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From YouTube: City Council Meeting Aug 1, 2023 | City of Beaumont, TX
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✨WHAT YOU MISSED AT COUNCIL✨
Agenda Items of Interest:
✔️ Heard a presentation from the charter review committee with updates and recommendations for potential proposed amendments like term limits and staggered terms to be voted on at a later date for possible inclusion on a November ballot
✔️ Council approved a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with SWA Group of Houston to perform additional planning and design services related to a Downtown Hotel and the completion of the Downtown Plan, including 3-D renderings of that Plan.
✔️ Council approved an annual contract for the grounds maintenance of City parks and street triangles.
✔️ Council approved resolutions for the purchase of one paratransit van for use at the Zip and 3 vehicles for sewer maintenance.
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Agenda Items of Interest:
✔️ Hear a presentation from the Charter Review Committee with Updates and Recommendations
✔️ Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with SWA Group of Houston to perform additional planning and design services related to a Downtown Hotel and the completion of the Downtown Plan, including 3-D
renderings of that Plan.
✔️ Council consider a resolution approving an annual contract for the grounds maintenance of City parks and street triangles.
✔️ Council consider a resolution approving the purchase of one paratransit van for use at the Zip and 3 vehicles for Sewer Maintenance.
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A
B
Good
evening,
thanks
for
having
me
here
and
I
want
to
give
special
thanks
to
the
mayor,
thank
you
and
to
to
Robert
Robinson,
the
City
of
Beaumont,
the
fire
department,
the
councilman.
Thank
you
for
coming
out
with
me
on
last
Saturday.
We
had
a
wonderful
day
in
our
community
fun
day.
We
want
to
thank
you,
you
know,
let
us
ball
overhead
in
prayer,
please
gracious
father!
We
come
today
thanking
you
for
this
meeting
today
accident,
my
father,
that
you
give
us
good
guidance,
good
wisdom
and
good
understanding.
B
Ask
that
you
bless
each
one
of
us
here
today.
My
father
bless
our
leaders.
Today,
my
father
bless
our
counseling
member
bless
our
mayor,
our
leaders
and
our
guidance.
We
actually
want
to
say
thank
you
for
all
that
you've
done.
Most
of
all
my
father.
We
have
a
special
request
today,
as
our
kids
go
back
to
another
year
of
schooling,
we
ask
that
you
look
up
him
up
on
him.
Guide
HIM
lead
them.
My
father
acts
that
you
build
a
fence
around
him.
Take
care
of
my
father.
B
E
For
Mr
Zach
comes
I,
just
would
like
to
remind
the
council
and
the
community.
The
charter
committee
was
established
to
meet
and
make
recommendations
to
council
and
that's
what
Mr
Zeke
is
going
to
be
presenting
today,
but
they
met
about
approximately
five
times
between
May
and
July.
Three
of
those
meetings
were
in
person.
E
The
committee
focused
on
term
limits
increased
terms
as
well
as
eliminating
unnecessary
language
in
the
charter.
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
those
members
publicly
for
their
time
and
for
their
discussion
and
communication
during
that
time.
I
think
it
was
a
very
beneficial
to
have
that
to
have
citizen
input
regarding
the
city's
Charter
and
at
this
time,
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Mr
Zack.
F
Thank
you,
Miss
Reed.
Thank
you
Council.
As
a
reminder,
application
I
hope.
It's
a
reminder.
These.
These
proposed
amendments
to
your
Charter
were
debated
and
discussed
by
your
Charter
committee
and
and
my
role
was
to
assist
them
in
guiding
them
through
the
drafting
process
and
ensuring
that
everything
is
done
in
compliance
with
state
law
and
that
the
amendments
are
in
compliance
with
state
law.
F
So
there
are
a
total
of
seven
measures
and
propositions.
The
measures
are
the
actual
changes
to
the
Charter,
the
actual
Red
Line
changes
and
the
propositions
are
the
is
the
language
that
would
go
on
the
ballot,
and
so
with
each
measure
there
is
a
proposition
associated
with
it.
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
all
the
red
lines.
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions
it's
my
understanding.
F
You
have
you've
been
provided
copy
of
those
and
I
can
go
if
I
can
answer,
questions
about
the
red
lines
and
I
can
answer
questions
about
the
actual
measures
and
propositions
as
well
as
we
go
through
these
so
proposed
proposition.
A
it
would
be
is:
shall
the
city
Charter
the
city
Beaumont,
be
amended
to
increase
city
council
terms
from
two
years
to
four-year
staggered
terms?
So
it's
pretty
plain.
F
We
try
to
draft
these
propositions
in
a
way
that
makes
it
clear
what's
being
accomplished
if
the
citizens,
if
it
goes
on
the
ballot
in
the
citizens,
vote,
they
can
read
the
proposition
and
understand
what
it
is
that
they're
voting
on.
So
this
proposition
would
increase
City
council's
terms
from
its
current
term
of
two
years
to
four
years.
F
When
you
go
from
two
years
to
four
years
or
three
years.
For
that
matter,
you
can
no
longer
appoint
to
a
vacancy,
except
in
certain
circumstances,
and
those
circumstances
have
to
be
listed
in
your
Charter.
And
so
the
way
it's
drafted
is
that
unless
there
is
less
than
365
days
remaining
in
a
vacant
position,
a
special
election
will
be
need
to
be
held
to
fill
the
vacancy.
If
there
are
less
than
365
days
remaining
and
a
vacancy
occurs,
city
council
would
have
the
flexibility
to
either
leave.
F
G
Go
ahead:
I'm,
assuming
the
the
two
to
four
year
term,
is
that
more
common
throughout
the
state
of
Texas
and
these
other
items
that
you
mentioned.
That's
State
requirement
like
if
you
go
to
this
four-year
term
council
member
at
large,
be
elected
by
Place.
Some
of
these
things
are
driven
by
state
law.
F
Correct,
yes,
sir,
they
are
so
everything
under
the
increase,
everything
under
the
increase
from
well,
except
for
the
staggered
term.
So
if
you
increase
your
terms
of
something
greater
than
two
years
state
law,
the
Texas
Constitution
actually
requires
all
council
members
to
be
elected
by
a
majority
vote.
So
you
can
no
longer
elect
anybody,
buy
a
plurality
at.
F
F
E
One
of
the
members
who
served
was
actually
a
former
city
manager,
Mr
McDougall,
and
he
just
said
that
there
was
an
interruption
in
Council,
for
if
you
had
to
run
every
two
years,
because
one
year
you
were
becoming
acclimated.
If
you
were
a
new
person
and
in
the
second
year
you
are
already
back
to
running,
and
so
they
felt
like
having
four
years
would
allow
for
Council
to
both
become
acclimated,
to
assess
those
priorities,
but
then
also
to
get
something
done
in
those
later
years.
So
that
was
that
was
their
rationale.
G
H
G
F
Would
say
for
the
for
home,
so
that's
a
Let
Me
Clear.
Let
me
give
you
an
answer
with
a
you
know,
with
a
little
bit
of
a
clarification,
almost
every
General
law
City
in
the
state
of
Texas
has
a
two-year
term
because
that's
set
by
State
Statute
and
there
are
more
General
law
cities
in
the
state
of
Texas
than
there
are
home
rule
cities
in
the
state
of
Texas.
So
by
default,
most
General
law
Studies
have
two-year
terms,
if
not
all
of
them
most
home
rule
cities.
F
J
I
think
it's
important
to
ask
all
questions
up
front
so
with
it
being
placed
one
place,
two
or
four,
of
course,
that
would
affect
me
and
council
member
philshaw.
So,
with
our
election
be
similar
to
The
Ward
elections,
where
it's
you
have
to
win
by
51
percent
or
the
steel
majority.
I
just
want
Clarity
what
how
owls
would
run
in
comparison
to
the
mayor
and
the
war
seats.
F
Yes,
sir
and
I'm.
Sorry,
if
it
was
not,
if
I
wasn't
clear
when
I,
when
I
state
that
they
would
have
to
be
elected
by
majority,
I
do
mean
by
you
would
have
to
receive
51
50,
plus
one
percent
of
the
vote
for
purposes
of
being
elected.
If
you
do
not,
then
it
would.
You
would
necessitate
a
runoff
between
the
two
highest
vote
Getters
in
the
general
election.
K
It'd
also
be,
if
I'm
understanding
this
correctly.
For
instance,
you
can
have
Place
one
at
large
in
place
two
at
large
and
you
can
choose
if
you're
going
to
run
for
Place
one
or
place
two
at
large.
So,
for
instance,
council
member
fell
Shaw
might
said
I'm
going
to
run
for
Place
one
and
council
member
Turner
outside
I'm,
going
to
run
for
place
two
so
that
they
would
not
be
actually
head
to
head
and
then
other
citizens
would
be
able
to
decide.
K
F
E
And
there's
a
with
the
committee
discusses
making
sure
that
the
staggered
elections
there
would
always
be
a
Fair
representation
in
the
community,
so
Place
one
and
place
two
probably
wouldn't
be
in
the
same
election
and
it'd,
be
opposite,
maybe
from
the
mayor
to
just
make
sure
that
it
would
always
be
essentially
a
city-wide
election
every
term
and
again
the
rationale
for
staggered
elections.
Even
though
it
was,
we
have
an
election
almost
every
year.
F
Shall
the
city
Charter
the
City
of
Beaumont
be
amended
to
require
individuals
to
sit
out
a
single
term
of
office
after
having
served
four
consecutive
years
in
a
single
office
or
eight
consecutive
years
in
two
offices,
this
is
essentially
a
term
limit
with
a
sit
out
provision
you
essentially
it
means
that
if
you
well,
let
me
back
up
this
term
limit
provision
if
it
passes
it
would
apply
regardless
of
whether
or
not
your
extension
and
terms
passes
so
right
out
of
the
gate.
Does
that
make
sense?
