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[0:05] All right, I'd like to welcome everyone to the January 26, 2026 regular session. The time
[0:11] is now 6.30 p.m. and I'll call this meeting to order. But before we get started, I'd like
[0:16] to recognize a few people sitting together there. We have Farmer, Mayor Skip Conner,
[0:23] the Farmer Councilmember, Hill Adams,
[0:29] and also representing Commissioner Leslie Breonis
[0:33] with Harris County Commissioner's Court Precinct 4,
[0:37] Community Engagement Manager, Maida Gean,
[0:43] Community Engagement, Angela King.
[0:49] Ms. McGrew, please call roll.
[0:50] Mayor Dusty Field.
[0:51] Here.
[0:52] Mayor Pro Tim Chris Harris.
[0:53] Here.
[0:54] Council Member Jean at Court.
[0:55] Here.
[0:56] Council Member Gina Hicks.
[0:57] Here.
[0:58] Council Member Roy Robertson.
[0:59] Here.
[0:59] And Council Member Dan Smith.
[1:01] Here.
[1:01] You have a quorum.
[1:02] All right.
[1:03] Tonight's invocation will be given
[1:04] by Mayor Pro Tim Chris Harris,
[1:06] followed by Chief Wojtek,
[1:08] who will lead us in the U.S. and the Texas pledge.
[1:10] Everyone, please rise.
[1:12] You'll please rise and bow your head.
[1:15] Dear Lord, we are grateful here to be in this council chambers
[1:19] in your name.
[1:20] We pray for all those that are affected by the weather.
[1:24] And we, in this time, remember your awesome power.
[1:28] Remind us in your honor to have grace
[1:32] as we do the business of the city of Cable.
[1:35] In your name we pray.
[1:36] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for
[1:47] which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
[1:55] I pledge allegiance to the one state under God, one and indivisible.
[2:09] Okay, at this time, I'll take public comments on any item on or off the agenda.
[2:14] Anyone signed up and wishing to speak will have a time limit of three minutes during
[2:17] the first 30 minutes of public comments.
[2:21] Any additional speakers will have one minute each.
[2:23] Please remember, you'll need to state your name and address for the record, and City
[2:27] Council cannot respond.
[2:30] Mayor, at this time we have Henri Barber.
[2:36] Good evening.
[2:38] My name is Andre Barber, and I've been the Scoutmaster of Troop 320 here in Cady for
[2:43] the past 20-plus years.
[2:45] Tonight, I'm providing an update on my first open address to the City Council, delivered
[2:50] on Monday, October 27th of 2025, regarding the celebration of America's 250th birthday,
[2:58] and our Troop desire to donate a lasting legacy service project to the City of Cady.
[3:03] committee. I have leave behind packages for each of you that the City Secretary will share.
[3:09] Our troop committee has reached a unanimous consensus that our project will be focused
[3:13] on celebrating 250 years of religious freedom in America and that Katie, once heralded
[3:20] as the City of Churches, should accept our gift of a granite monument engraved with
[3:25] the Ten Commandments, similar to one placed on the lawn of the Tarrant County Courthouse
[3:30] a couple of weeks ago.
[3:32] Tonight, I am joined by Clark Whitley
[3:34] of the First Liberty Institute,
[3:36] an organization deeply committed
[3:37] to religious freedom in America.
[3:40] Please refer to the information in that packet.
[3:43] The monument will cost between $8,000 and $12,000
[3:46] and will be sourced from a granite wholesaler in Georgia
[3:49] who specializes in such projects.
[3:51] We have already received funding from companies
[3:54] and individuals to the tune of over $7,000
[3:57] and will continue to raise funds
[3:59] through private and corporate donations and through scouts' efforts in servicing over
[4:04] 2,000 flag customers in Troop 320's Flags Across America campaign.
[4:10] We have conducted a site selection feasibility study and photographed a number of locations
[4:14] within Old Town Cady to offer to the City Council as possibilities.
[4:20] In addition to the monument, Troop 320 will provide benches, landscaping, and other
[4:25] potential add-ons, as is warranted, that all is part of Eagle Scout projects.
[4:31] We endeavor to create a lasting legacy that the city will be proud of, and we wish to
[4:35] partner with BeautifyKD and or other civic groups to seamlessly incorporate our respective
[4:39] plans is our goal to do a ribbon cutting on July 4th, 2026, our nation's 250th birthday.
[4:49] In conclusion, as I drove through West Texas and the Hill Country this Christmas
[4:52] the season, I was delighted to see so many communities with nativity scenes and star
[4:57] of David decorations back on the courtyard lawns.
[5:01] This is in keeping with recent Supreme Court rulings, most especially the overturning
[5:06] of the aptly named lemon law.
[5:08] That will be detailed also in these packets.
[5:12] This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to honor our nation's birthday, and I am
[5:16] confident the City of Cady will support what both the law and a majority consensus
[5:21] of citizen support. Thank you.
[5:29] Mayor, at this time we have Angela Shaver.
[5:43] Good evening, Council.
[5:49] Um, ducks.
[5:50] If you'll state your name and address.
[5:52] Oh, my name is Angela Shaver. I live at 2524 Bill of Joke Drive.
[5:57] Um, okay, the residents love our ducks.
[5:59] Some may even consider it a perk.
[6:01] Not to mention they're cute and they wobble.
[6:04] Residents enjoy watching them around Mary Jo Peckham Park.
[6:07] Most residents that live there near the park
[6:10] enjoy seeing them waddle through the yards and neighborhoods.
[6:14] As a realtor, the ducks helped me sell houses
[6:17] because the new homeowner is excited to have ducks
[6:20] in their yard, see them around the neighborhood
[6:22] and the park.
[6:24] I had my husband build duck houses
[6:27] because the ducks build nest in my flower beds.
[6:29] These duck houses are supposed to provide shelter
[6:32] for the ducks from the weather and the predators.
[6:34] Lately, my duck houses have been not working
[6:37] because the children in the neighborhood
[6:39] that do not respect other people's property
[6:41] or the circle of life.
[6:43] For the last couple of years,
[6:45] children have been coming into our yard,
[6:47] which is trespassing, and cracking the eggs
[6:50] that the mamas are sitting on.
[6:52] The kids run the mama off and swad at her
[6:55] as she tries to get back to her nest
[6:57] while stepping on the crack and cracking the eggs
[7:00] in my yard.
[7:02] Recently, one kid was seeing catching ducks,
[7:05] big ducks, and ducklings cracking their necks
[7:08] and throwing them on the ground.
[7:10] This kid has pending animal cruelty charges
[7:13] in Harris County.
[7:14] This kid is also 11.
[7:16] We won't even talk about the duck
[7:18] that was shot with a bow and arrow.
[7:20] Time constraints.
[7:21] About a month ago, I caught a kid, seven,
[7:24] violently kicking a duck because it was in his way.
[7:27] I got onto the kid and I haven't seen him since.
[7:31] My neighbors have caught the same kid on the video
[7:34] doing the same thing and capturing them.
[7:36] When the identity of this kid is known, he will have trespassing charges and animal cruelty charges on him as well.
[7:45] My suggestion to the city is to protect these ducks. There are geese on the water towers.
[7:52] And in my 13 years in Haiti, I've never seen a geese, only ducks.
[7:57] This type of unnecessary animal cruelty needs to punish the child with community service and find the parent.
[8:04] Each offense is increasing for child, each offense increasing for child and parent.
[8:11] Animal cruelty charges are not taken off the table with Harris County.
