Nov 18, 2024 Special City Council

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OKAY.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

TODAY IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024.

[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL.

AND NUMBER THREE, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UH, CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST? NO, SIR.

MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT.

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - An order of the City Council of th...]

THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER THAT COMES TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOUR A IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AND ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CANVASING THE RETURNS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION AND SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT A AND COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING CERTAIN PROPOSED CHARACTER AT CHARTER AMENDMENTS.

PROPOSED BY PRESENTER, CRYSTAL ROME, CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CANVAS THE, UM, ELECTION FOR THE NOVEMBER THE FIFTH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL ELECTION.

UM, AS YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY , OUR DISTRICT B AND COUNCIL MEMBER FLOYD EMERY FOR COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT B, UM, WERE DECLARED UNOPPOSED AND ELECTED AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE THIRD, 2024.

UM, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE CHART, UM, AS FAR AS THE ELECTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT A RACE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RILEY WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT RACE, UM, HONORING 5,049 VOTES AND RECEIVING 79.67% OF THE, UH, VOTES.

UM, AND THE RACE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C, WE WILL HAVE A RUNOFF.

UM, NEITHER CANDIDATE, UM, SUCCESSFULLY, UM, RECEIVED 50.1% OF THE, OF THE, UH, VOTES FOR THAT RACE.

SO THE UM, RUNOFF ELECTION WILL BE BETWEEN JOANNA ODE, WHO RECEIVED 2,501 VOTES, WHICH IS 34.98% OF THE VOTES.

AND, UH, MR. SHABO WHO RECEIVED 1,661, UH, VOTES, WHICH IS 23.23% OF THE VOTES.

UM, AND THE REGULARLY COUNCIL MEETING, WE'LL CALL THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, WILL CALL THE RECORD FOR DECEMBER THE FOURTH.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION? A MOTION BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

[(a) Administer the Oath of Office to Monica Riley, City Council District A...]

SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, ITEM NUMBER FIVE A IS TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO MONICA RILEY, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT A AND WE HAVE JUDGE NIK GARNER.

SO, RODERICK, COME ON UP.

RAISE YOUR HAND ALL THE WAY.

I WAS GONNA WEAR A HOODIE, BUT SHE, MONICA TOLD ME I COULDN'T, SO I TOLD HIM JUST TO WEAR THE ROBE.

ALL RIGHT.

IF WE ARE PREPARED, NOTHING.

NO.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I'M READY.

THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO MONICA RILEY.

MONICA, PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, MONICA RILEY.

AYE.

MOUNTAIN MOVING.

MONICA RILEY WILLOWY JIGGLE.

AMEN.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY

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ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI.

CITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

WOO.

OKAY.

I HOLD.

I GOT TWIST MY FINGER.

THERE WE GO.

YAY.

YOU JUST RUINED IT.

HUH? YOU JUST RUINED IT.

I RUINED IT.

THAT'S OKAY.

GO AHEAD.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M OLD.

YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS, UH, MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE TO REALLY SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FIRST FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY.

IT TRULY REALLY MEANS A LOT THAT YOU GUYS TOOK TIME OUTTA YOUR SCHEDULE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT ME.

I REALLY WANNA SAY GLORY BE TO GOD FOR THIS WIN BECAUSE WE ALL WON THIS TOGETHER.

MISSOURI CITY AND DISTRICT A THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND WHO COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT.

THANK YOU TO MY AMAZING RADICAL RILEYS, SERENA, SLL, ELIANE, AND SHYLA FOR BEING MY CAMPAIGN MANAGERS, UM, THE SECOND TIME.

AND THANK YOU TO MY FATHER FOR ALWAYS BEING BY MY SIDE.

THANK YOU TO MY MOTHERHOOD.

COULDN'T BE HERE.

UM, YES, GET MY DAD AROUND.

HE MADE ALL THIS.

