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THAT'S IT.[A. REGULAR SESSION - CALL TO ORDER]
IS 5:30 PM I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA CALL OUR MEETING TO THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY, MS. TASHA, UH, MAES WILLIAMS TO GIVE US A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
HERE, MAYOR PROTE LETITIA HUGHES.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER DANA MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
FIRST, WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY PASTOR OSCAR D SR AT THE COMMUNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY LAUREN SMITH WITH THE GOLDEN RURAL CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EVERY, IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE STAND.
GOD WE LOVE YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE POWER AND FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF PRAYER.
WE THANK YOU AS WELL, GOD, FOR THE PRESENCE OF PEOPLE.
AS WE COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE IN DESOTO, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS OVER EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT'S PRESENT.
GOD, I PRAY A VERY SPECIAL BLESSING OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY, THIS COUNCIL, THIS MAYOR, THIS MANAGER, ABSOLUTELY EVERY PERSON THAT'S EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF DESOTO.
I PRAY GOD FOR UNITY AND PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP US AS WE MOVE COLLECTIVELY TO MAKE THIS CITY THE VERY BEST THAT SHE CAN BE.
THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE.
CONTINUE GOD TO GIVE VISION AND CONTINUE TO BRING US TOGETHER AS WE, GOD NOT ONLY WANT TO DO CITY BUSINESS, BUT WE WANT TO BE A LIGHT FOR A DARK WORLD TO SEE.
WE BLESS YOU, WE PRAISE YOU, AND WE THANK YOU.
BLESS THIS MEETING ON THIS EVENING.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS PLEDGE, A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WITCHES STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW, I'M GOING TO DO HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
MS. SMITH, HOLD ON JUST ONE MOMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING IN OUR PLEASURES.
AND YOU HAVE YOUR PURPLE ON, UH, AS WELL IN HONOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
UM, LET'S GIVE OUR, UH, LET'S GIVE PASTOR EPPS A HAND FOR A LEADING US IN OUR PRAYER AS WELL AS MS. LAUREN SMITH, OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR FOR THIS EVENING.
I'M GONNA READ JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, MS. SMITH.
SHE IS FROM GOLDEN RURAL CHARTER SCHOOL HERE IN DESOTO.
AND, UH, LAUREN, YOU CAN CLAP RIGHT THERE.
MS. SMITH IS A REMARKABLE THIRD GRADE STUDENT AT GOLDEN RULE CHARTER SCHOOL WITH HER BOUNDLESS ENTHUSIASM AND A GO GET 'EM ATTITUDE.
LAUREN EXUDES A MAGNETIC PERSONALITY THAT NATURALLY DRAWS PEOPLE TOWARDS HER.
SHE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES A STRONG SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND INITIATIVE, EAGERLY TAKING THE LEAD ON VARIOUS TASKS AND PROJECTS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.
LAUREN'S DEDICATION AND PRODUCTIVE APPROACH SET HER APART AS AN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT.
HER PEERS LOOK UP TO HER AS AN INSPIRING ROLE MODEL.
LAUREN'S WILLINGNESS TO TAKE THE LEAD AND HER WARM, FRIENDLY PERSONALITY, MAKE HER A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY CLASS.
SHE EMBODIES THE QUALITY OF A RESPONSIBLE AND ENTHUSIASTIC LEARNER LEAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THOSE AROUND HER.
LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR MS. LAUREN SMITH, OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR FOR THIS EVENING.
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VERY GOOD JOB.SO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, YOU WILL HAVE TO FILL OUT A CARD AND MS. SMITH WILL ASSIST YOU WITH THAT THERE AT OUR TABLE HERE IN THE FRONT.
MS. SMITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AT GOLDEN RULE SCHOOL? MM-HMM.
I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE THAT CAME.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE EVERYONE THAT CAME, I KNOW THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT ME AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
MS. SMITH, YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO BRING OUT A CROWD TOO, SO LOOK AROUND.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PHOTO AND WE HAVE SOME GOODIES FOR YOU, LAUREN.
AND MOM AND DAD, CAN YOU JUST WAVE, WAVE AT IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU,
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS YOUR BABY.
[B. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MENTION FOR THE PUBLIC, AS YOU MAY NOTICE, UH, COUNCIL IS NUMBER ONE.WE HAVE OUR EARLY, STARTING EARLIER THAN NORMAL.
AND SECONDLY, COUNCIL IS, UH, IN OUR ALUMNI SHIRTS.
WELL, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A HOMECOMING SEASON.
UM, ANY MAVERICKS, UTA MAVERICK FANS OUT THERE? DESOTO EAGLES FAN? YEAH.
UM, BUT ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, UM, SUGGESTED THAT WE WEAR OUR FAVORITE, UH, SCHOOLS TONIGHT.
SO EVERYBODY IS REPRESENTING, UH, THEIR DIFFERENT, UH, COLLEGES THIS, UH, TONIGHT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE US, UH, DRESS LIKE THIS.
UM, AND SO, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, TEXAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UM, THIS EVENING AT EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND SO IF YOU ALL ARE AVAILABLE AND, AND HAVE A FREE EVENING TONIGHT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GO OUT OVER THERE.
COUNSEL WILL BE, UM, AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT, WE WILL BE HEADED OVER THERE FOR A GOOD TIME, UM, TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
UH, THERE'LL BE FOOD ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME THIS EVENING, PLEASE GO OVER THERE AND SUPPORT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR EFFORT.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.0415.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, EXPRESSION OF THANKS CON CONGRATULATIONS.
OUR CONDOLENCES INFORMATION ABOUT HOLIDAY SCHEDULES, RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS, REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS, INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING INTIMATE THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS LIAISON UPDATES.
AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES.
WELCOME TO THE CITY OF DESOTO COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, I WANTED TO, UH, INVITE YOU ALL, UH, TO MY NEXT COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.
IT IS A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.
MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH DESOTO? WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET THE RESTAURANT OF OUR DREAMS? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET SOMETHING? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? RIGHT? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED AND YOU'VE BEEN ASKING.
UH, SO MOST RECENTLY, THE ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT, UH, UPDATED THE COUNCIL.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FAIR TO TAKE IT TO THE PEOPLE SO YOU CAN HEAR EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON AND BE ABLE TO ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS JOB EVERY DAY, THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE PRESSING YOU.
SO NEXT MONDAY, WE WILL BE HAVING A VIRTUAL MEETING.
THAT MEETING IS POSTED ON THE CITY SITE SO THAT YOU CAN REGISTER FOR IT.
BUT SHOULD YOU NOT SEE IT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY.
YOU CAN REACH ME VIA EMAIL AT C CHISHOLM@DESOTOTEXAS.GOV OR BY PHONE, (817) 600-7689.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I YIELD BACK.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARKS AND REC FOR A GREAT, UM, WHAT IS IT? THE, THE APPOINTMENT THAT WE HAD, THE SPOKEN WORD THIS PAST
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SATURDAY.SO IF THEY EVER HAVE ANOTHER ONE, PLEASE GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY.
WE HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING, CUTTING FOR THE ALPHA INSURANCE, WHICH IS A NICE PURPLE BUILDING BEHIND US OVER ON A PLEASANT RUN AT THE CORNER IN HAPPENED.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND AMAZING.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO DESOTO, ISD, THE MATTRESS FIRM.
WE HAD THE FASTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD, ARI RICHARDSON, AND THE FASTEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT AS WELL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
THEY DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB, AND THEY ARE GONNA PRESENT TO US THE NEXT, UM, COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
THEY HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES AND, UH, I'M JUST, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE THE LIAISON FOR THAT, UM, COMMISSION.
AND THEY HAVE ASKED, IF YOU WILL, ALL OF DE SOTO TO WEAR PURPLE EVERY TUESDAY THIS MONTH, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER RAEL? SURE THING.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY SAYING WHAT HE WANTS ITS COMMUNITY TO LOOK LIKE.
THE FOURTH MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26TH.
IT'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUBLIC MEETING.
IT WOULD BE RIGHT HERE IN THE ATRIUM, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND IT BEGINS AT FIVE 30.
SO THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SEE, UM, WHAT INPUT HAS BEEN GIVEN, WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING BACK, AND TO GIVE YOUR FURTHER INPUT ON WHAT OUR CITY WILL LOOK LIKE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN RAPHAEL.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? MAYOR PROAM.
I DID WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DID HAVE MS. CASSANDRA WESLEY, ONE OF THE DAC COMMISSIONERS WIN THE, UM, THE AWARD, THE ABIGAIL AWARD FOR COURAGE AND FAITH.
AND THAT WAS AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL FIRST LADY'S BRUNCH IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND CON CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. CASSANDRA WESLEY.
SHE'S DOING AN AMAZING JOB FOR DAC AS WELL.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE, UH, TO OUR NEXT ITEM? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I DO HAVE, UH, ONE ANNOUNCEMENT IN REGARDS TO FROM OUR DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE FALL FRANCHISE INTEREST MEETING.
THIS EVENT IS GOING TO BE HELD, UM, ON MONDAY, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, ON TUESDAY, UH, OCTOBER 24TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM IN THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER BLUE BOND ROOM TO EXPLORE EXCITING FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.
AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING THAT NIGHT IS THE DDC IS BRINGING TOGETHER NATIONAL AND LOCAL DIRECTORS OF REAL ESTATE FRANCHISE DEVELOPMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE THE DESIRE AND EXPERIENCE TO BRING QUALITY BRANDS TO DESOTO.
UH, YOU CAN MEET WITH RETAIL BRANDS, IM DESOTO FOR EXPANSION, GAIN INDUSTRY INSIGHTS, LEARN FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESOURCES, AND TAKE STEPS TOWARDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
YOU CAN RSVP AT BITS LY, SO B.LY/FRANCHISE DESOTO, OR VISIT THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LINKED IN OR FACEBOOK PAGES TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER FOR THAT EVENT.
AND SO DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE TO NETWORK WITH FELLOW ENTREPRENEURS AND CHARGE YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS IN DESOTO.
SO AGAIN, THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS MONTH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM IN THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER BLUE BONNET ROOM.
SO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND THAT EXCITING EVENT.
UM, AT THIS TIME, MS. MS. WILLIAMS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[C. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
INTO OUR CITIZEN APPEARANCES.THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
CITIZEN'S WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY'S SECRETARY, OR RETURN IT TO THE AMBASSADOR'S TABLE PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY THE CITY STAFF PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR RESPONDED BY SOME OTHER COURTS.
ATTENDEES MAY SPEAK ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA DURING THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, FOR TOPICS NOT SCHEDULED, ATTENDEES WILL SPEAK DURING THE CITIZEN APPEARANCES.
THE STANDARD TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT FLOW OF THE MEETING.
AND AT THIS TIME, I HAVE NO CARDS.
[1. Presentation of proclamation honoring National Custodian Day]
YOU.UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
FIRST WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL CUSTODIAN DAY MAKING A PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD.
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RECEIVING WILL BE MR. GUS ANDERSON AND THE FACILITY MANAGEMENT STAFF.TO THE MAYOR, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, MR. HENDERSON, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY.
IF YOU AND YOUR STAFF WOULD COME FORWARD, ALL THANK YOU SIR.
PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS SINCE 1985, NATIONAL CUSTODIAN DAY HAS BEEN A WAY OF RECOGNIZING THE COUNTLESS HOURS SPENT BY MEN AND WOMEN WHO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS WORKPLACES ACROSS THE NATION RUNNING SMOOTHLY IN USE TO DEMONSTRATE OUR APPRECIATION TO THEM.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DESOTO HAS A FACILITY MAINTENANCE DIVISION THAT CONDUCT CUSTODIAL AND MAINTENANCE DUTIES ALL FOR THE CITY FACILITIES AND PROPERTIES, KEEPING THEM CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED, WHEREAS CUSTODIANS ARE OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR THE WARS AGAINST GERMS AND ARE OFTEN UNDERAPPRECIATED BY THE HARD WORK THEY DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND WORKPLACES ARE SPOTLESS AND SANITARY.
AND WHEREAS WHILE DELIVERING OUTSTANDING SERVICE, RUNNING A WELL MAINTAINED AND OPERATING BUILDING, THEY CONTRIBUTE A CRITICAL FIRST IMPRESSION IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR CITY'S OPERATIONS.
AND WHEREAS SEASONAL UPDATES AND MAINTENANCE HELP BUILDINGS TO RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND AS A RESULT, THE BUILDINGS ARE SAFER AND HEALTHIER FOR THOSE ENTERING THEM, THE WORK THEY DO, THE WORK THEY DO EXTEND TO THE LIFE OF THE FURNITURE, THE APPLIANCES, AND OTHER ITEMS, WHICH IS A FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO OUR CITY.
