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Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the City of Pasadena, Texas. Council meeting, September 4, 2018. We'll have invocation by James Guthrie and Councilman Shane Beinbyne, be leading us in the prayer. Please stand.

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Is this my box? You say the prayer more often? Let us pray. Lord God, have any father we come before you, dear Lord, ever more grateful. Grateful for the gift of this May.

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and council and the gifts that they bring to our community.

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We ask that you be with them today as they deliberate the business of the City of Pasadena.

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More importantly, Lord, we thank you for the gift of life, eternal life,

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through the birth, death and resurrection of your beloved son, Jesus Christ.

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We thank you for that eternal life.

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We ask that you bless our first responders, both police and fire.

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We ask that you bless our various school districts as they ask your children back to

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learning for the semester.

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We ask that you keep them safe.

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All this we ask in Jesus' holy name.

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Amen.

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If you would please join me in saying the pledge to the greatest nation, a pledge to the

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to the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under

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God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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And if you doubt, please join me in the great estate in the nation, allegedly to honor

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I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.

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With all the rain, hopefully you had some good family quality time and maybe took in a

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movie or did something special.

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So, and with that mayor, I pass.

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Thank you, sir.

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Councillor McGill, thank you for being here today, like Councilman Chainbine said, it's

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been a lot of rain, there's probably going to be some more, so we appreciate everybody

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showing up this type of weather.

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We had the pleasure of going out Saturday to the union cook-off, see the union members

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here.

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It was great, great turnout.

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We had some good music, so it was good turnout and with that I passed.

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Thank you sir.

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Councilman Lee.

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Thank you everybody for coming out this morning.

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I want to remind everybody, if you still making plans or haven't made plans, National Nideout

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coming up first Tuesday and October.

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And like Councilman Villarreal said, I went out to the barbecue cookoff, got some good food,

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and met a lot of people I didn't know, met some I didn't know,

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but overall it was a good day with that effect.

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Thank you, sir.

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Councilman Harrison.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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I guess all of you are aware that it's going

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to be a hurricane in the Gulf.

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Just be prepared.

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It's predicted to go to Bloc Sea or Eastern Yarlines,

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but just be prepared.

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And also, I went to the AFL-CIO pick

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I think they had a great time, you got to hear some good music by the blues, brothers.

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I asked them play a couple of songs for them and one of them was far, far away, but they wouldn't play that one.

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That's a joke, far, far away.

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But anyway, lots of hurricane series and stasis, that I pass.

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Thanks, sir.

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Councilman Anker-Sables.

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Yes, for a future reference, last name is Cassado's.

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Cassado's.

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Yes, sir.

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Thank you.

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Yes, sir.

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Thank you.

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But yeah, thank you, everyone, for coming out.

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We appreciate it.

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Many women in blue.

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We appreciate you guys being out here.

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I wish there was more seating.

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You didn't have to stand up so long.

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But we appreciate you being here.

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Also, I'd like to say we went out to the AFL Seattle Union

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and barbecue cook-off.

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It had a great time.

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I'm like the council members before said we got to go out there and place the music out there

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Myself and councilman Wheeler and we have a good little good little band

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I think so we played some getting music and we had a great time

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Thank you everyone for being out and I'd also like to send my condolences out to

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The blitz oh family James so see that he's passed away and and my condolences and heartfelt condolences go out to the family

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So put that up. Thank you sir. Councilman Wheeler

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were. Thank you, Mayor. It looks like we all went out to the FLC O'Barbie's week in.

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It was a good time last year, about this time, Harvey hit.

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So, I mean, it got canceled, so it was good to see kind of life turn back to normal just

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a little bit, and I know there's a hurricane in the Gulf, and the city, we have a great emergency

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management department here, so just stay tuned if anything does happen.

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You never know how those hurricane models play out, the spaghetti models, and they don't

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I don't know where the much more than any of us,

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but they predict it's gonna not gonna be coming towards us.

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So, I'm just staying in contact with the city

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and if anything does happen, we'll let you know.

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That'll pass.

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Thank you, sir, Councilman King.

