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B
Thank
you
mayor
and
give
honor
to
each
council
member
and
ask
god
just
to
help
us
today,
lord
in
jesus
name,
god.
We
thank
you
for
the
great
leaders
of
our
city,
god
we
thank
you
for
all
their
sacrifices
and
their
hard
work,
and
I
pray
a
blessing
upon
them
today
that
you
had
blessed
the
proceedings
of
this
meeting,
that
you
would
give
favor
and
wisdom
god
and
guidance
according
to
your
will
and
your
purpose
and
your
plan,
let
the
glory
of
god
be
revealed
and
bless
everyone
that
is
in
this
proceeding.
D
C
A
Okay,
I
need
two
seconds.
We
have
two
agendas
I
may
remember.
We
did
not
have
a
meeting
last
week,
unfortunately
due
to
the
winter
ice
storm
and
I
think
we're
pretty
going
to
be
pretty
close
to
what
we
had
on
last
week,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
I
get
to
the
right
one:
okay,
we
don't
have
any
proclamations
or
presentations
today.
A
A
Yeah,
okay,
no
action
items,
but
so
we'll
open
up
the
microphone
at
the
end
of
the
meeting.
We
really
don't
have
any
action
items
today.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
was
looking
at
it
right,
but
now
would
be
the
time
for
any
citizen
who
would
like
to
speak
on
the
consent
agenda.
The
time
to
do
so
is
now.
A
A
D
A
F
Please,
mayor
and
council
we're
going
to
go
through
10
discussion
items
with
you
today
and
various
staff
members
for
myself
will
come
forward
and
lead
them
and
after
we
go
through
each
item,
encourage
you,
as
a
part
of
each
item,
ask
any
and
all
questions
that
you
have
that's
the
purpose
of
today's
meeting
and
the
first
discussion
item
is
to
review
and
discuss
the
city
street
rehabilitation
program
and
bart
barkowiak.
Our
public
works
director
will
come.
F
G
So
back
in
2011
we
had
ims,
come
in
and
do
a
street
index
for
the
city
when
they
did
that
they
rated
the
overall
condition
of
the
streets
in
the
city
at
a
63
pavement
condition
index,
and
at
that
time
they
told
us
we
needed
to
spend.
You
know
I
believe,
roughly
six
to
eight
million
dollars
a
year
on
street
rehab
in
order
to
make
some
progress
along
the
way.
So
it's
been
a
little
drag.
G
We
they
drove
the
streets
again
in
august
of
2020,
but
due
to
covid
they've
had
some
difficulty
getting
us
the
results
of
that.
So
we
finally
got
some
response
back
from
them.
I
don't
have
all
the
details
today,
however,
I
have
an
overview
where
the
overall
pci
score,
as
of
now
is
a
67,
so
we've
gone
from
a
63
to
a
67,
which
is
an
improvement
due
to
the
fact
that
we've
invested
in
doing
street
rehab,
and
they
recommend
that
we
put
eight
million
dollars
a
year
into
street
rehab.
G
G
G
J
D
D
Is
there
a
number
that
I
mean
obviously
we'd
love
to
be
at
100?
I
guess
so.
Have
you
looked
at
comparable
sized
cities
and
try
to
evaluate
where
beaumont
stands
or
does
this
allow
you
to
do
that
they
they
would
have
to
have?
I
guess
the
same
sort
of.
G
Us
if
they've
done
studies
of
equivalent
cities
and
what
their
ratings
are,
but
no,
I
don't
really
have
a
good
idea
of
say,
waco
and
what
their
road
condition
assessment
is
or
if
they've
done.
One.
D
D
G
Thank
you.
I
think
it's
important
to
know
too.
We
haven't
just
taken
the
bond
money.
We've
also
had
oil
and
gas
money
that
poured
into
roads.
We've
also
had
some
fhwa
money
that
got
put
into
roads
after
harvey,
and
we
also
had
some
cdbg
funds
that
are
now
getting
put
in
the
road.
So
we're
trying
to
take
advantage
of
all
the
avenues
possible
to
to
do
road
rehabilitation
in
the
city
and
we're
also
doing
some
in-house
smaller
work,
but
but
additional
streets
that
wouldn't
necessarily
fit
into
a
large
rehab
program.
G
There
it's
a
bit
of
both.
We,
we
have.
D
K
A
If
I
may,
you
all
might
remember
that
not
this
past
november,
but
the
one
before
I
was
invited
to
participate
in
a
smart
cities
program
in
one
of
the
topics
of
conversation.
Probably
one
of
the
largest
topics
of
conversation
were
the
pci
and
the
different
cities
and
what
they
were
striving
to
do,
what
they
were
able
to
do,
and
obviously
every
city
has
a
challenge
with
funding.
But
what
I've
found
was
that
most
were
setting
goals
each
year
of
the
pci
they
wanted
to
get
to.
Rather
than
just
saying.
A
This
is
where
we
are,
but
they
were
setting
goals,
and
I
I
think
that
when
I,
when
I
looked
at
that
now,
obviously
some
of
these
cities
were
younger
cities
than
we
are
and
if
it's
a
younger
city,
their
pci
is
going
to
automatically
be
better
because
their
streets
are
newer
but
and
also
on
the
size
of
the
city.
But
I
was
I
was
seeing,
which
kind
of
surprised
me
a
lot
of
them
in
the
60s
and-
and
this
is
across
the
nation.
This
just
isn't
texas.
A
This
was
a
a
nationwide
event
and
they
were
in
the
60s
and
70s.
But
they
were
striving
to
be
some
of
them
at
70,
some
of
them
at
80,
but
I
didn't
see
any
above
80
unless
it
was
a
you
know,
a
very
brand.
You
know:
we've
got
some
in
texas
that
are
just
now
incorporated
and
everything's,
basically
new,
they
don't
even
have
old
parts
of
town,
so
that
would
make
a
difference.
A
Obviously,
but
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
comment,
because
it
was
interesting
to
me
and
the
conference
was
an
invitation
city
didn't
pay
national,
they
paid
for
me
nationally
to
go,
and
I
I
thought
it
was
just
extremely
interesting
that
most
cities
are
below
or
at
the
same
level
as
us,
and
I
would
bet
that
houston
is
quite
a
bit
below.
A
Based
on
what
councilmember
goetz
said,
I
had
someone
just
recently
that
lives
in
houston
said:
you
know
they
couldn't
believe
how
much
different
the
streets
are
here,
even
in
the
older
neighborhoods
than
they
are
like
that
in
houston.
So
I'm
not
saying
it's
all
right.
We
certainly
want
to
strive
to
make
it
better
and
better,
but
I
think
sometimes
we
need
to
tutor
on
horn
and
say
you
know
what
we've
done
this
and
we're
you
know
we're
consistently
doing
this.
A
You
can
see
us
out
there
doing
it
and
and
maybe
look
at
some
goals
for
the
future
and.
A
G
All
support
we're
able
to
make
up
ground
and
to
give
kind
of
a
an
idea.
Here,
too,
councilwoman
mouton
had
asked
about
making
everything
up,
and
you
see
that
it
doesn't
go
to
a
hundred.
In
that
case,.
E
G
Really
don't
get
to
100
on
this
scale,
even
if
you
do
a
brand
new
road,
you're
you're
liable
to
have
it
rated
out
at
a
pavement
condition
index
around
90,
maybe
a
little
above
90.
in
general,
when
we're
looking
at
things
on
when
to
redo
a
road.
Anything
60
and
above
is
generally
considered
decent
condition.
G
A
Exactly
according
to
that
point,
I
was
trying
to
make
and
that's
where
the
majority
of
those
mayors
were
in
that
in
that
meeting
there
was
probably
about
10
15
of
us.
There.
L
A
Councilmember
samuel,
then
councilmember
pate.
L
Okay,
so
when
we
talk
about
the
index
rating,
the
percentage
is
that
a
median
or
is
that
a
average.
L
And
the
dark
green
is
spending
eight
million
per
year.
That
would
keep
us
where
we,
where
we
are.
L
And
the
light
green
is
if
we
were
to
increase
from
8
million
to
11
million.
J
I
You
mayor
bart,
give
people
an
idea
how
many
hundreds
of
miles
of
roads
we
have
in
beaumont
a
lot
of
times.
You
know
people
drive
the
same
routes
going
the
same
places,
but
I
don't
think
they
not.
Everybody
has
a
concept
of
just
how
many
roads
and
streets
in
miles
we
have
yeah.
I
think
there's.
G
We
do
have
quite
a
few
roads
and
quite
a
few
older
roads
due
to
the
age
of
our
community.
So
there's
a
lot
there's
a
lot
there
and
we'll
once
we
get
the
full
analysis
done
we'll
come
back
and
give
you
more
in-depth
run
through
of
the
ims
report,
but
we
haven't
had
it
that
terribly
long
and
then
obviously
we
haven't
done
anything
over
the
past
week
with
respect
to
this,
so
we
will
come
back
for
a
more
full
report
on
that.
D
L
Now,
when
they
did
the
indexing,
they
also
took
into
account
those
were
streets
or
arteries
which
are
in
worse
conditions.
Is
that
correct.
G
L
Need
and.
A
J
F
So
currently,
there's
234
authorized
positions
in
the
fire
department
and
we're
going
to
come
to
you
the
next
couple
weeks
and
ask
you
to
increase
the
number
of
authorized
positions
by
nine
and
therefore
the
the
fire
department
can
move
forward
with
trying
to
hire
nine
additional
firefighters
and
in
a
perfect
world,
you'd
like
to
hire
firefighters
that
are
also
paramedics.
F
F
Some
training
agreements
with
various
entities
so
we'll
hire
firefighters,
hopefully
hire
nine
as
soon
as
we
can
and
get
them
the
proper
training
where
they're,
eventually,
if
they're,
not
a
paramedic,
which
in
most
cases
are
not
going
to
be
that
it'll
start
off
they'll,
be
a
basic
and
then
get
the
training
to
be
an
intermediate
and
then
a
paramedic,
and
I
just
wanted
to
tell
you
that
this
is
the
plan
moving
forward
again,
we'll
bring
it
to
you
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
if
not
sooner
and
I'd
like
to
to
thank
fire
chief
chief
white
chief,
singler,
sherry
omer,
max
newen,
and
this
goes
back
to
previous
chief
as
well.
F
I
mean
we've-
we've
moved
ems
into
some
of
our
fire
stations,
which
people
had
a
lot
of
concerns
about
maybe
within
the
organization,
but
the
firefighters
and
ems
employees
have
really
made
it
work
and
management
has
supported
that,
and
it's
worked
really
well.