[8:16] Children need to learn there are consequences for their actions.
[8:20] Invasive or non-invasive, animal cruelty is animal cruelty.
[8:25] And my motto is do the right thing when everyone is looking
[8:28] and you do the right thing when no one is looking because somebody is always looking.
[8:33] Thank you.
[8:42] Angela King.
[8:50] Good evening, Mayor, Council members, residents of the city of
[8:54] Haiti. My name is Angela King and I am a representative of Harris County Precinct 4,
[8:59] excuse me, the office of Leslie Brownes. And I just wanted to come this evening and let
[9:04] everybody know of some great safety work that we are starting here soon at Mary Jo Peckham
[9:10] Park. Our goal was to start this week, but with the weather it might be pushed back
[9:14] back a little bit until next week, but you'll see construction starting soon.
[9:19] We wanted to make everybody aware that is our goal, safety first, of course, and some
[9:24] constituents brought it to the commissioner's attention that there were some safety concerns
[9:29] that they felt that were happening at Mary Jo, and so we have addressed them and I wanted
[9:33] to share them with you.
[9:35] If you are entering into Mary Jo Peckham from Friends, we have the park on the right
[9:42] hand sign, and then we have the baseball field on the left. And we are now going to be putting
[9:47] a stop sign right there, as well as a crosswalk from Gardena over to Mary Jo so they can safely
[9:55] walk across, as well as some sidewalks from Gardena up and over into the entrance of
[10:00] Mary Jo, and as well as the parking lot on, as soon as you turn in the parking
[10:05] lot, excuse me, on the right, we're going to be putting a sidewalk in there that's
[10:09] going to take you through the back part of Mary Jo safely into the playground so
[10:14] you don't have to walk around if you're parked in overflow parking. So our goal
[10:18] is just to make it more accessible for the children to get to the playground
[10:22] if the parking lot is full. If you've been to Mary Jo on a beautiful day
[10:26] that happens quite often and we wanted to make it a little bit more
[10:30] accessible for the people that are utilizing that parking lot to get
[10:33] to and from this the softball baseball field more safely. So again
[10:38] And that should be starting next week.
[10:40] We wanted to make you aware of it.
[10:42] I do have a map if you wanted to see exactly
[10:44] where the sidewalks were going to be put in.
[10:47] And I can leave those on that back table
[10:49] if that's something I can do.
[10:51] Perfect, and that's everything.
[10:52] Thank you.
[10:53] Thank you.
[11:00] Andrew, where'd you go?
[11:16] Good, I think.
[11:17] Council members and mayor and the citizen of Katie.
[11:21] My name is Andrew Narchaya.
[11:23] I live at 2821 South Saddlebrook.
[11:26] I'm the owner and developer of the dryer and Katie Beergarden.
[11:30] When my family first purchased the JV Cardiff Rise dryer, people asked me if we were going to demolish them.
[11:38] Tearing them down was never a consideration.
[11:42] There were plenty of support from the City of Katie elected officials at that time.
[11:47] And many people thanked me for taking on the project.
[11:50] I'm thankful that the City has contributed parking spaces on 3rd Street.
[11:55] That was truly a blessing.
[11:58] We are grateful, but we needed another assistant that we cannot do without.
[12:04] The dryer was never intended to be a conventional real estate project.
[12:08] It is an adaptive reuse, preservation of a historical landmark.
[12:13] And it is a monument for the city of Cady.
[12:16] My vision is for it to be a place for live performances, local talent, comedy,
[12:21] farmers market, charity events, and perhaps private gatherings that draw
[12:26] visitors to experience the heart of Haiti while honoring its history. To
[12:32] attract tourism to the dryer, we must build unique one-of-a-kind structures
[12:37] and buildings that people want to visit. Most of the time, these one-of-a-kind
[12:43] structures are not compatible with the international building codes. Despite the
[12:49] years of effort, the city's building department has not fully approved our plans and we have
[12:55] continuously experienced conflict of interest. The city has adopted the international building
[13:01] codes, also known as IBC. The IBC was never written for a structure like the Reichstriere
[13:08] or the shipping containers, or the grain bins that I'm using. Yet it is applied
[13:14] anyway, resulting in a constant delay, thousands of dollars of unexpected cost
[13:19] for planning, design, etc. And finally, a citation against me to stop our work.
[13:28] Without the revision to our city codes, these iconic structures will continue
[13:34] to sit unused. However, they are too big to just sit taking up space and
[13:39] cost money. Over time, that leaves fewer options, but two, hopefully not to demolish them.
[13:48] I'm not a large developer. I'm just a Katie family who is trying to do our best to bring
[13:55] back this beloved Katie landmark. If you believe Katie's rice terrors are worth saving, please
[14:02] help me find a way to keep them standing. Thank you.
[14:28] I'm here on behalf of Katie Heritage Society and I want to say how grateful we are to be
[14:32] here.
[14:33] Back in 2009, the Heritage Society launched all aboard Katie, the first large-scale public
[14:38] art project our community had ever seen.
[14:41] Inspired by successful public art initiatives across the country, the project was created
[14:45] to celebrate Katie's rich railroad history, bring people together, support local artists
[14:50] and strengthen our sense of place. The nine-foot locomotive sculptures quickly became colorful
[14:55] landmarks, sparkling conversations, and attracting visitors and-
[15:00] Reminding us of the role the railroad played in shaping Katie. Today, that legacy continues
[15:04] in a meaningful way. We are incredibly grateful to, this is living for their generous donation
[15:12] of the All the Board Katie train to keep Katie beautiful organization. This gift ensures that
[15:17] the train will remain part of our community story and continue to be enjoyed for years
[15:21] to come. The Heritage Society Board absolutely loves the location and we are excited that
[15:26] that for the first time since 2009,
[15:29] the city will serve as the caretaker of a train.
[15:31] This moment represents a strengthening partnership
[15:34] between the Heritage Society and the city
[15:36] and we are proud to see that the relationship
[15:38] continue to grow in ways that benefit
[15:39] the entire community.
[15:41] We also want to express deep appreciation
[15:43] to keep Katie beautiful and all that they do for our town.
[15:46] From the historic town square murals
[15:48] to the painted power boxes, the city signage
[15:51] and the geese statues and so much more.
[15:53] Their work is everywhere.
[15:54] It shaped how Katie looks, how it feels, and how proud we are to call it home.
[15:59] What a joy it is to truly work alongside organizations and businesses that love this town as much as we do.
[16:06] Individuals that believe in collaboration, creativity, and doing good together.
[16:10] Thank you. This is Liv and Keep Katie Beautiful in the City of Katie for helping carry this piece of Katie's history forward.
[16:16] We're excited to see what's ahead and grateful to be on this journey together.
[16:20] Thank you.
[16:27] Hernan Castano.
[16:40] I'm Dr. Hernán Castano, Senior Pastor of Rivers of All Church, 541 Pin Oak Road, KD, Texas 77494.
[16:49] I serve as the Director for the Houston Areas Pastor Council, and I'm also the Vice President
[16:53] to the Advisory Council of Pastors to the Mayor of the City of Houston, John Whitmire.
[16:58] I'm here today just to emphasize, last time I was here, because of the International
[17:02] Building Code, our church was not able to proceed and move forward because of all
[17:07] the hindrances that we connected with the planning department. We could not advance so
[17:13] we do all that that we wanted to do. But I'm here today to share a small and short story.
