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A
C
C
D
Lord,
I
pray
that
the
decisions,
the
discussion
today,
the
work
of
our
leaders,
the
work
of
this
city,
that
they
would
be
based
on
values,
things
that
matter.
It
is
a
powerful
statement
that
wise
people
value
what
is
most
valuable,
but
so
many
of
those
things
that
are
valuable
that
can't
be
purchased
with
money
or
or
moved
through
some
economy.
D
D
A
C
A
A
Her
countless
hours
of
time,
monitoring
cases
arranging
mass
testing,
gathering
and
distributing
ever-changing
safety
measures
to
the
public
contact
tracing
and
now
managing
a
covid19
vaccination
hub
with
the
goal
of
vaccinating
the
entire
city
of
beaumont
against
covid19.
Among
many
other
duties,
is
recognized
today
throughout
the
entire
event.
Sherry
has
always
put
the
health
of
the
citizens
first
and
has
done
a
phenomenal
job,
and
whereas,
although
sherry's
professional
position
is
one
of
great
responsibility
and
dedication,
she
also
has
a
personal
life
centered
around
her
love
for
her
family.
A
A
Accordingly,
I
have
set
my
hand
and
I've
caused
the
seal
of
the
city
of
beaumont
to
be
a
fix
signed
today
march,
30th
2021
and
before
you
come
forward
sherry.
I
would
just
like
to
say-
and
I've
said
this
many
times-
I
couldn't
be
prouder
of
the
job
that
you
and
your
staff
and
all
those
involved
through
emergency
management
have
done
through
covid19
and
especially
in
the
past
few
weeks
months
in
vaccinations.
A
Thank
you
council
for
that
right,
but
it
it's
been
great
and
fortunately
because
of
their
willingness
to
extend
hours
and
to
extend
days
on
non-work
days,
we
were
able
to
keep
our
vaccination
hub
in
the
public
health
department
rather
than
moving
it
to
the
civic
center,
which
has
been
much
more
efficient
because
we
have
the
ability
to
store
the
vaccines
in
the
building
where
we're
not
having
to
transport
anything.
We
don't
have
to
set
up
and
take
down,
and
the
building
is
plenty
large
enough
to
do
it.
A
But
that's
only
because
of
the
staff
and
everyone
involves
willingness
to
work
extra
hours
to
extend
our
hours,
which
is
actually
better
for
our
citizens,
because
they're
able
to
come
before
after
work
if
they
need
to,
and
certainly
once
we
want
to
accommodate
that.
But
I
have
received
so
many
accolades
about
how
quick
it
is.
You
can
go,
get
your
vaccine
and
be
out
within
30
45
minutes
where
some
places
you're
going
and
you're
waiting
in
line
for
three
hours
go
beaumont,
go
sherry,
sherry's
staff.
All
of
you.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
A
H
H
A
I
I
This
has
been
different.
This
has
been
totally
different
for
us,
so
one,
a
part
of
our
mission
in
public
health
is
to
prevent
the
spread
of
infectious
diseases,
and
so
we
monitor
diseases
every
day.
That's
what
we
do
every
day,
it's
behind
the
scenes.
Nobody
knows
it
because
we
don't
have
epidemics
but
we're
looking
at
diseases
like
tb.
Those
things
do
not
get
out
of
control
because
we
have
staff
who
monitor
that
and
do
contact
tracing,
get
people
on
medications,
and
so
we
never
have
a
problem.
I
I
I
love
them,
oh,
my
goodness,
and
in
spite
of
negative
feedback,
they
have
kept
the
mission
we
have
stuck
with
the
mission
to
prevent
the
spread
of
this
disease,
and
so
I
am
honored.
I
am
so
happy
that
the
health
department
is
in
good
hands.
They
know
the
mission
they
will
carry
it
through
and
I
always
have
to
give
credit
to
my
parents.
You
have
to
know
my
story.
I
I
am
the
granddaughter
of
sharecroppers
and
parents
who
were
not
formally
educated,
who
taught
me
the
importance
of
education,
who
taught
me
a
good
work
ethic
and
who
taught
me
a
strong
faith
in
god,
and
I
always
have
to
acknowledge
them.
They
are
the
wisest
people
that
I
have
ever
known.
So
thank
you.
A
A
That
is
true:
we've
had
our
share
of
emergencies
and
through
emergency
management
through
the
years,
and
this
is
the
first
one
that
thrusts
public
health
into
the
limelight,
but
y'all
have
certainly
stepped
up
to
the
challenge,
and
I
think
that
the
department
heads
are
all
here.
They
want
to
take
a
photograph
with
counsel
in
us.
I
think,
whatever
you
want,
angie
you're,
the
boss.
J
E
K
L
E
C
A
So
now
that
vaccinations
have
been
open
to
everyone,
I
encourage
you
all
to
call
vaccine.beaumont
texas.gov,
b-a-c-c-I-n-e,
dot,
beaumont,
texas,
writtenout.gov
anyone
can
be
vaccinated.
Now
it's
an
easy
process
at
our
public
health
department,
if
you're
disabled,
it's
very
easy
to
get
to
very
easy
to
be
dropped
off,
and
I
hope
everyone
will
consider
that.
Thank
you
and
I
can't
breathe.
M
C
M
M
It
was
a
sight
to
see
meaning
she's
there
helping
people
in
some
of
the
worst
conditions
you
could
imagine,
but
that's
that's
just
her,
and
then
she
was
planning
to
retire
at
the
end
of
last
year
and
or
further
back
in
2020,
but
said
I'm
not
I'm
not
going
to.
You
know
a
lot
of
ways
I'd
like
to
for
my
family's
sake,
but
there's
so
much
going
on.
G
You
mayor
sherry,
congratulations!
Thank
you
for
your
dedication
for
the
work
that
you've
done
and
your
commitment
to
our
city
once
you
make
up
your
mind
to
retire,
it's
almost
so
hard
to
make
that
decision
and
for
you
it
was
so
easy
for
you
to
cancel
your
retirement
for
the
needs
of
our
city
and
our
citizens.
G
So
I
cannot
say
enough
about
your
integrity
and
your
character
for
doing
that,
and
we've
talked
about
that.
Thank
you.
So
so
very
much
enjoy
your
retirement.
We
will
miss
you,
but
you
have
a
great
staff
that
you're
leaving
us
with
and
we're
so
grateful
that
they
can
step
into
your
shoes,
and
our
city
can
continue
to
move
forward
and
run.
A
A
A
Now
would
be
the
time
for
any
citizen
who
wishes
to
speak
if
you
would
like
to
make
public
comment
today
on
scheduled
agenda
items,
one
through
four
or
the
consent
agenda,
the
time
to
do
so
is
now.
If
you
would
like
to
speak
on
one
of
these
items-
and
you
haven't
already
done
so,
please
fill
out
the
green
slip
at
the
rear
of
the
room
and
hand
it
to
the
city
clerk
at
the
front
of
the
room.
She
will
call
out
your
name.
We
would
appreciate,
if
you
keep
your
comments
to
three
minutes.
A
The
green
light
will
come
on
when
you
approach
the
podium
and
the
red
light
will
come
on
when
your
time
is
up.
If
you
are
here
to
speak
on
any
other
item
today,
I
will
open
up
the
microphone
at
the
end
of
our
general
business
for
that
purpose.
But
right
now
it's
through
one
through
four
or
the
consent
agenda.
A
I
don't
have
any
mirror
so
anyone
that
wants
to
speak
on
one
of
these
items,
okay,
there
being
none
I'll
close
the
floor
council
I'll,
entertain
a
motion
for
the
consent
agenda.
Please
thank
you.
There's
a
motion
on
the
floor:
is
there
a
second
one?
Second,
there's
a
motion
and
a
second
on
the
floor.
Is
there
any
discussion
there
being
none
all
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed.
M
American
council
line
number
one
is
an
ordinance
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
chapter,
2,
article
2.04
sections,
2.04.003,
a1
and
h
of
the
code
of
ordinances,
beaumont
texas,
to
make
changes
relating
to
civilian
employees
who
work
12-hour
shifts
providing
for
severability
and
providing
for
repeal.
This
is
more
of
a
housekeeping
item.
It
will
allow
our
employees
who
do
work.
Those
12-hour
shifts
to
get
paid
time
off,
leave
and
short
term
disability.
M
A
M
M
You
know
really
want
to
move
forward
with
it,
but
the
employees
were
wanting
to
and
we
have
a
number
of
senior
employees
that
have
left
and
are
planning
to
leave
and
it's
something
that
was
brought
to
mr
bart
kowiak
and
we
reviewed
it
and
thought
it
was
beneficial
we're
going
to
eliminate
one
vacant
position
which
will
make
up
for
that
additional
cost
with
the
overtime,
the
built-in
overtime.
But
it's
something
we
think
could
be
beneficial.
It's
similar
to
you
know
we
call
it
a
dupont.
O
Todd
ran
the
numbers
for
us:
it'd,
be
approximately
forty,
eight
thousand
dollars
in
overtime
a
year,
but,
as
kyle
indicated
we're
going
to
eliminate
one
full-time
authorized
position
which
will
make
up
for
that
in
it
and
actually
more
than
that,
so
the
city
will
be
net
to
the
good
but
and
we'll
be
able
to
handle
all
of
from
going
from
eights
to
twelves,
we'll
be
able
to
handle
the
shifts
without
that
additional
authorized
position.
