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A
B
A
That
we
thank
you
for
life.
We
thank
you
for
help.
We
thank
you
for
strength.
We
thank
you
for
watching
over
our
families,
our
friends
and
our
loved
ones.
Lord,
we
ask
that
you
continue
to
guide
us.
We
ask
that
you
give
us
a
spirit
of
coming
together
of
unity,
of
putting
aside
differences
working
toward
common
causes.
A
We
ask
that
you
let
your
spirit
so
burn
in
us
that
others
may
see
you
in
the
things
that
we
say
things
that
we
do
and
the
way
that
we
act
now,
lord.
We
know
we
are
weak,
but
thou
art
mighty.
We
ask
that
you
restore
your
spirit
within
us.
Give
us
the
strength
to
stand
for
righteousness,
stand
in
truth,
standing
for
the
good
of
all
this,
your
people,
we
thank
you
for
the
first
responders.
A
All
of
those
who've
come
together
to
protect
and
serve.
We
thank
you
for
our
city
workers
who
get
out
in
the
inclement
weather
and
stress.
We
ask
that
you
bless
them
all
guide
them,
keep
them
and
hold
them
in
the
hollow
over
your
hand.
We
know
you're
able
to
do
abundantly
above
all
things
we
might
ask,
but
right
now
we
just
thank
you
and
say
thank
you
for
your
son
jesus
who
died
that
we
might
have
life
these
things
we
ask
in
jesus
name,
we
pray,
amen,
amen,
amen,.
C
C
President
council,
member
neil
president,
council
member
absent
council
member
samuel
here
and
councilmember
president,
thank
you
thank
you.
We
don't
have
any
presentations
or
proclamations
today,
so
I'll
move
straight
into
our
reports
and
if
you
would
like
to
start
city
manager,
that
would
be
great
and
then
I'll
follow
up.
Okay,.
E
Mayor
and
council
members
first
like
to
thank
you
mayor
and
tim
mcnachek,
our
emergency
management
coordinator
queen
and
nobles
who's,
our
assistant
emergency
management
coordinator
for
your
tireless
work.
Over
the
last
week,
we
witnessed
you
the
three
of
you
and
others
working
probably
15
hour
days
and
sleeping
at
the
emergency
management
offices
downtown,
and
we
thank
you
very
much
also
like
to
thank
all
of
our
city,
employees
who
worked
the
event.
E
They
did
an
excellent
job
before
and
after
the
storm
and
continue
to
do
so
today.
As
you
know,
every
storm
is
different
and
after
a
storm
as
we
do
assessments,
we
learn
what
we
could
do
better,
how
we
can
prepare
for
future
storms,
and
we
started
that
exercise.
We
talked
about
it
some
either
saturday
morning
or
yesterday
morning
at
the
eoc,
but
we
will
have
an
official
after-action
review
where
we
can.
E
You
know
list
out
how
we'll
do
things
differently
next
time,
there's
always
room
for
improvement
as
it
relates
to
maybe
having
additional
equipment
on
hand
and
so
forth,
but
we'll
you're,
you're
you'll
be
a
part
of
that,
or
at
least
we'll
provide
you
with
those
results.
E
At
this
point,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
tim,
machneck
who's,
our
again
our
emergency
management
coordinator,
who's
appointed
by
the
mayor
during
these
storm
events-
the
mayor
in
the
state
of
texas,
the
mayor
is
the
emergency
management
director
and
and
he's
the
coordinator
and
has
an
assistant
he
he
and
his
assistant
again
did
a
in
my
opinion,
incredible
job
as
well
as
our
entire.
You
know
staff.
E
C
Thank
you
and
I'd
like
to
echo
too
but
come
on
forward
tim.
You
had
a
lot
of
city
employees
working
and
I
I
just
have
to
say
this
because
it
was
so
impressive
to
me.
C
Yesterday
I
was
taking
some
food
over
to
a
friend
who
didn't
have
power
yet,
and
so
I
was
driving
through
her
neighborhood
and
I
witnessed
a
city.
I
guess
a
solid
waste
worker
on
sunday
afternoon
at
about
four
o'clock
out
picking
up
heavy
limbs
on
a
sunday,
and
I
watched
him
put
all
the
limbs
in
the
truck.
C
Then
I
watched
him
get
on
his
hands
and
knees
and
get
all
the
stuff
out
of
the
grass,
and
that
just
said
a
lot
to
me,
and
I
saw
that
through
this
storm,
I
always
see
it,
but
even
more
so
in
this
one.
I
think
this
was
probably
as
far
as
operations
with
the
most
seamless
storm
that
we've
been
through
and,
as
the
city
manager
said,
they're
all
different.
C
I
mean
we
have
had
them
all
different.
None
have
been
even
close
to
being
the
same,
but
we
learn
from
everyone
and
there's
certainly
things
we
can
do
better
and
I
think,
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
we're
not
near
through
with
our
assessments,
yet
there's
still
a
lot
to
look
at.
We
still
got
a
lot
of
power
outages,
a
lot
of
stop
lights
out,
which
is
which
is
problematic
because
people
weren't
treating
them
like
a
four-way,
stop
like
they
should
be.
C
But
with
that
said,
I
just
want
to
thank
all
everyone
that
was
out
in
the
field
and
at
the
eoc,
because
once
more,
I
think
we
did
a
really
good
job
for
our
citizens
and
tim
captain
ocnichek.
