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A
We're
here
today
to
swear
in
our
new
mayor,
robin
mouton,
and
I
think
all
of
you
have
come
out
to
show
your
support
of
her
because
she
needs
it.
I
promise
you
I
know,
so
we
so
much
appreciate
everyone's
attendance
today
and
if
I
don't
get
the
opportunity
robin
we
served
together
six
years.
Congratulations
I'm
very
proud
for
you
and
I
will
support
you
in
any
way.
I
can.
A
Our
invocation
today
will
be
given
by
pastor
edison
colbert
jr
with
paradise
baptist
church.
Everyone,
if
you
so
choose,
please
stand
with
me
and
remain
standing
for
the
pledge
to
our
nation's
flag
immediately
following
our
invocation,
the
pledge
will
be
given
by
chadlin
coleman.
Thank
you.
Pastor,.
B
Seeing
in
the
times
at
which
we
are,
if
we
would
can
we
just
bump
elbows,
just
you
know,
instead
of
I
would
ask
everybody
if
they
would
get
hands
but
because
there's
something
about
the
touch,
let
us
bow
our
heads.
If
you
want
to
join
hands,
please
that's
the
prayer,
gracious
and
heavenly
god,
our
father,
lord,
once
again,
dear
god,
we
come
with
our
hearts,
sprinkled
with
thanksgiving
sprinkled
with
love
and
joy
and
peace.
B
We
thank
you
for
this
opportunity,
but
god,
as
we
come,
we
come
filled
with
thanksgiving
and
and
just
being
grateful
unto
you
we
thank
you,
god
for
a
country
that
we
can
live
in,
that
we
can
pursue
happiness,
we
can
prove
pursue
joy
freedoms.
We
thank
you
for
this
country,
lord,
as
we
pray
for
those
that
are
in
leadership
in
our
country.
We
pray
for
them
as
well,
but
god
now
we
come
to
our
city
and,
oh
god,
this
place
that
we
call
home
this
place.
That
is
called
beaumont
texas.
B
We
come
right
now,
lord
thanking
you
for
a
place
that
we
can
call
home
god,
as
we
come
into
this
meeting.
As
we
come
to
this
joyous
occasion,
lord,
we
ask
that
you
will
continue
to
bless
our
city
council
bless.
Those
that
are
in
leadership
bless
those
god
that
the
people
voted
to
represent
every
part
of
the
city
of
beaumont
father.
We
thank
you
right
now
for
for
every
war
and
everyone-
that's
represented
every
council
member
here
today
we
pray
for
them.
God
we
pray
for
their
family.
B
We
pray,
oh
god,
that
you
would
continue
to
hold
them,
keep
them,
and,
oh
god,
give
them
the
wisdom,
the
courage
and
the
knowledge
to
lead
us
where
you
would
have
us
to
go
now,
god
we
come
o
lord.
In
the
name
of
our
lord
and
savior,
the
father
of
abraham
isaac
and
jacob
god,
we
come
right
now
just
to
celebrate
right
now,
oh
god,
a
new
mayor,
we
come
to
celebrate
a
new
beginning,
lord!
We
thank
you
for
the
previous
administration,
we're
so
full
and
just
blessed.
This
count
this
this
city
god.
B
B
Bless
her
right
now
bless
her
family
right
now
bless
her
husband
bless
her
children,
her
children's
children.
Lord
all
that
support
her
right
now
and
we
pray
as
we
support
this
council.
We
support
the
mayor.
We
support
our
city
and
we
thank
you
right
now
in
the
mighty
name
of
our
lord
and
savior
jesus
christ,
father
of
abraham
isaac
and
jacob.
A
C
D
E
A
Now
we
will
have
the
administration
of
the
oath
of
office
immediately
following
that
we
will
have
a
reception
and
then
the
council
will
reconvene.
So
if
you
are
here
after
the
oath
of
office,
we
will,
we
will
have
a
short
reception
and
I'll
leave,
that
time
frame
up
to
the
new
mayor.
A
A
A
G
H
H
H
I
J
J
J
I
K
L
L
L
I
I
M
H
H
H
Of
42
years,
who
has
made
so
many
sacrifices
over
the
last
few
months,
as
well
as
my
daughter
carmen
and
my
son
julian,
and
my
dad,
robert
donato
senior,
my
sister
sharon
donata
durley,
my
brothers,
robert
donata,
jr,
chester,
donata,
ricky,
donata
and
a
host
of
uncles
cousins
and
one
cousin
in
particular,
reverend
john
coleman,
who
called
and
said
he
heard
the
voice
of
god.
That
said,
run
for
mayor
that
you
can
do
this
and
you'll
win.
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
E
Thorns
the
the
administration
and
I
thoroughly
enjoyed
working
with
you
over
the
last
six
years
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you
now.
N
Congratulations:
mayor
mouton,
I'm
I'm
I'm
just
as
happy
as
you
I'm
about
to
bust
up,
I'm
so
happy
for
you,
I'm
very
proud
of
you.
I
know
you're
a
very
hard-working
young
lady
and
I'm
ready
to
go
to
work
with
you.
I
was
glad
that
I
was
able
to
step
up.
Hopefully
I
could
do
you
know
half
as
good
as
what
you
did
when
you
was
in
ward
4.,
but
I'm
ready
for
us
to
work
together.
N
F
P
Mayor
mutun,
congratulations
you're
only
as
strong
as
the
supporting
cast
and
we
you're
supporting
cavs.
We
got
your
back
we're
here
to
support
you
we're
here
to
encourage
you
and
we're
here
for
you
to
make
this
city
where
we
wanted
to
be
so
the
citizens
that
voted.
We
appreciate
you.
Everyone
appreciate
you
up
here
to
mayor
becky
yangs.
Thank
you
for
your
service.
You're,
greatly
appreciated
and
miss
mouton.
You
made
history.
P
M
I've
known
you
as
robin
mutton
for
the
last
two
years:
councilwoman
mouton
and
now
I
know
he
was
madame
mayor
the
last
two
years
I've
enjoyed
serving
with
you
anytime,
there's
a
change
in
leadership,
there's
always
a
fresh
vision
and
new
energy,
and
I
know
that
this
mayor
will
bring
that
that
to
this
council
and
this
council,
I
believe,
will
get
behind
you
and
do
everything
in
their
power
to
make
that
vision
of
success
for
the
sake
of
our
citizens.
So
god
bless
you.
I
look
forward
to
it.
Q
I
R
I'd
just
like
to
say,
congratulations
on
the
hard
fought
win
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
for
the
next
two
years
to
move
beaumont
forward,
also
like
to
say
thank
you
to
mayor
ames
for
the
27
years
of
service
that
you've
given
beaumont.
So
thank
you.
S
I'll
just
say:
congratulations
again,
I've
been
saying
it
over
and
over
and
over
again-
and
you
know,
my
door
is
always
open
to.
You
got
my
cell
phone
number
and
that's
the
best
number
you
can
reach
me
by
so
we're
in
this
we've.
You
sat
here
for
the
last
six
years,
but
now
you've
gone
to
the
top
to
the
throne.
So
just
congratulations
again
and-
and
I
do
want
to
say
to
your
husband-
we
stood
out
on
your
driveway
when
you
first
announced
and
he
said
we're
in
it
to
win
it
so
he's
now.
S
O
O
U
Mayor,
congratulations
enjoyed
working
with
you
these
past
six
years
and
look
forward
to
to
great
new
things
for
the
city
of
beaumont
and
we're
here
to
we're
here
to
support
you.
V
D
W
W
It's
certainly
a
pleasure
for
me
to
be
here
today.
This
is
motown,
I
think
you'll
call
me
and
say,
judge
brian.
Can
you
help
me?
I
said
now.
The
call
is
a
little
late,
I'm
already
committed
to
one
man
but
a
thousand
pounds
of
energy.
Mr
proctor,
I
like
your
fight,
you
didn't
give
up.
You
said
I
got
another
question:
if
I'm
in
a
runoff,
will
you
help
me
I'll
show?
Yes,
I
got
to
help
you
if
you're
the
runoff-
and
I
think
you
had
a
vision,
then
you
called
me
back,
you
said.
W
W
I
met
mr
chris
and
also
brian
johnson
and
kevin
reese
and
when
I
walked
out
the
booth
and
got
outside,
I
met
those
three
young
men
and
they
were
gone
at
each
other.
You
tell
everybody,
don't
vote
for
this
guy.
Don't
go
to
that
vote
for
me
and
when
I
walked
out
and
said
jess
who
did
you
vote
for,
I
said
I
voted
for
the
weather.
W
W
I
received
the
beaumont
enterprise
and,
I
must
say
the
blow
by
the
prize
is
getting
better
because
the
brothers
stopped
getting
the
enterprise
long
ago.
They
just
didn't
treat
us
right,
but
I
hope
that
the
donatus,
the
mutants
they
bought
all
of
the
papers,
but
I
get
the
paper
every
day,
so
I
had
to
have
these
pictures
elaminated
for.
W
W
W
W
Like
to
say
to
you,
mrs
moton,
from
calvin
williams
and
his
wife,
he
was
the
first
african-american
elected
to
the
city
council
about
52
years
ago,
he's
under
some
health
issues
now,
but
he
talked
to
me
last
thursday.
He
said
tell
her.
I
wish
her
well
the
road's
going
to
be
tough,
but
I
know
that
she
can
handle
it
so
from
all
of
us.
This
community,
and
also
I
want
to
leave
you
a
picture
of
one
young
man
who's
been
struggling.
I
just
called
them
the
drum
majors
for
justice.
W
And
the
last
thing
I
would
like
to
say
I'll
pass
these
around
to
some
of
you
you
receive
this.
I
mean
it's
from
my
heart.
I
don't
play
the
game
at
all.
It
simply
says
we
must
stop
asking
others
black
folks
to
do
for
us,
but
god
has
given
us
the
ability
to
do
for
ourselves.
We
got
work
to
do
now.
Each
one
reach
one
teach
one,
but
I
have
time
to
play.
W
W
The
lady
who
worked
before
bobby
patterson,
one
that
just
retired
carolyn
and
another
young
man,
howard
trahan,
ava,
graves,
irma,
lynn
and
all
those
people
that
work
with
you
or
people
that
have
been
at
this
for
a
long
time.
We
love
you
my
wife,
david
hello.
She
got
a
knee
problem.
I
can't
perform
surgery,
but
they'll
do
that
later,
but
thank
you
and
godspeed
and
we
wish
you
well.
Thank
you,
mr.
X
Good
afternoon,
mayor
mouton,
congratulations
on
your
greatest
honor
and
achievement
to
all
of
council
and
all
our
distinguished
and
honorable
mentions
in
the
audience
today.
My
name
is
danielle
nettles
and
on
behalf
of
the
of
the
nettles
family
and
also
the
limeburger
family.
We
just
wanted
to
wish
you
a
special
congratulations
one.
We
have
a
plaque
for
you
and
it
says:
congratulations
robin
donated
moutain
on
becoming
the
first
african-american
woman
to
achieve
the
historical
honor
of
being
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
beaumont.
Thank
you.
H
H
H
I
E
Okay,
mayor
council
you'll
consider
the
consent
agenda
first,.
