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          GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. IT'S 4:30 P.M.. IT'S TUESDAY,
JANUARY 20TH. 
          I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. I'M GOING TO WELCOME YOU TO THE MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY
COUNCIL. 
          AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY,
MISS AUBREY LEWIS, TO GIVE US A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAYOR RACHEL L PROCTOR HERE. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          PARKER, COUNCIL MEMBER KEN WATERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD,
SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. LETICIA HUGHES HERE. THANK YOU,
MADAM CITY SECRETARY. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. 
          THE CITY WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
551.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE AND LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY AS IT RELATES TO 825 WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD,
THORN TREE GOLF CLUB AND RFP 2025-027, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION
PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0761 TO DELIBERATE THE DEPLOYMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL AND
DEVICES. 
          THANK YOU MISS. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY SECRETARY. 
          ARE THERE ANY COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM? THERE ARE NOT. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHIEF TO COME UP AND DO OUR PROTOCOL. 
          IF YOU WANT TO READ THAT ITEM. MIGHT AS WELL BEFORE WE CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU. SAFETY PROTOCOL. CHIEF. 
          I'M IN MY OWN LITTLE WORLD RIGHT NOW. I APOLOGIZE. 
          SO THANK YOU. NO INCLEMENT WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT. 
          BUT IF WE DO HAVE INCLEMENT WEATHER, WE SHELTER HERE IN PLACE. 
          WE ACTUALLY USE HR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE WOULD WANT EVERYBODY TO FOLLOW STAFF
MEMBERS AND WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE TO GO IN THE EVENT OF ANY OTHER KIND OF EMERGENCIES. 
          WE HAVE TWO EMERGENCY EXITS. WE HAVE ONE OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT. 
          Y'ALL'S RIGHT AND ANYBODY OUT HERE HAS LEFT. WE ALSO HAVE EMERGENCY EXIT OUT THE MAIN
DOORS TO THE RIGHT. 
          WE ASK YOU TO LEAVE. PLEASE LEAVE THE BUILDING,
STAY IN A SAFE PLACE. 
          AND UNTIL YOU'RE GIVEN PERMISSION TO COME BACK IN. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE GIVEN BY EITHER MYSELF, THE FIRE CHIEF,
THE POLICE CHIEF, OR OUR CITY MARSHAL. 
          BUT I DON'T EXPECT ANY MAJOR EVENTS TONIGHT OTHER THAN IT'S A LITTLE COLD OUTSIDE. 
          THANK YOU. CHIEF. AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE WE ARE MOVING THIS ONE ITEM UP. 
          THE ITEM A TWO. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT UP TO THE FIRST ITEM. 
          CORRECT, TEAM. YES, WE WILL DO THAT. I WAS TOLD THAT. 
          SO WE WILL DO THAT ITEM FIRST REGARDING THE SAFETY PROTOCOL WHEN WE COME BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. THAT'S FINE. SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT. OKAY. 
          YEAH, WE'RE IN THE BACK, RIGHT? RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR,
AND THE CITY OF DESOTO CITY COUNCIL HAS CONVENED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:27 P.M.. 
          THERE IS NO ACTION AS A RESULT. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUT OF EXECUTIVE
SESSION. 
          SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM,
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO ADJOURN OUT. 
          COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE ARE ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE HAVE TWO MINUTES TO THE START OF OUR
REGULAR MEETING. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'RE BACK. IT IS 6 P.M. AGAIN. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR,
AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR JANUARY 20TH MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. 
          [B. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA - CALL TO ORDER]
I'M GOING TO ASK MADAM CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD OPEN US UP WITH A ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. 
          MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEN WATERS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, SENIOR HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES HERE. THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M GOING TO ASK, CHIEF, SINCE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL GUESTS,
IF HE WOULD COME TO OUR SAFETY PROTOCOL TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IN THE EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, WE ACTUALLY SHELTER INSIDE THIS BUILDING. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
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SCHEDULED TONIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE OTHER THAN COLD. IT SHOULD BE A GOOD EVENING. IF WE
HAVE AN EMERGENCY, WE NEED YOU TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING. WE HAVE TWO EMERGENCY EXITS. 
          WE HAVE ONE TO MY RIGHT OR YOUR LEFT, AND THEN ONE BACK OUT THE DOOR AS YOU CAME TO YOUR
RIGHT. 
          IF YOU LEAVE THE BUILDING, PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR VEHICLE OR TO A SAFE PLACE AND REMAIN
THERE UNTIL MYSELF, THE POLICE CHIEF, OR THE CITY MARSHAL INSTRUCT YOU TO RETURN. 
          WE DON'T EXPECT ANY UNDUE EVENTS TONIGHT, AND WE HOPE FOR A GOOD MEETING. 
          THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. CHIEF. MADAM SECRETARY,
WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY THE HONORABLE CALL,
OSCAR SHERMAN, IMMEDIATE, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY STUDENT AMBASSADOR TOMMY JONES OF DE SOTO
PRIVATE SCHOOL. 
          GOD OF OUR WEARY YEARS. GOD OF OUR SILENT TEARS. 
          LORD, YOU'VE BROUGHT US SO FAR. AND SOMETIMES,
FATHER GOD, WE FORGET WHERE WE CAME FROM. 
          AND FOR THAT LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. 
          JEHOVAH GOD, WE ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS FOR OUR SINS. 
          BECAUSE LORD KNOWS WE SAY THINGS WE SHOULDN'T SAY. 
          SOMETIMES WE DO THINGS WE SHOULDN'T DO. AND FATHER GOD,
SOMETIMES WE THINK THINGS WE SHOULDN'T THINK. 
          AND FOR THAT LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. 
          HOLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSED GIFT OF GRACE. 
          THANK YOU FOR MERCY. THANK YOU, LORD JESUS, FOR FAVOR AND HOLY FATHER,
WE KNOW THAT SOME TRUST IN CHARIOTS, SOME TRUST IN HORSES, BUT WE LORD TRUST IN THE ALMIGHTY NAME OF GOD. 
          LORD, SOME TRUST IN GREENLAND AND SOME TRUST IN TERRORISTS. 
          BUT WE, ALMIGHTY GOD, TRUST IN YOUR MIGHTY NAME. 
          BLESSED BE THE NAME OF JESUS, FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME ABOVE HEAVEN OR EARTH. 
          WE LOVE YOU, DEAR GOD, BUT WE KNOW, HOLY FATHER,
THAT YOU LOVE US EVEN MORE. 
          AND FOR THAT WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO KNOW THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO YOU. 
          GIVE US THE THEOLOGY OF SILENCE THAT WE WOULD BE QUICK TO HEAR,
SLOW TO SPEAK, AND SLOW TO ANGER. 
          LORD. GIVE US, LORD, BLESS US WITH LEADERS. IN OUR CITIES AND OUR COUNTIES AND IN OUR COUNTRY. LORD, THAT WOULD BE HUMBLE TOWARDS YOU,
THAT WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE IN OUR POSITIONS NOT BECAUSE OF OUR INTELLECT,
NOT BECAUSE WE KNOW SO MUCH, BUT BECAUSE OF YOU, ALMIGHTY GOD AND LORD JESUS. 
          WE PRAY. WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY. WE PRAY FOR MAYOR PROCTOR,
WE PRAY FOR THE COUNCIL. 
          AND WE PRAY, DEAR LORD, THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BLESS THEM AND BLESS THE CITIZENS OF
DESOTO. 
          IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY. AMEN. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
IT STANDS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS,
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR SHERMAN, FOR LEADING US IN THAT DYNAMIC PRAYER FOR THIS EVENING,
AS WELL AS WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR, THAT IS MR. TOMMY JONES OF DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL. 
          CAN WE PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER AND GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP? FOR SO ELOQUENTLY
LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MR. JONES. 
          TOMMY JONES IS ONE OF THE GREATEST STUDENTS WE HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF TEACHING. 
          THAT'S HIGH HONOR. HE HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE PRESCHOOL AND IS A TRUE LEADER IN THE
CLASSROOM. 
          HE CONSISTENTLY DOES WHAT IS EXPECTED OF HIM,
AND WE OFTEN SAY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, LOOK TO TOMMY. HIS CLASSMATES RESPECT HIM GREATLY AND HE IS FRIENDLY WITH EVERYONE. 
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MANY STUDENTS LOOK UP TO HIM AND WANT TO BE LIKE HIM. 
          HE EARNS EXCEPTIONAL GRADES BECAUSE WE ALWAYS. 
          HE ALWAYS COMPLETES HIS WORK CORRECTLY AND ON TIME,
TAKING GREAT CARE WITH EVERYTHING HE DOES. 
          HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE JUNIOR BETA CLUB,
AN ORGANIZATION THAT RECOGNIZES STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP AND EXCEL ACADEMICALLY. IN ADDITION, TOMMY IS VERY ATHLETIC AND A STRONG COMPETITOR,
ALWAYS DEMONSTRATING SPORTSMANSHIP WITH DETERMINATION. 
          WE CANNOT SAY ENOUGH WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT TOMMY. 
          LET'S CELEBRATE OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR ONE MORE TIME. MR. TOMMY JONES OF DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL. MR. JONES,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANY REMARKS ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT BODY OF AT DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL. I WANTED TO THANK MY TEACHERS FOR HELPING ME AND ALL MY FRIENDS AND MY PARENTS. 
          GREAT. WONDERFUL WORDS. THANK YOU. AS MOM AND DAD HERE TONIGHT. 
          YES, MA'AM. RAISE YOUR HAND, MOM AND DAD, CAN YOU STAND UP FOR US? THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON THE
AGENDA, YOU MAY DO SO. HOWEVER, YOU MUST FILL OUT A CARD FIRST. AND THAT'S WHAT OUR AMBASSADOR
HELPS US DO TONIGHT. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FILL OUT A CARD, YOU NEED TO VISIT OUR AMBASSADOR TABLE. AND YOU CAN DO THAT. MR. JONES,
I HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE. IS THAT OKAY? YES, MA'AM. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I WAS TOLD THE ENTIRE FAMILY IS HERE. IF YOU'RE FROM THE JONES FAMILY,
THE JONES CLAN. 
          RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. THEY'RE IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, MADAM SECRETARY, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          WE WILL NOW HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BIRD. 
          SENIOR APPOINTMENT AS CHAIR OF LEADERSHIP SOUTHWEST. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WAIT, AM I IN THE RIGHT CITY? Y'ALL KNOW HOW WE DO IT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT,
TO MAKE THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS SERVED THIS CITY WELL AND IN MANY 
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CAPACITIES HERE IN DE SOTO. BUT THIS IS MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TAKING THE NAME OF DE SOTO
AND TAKING OUR LEADERSHIP OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY. 
          AND COUNCILMAN BYRD WAS APPOINTED, I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AS THE
PRESIDENT OF LEADERSHIP SOUTHWEST. 
          HE IS THE CHAIR OF LEADERSHIP SOUTHWEST. YEP. 
          YOU CAN CLAP RIGHT THERE. AND WE ARE ALWAYS SO VERY GRATEFUL WHEN WE GET OPPORTUNITIES
LIKE THIS. 
          AND WHEN WE HAVE LEADERS THAT GO OUTSIDE AND REPRESENT OUR CITY WELL,
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL LEAD WELL. 
          WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL THAT YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT THERE,
AND THAT YOUR LEGACY AND YOUR LEADERSHIP WILL BE ONGOING THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION OF LEADERSHIP SOUTHWEST. SO I WANT TO READ THIS TO YOU,
AND YOU CAN COME ON OVER. I DON'T BITE. 
          ALL RIGHT. THIS IS FROM THE CITY OF DE SOTO,
PRESENTED TO ANDRE BIRD SENIOR IN CELEBRATION OF YOUR APPOINTMENT AS CHAIR OF LEADERSHIP SOUTHWEST. YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVANT LEADERSHIP,
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT EXEMPLIFIES EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE WITH RESPECT AND APPRECIATION. THE CITY OF DE SOTO CITY COUNCIL,
WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO QUOTE MARTIN LUTHER KING. 
          DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING LIFE MOST PERSISTENT AND URGENT QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU DOING
FOR OTHERS? AND LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT WHAT YOU DO FOR OTHERS,
NOT WHAT OTHERS CAN DO FOR YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO TO SERVE OUR GREAT CITY. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY SECRETARY. 
          WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE. AT THIS TIME,
WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF MAYORAL COMMENDATIONS TO HOLIDAY COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
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MAKING A PRESENTATION IS MAYOR PROCTOR AND RECEIVED BY JEREMIAH AUSTIN AND STEVEN JACKSON
WITH COMMUNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF DESOTO. 
          DOCTOR BRANDON MORGAN WITH FOUND A WAY FOUNDATION JENNY SUH WITH JENNY BEAUTY SUPPLY
DESOTO. 
          DENISE VALENTINE WITH THE DENISE VALENTINE FOUNDATION SONIA MOORE,
WITH COMMUNITY NEST. 
          DUCK HUNT WITH ACCESS SELF STORAGE. FELICIA FRAZIER WITH CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION. 
          WHITNEY TELLEZ WITH DISCIPLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY CHURCH. 
          INGRID WILBORN WITH UNIQUE VISION AND DOCTOR DINAH MARKS FOR PHILIP. 
          TUNDRA TOY DRIVE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH TOYOTA. 
          LEGACY OF DALLAS DESOTO ISD DESOTO ISD COUNCIL OF PTA. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. ALL STAR YOUTH SPORTS AND THE ACTION NETWORK AND RED ROSE. 
          I AM BACK AND OUR CITY SECRETARY CALLED OUT THOSE NAMES. 
          BUT BEFORE YOU ALL COME UP, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE GROUP PHOTO. 
          BUT I WANT TO SAY, YOU ALL KNOW THIS AND Y'ALL KNOW ME FOR THIS PHRASE. 
          PROGRESS MOVES AT THE SPEED OF RELATIONSHIPS. 
          THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE AS A CITY CAN DO WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
BOOTS ON THE GROUND, NOT JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT MANY OF YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL
ARE DOING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE WAY THAT YOU ALL ARE SERVING WITH EXCELLENCE. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THIS SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION TO SHOW YOU AND JUST TO SAY
THANK YOU. 
          SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NICE JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND TO BE
ACKNOWLEDGED. 
          SO I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE HERE TO PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER TO GIVE THESE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP, TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SACRIFICE. WHETHER IT WAS MONETARY, WHETHER IT WAS JUST YOUR TIME, WHETHER IT WAS FOOD,
WHETHER IT WAS SERVING, WHETHER YOU WERE GIVING SOMEBODY A HELPING HAND. 
          OUR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAYS REALLY BLESSED OUR COMMUNITY IN A MAJOR WAY. 
          AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR IN JANUARY,
TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE CITY OF DESOTO APPRECIATES YOU, BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AS A CITY. SOMETIMES WE'RE VERY LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO
AS A CITY, AND SO WE RELY HEAVILY ON YOU ALL TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU DO. 
          SO I'M GOING TO CALL THOSE NAMES OUT AGAIN. AND WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OUT,
YOU CAN COME AND GET YOUR PROCLAMATION, GET YOUR COMMENDATION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM, AND THEN WE'LL STAY AT THE FRONT AND WE'LL TAKE
ONE BIG GROUP PHOTO. 
          COMMUNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF DESOTO. 
          AND LET'S LET'S DO IT LIKE THIS. WE'RE GOING TO PRETEND WE'RE AT THE GRADUATION WHERE THEY
SAY, WAIT UNTIL ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED, AND THEN YOU WILL CLAP. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ON ONE PAGE. ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          THERE WE GO. DOCTOR BRANDON MORGAN WITH FOUND AWAY. 
          JENNY SUE, DENISE VALENTINE, SONYA MOORE. SEE,
LOOK, IT'S ALWAYS ONE OF Y'ALL THAT'S GOING TO JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. SONYA MOORE THERE SHE IS. DOUG HUNT I BELIEVE HE HAS SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE FOR
HIM. 
          CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION. DISCIPLE. CENTRAL COMMUNITY CHURCH. 
          MISS INGRID WILBOURN. DOCTOR DIANA MARKS. AND IF I LEFT OUT A NAME,
I FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING SOMEBODY. 
          DID I MISS SOMEBODY? IS SOMEBODY HERE THAT'S RECEIVING? AND THEN WE HAD SHEILA WEAVER, I BELIEVE, WITH THE STUDENT PTA. 
          RIGHT. WE. I KNOW YOU CALLED HER NAME. YES. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET A COMMENDATION FOR
HER. 
          IT'S MISSING FROM OUR STACK. DESOTO ISD. ANYONE ELSE WHOSE NAME WAS CALLED BY OUR CITY
SECRETARY. 
          BUT I DID NOT CALL YOUR NAME. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE. 
          SO CAN WE NOTE THAT THAT WE HAVE THOSE TWO AND DC THREE IS A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM
DISCIPLE CENTRAL. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. NOW YOU CAN PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER. 
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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AGAIN. AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A FEW THINGS. 
          SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO STEP OUT, FEEL FREE TO TAKE AS MANY PICTURES AS YOU WANT OUTSIDE OF
THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN PARTNERS, WE APPRECIATE YOU. AT THIS TIME,
MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          WE WILL NOW HAVE A PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
APPRECIATION DAY. 
          MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH. 
          IF I COULD ASK THAT YOU ALL EXIT QUIETLY. IF I COULD ASK THAT YOU ALL EXIT QUIETLY. 
          OUR MEETING IS STILL IN PROGRESS. 
          YOU GOT COMPANY TODAY? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          AGAIN. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS DEFINITELY A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS
PROCLAMATION FOR THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF DESOTO PROUDLY JOINS COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION IN HONORING THE MEN
AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECTING THE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND WHEREAS NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON JANUARY 9TH
AND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015 BY CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS, C.O.P.S., A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO
THE FAMILIES AND COWORKERS OF FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. AND WHEREAS, THIS NATIONAL OBSERVATION WAS CREATED TO FOSTER
STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE WHILE RECOGNIZING THE PROFESSIONALISM,
INTEGRITY AND COURAGE DEMONSTRATED BY OFFICERS EACH DAY. 
          AND WHEREAS LAW OFFICERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVE ON THE FRONT LINES OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES, ENFORCING THE LAW,
MAINTAINING ORDER, AND PROVIDING CRITICAL ASSISTANCE IN A TIME OF CRISIS, OFTEN PLACING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY IN SERVICE TO OTHERS. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DESOTO IS GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO SACRIFICES HELP ENSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES AND PUBLIC SPACES REMAIN SAFE AND SECURE. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL L PROCTOR. BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JERRY JANUARY 9TH,
2026, AS NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING
AND THANKING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR THEIR SERVICE, BRAVERY, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF
DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED THE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026. RACHEL L PROCTER MAYOR ATTEST SOPHIE LEWIS AUBREY CITY SECRETARY. 
          THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU WANT TO GIVE US A WORD. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO KEEP IT SHORT. JUST REAL QUICK. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION. IT'S ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS CITY THAT KEEPS
EVERYBODY SAFE, ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WE WORK AS A TEAM, AND WE KEEP THE CITY SAFE AND SECURE,
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NORTH. 
          AND THANK YOU, CHIEF AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US AT THIS TIME. 
          WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL NOW HAVE THE UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF
CONSTRUCTION FOR THE AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER, MAKING A PRESENTATION AS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERINTENDENT SYDNEY ELLIOTT. 
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IS IT QUICKER TO PUT THIS DOWN? OKAY. GOOD EVENING,
MISS SALLY. 
          GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL,
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BRING BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY A CONSTRUCT A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER AT MCCOWAN PARK. 
