[2:56] All right, afternoon everybody. Notice
hereby given that a regular council
[3:00] meeting will be held by the governing
body of the city of Bertram on this 8th
[3:03] day of September, 2026 at 12 p.m. in the
council chambers here at 110 East Bond
[3:09] Street, Bertram, Texas. I call this
meeting to order.
[3:13] » Roll call.
>> Council member Fischer
[3:15] » present.
>> Council member Wilson
[3:17] » here.
>> Council member Fredmore,
[3:18] » present. Mayor Pro Tim Baladez. Oh,
Mayor Baladez, sorry.
[3:23] » Here.
>> Mayor Proima Francis
[3:26] » here.
>> Council member Global
[3:28] » present.
>> Mayor, you have quorum.
[3:29] » Thank you. She keeps trying to demote
me.
[3:34] » I'm so used to it.
>> All right. Uh Mike, could you lead the
[3:37] invocation, please?
[3:54] We are
[4:28] I also
[4:44] Consent agenda items 1.1 August 25, 2026
regular meeting minutes.
[4:49] » Make a motion we approve the August 25,
2026 regular meeting minutes.
[4:54] » I'll second.
>> A motion by Betty, second by Randall.
[4:56] All those in favor?
>> So moved.
[5:02] Department reports 2.1 police department
monthly activity. Chief,
[5:08] » afternoon.
Total calls. We've been running at least
[5:12] a man short. We've had a pretty
significant increase in call volume.
[5:19] We're at 549 this last month from 527
that includes stuff like
[5:29] bunch of traffic related arrests
arrests
[5:35] of them
increase from 22 month
[5:40] total traffic violations
[5:46] » out of those 2.7
wound up in arrests. Um,
[5:52] we've had a uh slight decrease from last
month.
[6:02] » Thank you. 2.2 code enforcement monthly
activity. Ted,
[6:06] most popular man in Bertram.
>> Morning. Well, last month we had four
[6:11] rubbish and yard calls, four uh building
permit issues.
[6:16] uh 30 signs removed, bandit signs, uh 15
weed in yard sign uh issues, uh four
[6:25] items in streets, and being that the
trash can ordinance was just new, we I
[6:30] handed out 47 letters to homeowners
about the trash cans last month. Um we
[6:36] had two animal control issues. Both of
them were resolved. Uh I did not take
[6:40] any dogs to the Hill Country Humane
Society last month at all.
[6:46] All right. Thank you.
>> I sent two.
[6:49] » You sent to the to
>> Gotcha.
[6:55] All right.
Not yet.
[7:01] 2.3 municipal court report and monthly
activity.
[7:08] So, for the month of
[7:13] August 2026, there was $8,2525.
[7:19] There were 16 new cases and 44 cases
disposed of, 20 new warrants and 21
[7:26] warrants closed,
and three pre-trial hearings.
[7:35] » All right. 2.4 for develop development
report monthly activity. Georgina
[7:41] » the reports that were submitted um there
were 24 various permits issued with a
[7:47] valuation of $4,379,850
[7:51] and there were bunch of inspections.
[7:57] There's 93 various inspections performed
on the permits that are currently there
[8:03] is a new permit a new report um that was
generated. I was emailed this from
[8:08] Aayoka. I think it's got some good
information on it.
[8:13] It's provided.
I just included in your packet so that
[8:17] you knew.
>> All right. Thank you. 2.4.1 4.1 utility
[8:24] engineering group PLLC city project
status. Gary?
[8:28] » Yep. Just uh one update to the memo. Uh
we had a progress meeting on lift
[8:32] station B and lift station D this
morning um on the way up here.
[8:37] Everything's going well on that one.
They're about 50% done with time, but 73
[8:41] or 4% done with construction. So,
they're ahead of schedule. U so that
[8:45] one's moving forward. They made some
good progress over there. Uh they're
[8:49] working on lift station B to get it
bypassed and going through Bertram Oaks.
[8:52] Um and that should be they should pull
their pump uh bypass pump on Thursday is
[8:57] what they told us. That one's going
well. Other projects are moving forward.
[9:01] All All projects are in progress. So
forward with everything.
[9:06] » I went by lift station B this morning.
Looked good. They just have the they had
[9:10] two bypass pumps.
>> Yeah, they have to have a standby in
[9:13] case something goes down.
>> Thank you.
[9:15] » Very good.
2.5 utility department report monthly
[9:20] activity Adam
>> we had nine links for month of August
[9:24] completed 217 work orders pumped roughly
16.9 million gallons of water did have
[9:30] one leak on a sewer force
guys put out roughly three tons of
[9:34] asphalt and we also installed the new
electrical service the conduit at plant
[9:40] has about 1500 feet
[9:45] » appreciate
[9:50] 2.6 current financial status of the
city.
[9:53] » So in the general fund um operating
accounts there's 3,517,715.99.
[10:02] in the enterprise or utility fund
accounts 22,279,176.52
[10:10] for combined total of 25,796,892.51
[10:17] preparing for the next year's fiscal
audit. Um getting those files together
[10:22] so you'll see a lot of boxes um in and
around city hall coming soon.
[10:26] » And do we have a date for the audit yet?
um they try to get us in with the first
[10:30] with being one of their first two audits
because we're usually um prepared. So
[10:36] probably in the first two by
he wants to get us done before the first
[10:41] of the year. So probably mid October,
maybe first part of November.
[10:46] » Thank you.
[10:56] » All right. 3.1 Publish date August 19,
2026.
[11:01] Notice is hereby given that the city
council of the city of Bertram, Texas
[11:04] will hold a public hearing on Tuesday,
September 8, 2026, beginning at 12 p.m.
[11:09] in council chambers located at Urum City
Hall, 110 East Vaughn Street, Bertram,
[11:13] Texas on the proposed 2026 2027 budget.
This budget will raise more total
[11:21] property taxes that than last year's
budget by $12,117
[11:27] and 9.21%.
And of that amount, 110,83
[11:33] is tax revenue due to be raised from new
property added to the tax role this
[11:38] year. The proposed budget is available
for inspection by any person at city
[11:42] hall or on the city's website at
cityofram.org.
[11:46] Anyone who has concerns will have an
opportunity to be heard during this
[11:51] public meeting. So that starts now.
Would anyone like to speak on the
[11:56] budget?
[12:01] » I'll give you a minute. Does anyone up
here have anything to
[12:09] » Whenever you're Whenever you're ready,
if you could uh when you're speaking,
[12:12] come up to the mic. Just tell us where
where you live and
[12:18] » take your take take your time. You'll be
fine.
[12:24] » My name is Joyce Apple and I live in Dub
Meadows or 09 Dub Meadows. And I have
[12:31] several things to ask, but I've already
talked to Andy about some of them, but
[12:36] my deal is about the fees.