[17:18] And it is what happens when government, of course we all know and we pray for each one
[17:22] of you every day at our church, is elected by the people for the people to serve the
[17:27] people. That is government. And pastors, we do understand as I lead over a hundred
[17:32] hundreds of thousands of pastors all over with the U.S. Pastors Council, that we must
[17:36] work together. When we work together, when we do things together, the benefit goes to
[17:41] the community, the blessing goes to the community. I share the story when we don't work together.
[17:46] Unfortunately, it's sad. About 10 years ago, government in the city of Houston did
[17:51] not work with us. They invaded our church. You might have heard of the Houston Five.
[17:56] I'm one of those five pastors. They got persecuted. I wrote a book about that because
[18:01] of the story ever happened in the United States of America.
[18:05] We got persecuted.
[18:06] They came into my church building.
[18:07] They wanted to pee in me and fought for all the pastors, messages, text messages, conversations
[18:12] with the parishioners, everything, you name it, 17 items.
[18:16] It was a big battle all over the nation.
[18:18] Bibles came all over the city hall in Houston, 55,000 signatures our organization gathered
[18:24] of the people, asking them the right to vote.
[18:27] Yet they denied, the city attorney general denied that right back then, and so they rejected
[18:33] the signatures.
[18:34] We went to the Supreme Court, and thank God the state is still under God.
[18:39] Our Supreme Court gave us the victory.
[18:41] Sadly, that's what happens when we don't work together.
[18:44] Lots of money gets invested, we don't move forward, churches get hindered, and nothing
[18:49] happens.
[18:50] But when we work together, a lot of things happen.
[18:53] And I do believe in working together, and so does the U.S. Passionate Council,
[18:56] the Texas Pastor Council, the Houston Area Pastor Council.
[18:59] And so I'm here to offer that.
[19:01] I'm here to let you know that I'm here in the city of Cady
[19:03] to make a difference, to work with the pastors.
[19:06] I'm very communicating with many of the pastors
[19:07] in the city of Cady as we are preparing
[19:10] to launch all over the state of Texas again,
[19:12] what we've been doing over 20 years
[19:14] since our founder, Dave Welch,
[19:16] started the US Pastor's Council.
[19:18] So I just wanna let you know that we're praying for you.
[19:20] I'm asking you, please, let's work together.
[19:23] I've heard that this is the city
[19:24] that works with churches. A city of churches. I want to see that. I want to see that in my church.
[19:29] I want to see that in our organization. I want to see that in our relationship. Again,
[19:34] we just want to bless the people. That's our job. Feed the people. Make a difference in the
[19:38] community. Thank you for listening to me. God bless you.
[20:00] During the prior city council
[20:03] meeting after I directed a procedural question to the city administrator, there was no response.
[20:09] response. At that point, Ms. Bridget A. Begel, attorney with Olson and Olson LLP, responded
[20:15] inside of the Texas Open Meetings Act as the reason the response cannot be given.
[20:20] City Secretary Becky McGrew and Mayor Dusty Field and their respective roles during the
[20:25] meeting also participated in reinforcing that position. After the meeting, I reviewed
[20:32] the cited statute and ordinances once again and followed up by email requesting
[20:37] identification of the specific statute, code provision, or ordinance that would
[20:42] prohibit the city administrator from responding to a procedural or factual
[20:47] question during public comment. No specific provision was identified in
[20:52] response to that request. Ms. Bridget A. Begel, attorney with Olson and Olson LLP,
[20:59] you have now had two weeks to review this issue and decided authorities for
[21:04] For purposes of clarity on the public record, I'm asking whether you are now willing to
[21:08] cite the specific statute, code section, or ordinance that legally prohibits the City
[21:14] Administrator from responding to a procedural question as opposed to a discretionary decision
[21:20] related to meeting management in the same way that you, the City Attorney, the City
[21:26] Secretary, and the Mayor chose to respond during the prior meeting.
[21:30] I'm not requesting discussion or an immediate response tonight even.
[21:34] My purpose is to ensure the public record clearly reflects whether the lack of response
[21:39] was required by law or was a discretionary meeting practice so that members of the public
[21:44] are not left with the impression that the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits factual
[21:49] or procedural responses when it does not.
[21:52] So the public record is the city administrator's lack of response required by law or is
[21:57] a discretionary meeting practice. So as I said in my email 551.007 allows the
[22:05] City Council to adopt their own rules of procedure. Within those rules of
[22:08] procedure they have decided that no one is allowed to respond even as to
[22:13] question of fact or policy like 551.042 speaks about. So that's been
[22:19] overruled by the Council. That the way I interpret that is it is
[22:23] applicable to staff so staff can not respond to anything off the agenda and
[22:27] that's the way that I see that I'm allowed to respond to you because I am the
[22:31] rules of procedure I'm the parliamentarian of the meeting and that's
[22:38] that's what it is and that's my instruction to the council and to
[22:40] staff so you can respond the secretary can respond the mayor can respond but
[22:47] the highest paid employee of the city can't respond is that what I
[22:51] understand? Is that accurate? I've told you that I can respond. The city secretary hasn't
[22:58] responded. The mayor hasn't responded. He merely told you he was listening to my advice
[23:02] last time. Okay. It seems backwards that the leader is the one person that doesn't respond.
[23:09] But all the other people are the ones there. Your time is up. I'm sorry. Okay. Thank
[23:13] you. I appreciate it.
[23:16] Michael Payne.
[23:26] Good evening. Good evening, City of Cany. I'm
[23:31] Michael Payne, I live at 5823 Green Meadows Lane and thankfully this ice storm over the
[23:39] weekend wasn't crippling with widespread power outages and all that jazz, but with temperatures
[23:46] last night in the low 20s and temperatures once again projected to be in the low 20s,
[23:52] maybe in the upper teens.
[23:53] I'm asking the city of Katie tonight why there isn't a single warming center in our town, okay?
[24:02] Because like the senior center of the Facebook page posted a couple of locations in the next town over about 8 to 10 miles from our fair city.
[24:14] So I want to know is like why can't we use the Civic Center?
[24:20] Why can't we install a generator at the Civic Center and start using it as a warming center
[24:24] when these cold fronts come through, when these winter storms come through, because
[24:29] there are some people out there tonight that need a place to stay warm within relatively
[24:35] close distance.
[24:36] Thank you.
[24:37] Good night.
[24:45] All right.
[24:45] Is there anyone else wishing to speak?
[24:50] Okay.
[24:50] Seeing no further comments, we'll move on to item number four.
[24:53] agenda item number four. The
[24:55] proclamation under agenda item
[24:56] number four be rescheduled to a
[24:58] future meeting. We'll now
[25:01] consider agenda item number
[25:02] five consent agenda mayor
[25:04] motion to approve the consent
[25:05] agenda except item five B.
[25:11] Second. Motion by mayor pro
[25:13] Tim Harrison by councilmember
[25:15] Smith all in favor say aye.
[25:16] I'll oppose no motion carries mayor and I'll pull item 5 be I at the request of
[25:25] the city administration when
[25:32] that's that our agenda item number six a
[25:40] resolution awarding bed for West Katie drainage improvement project triple a
[25:44] asphalt paving Inc. pinehurst Texas in the amount of four million one hundred
[25:48] ninety seven thousand eight hundred and eighty seven dollars and twenty five
[25:52] total project cost $4,959,061.25 this total project cost includes bid
[26:00] amount recommended contingency the 5% engineering design and construction
[26:04] phase services previously approved in the amount of $551,280 on
[26:10] October 28th of 2024 under resolution number 1664 this is a capital
[26:15] improvement project and the source of funds will be fiscal year capital
[26:20] reserve fund in underground infrastructure for $3,358,720 and then general fund reserves
[26:27] in the amount of $1,049,061.25.
