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[I. COMMENCEMENT]
HEREBY GIVEN OF A COUNCIL MEETING WE HELD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025 AT THE 7:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF KLU CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, KLU, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS TO COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN TO 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.
CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY.
DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY.
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 DELIBERATION ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE.
INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED SECTIONS 3 2 1 0.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION.
THE AGENDA MEETING, PACKET OF VIDEO LINKER POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.CLUTEXAS.GOV.
TO ADDRESS COUNSEL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TO 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 RECORDING OF THE VIDEO MEETING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
WOULD YOU GIVE US A PRAYER?
DO YOU WANNA SEND THE PLEDGE, PLEASE? PLEDGES TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION OF UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
WE NOW HAVE ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS, CALVIN SHIFFLET.
FIRST ITEM IS SCISSOR SCIS VISITORS COMMENTS.
I'VE SEEN YOU ON ONE SIGNED UP THAT WE WILL FOREGO
[III. CONSENT AGENDA]
READING THIS AND MOVE INTO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS CONSENT AGENDA AND ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE OR GENERALLY ENACTED IN ONE MOTION.THE ACCEPTED THIS RULE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REQUEST MORE AND MORE ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE ACTIONS.
UH, TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSIST OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER THE 12TH, 2025, WEEKEND ENDING SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025 AND MINUTES.
I'M GONNA CARRIED BACK A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE MAYOR.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL AGUILAR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED? FOR CLARIFICATION, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, UH, THE COUNCIL, THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FOR THE SEPTEMBER 12TH AND SEPTEMBER NINE.
SEPTEMBER 12TH AND SEPTEMBER 19TH, PLEASE.
THE OTHER ITEMS NEED TO BE EXHIBIT.
UH, I DO SEE ONE REPAIR THAT WE HAD OVER ON THE, UH, LIFT STATION.
IS THERE A REASON WHY THERE'S, IS THERE A LIMIT ON WHAT WE ISSUE ON POS AS FAR AS BEFORE ONE THING HAS TO BE DONE FOR ANOTHER ONE BY CHANCE? YES AND NO.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AT BUMPY ROAD, WE'RE BURNING, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE BECAUSE IT'S SO UNDERSIZED AND BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME THAT IT TAKES, WE'RE JUST BURNING STUFF UP.
AND UNTIL WE GET IT RESIZED AND UPSIZED, AS WE CALL FOR IN THIS NEXT BUDGET, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE REPAIR COSTS.
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WE DID HAVE THE, UH, THE RAILS HAD TO BE REPLACED.WE DID REPLACE THE PUMPS IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ON THE EXISTING TO KEEP IT GOING.
WE'VE GOTTA SPEND REAL MONEY TO GET IT UPGRADED AND UPSIZED, IT'S JUST A REAL EXPENSIVE BANDAID.
UH, IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE YES, SIR.
I GUESS I WAS CURIOUS, JUST TO BE BLUNT, THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT FEES FOR THE SAME JOB OR DID WE SPLIT THAT UP OR? WE HAD TWO RAILS, TWO PUMPS AND I GUESS IT GOT SPLIT IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL PO.
SO WE'RE NOT SPLITTING THAT UP TO KEEP IT UNDER A NUMBER FOR THE PO NO SIR.
AND I SEE WE'RE GETTING IT, I KNOW IT PROBABLY REFLECTS TO JOHN, DO WE NEED TO BUY A SKID STEER? DO WE NEED TO BUY A SKID STEER? I'M JUST DOING A LITTLE MATH ON WHAT WE'VE RENTED.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MAYBE THE PAST, ABOUT LAST YEAR.
UH, ONE, THE ORIGINAL COST ONE WOULD BE LESS THAN NEW.
WE HAVE GRID ONE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS USE, UH, ROAD.
AND THEN WE ENDED UP HAVING TO GET THAT HANG OUT EXCAVATOR.
I KNOW THAT ONE'S BE BACK WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO TO, SO WE, THE BACK AND IT WAS DISCUSSED LAST YEAR THAT YOU WOULD THOUGHT BE BETTER FOR US TO RENT ONE AS OPPOSED TO HAVE BUY ONE MAINTENANCE.
SO DO WE NEED ONE? WE HAVE ONE THAT'S NOT OF NEW SHAPE.
DOES THIS, YOU THINK THIS IS A MONTHLY THING? I'M SORRY, I, I DIDN'T KNOW.
DO YOU THINK THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE A MONTHLY THING OR, I I UNDERSTAND RENTAL, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ARGUMENT EXPENSE, RIGHT.
I'M AN OWNER GUY, SO I, I WANNA BE FAIR AND DO THAT.
BUT I MEAN, I, I OWN ONE SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND, UH, IF IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A MONTHLY, IF IT YOU THINK IT'D BE A MONTHLY OR, AND THE TRUTH IS IF YOU HAVE ONE, YOU'D PROBABLY USE IT TWICE AS MUCH AND THEN HAVING TO GO RENT ONE.
SO I I WAS JUST CURIOUS THAT THIS WAS JUST KIND OF A DITCH PROJECT THAT WAS KIND OF ISOLATED OR WAS USED SOME THE DITCH WE USED IT WHERE WE, SO WE HAD DIFFERENT JOB, BUT FOR MOST PART IT WAS USED WITH THE DISTANCE.
HOW, HOW OFTEN DO YOU RENT IT? WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE RENT IT FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF MM-HMM
SIX PUMP, WHICH ONE STATION? WE WAS AN EMERGENCY.
WE HAD BYPASS STATION, ACTUALLY PUMP THERE WAS BASICALLY PUMPING OUT DRY ONE THERE OUT WE, AND BYPASS BYPASS BECAUSE OF, SO THAT STATION THERE WAS AND BLESS IT BACKS UP EVERYTHING BACK DRIVE.
AND WE'RE ABOUT IN THE SAME BOAT WITH BUMPY ROAD TOO.
BEFORE YOU GET INTO THIS STATION, THERE'S A MANHOLE AT THE DITCH AND IT'S ABOUT 30 FOOT RUN FROM INTO, UH, THIS STATION.
AND BETWEEN THAT POINT, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS SAY ABOUT 17, 18, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE LINE FROM THAT MAN AT THE DITCH ALL THE WAY TO LAZY LANE SLIP LINE WHERE THERE WAS ONE SECTION ABOUT 15.
SO CCO WAS FOREMAN AND WHEN THEY GOT DOWN THERE WAS THE SEPARATION OF PIPE.
SO EVENTUALLY IT, THE DOOR DROPPED OUT AND THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED.
THE, THE WHOLE AREA FROM THAT POINT BACK, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM DC DRIVE.
ALL THE HOTELS, EVERYTHING FROM, UH, BASICALLY BACK TO DIXIE.
WE WOULD'VE LOST THAT AREA BY THERE.
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AND THAT LINE NEVER COME ACROSS THAT DITCH.IT'S ALWAYS BEEN UNDER THAT, UNDER THE DITCH.