They're too damn high. I'm sorry to say
[12:41] that, but they're too high. What fees
are you speaking of, ma'am?
[12:43] » Well, I had a new roof put on my $375.
I'm budgeted. I have social security and
[12:49] a pension. That's it.
And I can't and the taxes I you're going
[12:56] to phase me out eventually
and I'm going to have to sell my house
[13:01] and I don't want to.
And that's one of the reasons why I
[13:07] I'm up here because of those fees and
the budgets and the taxes.
[13:12] because I'm set at a certain budget and
I can't go any higher.
[13:20] » So, um I I can address well both of
those. The the fees, permitting fees. Um
[13:27] all of our permits are pass through
fees. We we have a third party inspector
[13:32] and this, you know, coming from a small
town to get away from the good old boy
[13:37] network, we hired a third party
inspector that we're not involved with.
[13:43] So, the majority of that is pass through
fees. Is that correct, Georgina? Um, but
[13:48] I will address your the roofing thing
because I've already talked to uh Ted
[13:53] about this. Um, I'm working on getting
rid of a lot of the current permitting.
[13:59] For example, if your roof is damaged
from a storm, I don't feel you should
[14:04] have to get a permit to fix it. Uh, and
some of the building code I looked at
[14:09] says that unless it changes the
structure of the property,
[14:14] uh, you don't need a permit.
>> Okay.
[14:17] » Uh, also to include fencing. We talked
about fencing last week. uh what was the
[14:22] building code? As long as it's under six
foot, you don't need a permit. 7 foot to
[14:27] replace your uh current fence. So, we
are working on those to to kind of take
[14:32] those out of the fee process
>> and and the permitting process.
[14:37] » I have a problem, medical problem that I
have to go sit down.
[14:39] » Sure. Sure.
>> Because if I don't, I'm going to scare
[14:42] you to death.
>> Does that answer your question?
[14:44] » Some of it. Yes. But uh I
>> No. Go ahead.
[14:49] » Okay. I I will pass out and then you
>> or you can you can sit down.
[14:55] » All right. Thank you.
>> I pass out and
[15:00] » you you already scared me. I already
forgot the second part of your question.
[15:03] No. Uh and the second part of your
question as far as the the taxing uh the
[15:08] tax rate did go up for everyone that
that looked at it. Um what that equated
[15:12] to to my home for example here in
Bertrram, Texas. I I have to pay $2
[15:16] extra next year that I didn't pay this
year. Uh it's very minimal. Uh the re
[15:22] and that tax rate was the no new tax
revenue rate that we adopted. What that
[15:27] means is they we took all the tax that
we received last year and that was the
[15:32] rate that brought us to that number. The
reason there was an increase is if if
[15:37] y'all voted last May, there was
something on the bud on the um on the
[15:42] ballot for MDD sales stacks. Yes,
>> we were trying to get a 0.05 I believe
[15:50] uh sales sales tax
>> and it failed
[15:53] » that would come to all the
infrastructure stuff we're working on.
[15:57] Um it failed. So instead of everyone
that spends a dollar in Bertram paying
[16:02] for our roads, it falls on the property
owners of Bertrram. And I hate that
[16:07] system by the way, but that's a system
we have. So does that answer your
[16:11] questions?
>> And that and I got one more if you don't
[16:13] mind.
Uh, I have
[16:16] water system and why do I have to have
inspected in one year? I checked this
[16:21] out. Uh, Leander is three times. Round
Rock is four times uh, every year, four
[16:28] years. Uh, Liberty Hill, I haven't
couldn't find out, but we have to have
[16:33] ours every year. And that's $90 out of
my pocket.
[16:36] » You talking about backflow?
>> Back flow back. Are you saying they only
[16:39] do it for four years and then they no
longer do it? Is that what you're
[16:42] saying? four years and then they every
four years. Yes.
[16:45] » So the the the the permits every four
years. So you don't you don't have to do
[16:48] it annually.
>> No, I have to do it every year.
[16:51] » Here is what you're saying.
>> Yeah.
[16:52] » Our city ordinance requires all that.
>> Okay.
[16:55] » Yeah. And I'm wondering why they have a
different and then we have this one.
[17:01] » I I appreciate things like that because
that's stuff I want to look into. Um
[17:06] Gary, do you have anything on that?
like,
[17:12] okay, Gary's our engineer, by the way.
So, those are things I want to fix.
[17:17] » It's just I'm trying to save money.
>> I I'm with you.
[17:20] » I know. I get that little letter every
year, too.
[17:22] » I'm with you. I I don't
>> Certain devices are required every year.
[17:28] » I believe they just
[17:32] » Some of them are required every year by
the state, some are not.
[17:34] » Gotcha.
[17:38] Is that grinder pump?
>> No, this is strictly most of the time
[17:41] it's mostly double check for irrigation
systems.
[17:44] » Gotcha.
>> Mechanical devices. They will fail.
[17:50] » But
>> get the idea why they did it that way.
[17:52] But
>> we'll we'll look into that because if it
[17:55] that's what we're working on right now.
If it doesn't make sense, let's try to
[17:58] fix it.
>> You want some more?
[18:00] » Well, I appreciate it.
>> You want some more?
[18:01] » If you'd like, you can send them in an
email.
[18:04] » I've already talked to Andy. I already
gave it a hand list.
[18:07] » Uh but and I'd be more than willing to
sit down with you also and and talk
[18:11] about things.
>> Oh, I've got it on my computer.
[18:13] » Okay. Send it to me.
>> I can't because my computer filed up.
[18:17] Don't ask me why. I don't know.
>> But sure, that's okay.
[18:22] » All right.
>> Yeah.
[18:23] » And I'm sorry.
>> And no, I appreciate it. Uh this is this
[18:27] is your government. This is your town.
So
[18:30] » Oh, no. I don't
>> we expect
[18:32] » Yes, I do.
>> input. Thank you.
[18:48] » Anyone else want to speak about the
budget? 2026 2027 budget
[18:58] time is now 12:16. We'll close that.
Thank you.
[19:07] glass water.
>> Okay.
[19:13] » Now, in closing that, there will be
another public hearing at 6 PM on the
[19:17] 22nd
uh in the same spot. So, if you're
[19:23] listening out on YouTube, you didn't
come today, you can speak next meeting.
[19:30] 4.2 2 discuss and consider resolution
number 618090826.
[19:36] Oh, I skipped one. Sorry.
4.1 discuss and consider 2627 employee
[19:43] benefit provider options and select
selection proposal for medical, life,
[19:48] dental, and vision coverage. Everyone
loves insurance.
