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Council meeting
Wednesday June 106

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p.m. Notice to the public each person
must decide before enter

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the item they wish to comment on. If
they are not seated in the chamber when

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agenda item is heard they will be
notified by offic.

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Please all

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open the meeting call to all.
of

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the flag of the United States of America
and to the republic for it stands one

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nation under God indivisible
and justice for all

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» here

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» here

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Approve of the minutes of the regular
meeting of May 13, 2026

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by

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public

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I'm sorry.

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» Yes.

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» Yes.

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» Presentation of recognition.

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for Russia
and

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Elia.
>> I see we have it on here. First off, how

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y'all doing today, council?
>> Good, Chief. How are you?

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» Um, everybody, um, they was just here.
Russian was running a little late. He

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was finish up a detail and they was also
being interviewed by somebody else

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pertaining to the same incident. So, I
had them all together and they to come

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back. So, can we just get back to it a
little later?

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» All right. Thank you.

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» Resolve the 2024 2025.

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» Pending the council's approval of
ordinance six later today.

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the audit findings that were found in
our 2024 2025 would be fully resolved.

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So this should be the last audit finding
report until we have to whatever

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findings that are resulted of the new
report.

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to the financial report.

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» The report was emailed to everyone
yesterday. I emailed it in two different

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formats. The one the detailed line by
line item and then a smaller summary

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page item. So they list the revenues
budget. the

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the
year-to-date budget is the items that

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were
approved in the pending amendment for

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the current year. Those are the numbers
that were represented in there. So, if

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y'all have any questions, let me know.

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» Thank you.

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2022

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state agreed upon procedure.
>> Uh Mr. Tanny Booty could not make it

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this afternoon. So managing partner or
not managing but a partner with Erikson

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Krento who happens to be Mr. Tanny's
boss. Mr. Ken is here instead. Okay.

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So, I think uh Tanny sent y'all all the
engagement letters. Um so, you should

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have copies of them. Uh it's pretty much
same as last year. The no change in fee

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from last year and the agreed upon
procedures. Every other year we have to

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do a full scope. So, this year is a year
that we have to do a full scope of the

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uh AUP procedures. But, but that's
nothing y'all not used to.

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Any questions or

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Yes.
>> Yes.

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» Yes.

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Thank you.

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August 2026

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for the city of the fiscal year
beginning July 1st 2025 and ending June

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3026
for the general water and gas

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semic

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complex debt service for

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this is the public hearing for the
ordinance that's the next agenda item.

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This public hearing since it is related
to a actual the budget overall budget

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has been published three times in the
advocate and has been posted downstairs

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on our bulletin board since the previous
council meeting on May 13th to give the

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public a com a chance to comment on the
current budget and the amendments to the

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current 2026 budget.

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August of 2026
operating budget of revenues expend the

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city of
July 1st, 2025 and ended June 30, 2026

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for the general water and gas fund, low
income housing fund, and municipal

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complex complex debt service fund.

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Louisiana
session

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operating

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system.

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Floors and official

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Therefore,

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today

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I don't know if we need the motion
before Mr. Joshua Smith will discuss the

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numbers. He is here. Yes,

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» Mr. Joshua Smith of Falcon Winkler.

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» Good evening, council.
So, what you all have in front of you is

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the pretty much the same handout that
was introduced on the May 13 meeting.

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Um, couple things as it relates to your
2026 budget that you're amending right

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now to be in compliance with the local
governmental budget act. There was a

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minor just a minor change in that one to
accommodate uh some additional PD

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equipments that are on a later agenda
item. It was roughly 30,000. So, I just

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wanted to point that to your attention.
Um, and the handout also summarizes just

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a few shifts that were made in the 2027
budget. If you would like me to discuss

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those, I believe that's the next agenda
item. Or if you would like to

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approve this one first and then I can
touch base on the 2027.

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Thank you.

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August

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for the city of Coral
July 1st

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and ended June 3027
water and gas

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service.

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to the

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» Again, this public hearing was
advertised in the advocate for three

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consecutive weeks. It's been posted
downstairs and also per the Louisiana

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Governmental Budget Act, it has been
available for public inspection at Miss

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Lynette's Lain's desk, the secretary to
the mayor since Thursday following the

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last meeting until this afternoon.

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Okay. So, as it relates to your 2027 U
budget, this is once again the same

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packet that was introduced on May 13th,
but what I did hand out this particular

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time was a summary overview. Um, I did
regroup with with the administration

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team and there was a shuffling in some
capital outlay assignments. Um, there

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was some built-in contingencies for the
sewer that was on the back end of the

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priority list that was roughly 240,000
that we reallocated amongst PD and

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drainage and streets. And so from a net
from a net impact standpoint, you can

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see on the summary that it actually
increased your your uh your budget by

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roughly 8,100. But from a grand scheme
of things, nothing else changed. It was

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just a rep prioritization of some
capital assets.

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for the city of fiscal year beginning
July 1st 26 and ending June 20 June 3027

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gaseneral

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by the city.

