* 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. SO MAYBE [00:00:01] TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S A CHURCH IN THAT AREA OR SOMETHING, WE CAN TRY TO IDENTIFY THAT TOUCH. THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE MY MIND WENT, WAS PARTNERING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING [1. CALL TO ORDER ] EVERYONE. TODAY IS MONDAY, JULY 3RD, 2023. WE'LL NOW CALL THIS, UH, CITY'S COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:46 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. I'M NUMBER THREE AT PUBLIC COMMENTS. IT SAYS, MADAM SECRETARY, UH, DEPUTY SECRETARY? NO, SIR. MR. MAYOR, THERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS? YOU DON'T HAVE ANY? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER [4. DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION] FOUR, OUR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS. UM, GERALD. SO, UH, GREETINGS MAYOR AND COUNSEL. WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS OBVIOUSLY A LIST OF REAPPOINTMENTS FOR TONIGHT. TO KEEP IT VERY BRIEF, THE FIRST BOARD THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IS THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A SIMPLE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IS CONSIST. HOLD SORRY. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORNING. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, ONCE AGAIN, WE FIND OURSELVES, UM, FACED WITH HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THESE VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, WITHOUT HAVING ANY PRIOR DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS NOW. BUT THIS IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, UM, ON ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR H. SO, UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR I TO CONSIDER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS POLICY. I WOULD LIKE TO POTENTIALLY ASK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES IF, UM, IF WE SHOULD REVISIT THIS AT ANOTHER DATE AND DISCUSS THIS FOR I FIRST BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS ON THESE OTHER. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR MOTION? WELL, UM, I AM IN THE Q4 MOTION, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THAT'S MY MOTION. I SEE THE TWO, UH, POSTPONED ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR H. OKAY. LET ME RECOGNIZE TO A DATE CERTAIN TO BE, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONI AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, BUT I DO HAVE TWO OTHERS ON THE QUEUE, SO LET ME RECOGNIZE BROWN MARSHALL. UM, I'LL, I'LL WITHDRAW. OKAY. NEXT ON THE QUEUE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER KLAU. YES. SO, ARE WE ABLE TO DISCUSS, UM, DOES, IS THIS, I, I UNDERSTAND POSTPONING THE APPOINTMENTS, BUT ARE WE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE, UH, YES. FOR I, YEAH, THAT'S THE MOTION. THE AMENDMENTS? YEAH. MY, IS THAT WHAT MY MOTION IS? JUST TO POSTPONE FOR OKAY. A THROUGH G. OKAY. UM, A THROUGH H AND DISCUSS AND MAKE THE, OKAY, MAY I, UM, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. HOWEVER, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES IN FOUR I THAT BECOME OF THAT ITEM, THEY WOULD TAKE EFFECT NEXT YEAR. SO THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY IMPACT YOUR DISCUSSION OF FOUR A THROUGH H. AND WE DO HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT NEED TO, TO MEET. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT YOU CONSIDER THE BOARDS THAT YOU CAN, UM, AND THEN TAKE UP FOR I LATER, BECAUSE THAT WOULD APPLY NEXT YEAR. OKAY. WELL, MAYOR, STILL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL APPLICANTS INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE UP FOR CONSIDERATION. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT MM-HMM. UH, THIS EVENING. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ROUND AND ROUND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE, I'M SORRY, DID SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING? NO, I JUST, OH, IT WAS YOU. OKAY. I KNOW I HEARD SOMETHING. UM, BUT ANYWAY, ANYWAY, I, I, MY MOTION, I MADE MY MOTION, SO, YOU KNOW. OKAY. UM, ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE? OR I STILL SEE COUNCIL MEMBER KLAU OR NOW CON UH, MAYOR PRO EMORY. YEAH, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, WHAT INFORMATION WOULD WE NEED TO, UH, UH, REVIEW THE EXISTING AND THE PROPOSED CANDIDATES? WHERE WOULD THAT INFORMATION COME FROM? AND IN ORDER TO, UM, MAKE THE, IN ORDER TO, UH, MAKE THE, UH, THE, THE PROCESS [00:05:02] TO THE POINT WHERE WE KNOW AND HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE CREDENTIALS OF THE, UH, CANDIDATES, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY, UH, THE, UH, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE? SO, YES, SIR. SO, SO FAR WE'VE ALREADY PROVIDED YOU ALL THE APPLICATIONS. UM, ATTENDANCE ROSTERS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE PRESENTED TO TONIGHT, AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR TO MAKE THAT DECISION, THEN YOU WILL PROVIDE US THAT DIRECTION. OKAY. OKAY. UH, RECOGNIZING, SORRY. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BONI, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, AND I'D LIKE TO MAYBE RECOMMEND THAT WE DO SPARK FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST POWERFUL BOARD. UM, I DO WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO AT LEAST VOTE ON THE PARKS BOARD, CUZ I KNOW THIS HAS COME TO US BEFORE. UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD TWO CANDIDATES THAT WE'VE INTERVIEWED AND THAT HAVE INTEREST. UM, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE PUSHED THE PARKS BOARD SEVERAL TIMES. AND SO I CAME AT LEAST PREPARED TO VOTE FOR PARK SPORTS TONIGHT. BUT HERE'S THE QUESTION. I HAVE JERRELL OR ANYONE IN FROM STAFF, ARE ANY OF THESE BOARDS AT A POINT WHERE THERE'S NOT A, A, UH, ENOUGH PEOPLE? NO, SIR. NO. OKAY. OBVIOUSLY THE ONES THAT YOU DON'T CHOOSE TO REAPPOINT OR APPOINT, BUT OBVIOUSLY STAY IN THE POSITION UNTIL RIGHT. OKAY. YOU DONE, I MEAN, I AGREE WITH EJO AS FAR AS TRYING TO SEND SOMEBODY THROUGH TONIGHT JUST TO GET SOME STUFF DONE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S STILL QUORUMS AND THINGS YOU'RE GETTING DONE. SO I'M OKAY WITH POSTPONING. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. I'M OKAY WITH POSTPONING AS WELL. AS LONG AS WHEN WE COME BACK TO THIS, IF, ARE WE GONNA DECIDE, UH, WHICH COMMISSIONS YOU WANT SPARK INTERVIEWS ON? OR DO WE WANT SPARK INTERVIEWS ON ALL OF THEM? UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, AND IT WOULD REALLY BE MOST HELPFUL IF WE HAD ALL OF THE SCORECARDS COMPLETED BECAUSE, UH, SEVERAL OF THEM HAD APPLICANTS WHERE THERE WERE NO SCORECARDS. AND WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE. AND THEN SEVERAL OF THE, UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THERE WERE EIGHT APPLICANTS AND NO SCORECARDS THERE AT ALL. SO WE NEED TO HAVE IT ALL. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. OKAY. UM, I JUST ADD A FEW COMMENTS. UH, OH, ACTUALLY, QUESTIONS TO E UH, THESE APPOINTMENTS, THESE EXPIRATION OF APPOINTMENTS ARE GONNA BE IN END OF JUNE. YES, SIR. IT WAS END OF JUNE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO THESE PEOPLE THAT'S LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET REAPPOINTED, UH, SHOULD BE, BUT YOU'RE SAYING TO IS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH MEANS THE STAFF COULD MAKE THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MOVE FORWARD. CAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THEY COULD STILL OPERATE. OKAY. QUESTION NUMBER TWO. SO EJO, IF THERE'S NO REAPPOINTMENT BEING DONE TONIGHT, THAT THESE PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE TILL FURTHER. SO WHERE THE BOARDS ARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS, THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO SERVE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PARKS BOARD WHERE THEY MAKE FINAL DECISIONS, ELECTRICAL BOARD PLANNING AND ZONING. UH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY MAKE FINAL DECISIONS. THEY DO. OKAY. SO THEY WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE A SMALL BUSINESS. THEY'RE NOT PUBLIC OFFICIALS, SO THAT WOULD EXPIRE. OKAY. OR THEIR TERMS WOULD ACTUALLY EXPIRE. OKAY. THE OTHERS, I BELIEVE ALL MAKE FINAL DECISIONS. UH, OH. ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION. DO THEY MAKE FINAL DECISIONS. OKAY. SO THE OTHERS WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE. OKAY. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SMALL BUSINESS AND THEN THE BOARD, SUCH AS ELECTRICAL BOARD, THAT REQUIRES THERE'S A, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, UH, BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS. YES. AND THEY MAKE FINAL DECISIONS AS WELL, SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA YIELD BACK, UH, COUNCILOR KLAU. YES. UM, BECAUSE THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, UH, I GUESS ALL OF THE, UH, APPOINTMENTS HAVE EXPIRED. I AM PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS AND THOSE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE DO SPARK INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE AND MAYBE OPEN UP THE APPLICATION PROCESS ONE MORE TIME FOR ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE, UH, INTERESTED. [00:10:01] BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD ANYONE WHO IS, UM, A REQUIRED RESIDENT TO, UH, APPLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CO RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAMI? YEAH, I THINK SHE JUST, UH, KIND OF, UH, I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER JUST MENTIONED. YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO THESE, UM, VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DID A, A, AN EXTREME MARKETING EFFORT TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE OPEN, UH, THE, UH, POTENTIAL VACANCIES OR, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE LOOKING TO EITHER BE APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED. UM, AND THEN ALSO HOW DO WE, HOW ARE WE DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IF WE'RE, UH, TASKED WITH APPOINTING THEM OR REAPPOINTING THEM? HOW DO WE KNOW OTHER THAN ATTENDANCE THAT THEY'RE SOLID, UH, YOU KNOW, APPOINTEES OR REAPP APPOINTEES TO CONTINUE ON VERSUS, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOWED UP, YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP. UH, ARE WE TALKING TO, UH, THE CHAIR? ARE WE TALKING TO THE STAFF? YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GETTING FEEDBACK TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE, ARE EFFECTIVE? AND