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A
B
As
we
begin
I'd
like
to
invite
everyone
to
national
day
of
prayer,
this
thursday,
at
noon
on
the
city
hall
steps,
the
public
is
invited,
we'll
have
the
ozone
ozan,
color
guard
with
us
and
and
we'll
be
praying
for
our
nation,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
city,
council
and
mayor
ames
for
supporting
us
for
all
these
years.
Can
we
pray
heavenly
father?
We
come
before
you
now
so
grateful
for
a
city
of
peace.
B
Lord
is
never
perfect,
but
it
is
peaceful.
We
don't
endure
the
problems
and
and
the
trials
that
other
cities
that
we
read
about
and
watch
on
tv,
and
I
thank
you
for
this
father
god-
and
I
don't,
I
believe
with
all
my
heart.
It
has
to
do
with
the
quality
of
people
that
we
elect
and
that
man,
our
city
government.
I
ask
you,
as
we
begin
this
meeting
father
to
watch
over
us
and
keep
us.
B
I
ask
you
to
lead
us
and
guide
us
according
to
your
will
and
purpose,
and
not
just
our
own,
for
your
will
is
always
superior
in
every
way
to
our
own.
I
ask
you
father
god,
that
that
you'll
bless
each
one
of
these
members
and
the
mayor.
I
thank
you
father
for
each
one
of
them
and
we
we
come
together
and
we're
very
grateful
and
thankful
for
all
you've
done
for
beaumont
texas,
it's
in
the
name
of
our
lord
jesus.
We
pray,
amen,
amen,.
A
D
C
A
A
A
A
A
F
G
A
G
Okay,
mayor
council
line
number
two
is
to
consider
resolution
authorizing
a
contract
for
property
insurance
coverage
for
various
city-owned
buildings
and
assets
higginbotham.
The
port
author
is
the
city's
broker
of
record
for
securing
the
city's
property
insurance.
The
proposed
annual
premium
is
based
on
a
total
insured
value
of
a
little
over
240
million
dollars.
G
G
The
increase
in
rate
is
attributed
to
a
hardening
commercial
property
market,
as
well
as
losses
incurred
by
the
city
over
the
past
few
years.
The
policy
renewal
would
be
in
effect
from
may
the
1st
2021
through
may.
The
1st
2022
and
joe
bass,
I
believe,
is
here
with
higginbotham,
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
G
G
H
H
They
didn't
have
a
sanctuary
themselves.
They
would,
they
would
move
their
their
worship
service
to
different
schools,
different
locations
in
the
community.
So
in
order
to
advertise
for
that,
they
would
put
out
temporary
signs
sometimes
referred
to
as
bandit
signs,
but
we've
seen
them
whether
they're
advertising
a
service
or
real
estate
or
campaign
signs.
H
We
see
a
lot
of
those
they're
they're
called
temporary
signs,
so
this
church
would
put
out
those
temporary
signs
and
the
issue
for
the
town
of
gilbert
is:
it
ran
afoul
of
their
sign
ordinance
and
what
their
sign
ordinance
said,
which
is
what
a
lot
of
sign
ordinances
in
america
say.
Is
it
outlines
what
signs
are
allowed
but
then
typically,
there's
a
section
of
the
sign
ordinance
that
exempts
a
lot
of
signs,
because
the
city
does
not
a
city
does
not
really
want
to
permit.
H
Every
for-sale
sign
in
a
city
does
not
want
to
permit
every
campaign
sign
in
a
city
so
there's
usually
in
in
most
zoning
ordinances.
There
is
a
section
of
the
ordinance
that
exempts
signs
and
it
goes
through
and
outlines
those
types
of
signs
and
the
way
it
is
typically
done
is
by
identifying
those
signs
by
what's
in
the
sign,
so
you'll
you'll
see,
campaign
signs
are
exempt,
temporary
events
are
exempt,
etc,
etc.
H
H
H
We
were
also
waiting
on
a
case
coming
out
of
the
city
of
austin,
where
a
billboard
company
had
sued
the
city
saying
that
they
were
violating
the
reed
decision,
and
I
believe
that
the
the
city
did
not
prevail
in
that
case,
so
they
lost.
