[I. COMMENCEMENT]
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF A COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MAY 28TH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM AT KLUT CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, CLUTE, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.
FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEM, CITY 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, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY, 5 5 1 0.072 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY, 5 5 1 0.073 DELIBERATIONS 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 0.17 5.183 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE INCLUDED, NOT LIMITED.
SECTION 3 2 1 0.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION.
THE AGENDA AGENDA PACKET MEET LINK ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.FLUTEXAS.GOV.
TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FORM MUST BE COMPLETED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY CLERK.
BEFORE THE START OF A COUNCIL MEETING, SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.
THE RECORDING OF THE MEETING VIDEO WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORD WITH SOCIAL MEETINGS ACT MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
Y'ALL JOIN US IN THE VOCATION, DO YOUR OWN EMPLOYMENT.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING ASKING FOR YOUR GRACE AND GLORY OVER THIS COUNCIL AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS TONIGHT OR THAT WILL AFFECT THE CITY.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM ALL THE STRENGTH AND ALL THE WISDOM THAT THEY WILL NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT YOU WOULD KEEP 'EM SAFE, RETURN 'EM TO THEIR FAMILIES, HOLD YOUR GRACES OVER THEIR FAMILIES AS THEIR WAY TAKING CARE OF THEIR BUSINESSES.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR CHILDREN AS THEY'RE OUT FOR SCHOOL FOR THE SUMMER, THAT YOU COULD KEEP 'EM SAFE AND THAT YOU COULD BRING THEM HOME EVERY EVENING SO THAT THEIR PARENTS CAN ENJOY THEIR PRECIOUS DAYS ALIVE.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS.
JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.
JESUS, 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.
I WOULD BE ROLL CALL CALVIN SHIFFLET.
UH, NEXT ITEM, SCISSORS OR VISITOR COMMENTS.
SO WE'LL GO FOREGO READING THAT AND MOVE INTO THE REGULAR MEETING.
[Ill. CONSENT AGENDA ]
ITEM IS A CONSENT AGENDA.ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND GENERALLY ENACTED IN ONE MOTION.
THE EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REQUEST MORE OR MORE ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE ACTION.
TONIGHT'S AGENDA CONSISTS OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.
WE CAN MAY 15TH, 2026 AND WEEKEND IN MAY 22ND, 20, 26 MINUTES FROM A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 7TH, 2026, AND MEETING FROM A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 7TH, MAY 14TH, 2026.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MADDOX, ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
[IV. BUSINESS ITEMS]
ITEM WOULD BE BUSINESS ADAMS. AND THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF CLU HONOREE, IGNACIO QUEZ SENIOR.AND IT WOULD BE CITY OF CLU PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF RECOGNITION OF CIO NACHO VELAZQUEZ UPON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CITY OF CLU, WHERE IGNACIO VELAZQUEZ BEGAN HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CL ON AUGUST 26TH, 1991 JOINED THE CITY AS A LABORER AND COMMITTED HIMSELF WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH HARD WORK RELIABILITY AND STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, IGNACIO ROSE THROUGH THIS RANKS SERVING AS A REFUGE DRIVER AND
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ULTIMATELY AS A CREW LEADER DEMONSTRATING THE DEDICATION AND INTEGRITY ARE THE TRUEST PATH TO ADVANCEMENT.WE AS OVER THE COURSE OF 34 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, IGNACIO VELAZQUEZ PROVED HIMSELF TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE HIGHEST CHARACTER, ALWAYS WILLING TO VOLUNTEER TO COVER FELLOW DRIVER DURING ILLNESSES AND VACATION, CARRYING OUT BOTH HIS OWN DUTIES AND ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES WITHOUT COMPLAINT OR HESITATION.
WHEREAS IGNACIO'S PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO HIS UNPARALLELED WORK ETHIC AND DEEP SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS COLLEAGUES AND TO THE CITIZENS OF CLUE.
WHEREAS IGNACIO WAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR HIS PLEASANT DEMEANOR AND GENUINE KINDNESS, EARNING THE ADMIRATION, RESPECT AND AFFECTION OF ALL WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE HIM.
WHEREAS ON MAY 20TH, 2026, ATSCALE VELASQUEZ CONCLUDED HIS REMARKABLE CAREER, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF SERVICE PROFESSIONALISM AND GOOD CHARACTER THAT WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED.
NOW, THEREFORE, OUR CALVIN SHIFFLET MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KLUTE, TEXAS, DO YOU HEREBY PROCLAIM OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND HIGHEST HONOR TO IGNACIO NACHO VELASQUEZ FOR 34 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANTS, THE CITY OF KLUT RECOGNIZES HIM AS A MODEL PUBLIC SERVANT WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE MADE THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE AND EXPRESSES ITS HEARTFELT BEST WISHES TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY AS HE BEGINS HIS WELL-DESERVED NEW CHAPTER IN LIFE.
A WITNESS WHERE I'M HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CL TO BE AFFIXED IS 28TH DAY OF MAY, 2026 IS SIGNED BY MYSELF AT THE TESTIFIED ROSE APPOINTMENT CITY CLERK.
HE'S LIKE, I'M NOT, NOT RETIRED.
LAST, NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE 90 DAY PROGRESS UPDATE REGARDING THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS ORDER FOR THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AT THREE 14 NORTH DIXIE DRIVE.
I BELIEVE THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS ARE PRESENT.
I'M ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OF 90 DAYS.
THE, UH, TRAILER HAS BEEN CLEANED OUT, EMPTIED OUT.
UM, IT'S NOT IN ANY POSITION TO BE FALLING DOWN.
YOU CONCERNED BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY STARTED RESTRUCTURING IT ON THE INSIDE, SO IT'S NOT, IT LOOKS WORSE ON THE OUTSIDE THAN IT DOES ON THE INSIDE AND UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW WOOD IN THERE, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TEAR IT DOWN, BUT I STILL NEED 90 DAYS TO COLLECT FUNDS.
SO I GOT THREE, UH, ESTIMATES.
I GOT AN ESTIMATE FROM A ROLANDO, WHICH BILLY MYERS SENT HIM OVER THERE.
HE GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE FOR 3,400.
THE WERNERS GAVE ME 3,800 AND BILLY MYERS GAVE ME 4,500.
SO I THINK I CAN MAKE SAVE 3000, I MEAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.
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I'LL BACK.I'M STARTING TO, UH, SET BACK ON MY PAYMENTS, SO I'LL SAVE ONE OF MY CHECKS FOR, FOR THIS.
ONCE AGAIN, I, I, I APPRECIATE THE FORWARD MOVEMENT THAT YOU'VE DONE.
UH, I GUESS FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER, I SEEM LIKE THE BEAR THAT WAS CHASING YOU AND I WASN'T, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE IT'S MOVED FORWARD IN, IN A PROGRESS IN MOTION.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL WE WANTED.