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I'd like to thank everyone for coming out

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on this rainy day.

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Y'all know what we do have some seats up front.

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I'd be just like a pastor at church.

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And by the way, I want to sit down up front.

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Anyway, thanks to former Councilman James Guthrie

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for the invocation.

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And I'd like to congratulate the recipients of the service awards that's here today,

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Darrell, Diana, and Ed.

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Thank you for all the years of service for the City of Pasadena.

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Without pass, Mayor.

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Thank you, sir.

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Okay.

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The citizen is wanting to speak to council.

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Robert Jeter.

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Excuse me.

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Yes.

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I am.

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Before I begin, I want to point out that after last meeting before I had a chance to leave.

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And 83 year old woman upset over the comments I made came up to me and threatened my life right here in this very room.

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Now obviously the fact that I'm still here means that threat is not credible.

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But I do think that behavior is outrageous.

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And almost as absurd as how this administration has treated the city budget.

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Last week I had to sell my first vehicle.

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A white 89 Dodge Ram charger that my family purchased for me back in 2008 for my high school graduation didn't want to sell it.

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But after years of trying to save up to keep it running, it became apparent that it wasn't

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going to happen, so it sat in my driveway collecting rust.

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Ran fine just couldn't ever get it to pass inspection.

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So the government does this thing called past regulations that often serve as barriers to

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make it harder for honest folks to get things done.

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And government also likes to raise fines and fees to increase its own coffers rather than

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leave people alone.

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Government doesn't create wealth, it can only redistribute, and in the process of that redistribution, it often destroys wealth.

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My understanding is that we have a proposed tax rate increase of $6 per hundred dollars of home value.

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This is more than six times the 9th sense of a penny that this council voted against last year in the wake of Harvey.

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The way council is going to justify this is by saying it's for the increased insurance cost for city employees.

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I believe this is true.

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I also believe that if the administration hadn't been engaged and

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grotesquely excessive spending that we wouldn't need to hold employee benefits hostage to justify the tax hike.

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We have money for half a million dollars on a single hold of the golf course, but not to cover our own employees.

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If we as a city spent less on wants and more on needs, we would be far more physically responsible.

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I'm not saying don't pay our employees what they're worth, but we should be using that as justification for

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reaming the taxpayers, either.

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Lastly, I've never been anti-cop, just anti-corruption.

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It's been brought to my attention that Pasadena Police Union has made some concessions towards fiscal

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responsibility within the city.

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I would like to commend them and Brian Litzcomb for taking the lead on that.

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Good job, guys.

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Thank you, Council.

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Thank you, sir.

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Tissue banks.

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I just can you hear me?

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I'm short.

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I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank Mayor Wagner in the city of Pasadena for,

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and the Pasadena Chamber Commerce and the Pasadena Independent School District for all of their help with the First Annual Field of Bus Campaign.

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We were able to fill three school buses with school supplies, and it was wonderful.

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So many children in Pasadena got free school supplies.

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In fact, what we did was we allowed the teachers to come on Friday before school started to the PISD warehouse,

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and they were able to bring a box and fill it for their classes and their kids.

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And it was a wonderful site.

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But next year, I have a different goal.

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I want to make sure every elementary child gets a free box of crayons.

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That means 15,300 and one kids are in first through fourth grade.

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And I want to make sure the teachers get a free box of clean eggs,

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because those are things that teachers are buying and paying for out of their own pocket.

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I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank ABC Dental, Albemarle, Barnes & Nobles,

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Basel Medical Center, Bayway Lincoln, Best Western, Barnett Specialties, Candlewood

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Suites, Community Health Toys, Deep Water Neighborhood, Dixie Chemical, Frost Bank,

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Grace Star Real Estate, Hilton Gardening, Interactive College, Johnson Space Center,

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Credit Union, Kindred Hospital, Pasadena Public Library, Life Touch Photography, Metter

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Staffing, Met Express, Moose Lodge, MU Alpha, New Dimension Caregivers, Nike Outback

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Black State House, Pasadena Bay Area, Junior Forum, Pasadena Interfaith Manor, Pasadena Refinning, Pasadena Rotary South, Patience Medical Center,

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Phelps Insurance, Plumbertune 68, Prime Rility, Puffer's Finn, Texan Bank, the Serrano Agency of Farmers Insurance,

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Thrive at Financial, Underwood Baptist Church, Vern Cox, Wise Tutoring, and Zachary Industrial for all of their help with fill the bus.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, ma'am.

