[0:03] Everybody slide a mic down.
[0:18] right in front of me.
[0:26] » All right. Good evening.
>> Good evening.
[0:28] » Good evening.
>> The city council for the city of
[0:31] Brookshire, Texas will hold a regular
session city council meeting on
[0:35] September 3rd, 2026 at 7 p.m. in city
hall to consider the following.
[0:43] Can we have prayer?
[0:47] » [clears throat]
[0:51] » Father God, we say thank you, Lord, for
another day you've blessed us to see.
[0:55] Lord, we ask that you help us today with
everything that's placed before us. Help
[0:58] us with every decision, Lord, that we be
pleased in your sight and for the
[1:02] betterment of this community. In Jesus
name we pray. Amen.
[1:06] » Amen.
[1:09] I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the stands
[1:16] nationy
[1:19] and justice for all.
[1:28] » Roll call, please.
[1:32] » Mayor Richards,
>> present.
[1:34] » Mayor Pro Tim Green,
>> present. Alderwoman Flores
[1:38] » here.
>> Alderwoman Taylor
[1:41] » here.
>> Alderwoman McDade
[1:43] » present. Alderwoman Vaughn
>> present.
[1:46] » Mayor, you have a quorum.
>> Thank you. Public comments per Texas
[1:51] open meeting act. Texas Government Code
5510007.
[1:56] The city council may not discuss or take
action on any item not listed on the
[2:00] agenda. Each member of the public
wishing to speak must sign in before the
[2:04] meeting which is limited to three
minutes. Uh and I have Mr. Helix Gome.
[2:15] » Good evening.
>> Good evening.
[2:18] » I just want to talk real quick about the
flock alpr and other mass surveillance.
[2:22] [clears throat]
A little bit of intro about me. My name
[2:25] is Alex Gonzalez. I just moved here from
I say just moved down here from Dallas
[2:29] about seven years ago. Uh, and never
never in any of that time have ever had
[2:34] any issues of fear or crime or never
felt unsafe. Uh, but like many
[2:39] Americans, I've only recently learned
about flock and mass surveillance AOPR
[2:42] that's taken over uh many cities and
counties uh and all the laundry list of
[2:47] abuse and issues that it has created.
Uh, these are violation of our Fourth
[2:51] Amendment and civil liberties. And uh,
it should be as simple as that across
[2:55] the board that they should never even
see the light of day, especially when
[2:58] paid for by tax dollars. I spoke earlier
today with uh Secretary Miss Glover and
[3:03] she clarified that we do not have a
contract with Flock or other AOPR to her
[3:07] knowledge [clears throat] and for that
you guys should be praised.
[3:10] Thank you for not moving forward with
the contract when approached by Flock in
[3:14] 2024. [clears throat] Thank you for your
wisdom and your transparency and looking
[3:18] out for our community. I ask that you
make an ordinance to ban any such
[3:21] AIdriven cameras, ALPR, unconsidered
mass surveillance technology from our
[3:26] city moving forward, just as you did
with the last meeting regarding the data
[3:29] centers, which is badass.
These two will ultimately go hand in
[3:33] hand, which is why I think there's such
a hard and uh a hard and secretive push
[3:37] for them. Of course, aside from the uh
billionaire's greed, the type of
[3:41] surveillance that [clears throat] type
of surveillance will require an immense
[3:44] data storage, especially when it's done
24 hours a day. Do you have two minutes
[3:49] » via the cloud?
[clears throat]
[3:52] » The leaders of these industries call for
a compromise between safety and privacy.
[3:56] There's no such possibility. Please be
aware of their competitors coming in
[4:00] behind them, namely Axon. They're most
wellknown for their police body cams.
[4:05] [clears throat]
Um, and cities that have removed flock
[4:09] due to the, you know, citizen complaint.
They've also moved forward with
[4:14] replacing flock with axon cameras.
Um, so I just wanted to bring aware
[4:19] bring that awareness to you guys. Um,
these companies are evolving rapidly
[4:23] with all kinds of new technology for
surveillance, including drones.
[4:28] Um, they're also getting a little bit
more devious, uh, and the ways that they
[4:32] camouflage these cameras to make them
more discreet so the public don't know
[4:35] about them or see them. Um,
[4:42] uh, where am I at? Uh and just to finish
up uh some other companies to look out
[4:47] for uh included Ben Limitu, Flock, Axon,
Plate Ranger, Mark 43, Deep Sentinel,
[4:55] Motorola, also known as Vigilant,
Motorola bought out Vigilant. Um if we
[5:00] really wish to lower our uh lower crime,
we must look within our education
[5:05] systems, our businesses, our people.
There are no outward solutions. Thank
[5:09] you.
>> Thank you.
[5:11] » Thank you.
[5:16] All right. Item number six, discussion
and possible action to approve the
[5:21] minutes of the regular city council
meeting held on August 20th, 2026.
[5:33] » If there is no discussion, any
discussion before I move forward.
[5:39] Okay. If there's no discussion, I'd like
to move to approve the minutes of the
[5:43] regular city council meeting that was
held on August 20th, 2026.