IT'S AT 15 WHERE IT UNDER LINE AND THEN THE MAN RIGHT THERE ON THIS SIDE.
I, WE DID HAVE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE JOBS WE HAD.
AND THE NEXT QUESTION PROBABLY COMES, I KNOW WE HAVE A MATTRESS PROBLEM AND APPARENTLY IT'S AN ONGOING 'CAUSE I RODE AROUND BEFORE I CAME YESTERDAY AND THERE'S MATTRESSES SITTING ALL OVER TOWN AGAIN.
THE LANDFILL, IT'S LIKE A, THEY'RE LIKE RABBITS, RIGHT? NOT IN THE, CAN GO DO THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR CONTRACT NEGOTIATED.
SO WE WERE IN CATCH 22, ALL THE HOTEL APARTMENTS.
SO WE, UH, DECIDED THAT IN WINTER, GET THE ONES PICKED UP THAT ARE IN THE TOWN WE DECIDED TO PUT ON, WHICH WAS BEST PLACE WE COULD PUT ON WAS GOING ON.
SO WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE THROUGH OUT THERE.
THIRD PARTY, THEY HAUL THEM OFF TO FOR BEND, UH, LANDFILL.
WE DID HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT TO HAUL.
UH, THAT HAD TO BUT UP WE HAVE LOOKED AT, WE ENTERTAINED THE IDEA OF INCINERATION, BUT THE PROBLEM THAT IS CHEMICAL THAT ARE IN THE ER SO WAS TO, UH, WE H ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THE THE, I HAVE FOUND A SHREDDER, UH, TEXAS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
AND THE ALLEGED SHREDDERS ABOUT FIVE 20,000.
AND IT DOESN'T LIKE METAL, RIGHT? I'M SORRY? IT DOESN'T LIKE METAL.
YEAH, THIS IS, IT'LL DO, UH, CHAIRS FURNITURE, DO TIRES, AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT SOMETHING IN THERE HARDER THAN IN ARE OUT THERE.
IF WE CO OFF WITH ANOTHER CITY, THEN WE COULD GET THAT SHARE THAT COST WITH THEM.
WE PROBABLY WOULD IN THE END HAVE TO CHARGE SOMETHING.
WELL, I HAVE A REAL UNPOPULAR QUESTION OR SOLUTION FOR THAT.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO PICK 'EM UP? THEY, WELL, BUT IF WE DON'T PICK THEM UP, THE PROBLEM'S GONNA BE IS THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING END STREETS ON ROAD SOMEWHERE, DUMP SOMEWHERE, AND THEY HAVE TO BE RID OF THEM SO WE CAN FORCE THEM TO TAKE THEM OFF.
THE PROBLEM IS RESIDENTS ARE PROBABLY GONNA FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO GET RID OF THEM.
ISN'T THAT THE GOAL? WE FIND 'EM OVER THERE.
UH, WELL IT, IT IS THE GOAL, BUT I THINK IT'S THE GOAL TO HAVE SOMEONE TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO GET RID OF YOUR COUCH OR YOUR MATTRESS OR YOUR WE, WE, WE DO, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS LIKE IN MY APARTMENT COMPLEX, I I SEE IT.
AND SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS YOU END UP WITH THE LEGAL DUMPING.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I THINK WE LET THE COUNT GET UP TO ALMOST 400 ON THE SIDE OF THE STREETS.
I TOLD YOU
BUT, WELL, THAT'S WHAT LED ME TO THIS QUESTION BECAUSE HOW DO YOU PUT A BID ON FOR HAULING MATTRESSES IF HAULING? DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY WE HAD? OH, IT WAS JUST BOUGHT OFF.
I WANNA SAY IT WAS AROUND 303 50 AND FOUR.
OH, WELL, HE GOT A, WHOEVER DID IT GOT A PREMIUM RATE.
WELL, ASHLEY, WE, UNLESS HE PAID THE LANDFILL, WE, NO, HE, SO WE PICK 'EM UP, WE PAY TO LOAD THEM, HE HAULS THEM, AND THEN WE PAY TO GET AT THE LANDFILL
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AND HE GOT PAID $4,500.WELL, HE, HE WAS, THAT, THAT'S WHAT'S ON HERE, RIGHT.
SO WE, WE, THESE LANDFILL, THEY'LL CHARGE YOU SO MUCH PER I, I I UNDERSTAND THE LANDFILL FEE, BUT FOR THIS PRICE, MY QUESTION IS JUST SO HAPPENS I'M IN THE TRUCKING BUSINESS, UH,
WHO APPROVED THAT AND WHO, WHY, WHY THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY IS MY QUESTION.
WHAT I APPROVED MULTIPLE CHOICE.
WE TALKED TO TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT FOLKS.
THIS WAS THE LOW PRICE TO GET 'EM OUT OF THERE BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GET 'EM OUT OF THERE ON TCQ.
NOW WE TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT DO WE DO IF WE HAUL 'EM OURSELVES? I I UNDERSTAND NOT WANTING TO DO THAT.
I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS AN ABSORBENT FEE.
IF YOU'RE TELLING ME BETWEEN FOUR OR $500 MATTRESSES WAS HAUL 60 MILES AND THAT'S, WE, I MEAN THEY, THE MASKS ARE OUT THERE.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM.
WE'RE NOT, I UNDERSTAND THE SHREDDING PART OF THING ABOUT THAT IS, IS IF WE BUILD THAT ROUTE, WE TO SHRED ON AN AVERAGE FLAT DAY, YOU PROBABLY 10 15 IN THERE.
MY MAIN QUESTION IS, AND I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY.
UH, I JUST WANT ME SOME OF THIS $4,500 HAULING IF I CAN GET ON THE LIST.
MAT MATTRESS DON'T WEIGH 30 POUNDS.
WELL, THEY MIGHT, THEY'RE BULKY IN LOADING THEM AND UNLOADING.
WELL, I MEAN, WE PAID ANOTHER FEE WAY LANDFILL THOUGH, JEFF.
IS HE, WE PAID ANOTHER FEE FOR 4,500 LANDFILLS FOR LANDFILL.
THEY THEY TOOK 400 MATTRESSES FOR $7 A MATTRESS? NO, NO.
WE PAID HIM A FLAT FEE TO TAKE HIM AWAY.
DID THEY PAY A LANDFILL FEE? NO, NO, NO, WE DID NOT PAY.
SO THEY'RE PICKING HIM UP AT ABOUT 11 BUCKS A MATTRESS.
I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT HE PAY THE LANDFILL.
WE DID NOT PAY THE LANDFILL FEE.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT THE TRUCKING WAS REALLY HIGH.
BUT THEY HAD TO GO AROUND TO EACH LOCATION.
THIS WAS JUST A CLEAR CAR CART WE HAD IN ONE LOW.
IF IT WAS 400 MATTRESSES, IT'S STILL ONLY $11 AND 30 CENTS A MATTRESS.