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Jed and Ed.

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Y'all come up.

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These are my helpers, Mayor.

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That's good helpers.

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Morning, Mayor, Jeff Wagner and City Councilman.

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I'd like to thank you for letting me talk today.

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As many of you may know, my daughter, Christina Wells,

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has advanced to be a semi-finals on the popular TV show,

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American God Talent.

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She is going to perform on September the 11th, 7pm on NBC.

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Christina is a hometown girl.

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She lives here and she has a registered nurse helping her community.

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Judge, I'm going to say that.

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Okay.

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Good morning.

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As many of you know, my daughter, Christina Wells, has advanced to be a finalist in the

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Popular Program of Television America's Got Talent.

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She will present the 11th of September at 7 at night in NBC.

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Cristina is a daughter of this community, she lives here and she is a registered nurse

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who helps her community.

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Cristina has performed at the City of Pasadena tree lighting and volunteered each year

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to sing for the Berncoggs Christmas party.

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She believes in the power of music to heal and she wants to share her gift.

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I am here to ask everyone to please vote for my daughter on September 11th.

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This is how you can vote.

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Download the app on your phone by going to NBC.com-agt.

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You can also vote ten times to the number they show on that night.

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She performs.

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Please help my daughter make her dreams come true unless she shows the world that

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great things do come from Pasadena, Texas. Thank you.

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We're going to help my daughter to make her dream come true and to show that great things can come from Texas.

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Thank you all so much.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you very much.

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Mayor Council, good morning.

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First of all, I'd like to say thank you to everyone who's voted for Eric so far.

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We've got a little bit longer to go, September the 14th.

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And so we're here to ask for your vote for everyone in the city to vote for Eric Nikki at WWW,

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well-cared champions, well-cared champions.

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tx.com forward slash Eric, ERIC. Together, if we can get enough votes, it will win $25,000 for

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our senior center, and that goes to senior activities and things that the seniors can enjoy

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and to enhance their life, and we just ask that everyone in the city vote one, you know,

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you can vote every day, you can vote on computers, you can vote on cell phones, you can vote

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on browsers, different browsers, and we just ask that you all put one more great push forward

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because together we can do this, and it would bring a lot of joy to our seniors at the

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questions, Paul, Madison jokes in your center at 713-477-0175, and we'd be happy to talk to you about

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voting. Yeah, we'll tell you how to download it on your phone, and I'm not real good at those

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things, but Eric programmed it into my phone so I just planned to buy it.

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And so give us a call

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if you have problems with that. And again, thank you very much. It takes teamwork to do things like

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this and to vote and to vote for Ed's daughter. She's a darling and she also

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saying at our 4th of July that celebrations and what a voice she's got and so

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thank you. Thank you all so much. Thank you. Michelle and T.

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Oner mayor and council. In front of you have a little piece of paper there

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talking about fire trucks. We tried selling these fire trucks on Renee Bates. In a

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past we've had real good luck, but this time around, evidently there wasn't any takers.

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So what we're doing, we're going to have our auction September the 15th at our location

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that we have six times a year.

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We have 100 plus abandoned and seized vehicles, more abandoned than not, and then we have

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some city vehicles, surplus vehicles that we sell.

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We pride ourselves in our resell.

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We do the guys do a great job of it.

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I just show up and look ugly.

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So it's a 3% buyer's premium, cash,

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mastercard, American Express.

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We sell them as is, where is.

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One of the things about these fire trucks,

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what we're going to do is we're going

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to sell them at our auction, but at the same time, they will be going, once they come

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up for bid, they will be going online and live across the United States to try to get

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some people to buy these from us, because what this money does, it goes back into our maintenance

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fund, and we're able to buy equipment down the road, emergency equipment, you know, could

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It could be fire trucks, it could be garbage trucks, whatever it may be.