          SO, BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM THAT'S HERE TODAY. 
          I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DOCTOR MARQUIS BUFORD,
AND I'M GOING TO ASK THEM TO STAND. 
          SO THAT WAY I CAN GET EVERYBODY. BUT WE HAVE OUR RECREATION MANAGER,
KEVIN MOORE, OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT, NATE BUSBY, TANYA KEYS, OUR, OUR NEW RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT,
OUR NEW RECREATION SUPERVISOR, GEORGE FREEMAN, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER, DENEEN ANDERSON,
OUR SPECIAL EVENTS ASSISTANT, GLORIA JERNIGAN. AND DID I FORGET ANYBODY I DIDN'T. 
          SO, ROB, I COULDN'T FORGET ROD AND OUR MARKETING MANAGER ROD TURNER. 
          HE WAS STANDING IN THE BACK. AND SO I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL AND REALLY
JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THE TEAM. THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING SUPER HARD ON THIS PROJECT. 
          WE HAVE SOME UPDATES FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER,
BUT BEFORE OUR TEAM MAKES OUR UPDATES, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PRESENTATION ENCOMPASSED ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. SO TODAY WE HAVE SMITH GROUP INTEGRATED PROJECT SOLUTIONS
AS WELL AS MANHATTAN HERE TO SHARE IN ON THE UPDATES TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 
          SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO BRING THEM UP. 
          THEY HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE,
AND THEN I'LL COME BACK UP WITH OUR PARK UPDATES. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL ARE UP FIRST. YEAH. SYDNEY JUST THIS BUTTON HERE TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES
OKAY. 
          PERFECT. WELL, WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY, I BELIEVE,
IN 2022 WITH THE CITY. 
          GIVE US YOUR NAME. YEAH, SURE. RANDALL. DANIEL WITH SMITHGROUP DESIGNED. RANDALL. DANIEL.
RANDALL. DANIEL. YES. 
          SAY THAT TEN TIMES FAST. YEAH. I THANK MY MOM AND DAD EVERY DAY FOR THAT. 
          YEAH. SO WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY WITH WITH THE CITY BACK IN 2022. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, BUT A VERY FUN AND HONORING ONE. 
          AND I THINK SINCE THE PROJECT'S INCEPTION, WE'VE HAD SOME CLEAR GOALS AND DRIVERS THAT
HAVE REALLY BEEN THE NORTH STAR FOR THIS PROJECT TO KEEP US ON TRACK AS A DESIGN TEAM. ONE OF THOSE,
WHICH HAS BEEN VERY PARAMOUNT, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A BEACON FOR THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY OF DESOTO. REALLY THINKING MORE BROADLY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION,
THE LOCAL BEST SOUTHWEST REGION. 
          BUT EVEN BEYOND THAT, THIS COULD BECOME A HUB FOR WELLNESS,
FOR FITNESS, AND FOR COMPETITIVE EVENTS HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF DESOTO. 
          SO I THINK WE WERE JUST TOURING THE FACILITY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON,
AND I HOPE YOU WILL ALL AGREE THAT I THINK WE'VE ACHIEVED THAT COLLECTIVELY. 
          A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON IN THE DESIGN OF THIS FACILITY
IS MAKING SURE THAT IT IS WELCOMING AND A FACILITY THAT HAD SOMETHING TO OFFER FOR REALLY ALL AGES, THAT IT'S A TRULY MULTI-GENERATIONAL FACILITY. 
          EVERYONE FROM LITTLE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING SWIM LESSONS TO YOU KNOW,
OLDER GENERATIONS WHO MIGHT DO A WATER AEROBICS OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN. WE THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TRULY FOR EVERYONE. 
          A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WE AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE BUT I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF MORE IS MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A PART OF THE THE REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE BROADER PARK. CURTIS MCCLELLAN PARK HAS GOT A VERY
SIGNIFICANT LEGACY, I THINK, BOTH IN ITS PAST, WHAT'S THERE TODAY,
BUT ALSO THE MASTER PLAN AND WHAT THEY'RE HOPING TO DO OVER THE NEXT YEARS AND MAYBE DECADES. AND SO WE WANTED TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT PIECE,
THAT THAT SET A TONE AND MAYBE SERVED AS AN ANCHOR AND A HUB FOR THE CENTRAL PARK, BUT ALSO REALLY FACILITATED AND WORKED WELL WITH THE BROADER MASTER PLAN FOR THE
PARK. 
          AND I THINK WE'VE ACHIEVED THAT ALSO. SO JUST SOME REALLY IMPORTANT DESIGN GOALS THAT I
THINK AS THE PROJECT IS NEARING COMPLETION THAT'S WORTH CELEBRATING. AND I THINK WE'VE WE'VE HELD AND MAINTAINED THESE IMPERATIVE
GOALS THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. 
          SPEAKING OF COMPLETION, WE JUST HIT A RECENT BIG MILESTONE. 
          A KIND OF NERDY CONSTRUCTION TERM IS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION. 
          BASICALLY, THAT MEANS THAT THE FACILITY HAS REACHED A STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION,
THAT IT CAN BE OCCUPIED. 
          FURNITURE IS MOVING IN. IF YOU WERE TO GO OUT THERE TODAY. 
          EQUIPMENT IS BEING INSTALLED, FURNITURE IS BEING INSTALLED. 
          KIND OF THE FINAL COMPONENTS AND ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTION ARE BEING COMPLETED. 
          AND JASON WITH MANHATTAN WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. 
          AND THEN ALONG WITH THAT, THE CITY HAS ISSUED A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
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AND SO THAT'S NOT FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING OR SORRY,
THAT IS FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING. 
          BUT IT'S IT'S A TEMPORARY CEO. IT'LL BE FOLLOWED UP BY A PERMANENT CEO ONCE THE ENTIRETY
OF CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED. 
          SURE. GREAT. SO UP NEXT, WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN JOIN US,
AND WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FOOTAGE THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL OVER THE LAST COUPLE, I THINK LAST TWO YEARS. SO GIVE ME ONE SECOND. 
          YOU GOT IT. 
          MY NAME IS JASON PATE WITH MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION. 
          LOOKING AT THOSE PICTURES BRING BACK A LOT OF REALLY GOOD MEMORIES OVER THE LAST 18
MONTHS, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR WORKING HERE IN DESOTO. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT. AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE PROJECT SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PROJECT. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GOOD PROJECT WITH YOU KNOW,
GOOD QUALITY, AND I JUST. 
          I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I'VE HAD AN HONOR TO MEET A LOT OF
YOU FOR THE LAST YEAR, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE WE TODAY, THE MOST PEOPLE WE HAD ON SITE WERE FINAL
CLEANERS. 
          SO BETWEEN HOURS, WE'RE FINAL CLEANING. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE PAINTERS DOING THE LAST BIT OF
TOUCHES. 
          AND PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING THING IS THEY'RE MOVING IN WEIGHT EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW,
SO THEY'RE. 
          THE BUILDING IS REALLY COMING TOGETHER, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IT'S. HERE WE ARE. GOOD EVENING, SYLVIA JOHNSON. 
          I ACT AS YOU ALL'S PROJECT MANAGER. GIVING JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE BUDGET. 
          CURRENTLY, WE ARE STILL WITHIN THE $55 MILLION THAT WE HAVE ALLOTTED FOR THE FACILITY. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOULD SEEM FAMILIAR TO YOU GUYS. WE WENT OVER THIS BACK IN NOVEMBER. 
          BUT JUST FOR KICKS AND GIGGLES, WE'LL GO OVER IT. 
          ORIGINAL BUDGET WE WERE AT $53 MILLION. AND THAT WAS BROKEN INTO SOFT COSTS AND HARD
COSTS. 
          SOFT COSTS IS MANAGED BY DESOTO WITH IPS OVERVIEW AS WELL AS THE CITY OF DESOTO. 
          OVERVIEW AND THEN HARD COSTS IS MANAGED BY MANHATTAN WHOLESALE,
WHICH IS YOUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM THAT ALSO HAS OVERSIGHT OF IPS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. 
          FROM THERE, WE WENT TO A GMP WHERE WE DISCOVERED WHAT OUR FACILITY WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO
COST. 
          YOU GUYS MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER THAT THAT HAPPENED AROUND 2024. 
          AND THEN WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY IS WE ARE AT THE $55 MILLION MARK. 
          REASONS BEING THAT WE'VE DONE SOME CHANGE ORDERS WITH MANHATTAN TO GIVE THEM SOME OF THE
SCOPE THAT WE FEEL LIKE NEEDED TURNKEY SOLUTIONS VERSUS PIECEMEALING THOSE THINGS. 
          YEAH, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH. AND THEN THIS IS POWER BY WHICH YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          THIS JUST GOES OVER THE PROJECT BUDGET. YOU SEE,
CHANGE ORDERS, YOU'LL SEE SCHEDULE 75% COMPLETE. 
          AND THAT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE OUR SCHEDULE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. 
          IT GOES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, SO WHEN YOU GUYS OPEN,
THE FACILITY WILL BE CLOSER TO 100%. 
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ALSO, YOU'LL SEE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF APPROVED CHANGE ORDERS,
WHICH CHANGES HERE AND THERE. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS LIVE. SO YOU'LL SEE THIS UPDATED AS WE GO THROUGH SOME BETTERMENTS THAT WE
HAVE COMING THROUGH. 
          NEXT. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU TO SMITHGROUP. THANK YOU TO MANHATTAN POSTAL AS WELL AS
INTEGRATED PROJECT SOLUTIONS FOR SHARING THEIR UPDATES. 
          SO BEFORE I GET INTO SOME OF THE CITY LED INITIATIVES AND THE LOOK AHEAD,
I KNOW THAT I RECOGNIZED OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM EARLIER. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE,
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I ACKNOWLEDGE, ARE THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE HELPED US GET TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW COMMUNITY SERVICES AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 
          ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE HELPED US GET TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          WE MEET ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND NOT JUST TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE DEPARTMENTS,
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO COLLABORATE AND BRAINSTORM ON WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS A SUCCESS AND CONTINUES TO BE A SUCCESS. 
          SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE SOME UPDATES THAT I AM EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. 
          FIRST BEING SAID, THE COMMUNITY TOURS YOU ALL SHOULD SEE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WE
ARE GOING TO BE RELEASING TOURS TO THE PUBLIC. 
          THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME SELECT DAYS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN
ACTUALLY SIGN UP AND TOUR THE FACILITY. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MARKETING, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT, WE EXPECT THAT THE SIGNUPS ARE GOING TO BE SOLD OUT PROBABLY WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF
DAYS, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THE NEXT THING IS THE GRAND OPENING,
SO I WANT EVERYONE TO MARK THEIR CALENDAR. 
          NOW IT'S ALREADY ON YOUR CALENDAR, BUT THE GRAND OPENING IS APRIL 11TH,
2026. 
          WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO BRING THAT. OUR CS TEAM,
COMMUNITY SERVICES, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AS WELL AS OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM, HAS BEEN WORKING SUPER HARD TO ENSURE THAT THIS ARK GRAND OPENING IS ONE OF A KIND. 
          WITH MARKETING. SO I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION,
SO I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE YOU ALL SOME STATISTICS FIRST AND FOREMOST. 
          OVER THE LAST I WANT TO SAY THREE MONTHS, WE HAVE SEEN OVER 70,000 VIEWS ON FACEBOOK IN
REGARDS TO THE MEMBERSHIP SALE OPPORTUNITIES, OVER 1700 CLICKS TO THE WEBSITE, AND SO FAR OVER 250 MEMBERSHIPS HAVE BEEN SOLD TO THE
AQUATIC AND REC CENTER. 
          AND OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO PUSH THAT EFFORT. 
          IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BILLBOARDS UP ACROSS THE DALLAS METROPLEX
INVITING PEOPLE TO COME TOUR THE ARK, AS WELL AS SIGN UP FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP. AND THEN REALLY BRIEFLY,
I DO WANT TO INVITE UP OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DOCTOR MARCUS BUFORD, JUST TO BRIEFLY SPEAK ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN REGARDS TO PROGRAMING
AND THE PROFORMA. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, CITY MANAGER. 
          AND SO I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON OUR BUSINESS PLAN,
AS WELL AS THE PERFORMER. 
          AND THE BIG PIECE THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PERFORMANCE IS OUR PROGRAMING. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR, 14 PROGRAMS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE HERE AT THE TOWN CENTER,
AND WE'RE PROPOSING 47 NEW PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE ACTUALLY FACILITATING OUT OF THE ARK. 
          AND THOSE WILL BE HYPE. IT'LL BE A HYBRID MODEL WHERE WE WILL HAVE CONTRACT FEE
INSTRUCTORS AS WELL AS INTERNAL STAFF TO FACILITATE THIS PROGRAMING. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I AM EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
WHICH IS WHAT SIDNEY JUST REFERENCED, TO ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER THIS FIVE YEAR PERFORMER THAT WILL INCLUDE THE REVENUE EXPENSES
AND AS WELL AS THE PROGRAMING. 
          SO WE ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEW PROJECT AND
THIS NEW BEGINNING AT THE ARK. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE TWO MORE THINGS. 
          AND THEN I PROMISE I WILL BE OUT OF YOUR WAY. AND AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU ALL PROBABLY
HAVE. 
          IN REGARDS TO SPONSORSHIPS, BECAUSE I AM COMING BACK TO NAMING RIGHTS. 
          SO JUST TODAY WE DID RELEASE AN UPDATED RFP REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OUT FOR SPONSORSHIPS AS
IT IS RELATED TO THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER. 
          SO WE SHOULD SEE RESPONSES ROLLING IN ON THAT. 
          WE'VE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE CAME
BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. 
          IN REGARDS TO THE PEAK PERFORMERS WALL, I DO WANT TO PROVIDE YOU ALL AN UPDATE. 
          WE HAVE BEGUN WORKING WITH SMITHGROUP TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT WALL COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          WE DO HAVE A TV ON THE SPINE SO WE CAN INCLUDE THE NAMES AS WELL AS WE WILL BE BRINGING
BEFORE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND UPDATE OUR RESOLUTION UPDATE TO THE FACILITY NAMING POLICY TO INCLUDE HONORARY NAMING POLICY OR
RECOGNITION DISPLAY. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK ADVICE FROM. 
          YOU ALL HAVE GOT THAT SITUATED AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BEFORE COUNCIL IN THE NEAR
FUTURE. 
          AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JUST WANT TO SHARE. 
          I KNOW YOU ALL SAW THE VIDEO JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AGO,
BUT JUST WANTED AS A LOOK AHEAD JUST TO REMIND YOU ALL OF THE VISION AND HOW IT IS COMING TO LIGHT. AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU,
MISS ELLIOTT. 
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I DO SEE ONE LIGHT FROM MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, CINDY, FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. 
          IT IS APPRECIATED, BUT I'M GOING TO STOP FOR JUST ONE SECOND AND WANT US TO RECOGNIZE
ALSO, THERE'S AN ACTUAL PARK BOARD MEMBER IN THE ROOM AS WELL THAT DIDN'T GET RECOGNIZED. 
          AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AS WELL,
BECAUSE AS A PREVIOUS PARK BOARD MEMBER, I KNOW THE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO HELPING TO BRING IT TO VISION. AND THEN ALSO, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT
WERE STANDING HERE. 
          YOU GUYS ARE STANDING SO PATIENTLY, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU,
BUT I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAMES. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, I WAS PASSING BY YOU AND I DID ALL THREE OF THESE SO YOU CAN ANSWER THEM
AT ONE TIME. 
          I WAS PASSING BY YOU, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID? I SAID,
WHERE IS THE ARC SIGN? WHERE'S THE SIGN? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M MISSING. 
          NOT EVERYBODY AT ONCE. I CAN RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM,
IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          YEAH. THANKS FOR RECOGNIZING OUR TEAM. AND GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 
          YOU WERE DEFINITELY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. SO THANKS SO MUCH. GOOD TO
SEE YOU. YEAH. HUGE TEAM, BUT JUST A FEW OF OUR MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT. JUSTIN JOHNSON IS A PA THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          DOMINIC ABBOTT WITH KAI. I THINK HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL ON THE GROUND OUT IN THE JOB SITE
TRAILER EVERY WEEK. 
          AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BRIAN GRAHAM, ALSO WITH A LONG TIME FRIEND AND,
AND ALSO VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRETY. SO WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE, I THINK, AS THE DESIGN TEAM COLLECTIVELY TO HAVE A LOT
OF CONTINUITY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S IN PART PART OF THE REASON THAT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO YEAH, JUST THESE ARE JUST THREE OF OUR MEMBERS. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE SIGN. 
          I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT SPECIFICALLY. 
          SPECIFICALLY A SIGN ON THE DRIVE TO YOUR ROAD. 
          WELL, BOTH. I MEAN, BECAUSE I PASSED BY BOTH PLACES AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE PUTTING A
LIGHT AT AT ACADEMY WAY. 
          AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BIG,
BEAUTIFUL SIGN AT SOME POINT HERE WHEN IT GETS TO THE SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION, BUT I DON'T SEE THE SIGN ON EITHER ROAD. YEAH. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN ENTRANCE TO, YOU KNOW,
SORT OF A MARQUEE SIGN. 
          YEAH. ON I GUESS THAT WOULD BE TECHNICALLY, IT'S JUST AN INTERNAL DRIVE. 
          PRIVATE DRIVE. IT'S KIND OF NEAR THE SCHOOL. SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR FORMAL ENTRANCE. 
          BUT I AGREE THAT IF THERE MIGHT BE WANT TO BE SOME WAYFINDING THAT'S EITHER AT ONE OR BOTH
OF THOSE ENTRANCES. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPLORE. AND YEAH,
AND I WOULD SAY ALSO AS PART OF THAT, THE NATURE OF THAT DRIVE CONNECTING OVER FUEL HAS KIND OF CHANGED OVER TIME. 
          WE STARTED OFF IT WAS MORE OF A SERVICE DRIVE,
ONLY VERY RESTRICTED ACCESS. 
          IN FACT, IT WAS A GRAVEL ROAD. AT ONE POINT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER. 
          AND SO NOW WE'VE WE'VE FORTUNATELY BEEN ABLE TO PAVE THAT. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF CHANGED. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO EXPLORE THAT WITH YOU ALL ABOUT ADDING
SIGNAGE AT EITHER LOCATION. 
          OKAY. WELL I'M SURE ONCE YOU GET THE SPONSORSHIPS,
WHO KNOWS? SOMEBODY WILL SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL SPONSOR A SIGN. I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE MY SELFIE WITH
THE SUN. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GET TO. COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. GREAT PRESENTATION. I LOVE THE
VIDEO. 
          I LIKE THE QUICK AND EFFICIENCY OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          EVERYONE WHO'S HERE FOR SUPPORT, ALL OF STAFF THAT HAVE HELPED. 
          I HAD JUST ONE QUESTION ON THE TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY. 
          WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS? WHY IS IT TEMPORARY? I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT IT'S TEMPORARY BECAUSE WORK IS STILL BEING DONE. 
          WE DO NOT WANT YOU GUYS TO OCCUPY THE FACILITY PERMANENTLY AT THIS TIME,
BUT YOU CAN TEMPORARILY COME IN AND OCCUPY THE FACILITY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, I MAY WORK THERE FOR A DAY TO ENSURE THAT THINGS ARE GOING ON THE WAY THEY
SHOULD BE ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. 
          OR ONE OF YOU GUYS COULD COME OUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE. 
          IT'S A 30 DAY DURATION, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS WE NEED TO TO
UPDATE THAT OR TO GET OUR COMPLETION. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU,
MADAM MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. YEAH. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          IT WAS GOOD. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW IT'S TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY RIGHT NOW,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE UTILITY BILLS ON THIS FACILITY ARE GOING TO BE A LOT. 