C
Thank
you
so
much
because
I
mean
I,
I
saw
chief
nem
kid
saturday
and
he
let
me
know
that
we
have
the
best
emergency
management
coordinator
in
the
state,
and
so
that's
a
tribute
to
you
and
we
appreciate
that.
So,
if
you'd
like
to
just
give
us
a
report,
I'd
appreciate
it.
Yes,.
F
F
Partners,
people,
you
know
the
program's
been
built
for
a
long
time.
It's
had
a
lot
of
experience,
unfortunately,
in
this
instant,
so
it's
really
a
team
effort,
and
we
we
appreciate
that
we
appreciate
you
all
being
so
supportive.
So
with
that
said,
to
try
to
keep
on
track
and
touch
on
some
high
points.
F
I'll
go
ahead
and
read
this:
that's
okay
with
y'all
national
weather
service,
you
know
was
tracking
this
storm
y'all
heard
the
forecast
tracks
every
time
there
was
a
new
forecast
track.
It
went
you
know
right
or
left
quite
a
bit
a
whole
state
different
when
it
started
tracking
in
on
us.
It
was
it
started
with
marco
and
then,
as
marco
fizzled
out,
laura
switched
over
where
it
was
potentially
going
to
impact
us.
F
F
We
met
regionally
virtually
and
the
emergency
management
officials
and
the
elected
officials
all
agreed
that
we
just
had
to
do
a
mandatory
evacuation.
That
began
was
going
to
begin
6
a.m.
Tuesday
morning
tropical
force,
winds
from
laura
were
expected
to
begin
early
wednesday
morning
and
for
over
a
day
it
lasted.
That
it
was
supposed
to
be.
F
You
know,
on
set
of
those
winds
would
be
at
8
a.m
and
that's
significant
because
we
don't
want
anybody
driving
and
winds
that
could
potentially
or
water
that
could
potentially
either
roll
the
car
flood
the
car
or
knock
the
car
over
the
bigger
the
vehicle,
the
more
or
the
less
wind
resistant.
It
is
so
you
know
we
have
a
plan
that
calls
for
certain
speeds
and-
and
we
have
to
protect
even
the
first
responders.
Their
vehicles
are
just
as
as
impacted
by
winds
as
as
anybody's,
so
a
decision
was
made.
F
Traditionally
it
takes
us
32
to
48
hours
to
evacuate
the
citizens.
We
didn't
have
that
much
time
and
we
add
to
it.
The
covid
concerns
recommendations
of
social
distancing
and
all
the
different
things
that
we've
had
in
place
for
six
months
now
we
had
to
keep
those
in
place
yet
safely,
evacuate
all
the
citizens
so
to
do
it
in
the
best
time
we've
ever
done
would
be
hard
to
believe.
F
We
estimate
that
probably
80
percent
of
the
population
remained
in
town,
even
when
the
news
all
were
saying
an
unsurvivable,
catastrophic
event,
which
is
you
know
concerning,
but
there's
a
lot
of
factors
in
this
and
we're
not
going
to
go
into
that
now.
But
at
the
same
time
you
know
we
have
a
emergency
assistance
registry
that
we
manage
over
the
summer.
It
was
heavily
assessed.
Every
single
person
was
called,
they
re
affirmed
their
need
to
be
on
that
list.
F
Some
type
of
special
functional
need
that
required
our
assistance
and
each
one
of
those
over
800
citizens
was
called
before
the
evacuation
started.
To
make
sure
that
you
know
do
they
still
want
to
go.
Do
they
still
need
help?
Did
they
get
a
ride
whatever?
So,
even
with
that,
we
only
had
about
830
citizens
show
up
at
our
assembly
sites.
F
The
mayor's
curfew
was
going
to
go
into
effect
at
dusk
and
that
gave
us
dusk
to
dawn,
and
that
gave
us
some
time.
We
knew
that
the
damages
were
going
to
really
impact
everything
the
storm
overnight,
which
were
very
fortunate
jogged
slightly
eastward
just
before
landfall,
and
that
put
us
on
the
west
side
of
the
track
and,
as
you
know,
that's
usually
where
you
have
less
surge,
less
rainfall,
less
tornadoes,
less,
wind
and
so
forth.
F
It
was
still
close
enough
that
you
know
we
had
some
impacts
in
the
city,
as
you
all
know,
but
our
neighbors
in
orange
got
hit
pretty
significantly
and
then,
when
you
go
into
lake
charles,
it's
catastrophic.
You
know
so
we're
very
fortunate,
as
councilman's
mentioned
in
his
prayer,
and
we
thank
y'all
for
that,
because
everybody
recognizes.
However,
we
had
about
41
000
out
of
our
say,
41
000
residents
about
5
000
apartments.
F
We
we've
done
initial
assessments.
It
looks
like
only
about
50
of
those
were
impacted
with
six
having
major
damage
or
destroyed
and
two
commercial
facilities.
Now
we
have
crews,
the
city
has
crews
going
out
and
doing
detailed
assessments
and
that's
one
aspect
and
then,
as
people
that
did
evacuate
come
back
we'll
find
out
more.
You
know.
Sometimes
you
can
look
at
the
outside
and
you
don't
see
anything
and
then
you
find
out
that
maybe
something
happened
up
in
the
roof
and
you
go
inside
and
your
ceilings
or
down
in
the
floor.
F
Does
it
have
to
be
replaced
and
that
kind
of
thing
we
estimate
about
40,
000
cubic
yards
of
mostly
vegetative
debris
and
you
think
y'all
were
witness
to
harvey
and
and
amel
that
we
probably
had
about
60
000
yards
in
a
melody.
