City Council - Special Meeting

And that wraps up my report, mayor. Okay. Thank you so much. Any questions? No. Okay. Uh, next item is our departmental reports. Those were in our packets. If Are there any questions, comments, or a motion?

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve. Okay. There's a motion and a second to approve the departmental reports as submitted. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 50. Next item is citizens participation, Miss

No one has signed up. Okay, we're going to go on to announcements. Um, do we have any C council announcements? No, mayor. No, mayor. Okay, I don't have any announcements. I I I do want to say something. We had the official ribbon cutting uh cutting for the RGB paddle club yesterday, and I encourage it was

[Music] Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for being here. It's always a pleasure to see so many people here at our meetings. Um so that that just just shows that that uh y'all are are very interested in what's happening in the in our city and I thank you for that. Um, so I will call this meeting to order and it's 4:36 and today's date is October 14th, 2025.

So, Miss Anna, would you please establish quorum? Yes, ma'am. Uh, Mayor Nori Garza, present. Mayor Prom Ruben Plata, present. Councilwoman Jessica Ortega, present. Councilwoman Marissa Gerlac, present. Councilman Alberto Vela, present. Mayor, we've established quorum. Okay, the next item is um our invocation and today we are honored to have pastor Bill Duke uh have lead us in our invocation and then after that we will have our pledge of allegiance.

Very honored to be here. Let us bow our heads and let us pray. Oh God, who is creator of all things, master of the universe, creator of creatures both big and small. We're grateful that you have bestowed upon us the duties and responsibilities to keep this town a beautiful town. May our city always be blessed with good citizens, with good people who serve. We thank you for the EMS. We thank you for those who serve as our firefighters. We thank you for those who serve as our peace officers. And Lord, we pray for peace. We pray for an everlasting peace in the holiest city of this world, Jerusalem. Jerusalem means house of peace. We pray for a lasting peace for our brothers and sisters in the Middle East. I pray this in the name of the father, son, and holy spirit. Amen.

Amen. I aliance 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.

Okay. The next item is disclosure of conflicts of interest. Um the one that's uh currently on file for Mayor Pro Tim Ruben Plata for executive session item number two relating to Simron. Okay. Uh next item is our proclamations. Uh we're going to do uh a little we're going to do this a little bit different. Uh we're going to go through all of the proclamations and approve them and then we'll go up in front and take pictures with the different entities. Okay. Uh so the first proclamation is the Catholic Daughters of America. [Music] And if you're if you're here representing the Catholic Daughters, you're welcome to come to the podium just to we can get a good picture of you. Okay. Thank you. Mayor Council, the proclamation reads as follows. Whereas the Catholic Daughters of the Americas was instituted as an organization in 1903 for women with a purpose of growing in spirituality and working in faithful service and love for God. where since its beginning, the Catholic daughters have consistently and unselfishly used their God-given talents and time to work for quality of life and defense of humanity. Hor's Catholic daughters have worked for social justice and show compassion for those in our parishes, community, nation, and world who are vulnerable, homeless, voiceless, and most in need. Where's his Catholic daughters participate in the march for life, pray and work effortlessly to defend the right to life at all stages from conception to natural death as designed by God's creation. Whereas on Sunday, October 19, 2025 has been designated by the National Board of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas as Catholic Daughter Sunday. Now therefore, we the city council of the city of mission do hereby recognize and commend the Catholic Daughters of Americas for their faithful service, charitable works, and commitment to fostering unity, spirituality, and service within our community proclaimed on this the 14th day of October, 2025. Okay. Thank you. I move to approve the proclamation

as read. Second. Okay, there's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation as read. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Would you like to speak? No. Okay. All right. Thank you. We'll get pictures in a little bit, so don't go away. Okay. Thank you. Okay. The next proclamation is breast cancer awareness month.

Uh yes, uh Mayor, and unfortunately, Miss Priscilla Duran is not able to be with us uh today. She was trying to get someone to come and represent her, but I don't know if anybody was able to to attend or not. Okay. But the proclamation reads as follows. Whereas breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed form of cancer for women in the United States and remains the second leading cause of cancer death among American women. Whereas mimography and x-ray of the breast is recognized as the single most effective method of detecting breast changes long before symptoms can be seen or felt. Whereas we salute the researchers, scientists and numerous nonprofit organizations who dedicate themselves to prevention, detection and treatment. Hor is the 16th annual Mission Pink Walk for breast cancer awareness and treatment was held on October 11th outside of Mission Regional Medical Center with proceeds from this event helping to provide free mammogram screenings to uninsured women in the Mission area. Now therefore, we the city council of the city of mission do hereby extend our deepest respect for survivors and those advocating for prevention and a cure and in so doing hereby proclaim October 2025 as breast cancer awareness month. Proclaimed on this the 14th day of October 2025.

Mayor I'd like to make a motion to approve. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation for breast cancer awareness month as read. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0. And the next

And the next one, uh, I know we've got representatives from the Chamber of Commerce here with us today. Okay. The proclamation reads as follows. Who is a greater mission chamber of commerce stands as a powerful and essential voice of business for mission western county and the entire state of Texas. Whereas for 79 years, the Greater Mission Chamber has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to our community, serving as a primary advocate for local enterprises, driving economic prosperity, promoting tourism, and fostering community development. Whereas this dedicated work has been a driving force in key areas vital to our future, including expanding educational opportunities, championing crucial infrastructure improvements, developing new local leaders, and creating jobs through a positive vision for growth. Whereas the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce has achieved the distinction of national accreditation through the US Chamber of Commerce in 2025, a status held by only 3% of chambers nationwide, confirming its operational excellence, professionalism standards, and effective service to its members. Whereas a greater mission chamber of commerce continues to be a strong and cooperative partner with the city of mission working collaboratively on endeavors that ensure the quality growth and long-term success of our local business environment. Now therefore, we the city council of the city of Mission proclaim the week of October 13th through 17th of Chamber of Commerce week in the city and encourage all citizens to recognize the pivotal contributions of the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce to our community. proclaimed on this the 14th day of October 2025. Okay.

May I move to approve the proclamation as read? Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation for Chamber of Commerce week. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Don't go away. You can say something. Yes, please do. Please do. Who would like to speak? There you go.

Okay. Well, good afternoon, uh, mayor, city council members, and city managers. I am Vanessa Nico, and I'm the vice president of membership development for the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce, and it is truly an honor to join you this week in celebrating Chamber of Commerce Week. As mentioned in the proclamation, for 80 years, the chamber has proudly supported our city's growth, and we've championed uh workforce development, small business success, and community engagement. Together, we strengthen Mission's economy, create jobs, and enhance the quality of life for all those who live in this wonderful city. We are deeply grateful for your continued partnership and commitment to keeping Mission a wonderful place to live, work, and prosper. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The next proclamation is National Animal Safety and Prevention Month.

Good afternoon, Mayor, Council, City Management. Thank you for having us today. Um, today we're recognizing National Animal Safety and Prevention Month. Today I have with me the shelter manager, J Julie Martinez. I have Ivan Espininoza, animal control officer. Jesus, animal control officer, Manny Garcia, animal control officer, and veterinarian technician Odiel Reyes, and also the group um, pause for help with Dendia Bay and volunteers. Okay. The proclamation reads as follows. Whereas October is National Animal Safety and Prevention Month, a month dedicated to promoting the safe practices and handling of caring for both domestic and wild animals. And whereas animals play an important part in our everyday lives even when we don't personally have pets. So it's vital to make sure that they are treated kindly with respect and the care they all deserve. Whereas National Animal Safety Prevention Month was created by the Paul's Foundation. Paul's is dedicated to helping people and animals coexist in a way that benefits all of nature. They believe that humans must come to know the values of all animals, both domestic and wild, and the important role they play in our ecosystem. And whereas there are several ways to participate in the National Animal Safety Prevention Month, some of them are as simple as being aware of the needs of your own household pets. making sure that they are microchipped, collared, and identification tags um are also just as important. And whereas if you don't have pets or your own, you can still participate in the month um by fostering a pet until it finds its new forever home or by donating money or much needed supplies to your local animal shelter, such as the Mission Animal Shelter. They will help ensure that pets waiting to be rehomed will get all the necessary care they deserve. Whereas the city of Mission would like to invite the entire community to support our mission animal shelter and other nonprofit organizations which encourage

responsible and compassionate treatment of all animals and we invite you to visit our animal shelter here in Mission and adopt a pet. Now therefore, we the city of council of the city of Mission do hereby proclaim October 25th, 2025 as National Animal Safety and Prevention Month here in Mission, Texas.

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation. Yes. For National Animal Safety and Prevention Month as read. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0. Thank you. Would anybody else like to speak?

Good afternoon. As always, I just want to say thank you so much. We've progressed so much in the last four years and because of you, we have really made a difference in our community. and thank you for allowing us this opportunity and supporting the mission shelter. And I hope that you guys will come out on Saturday. It's going to be announced later again, but on the 18th to support the pause and pumpkins. But thank you again for all you're doing to help increase awareness and educate the public on spay and neuter and adopt don't shop. Thank you.