So
this
additional
step
that
we
moved
forward
with
in
january,
I
give
them
the
credit
they've
I
mean
they've
made
this
thing
work
and
it's
not
easy,
and
so
just
want
to
lay
out
the
plan.
So
you're
not
surprised
in
the
next
couple
weeks.
E
A
So
I
just
have
a
quick
question
about
it,
so
the
nine
that
are
hired
will
actually
be
they'll,
be,
I
know,
they're
able
to
go
back
and
forth,
but
they
will
actually
be
for
ems
right.
F
A
Additional
nine
that
are
hired
will
specifically
be
even
though
they
can
go
back
and
forth
and
that's
part
of
the
plan.
They
will
be
hired
for
ems
they'll.
K
F
Ems
decreases,
and
at
some
point
will
probably
go
away,
could
be
five
years
from
now.
We
don't
know
we'll
staff
up
with
fire
based
ems.
That's
what
you
have
in
houston,
san
antonio.
When
you're
hired
you
go
to
work
on,
they
call
it
a
box.
You
got
to
work
on
an
ambulance,
so
that's
what
these
firefighters
will
do
and.
F
F
J
F
It's
going
to
be
more
expensive.
At
the
same
time,
we
should
have
much
better
service.
It's
a
coordinated
effort
under
the
fire
chief,
you
have
a
direct
chain
of
command
and,
as
you
know,
we
have
12
fire
stations.
Firefighters
are
most
are
likely
on
the
scene
first
with
a
medical
call,
so
they're
there
first
anyway,
so.
F
Just
have
better
coordination,
better
training,
you
have
a
medical
director,
that's
over
all
of
it,
making
recommendations
to
the
chief
and
to
max
new
end
who's
still
there
you
know-
and
hopefully
we'll
be
there
for
a
long
time.
So
it's
it's
going
to
be
a
better
operation
and
we're
going
to
we'll
learn
as
we
go.
You
know
you
start
off
with
again.
A
M
F
F
F
You
know
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
turnover
in
the
fire
department,
which
is
great.
Those
men
and
women
love
their
job
and
and
they're
answering
mostly
medical
calls.
Probably
80
of
their
calls
are
medical
calls
anyway.
So
this
we
think,
will
be
a
beneficial
change.
D
F
So
and
we're
already
in
a
number
of
stations
already
and
have
been
for
a
number
of
years,
so
we'll
move
to
get
in
more
stations,
we
may
have
some
satellite
locations
if
we're
trying
to
let's
say,
there's
a
gap
in
our
coverage
where
we
know
we
have
some
weaknesses.
We,
the
chief
and
max
new
and
they're
working
on
that
or
they've,
been
working
on
it
so
they're
looking
at
where's
our
coverage
areas
that
we
could
do
better
with
response
time.
D
F
E
F
F
F
And
with
the
with
the
number
of
hours,
though,
it
gets
confusing
number
of
hours
that
the
ems
staff
work.
They
actually
work
closer
to
almost
3
000
hours,
even
before
overtime
a
year,
and
so
that
cost
per
person
is
higher
for
that
paramedic,
civilian
paramedic.
At
the
same
time,
again,
if
it
takes
nine
to
staff
an
ambulance
compared
to
seven
the
cost,
the
cost
will
go
up
over
time.
The
more
firefighters
we
hire.
E
F
A
F
F
F
A
But
there's
a
variable
that
we
have
to
keep
in
mind
too,
because
I
know
how
hard
we've
struggled
and
I
think
max
and
the
chief
will
attest
to
the
fact
that
we
have
had
a
very
hard
time
keeping
I
mean
like
right
now,
we're
authorized
for
51
and
we
have
40,
you
said
or
41..
A
J
A
Or
three
years
how
hard
it
is
to
find
qualified
paramedics
that
want
to
stay
on
the
job
because,
like
you
said
they
get
burnout.
So
if
I'm
understanding
it
right,
if
they
start
on
a
box
as
a
firefighter,
if
they
as
they
move
through,
if
they
don't
want
to
stay
in
that
position,
they
can
move
into
firefighting
right.
A
Be
able
to
be
at
some
point,
so
you
know
there
is
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel
for
them.
I
guess
maybe
because
that's
got
to
be
a
really
tough
job
to
stick
with
year
in
and
year.
F
J
H
I
would
just
like
to
hear
from
the
chief
and
let
him
speak
on
the
benefits
of
having
the
additional
firefighters.
N
J
N
At
a
tiered
system,
going
with
a
bls
system
and
an
als
system
for
those
bls
system
be
responsible
for
those
minor
calls
which
will
in
turn
free
up
the
paramedics
for
the
more
serious
calls
and
they
won't
be
running
20
calls
a
shift.
We're
going
to
try
to
get
them
down
to
10
12
cause
a
shift
supplementing
them
with
the
bls
service
being
run
by
the
firefighters.
N
In
addition
to
that
campaign,
letting
the
public
know
what
an
emergency
is
so
they're
not
calling
and
at
two
o'clock
in
the
morning
for
that
stubbed
toe-
that
they
want
to
go
to
the
hospital
for
a
very,
very
tough
job.
N
Paramedics
are
a
premium
now,
if
you
authorize
the
nine
additional
firefighter
position,
they
will
be
firefighters,
slash
emts,
and
we
have
an
internal
plan
to
up
their
medical
training
to
intermediate
and
paramedic,
which
in
turn
will
invest
in
them
and
they'll
want
to
stay.
As
kyle
said,
firefighters
are
long-term
paramedics
because
of
the
number
of
calls,
and
it's
such
a
tough
job.
The
turnover
is
very,
very
high.
This
is
a
way
to
stabilize
the
ems
part
of
the
service
to
the
citizens.
N
N
N
Yeah,
yes,
sir
ems
has
the
skill
level
emt,
emt
intermediate
and
paramedic.
The
emt
intermediates
and
paramedics
are
able
to
administer
narcotics,
innovation
and
things
to
that
deal,
whereas
your
emt
basic
is
pretty
much
first
aid
and
things
like
that.
So
there
are
different
skill.
E
A
Well,
if
y'all
are
ready,
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
item.
E
G
All
right
so,
to
give
you
an
update,
loeb,
as
you
all
know,
was
damaged
during
harvey
and
we
shut
it
down
last
summer
due
to
chlorination
residual
issues
in
the
west
end
where
we
weren't
able
to
maintain
the
fission
or
we're
starting
to
not
be
able
to
maintain
levels
of
chlorine
in
the
water.
So
we
took
that
down
and
we've
been
working
on
not
only
the
fema
repairs
to
the
site,
but
also
working
to
make
improvements
so
to
run
down
the
immediates.
G
The
whole
chlorinator
system
there
at
low
was
underwater
and
damaged
during
harvey,
so
we're
replacing
all
of
that
and
adding
booster
pumps.
We
expect
to
be
done
with
that
mid
april
of
this
year,
we're
also
going
through
and
we're
going
to
rehab
the
steel
and
concrete
ground
storage
tanks
at
loeb.
We
gonna
we're
gonna.
I
G
Up
on
the
consent
agenda
today
we
rejected
all
bids
because
we
got
to
a
point:
we'd
realized
some
more
work
needed
to
be
added
in
so
we'll
come
back
and
you'll
see
that
bid
again,
but
we
need
to
to
make
some
repairs
on
those
tanks,
then,
in
order
to
improve
in
terms
of
ability
to
keep
chlorine
residuals
up
in
the
field,
we're
after
doing
studies
with
freeze
and
nickels,
they
recommended
that
we
add
caustic
to
the
treatment
at
lowe
and
what
that's
going
to
do
is
adjust
the
ph
of
the
water
and
it
should
help
us
to
to
maintain
chlorine
levels
going
out
of
there.
G
We
expect
to
have
that
done
in
the
may
time
frame
and
where
we
have
issues
is
in
the
hot
weather.
So
the
current
plan
is
that
once
we
get
the
chlorinators
and
the
booster
pumps
in
we'll
go
ahead
and
bring
loeb
back
on
full
time
and
then
once
the
caustics
added
in
we'll
start
that
treatment
program,
but
in
cooler
weather
like
right
now
we
fired
up
low
during
this
winter
storm
event.
We.
G
We're
also
going
to
go
through
all
the
motor
starters
that
go
with
those
pumps
at
the
site
and
then
the
generator
was
damaged
during
harvey
currently
non-functioning
and
with
fema
funds
we'll
be
replacing
that
generator.
It's
going
to
take
a
little
longer,
it's
probably
going
to
be
another
six
to
nine
months
before
we
get
the
generator
back
available
at
loeb
and
then
finally,
there's
three
wells
up
there
there's
well
one
that's
on
the
master
site
and
then
there's
a
separate
site
with
well
two
and
a
separate
site
with
well
three.
G
During
this
winter
storm
event,
we
were
running
wells,
one
and
two
we
can
put
about
10
million
gallons
a
day
out
with
that.
Well
three
needs
some
rehabilitation
work
and
so
we're
going
to
go
through
and
rehab
that
well
to
get
it
back
fully
functional
as
well
and
there's
some
other
bits
and
pieces.
But
that's
the
the
big
pieces
to
that
work.
So
once
we're
done,
then
we
should
be.
You
know
bright
and
shiny
again,
you
know,
as
opposed
to
impacted
by
harvey.
G
Yes,
sir,
even
in
the
best
case
scenario,
you're
easily,
looking
at
seven
years
or
more
to
need
to
to
remain
on
the
lobe
system.
So
we
are
taking
into
account
as
we're
waiting
to
hear
on
the
grants
for
the
proposed
west
end
water
treatment
facility,
so,
for
instance,
with
those
groundwater
tanks.
At
loeb
we
had
a
short-term,
a
mid-term
and
a
long-term
estimate
on
doing
rehabilitation,
work
on
those
tanks
and
we
kind
of
struck
that
middle
ground.
D
J
J
A
It
would
once
we
get
off
of
that
in
seven
years
or,
however
long
it
would
be,
lobe
could
be
back
up
if
needed,
we'll
still
have
it
or
we
would.
We
sell
it.
G
G
The
reason
for
that
is
that
we're
a
mixed
ground,
water,
surface
water
system.
Today,
that's
a
fairly
unusual
situation,
because
the
treatment
methods
differ,
the
water
source
differs
and
so
it'll
be
easier
and
more
consistent
water
quality.
If
we
go
to
all
surface
water
on
there,
so
I
think
once
we
would
get
a
west
end
water
treatment
plant,
I
would
think
any
remain
any
additional
investment
past.
