[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
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          LEAGUE CITY WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 28TH, 2026, AT 6 P.M. ALL RIGHT. ANDY, MAN, TOMMY COMBS PRESENT. TOM CRUISE HERE. COURTNEY CHADWELL HERE. SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM HERE, CHAD TRESSLER HERE, AND SEAN SAUNDERS HERE. ALL RIGHT. AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR MAYOR FOR THE DAY. LONDON. DO YOU WANT TO TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR PROPOSAL. SO BEFORE I PUT HIM ON THE SPOT, GLENDON IS OUR MAYOR FOR THE DAY TODAY. AND FIRST THING WHEN WE WHEN I INTRODUCED HIM, HE HAD A FULL POWERPOINT READY FOR ME TO GO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT A NO U-TURN ON ISLA VISTA IN 96. HE HAD PULLED THE ACCIDENT REPORTS. HE HAD, YOU KNOW, PICTURES IN REAL LIFE, KIND OF EXAMPLES OF THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND SO NOW WE HAVE ASSIGNED THAT PROJECT OUT TO MR. HICKS AND HE WILL. DRE HICKS WILL FIGURE OUT IF WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE. PREVIOUS PROPOSALS HAD BEEN NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAYS FROM THE OTHER MAYORS OF THE DAY. SO I DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE POWER OVER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT SO COULDN'T DO THOSE. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK INTO THIS ONE. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND WILL YOU LEAD? OH, LET'S DO START WITH THE PRAYER AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MAYOR, COUNCIL CITIZENS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE INVOCATION TODAY. WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO PRAY OVER THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US THE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR GIFTS AND TALENTS TO HERE OUR COMMUNITY, AND TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT SHOW THAT LEAGUE CITY IS IN OUR HEART AND OUR DESIRE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW. SO WE PRAY YOUR PRESENCE UPON US TODAY. IN CHRIST JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. AMEN. AND THAT WAS PASTOR STEVEN RHODES FROM BAY HARBOR UNITED METHODIST. THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND NOW YOU WANT TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I'LL DO IT WITH YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND TO THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. 
          ALRIGHT, MAYOR. MIND IF I TAKE OVER FROM HERE ON OUT? THANK YOU FOR COMING. ENJOYED IT. IT WAS A. IT WAS A WELL THOUGHT OUT PROPOSAL. ALL RIGHT. APPROVAL OF MINUTES THREE A 
          [3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APRIL 14TH, 2026. IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, THESE MINUTES STAND APPROVED. THERE ARE NO 
          [5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL]
PROCLAMATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS. PUBLIC COMMENTS. MISS HALSEY. YES, MA'AM. SO NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY TONIGHT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MR. BAUMGARTNER, I MADE NOTES, SO I JUST WANTED TO COME TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TAKE, TAKE, TAKE AND NOT SAY THANK YOU. SO THE LEAGUE CITY PRIDE ORGANIZATION WANTS TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT AND BELIEVING IN US AND LETTING US CONTINUE TO DO HOLIDAY IN THE PARK. SO YEAR, WE'RE ALREADY INTO OUR 29TH YEAR. THAT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE. WE WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL ON MAY 7TH DOWN TO LEAGUE PARK AT 6:00. WE STARTED OUR SECOND ANNUAL PARADE THEME REVEAL EVENT, AND THE LEAGUE CITY CONCERT BAND HAS AGREED TO COME OUT. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE THEME IS YET, BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO COME OUT AND FIND OUT. HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH 250 YEARS, BUT WE'LL SEE. 