[26:33] Do I have a motion?
[26:35] Motion.
[26:35] Second.
[26:36] Motion by Council Member Court.
[26:37] Seconded by Council Member Smith.
[26:39] Any discussion?
[26:41] I have a few questions.
[26:47] And a lot of these questions came from people that live in that area.
[26:53] So what is the approximate start date?
[26:56] Like when will they start seeing trucks rolling in or workers?
[26:59] We've got that projected for a March 9th move-in date.
[27:03] March 9th?
[27:04] Yes, ma'am.
[27:04] March 9th.
[27:07] In the estimated time frame for the entire project, I know there's some things with rain
[27:15] and stuff like that.
[27:16] Sure.
[27:16] We're expected to be substantially complete by Christmas time next year, this year I should
[27:21] say.
[27:22] Okay.
[27:22] And finally complete about this time next year.
[27:26] Okay.
[27:27] Hang on, I'm making notes.
[27:34] One of the questions, and I don't know how accurate the little red dotted lines are,
[27:42] people want to know are you going to be digging on the side of the street,
[27:45] down the middle of the street?
[27:47] All of the above, really, mostly in the street,
[27:50] similar to what we did on a Hyde Strexel airline project last year.
[27:56] I avoided that area, so I don't know what you did.
[27:58] There you go. It'll be mostly in the street though, mostly.
[28:01] Like in the middle of it?
[28:03] One lane or the other.
[28:04] One lane or the other.
[28:04] So there'll be times when like blue bonded is going to be one way going north or something.
[28:11] Usually a moving construction where a flagman to move people through, not generally closing roads though.
[28:18] Okay.
[28:19] Okay.
[28:19] Or like you did at the bridge.
[28:21] Correct.
[28:22] Okay.
[28:23] Okay.
[28:24] So kind of like both.
[28:28] and one time you and I talk and I'm not sure if I remembered this correctly the
[28:36] work is really going to start like on the south and you put in the bigger pipes
[28:40] and then slowly work north that's correct the large the existing large
[28:45] storm sewer is on 1st Street right now and we're going to build this new
[28:49] system moving north from 1st Street okay into the neighborhood and part of
[28:53] this are, you are going to be installing inlets.
[28:57] Quite a few, a larger number, yes ma'am.
[29:00] Okay.
[29:01] Another question I had and I want to make sure I answered
[29:05] correctly, some of the drainage that was done in that new
[29:10] neighborhood north of us.
[29:11] Yes ma'am.
[29:12] Westland, the state I think it's called.
[29:15] Some of that drainage isn't working correctly,
[29:17] so that's going to be rerouted to existing pipes to go
[29:21] directly to the creek.
[29:22] correct yes ma'am okay sir anything else I'll need to know I can't think of any
[29:27] okay we talked about the timing of it okay I think I'm good I think I got all
[29:36] the questions answered anyone else they are there are there areas where I know
[29:42] there's some of the streets have inlets and some do not will they all at the
[29:47] end of this project no sir we're not going to touch every street in all of
[29:52] West Katie, we were we were bringing the neighborhood up to current standards.
[29:56] And so some streets won't be touched because they're
[30:00] Storm sewers were built to standards. The streets, the areas that weren't, are going to
[30:04] be the ones that are touched by this project. Probably about 50% of the neighborhood just
[30:09] speaking broadly.
[30:10] Okay. So not every street has a storm sewer?
[30:14] Not every. No. Some have, some ditches, some have storm sewers, but not that extend up
[30:20] into the neighborhood. There's many areas that don't have no storm sewer at all,
[30:23] and that's where we're really bringing the large diameter pipes up those streets.
[30:27] But you're not going to put in storm sewers for that?
[30:29] Storm service, yes ma'am.
[30:30] Oh, okay.
[30:31] So just, but the streets that are not being touched, for example, like Eva, doesn't have
[30:36] a, doesn't look like they're getting a pipe, it'll be.
[30:40] Yes, that's correct.
[30:41] That's correct.
[30:42] If there's a street that we're not touching, it's because we, we were able to either
[30:45] bring inlets to that street from the side direction, right, to pick that up.
[30:49] Okay.
[30:49] That's generally how we, how we did a branching system.
[30:52] Okay.
[30:52] And I'm sorry, Dan, I jumped in on you.
[30:54] Okay.
[30:55] That's, I have those same questions.
[30:57] So, when we talked to folks in that neighborhood, especially that were there for Harvey, a lot
[31:06] of what they observed was water rising being held up by the railroad tracks.
[31:11] And I know we've done a lot of work, obviously 10th Street has been replaced, that was made
[31:16] bigger, 1st Street Bridge was replaced, that was made bigger, is, can you just talk
[31:22] through how the impact of those changes that are already complete and then these
[31:27] improvements will work in not necessarily a Harvey event because
[31:32] there's always going to be a level of event that you kind of can't plan for
[31:35] necessarily sure but just you know for those folks that were like at that
[31:40] level with the tracks right and then yeah my colleague immediately to my left
[31:45] here and then when they washed out like in Harvey immediately saw that go so
[31:51] So would we expect something similar just because of the nature of the tracks and the elevations?
[31:58] Yes, it's really hard to say about another Harvey event because that's really so far beyond what we designed for.
[32:04] But your 100-year storm on the other side is you would see a significant benefit.
[32:11] Not just with this project, but the project that was done on First Street in 2020 timeframe was a major one.
[32:18] And then this one to bring the sewers up will be a major improvement and then the replacement of the 1st Street Bridge is a major improvement and 10th Street Bridge as well.
[32:27] So these are all working hand in hand as a kind of incremental approach. This is a big chunk of it right here that we're talking about.
[32:35] Probably one single project will have the biggest impact for that area will be this one.
[32:39] this one okay that's great and just from me just thank you I know something that
[32:44] has been worked on for many many years Ms. Court for eight years almost I mean
[32:50] just seeing this at this stage is a huge win so super excited thank you so I can
[32:56] answer one of your questions the first street project was great because it
[33:03] didn't take much of a summer rain for water to back up and start coming over
[33:08] the curve. And since first street project was done, it has not happened since. And then
[33:14] some of the streets that are still heavily affected, for example, Blimp On It, it's taking
[33:20] on more water than it was designed for. So the rerouting of the water is going to help
[33:26] people on that and distribute. So instead of all the water coming to a funnel, the
[33:31] water is distributing and it's going to fall down. Am I explaining that to you?
[33:34] Yes ma'am. Yes ma'am.
[33:36] I've been all along with this one.
[33:39] You're almost an engineer now.
[33:41] I'll tell you what, I know more about water flow than I ever dreamed of.
[33:45] Is there anyone else?
[33:49] Yes, Mr. Engineer.
[33:52] Over on the east part of the West Cady neighborhood, like Dahl and Shetland area there,
[33:57] I noticed on your map, and I kind of learned this from Pine Forest neighborhood,
[34:02] that Shetland is the only one that has a drainage going north,
[34:07] but where is that one going?
[34:08] I thought that was something that we were trying to correct
[34:11] on bringing that drainage south.
[34:13] That there's one single 36-inch diameter pipe
[34:16] that quite a bit of the northern region of West Cady
[34:21] drained to the creek directly.
