City Council - Regular Meeting

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In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Let us take a moment to prepare ourselves for our city council meeting.

Our beloved Heavenly Father gathers today to serve our citizens.

We are grateful to this community and Haistimewa for working for their interests.

We pray that you will instill wisdom and courage in our city council members, city council members, and all city staff.

Bless our leaders with that kind of heart and mind. Help us to be a true and loyal resource manager who is trusted and trusted by us. Give us the strength to make fair choices that support the common interests, protect those in need, and bring health and stability to our entire community. Give us a bright mind, a patient heart, and a strong sense of justice when we make choices for the best interests and prosperity of our city. Help us to listen to each other, respect religious views, and seek common good for each other. Grant us peace, unity, and integrity in our discussion today.

All right, we've been instructed and supported, let's get started, and I'll start with the deputy mayor.

I will try to go back to the right path.

I will stand next to you. I pledge allegiance to the American flag and to the republic represented by it, one nation under God, indivisible. With freedom and justice for all. Dear Texas flag, I pledge allegiance to you. Texas, one country under God, one and indivisible.

We will continue to Panguman.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor and members.

I am Heather Fowler, the manager of the library service for the Elgin Public Library. The announcement is as follows. First, um, learn how to manage your blood pressure on Saturday, August 22 at 11 am at the Elgin Public Library. Second, there is an event to paint a mirror for teenagers aged 15 to 19 years on Saturday, August 22 from 5 to 7 am at the Elgin Recreation Center. Next, for the print timers, we are 55 years older, there will be a tour on Monday, August 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Down Home Ranks. This will include handwork and per-atro tour. The next social film event, What's Your Story with David T, will take place on Monday, August 31, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Elgin Recreation Center. And finally, the Elgin and The Owl Public Library will hold a book club every Saturday to Thursday every month, starting at 2 p.m. and will be located at The Owl, on 106 North Main Street. That's the announcement for tonight. Thank you.

Next, we will listen to the introduction of the new workers, Mrs. Anderson.

Good evening, Malikota. We have five new workers to introduce.

Starting with the first, Paul Donzale.

We have Jimmy Navarro. Thank you.

We have another one who is not present.

From the Faiq Poirier Institute. For the Institute.

Let's take a picture.

Thank you.

Thank you and good night.

Mr. Malam Wali Kota, City Councilman, City Manager. I'm Kelly Frey, Director of Economic Development here for Elgin. I just want to give a brief information about the acquisition of the new EDC property in the center of Elgin, which was chosen in May. I want to emphasize that I plan to share more information, but I am very excited to share my experiences. EDSI has acquired two properties, 412 Depot Street and 416 Depot Street, which some of you may know as Railroad Ranch or former Hefili Hair property. We also have additional property in the contract that should be granted next week for three land areas. Over the past few years, we have heard input from the City Council, EDSI Council, and the community. People don't always agree with everything, but there is one common message, namely we want to preserve Elgin as Elgin. We want to preserve the center of our city and protect what we have. This entry plays a very important role in the decision of the EDSJ to continue the acquisition of property. If we want to have a voice that means in what happens in our city center, especially with properties that can have a significant impact in the future, sometimes we have to sit at the table. This gives us an opportunity to act wisely and deliberately in determining what is happening on this property one by one, only reacting to other people's decisions. The partnership agreement between the City and EDSI will be submitted to the EDSI Council at the meeting on September 9, then continued with the meeting of the City Council on September 15. After the agreement is agreed, we can start the interesting part of this project and work together with the representatives of the community, council, and commission to determine the best long-term use for the property. With this acquisition, IDC will have an additional 8.5 acres of land along Depok Street. If you see these properties combined, we have a very unique opportunity to think beyond the field of individuals and imagine the potential of the future. Together, we will gather the input of the community, explore various possibilities, and create a vision that supports a dynamic city center that reflects the character of Elgin and serves the community for the coming generation. This is an interesting opportunity for Elgin and I hope to share more details with you in the coming months and months to come when we start the fun side of this process. Thank you. We have an agreement on April 21, June 16, July 22, July 28, I file a motion to accept the agreement with changes in my office on July 28th and August 4th. So we will discuss that issue so that we can choose it separately with the changes.