          SO YOU MAY WANT TO JUST CONSIDER, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE SEEING HOW WE CAN GET SAVINGS ON THE GAS AND ELECTRIC, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A THAT'S JUST A STATEMENT TO CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING
TO BE A LOT OF MONEY ON A MONTHLY BASIS BEFORE WE HAVE A PERMANENT OCCUPANCY, WE HAVE TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY. JUST IT'S JUST A STATEMENT. 
          THE CITY CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          ONCE THE BUILDING IS TURNED OVER TO THE CITY,
WHICH IS WE EXPECT TO MARCH 2026. 
          THAT IS WHEN THE CITY WILL THEN TAKE OVER ALL THE UTILITIES. 
          BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES BECAUSE. 
          TEMPORARY. YES, YES. I'LL JUST BRING IT UP BEFORE PERMANENT OCCUPANCY. 
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JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. 
          OUR CITY MANAGER HAS HIS LIGHT ON. MAYOR, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          LET ME LET ME ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC QUESTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATERS. 
          SORRY. WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH WITH UTILITY COMPANY,
SO WE HAVE TO HONOR THOSE. 
          I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT IS CURRENT UNTIL 2027. 
          AT SUCH TIME, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO EITHER NEGOTIATE WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACT OR SEEK
RATES THAT ARE MORE FAVORABLE TO THE CITY. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT. WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT THAT,
BUT WE HAVE TO HONOR OUR OUR OWN CONTRACTS ON THAT ONE. 
          IF I MAY, MAYOR ALSO I WOULD BE REMISS IF, IF WE DON'T MENTION THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS I
THINK THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, I KNOW NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DID A GREAT JOB,
BUT FINANCE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. 
          HR DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. POLICE FIRE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          IT DID AN AMAZING JOB. EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS,
ALL 13 OF THEM, INCLUDING PARKS, OF COURSE, HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS, TO THIS EFFORT,
EVEN EVEN LIBRARY AND AND THE 911 TEAM WE, WE WERE ALL INVOLVED IN THIS AND, AND UTILITIES WERE,
WERE GREAT AS WELL. 
          SO, EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS AND THOSE WEEKLY MEETINGS THAT CINDY MENTIONED. 
          THERE WERE NOT JUST MEETINGS, THERE WERE ACTUALLY COLLABORATION AND WORK SESSIONS FOR THEM
TO EXECUTE THINGS WITHIN THAT WEEK, THAT SPECIFIC WEEK AND THEN COME BACK AND REPORT ON IT. 
          SO TOTAL TEAM EFFORT CONTRACTOR AND THE CONSULTANT AND SYLVIA,
THEY'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AS WELL. 
          SO KUDOS TO ALL. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          ALL I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          AND WE ARE EXCITED, EXCITED, EXCITED. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? OKAY. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS TO COME, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE INFORMATION ON HOW
WE CAN BE A PART OF THIS AND GET TO THAT RIBBON CUTTING ON APRIL 11TH. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, MADAM CITY SECRETARY,
WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR NOVEMBER 2025
AND DECEMBER 2025. 
          MAKING A PRESENTATION IS INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR LAKEESHA SUTTON. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          I THINK I'VE SEEN ALL OF YOU ALREADY, BUT HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE'LL START WITH OUR NOVEMBER FINANCIALS. 
          AND FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS OUR GENERAL FUND AND ITS PERFORMANCE
THERE WITH OUR REVENUE. 
          OUR REVENUE. AND THE GENERAL FUND COMES IN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT WE'RE NOT RECEIVING ANY OF THE SALES TAX DOLLARS YET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THEY'RE ALL GOING BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 25 AT THIS POINT. 
          BUT OUR BUDGETED REVENUE 69.8 8 MILLION AND YEAR TO DATE WE HAVE COLLECTED 3.5 MILLION. 
          THAT PUTS US AT 5.1%, WHICH IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
          WE WERE AT 4.6%. ALL THE REVENUES ARE COMING IN NICELY. 
          PROPERTY TAX. YOU'LL SEE A BIGGER JUMP FOR THAT ON THE NEXT MONTH,
OF COURSE. 
          FRANCHISE FEES 7.9%. WE'RE LOOKING GOOD WITH LICENSING LICENSES AND PERMITTING
INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINES AND FORFEITURES AS WELL AS INTEREST REVENUE. SO AGAIN, A TOTAL OF 5.1% COLLECTED SO FAR. 
          ON OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE. 
          THE BUDGET THAT WE BUDGETED FOR WAS 70.5 MILLION. 
          AND SO FAR WE HAVE SPENT 10.4 MILLION. THAT PUTS US AT 14.8% COMPARED TO 8.5% THIS TIME
LAST YEAR. 
          A COUPLE OF THE CATEGORIES ARE A LITTLE BIT GREATER THIS TIME A MONTH DUE TO THE TIMING. 
          IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT NON-DEPARTMENTAL,
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ONE IS AT 36.1%. 
          WE HAD SOME RETIREMENTS EARLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR THIS YEAR. 
          WE KNOW THAT FINAL PAY COMES OUT OF THAT. AND THEN AS WELL AS LIABILITY INSURANCE,
OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE IS ACTUALLY DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND SO WE DO GO AHEAD AND FUND THAT UPFRONT. SO 500,000 OF THAT 651,000 THAT HAS BEEN
SPENT IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE 
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LIABILITY INSURANCE. SO YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THAT WE'RE MORE EVEN OUT AS THE YEAR GOES ON. 
          OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD,
ALMOST CONGRUENT TO WHAT IT WAS THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
          OUR REVENUE BUDGET, IT WAS 34.7 AND WE'VE COLLECTED 5.3 MILLION SO FAR. 
          THAT PUTS US AT 15.4% COMPARED TO 16.9% LAST YEAR. 
          OUR EXPENSES ARE IDENTICAL TO LAST YEAR AT 13.9%,
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT VARIOUS CATEGORIES LISTED THERE AS WELL. 
          FOR SANITATION. WE ARE AT 14.1% ON OUR REVENUE. 
          AND THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE BECAUSE WE KNOW AT THIS POINT WE'RE ABOUT 17.16 POINT 8% INTO THE
FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE AT 14.1% LAST YEAR AT 14.2%. THE CATEGORIES ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL AS WELL. 
          AS WE KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE COMING IN THERE IS OUR ACTUAL SANITATION FEES THAT
ARE BILLED OUT TO THE CUSTOMERS, AND THEN OUR CORRESPONDING EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES ARE AT 792,000,
PUTTING US AT 10% ON OUR EXPENDITURES COMPARED TO 15% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IT'S GOING JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOWER DUE TO SOME OF THE BILLING AND THE
TIMING FOR OUR SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL FEES. 
          WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOICING ON THAT EARLIER IN THE YEAR. 
          THE PRIOR YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S WHY THIS YEAR WAS AT 10% VERSUS LAST YEAR,
15%. 
          AND FINALLY, I'VE INCLUDED THE GOLF CLUB FINANCIALS ON THE FINANCIALS. 
          WE'RE NORMALLY PRESENTING THE PRIOR TWO MONTHS. 
          SO WE WOULDN'T WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD OCTOBER I'M SORRY NOVEMBER YET AT THE TIME OF THIS
REPORT. 
          SO AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT WE ARE PRESENTING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. 
          I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO. THE GROSS OPERATING PROFIT. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE CALL OUR REVENUE OVER AND UNDER,
WITH THESE INCOME STATEMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE GOLF COURSE. 
          THE GOLF COURSE, EXPECTED TO HAVE A GROSS OPERATING PROFIT OF $83,757 FOR THEIR WHOLE
CALENDAR YEAR. 
          THEY'RE NOT IN FISCAL YEAR LIKE US. THEY'RE ON THE CALENDAR YEAR AND YEAR. 
          TO DATE, THE GROSS OPERATING PROFIT IS 24,219. 
          LAST YEAR, ABOUT THIS TIME, THEY WERE NOT OVER. 
          THEY WERE UNDER. SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 24,219 AND THE 10,571 THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO THE PERFORMANCE IS IMPROVING THERE. 
          AND THEN IF YOU GO INTO OCTOBER. IN OCTOBER WE HAVE ALSO THE SAME. OF COURSE THE BUDGET REMAINED THE SAME. 
          THERE ARE 83,757 IS WHAT THE BUDGET GROSS OPERATING PROFIT IS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR AS OF THE
END OF OCTOBER. IT IS 68,750 FOR THE BIG CHUNK OF THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE RIGHT AROUND HERE IN THE REVENUE COLUMN. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY JUST WHAT THE GOLF CLUB IS
EXPECTING IN REVENUE. 
          FOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE REPORTS, I'M GIVING YOU THE SUMMARY OF THE REVENUE IN YOUR
COUNCIL PACKET AS WELL AS ONLINE. 
          THE CONSTITUENTS CAN FIND THE DETAIL THAT ROLLS UP INTO THE REVENUE ALL THE WAY DOWN BY
CATEGORY. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE REVENUE COLUMN, THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL THE 2.5 MILLION THERE. 
          WHAT ROLLS INTO THAT I'M SORRY, IS DUES, YOU KNOW,
MEMBERSHIP DUES, FOOD AND BEVERAGES AND GOLFING FEES, AND THE DETAIL ON ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES IS ACTUALLY IN THE DETAIL REPORT. 
          THAT CONCLUDES THE FINANCIALS FOR NOVEMBER. YOU ALSO HAVE FOR NOVEMBER YOUR PROPERTY TAX
COLLECTIONS REPORT, AS WELL AS HOW WE'RE DOING WITH MS, AS WELL AS YEAR TO DATE BUDGET INFORMATION FOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS AND ALL OTHER INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS
PRESENTATION? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE CAN TAKE THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME,
WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP WITH MD PATHWAYS TO 
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PROVIDE BASIC TELEHEALTH SERVICES TO ALL DESOTO. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO DECEMBER. FOR DECEMBER FINANCIALS,
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT GENERAL FUND REVENUE. 
          994,000. I'M SORRY. 
          HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY FOR YEAR TO DATE, I BELIEVE THAT THE INCORRECT ONE IS INCLUDED HERE. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 1.4%. I'M SORRY. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. 
          I'M SORRY YOU DO HAVE THE CORRECT AMOUNT IN YOUR PACKETS,
BUT FOR DECEMBER 2025, THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS ARE ACTUALLY GIVING US 33.7% COMPARED TO 34.4% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE PROPERTY TAX
COLLECTION. 
          THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION THAT WE BUDGETED 43.7 MILLION. 
          AND SO FAR IT'S GIVEN US 19.6 MILLION. SO THAT IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN UPDATE. 
          DIFFERENCE ON YOUR REPORT. SO 33.7% COMPARED TO 34.4% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
          YOUR YEAR TO DATE EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND,
WE BUDGETED 70.5 MILLION. 
          AND YEAR TO DATE WE WOULD HAVE SPENT 20.7%. AND THAT CORRESPONDS TO 2420 1.4% THIS TIME
LAST YEAR ON EXPENDITURES. 
          ON THE PUBLIC UTILITY. I'M JUST GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT UPDATED ON
THE PUBLIC UTILITIES. 
          WITHIN YOUR PACKET, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE BUDGET 34.7 MILLION IN YEAR TO DATE,
RECEIVED 7.8 MILLION, PUTTING US AT 22.7% COMPARED TO 24.6% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
          AND OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND EXPENSES 25.5%, COMPARED TO 20.6% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
          AND THE INCREASE IN THAT WAS DUE TO UTILITY FIELD OPERATIONS,
AS WELL AS WITHIN UTILITY BILLING AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE PAY TO DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. IN THE SANITATION FUND. 
          WE BUDGETED 7.9 MILLION AND HAVE COLLECTED 1.8 MILLION YEAR TO DATE,
PUTTING US AT 23.3 23.2%. ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR AT 23.1%. 
          AND OUR SANITATION EXPENSES ARE CURRENTLY AT 17.1% AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER. 
          YOU ALSO HAVE A REPORT THAT LISTS ALL OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS,
THE EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE YEAR TO DATE ON THOSE, AS WELL AS PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS THROUGH DECEMBER,
AS WELL AS THORN TREE STATEMENTS, INCOME STATEMENTS FOR DECEMBER, FOR THORN TREE INCOME STATEMENTS FOR DECEMBER. 
          WE'RE KIND OF ALWAYS TRACKING A MONTH BEHIND. 
          SO IN THAT REPORT I'VE INCLUDED OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. 
          AS OF NOVEMBER 2025. THORN TREE IS LOOKING AT A GROSS OPERATING PROFIT OF $68,754, COMPARED TO THE 83,000 $757,757 THAT WAS BUDGETED. 
          SINCE THEY ARE ON A CALENDAR YEAR, THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE. 
          YOU CAN SEE IF YOU BUDGETED 83,000, YOU COLLECTED 68,000. 
          AND THEN WHENEVER THEY CLOSE DECEMBER FINANCIALS,
WE'LL BE READY TO PRESENT THAT TO SEE HOW THEY CLOSED OUT THEIR THEIR CALENDAR YEAR. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. 
          I DO SEE A LIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU,
MADAM MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MISS SUTTON, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, AND I WANTED TO WAIT TILL DECEMBER BECAUSE I LOOKED AT
DECEMBER. 
          NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS,
SINCE NO ONE CAN SEE WHAT I'M SEEING OR WHAT I'M REFERRING TO. 
          DID WE WANT TO PULL UP THE THING THAT'S ONLINE,
OR HOW DID WE WANT TO DO THIS? 
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OKAY, SO IF WE GO TO YOUR OVERTIME REPORT, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OVERTIME REPORT IN
GENERAL RIGHT NOW. 
          AS AS OF DECEMBER 30TH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT 25%,
WHICH IS A QUARTER OF THE WAY THROUGH. 
          RIGHT? SO THE ONES THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE PARK LANDSCAPE IS 3%. 
          IT'S AT 37%. THE PARK CIVIC CENTER IS AT 44%. 
          THE FIRE IS AT 45.7%. THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS HAS REACHED AND SUPERSEDED THEIR BUDGET BY
OVER DOUBLE. 
          POLICE IS AT 31% IN SR. I'M SORRY. CARE TEAM IS AT THEY WEREN'T EXPECTED TO HAVE A BUDGET
OF OF OVERTIME, BUT THEY ARE OVER THEIR BUDGET. AND THEN THE SRO REVENUE IS SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T BRING
ANYTHING IN, BUT THEY'RE AT A 39% POINT SET, 39.7% OVERTIME AT THIS POINT. 
          SO MY QUESTION WAS AROUND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, HOW HOW ARE WE SO FAR ABOVE WHAT WE'VE BUDGETED FOR SOME OF THOSE ITEMS? AND THEN THE ITEM LIKE THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS,
IS THAT FOR WHAT IS THAT? I MEAN, IS THAT THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PEOPLE. 
          RIGHT. NO. BUILDING INSPECTIONS IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WHY ARE THEY SUPERSEDING AND DOUBLE IN. 
          YEAH. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPLAIN, OR DO YOU WANT TO BRING SOMETHING BACK? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SO WE
LOST ONE INSPECTOR. 
          WE HAVE TWO INSPECTORS, SO WE'VE BEEN RELYING HEAVILY ON THE OTHER INSPECTOR. 
          AND THEN WE JUST FILLED THE POSITION. SO THIS IS WHY YOU'VE SEEN SOME OVERTIME ON THAT
SIDE. 
          OKAY, SO BUT IT'S ALREADY AT THIS POINT, IT IS IT'S SUPERSEDED BY DOUBLE. 
          SO THAT MEANS IT'S ALREADY OUT OF BUDGET. THE BUDGETED AMOUNT HAS ALREADY BEEN REACHED
PLUS DOUBLE OVER. 
          THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING. AND WE'RE ONLY QUARTER WAY THROUGH. 
          SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT IT. 
          BUT I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND REALLY, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES WHAT WE WHAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE SAVING THE SALARY FOR THE OTHER INSPECTOR FOR THREE MONTHS. 
          SO THAT COULD GO BACK TO THE SAME BUCKET. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
MA'AM. OKAY. 
          AND THEN POLICE IS AT 31%, 31.8. WE'RE ONLY A QUARTER WAY THROUGH,
AND THEN FIRE IS AT 45.7%. 
          JUST WONDERING. ABSOLUTELY. I'LL JUMP IN THERE FOR FIRE REAL FAST. 
          SO 20% OF MINE IS FROM DEPLOYMENTS THAT WE WILL BE REIMBURSED. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY ONLY SPENT 26% OF OUR BUDGET ON MANNING OVERTIME,
SO I HAVE 123,674 THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR OUR WILDLAND FIRE DEPLOYMENTS THAT WE SEND OUR GUYS TO ACROSS THE STATE. 
          AND THAT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 90 DAYS TO SEE THAT COME BACK. 
          SO WE EXPECT TO GET ALL THAT BACK IN JANUARY,
FEBRUARY. 
          OKAY. AND THAT WOULD BE AT A FULL COST RECOVERY,
CHIEF. 
          CORRECT. OH YEAH. WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING MONEY WITH OUR EQUIPMENT AND OUR OVERHEAD. 
          WE'RE MAKING $70,000 THAT WILL COME BACK IN ADDITIONAL TO THE PAYMENT. 
          REPAYMENT OF OUR OVERTIME, THE REPAYMENT OF OUR SALARIES,
THE REPAYMENT OF OUR BENEFITS. 
          THE STATE REIMBURSES US FOR EVERYTHING PLUS OUTSTANDING. 
          AND SO FOR FOR THOSE ITEMS THOUGH, THE REASON I'M EVEN ASKING THE QUESTION IS AT SOME
POINT, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE, AS THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH OR THE PUBLIC WHEN
THEY WANT TO SEE THAT AND THEY'RE SAYING WE'RE OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT, WHEN DO WE NEED TO REALLY BE LOOKING AT THAT? NO, MA'AM, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO GO OVER THAT BUDGET. 
          SO THAT'S MY JOB TO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO KEEP IT WITHIN. SO I KEEP KEEP
MY EYE ON MY DEPLOYMENTS. I KNOW THAT'S COMING BACK. AND THEN THE MANNING IS WHAT WE REALLY HAVE TO MANAGE AND MAKE SURE WE STAY UNDER ON OUR ON OUR OVERTIME. 
          YEAH. AND TYPICALLY A LINE ITEM MAY BE OUTSTANDING OR IT MAY EXCEED,
BUT THE WHOLE BUDGET STAYS WITHIN INTACT. 
          SO SO THE BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT COULD FLUCTUATE ON LINE ITEMS BUT NOT THE BUDGET
ITSELF. 
          SO BUT FOR THE ONE WE HAD JUST PREVIOUS TO THAT,
THE BUILDING INSPECTION, THERE'S NO MORE BUILDING INSPECTIONS FOR THE YEAR THAT GO INTO OVERTIME? NO, THEY'RE PROBABLY AGAIN, THERE WILL PROBABLY BE MORE OVERTIME USED FOR
BUILDING INSPECTION, 
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BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE ALSO AN OFFSET OF THE SAVINGS OF THE SALARY. 
          OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AS FOR POLICE WE USUALLY GET REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE SCHOOLS. 
          WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY DUE TO INVOICES GETTING. 
          SENT TO THE SCHOOL. AND THE SCHOOL HASN'T PAID AS OF YET,
AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          WE DO GET REIMBURSEMENTS BACK FROM DEA, FROM OUR OFFICER THAT'S THERE AS WELL AS SOME
OTHER REIMBURSEMENTS THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT SHOWING UP THERE THAT JUST PROBABLY A MONTH BEHIND US. SO IT JUST AS THEY WERE FOR THE SCHOOLS. 
