Jun 17, 2025 City Council Meeting

WELL, FELIX, WOULD YOU MIND, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN, UH, THE, THE INVOCATION AND THEN THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG? CAN YOU STAND OUT THERE? YES.

UM, THAT'S GOOD.

NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO STEPHANIE CRUZ AND LAURA SOTO FOR OBTAINING THE COURT CLERK LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATION FROM, UH, ROSENBERG MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

IF WE CAN JUST BOW OUR HEADS.

LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY THAT WE GET TO CONGREGATE AND, AND FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER.

LORD GOD.

FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US AS WE CHOOSE WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.

LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

FATHER, WE ASK YOU, FATHER, FOR WISDOM FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR, THAT WE CHOOSE WHAT'S RIGHT FOR, FOR THE CITY.

LORD, WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE THANK YOU, FATHER FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR JUST THE, THE ABUNDANCE OF LOVE THAT YOU HAVE HERE FOR US.

LORD GOD, WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO BLESS ROSENBERG, TEXAS, LORD GOD, THAT IT IS A CITY AFTER YOUR HEART, LORD GOD, WE SAY ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME.

IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

FELIX.

OUTSTANDING.

I DIDN'T BRING MY GLASSES.

YEAH, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

ALRIGHT,

[ Presentation of Certificates of Recognition to Stephanie Cruz and Laura Soto for Obtaining the Court Clerk Level 1 Certification from the Municipal Court Clerk Certification Program. (William Benton, Mayor) ]

ARE THEY HERE? ARE THEY HERE? LET'S SEE.

UH, IF THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SHY.

UM, IS THERE, UH, , UM, THEIR BOSS HERE? OKAY.

IS THERE, IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THESE ON THEIR BEHALF? OKAY.

ANYBODY? SOMEBODY, NOBODY.

NOW WE, UH, LET'S GO TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WE HAVE A FEW.

[ Announcements. ]

FIRST OF ALL, THIS THURSDAY, JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY CLOSURE, THAT IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY CITY FACILITIES WILL BE CLOSED, UH, THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH, IN OBSERVANCE OF THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY, EXCUSE ME.

NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS WILL RESUME ON FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH.

THERE WILL BE NO INTERRUPTIONS FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTIONS.

GFL WILL OPERATE ACCORDING TO ITS REGULAR SCHEDULE.

ALRIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

UM, SUPER BEACH POTTY ADOPTION EVENT SET FOR JUNE 21ST.

THAT IS THIS SATURDAY AT THE FORT BEND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, BUILDING B, VISIT BUILDING B UH, AT THE FORT BEND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IS SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM FOR THE SUPER BEACH POT PAULY ADOPTION EVENT.

THAT'S A PLAY ON WORDS.

UM, THERE WILL BE FOOD TRUCKS, VENDORS, AND LOTS OF ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT, UH, THE CITY'S WEBPAGE ON ANIMALS AT, UM, BERG SHELTERS, PETS.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE CITY STILL DOES NOT CHARGE TO ADOPT OUT ANIMALS, AND WE NEED TO, OR THE SHELTERS ARE FULL.

SO PLEASE COME GET, COME GET THESE ANIMALS.

THEY'RE ALL CHIPPED.

THEY'RE, UH, SPAYED OR NEUTERED AND OR NEUTERED, AND THEY ARE VACCINATED.

THAT'S ABOUT A $600 VALUE.

THE CITY IS BEAT UP REGULARLY.

UM, FOLKS CLAIM THAT WE, UH, THAT WE PUT ANIMALS TO DEATH FOR NO REASON AND ALL THIS OTHER

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NONSENSE.

I CAN ASSURE, UH, THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT TRUE.

UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADOPT OUT THESE ANIMALS AND IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, GETTING ONE NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

ALRIGHT, NOW FOR A LITTLE MORE FUN FAMILY.

FOUR CELEBRATION SET FOR JULY 4TH.

WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS THAT? FRIDAY.

IT'S GONNA BE AT THE SEABORNE CREEK NATURE PARK.

FRIDAY, JULY 4TH, SIXTH TO 10.

UH, THE 26TH, UH, SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EVENT WILL FEATURE STILL COUNTRY WITH SPECIAL GUEST KEVIN BLACK.

WHO IS KEVIN BLACK? THAT IS CLINT BLACK'S BROTHER.

HAVE Y'ALL EVER HEARD OF CLINT BLACK? I HOPE YOU HAVE THE GREAT CLINT BLACK.

WELL, THIS IS HIS BROTHER.

HE IS EVEN GREATER THAN CLINT.

AND CLINT IS PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD.

UM, SO HE'S, HE'S GONNA OPEN UP THE SHOW.

SO FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN CALL 8 3 2 5 9 5 35 20.

ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS, UH, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

GEORGE, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, NO SIR.

BUT I THINK THAT, UH, THE PEOPLE COME OUT AND, AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE VENUES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AS WELL.

OH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, THIS FIREWORK DISPLAY IS, UH, IS PRETTY COSTLY TO THE CITY AND ALL THE, THE BIG TO-DO, UH, FOR THE EVENT.

SO WE HOPE THAT, UM, FOLKS WILL COME OUT TO THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT AND UTILIZE IT.

UM, PARKING IS FREE.

ADMISSION IS FREE.

THE BAND IS FREE.

UM, WELL, AND I HAVE A, A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.

I ACTUALLY FELL VICTIM TO ONE OF THE ADOPTION EVENTS THIS PAST WEEKEND.

DID YOU ADOPT ANOTHER ANIMAL? I DID.

YOU DID? I'M WELL WITHIN THE CITY ORDINANCE, BUT, UM, IT'S TRUE.

WHAT THEY SAY, IT WAS FREE.

I JUST HAD TO SIGN A PAPER.

IT, IT COSTS NOTHING IS HIS VET, HIS VETERINARY CARE IS TAKEN CARE OF.

AND THEY EVEN LOANED ME A CAGE, WHICH HE OUTSTANDING, WHICH HE DOESN'T NEED A PUPPY.

PUPPY.

AND HE'S CUTE AND I LIKE HIM SO FAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR THAT.

IT'S, IT'S STILL NEW, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING ALONG.

RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, SIR.

WELL, SO, UM, YEAH, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS GOING ON.

SO, OH, ONE OTHER THING I MIGHT ADD.

THERE WILL BE A, A JUNETEENTH PARADE, UH, THIS THURSDAY.

IT'S, UM, IT STARTS, THEY'RE GONNA BE LINING UP BEHIND PLANET FITNESS.

IS THAT, IS THAT THE, IS THAT THE NAME OF IT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES, SIR.

UM, I SHOULD KNOW.

'CAUSE I GO THERE THREE TIMES A DAY, RIGHT? TO WORK OUT.

NO, UM, AS, AS Y'ALL CAN TELL, UH, BUT BEHIND PLANET FITNESS, YOU'RE GONNA LINE UP AND THE PARADE WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO, I THINK THIRD STREET.

TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH TO THE BLACK COWBOY MUSEUM.

UM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN, UH, INVITED TO PARTICIPATE.

SO IF Y'ALL WISH TO PARTICIPATE, UH, LARRY CALLIS HAS, HAS INVITED THE COUNCIL.

I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

I HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, WHICH I'VE HAD SCHEDULED FOR A MONTH, AND I CANNOT CHANGE IT.

IF I CHANGE IT, I HAVE TO GO TO THE END OF THE LINE.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE THERE.

BUT IF Y'ALL ARE AVAILABLE, UM, PLEASE GO TO THE BLACK, UH, TO, NOT THE BLACK COWBOY MUSEUM PARADE, BUT THE JUNETEENTH, UH, MUSEUM.

THERE'S, UH, I MEAN MU JUNETEENTH PARADE.

UH, THERE'S GONNA BE BANDS AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR USUAL PARADE.

BUT, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.

I BELIEVE IT STARTS AT NINE.

FOLKS SHOULD PROBABLY GET THERE ABOUT EIGHT.

THE ROSENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASSISTING.

UM, SO YEAH, WE GOT THAT.

MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK, UH, CHIEF FOR DOING THAT.

FOR, UH, BE, BE OUT THERE, BE A LOT OF GOOD FUN.

A LOT OF FUN.

ARE YOU GOING TO, ARE YOU GOING, GEORGE? YES, SIR.

I'LL BE THERE ABOUT SEVEN 30.

OR DO YOU STILL SIT ON THE, UH, MUSEUM BOARD? THE, THE BLACK MUSEUM BOARD? THE BLACK COWBOY MUSEUM BOARD? NO.

NO, WE HAVE GENERAL COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

UH, LET'S GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MARY?

[ GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. Citizens who have registered with the City Secretary prior to the meeting being called to order and desire to address the City Council with comments of a general nature, as it relates to the City of Rosenberg, will be heard at this time. Speakers may speak on up to three (3) specific agenda items, or a maximum of once during General Comments and up to two (2) additional specific agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes, except that a speaker who addresses the City Council through a translator is limited to six (6) minutes. Speakers are not allowed to distribute documentation while addressing City Council. Speakers making personal, impertinent, profane or slanderous remarks may be removed from the room and shall be barred from reentering the Chamber during the session of City Council. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the City Council is restricted from discussing or taking action on items not listed on the agenda. It is our policy to have all speakers identify themselves by providing their name and residential address when making comments. ]

WE HAVE PEOPLE UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS.

ARE THEY SEPARATED OUT? THEY'RE AT THE TOP FOUR.

ALRIGHT, MY DEAR.

LEMME, DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL THEM OUT FOR YOU? IF YOU DON'T MIND?

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THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS JOHN BURLINGAME.

JOHN.

JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO THESE FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, UNDER GENERAL, IF IT'S FOR THE FIRECRACKER DEAL, YOU CAN SPEAK NOW OR YOU CAN, UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE ITEM.

WELL, HE SIGNED UP TWICE.

OH, YOU SIGNED UP ONCE FOR NO COMMENTS AND THEN SPEAK ONE FOR, I THINK YOU CAN SAY IT IN ONE TALK PROBABLY, RIGHT? NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEPARATE.

TWO, TWO THINGS.

WELL, THIS IS THE GENERAL, THIS, THIS WOULD BE THE ONE TO SPEAK TO.

THAT AIN'T THE FIREWORKS.

MAYOR, I'LL READ THE RULES.

THE RULES, YES.

SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, EXCEPT THAT A SPEAKER WHO ADDRESSES THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH A TRANSLATOR IS LIMITED TO SIX MINUTES.

SPEAKERS MAKING PERSONAL IMP PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM AND SHALL BE BARRED FROM REENTERING THE CHAMBER DURING THE SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL.

IT IS OUR POLICY TO HAVE ALL SPEAKERS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY PROVIDING THEIR NAME AND RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WHEN MAKING COMMENTS.

NO CURSING.

ALWAYS GETTING NERVOUS TALKING.

I'LL TRY.

YOU CAN DO IT LATER AFTER THE MEETING, BUT , OKAY.

WELL, I'M TRY TO READ THIS BEST I CAN.

SO, UH, YOU WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? OH, SORRY, JOHN.

MY NAME'S JOHN BURLINGAME.

I LIVE AT 10 15 BERNARD AVENUE, ROSEBURG, TEXAS.

UH, OKAY.

DON'T BE NERVOUS FROM PEOPLE.

DON'T.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JOHN BURLINGAME, YADA YADA.

I, I MET THE MAYOR ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AND I ENDED UP HELPING 'EM PICK UP SIGNS.

UH, I REMEMBER I WAS DRIVING TO OUR NEXT LOCATION WHEN WE GOT OUT.

I RECEIVED AN EARFUL FOR NOT USING MY TURN SIGNAL.

UH, I KNEW AT THAT MOMENT HE WOULD BE A GREAT MAN TO LISTEN TO AND RESPECT AND RESOLVE TO HELP HIM WHEN HE NEEDED IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ISSUE NEAR MY HOME THAT AFFECTS ME AND MY NEIGHBORS.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY RELEVANT TO THE RECENT REMOVAL OF NO THROUGH TRUCKS RESTRICTIONS TO BAY MOORE BETWEEN 5 29 O' CLOCK.

NOW THIS IS A RESTRICTION THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND I EXPECT THE VOLUME OF UNWANTED TRUCKS DRIVING THROUGH A STREET AS A CUT THROUGH TO THREE SIX WILL INCREASE ELIZABETH ROAD JUST BEHIND US HAS NO THROUGH TRUCKS.

AND THIS IS WHY WE PRESS SUCH A RESTRICTION BE INSTALLED ON A ROAD.

TWO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

THE NEXT ONE IS LEILANI VANCE.

SO WE WILL, UH, WE'LL GO ON TO, I HAVE LARRY WILKINSON NEXT.

ARE, ARE YOU STILL, YOU WANNA SPEAK UNDER GENERAL OR THE ANIMAL? I'M SORRY.

THE, UH, THE FIREWORKS.

YOU, YOU, YOU CHOSE GENERAL COMMENTS IN NUMBER ONE AND SO WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT NUMBER ONE, YOU SAID THE, JUST THE FIREWORKS.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

WE CAN TAKE YOUR, WELL THAT'S, THAT ITEM'S COMING UP NEXT.

ALRIGHT, SO NOW LALA, IS THAT AKA? NO.

ALRIGHT, PERFECT.

WOULD YOU MIND, UM, YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE THE FIREWORKS TOO.

THE FIREWORKS TOO.

SO, WELL THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT SPOKE UNDER GENERAL THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS? NOPE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SO NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR, I'M SORRY,

[ CONSENT AGENDA ]

THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THEN WE'LL GET TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, WHICH IS WHERE THE ITEM MOST OF YOU, UH, CAME HERE ABOUT IS ON.

SO COUNSEL, PLEASE LOOK AT THE CONSENT AGENDA TO SEE IF Y'ALL HAVE, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, OR IF YOU WISH TO PULL ANYTHING DOWN FOR MORE DIS UH, MORE DISCUSSION.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. I'LL SECOND IT.

MOTION MADE BY COUNCILLOR TREVINO, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR MORENO.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS FIREWORKS SITUATION.

CAN YOU VOTE GREEN? YES.

EVERYBODY CAN YOU VOTE ON THE SCREEN? COUNSELOR? THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THE EYES HAVE IT.

NOW

[2. Consideration of and action on Ordinance No. 2025-16, an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, by amending Section 11-4 of Article I of Chapter 11 thereof, entitled “Fireworks”; providing a penalty for violation of any provision hereof; repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith; and providing for severability. (Jonathan White, Police Chief) ]

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I'M GONNA PREFACE IT JUST A SECOND.

SINCE THE ITEM CAME UP.

I'LL TELL Y'ALL, LET ME READ THE ITEM FIRST.

CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS BY AMENDING SECTION 11 DASH FOUR OF ARTICLE ONE OF CHAPTER 11 THEREOF ENTITLED, FIREWORKS, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION THEREOF, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT WITH AND PROVIDING SEVERABILITY.

AND CHIEF, IF YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL JUST LET ME PREFACE THIS, JUST A SECOND.

UM, OUT, OUT OF, I GUESS OUT OF CONCERN AND, UM, FRUSTRATION.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE RESOLVED THIS ISSUE.

WE STILL WANNA HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS JUST IN CASE THERE'S SOME APPEAR THAT ARE UNDECIDED.

SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I AM NOT UNDECIDED.

I'M OPPOSED TO ANY, UH, ANYTHING THAT WOULD FURTHER PERMIT MORE FIREWORKS, UH, IN THE CITY.

UM, BUT THE ISSUE WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INUNDATED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, 4TH OF JULY WITH FIREWORKS CALLS WHEN FOLK, WHEN, WHEN OUR POLICE HAVE TO ANSWER FIREWORK CALLS, UM, SO MANY THAT THEY'RE UNSURE, MAYBE THEY WOULD NEGLECT THESE OTHER CALLS.

WHAT OTHER CALLS? AGGRAVATED CALLS, AGGRAVATED ROBBERY CALLS, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CALLS, UM, CALLS LIKE THAT.

SO THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THIS.

SO IT'S BECOME, UH, THE LEVEL OF, UM, DISRESPECT YOU SHOULD SAY, OR, UH, VIOLATION, UH, IN, WELL, NOT JUST IN ROSENBERG, IN SOCIETY IN GENERAL.

AND THE, UH, LACK OF REGARD FOR OTHERS AND MAYBE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS LED TO THIS DISCUSSION.

SO, UM, BUT WE BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION TO THIS, WHICH I WILL MENTION AFTER PEOPLE, UH, SPEAK.

AND I'M SURE ACTUALLY MANY OF YOU WILL, UH, WILL BRING UP SOME OF THE, UH, ANSWERS.

THERE'S SOLUTIONS TO, TO THE ISSUE.

BUT, UM, IT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE, UH, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INUNDATED WITH, WITH FIREWORK CALLS.

AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF HAVING DIFFICULT, UM, RESPONDING TO ALL THESE CALLS AND THAT'S HOW IT CAME ABOUT.

BUT I THINK YOU'LL LIKE THE PROPOSED SOLUTION THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING SHORTLY.

SO FIRST, LET'S GET ON TO OUR FIRST SPEAKER, WHICH, UH, WE WILL DO.

JOHN BURLINGAME.

JOHN, YOU COME BACK UP HERE IF YOU DON'T MIND.

AND THEN DR.

LARRY, WE WILL DO YOU, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO JJ CASILLAS, WE'LL DO JJ AND THEN JULIAN DAVILA AND ANY, ANY OF YOUR, THE NAMES THAT I'M CALLING OUT, IF YOU'RE NOT FOR THIS OR OR HERE TO SPEAK TO THAT, LET US KNOW.

LYNN BROWN, JAMES ISH.

UM, GEORGE UCK, JOYCE LONG, THERE'S SOMEONE WE DON'T SEE VERY MUCH.

JOYCE, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.

I, DAVID BROWN ON LAZY LANE.

THAT'S THE NEW FACE.

CURTIS MATTHEWS, GOD, LOVE YOU DR.

IVES, JOE GARCIA AND GINGER BROWN.

I MET HER TODAY OVER THE PHONE.

CHERYL WAS JIMMY.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA END UP, UH, WITH CAROLYN.

JOHN, GO AHEAD.

JUST, JUST STATE YOUR NAME, WE'VE HEARD YOUR ADDRESS.

JUST SAY YOUR NAME AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.

UH, JOHN BURLINGAME.

ALRIGHT, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND ESTEEM ESTEEM CITY COUNCIL IN ROSEBURG RESIDENCE.

UM, I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST, ALLOW PERSONAL FIREWORKS IN OUR CITY.

AND ROSENBERG ALREADY OFFERS A SAFE, PROFESSIONAL FIREWORK DISPLAY.

THERE'S NO TANGIBLE BENEFIT IN ALLOWING PERSONAL FIREWORKS, ONLY SIGNIFICANT BURDENS.

PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY SERVICE STRAIN.

PERSONAL FIREWORKS CAUSES INJURIES ESPECIALLY TO CHILDREN AND INCREASES FIRE RISK TO OUR DRY TEXAS CLIMATE.

THESE ARE DOCUMENTED DANGERS AND NAZI ERRATIC ONES ALL ALLOWING THEM WILL ALSO CRITICALLY STRAIN OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

WHILE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY ASSIST CITIES LIKE PHOENIX AND OMAHA SHOW THAT EVEN WITH RESTRICTIONS, FIREWORK CALLS OVERWHELMINGLY OVERWHELM

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OUR EMERGENCY RESOURCES.

IF WE CAN'T ENFORCE A BAN, WE CERTAINLY CAN'T ENFORCE COMPLEX PERMISSIONS CREATING AN ENFORCEMENT NIGHTMARE THAT DIVERTS FIRST RESPONDERS FROM TRUE EMERGENCIES.

IT'S LIKE SPEEDING HARD TO REGULATE, BUT A LOT HARDER TO CONTROL IF YOU REMOVE THE SPEED LIMITS ENVIRONMENTALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IMPACT PERSONAL FIREWORKS CREATES SIGNIFICANT NOISE IN AIR POLLUTION.

THEY RELEASE HARMFUL CHEMICALS AND TERRORIZE PETS DESTROY, DISRUPT CHILDREN AND DISTRESS VETERANS.

WHO THOSE WITH P-T-S-D-A SINGLE CITY DISPLAY IS FAR BETTER THAN A WIDESPREAD UNREGULATED DONATION, UH, DETONATIONS.

SORRY.

SINCE WE HAVE A SAFE CITY DISPLAY, THERE'S NO NEED FOR RESIDENTS TO IGNITE THEIR OWN.