SO I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO THIS POINT AND, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF WE, WHAT WE DO FROM HERE OR DEFER TO MR.
UH, WELL, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS STILL HAS, UH, UM, DISCRETION TO, UH, AWARD HER MORE TIME IF THEY, IF YOU SEE IT, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THAT THERE'S GOOD PROSPECT THAT THEY, THEY WILL FOLLOW THROUGH.
SO YOU HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT OPTION IS YOU CAN GRANT HER 30, 60, 90 DAYS, UH, TO COMPLETE THE TASK.
UM, OR THE CITY COUNCIL CAN, UM, AND WELL, OR THE CITY COUNCIL CAN JUST FIND, HEY, IT'S A, IT NEEDS TO BE CONDEMNED AND, UH, DEMOLISHED AND THEN YOU CAN ORDER IT TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
AND THEN IF IT'S NOT FULFILLED WITHIN THE 30 DAYS, THE CITY CAN THEN, UH, TAKE ON THE BURDEN AND, AND DO THE DEMOLITION AND PAY FOR IT, AND THEN PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, SOMETIMES, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS WILL, WE HAVE A VOLUNTARY, VOLUNTARY, VOLUNTARY DEMOLITION AGREEMENTS THAT WE DO SOMETIMES WHERE THE PERSON, THE, THE CITY PAYS FOR DEMOLITION AND THE PERSON AGREES TO MAKE CERTAIN PAYMENTS, UH, TO PAY BACK THE CITY.
BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE COLLECTION OF THAT OR AN ENFORCEMENT OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, CAN BE PROBLEMATIC.
UH, AS FAR AS, ACTUALLY THE ONLY WAY TO SPECIFICALLY KNOW YOU'RE GONNA GET THE MONEY BACK IS IF THERE'S A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY LATER SOLD, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COLLECT IT.
SO IF Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, UM, SO THOSE ARE YOUR OPTIONS.
YOU CAN GRANT HER, UH, ADDITIONAL TIME TO ACCOMPLISH THE DEMOLITION OR YOU CAN, UH, GRANT HER A SMALLER AMOUNT OF TIME OR YOU CAN JUST, UH, ORDER A DEMOLISHED AND UH, AND THEN THE CITY DECIDES IF THEY DON'T DO IT WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME, THE CITY CAN DO IT ON THEIR OWN.
I, MY ONLY ISSUE WITH THAT, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THING CAN HANDLE ANOTHER HURRICANE IF IT CAME THROUGH HERE.
AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IT WILL DO.
IF IT, IF IT, IF WE HAD A HURRICANE AND IT CAME THROUGH THERE AND GOT THAT, WHERE THAT TRAILER WOULD END UP AT AND, AND WHAT OTHER DAMAGE IT, WHAT OTHER DAMAGE IT WOULD DO TO OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY IN THE AREA BECAUSE, AND I HADN'T WENT UP, PHYSICALLY WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT IT OR FROM THE ROAD.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHAT, HOW THAT THING CAN WITHSTAND VERY, VERY MUCH HIGH WIND.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO GO BY AND GO INSIDE AND SEE HOW I'M NOT, I I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T GO INSIDE OF IT.
WE LEAVE THE DOORS OPEN ALL THE TIME.
WELL, I MEAN, I'M 24 7 RAIN OR SHINE.
IT DOESN'T EVEN RAIN IN THERE.
BUT I MEAN, FROM THE OUT I'M JUST GOING, I'M JUST, WHAT I'M SEEING FROM THE OUTSIDE MM-HMM
IS THAT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD WITHSTAND ANOTHER STORM IF WE HAD A A, YOU KNOW, IN 90 DAYS WOULD, WOULD PUT YOU INTO, WELL INTO HURRICANE, WELL INTO, WELL INTO HURRICANE SEASON.
SO, I MEAN, I I AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ON, ON THE MONETARY.
IF, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU WERE GONNA LEAN TOWARDS, UH, PUTTING, GOING AHEAD AND DEMOLISHING AND PUTTING A LIEN ON THAT, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
'CAUSE I CAN GO GET A LOAN ON THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT PROPERTY IS CLEAR AND FREE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M, I'M NOT EVEN CONSIDERING THAT ALL.
I'M JUST SAYING, I DON'T KNOW IF IF THE STRUCTURE, IF GIVEN ANOTHER 90 DAYS ON IT, IF WE HAD A STORM.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND NOW IS IS IS YOUR 90 DAYS A 90 DAYS TO HAVE IT COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED AND CLEANED OUT? YEAH.
OR IS IT 90 DAYS? THESE BED, THESE, THESE BEDS ARE CLEAN.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU'RE, THEY TAKE ALL, EVERYTHING THAT THEY CARE DOWN.
BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, IF YOU'RE HAVING TO SAVE THAT MONEY AT, AT A RATE OF A THOUSAND THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH, YOU'RE STILL, YOU WON'T HAVE THE MONEY ACCUMULATED TILL AFTER, TILL AFTER THE 90 DAYS OR THERE THEREABOUTS.
AND I'M TRYING TO FI FIGURE OUT, IS YOUR EXTENSION OF 90 DAYS, IS IT TO COLLECT THE MONEY TO HAVE IT DEMOLISHED OR IS IT TO HAVE IT COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED IN THE AREA CLEANED UP IN 90 DAYS? UH, I'D
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PROBABLY, I'M GONNA SAVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THIS.MY INCOME THIS MONTH OF JUNE, JULY AND THEN AUGUST 1ST I'D HAVE TO 3,400.
AND ARE YOU GONNA NEED ANOTHER 90 DAYS AFTER THAT? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.
AND THEN ALL OF AUGUST WOULD GIMME 90 DAYS.
SO LET'S SAY ON AUGUST 1ST, I'D CALL THESE GUYS, WELL, I'D GO WITH ROLANDO 'CAUSE HE'S THE CHEAPEST AND UH, I'D CALL HIM BACK AND HE SAID IT WOULD TAKE HIM, UH, TWO OR THREE DAYS TO GET IT CLEANED UP.
I I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT EXTENSION IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT EXTENSION TO HAVE THE THING COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED AND THE AIR CLEANED UP OR THAT EXTENSION JUST TO GET THE MONETARY AMOUNT YOU NEED.
YOU GET IT DEMOLISHED AND CLEANED UP.
WELL, MY, MY ONE OF MY FEW QUESTIONS IS IF YOU HAVE THE, THE OPTION OF, OF A LOAN TOWARDS THE PROPERTY AND THEN JUST PAYING IT BACK, WHAT, WHY THAT, WHY WOULD I PUT A LOAN? WHY WOULD I PUT A LOAN FOR $3,400? THE BANK'S NOT GONNA GIMME AN INTEREST RATE WHERE I CAN SAVE UP IN THREE MONTHS, $3,400.