AND WHEREAS THE WORK OF PHYSICAL, WHEREAS THE WORK IS PHYSICALLY DEMANDING, AND DEPENDING ON THE POSITION, THESE WORKERS MAY WORK VARIOUS SHIFTS AND POSSIBLY A AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
AND WHEREAS WE CAN DO OUR PART TO HELP THEM DO THEIR JOB, WE CAN ASSIST BY KEEPING WORKSTATIONS CLEAN, PICKING UP AFTER OURSELVES, LIGHT DUSTING AROUND OUR DESK FURNITURE CUBICLES, AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE ARE NO REASON TO LEAVE A MESS FOR ANYONE ELSE.
WE CAN SIMPLY DO OUR PART TO HELP.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RACHEL L PROCTOR BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER THE SECOND 2023 AS NATIONAL CUSTODIAN DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND ENCOURAGE ALL STAFF AND CITIZENS TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING THE IMPORTANCE OF CUSTODIAL WORK WITHIN OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY.
NOW, WITNESS, THEREFORE, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CALLED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023.
RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY, THANK YOU TO HAVE WORDS.
UM, JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, UH, AND ACKNOWLEDGING MY, MY STAFF AND MY DEPARTMENT.
[2. Presentation of proclamation honoring Community Planning Month]
TIME, WE'LL HAVE OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATIONAL PROCLAMATION HONORING COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH, MAKING THE PRESENTATION AS COUNCIL MEMBER DANA MARKS RECEIVING IS BESA ZI AND HER TEAM.
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WELL, THEY ARE COMING.I'D LIKE YOU GUYS TO FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THE COMMISSION THAT WORKS VERY HARD IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, MR. THEO PUGH, MR. JERRY RAVINE, TANYA BROOKS, AND WE'VE GOT MS. BEST RAZZI.
AND THEN OF COURSE, MS. JORDAN WILLIAMS, WHO WORKS IN THAT DEPARTMENT AT THAT AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO HAVE, AND HE'S SAYING NO, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE, UH, RIGHT IF I DID NOT, UH, DO THAT.
SO AT THIS TIME, MR. CHARLES BREWER, WHO SERVES AS OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES, IF HE WOULD JOIN US, PLEASE, IT IS MY PLEASURE AND IN AN HONOR TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION TO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
WHEREAS CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND IT AFFECTS ALL CITIES, TOWNS, SUBURBS, COUNTIES, BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS, RURAL AREAS, AND OTHER PLACES.
AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY PLANNING AND PLANS CAN HELP MANAGE THIS CHANGE IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES BETTER CHOICES FOR HOW PEOPLE WORK AND HOW THEY PLAY, AND OF COURSE, HOW THEY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO BE MEANINGFULLY INVOLVED IN MAKING CHOICES THAT DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS TERRITORIES.
AND WHEREAS AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION ENDORSES NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT HOW PLANET IS ESSENTIAL TO RECOVERY, AND HOW PLANNERS CAN HELP LEAD COMMUNITIES TO EQUITABLE, RESILIENT, AND LONG LASTING RECOVERY.
AND WHEREAS THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THE PARTICIPATION AND THE DEDICATION OF THE MEMBERS OF PLANNING COMMISSIONS AND OTHER CITIZEN PLANNERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF DESOTA.
AND WHEREAS THE FULL BENEFITS OF PLANNING REQUIRES PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS WHO UNDERSTAND, WHO SUPPORT AND DEMAND EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
AND WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNERS OF DESOTO TEXAS, AND EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE BY THESE PROFESSIONALS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RACHEL L PROCTOR BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE ALL AMERICA CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND URGE ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE PLANTERS OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AS THEY WORK TO IMPROVE THE WELLBEING OF OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CALLED THE SEAL OF THE ALL AMERICA CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023.
RACHEL L PROCTOR MAYOR ATTESTED BY ALICIA THOMAS, WHO IS OUR CITY SECRETARY.
MR. UH, THEO PUGH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A WORD, SIR? WHO SERVES AS OUR CHAIRPERSON OF THAT COMMISSION? MR. PU? THANK YOU.
DR. MARKS, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, A LOT GOES INTO PLANNING, UH, FOR THIS CITY, UH, TO MAKE THIS A CITY THAT WE ALL, UH, CAN BE PROUD OF OR A CITY THAT WE ALL WANT TO BE A PART OF.
AND SO I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE MAYOR, THANK CITY COUNCIL, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT OF US, THOSE WHO SERVE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, TO GIVE US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK IN THIS WAY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN, ALSO THE CITY STAFF WHO WE COULD NOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT CITY STAFF.
ALSO, ZONING THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU, THE CITIZENS, UH, WHO GIVE BACK, WHO GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR IDEAS, UH, BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND OTHERS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS CITY, UH, WHAT IT IS.
AND SO YOU HEARD, UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENT EARLIER, UH,
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I, I FORGET THE DATE, BUT I'M SURE YOU HEARD IT, WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, WE WOULD LIKE, WHEN IS IT? OCTOBER 26TH.WE EXPECT TO NOT ONLY SEE THIS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, BUT ACTUALLY MORE, UH, BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T WORK WITHOUT YOU.
I SAID THIS EARLIER TO SOMEBODY, UH, TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I GET FRUSTRATED WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO GET INVOLVED? YOU KNOW, AND MY AND MY QUESTION THAT I ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE, WELL, DID YOU VOTE? DID YOU GET INVOLVED? DID YOU BASICALLY COMMIT YOUR TIME AND EFFORT, OR YOU'RE JUST EXPECTING SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT? WELL, I KNOW THE CITY OF DESOTO IS NOT THAT TYPE OF CITY.
AND SO, AGAIN, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO GET INVOLVED.
AND IF WE CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED AND WE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES, IF WE CONTINUE TO, TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, WE WILL MOVE THIS CITY FOR, UH, FORWARD.
THE CITY IS ALREADY GREAT, BUT WE NEVER WANT TO REST ON OUR LOYALS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING THIS DAY.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE.
THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF AND TO THE, UH, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE WONDERFUL WORDS.
UH, MR. PUGH, OUR, OUR INCOMING CHAIR.
[3. Presentation of the Curtistene McCowan Citizenship Award]
WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF THE INE MCOWEN CITIZENSHIP AWARD.
MAKING A PRESENTATION IS MAYOR RACHEL L PROCTOR, AND MS. STACY DAVIS WITH THE DE DESOTO POLICE AND CLERGY COMMISSION.
UM, THIS IS SUCH AN EXCITING, UH, EXCITING AWARD, AND I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS AWARD THAT WAS CREATED TO HONOR THE LEGACY AND THE LIFE OF OUR FORMER MAYOR, THE LATE INE ES MCOWEN.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, I'M GONNA ASK HER FAMILY.
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE MCCOWEN FAMILY ARE HERE.
I'M GONNA ASK IF YOU ALL WILL PLEASE STAND SO THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU BEFORE WE, UH, ANNOUNCE OUR AWARD RECIPIENT.
AND SO, TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, ALL OF THE NOMINEES, AND WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE NOMINEES.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THE COMMITTEE DECIDED ON THIS.
THIS WAS A TOUGH DECISION, AND I'M GLAD I WAS NOT IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS HERE.
UM, MS. DAVIS, UH, AND SOME OTHERS.
WE HAD A RECEPTION PRIOR TO THIS WHERE THEY GAVE A LOT OF THE BACKGROUND ON EACH OF THESE NOMINEES.
AND WHEN I SAY INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH OF A WORD TO DESCRIBE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOMINATED.
AND SO, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, I'M GONNA ASK IF YOU WILL STAND AT YOUR PLACE WHERE YOU'RE SEATED.
I'M GONNA ASK IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, STAND AND WAVE YOUR HAND.
THE FIRST NOMINEE FOR THIS AWARD IS MS. CHARLOTTE BERRY.
UH, AND SHE WAS NOMINATED BECAUSE OF HER ADVOCACY.
WE HAVE SHAKA DAVIS, UH, WITH LEADERSHIP, AND I BELIEVE THESE NAMES.
I'M, I THINK IT'S IKA DIGES, CORRECT? NO.
I'M GONNA GO WITH WHAT'S ON MY PAPER THEN.
I KNEW I WAS, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING HERE.
UH, LET ME RE LET ME PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME AGAIN.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING NOMINATED.
WE HAVE MS. OPHELIA GREEN, A PASSION FOR A CAUSE.
AND WE HAVE MR. AMMAN KAMAL FOR VOLUNTEERING PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND THIS PARTICULAR AWARD IS SPONSORED BY DESOTOS POLICE, CLERGY AND COMMUNITY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DPCC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS DAK.
UH, THAT MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW THEM AS.
SO I'M GONNA ASK IF THE MEMBERS OF, UH, OUR DESOTO POLICE CLERGY COMMUNITY WILL STAND AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
AND SO, THE CITY, THE CITY OF DESOTO, WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, NOT ONLY THE NOMINEES, BUT THOSE
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OF YOU, UM, THAT HAVE STOOD THAT WORK WITH DESOTO POLICE AND CLERGY AND COMMUNITY FOR ALL THAT YOU DO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.UM, I ALWAYS SAY THE SEVEN OF US SITTING AROUND THIS DAY IS, CANNOT DO IT ALL.
WE NEED YOUR INPUT TO MAKE OUR CITY.
AS MR. PEW SAID, IT'S ALREADY GREAT, BUT WE DON'T WANNA REST ON OUR LAURELS.
SO WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK AND THE TIME THAT EACH OF YOU PUT IN, UM, TO HELP MAKE DESOTO THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE.
AND SO, UH, DESOTO POLICE CLERGY COMMUNITY HAS INFORMED ME THAT EACH OF THESE NOMINEES ARE VERY MUCH SO DESERVING, UH, FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY ONE OF YOU CAN BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT.
I'M GONNA ASK MS. RAND, IS SHE COMING? IS SHE OKAY COMING FOR THE PHOTO? I'M GONNA ASK YOU ALL IF YOU ALL WOULD COME AS WELL.
UM, BEFORE WE COME, COME ON UP, MS. RAND, AND YOU ARE OUR LAST YEAR'S RECIPIENT, THE, THE INAUGURAL RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD.
MS. MYRA RAND SHOULD BE JOHNSON VELMA WYATT.
THEY SAID YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD BE UP HERE AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD.
I'M JUST DOING, AS I'M TOLD, MS. WYATT
PASTOR RENTY, I THINK HE'S FACEBOOK LIVE AND OR SOMETHING OVER HERE.
PASTOR CAESAR RENTY, PLEASE COME JOIN US AS WELL.
I REMEMBER WHEN HE MENTIONED TO US ABOUT THE IDEA FOR THIS AWARD.
SO WE'RE JUST GLAD TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION.
THANK YOU, PASTOR, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
SO, AT THIS TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE RECIPIENT DRUM ROLL, PLEASE.
OF THE 2023 KINE S MCOWEN, I'M GONNA ASK THE MCOWEN FAMILY TO COME JOIN ME UP HERE AS WELL.
DENISE VALENTINE AND MS. DENISE VALENTINE, YOU COME ON UP.
YOU HAD A HAND IN DESOTO POLICE AND CLERGY CHIEF IS HERE.
SEE IF I, IF, IF, IF IT'S DELAYED ANY BECAUSE CHIEF COSTA, WHAT HE JUST PUT IN MY EAR.
SO AT THIS TIME, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, UM, WE WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE 2023 KHRISTINE S MCALLEN CITIZENSHIP AWARD AND THE RECIPIENT OF THIS YEAR'S AWARD IS MS. OPHELIA ROBERTSON GREEN DESERVE.
WE'RE GONNA GET YOUR PHOTOS, I'M GONNA LET YOU COLLECT YOURSELF, BUT WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO HAVE SOME WORDS IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
LET'S GET SOME PHOTOS OF THE ACTUAL AWARD ITSELF.
YES, MS. GREEN, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND SHE IS SOMEBODY THAT, AND, AND AS WE MENTIONED, ALL OF OUR RECIPIENTS ARE DESERVING.
UM, BUT YOUR HUMILITY, YOUR, UM, JUST YOUR HEART FOR WHAT YOU DO, IT SHINES THROUGH.
AND I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT, UM, SHINE THROUGH IN TERMS OF THIS AWARD.
SO WE JUST APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.
AND SO PLEASE RECEIVE THIS ON BEHALF OF DESOTO POLICE, CLERGY, AND COMMUNITY, AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DESOTO.
WE THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
OH, AND THEY SAID THAT, UM, MISS, UH, IT'S A, THIS WILL GO ON THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN THEY SAID THERE'S A, A NICE LITTLE, I BELIEVE IT'S A GIFT CARD IN HERE.
