* 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. [1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:01:14] CHEMICALS [(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...] USED IN THE TREATMENT PROCESS AT THE CITY'S WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. THE CITY TYPICALLY ISSUES BIDS FOR THESE CHEMICALS ONCE A YEAR OR AS NECESSARY. VENDORS TYPICALLY HONOR THE CONTRACT PRICING FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONTRACT, AND IN MOST CASES, THIS THREE YEARS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH ONE, TO ENSURE THE CITY HAS THE BEST PRICES. 11 UNIQUE CHEMICALS ARE BEING PURCHASED THROUGH FIVE DIFFERENT VENDORS AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED APPROXIMATELY 6.4 MILLION. SOME VENDORS MANUFACTURE ONE PRODUCT, SOME MULTIPLE. SO SINCE THE CURRENT BIDS, UH, WERE NECESSARY SINCE EXISTING CONTRACTS WERE CLOSE TO EXPIRATION AND, OR WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL CHEMICALS DUE TO THE PLANT EXPANSION. MOVING ON TO THE, TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH WOULD BE ITEM F. UH, THIS ITEM WOULD PROVIDE THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AN ADDENDUM TO THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY, UH, AND GFL. AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE A CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE. AND THEN ITEM G, UH, THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ARTICLE THREE, CHAPTER 70 OFFENSES OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CURFEW FOR MINORS. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. [6. CONSENT AGENDA] THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, [(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...] ARE ORDINANCES SEVEN A? YES, SIR. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE CIVIL SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE STRENGTH OF FORCE FOR CERTAIN CLASSIFIED RANKS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, BY OUR FIRE CHIEF MARIO PETITA. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNSEL. GOOD EVENING. I DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION. UH, THIS IS, UH, FIRST OF TWO READINGS FOR A RECLASSIFICATION AFTER A VACANCY AT THE DIVISION CHIEF LEVEL. UH, WE REQUEST RECLASSIFY LEVEL MANAGEMENT LEVEL. SURE. UH, BE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, CHIEF, I DO HAVE A, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WHEN YOU SAY RECLASSIFICATION, CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SURE. DETAIL AS TO WHAT'S BEING RECLASSIFIED AND NOW TO WHAT? CORRECT. WE ARE, UH, THE VACANCY WAS A DIVISION CHIEF AND WE HAD THREE DIVISION CHIEFS AT THE TIME, UH, CURRENTLY. AND SO WE WANT TO RECLASSIFY IT TO THE BATTALION CHIEF, WHICH IS ONE STEP FORWARD. AND SO THAT'LL GIVE US FIVE BATTALION CHIEFS INSTEAD OF FOUR AND TWO DIVISION CHIEFS INSTEAD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, MOVING ON TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. I ASK THE SAME QUESTION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO, CALLING FOR MOTION. I SEE IF WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. CHIEF ITEM [(b) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...] SEVEN B, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, DECLARING THE CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT B JEFFREY ELONEY AND THE CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER [00:05:01] DISTRICT D FLOYD EMERY UNOPPOSED DECLARING JEFFREY ELONEY, CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT B AND FLOYD EMERY, CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT D ELECTED CANCELING THE ELECTION FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, B AND D PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. ALRIGHT. UM, SO, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. UM, STATE LAW SPECIFIES THAT, UM, AS OPPONENTS ARE UNOPPOSED, THE AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THE GOVERNING BODY, SHALL PREPARE, UM, AND CERTIFY IN WRITING THAT THE CANDIDATE IS UNOPPOSED FOR THE ELECTION AS IF IT WERE TO BE ELECTED. UM, AND, UM, THE, FOR THIS ELECTION, ACTUALLY, OUR, UH, UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES WILL SHOW UP ON THE BALLOT AS UNOPPOSED ELECTED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, I SEE A, I SEE A MOTION ON THE, UH, TABLE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PROTON KLAUSER, SECONDED, UH, COUNCILMAN MEMBER BONNEY. YES. UH, UH, UH, CITY SECRETARY, CITY ATTORNEY. UM, I KNOW IN, IN ASKING ABOUT THIS PRIOR TO COMING TODAY, WHETHER IT WAS GONNA APPEAR ON THE BALLOT BALLOT, YOU, UH, ANSWERED THAT. BUT, UH, I THINK YOU WERE MAKING A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, IF THERE, THE ONLY REASON THAT IT WILL APPEAR IS BECAUSE OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR SINGLE MEMBER, DISTRICT ELECTION, GENERAL ELECTION. UM, IS THE REASON WHY, UM, THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES WILL SHOW UP ON THE BALLOT AS UNOPPOSED ELECTED. SO IF, SAY FOR INSTANCE, NEXT YEAR, MM-HMM, , NONE OF THE AT LARGE, UH, HAVE, UH, DRAW AN OPPONENT OR FUTURE ELECTIONS. UH, IF A DISTRICT, UH, CANDIDATE