Thank you. [Applause] Okay, the next proclamation is National Code of Compliance Month. Okay, good afternoon again. We have our code enforcement department here for proclamation. Today I have with me Ida Samadimas the supervisor for the department. We have Nancy Chavea code enforcement officer Jose Flores code enforcement officer Angel Garcia code enforcement officer. Okay. And that's it. Okay. Okay. So the pro proclamation reads as follows. Whereas code enforcement officers provide a provide safety and welfare of the citizens throughout the United States through the enforcement of local codes of ordinances facing various issues of building, zoning, housing, animal control, environmental health and life safety. And whereas the role of many code enforcement officers has expanded in recent years with the increased number of foreclosed and abandoned homes in communities impacted econom e economically. And whereas code enforcement officers are dedicated to highquality professionals who share the goals of preventing neighborhood deterioration, enhancing and ensuring our safety, preserving property values through knowledge and application of housing, zoning, and nuisance codes and ordinances. And whereas code enforcement officers are called upon to provide quality customer service and excellence to the resident and businesses of our community in which they serve. Whereas the American Association of Code Enforcement wants to recognize and honor all code enforcement officers and professionals all across the United States to bring awareness to the importance of code enforcement to the communities of the United States. Now therefore, this we the city council

of the city of Mission proclaim the month of October 2025 as National Code Compliance Month. Mayor I move to approve the proclamation. Second. Okay, there's a motion and a second to approve. The proclamation is read. All in favor say I. I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] Okay. Our next proclamation, Chief Dores, is domestic violence awareness month. Hi, good afternoon. I'm Isela Marine, crime victim leasison for the Mission Police Department. The domestic violence proclamation reads as follows. Whereas domestic violence is a serious crime that violates a person's privacy, dignity, and security. It is a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner by using physical, emotional, sexual, and financial financial control. Whereas the consequences of domestic violence are extensive, impacting not only those directly affected but also the broader community both within our local area and globally causing long-term physical, emotional and social harm. Whereas the mission police department in partnership with local organizations and agencies is dedicating to raising awareness about domestic violence and the resources available for victims aiming to provide support and education to the public. Whereas we invite everyone to participate in awareness campaigns that educate the communities about the signs and consequences of domestic violence. You are welcome to wear any purple accessories or attire during October. Symbolizing peace, courage, survival, honor, and personal dedication to domestic violence awareness. We need everyone to stand together in the fight against domestic violence and support those who have been affected. Now therefore, the members of the

mission city council on behalf of the citizens of mission do at this moment declare October 2025 to be domestic violence awareness month and nurse all citizens to actively participate in activities and programs to work toward eradicating domestic violence, improving victim safety, and ensuring that those who commit acts of domestic abuse are held accountable for their actions against IND. individuals and community proclaim on this the 14th day of October 2025.

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation for domestic violence awareness month as read. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0. Thank you. Thank you. Um, on behalf of my chief, Chief Torres, um, to our partner partner agencies and advocates that are here with us today, we see you and we appreciate the difficult but vital work that you do every day to protect and empower victims. To our little city leaders, your unwavering support help us amplify this c crucial message and we are thankful for that. Together, we stand here to remind survivors that they are seen, they are heard, and they are never alone in their journey. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] Okay, our next item is employee of the month for August. And don't don't anybody go away because we are gonna take pictures right after our presentations please. Good afternoon mayor and council. Today we'd like to present to you our employee of the month for August uh which is Miss Idalia Cardosa. She's a custodian at our Spear Memorial Library. I'd like to ask her and her supervisors to join us up here, please.

Thank you. Thank you. Um, Miss Scarosa was recognized for fostering a safe work environment and our media department has created a video to showcase that nomination. She was nominated by Miss Juanita Sto. Okay. [Music] for [Music] you like to say something. Okay. [Applause] Yes. Yes. Okay. Uh I'm going to go out of order. I'm

going to go to number nine, which is the recognition of our fire department. Uh, fire department personnel. Chief SVA. Huh? Yes. If I can have our five uh firefighters up in the front that are being recognized today. Good afternoon, mayor, city council, city manager. I come before you this evening to recognize several members of the mission fire department for their outstanding service and professionalism. On September 28th, 2025, Engine 4 and Medic 4 were dispatched to a a medical emergency medical emergency involving a woman who was about to give birth. Upon arrival, our crews quickly entered the residence and assisted the mother through the delivery. Paramedic Noi Carion successfully cut the umbilical cord and both mother and baby were transported to a local hospital where we are pleased to report they are doing well. Since taking over emergency medical services, this marks our first baby delivery under the missions fire department's EMS operations. A milestone moment for our department and our city. I could not be prouder of our firefighters and medics for their calm, skilled response and compassion under pressure. To the community, this moment also reflects your trust in our service. And to my staff, it reinforces our shared commitment to providing the highest level of care to those we serve. Thank you our mayor and city council, our city manager for continued support of the mission fire department and our mission to provide the high quality of care we have been sworn to protect and with pride. And today I do have some uh certificates of recognition for my staff, but um I also have Lieutenant Goa wants to say a few words.

Thank you, Mayor, City Council. Thank you for having us. Um there's a couple of key players here that I'd like to recognize as well. Uh MFD dispatchers Michael Ram Ramirez and Diego Himenez. Um they say it takes a village, right? And this is a true testament to that. Through our training, through our response, and through your support, uh we were able to do this. Uh this is just part of the job. I think part of this recognition, you know, uh we're here and we're glad to get it, but this is what we do it day in and day out. Um, and we're proud to do it. Um, as employees, as members of fire department, you know, this is now our baby, right? She's ours. Unfortunately, she had to look at my face for 15 minutes on the way to the hospital. But, um, no, um, we we're proud and, you know, she is now part of our family. Um, thank you to the public, the city council, and, uh, even Dr. Melinda's. Uh, he was called while in route due to some medication needs, but it takes everybody. And this is a true testament, like I said, to our training and where we've come. 20 years ago, you told me we would have been doing MS and I would have said, "You're crazy." Now I'm the old guy on the rig. These guys make me look good. Um, I sat back, grabbed the baby, and they took care of everything else. So, this goes from, uh, bottom level. We have a new guy that just started with us all the way up to, like I said, uh, 20 How many years, coach?

27. 27 years. So, all of that all on on one fire ground or one EMS call. Uh, we're getting a good culture out there. So, thank you very much. Thank you very very much.

I guess we can reserve by giving them their certificates afterwards until we're done with the presentation. Yes, just right after. No problem. Right. Okay. Thank you. [Music] [Applause]

Okay. Uh the next item will be the presentation um for leadership mission.

Good evening council. How are you doing members? Great. Thank you. We're so thrilled to be here today. We started this journey back in June, July with you all and we officially want to um thank you for your sponsorship and your support throughout the last few months as we've come together in collaboration with several city departments and local nonprofits to um to continue this project of beautifying and um bringing forth the city animal shelter, the city mission animal shelter. So, we want to just cordially invite you all to our event happening this weekend, uh, pumpkin paws and pumpkins, where it's, uh, promised to be a great family event. We'll have a presentation of the mural unveiling as well as, uh, lots of family activities for the kiddos and, um, and also highlighting some of the pets there.

Okay, thank you. Are we getting a sneak peek or no? Yes. Oh, awesome. Okay. [Laughter] Okay. Leadership Mission has a small gift for you all and they're going to pass out us a bag with a t-shirt in it. Oh, okay. Yes.

Thank you. Thank you, Candace. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Thank you.

Okay. All righty. Congratulations. We'll get some pictures right after. Okay. Thank you all for being here. Don't go away, though. Don't go away. Thank you. And our next presentation is um Harry Shimutsu Elementary recognized as our Lonear Ribbon School.

Yes. Do we have anybody from Sherry? We do. We do. Okay. Can y'all want to step up and Dr. Howard? Where is Dr. Howard? I don't see her. They're coming. There she is. And her staff can come up too. Good evening, mayor and council. It is my priv privilege today to share some exciting news from our partners at Sherryland ISD. Harry Shimatsu Elementary has been recognized as a 2025 Lonear Ribbon School. They are only one of 28 in the entire state of Texas to receive this recognition. This honor announced by the state of Texas and Governor Greg Abbott highlights schools that demonstrate outstanding academic performance and success in achievement gaps. This recognition takes years to get. It is not something they can just receive in one year. They've been working at this for a very long time. And it's a testament to the remarkable educators, the students, and the families of this elementary. This is a testament to the culture of collaboration and commitment that defines our system here in Mission. We'd like to congratulate Principal Claudia Garza. Where are you? Superintendent Dr. Elaine Howard and the entire family here that stands behind us. We're so proud of all of you and we are incredibly lucky to have you here in Mission.

Yes. Thank you so much and congratulations. My goodness, one out of 28. Uh, mayor, on behalf of the campus administration and all of the amazing staff, this really couldn't happen without excellent teachers and administrators, um, spectacular families. I cannot begin to tell you how, uh, much support this particular campus gets from families and so we are grateful for our families and students. We have some gifts for you today to share in our excitement of this award. Um I would like to state that this is also derivative of the national blue skill uh uh blue ribbon schools program that was just recently sunsetted by the federal government. As you guys know at the federal level there are some changes happening. So the governor has adopted um to carry on the torch and it is now called the lonear award but we were recognized through the national blue ribbon program. And so, um, Principal Garza has done an exceptional amount of work to make sure that her staff is, um, uh, goes down in history as being one of the top performing in the nation and now in the state. And we are grateful for them. Thank you, ma'am.

Amazing. Thank you. Thank you so much. My goodness. Wow. Okay. Um Okay. Uh I think we're ready for pictures if y'all want to just stay up here.

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Yes, the quarterly report. I really love this. Okay. So, we're going to move up to uh item number eight, which is a quarterly report by the ambulance board on EMS. Mr. Tim Brown.