I WANNA THANK THE MOST MAGNIFICENT WOMAN, UM, WHO HELPED ME GET HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR HER.

DR.

CHERYL STERLING, HONORABLE COUNCILWOMAN OF DISTRICT A FOR PASSING THE BATON TO ME THREE YEARS AGO AND ENTRUSTED ME IN THIS POSITION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STILL STANDING BY MY SIDE.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

I APPRECIATE YOU AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH TO RALPH, MS. VICKY, DEANNA, REGINA, TREMAINE, MS. CAROL, MY BABY GIRL, JOYCE, BACK THERE.

TIFFANY, MS. LULA, JOYCE, AND ALL OF Y'ALL OUT THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THESE ARE DISTRICT A RIGHT HERE, MS. NINA, MR. MR. UH, LARRY, ALL OF YOU GUYS, I COULDN'T BE HERE.

AND OF COURSE, I WANNA DO A SPECIAL, SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO DR. CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL.

'CAUSE IN THE MIDST OF WHAT YOU WERE GOING THROUGH, YOU WERE THERE TO HELP ME AND STAND BY MY SIDE.

AND I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU, JEROME, FOR BEING THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU THE MOST THANK YOU TO THE BEST CONSTABLE, THIS SIDE OF PRECINCT TWO, DARRYL SMITH OF FORT BE COUNTY.

AND THANK YOU TO THE BEST CONSTABLE PRECINCT, SEVEN OF HARRIS COUNTY.

THANK YOU TO MY BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS, BERT AND SANDRA FOR ALWAYS JUST STANDING BY MY SIDE FOR JUST BEING A FRIEND, FIRST THROUGH ALL THINGS.

AND I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. BEVERLY, BILL, MISS NETTY, OSCAR.

I MEAN, IT'S SO MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE, ALLEN AND MISS, UH, MR. AND MRS. SOFER.

HI.

THERE YOU GO.

ROSALYN.

SANDRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OH MY GOSH, BILL, UM, YES, DR.

FELIX, THE OTHER BILL, OUR, OUR, OUR SHERIFF IS HERE.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

I SEE ERICA MCCUTCHEN.

OH MY GOSH, Y'ALL, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

IF I DIDN'T CALL YOUR NAME, JUST BEAT ME UP LATER, YOU KNOW.

UH, MIKE, THANK YOU.

I LOVE YOU HARUN.

JUST THANK Y'ALL SO VERY MUCH.

CORLESS, ERICA, MS. REID, MS. NITA, I MEAN, JUST THANK Y'ALL EVERY, EVERYBODY.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU CYNTHIA, FOR LETTING HIM BE OUT HERE TO, UH, SWEAR ME IN.

I AM THE FIRST WILLOW RIDGE EAGLE ELECTED TO OFFICE IN FOR BEND COUNTY.

AND IT WAS, IT WAS MEANINGFUL TO HAVE THE SECOND WILLOW RIDGE GRADUATE EAGLE TO SWEAR ME IN JUDGE ROGER GAR.

AND, AND I'M JUST HAPPY BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A CLOSE RACE.

YOU EED IT OUT THOUGH.

YOU MADE IT.

I KNOW.

I WAS TRYING.

IT WAS, IT WAS.

THAT WAS A BATTLE.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

I LOVE Y'ALL TO PIECES.

WE

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EXCUSE ME.

GET UP THERE TO SAY RILEY.

RILEY.

ALL ONE MORE.

GO.

RILEY .

I KNOW IT.

THANK JUST AIN'T GOT NOTHING.

NO, THIS IS GREAT.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

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YOU LOOK DRAMATIC.

YEAH.

AT LEAST YOU HONEST ABOUT IT.

I WANT TO GET THE ATTENTION.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE TWO MORE WE HAVE TO DO.

SO FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY AND IT.

SO YEAH.

AND ALSO THANK YOU TO, UH, JUDGE, UH, GARNER FOR BEING HERE.

