARKS AND WILDLIFE, OUR LOCAL COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT AS WELL. ANOTHER WAY WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO THE AREA IS THROUGH MARKETING, THROUGH ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS. WE HAD EITHER PAID ADS, ADDS EDITORIALS OR LISTINGS IN THESE PUBLICATIONS AND WEBSITES. ONE OF THE NEW CAMPAIGNS WE DID LAST YEAR WAS WITH EXPEDIA. WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND DO A CAMPAIGN LAST SUMMER. WE WORK WITH OUR AROUND HOUSTON PARTNERS TO DO SOME NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS. [00:15:03] THAT BRAND USA WAS A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN. WE DID, AND THE USA RESIN ACTUALLY WAS AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH HOUSTON ON. SO ALL THESE ADS, EDITORIALS AND LISTINGS HAVE A VALUE OF ABOUT $150,000 WORTH OF ADVERTISING. OUR MARKETING BUDGET IS A FRACTION OF THAT. SO, FOR INSTANCE, YOUR INVESTMENT IN OUR TOURISM FOR 25,000, YOU GET 150,000 IN ADVERTISING, AND WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OVER 8 MILLION LAST YEAR. THIS IS WHAT SOME OF THE ADS LOOK LIKE. WE WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON OUR LOCATION WHERE WE ARE ON THE GULF COAST. THAT'S WHAT'S BRINGING VISITORS TO OUR AREA. SO WE ALWAYS TRY TO INCLUDE THE BEACH. WE ALSO INCLUDE EACH OF OUR FUNDING CITIES ON THE AD, AND THEN THE CALL TO ACTION IS TO GET TO OUR WEBSITE. ANOTHER WAY WE PROMOTE THE AREA IS THROUGH SHOWS AND CONFERENCES. THE DALLAS TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE SHOW. WE DO THAT EVERY MARCH. THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF SUMMER PLANNING FOR VISITORS. A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ATTEND THE DALLAS TRAVEL SHOW ARE NEW TO TEXAS. SO IT'S A GREAT WAY. THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PLACES TO VISIT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY'RE, LIKE I SAID, NEW TO TEXAS. ANOTHER EVENT WE DID WAS THE TEXAS STATE FAIR. SO WE HAVE OUR BROCHURES THERE FOR THE ENTIRE THREE WEEKS OF THE STATE FAIR. WE PARTNER WITH THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AT THAT BOOTH, AND THEY OFFER A PROGRAM CALLED DESTINATION OF THE DAY. SO FOR TWO DAYS OF THOSE THREE WEEKS, IT'S BRAZOSPORT DAY AT THE STATE FAIR, AND WE GET TO WORK THE BOOTH TO MAN THE BOOTH TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN DROVES, BECAUSE THEY JUST ARE WANTING MORE THINGS TO DO IN TEXAS. AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW TEXANS THAT COME TO THE STATE FAIR. ANOTHER SHOW I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THE TEXAS TRAVEL COUNSELORS TRAVEL EXPO. THAT IS AN APPOINTMENT STYLE SHOW. SO I HAVE SIT AT A DESK AND MEET FOR ABOUT SIX MINUTES WITH TRAVEL COUNSELORS WHO WORK AT THE TRAVEL INFORMATION CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE CLOSEST ONE IS IN BEAUMONT. THERE'S ALSO MUNICIPAL VISITOR CENTERS THAT ATTEND AND PARKS AND WILDLIFE VISITOR CENTER EMPLOYEES THAT ATTEND. SO I MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE KNOW WHERE WE ARE, KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER VISITORS, AND KNOW WHAT OUR COLLATERAL LOOKS LIKE. BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY STOPS BY AT ORANGE AND SAYS, HEY, I'M LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GO BIRD WATCHING OR A PLACE TO GO FISHING. THAT'S NOT TOO FAR THAT THEY IMMEDIATELY THINK, OH YES, I KNOW JUST THE PLACE JUST SOUTH OF HOUSTON, THE BRAZOS PORT AREA. SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT SHOW FOR US EVERY YEAR. OUR WEBSITE VISIT LAST YEAR HAD OVER 96,000 PAGE VIEWS. THE TOP PAGES WHEN PEOPLE ARE AT OUR WEBSITE ARE BEACHES, ATTRACTIONS, DINING AND LAST YEAR'S STAY WAS ONE OF THE TOP PAGES. STAY IS WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AIRBNBS OR HOTELS. MOST OF THE VISITORS ON OUR WEBSITE ARE FROM HOUSTON, DALLAS, FORT WORTH, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO AND THEY ALSO FIND OUR WEBSITE FROM FACEBOOK. VISIT HOUSTON, TEXAS. COM AND 365 THINGS IN HOUSTON. COM TWO SPECIAL PROJECTS WE WORKED ON LAST YEAR. ONE WAS A TOURISM FRIENDLY. SO THIS WAS A NEW PROGRAM THAT THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S TRAVEL TEXAS ROLLED OUT. WE WERE ABLE TO GET CLUTE, LAKE JACKSON, SURFSIDE BEACH AND FREEPORT DESIGNATED AS TOURISM FRIENDLY CITIES. THIS THIS WAS A LENGTHY PROCESS THAT WE STARTED. I WANT TO SAY LIKE LAST MARCH WE GOT DELAYED WITH BARREL, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO TO GET IN THERE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IT STARTED WITH 120 CITIES ACROSS TEXAS THAT APPLIED. THEN THE STATE WHITTLED IT DOWN TO 80 AND THEN THEY SELECTED 40. SO ALL FOUR OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE BRAZOS PORT AREA GOT THAT DESIGNATION IN THE FIRST YEAR. SO AND WE DID WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HERE IN CLUTE WITH WILL TO GET THAT DESIGNATION. AND THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER THIS YEAR AT A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE CHAMBER. ANOTHER PROJECT WE WORKED ON WAS THE TEXIAN RALLY, WHICH IS A TWO DAY HERITAGE TOURISM EVENT. THE FIRST DAY IS SPENT TOURING THE AREA. WE HAD VISITORS ATTEND THAT WERE ABLE TO TOUR THE LEVI JORDAN PLANTATION, VARNER HOGG PLANTATION, AND THE FREEPORT HISTORICAL MUSEUM. THEN THE NEXT DAY WAS A DAY LONG WORKSHOP. WE HAD ABOUT 50 ATTENDEES COME FROM AS FAR AS SAN ANTONIO AND THEN WEST TO CHAMBERS COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE WORKSHOP PARTS, THEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO VISIT THE LAKE JACKSON MUSEUM AS WELL? SO LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, THIS IS THEIR RESEARCH. THERE WAS $48 MILLION IN DIRECT SPENDING. AND THAT INCLUDES GAS, LODGING, FOOD, ANY, ANY EXPENSES THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SPEND TO GET HERE. AND WHILE THEY'RE HERE THERE ARE 580 EMPLOYEES IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY HERE IN CLUTE, WHO EARNED 16 MILLION. [00:20:07] AND THEN THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 3.7 MILLION DIRECT TAX RECEIPTS, THAT IS LOCAL AND STATE AS WELL. AND ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS WERE SLIGHTLY UP FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. SO LASTLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR SHOP LOCAL WEEKEND. THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD YEAR TO DO THAT. WE THIS IS A GREAT PROMOTION FOR CONSUMERS. AND ON THE CHAMBER SIDE FOR OUR CHAMBER MEMBERS, ALL THE BUSINESSES HAVE TO DO IS BE A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER AND BE OPEN ONE OF THOSE WEEK, ONE OF THOSE DAYS. IT'S JUNE 20TH, 21ST AND 22ND AND PROVIDE THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH A RECEIPT. THEN THE CUSTOMER CAN TURN THEIR RECEIPT INTO THE CHAMBER, AND WE PUT THEM IN A DRAWING TO WIN $1,000. SO WE ALSO PROVIDE A BREAKFAST, A SHOPPING BAG AND A LIST OF OUR CHAMBER MEMBERS TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME IN ON THAT FRIDAY AND GET STARTED. BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR WE'VE DONE IT. AND LAST YEAR I THINK WE HAD OVER 35,000 RECEIPTS IN RECEIPTS TURNED IN. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT AS WELL. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I DO HAVE OUR MARKETING PLAN AS WELL. I THINK YOU HAVE THAT TOO. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. YEAH. ANYTHING? NO. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, WE HOPE THAT YOU INCLUDE US IN OUR IN YOUR BUDGET AGAIN FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS THE MORE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, THE MORE THAT WE CAN DO AND HELP TO PROMOTE YOU AND GET PEOPLE INTO YOUR HOTELS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. NEXT ITEM WOULD BE REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE COUNCIL. PETER SIMON AND ALBERT SEBASTIAN OF NEW WAY FOOD STORE SEEK RECONSIDERATION OF THE RECENT GAME ROOM MACHINE BAN. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS PETER SIMON. HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. CITY OF CLUJ. THIS IS REGARDING REQUESTS FOR THE FAIR CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE GAY MISSION BAN. DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE, THE OWNERS OF SMALL CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION WITHIN THE OF CRUDE LIMIT RESPECTIVELY EXPRESS OUR CONCERN REGARDING THE RECENT BAN ON GAY MISSION. WE HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING POINT BEFORE MAKING THE FINAL DECISION THAT CONTINUES TO AFFECT LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE OURS. WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT WANT TO MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY CLEAR OUR GAY MISSION ARE NOT USED FOR ANY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. WE DON'T GIVE OUT CASH REWARDS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. WINNERS ARE ONLY OFFERED A SMALL GROCERY DISCOUNT OR STORE CREDIT. WE WE RUN HONEST, COMMUNITY SERVING BUSINESSES AND ALWAYS FOLLOW THE RULES. THE BAN IS HURTING SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES. OUR STORE REALLY HEAVILY ON THE INCOME THESE MACHINES BRING. SINCE THE BAN, OUR BUSINESS HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. SOME DAYS WE STRUGGLE TO MEET BASIC EXPENSES LIKE RENT AND UTILITIES FOR SMALL STORES LIKE OUR VERY EVERY CUSTOMER AND EVERY DOLLAR MATTER. UNFAIR COMPETITION JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, CUSTOMERS NOW SIMPLY WALK A FEW BLOCKS TO STORE LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE CLUTE WHERE THE SAME MACHINES EMISSION ARE STILL ALLOWED. THE NEIGHBORING STORES ARE SEEING INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC WHILE WE INSIDE THE CITY ARE BEING PENALIZED. THE CREATES AN UNFAIR AND UNEVEN PLAYING FIRE. THIS IS ONLY A SMALL BUSINESS ARE AFFECTED. WE ARE NOT A LARGE CHAIN STORES. WE ARE A FAMILY RUN BUSINESS WHO SERVE THE SAME COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN. [00:25:05] THE DECISION HAS TARGETED US, THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO DEPEND ON EVERY SMALL INCOME SOURCE TO SURVIVE. WE ARE OPEN TO REGULATION, NOT TOTAL BAN. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR AN UNRESTRICTED USE OF THIS MACHINE. WE ARE ONLY ASKING FOR A FAIRNESS AND REASONABLE UNREASONABLE REGULATION WE NEEDED. WE ARE WILLING TO SHUT DOWN THE MACHINE DURING NIGHT HOURS TO ADDRESS ANY PUBLIC CONCERNS. WE ARE ALSO OPEN TO FOLLOWING NEW GUIDELINES OR LIMITS SET BY THE CITY, AS LONG AS IT ALLOWS US TO KEEP OUR DOOR OPEN. THE BAN WILL LEAD TO JOB LOSSES AND EMPTY SHOPS. IF THIS CONTINUES, MANY OF US WILL BE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN. THIS MEANS JOB LOSSES, EMPTY STOREFRONTS AND WE WEAKER LOCAL ECONOMY INCLUDE. WE ASK YOU TO STAND WITH YOUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS WHO ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE, NOT EXPLOIT. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER OUR REQUESTS. WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT BENEFITS BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND SMALL MINISTERS LIKE US. THANK YOU. RIGHT. ANOTHER STARTER. QUESTION. MASTER. MASTER, PLEASE. I'VE BEEN A VENDOR. A GAME MACHINE VENDOR IN THIS CITY FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. I'M OUT OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE MAN. I'M JAMES HAIRSTON, AND I HAVE LONG ANTICIPATED KLUTE TO COME OUT WITH ITS OWN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE GAMING MACHINES, BUT I DID NOT ANTICIPATE YOU TO GO IN THE DIRECTION THAT YOU DID. I'VE ALWAYS CONSIDERED KLUTE TO BE A VERY PROGRESSIVE ADDRESS OF CITY. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO WITH YOUR ORDINANCE IS SUPERSEDE STATE LAW, WHICH SAYS THAT THE GAMES ARE LEGAL. NOW, I'VE SEEN IT GO. I'VE SEEN MANY CITIES GO DOWN THE PATH THAT YOU COULD BE GOING DOWN HERE SHORTLY, WHICH ALWAYS WINDS UP AT THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS, WHICH THEY ALMOST ALWAYS SIDE WITH THE STATE ORDINANCE, WHICH SAYS THAT THE GAMES ARE LEGAL. NOW, WHAT I HAD HOPED THAT YOU ALL WOULD DO WAS BE MORE PROGRESSIVE IN YOUR ORDINANCE AND DO LIKE OTHER CITIES WHICH DECIDE HOW IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR US? IF WE'VE GOT TO TOLERATE THESE PEOPLE, HOW IS IT GOING TO BENEFIT US AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT WORTH OUR WHILE? NOW, WHAT I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IS CREATE THEIR OWN CITY DECAL, WHICH YOU'VE GOT TO PAY A CERTAIN FEE TO GET A DECAL ON EVERY MACHINE IN YOUR LOCATION, AND THEY COME UP WITH A CITY PERMIT WITH A WITH A PERMIT FEE OF 500 OR $1000 $1,000 PER LOCATION, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY LOCATIONS AND HOW MANY MACHINES YOU HAVE IN YOUR CITY. YOU COULD CREATE A LEDGER LINE ITEM DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THAT COULD BE FOR SIX DIGITS, WHICH COULD GO TOWARDS SECURITY IN YOUR SCHOOLS. IT COULD GO TOWARDS CITY BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS. IT COULD GO TOWARD ANYTHING THAT YOU DEEM NECESSARY AND GOOD FOR YOUR CITY. NOW THAT'S THE WAY I'VE SEEN A LOT OF VERY PROGRESSIVE CITIES GO WITH IT, BUT YOU ALL CHOSE TO GO THE DIRECTION WHERE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED. I AM HERE ONLY TO TRY TO APPEAL TO YOU, TO GO WITH US WITH A SITUATION THAT COULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AND WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY. NOW IT'S JUST MY OPINION AND I'M NOBODY IN THE BUSINESS THESE DAYS. I ALMOST DIED TWO YEARS AGO AND I SOLD EVERYTHING I HAD. SO BASICALLY, I JUST KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE FIGHT, SO YOU ALL CAN. I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THESE FOLKS AND I TOLD THEM I COULD POSSIBLY HELP. THE DECISION IS YOURS. YOU CAN MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE IF YOU WANT TO, BUT IT'S YOUR DECISION. IT'S YOUR DECISION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST, I THINK THE I THINK I WANT TO START OFF WITH CHRIS BECAUSE I, I HEARD SOME CONFLICTING THINGS. CHRIS, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU TOLD US LAST MEETING? SURE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE LATEST RULINGS FROM THE SUPREME, FROM THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT, [00:30:02] THAT ACTUALLY THAT WAS THE LAW PREVIOUSLY BUT COURT OF APPEALS CASE IN FORT WORTH, WHERE THE CITY OF FORT WORTH SUED AND THEN CLAIMED THAT THAT ALL OF THESE MACHINES ARE ILLEGAL GAMBLING DEVICES AS DEFINED BY THE TEXAS STATE CONSTITUTION THAT WENT TO THE COURT OF APPEALS IN FORTH WORTH. COURT OF APPEALS IN FORTH WORTH. AGREED THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A STATE STATUTE, THAT STATE STATUTE IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE IT CANNOT SUPERSEDE THE STATE CONSTITUTION. THE SUPREME COURT REVIEWED THE THE FORT WORTH COURT OF APPEALS RULING AND AGREED WITH IT. SO THE LEGAL STATUS NOW IS THAT THE MACHINES ARE ILLEGAL GAMBLING DEVICES AND THE STATE STATUTE IS PREEMPTED. THE STATE STATUTE IS NO GOOD ANYMORE. IT IS TRUMPED AND SUPERSEDED BY THE STATE CONSTITUTION THAT SAYS THAT THESE ARE ILLEGAL GAMBLING DEVICES. AND SO THESE CITY OF FORT WORTH ENACTED THEIR THEY, THEY PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO ENACT. AN ORDINANCE SAYING THAT THE MACHINES ARE ILLEGAL. THAT WAS SINCE IT WENT TO THE US COURT OF APPEALS IN FORT WORTH. AND THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT AGREED WITH THAT AND BLESSED THAT THEY STARTED ENFORCING THEIR STATUTE ORDINANCE SAYING THAT THEY'RE ILLEGAL IN FORT WORTH, I THINK JUST THIS PAST DECEMBER OR JANUARY. SO I EXPECT THAT BECAUSE OF THIS RECENT RULING BY THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT THAT THESE THAT THE MACHINES ARE ILLEGAL GAMBLING DEVICES UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION, THAT OTHER CITIES WILL BE FOLLOWING SUIT. SO I THINK ACTUALLY, CLUTE IS MORE PROGRESSIVE BECAUSE WE'RE UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST RULING OF THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT. BUT THE ORDINANCE HAS NOT CHANGED, HAS IT? THE STATE ORDINANCE REGARDING THE GAMES? IT HAS NOT CHANGED. THEY'RE STILL ALLOWED. THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT CHANGED THE ORDINANCE. BUT THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT THE ORDINANCE IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WILL ADD THAT WHEN WHEN THE WHEN THE ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY AGENDA THAT WE WERE PRESENTED TWO OPTIONS, ONE TO REGULATE AND ONE TO BAN COUNCIL. COUNCIL CHOSE TO BAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JEFF. NEXT ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 31. DASH 2025 APPOINTING JUSTIN THOMPSON AS AN ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE AND MICHAEL PATE AS ALTERNATIVE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 31. DASH 2025 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY OF NEW TEXAS APPOINTING JUSTIN THOMPSON AS ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL JUDGE AND MICHAEL PATE AS ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL JUDGE. WHEREAS MUNICIPAL JUDGE RANDY SMITH HAS REQUESTED THE APPOINTMENT OF JUSTIN THOMAS AS ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL JUDGE, REPLACING MICHAEL PATE AND MICHAEL PATE AS ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL JUDGE. WHEREAS BOTH JUSTIN THOMPSON AND MICHAEL PATE ARE QUALIFIED TO SERVE EFFECTIVELY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES TO ENSURE FAIR AND EFFICIENT OPERATION OF MUNICIPAL COURT, WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO HONOR THIS REQUEST WHILE MAINTAINING THE COURT'S INTEGRITY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS FIRST, JUSTIN THOMPSON IS APPOINTED ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL JUDGE, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. SECOND, MICHAEL PATE IS APPOINTED ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL JUDGE, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THIRD, BOTH APPOINTEES SHALL SERVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LAW, INCLUDE ORDINANCES. PERFORM DUTIES AS ASSIGNED BY THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE. READ PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE 2025 AD SIGNED BY DESIGNED BY MYSELF AND TESTED BY ROSE, APPOINTED BY THE CITY CLERK. I THINK THOSE ARE TWO GOOD CANDIDATES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CRISP THAT WE ACCEPT. RESOLUTION NUMBER 31, DASH 2025. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR. DISCUSSION. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING MR. JUDGE THOMPSON EARLIER TODAY, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE MIC AND JUST GIVE A QUICK INTRODUCTION JUST SO WE COULD HAVE. HOW YOU DOING? THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS JUSTIN THOMPSON. [00:35:03] I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE SINCE 1978. WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SERVED MY TIME. AND SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY GOT MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. SERVED TEN YEARS AT THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT IN BRAZORIA COUNTY, WORKED UNDER ALL THE JP'S THERE, WORKED UNDER THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW JUDGES AS WELL. THEN A SEAT BECAME OPEN IN 2008. SO I RAN FOR OFFICE FOR JP ONE ONE. AND AT THAT TIME I WAS SERVING ALSO, I BELIEVE AT THE TIME I WAS HELPING JUDGE SMITH ALSO WITH THE CITY STUFF IF HE NEEDED HELP. BUT AT THE TIME I WAS SERVING AS THE JP ONE ONE, SO I WAS DOING THAT MOST OF THE TIME AND THEN LOST THE ELECTION. 2012 WENT INTO BUSINESS FOR MYSELF. AND ODDLY ENOUGH, THE BUSINESS THAT I JUST RECENTLY SOLD HAD TO DO WITH THE GAMING OF THE MACHINES AND THE WHATEVER. SO IT KIND OF WORKED OUT OKAY FOR ME. BUT IT'S ALWAYS IN A, YOU KNOW, FOR OR AGAINST THAT EITHER WAY. BUT YEAH, SO I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'M HONORED TO BE ASKED TO DO THE JOB. I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO IT. JUDGE SMITH CAME TO ME A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND MENTIONED IT TO ME, AND I TOLD HIM, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST LET ME KNOW. SO I'M HAPPY AND HONORED TO BE HERE IF YOU ALL WOULD BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANYTHING. I CAN TRY TO DO MY BEST TO ANSWER IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HAVE A MOTION. IN A SECOND. I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, JUDGE THOMPSON. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 22 DASH 2025, AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND OR THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATOR, MAGISTRATE OF ASSISTANCE, SIGNATURE ON TITLE AND RESTORATIONS OF NEW AND AUCTIONED VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22. DASH 2025, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE SIGNATURE OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND OR THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR TEXAS TITLES AND OUR REGISTRATIONS FOR NEW AND AUCTIONED VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF CLUTE. WHEREAS THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS PERIODICALLY PURCHASES NEW VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS, AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CLEVELAND ALSO AUCTIONS VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES. AND WHEREAS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES REQUIRES AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES FOR THE TRANSFER OF TITLES AND REGISTRATIONS FOR VEHICLES THAT EQUIVALENT, WHEREAS DESIGNATING SPECIFIC CITY OFFICIALS TO PROVIDE SIGNATURE AUTHORIZATION, WILL STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING DOCUMENTATION TO THE COUNTY TAX OFFICE FOR TITLE AND REGISTRATION CHARGES. CHANGES. AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLUTE DEEMED IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO AUTHORIZE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND OR THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO ACT AS SIGNATORIES FOR THESE TRANSACTIONS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, TEXAS THAT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND OR THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE SIGNATURE AUTHORIZATION FOR TEXAS TITLES AND OR REGISTRATIONS FOR NEW VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF CLUTE, AND FOR VEHICLES. EQUIPMENT AUCTIONED BY THE CITY OF CLUTE FOR SUBMISSION TO THE BRAZORIA COUNTY TAX OFFICE TO EFFECTUATE CHANGES IN THE NAME OF OWNERSHIP ON THE TITLE. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE 2025, SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTESTED BY THE CITY CLERK. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. THANK YOU. YES. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CRISP THAT WE AUTHORIZE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 32, DASH 2025. SECOND. SECONDED BY COUNCIL PERSON MADDOX. DISCUSSION. SO. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING HERE IT SAYS. AND OR DO WE NEED TO JUST DO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SAY. AND HE CAN SAY AN ORPHAN, I KNOW I WOULD, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN CASE ONE OF THEM WERE DOWN. SORRY. WELL, THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THE DESIRED EFFECT WAS TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT COULD DO IT. YES. WELL, IF YOU JUST SAY AND THEN IT MAY BE CONFUSED THAT IT REQUIRES TWO SIGNATURES. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, THAT IT DIDN'T, THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO LIMIT IT TO ONE PERSON. IT MAY BE THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD AN ATTORNEY READ THE ANVIL CLAUSE. THAT'S RIGHT. I'M PROGRESSIVE. OKAY, WELL, OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAYS IT INCLUDES BOTH PEOPLE, [00:40:08] SO. ARE YOU SAYING YOU WILL REQUIRE? NO NO NO NO. I'M JUST. I'M JUST SAYING WHERE IT SAYS AND OR. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T APPOINTING JUST ONE. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES AND OR MEANS YOU DO THIS OR YOU DO THAT. OKAY. IN MY BUSINESS AND OR MEANS MAYBE THIS OR MAYBE THAT. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND AND CLARIFICATION THAT IT DOES INCLUDE BOTH PEOPLE. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS. DECLARES BOTH PEOPLE TO SIGN OR EITHER PERSON CAN EITHER PERSON OKAY. EITHER PERSON EITHER PERSON OR IS NOT BOTH REQUIRED BUT NOT BOTH REQUIRED. BUT EITHER OR CAN CAN MAKE THE TRANSACTION CLEAR AS MUD CLEAR AS MUD, RIGHT? YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 33. DASH 2025, APPROVING THE DEBRIS MONITORING CONTRACT WITH TRUE NORTH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 33. DASH 2025 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF TEXAS APPROVING CONTRACT AWARD FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL SERVICES. WHEREAS THE CITY, AS REQUIRED BY FEMA REGULATIONS, RECENTLY COMPLETED A FORMAL COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP PROCESS FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL MONITORING. AND WHEREAS, THAT RFP DETAILED THE SCOPE OF WORK PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND COSTING FOR SAID SERVICES, WHEREAS THE CITY RECEIVED MULTIPLE BIDS FROM VARIOUS QUALIFIED APPLICANTS. WHEREAS COMMITTEE MADE UP OF. STAFF HAVE REVIEWED, ASSESSED AND SCORED THESE RFPS IN AN OBJECTIVE MANNER. AND COUNCIL HAS AWARDED BIDS TO CONTRACT FOR THESE SERVICES. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL. CITY, TEXAS HEREBY APPROVES THE CONTRACT FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL MONITORING TO TRUE NORTH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, LLC OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS, PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025. SIGNED BY MYSELF. ATTESTED BY THE CITY CLERK. COUNCIL MEMBER. WE AWARDED OR AWARDED THE BIDS. THIS IS THE CONTRACT WAS ABLE TO WORK OUT WITH THEM. YEAH. SO, AS I SAY, IF Y'ALL. NORMALLY WE DO THESE IN FIVE YEAR IN FIVE YEAR CONTRACTS. THE COMPANY THAT WE WERE. PREVIOUSLY CONTRACT ARE STILL OUR CONTRACTED WITH US SOLD OFF THEIR MONITORING DIVISION. SO WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH BARREL LAST YEAR WITH THE SUBCONTRACTOR. SO PLAN TO START THIS PROCESS AGAIN TO GET A CONTRACT WITH WITH A COMPANY CONTRACTED TO US. WE ACTUALLY SELECTED TWO, SO WE DIDN'T. WE WON'T RUN INTO THE PROBLEM OF TROUBLE WITH ONE OR THE OTHER. AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THE SECOND CONTRACT BACK YET, BUT WITH HURRICANE SEASON ALREADY UNDERWAY, WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS ONE HERE TO MAKE SURE WE HAD IT IN PLACE AND WE'RE READY TO GO IF WE HAVE AN EVENT THIS YEAR. AND ALSO THE CITY HAS, HAS CONTRACTED AND WORK WITH TRUE NORTH IN THE PAST. IT'S BEEN A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. THE LAST RFP WENT A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM AGAIN. A LOT OF THE PERSONNEL OR THE WITH THE SAME COMPANY WE'VE USED IN THE PAST, THEY'RE STILL COMING OVER. SO WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THEM AND HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND ENJOY WORKING WITH THEM. THEY DID US A GOOD JOB DURING BERYL. SO WOULD THEY START NEXT YEAR? NO, THEY WILL START. NO, THEY WOULD START IMMEDIATELY. YEAH OKAY OKAY. SO WE NEEDED TO GET THIS CONTRACT APPROVED AND SIGNED. AND THEN WE WILL ACTUALLY GO BACK AND TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH THE PREVIOUS COMPANY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE ALREADY SOLD OFF THEIR BUSINESS AND WE'RE NOT REALLY WITH THEM. BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS ONE IN PLACE AND WE'LL GO BACK AND OFFICIALLY TERMINATE THE PREVIOUS ONES. CONFUSED? YEAH, IT'S HURRICANE SEASON. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. MOTION BY COUNCIL. PERSON MATTERS TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. COUNCILMEMBER LOPEZ MAKES A SECOND. DISCUSSION. WE ARE 100% SURE IT'S EFFECTIVE. YES, SIR. BECAUSE WE ARE IN HURRICANE SEASON. WE ARE. OKAY. AND THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GETS DONE RIGHT, THAT WE GET ALL OUR REIMBURSEMENTS AND WE GET EVERYTHING BACK. SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT. THESE ARE THE MEASURES. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONTRACT TO HAVE IN PLACE. YES, SIR. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE'LL SIGN A CONTRACT. ALL RIGHT. [00:45:02] NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF THE POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 34, DASH 2025, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE TXDOT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES DETAIL GRANT APPLICATION FOR 332 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND PUBLIC TRANSIT TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS. RESOLUTION NUMBER 34 DASH 2025, A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CITY OF CLUTE APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S 2025 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES SET ASIDE TO CALL FOR PROJECTS, WHEREAS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUED A CALL FOR PROJECTS IN JANUARY 2025 FOR COMMUNITY SUPPLY FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES SET ASIDE TO PROGRAM. AND WHEREAS THE FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. TO FUNDS REQUIRING LOCAL MAX COMPRISED OF CASH OR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDIT. IF ELIGIBLE, CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL NON-REIMBURSABLE COSTS AND 100% OF OVERRUNS, IF ANY, FOR THE TO FUNDS. AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL CITY INCLUDE THAT THE CITY OF CLUTE SUPPORTS FUNDING THIS PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE 2025 TO DETAILED APPLICATION, INCLUDING THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING BUDGET, IF ANY CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, THE DEPARTMENT'S DIRECT STATE COST FOR OVERSIGHT, AND THE REQUIRED LOCAL MATCH, IF ANY, AND IS WILLING TO COMMIT TO THE PROJECT'S DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, MANAGEMENT AND FINANCING. CITY OF CLUTE IS WILLING AND ABLE, AND ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT BY RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE, SHOULD THE PROJECT BE SELECTED FOR FUNDING. DULY PASSED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY CLUTE ON THE 12TH DAY OF JUNE 2025. SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTESTED BY ROSA PAUNOVIC, CITY CLERK. SO THIS GRANT IS THROUGH THE TEXTILE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE. IT'S A PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED PROGRAM. OUR OUR PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE SUBMITTING IS TO BUILD SIDEWALKS ALONG THE FEEDER ROAD ON 332 BETWEEN DIXIE AND MAIN STREET TO TRY TO CONNECT AND ADD THAT CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN ALL THE HOTELS AND THE RESTAURANT AND AND RETAIL AREAS. SO FOR FOR THE CITY OF CLUTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR THESE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS. SO THIS GRANT WOULD BE FUNDED AT 100% BY THE STATE WITH NO MATCH REQUIRED FROM THE CITY. OUR APPLICATION WILL GO IN NEXT WEEK. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST $900,000 TO BUILD THAT SIDEWALK AND ADD SOME BENCHES AND BUS STOPS, CROSSWALKS, AND MAKE THAT AREA WALKABLE VERSUS JUST THE GRASS AND THE DITCHES ALONG ALONG THE FEEDER ROAD TO CONNECT THOSE, THOSE COMMERCIAL AREAS. ALSO, THE TEX DOT HAS AGREED TO SPONSOR THE PROJECT AND UNDERTAKE ALL THE BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION IF WE ARE AWARDED. SO ONCE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE SELECTED FOR THE GRANT, NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. BUT TEX DOT WILL KIND OF TAKE IT FROM THERE AND HANDLE BIDDING CONSTRUCTION AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GETS BUILT AND PUT IN. I'VE KIND OF SCARY. SO IS ALL THIS VERBIAGE JUST HOUSEKEEPING THEN, BECAUSE I SEE US SIGNING UP AND GUARANTEEING THAT WE'LL COVER ALL THE OVERAGES. YEAH. SO THIS IS THE EXACT VERBIAGE THAT THEY MAKE EVERYBODY PASS THE RESOLUTION SAYING THAT Y'ALL SUPPORT THE APPLICATION. THAT'S WHY IT IS ALL THE IF ELIGIBLES ARE IN THERE, IF ANY ARE IN THERE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY USES THE SAME FORM. BUT WE ARE WE ARE ELIGIBLE AND HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THIS GRANT A COUPLE YEARS AGO. IT'S 100% FUNDED. THERE'S NO MATCH REQUIRED OUT OF THE OUT OF THE CITY. IT WOULD JUST BE FOR WHATEVER THE GRANT WAS IF IT GOES OVER RIGHT. THIS VERBIAGE. NO. IF THERE ARE OVERRUNS, WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AT THAT POINT. ANYTHING OVER 100%. BUT I DON'T FORESEE THAT BEING CONFUSING TO ME. BUT OKAY, IF IF THE PROJECT IS AWARDED AND SOMEHOW WINDS UP COSTING MORE THAN THE GRANT IS FUNDED FOR, OR THE MORE THAN OUR GRANT AMOUNT IS THAN WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERRUNS. INSTEAD, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION, I THINK, AT $888,000 TO BUILD LESS THAN A MILE OF SIDEWALK. SO WE DON'T WE DON'T SEE ANY CHANCE OF OVERRUNS. AND AND THEY'VE ASKED US TO, TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PAD THAT AND MAKE IT A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE SO WE CAN AVOID OVERRUNS AND, AND COST PROBLEMS. BECAUSE IT IS IT'S IT'S A DIXIE TO MAIN STREET, A SIX FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK. THERE'S THERE'S NO BRIDGES TO BUILD. THERE'S NO THE DITCHES THAT HAVE TO BE CROSSED ALREADY HAVE SIDEWALKS AND RAILINGS IN PLACE. SO IT REALLY IS BORING. BORING FLAT CONCRETE. [00:50:03] OKAY. AND YOU GET FUNDS UNDER FIVE. STILL UNEXPENDED FROM THE 2020 BOND THAT CAN BE USED. IF WE HAD AN OVERRUN HERE. WE DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE AN OVERRUN BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SHORT SEGMENT. WE HAD HOPED TO CARRY THE SIDEWALK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH, BUT THEY'VE ASKED US TO SCALE THAT TO THIS PROJECT. AND ALSO, IF YOU'LL RECALL, THIS WAS ONE OF THE I BELIEVE IT WAS NUMBER TWO, BUT ONE OF THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE LIVABLE CENTER STUDY THAT WE JUST COMPLETED TO START TRYING TO MAKE THIS CONNECTIVITY AND BRING THE RETAIL AND AND ACCOMMODATION AREAS TOGETHER. YEAH, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AND CJ AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED KUDOS BECAUSE I THINK THIS THIS ONE WE SPOKE CAME OUT OF THAT LIVABLE CENTER STUDY THAT ABSOLUTELY FROM THAT. AND IT'S IT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY AND LISTED I THINK LIKE I SAID AS THE NUMBER TWO PRIORITY. YEAH. SO IT JUST IT JUST SHOWS THAT THESE STUDIES THAT WE DO I MEAN, THEY THEY MEAN SOMETHING. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S WORTH US DOING THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TO GET THIS GRANT. AND HOPEFULLY WE GET IT. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN TALKS WITH THEM ALREADY, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND OUT IN A FEW MONTHS. AND AND HONESTLY, I THINK THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. YOU KNOW THEY THEY'RE GOING TO WRITE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THEIR ENGINEER. THEY'RE SPONSORING THE CONSTRUCTION IF WE'RE AWARDED. HONESTLY, THEY PROVIDED US WITH SOME DRAWINGS AND BUDGETS RIGHT AFTER LIVABLE CENTERS BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE ALREADY WORKED INTO THEIR TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THEY WANT TO SEE IT HAPPEN. THEY KNOW THE NEED RIGHT THERE. SO WITHOUT GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT, BUT WE WON'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL OCTOBER. OKAY, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR THAT WE APPROVE. RESOLUTION NUMBER 34, DASH 2025. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COUNCILPERSON MADDOX. FURTHER DISCUSSION. I HAVE ONE. SO WHERE WOULD WE GET THE MONEY FROM IF IT'S NOT GOING TO GO OVER? BUT IN CASE IT DOES, IN CASE IT DOESN'T FUND YOUR SIDEWALK, STREETS AND DRAINAGE FUND. IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD A BOND ISSUE IN 2020. YOU'VE GOT MONEY SITTING THERE FOR THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN CONSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS WITH. WE'VE BEEN WAY OVER BUDGET. WHEN OUR CONTRACTORS PERFORM THIS AND AGS MAY BID ON THIS, I'M NOT SURE. BUT WE HAVE RESIDUAL FUNDS THERE. AND THEN WE GET THE 40% OF THE SALES TAX OPPOSED TO THAT AS WELL. SO. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. OKAY. AND THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 35. DASH 2025, ESTABLISHING TWO POLICIES FOR CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS REGARDING THE USE OF CITY ISSUED DEVICES. THESE POLICIES PROVIDE CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR THE ALLOCATION, UTILIZATION, AND RETURN OF CITY USE CELL PHONES, LAPTOPS, AND IPADS, PROMOTING EFFICIENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ADHERENCE TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TRANSPARENCY LAWS. AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 35, DASH 2020 FOR RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS, APPROVING POLICIES FOR A CELL PHONE STIPEND AND CITY ISSUED DEVICES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF CLUTE AIMS TO SUPPORT ELECTED OFFICIALS DUTIES EFFICIENTLY, WHEREAS A CELL PHONE STIPEND POLICY PROMOTES FLEXIBLE AND COST EFFECTIVENESS WHILE ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO ESTABLISH EQUITABLE POLICY EQUITABLE POLICIES FOR CELL PHONE STIPENDS, EXHIBIT A, AND USE OF CITY ISSUED DEVICES LIKE LAPTOPS AND IPADS. EXHIBIT B, INCLUDING GUIDELINES FOR DEVICE RETURN AND STIPEND PAYMENTS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLEVELAND, TEXAS, THESE POLICIES ARE HEREBY APPROVED, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND APPLIES TO CURRENT AND FUTURE CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS. READ AND PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025, SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTESTED BY WROTE APPOINTED CITY CLERK. THIS ITEM KIND OF GREW OUT OF SOME QUESTIONS WE WERE GETTING, AND ALSO SOME REQUESTS FOR DEVICES AND TALKING WITH LANDON. WE REALIZED WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT ACTUALLY COVERED THE CITY, WHICH MEANS WE DIDN'T HAVE A WAY OF CONTROLLING OR IDENTIFYING WHAT WE ISSUED TO Y'ALL FOR YOUR USE. WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT, HEY, I DON'T LIKE MY SECOND PHONE. I'M GOING TO USE MY OWN PHONE. THIS WOULD ALLOW THAT WE WOULD PAY FOR IT INSTEAD, BUT THE REQUIREMENT WOULD STILL BE THAT IF YOU HAD TEXT MESSAGES, [00:55:01] PHONE CALLS, DOCUMENTS THAT YOU DOWNLOADED ON YOUR PHONE THAT WERE GERMANE TO PUBLIC INFORMATION, YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SURRENDER YOUR PHONE SO THAT THOSE COULD BE TAKEN OFF. SO YOU RUN THAT RISK. AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS ON THE LAPTOP OR THE IPAD, ONE OR THE OTHER, SO THAT WE COULD MAYBE PUT THOSE WHATEVER YOU'RE NOT USING BACK INTO CIRCULATION WITH STAFF. SO YEAH, I MEAN THAT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE WERE FIRST ISSUED TO YOUR CELL PHONES THAT WE WERE ISSUED THOSE PHONES TO CONDUCT CITY BUSINESS WITH, SO THAT IF THEY WERE SUBPOENAED, WE WOULD THEY WOULDN'T HAVE OUR PERSONAL PHONES. RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO DOES THIS MEAN WE HAVE TO TURN THEM IN OR. NO NO NO NO NO. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPT OUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOUR. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TWO PHONES. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE. ANDERS. OUTDOORS AND INDOORS. YOU CAN OPT IN OR OUT AT YOUR CHOICE. SO WOULD THERE BE ANY CASE WHERE SOMEBODY IS USING THEIR OWN PERSONAL PHONE, GETTING THE STIPEND WHERE THEIR PHONE WOULD BE CONFISCATED FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OR WHATEVER? AND IT COULD BE WEEKS, MONTHS? CORRECT. AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY COULD LOSE THEIR PHONE FOR MONTHS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THIS POLICY. SO IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MAY BE WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO SIGN. SOMETHING THAT SAYS I UNDERSTAND THAT MY PHONE COULD BE GONE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOCUMENT. IT TALKS ABOUT COMPLIANCE AND YOU SIGN A DATE. OKAY. I WOULDN'T BE WILLING TO TAKE THAT RISK. I DON'T SEE I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE WITH THE POLICY. AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW. YOU'RE NOT YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO. TO RETURN THEM. NO, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO. ANY TIME YOU'RE REQUIRED TO RETURN THEM. IF YOU'RE NOT ELECTED. YOU'RE CORRECT. SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AVAILABLE? NO, NO. WE WE CAME UP WITH THIS AS WE NOTED SOME GAPS IN OUR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CYBERSECURITY. AND THEN WE HAD PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT, WELL, WHY DO I HAVE TO CARRY TWO PHONES? IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE. AND THEN SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT ROSIE POLLS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER CITIES. AND WE DEVELOPED THIS MODEL POLICY BASED AROUND WHAT OTHER CITIES HAD IN PLACE, AND WE WANTED TO OFFER IT UP AS AN OPTION TO YOU TO EITHER OPT IN OR OPT OUT ON THE PHONES, AND THEN ALSO TO FALL BACK ON THE ON THE LAPTOP OR THE IPAD IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO USE IT. SO THESE POLICIES THAT ARE BACK HERE FOR ELECTED OFFICIAL SIGNATURES, WE NEED TO SIGN THOSE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE OPTING OUT OR NOT, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST SAYING THIS IS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU ACCEPT THAT YOU'VE ADOPTED THE POLICY AND POLICIES. POLICIES. OKAY, SO MY QUESTION WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY RETIRES OR LEAVES THE CITY OR WHATEVER. AND THEN THEN A REQUEST FOR THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT COMES IN. HOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION OFF OF SOMEBODY'S PERSONAL PHONE THAT'S NO LONGER WITH THE CITY? THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM. AND THAT'S WHY WE HEARD YOU. OR THEY'VE ERASED IT ALL OFF THEIR PHONE. THAT'S A PROBLEM AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD URGE YOU TO KEEP YOUR SECOND PHONE. THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE OPTION TO TO HAVE IT, TO NOT DO THAT. WOULD THE CITY GET IN TROUBLE IF THAT DID HAPPEN? OR WOULD ONLY THAT PERSON THAT ERASED IT OR LEFT OR WHATEVER, WOULD THE CITY GET IN TROUBLE FOR IT? OR WOULD ONLY THAT INDIVIDUAL GET IN TROUBLE FOR ERASING THE INFORMATION OR NOT ALLOWING US TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PHONE. RIGHT? YOU'D BE PERSONALLY LIABLE. LIABLE UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE. OKAY. FOR RAISING GOVERNMENT RECORDS. THE CITY THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION ON A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND THEN THE CITY GETS IN TROUBLE BECAUSE WE AREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THE PHONE. OKAY. THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE LIABILITY. IT'S THE INDIVIDUAL. OKAY. SO DON'T ERASE GOVERNMENT STUFF. I CHOSE TO USE THEIR PERSONAL PHONE FOR. IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TELL US? SUPPLY THE INFORMATION THERE. I HAVE A SECOND. GO. AHEAD. YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION 35 2024. SO MOVED. MOVED BY. COUNCILOR. SECONDED BY. I'LL SECOND. COUNCIL PERSON. MADDOX. FURTHER DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU ALREADY HAVE MY LAPTOP. YES, MA'AM. YEAH, I'VE HAD IT FOR LONGER THAN I HAD IT. UNDER CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. [01:00:02] NEXT ITEM WILL BE OUT OF CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 36. DASH 2025. ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY REPLAT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 251 PLANTATION DRIVE AND SETTING A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR APPROVAL OF THE FINAL REPLAT. PROPOSED PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF JULY THE 10TH, 2025 RESOLUTION WOULD BE NUMBER 36. DASH 2025 A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF CLEVELAND, TEXAS, APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY REPLAT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 251 EAST PLANTATION DRIVE, CLUTE, TEXAS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF CLUTE HAS AUTHORITY TO REVIEW PLAT AND REPLACE WITHIN ITS LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. WHEREAS A REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 251 EAST PLANTATION DRIVE, CLUTE, TEXAS, COMBINING THE 1.44 ACRE TRACT AND A 0.0201 ACRE TRACT INTO ONE TRACT, WAS RECOMMENDED FOR THE SETTING OF A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY, TEXAS, THAT THE PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY REPLAT OF PROPERTY AT 251 EAST PLANTATION DRIVE, CLUTE, TEXAS, IS APPROVED WITH A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR JULY THE 10TH, 2025 AT 7 P.M.. SECTION TWO. THIS RESOLUTION TAKES EFFECT UPON PASSAGE AND EXECUTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK. READ PARCEL ADOPTED THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE 2025, SIGNED BY MYSELF AND TESTIFY. ROSE APPOINTED CITY CLERK. MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE. AND SET THE DATE. I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY COUNCILPERSON VAUGHN THAT WE THAT WE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 36, 2025, SETTING THE JOINT PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR SEVEN 1025. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR. DISCUSSION QUESTION. I'M TRYING TO LOOK THIS UP ON THE MAP. HOW'S THAT EAST PLANTATION WITHIN THE MAPS? WRONG, BECAUSE IT SHOWS IT BESIDE THE OLD SOLAR X, AND IT GOES BACK TO CEDAR STREET. NO, NO, NO, NO, THIS IS THE CAR COUNTRY. THAT'S WEST PLANTATION. EAST PLANTATION IS CAR COUNTRY, AND THIS IS THE LOT BEHIND IT. CORRECT. 251 EAST PLANTATION. THE LITTLE PIN POINTER THING. DON'T COME UP THERE. SO ARE WE GOOD THAT IT'S NOT WEST PLANTATION? YES, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU. I'M ON WEST PLANTATION AND I KNOW THAT'S EAST, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK IT UP, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SHOWS. THAT'S RIGHT. AND I WAS LOST. YEAH. I THINK IT GOES WEST AND EAST THAT MAIN STREET. THEY'VE GOT GOOGLE HAS IT AS MATURE SHOWS. YEAH. BUT I DO SHOW THAT LAKE COUNTRY. YEAH. THAT'S 251 EAST PLANTATION. BUT THEN IT SAYS THAT'S WEST PLANTATION DRIVE PLANTATION. WE DON'T PUT IN JUST 251. SO IT'S IT'S CAR COUNTRY. YES SIR. IT'S THE LOT. SO THERE'S A LOT BEHIND. I JUST PUT TWO PLANTATION. OKAY, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T FIND IT. YES, SIR. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK IT UP ON THE CAT, IT GETS EVEN MORE CONFUSING. YEAH. IT DOES. I LOOKED IT UP EARLIER TODAY. IT CAME TO CAR COUNTRY. DID IT? WERE YOU ON APPLE? NO. NO. OKAY. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I'M JUST GIVING YOU IT'S AN IPHONE PROBLEM. YEAH, HE'S ON GOOGLE MAPS. YEAH, I'M JUST ON GOOGLE. YEAH, I WAS ON GOOGLE MAPS, BUT I JUST I JUST PLUGGED IT IN, BUT I DON'T THINK I PUT EAST OR WEST. I THINK I JUST PUT THE ADDRESS AND PLANTATION DRIVE INCLUDE. AND ANYWAY, I CAN TELL YOU GOOGLE CAN GET YOU LOST. YEAH. I DON'T EVEN THINK MY STREET, MY HOME STREET COMES UP ON GOOGLE MAPS. OKAY. GUESS I NEED THE CITY PHONES. HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. RIGHT? YES. ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NEXT ITEM WOULD BE A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AS AUTHORIZED [V. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.071 GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, LITIGATION, SETTLEMENT OFFERS, 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 BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 551, GOVERNMENT CODE LITIGATION. [01:05:04] THE PARK ACT AGENDA WE WILL REMOVE TO. I GUESS WE COULD REQUEST BECAUSE WE WE CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT. READY AND WE'RE READY. I WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NEXT ITEM. ACTION TAKEN IS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO ACTION TAKEN THIS EVENING. NEXT ITEM WILL BE NOTICE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS. [VI. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS] JUNETEENTH DAY HOLIDAY THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2025. CITY OFFICES CLOSED. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JULY JUNE THE 26TH, 2025 TO 7 P.M.. INDEPENDENCE DAY, FRIDAY, JULY THE 4TH TO THE OFFICES CLOSED. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JULY THE 10TH AND A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING NOW. RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND THEN FIRST CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP IS SATURDAY, JULY THE 12TH AT NINE, AND THE 43RD ANNUAL GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL JULY 24TH THROUGH THE 26TH, 2025 AT THE PARK. AND THE NEXT ITEM IS ADJOURNMENT. I MOVE MOVED BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCIL PERSON MADDOX. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. MEETING'S ADJOURNED. WHEN IS. WHEN IS THE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.