UM, BUT A LITTLE SOMETHING TO, UM, TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING WITH AFTER YOU LEAVE HERE TONIGHT, UH, ALONG WITH YOUR AWARD, UM, AT THIS TIME, LET'S GET SOME OFFICIAL PHOTOS, AND THEN WE'LL ALLOW YOU TO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A BIG CROWD.
YOU CAN'T SEE PASTOR
AS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S SHOCKING.
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HONORED THIS WAY.I'VE LIVED IN DESOTA FOR 24 YEARS IN THE TEXAS FOR 48 OR 24 IN DESOTA.
AND MY PASSION IS TO ENCOURAGE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
AND THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
AND I STARTED THE ORGANIZATION WITH A FEW DOLLARS OUTTA MY OWN POCKET TO MAKE IT A FREE LUNCHEON THAT'LL BE SPONSOR IN EVERY MAY FOR SURVIVORS.
AND THEN TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE DOWN IN THE TRENCHES DOING ALL THE HARD WORK TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE HOPE AND HEALING FOR SURVIVORS.
I SUPPORT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS, AS OFTEN AS THE LORD PROVIDES US THE MONEY TO DO THAT.
AND IT'S ABOUT GIVING GIFTS TO OTHERS.
AND SO I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A VESSEL THAT HONORS HIM.
AND, UH, THE ORGANIZATION WAS ORGANIZED TO HONOR MY MOTHER INITIALLY, BUT THE LORD JUST KEEPS AFFIRMING ME EVERY YEAR.
THE, I I HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB.
SO TO GET HERE FOR THIS EVENT, I HAD TO LEAVE MY OFFICE FROM ARLINGTON AN HOUR EARLY TO GET HERE.
BUT I REALLY HADN'T THOUGHT, DIDN'T EVEN THINK I WAS GONNA WIN AT ALL.
I WAS JUST HONORED TO, TO BE NOMINATED.
SO I THANK YOU, UM, MERRICK PROCTOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE, UM, DPCC FOR YOUR FAITH.
AND, UM, WHAT I DO AND JUST THE IDEA THAT I WANT TO MAKE OUR CITY, UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT BE CONSIDERED LIKE UNDERSERVED.
LIKE SOME PEOPLE THINK WE ARE UNDERSERVED IN THIS AREA.
'CAUSE WE LIVE IN THE SOUTH SOUTHERN SECTOR, WANNA PULL MORE PEOPLE TO THIS AREA.
AND SO I PLAN TO LEAVE HEAVEN, GO TO HEAVEN FROM HERE, OKAY? AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AS LONG AS THE LORD GIVES ME BREATH.
AND BEFORE I, BEFORE I CLOSE, I WANT TO, I WANNA THANK, UH, MY FRIEND GWENDOLYN JONES AND THERESA LITTLE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
[4. Presentation of proclamation honoring World Teachers' Day 2023]
MS. WILLIAMS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.NEXT WE HAVE THE PRESENTATIONAL PROCLAMATION, HONORING WORLD TEACHER'S DAY 2023, MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS MAYOR PRO TEM LETITIA HUGHES RECEIVING IS DR.
USAMA ROGERS FROM DESOTO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SHE'S A SUPERINTENDENT.
CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT? THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN? COME ON UP.
USAMA ROGERS, YOU WANNA COME UP? LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER HAND.
SO I'D LIKE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF WORLD TEACHER DAY, WHEREAS TEACHERS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY, STATE AND NATION.
AND WHEREAS TEACHERS DEVOTE THEIR TIME, ENERGY, AND EXPERTISE TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE, AND EMPOWER STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL FOR FOSTERING A LOVE FOR LEARNING.
AND WHEREAS TEACHERS ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN IMPAIRING THE VALUES OF RESPECT, TOLERANCE, AND UNDERSTANDING, PROMOTING UNITY AND HARMONY WITHIN OUR DIVERSE SOCIETY.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL WORLD TEACHERS DAY CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON OCTOBER 5TH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF EDUCATORS AROUND THE WORLD.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DESOTO AND DESOTO CITY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES THE EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR LOCAL EDUCATORS WHO CONTINUE TO ADAPT AND INNOVATE IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES TO ENSURE QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RACHEL L PROCTOR BY THE POWER VEST IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS DALLAS COUNTY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DESOTO DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 5TH, 2023 AS NATIONAL WORLD TEACHERS DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING AND EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO OUR DEDICATED TEACHERS FOR THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR SOCIETY.
AN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED THIS THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023.
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RACHEL, LEO PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTEST.ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY, THANK YOU TO MAYOR PROCTOR.
UM, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF DESOTO.
ON BEHALF OF THE TEACHERS IN DESOTO, ISD, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT THANKS.
UM, TEACHERS ARE THE PROFESSION THAT TEACHES AND CHANGES ALL PROFESSIONS THAT CREATE, CREATE PROFESSIONALS, AND WE HAVE AMAZING EDUCATORS IN DESOTO, ISD, AND I JUST THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR OUTPOURING OF LOVE, APPRECIATION, AND SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY, TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK WITH JUST, UM, EVERYBODY FROM ALL OVER, LOVING ON OUR TEACHERS, AND THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY TAKES, THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE GREAT COMMUNITIES.
SO ON BEHALF OF OUR TEACHERS, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR APPRECIATING THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO EACH DAY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
STRONG SCHOOLS MAKE STRONG CITIES, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DR. ROGERS FOR BEING HERE TO ACCEPT THAT PROCLAMATION.
UH, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM
[E. CONSENT AGENDA Items are listed on the Consent Agenda by the City Manager and are recommended to the City Council for single vote approval. An item( s) may be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate vote at the request of a Councilmember, the Mayor, or the City Manager. ]
ON THE AGENDA.AGENDA ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL.
AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR, OR THE CITY MANAGER.
FIRST, WE WILL HAVE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH, 2023, RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY WEEK, CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ETTE BY TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF T MAXINE WOODS MCMILLION TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
PLACE FIVE, CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF ANTOINE TYSON TO PLACE THREE AND REAPPOINTMENT OF JOE DETE, A PLACE FOUR TO THE CITIZEN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE RE MEDICAL LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $95,000 FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND MEDICATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE CONTRACT FOR 84 COMPUTERS FROM DELL, INC.
FOR A TOTAL OF $144,660 AND 2 CENTS.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH VERIZON FOR CELLULAR AND DATA SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CHANGE ORDER.
AMENDMENT TO THE 2023 MOEN SERVICES CONTRACT WITH LARRY HAR HARDWELL MOWING IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,000 FOR SCOPE EXPANSION TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL MOWING AREAS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER? UH, YES, I'D LIKE TO PULL, UM, ITEM EJ E TWO J FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
SORRY, COUNSEL AT THIS TIME, IS THERE, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UM, MOTION? NO.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASKING FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE MINUTES, UH, THAT WERE INCLUDED IN OUR PACKET.
I'M LOOKING AT, UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO PULL IT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND SUGGEST WHAT I, WHAT I THINK ABOUT IT? IT'S THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS OF THE 2023 FIRE STATION VISIBILITY STUDY.
OF COURSE, IF YOU PULLED, PULLED, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
HE SAYS THAT HE REQUESTS THAT I PULL IT.
ITEM NUMBER THREE TO BE PULLED.
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COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM TWO J.WHO WAS THE OTHER ONE? AN E ONE A.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
COUNSEL, UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE CONFIRMED ON THIS CONSENT AGENDA, UH, MS. TANETTE BY TO OUR CIVIL SERVICE, UH, COMMISSION.
IF YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT, PLEASE STAND ALSO T MAXINE WOODS MCMILLIAN TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMISSION PLACED FIVE.
IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE STAND.
I DON'T SEE HIM OR MR. JOE DEUR, HOWEVER, THEY WERE RECONFIRMED AND REAPPOINTED, EXCUSE ME, TO THE CITIZENS POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER AND, UH, THANK THEM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR BOARDS.
[a. Special City Council Meeting September 18, 2023]
HAVE, I'LL, I'LL GO IN ORDER, UM, AS PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS E ONE A.UM, IS THERE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DR. MARKS FOR THAT ONE? THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR, UH, MINUTES FOR, UH, THAT SPECIAL MEETING FOR THAT PARTICULAR TIME, UH, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS OF THE 2023 FIRE STATION FEASIBILITY STUDY.
WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR, UH, MINUTES, IT SAYS, FIRE CHIEF SOUTHERN INTRODUCED ROBERT FINN AND MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP, WHO PROVIDED THE AGENDA ITEM PRE PRESENTATION.
BUT FROM THAT, I'M NEEDING SOME MORE SUBSTANCE BECAUSE WHEN WE READ MINUTES, MINUTES ARE STANDALONE PRODUCTS, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE A VIDEO, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO GO ON OR TO GO BY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES AND DISCERN EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO, UM, VOTES TAKEN.
BUT I DO RECALL, AND I'M NOT THE VERY BEST PERSON TO RECALL EVERYTHING BY MEMORY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S AN OCULAR DEMONSTRATION OF WHY IT SHOULD BE IN THE, IN THE MINUTES.
I REMEMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE TIMING THAT IT TAKES TO, YOU KNOW, FOR A FIRE TO GET CERTAIN PLACES.
UH, WE WERE PRESENTED WITH SEVERAL OPTIONS, THINGS, ITEMS THAT WE SHOULD START THINKING ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH, IF YOU WILL, OF SUBSTANCE INTO OUR MINUTES AS WE GO THROUGH.
IT SHOULD NOT BE A ONE-LINER TO DO A SUMMARIZATION AS TO WHAT WAS ENCOUNTERED FOR THAT ENTIRE MEETING.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, ARE YOU ASKING FOR SOMETHING TO BE ALTERED TO THOSE MEETINGS OR IS IT JUST A COMMENT? YEAH, I'M ASKING FOR IT TO BE ALTERED BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO APPROVE A SET OF MINUTES WHEN IT'S NOT COMPLETE.
AGAIN, IF I READ THIS, IF A PERSON OUT THERE READ THAT THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THE VIDEO, THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT UNDER THAT PARTICULAR HEADING, YOU SHOULD BE A PERSON READING IT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUMMARIZE AS TO WHAT WENT ON FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
NOT JUST THAT ITEM, BUT THE INTERIM MEETING.
AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH OR SUBSTANCE FOR THOSE ITEMS AS WE DISCUSSED THEM MOVING FORWARD.
UH, THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY GRITA, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THAT? BECAUSE I'M NOT, AGAIN, THE CHIEF BANK OF RECOMMENDATION, SO I'LL LEAVE, THAT'S REALLY UP, UP FOR THE, FOR THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE, DO THEY WANT TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED, OR DO THEY WANNA GO AHEAD AND REQUEST THAT THE THE MINUTES GO BACK AND BE REVISED? I, I, WELL, I, I AND I UNDER, I, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE POINT AND, AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH IT.
HOWEVER, I GUESS FROM A, WHAT WOULD BE IN JOE, AND, AND MAYBE I DON'T, I'M NOT USING THE CORRECT TERM, BUT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, THE MINUTES JUST SIMPLY REFLECT WHAT OCCURRED AT THAT MEETING.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE BASIC, THE AND THE MINUTES ARE REALLY YOUR MINUTES.
WHAT YOU AS A COUNCIL WANT THOSE MINUTES TO BE.
THEY CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS ACTION ITEMS. OKAY.
WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED, THIS BEING, THIS WAS REALLY A DISCUSSION, SO IT'S REALLY UP TO THE COUNCILS.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION THAT YOU WANNA SEE IN THE MINUTES AS IT RELATES TO THE DISCUSSION? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S THERE OR DO YOU WANNA SEE A, A SUMMARY OF WHAT THAT DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT? NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, WHAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, BUT A DISCUSSION AS, OR BULLET POINTS OF THAT, OF THAT DISCUSSION.
THAT IS, AGAIN, THE MINUTES ARE YOUR MINUTES.
SO YOU MAKE THAT DECISION COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY.
RIGHT? I, I GUESS I, I GUESS WHERE, WHERE I, I GUESS WHERE I GUESS THERE, THERE'S SOME DEBATE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND I'M, I'M PERFECTLY OKAY BECAUSE AGAIN, I, I TYPICALLY, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'M LOOKING FOR IN A, IN A MEETING, I, I WILL TYPICALLY GO BACK TO THE VIDEO THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THOSE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT, THAT TEND TO BE A LENGTHY DISCUSSION.
IT'S, YOU KIND OF GET INTO THE WEEDS OF,
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OKAY, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE ABOUT THAT DISCUSSION VERSUS WHAT IS NOT.AND I GUESS THAT WOULD BE SUBJECTIVE.
