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Thank you.

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Are you all right?

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Just fine, thank you.

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Get it?

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You haven't got anything?

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I had a great holiday.

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Did you?

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Yeah.

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We had several different sacrifices.

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You know, different kids coming in at different times.

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We went Dallas at time or two, and we were busy.

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It kind of comes time to slow down a little bit, you know?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I'll go ahead and get a seat.

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Oh.

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Oh.

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Oh.

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Oh, here we go. Good, that's a seat.

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How are you?

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Yeah, good.

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Awesome.

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Took on those cars.

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Oh, sorry.

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And I'd be like, yeah.

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Yeah, I'd be like, yeah.

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I'd be like, yeah.

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I'd be like, yeah.

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I'd be like, yeah.

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Oh, like, yeah.

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I'd be like, yeah.

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That's it, how many are you with?

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Who's that?

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Do you have another one?

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What's going on?

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Oh, my God.

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What do we get for this one?

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What do we get for this one?

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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It's not a seriously.

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I guess that is seriously.

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Yeah, I got to say her.

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Prairie.

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I got to tell you the way.

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I got to tell you the way, you know, my mother.

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I can check it.

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Whoa.

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It's always a little bit cool.

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I'm gonna taste just perfect.

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Sure does.

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Good

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evening everyone and welcome to the regular meeting of the Texture County Texas City Council.

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Today is Monday, January the 12th, 2026, I would like to welcome all of you joining us in the

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who are joining us online. We certainly appreciate your participation and your attendance this evening.

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At this time, I'll call on our city secretary, Mr. Jennifer Evans to provide a role call in this evidence.

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Ms. Matlock, here. Ms. Hart.

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Here.

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I'm saying.

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Ms. Page.

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Here.

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Mr. Matter.

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We do have an accident.

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Remember this evening, Councilmember Page is not able to be with us this evening, so pertaining to that,

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I will be voting on all matters that come before the Council this evening that require a vote.

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At this time, our invocation in Pleasure be led by Councilmember Jean.

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At lock, if everyone will please stand?

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If I ask please, Heavenly Father, if we come to you today with grace, and with gratitude, for the opportunity to serve on this council for another year.

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Well, we thank you for the past year's faithfulness. Father, you've done for this city for 225.

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Lord, we ask that you'll be with us in this new year to help us and guide us to make sure we make the best decisions for everyone

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as included in the city. We ask that you'll continue to bless our firemen, our policemen, our city staff,

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and all of our residents. These and all of our blessings. We ask in your time Jesus name, amen.

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Thank you very much, may be seated.

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Thank you very much, may be seated.

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At

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this time we will have a special presentation in reference to tourism-friendly Texas

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certified community presentation and this evening we have with us Miss Maddie Phillips who is with the governor's office of economic development and tourism and Miss Phillips if you'll please come forward

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We are we are certainly glad to have you with us this evening and we look forward to your presentation man. Well, thank you so much for having me here today. It's really a treat. I was actually able to come through

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Texas or Canada this summer on my way into Arkansas and back out and so it's really nice to be able to be back in a different season in a different time

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And I'd love to say a couple of words with congratulations. That's all right. Oh

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Thank you again for having me here today

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It's a pleasure to be here a community this divine by collaboration creativity and a strong sense of place

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Thank you to your local leaders partners and residents for being here and for the work that you do every day to support tourism in your community

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On behalf of travel Texas and the Office of a Governor, Economic Development and Tourism,

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I'm honored to officially recognize Texarkana as a Tourism-friendly Texas Certified Community.

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The Tourism-friendly Texas Community Certification recognizes communities that understand

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the economic and quality of life impacts of tourism and intentionally work to create welcoming

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experiences for both visitors and residents.

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Tourism supports local jobs, events, arts and culture and the places that make a community

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special. And Texarkana has demonstrated a strong commitment to that shared vision. In 2024 alone, travel

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and tourism in Texarkana generated $181.4 million in total direct travel spending, produced

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produce more than $3.6 million in local tax receipts and supported over a thousand jobs

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that are directly related to the tourism industry. These dollars help strengthen the local

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economy support essential services and enhance quality of life for its

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residences. I'd like to recognize Barbara Walker and David or for their

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leadership and dedication along with the entire visit T. K. X. team whose work was

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instrumental in earning this tourism friendly Texas community certification

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through expanding festivals and events supporting public art and place making

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and creating engaging advertising campaigns visit T. K. X. continues to showcase the

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best of Texarkana to both visitors and residents. I also want to thank the businesses, attractions,

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and organizations and community partners who support tourism every day. Your collaboration

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and creativity are what make Texarkana truly special. A special thank you to Mayor Bob Brugman

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and the Texarkana City Council for their leadership and continued support of tourism and economic

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development. Your commitment helps create an environment where tourism can truly thrive.

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And thank you to the stakeholders, City staff, and residents who have championed this work.

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You're pride in your community and your hospitality or what make Texarkana a place

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people want to visit, return to and call home.

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Together, your effort is not only strengthened Texarkana, they also help us at the state-level

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tell the story of what makes Texans truly a special place to visit.

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Tourism-friendly certification is not just a finish line, it's a foundation.

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As a certified community, Texas or Canada joins a growing statewide network committed to collaboration, shared learning, and using tourism as a long-term economic development tool.

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We look forward to continuing to continue to partner with Texas or Canada as you build that momentum.

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Texas or Canada's tourism-friendly certification reflects strong leadership, creativity, and community pride.

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Congratulations again to Texarkan and the visit TKX team on becoming a tourism friendly Texas certified community

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We are proud to welcome you to the tourism friendly Texas family. Thank you.

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Yes, I believe I believe Dr. Or has a list of attendees to be recognized this evening

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And so he's going to call out the names and as your name is called if you'll please come to the front and then

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Ms. Phillips will present the special recognition and then I'll step down to and ask the council

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if you all would please stand when we have the photo that way everybody is in the photo

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as well.

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So, Dr. Orr?

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Thank you Mayor and Council and thank you Matty for making the drop to be here with us tonight.

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At this time I'd like to recognize the members of our visit TXK Strategic Doing Team,

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who have been instrumental in this effort to invite them to the front for a photo.

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First off, Barbara Walker, with the Texture Can of Convention Center.

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Brooks Stone, our Communications Manager.

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Chiquita Burke, our Assistant City Secretary.

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Curtis Moon, with our IT Department.

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Heather Kennedy, with HR.

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Lane Peoples, with our Fire Department.

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Lisa Gardner, with our Four States Fairgrounds.

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Lisa Thompson, with Sweep Co.

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Ryan Wall, with Texas A&M Texture Canna.

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With our Parks Department, Jessica Cook, Ross Cowling, and Robbie Robertson.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you

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very

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much for the recognition this evening.

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We also want to certainly thank those who were recognized this evening for your participation

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and promoting tourism and economic development here.

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Here in Texture County, USA, your efforts are greatly appreciated.

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This time, I'm leaving along to Mayor's remarks and items of community interest. I certainly hope

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that everyone here had a very joyous holiday season, as far as the Christmas and New Year's,

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and I hope that your New Year has started in a positive manner this year.

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And so, look forward to many great things taking place in 2026.

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We'd like to share that this coming weekend, we do have our annual Martin Luther King weekend

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events and I'd like to make everyone available or aware of some events that are coming up.

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First of this coming Saturday on January 17th we'll have the annual prayer breakfast and that

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will be held from 8 a.m. until 9.30 a.m. at the low note by this church located at 1841

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low note avenue.

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Taxor can't are can solve and the cost for that breakfast is a $10 donation and once again that will be from

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8 until 930 and we have

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Assigned a Bradley Williams a Chiquita

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Barber, Taff Wilson and Sandra and Marvin Warren who can be contacted for ticket information and then also on Monday

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Next Monday Martin Luther King day. We'll have the annual Martin Luther King junior day parade and that will be held at 10

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Monday, January the 19th, the parade actually begins at 11.30 a.m., festivities will begin at 10.

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There will be live music, there will also be vendors available as well.

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And so the location will be on east, front, street, on the Arkansas side.

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And so encourage everyone to come out and be a part of that.

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And usually there's a Sunday night banquet dinner, but I don't have any information.

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That's why I'm not sure if that is being held this year or not, but I am aware of the breakfast meeting on Saturday and then the parade on Monday

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We encourage our citizens to participate in those activities in reference to our upcoming city council meetings our next

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Regary schedule meeting will be on Monday February the night and then March

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Excuse me Monday March the night at 6 p.m. here in the council chambers

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We do have some advanced taking place at the Pro Theatre.

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We have some upcoming shows.

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The first one is the Texture Canada Symphony Orchestra, we'll present a holding

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a Dirtis, January 15th at 7pm, and then the 49th Place Production will present the ultimate

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Elvis Concert, January 24th at 730pm, and then the Texture Canada Symphony will also present

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genes and classics back to the back, back to back music of Elton John and Billy Joel and

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that will be held on February 7th at 7 p.m. and for ticket information you can log

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down to profeator.org for more information they'll be glad to assist you and answer

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your questions and also for purchasing tickets.

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At this time we'll move along to our open forum comments from the public if there's anyone

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on the audience this evening, who would like to address the council, you're welcome to do so.

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You will come up to the podium to my right.

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You will have five minutes to speak on any topic that you would like to speak of.

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And if you're here this evening to speak on behalf of one of our public hearing items,

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then I respectfully ask that if you will please wait until we get to that particular public hearing item,

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we'll be more than happy to listen to your comments at that time.

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We also asked if you're going to participate and speaking to the council this evening.

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Comments from the public would do ask that you complete one of these gold colored sheets.

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They can be found near the norm with that gentleman standing back there.

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And so ask that you please take one of those and complete that before you leave or before you speak.

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So that we will have a written record of your attendance this evening for the record.

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I do at this time have two sheets that have been filled out, and so I will call these citizens

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up individually, and once again you will have five minutes to speak.

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The first one is by Taylor Bradshaw, and Taylor Bradshaw would like to address the council

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and reference to water bill increase.

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So Taylor Bradshaw is Bradshaw if you'll please come forward, and if you'll please state

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your name for the record.

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Taylor Bradshaw.

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Okay.

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Good evening, Bradshaw.

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Good evening.

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thank you. Let me pull my notes up here. Okay, so I'm here today for not just myself,

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but the many residents that are here experiencing unusually high water bills at the same time.

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This suggests a system-wide problem not just individual overuse. This is creating a financial burden

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without offering a fairway to dispute or verify these charges. This has been recurring for the

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past four plus months.

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I've sent thousands of dollars on multiple plumbers to confirm

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that I don't have an active leak.

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There's been no change in lifestyle

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and there's nothing to actually support

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what is being built for.

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I'm requesting that the city order of you of the water system

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and the billing practices to determine why so many household

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are seeing these spikes.

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Meteor testing programs, billing rate and audit,

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temporary billiure leave and better communication

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are all things that ideally would be addressed

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in the investigation.

