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It is uh 4:01 and I'm calling this
meeting

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disclosures of conflict of interest.
>> Uh no ma'am, we have none.

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» Next item is citizens participation. Has
anyone signed up?

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» Yes ma'am. I have uh three that have
signed up.

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» Okay.
>> Uh the first one is Miss Anne Camaro and

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she's speaking on executive session item
number one. Okay.

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Good afternoon.
>> Hi. And please state your name and

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address for the record.
>> My name is Anne Camaro. I'm at 2116

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Pekco Street.
Thank you. Um I'm here again to talk

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about the same thing uh as last time, so
I apologize. It won't be long. I just

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want to thank you all for giving your
attention and support to Simmeron and to

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help us revitalize the club. I was here
last month thanking you and

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congratulating you for moving it over to
the EDC and I asked you to please not

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forget about us. So I see this item
today and I just want to say thank you

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very much. We really need your continued
support. I do believe that Mike will be

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important to to this business project
and this opportunity and uh I hope we

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can all see this through together. Thank
you very much. Thank you.

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» Next, Miss Honor.
>> Uh, yes, ma'am. Uh, Mr. Ned Sheets.

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» Okay.

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» And please state your name and address
for the record.

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» Council, uh, make it very, very brief.
I've been in mission for 25 years. And

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for 20 of those years, I've worked very
closely with many of the political and

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management portions of mission. During
that period of time, I found no one that

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could exceed Mr. Perez's competency in
his job, in his personality, and in his

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openness. I certainly hope that whatever
decision has been made or will be made

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will continue his service to the city of
mission because I don't think you can do

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much better even though I have also
worked with the assistant city managers

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and I'm sure they will try their very
best and succeed. Thank you very much.

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» Thank you.

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» Uh yes ma'am we have uh Mr. Rick
Salinas. Okay.

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Again, for the record, state your name
and address.

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» Rick Salinas. I'm an attorney here
locally admission and uh I come in peace

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today. All right. Um I've also got the
same concerns that Mr. Ned Sheets has.

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Okay. Um I looked at the um at the
information that was put on on the city

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web page about the reason for the
reassignment for Mr. Perez. I share the

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same sentiments as Mr. Sheets, but got
to be honest with you. I get a lot of

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calls and this is not political, but
nobody believes you guys. Nobody

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believes that Mike Bettis is being
reassigned because he wants to be

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reassigned or because the future of the
city has changed. You're talking about a

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guy that's been here the better part of
17 months, balance y'all's budget. Some

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people are saying that you guys are the
ones that need to go. Mike Bettis needs

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to stay.
$2.2 million in the coffer for the city.

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I mean, if we get rid of this guy,
what's going to happen? Are we going to

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go right back to where we were before?
Nobody believes it. And let me tell you

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what I hear out there, and this is not
me. This is what we hear. You guys are

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talking about the Tur. You guys are
talking about crazy things like the loop

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and going out for money grabs and giving
engineers a bunch of money. And I know

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some of these guys those dates, those
studies, those engineering fees and

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those reports will be outdated in the
next 15 to 25 years. Doesn't make any

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sense. You guys have had multiple
certificates of obligation where you

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spent tomorrow's money. Yeah. Uh you've
committed adorum taxes in the future.

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U and a lot of people don't know that
because you don't need to take it to the

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public out there. Even though there is
legislation that's going to keep you

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guys from raising taxes by more than 1%.
It's got to stop

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the This is not completely all my idea.
I'm just telling you how the people out

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there feel. I'm trying to leave politics
out of it. And I think that one of the

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best things you all ever did was bring
Mike Pettis in. Uh he's an honest guy.

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Um he's going to keep the city straight.
Your charter mandates that it be run by

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the city manager and not individ
individually by you guys. You all need

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to keep a hands-off approach and let him
do what he needs to do. I have a friend

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of mine that called me yesterday. I gave
him advice two years ago and he didn't

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believe me and yesterday he called me
because he had uh uh someone knock on

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his door. I'm telling you that what you
guys are doing when it comes to that

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stuff, whatever you guys talk about,
it's going to get somebody into trouble.

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I've seen it before. I've got that
intuition. I can sense it and I don't

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wish it on anybody. And I wish you all
the best and God bless you guys. But you

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know, Mike Bettis needs to stay as city
manager if he wants it. You all really

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re need to reconsider what you're doing
because nobody believes you guys. I mean

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it with the best intentions in the
world. Politics out of it. I love you

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guys and I wish you the best. Thank you
so much.

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» Thank you.

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» Is there anyone? No one else. Okay.
>> Okay. Um

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the next item is executive session. So
is there a motion to move into executive

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session?
>> Make a motion to go into executive

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session. Mayor
>> second. Okay.

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» There's motion in a second to go into
executive session. All in favor say I.

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All oppose say no. Motion carries
unanimously.

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A second to reconvene. All in favor say
I. I.

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» All oppose say no. Motion carries
unanimously.

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» I believe the motion would be a motion
to approve amendment to city manager

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contract as discussed in executive
session.

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» That is the motion. Is it?
>> Sorry.

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» I'll make a motion to approve.
>> Second. Second. There's a motion and a

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second to approve the um amendment to
the city manager's um um current uh

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agreement. All in favor say I.
>> I.

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» All oppose say no. Motion carries
unanimously. 5-0.

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» There being no other items on this
agenda, I meeting is now adjourned.

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Thank you.