DOES NOT DRAW AN OPPONENT AND THERE'S NO SPECIAL ELECTION, NO CHARTER AMENDMENTS OR BOND ELECTION, ET CETERA, WILL THEY STILL APPEAR UNOPPOSED ELECTED? SO IF THERE IS AN AT LARGE RACE THAT IS INCLUDED WITH SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, THEN THE, THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS WOULD STILL SHOW UP AS UNOPPOSED ELECTED. AS LONG AS THERE IS AN, AN AT LARGE POSITION OR A SPECIAL ELECTION, THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT THAT'S UNOPPOSED WILL SHOW UP AS UNOPPOSED ELECTED. IF IT HAD JUST BEEN SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS WITHOUT AN AT LARGE RACE OR WITHOUT A SPECIAL ELECTION, THEN THE ELECTION WOULD BE CANCELED FOR THOSE TWO RACES AND WOULD NOT SHOW UP ON THE BALLOT. SO FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, VOTERS YES. UH, IF THEY, THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO COMING TO THE, THE, THE BALLOT AND VOTING FOR A PARTICULAR, UH, POSITION RAISED CANDIDATE. SO WHEN THEY DON'T SEE THAT, HOW, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS, I KNOW THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CREATED, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDER BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS STATE LAW. RIGHT. THAT WENT INTO EFFECT RECENTLY. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW, 'CAUSE TO ME IT JUST FEEL, FEELS LIKE THE, THE VOTERS ARE DISENFRANCHISED TO A DEGREE. 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE, UH, SOMEBODY'S UNOPPOSED OR NOT SURE. SURE. THEY JUST KNOW THAT THEY COME TO VOTE AND, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT A, B, C, OR D IS NOT APPEARING ON THE BALLOT. RIGHT. SO, STATE LAW REQUIRES US SUPPOSED A NOTICE OF ELECTION IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ON OUR WEBSITE. SO ON THE ACTUAL NOTICE OF ELECTION, THEN THE TWO RACES WOULD SHOW AS, UM, WOULD NOT SHOW ON, ON THE ACTUAL NOTICE. SO THE NOTICE THAT I AM WORKING ON NOW SHOWS THAT THE TWO RACES ARE, UM, UNOPPOSED AN ELECTED, UM, BUT IF, UM, THE RACE WERE ONLY SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT, THEN I HAVE THE OPTION OF PUTTING THAT ON THE NOTICE AS WELL. SO THEY WOULD STILL KNOW THAT THOSE CANDIDATES WILL NOT SHOW UP ON THE BALLOT. SO IT'S ALL IN THE NOTICE THAT WE POST. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT TO POST THAT NOTICE AT THE POLLING PLACES. SO THEY WOULD, SO THEN THEY WOULD, UM, HAVE NOTICED THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY WOULD SEE OKAY, THAT THOSE ELECTIONS WERE, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WOULD BE NOTIFIED AND, AND BE, YOU KNOW, COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO VOTE FOR, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT C OR A, OR WHATEVER, RIGHT. AND IT'S UNOPPOSED, THEY DON'T SEE 'EM. THEY'RE LIKE, OH MY GOD, SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH MY BALLOT. I JUST, I JUST SEE THIS CAUSING SOME CONFUSION. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY YEAH. WHAT PROBLEM THEY FELT THEY WAS FIXING WITH THIS, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT CAUSED WHAT CONFUSION IN ANYTHING. THAT'S OUR LEGISLATORS. . WELL, YEAH, CLEARLY THAT'S AUSTIN. THAT WAS THE INTENT. YEAH. CLEARLY THAT DID. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTO KLAUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ITEM [(c) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...] SEVEN C, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS APPROVING AND RATIFYING A MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PURSUANT TO SUB CHAPTER B OF CHAPTER 1 42 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SUCH AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. OKAY, EJO. [00:10:07] GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS ITEM, UH, REFLECTS THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS, UH, COME TOGETHER WITH THE, UH, WORK AND NEGOTIATION OF THE CITY'S TEAM, AS WELL AS THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION TEAM. THIS, UH, PROPOSED AGREEMENT MEETS AT LEAST THREE OF YOUR FIVE STRATEGIC GOALS. UH, TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH JUST A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT, UH, THIS ITEM PROVIDES FOR, UH, APPROXIMATELY A 6% INCREASE PER YEAR FOR COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT IS FOR A THREE YEAR TERM, WHICH WILL TAKE THE CITY INTO 2027. IT PROVIDES, UH, CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE CURRENT AGREEMENT. AS YOU ALL CAN SEE ON THE SUMMARY, UH, LISTED. UH, ONE OF THE NEWEST, UH, INCENTIVES IS THE INCENTIVE PAY FOR, UH, OFFICERS WHO ARE, UH, MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS. THIS PROPOSED AGREEMENT DOES ADD A $150 INCENTIVE PAY FOR MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS. IT ALSO INCREASES THE INCENTIVE PAY FOR, UH, THOSE OFFICERS WHO ARE, UH, LEADERS AND TRAINERS, UH, FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS OF OTHER OFFICERS. AS WE KNOW, THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE, UH, IN THE DEPARTMENT. SO THIS, UH, PROPOSED AGREEMENT ALSO, UH, PROVIDES AN INCREASE FOR THOSE OFFICERS. IT ADDS A, UM, LANGUAGE