So
that
takes
us
to
our
proposed
ordinance.
Today
and
again,
I
have
I've.
I've
handed
out
a
two-page
sheet
which
basically
shows
the
types
of
temporary
signs.
H
What's
in
the
current
ordinance
and
what's
in
the
proposed
ordinance,
and
maybe
before
I
go
through
those
real
quickly,
let
me
just
say
that
our
ordinance,
like
many,
is
broken
into
three
parts.
The
first
part
is
kind
of
a
prescriptive
part.
So
if
you're
a
new
business
coming
into
town-
and
you
say
I
want
to
locate
a
restaurant
in
town,
what
kind
of
sign
package
can
I
have?
You
can
have
a
free
standing
sign
of
such
and
such
size
or
such
and
such
height?
H
There
is
some
language
throughout
you
may
notice
in
those
sections
that
refer
to
content,
so,
for
example,
in
that
section
there
are
there's
a
provision
for
electronic
reader
board.
You
may
recall
several
years
ago
we
used
to
not
allow
those
electronic
reader
boards,
like
you,
see
at
pharmacies,
but
we
did.
H
We
have
proposed
to
make
those
changes
so
again
we're
looking
at
what
the
court
says
we
can
do,
which
is
we
can
control
the
location,
the
number
the
size,
the
height
and
the
manner
in
which
they're
displayed,
which
is
not
the
content
so
you'll
see
throughout
you
know,
we've
made
some
minor
changes
to
that.
So
that's
the
first
part
of
the
sign
ordinance
and
again
this
is
typical
across
the
country.
The
second
part
of
the
sign
ordinance
is
for
billboards
and
you'll
see.
H
We've
made
some
changes
to
the
definition
in
that,
because
the
way
we
typically
define
billboards
is
whether
or
not
they're
advertising
for
the
business
or
the
use
on
the
property
versus
an
outside
use.
So
what
you
typically
see
on
a
billboard
may
not
be
related
to
what's
on
that
property,
we
have
copied
the
state
definition,
so
the
state
changed
their
definition
after
read,
and
so
we
have
gone
back
and
copied
it
verbatim
so
that
we
can.
H
Now
the
third
part
of
the
sign
ordinance
is
is
kind
of
the
gist
of
what
we've
been
talking
about
and
that's
the
exempt
section
and
again
these
are
all
the
signs
that
should
that
are
exempt
from
permitting
just
because
there
are
so
many.
We
understand
they're
necessary
for
life
in
the
city,
but
we
don't
want
to
permit
them,
but
we
kind
of
have
to
define
them
so
that
we
don't
have
to
permit
them,
but
again
because
of
read,
we
have
to
read
it
to,
or
we
have
had
to
read
it
in
order
to
enforce
it.
H
So
what
we've
proposed
is
outlined
and
again
these
are
for
temporary
signs.
What
we've
proposed
here
is
outline
in
the
sheet
in
front
of
you,
and
so
in
the
first
column.
You'll
see
temporary
sign
type,
for
example,
real
estate,
construction,
flags
yard
lettering
and
campaign,
and
what
I've
got
here
is
line
per
line
is
the
number
the
size,
the
height
and
the
duration,
in
other
words,
the
time
at
which
you
can
have
a
sign
again
without
having
to
get
a
permit
so,
for
example,
real
estate.
H
The
current
ordinance
allows
one
per
street
a
maximum
of
eight
square
feet.
In
height
there
is
no
height
defined,
but
again
you
don't
have
to
have
a
permit
for
a
real
estate,
temporary
sign
during
sailor
lease
of
the
property.
What
we're
proposing
is
no
change
to
the
number,
no
change
to
the
size.
We
are
putting
a
six
foot
high
maximum
on
it
and
then
again
during
the
sailor,
lease
of
the
property
that's
for
residential.
H
Again
right
now,
it's
limited
to
eight
square
feet.
