By CATHERINE DONNELLY
Special to the PRESS
In the first meeting of 2024, the Port Isabel City Council met at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9, to take care of routine funding for different line items, from the routine paying of the bills to opposing the city giving tax abatements for LNG.
The following items were approved unless otherwise indicated:
1. To allow the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Crisis Negotiations Unit (CNU J-3) to utilize the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to host a Scenario Development for Hostage Crisis Negotiators training for two days.
2. To approve the Port Isabel Police Department Racial Profiling Report,
3. Resolution 01-09-2024-01: by the Port Isabel City Commission approving Mayor’s Order of Election and Notice of Municipal Election of May 4, 2024, to elect a City Commissioner Place 3, and a City Commissioner Place 4; Authorizing the Cameron County Election Administrator to arrange the costs for the election; Designating election precincts; Appointing Election Officials; Establishing pay rates for election workers; Providing for Notice of said election; Providing for Early Voting; providing for the use of the ES&S Automark System to comply with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA); Providing for the Early Voting Ballot Board; Establishing regular business hours of the Cameron County Election Administrator’s Office on the final two days of early voting by personal appearance.
Resolución 01-09-2024-01: Una Resolución de la Comisión de la Ciudad de Puerto Isabel aporabada por la Orden de Elección y Notificación de la Elección Municipal del Alcalde – dia cuatro de mayo de 2024- para el fin de elegir a Comisionado de la Ciudad Lugar 3 Y una Comisionado de la Ciudad de Lugar 4; Autorizar al Cameron County Elections Administrator para organizar los gastos de la elección; designar recinto electoral; Nombrar Oficiales Electorales; El establecimiento de tasas de remuneración para los trabajadores electorales; Prever Anuncio de dicha elección; Proporcionar para Votación Temprana; por el uso de la ES & S Automark sistema para dar cumplimiento a la Ley Ayuda a América a Votar (HAVA), para la Prestación de la Junta de Boleta de Votación Temprana, que establece el horario de atención normal del Cameron County Election Administrator en los dos últimos dias de votación anticipada.
4. To approve Marina Ave. Drainage Project Change Order No. 2 is to fix the drainage pipe on Marina Drive.
5. Potential action to enter into a lease agreement with Applied Tactical for the use of City property at Block 61 Port Isabel Original Townsite (Volume 7 page 23 MRCC) Tract G, between Tarnava & Garcia S T MO PAC Trackage OPP Block 61, Cameron County Port Isabel, Texas 78578, said 0.9640 (+/-) acre tract. [TABLED]
6. To have the feeder road “Y” at Port Road changed to a one-way for vehicular traffic [already previously approved by both the City & TexDot]
7. To approve Resolution No. 01-09-24-02 to appoint or reappoint members to the Board of Adjustments. (Mayor Martin Cantu Jr., Commissioner Martin C. Cantu, Commissioner Jeffery David Martinez and 2 Alternates-At Large)
8. To approve Resolution No. 01-09-24-03: to appoint or reappoint members to the Economic Development Corporation Board. [Commissioner Sandra Holland, Commissioner Carmen Rios and Commissioner
Jeffery David Martinez]
9. To approve the bills.
10. Discussion and potential adoption of Resolution No. 01-09-24-04: OPPOSING the granting of tax abatements to Texas LNG. City Manager Jared Hockema stated that the City still has litigation pending against LNG after winning the initial case, trying to stop habitat destruction and pollution that will affect this area and our enjoyment of it into the future. Also, the companies are already here and have broken ground, so there is no need to incentivize them coming here. The tax abatement would effectively shift the tax burden onto our homeowners when they pay their property taxes.
11. Discussion and potential action to approve Resolution 01-09-24-05: setting fees for just shifting solid waste collection companies after the City received a letter requesting an increase of 4%.
There was no closed or open session following the regular meeting. The meeting was adjourned.
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