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From YouTube: City Council Meeting Oct 11, 2022 | City of Beaumont, TX

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✨WHAT YOU MISSED AT COUNCIL✨
✔️ Council authorized one-year contracts with several local non-profit arts and historical organizations primarily funded through the Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) Grants to promote tourism.
✔️ Council held a work session for Bird Scooters to hear the six-month update as they are halfway through a year-long pilot program. They addressed questions about safety, youth ridership, and oversaturated/cluttered areas and what they are doing to mitigate concerns. To date their have been 42,000 trips taken by 11,000 unique riders.
✔️ Council heard a presentation from Lanier, the engineering firm contracted to determine the feasibility of relocating the Battleship Texas to Beaumont. A work session was held to discuss potential costs, issues, and options and Council voted to authorize the City Manager and staff to continue investigating what would be necessary to submit a formal bid. No commitments of funding were made, just that the majority of Council had an expressed interest in continuing to gather more information.
👉 If you missed the meeting, you can always watch the recording on our website https://beaumonttexas.gov/city-council/council-agenda/
👉Closed Captioning and Transcriptions are Now Available!


Agenda Items of Interest:
✔️ Receive comments regarding the City’s Emergency Management Plan
✔️ Hold a work session to review and discuss the operation of Bird Scooters within the City of Beaumont
✔️ Hold a work session to review and discuss the conceptual engineering report associated with the proposed relocation of the Battleship Texas to the Neches River in Beaumont and consider authorizing the City Manager to pursue activities necessary towards developing a formal proposal for berthing the Battleship Texas in Beaumont on the Neches River
Did You Know?
👉All City Council meetings are open to the public! Unless otherwise posted, they are held every Tuesday at 1.30 at City Hall (801 Main Street).
👉You can get a copy of the meeting agenda ahead of time. They are posted on the website at least 72 hours in advance.
👉Can't make it in person? They are also live streamed on our website: http://ow.ly/SesB50GYMhm
👉Closed Captioning and Transcriptions are Available on Videos
👉You can make your thoughts heard! Just fill out a public comment card and wait for your name to be called. These can be found outside council chambers on the greeting table.
👉Missed a meeting? Worry not! All of our previous council meetings are archived on our website.

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