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Okay, welcome everybody. Uh, today's tuesday, april 7th, 2026.

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we'll go ahead and get this regular council meeting. Uh, call to order.

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I appreciate the full house that we have tonight. Thank y'all for coming out.

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we're gonna go ahead and start with opening prayer and pledge of allegiance to the flags of the

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united states and the state of texas by council member sheridan.

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everybody please stand.

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alright, heavenly father, we come before you this evening with gratitude

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for the opportunity, opportunity to serve our community. We thank you for

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the city of churchs, for its people, its families, and the trust

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placed in us as stewards of this city. Grant us wisdom

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in our decisions, in clarity, in our discussions, and

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unity in our purpose. Help us lead with integrity,

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fairness, and humility. Always seeking what is right and just

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for all residents. Guide our words so they bring understanding,

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not division. Strengthen our commitment to serve with transparency and

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accountability. And remind us that our responsibility is not only

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to lead, but to listen. We ask for your protection

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over our first responders, city staff, and our armed forces.

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those who serve and sacrifice to protect our freedoms, both at

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home and abroad. May our actions tonight reflect thoughtful leadership

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and a genuine desire to improve the lives of those we serve.

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in your name we pray, amen. Amen

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to the flag of the united states of america to the

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republic for which it stands. One nation under god in one

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liberty.

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honor the texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the texas

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one state under god, one and indivisible,

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texas.

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okay, moving on to special announcements. Um,

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so the how baldwin scholarship students attending for the how baldwin scholarship

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need to sign in on the sheet located at the back of the podium.

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if you're watching remotely, please email sarah gonzalez at

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sgonzalez@shirtz.com to virtually sign in. Please

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direct any questions to ms. Gonzalez. We're

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gonna go ahead and move forward with proclamations, uh, national crime

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victims rights week april 19th to 25th, 2026.

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council member watson,

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the crimes victims

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national crime victims rights week, april 19th to

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25th of 2026. Whereas millions of

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americans and victims of crime each year and these crimes also

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affect members, families, neighbors,

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and coworkers. And whereas crimes can lead a lasting emotional,

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physical, and financial impact on the people of all ages and the abilities

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of all economics, racial and social backgrounds.

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whereas 1984 crimes

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victims fund was established by the victims in the crime

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act voca to provide a permanent source of support

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to crime victim services and compensation through fines, penalties

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paid by a convicted federal offenders. And whereas by ensuring

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the federal offenders crime, fines, penalties, and deposits

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into the crime victims funds, congress affirmed that those comments crime,

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those who committed crimes should be accountable and for the impact of their actions.

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and whereas the victim's assistance community faces new challenges

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to reach and serve all victims, including victims of newly recognized crimes.

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and whereas now it is time to embrace and emphasize on learning that

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works and reaches, um, underserved victims and

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meetings victims needs. Whereas

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national crime victims right week provides the opportunity to celebrate energy,

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creative creativity and commitment that launches

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the victim's rights. Movement inspires progress and continues to

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advance the cause of the justice of the crimes victims. Whereas

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advocates that are joining forces with the victims' services provides

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criminal justice agencies and concerned citizens throughout the city of shirtz. And

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american raised awareness of victims' rights and observed

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national crime victims rights week. Therefore, it's be resolved.

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ralph rodriguez, mayor of city of shirtz, hereby proclaims

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the week of april 19th through the 25th, 2026

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as national crimes victims, right was week. Thank you.

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nobody's gonna say, um, pictures. I don't have any pictures.

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our next proclamation will be child abuse prevention and

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awareness month april, 2026, council member paul macaluso.

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okay. Child abuse prevention and awareness month for april, 2026.

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whereas more than 33,249 cases

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of child abuse and neglect were confirmed in texas during fiscal year

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2025. And whereas there were 163

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confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect in guadalupe county in fiscal

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year 2025. Whereas child abuse prevention is

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a community responsibility in finding solutions depends on involvement among

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all people. And whereas communities must make every effort to promote and

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support programs that benefit children and their families. Whereas effective

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child abuse prevention programs succeed because of partnerships among a

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variety of entities, including but not limited to schools, religious organizations,

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law enforcement agencies, child protective services, prosecution

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agencies, medical professionals, mental health professionals,

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sjrc, texas belong, the guadalupe county child welfare

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board, children's advocacy centers, court appointed special

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advocates, bikers against child abuse and other community-based nonprofit organizations.