Hello everybody. Thank you for first of all for allowing me to do this. I I really do take great pride in serving this city and I realize that y'all have great trust in me and so I'm grateful for that. I want to start off by saying that the the EMS is doing extremely well. Um some of that is evident by a proclamation you you had today. Uh I would like to say that, you know, it's important to remember even though we're doing well, this project has never been to make money for the city. This is about serving the citizens of Mission. And as you look through the numbers, as we go through these slides in just a few minutes, you're going to see that Mission EMS consistently beats the national time on on arrival. They consistently have the best training. Um, other systems look to Mission and it not only serves our community, but other communities that are surrounding us, they look to to Mission EMS for help as well. And so, I'm grateful that you allow me to do this because I really do think that this is one of the most important services that we have in the city. Uh, we'll go through the slides now and I'll be happy to answer any questions, but we'll just kind of go through them. I don't have them in front of me, so I'm not trying to ignore you. I'll look up here, but this is the quarter from April 1st until June the 30th. Uh you can see that we average you know somewhere around five 525 calls um a month and those calls 78% of them are transports. The ones that are non-transport you know that's sometimes people someone else called they get there they're not really interested in that. Uh and so the majority of the people though we do transport to a facility. Go to the next slide. All right. This is the one I get excited about. So recently some of y'all know my mom. Recently, we called an ambulance for my mom and I told her the dispatcher and I'm pushing time right now and they beat the record, you know, and so I'm very pleased that we are well below what the national recommendation is as far as time. The only thing that I don't like about this slide is that this represents the time an ambulance arrives on scene.

Most of the time when you call 911, a fire engine goes and typically will beat the ambulance there. So, you're actually getting service quicker than these times, but we don't have a way of showing that. This is when the ambulance arrives on scene, and we're still beating the national average significantly. Okay, this is where we transport to. As an EMS operation, our main goal is to get you to the most appropriate, closest place of care. So, you'll notice that Mission Regional Medical Center right here in our in our city is where we send 43%. The rest of them kind of trickled down. Um, South Texas Health Systems of Macallen Hospital, they're a level one trauma center, so we're able to to go there for just about anything. Um, there is an area in our city that DHR is the closest trauma center. Um, and so you'll see some of that as well. And then the rest kind of trickled down for different reasons, whether the hospital is on, you know, divert and they send us in other places or that's where they need to get that care at. Okay. So, this one here, um, this shows each medic. One of the things that we're trying to do is make sure that each area of the city is covered appropriately. Um, and so we we've done a lot of research as far as which medic where it's parked, where it's going. And so, these numbers actually change on a quarterly basis. As we look at these numbers, we move ambulances around to make sure that the medics are where they need to be so that hopefully we can balance that out. And so that medic 4, you know, getting 17% of the calls balances out so each one of them get about 25%. And so this is kind of a uh moving target, but we're aiming to to make sure that each area of the city is served adequately. This one here, um, this talks about overlapping calls. When we have one ambulance out, another ambulance has to go. We've had situations where all the ambulances are out. Uh, thanks to to this council here, we have some new medics. I think you're going to be able to see some vehicles today, as a matter of fact. And so having some medics, uh,

some new vehicles, that's going to help alleviate this. One of the issues that we've had in the past is that maintenance. Medic goes down, well, there's nothing to replace it. And so now we're short an ambulance. And so these numbers will change once we see medic five and six go to to duty. All right. This is the one that's always a scary one, the numbers. And so if you look at, you know, these are these are numbers, you know, year to date from a grand total. What we've done is we've build a total of $9 million. You can see that we've collected nearly $2.5 million. Every time an ambulance goes out, we typically bill on average $1,96. And we are receiving at this point an average of $521 per trip. Um, this is actually very significant. Emergon is the company that you see their name up on the top there. Emergon is our partner in in collections and they've done a very good job of finding a an avenue to collect for nearly every one of our calls. Okay. And those are the new that's the new Medic 5. That's the one. Is that the one that's here today? That's the one that's here today. Um we're very excited about that. We want to make sure that the city of Mission it doesn't matter if a vehicle breaks down, if it needs maintenance, we still have service.

All right, any questions? No. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate and once again, thank you for doing this for the city of Mission. I know that it's a big deal. I know is a scary scary to take this on, but it really serves our community very well to have an ambulance that the city is able to control. Thank you.

Thank you. Hello. How you doing, Mayor Council? Good. Mr. Teras. Um I think we have a presentation that we're about to show.

Yes. The second one, please. The one that wasn't the report. Yes. So today we're going to we're going to be presenting to you more of the financial aspect and the labor analysis of the EMS division. So I know there's been a lot of questions as it pertains to the profitability as well as the the impact that the MS system has on on our labor force. And that's what we're going to be talking about today. Actually, it's a PowerPoint. So, in fact, you you would have you should have a report like this as well. That reports gives you a little bit more of an in-depth assessment. But what we are going to be covering are just the bas the main points.

All right. So to start to give a little bit of background information which was important to this management assessment and what was conducted was basically a management or cost analysis. So we took a look at all the costs that were attributed to the emergency medical services division. So a lot of it was done directly into the fire it was already kind of mixed in with the fire department because the fire department took on the EMS system as a blended component. So in order to separate it, we were we had to actually go out and trace the cost down from payroll all the way to operating costs to be able to determine uh what the EMS division looks like. Right? So starting with a background which is important to the management analysis is a brief background on the EMS is that we're dual certified. Right? So the dual certification makes it a little bit trickier to be able to trace uh to trace uh basically labor costs directly to the EMS division. So the way that we trace our EMS uh costs is we actually have EMS codes. So, we're able to actually pull those EMS codes and see how many hours um basically our firefighters are are actually contributing to the EMS division in particular. But we do run four EMS medics as of now with a minimum staffing of two medics per unit. So, that's a minimum staffing level of eight at all times. That as as long as we have those four medics active. Um that we of course, like uh Mr. Brown had mentioned we're we're getting medic number five which is already which has already arrived and we're going to be getting medic number six which play an important role as it pertains to the staffing capacity which we'll be talking about shortly and please feel free to to stop me if you have any questions. So the purpose of this analysis was again a management cost analysis. We wanted to determine what the cost of doing business for the EMS is understand how the EMS costs behave right because we have fixed costs, variable costs, see how how we can gauge that and also um this this assessment does not consider the impacts on the fire suppression division. So naturally we do have an interchangeable dual certification role where we we have

people from fire suppression that are also providing EMS support. So this doesn't that doesn't factor that in at this point. We also conducted a labor analysis to look at current staffing levels and ideal staffing levels where we should be if we're operating for medics at a minimum staffing level of 22 24/7 365 days a year. So starting with a financial summary which is starting from October 1st to September 23rd. That was the date of the analysis but really this captures about a year of data very very close to a year of data. So here's a brief summary of what we're looking at. So, charges for services, cash collections, for this past fiscal year, we were actually collecting about 2.3 million, almost $2.4 million in collections. Um, payroll and fringe uh is of course the biggest bulk of the expense, which was about 1.9 million. This includes your regular time pay as well as any other overtime pays that are being uh that are being paid after somebody working fire suppression comes in and does some EMS work. Um you'll see that med of course medical supplies, fuel repairs and maintenance, travel, training, telephone, clothing, uniforms, all the other operating expenses are labeled there. Um and total expenses for the EMS system between that period was 2 point basically 2.4 million roughly. So that led to a deficit of about $24,815. So to me, what that tells me is that we're practically breaking even. Um, and I'm going to show you a couple of comparables across other cities that run EMS systems, which will give you a little bit more breathing breathing room and a rest at at ease um to to see how efficiently this EMS system is is running, right? But this is basically the revenues and expenses. So, you'll see that the revenues and expenses, this is basically to tell you just like every other department, um, payroll and fringe accompany about 80 82.8% 8% of the cost of the department which is pretty standard for most departments. It typically ranges from about 80 80 to about 85% per department just fringe and

payroll right. Uh medical supplies constitutes the next biggest portion of about 9%. Those are all of your consumables. So all of the the stuff that you actually use to treat patients as well as any type of minor equipment that they use to uh to on the ambulances basically. And of course we have all of our other percentages which is essentially a restatement of what what you had just seen prior. And this is just to show show you that we actually conducted an analysis, right? An in-depth analysis. So, I'm not really going to get into this chart, but this chart is what's called a break even chart. Anything that's in the red area is considered to be a loss. Anything in the green area is considered to be a profit. It's very it's not very customary for an EMS system to fall in the green. It's very not not very customary. You're trying to provide high qualities of service at the least amount of cost. So, usually they'll fall in the red component, but we're very close to getting into the green. So, what I want to explain there is that if you see that bottom dotted line, that bottom dotted line tells you that our fixed costs are $361,999. That means if we didn't transport any one patient, we would already incur $361,000. Those are all of our fixed costs such as contractual services, um, uh, payroll for administration costs, all of those things stay stagnant. And that blue line indicates an incremental co an incremental revenue, right? And and you'll see the bullets that I actually mentioned there that that blue line says for every one hour a responder is on duty, an average of $6.70 is earned from revenue over expenses that are variable. So that means that every time above the fixed cost that somebody's actually driving on the road that we have a responder at least one hour on the road, you're earning about $6.70 for the number of calls that are coming in. So given this assessment, you'll see that there's a little black X right in the middle where where you see the zero dotted line. That's our break even line. So basically what I'm saying here is

that our break even hours are 53 3,895 hours. We actually did 50,215 hours this past fiscal year. That's how many responder hours were contributed on the road. So we were this close to breaking even. Assuming that we were able to get a couple of more calls in, we would have been able to cover the fixed cost and break even.