F
It's
going
to
be
an
independent
ballot
proposition
item
if
measure
a
fails,
which
is
terms,
are
not
extended
from
two
years
to
four
years,
then
a
term
limit
of
four
consecutive
full
terms
with
a
two-year
sit-out
is
what
would
apply
if
it
passes.
If
the
term
limit
passes,
if
measure
a
passes,
if
you
go
from
two
years
to
four
years,
then
the
term
limits
of
two
consecutive
full
terms
with
a
four-year
sit
out
would
apply,
and
so
that
that
was
done
by
the
commission
to
be
consistent
with
the
number
of
years
in
your
term.
F
So
if
it's
a
two-year
term,
then
it's
a
two-year
sit-out.
If
it's
a
four-year
term,
then
it's
a
four-year
sit
out
and
I'm
going
to
explain
how
that
works
in
a
moment,
because
it's
a
it's
not
confusing,
but
there's
a
little.
It's
a
unique
in
the
way
that
this
this
commission
recommended
it
and
and
that's
the
last
bullet
point
an
individual
may
serve
consecutive
terms
in
both
offices
now
for
purposes
of
term
limits.
F
There
are
two
offices:
there's
the
office
of
council
member
and
there's
the
office
of
Mayor
right,
doesn't
matter
if
it's
a
ward
or
an
at
large.
It's
still
a
council
member.
That's
one
office
all
right
so,
rather
than
getting
into
the
minutia
of
which
one
passes
or
fails
I'll
just
use
one
example:
let's
say
that
measure
a
fails.
You
continue
with
two-year
terms
all
right.
That
means
that
you
can
serve
eight.
You
can
serve
two
cons,
four
consecutive
full
terms
with
a
two-year
sit
out
in
each
office.
Does
that
make
sense?
F
F
A
person
who
has
served
two
consecutive
terms
as
a
council
member
shall
be
eligible
to
be
elected
to
the
office
of
mayor
for
two
consecutive
terms.
A
person
who
has
served
two
consecutive
terms
as
mayor
shall
be
eligible
to
be
elected
as
a
council
member
for
two
consecutive
terms.
So
it's
two
separate
offices,
so
you
could,
as
an
at-large
council
member,
serve
two
consecutive
terms
and
then
run
for
mayor,
you
wouldn't
have
to
sit
out.
You
could
then
run
for
mayor
and
run
and
serve
two
consecutive
terms.
F
F
Actually,
yeah
yeah,
you're,
correct
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I'm
following
you:
okay,
yeah,
that
is
correct,
depending
on
which
one
passes
they
want
to
make
sure
everybody
gets
eight
years.
Essentially,
so
it's
either
if
it's
a
two-year
term,
it's
for
consecutive
full
terms,
if
it's
a
four-year
term,
it's
two
consecutive
terms:
okay,
everybody
everybody
gets
eight
years
is
essential.
J
F
A
K
F
K
F
Yeah
you're,
you
are
correct
and
we
had
a
multiple
eyes
on
this
and
we
still
we
still.
We
still
didn't
get
it
in
an
accurate
ways.
It
had
well.
That
proposition
will
have
to
be
revised
to
reflect.
The
difficulty
is:
is
that
here's
the
difficulty
in
drafting
this
proposition
guilty
is,
is
we
also
have
on
the
ballot?
The
change
in
the
terms
and
the
commission
wanted
to
have
different
term
limits
if
different
terms
passed.
F
E
F
K
Yes,
okay,
so
look
at
this
so
so
forget
about.
What's
on
the
screen
and
again
reiterate
what
we're
saying
is
going
to
be
if
you're
starting
from
scratch,
you
want
to
run
for
a
ward
seat
and,
let's
assume,
when
you
know
that
the
four-year
terms
pass
okay,
you
can
then
run
and
if
you're
elected
serve
two
terms
eight
years.
Yes,.
F
F
F
L
G
F
G
F
E
I
think
the
disconnect
is
that
we
by
this
proposition
we'll
be
establishing
two
offices.
The
mayor
is
one
office
and
then
at
large
and
council
member
would
be
one
office
as
well.
So
if
you
can
run
at
at
award
spot
and
at
a
at
large
spot-
and
those
would
be
your
consecutive
terms,
but
whenever
someone
runs
for
me
or
whether
they
go
from
at
large
or
from
a
ward
seat-
that's
a
higher
office.
So
they
can
do
that
without
having
to
sit
out.
K
So
was
there
any
thought
or
discussion
by
the
committee
to
distinguish
between
a
single
ward,
council,
member
and
an
at-large
council
member,
whereas
you
could
run
for
a
single
ward
council
position.
F
elected
serve
up
to
two
terms:
eight
years
if
the
first
ballot
initiative
passes
and
then
run
immediately
for
an
at
large
position
like
he
could
for
the
mayor,
because
you're
running
then
a
city-wide
campaign,
as
you
would
at
the
mayor,
you're,
looking
a
lot
more
finances,
a
lot
more
campaigning.
K
F
E
Problem
I
read
the
meaning:
okay,
but
what
they?
What
the
thought
process
was
for
the
committee
is
that
they
that
the
mayor's
seat,
which
is
different
now
they
did
appreciate
that
at
large
members
serve
as
a
whole,
but
what
they
wanted
to
do
is
allow
any
member
who
had
served
as
a
ward
or
at
large
to
move
up
to
the
mayor's
seat
without
having
to
sit
out
again.
The
rationale
went
back
to
just
institutional
knowledge.
Having
had
someone
who
served
on
Council
being
able
to
transition
into
that
seat
without
them
sitting
out.
E
If
we
made
at
large
and
the
mayor's
seat
similar,
then
they
would
have
to
sit
out,
they
wouldn't
be
able
to
transition
into
it.
There
wasn't
a
conversation
about
making
three
spaces
so
I'm
having
Ward
and
at
large
and
mayor
and
I
can't
tell
you
why
that
didn't
happen,
but
the
the
conversation
was
just
that
they
want.
They
just
thought
that
the
transition
should
be
either
from
award
or
a
council
member
to
Mayor,
as
opposed
to
maybe
a
council
member
to
council
member
at
large
and
then
to
mayor.
K
Would
there
be
any
downside
to
making
a
in
it
more
like
the
mayor
having
a
council
member
at
large
position,
be
what
you
could
transition
to
to
you
know
you
serve
as
a
council
member
you've
done
that
for
eight
years,
you're
feeling
like
well
I'm
pretty
good
at
this,
but
now
I,
you
know
I,
don't
want
to
run
I,
don't
want
all
the
responsibility
of
a
mayor
which
has
more
responsibility.
Obviously,.
K
E
Yeah,
there's
still
some
dates
with
the
committee
I.
Don't
it's
on
a
tight
time
frame,
but
if
you
want
to
send
it
back
to
committee
or
if
you
guys
want
to
discuss
it
openly,
that's
something
that
you
guys
could
assess
amongst
yourself,
making
changes
to
the
recommendation.
That's
something
that
you
always
have
the
option
to
do
as
well.
The
I
think
Charlie
kind
of
preferences.
E
These
are
just
recommendations,
the
ultimate
decision
and
just
in
the
past,
when
we've
done
Charter
changes
when
staff
had
done
it
without
the
input
of
the
citizen
staff
or
bring
to
council,
but
we
felt,
like
the
recommendations,
would
be
in
Council.
Had
the
ability
to
either
accept,
amend
or
reject
those
recommendations.
You
have
a
similar
situation
here.
You
can
reject,
amend
or
accept
in
this
totality
the
recommendations
from
the
charter
committee
well.
K
Speaking
just
for
me,
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
the
recommendation
recommendation,
as
stated,
but
I
kind
of
like
what
I'm
proposing
as
well,
because
there's
there's
clearly
a
difference
between
a
war
position
and
an
at
large
position,
I'd
kind
of
like
to
hear
what
my
fellow
council
members
think
about
it.
This
is
probably
the
best
time
to
talk
about
it.
K
E
So
that
came
up
in
the
thought
process
was,
is
that
you
didn't
want
to
have
to
do
a
lifetime
ban,
especially
in
cities
our
size?
You
start
to
run
into
well.
Nobody
else
can
run,
but
this
guy
type
of
situation.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
people
who
were
interested
in
serving
and
who
had
served,
who
wanted
to
continue
to
serve,
had
an
opportunity
to
do
so,
and
they
didn't
want
to
do
a
lifetime
ban.
So
the
sit-out
provision
doesn't
necessarily
eradicate
term
limits.
E
What
it
does
allow
for
is
for
fresh
blood
to
come
through
for
there
to
be
some
invigoration
and
counsel.
At
least
that
was
that
the
thought
process
behind
that,
but
they
were,
the
committee,
was
adamantly
opposed
to
a
lifetime
ban.
They
just
didn't
think
that
would
be
in
the
best
interest
of
the
city.
J
Earlier
Madam
attorney,
you
mentioned
that
it
would
be
Place
one
place
two
at
large,
but
we
would
run
on
a
different
cycle
from
the
mayor.
Let's
say
we
had
eight
year
turn
at
the
two
four
year
terms
for
eight
years
and
let's
say
Randy
and
Mr
West
was
on
the
same
ballot
that
mean
Mr,
West
will
be
turned
out
in
eight
years
and
Randy
would
be
at
the
same
time
as
him.
So
if
I
was
on
the
opposite
ballot
and
I
was
running
two
years
after
or
before
them.
F
F
That's
why
it's
important
that
if
this
is
on
the
ballot
and
passes
that,
if
folks
decide,
they
want
to
run
for
council
with
these
Provisions
in
place
that
those
are
things
they
will
have
to
think
about
when
they
decide
to
run
for
an
at-large
position
or
the
mayor
position
or
award
position.
They'll
have
to
think
about
those
things.
F
E
I'll
also
add
that
they
had
a
the
committee
was
very
diverse
and
they
had
a
concern
about
not
having
one
election
that
wasn't
city-wide.
So
if
every,
if
both
at
large
members
were
in
the
same
race
as
the
mayor
and
they
would
have
award
seats
that
Pro,
you
know
potentially
would
not.
