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We are excited to introduce Chris Boone as the new Interim City Manager effective 3/31. He has been a dedicated employee of the City of Beaumont for over 15 years and has a vested interest in seeing the community grow. Tune in to our live stream NOW to learn about him and his vision for the future.
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A
Welcome
everyone
we
are
so
excited
you're.
Here
with
us.
I
am
lauren
monets,
the
director
of
communications
for
the
city
of
beaumont,
and
I
am
so
excited
to
get
to
be
the
very
first
to
introduce
to
you,
the
newly
appointed
interim
city
manager,
so
I'm
so
excited
to
have
mr
chris
boone
here
with
us.
He
was
the
director
of
planning
and
community
development
at
the
city
of
beaumont,
and
previously
the
director
of
public
works
in
the
city
of
west
orange.
So
without
further
ado,
mr
chris
boone.
A
B
Sure
sure,
well,
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
share
a
little
bit
about
my
work
experience
life
experience,
so
my
family
and
I
moved
here
my
wife
and
two
daughters.
We
moved
to
beaumont
almost
20
years
ago,
so
back
in
2003,
and
we
moved
here
from
the
city
of
mobile
alabama,
which
is
essentially
where
I
was
where
I
grew
up.
B
Growing
up,
I
did
fortunate
to
do
a
lot
of
traveling
and
I
had
seen
where
other
communities
had
done
certain
projects
or
made
certain
efforts
to
really
improve
their
communities.
So
when
I
was
in
college,
they
were
actually
doing
a
lot
of
that
at
the
city
of
mobile,
and
so
they
were
doing
a
new
convention
center
and
they
had
a
new
plan
for
downtown.
So
I
got
very
interested
in
it.
So
during
college
I
yeah
no
problem.
B
So
during
college
I
signed
up
to
become
an
intern
with
the
city
of
mobile
and
basically
got
a
degree,
a
minor
in
city
planning
and
then
a
master's
in
urban
planning
from
nyu
and
then
came
back
to
mobile
and
got
a
job
with
the
city
of
mobile,
doing
planning
and
downtown
economic
redevelopment,
and
things
like
that.
So
that's
really.
What
got
me
excited
about?
It
is
really
seeing
it
in
my
my
original
town
of
mobile
and
then
trying
to
learn
those
skills
and
try
to
bring
those
to
other.
C
B
You
had
to
go
to
a
bunch
of
different
offices
and
talk
to
a
bunch
of
different
people
to
try
and
get
a
simple
permit,
and
so
we
really
reorganized
that
into
a
single
department
and
we
actually
physically
remodeled
the
second
floor
to
make
it
much
more
customer
friendly,
much
more
easy,
much
easier
to
to
go
through
that
process.
The
other
thing
we
did
is
we
converted
it
from
a
paper
project
process
rather
to
a
digital
process,
so
in
everything
everything's
now
computerized.
The
good
thing
about
that
is
everything
can
now
go.
B
Basically,
you
know
so
you
can
call
3-1-1
to
get
a
permit
inspection
request,
and
that
goes
straight
to
the
inspector's
vehicle
out
in
the
field.
So
it's
very
efficient
in
terms
of
how
we
do
things.
The
other
thing
is
that,
by
going
from
paper
to
digital,
you
able
to
capture
that
data,
so
we're
able
to
make
decisions
as
where
to
allocate
resources
and
assets
based
on
that
data.
That's
code
enforcement.
B
So
if
you
have
higher,
you
know
a
lot
more
high
grass
in
this
area,
you
can
allocate
more
personnel
there
same
thing
with
planning
and
zoning
and
building
if
there's
more
activity
going
on
in
this
area.
You
know
we'll
know
about
that
and
maybe
where
to
allocate
resources,
so
the
third
benefit
of
that
is
or
was
once
we
when
the
pandemic
started,
and
we
had
to
you
know
close
city
hall,
for
I
think
it
was
several
weeks
to
the
public
that
allowed
us
to
keep
going.
So
we
never
slowed
down.
We
never
stopped.
B
During
the
pandemic.
We
were
able
to
keep
the
permit
process
going,
keep
inspections
going,
so
it
was
very
beneficial
in
that
way.
So
the
one
stop
you
know
permitting
process
has
been.
You
know
a
real
improvement,
I
think
for
the
city
and
we've
been
fortunate
again
a
great
team
in
making
that
happen,
you
know
citywide
working
with
again
kyle
hayes
our
current
city
manager
and
our
other
department
directors.
B
Great
team
worked
on
a
lot
of
great
projects
over
the
years,
including
the
calder
project,
the
event
center,
the
lake
district
downtown
the
lakeside
center
or
the
senior
activity
center.
The
skate
park
downtown
so
just
a
variety
of
quality
of
life
projects
like
that.
That
again,
we
feel
like
is
going
to
make
beaumont.
You
know
just
a
better
place
to
live,
work
and
play.
B
B
As
you
know,
so,
we've
gotten
grants
for
16
new
vehicles,
we're
trying
to
rebrand
the
transit
system,
improve
efficiencies
out
there
and
then
so
yeah
there's
a
lot
of
miscellaneous
projects
over
the
years
that
I've
worked
on
the
farmers
market
is
one
again
becky
stedman
and
sarah
palmer
were
citizens
making
that
happen
and
continuing
that
to
happen.