Wow. So, very, very close. And one of the biggest reasons why we didn't get there is, of course, because of our units are down, right? Some of the units, they break down. They require maintenance. That takes one unit off the road. You don't have as many responders on on site, right? Um, which we're going to be talking about next. um where you should actually be for 24/7 service 365 days a year for four medics you should actually be at 70,000 hours. So we're we hit the 50,000 hour mark which I foresee is going to increase next year. So this is just to give you an assessment of where where other cities are at. Right? I pulled these from annual financial reports from the other cities. I'm going to start at the the top obviously city mission. That's where we are. That's as of 2025. The city of Weslo is actually earning about 2,96,000 as of their last audit on 2024. One reminder is that Weslico actually services all of the county too in that in that area. So they go up north all the way to Elsa to Ed Couch and they come down to south to Progresso. So they they respond to a lot of calls

outside of their extraterrestrial jurisdiction. So that's the reason why they have a lot of substantial revenue source. Right. And that number only 3 16 2000. So, and I'm I'm about to explain that next. So, I put that in red and if you see my comment on the bottom, City Wesley does not appear to expense direct labor and EMS. So, what I noticed is when I went through the financials, I traced back to I want to say it was about 2021 to 22. I saw that they were at about 1.55 million in expenses. So, what appeared that happened was that they were charging some of their operating costs to the EMS division. But since West Lico is also dual certified, I don't think they're accounting for their labor. Like we have codes to capture our labor. I don't think West Lico does. So that means that they're charging it to the fire department. And if you actually notice in their financials, it actually jumps one year from 1.8, I think it was, no, I'm sorry,$18 million to about 20 million. So that to me was kind of saying, oh, well, you know, obviously they're charging the cost to the the fire suppression division, right? So, I don't I didn't have that cost. I was going to estimate it, but I didn't want to throw it out there because it's the city of West Leico's information. So, I thought I'd show it to you at least so you can see their revenue side. The city of FAR, they are even way further out compared to West Lico's um you know, jurisdiction as it pertains to service. So, they're actually estimating a revenue about 5.2 million and 12.6 million in expenses. So they're looking at about a $7.3 million loss as of their most recent information provided in 22 from their actual costs. So that tells you how expensive an EMS division can be. You know, if you're grabbing too much area, right? First of all, because as you get into the county, it's less debts and less urbanized. So you're serving a lot less people and you're increasing your cost because you're having to drive out for a call that might not pay and you're using a lot more fuel expenses, higher machine hours. you know, you're going to you're going to increase the cost of maintenance, right? But that's just to show you some comparables there. So, now that was the findings on the financial summary, right? Now, I'm going

to shift focus to the labor analysis to show you how many people are working. It gets very confusing sometimes because when you're working with a dual certified agency, it gets very hard to say how many people are we actually staffing in EMS. it becomes difficult because the way that we work and Weslo works is people get on shifts. They they you have a bunch of different firefighters that are being thrown into the EMS division and it's never sometimes the same person, right? So, they never work a full-time schedule on EMS. They're actually thrown more on a part-time uh basis, right? So looking at the labor this year, so we we pulled the reports for regular hours and OT hours. In total, the EMS division did 50,000 hours uh over the past fiscal year. That's how many hours that uh that were actually contributed by EMS personnel. An average responder firefighter will work about 2,912 hours a year. So if you divide the 50,000 hours by the 2,912 hours, you come up to about 17.24 24 full-time equivalents. So that tells me that on average, although we have 60 or 70 people that are working EMS, on average, you're you're using about 17 full-time employees, right? And the average labor cost per responder in this case is about 99,000, including fringe and and uh other items, right? That's our current staffing level. And you can see there on the little gauge there, we're at about 50,215. But as mentioned, the ideal staffing level is at actually about 70,80. So assuming that you have four medics with two two minimum staffing per medic and you're working 247, 365 days a year, you should use 70,80 hours. And the reason why we didn't get there was because of course equipment breakdown or maintenance, right? We had to pull some medics off the road. I think that's going to change now that we have medics five and six. So that's going to increase the amount of call volume. Um so that is going to increase

and if you were to contribute about 70,80 hours, you're effectively using 24 full-time employees, right? And so by that gauge, you can see that we're kind of somewhere a little bit in the 3/4 um into the into that 24 full-time equivalent. But so that's basically the synopsis of what we found to be able to understand the EMS division uh a labor analysis and our and our cost analysis so that way you can at least get a little bit more information about the system.

Okay. Any other questions? We build $9 million. I'm sorry. We build $9 million. So we collected 27%. So they put us a negative of about 24,000 25,000 for the year. What can we do to increase or what is the average collection percentage per year on something like this? Is it beneficial for us to hire a third party to help us with the collections

and and that's another increase 10% this $900,000? Yes. And that's another assessment that we have to conduct. I can tell you the way that they charge is they charge scalar right commissions almost like on an aging report they'll say that if you collect as of today it's one rate right and if you collect after 120 days it's another rate and so on so forth so we would have to take a look at and that was one of the things that me and chief had actually sat down with emerg this morning and uh I had requested that they send over a report showing us where all of our customers fall into. So being able to determine that

who is checking that who's checking our collection at our aging uh aging accounts. So we this is the first time that we've actually gotten to take a look at aging if I'm correct. Correct. So this is we've requested it today so that way we can see how many customers fall in. We just needed a year of data to be able to determine where exactly we were at.

You you understand what I'm trying to say? We got 73%. That is a lot of money that we can tap into. So how can we go about collecting? you collect 10% of that is almost a million dollars. Oh yes. Yes. Even if you pay somebody 20% to collect for you, it gives you $800,000.

And so that's effectively what they're doing. But I understand what you're you're coming at. Emerg is doing collections too. Great. They also do the collection. Who does? Emerg. Yeah. No, but maybe would it be beneficial to get a I mean they getting 20. I'm just trying to say you if somebody would charge me 20% to collect 80

another a million dollar for us, I would pay it at any time. Oh, are you talking like for personnel? No, I think what we're trying to get at is, you know, there's there's uh for example, uh our taxes, right? We we hire a third party to to to uh to collect the delinquent taxes, but in this case, Emergon actually does that. So, I know that the county uh uh collects our taxes, but they don't do our delinquent. They we get other companies to do that. So, Emeron is a consolidated company that at that does the collections as well.

So, they have like a different department that takes care of that. So, Mr. Plata, I went to an uh a meeting and I had a lot of those questions. And so, this agency, let's say you're in a car accident and you don't have medical insurance, but you have car insurance. So they go after that insurance and then if you don't have Medicaid, Medicare or private insurance then they send it to you personally like to try to get that money,

right? They find any way. So one of the things Mr. about the the the percentage that is collected. When you talk to Mericon, and it'd be worthwhile maybe for you to make a phone call to them at some point, but when you talk to Mericon, they indicate that Mission EMS has higher collections than anyone else they work with. And they say that's due to the training that we've done for coding. And so whenever they have a new company or a new uh EMS come in, they give them the guidelines that Mission EMS has because they're able to collect the maximum. And so that other percentage, they deem that as non-collectible after a certain amount of time, but one of the reasons the numbers look so good is that our staff is coding it properly and it's not coming back to the staff to say, "Hey, what happened six months later trying to figure it out. It's being coded correctly at the time, which is why Emergon says that we have the best collections of anyone they work with." I just feel like that is about 7 almost 87 million that is uncollected

but but it's they're trying it's not it we haven't written it off as uncollectible they're they are trying to to collect and I can tell you the collection rates typically with EMS if I'm not mistaken I think that even like uh you know other jurisdictions they can collect typically 20% or less

depending on the pair mix if I if I may to help you understand a little bit more. Mr. Brata, anything under 120 days or less is the norm. We're averaging about 6% that that the commission is being on emerg to collect our uh revenue. Anything over past 120 days, it's a higher percentage because now they have to go and look and make sure they can collect that extra funding to get that all that revenue that we are missing. And it's not a particular month. Say there's a 180 days goal. they're still trying to find that person or or payer to give you that revenue back to the city. So, it's always on a constant basis. Uh, and we don't write it off until it's past, you know, I think I believe over 180 days. So, uh, even at that, you got your Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements. Sometimes they don't start at the end of the year. They start at the beginning of the year just based on how the deductibles are as well.

Okay. But I I I believe also the bill what we bill is a little more than what we collect regardless, right? So there's a percentage that Yeah, that's correct. Yes. So in a nutshell, the the EMS program has basically cost the city of Mission almost $25,000. Is that correct?

Yes, that's correct. And and so for the past year, yes, for the past year it was 25,000. Of course, uh which considering the labor, right? Yes, considering the labor. So, honestly, I think, you know, I think we all expected a a much higher number. Um, I know I did. Uh, we also need to remember that our previous um provider charged us $25 $25,000 a month to have two ambulances on call. So, if we add that up, that's $3300,000 per year. So, if you do the girl math, which I'm sure you all know what girl math is, uh we actually up $275,000 on this program. So, um very proud of those numbers and y'all have done an excellent job. This is a great uh report. Um thank you for your great work and I'm sure that the council feels the same way. You're doing a great job and it can only get better because I know that's the plan. Uh so um uh this is just amazing amazing information and I just hope that uh um that y'all continue growing and getting better and and uh and uh again congratulations on the baby girl.

Yes. So would anybody else like to say anything else? I I would as Mr. Brown said thank y'all for how tedious or how how detail oriented you are in completing the paperwork. It's imperative that you get that to Emeron in a timely manner so they can go bill within that window of collectibility so it's not being kicked back. So I applaud all of y'all for being very diligent in completing that. So thank you.

Thank you. Any other comments? No. No. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all so much. [Applause] Okay. I think you're up. Tech, thank you.