D
E
Mayor
council,
we
recommend
that
you
approve
the
consent
agenda
at
one
time.
I
moved.
R
E
Mayor
council,
lotter
number
three
is
an
ordinance
entitled
an
ordinance
granting
a
specific
use
permit
to
allow
a
church
in
an
rcrh
residential
conservation,
revitalization,
historic
district
for
property
located
at
2453,
broadway
street,
the
city
of
beaumont,
jefferson,
county
texas,
welding
smith,
is
requesting
the
specific
use
permit.
At
a
joint
public
hearing
held
on
june,
the
21st,
the
planning
commission
recommended
six
to
zero
to
approve
the
request
with
the
following
conditions:
number
one
update
the
site
plan
to
show
the
proposed
parking
layout
with
dimensions
to
meet
city
requirements.
E
O
Q
Also,
move
to
approve
item
number
three.
R
I
have
a
question
there.
Yes
thank
you
mayor,
mr
manager,
when
we
were
at
the
planning
and
zoning.
This
specific
item
was
one
of
the
ones
that
was
voted
on
and
it
was
said
that
this
the
applicant
does
not
own
this
property.
R
I
guess
my
question
is
for
two
questions.
One
does
the
owner
of
the
property
have
to
sign
off
on
this
and
two?
How
long
does
this
stand
for.
S
From
a
legal
perspective,
the
specific
use
permit
is
the
permit
of
the
applicant.
E
Back
in
october
of
2018,
the
city
council
awarded
a
contract
to
excavation
and
construction
in
the
amount
of
three
million
six
hundred
and
fifty
six
thousand
four
hundred
eighty
five
dollars
and
forty
seven
cents
for
the
project
proposed
change
order.
Number
one
is
a
reduction
of
two
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
one
hundred
nine
dollars
and
twelve
cents
and
is
required
to
deduct
schedule,
repairs
that
were
either
completed
by
our
streets
and
drainage
division
or
were
better
suited
for
asphalt.
E
P
U
T
This
particular
contract
is
doing
small
section
repairs,
so
it's
very
difficult
for
us
to
to
put
all
of
the
individual
locations
for
for
this
type
of
contract.
We
do
have
all
of
the
road
rehab
with
the
blocks
that
are
done
on
there,
as
well
as
the
ones
that
are
going
to
be
done
under
the
street
rehab
3,
which
is
is
on
there.
We
just
don't
do
the
point
repairs
because
there
you're
talking
about
a
panel
here
and
two
panels
there
on
an
entire
road
on
this
particular
contract.
E
T
E
And
they'll
go
and
do
that,
where
needed
on
a
certain
roadway,
if
there's
any
large
sections
we
could
put
that
on
the
web
and
we're
trying
to
update
that
on
a
regular
basis
right.
F
T
Than
possible,
the
potholes
are
a
little
easier
because
the
citizen
calls
in
a
specific
address
that
goes
into
the
city
works
system,
and
then
that
address
is
geo
verified
and
so
it
automatically
maps.
Now
we
can,
if
y'all,
want,
go
and
break
down
every
single
panel.
It's
just
a
lot
of
individual
pieces
through
there,
but
we
can
do
a
list
if
y'all,
if
y'all
want
all
the
locations.
F
I
don't
I
don't
want
to
make
a
lot
of
work
for
you
guys
than
necessarily.
I
do
think
that
citizens
do
need
a
way
to
have
accountability
as
to
what
streets
are
being
addressed,
and
you
know
so
yeah.
This
isn't
something
that
burns
bright
for
me,
but
I
do
think
that
anything
that
we
can
do
to
let
citizens
follow
progress
being
made
is
positive.
I.
W
N
Mr
manager,
this
this
money
is
already
that
amount
of
the
three.
E
I
T
I
E
E
A
total
of
260
calendar
days
are
allocated
for
the
completion
of
the
project.
There
are
fema
funds
approved
for
this
project
in
the
amount
of
little
over
three,
almost
three
hundred
ninety
two
thousand
dollars,
and
then
the
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
six
hundred
sixteen
dollars
will
be
paid
for
out
of
the
capital
program.
The
administration
recommends
approval.
E
Okay,
so,
during
during
harvey
water,
got
very
close
and
correctly
bar
very
close
to
that
main
electrical
building,
generator
building
and
staff's
been
working
diligently.
A
lot
of
key
staff
is
in
the
audience
today,
but
it
was
a
team
effort
and
they
were
tasked
and
they
did
it
themselves
as
well.
E
But
it's
a
coordinated
effort
between
bart
and
mike
harris
and
a
lot
of
staff
out
here
in
the
audience
and
our
finance
department-
and
these
are
these-
are
needed
improvements
and
we
think
will
make
a
difference.
You
want
to
add
that.
T
During
harvey,
like
kyle,
said,
the
water
got
very
close
and
we
underwent
an
effort
to
sandbag
the
electrical
building
and
protect
the
the
switch
gear.
What
this
is
going
to
do
is
put
a
permanent
flood
wall
in
place
for
that
building,
so
that
you
don't
have
to
do
an
impromptu
sandbagging,
and
it's
also
going
to
provide
for
an
access
road.
That's
raised
to
allow
us
to
get
to
that
building.
Even
if
the
flood
waters
get
that
high
again.
Q
D
I'm
sorry
we
already
did
a
motion
with
councilmember
neil
anima
and
a
second
bus
councilmember
sam.
I'm
sorry,
that's.
H
D
E
E
However,
employees,
making
less
than
fifty
thousand
dollars
per
year
will
receive
a
thousand
dollars.
Now
they
don't
actually
receive
a
thousand
dollars,
it's
a
thousand
dollars
less.
We
all
have
to
pay
our
payroll
taxes
and
our
contribution
towards
our
pension,
and
there
may
be
some
other
related
deductions
that
that
all
of
our
employees
are
accustomed
to
paying.
E
But
if
you,
the
council,
approves
this,
you
may
have
an
employee
that
makes
twenty
five
or
thirty
thousand
dollars.
However,
under
this
plan
they
would
receive
the
thousand
dollars
less
the
necessary
deductions,
so
the
estimated
cost
you
can
see
what
that
would
be
to
each
fund.
E
E
With
the
exception
of
the
fleet
fund,
a
transfer
to
the
fleet
fund
may
be
necessary
towards
the
end
of
this
fiscal
year
and
with
two
new
council
members,
I
can
tell
you
that
we
on
a
routine
basis,
I'd,
say
pretty
much
every
year
come
to
the
council
towards
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year.
The
fiscal
year
ends
september,
the
30th,
and
we
come
to
you
and
ask
you
to
approve
transfers
to
maybe
certain
funds
to
shore
them
up
or
if
we
went
over
on
the
expenditure
side.
E
You
know
the
charter
has
stipulations
that
you
have
to
follow
and
it
takes
council
action
to
do
so.
So
that's
something
that
again,
we
do
pretty
much.
Every
september,
sometimes
in
the
middle
of
the
year,
even
but
we
do
it
on
a
routine
basis.
So
if
that
fleet
fund
needs
additional
funds,
it'll
be
part
of
that
process.
Later
this
fiscal
year
and
according
to
the
u.s
bureau
of
labor
statistics,
all
items
increased
5.6
for
the
12
months
ending
in
may.
E
This
is
the
greatest
increase
since
2008.,
so
we
think
our
employees
deserve
this
and
we're
in
a
position
to
do
it
from
a
financial
standpoint.
I'll
answer
any
questions
you
have,
if
not
plan,
to
put
this
on
the
agenda
within
the
next
two
weeks
and
have
you
consider
it.
R
V
Just
for
the
civilians,
though,
the
full-time
amount
for
this
one-time
payment
would
probably
affect
770
employees.
Yes,.
E
E
H
Miss
manager,
I
have
a
question:
when
was
the
last
time
our
employees
got
across
the
living,
raise.
R
E
Wanted
to
do
it
october
of
2020,
but
we
were
in
a
precarious
situation,
as
you
know,
from
a
financial
standpoint
with
the
pandemic,
and
we
wanted
to
look
at.
We
look
at
this
on
a
weekly
basis,
but
for
sure
a
monthly
basis
that
you
get
that
financial
report,
so,
as
things
have
gotten
better,
even
from
a
sales
tax
standpoint,
we
thought
financially.
This
is
a
good
time
to
do
it
again.
N
N
E
E
In
this
case,
we
feel
again
with
a
lot
of
uncertainties
not
with
where
we
are
financially
just
with
our
revenue
streams,
it's
better
to
do
a
one-time
payment
at
this
time
and
hopefully
do
something
october.
The
first
that's
built
in.
P
P
P
All
right,
and
with
that
with
that
being
said,
honestly,
I
look
at
it
as
the
cost
of
living
is
actually
going
up
and
I'm
kind
of
looking
at
it
from
the
aspects
of
the
people
who
are
actually
making
under
that
forty
to
fifty
thousand
dollar
rate.
I
think
it's
pretty
tough
for
those
guys
to
go
out
there
and
work
hard
every
day,
and
I
think
it's
a
good
thing
that
we
are
doing
that
as
a
city,
but
in
the
in
the
past
have
we
ever
explored
options
going
over
four
percent.
E
There's
been
individuals
get
over
four
percent,
I
don't
recall,
do
you,
mr
cooper
or
ms
broussard?
Don't
todd
jump
in,
I
don't
recall
and
across
the
board
of
greater
than
four
percent
there
may
we'd
have
to
go
back
and
do
some
research,
but
for
sure
four
percent
a
lot
of
years,
two
three
there's
been
years
zero.
You
know
it
just
depends
year
to
year
where
we
are
financially
again.
We
should
know
a
lot
more
towards
the
end
of
july.
E
It's
and
when
the
appraised
values,
maybe
are
settled
a
little
bit
and
then
we'll
come
back
to
you
and
hopefully
make
a
recommendation
for
october
the
first,
but
at
this
time
can't
make
that
recommendation.
We
don't
know
and.
P
E
Well,
historically,
and
I'm
going
back
30
years
almost
30
years,
our
employees
receive
cost
of
living
adjustments
based
a
lot
of
times
on
what
do
the
statistics
show,
but,
more
importantly,
what
can
we
afford
from
year
to
year
based
on
our
revenue
streams,
so
the
cost
of
living?
I
mean
those
statistics
are
based
on
prices
of
food,
energy.
E
E
N
Do
that
and
it
works
for
us,
don't
have
never
done
like
a
raised
performance
base
based
on
recommendations
of
supervised
department,
heads.
E
E
Q
Yes,
for
historically,
we
we've
done
cost
of
living
raising
and
this
time
we're
talking
about
because
they
haven't
had
any
type
of
increase
over
the
past
since
2018
we're
talking
about
giving
them
lump
sum
payment,
and
we
will
look
at
where
we
are
coming
into
october
into
our
next
budget
year.
We
can
then
look
at
the
cost
of
living
raises,
as
we've
done
historically.
Q
Okay,
so
that's
basically
what
we're
doing
making
up
for
the
employees
they've
not
received
increased
compensation
in
recent
years,
so
those
that
are
below
50
000,
we're
giving
them
a
one-time,
1
000
payment,
as
well
as
those
that
are
over
50
000,
we're
giving
them
the
two
percent
of
their
base
wage,
correct
and
in
october.