So
there
was
a
fear
that
potentially,
everyone
wouldn't
vote
in
at
least
one
of
those
elections.
So
they
wanted
to
make
sure
that
when
they
that
the
elections
were
staggered
and
stacked
evenly
was
one
of
the
terms
that
they
used.
F
A
F
E
F
A
E
G
I
mean
I
I.
It's
of
course,
I
know
that
each
Ward
is
is
there's
an
element
in
there
of
each
community
and
I
get
that,
but
it's
still
different
when
you're
at
large,
you
have
to
look
at
the
entire
city,
all
the
communities
that
you're
representing
and
it
it
it
does,
carry
with
a
burden.
Perhaps
that's
not
the
right
word.
Perhaps
the
right
word
is
responsibility,
and
so
I
do
agree
with
you
that
some
consideration
perhaps
should
be
given
to
that.
Thank
you,
mayor.
L
Yo
net:
what
was
the
reasoning
behind
lumping
all
the
council
positions
together
because
it
seems
to
me
I
guess
what
Mike
and
Randy
is
saying
at
large
is
like
a
natural
progression
up
from
award
councilman
and
even
if
they've
serve
two
four-year
terms
as
a
ward
councilman,
it
seemed
like
the
next.
The
next
move
would
be
to
run
for
at
large
position
and
right
away
without
having
to
to
sit
out.
So
what
was
what
was
the
reason
behind
doing
that
again.
E
So
they,
the
focus,
was
more
on
not
making
that
individual
sit
out
if
they
wanted
to
run
for
mayor
after
they
had
served
their
or
exhausted
their
terms
in
that
particular
seat.
So
it
wasn't
and
just
In
fairness.
The
way
councilmember
gets
presented.
It
wasn't
ever
discussed
with
a
charter
committee,
and
just
just
so
you,
you
guys
kind
of
understand
what
our
role
was
in
that
setting
it
was
not
to
lead
or
to
direct
the
conversation.
E
So
it
wasn't,
we
decided
myself,
Mr,
Williams
and
Charlie
decided
early
on
that
we
were
not
going
to
try
to
insert
ideas.
Our
main
focus
was
to
provide
historical
background
for
the
city
discussions
on
how
City
operations
work
as
well
as
what's
the
standard
or
you
know,
legal
practices
throughout
the
state
so
presenting
to
them.
Different
ideas
are
different.
Our
rationales
wasn't
something
that
we
did
and
council
member
gets
its
perspective
of
creating
a
three
position.
Just
didn't
come
up.
E
F
We
didn't
attempt
to
guide
the
committee
into
a
particular
decision
process
other
than
giving
background
information
pros
and
cons
based
on
my
experience,
because
I've
been
doing
it
so
long
and
it
it
misreaders
correct
it
didn't
come
up.
It
is
possible,
though,
that
it
may
be
one
of
the
reasons
it
didn't.
It
didn't
come
up
as
a
as
a
major
conversation.
F
There
was
a
very
detailed
and
long
conversation
about
how
long
should
an
individual
be
able
to
serve
on
Council
before
or
it
was
too
long
and
to
I
think
it
was
just
your
point,
sir.
You
know:
does
it
defeat
the
purposes
of
term
limits
if
you
can
serve
for
24
years
and
if
you
add,
if
you're
going
to
make
it
a
three
office
situation
and
it's
four-year
terms,
all
of
a
sudden
you're
talking
about
you
know
24
years
on
Council
and
is:
should
there
really
be
term
limits
at
that
point?
J
And
council
member
guess
actually
my
opinion.
That's
why
my
likelihood
it
would
make
more
sense
if
all
that
large
positions
were
on
the
same
ballot,
because
then
you
would
eliminate
that
interest
of
you
guys
going
from
and
I
do
think
it's
a
difference
between
at
large
period
and
Ward
seats
and
I
learned
that
from
working
award
campaign
to
actually
running
my
large
campaign,
it
cost
a
lot
more
money.
It
was
a
lot
more
work,
more
work,
so
you
know
the
responsibility
of
the
man
that
lowers
the
large
council.
J
Members
are
different,
but
at
Laura's
campaign
is
at
large
campaign.
The
city-wide
and
I
do
think
that's
a
huge
difference
that
I
don't
want
to
slight
or
not
bring
to
the
attention
of
this
Council
because
at
large
is
at
large.
And
if
you
looked
at
the
numbers,
we
all
got
the
same
at
large
votes.
Yes,.
F
E
J
J
A
E
E
It's
for
you
guys
to
be
on
a
different
ballot,
so
that
at
one
election
would
be
imbalanced,
so
one
election
would
be
like
more
city-wise
than
other.
They
wanted
everyone
to
always
be.
You
know,
participating
in
the
election
city-wide
so
awards
for,
like
all
the
the
four
Awards
would
be
together
in
the
at
large,
in
the
mirror,
will
be
together
because
it
creates
a
city-wide
election
each
time,
but.
E
E
If
you
put
the
mayor
in
with
one
of
the
ward
seats
right,
it
could
potentially
have
an
imbalance,
because
more
people
obviously
would
come
out
to
vote
potentially
for
the
mayor
as
opposed
to
maybe
voting
for
you
know,
Ward
one
or
Ward
three,
so
the
I,
the
I,
the
concept
and
the
idea
and
I
believe
this
was
presented
by
a
a
few
of
our
our
members.
I
can't
really
recall,
but
I
know.
This
was
very
Champion
very
hard
by
Miss.
E
But
they
did
wanted
to
presented
to
council
that
they
believed
that
the
citizens
would
benefit
from
a
city-wide
election
each
time
and
although
we
can't
determine
if,
if
all
of
you
are
going
to
pull
an
opponent,
because
it
could
be
that
no
one
runs
in
that
large
spot
and
we
have
no
elections
and
that
the
Mayors
see
in
the
at
large
seats
are
always
the
popular
ones
and
you
guys
get
to
kind
of
skate
through
where
it's
either.
Not
as
contested.
That's
a
potentiality
and
I
think
that
they
understood
that.
E
K
Always
going
to
have
a
city-wide
election
if
you
have
the
mayor
in
at
large
council
members
on
the
ballot,
but
if
you
have
the
four
Wards
running
and
let's
say
two
of
them:
don't
draw
opponents.
Ordinarily,
those
are
just
declared
elected
right,
so
you're
going
to
potentially
be
in
a
situation,
then
of
having
only
part
of
the
citizens.
I
can
see
confusion.
E
And
that
was-
and
that
was
discussed
exactly
if
you
put,
for
example,
the
mayor's
seat
with
one
of
the
award
seats
for
an
election
is
that
if
there
was
no
opponent
in
one
of
the
wards,
then
there
would
be
a
low
turnout
in
that
Ward
and
potentially
an
imbalance
or
an
equitable
voting
for
that
Ward
and
I'm
just
going
to
use
the
awards
that
are,
you
know,
established.
We
saw
the
awards
see
when
we
did
the
chart.
I
The
other
part
of
the
city
could
be
misrepresenting
that
election
or
likewise,
if
saying
for
you
and
and
Taylor,
we
all
know
what
the
mayor,
so
they
wanted
to
make
sure
that
no
one
had
an
advantage
in
the
mayor's
position
by
having
the
benefit
of
a
couple
of
awards
having
high
turnouts.
So
that
was
a
real
concern
for
me
and
they
debated
that
and
came
up
with
that.
D
Mayor,
if,
if
I
may
interject,
yes
before,
we
did
a
charter
change
in
2003
I
think
it
was.
We
did
scatter
terms
when
I
first
got
one
with
the
city
in
2002,
we
did
scatter
the
staggered
terms
where
the
mayor
and
the
at-large
council
members
ran
one
year
and
then
the
war
council
members
ran
the
the
next
year,
so
we
had
elections
every
year.
The
only
difference
in
this
is
the
term
limits,
but
that's
the
way
that
we
previously.
G
D
On
average
back,
then
we
were
spending
about
50
anywhere
from
50
to
55
000.
Now
we're
spending
76
for
this
last
election
we
spent
76
000
previously,
when
the
mayor
had
the
runoff
with
Mayor
West
and
Robin
Mouton,
we
spent
a
hundred
and
five
thousand
so
I
mean
it
varies.
And,
of
course,
when
we
do
a
joint
election
with
the
school
district
and
the
port,
we
get
to
split
that
pot
of
money
that
we
we're
going
to
spend.
But
in
this
last
election
we
spent
76
000.
A
And
to
answer
a
thought
was
where
they
were
coming
up
with
the
16
years,
as
the
other
would
be
24..
If
you,
if
you
created
award
at
large
and
mayor
but
again
that
would
be
something
that
would
be
decided
by
this
Council
and
how
that
would
appear
and
the
staggered
doesn't
save
any
money.
But
it
does
prevent
a
council
turnover
any
given
two
years,
because
currently
we
have
election
every
two
years.
A
So
we
could,
you
know
the
other
option
would
be
no
staggered
terms
in
just
every
four
years
and
then
everybody
is
on
the
same
I
mean
all
those
are
considerations
that.
But
this
is
yes,
sir,
but
this
is
what's
being
presented
by
the
charter.
Review
Committee
and
certainly
respect
their
time
and
energy
that
they
put
in.
L
F
E
A
F
J
J
E
Also,
just
to
clarify
this
is
a
special
election
for
us,
which
is
why
we're
able
to
do
it
in
November.
This
is
outside
of
our
normal
election
schedule.
So
this
is
a
special
election
in
the
in
Council
know.
Councilman
Turner
and
councilman
Neil
had
asked
us
to
look
at
Charter
review
changes
for
the
May
election,
but
we
did
not
meet
the
two-year
requirement
to
put
it
on
the
ballot
for
May,
and
so
that's
why
there
was
a
need
for
a
special
election.