LASTLY, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARU AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAUER JUST MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, SPARK INTERVIEWS. I THINK COUNCILWOMAN BROWN MARSHALL MAY HAVE SAID IT TOO. UH, SPARK INTERVIEWS OR HOW, HOW DO WE PLAN TO INTERVIEW, SELECT THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE APPLIED? AND I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE ASKED PEOPLE WHO WERE ALREADY ON THE COMMITTEE TO, UM, TO DO SPARK INTERVIEWS OR, YOU KNOW, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL, SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER THEY, THEY STILL HAVE A PASSION FOR IT, HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING. CUZ IN THE PAST, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND I THINK WE'RE KIND OF WEEDING, UH, A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, POPULARITY PICKS, IF YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, BEING PUT ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY SUPPORTED SOMEBODY. AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE BEING A LOT MORE, THAT'S THE KEYWORD, INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE DO. BUT, UM, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING IT NOT TO DELAY ANY PROCESSES OR, UH, PREVENT US FROM MOVING FORWARD. BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA, IF I'M GOING TO MAKE A DECISION ON ANYBODY, I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M PUTTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THERE. CUZ I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T ATTEND THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE MEM UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, YOU DON'T PROBABLY ATTEND ANY OF THE OTHER ONES AS WELL. UH, I KNOW, UH, C D A C I WORK COLLABORATIVELY, UH, WITH, WITH COUNCILWOMAN RILEY AND, AND, AND, UH, KNOW COUNCILWOMAN BROWN. MARSHALL IS NEW TO THE COMMITTEE. SO ARE WE REALLY AWARE OF WHO, UH, WHO ARE ON THESE COMMITTEES? THE ARSON CULTURE COMMITTEE? I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE OF THOSE THAT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE BEING EFFECTIVE OR NOT. RIGHT. SO THAT'S JUST WHERE I STAND ON IT AND WHY I WASN'T PREPARED, UM, TO, TO MOVE ON ANY OF THESE TONIGHT WITHOUT US COMING UP WITH A PLAN, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, UM, JARRELL ON THE ELECTRICAL BOARD. MM-HMM. , THERE'S A CENTER POINT, UH, OFFICIAL ON THERE. AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF HE'S STILL A GOOD CONTACT, CUZ WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND HE, HE'S NOT ONE OF 'EM. SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THIS GUY'S STILL THE GUY . AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS ALL AGAIN ABOUT SPARK. ARE WE GONNA VOTE TONIGHT TO DO SPARKS ON EVERYTHING OR ARE WE GONNA SELECT A FEW BOARDS? WELL, I MEAN, THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE IS TO REMOVE ITEM FOUR A THROUGH H. UH, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND THEN WE'LL GO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK TO A I SO WE MOVE IT, THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN. ANOTHER TIME IS WHAT THE MOTION, SO IN I, WE'LL DISCUSS WHETHER WE'RE GONNA SPARK A THROUGH H OR DO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION NOW? THE CURRENT DECISION IS TO POSTPONE A THROUGH H AND THEN DISCUSS. I. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NOT SEEING IT DOESN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. NOT SEEING, I WAS GONNA SAY, I DON'T THINK YOU ANSWERED THIS QUESTION. SO WE'RE MAKE A DISC IN THE DISCUSSION IS WHERE YOU'RE DETERMINED TO UTILIZE SPARKS OKAY. IN ALL OF THE BOARDS. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILOR KLAU. YES. SO, UM, ALTHOUGH ALL OF THESE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEES OR ME COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE, I GUESS NO LONGER APPOINTED, WE DO HAVE BUSINESS THAT WE DO NEED TO CONDUCT. IT'S NOT LIFE OR DEATH BUSINESS, BUT WE DO HAVE BUSINESS THAT WE DO DO NEED TO CONDUCT. UM, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN, UM, VOTE ON THOSE MEMBERS, THOSE APPOINTEES AND I HAVE LOOKED THROUGH ATTENDANCE, I KNOW THE PARTICIPATION, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME HAVE DESIGNATED WHETHER THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE OR NOT. AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH THE COMMITTEES THAT WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. IS THAT POSSIBLE? [00:15:01] I MEAN, I'M, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THAT VOTE. UH, I'M NOT VOTING FOR ANYONE FOR THAT COMMITTEE. NOT CUZ I DON'T TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT ON THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND I LIKE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PRIOR TO THESE BEING ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF PREPARED CONVERSATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, WHATNOT SO THAT I CAN COME PREPARED, UM, TO, TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE SELECTED FOR ANYTHING. UH, AND SO I'M OKAY WITH AMENING IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE BODY TO INCLUDE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IF IN FACT THEY ARE TERM LIMITED AND BUSINESS