The
initial
plant
would
be
expand.
G
The
west
end
water
treatment
plant
beyond
the
initial
15
mgd,
and
not
the
problem
that
you
have
with
these
large
pumps
and
ground
storage
containers
and
the
rest
is,
if
you
let
them
sit,
not
used,
then
you
have
problems
with
them
in
the
long
run,
and
so
that
would
be
my
recommendation.
If
we
get
to
that.
A
A
Groundwater,
where
our
lawson
is
the
one
over
here
close
to
us
yeah.
A
G
So
the
next
item
is
the
proposed
new
pump
station
located
near
colliers
ferry.
So,
as
you
know,
during
harvey
lawson's,
which
is
right
on
the
river
flooded,
so
we've
been
working
with
freeze
and
nickels
to
design
the
new
pump
station.
G
D
G
It
it
does,
it
was
a
monetary
consideration
and
we'll
get
in
I
mean
this
is
where
we
bleed
into
other
subjects.
So
we
fema
gave
us
47
million
dollars
to
rehabilitate
riverfront
park,
and
that
would
be
to
bring
it
back
to
the
original
boundaries
and
council
decided
that
we
wouldn't
do
that.
We'd
instead
stabilize
the
bank
where
it
exists
today
and
then
we'd
take
the
money
beyond
what
was
required
to
stabilize
the
bank
and
put
it
towards
this
raw
water
pump
station
at
colliers
ferry.
G
J
G
So
what
we
decided
to
do
is
use
the
same
siphon
on
the
river
which
we've
had
no
issues
with
to
this
point
and
then
in
a
follow-on
project,
we'll
be
coming
back
to
assess
the
condition
of
the
pipeline
under
the
river
and
then
look
at
once.
We
see
what
the
condition
of
that
is.
If
we
need
to
put
a
second
one
in
for
redundancy
or
if
we
need
to
rehab
the
existing
or
whatever
shakes
out
there,
it
would
be
a
follow-on
project.
G
You
know
guidelines
wetlands,
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
considerations
with
the
permitting,
so
we
felt
that
that
was
going
to
add
a
lot
to
the
timeline
on
that
as
well.
So
if
we
put
it,
if
we
put
this
pump
station
in
and
we
put
a
separate
line
under
the
river
that
that
pump
station
is
dependent
on
for
raw
water
and
then
we
end
up
with
permitting
issues
and
construction
issues,
do
the
wetlands
on
the
other
side
of
the
river,
then
we
end
up
delaying
when
we
can
bring
that
online.
D
G
G
G
I
think
it
was
three
of
the
four
three.
G
D
D
H
Okay
also
also
this
past
weekend.
Well,
this
past
week
I
mean
that's
not
something
that
we're
going
to
normally
have
to
deal
with.
We.
E
G
A
A
G
G
All
right
so
the
first
page
and
the
scale
on
the
left
hand
side
is
a
little
it's
off
by
a
factor
of
10,
but
basically
we.
What
this
is
intended
to
show
you
is
that
we
were
pumping
out
of
this.
Is
the
pine
street
flow.
We
were
pumping
the
entire
time
of
the
event,
so
you'll
see
two
big
dips,
one
late
sunday
or
early
sunday
morning,
right
before
noon
and
then
you'll
see
another
one.
E
G
About
6
p.m.
So
what
those
are
is
that
when
we
switch
from
entergy
power
to
generator
power
or
generator
power
to
energy
power
in
like
a
computer
room
event,
you
have
a
ups
to
keep
you
up
and
running,
and
you
can
just
flip.
You
don't
have
anything
that
big
for
a
water
plant,
so
you
have
to
shut
all
your
pumps
down
switch
to
other
power
source,
bring
all
your
pumps
back
up.
G
So
those
are
your
your
very
brief
dips,
where
you're
not
pumping
out
of
that
plant
for
a
very
short
period
of
time,
because
you've
got
to
split
switch
the
power,
so
that
was
sunday.
We
went
on
generator
before
the
event.
The
reason
we
flipped
back
to
energy
power
on
tuesday
is
because,
with
using
a
high
service
pump,
two
variable
pumps
pumping
water
out
to
the
city.
We
didn't
have
enough
power
on
generator
to
also
backwash
the
filters
which
we
needed
to
do
at
that
point.
So
entergy
was
looking
good.
G
We
flipped
back
to
entergy,
but
what
you'll
see
at
that
800,
000
gallons
per
hour
rate,
or
maybe
it
is
right-
80,
000
gallons
per
hour,
but
where
that's
at
is
more
normal
out
of
pine,
with
loeb
up
and
running,
which
we
had
turned
on
prior
to
the
event
where
you're,
seeing
up
at
the
top
on
wednesday
and
thursday
is
pumping
as
much
as
we
possibly
could
in
the
system,
because
we
had
no
pressure
due
to
the
fact
that
we
had
all
those
leaks
it
doubled.
G
G
G
Once
we
got
the
motor
checked
out,
we
cranked
it
back
up
and
we
actually
brought
both
wells
up,
which
is
why
the
mount
jumped
so
much
and
that's
how
we
were
able
to
pump
40s,
because
we
were
pumping
10
mgd
from
loeb,
and
you
know
30
some
odd
37
from
pine
at
peak
now.
What
the
next
two
graphs
show
you.
D
Wait
wait,
wait
before
you
go
there's
another
dip
on
the
lobe
chart
following
tuesday
at
3
p.m.
It's
high
and
then
it
we.
G
G
So
and
you
you
know
so,
the
northwest
tank
and
then
the
dishman
tank
on
the
final
two
pages
that'll
give
you
an
idea
of
how
fast
the
demand
just
brought
us
down.
So
if
you
look
in
the
early
morning,
hours
of
tuesday,
we
started
dropping
on
monday
into
tuesday
already,
but
in
the
early
morning
hours
of
tuesday
you
see
northwest
just
basically
went
to
zero
all
at
once.
G
J
J
D
Hearing
and
what
I
think
is
important
for
our
citizens
to
understand
is
that
there
are
some
things
that
is
very
difficult
to
prepare
for,
and
this
is
one
of
those
things,
and
it's
also
difficult
for
the
city
to
fairly
take
the
blame
for
a
lot
of
this.
When,
as
I
understand
it,
the
majority
of
the
breaks
that
you
are
referring
to
are
in
homeowners
lines
and
we're
going
to
talk
about
trying
to
make
some
accommodations
later
for
the
water
that
was
lost.
G
G
Now
we
did
have
water
line
breaks,
but
we
did
not
have
massive
water
line
breaks
like
I
think,
port
arthur
lost
a
24
inch
line
on
pleasure
island.
Our
biggest
was
a
12.,
so
we
did
have
breaks
and
we
had
some
water,
but
I
think
the
vast
majority
of
it
was
just
a
lot
of
smaller
breaks
and
a
lot
of
houses
and
businesses,
and
once
the
weather
started
warming
up
and
in
combination
with
our
pressure
levels
coming
up,
you
started
to
see
all
those
spouting
irrigation
systems,
fire
lines
outside
faucets.
D
And
I
talked
to
someone
in
the
water
department
who
said
that,
over
a
period
of
time,
the
water
department
not
telling
the
fire
department,
just
just
the
water
department
alone,
went
out
and
cut
off.
I
think
close
to
a
thousand,
maybe
more
homes,
water
where
it
was
gushing,
they
cut
it
off
at
the
meter.
Do
you
do
you?
Have
a
number
of.
M
D
One
more
than
mayor,
another
source
of
frustration
that
I've
heard
loudly
from
citizens
is
that
they
would
call
3-1-1,
as
they
were
told,
to
do
and
could
not
get
through
it
is
that
how
can
how
can
we
improve
the
citizens
ability
to
get
do
we
need
to
have
more
operators
in
an
emergency
situation?
Do
we
need
to
have
more
lines
manned?
What
what
do
we
need
to
do
to
help
facilitate
people
being
able
to
get
through
to
3-1-1
in
this
type
of
a
situation.
G
I
don't
have
the
actual
sheet
printed
out,
but
as
I
remember
it,
we
get
about
nine
thousand
calls
a
month
in
in
some
very
short
period
a
day
and
a
half
or
a
day
or
two
days
we
had
over
8
500
calls.
So
we
had
a
month's
worth
of
calls
in
a
24-hour
period,
so
you
normally
have
four
operators
up
there.
Taking
calls.
We
plussed
it
up
to
five
to
six,
but
we
were
just
simply
overwhelmed
you
would
you
would
have
to
have
you
know
I
don't
know
10
20
people.
G
H
G
In
a
day
or
two
just
unable
to
answer
them
all-
and
I
would
I
would
try
to
to
emphasize
that
yeah
we
understand
and
we
we
do,
take
the
calls,
but
we'll
take
the
email
we'll
take
it
off
the
app,
and
that
would
help
us
scale
up
in
these
types
of
emergencies.
If
we
could
get
them
in
through
there
and
get
them
assigned.
A
A
Covid
calls
too,
and
so
people
were
calling
3-1-1
for
that
as
well.
In
the
first
part,
and
we
have
a
separate
call
center
for
that,
but
all
of
them
were
working
even
even
the
ones
that
weren't
working
in
the
call
center.
J
G
G
We
were
told
going
into
the
holidays
around
christmas
that
the
contract
paperwork
was
if
the
paperwork
was
being
sent
to
their
contract
people,
but
we
haven't
seen
it
yet
so
we're
still
waiting
to
get
the
paperwork
to
us
for
the
official
contract.
Once
we
have
that,
then
we
can
move
forward
and
start
designing
that
line
which
we
need
to
do
fairly
soon,
since
we're
coming
to
the
end
of
the
design
on
the
colliers
ferry
piece.
G
F
No,
it's
totally
totally
separate
and
if
we,
if
we
get
approved,
we'll
be
coming
back
to
you,
because
the
water
fund
this
year
has
a
53
million
dollar
operating
budget,
it's
got
a
good
fund
balance
right
now
we're
in
a
good
position.
You
all
authorized
us
authorized
city
beaumont
issue,
25
million
dollars
in
water
revenue
bonds
a
number
of
months
ago,
I
think,
back
in
july,
and
we
received
the
money
sometime.
F
This
past
fall
so,
but
to
answer
your
question,
the
pump
station
once
finally
approved
the
transmission
line
that
gap
in
funding
we'll
come
and
talk
to
you
about.
You
know:
do
we
you
utilize
some
of
our
fund
balance
in
the
water
fund?