But,
most
importantly
right
now,
it's
a
hodgepodge
of
eight
hour
shifts.
O
B
Okay,
so,
mr
manager,
it
wasn't
that
long
ago,
where
you
made
some
moves
into
the
water
department,
changed
some
personnel
because
of
concerns
about
excessive
overtime,
and
I'm
just
trying
to
understand
if
we
are
actually
decreasing
our
overtime
or
increasing
overtime.
If
our
overtime
decreased
after
you
made
those
moves,
what
what
is
our
overtime
in
the
water
department
tracked
over
the
past
three
or
four
years?
Has
it
gone
down,
stayed
the
same
gone
up.
M
It
went
down
considerably
since
2015
this
is.
This
is
different.
There's
going
to
be
a
net
savings.
By
doing
this,
the
only
reason
I'm
bringing
it
to
you.
I
mean
we
make
changes
with
schedules,
all
the
time
which
you
don't
approve,
we're
only
bringing
this
to
you
because
code
of
ordinance,
it
says
it's
been
in
there
a
long
time
where
you're
only
paid
for
time
off.
M
B
A
M
Number
two
is
to
consider
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
execute
change
order.
Number
one,
accept
maintenance
and
authorize
a
final
payment
to
vortex
turnkey
solutions.
Llc
back
in
december
of
2019,
the
council
awarded
a
contract
to
vortex
for
the
old
town
area
pipe
bursting
project
in
the
amount
of
999
962.50.
M
A
A
B
C
B
O
G
A
O
A
M
M
M
A
F
A
M
Mayor
council,
I'm
number
four
is
to
consider
resolution
of
proving
additional
funds
for
the
city's
new
employee
workforce
management
software
system.
It's
called
kronos
workforce
dimensions,
it's
from
kronos,
incorporated
back
in
september
of
2020.
The
city
council
approved
the
initial
purchase
at
a
cost
of
210
332.25.
M
So
because
of
this,
an
additional
thirty
one
thousand
two
hundred
fifty
four
dollars
and
seventeen
cents
is
recommended
being
requested.
There
are
funds
available
in
the
general
fund.
The
municipal
court
technology
fund,
as
well
as
the
water
fund
and
bart
barkowiak,
is
overseeing
this.
We
anticipate
some
questions
and,
and
we
we
can
answer
those
for
you.
A
K
Yes,
go
ahead,
please
bart,
could
you
could
you
justify
the
investment
of
thirty
one
thousand
dollars
for
a
month
and
a
half
delay
as
opposed
to
coming
online
in
august
and
thus
saving
those
monies
and
the
number
two?
Can
you
tell
us
why,
when
we
voted
on
this
in
august
of
2020
or
excuse
me
september
of
2020,
why
didn't
we
make
the
decision
then
to
come
online
october
1
as
opposed
to
august.
O
And
I
I
apologize
a
bit
here
because
my
understanding
of
why
we
incurred
the
additional
money
when
I
wrote
the
council
items
slightly
different
than
what
I'm
going
to
tell
you
today.
So
my
understanding
was
that
the
shift
in
the
date
of
the
go
live
was
predominantly
responsible
for
the
increase
in
the
money,
and
that's
not
the
case.
We
did
shift
the
go
live
date.
O
However,
where
we
were
off
was
when
we
entered
into
this,
we
were
paying
our
kronos
maintenance
from
october
through
september,
so
our
contract
went
for
12
months,
starting
in
the
month
of
october,
when
we
went
to
into
discussions
with
kronos
and
we
were
moving
to
a
new
version
of
the
software
and
entering
into
this
project,
they,
they
told
us
that
they
were
going
to
give
us
three
months
of
credit
towards
maintenance.
So
when
we
put
the
project
together,
we
incorporated
the
three-month
credit
into
our
maintenance
totals
budgeting
for
the
year.
O
We
assumed
that
they
would
continue
to
bill
us
in
october
and
that
we
would
pay
for
nine
months
this
year,
instead
of
12
months
within
the
fiscal
year.
That
did
not
in
fact
occur
what
they
did
was
they
shifted
the
contract
date.
They
gave
us
a
credit
from
october
to
january,
but
they
gave
us
a
new
contract
that
is
in
january
for
a
full
12
months.
O
So
at
that
point
we're
not
paying
anything
we
wouldn't
have
had
to
pay
anyway,
but
we're
paying
12
full
months
this
fiscal
year
when
we
had
assumed
we
were
going
to
be
paying
nine
full
months
in
the
fiscal
year.
So
again
I
apologize
for.
I
was
assuming
it
was
on
the
date,
and
it
was
because
of
that
credit
and
the
contract
shift
date
is
why
we're
incurring
an
additional
expense
this
year,
we're
not
losing
any
money,
we're
just
shifting
three
months
into
this
fiscal
year
from
next
fiscal
year.
B
O
This
software
is
going
to
upgrade
the
payroll
software,
the
time
keeping
software
benefits
and
the
human
resource
function.
So
currently,
while
we
use
chronos
for
for
time
keeping
the
older
style
we're
still
running
payroll
benefits
and
hr
on
the
old
ht
software,
which
is,
I
don't
even
know
how
many
years
it
goes
back.
I've
been
here
with
the
city
over
15,
and
we
had
hte
well
preceding
me,
so
the
functionality
of
that
software
is
limited
in
what
it
does.
O
A
M
Yes,
ma'am
mayor
and
council,
the
discussion
item
is
to
review
and
discuss
proposed
improvements
at
our
water
treatment
plant
located
on
pine
street
and
david
munn
is
here,
I
think,
with
other
representatives
freezing
nickels
and
he's
going
to
come
forward
and
lead
the
presentation.
Thankfully
you're
here.
P
Good
to
see
everyone
again
so,
as
kyle
said,
what
we're
here
to
talk
about
today
is
your
drinking
water
system,
namely
the
resiliency
of
that
drinking
water
system.
So
I've
got
also
my
colleague
here
with
me
today,
kendall
ryan,
he's
our
master
planning,
lead,
he's
gonna,
handle
kind
of
the
second
half
of
this
presentation.
P
P
So
I'm
going
to
start
with
the
emergency
raw
water
supply,
alternative
study,
rewinding.
The
tape
again
going
back
to
tropical
storm
harvey.
We
know
that
your
raw
water
system
has
some
vulnerabilities
in
it.
It's
succumbed
to
those
vulnerabilities
during
harvey
and
that's
one
reason
why.
Today,
your
staff
and
frieza
nichols
is
working
together
to
deliver
a
new
redundant,
secure
raw
water
pump
station
and
pipeline.
P
The
question
that
kyle
and
bart
pose
to
the
team
is
well.
What
do
we
need
to
be
doing
more
in
the
near
term,
ahead
of
that
date
to
secure
our
water
system
against
any
catastrophes
so
to
provide
a
little
bit
more
background
during
tropical
storm
harvey
the
raw
water
supply
was
lost,
but
due
to
some
heroics
by
your
staff
by
the
contracting
community,
a
temporary
pumping
system
was
put
into
place.
It
took
some
time
to
get
situated.
P
There
were
some
logistical
challenges
there,
some
expenses
and
some
difficulties
in
operating
that
facility,
and
so
the
question
was:
is
there
something
that
we
can
do
ahead
of
the
next
storm
to
make
all
of
that
type
of
situation
easier
to
deal
with?
And
so
the
the
objective
of
this
first
study
was
to
determine:
would
the
city
be
well
served
by
investing
in
a
I'll
call
it
a
semi-permanent
pump
station,
that's
still
delivered
with
a
budget
cost
that
is
both
quickly
deployed,
cost
effective
and
easy
to
operate,
and
so
that's
what
this
study
looked
at.
P
We
looked
at
a
number
of
different
alternatives
in
terms
of
pumping
technology.
We
looked
at
alternatives
where
we
were
going
to
repurpose
some
of
your
existing
facilities.
Looked
at
skid
mounted
horizontal
pumps,
floating
vertical
pump
stations.
You
know
all
manner
of
different
perspectives
on
possible
solutions,
also
looked
at
different
areas
where
we
could
deploy
this
technology.
Now.
All
of
those
alternatives
had
different
advantages
and
disadvantages.
P
This
presented
both
some
permitting
hurdles
and
then
some
operating
and
maintenance
and
hydraulic
hurdles.
So
again
we
moved
away
from
this
and
really
started
to
focus
our
attention
on
floating
submersible
pump
technology.
This
eliminated
some
of
the
permitting
hurdles
it
made
the
maintenance
and
exercise
of
these
much
simpler,
better
hydraulics.
P
We
really
keyed
in
on
the
technology
that
we
see
in
the
upper
right
hand
corner
there.
It
is
a
trailer
mounted
system
where
the
generator,
the
temporary
piping,
the
pumps
all
come
in
one
package,
it's
manufactured
by
a
company
out
of
vitor
texas,
so
not
not
too
far
from
here,
has
quite
a
bit
of
pumping
capacity
up
to
30
mgd.
We
we
really
started
liking
this
technology.
P
Before
I
show
you,
the
bottom
line
price,
just
to
kind
of
give
the
overall
picture
of
what
we
priced
out,
it
was
a
combination
of
permanent
facilities
and
then
what
I'm
going
to
call
mobile
facilities,
which
is
what
we
saw
on
that
last
slide.