We
are
proposing
50
square
feet
again.
In
commercial
height,
there
is
no
defined
height,
but
we
are
proposing
a
15
feet
height
and
then
again
during
a
sale
or
lease
of
a
property
going
down
next
to
construction
again,
the
currently
you're
only
you're
limited
to
one
construction,
temporary
sign
per
street,
we're
proposing
no
limit
and
again
a
lot
of
these.
H
H
H
That
first
row
is
yard
lettering,
so
we've
talked
about
that
you've
seen
them
around
town
they're,
typically
in
the
neighborhoods,
where
you
see
a
happy
birthday
or
congratulations
or
happy
anniversary.
These
are
relatively
new.
I
think
phenomenon
currently
they're
not
allowed
by
the
current
ordinance.
So
what
we're
saying
is
we
do
want
to
allow
them.
H
We
just
and
you'll
see
the
size
of
60
feet,
which
sounds
pretty
big,
but
if
you
go
and
you
look
at
them
and
measure
them
they're
actually
pretty
large,
so
the
60
feet
would
not
be
per
letter.
It's
the
whole
sign
five
feet
in
height
and
then
again
just
limit
it
to
seven
days,
and
that
would
be
the
proposal
is
for
that
scheme
to
be
for
both
residential
and
commercial
and
then,
finally,
last
but
not
least,
would
be
campaign
or
election
signs.
H
So
in
residential
zones,
the
current
ordinance
says:
there's
no
limit
the
current
ordinance
limits,
you
in
residential
districts
to
eight
square
feet
in
size,
six
feet
in
height
and
the
time
duration
is
for
60
days.
Maximum
must
be
removed.
10
days
after
the
election,
that's
residential,
we're
proposing
no
limit
to
the
number.
We're
proposing
a
maximum
of
16
square
feet,
which
is
twice
you
know
it's
twice
as
big
six
feet
in
height
maximum
and
then
we're
clarifying
the
definition
a
little
bit,
but
essentially
the
same.
H
That
should
be
eight
feet
in
height,
the
second
line
and
then
again
sixty
days
prior
to
election
and
10
days.
After
so
again,
most
of
the
changes
we've
talked
about
have
been
in
this
category
of
exempt
signs.
So
these
are
signs
that
the
city
does
not
permit
for
just
because
there
are
so
many
and
we
feel
like
it
it
it
does.
H
I
think
it
goes
a
long
way
in
preserving
what
the
current
scheme
is
in
terms
of
limiting
the
number
and
size
and
location,
but
instead
of
us
having
to
run
a
foul
of
read
by
having
to
read
the
sign
to
enforce
it.
It's
simply,
they
you're
allowed
a
certain
number
based
on
condition
and
whether
that's
under
construction
for
sale.
H
I
F
J
F
E
E
I
E
E
E
What
that's
saying
is
that
a
city
cannot
enact
an
ordinance
that
prohibits
a
political
sign
from
being
placed
not
and
doesn't
talk
about
in
terms
of
time,
either
30
days,
60
days,
90
days
our
whole
year,
you
can't
prohibit
a
political
sign
from
being
placed
and
it
begs
the
question
obviously
is
well
under
greed
versus
city
of
gilbert
you're,
going
to
have
to
look
at
that
sign
to
make
a
determination
of
whether
or
not
it's
a
political
sign.
I
get
it
so
this
this
law.
E
The
statute,
might
have
problems
in
and
of
itself.
I
get
that,
but
it
is
the
law
as
it
currently
exists
the
legislature's
in
session
right
now.
I
don't
know
if
they're
going
to
address
it
or
not.
I
don't
know
if
the
attorney
general's
going
to
address
it
or
not,
but
I
do
know
this.
This
makes
it
real
easy
for
me.
J
Councilman
the
the
logic
that
you're
using
recognizing
that
the
election
code
is
presumptively
invalid.
As
the
courts
have
said,
it
stands
at
the
at
the
same
on
the
same
footing
as
the
city's
ordinance.
The
city's
ordinance
is
presumptively
invalid
until
the
the
council
changes
it.