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expenses

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by

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city
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without

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all
expenses. only.

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Now therefore

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required by the last day.

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» Yes.

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Yes,
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Okay. How y'all doing again? All right.
Um, one of the biggest things coming

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into office um and hiring these these
guys on that's standing behind me and um

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I explain to them to them my vision and
what it is I'm expecting from them on

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every call that they go out on. uh
conduct yourself in a professional

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manner, treat people how you like to be
treated or how you like your family

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members to be treated despite whatever
the circumstances is. Uh it was brought

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to my attention from Assistant Chief
Smith that while being out there um on C

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shift one day these guys uh went above
and beyond the call of duty while

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working on this car. So from there he
passed it on to me told me exactly what

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happened. Told him hey look let's go
ahead and put it on paper. He did. And

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so that's brought that brought us here
today. So I'm going pass it on to Re and

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he'll explain everything up for me.

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» Good evening, council. How you guys
doing?

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» How are you?
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So um as you know still investigating
cases and still in the mix. Um but but

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in doing so I believe in patting on the
back and praising our officers when they

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when they do good. And in this case is
exactly what they did.

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And it is nothing that I did. It's all
what they did and they deserve it. Uh so

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with that being said, what I'll do is um
I'll just read um the certificate real

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quick and I'll present it to them
because they did an excellent job.

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So um and it's it's the same for all
three officers. So it's in recognition

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for exceptional performance,
professionalism professionalism, and

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sensitivity. Excuse that mess up. in
recognition of your exceptional

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performance, professionalism,
dedication, and sensitivity demonstrated

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during the investigation of a juvenile
sexual battery case on May 27, 2026.

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Your commitment to serving with
integrity, compassion, and respect while

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handling the highest sensitive
investigation exemplifies the highest

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level of standard in law enforcement.
Through your diligence and professional

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professionalism, you help ensure a
thorough investigation while maintaining

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a victim center approach and
safeguarding the dignity of those

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involved. Your outstanding service,
commitment to justice, and unrave

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dedication reflects great credit upon
yourself and the Port Island Police

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Department and deserving I'm sorry are
deserving of special recognition and

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appreciation given this 10 day of June
2026. And first up is it's going to be

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officer Delicia Batist. Thank you,
Officer Batist.

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We have Officer Kendrick Rogers. Thank
you.

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And we just got a busy house with
Corporal Russian and Juno, but they did

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an outstanding job. Thank you guys.

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That's right.

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This is where we stand.

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Come closer. Hurry up.

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Thank you.

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» Thank you for your service.

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August

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and collection

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extension contract administrative policy
provided customer and providing for

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related matters.

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Item nine

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according to section 863 of the code or
city relative to the building of utility

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rates and charges Authorizing

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utility contract

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for related matters.

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cont

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a section 863
863

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orders.

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Amended by the addition of the following
subsection with all existing provisions.

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The city hereby authorizes

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the use of utility

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of the current

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time requiring that all future utility

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bills

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authored.

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customer

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to all

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penalties. Disconnection procedures and
Connection

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motion

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by
second by council.

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Yes.

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» The previous agenda item authorized us
to actually have a policy.

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This agenda item is now the policy that
we will follow pending your approval.

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Again,
I want to reiterate that these are for

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current amounts, not past dues from
three months, four months, five months

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ago. It's for people that had a leak or
as in January when we had that huge gas

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that for those people that are on fixed
incomes is to address those needs.

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Yes.

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» Yes.

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waste water treatment facility.
>> Mr. Eric, if you want to speak on this

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or you want me to speak on this,
>> the appra appraisal.

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» This is Yeah. related to the purchase of
that land. This is for the appraisal.

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» Okay. Uh y'all uh we talked about this a
little bit and of course we've had

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several meetings on this. This is um the
first step in uh basically uh seeing if

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the uh land uh along LA1, the big skinny
tract of about 31 acres is um you know

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viable for uh y'all to purchase to use
for a wastewater treatment plant. Of

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course, it's 31 acres, so you're not
going to need but probably six or seven

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for the plant itself. Essentially,
what's will happen if the appraisal

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comes back um at the same value as uh
what they've listed it for, then you

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y'all will proceed to the next uh step,
which will be um doing some basically uh

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research where they make sure that you
know it's not a toxic waste dump and

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things like that to protect um y'all's
interests. Also look at things like

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wetlands and and things like that. It'll
be a kind of a long iterative procedure

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and then if all those things uh pass
then uh y'all will uh basically uh you

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know obviously make the decision to
purchase the land.

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So it's kind of like you'll get updates
how it's going, you know, but we're

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probably talking
three or four months before all that

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stuff is cleared.

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uh well checking for it. You know,
basically they'll have we'll have to

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hire different um specialty firms to
check uh the you know, there's a

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specialty firm that looks at wetlands.
There's a specialty firm that looks for

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if there's a remediation issues. You
know, obviously you're hiring a specialy

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firm to do the um uh appraisal. And uh
there's a few other things we'll have to

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check. There's some pipelines in that
area. We have to make sure what their

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requirements are as well. Thank you.