So
we
put
in
permanent
discharge
piping
pump,
header,
concrete
pad,
instrumentation
and
metering
to
help
with
the
operation
that
would
all
be
out
there
again
on
a
semi
permanent
basis
and
then
there,
for
whenever
we
needed
to
roll
up
with
that
mobile
pumping
unit,
connect
it
and
go
into
operation
very
quickly.
P
P
That's
if
you
bought
that
pumping
technology
that
mobile
unit
outright,
you
can
rent
it
and
that
would
save
you
about
a
million
dollars
or
so
that
was
the
least
expensive
alternative
that
we
looked
at.
We
see
that
the
others
were
even
more
expensive
than
that
expensive
than
that.
So,
at
the
end
end
of
the
day
we
were
really
challenged
with
a
decision
of
whether
or
not
the
value
that
this
would
provide
justifies
the
cost.
So
it
would
take
about
a
year
to
procure
and
install
this
equipment
and
procure
that
mobile
pumping
unit.
P
So,
at
the
end
of
the
study,
our
recommendation
is
to
continue
being
in
touch
with
that
contractor
that
mobilized.
That
kind
of
last
minute
emergency
system
that
had
a
a
much
better
value.
You
know
you
could
wait
until
the
storm
was
in
the
gulf
until
you
knew
it
was
going
to
be
dire
to
have
to
spend
that
money
rather
than
having
to
make
an
expenditure
of
this
size
today.
P
B
B
M
Me
answer
that
it's
in
a
grassy
area
as
close
to
pine
street
as
we
could
get-
and
so
you
all
approved
that
already
six
to
one
vote,
which
we
were
very
pleased
with.
So
it's
if
you
were
to
take
the
existing
pump
station
there
adjacent
to
the
river
and
go
towards
pine
street
go
west,
maybe
a
couple
hundred
yards.
Would
you
say,
but
it's
it's
in
a
it's
on
vacant
property
right
now
it's
not
going
to
disturb
the
park
at
all.
O
B
C
Q
Q
We're
going
to
talk
about
an
overview
of
the
study,
we're
going
to
introduce
it
in
two
ways,
both
the
background
and
the
drivers,
we're
going
to
talk
for
just
one
slide
about
the
water,
modeling
analysis,
kind
of
the
guts
of
the
study
and
then
we're
going
to
focus
on
the
findings
and
the
recommendations
and
the
potential
path
forward.
Coming
out
of
this
resiliency
study,
the
the
purpose
is
at
the
top
of
your
screen
there.
It
was
a
pretty
well
defined
scope
of
what
we
wanted
to
look
at.
Q
Q
Q
It's
it's
a
pretty
commonly
known
fact
that
all
the
water,
at
least
when
lobe
is
not
online,
comes
from
the
pine
street
plant.
What
is
maybe
less
apparent
to
the
casual
observer
is
that
all
that
water
leaves,
by
virtue
of
two
water
pipes
that
go
out
of
the
treatment
facility.
One
is
a
42
inch
line
that
comes
out
of
the
north
and
one's
at
30
inch
line
that
comes
out
of
the
south
and
those
lines
were
constructed
in
the
40s
and
50s,
so
not
in
terms
of
people
years,
but
in
terms
of
pipe
years.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Some
background
here
is
that
beaumont
invested
a
number
of
years
ago
in
a
full
water
system
model
calibrated
to
pressure
recorded
data,
it's
a
very
good
tool
to
use
for
systems
or
an
analysis
like
this,
and
so
we
use
that
model.
For
this
analysis,
the
same
figure
is
on
your
screen
in
front
of
you,
but
this
time
we've
broken
the
the
lines
into
four
different
colors.
So
for
purposes
of
the
modeling
study
and
the
analysis,
we
broke
those
larger
lines
into
four
different
segments
and
what
we
did
is
we
simulated
a
break
in
the
model?
Q
Q
Some
validation
of
the
findings
was
that
we
were
able
to
replicate
the
system
pressures
and
the
the
system
response
that
was
seen
in
2019
when
that
42
inch
line
broke
in
real
life,
so
that
we
knew
we
were
on
the
right
track
when
we
saw
those
results
and
then
we
broke
the
other
lines
again
in
the
model
to
see
what
would
happen
and
the
the
major
finding
coming
out
of
that
was
that
you
really
do.
The
city
does
need
both
lines.
Q
So
knowing
that
we
were
able
to
move
forward
with
recommendations,
the
the
recommendations
working
through
this
with
staff,
we
broke
it
down
into
three
phases
and
we've
kind
of
lumped
the
first
two
together
because
sequence
matters,
but
also
there's
a
lot
of
efficiencies
to
be
gained.
If
you
do
phases,
one
and
two
at
the
same
time,
so
we'll
break
those
out
now
phase.
One
is
on
the
left
side
of
your
screen.
Q
The
the
the
way
to
really
mitigate
the
the
risk
of
one
of
these
lines.
Failing
and
to
be
able
to
do
inspections
on
and
really
maintain
the
existing
lines
is
actually
to
build
another
line.
What
that
does
is
it
puts
kind
of
another
straw
in
the
in
the
cup?
If
you
will
allows
a
third
pipeline
to
carry
water
out
of
the
treatment
plant
and
it
gives
you
the
ability
to
take
one
of
those?
Q
The
the
so
the
first
phase
is
a
new
42-inch
water
line,
a
little
bit
less
than
a
mile
long.
The
second
phase
is
we're,
calling
it
is
to
install
some
additional
isolation
valves
and
all
that
does
all
that
means
is.
It
allows
the
city
operations
staff
to
be
able
to
go
and
close
the
line
off
and
and
repair
the
line
quickly
and
help
mitigate
the
loss
of
system
pressure.
Q
The
third
phase
is
condition
assessment,
so
the
first
two
was
really
a
construction
project
to
put
in
a
new
water
line
and
cut
in
some
new
valves
are
the
first
two
phases.
The
third
phase
is
really
to
go
and
look
at
the
existing
lines,
those
lines
from
the
1940s
and
1950s
the
best.
There
are
different
technologies
to
do
that.
Q
What
we've
done
is
provide
a
budget
number
to
do
that,
to
give
you
the
ability
to
pick
from
those
technologies,
but
a
lot
of
those
condition
assessment
technologies
require
that
you
take
the
line
out
of
service
to
really
get
it.
What
it
looks
like
and
again,
that's
really
not
an
option
right
now
to
continue
to
provide
water
service
to
the
city.
Q
So
in
closing
the
all-important
money
slide,
the
we've
got
pretty
good
cost
estimates
for
the
phases.
One
and
two
we've
been
working
with
the
city
to
look
at
what
what
a
real
cost
estimate
for
that
design
and
construction
would
look
like
and
that's
broken
out
for
you
on
the
top
of
the
slide
total
at
about
4.4
million
dollars
and
again.
The
reasons
for
that
is
to
increase
the
distribution
system.
Resiliency
mitigate
against
that
major
line.
Q
Failure
which
again
we've
seen
four
times
in
the
last
seven
years
and
that
was
kind
of
the
stated
goal
of
the
study-
is
to
figure
out
a
good
way
to
do
that
and
then
also
to
allow
for
the
inspection
and
rehab
of
the
existing
older
lines.
In
the
area
I
do
want
to
actually
make
something
clear:
the
the
figure
on
the
left
side
of
your
screen
shows
two
lines
in
red:
a
and
b
the
recommendation
is
to
construct
one
of
those
they
both
do
the
same
thing
there's
just.
Q
N
Q
Q
Q
Q
All
right,
so
we
talked
about
the
estimated
costs
for
phases,
one
and
two
the
what
we've
done.
The
approach
for
phase
three
is
to
provide
the
budgetary
number.
This
would
again
come
after
the
construction
of
the
recommended
phases,
one
and
two
to
give
the
city
the
flexibility
to
go
in
and
inspect
those
existing
older
lines
and
figure
out,
what's
really
going
on
why
they
keep.
Q
You
know
why
they've
had
multiple
breaks
that
inspection
that
that
budget
number
of
374
000
would
give
the
city
plenty
of
flexibility
to
decide
between
different
technologies
and,
what's
best,
to
go
and
and
look
at
those
lines
and
again,
that's
recommended
due
to
really
three
converging
factors:
critical
lines
got
age
on
them
and
they're
already
breaking
so
we
put
those
three
factors
together
and
it
seemed
a
prudent
recommendation
to
to
go
and
inspect
those
lines
that
that
that's
the
end
of
the
presentation.
Okay,.
Q
Q
Q
N
Q
G
O
C
G
Q
Q
M
Q
M
Unless
the
council
tells
us
otherwise
we're
planning
to
move
forward
as
quickly
as
possible,
execute
this
agreement,
so
freezing
nickels
can
move
forward
and
then
you
know,
they'll
put
all
the
specifications
together
would
go
out
for
bids
and
move
forward
again
as
quickly
as
possible.
Get
this
project
under
construction.
M
A
So
I
think
I
have
two
more
questions
over
here,
but
before
I
do,
if
you
don't
mind
to
bring
everything
together-
and
I
know
this
is
kind
of
a
loaded
question
but
and
if
we
don't
have
all
the
information,
that's
okay,
but
the
council
voted
a
while
back
six
to
one
for
the
pumping
station
at
pine
street.
This
one
you
were
referring
to.
A
We
are
also
looking
at
through
the
grants
the
west
end
water
plant.
How
does
all
this
work
together?
I
know
that
y'all
looked
at
that,
but
just
for
a
basic
understanding
for
those
of
us
who
are
not
engineers
or
planners
for
water.
