[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2024.WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:48 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR ROLL CALL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNSEL.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
PUBLIC COMMENTS.CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? YES, MR. MAYOR.
MR. SIRE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND FULL ADDRESS, INCLUDING THE CITY, STATE, AND ZIP FOR THE RECORD.
AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
WE ASK THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL AND COURTEOUS TO THE COUNCIL, STAFF OF THE SPEAKERS, AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS NICHOLAS SIRE AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF AS THE REGISTERED VOTER IN MISSOURI CITY.
I REALIZE THAT CITY COUNCIL WILL MOST LIKELY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MR. SAYER, PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
34 10 BOCA VUITTON DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 7 7 4 5 9.
I REALIZE THAT CITY COUNCIL WILL MOST LIKELY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN A FEW MINUTES.
ONE TOPIC ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA THIS EVENING IS DESCRIBED AS QUOTE UNQUOTE RULES REGARDING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
THE NATURE, TIME, AND EXTENT OF ANY RULE CHANGES IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
I AM, I AM A PROPONENT AT THIS POINT OF NOT REDUCING OUR LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT CITY COUNCIL'S MEETINGS, VOTERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWPOINTS ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT REGISTRATION FORM THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
I FEEL AS IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, BOTH THOSE WHO CAME TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THOSE SIMPLY OBSERVING, HAVE ALREADY SPENT A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THEIR DAY TO LINE UP WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST GAVEL.
SECURING A SPOT FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION IS ALSO A CHALLENGE IN ITS OWN RIGHT, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE EXISTING POLICY.
I HAVE A MAYOR QUESTION, UM, BEFORE WE GO, MOVE ON.
UM, CITY ATTORNEY, UM, HOW CAN I SAY THIS? OH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME UP BEFORE US TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE PUBLIC HERE'S, I DON'T WANT ANYTHING MISCONSTRUED THAT IS NOT THERE.
AND I DON'T WANT, UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A, A, A FORUM WHERE PEOPLE CAN FREELY ASK WHAT THEY WANT, BUT, UM, I DON'T WANT THAT, UH, MISINFORMATION TO BE PUT OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE ARE TAKING ACTION ON SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE IS JUST PULLING OUT OF THE SKY.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UM, US LIMITING, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS SO I CAN, UH, PROVIDE, UM, POLICY? OKAY.
SO THE CITY'S POLICY STATEMENT IS FOUND IN CHAPTER TWO OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, AND THE CITY'S POLICY CURRENTLY PROVIDES FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, FOR A TIME LIMIT OF THREE MINUTES.
[4. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE TIME IS 6:51 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
[5. RECONVENE]
8:08 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW BACK INTO THE SPECIAL MEETING, UH, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:08 PM THANK YOU ALL.