THEN I GOING TO ALL THE PAY, ALL THAT IT COSTS TO DO THE PAPERWORK.
THEN I GOTTA COME UP WITH MONEY TO GET THE PAPERWORK GOING WITH THE BANK.
I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT WAS AN OPTION WHILE I GOT WELL, THAT, THAT WOULD BE, BECAUSE I'M SURE THE CITY'S GONNA CHARGE ME THE $25,000.
THEY SAID TO KNOCK DOWN A ONE STRUCTURE HOME.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER SEEN.
THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL SAID, THAT THE, I THINK ON THE FIRST MEETING, I THINK SHE ASKED WHAT IT COST TO KNOCK IT DOWN.
I HAD, YEAH, I HAD ASKED HOW MUCH IT COST AND SOMEBODY HAD SAID, I THINK 25,000.
NO, I REMEMBER SOMEBODY SAYING LIKE 10,000.
'CAUSE I SAID A ONE STORY BUILDING HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO TEAR IT DOWN.
I'M SURE YOU COULD GO BACK DOWN MINUTES TEAR AND IT WAS 25,000.
I DON'T REMEMBER SOMEBODY SAYING 25,000.
BUT THAT WAS JUST THE FIGURE THAT WE DIDN'T GET ANY ESTIMATES.
WELL, IT WASN'T FROM A CONTRACTOR OR ANYTHING.
WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY THAT MUCH MORE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD PAY ON YOUR YEAH.
AND THEN, UH, I DON'T THINK THESE GUYS, I DIDN'T ASK THEM IF THEY'D TAKE A CREDIT CARD.
I COULD TAKE A CREDIT CARD EASIER THAN I COULD GET A, A BANK LOAN ON THE PROPERTY.
NOT THAT MY CREDIT'S THAT GOOD 'CAUSE IT'S NOT.
HOW MANY EXTENSIONS HAVE WE HAD SO FAR? WHAT, TO THIS POINT? THIS THIS IS 90 DAYS.
SO I THINK ORIGINALLY WE GAVE 90 DAYS.
WE CAME BACK WITH A 60 DAY LIKE CHECK-IN MM-HMM
AND THIS IS THE 90 DAY CHECK-IN? NO, I THINK THEY, I DON'T THINK SO.
AND THEN THIS IS THE 90 DAY MARK.
I'D HAVE TO, I WASN'T, IT SEEMS LONGER.
YEAH, IT DOES IT BEEN THREE MONTHS? IT DOES IT ME TOO BECAUSE I WAS, I WAS SITTING ON THAT SIDE OF THE, THE AUDIENCE RIGHT THERE WHEN Y'ALL FIRST CAME TO THIS 40 COUNCIL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE DATES OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS FALL ON, BUT IT'S THE THIRD, THE 90 DAY MEETING.
SO YOU HAVE A BID, YOU HAVE A BID FOR $3,200, 3,400 IS THE LOWEST BID.
SO THE FIRST, THE 60 DAY MEETING WAS A PROGRESS REPORT WHERE WE WERE MAKING PROGRESS TO EMPTY THE TRAILER WHERE I HAD GOTTEN THE CONEX CONTAINERS.
AND AT THIS POINT, THE CON THE MINUS MAYBE A HEAVY IRON BATHTUB, I GOTTA GET OUT THERE WITH THE TRACTOR.
IT, THE TRAILER'S READY TO BE DEMOLISHED.
I CAN GO IN THERE AND SMASH IT DOWN WITH THE TRACTOR IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT LIKE DEBRIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S STRONGER STAYING UP, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT EYESORE CONDITION, I CAN, I CAN DEMOLISH IT.
'CAUSE I, A HURRICANE WILL PICK THAT UP EASIER.
IT'S, IT'S STRONGER THE WAY IT IS.
DID YOU AS A STRUCTURE, BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF NEW WOOD IN INSIDE.
SO ALL THE WOODS ARE, UH, ALL THE FLOORS ARE SOLID WOOD SOLID FRAME THROUGHOUT THE CENTER.
I WAS, I HAD EVEN ASKED JOSH IF WE COULD ASK Y'ALL IF WE COULD KEEP THE CENTER PORTION.
'CAUSE THAT'S ALL BRAND NEW TREATED WOOD, BRAND NEW WINDOWS IN THE BACK.
WE HAD THE WINDOWS FROM THE, FOR THE FRONT.
WE JUST NEVER PUT THEM IN BECAUSE WE NEVER FRAMED THE FRONT FROM THE INSIDE.
SO OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE FALLEN OVER.
YOU SAID YOU COULD TAKE IT DOWN WITH A TRACTOR.
DO YOU HAVE THE MEANS OR DID YOU GET QUOTES ON I HAVE A TRACTOR.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, DID YOU TAKE QUOTES ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO JUST HAUL THAT STUFF OFF? UH, WE DID.
UM, WE TALKED, WE KIND OF BRIEFLY BROUGHT THAT UP AND IT WASN'T, UH,
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VIABLE.I CAN'T EVEN GET ANYBODY TO SERVICE A DUMPSTER IN THE CITY.
A DUMPSTER BIG ENOUGH, MUCH LESS A DUMPSTER PERIOD.
NOBODY, ALL MY, EVERYBODY I CALLED IS, WE DON'T SERVICE LAKE JACKSONVILLE.
WE DON'T SERVICE CLUE IN THE CITY.
I WAS GONNA SAY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROVIDERS THAT'LL PROVIDE ROLL LOSS BURNER'S.
NOW THAT I DIDN'T DO, SHE MADE THOSE PHONE CALLS.
I THINK I CALLED, UH, THE, OVER HERE ON 5 23 WHERE THEY DUMPED THE GARBAGE.
YEAH, THAT THEY, THEY, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
BUT I, I DID, I DID CALL SOME OTHER AREA, UH, IRONCLAD, I BELIEVE THEIR NAME IS OR OUT OF ANGLETON.
THEY SAID THEY DON'T SERVICE IN THE CITIES.
AND I CALLED SOMEBODY ELSE THAT I SAW A DUMPSTER IN THE CITY OF ANGLETON ON MY WAY TO MY AUNT'S HOUSE, AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T SERVE THE LAKE JACKSON CL IN CITY AREA.
UM, AND SIR, UH, COUNCILMAN DAVID, TO CLARIFY, I WANT TO, I'M PLANNING ON HAVING IT DEMOLISHED WITHIN THE 90 DAYS.
UM, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER WE'LL COME UP WITH THE MONEY.
IT'S, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HURRICANE SEASON AS WELL.
I WE'RE ASKING FOR THE 90 DAYS.