Do
we
use
some
of
the
25
million,
which
we
could
do?
We
borrowed
additional
monies
and
how
much
so
we're
just
not
at
that
point
yet
we'll
we'll
know
more
we're
just
waiting
for
those
approvals,
especially
as
it
relates
to
the
transmission
line.
F
G
G
Our
current
expectation
from
our
grand
administrator
is
that
we
won't
hear
anything
back
from
the
glo
until
march
at
the
earliest,
which
we're
coming
up
on
the
glo
indicated
that
they're
processing
the
grants
related
to
floods
prior
to
harvey.
I
think
2015
2016
floods
that
we
weren't
affected
by
and
weren't
eligible
for
funding
under
those
but
they're
processing,
those
grant
programs
first
and
then
they'll,
move
on
to
this
harvey
round
one.
So
we're
still
waiting
to
hear
on
that.
A
So
are
those
separate
I
mean
like?
Can
you
get
one
and
not
get
the
the
two
water
diversion
I
know
or
in
partnership
with
drainage,
district,
six.
G
First,
for
everybody
that's
submitted
in
that
program
once
they
go
through
everybody's
top,
if
there's
still
funding
available,
then
they'll
come
down
to
the
second
rank.
So
our
top
ranked
program
on
those
two
river
diversions
with
dd6
and
the
water
plant
would
both
be
considered
on
their
point
totals
immediately.
J
G
G
That
will
put
us
bidding
the
project
in
august
and
awarding
it
in
september.
If
that
all
occurs,
then
we'd
be
looking
at
the
project
finishing
in
the
fourth
quarter
of
2022,
actually
completing
all
of
the
work.
So
the
current
construction
estimate
on
that,
including
contingency,
is
27
million
dollars.
G
Now,
there's
a
couple
of
factors
that
are
playing
into
that
dollar
amount,
one!
That's
assuming
that
the
core
will
allow
us
to
leave
the
debris
in
the
river
which
they
initially
indicated.
They
would
be
willing
to
do
so
and
in
this
latest
408
review
they're
indicating
that
they
may
have
problems
with
that.
If
we
have
to
pull
the
debris
out
of
the
river,
obviously
there's
going
to
be
additional
costs
to
pull
that
out.
G
The
second
piece
is
that
we
found
some
metals
in
the
dredge
spoil
material
samples
that
we
did
so
we're
having
to
dredge
out
where
we
do
the
bank
stabilization
and
it's
still
up
in
there
as
to
whether
we
can
deposit
those
dredging
materials
where
we
plan
to.
If
we
can't,
if
they
determine
that
we
can't
put
it
there,
then
we'll
have
to
figure
out
where
we
put
those
and
whether
there's
increased
costs
on
dealing
with
that
dredge
material.
J
D
J
D
G
If
we
don't
get
approval
from
the
corps
in
the
four
to
six
months,
that
they're
estimating,
if
that
drags
on
further
that'll,
extend
the
deadline.
If
they
come
back
and
they
tell
us,
you
have
to
remove
the
material
out
of
the
river
we're
going
to
have
to
look
at
the
cost
of
that,
and
then
does
that
extend
our
timeline
on
construction
as
well
as
if
we
can
put
those
stretch,
materials
where
we
originally
were
planning
to
put
them
or
if
we
have
to
find
some
other
way
to
dispose
of
them.
G
G
D
G
G
Sidewalk
will
be
along
the
water's
edge,
we'll
tie
that
down
the
length
of
the
park,
and
there
will
still
be
a
dock
there
as
well.
D
Pla
I'll
just
say
that
I've
seen
a
lot
of
boat
traffic
on
the
sandy
beach
that
was
created
by
harvey
across
the
way,
and
it's
been
talked
about
that
it
would
be
desirable
to
have
some
sort
of
slips
or
something
not
dozens
of
them.
But
you
know
a
few
where
boats
could
pull
up
and
dock
in
anticipation
of
possibly
future
development,
retail
and
commercial
along
the
river
line.
Would
it
be
possible
to
incorporate
that
or
discussion
about
that
into
into.
D
G
J
G
L
E
F
Next
item
relates
to
expenses
and
transfers
related
to
tropical
storm,
imelda
and
then
todd's
going
to
come
forward
and
lead
this
item,
and
he
can
also
circle
back
as
it
relates
to
the
cost
of
firefighters
compared
to
intermediates
or
paramedics.
He
can
give
you
a
ballpark.
P
P
So
after
several
attempts
of
those
disaster
declarations
to
reimburse
the
city
have
failed,
we
decided
it's
probably
time
to
go
ahead
and
close
out
this
fund,
and
so
since
there's
no
revenues
available
for
the
amelda
fund.
We're
going
to
have
to
transfer
money
in
from
the
other
funds
that
incurred
these
costs,
and
I
have
a
rough
breakdown
for
you,
because
these
costs
are
still
going
on
today,
but
because
I
think
we're
renting
some
pumps
and
buying
some
diesel
fuel
out
of
the
sewer
plant.
P
But
I'm
being
told
that
operation
will
probably
wind
down
at
the
end
of
this
month,
so
we'll
be
ready
to
close
this
fund
out.
But
general
numbers
for
the
general
fund.
We're
going
to
have
to
transfer
in
1.6
million
dollars
from
the
general
fund
to
the
email
to
fund
we'll
have
to
transfer
in
1.75
million
dollars
from
the
water
and
sewer
fund
and
approximately
250
000
from
the
solid
waste
fund,
and
that
will
cover
the
expenses
remaining
in
the
email
defined.
H
P
H
P
P
We
have
a
letter
from
fema
dated
august
21st.
That
said,
the
appeal
was
denied
and
then
the
mayor,
the
emergency
management
coordinator
and
myself,
we
met
with,
looks
like
congressman,
randy
weber
and.
A
Also
met
with
cornyn
in
and
cruz.
J
A
They
they
assist,
tried
to
assist
us,
but
it
didn't
go
through.
We
don't
understand
why
it
should
have.
We
think.
J
A
But
can't
make
them,
but
I
think
we
exhausted
every
avenue-
and
I
appreciate
captain
not
in
a
check
staying
on
top
of
it
because
he
did
it
was
causing
him
much
anguish.
P
And
I
need
to
also
explain
how
I'm
getting
these
numbers
real,
quick.
But
well.
Let
me
give
you
the
numbers
real,
quick.
So
the
first
year
of
this
transition
would
probably
cost
the
city
an
extra
150
000,
based
on
the
difference
between
those
two
wages
and
the
fact
that
you
need
two
more
firefighters,
as
opposed
to
the
ems
running
it
and
then,
by
year.
P
Five,
your
differential
or
your
extra
cost
is
about
three
hundred
thousand
so
for
your
first
five
years,
you're
looking
at
approximately
1.1
million
dollars
of
extra
cost
to
have
your
firefighters
run
this
operation
as
opposed
to
ems,
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
that
number
continues
to
grow
each
year
is
because
in
the
fire
contract,
not
only
do
they
get
an
annual
increase,
but
they
also
get
step
increases
every
two
years
so
like
for
not
every
two
years
permanently,
but
for
like
the
first
10
years
of
their
contract,
they
get
like
a
step
increase
every
two
years,
also
so
they're
getting
an
annual
increase
and
a
step
increase
as
they
progress,
so
their
salaries
are
progressively
moving
higher,
whereas
civilians
normally
usually
two
to
three
percent
a
year.
P
D
P
So
that's
that's
part
of
the
reason
for
the
price
increase
is
because
well
before
we
got
before
we
talked
about
transitioning
or
merging
this
into
fire.
We
were
only
paying
15
and
a
half
percent
towards
fire
pension.
That's
going
to
gradually
increase
to
either
18
or
18
and
a
half
percent
over
the
life
of
this
next
contract.
D
P
To
find
on
the
low
side,
because
you're
probably
going
to
have
difference
in
like
the
firefighters
as
they
also
progress,
they
get
different
levels
of
certification
pays
depending
on.
If
you
know
their
education,
their
experience.
If
they're
on
a
dive
team,
they
have
different
things
that
they
can
incentivize
them
for
and
adds
to
extra
pay
on
their
paycheck.
P
D
D
E
I
F
The
general
fund
has
a
132
million
dollar
budget.
The
general
fund
captures
the
general
activities
of
the
city
of
beaumont,
for
example,
police,
fire,
ems
parks,
libraries,
streets
and
drainage
and
so
forth.
So
that's
the
main
fund,
I'd
say
of
the
city
of
beaumont
132
million,
and
then
you
also
have
a
separate
water
fund,
solid
waste
fund,
hotel
occupancy
tax
fund
and
others
that
make
up
that
290
million.
F
F
Ems,
salary
increases,
we'll
add
an
estimated
three
hundred
thousand
school
staffing.
We
don't
have
full
staffing,
so
I
don't
think
we're
gonna
we're
not
gonna
realize
that
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
there
will
be
additional
cost
because
we
did
increase
their
hourly
rate
to
twenty
two
dollars
to
help
with
the
number
of
vacancies
and
turnover,
but
it
won't
be
300
000,
I'm
just
showing
that
number.
If
we
did
have
full
staffing.
F
F
41.3
million
is
the
estimated
sales
tax
receipt,
so
that's
less
than
probably
two
tenths
of
one
percent
from
what
we
budgeted.
So
we
wish
it
were
higher.
We've
had
some
good
months.
I
think
we
had
two
really
good
months
out
of
the
out
of
these
five
months.
We've
also
had
some,
I
mean
it's
been
up
and
down,
and
you
all
get
those
sales
tax,
monthly
statements.
F
For
fiscal
year
2022,
which
I'm
just
talking
about
next
year,
corona
relief
funds
for
bus
service
may
or
may
not
be
there.
Two
and
a
half
million
is
a
good
estimate
for
what
the
city
transfers
most
years
to
the
municipal
transit
fund.
F
F
If
we
did
that,
you
know
that
deficit
instead
of
starting
off
at
3.7
would
be
two
and
a
half
million
more.
So
thank
goodness
we
received
that
money.
We
think
we'll
receive
it
again,
but
we
don't
know.
I
mean
they're,
considering
as
you
know,
that
1.9
trillion,
maybe
2
trillion
federal
federal
money
again.
So
we'll
we'll
see
what
happens.
F
The
general
fund,
as
mr
simoneau
mentioned
to
you,
we'll-
need
to
transfer
approximately
1.6
million
to
the
imelda
fund
to
cover
expenses
tied
to
the
tropical
storm.
F
Then
you
can
see
the
general
fund.
This
is
very
important.