WE SIMPLY INTRODUCE A RISK WITHOUT PUBLIC BENEFIT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE PRIORITIZE ROSENBERG'S SAFETY, PEACE, AND WELLBEING.

LET'S NOT INTRODUCE UNNECESSARY HAZARDS AND STRAIN ON OUR VITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES.

LET'S CONTINUE TO ENJOY OUR CITY SPONSORED FIREWORKS AND KEEP PERSONAL FIREWORKS ASIDE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS.

MY NAME IS LARRY WILKINSON.

33 11 AVENUE.

OH IN ROSENBERG, TEXAS.

FIRST I WANT TO COMMEND, UH, CHIEF WHITE FOR BRINGING THIS ATTENTION, THIS SITUATION TO YOUR ATTENTION.

UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK HE WAY OFF BASE, UH, I WOULD'VE RATHER HE HAD BROUGHT A SOLUTION THAT DOESN'T LEGALIZE VANDALISM, DOESN'T LEGALIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, DISRESPECT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS.

DO ANY OF YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE SHOOTING FIREWORKS OFF NEXT TO YOU? AND LASTLY, IT'S GOING TO COST THE HOMEOWNERS IN INCREASE HOMEOWNER INSURANCE.

THAT'S NOT A GUESS.

WELL, IT IS A GUESS AND I GUESS IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN.

I WOULD'VE MUCH RATHER HE HAD BROUGHT A SOLUTION THAT WOULD ENFORCE THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE.

THANK YOU DR.

LARRY.

BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT PERSON, I TOLD LORI COOK, I'D READ THIS ABBREVIATED VERSION FROM, THIS IS FROM LORI COOK, LIVES IN DISTRICT TWO WITH STEVE'S DISTRICT, UH, 1114 DYER, UH, I'M NOT GONNA READ IT ALL, BUT SHE SAYS, DEAR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M WRITING CONCERN RESIDENT REGARDING POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE.

SHE'S AGAINST ANY ORDINANCE.

IN ADDITION TO FIRE CONCERNS, THE NOISE IMPACTS BOTH PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.

INDOOR PETS OFTEN SUFFER ANXIETY DURING FIREWORKS AND OUTDOOR PETS BECOME FRIGHTENED AND MAY TRY TO ESCAPE FENCE YARDS AND TRY TO FIND SAFETY.

WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

UM, SO WE SPOKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND ANOTHER ONE OF HER CONCERNS IS ALL THE DEBRIS THAT'S LEFT AFTER, UH, PEOPLE SHOOT FIREWORKS OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY IN THE STREET.

THEY LEAVE THEM IN THE STREET.

SO SHE'S URGING THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER, UM, OR TO NOT TO SUPPORT ALLOWING FIREWORKS IN THE CITY LIMIT.

ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, MR. CASIAS.

UH, MR. CASIAS, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU LIVE JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM ME, SO WE PROBABLY KNOW EACH OTHER'S PAIN.

YES SIR.

OVERWHELM HIS NERVOUS SYSTEM.

WELL, MY NAME IS, UH, JOHN CASILLAS JR.

I LIVE AT, UH, 1410 EBOLA STREET.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHIEF WHITE.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT OUR FAMILY FULLY SUPPORTS AND APPRECIATES ALL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL FROM DISPATCH, FIRE POLICE AND EMS AS THEY HAVE VISITED OUR HOME MANY TIMES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY WE DO NOT SUPPORT FIREWORK, UH, THE FIREWORK ORDINANCE, UM, SORRY.

UM, BE BECAUSE OF TIME LIMITS THERE, I WILL ONLY ADDRESS THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON FOR OUR FAMILY.

MY SON JACE, IS SIX YEARS OLD.

HE HAS AN, HE HAS, HE HAS EPILEPSY, AUTISM, AND A SENSORY DISORDER FOR HIM, FIREWORKS ARE NOT EXCITING.

SUDDEN LOUD NOISES AND BRIGHT LIGHTS

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EVEN MORE CONCERNING IS THE, THE DIRECT IMPACT FIREWORKS CAN HAVE ON JACE'S HEALTH.

SLEEP DISRUPTION IS ONE OF HIS MOST SERIOUS SEIZURE, UH, SEIZURE TRIGGERS, LOUD EXPLOSIONS LATE AT NIGHT CAN STARTLE HIM AWAKE OR KEEP HIM FROM FALLING ASLEEP ALTOGETHER, EITHER OF WHICH CAN LEAD TO AN EPILEPTIC SEIZURE.

IT IS NOT JUST A POSSIBILITY.

IT IS A VERY REAL RARE AND REOCCURRING FEAR FOR MY FAMILY.

THEREIN, THE HOLIDAYS MORE THAN ONCE A SLEEPLESS NIGHT HAS ENDED UP WITH US IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOME IN 2020, WE CHOSE A NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THE ROSENBERG CITY LIMITS.

JUST SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE FIREWORKS WERE PROHIBITIVE.

WE MADE THAT DECISION TO PROTECT OUR SON'S HEALTH.

CHANGING THIS ORDINANCE WOULD TAKE AWAY THAT SENSE OF SAFETY AND WE, AS MANY OTHER FAMILIES RELY ON WHEN WE CHOSE TO BUILD OUR LI OUR LIVES HERE, EVEN UNDER THIS CURRENT BAN, FIREWORKS ARE ALREADY SET OFF ILLEGALLY.

AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON HOLIDAYS AND RANDOM NIGHTS LEGALIZING THEM EVEN WITH LIMITS, WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE MORE WIDESPREAD USE AND MAKE ENFORCEMENT HARDER.

NOT EASIER.

PLEASE DON'T MAKE THIS ORDINANCE AS HARM.

PLEASE DON'T MAKE THIS ORDINANCE AS HARMLESS.

FOR CHILDREN LIKE MY SON, THIS ISN'T ABOUT FUN.

IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THEIR WELLBEINGS AND PREVENTING MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO AND PRESERVE THE PEACE AND SAFETY FOR FAMILIES LIKE OURS THAT FEM DEPENDS ON.

THANK YOU, MR. CASILLAS.

THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONSIDERATION.

SOMETIMES FOLKS DON'T THINK ABOUT FOLKS THAT ARE AT HOME ON DIALYSIS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

STILL STICK AROUND AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE VOTE FARES OUT HERE.

UM, LET'S COME TO THE NEXT ONE.

JULIAN.

JULIAN DAVILA.

MR. DAVILA, HOW ARE YOU? I'M FINE.

WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO ROSENBERG CITY COUNCIL.

I'VE MET YOU.

I'VE HAVEN'T MET ANYBODY ELSE, BUT, UH, YOU, YOU ISAAC'S A BROTHER.

WELL, GOOD.

AND GOOD TO, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

AND I DECIDED TO COME TALK FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU LIVE.

YOU LIVE VERY CLOSE.

YOU'RE ISAAC'S BROTHER.

WELL GIVE ISAAC OUR, OUR REGARDS.

YES, SIR, I WILL.

UH, MY NAME IS JULIAN DOLA.

I LIVE AT 1124 SIXTH STREET.

THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE FIREWORK ORDINANCE HITS VERY CLOSE TO HOME FOR MANY OF US.

BORN AND RAISED HERE.

AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN POPPING FIREWORKS, FIREWORKS IN THE CITY LIMITS WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF GETTING CAUGHT.

AND TO ME IT'S GETTING WORSE.

ALLOWING FIREWORKS NOT ONLY ENDANGERS OUR PROPERTY AND HOMES, BUT OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE AS WELL AS OUR PETS.

DURING NEW YEAR'S EVE AND JULY 4TH, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, FOLKS LIKE MY MOM HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY, THEY HIDE IN THEIR BEDROOMS BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF GETTING HARMED BY THE LOUD NOISES, THE STRAY BULLETS, AND PEOPLE FIRING THEIR AUTOMATIC WEAPONS INTO THE AIR.

AND ONE PERSON HURT OR INJURED IS TOO MANY.

SOME OF US ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO GO OUT INTO THE STREET AND, OR ACTUALLY TO THE PORCHES AND PATIOS.

LET ME REPHRASE THAT.

STANDING GUARD WITH OUR WATER HOSE.

AND THAT'S NOT FUNNY 'CAUSE WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED, JUST IN CASE A FIRE BREAKS OUT.

AND THIS IS REALLY SAD.

PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO OUT INTO THE STREETS AND FIRE THEIR FIREWORKS WITHOUT REGARD OF WHERE THEY WILL LAND.

IF YOU'RE BRAVE ENOUGH TO GO DOWN OUR STREET, SIXTH STREET, ESPECIALLY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE OR NEW YEAR'S MORNING, I GUESS IT SOUNDS, IT SMELLS AND IT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE.

SMOKE EVERYWHERE.

BOTTLE ROCKETS, ROMAN CANDLES AND OTHER AERIAL FIREWORKS ARE SHOOTING THROUGH THE STREET, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE TREES.

EXCUSE ME.

AND GOD KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE LANDING.

I PEOPLE HAVE VIDEOS AND I I I, WE DON'T SHARE THEM, BUT WE HAVE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE FIRING MOSTLY RENTERS.

I HATE TO SAY THAT.

THEY FEEL FREE TO INDISCRIMINATELY FIRE THEIR BOTTLE ROCKETS FROM THEIR BACKYARDS, FRONT YARDS WITHOUT FEAR.

IF YOU MAKE IT LEGAL, WHO KNOWS HOW WORSE IT WILL GET.

WHEN WE CALL POLICE, WE'RE USUALLY TOLD SOMETHING LIKE, HEY, WELL, THEY'LL BE THERE SHORTLY.

I'VE ONLY SEEN ONE COP, UH, ON SIXTH STREET , UH, GO BY IN SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THAT'S SAD BECAUSE I KNOW WE GOT MORE COPS THAN THAT.

ALLOWING FIREWORKS IN THE CITY LIMITS IS DANGEROUS.

A HAZARD TO US ALL.

ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS THAT WE ACTUALLY WATCH OUT FOR OTHER NEIGHBORS.

ACTUALLY, I THINK MORE SIGNS NEED TO BE PUT OUT PROHIBITING FIREWORKS AND THE SEVERE PENALTIES THAT COME WITH THEM.

SO WE NEED MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LESS DISORDER.

SO PLEASE DO NOT PASS THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE FOR THE GOOD OF US ALL.

THANK YOU MR. DAVILA.

GIVE YOUR MOM AND ISAAC ALL REGARDS.

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SURE WILL.

UH, LYNN SCOTT BROWN.

GOOD EVENING.

HOW ARE YOU DOING MR. BROWN? I'M FINE.

AND YOURSELF? GOOD.

GOOD.

THANKS FOR COMING, COMING BY.

KNOW IF OUR FARM MARSHAL EVEN, I, I MEAN, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INSURANCE RATES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY NAME IS LYNN BROWN.

I LIVE AT 1124 SIXTH STREET IN ROSENBERG.

AND I AM A HOMEOWNER.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO ALLOWING PEOPLE TO LEGALLY FIRE FIREWORKS.

THIS SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT AND OPENS UP PANDORA'S BOX TO OTHER FORMS OF MISCHIEF.

AS IT IS, PEOPLE FIRE THEIR AUTOMATIC WEAPONS INTO THE AIR.

THERE ARE REASONS WHY FIREWORKS WERE MADE ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

ONE WAS TO PROTECT PROPERTY FROM FIRE AND LIFE OFFERING INJURIES, INCLUDING DEATH.

AND THE 27 YEARS THAT I HAVE LIVED HERE, I HAVE ONLY SEEN ONE OFFICER DRIVE DOWN SIXTH STREET WHILE PEOPLE WERE FIRING OFF FIREWORKS.

AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THE OFFICER DID NOTHING.

MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS MOSTLY MADE OF RENTERS AND SOME OF THEM GO WILD WITH FIREWORKS AND GUNS.

YOU CANNOT PREDICT WHICH DIRECTION AN AERIAL FIREWORK OR BULLET IS GOING TO GO OR WHERE IT IS GOING TO LAND.

FIREWORKS AND GUNS ARE DANGEROUS IN THE HANDS OF AMATEURS.

THIS I HAVE WITNESSED FOR MYSELF.

AND EVEN MORE SO IF THE USERS ARE DRUNK.

SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD INSURANCE ON, ON THEIR HOMES AS IT IS.

AND IF THIS ORDINANCE PASSES, INSURANCE WILL SURELY SKYROCKET FOR OTHERS LIVING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT DAMAGED FIREWORKS CAN DO.

I'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A FEW BOTTLE ROCKETS SET ONE HOUSE ON FIRE AND IT SPREAD.

BY THE END OF THE DAY, 10 HOMES WERE GONE.

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING VETS WHO SUFFER FROM SIN FROM SOME KIND OF MENTAL ILLNESS SUCH AS PTSD, ANXIETY, AUTISM, PANIC ATTACKS, ET CETERA.

AND THIS ACCEPTS THEM, INCLUDING THE ANIMALS.

I HAPPEN TO HAVE ANXIETY ISSUES AND AU ON THE AUTISM, AUTISM SPECTRUM.

I HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN BOTH SUFFER FROM AUTISM.

IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE NEWS THAT LAST YEAR THERE WERE LESS THAN 50 CALLS AND, AND NO REPORTS OF INJURIES.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S TRUE.

THE ROSENBERG, THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, HAS A POPULATION OF 40 3092 PLUS THAT WE KNOW OF.

BUT I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE ONLY 50 CALLS AND NO REPORTS OF INJURIES.

I'M SURE SOME INJURIES HAD TO HAVE OCCURRED THAT REQUIRED A TRIP TO THE ER.

MANY PEOPLE DON'T CALL THE POLICE ANYMORE.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY GAVE UP.

THEY KNOW THE POLICE AREN'T COMING.

AND THAT'S SAD.

IT WAS SAD THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CRACK DOWN ON FIREWORKS.

I DON'T BUY THAT.

BUT IF IT TAKES RAISING MY TAXES TO GET THESE RESOURCES THAT I'M ALL IN, UNFORTUNATELY, WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY OF LAWLESSNESS AND LAWBREAKERS.

AND IF YOU VOTE YES ON FIREWORKS, YOU'RE GIVING PEOPLE CARTE BLANCHE TO DO WHATEVER THEY PLEASE AND WHATEVER LAWS THEY TRY TO BREAK AND GET AWAY WITH.

WHAT IS THE OLD SAYING? IF YOU GIVE THEM AN INCH, THEY WILL TAKE A MILE.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

JAMES, THANKS FOR COMING.

JAMES ISH 25 14 CYPRUS LANE.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS, I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS KIND OF CRAZY AND FOR ALL THE REASONS EVERYONE BEHIND ME IS ALREADY MENTIONED.

I DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER ALL THOSE.

BUT THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE FIRE PLUGS EVERY 300 OR 500 FEET.

THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE LADDER TRUCKS.

I DON'T NEED A LADDER TRUCK, BUT WE HAVE 'EM.

THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE NEW FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND MORE FIREMEN.

AND THAT'S TO KEEP OUR INSURANCE RATE LOW.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF WHY WE HAVE THIS ORDINANCE.

UH, THE ONLY FIRE MARSHAL I EVER KNEW, OR THE FIREMAN I EVER KNEW THAT SUPPORTED FIREWORKS WAS ERNEST ALAH.

AND HE, HE SOLD FIREWORKS .

AND, UH, I DON'T

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BUT THE MAIN REASON I CAME UP HERE TO SPEAK WAS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WAS COMMUNICATED IN THE NEWSPAPER, REDUCED CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR FIREWORK VIOLATIONS AND FREE UP OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO PRIORITY CALLS FOR SERVICE, HAVE DIFFICULTY ENFORCING THE CURRENT ORDINANCE CAPABILITIES.

AND AND IF WE DO THIS, IT WILL ENABLE US FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

WE'LL DO A GOOD JOB.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE AT THIEF IN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AND ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY, THEY DON'T HARDLY EVER GET ARRESTED.

THEY DON'T HARDLY EVER GET INDICTED AND THEY DON'T GO TO JAIL.

AND GUESS WHAT? WE GOT THIEF AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.

IT'S NOT THE POLICE OFFICER'S FAULT.

THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET AN INDICTMENT.

THEY KNOW THAT NOBODY'S GONNA DO NOTHING UNTIL WE START WRITING SOME PRETTY GOOD FINES FOR THESE FIREWORKS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

SOUNDS LIKE A SMALL WAR.

I DON'T EVEN GO OUTSIDE.

I DON'T WANT TO GET HIT WITH A BULLET.

I'M A BIG, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY GOOD SHOOTER MYSELF, BUT I, I DON'T GO SHOOTING IN THE AIR.

BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE OF THAT IF THIS HAPPENS.

I WANT POLICE.

IF THEY CAN'T DO THE JOB, THEY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT THEY DO.

OF COURSE, IF SOMEBODY'S DYING OVER HERE, GOT SHOT, YOU DON'T GO LOOKING FOR FIREWORKS PEOPLE, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF PRIORITIES.

BUT I WANT A STRONG POLICE THAT SAY WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST WE CAN BECAUSE ONE OF THESE DAYS WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME RIDERS COME DOWN SOUTHWEST FREEWAY OR 90 A AND THEY'RE GONNA COME INTO OUR TOWN.

LIKE THEY COME INTO THE BIG CITIES.

AND I WANT A POLICE FORCE THAT GET OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF THAT ISSUE.

'CAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF, I HAVE A LOT INVESTED IN ROSENBERG.

I DON'T WANT MY PLACE BURNED DOWN.

SO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I'M AGAINST THIS FIREWORKS DEAL.

I, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT CAME UP.

I DID NOTICE THAT THERE'S A NEW HOLIDAY, DIWALI, MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME IT'S, UH, SOME KIND OF INDIAN TYPE THING.

AND, AND I GOT TO READING ABOUT IT.

IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT CELEBRATING GOOD OVER EVIL.

I'M ALL FOR THAT.

BUT I, YOU JUST HAVE TO FIND SOME FIREWORK STANDS TO OPEN UP SO I CAN GO GET MINE AND FIRE 'EM.

NOT IN THE CITY, OF COURSE, BUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, I I NEVER FIRED ANY OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT, BILLY.

YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BREAK THE LAW.

ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THE TIME ON THIS.

I THINK WE NEED TO CALM DOWN ON THIS FIREWORKS DEAL.

I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK TO JUST LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS AND LET THE POLICE DO THE BEST THEY CAN AND, AND GET SOME GOOD, GET A FEW GOOD FINES.

THAT'LL SLOW 'EM DOWN.

I THINK I SEE MS. MEISTER.

IS THAT MS? WAS THAT MS. MEISTER SITTING NEXT TO YOU BACK THERE? SHE TO TALK, BUT SHE'S AFRAID OF YOU.

OH, OKAY.

I'M, DON'T BE AFRAID.

UM, YEAH, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR SIGNING UP TO TALK.

AND WE MEET FIRST, THIRD, AND FOURTH TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH.

WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT HERE.

SIX 30.

UM, YEAH.

SO DON'T JUST LET THIS ONE ISSUE BRING YOU OUT.

COME COME BACK OTHER TIMES.

MR. GRECH.

GEORGE, WE'VE GOTTA GET YOUR SIDE OF THIS TOWN'S SIDE OF THE CITY REPRESENTED THE TIMBER LANE AREA.

MR. UCK IS THE FATHER OF A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER.

AND, AND, UH, WHERE'S HE PLAYING RIGHT NOW? IN ARIZONA? ARIZONA.

ARIZONA.

DIAMONDBACKS.

BUT I'M ALSO THE FATHER OF A POLICE OFFICER IN NEVILLE, TEXAS.

OUTSTANDING.

THANK, THANK HIM BOTH FOR THANK YOUR SON IN NEVILLE FOR HIS SERVICE.

AND THANK YOUR SON IN ARIZONA FOR HIS ENTERTAINING VALUE AS WELL.

WE HOPE THEY GO ALL THE WAY THIS YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR ASTROS.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.

CALM DOWN, BILL.

MAYBE IT'LL BE ARIZONA AND THE ASTROS IN THE, CAN THEY BE TOGETHER IN THE, IN THE, WELL, WE'LL SEE.

HE MAY NOT BE WITH ARIZONA AFTER JULY 31ST.

THAT'S THE TRADE DEADLINE.

SO BOY, HE COULD BE, WHO KNOWS, HE COULD BE AN ASTRO.

WELL, AS LONG AS IT PAYS THE BILLS, GOD WILLING, HE'LL BE AN ASTRO.

NOW AND ECHO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN SAYING, JUST LIKE MR. HERS DID, BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT CONCERN ME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, GEORGE.

