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OH,[I. COMMENCEMENT]
THERE WE GO.THOSE IS HEREBY GIVING THEM A COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH AT 7:00 PM AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF KLUT CITY HALL LOCATED, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, KLUT, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.
FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS, COUNSEL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THIS 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, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY, 5 5 1 0.072 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY 5 5 1 0 7 3 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONNEL MATTERS.
DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES 5 5 0 8 7 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 8 7 8 3 DELIBERATION ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE.
INCLUDED WITH NOT LIMITED TO SECTIONS 3 2 1 0.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION.
THE AGENDA MEETING PACKET AND VIDEO LINK ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.KLUTEXAS.GOV.
TO ADDRESS COUNSEL DURING THE 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 RECORDING OF THE MEETING.
VIDEO WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN AND REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC AT A WITH THE MEETINGS ACT MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
UH, Y'ALL JOIN US IN A, IN AN INDICATION.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING ASKING THAT YOUR BLESSINGS CONTINUE TO FLOW OVER THE CITY.
WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, KEEP 'EM SAFE DURING THEIR DUTIES.
WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS ALL THE CITY WORKERS, KEEP THEM SAFE IN THEIR FULFILLMENT OF THEIR DUTIES AS WELL.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER OUR CHILDREN, MAKE SURE THEY ALL STAY SAFE, AND, UH, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BRING PEACE TO THIS WORLD.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S CONFLICT GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THAT THERE DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF RHYME OR REASON, BUT SOMEBODY DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING THAT NOT TO YOUR WILL, AND WE WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD TOUCH THEIR LIVES AND MAKE THEM SEE THE WAY THAT, TO LIVE THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US ALL TO LIVE.
ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS.
SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW I HAVE ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS, CALVIN SHIFFLET.
NICOLE MADDOX PRESENT DAVID COLE PEPPER PRESENT.
UH, SEE NO PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN VISITORS COMMENTS.
[Ill. CONSENT AGENDA]
AND MOVE INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CAN CONSIDER ROUTINE OR GENERALLY ENACTED IN ONE MOTION, ACCEPTED THIS RULE AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REQUEST ONE OR MORE ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE ACTION.TONIGHT'S AGENDA CONSISTS OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORT ENDING MARCH 27TH AND ENDING APRIL 3RD AND MINUTES FROM A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 26TH.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED.
MOVED BY COUNCIL MCCALL PEPPER.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR DISCUSSION.
ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED? HEARING NONE.
[IV. BUSINESS ITEMS]
WILL BE DISCUSSION OF THE FEBRUARY MONTHLY REPORT SUBMITTED LAST MONTH BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.MAYOR, I, I ASK THAT TO BE PUT ON THERE.
AND CAPTAIN FISH, I'VE GOT SOME, SOME QUESTIONS.
I'M, I'M MAKING SOME OF THIS STUFF IS NEW TO ME NOW AND IT'S SORT OF DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME.
UH, IT SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY CONSISTENT FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
UH, HAVE YOU GOT A COPY OF THE REPORT WITH YOU? YES, SIR.
AND, AND FEBRUARY FEBRUARY'S A SHORT MONTH AND THAT'S ALMOST OVER A THOUSAND MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
BUT THE BREAKDOWN ON IT, THE 9 1 1 CALLS, THE EMS FIRE CALLS, UH, THEY DON'T EQUAL UP TO ALL THOSE CALLS EQUAL UP TO LIKE 550 CALLS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY HEAD SURE.
WHAT ALL THE AND, AND THE, UH, THE A CO CALLS.
WHAT ARE, WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S THE ANIMAL CONTROL CALLS.
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SO, UH, I MEAN, THIS IS EVERY CALL THAT COMES IN, IT'S NOT JUST 9 1 1 CALLS, IT'S GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT WALK INTO THE LOBBY, PEOPLE THAT FLAG YOU DOWN.SO SO YOU AND THAT'S, THAT'S FOR US.
EMS FIRE EVERYBODY, SO, SO OH, OKAY.
SO THAT'S NOT JUST A OKAY, SO THAT'S ANY, ANY INTERACTION Y'ALL HAVE WITH ANY CITIZEN? YES, SIR.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT, THAT'S A LOT OF I'LL FIX.