So the first three are April 20th, June 16th, I mean, June 16th and June 20th. We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... We have a motion for... And after that correction.

I want to submit the motion for that correction. It has been submitted.

It is accompanied by members of the Gibson Committee. Yes.

Sen. Pierre, yes. Mayfield. Yes.

Mission 7. Ready, go. First of all, the discussion and possibility of changes in the current state of the day, the appreciation of veterans, as well as parades and festivals. We consider the request for the release of funds for the closure of the road along the main street route from Main Street to Plain Street to Plainham Street and the depot street from Avenue B to Main Street. The release of funds through the block 100, 200 in the Transmemorial Park, the permission of the open area, as well as the support of PD and PW if needed. Hello Wali Kota and Dewan. This will be the first time we are joining the Veterans Day and the Dia de los Muertos event. The Veterans Day will start at 5 pm. The Dia de los Muertos will start at 6 pm. So we are very excited this year to join and hold an event together, rather than trying to hold a small event. We have a question. What is the event?

On November 7, the first Saturday of November. And I would like to convey the attention that is in your package. Thank you, Michael, for the additional information that has been provided.

It is in your package regarding the cost that should be or will be released.

So that we know, as we said before, we want to make sure we know how much we want to release and the staff has provided the cost.

And you said that veterans usually fall on Saturdays. And Ali-Ali held an event where we had a morning parade and a night parade, and the road was closed all day, so there was no parking on Main Street for about 12 hours.

The organizer of the second event decided to join and bring us closer. And are veterans usually excluding the taxpayer?

Are we going to let them go?

With all the other good things they want there too.

All are free. Complete package.

Okay. The next part of the agenda is to consider asking for permission to allow alcohol consumption in the city's property. Part 82 for reuniting the Hernandez family on Saturday, November 7 in the main pavilion of the Elegan Memorial Park from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Good evening, Deputy Mayor of the City, Mr. City Manager, Michael Gonzales.

It's very similar to the last one.

The only thing that's unique is that this is not a private event. only asking for a release for the rules in the park.

There will be no fee related to this release.

This is the rule itself. I have one question. Regarding this, I know that when we do this in the center of the city, there are many duties and insurance that are handled. Because if something happens, and even though we have released it tonight, if so, won't it affect the city? So, we ask the government to continue to hold family events without announcing it to the public, or invite the public to come and hold public events. That's right, but if something happens in the park, we can't answer it now, but that's something to consider. May I ask if there will be a police presence if there is alcohol involved?

When you say the event is closed, if the location is in the park, how do we close it?

From visiting the park, walking in the park, So this is only what they ordered, but it's not closed in the sense that it's not publicized so that other people can join. Only for Reuni Kulagini.

It's not closed.

So, there could be, okay.

And that's the main pavilion, the big one.

I feel that one of my problems is the problem of drinking.

If something happens and we as a city say that they are not for us.

I mean, I don't know if that's the question.

I mean, that's one of the things. I don't know if it's right to force this, but. That is something that must be. So if you can. and your family name because there are quite a few here in Elgin

And then, could there be a plan to make sure that only their family members are participating in alcohol consumption?

You know, someone could come and say, hey, I'm a member of the family.

And we don't want someone to deliberately consume alcohol that is not part of the event.

We will be able to deliver it on September 1st.

Okay, next in the agenda is the regulation of the city of Elgin, Texas, which annexes 200,001.2 hectares, more or less, for a limited purpose that covers all real property in the Utility District of Trikonti City, MUD, to make a fact meeting, provide a separation clause, and set an effective date.

The City Council.