          I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF KUDOS THOUGH. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HELP US, AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY THE CITY OF LEAGUE. CITY COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT LIEUTENANT GABE GONZALEZ. HE'S A HE'S SO WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. AND WHEN I SEE HIM, I GO, REMEMBER, YOU HELPED ME THE VERY FIRST YEAR. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE COME FULL CIRCLE. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES. BUT AND HE JUST HELPS US GET THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND WE MAKE THE PLANS AND WE EXECUTE THEM AND WE DO GOOD. FIRE CHIEF JEFF ALLEN COULDN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT HE DOES. STREET DEPARTMENT. AGAIN, GEORGE CHAPA HELPED ME THE VERY FIRST YEAR, AND HE'S STILL THERE. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES ABOUT ALL THE HOLIDAY HOLIDAY IN THE PARK PARADES OVER THE YEARS. CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH. THANK SARAH FOR HELPING US COMMUNICATE OUT TO EVERYBODY. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FRUSTRATING TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE ONE DEDICATED PLACE THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LEAGUE CITY 
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NEWSPAPER. WHEN I FIRST STARTED HOLIDAY IN THE PARK, WE HAD THREE NEWSPAPERS AND IT HELPED A WHOLE LOT. BUT THAT WAS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT I WISH WE DID HAVE ONE. AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S CAMERON PARKER. HE'S JUST FABULOUS TO WORK WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. HE DOESN'T GET FRAZZLED AND HE PUTS UP, YOU KNOW, WITH TEN WOMEN THAT ARE TRYING TO GET CRAZY THINGS DONE TO MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK WONDERFUL. RYAN SMITH HELPS US SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE VIP TENT AND HELPS US WITH THE ALL THE COMMUNICATION THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. AND WE'VE STARTED WORKING WITH CLEAR LIFE MEDIA. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY NOTICED LAST YEAR, BUT WE HAD THE MOBILE TRUCK THAT WAS GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREET WITH EVERY ALL THE ACTIVITIES ON THE SIDE SHOWING ON A SCREEN. AND THAT WAS SO EXCITING AND SO MUCH FUN BECAUSE ALL THE EXCITING, FUN THINGS THAT WE PLANNED FOR THE COMMUNITY ARE UP AT PARK AND MAIN AT THE VIP TENT, THE JUDGE'S TENT. BUT I FEEL BAD FOR US BACK THERE PAST SHIPLEY'S. AND SO HE WAS GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREET, SHOWING THE OTHER PEOPLE AT THE OTHER. 
          SORRY, YOU CAN KEEP GOING. OKAY, THANKS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT TRUCK BACK AGAIN. SPONSORS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE COULD NOT DO THIS. HOMETOWN BANK HAS TAKEN US TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL THIS YEAR. TEXAN REAL ESTATE IS COMING IN AS OUR NUMBER ONE SPONSOR. AND LIKE I TELL PEOPLE, THE MORE MONEY WE HAVE, THE MORE FUN THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. CLEAR CREEK COMMUNITY THEATER HAS COME TO WORK FOR US NOW, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HELP SAVE ME MONEY BY PROVIDING COSTUME CHARACTERS, WHICH ARE MY FAVORITE THING IN THE PARADE, IS HAVING PEOPLE DRESSED UP FOR THE THEME AND GO OUT AND ENTERTAIN THE KIDS. SO ALWAYS REMEMBER IT'S THE FIRST WEEKEND IN DECEMBER AND WE HAVE THREE DAYS OF FOUR DAYS, THREE, THREE DAYS FOR PARADES. AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE ALREADY UP TO ABOUT 1010 VENDORS. LAST YEAR WE HAD 123. 