The
general
fund
will
need
to
transfer
funds
from
the
fund
balance
to
the
street
rehabilitation
fund
later
this
fiscal
year
to
continue
street
rehabilitation
or
we'll
need
to
issue
certificates
of
obligation
which
will
require
a
tax
increase
to
service
the
new
debt.
So
when
a
new
council
is
seated,
probably
well
in
may,
and
if
we
probably
have
one
or
two
runoffs
in
june
a
new
council,
a
critical
thing
they're
going
to
have
to
consider
is.
J
F
F
F
F
It
changes
every
year
with
the
the
rule
of
thumb
is
you'd
have
to
increase
your
tax
rate,
probably
two
cents,
just
for
that.
20
million
for
street
rehabilitation-
that's
before
you
consider
anything
else,
any
other
street
projects
any
other
drainage
projects,
any
other
general
improvements,
so
y'all
been
through
this
exercise
many
times,
so
I'm
speaking
more
to
the
public,
but
that's
the
process
that
we
use
every
two
to
three
years,
every
two
to
three
years.
F
Usually
you
consider
borrowing
for
street
projects,
drainage,
project
general
improvements
over
here,
it's
tied
to
the
tax
rate,
and
then
you
consider
borrowing
issuing
water
revenue
bonds,
which
is
tied
to
customers
rates,
water
and
sewer
rates,
which
is
on
their
water
bill.
Two
separate
things
financed
two
separate
ways.
F
F
F
E
E
D
I'm
constantly
hearing
talk
about
adding
more
sidewalks
into
the
city
of
beaumont,
these
street
improvements
and
the
money
associated
with
that.
That's
not
sidewalks,
that's
streets,
right,
that's
streets!
So,
while
I
think
we
can
all
agree,
we
would
love
to
have
more
sidewalks
funding
becomes
the
issue
on
that,
and
where
does
that
money
come
from?
D
F
So,
every
two
or
three
years
we
go,
you
all
normally
have
an
off-site
work
session.
You
talk
about
potential
projects,
let's
talk
about
street
projects
could
be
sidewalks
could
be
park,
improvements
could
be
drainage,
improvements
and
I'll.
Give
you
two
examples
so
back
and
I
think
2013
the
council
said
we
want
to
borrow
42
million
dollars
and
we
laid
out
for
you
and
spelled
it
all
out
project
by
project
listed
out
the
estimated
cost
to
that
project.
F
There's
a
small
built-in
contingency
and
the
council
voted
seven
to
zero
and
said
all
right.
We're
gonna
allow
the
city
of
belmont
y'all,
voted
on
it
and
proved
it
so
we
went
out
and
borrowed
42
million
dollars.
We've
completed
every
one
of
those
projects
except
riverfront
park.
The
reason
we
haven't
completed,
that
is
because
of
the
damage
from
the
storm
we
were
pretty
close
to
going
out
for.
E
F
Park
before
harvey,
so
that's
the
way
it
works,
and
then
three
or
four
years
ago
I
believe
we
did
the
same
thing
and
we
talked
about
y'all
did
potential
projects
to
fund
and
the
council
agreed
7-0
said
we're
going
to
borrow
10
million
dollars
for
street
rehabilitation
only
and
that's
what
we
did
and
the
tax
rate
increased
from
69
cents,
let's
back
up
used
to
be
64
cents,
probably
10,
plus
years
ago,
64
cents.
F
For
a
long
time,
when
the
council
borrowed
that
42
million
it
increased
to
69
cents
to
service
that
debt
to
repay
the
debt.
So
when
you
borrow
the
10
million
again,
it's
a
little
more
than
one
cent
at
that
time,
because
you
have
to
know
how
much
debt's
falling
off
how
much
is
coming
online?
What
are
interest
rates?
Doing?
Are
you
borrowing
for
20
years,
30
years,
which
took
two
cents
at
that
time?
You
borrowed
10
million
just
for
street
rehabs.
F
Tax
rate
to
71.,
so
this
new
council
is
going
to
have
to
go
through
this
same
exercise
and
determine
how
much
you
want
to
borrow
and
for
what
projects.
So
that's
a
consideration.
The
council
will
make
and
I've
seen
everything
from
sidewalks
discussed
to
various
park,
improvements
again
to
again
drainage
project
street
projects.
F
So
it's
all
going
to
be.
How
much
do
you
want
to
borrow
and
for
what?
Again?
That
is-
and
you
didn't
bring-
I'm
just
saying
this
for
the
folks
listening
totally
separate
from
water
and
sewer
projects,
water
and
sewer
projects
are
funded
by
the
bills
that
our
customers
pay
for
water
and
sewer
consumption.
F
So
that's
a
different
discussion
same
exercise.
How
much
do
you
want
to
borrow
how
much
your
rate's
going
to
increase
what
projects
you
identified,
which
are
all
in
the
capital
program?
So
to
answer
your
question,
if
the
council,
sometime
after
probably
july,
I
thought
we
start
talking
about
this.
The
council
makes
that
determination.
D
You
know
you're
talking
about
a
dog
park
completely
separate
funding
sources.
It's
you
know
to
improve
your
sewer
and
water
issues.
That's
out
of
the
enterprise
fund,
water
funds
doesn't
have
anything
to
do
with
the
general
fund
and
the
amount
we're
borrowing
for
capital
improvement
projects.
Is
that
right.
C
M
F
A
I
think
that's
right
and-
and
I
think
part
of
it
is
going
to
stay
open
a
little
longer
and
then
there's
other
facilities
on
that
site.
Oci
and
some
of
those
that
might
absorb
that
we'll
see.
J
L
Manager,
I
think
you
mentioned
when
there
are
projects
that
we
want
to
do
say
for
street
street
and
drainage
that
most
times,
if
we
attempt
to
get
money,
we
issue
bonds.
We
go
out
bond
issues
and
when
we
get
the
bond
issues,
if
we
get
say
20
million
dollars
in
bond,
that
that
has
an
impact
on
rates
or
how,
where
there's
that
money?
How
is
that
repaid.
F
Well,
the
tax
rate
is
divided
up
every
year.
The
tax
office
tells
us
out
of
that
71
cents.
What
portion
is
going
to
operations
to
the
general
fund?
What
portions
going
over
here
debt
service?
So
it's
again
divided
every
year
and
depending
on
how
much
you
borrow
and
how
long
you
finance
it.
For
you
know,
they'll
tell
you.
We
know
up
front
when
we
borrow
how
much
it's
going
to
take
to
service
that's
debt,
it's
the
same
thing
as
if
you
bought
for
the
public
listing.
F
If
you
bought
a
house
and
financed
it
over
30
years.
You
know
now
at
two
and
a
half
percent
interest
or
if
you
bought
a
car
and
financed
it
for
five
years.
You
know,
what's
your:
what's
your
monthly
note
going
to
be
well,
we
have
we
pay
twice
a
year,
a
note
to
service
that
debt,
depending
on
how
much
we
borrow
and
we'll
always
have
that
we
have
it
on.
F
We
have
it.
You
know
the
solid
waste
has
borrowed
solid
waste
funds,
borrowed
money,
water
fund
again
for
streets
in
general
fund
for
streets,
drainage
and
other
improvements.
So
it's
listed
out
in
a
report
that
we
give
y'all
you've,
seen
it
every
year
on
an
annual
basis.
What
are
our
debt
service
requirements
and
we
do
a
good
job
of
meeting
those
requirements.
Our
finance
office
is
on
top
of
it.
L
But
that
does
equate
to
an
increase
in
taxes
when
possible.
F
Yeah,
there's
there's
been
times
in
the
last
10
15
years,
where
we
had
a
lot
of
debt
falling
off
and
it
allowed
us
to
borrow
money
without
increasing
the
tax
rate.
J
F
Days
are
over.
Our
debt
now
is
pretty
much
level
until
we
borrow
next
time,
but
it's
pretty
level
now
for
the
next,
probably
15
20
years,
and
so
any
new
debt
that
the
council
wants
to
issue
is
going
to
require
tax
increase.
L
F
Doubt
so,
if
you
start
off-
and
let's
just
take
from
the
premise
that
I'm
just
using
this
an
example,
if
the
council
said
look,
we
like
the
8
million
a
year,
try
to
spend
eight
million
a
year,
eight
million
a
year
on
street
rehabilitation.
So,
let's
just
say,
16
million,
and
then
you
want
to
do
another.
10
million
dollars
worth
of
projects
and
round
it
off.
Let's
just
say:
hey:
we
want
to
borrow
25
million
dollars,
you're,
probably
going
to
have
to
increase
the
tax
rate
two
and
a
half
cents
to
service
that
debt.
L
So,
even
if
it's
not
coming
from
the
same
funds,
if
we
increase
our
debt
in
either
one
of
the
funds,
it's
going
to
come
back
to
how
we
repay
that
debt
either
way.
Is
that
correct.
L
So
to
say
that
one
does
not
affect
the
other.
In
the
end
it
affects
the
taxpayer,
always.
E
Okay,
anything
else
on
the
financial.
F
Mayor
council,
thank
you
for
your
time
today.
I
know
this
is
these.
Are
you
know
I
don't
anyone
that
says
the
city
of
beaumont
is
not
doing
a
lot
of
work
and
a
lot
of
good
work.
Besides,
the
street
projects
like
washington,
boulevard
that
are
under
construction
today
is
an
example
of
so
many
atoms
that
are
in
the
pipeline.
F
Big
ticket
items
from
the
pump
station
transmission
line
to
a
100
million
dollar
proposed
new
water
plant
in
the
west
end.
Why
do
we
need
that?
Well,
if
you
had
water,
a
water
source
out
of
the
lmba
canal,
right
there
on
close
to
major
drive,
as
well
as
our
pine
street
facility,
pumping
water
on
the
east
end
and
the
west
end
of
the
city
that
helps
everyone,
especially
if
you
look
down
the
line
30
50
years,
there's
really
a
lot
of
great
projects
on
this
list.
P
So,
mayor
and
council
we're
proposing
a
new
leak
adjustment
form
and
policy
specific
for
the
winter
event
that
just
occurred.
So
what
you
have
before
you
is
what
you'll
see
in
the
black
and
the
red.
That's
the
wording
of
our
original
leak,
adjustment,
form
and
policy,
and
what
we're
changing
it
to
specifically
for
this
storm
and
only
the
storm
is,
will
be
in
the
black
and
the
blue.
P
But
allow
me
to
compare
and
contrast
the
difference
between
the
two
with
just
giving
you
an
example,
and
I
think
it
would
clear
it
up
for
you
so
under
the
normal
leak
adjustment
form
and
policy.