[5:49] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[5:52] » I.
>> Motion pass. Item [clears throat] number
[5:54] seven, discussion and possible action to
approve the minutes of a special city
[6:00] council budget workshop meeting held on
August 24th, 2026.
[6:08] » [clears throat]
[6:11] » discussion.
>> If there is no discussion on that, any
[6:13] discussion? No.
>> I move to approve the minutes of special
[6:17] city council meeting, special city
council budget workshop meeting that was
[6:22] held on August 24th, 2026.
>> Second.
[6:26] » All in favor?
>> Motion passed.
[6:30] Consulting reports, code enforcement
report.
[6:36] Good evening, mayor, council, staff, all
in attendance. Uh you do have the code
[6:41] enforcement report in front of you all.
It's a little extensive as can be noted
[6:45] on the summary page. Uh the
the activity that took place for the
[6:51] most part was the uh for trash and
accumulation of waste, tall grass and
[6:57] weeds, and for junk vehicles being
declared a public nuisance. Those were
[7:02] the top areas that um we're focused on
it seems like this month. Uh just as a
[7:08] reiteration, we do we are um asking that
our code enforcement officer um align
[7:16] the strategic
process of code enforcement with
[7:21] starting off with weeds, high grass and
looking for for those types of uh
[7:26] violations. in as such um she may see a
violation from time to time going from
[7:33] uh activity to activity or complaint to
complaint. So they may come up but if
[7:37] there are any questions or if you have
any issues that you see out there we'd
[7:42] be happy to take a look at them address
them and then bring that information
[7:45] back to you all.
>> Thank you.
[7:48] » Thank you.
>> All right. Thank you.
[7:54] Grant works reports.
Miss Glover
[8:01] » for the grant reports opera we have uh
in the pre-closeout
[8:07] for the opera. All documents are um have
been completed. I have finished with uh
[8:14] grant works with that and our next thing
with opera will be the treasur report on
[8:18] April the 30th of 2027.
Midmod has started um the process of
[8:26] working with Stellar Road for the
drainage. This is the drainage uh grant
[8:31] that we're talking about right now. As
you know, it's Stella Road, First
[8:35] Street, and Fourth Street. And they have
finished up with um Stella Road so far
[8:41] and they're moving on to the next road,
which will probably be First Street. We
[8:46] do have a upcoming
uh meeting called September the 17th and
[8:53] that's with the general land office here
at the city. So they'll be in person
[8:58] and then from there FEMA I did reach out
to them. We have received the funds from
[9:04] them and that was the grant from the
April storm from 2016. So that grant is
[9:11] officially closed out as well. That's
60,000.
[9:16] » 60,000.
>> Yeah.
[9:17] » 60,000.
>> Awesome.
[9:19] » Any questions,
>> ma'am. Thank you.
[9:21] » You're welcome.
>> Thank you.
[9:24] » All right. LJA report.
[9:29] » Good evening. Good evening.
>> All right. Another pretty busy month for
[9:34] permits. We had a bunch of approvals.
The review queue is finally getting a
[9:38] little bit smaller.
Um, next up I have actual two action
[9:43] items for y'all. The first one is we are
finalizing the design and bid package
[9:47] and we would like to request the
authorization to advertise and bid the
[9:51] um drainage improvements at Brierbrook.
And then the second one is we are
[9:56] finalizing the bid package for the road
repairs phase three. So we would also
[10:00] like to request authorization to
advertise and bid that project as well.
[10:05] » Is it on the agenda?
>> No, it's in my report. So if you yeah on
[10:11] this second page or third page sorry.
[10:17] » So um
we will
[10:24] hold off on that until September 17th.
>> Okay.
[10:29] » Um and then we'll we'll revisit it.
Okay.
[10:32] » All right.
>> But thank you for uh being proactive and
[10:36] getting it done.
>> Sure thing. And then one more question
[10:39] kind of more of a discussion and I think
mayor you've talked about it for the
[10:43] plat that we did for Callahan Road. I
know y'all want to change the name and I
[10:46] think your original request was for
Nathan Brookshire but they're requesting
[10:49] to shorten it to Nathan. Are y'all okay
with that shortening?
[10:54] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[10:59] » Okay.
Just want to make sure so we can bring
[11:02] that to the next council meeting as
well. So
[11:05] » all right. Any other questions?
>> No, ma'am. Thank you.
[11:09] » Thank you.
[11:14] » [snorts]
>> Item number eight, discussion and
[11:17] consideration regarding 4022 4022nd
Street, Second and a half street to
[11:24] determine when whether the structure
meets the definition of a dangerous
[11:28] building to be considered a nuisance and
or item number two, if the structures
[11:35] are dangerous and therefore a nuisance,
remediation may be required. All right.
[11:42] And so we have a presentation.
Uaining.
[11:51] Okay, that's fine. Miss Vaughn is
abstaining.
