City Council - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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0:00 – 0:450

See, I see they got time. We going to have NBA player come from over there. Watch. We going to have an NBA player come from over there. A lot of what? Another NBA player. Oh, that's good.

0:17 – 1:010

That That's great. Another Card Marlin first. That's quite a few of them. That's me. Yeah, smooth.

0:33 – 1:150

It's always a lot of kids that they just decided, man. I don't know. He kind of lost interest. I don't know. We got to get him back on. But but I we got some talent around here.

0:49 – 1:330

We always have talent. But I said even the kids that had a lot of skills, they just any of them could have gone. They just decided they didn't want to at the last moment, but it wasn't because of lack of skill. Mhm. We had lots of skill.

1:08 – 1:520

One, two, three. I don't know. I'm just existing. Is it is this like the average and then it goes to here? That's residential on the top line.

1:25 – 2:100

Yeah. Res. That's commercial. Commercial. Yes, sir. My glass actually. Why would Because the base rates higher the per 100 gallons is the same price.

1:48 – 2:320

So you get charged the same commercial or residential per 100 gallons. It's the Has the increase from the water initial and sewer have it took effect. Sure tonight, but things are going to change.

2:11 – 2:410

There's some wrong he'll address that when we get to it. We're not going to be able to do anything because I mean,

2:29 – 3:040

okay, we're ready. Whoa, that was a hard one. Wasn't meant to be that far. We're now calling our meeting to at this time. We are start with an invocation, a pledge.

2:46 – 3:160

Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we come to you this evening. We thank you for this day. Thank you for the opportunity to be here tonight. We ask you for wisdom, Lord God, concerning all the business of our city and for uh the growth and the betterment of our city and all of our citizens. We ask you for wisdom concerning all decisions that would be made tonight that you'd be praised and honored and glorified in all things. And in Christ Jesus name we pray. Amen.

3:13 – 3:430

Amen. Pledge. I 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. [Music]

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Once again, we'd like to thank all of you for coming and attending tonight. tonight. In case you haven't decided what it is, this is our city council meeting. With that being said, we've already had our invocation and our pledge. At this time, we recognize all our visitors. Do we have anyone that had statement? Okay. Oh, you just waving. Okay. With that being said, there's no official Did I miss something? Uh we're brings us to approval of m minutes. Item number one.

4:15 – 5:000

Um I move that uh council accept the minutes. Um with uh we don't modify. It's either accept or not accept. Okay. Well, we don't we don't modify it at this point. Well, I would like you can

4:31 – 5:140

the correction of my name to be I mean misspelled. Okay. Well, I said we're I mean in terms of making changes at this point, we don't we don't you can approve them. Approve. I see. And then it'll be okay. It's been moved and second. All in favor? Motion carries. I mean, it wasn't a to the minute. Your name can be corrected. That was on the correction. Only thing that's going to be made was miss but it was probably a typo typo error.

5:10 – 5:470

Okay. Uh but I that's you talking about on the heading or uh no ma'am. Uh on the on the actual minutes. Okay. Um so I was just uh bringing it to the attention of the council. So it probably was a typo. So how we can progress it? It's fine with me. I'm okay with that.

5:27 – 6:080

Thank you. Okay. Okay, with that been covered, uh, that we'll go to our business. Number two, consider and approve a reappoint of members to planning and zoning commission. Mayor and council, you've got a list of the planning and zoning commission in your packet. There are two members that their terms expire in September. They're both interested in serving again. Those are David Tyer and Greg Simon. Did any other

6:03 – 6:450

just need a Yes, ma'am. They just need a motion to approve those two at councils and nobody else applied. No, ma'am. I'll make a motion we approve the two members reappoint the two members already. I second the motion. Okay, it's been moved and second. All in favor?

6:19 – 6:490

Motion carries. Uh we're at a bring us to item number three. Um considering approve an ordinance amending uh chapter 19 utilities of the Crockett Code amendment section 1937 increasing the race for rental and commercial water service amended and section 1958 increasing the race for the residential and commercial water service containing a serability clause containing a repealing clause and providing an effective date. uh what what it is. We won't go through this one because it's a it's not written exactly worded as it should have been.

7:02 – 7:320

Yes, ma'am. Mayor, it came to our attention just a few minutes ago. If you'll read it says increase the section 1937 is for residential and commercial water. Then 1958 also says commercial water, not sewer. It should have been sewer. And I don't want to take that forward with a a typo in there to come back on the city. So

7:25 – 8:000

if if we was going to increase water, why would we increase sewer also? Well, water and sewer, they that was and we can talk about that since it's not going to be on agenda. We'll talk about that. But there are some handouts I did provide for y'all that will talk about the water and sewer. So when we come back, you'll have a little more information. And I'm also going to give you a copy of the water and sewer budget tonight, too. So when we come back, we'll have a little better idea to talk about it.

7:54 – 8:280

Okay. So So we're going to table this. Yeah. I would like to Yes, we But but I' I'd like if we if we do have to go up on I know they go up on us 2% the water district and and if we pass that on, why do we have to go up on sewer? Okay. As

8:16 – 8:570

I know it, sorry. Well, since it's not up for discussion tonight and we're not going to treat it as an we're going to rewrite it. No, we're we're just going to uh put it as it would. We're still going to discussion on it so we can get a

8:32 – 9:150

we it's not a if it's written incorrectly, it's really not a legal agenda item. It can't be addressed as a agenda. It's on my paper here as agenda. It's incorrectly but for just the water section, not the sewer section. Yeah, it's incorrectly written. So, actually, we can't talk about the components as a item,

8:52 – 9:360

but it will be reposted for the 15th agenda. So, with that being said, we can just So, we can't discuss the water either. I mean, not as an agenda. It's not an agenda item. Okay. because it's written as an agenda item. So with that being said, it will I mean you're supposed to have it as an agenda item to discuss it

9:13 – 9:570

and it so it can't be a open discussion on it. So with with that being said, I I was that I was also going to bring uh to his attention as well that you know the verbiage on there um Okay. Well, we won't leave it out of that. So I'll be with you on that. Okay, that'll be fine. Okay. So with that being said, it brings us to the uh the executive session item number four, personnel matters discussion on duties and responsibility of city administrator. At this time we only have two. So we can go into want to do it in here.

9:48 – 10:190

Yes, ma'am. We'll do it in here. This is not

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About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Crockett, TX
Meeting Date
September 2, 2025