UNDERSTAND THE 4,500 WAS EVERYTHING.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PART OF MY QUESTION BEFORE THIS COMES UP THAT WE DID THAT 45, 400, THERE'S ONE FINAL INVOICE THAT IS COMING THROUGH, BUT FINAL AMOUNT WE'RE DONE WITH THEM NOW.
IT'S FAR LESS THAN WHAT WE WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE PAID.
WE DID THE MAP, WE LOOKED AT IT, WE CALLED VIN, WE CALLED, UH, HOUSTON, WE CALLED ALL THOSE AREAS THE COST, COST FOR TRUCKING REPAIR.
BUT THAT COST WHAT WE PAID HIM TO GET RID OF THOSE THREE 50 MATTRESSES.
THAT IS THE COST OF LANDFILL, TAKING THEM, INVOICE COMING THROUGH.
BUT THAT'S FOR ALL WE WERE, THAT WE WERE HAD TWO CALLS FROM, UH, TT Q WHERE THEY WERE GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE, AND WE CAME CHIEF'S OFFICE.
I CALLED THEMED GOING ON, WE OUT THERE, WHICH KIND OF LEADS ME BACK TO FULL CIRCLE THEIR PROBLEM.
BECAUSE WE BECAUSE THEY'RE FIXING TO START DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN.
THEY, THEY JUST KEEP IT, IT'S, I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS.
YEAH, NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT, IT, I IT IT'S BEFUDDLING TO SEE, I MEAN, WE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE 3,200 RESIDENCES IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE TURNED 417 MATTRESSES MORE OR LESS IN, IN ONE MONTH.
AND I COUNTED 184 I THINK THE OTHER DAY.
IT JUST, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY COME FROM.
WELL, I THINK PART OF IT IS USED TO A MATTRESS.
ON AVERAGE
AND NOW ON EVERY CORNER, BOY SCOUTS ARE SELLING THEM NOW FOR YEAH.
YOU KNOW, SO YOU THOUGHT PEOPLE ARE CHANGING THEIR MATTRESSES PROBABLY MORE OFTEN THAN THEY USED TO, I GUESS.
I MEAN, MOST RENTALS THROW AWAY THE MATTRESS DUE TO OTHER ISSUES ON THE MATTRESS.
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I WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CLEAR.DOES THIS BILL INCLUDE EVERYTHING UP FRONT? YES, SIR.
THAT'S, IF IT DOES, I I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
SORRY, WE, WE, WE ARE IN THAT SITUATION WHERE WE'RE, YEAH.
I'M KIND OF THINKING NOTE ON THE WATER BILL.
UH, WE'RE NOT PICKING UP MATTRESSES.
WELL, WELL, I THINK, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BRING TO YOU IS AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA START CHARGING FOR MATTRESSES AND FURNITURE PICKUP.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT STARTS TO SERVE AS A DETERRENT AND AN IMPETUS FOR THEM TO START TAKING THEM ON THEIR OWN.
AND I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER RETRACTION FROM JOHN M DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF JUST DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES THE CONDITION AND NOW IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO CONTINUE THAT ROUTE.
WE HAD TO FIND OUT THE FINAL FIGURE ON THE NUMBER OF MATCHES I HAVE KEEP TRACK OF EVERY PUT ON THERE.
TOTAL 11 MATTER, WHATEVER WE PAY WAS LESS THAN THE 65.
OH, I'M SURE IF THEY DID THAT PRICE INCLUDED THE LANDFILL FEE.
AND ALSO, IS THERE ANY WAY, 'CAUSE ON THESE, THEY ARE VAGUE.
THAT, LIKE, ON THAT ONE, IT'S A BIG CHUNK AND ALL IT SAYS IS HAULING MATTRESSES.
BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE US ENOUGH INFORMATION.
I DON'T, IS IT POSSIBLE LIKE THE HEAD, THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER, AND I'M NOT SAYING THE RIGHT ESSAYS OR ANYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LIKE, I'M PROBABLY GONNA GET A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THIS WAS FOUR, THIS HUNDRED MATTRESSES HAULED OFF WHATEVER THIS HAVE ANOTHER, THERE BEEN TWO CORY THAT WE'VE GOT AND THAT MAY ONE, PROBABLY ONE MORE.
BUT, SO, AND IT, DO WE HAVE ROOM TO MAKE THOSE KIND OF NOTES? NOT IN THE SYSTEM.
I MEAN, LITERALLY YOU CAN JUST HAND WRITE IT.
GOT 350 MATTRESSES WERE HAULED OFF AND DISPOSED OF FOR THIS PRICE OR WHATEVER.
IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EVERY LINE ITEM OF WE BOUGHT PENCILS FOR $5, WE BOUGHT THEM AT COSTCO, WHATEVER.
JUST THE STUFF THAT YOU'RE LIKE, THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BRING, BRING QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE NUMBER.
JUST SCRIBBLE SOMETHING ON THERE IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S A LITTLE VAGUE AND WE MIGHT, IF THERE'S ROOM IN THE SYSTEM TO PUT THAT KIND OF INFORMATION, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO.
OR YOU CAN, I CAN JUST HAND WRITE IT AT $65 A PIECE.
IF THEY'RE $25 A PIECE TO HAUL 'EM OFF, IT'S CHEAPER.
BUT I JUST STILL DON'T AT SOME POINT, WHERE DOES THE RESPONSIBILITY FALL ON? IT'S GOTTA GO BACK THE PROPERTY OR THE PERSON PUTTING THEM OUT THERE? WELL, HERE'S, I, HERE'S WHAT I'VE NOTICED OVER MY TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTY.
THEY'RE LAYING ON THE SIDE OF AIR COUNTY ROAD.
THEY'RE LAYING ON THE SIDE OF BRALEY RIVER BUTANE, THE CITY OF CLU IT.
WELL, AND IN THIS TIME TOO, WE STOPPED PICKING THEM UP BECAUSE WE BECAME $65 OUT OF THE BLUE.
I HAD NEIGHBORS IN WOOD SHORE THAT HAD PUT MATTRESSES OUT ALREADY.
THINKING THAT THEY WERE GONNA STILL BE PICKED UP.
AND THEN THEY DIDN'T GET PICKED UP.
AND THEN I EXPLAINED TO THEM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S 65 BUCKS A MATTRESS FOR THE CITY.
AND SO I THINK WE HAD AN ACCUMULATION OF PEOPLE THAT PUT 'EM OUT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE ABOUT GOING TO BE PICKED UP AND SOMEWHERE IN THERE THEY WEREN'T PICKED UP BECAUSE IT BECAME TOO EXPENSIVE.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONES ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER WANTS TO DOWN THERE TRASH ON THE SIDE OF, WELL, LIKE I SAID, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
SO THE ONLY WAY TO ADDRESS IT IS WITH AN NORTON.
I'M SHOCKED AT THE AMOUNT OF COUCHES THAT ARE LAYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SOME OF 'EM STILL LOOK LIKE THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE TOO.