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We deserve as residents clear communication about what's happening and how to dispute these

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charges when we do not agree or do not see what's being billed is accurate.

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I'm also asking that the council placed this on the future agenda for the next meeting

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so that this can be reported to the public and not just handled on a case by case basis.

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I think that pretty much covers it.

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Yeah, just the system wide investigation, including meter readings, billing practices, and then

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a clear dispute process for residents, because we're getting insane bills that we're

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just told your toilets running.

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I personally have cut off all shut-offs to my toilet.

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I've spent money to really be diligent about this, sure that it wasn't on my end, right?

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But at this point, I'm at a loss.

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The water company has been as helpful as they can be.

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at this point I don't have a solution and I'm still seeing $8,900 water bills when I've lived

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in this location for five years, some of my children have moved out of my house, so there's

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nothing in my situational life that supports that, multiple plumbers have a rotor report that

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50,000 gallons a month that they claim that I'm using, you would be able to physically see

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that.

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There's no soft spots, I live on less than

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a month, my grass is dead, and it still continues

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to climb with no help and just bigger bills every single month.

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All right.

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Thanks very much.

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Thank you for your comments.

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During comments from the public, the council and the mayor are really limited on interacting

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with citizens.

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This is the citizens' time to come into address the council on any matter or any concern

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that they have.

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I will share with you that we do have representatives from Tashkin Award Utilities, who were here this evening. They are taking notes to what is being said. And also, we have had some radiant creases in our water rates. And then there's a river being fee that's on the bill. And that is to provide funding for the construction of a new, raw water facility plant that is planned in the future. And so we're collecting for that large expenditure that will be taking place at some point.

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point in time. And so, you know, just want to let you know that we have had

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right increases over the past two or three years. And so that may be

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figuring in a part of why the bills have gone up. But certainly if you have a

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concern about your usage at your home, encourage you to contact, test kind of

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water utilities, have them looking to it further to see what might be causing

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that. Perhaps if it's a building error or consumption use, they'll be glad to

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look into it. Dr. Or, do you have some additional information that you would like

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share your reference to this particular matter. And if there are others who want to speak on this

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matter, you're welcome to do so. I'm just trying to provide a little background information

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before we leave forward. Dr. Or. Sure. So just a couple of things is that we do have some

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additional materials that you mentioned on our website and wanted to share obviously staff taking

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notes. The concerns raised I know I've heard from a number of residents and we've

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individually looked at those accounts on our TWT as well.

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I'm sorry.

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Okay, so just a couple of things.

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The river bin plant fee.

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This charges associated with a new $490 million plant that's led by river bin water resources.

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This will include not just the plant, but also an intake system from lake rock

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We discussed this plant and had a update from River Bend at our September

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Work Shop.

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The planning for this has occurred over more than a decade.

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So there were studies done, participating cities including

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Texture Canada.

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This is a regional plant.

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It's not just Texture Canada.

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New Boston, Hook, Steakab.

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A number of Northeast Texas cities are involved in the plant.

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and agreements were signed in 2020 to fund that program.

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So that information is available on Riverbind's website.

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They've also set up a citizen dashboard where you can go and you can track

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progress of the plant and the work being done on that facility.

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The other piece of the equation is, and I may hold comments

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maybe till the end, but I want to address that.

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there is a water plan that was adopted by Council in 2022 that addresses aging of the structure

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as well.

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So, but if you don't mind, Mayor, listen to the comments and then we can kind of address

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some of that.

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Okay, right.

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Something else might come up and you want to highlight as well.

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So, okay.

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Once again, over the form of commission, the public is still open and the next person that I

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had to fill out a street is a Robin Clim.

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Could I interrupt just a second?

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Dr. Org would you address the,

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ability of the citizens to go in on the one on the app and monitor water usage with the new

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meters. As part of the new advanced metering project, that portal is not online yet.

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That's part of the new meters that are being installed throughout the city. But with that

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project, there will be a online portal that will give a near instantaneous data. So you will

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and you can sign up for alerts.

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Part of the issue right now is we have a very old antiquated system, right, where we have

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meter readers that read the meters once a month and there's sort of this shock in terms

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of you get your bill once a month and it's higher low and so a lot of times you don't

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know.

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Well, dress that with an online portal where you can see, you know, almost to the second,

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what your usage is and so you can detect a leak.

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You can address that fairly quickly as compared to on a monthly basis currently.

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Thank you and Taylor, that goes to you part of your comments about spending money to hire a plumber to come out.

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You'll be able to monitor that.

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It just require a pipeline.

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My biggest concern

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is that in the industry and it's the amount that they're saying that there's something

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on them how it's reading.

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They actually, actually, have this show become out.

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I think we need to go after going to the bottom of the room for a couple of times, but what if the

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semesters ends?

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I haven't yet finished.

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So you do have a new meter?

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Yes, I have that new meter.

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But I still...

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You know, that doesn't fit the last six months or nobody else in her class?

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Of course.

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I've had that new meter either, right, which is...

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Okay, sorry, because I've been till this point, there's been no time to break down for

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hours to be safe or safe, and you just have to, like, set one, and try to...

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Right.

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Sure.

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Yep.

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that I make them.

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So there's that.

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Get that.

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When you sit, what's it?

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Doesn't that up to you?

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Okay.

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At this time, I'd like to recognize Robin Klam,

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come forward at the council.

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It's clean.

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If you'll please state your name for the record.

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And the topic should be a lot of news.

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You're being not robbing Klam.

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One second.

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The subject you would like to discuss is River Beans.

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So Ms. Klam, thank you for your attendance this evening.

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You may proceed.

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Okay.

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We have some concerns about River Band and the new water plant treatment

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facility fee on our bills and I know that David I've visited with David a few

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times about it and he has answered some questions but I have a few other

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questions that I would see if I could have answered tonight. We're just really

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curious as to why the fees or what they are and why the jump in October was so

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significant. I want to say it went from 350 per thousand gallons to 516 per every thousand

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gallons, so that makes a huge difference on our bills. I don't know if you all are allowed

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to answer questions here, but I'm just going to tell you my concerns about it. We also want

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to know who chose the location at Texas Americas. Was that chosen by the board here or who came

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to that agreement of the location, and we'll text America's benefit from that location.

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And are they contributing, or are just the citizens of Texas or Canada, D.C.A., New

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Boston, Mod, I don't know the cities, are they the only ones that are paying for this

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plan, or we'll text America's be contributing, and how much will they?

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Yeah.

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So I can't say in terms of the location that was chosen or you know what to get with river

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been on that and how much of any tax America is benefiting from it so but I can get answers to that.

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The initial, the initial intake that we have from Lake Rock Patman is over near the former international

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paper, meal, location. That area of the lake has silted in, considerably, and so the...

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Effectiveness of that intake is not like it used to be. So, the theory was to put in a new intake in Lake

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Rock, Patman at a much deeper part of the lake, which is going to be down around the mollard Texas area. And so, from that location of the intake to where the plan is being constructed is approximately

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I think around eight miles from that intake location.

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So currently the intake that we have near the international paper plant, that water is transferred

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to the Royal Water Treatment Plant on New Boston Road, across from the Hawterberg route in

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the Oakland Shopping Center area, which is a much longer distance that that water's having

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to travel.

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That plant's been existence and I think the 1950s and so there's been advancements in technology

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in efficiencies and so the river being a location for the planet Tex America Center is more

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centralized to serve Tex for Canada as well as neighboring cities as well. So it's a better

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location to serve more and also to prepare for future growth in the region in the decades and years

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to come. Okay, so how many bids were given on the plant? The $500 million dollar

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plant. Would there different bids or did first bid that was given? That's pretty steep.

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$500 million for a plant. Well there was an engineering study that was done to determine the

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cost of the plan of the projected cost. And of course this was an initiated several years ago

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has everyone knows the cost of construction has increased considerably in the last few years.

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So construction costs have been elevated and so I'll kind of answer that in that caveat

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doctor or if you have anything else you'd like to add.

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It's my understanding that it's just an engineer's estimate so at this point we are paying for

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design and they're almost complete with design and so the bid has not been awarded to a contractor

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at this point. But again, we can get that information from River Band in terms of the

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bidding process and I know they're getting close to bidding it out but I don't think that any

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award has been made at this point. Yeah tomorrow is that that is in the case. Okay, I have

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one more question. Texture panel Arkansas is not having to pay the water treatment facility plant

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fee. I was told that if the communities opted out of pain, they would have to pay retail prices

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when the plant was up and running. What will the retail price be for the people that are not

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pain ahead of time?

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I don't have specific numbers on that.

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And do we have the choice to pay retail prices in Texas?

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So we are participating member cities, so we pay the wholesale or production rate, which includes

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the debt rate that we're paying now and the production operation cost, but no we

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would not pay the retail rate. Again, these contracts were entered into and signed in 2020.

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So the decision was made and again a decade worth of studies.

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Who made the decision? The citizens or a board?

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The city council at the Tom and each city.

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So the citizens had no say in this.

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I think there were a number of workshops and there were a number of public hearings and what

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not during that time, but yes, there was a discussion.

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Ever since I've been at the city, I've been seeing 16 years about replacing the structure

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and the plant on New Boston Road.

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I mean, it was built in the 50s.

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And then the river being fee has been on the bill, excuse me, it been on the water bill

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now for several years, and then it has incrementally increased and that's based on part

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thousand gallons of usage.

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So a typical residential customer, their average monthly usage is about six thousand

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and gallons is the average for a typical residential customer.

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If the water meters are correct.

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That's, well it's based on usage, so that's based on usage.

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We all had a job.

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Okay, so we'd have a rating increase that was effective in October and the river being right

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also increased at that time as well.

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So, okay.

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We'll do one more back.

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Okay, okay, we're good, we're good, anything else?

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I just want you to know that it's a third of my bill at home and a fourth of my bill at work, I pay a $500 fee at work, a fee alone.

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That's substantial.

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Yes, ma'am.

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And I want you to be aware of it.

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Sure.

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Just whoever voted it, I don't think you took into consideration the larger businesses and industry.

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And that shell of a hospital sitting out there that we're trying to recreate somebody into.

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what is, you know, when they see their water bill using, I would move to Texarkana and open a large hospital.

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It's, it's, it's heartful to industry.

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Thank you, Ms. Clam.

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Public comments.

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Open session is still open.

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Is there anyone else who wants to address the council?

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Yes, ma'am.

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Yes, ma'am.

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Yes, ma'am.

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If you will present your seat to Ms. Evans.

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And then Ms. Evans will announce the name.

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Yes, ma'am.

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So, Ms. Evans?

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You got the seat, okay?

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All right.

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Man, would you please state your name for the record?

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Yes, my name is Shaquine.

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Good evening, ma'am.

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The hearing texture can detects us.

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I live right inside of historic, on the verge of historic.

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And I've lived there since non-in-on.

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I have irrigation and I have regular water.

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And I do have an older house that I've had completely reclaimed and done.

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My water bills will be anywhere from the lowest,

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it's 75th of a month, which I was totally shocked

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because I have two boys that will never get out of the shower.