IF WE CAN GET IT DONE BEFORE THAT, WE WILL, THE PLAN IS TO DO SO IT'S JUST, CHRIS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, CAN YOU REMIND ME THE VOLUNTARY DEMOL? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE DONE VOLUNTARY DEMOLITIONS IN THE PAST WITH PER, WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE, RIGHT.
AND, UH, A LOT OF TIMES THE UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE, IF THE SITUATION IS JUST REALLY BAD, DANGEROUS, AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS AND WE CAN'T WAIT, AND THE CITY DECIDES TO GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR IT.
UH, AND THEY, AND THEY SIGN A PAYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE PROPERTY OWNER SAYS, OKAY, Y'ALL PAY UP FRONT, UH, TO DO THE DEMOLITION AND WE'LL MAKE PAYMENTS.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT'S NOT EASY TO COLLECT IF THE PEOPLE DON'T MAKE PAYMENTS.
UM, BUT ONE BENEFIT IS, I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE ALREADY PRE-APPROVED, UH, VENDORS THAT DO HOME DEMOLITIONS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MOBILE HOMES.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT SOMETIMES THE CITY CAN GET A CHEAPER PRICE THAN THE, THAN AVERAGE PERSON JUST MAKING A CALL.
AND I, I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO C CJ ON THAT, BUT I, I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT THE CITY COULD GET A LOWER PRICE THAN THE INDIVIDUAL COULD GET.
SO THAT WAS PART OF THE INCENTIVE TO HAVE THE CITY DO IT.
UM, IF WE DO A VOLUNTARY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET OVERLY COMPLICATED, RIGHT? BUT, UH, YOU DO A VOLUNTARY DEMO DEMOLITION WHERE THE CITY PAYS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF SECURITY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO MAKE PAYMENTS AND, AND MAKE SURE THEY FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PAYMENTS, YOU KNOW.
BUT, UM, HAVE THE CITY, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A FORM VOLUNTARY DEMOLITION FORM THAT WE, IN AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST.
YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY WANTED TO DO IT AND IT WAS CHEAPER OR THERE WAS A NO INTEREST TO IT, OR AT LEAST NOT TO EXCEED THE MEAN NO LIE.
WELL, NOT THAT TOO, BUT THE MEAN AVERAGE OF THIS, UH, ESTIMATES HERE, BUT WE CAN NEVER GUARANTEE WHAT PRICING WE'LL GET.
BUT IT'S TYPICALLY MORE REASONABLE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD GET.
MY THOUGHT IS, IS IF YOU COULD INITIATE THE DEMOLITION, UH, LET US COME GIVE YOU A QUOTE ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAUL IT OFF AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
WE, YOU COULD TEAR IT DOWN AND THEN WE WOULD HAUL OFF THE DEBRIS FOR YOU.
AND I'M SURE THAT WOULD BE, I'M GONNA SAY, I'LL PUT JOHN ON THE SPOT REAL QUICK, BUT I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN THE $3,400.
I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU, I THINK 34 MOVE IT.
THE TRAILER'S GONNA HAVE A STEEL FRAME UNDERNEATH IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO GETTING THAT STEEL FRAME, ALL THAT OUT.
YOU TRAP THE STEEL STEEL, BUT IT COSTS MONEY TO HAUL THAT OFF.
IT'S A BIG GET IT DOWN, GET IT DOWN THERE, HAUL IT OFF.
YOU GOTTA CUT THAT FRAME DOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIT IT ON A TRAILER BY ITSELF.
IT'S, THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK AND, AND MONEY INVOLVED IN THAT, JUST GETTING IT CUT UP AND WHATNOT.
SO YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I WAS LEANING TOWARDS THE ONE, ONE SHOT, ONE BILL THAT, AND IT'S GONNA BE ME OUT THERE.
SHE'S, I DON'T WANT HER OUT GETTING, IF YOU'LL SIGN A PROMISSORY NOTE, I'LL PAY TO HAVE IT DONE.
AND YOU AGREE TO PAY ME BACK WITH WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF INTEREST? I DIDN'T SAY INTEREST.
I SAID I JUST PAID FOR IT, BUT I INTEND TO GET MY MONEY BACK.
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OF COURSE IF I HAD TO FILE A LIEN.WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO MOVE THIS BUS ALONG.
NO, UM, I DON'T WANNA BORROW FROM, IF THAT HELPS YOU OUT ANY, I'D RATHER BORROW IT.
I'D RATHER BORROW FROM JOSEPH OR SOMEBODY.
BELIEVE ME, THE STRANGERS DON'T DO THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW ME, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT BUSINESS THAN I DO AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO PUT A LIEN ON THAT PROPERTY.
BUSINESS AIN'T NOTHING BUT ABOUT ANYTHING BUT PEOPLE.
YOU DON BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE BUSINESS.
WHETHER WE SELLING APPLES OR SNOW CONES, IT'S THE PEOPLE WE ARE DEALING WITH.
HOW DO I SELL THREE ACRES ON DIXIE DRIVE FOR NO $3,400.
I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND YOU'LL PAY ME BACK.
IF THIS HAD NOT BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL, WHERE WOULD WE BE RIGHT NOW? WE'D STILL HAVE THE SAME BUILDING THERE, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'D STILL BE THERE.
I WOULDN'T HAVE, UH, BOUGHT THE ICE CONTAINERS, WHICH I KIND OF WANTED TO GET THAT.
THIS ACTUALLY GOT THE BALL ROLLING ON THAT.
UM, BUT MY BROTHER HAD, HE CAME DOWN TO RESTRUCTURE THE FRONT AND UH, MY NEPHEW WORKS WITH SOME LEVELING.
THEY WERE GONNA COME AND LEVEL OUT THE TRAILER AND MY BROTHER WAS GOING TO REFRAME IT IN THE PROMPT FROM THE INSIDE, BUT HE HAD A STROKE, SO, YEAH.
HE WAS DOING THAT FOR ME AND MOM THAT'S GONE.
WELL I I'LL I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GIVE YOU 90 DAYS TO GET IT TORE DOWN.
IT'LL BE GONE WITHIN 90 DAYS, CORRECT? WITH THEM? NO, NOT GONE.
I SAVED UP THE MONEY AND COME IN HERE AND ASK FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
WE'RE SAYING WE'RE ASKING FOR 90 DAYS.
IT MAY BE 30, IT MAY BE 60, NOT 91.
I GONNA BE GONE WITHIN 90 DAYS.
AM I, AM I OUTTA LINE FOR SAYING THAT? I CAN SECOND THAT.
SO THE, YEAH, THE MOTION, YOU'LL HAVE TO, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND THAT IT'S A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.
YOU HAVE TO FIND THAT IT, UH, THAT IT'S, UH, THE COUNCIL CONDEMNS THE STRUCTURE AND THAT, UH, THEY HAVE 90 DAYS TO, UH, CONDUCT THE DEMOLITION OR THE CITY WILL DEMOLISH IT.