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As mentioned last week, this is one of
the steps as a government entity that we

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have to go through to purchase land. We
can't just accept what the realtor says

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is we've got to go through this one, the
appraisal. So, this is the council

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authorizing the appraisal for us to
begin, as Mr. Tony Kellson is that

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process of actually acquiring that land.

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Yes.

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to appraise environmental review and
suitability studies.

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So this is a to enter into a contingent
which means based upon if all the

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following things actually
occur pass that we can proceed with the

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actual purchase agreement.
The reason to enter into a contingent

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purchase agreement is that the
seller is what is going to hold it for

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us to go through all of the legal
ramific.

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So, it's like holding it for us to go
through all the things that if someone

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comes in during the interim while we're
doing the appraisal, the wetland studies

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and all that that they can't buy it from
or buy it while we're trying to go

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through all of our legal steps. We got
to go through.

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Number

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13,

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July 6,6

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» July 4th is a holiday recognized by
ordinance. Our policies and procedures

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says that when a holiday falls on a
Saturday, we observe it on Friday. And

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since Friday is a half a day, it would
be Thursday. We're asking since the

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council has the authority to override
written policies and procedures, given

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notice to employees that the mayor has
asked some employees or done a straw

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poll with the employees and they would
prefer to have not everyone but the ones

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that she has talked with the majority
that they would prefer to have the

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Monday after the weekend off. So we
would be working if this passes our

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holiday for all city employees would be
the Monday and we would work our normal

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regular schedule full day Thursday and
Friday July 3rd as a half day.

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Item 14
introduction of 206-132

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allow advertising of open position on
the city official website and social

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media for seven consecutive days include
a

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publication in the official journal.

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» Social medi

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Our

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current current ordinances require us to
post job vacancies in the official

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journal. It is not a state law that we
post job vacancies in the official

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journal. There are other things that we
are required to post in the official

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journal. Employment vacancies is not one
of them because it's in our ordinance

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that we have to publish in currently in
our ordinance that we have to publish in

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our official journal. The mayor has
asking to change that to post vacancies

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on our Facebook page, website page for 7
days because the cost of publication in

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the official journal cost posting on our
Facebook page does not and social media

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seems to be a better engagement with the
authority. Again, this is just the

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introduction of the ordinance. We still
do need the vote to introduce the

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ordinance, but this ordinance would not
go into effect until because it is an

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orest until next month following a
public hearing prior to the vote on

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that.

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Yes.

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Consider approving an additional
$1,65

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to Trust Service LLC for extra work at
the police department beyond the

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original 1,900 painting agreement.

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» Um, I'd like to start off by saying uh I
had the pleasure of meeting a couple of

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the council who did take me up on my
offer to come see the building. um from

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that moment um what y'all thought it was
nice.

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» All right. Thank you. Thank you. So,
like I said before, it was something

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that was definitely needed. And um I do
also wanted to point out uh from and I

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also brought to y'all attention when
y'all came individually uh from last

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week to this week. Um I showed y'all the
quotes and from the amount that we paid,

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which was a total amount of um $4,460.68
68 cents. The next thing that was close

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to that was $15,000.
So, we was able to save all the way

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around the board with material along
with that company. They they did us a

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nice service. So, uh that's what I
wanted to emphasize on that part.

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» Yes.

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Item number 16, consider approving of
purchase of

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cameras and hardware with a threeear
software plan at the cost of $25,73040.

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» Um, I kind of base everything off of
last week. uh kind of gave y'all the the

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the inside and outside of those cameras
and the importance of why we need it,

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which is definitely um they come to to
become a secondary uh tool to assist our

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law enforcement agency. Um they they
help the community is is all about

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community safety. So, uh bringing this
in, it give us one step to solving

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crimes, locating people, uh deterring
crimes around our community. Uh it's a

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start.

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Yes.

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» Item 17. Consider approving the purchase
of three mobile radios and hardware for

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service communication at a cost of
$7,4574.

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Um
so since last week

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um Mr. Summers who come, y'all know he
do his um annual I mean his weekly uh

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articles, but he made a story about the
things that the police department

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needed. And based off of that, I was
contacted by uh Assistant Chief Tom over

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there in Bruy. And from there, he he had
he actually advised, hey, look, they had

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uh a total of six cameras. I mean, six
radios. They had three incar radios and

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three portable radios. And before going
to surplus them, he off he wanted to

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know if we wanted them, he'll donate
them to us. So So I did I said that. So

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from there um once I agreed that we
we'll take them, he said they was going

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to start the process with the council
and get back with me so we can get them.

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So just
>> correct.

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» Yes.

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Yeah, I'll just bring it back.

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» Item number 18, considering the purchase
of speed,000.

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Um, now with the speed limit signs, um,
like I explained last week, that's

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something that I was bringing on to the
next, uh, fiscal year for the budget.