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I'll be honest.

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we use a lot of water. In some months, there are 300 plus. During the summer, I can no longer

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afford to run my irrigation because not only am I being built on my house water, I'm being

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built on my irrigation, which is on a separate meter. And that water is going in the ground.

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It's not going to any treatment facility place. I don't mind paying a little fee to help bills

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that plant, but I don't think it's on the citizens of Tetricana Texas to build that plant.

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I think we all who are going to use that water should be paying fees and should realize what the fees are.

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My bill this month, just the water I took out trash, I took out any other fees, just the my water was $94.

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Okay, that's not bad. When I looked at the fee, I thought it was $82. It was 87% of my bill.

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When you do mathematics on that, that's crazy.

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Like not even a credit card is 22 percent, 25 percent.

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So let me just put some of your total bill was how much?

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Well, no, my total bill is usually around 200 in something, but just when I took everything

464
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:34,600
out, the trash, the sewer, I took everything out, but the water, the water was $94 for

465
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:35,740
use of water.

466
00:44:36,900 --> 00:44:39,400
My fee was 82.

467
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,080
I get that we're paying to build a treatment plan.

468
00:44:44,340 --> 00:44:45,400
I want to do my part.

469
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:50,220
But when I look at that and you do mathematics on that, that's not even half.

470
00:44:50,820 --> 00:44:51,540
That's 87.

471
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:53,100
That's almost 90%.

472
00:44:53,100 --> 00:44:57,860
And if we keep going up in these rates that are stated in here to six dollars in something,

473
00:44:57,900 --> 00:44:59,840
I'll be long dead by those years, but still.

474
00:45:00,110 --> 00:45:04,610
If you look at that, it's going to go above what my water was even worth.

475
00:45:05,730 --> 00:45:11,410
So a little bit confused. And I just, you know, you try to call the water people, they don't want to listen.

476
00:45:11,750 --> 00:45:15,250
It's always tick for a leak. It's always this for that. I don't mind paying.

477
00:45:15,870 --> 00:45:22,790
But, and I know we need infrastructure change. I'm all for that. But you take an elderly person, a lot of some of my neighbors.

478
00:45:23,290 --> 00:45:29,510
They're getting $500 water bills and they don't work. They're 80 something years old. There's only two of them in the house.

479
00:45:29,510 --> 00:45:33,110
If they run the irrigation, they can't even keep their lawns water, which is fine, I guess we

480
00:45:33,110 --> 00:45:35,970
can do without green lawns, and we can all have dead yards.

481
00:45:36,630 --> 00:45:41,510
But you know, you get a single household of someone who's 80, and those types of bills are

482
00:45:41,510 --> 00:45:41,930
ridiculous.

483
00:45:43,410 --> 00:45:48,150
And I just think people need to be more aware of it, because we've gone, and we've gone

484
00:45:48,150 --> 00:45:51,210
through trying to talk to somebody, and no one will listen.

485
00:45:52,110 --> 00:45:55,830
And I know there's some stuff coming down the lawn, because I've got letters that they want

486
00:45:55,830 --> 00:45:59,490
to dig in my yard to look at the popping and all that, and you know, I'm open to

487
00:45:59,490 --> 00:46:04,530
that I'm fine to that I don't like I said I don't mind paying realistic fees but I don't

488
00:46:04,530 --> 00:46:05,410
I don't I don't think that's realistic.

489
00:46:07,090 --> 00:46:07,790
I like him.

490
00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:13,220
I mean what else am I dressed to the council?

491
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:15,000
Yes sir.

492
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,280
Maybe I'm recognized as a gentleman here.

493
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:19,040
That's okay.

494
00:46:19,740 --> 00:46:19,880
All right.

495
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,820
So if you're a place to name for the record?

496
00:46:22,540 --> 00:46:23,800
I need a David Grant.

497
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:25,200
All right, you need a Mr. Grant.

498
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:25,880
Good evening.

499
00:46:26,540 --> 00:46:26,760
Yes.

500
00:46:26,940 --> 00:46:32,900
I too have been struggling with this water issue and for me personally it seems

501
00:46:32,900 --> 00:46:36,800
This would be a hundred percent, I'm not worried about, we've got to have increases.

502
00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:37,920
We have to have things.

503
00:46:37,940 --> 00:46:39,680
We have the infrastructure as you know.

504
00:46:40,220 --> 00:46:44,080
For me, a hundred percent of this is the new smart meters that have been installed.

505
00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:49,020
And texture can is not the only town that has been experiencing this problem.

506
00:46:49,580 --> 00:46:53,480
Other towns that have had these same smart meters put in and had these problems.

507
00:46:53,860 --> 00:46:56,580
For me, they put this meter in and July.

508
00:46:56,900 --> 00:47:00,280
Since July, my rates of shot up dramatically.

509
00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:07,100
And so I've been down a couple times to the water company saying, hey, what's going on here?

510
00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:08,480
Oh, you must have a leak.

511
00:47:10,900 --> 00:47:12,920
That's just the mantra that's always said.

512
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:13,840
You must have a leak.

513
00:47:14,220 --> 00:47:15,180
It's not on our side.

514
00:47:16,020 --> 00:47:19,360
Well, all of a sudden, I have leaks that's sprang up.

515
00:47:19,700 --> 00:47:21,600
The moment that new meter was put in.

516
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:22,400
And everything went high.

517
00:47:22,620 --> 00:47:24,520
So they ran, the last time was there.

518
00:47:24,700 --> 00:47:26,960
They ran off, you know, the water usage.

519
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:37,220
And see, look at there, look at all the water you're using, and I say, man, all of a sudden it shows that I used 400 gallons of water and midnight.

520
00:47:38,940 --> 00:47:44,180
400 gallons of water, midnight, and then that leak magically stopped.

521
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,120
And then again, another night, that leak came back on.

522
00:47:49,020 --> 00:47:55,020
So now, average flesh on a toilet is about a gallon and a half.

523
00:47:55,020 --> 00:48:02,720
So if you're telling me that my toilet leaked 400 gallons in one hour, that's equivalent

524
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:05,020
to about 250 flushes.

525
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:10,980
I don't think I can flush and fill my toilet that quickly in an hour.

526
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:25,080
In other words, it is a physical impossibility and the only feedback I get is, oh you must

527
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:25,580
have a leak.

528
00:48:25,580 --> 00:48:27,760
And so I said, well, can you check it?

529
00:48:27,820 --> 00:48:29,120
Okay, well, that's going to be $15.

530
00:48:29,460 --> 00:48:31,280
I said, well, why would I pay $15?

531
00:48:31,540 --> 00:48:33,020
And we don't know what's going on here.

532
00:48:33,380 --> 00:48:33,460
Well,

533
00:48:36,110 --> 00:48:37,990
well, I don't want to pay $15.

534
00:48:38,750 --> 00:48:40,330
So the lady ignored me, went on typing,

535
00:48:40,530 --> 00:48:42,970
and then that next month I got a $15 bill on my water.

536
00:48:43,350 --> 00:48:44,910
So I'm in, okay, I don't care.

537
00:48:45,210 --> 00:48:47,830
You stuck me for $15, but you didn't do anything with it.

538
00:48:48,170 --> 00:48:51,190
I believe these new smart meters

539
00:48:51,930 --> 00:48:54,090
are not doing what they're supposed to be doing.

540
00:48:54,090 --> 00:49:00,310
It is physically impossible for me to produce a leak of 400 gallons at midnight.

541
00:49:00,570 --> 00:49:04,010
Well, I'm sleeping, physically possible for it to start and stop.

542
00:49:04,330 --> 00:49:05,750
That's not how a leak works.

543
00:49:05,850 --> 00:49:08,410
If you get a leak, a leak is continuous.

544
00:49:09,010 --> 00:49:10,330
It is not a stop or stop thing.

545
00:49:10,850 --> 00:49:16,370
So I'm sorry, 100% it is the smart meters from my own personal experience.

546
00:49:16,710 --> 00:49:21,170
And if you look at the people that are around here, they're all saying the same thing.

547
00:49:21,170 --> 00:49:24,270
We are not changing the way we're using water.

548
00:49:24,930 --> 00:49:27,270
We are not increasing the amount of water we're using.

549
00:49:27,870 --> 00:49:29,310
And we are trying to be frugal.

550
00:49:29,810 --> 00:49:32,430
We're trying to things like turn off an extra toilet.

551
00:49:33,010 --> 00:49:36,370
But I mean, when all of a sudden it shows I use 400 gallons,

552
00:49:36,570 --> 00:49:40,330
while I was snoozing in my bed, there's nothing I can do to combat that.

553
00:49:41,190 --> 00:49:44,030
That is a technology problem.

554
00:49:44,570 --> 00:49:48,270
100% not a physical leak problem.

555
00:49:48,270 --> 00:49:54,750
You will never find the leak. You will never find the issue that the smart meter and if you start doing a research you get on life

556
00:49:54,750 --> 00:49:55,790
You start doing a research

557
00:49:55,790 --> 00:50:05,070
Text our Canada is not the only city that has gone for these new smart-need or technology and not the only city that has been experiencing this problem

558
00:50:05,070 --> 00:50:13,110
So we got big problems and there's a lot of folks here that are on limited income limited ability to pay these bills and all of a sudden

559
00:50:13,110 --> 00:50:17,530
They're just kept being told. Oh, you got a leak. You got a leak. You got a leak. I'm sorry

560
00:50:20,910 --> 00:50:21,710
we don't.

561
00:50:21,850 --> 00:50:23,230
But, you know, in the meantime,

562
00:50:24,010 --> 00:50:25,770
barely someone sneaking into my house,

563
00:50:26,030 --> 00:50:26,790
a flush in my toilet,

564
00:50:27,110 --> 00:50:27,930
250 times,

565
00:50:27,990 --> 00:50:28,570
while I'm sleeping,

566
00:50:29,050 --> 00:50:30,310
and then sneak it back out again.

567
00:50:30,730 --> 00:50:31,310
And I'm tired,

568
00:50:31,530 --> 00:50:33,850
so I need to get the police to come catch that guy.

569
00:50:34,910 --> 00:50:35,190
Thank you.

570
00:50:35,430 --> 00:50:35,690
Thank you, sir.

571
00:50:41,540 --> 00:50:43,340
Anyone else want to dress the council this evening?

572
00:50:43,580 --> 00:50:43,780
Yes, ma'am.

573
00:50:43,860 --> 00:50:45,140
If you'll please stay tonight for the record.

574
00:50:46,500 --> 00:50:47,660
Hi, my name is Tonya Hardy.

575
00:50:48,540 --> 00:50:49,080
I live.

576
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:49,720
Good evening.

577
00:50:50,100 --> 00:50:51,260
I live on the Texas side.

578
00:50:51,300 --> 00:50:53,240
I have a business on the Arkansas side.

579
00:50:53,240 --> 00:51:08,740
Okay. I have been in that location eight years. I can within five dollars guess tell you what my water bill will be two to three times a year and I do not have a smart meter on my business location yet, and I don't want one.