AND THAT WILL BE WHAT I PUT IN THE ORDER.
SO IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S THE AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION, WHAT YOU SAID, CORRECT.
BECAUSE IN 60 DAYS, IF I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, I'M COMING FOR YOU.
IT'S, I I COULD EVEN SAY 60 DAYS.
WE CAN COME BACK IF YOU NEEDED US TO WITH PROGRESS OF NO, WE'LL HAVE IT DOWN.
JUST AS LONG AS IT'S DONE IN 90.
I GOTTA GET OUT THERE WITH A SLEDGE HANDLE.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE, EVERYBODY'S PULLING, PUSHING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
DON'T WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND? HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
THERE, UH, OKAY, THAT'S, UH, 90 DAYS AUGUST 28TH ISH.
THAT'S 90 BY THE END OF AUGUST-ISH.
WE'LL GET IT DONE BEFORE DAYS, BUT I JUST WANNA KNOW.
WHAT'S THE DAY? OKAY, I'LL, YES, I'LL DO THE ORDER.
IT'LL HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE ON THE ORDER AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME, UH, COME IN, UM, UH, NEXT WEEK AND GET A COPY OF IT, ROGER.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION.
ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO SET A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 0 3 3 DIXIE DRIVE, SUITE A FOR PROPOSED JOINT PUBLIC HEARING DATE IS 6 25 20 26.
THIS IS THE SUP FOR MS. GEORGE'S, UH, FAITH PROGRAM.
THEY'RE LOCATED CURRENTLY IN THE SITE OF THE OLD BINGO HALL.
THEY'RE GONNA MOVE TO SUITE A TO ALLOW THE NEW BINGO HALL TO OPEN, BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO RELOCATE THEIR SUP ALONG WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR CHURCH.
I'LL, I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING DATE SET FOR 6 25 20 26
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FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MR. CHRIS SECOND BY SECOND AGUILAR DISCUSSION.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
UNANIMOUS ITEM D, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION NUMBER 27 DASH 2026 RESOLUTION RELATED TO PARTICIPATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS POSTPONEMENT.
I'D BE TABLED TO A FURTHER MEETING.
UH, MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
FIRST MADDOX PENDING ANY DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
AND THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 20 28 DASH 2026 AWARDING THE BID FOR THE CDBG HAS BEEN ORIGINAL FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 28 DASH 2026.
THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF KLU, TEXAS AWARDEE CONTRACT FOR THE D 1 98 C-D-B-G-M-I TLU REGIONAL FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT CL 1 12 3 4 1 9.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF KLU HAS IDENTIFIED REGIONAL FLOODING, REGIONAL DRAIN AND FLOOD MITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND PROPERTY.
WHEREAS THE CITY SECURED FUNDING ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE DLO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION C-D-B-G-M-I-T PROGRAM UNDER PROJECT D 1 98 FOR THE CLU REASONABLE FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT CL 1 2 3 409.
WHEREAS THE CITY PUBLICLY SOLICITED THE SEAL BIDS FOR THE PROJECT OF THE COURTS WITHOUT APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR STANDARD SEAL PROCEDURES.
WHEREAS SIX BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED ON MAY 18TH, 2026 WITH BIDS RANGING FROM $2,135,129 AND 50 CENTS TO $3,000,380,451.
WHEREAS THE SUBMITTED BIDS WERE RECEIVED BY THE CITY'S PROJECT ENGINEERS FOR A COMPLETE LIST RESPONSIVENESS AND APPLICANT APPLICABILITY TO THE PROJECT REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
WHEREAS FOLLOWING EVALUATION OF THE BID RECEIVED, THE PROJECT ENGINEERS HAVE RECOMMENDED AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AS IDENTIFIED.
THE ATTACHED RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD.
NOW THEREFORE BID RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL CITY CLUTE, TEXAS, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR D 1 98 C-D-B-G-M-I-T KLUT REGIONAL FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT CL 1 23 4 1 9 IS HEREBY AWARDED TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF CONTINGENT UPON COMPLETION AND EXECUTION OF ALL REQUIRED CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND FUNDING AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE CITY MANAGERS HEREBY AUTHORIZE EVERY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT RESOLUTION.
DULY PASSED THE 28TH DAY OF MAY, 2026 SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE TESTIFY ROSE APPOINTMENT CITY CLERK MAYOR, YOUR I'M SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.
I AM SEEING THE BID TABULATION SHEET.
THE LOW BIDDER ON THE PROJECT WAS BARRICK VERA INDUSTRIES, LLC LOCATED IN RO SHARON WITH A BID OF $2,135,129 AND 50 CENTS.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF AND THE ENGINEERS THAT WE APPROVE THAT BID AND AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO VERA OF RO SHARON, TEXAS AND THAT AMOUNT.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE HAZMAT, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET STARTED FOR FOUR YEARS.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO
THIS, YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
AND THIS, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE ORIGINALLY GOT $11.2 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT.
THAT WAS TO INCLUDE THE FLAG LAKE DRIVE BASIN A OR, UH, DITCH A.
WE HAD TO EXCLUDE DITCH A BECAUSE BDD HAD DONE WORK AND THEN WE HAD TO EXCLUDE THE FLAG LAKE PORTION OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT
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ENERGY TRANSFER REFUSED TO MOVE THEIR PIPELINE.UH, SO THIS WOULD BE FOCUSING ON THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG DIXIE DRIVE, I'M SORRY, PLANTATION DRIVE FROM DIXIE BACK TO PENN MONEY UNDERNEATH PLANTATION DRIVE AT PENN MONEY.
AND THEN THERE IN THE DITCHES JUST SOUTH OF PENN MONEY.
UH, AND THEN THE SEC, THE SECOND PROJECT, THE ONE THAT WE CALL THE MID MOD.
SO THIS IS THE HAMET, THE OTHER ONE IS THE MID MOD IS THE $1.22 MILLION THAT WE GOT TO DO THE INLINE DETENTION ON THE BACKSIDE OF PENN MONEY LANE.
I'M ALL ABOUT SAVING MONEY, BUT SOMETIMES LOW BID'S NOT THE ANSWER.
THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF DIFFERENCE WAS, OH, SORRY.
NO, I DON'T KNOW ONE FROM ANOTHER.
SO THE, THE NEXT CLOSEST BIDDER, UH, IS 60 OR $59,000 AND THEN THE FURTHEST BIDDER IS 10%.
1.2 IS THAT, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST COMPLICATING MATTERS AND MY BRAIN IS NO ACHED FOR THE DAY.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS PERCENTAGE WISE, FROM HIGH TO LOW, 10, 12%? NO, YOU'RE LESS THAN, LESS THAN 2% BETWEEN THE TWO, THE THE FIRST TWO OR THE LOWEST TWO.