          OKAY. SO AS OF JANUARY, THOSE ITEMS YOU'RE SAYING THOSE WOULD BE SHOWING FOR THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER? I WOULD HOPE SO. I CAN'T GUARANTEE IT. I'M NOT PAYING IT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. IF THE SCHOOL IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PAYS ON TIME AND WE'RE FOLLOWING UP
WITH THEM, I'M SURE. WELL, THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION,
CITY MANAGER, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT IS THAT WE HAVE POLICE AT 31%, AND WE ALSO HAVE SRO AT 31, 39%. SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          POLICE IS POLICE. AND THEN SROS IS SROS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE UNDER THE SAME. 
          OKAY. SO SO THEY ARE SPLIT UP UNDER UNDER MY UMBRELLA,
UNDER THE POLICE UMBRELLA. 
          SROS GET PAID 100%, I'M SORRY, 80% OF THEIR OVERTIME FROM THE SCHOOLS SO THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE THAT REIMBURSEMENT COME IN AND BE ADDRESSED TO THE SROS ON THE ON THE POLICE SIDE FOR FOOTBALL GAMES OR ANYTHING THAT OUR
POLICE HAVE TO ATTEND TO FOR SCHOOLS. THAT'S REIMBURSED AT 100%. SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THAT MONEY FOR NOVEMBER IN
DECEMBER YET. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU. WE ARE. WE'RE OH. 
          I'M SORRY YOU DIDN'T DO THE PARKS. IS IT PARK? LANDSCAPING PARK? CIVIC CENTER. MISS SIDNEY WAS AT 37,
AND THE OTHER ONE IS AT 44. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. PARKER, WILL YOU ALLOW US TO RESEARCH THAT AND AND GET THAT BACK WITH YOU ON
THE DETAILS ON THAT ONE? YES. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. SURE. SRO AS WELL. 
          AS CITY MANAGER STUDY, WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON THE INVOICING. 
          WE ALSO ARE OUTSTANDING. SOME INVOICING FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE FOLLOWING UP TO SEE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE THAT'S AT. 
          AND WE HOPE THAT WITH THE NEXT SET OF FINANCIAL REPORTS,
WE'RE ABLE TO REPORT THAT THEY'VE COME HOME WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS
THAT HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. MISS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE THE FINAL ITEM
UNDER OUR PRESENTATIONS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. 
          WE WILL NOW HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP WITH MD PATHWAYS
TO PROVIDE BASIC TELEHEALTH SERVICES TO ALL DESOTO CITIZENS THROUGH A MONTHLY UTILITY BILL CHARGE. PRESENTING OUR PRESENTERS IS HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR DANNY
GREENLEE. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE TELEHEALTH MD
PATHWAYS, AND SO CITY MANAGEMENT ASKED US TO PAUSE, BRING UP MD PATHWAYS BACK AND GIVE ANOTHER
PRESENTATION AND GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. 
          I DID SPEAK TO THE CITY OF GARLAND AS WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A RIGHT FIT FOR DESOTO AS WELL AS A GOOD FIT FOR THE CITY. 
          SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I INTRODUCE MR. BRYAN DAVIS AND MR. CHRIS CHAPPELLE ONE MORE TIME. I THINK IT'S OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DANNY. GOOD EVENING TO MAYOR PROCTOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF AND THE CITY OF DESOTO. 
          WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO COME BACK AND
SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AGAIN, ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH WITH MD HEALTH PATHWAYS IN THE CITY
OF DESOTO. 
          I THINK THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE LAST TIME,
I DID MENTION SOME OF MY BACKGROUND BEING FROM THE AREA, AS WELL AS BRIAN DAVIS BEING FROM THE AREA. I THINK WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTENTION
THERE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          WE WERE FROM DUNCANVILLE PART OF DUNCANVILLE PANTHERS. 
          EXCUSE US FOR THAT. BUT WE DO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THEY DID WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR, SO WE DO HAVE TO RELINQUISH THAT TITLE FROM
FROM OUR COFFERS. 
          BUT WE DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE. 
          SO WHY ARE WE HERE? WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO? WITH MD HEALTH PATHWAYS,
I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE THE LANDSCAPE OF LANDSCAPE, A HEALTHCARE LANDSCAPE WHERE YOU, AS AN AVERAGE CITIZEN,
CAN PICK UP YOUR PHONE AND HAVE SEVEN DAY ACCESS TO A DOCTOR. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE. OUR PROGRAM IS MADE TO HELP EASE OF ACCESS TO
TO HELP WITH THOSE LOW INCOME FAMILIES, 
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TO HELP WITH HIGH INCOME FAMILIES. NO ONE IS EXCLUDED. 
          EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THIS, THIS PROGRAM. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE
OF IT. 
          AND THEN WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ABOUT IT TONIGHT SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD
CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU CHRIS. I'M BRIAN DAVIS WITH MD HEALTH PATHWAYS. 
          I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DID GO TO DUNCANVILLE,
I GREW UP IN DESOTO. 
          I WAS IN THAT WEIRD SCHOOL DISTRICT THING, SO THAT'S NOT MY FAULT. 
          I WOULD HAVE BEEN. EAGLE AND I DO CELEBRATE THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. 
          BUT, YEAH, IT IS GREAT TO BE TO BE HOME. WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO? WE WERE FOUNDED BY DOCTOR DIRK PARROTT, WHO IS AN EXCELLENT DOCTOR IN NORTH TEXAS HE'S THE
ROCKWALL COUNTY HEALTH AUTHORITY. 
          HE SERVES ON NUMEROUS COMMITTEES YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          HE, HE SAW, IF YOU WILL RECALL, HE SAW A NEED FOR THIS WHEN HE WOULD SEE A MOM IN THE ER
WITH TWO KIDS WITH STREP THROAT, HE WOULD WRITE A $5 AMOXICILLIN PRESCRIPTION,
TAKE HIM TO BILLING, AND IT WOULD BE $2,000. 
          AND THE MOM COULDN'T PAY IT, AND HE STARTED GIVING HIS CELL PHONE NUMBER TO THOSE PEOPLE
THAT HE KNEW COULD NOT AFFORD THE ER AND WERE USING IT AS THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. 
          SO HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF EVERYBODY KNEW A DOCTOR AND COULD TEXT
HIM WHEN THEY GET SICK? AND THAT STARTED THIS IDEA. HE'S A VERY STUBBORN PERSON. 
          ONCE HE DIGS IN ON SOMETHING, HE'S NOT GOING TO LET GO. 
          SO HE PUT THIS TOGETHER RIGHT IN TIME FOR COVID. 
          THE CITY OF FERRIS WAS THE FIRST TO LAUNCH IT. 
          AND FOUR YEARS IN THE PROGRAM FERRIS HAS INCREDIBLE THINGS TO SAY. 
          WE'VE TRULY CHANGED THAT COMMUNITY, AND I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE MAYOR PROCTOR
WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH THE SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP AND FERRIS TO VERIFY AND VALIDATE THAT. 
          ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT US AND SAY, WELL,
I HAVE TELEMEDICINE. 
          WE'RE NOT REALLY TELEMEDICINE. WE'RE FAR FROM IT. 
          OR THEY'LL LOOK AND SAY, I HAVE INSURANCE OR I HAVE MEDICARE,
I HAVE MEDICAID. 
          I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BUILT, WHICH IS A PRE CLAIM INFRASTRUCTURE,
AND WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT WE'VE BUILT IT. 
          THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. I HAVE BEEN IN 2000 CITY HALLS IN MY CAREER PHYSICALLY
INSIDE HELPING LOCAL GOVERNMENT INNOVATE. 
          I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THAT CHANGES A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS PROGRAM DOES. 
          WHAT I MEAN BY A PRE CLAIM INFRASTRUCTURE IS EVERY ONE OF YOU,
WHEN YOU GET SICK, HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE. 
          DO YOU CALL A DOCTOR? DO YOU START THE CLAIMS PROCESS? THERE'S ONE DOOR TO WALK THROUGH, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE,
IT'S A REALLY EXPENSIVE DOOR. 
          IF YOU DO HAVE INSURANCE, IT COULD STILL BE A HASSLE,
BUT IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. 
          WE'VE BUILT A NEW DOOR. THE PROCLAIMED DOOR. IF YOUR CITY ADOPTS THIS PROGRAM,
EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN, EVERY BUSINESS, UP TO TEN PEOPLE IN A HOUSEHOLD OR IN A BUSINESS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TALK
TO A PHYSICIAN BEFORE THEY FILE THAT CLAIM. 
          HERE ARE MY SYMPTOMS. HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          THE DOCTOR CAN CALL YOU, THEN THE DOCTOR. WITHIN TWO MINUTES THEY WILL GET A RESPONSE. 
          7 A.M. TO 10 P.M.. WE'RE PUTTING A DOCTOR. I LEFT MY PHONE OVER THERE. 
          A DOCTOR IN EVERYBODY'S POCKET IN THEIR PHONE. 
          IT'S SO TELEMEDICINE. IT'S IT'S INSURANCE. TELEMEDICINE IS CO-PAY. 
          WE'RE NOT THAT. THERE'S NO CO-PAY. TELEMEDICINE IS DEDUCTIBLES AND PREMIUMS AND WAIT TIMES
AND MOBILE APPS. 
          I'VE HAD TELEMEDICINE FOR TEN YEARS. I COULDN'T REMEMBER MY PASSWORD TO GET INTO IT. I
NEVER USED IT. 
          WE ARE A PHONE NUMBER. A TEN DIGIT PHONE NUMBER. 
          YOU PUT IT IN YOUR PHONE AND THAT'S IT. YOU TEXT IT WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL GOOD. 
          MY BROTHER IN LAW TEXTED ME TODAY AND SAID HE CALLED HIS PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. 
          HE HAS COVID. HE TOOK THE TEST. I DIDN'T SEE HIM,
BY THE WAY. 
          HE TOOK THE TEST. HE WAS POSITIVE FOR COVID. HE TOOK ANOTHER ONE. 
          HE WAS POSITIVE. HE CALLED HIS PRIMARY CARE AND THEY SAID,
COME IN. 
          HE SAID, I HAVE 103 TEMPERATURE. I DON'T WANT TO SPREAD COVID TO TYLER. 
          THEY SAID, WELL, WE CAN'T PRESCRIBE ANY MEDICINE UNLESS YOU COME IN. 
          HE REMEMBERED WHAT HIS BROTHER IN LAW DID. HE TEXTED THE NUMBER. 
          I SAID, JUST USE MY ADDRESS. HE TEXTED THE NUMBER. 
          HE GOT MEDICATION, LOOKED AT A DOCTOR, TALKED TO A DOCTOR,
GOT HIM. 
          THAT WAS FREE. I PAY $9 A MONTH FOR THAT SERVICE. 
          IT'S FREE FOR UP TO TEN PEOPLE IN MY HOUSEHOLD,
INCLUDING MY BROTHER IN LAW THAT LIVES IN TYLER FOR TODAY. 
          BUT THAT IS THE POWER OF THIS PROGRAM. WE ARE NO COST PER USE. 
          WE ARE. NO WAIT TIME. WE ARE NO INSURANCE. WE ARE NO MOBILE APPS UP TO TEN PEOPLE AND IT'S
$9 A MONTH. 
          AS SOMEONE RECENTLY, GARLAND SAID, YOU CAN'T BUY A PAIR OF SOCKS FOR $9 A MONTH,
AND WE'RE PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO EVERY CITIZEN IN A COMMUNITY. 
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SO THE NEED FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IN DESOTO,
WE ALL HAVE SEEN THE PROJECTED INCREASE IN HEALTH CARE IN OBAMACARE. 
          IT'S GOING THROUGH THE ROOF, RIGHT? INSURANCE OUR GOVERNMENT JUST SHUT DOWN OVER,
OVER HEALTH CARE. 
          WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE THAT AT A MUNICIPAL LEVEL. 
          AND YOU CAN NOT THE FULL SOLUTION, BUT YOU CAN PROVIDE ACCESS TO YOUR CITIZENS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND IN FACT, IF THE CITY DECIDES TO PUSH THIS FORWARD,
WE WILL LET EVERYONE START USING THE NUMBER FOR FOR MONTHS UNTIL IT GOES IT GOES ON A BILL. SO OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT, OUR CENSUS BUREAU SHOWED THAT 15% OF DESOTO IS UNINSURED,
BUT ALMOST DOUBLE THAT IS UNDERINSURED. 
          IT'S IT'S HARD TO GET HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT. 
          WE HAVE A SAYING AT MD HEALTH, AND I LOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S SO YOU CAME UP WITH IT,
NOT ME. 
          HE SAID, OUR DOCTORS ARE WAITING THAT. WHEN DO YOU EVER HEAR THAT THE DOCTOR IS WAITING
FOR YOU, RIGHT? OUR DOCTORS ARE WAITING. THE CITY OF FERRIS TOLD US THAT IN THE TWO YEARS PREVIOUS
TO ROLLING OUT OUR PROGRAM, THEY HAD TEN SUICIDES. THEY'VE HAD ZERO SINCE. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THAT OUR PROGRAM IS SUICIDE PREVENTION,
BUT I AM SAYING THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY KNOW THEY CAN TALK TO A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, THEY WILL TEXT THEM IF THEY HAVE A BUMP OR A LUMP OR A RASH AND THEY'RE EMBARRASSED TO TALK
ABOUT IT, THEY WILL TEXT AN ANONYMOUS PHYSICIAN. THEY DO EVERY DAY AND IT WORKS. 
          WE ALSO KNOW THAT 95% OF THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY USE THIS PROGRAM DO NOT NEED TO GO TO A
PHYSICAL DOCTOR. 
          AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WE TAKE 95 OUT OF 100 PEOPLE THAT SHOULD GO TO THE DOCTOR AND
KEEP THEM FROM GOING. 
          THAT 95%, SO MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WOULD NEVER GO TO THE DOCTOR IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          SO I DON'T WANT THAT NUMBER TO SOUND MISLEADING,
BUT OUR OUR SYSTEM, BECAUSE IT'S SO EASY TO USE BECAUSE IT'S FRICTIONLESS, IT'S JUST A NUMBER. AND WHEN YOU TALK TO PROFESSIONAL,
WE CAN WE CAN DIAGNOSE, WE CAN PRESCRIBE. 
          THE COMMUNITY IMPACT. SMALL BUSINESSES MAYBE THEY THEY CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH CARE INSURANCE. 
          MAYBE NOW THEY COULD BECAUSE THIS WILL KEEP THEIR PREMIUMS DOWN. 
          MAYBE THEY COULD GET A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PROGRAM. 
          MOMS THAT A SINGLE MOM THAT GETS A URINARY TRACT INFECTION. 
          WE CALL THIS THE 15 MINUTE UTI FIX. PEOPLE GET BACK TO WORK SOONER. 
          MY PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY GROWING UP HERE. CHRIS'S PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY
OF MISSING WORK AND GETTING PAID. 
          IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THIS OUR PROGRAM GETS PEOPLE BACK TO WORK FASTER,
GETS THEM BACK TO SCHOOL FASTER. 
          IT CAN HELP AVOID A MEDICAL BANKRUPTCY. AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH MARK CUBAN COST PLUS
DRUGS. 
          WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WE HAVE WE KNOW ALL THE HACKS WHEN YOU'RE GETTING WHEN YOU'RE GETTING
MEDICATION TO GET MANUFACTURER DISCOUNTS, MANUFACTURER COUPONS APPLIED. AND MOST OF OUR DRUGS ARE LESS THAN $10 CASH PAY. 
          I WANT TO GIVE JUST A. A FEW SUCCESS STORIES RECENTLY AND THESE ARE I LITERALLY I DIDN'T
BRING IT. 
          I TOLD MR. GODFREY I WOULD I HAVE A BOOK THIS BIG,
AND WE PRINTED OFF EVERY WEEK OF LAST WEEK'S CASES JUST IN NORTH TEXAS. 
          AND, AND I PUT THE TOP 11 MOST FREQUENT, ACTUALLY TOP TEN. 
          THE LAST ONE I JUST PUT ON THERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. IT WAS A PUNCTURE
WOUND THAT SOMEONE WAS WAS CUTTING WITH SCISSORS AND, AND CUT THROUGH THEIR FINGER AND TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND SAID,
SHOULD I, SHOULD I COME IN AND GET STITCHES? AND THE ANSWER IS NO, JUST WRAP IT UP. 
          BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAD A YOUNG LADY IN,
IN NORTH TEXAS CITY THAT WAS HAVING ESOPHAGEAL ISSUES WENT IN. THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED HER WITH A ACID REFLUX
MEDICINE. 
          WHEN SHE WENT TO FILL IT, IT WAS $200 A MONTH. 
          SHE WORKS JOB TO JOB. SHE HAS TWO JOBS AT THE CURRENT TIME. 
          SHE REMEMBERED OUR SERVICE AND SHE TEXTED AND SAID,
I'VE GOT TO BUY THIS DRUG. 
          CAN YOU FIND IT AT A CHEAP RATE? I RECALL THAT YOU CAN DO THAT $9,
$9 A MONTH, SHE SAID. 
          YOU'VE CHANGED MY LIFE. SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS HAVING HEART ATTACKS BECAUSE OF THE ACID
REFLUX. 
          $9 A MONTH. NOW SHE PAYS FOR THIS MEDICINE. WE HAD ANOTHER LADY RECENTLY THAT WENT TO HER
DOCTOR BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING SOME NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES. THE DOCTOR SAID, I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THIS IS COMING FROM PRESSURE IN
YOUR BRAIN. 
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I'M GOING TO CALL YOU AN MRI. WE'LL GET IT DONE IN A WEEK,
SHE SAID. 
          I DON'T WANT TO DO IT IN A WEEK. THIS IS ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 
          SHE TEXTED OUR SYSTEM AND SAYS, I NEED AN MRI AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE GOT HER IN AT 845 ON SATURDAY MORNING, THE NEXT DAY,
AND HAD HER RESULTS BY LATE MORNING BEFORE NOON. 
          IT WAS $1,200 TO USE HER INSURANCE THROUGH THE DOCTOR THAT SHE HAD. 
          OUR OUR LAB THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEND HER TO IS $550. 
          THAT'S AN IMPACT THAT WE HAVE IN A IN A COMMUNITY. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW FLU IS NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO IS SECONDARY INFECTIONS BECAUSE OF THE FLU
LIKE A SINUS INFECTION AFTER YOU'VE HAD IT. 
          BUT EVERYTHING FROM PINK EYE TO BACK PAIN TO COUGH TO TOOTHACHE,
SKIN RASHES. 
          WE SAY THAT THE NORMAL ITISES IN THE LUMPS AND BUMPS AND THE RASHES. 
          I HAVE TWO QUOTES I'D LIKE TO. OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION QUEST LAB WORK. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE AND YOU NEED LAB WORK,
CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD WORK, $30, $30. 
          WE SET YOU UP WITH THE LAB WORK, YOU PAY $30. 
          YOU'RE NOT. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU PAY US. WE JUST SET THAT. WE BROKER THAT FOR YOU. 
          AND THE CITIZENS CAN GET FULL LABS. AND YOU GOT TO BE. 
          BECAUSE SOME WILL SAY IT WILL TAKE THE BLOOD AND DO THAT. BUT THEN TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU
HAVE. IT'S ANOTHER IT'S $30. 
          YOU GET EVERYTHING THROUGH THROUGH QUEST DIAGNOSTICS. 
          HERE ARE TWO, TWO QUOTES THAT PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN US IN OUR SURVEY WITHIN THE LAST WEEK. 
          YOU'VE BEEN SO HELPFUL. I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS AT ALL. 
