[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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OKAY, TODAY IS MONDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 2024.
WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 4:33 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR ROLL CALL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
THREE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.UH, CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? YES, SIR.
DOUGLAS BRILEY, CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
WHAT WAS THE LAST PART? THREE, THREE LIMIT TIME.
I'M WITH NOBLE HOUSE REAL ESTATE.
I REPRESENT 2192 TEXAS PARKWAY, 12 CORNER.
UH, NUMBER ONE, WE INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M A LEASING AGENT, PROPERTY MANAGER.
I COLLECT THE MONEY, I PAY THE BILLS, BUT I DO NOT OWN IT.
AND, UH, SECONDLY, I WANT TO PAY, UM, OUR GOAL WITH THAT PROPERTY IS TO TAKE IT FROM WHAT WE CALL A CLASS C PROPERTY TO A CLASS B PROPERTY.
AND THEN LASTLY, MAKE IT REAL SHORT, I BROUGHT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OUT.
WOULD THAT BE OKAY? ONE SIDE OF THAT IS, UH, ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL SUITE, WHICH WE'RE USED TO BE H AND R BLOCK.
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS ABOUT THE PROPERTY IN GENERAL.
WE HAVE EIGHT VACANCIES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, FROM SMALL TO ABOUT 13,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND I JUST WANT CITY COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF IT.
AND IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THEY CAN GIMME A CALL OR EMAIL ME.
AND USE THE THREE MINUTES TODAY.
UH, MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[4. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE TIME IS 4:35 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 AND 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
[5. RECONVENE]
THE TIME IS 6:03 PM WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE BACK INTO OUR SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.I'M ASKING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, ICU, IS THERE A MOTION OR IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THAT? GO AHEAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT OUR INTERIM CHIEF BRANDON HARRIS TO, UH, THE POSITION OF CHIEF UH, CHIEF OF POLICE.
CHIEF OF OF POLICE FROM MISSOURI CITY,
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
AND WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK SINCE YOU BEGAN THIS ROLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING UP AND PUTTING YOUR NAME OUT THERE.
UH, WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.
I THANK YOU, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
YES, CHIEF, I THINK WE, YOU KNOW HOW, UH, WE FEEL.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING UP.
UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE, UH, YOUR STAFF.
THEY ALL RESPECT YOU, THE CITY, RESPECT YOU.
AND, UM, I SEE GREAT THINGS COMING UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR NAME IN THE HAT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MARULAS CHIEF, TODAY'S A GREAT DAY FROM MISSOURI CITY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME GREAT THINGS GOING FORWARD UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM US, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE.
UH, I KNOW COUNCILMAN BURKE, UH, EMERY'S BEEN POKING AT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY
WELL, LET, LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UH, UH, ANGEL, UH, CITY MANAGER, YOU, UH, WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, UH, YOU CAME OUT AT THE BACK END WITH THE GREAT CANDIDATE AND ONE THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT I SUPPORT AND I BELIEVE, UH, HIS STAFF SUPPORTS AND SO WILL THE CITIZENS.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR GREAT THINGS FOR YOU TO CONTINUE KEEPING MISSOURI CITY SAFE.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
UH, MAYOR, JUST BRIEFLY JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF, FORMER INTERIM CHIEF.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR NINE MONTHS OF SERVICE IN THAT ROLE AND FOR
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BEING A STELLAR LEADER AND FOR STABILIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY STAFF, CITY COUNCIL AND UH, THE POLICE, UH, WAS SOLID.AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I APPRECIATE THE RIDE ALONG THAT WE HAD ON, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO TALK.
SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF THOSE.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
WHILE I KNOW THAT, UM, CONCURRENCE IS DIFFERENT FOR YOU HERE IN THE CITY, UM, ON, ON TONIGHT, JUST EARLIER IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST GENUINE SPIRIT FIELD CONCURRENCES THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH.
IT WAS VERY OPEN, IT WAS VERY CANDID, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, CHIEF SAFE TO SAY THAT NOW, UM, CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, MOST DESERVING OF THIS ER, MOST DESERVING, I GUESS I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT, SO I'LL SAY IT.
UM, I JUST WANT TO LET KNOW THAT, UM, CHIEF, WE WERE IN THERE.
WE WANTED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 4 35.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE TOOK FOREVER, UH, BUT WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ROLE AND ABOUT, UH, AND HAVING TO MEET WITH YOU AND, AND TALK AND HEAR ABOUT YOUR VISION AND ALL OF THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT, UM, I TRULY SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY AND YOUR SINCERITY TO THE JOB THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR SO MANY YEARS, SINCE 1995.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ROLE AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE WITH CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A GREAT FORCE, A GREAT TEAM THAT'S OUT THERE THAT'S LOOKING, UH, TO TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, YOU CARRY ON THAT BATTALION AND TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND OUR PD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TOP OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, UH, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY PROUD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT WAY.
UM, SO MY, UH, SUPPORT TO YOU AND MY THANK YOU AND THEN TO CITY MANAGER JONES.
I KNOW THAT THIS PICKING A CITY POLICE CHIEF IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST DECISIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO.
NOT THAT OTHER DECISION THAT YOU MAKE AREN'T IMPORTANT.
SO I JUST WANT TO, UM, TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON THAT WILL LEAD US AND OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, INTO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THANK ALL OF THOSE THAT WAS INVOLVED, UH, IN MAKING THAT DECISION.
SO WE HAVE A SPEAK, SIR? YEAH.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE ROLL CALL VOTE.
ARE YOU EMOTIONAL TOO? I'M SO HAPPY FOR HIM.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
CHIEF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SAY FOR YOUR PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS.
YOUR PUBLIC GOT THREE MINUTES THOUGH,
WELL, LIKE I SAID, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, LIKE WE SPOKE TO BACK THERE, THIS WAS, UM, SOMETHING I NEVER REALLY SAW HAPPENING.
I AM SO HAPPY IT'S HERE TODAY.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT SHE HAS ASSEMBLED IS FANTASTIC.
I'M SO HAPPY JUST TO BE A PART OF IT AND KEEP THE SAME COMPANY WITH THEM.
SO BEFORE WE, UM, THE TIME IS, UH, CITY, I MEAN CITY SECRETARY.
AS WE TAKE THAT, UH, BACK, I'D ASK TO SEE IF THE COUNCIL COULD TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF.
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JEFF.UH, WELL, TIME IS 9:08 PM THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AND THERE'S NO ACTION THAT'S BEING TAKEN.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 9:08 PM ALRIGHT.