SAY IF, IF, IF THAT WAS DISPATCHERS CALLS IN, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY BUSY.
I'M, I'M GONNA SORT OF GO DOWN, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, NOW THEY SEEM TO BE, THEY WAS OFF 200 FROM THE, FROM THE MONTH BEFORE.
UH, BUT WRITTEN WARNINGS VERSUS THE WRITTEN CITATIONS.
UH, I MEAN WE, OF THE, THE 896 CALLS, BUT 61% OF THOSE WAS GIVEN A, A WRITTEN WARNING AND ONLY 12% WAS GETTING A WRITTEN CITATION.
SO HOW DID THEY BASE IF IT'S A TRAFFIC STOP, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO IN, IN ORDER TO STOP 'EM, THEY MADE SOME TYPE OF VIOLATION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO HOW DO THEY DETERMINE WHO TO TICKET? IT'S, IT'S THEIR DISCRETION.
THEIR DISCRETION, THEIR DISCRETION.
SO NOW WHAT, EXCUSE ME ON, ON THE SAY ON THE, ON THE WRITTEN CITATIONS, WHAT ARE, DO, DO YOU HAVE ANY CLUE OF WHAT MOST OF THOSE ARE WRITTEN ON? UH, YOU KNOW, I I I COULD, I COULD GET THAT FOR YOU.
I, I CAN TELL YOU NORMALLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, THAT IS ALMOST AN AUTOMATIC, NOT SAYING IT IS, BUT USUALLY IT'S AN AUTOMATIC CITATION, UH, NOT HAVING DRIVER'S LICENSE.
UH, BUT THOSE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, QUITE HONESTLY, THE OFFICERS LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS JUST BECAUSE THEY GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, THEY'RE GONNA COST SOMEBODY ELSE MONEY.
BUT AS FAR AS EVERYTHING ELSE, IT IS, I MEAN, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, IF YOU, IF YOU GOOGLE IT, YOU GET DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT NUMBERS, NATIONWIDE NUMBERS.
SOME, SOME AS HIGH AS 50% AND SOME AROUND MOST OF AROUND 30 OR 33% THAT IF YOU GET PULLED OVER, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A, YOU GET A TICKET.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, I MEAN, 12% OF, OF THE, WE ARE ONLY ISSUING 12% OF THE, THE TRAFFIC STOPS WE HAVE.
SO, SO I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
SO I TRIED TO PREPARE FOR EVERYTHING.
AND SO ACTUALLY I LOOKED BACK AT 2025 AND I, I'M GONNA GIVE MY GUYS CREDIT.
I LOOKED AT CLU, LAKE, JACKSON, ANGLETON, AND FREEPORT, OUT OF THOSE FOUR CITIES IN THE SOUTH END, WE WROTE, WE DID 12,914 TRAFFIC STOPS.
THE SECOND CLOSEST TO US WAS LAKE JACKSON DOING 11,030.
SO THEY WERE ALMOST 2000 TRAFFIC STOPS LESS THAN US.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THEY'VE GOT FOUR UNITS THAT DO NOTHING BUT TRAFFIC.
NOW, OUR CITATIONS, WE DID 1720, THEY DID 1623.
CAN I STOP YOU FOR JUST A SECOND? SURE.
I, I'M NOT NO, BY NO MEANS TRYING TO SAY THESE GUYS SURE ARE DOING THEIR JOB.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IN MY HEAD THE, THE, THE, THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN BETWEEN THE CITATIONS AND, AND THE WARNINGS.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, FOR, WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, KNOW, POLICE SHOULD NEVER BE A REVENUE GENERATOR.
I, AND IT, IT'S, I AGREE WITH THAT.
AND SO IT IS MORE ABOUT COMPLIANCE, DOING, DOING WHATEVER THAT CHANGES THAT BEHAVIOR.
AND IF A WARNING DOES THAT JUST AS WELL, THEN, THEN WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR ACCIDENTS WHERE WE AT, YOU KNOW, AND LOOKING AT YOU, YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN J UH, JANUARY, WE HAD 31 ACCIDENTS IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE HAD 15.