WE CAN BRING 'EM TO YOUR HOUSE.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME THAT I'M LIKE, THAT'S FINE.
BUT ANYWAY, AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M SORRY FOR REPEATING MYSELF AND HOLDING UP THE MEETING, BUT IT, IT, THE SCALES TIP TO CHANGE.
I THINK I WILL TELL YOU THIS BROTHER.
GOD, I, I STOPPED TO LET JOHN'S PEOPLE, THE HEAVY TRASH PEOPLE COME DOWN MY STREET BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE INDUSTRY.
PEOPLE WERE ALREADY PILING STUFF OUT THERE AGAIN.
BUT THAT'S 'CAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS PICKED IT UP.
SO THEREFORE WE NEED TO NOTIFY THAT WE'RE CHANGING OUR STANDARD.
WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE JUST GOING US TO GET THEM PHONE CALLS STARTED SO WE CAN GET 'EM OVER WITH.
ARE WE ABLE TO PUT ON THE WATER, WE CAN MESSAGE, WE CAN ADDRESS THE TAX.
I DON KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS, BUT HUNDRED PERCENT DON'T, DON'T HAVE.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THROWING THEM AWAY ARE THE ONES THAT PAY IT FOR 'EM.
I'M NOT PAYING SAYING WE PRINT IT ON THE WATER BILL.
NOT, THAT WAS MY CAVEAT BEFORE MY PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR SERVICES TO A POINT.
I'M SURE THERE'S SURROUNDING THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO COMMENTS ON THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE? YES.
I THINK WE ALL HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE,
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UM, LICENSE PLATE READER TRAILER.IT SAYS SUBSCRIPTION IS, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY A $74,000? NO, IT'S NOT.
THAT'S THE SUBSCRIPTION COMES WITH THE UNIT.
WE'LL PAY AN ANNUAL FEE, BUT IT'S NOT NEAR FOUR $74,000.
THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE TRAILER COMPONENT.
THE POLE MOUNTED UNITS WILL BE COMING IN AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE GOT $120,000 GRANT TO PAY FOR ALL THAT.
SO SEE THAT'S SOMEBODY WOULD BE LIKE, GRANT, SO WE JUST KNOW THE PAY FOR, SO THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE IS 1 44.
THEY'RE MEETING US AND GIVING US 120, I THINK ORIGINALLY OUR PARTS 24 24.
DID MY EYES FAIL ME? I SWEAR THAT SAYS 74.
RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE FULL AMOUNTED UNITS IN YET.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER $50,000 IN EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE LICENSE PLATE.
BUT THERE'S $120,000 WORTH OF REVENUE THAT CAME IN TO COVER SOME OF THAT COSTS.
JUST MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I REMEMBER THE CHIEF TELLING US ABOUT IT.
I JUST DON'T EVER REMEMBER THE 74 NUMBERS.
SO THE 74 IS ONLY THIS PORTION OF THE UNIT.
THE WHOLE LIKE, SO FOR DO THE, IF YOU RECALL, WE'RE DOING FIVE UNITS, FOUR OF 'EM ARE FIXED, FIXED POSITION LICENSE, LPRS AT THE CITY LIMITS.
THIS IS THE TRAILER AND RIGHT.
IF YOU GO BY DOWN THREE, YOU KNOW, YOU GO BY IT ALL THE TIME.
I WAS SCARED IT WAS GONNA TIP OVER THE FIRST DAY, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE, SEEMS TO HAVE STABILIZED.
BUT NO, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THAT TRAILER AND THE INITIAL SUBSCRIPTION INTO THE FLOCK SYSTEM.
THE ANNUAL RENEWAL ON THE SUBSCRIPTION IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THAT.
WE PAY, WE BUDGETED $144,000 FOR THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.
WE GOT $120,000 GRANT TO OFFSET THAT COST.
SO OUR OUT OF POCKET IS $24,000.
I THINK THE POLICE CHIEF WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE GRANT APPROVED NO, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
WELL, I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT IT.
OH YEAH, I HAVE YOU SOME COPIES.
YOU YOU GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? I KIND OF DO.
I'M A LITTLE, ONCE AGAIN, I'M KIND OF, I'M KIND OF ON THE SPENDING NOTE SINCE WE'RE HAVING TO RAISE AND DO THINGS WITH QUESTIONS.
ME PERSONALLY, I OPERATE A GATE AT MY OFFICE.
IT GETS OPEN 20 TO 25 TIMES A DAY.
AND I JUST DON'T SEE THE POINT WHY WE HAD TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC GATE WITH A PUSH BUTTON OUT AT 10 ACRES.
I UNDERSTAND CITIES ARE DIFFERENT THAN INDIVIDUALS, BUT THERE'S JUST NOTHING OUT THERE.
WE OPEN AND WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE, WE PUT OUR DUMPSTERS OUT THERE.
WE PUT THE, UH, WE PUT THE ROCK KIT OUT THERE.
AND THERE WAS ONE DAY, I CAN'T SAY WHERE IT CAME FROM, BUT IT WAS A CONCERN THAT GATE IT'S FREE ACCESS AT.
SO WE DID REPLACE IT OVER THERE AND ONCE AGAIN, DIDN'T, AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M A LITERAL PERSON.
I READ THREE GR THREE GATES AT THE 10 ACRES.
AND WHEN I WENT OUT THERE AND I WASN'T HAPPY BECAUSE THERE AIN'T THREE NEW GATES, BUT NOW THEY WERE SCATTERED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THINGS, MY JOB TO TELL THESE PEOPLE WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND I APPRECIATE IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THE YES.
CONSENT AGENDA? I HAD A MOTION AND A SEPARATE DRAFT.
[IV. BUSINESS ITEMS]
BUSINESS ITEMS AND THE FIRST ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.AND IT WOULD BE A CITY OF KLU PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF KLU NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, A UNIQUE DRUG CRIME DRUG PREVENTION EVENT SPONSORED BY THE KLU POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE SEVENTH,
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2025.AND WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROVIDES A UNIQUE, UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF CLU TO JOIN FORCES WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN PROMOTING CORPORATION POLICE, COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS.
AND WHEREAS ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ASSISTING THE KLU BUSINESS, KLU POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH JOINT CRIME, DRUG VIOLENT PREVENTION EFFORTS IN THE CITY OF CLU AND ARE SUPPORTIVE OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2025 LOCALLY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL CITIZENS OF CITY OF CLUTE BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACT THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION CAN HAVE ON REDUCING CRIMES, DRUGS, AND VIOLENCE IN THE CITY OF CLU.
AND WHEREAS POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, AWARENESS, AND COOPERATION ARE IMPORTANT THEMES OF THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROGRAM.
NOW THEREFORE, OUR CALVIN SHIFFLET DO HEREBY CALL UPON THE SCISSORS OF KLUT TO JOIN KLUT SCISSORS OF CL TO JOIN WITH THE KLUT POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORTING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2025.