Hello everyone. Mayor, board uh Techla Garcia, uh CEO of the Mission Economic Development uh Corporation. Um just uh go through some uh slides here for you and and the public just to kind of do our report, our economic development report. Um but before we start on the slide, I just want to mention something that uh through the end of the fiscal year um we um I say we the city of missions uh retail sales tax um receipts were 28.8 million. Uh that is an all-time high for Mission. Uh it's a million dollars more than last year and uh it's about 11 million almost uh $12 million more than in 2020. Um so definitely uh on the on the way up um and ascending to new levels and we hope to continue that with some new projects that we have u working right now. So uh excellent uh job for everyone across the board um on that. So

million more than 2020 in 2020. Yes. At 2020 we were at about 17 million and now we're almost at 29 million. Okay. Uh so you hear me here? Uh let's see. I think we should be good. Ruby Red Ventures, uh the build mission fund. Uh that is u the program that has been with the EDC now for about a decade. Um we are uh we just launched it. Um and we are uh taking applications for uh for small businesses across the uh the city. Um and small businesses can apply for assistance for up to $15,000. Um there's there's several uh requirements and qualifications for that. Um and certainly if someone does the QR code or go go to our website, uh we can uh you can follow the uh um follow the information that you need to get for that. Um we've had tremendous success with this program and we appreciate the board continuing to allow us to fund this. So we've seen a lot of small businesses um get help here and and and it's not just a facade program or anything like the these are for general assistance. It could be working capital, it could be structural, um electrical um whatever the business uh thinks they need help with. Um they should apply for that and we encourage everyone to apply for that. I think last year we had like about 90 applications and so u so uh definitely popular and we we are in fact uh my colleagues just left because we have one of our information sessions going on right now. I think we had about a dozen businesses signed up for that. So um so that that just want to let you and the public know that this program is there and ready to ready to receive applications through the end of the month. Um, couple of things that we did uh this past um few weeks is um we uh received or we actually gave in this case um the $10,000 to region one uh for the ESC's

teacher alternative certification program. Um we we thought it was a really good program, something that some of the other cities around um uh the valley have done and we're going to do our part uh to continue to um u help teachers and educate the workforce. um here in Michigan. The other uh check presentation was part of our performance agreement that we that we had with Beter Manufacturers who have been an excellent um corporate citizen here in Mission and uh they recently invested $3,000 uh to the Boys and Girls Club mission. We we've probably had in the last three years uh maybe a dozen donations of several thousand dollars each to the Boys and Girls Club and want to kind of stay on that track as part of our community impact series.

We had a business opening. Um some of you were there. Miss Plut, I think you were there. Um I can't remember everyone. Mayor, I I don't know if you came at that one. Was not here. Um the ribbon cutting ceremony for the the paddle club. um there um behind Target on Victoria Road or Victoria Street. Um excellent facility, beautiful place. Um something that uh these young men have worked hard on the last two years to get open. uh we certainly uh the EDC helped assist them with some incentives but really the the vast majority of the infrastructure and investment was theirs and uh it's another quality of life um project for us and also kind of the center of u making mission kind of the center for paddle and and pickle ball uh in the valley. The the uh the bowling alley has their uh u courts in the back. There's another paddle club on the expressway that's opening soon and that's an indoor one and so we're we're looking forward. It's a great location as well right near the hotels. Um and they've had several tournaments already uh at the facility. So uh excellent uh yet for us and want to thank you for your support on that. Uh Mr. Plea, did you have any uh words on what you thought of the facility when you were there?

It's a wonderful place. I think it's um I know I heard it was very well attended. They had already turned. Yeah. In fact, I believe that day, cuz I was also there, they were having an international, they were actually going to have an international, correct me if I'm wrong, like an international tournament that day.

That day that started for it was like a five-day tournament. Yes. Sorry about that, council member. Yes. Beautiful. That place was beautiful. They had folks from Argentina, from Spain. Yes, that was very impressive. So, yes. And all that equals to hotel nights and money well spent admissions. So, we certainly welcome for that. Okay.

Okay. Uh we had some car kids from Gear Up there uh at the at the seed building kind of exposing them to economic development uh and other business uh topics. We had a a Q&A session with local small business leaders there. Uh again, always good to integrate and interface with uh with the students and this was part of our our our efforts to bring more students into the the MEDC couple weeks ago. Um um I participated in the in the very first meeting of the Texas um or this this time around this round of the Texas Mexico border transportation master plan. If you recall about five years ago in 2020 um the uh text dot put together border master plan there was many meetings and it was divided into three sections the valley Laredo and El Paso and essentially they got a lot of stakeholders together and they asked them to prioritize their projects which they did. Um text is thinking now hey this is five years later let's redo this process takes about a year. uh they're thinking by next May uh maybe a little bit less than a year that we're going to have a an updated version of the of the Texas Mexico border transport uh transportation master plan. And what it does is align interests and priorities for the US and Mexico on crossings and and roads leading to those crossings and heavyway corridors u and etc. This took place uh again in 2020. But the reason for the master plan was that there was too many um different cities and counties in Texas all going to the state department at that time and asking for their projects to be approved as part of the US Mexico transportation and um and Tex uh sometimes didn't know about it. Sometimes they had a say in it and so this this sort of coordinates everyone's

efforts into one place and and this is the result of it. So there'll be several meetings uh and as I mentioned last time it was divided in three sections the valley Laredo and El Paso. Now they've created five sections. Cameron County uh Hidawo County area Laredo Del Rio El Paso and I think they even gave Prescidio a median. Presidio is like population 3,000. But nevertheless um it's it's a little bit more democratic this time I guess. But uh but this is a good process. Uh uh as y'all know, I'm on the uh the state's uh Tex's uh freight advisory committee and I'm also on um on the board of trade advisory committee and uh this lends to this process of me participating in this and having someone at the table. So I'm I'm eager to represent us in in those meetings. I think I have a video next uh to talk about our website. Uh we launched our new website about uh three weeks ago. We still have a few tweaks here and there to do, but it's live and it's going. Let's see. This is This is not it. It's the next one. We just uh returned from San Luis Potosi uh to their uh industrial expo. Uh we spent uh two days there on the ground and u uh governor came to our booth and we chatted for a few minutes. Um we we took um the uh representatives from Kllum with us um and I was able to uh speak on a on a panel as well. But having the kilums there was really important because they have the 3,000 acres around the bridge and this is where the the focus of our interest was in in San Louis. We're marketing the bridge as a crossing point as a valid uh place for San Louisa's truck traffic uh to come uh through um uh Anzaldas uh instead of just Larredo. Uh that's their primary crossing point right now. We're we're marketing that. We're making us aviable. And then the Kllum folks were also uh promoting their property there which is

all around the bridge. Uh one thing I'll tell you while we are there, you know, St. Louise has, and I've mentioned this um to y'all before, they have um GM, one of the largest plants in all of Latin America. Uh Goodyear is there. Uh BMW has a humongous plant there with 6,000 employees. And uh while we there Daikon, uh which makes air conditioners and and and HVAC systems, uh Japanese company announced a huge um expansion. They already have 3600 employees. and we're going to add uh several thousand more and that was a major get for San Louise. So definitely a power uh uh for us to uh to uh maintain relationships with so we'll continue to do that. It was a really good meeting and I think this next one is the video about our website. Hi, I'm Tech Garcia, CEO of the Mission Economic Development Corporation. We're excited to introduce our friendly website, a hub designed to bring the mission, business community closer together than ever.

Our new site makes it easy to access all the resources you need from community reports and statistics to applying for programs, grants, and incentives. And if you want to engage with our team, explore SE membership opportunities, or just stay connected with economic develop shop for all things growth and opportunity. Check it out today and see how Michigan can help your business thrive.

I want to welcome you and the public to peruse through the website. Uh let us know what you think. Uh let us know if there's anything you'd like to see or fix. We're happy to do that. Mayor, that concludes uh my report. Okay. Thank you so much. Any any questions for Mr. Garcia? No. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay. We're going to we're going to um I'm going to skip around a little bit. I'm going to go to citizens participation in case somebody's been waiting for a little bit. No, no, no, no one. Okay, great. Okay. Um if you don't mind, I think we'd like to I'd like to take a little five minute break. Where's Chief Where's Chief Chief Chief Silva?

Where are you? Oh, there you are. Okay. You're holding up the pillar over there. Uh, I think medic five is here. So, we're going to take a three minute break and go out so that uh we can get Medic 5 on the road. Okay. All right. Let's go outside. Everybody's welcome to come and see the the new ambulance. [Music] [Music] [Music] It's her Thank you. [Music] United States.

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Yes. Might as well. Can we have a motion to reconvene? I move to reconvene. Second. There's a motion and a second to reconvene. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 30. Okay. Well, I'm going to take the departmental reports next. Are there any questions? Those were on our packets. Any questions on the departmental reports?

I move to approve the reports as presented. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the departmental reports as um presented. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously which is 30. Where are my other two?

One of them. Oh. Oh. Okay. Okay. All right. All right. Then we will go to the update on Brian Road construction. Uh, good afternoon, Mayor City Council JP Terases. Uh, thank you for for allowing me to present Brian Road. as as your wishes. Uh we're going to be presenting Brian Road uh in quarterly meetings giving his status and presentations uh to the public and also to to our city council. Uh I want to thank Chief for flying the drone. We're going to show you the the drone flight from uh business 83 to FM495. We started this project at the beginning of August, the second week of August uh to be exact August 11th. This project started as

pardon my interruption but can you introduce the the guest that we have that repres Mr. Javosa did the plans like where is he [Laughter] also we have Mr. Javier Vento was the owner of Vensor Construction. He's a contractor out there uh building Brian Road

and also he has the one he's the one playing. Okay, call me. His right-hand man, superintendent, Mr. Fabiano. Okay, come on up. As you know, mayor, we've been working on this project uh since 2018. Uh this was a very complex project because of the school and the businesses that are in the area. As you can see here, uh we just passed the IBC bank uh Walmart. This is a very trafficked uh uh roadway and the project uh the project is moving along very very well. The contractor Mr. Venser Javier Vento is doing very well in this project. He brought extra crews, extra equipment. He's working late hours and also working on the on on the weekends to expedite this project as we promised to the public that we're going to shut down the the project uh to shave down six months of construction. So, we're anticipating to finish this construction project by uh next summer, late summer, weather permitted. Of course, I know that the weather has been the impacting us these past two weeks, but even though the the contractor still working out there, uh, as you all know, they were laying hot mix in the middle of the rain. So, they had to go back and fix some of the areas because the the areas were some moisture trapped in the in the base. But, nonetheless, they're still working out there very diligently. Uh, as you know, here in the project, they they already ripped out uh the the west side where they took out all all of the asphalt. And here they're working on the drainage. You can see the inlets and the pipe putting in on that corner. Uh, and coming up in this intersection with Anmarie, the contractor is excavating the area and also they're getting ready to uh lime the subgrate. We should be lying uh this week and finishing up all that area. Uh also up ahead just uh north of u of Gastel Circle. Uh the contractor is also working on the