In front of you, this is initially drawn from the agenda, because there is some wrong information that is displayed. The city staff has fixed the problem and brought it back to you. The name of the previous committee, ALTRIADA, is NUDETJ. The previous one was approved in the committee's development agreement. As part of the development agreement, one of the options is for strategic partnership. And that has also been approved by the committee and carried out. That has also been approved by the committee and carried out. Where at that time, the development team had asked for this matter to be done and discussed by the committee at this time. So what you have in front of you is something that has previously been agreed by the committee. But this is an official action. And I'm here to answer your questions. There will be no other services given to the city with any cost for the tax payer related to this. And that's the collection. And you say it's not just a sales tax. I propose a motion to... It must be presented by members of the Gibson Committee and supported by members of the CRIM Committee.

The following is the resolution of the city of Elgin, Texas, which gives the right to the city manager to carry out a service agreement on the construction and installation of water treatment and to make certain meetings related to this is drinking water that enters the system

We are actually unique, where we operate as a surface user installation, although we are actually a surface, although we actually produce land water.

The additional step in it is our effort to prevent... ...and we don't need to be in a position to talk about the amount of water we have, but this is an extra step that we have in the user installation.

If you have been there, if you have followed the tour with us, the committee available for that tour, you will see the need for expansion.

The improvement that we are talking about tonight is not only about capacity, but also about independence.

As we do in every project that is rooted in CIP that has been around for a long time, when we think about the time and implementation, we also try to adapt it to the available funds around us. For us, the opportunity is in this fund.

This fund is distributed by the GELO Foundation and they have a special framework that is wanted by the city to be able to use this fund with them.

So when you submit the application for this grant, we invite consultants. These consultants are with us today. Greenworks is here with us. They guide us and navigate the SWIT scenario, where you can use this fund to run the project. If you have any questions about how we got here with the grant, we have 9 experts from Greenworks who can help answer them.

We will introduce them in a moment to provide a background on the grant, then we will continue with this project before we submit it for consideration.

My name is Alison Lentz, as Michael said, I am the Manager of Projects and Yoling Gameworks. Our task is to ensure that all documents and requirements from the General Land Office and other tattoo issues are met during the process. When we monitor the issuance of funds from the General Land Office, I mean, any local funds, whether through COVID-19 or not, or additional local funds. At the beginning of this project, the interest rate was based on the estimate of the insinuation for the employees. And then you have additional compensation. So when you give this contract, know that you will use the money first before compensation according to the policy of the General Land Office.

Yes, if we can continue, of course.

In the general style, what are we seeing here, Mr. Benzales?

So this is an expansion project or improvement that expands our field of vision and the offers that are given to you.

This is also an opportunity. Half of our factory will operate with manual tubes and the rest have pneumatic tubes.

This is an opportunity to handle quite a lot. What do we do when we get a proposal after working with our engineer? In trying to work on a system where we choose a certain change to adapt to the items that we need to expand in the plan, also make use of every opportunity. So that's the proposal. So what do you have to do?

Explain the sound of the engineer. Is the city interested in taking advantage of this grant? This is a little different, but the GLO is based on the Gai Jalan Konti Line, and it also adds land storage to the value of the land.

As Alisson said, the capital is the priority.

At that time, Dewan Kota made a commitment of around IDR 5.3 million based on the estimation of the cost of construction and where we think the impact cost will be allocated for the project. For this, what is in front of Dewan is a good offer that does not exceed IDR 5.3 million in the beginning.

Our initial estimate is that it will be much higher, where you have to spend Rp 5.3 million, and then the Hiba will cover the rest of it to reach the GLO.

It's great that you do good technical and design work and get an amazing offer, but you have to take the risk because you will still use your money. What the city staff has said to you is what we feel will make it possible for us to fulfill the obligation of worship and some of the funds that have been used. And if the council chooses, we have the ability to add projects with GLO goals.

How much is it?

The total total loss is Rp. 1,600,000. So if you only give what you have in front of you today, it's around Rp. 1,600,000. And if you only give it today, it's around Rp. 1,600,000.