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and whereas everyone in the community should become more aware of child abuse prevention

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and consider helping parents raise their children in safe nurturing environments,

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as well as supporting local professionals dedicated to meeting the needs of child abuse

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victims and therefore be it resolved that ralph rodriguez, mayor

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of the city of shirtz, hereby proclaims april, 2026 as child abuse

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prevention and awareness month in churchs texas and urges

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all citizens to work together to reduce child abuse and neglect and significantly

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improve the response of our community when child abuse occurs in the months

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and years ahead. I have someone that would like to,

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my name is christie williams. I'm the executive director of the guadalupe county children's advocacy center.

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we have a primary office in the city of sein and a satellite office here in shirtz.

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uh, we serve 942 children last year in 2025,

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and we have pin well displays across the county to represent each one of those children.

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we work alongside our partners in law enforcement, child protective services, medical, mental

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health providers, casa belong. And we are

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trying to minimize the impact that the system has on children

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when there are allegations of child abuse and neglect. So our partners can refer

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children and families to us. We can conduct child friendly non

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interrogative, unbiased interviews of those children that can be used for the purpose of

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investigation and can later be used in court to support the child's statements. And

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we provide family advocacy services to help support and give resources to

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the supportive caregivers, the non-offending caregivers. We have counseling services

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that are completely free of charge and we have a large enough counseling staff to

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see 250 clients a week. So we are here,

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um, like I said, in the city of shirtz in our satellite office, and we are going to be working

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on making a more permanent location here in the city of shirtz. We're incredibly

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thankful for all of the support of shirts and, um, we

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have been doing this now for 22 years in this county, and the city of shez

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has supported us ever since our inception. So we're truly thankful.

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next proclamation is sexual assault awareness month april, 2026.

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council member guerrero

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now national sexual assault awareness and prevention month april, 2026.

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whereas every 68 seconds, another person in the united states is sexually assaulted

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and in texas, two in five women and one in five men are victims

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of sexual assault. In fiscal year 2025, thriving hearts

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crisis center rendered 552 services to 93

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survivors of sexual violence and provided 94 hospital accompanied

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for sexual assault exams. Whereas according to a study conducted by

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the texas association against sexual assault and the university of

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texas at austin institute on domestic violence and sexual assault, approximately

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6.3 million texan texans have been

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sexually victimized, whereas most victims of sexually assaulted by

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someone they know and 90%, 91% of the victims did not

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report to police. Whereas it is appropriate to salute

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the more than 20 million victims of who survived sexual assault in

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the united states and efforts of victims, volunteers and

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professionals who combat sexual assault. Whereas national

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and community organizations and private sector supporters should

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be recognized and applauded for their work in promoting awareness about sexual

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assault. Whereas police for forensic workers

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and prosecutors should be recognized and commended for their

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hard work and innovative str strategies to increase the

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percentage of sexual assault cases that resolve in the prosecution

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and incarceration of the offenders. Whereas sexual violence

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is a persistent and persuasive problem in our society,

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one that requires attention year round. And in order to foster

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healthy communities, all citizens must support

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the effort to end sexual violence every month of the year. Whereas

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national and community organizations, businesses in private sector and the

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media are urged through national sexual assault, awareness

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of sexual violence and strategies to decrease the

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incidents of sexual assault. Now therefore, mayor of shirtz,

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mr. Ralph rodriguez

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claims the month of april, 2026 as national sexual assault

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awareness and prevention month signed mayor of shirts,

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mr. Ralph rodriguez,

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you wanna say something? Yeah, sure. Hello

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everyone. Uh, my name's brandon rossett. I'm the awareness and education coordinator at thriving hearts

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crisis center. Uh, we serve all of guadalupe county as well as gonzalez nixon and wilson county.

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we help survivors domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. When we receive these

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calls, we bring them into our facility. We help 'em with clothes, food, shelter, help 'em determine

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a game plan, what's their next steps of moving forward, um, with, with

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their child if they have her child. Um, also, uh, in the city of on april 29th

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from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm we'll be hosting our denim day event and it's our annual event

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to promote awareness for sexual assault. And if y'all have a chance to go out, we invite

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you. Thank you.