How
does
you
know
all
these
different
things
we're
doing?
I
recognize
we
actually
I'm
very
happy
that
this
is
coming
forward,
because
we
know
that
we
have
some
old
lines.
We
have
a
lot
of
old
areas
of
town
and
newer
areas
of
town
that
suffer.
A
M
Lost
water
for
a
number
of
days
we
were
able
to
restore
water,
but
it
wasn't
potable.
At
least
you
know,
people
could
flush
their
toilets
and
wash
their
clothes
and
just
couldn't
drink
it,
and
I
think
we
didn't
have
potable
water
for
maybe
10
or
11
days.
That
was
very
difficult
time
to
go
through,
as
we
all
know,
so
you
you
go
through
something
like
that
and
you
start
from
scratch
with
staff
and
freeze
and
nickel
is
a
very
reputable
engineering
firm
based
in
fort
worth,
with
offices
around
the
state.
M
M
M
So
that
tells
you
a
lot
about
my
goodness
that
firm,
so
after
harvey
you
know
we,
you
know
we
had
a
number
of
meetings
for
days
at
a
time,
sometime
hours
and
hours
and
hours
about
look,
let's
step
back
from
this.
Let's
learn
from
this.
What
what
do
we
need
to
do
for
the
next
30
40
50
years,
and
so
we
they've
helped
us
with
an
assessment
of
our
entire
system.
So
before
harvey
you
know
we
were
getting.
M
You
know
the
great
majority
of
our
water
from
the
natchez
river,
but
also
the
loeb
wells
in
hardin
county.
We
have
three
wells
there,
and
so
it
was
a
combined.
You
had
surface
water
and
also
from
the
well,
so
we
basically
we
know
we
needed
to
make
improvements,
and
the
council's
been
very
supportive
of
allowing
us
to
borrow
funds,
water
revenue
bonds
also
to
we've
used
cash
in
some
instances
to
pay
for
some
improvements,
but
so
you're.
M
You'd
have
two
pump
stations
there,
which
I
would
advise
you
to
to
keep
for
those
resiliency
purposes,
and
I've
mentioned
this
and
I'll
mention
it
publicly.
We
did
start
off
the
meeting
with
what
keeps
you
up
at
night.
What
are
the?
What
are
the
things
that
are
great
concerns
to
us
as
a
staff?
Well,
you
have
one
line
coming
down
breaks,
bio.
M
You
know
that
runs
pretty
much
parallel
with
the
river
one
big
line
coming
from
that
pump
station
to
our
water
plant.
If
that
fell
today,
it'd
be
a
big
problem,
and
so
that's
why
all
these
things
tie
together.
We're
making
we're
making
improvements-
and
we
have
over
the
last
couple
years
out
at
the
lobe
facility
and
that's
a
continual
effort
and
then
also
part
of
this
overall
plan,
was
to
make
application
to
the
state.
M
O
We
have
a
contract
with
cdbg
for
the
9.8
million
in
funding
for
part
of
the
funding
for
that
transmission
line.
We
won't
get
a
final
answer
on
the
use
of
the
fema
funds
for
the
colliers
ferry
pump
station
until
we
get
to
100
design.
Okay,
they
want
that
100
design
and
then
we'll
we'll
it's
it's
very
favorable,
but
we
just
need
that
before
we
get
an
okay.
M
Let's
move
forward
immediately
and
just
you're
not
able
to
do
that
as
a
part
of
some
of
these
grants,
because
you
have
to
meet
their
criteria
and
stipulations
before
you
move
forward
or
you
you
lose
out
on
the
money
and
when
they're
paying
for
75
or
85
80
of
a
project
in
some
cases,
even
more
then
you're
pretty
much
at
their
mercy
and,
thank
goodness,
the
funds
are
there.
But
that's
why
it
takes
so
much
time
to
move
some
of
these
projects
forward.
M
M
F
M
M
M
We
could
use
the
25
million
that
the
council
approved
water
revenue
bonds
that
we
have
on
hand
that
we
received,
in
the
last
say
three
or
four
months,
that's
another
option
and
then
our
fund
balance
in
the
water
funds,
a
53
million
dollar
annual
budget
just
for
the
water
fund.
That
fund
balance
is
very
good.
It's
been
built
up
a
lot
over
the
last
five
or
six
years
and
if
we
had
to
pay
cash
for
it,
I
would
recommend
that
I
mean
again.
B
The
lawson
pump
plant
what
will
become
of
it
after
the
new
pump
plant,
is
created
at
collier
park.
I
heard
the
city
manager
say
that
he
recommended
keeping
it
for
resiliency
purposes.
Is
that
what
I
mean
I
mean
it's
functional?
It
works
everything's,
fine
there.
As
far
as
you
know,
or
what's
the
condition
of
it.
P
P
The
exact
nature
of
you
know
how
much
you're
gonna
run
one
versus
the
other
is
yet
to
be
determined,
but
there's
a
wide
spectrum
of
approaches
that
you
could
take
there.
I
think
the
important
thing
that
we've
concluded
is
that
it's
very
valuable
to
keep
it
as
an
infrastructure
and
to
operate
it
enough
to
keep
it
in
working
order.
B
A
C
M
We're
dealing
with
today
before
the
winter
storm
was
brought
up
is
where
our
weaknesses
in
our
water
system,
as
a
city,
where
our
weaknesses
things
that
could
happen
that
would
affect
all
of
our
residents
so
with
two
lines:
leaving
the
water
plant.
That's
a
weakness,
because
if
we
have
one
failure,
let's
say
today
with
one
of
those
two
lines:
that'd
be
a
big
problem.
So
that's
why
we
would
like
a
third
line
so
that
that'll
help
everyone
so
again,
looking
at
weaknesses
and
how
do
we?
O
So
if
you
put
a
third
line
in-
and
you
put
those
additional
four
valves
they
talked
about
now-
we
can
shut
down
one
of
the
two
existing
older
lines,
inspect
it
and
then,
if
we
need
to
do
maintenance,
replace
line
sections
or
replace
the
whole
thing
we're
capable
of
doing
so,
whereas,
whereas
right
now
we're
not
positioned
to
be
able
to
do
that.
I.
A
Understand
I
wanted
to
bring
up
the
ice
storm
because
I
think
when
we
look
at
this
as
a
whole,
that
maybe
the
general
public
could
think
well
we're
doing
all
this
work
and
it
won't
happen.
Nothing
like
this
will
ever
happen
again,
but
the
truth
of
the
matter
is
the
majority
of
the
breaks
were
on
the
side
of
the
resident,
and
so
that
water's
just
running
myself.
A
So
the
water
is
just
running
and
that's
why
we
needed
more
water,
because
if,
if,
if
we
had
another
ice
storm-
and
we
have
that
many
breaks
on
the
residence
side
or
the
citizen
side,
this
isn't
going
to
make
that
much
difference.
And
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that's
understood
because
we're
talking
a
lot
of
money.
Although
these
grants
are
available,
I
don't
know
that
they
always
were.
It
seems
like
we
have
more
availability.
C
N
And
that's
kind
of
where
I
was
trying
to
go
with
this
so
for
the
average
citizen
out
there.
This
is
not
going
to
resolve
our
issue
about
our
water
system.
It
will
assist,
but
it
will
not
resolve
it
because
there
are
a
number
of
other
factors.
That's
important,
such
as
the
pressure
in
the
lines,
those
and
we
have
three
lines
existing
and
we're
adding
another
two
existing,
adding
a
third
which
would
allow
us
to
do
maintenance
on
the
old
lines
that
we
presently.
Q
N
But
when
we
talk
about
pressure
in
the
system,
that
also
includes
pressure
going
from
on
the
citizens
side,
and
that's
where
we
had
a
lot
of
the
problems
from
the
winter
storm
was
the
citizens
side.
We
were
pumping,
we
were
getting
water
in,
but
the
water
was
going
out
of
the
system
at
residents
which
caused
the
lower
pressures
which
impacted
the
water
storage
and
allowed
it
to
come
down.
That's
what
caused
us
to
have
to
have
the
boil
because
of
the
tceq
regulations.
N
So
all
of
this
we
can't
do
it
all
at
one
time,
there's
no
way.
We
could
do
that
and
finance
that,
but
we're
doing
these
and
part
of
the
reason
that
it
takes
time
is
because
of
the
regulatory
agencies
are
seeking
the
funds
we
have
to
get
the
submission
of
our
plans
before
they
will
even
say
that
they
will
fund
it.
Is
that
correct?
M
C
M
Citizens,
side
of
the
citizens
line,
and
you
don't
any
of
our
lines,
you
know
failed
as
well,
not
failed,
but
there
were
breaks
in
the
system,
but
there's
breaks
in
the
system
almost
every
day
right,
there's
breaks
in
the
summertime.
There's
more
breaks
in
the
summertime
there's
breaks
in
the
winter
time.
That's
why
we
have
the
staff
that
we
do
out
there,
making
the
repairs
on
a
daily
basis,
but
you
have
a
winter
event
like
that.
M
M
And
industry
so
we're
trying
to
make
improvements.
That'll
have
you
know
a
great
return
and
have
you're
not
going
to
ever
have
a
fail-proof
system,
but
you
try
to
get
as
close
as
possible
within
reason
spending.
You
know
money.