          I HOPE I HOPE YOU HAVE ALL THIS HELP IN COMPASSION RETURN TO YOU WHEN YOU NEED IT. 
          SERIOUSLY. MORE DIRECTLY HELPFUL THAN ANY DOCTOR I'VE IN MY RECENT MEMORY. 
          SECOND ONE WAS A LADY THAT HAD TWO SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN'S,
AND SHE TWO SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. 
          SHE SENT THIS ON SATURDAY OF LAST WEEK. MA'AM,
I FEEL LIKE A BRAND NEW PERSON TODAY. 
          AFTER ONLY A COUPLE OF DOSES OF THE STEROID AND ANTIBIOTICS,
I FELT LIKE I WAS ON THE VERGE OF DYING YESTERDAY. 
          AND TODAY THE PAIN IS GONE. I CAN BREATHE AGAIN. 
          I CAN PICK UP MY BABIES AND I CAN EAT. AND I AM SO GRATEFUL. 
          IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO TO REPAY YOU, JUST NAME IT. 
          YOU SAVED MY LIFE. I WAS HEADING FOR SEPSIS AND NOW I'M HEADED FOR A FULL RECOVERY. 
          SO OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT. WITH FERRIS, WE SHOWED. 
          OH, I'M SO SORRY. GOT THAT SLIDE IS NOT UPDATED. 
          I'LL GO BACK. INITIALLY, FERRIS TOLD US THAT WE ALMOST HAD A 20% REDUCTION IN THEIR EMS
DISPATCH WHEN WE MET WITH THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR LAST WEEK, THAT NUMBER HAD GONE UP TO 47%. SO OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD,
OBVIOUSLY THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          MORE PEOPLE ARE USING IT. AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING,
AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS. 
          AND MAYBE THE CITIZENS HERE TONIGHT DON'T. CHIEF SOUTHARD IN HIS IN HIS CREW WHEN THEY GO
ON A CALL. 
          THEY'RE ADRENALINE JUNKIES FOR THE MOST PART. 
          THEY THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAVE LIVES. AND FAR TOO OFTEN WHEN HIS CREWS GET CALLED,
IT'S FOR A NON-EMERGENCY EVENT OF SOMEONE THAT NEEDS TO GO TO A DOCTOR, AND THEY USE THE AMBULANCE AS A MEDICAL UBER TO GET TO CHARLTON OR WHATEVER HOSPITAL OF
CHOICE. 
          IF YOU CAN REDUCE THAT BY 44% OR 47%, THAT'S AMAZING. 
          IF YOU CAN REDUCE IT BY 15%, A CITY WILL THROW A PARTY. 
          SO I JUST I WANT TO SAY THAT MORE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCESS AND CAN CALL A DOCTOR INSTEAD OF
CALLING 911, IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY, YOU'RE GOING TO CALL 911. 
          BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN EMERGENCY, TEXT THE DOCTOR. 
          SO JUST TO WRAP UP OUR IMPACT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW IN FERRIS, THEY HAD. SORRY. BEFORE COVID, FERRIS HAD A AN ABSENTEE, LIKE A PROLONGED ABSENTEE PERCENTAGE OF 14% DURING COVID. 
          IT WENT UP TO 22%. AND AFTER COVID WITH OUR PROGRAM,
IT DROPPED TO 12. 
          IT DROPPED BELOW WHAT THEY WERE PRE-COVID IN DESOTO,
ACCORDING TO CHATGPT AND SOME SOURCES. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT I SAW. 12% CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM BEFORE COVID. 
          SO BETTER THAN FERRIS, 35% DURING COVID WHEN FERRIS WAS STARTING TO ROLL OUT OUR PROGRAM
AND YOU GUYS HAVE STILL DROPPED TO 28% AGAIN, ACCORDING TO THE SOURCES ON CHATGPT IN THE STATE AVERAGE
IS 20%. 
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SO SCHOOLS WILL GET KIDS BACK TO BACK TO CLASS FASTER WITH OUR PROGRAM. 
          THAT IS ALL I HAD. I, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. 
          I WANTED TO TO KIND OF RESET THE TABLE AND WOULD LOVE TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE. 
          I SEE A LIGHT. THANK YOU. I DO SEE A LIGHT IN JUST TO LEVEL SET THE THE DISCUSSION. 
          WE ARE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING TONIGHT. THIS IS JUST CONVERSATIONS TO GET QUESTIONS
ANSWERED. 
          COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          WE DID HAVE THE DOCTOR THE LAST TIME. AND, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF SAD I DIDN'T SEE HIM. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I GET IT. YOU'RE HERE TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. 
          I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THOUGH. INSIDE OF THE PRESENTATION,
AS PART OF OUR PACKET, IT SAYS THAT YOU GUYS WILL DO A TEXT OPT IN OR SOMETHING TO THAT DEGREE WHERE IT SOME KIND
OF TEXT. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO FIRST DON'T HAVE. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE A TEXT. THEY HAVE A LANDLINE. AND,
YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE THAT MANY, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WERE USING THE WATER BILL, AND BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T USE A TEXT. THEY DON'T USE A PHONE,
A CELL PHONE. 
          THEY USE AN ACTUAL LANDLINE. YES. AND THEN SECONDLY AS FAR AS OUTREACH IS CONCERNED,
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WENT AWAY. 
          BUT I DID WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT OUTREACH WAS GOING TO HAPPEN,
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE AT A CERTAIN AGE AND THEIR WATER BILL NEEDS TO STAY CONSTANT. AND FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN,
THEY NEED TO KNOW IT'S THERE. 
          YES. THAT IT CAME THERE BASED ON THE DECISION THAT THE CITY OF DESOTO MADE. 
          AND SO HOW IS THAT OUTREACH GOING TO HAPPEN? AND THEN AS FAR AS VETS YOU KNOW,
VIETNAM VETS OR YOU KNOW, WAR VETS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY'RE USING THE VA,
YOU KNOW, WOULD THIS ACTUALLY HELP THEM BE ABLE TO CONTACT A VETERANS DOCTOR, IF YOU WILL? AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS EARLIER YOU SAID IT COULD GO LIVE FOR MONTHS
WITHOUT GOING ON A BILL. HOW MANY MONTHS? TWO. THANK YOU. YES. DID YOU GET ALL MY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO IN REVERSE. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MY MIND WORKS. THANK YOU. 
          SO THE VA. ABSOLUTELY. CAN COME FROM A FAMILY OF VETERANS. 
          IF THEY CAN AVOID GOING TO THE VA HOSPITAL FOR AN ACUTE ILLNESS,
THEY WOULD RATHER DO THAT, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE CAN'T GUARANTEE WE DON'T. 
          I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE A VETERANS HOSPITAL DOCTOR IN OUR NORTH TEXAS NETWORK. I'M
PRETTY SURE WE DON'T, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY. 
          IF THAT WAS IMPORTANT, WE COULD TRY TO RECRUIT ONE OR ONE THAT WAS TRYING TO RETIRE OR
SUNSET OUT OF ER, MEDICINE AT THE VA. SO THAT'S ANSWER NUMBER ONE IS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE INSURED,
UNINSURED, MEDICAID, MEDICARE, VA. EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THIS. 
          OKAY. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE OR SECOND ONE THEN THEN YOU ASKED OH NO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, YOU GOT ME. WHAT WAS. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST QUESTION? FIRST QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE OUTREACH. THE. YES,
YES. 
          THE FOLKS THAT ARE ARE NOT GOING TO BE FIRST ON TEXT MESSAGING,
RIGHT? RIGHT. SO THE WAY WE HANDLE THAT IS ONE OF TWO WAYS. 
          MOST PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS THAT DO HAVE ONE. 
          SO THEY COULD THEY COULD CALL AND SAY, COULD YOU BE MY TEXT FOR ME? THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY AN EASIER WAY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LANDLINE NUMBER THAT YOU CAN
CALL. 
          NOW WITH THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE. AND WE RESPOND TYPICALLY WITHIN 45 MINUTES TO
AN HOUR TO CONNECT YOU WITH A DOCTOR. 
          THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WITH THAT IS IT'S NOT THE,
YOU KNOW, THE TWO MINUTE WAIT TIME BECAUSE IT'S A LANDLINE. 
          WE HAVE TO THEN BRING IN THE DOCTOR. IT WILL LIKELY BE FASTER THAN THAT. 
          BUT WE HAVE A TEXT BASED SYSTEM. BUT WE DO CARVE THAT OUT THAT THAT LANDLINE NUMBER FOR
THOSE THAT THAT DON'T CANNOT TEXT. 
          OKAY. SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF OF THE DISCUSSION,
THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION SAID THE WELCOME IS DONE VIA TEXT. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE TEXT WOULD NOT GET THE WELCOME? THEY WOULD NEED TO BE THE PERSON TO CALL IN AND GET THE WELCOME? ACCORDING TO THE PACKET, I'M JUST EXPLAINING. I'M SO SORRY. 
          THE WELCOME IS IF I HAVE THE SYSTEM AND I'M TEXTING IT THE VERY FIRST TIME,
LIKE MY BROTHER, BROTHER IN LAW TODAY, IT SENDS HIM A LITTLE FORM. 
          IT'S LIKE A WELCOME PACKET THAT SAYS WELCOME TO TAP TELEHEALTH. WE NEED TO GET SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT YOU. WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? SO THEN THEY VERIFY THAT THEY LIVE IN DESOTO. 
          AND THEN IT JUST SAYS, DO YOU HAVE ANY YOU KNOW,
ILLNESSES THAT ARE MEDICATIONS THAT YOU TAKE, ETCETERA. SO COMPLETELY HIPAA, COMPLETELY COMPLIANT,
COMPLETELY PRIVATE. 
          RIGHT. THEN THE DOCTOR ENTERS THAT CONVERSATION AND STARTS TRIAGING THE PATIENT. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, YOU WOULD JUST NOW, WE WILL WE'LL EDUCATE AND MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF
THE PROGRAM, 
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REGARDLESS OF IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE OR NOT. YOU'LL GET. 
          THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT WE TELL PEOPLE THAT THE SERVICE IS AVAILABLE IS THROUGH THROUGH
TEXT. 
          THAT'S A BOOTS ON THE GROUND MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT I CAN EXPLAIN,
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS FOR SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE, HOW CAN THEY USE THE SYSTEM? AND THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY CALL A NUMBER,
LEAVE A MESSAGE, AND THEN THE DOCTOR WILL CALL THEM BACK. 
          OKAY. AND SO THE OUTREACH YOU'RE SAYING IS, IS GOING DOOR TO DOOR OR VIA MAIL VIA. 
          BECAUSE BASED ON AND I'M JUST GOING TO EXPLAIN WHERE MY WHERE MY PAUSE IS BASED ON THE
PREVIOUS CONVERSATION, THE DOCTOR SAID THAT IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY OPT PEOPLE IN BASED ON THEIR WATER BILL. 
          YES, THAT IS TRUE. SO IF I DON'T GET THE MAIL AND I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T GET MY MAIL FOR
A MONTH AND YOU GUYS HAVE OPTED ME IN. 
          SURE. HOW DO I KNOW THAT I NEED TO GO AND THEN OPT OUT? OH, ABSOLUTELY. SO I'LL TAKE ANY CITY WE'VE GOT 18 TO ALMOST 20 CITIES NOW THAT HAVE DONE
THIS 18 OR HAVE LAUNCHED IT, HAVE IT GOING. HERE'S WHAT THEY DO. 
          THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO START WITH HAVING SOMEONE AND WE CAN HELP PAY FOR THAT PERSON,
LIKE A VOLUNTEER TO WORK IN THE UTILITY BILLING OFFICE IN DESOTO. 
          THEY CAN FIELD ANY CALLS THAT COME IN. WE DO ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS AROUND TOWN. 
          WE HAVE THESE A-FRAME SIGNS THAT WE PUT UP IN ALL OF YOUR HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS. 
          SO LIBRARIES, SENIOR CENTERS, COMMUNITY CENTERS,
BALLPARKS, WE PUT THOSE ALL AROUND TOWN. 
          IT HAS ENGLISH ON ONE SIDE, SPANISH ON THE OTHER,
AND A QR CODE IN A FEW WORDS THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, TAP, TAP, TEXT A POSITION. TRY IT. NOW CLICK ON IT. 
          AND THAT IS WHEN WE OPEN UP THE FREE TRIAL FOR THE TWO MONTH PERIOD WHERE EVERYONE CAN USE
IT. 
          RIGHT. AND THEN IT WOULD IN IN TANDEM WITH THAT,
WE WOULD PUT A LINE ITEM ON THE WATER BILL FOR A ZERO AMOUNT. 
          AND IN THAT LINE ITEM IT WOULD SAY CALL THIS NUMBER TO OPT OUT OR TEXT THIS EMAIL OR EMAIL
THIS EMAIL ADDRESS TO OPT OUT SO THAT AND THEN UTILITY INSERTS THAT GO IN THE BILL UP AND YOU SAY YOU DON'T YOU DON'T CHECK YOUR MAIL. 
          SO WE ALSO DO DOOR HANGING CAMPAIGNS SO WE CAN CANVASS AREAS AND WE CAN PUT SIGNS ON
PEOPLE'S DOORS. 
          JUST CLIP THEM IN. IT TALKS ABOUT THE PROGRAM. 
          WE GET THE WORD OUT. AND THAT'S I MEAN WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT THAT. 
          SO IF SOMEONE COMES BACK IN THREE MONTHS AND THEY SAID,
I'VE BEEN CHARGED $9 FOR THREE MONTHS, I NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT, WE'LL REFUND THEM THEIR $27. 
          BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS. WE I WAS LOOKING AT NUMBERS RECENTLY,
AND OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TREATED IN NORTH TEXAS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, NOT NOT ONE COMPLAINT TO US ABOUT OUR SERVICE FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER,
FROM A STAFF OR FROM A CUSTOMER. 
          SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING IT ARE LOVING IT. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE THE WORD OUT TO OPT OUT. 
          AND THAT IS THAT IS WHERE WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR MONEY. 
          IS THAT OUTREACH IN YOUR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WE HAVE A 16 POINT TOUCH POINT 13 POINT
MARKETING OUTREACH WHERE WE TOUCH YOUR COMMUNITY 13 DIFFERENT TIMES BEFORE IT GOES ON A BUILDING. OKAY. AND THANK YOU. 
          I'M GOING TO YIELD BACK. THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE WAS ABOUT THE ACTUAL ONLINE,
YOU KNOW, THE OUTREACH ONLINE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WE ARE WELL PAST OUR TIME FOR OUR PRESENTATIONS. 
          SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD KEEP OUR QUESTIONS CONCISE,
PLEASE, AND DIRECT FOR THIS ITEM SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THE REMAINING ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND FIRST OF ALL,
I DO WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THE CRITICAL WORK THEY DO. 
          AND MY SPECIFIC QUESTION, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR TOOL
TO HELP REDUCE NON-URGENT CALLS. 
          WITH THAT IN MIND, WOULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY FOR OUR RESIDENTS OR OUR RESIDENTS,
SPECIFICALLY TENANTS OR RENTERS ABLE TO OPT BACK IN, AND IF SO, WHAT IS THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE? YES,
ANYONE CAN OPT OUT OF OUR SERVICE AND ANYONE CAN OPT BACK IN. 
          SO A LOT OF TIMES SOME FOLKS WILL OPT OUT IN THE EARLY MONTHS AND REALIZE,
OH, WELL, I'VE TALKED TO SIX PEOPLE THAT LOVE IT. 
          ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT TO THE CITY AND WE'LL PUT THEM BACK ON THE BILL. 
          THAT'S EASY. NOW WITH APARTMENTS, WHAT WE DO IS,
AND I'M SURE DESOTO PROBABLY HAS MULTI METERED AND MASTER METERED. 
          SO THE MASTER METERED COMPLEXES HAVE BEEN TRICKY BECAUSE THERE'S ONE BILL AND THE LANDLORD
DIVIDES IT AMONGST THE THE NUMBER OF TENANTS. 
          SO WHAT WE DO IN THOSE SITUATIONS IS THEY JUST GET IT FOR $9 A MONTH. 
          LIKE THE EVERYONE IN THE THE COMPLEX $9. SO $108 A YEAR COVERS THE ENTIRE MASTER METERED
APARTMENT COMPLEX. 
          SO DOLLARS OR DIMES TO THE, THE TENANTS. RIGHT. 
          AND THEN ON THE OTHER ONES THAT ACTUALLY GET A WATER BILL. 
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THEY'LL JUST GET THE THEY'LL GET THE SERVICE ON THAT WATER BILL,
AND THEY CAN LEAVE IT, OR THEY CAN THEY CAN OPT OUT OF IT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. THANK YOU,
MADAM MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST HAD A QUESTION. IS THERE
WAS THERE EVER AN OPTION TO BE ABLE TO OPT IN FROM THE BEGINNING? NO, MA'AM. NO, MA'AM. HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED THAT OR DONE ANY TYPE OF ANALYSIS? I WISH WE COULD. THAT IS THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION WE GET,
AND IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. 
          FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT A A BIG DENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH IF WE LEAVE IT OPT IN. 
          BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THE DOCTOR'S STAFF TO GET THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TIME,
WE WOULD HAVE TO START OFF AT ABOUT, WELL, ABOUT $90 A MONTH PER CUSTOMER. AND NO ONE CAN DO. 
          NO ONE WILL DO THAT, RIGHT. IF EVERYBODY JUST COMES IN THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY HEALTH
CONSORTIUM AND SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THIS FOR DESOTO,
THAT'S WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE AN AMAZING SERVICE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND I DID FORGET TO MENTION THAT AS PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING,
WE WILL ALSO CREATE AND FUND SOME OF YOUR ONGOING INITIATIVES. 
          SO WE'RE DEDICATING, I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND 15,000 A MONTH BACK TO THE CITY TO GO TOWARDS
A MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINE, TO GO TOWARDS A THE, THE PARKLAND CARE UNIT TO GO TOWARDS BELOW POVERTY LINE CITIZENS THAT MAY HAVE DELINQUENT WATER BILLS,
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO USE THAT FOR. 
          BUT WE WANT TO BUILD THAT COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE WITH YOU,
WITH YOUR HEALTHY DESOTO. 
          AND $15,000 A MONTH IS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT OF MONEY,
BUT IF YOU'RE PUTTING IT TOWARDS AND I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST DALLAS THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINES THAT COULD SET SOMETHING UP THAT WE COULD WE COULD SUBSIDIZE
POTENTIALLY. 
          AND I THINK IF YOU HAVE THAT AND WHAT WE DO,
I MEAN, YOU'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME, SO. 
          THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU MENTIONED A MASTER
METER. 
          SO THOSE UNITS I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE A SENIOR CITIZENS HOMES THAT HAVE MASTER
METERS. 
          SO HELP ME WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO THE COMPLEX WILL. 
          THE MASTER MEDIA WILL BE CHARGED PER UNIT ONE CHARGE. 
          SO $9, $9 FOR THE ENTIRE COMPLEX. YES, SIR. NOT FOR THE. 
          OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. NO, WAIT. 
          DON'T TELL ME THERE'S 25,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN IT. 
          NO, ACTUALLY, 58,522. THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM WILL BE OUR LAST. THANK YOU,
MADAM MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I THINK WHAT YOUR SERVICE OFFERS IS UNIQUE. 