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the next proclamation we have is, uh, animal care and control appreciation

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week april 12th through the 18th 2026, council

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I always get excited about being able to read the proclamation for the animal

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services department 'cause they do an amazing job with what they

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do and the resources they have and they're good with neonatal,

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and I'm just saying this off script, but neonatal and the branding of shirts,

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people want to learn from them and they're an amazing team and I just always

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have to brag on them when I can. So just wanted to let y'all know that before I started reading

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national animal care and control appreciation week april 12th through the 18th of 2026,

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whereas the national animal care and control association has designated

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the second full week in april as animal care and control appreciation week,

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whereas various federal, state, and local government officials throughout

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the country take time to recognize thank and commend all

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animal control officers and animal services staff for the dedicated service

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they provide to the citizens. Public safety and domestic animals livestock

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across the nation. Whereas the city of shirtz

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recognizes and commends the shirts animal service personnel who answers calls for

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assistance, capture roaming and potentially dangerous animals, rescue

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animals, investigate reports of animal abuse, educate

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pet owners about responsible care and mediate disputes between

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neighbors regarding pets. Whereas in 2025,

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the city of church's animal services responded to 2067 calls

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for service and handled 1,238 animals for intake.

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whereas the city of churchs has a staff that includes one animal service manager

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for animal service officers for kennel techs. And

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whereas in 2025, the church's animal services has developed partnerships

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with san antonio humane society and other animal rescue organizations for placement

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of scared and ill animals. Whereas in 2025,

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the church's animal services department continued their vision to have special unit

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where they can care for neonatal animals, both domestic and wild. They

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have an entire room in full service dedicated to the care of infant animals.

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and whereas animal control officers provide essential community functions, including

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the enforcement of animal control laws, protecting the public from diseases

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such as rabies and educating the public on proper care of the community's

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pets. Now therefore, I allison hayward on behalf of ralph ralph rodriguez,

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mayor of the city of church, proclaim national animal care and control week april 12th

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through the 18th 2026, we encourage all

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citizens to join me in thanking citi city animal

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services for their dedication and exceptional service they provide to all citizens

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and animals in our great community. Thank you so much for what you do. You

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have something to say.

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thank you so much for the recognition. Um, my name is megan, I'm the animal services

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manager. And, uh, animal control is a unique profession.

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uh, it's fun, but it's challenging, uh, but rewarding. And,

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um, our staff are some of the most passionate people I've

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ever known in my life. They put their heart and soul into serving our community and

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we just thank you so much for being such a supportive community and advocate for

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us all the time. Thank you

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again. Thank you guys for your great job. You're amazing.

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our next proclamation is gonna be national public safety telecommunicators

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week april 12th of the 18th, 2026. Council

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national public safety telecommunications week april 12th through 18th. Whereas

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emergencies can occur at any time that require police, fire, or emergency

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medical services. And whereas an emergency occurs,

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a prompt response requires a prompt response of police officers,

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firefighters, and paramedics is critical to the protection of life and preservation

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of property. And whereas the safety of our police officers and firefighters

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is dependent upon the quality and accuracy of information obtained from citizens

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who telephone the city of church emergency communication center. And

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whereas public safety telecommunicators are the first and most

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critical contact our citizens have with emergency services. And whereas

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the public safety telecommunicators department has 16 employees,

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one communications manager with 21 and a half years of experience,

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four shift supervisors with a combined 57 years of experience

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and 11 communication officers with a combined total of 29 years

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of experience. Whereas the public safety telecommunicators for the city

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of shertz answered approximately 29,000 9 1 1 calls,

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64,000 non-emergency lines answered. 1400

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texts to 9 1 1 answered. In 2025, there were 43,000

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calls for service, for shirts, pd, 25,000 calls for

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service for cillo pd, 5,000 calls for shirts for

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service, for shirts, fire, 4,000 calls for service, uh,

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for cilo fire, and 16,500 calls for service for

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shirts ems. Whereas public safety telecommunicators are

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the single vital link for our police officers and firefighters

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by monitoring their activities, by radio, providing them information and

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ensuring their safety. And whereas public safety, telecommunicators of the

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city of shirts have contributed substantially to the apprehension

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of criminals, suppression of fires and treatment of patients. And whereas

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each dispatcher has exhibited compassion, understanding, and professionalism

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during the performance of their job in the past year. Now therefore it be resolved

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that ralph rodriguez, mayor of the city of church, proclaims national public

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safety telecommunicators week april 12th through 18th 2026,

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um, he encourages all citizens to join us in honoring the men and women whose diligence

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and professionalism keep our city and citizens safe. Congratulations.