MY NAME IS GEORGE ICK.

I LIVE AT 1102 FRANCIS DRIVE IN ROSENBERG, TEXAS.

THAT'S LAMAR STATE SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO RICHMOND OVER HERE BEHIND, UH, POLY RYAN, UH, OLD BEND HOSPITAL.

AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I, I'M AGAINST THE FIREWORKS IN THE CITY LIMITS AND I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS AND THEY'VE ECHOED THE SAME THING.

I COULD TAKE A LOT OF TIME RIGHT

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MY DOG.

UM, MY DOG GOES CRAZY EVERY 4TH OF JULY AND EVERY NEW YEAR'S EVE FOR ABOUT SIX HOURS.

AND, UH, SHE'S GETTING OLD.

SHE'S 15 YEARS OLD.

AND I WOULD PRESUME THAT THIS YEAR SHE COULD HAVE A HEART ATTACK AND, AND NOT BE WITH US.

AND MY SUBDIVISION.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO OUR SUBDIVISION ON JULY 4TH, I YOU'RE WELCOME TO OUR NEW YEAR'S EVE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A WAR ZONE.

IT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE.

IF YOU GO OUTSIDE ALL, YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO ROSENBERG'S 4TH OF JULY, YOU CAN COME TO OUR SUBDIVISION.

DON'T TELL 'EM THAT, GEORGE.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET 'EM TO, WE, WE DON'T FOOD.

WE DON'T HAVE FOOD OR A BAND, BUT WE HAVE FIREWORKS.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE TALKED TO SOME NEIGHBORS AND THEY VOICED THE SAME CONCERNS AS I DO.

AND THEY'VE BEEN NERVOUS ABOUT THE CONCEPT.

I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAS CALLED THE POLICE THREE AND FOUR TIMES ON EACH OF THESE OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS NOW.

AND, UH, I'LL SEE THE POLICE CIRCLING THE SUBDIVISION AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GIVING CITATIONS OR JUST GETTING THE PEOPLE TO RUN OFF THE ROAD.

AND THEN WHEN THEY DRIVE BY, THEY COME BACK OUT AND START OVER.

BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED A VOICE THAT I'M OPPOSED TO IT AND I WOULD APPRECIATE A NO VOTE.

I'VE BEEN ROSENBERG RESIDENT FOR 65 YEARS AND, UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T POPPED FIRECRACKERS IN THE CITY OF LIMITS.

MY SON, AS HE SAID, IS A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER.

WE GO OUT IN THE COUNTRY WHEN HE USED TO COME HOME AND WE POP A THOUSAND FIREWORKS.

SO WE'RE NOT AGAINST FIREWORKS, WE'RE JUST AGAINST THEM IN THE CITY LIMITS.

DOWNTOWN ROSENBERG TO SHOP AT BLAZES.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND I WANNA POINT OUT GEORGIA'S IN DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT ONE, ONE OTHER THING IS, UM, FOLKS, A LOT OF FOLKS POP FIREWORKS IN THEIR BACKYARD.

SO WHEN THE POLICE GO BY, THEY LOOK OVER HORIZON.

THEY'RE NOT IN THE FRONT YARD, GO TO THE NEXT BLOCK.

THEY'RE NOT OVER THERE.

WHERE ARE THEY? TWO BACKYARDS JOINING TOGETHER.

THEY'RE POPPING 'EM IN THE BACKYARD.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT EASY TO PIN 'EM DOWN.

ANYWAY, WE WILL ALL COMMENT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

LET'S GET THROUGH THESE.

LET'S GET THROUGH THESE, UH, COMMENT PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM Y'ALL.

JOYCE, JOYCE, LONG DISTRICT TWO.

RIGHT BY HOLY ROSARY CHURCH.

THIRD GENERATION.

BEEN IN THAT HOUSE.

GRANDMA, MAMA.

NOT MY FIRST RODEO UP HERE.

HELLO? YES MA'AM.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, BY THE WAY, I WANNA TELL Y'ALL THAT ROSENBERG HAS COME A LONG WAY AND A LOT OF IT HASN'T BEEN POSITIVE.

AND I'M GONNA ASK Y'ALL TO SAY NO TO THIS RIDICULOUS SUGGESTION.

LET ME JUST TELL 'EM FOR THE RECORD.

I HAVE VERY STRESSFUL DAYS.

I WORK WITH CANCER SEALS.

EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT HERE TONIGHT, IT'S REAL.

THIS TOWN IS REAL.

AND IF IT DOESN'T GET A HOLD AND CONTROL ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE NOW ALLOWED.

WHOEVER HEARD OF FIREWORKS Y'ALL HAVE BEEN OFFERING SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL SOMEWHERE AT SOME FAIRGROUNDS IN THIS AREA, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, LET'S GET TOGETHER.

CELEBRATE AT A ONE UNDER UMBRELLA.

MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS RIGHT AT THE HOLY ROSARY CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL.

MY GRANDMOTHER HELPED.

SHE BUILT THE FIRST FOUR HOUSES ON JAMES STREET.

MINE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ONE BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE ON JAMES STREET NOW IS RENTAL.

AND I'M TALKING LOW LIFE RENTAL.

I HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.

AND PEOPLE ASK ME, WHY DO YOU HAVE BURGLAR BARS? WHY DO YOU HAVE A STEEL WROUGHT IRON FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND YOUR PROPERTY? I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

MY GRANDMOTHER WAS ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND IT'S GOTTEN WORSE OVER THERE.

THOSE RENTAL HOUSES, THEY DON'T WAIT TILL THE 4TH OF JULY.

THEY PARTY EVERY THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

AND THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT BECAUSE I'VE HAD 'EM THREATEN ME COME BY MY PLACE.

I HAD TO PUT UP AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.

I HAD TO GET IT OKAYED, BUT I PUT IT UP FOR MY PROTECTION AND FOR MY CLIENTS DURING THE DAY.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IF YOU, OKAY, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ROSENBERG WILL BE NOTHING BUT A TRASH CONSIDERED TOWN.

AND WE HAVE TOO MANY FINE GENERATIONS HERE.

VX, NOVA NAWAR, HERS, I MEAN MY GRANDMOTHER, NOVOX AU ALL OF THAT.

GRANDMA HAD THE FIRST YELLOW BUS RIDE FROM DAMON AND PLEA TO

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DOES THAT BRING BACK SOME MEMORIES? OKAY.

WE CAN'T LET THIS TOWN DETERIORATE ANY FURTHER.

AND WITH WHAT'S GOING ON, IF YOU LET THIS GO, THIS WILL NOT BE A GOOD FUTURE.

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, PEOPLE NEED TO BE FINED BECAUSE THEY'LL PLAY YOU AND Y'ALL KNOW THAT.

YOU, YOU POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE EMS PEOPLE.

I, I, I WORK ON A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, UH, I HEAR STORIES HOW THEY'RE OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID, NOT APPRECIATED.

WE DON'T NEED TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE ONTO THAT.

'CAUSE MY CLINIC'S FULL.

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS 39 YEARS.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS I WOULD ASK THAT PLEASE DON'T VOTE FOR THIS.

IT'LL BE THE START OF DETERIORATION.

AND EVERYBODY HERE HAS SAID SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS.

THAT'S WHY I ONLY WANT TO ASK AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME.

DON'T VOTE PLEASE AND THANK Y'ALL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, WHAT YOU DO FOR ROSENBERG.

MR. BROWN, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.

HOW'S YOUR DAD? HE'S GOOD.

TELL HIM I ASKED ABOUT IT.

YEAH, I WILL.

I WILL.

UM, SO YOU GOT MY NAME AND ADDRESS? DAVID BROWN.

26 DAVID BROWN.

FOUR LADY LANE 24.

UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DANGEROUS.

UM, SO I'M GONNA KEEP MINE PRETTY BRIEF.

I THINK Y'ALL HEARD, OR I MIGHT ADD, GEORGE, HE'S IN DISTRICT FOUR.

YOU KNOW HIM PROBABLY.

YES, YES.

UM, I'M GONNA KEEP MINE PRETTY SHORT.

I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THE, THE PITFALL OF FIREWORKS.

30,000 INJURIES A YEAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AREN'T YOU A FIREMAN AS WELL, SIR? YEAH.

30 YEARS, 32 YEARS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I RE RECENTLY MOVED OVER TO A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT GROUP.

UM, AND THE .

WELL, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE RELEVANT THOUGH.

YEAH, IT WELL IT IS A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND.

I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THIS.

UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DANGEROUS.

30% OF THOSE INJURIES ARE CHILDREN EVERY YEAR.

30.

THE, THE ANIMAL SHELTERS SEE A 30 TO 60% INCREASE IN RUNAWAY DOGS.

Y'ALL WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT A ANIMAL PROBLEM.

THIS CONTRIBUTES TO IT.

UM, THE, THE SADDEST PART, UM, I GUESS THE MOST CONCERNING PART IS THE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD EVEN CONSIDER WHEN FACED WITH SUCH A CHALLENGE THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER JUST ROLLING OVER.

AND SO LIKE, YOU HAVE TO VOTE NO BECAUSE WHERE DOES THAT END? SO IF WE ROLL OVER ON THIS, WHERE DOES IT END? DO WE, DO WE GET RID OF NOISE ORDINANCES? DO WE GET RID OF, UM, SPEEDING ORDINANCES? JUST IF IT'S INCONVENIENT, DO WE GET RID OF IT? AND SO YOU, YOU HAVE TO SET THE TONE HERE.

THESE ORDINANCES, THAT THEY'RE NOT ABOUT INDIVIDUALS, THEY'RE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THERE'S THE FIREWORKS ARE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL.

THE COMMUNITY FIREWORKS SHOW IS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

STOPPING FIREWORKS WITHIN THE INDIVIDUALS FROM POPPING FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY IS FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S THE JOB OF THE CITY IS THE GREATER GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITIES AROUND IT.

AND SO, FIREWORKS DON'T KNOW CITY LIMITS.

THEY DON'T KNOW PROPERTY LINES, FIREWORKS, ALTHOUGH I THINK THEY'RE LIMITED TO SOME EXTENT.

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME REALLY COOL LANGUAGE THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU LOOK UP THE FEDERAL STUFF ABOUT FIREWORKS.

PROBABLY MOST FIREWORKS COME FROM CHINA.

DO THEY ACTUALLY MEET WHAT THEY SAY THEY MEET? SO, SO WHEN YOU START DRAWING A LINE FOR WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE, THAT'S GONNA PUT EVERYBODY HERE IN MORE OF A PICKLE.

BECAUSE WHO KNOWS, WHO KNOWS WHO'S ILLEGAL FIREWORKS? UM, 43, I THINK IN 2022, WHOEVER INSPECTS THESE THINGS, THE COMPUTER CONSUMER SAFETY PRODUCT COMMISSION, OUT OF THE INSPECTIONS THEY CONDUCTED IN 20 22, 40 3% OF THE FIREWORKS WERE ILLEGAL.

THEY DIDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CONSUMER FIREWORKS.

SO THERE'S SOME GOOD INFORMATION.

BUT ANYWAY, VOTE NO THANK YOU MR. BROWN.

WE HAVE LIGHTS, UH, IN YOUR SUBDIVISION NOW WE DO.

THAT IS A, UH, A SIDE OF THAT THAT WE HADN'T HEARD, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FLIMSINESS OF THESE CHINESE FIREWORKS.

SO YES.

ALRIGHT, DISTRICT THREE HERE.

CURTIS MATTHEWS, 1107TH STREET, CURTIS OLD SCHOOL, ROSENBERG CURTIS MATTHEWS, 1107TH STREET.

UM,

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WHILE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CLAIMS THAT THE RESTRICT FIREWORKS USED TO PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE REALITY IS FAR DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

EACH YEAR THE FIREWORKS ARE ALREADY BEING SET OFF FROM PUBLIC PARKING.

LOTS STREETS, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SPOT IS THE NEW HOPE THAT, UH, THE NEW HOPE CHURCH PARKING LOT ONE BLOCK, I MEAN ONE HOUSE AWAY FROM MY HOUSE.

AND THAT, AND WHEN THEY START POPPING FIREWORKS THERE, THEY START AT SUNSET AND IT CONTINUES WAY INTO THE MORNING.

UM, MY, IT'S PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS TO ME BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE HISTORIC HOUSE ON THE CORNER, BUILT IN 1905, TOTALLY WOODEN STRUCTURE.

YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT IN THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE, EVEN THOUGH I LIVE FOUR BLOCKS FROM THE FIRE STATION, EVEN THOUGH I'VE TOTALLY REPLACED ALL THE ELECTRICAL IN 2005.

AND EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GET FIRE INSURANCE AND NOW Y'ALL WANTING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE IT'S GONNA MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME, IT'S ALREADY COST PROHIBITIVE FOR FIRE INSURANCE ON THIS HOUSE.

'CAUSE IT'S A HISTORICAL, HISTORICAL HOUSE.

AND IT'S WOOD STATEMENTS THAT THIS MODERN COMPOSITE ROOFING MATERIALS ARE MORE FIRE RESISTANT, ARE IRRELEVANT BECAUSE TO THOSE OF US LIVING IN THESE WOODEN HOUSES, BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILT IN THE 19 HUNDREDS SURROUNDED BY MATURE, MATURE TREES AND OTHER FLAMMABLE, YOU KNOW, OLDER TREES AND, AND FLAMMABLE STRUCTURES.

ONE CARELESS ROMAN CANDLE COULD CAUSE IT TO GO UP IN FLAMES AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HIT THE ROOF.

THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES VARIOUS STATE SAFETY, UM, STIPULATIONS LIKE NO FIREWORKS WITHIN 600 FEET OF CHURCH AND SCHOOLS, WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING, THEY'RE ALREADY SETTING 'EM OFF IN THESE PARKING LOTS AND NOTHING'S BEING DONE.

I CAN TELL YOU EVERY YEAR I'VE MONITORED IT SINCE I MOVED INTO THIS HOUSE IN 2005.

EVERY YEAR I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

AND THAT PARKING LOT AND NEW HOPE CHURCH IS A MESS.

THE DAY AFTER FIREWORKS ARE SET OFF.

AND I CALL THE POLICE EVERY YEAR, EVERY SOLID YEAR BECAUSE I'M IN MY BACKYARD MAINTAINING NONE OF THE DEBRIS IS FALLING OVER ONTO MY ROOF OR ON MY PROPERTY TO SET MY HOUSE ON FIRE.

AND NO POLICE HAS EVER COME.

SO THAT IS INCORRECT.

WHEN THE CHIEF HAS SAID THAT THEY SEND OUT RESPONDERS AND THEN THE PEOPLE HAVE DISPERSED.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN THIS SITUATION, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS, UM, THE PRACTICAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE AMOUNT THAT THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BUY THE 1.4 GRAMS THAT IS JUST TOTALLY, TOTALLY UNFEASIBLE.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT'S GONNA BE ENFORCED IF THEY CAN'T ENFORCE THE CURRENT LAW.

THEY CAN'T ENFORCE THAT.

THE RESTRICTION CAN ALSO SAYS THAT NO USE DURING MULTIFAMILY HOUSING OR, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, DUPLEXES.

HOW IS IT ANY SAFER FOR IT TO BE SET OFF IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A SIMILAR PROXIMITY AND THE SIMILAR DENSITY? YOU TELL ME THAT THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.

APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAVE HUGE PARKING LOTS WHERE THEY CAN SET OFF THE FIREWORKS.

DON'T TELL 'EM THAT THAT IS NO EXAMPLE.

SO DESPITE, DESPITE THE ORDINANCE PROHIBITING FIREWORKS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, IT, WE HAVE SEEN THAT IT'S, UH, THE PARKING LOT RIGHTS, THE PARKING RIDE LOTS ON THE FREEWAY, AND THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.

THERE ARE A TOTAL DISASTER AFTER FIREWORKS.

CURTIS, LET ME, UH MM-HMM .

LET ME CATCH YOU HERE.

WE, WE, WE HIT THE THREE MINUTE HERE ON YOU.

BUT, UM, I'M, I'M UNSURE.

ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST THE ORDINANCE? OH, LET ME TELL YOU.

I JUST GOT ONE SENTENCE IF YOU LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS.

ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD.

AND THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE DO NOT NEED IN THIS CITY AT THIS TIME.

AND IT'S CITY LEADERSHIP THAT'S SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR WILL NOW BE TOLERATED AS LONG AS IT'S DONE AFTER SUNSET AND BEFORE 1:00 AM PLEASE PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY AND THE WELLBEING OF THE RESIDENTS.

WE DO NOT NEED LOOSER FIREWORK LAWS.

WE NEED STRONGER ENFORCEMENTS OF THE ONES WE HAVE.

GOD SHOULD THANK YOU.

WILL YOU REMIND ME OF YOUR, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY SAID IT, BUT YOU REMIND ME OF YOUR STREET NAME.

1107TH STREET.

SEVENTH STREET.

ALRIGHT, CURTIS, TELL US NEXT TO HOW YOU REALLY FEEL THIS.

UH, OKAY.

FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE GOOD FAITH IN OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AS TO WHEN AN EMERGENCY CALL TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER A FIRE FIREWORKS CALL.

IVES, DR.

IVES ARE ONE OF OUR FORMER LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS.

GOD LOVE YOU DR.

IVES.

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO CONCERN HIMSELF WITH US, BUT HE DOES.

'CAUSE HE CARES ABOUT HIS TOWN.

HE CARES ABOUT THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M DAN IVES, 2,500 PECAN DRIVE.

I APPRECIATE COACH, UH, CHIEF WHITE'S, UH, FOR WAKING UP OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP ALLOWING FIREWORKS WILL SURELY INCREASE FIREWORKS IN OUR CITY.

THAT'S A GIVEN.

PLEASE KNOW THERE IS NO DISRESPECT TO OUR POLICE CHIEF, FIRE MARSHAL, OR CITY COUNCIL FOR BRINGING THIS FIREWORKS ISSUE TO THE FOREFRONT, BUT IT DOES NOT SOUND THANKING IN RESPECT TO THE QUALITY OF THE LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

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SECONDLY, IN THE DISCUSSION OF THIS MATTER, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF SUCH PROPOSAL, UH, OR HOW SUCH PROPOSAL COULD IMPACT INSURANCE RATES ON OUR HOMES.

I WOULD BRING TO YOU ATTENTION THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES UTILIZE A FIRE SUPPRESSION RATING SYSTEM BY AN INSURANCE SERVICE OFFICE, WHICH INCLUDES COMMUNITY RISK FACTOR FACTORS IN ITS RATE, UH, COMPUTATION.

AND THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES ALSO USE THEIR OWN ANALYSIS OF LOCAL AREAS FOR SETTING THEIR INSURANCE RATES FOR WHICH A FIREWORKS ORDINANCE CAN INFLUENCE.

JUST LIKE THE DISTANCE OF A FIRE HYDRANT FROM YOUR H FROM FROM YOUR HOME AFFECTS YOUR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE RATE.

THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT THE COST OF HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE CITYWIDE.

DOES THIS COUNCIL WANT TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF INCREASED HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE RATES FOR OUR COMMUNITY? DOES THIS COUNCIL WANT TO IN, IN INCREASE THE CHANCE OF A FAMILY MEMBER, A NEIGHBOR OR FIREMAN BEING INJURED OR KILLED DUE TO AN INCIDENT OR A HOME FIRE CAUSED BY FIREWORKS WITH 45 WITH A $45 LICENSE AND, AND 50 QUESTIONS? YES OR NO? YOU CAN BUY ALLOWABLE 1.4 G FIREWORKS IN A PROFESSIONAL LINE, HAVING A SHOWTIME A A DISPLAY EFFECT, MULTI AERIAL DISPLAYS AND BANGS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

NOT GOOD.

THINK ABOUT THIS.

PARENTS USE PUBLIC LAWS TO HELP GUIDE THEIR CHILDREN IN REGARD TO THEIR WELLBEING, GIVING PARENTS A STRONG BACKUP.

THINK OF HOW MANY MORE ROSENBERG CHILDREN COULD POSSIBLY END UP AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH HAND AND EYE ENTRIES IF THIS FIREWORKS MATTER IS PUT INTO EFFECT.

WHAT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL IMPACT ON OUR WAR VETERANS? THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL SAYS GRAB A BLANKET AND PATCH AND A PATCH OF LAWN KICK BACK AND LET THE EXPERTS HANDLE THE FIREWORKS SHOW.

AND I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU DR.

OZ.

RIGHT AT THREE MINUTES.

DR IS BY THE WAY, DISTRICT THREE.

MR. GRACIA, HERE'S SOMEBODY WE NEED TO HEAR FROM.