          I. WHEN I WAS DOING MY HOMEWORK ON YOU ALL, I NOTICED THAT. 
          SO YOU'RE A RELATIVELY NEW COMPANY, RIGHT? LESS THAN FIVE YEARS? YES. WE'RE RIGHT AT ABOUT FIVE YEARS. OKAY. AND SO IN MOST OF THE CITIES THAT I SAW THAT
YOU ALL HAD ACQUIRED YOUR BUSINESS FROM HAD LESS THAN 10,000. EXCEPT FOR GARLAND, WHICH IS CURRENTLY,
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IN A PHASE OF WHERE THEY HAVEN'T COMMITTED YET, IT'S STILL THIS 60 DAY WINDOW PIECE WITH YOU ALL. 
          SO, GARLAND. GARLAND, THEY THEY WE HAD TO PAUSE THE PROGRAM. 
          IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL, AND IT'S READY TO GO. IN FACT,
TONIGHT ON OUR WAY OVER HERE, WE WERE HEARING PROBABLY 6 TO 8 PUBLIC COMMENT THAT JUST CAME FORWARD THANKING THE COUNCIL
FOR OUR SERVICE. 
          AND YOU CAN GO YOU CAN GO WATCH IT. BUT GARLAND HAD TO PUSH IT OFF BECAUSE OF A UTILITY
BILLING UPGRADE THAT THEY HAD TO DO. 
          AND SO WE WAITED AND WAITED BECAUSE THE VENDOR WAS TAKING TIME A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN
THEY THOUGHT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY THE COUNCIL SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT THIS ON A BILL. AND THEN WHEN THE NEW BILLING SYSTEM COMES IN,
WE'LL JUST PUT IT ON THAT AGAIN. 
          SO THE GOAL RIGHT NOW IN GARLAND IS TO HAVE EVERYTHING CORRECT WITH THE BILLING SYSTEM ON
IN MARCH. 
          AND FOR US TO TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM IN APRIL,
THAT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE HEARD. 
          AND I'M, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE. 
          GOTCHA. AND THE REASON WHY I SAID THAT. BECAUSE GARLAND IS UNIQUE. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE A HOSPITAL ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. 
          THEY THEY LOST THEIR HOSPITAL THAT THEY ONCE HAD. 
          AND THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT 10,000 OR LESS RESIDENTS ARE ALSO IN RURAL AREAS
THAT DO NOT HAVE HOSPITALS AS WELL. BUT DESOTO IS A LITTLE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE METHODIST CHARLTON THAT
SITS RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF OUR CITY, AS WELL AS A PLETHORA OF HEALTH CARE CENTERS THAT SIT IN OUR CITY AS WELL. 
          YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUR SERVICE WORKS VERY WELL FOR ALL ECONOMIC STATUSES,
BUT PRIMARILY, 
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I GUESS LOW INCOME WOULD BE PROBABLY, I THINK,
OR MEDIAN INCOME WOULD BE YOUR IDEAL PEOPLE, I GUESS, OR. NO. WE HAVE A CITY IN ILLINOIS THAT HAS 30,000 PEOPLE AND IT'S VERY AFFLUENT
CHICAGO SUBURB. 
          WE DID 300 WE HAD 300 PATIENTS LAST MONTH IN THAT COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL OR THE ER. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. AND WHAT I WAS SAYING WITH THAT WAS AND LET ME STAND CORRECTLY,
THE CITIES THAT YOU HAVE IN TEXAS ARE LESS THAN 10,000, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARLAND. HENDERSON HAS ABOUT 22,000 PEOPLE,
BUT THEY'RE ALL RELATIVELY SMALL RURAL CITIES, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO FOR ME, I THINK THE COMMUNICATION OF OF SAYING OPT IN AND OPT OUT IS A
LITTLE BIT MORE EASIER BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER VOLUME, RIGHT? BUT YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF DESOTO, WHERE WE HAVE 20,
ROUGHLY 20,000 ROOFTOPS, NOT ALONG WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE AS WELL. 
          THAT BECOMES A BIT MORE OF A BATTLE BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BATTLES WE STRUGGLE
WITH TODAY, WITH TRYING TO REACH PEOPLE. AND SO MY CONCERN,
BECAUSE WHILE THE MEDIAN AGE IS 41 AND THE AVERAGE HOUSE INCOME IS AT 108,000, REALLY GREAT NUMBERS PUTS US IN A GREAT PLACE. 
          RIGHT? MY CONCERN IS THAT WE IF YOU COMBINE OUR DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR 55 TO 65 AND OUR 65
AND HIGHER, THOSE TWO COMBINATIONS COMBINED ARE ALMOST AT THE TIP OF OUR AVERAGE MEDIAN,
RIGHT. 
          BUT THE STATE DOESN'T DO THAT. THEY DO 55, 65 AND 65 HIGHER. 
          RIGHT. FINE. BUT THOSE SENIORS THAT ARE LIKE MY COLLEAGUE AT THE END SAYS NOT TECHNICALLY
SAVVY. 
          AND ARE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EMAIL OR A TEXT OR FRANKLY,
DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE EVEN BEEN CHARGED. 
          THAT, TO ME, IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS, BECAUSE THAT COULD EASILY BECOME A BOIL INTO A
COMPLAINT OF TAXATION BASED ON THE FEE BEING ADDED TO THEIR THEIR BILL. RIGHT. 
          AND IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL KNOWS THAT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS,
WE WILL BE HAVING AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE ON OUR WATER BILL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ANYWAY. RIGHT. SO WHICH WE JUST DID THIS PAST BUDGET SEASON. 
          SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY GOING TO SEE OUR OUR INCREASED COST FOR WATER,
BUT THERE WILL BE ALSO AN INCREASE, THIS $10 INCREASE. AND I GET IT'S $10 RIGHT. BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO MAY BE,
YOU KNOW, NOT AT THAT 108 MEDIAN AND MORE AT THE LOWER LEVEL OF THAT. THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR THEM. 
          NOW, YOU DID MENTION THAT YOU WOULD REFUND UP A MONTH,
RIGHT? IS IT ONLY ONE MONTH? NO, NO. WE'LL REFUND UP TO 90 DAYS. 
          90 DAYS. NOTHING BEYOND THAT. IF SOMEONE SAYS,
HEY, I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BILL AT ALL OR I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS EXISTED. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO. WE CAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET ANYBODY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN
HAD. 
          RIGHT. OUR THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO PROVIDE IT. 
          IF YOU HAVE GOOD INSURANCE, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR WHEN YOU'RE SICK,
YOU USE IT IF YOU HAVE BAD INSURANCE OR NO INSURANCE. 
          AND LIKE THE THE PERSON IN GARLAND THAT HAD A $200 PRESCRIPTION THEY COULDN'T AFFORD,
THEY GOT IT FOR NINE. 
          LIKE, THAT'S THE REAL VALUE. AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE RUN AND AGAIN,
THEY'RE THIS IS A NUMBER, BUT THE ROI IS ASTRONOMICAL FOR OUR PROGRAM FOR A HOUSEHOLD. 
          I MEAN, THE FIRST TIME I USED IT, I HAD THE FLU AND MY SON HAD THE FLU,
AND WE SAVED $88 EACH ON THE FLU MEDICINE AND AVOIDED TWO DOCTOR'S VISITS. 
          I MEAN, I'D ALREADY PAID FOR IT FOR THE YEAR. TWICE. 
          LIKE IT'S JUST ONE TIME TO USE IT. WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING,
THOUGH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, IS THE HARDEST PART OF OUR JOBS, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S NOT A FORCED TAX. 
          STATE OF TEXAS DOESN'T ALLOW THAT. THEY IT IS AN INNOVATIVE OPTION. 
          IT IS NOT MANDATORY. YOU CAN YOU CAN OPT OUT. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE HIRE A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE THAT WOULD BE IN DESOTO. 
          THAT WOULD BE GOING TO ALL OF YOUR EVENTS, ALL OF YOUR TOWN HALLS,
ALL GOING TO ALL THE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GO IN DESOTO, CANVASING NEIGHBORHOODS, KNOCKING ON DOORS. WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY. 
          IF SOMEONE SAYS, I NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS, THAT'S OUR FAULT,
AND WE WOULD REFUND THEM, RIGHT? SO WHAT'S THE MANPOWER THEN TO OPT OUT? IS THAT HANDLED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION,
OR DOES THE CITY HAVE TO TAKE THAT ON OPT OUT AT DESOTO, TX? SO WHO PROCESSES THAT WOULD THAT BE THE CITY PROCESSING THAT? SO THAT COMES INTO YOU AND YOUR UTILITY BILLING FOLKS. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD BE IN THE UTILITY BILLING OFFICE BECAUSE WE WOULD HIRE SOMEBODY TO
WORK THERE TO DO THIS, AND THEY WOULD JUST OPT HIM OUT OF THE PROGRAM SO IT WOULDN'T GO ON THE ON THE WATER BILL. 
          SO YOU WOULD HIRE ONE FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THAT WOULD STAY HERE AT DESOTO FOR THE SIMPLE
PROCESS OF OPTING PEOPLE OUT. 
          [01:45:04]
HOW LONG WOULD THEY STAY UNTIL THE LAUNCH WAS ADEQUATE? SO MAYBE THREE MONTHS UNTIL EVERYBODY KNEW ABOUT THE PROGRAM? MAYBE SIX MONTHS. YOU TELL US. BUT TYPICALLY IT COMES IN WAVES IN THE BEGINNING WHEN
PEOPLE OPT OUT AND IT'S NOTHING. 
          IT'S ALSO WE HAVE A PHONE NUMBER YOU CAN CALL,
YOU CAN SAY, I WANT TO OPT OUT AND IT GOES IT LINKS RIGHT INTO THE DATABASE. 
          SO THERE'S LOTS OF EASY WAYS TO OPT OUT. YOU COULD TEXT US,
YOU COULD CALL A NUMBER, AND WE WILL ADVERTISE THOSE NUMBERS AROUND TOWN AS PART OF OUR MARKETING FOR THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS AND INDULGING US IN
CONVERSATION. 
          COUNCIL, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS,
I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE CAN WORK THROUGH OUR CITY MANAGER. IF THERE ARE JUST SOME MORE PRESSING QUESTIONS AFTER TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REST
OF OUR AGENDA. BUT THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY SECRETARY. 
          WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 551.0415, 
          [D. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS EXPRESSION OF THANKS,
CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES. 
          INFORMATION ABOUT HOLIDAY SCHEDULES. RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS. 
          REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS. 
          INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC
SAFETY, AND LIAISON UPDATES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. COUNCILMAN. WATER? YES. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW AND INVITE YOU TO MY
VERY FIRST TOWN HALL COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS. 
          IT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 21ST, 6 TO 8 P.M. 
          IN THE LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN THE LIBRARY,
IN THE FOYER TO THE RIGHT. 
          WHEN YOU WALK IN TO THE LIBRARY TOPICS I WILL COVER WILL BE STATE OF PLACE THREE AND THE
STATE OF THE ARC. 
          I'M GOING TO COVER A LOT OF IMPORTANT, EXCITING INFORMATION THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS.
THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED, AND ALSO SOME MEMBERS OF THE PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE FOR THE ARC
PRESENTATION. 
          AGAIN TOMORROW FROM 6:08 P.M. IN THE LIBRARY. 
          DO HAVE SOME FLIERS OUT HERE IN FRONT OF THE ACTION CENTER RIGHT HERE,
AS YOU CAN PICK UP A FLIER BEFORE YOU LEAVE. 
          SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EACH OF YOU THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMAN BIRD. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WANT TO IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD WE ARE LOSING ANOTHER MEMBER OF
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM. 
          MR. MATT CARLSON, WHO IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,
OUR DE SOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION. WE WANT TO THANK CARL MATT FOR FIVE,
ALMOST FIVE YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE AND WISH HIM WELL ON HIS JOURNEY TO HIS NEXT STOP. ALSO. YES. ALSO, MADAM MAYOR,
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT, BUT TRUSTEE A COOPER LOST HIS FATHER. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO, AS A CITY AND AS A BOARD. TELL TRUSTEE COOPER THAT OUR PRAYERS AND OUR
THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU. 
          HE WILL BE THE SPEAKER ON TOMORROW AT THE MAYOR'S FAITH LEADERS BREAKFAST. 
          EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THE LOSS, HE IS STILL WILLING TO DO THE LORD'S WORK. 
          SO WE WANT TO LET ABE KNOW THAT WE'RE PRAYING FOR HIM AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIM. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, DE SOTO. AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU OR ANYONE
YOU KNOW THAT HAS A BUSINESS TO JOIN OUR DESOTO AREA CHAMBER. 
          THEY'RE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS. THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF GREAT RESOURCES,
AND THEY DO A LOT OF NETWORKING IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS ACTUALLY HERE
TONIGHT. 
          MISTER EUGENE WALKER AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE. YOU ALL WAVE OR STAND. 
          THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND FOR DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMISSION. 
          IT PROVIDES ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON
HOW TO IMPROVE THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE AGAINST VICTIMS, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS WITH CHILDREN AND TEENS WHO ARE
WITNESSES TO AND OR VICTIMIZED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING, VIOLENCE, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND THEY MEET EVERY MONTH AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT
JOB AS WELL. 
          SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT SEE THEM IN THE PURPLE. THEY'RE VERY THEY'RE THEY'RE OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY A LOT IN OCTOBER, BUT THEY'RE DOING SOME THINGS EVERY MONTH, AND THEY HAVE AN INAUGURAL SAVE THE DATE
THEY'RE GOING TO DO. 
          THE SOUTHWEST VICTIM SERVICES PRESENTS CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK RESOURCE FAIR THAT'S
GOING TO BE INAUGURAL, AND IT WILL BE IN COLLABORATION WITH CEDAR HILL,
DUNCANVILLE AND RED OAK. 
          [01:50:03]
IT'LL BE RIGHT HERE AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER FROM 10 A.M. 
          TO 1 P.M. ON SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADVERTISE. 
          THEY WILL HAVE RAFFLE PRIZES. THERE'LL BE GUEST SPEAKERS AND RESOURCE BOOTHS AND LIGHT
REFRESHMENTS. 
          SO SAVE THE DATE PLAN TO COME. AND IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION,
YOU CAN EMAIL WYKING AT DESOTO TEXAS GOV. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE SUPPORT THIS COMMISSION. D. THANK YOU,
MADAM MAYOR, I YIELD BACK. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR,
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. 
          I AM JUST ELATED TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THORN TREE. 
          THERE IS A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING ON NEXT MONDAY AT 6 P.M. 
          IN THE LIBRARY, RIGHT UP THE ROAD HERE, AND THERE WILL BE LIGHT BITES PROVIDED. 
          AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED IN THE
COMMUNITY FOR THOSE QUESTIONS TO BE THEY'VE BEEN LEFT UNANSWERED TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME, SOME CONTEXT FOR PEOPLE. AND THEN ALSO IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY,
WE KNOW THAT BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND PLAY THE GAME OF MONOPOLY. 
          I KNOW THAT'S A IT'S A TWIST ON MONOPOLY, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS A GAME. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO BE DINNER AND A GAME. AND IT'S MANY FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE
PLANNING TO COME. 
          I ASK YOU TO COME OUT AND ENJOY A LITTLE TIME WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE AT BISTRO I35 EATERY THAT'S ON BELTLINE,
RIGHT HERE IN DESOTO IN PLACE TWO. 
          AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND BETWEEN 1 AND 4 P.M.. 
          AND I JUST ASKED YOU, CAN YOU STAY FINANCIALLY AFLOAT LONGER THAN ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S WHAT THE GAME IS ABOUT. IT'S CALLED EBONY. 
          COME ON OUT AND PLAY WITH US. I YIELD BACK. OH. 
          I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR. I HAVE ONE MORE. 
          THIS ONE IS. ON A MORE SOMBER NOTE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE ALSO HAD OUR DOCTOR MARKS. FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER,
DOCTOR MARKS ALSO LOST HER MOTHER IN THE LAST MONTH. 
          AND WE WANT TO GIVE HER OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM,
THANK YOU. 
          I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHIEF COSTA. HE WAS IN HERE,
BUT CHIEF COSTA'S MOTHER ACTUALLY PASSED. 
          AND WE'VE ALREADY, AS A COUNCIL, SENT A LETTER TO HIM. 
          HOWEVER, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT PUBLICLY. 
          I KNOW HOW DEEPLY HE CARED FOR HIS MOTHER. AND ANY LOSS,
NO MATTER WHAT AGE, IS STILL HEARTBREAKING. 
          WHEN IT'S YOUR MOTHER, YOU ONLY GET ONE, RIGHT? SO TO CHIEF,
WHEREVER YOU ARE CIRCLING THE BUILDING, WE ARE WITH YOU. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO NATE FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. 
          YESTERDAY PLACE SIX HOSTED A MLK DAY OF SERVICE. 
          WE HAD AN AMAZING TURNOUT. THANK YOU TO DYNAMIC DESOTO,
OUR PTA AND CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO ALL SUPPLIED VOLUNTEERS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE STREETS CLEANED DOWN COCKRELL
HILL AND BELTLINE. 
          SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU TO OUR PARKS TEAM FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND HELPING
US GET THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED. 
          AND THEN ALSO, I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR DESOTO FIRE FIRE ACADEMY IS HAVING THEIR
NEXT CLASS ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          YOU THE CLASS STARTS MARCH 23RD, AND YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER. 
          IT IS AN EVENING CLASS STARTS AT 6:00, BUT YOU CAN ENROLL NOW IN THE CLASS TAKES PLACE ON
MONDAYS. 
          YOU CAN FIND THAT LINK ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. 
          AND LASTLY I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
FOR THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNING COUNCIL. 
          AND SO EMERGENCY PLANNING IS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. 
          THE BEST SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM WILL BE HAVING TRAINING,
SPRING TRAINING 2026, SPRING TRAINING BEGINNING IN APRIL STARTING APRIL THE 10TH. 
          YOU CAN SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE. BECAUSE OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM IS HOSTED IN
DUNCANVILLE. 
          THE EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO. 
          IT IS TO SIGN UP, IT IS WITH DUNCANVILLE ADDRESS. 
          HOWEVER, YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AT DESOTO TEXAS GOV. 
          BACKSLASH. EXCUSE ME. FORWARD SLASH C E MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE DO HAVE AN AMBASSADOR HERE
FROM DESOTO AREA CHAMBER, AND THAT WOULD BE MISS SHALANDA WEAVER. I THOUGHT SHE HAD LEFT. 
          WOULD YOU WAVE YOUR HAND, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MADAM MAYOR. 
          [01:55:06]
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. I WANT TO MAKE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          THE FIRST IS I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT DESOTO FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION
IN THE MLK ESSAY AND ART CONTEST AND POETRY CONTEST THAT TOOK PLACE THIS FRIDAY. 
          I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR TEAM MEMBER,
DRE JARRETT, WHO PUT THAT PROGRAM TOGETHER THIS YEAR. 
          IT WAS EXCELLENT. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR SPONSORS. 
          THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED WERE ABLE TO TAKE HOME SOME AMAZING,
AMAZING PRIZES. 
          WE HAD LAPTOPS, METAL GLASSES, $250 GIFT CARDS ALL SORTS OF THINGS FOR OUR KIDS. 
          AND WE HAD OVER LAPTOPS. SO WE HAD OVER BETWEEN 50 AND 75 STUDENTS TOTAL THAT PRESENTED. 
          AND THEN WE PRESENTED TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT ON FRIDAY. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO THANK DESOTO ISD FOR BEING OUR ENTERTAINMENT SPONSOR FOR THAT EVENING. 
          WE HAD SEVERAL GROUPS FROM DESOTO ISD TO PARTICIPATE,
THEIR CHOIRS, THEIR DANCE GROUPS AND SO FORTH. 
          AND THEN WE HAD THE AFRICAN DRUMMERS TO END OUR NIGHT. 