We
can
then
reconsider
and
see
where
we
are
financially
as
a
whole
that
we
can
then
come
up.
Do
an
increase
in
pay
by
percentage.
Q
R
Thank
you
mayor
just
for
the
new
council
members
just
so
they
understand
where
they
can
find
some
of
this
other
information
in
the
budget
and
every
year
you
adopt
it,
there's
a
rate
schedule
in
there
that
breaks
it
down
by
individual
category
for
all
1200
employees
and
it
on
most
of
them.
It
has
the
rates
there
for
you.
F
F
I
F
You
know
the
problem
with
not
doing
performance
evaluations
and
I'm
talking
now
about
city
employees.
You
have
everybody
being
given
across
the
board
the
same
amount,
and
you
know
I
understand
politics
can
come
into
play
in
that.
I
understand
that
it's
difficult
to
administer,
but
there's
also
a
disincentive
for
anybody
to
you
know
do
anything
more
than
the
minimum
expected.
If
you
know
that
no
matter,
if
you
just
do
the
very
bare
bones
or
if
you
are
really
out
there.
I
F
Your
tail
you're
going
to
get
the
same
thing
as
anybody
else,
so
I
know
in
the
private
sector
it's
different.
Maybe
this
wouldn't
work
in
the
public
sector,
but
I
do
think
we
should
at
least
acknowledge
that
you
know
if
everybody's
going
to
get
the
same,
it
does
serve
as
a
disincentive.
In
my
view
to
to
do
more
than
you
have
to
do.
That's
my
opinion.
Q
However,
I
believe
majority
of
our
city,
employees,
are
very
good.
Employees,
they've
done
what
they
supposed
to
do
above
and
beyond
through
the
pandemic
through
the
storms,
and
they
not
receive
compensation
for
that.
I
believe
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
show
our
employees
how
we
appreciate
their
work
and
if
there
are
some
that
feels
differently
come
october,
when
we
get
ready
to
deal
with
the
compensation
we
can
deal
with
that
at
that
time.
O
R
E
Promotion,
counselor
neil's
exactly
right
and
if
you're
a
laborer,
let's
say
in
the
water
department-
and
you
want
to
be
an
equipment
operator.
If
you
work
hard,
you
can
move
up
you're
an
equipment
operator.
You
want
to
be
a
crew
leader,
you
can
move
up,
make
more
pay
if
you're
a
crew
leader-
and
you
want
to
be
a
general
foreman.
I've
seen
I've
seen
people
jump
up
two
spots
because
they
work
hard
and
we
just
had
that
happen
in
the
water
department
within
the
last
couple
weeks.
It
happens
all
the
time.
R
P
Have
we
actually
did
like
a
study
and
looked
at
numbers
that
cities
in
comparable
to
our
size
are
paying
people
that
are
making
like
streets
in
that
department?
I'm
looking
specifically
at
the
people
who
are
making
under
50
000
a
year,
that's
kind
of
what
I'm
focused
on
the
people
because
we're
saying
cost
of
living-
and
I
know
things
are
getting
higher
and
you
know
salaries
aren't
so
I'm
looking
at
compared
to
other
cities
our
size.
E
F
F
H
Thank
you,
mr
manager.
I
would
just
like
to
say
I
think
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
show
that
our
employees
that
we
appreciate
their
work,
especially
since
they
have
not
had
any
type
of
compensation
during
the
pandemic
and
with
everything
being
I
mean,
the
prices
of
everything
has
gone
up,
and
I
think
it's
just
a
great
opportunity
for
us,
as
a
council
to
show
our
employees
that
we
appreciate
them
and
that
we
have
not
forgotten
about
them,
and
I
would
also
like
to
know.
E
H
N
N
So
after
we
vote
on
it
I
mean,
would
it
be
the
next
payday
if
it's
approved
it'll
show
up
when
will
it
show
up
in
the
employee's
check.
E
N
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
my
earlier
statement,
I
believe,
like
arduin
or
councilman
samuel
the
city.
Employees
do
an
outstanding
job
and
they
do
deserve.
They
all
deserve.
Just
this
raise
right
here.
As
far
as
the
performance
enhanced,
I
was
just
questioning
the
performance
base
just
seeing
if
somebody
knows
some
of
them
do
a
little
more
than
others,
and
I
think
if
they
would
be
rewarded
for
that.
That's
what
I
mean
by
that,
but
I
think
all
of
them
do
a
good
job
and
they
all
can
use
this
money.
P
E
Wouldn't
work
the
bus
drivers
work
for
a
company
called
first
transit,
which
is
a
private
company
that
manages
our
transit
system,
so
the
bus
drivers
and
I
understand
the
public
it's
hard
to
follow
this,
but
the
bus
drivers
do
not
work
for
the
city
of
beaumont.
They
are
not
the
city
of
beaumont's
employees.
E
E
E
So
hopefully,
if
they
negotiate
a
new
deal,
the
city
has
to
approve
it,
which
they
haven't
done.
So
we
have
not
seen
what
that
proposal
is.
They
haven't
brought
it
to
us,
yet
they
bring
it
to
us
when
they
have
a
an
agreed
upon
contract
and
then
it's
the
federal
government
pays
for
a
good
portion
of
the
system,
most
of
it.
When
I
say
most
of
it,
the
greatest
majority
state
of
texas
fare
box
revenue.
The
city
pays
between
40
to
50
percent
of
the
operating
costs
on
an
annual
basis.
P
E
You,
okay,
mayor
council,
the
next
discussion
adam,
I
think
councilmember
turner
when
he
was
first
elected,
brought
this
to
me
and
it's
something
that
we're
interested
in.
And
so
the
item
is
to
review
and
discuss
retrofitting
an
existing
vehicle
to
be
used
for
high
water
rescue
and
todd
simoneau.
Our
chief
financial
officer
will
leave
the
discussion.
V
Good
afternoon,
mayor
and
council
just
want
to
take
a
few
minutes
to
give
you
some
details
and
some
options
about
our
high
water
rescue
vehicles.
So
what
you're,
seeing
on
this
first
slide
here
is
just
one
of
over
20
dump
trucks
that
the
city
owns
and
operates
these
trucks
work
in
various
departments
throughout
the
city,
but
they're
used
primarily
during
storm
events
and
flooding
events
as
our
as
our
high
water
rescue
vehicles.
V
This
vehicle
quinn
can
drive
through
a
little
over
four
feet
of
water
or
close
to
50
inches,
and,
as
you
can
see
better
on
this
slide,
there
is
a
lift
gate
to
securely
bring
our
citizens
to
safety
on
the
back
of
this
cargo
bed
and
also
there's
a
tarp
there
to
keep
them
dry
and
safe
from
the
weather.
V
So,
as
I
mentioned,
there's
some
options
we
were
looking
at.
One
option
is
to
purchase
one
of
these
vehicles
like
you're,
looking
at
here
directly
from
a
vendor.
That
cost
would
be
a
little
over
two
hundred
thousand
dollars.
It's
important
to
note
that
these
vehicles
would
not
be
new.
These
vehicles
are
usually
refurbished
military
vehicles.
V
We
can
do
that
by
doing
about
thirty
thousand
dollars
worth
of
the
conversion
in-house
and
then
send
that
vehicle
off
to
the
manufacturer
of
a
company
like
this,
that
does
these
type
of
vehicles
and
they
would
do
an
additional
approximately
forty
thousand
dollars
of
work.
So
for
the
price
of
seventy
thousand
dollars,
we
could
convert
one
of
our
existing
reserve
dump
trucks
into
a
high
water
rescue
vehicle
such
as
this,
and
as
far
as
funding
this,
we
believe
that
fema
will
offer
funding
for
this.
V
For
us,
we
have
a
a
program
that
we
opt
in
into
with
hurricane
harvey.
It's
called
a
dak
program,
it's
direct
administration
of
cost,
so
basically
how
that
works
is.
However,
many
dollars.
Fema
has
obligated
to
the
city
and
right
now
I
believe
for
hurricane
harvey,
it's
about
75
million,
we're
expected
to
go
to
85
million.
V
So,
with
me
today,
earl
white,
the
fire
chief,
is
here
tim
mcnachek,
the
emergency
management
coordinators
here
and
jeff
harville,
our
fleet
manager,
is
here
in
case.
You
have
any
questions.
V
Y
Well,
as
as
you
see
in
this
picture,
that's
here
with
this
rear,
lift
gate
that
would
be
able
to
lift
wheelchair
personnel
and
then
there's
ladders
on
the
side
that
people
can
climb
in
once,
all
that
is
on
the
rear,
it's
there
and
it's
non-removable.
Y
So
the
the
vehicle
in
the
first
couple
pictures
that
they
showed
is
a
vehicle
that
is
in
our
replacement
schedule.
That
was
due
in
replacement
of
fy21,
so
with
that
that
vehicle
would
have
just
gone
to
auction,
but
instead
we
come
up
with
a
idea
of
of
adding
these
things
to
it,
so
that
we
can
make
it
a
high
water
vehicle
and
repurposing
that
vehicle
for
our
need
in
our
eyes
at
fleet,
instead
of
having
to
go
out
and
spend
the
210
000
for
the
vehicle.
Q
Y
Can
hold
it
back
and
and
we
will
constantly
be
on
the
lookout
for
other
vehicles
that
we
can
could
possibly
do
this
to
for
sure,
there's
one.
I
know,
there's
a
need
for
possibly
three
but
to
say
that
they're
on
ground
right
now,
they're
not.
Q
Q
Y
Well,
these
vehicles
and
military
vehicles
are
made
they're
all
four-wheel
or
six-wheel
drive
as
this
is.
This
would
be
a
regular
rear-wheel
drive
two-wheel
drive
vehicle,
but
with
that
every
vehicle
has
its
limitations.
Just
because
it's
four-wheel
drive
doesn't
mean
you
can
take
it
off-roading
in
five
foot
of
water,
because
you
really
don't
know
what
you're
driving
through
with
the
vehicle
we
propose
using.
Y
Like,
I
said
everything
has
its
limitations.
You
need
to
know
the
depth
of.
What
are
you
going
through?
You
need
to
make
sure
your
road.
Is
there
you're
not
turning
across
a
ditch
those
type
things
you
got
to
pay
attention
to
your
water
levels
and
chief
white,
and
I
have
talked
about
the
use
of
fire
equipment
in
high
water
and
and
we're
all
fully
aware
of
the
limitations
to
these
vehicles.
Y
So
I
believe
it
would
be
the
financial
advantage
of
it
for
one,
but
I
don't
think
that
if
you
looked
at
three
of
these
you're
looking
at
600
plus
thousand
for
three
trucks
as
we
get
them
due
to
replacement
schedules
that
we
typically
do
each
year
first,
one
would
be
70
next
year
might
be
80
as
inflation
goes.
But
we'll
just
have
to
see
what
comes
up
I'd
like.
V
To
add
something
to
that?