[20:02] Good afternoon. Javier Reyes, president
insurance brokers. Thank you all for
[20:07] your time. My partner in business is
vice president of Morrison Dena Ker. And
[20:13] with the city's permission, we went out
to all the carriers you've heard of, the
[20:17] Etnas, the Sigas, the Blues, the Bet
Lives, the Hartfords, and we asked them
[20:23] real simple question. Can you give us
the same benefits at a lower price or
[20:29] for the same price? Give us better
benefits. Well, two years ago, we were
[20:34] able to offset or avoid an increase from
Blue Cross where we were at the time
[20:39] because of like a 30% increase. We're
able to avoid that by jumping over to
[20:43] Baylor, Scott, and White because we're
an independent agency. We don't work for
[20:47] any insurance company. We're appointed
with all of them. So then we bring the
[20:52] quotes from all of them. We narrow it
down to the best bang for your buck.
[20:56] Then you all let us know who you want to
go with.
[20:59] Well, like I said, two years ago, we
avoided 30% increase. Last year, Baylor
[21:04] Scott and White to keep your business
was willing to only increase 2%. Well, I
[21:08] think they're trying to make up for it
this year. So, I was pretty sure you all
[21:12] were going to have to move because they
had a horrible renewal. Maybe they're
[21:15] bleeding internally because you guys
healthwise look pretty good on paper at
[21:19] least. I don't know the personal, but on
paper looked pretty good. Well, most of
[21:24] them came back declining, not
competitive. And that was blowing my
[21:27] mind. I'm going like really? Well, no
wonder what was Baylor. We switched over
[21:32] because they were the best at the time.
Texas held benefits pool for 1%
[21:38] difference than what Baylor Scott and
White is willing to improve your
[21:42] benefits a lot. What do I mean by that?
Right now, when you go to a doctor's
[21:47] office visit, you're susceptible to a
deductible. If they swab your cheek, you
[21:53] know, swab your ear, you start paying
your deductible for that in the office
[21:58] just for laying a hand on you. Other
than just talking, you start paying your
[22:01] deductible. Well, Texas Health Benefits
Pool is saying you don't have to worry
[22:05] about that anymore. As long as you go to
a contracted doctor and they swab your
[22:10] cheek, they draw some blood and that's
all included. They code it in with their
[22:14] visit, it's covered under your office
co-pay. That is awesome because I mean,
[22:19] we're looking at $3,000 deductibles. You
don't want to start paying that at your
[22:23] doctor visit. Okay, so that was uh one
big uh improvement that Texas Health
[22:29] Benefits Pool. Do you all have a
spreadsheet of the medical in front of
[22:32] you? Okay.
>> So, I'm looking at the medical
[22:35] spreadsheet right now. Column B is your
current plan. And yeah, that's a that's
[22:41] a horrible increase right there for 1%
difference. Texas Healthput benefits
[22:47] will go from a $3,250 deductible to
3,000. So, it's a little improvement.
[22:52] They'll go from a 60% plan to an 80%
plan. So, they're willing to pay more
[22:58] upfront sooner. That's a good thing for
the employees and for the patients.
[23:02] They're out of pocket right now. Worst
case scenario, you're a you're possibly
[23:08] owing $9,100 if you got a $100,000
claim. They're going to minimize that to
[23:14] $5,000. Another big improvement for
those that have to be hospitalized. Now,
[23:19] everybody doesn't have to, but the
doctor visits, everybody's got to go to
[23:22] doctor visit before something else
happens. So, that's a big improvement.
[23:26] And we still keep the co-pays on the
medications, so no deductible there.
[23:30] Your wellness are still covered at 100%.
Okay? And um and you can keep most of
[23:36] your doctors, okay? Because believe it
or not, we used to have them like 15
[23:40] years ago, but they got crazy on us, so
we moved you to someplace else because
[23:44] that's our job. Find out who's got the
best bang for the buck, bring it to the
[23:48] table like here, and then you all tell
us if you want to make the move or not.
[23:51] So, our recommendation this year will be
Texas Health Benefits Pool because yes,
[23:56] it is a 1% more than what Baylor wants
benefit-wise. You're getting a lot more
[24:02] for your employees, for your bank
because you pay 100% for the employees.
[24:06] So, why not get a better deal for what
you're already paying for? That would be
[24:10] our recommendation on the medical
portion. Any questions on that?
[24:14] » I have a question for um our employees
that are paying for their family members
[24:19] to be on the policy. Is that rate higher
with this?
[24:23] » Okay, if you look at the the prices
below where it says employee child
[24:28] average, that's whether you have one
child or a dozen kids. Now, deduct from
[24:33] that 116536.
>> Deduct what the city pays the 67508 or
[24:39] if that's who they elect. Okay? You
subtract the employee portion and the
[24:44] balance is what the employee pays for
their children. Now, where it says
[24:48] employee spouse, you would deduct the
employee cost from that amount. The
[24:52] balance would be the cost of the spouse.
Sorry, just one spouse. And then on the
[24:57] family side, again, you deduct the
employee portion that the city pays and
[25:02] they would pay that balance.
>> So, it's it's important to note that it
[25:06] was multiple. You can have multiple kids
under the Texas health benefits pool on
[25:11] the Baylor Scott and White, our current
plan,
[25:15] » pay per per person. You pay that fee per
person. So it was the 512 per person.
[25:21] » It's a total no matter if you have one
child, five children. Okay.
[25:24] » Exactly. Okay.
>> So that's another improvement on what
[25:27] they're offering. So that's why we're
kind of recommending this year.
[25:31] Ultimately, you all call, but that would
be our recommendation. Any questions on
[25:34] the medical? Okay. On the dental side,
currently we have dental, vision, and
[25:40] life with equitable. Why? Because two
years ago they gave us a great price and
[25:45] you know for all three benefits because
we have no problem you all buying dental
[25:50] from one company vision from another.
Our job is to bring you the best bang
[25:54] for your buck. Okay. But if we can save
you some administrative cost that's also
[25:58] a savings. Okay. So on the dental side
again last we got a two-year rate
[26:03] guarantee the first time. Why? Because
they were really low. And I always tell
[26:08] them I want to make sure you're not
buying the business. So, you got to
[26:10] guarantee everything at least two years.
I don't want you to lowball me one year,
[26:14] then next year you want your money back.
Okay. Well, they waited till the third
[26:17] year to try to get their money back. I
don't think you should because I can get
[26:21] the same benefits with Kansas City with
only a fourth of the increase that
[26:27] Equitable wants. Now, there's also an
improvement on the Kansas City. You
[26:33] still get to go to any dentist you want,
just like you have right now. $50
[26:36] deductible just like right now. still a
$1,250 benefit just like right now. The
[26:42] addition that you're going to get with
Kansas City if you decide to go with
[26:45] them that next year anybody that uses
half of the 1250 or less because they
[26:51] have great dental as long as they get
their teeth cleaned twice a year next
[26:55] year they're going to add 50% more to
that limit. So if I'm employed this year
[27:00] and I use less than 1250, less than 600
just for my cleanings, next year they're
[27:05] going to add an additional $625 to my
benefit if you stay with Kansas City. So
[27:09] that means next year I'll have $1,875.