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thank you.

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I'm jim. I'm jim la the chief of, uh, police. I just wanna thank everybody and

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without a doubt, our dispatchers are the lifeline of all first

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responders. Uh, it is a sad day for the city of church. The young

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lady next to me is, is

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retiring and she's leaving a legacy. She's moving on to a new, uh, career

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field and I'm, I wish her the best of luck.

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that brings us to our last proclamation being military child month

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april, 2026. Council member sheridan.

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good evening again. This one is dear demar hard

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as a veteran, but I'm also a military brat or military child as

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well. So come on now

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we got the wet family and the wilkerson family.

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nope. Okay, so let's just read off. Alright. April, 2026

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is a month of the military child. April 7th, 2026 is

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purple up for military kids day. The city of shirts will observe the

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month of the military child during the month of april, 2026, and on april 7th, 2026

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purple up for military kids day to honor military families and their children

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for the sacrifices they make and their unconditional support of our armed forces.

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and whereas nearly 2 million children in military families

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face unique challenges, including frequent moves

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and family separation, these remarkable young people demonstrate

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incredible strength and courage while adapting to new schools,

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making new friends, and supporting their families service

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to our nation. And whereas the city of shirts, along with

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the texas education agency are committed to ensuring military connected students

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are supported in our schools and various programs, as our men

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and women in uniform focus on the challenges and missions

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they face in the line of duty. And whereas in the month of april,

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citizens, citizens can show their support for military children and

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appreciation for their strength and sacrifices by wear. And purple,

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which represents the blend, the blending of the colors of the five branches of the

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armed forces. Now therefore, mayor ralph rodriguez,

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mayor of the city of shirts, all upon all citizens of the city of shirts,

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and upon all patriotic, civic and educational organizations

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to observe the month of april, 2026 to be the month of

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the military child. And april 7th, 2026 as purple

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up for military kids day. Military kids are essential members

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of our community who deserve recognition for their strength

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and sacrifice.

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I know we have some other military kids out there, aren't we? Don't we? Come on up. You

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got some? Come on. No, come on. .

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next on the agenda is employee introduction neighborhood services.

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hello, I'm lisa lockin, neighborhood services manager and

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I'm here to introduce our newest code enforcement officer steven miller.

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steve grew up in san antonio and he graduated from utsa.

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he has a degree in environmental science.

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he is a certified nursery professional, and he

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worked for rainbow gardens in san antonio. He

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also worked for the texas a and m agri agrilife extension, where

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he assessed and mapped all of the trees and shrubs on

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randolph air force base. He and his wife live in shirts

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and they enjoy outdoor activities. Thanks

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y'all. Thank you.

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welcome to the church family, steven. We look forward to seeing what you're gonna,

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the wonderful things you'll be doing for the city. So thank you.

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next we have public works.

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good evening counsel. We have, uh, david started in

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february. Uh, some of the, he started in

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drainage, now transferred to the water department, but he has been an

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asset to the, uh, drainage department at the time that he was there. Uh, some of his favorite hobbies,

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hunting and fishing. He's also a pool player. He will be, uh,

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in vegas. Vegas for the a pa championship in april. Yeah.

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oh, wow. Quite a pool player. Uh,

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some of his, uh, favorite books and movies, tv show, anything, marvel, so he,

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big time. Other than that, we have, uh, we have victor,

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mr. Victor guerrero started with us in february as well. He is in the drainage department

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still there. Uh, he is from

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guam. Uh, favorite places to visit would be

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japan and, uh, his favorite movies, tv shows are tokyo drift,

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all the fast and furious movies. Nice. Thank you very

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much. Anything you guys would like to say? Opportunity.

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as long as long as y'all allow me. Well, victor and david, welcome

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to the church family and we look, uh, forward to having y'all for a long time.

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thank y'all.

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next on the agenda, we have presentations. Uh, we have an employee

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utility bill. Uh,

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no, scratch it out.

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is utility billing here? I don't wanna miss him.

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nope. Okay. Next we have, uh, presentations

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and we're gonna be celebrating somebody who's getting a 25 year tenure milestone

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service pen. So at this time I'll call up, uh,

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our city manager, steve williams.