AND SO I, I, TO ME, I JUST, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH LEAVING IT AS IS AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL CONTEXT THAT'S NEEDED, I ALWAYS RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE TO WATCH THOSE.
'CAUSE YOU CAN GET INTO, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SUMMARIZE A 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION, I MEAN, YOU GET INTO WHAT DO YOU INCLUDE AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE IN THAT DISCUSSION.
SO I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF REQUESTING A SUMMARY FOR THE MINUTES, UM, AS LONG AS THE VIDEO IS AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE CONTEXT TO RESIDENTS AND ANYONE NEEDING TO SEE IT.
THANK YOU DR. MARKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
DOES OUR VIDEOS BECOME A LEGAL DOCUMENT? UH, AS A MINUTE WOULD BE ONCE YOU VOTE ON THEM? UH, NO.
AND, AND, AND FOR THAT REASON, I, I CONCUR PROBABLY TO GET MORE DOCUMENTS.
IF, IF THE VIDEO DOES NOT BECOME A LEGAL, A LEADING A LEGAL DOCUMENT AND THE MINUTES DUE, UH, PER SE, WHY YOU
'CAUSE IT'S NOT, THE MINUTES AREN'T NECESSARILY A LEGAL DOCUMENT, IT'S JUST A DOCUMENT THAT, THAT Y'ALL ARE APPROVING THAT IT REFLECTS WHAT OCCURRED AT THAT MEETING.
SO IT'S APPROVED BY YOU AS FAR AS REPRESENTING WHAT OCCURRED AT THAT MEETING WHERE THE VIDEO'S NOT VOTED ON BY ANYONE.
THAT RIGHT VIDEO IS, AND I, I THINK WITH THAT SAID, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE, MAYOR PROCTOR, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND DR.
MARK'S, UH, SUMMARIZATION OF IT.
AND MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN CAMERA IT OUT TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, AND SO MAYBE, UH, DR. MARKS, ARE YOU OKAY WITH US APPROVING? BECAUSE I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A PROBLEM THAT IS, THAT'S NOT ONLY IN THIS SET OF MINUTES,
WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M AFRAID OF.
I DON'T WANT IT TO LINGER AND TO CONTINUE.
I THINK, UM, WE SHOULD STOP AND CORRECT IT AND MOVE FORWARD.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD JUST, JUST APPROVE TO BE APPROVED.
AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A CONCERN WITH IT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING, SEE, BECAUSE THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STANDALONE.
IF I'VE NEVER ATTENDED A MEETING, IF I WASN'T THERE, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL THIS, THESE MINUTES AND READ AND HAVE A, A GREAT, UH, RECAPITULATION OF WHAT HAPPENED FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEETING.
AND I CAN'T SAY THAT BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS THAT THIS PERSON PRESENTED A PRESENTATION.
WELL, YOU KNOW, DURING THAT PRESENTATION, THERE WERE SEVERAL OPTIONS.
THERE WERE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT LOCATIONS AND THIS KIND OF THING, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOME, UH, LITTLE SNIPPET THAT WE CAN DO TO, UH, GIVE A, A BRIEF SYNOPSIS, IF YOU WILL, AS TO WHAT HAPPENED.
NOT JUST A ONE-LINER THAT A PERSON PRESENTED IT.
AND I, AND I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE US COUNSEL TO RECALL, AGAIN, OUR MINUTES DIDN'T JUST START WITH THIS SET OF MINUTES.
UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN GOING OFF OF PRECEDENT AS FAR AS WHAT'S BEEN SAID.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MINUTES BEING THE SOLE SUMMARIZATION, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE HAVE ENTIRE AGENDA PACKETS WHEN WE HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO US, ANY DOCUMENTATION, ANY CONTRACTS, THOSE THINGS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA THE AGENDA PACKET.
SO TO GO BACK AND TRY TO MAKE THE DOCUMENT, THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT AND THE SUMMATION OF IT BE THE MINUTES, I THINK THAT THAT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS WHEN IT, THAT, THAT INFORMATION IS ALREADY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE THE MEETING ACTUALLY OCCURS.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF DETAILS, THE PLACE TO DIRECT AN INDIVIDUAL, IN MY OPINION, WOULD AGAIN BE THE VIDEO OR THE AGENDA PACKET, WHICH CONTAINS THE ACTUAL SLIDES FROM THE PRESENTATIONS, UM, AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING.
AND SO, AGAIN, I'M, I STILL KIND OF STAND ON WHAT I SAID BEFORE.
I WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY IN FAVOR OF TRYING TO EXPAND OUT THE MINUTES, BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE, THE WAY THE MINUTES ARE BEING DONE UP UNTIL NOW HAS BEEN THE WAY THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN DONE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT'S CONTAINED IN THOSE MINUTES, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT ACTION ITEMS OR THINGS OCCURRED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN DETAIL BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IF SOMEONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY PRESENTED, THAT INFORMATION IS IN THE AGENDA PACKET.
HOWEVER, THOSE ARE JUST AGAIN, MY THOUGHTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, I BELIEVE, YES.
UM, I'M IN WHOLEHEARTED AGREEMENT WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MARKS IN THAT, UH, MINUTES ARE A OFFICIAL RECORD IN THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY APPROVING THESE.
AND THEY WILL ALWAYS BE TOP OF MY LIST AS THINGS THAT SHOULD BE COHESIVE.
UH, PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ THEM AND NOT HAVE TO RELY ON A, IN A, ON A VIDEO IN CASE THE VIDEO EVER GOES AWAY.
I JUST, I BELIEVE THAT WE REALLY SHOULD GIVE THAT SOME CREDENCE.
AND IF WE DON'T GIVE IT CREDENCE, THEN THEY WILL NEVER GET CREDENCE, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO I'M IN WHOLEHEARTED AGREEMENT WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS
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IN THAT WE SHOULDN'T APPROVE THAT UNTIL IT'S AT A POINT, NOT NECESSARILY GRANULARLY DETAILED, BUT TO SOME DEGREE, SOME DETAILS NEED TO BE THERE.AND MAYBE THAT'S A DECISION WE ALL NEED TO MAKE AS WELL.
MEMBER RAPHAEL? YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, BUT MY RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE FOR CERTAIN, JUST MAKING IT CLEAR ON OUR VOTES, AND I KNOW THAT'S DOCUMENTED.
UM, BUT ALSO IN, IN SOME OF OUR DISCUSSIONS, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NEGOTIATED AT THAT TIME THAT EITHER COME BACK AND I THINK THOSE DETAILS NEED TO BE THERE.
SO WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED WAS THE FIRE, I THINK THAT FIRE STATION FEASIBILITY STUDY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS, UH, UM, THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD OCCUR WAS A NEW SYSTEM OR, OR SOME TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT THAT'S BEING, UM, CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF BREAKING THE TIME DOWN, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION.
I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION, UM, DURING THOSE WORK SESSIONS, WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WHEN THE, BEFORE THOSE THINGS COME BACK, THAT WOULD BE THE PLACE WHERE THINGS WOULD, WOULD GET A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW MORE DETAILS THAN JUST A PRESENTATION WITH THAT.
AND SO I THINK, UM, JUST FOR OUR SAKE, JUST SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND RESIDENTS CAN FOLLOW ALONG, FOLLOW ALONG, I THINK THAT PART'S IMPORTANT AS WELL AS, UM, UM, MAKING CERTAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR MINUTES RELATED TO THE MEETINGS THAT ARE NOT BROADCAST UP SOONER.
SO ALL OF OUR RETREAT MINUTES, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE SOONER, ANY OF OUR AUXILIARY MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, I THINK WE NEED TO GET THOSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO FOR SURE, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA GET TOO GRANULAR, YOU KNOW, AND HAVING PARAGRAPHS OF SUMMARIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED, NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, UH, IN INCLUDES INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO SEE.
AGAIN, INFORMATION THAT, UH, THAT NEEDS TO COME BACK AT A LATER SESSION.
COUNSEL, COUNSEL, NOT TO ADD SOMETHING ADDITIONAL TO YOUR PLATE TO DISCUSS, BUT LET'S TRY TO, UH, IN, IN GREAT POINTS, LET'S STICK TO THESE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE MINUTES, FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANNA DO WITH THEM, AND IF WE NEED TO COME BACK AND HAVE A, A, A MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT YOUR EXPECTATION IS IN THE MINUTES IN GENERAL, THAT MAY BE FOR A LATER, A LATER MEETING.
SO COUNSEL, UM, AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM E ONE, A MAYOR? UM, I MOVE THAT FOR ITEM E ONE A, THAT, UH, WE APPROVE WITH IT BEING AMENDED TO ADD IN THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
'CAUSE YOU, YOU NEED TO APPROVE WHATEVER IS PUT BACK INTO THE MINUTES.
SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE MINUTES TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH, WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, BEING GIVEN UNDER ITEM, WHATEVER THAT ITEM, WHATEVER THE ITEM WAS, HAVING THE CITY SECRETARY ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNDER.
WAS IT ONE ITEM, ONE A I, I WITHDRAW MY ORIGINAL MOTION AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE MINUTES THAT WERE PRESENTED TODAY AND TO BRING THEM BACK WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS AROUND THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO COUNCIL.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHI CHISHOLM SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO TABLE THE MINUTES TO BE BROUGHT BACK WITH THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS NOTED.
COUNCIL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[j. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a change order amendment to the 2023 mowing services contract with Larry Harwell Mowing in the amount of $70,000 for scope expansion to include additional mowing areas]
J TWO.SO THIS, I WAS BRINGING IT FORWARD BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS I HAD AROUND THE ACTUAL CONTRACT ITSELF.
AS I READ THROUGH IT, THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT I SAW.
UM, UM, DIRECTOR GLOVER, UH, YOU DID ANSWER A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL, BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE CONTRACTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CONTRACTS ARE IN ORDER.
THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT DID COME UP THAT I STILL NEED ANSWERS TO.
LIKE, WHY THIS CENSUS? IT'S OVER 50,000.
WHY DIDN'T IT GO OUT FOR BID? UH, WHY IS IT ON ITS LAST? IT'S ON ITS THIRD RENEWAL, THE END OF ITS THIRD RENEWAL, WHICH MEANS IT HAS TO BE RENEWED IN ORDER TO EVEN GO THROUGH THIS YEAR.
UH, WHY COULDN'T WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, UH, BEFORE THIS, THIS PARTICULAR YEAR? SHOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN RENEWED SO THAT IT CAN KEEP GOING? UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I HAD ABOUT THE REPORTS, WHEN WE DO REPORTS WITH THESE, UH, CONTRACTORS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LANDSCAPING, BECAUSE THIS, THIS DOES, IT DOESN'T HAVE A MAP IN THERE TO SHOW YOU ALL THE LOCATIONS, EVEN THOUGH IT GIVES ADDRESSES, UH, IT DOESN'T GIVE A MAP TO SHOW WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING MOWED, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH THE CITY AND I'VE ASKED, WELL, WONDER WHO'S DOING THE MOWING? AND IS IT A REGULAR, UH, MOWING? BECAUSE IT'S LIKE IN THE, IN THE CONTRACT IT SAYS 20 MOWS PER YEAR, AND THAT EQUATES TO ROUGHLY LESS
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THAN HALF OF THE YEAR, HALF OF THE WEEKS OF THE YEAR.UM, SO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WERE JUST THINGS THAT I WANTED TO KNOW, AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED QUITE A FEW OF THEM, AND WHETHER THIS WAS AN MWB, UH, WMBE AND YOU SAID IT WASN'T.
SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT ON THE RECORD, SO, OKAY.
THE OTHER THINGS YOU CAN ANSWER, I'M SORRY.
I'M GONNA TRY TO, I KNOW AT, AT
AND, UH, THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS IN THE CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS US TO ADD ADDITIONAL FACILITIES FOR THIS MO.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT BY ADDING THOSE FACILITIES.
UH, NOW THE $50,000 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET, UH, AUTHORIZATION FROM CITY COUNCIL BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
AND, UM, A A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH, WE, WE, WE ADDED SOME FACILITIES.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FACILITIES JUST NORTH OF THE AMPHI AMPHITHEATER THAT THE CITY PURCHASED, UM, WINTERGREEN ROAD BY PAUL DRYERS, UH, PRESERVED, UH, WHEN IT WAS REDESIGNED, UH, THAT ALSO ADDED, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, AREAS THAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
AND AT MCALLEN PARK, UH, WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE PARKING ISSUES, THERE WERE A LOT OF, UH, BRUSH THAT WAS, THAT WE HAD TO CUT DOWN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO LAY DOWN SOME OF THE GRAVEL.