Later in the project,

After we get the agreement from the KLO or all of them, we will bring your agreement back to you today. Then see the changes in the contract so that at that time, at the base, you almost get an additional grant for the project because it will be paid almost.

But we don't want to make sure.

We want to make sure that the KLO wants to approve the addition. And after that, it's over.

As you can see, this construction project is a project.

He wants to cooperate with us. We also work within the limits that you have set.

What do you want?

So we have to meet the limit tonight to allow you to add another 25% and then allow you to access the full 1.6% of the budget from the IBA. So you have done a lot of adjustment, working as an engineer, working as a contractor to show what is in front of you today. Thank you. That's not clear at all for me. And that's also good, sir.

Thank you very much. the technical work that has been done, our recommendation is to work together with the staff. If I have to apologize, it's not too ambitious. However, I will stop there because I believe this is the best way forward for our community at the moment. And I believe this is also a recommendation from our staff.

Are there any projects that are also included in the draft?

And if not, what are they? We do have several items in the draft that we would like to install. We do not include them in the final budget round because we believe that this project will win. So we use this opportunity with Deneba to get some items that we will put in. One of them is the filter media that needs to be added. Because it's part of this project, we don't want to burden it. What about paying interest with it?

Is it like the cleaning of the tank and everything else? Does it also include this? Will we be exposed to these things? Will it be removed from the list? That is a major cleaning that has not been done in a very long time, about 20 years.

We do have a cleaning proposal. And that is part of the budget for the general budget that we can do. About cleaning. Yes, but what I mean is that it cannot be done with funds.

This is a question.

We focus on different things.

We focus on the final planning installation for this project, but we still think about it.

And that needs to be done immediately.

That's why I will.

But there are other things they ask for, like rehabilitation there. So okay, maybe I misunderstood that part. But it seems that's what I'm asking. Or I want to know if those things will not be included in your wish list. Why can't it be added? This fund is special.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . That comes from your waste budget with the balance that you currently have in the water waste budget, that's basically what you have to provide for today. Jika kita memutuskan untuk kembali dan GO memutuskan untuk menyetujui dana tambahan sehingga Anda pada dasarnya bisa mendapatkan hingga 1,3 juta dolar lagi yang ditambahkan ke proyek tersebut, kami akan kembali kepada Anda mengenai kemana dana tersebut harus disalurkan karena pada dasarnya kota membelanjakannya dan kemudian mendapatkannya. Pada dasarnya adalah Anda kesempatan mengambil However, to answer your question, do you have the money to pay for your children's education? Based on what you get from this, what have you issued? The answer is yes, you have one. So you have Rp. 4 million stored in one place for this.

I have Rp. 4 million in cash.

That is the cost of water damage, cash.

You can only use it when you use the cost of damage. You can't use it for maintenance and other things.

This is basically proposed for expansion of the factory. Can you provide me with specific information? I can provide you with a review until the end using that salary today, but I know the salary is not a problem.

The agenda mentions a total of around Rp. 5.728 million, but the construction contract is Rp. 5.40 million. So unfortunately, I want to know the difference of Rp. 250 million.

This is our recommendation. 547 is a recommendation for sponsorship.

And what do you have?

Yes, the agenda mentions 5.728 million. I think it's written more or less, but I don't know.

This is Michael Gonzalez who put it into the summary page and the recommendation is this.

Use it. If you like it,

So, which one is correct?

5.47?

That's right.

Any questions?

If there's none, I won't interrupt you. Or we can start with Wali Kota Plutemlov.

I don't know if I can agree.

Next is the resolution of the city of Elgin, Texas, which gives the right to the city manager to carry out... I thought I just... To carry out the service agreement...

This is another improvement in the water system. This is in the sixth district.

and this is for technical services Can you tell me, Dana, what will be the initial payment for this service? Dana? Who pays the maintenance fee?