SO I MEAN, LOOK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE NUMBER IF YOU LOOKED, IF WE HAD 200 ACCIDENTS AND MAYBE WE NEED TO BE WRITING MORE CITATIONS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT BEHAVIOR.
SO IT'S, IT IS, BUT YOU KNOW, AND, AND NOT JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, EVEN THE PEOPLE WATCHING THAT QUOTAS ARE ILLEGAL, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE OH, I UNDERSTAND.
AND SO IT IS 100% JUST THEIR DISCRETION IN HOW THEY DECIDE OKAY.
I, WHEN I TEACH AT THE ACADEMY, I TELL 'EM, WHEN I WORKED THE STREETS, THE WAY I DECIDED BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE FAIR, IS EVERY FIFTH TRAFFIC STOP GOT
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A CITATION.THAT WAY IT DIDN'T MATTER, YOU KNOW, WHO I STOPPED, IT WAS JUST, YOU JUST HAD THE BAD LUCK OF BEING NUMBER FIVE.
AND SO EVEN AT THAT NUMBER, IT'S 20%.
BUT THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S THE WAY I DID IT.
UM, IT, IT'S COMPLETELY, WE, WE LEAVE IT UP TO THE OFFICERS.
THAT, I MEAN, I, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE, THE NUMBERS AND, AND THAT SAME LIST OF TRAFFIC STOPS, IT GOT TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AT, AT 1 29.
SO, SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET MORE THAN ONE.
BUT THE STILL IN THE TOTAL NUMBER AND THE 896, THEY STILL 101 DEALS THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT SORT OF THROW, IT'S THE NU I'M, I'M NOT REALLY A NUMBERS GUY, SO IT SORT OF MESSES WITH MY HEAD SURE.
WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND CAN'T, CAN'T UNDERSTAND THEM.
SO, AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.
SO, SO SOME THINGS THAT CAN THROW THOSE NUMBERS OFF IS THAT THEY, THEY DO A TRAFFIC STOP AND IT TURNS INTO AN ARREST FOR SOMETHING ELSE, MAYBE THEY WEREN'T GIVEN A CITATION, THEN YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT TRANSITION.
MAYBE IT'S A, A TRAFFIC STOP TURNS INTO A DWI.
OKAY, SO THOSE NUMBERS DON'T GET WARNING OR, OR HAVING A WARRANT OUT FOR THEIR ARREST.
ONE, ONE MORE THING, AND WE GET OFF THE POLICE REPORT TO THE, THERE'S, I SEE THAT THE HEALTH INSPECTION, THEY MADE FIVE THAT MONTH.
BUT DO WE NOT, WE DO ANYTHING WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR, SO NOTHING ON THE LIST FOR, FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND I JUST FINISHED MARCH, YOU'LL SEE A DIFFERENCE THERE.
SO WE ARE, WE WERE GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION IN CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, THE ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT WE HAD LEFT WENT TO FREEPORT AND HAS ALREADY LEFT FREEPORT
UM, AND SO I GOT TWO NEW ONES, PLUS ONE AT THE ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL IS, UH, THEY, THEY HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL.
ONCE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL, THEY HAD TO GO TAKE THEIR TEST, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO WE'VE BEEN INTO A TRANSITION PHASE AS AS THAT.
SO WE'RE, WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THEIR TRAINING, WE'VE GOT THEM TRAINED IN WHAT THEY, THEY NEED TO DO.
AND THOSE NUMBERS, WHAT YOU WILL SEE RISE.
I'LL JUST, UH, I THINK I TOLD CJ THIS, YOU, YOU PROBABLY HEAR A LOT FROM ME ON CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY PET PEEVE IS, IS TRYING TO SEE THAT WE, WE, WE CLEAN UP THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY IN INTO THAT.
SO WELL, AND IF I MAY, WHAT I'LL TELL YOU WHEN IT COMES TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE DIDN'T GET THIS WAY OVERNIGHT.
IT'S GONNA TAKE US, IT'S, IT'S GONNA TAKE US, I, I TALKED TO, I TALKED TO THE FREEPORT CHIEF YESTERDAY.
