* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] UM, WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA. A NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021 AT 6:00 PM. TIME IS 6:00 PM AND I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER SAY THAT THE NOTICE OF A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING POSTED THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL. AS I CALL YOUR NAME PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MAROON MIRACLE. KIMBERLIN COUNT THE NUMBER EDWARD COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING RESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY UNDER EMERY. THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL. CITY STAFF MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, ELLIS JONES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLENN MARTEL CITY ATTORNEY DIRECT DESK COMMUNICATIONS. DAVID WALKER, FIRE CHIEF MARK, MARIO MARTINEZ. OKAY. THERE ARE EVEN RESOURCES, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MARTIN RUSSELL. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT? HIS NAME WAS NOT CALLED AS A REMINDER, PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOURSELF BY SAYING YOUR NAME BY MARIA. THIS IS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MARTEL. THANK YOU. THIS IS SPECIAL. THANK YOU, MR. NAVARRO. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, ANY PERSON INTERESTED IN SPEAKING OUT ON ANY ITEM? I'LL GET A DATE BY A CITY SECRETARY BY A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST FORM BEFORE 4:00 PM ON MONDAY TUESDAY COUNCIL MEETING. AS I SAY THE CITY, WE SAY NO REQUEST THE BEACON PARK COUNCIL. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO [2. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 3)] NOW THE TIME TO EXECUTIVE SESSION SECTIONS FIVE, FIVE, 1.155 1.4. DO I NEED A MOTION TO MOVE FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR OUTSIDE? OH, SORRY. OKAY. I MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM TO BE FORWARD FOR A MAYOR. AND IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY AMERIPRO TERM MARGOLIS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL NUMBER. CAUSER WE'LL GO AHEAD AND UH, TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MATT MOROSE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. CONSTANT NUMBER OF CLOUDS. REMEMBER STERLING. REMEMBER BONING? YES. YES. KEN IS A YES FOR ME. SO HIM DO IT. SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND UM, WE HAVE TO GET TO DOUGLAS. YEAH. CAN WE MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? [3. RECONVENE (Part 1 of 3)] WE'LL CALL MAY APPROACH NUMBER WAS SPREAD CONSTANT WERE EDWARDS, COUNCILMEMBER CLOSET COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY PRESENT TO THE MANAGER. WHAT IS JONES? RESIDENT? ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, PRESENT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BEN MARTELL, CITY ATTORNEY AND JOYSON JAMO DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS STATION WALKER, FIRE, CHIEF, MARIO PARTITA, UH, [00:05:01] HR DIRECTOR, RUSSELL, IF ANY, IF ANYONE'S NAME THAT I DIDN'T CALL, PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOURSELF SECRETARY. UM, I RECOMMEND THIS, UH, UH, RECONVENE THE OPEN SESSION OF THIS MEETING AT 6:29 PM TOMORROW ALICA. NO, SIR. THIS COUNCIL EMPLOYED EMORY. UH, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF THOSE JONES AS MISSOURI CITY, CITY MANAGER. SORRY FOR SUCH ACTION CAN BE FOUND IN MISSOURI CITY, CITY CHARTER ALREADY BEFORE, OR EXCUSE ME PART THE 40 MINUTES. NO ONE ITEM C AND THEN THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. I KNOW MS. JONES FOR THE POSITION OF THE CITY MANAGER IS SECTION TWO. ITEM B DONE IMMEDIATELY. I'M SORRY, THIS IS COPING STERLING. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT PERSON. AND BOYS, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? GO AHEAD AND REPEAT THAT. SO YOUR WHOLE LITTLE MOTION, THE WHOLE MOTION? NO, JUST THE EMERY. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL, MORE EMORY, IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS COUNCIL WOMAN CLOUDS. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY. WE HAVE A SECOND BY AND CONSTABLE RICK KLAUSER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. THIS THE CITY MANAGER JONES REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? IS THAT UH, WITHOUT, CAUSE IT IS, YES, IT IS WITHOUT CAUSE. YES. SO, UM, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EVERETT WITHOUT PAUSE. WE'RE WILLING TO PAY OUT, UM, PRETTY MUCH. I HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS TO START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. I'M SPEAKING TO TONY. ARE WE ALLOWED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION PUBLICLY BEFORE ANYONE RESPONDS TO REQUESTING I MEANT CONTRACT ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EVALUATION OF THE MANAGER HAS TO BE HELD IN A CLOSED SESSION. EXCUSE ME, MR. ALI. YOU SAID ANY VALUATION OF THE CONTRACT, RIGHT? OH, OKAY. ANYTHING RELATED TO YOU IN EVALUATION OF THE MANAGER THAT HAS TO BE IN A CLOSED SESSION, BUT THIS IS NOT AN EVENT. THIS IS A TERMINATION. ANY, ANY COMMENTS ABOUT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO THAT IN A CLOSED SESSION? I THINK THE QUESTION WAS JUST WHETHER ANY PART OF THIS CONVERSATION OR THE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION SHOULD BE HELD IN THE OPEN PART OF THE MEETING. IF I HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S EVEN RELATED TO AN EVALUATION THAT SHOULD BE IN A CLOSED SESSION FOR STUDENTS TO DISCUSS THIS PERFORMANCE. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING READY TO PAY OUT HERE. IT'S NOT EVEN A YEAR EVALUATION. NO, MA'AM MY COMMENT WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, PHONY IT WASN'T IN REFERENCE TO YOUR CAR. OKAY. SO [00:10:05] GO AHEAD. SO YOU SAYING WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS, WE CAN DISCUSS, UH, THE, THE PAYOUT. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO PAY THE CITY MA'AM IS THAT CORRECT? BET FOR NO CALL, THE CONTRACT PROVIDES AN AMOUNT. THE CONTRACT ITSELF WOULD BE AN OPEN RECORD. I ONLY SAY THAT THAT ANY DISCUSSION OF PERFORMANCE WITHOUT CAUSE WHATEVER, ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT PERFORMANCE, ANYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO EVALUATING SUCH PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE DELIBERATED IN A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT. ROLLING AGAIN. I THINK WE WILL REITERATE, THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE NEW EVALUATION. THIS IS A TERMINATION AND I, AND I THINK THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT ANYWAY, LET ME MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS MORE AMERICAN WE ASKED. CAN I ASK, MAY I ASK MARTIN A QUESTION? IS MARTIN ON? IS MARTIN THE HR DIRECTORS, COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING? YES, THIS IS, YEAH. WE TERMINATE THE CITY MANAGER. UH, HOW MUCH WERE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT WOULD BE THE, UH, THE AMOUNT WE'LL BE PAYING OUT ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK HIS CONTRACT STERLING. UM, I THINK THE JOYS MIGHT HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE, BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW IF I'M IN A $250,000, THAT'S I ALSO CALLED HIM FOR WHAT I READ A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THIS PAYOUT CONTRACT. SO YOU'RE NOT FACTORING IN. SO PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX, I HAVE, IF I MAY, IF I HAVE THE CONTRACT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX, IT IS THE, OH, I APOLOGIZE. IT'S ACTUALLY SECTION THREE. IT'S THE, UH, Y SUB CASH PAYMENT EQUAL TO 12 MONTHS OF AGGREGATE SALARY, WHICH IS $250,000. AND AGGREGATE SALARY INCLUDE THE, THE BASE AMOUNT PLUS THE APPLICABLE MONTHLY AMOUNT PAID FOR MEDICAL, UH, THE EMPLOYEES MEDICAL PREMIUM AS WELL AS THE APPLICABLE MONTHLY AMOUNT PAID BY THE CITY AND THE EMPLOYEE TO PMRS SUBJECT TO, UH, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SUBJECT TO THE IRS LIMITATION. AND JUST GIVE ME AN AMOUNT PLEASE. AND I JUST HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. CAN YOU GIVE ME MATT? I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU JUST SAID AND I, I I'VE, I'VE REVIEWED THIS CONTRACT SEVERAL TIMES, SO CAN YOU GIVE ME A NUMBER TO GET IT FIGURED OUT? I JUST HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION. UH, WOULD YOU PROPOSE IN CHARGE OF THE CITY, UH, WITHOUT, WITHOUT A CITY MANAGER? WELL, UH, THIRDLY, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ITEM. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE ON THE SECOND. SO I WOULD GO BACK TO ASKING YOU JOYCE, IF YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER, IF NOT, WE CAN READ OUT TO COME BACK AND GIVE THAT, PROVIDE THAT NUMBER. THE ONLY NUMBER I HAVE IS THE $250,000 NUMBER, WHICH IS SPECIFIED AS A CONTRACT. I DON'T HAVE THE AMOUNT IN THE CONTRACT FOR MEDICAL OR FOR TMO PMR PAYMENT. I DON'T HAVE THAT. OKAY. BECAUSE I KIND OF PUT IT UP ON MY OWN. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. AND, UH, IF YOU CAN GET THE NUMBERS, I CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, JOYCE, HAVE A QUESTION. THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, RELATIVE TO, SINCE WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT CONTRACT OPENLY, UM, RELATIVE TO THE CONTRACT, UH, IF THE, IF THE, IF THE CURRENT CONTRACT, UH, AS WE FOLLOW IT, IT STATES BASICALLY THAT IF THE CITY MANAGER IS TERMINATED ONE DAY AFTER HE SIGNED THAT CONTRACT OR A YEAR FROM NOW, THE SAME AMOUNT OF PAYOUT WOULD BE APPLICABLE, CORRECT? IT DOESN'T MATTER ON LENGTH OF TIME IN THE POSITION. THAT IS CORRECT. YES. YOU JOIN US. THIS IS COUNCIL WOMANS EARLY TO CAUSE THEM SOME I READ IN HIS CONTRACT IF WE TERMINATE HIM WITHOUT CAUSE WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE CITY? UM, IT, IT WOULD BE THE AMOUNT [00:15:01] THAT WAS JUST STATED. IT WOULD BE THE $250,000, WHICH IS THE BASE ANNUAL SALARY PLUS WHATEVER IS PAID FOR MEDICAL, UH, MEDICAL PREMIUM AS WELL, UH, TAXES, INEFFABLE, RETIREMENT PAYMENTS. SO IT WOULD BE THAT, OKAY. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN GET THOSE, I MEAN, THOSE NUMBERS, PLEASE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THIS IS, UH, SURPRISING AND SHOCKING TO ME, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY TO DO IT. UH, AND I RESPECT THAT ASSIGN THE TIMES, RIGHT. AND CERTAINLY DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING, Y'ALL MAKE THIS DECISION AND WHAT WE DO WITH RESPECT TO GIVING DECISIONS, UM, TO THE FOLKS HERE. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, EMORY, AND THEN SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL IT FOR BOATS. MARIBEL, PROTO MOROSE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER MORNING COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND IF YOU GUYS, FOR ME, MOTION PASSES FIVE TO TWO [2. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 3)] PURSUANT TO THE SECTIONS, UH, FIVE, FIVE, 1.071 AND FIVE BY 1.07, FOUR OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CITY COUNCIL WILL RETURN TO CLOSE SESSION TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE IN TWO DAYS. THE TIME IS 6:41 PM. DOUGLAS, CAN YOU PLEASE ALLOW US TO GO BACK INTO A POST SESSION? YES. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A, [3. RECONVENE (Part 2 of 3)] UH, OPEN, OPEN SESSION. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO A RECALL MAYOR FOR 10 MOROSE PRESIDENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL CLOUSER RESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING MEMBER BONEY EMERY PRESENT. WE HAVE A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON PRESENT SYSTEM TO THE BEN MARTEL ATTORNEY, EGOS JAMO, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION, STACY WALKER, FIRE CHIEF, MARIO PARTITA. ANYONE'S NAME THAT I HAVE NOT CALLED. PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOURSELF A SPECIAL PENCIL. I THANK YOU. UM, I'M RE UH, WE CAN MEAN THIS, UH, TWO OPEN SESSION MEETING AT 6:59 PM MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT BILL ATKINSON AS OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER. UM, WHEREAS IN 30 DAYS WE'LL REEVALUATE THE PROCESS AGAIN. UM, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM FAIRLY COMPENSATED FOR HIS, UH, WORK DURING THOSE TIMES TOO, WHERE IT'S VERY SIMILAR, UH, COMPENSATION JOURNEY. SO WHAT, UH, WHEN YOU SAID 30 DAYS IS THERE AT THE END DATE, SO LET'S JUST CALL IT MAY 31ST, THE WHOLE MONTH, AND THEN, UM, WE'LL COME BACK AND RECONVENE. IS THAT WHEN YOUR EMOTIONS? SURE. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WE GET A SALARY, CORRECT? RIGHT. CAUSE LAST TIME WE WORKED WITH HR FOR THAT. SO THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY APPROXIMATE RUELAS, UH, SECOND BY CONSTANT MEMBER BONING. UM, AND THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, I'M JUST GOING TO RESET THE MOTION. ONE MORE TIME. IS THAT, UM, TO A POINT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, [00:20:01] AS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, MR. UM, TO TELL MAY 31ST OF 20, 21 AND THEREAFTER, WE'LL COME BACK AND READ ABOUT AND WAIT, AND THEN HE SHOULD BE COMPENSATED AT THE SALARY THAT WE THOUGHT IN THE PAST. OKAY. IS THERE A DISCUSSION DISCUSSION POINT COUNCILMAN EMORY THE 30 DAYS? WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AT THE END OF THOSE 30 DAYS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO I THOUGHT WHAT WE HEARD EARLIER WAS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HIRE A RECRUITER, UH, THAT WE WANT TO GET AN RFP HE WANTS TO POSSIBLY APPLY. SO ALL THOSE THINGS I THINK I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALIGNED. SO THAT IT'S FAIR FOR HIM AS WELL. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AGAIN, IT'S A COMPLIMENT. I MEAN, I'M OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT IT ALL TO BE, YOU KNOW, WIDE OPEN. I KNOW WE'RE STUCK. YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, UH, HOPE ALL OF THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE, TAKE TIME TO DO AN RFP, TO GET US EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRST, OR I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN DO THAT IN 30 DAYS. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S SET UP THE SCHEDULE FOR THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE SEE, OKAY. OUR SEARCH IS GOING TO BE THE CRITERIA PART OF THE SEARCH. AND ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, WEEKEND, AND AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, BILL CAN, IF HE'S, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, AMENABLE TO IT, HE, YOU KNOW, HE CAN APPLY ALSO. YEAH. BUT, UH, CONFLICT. YEAH. BUT WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, HE'S THE INTERIM MAN. UH, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK MY FEELING IS THAT WE SHOULDN'T SET A 30 DAY TIME LIMIT ON IT. I THINK IT SHOULD BE DICTATED BY THE SCHEDULE THAT WE ESTABLISH AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UM, UH, FIND A, UH, A REPLACEMENT AND, UM, ALL OF THE INTERVIEWING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH IT. AND NOW AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, BILL'S THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND HE'S RUNNING THE CITY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHT. OKAY. AND NOT TO GET INTO THE DECISION OF COUNCIL, BUT I DO THINK IF WE SET THINGS LIKE THAT, IT GETS A LITTLE DISRUPTIVE FROM THE STANDPOINT, WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER, SOME OTHER THINGS. UM, AND SO YOU, THE COUNCIL DOESN'T NEGLECT YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, THOSE PROCESS WITH THOSE DISRESPECT, THOSE PROCESSES. BUT, UM, THAT'S COME BACK ALL THE TIME. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD FEEL DISRUPTED. AND AS LONG AS YOU CAN APPLY BILL, AS LONG AS YOU STILL WORK WITH THEM, WHERE WE'RE GOING, I WANT TO PROTECT. RIGHT. THANKS, SIR. SO THAT MOTION IS THAT THE REWORD IT, YOU WANT TO AMEND IT OR WITHDRAW IT? I MEAN, I THINK THE KEY POINT IS THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FAST WITH A RECRUITER. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE END UP AT 60 DAYS, WE FIND A REPLACEMENT AND THEN WE'RE READY. YOU CAN, IT'S NOT, WELL, I TELL THEM, UH, PERMANENT. SO CAN YOU REMAKE THAT MOTION ONE MORE TIME? I LIKE TO APPOINT BILL ATKINSON AS OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UH, UNTIL WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HIRE A NEW CEO, ANDREW. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MARIPOSA, MOROSE, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DID THAT MOTION INCLUDE THE SALARY AND THE SALARY INCREASE? IT WAS, I GUESS LAST YEAR, RIGHT. I'M THINKING. SO IS THAT YOUR SECOND PHONE CONCERT? REMEMBER? OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY CONSTANT MURMUR. I MEAN, METAPHOR TO WILLIS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PHONING. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. I UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, SHE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE DOGS. CONS, REMEMBER CLAUSER COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND YES FOR ME. SO THE MOTION IS FIVE ZERO MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO AS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, UH, DIRECTOR MARTIN RUSSELL, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A RFP PROCESS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM [00:25:01] SERVICES FOR THE POSITION OF THE CITY MANAGER. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONING. IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS COUNCIL MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM OR LIST? YES. CAUGHT SOME BAD WORDS. NO COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND IT'S A GUESS FOR ME, MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ONE. THE LAST TIME THE ITEM WAS, I KNOW THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AROUND, UH, UH, TO THE ATTORNEY AND CITY. UM, SECRETARY IS INVALID. IS THERE A MOTION DISCOUNTS ON EMORY? UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UM, THOSE, THOSE ITEMS FROM THE, UH, THE AGENDA. NOT BECAUSE THAT THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, UM, WE SHOULD CONSIDER, UH, DOING THIS EVALUATION, UH, ON THE, UH, THE NEXT AVAILABLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. EMORY, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND MARULA. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. EMORY HAS BEEN A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MARULA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE MODE. MAY I APPROACH HIM MERLIN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. OKAY. CONSUMER CLAUSER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER VOTING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND SHE ASKED FOR ME MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO, UM, [2. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 3 of 3)] PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, 1.07 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT GO INTO POST, UH, SESSIONS TO DELIBERATE ITEM TWO EIGHT. THE TIME IS 7:09 PM. SO DOUGLAS, CAN YOU TAKE US TO EXECUTIVE, UH, CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PLACE? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL JUST GO [3. RECONVENE (Part 3 of 3)] AHEAD AND WE'RE BACK AT THE, UH, SPECIAL SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION IF ANY ITEMS ARE DISCUSSED. SO WE'LL JUMP TO WELL BEFORE I DO THAT, LET ME JUST DO A ROLL CALL JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE. METAPHOR, TOMORROWS RESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER, KLAUSER, COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY PRESENT. WE HAVE CITY STAFF, UM, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, PRESENT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLENN MARTEL CITY ATTORNEY JOE IS JAMO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION, STEAKS AND WALKER FIRE, CHIEF MARIA PARTITA CITY, SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON, HR DIRECTOR, RUSSELL MARTIN PRESENT. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE'S NAME THAT I HAD NOT CALLED, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM [4 (a) Consider concurring with the city manager’s appointment of an economic development director. (Proposed presenter: City Manager Odis Jones)] NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSS THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM FOR A CONSIDER CONCURRING WITH THE CITY MANAGERS APPOINTMENT OF IT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. UM, SO THIS IS COUNCIL AND MEMORY, [00:30:01] UM, UNLESS, UH, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, UH, HIS, UH, UH, KNOWLEDGE AND, UH, AND IN WORKING WITH, UH, WHOEVER THE, UH, UH, CITY MANAGERS APPOINTMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, I WOULD, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, THE FURTHEST UNTIL, UH, WE CAN GET, UH, UH, AN UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, WHO THIS GENTLEMAN IS. I I'M ASSUMING YOU GENTLEMEN, EXCUSE ME, THIS SOME LADY NOW. I'M SORRY. OKAY. UM, AND, UH, SO WE, AND BE, UM, I THINK PREPARED TO, UH, MAKE THE, UH, ASSESSMENT, UH, WHICH, UH, UH, THE CONSOLE IS BEING ASKED TO DO SO THAT'S YOUR MOTION? THAT'S MY MOTION. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, ANTHONY MAROON COUNSELOR. I, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, AND THEN SECOND BY MAYOR IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YEAH, SO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, WE HAVE USED, OR WE'RE USING AT THE, ON, UH, TO, UH, DO THIS PROCESS AND, UH, UH, SCOTT HAS BROUGHT SOME WORDS, UH, SOME CANDIDATES AND, UH, W THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION WITH MS. FRANCE, UH, WHO IS THE PERSON THAT, UH, WAS BEING DISCUSSED. IT WAS BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT. I WOULD ASK, UM, THAT GIVEN THE CAR SITUATION, IF I COULD, UH, TAKE, UH, SOME TIME TO, UH, TALK TO SCOTT AND, UH, AND THEN BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AS COUNSEL, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY. UH, WE HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PORTEND, MOROSE, UH, HEARING NO, THE DISCUSSIONS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR VOTES. YES. CONSOLE BRAD WORDS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. REMEMBER STERLING, REMEMBER VOTING COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES, I SEE. YES FOR ME, MOTION PASSES. SEVEN, MOVING [4 (b) Discuss an ordinance amending Chapter 2, Administration, of the Missouri City Code; providing certain standards of conduct for the city council and city staff; establishing an ethics commission. (Proposed presenter: City Attorney E. Joyce Iyamu)] ON TO ITEM FOUR B UH, DISCUSS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, PROVIDING CERTAIN STANDARD OF CONDUCT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF ESTABLISHING. AND THAT BIG COMMISSION. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, JOYCE YELL AT THIS TIME. I'D LIKE TO PAUSE, PAUSE AS, UM, AND BRING HIM BACK IN A LATER MEETING AFTER TESTING, UM, THE PROJECTS WITH THE, UH, THE INTERIM. THEY NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, BILL, AS YOU ALL ARE DISCUSSING IT, UH, I WANT, UM, COUNSEL THAT ACTUALLY HAD COME BEFORE US LAST YEAR IN 2020 BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATION HAD COME ABOARD AS FAR AS, UM, AT LARGE COUNCIL WOMEN. AND SO, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR, BECAUSE THIS WAS A COUNCIL INITIATED, UH, THAT ORIGINAL ORDINANCE BE CONSIDERED AS KIND OF THE FRAMEWORK COMPONENT AND THAT WE COULD BUILD OFF OF THAT VERSUS WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED. UM, IF I MAY, TO THIS PROPOSED, UH, THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE WAS BASED OFF OF THAT ORIGINAL ORDINANCE THAT WAS PROPOSED LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS DIFFERENT, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS BROUGHT BACK IN THAT IT ALSO ADDED STAFF MEMBER TO THE, UH, THE ETHICS KIND OF STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. SO IT WAS BASED PRIMARILY ON THAT INITIAL ORDINANCE, BUT IT WAS FITBIT AMENDED TO INCLUDE STAFF MEMBERS AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS. SO TO, UM, COME FROM A VOTING, IF I MAY INTERJECT, I WOULD ASK THAT TO GET WITH THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, LOOK AT WHAT THIS IS, AND PERHAPS BRING IT BACK TO WORKSHOP BEFORE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND [00:35:01] IT. UH, WHAT'S THE ETHICS, UM, COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL, WHAT IS FOR STAFF, UM, AND SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS AND THAT IT BIG COME BEFORE A COUNCIL VOTE OR A POSSIBLE ACTION. SO THAT WAY WE HAVE A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THAT POINT TO, TO BE ABLE TO ASK THEM, SO THIS WAY THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE, IN THE RIGHT, RIGHT WAY. SO THIS IS IF THIS IS THE BODY OF THE COUNCIL IS WISHING TO DO SO, AT LEAST WE HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT WE DISCUSS THESE ITEMS BEFORE PUT, PUT ON AS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO BE VOTED ON. I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER VOTING. I JUST HAD TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. NOPE, NO PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, CAUSE I KNOW IT INCLUDED SOME OTHER COMPONENTS AND I KNOW THAT MY PRIMARY INITIAL FOCUS WHEN I INTRODUCED THIS WAS FOR US AS COUNCIL, UH, TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, A PART OF THAT ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURE. AND THEN OF COURSE APPOINTED SISTERS. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS WHAT I FELT WAS MOST PARAMOUNT. AND I ALSO FLOATED THE IDEA OF IMPOSSIBLY, INCLUDING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR C [4 (c) Consider suspending the required 90-day waiting period provided in Section 2-81 of the Missouri City Code to reconsider returning to in-person meetings on May 3, 2021 (two-thirds vote required).] FOUR C CONSIDER SUSPENDING THE REQUIRED 90 DAY WAITING PERIOD PROVIDED IN SECTION TWO 81 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE TO RECONSIDER RETURNING TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS ON MAY 3RD, 2021, TWO THIRD WARD REQUIRED A WEEK, AND THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD. SO CUSTOMER EDWARDS, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANY SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXPAND TO REQUIRE 90 DAYS WE'RE PROVIDING IN SECTION TWO DASH 80, ONE OF THE MISSOURI CITY CULTURE RECONFIGURE WAS CURRENTLY IN PERSON MEETINGS ON MAKER. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. I HAVE A POINT OF OTHER QUESTIONS. ARE COUNCILOR EDWARDS ALLOWED TO MAKE THAT MOTION BASED OFF OF THE PAST VOTE THAT TOOK PLACE? YES, SIR. I HAVE A MOTION IS A PROCEDURAL MOTION. SO WITH A MOTION TO CONSIDER SUSPENDING THE RULES. NOW THE COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER UNDER COURT ITEM IS APPROVED. OKAY. SO IT'S ONLY ON THAT ITEM. SO, UM, WHEN WE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, NO, NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY CUSTOMER EDWARDS SECOND BY . GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, I BROUGHT THIS ITEM BACK UP FOR REDISCUSSION CONSIDERING WE ARE STILL IN A PANDEMIC, A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO ARE GOVERNED BY, UM, PRETTY MUCH REPORTS TO THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISTINGUISH WHETHER THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE OR NOT TO RETURN PUBLIC SETTINGS OR LINES OF MEETINGS, AS SUCH AS THIS ONE THAT WE'RE IN. IT'S BEEN, UM, WE'VE PROVEN THAT WE CAN PRETTY MUCH BE PRODUCTIVE AND HANDLE CITY BUSINESS BY DOING SO, BEING VIRTUALLY OR HAVING THAT TELEPHONE AUSTIN. AND, UM, IT'S PRETTY MUCH ARGUED ON THE LAST MEETING THAT THE THREAT LEVEL HAS LOWERED, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL IN A PANDEMIC AND WITHIN OUR LAST MEETING OBSERVED US ON APRIL 18TH. UM, AND I SAY US, I MEAN, THE COUNCIL, SEVERAL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN COUNCIL WERE SHOWN WITH THEIR MASK OFF FOR REASONS OTHER THAN DRINKING OR EATING. AND WITH THAT REASON IN ITSELF, I'M HEAVILY CONCERNED OF MY SAFETY, MY FAMILY'S SAFETY, AS WELL AS THE STAFF THAT ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THESE MEETINGS. IF WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE IN, UM, WHATEVER ROOM THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR US TO RETURN BACK TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS. OUR HVAC SYSTEM, WHICH I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE IS NOT A GOOD SYSTEM. IT IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD, IT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. AND