sidewalk and also on the on some driveways and uh asphalt. They already paved that section so traffic and also to the residents that live adjacent Brian and facing Brian Road can access through Brian and also go to 495. They were using the the golf course, so now they they're going to have access to to Brian Road. Uh again, this project is $6.2 million. The the original schedule was for 18 months, so now it's for 12 months. That's why we we close it down. Uh we have been working very close with the with the citizens there with the the property owners that live adjacent of the Brian road and also on Gastro Circle. We have been delivering this uh community newsletters every Friday. I want to thank um our code enforcement officers and public works that have been delivering these letters personally every Friday. Also, we had a town hall meeting, very successful meeting mayor with the mission CISD. We had a lot of good comments from our citizens and we made a lot of improvements and also we tweaked some of the uh the things and hiccups that we're experiencing in the project. Uh, Chief Torres did an awesome job uh with his traffic control and also with his patrol officers in in having a patrol officer making sure that they're the that the traffic and the parents are not blocking driveways, intersections. Also, he has a police officer uh there on the pickup and drop off hours at the sewer and business 83 making sure the the traffic signal is not uh get too congested. So, I want to thank Chief Torres for those efforts. And of course, I want to thank the the contractor and the and Mr. Jav uh Mr. Jav here, the

project manager. So, if you have any questions or concerns or any details that you want us to ask, they're here to answer any questions. Okay. I don't have any questions. Have we had any um since the town hall meeting has there been um any

uh issues concerns that have been raised? No. As as you know, mayor, there's sort of third party contractors in this area uh Vexus and AT&T that they're also working and on on the fiber they are installing and boring through other project and they have been heating some of our water lines. So that has also delaying us a little bit, delaying the contractor on the on their schedule and their performance, but nonetheless, they're still working out there with more crews and and very very pro proactive on on this project.

Okay. All right. I I don't have any other questions. Um, no question. No questions, no questions, Miss Jess. No questions. No. Okay. All right. Well, thank you very much. Y'all are doing a good job. Great job. Thank you so much. Hopefully, we'll have some good weather and we can get this out even quicker. That's the hope. Okay. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Next item are announcements. Anybody have any announcements or comments?

Just It's just um No, mayor. I'm good. Nothing. No, ma'am. My only comment is that I uh wanted to thank Chief Thoris and and the police officers for the traffic control on Stewart and uh

yeah, Elm Street before it was super clogged and there was no no way out in and out. And I leave the house at 7:30. So, I see all the work they do and I want to thank you. Yes. And the extra uh police units that you have on Ste Road has been noticed. I've had a couple of my friends being stopped. So, thank you for that. Uh so, so we're we're we're just making sure that that no one is is going over the speed limit. And even if you're going three miles over the speed limit, you will get stopped. So, uh thank you. Thank you so much for that, Chief. And you're, you know, that's just keeping our our kids and our families safe in that area during this time of uh extra traffic on on Ste Road. So, thank you.

Okay. By Mayor, I want to announce a couple of comments just the events that we're having uh next week. Uh, the Muertos Festival October 25th from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Mission Historical Museum. Also, the Halloween Spooktacular Festival October 31st uh from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at our Mission Event Center.

Okay, thank you. Okay, the next item is our public hearing. Um, and these are planning and zoning recommendations. Mayor, city council. Good evening.

The first cases are resing. It's all sand from agricultural to large lot single family residential district for a proposed new residential subdivision. This is at the northwest corner of Taylor and Mile Road. The zoning is agricultural and they're proposing large slat zoning which is in line with the with the zoning to the north and also to the south. Aerial photo of the property. survey, a photo from a Taylor, and a photo from a mile two in line with the comprehensive plan. No opposition during a planning and zoning commission, and the board recommended approval unanimously.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to this request? Please come forward and and state your name and address for the for the record. Thank you, your honor. Members of the council, my name is Ranelisano. I live at 3213 Melody Lane, which is a street just west of the property that is being considered. My question is, will the road there or the alleyway or road be expand expanded to so that the trash collection trucks and other large larger vehicles can make it okay? because uh I live right in front where the a small road connects with Harmony Lane and Melody Lane and uh the trash collection truck sometimes when they turn in front of me my house and try to make a left turn they have to back up you know and then proceed. Um it's uh congestion that uh sometimes uh they run out couple of times over some of my sprinklers that I have when I'm irrigating out there, which is okay. The next question I have also is will there be an extension on the Eastman side of that property being considered. Uh we have given our Eastman I think it's 20 or 25 feet I don't recall at this time. Uh is that roadway melody lane going to be increased because the traffic uh is uh sometimes the delivery trucks for the doctor's uh business are very often they he delivers he has delivery trucks about four or five times a week and those are big hefty trucks. Um so that is my concern. Uh also the fencing area, what kind of fencing is it going to have brick or is it going to be a fence that will be uh that will have a static view there? Also, we want to for the whole general area to be improved as far as the

overall area there. Uh those are questions that I have and the size of the lots are also important for us to know because it'll affect us property wise uh and uh especially uh the area on May on um Harmony no Melody Lane when you're traveling south to connect with mile two road uh on the corner you can't hardly see you have to kind of go forward to be able to see if there's some cars coming and those cars are already doing 45 miles an hour and a couple of times I've almost had to back up immediately. Uh and then there was another situation where my daughter also. So I would like to see what kind of improvement is going to be in there so that when we connect from traveling south on on Melody Lane uh will we be able to do it safely um because of the cars that are traveling. So, those are concerns that I have and I thank you all for listening to me.

Thank Thank you for being here. So, to today, uh, Mr. Lisano, we're we're just doing the the reszoning. Oh, so uh there'll be another item in at another uh agenda, another time where we're actually going to look at the the replat or the configuration of the subdivision and the expansion of the roads and all that. That's that would be required. that would really address your concerns at that time.

Thank you, your honor. Thank you. Yes. Also, uh I invite you to join us to our subdivision meetings uh every Thursday morning because uh we could we could uh hear your concerns before we review the subdivision. Where do you meet? We meet here in the room back there every Thursday morning. And so we have

people will be notified. They're going to be notified. Can you can you call him and let him know that that it'll be discussed? I can get your information. I'll I'll set it up. Yes. Thank you, councelor. You're welcome. You're welcome. Thank you. That's Mario Sano.

Oh, I didn't know that. Okay. Okay. Um, so we don't have anybody online, so are there any questions for staff? Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, please come up. Thank you. I'm also live at on Melody Lane across from Mr. Lano, actually. You guys answered a lot of the questions already. Our concerns about the road, the easement, the fence,

all those things, we they'll be talked about Thursday. Yes. So, once we set up the meeting, uh we will we will the staff will meet with you guys to add to address your concerns. Okay. Before we review the subdivision. Okay. because lot size and and it says large lot and largest is you know I'm large but you know I was wondering uh

so the the minimum for this owning is 65 by 120 but I believe that the lots proposed for this division are bigger than that. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And and and house size because we just want to make large and large houses depends on

I believe that's what's being proposed here. Yeah. just large is a relative. Yes. To Yes, it is. Whatever. Anyway, thank you and thank you. Thanks you guys for all you do. Uh we appreciate you guys. Thank you.

Okay. Is there anyone else that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Okay. Yes. Please state your name and address for the record. I'm Mia Nova Jr. and I'm the owner of AIA development via homes investments too many vas but I'm glad to be here and hear some of the concerns that they brought up to the to the commissioners and mayor and uh we'll look into that. I mean, uh, we're going to be it's going to be large lots. We will be in compliance with around the area,

but it was good to hear and know about that road and we'll, uh, we'll be discussing it, right, Mr. Terasas and everybody that is involved with this. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Sounds good. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you. Okay. Anyone else that would like to speak in favor or in opposition?

Okay. Uh, we'll see. I would like to make a motion to approve the reszoning from AO1 to R1A. Second. Okay, there's a motion and a second to approve the the uh uh reszoning request from AOI to R1A. All in favor say I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. And that's ordinance number 5722. Thank you. Next item. Next item is a resoning from agricultural to R1 single family residential district for a 26 acre track along the east side of Mayberry uh just north of mile tour road. This is the property just south of the recently recorded Sonoma Ranch subdivision phase one. So it's the same developers that are proposing to do a phase three to the south. He did this. Oh yes,

zoning is agricultural R1 to the north. So the proposed zoning is in line with the zoning to the north aerial survey of the property. Photo from a may from Mayberry in line with the comprehensive plan. No opposition during planning and zoning commission and the board recommended approval unanimously.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to this request? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Okay, there's no one here. Is there any questions?

I move to approve. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the resoning request from AOI to R1. Um, all in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 50-0. And that's ordinance number 5723.

Next item. The next item is a resoning uh for a property that is a little bit over half an acre from R1 to R3 from single family residential district to multifamily residential district for a proposed uh apartment complex. This is on the west side of Glasco, just south of two and a half street. [Music] Zoning is R1. To the north is neighborhood commercial and to the east is R3 multif family residential. To the south and west is R1. Aerial photo of the property survey. A photo from a a glasscock with our reszoning sign not in line with the comprehensive plan. Staff feels that the property is in transition to multif family special especially with the multif family to the to the east. There was no opposition during the panasonic commission meeting. So the board recommended approval unanimously.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to this request? Please, please state your name and address for the record. Good afternoon. Uh Annette Shavala, 1909 Victoria, Mission, Texas. Um we are here uh in support of the resoning. Uh we've been waiting for somebody to go and improve the area. They've been using it like for a dump site and um people I think they just assume that it's for that reason. Um, so we're looking forward to it since they did upgrade the across the street. It looks much better now and uh we're looking forward to having all those sidewalks done. So we're just here to um in favor of that item.