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But we really do proud ourselves in our resale.

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Thank you all very much.

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Thank you, sir.

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Christina Wilmaig.

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Good morning, Mayor, City Council members.

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I am here today to share about several events we have going on at the Pasadena Chamber.

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But I want to first let you all know that today is an exciting day.

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As we were here, an email went out to all of our members and

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community members that the launch of our new Pasadena Chamber website.

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And so two years ago, our director of marketing and special events, Susette McDowell, who's here with us today.

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Launched our rebraining efforts and the completion of this website is the final phase of that.

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And so we invite everybody to go check out the new website.

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It's a more user-friendly versatile site that's mobile and friendly and compatible on all devices.

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And so we appreciate everybody's support in that.

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If you are a chamber member and you normally register for events, then you will get an email today as well with new user name information and password to set up so take advantage of that.

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We're excited about the launch of that and being able to showcase Pasadena and the chamber that we are so proud of.

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In terms of events coming up with the chamber, next Tuesday September 11th, the Pasadena little theater is putting on the 110 stories.

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This is a play that depicts the activities from September 11 as told from the standpoint of people that we can relate to that experience that, not what was in the news.

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This event, although PLT is putting it on, is actually a fundraiser for all of our first responders for the firemen and the police officers, so take it start at only $25 and their sponsorships available, so please make plans to attend that.

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We also in partnership with the Harris County District Clerk's Office are going to have a passport fair at the Pasadena Chamber on Tuesday, September 18th, so if you want to skip the lines elsewhere, you can come to the Pasadena Chamber Office for new or renewals, and that's open to the community and their family, so not just chamber members, and then we also have our Pasadena Hispanic Business Council breakfast on October 10th at the Serrano Agency, and this will be on identity theft so you can come learn how to keep your information safe.

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And then before long, the Texas Invitational Basketball Tournament will be here, and so we need your help in volunteering for this

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to tournament, that is a partnership between the city, the school district, and the business community just like Phil the

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best was. And so it's another opportunity for you to engage and to give back. And so you can look at TexasInvitational.com for all the volunteer needs.

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And then last but not least, Taste of the Town is underway. And so the greatest Taste of the Town tickets are available

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at that event will be on November 1st this year.

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So get your tickets early, there is a VIP access opportunity to get in early.

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And we also have our raffle going on for a mini goat cart for only $10.

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You can stop by the chamber to purchase your tickets.

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So thank you all for your support.

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Thank you, ma'am.

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Okay, brings us down to presentation.

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Mayor and council will be honoring three employees today for service awards that they've received here at the city.

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The first employee, and after they get their awards that we head back to their office to get back to work, first goes to Darryl Anthony.

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He's got 35 years of service with the city, going up Darryl.

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I see you've been at a new scribe clock there, thank you very much Darryl.

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He's assigned to our fleet division.

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The next employee is Diana Curtis.

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She's got 30 years of service, but she's assigned to City Controllers Office and she's

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receiving an inscribed watch.

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And last is Ed Hovett, I think, 25 years of service and he's with our golf course.

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He'll be receiving a gold watch.

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That's it.

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They're going to be heading back to their office because Diana says she's got to make sure

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she gets our check.

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right now, so thank you all very much.

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Thank you, sir.

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Okay, council brings it down to presentation of minutes.

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August 21st, motion to say those second by Shane Byne.

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Mayor, excuse me.

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Yes, sir.

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Don't we have a volunteer award on here also?

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Just right, they said Eddie, oh, there's Eddie right there.

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Yes.

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Yes, he's right by.

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Thank you, Bruce, I appreciate that,

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because I did not see it, he's sitting there.

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Let's see, try

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to see here.

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Yes, Eddie Perez, he's got a volunteer award now.

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I have to give him his award, because I was told he was not here.

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Going up here, Eddie.

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Thank you, thank you, Councilman Limon.

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Thank you, Eddie, for all you do.

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Thank you.

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Okay, we had a second.