DISTRICT TWO.

RIGHT OFF WALER.

GOOD EVENING.

NOT, NOT TOO FAR FROM THE PARK.

MY NAME IS JOE CIA.

I LIVE AT 1110 WALTER, I RETIRED FROM THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I WORKED THERE FOR 32 YEARS.

I WAS A FIRE MARSHAL IN, UH, STAFFORD FOR 10 YEARS.

JOE, IS IS YOUR MIC ON? I HOPE IT IS.

THERE YOU GO.

CAN YOU GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO IT? ALRIGHT.

AND I KNOW THE FIRE MARSHAL CURTIS, I'M NOT GONNA DISRESPECT HIM, HE'S NOT HERE, BUT I, UM, ON HOW TO MAYBE FIX THIS.

IS THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE? THEY DO FIRE PREVENTION, FIRE MARSHAL'S, OFFICE TWO HOLIDAYS.

IT'S THE 4TH OF JULY AND NEW YEAR'S EVE.

AND YOU GET YOUR GUYS TO COME IN AND THAT TAKES AWAY FROM THE POLICE OFFICERS.

THEY CAN DO THE SAME THING A POLICE OFFICER DOES INSTEAD OF THE 50.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, IF THEY MADE ANY RUNS, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY THE RUNS WERE CUT FROM THE PD.

NOW THEY SAY IF UH, THAT UH, THE SHINGLES BURNED AND ALL THAT STUFF.

IT DOES ALL THESE HOUSES BURN, EVERYTHING BURNS FIREWORKS.

AND THEN YOU WANT TO DO, UH, FIREWORKS.

EVERYBODY'S TALKED ABOUT 'EM ABOUT AT THEIR PRIVATE HOME AND ALL THAT.

THAT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN 'CAUSE YOU BUY FIREWORKS AND THEN YOUR DAD'S GONNA TELL YOU TO GO DOWN THE STREET AND POP THE FIREWORKS.

'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THEIR HOUSE TO BURN.

AND THAT'S EVERYWHERE.

THAT'S WHY YOU GOT FIREWORKS EVERYWHERE AT SUNSET PARK ON WALGER, ALL THESE STREETS.

BAY MOORE, SIXTH STREET, THIRD STREET, UH, BRAZOS PARK, EVERYBODY BURNS FIREWORKS OUT THERE.

SO THE CONTROLLER TO ME IS YES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE SHOULD BE OUT THERE ASSISTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MR. GARA.

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MS. GINGER BROWN.

DISTRICT TWO RIGHT OFF JAY MEYER ROOM.

RIGHT BEHIND THE SCHOOL YOU SAID.

HE CAN STAND BY YOU.

IT'S NOT, NOT GOING.

I'M POSITIVE NOT GONNA HURT US.

WELL I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE AND I SPOKE WITH YOU FOR THE TODAY.

WELL, FIRST TIME TODAY.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

SO I'M GINGER BROWN.

THIS IS MY GRANDSON.

CONNOR.

HOW'S IT GOING? AT 49 30 OAK BRI LANE, UH, CBAN SEABORN TRAILS.

HOW YOU DOING? GOOD TO SEE YOU.

OKAY, PUPPY, COME SIT DOWN.

HE JUST STAND STILL THEN.

HE'S ALL, HE'S FINE.

I PURCHASED THE HOME FOUR YEARS AGO FOR HIM.

SO WHEN I'M GONE SOMEDAY IT'LL BE FOR HIM.

AND IN THE FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED IN THIS HOME, I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT HELL TO PAY EVERY 4TH OF JULY AND FOR NEW YEAR'S.

AT ONE POINT IT WAS LAST YEAR.

I WAS, THEY WERE, THEY'RE NOT SMALL FIREWORKS EITHER.

SOME OF THESE ARE LIKE HUGE FIREWORKS.

AND I, IT WAS SO LOUD.

I TOOK OFF OUTSIDE AND I'M COMING OUT THE DOOR AND I TURN RIGHT WHERE MY CAR IS PARKED.

THE FIREWORK SHOOTS ACROSS MY CAR, HITS ME ON MY SWEATER.

IT WAS THE NEW YEAR'S BOUNCES OFF ME AND HITS MY GARAGE DOOR.

I'M SO ANGRY.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THE WORDS THAT I WAS USING.

BUT I WENT ACROSS TWO DOORS DOWN TO THE NEIGHBOR.

I TOLD HIM, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? YOU JUST ABOUT SET MY HOUSE ON FIRE.

HE SAYS, ARE YOU HURT? I GO, NO.

I PUT IT OUT.

I SHOWED HIM WHERE IT BURNT ME.

HE SAID, WELL GET THE F BACK IN YOUR HOUSE.

SO LET ME MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR.

WHATEVER YOU ARE GOING TO DO, YOU BETTER START PROTECTING THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING.

THESE PEOPLE COMING OUT HERE WITH THESE FIREWORKS.

I'VE GONE HOUSE TO HOUSE TO HOUSE AND I'M ANGRY.

YOU KNOW WHY I AM ANGRY? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T CARE.

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR HOME.

THEY DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THEIR OWN HOME.

I GO OUT THE DAY AFTER AND ME AND MY NEIGHBORS CLEAN UP, PILES UPON PILES UPON PILES OF FIREWORKS, DEBRIS, NOT SMALL PILES, HUGE PILES.

JAY MEYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY GO OVER THERE, YOU CAN GO OVER THERE.

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT THIS HOUSE.

I PURCHASED THIS HOME FOR THIS DISABLED CHILD.

SO WHEN I'M GONE ONE DAY, THAT HOUSE'S STILL STANDING.

I DON'T FEEL IT'S GOING TO, I HAVE CALLED THE POLICE.

I COULDN'T EVEN SEE MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET.

WHICH OUR STREET'S VERY NARROW BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH SMOKE.

I ACTUALLY TOLD YOU I WENT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I HAD NO RESPONSE.

I WENT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT OF FEAR OF ALL THE SMOKE AND THE FIREWORKS THAT MY HOUSE WOULD CATCH ON FIRE.

'CAUSE THERE WERE LANDING ON MY HOUSE.

THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO UNLESS SOMEBODY'S INJURED.

THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.

SO YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT AND FEEL WHAT YOU WANT.

THOSE OF US WHO'VE WITNESSED IT AND DEAL WITH IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR ARE DONE.

WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF IT.

DO SOMETHING.

DON'T SIT THERE.

OH, YOU KNOW, BUT LEMME TELL YOU, THEY BUY THE FIREWORKS AT THESE LITTLE TRAILERS AND NOBODY HAS ANY, APPARENTLY THERE'S NO RULE ON WHAT SIZE THEY CAN BE.

SOME OF THESE, I MEAN THIS PAST TIME THAT THEY SET 'EM OFF, AN OFFICER DID COME AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THEY WAS SO BIG.

SHE WENT, HOLY S**T.

SHE'S, THAT'S HUGE.

AND SHE WENT AND TRIED TO CHASE HIM DOWN.

GOTTA STOP.

I GOTCHA.

PLEASE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING.

WHAT WAS YOUR STREET AGAIN? UH, 49 30 OAK.

I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THESE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY JUST DON'T SEEM TO CARE.

AND WE HAVE SEVERAL, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL 'EM? CONSTABLES.

THEY DON'T DO NOTHING.

HMM.

I I WOULD JUST URGE PEOPLE DON'T, WHEN SITUATIONS HAPPEN LIKE THAT, DON'T CONFRONT THE PEOPLE.

LET THE AUTHORITIES DO IT.

DON'T TRY TO GO AND LECTURE 'EM OR THIS.

I KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, BEING RAISED ON A FARM LIKE I WAS, WE STOOD UP FOR OURSELVES.

DON'T DO IT.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT NO MORE.

DON'T INTERACT.

DON'T INTERACT WITH POLICE.

FIRE.

YEAH, I'LL GET HURT BECAUSE HE WAS VIOLENT.

AND NEW YEAR'S EVE WHEN QUITE FRANKLY IT SOUNDS LIKE A WAR ZONE AND I COULD REPEAT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS, BUT I AM NOT GONNA DO THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, GINGER.

ALRIGHT, DISTRICT TWO AGAIN.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHIEF WHITE.

UH, MY NAME IS CHERYL SEK.

I LIVE AT 1008 EASY STREET IN ROSENBERG.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR 15 YEARS AND I'VE GROWN TO LOVE THIS CITY.

AND I RECENTLY TAKEN THE ROSENBERG 1 0 1 COURSE AND THE CITIZENS POLICE COURSE AND I'VE GROWN TO LOVE IT EVEN MORE.

AND I LOVE MY LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, NOT SO MUCH ON 4TH OF JULY

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UM, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, UH, WITH THERE ALREADY BEING AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE, WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE IF THAT HAS CHANGED.

UM, I, I DON'T EVEN WANNA THINK ABOUT IT.

AND I'M ALREADY HAVING TO MEDICATE MY DOG AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE OTHER REASONS WHY.

IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST NOT COOL TO HAVE IT, HAVE 'EM BLOWN UP.

I HAVE A VIDEO THAT I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND Y'ALL.

UH, THAT I THINK I TOOK IT ON YEAR'S EVE LAST YEAR.

UM, I LIVE BEHIND SUNSET PARK AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A WAR ZONE.

AND THERE ARE BIG, HUGE FIREWORKS BEING POPPED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'M NOT GONNA CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE I I GET IT.

I HEAR YOU.

THAT IT'S JUST TOO MUCH TO ENFORCE.

BUT I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ALL OF OUR SUPPORT IN ENFORCING IT.

UM, SO THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

UH, CHERYL, THANK YOU.

I GOT, YOU SENT ME THE VIDEO.

I'VE SEEN THAT VIDEO.

UHHUH AND I SHARED IT WITH THE, THE POLICE CHIEF.

AND HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET THROUGH THIS, EVERYBODY WILL BE, I THINK WE'LL ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

ARE YOU STILL HERE? JIM? THERE HE IS.

DON'T, DON'T NOT BE FOOLED.

JIM.

JIMMY IS SPRY CORNER OF FOURTH STREET AND MINES JIM.

WHAT SAY YOU, MY NAME IS JIMMY SPARKS I LIVE AT 26TH, 24TH STREET.

I'VE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS.

AND, UH, LOTS OF THESE YEARS I'VE HEARD OF FIREWORKS FROM THE PARK AND THE FAIRGROUNDS.

AND I'M AGAINST THE FIREWORKS, EVEN THOUGH I LIKE TO SEE 'EM.

AND IF I WANT TO SEE 'EM, I'LL GO TO THE PARK.

I'LL GO TO SEABOARD CREEK.

AND, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEM WITH THE FIREWORKS, PROBABLY ON THE STREET WHERE I LIVE AT.

AND I LIVE ON THE SAME STREET AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

NOT, NOT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, POLICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND, UH, FAR AS THE POLICE NOT DOING THEIR JOB, I THINK THEY'RE DOING A REAL, A REAL GOOD JOB DOING IT.

AND, UH, I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO BESIDES CHASING THESE KIDS UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

JUST POPPING FIREWORKS.

I FOUND BOTTLE ROCKETS AND STUFF IN MY YARD AND THE DOGS ACROSS THE STREET OR HOWL IT ALL THE TIME.

THE FIREWORKS ARE GOING ON AT NIGHT.

AND, UH, I'M REALLY OPPOSED TO IT, EVEN THOUGH I LIKE IT.

AND I'VE TAKEN MY KIDS TO THE PARK, TO THE WATCH IT.

THANK YOU, JIM.

CAROLYN SEILER, DISTRICT THREE.

JIMMY SPARKS, DISTRICT THREE, RIGHT OFF MINES NEIGHBORS WITH JIMMY.

YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

UH, MY NAME IS CAROLYN AND NEIGHBORS WITH JAMES.

NOT PRACTICAL, UM, TO ALLOW EVERYBODY, 'CAUSE LIKE ONE PERSON SAID, YOU GIVE THEM AN INCH, THEY'LL TAKE A MILE AND THEY'RE GONNA START POPPING IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND EVERYWHERE'S ELSE, THEY CAN FIND A PLACE TO POP.

MY NAME IS CAROLINE SEILER.

I LIVE AT 26 25 CEDAR LANE.

I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW THEY GET THESE CALLS AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THEY CAN DO 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T CATCH ALL OF THEM.

BUT I THINK PUTTING THIS IN EFFECT IS GOING TO HINDER OUR CITIZENS.

UM, ONE YEAR I HAD A NOT SO FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR WHO WAS POPPING FIREWORKS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.

THEY WERE GOING OVER HER HOUSE THROUGH MY TREES, LANDING IN MY YARD, STILL GLOWING.

AND SO I STOOD OUT THERE ON MY FRONT PORCH WITH THE PHONE, JUST IN CASE ANYTHING CAUGHT FIRE.

SO I CAN CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY ANYMORE.

UH, THE FIRST YEAR I WAS WORKING FOR KROGER'S ON HIGHWAY SIX.

ONE SIDE OF THE STREET WAS SUGARLAND CITY LIMITS.

THE OTHER SIDE WAS COUNTY.

AND OUR STORE WAS IN THE COUNTY.

THE FIRST YEAR I WAS THERE, I WORKED THERE.

I PULLED UP IN THE PARKING LOT THE DAY AFTER 4TH OF JULY.

AND I THOUGHT, OH MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENED? I MEAN, THERE WAS GARBAGE EVERYWHERE.

I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY SET OFF BOMBS OR WHAT.

AND IT THOUGHT AT FIRST SOMEBODY TURNED OVER THE DUMPSTERS.

SO WHEN THE GROCERY MANAGER LET ME IN, I SAID, WHAT'S THE MATTER? AND HE SAID, OH, WHAT DID YOU LIKE? HE SAYS, IT'S LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

AND ON NEXT DOOR SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, WE NEED TO LET THEM POP THEM IN THE BIG SHOPPING CENTERS.

WELL, THEY WALK OFF, THEY LEAVE THE GARBAGE THERE, THEY LEAVE ALL THE BOTTLE ROCKET STUFF, THEY LEAVE EVERYTHING THERE.

WHO'S GONNA CLEAN IT UP? IT'S THE, THE MERCHANTS.

AND IT PUTS AN EXTRA STRAIN ON THE MERCHANTS.

'CAUSE I KNOW I WORKED THERE AND WE ALL HAD TO GET OUT THERE AND CLEAN IT UP.

SO I AM AGAINST IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST

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SO I AM VERY MUCH AGAINST IT.

THANK YOU, CAROLYN.

AND YOU ALSO SIGNED UP FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

SO NOW WE'LL GET TO THE DISCUSSION.

LET ME, WE HAVE ONE MORE LALA.

OH, NO, NO, WE WANT TO HEAR YOU.

WOULD YOU MIND, I'LL TELL YOU THE, YOU COULD JUST SAY THIS.

ARE YOU, DO YOU SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING FIREWORKS OR ARE YOU OPPOSED? UM, HEARING ALL THEIR REASONS, UH, MR. MAYOR, I MEAN, I'M, CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? YES.

WOULD YOU MIND? MY NAME IS, UH, LALA AEG.

I'M FROM 2 7 1 5, UH, BALINE.

UM, HEARING ALL OF THEIR REASONS, UH, YOU KNOW, ON WHY THEY ARE AGAINST, OF THE, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING FIREWORKS.

I DO AGREE WITH THEIR REASONS.

MY MAIN THING TOO IS, UM, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH OUR, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH, WITH THEIR CONCERN.

YOU KNOW, I ALSO SUPPORT THEIR CONCERN.

SO WHAT WOULD BE MY, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION THAT WOULD HELP US RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING WITH ALL OUR CONCERNS AND AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONCERNS.

AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT THEIR, YOU KNOW, IF IN, IN THE FUTURE, SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, WILL BE GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE, BUT I ALSO WANT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WILL ABLE TO ENFORCE THE LAW.

SO, OKAY.

THAT'S, THAT'S MY THING.

SO I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A DIFFERENT, UM, ISSUE AGAIN.

AND IT ACTUALLY, YOU, YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ON A DIFFERENT ITEM, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND YOU, YOU LIVE IN SUGARLAND, CORRECT? NO, UH, IN OAKS OF ROSENBERG.

OAKS OF ROSENBERG.

YOU'RE LEILANI VANCE.

NO, LALA LALA LALA LEILANI WAS NOT HERE FOR GENERAL LAND.

LEILANI WAS NOT HERE.

OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE, UH, DISTRICT FOUR, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

AND YOUR SINGLE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE IS, UH, GEORGE EDDA.

AND RICHARD IS ONE OF YOUR AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES.

I'M AN AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE, AND JESSICA IS ONE OF YOUR AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL.

AND YOUR NEIGHBOR ALMOST.

AND YEAH.

AND NOW YOU KNOW WHERE TO THROW YOUR FIREWORKS AND ROCKS TOO.

BRING IT ON.

ANYWAYS, UM, WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE, UH, MS. SECRETARY? NOT FOR THIS ITEM.

ALRIGHT, SO SINCE THIS CAME UP, AND, AND, UH, WELL, ONE THING WE'RE NOT GONNA DO TONIGHT IS WE'RE NOT GONNA BASH OUR POLICE CHIEF OR OUR FIRE CHIEF.

UH, BUT THIS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE OF FRUSTRATION AND THE POLICE BEING INUNDATED WITH CALLS ON, UH, ON, UM, ON THESE DATES, NEW YEAR'S EVE, 4TH OF JULY.

AND SO, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS ONLY SUGGESTED AND RAN BY THE COUNCIL A COUPLE OF MEETINGS OR A MEETING AGO.

AND, AND THE COUNCIL WAS SURVEYED.

AND THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL AT THAT TIME SAID, OKAY, WE WOULD LOOK INTO CHANGING THIS ORDINANCE.

WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THE ORDINANCE.

SO IF WE TOOK NO ACTION TONIGHT, IT WOULD STAY THE SAME, WHICH WOULD MEAN IT WOULD STAY ON THE BOOKS.

BUT I THINK A LOT OF THIS FRUSTRATION COMES, UH, AND CERTAINLY WITH THE PUBLIC AND EVEN WITH THE POLICE CHIEF IS, UH, OR, OR, OR LET ME JUST SAY THE ANSWER TO THIS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IS ENFORCEMENT.

ENFORCEMENT.

AND SO YOU GOT EVERYBODY POPPING FIREWORKS.

WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IS, AS HUMAN CONDITIONING, WHEN WE DO STUFF AND WE GET AWAY WITH IT, WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.

AND, AND THEN WE DO IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, RIGHT? A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE HARDER, A LITTLE FASTER.

ANYWAYS.

UM, SO, UH, BUT SINCE THIS CAME UP, I HAVE GOTTEN A COMMITMENT, AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE THE, THE KEY HERE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL NOW, UH, WE, WE, WELL, WE HAVE COMMITMENT FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF AND OUR FIRE MARSHALS THAT THEY WILL BE ASSISTING, UH, WELL, MORE THAN ASSISTING, THEY WILL BE ENFORCING

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THESE.

AND WE'RE GONNA LET THE PUBLIC KNOW TOO THAT, SORRY, PLAYTIME'S OVER.

NOW THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE WRITING SOME TICKETS.

SO THIS ROOM IS THE COURTROOM FOR, UH, THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND IF YOU COME BY HERE IN COURT DAY, THIS ROOM IS FULL.

WE TALK ABOUT COMPLIANCE, RIGHT? RUNNING STOP SIGNS, SPEEDING, THIS AND THAT.

'CAUSE I GET ALL THOSE COMPLAINTS TOO.

THAT'S WHY WE PUT THESE SPEED HUMPS ALL AROUND.

ROSENBERG, YOU CAN RUN A STOP SIGN, BUT YOU CAN'T RUN A SPEED HUMP, CAN YOU? WELL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN RUN IT, BUT IT'LL HURT.

YOU'LL RUN IT ONE TIME.

ANYWAYS, UM, LONG STORY SHORT, UH, THE, THE, THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE FIRE MARSHAL HAVE PLEDGED FULL SUPPORT AND, UH, UH, TO, TO ENFORCING THIS.

AND WHEN THOSE FIRE CALLS COME IN, I'M SORRY, FIREWORK CALLS, THEY, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IS THEY'VE BEEN DIVERTED TO THE FIRE.

I MEAN, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE NOW GONNA GO TO WITH, WITH Y WITH Y'ALL'S BLESSING.

MY SUGGESTING IS THAT THEY COME, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, SO JUST SO YOU FLY TO THE, WELL, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION.

WELL, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION NOT TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 16.

WELL, PLEASE WAIT.