So
that
sounds
for
this
somewhat
light
impacts
that
we've
realized.
F
That
tells
you
vegetative
debris
is
not
as
compacted
and
everything
it
takes
a
lot
of
space,
but
it
can
be
reduced
and-
and
you
know,
we
have
an
exceptional
crew
in
solid
waste
led
by
benjy
williams
and
his
his
staff,
and
they
do
a
phenomenal
job
on
our
trash
every
day
and
and
y'all
know
that
routinely
they're
able
to
you
know,
beat
the
clock
on
getting
the
things
cleaned
up.
They.
F
They
were
already
out
there,
friday
to
date,
they've
cleaned
up
about
6
000
yards
over
200
yard
loads,
we're
hoping
to
be
complete
with
our
third
pass
by
within
about
three
weeks.
We
would
hope
to
be
through
our
first
pass
by
the
end
of
this
week.
Again,
that's
an
estimate.
F
I
don't
want
to
y'all
to
hold
me
to
it
if
they're
a
day
or
two
off,
but
you
know
as
much
experience
as
they
have
not
only
cleaning
debris
but
assessing
damages
we're
hoping
that
that
that's
a
reasonable
projection
out
of
our
76
or
so
lift
stations
we
had
50
power
got
knocked
out.
You
know
most
those
either
came
back
up,
we're
working
our
our
standard
plan,
for
you
know
pumping
them
down,
but
there's
it
looks
like
maybe
four
of
them
and
I'm
sure
bart
can
or
molly
can
go
into.
F
I
guess
bart
can
go
into
the
the
details
if
needed,
but
you
know
what
we
have
to
do
is
we
have
to
assess
this
stuff
and
make
sure
how
how
bad
is
it?
Is
it
a
repairable
or
do
we
have
to
replace
a
pump
or
something
like
that,
but
we're
working
that
closely?
F
One
unfortunately,
one
hurricane
fatality
or
what
may
be
a
hurricane,
related
fatality.
You
know
a
lot
of
people
and
I've
seen
this
with
my
own
eyes,
they're
just
using
some
unsafe
practices
when
they
start
those
generators.
I've
seen
them.
You
know
in
garages
only
slightly
raised
and
they're
pumping
that
carbon
monoxide
around
if
it
can
get
in
your
house
or
it
can
do
something.
It's
just
really
important.
There's
been
a
lot
of
messages.
We
hit
the
ground
before
the
even
evacuation
was
lifted.
We
started
pushing
out
safety
messages.
F
Y'all
probably
heard
the
judge's
voice
on
a
number
of
of
calls,
everybody's
been
trying
to
get
the
word
out,
but
unfortunately,
we
didn't
get
hit
hard,
like
some
people,
and
I
don't
think
the
autopsy
is
complete,
but
unfortunately
it
looks
like
we
had
at
least
one
person
using
an
unsafe
practice,
and
you
know
that
we
just
really
need
to
urge
our
people
to
be
careful
with
that.
Now
of
the
approximately
950
citizens
we
evacuated
from
beaumont
north
jefferson
county
about
88
were
medical
related.
F
F
However,
we
still
as
councilwoman
mouton
knows
because
she's
been
personally
working
with
some
of
these
people
and-
and
we
really
appreciate
your
help
and
it
is
a
team
effort.
Every
level
of
the
of
the
city
is
that
we
still
are
working
with
the
state
and
health
department
and
the,
or
rather
the
state
health
services
and
the
state
division
emergency
management
to
bring
our
medical
people
back
at
first,
we
had
some
issues
with
dialysis.
You
know.
F
F
In
this
event,
you
know
a
particular
note.
I
can't
name
everybody
but
bisd
they're,
always
there
for
us
with
transportation
facilities,
staff
secure,
I
mean
you
know
it's
nice
to
be
able
to
pick
up
the
phone,
and
you
know
it's
not.
You
know
a
whole
bunch
of
you
know
it's
pretty
much
what
he
need.
Yes,
you
know,
and
I
appreciate
the
superintendent
chief
malbro
over
there
and
and
the
partnership
that
that
you've
established
with
all
these
partners,
because
you
know
we
we
have
multiple
calls
a
day
with
energy.
F
We
have
you
know
that
that
personal
contact
we
try
to
stay
as
as
close
and
touch
as
we
can.
We
had
hospitals
providing
us
space
for
some
of
our
employees,
and
you
know:
we've
used
that
agreement
several
times,
but
it's
nice
to
have
partners
like
that,
and
you
know
we
just
have
great
employees
and
and
and
departments,
and
that
that
team
concept
kept
our
citizens
safe.
So
with
that
I'll
move
into
reasons
that
we
would
make
a
recommendation
to
y'all
that
you
leave
the
declaration
in
place.
F
As
I
mentioned,
we
still
have
damage
assessments
to
complete
some
of
our
items
such
as
you
know.
Maybe
some
pumps
at
lift
stations
may
need
urgent
replacements.
It's
critical
that
we
get
this
this
stuff
fixed
and
we
still
got
stuff
potentially
out
there
in
the
atlantic.
We
want
to
get
this
stuff
fixed
as
soon
as
possible
and
with
the
competitive
bidding
options
that
are
able
under
declaration
that
gives
us
some
latitude.
We
also
have,
as
the
mayor
mentioned
in
others,
we
have
power
outages.
F
Still,
we
have
a
you
know
a
tight
system
with
energy
right
now.