Because I know it's like that. So where does it come from? In this case. I don't think it's necessary to use our funds first.

So we can use the money first? Yes. And are there any conditions for financing? In the payment letter.

And is there a time limit for the exchange of funds? How long is the process?

Usually, the invoice that has been paid, we submit it. Usually, it's 30 days.

Isn't it the utility fund that we owe? So we say that the aid funds will be taken from the funds. Am I hearing it right? Am I hearing it wrong?

So, in case we need assistance, we can use the impact cost.

This one has a smaller amount.

We can use the cost.

I'm sure we can take it.

So do you want to use utility funds or not?

So there are utilities that we have identified that we help financially, but if it is seen in the understanding that we must stop the operation I mean, we have to pay.

And that's clear, isn't it? Okay, so I made a clear statement like this.

So what we're doing today is just trying to get a loan. What we're trying to do here is chasing the loan payment. So I support Mr. Guncalaya. I can't ask our staff to answer those specific questions. I'm sorry. But I can give an answer. But I'm very sure that we can support the decisions we make to...

So my question is, do we have to make a decision tonight and can you decide whether to continue with this agenda or not?

Yes, I just wonder if there is a deadline.

This one doesn't seem to have a deadline.

If this officer feels that he needs more information, as in the case of Pawai, we will definitely be able to return.

That's the same thing.

This event requires the participation of 5 members. In this way, we will continue to do what needs to be done for the deities. Michael, how many?

The federal price is 1,000,000 rupiahs.

I'm sorry, Mr. Perry, I can't explain it to you.

So that we can get an explanation that doesn't exist.

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You have to allow me to explain for a moment where this money comes from. When the flood happened, if you remember, the city lost its water treatment facilities. We lost water in the city.

During the NCO program in 2021, at that time, there was a budget point that was decided by the government to put in a generator that was able to operate all water treatment facilities, water wells, and pumping stations. The city has submitted this request before the incident. The point is, you have given the generator. A year and a half after the generator was installed and operated, you received a letter that basically said, Kami sudah memberi generator itu. Namun, kami bisa mengalokasikan kembali dana hibah yang sama untuk generator bagi aset lain.

Atau peningkatan apapun yang Anda perlukan terkait cadangan. Atau daya tambahan di seluruh sistem.

Jadi pihak kota menyusun dan mengirimkan kembali proposal untuk mengalokasikan. Pemilih dana pendamping untuk hibah khusus ini cukup rendah. However, basically, this is money that may not be enough.

So, this is like I hate the term equally lucky, but that's the way it is.

Basically, we don't spend more money. Right now, this project is still in progress. Are there any time limits? They are a little loose because when you talk about a generator, the material does not grow on the tree.

This is not a generator. This is a large generator that needs to be created.

It takes time to build.

But in the end, you do have time limits that must be met related to construction and construction so that you can get financial compensation.

This is not intended to affect your actions tonight in any way, but I just want to make sure everyone knows about the origin of this accident and what you asked for tonight is to agree on the cost of the construction. Which one?

This is not a construction. We don't know exactly.

But this will be a guaranteed replacement. As we know, this is a project that we agreed to spend this money and in 30 days we will get it back.

There is a religious administrator here. Maybe you don't really understand the question at this time, but this is the rule.

However, at this time, when we talk about your release, what I mean is when you have processed the request for payment until you send it to the party and the party processes the request for payment. You don't have to wait for 30 to 45 days. First is the water system.

This is the water supply 16.

To replace the automatic transporter in the water supply 15, which is your water treatment installation supply.

and also trying to add a generator to one of your pump stations, the central pump station, which Satni does not yet have. Yes, I think because this will affect our infrastructure in terms of mental health, I will propose a motion so that we agree on the cost of this TKS.

Next, we have the resolution of the City Council of Elgin, Texas, which supports the principles of the City Legislative for the Texas Legislative Session of 2027. Thank you.