SO NONE OF THOSE THINGS WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY UNDER 50.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THERE WAS ONE, UM, INVOICE THAT CAME IN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE WORK HAD BEEN DONE THAT WAS OVER $30,000.
THEY PUSHED US OVER THE $50,000 BRIM.
AND SO WHEN WE RECOGNIZED THAT AND WE SAW THAT, THAT'S WHEN WE GOT EVERYTHING ON THE AGENDA TO BRING IT FORTH TO YOU ALL TO SAY, UH, OH, WE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
UH, WHAT ELSE? THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
I I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THEM DOWN.
WHAT ELSE? NO, I THINK YOU, I THINK YOU ANSWERED ALL OF THEM.
I WAS REALLY TALKING AROUND THE REPORTING.
UH, IS THERE ANY REPORTS AROUND, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THIS MORE, IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY IS AVAILABLE, UH, ON A YEARLY BASIS, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF KNOW IF THIS MORE IS DOING WHAT THE CITY EXPECTS IT TO DO? YEAH, YEAH.
SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS CAME THROUGH OUR, UH, WHAT'S OUR SYSTEM THAT THEY SENT IT THROUGH, NOT, UM, I FORGOT THE NAME OF OUR SYSTEM.
I KNOW AT, UH, UM, ELLERSON CHASE, THERE WAS A PHILOSOPHICAL CHANGE WITH THAT, THAT HOA, UH, FOR PEARSON PARK ORIGINALLY, THEY WANTED US TO LEAVE IT, LEAVE THE BRUSH THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY.
THEY DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IN THEIR BACKYARDS.
AND, UH, NOW THE PEOPLE, THE, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT'S IN CHARGE NOW, THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT.
AND SO THEY ACTUALLY WANTED US TO START CUTTING IT.
SO THAT WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS IN THE CONTRACT.
SO A A, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL SEE, AGAIN, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY SOME UNFORESEEN THINGS.
UM, THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF CAME UP THAT WE HAD TO CUT IT.
NOW, IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO IT OVER WHEN WE RECEIVED SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THE ISSUE, WE SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT TO YOU ALL TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
IT'S GONNA CAUSE US TO GO OVER $50,000 AND WE NEED YOUR BLESSINGS.
BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE DO IT, HELP, OH, SORRY.
YEAH, JUST, JUST, JUST FOR, FOR MY 2 CENTS, I, I, I THINK IN THE FUTURE WHAT WE WOULD DO, THIS, THIS CONTRACT WAS A LITTLE UNIQUE IN THAT IT SET A MAXIMUM NOT TO EXCEED VALUE ON A CONTRACT LIKE THIS WHERE YOU HAVE UNIT PRICING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE A CAP ON IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL.
WHEN WE GET A NEW CONTRACT, WE WILL NOT SET A CEILING ON THAT CONTRACT.
IT'LL HAVE THE, THE BASE AMOUNTS ON IT.
AGAIN, THIS IS MORE OF A BUDGETARY, BUDGETARY OR BUDGET AUTHORITY ITEM.
SO LONG AS THEY HAVE THE, UH, BUDGET FOR THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE CONTRACT ITSELF SHOULDN'T BE LIMITED BY A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
THAT WHAT, 'CAUSE WE ARE GOING TO ADD MOWING OVER TIME.
MOWING IS GONNA BE ADDED TO IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA GO OVER BUDGET, OH, OH, I'M SORRY, OVER THE CONTRACT AMOUNT.
IF YOU SET A, IF YOU SET A CAP ON IT, UM, ON THAT.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT WE'LL DO, WE'RE GO INTO NEXT YEAR IS THAT WE WILL NOT SET A CAP ON THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE CONTRACT, INSTEAD HAVE THE PER, UM, PER MOWING AMOUNTS SO THAT YOU CAN THEN USE IT AS A UNIT CONTRACT.
I, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT THAT WAS WHAT PREFERRED, JUST IN CASE SOMETHING DOES COME UP, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO WAIT TO, WHENEVER IT COULD GET ON THE AGENDA BEFORE WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS CORRECT.
UM, I, SHE ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT THE 20 MOS IN THE YEAR.
LIKE IS THAT IN THAT, THAT, THAT PIECE OF THE CONTRACT, I DON'T THINK YOU TALKED TO THAT WAS IT.
I'M ASSUMING THAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS ASKING THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT
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ENOUGH FOR A WHOLE YEAR.I'M SPECULATING, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WACKY.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND I SAY IT'S WACKY BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IT DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER.
LIKE IF IT RAINS A WHOLE LOT, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE MOS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF THROWING DARTS AT THAT AND SAYING WE HAVE 20 MOWS PER SITE.
BUT AGAIN, IF IT, WE JUGGLE IT LIKE WE HAD A REAL DRY SUMMER THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS $70,000 IS BECAUSE WE DID MOW AS MUCH BECAUSE IT WAS REAL DRY.
BUT THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHERE WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE RAIN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT.
AND SO AGAIN, THESE CONTRACTS ARE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE BRANDON SAID, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH WEATHER AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH NEW FACILITIES AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF THAT.
YOU MENTIONED THE, THE, THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT THE FIRST YEAR IN 19, UM, THAT WAS 1920 AND THEN WE HAD THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS AFTER THAT INITIAL YEAR.
SO WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THAT CONTRACT RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
IS THAT THE YEAR WHEN WE BROKE UP THE CONTRACTS? 'CAUSE I REMEMBER THERE WAS CON CONCERNS WITH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
WE WEREN'T GETTING ENOUGH W UH, M-W-M-B-E, UM, UM, UM, UH, VENDORS OR LOCAL VENDORS, YOU KNOW, SMALLER BUSINESSES.
AND SO WHAT IS THIS A RESULT OF THAT THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT A, A RESULT OF THE LARGER MOWING CONTRACT BEING BROKEN UP TO, BROKEN UP INTO SMALLER CHUNKS? THAT IS CORRECT.
THE CURRENT MOWING VENDOR, LARRY HARWELL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, HE'S THE ONE WITH THE LARGER EQUIPMENT THAT CAN REALLY GET THE BRUSH.
THE OTHER CONTRACTORS DON'T HAVE THE LARGER EQUIPMENT TO ACTUALLY GO IN AND KNOCK DOWN BRUSH.
SO I GUESS IN 20 19, 20 MOS WAS GOOD, BUT THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THEN IF IT'S A UNIT, UNIT COST, THEN WOULD IT BE A UNIT COST BASED OFF OF 20 MOSS BREAKING DOWN THAT NUMBER? SO IT'S A PER UNIT COST.
I'M, I'M JUST ASKING THAT QUESTION.
'CAUSE THE, THE CONTRACT WAS WRITTEN THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN FOR A REASON, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT REASON WAS THEN VERSUS NOW.
SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
UH, AND SO AGAIN, WITH, WITH, WITH THE NUMBER OF MOS, I THINK WHAT WE DID WHEN WE DID THIS CONTRACT IS WE ACTUALLY AVERAGED WHAT WE DID IN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT WE HAD BEFORE 19.
AND WHEN WE AVERAGED THE NUMBER OF MOSS, THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER, WHICH YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IT MAY HAVE WORKED WELL FOR US IN 1920, BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE END OF THE CONTRACT, IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WE DO.
AND YOU'RE THROWING IN THE WEATHER AS WELL.
SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF WILD CARDS OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY, MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE PROVE AS PRESENTED.
SECOND TO APPROVE AS, UH, ITEM TWO IE TWO J.
E TWO J AS PRESENTED COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, AT THIS TIME, MS. WILLIAMS, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, HAVING NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[1. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute employee medical, dental, vision and life insurance renewals at the quoted rates for Plan Year 2024]
OUR REGULAR AGENDA.NEW BUSINESS CON, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE EMPLOYEE MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION, AND THE INSURANCE AND THE LIFE INSURANCE RENEWALS AT THE QUARTER RATE FOR THE PLAN YEAR 2024.
MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS DENE GREENLEY, HR DIRECTOR.
UM, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME, WE ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO, UM, FOR THE INSURANCE.
THANK YOU FOR THE EMPLOYEE INSURANCE BENEFIT HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS.
UM, THIS YEAR WE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH OUR INSURANCE BROKER AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, MCGRIFF.
UM, THEY WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH OUR PROVIDER, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, UM, TO NEGOTIATE THE BEST RATE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, IN SPITE OF HIGH COST CLAIMS AND, UM, INFLATION.
SO I HAVE WITH ME TODAY OR TONIGHT, MR. LANCE PENLEY.
HE IS OUR SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS HERE TO DESCRIBE WHAT WENT INTO THAT PROCESS.
TODAY MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER LANCE PENLEY WITH MCGRIFF.
UH, PLEASED TO PRESENT, UH, THE, THE, THE MEDICAL RENEWAL INFORMATION TO YOU TONIGHT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA JUST REAL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON MEDICAL CLAIMS.
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I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SHOW YOU, UM, HOW THE CITY'S RUNNING, UH, FROM A CLAIMS STANDPOINT WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AND JUSTIFICATION OF, UH, ANY RENEWAL INCREASES.AS A REMINDER TOO, WE WENT OUT TO BID, UM, LAST YEAR, UH, FOR PLAN YEAR, JANUARY 1ST, 2023.
WE DID GO OUT TO MARKET AND RECEIVE SEVERAL BIDS, UH, FROM THE MARKET FOR MEDICAL COVERAGE.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE RATES FOR THE EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE SPLITS, AND THEN A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON PRE AND POST 65 RETIREES.
THIS IS JUST, UM, A HIGH LEVEL CLAIM REPORT OF WE OFFER THREE MEDICAL PLANS TO ACTIVE EMPLOYEES, COBRA PARTICIPANTS PRE AND POST 65 RETIREES.
WE'VE GOT THE CORE PLAN, UH, THE BUY-UP PLAN, AND THEN THE HSA PLAN.
AND I'VE GOT HIGHLIGHTED DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE A, UH, WHAT THAT IS IS A LOSS RATIO.
SO, UH, IN SIMPLE TERMS, FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE HAVE GIVEN, UH, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IN PREMIUM DOLLARS, WHAT HAVE THEY PAID OUT IN MEDICAL CLAIMS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR SPOUSES, OUR CHILDREN, AND RETIREES.
AND SO FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THEY'VE PAID OUT BASICALLY A DOLLAR AND 8 CENTS.
UM, SO THAT, THAT LOSS RATIO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE WILL, WE WILL JUSTIFY SOME OF THE, THE INFLATIONARY INCREASES, UH, THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN A MINUTE.
I DID ALSO BREAK OUT FOR YOU, THERE'S THE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS, WHICH MAKE UP A LARGE MAJORITY OF OUR, UH, ENROLLMENT.
UH, IF YOU CAN SEE YOUR AVERAGE EMPLOYEES PER MONTH, IT'S ABOUT MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.
YOU'LL SEE ACTIVE, UH, EMPLOYEES PER MONTH.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE PRE AND POST 65 RETIREES THAT, UH, ARE ON OUR HEALTH PLAN.
UH, THEY CONTRIBUTE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR OWN PREMIUM, UH, TO BE ON OUR PROGRAM.
BUT THERE ARE 23 PRE AND POST 65 RETIREES ON THE PLAN.
ALRIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY IN OFF CYCLE RENEWAL YEARS, MEANING WE DON'T, UH, GO OUT TO BID BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER, YOU KNOW, A MULTI-YEAR, UH, UH, SITUATION WHERE WE CAN, UH, NEGOTIATE WITH THE, WITH THE CURRENT VENDOR.
UM, BLUE CROSS ORIGINALLY RELEASED AN INCREASE OF 18.29%.
UM, OUR STRATEGY, WE, WE, WE DO HAVE A STRATEGY THAT WE TYPICALLY, UH, GO TO THAT PROVIDER AND WE, WE SAY, HEY, IF WE DO NOT GO OUT FOR BIDS THIS YEAR, WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO PROVIDE US? AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT, IT BEARS FRUIT.
UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO COME BACK AND BASICALLY REDUCE OUR INCREASE BY 10% FOR US TO NOT HIT THE OPEN MARKET.
UH, CLAIMS ALSO DICTATE THAT DECISION.
UH, SO DENE AND I, AND ULTIMATELY UP TO THE CITY MANAGER, WE DECIDE, YOU KNOW, IS IT A YEAR THAT WE SHOULD BE GOING OUT TO BID OR NOT? AND MY RECOMMENDATION WAS TO, TO, TO NOT GO OUT FOR BIDS THIS YEAR.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT 8.4, UH, PERCENT, UH, RENEWAL FOR NOT MARKETING FISCAL YEAR.
THAT WILL BE 6.3% BECAUSE OUR RENEWAL IS ON A CALENDAR YEAR.