THAT PROVIDES, THAT AGREED UPON SUSPENSIONS ARE NOT, UH, CANNOT BE APPEALED. AND IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR AN ASSESSMENT CENTER, SO MORE THAN AN EXAM FOR OFFICERS WHO ARE TESTING FOR THE CAPTAIN POSITION. THE, UH, OTHER, UH, PROVISIONS ARE THE SAME, UH, OR VERY SIMILAR TO THE CITY'S CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. UH, THE PROPOSED STEP PLANS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE, UH, FOR YOU ALL, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT. AND, UH, IF THIS AGREEMENT IS RATIFIED, UH, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE SECOND READING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. AND THE AGREEMENT WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024. ANY, UH, INCREASES IN COMPENSATION WOULD TAKE EFFECT IN MAY OF 25, SO THE CITY WOULD NOT SEE THOSE IMMEDIATELY. UH, THIS, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS ITEM, UH, IS ON, UH, THIS AGENDA BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY AT LEAST, UH, 50% OR 51% OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. SO AT THIS TIME, STAFF IS ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL'S RATIFICATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE DO. UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND I PLACED MYSELF ON ONE OF THEM. UM, SO THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST READING. YES, SIR. THEN THE SECOND READING WOULD PUT US INTO SEPTEMBER 16TH, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THAT WAS THE DAY. SO, SO UNDERSTANDING IT CLEARLY THAT, CAN YOU JUST GIVE, SO THIS, THE WAY THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THIS IS, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR SURE. EVERY YEAR WE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE, UM, WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE, WHAT THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT WE WOULD GO BACK INTO IT WITH THE TWO AND A HALF, I BELIEVE, UH, PERCENT AN INCREASE, AND THEN, UH, IF THE CITY HAS THE MONEY TO DO IT AND, AND WORKING THAT WAY THROUGH IT. SO WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH ONE CYCLE OF THAT, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO, UM, BACK IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2020 OR 20, UH, 21, THE CITY, UH, THE VOTERS ACTUALLY VOTED TO IMPLEMENT, UH, CIVIL SERVICE IN MISSOURI CITY FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS. IN 2023, THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SUBMITTED A PETITION FOR RECOGNITION BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS THE MISSOURI CITY, UH, POLICE OFFICERS NEGO. BASICALLY, THEY'RE A BARGAINING UNIT OR NEGOTIATION, UH, GROUP. SO AFTER THAT SUBMISSION, THE CITY THEN, UM, NEGOTIATED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 1 42 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. PRIOR TO THAT, UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY WAS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE UNDER CHAPTER 1 43 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. THE CITY'S INITIAL ORDINANCE THAT PROVIDED FOR CIVIL SERVICE DID, UH, PROVIDE FOR A [00:15:01] STEP PLAN. THAT STEP PLAN PROVIDED COMPENSATION FOR, UH, OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, AND IT PROVIDED FOR A 2.5% IN, UH, GUARANTEED INCREASE PER YEAR. UH, IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION FOR TEAM MEMBERS. ONCE THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION BECAME A MEET AND CONFER, UH, GROUP, THEY DID PRESENT, UH, SOME, UH, KIND OF DESIRES AND, UM, INTEREST IN HAVING ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED TO THEM. LAST YEAR WAS THE CITY'S FIRST YEAR UNDER A MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT. THAT AGREEMENT WAS ONLY A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BECAUSE THE CITY WAS NOT ABLE TO FUND ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION. COMPENSATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE, UH, HANGUP AS IT RELATES TO THESE NEGOTIATIONS. THIS YEAR, AFTER A LOT OF, UH, MEETINGS WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, UM, AFTER FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO FUND, UH, ADDITIONAL INCREASES IN COMPENSATION. BECAUSE OF THAT, THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION HAS, UH, AGREED TO A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT, UH, WHICH WILL TAKE THE CITY INTO 2027. 2027. OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, AS YOU WERE MAKING, SO IT WAS TWO, TWO AND A HALF PERCENT. YES, SIR. BUT WITH THIS AGREEMENT, IF THE, IF THE COUNCIL VOTES ON IT AND IT GETS PASSED BY A MAJORITY VOTE, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE GUARANTEEING A 6% EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS ENDING IN 27. THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT'S THE 2.5% PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 3.5%. 