What's
that
rate
of
return,
so
I
think
these
these
projects
that
they
went
through
today,
one
we
looked
at
we're
not
recommending
that.
Second,
one
with
the
additional
line
we
think
is
critical,
just
as
critical
as
the
new
pump
station
and
the
new
transmission
line.
N
And
just
for
sake
of
understanding
to
the
general
public,
just
like
we're
dealing
with
the
water
coming
in
this
is
getting
the
fresh
water
in
we're
having
to
deal
with
the
same
thing
with
getting
sent
the
sewer
lines
getting
water
lines
out.
So
it's
the
same
process,
but
it's
just
two
different
systems.
M
You
know
it's
interesting
for
the
citizens
watching
back
back
before
federal
legislation,
I
believe
in
the
70s
you
had
a
combined
sewer
system.
I
mean
your
storm
water
and
your
sewer
system
is
a
combined
system.
It
all
went
through
the
same,
went
to
the
same
place
out
most
cases
to
the
river
right,
so
federal
legislation
was
passed
and
you
had
to
separate
your
systems
which
cities
across
the
united
states
have
done,
and
you
know
we
did,
and
so
now
you
have
separate
systems
so
the
city
of
beaumont.
C
H
M
And
a
number
of
folks
came
down
here
as
a
big
groundbreaking,
where
our
wetlands,
our
treatment
facility,
was
state
of
the
art
because
you're
bringing
through
a
natural
wetlands,
the
affluent
you
know
after
it
was
treated.
It
goes
out
for
two
or
three
days
and
then
eventually
goes
into
hillebrand,
bio
and
out
to
taylorsville
in
the
gulf
of
mexico,
but
it
was
a.
It
was
a
signature
project
where
elected
officials.
M
M
Yeah
we,
we
went
out
yesterday
about
five
or
six
department
directors
and
went
through
the
new
terrell
park
visitor
center,
and
then
we
were
riding
around
terrell
park.
The
loop
because
we're
making
some
proposed
drainage
improvements
and
there
were
what
probably
20
cars
at
the
new
birding
center,
which
you
all
approved
beautiful
day,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
people
out
there.
M
C
M
C
C
M
End
of
pine
street
and
you
were
to
go
further
north
there's
a
saltwater
barrier,
okay,
managed
by
the
lmba
that
saltwater
barrier
was
built
to
keep
that
salt
water
intrusion.
So
that
was
put
in.
I
don't
know
what
20
plus
years
ago,
so
we
get
our
water
above
the
barrier
above
that
salt,
water,
berry,
that's
our
intake!
M
Piped
over
the
pump
station
pumps
it
further
down
I'll,
throw
out
terms
and
bios
that
people
don't
care
about
this
pipe
down
to
our
water
plant
along
pine
street.
So
the
new
pump
station
will
serve
that
same
purpose.
It
just
gets
it
away
from
the
river.
So
if
we
had
another
harvey
event,
it
wouldn't
wouldn't
be
compromised.
M
M
C
M
E
M
At
one
point,
it
knocked
out
our
electrical
locked
out,
our
no
pumping
capacity
and
so
but
then
you
need
to
think
about.
You
have
generators
there.
You
could
not
get
you
couldn't
get
there
by
boat
right,
much
less
an
18-wheeler
to
go,
fill
up
these
tanks,
so
the
site
was
totally
inaccessible
for
at
least
a
week,
and
so
you
couldn't
access
your
pump
station
to
make
the
repairs
you
needed
to.
M
A
A
Okay,
that
concludes
our
general
business,
but
I
would
like
to
read
that
at
the
close
of
the
city
council
meeting,
the
council
will
hold
an
executive
session
to
consider
matters
related
to
contemplated
or
pitting
litigation
in
accordance
with
section
551
.071
of
the
government
code.
Beverly
kalam
versus
the
city
of
beaumont
number
b-203,
comma
757,.
A
If
you
haven't
already
done
so,
and
you
would
like
to
comment,
please
go
ahead
now
and
fill
out
the
green
slip
at
the
rear
of
the
room
and
hand
it
to
the
officer
will
hand
it
to
the
city
clerk.
She
will
call
out
your
name.
We
would
appreciate,
if
you
would
keep
your
comments
to
three
minutes.
The
green
light
will
come
on
when
you
approach
the
podium
and
the
red
light
will
come
on
when
your
time
is
up
again.
This
is
for
general
comments.
S
Mayor
city
council,
my
name
is
john
rodriguez.
I've
been
a
resident
for
a
little
over
30
years
here
in
beaumont,
have
really
enjoyed
the
services
of
beaumont
so
much
so
that
I
now
own
multiple
investment
properties
investment
homes
here,
but
in
recent
years
I've
noticed
a
trend-
and
I
hate
to
complain
about
this,
but
this
is
really
a
complaint.
S
It's
an
observation
with
the
water
department,
billing
office
and
the
situation
has
been
where
I've
had
properties
that
have
been
vacant,
and
one
of
them
right
next
to
me,
my
residence
anywhere
from
three
to
nine
months
during
the
covet
2020,
and
then
we
get
a
notice
pinned
on
the
door
that
says
water
has
been
turned
on.
We
try
to
get
this
resolved
and
we
get
very
little
communication
from
the
water
department.
S
In
fact,
our
most
recent,
our
current
situation,
is
with
a
home.
That's
been
vacant.
For
since
december,
we
got
a
notice,
the
first
of
march
and
we've
been
trying
to
get
this
resolved
and
we
were
supposed
to
we
started
march
5th
and
we
were
supposed
to
get
communication
back
from
a
supervisor
and
now
it's
march
30th.
S
M
S
A
J
C
J
A
A
T
C
T
T
We
came
before
you
today
in
support
of
the
beaumont
transit
employees,
just
to
be
clear,
we're
not
here
to
inject
our
sales
in
the
current
contract
negotiations
between
the
management
company,
first
transit
and
the
amalgamated
transit
union.
We
are
here
in
support
of
the
transit
workers,
as
it
relates
to
the
missed
days.
Transit
employees
miss
during
the
recent
winter
freeze,
as
some
of
the
workers
are
members
of
the
several
of
some
of
the
members,
all
workers
and
members
of
our
congregations.
T
T
Their
issue
relates
to
the
fact
that
in
the
past,
they
were
paid
for
work
days,
missed
due
to
natural
disasters
without
having
to
use
their
vacation
or
other
compensated
off
days.
They
were
requesting
that
they
be
compensated
for
the
missed
days
from
this
from
this
weather
related
incident,
as
they
were
compensated
in
the
past
the
last
time
being
august
during
hurricane
laurel.
T
Other
city
employees
were
compensated
for
those
missed
days.
As
per
the
past
practice,
they
were
paid
for
the
missed
days
without
using
any
of
their
compensated
off
time.
The
transit
workers
feel
that,
as
a
matter
of
fairness,
the
prior
practice
used
to
compensate
other
city.
Employees
should
also
have
applied
to
them
as
for
contractual
implications.
T
We
would
request
that
the
council
and
the
mayor
follow
city,
magic,
kyle,
hayes
recommendation
and
pass
a
resolution
instructing
the
city
manager
to
direct
first
transit
to
pay
the
transit
employees
for
the
missed
days.
The
southeast
texas
faith
and
community
leaders
we'd
like
to
thank
the
mayor
and
council
members
in
advance
for
passing
a
resolution
instructing
the
city
manager
to
direct
first
transit
to
pay
the
transit
employees
for
the
day's.
Miss
thank.
L
Thank
you
very
much
mayor
and
city
council.
There
was
a
man
that
found
his
work
very
rewarding,
but
one
of
the
things
he
said
when
he
went
home
he
would
tell
his
wife
honey.
I
got
another
woman
pregnant
today
and
she
was
always
real
happy
to
hear
that
my
wife
would
not
be
happy
if
I
went
home
and
told
her,
I
got
another,
I
wasn't
pregnant
and
neither
do
I
recommend
anybody
here,
whether
you're
married
or
if
you
have
a
girlfriend,
I
wouldn't
recommend
it,
but
this
was
done
by
a
professional.
L
L
It's
probably
not
a
good
idea
unless
you're
a
trained
professional,
but
there
were
a
few
people
that
it
worked
out
good
to
get
arrested,
joseph
in
the
bible.
In
the
book
of
genesis,
he
was
arrested
and
his
arrest
led
to
him
through
a
series
of
events
becoming
a
world
leader
and
saving
the
world
from
seven
years
of
famine
and
daniel
was
arrested,
and
he
also
was
able
to
change
the
religious
system
of
his
world
of
that
kingdom.
L
Of
course,
this
week
we'll
be
celebrating
easter.
Jesus
christ
was
arrested,
suffered
a
cruel
crucifixion
that
rose
triumphant
and
today,
if
you
believe
on
him,
as
the
scriptures
had
said,
you
will
be
saved
now
paul
said
it
was
good
that
he
got
arrested
because
it
led
to
the
furtherance
of
the
gospel.
L
L
She
was
arrested
twice
and
I'd
like
to
read
to
you
a
little
bit
about
it
at
night.
It,
of
course
not
getting
up
and
off
of
relinquishing
her
seat
for
a
white
man
in
montgomery
alabama
back
in
1955,
but
in
1999
parks
was
awarded
a
congressional
gold
medal.
The
highest
honor
honor
to
the
united
states
bestowed
on
a
civilian
mother
teresa
also
received
that
also
after
parks
died
at
92
of
natural
causes.