SO WE'LL HAVE THREE MONTHS AT THE CURRENT RATES, NINE MONTHS AT, AT THE RENEWAL RATES.
AND WE AL ALSO WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A $10,000 CREDIT THAT THE HR DEPARTMENT USES, UH, TOWARDS, UH, VARIOUS WELLNESS INITIATIVES.
UH, DENTAL WILL RENEW WITH BLUE CROSS, AND WE WILL BE CHANGING AND ENHANCING OUR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
MOVING FROM DEER OAKS, EAP OVER TO ALLIANCE, WE DID MAKE A FEW PLAN DESIGN MODIFICATIONS.
UM, ON THE HSA PLAN, WE WERE REQUIRED TO INCREASE THE DEDUCTIBLE ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY COVERAGE.
THAT'S AN IRS REGULATION REQUIREMENT.
SO WE WERE, WE, WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
AND THEN WE MADE SOME VERY, UH, I WOULD SAY MINOR TWEAKS TO THE CORE PLAN AND THE BUY-UP PLAN, REALLY TO PUT THE CITY OF DESOTO IN BENCHMARKS WITH, UH, OTHER PEERS, UH, HERE IN THE METROPLEX.
UM, AND ALSO REDUCE COST AS WELL.
THIS, THIS WAS A FACTOR IN HELPING US REDUCE SOME OF THE PREMIUMS ULTIMATELY FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES HERE.
UH, THE CITY'S GONNA MAINTAIN, UH, A $0 PLAN FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
THAT, UH, HSA PLAN, UH, YOU SEE KIND OF IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER WILL REMAIN A $0, UH, PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES.
SO THAT'S VERY COMPETITIVE, UH, WITH YOUR PEERS.
AND THEN THERE WAS A PROPORTIONAL INCREASE OF THE 8.4%, BOTH TO THE CITY AND TO THE EMPLOYEES.
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THAT, I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON, UH, RETIREES, JUST BRIEFLY, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A, UH, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIRES THIS UNDER GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, CHAPTER 1 75 TO OFFER, UH, PRE 65 COVERAGE TO OUR RETIREES.AND THAT COVERAGE HAS TO BE SIMILAR TO THE COVERAGE THAT'S OFFERED TO ACTIVE EMPLOYEES.
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR THE CITY TO PAY FOR THAT COVERAGE, SIMPLY MAKE AN OFFER OF THAT COVERAGE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CITY MAINTAINS THAT WE'D LIKE TO OFFER THAT COVERAGE AND COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 1 75, BUT WE HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF, UH, SUBSIDIZING THAT COVERAGE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME VARIOUS TESTING, GASB 45, UM, SO THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL TESTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT IF WE HAD, IF WE WERE TO SUBSIDIZE COVERAGE, UH, FOR RETIREES.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL, UH, THAT INFORMATION, UH, SO THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED, UH, TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
AND THEN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER THIS COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM ARE TO RENEW WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, UH, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST WITH THE PLAN DESIGNS AS PRESENTED, UM, AND THEN APPROVE THE CONTRIBUTION STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE, UH, FOR THE ACTIVE EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST.
UM, MR. PENLEY, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD JUST SPEAK, IF YOU COULD STAND, UH, JUST KIND OF STAY CLOSE BY.
UH, WE DO HAVE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK.
WE HAVE KATHY SHIELDS COMING WITH AN INSURANCE, A QUESTION REGARDING INSURANCE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I THINK I KNOW EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR YOU.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE COST OF RETIREE INSURANCE PREMIUMS. WHEN I LEFT THE CITY, THERE WERE LESS THAN 20 RETIREES WHO CARRIED RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE, EVEN EITHER FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
SOME PAYING 2000, $2,500 A MONTH.
SOME OF THEM COULDN'T WORK ANYMORE, BUT THEY HAD TO HAVE INSURANCE.
AND THESE DAYS IT'S EVEN MORE OF A CHALLENGE TO AFFORD THE COVERAGE AND BASIC NECESSITIES.
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I GOT THOSE CALLS EVERY SINGLE YEAR FROM RETIREES AND I, I HAD NO GOOD ANSWERS FOR THEM.
YOU MIGHT THINK THEY MIGHT, THEY HAVE MEDICARE, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE UNDER 65, SO THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.
SOME OF THEM HAVE SPOUSES WHO ARE UNDER 65, SO IT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR THEM EITHER.
THEY JUST HAVE TO PAY THE COST.
AND ALL OF THESE DIRECTORS HAVE HEARD IT FROM THEIR EMPLOYEES RETIRING AS WELL.
SO, UM, INSURANCE IS SUBSIDIZED AT 70, 80, A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND I KNOW THIS 'CAUSE I, I RAN THE PLANS, UH, FOR RETIREES.
NOT 10 CENTS, NOT 20 CENTS, NOT $10.
SO, UM, THESE PEOPLE HAVE WORKED SOMETIMES FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
THESE ARE YOUR FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, CLERKS, EVERYBODY.
SO I'M PROPOSING SOMETHING REALLY MINOR FOR THESE SENIOR CITIZENS AND THEY'RE SENIOR CITIZENS AND FRANKLY, AND SO AM I, UM, SUBSIDIZE THEM AT $250 A MONTH.
IT'S NOT A LOT, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY.
THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE, UM, IS BUDGETED FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE, EVERY NEW EMPLOYEE EVERY YEAR.
FOR YEARS, WE HAD THOUSANDS AND SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LEFT OVER FROM INSURANCE DUE TO PLAN CHANGES, SALARY LAG.
WE CAN'T HIRE EMPLOYEES FAST ENOUGH, BUT ALL OF THIS IS BUDGETED.
SO, UM, SEE NOW I'M GETTING LOST TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF, DON'T I? UM, SOME PEOPLE HAVE COME BACK TO WORK JUST TO GET HEALTH INSURANCE.
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, A LOT OF THESE EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY ARE STILL WORKING ONLY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE.
$2,500 IS A LOT OF MONEY AND IT'S GONNA GO UP, AS YOU'LL SEE.
UM, THIS WOULD COST LESS THAN $50,000.
AND I WOULD PROPOSE THAT YOU GIVE THIS, UH, OR THAT YOU PROVIDE THIS SUBSIDY, NOT TO EVERYBODY, BUT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE 10 YEARS.
YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE IT TO THEM.
YOU ALL PROVIDE SO MANY PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS.
I MEAN, THINK OF WHAT YOU HAVE BUDGETED FOR THEM.
UM, AND, AND YES, YOU, YOU'LL HAVE TO INCLUDE IT IN YOUR AUDIT.
AND, UH, I DON'T, WOULD IT BE AN ISSUE? I'VE DONE IT BEFORE IN OTHER CITIES, IT'S NOT BEEN AN ISSUE, BUT IT, IT COULD BE, BUT IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU BUDGET FOR FOR RETIREES, UH, ACTIVITIES, MILITARY RECOGNITION, RECOGNITIONS,
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UH, FOOD, BIRTHDAY RECOGNITIONS.YOU KNOW, COULD YOU NOT TAKE $50,000 OUT OF WHAT IS ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THESE SENIORS? AND I COULD SAY A LOT MORE, BUT I KNOW I'M UP
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TONIGHT AT THIS TIME.
COUNSEL, UH, MR. UH, PENLEY, IF YOU COULD COME BACK, I'M GONNA ASK IF YOU COULD PUT HIS PRESENTATION BACK UP.
I DID WANT TO, UM, TO, UH, TO SEE A SLIDE OR TWO ON THAT.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ON OUR AGENDA AS WELL AS, UM, ONE OTHER ITEM AFTER THIS ONE.
SO I'M GOING TO, UM, ASK THAT WE BE, UH, WE WON'T INSTITUTE ROUNDS TONIGHT.
I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE BE COGNIZANT OF TIME WITH OUR COMMENTS.
UM, IN KEEPING THAT IN MIND, UM, IF YOU COULD PUT IT ON THE SLIDE WHERE YOU MENTIONED THE PLAN FOR THE RETIREES, JUST TO MISS, UH, SHIELDS POINT.
AND WE DO KNOW AND, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS CAUTIONED ME, UM, THAT PARTICULARLY IS NOT WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT REGARDING THE ITEM THAT IS BEFORE US, RIGHT? IT IS THE OTHER SLIDE THAT YOU HAD REGARDING THE RETIREES.
UM, IT WAS A SLIDE IN YOUR SECOND TO LAST.
IT'S, YEAH, SECOND TO LAST SLIDE.
OH, THIS IS THE, THE RETIREES SLIDE? YES, MA'AM.
THAT, UM, COUNSEL, I, I, I NEED, I WANTED TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
IT'S JUST FROM MY EDIFICATION, UM, COUNSELOR, THAT THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? AND THANK YOU MS. SHIELDS, AGAIN, FOR COMING OUT TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
MS. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, I DO HAVE A QUESTION IF WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY HERE TO, UM, MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS, WHY IS IT IN THE PRESENTATION? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY.
IS IT IN THE PRESENTATION? CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? SURE, YEAH, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE, THE CURRENT W WE ARE PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE CURRENT PLAN ENTAILS, RIGHT? SO, SO AS NORMAL, OUR, UH, PRE 65 RETIRED BENEFIT IS AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES, BUT NOT FUNDED AT ALL BY THE CITY, UH, ON THAT.
SO THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN THAT IS IN, IN THE DOCUMENTS, BEING PREPARED FOR THAT.
IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO MOVE TOWARDS A FUNDED PLAN ON THAT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU APPROVED TONIGHT.
UM, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF HOMEWORK AND A LOT OF STUFF HAS TO GO INTO THAT, UM, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT LIABILITY LOOKS LIKE AND, AND ALL, AND ALL THOSE ELEMENTS FOR IT.
UH, SO THE, THE CONTRACT THAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT DOES NOT, DOES NOT REFLECT A CHANGE IN THE LEVEL OF BENEFIT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LEVEL OF BENEFIT IS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING BOTH OF OUR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES AND OUR RETIRED EMPLOYEES.
SO THAT HOMEWORK THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT ALREADY UNDERWAY OR IS THAT, I'M SORRY, SOMETHING THAT'S, IS THAT A RECOMMENDATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OR? IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS WHAT'S BEING, IS WHAT HE'S STATING.
SO IF WE WANTED TO, THIS, THIS IS SIMPLY INFORMATION ON WHAT COULD BE DONE AND WHAT'S BEING DONE CURRENTLY, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, IT'S NOT WHAT'S ON THE TABLE TONIGHT.
THAT'S NOT EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS, NOR IS IT TO YOUR, TO YOUR QUESTION.
IT IS NOT UNDERWAY AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER, IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD DO, SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO, UM, DO SOMETHING IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THAT WE DON'T, IT HAS, IF THEY DO RECEIVE THAT COVERAGE AS A RETIREE, IT'S PAID FOR.
UM, THEY HAVE TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT.
UM, UH, DO YOU REPRESENT OTHER CITIES, SIMILAR CITIES OF THIS SIZE, SIMILAR SIZE, AND HOW MANY OF THOSE CITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT, IF YOU REPRESENT ANY, UM, GO THE NO MARKET ROUTE, AND THEN WANTED TO FIND OUT FOR THOSE WHO GO THE MARKET ROUTE, WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE LOOKS LIKE? YES, MA'AM.
SO THE CITY, SINCE THE DIDN'T GO OUT FOR BID, I'M CURIOUS AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES COULD HAVE BEEN? GREAT QUESTION.
SO I, I MCGRIFF, UH, REPRESENTS A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES BOTH HERE IN THE METROPLEX AND, AND STATEWIDE.
SO I HAVE 15 MUNICIPALITIES THAT I REPRESENT.
CEDAR HILL, WAXAHATCHEE, SEAVILLE, UH, GLEN HEIGHTS ARE ALL CUSTOMERS OF MINE.
UM, SO I DO HAVE A LOT OF, UH, MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE NO MARKET OFFER.
UM, TYPICALLY, SO WE HAVE LIMITED MARKETS TO GO TO, UH, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, UNITEDHEALTHCARE, AETNA AND CIGNA ARE THE FOUR PRIMARY, UH, CARRIERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, UH, THREE OF THE FOUR BID LAST YEAR.
UM, THEY, THE MARKETS DON'T TYPICALLY WANNA SEE, UH, RFPS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO HIT THE STREETS EVERY YEAR.
'CAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE DOING IT TO ONE CARRIER, YOU'RE, YOU'LL DO IT TO THEM WHEN THEY HAVE THE BUSINESS.