[11:56] » Good evening again. Back [clears throat]
in April, we met with the um our other
[12:01] legal council and asked them to help us
assist with preparing an um an ordinance
[12:06] for substandard buildings. And so the
you all approved that and so there were
[12:12] five um lot five properties that were
deemed a potential uh nuisance. And so
[12:17] we provided those to our code
enforcement officer who then provided
[12:22] those names to the building official
within safe build. And so at this time
[12:26] what you have in front of you is a it's
a large packet but it's a complete
[12:31] packet of this process. And so, uh, the
first part is, uh, the building's
[12:36] officials
write up on the building itself. And as
[12:41] you go through the entire packet, it
provides the minimum, uh, checklist
[12:45] standards that meet this uh, for the
nuisance. And then as you proceed there,
[12:52] you'll see multiple pictures that were
taken, the violation that occurred, um
[12:58] the the certified mail that went out and
was received, and then the final letter
[13:04] that went out as well. Uh so we're all
we're here today to um allow you to see
[13:10] what the what the condition is, what the
report and write up is from
[13:17] from the building official and um to
provide that with information to you all
[13:23] to make the best decision tonight.
[13:28] We do I mean we have some pictures but I
don't know if we want to bring up on the
[13:32] big screen or not but you do have them
in front of you.
[13:37] » [clears throat]
[13:45] » That's all I have for this uh afternoon.
I don't believe that the
[13:51] property owners is here tonight unless
they are here.
[13:55] » No,
>> this was
[13:59] » my mom's
>> Oh, uh All Van, that's your mom. Yes,
[14:04] that's that's my mom. Okay.
>> She's 102.
[14:07] » Yes, ma'am. I understand.
>> Okay.
[14:13] [snorts]
>> So, um concern the public hearing, sir,
[14:19] » do we open it up now or not?
>> So, we'll do that.
[14:25] » We'll open it up right now at 7.
>> Just need to make the motion.
[14:28] » It's 7.
>> So, we're good.
[14:30] » I know. [laughter]
We open it up at 7:16
[14:34] public hearing, right?
[14:55] » Okay. There's no comments for public
hearing. We'll close it at 7:16
[15:04] and now we can move on to board
discussion and action.
[15:10] Um,
so this is uh one of the properties that
[15:15] this program that falls in line with the
city's comprehensive plan to uh kind of
[15:21] take care of some of the uh the uh older
houses that need to be uh torn down. And
[15:27] so this is one of four that's going to
be coming before you all.
[15:32] So we just need to make a decision on on
if we do want to tear it down the the
[15:39] cost and everything which we would we
have in the budget to do. Okay. To tear
[15:45] down the city's going to do it or our
contractor.
[15:49] My recommendation is our contractor. Um
although the city does have the
[15:55] equipment. So
that's kind of what I see.
[16:05] » Do we know the difference in the cost
between the city doing it and the
[16:08] contractor doing it?
[clears throat]
[16:11] » Uh the contractor will probably be
higher. Yeah.
[16:19] » But you say we do have the equipment,
>> but we could also
[16:22] demolish it. the city could demolish it
and then have a contractor just haul it
[16:27] off. That'll probably be the most
economical
[16:30] economical way for the homeowner, for
the property owner.
[16:33] » Yes, sir. And just and just so you all
know as well, um and just reference from
[16:39] legal that in the event that it's uh
these costs are not paid back to the
[16:44] city, then you know, unfortunately there
will be a lean on the property until
[16:48] then.
[16:51] So, we do the city does have the
equipment to demolish it.
[16:57] » I don't know if if it was changed in the
past, but I think we did put something
[17:01] in place when the city
[clears throat] demolished the building.
[17:05] I think it was like a $3,000
fee. I think it was just like And I I
[17:13] don't know. I don't know if that's
changed. Well, I mean, typically you
[17:16] it's just a pass through expense. It's
you can work with the owner. If they can
[17:20] do it themselves, that's fine as long as
the nuisance has been mitigated. In this
[17:24] case, a substandard structure, but
>> that was the cost of the city tearing it
[17:27] down and taking
>> I don't know where that number came
[17:30] from. I assume there was an kind of an
assumption of what the time of staff and
[17:34] » I think we actually put it in place.
>> Say that again.
[17:37] » I think we we actually put that in
place.
[17:40] » It was a long time ago though.
>> Yeah. Well, I can tell you as part of
[17:43] this process, you have absolutely have
the right to do it yourself and assess a
[17:48] cost for that, reasonable cause for that
or hire a third party contractor do it
[17:51] and pass that cost along.
>> Yeah.
[17:55] » Okay.
[17:58] » What would be the liability
[clears throat] for the city to tear it
[18:00] down for us to do it ourselves?
Well, they're really I'll tell you
[18:06] again, I didn't I wasn't part of this
process, but there is a case out of
[18:09] Dallas that pretty much says they have
30 days statutoily to appeal the all's
[18:14] decision today. So, I would recommend
that any order to demolish a structure
[18:18] wait until that 30-day period for for
appeal has expired. And if it does, then
[18:23] you really have no exposure to
liability.
[18:32] » All right.