We
need
to
be
really
careful
that
we're
not
overloading
that
aspect
that
power
outage
affects
traffic
signals.
You
know
it
affects
businesses
being
available
to
conduct
things
and,
and
some
citizens
obviously
are
displaced
or
are
on
generators
and
other
things.
So
you
know
we
also
need
to
complete
this.
This
return
of
the
medical
functional
needs.
F
I
mentioned
that
it'll,
take
a
few
more
weeks,
probably
to
finish
the
debris
cleanup,
and
you
know
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
citizens,
I
think
the
declaration
itself,
provides
some
understanding
by
the
citizens
that
there's
there's
still
hazards
out
there
and
we
need
to
get
some
things
in
place,
make
sure
they're
repaired,
and
with
that
I
just
want
to
mention
that
you
know
this
great
team
has
the
the
leadership
of
a
great
mayor
and
a
manager,
and
we
appreciate
that
and
as
that
team,
we're
working
hard
to
recover
quickly.
C
Thank
you.
So
thank
you.
So
much
tim.
We
appreciate
you
too,
of
the
items
that
I'm
going
to
ask
on
the
city
attorney
in
a
minute
to
present
the
or
the
city
manager
will
and
then
you'll
do
the
legal
part
right,
mr
cooper.
So
if,
if
anybody
has
any
questions
of
what
we've
talked
about
with
tim,
please
feel
free,
okay,
good,
very
good
report.
Thank
you.
So
much.
C
G
And
if
you
were
a
call
on
monday,
we
were
being.
We
were
faced
with
the
impacts
of
two
hurricanes,
marco
and
laura,
and
the
mayor
as
the
emergency
management
director
and
her
authority
given
to
her
by
the
state,
issued
a
proclamation
declaring
a
local
state
of
disaster
for
the
city
of
beaumont,
resulting
from
the
imminent
threat
of
widespread
or
severe
damage,
injury,
loss
of
life
or
property
from
hurricanes,
marco
and
laura.
G
And,
as
we've
been
through
these
disaster
declarations
before
the
state
says
that
that
order
is
only
to
be
in
effect
for
seven
days
unless
it
and
or
until
it
is
extended
by
the
city
council
and
this.
That
is
why
we
are
here
today
to
ask
that
you
extend
this
declaration
of
disaster
resulting
from
the
impacts
of
hurricane
laura,
not
necessarily
marco,
and
with
that.
We
would
ask
that
you
approve
that
ordinance.
H
Yes,
so
assuming
number
one
passes
and
number
two
fails,
what
does
that
do.
G
G
H
C
Probably
lift
stations
but
go
ahead.
Do
you
want
to
or
bart
either
one.
B
E
We
know
we
have
some
problems
with
our
lift
stations,
and
so,
if
bart
and
those
employees
are
out
in
the
field
and
discover
something
it's
and
it's
greater
than
50
000,
we
can
move
on
it
quickly
and
get
it
repaired
or
whatever
needs
to
be
done.
If
you
don't
have
these
powers
in
place,
then
you
have
to
go
through
the
competitive
bidding.
It
holds
it
up.
It's
going
to
take
weeks
by
time.
J
I
Things
I
have
right
now
are
intersections
and
lift
stations,
but
I
don't
think
the
cost
on
the
intersections
is
going
to
be
that
great
they'll
mainly
be
lift
station
pumps,
potentially
one
generator,
but
that's
probably
a
longer
turn.
E
H
E
B
I
K
H
C
K
G
K
K
G
C
For
one
thing
we
have
been
through
this-
I
don't
know
how
many
times
in
the
last
10
12
years
and
we've
never
really
had
a
question
that
it
wasn't
the
right
thing
to
do.
So,
I'm
somewhat
confused
as
to
this
time
why
that
is
because
I
don't
think
that
we've
ever
been
accused
of
spending
money
unless
we
needed
to
do
so-
and
this
is
all
about
making
sure
that
our
citizens
have
what
they
need
and
we
don't
go
down.
C
Our
power
I
see
our
power
is
is
important
as
well,
and
we
have
still
3
000
citizens
without
power.
Mayor
yes,
go
ahead,
please
and.
M
I'll
go
back
well,
taking
an
account
that
this
is
going
to
affect
soar
and,
as
you
just
stated,
we've
had
so
many
problems
with
sewer.
We've
had
so
many
citizens
to
come
in
and
voice
their
concerns
about
the
sewer
that
if
this,
if
the
lift
pumps
and
the
lift
stations
are
affecting
the
sore,
it's
no
reason
for
us
not
to
extend
it.
B
K
K
He
mentioned
that.
That's
why
I'm
bringing
it
up.
K
B
K
C
C
So
if
you
can
articulate
the
reason
that
we
would
have
to
call
the
entire
council
in
when
we
have
staff,
that
knows
what
they're
doing
and
have
been
through
this
before
and
they're
not
going
to
try
to
gouge
the
city
if
they
would
have,
they
would
have
already
done
it.
I
H
A
A
Over
the
years,
I've
seen
at
least
four
or
five
storms
come
in
we're
getting
better
prepared.
Others
across
this
country
recognize
that
we
are
prepared
we're
better
prepared
than
most
cities
that
face
catastrophic
events.
That's
been
acknowledged
across
this
country.
Yes,
because
of
the
things
that
we
do
in
preparation.
A
A
A
A
C
Okay,
so,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we've
been
through
this
many
times
and
I
think
that
we've
proven
to
be
prudent
in
what
we
do.