Okay. Thank you. Jose. for department. Okay. Is there anyone else that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Anyone else that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Are there any questions for staff?

No, mayor. No questions, comments. Can I make a motion, ma'am? Yes. I'd like to make a motion to approve as presented.

Okay. Is there a second? Second. Okay. Um I before we call for the vote, I'd like to have a little more discussion. Uh and and I will would uh u like to recommend um the the R3 zone that's being requested allows more than four units.

Correct. All right. So it would be could be eight equal. Well, the site plan that was shown to staff shows eight apartments that will fit in the property uh with the parking requirements and the landscaping and that was taking into account the number of bedrooms that are going to be in in the apartments. So the the our parking is two spaces for each apartment. It doesn't doesn't uh doesn't matter the number of bedrooms. It's it's two parking spaces for per for per apartment

per per apartment. Okay. Okay. Um my concern is that that the that it would be eight units. I would prefer to just see four units there on a half an acre. That would just be my preference. Um, but that's that again that's just is just for discussion. Does anybody have any comments on that?

I could resend and support the four. The four? Yes. Okay. So, you'll I'm okay with the four. I I would prefer four as well. Okay. Okay. So, then that will be R2. I don't. So, so if you if you spot the desire of the c of the council, then you may want to uh approve R2 instead of R3,

right? And that limits it that limits it the property to four units. To four units. Okay. Okay. Um go ahead, Mr. Yes, Mr. Gonzalez. Yes. Okay. R2 or must control. Uh okay. Yes. Mhm. Okay. I think the canal thing.

What is there a canal close by or not? Canal? No. I'm like so lost towards that. Yeah. Glass So, so Methos is is rescending his second. So, do you want to change? Yeah, I want to resend my motion

and and I'll go ahead and make my motion to go ahead and approve, but under the recommendation of only four apartments. So, it will be an R2. An R2. Okay. So, is that a second? Second. Okay. So, there's a Thank you. There's a motion and a second to approve an R2 zone uh which is a downgrade from what the the request is. So which it is allowable. So all in favor say I.

I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5 and that is um ordinance number 572 4. Okay. Next item. The next item is a conditional use permit to allow two portable buildings in a property zone industrial for the uh uh the property where they're manufacturing the border wall project. So they it's a two-year contract that they have to build this border wall. So they're asking permission to have this portable two portable buildings for a two-year uh period uh for the construction of the what they need for to build the project. So that's the site plan and that's they're showing there the proposed locations of the two portable buildings. Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to the request? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Are there any questions for staff? A motion to be offered. I'll make a motion to approve.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the conditional use permit to allow two portable buildings at um this location. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 50. And that's ordinance number 5725.

Next item. It's an event center on Conway just north of 20th Street. is a is a very small event center which is part of a commercial plaza zoning is commercial. So that's the suite for for the proposed event center. Uh so because the site is very small the maximum occupancy is 42 people. Uh they're not proposing any alcohol. Uh so we're recommending approval for one year. No opposition. Planning and Sony commander planning and sonic commission recommended approval subject to the conditions.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to this request? I don't see anybody here. So, are there any questions for staff?

Is there a motion? I'd like to make a motion to approve, mayor. Okay. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the conditional use permit for an event center. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 4 Z. And that's ordinance number 5726. Next item,

another condition of use permit for another event center. This one is more uh an event center for kids uh parties. Uh this is along the south side of the expressway just west of uh Sherry Road. It used to be the Holy Molly. Now this proposed the Paritorium. So as you can see is decorated for kids birthday parties. It's a it's a bigger venue maximum occupancy of 90 people. Um T and Sony Commission recommended approval subject to the listed conditions. Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition?

Are there any questions for stop? A motion. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve. Second. Here's a motion and a second to approve the conditional use permit for an event center. All in favor say I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. And that's um ordinance number 5727. Next item, another event center uh on Conway. For this one, the applicant is here with us. This is on the west side of Conway, part of the commercial plaza there out of mile two. The proposed name is Leardin. It used to be the White Pearl. and it's going to be a real nice small event center, no alcohol. So, we're recommending approval for one year subject to the conditions and planning and zoning commission made the same recommendation.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor of opposition? Did you say that the applicant was here? Yes. Okay. You have anything to to add? This would be very nice. Okay. All right. Uh, any questions, discussion?

Now, mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve as presented. Okay. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the conditional use permit as presented. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously 40. And that's ordinance number 5728. Good luck, ma'am.

Good luck and thank you for being here. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Next item. So, it's a an a proposed amendment to our zoning ordinance that will allow um event centers and bed and breakfast facilities with the conditional use permit in a property zone agricultural.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to this request? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Any questions for staff? Is there a motion?

I'd like to make a motion to approve, mayor, as presented. Second. There's a motion and a second to uh approve the um amendment to the ordinance as presented. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. And that's ordinance number 5729. Okay. Next item is our consent agenda and that those are items number 24 through 45. Is that correct, Miss Anna?

Yes, ma'am. Okay. Is there anything that needs to be pulled? I know you all are here for one of these items. Would you like to say anything in particular or do you have the opportunity or you want?

Sure. We don't have to. We'll we'll take it under consent agenda, but I'm going to give you the opportunity because you've been here for two hours. Maybe we should take we should take a picture, too. Yes, absolutely. Um cuz this is major. This is this is it's uh when we took over four and a half years ago, this was the dream. U can't do it without our staff. They're amazing. Thank you so much. This is just goes to the commitment that the city has to our youth and our community and and the faith that you have in us. Um we just got some amazing news as to as far as our future expansion from Boys and Girl literally 20 minutes ago. So uh things are great and uh can't say enough about the partnership and and and uh the future that we've got with the Boys and Girls Club of Mission and the City of Mission. So thank you all for everything. I'm sorry I'm, you know, I'm an emotional mess sometimes, but thank you all. so much.

Du. Oh, yeah. Let me introduce the Yes, that would be nice. Absolutely. Um, this Su Rodriguez, she's our uh operations coordinator. She's amazing. Uh, all our staff is amazing. This is this not work that I do. This is work they do. And this is a testament to all of them. Andrea Perez, she's our uh programs coordinator and Amanda is our administrative coordinator. Amanda Nandez and uh again, I feel like I don't have a lot to do at the club because of with the work that they do and and they challenge me every day. They challenge the direction that the club is going in and they come in with ideas with success in mind, success for our kids and and that's what we need. So, thank you all so much. Again, I I'm sure Sui doesn't want to talk, but we'll let her just say a couple words.

Hello, Mayor and Council. Uh I mean, I think Rick said it all, right? And uh I know this is a big win for our staff and our K our staff, right? But also our kids. Um this opens doors, opens a lot of doors for funding and other things that we can provide for our kids here in Mission Cherryland idea. Um, so it's a big win for them, right? And, uh, like Rick said, without our staff, we have an amazing group of staff that, um, we're able to work together and and be successful in the programs that we have off that we offer to to the community and our kids. So, um, on the on the from the bottom of my heart, thank you all so much for your support. Um, obviously, this wouldn't be uh wouldn't have been successful without you guys. So, thank each and every one of you for for supporting the Boys and Girls Club and and um the journey just everything. So, thank you guys.

Thank you. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. Oh, and these will will be available in our merchandise store. You all have them ready. The this is our uh project with our kids. We they we like to build them up as much as possible so they know that everything's possible and that they know that the work was of art is them. So

thank you. Thank you. And thank you for being here. We're going to take a picture now. Thank you. Is there is there a camera? We got a camera. All right. And our shirts. You all have you all have your shirts there. [Music] They put yours in your office.

Where's my shirt? It still has voted on. Oh, they put it on. [Music] on the next one.

Are you ready? And last two [Music] [Music] Thank you.

Thank you so much. It's not.

All right. Uh, so are there any items that are going to be pulled out? Mayor. Yes. I make a motion to approve items 24 through 45. And I guess I'll say one real quick. 24, approval of minutes. 25, acknowledgement of minutes. 26, approval of professional services contract. 27, approval of amendment memorandum between the Rio Grandandy Valley, Texas anti-gang program and the city of Mission Police Department. 28, authorization to participate in drone and first responder trial program. 29, authorization to purchase uniforms for the police officers. 30, authorization to request to purchase janitorial supplies. Um 31, authorization to solicit bids for pest control services. 32, approval of annual maintenance renewal of enforcement mobile from Tyler Technologies. 33, authorization to solicit bids for striping and pavement. 34. Authorization to solicit for bids for seal coat services for the public works department. 35. Authorization for mayor to execute a re reimbursement agreement between the city of mission and the mission economic development corporation to the mission animal shelter. Did y'all hear that? That's a good one. 36. Authorization to terminate contract for the rightway mowing and maintenance services. 37. Authorization to sol solicit bids for rightaway mowing and maintenance. 38. approval of professional services cons uh consultant contract with our civil service director between the city city of mission and Jesse Lerma who's here in the audience. Thank you Jesse for coming. Um 39 approval of the yearly 2025 2026 maintenance renewal. 40 approval of the yearly 2025 2026 maintenance renewal of enterprise public safety. 41 authorization to purchase digital water meters. 42, approval of

tourism agreement with the Greater Chamber of Commerce. 43, approval of resolution number 20004. 2004, approving an agreement between the city of Mission and the Boys and Girls Club regarding the transition of the club from the city department to an independent nonprofit nonprofit entity operating as a 501c3. Congratulations. Number 44, authorization to execute a reimbursement agreement between the city of mission and mission redevelopment authority for the inspiration road. And 45, ratification of work authorization number 28 with Melvin and Hunt for the lift station number 10. Okay. Did I get a second?