PLEASE LET ME, MAYOR, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION TOO? CAN I FINISH MY COMMENTS? SURE.

FIRST.

SO, UM, THE, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH Y'ALL'S BLESSING TO ASSIST AND TO TAKE THE CALL.

SO 9 1 1, OR HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY, FOLKS, IF YOU SEE VIOLATORS, UM, DOING FIREWORKS, TRY NOT TO CALL 9 1 1 UNLESS IT REALLY IS AN EMERGENCY.

UH, THE, THE CALL WILL, WILL GO TO GO NEXT DOOR HERE TO THE DISPATCHERS.

THESE ARE THE SAME DISPATCHERS.

THEY DISPATCH FOR POLICE AND FIRE AND EMS AND EMT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THOSE CALLS NEED TO GO TO CHIEF.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THEY'LL GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND Y'ALL GET THE CALLS AND GO OUT AND ASK PEOPLE, HOLD IT DOWN.

DON'T SHOOT FIREWORKS.

UH, IF YOU, WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO COME BACK, YOU'RE GONNA GET A TICKET OR GIVE THEM A TICKET AND USE YOUR JUDGMENT.

THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL.

IF, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, DON'T GET INTO ARGUMENTS WITH 'EM.

DON'T INTERACT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE GONNA BE PARTYING.

THEY'RE GONNA BE DRINKING.

UM, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR BACKUP.

WE, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO EXACERBATE OR CAUSE A RIOT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME COMPLIANCE.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE WILL OF THE PUBLIC.

WE'VE HEARD IT.

NOW WE, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE LINE HERE.

AND HECTOR, YOUR POINT IS VERY WELL TAKEN ON THAT, ON THAT MOTION.

I'M TAKING THAT.

BUT BEFORE, BEFORE YOU MAKE IT THOUGH, I WANT TO HEAR, I WANT TO HEAR Y'ALL'S VIEWS.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET'S START WITH FELIX FIRST.

FELIX, NOW, ORIGINALLY YOU WERE OKAY WITH LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING THE CHANGE RIGHT? NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HAS GONE BY.

WHAT, HOW DO YOU FEEL? WELL, AFTER MUCH, UH, PRAYER AND, AND MEDITATION, UH, I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, CONTEMPLATING ABOUT THE OUTCOMES.

WHAT, WHAT COULD BE THE POSSIBILITY OF POPPING FIREWORKS? MY THING IS I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE CITY POPPING FIREWORKS.

AND THEN GOD FORBID, UM, A HOUSE CATCHES ON FIRE SOMEONE WHO'S STILL SLEEPING.

I DON'T WANT THAT ON MY CONSCIENCE FOR SOMEONE TO END UP PASSING AWAY BECAUSE OF A HOUSE FIRE.

UM, BUT I I'M GONNA SAY, UH, I'M, I'M GONNA BE A NO.

ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CHANGE IT TO A NO, IF THERE WERE ANY CHANGE, YEAH, WELL, UM, AFTER HEARING A LOT OF CITIZENS AND A LOT OF PHONE CALLS I GOT IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, UM, CONSIDERATION, LIKE MR. CASILLAS HAS A SON THAT DOESN'T HANDLE THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, PRAY GOD, UM, A LOT OF THE ANIMALS TOO, I GOT A LOT OF PHONE CALLS.

UH, I KNOW I VOTED FOR IT TO BRING IT ON, BUT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT ALL THEM PEOPLE AT THAT TIME.

NOW THAT A LOT OF 'EM HAD SPOKEN.

NO, THERE YOU GO.

AND I MADE A MOTION TO NOT, UH, FOR NOT TO ACCEPT THIS ORDINANCE.

2025 DASH 16.

WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE ATTORNEY, IF WE, IF IT'S REQUIRED ANY ACTION, BUT IF IT IS, YOU'LL BE THE MOTION.

I'LL SEE.

UM, I WANT TO WANT TO POINT OUT THOUGH, WHEN WE POWWOWED IT, THAT'S ALL IT WAS.

WE POWWOWED IT.

WE DID NOT, Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE, Y'ALL DID NOT ACTUALLY APPROVE ANY CHANGES.

NO, SIR.

AND, AND WE, YOU WERE ONLY POLLED.

OF COURSE, I WAS OPPOSED TO IT.

TO GEORGIA'S CREDIT, HE WAS OPPOSED TO IT TOO.

UM, SO THIS IS WHAT WE DO AS A DEMOCRACY AND A DELIBERATIVE BODY.

WE ARE HERE TO DELIBERATE.

THAT'S OUR PURPOSE.

IT AIN'T TO RUBBER STAMP, IT AIN'T TO DO WHAT THE MAYOR WANTS.

IT AIN'T TO DO WHAT ANYBODY ELSE WANTS.

IT'S WHAT WE

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DO AS A GROUP.

JESSICA.

WELL, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT CLARIFICATION, UH, MAYOR, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T VOTE ON ANYTHING YET.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

'CAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE GIVING OUR INDIVIDUAL VIEWS.

WE SHOULD BE EXPRESSING THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE WHO WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT.

AND I THINK WE'RE KNOWN AS A COUNCIL WHO SUPPORTS OUR POLICE OFFICERS, AND WE WANNA BE KNOWN AS A CITY, UM, THAT ALWAYS DOES THAT BECAUSE WE WANT THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE SAFETY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE SPOKEN AND STATED THAT YOU'RE OPPOSED TO ALLOWING FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY.

SO AS FAR AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CONCERNED, I THINK THAT Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THE PEOPLE LOUD AND CLEAR AND KNOW THAT IT'S A PRIORITY TO WRITE CITATIONS AND TO FIND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THAT.

AND THAT COULD BE A GOOD SOURCE OF REVENUE, UH, FOR THE CITY AS WELL.

UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, I'M IN SUPPORT OF MAKING FIREWORKS ILLEGAL OR KEEPING THEM AS ILLEGAL.

KEEPING THEM AS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON WRITING CITATIONS, UM, TO SET AN EXAMPLE THIS YEAR.

OUTSTANDING, UH, RICHARD, I AM, I'M ALSO NOT IN FAVOR OF LEGALIZING IT.

UM, I'M GLAD YOU ALL CAME OUT AND SPOKE OTHERWISE.

WHO KNOWS HOW THE VOTE COULD HAVE GONE.

UM, YEAH, AFTER HEARING EVERYONE, IT'S PRETTY CERTAIN THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE OKAY WITH THIS.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

GEORGE, YOUR TERM.

I RESPECT ALL OF Y'ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT.

I, I FEEL FREE, Y'ALL.

AND WHEN I TALK TO Y'ALL, I MEAN THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD CONSIDER.

BUT IF YOU NOTICE THESE, THESE BUILDINGS THAT THEY SELL OUT OF, THEY STAY THERE 24 MONTHS OR 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.

WHY DON'T WE CHANGE THE ORDINANCE? TAKE 'EM OUTTA ROSENBERG.

MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET'S THE START.

BECAUSE YOU SEE THE, UH, YOU GO DOWN 36, YOU SEE ALL THESE CONTAINERS THAT ARE COVERED UP JUST WAITING FOR A VENUE TO COME UP SO THEY CAN OPEN UP.

ALRIGHT? THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE.

UM, SO SOME OF YOU, SOMETIMES FOLKS COME, THEY WANT TO SEE AND, BUT THEY'RE INHIBITED TO SPEAK.

MAYBE THEY'RE SHY OR THIS AND THAT.

UH, SO THERE WAS SOME FOLKS THAT CAME IN LATE.

I SAW MARY JACKSON.

ARE YOU STILL HERE? MARY JACKSON? MARY JACKSON WAS TURNED AWAY.

UM, BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME FOLKS THAT ARE LIVE IN THE CITY I KNOW THAT ARE HERE THAT DID NOT SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

ANNETTE IS ONE.

MS. MEISTER ONE.

I SEE FRANK, I SEE AMANDA BARTA.

SO IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY AND YOU DIDN'T SPEAK, UH, UH, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.

JUST RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW.

AMANDA, RAISE YOUR HAND.

NOW IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD, SO I'M JUST GONNA DO, UH, TAKE A QUICK LITTLE POLL IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT THE COUNCIL TO VOTE TO ALLOW FIREWORKS ON 4TH OF JULY AND THE CITY LIMIT, AND ON 4TH OF JULY, RAISE YOUR HAND.

NOBODY WANTS IT.

SO I WILL SAY THIS, WHAT A BUDDY OF MINE TOLD ME YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT HERE.

WHAT PART OF NO, DO FOLKS NOT UNDERSTAND THE END PART OR THE O PART, RIGHT? HEY, DON'T HAVE TO KNOCK ME OVER WITH A, A FIRECRACKER.

SO, UM, I'LL ASK THE ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION GRADING? NO.

IT DIES FOR A LACK OF A MOTION.

WELL, I THINK THERE IS A MOTION.

WELL, THEY, THEY DID MAKE A MOTION TO I SECOND IT TO, TO, TO VOTE IT DOWN IN A SECOND.

IF YOU WANT TO AFFIRMATIVELY KILL THE AGENDA ITEM, YOU CAN GO WITH, I THINK THAT'S THE BEST 'CAUSE LET'S KILL THE ITEM.

IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T, IT CAN COME BACK UP.

SO THERE WE GO.

THEN WE VOTE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNSELOR TREVINO TO REJECT THE SUGGESTION.

I, NOT THE SUGGESTION.

THE, THE PROPOSED CHANGE, UH, IF YOU'RE IN FACT AND SECONDED BY COUNSELOR, UH, VARGAS VARGAS.

SO IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, THIS IS NOT TO APPROVE, THIS IS TO VOTE IT DOWN FOLKS.

SO DON'T GET IT WRONG HERE.

TO DISALLOW FIREWORKS.

DISALLOW TO, TO, TO REJECT THE THE ORDINANCE.

VOTE YES.

IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE, IF, IF YOU'RE A NO, YOU VOTE YES.

RIGHT? HOW'S THAT? IF YOU'RE AGAINST FIREWORKS YES.

IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE UH, NOPE.

THERE IT IS.

THE MO THE MOTION PASSED TO REJECT A CHANGE AND LEAVE FIREWORKS PER APPLAUD.

APPLAUD YOURSELVES.

ALSO

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COME BACK.

I MEAN OUT AND SPEAKING.

AND COME BACK HERE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, LISTEN, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY IF YOU DON'T STAY.

WE, WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

BUT IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, CAN WE TAKE A BREAK? AND I WANNA SAY SOME.

HI.

SAY HI TO SOME FOLKS TOO.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

ALRIGHT, LET'S,

[3. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3902, a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, an Agreement for Law Enforcement and Fire Marshal services, by and between the City of Rosenberg, Texas, and Fort Bend EpiCenter Sports Facilities Management, LLC (FBE SFM, LLC), for events held at the EpiCenter Event and Convention Center, when deemed necessary for public safety. (Jonathan White, Police Chief) ]

UH, LET'S GET RESTARTED.

CHIEF, HOW DID THAT WORK OUT? YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING, DID YOU? YEAH.

IS THIS ONE GONNA BE THE SAME WAY? HUH? IS THE NEXT ONE? IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME WAY.

WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT IT IS.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE A FORUM YET.

HERE WE COUNTING YOU.

OH, THAT'S TYPICAL.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN, YEAH, I DID.

HEY, UH, I'M, CAN I JUST LEAVE LIKE, OH, OKAY.

AND WE DO IN, UH, RICHARD AND FELIX ARE STILL IN THE BUILDING, BUT MAYBE THEY HAD TO GO TO THE MEN'S ROOM.

ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER.

LOST THE ATTORNEY TOO.

RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, 39 0 2 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE FOR CITY OF ROSENBURG, TEXAS IN AGREEMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

FIRE MARSH, YOUR MICROPHONE, I'M SORRY.

UH, FOR FIRE MARSHAL SERVICES AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AND THE FORT BEND EPICENTER SPORTS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.

L-L-C-F-B-E-S-F-M-L-L-C, UH, FOR EVENTS HELD AT THE EPICENTER EVENT AND CONVENTION CENTER WHEN DEEMED NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

CHIEF WHITE.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL.

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION R 3 9 0 2.

AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AND FORT BEND EPICENTER SPORTS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LLC ON JUNE 18TH, 2024, THE CITY APPROVED RESOLUTION R 3 6 8 6 AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND F-B-E-S-F-M-L-L-C FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE MARSHAL SERVICES.

FOUR EVENTS HELD AT THE EPICENTER AND CONVENTION CENTER FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.

THE AGREEMENT WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 18TH, 2025.

THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A MAINTAINS THE SAME TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND PROCESSES BY WHICH THE ROSENBERG POLICE AND FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WOULD PROVIDE SERVICES FOR EVENTS HELD AT THE EPICENTER.

THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE AGREEMENT IS THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE PAID BY F-B-E-S-F-M-L-L-C WAS INCREASED FROM $55 PER HOUR TO $65 PER HOUR.

SINCE $65 PER HOUR.

IT DOES NOT FULLY REIMBURSED THE CITY FOR ALL COSTS TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES.

THE CITY WILL CHANGE THE METHOD OF PAYING CITY PERSONNEL WHO WORKED THE EPICENTER FROM AN OVERTIME RATE TO A FLAT RATE OF $55 PER HOUR PLUS BENEFITS.

THE CITY AGREEMENT WOULD REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF R 3 9 0 2 AS PRESENTED.

UH, FELIX, FELIX, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT? IT'S A NEW AGREEMENT.

I, I GUESS, UM, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, HOW OFTEN ARE THE EVENTS, UH, HOW, HOW OFTEN ARE THE POLICE REQUIRED THERE? LIKE IS IT EVERY EVENT OR IS IT, I MEAN, IS IT, IS THERE LIKE A LIMIT WHERE I GUESS THAT YOU HIT A THRESHOLD, YOU NEED THE OFFICERS THERE? SO WE CONSULT WITH MANAGEMENT, UH, WEEKLY ON UPCOMING EVENTS.

THERE ARE SOME EVENTS WHERE WE MAY NOT NEED OFFICERS THERE, UM, OTHERS THAT, THAT WE WILL.

SO IT'S REALLY CASE BY CASE.

RIGHT NOW THEY JUST HAVE A, A MIXTURE OF, UH, DIFFERENT PROMOTERS THAT ARE USING THE CENTER AND AT, AT THAT PRICE OR AT THAT PAY.

IS THAT ENOUGH FOR THE OFFICER? WILL THAT BE ABLE TO COVER THE COST OF, I GUESS, OF LIVING? YEAH.

I, I THINK WHAT'S GOOD WITH THIS IS THAT THE, IT, THE CITY IS NOT HAVING TO EXPENSE RIGHT.

AS MUCH AS WE PREVIOUSLY WERE.

AND YES, IT IS A FAIR, A FAIR RATE.

AWESOME.

THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL I GOT MAYOR.

UH, HE HECTOR? YEAH.

UH, JUST TO RECAP ON FELIX, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS WILL COVER OUR COSTS.

I KNOW LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME WE DID THIS AGREEMENT AND WE'RE OFF ON OUR COSTS.

THIS IS GONNA COVER OUR COSTS.

AND THAT WAS MY ONLY HOPE FOR CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO THIS YEAR IS THAT WE WOULDN'T BE UPSIDE DOWN ON THIS SERVICE.

SO AS LONG AS THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT, WE'RE NOT COMING SO MUCH OUT OF POCKET OR YOU'RE SAYING NOT AT ALL RIGHT ON THIS, UH, MAKING SURE IT'S ZERO.

IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

I THINK, UM, IT, IT'S CLOSE TO COVER THE PERSONNEL COST AND WE STILL GET THE EXCLUSIVITY

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ON, ON THIS AGREEMENT.

WE STILL GET THE WHAT? I'M SORRY? EXCLUSIVITY.

WHERE IT'S JUST YES.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT, RICHARD.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT TOO.

GEORGE, CHIEF WHITE, UH, ARE WE THE FIRST ONES TO CALL IF THEY NEED A IT IS MARK IF THEY NEED A YEAH.

POLICE OFFICER? YES SIR.

YES SIR.

SO, BUT Y'ALL ARE GOT A, UH, SO IN THIS MODEL WE'LL ALREADY HAVE OFFICERS THERE, SO THEY REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE TO EVEN CALL THE DISPATCH CENTER.

WE WOULD HAVE PERSONNEL ON SITE.

ALRIGHT, CHIEF, THESE, UM, THESE OFFICERS THAT ARE THERE FOR THE CITY, THE CITY, CITY POLICE, THEY'RE NOT ONES ON REGULAR, ON DUTY, TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR POLICE PROTECTION FROM THE CITY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THESE, THESE ARE EXTRA JOB OFFICERS? YES, SIR.

AND THEN BASICALLY THE CONTRACT, UH, IS, UH, TO RAISE IT FROM 55 TO $65 AN HOUR, THAT'LL BE THE RATE INCREASE FOR THE EPICENTER TO REIMBURSE.

TO PAY, YES SIR.

TO PAY, UH, TO REIMBURSE THE CITY.

AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER STUFF IN THERE TOO, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE FOR US IS SHOW US THE MONEY.

SO WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL? MAYOR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND OUR MOTION MADE.

BY WHO? JESSICA.

I MEAN, WHO SECOND IT.

FELIX ON THE MACHINE.

AND HECTOR SECONDED IT.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S FINE.

I'M NOT HERE TO FELIX THE, THE, YOU WANT ME TO RE REPEAT IT? YOU SAY IT AGAIN? NO, IT'S FINE.

I'LL MOVE.

MOTION MADE BY FELIX.

SECONDED BY WHO? HECTOR.

HECTOR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PUSH RED.

I MEAN, PUSH, UH, YES.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? PUSH RED.

NO, YOU HIT IN THE MIDDLE.

OF AN ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 19.

THE, UH, GREEN YESES.

[4. Consideration of and action on Ordinance No. 2025-19, an Ordinance granting to SiEnergy, L.P., a renewal of franchise to furnish and supply gas to the general public in the City of Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas, for the transporting, delivery, sale, and distribution of gas in, out of, and through said municipality for all purposes; providing for the payment of a fee or charge for the use of the streets, alleys, and public ways; requiring compliance with all regulatory ordinances of the City; and providing for other provisions related to the subject matter hereof. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ]

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE TO SEE ENERGY, LPA RENEWAL OF FRANCHISE TO FURNISH AND SUPPLY GAS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, IN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS FOR TRANSPORTING DELIVERY CELL AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS IN, OUT OF AND THROUGH THE MUNICIPALITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF A FEE OR CHARGE FOR THE USE OF STREETS, ALLEYS, PUBLIC WAYS REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REGULATORY ORDINANCES OF THE CITY AND PROVIDING FOR, UH, PROVISIONS RELATED TO SUBJECT MATTER.

HEREOF RIGO.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND COUNSEL.

CC ENERGY LP IS SEEKING A FRANCHISE RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY FOR A CONSENT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE PIPELINES AND EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OF THE CITY WHERE THE TRANSPORTATION DELIVERY SALE DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL GAS WITHIN THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS.

THE PROPOSED FRANCHISE RENEWAL IS FOR A TERM OF 10 YEARS, BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND ENDING ON THE DAY BEFORE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORDINANCE SHALL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE FIVE YEAR PERIODS.

THE FRANCHISE SHALL NOT EXCEED 20 YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

THE CITY WILL RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF 4% OF UNIVERSAL NATURAL GAS QUARTERLY GROSS REVENUES.

SHOULD CITY COUNCIL APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 19 ZGLP MUST FILE AN FILE A WRITTEN ACCEPTANCE OF THIS ORDINANCE WITHIN 45 DAYS AFTER ITS ADOPTION BY THE CITY OR THE ORDINANCE SHALL BE A RENDERED KNOLL AND VOID STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 19.

I, I GOT A, I HOPE IT DOESN'T SOUND TOO DUMB.

SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A COMPETITOR CENTER TO COMPETITOR TO CENTER POINT, CORRECT.

HMM.

SO IT'S A RENEWAL.

SO IT'S, WE ALREADY HAVE, WE'RE JUST RENEWING THE AGREEMENT THAT WE DID 10 YEARS AGO.

SO THESE FOLKS ARE ALREADY PROVIDING, 'CAUSE I GOT, I MEAN, I USE CENTERPOINT, CORRECT? AND IT'S USUALLY CENTERPOINT HAS THEIR, THEIR SECTION, IT'S LIKE NEWER SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE COMING IN.

THEY MIGHT END UP TAKING GET THIS COMPANY CORRECT.

I KNOW, I KNOW CENTERPOINT SERVICES MY AREA.