          AND SO IT WAS AN AMAZING NIGHT. SO I WANT TO JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A THANK YOU FOR THAT
PARTICULAR PROGRAM WHEN I TOOK OVER AS MAYOR HERE IN DESOTO. 
          I GREW UP HERE, BUT WE HAD NOT EVER HAD AN MLK DAY OBSERVATION IN OUR CITY. 
          AND SO IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ON MY HEART AND VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT DOCTOR KING STOOD FOR HERE IN OUR CITY. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING FROM YEAR TO YEAR HAS BEEN AMAZING. 
          AND TO SEE HOW IT HAS TRANSFORMED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN SUCH A WAY HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. 
          SO BIG THANKS TO THAT. ALSO, A LITTLE BIT OF SOMBER NEWS. 
          OUR CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE CANCELED
AND RESCHEDULED DUE TO POSSIBLE INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          AND SO THEY HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED A NEW DATE, BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED WHEN THAT
HAPPENS. 
          SO IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON BEING A PART OF THE DESOTO EAGLES CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE,
THAT PARADE HAS BEEN POSTPONED. 
          SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHEN THEY'RE RESCHEDULING THAT. 
          ALSO, WE WILL HAVE MY STATE OF THE CITY. SO THAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT. 
          AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSCORE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S COMING UP PRETTY FAST IN THE
MONTH OF FEBRUARY. 
          SO WE HAVE THE STATE OF THE CITY THAT'S HAPPENING ON THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 12TH AT 11 A.M.. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THE CIVIC CENTER IN THE BLUEBONNET ROOMS,
AS IT IS FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          THAT EVENT ALWAYS SELLS OUT. WE DO STILL HAVE TABLES AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT
TO ATTEND IN PERSON. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON FOR ANY REASON,
OR MAYBE YOU ATTEND IN PERSON AND YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE REPLAY, WE WILL HAVE OUR WATCH PARTY HAPPENING ON YOUTUBE LIVE,
AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE REPLAY AS WELL. 
          AND SO MAKE PLANS FOR THAT AGAIN. THAT IS FEBRUARY 12TH AND YOU CAN REACH OUT TO OUR
DESOTO AREA CHAMBER FOR TICKETS AS WELL AS YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL OF THE CITY'S CHANNELS TO GET TICKETS FOR THAT AS WELL. I WANTED TO SHARE JUST SOME AGAIN,
TO TO THAT POINT, IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT THE PARADE, WE DO HAVE SOME WINTER WEATHER WATCHES THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND,
SO PLEASE BE SURE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND STOCK UP AND ALL THE THINGS AND MAKING SURE YOU ALL TAKE CARE OF THAT. WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS WHEN THEY SAY IT, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. BUT WE WANT TO JUST PLAN PLAN LIKE WE KNOW WE NEED TO PLAN. 
          SO YOU ALL PLEASE BE SURE THE CITY HAS SHARED QUITE A FEW THINGS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
CHANNELS AND OUR WEBSITE TO HELP YOU ALL PREPARE AND PLAN, SO PLEASE CHECK OUT THOSE THOSE CHANNELS IF YOU NEED HELP PLANNING FOR THAT. 
          THAT SAID, MY FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS WE DO HAVE A BIRTHDAY THAT'S COMING UP THIS MONTH. 
          WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IS I WON'T I WON'T TELL HER AGE. 
          I'LL LET HER DO THAT. I KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. 
          BUT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER LETICIA HUGHES WHO IS CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY VERY SOON. 
          LET'S SEE. THERE WE GO. AND WE KNOW IT'S CUSTOMARY. 
          WE WANT TO CELEBRATE YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. 
          AND WISH YOU THE BEST. WISH YOU ALL THE BEST ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S JANUARY 26TH, RIGHT? JANUARY 26TH. 
          AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. YOU KNOW HOW WE DO THIS? THE COUNCIL CHAMBER CHOIR WILL SING WHICHEVER VERSION YOU PREFER. 
          SO LET US KNOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW? I REALLY DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GONNA GET A
CHANCE TO DO IT, BUT I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. OH, GOODNESS. OH, SHE HAS A SOUNDTRACK. YEAH. NOW, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WE WAS GOING TO DO IT,
BUT YOU GOT YOUR SOUNDTRACK CUED UP. 
          COME ON. BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. OKAY,
I THINK SHE'S TRYING TO 
          [02:00:02]
SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A FEW OF US BEING OUT OF TUNE,
BUT I WON'T CONFIRM OR DENY THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES, WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY. WE SO
APPRECIATE YOU AND WE LOVE YOU. 
          AT THIS TIME, MADAM SECRETARY, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA,
PLEASE. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE
CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL. 
          [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.  ]
AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A
COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 6TH,
2026 MEETING. 
          RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING DE SOTO SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK. 
          RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY. 
          CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF MARTY TAYLOR, KEVIN BROOKS,
AND STEVEN BELL, SENIOR AS ALTERNATE JUDGES OF THE DE SOTO MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL CYBERNETICS COMPANY, L.P., D B A I'M S INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 152,000
AND $250 TO CONDUCT A ROADWAY PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX SURVEY TO BE USED TO DEVELOP A
MULTI-YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026
ADOPTED BUDGET FOR SERVICES RELATED TO THE MALFUNCTION OF THE DESOTO TOWN CENTERS CHILLER WATER SYSTEM AND THE
REPLACEMENT OF THE COMPRESSOR. 
          AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS
PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026, ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY SECRETARY. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES, I JUST HAD TO ASK IF WE COULD IF I COULD ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
F4 AND F5. 
          ARE THEY ARE THEY BRIEF QUESTIONS OR DO I BELIEVE THEY'RE BRIEF? OKAY. YOU SAID FOUR AND FIVE. THAT'S MR. O'CASEY,
AND THEN MR. O'CASEY FOR BOTH. IT IS. YOU SAID IT IS. YES. 
          OKAY. SO MY QUESTION ABOUT FOUR IS IS THIS THIS IS THE ONE THAT CAME PREVIOUSLY,
AND I WANTED TO ASK I'D ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE. 
          THERE WAS A THREE YEAR STUDY YOU SAID WAS DONE IN 2022. 
          MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THE PERSON WHO DID THAT STUDY IS STILL HERE? I BELIEVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT SAME PERSON WHO WAS HERE WHEN THAT STUDY WAS GOING
ON. 
          AND MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT YOU GOT TO STUDY HOW MUCH OF THAT STUDY WAS ACTUALLY PUT INTO
EFFECT. 
          WHAT PART OF IT, I MEAN, ARE WE 50% WE DID IT OR WE DID 25%? WHAT DID WE DO? I MEAN, BEFORE WE DO A NEW STUDY. 
          SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS STUDY AND THE ONE THAT WE DID IN 2022. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY TWO PORTIONS. ONE IS THE STUDY ITSELF. 
          AND THE OTHER PORTION IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          SO MY INFORMATION THE THE STUDY THAT WE'VE DONE IN 2022,
IT WAS JUST THE PAVEMENT CONDITION. 
          AND IT WILL GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, LIKE EACH ROADWAY WITH THE WITH THE PAVEMENT CONDITION
INDEX AND ALL. 
          BUT THIS STUDY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE OUTCOME FROM THE PCI. 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP AN INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE NEXT
THREE YEARS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION AND ALLEYS AND
AND ALSO REHABILITATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION. SO THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO DEVELOP A LIST OF A
PROJECT OR A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR EACH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT AND THOSE IN THOSE LISTS WILL INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE AND
PRESERVATIONS. 
          OKAY. AND SO THE ACTUAL THING THAT'S HAPPENING AS OF AUGUST 2026 WOULD BE THE PLAN ITSELF. 
          THE COMPLETION IS THE PLAN ITSELF. IT WOULD BE THE PCI STUDY,
THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX, AND THEN ALSO THE LIST OF PROJECTS FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION FOR THE
NEXT THREE YEARS. 
          SO, SO THE OUTCOME OF THIS, THE 150 K, THE OUTCOME IS THE STUDY AND THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THREE YEARS. 
          OKAY. SO YOU'RE GETTING TWO THINGS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. CAN I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I ALSO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON THIS. 
          ONCE THE PLAN IS CREATED THE PLAN IS GOING TO HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF FUNDING NEED. 
          SO BASED ON THE FUNDING NEED OF KEEPING THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX WHERE IT IS OR
IMPROVING IT. 
          [02:05:06]
THERE'S A DOLLAR FIGURE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT,
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL BRING TO YOU DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COUNCIL IS WILLING TO FUND IN THE FUTURE IS HOW WE CAN ADJUST THE
PLAN. 
          THAT PLAN IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S NEEDED. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT,
YOU KNOW YEAR ONE, YOU DO IT, YEAR TWO YOU DO IT. YEAR THREE, YOU DO THE SAME THING. 
          IF YOU PROVIDE THAT FUNDING, THINGS CHANGE. SO EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO ADJUST THAT. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OF THAT. THIS IS A DYNAMIC DOCUMENT. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE STUDY ITSELF OR THE PLAN ITSELF IS A STATIC DOCUMENT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING DYNAMICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAVEMENT CONDITIONING
IS, IS IS STAYING INTACT BASED ON THE FUNDING THAT IS ALLOCATED TO US. 
          OKAY, OKAY. SO FOR FOR THE PURPOSES OF MY QUESTION,
THOUGH, I MEAN, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION WAS BECAUSE WE DID THE STUDY BEFORE AND BECAUSE
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL PLAN IN IN WITH A NEW STUDY. 
          THE THE PREVIOUS STUDY WAS NOT WHAT'S THE WORD? YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING FOR THE PREVIOUS STUDY THAT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT FOR THE PCI. 
          WE DIDN'T CREATE A PLAN IN 2022. WE DIDN'T CREATE A PLAN. 
          WE DID A PAVEMENT CONDITION RATING. SO WE WENT AND DROVE THE STREETS,
NOT US. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CONSULTANT DID THAT AND IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC STREETS WITH SPECIFIC
RATING. 
          OKAY. WHAT WAS WHAT WAS DONE IN IN IN THE ANNUAL PROGRAM COULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY STANDARDIZED PROCESS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PRESERVATION,
REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION ROADS AND DIVVY IT UP IN A WAY THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REALLY MONITOR THE STREET NETWORK COMPREHENSIVELY,
NOT JUST KIND OF AN ODD AN ODD APPROACH TO, WELL, WE'LL TAKE THE STREET AND WE'LL TAKE THAT STREET. 
          RIGHT. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO IT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. 
          I'M ASKING THAT WE PULL E. I THINK I'M DOING THIS RIGHT EG3,
WHICH IS THE. 
          CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR ALTERNATE JUDGES FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION FOR THE REMAINING ITEMS? WELL, I HAVE I SAID FOUR AND FIVE. OKAY. I'M SORRY. 
          I THOUGHT WE WERE ALREADY ON FIVE. I'M SORRY. 
          OH. I'M SORRY. DO WE NEED TO PULL THE ITEM? NO,
NO, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARTICULAR LINE ITEM. 
          IS THIS JUST A PART? NO, THIS IS A NEW CHILLER. 
          NO, THIS IS FOR THE TEMPORARY CHILLER. WHEN? WHEN THE COMPRESSOR WENT OUT,
WE BROUGHT A BIG TEMPORARY CHILLER TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, HVAC. TO THE TO THE BUILDINGS. AND WE'RE PAYING LIKE A MONTHLY RENT FOR THAT. 
          RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S FOR THIS. WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR THE COMPRESSOR AND WE REPLACED
IT. 
          AND IT'S IN OPERATION AND IT'S WORKING PERFECTLY FINE. 
          BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE RENTED,
WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE BIG TEMPORARY CHILLER WHILE THE COMPRESSOR WAS OUT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR. SO IT'S A DIFFERENT PART. 
          SO IT'S IT'S A IT'S LIKE ANOTHER CHILLER, BUT IT'S LIKE A VERY BIG MACHINE THAT WE BRING
AND WE INSTALL NEXT TO THE BUILDING. 
          AND THAT WOULD PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, HVAC TO THE BUILDING UNTIL WE FIX THE,
THE MAJOR ONE. 
          SO IT'S LIKE AN 18 WHEELER THAT COMES IN AND BRING THE CHILLER AND WE INSTALL IT ON THE
ROAD. 
          AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS CONNECTED TO THE, TO THE BUILDING. 
          AND IT WAS PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, THE HVAC SERVICES. 
          THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY WE HAD SOMETHING SITTING ON
THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND THAT WAS THE ONE WE'RE REFERRING TO. 
          THAT'S THE SAME THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TEMPORARY. YES,
MA'AM. WE'RE BUYING. WE'RE GETTING IT AGAIN. NO, NO NO NO, THIS IS THE SAME THE SAME PERIOD OF TIMES. BACK IN JULY AND AUGUST AND HALF SEPTEMBER. 
          BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING TO YOU HERE JUST FOR RATIFICATION,
THAT WE SPENT THE MONEY. 
          AND THEN BECAUSE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY, AND WE'RE COMING HERE TONIGHT TO RATIFY IT. 
          SO THE PREVIOUS MONIES, THE 81,000 I'M ASKING THIS IS WHY I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION. 
          BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY APPROVED THE 81,000 BACK THEN,
THE 48,000 HERE. 
          THAT'S A TOTAL OF ABOUT 129,000. YOU'RE SAYING WAS FOR THE SAME THING WE DID BACK THEN. 
          SO IT WAS. SO YOU'VE ALREADY RATIFIED THE COMPRESSOR WITH THE 81 K. 
          AND THAT'S THE PART THAT WE REPLACED. BUT THEN WHEN THE PART WAS OUT,
WE HAD TO BRING ANOTHER EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE HVAC TO THE BUILDING. 
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AND THEN AND THEN THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TONIGHT. 
          WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BRING IT BACK IN. YOU KNOW,
THE SAME TIME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS RENTED AND IT WAS RENTED FOR THREE MONTHS. 
          AND THEN WE WAITED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OPERATIONAL AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD. 
          OKAY. AND MAYBE AFTER THIS, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T. 
          I STILL DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT'S OKAY. SO OKAY,
CAN I. 
          SO IT'S A TWO PART THING, RIGHT? THE ACTUAL CHILLER,
THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CHILLER, WHICH IS THE PERMANENT SOLUTION. 
          THAT WAS THE $81,000. UNTIL WE GET THE CHILLER,
WE HAD TO RENT ANOTHER CHILLER. 
          AND THAT CHILLER, WE PAY MONTHLY FOR IT. SO THE MONTHLY PAYMENT IS SOMEWHERE AROUND
22,500. 
          LET'S SAY FOR THAT, WE HAD TO USE IT FOR THREE MONTHS IN,
IN IN THE MEANTIME UNTIL WE GET THE PERMANENT CHILLER TO INSTALL IT. 
          SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST. SO WHILE WE WERE WAITING ON THE CHILLER TO COME IN,
WE HAD TO USE A RENTAL CHILLER. 
          AND THIS IS THE COST FOR THAT CHILLER. AND, AND THE,
THE RENTAL FACILITY GAVE US A BREAK. 
          SO INSTEAD OF US PAYING 60 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR IT,
NOW WE'RE PAYING $48,000 FOR THE RENTAL OF THAT TEMPORARY CHILLER. 
          OKAY, SO THIS IS JUST A RENTAL. OKAY. BECAUSE,
I MEAN, I'M SORRY, THE ACTUAL THE MANAGEMENT REPORT. 
          I DIDN'T READ THAT PART. I DIDN'T READ THAT INTO WHAT YOU WHAT WAS SAID IN THE MANAGEMENT
REPORT THAT THIS IS ONLY THE RENTAL FEES THAT WE HAVE ACCRUED SINCE WE DID THIS. IT'S A RECONCILIATION OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT,
WHICH COULD INCLUDE ANY, ANY NEEDED FUNDING FOR THAT PERMANENT CHILLER. PLUS, THE RENTAL CHILLER IS JUST SAYING,
YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT LET'S SAY WE'VE SPENT 120 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS, 29,000 $129,000, AND WE'VE ONLY PAID THAT $81,000. 
          WE STILL HAVE TO PAY TO RECONCILE, TO RECONCILE THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT AND THAT RENTAL,
THAT ACTUAL CHILLER THAT WE HAVE NOW IS THE PERMANENT ONE, AND WE HAVE A WARRANTY ON THAT ONE. CORRECT. OKAY,
GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVED EG3 OUR JUDGES. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I'M SORRY. POINT OF INFORMATION. 
          YOU MEAN F THREE, RIGHT? CORRECT. YEAH. WELL,
CONSENT. 
          IT STARTS WITH E. HE IS CONSENT. SO ON THE FIRST PAGE IT SAYS E IS CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THEN IT GOES TO G UNDER CONSENT OTHER ITEMS AND THEN IT GOES TO THREE. 
          WELL I'M TALKING ABOUT F THREE IS THE JUDGES. 
          YES. THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE REMOVED OKAY. YES THAT'S WHAT I'VE REMOVED. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S E.G. THREE. IT'S OF NO CONSEQUENCE BUT IT'S E THREE. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED
WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE OF THE RECOGNITION, I MEAN, OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE ALTERNATE
JUDGES. 
          SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PROPERLY. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO APPROVE, AS STATED. 
          COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. 
          SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I WANTED TO PULL THIS FOR A SEPARATE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND VOTE. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK. I DO SEE OUR PRESIDING JUDGE. 
          JUDGE CAMPBELL HERE TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO ASK HIM IF HE WOULD COME AND ASSIST US WITH THIS
ONE. 
          AND THEN WE DO SEE JUDGE LANDERS, WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN SWORN IN AND CONFIRMED. 
          BUT WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS WELL. AND SO IF YOU COULD KIND OF GIVE US JUST A. 
          YEAH, COME ON UP, CUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON AND THEN JUST KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE WHO'S
HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND JUST KIND OF HELP US UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR ROLE AND YOUR YOUR
ASSOCIATES AND YOUR ALTERNATES AND ALL OF THOSE. 
          SURE, SURE. AGAIN. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MAYOR. 
          FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, MY NAME IS HENRY CAMPBELL. I WAS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
BACK IN NOVEMBER TO BE THE PRESIDING JUDGE. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL. 
          ALSO, WE HAD DISCUSSED ABOUT PROVIDING ALTERNATE JUDGES AND YOU KNOW,
AT ONE POINT WE DID KIND OF HAVE AN ISSUE ON OBTAINING ALTERNATE JUDGES, AND YOU GUYS ASKED ME TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LIST OF NAMES. 
          AND I DID THE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT'S GOING TO BE SERVING AS ALTERNATE JUDGES ARE GOING TO
BE FILLING IN FOR ME FROM TIME TO TIME. 
          BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO ME DOING THE COURT,
I'M ALSO DOING THE JAIL ARRAIGNMENT. 
          AND IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE TIME, I'M NORMALLY DOING ABOUT 5 A.M. 
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IN THE MORNING. SO AGAIN, FROM TIME TO TIME JUST TO KIND OF GIVE ME A BREAK THE,
THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS, AGAIN, I KNOW HIM PERSONALLY. AND I DID REACH OUT TO THEM PERSONALLY TO KIND OF JUDGE
THEIR INTEREST. 
          AS I TOLD THEM, I, I TRUST THEM. SO IF I'VE MENTIONED IF I ASKED THEM AND I REFERRED THEM, I EXPECT THEM TO TO HOLD UP TO THE SAME STANDARD THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TASKED ME WITH
UPHOLDING. 
          SO I CAN ANNOUNCE. SO THE FIRST PERSON IS JUDGE VICTOR LANDERS. 