OF THE COMMITTEE WON'T CONTINUE PAST, UH, I GUESS IT'S ALREADY, UH, EFFECTIVE JUNE 30TH, I THINK. WHEN WAS THERE, RIGHT? JUNE 30TH. SO, CAN WE FAST TRACK COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER? I PUSHED IT DIDN'T SHOW UP . SO I, I CAN AMEND THE MOTION TO, UM, WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS FAIR AND I'M, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. UM, IF, IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE INFORMATION. UM, MINE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY MADE A DECISION ON THE ONES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY PERSONALLY INTERVIEWED THE ONES THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE FORWARD. RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT LOOKING TO APPOINT ANYONE NEW, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY EVALUATED THE ONES THAT ARE SERVING. SO MY SUGGESTION IS JUST TO REAPPOINT THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE HAD FULL PARTICIPATION THAT HAVE, UM, EXPRESSED THEIR INTEREST IN MOVING FORWARD THAT HAVE BEEN DOING A SOLID JOB AND CONTINUING AND KEEPING THIS COMMITTEE AND THE MISSION MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN THOSE SEVEN VACANCIES THAT WE, UM, ADVERTISE FOR THOSE AND THEN DO SPARK INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. CUZ WE'VE ALREADY INTERVIEWED THE SEVEN, THE, THE SIX THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I, I'VE, I MAYOR, UH, UH, AMEND MY MOTION TO, UM, REMOVE ITEM H FROM POSTPONEMENT. AND, UM, MY MOTION IS TO POSTPONE ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH G. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT COUNSEL? MM-HMM. . OKAY. SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, WHICH IS TO REMOVE ITEM FOUR A THROUGH G. RIGHT. WITHDREW YOUR MOTION AND YOUR RECORDING YOUR MOTION, WHICH IS, SO YOU'RE JUST, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIRST MOTION? DIDN'T HE WITHDREW HIS FIRST MOTION? AND SO HE'S ASSERTED A NEW MOTION, WHICH IS ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH 4G. AND SO YOUR VOTE WILL BE ON ITEMS POSTPONING ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH 4G. SO THEN YOU GOTTA CLEAR THAT NO, IT'S THE SAME. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY ALSO SECONDED THAT MOTION. OKAY. LIKE TO PROCEED TO THE VOTE. MAYOR, WHAT IS THE, UH, CONFUSED WHAT IS THE MOTION? NOT YOU FROM THE PERSON WHO REPRESENTING THE MOTION? SO THE MOTION IS MADE TO POSTPONE ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR G UNTIL A DATE TO BE DETERMINED LATER. OKAY. AND THAT'S STILL YOUR SECOND RIGHT? YES. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN VOTE. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN AND ZERO. OKAY, WE'LL GO TO ITEM FOUR. FOUR H, [(h) Consideration and Possible Action - To appoint members to the Small Bu...] AYE H YOU SAID I H RIGHT? H YES SIR. MM-HMM. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT MEMBERS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO AS STATED PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION EARLIER, UM, YOU HAVE A SLATE TO REAPPOINT SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. UM, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE SLIDE. UM, SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS SORT OF A BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE SPLIT UP, BUT BASED ON RESEARCH THAT WE FOUND THAT, UM, THE APPOINTMENTS LAST YEAR, OBVIOUSLY THERE [00:20:01] WEREN'T ENOUGH APPLICANTS FOR, FROM CERTAIN DISTRICTS TO EQUATE. SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS PARTICULAR BREAKDOWN IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS IS KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN THAT WAS APPOINTED ORIGINALLY, WHERE, UM, YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF MOSTLY, UM, DISTRICT C AND D MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE. UM, ALSO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE ATTENDANCE ROSTER. AND THAT'S IT. OKAY. UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL . YES. AND I DO WANNA MAKE, UM, A CLARIFICATION THAT THIS ATTENDANCE CHART IS NOT CORRECT. SO SOME OF THESE, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WAS, UM, CALCULATED, BUT SOME OF THESE ATTENDANCE, UM, MARKS ARE NOT CORRECT. SO, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. CAUSE THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE ABSENTEEISM. UM, ON HERE, UH, SECOND QUESTION IS WITH THE, UH, DISTRICT BREAKDOWN, IS THIS WHERE THEY LIVE OR IS THIS WHERE THEIR BUSINESSES ARE LOCATED, THEIR BUSINESS? AND DO WE KNOW THE OTHER, I GUESS THESE ARE THE OTHER POTENTIALS THAT DON'T HAVE A DISTRICT NEXT TO THEM. WHERE ARE THEIR BUSINESSES LOCATED? THEY ARE RESIDENTIAL MEMBERS. SO THEY'RE RESIDENTIAL MEMBERS? YES. SO A PART OF THE MAKEUP FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS, UH, MAKE UP OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND THREE RESIDENTIAL, UH, MEMBERS. SO THEY MEET THE RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. UM, I WAS CURIOUS TO FIND OUT IF THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE ONE OF THE COMMITTEES WHERE THE, UM, TERMS COULD BECOME STAGGERED, OR DO THEY ALL HAVE TO EXPIRE AT THE SAME TIME? THEY ALL EXPIRE AT THE SAME TIME BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WAS ESTABLISHED PREVIOUSLY. OKAY. SO THAT KIND OF HURTS THEM IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE BUSINESS. BUT YOU ALL COULD CHANGE THAT IF YOU WANTED TO. OKAY. THAT WAS THE CRITERIA. YES. IT WAS VOTED ON BY THE COUNCIL, I THINK ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, SO IT COULD BE CHANGED. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND MY OTHER COMMENT STILL STANDS THAT THERE WERE EIGHT APPLICANTS, EIGHT NEW APPLICANTS, UM, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE SCORECARDS FOR THEM. AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER FOR GOING ON AND DECIDING THAT SHE WOULD, YOU KNOW, STEP IN AND MAKE HER SUGGESTIONS OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE. UM, AND IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, COMFORTABLE ABOUT DOING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND YOUR SUGGESTION. SO YOU'RE COMFORTABLE. THANK YOU. I HAVE A, UH, A COMMENT AND A QUESTION, UH, TO COUNCIL MC KLAU. UH, ARE YOU REQUIRED TO TAKE THE ATTENDANCE AT THESE MEETINGS OR IS IT STAFF? UH, STAFF? OKAY. SO MY QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER IS WHICH STAFF IS TAKING ATTENDANCE? UH, THIS ATTENDANCE ROSTER WAS RECEIVED FROM STAFF. UM, THAT'S HERMAN'S TEAM. UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. COME ON UP. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WE TAKE ATTENDANCE AT ALL THE MEETINGS. UH, WE HAVE THEM SIGN IN. SO THAT ROSTER WAS DONE BY A SIGN-IN SHEET. SO, UM, AND IT COULD BE THAT PEOPLE CAME IN LATE AND THEY DIDN'T SIGN. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I CAN'T ATTEST TO THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT YEAH, WE TAKE ATTENDANCE AT EVERY MEETING. WE PUT THE SIGN IN SHEET JUST LIKE WE DO AT THE TEXAS PARKWAY COMMITTEE MEETING. UM, UM, AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN IN AND, AND CHECK OFF THEIR NAME. OKAY. BECAUSE AS FAR AS CITY MANAGER, AS FAR AS I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS GIVEN THIS INFORMATION, THEY'RE NOT AT ANY OF THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. CORRECT. SO WHEN WE SAY THAT IS AC INACCURATE MM-HMM. , SO MY QUESTION TO YOUR OFFICE IS, WHO'S PROVIDING THESE AND HOW ACCURATE ARE THESE? I MEAN, WE, CAUSE OTHERWISE WE'LL HAVE THIS ONGOING RIGHT? IT, IT SHOULD BE BASED ON THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT. WHEN THEY COME IN. THERE'S A SIGN IN SHEET AT EVERY MEETING FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN IN. NOW, IF THEY COME IN LATE OR SOMETHING AND THEY DON'T SIGN, IT MEANS THAT WE COULD BE DOING MORE DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE LEAVES WITHOUT SIGNING IT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE SURE THEY SIGN AND WE TAKE IT STRICTLY FROM THAT SIGN IN ROSTER. OR WE CAN JUST TAKE A ROLE OURSELVES WITHOUT THEM GETTING A SIGN IN. BUT THE WAY IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST IS A SIGN IN. AND SO I JUST KEPT THAT METHOD GOING. SO IF WE DECIDE WE WANT TO DO, UH, WHERE I DO AN I AND A CHECK, WE CAN DO THAT ALSO AT THE END OF EACH MEETING. SO ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS ALL OF THESE OTHER COMMITTEES, RIGHT? WE HAVE PARKS, [00:25:01] WE HAVE ZONING AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH VERY RARELY MEET. AND THEN YOU HAVE ELECTRICAL BOARD AGAIN. I MEAN, THEY, THEY DON'T MEET, UM, SO OFTEN. YES, SIR. SO ARE THERE STAFF ASSIGNED TO ALL OF THESE, YOU, THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS? I KNOW P AND Z AND PARKS ARE THE MOST, YOU KNOW, THAT FREQUENTLY MEET. SO THEY'RE GIVING THAT INFORMATION. WHOEVER IS THE STAFF THAT'S ASSIGNED TO IS GIVING THAT TO THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I, I'LL GO AHEAD AND YIELD BACK COUNCIL. MARK KLAUSER. OKAY. IF I MAY, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A LOT OF THE, THE PLANNING, UM, IS DONE IN THE MEETINGS, BUT WE ARE AN ACTIVITY DRIVEN COMMITTEE. SO, WHICH MEANS THAT WE MAY NOT MEET, WE'RE, WE HAVE TO MEET ONCE A QUARTER. WE MAY MEET ONCE A QUARTER, BUT MOST OF WHAT WE DO, OUR ACTIVITY, OUR ACTIVITIES, THE CONSTANT RIBBON CUTTINGS, THE WEEKLY RIBBON CUTTINGS, WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR MEMBERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO ALL OF THOSE, BUT WE HAVE THIS COMMITTEE BROKEN UP INTO SUBCOMMITTEES, WHICH THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE. SOME NOT SO MUCH. UM, WE HAVE WORKSHOPS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN THOSE THINGS. UM, WE HAVE THE KPR CAMP. SOME COME OUT FOR THOSE THINGS. SO WE ARE VERY ACTIVITY DRIVEN AND OUR MAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ESTABLISH I GUESS THE TEMPLATE FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, BUT THE ACTIVITIES ARE DONE AND THEY'RE NOT CAPTURED THROUGH THIS ATTENDANCE. SO I JUST WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO, TO KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS, UM, THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF PARTICIPATION FROM SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN MEMBER RILEY. YEAH, MAYOR, I HAVE A, A QUESTION ON Y'ALL SCREEN. AND THIS SCREEN, IT HAS THE ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE DISTRICT THAT ARE REPRESENTED AND WHO THESE NAMES WERE AT THE BOTTOM. THAT'S NOT ON MY SCREEN. NO. COUNCILMAN. PAUSE. YOU MENTIONED THAT THESE AT THE BOTTOM, STARTING WITH