Second. Second. Okay. There's a mo there's a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda as read. All in favor say I. I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. And now Jesse's phone number is going to be on those letters on Friday. Thank you, Jesse. Thank you, Jesse. Oh, the only phone number. Okay. And congratulations again, Rick. We just you just told me about the brand new $100,000 grant that you just received probably 30 minutes ago. So, that's great. Congratulations. And it's there's going to be more to come. Great. Thank you so much. Okay. Approvals and authorizations. Uh I'm going to take item number 56 first. Mr. Garcia.

Couldn't believe it. Thank you very much, Mayor. Uh council. Um this is approval six amendment to the interim administrative uh services agreement between mission redevelopment authority tax reinvestment zone number one and the city of mission. Um as you can see the bullet points there. This is essentially the the the agreement that um allows um four um employees that three of which work for the mission DC which are city of mission employees and Mr. JP Terrasa to Terasas to continue work uh for the uh for the MRA. Uh this is the sixth amendment which means they get renewed every six every six months and this is the another iteration of that.

Okay, it's a renewal. All righty. Thank you. Any questions? May I make a motion to approve? Motion second and a second to approve the amendment as presented. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously 5-0.

Thank you. Thank you. All right. Item number 46, Mr. Cvantes. [Music] This subdivision is at is at the corner of Trinity and and Brian and is almost complete. So, we're asking for for plat approval. She'll get recorded in a in a week or two.

Okay. And when you say it's almost complete, is it just very minor things? Yeah, minor minor details. Okay. Okay. All right. I'd like to make a motion to approve, man. A motion and second to approve the plat as presented. All in favor say I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 4 Z. Next item is uh Chief Suda, mayor, city council. Uh item number 47 is granting a variance of ordinance number 2198 allowing the mission CISD fireworks display on Friday, October 31st, 2025 for the homecoming festivities under the supervision of Mission Fire Department and the Mission Fire Prevention. Consideration of this request is to authorize fireworks display on October 31st following the homecoming game at approximately 1000 p.m. to be held at Tom Landry High School football stadium practice field on the west side. All required safety precautions will be observed. Staff and coying managers recommend approval.

Okay. Any questions, discussion? A motion. I'll make a motion to approve. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the variance as of ordinance number 2098. Um, no, it's a granting a variance to the ordinance 2198. All in favor say I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously 5-0. Thank you, mayor. Thank you, Chief. Next item. Good evening, mayor and council. Chief Torres, Mission Police Department. Item number 48, authorization to implement a speed hump in the area of 3112 North Cummings Avenue. In accordance to the city uh North Code section 110 uh 351. Uh we had over 66% of homeowners that uh signed the agreement and the traffic safety committee recommended. Uh I strongly recommend uh maybe rumble strips in that area.

Okay. Thank you, Chief. Is there any discussion? Question. I'll make a motion to approve. Okay. Is there a second? Second for the rumple strips. Okay. There's a a motion and a second to approve the installation of rumble strips at 3112 North Cummings Avenue. All in favor say I. I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously 40. Next item, item number 49, authorization to enter into the MOU between the Mission Police Department and Mission Doctor's Group. This was a um grant that we received from Texot last year and uh they're awarding it to Mission PD as again and it's for 183,522.10 and um thisou will outline the registered nurse role and expectation regarding the blood search warrants. Uh this agreement will be in effect upon approval for one year. Uh staff and city manager office recommends approval. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve as presented by Chief Torres.

Second. There's a motion and a second to uh approve theou. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously 40. Next item. Item number 50. Authorization to accept a grant from the office of the governor uh from Operation Lonear Grant uh in the amount of $350,000. Uh we'll use this grant. 150,000 will be for overtime and uh 204,000 to purchase three or four trucks for criminal investigations or investigators.

Mayor, I make a motion to approve as presented by Chief Torres. Second. There's a motion and a second to accept the grant award for $350,000 from the office of the governor. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously 40. Next item,

item number 51, authorization to accept another grant from the office of the governor uh for rifle resistance body armor grant uh in the amount of $194,000 862.48 and uh staff and city manager recommend approval as well.

Move for approval. Mayor second. There's a motion and a second to accept the grant from the office of the governor for uh body armor uh program. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 40.

Thank you, Chief, for Thank you, Chief. Thank you. Thank you. Keep the grants coming. Keep the grants coming. Yes, ma'am. For three minutes and we're finally assembly. Awesome. There we go. Awesome. Thank you, Chief. Awesome. Thank you, Chief.

They keep me busy. Yes. That's good. Good. Busy. Yes, that's right. Good evening, Mayor, City Council, assistant city managers. Um item number 32 is seeking authorization to accept grant award from the office of the governor for the FY26 border zone fire department grant program in the amount of 234,64.98. On September 29th, 2025, the city mission received notification from the office of the governor for the grant award for the FY26 border zone fire department grant program. The award is in the amount of 234604 with 98 cents and will allow the fire department to acquire three all-terrain vehicles, a big text trailt trailer and various office equipment to support daily operations. Program does not have a match requirement. Staff and city manager recommend approval.

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve the grant as presented. Second. There's a motion and a second to accept the grant from the office of the governor um for an amount of 234,64.98. All in favor say I. I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 40. And I just did a quick sum of the grants that we just talked about and that's $925,000. Yes, ma'am. almost $925,000. That's That's great. Thank you so much. Doing a great job.

And just like uh you know, Rick mentioned earlier, it's our staff that that really um helps out with with a lot of the work. Um there's a lot of work that gets put into grant uh meeting with the teams with the departments that are seeking that money. So, uh there's a lot that goes into it. So, we're we're very pleased with the work the staff's been doing.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Keep up the good job. Thank you. Next one. Another one. Item number 53, seeking authorization to accept a grant award with the office of the governor for the FY26 first responder mental health program in the amount of 70,000 with an inind match of 17,500. So again, this would be at no cost to um our residents. It's it's all going to be done in kind uh for our match. So on September 29th of 2025, the city mission received notification from the office of the governor for the grant award for the FY26 first responder mental health program. The award is in the amount of 70,000 with a 20% inind match of 17,500. The project will allow the Mission Fire Department to implement a trauma-informed program developed with the primary goals of improving the coping mechanisms of the first responders while reducing the stigma associated with seeking help. The program includes well-being checks on first responders that will serve as an early intervention tool helping res uh address mental health concerns before they escalate. The grant will fund professional services and allow acquisition of office supplies and furniture to meet the needs of the program. Respected budget amendment will be presented uh midyear. Staff city manager recommend approval on this.

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve. I love that it's about mental health and the fire department. And I also would love to see a story by our PR department in reference to what you all are doing now at the fire department. Thank you, Chief. Okay, that's a motion. second

and a second to accept the grant from the office of the governor for $70,000 uh with a 175 um inind match and this is a for the first responder mental health program. All in favor say I. I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously 40. And I spoke too early because now this 70,000 puts us at a million dollars. So thank you very much. He still needs two more. for the next one. We're going after for another million.

An application. I already looked at that. Okay, next item. Thank you. Item number 54 is seeking approval of resolution authorizing the submitt of a grant application for the FY25 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative in the amount of 1.5 million with a no match requirement. The the the police department seeks to purchase Mark Taho's unmarked pickup trucks. uh UAVs and with accessories and a hostage negotiated throw a phone. Additionally, the project seeks to support hiring officers and overtime costs. The total project request is for 1.5 million and does not have a match requirement. Staff city manager recommend approval.

Okay, I'd like to make an approval for that one, too. Thank you. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve resolution number 2005 authorizing the submitt of a grant application um to the office of the justice programs community for a total of $1.5 million with no match requirement. All in favor say I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries. Did you have a question? I have a question just timing wise. What is like on this particular one? We're submitting the application. How quickly is like the response time on whether it's accepted or So it it's due I know it varies, but yes, it's due the first week of November. So we're we're in good time working through it.

Um we we'll probably hear back within six months of of submitting the application. So it will be within this next fiscal year or this fiscal year that is um but but within the next calendar year. Okay. Yes, sir. Thank you. Of course. Okay. So all in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously 40. Next item,

item number 55 is seeking authorization to award bid for housing assistance program RFB25-710-09-17 for HAP phase HR 24-1. On July 14th, 2025, the city council authorized staff to solicit bids for rehabilitation of two homes. The city has accepted an open one bid response. Staff is seeking authorization to award bid for the housing assistance program rehabilitate rehabilitation project RFB25-710-09-17 HAP phase HR24-1. The citizens advisory committee met on September 24th uh and approved staff recommendation to award bid as follows. uh bids Andrew Salena's DBA A1 installation for project location 214 North Slayball Avenue, Mission, Texas 7572 in the amount of 38,750 and project location 315 Alma Avenue, Mission, Texas 7572 in the amount of 39,250. Staff city manager recommend approval.

Mayor, I'd like to make an um an motion to approve, but I have a question. Yes, ma'am. So, how long does it take to do the from start to finish on So the yes ma'am these are rehabilitations. So we will give them approximately 90 days to complete those. So it's a very quick turnaround. Uh so once we give them the the notice to proceed it'll be a 90-day turnaround.

Thank you. Yes ma'am. Okay. So there is a motion second and a second to approve the uh um um award bid the award the bid to a what was it? A1 A1 insulation. 21 insulation for the two projects at 214 Slaybo Avenue and 315 Alma Avenue. All in favor say I.

I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 4 Z. Okay, that is the end of our items. Thank you so much. Uh we don't have any unfinished business. Um I guess we will go into executive session. So is there a motion to do that? I'll make a motion. There's a motion to go into executive session pursuant to government code 551.074 and 071. All in favor say I.

I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. 40. How come I got two baskets? Are y'all time? I think they have two baskets.

say no. Motion carries unanimously 4 Z. Okay. Actually, there's no there's no action on executive session, right? Okay. So, is there a motion to adjurnn? Make a motion to adjourn. Motion second. And a second to Yeah.

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