          JUDGE VICTOR LANDERS, CAN YOU STAND UP? JUDGE VICTOR LANDERS IS A RETIRED JUDGE FROM THE
CITY OF DALLAS, AND HE'S ALSO A PROFESSOR AT PAUL QUINN COLLEGE. 
          SO YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY PROVED HIM. THE NEXT PERSON IS MARTY JO TAYLOR. 
          SHE'S AN ATTORNEY. SHE'S BEEN PRACTICING SINCE 2000. 
          SO 26 YEARS. AGAIN SHE IS A VERY SOMEBODY I DEPEND ON MY COACHED HER SON,
YOUTH FOOTBALL. 
          ACTUALLY, HER SON IS ONE OF THE PLAYERS ON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. 
          SO NEXT PERSON IS STEVEN BELL. STEVEN BELL HAS BEEN PRACTICING ABOUT AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN
PRACTICING. 
          WAS ALMOST 30 YEARS. HOW MANY YEARS? PROBABLY. 
          PROBABLY CLOSE TO 30 YEARS. AND AGAIN HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH JAIL ARRAIGNMENTS AND AND
THOSE THINGS AGAIN. 
          HE'S ALSO A GRADUATE OF SOTO HIGH SCHOOL. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, IT WAS 1984. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO FINALLY KEVIN BROOKS. 
          KEVIN BROOKS HAS BEEN PRACTICING FOR 35 PLUS YEARS. 
          KEVIN IS ALSO AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          SO HE DOES MINISTRATION DOWN THERE. SO HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS. 
          KEVIN IS ALSO AT ONE POINT WAS THE ASSISTANT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN DALLAS COUNTY
UNDER BOTH CRAIG WATKINS. 
          AND WHO ELSE DID YOU SERVE ON? CRAIG JOHNSON AND JOHN AND FAITH JOHNSON TO JOHN CREUZOT
HE'S, AGAIN, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN CRIMINAL LAW. YOU SPECIALIZE,
RIGHT? I'M CERTIFIED. I'M NOT SPECIALIZED. MOST OF THE CASES I HANDLED IN CRIMINAL DEFENSE WORK
WERE THE FIRST DEGREE FELONIES. 
          DEATH PENALTY FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS CASES. THANK YOU. 
          KEVIN. THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INVOLVED ARE VERY
COMPETENT. 
          AND AGAIN, I THINK THE CITY OF DESOTO WOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE THEM REPRESENT THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JESS. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU JUDGE. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOU OBLIGING US. AND WE WE LOOK FORWARD TO APPROVING THIS
ITEM. 
          SO, COUNCIL, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS? THANK YOU. 
          JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION, JUST AS I ASKED JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO,
BECAUSE IT'S ONLY FOR. 
          IT'S ONLY THREE LISTED. THERE WERE FOUR MENTIONED. 
          IS THE MOTION FOR THE THREE OR THE FOUR? FOR THE THREE? OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. YES,
WE'VE ALREADY DONE HIM. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR,
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ALTERNATE JUDGES, MARTY TAYLOR, KEVIN BROOKS AND STEPHEN BELL,
SENIOR TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          I SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH TO APPROVE AS STATED COUNCIL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. 
          SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU ALL WITH US AT THIS TIME. 
          WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, MADAM CITY SECRETARY. 
          [1.  Consider adoption of an Ordinance establishing the DeSoto Commission for People with Disabilities AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP, DUTIES, TERMS, AND ORGANIZATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE DE SOTO COMMISSION FOR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS. ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. 
          PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP, DUTIES, TERMS AND ORGANIZATION. 
          PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING,
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TONIGHT THE PROPOSAL FOR THIS
NEW COMMISSION FOR DESOTO DE SOTO COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
          BEFORE I START, I ACTUALLY DID WANT TO INVITE MISS LISA MENDOZA TO COME UP AND STAND WITH
ME AS SHE HAS BEEN HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO BE THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THIS COMMISSION AND MORAL SUPPORT. 
          GREAT. OKAY. SO I DO WANT TO JUST GO OVER THE PROPOSAL WITH YOU ALL AND ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS NEW COMMISSION WILL BE TO SERVE AS AN ADVISORY BODY TO THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL, FOCUSING ON ACCESSIBILITY, INCLUSION AND EQUITY FOR RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. 
          THEY WOULD PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND POLICIES,
PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND WOULD BE GROUNDED IN ADA PRINCIPLES AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN 
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INPUT. SO WHY DOES THIS COMMISSION MATTER? THEY WOULD REALLY SERVE TO IDENTIFY
ACCESSIBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE. 
          THERE HAS BEEN A GROWING NEED FOR COORDINATED,
INCLUSIVE PLANNING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THROUGHOUT OUR PRACTICES AND OUR IN OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THIS WOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE LIVED EXPERIENCE AND
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND POSITION DE SOTO AS A REGIONAL LEADER IN ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION. WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOUR FOCUS AREAS,
WHICH WE CALL OUR POLICY PILLARS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY CAN BE YOU KNOW TALKED ABOUT AND REFINED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE COMMISSION,
BUT THEY WOULD FOCUS ON EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO HOW THIS WOULD BE STRUCTURED AND HOW PARTICIPATION WILL WORK SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS WILL
BE APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THERE WILL ALSO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NONVOTING,
NON-VOTING RESOURCE PANEL OF COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PARTNERS. 
          THERE ARE WE ARE PROPOSING A QUARTERLY MEETING WITH THE STAFF LIAISON SUPPORT. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT CAN BE INCREASED TO MONTHLY IF,
IF NEEDED. 
          AND THERE WOULD ALSO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE WITHOUT SERVING ON THE
BOARD. 
          SO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? WE'VE ACTUALLY SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY INTEREST
MEETING BACK IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER 3RD. THERE WAS STRONG RESIDENT AND PARTNER ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THAT MEETING. IT
WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING. 
          A LOT OF INSIGHT AND INFORMATION WAS SHARED. A LOT OF COLLABORATION TO WE HAD SEVERAL OF
OUR CITY PARTNERS THAT WERE HERE WHO COULD ANSWER, WHO WERE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RIGHT ON SITE. 
          AND THERE'S ALSO BEEN A, AN INTEREST AND INSIGHT FORM WHICH HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FOR ONGOING
INPUT, WHICH HAVE BEEN HAS BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF INPUT FROM THAT AS WELL. 
          SO THE NEXT STEPS INCLUDE REVIEWING APPLICATIONS AND FEEDBACK. 
          AS OF TONIGHT WE HAVE 16 APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. 
          SO THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OF INTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENT BY COUNCIL. 
          AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD FINALIZE THOSE APPOINTMENTS AND THEN THAT BOARD WOULD BEGIN THE
WORK PLAN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN THEY'D BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. 
          AND I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE MORE. SO A STATEMENT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MAYOR
PROCTOR FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HER FUTURE THINKING ON WHAT COULD BENEFIT DESOTO AND MAKE US BETTER. 
          IN THE SUMMER OF 2023, SHE PRESENTED THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN OUR RETREAT. 
          I THINK THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT HERE WERE OUR TWO NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBERS,
AND IT RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS MOVE FORWARD FROM THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS AND A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE IN 2026 NOW. 
          AND WE'RE NOW SEEING IT FRUITION. AND A LOT OF THAT'S BEEN DUE TO MANAGEMENT CHANGES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT TO KEEP YOUR FINGER ON THE MAIN THING AND PUSHING IT FORWARD,
BUT ALSO JUST JUST THE FUTURE THINKING OF IT I DIDN'T I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR
COMMUNITY UNTIL I SAT IN THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 3RD, AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A FULL ROOM. 
          IT WAS A FULL ROOM. AND THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT AND CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS ON THE CITY
OPERATING AT A HIGHER LEVEL AS IT RELATES TO ADA AND THE THINGS THAT I HAD NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION TO
CHILDREN, TO JUST ACCESSIBILITY INTO OUR FACILITIES. AND IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING TO ME,
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY HOSTED ON NATIONAL DISABILITY DAY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS JUST A NICE TOUCH. 
          SO KUDOS TO YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FEATHER IN YOUR LONG LEGACY WITH THE
CITY OF DESOTO. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND THEN ALSO TO STAFF JUST BEING ON THE VACCINE,
WATCHING ALL THE WORK THAT LISA AND DOCTOR ESTHER HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. IT'S JUST BEEN A PLEASURE JUST TO SEE THIS MOVING IN THE CAPACITY THAT IT IS. 
          SO THANK YOU ALSO FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER,
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS FORTH. 
          I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT HAVING A MENTAL
HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD. 
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AND SO I'M HOPING, I'M HOPING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE READ THAT THIS ENCOMPASSES THAT. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO ASK, HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO FAC,
WHICH IS THE DALLAS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE? IS THIS GOING TO BE SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY PROVIDES,
YOU KNOW, SOME CONNECTION FROM A DALLAS COUNTY PERSPECTIVE TO THIS PARTICULAR BOARD. 
          YES. WE'LL HAVE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS AND RESOURCE PARTNERS LIKE SO THE LIKES OF METRO CARE
THE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE A PARTNER. 
          WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BEST BUDDIES THAT WE WORK WITH,
EVEN WHEN WE PREVIOUSLY DID SOME THINGS IN 2022 AROUND EMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS. AND SO WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE PARTNERS IN SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A FEEL GOOD BOARD. 
          THIS IS A BOARD THAT INTENDS TO GET REAL WORK DONE AROUND THE AREAS OF INCLUSION AND
MAKING SURE THAT DESOTO IS MORE ACCESSIBLE. 
          SO NOT ONLY WILL WE HAVE DALLAS COUNTY REPRESENTED,
BUT WE WILL HAVE THE BROADER METROPLEX AS A WHOLE IN TERMS OF WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE ABROAD, BUT ALSO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING THE WORK RIGHT HERE IN DESOTO TO HELP GUIDE
THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WE ONLY WE ONLY KNOW SO MUCH. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PEOPLE,
AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND DOING THIS WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO HELP GUIDE US AS WE'RE
MAKING POLICY. 
          BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE POLICY GOOD POLICY WITHOUT INCLUDING THE PEOPLE THAT THE POLICY
WILL IMPACT AND THAT THE POLICY IS MEANT TO SUPPORT. 
          SO IT'S IT'S IMPERATIVE, RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE THOSE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AT THE TABLE
HELPING US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I TOOK THE SCENIC ROUTE. 
          BUT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER PARKER COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COUNCILMEMBER. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          BUT BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION, THIS IS THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA. 
          BEFORE WE HEAR FROM CITIZENS COMMENTS I WANT TO THANK THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD A HAND IN
PULLING THIS FORWARD. 
          AS MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED SO ELOQUENTLY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY GOT PRESENTED IN
2023. 
          HOWEVER, WE STARTED THE WORK LONG BEFORE THAT IN TERMS OF RECOGNIZING THE NEED. 
          I THINK SO OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY,
INCLUSION IN OUR MIND FOCUSES IN ON RACE, BUT HOW OFTEN DO WE TALK ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT
HAVE THESE CHALLENGES? THESE VERY UNIQUE CHALLENGES ARE UNIQUELY ABLED,
IF YOU WILL, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE BRING THIS FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT,
YOU KNOW, IN THE AREAS THAT WE THE PILLARS THAT WE HAVE,
ONE OF THOSE BEING EMPLOYMENT, THAT DE SOTO IS THE FIRST AND FOREMOST MODEL EMPLOYER. 
          RIGHT. IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK THE TALK, WE NEED TO WALK THE WALK AS A CITY,
MAKING SURE THAT EVEN FROM A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HERE WITHIN OUR CITY, THAT WE'RE BEING THAT MODEL TO THEM AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS
DONE WITH EVERYBODY IN MIND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS WHAT THEY NEED FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A SPECIAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MISS TIFFANY MARTIN. 
          SHE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. I DON'T SEE HER, BUT SHE MAY BE WATCHING. 
          SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO TRY TO WATCH IN IF SHE'S NOT ABLE TO ATTEND,
BUT SHE'S LITERALLY BEEN WITH ME FROM DAY ONE. 
          SHE IS ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS BUT A STAUNCH ADVOCATE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. 
          SHE IS THE ONE WHO HAS TALKED, HAS WORKED WITH ME AND WALKED ME THROUGH USING THINGS THAT
WE TAKE FOR GRANTED, USING PEOPLE FIRST LANGUAGE. RIGHT. BEING CONSIDERED THE WAY THAT WE SPEAK ABOUT THIS
COMMUNITY, THE WAY THAT WE SPEAK ABOUT THESE TOPICS. AND SHE HAS BEEN THE ONE TO EXPOSE ME TO
DIFFERENT GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS AND JUST HER HER BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE,
HER HER TESTIMONY. 
          IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MISS MARTIN SHE LOST HER SIGHT DUE TO HEALTH COMPLICATIONS,
BUT THAT SHE ALWAYS SAID SHE LOST HER SIGHT, BUT SHE NEVER LOST HER VISION. RIGHT. AND SO SHE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS PARTNER TO THIS
INITIATIVE. 
          AND SO I WANT TO JUST ASK IF WE COULD PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE
MISS TIFFANY MARTIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE IS DOING AND CONTINUES TO DO TO PUSH THIS MOVEMENT FORWARD. AND SO AGAIN, COUNCIL, I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR YOU ALL
SEEING THE VISION AND FOR YOU ALL SEEING THE NEED. 
          AND SO I HOPE YOU ALL WILL JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR,
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT AND ESTABLISH THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. SECOND,
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM TO ACCEPT AS PRESENTED COUNCIL. WE DO NOT HAVE A VOTING MACHINE TONIGHT. 
          BUT ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. 
          [02:30:01]
COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. LONG TIME COMING. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE OUR FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. 
          MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CITIZEN APPEARANCES. 
          [I. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY
SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 
          CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE
CITY SECRETARY, OR RETURN IT TO THE AMBASSADORS TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF 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 CITY STAFF PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR
RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURSE. 
          FOR ATTENDEES WANTING TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA. 
          THE COMMENTS CARD RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ARE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY
SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THAT AGENDA ITEM. 
          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. PLEASE NOTE COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND NOT TO AN
INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. 
          CITIZENS SHALL REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL,
IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR BECOMING BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL. IF SUCH CONDUCT OCCURS AND IS NOT CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY,
THE CITIZEN MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THE REMAINING SESSION OF THE MEETING, AND THE CITIZEN SHALL BE BARRED FROM APPEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT SESSION. 
          CITIZENS SHALL OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY,
DECORUM, AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AT THIS TIME WE HAVE MISS NICOLE RAPHAEL. 
          GOOD EVENING, MISS RAPHAEL. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME,
YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. HAPPY NEW YEAR, NICOLE RAPHAEL, DESOTO, TEXAS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW YEAR. 
          I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE RESET THAT WAS DISCUSSED OR OR GIVEN ON THE LAST CITY COUNCIL
MEETING, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW CONCERNS. ON JUNE 16TH, I WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE MY TERM HAD ENDED
AFTER SEVEN YEARS UNDER THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          JUNE 17TH I WAS REALLY SURPRISED OF A SEISMIC ACTION THAT YOU ALL TOOK. 
          IN PURCHASING THORNTREE GOLF CLUB. WHAT I REMEMBER FROM THE NOVEMBER 18TH EXECUTIVE
SESSION RELATED TO PROJECT RECREATION. 
          THERE WAS NO ACTION IN FEBRUARY. THERE ARE EMAILS THAT INCLUDES MY CITY ATTORNEY,
CITY MANAGER, AND THAT TALKS ABOUT THORNTREE MOVING FORWARD. 
          I'VE SEEN EMAILS RELATED TO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS,
CONTRACT SIGNED BY MY CITY MANAGER. 
          MY QUESTION IS WHO? WHO PROVIDED THAT DIRECTION? MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE OATH TOOK WAS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I UPHOLD THE LAW. 
          BUT AS IT RELATES TO GIVING DIRECTION AS RELATED TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THORNTREE WAS NOT A PART OF IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE,
WHILE IT WAS A PART OF IT FROM A GRANT PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE JUST REFACING, THE FACADE GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
WE WENT THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THORNTREE WASN'T BUDGETED. 
          AND WHEN THAT CAME ABOUT, IT WAS REALLY CONCERNING TO ME. 
          SO ALL I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO, CITY COUNCIL IS HOW WE DO WHAT WE DO IS AS
IMPORTANT AS WHAT WE DO. 
          PROCESSES ARE IMPORTANT. TRANSPARENCY WITH ONE ANOTHER IS IMPORTANT. 
          BEING ABLE TO TRUST EACH OTHER IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE, YOU MAKE AS ONE BODY,
NOT AS ONE INDIVIDUAL. 
          AND FROM THE DOCUMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN, I'M REALLY CONCERNED. AND SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT
YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL, AS WITH THE GREATNESS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY,
THAT YOU ACT AS THAT YOU WALK AS THAT AS ONE BODY, ONE VOICE, AS YOU MAKE THESE DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE MISS LAURA SUGG. 
          COUNCIL. I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT
DOCUMENTS BEING EXECUTED AS IT RELATED TO THE SALE OF THORNTREE GOLF CLUB. 
          THERE WERE NO DOCUMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THE SALE OF THORNTREE GOLF CLUB BEING EXECUTED BY
THE CITY UNTIL AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL CAME OUT OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION AND MADE THAT MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SALE OF THORNTREE GOLF CLUB. 
          THERE WAS NOTHING. THERE WERE NO DOCUMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THE SALE OF THORNTREE EXECUTED
PRIOR TO THAT APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, FOR PROVIDING THOSE FACTS. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. YES. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M LAURA SUGG. I LIVE IN DUNCANVILLE,
AND I AM HERE ABOUT OUR BUSINESS. 
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WHEATLAND DENTAL CARE. AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A SEWAGE SMELL BASICALLY IN OUR OFFICE FOR
ABOUT 6 TO 8 WEEKS. WE'VE BEEN IN OUR BUILDING SINCE 1995,
30 YEARS. 
          AND I'VE HAD A PLUMBER COME OUT TO DO A SMOKE TEST FOR BROKEN PIPES. 
          I HAD ATMOS ENERGY COME TO CHECK FOR A GAS LEAK YESTERDAY. 
          WE'RE PLANNING TO DO A SCOPE WITH OUR PLUMBER,
BUT I WANTED TO COME TO FIND OUT IF POSSIBLE. 
          IT COULD BE ANYTHING TO DO. ANYTHING RELATED TO THE BUILDING THAT'S BEING DONE BEHIND US. 
          I WAS SPEAKING WITH A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER THAT'S A FRIEND OF OURS AND A REAL ESTATE
INVESTOR OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THEY SAID, YOU PROBABLY OUGHT TO GO TALK TO THE CITY AND JUST CHECK AND SEE IF THAT
HOTEL BEING BUILT BEHIND Y'ALL MIGHT BE AFFECTING IT IN SOME WAY. 
          WE'VE CHECKED THE PEE TRAPS, POURED VINEGAR,
BLEACH, ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF. 
          AND IT'S REALLY AFFECTING OUR BUSINESS AT THIS POINT. 
          I HAVE PATIENTS COMPLAINING, STAFF COMPLAINING. 
          AND SO I'M JUST HERE. I DID SPEAK WITH MR. BRANDON LACEY,
AND HE SAID HE COULD GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT I THOUGHT MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND TALK WITH ALL OF Y'ALL AND MAKE SURE WE GET THIS
RESOLVED FOR SURE. 
          SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME,
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CARDS? NO MORE COMMENT CARDS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME. 
          COUNCIL. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. 
          AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CHISM. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR,
PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          IT'S 8:32 P.M. AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL. 
          HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.