* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] ORDER IN A REGULAR [1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS] MEETING ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2023 AT 6:00 PM ANDY MANN. TOMMY COS HERE. TOM CRUISE. HERE. JUSTIN HICKS. HERE. CHAD TRESSLER. HERE. SEAN SAUNDERS HERE. ALRIGHT. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR ROB BAILEY OF SOUTH LAKE CHURCH. WILL BE OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER THIS EVENING. YOU'RE LIKE APPLYING FOR A FULL-TIME JOB UP HERE. COME SO MUCH. NO. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. DEVIL BE GONE. NO, NO, NO. I'M HERE TO SERVE THE COUNCIL. NO. OH. UH, MY NAME IS PASTOR ROB BAILEY. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE, HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS OF WHO GOD IS BEING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. BUT AS A CHRISTIAN PASTOR, I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS. SO I WELCOME YOU FOR A TIME OF MEDITATION AS I PRAY. SO PLEASE JOIN ME. UH, HEAVENLY FATHER, IT IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND WITH THE RUSSELL AND THE BUSTLE AND ALL THE THINGS AS WE WERE PLANNING AND SHOPPING AND DEALING WITH FAMILIES AND DID HE WITH DEALING WITH CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. LORD, WE ASK FOR A CHANCE JUST TO HAVE SOME PEACE, SOME CALM AS WE TALK TOGETHER, SHARE THOUGHTS TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY AND OUR NATION. IN JESUS' NAME AH, AMEN. AMEN. IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH TO STAND. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FROM TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVIDUAL APPROVAL [3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] OF MINUTES. THREE A NOVEMBER 14TH, 2023. COUNCIL WORK SESSION THREE B NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023. REGULAR MEETINGS. IF THERE ARE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THESE MINUTES, IF NOT THESE MINUTES, STAND APPROVED. UH, THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS. MOVE ON TO PUBLIC [5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL] COMMENTS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NOT LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES. COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE OR MAY ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM. THIS IS A WORK MEETING AND WE'LL CONDUCT THOSE COMMENTS AS SUCH. AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, JEFFREY MARILLO. SO NORMAL I COME UP HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS, BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE A SOLUTION FOR Y'ALL THIS TIME. UH, Y'ALL WERE WONDERING WHAT THE PERFECT NON-RESIDENT FEE FOR THE LIBRARY WOULD BE. AND I'VE DONE THE MATH, I'VE CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS AND IT'S $0. UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JEFF MARELLA. I LIVE AT 2,800 EAST LAKE CITY PARKWAY, UH, EAST LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY. TODAY, I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAIN ON OUR, UH, SPEAK AGAIN ON OUR LIBRARY. THERE IS NO REASON WE SHOULD BE CHARGING FOR ANYTHING AT THE LIBRARY. THE ROOMS SHOULD BE FREE. BORROWING BOOKS SHOULD BE FREE AND THE PROGRAMS SHOULD BE FREE. WE ARE BY NO MEANS A POOR CITY. SO I DON'T SEE WHY WE ARE PINCHING THE PENNIES OUT OF OUR MOST DESERVING CAUSES. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS A CORNERSTONE OF AMERICAN CIVIL LIFE IN TIMES WHERE WE SEE FALLING LITERACY RATES AND WORSE GRADES IN SCHOOL, UH, EXCUSE ME, WORSE GRADES IN SCHOOLS. WE SHOULD BE PUMPING THE LIBRARY FULL OF FUNDS. WHEN I WAS AT THE LAST LIBRARY BOARD MEETING, THERE WAS A RESOUNDING UNANIMOUS DECISION OF THE BOARD THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO ROOM FEES FOR THE LIBRARY. EVERY OTHER, EVERY, EVERY OTHER SENTENCE OUT OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER'S MOUTH WAS, WELL, THE LIBRARY IS DIFFERENT. I HAVE NEVER AGREED MORE WITH OUR, WITH LOVELY MR. RICK DAVIS. UM, THE LIBRARY IS DIFFERENT. WE CANNOT EXPECT PEOPLE TO PAY TO USE THE LIBRARY. IT SHOULD BE RE UH, FREE TO ANYONE REGARDLESS OF INCOME LEVELS AND WHERE THEY LIVE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT I DON'T FEEL, BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SPEND $20 EVERY TIME I LEAVE MY HOUSE NO MATTER WHAT. NO MATTER WHERE I'M GOING TO THE STORE, $20 TO WORK, $20 TO GO TO LIKE, GO TO THE BATHROOM, $20. YOU KNOW, LIKE WE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWING, WE SHOULD, WE CANNOT ALLOW THE ONLY FREE PLACE FOR TEENAGERS TO CONGREGATE AND JUST HANG OUT. TURN INTO A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE PLACE OF BUSINESS. I MEAN, COME ON GUYS. WHAT'S NEXT? NO LOITERING SIGNS AT THE STUDY DESKS, MINUTE METERS IN THE PARKING LOT. THIS IS ABSURD. THINK ABOUT THE LIBRARY IN THE, THE THING ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND ITS PROGRAMS MUST REMAIN FREE. ARE WE LIST OR ARE WE RISK LOSING OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY? IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO FEEL CONNECTED TO THE CITY, WE CANNOT KEEP FORCING THEM OUT AND CHARGING THEM ON THE WAY. WE CANNOT LET PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE, BECAUSE IF WE SAY, OH, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE THE RESIDENTS. WELL, GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE NOT. YOUR KIDS ARE NOT ONLY FRIENDS WITH RESIDENTS. I'M SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF TEENAGERS WHO GO TO LEAGUE CITY LIBRARY 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEIR KIDS GO OUT BECAUSE THEY ALL GO TO [00:05:01] CLEAR CREEK HIGH SCHOOL OR DICKINSON TOGETHER. WE ARE NOT JUST ONE TINY PART OF THE, LIKE WE ARE NOT JUST ONE TINY FENCED OFF GATED COMMUNITY. WE ARE A MUCH LARGER PART OF THIS GAL OF GALVESTON COUNTY, AND WE SHOULD NOT BE TURNING AWAY OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES WHO JUST DON'T HAPPEN TO LIVE, WHO JUST HAPPEN TO LIVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A CITY LINE. WE CANNOT KEEP LIKE, LIKE, I'M SORRY, I'VE LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. BUT WE CANNOT KEEP ATTACKING THE LIBRARY LIKE THIS. IT NEEDS TO REMAIN FREE. EVERYTHING IN THE LIBRARY SHOULD BE FREE. THERE SHOULD BE NO CHARGES TO GO AND HANG OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND READ AND LEARN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SORRY. THE NEXT PERSON, I CAN'T, UH, CAN'T READ YOUR NAME, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ME. . OH, SORRY. I ASKED. IT'S A VERY, IT'S A VERY ELEGANT FOR THE RECORD, IT'S AN ELEGANT SIGNATURE. HELLO, MY NAME IS LAURA TEITSWORTH. I RESIDE AT FIVE 17 SMALL CEDAR DRIVE IN LAKE CITY, TEXAS. AND HELLO AND GOOD EVENING. UM, I'M HERE ACTUALLY TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER SUN SETTING THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY, UH, REVIEW BOARD, UH, IN THE, IN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE STARTED THIS DECEMBER 8TH, 2022. THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED ALL THIS TO DEFINE THE CITY COUNCIL. AS THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WANTS TO BAN BOOKS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONLY REVIEWED ONE BOOK, ONE ONE CHILD'S BOOK, THE GREAT BIG BODY BOOK. AND WHILE WE REVIEWED IT AND WE, WE, WE STUDIED WITH, WE READ IT, WE, WE RESEARCHED, WE DID ALL THAT WE COULD WITH THIS BOOK. THIS BOOK WAS NOT PORNOGRAPHY. THIS BOOK WAS NOT OBSCENE. IT WAS NOT INDECENT, AND IT WAS VOTED TO LEAVE THE BOOK WHERE IT BELONGS. YOU YOURSELF ALSO SAID THAT WE WERE ONLY GONNA REVIEW CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO REVIEW ANY BOOKS THAT WERE ADULT BOOKS. SO MY TIME ON THIS BOARD SPENT WAS TO REVIEW JUST ONE BOOK THAT SIMPLY WAS NOT PORNOGRAPHIC OR OBSCENE IN ANY WAY. IT WAS JUST A BOOK ABOUT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHANGES THAT A BODY GOES THROUGH FROM THE BEGINNING OF LIFE TO DEATH. I ASK FOR YOU TO CONSIDER SUN SETTING THIS COMMITTEE. I KNOW THAT I HAVE, UH, OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD THAT AGREE WITH ME AND HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ALREADY ABOUT DOING THE SAME DECISION. SUNSETTING THIS AND LET'S RETURN IT BACK TO NORMALCY. THANK YOU JANET MORRIS. FIRST TIME. NO PROBLEM. MY NAME IS JANET MORRIS. I LIVE AT 30 10 WOODRING COURT AND I'M CALLING, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH SPECIFICALLY WITH CATS. I MYSELF HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH CATS COMING INTO MY YARD. UH, THEY COME INTO MY HOUSE IF I'VE GOT MY DOOR OPEN. UM, AND I'VE TRAPPED THEM. I'VE WORKED WITH ANIMAL CONTROL AND I'VE CALLED, UH, LEAK CITY DISPATCH. BUT IT'S JUST WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH NOW, THERE'S NOT A LEASH LAW. I NOW CANNOT TELL MY NEIGHBOR THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CALL THEM IF THEIR CAT COMES IN MY HOUSE ONE MORE TIME. AND I THINK I HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE TO HAVE PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF MY HOME WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER A CAT'S GONNA COME IN. I, THEY ATTACKED MY CAT THE OTHER DAY. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S REALLY SOME, THERE'S NEEDS TO BE MORE CONTROL OF ANIMALS THAN PEOPLE JUST LETTING THEM RUN AMOK AND SAY, OH, IT'S JUST THEIR NATURAL HABITAT. NO, MY CATS, I'VE HAD A LOT AND, AND I TAKE CARE OF 'EM. I KEEP 'EM IN THE HOUSE. IF I GO OUTSIDE AND THEY HAPPEN TO GO OUT, THEY DON'T GO ANYWHERE. BUT YOU GOTTA TRAIN THEM. BUT PEOPLE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR, THEIR ANIMALS. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION IF WE ARE NOW REMOVING THE LEASH LAW. AND THEN THE TNRI TRAPPED AND GAVE IT TO 'EM, BUT THEY SAID, WELL, WE, WE WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO LET IT GO HERE. SO WHAT DID THAT DO FOR THE, THE RESIDENT THAT IS ACTUALLY DOING WHAT, WHAT'S [00:10:01] RIGHT? AND SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER, REALLY CONSIDER AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS FAR AS THIS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANGIE MARTINS. HI, I AM ANGIE MERTENS. YOU ALL KNOW ME. I'VE BEEN AROUND FOREVER, EVER. SOME MAY SAY, UM, OVER 20 YEARS. I JUST, UM, HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE IN LEAGUE CITY. I RAISED MY THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS IN THIS, UM, WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. UM, AND I'M RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THIS THE GREAT, UH, HISTORIC C COMMUNITY THAT LEAGUE CITY IS. UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL CITIZENS ARE REPRESENTED. I, UM, IF YOU DON'T WORK IN A CITY LIKE ME FOR 20 YEARS AND NOT KNOW HOW TO GET ALONG WITH EVERYBODY, SO I HAVE WORKED ON, UM, ALL KINDS OF COMMITTEES, HELPING PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE SICK, UH, HURRICANE VICTIMS. UM, BUT I'M NOT JUST ON COMMITTEES. I DO SIT ON THE PARKS BOARD. I'M, UH, THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE PATRONS OF THE PARKS AND ARTS. I'M CO-CHAIRMAN OF LEE CITY, PROUD. SO I AM ON A LOT OF COMMITTEES THAT HELP CITIZENS HERE IN LEAGUE CITY GET THINGS DONE. BUT YOU ALSO SEE ME AFTER HURRICANE OUT THERE IN THE TRENCHES. I'M OUT THERE IN THE DITCHES AND HELP CLEANING THE BAYOU AND HELPING PEOPLE WITH THEIR HOMES AND SOLVING PROBLEMS. I DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT IT. I GET IT DONE. SO I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT CITY COUNCIL IN THAT WAY, GETTING THINGS DONE, WORKING WELL WITH EVERYBODY. AND I KIND OF LOOK AT, AT EVERY VOTE AS THREE WAYS WHEN ELECTED, I WOULD SAY, WILL IT RAISE MY TAXES? WILL IT RAISE THE, UM, LEVEL OF TRAFFIC IN MY CITY AND WILL IT NEGATIVELY IMPACT MY COMMUNITY? AND I LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT I WOULD VOTE ON WITH MOSTLY THOSE THREE THINGS IN ORDER, THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT, WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH YOU. I'M, I'M OUT THERE EVERY WEEK HELPING SOMEONE OR SOME ORGANIZATION OR SOME FAMILY. SO I'M TALKING TO YOU. I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU NEED AND I'LL ALWAYS BE OPEN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO REPRESENT YOU AND I'M HERE TO SAY I'M RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL AND I'D APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU CARLA. MENDEL. LUCA, GOOD EVENING. WE, WE ARE NOT REGULARS HERE. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TO SPEAK. UM, BUT WE, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW MOST OF YOU. AND SO WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES. I'M CARLA LANKA. THIS IS GAYLA MY HUSBAND. AND WE'RE HERE ABOUT ITEM NUMBER NINE H FOR PUBLIC NECESSITY. UM, WE LIVE AT 5 2 4 NORTH KANSAS OVER BY THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. UM, AND WE ALSO OWN CLEAR LAKE AUTO WORLD, WHICH IS OVER ON FIVE 18 AT HIGHWAY THREE. AND WE LOVE LIVING IN LEAGUE CITY. IT'S A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF LIKE A SMALL COMMUNITY. I LOVED, BY THE WAY, ANGIE, WHAT YOU SAID AT THE HOLIDAY IN THE PARK, THAT IT'S LIKE A HALLMARK MOVIE OVER THERE. UM, BUT THE SECRET'S OUT AND WE KNOW THAT THE CITY'S GROWING AND WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A NEED TO WIDEN THAT INTERSECTION. UM, AND THAT REALLY IMPACTS US. UM, WE HAVE OWNED THAT, THAT LAND AND THAT BUSINESS FOR 36 YEARS. 36 YEARS. AND UH, IT'S OUR LIVELIHOOD. AND, UM, WE, WE DID RECEIVE AN OFFER EARLIER THIS YEAR FROM THE CITY TO PURCHASE A LARGE PORTION OF THE FRONTAGE OF OUR LAND. AND WE MADE A COUNTER OFFER AND THE CITY, UM, DID NOT ACCEPT OUR COUNTER OFFER. AND SO, UM, WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE, I MEAN, WE'D LOVE TO KEEP THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT HAS TO CHANGE AND WE DO WANNA WORK WITH THE CITY AND WE WANT TO TRY TO COME TO SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION THAT'S, UM, FAVORABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE CITY AND FOR US. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? THAT'S IT. NO. ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? THERE PROBABLY ARE, BUT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENGAGE IN QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. BUT WE WILL BE IN TOUCH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DANIEL GIBBS. [00:15:01] ALL RIGHTY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME'S DANIEL GIBBS. I'VE LIVED AT 30 14 BAY BEND LANE FOR 24 YEARS, AND I'M A 21 YEAR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WITH LEAGUE CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'VE SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT CAPTAIN, DISTRICT CHIEF, AND I'M CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF THE LAKE CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CORPORATION. I'M ALSO PRESIDENT AND OWNER OF A $4 MILLION A YEAR STAFFING COMPANY THAT EMPLOYS 80 TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE. I'M HERE TODAY TO BRIEF YOU ON THE CONTRACT THAT HAS BEEN WORKED ON BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, FIRE CHIEF, THE CORPORATION EXECUTIVE BOARD, AND VOLUNTEER FIRE CHIEFS. THE CONTRACT PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS ONE THAT THE CORPORATION AND ITS MEMBERS FEEL IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE ONLY WANTED A CONTRACT THAT IS BASED ON DATA AND FACTS, NOT AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE AS TO WHAT WE FEEL. SO IN THIS PROCESS, WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE CITY'S IT DEPARTMENT TO CREATE A DASHBOARD THAT PULLS DATA FROM THE CITY CAD. IT SHOWS THE TRUE RESPONSE TIMES FOR THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE ON AVERAGE IN 2023, HAVE A DISPATCH TO ARRIVAL RESPONSE TIME OF SEVEN MINUTES AND 33 SECONDS. WE AVERAGE FIVE CALLS A DAY FOR THE YEAR THROUGH NOVEMBER. WE'VE HAD 999 CALLS THAT WERE DAYTIME RESPONSES AND 335 CALLS THAT WERE NIGHTTIME CALLS. INCORPORATION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPLYING THE DATA IN REGARDS TO OUR RESPONSE TIMES, TRAINING HOURS, PR ACTIVITIES, SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, STRUCTURE, FIRES, ET CETERA, THROUGH OUR LIAISON, THE FIRE CHIEF IN CLOSING THAT I HOPE THAT EACH ONE OF YOU VOTE FOR THE CONTRACT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND CITY MANAGER TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS THE GREATEST DEPARTMENT IN GALVESTON COUNTY AND ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. LASTLY, I DO WANNA SAY THAT YOU AS WELL AS US AND RESIDENTS IN THE LEAGUE CITY SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE IN CITY MANAGEMENT. MR. BAUMGARTNER WAS A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL WITH EXPERT NEGOTIATING SKILLS, ALWAYS LISTENING FIRST TO BOTH SIDES, AND THEN MAKING RATIONAL DECISIONS AND STATEMENTS. DURING OUR MEETINGS, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING US THE DATA TO CRAFT A CONTRACT ON FACTS. BRAVO TO HIM. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER RICK DAVIS, WAS PIVOTAL IN INTERJECTING HIS EXPERTISE WITH FIRE SERVICE WHILE AT BAYTOWN. HE TOO WAS A LEVEL-HEADED LEADER THAT WAS NEEDED. IT DIRECTOR MR. RYAN SMITH'S VAST EXPERIENCE FROM HIS TIME HERE AND AT WEBSTER PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL PART IN GETTING HIS DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST US IN CREATING A FACTUAL DASHBOARD AS WELL AS HELPING US GET BETTER DATA FOR THE FUTURE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, MS. SARAH OSBORNE. MS. OSBORNE AND HER STAFF HAVE FULLY SUPPORTED THE VFDS VISION IN RECRUITING AND PR. THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES. THEY TRULY HAVE AN ABILITY AND I AND TALENT IN TELLING OUR STORY THAT HELP BOASTING OUR NUMBERS. THEY HAVE HELPED US GO FROM A STAGNANT 120 MEMBERS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I MET WITH HER TO OUR PEAK OF 180 MEMBERS WAS ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH HER AND HER STAFF. WITH OUR LATEST NEW PLANS, HER AND OUR PR COORDINATOR, CARRIE PERADA AND MYSELF WILL GET US TO THE 200 VOLUNTEER MEMBER LEVEL. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. DID JOHN PUT YOU UP TO THAT? 'CAUSE HE'S ON THE, 'CAUSE HE SALARIES ON THE AGENDA LETTER TONIGHT. PATTY KY. RIGHT? LOKI KYKI. SORRY, I HAD IT LAST TIME. GOOD EVENING. PATTY LESKI 4 7 5 7 OAKMONT COURT, LAKE CITY, TEXAS. HI EVERYONE. UM, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE A LETTER FROM A CITIZEN ABOUT, UM, THE A CO DISPATCH. UM, WELL DISPATCH TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT, HEY, CATS ARE IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT WHEN THEY'RE OUTSIDE. AND IT TOOK SOME PERSUASION TO GET 'EM TO GET AN A CO OUT. THE A CO CALLED AND SAID, HEY, CATS ARE IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT, YOU KNOW, AND FINALLY PERSUADED THAT A CO TO COME OUT. AND THEN FINALLY THE A CO COMES OUT AND SAYS, HEY, ANOTHER LECTURE. THE CATS ARE IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT. AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY IS PUTTING A CHILLING EFFECT OUT THERE ON GETTING CITIZENS HELP WHEN THEY CALL FOR, UM, HELP WITH A CAT AND, AND THEY'RE HAVING TO ENDURE. THIS LADY ENDURED THREE LECTURES ABOUT HOW THE CAT'S IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT. IT'S OKAY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVERY LOOSE CAT IN THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE AN OWNER, RIGHT? SO BEING NO KILL IS A DOUBLE-EDGED KIND OF THING. EVERY LOCALE AROUND YOU KNOWS YOUR NO KILL. AND, AND IF YOU'RE GONNA BE GIVING UP YOUR CAT, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE IT UP IN A, IN A CITY THAT IS NO KILL BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S GONNA FIND YOUR CAT, TURN IT IN, AND IT'S NO KILL, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE CITY, I GUESS, PICKED UP A BUNCH OF WHITE PUPPIES BECAUSE SOMEBODY FOUND A BUNCH OF WHITE PUPPIES WITHOUT A MOM, JUST A BUNCH OF WHITE PUPPIES. HOW DID THEY GET THERE? MAYBE THEY CAME FROM LEAGUE CITY. MAYBE THEY DIDN'T. WE HAVE MICROCHIPPED EXAMPLES OF CATS THAT CAME FROM OUTSIDE OF LEAGUE CITY ARE IN LEAGUE CITY. [00:20:01] I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ENDED UP THERE, RIGHT? YOU CAN CONJECTURE A LOT OF THINGS. I'M JUST SAYING NOT EVERY LOOSE CAT HAS AN OWNER AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE CITY'S MESSAGING THAT, HEY, THE CAT'S OUTSIDE, IT'S IT'S NATURAL HABITAT. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? AND I'M, I'M SAD, I'M SAD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE DOING THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, TNR ON HOLD AND IT'S, AND IT'S NOT DONE YET, UM, RESOLVED, I GUESS, AS FAR AS I KNOW. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. PEGGY ZALAR. MY NAME IS PEGGY ZALAR, 1802 RAMPART. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON A COMMENT MADE BY THAT ANONYMOUS SPEAKER WITH THE ELEGANT SIGNATURE. UM, A AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE COMMITTEE, UH, THERE WAS, UH, AN ASSURANCE BY CITY COUNCIL THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE WOULD HAVE THE COMMITTEE GO BEFORE THE SUNSET REVIEW COMMITTEE. I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THAT DISCUSSION. I THINK IT WAS A DECISION MADE BY COUNCIL. SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT AND APPRECIATE IT. I I WOULD, I, AND THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, FOR ASSURING ME THAT WE'RE JUST BEGINNING THE DIS OR WE'RE OPENING THE DISCUSSION FOR THE LIBRARY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND IT, AND IT TRANSCENDS INTO WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT. WE HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION COMING UP, A SHORT TIMEFRAME. UH, CITIZENS ARE ALL VERY BUSY. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS TO THE CITIZENS, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT IN OUR CITY, IT IS REALLY VITAL THAT YOU HAVE YOUR VOICE AND THERE IS ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO DO YOUR RESEARCH. UH, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WE KNOW, SOME WE DON'T, WHICH IS FINE, BUT NOTHING MAGICAL HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY'S ELECTED. WHAT COUNTS. AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IS WHAT HAVE THEY DONE LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION? SO I WOULD REALLY ASK YOU WITH ALL OF THE MAJOR DECISIONS WE HAVE IN THE CITY, AND WE ARE GETTING SOME, UH, NOW FIVE, TWO VOTES. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. BUT CITIZENS NEED TO PAY ATTENTION. IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, WITH THE WAY THE DISCUSSIONS ARE GOING, THE BALANCE OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE DECISIONS, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO VOICE IN. AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT WE HAVE. AND, AND I DO THINK THIS PARTICULAR TIME IT WILL BE A TEST. AND IF WE DON'T TURN OUT AS INFORMED VOTERS AND MAKE OUR VOICE HEARD, THEN SHAME ON US BECAUSE WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS ELECTION AND THEN WE WILL HAVE NOVEMBER WHERE THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL TWO COUNCIL SEATS, UH, UP FOR, UM, OUR, OUR DECISION ON WHO WE WANT. AND SO I WOULD REALLY ASK YOU RIGHT NOW WITH THE COMPRESSED SCHEDULE, IT DOES NOT APPEAR. I HOPE IT HAPPENS, BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CANDIDATES. THERE MAY NOT BE A CANDIDATES FORUM. UM, NOT SURE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING AND GREET. HOPEFULLY WE WILL. WHATEVER OPPORTUNITY IS AFFORDED TO YOU. AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT AFFORDED TO YOU, SEEK OUT THESE CANDIDATES. ASK THEM THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU. AND DON'T JUST TAKE AN ANSWER, PROBE TO BE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR ISSUES ARE. WE'RE THE CITIZENS WE DESERVE TO BE LISTENED TO. AND IF WE DON'T TURN OUT FOR ELECTIONS TO HAVE OUR VOICE HEARD, THEN SHAME ON US. SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS AND TURN OUT FOR THE ELECTION. ALRIGHT? RIGHT. UH, [6. CONSENT AGENDA] CONSENT AGENDA SIX A THROUGH SIX H, SECOND SAUNDERS AND HICKS. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. UH, WHAT DO YOU GOT MR. MANN? JUST GIMME A THUMBS UP OR A THUMBS DOWN. OH, YOU GOTTA SPEAK. OKAY. WE GOT TO, WE CAN'T HEAR ANDY. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. ANDY, YOU ONLY GET A THUMBS UP OR A THUMBS DOWN. NO WORRIES. IT'S BIG, BUT WE GOTTA REVO, BUT NO, NO, NO, IT'S FINE. IT'S, OH, I CAN HEAR NOW. I CAN PUT IT IN A MEMO, BUT WE WILL AWAIT THE MEMO. . OH NO, YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW. WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. YES. NO, WITHOUT ADDRESSING, UH, ANYONE WHO, WHO WAS SPEAKING PUBLICLY. UH, I ALSO HAVE A VERY REAL MEMORY OF, UH, OF THE, UH, [00:25:01] STANDARDS COMMITTEE BEING SUNSETTED IN DECEMBER. AND WE CAN, WHEN I CHECK THE ORDINANCE, I GUESS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ORDINANCE, IT MUST HAVE, THE SUNSET CLAUSE MUST HAVE GOTTEN TAKEN OUT. YEAH, THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT GOING AROUND FOR A WHILE. YEAH. YEAH. SO, UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. PERFECT. DUNNO WHAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU . AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHICH WAY ARE YOU VOTING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. 7 4 0 AGAINST, UH, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS. OLD BUSINESS. CONSIDER AND TAKE [8A. 23-0592 Consider and take action on Ordinance No. 2023-46 amending Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City entitled, "Building and Building Regulations" to adopt the National Electric Code, 2023 Edition - Second Reading (Executive Director of Development Services)] ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH FOUR SIX AMENDING CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY ENTITLED, BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS TO ADOPT THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE 2023 EDITION. SECOND READING, MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND . YOU WANT ME? YOU GOT IT. THAT WAS ECHO. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST, UH, [9A. 23-0607 Consider nominations to the Ethics Review Board (Mayor Long)] NEW BUSINESS. CONSIDER NOMINATIONS TO THE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD. THERE HAS BEEN ONE CHANGE POSITION ONE, UH, WILL NOT BE VOTED ON TONIGHT. UH, POSITION THREE, TIMOTHY BROWN AND POSITION FOUR. PAUL WINTON. AND THIS IS JUST FOR, YEAH. OH YEAH, THIS IS JUST FOR NOMINATIONS WILL GO ON JANUARY 9TH. CONSIDER NINE [9B. 23-0582 Consider and take action on appointments and reappointments to City boards and commissions (Mayor Long)] B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS REAPPOINTMENTS TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. UH, THE, THE COMMITTEES THAT WILL BE APPOINTED TONIGHT ARE THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY, BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, HISTORIC COMMISSION KEEP LEAGUE CITY, BEAUTIFUL LEAGUE CITY CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU ADVISORY BOARD, LIBRARY BOARD PARKS BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE PLANNING AND ZONING FOUR B UH, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, UH, WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE JANUARY 9TH MEETING. SO YOU WANNA GO BOARD BY BOARD, PERSON BY PERSON. I'D LIKE TO DO THE WHOLE LOT. CAN WE DO THE WHOLE LOT? IF THAT'S YOUR MOTION, I'M CALL THESE ONES. YOU CAN? YEAH, YOU CAN. YEP. I'M GONNA MOVE TO APPROVE A WHOLE LOT. SECOND. ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA DO THOSE RIGHT THERE. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST NINE C. [9C. 23-0590 Consider and take action on an appointment to the Civil Service Commission (City Manager)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. THE CITY MANAGER'S NOMINEE IS MARK EDELMAN APPOINTED TO POSITION ONE TO EXPIRE ON 1231. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 7 4 0 AGAINST NINE D [9D. 23-0585 Consider and take action on a resolution updating and adopting a schedule of fees for Emergency Medical Services (Fire Chief)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION. ADOPT UPDATING AND ADOPTING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. MR. APPROVE. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MAYOR, I THINK THAT'S ON FIRST AND FINAL. WE HAVE TO DO THE, WE HAVE, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION, THE OTHER ONE IS ON FIRST AND FINAL. OKAY. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST CONSIDER AND [9E. 23-0598 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an expenditure of $1,599,114.11 with Motorola for radios for Public Safety (Mayor Long and Council Member Cones)] TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF 1.59 9,000,114 AND 11 CENTS WITH MOTOROLA FOR PUBLIC SAFETY RADIOS. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE IT. SECOND, THAT IS HICKS AND CONES, UH, CHAT. UM, WHEN WE TALK THESE, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ELIMINATING THE TURS, UM, I SAID I SUPPORT THESE RADIOS BECAUSE THEY'RE A GOOD THING FOR OUR, OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS, UM, TO HELP KEEP THEM SAFE, UM, AND, AND ALSO ENABLE THEM TO DO A BETTER JOB. UM, BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT I FIND A LITTLE HUMOROUS THAT WE'RE SPENDING THE LEFTOVER MONEY BEFORE WE KNOW HOW MUCH THE MAIN CHUNK, UH, THE FIRE STATION IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COST. SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE LEFTOVER OR NOT. YEAH. AND I THINK THE CALL BEHIND THAT IS EITHER SAVE THE MONEY, EITHER HOLD THE MONEY NOW AND WAIT FOR IT, OR REPLENISH THE MONEY LATER. EITHER WAY, THE RADIOS NEED TO GET PURCHASED. THIS JUST SIMPLY ALLOWS THE RADIOS TO MOVE UP ONE YEAR, UH, IN, IN [00:30:01] THE PURCHASING. AND REALLY THE, THE ISSUE BEHIND IT IS THE, THE POLICE RADIOS ARE OKAY AND COULD PROBABLY HANG ON FOR ANOTHER YEAR. THE, THE EMS AND ALL THE OTHER RADIOS AND THE PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC WORKS RADIOS HAVE REALLY STARTED TO DETERIORATE TO THE POINT THAT WE'VE CANNIBALIZED ALL THE PARTS AND THEY NO LONGER MAKE PARTS FOR THE RADIOS. SO THIS WAY WE GET TO MOVE IT UP ONE, UH, ONE YEAR, MAYBE TWO YEARS AND GET THESE DONE. BUT YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY, WE'RE USING THE MONEY FROM THE FIRE STATION TO DO THAT. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO BE DILIGENT TO TAKE THAT OUT OF FUTURE YEARS, UH, BUDGETS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE REPLENISH THAT MONEY LATER. AND, UH, TOM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND I, I AGREE THESE PHONES ARE, ARE, ARE PROBABLY GOING TO REALLY, REALLY HELP. REALLY HELPFUL TOP-NOTCH. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THE TIMING OF THIS IS RIGHT. THESE WEREN'T REQUESTED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AND WHEN, WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT IT, UH, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE JUST COME OUT AND WE JUST BUY THE ENTIRE AMOUNT, THE THE $1.6 MILLION, I BELIEVE THAT STAIR STEPPING WOULD ACTUALLY BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WORTH CONSIDERING BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, WHATEVER THE USEFUL LIFE OF THESE ARE, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA HAVE EXACTLY RIGHT NOW, LET'S SAY IF IT WAS, IF THEY'RE SEVEN YEARS USEFUL LIFE IN SEVEN YEARS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE ALL OF THESE, UH, RADIOS AGAIN AT THE SAME TIME. WHEREAS IF WE STAIR STEP 'EM, IF THEY'RE, WE WON'T HAVE AS BIG OF A, UH, A FEE COMING FORWARD. AND IF THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE COMING ALONG THE WAY, WE CAN START TO PICK THEM UP. AND IF FOR SOME REASON WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THESE, UM, WE, WE HAVE A TIME TO, TO CORRECT IT. AND I, I'D LIKE TO ALSO, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN TRESSLER, UM, AGREEMENT. IT, WHEN WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT WE SAID ON IT, IT ACTUALLY SPELLS OUT THAT WE WOULD DO THIS WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE, OF THE FIRE STATION SEVEN. AND WHEN THE FIRE STATION SEVEN, WHEN WE HAD THIS ARGUMENT AT, I DON'T SAY ARGUMENT, WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION THAT CAME OUT THERE, THE FIRE STATION SEVEN, UH, IT IT, IT WAS JUST SAYING, HEY, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. WE NEED EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR FOR THIS. BUT NOW IT'S CHANGING. UM, I THINK THERE'S BETTER USES FOR THIS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE CIP THAT WE COULD USE THIS FOR. AND I, I ACTUALLY THINK THE BETTER USE IS NOT FOR US AS THE COUNCIL TO COME BACK AND SAY, THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IT. I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE GIVE THIS MONEY BACK TO THE, LET THE CITY MANAGER ACTUALLY DECIDE IS THIS THE BEST USE FOR IT OR SHOULD WE USE THIS MONEY TO HANDLE ANY COST OVERRUNS? UM, AND THEN AT THAT POINT THERE, IF THE CITY MANAGER SAYS, YES, THESE ARE THE BEST USE PIECES OF IT, UH, WE SHOULD NOT USE THIS TO COVER COST UN UH, OVERRUNS, WHICH WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, CHARGE BASICALLY TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WILL BE PASSED ALONG TO THE, UM, TO THE TAXPAYERS. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS, UH, PRELIMINARY. I DON'T THINK IT'S NEEDED AND I THINK IT'S A, A MISTAKE, BUT I DO, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET TO SOME OF THESE PHONES COMING ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR RYAN, IF YOU COULD COME UP AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT THE MAIN REASON I ASKED RYAN TO GET ME SOME INFORMATION ON THIS WAS THAT, UM, I HERD THAT MOOLA WAS HAVING A URINE CELL, I GUESS ON MOTOROLAS. UH, IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOARD HERE, THE 200, UH, A PX RADIOS, UH, WE'RE GETTING QUITE A, A DISCOUNT, UH, FOR THE RADIOS. WE'RE ALSO GETTING A FIREFIGHTING, UH, OR FIREFIGHTER PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR FREE. UM, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD THING FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS, UH, THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM TO KEEP 'EM SAFE INSIDE A A HOUSE FIRE. UM, RYAN, COULD YOU GIVE US JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OF WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD RIGHT NOW? BEFORE BUDGET TIME OR BEFORE ? SOME OF THIS WAS DISCUSSED DURING BUDGET AND SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK CHIEF BOTNO WILL DEFER TO ME THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE RADIOS, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK TO ME FOR A SUGGESTION. IN 2010, WE HAD A SURPLUS OF MONEY, IF YOU WILL, FROM MIKE LOFTON AND WE DID A FULL PUBLIC SAFETY REPLACEMENT, UH, DUE TO GRANT FUNDS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA. JEFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET MONEY FOR THE FIREFIGHTER RADIOS ON THE TRUCKS. UM, TO SPLIT THIS UP IS NOT A GOOD IDEA IN MY OPINION BECAUSE IF YOU [00:35:01] HAVE A SITUATION, A HURRICANE HARVEY, A SITUATION WHERE YOU NEED MULTIPLE POLICE OFFICERS AND YOU HAVE THE OLD AND THE NEW, THE UH, ACCESSORIES DO NOT INTERCHANGE. THE BATTERIES ARE DIFFERENT. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ONE RADIO AND COUNCIL MEMBER, HICKS HAS ANOTHER ONE, THEY CAN'T SHARE INFORMATION. AND THE OTHER ADVANTAGE TO THESE NEWER RADIOS IS WHEN WE WANT TO DO A FLEET WIDE CHANGE, LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO ROLL OUT ENCRYPTION, WE CAN DO THAT FROM MY DESK. NOT ALL 130 OFFICERS HAVE TO COME IN OR NIGHT SHIFT, DAY SHIFT. WE PUSH IT OUT OVER THE AIR. NOW THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGES THESE RADIOS HAVE LASTED, UH, 13 YEARS, THEY'LL BE HANDED DOWN TO PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVEN'T HAD TO BUY RADIOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, MAYBE 10. 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE END OF LIFE. YOU CANNOT GET THE RADIOS THAT THEY CARRY, WHICH ARE OLDER POLICE RADIOS REPAIRED ANYMORE. CORRECT. GEORGE THE XS. SO THESE WILL LAST AND THESE NEW ONES WILL LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS. SO ARE YOU SAYING RYAN, 15 YEARS, 10 TO 15 YEARS FOR REPLACEMENT? AND ALSO, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE, I THINK WE GOT ABOUT A $40,000 SAVINGS FROM PUBLIC WORKS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE YES. IN THEIR BUDGET. AND GEE, DO YOU REMEMBER THE ABOUT 40 GRAND THAT WE'RE REMOVING FROM THEIR BUDGET NOT BUYING MANY RADIOS? IT'S ROUGHLY $40,000 THAT WE PULLED OUT OF THERE. ANOTHER ADVANTAGE DURING HARVEY, UM, THERE'S A LEVY OFF OF 1 46 AND ATWATER THAT WE GOT NOTIFIED THAT MIGHT BREAK. AND IF THAT ALL THAT WATER CAME IN, ONE OF THE RADIO TOWERS WAS THERE, WOULD'VE KNOCKED US OFFLINE. THESE NEWER RADIOS, IF WE LOSE THE RADIO RF SYSTEM, IT'LL FAIL OVER TO CELLULAR. SO THEY BASICALLY, IF THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM, THEY CAN UNSCREW THEIR ANTENNA, IT'LL GO RIGHT OVER TO THE CELLULAR NETWORK. IT OFFERS A LOT OF FUNCTIONALITY FOR THESE POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. THESE RADIOS ARE 13 TO 15 YEARS OLD ALREADY 2010, SO 13 YEARS OLD. THESE RADIOS, I I I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. WE NEED TO GET THE RADIOS FOR THE OFFICERS. THESE ARE THEIR LIFELINES, THE OFFICERS, THE FIREFIGHTERS. WITHOUT THE RADIOS, BAD, BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN. UM, AND YOU SAID WE'RE ALSO GETTING A DISCOUNTED, I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO I I JUST DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. I, I AGREE WITH YOU. WE DON'T NEED TO STEER STEP THIS IN, THIS JUST NEEDS TO BE DONE AND OVER WITH. SO YEAH, I WILL AGREE WITH THAT. AND WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE. AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY. NOW WE HAVE THIS MONEY WHICH IS EARMARKED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. I'M SURE NOBODY IN THIS PHONE OR NOBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS A PHONE FROM 2010, RIGHT? I MEAN, WOULDN'T YOU WOULDN'T RELY ON THAT A FLIP PHONE ROCKING A FLIP ON, I MEAN, WE, WE WOULDN'T, UH, WE WOULDN'T RELY ON THE HAT JUST FOR OUR DAILY LIVES. WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR OFFICERS AND OUR EMS AND OUR, AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UH, OUT WITH OLD EQUIPMENT AS WELL. UH, I WILL SAY, AND I, WE KIND OF TALKED WITH THIS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND, AND THE CFO IS THAT WE SHOULD BE KIND OF, UH, PUTTING MONEY ASIDE EACH YEAR FOR THESE SO THAT WE'RE NOT BATCH BUYING THEM ALL AT ONCE. SO KIND OF A SINKING FUND FOR COMMUNICATIONS FOR RADIOS, UH, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, EVERY DECADE BUYING 'EM ALL AT ONCE. SO I, I WILL THINK, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN THE BUDGET PROCESS GOING FORWARD, LET'S CREATE THAT SINKING FUND. BUT IN TERMS OF SPENDING THAT MONEY NOW, THIS MONEY WAS ALREADY EARMARKED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO UPGRADE THE EQUIPMENT AND, AND GET SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE IT WORKS WHEN THE NEXT DISASTER HITS. TOM, THANK YOU MAYOR. I, I WAS SO, I WAS GLAD TO HEAR NOW THAT WE, THAT WE NEED THESE PHONES ALL IN ONE TIME. 'CAUSE NOW THAT MAKES SENSE THAT WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH THE OLD ONES. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, BUT IF THESE PHONES ARE FALLING APART, THE 13 COUNCILMAN CRUZ, LET ME CLARIFY, THEY'RE NOT CELL PHONES. THESE ARE RADIOS THAT THEY USED TO TALK TO THE 9 1 1 CENTER. OKAY. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. SO THE, SO THE RADIOS OKAY, SO ME THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION. UM, SO FOR THESE, IF THEY'RE FALLING APART AND THEY'RE 13 YEARS OLD, SHOULD WE NOT BUY NEW ONES FOR PUBLIC WORKS? HISTORICALLY, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL AGREE WITH ME IS THAT ONES THAT THEY CURRENTLY USE ARE HAND-ME-DOWNS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY STILL FUNCTION, THEY JUST CANNOT BE REPAIRED. SO ALL THE RADIOS THEY HAVE TODAY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS. THEY DON'T NEED ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE IN THESE NEW RADIOS THAT POLICE OFFICERS NEED. HIGH-END ENCRYPTION, CELLULAR BACKUP, THOSE TYPE OF ITEMS. OKAY, PERFECT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. YES SIR. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. [00:40:05] MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST NINE F CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION. I'M SORRY, . OH, OKAY. FOUR. OKAY. 7 4 0 AGAINST, UH, NINE [9F. 23-0604 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an updated and restated five (5) year agreement with Flock Group, Inc for the lease of seventy (70) Automated License Plate Reader cameras for an amount not to exceed $899,600 (Mayor Long and Council Member Mann)] F CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND UPDATED AND RESTATED FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK GROUP INC. FOR THE LEASE OF 70 AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $899,600. MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND MR. TRUS. UM, MUCH LIKE WHEN I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE, THE, UH, FUNDING FOR THESE, UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE TURS MONEY, UM, MY ISSUE THEN WAS, WAS ONE, I THINK THE TURS MONEY SHOULD JUST ROLL BACK, BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, AS A TAX SAVINGS FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT, UM, TWO, I DON'T LIKE THE, THE CONCEPT OF HOA FLOCK CAMERAS AS OPPOSED TO A OPTIMIZED DISTRIBUTION OF THEM ON OUR ARTERIAL ROADWAYS AND AT HIGH CRIME PLACES, OUR PARKS. UM, AND THIS ADDRESSES MY CONCERN WITH THAT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT CHANGE. EXCELLENT. MR. MANN. JUST WANNA REMIND COUNSEL THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN TRUSLER VOTED AGAINST THE MONEY FOR THIS, BUT SECONDLY, UM, THIS, THE SECOND, THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE CORE NETWORK CAME ABOUT WHILE I WAS DOING RESEARCH ON THE, THE HOA UM, INITIATIVE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I ASKED JOHN BAUMGARTNER, IS THERE SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE HOA UH, INITIATIVE THAT WOULD HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? AND THIS WAS WHAT THEY CAME BACK WITH. SO, UH, IT WAS A WIN-WIN. ALRIGHT, MR. CRUZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, WE'RE FOR THE NINE F IS IS, DOES THE NINE F CAMERAS, ARE THEY INCLUDED NINE G? BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF COMBINING THE, UM, THE CONVERSATION. SO IS IS NINE, IT'S THE NINE F CAMERAS. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ONES THAT WE'RE SAYING IN NINE G? YES, IT'S FOR MY UNDER, ISN'T IT? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS NINE F CONCLUDES NINE G AND 10 C. SO, SO NINE F INCLUDES THE EIGHT CAMERAS FOR THE PARKS. AND I'M GONNA GET THE NUMBERS WRONG. I APOLOGIZE. 42 CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE EXISTING AND THEN 20 ADDITIONAL CAMERAS FOR THE ARTERIAL ROADWAYS OR ENTRY WHAT POINTS TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN WE, WE SEPARATED THE HOA PROGRAM, UM, 'CAUSE IT'S FUNDED A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THERE'S A PROGRAMMATIC APPROV APPROVAL TO THAT AS WE ALL SAY GRANT OR HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THE HOAS. AND THAT'S UP TO AN ADDITIONAL, I'M GONNA GET THIS NUMBER WRONG, ABOUT 35 ADDITIONAL CAMERAS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. BUT THIS ITEM NINE F NINE F IS JUST OUR EXISTING CORE NETWORK. SO OUR EXISTING CORE NETWORK AND THEN ADDED SOME FOR THE PARKS, EXPANDING IT WITH FIVE 20, EXPANDING FOR THE CORE NETWORK AND THEN ADDING THOSE PARKS. CORRECT. AND I'LL, UH, I'LL JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHY I, I ASKED FOR THE PARKS TO BE ADDED. THERE'D BEEN KIND OF A, A RASH OF BREAK-INS AT ALL OF OUR CITY PARKS. UH, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, CARS GETTING BROKEN INTO PARTICULARLY AT, UH, THE SPORTSPLEX JUST BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE CLOSEST TO THE HIGHWAY, BUT THERE'VE BEEN FIVE OR SIX BREAK-INS OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND, AND EVEN MORE BEFORE THAT. AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KIND OF HAVE A, A OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE WHEN PEOPLE USE OUR FACILITIES, THEIR CARS DON'T GET BROKEN INTO. AND SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF THREW THOSE ON THERE AS WELL TO DETER THE CRIME THAT KEEPS HAPPENING THERE. MAYOR, IF I MAY, 'CAUSE IF I DON'T SPEAK AS A CITIZEN REAL QUICK, COUNCIL MEMBER MANN MIGHT HAVE THE CHOICE WORDS WITH ME. SO IN MARBELLA, I SIT ON THE MARBELLA HOA BOARD. WE WERE THE FIRST IN LAKE CITY TO PUT FLOCK CAMERAS AND WE PAID FOR THOSE $2,500 PER CAMERA FOR FOUR CAMERAS FOR TWO YEARS. IT, TO ME IT'S BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS. THERE'S ONLY TWO, FOUR WAYS IN, FOUR WAYS OUT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ENTRANCE OPENING OFF OF MADRID. UM, I KNOW OF ONE INCIDENT, UH, CAPTAIN LEE MIGHT KNOW OF ANOTHER INCIDENT WHERE WE'VE ALREADY HAD A SITUATION WHERE, UM, SOMEONE'S SISTER CAME HOME, WAS DROPPED OFF AT FOUR IN THE MORNING. THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW SHE GOT THERE, WHAT HAPPENED? UM, THEY REACHED OUT AND WERE SEEING, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS IF IT EVER TOOK OFF ANYWHERE, BUT THOSE WERE GONNA HELP THEM FIND OUT WHO DROPPED THAT PERSON OFF OR THEIR SISTER AT HOME. SO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD [00:45:01] SUPPORTED IT OTHER THAN TWO PEOPLE CAME TO A MEETING AFTER THAT. IT'S BEEN A HUGE SUPPORT. EXCELLENT. SO I'M NOT SURE IF, 'CAUSE I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE HOA CAMERAS AND HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO WAIT, THAT WAS MY PREVIOUS QUESTION. NEXT ONE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'M GONNA HOLD OFF. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST NINE G. CONSIDER [9G. 23-0611 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the League City Neighborhood Flock Camera Initiative (Mayor Long and Council Member Mann)] AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE LEAGUE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD FLOCK CAMERA INITIATIVE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. YOU GOT THE FLOOR, MR. CRUZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THIS IS ONE THAT I'VE TALKED AGAINST BEFORE AND SO I'M, I'M STILL NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHY THIS IS, WHY THIS IS NECESSARY. UM, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THEMSELVES SHOULD BE DIRECTING WHERE THESE GO. THE HOAS SHOULD NOT REALLY HAVE ANY KIND OF AN IMPACT. IT ALSO LEAVES OUT ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NON HOA, UM, IF, IF THE, IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, REALLY NECESSARY. SO MY QUESTION, AND THE REASON I'M AGAINST IT IS I WOULD LIKE THE ACTUAL, THE POLICE FORCE. I'D LIKE THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND HIS TEAM TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, IF WE HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL 20 CAMERAS, THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD PUT THEM. THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE BETTER USED RATHER THAN HAVING THEM LIMITED TO PUTTING THEM AT ENTRANCES TO NEIGHBORHOODS. 'CAUSE THE HOAS CAME FROM THE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. THANK YOU MR. SALTERS. THE FLOCK CAMERAS AND THE HOAS, IF I REMEMBER, IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY, AFTER TWO YEARS, THE COST OF THE CAMERAS ROTATE OFF TO THE HOAS. SO AFTER TWO YEARS, THE CITY WON'T BE PAYING FOR THE CAMERAS IN OR THE, THE ANNUAL RENEWAL FEE, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, THE CAMERAS AFTER THOSE TWO YEARS. BUT YET THE HOAS CAN STILL, ACCORDING TO THIS, HAVE TO ALLOW, BECAUSE WE WERE PART OF THIS PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TO ALLOW PD TO STILL HAVE ACCESS TO 'EM IF THE HOAS GO OUT AND PURCHASE THEM. THEY'RE LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU BOUGHT, UH, UH, RYAN BOUGHT FOR MARBELLA, THEY PURCHASED THEM. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE PD ACCESS TO THOSE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THOUGH THE HOAS WOULD GET 'EM IN TWO YEARS. THEY, THE COST OF 'EM WOULD ROTATE OFF THE CITY'S BUDGET TO THE HO A'S BUDGET IF THEY DECIDE TO KEEP 'EM. AND THEY HAVE TO GIVE THE CITY ACCESS TO 'EM. SO THE CITY'S NOT PAYING FOR 'EM ANYMORE AFTER TWO YEARS, BUT YET THEY STILL HAVE THE BENEFITS OF 'EM. AM I CORRECT ON THIS? DID I READ ALL THIS CORRECTLY? THAT IS CORRECT. I DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE ONE KISS, SEAN. THAT'S GREAT. AND YOU KNOW, GO, GO AHEAD. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YOU ARE UNMUTED JUST A LITTLE BIT. LET LET ME, I'M NOT SURE YOU INTEND THAT. LET SAY ONE MORE THING. COUNCILMAN MANN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, RYAN, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU EITHER, BUT THE HOAS AREN'T SELECTING THESE CAMERAS AND WHERE TO PUT THEM AND BAY COUNTY WEST LOOKING AT THEM, I MET, I, I HAD EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CAPTAIN LEE AND FLOCK. THEY DETERMINED THE LOCATIONS OF THE CAMERAS WHERE THE BEST LOCATIONS WOULD BE. AND THAT IS WHERE WE LIKE SURE, IF WE GET 'EM, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE 'EM THERE FOR THE RECORD. THESE ROTATE OFF THE BUS OUR LOCATION FOR OURS, AND THEN WE FLOCK DETERMINES THE BEST LOCATION. AND THEN WE GRANTED ACCESS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO KEAH POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I THINK TWO OTHERS, RIGHT? BUT YOU TECHNICALLY DON'T HAVE TO BECAUSE MY BOARD VOTED THAT THEY WANTED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE TOTAL CONTROL. AND WE'RE WORKING OUT THOSE LOGISTICS ON HOW TO STILL MAINTAIN THE CONTRACT, BUT THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF IT A HUNDRED PERCENT. BUT ANYWAYS, THIS PROGRAM IS, IS I'VE TALKED TO SOME OFFICERS THAT LIVE IN MY HOA AND THEY'RE TELLING ME THIS PROGRAM IS A GAME CHANGER. IT IS TRULY A GAME CHANGER. SO I'LL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS, I THINK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEAN, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? I I JUST WANTED TO, I WANTED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF MY ITEM . I I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA VOTE AGAINST IT. NO, I LISTEN, THE WHOLE REASON THAT, UH, I PUT THIS TOGETHER AND I TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR SEAN WITH HIS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UH, PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT CLARIFIED HOW WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT THIS IN A VERY SIMPLE, UH, CLEAN MANNER. UH, ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUT CAMERAS IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T WANT 'EM. WE JUST ARE PUTTING 'EM IN NEIGHBORHOODS, WHOEVER WANTS TO SIGN UP. UH, AND IN MANY WAYS IT KIND OF WILL. UH, IT'LL BE MORE OF A, I GUESS KIND OF A, UH, NATURAL EXPERIMENT TO SEE JUST HOW EFFECTIVE THESE [00:50:01] THESE CAMERAS ARE. UH, BY ALLOWING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FOR US TO FOOT THE BILL IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS, IT GIVES THE PD FULL ACCESS TO THE CAMERAS WITHOUT US HAVING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, STICKY AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION. BUT AT THE END OF TWO YEARS, IF THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION IS DERIVING REAL BENEFIT FROM THIS, THEY CAN, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, THEY WILL HAVE HAD TIME TO DEVELOP A BUDGET AND TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROGRAM. SO, UH, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, GUYS, I DON'T KNOW WHY Y'ALL SHOW UP HERE, UH, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN WAS TO MAKE THE CITY SAFER. AND I REALLY THINK THIS WILL HELP. I KNOW IT'LL HELP MY COMMUNITY. SO I WOULD STRONGLY, UH, I JUST, I WOULD REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE ON THIS. THANK YOU. I, WELL, I MEAN, SOME OF US ACTUALLY SHOWED UP HERE, NOT JUST, UH, SITTING ON TELEVISION, BUT, UH, , MR. CRUZ, THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND, AND, AND I WAS, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE, UH, THE INPUT FROM, FROM MR. SAUNDERS AS WELL. THE ONLY THING THAT KIND OF COMES BACK IS, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP SAYING IT IS BEEN SAID, WELL, THE POLICE ARE PUTTING IT IN THE BEST LOCATION. FLOCK IS PUTTING IT IN THE BEST LOCATION, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE. THEY ARE MAYBE THE BEST LOCATION LIMITED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEREAS WE WOULD HAVE THE, I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE CAMERAS IN THE BEST LOCATIONS, UH, WHERE THE POLICE HAS COMPLETE, UH, FREEDOM TO PLACE THEM WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. AND THE, FOR THE ARGUMENT ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE TWO YEARS AFTER TWO YEARS, UH, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM. THAT'S KIND OF, TO ME THEN THAT'S SAYING, HEY, AT TWO YEARS IT'S, WE'RE KIND OF JUST WASTED MONEY. UH, IF, IF THESE THINGS COME BACK ACROSS AND THEN HOW WOULD THEY MEASURE SUCCESS? UH, WOULD THE SUCCESS ONLY BE MEASURED IF, IF A CRIME ACTUALLY HAPPENS? SO I'M GONNA BE A NO ON IT, BUT, UM, THANK YOU. YEAH. SO I, I GUESS I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. IF WE WERE ONLY PUTTING IN 20 OR 37 CAMERAS AND WE WERE TRYING TO OPTIMIZE WHERE THEY GO, CLEARLY PUTTING 'EM AT THE FRONT OF HOAS IS PROBABLY NOT OPTIMIZING. IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO PUT 'EM ON ARTERIAL ROADWAYS ALL OVER THE CITY. HOWEVER, I, I THINK THE KIND OF GENIUS PART OF, OF MR. MAN'S PLAN, RIGHT, IS TO GET THESE HOAS TO EVENTUALLY FOOT THE BILL FOR THEM, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GETTING THE, THEY'RE GETTING A TASTE, THEY'RE GETTING THE FREE PART OF IT AFTER TWO YEARS WHEN THEY NOTICE THAT THE, THAT, WOW, YOU REALLY CAN FIND SOMEBODY WHO IS BREAKING INTO HOMES, FIND SOMEBODY WHO IS EVEN STEALING BICYCLES, LITTLE LITTLER CRIMES THAT MAYBE YOU'RE NOT GONNA JUST DEPLOY DETECTIVES OUT FOR, BUT YOU CAN ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND PICK, PICK TRENDS UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL THEN AFTER THAT, AFTER THAT TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCING THOSE LITTLE THINGS, UH, THE HOAS WILL MAKE ROOM IN THEIR BUDGET FOR THAT. AND REALLY, I WOULD THINK THE NEXT STEP TO THIS PROGRAM IS AS, AS WE KEEP FUNDING THIS, WE EVENTUALLY WON'T EVEN HAVE TO FUND IT ANYMORE. BECAUSE ONCE THE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS HAVE ALL DECIDED TO DO THIS, UH, IT WOULD BECOME KIND OF A STANDARD THING THAT ALL SUBDIVISIONS INSIDE LEAGUE CITY WOULD DO IT. AND WHEN THERE IS A RASH OF BREAK-INS IN A SUBDIVISION THAT DOESN'T HAVE THEM, I, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO IDENTIFY WHY ARE ALL THE, THE HOMES AND X NEIGHBORHOOD GETTING BROKEN INTO? WELL, 'CAUSE CRIMINALS AREN'T ALWAYS THAT DUMB, RIGHT? THEY FIGURE IT OUT PRETTY QUICK THAT WE CAN ROB HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THERE AREN'T THE CAMERAS. MAYBE WE DON'T GO ROB 'EM IN MR. SAUNDERS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE HE'S GOT THE CAMERAS. AND SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING THE NETWORK OUT, ALLOWING THE HOAS TO EXPERIENCE THE BENEFIT OF THEM, AND THEN EVENTUALLY TRANSFERRING THAT BILL OVER TO THEM SO THEY CAN GO FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO RUN THAT PROGRAM. ALRIGHT, ALL UH, THIS IS A, THE, THE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS. SO, SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CAP CAPTURING. SO I DON'T SEE HOW CAPTURING THE LICENSE PLATE OF ANYTHING WOULD GONNA DETER OR SHRINK ANY CRIME. AND I DON'T, AND WHEN YOU SAID THAT EVEN IF IT WAS PETTY BURGLARY OR WHATEVER, THE FLOCK CAMERA ISN'T GONNA DO IT. THAT'S WHAT OUR POLICE FORCE IS FOR. SO I, I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN, I, I'VE NEVER REALLY BURGLARED A HOUSE BEFORE, BUT IF I WAS GONNA GO STEAL SOMETHING, I'D PROBABLY DRIVE A CAR OVER THERE. I WOULDN'T JUST LIKE RUN AROUND AND, AND TRY TO BREAK INTO HOME. SO I THINK THEN WHAT THEY DO [00:55:01] IS THEY REALIZE, OH, THE, I STILL HAD THE FLOOR, MR THE ALARM WENT OFF AT X TIME, THESE CARS LEFT THERE BEFORE. AND THAT GIVES THEM A GOOD REASON TO THEN START THEIR INVESTIGATION. SO, BUT STILL, IF WE'RE, SO IF GOING BY WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THERE ABOUT THE CRIME, IF ALL WE HAVE IS CAMERAS AT THE ENTRANCES TO THE HOAS, THEN THERE'S NO GETTING CAUGHT THAT WAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU TALK, DO YOU THINK PEOPLE INSIDE THEIR OWN SUBDIVISION BREAK INTO HOMES IN THEIR SUBDIVISION? ABSOLUTELY. I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE . I THINK IF YOU, I THINK THEY COME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY GENERALLY. AND SO YOU TRACK THOSE PEOPLE AS THEY COME IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WOULD WE, IF A BURGLARY WAS HAPPENED, THEN YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT, OH WELL WE'VE GOT FLOCK CAMERAS THAT THE BURGLARS KNOW ABOUT, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME IN. BUT ALL WE'RE MEASURING IS THE, THE LICENSE PLATE. UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER. I'VE ALREADY SAID MY PIECE ON IT. YEAH. SO I, I THINK THAT WE'LL JUST, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST VOTE. YEAH, LET'S DO IT DADDY. ALRIGHT, SO THE FLAW CAMERAS WILL NOT STOP THE, YOUR NEIGHBOR FROM BREAKING INTO YOUR HOUSE ON FOOT. THAT IS TRUE. ALRIGHT CHIEF, I JUST CALLED THEM UP THERE TO SHARE SOMETHING I HEARD THIS WEEK WHERE THERE WAS A STOLEN VEHICLE IN THE CITY AND YOU COULD HEAR THEM REROUTING. OKAY, WE'RE HEADED TO THAT AREA THOUGH. ANOTHER FLOCK CAMERA PICKED UP THIS VEHICLE NOW SOUTHBOUND OR NORTHBOUND ON THE FREEWAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT. YOU COULD SHARE JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE PICKING THIS UP AND THEY'RE REROUTING WHETHER IT'S A BURGLARY OF MOTOR VEHICLE OR A STOLEN VEHICLE, BUT CAPTAIN LEE CAN GIVE AN EXAMPLE. YEAH, PRETTY, PRETTY SIMPLY. UM, SO JUST THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD A FLOCK HIT ON A STOLEN VEHICLE. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE AREA, STARTED LOOKING FOR THE VEHICLE, COULDN'T FIND IT, BUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER WE GOT ANOTHER HIT. SO WE KNOW THE ROUTE THAT THEY'RE TAKING. OFFICERS RESPONDED, UH, SHORT FOOT PURSUIT ENDED UP RECOVERING THE STOLEN VEHICLE AND ARRESTING THE SUSPECT. SO THAT AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE FROM THIS PAST WEEK. WE'VE SEEN POSITIVE RESULTS WEEK AFTER WEEK WITH THIS PROGRAM. FANTASTIC. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO. MOTION PASSES 5 4 2 AGAINST [9H. 23-0595 Consider and take action on a resolution determining that land is needed for the construction and improvements associated with the SH3 at FM 518 Intersection Improvements Project (ST 2003) in the City of League City, Texas, specifically: 1) a 0.0456 acre parcel of land, 2) a 0.0042 acre parcel of land, 3) a 0.0943 acre parcel of land, 4) a 0.0770 acre parcel of land, 5) a 0.1228 acre parcel of land, 6) a 0.0594 acre parcel of land, 7) a 0.0248 acre parcel of land, 8) a 0.0092 acre parcel of land and 9) a 0.0043 acre parcel of land; and authorizing the institution of eminent domain proceedings (Executive Director of Capital Projects)] CONSIDER TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT LAND IS NEEDED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH STATE HIGHWAY THREE AND FM FIVE 18 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ST 2003 IN THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY ONE A 0.0456 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND TWO A 0.0042 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND THREE A 0.0943 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND FOUR A 0.0770 PARCEL OF LAND FIVE A 0.1228 PARCEL OF LAND SIX A 0.05 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND SEVEN A 0.0248 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND EIGHT A 0.0092 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND NINE A 0.0043 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND AND AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS. UH, MAYOR, IF WE COULD REQUEST THAT THIS ITEM BE THE RULES BE SUSPENDED OR TABLED UNTIL AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SO WE CAN, I MAY HAVE LET YOU DO THAT BEFORE I READ IT ALL BUT , I, I HAVE TROUBLE INTERRUPTING YOU SIR. , THANK YOU. THAT'S FINE. MOTIONS AND THE RULES AND MOVE THIS TO THE END OF THE MEETING. I'LL SECOND. I'LL SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 7 4 0 AGAINST 10 A CONSIDERING [10A. 23-0601 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 by amending Ordinance No. 2023-28 and Ordinance No. 2023-33 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures related to Public Safety radios (Mayor Long and Council Member Cones)] TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE, CITY GOVERNMENTAL, PROPRIETARY AND CAPITAL FUNDS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 BY AMENDING NUMBER 20 0 23 2 SLASH TWO EIGHT AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH THREE THREE TO ADJUST THE OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ACTUAL AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY RADIOS. MR. MAYOR, MR. MR SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 7 4 0 AGAINST MR. MERRILL. MOVE FOR A FIRST AND FINAL SECOND. FIRST AND FINAL PLEASE VOTE. [01:00:05] MOTION PASSES. SIX FOUR. I WROTE IN THE WRONG PLACE. 6 4 0 AGAINST OR 6 4 1 AGAINST. SORRY. [10B. 23-0599 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 by amending Ordinance No. 2023-28 and Ordinance No. 2023-33 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures related to Flock Cameras (Mayor Long and Council Member Mann)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL PROPRIETARY AND CAPITAL FUNDS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 BY AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH TWO EIGHT AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH THREE THREE TO ADJUST THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ACTUAL AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES RELATED TO FLOCK. CAMERAS MOVE SECOND. MR. CRUZ. UH, THANK YOU. MAYOR IS THE FOR 10 B AND 10 C SINCE THEY'RE BOTH RELATED TO THE SECURITY CAMERAS. UM, IS WE ARE BLOCKED. THOSE ARE THE SECURITY CAMERAS FOR THE PARKS. OKAY. SO THE 10 B IN THIS, IN THIS AMOUNT, THE BUDGET IS INCLUDING THE HOA FEES THEN, RIGHT? YES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 6 4 1 AGAINST MAYOR. YEAH, I'LL MOVE FOR FIRST AND FINAL SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 6 4 1 AGAINST, UH, TENNESSEE. [10C. 23-0600 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 by amending Ordinance No. 2023-28 and Ordinance No. 2023-33 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures related to Security Cameras (Mayor Long)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL PROPRIETARY AND CAPITAL FUNDS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 BY AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH 28 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH 33 TO ADJUST THE OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ACTUAL AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES RELATED TO SECURITY CAMERAS MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. AND FOR CLARITY, THESE ARE FOR THE CAMERAS AT THE PARKS, THE NON FLOCK CAMERAS. THESE ARE REGULAR OLD VIDEO CAMERAS. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 7 4 0 AGAINST MR. MAYOR. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I'LL REQUEST FIRST OF ALL, I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST 10 D [10D. 23-0609 Consider and take action on a ordinance amending Chapter 38, Article III, Section 38-101 of the Code of Ordinances for the City of League City, Texas, entitled "Fee for City Emergency Medical Service" to relocate the schedule of EMS fees from the Code of Ordinances to the City's fee schedule (Fire Chief)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 38, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 38 DASH 1 0 1 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY ENTITLED FEE FOR CITY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO RELOCATE THE SCHEDULE OF EMS FEES FROM THE COURT OF, FROM THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO THE CITY'S FEE SCHEDULE. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 7 4 0 AGAINST MOTION FOR PERSON AND FINAL SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC [11. ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED] AGENDA CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING REPRESENTATIVES AND ALTERNATES TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR YEAR 2024. UM, THE NOMINEES ARE GENERAL, UH, REPRESENTATIVE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND DELEGATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TOMMY CONES, UH, REPRESENTATIVE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ALTERNATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANDY MANN, ALTERNATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. JUSTIN HICKS, ALTERNATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOM CRUISE, MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 7 4 0 AGAINST 11 B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION. AN APPOINTMENT OF A PRIMARY MEMBER AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE TERM FEBRUARY, 2024 THROUGH JANUARY 20, 25. PRIMARY MEMBER, CHRIS SIMS, ALTERNATE MEMBER CARA DAVIS. PLEASE VOTE 7 4 0 AGAINST CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE PRIMARY MEMBER AND ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL FOR THE TERM YEAR 2024. PRIMARY MEMBER TOMMY COONES, ALTERNATE MEMBER ANDY [01:05:01] MANN. I MOVE, APPROVE THAT SECOND. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON NOMINATION AND REPRESENTATIVE ALTERNATE TO HGAC, REGIONAL FLOOD MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. UH, REPRESENTATIVE PEGGY ZALAR, ALTERNATE CHRIS SIMS. GOOD TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, PLEASE VOTE 7 4 0 AGAINST CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE TO THE DICKINSON BAYOU WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE CHAD TRESSLER ALTERNATE. DAVE JOHNSON. MOVE TO APPROVE. MAYOR, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU FLIP THOSE . I SEE YOU WAITED TILL DAVE WASN'T HERE TO DO THAT. , UH, OKAY. MOTION, UH, IS REPRESENTATIVE DAVE JOHNSON ALTERNATE CHAD TRESSLER. THANK YOU. MOVE TO PER SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT. PLEASE VOTE 7 4 0 AGAINST, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE TO BE FLIPPED AS WELL. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE ON AN ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATE TO CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE. THE CURRENT IS NICK LONG, THE ALTERNATE IS PEGGY ZELLER. THE MAYOR WILL ALLOW FLIPS FROM THE FLOOR IF, IF MS. ZALAR WANTS IT, IF YOU FLIP OFF, FLIP. OKAY MS, WE'LL FLIP FORM OF A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, MOVE TO FLIP THE POSITIONS, FLIP THE POSITIONS. OKAY. SO CLEAR CREEK. ALRIGHT. PEGGY ZELLER AS THE REPRESENTATIVE NICK. LONG AS THE ALTERNATE I'LL SECOND. I SECOND. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 7 4 0 AGAINST 11 G. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE BAY AREA HOUSTON TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP. UH, TOMMY CONES WITH THE TERM EXPIRING. 12 31 25 MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. 7 4 0 AGAINST 12 [12. REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS] REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS. JUST REAL QUICKLY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR. SO ON BEHALF OF STAFF, WANNA WISH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MERRY CHRISTMAS, ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEW YEAR, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND THEN I THINK WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, WE'LL HAVE A ELECTION THAT WILL CULMINATE ON JANUARY 13TH AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 9TH. SO EVERYBODY, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. ALRIGHT, MR. HICKS. UH, YEAH, UH, THERE'S PEOPLE FROM HOLIDAY IN THE PARK STILL HERE, BUT, UH, IN CASE ANYBODY DIDN'T NOTICE, WE HAD A 26 YEARS IN A ROW. SUCCESSFUL. YEAH, IT WAS, UH, GOOD FUN. UH, I ENJOYED IT. I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND ANGIE AND JEFF ARE STILL HERE. YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB. YOU WORKED REALLY HARD. I WAS THERE SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND AND, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO, ALONG WITH JANICE AND THE REST OF THE LAKE CITY. PROUD TO, UM, MAKE US STILL HAVE A SMALL TOWN FEEL. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON 26 IN A ROW. MS. TRESSLER YOUNG MAN. TIME. MS. SAUNDERS. YES, MR. MAYOR. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, FOUR INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR CITY, BUT THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HAD A CHRISTMAS EVENT AT MY HOA AND ANIMAL CONTROL. CAME OUT FOR AN ADOPTION, BASICALLY AN ADOPT AON SLASH CHIPPING EVENT. UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM COMING OUT. THEY CAME OUT, THEY SPENT THE FULL THREE HOURS THERE. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE JASMINE O'KEEFE, THE ANIMAL SERVICE MANAGER, LYNETTE BODMER, COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR AND ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS, REGINA STEWART AND ELI PEREZ. THEY WERE ALL FOUR ON LOCATION THE ENTIRE TIME AND SAID THAT THEY HAD A VERY GOOD EVENT. A LOT OF QUESTIONS, FORTUNATELY NO ADOPTIONS, BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PASSED ON TO HOMEOWNERS WILL BRING THEM INTO THE SHELTER AND POSSIBLY AN ADOPTION THERE. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANY HOA THAT IS DO PUTTING ON ANY KIND OF EVENT TO REACH OUT AND POSSIBLY HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL THERE FOR A SMALL ADOPTERS ADOPT AON SLASH CHIPPING EVENT. THE MICRO TRIPS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, GETS THE DOG BACK TO THE HOUSE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, ANDY MANN, YOU MY TIME. [01:10:02] TOM GOS. THANK YOU MAYOR. AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO REITERATE WITH OUR, UH, MAYOR PROTE STATED ABOUT HOLIDAY IN THE PARK. UH, LEAGUE CITY PROUD ORGANIZATION STARTED OVER 26 YEARS AGO BY THREE FOUNDING MEMBERS. IT WAS JANICE HALLEY, UH, PAT HALLEY AND MYSELF. AND SO, SO HAPPY THAT WE STARTED IT 26 YEARS AGO. UH, IT TURNED OUT TO BE FROM A SMALL PARADE TO A VERY, VERY LARGE PARADE. I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, ANGIE MERTON'S BEING THE CO-CHAIRMAN. UH, SHE'S STEPPED UP AND TAKEN THIS JOB FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. UH, JEFF ALSO WAS THERE WORKING. UM, IT TAKES A LOT AND IT TAKES MANY, MANY HOURS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PUT THIS FESTIVAL ON IN THIS PARADE AND THIS UH, CHRISTMAS PARADE. BUT I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR TRUCKS AND POLICE OFFICERS AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MERRY CHRISTMAS, TOM CRUISE. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I JUST, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO WISH, UH, EACH MEMBER ON COUNCIL HERE A MERRY CHRISTMAS. EVEN THE ONES THAT, UH, I SEEM TO CONSTANTLY CLASH WITH. I HOPE YOU HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND TO EACH OF THE CITIZENS, I HOPE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, A MERRY CHRISTMAS AS WELL. UH, WITH ALL THE PARTIES GOING ON, I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE SMART AND BE SAFE AND NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. THERE'S SEVERAL OPTIONS OUT THERE AND PLEASE BE, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT CHARITIES THAT WE HAVE. UH, THIS IS THE SEASON, SO, UH, PLEASE CONSIDER THE LOCAL CHARITIES THAT DO A LOT OF GOOD JOBS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, AND, UH, I GUESS I'LL ADDRESS KIND OF THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE AND WHAT WAS IN THE ORDINANCE, NOT IN THE ORDINANCE AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO FIX THAT. UH, I DO RECALL THE SUNSET THING BECAUSE I SAID IT, AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THAT DID NOT GET CAPTURED IN THE FINAL ORDINANCE. IT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE THOUGH. I THINK WE CAN STILL DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. UH, THAT BEING SAID, I, I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY THE COMMITTEE IS WORKING EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD AND HERE'S WHY. TWO BOOKS WERE INITIALLY, OR, OR PEOPLE CHALLENGED TWO BOOKS, UH, SO FAR THIS YEAR. AND YOU, YOU HEARD MISS TEACH WORTH MENTION ONE BOOK AND THAT'S BECAUSE, UH, ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT WAS CHALLENGED WAS LIKE AN ACADEMIC PAPER, LIKE A 500 PAGE ACADEMIC PAPER. UH, AND THAT CLEARLY WAS NOT THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. SO IMMEDIATELY THAT ONE IS DISQUALIFIED AND DOESN'T EVEN GO TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS CHALLENGED, IT WAS EVALUATED FOR APPROPRIATENESS INSIDE THE ORDINANCE. DID NOT FIT THE DEFINITION OF THE ORDINANCE, HENCE DIDN'T EVEN MOVE TO STAGE TWO. THE SECOND BOOK THEY TALKED ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED THE BIG BOOK OF THE BODY OR, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. THAT ONE, UH, DID MEET THE CHILDREN'S BOOK DEFINITION OR THE YOUNG ADULT DEFINITION, WHATEVER, WHAT HAVE YOU. AND SO THAT ONE DID MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP. IT WAS READ BY EVERYBODY. THEY WENT THROUGH IT, THEY EVALUATED IT, I BELIEVE IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT IT DID NOT MEET THE DEFINITION, HENCE IT WAS PUT BACK UP. SO I THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, RIGHT? THE, THE CITIZEN, BOTH CITIZENS, UH, WITH BOTH BOOKS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ONE CITIZEN OR TWO, THEY GOT TO BE HEARD. THEIR COMPLAINT WAS PROCESSED, THEIR COMPLAINT WAS THEN ANALYZED AND WAS DEALT WITH IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO THE ORDINANCE. FIRST ONE, WELL THAT DOESN'T EVEN QUALIFY, SO SORRY. SECOND ONE. HEY, WE LOOKED AT IT, WE LOOKED AT THE SPECIFIC AREAS YOU HAD CONCERNS WITH THAT DOESN'T MEET THE DEFINITION, HENCE IT'S GONE. AND SO I WOULD CONTEND THAT IT'S WORKING. I, UH, APPROPRIATELY BECAUSE OF THE FACT OF WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MORE CHALLENGES, WE HAVEN'T HAD PEOPLE COMING AND SAYING THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD OR THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF COVERUP OR SOME KIND OF NEFARIOUS ACTIVITY OF THE LIBRARY. EVERYBODY GOT THEIR DAY IN COURT. IT PROCESSED OUT THE BOOKS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. SO IT KIND OF CHECKED EVERY PIECE THAT I WOULD WANT FOR INSIDE THE COMMITTEE. THAT BEING SAID, STILL AGREE IT SHOULD GO IN FRONT OF SUNSET AND WE'LL DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE NEED AN ORDINANCE. BUT WE'LL WAIT TILL AFTER THE NEW YEAR OBVIOUSLY. UH, AND THEN GET THAT HANDLED. ALRIGHT, [14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)] THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SUB CHAPTER D, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT SESSION 5, 5 1 AT ALL. GOVERNMENT CODE ON THIS 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2023 AT SEVEN 15 CITY COUNCIL [15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)] HAS COMPLETED ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE [01:15:01] 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2023 AT 8 0 3. CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. THERE WAS NO FINAL ACTION DECISION OR VOTE WITH REGARDS TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST CONCLUDED. 15 A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION DISCUSSION CONCERNING POTENTIAL PURCHASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS. MODIFIED WE HAVE THE MODIFIED ONE ON THIS. NO. OH, IT IS, IT IS. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF LAKE STATE, TEXAS AUTHORIZED THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY TO CONDEMN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AGENDA M NINE H EXCEPT FOR NUMBER FOUR, THE 0.0770 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND. AND NUMBER FIVE, THE 0.1228 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND AND IS FURTHER DESCRIBED IN THE MEETS AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY THREE FM FIVE 18 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT ST 2 0 0 3. SECOND. THAT WAS ONE. MOTION . ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FOUR TO TWO. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION TO WIT THE CITY OF LEAGUE, CITY VERSUS BRITTANY LAKES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. BRITTANY LAKES. BRITTANY LAKES. WE ACTUALLY DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THAT ONE. WE DON'T. NO. FANTASTIC. NO MOTION NEEDED. OKAY, UH, 15 C CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY TO WITT FIRE PROTECTION, I MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZES AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LEAGUE CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCORPORATED FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES. SECOND? YES. ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? NO, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 6 4 0 AGAINST THANK YOU TO THE CHIEF CITY MANAGER ATTORNEYS, ESPECIALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTEERS FOR WORKING THIS OUT. UH, I THINK WE WERE ALL REALLY GLAD WHEN IT WAS, WE DIDN'T EVEN SCREAM AT EACH OTHER BACK THERE, SO IT WAS FANTASTIC. AND YOU GUYS DIDN'T YELL AT US, SO WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. WHAT? WE DID HAVE A KNIFE. WE DID HAVE A KNIFE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME MINOR, THERE WAS SOME MINOR KNIFE PLAY AND IT WAS A COCONUT CAKE, BUT THAT'S OKAY. UM, 15 T CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OR EVALUATION OF A PUBLIC OFFICER TO WITT CITY ATTORNEY. I MOVED TO SET THE PAY OF THE INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY AT $185,000 FROM THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 6 4 0 AGAINST 15 E CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OR EVALUATION OF A PUBLIC OFFICER. EMPLOYEE'S WITT, CITY MANAGER. I MOVE TO SET THE PAY OF THE CITY MANAGER AT $273,105 FROM THE DATE OR PERIOD SECOND. THAT'S A, UH, FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S A 5% INCREASE, WHICH IS COMM, WHICH IS COMMISERATE TO UH, THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT COLA AND THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT MERIT THAT WAS GIVEN TO UH, THE OTHER EMPLOYEES. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 6 4 0 AGAINST AND AT 8 0 7 THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.