UM, CARRIERS TYPICALLY LIKE TO HAVE BUSINESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN ORDER TO MAKE SOME SORT OF, UH, PROFIT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE BUSINESS A LOT OF TIMES TO MAKE PROFIT.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY PRESENTATION, BLUE CROSS IS ACTUALLY TAKING A LOSS, UH, IN THE CURRENT,
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UH, FISCAL YEAR INFORMATION THAT I, THAT I'VE SHOWED.BUT, UH, I BELIEVE BASED ON, UH, THE, THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS THAT I DID, UM, THAT THE MARKET WOULD NOT HAVE DICTATED BETTER RESULTS THAN WHAT WE RECEIVED FROM BLUE CROSS, FROM THE NEGOTIATION.
OF OF THE CITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT, DID ANYONE GO OUT? UH, DID, DID THEY GO OUT FOR A RFP? UH, TYPICALLY MY CUSTOMERS DO NOT GO OUT TO BID EVERY YEAR.
TYPICALLY IN THAT CYCLE OF THREE TO FIVE YEARS, THEY ARE GOING OUT TO BID.
AND THEN, UM, THE INCREASE, WHAT WAS IT, THE 8%? YES MA'AM.
I GUESS I'M STRUGGLING WITH, UM, ARE THEY GIVING US THE BEST DEAL NOW VERSUS GOING OUT FOR BID? 'CAUSE TYPICALLY GOING OUT FOR BID, YOU KNOW, FACILITATES COMPETITIVENESS.
WE, SO WE JUST, WE DID THAT IN 2022, UHHUH,
THEY WERE THE MOST COMPETITIVE BID.
UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, I, I, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST DEAL ON THE TABLE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IF WE WOULD'VE GONE OUT TO BID THIS YEAR, IT WOULD'VE PRODUCED RESULTS.
IT WOULD HAVE ME IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR ANOTHER PERIOD.
WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF INCREASES IS THE MARKET LOOKING LIKE? LIKE RIGHT NOW, THIS YEAR, RIGHT? OR LAST YEAR? 2022 8% IS A VERY STANDARD INFLATIONARY INCREASE IN THE MEDICAL, UH, INSURANCE SPACE.
IT WAS HIGHER, UH, WE WERE DEALING WITH DOUBLE DIGIT, UH, INFLATIONARY INCREASES IN HEALTHCARE, UH, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
BUT IT IS STARTING TO DIP INTO THAT, I WOULD SAY SEVEN TO 9% RANGE.
SO WE'RE RIGHT, WE'RE RIGHT AT WHERE WE WOULD SEE AN INFLATIONARY INCREASE.
AND THEN THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE, UH, THE WELLNESS CREDIT, THE $10,000, IS THAT CUSTOMARY? WHAT'S THE GENERAL RANGE FOR THE OTHER COMPANIES? YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A TYPICAL NEGOTIATED NUMBER FOR A GROUP YOUR SIZE FOR US.
I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE NO WELLNESS CREDIT.
WE MAY IN A FIRST YEAR NEGOTIATE 15 OR $20,000.
UM, BUT THIS WAS A, ONCE AGAIN, AN APPROPRIATE, UH, NEGOTIATION.
AND THEN, UM, AS THE QUESTIONS RAISED, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE OVER 65 YES MA'AM.
WHAT'S CUSTOMARY FOR OTHER CITIES AS IT RELATES TO THE OVER 65? TYPICALLY, CITIES DON'T COVER POST 60 FIVES AT, AT ALL, POST 65 RETIREES AT ALL IN THE GROUP HEALTHCARE, UH, PROGRAM, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE, UM, IF YOU SEE A POST 65 OFFERING, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT PLAN OR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN.
UM, BUT WE HAVE VERY FEW CITIES THAT EVEN DO THAT AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO ALL THE CITIES THAT I MENTIONED, UH, WAXAHATCHEE, CEDAR HILL, SAGEVILLE, GLEN HEIGHTS, ALL DOWN HERE, NONE OFFER, UH, POST 65 RETIREE COVERAGE.
BUT THE, BUT THE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU, YOU FEEL LIKE WE GOT THE BEST DEAL THAT IN SOME PLACES SEEMS TO BE AVERAGE OR IT'S RUNNING WITH WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING? YES, MA'AM.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE RUNNING ABOVE AVERAGE, UH, RENEWAL INCREASES.
I MEAN, OUR CLAIMS ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT PROFITABLE FOR BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD RIGHT NOW.
SO FOR, FOR US TO GET AN AVERAGE, UH, INFLATIONARY INCREASE HERE WHEN WE'RE RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL MARKET, UH, INFLATIONS, I FEEL LIKE YES, MA'AM, WE GOT A GOOD DEAL.
AND LAST QUESTION, WHAT'S THE BREAK POINT? UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DECIDING FACTOR OF, HEY, YOU SHOULD GO OUT FOR BID VERSUS NOT GO OUT FOR BID, UM, GRADING THE CARRIER'S HOMEWORK AND WE HAVE OUR OWN INTERNAL PROCESS WHERE WE DO A FULLY INSURED, UH, OR A RENEWAL PROJECTION.
AND IF THAT RENEWAL PROJECTION IS OUT OF WHACK WITH WHAT THE CARRIER IS TRYING TO RECEIVE, THEN WE WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO GO OUT TO BID.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I'M NOT GONNA PROLONG THE TIME, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT BEFORE US RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE NUMBERS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A SEPARATE PLAN AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, PERHAPS AT A, AT A LATER DATE.
BUT I KNOW THAT'S NOT WITH US RIGHT NOW.
BUT I WOULD LOVE, LOVE TO SEE THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE I DO.
AND OF COURSE, BEING IN THAT CATEGORY, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RETIREES AND HIGHER, HIGHER COST OF NOT ONLY INSURANCE, BUT GROCERIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND OF COURSE, THOSE LITTLE SUPPLEMENTAL CHECKS DO NOT SOMEWHAT EQUAL TO, UH, THE ACTUAL RISING COSTS THAT WE FACE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AND ESPECIALLY AS WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UM, AND, AND LIKE SHE SAY, I DO CONCUR WITH THAT.
IF YOU WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS, CERTAINLY THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF LITTLE, SOME, SOME LITTLE MINUTE SOMETHING.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, MR. WRIGHT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, JUST THE NUMBERS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
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WE HAVE THAT'S IN THAT, UH, PARTICULAR CATEGORY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HURT FOR US TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND SEE, BECAUSE IF WE ALL LIVE LONG ENOUGH, WE ALL GONNA GET THERE.SO I THINK, UM, WE PROBABLY NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT IT.
AND I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT FEEL THAT WAY BECAUSE I'M ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
UM, BUT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE NUMBERS.
MADAM MAYOR, ARE YOU BACK? UH, THANK YOU, DR.
UM, I, I GUESS I WANTED TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF HER, 'CAUSE THOSE WERE GONNA BE MY COMMENTS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, MR. PENLEY, YOU MENTIONED THAT NOT A LOT, NOT ANY OF THE CITIES, I GUESS SURROUND US DO THAT, BUT DESOTOS NEVER, UH, FOLLOWED THE TREND, RIGHT? WE'VE ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.
AND SO, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UM, TO CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? AND TO STAFF, UM, MS. GREENLEY, THOSE IN TERMS OF GETTING THE DATA, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE AN ACCURATE PICTURE IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR RETIREE POOL CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THAT WOULD EVEN LOOK LIKE, EVEN TO START GETTING THE DATA.
IS IT SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN HOUSE JUST TO GET THE INITIAL INFORMATION TO SEE WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF A FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT WOULD BE INSTEAD OF GOING OUT? I KNOW THAT THERE WERE OTHER THINGS ACCORDING TO, UM, THE PLAN THAT YOU LAID OUT FOR THAT, UM, THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO DO SOME ANNUAL THINGS AND SO FORTH, AND WE GET THAT.
HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, UM, TO REALIZE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE GOAL, ESPECIALLY THIS COUNCIL, UM, EVEN WITH THE RECENT COMPENSATION, UH, STUDY THAT WE DID IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT TO MAKE DESOTO MORE COMPETITIVE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RETAIN, ATTRACTING, AND RETAINING, UH, TOP QUALITY EMPLOYEES.
I THINK EVEN HAVING THAT LOOKING FORWARD, UM, TO WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT AS A RETIREE OF OUR CITY, WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED FOR THIS AND TAKEN 20, 30, SOMETIMES 40, 50 YEARS OF THEIR LIFE AND DEDICATED IT TO A CITY, I THINK THE LEAST THAT WE CAN DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THOSE THINGS IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN ALWAYS INCREASE THOSE BENEFITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET A CONSENSUS, UH, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IF THAT IS INFORMATION.
UM, AGAIN, DR. MARKS, I AGREE WITH YOU IN YOUR COMMENTS, UM, AND, UH, TO SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING, AT LEAST GETTING THE DATA TO SEE WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I'M ALWAYS ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE IT HAPPEN, UH, FOR OUR PEOPLE.
AND SO THOSE ARE, THAT'S MY ASK, UM, CITY MANAGER, RIGHT, THAT YOU WANNA HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE I GET CONSENSUS? NO, THAT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO, TO MENTION WAS THAT YOUR QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE IN-HOUSE COMPONENT OF THIS.
THESE ARE ACTU ACTUARIAL STUDIES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PERFORMED.
UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, WE CAN GO AND GET QUOTES FOR WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND THEN BRING THOSE BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND, AND HAVE YOU KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS OF HAVING THIS STUDY PERFORMED FOR US.
UM, ON, I, I DON'T HAVE AN IDEA RIGHT NOW WHAT THAT MAGNITUDE IS, BUT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND EXPLORE THAT MARKET AND SEE WHAT THOSE OPTIONS LOOK LIKE.
SO I, UM, COUNCIL, IS THERE A CONSENSUS TO GET MORE INFORMATION? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER? YES.
WITH THE CAVEAT OF GOING OUT FOR BID EVERY YEAR, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, AND THIS IS FOR JUST FOR, WE'RE, WE'RE STRICTLY SPEAKING OF RETIREES RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF CONSENSUS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
DR. MARKS, I THINK I KNOW YOUR ANSWER.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM? SURE.
AND SO THE NEXT THING THAT WE WILL GET BACK TO US, AND I'M NOT SURE CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? YOU MAY HAVE TO GET BACK WITH US IN, IN A FOLLOW UP EMAIL AS FAR AS THE TIMEFRAME WE CAN LOOK TO GET THE, I GUESS THE INITIAL STEP IS TO ACTUALLY GET THE QUOTES OF THE, WHAT IS IT, THE ACTUARIES? IS THAT YEAH.
AN ACTUARY STUDY, THEN A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO APPROVE THE SPENDING FOR THAT PLAN, THE SPENDING FOR THAT.
FOR THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE MOMENT WHERE YOU, YOU'D KIND OF HAVE THAT GO.
AND I WOULD ASSUME, LIKE I SAID, YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET BACK WITH US TO SAY WHEN WE'LL EVEN HAVE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BID WISE.
CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? FAIR.
I WASN'T GOING TO ASK A QUESTION 'CAUSE I, I, I STEPPED OUT FOR A MOMENT, BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T GO OUT TO BID EVERY YEAR WITH EVERY CLIENT.
DO YOU LIKE, IF YOU HAVE THREE OR FOUR? SO WITH, BY STAGGERING IT, YOU KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING.
I, I DON'T THINK FOR OUR, FOR OUR, FOR OUR VIEWERS THAT, UH, THAT THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE EVERYBODY ON THE SAME CYCLE, RIGHT? YEAH, WE THAT COUNCILMAN THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
WE, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD VIEWPOINT OF WHAT THE MARKET IS DICTATING AND DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND I, I, I WANTED THAT BECAUSE I WAS LISTENING TO MY, MY COLLEAGUE AND, AND SOMETIME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE DIDN'T BID IT, IT, IT, IT, IT LENDS TO THE IDEA THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING EXACTLY, BUT THERE IS A STAGGERED BID, A PROCESS WHERE THREE OF THESE CLIENTS YOU GO OUT, BUT YOU DON'T BID EVERYBODY EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE A METHODOLOGY, YOU KIND OF STAGGERED, SO STAGGER IT SO THAT YOU'LL ALWAYS KNOW WHERE THE PULSE OF THE INDUSTRY IS.
IS THAT CORRECT? Y COUNCILMAN? YES.
AND, AND WE HAVE A METHODOLOGY AND, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE COUNCILWOMAN IS.
SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL FOR THE, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM MY COMMITMENT TO THE CITY AND TO THE, TO, UH, THE COUNCIL IS THAT IF WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL, UH, WE'RE COMING BACK AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS
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TO, UH, DNE AND, UH, HR AND ULTIMATELY TO THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE NEED TO GO OUT TO, TO BID.SO ARE THERE PENALTIES FOR, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A BENEFIT TO NOT GOING OUT TO MARKETS, RIGHT? MOSTLY FROM THEM, BUT IN NEGOTIATING THE SAME THING.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS A PENALTY FOR GOING OUT FOR BID.