This
is
what
would
happen.
You
get
a
water
bill
this
month
and
say
it's
about
60
to
70,
which
is
the
average
residential
water
bill
per
month.
P
P
Now.
What
we're
proposing
for,
which
is
very
different
for
this
winter
storm
event,
say
they
get
their
bill.
Seventy
66.70
they
get
the
winter
storm
bill.
Two
hundred
dollars
we're
not
going
to
make
them
pay
the
two
hundred
dollars
we're
going
to
have
them
pay
what
they
paid
us
last
month,
which
was
to
say
the
66
or
70
dollars.
P
They're
still
going
to
submit
this
form
they're
going
to
turn
in
all
the
required
paperwork
that
were
that
we're
requesting,
and
then,
when
we
figure
out
what
their
adjustment
is,
then
the
next
bill
would
be
would
be
corrected,
but
they
won't
be
out
of
pocket
for
the
money
that
was
caused
by
the
leak
and
also
this
leak
adjustment
will
not
count
towards
the
one
of
the
two
that
you're
allowed
in
any
12
months.
It
wouldn't
penalize
you
for
that.
P
L
P
H
H
P
P
P
Residential,
they
don't
need
a
licensed
plumber.
Okay,.
D
That
was
my
question
about
residential
as
well.
You
don't
have
to
have
a
license
plate
license.
Plumbers
are
going
to
be
a
scarce
commodity
for
for
a
while,
so
you
could
have
a
handyman
or
somebody
you
know,
put
a
shark
or
whatever
on
your
pipe
and
at
your
house,
and
you
don't
have
to
have
a
licensed
plumber
for
that
correct.
What
do
you
have
to
submit
in
the
form
of
documentation
of
those
repairs.
D
A
Is
there
some
instances
in
a
resident
like
if
they
had
major
problems
under
their
house
that
they
would
have
to
have
an
elect
a
licensed
plumber
or
no.
A
A
Okay,
that,
I
believe,
concludes
our
work
sessions,
so
now
would
be
the
time
for
any
citizen
who
wishes
to
speak.
If
you
would
like
to
make
public
comment
today,
now
is
the
time
to
do
so.
If
you
are
going
to
speak-
and
you
haven't
already
done
so-
please
fill
out
the
green
slip
at
the
rear
of
the
room
and
hand
it
to
the
officer.
She
will
call
out
your
name.
We
would
appreciate,
if
you
keep
your
comments
to
three
minutes.
A
C
K
I
watched
the
dog
park
issue
build
over
time.
Next
door
started
in
a
neighborhood,
a
neighbor
talking
on
the
next
door,
asking
that
they
needed
a
dog
park
because
they
lived
in
an
apartment
complex
and
they
had
some
place
needed
to.
Let
the
dog
run
and
stuff
like
that,
my
daughter's
in
houston
and
they
had.
K
Complexes
very
much
like
we're
building
right
now
throughout
the
west,
in
the
beaumont
in
other
parts
of
the
city
and
they're,
putting
in
dog
parks,
and
I'm
not
sure
if
the
city
has
encouraged
that,
but
I
think
to
take
the
pressure
off
of
the
city
to
build
dog
parks.
Maybe
they
should
be
encouraged
with
these
apartment
complexes
to
install
dog
parks.
K
K
As
far
as
the
the
water
system
yeah,
I
hear
a
lot
of
people
come
always
complaining,
because
you
know
everybody's
unhappy
with
the
covet
thing.
You
know
it's
like
they're,
they're
they're.
She
lettered
for
bear
looking
for
anything
wrong
and
everything's,
always
through
the
city
and
the
city's
got
a
big,
huge
pile
of
money
and
they
can
go,
spend
it,
and
you
know
I
think
today
was
a
very
sobering
meeting
in
that
regard.
K
K
Is
that
not
maybe
a
better
solution,
given
that
the
physical
condition
may
be
a
little
tight
and
certainly
big
industries,
the
ones
that
surviving
covet
and
and
the
oil
industry
changes?
Could
throw
money?
Didn't
the
skate
park
receive
some
money
outside
to
help
build
that
skate
park?
That's
my
recollection,
I'm
not
sure
if
it's
true
or
not,
but
that
same
thing
could
help
once
you
identify
locations
of
where
you
should
put
the
skate
parks.
That's
the
missing
piece.
Y'all
talked
about
it.
K
I
haven't
heard
anything
more,
but
I
think
if
you
can
say,
we
need
three.
We
need
three
state
parks
and
here
are
the
areas
of
the
city
that
need
to
have
the
skate
parks
to
make
sure
all
communities
are
being
served,
and
so
we
don't
have
political
issues
that
you're
making
an
issue
that
you
don't
want
to
have
to
deal
with,
which
I
can
understand
that,
but
I
mean
you
know
to
me:
let's
look
for
win
wins
here,
and
you
know
external
money.
K
I
mean
it's
out
there
and
you
know
I
mean
you,
don't
spend
city
money
and,
and
it
solves
the
problem
and
let's
face
it.
I
I
follow
a
lot
of
things.
I
I
subscribe
to
a
lot
of
newspapers.
K
I
subscribed
to
some
rendition
restaurant
industry
newspapers,
I
subscribed
to
the
public
human
resource
and
one
thing
we're
hearing
constantly
is
pets
are
a
big
thing
now
in
covet
and
not
just
pets,
particularly
dogs,
and
so
you
know,
I
think,
that's
an
issue
that
you
need
to
address
it.
It's
going
to
become
a
hot
button
and
coming
up
to
elections,
that's
a
good
thing
to
be
able
to
avoid,
but
I
mean
just
something
for
the
good
of
the
city,
because
people
are
going
to
come
back.
You've
heard
about
the
petition.
K
It's
not
hard
to
have
people
sign
a
petition
for
dog
stuff.
I've
got
a
face
mask
because
this
comes
from
petco.
Where
people
talk
to
you,
when
you
have
that
petco
face
mask
on
that's
just
a
sign
of
way.
Things
are
nowadays,
we've
had
a
shift
in
in
society
and
that's
towards
pets
right
now,
so
I
think
yeah,
but
it's
a
good
way
to
to
have
the
council.
K
A
Don't
know
come
on,
mr
hoffman.
I
believe
that
our.
C
That
our
he's
still
got
a
few
seconds
now.
A
D
A
D
J
D
D
I
want
to
thank
some
of
the
non-profits
and
churches
that
stepped
up
to
shelter
our
most
vulnerable
citizens
of
the
victory
temple
over
on
south
11th
street
calvary,
tabernacle,
islamic
society,
southeast
texas
and,
of
course
the
salvation
army
also
want
to
extend
my
appreciation
to
the
cajun
navy
for
coming
in
and
those
that
helped
fund
their
efforts,
and
you
know
pay
for
the
supplies
that
were
handed
out
for
the
last
couple
of
days
over
at
saint
mark's,
episcopal
church-
and
I
know
there
are
many
many
others
that
were.
D
In
efforts
to
pass
out
water
supplies-
and
I
don't
have
a
comprehensive
list
of
all
of
them,
so
I
won't
even
try
to
start
naming
them
all,
but
that
was
a
sign
of
where
our
city
can
come
together
and
we
have
always
come
together
during
crisis
situations
and
prayerfully,
and
hopefully
we
will
continue
to
do
so
with
the
nice
weather.
Today
we
are
looking
at
our
now
brown
and
damaged
plants
and
we're
looking
at
you
know.
Wow.
Are
we
going
to
have
to
look
at
this
for
a
long
time?
D
The
grower
says
that,
unfortunately,
the
wax
myrtles
were
damaged
in
the
freeze,
but
they
will
be
giving
away
eastern
redbud
trees,
500
3-gallon
trees
to
be
given
away,
live
oaks,
southern
magnolia,
eastern
redblood
trees
as
well
vitex
and
coppertone,
lock
white.
So
that's
this
saturday
to
go
pick
out
a
tree.
Thank
you,
mayor.
M
M
It's
hard
to
deal
with
these
kind
of
events.
It's
like
a
harvey
flood,
there's
only
so
much
that
our
system
can
handle,
but
yet
when
it
came
our
our
citizens
and
our
city
hall
and
employees
eoc
they
stepped
up
and
we
were
able
to
get
through
it
together.
So
I
do
appreciate
all
of
our
staff.
Thank
you,
mayor.
I
You
mayor:
well,
we
can.
We
all
appreciate
the
thousands
of
volunteers
that
you
didn't
see
that
we
never
see
that
step
up
when
something
like
this
happens.
That's
one
of
the
great
things
about
our
community
is.
We
have
so
many
great
people
that
live
here
and
you
don't
have
to
ask
them
to
do
something.
They
just
do
it
and
it's.
You
know.
I
know
a
lot
of
times
people
if
they
don't
see
it
on
facebook.
I
It's
like
it
didn't
happen,
but
I
know
for
a
fact
that
literally
thousands
of
people
were
out
helping
out
that
you
don't
see.
I
know
the
mayor
put
in
a
whole
lot
of
time
and
you
don't
and
she
isn't
going
to
call
everybody
and
say:
hey
here's
what
I
did
today,
but
when
you
get
a
chance,
if
you
ever
get
the
opportunity
to
get
an
idea,
what
the
emergency
operations
center
does,
we
do
want
to
pass
along
to
tim
and
bart
and
chris
and
literally
all
the
ones
that
made
it
all
work.
I
I
know
that
bart
got
a
lot
of
phone
calls
and
molly
got
a
lot
of
phone
calls
and
kyle
got
a
lot
of
phone
calls
and
chris
and
of
course,
todd's
got
to
keep
an
eye
on
the
water,
so
I
know
he's
getting
phone
calls,
but
I
mean
we
know
we're
gonna
get
them
up
here,
but
these
are
people
that
go
above
and
beyond
that
you
don't
that.
Aren't
gonna
stand
up.
I
Tell
you
hey
here's
what
I
did
last
week,
but
we've
got
some
great
people
that
put
in
a
whole
lot
of
time
and
all
things
considered,
we
got
we're
looking
at
75
degree
weather
today.
You
know,
and
I
was
glad
that
we
lifted
the
ball
notice
when
we
did
it
didn't
really
help
me.
I
I
didn't
probably
didn't
see:
jeremy
today
for
obvious
reasons
with
the
local
plumbers
union,
because
those
guys
are
jumping
through
their
hats.
You
know
we've
we're
so
fortunate
to
live
in
a
community
and
I
try
to
you
know.