>> Decisions. Decisions.
[18:39] » Is that it?
We need a motion to demolish the
[18:44] building.
>> Is there an order?
[18:45] » Yes.
>> Actually, this was voluntary. This was
[18:50] voluntary. Oh,
>> y'all have an agreed voluntary
[18:53] demolition agreement.
>> So, really, you just have to bless that
[18:56] agreement.
Okay.
[19:01] » All needs a motion now to bless the
agreement.
[19:05] » The motion to
>> that's the best case for y'all. We
[19:09] basically have a property owner is
willing to do it just doesn't have the
[19:11] means to do it and agrees to us tearing
it down on their behalf.
[19:15] » I'll make a motion that we approve the
demolition agreement.
[19:19] A second.
>> Miss
[19:25] all the woman. Uh,
>> which one?
[19:28] » McDade.
>> Okay. All in favor?
[19:32] » I
>> Okay. The motion pass.
[19:37] It's good. We hadn't done one of those
in a long time. So, relearning the
[19:41] process, right?
>> Yes. And just just if I could just add
[19:44] real quickly, sir, we're going to there
will be three more um coming up next
[19:48] agenda as well that you you'll be
prepared for that one.
[19:52] » Okay. Thank you, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
[19:55] » All right. Item number nine, discussion
possible action to approve uh Brookshire
[20:01] Public Works renovation.
>> The cost estimate. [clears throat]
[20:05] » Yes. Hello. Good evening again.
>> Something on screen there.
[20:09] » Yes, we do. So you do have the cost
estimate in front of you, the proposal
[20:12] for the entire demolition to build the
um offices back there for the employees
[20:19] in public works, but also to create a
break room. Uh didn't bring the current
[20:24] breakroom with us, but if you have seen
any of our buildings in open space and
[20:29] particularly the public works one, the
the break room is just an open space in
[20:34] the heat. And so we want to try to get
them um in some air condition and also
[20:40] utilize a space where they can do um
reports and any the technological work
[20:45] that might need to be done from the
public work side. What we do have is a
[20:49] design here on the screen. We do have a
project total cost. Um but today we want
[20:56] to ask for a not to exceed budget if if
that's okay with the council and the
[21:01] mayor. Um we would uh mayor if you don't
mind I'd like to share with the with the
[21:06] council the the breakdown of what we
identified sir. And so
[21:12] you have the amount in front of you. In
addition to that it does um we have
[21:20] 92,000 from this fiscal year
appropriated for this project and then
[21:26] we also have it appropriated again for
next fiscal year at 154,000.
[21:31] And so thought process was because the
amount that's there and we don't know
[21:37] what's behind those walls, we want to
try to see if we can fit a little
[21:41] contingency in there to ensure that we
don't have to come back to do a change
[21:44] order. However, we will only be charged
by this contractor for the work that's
[21:49] being done.
So if we can u make our way to the
[21:54] screen here. Currently on the left hand
side what we have is uh office space and
[22:00] we we just have two desks there
currently and where the to the top side
[22:05] of the of the left side of the page that
is just being utilized for storage at
[22:11] this time of equipment. So the the
thought was to turn that into a whole
[22:15] another office uh for the superintendent
and or administrative assistant and then
[22:20] we'd have enough room um below that for
supervisors to come in and do reports
[22:25] and any research that might need to be
done. As you uh depart from the bottom
[22:30] left portion of the building and enter
the first door, that'll be a hallway
[22:35] going north. That's that open space
there is actually a hallway and that
[22:39] square above it is where the restrooms
are at currently. So those would be the
[22:43] restrooms and then another door coming
into the break room there. As you see
[22:48] wide open space, table, chairs, and the
north portion of that image would be a
[22:53] stove, sink, and counter space as well
for them for lunch purposes.
[23:01] If you have any questions, be happy to
entertain them.
[23:04] » I have a question.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[23:06] Is this the only company
[23:11] that we have?
>> So, this is a byboard company.
[23:15] » I'm I'm very familiar with board.
>> My question is, do we have anyone else
[23:23] besides this company?
>> So, moving forward, we've been we've
[23:27] been um directed to identify a new
byboard vendor. Yes, ma'am. For uh
[23:34] preacher projects. So yes, there are
additional ones. We reached out and
[23:38] we've have a listing of those particular
uh byboard vendors that we can still
[23:42] reach out to the the for any quotes
moving forward that that is the process
[23:49] that will be will be taken outside of
this vendor.
[23:57] » That was my question. Thank you.
Can we get other proposals or is this
[24:03] the only one we can get for this?
Usually typically it's three
[24:10] different companies.
Is there a possible way to get two other
[24:14] ones?
>> So with the by board, you don't need you
[24:19] don't you're not required. It's a state
state program, right? Correct.
[24:22] » You're not required to get a a different
company. You can go with one
[24:26] » board satisfy our procurement laws
>> by going out and doing the bidding on
[24:30] our behalf.
>> Okay. Okay.
[24:32] » Now, you could get a different byboard
jock which would be a different
[24:36] contractor.