A
F
You
Council
position:
C
Charlotte,
City
Charter,
the
City
of
Beaumont
be
amended
so
that
the
city
clerk
is
hired
by
and
subject
to
the
supervision
of
the
city
manager.
Currently,
the
city,
the
city
clerk,
is
hired
by
city
council.
This
proposed
amendment,
if
it
goes
on
the
ballot,
would
change
that
so
that
the
city
clerk
is
hired
by
and
supervised
by,
the
city
manager.
E
So
so
this
is
one
where
again,
we
had
a
former
city
manager
on
our
our
Charter
Brian
McDougall.
He
was
city
manager
and
city
of
Port
Arthur,
and
he
essentially
just
talked
about
how,
in
our
Charter
it
specifically
states
that
charter
member
or
council
member
should
not
be
involved
in
the
day-to-day
of
council
business
and
that
the
city
manager
is
responsible
for
the
formulated,
the
city
Charter
and
some
of
the
things
some
of
those
responsibilities
do
fall
under
the
city
clerk,
and
so
there
was
just
a
almost
I.
E
None
of
these
suggestions
came
from
any
of
any
of
staff
that
that
we
move
the
city
clerk
underneath
the
city
manager
to
remove
that
responsibility,
ability
for
Council
to
supervise
a
someone
who
handles
the
elections,
and
so
just
to
kind
of
give
her
that
that
benefit
to
to
report
to
the
city
manager,
but
also
to
give
the
city
manager
some
control
over
the
responsibilities
that
were
tasked
to
him.
Under
the
charter
that
are
the
responsibility
of
another
employee.
J
Turner,
for
me,
I
would
much
rather
see
these
things
to
get
discussed
and
streamlined
in
a
proper
position.
The
current
Council
we
only
supervise
four
current
positions,
and
we
can't
really
technically
get
into
the
directors
and
our
city
manager
makes
it
very
clear
when
we're
getting
out
of
Lane.
So
for
me,
I'm,
not
in
support
of
losing
one
of
my
four
employees,
so
I
don't
mind
speaking
up
boldly
saying
it,
we
only
already
supervised
four
and
to
cut
it
down
to
three
I'd
much
rather
streamline
and
make
it
more
efficient
versus
cutting
it
down.
F
That
so
just
sort
of
a
big
umbrella,
historical
overview
when
every
city
in
Texas
was
a
general
law
city
under
the
general
law
city
is
under
General
status,
most
City
secretaries
in
smaller
communities.
They
wear
multiple
hats,
they're,
the
City
Secretary
they're,
the
city
manager,
they're,
the
Public
Works
director,
they're
they're,
doing
a
bunch
of
a
bunch
of
different
things
and
the
state
law
for
all
General
cities.
F
The
state
law
is
that
the
City
Secretary
unless
changed
is
hired
by
the
city
council,
and
so
when
cities
person
initially
started
adopting
home
rule
Charters
they
just
consid
they
can.
They
went
with
the
way
things
were
done.
This
is
how
we
did
it.
This
is
how
we
so
this
is
how
we're
going
to
do
it
moving
forward.
The
trend
in
is
in
a
home
rule
government.
F
The
the
trend
is
for
City,
Clerks
and
City
secretaries
to
now
more
fall
under
the
purview
of
the
city
manager,
but
that's
mostly
because
City,
Clerks
and
City
secretaries
are
now
doing
more
day-to-day
administrative
duties,
which
do
tend
to
fall
under
more
under
the
day-to-day
operations
of
a
city
manager,
as
opposed
to
the
legislative
functions
of
the
governing
body,
and
that's
so.
It
is
the
trend,
but
that
does
I
mean
and
I'll
say
to
y'all
what
I
say
to
everybody.
This
y'all
are
Beaumont,
y'all
aren't
you
know.
K
A
The
only
thing
I
have
to
add
being
new
to
council
and
just
coming
from
the
training
for
newly
elected
officials
and
because
a
lot
of
people
in
the
city
may
not
understand
or
don't
have
Clarity
just
being
the
new
mayor.
I
understand.
That
is
that
we
are
a
city
manager,
form
of
government.
So
we
do
Express
the
desires
on
the
direction
that
we
want
the
city
to
go
and
we
certainly
approve
the
budget,
but
he
manages
the
day-to-day
because
many
people
are
employed
and
and
don't
have
the
time
to
be
spending.
A
So
I
I
certainly
understand
from
a
management
standpoint
because
he
is
responsible
to
the
council.
So
you
know
he's
going
to
certainly
do
his
best
to
please
the
council
as
long
as
it's
meeting
the
laws
and
the
and
what's
best
overall
for
the
city,
knowing
that
that's
what
all
we
want,
so
I
I
understand
the
streamlining
of
it
from
that
standpoint.
So.
C
G
21
years,
and
so
that
that,
for
me
that
creates
an
uncomfortable
for
me
and
I
I
guess
the
remedy
to
that
is
then
you
have
to
take
it
to
Executive
session.
Can
that
be
again,
City
attorney?
Can
you
put
on
Executive
session
the
position
of
city
clerk
to
discuss
that
in
private
or
am
I
crossing
boundaries
now,
with
the
open
meetings,
act
and
protocol
for
executive
session,
so.
E
This
was
something
that
wasn't
even
on
the
list
of
things
that
that
we
had
decided
that
we
wanted
to
present
I
think
when
we
established
a
charter
Review
Committee,
there
were
several
items
that
I
told
you
we
would
be
bringing
to
the
Charter
committee
to
to
review.
They
actually
came
with
their
own
ideas,
and
this
was
one
of
them
well,.
G
F
G
I
and
I
agree
with
that.
I
get
that
and
that's
why
I
said
I
have
nothing
negative
to
say
about
Tina
you're
talking
about
the
position,
but
yet
the
position
is
represented
by
a
person
and
so
I
just
I
I
wasn't
sure
if
we
could
do
that.
But
with
that
said,
we
can't,
and
so
just
sitting
here
now,
I
would
lean
more
towards
a
councilman
Turner's
position
that
I'm
I'm
uncomfortable
with
this
is
at
least
I
can
say
that
I'm
uncomfortable
with
this.
This
proposition
now.
L
I,
don't
think
if
this
proposition
fails,
I
mean
passes
that
is
going
to
have
anything
to
do
with
our
current
city
clerk.
This
will
take
effect
with
the
next
city
clerk
or
will
the
supervision
of
this
city
clerk
under
city
manager
start
right
when
this
passes
or
with
it
with
everything
start
whenever
they
hire
another
city
clerk.
F
K
I
I
You
know,
of
course
this
this
would
take
a
position
from
other
Council.
It's
always
consideration
for
you
when
you
make
that
decision
that
that's
probably
the
biggest
card
for
you
in
making
such
a
decision
is,
is
and
looking
at
that
too
then
too,
it's
just
just
tough
on
existing
existing
clerk.
You
know
I
had
a
conversation
with
it.
It's
just
that
and
and
then
they
are.
You
know
and
I'll
be
honest
with
you.
This
wasn't
my
idea.
It
was
my
idea,
but
there
are
some
benefits
to
it.
I
You
know
that
are
definitely
benefits
to
it
as
far
as
operating
a
city.
This
is
just
the
best
practice.
This
is
how
cities
do
it
now
they
do
it
with
clerks
working
with
the
city
manager,
because
they
they
interact
so
much
and
there's
so
many
things
that
are
done,
that
it's
the
city,
magic
kind
of
needs
and
depends
on
them
to
be
able
to
Carlson's
manager
has
no
authority
to
get
them
to
do
anything.
I
You
know
you
know
the
agenda
has
been
done
for
years
here,
but
it
was
done
out
of
the
city
manager's
office
when
things
like
that
should
be
done
out
of
the
clerk's
office,
but
and
I
hate
to
speculate
but
I'm
guessing
the
city
manager
probably
didn't
have
authority
to
do
something,
so
he
made
sure
it
was
done
out
of
his
office.
So
it's
just
it.
It
interfaced
with
the
flow
of
work
and
not
some
things
are
done
and
and
things
some
things
processes
here
could
be
smoother.
C
F
This
proposition
was
also
I,
think
one
that
was
suggested
by
one
of
the
committee
members.
Shall
the
city
Charter
the
City
of
Beaumont
be
amended
to
require
the
city
council
to
hold
such
regular
meetings
as
necessary
to
efficiently
conduct
the
Affairs
of
the
city.
Currently,
the
the
charter
reads
that
the
city
council
shall
meet
at
regular
meetings
each
week
unless
postponed
for
a
valid
reason,
which
obviously
then
requires
you
to
have
a
meeting
to
to
postpone
a
meeting
or
cancel
a
meeting.
F
E
To
allow
for
Council
to
kind
of
establish
a
council
meeting
calendar
so
that
there
will
be
some
continuity
or
you
know,
notice
for
Citizens
could
go
on
and
see
like
right
now
we
meet
every
Tuesday,
but
you
know
just
if
Council
wanted
to
schedule
breaks
for
themselves,
so
that
you
know
vacations
and
so
forth.
So
you
could,
you
know,
know
when
that
was
happening
and
we
can
continue
with
City
business.
It
is.
A
F
F
Proposition
E
shall
the
city
Charter
the
city
Beaumont,
be
amended
to
clarify
the
authority
of
the
city
manager
and
the
city
council's
role.
This
section
adds
multiple
sections
clarifying
the
city,
manager's
role
in
the
council
manager
form
of
government.
It
lists
out
several
several
items
that
make
very
clear
what
the
city
manager's
Authority
is,
and
then
it
adds
another
section
that
makes
clear
City
council's
legislative
role
with
respect
to
the
city
managers,
administrative
Authority
and
responsibilities.
K
F
A
J
J
If
we're
going
to
do
salary
increases
raises
things
of
this
magnitude
and
you
give
your
employees
something
realistic
that
you're
trying
to
see
them
accomplish
since
I've
been
on
Council
I've
wanted
to
see
this
and
I
haven't
seen
this
with
true
direction
of
our
employees.