580
00:51:08,740 --> 00:51:08,860
Now

581
00:51:12,470 --> 00:51:18,550
the juice is 2,400 to 2,700 gallons a month.

582
00:51:19,370 --> 00:51:21,690
I run a smoothie shop in the winter, it's a lot smaller.

583
00:51:22,530 --> 00:51:24,030
November's one of our slowest months.

584
00:51:24,290 --> 00:51:27,310
I used 9,800 gallons of water.

585
00:51:27,670 --> 00:51:33,150
In 28 days, not 33 for the other 2,400 to 2,700 dollars.

586
00:51:33,430 --> 00:51:34,870
Same answer, you must have a leak.

587
00:51:35,090 --> 00:51:38,530
I started taking pictures of my meter every single day.

588
00:51:38,530 --> 00:51:45,130
When I opened, when I closed, when it was off, when I was shut down, the little red dial doesn't move.

589
00:51:45,830 --> 00:51:47,670
They're telling me I used to feel,

590
00:51:52,020 --> 00:51:57,680
and I actually did better in December in business, which many I use more work.

591
00:52:01,390 --> 00:52:03,090
They say the same thing.

592
00:52:10,540 --> 00:52:13,060
You're gallon somewhere else, because you're going to,

593
00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:22,600
is to grow the tail, between the four taxes I pay and the one.

594
00:52:25,450 --> 00:52:27,310
You're driving businesses out.

595
00:52:27,310 --> 00:52:28,710
Thank you. Thank you.

596
00:52:34,330 --> 00:52:46,190
Yes, Mayor, I have one person here. Is Jack Chambers? Mr. Chambers, all right. So if you're a place that you're dying for the record, my name is Jack Chambers. Good evening, everybody. Thank you for having us out.

597
00:52:49,780 --> 00:53:04,660
I'm surprised to find how much worse the situation is for so many other people than it is to me. Today, I looked at some data that was sourced from or claimed to be from a US Bank of America or US Bank survey that said,

598
00:53:04,660 --> 00:53:13,060
the average water bill for a home of four in the United States is about seventy-five dollars.

599
00:53:18,820 --> 00:53:24,140
The average for a home of four in the United States according to one source is about seventy-five dollars.

600
00:53:24,340 --> 00:53:28,040
In Texas, the average was listed as a little bit less than fifty.

601
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:39,940
My bill this month, very home of three, that used the same amount of water per person as the study was citing, was a 250% of that national average.

602
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:47,380
And that's on the small side, given why I've heard from some of my fellow citizens today.

603
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:52,640
That puts us at almost at

604
00:53:56,100 --> 00:54:00,680
the end of West Virginia's $100 per month average, which is the highest in the nation.

605
00:54:08,780 --> 00:54:16,620
I think it reflects some of the cynicism and dismissiveness that I've done with when having to speak to tax our hand and water utilities,

606
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:23,220
whether it's over the me trying to recoup money that was charged twice on their online fee or online service.

607
00:54:24,020 --> 00:54:33,120
The exorbitant fees to pay online already, any percent of your bill, or not 20% of my

608
00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:33,460
apologies.

609
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:36,320
But it's a large come, my apologies.

610
00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:41,860
And I think you want to come down to is that there's a lot of really hard working people

611
00:54:41,860 --> 00:54:46,260
in Texas, our cana, that work very physically demanding and honestly very dangerous drugs,

612
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:52,120
whether it's a graphic packaging, Dom Tar, Red River Army Depot, Cooper Tire, and I know

613
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:58,620
some of those businesses are not in Texas proper, but a lot of veterans, people who work

614
00:54:58,620 --> 00:55:04,060
jobs and do things, where if they're not accountable, if they don't follow a protocol,

615
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:07,220
if they're not honest with themselves and the people they're around, people get hurt

616
00:55:07,220 --> 00:55:12,700
and they get killed, and the lack of accountability, and I think those people deserve the

617
00:55:12,700 --> 00:55:16,420
same kind of accountability from their water company, you know, that they have to display

618
00:55:16,420 --> 00:55:22,760
get their work. The same that I have to display at mine. And the amount of dismissiveness,

619
00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:29,860
the I don't know, and the fact that my maintenance for the new treatment fee was 100%

620
00:55:29,860 --> 00:55:35,500
of my water charge, right? It suggests I think to everybody,

621
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:43,560
because if there were rational

622
00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:47,880
answers on certain they would be provided, given the absolutely insane numbers I'm hearing

623
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:48,940
from these people.

624
00:55:51,470 --> 00:55:52,550
Even if I assume

625
00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:58,560
$25 a month, let's assume it's off by 30% and the average

626
00:55:58,560 --> 00:56:02,940
is 100, my bill is still 85%

627
00:56:12,060 --> 00:56:13,380
retreated the same way,

628
00:56:23,110 --> 00:56:26,470
but yeah, but it ain't funny. So where's

629
00:56:26,470 --> 00:56:26,830
that?

630
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:38,880
I'm out to my house.

631
00:56:52,730 --> 00:56:54,510
Yeah, every time I rent, I get one

632
00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:01,540
in need to be replaced behind

633
00:57:01,540 --> 00:57:05,100
my home. But you can't get a file.

634
00:57:16,140 --> 00:57:18,100
Anyway, I also want to rest the council.

635
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:32,680
I would like to say that I was shocked at my water bill, but I do want to say yes.

636
00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:33,720
I'm sorry.

637
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:41,340
But I do also want to commend Mr. Smith who is here.

638
00:57:41,560 --> 00:57:46,780
He did visit with me this afternoon for a lengthy period of time to go over it.

639
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:49,180
But I am now retired.

640
00:57:49,180 --> 00:57:52,000
My bill has gone up considerably.

641
00:57:52,840 --> 00:58:03,880
I had one bill for $1,031 for, and that was because the water company somehow missed my irrigation system for two months.

642
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:09,080
I had it off for a period of time, but I was charged zero for two months.

643
00:58:09,700 --> 00:58:13,100
Mr. Smith was wonderful to listen to me and work with me.

644
00:58:13,100 --> 00:58:20,440
My concern is I do want the city to go forward, I want things to improve, but when I was

645
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:29,680
when I was shown this, if my rates have gone that high, with it being at $3.60 per gallon,

646
00:58:31,220 --> 00:58:39,380
when next year it goes to $4.80 a gallon, and the next year it goes up to $6 or $6.25 a gallon.

647
00:58:40,320 --> 00:58:42,800
I don't know how I can pay that.

648
00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:45,680
Let's hope that's not for Gala and this per thousand Gala.

649
00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:46,840
Our profiles are Gala.

650
00:58:46,980 --> 00:58:47,920
It's my mistake.

651
00:58:48,460 --> 00:58:50,920
But that's still a sizable increase.

652
00:58:52,140 --> 00:59:02,100
So I'm just, and he did explain to me that the Council's proud to you had not wanted to upgrade, did not want to raise the fees.

653
00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:04,600
And I am very sensitive to that.

654
00:59:04,820 --> 00:59:08,500
I appreciate our city council right now for trying to move our city forward.

655
00:59:08,500 --> 00:59:15,340
we need to move forward. We need to improve our city, but these are killings.

656
00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:19,140
So that's all.

657
00:59:19,280 --> 00:59:25,380
And I do want to say that Mr Smith was wonderful. He was very attentive. He listened. We spoke

658
00:59:25,380 --> 00:59:31,260
for about an hour. And I do appreciate that. I don't want everyone to think that they don't listen.

659
00:59:31,660 --> 00:59:36,820
Now I will say I had contacted the water company several times prior to that. And when I finally

660
00:59:36,820 --> 00:59:41,780
asked to speak to the person in charge he returned my call promptly and he was able to speak

661
00:59:41,780 --> 00:59:45,820
to me so I do want to commend him on that. But I am concerned about the fees continuing

662
00:59:45,820 --> 00:59:47,140
to go up.

663
00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:48,200
Nice and Miss Coker.

664
00:59:56,110 --> 00:59:57,750
Yes, if you're a place that you're name for the record.

665
00:59:58,810 --> 00:59:59,770
I'm Sean Dacherfield.

666
01:00:00,300 --> 01:00:20,000
Hopefully, I'm the last one. I think the problem is a little bit bigger than even what this room is, because I became aware of it myself, because my bill jumped up, but I noticed on social media that a lot of people was complaining. I mean, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people, I think a lot of people they come up here, just on the show, how many people are complaining about their water?

667
01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:25,420
I think you got people in the hall and people in the overflow area.

668
01:00:27,620 --> 01:00:31,580
It's a tragedy, too, but I think this water is the biggest one.

669
01:00:31,880 --> 01:00:34,560
My field here, and it was a commercial property.

670
01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:39,280
It went from roughly about 17,000, 22,700,

671
01:00:40,140 --> 01:00:44,780
then it jumped to 91,000, then it went to 85,000.

672
01:00:45,600 --> 01:00:49,040
And I guess the same guy who's going by flush and toilet

673
01:00:49,040 --> 01:00:50,840
was in my property and then he just left.

674
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:53,180
Now it's back down to 17,000.

675
01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:56,300
And the same situation we go to the water company,

676
01:00:56,760 --> 01:00:57,540
it's a leak.

677
01:00:58,040 --> 01:01:00,240
I actually sat there and opened up my water meter

678
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:02,200
and I looked in nothing's running.

679
01:01:02,700 --> 01:01:03,760
There's no leaks.

680
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:06,760
And as a gentleman said, leaks just don't work like that.

681
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:08,900
They just don't leak, bro.

682
01:01:09,160 --> 01:01:10,640
They don't just diminish and go.

683
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:11,800
So I just want to reiterate,

684
01:01:11,840 --> 01:01:13,560
I don't want to take too much of the city's time.

685
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:15,260
This is a real problem.

686
01:01:16,580 --> 01:01:22,440
Hopefully you guys are understanding and this is a real problem and you go work with TWU to see what's going on

687
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:28,180
And the only solution that gave me is we could get you on a payment plan

688
01:01:28,180 --> 01:01:33,000
I really don't want to pay extra cup of dollars when I know I didn't use the water

689
01:01:33,640 --> 01:01:36,540
It has to be something other than a payment plan

690
01:01:36,540 --> 01:01:38,680
I think I need to get my money back

691
01:01:39,560 --> 01:01:44,540
From this so hopefully we could have a follow up to see what's going on

692
01:01:44,540 --> 01:01:53,420
What is a solution? I had to pay $700 to start my water plan. I guess a couple hundred dollars every month. That's not that's not cool

693
01:01:53,420 --> 01:02:01,100
And I just want to bring up one other point. I come from other city. I know the other city I've come from a few some Texas much larger than this

694
01:02:01,100 --> 01:02:05,880
And I did talk to the Texas kind of water utility companies because every now and then somebody does have a leak

695
01:02:07,460 --> 01:02:14,260
And in Houston how they work and I know it's a bigger city, but if a person does have a leak

696
01:02:14,540 --> 01:02:16,780
And then they go, and then water bill is outrageous.