[34:23] What we are doing is we're capturing that water
[34:26] and bringing it to the south.
[34:28] There's one section, like on Bartlett,
[34:30] that we're going to continue to run to that outfall.
[34:33] But by taking the rest of the neighborhood off of it,
[34:36] it frees up the capacity in that existing outfall
[34:38] to work as it was intended.
[34:41] Okay.
[34:42] Now I've heard you say you should never make drainage
[34:44] not go water, go in the right direction.
[34:47] So I'm going to hold you to that one.
[34:49] So, but now right there at that intersection
[34:52] like rice and dollens.
[34:55] I know I've seen neighbors.
[34:56] I think maybe I've been there one time
[34:58] pulling stuff out of that drain.
[34:59] I mean, that's going to be a larger drain and inlet.
[35:03] Yes, a much larger drain, inlet, and pipes, and underground
[35:07] sewers as well.
[35:08] OK, yeah, looks good.
[35:10] I think Ms. Court and myself, we came in right after Harvey.
[35:14] And every year, we've done some major drainage projects.
[35:17] And I think that is what our last neighborhood that's not
[35:20] to the modern standards.
[35:22] I know we have more work to do after that
[35:24] to even be better.
[35:25] But it's very nice to see eight years of effort
[35:29] to bring the entire city up to current standards so I appreciate all your work on that and David
[35:36] Lyon there before. Thank you. Yes, sir. Anyone else? Okay. All those in favor say aye.
[35:44] Aye. Opposed no. Motion carries. We'll now consider a new item number 6B. Consider a resolution
[35:52] authorizing the issuance of KD Development Authority KDA Metro Contract Revenue Bonds
[35:58] that series 2026 and an amount not to exceed $34,630,000 and confirming assignment of certain
[36:06] contract revenues.
[36:08] This was approved by the Katie Development Authority on January 20th.
[36:12] Do I have a motion?
[36:13] Motion.
[36:14] Second.
[36:14] Motion by Council Member Smith, seconded by Council Member Court.
[36:17] Any discussion?
[36:19] Yeah, I'll just make a comment and one thank you for the representatives here from
[36:23] Katie Development Authority and your work on this.
[36:26] When I ran in 2020, why I asked the city administrator,
[36:31] what is one of the biggest problems we have?
[36:33] What's one of the biggest things?
[36:34] And mobility was that.
[36:36] Mobility is one of our biggest challenges
[36:38] with the area growing all around us.
[36:41] And I appreciate the staff and KDA
[36:45] and the strategic planning to use our sales tax dollars
[36:49] to improve mobility in and around our city.
[36:52] And so in 2022, we had a $33 million bond for all of the roads
[36:57] that are currently under construction
[36:58] and being worked on in north of town in Ward B.
[37:01] And then this package here, it's a big number,
[37:04] but these six projects here, I think all of them in Ward B
[37:08] specifically, will be a huge improvement to mobility
[37:13] and just to some of the issues that we foresee
[37:16] with the growing community around us.
[37:18] So thank you for all the work on that.
[37:20] I know it's a large number at first,
[37:21] but it's kind of like when you go to Target,
[37:23] you grab six things and all of a sudden it's a bigger check
[37:25] than you realize.
[37:26] So thank you to everyone who worked on this.
[37:31] I just want to reiterate what Council Member Hicks said.
[37:33] This is all through our Metro sales tax money,
[37:36] is where this funds come from.
[37:38] Not necessarily our sales tax, but the Metro tax
[37:41] is where this comes from.
[37:43] Anyone else?
[37:45] Yeah, I would echo what's been said,
[37:50] just phenomenal cities project coming
[37:52] And the source of funding here as well, I think, you know, when we think bonds, I know I do,
[37:59] I think we all kind of wince a little bit like, oh, do we want to do that?
[38:02] This is such a great tool for us to be able to, and, you know, the sooner the better.
[38:08] The growth is coming, the growth is here, we know that.
[38:11] But to be able to fund these roads and then pay that debt with sales tax in a way that does not impact anybody's property tax,
[38:19] which is just phenomenal.
[38:22] And I had asked that it be pulled.
[38:26] This council, all right, so going back about five years,
[38:28] this will actually bring our total,
[38:30] to almost $75 million in infrastructure improvements.
[38:35] And one of the things that's so phenomenal,
[38:37] we're able to use these dollars for mobility,
[38:39] for expanding roads,
[38:41] but just the ability to simultaneously come in
[38:43] and make drainage improvements as well,
[38:45] you know, on top of what we just discussed.
[38:48] all these things work together to really just help quality of life across the
[38:53] board not just with mobility but also protecting folks and their property
[38:57] from drainage so just a huge win you know let's see chairman president mr.
[39:04] Connor of KDA in the back just thank you to you and your team city staff
[39:08] everybody that worked on this as well as I know with these projects you know
[39:12] growth doesn't pay attention to city lines county lines those kind of
[39:17] things. The partnership that we have in trying to line up timelines and move
[39:22] people across is just so important. So very excited about these projects and
[39:27] getting this going. Just a big win.
[39:32] Yes, on the 10th Street improvement, it goes
[39:37] over to Avenue C. Are we planning to do anything on Avenue C South with the
[39:43] rail to bring people downtown?
[39:47] Yes, that's part of one of those packages.
[39:50] We'll bring it from CE all the way down into historic,
[39:56] the historic square.
[39:59] There's sidewalks on both sides.
[40:00] OK, with the sidewalks.
[40:02] Sidewalks on both sides.
[40:04] Right there, you've got sidewalks on both sides.
[40:06] Yes, sir, both sides.
[40:07] Is that just sidewalks or is that that's not expanded?
[40:12] We can't expand the road there.
[40:13] Just a street parking.
[40:15] Street reconstruction and widening of the sidewalks to get a six foot sidewalk both sides.
[40:22] Okay.
[40:23] And then on Morton Road out from Pitts to Katie Hockley, we're still showing the three lane,
[40:34] make that a boulevard with the turning lane in the middle.
[40:38] So that's Katie Hockley cut off road from Frantz to Morton?
[40:42] Yes.
[40:42] Yes sir. That's the one we're planning to do a three lane concrete road with the sidewalk.
[40:50] And then when at that point out will be Waller County. Excuse me, I think he was talking about
[40:57] Pitts and Morton. He's talking about Pitts and Morton. So if you go to Morton, Morton is
[41:01] planning to be a four lane boulevard from Pitts west to City Limit Line through Canaan Island
[41:07] basically to where Cane Island stops on the western edge. At that point,
[41:11] Walter County Engineering will pick it up with a design from their side.
[41:17] And then on the Katie Hockley cut off
[41:21] at Katie Junior High expansion, which
[41:25] definitely needs to be done, but now that has been, has that road already been transferred?
[41:29] It has, very recently, by Breonna's office.
[41:33] And that's the second one we've received from the county, the other part
[41:37] to Katie Hockley North.
[41:39] Correct.
[41:40] Yes, sir.
[41:42] Yeah, I again just want to echo all the thanks
[41:45] to Mr. Connor and KDA that were able to do this.
[41:50] I tell people all the time that the city of 25,000 people
[41:54] is supplementing a lot of road and mobility
[41:58] of the greater Katie area of people
[42:00] are coming through this area.
[42:02] So it is a lot of work and glad
[42:04] we're able to do this for our residents. Thank you very much.
[42:10] Anything else? Anyone else?
[42:14] All those in favor say aye.