So
at
this
time
I
think
it's
inappropriate
to
talk
to
the
council
about
maybe
giving
Mr
Williams
Miss
Tina
judge
Lively
Miss
Reed.
You
know
Clear
Directions
of
what
we
want
to
see
accomplished.
J
So
when
I,
when
it's
time
to
come
back
and
evaluate
in
the
system,
we
actually
have
something
to
go
by
and
I
just
think
that
would
be
better
for
them,
because
now
they're,
not
kind
of
lost
and
confused,
we
can
be.
We
could
be
wanting
them
to
do
something
and
we
never
told
them
up
front
so
how's
it
fair
to
come
back
and
maybe
get
to
a
point
where
we're
talking
about
an
increase
in
a
councilman
may
be
disappointed
about
something
you
knew
nothing
about.
J
So
I
think
this
is
a
opportunity
to
be
more
clear
with
the
previous
city
manager.
I
asked
that
you
know
after
my
first
year,
because
it
didn't
make
sense
most
times
you
evaluated
and
you
kind
of
know
your
expectations
as
a
group.
So
I
just
wanted
to
know.
You
know
a
field
from
Council
Members
how
you
guys
feel
about
Clarity
I
know,
I
talked
to
Mr
Williams
once,
and
he
told
me
normally
prior
to
that
evaluation.
J
He
knows
what
his
expectation
is
as
a
whole
and
I
I
know:
I,
don't
have
I,
don't
you
haven't?
We
haven't
really
did
that
as
a
counsel
for
you,
so
I
think
this
is
a
time
that
you
know
from
your
experience.
Mr
Williams
like
do
you
think
that
would
be
better
or
you
think
the
way
we
do
it
now
is
okay,
like
what
are
your
thoughts.
I
Oh
and
I
hate
to
say
the
word
contract,
but
the
contract
that
I
have
with
the
city
it
it
outlines
the
evaluation
process
and
how
that's
to
take
place
and
that
Council
it's
supposed
to
identify
goals
that
I'm
to
achieve
for
the
coming
year
and
I
think
it
actually
says.
After
the
budget's
approved
after
this
budget's
approved,
then
we
sit
down
and
plan
how
that's
going
to
go
forward
from
there.
I
So
it's
kind
of
outlined
for
me
not
so
much
for
for
Tina
and
cheray
and
the
judge,
and
so
some
process
can
be
put
in
place.
But
it's
identified
that
during
when
you
get
ready,
we've
got
to
have
a
set
of
goals
that
we're
going
to
mutually
agree
on
that
we're
going
to
work
toward
and
agree
with
yeah.
But
next
year's
evaluation
and.
J
E
E
What
they
you
know
felt
like
should
be
the
clarity,
a
lot
of
the
benefit
to
having
citizens
on
this
Council,
and
we
had
a
really
really
good
committee-
is
that
they
wanted
to
make
sure
that
they
understood
what
the
expectations
should
be
from
a
city
manager
and
they
wanted
that
clarified
in
in
their
Charter,
and
so
this
is
kind
of
what
what
they
expressed
and
then
Charlie
just
added
the
words
to
it.
It's.
J
A
E
K
E
F
F
and
g
are
the
last
two:
these
are.
These
are
mine.
These
are
this
is
my
review
of
your
Charter
to
determine
whether
or
not
it's
in
compliance
with
state
law
and
whether
or
not
what
can
be
eliminated,
which
is
non-substantive
in
nature,
to
create
a
shorter,
more
efficient,
looking
Charter,
so
G
I
mean
f,
rather
is
an
amendment
to
bring
your
Charter
in
to
Alliance
with
state
law
foreign,
so
the
charter
proposition
is:
shall
the
city
Charter,
the
City
of
Beaumont,
be
amended
for
consistency
and
compliance
with
state
law
and.
E
Just
for
clarity,
a
lot
of
the
changes
that
Charlie
made
to
to
this
particular
in
measure
F
were
previously
brought
under
the
previous
Charter
change.
But
it's
in
talking
with
teenagers
going
through
how
individuals
voted
it
just
seems
that
they
just
became
overwhelmed
with
the
amount
of
things
that
we
were
asking
them
to
vote
on,
and
so
lumping
them
together.
F
Any
questions
doesn't
appear
all
right
and
then
so
the
next
one
is
G.
Shall
the
city
Charter
of
City
of
Beaumont
be
amended
to
delete
repetitive
and
unnecessary
Provisions?
Essentially,
I
went
through
your
Charter
and
I
have
made
recommendations
on
Provisions
that
can
be
deleted
that
are
not
substantive
in
nature,
unless
it's
already
in
the
chart,
I
think
if
there
is
one
place
where
you
had,
you
had
a
substantive
provision
in
there
twice
and
I
just
deleted
it
from
from
one
section.
So
it's
it's
still
in
there.
F
So
this
this
particular
Amendment
would
delete
significant
sections
of
your
Charter
that
are
not
necessary
to
be
in
your
Charter
either
because
just
not
required
to
be
in
your
Charter
or
because
it's
repetitive
of
being
somewhere
else
in
your
Charter
or
repetitive,
of
being
somewhere
in
state
loan.
It's
not
necessary
to
be
in
your
Charter.
K
K
L
E
C
I
Thank
you
mayor
before
you
go
off
this
item.
I'd
just
like
to
recognize
the
members
of
the
committee.
I
mean
they
worked
hard
and
they
worked
diligently
meeting
that
we
started
out
with
virtual
meetings
and
but
they
wanted
to
meet
in
person.
They
wanted
to
meet
with
each
other
and
talk
eye
to
eye
and
and
read
each
other's
body,
language
Etc.
To
get
some
things
done
and
as
a
City
attorney
said,
we
basically
sit
there
and
we
were
just
resource
people.
We
didn't
come
with
any
ideas
or
anything.
I
I
So
the
public
could
know
who
was
on
that
committee
and
they
are
miss
Robin
Troy,
Roy,
steinhagen,
Francis,
Sam,
lashon,
Proctor,
Corey,
Crenshaw,
Melanie,
Samuel,
Jesus,
Abrego,
Charlene,
cook,
Robert,
Calvert,
dalen,
Turner,
Brian
McDougall,
and
we
had
a
youth
representative,
Mr,
Sam,
Marshawn
and
I'd
just
like
to
thank
them.
For
the
work
they've
done
so
far,.
J
F
I,
don't
I
I,
don't
know
if
Sharay
has
it
memorized
I,
don't
have
it
memorized,
but
state
laws
does
dictate
how
you
can
get
on
the
ballot
either
the
requirement
of
a
of
a
fee
or
there's
a
in
lieu
of
a
fee
you
can
submit
a
petition.
I
believe
is
what
the
state
law
so
stay.
My
my
point
is
state
law
dictates
what
those
what
those
parameters
are
and.
J
A
A
J
E
City
said
Do
It
I
know
for
sure
City
of
Houston.
Does
it
it's
consistent
with
their
City
Charter
that
they
do
that
the
cost
to
run
for
a
council
member
position
is
like
500.
The
mayor
is
a
little
more
steeper
at
12.50,
and
so
they
they
do.
They
do
have
that.
But
it's
consistent
with
their
Charter
I
can
look
and
see
what
the.
F
K
E
That's
the
city
of
Houston,
because
they're,
just
you
know
a
bigger
city,
but
that
that's
what
they
chose
to
do
with
you
know.
Obviously
there
are
different
cities
that
have
different
filing
fees
and
filing
costs.
I
mean
and
there's
a
non-refundable
you
can.
You
could
do
that.
You
could
do
it
differently.
G
I
think
I
think
one
of
the
reasons
cities
do,
that
is,
it
causes
people
to
give
pause
and
to
consider
is
this:
something
I
really
want
to
do.
Am
I
doing
it
for
the
right
reason,
as
opposed
to
an
emotional
decision
where
they
get
angry
with
the
council
or
the
city,
and
they
come
down
and
file,
and
they
just
they
put
their
name
on
the
ballot
to
run
to
be
running,
but
then
they're,
not
a
serious
Contender,
because
they
really
haven't
given
a
lot
of
thought
to
it.
G
I
think
the
filing
fee
probably
causes
people
and
I'm
speaking
out
of
ignorance,
because
we
don't
have
one,
but
I
would
assume
that
the
filing
fee,
part
of
that
is
to
cause
people
to
get
pause,
to,
consider
it
to
seek
counsel
and
then
say
yeah.
This
is
something
I
really
want
to
do,
or
else
they're
not
going
to
Pony
up
the
500
to
do
it
and
just
I'm
assuming
that's
one
of
the
reasons
is.
E
E
It
would
you
know.
Obviously
we
would
have
to
determine
how
much
or
you
know
the
expenses
that
it
cost
to
put
the
binders
together
the
cost
for
those
things,
and
then
we
would,
you
know,
accumulate
a
cost
for
that.
I
mean
larger
cities,
where
several
people
run.
Maybe
that
expense
is
greater
for
our
city.
It
could
be
less
so
it
probably
would
not
be
five
hundred
dollars
for
a
council
member,
maybe
it'd,
be
significantly
less,
but
the
election
code
does.
A
A
All
right
now
is
the
time
for
any
citizen
who
wishes
to
speak.
You
may
make
public
comments
on
the
consent
agenda.
The
regular
agenda
items
three
through
six
items,
one
and
two
have
already
been
heard
in
public
hearing
and
are
not
available
for
comment
at
this
time.
Citizens
may
also
speak
on
matters
of
public
concern
and
we
will
open
that
up
again
at
the
end,
but
you
are
only
permitted
to
speak
once
on
open
public
comments.
A
There's
no
longer
green
slips.
Citizens
may
now
sign
up
to
speak
using
the
kiosks
in
the
back,
which
I
believe
is
working.
There's
a
city
employee
back
there
to
assist
you.