That
does
not
make
the
state
law
any
better
than
what
city's
council's
ordinance
is,
and
the
city's
ordinance
stands
as
the
law
until
and
unless
the
council
changes
it.
J
J
E
H
J
J
Now
it
would
be
irresponsible
for
us,
as
a
as
a
city,
to
try
to
enforce
a
sign
that
we
know
to
be
presumptively
invalid
and
that's
why
we're
here
trying
to
change
it.
I
I
I
understand,
and
I
get
where
you
want
to
go
with
the
political
signs.
But
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
fix
the
city
of
beaumont's
ordinance.
A
I
E
The
texas
election
code
reads:
you
can
have
a
sign,
a
political
sign
on
private
property
365
days
a
year
if
you
choose
and
also
what
did
we
decide
to
do
with
regard
to
other
temporary
signs
that
are
not
campaign
signs
but
are
signs
that
are
you
know,
westbrook
bruin
cheerleader
lives
here
or
you
know,
proud.
Member
of
beaumont
united
basketball
team,
where,
where
are
those
addressed
in
here.
I
H
I
E
I
have
the
belief
that
when
you
are
a
private
property
owner,
you
should
be
able
to
do
a
lot
of
things
on
your
property
that,
as
long
as
it
doesn't
cause
problems
with
your
neighbors,
and
you
know
a
sign
on
your
property
if
it's
not
obscene
or
yeah
objectionable
in
some
way,
and
that
again
is
another
discussion,
I
can't
read
it.
It
can't.
I
K
I
just
wanted
to
ask
councilman
goetz:
did
he
have
something
that
he
would
change
on
this
as
to
amend
it
because,
first
off,
I
don't
know
of
anybody
if
somebody
says
yay,
westbrook
or
yay
beaumont
united,
my
kid
goes.
There
she's
a
member
of
the
drill
team
or
I
don't
know
anybody.
That's
ever
called
tina
correct
me.
If
I'm
wrong
and
said
you
know,
they've
had
this
sign
up
here
for
three
months.
K
E
Well,
of
course,
one
solution
to
that
particular
issue
would
be
you
know
to
not
have
a
limit
on
the
on
the
number
of
days
that
it
could
be
out
there.
You
know
so
that
that
is
something
we
could
talk
about,
but
it
still
doesn't
solve
the
problem.
I
have
with
political
signs
conflicting
with
the
state
law.
D
I
D
D
A
I
I
I
K
A
A
E
H
And
again,
these
are
in
the
this
is
in
the
exemption,
doesn't
require
a
permit
section.
So
the
subcategory
is
election
season.
Supplementary
signs
so
again
we're
not
explaining
the
sign,
although
we
kind
of
are
but
we're
not
we're
just
saying
that
right
during
the
election
season,
you're
allowed
these
additional
signs
based
on
your
location.
So.
I
E
Bisd
excellent
reader
lives
here
or
if
it's
a
cheerleader
or
a
football
player
or
baseball
player,
you
know
they're
all
supplementary
signs.
It's
already
proposed
that
we
have
no
limit
on
the
number
and
I
don't
think
we
should
have
any
time
period
either
and
I
would
be
willing
to
go
along
with
that.
E
I
A
F
H
Right
so
the
current,
under
the
current
ordinance
and
for
the
past
couple
decades,
they've
been
restricted
to
eight
square
feet
and
so
we're
proposing
that
they
be
allowed
in
commercial
50
square
feet
and
again.
This
is
this
is
based
on
what
we're
seeing
out
in
the
field.
That's
where
we
got
the
estimate
and
then
again
a
15-foot
high
max.
I
I
D
E
Not
really
because,
because
your
lettering
is
as
we're
talking
about
it
and
as
I
think,
we're
understanding
it
in
the
discussion,
a
long
series
of
individual
letters
that
spells
out
a
message
like
happy
birthday
or
happy
anniversary.
That's
what
we're
talking
about
when
we're
talking
about
yard
lettering.
E
I
A
Yes,
except
for
the
length,
is
what
your
amendment
is
on
your
lettering.