L
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
G
U
B
C
U
A
Can't
you
know
speak
so
so
it's
not
posted,
so
we
have
to
give
equal
time
to
both
sides.
That's
why
we
don't
do
that,
but
councilmember.
It
would
be
great
if
you
would
speak
with
her
after
the
meeting,
so
we
can
figure
out
what's
going
on.
I
don't
I
don't
remember
this
from
before.
If
you
brought
it
to
us.
Thank
you.
R
R
That's
exactly
what
y'all
did
to
mr
landry.
The
only
reason
anyone
ever
does,
that
is
pride,
that
is
rooted
in
fear
and
its
abuse
of
power.
On
top
of
that,
you
went
on
to
suggest
that,
after
you
suspended
mr
landry
from
picking
cars
up
that
he
refused
to
follow
your
guidance
and
continue
to
do
so.
But
you
know
that's
not
the
truth.
R
The
truth
is
he
couldn't
pick
a
vehicle,
so
he
didn't
attempt
to
pick
up
vehicles
and
he'd
have
anything
else
to
do
so
far
better
than
I
would
have
ever
done.
He
went
to
accident
scenes
and
he
cleaned
them
up
at
no
charge
and
y'all
arrested
him
for
that
and
put
him
in
jail
and
then
all
this
time
later,
no
remorse.
R
Y'all,
don't
need
help
getting
this
counsel
together.
I
don't.
I
pray
that
you
don't
have
peace,
because
you
don't
need
peace
when
you
have
those
kind
of
hearts.
Jesus
said
I
didn't
come
to
bring
peace,
but
to
bring
a
sword
to
divide
the
hearts
of
men
to
separate
truth
from
lies,
and
thank
you,
mr
neil
and
mr
goetz,
for
interrupting
the
piece
in
the
midst
of
things
like
that,
and
you
and
mr
hayes
did
the
exact
same
thing
to
me
and
my
family
cost
me
forty
thousand
dollars
out
of
my
pocket
and
so
go
ahead.
R
R
C
R
R
An
apology,
thank
god,
we
won
in
the
construction
board
of
appeals
and,
and
you
know
what
it
is,
sir
I'll
end
with
this:
it's
bullying
it
is
bullying,
okay,
and
it
happens
not
just
with
me.
Thank
you.
Ma'am
happens
not
just
with
me,
but
with
the
employees
and
and
so
that's
why
I
say:
please
do
survey
your
employees
because
they
told
me-
and
they
tell
me
and
lastly,
mr
hayes
at
the
request
of
the
city
employees,
would
you
please
allow
them
to
make
microwave
popcorn
again.
A
That
anyone
can
come
up
to
the
podium
and
say
whatever
they
want.
Just
like
you
can
on
facebook
and
what
you
hear
isn't
always
the
truth.
What
you
read
isn't
always
the
truth.
I'm
not
saying
not
calling
anybody
a
liar,
but
things
that
can
be
said
can
be
not
true
without
calling
someone
a
liar,
I'm
just
saying
that
the
people
that
have
been
on
this
council
for
a
long
time
know
what
happened
on
both
of
these
issues,
and
I
know
that
if
you're
in
the
audience
it
sounds
pretty
bad.
A
But
those
of
us
that
have
been
here
and
sat
through
hearings
and
know-
what's
happened
actually
know
what
what's
being
talked
about
here.
So
I
apologize,
if
you
don't,
if
there
is,
if
there's
any
comments
after
the
public
gets
through
I'll
I'll,
allow
that
for
anybody
that
wants
to,
as
we
always
do,
because
even
if
you
sit
sit
up
here,
you
still
have
your
freedom
of
speech
want
to
talk
now
or
let
me
finish
here.
I'd
like.
M
Of
the
matter
is
this:
the
city,
the
city
attorney,
did
not
have
anything
to
do
with
that
matter,
except
I'll
get
to
it
a
point.
What
happened
was:
is
the
police
department
found
out
that
he
was
on
that
non-consent
list,
responding
to
toes
without
the
proper
insurance,
so
they
suspended
him?
The
police
department
was
the
one
that
was
filing
charges
in
municipal
court.
Not
the
city
attorney
city
attorney
was
only
involved
when
he
appealed
the
decision
of
the
police
department
to
the
city
council,
or
I
think
we
had
a
hearing
officer.
That's.
C
M
Many
many
years
ago-
and
you
know
the
hearing
officer,
you
know-
sided
with
the
city
of
beaumont.
The
case
was
closed.
The
city
attorney
did
not
have
anything
to
do
with
that
whatsoever
and
then,
as
it
relates
to
mr
vaughn,
you
know
we
want
look.
If
businesses
don't
succeed
in
beaumont
and
those
of
you
that
work
with
me
every
day
the
city
attorney
every
day,
our
staff.
M
We
want
people
to
thrive.
Our
families
live
here,
your
families
live
here
I
mean
they
need.
We
try.
Our
our
purpose
of
being
here
is
to
enforce
the
codes
that
this
city
council
adopted
and
beyond
that.
Instead
of
telling
people
no,
we
ought
to
be
trying
to
tell
them
how
they
can
get
the
proper
permit.
M
M
Well,
so
he
was
caught
out
there
doing
work,
substantial
amounts
of
work
because
I
walked
through
the
building
myself
with
the
fire
chief
and
the
fire
marshal
on
one
particular
aspect
of
that
he
did
win
at
the
board
of
adjustment
and
appeals,
and
I
would
say
rightfully
so,
I'm
not
an
expert
on
the
fire
code.
The
fire
marshal
at
that
time
made
a
decision
at
what
he
thought
the
code
says
and
the
board
decided
otherwise
or
against
that's
the
way
the
process
works.
M
So,
but
how
did
that
whole
thing
get
started?
He
was
doing
a
lot
of
work
without
any
permits
whatsoever.
That's
how
it
started
staff
did
everything
correct.
If
anything
was
done
wrong,
it
was
maybe
the
interpretation
of
the
fire
marshal,
but
no
one
was
trying
to
shut
him
down
or
heck.
We
wanted
him
to
open.
He
opened
a
very
nice
building
out
on
major
drives
good
for
the
city
of
beaumont.
M
A
M
V
V
This
murderer
is
cancer-causing
asthma
impacting
and
the
cause
of
many
health
issues.
The
corporate
I'm
referring
to
is
the
four
landfields
in
the
city
of
beaumont
jefferson,
county.
Three
of
the
landfills
are
open
and
currently
active
the
other
one
located
off
of
pine
street
closed
improperly
many
years
ago,
and
thus
is
still
releasing
dangerous
gases.
V
Disease-Causing
substance,
these
airborne
gases
can
travel
in
a
radius
of
three
to
five
miles
from
the
landfill
and
could
potentially
travel
across
the
county.
Landfills
have
a
long
history
of
being
intentionally
placed
in
minority
neighborhoods
places
where
people
are
too
busy
trying
to
make
ends
meet,
don't
have
time
to
fight
for
their
health.
Landfills
have
a
long
history
of
being
intentionally
placed
in
minority
neighborhoods
places
where
people
are
too
busy
trying
to
make
them
make
ends
meet,
don't
have
time
to
fight
for
their
help.
V
The
city
of
beaumont
has
several
opportunities
to
repropose
the
dangerous
gas
released
from
its
landfills,
but
voted
against
it.
Ggi
energy
in
corporate
made
presentations
before
the
city
council.
In
a
public
workshop
on
december
13
2011
discussing
landfill
methane
outreach
program,
the
company
offered
to
set
up
all
the
equipment
necessary
and
pay
the
city,
an
annual
stipend
of
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
produce
foot
fuel
for
the
city's
landfill.
In
addition,
the
federal
government
landfill
methane
outreach
program
lmop
has
identified
the
landfills
in
jefferson
county
as
candidates
for
its
project.
V
V
A
B
B
After
a
thorough
review
of
the
lander
ethics
policies,
I
find
that
its
primary
purposes
is
to
identify
and
codify
those
actions
which
could
constitute
a
conflict
of
interest
for
a
public
servant
or
a
prohibition
of
public
servants.
Accepting
gifts
of
over
250
dollars
from
people
doing
business
with
the
city
or
a
description
of
what
would
constitute
a
personal
fight,
financial
interest
or
a
conflict
of
interest
for
a
council
member,
also
required
financial
disclosures
for
council
members
and
a
framework
for
handling
perceived
violations
of
the
ethics
policy.
B
You
can
define
the
roles
and
responsibilities
of
a
city
council,
member,
but
a
council
member
that
does
not
live
up
to
their
roles
and
responsibilities,
cannot
and
should
not
be
subject
to
discipline
by
their
colleagues
on
council,
for
they
are
accountable
to
the
people
that
elected
them
not
to
the
people.
They
sit
up
here
with
the
preamble
to
the
lander
code
of
ethics.
B
Unless
there
is
an
ethics
violation
committed
by
a
council
member.
It
is
not
the
role
of
the
city
council
to
sanction
a
city
sitting
city
council
member
for
exercise
of
their
first
amendment
rights.
In
fact,
any
attempt
to
do
so
gives
that
council
member
a
cause
of
action
for
violation
of
their
civil
rights
according
to
federal
law.
B
B
B
B
B
B
I
still
haven't
received
it
I'd
like
to
know
what
it's
going
to
take
to
receive
it.
Any
citizen
should
be
able
to
ask
and
receive
that
information.