>> Yes, you could do that as well. Yeah. To
[24:40] answer your question, this is a two-part
yes and no answer. Right. Uh more
[24:45] importantly that you know and I know we
we did instruct um Miss Batista to do
[24:52] that moving forward, but because of this
because of the I think the importance of
[25:00] helping public works improve the morale
and the working conditions over there
[25:04] that we I thought that it would be a
good idea if we could move forward with
[25:08] this one. We've reshed the building. We
added a canopy over there to uh cover
[25:14] the equipment. And so,
you know, we want we hope that uh we
[25:20] could get this one pushed through to
help the morale, help them get good
[25:23] working environment over there, you
know.
[25:25] And I agree with that, ma'am.
>> But going I'm hearing going forward.
[25:32] » Absolutely.
>> Okay.
[25:33] » Yes, ma'am.
>> You discussed that, correct?
[25:35] » Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
[25:36] » I don't have a problem with
>> Yeah, I can make the motion then.
[25:40] » Yes, ma'am. You may.
>> I move that we accept
[25:45] the uh public works renovation cost
estimate as presented.
[25:52] » I'll second. All in favor?
>> I
[25:56] » motion pass
[26:03] up again, huh?
>> Yes, sir. [laughter]
[26:06] » Think they put them back to back to
back.
[26:09] discussion and possible action to
approve the installation of security
[26:12] cameras locks at the BEC
in the EOCC which is the Brookshire
[26:19] Economic Development Building in the
Emergency Operations Center building the
[26:24] amphitheater and Hov Park.
>> Perfect. So, there's a lot of um
[26:28] locations there. We do have some images
just so that just in case anyone like to
[26:33] know where these cameras are going. The
first one we could look at is the
[26:37] emergency operations center. All four
corners of the outside of the building
[26:41] and the inside of where the inventory is
being held.
[26:46] » We just need to know that they're camp.
>> Sure. So they'll be they'll be all over
[26:51] the building.
>> Yeah.
[26:53] » At all locations.
[27:00] » So
>> and yes, ma'am.
[27:02] » I just have a question.
>> Yes. questions. Who's going to be
[27:06] monitoring the
>> have access to the camera systems?
[27:10] » Yeah. Turn on.
>> So, we have a a third party company
[27:13] currently that monitors them. Okay.
>> And and um and administration
[27:24] [laughter]
[27:27] » four actually.
[27:33] Are you talking about the current
company that we use here?
[27:36] » Yes, it all.
>> Yes, sir.
[27:38] » Yes, sir.
[27:42] » It's for the the um product and the
infrastructure itself.
[27:48] » We've already approved
>> equipment installation.
[27:50] » Yeah.
>> Uh do you have details on what type of
[27:54] cameras there are?
>> I believe they're in the proposal there.
[28:04] under hardware, materials, and and labor
>> for each one. There's three um there are
[28:11] three proposals in here. So, each one
would have its own the hardware that is
[28:15] going to be in place there.
It looks like for
[28:20] Gresham Promax 16 POE, that's the camera
itself.
[28:43] Mayor, you sit in on all this.
[28:49] » Well, I'm ready to make a motion.
[28:54] I move that we approve the installation
of security cameras locks at the BEDC
[29:00] and EOCC buildings, the amphitheater and
Hov Park.
[29:05] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[29:08] » I
[29:11] motion pass.
[29:14] » Okay. [clears throat]
Item number 11, discussion of possible
[29:19] action to declare the old benches from
Hov Park as surplus property and
[29:25] authorize the city to donate the benches
for use at the soccer field at the
[29:30] hangar
40105th
[29:34] Street. So we have u new benches going
in at Hov Park. So, we have a set of uh
[29:42] two set of benches that are still in
pretty good shape that I thought it
[29:47] would probably be a good idea if we can
donate those to the hanger for the
[29:51] soccer field. They're they're surplus at
this point.
[29:56] » Okay.
>> Pictures are there. Before you can just
[30:00] get rid of public
[30:13] » discussion on that.
>> Sounds good to me.
[30:16] » Sound good. We can do if we can do that
then I'm all for it.
[30:22] » Okay. And I move [laughter]
to declare the old benches from Hov Park
[30:28] as surplus property and authorize the
city to donate the benches for use at
[30:34] the soccer field at the hangar.
>> I second.
[30:37] » All in favor?
>> I.
[30:40] » Motion passed.
>> Number 12, discussion and possible
[30:44] action to revise fence ordinance. Mayor
Pro Tim Green.
[30:50] M to
>> Mayor Council. Um, we had a discussion
[30:53] last meeting and I kind of rolled my
eyes, I think, at Eric a little bit. So,
[30:57] we talked about it and I just I think
it's better to have a a procedure in the
[31:02] ordinance itself if you're going to
grant people relief like you did on
[31:05] commercial fences. So, I just stole a
provision that you had in your use uh
[31:09] chapter 50 and put in two new sections
in your commercial fence ordinance. The
[31:15] first being 10368 which is um variance
request review standards. Basically just
[31:21] establishing the procedure for applying
for a variance for a commercial fence
[31:25] variance. And then the next section
standards for variance which establishes
[31:30] standards for consideration of such
relief. It's really stolen out of zoning
[31:35] laws. But uh since we're dealing kind of
with use issues and y'all don't have
[31:39] zonia, it made sense to adopt something
that has a triedand-true uh set of
[31:44] standards for consideration. That's it.