AND IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE HIGH, YOU'RE AT ABOUT THE HIGH IS ABOUT 35.
YOU GOT, YOU GOT THE ONLY, THE ONLY, YOU HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4 OR FIVE BIDS THAT ARE WITHIN LESS THAN 10%, HALF A MILLION DOLLAR TO EACH OTHER.
BUT PERCENTAGE WISE, LESS THAN 20% MAX.
HAVE WE WORKED WITH ANY OF THE OTHER COMPANIES THAT BID? WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, WITH ONE OF THEM? YES, SIR.
MATILDA AND MATILDA, I'LL TAKE YOUR SUGGESTION.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS SOMETIMES FOR BIDS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE REASON.
I CONSIDER THAT'S JUST BUSINESS.
THAT'S JUST MY OWN PERSONAL THOUGHT.
WELL, WELL THE HIGH BID, THE HIGH BID IS AROUND A MILLION DOLLAR HIGHER THAN THE MEDIAL BIDS
SO YOUR FIRST, YOUR FIRST FIVE OR WE DONE ADDED TWO MORE ZEROS AND I'M USED TO DEALING WITH ANYHOW, SO
DID YOU, DID YOU GET ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE USED THEM? UH, THE ENGINEERS SAID THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIVE.
EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT? UH, I CAN TRY.
NO, I MEAN THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT REFERENCES WITH THESE CONTRACTS.
MAYOR, I, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR THAT WE APPROVE, UH, VERA INDUSTRIES LLC AS THE CONTRACTOR IN AN AMOUNT OF $2,135,129 AND 50 CENTS.
AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT PUT 50 CENTS.
HAVE, HAVE WE DONE ANY RESEARCH ON THIS COMPANY? HAVE IT, UH, F FREEZING NICHOLS, THE ENGINEERING FIRM RESEARCHED THEM, LOOKED AT THEIR PROJECT.
THEY'RE ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD.
UH, BUT THEY'VE DONE QUALITY WORK IN TWO OTHER LOCATIONS AT F AND I AND THEY F AND I IS SAYING THAT THEY WERE THE MOST PON LOWEST BID AND RESPONSIVE AND THAT'S THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
I FORGOT WE WERE WORKING WITH FREEZING NICHOLS AND THIS WAS BEFORE WE TRIED TO ADD ANYTHING, RIGHT? OH, THIS INCLUDES ALL THE THINGS WE TRIED TO ADD ON.
WE WERE EXPECTING ACTUALLY A HIGHER BID.
I I WOULD NOTE THAT THIS INCLUDES A SIDEWALK EXTENSION.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE, THIS, THIS PRICE INCLUDES THAT.
'CAUSE WE ESTIMATED IT TO BE ABOUT 2.6.
WELL, ONE OF THE BIDDERS DID DO 2.6
YOU WANNA VOTE FOR THAT ONE? HUH? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? PRETTY CLOSE, HUH? YEAH, THEY'RE ALL PRETTY CLOSE.
YEAH, THE ONE'S 3 MILLION SOMETHING.
THIS HAS TO BE DONE BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
THEY GOTTA THEY GOTTA START MOVING.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT? YES SIR.
NO MORE EXTENSIONS, RIGHT? NO MORE EXTENSIONS.
IT'LL BE A BUNCH OF HAPPY DUMP TRUCK DRIVERS.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 29 0 29 DASH
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2026 AUTHORIZING ALTERNATIVE PROCUREMENT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO CITY HALL UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 2 5 2 0.02, PARAGRAPH THREE.AND THAT WOULD BE Y I'M JUST GONNA READ THIS.
GONNA READ THE CAPTION ON THIS ONE AND LET MR. DUNCAN EXPLAIN IT.
THIS WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 29 DASH 2026.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS.
DETERMINING, DETERMINING EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT FOR REPAIRS AT CITY HALL IS ALLOWED UNDER SECTION 2 5 2 0.022, PARAGRAPH THREE OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, PROVIDING DIRECTION ON PROJECT SCOPE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH SAID PROCUREMENT TO MEDIATE THE ROOF LEAK AND WATER DAMAGE AT CITY HALL.
AND BEFORE MR. DUNCAN OPINES, I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYBODY READ THE, UH, COPY THAT WAS LAID ON YOUR DESK, THE AMENDED RESOLUTION, NOT THE ONE IN THE PACKET, PLEASE.
SO AS Y'ALL, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE LEAKING ROOF FOR CITY HALL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND OBTAINING, UH, BIDS AND GETTING CONTRACTORS, GENERAL CONTRACTORS, THEY CAN DO ALL THE WORK, UH, AND RESPONSE TO OUR, UH, RFPS, UM, GETTING ANY CONTRACTOR THAT CAN DO ALL THE REQUIRED NECESSARY WORK, AND THEN ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS REASONABLE AND AFFORDABLE WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
AND, UM, AND, AND, AND ONE, UH, PROBLEM IS THE LONGER THAT THIS, UH, SITUATION CONTINUES, UH, IT, IT CONTINUES TO SPREAD MORE AND MORE DAMAGE, YOU KNOW, UH, ON DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY HALL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE, THERE'S, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, DISCOVERY OF SOME PROBLEMS WITH MOLD AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, THAT AFFECT THE, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH OF THE, UM, OF EMPLOYEES AND SO FORTH.
SO UNDER, UH, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, 2 52 0.02, TWO A THREE, UM, THERE'S A PROVISION THAT YOU CAN, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS IF YOU HAVE SOME, UM, UH, A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE HAVING UNFORESEEN DAMAGE TO, UH, PUBLIC PROPERTY, RIGHT? SO, UH, CITY HALL IS OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC PROPERTY, AND I THINK THAT THE, THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CONDITION, UH, AT THIS POINT IS CAUSING A LOT OF UNFORESEEN, UH, PROBLEMS. UM, THAT START OUT AS A PROBABLY A SIMPLE LEAK THAT IS THROUGH WIND REPEATED RAIN, UH, UH, THROUGH TIME IS, IS CAUSING MORE AND MORE, UH, DAMAGE.
SO, UH, BASED ON A, YOU KNOW, A, A GENEROUS INTERPRETATION OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, I RECOMMENDED, UH, WE CAN THE, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TAKE TWO ACTIONS, UH, AS COVERED IN THIS, UM, RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE, WHEN WE DID THE, UH, RFP FOR BIDS, WE DID RECEIVE A COUPLE OF BIDS.
UM, AND SO, UH, THE LAST MEETING, THE COUNCIL DID NOT OFFICIALLY RULE ON THOSE BIDS, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE TO EITHER, YOU CAN ACCEPT ONE OF THE BIDS OR YOU CAN SAY WE, UH, WE DON'T WANNA ACCEPT ANY OF ANY OF THE BIDS.
YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO, UM, APPROVE ANY OF THE BIDS, RIGHT? BUT YOU ARE REQUIRED THAT IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA APPROVE EITHER OF THOSE BIDS, THEN IN YOUR MOTION YOU HAVE TO SAY, UH, WE ARE NOT APPROVING ANY OF THE BIDS THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH THE RFP.
SO THAT WOULD BE STEP NUMBER ONE.
AND THEN STEP NUMBER TWO, UH, IN THE RESOLUTION, THERE'S SPECIFIC FINDINGS, UH, BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE DAMAGE IS AND, AND THE, UH, INCREASING DAMAGE IS UNFORESEEN CONDITION THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION, UM, FOR THE, UH, TO PREVENT FUTURE CONTINUING DAMAGE AND FOR THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THE, UH, THE EMPLOYEES HERE AND WORKING IN CITY HALL.
AND SO BASED ON THOSE, UH, TWO THINGS, NUMBER ONE, YOU'RE REJECTING THE PRIOR BIDS, NOT ACCEPTING ANY OF THE PRIOR BIDS AND TAKING ACTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE, UM, COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS, UH, UNDER THAT SECTION OF THE, UH, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
UH, SO THAT WOULD, WOULD ENABLE, UM, CJ TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE EXTENDED BID PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, AND I, IF I COULD TACK ON THE THIRD ITEM INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION IS DIRECTION ON WHICH DIRECTION YOU WANT ME TO GO.
SO OPTION ONE IS TO SPLIT THE PROJECT SCOPE,
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SCOPE IT SO THAT WE TAKE THE HVAC SYSTEMS OFF THE TOP OF THE CITY HALL AND PLACE A PITCH DRIFT ON THE BUILDING.OPTION TWO, REMOVE THE HVAC SYSTEMS FROM THE TOP OF CITY HALL AND PUT A FLAT ROOF SYSTEM IN.
AND OPTION THREE IS TO SIMPLY COME BACK AND REDO THE ROOF AS A FLAT ROOF AS IT SIT AND LEAVE THE HVAC SIT AND SIT YOU.
OKAY? OPTION THREE WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE AND MOST EXPEDIENT.
WELL, AND BECAUSE, AND BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS KIND OF, I MEAN REALLY AS LIKE AN EMERGENCY, UH, PROVISION THAT, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ACTION, RIGHT? SO I THINK WHICHEVER ONE OF THOSE, UH, OPTIONS YOU CHOOSE, YOU'LL ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING YOU KNOW, OF, OF GETTING IT ACCOMPLISHED, WHICHEVER OPTION.
LIKE IF ONE OPTION'S LIKE, HEY, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET IT DONE FOR A YEAR, THEN PROBABLY THAT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH OUR EXCEPTION.
RIGHT? IF THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, UH, MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME.
I'VE BEEN BEATING HIS HORSE FOR A WHILE JUST BASED ON WHAT MR. COLD PEPPER BROUGHT UP IN THE, ON THE PREVIOUS THING.
HURRICANE, THESE STARTS MUNDANE SO, AND NOT GONNA FIX ITSELF.
I MEAN, IT'S HURRICANE SEASON STARTS MONDAY.
IF WE GET TRADITIONAL RAINFALL, THIS WHOLE PLACE IS GONNA CAVE IN, I IMAGINE.
WELL, YEAH, WELL, LIKE I SAID, UH, EVERYTHING Y'ALL SAID DITTO.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I ACTUALLY GOT A CHANCE TO GO UP ON THE ROOF AND I WAS REALLY MAD AT MYSELF FOR NOT BEING UP THERE TWO YEARS FOR THREE YEARS AGO.
UH, THERE'S NO DOUBT RAIN AIN'T STOPPED.
WE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SITTING IN THE RAINFOREST FOR A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I'VE TRIED TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH.
I'M NOT A ROOFER BY ANY MEANS.
I KNOW THERE SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN ABOUT FLAT ROOFS.
UH, THEY WORK, THEY DON'T WORK.
EVERY DOCTOR'S OFFICE I'VE EVER BEEN TO IN HOUSTON'S GOT A FLAT ROOF AND I NEVER GOT WET.
SO I BELIEVE THERE'S GOOD ONES AND BAD ONES.
UH, I, I DON'T SEE HOW PUTTING THIS OFF ANY LONGER THAN WE HAVE TO CAN DO NOTHING ELSE BUT COST US MORE AND MORE MONEY, UH, TO DEAL WITH THE AIR, AIR CONDITIONERS JUST FROM ME, MY SCARE WERE CONSIDERATION OF WHATEVER REMEDIATION WE HAVE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE LET IT GO THIS LONG, THIS BUILDING WITHOUT AN AIR CONDITIONER I'M SCARED WILL TURN INTO A PETRI DISH IN 48 HOURS.
I, I THINK, THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
UH, WE, IT IT'S, IT'S CLIMATE CONTROLLED NOW.
IT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT OUR FINDINGS BACK FROM THE GENTLEMAN.
I EMAILED YOU JUST MAYBE 30 MINUTES AGO.
THE REPORT JUST CAME IN, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEE'S HEALTH AND MOVING AND RELOCATING.
NOT SURE WHAT OUR CITIZENS ARE GONNA COME UP WITH, BUT WHY CITY HALL CLOSED AND MOVED TO THE FIRE STATION.
OH, WE DIDN'T TELL Y'ALL WE HAD A ROOF BEEN LEAKING BEFORE YOU, UH, UH, TO CORRECT THAT WE'VE HAD A ROOF THAT'S BEEN LEAKING FOR 20 YEARS.
AND MOVING FORWARD, UH, IF I DON'T WANNA GET INTO THE DISCUSSION, IF NOT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON THAT NOW AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION ABOUT COUNCILMAN CHRIS THAT WE SELECT OPTION THREE AND GET HER MOVING AND HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
BECAUSE THIS IS A TOTALLY, TOTALLY DIFFERENT TYPE PROJECT THAN WHAT, WHAT WENT OUT FOR BID.
THIS IS A RE THIS IS A REDO OF THE ROOF THAT WAS INITIALLY PUT ON HERE.
IT'S A NEW, WELL, I KNOW IT'S A NEW, IT'S A NEW STYLE, BUT IT'S, WE'RE WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY OF THE STRUCTURE.
WE'RE NOT ADDING NO, NO WEIGHT TO IT.
WE'RE NOT TAKING NO WEIGHT AWAY FROM IT.
WELL, I, I THINK THAT I I THINK THAT THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT TO A POINT.
I THINK IF THEY START THE ROOF AND THEY FIND SOMETHING THAT'S UNDER THAT ROOF THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND IT'S PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR THE BEFORE, THEY'RE GONNA GUARANTEE A ROOF ON TOP OF IT.