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Uh, Mr. Josh and I had multiple
conversations about that. Uh, me and Mr.

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Dagel, we we try to meet up with one
another once a week and uh, get a lot of

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things sorted out, which I thank him for
that. Uh so with that being said, I

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think bringing these camera I mean these
are speed limit signs will help deter

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speeders and uh help reduce a lot of um
unnecessary movement on our streets.

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» Yeah, that is the four that I did um
explain from last year. Um you can they

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they collect data and based off of the
data uh collected we can start moving

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them from u other areas around the city
limits of Port Island based off of the

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complaints we get or multiple complaints
we get within our citizens.

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» Yes.

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» Yes.

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Yes.
>> Item number 19

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for the poor force management system for
the police department,

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$118,50
annually thereafter.

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Um, once again, when you guys stopped
by, I had the opportunity to show you

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guys the other quotes from the other
companies that we spoken with. And as

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you can see, uh, it is uh, $18,000
that'll be coming um, every year for the

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subscription on what they bring to the
table. However, um, based on everything

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else and they're the cheapest ones and
it's something that our department, we

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really need that u that that that RMS
system. um who's decided to come out. Um

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we need that that we need that system to
update our um our our system in the in

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the PD uh to reduce a lot of time being
spent in the office along with it. It it

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make a lot of things simpler for when
people need reports and communication

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and documentation for other agencies
around here.

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That's something. Uh oh.
>> Do want to echo what Chief Mitchell

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says. This is committing for not just
the fiscal year 27 budget, but the 28

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budget, the 29 budget, the 30 budget,
and the 31 budget for five years. And

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unfortunately, that's the way the world
is moving is towards subscriptionbased

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everything. But that's also how
everybody is getting into deficits is

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now we're entering into agreements. I
just want as Miss as Chief Mitchell

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said, we are committing now money for
future budgets that we don't even know

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what next year's resources are going to
or revenue is going to be.

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» But is is this worth achievement?
>> Yes, most definitely.

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» No, no, we passed that and we since then
uh we've been meeting with them. That's

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Lexapo. That's the policy and
procedures. We've been working with them

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and we meet uh regularly every week and
we go over all the policies.

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Thank y'all. I really appreciate it.

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» Yes. Uh thank you all for having me
again tonight. um from the last meeting

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last week. Uh this program just just to
recap is um mainly just to help your

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customers with high water bills due to
leaks. Um we started this in

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Chattanooga, Tennessee with utilities
there and cities there. And the main

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goal was just to make it where the city
wasn't losing any revenue or having any

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bad debt due to their customers
receiving a $500 water bill, $1,000

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water bill, $2,000 water bill, whatever
it may be. and you all having to put

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them on a payment plan and kind of chase
for that. And then if you do put them on

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a payment plan, you're doing it without
an interest. Um, which means you're

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waiting on that revenue to come in. What
we do is, uh, we do one adjustment every

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12 months over two billing cycles. We
create a customer service team

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specifically for the city of Port Allen.
We create a local number for them to

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call in and file claims. Um, when they
call in, we send an email over to your

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utility staff to say, "This customers
filed a claim with us. Can they just pay

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their average water bill as we process
this?" There is no cost to the city of

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Port Allen, but it is a cost to your
customers. And on the um the information

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I gave to you all last week, it's
between a dollar and $230

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a month. You all decide on which
coverage you would want to offer them,

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and that's a flat for all of your
customers. We don't want one person to

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have a adjustment of $500 and then
another one having an adjustment for

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2500. Um we want it to be across the
board the same. Um

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there is no administrative cost to this
program. Um some of our partners what

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they do since we work with you all to
get leak information is they add an

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admin fee. So if it's a $180 they'll add
20 cents or some will add a dollar. You

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all keep that revenue as an admin fee.
totally up to you all or you can put it

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on to the mayor or utility uh director,
whoever to determine how much that

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should be. Um, but the goal is just to
make it where if you have low income or

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customers that that have issues with
high water bills, which it seems that

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may have happened in January with the,
you know, code snap, we just want to

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make sure we have something there for
them that that's going to help um with

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with those high water bills. So, um,
>> what do I call a high water bill?

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anything is two times their average.
That's high. Um so if they get a leak,

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whether it's a cattle trough, whether
it's a leak from a toilet, main water

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line, they simply call us and say, "Hey,
my water bill is normally $25. It's 50

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um or it's 500. Does that answer your
question?"

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» Yeah.
>> Yeah.

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So that fee So that fee that the city's
going to charge that's going to be for

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every individual resident.
>> That's correct. That

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» the there's there's two different ways
that you can do it. Um and and the way

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that we set this up is based on what
cities and utilities advised us. And one

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is to make it a line item on the utility
bill. And what we do is we send a letter

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out 30 days, 60 days, or 90 days. We
send this letter out, we create it, send

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it over to the mayor for her to review
it. But we send that out to each one of

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your customers to say, "This program is
going to start in 30 days. It's going to

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start in 60 days. If you don't want it,
call this customer service number and

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tell them you don't want it." Or you can
come to your, you know, to the office

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and and let them know and they'll let us
know.