How
much
money
are
we
spending
on
outside
legal
counsel,
keep
in
mind
I'm
not
asking
for
detailed
descriptions
of
the
bills
that
would
require
a
lot
of
redaction,
I'm
just
asking
for
the
number
that
shouldn't
be
so
difficult
to
provide.
B
Third,
we
had
a
symphony
saturday,
night
and
saturday
afternoon
at
the
julie,
rogers
theater.
The
symphony
of
southeast
texas
continues
to
amaze
me
under
the
direction
of
maestro
chelsea
tempting
they
do
an
incredible
job.
We
had
some
people
come
in
known
as
the
broadway
divas.
They
did
a
medley
of
broadway
songs,
accompanied
by
the
symphony.
C
B
It
was
magnificent
if
you
ever
have
the
opportunity
to
go
to
the
symphony
and,
as
kovid
starts
to
decrease
and
people
become
more
and
more
vaccinated.
I
hope
that
more
and
more
of
us
will
have
the
opportunity
to
do
that
at
this
time.
I'd
like
to
pass
out
the
administrative
directive
that
the
city
of
san
antonio
has.
K
H
H
H
Yesterday
they
had
a
dedication
for
vietnam
veterans
and
I
don't
miss
too
many.
Well,
I
hardly
ever
miss
anything
has
anything
to
do
with
veterans,
but
I
was
unable
to
make
yesterday's
event,
but
I
do
want
to
complement
the
wonderful
job
that
kerwin
stone
and
all
of
the
people
that
are
part
of
his
organization.
H
You
know
we
see
kerwin,
we
see
sandra
womack
who
actually
lives
and
works
in
lumberton,
but
for
those
of
us
that
are
old
enough
to
remember
you,
you
have
no
idea
what
individuals
that
served
in
that
era
went
through
if
you
were
wearing
a
uniform
when
you
think
today
how
we
respect
and
make
a
point
of
thanking
service
members
for
their
service
during
the
vietnam
era.
You
wouldn't
believe
some
of
the
things
that
we
heard
from
americans,
as
though
you
know
it
was
all
our
fault.
H
I
know
it's
kind
of
weird
to
be
playing
football
in
the
spring,
but
I
want
to
compliment
coach.
Morgan,
lamar
university
did
win
that
game
last
saturday
and
they're
playing
their
final
game
this
season
this
saturday
away,
but
I
think,
under
the
circumstances,
coach
morgan's
done
a
fine
job
at
lamar
university
football.
H
H
But
in
america
you
do,
and
so
we
need
to
be
thankful
again
every
day
that
we
live
in
a
country
where
we
can
worship
god
the
way
we
want
to
and
we're
free
to
do
so
and
if
you
do
a
little
homework.
You'll
find
out
that
there's
a
lot
of
literally
billions
of
people
around
the
world
that
don't
get
to
do
that.
G
G
G
G
W
If
you
will
recall
on
last
week,
mr
roundtree
came
and
he
questioned
my
integrity
and
questioned
my
honesty,
and
you
know
when
I
tried
to
set
the
record
straight,
I'm
attacking
him.
According
to
mr
vaughn,
that
I
I
caused
650
tickets
to
be
issued
to
mr
roundtree
as
city
attorney.
I
don't
think,
as
I
know
the
law
and
understand
the
law,
I
don't
have
the
ability
to
write
tickets
to
anyone.
W
W
W
W
On
march,
the
26
2014
eye
sergeant
t
dyson
was
contacted
by
officer
jerry
jackson
in
reference
to
landry
roundtree
interfering
at
a
crash
scene
officer
jackson
advised
me:
roundtree
parked
his
tow
truck
in
the
crash
scene
without
being
notified
by
the
police
department.
Roundtree
owner
of
roundtree's.
W
I'm
sorry,
landry's
wrecker
currently
has
a
suspended
towing
permit
with
the
city
of
beaumont.
Landry
record
services
is
not
allowed
to
enter
into
any
non-consent
police.
Related
incident
officer
jackson
instructed
roundtree.
He
needed
to
leave
the
crash
scene.
Roundtree
refused
and
remained
on
scene
officer,
jackson
notified
me
and
I
responded
to
the
scene.
I
arrived
on
their
scene
and
observed
landry's
record
parked
on
the
scene.
I
approached
roundtree
and
informed
him.
He
was
in
violation
that
he
needed
to
exit
the
scene
roundtree
again
refused
to
vacate
the
scene.
W
Roundtree
was
arrested
for
city
of
beaumont
ordnance
in
their
sections.
My
reference
to
the
operation
of
a
tow
truck
within
a
thousand
feet
of
a
crash
scene,
landry's
tow
truck,
was
parked
within
a
thousand
feet
of
the
crash
scene.
He
was
also
charged
with
city
ordinance
violation
and
a
section
number
listed
remaining
on
a
crash
scene
where
permits
required
roundtree
was
transported
to
the
jefferson
county,
jail
and
booked
without
further
incident.
W
W
W
That
was
the
cause
of
his
appeal
for
the
suspension
to
the
city
council.
The
city
council
heard
his
case
and
you
know
he
indicated
that
council
member
gets
asked
that
rehearings
be
had
and
because
there
were
two
other
council
members
who
were
not
party
to
the
appeals
process
and
of
course
those
appeals
didn't
happen,
couldn't
get
it
done
and
then
the
lawsuits
ensued.
W
So
I
mean
all
my
attempt
was
in
exercising
my
first
amendment.
Rights
was
to
complete
the
record.
It's
called
a
rule
of
optional
completeness
so
that
both
sides
would
have
the
facts
he
was
given
his
due
process.
He
went
all
the
way
I
said
last
week
he
stopped
at
the
fifth
circuit,
but
actually
I
was
informed
that
he
did
a
petition,
the
supreme
court
of
the
united
states
of
america
to
hear
his
case
and
of
course
they
denied
that.
So
he
had
his
due
process
went
to
the
highest
court
in
the
land.
W
W
Mr
vaughn
comes
and
says
that
I
cost
him
forty
thousand
dollars
again.
I
did
not
personally
participate
in
that.
Some
of
you
were
at
his
hearing.
I
I
sat
here.
I
presented
no
evidence.
I
made
no
argument
against
him
or
on
behalf
of
the
city,
but
I
get
personally
attacked
for
that
and
when
I
make
an
attempt
to
exercise
my
first
amendment
rights,
a
threat
is
made
to
put
me
on
an
executive
session
to
talk
about
it.
W
W
W
W
W
C
M
I
do
I've
got
comments
on
two
things:
the
city
attorney
and
I
probably
speak
five,
ten
percent
of
the
time,
not
not
very
often
right,
yeah
and
we
hear
things
and
don't
respond
quite
a
bit
and
you
need
to
be
able
to
do
that
in
our
job.
That's
part
of
it.
We
had
a
former
mayor
that
used
to
say
quite
a
bit
20
plus
years
ago,
just
before
social
media
and
y'all,
don't
know
exactly
what
I'm
talking
about
the
mayor.
He'd
say:
don't
believe
the
hype
keep
on
moving,
don't
believe
the
hype.
C
M
Councilmember
pate,
I
appreciate
your
comments
about
this
workplace
this.
This
is
a
a
great
place
to
work.
It's
not
perfect
and
no
organization
is
we
have.
You
know
it's
changed
since
a
couple
weeks
ago
about
230
employees
on
payroll
today
and
across
you
know,
12
different
apartments
and
probably
40
divisions.
So
we
do
a
lot
of
things
for
picking
up
your
garbage
water
and
sewer
police
fire
ems.
M
A
lot
of
employees
doing
different
things.
The
first
part
I'm
going
to
talk
about
briefly,
is
kind
of
funny.
You
can
eat
popcorn
in
city
hall.
You
can
bring
popcorn
city
hall.
What
happened
probably
five
plus
years
ago.
I
forget
the
year,
people
not
intentionally
the
people
popping
popcorn
in
microwaves
and
after
the
third
time
that
we
had
to
evacuate
city
hall
during
the
middle
of
a
work
day,
which
disrupts
people
trying
to
pay
their
water
bills
to
get
the
building
permit
after
the
third
time
of
vacating.
M
This
building,
I
said
we're
not
gonna
pop
popcorn
in
microwaves,
so
I'll
take
responsibility
for
that.
Yes,
it
was
my
decision,
but
that
was
the
reason
why
right
so?
The
second
thing
look:
I've
worked
for
three
different
mayors,
I've
had
the
privilege
of
working
for
three
different
mayors
and
I
probably
I
was
going
through
it
the
other
day
with
my
wife.
I
probably
worked
with
about
30
council
members.
Okay,
and
I
wish
I
didn't
have
to
counter
someone
that
I
work
for
seven
people.
M
I
work
for
y'all
right
and
a
lot
of
times
when
things
are
misrepresented
grossly
on
social
media.
I
don't
look
at
that
stuff.
My
staff
knows
I
don't
maybe
maybe
one
two
percent
of
the
time,
because
an
employee
will
say
man.
Did
you
see
what
so-and-so
said
hey?
Do
you
see
that
and
then
sometimes
they'll
show
it
to
me
there
are.
There
have
been
cases
where
I've
gone
to
look
at
it,
but
it
would
be.
I
don't
think
he
would.
I
think
it
would
be
inappropriate.
M
Personally
if
I
started
going
it's
not
my
job,
nor
should
I
do
it.
When
I
see
a
council
member
misrepresenting
the
facts,
it's
not
my
job
to
go
counter
that
person
right.