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And any questions?

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Mayor, here were the motions act.

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Shane Bond was first, and I was second.

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Okay, all in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Progress payments?

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Aint appearance?

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Motion shimmer.

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Motionlement, second Wheeler.

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No questions?

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All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Bring us down to personal changes A,

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I got it right.اء

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area. Motionlement,

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second? Harrison, any

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questions? All in favor?

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Any opposed? Aint

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No, I brought it

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down to personal. Motion. Motion chain bin.

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Second Wheeler?

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Second Wheeler?

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Any question?

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Any question?

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All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Wind up.

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Okay.

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Okay, brings us down to the final reading of item secretary.

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Ornus 2018-109.

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Purchase of one United Culler Air Conditioning Unit for the Pest and Police CSI Department from Carrier Commercial Services, $52,359.

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Ornus 2018-10.

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Again, contract with Sirius Engineering for design services for the Golden Acres 24-inch

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force main project, SAP WJP 049 for total appropriation, $232,500 from the 2017 Certificate of

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Alification Fund Balance Account, or NIS 2018-111.

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Annual consulting agreement with Gallagher Benefit Services C, $31,500, or NIS 2018-12.

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Amin in the code of ordinances, Chapter 36 traffic, Article 6, speed regulations, Section 36145.1,

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1, 25 miles per hour zone, and Section 36146, regular established bid zones.

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Motion, Lee-Man.

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Second, Saddles, any questions, all in favor?

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Any opposed?

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First reading is by the Secretary.

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Okay.

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Ornids 2018-1-14, agreement with BNB Consulting Group for Annual Support for Implementing and Maintaining an Industrial Pre-Treatment Program for the City of $50,000.

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Motion.

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Motion, shame behind.

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Second.

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Second, Wheeler, any questions?

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All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Ornith's 2018-115, Purchase of 2019, Ducin DX-2010WE-5, Wheel, Excavator, U.S.

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50 package from the RB Everton Company, 237,000, 56 dollars.

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Purchase and second, Wheeler, any question?

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All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Ornith's 2018-116, Purchase of 2019, International HP-607, Garbage Trucks,

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1, 2019, 2020, international, MV607, Chassis for the Altec,

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Crane Body 1, 2019, international, 7, 500, 6x4, Chassis with Bacter 21,

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100, Unit 1, 2019, Bacter 21, OOI, Subertruck 1, 2019,

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International, HP Followed 7, Brush, Dump Truck, and 2, 2019,

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International, HP 607, Grapold, Dump Truck from Southwest,

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International Trucks, 1,438,655 dollars, 29 cents.

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Motion.

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Motion.

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St. By and second by Kayden.

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Any questions?

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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Any opposed?

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Ordinance 2018-17.

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Purchase a four-forward F-250.

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Regular cap pickup trucks and two-2017.

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Board Explorer SUV utility vehicles from sales before.

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$177,700.

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Motion and Lehman.

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Second bit around.

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Any questions?

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All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Resolution, I mean, ordinance 2018-18, excepting approving it often in the valuation

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assessment of all real and personal property in the city of Pasadena, Harris County

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Texas for the 2018 texture, designating the Harris County Texas sister collector as a

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responsible official to prepare effective in rowback rights and certifying a 2018 tax collection

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right for providing for repelling clause and containing a severability clause.

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Motion.

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Motion and Kaden?

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Second.

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Second.

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Shame on.

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Any questions?

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Mayor?

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Yes, sir?

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I want to say this is a line of Harris County due evaluation for property value chain and pass it in and as always we expect those property all values will go up.

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Thank you, sir.

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All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Ornith's 2018-19, acceptance of a grant of $421,616, 64 cents from the Texas General Land Office for the 2015 flood allocation for rehabilitation of senatorial sewer lines.

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Motion, casados, second, a lemon, any questions, all in favor, any opposed?

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Ornith's 2018-120, purchase and installation of computer components for the city's emergency alert,

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siren system for cross-point communications, $121,880.

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Motion.

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Seconded by Second Wheeler, any questions?