UM, IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE AT THE CITY

[(b) Administer the Oath of Office to Jeffrey L. Boney, City Council Distri...]

AND WE ARE GOING TO GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE B, WHICH IS TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO JEFFREY L BONY CITY COUNCIL.

WE HAVE IS CITY, CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT B.

WE HAVE THE, THE PLEASURE OF HAVING THE HONORABLE SHERIFF ERIC, ERIC FAGAN, TO DO THE PLEASURE.

I'D LIKE TO ASK MY FAMILY TO COME UP TEST.

TEST.

AND YES, I DID WIN THE FIGHT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, BEFORE HE BEGINS AND THEY'RE COMING UP.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS INITIALLY, UH, EXPECTED TO BE SWORN IN BY JUDGE CLARICE YATES, WHO HAS SWORN ME IN EVERY ELECTION, UH, THAT I'VE, UH, WON SINCE 2017.

UH, SHE HAD A FIRE AT HER HOME, UH, TODAY.

AND SO SHE CALLED ME A FEW HOURS PRIOR AND, AND TOLD ME.

AND SO I IMMEDIATELY GOT ON THE PHONE AND I CONTACTED SHERIFF ERIC FAGAN, WHO IS A FRIEND, UH, AND OUR REELECTED FOR BEING COUNTY SHERIFF.

AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM SWEAR ME IN ON DECISION.

REPEAT AFTER ME.

AYE.

JEFFREY L BONY, AYE.

JEFFREY L BONY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT B OF THE, OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT B, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI, CITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS.

AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THIS STATE AND THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

UH, THIS ACT OF SERVICE IS, IS TRULY A SACRIFICE.

THERE'S A QUOTE THAT SAYS THAT YOUR SERVICE TO OTHERS IS THE RENT THAT YOU PAY FOR THE ROOM THAT YOU HAVE HERE ON THE EARTH.

AND I TELL YOU, ONE OF MY MENTORS ALSO ONCE TOLD ME, JEFF, YOU DON'T HAVE HAVE TO HAVE A POSITION TO BE EFFECTIVE, BUT DAMNIT, IF YOU GET A POSITION, BE EFFECTIVE .

AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT I'VE BEEN EFFECTIVE AS A MEMBER OF THE MISSOURI CITY CITY COUNCIL SINCE 2017.

IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI CITY.

AS I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, I'M ELECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT B, BUT I REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY OF TEXAS WHEN I MAKE EVERY DECISION, AND I DO EVERYTHING THAT I DO.

SO I'M HONORED.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY WHO MAKE THE TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE ALL OF YOU IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND BEYOND.

UH, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL PUBLICLY SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE LOVE, THE CARE, THE SUPPORT, THE RIDE OR DIE ATTITUDE THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY READY TO GO EVERY AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.

AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT THEM.

WE'RE TEAM BONING, AND I'M EXCITED TO SERVE YOU AGAIN HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MISSOURI CITY, DISTRICT B.

GOD BLESS.

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, UH,

[(c) Administer the Oath of Office to Floyd Emery, City Council District D.]

SO BOTH OF THEM, LEMME GIVE MY FAMILY HERE.

YOU GOT, I'VE GOT, UH, MY FAMILY HERE, ONE FROM ATLANTA, ONE FROM MISSOURI CITY, AND YOU KNOW, MY WIFE, WHO'S BEEN WITH ME FOR 65 YEARS, .

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE, FIRST OF ALL, OF HAVING MY FAMILY, UH, PROVIDE THE SUPPORT.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT, WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA BE MUCH OF AN EFFORT TO, UH, BE A, UH, A COUNCIL PERSON AND, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE THE DUTIES OF A, OF A COUNCILMAN.

BUT, UH, AS THE CITY GREW AND AS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE KEPT EXPANDING, UH, AND OUR MAYOR KEPT GIVING US SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, TO GO TO.