Your
amendment
is
to
allow
more
than
seven
days
but
to
leave
it
alone
on
yard
lettering
and
on
campaign.
We
could
change
it
to
supplemental
and
instead
of
just
campaign,
it
could
be
whatever
and
the
size,
and
everything
is
okay
with
the
the
timeline.
H
A
E
A
H
E
H
N
E
Sure
I
propose
to
amend
this
proposed
ordinance
so
that
we
strike
under
the
section
that
is
dealing
with
campaign
season.
Supplementary
signs,
the
word
campaign
season,
the
two
words
campaign
season,
and
also
to
strike
the
number
of
days
in
which
the
supplementary
signs
can
be
allowed
to
be
present.
I
I
A
A
E
I
E
We
change
the
terminology
for
election
season
supplementary
signage
by
striking
the
words
supplement
election
season
and
also
by
striking
the
number
of
days
that
a
sign
can
be
out
on
private
property.
That's
both
residential
and
commercial,
because
they're,
both
private
property,
striking
the
number
of
days
that
those
supplementary
signs
can
be
present.
I
A
Okay,
second,
okay,
all
right!
If
there's
no
more
discussion.
All
in
favor
of
the
motion,
the
amended
motion.
Well,
yours
was
pulled.
The
motion
signified
by
saying
aye
opposed
the
motion
carries
unanimously.
I
personally
don't
have
a
problem
with
the
timeline,
but
I
you
know
I'm
fine
with
it.
If
that's
what
the
desire
of
the
council
is,
I
would
like
to
ask
a
question,
though,
now
that
we're
through
this
and
it's
just
kind
of
something
that's
come
up
that
I've
had
people
ask.
A
H
A
Something
changes
yes,
ma'am,
yeah,
very
good.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
know
this
was
difficult.
It's
kind
of
like
putting
a
square
peg
in
a
round
hole.
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
all
right.
That
does
conclude,
I
believe
our
general
business
items,
so
I
will
now
open
up
the
microphone
so
for
any
citizen
who
wishes
to
speak.
A
If
you
would
like
to
make
public
comment
today-
and
you
haven't
already
done
so-
please
fill
out
the
green
slip
at
the
rear
of
the
room
and
hand
it
to
the
city
clerk
at
the
front
of
the
room.
She
will
call
out
your
name.
We
would
appreciate,
if
you
keep
your
comments
to
three
minutes.
The
green
light
will
come
on
when
you
approach
the
podium
and
the
red
light
will
come
on
when
your
time
is
up.
M
M
M
So
today
I
was
met
with
pushback
by
planning,
because
planning
is
saying
that
I
cannot
hold
a
event
without
having
a
permit,
and
so
I
don't
know
what
type
of
permit
they
didn't
give
me
the
type
of
permit
that's
needed,
but
the
other
thing
what
they
did
give
me
is
amusement
and
recreation
services,
saying
that
if
my
established
establishment
is
primarily
engaged
in
providing
entertainment,
I
would
have
to
have
some
type
of
special
license.
That's
not
what
I
do
and
I
don't.
M
I
can't
understand
why
I
can't
have
an
event
for
the
community
as
often
as
I
want.
I
want
those
that
that
space
for
little
children
that
want
to
play
baseball
football
they
should
be
able
to
do
so
without
having
me
to
have
to
come
before
you
to
beg
for
them
to
be
able
to
do.
I
have
events
at
that
facility,
and
so
I
want
to
get
this
straight
today.
If
I
can
possibly.
A
G
M
O
O
O
O
Now
I'll
put
my
name
and
number
on
there
again
in
hopes
that
maybe
somebody
will
call
me-
I
see
this
weekend
it's
mother's
day
weekend
and
I,
like
sitting
outside
the
home,
will
sit
outside
next
to
a
ditch
that
has
green
mold
in
it.
Nobody
wants
to
do
that.