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» So, they have to call and say they don't
want it.

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» Yes. Yes, they do. They have to opt out.
And

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Yes. And the reason that we do that is
that if you do it the other way, all of

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the customers will opt in when they get
the high water bill. And with insurance,

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we can't go back.
>> When they don't opt out,

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» so if if they do not opt out and they
and and they see that that's on their

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bill, then we will work with the mayor
to make sure they get their money back.

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There's not one customer that will have
this program that if they've had it for

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two months, three months, four months,
five months, 10 months, and said, "I did

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not want this, and I've been charged for
it." We will make sure they get their

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money back. But what we don't want is
for them to need it, and they, oh, I

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didn't see this. I didn't know about it,
and now it's too late, and you're going

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to have to put them on a 10-month
payment plan. And that gets cumbersome

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for your utility office as well, cuz
they're going to go back and forth with

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those customers trying to help them. We
want to be a source for your utility

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staff. And with every partner that we
have here in Louisiana, Tennessee,

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Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas,
we have not had any complaints when it

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comes to that. Now, your customers may
be upset and they may call, but once

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they understand how this program works,
those customers call back and say, "I I

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want that program." I prefer that

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and I have been actually working on this
uh since the last time he presented it.

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And so Rissa deals a lot with the
utility bills. And so uh coming from the

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insurance world, uh just know that a lot
of times even with subscriptions that

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people have, you have to opt out of it
if the trial is over at seven days. a

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lot of us forget that we had it in the
first place and you've paid for it for

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five months without realizing that
you've done that. Uh and we talked with

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mayor as well before she left that we
would like to be able to poll the

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citizens to see a yay or a nay as to who
would be interested in it, who would not

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be interested in it. So we're asking
that we table this for now until we get

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some more information.

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Yeah.

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» Yeah. And I'm I'm not against it at all.
I do think it would be beneficial for

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our customers, but I rather them know
what they're getting into before we just

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» Yeah. And then I have a lot of calls
coming to me.

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» A lot a lot of calls.
>> Yeah. But I do think it would be

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beneficial, but I think we should just
table it for now.

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» Agree. I think
>> not a Yeah. I think we should give them

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the opportunity to say yay or
Yeah, and with that with that, if you

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want to send a letter out, we can craft
that for you to make sure it's it's what

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they need and then you all can send that
out and let them know ahead of time

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whatever it may be. But we can work with
you all to do that.

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» Yeah. Yeah. To make sure they get that.
>> I concur. My recommendation is to table

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for us to do further research. But I do
have one question since this notice

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seems to be mailed out. The US Postal
Service has been anything but reliable.

442
00:48:50,880 --> 00:49:01,359
And I'm sure that Arisa can iterate that
the number of customers that we get that

443
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:07,920
I did not get my utility bill
all the time that we currently do not

444
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:12,720
have the infrastructure for people to
have an online account to see their bill

445
00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:17,520
or email their bill. So the only way
they truly are getting the bill is

446
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:21,520
through the mail and if they don't if
the US postal service is unreliable they

447
00:49:19,839 --> 00:49:27,680
are not getting that bill. So my concern
right now is how would

448
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:34,119
the customers get notice since it as Mr.
Payne pointed out, it is an opt out, not

449
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:34,119
an opt in.

450
00:49:34,559 --> 00:49:40,359
» As I was saying, I think we need to have
a

451
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:48,160
send it through,
but y'all say that they say that they

452
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:51,280
don't get their mail. So, I don't know.
>> And that's the that's the other thing.

453
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:54,400
If they don't get the mail, then they
still don't know. If they're not getting

454
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:59,280
a water bill, they don't know until they
have

455
00:49:55,599 --> 00:50:02,160
» and that will work. Yes,
>> right.

456
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:06,680
» I will I will get with I'll get with you
all to put that together if that works.

457
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:06,680
Okay.

458
00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:14,280
» Right. Next time.
>> Yeah.

459
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:19,160
Yeah.

460
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:35,640
I'll make that motion and I'll second.

461
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:51,920
» Yes.
>> Yes.

462
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:56,160
» Number 21.
the mayor's

463
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:59,160
application
$239,516

464
00:51:00,559 --> 00:51:06,760
to Men
and other

465
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:15,760
forgot they don't need it.
Yes, obviously this is the one that we

466
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:22,880
approved the substantial completion and
uh I was remiss in that I didn't realize

467
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:27,760
that the uh pay application did not make
the prior council meeting and so we're

468
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:33,440
basically catching up on uh they only
put in one pay for the whole job. So,

469
00:51:30,720 --> 00:51:37,040
all that's left will be the retainage of
12,000.

470
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:41,520
And of course, since we gave them
substantial, the one-year warranty

471
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:47,440
period will start and if we have any
problems, they'll fix it under that.

472
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:50,760
So, obviously, I recommend and I hope
y'all agree.