SO IT, IT TURNED OUT TO BE, UH, UH, ALMOST A FULL-TIME JOB.

BUT I ENJOY EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

AND I ENJOY WORKING WITH, UH, MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE ON THE, UH, UM, ON THE, UH, HERE AT THE DIOCESE AND ON THE, UH, THE COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR, UH, AND OF COURSE OUR CITY SECRETARY AND THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO DO PERSONALLY IS, UH, RECOGNIZE THE, UH, THE PERSON, UH, COUNCILMAN THAT I'VE BEEN, UH, REAL CLOSE TO AND WORKED WITH FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

NINE, NINE AND A HALF YEARS, 9.5.

HE DOESN'T LOOK THAT OLD, DOES HE? BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE AND I HAVE FOUGHT SOME REAL WARS TOGETHER WITH, UH, WITH THE HELP OF, UH, COUNCILMAN BONY.

SO, UH, IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO, UH, HAVE, UH, ANTHONY, UH, PROVIDE THE, UH, OR GIVE ME THE, UH, THE OATH.

SO WITH THAT, UH, IF YOU WILL, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A FANCY ROBE LIKE THE JUDGE OR A GUN LIKE FAGAN, BUT WELL, AND YEAH, DON, BUT LET'S GO.

AND WE DON'T HAVE A CROWD LIKE MONICA.

OH, EVERYBODY STAND UP.

STAND UP FOR FLOYD, COME ON, SHOW US THE LOVE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THE NAME, AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I, FLOYD EMERY.

I FLOYD EMERY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT D OF CITY MEMBER, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT D , ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND OF THIS STATE OF TEXAS, AND OF THIS STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND DO TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME, GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

AMEN.

TEAM, MEMORY, RIDE OR DIE.

, HANG ON, ONE MORE.

THAT WAS FIVE.

THANK YOU.

.

ONE SHOT, TAKE A FAMILY SHOT.

YEAH, YEAH.

LET ME GET A SHOT WITHOUT HIM.

COME ON.

THERE'S ONLY ONE THING I'D SAY IS, YOU KNOW, MONICA BROUGHT UP ALL OF HER VOTERS.

WELL, I ONLY NEEDED TWO AND HER, SO THAT'S WHAT IT TOOK.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, .

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THANK YOU.

WE HAVE, UH, IT'S 5:30 PM UH, SO IF THE COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH IT, I KNOW THERE ARE STILL, UM, PEOPLE THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE, IF IT ALLOWS DISTRICT A AND B AND D TO TAKE SOME PICTURES, I WANNA RECESS FOR 10 MINUTES.

WE'LL GET BACK HERE AT FIVE 40.

IS THAT OKAY? YES.

ANY OBJECTION? UH, ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'LL BE BACK AT FIVE 40.

OKAY? UH, 4 5 40.

ALL RIGHT.

THE TIME IS 5 42.

THE CITY COUNCIL IS BACK INTO SPECIAL COUNCIL

[6. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]

IT'S UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, IS CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE TIME IS 5:43 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5, 1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

ALRIGHT, 6:39 PM AND

[7. RECONVENE]

CRYSTAL, WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD? YES, MR. MAYOR, THERE, THERE IS, UM, EARLIER CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE CANVAS OF THE ELECTION, BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE NOTE, UM, THAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS, THERE WAS A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS AS WELL.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE SCREEN THAT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PASSED BY AN OVERWHELMINGLY, UM, AMOUNT OF, UH, AT LEAST 55% OR MORE, UM, IN THAT ELECTION PROCESS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO THE, TO THE AUDIENCE AND TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND JUDGE, DO WE NEED TO MOTION OR SECOND OR ANYTHING FOR THAT CANVAS? UH, NO SIR, YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY TAKEN A MOTION ON THE CANVAS RECORDER.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, UH, THE MEETING IS, IS ADJOURNED AT 6:40 PM.