It's more of a housekeeping matter
[31:52] » and that's all I want.
>> I have you don't have it, but she does.
[31:55] » I think I said CG on it.
>> Not 100% necessary. It was just kind of
[32:00] a follow-up house cleaning matter.
>> Is there any action that need to be
[32:05] taken? Yeah, I think you just a motion
to approve the revised ordinance would
[32:08] be
>> a question.
[32:09] » Absolutely.
>> Um 10 366A
[32:14] um
[32:19] um requiring all of our fences or
company commercial property that has
[32:24] fences right now requiring all of them
to do them within two years. Is that
[32:28] legal? Can we do that without having to
pay pay them for that? have to complete
[32:32] the a project an authorized commercial
fence project within two years
[32:36] » for for pre-existing
>> here I let me pull it up and see exactly
[32:41] what you're talking about
>> for non-conforming fences
[32:43] [clears throat]
can we require all of them with to
[32:47] change their fences to the new
>> no you're talking I mean yeah the cities
[32:53] can require nonconforming structures
like that but you either have to fully
[32:58] amateurize it mean it has to expire its
useful life or you have to pay them out,
[33:02] » right?
>> So, I would I mean I don't think we're
[33:04] in the business of doing that really
here in this city. It's more if you have
[33:07] it there and we adopt a rule, we're
going to let you be.
[33:10] » Okay.
>> Until it falls apart and then it is
[33:12] grandfathering,
>> right?
[33:13] » Yeah. Non-conforming is just a fancy
word for grandfather.
[33:15] » Right. I just wanted [clears throat] to
clarify because this said that um all
[33:20] non-conforming fences shall be removed
or modified to comply with the provision
[33:23] of this article within two years of the
effective
[33:27] article. [cough]
Sorry, mine's not.
[33:48] » Um,
>> can you go back?
[33:51] » Well, I I think I mean, yeah, I just
didn't I didn't review the entire
[33:55] ordinance. something y'all adopted a
couple meetings back. But um
[34:00] I mean do y'all want to do that?
>> I my opinion though.
[34:04] » I think you're picking a fight with
that. But um
[34:07] » right.
>> Can't we remove that part?
[34:09] » I can. I think if the motion reflects
the adoption of the new variance
[34:13] sections and removal of that subsection,
that'd be fine.
[34:16] » Yeah.
>> And then we'll make sure E360 has the
[34:18] updated version.
[34:23] » So is that your motion, ma'am? That's a
motion.
[34:28] » Second.
>> Second.
[34:31] » Taylor.
>> Second.
[34:33] » Taylor.
>> All in favor?
[34:35] » I.
>> Thank you, sir.
[34:42] » Item number 13, discussion and possible
action to revise recreational vehicle
[34:46] ordinance. Mayor Pro Tim Green.
>> Mayor, council,
[34:51] there's been a lot of talk about this
one. Yeah. Now, I asked for for this to
[34:57] be on the agenda,
and
[35:02] I know in the past you you were not
allowed to have an RV on your property,
[35:10] but going over with the with the mayor a
few days ago,
[35:15] somewhere it was revised.
Um, don't know when it was revised, but
[35:20] it was revised. My whole intention
[clears throat] was to
[35:27] stop people from getting cited to
actually make my whole goal. Okay, let
[35:33] me vent a little bit.
I I have to I'm sorry. I I have to
[35:38] because we are we are growing and we're
only getting warehouses
[35:44] and businesses in this community. We're
not getting residential homes. And my
[35:51] whole goal is to make life better for
our community, the citizens that's
[35:54] actually here. And if you choose to get
an RV, I don't see why you couldn't have
[35:59] an RV. That was my whole goal of having
it on here [cough] along with everything
[36:02] that took place in the past when when
the floods came and you could not, you
[36:07] know, you could live in your house and
it so much easier for you to actually
[36:11] get an RV while your house was being
renovated. So that that was my whole
[36:17] thought on on this ordinance along with
our code enforcer actually going through
[36:25] and enforcing the codes that we actually
have on record. And I did not want our
[36:32] community to actually or the people in
our community with RVs to actually get
[36:36] cited for something that I personally
think they should be able to have on
[36:39] their property. So that was the goal
behind this right here. Now, we spoke
[36:44] with the mayor. You can have it. And I
spoke with um our attorney David [cough]
[36:51] about this.
[36:56] » I can I did look at this. We talked a
little bit about this. Um I mean, you
[37:01] have options if y'all want to allow it.
I didn't realize you were thinking about
[37:05] temporary housing during like a
renovation project, but I mean I I don't
[37:10] see why that
>> was during a natural uh a disaster.