I
tell
everybody
just
how
fortunate
we
are
and
the
great
people
that
we've
had
here
and
sadly,
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
we've
lost
some
really
spectacular
people,
rogers
ellis,
who
was
the
fourth
mcdonald's
in
texas
in
1969
and
rogers.
I
You
can't
buy
it
and
having
known
rogers
extremely
well,
since
he
first
got
here.
I
recall
that
when
he
opened
the
mcdonald's-
and
this
is
a
really
a
cool
story-
the
guy
was
an
outstanding
sales
representative
for
ncr
and
he
kept
his
ncr
job
for
six
months.
I
I
He
passed
away
as
well
and
and
for
those
people
that
stayed
on
their
toes
marcia
woody
zumo
was
very
good
at
getting
all
her
students
to
do
exactly
that
and,
and
she
recently
passed
away.
We
have
so
many
great
people
in
beaumont
that
have
made
our
community
better
and,
as
you
go
throughout
this
week,
thank
the
ones
that
are
still
with
us,
because
the
people
that
are
here
is
what
make
beaumont
what
it
is.
I
It's
not
our
buildings,
it's
the
people
and
we
just
have
a
great
community,
and
last
week
we
got
a
chance
to
just
see
how
good
so
many
of
them
are
because,
as
when
you
get
down
to
nine
or
ten
degrees,
and
it
hadn't
been
that
cold
in
100
or
150
years.
I
E
Okay,
thank
you.
Councilmember
samuel.
L
L
That's
been
given
to
those
who
had
problems
with
their
water
as
a
result
of
the
storm.
L
As
I
sat
watching
water
flowing
from
my
office,
I
was
thinking
about
the
dollars
that
were
flowing
down
the
street
in
calling
3-1-1,
in
which
I
did
and
having
to
wait
for
over
four
hours
because
of
the
backup
I
thought
about
what
that
meant,
not
just
to
me,
but
what
that
meant
to
all
of
the
other
citizens
who
was
watching
water
flowing
from
their
house.
So
thank
you
for
giving
that
consideration
and
thank
you,
councilmember
pate.
L
L
L
H
H
H
I'm
sure
there's
always
ways
that
you
can
improve,
but
when
it
happens
so
fast
and
it
doesn't
happen
on
a
regular
basis,
you're
just
forced
to
get
in
gear
and
do
whatever
you
need
to
do
so
to
the
311,
our
fire
department,
our
water
department,
mike,
I
believe
I
talked
to
you
more
last
week
than
I
have
in
six
years.
I
really
did,
but
thank
you
so
very
much
and
to
the
entire
city
staff.
H
H
H
H
Our
ems
ev
everyone
just
pulled
together
to
to
make
it
happen.
Also
two
of
the
the
area's
victory
temple
and
the
islamic
of
southeast
texas
were
in
my
wards.
I
was
able
to
visit
those
two
facilities
in
my
ward,
but
also
visiting
saint
mark's
and
salvation
army.
I
want
to
thank
those
all
of
those
groups
for
pitching
in,
but
when
everyone
worked
together,
that's
what
happened
it
works
and
it
will
always
work
when
everyone
wants
to
see
everything
succeed
and
I
think
the
homeless
was
service.
H
H
H
H
Everything
was
frozen,
everything
is
dead,
so
we're
going
to
have
to
pull
up
clean
out
and
replant
so
they're
giving
away
for
free.
So
please
go
out
pick
those
up
and
let's
replenish
our
shrubberies
and
greenery
around
the
city,
and
I
want
to
give
condolences
to
the
bassette
family
for
the
loss
of
their
family
member
and
also
it's
been
so
much
that
has
gone
on
this
month.
H
J
H
E
D
F
There
is
a
city
policy
city.
Employees
should
not
be
active
or
involved
in
any
political
campaigns.
So
what
happens
is
oftentimes
a
candidate?
Will,
you
know,
go
in
or
a
friend
you
know,
go
in
and
put
something
down
on
a
desk
or
put
something
up
in
a
library
or
in
one
of
our
buildings,
and
when
we
see
it,
you.
D
J
F
We
did
have
a
council
member
and
an
at-large
candidate
go
to
the
sterling
pruitt
center
yesterday
afternoon,
around
five
o'clock
and
complaints
have
been
made.
I
don't
know
if
the
actual
employee
has
made
a
complaint
yet,
but
I
know
some
people
have
already
contacted
hr,
we'll
we'll
investigate
the
matter
and
provide
that
information
to
the
council.
F
We
have
video
of
the
not
audio
of
the
exchange,
but
video
of
the
event
and
hr
is
fully
aware
of
it.
I'm
aware
of
it,
you
know
it's
one
of
those
deals
where
I
work
for
the
seven
of
you
all
the
other
employees
report,
basically
up
to
me
or
the
city
attorney
or
the
city
clerk
or
the
chief
magistrate.
D
Thank
you,
and
you
know
I
want
to
address
that
because,
yes,
I
did
go
to
the
sterling
pruitt
center.
Someone
asked
to
see
it.
They
hadn't
been
there
before
I
took
them
when
I
got
there.
I
did
see
some
campaign
material
on
the
desk
at
the
receptionist
station
and
I
did
mention
to
that
receptionist
that
that
is
against
city
policy,
but
I
did
not
direct
that
receptionist
to
do
anything
because
she's,
not
my
employee,
okay,
she's,
the
employee
of
mr
hayes.
D
D
They
were
removed,
they
may
be
back
today.
I
don't
know,
but
I
did
do
that
and
I
don't
see
that
anything
wrong
about
that
and
I'll
say
right
now
that
I
hope
no
other
employees
go
out
there
and
I
mean
no
other
candidates
go
out
there
and
start
putting
hand
bills
out
there,
because
that's
inappropriate
and
against
city
policy.
F
Mayor
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
your
work
over
the
last
week.
I
want
to
thank
councilman
samuel
for
reaching
out
to
me
and
putting
it
on
our
mind
that
he
was
exactly
right.
Let's
try
to
help
the
citizens
when
we
can,
as
it
relates
to
leak
adjustment.
Thank
you,
the
other
council
members
for
all
of
your
work
and
causes,
support
and
so
forth.
F
I
don't
really
start
wanting
to
mention
names,
but
you
know
across
the
spectrum
from
our
eoc
to
especially
the
water
department,
men
and
women
in
the
water
department,
public
works
department
and
again
all
departments
just
working
together
and
to
see
that
again
we
saw
it
after
different
hurricanes.
We
saw
it
during
imelda.
We
saw
it
again
last
week
just
the
way
that
everyone
gets
along
works
together,
pitches
in
people
doing
different
jobs
during
an
event
like
that
then
they're
accustomed
to
maybe
monday
through
friday,
in
their
respective
other
jobs.
F
It
was
just
another
example:
just
exceptional
work,
inspiring
and-
and
we
we
thank
them
very
much.
I,
if
you
had
a
couple
you
know
bart
barkovic
molly
mike
harris
tim,
mcnachek,
shaquina
nobles,
just
there's
a
guy
named
troy,
troy,
pierce
and
daniel
mccarrick,
the
water
department.
You
wouldn't
even
see
out
there
at
the
plant
that
I
didn't
sleep
much
at
all.
I
mean
they
worked
really
really
hard
and
there
were
some
touch
and
go
moments.
F
I
can
tell
you
where
we
had
problems
that
they
jumped
on
and
addressed,
and
bart
and
molly
were
there
with
them,
and
some
of
us
saw
him
in
action
and
it
was
tough
stuff
for
a
while.
Thank
goodness
again,
we
didn't
lose
any
water
going
out
within
the
system
and
at
some
points
we
thought
that
could
happen
and
that
would
have
been
that
would
have
been
very,
very
difficult
to
deal
with.
F
So
we're
going
to
try
to
do
our
part
to
do
our
job
and
continue
to
do
our
job
and-
and
it
starts
with
you
all
and
your
support,
giving
our
employees
the
tools
to
do
their
jobs,
which
you
have
whether
it's
equipment
vehicles
I
mean
you
all,
have
been
supportive
100
for
many
many
years
and
it
makes
a
difference.
You
know
if
they
didn't
have
the
tools
to
do
their
job.
L
Yes,
go
ahead,
please
mr
manager.
L
F
Okay,
this
is
just
the
beginning.
I
mean
this
came
to
our
human
resources
department.
We
call
it
personnel
now
personnel
department
this
morning
and
we'll
do
everything
we
can
to
protect
the
employee.
I
think
the
employee
is
a
part-time
employee.
That's
been
working
for
the
city
for
many
years,
and
the
city
attorney
will
work
with
the
personnel
department
to
protect.
F
D
A
D
A
O
E
M
O
It's
not
your
role
to
go
out
and
enforce
sign
ordinances,
hand,
bills,
or
any
of
that.
If
you
see
something
that
you
don't
think
should
be
the
way
it
should
be
call
a
city
clerk
call
me
sign
ordinances,
they're
all
over
in
all
over
the
city's
rights
away.
They
are
in
violation
of
state
law,
not
city,
ordinance,
state
law,
those
signs
can
be
removed
and
it
carries
a
classy
misdemeanor
penalty
that
can
be
enforced
in
municipal
court.
O
D
A
The
garbage
can
you
know
what
councilman
goetz,
I'm
just
going
to
say
this,
because
I'm
going
to
get
blamed
for
allowing
people
to
talk
about
you,
not
one
person
up
here
knew
who
councilmember
samuel
was
talking
about.
I
certainly
didn't
you
were
the
one
that
interjected
and
said
it
was
you
so
we're
not
going
to
go
there
anymore?
A
No
one
said
your
name,
so
don't
blame
everybody
else.
If
you
want
to
know
why
it
came
up,
look
in
the
mirror,
okay,
so
I
do
have
a
few
things
to
say,
because
this
has
been
an
eventful
week
and
I'm
going
to
make
this
a
positive
statement,
because
I
think
that
our
staff,
along
with
everyone
that
has
been
involved,
has
done
a
wonderful
job.
On
this
I
had
the
press
calling
me
saying:
what
could
you
have
done
better?
What
could
your
staff
have
done
better?
What
could
anybody
do
better?
A
A
At
one
time,
covid
was
still
going
on.
We
were
just
starting
our
vaccines.
We
had
just
finished
our
first
week
of
getting
the
11
000
vaccines
to
our
region
in
the
2500
to
our
to
our
health
department
to
administer.
We
were
just
ramping
that
up
when
this
happened,
and
so
I
think
of
what
mr
hoffman
says
and
he
said
people
are
saying:
what
did
the
s
did
you
do
for
me?