          SO COME OUT, BRING YOUR FAMILY, EVERYTHING. IT'S THERE'S NO ENTRY FEES EXCEPT FOR THE PARADE FOR THE BUSINESSES. SO WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO HELP US. WE'LL DO A GOOD JOB AGAIN. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO. AND WOW, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE TENURE OF SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT THEY'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE SINCE THE BEGINNING AS WELL. SO THAT'S PRETTY NEAT THINGS EASY. EVERYTHING STARTS FALLING INTO 
          [6. CONSENT AGENDA]
PLACE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA SIX A THROUGH K MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT SIX C ALL RIGHT SIX A THROUGH K PULLING. SEE WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND MOVE TO APPROVE THAT. YEP. MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOUR NONE AGAINST SIX. C CONSIDER 
          [6C. 26-0173 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an amendment to the Interlocal Mutual Aid Agreement  with the City of Dickinson for Emergency Medical Services (Fire Chief) ]
AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DICKINSON FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MR. MISS. MR. SAUNDERS. MR. MISTER. MAYOR. SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE TO THE FEE BE IN CHARGE. I KNOW WHY THE FEE ORIGINATED. I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT. I KNOW THE WHOLE ORIGIN AND BACKSTORY OF IT. AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THE CITY WAS BEING ABUSED BY THE 911 CENTER FOR MUTUAL AID. THAT'S ALL THEY WERE CALLING. THEY WEREN'T CALLING OTHER AGENCIES, AND THAT'S WHY THE FEE WAS ENACTED. AND NO OTHER EIGHT, NO OTHER CITY, CHARGES EACH OTHER FOR MUTUAL AID THROUGHOUT GALVESTON COUNTY. THE ONLY TWO THAT DO ARE GALVESTON COUNTY AND LEAGUE CITY, WHO CHARGE DICKINSON. THEY DON'T CHARGE LEAGUE CITY. THEY DON'T CHARGE LAMAR, TEXAS CITY, ANY OTHER AGENCY. ONE OF MY PROBLEMS I HAVE WITH THIS IS, IS THAT IT'S NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MASS CASUALTY SITUATIONS WHEN MORE THAN ONE UNIT IS NECESSARY FOR THE RESPONSE I. JUST A MONTH AGO, NOT EVEN QUITE A MONTH AGO, DIXON HAD A SHOOTING THAT INVOLVED SEVEN PEOPLE. LEAGUE CITY TRANSPORTED TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE, SO LEAGUE CITY WOULD MAKE $3,500 OFF OF A SHOOTING THAT NOBODY, NOBODY, EVEN INCLUDING THE LEADERSHIP OF DICKINSON, COULD HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR. EVEN. EVEN THE LEADERSHIP UP HERE ON THIS DAIS COULD HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR. IT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SEVEN VICTIMS LEAGUE, CITY TRANSPORT, TWO. THEY HAD TO BUILD DICKINSON $3,500. I. DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. I KNOW DIXON IS WORKING TO GET THEIR EMS. THEY HAVE HAD A COMPLETE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP FROM MAYOR DOWN. 
          I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S STILL THERE FROM PREVIOUS THINGS. 
          CITY MANAGER'S GONE. EVEN THE DIRECTOR OF EMS HAS BEEN CHANGED OUT AND IS NOW HAS 
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SOMEBODY ELSE IN THERE WHO IS TRYING TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM UP OVER THEM. SO AGAIN, THAT'S MY PROBLEM. IT. IN MY OPINION, THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR. THANK YOU, MR. MANN. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS A FEW YEARS AGO WE IMPLEMENTED THIS WAS WERE YOU ON STILL THIS WAS ANCIENT HISTORY AND IT WAS DICKINSON WAS JUST GOING NUTS WITH THE CALLS BACK THEN. AND SO HAS THAT CHANGED? HAVE THINGS EVENED OUT SOME OR, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND SEAN'S CONCERN, BUT LIKE I SAID, I REMEMBER WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WORKED ON THIS, NOW WE'RE WE'RE STILL GETTING CALLS FROM DICKINSON VERY, VERY FREQUENTLY, MUCH MORE THAN ANY OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE. IF, IF, IF I MAY BACK, I WOULD SAY RIGHT AROUND 2020, WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE FEE, WE WERE GETTING CALLS IN THE 200 CALLS A YEAR RANGE. AND THEN ONCE WE IMPLEMENTED THE FEE, THEY RELIED PRIMARILY ON GALVESTON COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT TO PROVIDE SERVICES. THEN A YEAR OR SO AGO, GALVESTON COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT STARTED CHARGING THEM AND THEIR RATES A LITTLE HIGHER THAN OURS IS NOW. 