UM, I WAS AMAZED THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT FOUR IN, IN CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT, AND THAT'S SEPARATE THAN THE FIRE MARSHAL ON THIS, IS IT? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT WHAT ALL CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS TO DEAL WITH AND THE HOOPS THAT YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH, IT'S QUITE A BIT.
SO THEY, THEY ACTUALLY, HOW DO THEY, THEY WORK OFF OF, MOSTLY OFF OF COMPLAINTS OR THEY WORK OFF OF BOTH? WE, WE BOTH PROACTIVE AND COMPLAINTS.
UH, THINGS, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS THEY'LL SEE PLUS THINGS THAT THEY'LL DRIVE AROUND AND, AND THEY'LL NOTICE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE START OFF, WE START OFF KIND OF, IT'S SAME TYPE THING WITH, UH, WITH A TRAFFIC STOP.
WE'LL START OFF WITH MAKING NOTIFICATIONS.
WE'VE GOT DOOR HANGERS, WE'LL HANG ON THE DOORS.
IF NOT, WE FIND OUT WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY.
WE'LL SEND LETTERS AND WITH THE LETTERS IT TAKES 10, 10 DAYS FROM WHEN THEY RECEIVE IT TO GIVE THEM TIME TO DO THINGS.
UM, YOU COULD GO OUT AND WRITE PEOPLE A BUNCH OF CITATIONS FOR THOSE THINGS, BUT IF THEY CAN'T PAY TO GET THEIR GRASS COAT OR, YOU KNOW, MOWED OR THEY CAN'T PAY TO GET A CAR OUT THE, OUT THE DRIVEWAY, WHAT'S THE CHANCES THEY'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT CITATION? SO WE TRY TO WORK WITH THEM AND, AND, AND GET THAT DONE.
UNLESS Y'ALL, SOMEBODY ELSE GOT SOMETHING.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE POLICE REPORT? MY DOOR'S ALWAYS OPEN.
DOES THE FIRE MARSHAL GO TO LIKE BUSINESSES? AND SO, BECAUSE I FOUND, I'M, I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE LIT UP EXIT SIGNS.
I DIDN'T HAVE MY EXTINGUISHER AND YEAH.
INSURANCE COMPANY, UH, CAUGHT THAT
SO, SO WHAT IS, WE, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT AS WELL.
WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IS WHEN A NEW BUSINESS COMES IN, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND PART OF THAT PROCESS IS THOSE INSPECTIONS.
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OKAY.AND THE FIRE MARSHAL WILL GO OUT, INSPECT THOSE BUSINESSES, UM, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE, THE, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT ARE THE SIGNS? THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
UM, THEY DO EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME BEFORE AN APARTMENT RENTS TO A NEW RENTER, THAT APARTMENT HAS TO BE INSPECTED.
'CAUSE I WAS SEEING THAT ON HERE, THE APARTMENTS.
UM, WE, WE ARE, UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN TRUDGING THROUGH THINGS AND LEARNING A LOT.
WE'VE LEARNED THAT OUR HOTELS, UM, WERE, WERE NOT BEING EXPECTED LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ELEVATORS POOLS.
SO WE'RE ABOUT TO REALLY GO THERE.
UH, WE'VE GOT A, OUR, UH, ONE OF THE NEW HEALTH INS, I MEAN, ONE OF THE NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTUALLY, SHE SPECIALIZED IN THE HEALTH SIDE OF IT, UM, LEARNED THAT OUR HOTELS THAT SERVED BREAKFAST WEREN'T BEING INSPECTED.
SO WE HAVE NOTIFIED THEM THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THOSE INSPECTIONS AS WELL.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE ON ALL OF OUR PARTS, INCLUDING MINE.
UH, BUT WE ARE PROGRESSING AND, AND WE'LL GET THERE.
IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE.
I WAS GONNA SAY CHIEF ACTUALLY ENDURED THE TRAINING AND THE TEST THAT THE, THAT THE, I'M SORRY.
THAT I WAS JUST SAYING THAT CHIEF ACTUALLY WENT TO THE TRAINING TO GET CERTIFIED AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SO HE WOULD UNDERSTAND IT.