FURTHER LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT WE, THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, 1 25 AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY OF CL, THE WITNESS WHERE OUT HERE AND SAT MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CLUTE TO BE AFFIXED.
THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025, SIGNED BY MYSELF AND A TESTIFIED BY ROSA POINT, THE CITY CLERK AND JUST THE POINT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WILL BE HELD CON JOINTLY WITH BRADFORD COLLEGE AT THE BRADFORD COLLEGE FACILITY.
UH, OCTOBER 7TH, STARTING TIME.
SIX SIX 6:00 PM SIX TO EIGHT SIX UNTIL THE, WHENEVER.
HUH? EIGHT SIX UNTIL THE HOT DOGS ARE LAST YEAR.
THEY WENT BY THE FIRST HOUR, I THINK.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION FROM BRAD SUPPORT FINE ARTS COUNCIL PRESENTATION BY WESLEY COPELAND AND IS INCLUDE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX ANNUAL REPORT.
MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
UH, IT IS ALWAYS MY DISTINCT PRIVILEGE TO GO COMMENT REPORT ON THE USE OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX TO US BY THE CITY OF AND OUR, AND, UH, I HEARD THE WORD STEWARDSHIP EARLIER THIS EVENING, AND WE WORK VERY HARD TO BE STEWARD THAT GRANTED, TO BRING GOOD VALUE TO THE ARTS AND SCIENCES CULTURAL, UH, AT THE CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE CITY.
INCLUDED, UH, I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THIS, BUT FOR THE RECORD OF THE, FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES IS AND OPERATE RISE COUNCIL.
UH, OUR RESIDENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE RISE STATE COMMUNITY THEATER MUSEUM, NATURAL SCIENCE, BASF, PLANETARIUM, RISE, ARTLEY AND RISE SUPPORT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD OF IS THAT FOUR OUT OF THOSE FIVE PROGRAMS HAVE NOW AS A CLASS DECEMBER OFFICIALLY DISSOLVE THEIR CORPORATE IDENTITIES AND CONSOLIDATE WITH THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORT BY COUNCIL, WHICH ALLOWS US TO GIVE MORE DIRECT SUPPORT TO THE PROGRAMS. ALSO ALLOWS US TO SHARE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES AND TO, AGAIN, BE BETTER STEWARD OF THE DONOR MONEY, THE EARNED INCOME, AND THE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE.
WE DO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES AND MARKETING SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT BRING VITALITY AND AN ELEVATED
UH, OF COURSE OUR MAJOR FOCUS WITH, UH, HOT IS TO, OF COURSE HAVE A DESTINATION, UH, TO BRING PEOPLE HERE.
WE DESIRE TO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO TOURISM, TO THE RISE SUPPORT REGION, UH, KNOWING THAT TRAVELERS HERE WILL SPEND THEIR MONEY IF WE GIVE THEM REASON ENOUGH TO STICK AROUND.
IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE THE HOTELS FILLED WITH VISITORS.
AND IT'S OUR GOAL TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE AND ATTRACTIONS THAT ENCOURAGE HOTEL STAYS.
NOW THERE IS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DRAFTED AND SIGNED BY BOTH TEXAN.
I NOW A BOARD MEMBER OF AND THE TEXAS HOTEL IN LODGING ASSOCIATION THAT PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING IMPACT ON TOURISM FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ONE I REPRESENTED.
I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT ARE ROBUST CAMPAIGNS, CULTURAL TOURISM, HOTEL STAYS, UH, WITH THE FOLLOWING ACTION.
ONE IS THE RECIPIENT WORK WITH AREA LOBBYING OPERATORS, UH, AND BOARD CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAUS, LOCAL ARTS EVENTS THROUGH HOTEL CONCIERGE SERVICES, TRAINING AND HOTEL STAFF, LOBBY AREA FLYERS, THOSE
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SORT OF THINGS.AND WE HAVE, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, UH, MAINTAINED, UH, A VERY ROBUST, ROBUST HOTEL RELATIONS CAMPAIGN.
WE COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH HOTEL STAFF AND MANAGERS.
WE ALERT THEM TO THE ACTIVITIES, EXHIBITS, AND EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTER.
AND EVERY MONTH WE BRING THEM LISTS OF EVENTS HAPPENING AT THE CENTER.
UM, I HAVE PROUDLY SERVED ON THE VISITOR BUREAU BOARD FOR MANY YEARS NOW, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS FOR US TO LEVERAGE AND AMPLIFY EACH OTHER'S MESSAGES.
I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE NEW EDC AND TOURISM DIRECTOR, UH, RACHEL GARCIA.
UH, WE ALSO WITH, UH, ANOTHER GUIDELINE AS TO THAT THE RECIPIENT BOOKS, HOTEL ROOMS FOR VISITING ARTISTS, NOT FOR HOTEL RELATED INFORMATION TO ATTENDEES OF THE ORGANIZATION.
WE MAKE IT STANDARD PRACTICE THAT ON THE OVER 6,000, UH, UH, LIST EMAIL NEWSLETTER WE SEND OUT.
UH, AND THEN OUR TICKET CRM THAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ATTENDING EVENTS, TO, UH, STAY IN AN AREA HOTEL, ESPECIALLY HERE COMING IN.
NO REASON WHY YOU HAVE TO BUILT THE HOUSE, RIGHT? UH, AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE THOSE LINK TO HOTELS, UH, HOTEL LISTINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY ONE OF THE EMAILS THAT WE SEND OUT.
WE ALSO MARKET EVENTS OUTSIDE THE LOCAL AREA.
WE HAVE ADS IN TEXAS HIGHWAYS MAGAZINE AND ALSO OUTREACH MEDIA HOURS FOR REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS AGENCIES.
UH, WE, WE TRY TO SHOW A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE HOTEL INDUSTRY BY USING LOCAL LODGING FACILITIES FOR EVENTS THAT ARE HELD BY THE HOTEL TAX FUNDED ENTITY.
AND SO ONE THING WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR IS TRYING TO FIND FOR OUR, UH, RESIDENT, FOR OUR BOARD TRAINING AND RETREAT, USE A, A LOCAL HOTEL WITH THOSE AMENITIES AVAILABLE.
LAST TIME WE TRIED TO DO THAT, THEY WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT I THINK THAT THOSE RENOVATIONS HAVE FINISHED.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING IN THAT WAY.
UH, RECIPIENT THROUGH AUDIENCE ARE ATTENDING QUESTIONNAIRES TO DEMONSTRATE THE TOURISTS AND OTHERS OUT OF TOWN VISITORS HAVE ATTENDED ITS HOTEL TAX FUNDED EVENTS.
UH, WE, WHEN COVID HIT, WE STARTED ASKING EVERYONE TO COME IN.
IT'S FREE TO COME INTO THE GALLERY, TO THE MUSEUM, BUT THAT THEY REGISTER AHEAD OF TIME AND THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
UH, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND ON AVERAGE 30% OF OUR GUESTS DURING THE REGULAR VISITING HOURS, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SHOWS AND CONCERTS.