473
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:55,680
» I won't I won't I won't do it again. I
swear.

474
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:58,880
» I have a question. Where are we on the
four pumps? Not to change the subject,

475
00:51:57,760 --> 00:52:03,760
but where we
>> You know what? I have uh I have to check

476
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:08,319
the days and talk with the vendor. I was
I was going to do that today and I just

477
00:52:05,359 --> 00:52:14,480
literally forgot. There's very shortly
we should have the the shortterm one,

478
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:18,240
the one we were going to get quicker.
>> I just know that's been about three

479
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:20,880
months ago that we talked about those so
bad.

480
00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:23,599
» It's going to be close. I will uh what
I'll do is I'll find out and I'll let

481
00:52:22,240 --> 00:52:27,440
the mayor know and she can let y'all
know.

482
00:52:25,359 --> 00:52:30,440
» Thank y'all.
Councilwoman

483
00:52:52,880 --> 00:53:01,000
» item number
August 826.

484
00:52:57,200 --> 00:53:01,000
August 227

485
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:08,680
facility.

486
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:30,760
wastewater treatment facility

487
00:53:39,599 --> 00:53:42,599
providing

488
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:56,000
We said we want to purchase the land. We
just approved that fiscal year budget

489
00:53:53,440 --> 00:54:00,640
for 27. It did not have the allocation
money in that budget for that land

490
00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:05,520
because that would be a substantial
change to the budget that was

491
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:09,680
introduced. So to allocate funds to
actually purchase a land, we've got to

492
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:16,079
go through the budget amendment process.
So this is our first budget amendment to

493
00:54:12,319 --> 00:54:20,720
the budget we just adopted at for the
fiscal year 27.

494
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:26,720
2 million a little bit over 2 million
would come from

495
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:30,640
cash investments for what was our ARPA
funds that we had set aside in case we

496
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:34,960
had to pay back the ARPA that we didn't
follow it pending the closing of the

497
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:40,079
ARPA funds. We've closed out the ARPA
funds. the ARPA fund got the clearance

498
00:54:37,839 --> 00:54:46,400
letter from the treasury department in
March that we've cleared. So those funds

499
00:54:42,319 --> 00:54:51,520
now we can use for something else. So
the mayor has requested that that 2

500
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:55,760
million that we have in investment be
used to purchase the land as opposed to

501
00:54:53,599 --> 00:55:00,960
going into debt.
However, when we use our investments and

502
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:04,960
assets, you're taking money from like
rainy day funds in case an emergency

503
00:55:03,119 --> 00:55:08,880
comes. So again, council approves the
allocation. This is this is the

504
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:13,920
introduction of the ordinance to allow
us to spend up to 3 million. I didn't

505
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:16,640
have a number. I chose three because I
don't know how much the safe

506
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:21,599
suitability, the environmental review
that all of those things

507
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:26,319
to whatever those costs are would come
from within this as part of purchasing

508
00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:29,920
that land. Again, introduction and we
will vote have the public hearing and

509
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:34,559
then actually vote next week. But we
still need a vote to actually introduce

510
00:55:31,839 --> 00:55:34,559
this

511
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:52,040
Yes.

512
00:55:59,599 --> 00:56:10,000
85284
the road and street department.

513
00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:14,640
» The 26 budget, the current budget has
money allocated for $25,000 in capital

514
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:18,960
outlay for roads and drainage that was
listed as equipment. This is

515
00:56:16,559 --> 00:56:24,400
clarification that the equipment that
they want to get is these two zeroturn

516
00:56:22,559 --> 00:56:27,599
mowers.
Um, they told me they needed lawnmowers.

517
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:32,720
I said, "I need more information than
that." So, they came back with one

518
00:56:29,119 --> 00:56:37,520
quote, the Bobcat quote.
Um, I noticed, uh, while it's not

519
00:56:34,960 --> 00:56:40,559
required per bid law, based upon
conversation last week that you had with

520
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:43,920
Chief Mitchell that y'all wanted
additional quotes. I requested go back

521
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:52,400
and get additional quotes. So they gave
me the quote also on a scagg tiger cat

522
00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:56,480
and some and one from city trailer
sales.

523
00:56:54,079 --> 00:57:01,440
We are not comparing apples to apples.
We might as you can see you've got what

524
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:06,400
the quotes are. The Louisiana bid law
since it's underneath $30,000 doesn't

525
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:13,200
require us to go. It is best practices
to get quotes. He did that. Um, a

526
00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:19,359
question I had was the Bobcat is
approximately $400 more than city

527
00:57:15,599 --> 00:57:27,440
trailer sales. If we're going that way,
what makes the Bobcat better or more

528
00:57:24,559 --> 00:57:31,359
whatever? The warranty is a little bit
more uh a little bit longer on the

529
00:57:29,119 --> 00:57:41,760
Bobcat and
the trailer for the zeroturn mowers from

530
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:46,000
City Trailer or X Mark brand EX M A R K
and as a person that doesn't operate

531
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:51,680
that I that tells me nothing as I'm sure
it tells you. I need more information or