Just
to
add
on
to
that,
like
I
said
these
vehicles
that
you're
looking
at
here
are
used-
and
you
know
we
have
to
follow
certain
procurement
guidelines
by
the
state
and
one
of
them
is
making
sure
we're
getting
best
value.
We
usually
don't
try
to
buy
used
equipment
or
vehicles,
because
it's
hard
to
compare
values.
V
P
Well,
kyle,
ferg
call
and
staff.
First
and
foremost,
thank
you
for
actually
going
out
and
looking
at
the
initiative,
I
think,
with
the
amount
of
storms
we
have
and
the
things
we
have
been
through.
I
think
definitely
think
it's
a
good
idea
and
I
am
in
support
of
it.
My
question
was
for
people
with
disabilities
and
that
four
feet
compared
to
two
feet.
I
think
that's
a
big
difference
and
when
you
say
it
with
seventy
thousand
dollars,
we
can
refurbish
what
our
trucks
we
already
have.
Y
We
need
to
do
a
few
things
to
it
to
make
sure
that
it's
prepped
and
ready
to
receive
what
the
vendor
would
put
on
it,
which
are
the
canvas
cover
the
ramp
on
the
back,
the
closing
gate
safety
gates
in
the
back,
the
ladders
on
the
side
and
some
more
items
that
are
in
the
in
the
quote
that
I
had
sent
it
list
everything
that
they
would
do.
Some
lighting
and
passenger
lighting
inside
emergency
lighting
on
the
outside
paint.
It
you
know
to
where
it
looks
like
an
emergency
vehicle.
Y
So
all
that
would
be
done
by
by
matter
of
fact,
this
same
company
that
builds
that
one
would
do
this
retrofit
to
it,
so
that
it's
and
I
opted
to
kill
that
so
that
the
people
that
are
expert
in
retrofitting
this
equipment
and
using
that
equipment
for
these
purposes.
They
do
it.
Instead
of
of
us,
I
don't
doubt
our
ability,
but
I'd
rather
people
that
are
specialized.
H
C
Y
Y
Well,
it
is
a
the
truck
that
you
saw
is
a
debris
truck,
it's
not
exactly
a
dump
truck.
So
when
it
was
in
the
it's
in
the
parks,
department,
they'll
go
out
and
trim
up
a
tree
or
bushes
whatever
in
a
park
load
it
into
that.
Take
it
and
dump
it
at
the
landfill
or
wherever
their
dump
site
is.
We've
had
some
problems
with
the
hydraulics,
the
hydraulic
pump,
the
lift
cylinder
and
the
mechanisms
that
allow
that
to
be
dumped.
Y
F
C
F
Y
No
matter
of
fact,
I
spoke
to
the
general
manager
of
the
general
truck
body
who
this
truck
is
from
and
they
said
that
they
went
through
their
whole.
Purchasing
process
got
the
approval
through
council.
They
bought
two
of
them.
Actually,
I
don't
exactly
know
what
they
paid
for
them,
but
they
made
the
approval,
got
the
money
paid
for.
V
F
E
I
think
the
council's
fully
aware
of
how
successful
tim
mcnachek
and
his
staff
and
todd
simoneau
and
his
staff
have
been
securing
grants
over
the
last
two
years
that
we've
brought
to
you
all
for
approval.
There's
been
matches
on
some
of
them
no
match
on
others.
So
I
don't
want
the
public
to
think
that
we're
not
out
there
looking
every
day
for
grant
opportunities
until
councilman
turner
brought
this
forward.
I've
never
heard
a
council
member
say
it
was
a
priority
of
the
high
rescue
vehicle.
F
M
Member,
yes,
I'm
not
a
mechanic,
but
just
curious
on
these
type
of
vehicles.
Can
you
do
a
high
water
air
intake,
snorkel
kit
to
permit
you
to
go
through
higher
water
than
you
typically
would
well.
Y
Fuel
port
is
we'll
need
to
raise
it
up,
okay,
being
an
older
vehicle,
it
doesn't
take
bdf,
which
is
an
advantage.
It's
got
a
cad
engine
in
it
which
they're
durable
engines.
So
it's
that's
to
an
advantage
and,
like
I
said,
we'll,
remove
all
the
hydraulic
systems,
so
we
won't
have
to
worry
about
those
getting
contaminated,
also
like
in
in
the
differentials
the
air
breathers
on
those
you
have
to
raise
those
levels
up
so.
M
Q
And
the
bed
the
vehicle
will
be
retrofitted.
Also
you
we
want
you
to
use
the
hydraulics,
but
the
bed
itself
will
be
retrofitted
to
receive
passengers.
Y
Yes,
it
is
very
close
to
the
cab,
so
part
of
what
our
funding
will
do
is
scoot
the
cab
away
the
bed
away
from
the
cab
so
that
we
can
have
an
egress
out
the
front
of
the
vehicle
if
need
be,
and
then
with
the
tarps
that
are
made,
they
have
a
emergency
velcro
cover,
that's
in
the
top,
so
if
there
was
a
rollover
that
could
get
out
that
way,
you
got
to
have
different
ways
to
get
back
out
of
it.
Y
In
case
of
you
know,
something
happens
to
it,
so
we'll
be
we'll.
Do
that
we're
gonna
put
like
the
the
spray
in
bed
liner
in
the
back,
so
that
you
know
people
just
don't
get
dirty
in
it.
There'll
be
lighting
in
it.
There'll
be
seats,
put
in
it.
Q
And
just
for
curiosity's
sake
about
how
deep
was
the
water
that
was
on
beaufort,
where
the
vehicle
we
lost
the
vehicle
down
there
or
how
normally?
How
deep
is
the
water
in
the
underpass,
so
folks
would
have
an
idea
of
how
deep
where's
buford.
Q
In
the
south
end
south
end
of
beaumont
right
next
to
the
port,
going
running
down
the
side
of
the
port.
T
T
They
were,
they
were
filled
all
the
way
to
the
traffic
signal
height,
which
I
think
is
like
17
feet,
so
it
just
it
just
really
depends
you
go
into
those
low
valleys
and
no
high
water
vehicle
is
going
to
get
through.
That
they've
still
got
to
make
sure
they.
They
have
some
restraint
on
where
they
go.
I
H
I
Y
We'll
it'll
we'll
fit
it.
I
believe
in
the
kit,
it's
either
for
five
or
six
because
they
install
the
tie-downs
into
the
floor.
So
it's
for
five
or
six
wheelchairs
and
then
the
length
of
our
bed.
I'd
honestly,
I
couldn't
tell
you,
but
it'll,
be
it'll
be
more
than
what
that
can
hold
for
sure.
That's,
that's
probably
about
a
12
to
14
foot
bed.
The
one
we're
doing
is
right
about
a
20-foot
bed.
I
H
Y
H
Okay,
and
so
as
the
trucks
are
no
longer
in
use
on
the
yard,
then
they
can
automatically
be
retrofit
rather
than
going
to
auction.
Y
N
V
Yeah,
so
I
believe
our
recommendation
is
to
do
the
retrofit
for
the
seventy
thousand
dollars
and
it'd
be
a
process
going
forward.
If
council
wants
to
continue
to
do
this,
with,
like
you
said,
as
as
the
vehicles
come
off
the
yard
and
are
subject
to
auction.
N
Y
It
doesn't
give
a
a
turnaround
time
on
it,
but
after
we
spend
probably
30
days
on
it,
I
would
imagine
them
at
60
days.
That's
just
a
guess.
I
don't
honestly
know,
I
would
say,
probably
three
months
before
we'd
be
able
to
use
it.
So
we
need
to
get.
G
E
E
You
know
one
councilmember
made
reference
to
the
city
of
orange.
These
funds
are
grant
funds.
Okay,
they're
they're
state
funds
that
what
orange
did
staff
just,
let
me
know
is
they
did
secure
some
funds
from
the
general
land
office.
Okay,
where
we
made
application
for
the
pump
station,
ironically,
okay
and
then
they're
using
says,
reserves,
donations
and
well
reserves
in
the
orange
fire
department.
What
I
saw
and
donations
and
again
the
state
fund,
so
explain
to
them
what
the
dac
funds
and
where
that
money
comes
from
what?
V
Yeah
exactly
so
all
of
this
is
resulting
from
hurricane
harvey
and
part
of
what
we
can
get
reimbursed
for
is
what
they
call
direct
administrative
costs.
So
that
would
be
the
cost
of
like
my
staff,
maybe
some
emergency
management
staff
of
basically
tracking,
all
these
costs,
organizing
them
submitting
them
to
fema
for
reimbursement.
Going
to
all
these
weekly
meetings
that
we
have
every
single
week
with
fema.
V
We
could
track
all
those
costs
and
get
reimbursed
100
for
that,
but
they
presented
us
with
a
pilot
program
that
says:
look
rather
than
tracking
all
your
costs.
You
know,
day
to
day
and
submitting
those
for
reimbursement.
We
have
this
easier
program
for
you,
where
we
will
reimburse
you
four
to
five
percent
of
all
of
your
estimated
claims
that
are
approved
to
be
paid
by
fema.
V
So
when
we
got
approved
to
be
reimbursed
just
on
the
riverfront
park
alone,
I
think
it
was
over
46
million
dollars.
We're
like
we're
gonna,
take
advantage
of
this
pilot
program
because
there's
no
way
we're
probably
gonna,
spend
even
a
million
dollars
of
you
know,
staff
time
going
to
meetings,
even
though
it
could
be
years
going
to
meetings,
and
you
know
working
with
fema
to
get
reimbursed
so
again
like
I
said
so.
V
This
program
reimburses
up
to
four
percent,
possibly
five
percent
of
the
claims
that
are
approved
by
fema,
to
be
reimbursed
to
the
city
and,
like
I
said
right
now,
we're
at
75
million.
We
expect
another
10
million
dollars
of
claims
to
be
approved.
So
under
that
math
scenario,
we
would
be
eligible
to
receive
3.4
to
4.2
million
dollars
to
basically
reimburse
ourselves
and
whatever
is
left
over.
E
E
E
E
I
don't
know
of
a
city
in
america,
I
don't
know
of
bart
found
a
video
from
singapore
that
doesn't
have
brownish
water
from
time
to
time.
What
you
want
to
do
is
not
have
much
of
it.
You're
never
going
to
eliminate
it,
but
you
surely
don't
want
it
again.
Often
last
week
we
had
the
high
one
day
was
66
calls
for
brownish
water.
E
This
is
records
of
stats
for
four
days.
Last
week
we
track
it
every
day
we
track
track
sewer,
stoppages
water
line
breaks,
what
we're
repairing
on
a
daily
basis,
so
the
high
last
week
was
66
calls
and
then
the
low
last
week
was
15
calls
and
we
know
not
everyone's
going
to
call
3-1-1
or
report
brown
water.
I
mean
we
recognize
that
the
public
needs
to
understand.
E
We
have
42
000,
plus
customers,
so
what
I've
seen
has
changed
more
than
anything
is
social
media
people
can
talk
about,
something
doesn't
have
to
be
accurate,
they
can
share
it
across.
A
number
of
different
spectrums
doesn't
mean
that
it's
not
important
because
I
started
off
by
telling
you
it
is:
all
of
us
have
had
brown
water
or
shades
of
different
discolored
water
at
our
house.