          SO IT WAS MUTUAL UP UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO. AND THEN THEY STARTED CALLING US AGAIN. MY NUMBERS SHOW. WE WERE ON TRACK TO MAYBE GO AROUND 150 CALLS THIS YEAR. SO IT'S JUST IT'S STEP BACK UP. AND SO AGAIN, IT'S I THINK COUNCIL ASKED US TO LOOK AT A FEE AND WE DEVELOPED A FEE. WE JUST DIDN'T UPDATE IT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS MORE EQUITABLE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. ARE YOU SEAN, ARE YOU WANTING TO ELIMINATE IT OR JUST MAYBE SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE FEE I DO. OKAY. IT'S GOING TO PREVENT DICKINSON FROM STARTING TO ABUSE US AGAIN LIKE THEY USED TO. 150 CALLS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE CALL EVERY TWO DAYS ROUGHLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OKAY. ON AVERAGE, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE ONE CALL EVERY TWO DAYS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN SOME DEPARTMENTS, I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THE ONE WE HAVE JUST THE OTHER DAY, 4 OR 5 MUTUAL AIDS IN LESS THAN A SINGLE 24 HOUR TOUR. AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY EMS GOES. YOU CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR ALL YOU CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR ENOUGH AMBULANCES, PERIOD. IT'S JUST NOT THE WAY IT GOES. SOME DAYS YOU MAY RUN NOTHING, NEXT DAY YOU MAY NEVER SEE THE STATION. 35 YEARS OF DOING THIS HAS PROVEN THAT TO ME. WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS THERE'S TWO THINGS I REALLY WANT TO SEE. BUT I WAS TOLD ONE WE CAN'T DO, BUT I THINK WE COULD. THEY HAVE. 
          THEIR GOAL IS IN IN. I'VE SEEN THE NUMBERS WHERE THE MORE THEY HAVE MEDIC TWO UP AND RUNNING, THE LESS CALLS THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE. BUT I WILL SAY THIS BECAUSE I WORKED THE GUY, THE THE LAKEVIEW, I BELIEVE IS LAKEVIEW OFFICER, MOTORCYCLE OFFICER THAT GOT HIT GOING TO WORK ONE DAY. I'M THE ONE THAT STARTED CALLING LEAGUE CITY AGAIN. I DID BECAUSE HE WAS LAID OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY IN CARDIAC ARREST, AND I WAS WORKING ON HIM. AND THE AGENCY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CALL WAS OVER 20 MINUTES AWAY. I KNEW LEAGUE CITY COULD BE THERE FASTER, AND I WANTED THAT GUY TO HAVE EVERY CHANCE TO SURVIVE. A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS AND IN MY AREA, BAY COLONY, PEDREGAL, DOVE MEADOWS, THAT AREA TRAVEL THROUGH DICKINSON ON A DAILY BASIS. SO THAT COULD BE OUR CITIZENS THAT IF DICKINSON SAID, HEY, LOOK, I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THIS FEE, WE'RE GOING TO STOP CALLING Y'ALL. THEN THEY'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE OTHER AMBULANCES TO COME FROM WHEREVER THEY'RE COMING FROM TO ELIMINATE THE FEE IS GOING TO INVITE THEM TO START CALLING US FOR EVERY SINGLE THING THEY DON'T. JUST THE OTHER DAY THEY HAD TEXAS CITY AND THEY HAD LEAGUE CITY. AND I WANT TO SAY THEY HAD SANTA FE. WE HAD BOTH AMBULANCES UP AND RUNNING AND STILL HAD THE THREE MUTUAL AID CALLS. SO MASS CASUALTY, I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS SO YOU'D WANT TO CUT THE FEE FOR MASS CASUALTY OR YOU WANT TO I WANT TO I WANT TO PUT A CAVEAT. IF IT'S A MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT, NO FEE. AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT. AND THERE IS THINGS WE COULD DO WHEN WE BUILD SAYING, HEY LOOK, DID YOU HAVE TWO AMBULANCES UP THAT DAY? THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED YOU TO HAVE, WAS GET THAT SECOND AMBULANCE UP AND RUNNING. THAT IS THE THING THAT I'VE HEARD THE CITY SAY THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT SECOND AMBULANCE UP AND RUNNING. THEY BILL, THIS IS THE MANNING. YES, WE HAVE THE SECOND AMBULANCE. WE ARE ALL UNITS OUT, WHICH HAPPENS AT EVERY AGENCY AROUND HERE, EVERY AGENCY, MUTUAL AIDS, EACH OTHER. THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT'S THAT IS 911 EMS IN A NUTSHELL. I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE UNLESS YOU'RE A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT DOESN'T WANT SOMEBODY COMING INTO YOUR AREA. AND THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT DO IT, BUT I DON'T AGREE WITH. THAT'S 911 EMS. OKAY. AT WORK, WE HAVE MUTUAL AID THAT COMES IN FROM THE THREE CITIES THAT SURROUND US. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. THAT'S JUST THE WAY 911 EMS IS RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF YOUR POINTS. FIRST, 
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YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT WE'RE THE ONLY ONE IN THE AREA THAT THAT HAS A FEE. US IN GALVESTON COUNTY. WE'RE ALSO THE TWO THAT BORDER DICKINSON. AND IT'S DICKINSON THAT HAS BEEN ABUSING IT. I KNOW WHEN I LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, WE'RE NOT HAVING AN ISSUE WITH MUTUAL AID. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE GIVING US AID AS MUCH AS WE'RE GIVING OTHER CITIES. AND AND Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT, BUT THAT'S ROUGHLY HOW IT GOES. 
          WE'LL HAVE THE DAYS WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE CALLS AND WE GET HELP FROM WEBSTER OR KIMA OR FRIENDSWOOD, AND THEY'LL HAVE DAYS WHERE THEY GET ALL THE CALLS AND WE'LL HELP THEM. 
          DICKINSON, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY TAKEN CARE OF THEIR CITY. AND TO SAY THAT WE HAVE FOLKS WHO DRIVE THROUGH THERE, WELL, WE ALSO HAVE FOLKS WHO DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY OF HOUSTON EVERY DAY, AND WE'RE NOT ABOUT TO TRY TO TAKE ON FIXING THEIR PROBLEMS. AND I'M NOT TALKING JUST EMS. I'M TALKING EVERYTHING. THE ROADS AND THEY IT IMPACTS OUR CITIZENS, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THEIR ISSUES WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS. AND THIS IS GOING TO GET LUMPED UNDER THAT. JOHN. IT WE HAVE A FEE IN PLACE FOR MUTUAL AID WITH DICKINSON. 
          WE'RE RAISING IT. OKAY. IF THEY HAD AN INCIDENT, AS HE DESCRIBED, YOU KNOW, 30 CAR PILE UP ON ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEY NEED HELP. THEY CAN ALWAYS COME TO US AND ASK US TO WAIVE THE FEE. RIGHT? THEY CAN. OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO BUILD A POLICY IN FOR THAT. FEEL FREE TO COMMUNICATE TO THEM, HEY, IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, COME TO US AND ASK US. WE'RE NOT UNREASONABLE FOLKS, BUT IF WE BUILD IN EXCLUSIONS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO USE THAT TO, TO EXPLOIT THE SYSTEM. THAT'S MY FEAR. SO I'M GLAD WE'RE GETTING IT BACK TO A BALANCE POINT TO WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE GO TO CALL TO, TO MAKE UP FOR THEM NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR CITY PROPERLY. TOM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. I MEAN, LEAGUE CITY SHOULD BE SUBSIDIZING ANYTHING ABOUT DICKINSON HERE. IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEIR OWN EMS. AND WHILE THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE DOES HELP EACH OTHER OUT. THIS SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY. THOSE SHOULD BE THE INSTANCES. AND FOR US TO ALREADY BE HERE SAYING THAT IT'S BEEN ABUSED, WE NEED TO JUST KEEP RAISING THIS UNTIL THEY FIND THEIR WAY TO DOING THE RIGHT THING AND TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN TAXPAYERS AND THE TAXPAYERS MONEY. MR. CHADWELL, AT LEAST, AT LEAST THE HEALTH DISTRICT. WE'RE THERE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET TO WHERE WE'RE JUST WAIVING THESE FEES. I DIDN'T KNOW WE WOULD DO THAT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET INTO THAT POLICY OF OF COMING THROUGH. SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR A WAIVING OF THE FEE THAT IT WOULD COME TO COUNCIL. ABSOLUTELY. AGREED. SO UST REITERATE, YOU KNOW,  Select to skip to this part of the video">EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID. SO I'LL UST REITERATE, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS COSTLY. THAT'S SUPPORTED WITH WITH OUR RESIDENTS TAX DOLLARS. IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SUBSIDIZE. DICKINSON. MR. COMBS THANK YOU, MAYOR. AGAIN, COUNCILMAN SAUNDERS, BACK IN 2015, WHEN I WAS HIRED AS THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF HERE, WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH DICKINSON. 11 YEARS LATER, WE STILL GOT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH DICKINSON. THE PROBLEM IS NOT IT'S NOT MUTUAL AID THAT'S THE PROBLEM. IT'S THE ABUSE OF POWER THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON TO OUR CITIES AND ONTO PARAMEDICS. BY NOT HIRING ANOTHER AMBULANCE CREW. AND REALLY, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO STOP RUNNING. IT PUTS TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON US, OUR PARAMEDICS, 200 CALLS, OUR EQUIPMENT, OUR PERSONNEL AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS LET'S JUST STOP MAKING. BUY AN AMBULANCE, MAKE THEM PUT PARAMEDICS ON THE ON THEIR PAYROLL AND LET'S GO FROM THERE. 
          AND IF WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE REAL SENSE OF MUTUAL AID TEN A YEAR, I'M OKAY WITH THAT, LIKE WE DO EVERYWHERE ELSE. BUT I THINK WE'RE RUNNING 150 CALLS. THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN SAY THAT'S MUTUAL AID. THAT'S SUBSIDIZING THEIR EMS SYSTEM, AND WE'RE ABUSING OUR PEOPLE. 
          SO I SYMPATHIZE WITH DICKINSON, BUT THEY NEED TO START TRYING TO FIND THE MONEY OR RAISE THEIR FEES. SAUNDERS ONCE AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND BACK WHENEVER THEY WERE ABUSING, THEY WERE CALLING US, BUT PROBABLY 3 OR 4 TIMES A DAY BACK WHEN THIS ALL IMPLEMENTED, WE'RE NOW LOOKING 
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AT ONE AT 161 CALL EVERY TWO DAYS, THREE DAYS. AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND I'VE ALREADY SAID BILL THE FEE, BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE CAVEATS IN IT AS FAR AS AS FAR AS ASKING FOR A WAIVER, I'VE NEVER BEEN TOLD, AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS SUBJECT MULTIPLE TIMES, THAT THEY COULD EVEN ASK FOR A WAIVER OF THE FEE ON MASS CASUALTIES, BECAUSE IF THAT WAS THE CASE, I WOULDN'T I WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN FINE WITH THAT. BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE DOCUMENT, AND THAT'S NEVER BEEN SAID TO ME THAT THEY COULD ON MASS CASUALTIES. SO AGAIN, YEAH, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO SEND A MESSAGE TO DICKINSON BY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO STOP THIS SERVICE BY NEXT YEAR. STOP IT. AND YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOMEBODY ELSE TO TO PICK UP YOUR CALLS. WE'LL GIVE YOU TEN MUTUAL AID CALLS A YEAR LIKE WE DO FRIENDSWOOD, CHEMO AND EVERYWHERE ELSE. WE DO MORE THAN THAT AT FRIENDSWOOD. YEAH, WELL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, IF IT GETS TO A POINT IN FRIENDSWOOD, WE'LL START EITHER CHARGING THEM OR STOPPING. YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY WE'RE WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME IN LEAGUE CITY WITH CALLS, THE CALL VOLUME IN ITSELF. AND EVERY TIME ONE OF OUR AMBULANCES GOES TO DICKINSON, YOU KNOW THAT ANOTHER AMBULANCE HAS TO PICK THAT CALL UP. SO IF WE HAVE A CARDIAC ARREST ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN AND EASTSIDE AMBULANCE IS GOING TO IT, WE'RE PUTTING OUR CITIZENS IN JEOPARDY. SO I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO PROBABLY SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE BY