I'm sorry, $2,875. No, hold on my math.
[27:15] $1,875
next year. Even though you're not going
[27:19] to buy more benefit, I personally will
have more benefit because I saved them
[27:22] money this year. And that just keeps
accumulating till you're double your
[27:27] original amount. Okay. That way
eventually someone needs a, you know,
[27:31] expensive root canal, an implant or
something like that, they will have more
[27:34] benefit. Because in the past, I've heard
people say, "Man, I don't ever use. All
[27:37] I do is clean my teeth. You know, what's
what's the point?" Well, in this case,
[27:40] there's a good point. Eventually, we'll
have a rainy day. That's extra money for
[27:45] you to use. So, that would be an
improvement uh by switching over to
[27:49] Kansas City besides avoiding 75% of the
increase that Equitable wants. So, as
[27:55] far as a dental, I would recommend the
Kansas City dental for now. Questions on
[28:00] dental?
>> I have a question on on everything here.
[28:05] Just what do and I asked about this
earlier, semifirm rates.
[28:09] » Okay. All contracts in the fine print.
Say that on the last day when you submit
[28:14] all your enrollments, if you're off 10%
from what they quoted, they have the
[28:19] right to come and rerate. That's all it
is. Okay?
[28:21] » You all pay 100%. So nobody's going to
no employees going to drop their
[28:25] coverage. It be foolish because it's
good benefit and it covers.
[28:30] » So I don't I don't see us crossing it,
but it has to be disclosed.
[28:34] » I have to warn you, prepare you for the
worst and hope for the best.
[28:38] » Okay. Thank you.
>> Any questions on the dental before we go
[28:42] over the vision? Okay. On the vision,
again, we've been with Equitable because
[28:47] it was the right thing at the time, but
again, they're going crazy. I don't know
[28:51] if they're bleeding internally. I know
they got bought out by another insurance
[28:54] company, so maybe those big wigs are
coming in and I don't know what they're
[28:57] trying to do, but regardless, we don't
have to pay for it. Kansas City again is
[29:02] offering a very good price. Um, we'd be
avoiding 33% of their increase that
[29:07] Equitable wants by considering Kansas
City. Okay, you'd still get to use most
[29:12] of your same eye doctors. You still have
the same amount of benefit. And again,
[29:17] because it came in much lower, I told
them, you got to guarantee the rate for
[29:21] two years. I want to make sure you're
not buying the business just for a year.
[29:24] Then next year I got to move you again.
And they did. They guaranteed that price
[29:27] for two years.
Any questions about that?
[29:33] Nope. Okay. No. By the way, IMEID is a
little lower, but their network is not
[29:38] very strong out here. So, you might have
a lot of people upset that they're
[29:42] paying for a vision that they have to
drive too far to go get or they have to
[29:47] go out of network and instead of getting
a full uh full $150 for their lenses,
[29:53] they're only getting a reimbursement of,
you know, 4050 bucks because they didn't
[29:56] go to their vision network. So, yeah,
it's a what 60 uh $46 46 cents less a
[30:03] month per employee, but you're going to
have a lot of complaints. But I have to
[30:07] disclose there's one out there that's 46
cents a month less. I wouldn't recommend
[30:12] it but you know not up to me. Okay.
Questions on the vision? Nope. Okay. On
[30:18] the life again used to have it with
equitable. They did not increase their
[30:23] price to keep you but since you're
considering Kansas City they said oh
[30:29] heck yeah. We'll give you a discount
there. You going to go with our dental
[30:32] and our vision? Yeah we'll give you a
discount on the v on the life. Why not?
[30:36] And it will also save you administrative
like now you have one carrier for three
[30:41] of your benefits,
what we would call your ancillary
[30:44] benefits, non-medical benefits. Okay.
So, all of these are semi-firm, but I
[30:50] don't see a Yeah, I mean, yeah, there's
a 1% chance if all of a sudden you lose
[30:54] half your employees, you know, but uh I
don't see that happening. Okay. Any
[30:59] questions about that?
>> And all of these are two years.
[31:03] » Uh not the medical. The medical is for
12. It's it's it's almost impossible
[31:08] especially with u healthcare reform. Um
since you have to have a guarantee
[31:14] issue, they want the right to load it up
if we had a very bad year.
[31:19] » Okay. Which I guess is what Baylor Scott
White trying to do
[31:22] » since they're moving uh switch having to
switch companies. I mean pre-existing
[31:27] conditions
>> always covered. Always covered. Always
[31:30] covered. So, I see uh the Baylor Scott
and White and I see two Blue Cross Blue
[31:36] Shields. Did y'all quote Etna and Yes,
sir. other carriers.
[31:40] » Right on Q. Right on Q. Uh out of
professional courtesy to the other
[31:44] carriers that submitted uh that
submitted quotes. Thank you for allowing
[31:48] me to share what they were willing to
offer for your business. But uh for
[31:52] example, the runner up to Blue Cross
Blue Shield for the same deduction
[31:56] » because usually Blue Cross Blue Shield's
a little on the expensive side on
[31:59] » You're right. It is. United Healthcare
wanted for a $4,000 deductible.
[32:06] $1,199
[32:09] a month. That's why they didn't make the
cut. Okay, that's them. Then, um, Etna
[32:16] just said, um, declined to quote due to
high medical risk score. Again, I saw
[32:22] some numbers that look good. They have
what's called an RX underwriting. With
[32:28] our senses that you all give us
permission to share to get quotes, we
[32:31] include an employees name and their zip
code. That's it. Somehow in the
[32:37] insurance world with that information,
they can go find out how much what
[32:41] prescriptions you're taking. And some
prescriptions are so expensive, they're
[32:45] declining because for prescriptions, not
heart conditions, not diabetes, because
[32:50] of the medications that now exist that I
mean, they're wonderful. They don't let
[32:54] us die no more, but they cost an arm and
leg. And because of that, Etna said,
[33:00] "Thank you, but we we'll pass." Uh we
also did what's called self-insured
[33:05] uh groups because you all are in a
healthc care reform, aka Obamacare
[33:10] guarantee issue, no matter how sick they
got to take you. That's why the prices
[33:12] are so high. We went to the insurance
carriers that can give you discounts.
[33:16] That's what's called level funding.
you're a healthy group, which I thought
[33:20] you were. I send it to those groups and
carriers like um this is curative.