WELL, YOU'RE A NEWER NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU DON'T, OKAY, SO YOU, WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SI ENERGY OR JUST IN CASE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, DOING WELL, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM, BUT, HEY, THAT'S COOL.

UH, LET'S SEE IF THE COUNCIL, UM, WISHES TO COMMENT OR APPROVE, I'M SURE THEY'LL APPROVE.

BUT GEORGE, UH, YOU EVER HEARD OF THE COMPANY SEE ENERGY, NOT SEE ENVIRONMENTAL? THEY'RE A GAS COMPANY.

AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM? NO.

MAYOR, THEY PROVIDE ONLY ABOUT 2% OF THE GAS IN THE CITY.

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2%.

WELL, I GUESS THEY'RE A GROWING COMPANY.

WAS IT RENEWABLE OF A 10 YEAR WAS THEIR PRIOR CONTRACT FOR 10 YEARS? AND THIS IS RENEWING 10 MORE YEARS? YES.

YES MA'AM.

I MEAN, THEY GIVE ROSENBERG 4% OF THE ACTION.

SO CITI IS IN THE GAS BUSINESS AT THE LEVEL OF 4% WITH ONE LITTLE COMPANY AT 2%.

RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JESSICA? NO QUESTIONS.

HECTOR? NO QUESTIONS.

FELIX, IS THAT 4%, UM, IS THAT STANDARD, UH, FOR THE FEES? THIS IS THE FEE THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, UH, 10 YEARS AGO.

WE MAKE ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER $3,000 PER YEAR THAT THEY END UP PAYING US.

SO HAVE WE EVER TRIED TO NEGOTIATE, TRY TO GO AT LEAST ONE MORE PERCENT TO 5%, 4%? I MEAN, IS IT WORTH IT? 4% IS VERY STANDARD ON MOST FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS THESE DAYS.

THEY USED TO BE SEVEN, 6%, UM, YEARS AGO, BUT YOU CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH THEM THESE DAYS.

GOTCHA.

THAT'S VERY STANDARD.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WELL, HECK, UM, FELIX WAS PUTTING HIS, UH, TRUMP HAT ON AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A BETTER DEAL.

THAT'S, THAT'S NOT BAD.

NOT BAD THINKING.

TRYING TO HELP OUT THE CITY.

UM, OKAY.

WHAT ARE THE, UH, WISHES OF THE COUNCIL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 19.

I'LL SECOND.

ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PUSH OR SAY GREEN? YES.

IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY RED.

SO THE GREENS HAVE IT.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

TURNED MY PHONE DOWN.

THAT WAS MARY JACKSON UPSET ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK, I'M SURE.

BUT, UH, BUT, BUT NONETHELESS, UM, UH, I'LL HEAR HER COMMENT LATER.

WE HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MAKE, MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

WELL, WE, WE, WE, WE, WE GOT AN HOUR AND A HALF EARFUL FROM THE PUBLIC.

ANYWAY.

UM, WHERE'S THE CHIEF AT? DID HE LEAVE, UH, FOR THAT SUGGESTION TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE? IF, IF HE WAS HERE, I'D SAY THANKS A LOT, CHIEF .

ANYWAY, IT'S ALL FUN.

WE DID, WE ENDED UP DOING THE RIGHT THING.

SO.

FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF AND ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 38 96 OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS, AND ENGAGEMENT LETTER AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY AND WILEY PENN, LLP FOR PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL AUDIT SERVICES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

ITEM NUMBER

[5. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3896, a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute, for and on behalf of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, an Engagement Letter Agreement, by and between the City of Rosenberg and Whitley Penn, LLP, for the provision of Professional Audit Services for the Fiscal Years ending September 30, 2025, September 30, 2026, and September 30, 2027. (Luis Garza, Director of Finance) ]

UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, AND SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.

LEWIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ON THURSDAY, MAY 1ST, 2025, THE CITY RECEIVED A TOTAL OF EIGHT PROPOSALS, UH, FROM FIRMS IN RESPONSE TO RFP NUMBER 2025 DASH 44 P FOR PROFESSIONAL AUDIT SERVICES.

UH, THE COPIES OF ALL EIGHT PROPOSALS WERE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW.

THE PROPOSALS WERE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED BY AN EVALUATION TEAM CONSISTING OF THE CITY MANAGER, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND ALSO THE BUDGET COORDINATOR.

THE TOP, UH, THREE FIRMS WERE INVITED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE FINANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE ON MAY 27TH, 2025.

THE COMMITTEE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD RFP NUMBER 2025 DASH 44 P TO WILEY PENN, LLP FOR PROFESSIONAL AUDIT SERVICES FOR A THREE YEAR TERM FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020 5, 26, 27, WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR TERM.

A COPY, A COPY OF WHITLEY PIN LLPS PROPOSAL WAS PROVIDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER.

THE COMMITTEE AND STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 38 96, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE DOCUMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL AUDIT SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025 THROUGH 2027, WITH THE OPTION TO RE, UH, EXTEND FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR TERM.

THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A AND AFTER EXECUTION, A COPY OF THE PROPOSAL WILL BE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B.

WE ALSO HAVE, UH, MR. LUPE GARCIA WITH WHITLEY PIN, UH, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE NEW AUDITOR COMPANY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE TONIGHT? HE'S, HE'S OUT HERE.

IF ANYBODY HAS, BUT THE OTHER COMMITTEE MET.

WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEE? I AM.

WHO, WHO ELSE IS ON? OKAY.

DID Y'ALL, I'M SURE Y'ALL WENT OVER EVERYTHING LOOKING.

YES, WE DID.

AND WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS THE BEST GROUP TO SERVE OUR CITY.

GOOD? YES.

WELL, I CERTAINLY, UH, WILL TAKE Y'ALL'S SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE RESOLUTION RR 38 96.

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I'LL SECOND.

ALRIGHT, IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF HECTOR'S MOTION OF ACCEPTING, UH, WHITLEY PIN INDICATE BY PUSHING GREEN.

IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH RED.

THE GREEN YESES HAVE IT, IT'S BEEN APPROVED.

WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU'ALL.

WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? NO.

OH, OKAY.

I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE HAD SOMETHING TO SAY.

UH, UM, HE PROBABLY WOULD JUST SAY THANK YOU PROBABLY.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SERVE THE CITY.

CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 38 83.

WE'RE THANK YOU'RE WE'RE, UH, HAPPY TO HAVE YOU

[6. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3883, a Resolution awarding Bid No. 2025-49B for the CDBG-MIT Flood and Drainage Mitigation Project; Rabbs Bayou Improvements and Detention Pond Activity Nos. 3 & 4, waive informalities in bidding; and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute, for and on behalf of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, appropriate documents and/or agreements regarding same. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ]

A RESOLUTION AWARDING BID NUMBER 20 25 40 DASH 49 B FOR THE C-D-B-G-M-I-T FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT GRABS VALUE YOU IMPROVEMENT.

AND FOR THE DETENTION POND ACTIVITY NUMBERS THREE AND FOUR, WAIVE INFORMALITIES AND BIDDING AND AUTHORIZING CITY, CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS, UM, AND OR AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE SAME.

BID WERE RECEIVED ON MAY 8TH, 2025 FOR C-D-B-G-M-I-T FLOOD DRAINAGE AND MITIGATION PROJECTS.

REVS BODY IMPROVEMENTS AT DETENTION PONDS ACTIVITIES THREE AND FOUR, A TOTAL OF FIVE BIDS WERE OPEN AND TABULATED AS INDICATED ON THE ATTACHED BID SUMMARY FORM.

STAFF RECOMMENDS BID NUMBER 2025 DASH 49 B BE AWARDED TO SCO CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LTD, WHO SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID AMOUNT OF $5,849,275 FOR A TERM OF 310 CALENDAR DAYS AND WAIVE INFORMALITIES IN THE BIDDING.

THE ORIGINAL BID PRICE FOR THE MOBILIZATION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL PRICE OF THE CONTRACT.

SCRO HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT THE TOTAL COST WITHOUT THE MOBILIZATION.

THIS CLARIFICATION DOES NOT AFFECT THE TOTAL BID.

THE ATTACHED CORRESPONDENCE FROM WADE HEMEL PE WITH COSTELLO LLC, RECOMMENDS THE SAME SHOULD CITY COUNCIL AWARD, THE BIDS RECOMMENDED THE PROPOSAL FROM SERCO WILL SERVE AS WILL BE ATTACHED AND SERVE AS EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 38 83.

THE PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 CIP, AND 90% OF THE PROJECT IS FUNDED WITH THE C-D-B-G-M-I-T GRANT FUNDS.

THIS PROJECT WOULD ALLOW FOR IMPROVEMENTS OF THE RABS BAYOU FROM THE WEST OF LANE TO THE EASTERN CITY LIMITS, INCLUDING A NEW REGIONAL DETENTION POND TO HELP ALLEVIATE DRAINAGE ISSUES.

IN THIS PART OF ROSENBERG STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 38 83 AS PRESENTED.

YOU KNOW, THE INTERESTING THING IS THERE'S NOBODY HERE, NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO THIS.

I WAS THINKING, NOW HERE'S A $5.8 MILLION ITEM, NO COMMENTS.

UM, THIS IS PROBABLY, WELL THAT LAST ONE WAS IMPORTANT, BUT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

THIS IS GONNA HELP DRAIN OUR TOWN.

KEEP KEEP THE TOWN FROM FLOODING.

THIS IS DISTRICT ONE BY THE WAY.

UM, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

IT'S A LONG TIME COMING.

IT ALLOWS, ALLOWS PEOPLE TO, TO GO TO WORK AT NINE 30 OR EIGHT 30, UH, SIX 30 IN THE MORNING WHEN IF YOU'RE DRIVING LOW LIKE A TOYOTA CAMRY, YOU PULL OUT INTO THE STREET, TOYOTA'S CAMRYS TO SIT ABOUT A FOOT OFF THE GROUND.

IF YOU HAVE A FOOT OF WATER IN THE STREET, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO WORK THAT DAY.

WELL, I, WHEN I HAD A, WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER, I HAD A, MY VERY FIRST BRAND NEW MERCEDES IN, I OFFICED WITH CHRISTIAN ER RIGHT THERE NEXT TO WHIT PITT.

AND IT RAINED REAL BAD.

I WAS IN A MEETING WITH A CLIENT, NOBODY TOLD ME IT WAS FLOODING.

AND I WAS VERY LETTING YOUR CAR.

NO, MY CAR WAS FINE, BUT I SLEPT AT THE OFFICE.

AND I DIDN'T, UH, GO HOME AND I SLEPT ON MY DESK.

'CAUSE WELL, AT LEAST YOU CAN GET OUT AND SAY, WELL, I'LL TRY TO TRUDGE THROUGH IT.

NO, 'CAUSE THAT WAS MY VERY FIRST MERCEDES-BENZ.

AND I, AND I'VE, I'VE LIVED THROUGH THAT RIGHT THERE OFF OF 36.

I SLEPT AT MY OFFICE DESK BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE FLOODING AND IT WAS BAD.

WELL, THIS PROPERTY AND THE OTHERS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AND THE CITY'S BEEN WORKING ON, THE LAST COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UH, HAD BEEN WORKING ON, UM, ARE GONNA HELP.

HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE HOPE, UH, TO, TO ALLEVIATE THESE PROBLEMS. THERE'S THREE OR FOUR PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY'S LOOKING AT ACQUIRING AROUND THE CITY THAT WILL, UM, BE DETENTION BASINS.

AND, UM, ONE QUESTION, RIGO, I KNOW THESE ARE GONNA, THESE ARE, UH, ENGINEERED, BUT ABOUT HOW DEEP WOULD THAT THIS PARTICULAR BASIN BE? SEVEN, EIGHT FEET, NINE FEET.

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UH, SO LET'S SEE WHAT WE'RE GONNA START WITH YOU, FELIX, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, WELL, YOU'RE TO THE FAR LEFT, RIGHT? AND, AND IT'S DISTRICT ONE.

SO TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS.

I THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

UH, MR. RIGO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THE RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE ASKING IS, UM, WILL THEY BE NOTIFIED, YOU KNOW, UM, MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO AT IN ADVANCE? UM, NO, ABSOLUTELY.

THEY'LL BE NOTIFIED.

WE'LL BE END UP, UH, PUTTING DOOR KNOCKERS.

UM, AND THEN ALL , WILL THEY BE IN ENGLISH? I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD.

LET LETTING THOSE RESIDENTS KNOW AND EVEN LETTING THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE DIGGING.

YOU KNOW, BEHIND THEIR, WILL IT BE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AS WELL? I'M PRETTY SURE, YES.

WE, WE TYPICALLY DO.

PERFECT.

AND THEN, UH, AND EVEN IF THERE'S DOWNTIME ON WATER OR OTHER UTILITIES, YOU'LL NOTIFY THEM, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY, PERFECT.

SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

UH, HECTOR, I DON'T HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO I'M ALL FOR IT.

IS THAT YOUR LA I MEAN, BEFORE I GOT MAYOR, Y'ALL, Y'ALL WORKED ON THIS? YES.

THE LAST MAYOR IN THE COUNCIL.

AND THEN, UM, SO YEAH, THE CITY'S DONE A LOT OF WORK.

JESSICA, JUST TO KIND OF COMMENT ON WHAT FELIX JUST MENTIONED, THAT'S THE ONE COMPLAINT I HAVE HEARD IS NOT, NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT THIS, BUT JUST GENERALLY IF THERE'S GONNA BE DISRUPTION IN, UM, UTILITIES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE VOICED ON PAST ISSUES THAT EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, ON IT MIGHT BE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

UM, BUT THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE, IS THAT PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE, EVEN IF I KNOW YOU GUYS DO POST IT MM-HMM .

UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING UNAWARE OR NOT KNOWING.

SO IF THERE IS GONNA BE ANY DISRUPTION, EXCUSE ME, TO CITY SERVICES, I, I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU GUYS DO DO THAT.

BUT JUST GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.

WE, WE, WE TYPICALLY DO A GOOD JOB.

I KNOW EVEN TODAY WE ENDED UP SITTING DOOR KNOCKERS AS WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING AT A DIFFERENT, UH, WATER PLANT PROJECT.

EVEN THOUGH THE, THE RESIDENTS ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

WE, WE, WE PUT THOSE DOOR LOCKERS ON, ON THOSE HOUSES TO LET THEM KNOW.

UH, TYPICALLY WHEN WE DON'T PUT DOOR LOCKERS ON IS IF, UH, WE HAVE A MAIN BREAK AND IT'S AN EMERGENCY, IT'S NO TIME.

AND, AND THERE'S NO TIME TO ACTUALLY LET THEM KNOW.

'CAUSE THE DAMAGE IS ALREADY DONE.

RICHARD, QUESTIONS? GEORGE? NO QUESTION.

WELL, THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE USUALLY GET THE MOST CALLS THAT NO ONE LET US KNOW.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY COMPLAINT I'VE EVER SEEN.

LIKE WITH THIS TYPE OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PEOPLE SAY, WELL, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HAVE KNOWN THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A DISRUPTION.

SO IF, IF THERE'S AT ALL A CHANCE TO DO IT, I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN TRY OUR BEST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW.

YES, MA'AM.

I LIKE THAT.

UM, AND I SEE NO HARM, AND Y'ALL MAY ALREADY DO THIS, BUT ANY DOOR HANGER? UH, I SEE NO HARM IN HAVING ALL OF THEM.

BILINGUAL.

ONE SIDE ENGLISH, THE OTHER SIDE.

SO WE NEED A, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

A MOTION.

$8 MILLION RESOLUTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R DASH 38 83.

I'LL SECOND.

MOTION MADE BY FELIX.

SECONDED BY HECTOR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OR PUSH GREEN.

THE EYES HAVE IT MR. RE WELL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.

SEVEN, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM.

CONSIDERATION.

UH, ITEM NUMBER

[7. Consideration of and action on additional appointments to the Animal Control Shelter Advisory Board. (Felix Vargas, Councilor, District 1) ]

FIRSTHAND SEE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND HAVE IDEAS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER? A LOT OF WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED TO COUNSEL BY INDIVIDUALS IS EITHER HEARSAY OR SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

UM, SO CAROLYN, DO YOU WISH TO COME FORWARD, COME FORTH, UH, CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD? THIS WAS ASKED BY FELIX, UM, BUT YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

WOULD YOU CARE TO SPEAK? THREE MINUTES ON THE ISSUE.

PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHAT PLANET YOU'RE FROM.

NO, WE KNOW .

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSELORS.

MY NAME IS CAROLYN SEILER AND I RESIDE AT 26 25 CEDAR LANE IN ROSENBERG.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR SEEING THE NEED FOR A MORE STABLE ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AGAIN FOR THE ANIMALS AT THE SHELTER.

WE HAD AN ADVISORY BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, AND IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

NO ONE YELLED AT, OTHER MEMBERS, RAISED THEIR VOICES, INTERRUPTED THOSE WHO HAD THE FLOOR SPEAKING, CALLED THE OTHERS NAMES, OR ACCUSED ANYONE OF GASLIGHTING.

EVERYONE GAVE THEIR OPINION AS I ADDRESSED THE ISSUE AT HAND OF OVERCROWDING AT THE SHELTER.

AMONG OTHER ISSUES, OPINIONS AND IDEAS WERE SHARED, AGREED ON, AND NOT FORCED ON.

OTHERS DECISIONS WERE MADE AND IDEAS WERE GIVEN FOR FUTURE MEETINGS WHILE BEING RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER.

THIS LEADS ME TO THE POINT OF WHAT THE REASONS ARE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.

HOW CAN IDEAS BE GIVEN TO A, UH, IF A PERSON DOES NOT

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THERE HAVE BEEN DOGS HUMANELY EUTHANIZED, BUT FOR REASONS OTHER THAN WHAT ADVOCATES SAY, I'M AT THE SHELTER SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK AND HAVE SEEN DOGS, UM, PRACTICALLY EAT THROUGH THE CHAIN.

LINK FENCING, WHICH REQUIRED REPAIR SHELTER.

EMPLOYEES ARE EVEN WARY TO GO NEAR THOSE DOGS.

DOGS HAVE BIT AGGRESSIVELY LEAVING SCARS PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.

REASONS GIVEN PREVIOUSLY AT COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE NOT THE REAL REASONS THE DOGS WERE PUT DOWN.

I INVITE YOU TO VISIT THE SHELTER AND SEE THAT THERE ARE WONDERFUL DOGS WAITING FOR ADOPTION.

ALL STOPS HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT TO GET HOMES BY SOCIAL MEDIA, OFFSITE ADOPTION EVENTS, RESCUES, AND WORD OF MOUTH.

BUT THEN AGAIN, ALMOST ALL RESCUES ARE FULL AND MANY WILL NOT TAKE THE BIGGER DOGS.

I TRULY WISH THAT ALL DOGS WOULD FIND FOREVER HOMES.

WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON FINDING THE DOGS AND CATS FOREVER HOMES INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FOCUS ON BASHING OTHERS AND SHIFTING THE BLAME.

I HAVE ATTENDED EVERY OFFSITE ADOPTION EVENT, AND MOST OF THE TIME IT IS A SHELTER EMPLOYEE AND MYSELF.

THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN VOCAL, UM, TO THE SHELTER, UM, DO NOT ATTEND ADOPTION EVENTS.

THE PREVIOUS, UH, BOARDS WHO HAVE BEEN VOCAL, UM, ALSO SHARE ON, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA POST FOR, UM, THEY HAVE NOT SH SHARED ON, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, THE POST FOR OUR SHELTER AS FAR AS ADOPTIONS, DOGS FOR, UH, THAT CAN BE TAKEN HOME.

UM, I HAVE SHARED EVERY ADOPTION EVENT.

EVERY DOG THAT COMES INTO THE SHELTER, EVERY A DOG THAT GETS ADOPTED THAT I'M THERE AND ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE.

WE SHARE THOSE GOOD NEWS.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE NOT, THEY DON'T SHARE ANYTHING.

IN FACT, SEVERAL HAVE SHARED POSTS OF DOGS ALL OVER THE TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES, BUT NOT OUR ROSENBERG SHELTER.

SO WHERE ARE THE HEARTS FOR OUR SHELTER PETS? I HAVE BEEN BLOCKED FROM MANY OF THEIR FACEBOOK PAGES, BUT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY RESIDENTS SEND ME SCREENSHOTS OF POST, UH, IN AUGUST, 2019, ALONG WITH THE VET WERE CALLED LIARS.

TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A VIDEO FROM A WORKSHOP, WHICH WAS POSTED AND CAPTIONED TO INCLUDE MY NONPROFIT IN A NEGATIVE MANNER.