A
Well,
you
know
what
there's
more
than
just
tangible
things
right
now
we
have
to
work
together
and
and
and
not
point
fingers
and
say
you
know
what
I
didn't
lose.
My
electricity
you
might
have
had
to
boil
water,
but
some
people
didn't
have
any
water
to
boil
in
other
cities
there
are
some
cities
who
still
don't
have
any
water
to
boil
and
some
that
are
still
under
boil.
Water
notices,
hooray
for
the
city
of
beaumont
staff
and
everything
that
y'all
did,
and
I
thank
you
so
very
much.
A
Everyone
was
saying
it
was
going
to
be
monday
or
tuesday
all
the
self
people
that
say
what
they
think
is
going
to
happen
on
facebook.
We
knew
that
we
would
probably
get
it
sunday,
but
we're
not
going
to
put
that
out
there
until
we
do
it,
but
man
did
they
bust
it
to
get
that
done
bart,
and
please
take
that
back
and
kyle.
Please
take
that
back
to
those
employees.
That
did
that,
because
that
was
huge.
A
I
mean
to
me
in
the
scheme
of
things
boiling
water
wasn't
as
big
of
a
deal
because
there
could
be
a
whole
lot
worse.
We've
seen
it
we
know,
but
to
a
lot
of
people,
it's
very
important,
and
it
was
important
to
our
restaurants
too,
because
they've
already
suffered
with
covid
and
then
you
know,
then
they
have
to
close
because
of
this,
if
they
don't
have
the
ability
to
follow
the
guidelines,
and
so
I
just
want
to
thank
any
everyone
involved,
as
par
as
far
as
3-1-1
those
people.
A
A
You
could
report
it
through
that
you
could
go
to
the
city
website
and
you
could
report
it
through
that
and
you
didn't
have
to
wait
on
the
phone
and
in
addition
to
that
there
is,
there
was
put
forward
a
self-damage
assessment
app
through
our
website,
so
people
could
do
their
self
damage
report.
We
put
that
out
in
the
media.
People
said
well,
you
know,
I
don't
get
my
news
on
facebook,
but
then
someone
else
says.
Well,
I
only
look
at
facebook.
Well,
you
know
what
we
sent
tweets
out.
We
did
robo
calls.
A
We
sent
press
releases
out
to
the
news
stations,
both
both
print
media
and
video
consistently.
We
had
two
people
working
on
our
facebook
pages.
They
were
overwhelmed.
We
we
put
things
out
over
and
over
and
over
again.
So
what
I
would
ask
if
we
have
this
happen
again-
and
there
is
another
mayor
sitting
up
here-
I
would
hope
that
people
would
take
responsibility
for
for
looking
at
this
stuff
and
trying
to
trying
to
find
out
what's
going
on
before
you
criticize.
A
You
know,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
people
working
long
and
hard,
and
you
might
think
in
the
back
your
mind.
Well,
that's
what
I
pay
my
taxes
for.
Well,
guess
what
everybody
that
was
trying
to
work
toward
getting
us
back
to
where
we
needed
to
be.
They
pay
taxes
too,
and
so,
let's
just
remember
how
we
need
to
work
together
on
this.
A
Our
lab
people
don't
even
know
that
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
that,
because
then
somebody
will
be
saying
they
made
our
lab
happen,
but
anyway,
so
the
three
one
one
three
one
one
app
website:
email
self
damage
wall
water
notice
has
been
lifted.
A
We
had
a
couple
of
shelters
that
I
understand
weren't
half
full,
so
we
did
provide
that
service
for
those
citizens
that
needed
it.
The
ones
that
wanted
it
we
had.
Our
police
department
was
riding
around
and
asking
people
you
know
that
were
possibly
homeless.
If
they
wanted
to
go
to
a
shelter,
because
there
was
absolutely
space
available
in
two
private
shelters
and
one
non-profit.
A
I'm
going
to
make
sure
I
don't
forget
anything.
Okay
and
with
that
said
I
want
to,
and
I've
asked
and
you
brought
this
up
councilmember
the
the
leak
damage
assessment
will
be
mailed
out.
You
know
to
the
citizens,
but
also
this
is
the
home
page
of
our
facebook.
A
I
mean
sorry
of
our
website
and
if
you
look
at
the
top
three
blocks,
it's
all
about
covid,
because
that's
what
you
know
we've
been
working
on,
however,
right
up
here
above
it
at
the
very
top
in
the
blue
and
there's
one
up
here
in
the
red.
It
says:
winter,
weather,
updates
and
information
click
here.
A
A
Also
on
that
winter
weather.
Remember,
we're
talking
covid
and
we're
talking
winter
weather.
We
have
two
different
things
going
on:
we've
got,
cares
act
going
on
for
covid
and
we've
got
sba
financial
assistance
for
the
storm
for
the
ice
storm.
So
if
you
click
on
that
also
you
will
find
the
sba
financial
assistance
information
both
in
english
and
in
spanish
versions
for
residents
and
businesses
impacted
by
the
recent
winter
storm
owner,
and
it
will
also
be
on
our
social
media
pages.
A
It's
easier
to
look
at
the
website
because,
as
you
know,
social
media
rolls
and
you
might
post
some.
It
might
be
way
at
the
bottom
and
you've
got
to
scroll
and
look
for
it.
That's
one
of
the
things
I
had
people
complain
about
is
that
when
you
put
it
on
facebook,
you
got
to
keep
posting
it
because
then
people
write
and
then
you
can't
find
it
well.
Everything
that
we
put
on
facebook
is
also
put
on
our
on
our
website.
So
you
can
look
here
for
winter
storm.
A
You
can
look
here
for
for
covid.
A
So
if
you
don't
know
the
president
and
the
governor
did
sign
for
the
sba
or
the
the
president
signed
for
the
sba
financial
assistance,
which
is
basically
fema
too,
and
so
there
will
be
assistance
available
for
people
who
did
suffer,
damages
that
don't
have
insurance,
but
it
will
explain
it
all
as
we
get
it.
We
don't
have
everything
right
now,
but
we
will
have
english
and
spanish
versions,
and
part
of
it
is
already
up
there.
A
That
information
will
be
on
there
and
but
I
just
want
again
to
thank
everyone
that
was
involved
in
this.
I've
been
through
more
disasters
than
I
want
to
remember,
and
this
is
one
that
we've
never
experienced
before
at
least
not
recently.
I
think
we
had
a.
We
had
a
a
10
degree,
I
think,
or
a
9
degree
in
1997,
but
it
was
only
a
couple
of
days
where
this
lasted
several
days,
which
made
it
even
worse.
A
So
I
just
want
to
say
you
if
our
employees
that
are
working
so
hard
to
read
facebook,
it
would
be
very
disheartening
for
them,
and
I
want
to
tell
y'all
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
know
what
y'all
are
doing
and
that
you're
doing
a
lot
and
you
are
doing
a
lot
for
the
citizens
out
there
and
many
of
them
the
silent
majority,
so
appreciates
it.
So,
thank
you
all
so
much
with
kovid.
A
A
We
are
not
in
that
anymore.
So
therefore,
the
restaurants
can
go
back
up
to
75
percent,
et
cetera,
et
cetera.
The
governor
has
not
relaxed
the
mask
rule,
it's
still
in
effect,
and
some
of
the
other
rules
are
still
in
effect.
However,
we
are
no
longer
a
high
hospitalization
area,
so
that
does
affect
some
of
the
businesses.
A
Certainly
the
restaurants
and,
I
believe,
bars
too.
I'm
not
going
to
be
a
lawyer
and
tell
you
what
it
says:
you'll
have
to
look
at
it,
so
we
unfortunately,
though,
did
have.
A
I
want
to
thank
again
the
I.t
department
and
bart
and
your
group
for
establishing
the
portal,
that's
being
used
throughout
our
region
and
we're
adding
more
to
it
every
day
and
it's
getting
better
and
better
where
you
can
search
and
find
things,
and
if
people
go
to
vaccine.beaumonttexas.gov,
they
can
register
and
they
will
get
a
phone
call
or
an
email
or
a
text,
and
I
am
hearing
nothing
sherry,
omar
kenneth.
Thank
you
all.
So
much.
I'm
hearing
nothing
but
rave
reviews
about
how
smooth
it's
going
at
the
health
department.
A
I
mentioned
this
last
week
that
we're
hoping
that
we
can
keep
it
there
and
not
have
to
move
to
a
bigger
facility,
because
it's
working
so
well
and
we
have
the
right
refrigerators
there
to
do
what
we
need
to
do.
But
everyone
that's
been
there.
I
even
got
a
text
this
morning
from
somebody
that
had
their
second
one.
A
They
said
the
second
one
was
just
as
easy
as
the
first
one
and
so
kudos
to
our
staff
at
the
health
department
too,
and
for
a
staff
to
handle
two
natural
disasters
at
one
time
in
our
health
department,
in
our
eoc
and
our
water
department
and
our
streets
and
drainage
in
our
administration-
and
I
know
I'm
gonna
forget
somebody,
but
you
all
know
trash
even
trash.
They
were
picking
up.
A
A
In
the
beginning
there
were
rumors
out
again
about.
We
were
going
to
turn
the
water
off
that
we
lost
our
water
that
never
happened.
I
want
to
reiterate
that
again
because,
that's
still
being
said,
beaumont
texas
did
not
lose
our
water.
We
had
low
water
pressure
because
of
breaks
that
we
talked
about
earlier
today
and
that's
bottom
line,
and
anybody
that
says
otherwise
is
just
not
telling
the
truth.
A
So
please,
you
know,
I
don't
even
think
people
realize
when
they
put
things
like
that
out
in
social
media,
how
many
people
it
takes
to
combat
it
and
to
and
to
get
the
word
out
that
that's
not
what's
happening
because
it
just
goes
viral,
and
but
we
have
people
that
know
how
to
handle
it
and
they
did
and
we
got
it
squelched,
although
sometimes
that
doesn't
always
help,
but
anyway
I'll
stop,
but
I'm
just
very
excited
about
how
we're
handling
covid,
how
we're
handling
our
ice
storm
not
excited
about
the
events,
but
I'm
very
excited
about
the
handling
of
it.
A
And
I
just
want
to
say:
city
staff.
Don't
read
just
work,
don't
look
at
that
stuff
because
you
did
a
good
job.
Thank
you!
So
much
yeah
and
I
did
read
the
executive
session,
so
we
will
now
recess
into
executive
session.
Thank
you
all
for
coming.