532
00:57:48,720 --> 00:58:00,160
whatever. And I'm told that the Bobcat
one has a thicker cutting deck that

533
00:57:55,680 --> 00:58:06,720
houses the blades. So it less likely to
or greater durability. The transmission

534
00:58:04,079 --> 00:58:12,799
is more a commercial transmission on the
Bobcat being commercial a better

535
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:21,359
commercial. The likelihood that it will
last longer. Um question also why do we

536
00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:27,200
need this? Um they currently have five
mowers that are four or five years

537
00:58:24,799 --> 00:58:31,119
and they don't make things. So in case
they break down, we're not coming

538
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:35,760
through an emergency to get things. They
are a lot of wear and tear because in

539
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:40,400
the course of right now they're using
them

540
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:44,960
during the entire shift and they're not
taking breaks. So this is to add to the

541
00:58:42,799 --> 00:58:50,000
in fleet of inventory. so that we're not
using the same piece of equipment all

542
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:54,079
day and not repairing. They said that we
are repairing the current ones that we

543
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:58,000
have that hopefully we're not spending
as much money on repairing when we get

544
00:58:56,400 --> 00:59:01,000
new ones. So,
>> okay.

545
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:26,480
I am not in the retail business.
Uh I will say that one of the things I

546
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:32,079
noticed on the Bobcat
is that it has a Sourcewell

547
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:35,599
contract number.
Did not know what Sourcewell contract

548
00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:41,440
number was, so I looked it up.
Sourcewell contract is a multi-state

549
00:59:39,119 --> 00:59:47,280
agreement that is similar to the
Louisiana state contract. It is not

550
00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:53,119
Louisiana state contract.
Um because this is under 30,000 we don't

551
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:58,880
need a state contract. So as a source
well document, Bobcat or the dealer that

552
00:59:55,760 --> 01:00:04,079
is selling this Bobcat is very easily
since this has already been bidded out

553
01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:10,240
by other states put together an entire
document and can give it to us. for a

554
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:14,319
retailer, I'm guessing, to put in the
time, energy, and effort to produce

555
01:00:12,319 --> 01:00:20,160
something similar to Bobcat and then we
turn around and not buy it is, in my

556
01:00:18,079 --> 01:00:25,440
opinion, not fair to that retailer that
we're going to ask you to put X amount

557
01:00:23,119 --> 01:00:32,040
of put to put together a similar quote.
I don't know. I'm not in retail. That

558
01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:32,040
would be my logical educated guess.

559
01:00:38,319 --> 01:00:50,799
I was told that the the deck is thinner,
the transmission is not as commercially

560
01:00:47,280 --> 01:01:00,839
whatever and that also the deck wheels
on the Xark tractors are exposed whereas

561
01:00:56,240 --> 01:01:00,839
on the Bobcat they are not.

562
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:08,720
the streets and drainage supervisor. I
called him today to get further

563
01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:14,400
clarification. Again, I am not in this
category or this to I am not a expert in

564
01:01:12,720 --> 01:01:18,480
I don't even cut my own grass. That's
why I hire someone else. So, I don't

565
01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:24,720
know the first thing about cutting
grass. The and

566
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:32,520
in the budget that you did approve for
27, we've got some rotary cutters. I

567
01:01:27,839 --> 01:01:32,520
don't know what that is. The the

568
01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:43,040
Yeah,
that proved because it is in their

569
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:47,839
opinion and I've got to realize there
that it is

570
01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:52,960
better quality. I I don't want to say
better quality. Like I said, we're not

571
01:01:49,280 --> 01:01:55,960
comparing apples to apples here.
>> Yeah.

572
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:03,920
» What they have now
Bob

573
01:02:02,079 --> 01:02:06,319
» right now they got all X marks. Right.
That's what I see.

574
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:09,680
» That's what I'm told that they got all X
marks. Again, I wouldn't know the

575
01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:13,599
difference between an X mark and a
Bobcat unless I saw Xmart or Bobcat on

576
01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:16,599
the
>> commercial.

577
01:02:26,799 --> 01:02:30,599
That's the difference between

578
01:02:35,359 --> 01:02:42,559
They're easier the maintenance on the X
marks. Those are the ones that's

579
01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:46,000
constantly being with new parts and
having to replace it where opposed to

580
01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:49,000
the
bu

581
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:07,319
I mean that he should be here talking
his case what he need

582
01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:15,520
» we don't we don't know we don't know
what's going on so we should have had

583
01:03:12,799 --> 01:03:21,559
somebody here explaining this to us
>> probably that would have fell on

584
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:21,559
» get up come on

585
01:03:22,960 --> 01:03:31,920
» my perspective is that these guys have
been holding off on purchasing

586
01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:38,160
lawnmowers. Um I consistently see the
issue of us pushing the things back that

587
01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:43,039
we need um to get resolved. I don't
think this is a bad price at all for the