I
want
to
sit
outside
and
enjoy
my
wife,
my
grandkids
for
mother's
day
now,
for
nobody
to
call
me
and
then
you
come
to
me,
you
ask
for
votes,
I'm
not
going
to
vote
for
nobody,
that's
not
going
to
call
me
and
say
nothing.
O
E
E
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
read
an
editorial
that
came
out
sunday
in
the
beaumont
enterprise.
Not
everybody
gets
the
beaumont
enterprise
anymore
and
I
don't
always
agree
with
the
beaumont
enterprise,
but
on
this
one
I
do-
and
I
want
to
take
a
second
to
read
this.
It's
titled
new
council
should
review
transit
system.
E
Even
with
these
bureaucratic
burdens,
the
city's
new
mayor
and
council
should
do
as
much
as
they
can
to
make
the
city's
bus
system
as
effective
and
economical
as
possible.
The
buses
do
meet
an
important
need
for
some
low-income
residents
and
helping
them
get
to
jobs
or
doctor's
appointments
should
be
a
concern
of
every
council
member.
E
E
E
Smaller
buses
could
be
cheaper
and
more
effective
overall,
even
if
their
lifespan
isn't
as
long
finally,
city
councils
in
beaumont
and
many
other
towns
should
prod
the
state
and
federal
governments
to
support
voluntary
experiments
with
some
form
of
ride
sharing
such
as
uber
or
lyft
on
paper.
It
makes
a
lot
of
sense
to
match
up
a
rider
and
a
ride
more
specifically,
perhaps
with
vouchers
from
the
city
for
at
least
some
residents,
it
could
be
much
more
efficient
than
a
large
bus
running
a
fixed
route
with
little
ridership.
E
D
Things
go
as
scheduled
next
tuesday,
the
new
council
will
be
seated
and
with
that
said
today
will
be
the
last
full
council
meeting
that
councilwoman
mouton
will
be
seated
in
ward,
4
and
councilman.
Pate
will
be
seated
at
large,
and
so
just
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you
for
your
many
years
of
service
to
the
city
and
those
positions,
and
I
enjoyed
the
last
two
years
and
next
tuesday
the
new
counts
will
be
seated
and
we
move
forward,
but
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
all
that
you've
done
and
I've
enjoyed
working
with
you.
K
You
mayor,
since
this
is
our
last
our
next.
The
last
meeting
I
didn't
want
to
take
away
from
next
next
week's
meeting
when
we
swear
everybody
in.
I
just
want
to
take
a
little
time
to
congratulate
taylor
and
mike
randy
aj
odwin
for
getting
reelected
for
the
mayor,
getting
elected
a
wife
of
the
year
and
getting
spent
time
with
rodney
and
congratulate
roy
and
robin
on
being
in
the
runoff,
also
say
that
I
appreciate
bagita
and
lashon
in
the
fine
way
that
this
campaign
was
conducted.
K
I
kind
of
like
it
here,
but
I
did
want
to
take
just
a
few
moments
to
thank
the
mayor
for
the
great
job
she's
done
she's
been
here
27
years
and
for
somebody
that
spent
27
years
with
a
close,
warm
personal
relationship
with
the
united
states
army.
That's
a
long
time.
Folks,
you
got
to
be
dedicated
and
the
mayor
the
longest
serving
mayor
14
years,
the
third
large
longest,
serving
at
large
council
member,
I'm
the
second
at
14
years
and
andrew
at
21..
K
I
didn't
realize
he'd
been
there
that
long,
but
gee
whiz.
What
can
you
say?
But
the
idea
is
that
people
that
do
this
you're
not
doing
it
for
the
400
a
month
or
the
600
that
the
mayor
makes
you
do
it
because
you
care
about
the
city
and
in
stacy
and
joe's
case
you
care
about
the
students.
I
care
about
the
the
future
of
our
community,
we're
fortunate
to
have
in
beaumont
some
great
people,
people
that
you
don't
hear
a
lot
about.
K
But
if
you
don't
have
people
like
kyle
tyrone,
chris
bart
molly,
who
we
congratulated
last
week
mike
I
could
go
on
and
on
about
all
the
different
chief
singletary
honest-to-goodness
is
one
of
the
greatest
police
chiefs
in
the
country
and
does
an
exceptional
job
and
earl
white.