[42:16] Aye. I'll oppose no. Motion carries.
[42:20] Next, agenda item number 6C1.
[42:26] Consider a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign a proposal for engineering design
[42:31] and construction phase services for East 4th Street and Airline Drive
[42:35] asphalt overlay project. This is for a capital improvement project.
[42:41] Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. Motion by Councilmember Court, seconded by
[42:47] Mayor Pro Tem Harris. Any discussion?
[42:51] On East Fourth, are we widening that?
[42:55] Are we just doing something with the ditches? This will be a asphalt
[42:59] overlay of the roads and cleaning of the ditches on either side with new
[43:04] culverts and driveway replacements as needed to get trained up to standards.
[43:10] But it will remain open digits? I'm sorry? It will remain open digits? Yes ma'am.
[43:14] Okay anyone else? Okay all those in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed no. Motion carries.
[43:25] We'll now consider agenda item number six C2. Consider a resolution authorizing
[43:31] the mayor to sign a proposal with ARC engineers for engineering design and
[43:34] Instruction Phase Services for Heritage Drive,
[43:38] Stormpipe Relying Phase One,
[43:40] also a Capital Improvement Project.
[43:42] Do I have a motion?
[43:43] Motion.
[43:44] Second.
[43:45] Motion by Mayor Pro Tim Harris.
[43:46] Second by Councilman Burr.
[43:48] Smith.
[43:49] Smith, okay.
[43:50] Any discussion?
[43:51] Quick question.
[43:53] Heritage Drive, is that in Heritage Park West?
[43:56] It is.
[43:58] Yes, ma'am.
[43:59] Yes?
[44:00] Yes.
[44:00] Okay, thank you.
[44:03] Anyone else?
[44:05] Okay, all those in favor say aye.
[44:07] Aye.
[44:08] All opposed no.
[44:09] Motion carries.
[44:11] We'll now consider agenda item number 6C3.
[44:15] Consider a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign a proposal with ARC engineers for
[44:19] engineering design and construction-based services for the fiscal year 2026 Sanitary
[44:24] Sewer Rehabilitation Project.
[44:26] This is Brands Road and it is a capital improvement project.
[44:30] Do I have a motion?
[44:31] Motion.
[44:32] Second.
[44:32] Motion by Council Member Hicks and by Council Member Court. Any discussion?
[44:38] All those in favor say aye.
[44:40] Aye. All opposed no. Motion carries.
[44:44] We'll now consider agenda item number 6C4.
[44:47] Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign a proposal with ARC Engineers for Engineering Design
[44:52] and Construction Phase Services for the fiscal year 2026. Striping
[44:56] improvements project. Also capital improvement.
[44:59] Thank you very much.
[45:00] I have a motion. Motion. Second. Motion by councilmember Smith, second by councilmember
[45:04] court. Any discussion? Mayor. Yes, sir. I have a question. I, my understanding this is kind
[45:09] of our annual, there's no specific project in mind for this. We might have some ideas,
[45:15] but I want to ask specifically if striping, if this would include, it's like at Avenue
[45:20] D and First Street, the do not block, it's starting to get a little, or block do not
[45:27] depending on what not do sorry yeah that's starting to pretty faded well you
[45:35] know we can make it glow in the dark or something at this point time the
[45:39] priority roads that we have listed with park it is our annual striping so we're
[45:44] trying to get the priority list managed as well that primarily comes from
[45:49] our residents when they call in certain areas we put that on a list we
[45:52] couldn't get at that particular fiscal year point of time we then put that
[45:57] that onto the next one.
[45:58] So we do have that as a secondary
[46:00] and we also have a crosswalk that was requested
[46:03] by council as well, but those have to be looked at
[46:06] after the primary roadways are gonna get done.
[46:09] And we also are trying to avoid
[46:11] some of the areas that have construction
[46:13] we know are gonna have heavy construction
[46:15] going through so that way we don't have the expenditures
[46:20] have to go back into the next fiscal year
[46:21] because they were done too early.
[46:24] But that is, we have our eye on there.
[46:28] All right. Anyone else?
[46:31] Thank you, Jason. All right. All those in favor say aye.
[46:35] Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries.
[46:39] We'll now consider agenda item number six, C5.
[46:42] Consider a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign a proposal with ARC engineers for
[46:46] engineering design and construction-based services for the fiscal year 2026 Water
[46:51] Line replacement project east 3rd Street, also capital improvement.
[46:55] Do I have a motion?
[46:57] Motion.
[46:58] Second.
[46:59] Motion by Council Member Court, seconded by Council Member Smith.
[47:02] Any discussion?
[47:05] Okay.
[47:05] All those in favor say aye.
[47:07] Aye.
[47:07] All opposed?
[47:08] No.
[47:08] Motion carries.
[47:10] We'll now consider agenda item number 6D.
[47:14] Consider a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign a proposal with western specialty
[47:18] contractors for maintenance and repairs of Katie City Hall clock tower and roof.
[47:24] This is at 901 Avenue C.
[47:25] It will be done under a TIPS contract, number 241-001, and it's for the interior and exterior
[47:32] scope of the contract.
[47:34] Do I have a motion?
[47:36] Motion.
[47:37] Second.
[47:38] Motion by Council Member Hicks.
[47:40] I'm good.
[47:41] By Mayor Pro Tem Harris.
[47:42] Any discussion?
[47:44] Just recap for me, is it leaking, hot and unworked?
[47:49] I'll give Jason a second.
[47:50] Okay.
[47:51] Yes ma'am.
[47:52] So essentially, that route for cupola area, we kind of described it as poctire for simplicity.
[47:59] It has been up there since the construction of this building.
[48:02] It also has entered several storms, events, into that nature.
[48:05] So basically just the weathering and age has affected some of the structure there.
[48:10] So in the description that you see there, our scope of work includes a lot of the ceiling,
[48:16] taking care of the metal that's up there, looking at some of the actual fixtures
[48:21] and just making sure that overall it's maintained and restored.
[48:24] Okay.
[48:25] So it is truly a repair, not a beautification?
[48:28] Oh, yeah.
[48:29] It is not a beautification.
[48:31] It might look prettier after it's done.
[48:34] But no, this is mainly for the building restoration of maintenance
[48:37] and just getting it back to where it needs to be.
[48:40] Okay.
[48:40] Thank you.
[48:41] Thanks, Matt.
[48:41] Anyone else?
[48:43] Okay.
[48:44] Thank you, Jason.
[48:45] All right.
[48:46] All those in favor say aye.
[48:47] Aye.
[48:48] All opposed, no.
[48:49] Motion carries.
[48:51] We'll now consider agenda item number six, B.
[48:54] Consider a resolution authorizing the mayor
[48:56] to purchase a 1.304 acre tract of land
[48:59] situated in the HNTCRR company survey,
[49:02] section 107, abstract number 170 Waller County, Texas
[49:06] from Peterson Road Town Center 139 LLC
[49:09] in an amount up to $227,248 plus any applicable
[49:14] closing costs.
[49:15] Source of funds for this item will be general fund reserves, and it is located at Texas Heritage Marketplace
[49:22] Do I have a motion motion second my councilmember court saying about councilmember Hicks any discussion?