30% OF OUR OUTAGE COUNTY GUESTS THAT COME TO OUR MUSEUM, COME TO HARVARD GALLERY.
OUR MUSICALS FROM CENTER STAGES AVERAGE ABOUT 19%.
UH, OUTAGE COUNTY GUESTS AND OF COURSE OUR ELIZABETH MATTER ARE REALLY PROUD OF THIS.
25% OF THE ATTENDEES COME FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, SO THAT'S GREAT.
UH, A PERFORMANCE OR EXHIBIT OR OTHER EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE
WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP VIDEO PROMOTIONAL PIECES FOR BOTH THE CENTER AND ELIZABETH FEES TO SEND OUT TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION TO MEDIA GROUPS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA.
UH, WE REFRESH OUR PUBLICATIONS FOR INCLUSION OF TRAVEL, TEXAS TRAVEL CENTERS AROUND THE STATE, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT HOW, HOW A WEEKEND OR VACATION STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY SATISFY DESIRES FOR TRAVEL.
AND NOW THIS IS ONE THING THAT JUST HAPPENED RECENTLY.
NOW THAT FOR SYM ORCHESTRA IS AN OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF COURT FIRE COUNCIL, I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO SECURE A GRANT FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS FOR THEIR FEBRUARY CONCERT CONCERT.
WE HAVE ENHANCED MARKETING EFFORTS THAT ARE GETTING PAID FOR THROUGH THIS GRANT TO ATTRACT OUT OF TOWN GUESTS.
WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT THEIR GROWTH THROUGH OUR PROGRAMMING SPECIAL FITNESS.
I WANNA THANK RACHEL FLORE FOR PROVIDING A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THIS INITIATIVE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, WE RECEIVED FULL FUNDING FROM WHAT WE REQUESTED FROM THE TCA.
WE HAVE SOME THINGS COMING UP.
I WANTED TO KIND OF, OH, WELL, LEMME THERE'S ONE OTHER THING.
IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING THAT IS, THAT IS, UH, PUBLISHED BY, UH, ARTS, UH, ARTS AMERICAN FOR THE ARTS.
IT'S THEIR ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY REPORT.
THEY FOUND THAT ONE THIRD OF ATTENDEES WERE FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, WHICH TOOK PLACE.
THAT IS REFLECTED IN OUR NUMBERS AS WELL.
UH, AND THAT THEY SPEND AN AVERAGE OF $60 57 CENTS TWICE OUT OF THEIR LOCAL COUNTERPARTS OF 29 7 7.
ALL OF THIS IS BY THE, FROM THE LOCAL MERCHANTS.
PEOPLE DON'T TAKE THAT MONEY AND GO TO HOUSTON AND OTHER PLACES.
SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD TO ACROSS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO, ANYWAY, THAT, THOSE ARE THINGS I KNOW.
I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG AGENDA HERE.
WE DO HAVE AN UPCOMING 50TH ANNIVERSARY
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OF THE CENTER.SO WE HAVE, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT STRATEGIC PLANNING.
A GROUP OF CENTER VOLUNTEERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, INCLUDING MAYOR
I THANK YOU PUBLICLY HERE FOR THAT PARTICIPATION.
WE HAVE DRAFTED A THREE YEAR VISIONING ROADMAP.
SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE ARE TO HIRE PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP TO ANSWER OUR COMMUNITY DEMAND FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SCIENCES, AND TO BRING AN ORGANIZATIONAL ADVANCEMENT DIRECTOR TO HELP US DIVERSIFY AND GROW OUR FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO HAVE FUND DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT'S BEEN, UH, ESTABLISHED SO THAT WE CAN REENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND LAUNCH OUR ORGANIZATION INTO IT NEXT 50 YEARS.
WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OPEN AND VISITORS ARE AVAILABLE TO COME.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ART LINCOLN MUSEUM TO EXTEND THEIR HOURS WITH NEW EVENING HOURS ON SELECT DAYS OF THE WEEK.
I WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO OUR ANNUAL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE WILL HAVE A MIX OF MLE AT 6:00 PM THERE'LL BE SNACKS IN EACH PROGRAM.
WE'LL HAVE A TABLE IN THE LOBBY TO CELEBRATE THE PAST YEAR TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING SEASON.
PLEASE CONSIDER THIS YEAR AN INVITATION TO ATTEND AND SEE FIRSTHAND ALL THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY OUR SMALL BUT MIGHTY STAFF.
UH, VAST AND CAPABLE POOL OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO ALSO HELP US MAKE ALL OF THIS STRETCH THOSE DONOR AND GRANT DOLLARS.
THIS SUNDAY IS THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COURT, HARLEY.
THEY HAVE, UH, THEY ARE, THEY'RE ORGANIZING A FAMILY, THE CENTER TO FIVE ARTISTS OR THESE FOOD TRUCKS.
NEXT WEEKEND WE'LL BE DOING OUR FIRST SPELLING BUZZ, WHICH IS A SPELLING BEAD FOR GROWNUPS.
SO, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT SPELLING, WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACES AVAILABLE.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.
UH, BUT REALLY I JUST WANT TO THANK THIS, THIS COUNCIL FOR THE TRUST THAT YOU PUT INTO THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND THE USE OF THESE FUNDS.
I REALLY HOPE THAT WE BRING THE VALUE THAT YOU EXPECT, UH, AND THAT, UH, AND THAT WE ARE HELPING TO CREATE A VERY VIBRANT COMMUNITY CITY OF GEORGIA.
ANY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL DO.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS OUT THERE.
WHICH THREE DEPARTMENTS DID YOU SAY THAT Y'ALL HAD COMBINED? SO WE HAVE COMBINED, SO RIGHT NOW, UH, THE ARTLEY CENTER STAGES, THE PLANETARIUM AND SYM ORCHESTRA ARE ALL, ARE ALL NOW PROGRAMS OF RISE SUPPORT FIREARMS COUNCIL.
IMAGINE A LITTLE BIT OF DOING
WE REALLY ARE STILL WORKING TO BRING THE MUSEUM INTO THE FOLD OFFICIALLY THAT WAY AS WELL.
MUSEUMS ARE A DIFFERENT PIECE.
THEY HAVE COLLECTIONS, THEY HAVE THINGS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO DO REALLY THOROUGH DUE DILIGENCE ON.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT'S, I THOUGHT THAT, OKAY.
YEAH, THAT WAS REALLY, I WAS CUR I KNEW THE MUSEUM HAD A DIFFERENT PERSONALITY AND SO, UH, IF THAT HAD ANYWHERE, OKAY.
THE MUSEUM, WE'RE STILL THERE TO SUPPORT THEM TO, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE A BIG DRAW FOR THE OUT OF TOWN GUESTS.
YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE COME IN FOR THE SEASHELL COLLECTION ALONE.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN A LITTLE WHILE.