I
E
I
know
a
lot
of
us
have
it
happens.
It
happens
in
this
building,
so
I've
asked
bart
barkowiak
who's.
Our
public
works
director
mike
harris
on
the
front
row
again:
who's
over
water
and
sewer
operations.
To
try
to
find
an
expert
out
there
and
let's
review
could
be
a
company
could
be
an
individual.
Let's
find
someone
who's
an
expert
that
can
come
in
and
do
some
consulting
work
for
us
and
just
look
at
what
we're
doing
and
how
can
we
do
better?
E
E
E
The
council
has
approved
a
lot
of
work,
water
and
pseudo
work
over
the
last
one
to
two
years
more
than
I've
seen
so
that's
that's
a
good
thing
and
the
citizens
need
to
know
that
and
our
key
staff
is
here,
and
I
encourage
you
to
ask
any
question:
you
want
to
anything
that
you
think
or
something
you're
hearing
out
there
go
ahead
and
ask
it.
Let's
talk
about
it,
we're
prepared
to
do
that
today
and
bart's
going
to
come
forward
and
kind
of
walk
you
through
again
what
we're
doing
at
this
time.
E
But
we
want
to
be
able
to
answer
any
questions
you
hear
from
citizens,
sometimes
that
we
don't
so
I'd,
encourage
you
again
to
ask
the
tough
questions.
Let's
get
it
out
there
and
we're
going
to
try
to
even
do
we
need.
We
can
do
a
better
job
of
trying
to
push
information
of
what
we're
working
on
on
a
daily
basis
again
those
key
projects
that
are
under
construction,
key
projects
we've
completed
both
on
the
water
side
and
the
suicide.
E
We
need
to
communicate
that
better
just
know
in
the
world
we
live
in,
and
you
all
know
this.
I
mean
if
you
watch
a
certain
news
station
and
you
may
not
read
a
certain
paper
or
you're,
not
on
instagram
or
facebook
or
twitter
or
whatever
some
people
are
off
the
grid.
We
all
know
people
in
here
that
don't
really
look
at
any
media.
You
know
so
they're
not
going
to
be
aware
of
some
of
the
things
we're
working
on
so
bart
if
you'll
come
forward.
E
I
just
want
to
make
that
introduction
and
tell
you
we
recognize
people
are
talking
about
the
discolored
water.
We
get,
we
get
it
and
we're
going
to
try
to
do
better
of
having
as
little
of
it
as
possible.
Just
knowing
that
it's.
Let
me
finish
with
this
when
you,
when
you
have
breaks
in
the
system,
you
are
going
to
have
discolored
water,
I
don't
care
where
you
live
in
america,
people
that
we
work
with
in
these
fields
and
we
go
to
conferences
and
so
forth.
They
all
deal
with
this
to
certain
degrees.
E
E
E
H
T
We
do
have
a
flushing
program
mike
harris
who's
director
over
water
sewer
operations
and,
along
with
our
engineering
staff,
is
working
on
a
directional
flushing
program
to
put
in
place
and
the
purpose
of
the
flushing
or
the
directional
flushing
is
to
get
those
mineral
sediments
out
of
the
pipe
system.
Because,
what's
happening
is
our
water
naturally
has
manganese
and
iron
in
it
as
the
water
ages
in
the
system,
those
sediments
deposit
and
they'll
gather
at
valve
locations.
T
They'll
gather
at
the
bottom
of
pipes.
When
you
get
a
pressure
change
in
the
system,
it
stirs
up
those
sediments.
So
that's
where,
when
I
showed
the
video
last
week,
they
had
talked
about
water
line,
breaks,
hydrant
testing
or
really
just
opening
a
hydrant
period
if
it's
a
fire
or
something
along
those
things,
you're
changing
the
flow
in
the
system.
So
if
you
think
about
taking
maybe
a
glass
of
water
with
a
little
bit
of
of
saw
or
sand
or
something
at
the
bottom
of
that
that's
sitting
there
and
the
water's
clear.
T
And
then
you
shake
it
and
then
it
stirs
it
up
and
and
becomes
cloudy,
that's
basically
what
you're
doing
in
that
water
system
with
those
sediments
it's
sitting,
not
not
coloring
the
water
at
all,
and
when
you
change
the
flow
in
the
system
it
stirs
it
up.
So
the
only
way
to
really
get
rid
of
it
is
to
get
those
sediments
out
of
the
piping.
H
T
T
So
basically,
here
you
can
see
we
have
877
miles
of
pipe
in
the
system.
The
sizes
range
from
two
inches
to
48
inches
in
diameter
and
those
pipe
materials
vary.
It
includes
cast
iron,
transite,
hdpe,
pvc,
steel
and
bar
wrap,
cylinder
or
concrete
cylinder
pipe,
so
you've
got
a
variety
of
different
pipes
in
the
system.
Some
of
that's
based
on
the
size
of
the
pipe,
some
of
that's
based
on
the
age
and
what
was
in
common
use
at
the
time
it
was
put
in.
H
Okay,
do
we
have,
but
what
is
our
plan
to
change
out
like
the
the
old
iron
pipes
to
pvc,
because
we're
constantly
changing
out
correct.
T
L
Normally
your
average
size
as
far
as
your
distribution
system
as
far
as
distribution
lines
go
up
to
a
12
inch
when
we
replace
new
lines
today
in
house
with
12
inch
we're
using
those
the
hdpe
fight.
It's
a
high
density,
polyethylene
pipe.
It's
a
fused
pipe
that
fuses
together
comes
in
40
foot
runs
basically
it
welds.
So
it's
one
solid
pipe,
eliminates
the
joint
leakage
and
possibility
of
ground
shear,
where
you
know
the
pvc
pipe,
the
transit
pipe
cast
iron
with
the
ground.
L
We
have
in
southeast
texas,
with
the
constant,
wet
dry,
wet
dry,
the
ground
shifts,
and
it
causes
a
lot
of
shear
breaks
where
the
line
actually
shifts
and
breaks
the
hdpe
pipe.
We
use
it's
pretty
flexible
and
it
takes
care
of
a
lot
of
that
ground
shift.
That
usually
goes
up
to,
like
I
said
about
a
12
inch.
L
Now,
when
you
start
getting
more
of
the
transmission
lines,
the
larger
24,
the
42,
the
48,
you
move
more
into
a
ductile
iron
height
and
we
do
have
some
of
the
larger
transmission
lines
that
were
put
in
in
the
past
60s
70s.
That's
this
bar
wrapped,
concrete
cylinder
pipe
or
it's
called
gifford
hill
piping.
L
It's
basically
a
steel
pipe
wrapped
in
concrete
it's
specialized
pipe.
When
we
do
have
to
go
out
and
work
on
this
line,
we
have
to
get
a
specialized
contractor
to
come
in
and
work
on
it.
One
of
the
questions
that
had
brought
up
in
the
past
on
folsom
street.
It
was
a
gifford
hill
line.
It
broke.
We
had
to
leave
the
line
we
had
to
let
her
run
for
about
a
week,
because
we
were
waiting
on
the
contractor
for
gifford
hill
to
come
in
and
do
the
repair.
L
We
don't
usually
put
this
gifford
hill
pipe
back
in
place
today,
because
it's
just
so
much
of
a
headache
of
having
to
do
the
maintenance
on
it.
Everything
like
I
said
we
pretty
much
go
through
today.
The
distribution
is
the
hdpe
and
new
subdivisions
where
the
contractor
is
doing
it.
It's
using
pvc
so,
but
also
the
kind
of
answering
question
about
the
cast
iron
pipes
are
the
steel
pipes
with
the
discolored
water.
L
They
will
tend
to
have
the
discolored
water
a
little
more
than
the
other
pipes,
but
because
of
the
fact
that
the
discolored
water
is
caused
by
the
manganese
and
the
iron.
That's
in
the
water
that
settles
out
water
age
is
more
of
a
factor
into
the
discoloration
of
the
water
than
actually
the
pipe
material
once
the
water
ages.
That's
whenever
these
minerals
start
oxidizing
and
start
turning
back
to
the
brown
color.
H
Okay,
doesn't
film
exists.
L
Talked
about
that,
that's
what
we
did
when
we
did.
Our
free
chlorine
was
walked
over
free
glory
or,
if
you
want
to
speak
to.
F
T
So,
basically,
typically,
we
disinfect
the
water
with
a
mixture
of
ammonia
and
chlorine
or
chloramines.
It's
a
real
good
option
for
people
that
are
in
areas
that
have
warmer
water,
because
the
chloramines
tend
to
hold
in
the
system
for
long
periods
of
time
in
warm
weather.
So
that's
why
chloramines
are
suggested
for
treatment.
T
However,
the
longer
you
run
chloramines
in
the
system,
you
can
build
up
some
harmless
bacteria
or
biofilm
in
the
system
and
that
film
can
react
with
the
chloraminated
water
and
it
can
cause
what
it's
called
nitrification,
which
starts
eating
the
chlorine
residual
in
the
water.
So
that's
why
we
did
the
free
chlorine
burn
here.
Just
a
few
weeks
back
that
free
chlorine
will
kill
that
bacteria
in
the
system
and
then
once
that's
cleared
out,
then
we
convert
it
back
to
the
chloramines
for
for
long-term
treatment.
H
One
other
question:
can
you
explain
to
the
citizens
here
and
that's
watching
whenever
the
water
hydrants
are
are
running
just
what
that
process
consists
of.
T
That's
the
flushing,
I
mean
if,
if
we
go
out
and
we're
flushing
the
system
due
to
a
water
line,
break
we'll
flush
around
that
break
or
if
we
get
discolored
water
calls.
Then
we'll
open
those
hydrants
and
that's
what
we're
doing
is
we're
running
the
water
out
of
the
system
and
we're
clearing
those
sediments
that
cause
the
color
out
and
that's
why
you'll
see
them
running
for
for
days,
sometimes
as
we're
just
making
sure
all
of
it
is
out
of
the.
O
T
E
Yeah
it's
up
to
the
council,
but
I
don't
think
you
want
him
to
go
through
30
slides.
So
I
would
encourage
you
all
to
ask
all
your
questions
and
then
they
can
answer
them
because
I
think
you
know
we've
got
work
to
do
upstairs
and
it's
up
to
you
all
though,
but
30
slides
is
a
lot.
L
It's
your
homes,
yeah
one
other
thing
I
want
to
say
about
the
flushing
on
the
fire
hydrants
also,
as
we
talked
about
with
the
water
age,
causing
the
the
minerals
to
oxidize
by
opening
the
hydrogens
we're
pulling
fresh
water
into
that
system
into
that
area
as
well.
So
that
helps
with
the
discoloration.
T
T
T
Can
see
from
the
map
it
was
everywhere
and
then
I
also
wanted
to
show
the
call
volume.
So
you
can
see
the
the
pure
numbers
on
the
left
will
show
you
numbers
of
calls
per
day
and
then
they're
charted,
and
what
I
wanted
to
point
out
was
that
starting
on
the
7th,
that's
kind
of
normal
activity,
you'll
see
a
few
calls
up
and
down
during
the
week,
and
that
may
be
due
to
a
water
line
break
or
something
in
the
area
going
on
and
we'll
get
a
call
for
water
quality.