What
can
you
say
our
fire
chief?
We
have
so
many
great
people
that
make
this
city
run
and
our
wonderful
people
upstairs
angie
and
charlene
and
halle.
K
K
K
The
city
keeps
moving
forward.
I've
got
a
lot
of
confidence
in
our
community.
Obviously
I
do
I
have
a
restaurant
and
I'm
not
going
to
promote
it.
Even
though
this
is
my
next
last
meeting
but
mother's
day
is
coming
up
so
support
your
local
restaurants,
whichever
one
you
have
to
achieve,
we
got
a
lot
of
them.
Trust
me.
I
spent
a
whole
lot
more
money
in
other
restaurants
than
in
mine,
but
we
do
have
a
lot
of
great
things
going
on
in
beaumont.
K
As
previously
stated,
there
is
a
runoff
roy
and
robin
are
in
the
runoff.
It
counts
for
you
to
take
time
and
vote
and
to
understand
where
everybody
stands
on
the
issue,
because
you
know
we
complain
about
the
turnout
being
low
and
but
that's
that's
us,
I
mean
we
can't
turn
around
blaming
on
somebody
else
for
not
turning
out
voting.
K
I
also
want
to
say
that
for
those
of
us
that
do
this
on
occasion,
you'll
hear
mike
talk
about
allison
or
and
randy
talk
about,
and
we
all
talk
about.
Our
spouses
and
becky
talks
about
rodney
and
rightfully
so.
It's
a
tough
job
to
do
without
support,
and
if
you
don't
have
it
it's
really
difficult,
and
for
those
of
us
that
have
been
fortunate
enough
to
have
partners,
they
were
always
there.
K
K
Like.
I
said,
I'm
not
moving
away,
I'm
happy
to
pay
the
taxes.
I
wish
they
were
a
little
lower
and
I'll
be
coming
down
here.
If
I
think
they
get
out
of
hand
on
that
side
and
say
why
don't
y'all
take
a
look
at
this
and
see
what
we
can
do,
but
I
want
to
thank
all
the
citizens
that
opened
for
seven
straight
elections
gave
me
the
privilege
and
the
honor
to
do
this
thanks
mayor.
N
N
N
I
N
N
I
N
That,
if
there's
anything
that
I've
said
or
done,
that's
offended
someone
or
hurt
someone
or
rubbed
someone
the
wrong
way.
I
apologize
it's
not
my
intent,
I'm
trying
to
serve
to
the
best
of
my
ability,
I'm
trying
to
be
the
best
that
god
allows
me
to
be,
but
I
need-
and
we
need
all
of
you,
because
we
can't
do
it
alone.
There's
no
way
this
council
can
do
the
best
job
for
the
entire
city.
Without
your
participation,
I
hear
people
talking
about
term
limits.
N
N
N
L
L
I
want
to
say
to
our
mayor:
it
has
been
great
working
with
you
for
the
past
six
years.
Congratulations
to
taylor,
my
randy
audwen
aj
and
chris.
It's
going
to
be
a
great
council
and
chris
I'm
a
phone
call
away
but
you're
in
good
hands,
because
this
is
the
best
staff
that
I
have
ever
ever
worked
with.
I've
built
relationships
and
as
one
of
the
council
members
said
some
of
the
people
that
do
some
of
the
hardest
work.
L
I
mean
they
will
call
you
on
a
saturday
and
tell
you
don't
forget:
you
have
a
proclamation
to
read.
They'll
call
you
on
a
sunday,
and
this
is
on
their
off
days
and
you
don't
get
dedicated
stuff
like
that,
all
the
time
so
to
our
office.
Admins
hats
off
to
you,
you're
the
greatest
I've
enjoyed
the
six
years
of
working
with
them,
also
tina
todd
kyle
tyrone,
chris
and
bart.
I
was
looking
at
you
almost
couldn't
say
your
name.