588
01:03:40,480 --> 01:03:47,520
lawnmowers. I think they need it. I
think um

589
01:03:45,920 --> 01:03:51,079
what's
no fleet maint

590
01:03:52,799 --> 01:04:00,640
lawnmowers. We're spending a lot of
money. These lawnmowers that we have now

591
01:03:57,680 --> 01:04:04,960
are actually shooting out things to on
on our citizens and they're trying to

592
01:04:02,559 --> 01:04:10,960
make claims on our insurance or with us
to pay. So, we're actually spending more

593
01:04:07,359 --> 01:04:14,799
money having these old lawnmowers old.
>> So, is that because the mowers aren't

594
01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:19,839
any good or they just not uh
>> It's various different reasons. Yeah,

595
01:04:16,559 --> 01:04:25,359
because it's it's made for it's made for
um residential not commercial

596
01:04:24,079 --> 01:04:29,440
» at the back
>> instead of the side

597
01:04:27,839 --> 01:04:36,920
and the only reason why I know is
because of a lot of the breaking of the

598
01:04:31,520 --> 01:04:36,920
windows and the came

599
01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:46,720
from all these
broken windows.

600
01:04:43,839 --> 01:04:52,240
» So did y'all check the
about if they cared about or whatever it

601
01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:59,319
just
>> um Mike I think Mike

602
01:04:56,319 --> 01:04:59,319
» Yeah,

603
01:04:59,359 --> 01:05:08,319
» we just paid $2,000 for a repair on a
vehicle that a rock hit a window.

604
01:05:05,839 --> 01:05:12,319
» That's just that's just one vehicle. I
don't even want to speak about the other

605
01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:16,400
issues that I had to deny coverage, but
I knew we could

606
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:30,760
Yeah, I I understand your reason of
being fiscally responsible.

607
01:05:32,799 --> 01:05:40,319
» Yeah. Yeah. Any it can happen any any
way. as they will.

608
01:05:36,880 --> 01:05:45,760
» But I uh Councilwoman um Gordon, I do
suggest that we do pay a little bit more

609
01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:49,680
for something that's commercial and try
I know we trying to be fiscally

610
01:05:47,119 --> 01:05:56,000
responsible, but that little difference
>> is worth it because how the lawn mower

611
01:05:52,559 --> 01:06:00,000
is made. And I I I do have faith in the
guys who are bringing this up that

612
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:04,880
they're not just finding the first thing
they they see. I do suggest that we do

613
01:06:03,119 --> 01:06:09,960
act on it in that way. believe in
quality and not quantity.

614
01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:09,960
» Yeah.

615
01:06:18,079 --> 01:06:24,400
» Yeah. I haven't I haven't seen the
lawnmowers like like Adrian. I don't

616
01:06:22,559 --> 01:06:29,760
know exactly, but I know they're
constantly showing us and bringing it,

617
01:06:26,720 --> 01:06:35,599
but I do respect that their knowledge of
of this. But I don't think if we're

618
01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:38,319
making a move, a fiscal move, I think
we'll be losing more money going on a

619
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:41,680
cheaper route.
>> Right.

620
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:46,000
» It might seem crazy, but I mean
longevity. I think we we we a lot of

621
01:06:43,920 --> 01:06:48,079
times we push things back and then we
now we faced with this problem. We need

622
01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:51,079
new
>> lawnmowers.

623
01:06:54,640 --> 01:06:57,640
Mhm.

624
01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:14,200
» Oh, yeah.

625
01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:28,520
years.
>> Sounds like that's Yeah,

626
01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:41,480
» approve

627
01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:44,480
of the two

628
01:07:51,039 --> 01:07:54,839
motion by council.

629
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:59,319
» Which one2

630
01:08:09,760 --> 01:08:18,680
second by council Gregory
Can I get a roll call, please?

631
01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:18,680
» Yes.

632
01:08:28,080 --> 01:08:39,520
» One thing we have is June
18th at 6:00 at West

633
01:08:36,239 --> 01:08:46,520
Community Center and Junth day, June
20th.

634
01:08:41,920 --> 01:08:46,520
Park and senior citizen.

635
01:09:11,759 --> 01:09:15,159
We have a

636
01:09:16,319 --> 01:09:24,279
any
comments from the council

637
01:09:20,480 --> 01:09:24,279
announcement from the council.

638
01:09:46,159 --> 01:09:49,640
You did good.

639
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:04,760
That's a good thing.

640
01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:15,560
See,

641
01:10:39,120 --> 01:10:42,520
I was going to try

642
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:39,159
I'll put that together.

643
01:11:39,199 --> 01:11:42,600
Thank you for coming.

644
01:12:17,040 --> 01:12:20,679
Let me turn the light.

645
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:51,960
I got to go to church.

646
01:12:53,360 --> 01:12:57,560
Y'all kept calling y'all sister.

647
01:13:14,239 --> 01:13:17,560
» My halo

648
01:13:18,159 --> 01:13:23,640
halo. My was glowing.

649
01:13:50,640 --> 01:13:54,120
I told Michelle