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all right. Can I have mac milan song come on up.

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so y'all have heard me do these presentations before. This is one of

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my favorite things to do because we get to celebrate

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the dedication to service to our community and to their craft

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of our employees. As you know, we do tenure recognitions

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for our employees. We'd start it one year. We do five years, 10 years,

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15, and then 20 and above we do in council. So

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we bring 'em up here and roast 'em a little bit. No, I mean, celebrate them

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and, and have a good time with them. But really it's something to be celebrated in,

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something that we're really proud of our employees. And I

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want to, you know, before I have a little thing I wanna read, it's a little bio,

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but before we do that, we would like to play a fun little game here.

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so it's called 25 years ago, in december of 2000,

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what was going on? Well, can we have that

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up? There we go. On the tech scene,

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playstation two was released. Did you have one of those? No.

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and, uh, dvds were booming and they were majorly

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popular. Remember that blockbuster red box, those kinds of things.

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okay. There was no social media.

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myspace and, and facebook. They were still three

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or four years away. And then outrageous accessories.

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tinted wraparound sunglasses. Do you have some of those? The terminator kind? No,

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no. And the beginning of the ugg boot craze.

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now I have seen some pictures. I think you were wearing those and

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in the box office, how the grinch stole christmas and cast away were the top movies,

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both great films. So, but more importantly,

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fired. Lieutenant mac milon joined the

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shirts fired

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one of them. I think the one in the middle might be from glamour shots.

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yeah, that was a good one. Very good. But macel, 20

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years of service. He started with the shirtz fire department in december of

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2000. And he is currently a lieutenant at fire station two

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with a crew of up to six people. And he runs an

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engine or platform. He,

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um, is also a part of the tif fmis program and has

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been able to, uh, be on many state deployments starting as early 2010. And

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what that means is, is when we have a a disaster somewhere else in the

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state, this team comes together and they fight those fires and take care of

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that. So that's a very important thing and contribution that our department does statewide.

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and mac especially, he was born in the swamps of louisiana

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in the summer of 1978. He moved to texas when he was a young boy.

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grew up in bull verde and graduated from smith smithson

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valley high school. What's the mascot?

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rangers. Rangers. Okay. There you go. After high school, he worked for

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cps electric in san antonio for two years before he started

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fire school. And then after fire school, worked part-time for the hollywood

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park and bull, bull verde fire departments, but then started

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full-time at shirts after that. He lives in adkins where he

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purchased property around 20 years ago. And his wife laura.

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laura, there she is. Okay. Uh, and, and he have been married for

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19 years and had two great children. Hailey 28, who

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is a school teacher. Where's hailey? Oh, there's hailey. A school teacher

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at free height elementary and mason 18 attends

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clements high school. Go bus. Go bus. There you go.

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they love the coast and have built a house in rockport a couple years ago. Love to travel

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and have been fortunate to experience many places and likes fishing,

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hunting and anything to do out store outdoors. So congratulations

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on 25 years, sir.

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well, all I can say is, uh,

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that's about right. . Well, where did 25 years ago, it

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flies by. So I'm looking forward to the next five and that'll probably be it for me.

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so, um, man, to, to the city, it's been great working

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here. I started when there was three or four of us and now

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we're, where are we at 17 a shift I think, if I'm doing that

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math right. So it's been pretty great seeing the city, uh, you know, come to fruition

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in the way it is today, um, to sea shift. A bunch of great guys I've worked

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with for a long time. Um, a lot of memories.

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yeah, probably some of those we can't say here. So, um,

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to my wife and kids, thank you for the support my family, uh, y'all

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mean the world. I love you. So thank you.

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good. This says five years on it, so you gotta do 25 more

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. Okay, so

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also one more thing. Oh, okay.

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so this the city manager's coin, and when you do something outstanding, you get a

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city manager's coin. And 25 years of dedicated service,

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in my opinion is outstanding. So thank you so much.

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thank you.

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that's crazy. Thanks dude.

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okay, next we have, uh, 2026, uh, bond for

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shorts university, isd uh, we have superintendent paige

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maloney.

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let's see if we can,

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can I look at this? Yes. Oh, there you go. Alright.

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alright. Thank you. Uh, uh, mayor rodriguez, city manager williams

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and council members, first of all, um, as a citizen, thank you for

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everything you do. What? Oh yes. Thank you.