There was a meeting where Ms. Fry, the Director of Economic Development, and I met with a small group from Smithfield, Westrop, and of course, we joined and we want to attend. And we say, if this is TNL, we don't want it to be specific because it will consume time. There are many ideas and we will not recommend anything.

But we can be involved and I can involve the mayor by saying, if we work at TNL, why don't we work as a team? And this is planned by

This is your life.

So we all agree. In my opinion, this is a good step.

We get a place that is worthy for us and for our region. So thank you, Wali Kota. We hope you support it and at the base meeting we will convey it and see if you want to do something too.

So, do we adopt specific principles or not?

They have a legislative body of around 100. And as a regional group, the discussion was organized by JIL with very careful... And if you look here, the bus is arranged in a way that supports us as an area through a positive view.

So technically, you have supported this as a company. So when we go to Sarawak and say, look, we have made a profit. And when we appear, we are like, hey, this is a good idea that LG has. And we agreed.

This is it.

But it gives room to say, but Elgin has a problem that he wants to solve. It's open like that. And the answer is written like that. It's not like this.

It's not like this. But he did it for this area. We can go in there and say, but you're wrong.

We really don't like this one. We don't agree with that one.

Because to be honest, they will discuss certain things specifically.

And they agree. So the three of us agree on this idea. This is just an idea to get along with each other. That's how it is.

But I think of working as a friend. And I only hope and still hope that maybe I will lead there.

That's why I tell you and I think you see it. There is an idea there. I'm not a politician, but with legislators who continue to suppress the city as it is now. And if we are not members of the TML, I am not sure where the position of the city is now. I feel we are in danger. Because legislators who really don't like us. They prefer everything to be done at the state level and not at the city level. So it's very important for us to join together as one group. And Bastrop-Smithville-Elgin is our area. So this is a way for us to speak up and say, hey, we support and listen to the cities. That's what they do. They can do this. But for them to have a little courage, I think it will help. And that's why it's important to attend your 10th anniversary. As the 10th anniversary director, we are Jimmy Jin from Smith. President of the 10th anniversary, we come from Bukit.

I think it is very important for us to support what has happened with this agenda.

And I just want to take this opportunity to praise you because you have represented us in TML.

It's very surprising.

Oh, the newly elected TML?

Yes, the newly elected TML.

During orientation, and he was... It's funny, but it's good. When I went through it, it was just like that.

I called my friends. It's not that I don't support it, but maybe I feel that my question has not been answered. From what I understand, we are doing these specific things and not what is recommended by TML. In the end, this is what we agree on. Because we have certain principles, because it says that we agree with the resolution to adopt these principles. But it is also said that, like with TML, So if TML decides to adopt something different, or they say something different, you know, do we agree with this or do we agree with anything that is said by TML in the future? Like they adopted something for 2020.

If it's different from this, which one do we hold?

This? Or what is adopted by TML? Yes, we will do whatever we want. But TML will be there to advocate what we say.

The principle here is only a guide for us to implement.

I understand that. I just want to know. Will we change if something is adopted by TML and there is something that is not here? Which one?

I'm doing something because I don't see it.

But that makes a big difference. I'm just asking which one we can refer to later, TML or what is here now.

I have an answer directly for you. So to answer the question directly quickly, this is indeed the same and deliberately made as a resolution so that later we can be more specific per city. This is one of the same so that every But we can go and walk with it. And when we talk about the representation of us on the other side, it's not like that. What I suggest is that only one area, one area, because he has started to look for ways to be lifted, and what I say is that only Mr. Elgin can be a leader in something, and I wonder if someone can write something.

Is there a smart person in the world?

And that makes Joe say, But now this is very common. This is actually a letter of support.

As a supporter of the statement of the mission. But basically it is like this.

And if it is written as a resolution so that everyone can have it, there is nothing specific about it. If you read it and what you say is almost like a resolution, you are the mayor of the city.

It has been issued and supported, and we will start with the members of the House of Representatives.