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All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Ornith's number 2018-121, purchase of 52 Ford and 6 Chevrolet vehicles from Sills be Ford like Country Chevrolet,

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like $1,701,523.6.

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Motion.

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Motion, same buying?

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Second.

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Bill Raoul, any questions?

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Mayor.

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Yeah, what's going on there?

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On this item, the $1.7 million, what this is, is replacing city vehicles from as early as the year 2004.

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And what this will do is upgrade our fleet, and it'll help our city workers do their jobs more

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more efficiently, and it will provide better city services to our citizens.

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Thank you, sir. All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Resolutions of Madame Secretary?

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Resolution 2018-96, accepting a donation of breakfast sandwiches valued at $250 for McDonald's.

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Questions for the team up to cleanup event on September 8, 2018, for breakfast for volunteers. Motion, motion, Wheeler, second, Lehman, any questions? All in favor? Any opposed? Resolution 2018, 97. Accepting a donation of 60 pizzas valued at $600 from Pablo Ampita for the team up to cleanup event on September 7, 2018, for lunch for volunteers. Motion, motion, Wheeler, second, casados, any questions? All in favor? Any opposed?

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Resolution 2018-98, accepting an incandonational lunch paid at $150 from Olive Garden and monetary donations totaling $4,950 from Olive Tree Mediterranean Grille Industrial Storage Services NTIR Memorial Harman for the 2018 Wirture Wind Up softball tournament.

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Motion, motion Wheeler, second Harrison, any questions? All in favor? Any opposed?

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Resolution 2018-99, accepting monetary donations of $3,000 from SCR construction partners for the 2018 virtual wind-up softball tournament and the annual Christmas tree lighting.

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Motion, motion and cake, second, casados, any questions? All in favor? Any opposed?

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Resolution 2018-100, accepting a donation. 30 backpats filled with skill supplies valued at $450 from ABC Dental.

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For door prizes at the Kaboom Design Day event on August 15, 2018, at Odell Recreation Center.

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Motion in the lemons, second, Villarreal, any questions?

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All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Resolution 2018-101, accepting a donation of breakfast suit valued at $500 from Chick-fil-A,

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for the team up to clean up event on September 7, 2018, for breakfast for volunteers.

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Motion, motion, same by.

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Second, Villarreal, any questions?

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All in favor?

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00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:52,960
Any opposed?

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00:31:53,820 --> 00:32:02,360
Resolution 2018-102, accepting a donation $2,000 from Landau Chemical Company for the purchase of lockout kits for the Pasadena Police Station.

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00:32:02,460 --> 00:32:07,260
Motion, motion, shame behind, second, Lehman, any questions? All in favor, any opposed?

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Resolution 27-2018-103, accepting a donation of top-solved, valued at $1,500, from the Houston Food Bank for Community Gardens.

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Motion法.

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Motion, Caten.

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Second, Cancadel.

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Is there any questions?

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All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Resolution 2018104 accepting a monetary donation $600 from paralyzed veterans of America.

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Taxi chapter.

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Brother, 2018, which year wind-up Softball Tournament?

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Motion.

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Motion, chain buy.

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Second, pillar, all.

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Any questions?

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00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:40,000
All in favor?

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00:32:40,420 --> 00:32:41,200
Any opposed?

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00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:44,600
Resolution 2018105.

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accepting a donation $200 from Pinnacle Asset Integrity Services LLC for our public education programs.

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Motion. Motion seen by and second.

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Hated any questions? All in favour? Any opposed?

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Resolution 2018-106. Author was in the mayor to execute and the city secretary to a test general

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and no litigation certificate of the City of Pasadena and certificate of approval relating to issuance of multi-family housing revenue bonds by Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation

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for the Bay Shore Towers' apartments while top-downly project located in the city of Pasadena.

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Motion, motion, Wheeler?

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Second, can I ask any questions?

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All in favor?

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Any opposed?

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Resolution 2018-107, approving grant application and agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for $170,926 to conduct a comprehensive vehicular traffic enforcement program.

466
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Motion, motion, Wheeler, second, second, shame behind, any questions?