SAYING, WE NEED TO STOP THIS. Y'ALL NEED TO GET AN AMBULANCE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, RIGHT? THIS AGREEMENT GOES BOTH WAYS. SO IF WE NEED MUTUAL AID, WE'RE PAYING THE RATE FOR IT. IT IS A TWO WAY AGREEMENT. WE'RE BOTH WE'RE PAYING IT. THEY'RE PAYING US. AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE WHAT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE HAD HOW MANY AMBULANCES HAVE WE ADDED IN THE LAST THREE, THREE, FOUR YEARS? TWO. RIGHT. SO WE'VE ADDED AMBULANCES, NOT AMBULANCES, ADDED THE AMBULANCE. AND THEN IN OCTOBER WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE SCHEDULED TO ADD ANOTHER AMBULANCE. OKAY. SO THAT AT PEAK WE WOULD HAVE ADDED THREE AMBULANCES IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. RIGHT. AND THEN EVERY TIME YOU ADD ONE OF THOSE AMBULANCES, AN AMBULANCE COSTS, WHAT, HALF $1 MILLION? IT COSTS A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S JUST FOR THE AMBULANCE. PLUS, THEN YOU GOT TO PAY FOR THE STAFF. EIGHT PEOPLE, EIGHT. YOU GOT TO PAY FOR EIGHT FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE. RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE NOT DOING THIS OUT OF PROFIT. WE'RE NOT PROFITING FROM THIS RATE AT ALL. THIS IS THE RATE THAT IT COSTS TO TO RUN THOSE AMBULANCES. AND EVERY TIME WE SEND AN AMBULANCE, THAT'S ONE LESS AMBULANCE WE DON'T HAVE HERE, WHICH CAUSES US TO HAVE TO THEN BUY MORE PEAK AMBULANCES, STAFF MORE UP AND DO ALL THAT. SO I'M NOT TO THE POINT I WANT TO CUT THEM OFF. BUT WE CERTAINLY CANNOT BE SUBSIDIZING FOR THAT. RIGHT. AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND PUT IT IN, AND THEY CAN CHARGE US WHEN WE NEED THEM. JUST LIKE JUST LIKE WE GET CHARGED. AND AS FAR AS ANY OTHER WAIVERS, I, I AGREE WITH WITH MR. CRUZ. I MEAN, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO COME TO COUNCIL. I WOULD NOT SUPPORT ANY KIND OF WAIVER FOR ALMOST ANY REASON, BECAUSE IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS IF YOUR STAFF PROBABLY WOULDN'T NEED IT. AND THEN WHEN YOU WHEN IF WE NEED PEOPLE, I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT SERVICE AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT IS A SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE AND THE TAXPAYERS WILL PAY FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE CONSUME. I THINK WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO TO LET DICKINSON KNOW HOW EVERYONE FEELS ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE BUILDING INTO THEIR BUDGET THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO 120 CALLS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO RUN EACH YEAR, YOU KNOW? SO YEAH, I THINK WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE THEM AWARE AGAIN, BUT THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT. LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE FIRST IMPLEMENTED THE FEE, THEY ALMOST QUIT CALLING US AND THEY RELIED MORE ON ON GALVESTON COUNTY. AND THEN THEY SEE WHAT HAPPENED. THERE IS GALVESTON COUNTY THEN RAISED THEIR FEE ABOVE OUR FEE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THOSE RUNS. AND THEN TEXAS CITY RAISED THEIR FEE AS WELL. THEY DO CHARGE A FEE. I'VE ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT WITH THE HEALTH DISTRICT, BUT THE DISTRICT, THE TEXAS CITY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE TO DICKINSON. SO THE HEALTH DISTRICT DOES NOT TAKE CITY. SO THAT'S JUST IT. YOU CAN'T AFFORD YOUR OWN AMBULANCES. YOU GO TO THE HEALTH DISTRICT AND YOU GET A CONTRACT WITH THEM. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE, YOU KNOW? SO YEAH. AND AND WHEN WE NEGOTIATED THE AGREEMENT AND EVEN ON THIS ROUND, THEY'VE BEEN CONTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I THINK THEY STILL FEEL THAT IT IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE US DO DO IT AT THE CHARGE. 