697
01:02:17,700 --> 01:02:21,060
If they get a plumber to go by and make sure the leak is fixed,

698
01:02:21,320 --> 01:02:26,840
then those water utility companies and Houston will take that extra off.

699
01:02:26,980 --> 01:02:29,800
They will look at what your average was in the previous 12 months,

700
01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:31,940
and then what that was in there would take that off.

701
01:02:32,420 --> 01:02:35,720
That could be something I think it worked with some people around here,

702
01:02:35,740 --> 01:02:38,720
especially elderly people or disabled people,

703
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:41,300
that if they do truly have a leak,

704
01:02:41,300 --> 01:02:49,000
and not just in the series, man, it comes and I'm probably pushing forwards, then it won't

705
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:54,420
be something that will be detrimental to their lifestyle, because the city will work with them,

706
01:02:54,500 --> 01:02:58,540
the water utility company will work with them own legitimate leaks. But I didn't want to

707
01:02:58,540 --> 01:03:03,680
too much bring that up because I wanted to talk about these fictional leaks. Now, I hope the city takes

708
01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:10,400
serious, or I hope you work with the water utility company and come back with us because this

709
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:16,880
is, you don't have this many people in here, just, you know, all right, thanks a lot.

710
01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:18,960
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

711
01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:23,500
Anyone else want to dress the council?

712
01:03:25,870 --> 01:03:28,810
Okay. Very good. For those of you who spoke this evening,

713
01:03:28,950 --> 01:03:32,190
want to thank you for your time to being here this evening. Those of you who are joining us

714
01:03:32,190 --> 01:03:38,230
and the audience referenced this concern so we do have your information and thank you for

715
01:03:38,230 --> 01:03:38,750
your time.

716
01:03:38,950 --> 01:03:42,590
I'm checking in this matter further so once again appreciate your time this evening.

717
01:03:43,490 --> 01:03:46,530
This time we belong to the Point Mr. Bords Commissions and Committees.

718
01:03:46,670 --> 01:03:48,950
Do we have any appointments this evening debate by the Council?

719
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:51,960
No appointments.

720
01:03:53,100 --> 01:03:54,060
We're now moving along to you.

721
01:03:54,080 --> 01:03:57,660
Out of this for consideration we do have several items on the consent agenda.

722
01:03:57,840 --> 01:04:01,460
I don't want us to consider approval the minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council.

723
01:04:01,460 --> 01:04:03,640
the health of November 10th, 2025.

724
01:04:04,460 --> 01:04:07,860
Item 2 was to consider approval the minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council,

725
01:04:08,040 --> 01:04:10,060
held on December 8th, 2025.

726
01:04:10,800 --> 01:04:17,380
Item 3, his resolution number 2026 to XGO-04, authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract

727
01:04:17,380 --> 01:04:22,640
with Plummer Associates and Corporate of Fort Worth, Texas, and the amount of $500,000

728
01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:28,140
with the Texas portion of the project not to exceed $304,150.

729
01:04:28,140 --> 01:04:34,120
dollars for engineering services necessary for the development of a computerized model of the

730
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:38,320
combined sewer collection system of the cities of Texture Canada Texas and Texture

731
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:43,380
Canada Arkansas and a sewer collection system master plan for the cities of Texture Canada

732
01:04:43,380 --> 01:04:50,900
Texas and Texture Canada Arkansas. Out of full resolution number 2026-006 approving the Texture

733
01:04:50,900 --> 01:04:56,120
Canada Regional Airport Executive Director to execute an agreement with McLeodland Engineering

734
01:04:56,120 --> 01:05:06,120
for engineering services for AMRO site development in the amount of $2,512,842.87 cents.

735
01:05:07,860 --> 01:05:26,100
Excuse me, out of number five, resolution number 2026-008, authorizing the city manager to execute a contract with Campo and Corporate, the Texture County Arkansas for the Beaumont 15-inch sewer replacement project in an amount not to exceed 322,000.

736
01:05:26,100 --> 01:05:32,100
seven hundred and three dollars and eighty four cents funds are available in the utilities twenty twenty five twenty

737
01:05:32,100 --> 01:05:35,100
twenty six budget in the Texas infrastructure fund

738
01:05:35,660 --> 01:05:41,580
at three hundred and twenty two thousand seven hundred and three dollars and eighty four cents

739
01:05:42,090 --> 01:05:50,480
or just number twenty twenty six dash zero one four repealing chapter twenty eight articles seven panhandling of the code of ordinances

740
01:05:50,480 --> 01:06:03,580
Item number 7, or this number 2026-016, ratifying orders number 2025-179, closing and abandoning

741
01:06:03,580 --> 01:06:09,620
20 feet of rod of wave, holding down his Thomas Street, located west of Anstree in north

742
01:06:09,620 --> 01:06:15,400
of Lake Drive within the Hancock's first edition, and surplusing and selling the adjacent

743
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:20,720
property owner 0.076 acres of surplus property between

744
01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:25,320
lot 16 through 18 within the Hancock's first edition.

745
01:06:25,940 --> 01:06:28,340
Out of number eight, resolution number 2026,

746
01:06:28,540 --> 01:06:32,460
Desherial one seven, ratifying and implementing plan document changes of the

747
01:06:32,460 --> 01:06:36,600
Texture Canofarmance Relief and Retirement Fund by increasing city

748
01:06:36,600 --> 01:06:40,860
contributions with budgeted funds and ratifying the agreement of the

749
01:06:40,860 --> 01:06:44,220
Board of Trustees of the Texture Canofarmance Relief and

750
01:06:44,220 --> 01:06:49,880
retirement fund. Unless a Councilor would like to pull one or more items for a further consideration,

751
01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:54,960
I will entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as it has been presented. Is there

752
01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:55,960
a motion for approval?

753
01:06:57,980 --> 01:07:03,420
We have a motion by Councilor Hart. Is there a second? Second.

754
01:07:03,580 --> 01:07:09,460
Second by Councilor Thompson, Audles and Favourite, I. Opposed no. The consent agenda has been

755
01:07:09,460 --> 01:07:12,740
approved. We do have two action items this evening. Out of

756
01:07:12,740 --> 01:07:18,280
one is August number 26-007 authorizing fire department Texas

757
01:07:18,280 --> 01:07:23,800
Instruct Interstate farm mutual aid system TIFMAS coordinator and

758
01:07:23,800 --> 01:07:29,280
reimbursement assignment pay. Our Christie peoples is going to

759
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:53,720
Provides some information to the council on this topic. Good evening, Mayor and Council. The Texas Fire Department participates in the Texas Interstate Fire Mutual Aid System, also known as Tiffmus, which deploys fire departments to disaster responses in and out of state. The state now allows participating departments to receive a 5% administrative fee for each deployment.

760
01:07:54,600 --> 01:08:01,220
It is recommended that the captain who handles this work or is even a summit pay of $250 per month.

761
01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:06,960
In most cases, the administrative fee from just one deployment is an act to cover this cost,

762
01:08:07,500 --> 01:08:10,740
and that apartment typically deploy is multiple times each year.

763
01:08:12,060 --> 01:08:14,600
I'll be happy to answer any questions that you have.

764
01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:17,460
Any questions for Kristen on this item?

765
01:08:18,340 --> 01:08:21,880
I'll come hearing none, is there a motion for approval of the ordinance?

766
01:08:21,880 --> 01:08:28,340
Assembly. We have a motion by Councilmember Davis. Is there a second? Second by Councilmember

767
01:08:28,340 --> 01:08:31,660
Metter. This is an ordinance. So, Ms. Evans, the captioned please.

768
01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:35,720
Inordinates of the City Council of the City of Texas,

769
01:08:36,900 --> 01:08:42,260
authorizing assignment pay for firefighters assigned to specialize duties of Texas,

770
01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:45,400
Interstate Fire Mutual, A-System or Tiffness,

771
01:08:45,720 --> 01:08:49,880
Coordinator and reimbursement, setting conditions and rate of pay for set duties,

772
01:08:49,880 --> 01:08:57,030
Containing a repealer clause, containing a severability clause, containing legislative findings and establishing an effective date.

773
01:08:57,920 --> 01:08:59,260
All those in favor say aye.

774
01:09:00,440 --> 01:09:01,400
Opposed, no.

775
01:09:01,900 --> 01:09:03,280
The ordinance passed using unanimously.

776
01:09:03,880 --> 01:09:07,230
Item number two is Resolution number 2026-01-9.

777
01:09:07,480 --> 01:09:14,580
Denying Southwestern electric power companies request for approval of its proposed electric service, large load contract,

778
01:09:14,580 --> 01:09:20,380
care for large load customers and we have our city attorney, Mr. Jeff Lewis to provide some

779
01:09:20,380 --> 01:09:23,300
information on this resolution. Mr. Lewis, good evening.

780
01:09:24,060 --> 01:09:24,380
Good evening.

781
01:09:24,620 --> 01:09:25,160
Thank you, Mayor.

782
01:09:26,780 --> 01:09:31,620
It's Webco has asked cities with original jurisdiction and has also asked the Public Utility

783
01:09:31,620 --> 01:09:38,240
Commission for approval of its electric service, large load contract, tariff, large load.

784
01:09:38,460 --> 01:09:43,260
Customers whose electricity demand is high enough to be treated differently from regular

785
01:09:43,260 --> 01:09:49,220
President or commercial customers, the so-called big electricity users can drive

786
01:09:49,220 --> 01:09:54,120
reachable growth or investment tax revenue, potential job creation, but can also

787
01:09:54,120 --> 01:09:59,880
require costly grid upgrades, long-term capability commitments. In just a few days

788
01:09:59,880 --> 01:10:03,980
ago, another angle of looking at this is that Senator Cotton introduced the

789
01:10:04,300 --> 01:10:09,980
data Act 2026 to allow for manufacturers, data centers, other energy intensive

790
01:10:09,980 --> 01:10:14,660
industries to build customized electricity systems without impacting existing

791
01:10:14,660 --> 01:10:19,020
power grants. So for many years the Council has authorized Cooperative and

792
01:10:19,020 --> 01:10:22,940
coordinated efforts with the coalition of other municipalities served by

793
01:10:22,940 --> 01:10:28,520
Swepko, the city's advocating reasonable deregulation card. These cities

794
01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:32,700
include many of our neighbors in Burie County, including others like Atlanta or

795
01:10:32,700 --> 01:10:38,240
Mount Pleasant and Longview. The current concern with this large load contract

796
01:10:38,240 --> 01:10:43,740
The tariff, as outlined by card special counsel, is that the proposed tariff is peace

797
01:10:43,740 --> 01:10:47,840
meal and based on projections, a load that doesn't yet exist.

798
01:10:48,740 --> 01:10:50,500
What if the projections don't materialize?

799
01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:55,600
Will existing ratepayers need to pay for any additions to SWIP goes infrastructure from

800
01:10:55,600 --> 01:10:57,900
generation to distribution facilities?