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um, thank you for everything that you do. Um, and on behalf of myself and

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the board of trustees for seuc, thank you for everything you do and thank you for the opportunity

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to come talk with you this evening. Uh, just really, really quickly, we have called

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bond 20 22 26. As you know, in your roles, uh,

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that allows us to, a bond election allows us to borrow money, um, for school

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construction. Uh, the funds are repaid over time by living that tax

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rate every year to pay the principal and interest. It's similar to a home mortgage.

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and why do you have to do a bond election? The state doesn't provide those

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for those large facility projects. So we have called an

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election for may 2nd. We have three different propositions. The last time we did a

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bond in 2016, there was one proposition, but legislation now has,

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uh, called for us, um, to, you have to put

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things in the categories, and that's what we have done. And we'll talk a little bit about that.

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prop a is the largest, it really is those, uh, looking

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at our facilities and looking at the infrastructure and the replacements that are needed.

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campus, uh, security systems, uh, upgrading some classroom and

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learning spaces. And, uh, in the areas of, of physical education

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and play areas, uh, across the district, our, our

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prop b is our stadium facility. If you ha are putting a stadium on the bond

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and it has over a thousand capacity seating, it has to go on its own proposition

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so that this is for our stadium to expand the capacity. You've probably seen those bleachers

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that we pull in every single year and rent for the largely attended

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games. Uh, so this would expand the, the capacity upgrade, our safety

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and security and concessions, uh, restrooms, lighting, sound systems.

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if you've been to a game, you know how that's kind of hit or miss. And, uh,

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the scoreboard would also, uh, over a thousand capacity seating at the steel,

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uh, stadium in the corbet junior high, uh, artificial to turf at both of those places.

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uh, prop c is technology devices for, um,

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staff and students. Of course, those would not be financed for more than the

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life of the asset. So five years on finance for that.

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you guys know that we have two sides of our tax rate, our maintenance and operations. And our

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interest in sinking interest in seeking is what we're talking about here. As you,

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uh, uh, add add debt, you have to levy a tax rate to, to

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be able to do that. But when you combine those tax rates together, you get

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one school tax rate. Our tax, uh, school tax rate history

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over the past five years, uh, has decreased. And that's been

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both, uh, both because of the state. Everything that that has

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happened with, with compression, thank you to the state of texas. But then also our board being

460
00:42:09,535 --> 00:42:13,295
deliberate and mindful, um, to manage that tax rate.

461
00:42:14,115 --> 00:42:18,015
the ballot language, of course, says this is a property tax increase. We don't

462
00:42:18,505 --> 00:42:22,395
anticipate a tax rate increase, uh, next year. Uh, but

463
00:42:22,835 --> 00:42:26,515
you know, if you're extending debt, you're, uh, you have to, it is a tax

464
00:42:27,055 --> 00:42:31,055
increase over time. But again, thank you to the state of texas. On our

465
00:42:31,175 --> 00:42:34,925
school taxes, we've had, uh, homestead exemptions that have significantly lowered

466
00:42:35,755 --> 00:42:39,295
the taxable value at, at the school level home over over 65.

467
00:42:39,995 --> 00:42:43,895
if you have not, um, if, if home over service 65 have

468
00:42:44,155 --> 00:42:47,975
not had significant improvements to their home, um, there, there

469
00:42:48,255 --> 00:42:51,775
would not be a tax increase. And all of our information

470
00:42:52,635 --> 00:42:56,135
is on our bond website. I promised I would not go over three minutes.

471
00:42:56,795 --> 00:43:00,635
uh, value your time very, very much, but just so appreciative of

472
00:43:00,855 --> 00:43:04,815
being able to come before you tonight. Thank

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00:43:05,165 --> 00:43:05,165
you.

474
00:43:09,455 --> 00:43:13,065
and I think we have some flyers, we'll leave them or we pass them out. Okay.

475
00:43:13,485 --> 00:43:17,305
thank you. Thank you for your presentation. Uh,

476
00:43:17,525 --> 00:43:21,005
moving on to presentation of church police department 2025

477
00:43:21,765 --> 00:43:23,855
annual report presentation, chief lawry.

478
00:43:46,165 --> 00:43:49,995
good evening, mayor council, city manager, steve williams. Uh,

479
00:43:50,395 --> 00:43:54,335
I'm jim meyer, your police chief. I just wanted to spend a few minutes with you and present to you

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00:43:54,435 --> 00:43:58,335
the first annual, uh, annual report for the church police department.