[49:30] Just for clarity for those in the audience who don't know what we're doing
[49:36] Could or I could let so you mentioned what is
[49:40] Purchasing purchasing property a discount rate to put a substation
[49:45] PD substation out at the location. Also we'll be building a one bay. I don't
[49:52] want to call a full blown fire station but attached to that PD station will be a
[49:57] one bay so we can put an ambulance and a fire apparatus from that substation
[50:04] they'll be able to service young brand as well. It's not just no it's totally
[50:11] the chiefs both know it's put in to our full program. Okay, thank you. Byron, we
[50:20] already allocated dollars in CIP the first round towards that, correct? For the
[50:26] construction? I don't think we have got that checked because we're still going
[50:32] to be waiting for the architect to design and then come back. Okay, so that
[50:40] will be strategic planning. Correct. And
[50:46] we have we have a architect that we're
[50:50] working with. I thought we did a million. That was probably for the for the
[50:57] fire truck, right?
[51:01] Joe, you got it.
[51:05] We did budget 1.5 million for the
[51:09] stations. For the station itself. For the station. Okay. I'm not the purchase of the lamp but
[51:15] for the station itself. Correct.
[51:19] Thank you. That's what I thought. I thought I remembered.
[51:24] Good.
[51:27] You're still young. You can have that memory. Hold on to it as long as I can.
[51:31] there. Now it will start it will start being built after the development is done
[51:39] out there and then no person property we got the architect will be bringing that
[51:44] architect for for contract signature and then we're gonna start get you know
[51:49] getting after it and getting it going so it'll take us like two years to finish
[51:54] it right you know one year design you got one year build as far as the
[51:59] ambulance over there we'll wait for that third ambulance until the station is
[52:04] ready to move unless we unless we unless the demand for that third ambulance really
[52:14] okay anyone else okay all those in favor say aye I'll
[52:19] oppose no motion carries we'll now consider an ordinance an ordinance of the
[52:27] City of Katie, Texas adopting amendment number four to the original budget of the City of
[52:31] Katie, Texas for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, providing for changes in the general government
[52:36] fund budget of the City of Katie, Texas and providing for severability.
[52:40] This is to account for the use of general fund reserves under item number 6A and the
[52:46] budget carry forward of ongoing projects from the last fiscal year.
[52:51] Do I have a motion?
[52:52] Motion.
[52:53] Second.
[52:54] Motion by Council Member Court.
[52:55] seconded by council member Smith. Any discussion? Any all those in favor say aye.
[53:01] Aye. All opposed no. Motion carries. We'll now consider an ordinance. An ordinance
[53:08] amending chapter 12 traffic and vehicles of the City of Katie code of
[53:12] ordinances and amending article 12.05 parking restrictions on specific
[53:17] streets by amending section 12.05.041 no parking zones to prohibit
[53:23] parking on the north and south side of Parkside Street between Canaan Parkway
[53:28] and Bucky's Boulevard Morrison all over way repealing all ordinances or parts
[53:33] of ordinances and conflict herewith providing for severability and providing
[53:37] for a penalty not to exceed $200 for a violation of the ordinance do I have a
[53:42] motion motion second motion by Mayor pro Tim Harris I can by Councilmember
[53:46] court any discussion I'm guessing this is for all the trucks that are
[53:52] Parking along that area.
[53:54] That is correct.
[53:56] Okay, anyone else?
[53:58] Okay, all those in favor say aye.
[54:00] Aye.
[54:00] All opposed, no.
[54:01] Motion carries.
[54:03] We'll now consider an ordinance.
[54:07] An ordinance appointing Dana Massey as Interim Chief
[54:10] of the Katie Fire Department.
[54:12] Do I have a motion?
[54:14] Motion.
[54:14] Second.
[54:17] I'm going to give this to Mayor Pro Tem Harris
[54:19] and seconded by Council Member Court.
[54:22] You should have given it to me.
[54:23] I should have, but I didn't.
[54:24] Oh, yeah, give it to her.
[54:25] Too late.
[54:26] Too late.
[54:27] Too late.
[54:28] We're on record.
[54:29] All right.
[54:29] Is there any discussion?
[54:32] I just want to say congratulations to Dana.
[54:35] I know any time I've ever had a question, she doesn't even have to look it up.
[54:38] She already knows the answer.
[54:40] So she has big footsteps to follow.
[54:43] So I appreciate everything she's done.
[54:47] I don't know how to say this, but she's been there long enough.
[54:50] She should know everything that goes on over there.
[54:52] Are you the last of the originals, pretty much?
[54:58] Yes.
[54:58] Yes, okay.
[55:00] Oh.
[55:03] Yes, she said yes.
[55:04] She is the last of the old guards, so.
[55:07] Anyway, thank you for stepping up, and I know you'll do it again if you have to, so I appreciate you.
[55:14] Anyone else?
[55:15] Dana.
[55:17] If you have any regrets and you need a shoulder to cry on, you've got my number.
[55:22] I think you'll do just fine.
[55:24] Congratulations.
[55:28] Yes, we appreciate your willingness to fill this role right now in interim.
[55:34] And Chief Parker, we're definitely going to miss you.
[55:36] Hold on a second.
[55:38] Dana, why don't you come up here so we can see you here.
[55:40] Come on.
[55:40] We can see you.
[55:41] We can see you.
[55:42] And hear you.
[55:43] There you are.
[55:45] You
[55:50] just look a little more enthusiastic.
[55:53] She's not.
[55:54] She's not.
[55:57] Yeah, I wasn't expecting this to happen this quickly.
[55:59] I know. I can echo that because I can't necessarily wait already.
[56:04] And so we appreciate it. I know anytime we've done staff appreciation events,
[56:09] you've been one to receive an award for your, not only for what you've employed the year
[56:16] and how long you've served with our department and so we appreciate all you've done
[56:20] and know that you'll help lead us to the next season.
[56:23] Thank you. Looking forward to it.
[56:25] Are you sure?
[56:26] Yeah, it's a challenge, so I'm always looking for a challenge.
[56:30] There you go. Alright, anyone else? Alright.
[56:34] Thank you, Dana. Thank you. Okay. All those in favor say aye.
[56:38] Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries.
[56:47] Quick question. Does this make her the first woman
[56:51] fire chief of City of Cady?
[56:55] Yes.
[56:58] Way to go, Dana.
[57:03] We're going to do a mayor and council member reports and I'll go ahead and start off.
[57:10] The reason why we're appointing as the new interim fire chief is because our current
[57:16] fire chief is retiring and that's Chief Parker and Chief Parker I just want to say thank
[57:21] you for all you've done for the city I know I never had to worry about how the fire
[57:26] department was being run, if everything was going to be in good order, if our fire people
[57:34] would be trained properly and make sure that we have the right equipment, all the procedures
[57:40] in place, just never had to worry, and I really appreciate you and your service for
[57:45] the City of Cady.
[57:46] Thank you very much.
[57:55] I'll just say a couple other quick things.
[57:59] So myself and Councilmember Robertson, Councilmember Hicks, Mayor Pro Tem Harris and Councilmember
[58:07] Court all attended KDIISD school board meeting and we presented the school board with the
[58:14] school board the recognition and month proclamation to their board of trustees.
[58:18] And I do want to thank all the board of trustees.
[58:22] That's a tough job that they have.
[58:23] And we really do appreciate all that they do for our children for the KDISD.
[58:31] One other thing is Mayor Pro Tem Harris and I did attend Houston City College,
[58:36] 2026 State of the College.
[58:38] And it's pretty impressive what they do and how far they've come.
[58:43] I've only been following them for a few years.
[58:46] I know they've changed their name, but all the different programs they have.
[58:51] And even they do have a few four-year classes or degrees now that they offer.