T
And-
and
this
is
I
keep
saying
water
quality
because
in
the
system,
when
you
call,
if
you
have
a
problem
with
your
water,
it's
listed
as
a
water
quality
call.
Now
that
could
be
odor,
there
could
be
color,
or
I
mean
it
could
be
a
variety
of
things.
But
in
this
case,
when
all
the
calls
started
rolling
in
the
predominant
amount
of
them
was
discolored
water,
the
hydrant
testing
that
got
initiated
by
the
fire
department-
and
this
is
not
a
knock
on
the
fire
department-
they're-
just
the
ones
that
do
this
testing
program.
T
Anybody
coming
and
opening
the
hydrants
a
large
number
could
could
cause
the
same
stirrup
that
started
on
the
14th,
so
you
can
see
that
the
calls
from
the
14th
climb
and
on
the
18th
of
june
is
when
mike
had
called
earl
white,
the
fire
chief
and
talked
about
pausing
that
hydrant
testing
program.
So
you
can
see
once
we
pause
the
program,
our
call
volumes
started
dropping
in
the
system.
The
the
other
point
is
that
we
switched
from
the
free
chlorine
burn
to
chloramine
or
added
the
ammonia
for
chloramines.
T
T
We
know
that
opening
and
shutting
all
those
hydrants
throughout
the
city
just
stirred
up
a
large
amount
of
the
sediments.
We
had
to
flush
them
out
of
the
water.
We
also
believe
that,
as
we
went
to
free
chlorine,
we
were
burning
those
bacteria
out
of
the
system.
We
accomplished
that
and
then
once
we
had
accomplished,
that
fact
we
started
stripping
deposited
manganese
in
the
system
is
what
we
believe,
and
so
we
were
actually
adding
some
more
color
in
as
that
free
chlorine
was
stripping
that
manganese.
T
T
K
H
T
Yes,
it
gets
the
sediments
out
of
the
pipes,
the
goal,
particularly
with
the
directional
flushing,
and
you
can
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
here.
It's
it's
to
aggressively
get
the
sediments
that
have
been
deposited
in
the
system
out.
The
water
as
it's
coming
out
of
the
plant
is
clear.
So
we
need
those
sediments
that
have
been
deposited
over
time
in
the
in
the
pipes
out
and
that's
what
that's
what
the
flushing
is
designed
to
do.
P
I
have
a
question
last
week,
mr
mike,
you
said
roughly
four
months
ago,
we
started
the
directional
flesh
in
about
50
locations.
L
Yes,
no,
the
directional
flushing
is
separate
from
our
normal
weekly
routine
collection,
all
the
weekly
routine
questions
about
50
locations
throughout
the
city
that
we
go
flush
at
these
points
every
week,
along
with
our
dead
inflation
every
month,
we've
started
into
this
directional
flushing
program
and
just
explained
a
little
bit
about
what
we
do.
What
goes
into
the
direction
of
flushing,
we
take
a
section
of
the
city
where
we
have
a
high
volume
of
discolored
watercolors.
L
L
What
our
point
is,
or
what
we're
hoping
to
do
is
create
a
dead
end,
water
main
where
we
can
open
a
hydrant
or
flush
out
at
the
end,
at
a
high
volume
flow
to
pull
all
these
sediments
pull
all
those
deposits
out
of
that
main
and
flush
it
out,
at
the
same
time
pour
more
water
in
a
fresh
water.
Once
we're
able
to
isolate
that
one
particular
section
get
that
flush,
we
open
it
back
up.
We
move
down
the
line
to
the
next
section.
We
keep
isolating
each
and
every
section
by
doing
that.
L
Some
of
the
challenges
we
run
into
with
doing
this
is
valves,
of
course,
we're
looking
at
three
sections
coming
up
in
the
near
future.
We're
going
to
do
some
directional
flushing
on,
but
I
haven't
seen.
Crews
out
ahead
to
locate
valves,
operate
valves
make
sure
the
valves
are
where
there
are
on
the
map,
because
it's
so
important.
We've
got
to
get
these
lines
isolated,
where
we
can
actually
get
a
good
flush
to
pull
the
the
sediment
out.
L
Yeah
they're
having
let's
say,
locate
the
valves
if
the
valve's
not
there
we're
having
to
cut
new
valves
in,
but
you
know
charge
it
and
all
that
on
the
max
once
we
get
the
section
where
they're
done
with
all
the
valves,
then
we
can
come
in
and
we
can
actually
do
the
directional
flushing,
I
kind
of
misspoke.
Last
week
I
said
we
did
it
around
the
windsor
area.
I
was
wrong
as
well.
L
We've
done
some
directional
flushing
there,
and
also
we've
done
some
on
west
lucas,
where
we've
had
to
go
in
add
some
flush
out.
Add
some
valves
where
we
can
isolate
it
and
flush
back
both
directions.
We've
had
pretty
good
luck
with
it
and
that's
why
we're
continuing.
P
On
moving
forward
with
the
direction
of
flushing,
mr
mike
that's
what
I
was
trying
to
get
to
in
the
past
has
the
city.
I
understand
we're
trying
to
create
the
directional
flushing
plan
in
the
past.
Have
the
city
had
a
directional
flushing
plan
and
if
we
have,
is
it
a
reason,
we're
kind
of
recreating
it
or
we
stopped
doing
what
we
were
doing
originally
in
the
past?
Did
we
ever
do
it
in
the
past?
Have
a
directional
flushing
plan?
L
F
F
If
we
did,
there
should
be
some
records
of
it.
There
should
be
some
indications
of
it.
There
should
be
some
evidence
of
it
that
it
was
happening,
you're,
saying
that
you
know
you're
not
aware
of
it
to
your
knowledge,
I'm
just
saying
that.
F
Well
I'll,
just
put
it
out
there,
we
are
told
that
there
was
a
directional
flushing
program
up
until
about
2015
that
it
was
discontinued
for
a
couple
of
years
thereafter
and
during
that
time
the
lack
of
having
the
directional
flushing
program
caused
a
lot
of
sediment
to
accumulate
in
the
lines
and
that
we're
still
suffering
today
from
the
effect
of
that,
despite
your
best
efforts
and
I
do
believe
you're
using
your
best
efforts,
I
commend
you
for
your
customer
service,
friendly
approach,
your
responsiveness,
the
you
know,
transparency
that
you
use.
F
I
commend
both
you
and
bart
for
that,
but
if
we
had
it
in
the
past
and
we
discontinued,
it
is
that
and
of
course
we
had
harvey
yeah
yeah,
which
I
am
told,
caused
lots
of
damage
to
our
lines.
So
I'm
just
trying
to
get
a
fair
understanding
of
how
we
got
to
where
we
seem
to
have,
because
we
did
not
always
during
the
time
that
I've
been
on
council
have
the
volume
of
groundwater
calls
that
we
seem
to
be
having
now
from
about.
L
To
about
there
was
not
a
directional
flushing
program
that
I
know
of
because
I
was
working
at
the
water
department
at
that
particular
point
in
time.
I
do
know
there
was
like
I
said,
routine
flushing,
but
as
far
as
the
isolating
of
the
mains
and
doing
the
stripping
of
the
water
mains,
like
we're
talking
about
doing
to
my
knowledge,
I
was
not
aware
of
any
of
that
taking
place
about
2015
2016.
I
had
left
and
went
to
work
in
another
city,
another
water
department
and
just
recently
come
back
in
2019.
L
I
S
Z
Z
I
started
with
the
city
in
2010
and
the
previous
managers
were
tasked.
The
previous
operations
managers
were
tasked
with
developing
directional
flushing
programs,
not
outside
of
the
routine
flushing,
but
a
true
directional
flushing
program.
Those
programs
were
never
developed
if
they
were,
they
were
not
shared
with
the
staff
because
we
would
have
been
involved
in
the
preparation
of
that
documentation.
Z
I
was
never
my
group
and
I
were
never
tasked
with
that
work,
so
we
did
do
a
lot
of
routine
flushing.
We
would
chase
water
issues
and
handle
the
flushing,
but
a
true
directional
flushing
program
again
has
always
been
a
task
and
it's
been
a
goal
of
previous
managers,
but
a
formal
program
has
not
been
developed
until
recently.
F
T
F
Well,
I
encourage
you
again
to
continue
with
development
of
a
directional
flushing
program,
because
it
does
appear
to
be
a
good
solution
to
the
problem.
You
indicated
that
from
what
you've
done
recently,
I
understand
the
challenge
that
and
the
frustration
that
you
must
have
trying
to
locate
valves.
I
would
think
that
valves
should
be
on
a
map
somewhere.
You
know
and
if.
T
L
M
Is
it
and
then
the
chlorine
conversion?
So
all
of
this
stuff
happens
at
one
time
making
the
perfect
storm.
So
we
see
a
spike
in
the
in
the
complaints
of
brown
water.
Is
it
fair
to
say
that
and
if
it
is
in
the
future,
can
we
plan
better
not
to
do
all
those
things
at
one
time,
such
as
bring
glow
back
online?
I
understand,
but.
R
T
T
In
about
the
march
april
time
frame
before
we
get
into
the
warm
weather,
it's
it's
much
more
conducive
to
not
having
that
manganese
stripping
and
that
kind
of
problems,
because
the
weather's
not
hot
enough
yet,
but
yet
it's
prior
to
the
summer,
and
so
it's
in
the
right
spot
for
the
nitrification,
the
lobe
system.
We
should
be
able
to
have
it
on
we're
shooting
for
the
week
of
july
12th.
T
M
And
then
I'm
assuming
when
we
we
pick
that
area
and
this
probably
falls
on
city
council,
I'm
assuming
city
hall,
not
you,
but
we
could
notify
the
citizens
in
that
area
that
there
is
the
possibility
of
discolored
water
coming
over
the
next
30
days.
Please
know
what
it
is,
so
they
they're,
anticipating
it
correct
and
they're,
not
so
upset
whenever
they
see
it
correct,
we'll.
T
Get
the
press
release
this
last
time
it
was
intended
to
be
out,
as
I
understand
it,
it
just
missed
by
a
day
or
so
so
we'll
make
sure
it
gets
out.
It
will
fire
make
sure
it
gets
out
and
we'll
tell
them
which
district,
where.
F
Would
be
better
mayor,
there
are
some
citizens
that
are
taking
to
getting
test
strips
and
publishing
their
results
on
social
media
and
apparently
trying
to
scare
the
bejesus
out
of
other
citizens
as
to
saying
their
water
is
unsafe
to
drink.
I've
had
I've
seen
people
posting
that
it's
like
flint
michigan,
I've
seen
all
kinds
of
stuff,
and
what
I
would
really
like
to
hear
from
you
is
reassurance
is
that
the
water
is
safe
to
drink
and
I
unders
and
I
drink
it
right
out
of
the
tap.