801
01:10:58,640 --> 01:11:03,500
And I can add to that is this data act of 2026 going to be a game changer for the grid.

802
01:11:03,500 --> 01:11:26,300
The card's special counsel recommends, since the matter has already been filed anyway, with the public utility commission to deny the request, anticipating the commission may expedite consideration of SWEF cause request, and please understand, this is not a criticism, SWEF Co has asked for expedited treatment of its tariff to be effective, and the effective day would be about three weeks for it out.

803
01:11:27,080 --> 01:11:31,240
Denial will allow the merits of the proposed tariff to be addressed before the Commission

804
01:11:31,240 --> 01:11:37,220
where a card can evaluate it with the goal of ensuring not to deny Swebco or Block Swebco

805
01:11:37,220 --> 01:11:43,100
a fair rate but to ensure a fair rate for large load customers and to all other customers.

806
01:11:43,940 --> 01:11:51,040
And, as a reminder, I should add that a procedural denial is nothing new, it's not intended

807
01:11:51,040 --> 01:11:57,280
to block fair rates, two months ago, for example, the Council denies webcows application to

808
01:11:57,280 --> 01:12:03,420
increase its revenues by approximately $94.9 million, and that application was followed

809
01:12:03,420 --> 01:12:09,940
with both the city and the Texas Public Utility Commission. That's just a very short summary

810
01:12:09,940 --> 01:12:16,760
of the briefing material and the agenda packet information, but if I can, I'll answer any questions.

811
01:12:16,760 --> 01:12:19,940
Any questions from Mr. Lewis on this item?

812
01:12:21,710 --> 01:12:22,730
Okay. Thank you, sir.

813
01:12:23,330 --> 01:12:25,670
Is there a motion for approval of the resolution?

814
01:12:26,710 --> 01:12:29,470
We have a motion about Councilmember Thompson.

815
01:12:29,470 --> 01:12:30,770
Is there a second?

816
01:12:32,490 --> 01:12:33,090
Second.

817
01:12:34,290 --> 01:12:35,890
Second about Councilmember Metter.

818
01:12:36,010 --> 01:12:37,990
This pertains to a resolution.

819
01:12:38,430 --> 01:12:39,350
So there is not a caption.

820
01:12:39,490 --> 01:12:40,930
All those in favor say aye.

821
01:12:41,750 --> 01:12:42,690
Aye. Opposed no.

822
01:12:43,010 --> 01:12:44,130
The resolution passes.

823
01:12:44,130 --> 01:12:49,250
We're now moving along to our first briefing, so we do have six items this evening and

824
01:12:49,250 --> 01:12:55,510
Council, some of these items are related or connected together, so I'm going to combine

825
01:12:55,510 --> 01:13:00,730
some of these, and Michelle Daniel, we'll be able to provide us some information in

826
01:13:00,730 --> 01:13:05,350
what I think to most of these items that we have on before our first briefing section.

827
01:13:05,870 --> 01:13:11,770
Item number one and item number two are related, so I'm going to read both of those together.

828
01:13:11,770 --> 01:13:19,730
I don't number one is orders number 2026-001, rezoning lot 2, block 3, West Beverly, located 1009

829
01:13:19,730 --> 01:13:28,990
Blanton Street, which is in 42, from single family 2, the single family 3, Bonadino Gabriel owner.

830
01:13:30,390 --> 01:13:37,950
Out of number 2 was orders number 26-002, granting a specific use permit to allow the location.

831
01:13:37,950 --> 01:13:44,670
of a HUD Code Manufactured Home on Lot 2, Block 3, West, Beverly, located 10-09, Blanton

832
01:13:44,670 --> 01:13:50,610
Street, once again in Ward 2, for an auto-gabriol owner, Michelle, good evening.

833
01:13:50,970 --> 01:13:52,590
Good evening Mayor and good evening council.

834
01:13:53,230 --> 01:13:58,170
So this is a request to rezone 1,000 9 Blanton Street from Single Family 2 to Single

835
01:13:58,170 --> 01:14:03,430
Family 3 and for specific use permit for the location of a HUD Code Manufactured Home.

836
01:14:03,970 --> 01:14:07,190
The future land use map is designated this property as floodplain.

837
01:14:07,190 --> 01:14:18,370
The adjacent zoning, a single family too, to the north, south, east, and west, and the adjacent land use, as well as the digital west, and vacant land to the north, south, and east.

838
01:14:20,130 --> 01:14:36,390
Planning and zoning, recommend for approval of this request with the following stipulations that a 2021 or newer HUD code manufactured home, the allowed on this property, that the home be tied down, scarred, and underpinned, and that it also be used for dwelling purposes only.

839
01:14:36,390 --> 01:14:41,330
The other stipulation is that all driveways, parking, building codes, and setbacks,

840
01:14:41,610 --> 01:14:45,890
engineered foundation, planning, and flood plan requirements must be in accordance with

841
01:14:45,890 --> 01:14:47,790
the City of Texas Code.

842
01:14:48,130 --> 01:14:50,910
I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

843
01:14:51,390 --> 01:14:51,790
Any questions?

844
01:14:52,370 --> 01:14:53,390
I do have a question.

845
01:14:53,390 --> 01:14:59,290
obviously planning and zoning and we are the city allows.

846
01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:04,980
Infection housing in a flood zone. They meet all the required.

847
01:15:06,660 --> 01:15:13,220
It's just that they have to meet. And so we have contacted them and let them know that they will need to get in touch with city council.

848
01:15:14,940 --> 01:15:17,240
And of course, the race, the elevation of a lot.

849
01:15:17,700 --> 01:15:20,920
Yes, sir, and all that will have to be determined before the building permit is issued.

850
01:15:21,460 --> 01:15:23,900
Okay, all right, sir. Thank you.

851
01:15:23,900 --> 01:15:27,320
Any other questions by the council on this item?

852
01:15:28,500 --> 01:15:36,240
Okay, we're now moving along to item number three, or number 2026-903, a Mending P-D-02-13 for

853
01:15:36,240 --> 01:15:41,220
Soppen approval, a lot more in Block 1, Health Care Express Subdivision, located at

854
01:15:41,220 --> 01:15:47,540
43-02, Galleria Oaks Drive, which is in Mord 6, Josh and Ashley Talley owners, and

855
01:15:47,540 --> 01:15:52,220
Vance, Liles, MTG engineers and store buyers, Agent Michelle.

856
01:15:53,100 --> 01:15:54,500
Good evening, Mayor and good evening, Council.

857
01:15:54,940 --> 01:15:59,600
So this is a request for site plan approval at 4302 Galleria Oak Strive.

858
01:16:00,020 --> 01:16:02,820
The current zoning is planned development general retail.

859
01:16:03,420 --> 01:16:07,720
The future land use map designates this property as neighborhood, retail, and neighborhood

860
01:16:07,720 --> 01:16:08,380
residential.

861
01:16:09,040 --> 01:16:14,320
The adjacent zoning is planned development general retail to the north, south, east, and west.

862
01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:17,300
The adjacent land use is vacant property to the north,

863
01:16:17,540 --> 01:16:20,660
real estate to the south, in a rich, front, east,

864
01:16:20,800 --> 01:16:22,040
and apartments to the west.

865
01:16:22,460 --> 01:16:24,440
The site plan consists of the construction

866
01:16:24,440 --> 01:16:27,640
of a 3,048 square foot dental office.

867
01:16:28,180 --> 01:16:30,940
The access driveway will be off of gallery at Oak Strive,

868
01:16:31,360 --> 01:16:34,640
there will be 20 parking spaces in one handicap space,

869
01:16:35,080 --> 01:16:38,240
a six foot by eight foot monument style sign,

870
01:16:38,620 --> 01:16:42,440
a screen dumpster site, and all other city codes

871
01:16:43,120 --> 01:16:50,660
We'll have to be met, planning and zoning to recommend for approval of this request, and I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

872
01:16:51,500 --> 01:16:53,520
Questions for Michelle on this item?

873
01:16:54,460 --> 01:16:55,260
Okay, thank you.

874
01:16:55,580 --> 01:16:55,920
All right.

875
01:16:56,120 --> 01:16:59,600
Council items numbers four and six are related.

876
01:16:59,640 --> 01:17:07,100
So I'm going to brief four and six, and then we will come back to five Jonathan for a year to, for you to brief us on that item.

877
01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:13,720
Okay, so item number four is order number 2026 to 0.05, rezoning an approximate point

878
01:17:13,720 --> 01:17:21,180
972, agretractive land being tracked three, JNM Golfhead ROT survey, 8-244, located

879
01:17:21,180 --> 01:17:27,620
35.06, Moore's Lane, which is in Moore's six, from agriculture to plan development, general

880
01:17:27,620 --> 01:17:34,220
retail, Raymond Jordan owner, and Jason Eponette, agent, item number six is order number

881
01:17:34,220 --> 01:17:43,980
2026-020, a pending PD-26-01, for Scotland approval on an approximate 0.972 acre tract of land,

882
01:17:44,260 --> 01:17:53,020
being track 3, J.M. Golfhead Ross Survey, 8-244, located 3506 Moors Lane in Ward 6, Raymond

883
01:17:53,020 --> 01:17:56,380
Jordan owner, Jason Epinette, Agent.

884
01:17:57,120 --> 01:18:03,460
So as you said, this is a request to resume 3506 Moors Lane from Agriculture to Planned Development

885
01:18:03,460 --> 01:18:07,180
at General Retail and for Site Plain approval for a two-unit

886
01:18:07,180 --> 01:18:10,280
strip center with a salon and yoga studio.

887
01:18:10,940 --> 01:18:12,520
The future land use map is designated

888
01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:14,340
as property as mixed use development.

889
01:18:14,860 --> 01:18:17,480
The adjacent zoning is agriculture to the west and east

890
01:18:17,480 --> 01:18:20,240
and single family to the north and south.

891
01:18:20,460 --> 01:18:23,500
The adjacent land use is residential to the west, east,

892
01:18:23,780 --> 01:18:25,620
and south and a school to the north.

893
01:18:26,140 --> 01:18:27,940
The Site Plain consists of the construction

894
01:18:27,940 --> 01:18:31,060
of a 5,143 square foot building.

895
01:18:31,060 --> 01:18:37,440
The access driveway would be off a morsling, there would be 49 parking spaces, a privacy

896
01:18:37,440 --> 01:18:41,800
fence will be installed to the north, west, and east of this parcel.

897
01:18:42,700 --> 01:18:47,460
There will be a six foot by eight foot monument style sign, and the development of the property

898
01:18:47,460 --> 01:18:49,480
must meet all developmental codes.

899
01:18:50,160 --> 01:18:54,960
Planning and zoning did recommend for approval of this request and the site plan and I'll

900
01:18:54,960 --> 01:18:56,900
be happy to answer any questions you'll may have.

901
01:18:56,900 --> 01:18:59,900
Any questions on items four and six?

902
01:19:01,500 --> 01:19:03,060
Thank you Michelle appreciate the updates.

903
01:19:03,440 --> 01:19:04,200
Thank you.