[37:13] Okay. So, yeah, I mean, it's not
uncommon for cities to allow people to
[37:17] kind of bend the rules if there's a
declared emergency or something. So, we
[37:20] could put exceptions. You know, it right
now the way the code is written, it's
[37:23] prohibited to even store one on your
lot. It has to be in a designated RV
[37:27] park.
>> No,
[37:28] » there's y'all are allowing people to
store
[37:31] » the code is it's written that you can
have one on it at your property
[37:36] » on a pad.
>> Oh, you can't live outside or behind
[37:38] your house. You just can't live in it.
>> Okay. That's
[37:41] » Yeah. So yeah, you can have one there.
>> Okay. I didn't see that in the article
[37:45] dealing with RVs, but that's it's
probably somewhere. [cough]
[37:48] » Just can't live in it.
>> Just can't you can't live in
[37:51] » Well, I mean that that
>> that was the that was the thing that we
[37:55] discovered, right? Is that and that was
his point is that the he wanted to say
[38:02] that you can have an RV on your property
as long as you're not living in it. And
[38:08] so we didn't think it was in there. We
read the ordinance. It's in there
[38:12] » on the side of your house or behind your
house, you can have it. And that's what
[38:16] » the the only other issue is do you want
to allow some sort of by right temporary
[38:21] ability to stay in one of these things?
>> I think that's in there as well. Uh you
[38:24] can live in there for 14 days for a
12-month period. And I think that was
[38:28] probably put in there in case of a
disaster or something.
[38:31] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[38:32] » Well, really that applies more to the
standard dealing with RV parks and the
[38:36] fact that we don't want people
permanently living in one of those.
[38:38] That's the for the the old 14-day rule
when it comes to RVs and not living in
[38:42] it for more than
>> I let me take a look at it.
[38:45] » Yeah.
>> A little harder because I was really
[38:47] looking at it from a little different
perspective. But um I mean if you want
[38:50] to as a council we can just make sure
and sure that is 14 days enough is and
[38:55] then
I think that's a reasonable
[38:58] » last section of the ordinance. Yeah.
>> Last section of the ordinance. Yeah.
[39:03] » Okay.
Then I guess there's
[39:06] » let's table it.
>> Okay. Yeah, I don't even know if you
[39:09] need to table it. If we if we verify
that those two things are permitted,
[39:12] then are you okay with that?
>> We'll I'll double check and I'm sure
[39:16] that's the case. And if that's fine,
then
[39:18] » Okay,
>> I think that'll do it. Okay.
[39:19] » All right. Thank you.
[39:24] » Item number 14, discussion of possible
action to authorize a contractor to
[39:28] install a new AC system at Hov's Park
Clubhouse.
[39:35] » [clears throat]
>> So, this is a uh part of our ongoing
[39:38] effort to improve the park. Uh the
clubhouse has been renovated already
[39:43] inside looks really nice. Uh need the AC
system upgraded.
[39:49] Now, one of the last two things that
need to be done over there, the AC, one
[39:54] of them is AC and the other one's the
elevator, which is done coming already.
[39:59] But uh the quote there is $11,539
$539.
[40:06] They're going to have to remove the AC
unit from the roof and move it to the
[40:10] ground and then put whole new system in.
Upgrade the system. It was below
[40:16] capacity in the first place. So they're
going to upgrade it to the right
[40:20] capacity as well.
[40:25] And this 1,200
>> this $1,243
[40:31] would like to authorize as well. That is
for a a uh security cage, theft
[40:36] prevention cage around the uh around the
AC unit. Sorry, I didn't mention that.
[40:43] » Okay. [clears throat]
[40:48] » And that's it.
[40:52] I move to authorize a contractor to
install a [clears throat] new AC system
[40:57] at Hov Park Club.
>> And this is the contractor as presented
[41:02] in the
>> Yes, ma'am.
[41:08] » True Fix
>> AC and heating.
[41:11] » Correct.
[cough]
[41:14] » I'll second.
>> All in favor?
[41:16] » I motion pass.
Item number 15, discussion possible
[41:21] action to authorize a contractor to
replace the flower bed at city hall,
[41:26] prroom trees on Highway 90, and add
flowers to all of the trees on Highway
[41:32] 90.
So, I think this was a request from
[41:36] council
>> since we got the sprinklers working on
[41:39] Highway 90 now.
>> Yes.
[41:41] » Is to add flowers out there.
>> Yes.
[41:43] » We noticed that the trees hadn't been
pruned in two or three years. So, they
[41:47] need that. will also allow for sun, the
right sun to hit the flowers. And this
[41:53] little um flower bed area where the
fountain is over here, that will be
[41:58] redone as well at city hall.
>> Okay.
[42:01] » Yeah.
>> And I see we already have the
[42:05] contractor.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[42:07] » All right, then. [clears throat]
Well, I'll make a motion.
[42:11] » You're on a roll now. Keep going.
[laughter]
[42:15] Okay.
[clears throat] I move we authorize the
[42:19] contractor listed to replace the flower
bed which is Lasker and Sun Lawn.
