[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. IT IS TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD. IT IS 5:30 P.M, AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD GIVE US A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY PARKER, COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARX HERE. COUNCIL
[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION Texas Government Code, Section 551.071(A), Consultation with City Attorney regarding Texas Election Code Section 145.003 regarding legal opinion on status of a council candidate application. Texas Government Code, Section 551.074, Personnel Matters to discuss the duties of a public officer, Council Member Nicole Raphiel and actions taken during the canceled Memorial Day Observance Ceremony at DeSoto Military Monument at Nance Farm.]
MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. TEXAS. ACCORDING TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, A CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING TEXAS ELECTION CODE SECTION 145.003 REGARDING LEGAL OPINION ON STATUS OF A COUNCIL CANDIDATE APPLICATION. ITEM B HAS BEEN STRUCK FROM THE AGENDA. MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ELABORATE? OKAY. EXCUSE ME. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM AND I REQUESTED TO HAVE THE ITEM PULLED AND NO LONGER WISH TO DISCUSS IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE ITEM FOREMENTIONED. AND IT IS 5:31 P.M. AND WE WILL GO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU.GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. IT IS 656 AND WE HAVE ADJOURNED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO ACTION AS A RESULT OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. MADAM MAYOR. OH, GOSH. MADAM, REPORT A PRIVILEGE. YES. SURE THING. I KNOW THAT I WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. POINT OF ORDER. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT'S.
IS IT? REGARDING THE AGENDA ITEM? I JUST WANTED A POINT OF PRIVILEGE. IS IT RELATED TO THE AGENDA ITEM? OKAY. AS YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT DISCUSS AN AGENDA ITEM IF IT'S BEEN PULLED. IT'S NOT A DISCUSSION. IT WAS JUST A COMMENT. CERTAINLY. STATEMENT. SO AS IT RELATED TO THE MEMORIAL DAY OR MEMORIAL DAY, I DID NOT CHECK MY EMAIL. I DID NOT CHECK MY FACEBOOK. I DID MAKE MY WAY TO NANCE FARM, TO THE VETERANS MEMORIAL. THE GATES WERE OPEN TO VETERANS, CAME AND COMMUNITY MEMBER CAME AS WELL. AND I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY THAT SINCE IT WAS CANCELED, SINCE THEY MADE IT THERE, CLEARLY DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION THEMSELVES TO DO A VIDEO. JUST ASKING THEM TO REMEMBER WHY WAS WHY DO YOU COMMEMORATE MEMORIAL DAY? AND ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS OUR VERY OWN BRONZE STAR HERO, AS WELL AS ANOTHER VETERAN WHO FOUGHT IN VIETNAM. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT THAT IT WAS IT. AND FOR FUTURE COUNCILS, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT WE COMMUNICATE DIFFERENTLY TO ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.