[33:26] That's a fairly new insurance company
here like Santa in this area. By new in
[33:31] the insurance world to me that's 10
years. Okay. Curative. They said uh
[33:36] unfortunately we are not able to put
forward a competitive quote for this
[33:41] group at this time. That was from
curative. Okay. Uh, also from Santa, one
[33:46] of those other new, they said, uh,
sorry, due to Orisa, government entity.
[33:51] We can't quote that, uh, that industry.
Hey, they're lost. They don't get your
[33:55] business. Okay. So, those are some
examples of some other carriers that we
[33:59] reached out to, but they said, "Thank
you, but we can't help you at this
[34:02] time." That kind of answer your question
there.
[34:05] » Yes, sir. Thank you.
>> Excellent.
[34:07] » And by the way, I thank you for these
questions because, man, I see a lot of
[34:11] new faces up here. So, thanks for the
opportunity to to share a little bit
[34:15] about what Dean and I do as independent
agencies. I'm repeating myself now. We
[34:21] don't work for any insurance company.
You know what I'm saying? We just have
[34:24] to know the product. So, we can explain
the pros and the cons because there is
[34:29] no perfect company. There is no perfect
plan. They all go up and down in cycles.
[34:34] One time I asked a carrier who gave us
an ugly like Baylor. The next year
[34:38] they'll come back and give us a real
great. I'm like, why did you do this? We
[34:43] were already with you. Their answer,
algorithms. They've been doing this for
[34:47] hundreds of years. Algorithm said it's
about to hit. We wanted to avoid it and
[34:52] we'll welcome you back next year. Come
on back next year. So, who knows what it
[34:57] is because of course they're not going
to disclose that. I'm just going to say
[35:00] they're bleeding internally. They have
to do adjustment to survive.
[35:04] » I I do have some questions.
So like when I'm seeing you know 30%
[35:10] increase 31% 45% increase of course this
is the the month the monthly premium
[35:17] » but do that times 12 times all the
employees
[35:21] » horrible
>> what what kind of number are we looking
[35:23] at total
>> okay I didn't do the total I'm sorry
[35:27] » for the year
over there
[35:30] » oh yeah what we budgeted um council
member goal was 600 for per employee
[35:35] Obviously, I brought the mayor in when I
was originally getting these numbers cuz
[35:39] I was a little bit freaked out by the
percentage increase because I did not
[35:43] anticipate them going up as high cuz I
anticipated them going up because
[35:47] currently we had in the budget 512 per
employee in this year's fiscal budget.
[35:52] When I was proposing these, I still
didn't have firm numbers back from
[35:56] Javier. So, I estimated $600 per
employee. Obviously, when these came in,
[36:02] they came in at 675. So, we moved that
up and I believe there was an additional
[36:07] 24,000 that was going to be needed to
add to this year's fiscal budget, which
[36:11] there's wiggle room in the budget from
the line item transfer to reserve um
[36:18] number that we just knew these were
coming in. We just didn't know where
[36:22] those could place. So, you'll see that
in your in your budget at the next
[36:26] meeting where those that adjustment was
made. Bottom line is it's costing us 20
[36:31] over over 20,000 more than it cost us
last year. Correct.
[36:35] » To ensure all our employees
>> at 100% um medical and 100% on life and
[36:41] and accidental death and dismemberment.
>> What I'm seeing here, I'm also an
[36:45] independent insurance agent. What I'm
sending here is is really good, fair,
[36:49] equitable plans that I typically would
even pitch. These are HMOs, not PPOs.
[36:56] So, these aren't the highest tier
policies.
[37:00] So, as far as what I'm seeing as also as
an insurance agent,
[37:06] these are right on par.
>> Sure. Appreciate that.
[37:09] » Thank you for your work.
>> Our pleasure. Thank you for the
[37:11] opportunity.
>> Thank you. On that note, I need a
[37:14] motion. Um, taking
>> I make a motion um that we choose Kansas
[37:21] City Life for our vision, dental, and
life insurance and Texas Health Benefits
[37:26] Pool for our medical.
[37:35] » We got a I want to make sure everybody
understood.
[37:38] » All right, we got a motion by Betty,
second by Randall. All those in favor?
[37:43] » Can you repeat? I didn't sorry I didn't
hear the first part.
[37:46] » Um that we go with the now I gota find
my paper again and Kansas City live for
[37:54] vision dental and life and that we
choose the Texas health benefits pool
[37:58] for medical.
>> That Texas health benefits pool is TML.
[38:03] » Right.
All right. So
[38:07] » okay. Thank you all.
>> Thank you.
[38:09] » Thank you very much.
[38:18] did.
All right. 4.2 discuss and consider
[38:22] consider resolution number 618090826
a resolution of the city council of the
[38:28] city of Bertram accepting dedication of
streets infrastructure and the
[38:32] subdivision known as the village.
[38:38] » For the village we had the walkth
through there was a punch list.
[38:41] Everything has been completed on that.
We have the asbuilts. We have everything
[38:44] that we need to. So we recommend
approval and acceptance of the
[38:47] infrastructure.
[38:51] » Any questions?
>> All good.
[38:59] » All right. I make a motion we accept
resolution
[39:03] accepting the dedication of streets and
infrastructure in the village.
[39:09] Have a motion by Anthony, second by
Randall. All those in favor
[39:13] that passes
you building this afternoon.
[39:22] » Already did.
>> All right. Thank you, Gary.
[39:30] 4.3 discuss and consider water tap
application request from Bertram 29
[39:34] Property LLC for property located at
2829
[39:39] West Highway 29. That's going to be a 1
and a half inch meter.
[39:45] » Yeah, the request is for a one and a
half inch meter. This is where the uh
[39:49] convenience store is going out uh west
of town, west of the sewer plant. Um,
[39:55] all the standard conditions of the that
we normally put in the letter are in
[39:59] there. This one does have a waterline
extension of uh 3,850 ft. Some easements
[40:05] that need to be acquired. Um, I know
Georgina, I guess you had some input on
[40:10] a path forward on that or at least uh
some thoughts from the city perspective,
[40:14] but um it's all pretty standard. U if
they want to annex and pay the fees, all
[40:20] all of that, we can provide them
service.
[40:24] Is anyone here from that property?
[40:30] » I did speak with them directly via email
um back and forth. They are um
[40:36] entertaining the numbers that were
provided. Um they did not question the
[40:40] tap fees or anything like that. Um they
are questioning the linear feet because
[40:44] we didn't propose them a number because
we're still working on the direction on
[40:47] how to get the water there from the
front or the back. um because there's
[40:51] some other players involved. But um I
think there's a a path forward if they
[40:58] agree to annexation um of that property
for the 1 and 12 inch tab.
[41:04] » Everybody understand that?