L
This
is
the
best
best
team
that
I'm
telling
you
I
worked
for
att
for
32
years,
and
these
past
six
years
have
truly
truly
been
great
and
not
to
mention
the
directors,
sherry
omer,
that
just
retired
that
stayed
an
extra
year
because
of
the
pandemic
and
postponed
her
retirement
benji.
Oh
my
god,
out
at
the
landfill
you'll
have
a
storm
and
the
city
is
torn
up
and
almost
seven
eight
days
later,
all
of
the
trash
is
picked
up.
You
can't
ask
for
a
team.
L
L
L
You
have
to
get
out
exercise
your
right
to
vote
sitting
at
home
complaining
and
allowing
only
10
percent
of
the
citizens
to
dictate
what
is
done
in
the
city.
It's
not
a
good
reflection
of
the
citizens,
making
sure
that
the
right
people
are
elected
to
run
your
city,
so
I
enjoyed
the
campaign
trail
with
all
of
you.
L
K
I
K
G
Steph
start
mentioning
names,
we
have
230
employees
on
the
payroll
today,
councilmember
mutant.
Thank
you
for
your
comments,
not
saying
any
goodbyes
to
you
or
the
mayor
tonight.
Congratulations
to
all
the
newly
elected
officials
that
are
here
and
up
here
as
well
and
for
those
that
ran
people
that
are
willing
to
sacrifice
their
time
to
try
to
make
a
difference.
G
G
A
Thank
you,
okay,
so
I
just
have
a
couple
of
things.
First,
just
to
let
everyone
know,
if
you
see
something
going
on
this
thursday,
we
are,
the
eoc
is
hosting
a
regional
emergency
operations.
Center
is
hosting
a
regional
exercise
with
our
community
partners,
bisd
el
elementary
university,
our
first
responders,
etc,
and
it
will
test
our
community
partners
and
city
responders
for
active
shooter
and
mass
casualties.
A
A
Also
last
thursday,
I
think
it
was
thursday.
I
did
do
my
last
state
of
the
city
address
and
if
you
missed
it-
and
you
would
like
to
see
it,
it
is
on
our
website
and
it
is
on
the
beaumont
youtube
channel.
You
can't
see
all
of
it,
but
you
can
see
the
slides
and
you
can
hear
me
talking
about
it
and
I
think
it
went
very
well
very
well
received
and-
and
like
I
said,
if
you
missed
it,
you
can
see
it
it.
H
A
A
When
I
first
started
in
the
council
in
94,
the
award
members
ran
in
odd
years
in
the
at
large
and
the
mayor
ran
an
even
year,
so
we
had
a
actual
election
every
single
year,
costly
plus,
with
the
amount
of
people
that
came
out
and
voted,
probably
wasn't
the
best
thing
and
the
citizens,
as
we
suggested,
did
vote
to
change
that,
and
so
there
were
three
of
us
that
was
evelyn.
Lord
was
the
mayor
then,
and
I
was
at
large
and
then
andrew
coconuts.
We
had
a
one-year
term.
So
that's
the
reason
for
that.
A
So
those
mothers
out
there
have
echoed
one
have
a
happy
mother's
mother's
day
and
I
know
a
lot
of
people
who
have
grandkids
expected
this
week,
so
they'll
get
grandkids
for
mother's
day.
I
hope
I've
got
like
three
friends
that
have
grandkids
come
in
the
lat
next
three
days,
so
I'll
do
a
little
shout
out
to
those
babies
and
those
new
mothers.
So
that
concludes
our
meeting
today.
Our
night
meeting
we
did
decide
as
the
council
just
for
your
information
the
second
month
of
each
quarter.
A
I'm
assuming
the
council
will
continue
this
if
they
decide
to
do
so.
But
the
second
month
of
each
quarter
on
the
first
tuesday
is
a
six
o'clock
meeting
moving
forward
is
what
this
council
decided
to
do
and
if
the
next
council
decides
to
do
the
same,
I
would
suggest
it.
So.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
coming.
We
appreciate
it
and
we
are
adjourned.