CHERYL, CARRINGTON, NATASHA, ALL THEM, THESE ARE ALL RESIDENTS. NO. SO THOSE WERE, THOSE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED, I DON'T KNOW, BEGINNING, LIKE, UM, IT'S A TWO YEAR APPLICATION. YES. TWO. YEAH. AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, UH, AREN'T EVEN AFFILIATED WITH THEIR BUSINESSES ANYMORE. THESE, THIS IS JUST THE APPLICATIONS THAT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE HAS RECEIVED. CORRECT. BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, ADVERTISE FOR THE OPEN POSITIONS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A REPRESENTATION FOR THAT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS SUPPOSED TO BE MADE UP OF. SO DON'T LET THAT CONFUSE YOU. UM, THOSE NAMES DOWN THERE, THOSE ARE JUST THE APPLICATIONS WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR FROM PEOPLE THAT WANNA SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE AS RESIDENTS OR AS BUSINESS OWNERS. UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO, THE APPLICATION DOESN'T REALLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION IN TERMS OF, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE FURTHER VETTED IN THE SENSE OF CALLING OR REACHING OUT TO EACH APPLICANT TO DETERMINE DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS OR NOT, OR ARE YOU APPLYING AS A RESIDENT? MOSTLY THE APPLICATION IS GENERAL AND IT SAYS, ARE YOU APPLYING TO WHAT COMMITTEE OR WHAT POSITION, AND ARE THESE THE CORRECT, UH, AREAS THAT THEY LIVE IN? CAUSE THIS IS NOT ON MY SCREEN, THIS IS NOT ON MY PRESENTATION. I UNDERSTAND YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T GET THE UPLOADED VERSION, BUT, UM, THIS IS ACCURATE BASED OFF THE APPLICATION THAT WE RECEIVED. SO WHO UPLOADED THIS ONE THAT WAS UPLOADED BY IT? GIMME ONE SECOND. SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS CONFUSING TO ME BECAUSE WHAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT, I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE SAME THING. AND THAT'S WHY I WANNA GIVE MORE TIME TO FLUSH OUT WHO WE ARE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE CRITERIA THAT WE HA WE REALLY HAVE TO FLUSH OUT BECAUSE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO CONVICTIONS. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TO VERIFY THEIR ADDRESSES. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THESE NEW NEW APPLICANTS REALLY FIT, UM, THE VACANT, THE VACANCY POSITIONS. YEAH. SO TONIGHT WE'RE JUST VOTING ON THE, UH, NOT THE VACANCIES, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE CONTINUING ON, RIGHT, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY VETTED. THE ONES THAT WHO, WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING HARD, UH, ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND THOSE, THE ONES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO SERVE, SOME OF THEM HAVE SAID THAT THEY DO NOT, UH, WOULD NOT LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. UH, WE, WE DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM ONE PERSON, SO WE'RE GONNA ASSUME THAT THEY DON'T. WE'VE ASKED, WE'VE REACHED, WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY TWICE. UM, SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON TODAY SO THAT THE BUSINESS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAN CONTINUE MOVING. THANK YOU. BUT I WILL ASK THAT WE DO, UM, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, UM, WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEES, ADVERTISE [00:30:01] PUBLICLY, THE VACU, THE VACANCIES, AND WHAT THE CRITERIA IS, AND THEN US ESTABLISH A, A, A TIMEFRAME, UH, A TIMELY TIMEFRAME WHERE WE CAN SCHEDULE THE SPARK INTERVIEWS SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT QUALIFIED PEOPLE INTO THESE POSITIONS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECONDED BY COUNCIL. SO COUNCIL MEMBER KLAU, CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION? YES. UH, COLLEAGUES, MAYOR, AND COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE THE FOLLOWING SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY MEMBERS TO REAPPOINT THE SMALL, THE FOLLOWING SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY MEMBERS. UH, POSITION FOUR. LAMONT WAITES, POSITION FIVE. RENA MARSHALL, POSITION SEVEN. JOHNNY GOFF, POSITION 10. SHAHARA WRIGHT, POSITION 11. VETRIC MARTIN, POSITION 12. ALICIA BROWNELL, POSITION 14. DANITA CAREY. AND POSITION 15. JAMIE BERTRAN. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARRO, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? YES, SIR. OKAY, ALL. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND NOMAN ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. HE'S ABSTAINED. COUNCILMAN BONNEY? HE'S ABSTAINING. HE'S ABSTAINED. THE MOTION PASSES. SIX TO ZERO. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO [(i) Discussion - Consider proposed amendments to the Boards and Commission...] ITEM FOUR I DISCUSSION. CONSIDER, UH, CONSIDER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION AND COMMISSION POLICY, GERALD. OKAY. SO, UM, , UM, ALONG WITH THE DISCUSSION YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED, I WOULD ASK FOR MORE CONTEXT IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE SUGGESTIONS YOU GUYS MADE TO COME BACK AND BRING THESE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO YOU APPROPRIATELY. I DO HAVE NOTES IN REGARDS TO THE SCORECARDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING SPARK INTERVIEWS, AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL, THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE, YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY? UH, YEAH, NO, I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, MAYOR, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME, SOME DEFINITION. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH P AND Z, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE WITH ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WE NEED TO, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT TIMELINES AND WHEN WE WERE GOING TO ACTUALLY START THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE THE, UH, BEFORE THE ACTUAL DATE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, UH, I GUESS THEIR POSITIONS ARE GONNA BE TERMED, UH, I THINK WE MENTIONED SOMETHING LIKE THREE MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TWO OR THREE MONTHS BEFORE. UM, I DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE NOTES IN FRONT OF ME. UM, BUT, UM, I KNOW WE EXTENSIVELY, IT WAS ACTUALLY A FOUR, FOUR MONTH, FOUR MONTH WINDOW. IT WAS FOUR MONTHS. YES, SIR. OKAY. I, I KNEW IT WAS, I KNEW IT WAS AT LEAST, I THOUGHT IT WAS AT LEAST THREE, SO FOUR MONTHS. AND THAT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, EACH POSITION HAVING, OR EACH APPLICATION HAVING SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT COMMITTEE OR BOARD OR COMMISSION. UM, SO I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A, I GUESS A, A BROKEN RECORD AND REPEATING EVERYTHING WE'VE ALREADY SAID. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE THE FEEDBACK WE GAVE YOU LAST TIME. SO, YES, SIR. UM, INITIALLY, I THINK YOU GUYS SPOKE ABOUT IT IN A PREVIOUS RETREAT ABOUT, UM, IMPLEMENTING THOSE NEW CRITERIA OR ADDITIONAL CRITERIA IN REGARDS TO, UM, SPECIFYING SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL, UM, JOBS THAT SOME OF THE APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE. UM, SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THAT, BUT THAT ALSO WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO PLAY WITH INTERNALLY WITH HOW WE ARE ADJUSTING THE APPLICATION. SO, WHICH WHAT THEY HAVE NOW IS, UM, MOST APPLICANTS SEE A GENERAL APPLICATION WHERE IT'S ASKING GENERAL QUESTIONS, WHICH BOARD WOULD YOU LIKE TO SERVE? UM, VOLUNTEER, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO SPECIFICALLY BASED ON YOU GUYS' FEEDBACK, WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT, UM, INTERNAL APPLICATION WHERE THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO SPECIFY THOSE PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES THAT THEY HAVE OR SPECIFY THEIR EXPERIENCE IN SPECIFIC AREA REGARDING TO THAT SPECIFIC BOARD. SO, SO FOR ME, I, I JUST THINK THAT BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK WE GAVE AT THE RETREAT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GET, I GUESS, WHATEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTATION OR SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT SPECIFIES [00:35:01] THE CHANGES THAT WERE PROPOSED AND WHERE YOU ALL ARE ON THAT SO THAT WE CAN THEN USE THAT AS OUR TEMPLATE MOVING FORWARD OF HOW WE DO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, AS, AS IT RELATES TO THESE, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVEN AFTER THAT DISCUSSION WE HAD AT THE RETREAT, HERE WE ARE YET AGAIN WITH IT BEING ALL THESE POSITIONS ON THE, ON THE AGENDA AND WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS, AND WE DIDN'T DO ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED FROM THE RETREAT THAT WE WOULD IMPLEMENT. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL NEED TO PROVIDE US FROM WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE GIVEN YOU. SO ADDITIONALLY, TO THAT POINT, UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE, BASED UPON SOME OF THE RETREAT FEEDBACK WE HAVE, THESE ARE MORE BASED ON, UM, ADJUSTMENTS TO ORDINANCES THAT WE NEED TO TAKE PLACE. UM, THE APPLICATION AND, UM, PROVIDING THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE MORE INTERNAL PROCESS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED AND CHANGED. SO ARE WE GONNA GET SOMETHING LIKE I CAN, WE CAN'T PROVIDE THAT. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. UM, I GUESS ONE OF MY COMMENTS IS MAYBE WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE FROM WHEN WE HAD THE RETREAT, WE DIDN'T GET TO THE POINT OF WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT. AND SO APPOINTMENTS CAME UP AGAIN BEFORE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND LOOKING IN THE PACKET, EVERYTHING THAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO, THEY DO HAVE MOST OF THAT IN, IN THE PACKET FOR TONIGHT FOR US TO CONSIDER. AND THAT WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD, I'M ASSUMING, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE BASED ON THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAD ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND THIS WILL GO INTO . SORRY, I JUST PUT YOUR PUSH YOURSELF. JUST PUSH IT. RIGHT. COUNCILOR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY REPORT. CITY ATTORNEY. CITY SECRETARY. WOULD THIS GO INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR OR SO? THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO HAVE IT GO INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR, BUT SINCE YOU ALL DID NOT APPOINT INDIVIDUALS FOR THIS TERM, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOU ADOPT A POLICY AND THEN, UM, HAVE THESE FOLKS KIND OF FALL UNDER THAT POLICY. BUT DEPENDING ON THE RULE, IF THERE'S AN ORDINANCE CHANGE, IT ALL JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN, UH, YOU ALL TAKE ACTION ON THAT. SO WHAT YOU MIGHT WANNA DO IS JUST HAVE A WORKSHOP, ANOTHER WORKSHOP, JUST, JUST ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, THAT WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT AN ORDINANCE, LOOK AT A POLICY, AND AGREE TO IT, AND THEN APPOINT SO OF YOU'RE DONE. I DO HAVE A, I PLACED MYSELF IN THE QUEUE TO ASK EJO. IT WOULD, I MEAN, CAN WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO CR TO LOOK AT THIS, TWO APPOINT COMMITTEES? CAN WE DO THAT? BECAUSE EVERY TIME THIS COMES UP, THERE'S ALWAYS ONE OFF, RIGHT? AND THEN WE PUSH IT BACK. I MEAN, I MEAN, I, IT'S NO RIGHT, WRONG ANSWER, RIGHT? I'M ASKING THE CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY, CITY ATTORNEY TO SEE WITHIN THE SEVEN OF US, IF THERE CAN BE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THIS TO BRING IT FORWARD. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW AS SEVEN OF US VOTE UP OR DOWN. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S RIGHTFULLY SO INDIVIDUAL CHOICES. BUT I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT BEFORE THIS COME UP, CAN WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT I, I CAN CARE LESS WHO IT IS, BUT HAVE IT SO THIS WAY THAT IT'S, IT'S PRESENTED AND THEN I HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR A PARTICULAR PERSON OR NOT, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE UP HERE, RIGHT? UH, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A, IT'S A QUESTION TO JUDGE. YES, YOU MAY. WE CAN, YES. CAN, CAN I PUT A MOTION? NO, I CAN'T. AS THE MAYOR, YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT COMMITTEES AND ESTABLISH THOSE COMMITTEES. SO YOU COULD CREATE A NOMINATION COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AN APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE. CAN I YOU WELL, IT'S NOT, UM, SIX MINUTES. YOU COULD PROBABLY, YES, YOU COULD PROBABLY DO IT WITHOUT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TAKE A MOTION. IT'S NOT, IT'S AUTHORIZED BY THE CHARTER, SO YOU COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT. IT DOESN'T TAKE A MOTION. SO IT'S NOT A MOTION, IT'S NOT A MOTION. IT'S NOT A SECOND. YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT AS THE MAYOR UNDER THE CITY'S CHARTER. OKAY. I'LL COME BACK TO THAT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL. MARK KLAU. YES, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SLIDE THAT GAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TERMS THAT BEGAN IN DECEMBER FOR THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO BEGIN. UM, AND I CAN'T, THERE'S SO MANY SLIDES. I'M SHOWING I PAGE 24 OF THE PACKET, THE FULL, IT'S NOT UP THERE. OKAY. THE, THE ONE THAT STATES FOR TERMS BEGINNING DEPUTY CITY? YES, MA'AM. SECRETARY FOR TERMS BEGINNING IN DECEMBER, IS IT POSSIBLE, [00:40:01] AND THIS WILL REQUIRE A QUESTION, FEEDBACK FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. YOU GOT IT. SO FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF TERMS THAT BEGIN IN DECEMBER, CAN WE IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDED, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE ADVERTISING FOR THE POSITIONS IN AUGUST, WHICH WOULD BE THE FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO SERVE. CAN WE IMPLEMENT THAT NOW? SO SOME OF THE BOARDS HAVE THEIR TERMS SET FORTH IN ORDINANCE, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD NEED TO GO IN AND CHANGE ALL OF THE ORDINANCES TO, TO MATCH THIS DECEMBER 31ST DATE. OKAY. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST, UH, OKAY. ADVERTISING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT FACTUAL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA PLACE MYSELF ON THE QUEUE. I DID, BUT IT'S NOT UP HERE. OKAY, NOW I SEE IT. UM, SO EJO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION, OR CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THE VERBIAGE TO CREATE A COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF BECAUSE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN KLAUSER. THAT'S THREE. OKAY. YOU DON'T NEED A SECOND OR, OR VOTE ON IT? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S MY CHOICE. YOU GOTTA TAKE IT. I CAN RESPECT IT. YOU CAN, BUT LEMME KNOW. TAKE THAT, TAKE, TAKE. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. SO THIS WAS FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES, RIGHT? SO, WE'LL, YES SIR. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON. OKAY. IT'S GOOD. SO [5. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE NEED TO TAKE THAT EXECUTIVE ITEM BEFORE THE REGULAR MEETING. SO, UH, TIME IS 6:27 PM UH, AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THE TIME [6. RECONVENE] IS 6:43 PM THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION. THERE'S NO ACTION ITEMS, THERE'S NOTHING. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ADJOURNS THIS MEETING AT 6:43 PM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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