[41:11] I will need a motion.
[41:17] » If we're waiting on some questions they
have about the linear feet and the
[41:22] annexation and so forth, should we even
motion vote on this?
[41:30] » Yeah. On
[41:37] All right. Well, that being considered
and I'll make a motion to
[41:42] accept a tap application fee dependent
on our numbers coming in
[41:49] with the on the linear feet and
regarding annexation. Is that good
[41:54] enough? Michael
[42:01] » and agree with all engineering
recommendations.
[42:03] » Yeah. All that stuff done when there's
with agreements. So there's easements,
[42:07] annexation,
um, water rights, all that stuff.
[42:11] » You can put it in
>> Yeah.
[42:13] » attorney lawyer speak
>> and that's what's in that recommendation
[42:16] letter
>> as long as fees are paid and all of
[42:19] those documents are obtained.
>> So we have a motion by Anthony.
[42:22] » I'll second that.
>> Second by Betty. All those in favor
[42:26] » and that speak
>> 4.4 for discussing consider request for
[42:33] proposal submitts and recommendations to
contract IT services.
[42:39] So, um, Mayor Pro Tim Francis and I met
with um the
[42:46] proposers the proposals
um well, we met to discuss the proposals
[42:52] that were um submitted um by the noon
deadline um and I believe uh council
[42:58] member de Francis has a recommendation
um to move forward. Yes, we met with uh
[43:04] Imagine Solutions on the first day and
they gave us a very good proposal at a
[43:10] much lower cost and with the same or
better services that we currently have
[43:19] and
what
[43:22] » okay and from what I understand when
Georgina had several questions with our
[43:28] current company you had a hard time
getting anyone to return calls or help
[43:33] you, which is not something that we
really want to deal with. But Imagine
[43:38] Solutions came in, they tooured
everywhere that they needed to tour,
[43:43] they saw what we needed, updates and so
forth, and came in at a lower price. And
[43:48] I believe that we should consider going
with Imagine Solutions.
[43:52] » I'm assuming the Imagine shirts. Is that
you guys?
[43:56] » That was a dead giveaway.
>> Okay. So, um, IT services has been a
[44:02] tough one. Um, about a year ago, last
October, city council, um, recomm
[44:13] we went out for RFP back in October
um, right around Christmas time. They
[44:18] were due. We got one back, which was,
um, Click at the time. We went
[44:22] month-to-month with Click um, because I
didn't think that the RFP reached
[44:26] anybody. So then I reached out to my
Hill Country City Secretaries
[44:30] Association group and I asked who you
guys are you who they were using for IT
[44:34] services and we did the RFP again to see
if we could get more people out. I sent
[44:39] the RFP out to multiple um people only
two submitted. Um I wouldn't necessarily
[44:44] say that Click Computers was doing a bad
job. They always did an excellent job
[44:48] for Georgina. It was more PD related
questions and concerns regarding phone
[44:53] calls after hours, things of that
nature. Um but they were going to be
[44:57] going up on their price was the original
reason for the RFP, not because their
[45:00] their services were were technically
bad, but um their their proposal did
[45:07] come in at around $5,800, which is a
whole lot higher than the imagined
[45:11] solutions proposal did, which is a
considerable amount that we did not
[45:15] impose into this budget, this this
year's proposed budget. So, um if if the
[45:21] recommendation is to go with Imagine
Solutions, which I think defense stated,
[45:25] I I believe that um I would have to
agree with that recommendation just
[45:29] based on the fees alone, but they do
have real uh real good references. They
[45:33] do use other municipalities, which was
not in the proposal for click computers.
[45:37] Um they had a lot of housing
authorities, uh not necessarily
[45:42] municipalities. I think they um they
contract with Marble Falls, Lano. Um
[45:47] they're shaking their head. Yes. Um but
some other municipalities in the Hill
[45:51] Country, which is how I got their name.
>> And if I recall, they had some good
[45:56] answers for you in regard to after hours
PD calls and help and so forth that we
[46:02] did not have at the current time. So I'm
>> pardon.
[46:09] » All right. Amaze away. Is this
>> I have a question. Is this monthtomonth
[46:14] or is it a year contract? It's a cont
It's going to be a contract.
[46:19] We have a motion.
>> I make a motion that we Go ahead, Tracy.
[46:24] » I need a motion first.
>> Oh, okay.
[46:26] » I'll make a motion we use Imagine
Solutions as our new IT provider.
[46:30] » We have a motion by Anthony.
>> I'll second.
[46:33] » Second by Randall. All those in favor?
>> When I saw you'all walk in, I thought
[46:37] you were here to protest something.
>> Not yet.
[46:43] 4.5 discuss and consider Dell
Technologies quotes for new computer
[46:47] equipment for up to $28,500.
[46:52] So, this was the place marker that we
put in the current budget for uh
[46:55] additional computers to replace the
current computer systems that we have
[46:58] that are aging. Um, I'm going to work
with Imagine Solutions to make sure that
[47:03] this is the best bang for our buck. um
obviously before we purchase anything uh
[47:09] moving forward, but I would like this
place markers to be set so that we don't
[47:13] have to bring this back to council and
say, "Hey, can we have 28,500
[47:17] up to this amount?"
>> Proposing that we change the budget.
[47:25] » No, it it's already there.
>> It's already there. Um I actually put in
[47:29] more because I wasn't sure what this
number was going to be. So we can
[47:32] actually make some adjustments to that
line item based on that current actual
[47:36] once we figure out what we need because
there may be some server stuff that
[47:38] wasn't included in this quote that we'll
need to do for PD.
[47:41] » But what is proposed is Dell
Technologies.
[47:45] Um
Mike, we'd have to
[47:49] » you could since it's proposed for Dell,
you could go ahead and say we use Dell.
[47:54] » Yeah.
>> Cap of 25.
[47:58] » Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah, we're going to need to
[48:02] adjust adjust the numbers and I don't
mind bringing it back and I and I
[48:04] explained that to another council member
that I don't mind bringing it back. Um
[48:08] but the place markers are in this year's
current budget because I did have kind
[48:13] of what we were going to be using but
wasn't sure on the number that we needed
[48:16] at that time.
>> Right. So remind me of like the
[48:19] purchasing process. So anything over a
certain amount you're getting three
[48:22] quotes for or you're buying it
>> over 75,000.
[48:25] » Okay.
>> So
[48:26] » over 75,000 you have to get three
quotes. You don't have to
[48:30] small.
>> And I for the citizens, the big push for
[48:34] this is um obviously technology has a
shelf life. Uh but we're seeing it with
[48:41] the PD. Everything is going electronic.
Everything is going digital. Um a lot of
[48:47] the paper reports are going away and
there's this these systems that they
[48:52] send stuff to the cloud. Uh, so
everything's changing as far as
[48:56] technology, but we're having to catch
up.