I MEAN YEAH, YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE EXPLORATORY ON ON ANY OF THAT STUFF WHEN YOU START AND, AND AS LONG AS IT'S LEAKED, YEAH, THEY PROBABLY SOME STUFF IN BETWEEN
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IT AND THE SUB SUBRO THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE CHANGED OUT.UH, AND THE EDUCATION, I GOT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A WALKING ON A WEAK ROOF, AND THIS IS JUST ME PERSONALLY.
UH, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THROUGH THE CORE SAMPLE, AN EXPLANATION OF YOU'RE WE'RE WALKING ON FOAM INSULATION.
WHAT'S REQUIRED WAY BEYOND MY KNOWLEDGE.
UH, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE GOT A ROTTEN WOOD THAT'S GONNA FALL THROUGH, UH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING.
NO, YOU GOT A, YEAH, THERE, THERE'S A STEEL PLATE BETWEEN THIS.
YEAH, THERE, THERE'S A PLATE, WATER RUNS AND YOU KNOW, IT FINDS THE LOWEST POINT.
AND AS WITNESS TO WHAT I'VE GOT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD ONE SIT, ONE, I DON'T THINK SITUATION OR SOMETHING DONE THAT LEFT THE BIG, I ALMOST SAID IT A BIG, A BIG SQUARE THAT NEVER WAS RECOVERED PROPERLY.
21 I THINK IS POSSIBLY SOME OF THAT, MAYBE PRIOR TO THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, WE GOT A LEAK AND NOW WE'RE JUST TALKING.
UH, I'LL MAKE, LIKE I SAID, I MAKE THE MOTION, WE GO TO THREE AND GET SOMEBODY GO TO WORK SECOND THAT I ALREADY HAD A MOTION DO THIS.
SECOND, WE JUST CONFIRM IT FURTHER THE DISCUSSION.
WE JUST VI FURTHER THE DISCUSSION.
SO ARE THESE, ARE WE VOTING TO APPROVE THIS VENDOR OR, SO THE VENDOR THAT SUBMITTED A BID IS TIP CERTIFIED THROUGH A CO-OP THAT WOULD EXPEDITE OUR ABILITY TO CONTRACT WITH THEM.
IF COUNSEL WISHES TO SOLICIT ANOTHER BID, WE CAN DO SO, BUT I THINK EXPEDITE EXPEDITIOUSLY WITH THAT BEING, OH, I'M SORRY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE FIND COMMON GROUND AND WE DECIDE TO DO THIS, THIS IS GOING STRAIGHT FROM HIRING THE CONTRACTOR AND GETTING IT DONE AND VERSUS WAITING ANOTHER FOUR TO SIX WEEKS TO DO WHATEVER THAT THING WAS YOU SAID WE MAKE MIKE CAN DO, WHICH I FEEL LIKE WE END UP SPENDING MORE MONEY, MORE TIME, MORE DAMAGE.
ARE WE OMITTING THAT? YES, WE ARE.
THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED TIPS.
YOU GO THROUGH IT, BUT IT REQUIRES NO, NO, NO, NO.
YEAH, WE, IT REQUIRES A WHOLE LOT MORE TIME AND I JUST DON'T, IF IT CLOUDS UP TOMORROW, I'LL BE NERVOUS.
YEAH, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE'VE GOT A CONTRACTOR THAT CAN START PRETTY QUICKLY IF GIVEN THE, OKAY.
BUT CAN WE VOTE? I THINK YOU'RE THE ONE HOLDING THIS UP.
TEAM MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PROCEED WITH OPTION THREE.
NOW, DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO, TO NOT ACCEPT ANY OF THE BIDS FROM THE LAST OPTIONS ON THE ROOF? NO, THAT WAS DONE AND I ITEM WE DID THAT LAST TIME.
THAT WAS ITEM ONE IN THE AMENDED, UH, RESOLUTION.
THAT WAS, WE WERE REJECTING THE BIDS FROM THE PREVIOUS BID.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO RE REGARD THERE.
RESOLUTION 30 DASH 2026 AUTHORIZING RELOCATION OF SERVICES PROVIDED AT CITY HALL ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
AND I THINK BASED ON, BASED ON THE REPORT THAT WE GOT TODAY, IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT, THAT MAYBE NOT WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE ROOF, BUT WHEN, WHEN THEY START THE REMEDIATION THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO BE RELOCATED.
SO IT'S, IT'S ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
IT DOESN'T SAY IT HAS TO START WHEN OR WHATEVER.
IT JUST SAYS IT'S ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
I UNDERSTAND IT WOULD BE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TEMPORARILY RELOCATE CITY HALL STAFF AND CITY, CITY HALL FUNCTIONS AS NECESSARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY HALL ROOF REPLACEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BUT THAT'S OUR CHOICE FOR SAFETY.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ROOF, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ROOF.
HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH EMPLOYEE SAFETY.
UH, THE REPORT WE RECEIVED THIS EVENING, UH, JUST BEFORE WE STARTED OUR MEETING, UH, THERE ARE FINDINGS OF ELEVATED MOLD SCORES IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE LOBBY, THE COUNCIL CHAMBER'S, OFFICE 1 0 4 CONFERENCE ROOM, AND THE LOBBY MEN'S ROOM.
OH, I WONDERED WHERE THAT REPORT WAS GONNA COME BACK.
POSITIVE AT, WELL, PROBABLY WHERE THE BUCKETS ARE.
LIKE I SAID, THIS, THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE HAS BEEN GETTING WATER SINCE 2025 WHEN IT WAS OPENED.
WAS IT OH FIVE OR OH SIX? YEAH.
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YOU, I SEEM A LITTLE ENERGETIC, BUT WHEN I WALKED IN AND SAW A POPUP OVER ROSIE'S DESK, I THOUGHT THIS HAS GOTTA BE ENOUGH.SORRY ROSIE, I'M NOT SELLING YOU OUT.
MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 30 DASH 3 46 NECESSARY.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
SECONDED BY I'LL SECOND COUNCIL PERSON.
ALL ENTERTAIN THE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
[V. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS]
ITEM WOULD BE NOTICE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS, JOINT PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JUNE THE 11TH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM AND A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING AND A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.JUNE 25TH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE
[VI. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING, PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LATE LITIGATION SETTLEMENT OFFICER OR OTHER MATTERS IN WHICH HIS DUTIES TO CITY COUNCIL.
UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF STATE BAR, TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTED WITH CHAPTER 5 5 1.
GOVERNMENT CODE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT CONTRACT SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 GOVERN GOVERNMENT CODE PERSONNEL MATTERS DELIBERATIONS CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF POSITIVE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE ARE TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR A CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, UH, LISTED AS PROSECUTOR.
AND THEN SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 GOVERNMENT CODE DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY CONCERNING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.
IF IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH A THIRD PROSPECT FOR DISCUSSION OF PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY, WE WILL RETIRE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.