[58:57] So it was great being there and listening to the presentation.
[59:02] With that, I'll go to Mayor Pro Tem Harris.
[59:05] Yes, just some sad news from this week.
[59:10] Mr. Don Cox, who didn't kind of not kind of have been a staple in city
[59:14] Katie politics had passed away, heard all sorts of stories from, you know, when he was here
[59:24] just trying to get the city going and moving and growing, I think Skip knew him pretty well
[59:31] too.
[59:31] Everybody was, you know, they were all working together to try to move the city and heard
[59:37] stories about back, you know, painting election signs and barns and just, you know, holding
[59:46] them at the election polling site when there was just very few people coming for elections
[59:53] and it was just kind of the start of getting them all here and been on all sorts of different
[59:59] committees.
[59:59] is every.
[1:00:00] Committee that we've had, he served at some level. And people didn't know that he was also
[1:00:07] very much involved in the Red Brangus Association. And that cattle organization was actually headquartered
[1:00:14] out of Katie, Texas. Very few people knew that. But the office was on Penn Oak and is
[1:00:19] famous in that organization. Just a personal note, my dad and him worked together for
[1:00:26] for many years. My dad had a fascination with cattle and taking two black brengas cattle
[1:00:32] and making a red brengas. And Don Cox and my dad worked for about 25 years on doing that.
[1:00:39] So they were successful. So just a little side note. So really I'm sad. A person of
[1:00:45] a lot of history in this town with a lot of advice that people just kind of forget.
[1:00:50] so very sad. On the weather, I think Katie did pretty well. It was nice. Jason saw all
[1:00:59] the public works guys out and about, checking on the city streets. It was right before the
[1:01:05] storm really came in at about 2 a.m. They were out and it was nice seeing them checking
[1:01:10] on all the city roads. I appreciate it.
[1:01:13] Thank you.
[1:01:14] Council Member Smith.
[1:01:16] Yeah, definitely echo comments on the weather.
[1:01:19] Just thank you to everybody.
[1:01:20] You know, we always think of our first responders that are out there, you know, 24 hours a day,
[1:01:24] seven days a week, regardless of the weather, but certainly, you know, everything that went
[1:01:28] behind the scenes, public works, parks, just, you know, getting things ready to
[1:01:33] go and take care of things.
[1:01:36] So I appreciate everyone who did that, and yeah, I think Katie fared pretty well.
[1:01:40] Some upcoming things.
[1:01:41] We've got the KDISD FFA livestock show and rodeo.
[1:01:45] It's coming up soon, February 12th through the 14th.
[1:01:48] Parade is on the 14th, it's at 9.30.
[1:01:51] There's a ton of other events and ways to participate
[1:01:54] that I know my colleagues will not let me down
[1:01:57] and I'll let them pick up from there.
[1:01:59] And then I do wanna remind everybody
[1:02:01] that early voting is taking place right now
[1:02:04] for our city special election.
[1:02:06] And election day for that is this Saturday.
[1:02:08] So don't miss that if you're in Ward A.
[1:02:12] And then last note, one week from today,
[1:02:15] February 2nd is the last day to register to vote
[1:02:18] for the March 3rd primary.
[1:02:20] So make sure you're registered.
[1:02:22] You can check that out on votetexas.org.
[1:02:24] Thank you.
[1:02:25] All right.
[1:02:25] Council Member Robertson.
[1:02:27] All right, thank you.
[1:02:28] First of all, congratulations for the retirement
[1:02:31] and the appointment to both chiefs.
[1:02:33] I've spoken to many firefighters
[1:02:35] and that you guys have their respects, all of them.
[1:02:39] But I want to point out, you know, in continuation of the weather, just thanking all of our first
[1:02:44] responders and all those staff members that were working while we were sitting home, thankfully
[1:02:50] warm.
[1:02:51] But it's not only that, but a few years ago I used to work with Greg Godekker's wife.
[1:02:58] And so I want to really recognize the families as well because while they're all up here
[1:03:03] while Greg's up here every day not leaving meeting with the mayor and the
[1:03:07] city administrator and everyone the wives and families are home and you know
[1:03:12] they're all home by themselves and so I know when we had the freeze of the
[1:03:17] major freeze a few years ago I talked to her his wife and she goes it was
[1:03:21] nerve-wracking but I just want to recognize him and thank them for
[1:03:24] and letting us keep the responses up here working hard for all of us, so thank you for that.
[1:03:34] Now, if you can have the call again, this is the first year that I'm thankful not to
[1:03:39] be part of the FFA because all those kids were out there feeding their animals.
[1:03:43] They don't get out of it. You know, the animals have to be fed twice a day, and it is coming up February 12th,
[1:03:49] And so the option is the working, the option is the working.
[1:03:57] Hopefully you guys go up there and support.
[1:03:58] You don't have to buy an animal.
[1:04:00] You can support about $10, $25, $50, $100, whatever you can afford.
[1:04:06] Find an animal, find a student that you really
[1:04:08] like and support them as much as you can.
[1:04:11] I tell you, every year I get in trouble at the end of the day.
[1:04:13] You get excited.
[1:04:14] You get excited.
[1:04:15] You use everyone up here to give them money.
[1:04:17] And so you start getting the more and more and you see a small, and I'll get the 50, and I'll get the 50.
[1:04:23] Good, because it really makes a difference to those kids. Thank you.
[1:04:27] That's where it is.
[1:04:29] Thank you. So yes, we are coming up on review season.
[1:04:34] And one of the things that we came about during this time is on being the security chemicals.
[1:04:39] And the director from 2000 hours to 2024 was Miss Anita Manson.
[1:04:45] And unfortunately, sadly, she passed away this morning.
[1:04:51] And she had a business on Aberdeen for 36 years
[1:04:55] during the city, which is also director
[1:04:57] for Community Christian Ministries.
[1:04:59] So I just want to give condolences to her family,
[1:05:02] just so all my neighbors just found a street for me.
[1:05:05] And I started on the use of my self-sufficiency
[1:05:06] when we were terrible 15 years.
[1:05:08] So I just want to give condolences
[1:05:10] to me and to you, but it's a great loss.
[1:05:12] and someone who's really loved Lazy and many girls and guys from the King's Cocktail Girls,
[1:05:20] King Christian Ministries, and admitted in Paparazzi.
[1:05:24] Thank you.
[1:05:26] That's going to be good.
[1:05:28] I
[1:05:31] can bet you have a lot of money.
[1:05:33] I'm a significant girl.
[1:05:34] So I've known Anita for a long time.
[1:05:37] We didn't learn always on the same side of the issues.
[1:05:40] but she was a very nice person during Relay for Life last year.
[1:05:48] She and I were both going through cancer at the same time
[1:05:50] and we just sat on the bench and talked for about an hour or so
[1:05:57] and it was just, it was a special connection
[1:06:02] and so I just went and sent my condolences
[1:06:06] to be able to see the advice and to say what the work we're going to do to build.
[1:06:13] That's it.
[1:06:15] Thank you.
[1:06:17] All right.
[1:06:17] How long do I take the motion to adjourn?
[1:06:20] Motion.
[1:06:21] Second.
[1:06:24] That's fine.
[1:06:24] That's the verdict.
[1:06:25] That's the report.
[1:06:27] All right.
[1:06:28] That's fine.
[1:06:29] That's fine.
[1:06:29] That's fine.
[1:06:31] That's fine.
[1:06:33] That's fine.
[1:06:34] This game is adjourned.