[48:59] » Yeah. Everything um since I've been here
has been um refurbished or
[49:05] » um band-aid um computers. So, I I think
that it's time that we um progress
[49:11] forward and, you know, get the office
products that this we need to get our
[49:16] jobs done.
>> We've been getting a lot of
[49:17] handme-downs, too. So,
[49:22] or the or
gift to do to us. It's the end of life
[49:26] from another agency.
>> End of life for them gave us just a
[49:31] little bit of life.
>> And you're right, John. Um everything
[49:35] now is going paperless. The county
attorney just no longer accepts flash
[49:40] drives, hard paper, anything like that
based.
[49:48] This will also get us moving with our
emails too so that that state agencies
[49:52] can now receive emails from the Bertrram
PD that has been being rejected. So this
[49:58] will also um get that complete
>> blacklisted from
[50:07] » All right. Motion.
[50:13] » Yeah. Go ahead. So, do we need So, we
need a motion. It sounds like to
[50:19] I don't really understand.
>> Yeah.
[50:22] » Yeah. I'd rather see it tabled until we
find the provider.
[50:26] » This is our target.
[50:35] » October.
>> Do we need Maybe I can find something
[50:37] cheaper.
>> Do we need to do we need to make a
[50:39] motion to table?
>> This number came from the byboard. So,
[50:42] we're part of the byboard. Um, you know,
so these numbers are are but I just want
[50:46] to make sure this is actually what we
need
[50:49] » to get moving forward because again this
was somebody that was a reserve officer
[50:53] for the PD that put this proposal
together.
[50:56] » Not that I don't trust him just that
he's not
[50:58] » double check
>> it.
[50:59] » Yeah.
>> For the city.
[51:00] » And is the quantity correct?
>> That's the questions. There's still a
[51:04] question there. I don't know.
>> I would like to know the exact quantity
[51:07] though.
>> Yeah. Okay. And the buy board is
[51:09] something where the state of Texas has
already gone out and did bids and
[51:12] approved. It's like a list that we can
purchase off of and we know we're
[51:17] getting a good
>> Yeah.
[51:20] » So I make a motion that we table 4.5 the
consider Dell Technologies
[51:28] computer equipment.
>> We have a motion by Andis, second by
[51:33] Betty. All those in favor?
[51:38] Sorry, I'm looking for some numbers here
real quick.
[51:45] All right. 4.6.
Discuss and consider oatmeal festival
[51:50] committee request for hotel motel tax
funds for 2020 or 2025 2026 oatmeal
[51:56] festival advertisement reimbursement of
up to $5,000.
[52:01] Uh so we use uh
hot money to reimburse advertisement. Uh
[52:08] just to give y'all some numbers real
quick. LA last year oatmeal festival we
[52:12] had approximately approximately 3,800
visitors that came downtown for the
[52:17] oatmeal festival. And I can give you a
breakdown because big brother's watching
[52:22] and we pulled that off everybody's cell
phone data. Um there are 1,200 residents
[52:26] from Bertrram, 699 from Bernett, 322
from Liberty Hill, 203 from Leander, 176
[52:34] from Mar Falls, 77 from Kingsland, 67
from Round Rock, 47 from Florence, 46
[52:39] from Lamp Passes, 45 from Copper Scope.
I'm giving you all those numbers to tell
[52:45] you this. Uh these festivals bring
people in. That brings tax dollars. um
[52:50] that brings business to local businesses
and it brings eyes to our community
[52:54] where they see it and say, "Oh, I need
to come back, you know, again to to
[52:59] enjoy Bertram." Uh so that's the
importance of
[53:02] » just for clarity
>> festivals.
[53:04] » We do not pay for that um that
information. We get that from the
[53:10] county.
>> Yeah.
[53:10] » We the city of Bertram does not pay to
have that kind of information available
[53:14] to us. That's something that the county
does for all of the
[53:18] » tourism office
>> all through the tourism office for all
[53:20] of the um cities and the festivals and
things that they put on just so that it
[53:25] can help them understand where to gear
their advertising and if if the
[53:29] advertising is paying off but the city
of Bertram does not pay anything for
[53:33] that. Mayor um it should also be stated
that the um hotel motto tax where it's
[53:38] derived from is not from the citizens of
Bertrram. It is from the people who stay
[53:42] at the motel and the Airbnbs here in
town.
[53:45] » So the hot funds
>> are a separate hotel restricted account.
[53:49] » Yes, sir.
>> Just like people know where the money's
[53:53] going.
>> I make a motion that we give the oatmeal
[53:59] festival $5,000 as stated in 4.6.
A second.
[54:03] » A motion by Andis, second by Tracy. All
those in favor?
[54:08] » That passes. four points. Actually,
before I go in, we do need to
[54:14] » All right, let's go ahead and go into
community input. Uh, Filamina, you got
[54:17] your questions.
[54:22] » This,
>> sure.
[54:24] » Okay. I wasn't planning to speak, but
since
[54:27] » Do you have the community input roster
thing?
[54:30] » I didn't sign in, but go ahead.
>> I didn't sign in. I wasn't planning on
[54:33] speaking. I came here hoping to gather
some information.
[54:37] Um because right now all I'm hearing is
rumor. Although I did see the street
[54:41] roped off. Okay. Something. There was an
incident here Saturday and evidently
[54:44] y'all aren't ready to talk about it.
>> I can tell.
[54:47] » But I live right downtown and I want to
know that I'm safe and there's not
[54:50] somebody out on the loose or whatever.
>> The police put a statement out saying
[54:53] there's no danger to the public.
>> No, I saw something from Hill Country
[54:56] Scanners. All I saw and that was a
delayed message 12 hours after the fact.
[55:00] The police was on I didn't see that.
>> It's a personal matter. We didn't feel
[55:04] like it's necessary to,
>> but I just want to make sure we're safe.
[55:07] » But yeah, every everyone's safe
>> and that's all you can tell me about it.
[55:11] There's a report.
>> That's all I want to say. Uh it's a
[55:14] personal matter for for a family and we
I'd just rather not see.
[55:19] » I mean, can we
>> Okay. All right. I fig that's why you
[55:21] couldn't talk about it.
>> There was no threat to
[55:23] » Oh, no. No threat to the community.
>> Okay. Yeah. I just wanted to make sure
[55:27] that
>> Yeah. No threat to the community. That's
[55:29] what the police statement said.
>> I'll have to look. I'm sorry.
[55:32] » Yeah. Bon Police Department put out a
notice. Thank y'all very much.
[55:36] » Thank you,
>> Famina. You had a couple questions
[55:41] earlier when I cut you off. Sorry.