[42:27] The flower bed at city hall prone trees
on Highway 90 and add flowers to all
[42:32] trees on Highway 90.
>> Motion.
[42:36] » That's my motion. That's what I That's
my
[42:38] » I'll second it. [laughter]
>> Okay. All in favor? I
[42:42] » motion passed.
Last item discussion possible action to
[42:47] approve holiday break calendar for
fiscal year 2026 2027.
[42:57] » We have here
[43:10] the same as last year.
>> Yes, same thing. The [clears throat]
[43:13] calendar is the same from last year. Um,
we didn't change anything. The only
[43:17] thing that we did do different last
year, the day before Thanksgiving. We
[43:22] released at 12, but I didn't put that on
there.
[43:25] » No, cuz we can just do that
>> because you can just automatically do
[43:28] that as Miss V said. Y'all can give us
permission. But everything else is to be
[43:32] posted and make sure that the public
know. Yes, ma'am. I move to approve the
[43:38] holiday break calendar for fiscal year
2026 through 2027.
[43:45] Second.
>> All in favor?
[43:48] » Motion pass.
All right. The city council will meet in
[43:53] close session pursuit to title 5,
chapter 551 of the Texas government code
[44:00] for the purpose of consultation with
legal counsel section 551071.
[44:06] The council will convene executive
session pursuit to section 556074
[44:12] of the Texas government code to consider
personnel issues and duties of police
[44:16] officers, employees, city secretary,
police chief, financial administrator,
[44:22] project manager, municipal courts
administrator and the time is 7:46
[44:28] p.m.
Right.
[1:43:37] But you know
>> you don't have no announcements, do you?
[1:43:39] » All right.
[1:43:43] » We're back.
Uh and the time is 8:45 p.m. Discussion
[1:43:49] and consider action resulting from
executive session. There's no action. Do
[1:43:54] we have any community announcements?
Miss Dun,
[1:43:57] » don't be long. [laughter]
>> I love you, but don't be long.
[1:44:10] » Turn it on.
[1:44:14] » Turn it on.
>> She needs a new mic.
[1:44:15] » No, she needs to turn it off.
[1:44:22] Good evening, mayor and city councilman.
>> Um, I do want to make an announcement
[1:44:27] that the youth advisory commission, uh,
we are now accepting applications. Uh,
[1:44:32] the age is from 12 to 18. We will be
accepting applications up until October
[1:44:37] the 5th. Applications can be found on
the city of Brookshire website. You can
[1:44:42] come to city hall. You can also email me
or Miss Maggie Barentos.
[1:44:48] On September 17th is our senior citizen
um day going to be at the convention
[1:44:54] center from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
September 21st is going to be coffee
[1:44:59] with a cop. That's going to be from 8:00
a.m. to 10:00 a.m. It's going to be at
[1:45:04] Milk and Brew. Their address is 540 FM
359.
[1:45:09] Save the date for the National Night
Out. It's going to be Tuesday, October 6
[1:45:14] from 6 PM to 8:00 PM. will be here at
city hall. Vendors, um you're more than
[1:45:19] welcome to call Officer Phillips at
346-4578632.
[1:45:26] On October 15th, it's going to be the
senior citizen day again at 9:00 a.m. to
[1:45:30] 12:30. It's going to be in the
convention center. Save the date for
[1:45:34] trunk or treat. October 30th, it's going
to be at the Brookshire Police
[1:45:38] Department. They are accepting um candy
donations and they're also accepting um
[1:45:44] toys for the annual toy drive and the
date will be announced later.
[1:45:50] Do need to make an announcement. Um city
hall is going to be closed on Monday,
[1:45:54] September 7th in honor of Labor Day and
we will reopen on Tuesday, October 8th
[1:46:00] at 8:30.
>> September 8th,
[1:46:02] » I'm sorry. September 8th. That's a good
month. I do apologize for that.
[1:46:07] Um, we are always looking for volunteers
for any of our city programs for our
[1:46:12] senior citizens day, city festivals,
youth programs. You're more than welcome
[1:46:16] to call me, Miss Dunn, at 3462577495
[1:46:21] or you can email me at qunbrookertx.gov.
[1:46:26] » Sounds so ma'am.
>> Any questions?
[1:46:30] » Thank you.
>> All right. Thank [laughter] you.
[1:46:32] » So, you have anything?
>> Just want to invite you guys to come out
[1:46:35] to coffee.
All right,
[1:46:38] » great.
[1:46:42] » Um, future agenda items. May
>> approach Tim Green.
[1:46:48] » Okay.
>> Hope so.
[1:46:51] » Right now.
>> Okay. I only have one.
[1:46:54] » Yeah.
>> For now.
[1:46:55] » For now.
>> Yeah. For now. [laughter]
[1:46:58] » Discussion and possible action to review
approval of the master fee schedule.
[1:47:06] fee. Master fee schedule.
[1:47:15] » She will.
>> You gonna tell her?
[1:47:22] » All right.
>> I make a motion that we
[1:47:26] » adjourn.