But
you
know
in
terms
of
staff
on
site.
B
B
I
would
say
you
know
it's
just
a
great
group
of
employees
and
you
know
you
come
to
the
office
and
you
know
people
really.
Our
staff
really
is
passionate
about.
You
know:
delivering
high-level
service
to
the
customers,
and
so
that's
what
kind
of
makes
it
fun
is
they're,
always
trying
to
do
better.
They
know
they're
servicing
the
community.
C
B
Do
yeah
yeah
and
it
again
it's
you
know
every
job
I
think
brings
something
to
make
a
community
better,
but
you
know
when
you're
working
for
a
city,
you
know
you
feel,
like
you
get,
you
know
some
immediate
feedback.
I
think
to
that,
and
I
think
it
I
think
you
know
our
staff.
Our
city
employees
sees
that
so,
whether
it's
again
our
employees
and
planning
community
development,
or
whether
it's
of
course
public
safety,
streets
and
drainage
water,
I
mean
across
the
board.
C
B
So
for
interim,
of
course,
you
know
this
is
a
kind
of
the
first
stage
of
the
process,
so
you
know
my
goal
at
this
point.
The
city
manager
kyle,
hayes
again
has
been
here
for
city
manager
for
going
on
two
decades,
and
so
we
certainly
benefited
from
his
leadership
in
this
community
and
and
will
continue
to
at
least
through
march,
and
so
my
goal
is
to
again.
I've
got
a
lot
to
learn
and
I've
got
to
work
with
kyle
and
learning
some
of
this.
B
But
to
maintain
stability
I
mean
we've
got
to
focus
on
as
we
move
forward.
Through
this
stage
of
the
process,
we've
got
to
focus
on
stability.
We've
got
to
maintain
fundamentals,
so
keeping
on
budget
developing
next
fiscal
year's
budget
got
to
focus
on
you
know:
public
safety,
police
and
fire
as
well.
As
you
know,
delivery
of
all
of
our
services.
You
know
maintaining
and
improving
our
water
and
sewer
streets
and
drainage.
There's
a
lot
there's
a
lot
that
goes
into
it
so
right
now,
I'm
just
focusing
on
maintaining
some
stability
in
that
transition.
B
So
opportunities,
I
know,
we've
been
focused
on
downtown
a
good
bit
for
the
last
decade
and
and
we
have
tremendous
opportunities
with
the
redevelopment
of
the
riverfront
and
so
we're
looking
forward
to
that
with
555
maine
and
the
redevelopment
of
the
riverfront
park.
So
we
we
look
forward
to
try
to
get
some
again
some
park,
amenities
down
the
river,
try
to
get
some
restaurants
and
maybe
some
nightlife
down
on
the
river.
B
B
B
B
So
I
think
a
community-wide
visioning
process,
where
we
all
step
back
and
say,
okay,
what
what
are
those
issues
that
are
obstacles
for
us
growing,
our
community,
and
so
I
think,
I
think,
a
community-wide
visioning
planning
process
to
identify
those
obstacles
and
opportunities
moving
forward,
and
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
issues.
There's
no
doubt
you
know
we
can
talk
about.
B
Well,
we
just
there
are
a
lot
of
issues
we
need
to
work
through
for
sure
you
know
we
talk
about,
and,
and
I'll
be
I'll
be
blunt.
You
know
we
have
there's
a
lot
of
distractions
out
there
in
terms
of
our
differences
in
terms
of
you
know,
different
parts
of
the
city,
but
I
think
we
really
need
to
focus.
We
really
need
to
focus
on.
You
know
what
what
do
we
have
in
common
as
a
community?
B
B
How
can
we
make
it
better,
and
so
you
know
just
little
things
like
you
know,
anytime,
you
can
come
together
as
a
community
and
celebrate
that's
a
good
thing,
and
I
think
that
improves
that,
and
so
you
know,
as
we
look
towards
the
end
of
this
month,
we've
got
mardi
gras
coming
so
that's
an
opportunity
for
a
community
as
a
whole,
all
parts
of
the
community
to
come
together.
You
know,
eat,
drink
and
have
a
good
time,
and
so
we're
looking
forward
to
that
for
sure.
C
B
B
Right
so
the
plan
is
for
me
to
probably
work
a
lot
of
extra
hours
and
still
be
the
department
director
over
the
department,
but
I
will
be
honest
that
I
will
be
depending
you
know,
heavily
on.
We
have
a
terrific
staff
in
our
department,
so
I
will
be.
I
will
be
relying
on
them
to
help
me
out
through
these
next
few
months
for
sure.
B
You
know
just
again:
we
want
to
thank
course,
kyle
hayes
for
his
tremendous
service
to
this
community.
It's
it's
immeasurable,
and
so,
as
we
look
forward,
you
know
we
just
ask
them
to
be
patient.
There's
gonna
be
a
transition
period
here
in
the
next
few
months,
and
so
just
ask
for
them
to
be
patient
with
us
as
we
try
to
get
through
this
next
phase.