If
you
have
trouble
signing
up
using
the
kiosk
for
the
rest
of
this
month,
which
maybe
through
August
now,
okay,
the
city
clerk,
will
call
your
name
when
it's
your
time
to
speak.
When
you
approach
the
podium,
please
say
your
address
city
and
state,
and
please
keep
your
comments.
N
Good
afternoon
everyone,
the
city
council,
everybody
knows
me
but
the
mayor
and
he
walked
up
to
me
and
introduced
himself
and
he
said
I'm
Roy
West,
the
mayor,
I
go
yeah.
I,
know
you
yeah,
but
anyway,
I'm
so
happy
to
be
here
today.
I
wanted
to
speak
on
an
issue,
that's
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
about
the
homeless,
because
I
have
a
non-profit,
called
feed
the
sheep
man
and
it's
focused
toward
just
helping
helping
regular
old
Joe's
so
a
place
where
they
can
have
a
shower
a
bath.
N
If
they
need
it,
because
I
think
cleanliness
is
so
needed,
we
do
have
enough
food,
they
do
eat,
but
they're
so
they're.
So
dirty
I
mean
it's
so
sad.
You
know
and
I
want
to
guess,
because
I'm
in
more,
not
guests,
I'm
sorry
get
Mr
guest
but
I'm
in
Ward
four
Chris.
Maybe
he
could
come
with
me
and
ride
around,
because
now
that
it's
so
hot,
it's
really
bothering
me.
You
know:
I
live
in
two
places.
N
I
mean
I
vote
here,
because
I
live
here,
but
I
work
in
California
sometime,
because
I
have
two
licenses:
I
work
in
California
when
I'm
there,
because
that's
that's
my
home,
that's
where
I
used
to
live
and
I
live
here
now,
but
anyway,
that's
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
but
I
love.
What
you
said
mayor,
because
when
you
said
about
the
shooting
that
went
down-
and
you
said
I
I
love
the
the
quote.
You
quoted,
you
said:
if
you
get
into
a
conflict,
just
try
to
walk
away,
because
really
it
takes
two.
N
N
But
when
I
saw
that
today
that
just
broke
my
heart,
you
know
and
about
the
last
shooting
that
we
had
and
I
I
do
have
a
petition
that
I
have
going
around
trying
to
get
signatures.
I've
been
to
many
churches
and
I'm
gonna
go
visit
for
Randy's
church
because
he
said
that
I
could
come
because
I'm
trying
to
get
signatures
getting
on
the
ballast
to
get
prayer
back
in
school.
N
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
today,
and
just
thank
you
guys
very
much
for
having
me-
and
you
know
this
was
very
pleasant
and
I
I
learned
a
lot
today,
because
I
didn't
know
that
was
going
down
and
I
hope
that
you
do
get
four
years
whatever.
That
means,
because
I
don't
think
two
years
is
enough
to
get
anything
done.
Thank
you
guys.
Thank
you.
You're
welcome.
O
O
O
Look
at
it
still
these
paralyzed,
he
can't
even
walk.
We
want
to
see
the
audio
tape
mayor
the
buck
stops
with
you
here,
I'm
asking
you
again.
Can
the
citizens
of
Beaumont
Texas
see
the
audio
tape
or
Officer
James,
Gillum
or
Mr
Christopher
Shaw
was
handcuffed
at
the
jailhouse
drop
them
on
top
his
head
and
paralyze
Mr
Shaw.
Can
we
see
the
tape
we
demand
to
see
the
tape?
Taxpayers
have
the
right
to
see
the
tape.
O
Let
us
see
the
tape.
Zina
Stevenson
is
sitting
on
the
audio
tape
that
videotape.
We
want
to
see
that
that'll
solve
the
whole
case,
because
Justice
is
coming
to
Beaumont
and
none
of
y'all
up
here
some
of
y'all
not
gonna,
have
a
job.
You
have
an
opportunity,
I
came
the
other
times.
I
came
another
time
and
another
time
this
time,
I'm
asking
you
mayor.
Let
the
citizens
see
that
order.
O
Your
tape
of
Christopher
Shaw
being
dropped
on
top
his
head
at
the
jailhouse
in
paralyzed,
because
if
you'd
have
been
White,
it
would
have
been
shown
if
you'd
have
been
a
feeling
or
a
Rogers.
It
would
have
been
shown
because
he's
Christopher
Shaw
he's
somebody
I
asked
you
again
mayor.
We
wants
to
see
the
videotape.
Can
we
see
it.
M
Bear
West,
City
Council
of
the
city
staff
members
and
concerned
citizens.
I
want
to.
First
of
all,
thank
you
mayor
for
allowing
me
to
take
a
picture
with
you
and
my
three
boys
I,
brought
to
the
pool
on
Saturday
I
thought
that
was
going
to
be
a
real
pleasurable
day,
but
to
my
knowledge
later
on,
it
come
out
not
to
be.
M
M
M
M
You
can
only
stay
in
the
proof
for
two
hours.
I
had
no
problem
with
that
that
that's
his
safety
rule
so
I
agree
with
that,
but
it's
not
posted
anywhere,
nor
was
I
told
no
was
it
three
children
told
about
a
two-hour
rule
had
to
get
up
get
out
the
pool,
so
all
I'm
asking
is
that
please
post
it
or
have
someone
to
inform
someone,
especially
the
adult,
that's
put
the
children
about
to
our
rule.
Thank
you.
A
P
Good
afternoon
Mary
Council
staff
department,
heads
and
and
other
support
staff
that
are
attending
here
today,
thanks
for
your
services,
City
of
Beaumont
I
read
the
specifications
for
the
enlarged
paralegal.
Excuse
me,
para,
Paratransit
van,
it
is
very
impressive.
My
question
is:
is
that
large
van
needed
yeah
it?
P
Q
Okay
so
first
of
all,
I
was
told
to
contact
the
city
council
and
then,
after
this
the
security
officer
said
you
can
follow
up
with
the
employees
for
further
clarification
upon
doing
that,
the
lady
told
me
well,
the
judge
gets
to
make
the
rules
and
he
can
make
whatever
rules
he
wants
to.
Well.
Just
because
you
make
a
rule
doesn't
mean
that
it's
necessary
or
effective.
A
fool
can
make
a
rule
now
my
three
questions
as
it
relates
to
these
rules.
Q
First
of
all,
answers
is
related
to
The
Beaumont
Municipal
Court,
who
makes
the
rules,
policies
and
regulations
to
enter
their
building
and
who
sends
out
those
Communications
number
two.
How
long
is
the
time
frame
that
it
takes
for
someone
to
follow
up
from
the
city,
because
I
did
get
a
reply,
so
thank
you,
but
I
haven't
received
that
follow-up
just
yet
and
number
three.
Why
are
employees
allow
to
have
their
cell
phones
when
the
public
is
not
because
the
security
guard
was
adamant
when
I
walked
in
that
building
that
that
building?
Q
You
cannot
have
a
cell
phone
at
all.
For
any
reason
she
made
me
leave
the
building
over
a
cell
phone
that
was
in
my
bag,
not
even
on
so
those
are
my
three
rules,
because
those
are
the
three
questions,
rather
that
I
want
somebody
to
be
able
to
answer
for
me
because,
like
I
said,
it
makes
no
sense,
especially
the
cell
phone
room,
when
I'm
looking
at
an
employee,
laughing
and
giggling
thumb,
steady,
moving,
kicking
in
so
I
know
she
ain't
have
no
emergency,
so
she's
so
distracted.
Q
R
My
name
is:
excuse
me.
My
name
is
Mark
willafer
and
I
reside
at
6395,
Westgate,
Beaumont,
Texas
and
several
residents
has
asked
me
to
come
and
speak
on
behalf
of
some
of
the
concerns
and
the
recent
shooting
over
Beaumont
West
Apartments
was
tragic
and
with
arts
and
prayers
with
those
that
were
involved
in
that.
But
this
has
been
the
second
killing
at
that
apartment
complex.
R
In
addition
to
that,
there's
a
random
shooting
on
Ivanhoe,
really
a
drive-by
shooting
on
Ivanhoe
near
Jason's,
Deli,
and
that's
begin
to
force
us
to
begin
to
work
with
the
city
fire
department,
the
police
department,
council,
member
Getz,
has
done
an
outstanding
job
in
listening
to
our
concerns
and
we're
thanking
for
that.
But
what
the
facts
are
pointing
to
based
on
Beaumont,
Fire,
Department,
police
and
fire
reports.
It's
showing
that
there
is
an
emerging
Trend
in
those
two
apartment
complex.
R
Is
it
Glen,
Oaks
and
Beaumont
West
Apartments,
it's
potentially
becoming
a
public
nuisance
of
these
property
managers
to
enforce
their
lease,
provide
security
and
safety
to
those
residents
and
what's
happening?
Is
it's
beginning
to
spill
over
into
our
neighborhood,
based
on
the
police
department's
reports
that
we
provided?
The
mayor,
Getz
and
I?
Think
I
shared
those
while
you
were
a
candidate
Mayor
West
that
you
can
see
clearly
that
in
a
12-month
period
in
2022,
the
police
department
was
out
there
every
other
day
at
both
complexes.
R
This
all
began
when
our
fire
trucks
did
an
outstanding
job,
but
they
were
out
there
every
other
day,
sometimes
two
to
three
times
a
day
at
Glen
Oaks,
and
we
calculated
that
at
a
cost
of
about
463
thousand
dollars
to
the
city
until
thanks
goodness,
Mike
Getz
went
out
worked
with
the
fire
department
and
that
issue
was
resolved
when
they
repaired
the
broken
alarm
system.
But
what
it
disclosed
was
that
there
is
a
crime
problem
in
that
area.
R
R
What
we're
seeing
now
is
a
trend,
and
you
have
to
look
at
the
trend.
Analysis
we're
seeing
gang
graffiti
across
from
Sally
Curtis
gang
graffiti.