LET KNOW, YOU WANT A LITTLE TOUR AROUND.
WE HAVE SOME REMARKABLE THINGS.
I MEAN, I KNOW I'M A LITTLE BIASED 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I, I TRY TO WORK A LOT WITH THE CENTER, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THE DATA SHOWS THAT ONE WAY TO GROW ECONOMICALLY AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME HERE IS NOT ONLY TO HAVE GOOD PLACES TO EAT, BUT IT'S ALSO THE ARTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, PARTNERING WITH RACHEL, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WE CAN BUILD A STRONGER PARTNERSHIP IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
ITEM C IS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH A OH 19.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2024.
BUT I SEE IN OUR NOTES THAT THERE IS NO AMENDMENT TO BE DONE.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET CHECK.
THEN THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 42 DASH 2025
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR SIGNATURE ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY FOR ROAD REPAIR.AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 42 DASH 2025.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CRUZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR SIGNATURE APPROVING FISCAL YEAR OF 2025.
2026 ROAD AND BRIDGE REPAIR PROJECT UNDER THE CITY'S INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF KLU, BRAZORIA COUNTY HAVE LONG PARTNERED TO CONDUCT BUTTS NEEDED ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECT UNDER A LONG LASTING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS THE CITY TO USE COUNTY RESOURCES TO ASSIST IN THE CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND OR REPAIR OF STREETS WITHIN THE CORPORATE CITY LIMIT.
WHEREAS THE CITY AGREES TO PROVIDE ANY ENGINEERING OR DESIGN WORK REQUIRED FOR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF COUNCIL CITY CL TEXAS, THAT PROPOSED PROJECTS LISTED ARE HEREBY APPROVED AND THE MAYOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE APPROPRIATE REQUEST FORM.
FURTHER, THE CITY WISHES TO THANK COMMISSIONER BURRIS AND THE COUNTY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
READ PAST AND ADOPTED THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025, SIGNED BY MYSELF AND TESTIFIED BY RELATIVE EMPLOYMENT CITY CLERK.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, WE WON'T SEE A LIST.
WE NOW THE LIST WILL COME IN DECEMBER.
THIS IS JUST THE INTERLOCAL TO APPROVE THE ACTUAL WORK.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THE CHANGES YOU REQUESTED IN 1.4 HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, IF WE'VE RECEIVED NO COMMENT BACK.
SO, UH, WE'LL SIGN IT AND SEND IT ALONG IF YOU APPROVE IT.
SO THIS TOOK THE, THE VERBIAGE OUT THAT THEY HAVE, I FORGOT HOW IT WAS WORDED.
MR. DUNCAN MASSAGED THE DOCUMENT
WE WE WILL TELL THEM WHAT WE WANT DONE AND THAT SHOULD BE THE WAY IT GETS DONE.
I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE AN AMOUNT MILEAGE.
DIDN'T IT USED TO BE MILES? IT'S TWO MILES TO HOW MANY? TWO.
BUT I WOULD, I WOULD NOTE, UM, I WAS TALKING TO OUR PARTNERS NEXT DOOR, UH, AND THERE MAY BE SOME HORSE TRADING TO COME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO IT'S ALL COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
COUNCIL PERSON OF ALL MAKES A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL ENTERTAIN THE VOTE.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 51 DASH 2025 TO APPROVE REVISIONS TO ENGINEERING PROPOSAL FOR CIVIL CORP TO INCLUDE HBAC ENGINEERING AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 51 DASH 2025.
A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS APPROVING A STRUCTURAL DAMAGE MITIGATION REPORT BY CIVIL CORP.
LLC AND APPROVING TASK ORDER FOR THE INITIATION OF THE PROJECT FOR ROOF REPLACEMENT ON CITY HALL AND RECORD BUILDINGS WHERE CIVIL CORP LLC WAS PREVIOUSLY COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY TO CONDUCT A STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING REPORT RELATED TO DAMAGE MITIGATION FOR CITY HALL.
THE RECORDS BUILDING AND FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE, FOLLOWING DAMAGES RELATED TO HURRICANE BARREL, WHEREAS CITY COUNCIL CONDITIONALLY APPROVED A TASK ORDER FOR THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND OTHER SERVICES RELATED TO THE SPACE OF NEW ROOF SYSTEM AT CITY HALL WITH A COST NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.
WHEREAS THE ORIGINAL TASK ORDER OMITTED TO REPLACEMENT IN OUR RELOCATION OF THE HVAC SYSTEM.
WHEREAS STAFF HAS WORKED WITH ENGINEERS TO CONCEPTUALLY REDESIGN THE PROJECT TO BETTER SUIT THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AND ENHANCE PROJECT COSTING.
AND WHERE THE TASK ORDER HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE THE RELOCATION REPLACEMENT OF THE HVAC, INCREASING THE OVERALL COST OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS.
THAT THE TASK ORDER ATTACHED HERE, TWO PRESENTED BY THE CIVIL COURT ENGINEERING IS HEREBY APPROVED THAT IT COSTS NOT TO EXCEED $60,000.
AND STAFF ARE DIRECTED TO PROCEED WITH NEEDED STEPS TO EXECUTE A PROJECT TO RELOCATE, REPLACE THE HVA SYSTEM AND INSTALL A PITCH ROOF OF OF CITY HALL AND THE RECORD BUILDING FOR FUTURE DAMAGE MITIGATION.
FURTHER, A TASK ORDER IS HEREBY APPROVED TO INITIATE THE DESIGN, BID LEADING AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF SUCH MITIGATION PROJECT RED PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025.
SIGNED BY MYSELF AND I BY ROSE EMPLOYMENT CITY CLERK IS, GO AHEAD.
UH, MY QUESTION'S OBVIOUS IS THIS, UH,
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THE ABSOLUTE, WE OBVIOUSLY NOT AT 50, SO YEAH, I, WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH.UH, THEY WANTED 79 9, IF YOU RECALL.
ORIGINALLY WE TOLD 'EM 50, UH, THEY KIND OF CAME BACK AND I EXPLAINED THAT FOR 79 9, THEY STILL HADN'T EVEN INCLUDED THE HVAC SYSTEM.
THEY WANTED US TO GO GET THAT BID SEPARATELY.
THEY WENT OUT AND FOUND AN MEP PROVIDER AND CAME BACK AND SAID THAT THEY COULD DO THE MEP ON TOP OF THE OTHER.
WE DID ELIMINATE ABOUT $20,000 WORTH OF COSTING THAT THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE IN TERMS OF SITE SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION.
UH, WE ALSO GOT THEM TO AGREE ON THE DESIGN CHANGE, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA SEAT THE ACTUAL ROOF ON THE LOW BEARING WALLS OF THE BUILDING INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO THE JOIST BASED PURLINS, WHICH WE ESTIMATE WOULD'VE ADDED ANOTHER $200,000 TO THE PROJECT.
SO WE THINK WE WE'RE GONNA NEED AN ENGINEER TO DESIGN IT.
WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMEBODY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE HVAC SYSTEM.
DO WE STICK WITH WHAT WE GOT AND JUST PUT IT ON THE GROUND AND RUN A BIG DUCT UP? OR DO WE NEED TO GO TO A MINI SPLIT SYSTEM OR A CHILLER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY MORE SUITED TO A BUILDING THIS SIZE.
UM, AND SO THIS WAS THE NUMBER THAT THEY CAME BACK WITH.
ACTUALLY, THEY CAME BACK WITH A, THE SAME $79,000 AND I TOLD 'EM THAT WAST GONNA FLY.
AND THIS WAS WHAT, THIS WAS THEIR COUNTER PROPOSAL.
AND THIS IS BASICALLY FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE PROJECT.
THEY'RE GONNA DESIGN THE PROJECT, SEND US THE PLANS, WE'LL BID, THEY'RE GONNA PUT TOGETHER THE BID PACKETS, AND THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY VET THE BIDS.
WE'LL AWARD THE BIDS AND THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY CONDUCT THE, IN THE ONSITE INSPECTIONS.
THEY STILL HAVE TO DESIGN EVERYTHING.
THEY'RE THEY'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THE DESIGN.
WE'VE BEEN ASKING THEM, TELLING THEM TO KEEP GOING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN.
BUT YEAH, THEY'LL DO, THEY'LL THEY'LL DO THE DESIGN.
THE, THE DESIGN OF THE HVAC SYSTEM IS THE NEXT STEP BECAUSE IT HASN'T EVEN, WE HAVEN'T COMMISSIONED THAT WORK BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE COMMISSIONED THAT WORK BECAUSE THEY, WE HAVEN'T GIVEN THEM THE FORMAL TASK ORDER YET AT THE, AND THE ENGINEERING COMES IN WHEN THAT'S WHO DOES THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF THE ROOF AND ALSO THE DESIGN OF WHATEVER WE DO WITH THE HVAC SYSTEM.
WHAT THEY'D INITIALLY REQUESTED WAS, OR WHAT THEY DESIGNED FOR, WAS ACTUALLY TAKING THE LOBE FROM THE ROOF AND PLACING ON THE JOIST WITH STEEL LINGS WHEN WE HAVE LOAD BEARING WALLS.
MY FEAR WAS, IS THAT WAS GONNA PUT MORE PRESSURE ON THE DECK PLATE.
JERRY ACTUALLY SKETCHED OUT THE WAY IT NEEDED TO LOOK, BUT NOT THE ACTUAL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN SO WHERE DOES THAT FOCUS WITH THE TOWN? UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE HVAC WILL TAKE.
I WOULD THINK THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COULD MOVE VERY FAST ONCE THEY GET THE ACTUAL PLANS DONE.
UM, IN TERMS OF, JERRY HAS AN IDEA ABOUT USING MINI SPLITS TO REDUCE THE ACTUAL COSTS.
THEY'RE CHEAPER THAN A CHILLER.
THEY'RE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A, THEY'RE MORE EFFICIENT THAN A CHILLER.
AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO LOSE, LIKE RIGHT NOW, IF HVAC, IF WE, IF WE WENT TO A CHILLER, THE WHOLE BUILDING GOES DOWN.
IF THE CHILLER GOES DOWN, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT, ASSUMING THAT THE CHILLERS WEREN'T, THAT WE DID GO WITH THE CHILLER.
THE UNITS THAT WE HAVE UP TOP, IF YOU RECALL, WE REPLACED THEM IN 2021.
WE PUT CARRIER UNITS UP THERE, I THINK JOHN NINE OR OH 10.
HOW MANY OF THE UNITS HAVE FAILED ALREADY? I KNOW WE REPLACED SEVERAL BLOWERS INSIDE THOSE UNITS.
I NEED TO SAY EIGHT TENS HAVE GONE OUT.
WE JUST REPLACED ONE, RIGHT? YES.
AND, AND WE'VE CREDIT TO JOHN AND HIS GUYS AND ALSO JEFF FOR CREATING, WE CALL IT THE SQUIRREL CAGE.
THEY'VE EAST TEXAS ENGINEERED TO KEEP THE UNITS RUNNING.
I HATE TO PUT BAD MONEY AFTER GOOD OR GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD, HOWEVER THE SAYING'S SUPPOSED TO GO.
WILL THE $10,000 GET 'EM MOVED? YES.
WELL THAT'S AT THE END OF THE DAY.
THEY'VE GOT THE, THEY'VE DONE THE, THE WORK ON THE ROOF.
IT'S THE HVAC SYSTEM THAT'S HOLDING US UP RIGHT NOW.
WELL, WE'VE ALREADY GOT WHAT, 300, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THERE FOR INTERIOR REPAIRS IN THIS BUDGET.
IF WE DON'T GET IT FIXED, WE THAT NUMBER'S GONNA GO TO 200,000.
ALTHOUGH ROSIE'S GONNA PATENT A, UH, A ROOF DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
YEAH, I MEAN WE, I MEAN WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE ASAP.
I MEAN, I TOLD THEM THAT I, FROM MY END, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE CONTRACT WHERE IF THEY DON'T FINISH IN THREE TO SIX MONTHS, I MEAN WELL, WE CAN PUT THAT IN THE PERFORMANCE BOND.
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HOLD THE ENGINEERS TO THAT STANDARD.WE CAN PUT THAT IN THE PERFORMANCE BOND FOR THE ACTUAL CONTRACTORS THAT GET THE WORK.
YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE THAT ISSUE WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND THIS JUST NEEDS TO GET MOVING.
I WILL SAY THAT PART OF THIS WORK IS ALREADY DONE.
THE FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE REPAIR YEAH.
SO I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 51 DASH 2025.
I MOVE TO MOVE BY COUNCIL AZAR, I'LL SECOND COUNSEL PERSON.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS DONE.
AND TO JOHN AND EVERYBODY THAT IT'S OKAY.
[V. NOTICE/ ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS]
WE WILL MOVE TO NOTICE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUTPORT COLLEGE.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE SEVENTH FROM SIXTH TO EIGHTH AND THE BPORT COLLEGE PARKING LOT.
Y'ALL ORDERED A NICE LITTLE COOL FRONT, RIGHT?
70 DEGREES TO ME IS FREEZING, SO I'LL BE DOING THAT.
ITEM B BRAESWOOD HELD THEIR BONFIRE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 28TH AT STRAT RIDGE PARK.
I PRESUME 'CAUSE I SEEN A BLACK SPOT ON THE GROUND.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER THE NINTH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM AND A TENTATIVE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE 23RD AT 7:00 PM AND THE SP SPOOKTACULAR DRIVE THROUGH OR RETREAT AT KLUTE MUNICIPAL PARK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE 30TH, 2025 AT 5:30 PM AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS ADJOURN.
I'LL MAKE, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
MOVE BY COUNCIL CHRIS SECONDED BY COUNCIL AGUIAR.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.