          WHICH IS NOT REALLY OUR INTENT. WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO SEND THEM ANY BILL. SO IT GETS TO BE A LOT. YES, SIR. YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 741 AGAINST. ALL RIGHT. 
          [9A. 26-0169 Consider and take action on a resolution determining that land is needed for the construction and improvements associated with the Clear Creek Village Soundwall Project (ST2202), in the City of League  City, Texas, specifically: 1) Parcel 8 TCE - a 0.0588 acre parcel of land as Temporary Construction  Easement, 2) Parcel 9 TCE - a 0.0432 acre parcel of land as Temporary Construction Easement, 3) Parcel  12 TCE - a 0.0071 acre parcel of land as Temporary Construction Easement; and authorizing the  institution of eminent domain proceedings (Executive Director of Capital Projects)]
THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARINGS. THERE IS NO OLD BUSINESS. NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERING. TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT LAND IS NEEDED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND 
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IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE SOUND WALL PROJECT ST2202 IN THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS. SPECIFICALLY PARTIAL 8TCEA .0588 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND AS TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT TWO PARCEL 9TCEA .0432 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND AS TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT. PARCEL 12TCEA .0071 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND AS TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZE THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY TO CONDEMN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AGENDA ITEM NINE A AND AS FURTHER DESCRIBED IN THE METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF THE CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE SOUND WALL PROJECT. ST2202 SECOND. MR. TRUSTEE, THE. THE FUNDS THAT WOULD THEN BE USED. DO THEY FIT WITHIN THE AMOUNT THAT WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT? WE. WE BELIEVE SO AND I. OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY STATED THEY WOULD NEVER VOTE IN FAVOR OF EMINENT DOMAIN. MR. JONES I DON'T THINK THAT WAS NEVER. I SAID MOST OF THE TIME, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE REGARDING ME, I THINK IN THIS CASE HERE, IT'S A CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT. IT'S A TEMPORARY EMINENT DOMAIN AND IT'S NOT A TAKING OF PROPERTY. SO THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE. MR. TRESSLER SO ALMOST NEVER I DON'T THINK HE NAMED NAMES. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. I STARTED AT 50,000 BUCKS. SO I'M PRETTY SURE THE MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOR NONE AGAINST. THERE ARE NO FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES. THERE ARE NO ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA REPORTS FROM STAFF. I YIELD MY TIME. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL. MAYOR PRO TEM YIELD MY TIME. ANY MAN TIME. 
          TOMMY COMBS. YEAH, MY TIME. TOM CRUISE, YOU'RE MY TIME. COURTNEY CHADWELL I WILL YIELD MY TIME. I YIELD MY TIME. CHAD TRESSLER YIELD MY TIME. AND I WILL DO THE SAME. ALL RIGHT. 
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THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SUBCHAPTER D, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551 AT ALL THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE THIS 28TH DAY OF
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