F
You
know
what
you
do
at
the
water
treatment
plant
is
you
kill
the
pathogens
and
in
the
water
the
things
that
can
make
people
sick
minerals
can,
of
course
affect
the
color
of
the
water
and
there's
also
other
chemicals
in
the
water
that
are
supposed
to
be
within
certain
tolerances
levels,
and
you
know
people
say
well
this
you
know
aluminum
is
too
high,
or
this
is
too
high,
or
this
is
too
low.
F
I
don't
know
how
reliable
these
test
strips
are.
I
mean
I've
got
a
swimming
pool
and
yeah.
You
know
but
yeah
yeah,
I
just
you
know
when
I
test
my
wire.
Well,
I
don't
even
test
my
wire,
take
it
to
the
pool
place
to
test
it,
but
can
you
give
some
assurances
about
the
safety
of
the
water
because
in
the
bottom
the
bottom
line
is
that
is
the
most
important
thing
to
our
citizens
to
make
sure
that
the
water
is
safe
and
that
they
can
drink
it
number
one.
T
We
do
test
on
a
monthly
basis.
We
test
both
for
chlorine
residuals
throughout
the
city,
and
we
also
test
for
presence
of
bacteria,
harmful
bacteria
throughout
the
city
and
that's
mandated
by
tcq.
We
have
to
publish
our
results
on
the
state
site
and
we
also
test,
of
course,
at
the
plant
as
we
produce
water
about
every
four
hours
through
each
and
every
day.
You
know
before
it
goes
out.
So
all
of
those
tests,
even
through
the
discolored
water,
calls
even
through
the
peak
of
the
discolored
water
calls.
T
We
didn't
have
any
bad
test
samples
anywhere
in
the
system
that
that
were
a
problem,
the
water
in
my
cups
from
the
city,
it's
tap
water,
I
drink
it.
It
was
safe.
It
just
had
the
presence
of
the
minerals.
Now,
when
you
pull
a
sample
inside
a
building
you're,
not
just
sampling
the
city,
water,
you
are
also
sampling
the
pipe
system,
that's
within
the
facility
as
well,
and
this
probably
gets
into
what's
coming
down
the
road
that
the
federal
government
is
going
to
start
requiring
with
a
greater
amount
of
lead
and
copper
sampling.
T
It's
going
to
require
the
city
to
actually
test
at
the
schools
for
within
their
buildings,
and
it's
going
to
require
us,
I
believe,
to
test
in
some
older
residential
houses
within
the
city
and
that
that's
going
to
be
interesting
because
you
get
into
privately
owned
plumbing
systems
at
that
point
and
th.
This
is
why
the
city
and
every
city
in
the
u.s
has
residuals
chlorine
residuals
in
the
water
is
because
the
water's
safe
as
it
goes
out
of
the
plant,
it
doesn't
need
that
chlorine
as
it
gets
produced
at
the
plant
to
be
safe.
F
Another
complaint
that
I've
heard
or
concerned
that
I've
heard
expressed
is
that
well,
yeah
y'all
are
testing
but
you're
testing
it
yourselves.
And
how
can
we
trust
somebody
that's
testing
their
own
product.
You
know
what
about
sending
it
out
for
an
independent
test.
Can
you
address
that.
T
We
do
tests
with
our
own
lab.
Our
lab
is
certified,
it's
required
to
hold
the
standards
and
we
have
to
go
through
that
certification
process,
and
on
top
of
that,
I
believe
it's
once
a
year.
Tcq
comes
in
and
tests
themselves
what
what
frequency
is
that
name
every
quarter,
so
tcq
will
come
in
and
test.
T
F
And
speaking
to
the
concern
you
just
said
about
having
to
go
test
at
the
private
homeowner's
property
and
mike
you
know
this,
because
we've
had
constituents
that
have
said
I've
got
brown
water,
I've
got
brown
water
and
you
get
out
there
and
they
have
a
water
heater.
That's
rusted
out
and
it's
you
know:
it's
not
a
city
issue,
it's
an
issue
at
their
house,
so
so
to
the
to
the
citizens
out
there.
F
If
you
have
brown
water-
and
you
correct
me,
if
I'm
wrong-
yes,
you
should
call
it
in,
but
you
should
probably
also
consider
going
to
your
neighbors
and
asking
them
on
either
side
of
you
if
they
have
brown
water,
because
if
their
water
is
clear
and
your
neighbor
on
the
other
side's
water
is
clear,
but
your
water
is
brown,
it
might
be
an
issue
on
your
own
property.
Is
that
fair.
L
Yes,
one
other
thing
too,
with
the
water
cost.
If
you
have
a
certain
address,
a
certain
house
that
calls
frequently
about
having
discovered
water
and
no
one
else
in
the
neighborhood,
no
one
else
on
the
block
you're
not
getting
receiving
any
calls
from
anyone
else
in
the
area,
then
that
throws
up
a
flag
to
us.
Hey.
There
may
be
something
going
on
in
this
house
and
once
that
happens,
then
we're
able
to
do
a
little
more
investigating
with
the
homeowner
hey.
Where
do
you
find
it?
Is
it
more
in
the
bathroom?
L
T
And
that's
why
too,
we
we
ask
that
they
turn
on
their
cold
water
and
let
it
run
and
see
if
it'll,
clear
up.
We,
we
don't
want
the
hot
water
on
because
of
the
fact
that
you
could
be
pulling
sediments
out
of
that
that
water
tank
that
that
hot
water
heater,
because
they'll
build
up
in
a
water
heater,
particularly
if
it's
very
old
and
you
could
be
seeing
that
coloration
from
that
water
heater
in
the
hot
water.
Potentially
I
got
a
couple
questions.
R
R
So
when
do
we
think
we
can
expect
to
see
some
type
of
functional
directional
foot
flushing
plan.
L
Right
now
we
are
actually
I've
had
crews
out
in
the
fellaini
milarni
galway
area,
checking
valves
installing
valves
once
we
get
through
with
that,
I'm
hoping
within
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
We
can
start
in
that
area.
Doing
the
directional
flushing
we're
going
to
move
from
there
over
to
the
the
sherwood
woods
area
above
righteous
below
gladys.
That
area,
of
course,
once
this
valve
cruises
through
there
they've
got
to
move
in
there
and
start
locating
valves
and
checking
and
then
make
sure
everything's
accessible.
L
T
Okay
and
that's
why
too,
we've
got
to
resume
the
valve
testing
process.
We
had
stopped
during
covid
and
part
of
the
unfortunate
problem.
Why
we
stop.
That
is
that
testing
the
valves
will
stir
up
sediment
and
cause
discolored
water
as
well,
but
we
have
to
have
these
valves
functional
in
order
to
work
on
water
lines,
to
isolate
them
for
flushing,
and
so
we
plan
to
resume
that
valve
testing
program
and
just
concentrate
on
flushing
either
side
of
that
valve
when
we
do
exercise
it.
T
R
P
I
have
a
I
have
a
question
mayor
with
the
directional
question.
Are
you
saying
the
amount
of
valves
we're
going
to
have
to
actually
look
at,
and
I
understand
realistically,
the
time
frame?
Do
you
think
overtime
would
be
something
that
may
be
necessary
to
attack
a
problem
like
this,
because
this
is
something
I
think
every
council
member
up
here
can
relate
to
like
that's
a
consistent
issue
in
the
community?
Do
you
think
that
would
help
I
wouldn't
say
expedite,
but
keep
the
pressure
on
the
timeline.
L
Yes
and
the
reason
I
say
this
yes
or
no,
because
you
know
we
have
limited
amount
of
crews,
okay,
the
crews
that
we
have
fixed
water
mains,
they're,
doing
the
flushing
they're
doing
investigating
they're
doing
the
valves
assessment
so
yeah,
you
know
we
try
to
juggle
it
all
in
and
we
do
work
over
time
to
get
everything
jumping
into
what
we
have
now
so
working
additional
over
time.
L
You
know
with
the
crews
the
crews
were
there,
the
crews
were
working
overtime,
they're
working
the
time,
it's
just
getting
the
manpower
to
move
forward
on.
To
that.
That
being
said,
we
were
talking
yesterday.
L
Three
months
ago,
we
probably
had
somewhere
around
69
to
70
water,
leaks,
major
leaks,
no
minor
leaks,
major
leaks,
old
books.
You
know
that's
what
we
had
in
the
city
day
before
yesterday.
We
had
the
guys
that
actually
worked
it
down
that
had
eight
actual
minor
water
leaks
is
what
we
have
on
the
books.
So
I
said
working
the
time
working
at
third,
it's
there.
It's
just
getting
the
crews
off
of
one
thing
on
to
another.
You
know
to
be
able
to
go
and
do
it
so
does
that
answer.
E
E
E
T
Well-
and
we
don't
want
to
tackle
all
of
the
valves
at
once
anymore
than
we
wanted
all
the
fire
hydrants
turned
on
and
off
at
one
time
either,
because
every
every
valve
we
go
in
and
exercise
is
going
to
stir
up
sediment
as
we
go
through
that
process.
So
we
have
to
make
sure
we're
careful
to
flush
on
either
side,
so
we're
going
to
have
to
go
through
it
methodically.
F
T
L
E
P
I
just
know
me
myself:
I
can
only
speak
for
myself
personally,
you
know
it's
kind
of
rough
when
you're
in
a
grocery
store
with
your
kids,
and
you
know,
citizens
come
up
to
you
and
they
want
to
know
what's
going
on
with
the
brown
water.
So
now
that
we're
on
topic
with
this,
I
want
to
make
sure
we
do
everything
we
can
to
ensure
that
I
can
give
them
adequate
answers
when
I'm
asked.
So
that's
why
I'm
asking
some
of
the
questions
I'm
asking.
E
We
have
questions
that
y'all
have
answers
to.
I
believe
online.
Yes,
you
know
so
there's
it's
out
there.
We
just
need
to
better
direct
them
where
to
go
and
then
get
for
sure
get
that
especially
two
new
councilmembers
get
that
in
your
hands
too,
but
they
have
questions
of
potential
problems
and
answers
online
right
now.
Yes,.
R
T
So
this
is
the
water
and
sewer
services
page.
You
can
see.
We
have
the
pipe
bursting
map
active
and
recent
pipe
bursting
projects
posted.
We
posted
the
the
link
to
the
video
and
there's
an
feq
section,
and
it
does
talk
about
discolored
water
as
well
on
there
and
and
I
think,
to
kyle's
point
earlier.
T
I
think
we
can
get
better,
there's
always
room
for
improvement,
but
it's
also
important
to
understand
that
manganese
and
iron
exists
in
the
water
supply.
We
cannot
get
away
from
it
entirely,
there's
not
any
solution
that
is
out
there.
That
would
allow
us
to
completely
eradicate
any
possibility
of
discolored
water.
It's
just
to
minimize
it
and
deal
with
it
rapidly
when
it
occurs
in
in
areas
and
not
create
a
situation
where
we
have.
P
T
We
took
it
down
last
summer
because
of
because
of
the
low
chlorine
residuals
that
this
is
a
map
of
the
city
as
a
whole,
and
it
shows
the
loeb
water
plant
north
of
the
city.
T
E
Your
question
we're
pumping
water
from
two
sources
right
harvey
knocked
out
our
pumping
capabilities
at
both
locations,
so
we
eventually
did
get
low
back
up
after
a
while,
but
we
continued
to
have
problems
and
staff
felt.