THEREFORE THE CIRCULATION OF WHATEVER TYPE OF PARTICLES THAT ARE GOING INTO THE HVAC SYSTEM IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS HEALTHY FOR US TO ALL BE AROUND. SO I'M HEAVILY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION, UM, TO WORK AND CONTINUE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE [00:40:01] AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE THAT VIRTUAL OPTION. AND SO, UM, UH, GOT GROSS FOR THE MOMENT IF YOU GUYS ARE OPEN FOR DIALOGUE, BUT AGAIN, WHETHER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE OR NOT, I, I RESPECT YOUR OPINION. I JUST FEEL AS IF IT SHOULD HAVE AN OPTION FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDERING WE ARE STILL IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND I'LL LEAVE WITH THIS LAST STATEMENT. UM, HAVE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AWARE OF INDIA RECENTLY JUST HAD SOME, UH, PRETTY MUCH THEIR SECOND CATASTROPHIC SCARE OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS. THEY OPENED PREMATURELY AND AT THIS MOMENT THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH AS THE SHORTAGE OF OXYGEN AS WELL AS HOSPITAL BEDS. SO I WOULD HATE FOR THAT TO BE THE CONDITION THAT WE'RE IN, EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT HAS LESSEN THAT WE WILL SUBJECT OURSELVES TO A HIGHER THREAT, UM, BY RETURNING TO STONE. AND, UM, I WILL LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH THIS ALSO, THIS OTHER STATEMENT, IF YOU GUYS RECALL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, MAYBE SIX OR MORE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WERE INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS. UM, AND IT WAS ONE PARTICULAR STAFF MEMBER THAT FAILED TO NOTIFY, UM, ANY HIGHER UPS OR THEIR COLLEAGUES AND THEREFORE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE INFECTED. SO IT JUST TAKES ONE PERSON. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS A LONG DRAWN OUT ARGUMENT. I JUST FEEL, AS FAR AS HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE CONCERNED, THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC HAS CONCERNED AND EACH INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE OF COMFORTABLE ABILITY. IT SHOULD BE THEIR PREFERENCE TO RETURN BACK INTO OPEN SETTINGS. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCILWOMAN CURLING? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION TO MAKE A GOOD POINT WITH THE HVAC SYSTEM. AND I'M WONDERING HOW OLD IS THAT HVAC SYSTEM? CAUSE MANY OF THE SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE REPAIRED OR REPLACED THEIR HVAC SYSTEMS. SO MY CONCERN IS HOW OLD IS THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, UH, CONDUCTING OUR MEETINGS IN. UM, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AT THIS MOMENT, COUNCIL MEMBER STROBING WITH DEMAR RESEARCH OR PREPARING FOR THIS MEETING? I WAS TOLD THAT THE SYSTEM IS PRETTY MUCH ABOUT 35 YEARS OLD AND THAT WAS BY A CREDIBLE SOURCE. MARIE, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. IS THAT FACILITY, THAT PARTICULAR PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IS THERE A VOTING VOTING GOING ON RIGHT NOW? BULLYING IS BEING HELD IN THE VISITORS CENTER LOBBY AREA, BUT VOTING HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTERS SINCE COVID WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE. ALRIGHT RIGHT NOW, MAYOR, I MEAN, SORRY. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS NUMBER CLOUDS OR NO NUMBER STERLING. YES. GOD'S NUMBER BONEY. NO COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY CAUSE NUMBER EMORY. YES. OKAY. AND IT'S A YES FOR ME. MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO THREE. IF I MAY, THIS IS THE JOYS. THE MOTION ACTUALLY DOES NOT CARRY RECONSIDER. SO IT DOES NOT CARE. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT. UM, THERE IS NO, UM, ITEM FOUR D UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN IT THERE. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESSES HEARING, NO OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE. AND THE TIME IS 8:47 PM. THE MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.