So
I
think
councilmember
pate
has
something
to
say
and
then
I'm
going
to
call
for
a
vote.
I
will
say
this:
please
keep
in
mind.
C
This
is
not
about
politics,
it's
it's
not
it's
about
the
well-being
and
the
safety
of
our
citizens,
and
I
don't.
The
last
thing
I
want
it
to
be
is
politicize,
because
this
is
about
the
safety
and
well-being
of
our
citizens.
We
have
had
people
working
around
the
clock,
doing
a
great
job,
keeping
our
citizens
safe.
I'm
sorry
that
we
had
one
death,
but
that's
due
to
due
to
using
a
generator
unsafely
as
we
know
it
now
it
could
change,
but
I
just
think
that.
C
B
C
That's
been
proven
or
given.
That
is
a
detriment
to
extending
this.
This
declaration,
the
judge,
has
not
rescinded
his,
nor
has
the
governor,
nor
has
the
president
council,
member
pate,.
J
J
If
you
take
a
second,
do
you
recall
us
ever
having
a
situation
where
anything
out
of
the
ordinary
transpired
that
would
cause
anybody
to
have
any
questions
because,
like
I
said
since
council,
member
phil
shaw
and
councilmember
neal
haven't
been
here
through
ike
mean
we
go
all
the
way
back,
but
I
don't
recall
anything
out
of
the
ordinary
that
transpired
that
would
cause
anybody
to
have
any
questions
as
far
as
our
citizens
are
concerned,
as
far
as
how
we
handle
funds,
but
since
they
haven't
done
this
before
that,
might
clarify
it
for
them
and
make
that's.
C
E
No
I'd
just
say
that
most
of
you
and
and
I
definitely
do
trust
our
staff
they're
they're,
an
excellent
group
of
department,
directors,
division
managers
and
we
have
been
through
this
many
times.
As
you
know,
many
storms
we're
audited
every
year.
We
have
rating
agencies
that
look
at
and
rate
us
every
year.
E
We're
also
in
these
events,
get
reimbursed
from
the
federal
government.
Usually
so
you
know
if
we
had
never
gone
through
this
before
I
get
it.
You
know
the
council
can
question
me
or
our
staff
at
any
time.
We
can.
We
can
take
it,
we
can
answer
any
questions.
I'd.
Rather,
you
ask
the
questions,
because
we
can
definitely
answer
them,
but
our
staff
again,
they
know
what
they're
doing
we're
not
going
to
go,
buy
things
that
aren't
necessary
and
needed.
Bart
barkowiak
is
over
logistics.
K
E
He's
working
with
tim
every
day,
working
with
me
and
then
to
the
mayor
and
in
prior
events
councils
without
any
discussion
at
all,
it's
been
unanimous
every
time
because
they
know
they
know
how
these
work
and
they've
authorized
us
to
go.
Take
care
of
business.
You
know
and
there's
a
lot
that
comes
up
after
these
storms,
not
necessarily
that
we
can
pinpoint
exactly
for
this
one
yet,
but
it
gives
us
again
the
flexibility
to
do
what
we
need
to
do
to
get
the
city
back
up
and
running.
So.
C
L
K
Okay,
first
of
all,
mr
manager,
I'm
not
accusing
anybody
of
lack
of
integrity
or
not
I'm
not
suggesting
that
there
might
be
a
misappropriation
or
misallocation
of
funds
here.
So
I
don't
know
where
that
suggestion
is
coming
from.
But
when
you
have
your
city
under
a
declared
state
of
disaster
to
me
that
perpetuates
a
state
of
anxiety
and
fear
amongst
the
citizens.
Now
I
understand
your
reasoning
for
wanting
to
have
the
flexibility
to
act
quickly
and
and
suspend
the
competitive
bidding
requirements.
K
B
K
We
are
suspending
that
those
checks
and
balances
under
this
emergency
declaration,
but
you
provided
an
explanation
as
to
why
you
feel
that
particular
emergency
power
needs
to
stay
in
place
and
I
don't
particularly
have
a
problem
with
that.
The
rather
the
other
emergency
powers.
I
do
have
concerns
about.
A
Does
this
under
the
powers
does
that
prohibit
them
from
lowering
the
price
of
goods
or
sales
or
service,
or
does
it
just
preclude
them
from
increasing
and
price
gouging?
It.
A
A
Sale
of
gas
to
be
go
down
if
they
were
to
decide
to
sell
gas
cheaper.
G
It
says
they
may
not
sell
for
more
than
the
price
the
person
charged
for
the
goods
or
services
from
after
the
date
of
the
declaration
of
the
disaster.
H
C
H
G
Okay
item
number:
two
is
an
ordinance
entitled
an
ordinance
extending
the
emergency
powers,
as
amended
for
the
city
of
beaumont,
texas,
relating
to
the
emergency
management
necessitated
by
hurricane
laura
and,
as
I
indicated
earlier,
the
original
emergency
powers
which
you
have
before
you
were
amended
to
rescind
the
curfew
that
had
been
previously
adopted.
It
was
a
dust
to
dawn
curfew
that
began
on
wednesday
and
was
rescinded
on
thursday,
after
dawn.
C
G
At
the
same
time
as
the
mandatory
evacuation
order
was
rescinded,
as
well
as
the
movement
of
people
and
occupancy
of
premises,
which
was
a
hand
in
glove
to
the
curfew,
provision
that
was
also
removed
as
part
of
the
amendment
and
the
explosive
provisions
probably
should
come
out,
and
that
would
be
a
recommendation
that
you
take
that
out.