On
the
back
side
of
a
multi-million
dollar
home
from
Rogers
Park,
there's
been
a
couple
of
shootings
at
Rogers
Park
we're
seeing
businesses
that
tailored
to
the
criminal
element
popping
up
in
that
area,
but
here's
the
bottom
line
homeowners
do
not
want
to
see
their
property
values
decrease.
Okay,
business
owners,
don't
want
to
be
afraid
of
a
stray
bullet
killing
one
of
their
patrons.
R
Is
they
go
to
eat
in
that
beautifully
new
renovated,
Shopping
Center
Harmony
Hill
School
students
and
solid
Marshall
Middle
School
student
parents?
Don't
want
to
see
their
kids
going
to
school
in
a
high
crime
area
and
I
know
you're.
This
is
a
very
difficult
position
to
be
in,
but
property
managers
have
to
follow
the
Texas
property
code.
They
have
to
enforce
the
lease
they
have
to
provide
habitability
and
I
would
ask
that
if
this
trend
continues.
Thank
you
is
to
provide
some
type
of
injunctive
relief.
S
Must
be
Beaumont,
Texas
I
come
to
date
at
the
city
manager
question,
so
you
know
a
lot
of
these.
These
be
people,
that's
getting
these
contracts
with
the
city
and
they're
building
all
these
apartment
complexes,
but
when
they've
been
in
a
lot
of
them,
I
don't
know
for,
like
the
older
people
that
y'all
give
them
codes
to
have
ramps
for
them
for
all
the
people
that
they
put
in
there
for
Wheelchairs
and
different
things
like
that,
because
at
the
rain
tree
apartment,
it's
like
the
second
time.
S
We
can
easily
get
them
out
like
that
when
it's
time
to
get
out
of
fire
or
something
because
they
were
stuck
over
there
and
they
had
the
fire
department,
which
you
know
thank
God.
They
came
and
helped
them
out
and
put
them
in
places
that
they
needed
to
go
till.
They
got
the
elevators
fixed.
But
this
is.
It
happened
that
Laura
Vista
is
like
these
apartments,
where
they
got
the
older
people
and
it's
like
nobody.
S
Ain't
really
concerned
they
safety
is,
is
a
concern
to
all
of
us
really
but
I
mean
the
fire
department
and
stuff
they
come
out,
but
it
really
can't
do
nothing.
You
know
how
they
gonna
get
them
out.
If
you
catch
a
fire,
so
people
gonna
get
caught
at
the
top
so
I
just
you
know.
We
just
requested
that
y'all
see
the
buildings
when
y'all
building,
then
maybe
I'll
make
the
ramps
where
the
people
can
get
in
and
out
safely.
S
You
know
if
it's
a
fire
ambulance
need
to
get
them
from
the
top,
and
also
I
would
like
to
say
that
y'all
don't
believe
this
guy.
He
coming
he
asking
y'all
about
the
videotape.
Hey
these
people
mad
in
Baltimore,
they
just
not
saying
nothing
and
then,
when
he
caught
they
come.
These
people
gonna
feel
the
streets,
because
we
feel
what
they
saying
that
this
man
walked
in
there
as
a
black
man
he
walked
in
there
he
walked
in.
He
came
out,
he
was
paralyzed,
hey,
like
he
said,
been
a
white
guy
everybody.
A
A
I
Mayor
council
considered
a
request
for
specific
use,
permit
to
allow
a
mother-in-law
department
and
an
RS
which
is
residential,
single
family
dwelling
district
for
property
located
at
4630,
Ashdown
Street,
and
it
was
at
a
joint
public
hearing
planning
equipment,
Planning
Commission.
They
voted
7-0
to
approve
with
the
following
conditions.
I
A
C
I
A
A
I
A
L
H
H
A
J
Turner
Mr
Williams
is
possible
for
that
particular
service.
I
had
a
few
senior
Jack
Smith
as
well.
Maybe
we
can
look
into
maybe
a
how-to
video
similar
like
how
to
ride
the
buses
and
things
of
that
magnitude
just
to
kind
of
advertise
it
and
let
the
citizens
know
how
can
they
apply,
or
maybe
a
flyer
with
step
by
step.
C
I
A
C
A
I
A
C
I
Mayor
council
can
sit
a
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
the
SWA
group
of
Houston
to
perform
additional
planning
and
Design
Services
related
to
a
Downtown
hotel
and
the
completion
of
the
downtown
plan,
including
3D
renderings
of
that
plan.
This
is
in
order
to
get
more
information.
The
council
requested
Mr
Boone
can
expound
up
on
anything
else,
but
we're
recommending
approval
of
the
resolution.
K
As
I
understand,
it
is
a
little
different
there
to
develop
an
overall
conceptual
plan
with
you
know
we're
concerning
downtown
and,
of
course,
before
we
can
consider
that
we
really
need
to
know
at
least
at
a
high
level
how
much
money
are
we
talking
about.
So
that's
I
understand
that
and
it
would
be
nice
to
understand
what
that
might
look
like.
So
I
understand
that
that's
that's
part
A
and
B,
but
this
third
part,
where
they're
just
going
to
kind
of
sit
in
on
meetings
or
I'm,
not
sure
what
that
third
part
is.
H
Sir,
so
as
we
know,
we
have
a
downtown
planning
effort
underway,
that's
being
shepherded
through
that
process
with
the
downtown
advisory
committee
and
SWA
is
advising
Us
in
that
in
that
process,
we're
very
near
to
rolling
out
a
draft
plan
to
the
public
for
additional
review
and
comments.
But
as
you're
also
aware,
a
couple
weeks
ago,
city
council
authorized
phase
two
with
Garfield
to
look
at
a
hotel
of
course
Garfield.
H
You
know,
apart
from
Public,
Safety
and
infrastructure,
downtown
Redevelopment
is
high
on
the
council's
priority
list.
So
we
feel
like
it's
important,
to
make
sure
that
the
plans
that
we're
looking
at
for
the
following
year
and
Beyond
are
properly
aligned
so
to
take
SWA
out
of
the
picture
now
and
just
let
Garfield
resolve
the
plan
would
probably
not
be
the
best
best
course
of
action.
In
our
opinion,.
C
A
Opposed
the
motion
is
carried.
This
concludes
the
regular
agenda.
Now
is
the
time
for
any
citizen
who
wishes
to
speak.
If
you
would
like
to
make
public
comments
by
now,
you
should
have
signed
up
using
the
kiosks
in
the
back
of
the
room.
The
city
clerk
will
call
your
name.
When
is
your
time
to
speak
when
you
approach
the
podium,
please
State
your
city,
your
address
cities
and
state.
We
would
ask
that
you
keep
your
comments
to
three
minutes.
T
Council,
my
name
has
been
called
my
address,
so
I
don't
want
to
take
that
time
away
from
me.
I
am
speaking
to
you
today,
because
I
got
a
weed
abatement
notice,
don't
have
a
problem
with
getting
how
much
it
cost
138.33
have
a
problem
with
I
was
not
notified.
To
tell
me
there
was
a
complaint
and
also
in
looking
in
May
this.
This
was
sent
out.
June
30th
I
didn't
get
it
until
July,
but
in
may
we
had
the
tornado
we
had
on
thunderstorm
with
rain.
T
We
had
a
warning
and,
according
to
the
Statesman
in
Austin,
the
risk
of
tornado
damage
in
Beaumont
is
higher
than
average.
So
we
had
some
significant
rain
dates
in
May.
My
man
that
molds
for
me
could
not
get
into
that
property.
There's
some
other
issues.
My
question
is:
who
do
I
talk
to
because
I
did
not
get
a
notice,
but
I
did
get
a
bill
and
that's
not
the
procedure.
The
other
thing
we
did
have
on
May
8th,
a
tornado
warning.
So
I,
don't
know.
T
T
Employees
like
one
of
the
councilman,
told
me
the
Labor
code
that
I
quoted
was
for
labor,
so
you
don't
have
any
auditable
sounds
for
all
of
the
employees
across
the
city,
but
more
than
that
for
the
city
itself,
I'm
just
merely
asking
I've
gone
through
three
Mayors.
Now
two
city
managers
now-
and
nobody
has
given
information
to
me
to
answer
why
we
don't
know
what
the
auditable
sound
is
or
any
information
if
a
tornado
or
an
explosion
comes.
T
T
A
G
Thank
you,
mayor
I
was
out
of
town
last
week
in
Mr
council
meeting
I
was
on
vacation,
but
I
understand
that
councilman
Turner
was
appointed
as
the
mayor,
Pro
town,
so
just
want
to
say.
Congratulations
and
I
hope
the
mayor
will
load
you
up
with
as
many
ribbon
cuttings
as
he
possibly
can
and
keep
you
as
busy
as
he
possibly
can.
A
G
J
Just
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
everybody
in
the
community
that
has
been
stepping
up
doing
back
to
school
drives.
It's
a
beautiful
thing
to
see
these
kids
pull
up
and
to
see
the
community
step
up
and
do
things
to
help
people
I
love
to
see
that
in
Beaumont
Texas
I
want
to
applaud
every
organization
there's,
so
many
I
can't
name
them.
The
second
thing
is
I
want
to
ask
our
attorney.
J
E
So,
as
the
gentleman
stated,
a
request
was
made
to
sheriff
Stevens
Sheriff
Stevens
is
an
elected
official
for
the
county,
as
I
mentioned
last
week,
the
City
of
Beaumont
does
not
own
or
operate
a
jail
facility,
so
we
don't
have
access
to
their
jail
footage,
and
so
the
city
cannot
release
something
that
we
don't
have
in
our
possession.
There
is
a
process,
though,
for
for
viewing
videos
that
are
connected
to
ongoing
criminal
or
even
civil
cases.
E
J
Okay,
thank
you,
I
think
it's
extremely
important
that
citizens
know
we
are
not
withholding
the
tapes.
It's
actually
the
process
that
has
went
above
our
head
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
everybody
who's
came
up
here
to
speak
on
it.