467
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All in favor?

468
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Any opposed?

469
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Mayor, I'm sorry.

470
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Who made the motion?

471
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A bill around.

472
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Okay.

473
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Thank you.

474
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Resolution.

475
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A bill around.

476
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Thank you.

477
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Resolution 2018108.

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Approving grant application in agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for $23,938.24 to conduct a commercial motor vehicle traffic enforcement program.

479
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Motion.

480
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Motion.

481
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Resolution 2018-109, a resolution by Roe Calvo scheduling two public hearings, September 18, 2018 at 6 p.m. and October 2, 2018 at 10 a.m., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, for the purpose of hearing public comments on the proposal to adopt a 2018 tax rate of 0.615446 per $100 value, which is greater than the 2018 effective tax rate of 0.556430 per $100 value.

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and authorizing the city's secretary to publish a notice of the 2018 texture proposed property tax rate for the city of Pasadena at least seven days prior to the first scheduled hearing, and we need a row call vote mayor.

483
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Okay. Let's make a motion, shame behind. Second, Lehman. Okay, we'll start our vote.

484
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Is there a discussion on this matter?

485
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Okay, discussion.

486
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Seconded. Seconded.

487
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First

488
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here, this is a proposed tax increase.

489
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If we were to accept the same, the rollback rate of 0.556,

490
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that means the citizens of Pasadena this next coming year would pay a proper tax rate of 0.556 or 55.6 cents per $100 valuation on their home.

491
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This increase in taxes would be 61.5 cents, that's about 6 cents increase, which equates

492
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to a 10.6% increase in just the rate alone.

493
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That doesn't account for the increase in property value.

494
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So if your home goes up in value, I don't know if you're paying an increase of 10.6% on

495
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the rate, but you're going to pay on top of that whatever increase is the evaluation of

496
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your home.

497
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We've had, well, where there wasn't much of a budget workshop. Council wasn't

498
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allowed asking any questions, but in our budget, we did not account for any employee raise

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for police officers or city employees. So in our budget so far, there's been no cost

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of living increase for our employees. On top of that, we just passed an industrial agreement

501
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which gave a 30% reduction. What I'm saying is, is if the industrial zone were to pay the

502
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the same level of property tax that we're asking citizens to pay.

503
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They would be paying $25 million a year.

504
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We're only asking them to pay 17.5 a year, which is equivalent of a 30% discount.

505
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So in the same month, we're asking these multi-billion dollar corporations to pay at a 30% discount.

506
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We're increasing property taxes on working families 10.6% and

507
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not even given our budgeting for our city employees to have a cost of living increase.

508
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I think this is not physically wise, it's not fair to working families, and it's especially not fair given that yesterday was Labor Day.

509
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I'm not going to support attacks and increase, and I don't even want to see it go to hearing that I pass.

510
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Thank you.

511
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Any comments?

512
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We'll go for a roll call vote, go ahead, sir.

513
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Yes, so I'm kind of, I guess, on the same boat here, I guess not everybody's surprised about that, right?

514
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But let me say this, we didn't have a budget workshop.

515
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One of the main things that I'm really concerned with is the fact that we've had numerous things be increased on us this past year.

516
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We've had our garbage rates go up.

517
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We've had our water rates go up.

518
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We're not talking about an increase of 10.6% going up.

519
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We're given industrial districts a break.

520
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If we were to annex those guys, I know I brought this up last week.

521
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We were talking about an additional $4.5 to $5 million annually that we could bring into the city.

522
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But on our actual budget, Mayor and everybody was very proud of, we're going to be bringing

523
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in $2.8 million more this year in tax revenue.

524
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If that's the case, we're happy with the $2.8 million, why are we increasing taxes again?

525
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Not to mention the fact that he said that we're going to be keeping the same amount of employees

526
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and that personnel will be staying the same.

527
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Now is this tax revenue, this tax increase, we're going to, I don't know, I guess, hire new employees

528
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or whatever the case may be, there's no reason for this to go on.

529
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We have money and the fund balance to give our employees a cost of living increase.