If
there
are
any
other
suggestions
as
to
any
of
the
other
powers
that
be
up
to
the
council
to
determine
okay.
C
K
K
C
Council
so
desires.
If
we
put
that
in
the
in
the
in
the
vote.
C
G
C
Is
that
there
are
already
things
in
our
city
that
are
running
out
and
that
will
allow
for
the
marketplace
to
go
higher
than
they
were
before
the
the
storm.
It
does
not
disallow
them
from
going
lower,
as
I
understand
it,
but
it
does
allow
them
to
go
higher,
for
instance,
toilet
paper,
we're
already
out
again
that
kind
of
thing
so
just
saying
just
keep.
C
We
can
we
were
planning
to
see
where
we
are
in
assessments
and
revisit
it
again.
We
are
going
to
do
an
after
storm
action
update
for
the
council
at
some
point,
but
right
now
we're
premature
because
we're
not
through
with
the
assessment
yet,
as
was
mentioned
by
captain
opnecheck
earlier,
but
I
I
for
one
do
not
want
to
take
the
price
control
out,
because
I
think
that
there
are
certain
stores
that
may
try
to
go
way
up
on
materials
that
we
become
short
on
absolutely.
C
C
G
M
K
That
we've
talked
about
price
controls
and
the
other
one
was
with
competitive
bidding
regulation,
provided
that
council
is
notified
of
any
any
action
by
the
administration
to
purchase
something
without
going
through
competitive
bidding.
C
Okay,
so
there's
a
motion
in
a
second
on
the
floor.
I
am
in
favor
of
leaving
it
alone
and
taking
out
the
explosives,
but
if
there's
anyone
that
wants
to
make
another
amendment,
please
go
ahead.
K
I
want
to
clarify
my
motion
to
say
that
I
moved
to
extend
the
emergency
powers
of
the
mayor,
with
the
exception
of
deleting
the
powers
to
control
explosives,
which
would
cover
firearms
and
ammunition
and
with
the
provision
that
any
effort
by
the
administration
to
purchase
items
without
going
through
the
competitive
bidding
regulation
require
notification
of
that
fact
to
the
city
council.
After
the
fact
it
can
be
after
the
it
can
be.
After
the
fact
I
mean.
B
K
C
All
right
and
I'll.
M
D
All
right
so
clarification
mayor.
I
apologize
we're
voting
on
this.
This
agenda
item
removing
number
four
explosives
and
asking
that
we'd
be
notified
of
any
major
purchases
made.
C
Explosives
were
already
recommended,
so
there
is
there
any
other
discussion,
there's
a
motion
and
a
second
on
the
floor.
All
in
favor
of
that
motion,
as
as
amended,
which
is
to
he,
took
the
price
control
out,
but
he
wants
to
leave
in
the
notification
of
competitive
bidding
and
also
the.
C
All
right,
all
in
favor
of
that
motion,
please
signify
by
saying
aye.
B
C
B
C
Okay,
who
was
knows
please,
whose
eyes
please
raise
your
hand.
C
D
C
D
C
All
right
all
right,
so
there
was
a
vote
all
the
ones
in
favor.
Please
raise
your
hand
high
enough,
so
we
can
see
them
one.
Two,
three,
four
five
opposed
two
okay,
so
the
motion
carries
5-2
right.
That
concludes
our
business
items,
and
so
is
there
any
citizen
who
wishes
to
speak
here
or
is
there
anyone
here?
No
okay,
all
right
since
there's
not
we'll
move
to
council
member
comments
and
I'll
start
with
you.
Councilman
goetz.
K
A
K
J
J
I
mean,
when
rita
hit
us
his
first
time
150
years,
and
I
think
this
is
the
first
time
lake
charles
has
ever
been
hit
with
a
hurricane.
I
know
cameron
has,
but
this
was
quite
a
significant
punch
to
our
friends
over
there
there's
a
and
for
those
of
us
that
have
close
friends
over
there.
J
I
do
want
to
compliment
our
good,
the
folks
that
work
with
the
city
and
also
our
friends
at
energy,
because
those
guys
have
been
working
day
and
night
as
well
and,
of
course
they
move
these
people
around
to
come
in
and
help
you
know
that
lived
somewhere
else
and
and
had
a
chance
to
meet
some
of
those
nice
people
as
well
and
they're,
just
they're
really
very
impressed
with
our
city
and
the
nice
people
that
we
have
here
under
the
circumstances.
J
A
Thank
you
mayor
again,
thank
you,
tim
and
chaquina.
A
Thank
you
for
all
the
time
that
you
all
put
in
to
help
keep
a
safe
mayor.
You
were
there
the
whole
time.
Thank
you.
I
thank
chief
singletary
chief
white,
who
were
all
at
the
eoc
most
of
the
time.
A
B
A
A
I
have
to
say
that
I
am
like
many
of
the
citizens
and
quick
to
make
conclusions
come
to
conclusions
at
times,
particularly
in
that
I
lost
power
during
the
storm.
Didn't
get
it
back
to
yesterday
evening
I
began
to
have
questions
about.
A
I've
stayed
in
and
most
times
I've
been
hesitant
because
of
those
that
I
may
have
ruffled
feathers
with
or
may
not
be
truly
comfortable
with,
but
I
had
to
move
beyond
that
fear
to
serve
my
community
and
step
up,
and
I
had
to
sometimes
look
fear
in
the
eye,
those
that
I
know
care,
don't
like
me,
for
whatever
reasons
I've
had
to
look
them
in
the
eye,
but
I
found
that
one
of
the
things
that
I
failed
to
do
is
let
those
know.