904
01:19:04,200 --> 01:19:07,760
We have one item remaining this evening in reference to first briefings.

905
01:19:07,940 --> 01:19:11,880
It's out of number five or just number twenty twenty six to ask you about one five.

906
01:19:12,180 --> 01:19:14,880
Closing and abandoning four.

907
01:19:15,060 --> 01:19:26,880
Right of way eight excuse me four right of way tracks of zero point two seven one acres zero point eight six acres point three three four acres and point two two six.

908
01:19:26,880 --> 01:19:35,280
Psychers located south of South of South-Eat Street in east of South Lillio Avenue in the

909
01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:40,400
factory hot condition, and we have Jonathan Wade to brief us on this out of good evening,

910
01:19:41,260 --> 01:19:42,460
Thank you to Mayor and City Council.

911
01:19:43,460 --> 01:19:47,300
City received a request from Vansaliles for the abandonment of four unopentracts of

912
01:19:47,300 --> 01:19:50,900
Rotterweigh, South of South-Eat Street, and east of South Lillio Avenue within the factory

913
01:19:50,900 --> 01:19:51,580
hot condition.

914
01:19:52,140 --> 01:19:59,300
City has no plans to use this right away for future purposes if abandoned, all in the right way we go to adjacent property owners.

915
01:19:59,300 --> 01:20:07,300
So you sent out the minimum random to city departments and utility representatives, utility representatives, requested easements, be retaining attracts one to and for

916
01:20:09,380 --> 01:20:12,300
She's closing and banning this route away and retaining these easements

917
01:20:13,300 --> 01:20:16,640
Attaching the packet or memorandum and responses

918
01:20:17,460 --> 01:20:20,460
Staff recommends approval and I'll be happy to answer any questions

919
01:20:21,230 --> 01:20:26,820
On the other, there's a request in this item from SWEPCO as far as the overhead lines to remind

920
01:20:26,820 --> 01:20:30,960
will that be done? Yes, that's one of the, that will be one of the

921
01:20:30,960 --> 01:20:35,600
easements of your team. Okay. All right, we're getting questions for Jonathan

922
01:20:35,600 --> 01:20:39,960
on this out of? Okay, thank you, sir. All right, appreciate your time.

923
01:20:41,440 --> 01:20:45,000
At this time, we belong to our public hearings, so we do have five public

924
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:48,820
hearings scheduled for this evening. Out of one is August number 2025-189,

925
01:20:49,500 --> 01:20:54,940
approving a site plan on approximate .777 acre tract of land being

926
01:20:54,940 --> 01:21:03,580
Track 58 and 59, J.A. Talbot Head Rott Survey, A-564, located at 5817, Richmond Road,

927
01:21:03,940 --> 01:21:10,520
more five, fun, lean, tan, Alex, owner. At this time of the clear of the public hearing

928
01:21:10,520 --> 01:21:14,560
open on this item, if there's anyone who would like to address the council, if you will

929
01:21:14,560 --> 01:21:17,260
please come forward and state your name for the record.

930
01:21:21,930 --> 01:21:23,170
Not since anyone coming forward

931
01:21:23,170 --> 01:21:27,110
at this time of the clear of the public hearing closed, is there a motion for approval of

932
01:21:27,110 --> 01:21:33,110
ordinance. So moved. We have a motion by Councilmember Metter. Is there a second?

933
01:21:34,210 --> 01:21:34,690
Second.

934
01:21:38,840 --> 01:21:43,320
You want to yield to Mr. Davis? Okay. So Councilmember Thompson yields to Mr. Davis.

935
01:21:43,500 --> 01:21:50,340
So we have a second on that motion from Councilmember Davis and Ms. Evans to the caption place.

936
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:54,500
Inordinates of the City Council of the City of Texarkana, Texas,

937
01:21:54,500 --> 01:22:05,140
A Mending PD-25-3GR for site plan approval on an approximate 0.77 acre and 59.

938
01:22:05,820 --> 01:22:13,920
J.A. Talbot HRSA-564 located at 5817 Richmond Road in the city of Boe County, Texas,

939
01:22:14,260 --> 01:22:16,760
excuse me, in the city of Texture Canada, Boe County, Texas,

940
01:22:17,240 --> 01:22:21,700
containing a repealer clause, containing a severability clause and establishing ineffective date.

941
01:22:21,700 --> 01:22:29,720
All those in favor say I I suppose no the ordinance passes out number two this ordinance number twenty twenty five dash one

942
01:22:30,000 --> 01:22:54,960
Hello, granting a specific use permit to allow the location of a billboard, off-premise advertising sign, on approximate 0.21, a contract of land being tracked, 13, Howard efferage, headwife survey, A-182, located at 1502, New Boston Road in Ward 2, Mark Stevens, owner and Taylor Bongardner agent.

943
01:22:54,960 --> 01:23:00,720
And Council will please note that a three-force vote of the Council is required to approve this request.

944
01:23:01,320 --> 01:23:05,820
This item was voted down by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

945
01:23:06,500 --> 01:23:09,980
At this time of declare the public hearing open on this item,

946
01:23:10,020 --> 01:23:14,560
if there's anyone who would like to address the Council, if your place come forward at this time.

947
01:23:19,850 --> 01:23:23,990
Not seeing anyone coming forward at this time of the clear of the public hearing closed,

948
01:23:23,990 --> 01:23:33,530
and Councilman, you make your motion on this item, you can make a motion for approval or a motion for denial and the according vote.

949
01:23:33,670 --> 01:23:35,590
So do I have a motion on this item?

950
01:23:37,860 --> 01:23:40,360
Make a motion that we deny.

951
01:23:41,060 --> 01:23:43,060
Sit agenda item.

952
01:23:43,540 --> 01:23:47,180
We have a motion by Councilmember Davis for denial. Is there a second?

953
01:23:47,400 --> 01:23:50,360
Second. There's a second by Councilmember Metter.

954
01:23:50,520 --> 01:23:52,400
Is Evans the caption please?

955
01:23:53,140 --> 01:23:55,840
Inordinates of the City Council of the City of Texas,

956
01:23:56,760 --> 01:23:59,640
amending the zoning map showing the location boundary

957
01:23:59,640 --> 01:24:00,980
and use of certain property.

958
01:24:01,560 --> 01:24:04,080
By the granting of specific use permit number,

959
01:24:04,620 --> 01:24:08,780
S-818, for the location of one additional use of

960
01:24:08,780 --> 01:24:12,280
an off-premises outdoor advertising sign or billboard

961
01:24:12,280 --> 01:24:17,080
on a portion of an approximate one-acre tract of land,

962
01:24:17,080 --> 01:24:25,640
being tracked 13. Howard F. Rich HRSA-182, located at 1502 New Boston Road in the city of

963
01:24:25,640 --> 01:24:30,580
Texarkana Buie County, Texas, containing a repealer clause, containing a severability clause,

964
01:24:30,720 --> 01:24:36,480
and establishing ineffective date. All those in favor of the motion say aye. I oppose no,

965
01:24:37,040 --> 01:24:42,480
the ordinance does not pass. Mayor, may I make a point of order? Yes, or ask if any council

966
01:24:42,480 --> 01:24:44,900
I never wanted to make a motion to approve.

967
01:24:45,920 --> 01:24:50,160
Okay, was there any council member that wanted to make a motion to approve the item?

968
01:24:51,140 --> 01:24:53,000
I want to add a question.

969
01:24:53,340 --> 01:24:54,560
Yes, ma'am is hard.

970
01:24:56,460 --> 01:24:59,260
Why is it in discipline?

971
01:25:00,480 --> 01:25:02,120
Well, there are a couple of reasons for that.

972
01:25:02,360 --> 01:25:07,600
There are a large number of billboards within a very short proximity from that area.

973
01:25:07,600 --> 01:25:20,180
I believe also this is kind of considered a congested area over head power lines and other congested structures in the area where I think a couple of reasons for that if I'm not mistaken.

974
01:25:20,740 --> 01:25:23,180
I don't think the property has been replayed either.

975
01:25:23,720 --> 01:25:29,000
It's one of the steps that actually is needed before this comes in front of us.

976
01:25:29,740 --> 01:25:36,000
It needs to be replated, it needs to come in front of us.

977
01:25:37,120 --> 01:25:38,920
Is this a port to school?

978
01:25:39,860 --> 01:25:44,160
It's right across the street from where the old taco bell used to be on the boss road.

979
01:25:44,500 --> 01:25:48,200
The vicinity of water all in Taylor Street, kind of between those two streets.

980
01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:49,220
Yes, ma'am.

981
01:25:51,020 --> 01:25:51,380
Okay.

982
01:25:52,100 --> 01:25:53,200
I like that.

983
01:25:55,400 --> 01:25:55,960
Okay.

984
01:25:55,960 --> 01:25:57,100
So,

985
01:25:59,260 --> 01:26:09,300
okay, so there was not a counselor to not make a motion for approval. The original motion was for denial, and then that was voted on.

986
01:26:09,960 --> 01:26:13,340
So let the record reflect that Ms. Matt Lockup stands on the vote.

987
01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:23,360
Okay. And lack of emotion to approve also is an alternative grounds for denial since it takes emotion to get a vote for approval.

988
01:26:23,360 --> 01:26:27,600
That was the point I wanted to make, would take a three-force vote also.

989
01:26:28,300 --> 01:26:32,040
Okay, so the motion is, this particular item has been turned down.

990
01:26:32,460 --> 01:26:33,240
Okay, not a bridge.

991
01:26:34,700 --> 01:26:40,640
I have number three, is orders number 2025-191, rezoning an approximate 1.74-acre tract

992
01:26:40,640 --> 01:26:43,200
of land being tracked 1B and 2A.

993
01:26:43,460 --> 01:26:49,960
Flower acres located at 3326 South Lake Drive and Ward 2 from planned development to 2 family

994
01:26:49,960 --> 01:26:52,680
2 to plan development, multiple family 1.

995
01:26:52,680 --> 01:26:57,960
Now the Shaver's owner, Kaila Wood, MTG engineers and surveyors agent.

996
01:26:58,520 --> 01:27:02,060
At this time the public hearing is open on this item, if there's anyone who would like

997
01:27:02,060 --> 01:27:06,120
to address the council, if you will please come forward and state your name for the record.

998
01:27:10,890 --> 01:27:15,710
Not seeing when coming forward this time of the public hearing close is a motion for approval

999
01:27:15,710 --> 01:27:16,410
of the ordinance.

1000
01:27:18,530 --> 01:27:25,150
We have a motion by Councillor MATLAB, is there a second, second by Councillor HART, Ms.

1001
01:27:25,150 --> 01:27:31,570
Evans the caption plays in ordinance of the city council of the city of Texarkana, Texas,

1002
01:27:32,050 --> 01:27:37,370
amending the zoning ordinance of the city of Texarkana, Texas by rezoning on an approximate

1003
01:27:37,370 --> 01:27:46,530
1.74-acre tract of land being tracks 1B and 2A. Flower acres located at 3326 South Lake Drive

1004
01:27:46,530 --> 01:27:53,290
in the city of Texarkana, Buick County, Texas from planned development to family 2 to plan development

1005
01:27:53,290 --> 01:27:58,670
multiple family, one containing a repealer clause, containing a severability clause, an establishing

1006
01:27:58,670 --> 01:28:00,150
ineffective date.