We
were
better
off
pumping
water
off
from
the
natus
river
until
we
made
needed
improvements
which
all
approved
to
make
the
needed
repairs
at
loeb.
E
So
we
can
start
sending
water
from
loeb
here
in
the
middle
of
july,
we'll
continue.
They
monitor
it
every
day
the
staff
goes
out
there
we'll
continue
to
check
it,
but
it
was.
It
was
driven
by
harvey
and
that's
why
the
council
y'all
approved
six
to
one
to
make
application
for
funding
for
a
new
pump
station.
E
That
it
knocked
out
our
electrical
systems,
our
pumping
capabilities,
and
so
it
just
takes
a
while
to
get
to
where
we
need
to
be,
and,
quite
frankly,
most
of
the
time
you
could
do
the
repairs.
If
you
engineer
it
right
and
the
construction
much
quicker
than
say,
because
it's
taken
us
when
the
storm
was
in
2017
much
quicker.
If
we
did
it
all
ourselves,
but
when
you're
working
with
other
with
the
federal
government
and
the
state
and
they're
going
to
pay,
for
example,
let's
say
75
of
the
cost.
In
some
cases
it
depends.
E
T
T
There
were
a
number
of
valves.
There
were
scada
plc
controllers
that
were
under
water
that
weren't
weren't
operating
anymore,
so
we
need
to
fix
all
of
that.
So
when
we
flip
lobe
back
on,
we
can
operate
reliably
even
when
we
do
flip
it
on
in
july,
and
it
will
should
be
reliable
at
that
point,
we've
still
got
more
harvey
work
to
finish
so
we
still
have
the
high
service
pump
motor
starter
replacement,
there's
four
high
service
pumps
that
pump
water
out
of
there.
They
were
all
damaged
during
harvey
right
now.
T
T
The
generator
is
still
not
going
to
be
in
until
january,
so
that's
got
to
be
put
into
place
and
then
we've
got
the
well
2
starter,
even
though
it's
working
fema
is
going
to
replace
it
because
it
was
all
under
water
as
well
and
corroded
from
the
storm.
So
all
of
that's
got
to
get
done
plus.
Remember
we
shut
it
down
because
we
had
low
chlorine
residuals.
T
It
was
recommended
through
a
long
water
quality
study
that
we
add
caustic
to
bring
the
ph
up
at
loeb
and
we're
working
on
adding
that's
that
chemical
storage
improvements,
caustic
storage
and
injection
that'll
be
up
was
december,
not
november
november
time
frame,
and
so
there's
still,
even
once
we
bring
it
up
in
july.
We've
got
all
of
these
projects
stacked
to
to
fix
just.
H
That
concludes
our
general
session
of
the
meeting
and
at
this
time
we'll
go
to
public
comments.
AA
Good
afternoon,
madam
mayor
city,
council,
congratulations
mayor
mouton,
thank
you,
I'm
nick
hunter.
I
don't
know
if
you
I've,
never
met
you,
but
I've
met
several
people
up
here
I
talked
to
aj.
Today
I
went
to
high
school
with
taylor.
I
was
fighting
alongside
mike
when
we
were
trying
to
get
bisd
underwraps
and
I've
been
presented
with
an
opportunity
to
an
incredible
opportunity
to
build
a
business.
I've
been
running
my
own
social
media
production,
video
production
services.
AA
We
do
social,
media
management,
depositions
videos
and
I've
been
doing
that
all
by
myself
for
the
last
two
years.
Now
I've
been
blessed
enough
to
have
enough
work
to
be
able
to
spread
it
out
and
hire
some
more
people.
I've
been
having
trouble
finding
like
reliable
people.
I've
got
brian
here
today.
Just
I
need
somebody
to
hold
a
camera
for
us,
I'm
auditioning
him
as
a
cameraman,
but
the
opportunity
I've
been
presented
is
outside
of
beaumont.
AA
AA
So
all
these
people
have
been
here
to
help
me
become
who
I
am,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
kids,
my
kids
future
kids,
all
kids
can
say
that
here
in
beaumont,
all
of
my
friends
that
I
had
in
high
school
for
the
most
part,
most
of
them
moved
away
because
they
didn't
want
to
raise
their
families
here
in
beaumont.
And
I
understand
that,
because
I'm
in
a
position
right
now
to
walk
away
from
beaumont
and
raise
my
family
somewhere
else
and
have
a
really
nice
life,
but
I've
been
called.
AA
I
say:
I've
been
called
every
day
I
wake
up
and
I
ask
god
to
lead
my
actions.
I
don't
ask
him
for
anything
else.
I
just
ask
him
to
leave
my
actions
because
I
know
I've
only
got
a
little
bit
of
time
left,
but
this
time
last
year
I
went
through
something
my
wife
and
I
went
through
something
that
no
parent
should
ever
have
to
go
through,
and
at
that
moment
I
realized.
I
wasn't
my
best
person.
I
wasn't
my
best
self.
AA
I
blamed
myself
for
the
tragedy
that
my
family
had
to
overcome
and
I
still
to
this
day
can't
wake
up
and
and
not
think
about
what
has
happened
to
my
family
and
from
that
point
my
my
faith
pulled
me
in
closer
and
stronger
and
I
just
started
talking
to
god
every
day.
Just
waking
up
god.
Please
guide
my
action
and
he's
told
me
that
I
need
to
build
something
here
in
beaumont
before
I
ever
leave,
because
this
city
built
me
I've
started
a
nonprofit
foundation
called.
I
can
because
at
that
moment
I
couldn't.
AA
But
I
said
I
can
it's
caring
about
neighbors
in
beaumont,
I'm
here
to
support
you
and
the
rest
of
you
guys
on
council,
because
we've
got
to
fight
to
make
beaumont
better.
So
I'm
excited
about
the
direction
that
is
to
come
as
a
turning
point
in
our
city.
There's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
stuff
coming
down
the
pipes,
we
should
start
by
designing
a
new
logo
for
the
city.
H
AB
AB
On
the
discussion
item
number
six,
it
talked
about
compensation
for
civilian
and
I'm
wondering
about
civil
service,
the
american
rescue
act.
We
got
money
from
that
particular
grant
and
I
don't
think
that
it
said
anything
different,
whether
it
was
civilian
or
whether
it
was
civil
service
and,
of
course,
if
you're
giving
a
thousand
dollars.
I've
been
an
employee
of
the
city
of
beaumont
grateful
when
I
got
a
bonus,
but
if
it's
less
than
a
thousand
and
you're
gonna
take
the
taxes
out.
AB
I
would
ask
the
council
consider
just
a
little
bit
more
because
in
that
rescue
act,
I'd
like
to
see
when
that's
gonna
be
on
the
agenda,
because
there
are
several
things
that
address
the
employees
and
happy
employees
make
a
happy
city
service
personnel.
AB
Thank
you
for
the
water
and
sewer
discussion
today,
because
that's
been
an
issue,
and
I
see
that
this
new
council,
I
thank
you
I
seem
like
it
seems
like
we
were
in
the
work
session
with
you
today
and
information
is
so
important.
So
thank
you
for
your
service
and
it's
just
really
interesting.
I
see
a
change
already
and
questions
are
good,
but
I
want
to
ask
you
this.
I
noticed
houston
went
through
harvey
and
they
did
an
aggressive,
although
there's
more
employees,
aggressive
movement
where
water
accumulated
and
affected
citizens.
AB
So
I'm
hoping
I
don't
know
what
the
statistics
are,
where
the
city
has
done,
the
movement
of
making
sure
that
floods
don't
happen
in
the
same
place
repeatedly,
but
hopefully
with
the
staff
that
the
city
has,
even
if
they
need
more
employees,
consider
that
so
we
can
get
this
done
and
we
don't
flood
and
on
the
I
know
that
we
talked
about,
and
I
still
believe
that
we
need
an
air
horn.
I
know
the
past
mayor
was
saying:
use
your
cell
phones,
but
I
know
that
it
has
happened.
AB
I
J
Richard
I'm,
the
owner
of
the
house
of
pearls
for
homeless,
women,
the
cornerstone
for
homeless
men,
disabled
veterans
and
second
chances
for
convicted
felons.
I
stand
before
you
today
first
to
congratulate
you,
mayor,
robbie
mouton,
and
I
extend
congratulations
from
vice
president
kamala
harris
who
I
attended
the
bbt
awards
with
this
past
weekend,
in
los
angeles
california,
at
the
microsoft
theater.
She
did
say.
Congratulations
to
you
because
I
know
that
was
something
you
have
mentioned,
I'm
briefly
just
here.
J
It's
to
my
understanding
that
the
city
was
allocated
a
12
million
dollar
grant
that
they
lost
because
of
advocacy
groups
in
austin
texas,
who
proposed
that
knocking
down
the
property
was
some
type
of
self-discrimination
against
lower
socioeconomic
groups.
The
property
is
just
sitting
there,
it's
the
ideal
property
for
me
and
my
foundation,
because
the
majority
of
the
homeless
people
here
in
beaumont
reside
under
the
bridge,
which
is
literally
right
down
the
street.
J
After
briefly,
going
around
the
property,
I've
been
in
talks
with
people
this
past
weekend,
in
los
angeles,
california.
I
approached
magic,
johnson,
irvin
johnson,
who
helped
me
out
before
about
20
years
ago,
in
los
angeles,
with
a
shelter
for
homeless
teens.
In
hollywood.
California,
as
I
said
before,
the
city
was
awarded
a
12
million
grant
that
was
lost
and
the
purpose
of
the
grant
was
to
knock
down
the
property
and
rebuild
it.
J
My
proposal
is
that
there
will
be
low
income,
meaning
whether
we're
charging
them
a
dollar
a
day,
depending
on
their
economic
status
or
thirty
dollars
a
day
for
three
three
hundred
dollars
or
whatever
a
month.
The
bottom
line
is
going
to
generate
over
three
million
dollars
a
year
for
us,
and
I
know
that
the
city,
the
obama
housing
authority,
which
is
a
division
of
the
city
council
that
was
created
in
september
of
1941,
does
have
a
tax-exempt
status.
J
I
D
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
If
y'all,
you
know,
if
I
can
help,
because
if
you
get
a
certain
type
of
tie
down,
it
will
only
tie
down
almost
it
will
only
tie
down
a
certain
type
of
wheelchair
and
you
have
people
in
school
nurse
and
other
different
ones,
and
there's
like
a
documentation
that
you
that
may
be
a
cover.
Eighty-Five
percent
more
than
the
regular
upside
downs.
H
I'm
gonna
go
to
council
member
comments
and
I
will
start
on
this.
O
F
E
I
do
I
know
it's
been
a
long
meeting.
I
found
looking
through
some
bookshelves
a
book
at
home,
the
other
other
night,
it's
written
by
a
guy
named
ben
woodhead,
who
grew
up
in
beaumont
lived
here.
I
don't
know
about
his
entire
life,
but
he
was
a
reporter
at
one
time
in
local
newspaper
and
he
has
a
son
that
actually
lives
here
and
a
daughter
that
still
lives
in
beaumont.