3.5%, YES. YES, SIR. SO THIS MEANS OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR. RIGHT. SO THE COMPENSATION, UH, THE WAY THE CITY'S COMPENSATION IS BROKEN DOWN, IT'S BASED ON A MAY, UH, ANNIVERSARY DATE. THEREFORE, THE COMPENSATION CHANGES WILL TAKE EFFECT IF THIS IS APPROVED IN MAY OF 2025. THE, UH, INCENTIVES, HOWEVER, WILL TAKE PLACE, UH, IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR. BUT THE COMPENSATION ITSELF, THOSE CHANGES TO THE STEP PLAN, WOULD TAKE PLACE IN MAY OF 25. SO I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT, UH, NO QUESTIONS. UM, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU AND CITY MANAGER, AND I KNOW CEDRIC AND OTHERS THAT WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE, UH, THE POLICE POA, IF YOU WILL, AND TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO GET IT. UM, YOU KNOW, AND I CAN JUST TELL YOU, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS CONTINUOUSLY RAISED THAT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT'S ENOUGH. BUT I THINK THIS IS A BIGGER STEP THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LETTING THEM AND LETTING OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT WE ARE, UH, CONTINUOUSLY WORKING TOWARDS THIS PROCESS TO GET US THERE. WHILE WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY DAY, DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND DIFFERENT CITIES ARE GOING UP. AND, AND THAT'S THE PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS, WE'RE TAKING THE STEPS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, IF NOT LEADING, WE'RE CLOSE BY OVER THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE AND WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK GREAT JOB WORKING WITH EVERYONE. WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF OUR, OUR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE, OUR POLICE. NOW, WILL THIS ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIRE? I DO BELIEVE THAT THE, THE, THIS IS THE POSI DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THE CITY MANAGER. THAT'S A DIFFERENT ITEM THAT I'M SURE WILL BE DISCUSSED TO THE BUDGET ADOPTION. OKAY. UH, BUT THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO POLICE OFFICERS. POLICE OFFICERS. AND I DO ALSO WANNA STATE THAT, UH, DURING SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE ATTENDED WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, THEY HAVE EXTENDED THEIR GRATITUDE AS WELL TO THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. FOR THESE INCREASES. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK. UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I DO WANNA JUST SAY THANK YOU. E JOYS, UM, CITY MANAGER. YOU GUYS DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. CEDRIC SAW YOU UP HERE, UM, HANDLING THE HEAT. UM, AND SO JUST THANK YOU ALL THAT WERE A PART OF THIS. I CAME TO, UH, THE MEETING ONE, ONE OR TWO OTHER MEETINGS AND JUST SAW HOW EVERYTHING WAS KIND OF FLOWING. AND TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE ALL KIND OF IN THE SAME AGREEMENT. WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL TONIGHT IS VERY PROGRESSIVE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'RE NOT DRAGGING THIS ON. UH, SO THANK Y'ALL AGAIN FOR THAT. AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE THE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL THE [00:20:01] WORK THAT THEY DO. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE 10,000, UH, SIGN-ON BONUS, DOES THAT STILL STAY INTACT? THAT IS STILL INTACT, YES, MA'AM. UNLESS THERE, UH, THERE'S, UH, A PROVISION IN THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE THAT PROVIDES THAT IF THERE'S NO LONGER VACANCY SAVINGS, THEN IT DOES NOT APPLY. BUT THAT UNTIL THAT PROVISION, UH, COMES INTO PLAY, UH, IT WILL APPLY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND, UM, THESE PAY INCENTIVES ALONG WITH THE, UH, STEP PAY INCREASE AND THE SALARY INCREASE, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION MORE SO FOR CITY MANAGER, THESE, ALL THESE ITEMS AND THESE NUMBERS ARE A PART OF THE 25 PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY AMENDMENTS ON THAT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, WITH THE COMPENSATIONS GOING INTO, UM, EFFECT IN MAY, 2025, DO WE HAVE ANY PROVISIONS THAT DISCUSS, UM, ONCE THESE PROVISIONS GO INTO PLACE, IF A OFFICER LEAVES OR, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIGNS FROM THEIR POSITION? IS THERE ANY TYPE OF BACK PAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH THIS? NOT FOR THIS. THIS IS SALARY. SO IT'S JUST, IT'S A COMPENSATION, UM, OR IT'S THE, THE INDIVIDUAL SALARY AS OF THAT DATE. SO THERE'S NO BACK PAY FOR THIS. UH, THERE WOULD BE A REIMBURSEMENT OR THERE IS A REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENT FOR THE $10,000 SIGN-ON BONUS. OKAY. SO IF AN OFFICER LEAVES BEFORE A SET PERIOD OF TIME, AFTER RECEIVING THAT SIGN-ON BONUS, THEN THEY DO HAVE TO PAY A PORTION OF THAT BACK. OKAY. AND WITH THE, UH, INCENTIVES, UH, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST MM-HMM. , DO THEY SEE THAT ON WHICH THEIR, THEIR, THEIR NEXT PAYROLL OR THAT FIRST PAYROLL? IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE, UM, THE PAYROLL AFTER OCTOBER 1ST. SO IT WOULD HIT, IT WOULD HIT THE, IT SHOULD HIT THE SYSTEM FROM OCTOBER 1ST. UM, BUT, BUT THEY WOULD SEE IT AFTER THAT, AFTER THAT DATE. SO IT WOULDN'T BE KIND OF AN AUTOMATIC, BUT IT WOULD BE THE, THE, UH, CHECK AFTER THAT OCTOBER 1ST DATE. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA. APPRECIATE MA'AM. THANKS, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN BROWN MARSHALL. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING ON THIS TASK. I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST HAD A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE 6%, UM, INCREASES ON THE SCHEDULE. IT STATES THAT IT'S APPROXIMATELY 6% PER YEAR. AND, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD. IS IT GUARANTEED OR IS IT BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF BUDGET? IT'S DEFINITELY BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF BUDGET. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THAT'S AN EXISTING CLAUSE THAT'S ALSO IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT. OKAY. YES. AND, AND BOTH SIDES WERE FINE WITH THAT. WELL, OBVIOUSLY , YES. BUT, BUT DO BE AWARE OF THAT. IF THE CITY DOESN'T MEET ITS REQUIREMENTS, THEN WE'RE BACK TO NEGOTIATING. AND THAT WAS MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. IF IN THE EVENT THAT WE DID NOT, THEN AT WHAT POINT IN TIME WOULD IT TRIGGER NO LONGER A THREE YEAR TERM? WE'D BE BACK AT THE, WE WOULD BE BACK AT THE BACK AT THE TABLE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, YES, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL HR, LEGAL, CITY MANAGEMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WENT AFTER THIS. POA, UH, CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. UH, CIVIL SERVICE IS STILL NEW TO US. WE'RE STILL LEARNING, WE'RE STILL GROWING. BUT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE POA HAS FELT THAT AND, AND RECIPROCATED THOSE COMMENTS. UM, THE SLIDE ABOVE US, OH, IT WENT AWAY. THE ONE THAT SAID RETENTION. UM, THERE WE GO. THAT'S THE ONE THAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON. I REALLY HOPE THIS DOES HELP WITH RETENTION. BUT CHIEF, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HOPE IT HELPS WITH RECRUITING. 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL IN 10 GRAND HERE, BIKE PAY AND ALL THIS FUN STUFF. I HOPE IT HELPS YOU AND THE TEAM WITH RECRUITING. UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AND I'M SURE THE REST OF COUNCIL. SO THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK CAROL. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN RAMONI THOUGHT I HAD GOT OUTTA QUEUE. UH, ACTUALLY, COUNCILWOMAN BROWN MARSHALL ASKED MY QUESTION AS FAR AS, UH, THIS, UH, COMMITMENT FOR THREE YEARS. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M ASSUMING AND HOPING AND BELIEVING THAT THE CITY'S GONNA CONTINUALLY, PROGRESSIVELY, YOU KNOW, GENERATE SALES TAX REVENUE AND SUSTAIN ITS PROPERTY TAX, UH, REVENUE. BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, OTHER EXPENSES OR THINGS, UH, ENTER INTO THE EQUATION FOR CONVERSATION. AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ALL SALARIES AND BENE, I MEAN SALARIES, ET CETERA, IF THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. AND SO, UH, YES. YOU KNOW, YOU ANSWERED THAT QUESTION, SO I TOO WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, YOU, CITY MANAGER, E JOYCE, ALL THE CITY [00:25:01] STAFF HR THAT WAS INVOLVED IN DEFINITELY THE, UH, POA AND THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO DO THIS, UH, WORK ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS. UH, AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, AS WELL. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A SEVERAL YEARS EFFORT TO GET US HERE. UM, KIND OF LIKE FROM ONCE WE CAME. AND SO NOW WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO MORE AND, AND, AND AS WE SEE THE NEED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ADDRESSING IT. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL NEVER FIND OURSELVES BACK IN THE SAME SITUATION EVER AGAIN. GOOD. UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. YEAH. WELL, I ALSO, UH, WANT TO ECHO THE, UH, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE CITY MANAGER AND HER STAFF, UH, LEGAL AND, UH, THE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, WORKING WITH THE, UH, UH, CIVIL SERVICE, UH, AGREEMENT, AND ALSO TO THE, UH, M-C-P-O-A, UH, IT APPEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, UH, RECEPTIVE AND, UH, ARE GREAT WORKING PARTNERS. SO I LOOK FORWARD FOR THREE YEARS OF, UH, HAVING THAT SAME, UH, TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. SO, UH, AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL THAT, UH, UH, LENDED THE, UH, SUPPORT AND THE ASSISTANCE IN BRINGING THIS TO FRUITION. AND I, I THINK IT SHOWS THAT MISSOURI CITY WANTS TO MAINTAIN A SAFE CITY STATUS. WE MAY NOT BE NUMBER ONE, BUT, UH, WE NEED TO BE AS CLOSE TO NUMBER ONE AS WE CAN. SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, I, I THINK IT, UH, HOPEFULLY IT, IT DISPLAYS WHAT, UH, OUR FEELINGS ARE HERE ON THE DAIS AS FAR AS, UH, OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE, THE, UH, THE POLICE OFFICERS. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING MAY APPROACH HIM, KLAUSER. YES. UM, AND I THINK PEOPLE, UM, CAN UNDERSTAND JUST THAT WE HAVE A VERY GRACIOUS COUNSEL. UM, WE, UM, WE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE, NOT, UH, NOT JUST FOR YOU E JOYCE, AND, UH, I THINK I SAW SHAUNA BACK THERE AND EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON THIS, UM, AND OUR POA. BUT I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR, UH, POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE STUCK, STUCK IN THERE WITH US. I'VE TALKED TO POLICE OFFICERS, UM, THAT SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T DO THIS FOR THE MONEY. I DO IT BECAUSE I LOVE IT. UM, BUT THEY DESERVE AS MUCH AS THEY GO OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND AS MUCH AS THEY DEAL WITH AND HOW MUCH, UH, THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY, WE OWE THIS TO THEM TO SHOW THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THEM. SO, TO THEM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOU STANDING IN HERE IN FRONT OF MY FACE. SO I'M GONNA SAY THANK YOU AND TO THE REST OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, JUST BEING PATIENT AND DOING THE WORK THAT YOU LOVE TO DO. AND WE WANT TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION, UM, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ITEM [(d) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...] SEVEN D, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN BONDS RELATED TO SIENNA PLANTATION MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, UNLIMITED TAX REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2014. AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO, RECOGNIZING JASON MANGUM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UM, I DO NOT HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION. THIS IS, UH, UM, STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT WE, UH, PAY OFF THE, THE BONDS AS, UM, RELATED TO SIENNA MUD TWO. UM, WE HAVE ABOUT $1.2 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING BONDS THAT ARE CALLABLE, UM, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WILL PAY THEM OFF EARLY. IT'S NOT DUE UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2020, UH, FIVE. SO FISCAL YEAR 2026. AND, UH, THIS ORDINANCE IS ALLOWING US TO PAY THOSE OFF EARLY, UH, REALIZING SOME, SOME SAVINGS, UM, FROM INTEREST AND, UH, GETTING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THIS DEBT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BRAMOS AIR. THANK YOU. UH, JASON ACTUALLY ANSWERED THAT QUESTION WITH HIS LAST STATEMENT. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, JASON, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, WHAT IS OUR, WHAT IS THE CURRENT DEBT STATUS? YEAH, SO WE INHERITED ABOUT, UH, JUST RIGHT AROUND $4 MILLION FROM, UH, SIENNA MUD TWO. UH, UH, SOME OF THAT IS DUE OCTOBER 1ST. WE'D PAY ANYWAYS, ABOUT HALF OF IT, ABOUT $2 MILLION, AND THEN ABOUT $1.2 MILLION OF THE REMAINING $2 MILLION IS CALLABLE, MEANING ELIGIBLE TO PAY OFF [00:30:01] EARLY, WHICH WOULD ONLY LEAVE US WITH ABOUT $845,000 OF OUTSTANDING DEBT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY OFF, UH, WHEN IT MATURES, UH, A YEAR FROM NOW. AND WHAT, WHAT WOULD OUR SAVINGS BE IF WE PAID THIS OFF EARLY? IT'S, UH, ABOUT $42,000 OF INTEREST SAVINGS THAT, UM, THAT WE WOULD REALIZE. SO ABOUT FOUR, UM, IS IT 42,000? $42,000? AND THAT'S ON THE 1.235 MILLION THAT WOULD BE PAYING OFF EARLY. THE OTHER ALREADY DUE, IT'S DUE ON OCTOBER 1ST, AND WE'D BE MAKING THOSE PAYMENTS REGARDLESS. AND SO WE'RE, UH, OF THE, OF THE $2 MILLION THAT'S REMAINING, UH, 1.2 IS, IS CALLABLE. UM, THE, THE OTHER REMAINING 845 IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO PAY OFF EARLY. SO WE'RE JUST PAYING OFF EVERYTHING EARLY THAT WE CAN, UH, TO REALIZE THE SAVINGS AND INTEREST AND, AND GET OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE DEBT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY ME. OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. , I JUST LOOKING IN THE QUEUE. UH, YEAH. SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, UH, JASON FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, AS IT RELATES TO PAYING THIS OFF EARLY, UH, IS THIS COMING, IS THIS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR 25, UH, FISCAL YEAR BUDGET? OR WHERE ARE WE GETTING THESE, THESE RESOURCES FROM? DEBT SERVICE FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE, IF YOU RECALL, PRIOR TO ANNEXATION, WE KNEW THAT WE WERE EXPECTING AT LEAST TWO DEBT PAYMENTS BASED ON THE TIMING OF THE ANNEXATION. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, AND IT WILL BE COMING FROM DEBT SERVICE. AND, AND JASON, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN ONE MORE TIME, $1.2 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE PAYING. NOW, YOU MENTIONED ANOTHER 840 SOME ODD THOUSAND THAT'S DUE NEXT YEAR. UH, SO IS THERE A REASON THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING OFF ALL OF IT NOW, OR, YEAH, SO WE HAVE TWO SERIES OF BONDS. UH, THOSE WERE SOLD, UH, AT, AT DIFFERENT TIMES THAT WE INHERITED. AND ONE OF THE SERIES IS CALL CALLABLE ELIGIBLE TO, TO PAY OFF OR THE OTHER, WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL IT REACHES MATURITY. AND SO ONCE THESE TWO, UH, BONDS ARE PAID OFF, UH, WE'LL COMPLETELY BE FREE OF ANY SIENNA MUD TO DEBT. THAT IS CORRECT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, THIS HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT [(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution submitting the name o...] A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. SUBMITTING THE NAME OF A COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS THE CITY SELECTION FOR A LEADERSHIP POSITION ON THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BOUNTY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, JUST, UH, SEEKING YOU ALL'S, UH, SUPPORT IN, UH, SUBMITTING MY NAME TO THE TEXAS, UH, MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ONE OF THE PROCESS, I, I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR OF, UH, THE CED COMMITTEE, FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY. AND, UH, IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR CHAIR POSITION, UH, I HAVE TO RECEIVE A NOMINATION FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND IN DOING SO, I HAVE TO BE THE LONE, UH, UH, I GUESS SELECTION FROM THE CITY IN WHICH I'M COMING FROM AND REPRESENTING. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M SEEKING YOU ALL SUPPORT, UH, FOR, UH, THIS RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT TO TML. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PROTON KLAUSER. YES. UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WILL BE DOING, UM, IN THIS ROLE? YES. SO, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, I SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND HAVE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. UH, IT BASICALLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, WORKING WITH THE WHITE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS, UH, THE LEGISLATURE, LE LEGISLATORS ON CAPITOL HILL IN ORDER TO WORK ON POLICIES, UH, AND, UH, PUBLIC POLICIES IN ORDER TO BENEFIT OUR RESPECTIVE CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, NAMELY, OF COURSE, MISSOURI CITY. A LOT OF THE, THE LEGISLATION THAT HAS PASSED HAS BENEFITED MISSOURI CITY. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FUND PARKS, UH, BY WAY OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, OF WHICH THIS COMMITTEE WORKED DILIGENTLY ON, AS WELL AS FUND A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS SUCH AS THE HUNTERS GLEN PARK TRAIL, TURNING THAT TO CONCRETE, UH, AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH OUR PARKS, UH, AND, UH, DOING A DISPARITY STUDY AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS. SO, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS WORKING ON PUBLIC POLICY, BUT WE DO A LOT OF THINGS FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, WORK, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, UH, AND OTHER, OTHER, UH, KEY RESPONSIBILITIES. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU. I, UM, JUST WHEN I THINK THAT YOU HAVE REACHED THE POINT, YOU ALWAYS, YOU NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME. AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. YOU'RE ALWAYS ALL [00:35:01] IN, UM, YOU SELF UNSELFISHLY GIVE OF YOURSELF AND OF YOUR TIME TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND TO YOUR COLLEAGUES. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO, UH, TO MAKE THIS MOTION. THANK YOU. MM-HMM, . ALRIGHT. THANK YOU EJS. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS. UH, SINCE, UH, THIS WAS MENTIONED, I PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. CAN I OVERRIDE THE MOTION FROM MAYOR PRO TO, I NEVER GET TO PUT A MOTION? NO. YOU, YOU ALREADY, THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. I KNOW YOU WANNA LEMME DO IT. NO, BUT, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ALLOWING THIS TO , BUT IT WOULDN'T BE ON THE AGENDA IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MAYOR. I REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR AND ASKED IF THIS COULD BE PUT ON THE AGENDA. SO THANK YOU, SIR. THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, YOU FEEL BETTER NOW. I, I NEVER GET TO MAKE A MOTION OR A SECOND JUST VOTE. RIGHT? BUT NO, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, HE'S DONE. NOT JUST WITH NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, BUT WITH HOUSTON GALVESTON COUNCIL, SO MANY. SO IF THERE ARE OUTSIDE SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THAT HAVE COME TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY THAT HAVE COME THROUGH, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE THAT'S OUT THERE ADVOCATING, FIGHTING AGAINST SUGARLAND MAYOR JOE ZIMMERMAN, I'M GONNA SAY IT ON CAMERA. . LITERALLY, LITERALLY. AND GETTING THOSE RESOURCES THERE, WHICH IS A ADDITIONAL SURPLUS TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET THOSE EXTRA FUNDED MONEY THAT COMES IN, EVERYBODY, NOBODY'S FIGHTING UP HERE. NOBODY'S COMPLAINING, EVERYBODY'S GOOD. BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT ENOUGH BECAUSE THAT'S A, A VERY CRITICAL POINT, UH, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE FEDERAL GRANTS, FEDERAL MONIES THAT COME AS AN ADVOCATE AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AS I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2020. I