STATE OF TEXAS ) June 10, 2025 COUNTY OF ORANGE 3 BEI IT REMEMBERED THAT a Regular Meeting of the Orange City Council of the City of Orange, Orange County, Texas, was held in the City Council Chambers (Orange Public Library Auditorium) on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Larry Spears Jr. Mayor Brad Childs Mayor Pro-Tem Matt Chandler Council Member Terrie T. Salter Council Member Mary McKenna Council Member George Mortimer Council Member Paul Burch Council Member COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Michael Kunst City Manager Jay Trahan Assistant City Manager, Director of Economic Development Patricia Anderson City Secretary Jennifer Pool Deputy City Secretary Cheryl Zeto Director of Finance Lane Martin Chief of Police John Bilbo Fire Chief Kelvin Knauf Director of Planning and : o m m u n i t y Development Adam Jack Director of Public Works Brenna Manasco Library Director Divon Williams Deputy Director of CVB/Assistant to the City Manager Hillary Gravett Assistant EDC Director Alison Clary Communication and Marketing Coordinator Rita Monson Grants Planner Marvin Benoit Building Official John-Dee Taylor Enforcing Officer Teddy Hilyar Enforcing Officer Mike Zeto CIS Manager Jake Travis IT Technician Amy Williams Public Works Secretary Chris Arnold Police Baliff Guy Goodson City Attorney STAFF MEMBERS ABSENT: None Regular Meeting 2 June 10, 2025 Mayor Spears called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Council Member Salter led the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. MOTION FINDING THAT THE ADVANCE POSTING ANDI NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 8.1200 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ORANGE, TEXAS HAVE BEEN MET IN RELATION TO ALL MINUTES AND PENDING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS ON THIS AGENDA AND THAT THE READING OF SUCH ITEMS BE CONFINED TO THE CAPTIONS AS ARE AGREED UPON BY THE ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. Council Member Chandler moved to approve the motion. Second to the motion was made by Council Member McKenna which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member McKenna, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None CITIZEN COMMENTS Ronald Elkins, 604 Balsa Wood Lane, advised he goes by "Olive" and has lived in Orange County his whole life. He held up a "Wanted" poster with federal agents 1 Division of I.C.E., walking into Mongolian Grill making arrest. Mr. Elkins advised the media has been silent and he is concerned about the raids that are happening across the County. CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS There were no City Announcements. PROCLAMATION AI proclamation observing Men's Health Month was accepted by Dr. Gwendolyn Lavalais, Medical Director. CONSENT AGENDA MARCH 4, 2025 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES MAY 6, 2025 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES MAY 13, 2025 ORANGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING MINUTES Regular Meeting 3 June 10, 2025 MAY 27, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 29, 2025 SPECIAL CALL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Mayor Pro-Tem Childs moved to approve the foregoing five items on the Consent Agenda in one motion. Second to the motion was made by Council Member Chandler which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member McKenna, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN A GRANT AGREEMENT, TO PARTICIPATE IN AND ACCEPT $314,115 FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT YEAR 2025 FEDERAL FUNDING; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Council Member Salter moved to approve the resolution. Second to the motion was made by Council Member Chandler which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None Council Member McKenna recused herself from any discussion and action taken on this item. A copy of this resolution is being made a part of these minutes as Resolution Number 2025-63. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM GRANT FOR THE 2026 YEAR; APPROVAL OF PROVIDING MATCHING FUNDS IF REQUIRED; AND DESIGNATION OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT CITY IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO GRANT. Council Member Mortimer moved to approve the resolution. Second to the motion was made by Council Member Salter which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member McKenna, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None Regular Meeting 4 June 10, 2025 A copy of this resolution is being made a part of these minutes as Resolution Number 2025-64. RESOLUTION, APPROVING THE: SUBMISSIONOF, ANAPPLICATION. FOR THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO SERVERGRANT FOR THE: 2026 YEAR; APPROVAL OF PROVIDINGI MATCHING FUNDS IF REQUIRED; AND DESIGNATION OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT CITY IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO GRANT. Mayor Pro-Tem Childs moved to approve the resolution. Second to the motion was made by Council Member Salter which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member McKenna, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None A copy of this resolution is being made a part of these minutes as Resolution Number 2025-65. RESOLUTIONAPPROVNG THE SUBMISSION OF ANAPPLICATION: FOR THE PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM GRANT FOR THE 2026 YEAR; APPROVAL OF PROVIDING MATCHING FUNDS IF REQUIRED; AND DESIGNATION OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT CITY IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO GRANT. Council Member Burch moved to approve the resolution. Second to the motion was made by Council Member Salter which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member McKenna, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None A copy of this resolution is being made a part of these minutes as Resolution Number 2025-66. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE BODY THROWBOT 2 ROBOT CAMERA GRANT FOR THE 2026 YEAR; APPROVAL OF PROVIDING MATCHING FUNDS IF REQUIRED; AND DESIGNATION OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT CITY IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO GRANT. Council Member Mortimer moved to approve the resolution. Second to the motion was made by Council Member Chandler which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member McKenna, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None Regular Meeting 5 June 10, 2025 A copy of this resolution is being made a part of these minutes as Resolution Number 2025-67. DISCUSSIONACTION MOTION APPROVING ACTION TAKEN BY THE ORANGE EDCIN THE FORMOF. AMOTIONOF INTENT APPROVING AN EDC INCENTIVE WITH BAYOU CAFE, 2210 HWY 62 S, ORANGE, TEXAS 77630 FOR ELIGIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Council Member Chandler moved to approve the motion. Second to the motion was made byl Mayor Pro-Tem Childs which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member McKenna, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None MOTION APPROVING ACTION TAKEN BY THE ORANGE EDCI IN THE FORM OF A MOTION OF INTENT APPROVING AN EDC INCENTIVE WITH COLE COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC (COLE HAVEN RESIDENCES), 1680 14TH STREET, ORANGE, TEXAS 77630 FOR ELIGIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $176,900. THE INCENTIVEIS INTENDED TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIGNATION. Council Member Mortimer moved to approve the motion. Second to the motion was made by Council Member Salter which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member McKenna, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None MOTION APPOINTING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 10, 2026. Council Member Mortimer moved to appoint Kaleb Harris to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Second to the motion was made by Council Member Chandler which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member McKenna, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None Regular Meeting 6 June 10, 2025 MOTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. Mr. Kunst briefed Council on the unbudgeted Industrial District Agreement funds. He advised staff is recommending the following additional expenditures: additional mowings/demolitions $25,000 budget book software 7,000 security tags for library 8,000 fencing at Central Fire 30,000 insulate shop at Fleet Maintenance 50,000 trap/neuter/release 2,000 street rehabilitation 274,000 Mr. Kunst advised enhancing the street rehabilitation for a total of $645,000 with the streets to be decided by Council. Mayor Spears advised this is just to push the motion through and is not finalized and that staff is also preparing for discussions for Fiscal Year 2026. He advised when the public meetings are held that he looks forward to hearing ideas from all Council Members on things that they would like to see happen across the community. He also advised that when they were discussing at a previous Council Meeting about the allocation of funds and distributing among team players across the City, that not only were they being good stewards of taxpayers' money, but he wanted to be clear that there was not a misappropriation of funds. He advised when Council decided earlier this year, as a board, to support the Police Department, the Fire Department and everyday staff and team members of the City with a "bonus", the reason why they decided to do that was because in 2024 they approved the 2025 budget and at that time it had to be approved before October 1st. At that time the Industrial District payments were not a part of that budget, sO when the City received an unbudgeted industrial district agreement payment, Council decided to bless those who bless you and Council as a community. He advised that 1.3 million dollar payment was an extra payment that came from Invista and was "Lagniappe"; not taxpayers funds. Mayor Spears advised that even though everyone did not vote for the additional monies to be given to employees, this was their way of thanking the City of Orange employees for all that they do. Mayor Pro-Tem Childs moved to approve the motion and to move forward with the enhanced street rehabilitation of $645,000. Second to the motion was made by Council Member Chandler which carried with the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING AYE: Mayor Spears, Mayor Pro-Tem Childs, Council Member Chandler, Council Member Salter, Council Member McKenna, Council Member Mortimer and Council Member Burch COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO: None Regular Meeting 7 June 10, 2025 CITY MANAGER REPORT Mr. Kunst advised Thursday, June 19th is a City Holiday in observance of Juneteenth. He advised regular City business will resume on Friday, June 20th. He also advised he will be out of the office next week. CITY COUNCIL REPORT Council Member Salter thanked everyone for attending the meeting. She advised Back-To-School Orange will be held August 2nd. She also advised Granger Chevrolet will be hosting al Link Sale on June 27th and encouraged everyone to bring school supplies which will go to Back-TO-Schoo: Orange. Council Member Chandler congratulated Reginald Broussard, Kimberly Manning and Kaleb Harris on their appointments. Council Member Burch also congratulated all the individuals who were appointed. He advised he is happy to see all the new faces who attended the meeting and thanked them for coming. Council Member Mortimer advised he concurs with what the Mayor said earlier in the meeting and that he would like to expand on those comments, advising that just as Council needs to be good stewards of the taxpayer and industrial monies, they must ensure the City has the very best staff and employees tol help Council manage through daily tasks. Council Member Mortimer advised that he thanked staff for all of their hard work. Mayor Pro-Tem Childs also congratulated all the individuals who were appointed. He advised Orange broke the record again for the number of attendees at the Bassmaster. He advised the total was approximately 43,200. Council Member McKenna thanked all those who are involved in the Economic Development Corporation. She advised Orange is growing. She also thanked City staff. Mayor Spears thanked everyone for attending the meeting. He advised he is looking forward to the Juneteenth celebration. He advised he was not aware of the incident that happened at the Mongolian Grill and that the City will look into it. ADJOURN TO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION 12. a) Deliberation with City Attorney pursuant to Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code: (1) Deliberation withl legal counsel pursuant to Texas Government Code, Section 551.071 consultation with City Attorney regarding pending litigation regarding Notice of Claim from Dorsey Robinson Jr. and Tiffany Nicole Harris against the City of Orange. Regular Meeting 8 June 10, 2025 The Council met in a closed executive session at 9:38 a.m. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION The Council reconvened in open session at 9:44 a.m. TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY REGARDING ITEM 11 a (1). No action was taken on Item 11 a (1). ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Council, Council Member Chandler moved to adjourn the meeting. Second to the motion was made by Council Member McKenna, which carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:44 a.m. Larry Spears Jr., Mayor ATTEST: A - - Patricia Anderson, City Secretary