IS THAT WHAT THE, IS THAT WHAT THE COMPANY SAYING? YEAH.
I, I MEAN, TECHNICALLY IT'S A, NO, IT'S A NO RFP OFFER.
UM, THAT TO YOUR POINT, CAN THEY, IF YOU DECIDE TO GO OUT TO BID, IS THAT NO MARKET OFFER OFF THE TABLE? AND I THINK THEORETICALLY IT IS.
UM, WE DO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH BLUE CROSS AND, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER CARRIERS.
AND ULTIMATELY MY GOAL, IF WE WENT OUT TO BID IN A YEAR THAT MAYBE WE WERE, AND, AND THIS HAPPENS VERY OFTEN WHERE WE WILL GET A NO MARKET OFFER.
WE DECIDE TO GO OUT TO BID ANYWAY, AND THEN THAT'S MY JOB AS YOUR CONSULTANT TO GO BACK AND SAY, HEY, I KNOW WE WENT OUT TO BID.
UM, WE DIDN'T, UH, THE MARKET DIDN'T DICTATE THE RESULTS WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
CAN YOU PLEASE HOLD YOUR, UH, YOUR INITIAL NO MARKET OFFER? AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY WANT TO, THEY'RE NOT IN IT TO, UH, PENALIZE US.
BOTH THE CITY OF DESOTO AND, AND MCGRIFF.
THEY WANT TO, THEY WANT TO BE GOOD PARTNERS, BUT TO YOUR POINT, YES.
THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY KIND OF, THEY CAN HOLD THAT OVER YOUR HEAD TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, WE WILL TAKE A, UM, WELL, OUR VOTING PADS IS NOT UP, SO I'M GOING TO DO JUST A ROLL CALL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE THE
[2. Consider making and approving a nomination for a candidate to be a member of the Board of Directors for the Suburban Cities Representative to the Dallas Central Appraisal District and authorizing the Mayor to submit a Nominating Resolution for the approved nominee (Candidates are Mr. Mark Jones and Mr. Curt Krohn)]
FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER MAKING AND APPROVING A NOMINATION FOR A CANDIDATE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE SUBURBAN CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT A NOMINATING RESOLUTION FOR THE APPROVED NOMINEE CANDIDATES ARE MR. MARK JONES AND MR. KIRK KRON MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS BRANDON WRIGHT, CITY MANAGER.
MAYORS, UH, CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, THIS ITEM TONIGHT, UH, EVERY TWO YEARS, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, PROVIDE A VOTES FOR WHO IT IS THAT SITS ON THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD.
UH, THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD.
UM, AND WHEN IT WAS CREATED, IT WAS SET UP PARTICULARLY THIS WAY.
UH, THERE ARE FIVE, FIVE REPRESENTED ENTITIES THAT ESSENTIALLY NOMINATE, UH, PEOPLE FOR THAT BOARD.
ONE OF THEM IS THE, UM, A DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ANOTHER IS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER IS DALLAS COUNTY.
THOSE THREE ENTITIES GET ONE VOTE EACH, RIGHT? SO THEY, THEY NOMINATE THEIR OWN PERSON.
THEN THE OTHER TWO GROUPS ARE SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
SO ALL THE OTHER CITIES SHARE, OR ALL THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHARE ONE VOTE, UH, ONE NOMINATION.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS SUBURBAN CITIES, WHICH OF WHICH WE'RE A MEMBER OF THAT GROUP.
SO ALL THE OTHER SUBURBAN CITIES SHARE A NOMINATION TO THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.
UM, IN THIS PROCESS OF DEC OF DECIDING AND GETTING TO A VOTE ON WHO IT IS THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THAT BOARD, THE SUBURBAN CITIES ESSENTIALLY HAVE A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS.
SO THERE'S A CITY COUNCIL HAS A NOMINATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORWARD.
IT IS THEN SENT OVER TO D-A-D-C-A, COMPILES ALL THE NOMINATIONS THAT ARE PUT, THAT ARE PUT FORWARD, AND THEN SENDS THEM BACK TO THE SUBURBAN CITIES FOR VOTING TO SEE IS THERE A MEMBER THAT GETS, UH, THE MAJORITY VOTES OF ALL OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES.
AND THEN THAT PERSON BECOMES THE DA BOARD MEMBERS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROCESS WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF IT WHERE THERE ARE NOMINATIONS FOR, THEY'RE REQUESTING NOMINATIONS FOR WHO IT IS THAT ULTIMATELY WILL BE VOTED ON, UM, AMONG THE MEMBERS FOR SITTING ON THE DCA BOARD.
UH, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM THAT WERE SUBMITTED, UM, UH, THAT WERE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
UH, MR. MARK JONES AND MR. KURT.
THERE WAS ALSO ONE IC, UM, THAT WAS PLACED ON YOUR DAUS HERE TONIGHT, I BELIEVE, FROM COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, UM, SUBMITTED THAT.
SO YOU HAVE THEM KIND OF SITTING ON YOUR, UH, ON YOUR, UH, YOUR DA HERE AT YOUR DESKS.
SO THERE, THERE ARE THOSE THREE.
YOU'RE NOT BOUND BY THOSE THREE.
YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCIL, YOU CAN NOMINATE WHOMEVER YOU, UH, FEEL IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSITION.
UM, BUT THE PROCESS WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER NOMINATION PROCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE.
ESSENTIALLY THAT SOMEONE MAKES A NOMINATION AND THEN THAT NOMINATION
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REQUIRES A SECOND.THE REASON WHY IT REQUIRES A SECOND IS BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE VOTING ON IT AT THAT POINT.
RIGHT? THE COUNCIL REQUIRES A FIRST AND A SECOND TO, TO MAKE A MOTION, TO, TO APPROVE.
UM, AT THAT POINT, THERE WAS A VOTE.
WE'LL ESSENTIALLY BE VOTING UNTIL ONE OF THE MEMBERS RECEIVES FOUR VOTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL BEING A MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THAT.
SO THAT'S THE PROCESS FOR TONIGHT.
AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER NOMINATION PROCESSES THAT WE FOLLOWED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OR THE PROCESS, I CAN CERTAINLY, UH, PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
BUT MERY I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
UM, CITY MANAGER WRIGHT LAID OUT SOME DETAILS FOR, UH, FOR US, AND I WANTED TO SEE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I KNOW THAT AGAIN, WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR OUR NOMINATION TO, UH, FOR THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, WE MADE IT FAIR AND EQUITABLE FOR ANYBODY WHO WAS INTERESTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I'M GONNA ASK THOSE THAT NOMINATED AN INDIVIDUAL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE BRIEFLY.
AND I'M, WHEN I SAY BRIEFLY, I MEAN 30 SECONDS OR LESS, IF WE CAN KEEP IT TO THAT.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, UH, NOMINATED, BUT I'M GONNA ASK PLEASE, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, 30 SECONDS OR LESS ON WHY YOU NOM WHO YOU NOMINATED AND WHY, SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THAT AS WE SELECT OUR NOMINEE.
I ACTUALLY NOMINATED, UH, CAROL HOLMES, UH, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF FIRST HER STEWARDNESS TOWARDS EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THINK SHE'S A PART OF THE ZONING AND, UH, ZONING AND BUILDING, UH, ZONING AND THE STANDARDS BOARD, UH, FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO.
SHE'S ALREADY WORKING IN DESOTO TO HELP DESOTO, AND I BELIEVE SHE WOULD BE A GREAT CANDIDATE TO, UH, REPRESENT DESOTO ON THE DCA.
UM, SHE HAS, LIKE I SAID, A BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION, REAL ESTATE, AND, UM, IT'S JUST, I THINK SHE'S AN ALL, ALL AROUND.
SHE HAS THE OVERALL PACKAGE READY TO GO AND READY TO SIT ON THE BOARD AND, AND GIVE THE, GIVE HER OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS ON BEHALF OF DESOTO IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER IS THE NOMINATOR FOR MR. MARK JONES.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? YES, MA'AM.
MAYOR, THAT WOULD BE, I, I KIND OF WISH WE HAD ALL GOTTEN TOGETHER 'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S SUCH GREAT CANDIDATES.
IT'S JUST, IT, IT BREAKS MY HEART.
BUT, UM, JUST KNOWING MARK JONES OVER THE YEARS AND KNOWING HIS, HIS DEDICATION, HIS HARD WORK, HE'S A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR.
UM, HE JUST FELT LIKE A GOOD FIT FOR THIS POSITION.
AND THEN NOMINATED FOR MR. KIRK RO.
I'M GONNA SAY, UH, HIS NAME AND THAT'S IT.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO HE IS.
THEY KNOW WHAT HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN TO NOT THE ONLY THE CITY, BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL.
HE HAS LIVED HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT NOT JUST LIVED HERE, BUT HE HAS VOLUNTEERED NUMEROUS NUMBERS OF HOURS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD SIDE AND THE CITY SIDE.
YOU DID A MIC DROP, DR. MARKS
AT THIS TIME, UH, CITY MANAGER.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US JUST A QUICK RECAP ON THE NOMINATION, UH, THE, THE SELECTION PROCESS.
SO, SO IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE, THINK OF IT KIND OF LIKE MAKING A MOTION, RIGHT? SO IF SOMEONE LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOMINATE WHOMEVER.
UH, IF THERE'S A SECOND, THEN IT KIND OF PUTS IT INTO QUEUE.
THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE GO THROUGH AND SEE ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS TO OPEN THE FLOOR WITH.
AND THEN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE IN ORDER OF NOMINATION, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO SEE WHO RECEIVES THE MAJORITY VOTES.
COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY NOMINATIONS ON THE FLOOR MOTION? EXCUSE ME.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOTION THAT, UH, WE APPOINT MARK JONES TO THE DA APPRAISAL, UM, BOARD.
UM, WE WILL, LET'S, WELL, OKAY.
WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL FOR THIS.
YEAH, LET'S JUST DO, ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ARE THERE ANY OTHER, EXCUSE ME? ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS ON THE FLOOR? WELL, A MOTION, EXCUSE ME.
WELL, I MOTION THAT WE ACTUALLY APPROVE CAROL HOLMES TO SIT ON THE, THE DECAF.
IS THERE A SECOND? THAT MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF SECOND.
SO THE MOTION, UH, THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PARKER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR? MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPOINT MR. CURRO TO THANK YOU, DR. MARKS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND TO GIVE US A CHOICE.
SO WE HAVE, UH, TWO ARE THERE, COUNSEL, ONE FINAL CALL.
UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATION MOTIONS FOR A NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR? UM, HEARING NONE.
UM, COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS THAT ARE ON THE FLOOR AND WE WILL DO HAND VOTES, UM, FOR THOSE MOTIONS.
AND, UH, WE WILL SEE WHO COMES OUT, UM, AS OUR NOM AS OUR NOMINEE.
WE HAVE A MOTION THAT'S BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED TO, TO NOMINATE MR. MARK JONES FOR OUR DA REPRESENTATIVE AT
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THIS TIME.COUNSEL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE, WHO WERE NOMINATED.
WE APPRECIATE IT AGAIN, EVEN FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND JUST ALL THE THINGS THEY'VE DONE EVEN BEFORE THAT.
UM, KEEPING IN THAT SAME VEIN, THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR AGENDA ITEMS. HOWEVER, UM, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT MEETING TONIGHT.
WE STARTED OUR MEETING AT FIVE 30.
UM, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO TO THE TEXAS NIGHT OUT EVENT.
HOWEVER, WE DID IN, WE DID INTRODUCE AND APPLAUD, UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE CONFIRMED FOR OUR BOARD SERVICE.
AND WE DO HAVE ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT JOINED US, UH, WITH IT LOOKS LIKE FAMILY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT.
I'M GONNA ASK, UM, MS. TANETTE BIRD TO PLEASE, UH, TO PLEASE STAND ANY RELATION.
UH, SHE IS, UM, A A BIT OF A HISTORY MAKER.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE REALIZES IT, BUT YOU WILL BE THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER SERVE ON THE CITY OF DESOTO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
SO YOU HAVE THAT LITTLE FACTOID TO ADD, UH, TO YOUR RESUME.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SERVICE TO THAT BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING AT THIS TIME.
COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA, CORRECT? YES.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO ADJOURN.
COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE SAY AYE.
IT'S 7:16 PM COUNSEL, I'M GONNA ASK IF WE COULD TAKE A QUICK PHOTO.
I'M GONNA ASK IF WE COULD TAKE A QUICK PHOTO IN OUR COLLEGE SHIRTS BEFORE WE HEAD OVER TO EAST.