530
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Okay, the reason why some of these things have been going on is because there's been excessive spending.

531
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Okay, there's a lot of projects and things of that nature that the mayor, we didn't account for in the budget.

532
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They didn't put it in the budget because they wanted the budget to look really, really good.

533
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Hey, we got a lot of money here.

534
00:38:55,050 --> 00:38:59,630
Well, guess what, that money is going through other projects as well, that they have an account for.

535
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There is money for a cost of living increase.

536
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This tax increase right here may or try to do this last year.

537
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We talked them down, we got it down to the rollback tax rate.

538
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The other thing I'm concerned with is that this rollback tax rate that they're proposing

539
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right here, I need to do some research because last I checked there was only supposed to be

540
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And they are 6% increase max that you could do on the rollback.

541
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This is well above that.

542
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Thank you, sir.

543
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Again, we're really discussing a public hearing.

544
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The office comments are definitely for the public hearing.

545
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You shouldn't be here, but I'll allow that.

546
00:39:34,970 --> 00:39:39,130
And again, the budget, everything we do here is in the budget and

547
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you all vote on.

548
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There's nothing hitting you.

549
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It is, sir.

550
00:39:42,070 --> 00:39:42,710
You're out of order.

551
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You're out of order and I allow you to talk.

552
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Well, I appreciate that, you bet.

553
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But my point is, everything in the budget is in the budget.

554
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budget. There's nothing hidden from this administration. It's not. Again, sir, you're

555
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out of order. One more time, sir. You're going to be asked to leave the room. Why would you

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leave? Just fine with me. I'll tell you what, this is very important. All, sir, this

557
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is very important. And this has to do with our tax pay. A little bit of a point of information.

558
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The Marrakeit throw them out with a vote of counsel. It takes five votes. Majority of counsel.

559
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We'll read the Robert Drew lawyer. I did. We'll read it again. We'll read

560
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it again.

561
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You can stay for the roll call vote if you choose to.

562
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Okay.

563
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Thank you.

564
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As long as it applies to saying yes or no to a public hearing, we're not discussing the

565
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vote.

566
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Let me speak.

567
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Go ahead, sir.

568
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I got a right to speak.

569
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And it's the mayor's right.

570
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It's a yes or no on this roll call vote, but I want to get my position out where I am.

571
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I don't think we should even have this yes or no vote.

572
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The law allows it, sir.

573
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I talk to business people, don't interrupt me when I'm talking to them.

574
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The law.

575
00:41:00,980 --> 00:41:01,740
You the law now?

576
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I talk to business people out here.

577
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And my priorities are business people.

578
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The taxpayers are homeowners.

579
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And we didn't even have a budget workshop.

580
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There's a lot of things in this whole thing.

581
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People are making deals one way or the other.

582
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But I am against raising taxes.

583
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It's not needed.

584
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We need to have a budget workshop and cut some expenses and move forward.

585
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So therefore, I'm stating my position right now that I'm not going to support a tax increase.

586
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I support the people out there that pay the taxes, so therefore, I can support it.

587
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Thank you, Mayor.

588
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Thank you, sir.

589
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Okay.

590
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Roll call, Bill.

591
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Councilman Billiard.

592
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It's just for the public hearing.

593
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I'll vote yes.

594
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Yes.

595
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Mr. Harrison?

596
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Mr. Harrison?

597
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is for the public hearing not I want to get my point I'm digging in now no I'm

598
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yes no Kate yes thank you for sticking up okay bring this down to the last

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resolution you're

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dismissed you're dismissed great

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The resolution 2018-110, accepting a grant of $46,594 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance to be used to fund overtime for additional police activities to enhance public safety and reduce crime.

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Motion.

603
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Motion same-bind?

604
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Second.

605
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Harrison, any questions? All in favor? Any opposed?

606
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We'll think about it for a coming out.

607
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We're here to do the city business, and we must do it with respect for all citizens, and that's what my administration does.

608
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Everything that you hear about the budget, that being transparent, everything we do and everything I do is voted on, and nothing's hidden from my administration.

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With that, y'all have a great day. We'll see you later.