AND, AND I UNDERSTAND, REMEMBER MY FIRST GO AROUND ON CITY COUNCIL HERE IN THE NINETIES, CITY MANAGER TOLD ME, SHE SAID, THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT TURN SLOW.
AND I, I REALIZE, I I, I, I HONESTLY DIDN'T REALIZE WHEN IT COMES TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, ALL THE HOOPS THAT YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH.
AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH IS SIMPLY TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO OWNS THE VEHICLE OR WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE.
AND, AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL THAT THEY, THE INDIVIDUAL HAS PASSED AWAY AND IT GETS PUT INTO A TRUST AND THEN TRYING TO TRACK SOMEBODY DOWN.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I AM PROUD OF THEM AS WELL.
WE, WE DEMOED, UH, THREE PROPERTIES LAST YEAR, UM, AND, UM, ENDED UP CONTRACTING AND MOWING LOTS OURSELVES SO THAT WE COULD GET SOME OF THOSE THAT WEREN'T BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND, AND IF, IF WE CAN'T WORK WITH THE OWNER, WE'LL PROBABLY LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
YEAH, I WILL SAY CHIEF IS VERY GOOD ABOUT HAVING MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING.
SO YOU HAVE A GOOD OPEN DOOR POLICY.
I KNOW FOR YEARS WHEN WE ONLY HAD ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT, IT WAS MAINLY DONE BY COMPLAINT.
I'M, I'M, I'M, YEAH,
THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 18 DASH 2026, DECLARING CERTAIN ITEMS AS SURPLUS OR AND SALVAGE AND ARE APPROVING OF THEIR DISPOSAL.
AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 18 DASH 2026, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CL TEXAS APPROVING THE DISPOSAL OF CITY PROPERTY DECLARED SURPLUS, A SALVAGE.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF CLU HAS DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN EQUIPMENT IS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERE TO AND MADE A PART HEREOF IS SURPLUS, OBSOLETE, OR UNUSABLE FOR PRESENT OR FUTURE CITY NEEDS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY DESIRES TO DISPOSE OF BY PUBLIC AUCTION THROUGH GOV DEALS.COM.
THE ITEM DESCRIBED IN ATTACHED IN EXHIBIT A, IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERE TOO, AND MADE HERE, MADE PART HEREOF, WHICH HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE SURPLUS, OBSOLETE, OR UNUSABLE FOR PRESENT OR FUTURE CITY NEEDS.
WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL CONCURS IN THE FINDING THAT THE ITEM DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A AND THE SURPLUS IS NOT NEEDED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY CLUTE, TEXAS THAT GOV DEALS.COM IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DISPOSE OF BY PUBLIC AUCTION.
SURPLUS ITEM DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERE, TWO RED PASS ADOPTED THIS NINTH DAY OF APRIL, 2026.
IT WOULD BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTEST BY ROSA MENT, CITY CLERK.
IT WILL BE A 2012 MODEL WESTERN STAR GARBAGE TRUCK UNIT 1318 DOESN'T RUN MISSING PARTS.
TORO MOWER 60 INCH, UNIT 1150 AS IS DOESN'T RUN.
AND A TORO MOWER 72 INCH UNIT 1157 AS IS DOES NOT RUN AS LONG
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AS THEY DON'T CHARGE US TO GET RID OF IT.THEY DO NOT
SO THEY, THEY, THEY GO PRETTY OFTEN LIKE THAT.
THEY PRETTY QUICK GETTING RID OF THEM.
THERE, THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE, UH, SOME OF 'EM IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE LIKE ADDICTED TO GOVERNMENT AUCTION SITES.
I SAID THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO GOVERNMENT AUCTION SITES.
ONE OF 'EM HAPPENS TO BE SITTING IN THIS ROOM.
UH, THEY, THEY LIKE TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN FIND AT, AT A BARGAIN.
AND SO YEAH, WE TYPICALLY SELL PRETTY QUICK.
YEAH, I THINK ONE TIME A, UH, A FIRE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED, HUH? YEAH, I THINK THERE WAS, THERE WAS BEEN A FIRE TRUCK, MAYBE AN AMBULANCE OR TWO.
SO, UH, MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION 18 DASH 2026 AS WRITTEN.
