THE STATE OF TEXAS $ CITY OFI BROWNSVILLE $ COUNTY OF CAMERON S  MINUTES ofa a Special Meeting of the City Commission oft the City of Brownsville, Texas, held on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at 5:00 P.M., with the following members present via Webex htpsy/brownsville.ekaxcom.rownwllehpip/MIID-mbicDNlbolads67244675424b8fe7  Teleconference Meeting by logging on at: Meeting Number: 966002339 TREY MIENDEZ JOHN F. COWEN, JR. ROSE GOWEN NURITH GALONSKY PIZANA BEN NEECE NOEL BERNAL HELEN RAMIREL BRYANT WALKER RENE: DE COSS GRISELDA ROSAS ABSENT  Mayor COMMISSIONERS AtLarge "A" At-Large "B" District1 District4 CITY MANAGER DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY INTERIM CITY SECRETARY ELIZABETH WALKER Assistant City Manager JESSICA TETREAU-District2 JOEL MUNGUIA-District3  CALL TO ORDER a) ROLL CALL  A quorum being present, Ms. Griselda Rosas, Interim City Secretary, read the call to order to consider the matters as posted and filed for the record in The  Office ofThe City Secretary on May 22, 2020.  b) INVOCATION PRESENTATION  Pastor. Angel Gutierrez delivered the invocation.  1) Presentation by Dr. McCormick and UT School of Public Health on  COVID-9Dashboard.  Agenda item will be presented at the next scheduled City Commission  meeting.  (Special). Minutes May 26, 2020    PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD  No one signed up for public comments.  WORK SESSION(S)  ) Discussion regarding the City of Brownsville response to the urgent public necessity concerning COVID-19, otherwise known as a. Continuity Plan Update: City staffing, facilities and services, including actions and continuity ofs such operations; . Financial Update: Emergency Procurement; and Drive-thru collections/testing site update  Coronavirus, including but not limited to:  Mr. Noel Bernal, City Manager briefly informed the Commission that today'ss SPECIALCOVID-9 meeting would be thel last and the continuance of COVID-19 updates will continue on regular scheduled City Commission meetings. He further noted that the city currently has 12% of the staff  teleworking with 88% working on site.  Briefd discussion ensued amongst the Commission.  Mayor Trey Mendez noted that the Planning & Engineering Departments needed to be ready to fix any technological issues that might delay any further Lupe Granado, Finance Director briefly updated the Commission on Total expenditures to date was $6,252,075 with the majority spent on personnel focusing mainly on. Police and Fire overtime. Emergency: procurement supplies comes ins second with the majority spent on testing kits. The city currently has about 5,000 masks with  approval onj proposed projects.  expenditures related to COVID-19 as follow:  20,000 pending.  Brief discussion ensued amongst the Commission and City staff. Dr. Arturo Rodriguez, Public Health Director along with Ms. Michelle Jones, Epidemiologist briefly updated the commission on the COVID-19  testing site as follow:  As of May 22, 2020, there had been 2,532 tests administered with 141 positive; 2,095 negative along with 374 pending results 50% have been insured and 50%1 have been uninsured. Dr. Rodriguez further explained the pattern that follows each Executive Orders (GA18, GA21 & GA23) being released with the increase in positive cases in the testing sites, noting that the majority was still "link to previous cases" with four deaths reported to date. "Boots on the Ground" Operations was currently on day 26 and was concentrating in the downtown and surrounding area; to date, 16,655 households have been reached with a 32-percentage rate and one oft the recent recommendations would be testing all employees.  (Special) Minutes May 26, 2020    At this time, the Mayor and Commission commended the department fora Commissioner Ben Neece mentioned the high cases of positive and death cases reported from our neighboring state of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and the recommendation was to avoid any travels unless extremely necessary.  great effort within the community.  ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS)  1) Consideration and ACTION to approve the City Manager to authorize purchases above the formal solicitation threshold in Lupe Granado, Finance Director briefly informed the Commission of the current threshold, which was limited to $250,000. Mr. Granado noted that the to date, emergency purchases were. just over $200,000 made up of $30,000 of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and $175,000 of drive- Commissioner Ben Neece moved that the City Manager, approve and authorize purchases above the formal solicitation threshold in response to COVID-19, be: approved, foran extensionofs250,000 for the next 60 days. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Rose Gowen and carried 2) Consideration and ACTION to award Change Order #9 to SpawGlass Contractors, Inc., for the Terminal Project at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport in the amount Shawn Schroeder, Airport Assistant Director briefly explained to the Commission, noting the seven items that encompass the additional changes required for completion of the South Padre Island International Airport Commissioner. John F. Cowen moved that Change Order #9, be awarded to SpawGlass Contractors, Inc., for the Terminal Project at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, in the amount of $1,512,915.39, bea approved. The motion was seconded by Commissioner. Rose Gowen and 3) Consideration and ACTION to award Arconas $312,501.00 to provide the Terminal Seating for the Terminal Project at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport. Shawn Schroeder, Airport Assistant Director briefly explained the  response to COVID-19.  thru testing costs.  unanimously.  of51,512,915.39.  Terminal Project.  carried unanimously.  proposed agenda item.  (Special) Minutes May 26, 2020    Commissioner Ben Neece expressed concern at the addition of more changes to the project and the amount that had increased at about Commissioner Nurith Galonsky Pizana moved that the award to Arconas $312,501.00 to provide the Terminal Seating for the Terminal Project at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, be approved. The motion was seconded by Commissioner John F. Cowen, Jr.,  $70,000,000 total project cost.  and carried unanimously.  ADJOURNMENT  There being no further business to come before the Commission, upon duly made  motion the meeting adjourned at 6:14j p.m. Approved this 18th day of August  2020.  Trey Mendez layor  K  Attest: Griseldal Rosas Interim City Secretary  ORP FEBRUARY7 1853  A  Respectfully submitted by: Jose A. Gonzale:-Reference Librarian Office oft the City Secretary  (Special) Minutes May 26, 2020