A
A
B
A
A
A
A
B
C
M
M
M
We
sat
in
this
very
same
position
last
september
as
a
matter
of
fact
september.
The
19th
imelda
hit.
So
this
is
not
new
to
anyone
on
this
council
and
at
the
point
that
I
voted
today.
The
way
I
voted,
I
wanted
to
vote
so
that
we
could
get
past
holding
up
on
this
emergency
powers,
not
that
I
have
never
ever
thought
that
our
city
manager,
who
has
a
record
of
doing
the
job
that
he's
he's
done,
would
not
comply
with
this
council.
M
M
I
have
also
stopped
and
thanked
the
other
electrical
workers
that
are
here
in
our
city
and
one
of
the
electrical
workers
said
to
me:
it's
very
easy
to
work
here.
He
said
your
city
is
so
prepared
and
we've
been
recognized
for
being
prepared
and,
unfortunately,
we've
had
our
shares
our
share
of
storms
to
practice
it.
M
M
Thank
you
so
much
tim.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
as
he
stated,
I
had
a
situation
where
someone
never
even
got
checked
in
to
the
att
center
in
san
antonio
and
had
to
be
rushed
to
the
hospital.
So
on.
Yesterday
and
and
today
we've
been
on
the
phone
trying
to
coordinate,
to
get
this
family,
possibly
to
dialysis
and
get
them
back
to
bowman,
because
the
emergency
happened
before
they
could
even
check
them
in.
M
Last
sunday,
city
manager
was
on
the
phone
with
the
attorney
because
they
were
setting
up
to
prepare
for
the
storm
so
that
they
didn't
get
washed
out
again
and
so
that
they
could
be
available
to
serve
the
citizens
here
in
beaumont
and
southeast
texas.
So
what
you
see
when
you
see
or
hear
us
talking
about
a
storm?
M
That's
just
that's
just
a
very,
very
small
intricate
of
what?
What's
being
done
and
I'm
grateful
that
I
get
to
serve
and
I
get
to
help
to
help
the
people
to
to
move
forward
to
get
past
all
of
the
problems
that
occurred
during
the
storm
and
again
I
want
to
thank
the
ems
entergy,
also
benji
williams
and
his
staff
they're
there
as
soon
as
the
storm
is
over.
M
They
leave
their
houses
and
their
families
to
accommodate
all
of
us
and
all
of
the
entire
city
staff,
the
311
people
that
are
manning,
the
phones,
coordinating
and
getting
people
at
the
last
minute.
I
was
still
on
the
phone,
I
think
mayor
what
seven
eight
o'clock
just
still
trying
to
get
people
out
of
the
city.
So
it's
a
lot
of
things
that
go
on
behind
the
scene
that
the
everyday
citizen
would
never
never
know
and
then,
in
the
meantime,
you're
trying
to
work
and
get
your
family
and
get
your
family
safe
too.
So
to
everyone.
M
K
Mayor,
I
have
one
more
thing,
although
she
doesn't
work
for
the
city
she
works
for
the
county.
I
want
to
express
my
thanks
appreciation
and
admiration
to
my
wife,
who
serves
as
public
information
officer
at
the
county
for
the
countless
hours
that
she
spent
at
the
county
emergency
operations
center
dealing
with
national
media.
You
may
have
heard
her
on
the
weather
channel
and
talking
to
csnbc
and
some
other.
K
News
organizations,
but
she
did
great
work
on
that,
and
I
really
appreciate
that
and
the
other
thing
is
a
question:
why
are
we
not
having
a
city
council
meeting
tomorrow
afternoon.
C
Yeah
yeah
I
mean
we've
had
staff
at
the
eoc
for
all
week.
I
doubt
we're
prepared
for
it
to
be
quite
frank
but
I'll.
Let
the
since
it's
his
staff,
I'll.
Let
the
city
manager
answer
that
all
I
have
is
as
captain
ochnacek.
E
Did
not
have
power
at
city
hall
number
one,
the
employees
that
put
together
the
agenda,
some
of
them
were
out
of
town
didn't
get
back
to
yesterday
so
because
we
didn't
have
power
or
the
staff
to
run
the
agenda.
That
normally
runs
the
agenda
in
my
office
and
in
the
city
attorney's
office.
We
did
not
have
a
meeting.
E
M
C
Okay,
thank
you.
Did
you
have
anything
else,
city
manager?
How
about
you
city
attorney?
Okay,
I
will
hopefully
the
the
county
commissioners
will
pay
tribute
to
allison
your
wife
councilman,
as
we
are
doing
today
for
our
staff.
C
So
councilmember
pate
mentioned
earlier
that
that-
and
I
don't
know
if
this
is
exactly
true,
but
the
historian
that
he
is,
I
would
think
it
might
be.
150
years
we
went
without
a
hurricane
until
since,
until
hurricane
rita
hurricane
rita
was
in
2005..
C
So
if
we
put
that
in
perspective-
and
I
think
that's
what
most
of
the
people
in
here
are
trying
to
say-
and
we
need
to
recognize
that
and
pay
tribute
to
these
employees
that
have
done
this,
because
captain
ocneck
and
I
looked
it
up
and
we've
had
26
disasters
declared
by
the
federal
government
since
1953.