IT WAS SHARED ON FACEBOOK MANY TIMES.

STAY, KEEP YOUR YOUR SPOT RIGHT THERE.

AND FELIX, WE'RE GONNA GO TO YOU BECAUSE YOUR NAME.

BUT LET ME JUST TAKE A SECOND JUST TO, AND I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THIS, BUT THIS IS THE EDITORIAL IN THE, IN THE PAPER.

AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA BELABOR THE ISSUE ON Y'ALL, BUT THIS IS A PERCEPTION OF THE PUBLIC OR THESE, THESE ARTICLES.

AND Y'ALL KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T LIVE OR DIE BY BY THE PAPER.

GOD KNOWS I'VE BEEN BEAT UP ENOUGH.

BUT THIS WAS, WHICH, WHICH PAPER IS THIS? UH, FORT BEN HERALD.

UH, IT SAYS, UH, TIME TO STOP THE INSANITY.

LET'S STOP THE INSANITY.

RIGHT? IT SAYS, IT SEEMS INSANE TO US THAT ROSENBERG CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING APPOINTING MORE MEMBERS TO THE ROSENBERG ANIMAL BOARD.

UH, THE POLICE CHIEF LAST WEEK, UH, CONSIDERED LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO THE REQUIRED STATE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY LAW.

UM, SO THE CHIEF, CHIEF, UH, CHIEF, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? CAN YOU COME TO THE MIC THERE? AND THEN, UM, HE EXPLAINED, UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE A BOARD THAT AGREES TO RECOMMENDATIONS, IT'S HARD TO GET THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL, WHICH MEANS IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO FUNCTION THERE.

THAT BOARD HAS NOT BEEN FUNCTIONAL.

UH, HE SAYS THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY APPOINTED THE, THE STATE REQUIRED MINIMUM OF FOUR, UH, TO THE BOARD LAST WEEK.

UM, AND THEN THEY QUOTE ME, IT SAYS, UH, THE MAYOR SUPPORTED WIDE STANCE.

UM, AND, AND QUOTED ME SAYING, I SAID ALL ALONG WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE HAD TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.

AT ONE POINT, THAT BOARD WAS 11 PEOPLE.

UM, WHEN WE REMOVED CAROLYN AND AMANDA LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TOLD CAROLYN IS 'CAUSE SHE SAID, WELL, WHY'D Y'ALL TAKE ME OFF? CAN YOU PUT ME ON? I SAID, WE GOT, WE GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE, WE GOT TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.

AND THAT WAS TRUE THEN.

AND IT, AND IT'S, IT'S ENOUGH NOW.

BY THE WAY, WHEN WE REMOVED CAROLYN, SHE DIDN'T COME UP HERE AND SHE DIDN'T GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UH, SLANDER US AND LIE ABOUT US AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.

SHE WASN'T HAPPY, BUT SHE, SHE ACTED RESPECTABLE.

AND SHE, UH, AND SO DID, NOW AMANDA, ON THE OTHER HAND, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT, NO, I'M KIDDING.

, UH, AND CHRISTIE AND AMANDA AND CAROLYN, UM, ALL, NONE OF THEM ATTACKED US.

SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THEN THEY QUOTE RICHARD OLSON IS SAYING, UH, IT'S A MAD, IT'S A MAD HOUSE OVER THERE.

UH, THEY'RE NOT FUNCTIONING.

AND THAT'S THE MAIN, THE MAIN POINT HERE.

THEY WERE NOT FUNCTIONING.

UM, SO,

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BUT WE WILL CONSIDER ADDING OTHERS AT A LATER DATE.

DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT IS THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY.

THIS IS WHY HE SAYS STOP THE INSANITY.

READ MY WHOLE QUOTE, HUH? NO, NO.

I'M I ANYWAYS, SO, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING Y'ALL HAD A BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK.

WE DID.

AND THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS.

HOW DID THAT, HOW DID THAT, HOW DID THAT GO? I WAS PROBABLY RECORDED EATING SALAD THE WHOLE TIME, WHICH IS NOT VERY GRACEFUL, BUT IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.

WAS IT FUNCTIONAL? WE MADE IT AND WE MADE IT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

AND WE TALKED.

DID Y'ALL, Y'ALL GOT THROUGH EVERYTHING? WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS ON THE AGENDA AND I THINK WE AGREED TO ALLOW SICE TO TOUR THE FACILITY AMONG OTHER THINGS.

AND, UM, WE GOT THROUGH IT WITHOUT ANY MAJOR HURT FEELINGS.

SO WITH YOU, THAT MAKES FIVE MEMBERS, I WOULD BE THE FIFTH IN, IN THE, IN THE PROPOSAL THAT WE MADE AT THE MEETING.

AND YOU'RE STILL WILLING TO SERVE ON THE, ON THE BOARD? I, I'M, I AM.

SO THAT'S FIVE MEMBERS.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD FUNCTIONING NUMBER.

UM, Y'ALL GOT THROUGH IT WITHOUT, UH, PEOPLE CURSING AT EACH OTHER, CALLING PEOPLE NAMES.

NOT OUT LOUD.

MAYBE INSIDE OF OUR YEAH.

BUT OVERT OVERTLY.

AND YOU, AND, AND YOU PASSED SOME POLICY OF WHICH THAT WE WILL LOOK AT.

SO, UM, OKAY.

SO IN YOUR VIEW, DO YOU FEEL THAT Y'ALL NEED ADDITIONAL MEMBERS? HONESTLY, FIVE.

FIVE IS GOOD.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FOUR, BUT THEN DETERMINE THAT THAT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC IF THERE WAS A NEED FOR A TIEBREAKER.

SO FIVE WAS THE RECOMMENDATION IN, IN CASE THERE WAS A TIE.

SO FELIX, UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD? WELL, I JUST, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, MS. UH, MORENO, UH, AND MAYBE CHIEF OR, OR CAN ANSWER THIS, HOW MUCH WAS, WAS, UM, HOW MUCH WAS DONE WHEN WE HAD THAT MANY PEOPLE ON THE BOARD? I MEAN, DID WE, DID WE PROGRESS ANYWHERE? DID I MEAN, I, I DON'T THINK IT WAS BAD, HONESTLY, WHEN WE HAD MORE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD, UM, WE WOULD STILL GET THROUGH THE MEETINGS IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

I DON'T EVER RECALL THE MEETINGS TAKING MUCH MORE THAN AN HOUR.

UM, BUT IN LIGHT OF THE LAST MEETING WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF MINUTIA, I WASN'T AT THAT MEETING.

AND, AND I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT THAT'S THE PROBLEM, IS THAT I WASN'T AT IT.

BUT I'M NOT ABLE TO BE AT EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEETING JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIFE.

YEAH, YEAH.

UM, ON THE MEETINGS WHERE I'VE ATTENDED IT, IT'S BEEN OKAY, BUT I THINK ON THE TIMES THAT I HAVEN'T ATTENDED, IT'S FALLEN APART.

UM, WELL, WELL MY QUESTION WAS IF WE WERE TO ADD MORE PEOPLE, WILL THAT AFFECT? UM, I GUESS I DON'T, I JUST DON'T WANNA BE AT A, A GRIDLOCK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TOO MANY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PASSIONATE PEOPLE AND THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT TO HAVE PASSIONATE PEOPLE FOR THE ANIMALS.

AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T WANT US TO NOT BE FUNCTIONAL.

SO IF LET'S SAY WE ADD THE PEOPLE AND WE LOSE THE VET, THE VETERINARY, UH, DR.

AGIRI, UM, THE BOARD CANNOT RUN WITHOUT A VET.

CORRECT? RIGHT.

SO I, I JUST, BASICALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I DON'T WANT TO ADD PEOPLE IF IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE DOCTOR NOT WANTING TO WORK WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE.

WELL, AND, AND LET'S OH, YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY, SO YOU CAN ADD, YOU CAN DO THAT TOO.

I DON'T WANNA STEAL HIS THUNDER OVER THERE.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

BECAUSE WE WANNA HEAR YOU AND THEN WE'LL HEAR CRAIG.

WELL, THE ONLY THING I WAS GONNA PROPOSE IS THAT I KNOW DR. AGUIRRE IS THE ONLY VET THAT WE'VE RELIED ON TO SERVE ON THE BOARD, BUT JUST IN FAIRNESS TO HIM, I THINK IT MIGHT BE WISE FOR US TO ALSO LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATE BACKUP OR BACKUP IN CASE HE'S TIRED OF IT.

OR IN CASE IT'S NO LONGER WORKABLE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

WE HAVE TO FIND MORE THAN JUST ONE VET BECAUSE THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR ONE VET TO BE ON THE BOARD.

BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LIMITATION THAT ONLY ONE VETERINARIAN CAN BE ON THE BOARD.

UM, AND SEEING AS HOW THEIR, YOU KNOW, EXPERTISE IS IN ANIMALS AND THEIR WELLBEING, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A BAD IDEA FOR US TO KIND OF ACTIVELY LOOK FOR OTHER VETERINARIANS WHO MIGHT BE WILLING TO SERVE AS WELL.

BUT IT, IT IS JUST HARDER TO FIND ONE WHO'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEIR TIME.

UH, I MEAN, WELL, I'VE NEVER ASKED ANYBODY TO, TO DO IT.

THE THING IS,

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AGIRI, UM, HE HAS AN OFFICE IN THE CITY AND HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGING.

AND I WANNA MAKE SURE, I WANNA VERIFY THAT.

DOES HE CHARGE THE CITY TO, FOR WHEN HE GOES, WHEN HE SERVES ON THE BOARD THE TIME AT THE BOARD? NO.

OH, NO SIR.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE DEAL.

JUST, I'LL JUST, YEAH.

SO, RIGHT.

WHICH, THAT MAY BE HARD TO, BUT I DON'T THINK, FIND SOMEBODY ELSE, I DON'T THINK ANY PROFESSIONAL CAN CHARGE ON THE COMMITTEE.

YOU'RE SERVING THE COMMITTEE AT YOUR OWN WILL, BUT, SO I DON'T THINK ANY PROFESSIONAL CAN CHARGE YOU'RE SERVING IN THE COMMITTEE AS YOUR OWN WILL.

SO, UH, ANY VET CANNOT SAY, HEY, I, I CAN SERVE ON YOUR BOARD, ON YOUR COMMITTEE, BUT I GOT CHARGE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S, THAT'S AGAINST THE YEAH, BUT THEY'RE NOT WILLING IF THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO CHARGE.

WHAT DO YOU WILLING TO SERVE? WELL, THEY, I THINK WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THAT IT MAY BE HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO WOULD VOLUNTEER THE WAY DR.

GEAR HAS, RIGHT? YES.

WE'RE FORCED TO HAVE ONE AND NO ONE WANTS TO VOLUNTEER.

WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE, I DON'T THINK THERE, NO, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

CAN YOU ANSWER THAT CITY? THE ATTORNEY? MM-HMM .

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T REMEMBER ANY PROHIBITION ABOUT A PROFESSIONAL CHARGING TO BE IN A COMMITTEE.

BUT, BUT THE BOARD CANNOT RUN WITHOUT A VET, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

CORRECT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE, ARE WE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BOARD? YES.

AND IF LET'S SAY THAT BECAME AN ISSUE, WELL, I DON'T EVEN THINK IT IS AN ISSUE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S ASKED FOR COMPENSATION.

UM, I THINK IT WAS JUST A POINT THAT THE MAYOR WAS MAKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME, WHICH IS GENEROUS.

WELL, AND THE FACT THAT IF HE GETS OFF, WE HAVE TO GET ANOTHER ONE.

AND IF WE CAN'T, WE MAY HAVE TO PAY HIM.

NO, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO PAY MARY.

WELL, WE COULD JUST ASK SOMEBODY.

YOU JUST HAVE NO MEETINGS.

WELL, ARE WE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE BOARD MEETING? IF THEY WON'T, IF THEY DO IT THOUGH FOR FREE, THEN STATE LAW REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE A BOARD.

SAY THAT AGAIN.

FOR STATE LAW REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE THE BOARD.

SO, SO IF IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WERE NO VOLUNTEERS, WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO CONSIDER COMPENSATING SOMEBODY TO DO IT, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE ARE NOW, BUT I I JUST THINK IT WAS A POINT THAT PREMIER BROUGHT UP, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ANIMAL SHELTER, OTHERWISE NO ANIMAL SHELTER.

SO OTHERWISE DON'T HAVE A SHELTER.

THAT'S NO BOARD, NO SHELTER.

SO I, I GUESS WELL THEN WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES WITH THE NEXT COUPLE MEETINGS.

AND IF THERE'S MORE INPUT THAT WE NEED, WE CAN ADD ACCORD.

YOU CAN ADD MEMBERS.

UH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF AND ADD PEOPLE AND THEN WE LOSE THE ONLY VET WE HAVE.

AND SO FAR, HE IS THE ONLY VET THAT I'M AWARE OF.

I MEAN, WE'VE NEVER, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER ASKED ANY OTHER VETS, BUT NOT THAT WE'RE ASKING TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

BUT DOES THE VET HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OR CAN IT BE AN UH, JUST THE VET.

JUST THE VET.

BUT THE LARGER BOARD YOU GET, THE HARDER IT IS TO GET A QUORUM.

SO LESS IS MORE.

WELL, AND WE, WE JUST AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING RECOMMENDED THAT WE WOULD MEET ON THURSDAYS BEFORE THE WORK, BEFORE THE WORKSHOP SHOP.

THURSDAYS BEFORE THE WORKSHOP AT NOON.

UH, WHICH IS EASIER ON THE STAFF AND EASIER ON THE CITY.

'CAUSE I THINK STAFF GETS PAID OVERTIME WHEN THEY WORK AFTER HOURS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THE STAFF, UH, IS LESS BURDENED BY US HAVING THESE MEETINGS DURING THE BUSINESS DAY? NO, THEY'RE ON SALARY.

WHY WOULD THEY GET? WELL, EITHER WAY IT'S MORE CONSIDERATE OF THE STAFF.

SO YOUR LOCAL RULE, YOUR LOCAL POLICY REQUIRES COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO RESIDE IN THE CITY, BUT THERE'S NO STATE LAW, THERE'S NOT AN ORDINANCE, IT'S JUST A POLICY OF THE CITY.

SO THAT COULD ALWAYS BE AMENDED.

SO THE FED HAS TO LIVE IN THE CITY AT PER OUR LOCAL RULES.

CORRECT.

WHICH YOU COULD, WHICH WE COULD CHANGE.

GRADY, YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A, UM, ACTUALLY A CHARTER.

REMEMBER THAT, REMEMBER THAT? THE CHARTER THAT SAID OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAD TO LIVE IN THE CITY AS WELL.

OH, I, UM, BRAZORIA COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN THE COUNTY.

AND IT WAS WRITTEN AT, WRITTEN AT A TIME WHEN THERE WERE 2000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND YOU HAD ONE, ONE LOCAL, ONE ATTORNEY, AND HE WAS ON CITY COUNCIL.

SO FULL EMPLOYMENT FIGURED THAT ONE.

THAT'S, UH, WHICH CALLED JOB SECURITY.

SO I, I GUESS WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND LISTEN TO A FEW OF THE, UH, THE MEETINGS AND THEN WE CAN ADD ACCORDINGLY IF NEEDED.

UM, BUT, UH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF AND, AND LOSE THE ONLY VET THAT WE HAVE.

SO I GUESS JUST, UM, LET US KNOW HOW THE STICK WITH WHAT WE GOT.

FELIX, ONE OTHER POINT, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SAYING IF, IF YOU DID CONSIDER PUTTING SOMEBODY'S NAME FORTH, MAY I SUGGEST IS TO PUT SOMEBODY'S NAME FORTH THAT, UM, HIS, YOU KNOW, IS WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR ANIMAL DIRECTOR AND, UM, OR OTHER VOLUNTEERS.

UH, AND, AND NOT, AND, AND OUR, THE, THE VETERINARIAN MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT HE'S ALL WE GOT NOW, WE'RE

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REQUIRED TO HAVE HIM.

WE KNOW THAT.

RIGHT? OUR ATTORNEY HAS SAID THAT THE LAW SAYS THAT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SHELTER, UM, THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS BOARD AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A VETERINARIAN.

AND, UM, WI APPRECIATE DR.

AGIRI AND LET'S NOT FORGET DR.

AGIRI IS, HE IS A LICENSED VETERINARIAN.

RIGHT? THERE'S A REASON THAT THEY, THEY GO THROUGH SCHOOLING AND STUFF.

AND SO WE'RE NOT ADVERTISING FOR, UH, I GUESS VOLUNTEER WORK FOR VETS.

ARE WE? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE ARE.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'D HAVE A BIG LINE ANYWAY, .

EVEN IF WE WERE, WHENEVER I POSTED IN THE PAPER THE LAST TIME WE WERE MAKING THESE APPOINTMENTS, IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR, UM, OKAY.

THE ANIMAL CONTROL WITH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS, AND THE VET WAS IN THERE.

DID YOU GET ANY FEEDBACK OR ANY? HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT APPLIED.

GOTCHA.

AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS, UM, THE, THE A THE COMMITTEE MARKETING TO IS FOR A 43,000.

WELL, THOSE THAT ARE OVER 18, UH, BUT THERE AIN'T 43,000 VETERINARIANS, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA.

SO YOU'RE ONLY, YOU GOT A LIMITED POOL.

SO IN ORDER, IF, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH DR.

GARY WHEN HE DOES DECIDE, UH, TO BE OUT, UM, THEN THIS CITY'S GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT AND ACTIVELY RECRUIT ANOTHER VETERINARIAN.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CALL ON HIM AND TRY TO GET HIM THERE.

EITHER THAT OR, UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLOSE THE SHELTER.

GOTCHA.

ALL RIGHTY.

THAT'S, AND, AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM, FRANKLY, CLOSING THE SHELTER.

I'M OUT.

BUT WHAT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS NOT GETTING THE ANIMAL SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC IS STILL GONNA CALL AND THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WE HAVE LOOSE DOGS.

WE NEED THE DOG CATCHER, WE HAVE CATS, UH, UH, UH, GOING TO THE, UH, BATHROOM AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE CALLS.

UM, AND PEOPLE NOW ARE USED TO RECEIVING SERVICES.

AND BY THE WAY, WE'VE STEPPED UP OUR GAME.

AND TO YOUR CREDIT AND HECTOR'S CREDIT, AND JESSICA AND STEVE'S NOT HERE, BUT UH, UH, TO THIS COUNCIL'S CREDIT AND THE PAST COUNCIL'S CREDIT AND THE CITY'S CREDIT, AND THEN OUR LAST CITY MANAGER AND OUR POLICE CHIEF THAT, UM, I THINK THE CITY HAS STEPPED UP THEIR GAME.

WE HAVE, WE'VE STEPPED UP ADOPTIONS.

WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN FOLKS BEAT US UP, UM, AND THEY SAY, YOU, Y'ALL NEED TO DO MORE.

I, I WOULD SAY, WHAT IS IT THAT PEOPLE WANT THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE? TELL ME.

MAYBE WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT THEY WANT? EVERYTHING I HEARD THEY'RE COMING UP WITH TERMINATE.

TERMINATE, UH, OMAR.

WHO'S GOING TO DO IT THEN? ARE THEY GONNA GO CLEAN THE SHELTER? PROBABLY NOT.

YOU KNOW, LISTEN, DON'T GET ME STARTED ANYWAYS.

IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, WE'LL JUST STICK WITH WHAT WE GOT IF IT OKAY.

ARE YOU GOOD WITH IT? YEAH, I'M FINE WITH, WE'LL SEE HOW IT IS.

WELL, WE, I THINK WHAT WAS WHAT WE GOT IS FIVE.

YOU GOT FIVE? OKAY.

IF YOU REJOIN, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF IT'S FUNCTIONAL, THEN WE NEED, WE HAVE FOUR.

I'M ADDING MY, SHE'S ALREADY AT, SHE'S ALREADY THERE.

I THOUGHT WE ONLY HAD FOUR'S.

NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS TO APPOINT MM-HMM .

TO, TO REAPPOINT IF THE LADY'S INTERESTED.

WHAT LADY? ME.

BUT LIKE, I GUESS IN THE FUTURE WE, WE HAVE TO DECIDE ON SOMETHING.

BUT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, NONE OF THE TERMS EXPIRED.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

THERE YOU GO.

BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THAT HECTOR, SO, SO YOU'RE ALREADY BEEN REDRAFT? .

BUT I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF THAT.