It
didn't
ignore
it
I
want
you
guys
to
understand
why
our
hands
are
tied
as
far
as
right
now,
with
this
particular
situation,
so
I
just
wanted
to
address
that
I
didn't
want
to
follow
on
deaf
is
all
right.
K
Thank
you
mayor.
We
had
a
pretty
violent
weekend
in
Beaumont
this
past
weekend
with
homicides
that
occurred
in
the
West
End,
both
in
Awards
one
and
Wards,
two
one
of
the
things
that
I
want
the
public
to
understand
well,
first
and
forth.
That
I
want
to
thank
Mayor
West
for
his
comments
that
he
put
out
there
expressing
you
know
what
the
city's
reaction
was
going
to
be
to
this
in.
K
In
both
cases,
these
are
instances
where
people
reacted
in
a
manner
where
cooler
heads
could
have
prevailed,
they
didn't
and
and
people
are
dead.
It's
regrettable,
there's
a
lot
of
guns
out
there
and
our
police
do
a
great
job.
So
a
lot
of
people
are
out
there
wondering
why
our
Police
Department
can't
do
more
and
be
more
proactive.
K
You
know
it's
impossible
for
police
to
be
everywhere
at
all
times,
no
in
advance,
when
some
sort
of
altercation
is
going
to
ensue,
it
just
can't
be
done,
and
so
in
these
instances,
in
the
first
instance
that
happened
out
there
on
major
105,
the
shooter
is
in
custody.
Bond
has
been
set
in
the
second
instance.
The
person
that
fired
the
gun
will
probably
be
brought
before
a
grand
jury,
and
it
will
be
determined
whether
or
not
charges
should
be
followed.
K
K
L
You
mayor
first
I
want
to
I,
don't
know
which
one
of
the
assistant
managers
I
would
address
this
to,
but
is
there
a
process
in
place
when
I've
been
asked
citizens
here?
What
should
they
do
if
they
see
people
throwing
trash
out
of
the
vehicle?
Is
that
something
that
they
can
do?
Can
they
write
the
license
plate
down
and
call
in
a
3-1-1
foreign.
H
Throwing
litter
from
a
moving
vehicle,
obviously
you
based
on
what
we
just
discussed.
You
don't
really
want
to
get
an
altercation
with
that
individual,
but
you're
welcome
to
write
down
the
license
plate
and
turn
it
into
us.
We
can
work
with
Police
Department
to
see
if
there's
you
know
some
kind
of
complaint
that
can
be
filed.
I
know
at
one
point:
keep
Texas
beautiful,
had
a
program
where
you
could
turn
that
license
plate
in
and
they
would
send
the
individual
a
letter
reminding
them
not
to
do
that.
H
L
H
Yeah
there's
several
layers
to
it,
so
you
know
we
staff
may
clean
up
individual
properties
after
notice
has
been
given.
We,
the
city
contract
with
a
third
party,
to
do
litter,
cleanups
on
certain
key
corridors
throughout
the
city.
And
then,
if
you
have
a
dumping
location
or
you
know,
maybe
somebody
is
dumping
in
a
vacant.
Lot
again
call
3-1-1
and
we
can
look
at
getting
that
cleaned
up.
Okay,.
L
And
also
I
want
to
thank
the
charter
commission
for
the
job
that
they
did
seemed
like.
It
was
pretty
well
thought
out
something
that's
needed
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
it's
going
to
be
very
successful,
get
it
on
the
on
the
ballot
and
also,
if
you
get
a
chance,
go
to
the
city's
website.
Our
city
manager
has
a
podcast
on
there.
It's
the
first
first
one
and
I
actually
listened
to
the
whole
thing.
The
other
night
and
you've
done
a
pretty
good
job,
Mr
manager.
L
Okay,
so
that's
a
lot
of
good
information
that
was
put
out
there
and
I
think
that's
yeah
hold
on
a
minute,
oh
on
the
charter
review,
asked
some
people
ask:
where
can
you
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
Mrs
Reed?
We,
the
council,
are
not
supposed
to
advocate
for
this
one
way
or
the
other
once
it's
once
we
decided
to
put
it
on
the
ballot
correct.
E
Would
recommend
the
two
knot?
That's
a
city
resource,
but
if
you
were
speaking
at
church
or
whatever
you
would
be
in
your
own
official
capacity,
but
if
you
were
on
City
business
say
you
were
in
your
position
is
Ward
four
council
member,
you
were
there
on
City
business
and
you
were
advocate
for
it
against.
That
would
probably
be
a
gray
area.
You
also
can't
use
City
staff
to
explain
or
to
help
you
advocate
for
against
the
city
a
proposition,
so
you
can
discuss
it
with
citizens.
E
E
E
But
it's
like
I
said:
the
law
is
very,
very
it's
a
very,
very
thin
line
and
those
neighborhood
associations
I
think
they
they
do.
You
know
kind
of
utilize
those
resources,
but
I,
don't
know
that
they're
not
paper,
so
that
that
the
city
is
paying
for
them
to
do
that.
I
believe
they're.
Those
are
rented
at
that
point.
It
becomes
private,
but
you
yourself,
oh
no,
you're,
saying
it's
not
so
so
then.
E
E
G
E
That's
what
I'm
saying
answering
a
question
isn't
the
same
as
advocating
for
or
against,
but
if
you
started
the
question
answer
the
question
saying:
I
personally
think
it's
a
good
idea
you're
advocating
for
against,
but
if
you're
explaining,
for
example,
how
the
staggered
terms,
something
that
we
did
here,
how
we
want
to
have
that
large
here
and
that
the
mayor
here
to
have
a
city-wide
election,
both
terms
just
a
general
information
to
answer
the
question.
I
would
say
that
that
would
not
be
an
avocation.
So
it's
more
in
your
answer
and
less
in
the
platform.
E
C
H
I
A
couple
of
things
mayor
I'd,
just
like
to
add
on
what
council
member
Getz
said
about
the
violence.
It's
certainly
a
concern
on
my
part
of
city
manager
of
this
city,
and
it's
something
that's
going
to
be
something
that
will
certainly
hold
our
attention
and
that's
what
we
can
do
to
make
those
conditions
lesson
I'll
make
it
as
a
safe
city.
So
we
will
be
working
on
things
and
working
with
the
fire
department
and
other
resources
as
needed
to
do
all
we
can
to
make
this
those
situations
make
it
better
for
our
citizens.
I
Here,
council
member
Durrell
mentioned
the
podcast
and
thank
you,
councilmember
I'd
like
to
recognize
Lauren
and
her
staff
for
doing
a
great
job
and
Paige
for
interviewment.
So
they
did
a
fantastic
job
and
made
me
feel
comfortable
and
and
for
putting
in
their
environment
and
and
I
think
we
have
something
that
might
work
for
the
city.
I
One
of
my
goals
was
is
to
communicate
information
out
to
the
city
about,
what's
going
on,
you
know
directly
from
the
source
where
they
can
get
it
from
us,
so
I'm
also
implementing
a
newsletter
or
city
managers
newsletter
where
I'll
be
pushing
information
out.
This
is
something
that
was
we've
discussed
for
some
time
now,
but
we're
just
able
to
get
it
in
place,
but
current
events,
current
information
things
we
need
to
share
with
the
public
we're
going
to
be
doing
that
on
a
regular
basis
and
we'll
be
taping
another
one
this
week.
Thank
you.
A
The
shootings
this
this
past
weekend
are
certainly
tragic.
We've
they've
been
spoken
of
and
they
were
in
both
incidents
quickly
identified
who
the
shooters
were,
and
the
police
have
done
a
marvelous
job
and
we
as
a
community
are
certainly
as
a
city.
Looking
at
this
I'm
going
to
remind
everybody
that
is
asking
those
questions
as
I
often
get
asked
about
the
challenges
in
this
city,
this
city
is
going
to
get
better
when
the
community
continues
to
do
better,
we
have
to
individually
show
up.
A
A
So
certainly
keep
that
in
mind,
but
look
individually
within
yourself
within
the
organizations
you're
a
part
of
on
how
we
can
be
better
to
make
our
community
safer,
make
our
neighborhoods
safer
and
oftentimes.
When
we
are
aware
of
of
things
going
on
in
our
neighborhood
people,
don't
report
them,
it
gets
said
after
the
fact
call.
The
police
call
show
up
to
a
council
meeting
call
us.
We
get
lots
of
concerns
and
I
assure
you
that
we
do
our
best
to
follow
up
and
I
know
that
the
police
do
as
well.
A
The
charter
commission
I
appreciate
all
their
work,
and
we
have
so
many
other
commissions
that
work
hard,
I
enjoyed
being
at
the
pool
opening
this
weekend
and
there
were
free,
snow
cones
and
it
was
a
beautiful
day
and
there
were
lots
of
kids
out
there,
and
the
new
website
really
is
incredible.
We
can't
say
that
enough.
If
you
hadn't
checked
it
out,
communication
did
an
incredible
job
of
rolling
that
out.
There's
a
lot
of
Technology
within
the
different
departments
that
are
now
easy,
more
easily
be
located.
A
I
think
kids
that
need
school
supplies
are
certainly
receiving
them
here
in
Beaumont,
which
is
excellent
news,
and
just
in
the
first
two
and
a
half
months
and
I
will
say
with
the
charter
that
we
discussed
the
city
manager's
position.
I
certainly
identify
how
important
it
is
and
when
I
got
here,
it
was
hard
for
me
to
comprehend
how
I
was
going
to
reach
out
to
him
and
get
all
these
answers.
A
That
is
a
lot
to
manage
because
there's
seven
of
us
and
we
all
without
we
follow
up
with
him
as
we
are
contacted
and
as
we
learn
things
and
he
he
responds
quickly
and
lets
us
know
and
gives
us
an
idea
of
how
long
we're
going
to
have
to
wait
when
there
is
a
wait,
because
sometimes
information
isn't
available.
But
I
I
appreciate
that
and
I
appreciate
everybody's
time
and
the
meeting
is
now
adjourned.