KNOW THAT HE'S BEEN REPRESENTING ON THAT AND ATTENDING EVERY MEETINGS, TAKING TIME FROM HIS FAMILY TIME GOING IN THERE AND, AND ADVOCATING FOR THIS IS A HUGE SURPLUS TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. WE HAVE DONE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THAT MONEY. UM, SO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING IS NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BUDGETED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND, AND FINANCE AND THEN COMING BEFORE US AND DOING IT. SO I WANNA PUBLICLY, UH, I'VE HEARD THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAR SAID IT BEFORE, BUT I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THERE ARE FEDERAL GRANTS AND YOU CAN'T JUST GO OVER THERE BECAUSE YOU ARE REPRESENTING CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND YOU HAPPEN TO BE COUNCIL MEMBER BON, YOU GOTTA FIGHT. SO WE REPRESENT, HE'S OUR FIGHTER. SO WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE FOR DOING THAT. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE MAYOR PROTO, UNFORTUNATELY MADE THE MOTION. , UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER RILEY. I SEE NO US IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE PEOPLE FIGHTING OVER YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BONY. THAT'S A GOOD FEELING. THE MOTION CARRIES YOU MOLEY . DOES IT MATTER? I'VE SEEN HIM HOVERING OVER ABSTAINED. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM [(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the Mayor...] A BAB AND A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO CAST A VOTE FOR THE REGION 14 DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISION PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO. UM, SO WE HAVE CRYSTAL WRONG. SO HTML CITY IS ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE. UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE REGION, UH, 14, UH, REPRESENTATIVE ON THE TML BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE CANDIDATE, UM, BIOS WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. UH, FRANK W. ROBINSON, COUNCIL MEMBER FROM SHANNON DOA IS ONE OF THE CANDIDATES. THE OTHER CANDIDATE IS, UH, ZOE, JOE ZIMMERMAN, MAYOR OF SUGARLAND. UM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS, UH, MAYOR ZIMMERMAN'S FOURTH AND FINAL TERM TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. OKAY. UM, SO I SEE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMORY, UH, COUNCIL MEMORY. CAN YOU STATE WHAT YOUR MOTION IS? UH, MY MOTION IS, UH, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO CAST THE VOTE FOR OUR REGION 14 DIRECTOR OF THE TML BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. FOR WHO? MR. ZIMMERMAN. ZIMMERMAN. OKAY. SO THAT'S YOUR MOTION. IS THAT YOUR SECOND MAYOR PROTO HAUSER? IT IS. OKAY. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT AGAIN HERE. I'M TALKING ABOUT FIGHTING WITH JOE ZIMMERMAN AND HERE WE'RE VOTING FOR YOU . BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS AT COUNCIL. WE FIGHT AND WE VOTE NO, BUT IN ALL HONESTY, UH, FOR THIS REGION, I THINK FOR FORT BEND COUNTY, UM, TWO LARGEST CITIES OF COURSE IS CITY OF SUGARLAND AND THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. AND THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT [00:40:01] MAYOR ZIMMERMAN, WHO'S ON THESE, UH, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES THERE, OR HOUSTON GALVESTON COUNCIL FOR, FOR SE NOT NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR ADVOCATE, WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY BONY IN WORKING NOT ONLY SPEAKING FOR THEIR RETRO RETROSPECTIVE CITIES, BUT ALSO SPEAKING ABOUT FORT BEND COUNTY AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO THIS. SO, UH, YES, I'M NOT ABSTAINING IT. I'M GONNA VOTE. SO LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALRIGHT, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER [9. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] NINE, OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. THE TIME IS 7:12 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5, 1 0.071 AND FIVE 1.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THANK YOU ALL. GOOD EVENING. TIME IS [10. RECONVENE] 9:46 PM CITY COUNCIL IS NOW BACK IN REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I, I WOULD ASK IF THERE'S A, ANY CITY BUSINESS OR ANY MOTIONS OR ANYTHING FROM THE COUNCIL, BODY OF COUNCIL. UH, YES, MAYOR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION, UH, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND STAFF TO TAKE REQUIRED ACTIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TCEQ. AGREED. ORDER DOCKET 2024 DASH 1268 DASH MWD DASH E. OKAY, IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONING. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN WASHOE. UH, ANYONE? CONNOR, YOU'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT. UH, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, SIR, THERE'S NO OTHER ITEMS WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OTHER OBJECTIONS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:47 PM THANK YOU. ALL NIGHT, NIGHT. * 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.