C
C
We
have
not
been
totally
involved
in
all
of
those
now
all
of
those
disasters,
because
some
of
them
have
been
oil
spills
and
things
on
the
freeway
and
things
like
that,
but
there
have
been
so
I
just
if
I
seem
like
I'm
trying
to
say
that
what
a
well-oiled
machine
we
have
at
our
emergency
operations
center
and
our
operations
out
in
the
field
when
we
have
a
disaster
of
any
kind.
C
C
C
I
would
just
ask
that
everyone
that
I
mean
we
should
be
thanking
god
that
we
were
not
in
like
charles
seat,
because
we
were-
and
I
feel
so
much
for
them
and
for
orange
and
for
bridge
city
and
I've
talked
to
all
those
mayors
and
all
those
judges,
and
especially
in
texas
and
we've
offered
mutual
aid
to
them,
and
we
are
trying
to
work
with
them
as
very
best
we
can,
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that,
but
I
think
that
if
I
could
ask
anything
is
when
we
go
through
something
like
this.
C
I
bet
we
got
that
first
day,
when
port
nature
said
they
were
going
to
turn
their
water
off
at
six
o'clock.
I
guess
they
were
concerned
about
encroa
saltwater
encroachment.
C
C
I
also
hope
that
anyone
up
here
or
out
there
that
ever
sits
in
my
seat
as
mayor,
because
there
will
be
some
recognizes
what
it
takes
if
you're
going
to
do
a
good
job
at
it.
It's
a
lot
of
time
a
tremendous
amount
of
time,
and
my
hope
would
be
that
the
council
that
they
serve
with
would
be
supportive
of
that.
C
The
emergency
powers
follow
me
and
that's
why
I
said
this
doesn't
need
to
be
political.
This
needs
to
be
about
our
citizens
and
getting
them
back
to
normal,
and
I
have
to
say
that,
because
I
tried
very
hard
through
this
storm
to
make
sure
that
all
of
council
was
informed
with
every
step
that
we
took.
C
C
I
appreciate
that
very
very
much
because
you
really,
as
council
member
samuel,
said
because
he's
been
in
there
a
lot
because,
along
when
I
was
first
when
I
was
elected
in
in
may
of
07,
we
got
inverto
in
september
of
07,
then
we
got
ike
in
the
next
year
and
I
did
need
help
from
council
members
and
staff
that
had
been
on
the
council
and
on
the
staff
for
a
while,
because
it
is
a
quite
different.
You
cannot
imagine
it
until
you've
lived
it,
and
I'm
not
saying
that
about
me.
C
I'm
saying
that
about
the
people
that
work
there
and
I
did
not
hear
or
see
one
person
that
I
came
in
contact
with
through
this
ordeal
that
did
not
have
a
wonderful
attitude
with
a
smile
on
their
face
with
a
can-do.
This
is
our
job.
We
need
to
take
care
of
our
citizens,
and
that
is
the
truth,
and
that
says
a
lot
about
the
leadership
in
this
city.
C
C
So
I
just
need
to
say
that,
because
you
know
this
is
really
important.
This
is
life
or
death,
we're
not
talking
about.
I
mean
we
y'all.
We
could
have
been
in
lake
charles
c
and
let's,
let's
talk
about
price
control
a
little
bit
because
that
came
up
and
we
want
to
help
our
neighbors.
We
want
to
help
the
people
in
louisiana
and
lake
charles.
C
If
we
don't.
If
we
have
people
from
citizens
from
orange
from
from
bridge
city
from
lake
charles
this
lake
trolls
surrounding
rural
areas,
they
don't
have
gas
stations,
they
don't
have
places
to
go.
Buy
generators
they're
probably
going
to
come
here,
and
if
you
think
that
some
people
won't
take
advantage
of
that,
then
you're,
sadly
mistaken.
I'm
sorry,
but
you
are
so.
We
need
to
keep
our
price
control
in
place
not
only
for
our
citizens,
but
also
for
the
surrounding
citizens,
who
basically
have
absolutely
nothing.
C
C
That's
pretty
much
all
I
have
I.
I
do
appreciate
everything
that
everyone's
done
and
I
just
have
to
mention
again
the
and
I
wish
I
knew
who
he
was.
I
probably
should
have
stopped,
but
I
had
hot
soup
in
my
car
and
I
was
going
to
come
back
and
he
was
gone,
but
I
honestly
saw
a
one
of
benji's
staff
on
his
hands
and
knees
to
make
sure
he
didn't
leave
any
debris
on
the
grass
and
before
anyone
says
that's
because
they
were
in
your
neighborhood.
No,
they
weren't.
C
A
Mayor,
I
did
not
state.
Thank
you,
councilmember
phil
shaw.
Thank
you
for
coming
into
my
ward
and
walking,
knocking
on
doors,
checking
out
the
people
of
ward
3..
It's
greatly
appreciated.
That's
the
first
time
I've
had
somebody
to
walk
in
ward
3
with
me
door-to-door.
So
thank
you.
C
C
I
appreciate
y'all
doing
that
very
much
and
you
too
councilman
phil
shaw,
okay.
So
with
that,
I
assume
that
we'll
have
a
meeting
next
week
right.
We
don't
have
any
reason
not
to
we
got
power
now
yeah
we're
planning.
E
To
have
a
meeting
next
tuesday.
E
B
C
E
B
C
I
believe
I'll
make
sure,
but
I
believe
that
we
have
planning
and
zoning
on
the
ninth
at
3,
15,
joint
and
and
then
we'll
have
the
seventh
the
council
meeting.
Thank
you
all
for
coming.
We
are
adjourned.