I'LL SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCILPERSON MADDOX.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
LIKE I SAID, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T CHARGE US TO GET RID OF IT, NO THEY DO NOT.
I DON'T CARE IF THEY TAKE IT FOR FREE AS LONG AS THEY DON'T CHARGE US.
AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 7 91 PURCHASING COOPERATIVE COUNCIL BOARD RESOLUTION, WHEREAS THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR OR CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF FLUTE RESORT COUNTY, TEXAS, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 7 9 1 0.001 AT THICK DESIRES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 7 91 PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AND IN THE OPINION THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM WILL BE HIGH AND BE EFFICIENT TO THE TAXPAYERS THROUGH THE ANTICIPATED SAVINGS TO BE REALIZED THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF KLU ZIA COUNTY, TEXAS REQUEST, A STATED STATED NEED FOR PARTICIPATION IN 7 91 PURCHASE UDE 7 91 CO-OP WHEREBY MAYOR CALVIN SCHIFF IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO SIGN AND DELIVER ANY AND ALL NECESSARY REQUESTS AND DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THERE.
WITH, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF KLUTE, MISSOURI COUNTY, TEXAS, I CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT ORIGINAL RESOLUTION DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF KLUTE, MISSOURI COUNTY, TEXAS AS FILED ON RECORD AT 7 91 CO-OP OFFICE AND WITNESS SWEAR, I'M HERE TO UP MY HAND AND CALL THIS HAD SIGNATURE NINTH DAY OF APRIL, 2026, SIGNED BY MYSELF.
THIS IS A NEWER CO-OP, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH HGAC BY CHOICE PARTNERS AND UH, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD JOIN UP WITH IT AS WELL.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY RUN BY FORMER STATE EMPLOYEES.
SO WHEN IT SAYS THE SERVICES, UH, GOODS AND SERVICES, THEY, SO YOU SOMETIMES YOU CAN CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING, YOU CAN CONTRACT FOR HOUSE GATE.
MOST OF THESE CO-OPS REPRESENT A BROAD RANGE OF SERVICES AND GOODS THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE THROUGH AT A NEGOTIATED PRICE THAT'S PRE-NEGOTIATED BASED ON SCALE.
SO WE MIGHT GET HYPOTHETICALLY A, A BETTER DEAL ON CAR BATTERIES OR WIDGETS, WHATEVER YOU CAN THINK OF BECAUSE THEY'VE NEGOTIATED NOT JUST FOR CLUE, BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
YEAH, NO, UM, THEY PROVED THIS PROVED BENEFICIAL BEFORE.
SO YEAH, THE OTHERS HAVE PERFORMED REALLY WELL FOR US.
SO WE THOUGHT WE'D ADD ONE MORE TOOL TO THE KIT.
WE NEEDED TO BUY TIRES FOR EVERY VEHICLE WE HAVE, WE GET A BETTER VEHICLE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
MAKE A MOTION BY COUNCIL PERSON ADDS DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SECOND IT BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR, FURTHER DISCUSSION, HEARING DONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
[V. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING, PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, SETTLEMENT OFFERS OR OTHER MATTERS OF WHICH IS DUTY TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF STATE BAR, TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 5 5 1 GOVERNMENT CODE TO WITH INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT CONTRACT UPDATE.
WE'RE GOING GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO COME BACK IN.
HAVE A MOTION BY CAPTAIN AGUILAR TO COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
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COUNCIL PERSON.NEXT ITEM WILL BE ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'S NO ACTION TAKEN BY COUNCIL TONIGHT.
[V. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS]
NEXT ITEM WILL BE ANNOUNCE NOTICE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS.JOINT PUBLIC HEARING, CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 23RD AT 20 AT 7:00 PM NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IS MAY 16TH.
MAY 10TH THROUGH THE 16TH WITH POLICE OFFICER.
MEMORIAL DAY BEING ON FRIDAY, MAY 15TH, I PRESUME AT NOON? YES.
AT THE FLAG AT THE POLICE STATION? YES SIR.
AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS THURSDAY, MAY 14TH.
CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED AND WE WILL HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING ON THURSDAY, MAY 28TH.
SECOND, COUNCILPERSON MADDOX PENDING.