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00:43:58,925 --> 00:44:02,655
this is a product that we will be releasing in the future in the march of the proceeding

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00:44:03,135 --> 00:44:07,015
years. I think it's a product that highlights the great work that the men

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and women of this department does and how we're moving forward being a professional and progressive

484
00:44:11,195 --> 00:44:15,005
police department. And I just wanted to go over a few items. We will also be providing

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00:44:15,615 --> 00:44:19,615
each council member two to four copies, hard copies. Those shall be in next week.

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00:44:20,075 --> 00:44:24,075
you're free to share. And if you need an additional one after that, we have already posted it

487
00:44:24,295 --> 00:44:28,175
this afternoon on our facebook and social media pages. So it's out there for

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00:44:28,335 --> 00:44:32,280
the public. And again, it's in our effort to be transparent with the, uh, community that we

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serve. So

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starts off with a, a message just from the chief. We also have a,

491
00:44:41,295 --> 00:44:45,255
a, our command staff to send there and the message from the chief. And then we also have a message

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00:44:45,455 --> 00:44:49,275
from our mayor. We also have a message from our city manager. And

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as we progress through there, as we have our organizational chart so that everybody is quite familiar

494
00:44:54,335 --> 00:44:57,075
w with the organization and, and where our personnel are.

495
00:44:59,595 --> 00:45:03,425
some things I'd like to highlight here on this page is the number of officers we have. So in

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00:45:03,645 --> 00:45:07,485
2024, we were authorized 73. We have 74 authorized in

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00:45:07,685 --> 00:45:11,585
2025, we had 68 officers hired in, uh,

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00:45:11,925 --> 00:45:15,485
2024. We have 66 at the end of december.

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and at the end of this presentation, we'll show you why we went down. We had, uh, five

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retirements over this year. Uh, we currently have hired three additional

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00:45:25,275 --> 00:45:29,175
officers since january. Those numbers will go up slightly. And

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then also it breaks down the demographics of the department from our, our races. And our,

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00:45:33,575 --> 00:45:33,975
and our sec.

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00:45:38,375 --> 00:45:42,175
we had, uh, our neighbors is the numbers that we report. And again, as we

505
00:45:42,395 --> 00:45:46,315
were, uh, mentioning in several meetings before, we were rated as the safest

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00:45:46,715 --> 00:45:50,495
city in the san antonio metroplex in the, uh, ninth safest

507
00:45:50,915 --> 00:45:54,795
in the state of texas, the 87th in the nation. But this is

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the, the metrics that they use for that also. So if you look at that, we,

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00:45:59,295 --> 00:46:03,115
we compare 24 to 25. And as we move forward, we're gonna try to have a three year trend.

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and we just got to the point where we can start, uh, accessing this data and,

511
00:46:07,535 --> 00:46:09,435
uh, present it to the our community members.

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this page here, we want to be, again, transparent. It talks about our use of

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00:46:18,115 --> 00:46:21,755
force and when we've used them. We've also talked about use of force and our racial profile

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00:46:22,235 --> 00:46:24,395
and report that I presented to you back in, in march.

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00:46:26,455 --> 00:46:29,955
we break down into our bureaus. We have our field operations bureau, which is commanded

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00:46:30,475 --> 00:46:33,375
by, uh, assistant chief waller

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00:46:36,215 --> 00:46:40,065
within our uniform services bureau there. We also have a canine,

518
00:46:40,485 --> 00:46:44,095
we have a swat team. We work with the alamo area swat team.

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00:46:44,625 --> 00:46:48,095
we're part of that program with 11 other agencies. We have a field training program.

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00:46:49,895 --> 00:46:53,335
we have our operations support bureau, which is ran by assistant chief, uh, daniel roman.

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00:46:56,075 --> 00:46:59,755
within that, uh, we have a cid division. So last year we filed 269

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00:47:00,735 --> 00:47:04,615
cases for prosecution. Just as a highlight for the 24 and 25

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00:47:04,975 --> 00:47:08,935
numbers. Real quick, our numbers seem to be going up. I think we are

524
00:47:09,095 --> 00:47:12,995
going to see that go up just a little bit more as we continue to come out of the co era.

525
00:47:13,835 --> 00:47:17,335
so in 2024, we had 154 cases filed for prosecution.