It's
just
not
account.
Y'all
could
do
it
and
citizens
are
out
there
doing
it.
But
it's
not
my
job
to
do
it.
I
don't
like
it
when
I
hear
about
it.
M
I've
never
had
to
deal
with
that
in
my
28
years
of
work
for
this
city,
but
when
councilmember
gets
misrepresents
the
facts
when
you
come
in
here
and
say,
as
if
man
y'all
need
a
policy
like
we're
not
doing
our
job
or
we
don't,
we
have
a
policy.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
we
have
a
policy
I'll
show
it
to
you.
It's
in
my
office.
It
speaks
directly
to
what
he's
saying
it
speaks
to.
Employees
cannot
be
involved
in
the
election
process
when
they're
in
uniform
or
on
duty.
M
M
We
have
a
policy
and
when,
when
the
employee
came
forward,
you're
talking
about
an
employee
making
ten
dollars
an
hour
who
doesn't
necessarily
have
to
work
but
does
and
contributes
and
works
at
that
desk
and
has
for
many
years.
Okay,
now
again
the
facts
on
both
sides:
I'm
not
here
to
tell
you
what
specifically
happened,
because
we
don't
know.
Okay,
we've
got
two
two
people
here
and
three
people
here
and
they're
saying
totally
different
things.
I'm
not
here
to
judge
the
facts.
You
know
we're
looked
at
by
our
human
resources
department.
M
M
M
M
There's
no
policy
against
that
either
right
and
I
tried
to
explain
this
before
it
happens
every
day
in
this
building
in
the
library
across
the
street.
In
other
city
facilities,
people
come
in
citizens,
they
put
stuff
down
on
tables
on
our
bulletin
boards
all
the
time
every
day,
that's
not
a
violation
of
city
policy,
our
employees
see
it
and
they
they'll
either
give
it
back
to
that
organization
they'll
throw
in
the
trash,
that's
what
happens
so
to
say
on
facebook,
there's
a
violation
of
city
of
policy,
and
I
was
just
trying
to
stop
it.
M
M
I
will
I've
already
shown
it
to
you.
That's
that's
a
sad
thing.
Yeah
anyway,
I
didn't
you
know
it's.
I
apologize
that
I
have
to
do
this
and
the
city
attorney
has
to
do
it.
It
gets
it
gets
old
when
people
misrepresent
what's
really
happening,
and
sometimes
you
know
you
just
it's,
I'm
not
going
to
sit
back
and
let
it
happen
all
the
time.
Nine.
Q
M
M
You
know,
let's
move
on,
let's,
let's
talk
about
productive
stuff
like
this
water
infrastructure.
Let's
talk
about
projects
like
that!
Let's
talk
about
what
we've
accomplished
together:
there's
not
many
cities
out
there
that
can
go
back
five
years
or
ten
years
and
talk
about
a
calder
project,
washington,
boulevard,
concord,
all
the
improvements,
city-wide
park,
improvements
the
event
center,
the
lakeside
center.
What.
M
On
for
the
next
20
years,
you
know
the
new
west
end,
you
know
water
plant
pump
station.
Those
are
those
are
signature,
projects,
good
stuff-
and
here
we
sit
around
here
and
talk
about
small
ball
every
week,
little
stuff
and
how
people
can
fight
one
another
when
we've
never
had
that,
we
have
not
had
that
here
until
the
last.
It's
really
ramped
up
over
the
last
two
to
three
years
and
you
all
know
it.
So
I
don't
need
to
say
anything
else,
but
it's
not
productive
and
it's
not
productive
at
all.
M
To
misrepresent
what's
really
happening.
Are
we
perfect
our
staff
heck?
No,
we
make
mistakes
all
the
time
and
we
should
own
them
take
responsibility.
Why
are
we
here?
We're
trying
to
make
things
better
and
things
are
pretty
darn
good,
but
you
surely
wouldn't
know
it
if
you
go
read
social
media
over
and
over,
because
all
they
do
is
talk
about
small
stuff,
a
little
I
mean
just
over
little
bitty
silly
stuff.
Instead
of
what's
really
going
to
move
this
city
forward.
F
M
M
You
know
during
a
certain
event
by
that
other
company.
That
decision
is
made
by
that,
whoever
they
work,
for
they
don't
work
for
the
city
of
beaumont,
so
whether
first
transit
you
know,
pays
them
for
those
winter
days.
That's
that's
their
decision
and
it
gets
confusing
because
it's
a
pass-through
and
I
need
to
probably
shouldn't
say
anything
else,
because
we
and
mr
cooper's
met
with
reverend
tubbs
and
and
others
out
there.
He'd
advised
me
not
to
meet
or
get
involved
with
anyone
as
it
relates
to
those
ongoing
negotiations.
M
So
I
would
not
make
a
recommendation
to
y'all
to
do
anything
as
it
relates
to
that
contract
or
with
those
employees.
We
need
to
stay
out
of
it
and
let
it
take
its
course
again.
That's
between
the
transit
employees
and
their
employer,
which
is
not
the
city
of
beaumont.
Again,
it's
the
first
transit
to
answer
your
question.
We
need
to
stay
out
of
it
and
I'd
advise
all
of
you
to
stay
out
of
it.
Thank
you.
N
N
N
W
A
Okay,
all
right
with
that
said,
I
wanted
to
have
clarification
on
that.
Secondly,
I
just
want
to
say
about
some
of
the
things
that
have
happened
today
and
it
seems
like
it's
happening
more
and
more
of
late,
that
my
position
as
the
mayor
and
those
of
you
who
are
running
more
power
to
you,
because
it's
not
like
it
used
to
be
used
to
be
where
we
always
dealt
with
big
items.
We
were
looking
at
building
bricks
and
martyr
and
doing
things
that
helped
our
citizens,
and
I
love
that
part
of
it.
A
But
now
we
really
can't
get
past
the
small
stuff.
We
can't
get
past
trusting
some
city
staff
members
to
a
certain
degree.
If
you
have
somebody
you've
hired
you've
got
to
trust
them
to
a
certain
degree,
it's
difficult
when
you're
working
for
seven
people-
and
I
know
it's
difficult
as
a
city
employee-
to
deal
with
that
as
well,
but
my
take
on
it
is
this
treat
everyone
the
same.
A
A
If
there's
a
licensing
issue
with
whether
it
be
our
our
people
who
pick
up
waste
or
whether
it
be
whether
it
be
truckers
or
whatever
it
might
be,
everyone
needs
to
be
treated
the
same.
I've
said
that
since
I
was
first
elected,
and
I
really
believe
that
so
if
people
get
upset
because
we
are
trying
to
follow
the
guidelines
as
presented
to
us,
whether
it
be
the
city,
the
state
or
the
federal
government,
then
they're
just
going
to
do
that.
A
I
can
say
without
a
doubt
that
the
people
who
have
talked
here
today,
including
mr
vaughn,
who
left
I
spent
hours
with
trying
to
remedy
the
situation,
and
I
do
want
to
clarify
as
and
I
think
the
city
manager
did-
and
some
of
us
have
had
this
conversation,
but
the
issue
did
not
start
with
a
fire
violation
and
true
the
appeal
was
granted
to
mr
vaughn.
He
got
what
he
wanted
from
the
fire
marshal
standpoint,
but
that
doesn't
mean
permits,
didn't
need
to
be
pulled
and
licensed
electricians
and
licensed
plumbers
and
anything
else.
A
A
A
Look
at
the
record.
People
can
say
things
they
want
you
to
hear.
That's
all
miss
say
about
that.
But
it
makes
it
really
difficult
and
it's
really
sad
because
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
great
things
that
have
happened
over
the
last
few
years
and
we're
in
a
prime
we're
in
a
situation
as
a
city
that
we
can
move
forward
and
do
a
lot
of
great
things,
and
I
hope
that
that
continues.
A
A
We
look
at
it
every
day.
We've
had
a
couple
of
little
spikes,
but
we
were
doing.
We
were
over
100
a
day
new
cases
in
in
many
days,
and
now
yesterday
we
had
one
day
before
that
I
think
10
over
a
whole
weekend.
We
might
have
had
20.,
that's
a
very
small
compared
to
where
we
were
before
so
now
we're
getting
everyone
vaccinated.
But
I
want
to
mention
that
we
have
put
out
a
report
every
day
that
you've
seen
on
facebook
and
on
our
website.
A
That
gives
numbers
and
it's
very
time
consuming,
and
I
applaud
the
people
who
help
me
do
that,
but
I'm
looking
at
discontinuing
that
because
of
where
we
are,
but
we
will
still
put
out
a
coveted
report
that
basically
says
anything
new
like
like
that
anyone
can
be
vaccinated
now
and
things
like
that.
We're
never
going
to
stop
doing
that.
There's
a
lot
of
information,
some
of
the
things
that
people
come
up
to
the
podium
and
ask
us
about
are
on
our
website.
A
If
you
had
a
water
leak
at
your
house,
there's
a
forum
on
the
very
top
of
the
website
that
you
can
fill
out
if
you're,
if
your
bill
went
up
substantially
from
one
month
to
the
next
city's,
not
just
leaving
you
alone
on
that
we
put
a
lot
of
people
say:
we're
not
transparent.
We
put
er,
there's,
there's
all
kinds
of
things
on
our
website
that
you
can
see
and
that
will
answer
a
lot
of
questions.