I'M SERVING AS A CITIZEN, NOT A COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOU'RE SERVING AS A COUNCIL, COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH IS A MUNICIPAL, UH, REPRESENTATIVE YOU AND OKAY.

IN THE SAME POSITION ON THAT BOARD.

OH, OKAY.

OKEY DOKEY.

SO WE WILL, IF IT'S OKAY, FELIX CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

ALRIGHT, ITEM, WE NEEDED AN ACTION ON THAT.

NOW.

SEVEN.

NO, YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES.

UM, MAYOR, CAN I ADD ONE THING? UHHUH , WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE VET VOLUNTEERING, UM, THERE WAS A DOG CLEMENTINE, BIG RODDY SWEETHEART, AND SHE WAS HEARTWORM POSITIVE.

GEARY STEPPED UP AND DID HER HEARTWORM TREATMENTS FREE OF CHARGE.

HE DOES DO THINGS LIKE THAT FOR OUR SHELTER.

CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPOINTMENTS TO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.

WELL, WE, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CAROLYN.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU.

VOLUNTEERING ALSO.

UM, OKAY.

[8. Consideration of and action on City Council member appointments to Committees (Danyel Swint, City Secretary): Animal Control Shelter Advisory Board (up to 3 voting Council positions); Employee Benefits Committee (3 voting Council positions); Finance/Audit Committee (3 voting Council positions); Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) Evaluation Committee (2 voting Council positions); Image Committee (up to 3 voting Council positions); Parks and Recreation Board (up to 3 voting Council positions); Planning Commission (up to 2 ex-officio Council positions {non-voting}); Professional Services/Engineering Project Review Committee (3 voting Council positions); and Rosenberg Development Corporation (up to 3 voting Council positions). ]

DANIELLE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, AT THE JUNE 3RD CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ACTION WAS TAKEN TO TABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTMENTS UNTIL THE JUNE 17TH MEETING.

THEREFORE, CITY COUNCIL MAY APPOINT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES.

AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A POINT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TO BE APPOINTED TO FIRST, BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IN THE CHARTER, AND, UM, GRADY CONFIRMED IT IS IF YOU'RE APPOINTED TO PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU CANNOT BE ON ANY OTHER COMMITTEE FOR A NON-VOTING COUNCIL

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WELL, I'M ON, I'M ON PLANNING COMMISSION.

I KNOW I'M ON PLANNING COMMISSION TOO.

AND CHARTER SAYS, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPOINT A CITY PLANNING COMMISSION CONSISTING OF SEVEN MEMBERS AND UP TO TWO EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS WHO SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, SHALL SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION AND SHALL NOT HOLD ANY OTHER POSITION IN CITY GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN A TEMPORARY SPECIAL TASK FORCE OR TEMPORARY COMMITTEE.

AND THAT'S FOR COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTMENTS.

ANY APPOINTMENTS? NOW, GRADY, I'M GOING TO TONGUE IN CHEEK.

NOW, Y'ALL WENT THROUGH THIS CHARTER FROM TOP TO BOTTOM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND NOBODY CAUGHT THAT.

ALL YOU PAID PEOPLE, NOT ONE OF Y'ALL CAUGHT THAT.

WE THOUGHT THAT WAS YOUR POLICY.

THAT'S WHAT, WHAT IT, YOU WANTED TO SPREAD THE LAW.

THAT'S WHAT THE LAST CHARTER SAID.

Y'ALL JUST, HE NOW IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR EVERY, ALL THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE ON PLANNING COMMISSION .

THAT WAY WE CAN'T BE ON NOTHING ELSE.

RIGHT? BUT THAT CORRECT.

YOU CAN'T VOTE ON THAT COUNCIL.

RIGHT? SO WHY, WHY EVEN SERVE? WHY WOULD WE, WHY WOULD WE HAVE A CHARTER CHANGE? I MEAN, WHY WOULD WE HAVE A CHARTER PROVISION? I'M WONDERING THOUGH, THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE FOR THE BOOKS TO PUT DOWN TO CHANGE.

BUT HECTOR, THEY WON'T LET US VOTE ON, ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND NOW THEY SAY WE'RE A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

WE CAN'T SERVE THE CITY IN ANY OTHER CAPACITY OTHER THAN THE COUNCIL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAN ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

WELL, YOU CAN TAKE ME OFF.

I MEAN, THAT'S FINE.

YOU CAN TAKE ME OFF AS WELL.

OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ONE FIRST.

THE PLANNING.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS IT, THEN WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO APPOINT ONE OR TWO.

'CAUSE YOU CAN ONLY DO TWO.

HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T THINK STEVE WANTS TO BE ON ANY COMMITTEE.

IT'S A PERFECT COMMITTEE FOR HIM.

WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT STEVE IN LIEU OF ME.

I'LL SECOND IT.

OH, GO AHEAD.

OH, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THE SCREEN BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY OF THESE TO DO.

SO WE'LL JUST DO VERBAL VOTES.

I MAKE A MOTION FOR STEVE TO TAKE MY PLACE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TAKE MINE TOO.

WHO SECONDED? RICHARD EDWARD.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

YOU'RE OPPOSED.

STEVE, ARE YOU OPPOSED? UM, IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

NOW, HERE'S THE REAL FUND COMMITTEE.

THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS THEY NEED.

SO THE FIRST THREE JUMP IN.

I I, UH, LET ME JUST SAY THAT ME AND FELIX ARE ON THE, FELIX AND I ARE ON THAT.

AND, UH, WHICH DO YOU NEED? ONE? YOU NEED THREE? I THINK WE, I THINK WE DO, RIGHT? WE NEED THREE.

UM, AND I, UH, WELL, WHOEVER, HECTOR, I THINK HEC HECTOR, WOULD YOU, UH, NO.

ONE OF THE MEETINGS AS NEEDED.

THEY'RE USUALLY AS NEEDED AT FIVE.

I MEAN AT NOON.

ON WHAT DAYS? WHENEVER WE VARIES.

THAT'S NOT, IT'S ABOUT FOUR MEETINGS PER YEAR, YEAR'S ONLY WITH YOU.

AND WE, WE WORK WITH YOU ON WHAT, WHAT THE DATE WILL BE.

IT'S NOON.

I CAN TRY, BUT I MEAN, AS NEEDED IS CLEAR AS MINE.

YOU LIKE THAT? 12 O'CLOCK? SO 12 O'CLOCK IS MY SALAD TIME MY SALAD TIME.

AS LONG AS I CAN GET SMACK ON SALAD THEN.

ALRIGHT, THERE YOU HAVE IT.

SO YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PUT, UM, JESSICA ON THE, UH, FINANCE.

FINANCE, I'M SORRY, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE.

SO IT'LL BE, UH, FELIX, RICHARD, AND JESSICA? YES, MA'AM.

HEY, IF IT MAKES Y'ALL HAPPY.

IF YOUR OPPOSED SAY NO.

ALRIGHT, NEXT COMMITTEE.

UH, THE AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT COMMITTEE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE NEED THREE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHO, WHO WILL THROW THEIR HANDS UP FIRST? I'M ALREADY ON .

OKAY, SO WE NEED TO, NEED TO, FELIX IS THERE.

I'M ALREADY ON THERE TOO.

ARE YOU WILLING TO STAY ALONE? YES, SIR.

NEED ONE MORE.

WHO WILL DO IT? FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.

THOSE TWO WORDS.

GIVE ME THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES.

WHO? WHO WILL DO IT? GEORGE, YOU WANNA DO IT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PUT GEORGE ON THE PHONE.

WELL, LET'S SEE, LET'S SEE WHAT GEORGE WANTS.

GEORGE, YOU INTERESTED ON THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE? YEAH.

GEORGE HAS AGREED.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PUT GEORGE ON THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE ALONG WITH HECTOR AND FELIX STAYING ON IT.

IF YOUR OPPOSED A AYE.

IF YOUR OPPOSED SAY NO.

ON THAT COMMITTEE? IT DEPENDS.

CURRENTLY HOT TAX COMMITTEE, ME AND HECTOR ARE ON IT.

AND FELIX.

AND FELIX TOO.

ARE YOU ON IT? Y'ALL WANT TO KEEP DOING IT? DON'T MATTER.

I'LL DO THAT.

IF THEY DON'T TAKE ME OFF, I'LL DO THAT.

NO ACTIONS.

THERE'S NO LAW SYSTEM.

TAKES ME OFF, HUH? NO ACTIONS NEEDED.

IF YOU'RE KEEPING THIS, THEY GONNA LET ME VOTE ON THAT COMMITTEE?

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IT BE NOT, SEE HOW Y'ALL, OKAY.

ALRIGHT, WELL, WELL THAT ONE WILL STAY.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW? IMAGE COMMITTEE? UH, I WOULD, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME.

I I WOULD, WE CAN KEEP WHAT'S THERE.

MAYOR, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T COMPLICATE THINGS, RIGHT? YEAH.

ME AND GEORGE AND FELIX.

BUT I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

DON'T TAKE, YOU CAN'T VOTE ON IT.

NO, NO.

I, MY, MY QUESTION IS, WILL Y'ALL START SHOWING UP TO THE MEETINGS? WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, I MEAN, EVERYTHING WENT ALL RIGHT, BUT, OKAY.

SO PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

THERE'S NO MEMBERS.

I AM NOT INTERESTED IN THAT.

IS ANYBODY ELSE NOT INTERESTED IN IT? WE HAVE A GOOD BOARD.

WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER HERE THAT'S ON THE BOARD AND THEY HAVE A GOOD COMMITTEE AND I SUGGEST STICKING WITH IT.

ARE Y'ALL OKAY? PLANNING COMMISSION.

THAT'S DONE.

THAT'S GONNA BE OUT.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ENGINE? WELL, NO, WE GOT STEVE, RIGHT? FROM UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM.

HE'S ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION TILL HE HEARS ABOUT IT AND HE RESIGNS.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND ENGINEERING PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE.

THREE MEMBERS.

ME AND GEORGE.

I MEAN, YEAH, ME AND GEORGE ARE ON IT ALREADY.

GEORGE, YOU YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD AT STUFF LIKE THIS.

HE'S ALREADY ON IT.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I'M KEEP THEM.

WE NEED THREE THOUGH.

BUT YOU NEED ONE MORE? YES, SIR.

NOPE.

THAT SOUNDS IMPORTANT.

LIKE FOR THE MAYOR? NO, IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE MAYOR, BUT WE GET THAT ALL THESE COMMITTEES REVIEW UP TO HERE, WE GET TO SEE IT AGAIN ANYWAYS.

UH, THE WAY Y'ALL TREAT ME.

NO, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M OUT ON THAT ONE.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, IF THEY GET IN A BIND AND YOU NEED A, IF YOU NEED A MEMBER, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY TREAT ME THAT WEEK, I'LL, I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.

OKAY, ROSE, THEY MEET.

DO WE NEED THREE? WHEN DO THEY MEET? Y'ALL NEED TO MEET, DON'T YOU, JOYCE? WE, WE REALLY NEED THREE.

IT'S HARD TO GET A QUORUM, WHICH IS TWO.

WHO, WHO'S ON IT NOW? UM, OLSON AND ZEPEDA.

WHAT DAYS DO Y'ALL MEET? IT'S AS NEEDED.

CAN YOU DO IT FELIX? AS NEEDED? YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO IT.

OKAY, GOOD.

WE'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ALRIGHT, THERE WE GO.

ALRIGHT, NOW.

RDC.

NOW HECTOR'S TOLD ME HE WANTS TO GET BACK ON.

I AM A TWO YEAR TERM, SO, OKAY, SO HE'S ALREADY ON IT.

I'M ALREADY ON I'M GONNA BE ON IT.

HANG ON.

GO AHEAD.

WHAT'S THAT? WHO WANTS TO BE ON IT? GO AHEAD.

WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I SAID I'M ALREADY ON IT AND UM, SO AM I.

USUALLY THE MAYOR OF THE, OF THE TOWN IS USUALLY ON IT.

USUALLY.

HOW? THAT'S USUALLY, THAT'S USUALLY, BUT I DON'T LIKE THE WAY Y'ALL BEEN TREATING ME LATELY.

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? NO, NOT YOU, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE I'M TREATING YOU THE SAME AS I ALWAYS TREAT YOU WHEN I GET TO THAT MEETING, THEY TREAT ME REAL UGLY.

SO I'M GONNA INTERESTING.

I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA LET RICHARD HAVE MY SPOT.

I'M GONNA LET RICHARD HAVE MY SPOT IF HE DON'T WANT IT.

JOHN DOMAN CAN HAVE MY SPOT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND IT.

I THIRD MAYOR, WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO JOIN.

I'LL GIVE UP.

SINCE YOU'RE GIVING UP YOUR SPOT, I'LL GIVE A CHANCE TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

JUST TO BE FAIR, I WOULD ASK JOHN DOMAN.

HE PROBABLY GOT A, OH YEAH, I THINK YOU NEED THESE COUNSELS, JOHN.

NO YOU DON'T.

I MEAN, DON'T, I MEAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT WOULDN'T BOTHER ME IF WE HAD, IT'S AT TODAY THREE.

I MEAN, I'LL STAY ON THERE.

I'LL, I'LL TRY IT.

I GOTTA GET TO WORK.

YOU KNOW, THE THING ABOUT IT, HECTOR AND TO THE PUBLIC, IF, FOR ALL TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING, UM, IS REALLY ALL THE, THE, THE BIG MONEY ITEMS COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL ANYWAY.

WE, WE ALL HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO RATIFY THEIR BUDGET AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO IT WOULD JUST BE PO SMALLER POLICY STUFF.

SO I'LL STAY.

I'M NOT OFFENDED THAT I'M, I'M NOT ON IT, BUT I'LL STAY ON IT.

OKAY, I'LL, FELIX, CAN YOU RE, FELIX MADE THE MOTION.

CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION WITH THE THREE? UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADD KEVIN.

I'M NOT KEVIN, UH, RICHARD, OLSON AND HECTOR AND LEAVE HECTOR AND, AND GEORGE ZEPEDA FOR THE RDC.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALRIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I JUST WANNA CONFIRM WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO ANIMAL CONTROL.

JUST, UM, COUNCILOR MARINO, YOU'LL BE THE ONLY ONE, RIGHT? WELL WE'RE, OH YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

IF SHE'S RIGHT 'CAUSE THERE'S FOUR AND THEN I'M FIFTH I GUESS.

YEAH, YOU ARE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT ADDING ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO IT.

CORRECT.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO MAYOR PRO TEM DUN DUN DONE.

CAN ADD STEVE BACK ON? NO, HE, I DON'T THINK HE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

SO I GIVE YOU MY SPOT.

ANYWAYS, UM, I'M JUST KIDDING, .

ALRIGHT, UM, OKAY, SO WE GOT

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[9. Review and discuss appointment of a Mayor Pro Tem, and take action as necessary. (Danyel Swint, City Secretary) ]

BEFORE ANYBODY MAKES A MOTION, WE HAVE, WE CURRENTLY, LET ME READ THE ITEM REVIEW AND DISCUSS APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR PRO TEM AND TAKE ACTION IS NECESSARY.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A MAYOR PRO, AND, AND I DO, AND Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY, I LIKE TO TAKE TURNS AND I DO LIKE TO TAKE TURNS, BUT I DON'T LIKE TO OFFEND, UM, OUR COLLEAGUES EITHER.

SO I'M GONNA ASK HECTOR.

I THINK, I THINK THE FIRST THING IS, IS YOU SHOULD BE OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ASKED.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING.

DO YOU WANT TO STAY MAYOR IF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WANTS? YES.

OKAY, HANG ON.

AND I'M GONNA, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO HERE, HERE WAS, HERE'S, UH, IN THE, IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR IS, UH, CAN'T BE AT A MEETING OR EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING, UM, OR SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEN OF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL KNOW THE, THE MAYOR PRO TEM DOES IT.

SO, UH, BUT HERE, HERE'S THE WAY THAT I, I LIKE TO GO SENIORITY AND I LIKE TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND I DON'T WANNA OFFEND HECTOR.

SO IF HECTOR SAID, NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT, THEN, THEN THE WAY I SEE IS THE, THE NEXT PERSON TO CONSIDER ACTUALLY FOR WOULD BE FOR HIM TO REFUSE IF HE WISHES TO WOULD BE GEORGE TALKING ABOUT NEXT IN LINE ON SENIORITY WOULD BE GEORGE.

THEN IF GEORGE SAID, NO, I AIN'T INTERESTED, THEN OUT OF FAIRNESS WOULD BE RICHARD AND STEVE.

AND YOU MAY SAY WHY THEY'RE, THEY ONLY JOINED THE COUNCIL A YEAR AGO BECAUSE WHEN Y'ALL WERE ON IT BEFORE YOU HAD YOU, I WOULD, I'M COUNTING YOUR SENIORITY BEFORE AND, UM, AND Y'ALL WERE NEVER MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO HONOR.

SO IF YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING IF Y'ALL WERE INTERESTED, OKAY, SO LET'S SAY YOU NO YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED, THEN IT WOULD GO TO FELIX AND JESSICA WHO WOULD BE TIED AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK IT OUT AND THEN WE COULD ACCOMMODATE THEM ON A, UH, WITH A MOTION.

SO I WANT Y'ALL ALL TO KNOW THAT, UH, THAT I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL WE SHOULD ALL BE FAIR AND, AND SO, AND, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD BE AFFORDED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION.

UH, I THINK HECTOR'S DONE A GOOD JOB AS MAYOR PRO TIM.

UM, HE HASN'T ATTACKED ME OR BEAT ME UP.

NOT YET.

AND WE'RE NEIGHBORS.

WE'RE NEIGHBORS AND WE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.

WE LOVE EACH OTHER.

WE WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

WE WATCH EACH OTHER'S HOUSE.

AND HE'S DOES, HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB.

I HAVEN'T PUT LOUD MUSIC, HADN'T PLAYED LOUD, TOO LOUD MUSIC LATELY.

ROAMING CANDLES.

HECTOR, APPRECIATE FIREWORK APPRECI A LITTLE BIT.

AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT 4TH OF JULY.

WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL CRUISE BY, WE'LL SEND CHIEF BY.

BUT ANYWAYS, UM, THERE'S ONLY A FENCE IN AN ALLEY BETWEEN Y'ALL.

BUT, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND ALSO, I LIKE TO GET, LET EVERYBODY TAKE TURNS AND, UM, BUT HECTOR, SO I WILL PUT THE BALL IN YOUR COURT IF YOU WISH TO STAY AT I'LL STAY.

YOU MAY, YOU IF, IF JESSICA AND FELIX AND GEORGIA ALL RIGHT WITH IT.

MOTION TO KEEP, UH, HECTOR MAYOR , THERE'S NO ACTION.

I MEAN HE'S, OH YEAH, OKAY.

HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS TERM ANYWAY.

OKAY, WELL LET'S, LET'S RUN IT BY THE, BY EVERYBODY.

SO, UH, RICHARD WANTS TO KEEP, YOU'RE OKAY? I'M OUT.

I'M GOOD.

I DON'T, YEAH, LET'S KEEP HECTOR.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, HECTOR.

GEORGE, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO WITH MAYOR PRO TEM? LET'S GO.

JUST KEEP IT HECTOR IN THE, ALRIGHT.

IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME EITHER WAY.

I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS HERE.

SO NO MATTER WHICH, WHICH ONE OF US IS MAYOR PRO TEM? IT'S JUST YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE, HERE.

WELL, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE HOW Y'ALL TREAT ME.

BUT, UM, FELIX, ARE YOU OKAY WITH JUST LEAVING HECTOR FOR YES, SIR.

I'M, I'M FINE.

HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB NOW, UH, NEXT YEAR.

GOD WILLING, WE'RE ALL STILL AROUND AND HADN'T BEEN WELL OR WORSE.

THERE ARE WORSE THINGS COULD HAPPEN THAN LOSING AN ELECTION.

UH, IF WE'RE IN THIS POSITION AGAIN, WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS.

AND, AND AT THAT POINT I WOULD SUGGEST TO, TO, TO HAVE, UH, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL JUST LEAVE THAT OUT.

AND I'M SORRY IT DIDN'T COME WITH A PAY RAISE.

I'LL MAKE A, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

OH, I'LL

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SECOND IT.

ALTHOUGH FOR ADJOURN WAS THAT ADJOURN AJOUR AD.

ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING INDICATE BY SAYING YES.

YES, YES.

FARGAS, CAN YOU DO THE MOTION ON THE SCREEN? ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEN , I HIT EVERYTHING.

IT'S A GOOD MEETING.

I'M SORRY IT WENT SO LONG.

BUT IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING, SAY OR PUSH SCREEN.