1007
01:28:00,710 --> 01:28:01,860
All those in favor say aye.

1008
01:28:03,290 --> 01:28:03,310
Aye.

1009
01:28:03,310 --> 01:28:03,590
Opposed.

1010
01:28:04,170 --> 01:28:04,210
No.

1011
01:28:04,490 --> 01:28:05,370
The ordinance passes.

1012
01:28:06,150 --> 01:28:13,740
Out of number four is related to out of number three, it pertains to the stop plan approval.

1013
01:28:13,820 --> 01:28:19,140
So at this time, I'll read the caption for item four, order number 2025-192, approving

1014
01:28:19,140 --> 01:28:20,200
a stop plan.

1015
01:28:20,200 --> 01:28:29,200
on an approximate 1.74 acre tract of land being tracked 1B and 2A, flower acres located 3326 South

1016
01:28:29,200 --> 01:28:35,000
Lake Drive and Ward 2, Nelda Shaver's owner and Kayla Wood, M.P.G. engineers and

1017
01:28:35,000 --> 01:28:36,480
surveyors agent.

1018
01:28:37,000 --> 01:28:40,600
At this time of the public hearing open on this item, if anyone would like to address

1019
01:28:40,600 --> 01:28:42,120
the council, please come forward.

1020
01:28:48,920 --> 01:28:52,900
At this time of the public hearing closed, is there a motion for approval of the ordinance?

1021
01:28:52,900 --> 01:29:00,860
We have a motion by Councilmember Matlock, is there a second by Councilmember Davis, Ms.

1022
01:29:00,900 --> 01:29:01,720
Evans, the caption.

1023
01:29:02,520 --> 01:29:05,680
In order to set the City Council of the City of Texarkana, Texas,

1024
01:29:06,300 --> 01:29:09,940
amending PD-10-3MF-1.

1025
01:29:10,280 --> 01:29:15,360
For site plan approval on an approximate 1.74 acre tract of land,

1026
01:29:15,620 --> 01:29:18,400
being tracks 1B and 2A, flower acres.

1027
01:29:18,400 --> 01:29:25,440
Located at 3326 South Lake Drive in the city of Texarkana, Bully County, Texas, containing

1028
01:29:25,440 --> 01:29:30,160
a repealer clause, containing a severability clause and a salvaging ineffective date.

1029
01:29:30,500 --> 01:29:31,980
All those in favor say aye.

1030
01:29:32,880 --> 01:29:33,800
Opposed, no.

1031
01:29:33,960 --> 01:29:34,720
The ordinance passes.

1032
01:29:35,620 --> 01:29:37,780
Audit number five is ordinance number twenty twenty five.

1033
01:29:37,860 --> 01:29:38,740
That's one ninety three.

1034
01:29:38,840 --> 01:29:42,580
Approving a stop plan and approximate three point four nine eight eight.

1035
01:29:42,580 --> 01:29:49,000
tract of land being tracked to a one. George Brindley had Ross Survey A-18, located

1036
01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:56,760
31-33 pleasant grove road in Ward 5, David Potter, the second owner in Caleb Wood, MTG engineers

1037
01:29:56,760 --> 01:29:59,960
and serve higher age. If it's time of the clear, the public.

1038
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:04,180
I'm going to open on this item, if anyone would like to address the council, please come forward.

1039
01:30:08,150 --> 01:30:12,150
This time of the public hearing clause, is there a motion for approval of the ordinance?

1040
01:30:12,630 --> 01:30:13,190
So moved.

1041
01:30:13,830 --> 01:30:16,550
Motion by Council Member Metter, is there a second?

1042
01:30:17,290 --> 01:30:20,770
Second by Council Member Thompson, Ms. Evans, the captioned please.

1043
01:30:21,610 --> 01:30:25,110
Inordinates of the City Council of the City of Texarkana, Texas,

1044
01:30:25,110 --> 01:30:34,530
A Mending PD-25-20O for Site Plant Approval on an approximate 3.498 acre being tracked

1045
01:30:34,530 --> 01:30:35,710
201.

1046
01:30:35,970 --> 01:30:43,910
George Brindley HRS A-18 located at 3133 President Grove Road in the city of Texarkana, Buick County

1047
01:30:43,910 --> 01:30:48,750
Texas, containing a repeller clause, containing a severability clause, and establishing

1048
01:30:48,750 --> 01:30:49,870
ineffective date.

1049
01:30:49,870 --> 01:30:51,910
All those in favor say aye.

1050
01:30:52,050 --> 01:30:52,610
Aye.

1051
01:30:52,710 --> 01:30:52,990
Opposed?

1052
01:30:53,370 --> 01:30:53,570
No.

1053
01:30:53,810 --> 01:30:55,110
The ordinance passives.

1054
01:30:55,610 --> 01:30:58,570
This concludes our public hearings portion of the agenda.

1055
01:30:58,710 --> 01:31:01,430
We'll now move along to the City Manager's report.

1056
01:31:01,990 --> 01:31:02,790
Dr. Orp.

1057
01:31:02,990 --> 01:31:05,170
Good evening again, Mayor and Council.

1058
01:31:05,870 --> 01:31:07,310
So just a few updates for each night.

1059
01:31:07,630 --> 01:31:11,450
First off, our 2025 annual report is available.

1060
01:31:11,790 --> 01:31:14,790
Thanks to Brookstone for her work on coordinating this report,

1061
01:31:15,010 --> 01:31:18,550
which highlights a number of city-wide accomplishments throughout 2025.

1062
01:31:18,550 --> 01:31:22,310
That includes annual sales tax data, property tax,

1063
01:31:22,510 --> 01:31:26,650
mygov statistics, and metrics, as well as new business activity,

1064
01:31:26,770 --> 01:31:29,030
and I look forward to 2026.

1065
01:31:29,650 --> 01:31:31,730
The report is posted on the C's Home page.

1066
01:31:31,790 --> 01:31:33,990
It's also shared through social media.

1067
01:31:34,690 --> 01:31:36,510
And in addition to the January edition of Tushkin

1068
01:31:36,510 --> 01:31:39,810
magazine features the article and highlights

1069
01:31:39,810 --> 01:31:41,470
the accomplishments and directs residents

1070
01:31:41,470 --> 01:31:43,150
to the full report online.

1071
01:31:43,590 --> 01:31:47,350
There's also a link in my report to access that online.

1072
01:31:47,350 --> 01:31:49,950
and there's copies at your desk as well.

1073
01:31:50,490 --> 01:31:52,850
GFOA certificate of achievement for excellence

1074
01:31:52,850 --> 01:31:57,290
and financial reporting was awarded earlier this year.

1075
01:31:57,630 --> 01:31:59,950
And so we received a notification of that.

1076
01:31:59,950 --> 01:32:03,510
This is for the fiscal year ending September 30th, 2024.

1077
01:32:04,150 --> 01:32:06,330
This marks the 31st consecutive year

1078
01:32:06,330 --> 01:32:08,150
that the city has received this distinction.

1079
01:32:08,990 --> 01:32:10,790
It highlights our commitment to high standards

1080
01:32:10,790 --> 01:32:12,630
financial reporting and transparency.

1081
01:32:13,310 --> 01:32:16,070
Just want to congratulate Chris and her entire finance team

1082
01:32:16,070 --> 01:32:17,530
for this well-deserved recognition.

1083
01:32:19,070 --> 01:32:22,130
Mayer, you covered the prayer breakfast this Saturday.

1084
01:32:22,730 --> 01:32:25,170
I also went to highlight the Toshana Homos Coalition

1085
01:32:25,170 --> 01:32:28,650
and Shilly Cook Off is Friday, January 23rd,

1086
01:32:28,830 --> 01:32:31,590
from 530 to 730 downtown, first Baptist.

1087
01:32:32,050 --> 01:32:34,490
There's also the Chamber of Commerce annual banquet

1088
01:32:34,490 --> 01:32:37,230
that'll take place at Northridge Country Club,

1089
01:32:37,230 --> 01:32:40,850
January 24th from 6 to 9 p.m.

1090
01:32:40,950 --> 01:32:41,930
That's all I have.

1091
01:32:43,030 --> 01:32:44,650
Thank you, Dr. Ower, appreciate the report.

1092
01:32:44,650 --> 01:32:50,310
At this time of a long-term administrative comments, any comments from the council this evening?

1093
01:32:51,830 --> 01:32:56,590
I just want to share that, you know, maybe they have to wear this last Wednesday at our

1094
01:32:56,590 --> 01:33:01,930
Puanus meeting, I have a program chairman for January, and we had Matt Solomon from our

1095
01:33:01,930 --> 01:33:07,730
Overture of Tim is our city historian who came and made a presentation about the history

1096
01:33:07,730 --> 01:33:08,470
of Texas Canada.

1097
01:33:08,610 --> 01:33:13,110
He did an excellent job with his presentation, a lot of positive comments,

1098
01:33:13,110 --> 01:33:18,330
of actual words at the meeting, so I want to thank Matt for taking the time to come and

1099
01:33:18,330 --> 01:33:24,450
to speak to our club and his words were rightly appreciated, so once again, do a very

1100
01:33:24,450 --> 01:33:25,250
very good job.

1101
01:33:26,370 --> 01:33:29,270
Any other comments from the council this evening?

1102
01:33:30,890 --> 01:33:37,770
All right, at this time we'll move along to our information item, Executive Assembly, the

1103
01:33:37,770 --> 01:33:43,610
some at CPI-rated adjustment, material related to orders number 2025, this 188 in reference

1104
01:33:43,610 --> 01:33:50,790
that the December 8, 2025 council meeting. Anything else to add on that, David?

1105
01:33:51,050 --> 01:33:51,510
Oh, with that?

1106
01:33:51,510 --> 01:33:56,710
No, that executive summary was submitted to us from Summit Pass the agenda deadline,

1107
01:33:56,950 --> 01:33:58,630
so we're just putting in the packet for the record.

1108
01:33:58,890 --> 01:34:03,370
Okay. Okay, gotcha. All right. All right. Is there any other business to be brought

1109
01:34:03,370 --> 01:34:10,170
for the council this evening. If not, I will entertain a motion for adjournment, is there a motion

1110
01:34:10,170 --> 01:34:18,030
for adjournment? We have a motion by Councillor Matlock, is there a second? Second by Councillor

1111
01:34:18,030 --> 01:34:23,730
Bert Hart, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed no. Once again, I'm eating is adjourned.

1112
01:34:23,830 --> 01:34:27,850
I want to thank you all for being here this evening, and also those who have joined us online,

1113
01:34:28,010 --> 01:34:29,610
so we hope it's your choice for the rest of the day.