[55:46] » That was one and I wasn't going to ask.
Um, I wanted to
[55:52] Andis on his get together that he had at
gathering grounds.
[55:59] I went a couple
should have gone
[56:05] » working on an evening. I get a few more
participants.
[56:11] » Thank you. I went too by the way.
[56:19] » Is there anything
[56:24] » Jerry Leblanc LJ Acres
[56:31] Afternoon, mayor. Good afternoon,
council members. Good afternoon,
[56:33] everyone in attendance. Um, my name is
Jerry Leblanc. My wife, Nicole, and I
[56:38] operate LJ Acres Animal Life Center here
in Bertram. LJ Acres is a veteran 501c3
[56:45] rescue and sanctuary that currently
cares for approximately 140 animals
[56:50] across 24 different species. We are all
domestic, no wildlife.
[56:56] Many of the animals that come to us
cannot be accommodated by traditional
[57:00] shelter. Some are adopted into
appropriate homes while others require
[57:06] lifelong sanctuary because of their age,
health, behavior or specialized care
[57:12] needs.
I'm here today because LJ Acres is
[57:16] facing a serious financial shortfall. We
currently we recently determined that we
[57:22] have approximately 90 days to secure
enough support to remain open.
[57:27] That clock is already running. Without
immediate assistance, we may be forced
[57:32] to close and begin the difficult process
of finding safe placement for all of the
[57:38] animals that are in our care.
[57:42] Closing LJ Acres would not affect only
our family. It would affect um it would
[57:49] all it would remove an important
resource from Bertrram and the
[57:53] surrounding central Texas um community.
We accept animals that families
[58:00] um we accept animals that families and
other organizations may have nowhere
[58:05] else to place.
We also provide educational tours and
[58:10] programs that teach children and adults
about responsible animal ownership,
[58:15] species appropriate care, adoption, and
long-term commitment involved in
[58:20] bringing an animal into a home. Also, we
have had volunteers of all ages um come
[58:27] out to us giving them the opportunity to
work with and learn about animals. This
[58:31] is especially a great opportunity for
kids. Most of the animal shelters have
[58:36] an age limit for volunteering, but we do
not.
[58:40] We have visited the local school,
nursing home, um, and done animal
[58:47] displays. We have also had Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts out. We've worked with a
[58:51] lot of other organizations like Highland
Lakes Boys and Girls Club. That's does
[58:55] serve a lot of the Bertrram kids as
well.
[58:59] Another service we provide is microchip
scanning to help reunite pets and the
[59:03] families. For instance, one of the dogs
came to us on Saturday for a microchip
[59:08] scan. Um on Thanksgiving, we were at
Judge Wilson's house for a dog that
[59:14] showed up at his house for a micro for a
microchip scan and that dog was reunited
[59:19] with his family. We're seven days a
week. Doesn't matter the day of the
[59:23] week. Doesn't matter holidays. We start
at 7 in the morning and finish at 9:00
[59:27] at night. seven days a week. Um, we are
not waiting for someone else to solve
[59:33] this problem. We are pursuing grant,
contacting local businesses, requesting
[59:39] food and product donations, seeking
sponsors, and asking the community for
[59:43] help. We have submitted requests to the
Highland Lake Service League and Oxbow
[59:48] Animal Health, but grant decisions take
time, and the animals must be fed and
[59:54] cared for every day.
Today, we respectfully ask the city of
[59:58] Bertram to help us identify any lawful
emergency funding, sponsorship, inind
[1:00:04] access, assistance, or community
partnership that may be available. We
[1:00:09] also ask the city to help share our
urgent need with residents and local
[1:00:15] businesses um and to meet with us about
ways LJ Acres can continue to serving as
[1:00:21] an educational and animal welfare
resource for Bertram. We're not asking
[1:00:26] the city to carry the this
responsibility alone. We are asking our
[1:00:31] hometown to stand beside us while we
work to stabilize LJ acres and protect
[1:00:38] the animals that depend on us. So just
give you last year we were about $42,000
[1:00:45] in the red and that comes out of pocket.
So
[1:00:52] » thank you. Um, this is being broadcast
over YouTube, so
[1:00:57] » your message is getting out there.
>> Yeah, just anything we can do. We love
[1:01:01] what we do. We do it because it's a
passion of ours. We don't do it because
[1:01:05] of any other reason, but just because of
what we can provide for the community
[1:01:09] and the animals in our care. So, we have
had to close intakes. We have had to
[1:01:14] stop off-site um activities because of
lack of funding and lack of volunteers.
[1:01:21] We have some brochures that we'd like to
leave with whoever we can that for you
[1:01:25] guys to get.
>> You can hand them to George again,
[1:01:27] please.
>> Thank you'all.
[1:01:32] » Thank you.
[1:01:38] » Um I don't want to butcher your name,
Joyce. Uh
[1:01:42] » oh, you already spoke. Gotcha. And
Filamina, you're good.
[1:01:49] All right. 4.7 discuss and consider
city's permitted water supply and
[1:01:54] expansion of water and sewer system and
supply options. 4.8 discussing an update
[1:01:59] on pend pending litigation easement
disputes.
[1:02:03] The city council of the city of Bertam
reserves the right to adjourn into
[1:02:06] executive session at any time during the
course of this meeting to discuss any
[1:02:10] matters listed on this agenda as
authorized by the Texas Government Code
[1:02:14] section 551.071.
[1:02:18] At this time it is 12:59 and we're going
to go into close session.
[1:20:59] All
[1:21:13] right, time is now 1:18. I call this
meeting back to order.
[1:21:18] Uh 4.7, we have nothing.
>> 4.8, we had nothing going forward. Uh
[1:21:25] future agenda items
[1:21:34] opportunities
[1:21:40] » got that.
Anything else?
[1:21:45] All right.
>> Motion we
[1:21:49] » motion by Betty, second by Tracy. All
those in favor? This meeting is
[1:21:53] adjourned. Thank you.
[1:22:13] » Okay. Thank you.
[1:22:17] » Yeah. Yeah. Thank you.
[1:22:22] Hold
on. Hold on.
[1:22:27] Guess
[1:22:31] » DNA.
[1:22:42] So, we don't wear the same shirts.
>> I actually changed my shirt, too. I had
[1:22:48] a different shirt on it, but it would
match my jeans.
[1:22:50] » I love that.
Blue on blue. I couldn't do it. I was
[1:22:54] like,
>> again, if we match,
[1:23:00] » they're going to talk anyways.
>> That's right.
[1:23:06] » Going to lunch.
>> No, I probably won't make it.
[1:23:18] I love that for you.
[1:23:29] » All right, I'll talk to you later.
Couple hours.
[1:23:34] Couple hours.
[1:23:41] Hi Johnson.