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00:47:17,935 --> 00:47:21,915
in 2025, we had 269. And you can see the numbers. We

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00:47:22,135 --> 00:47:26,135
went up to 1006 cases assigned from 7 66 for the previous

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00:47:26,295 --> 00:47:29,755
year. And we have some information on, on our warrants. Also,

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a crime victims liaison. As you saw tonight, there were many programs that we're involved in.

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00:47:35,885 --> 00:47:39,705
we work with a multidisciplinary team approach. As you see that we're

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all working together, whether we're a non-governmental organization, whether we're a child advocacy

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00:47:44,065 --> 00:47:47,645
center, law enforcement, faith-based, it comes together as a community to

533
00:47:48,185 --> 00:47:52,105
help us address many of these egregious crimes. But our crime

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00:47:52,265 --> 00:47:56,065
victims liaison is not only mandated by law, but we have a very effective

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00:47:56,505 --> 00:48:00,005
one as you can see, the the victims they've served and the advocacy, uh,

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00:48:00,585 --> 00:48:03,685
services that we've provided to, to many members of our community. We

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00:48:04,975 --> 00:48:08,865
also have, uh, leveraged our technology where we

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00:48:09,025 --> 00:48:12,505
currently have a drone that we not only use for calls for service

539
00:48:13,285 --> 00:48:17,225
as a force multiplier from a missing person to answer an alarm call,

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00:48:17,505 --> 00:48:21,465
to check a roof without having a fire department come out, provide a ladder. We also are

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00:48:21,625 --> 00:48:25,185
looking at exploring the possibilities of a dfr, which is a drone

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00:48:25,745 --> 00:48:29,625
first responder where we can have a drone on site within 30 to 60

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00:48:29,865 --> 00:48:33,665
seconds after a call is received. And what we're finding out, and the

544
00:48:33,905 --> 00:48:37,545
interesting data on that is they're actually clearing 30% of the calls

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00:48:38,405 --> 00:48:42,385
by a drone before an officer actually get on call. So we're saving that time and, and

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00:48:42,585 --> 00:48:46,475
our officers can stay in their beats or

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00:48:47,015 --> 00:48:50,895
communications. We talked about, uh, dispatch earlier, they were, they were recognized

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00:48:51,635 --> 00:48:55,435
as you see, 28,000 992 9 1 1 calls. You

549
00:48:55,655 --> 00:48:59,495
know, what's unique about our dispatch? I I just want to make sure we all understand the perspective.

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00:49:00,045 --> 00:49:03,565
they're not serving a city of 44, 40 5,000. They're

551
00:49:04,215 --> 00:49:07,895
actually serving a city of 80 to a hundred thousand, in fact, that 'cause we

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00:49:08,495 --> 00:49:12,255
dispatch for the city of llo. And our ems also provides service

553
00:49:12,555 --> 00:49:16,255
to a a 250 square mile area. And it's all done

554
00:49:16,915 --> 00:49:20,855
by the, uh, 12 dispatchers, the four supervisors and one dispatch manager. I

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00:49:20,975 --> 00:49:21,915
think they're do an awesome job.

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00:49:25,155 --> 00:49:29,135
our records unit and our traffic unit, we talked about in our

557
00:49:29,295 --> 00:49:33,215
racial profiling. We're not looking for the citations. We're looking for the, the quality,

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00:49:34,235 --> 00:49:38,075
uh, traffic stop. Not a quantity for the numbers. And, and, uh,

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00:49:38,895 --> 00:49:42,605
I think there is a strict, a strict and a direct line correlation

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00:49:43,295 --> 00:49:47,095
between the number of traffic stops you make. And I'm not saying citations, traffic

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00:49:47,505 --> 00:49:51,295
stops with our crime. And I think that's why our numbers have gone down in some,

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00:49:51,535 --> 00:49:55,455
some of our crime is because of the effectiveness, we have been able to get our,

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00:49:55,675 --> 00:49:58,365
our traffic stops back up in a designated crime area.

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00:49:59,945 --> 00:50:03,565
we have a community projects unit and in our school resource officers unit,

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00:50:03,985 --> 00:50:07,985
we work hand in hand with scuc. We currently, uh,

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are under a contract or an mou with them because of house bill three, we have to have an armed

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00:50:12,365 --> 00:50:16,365
officer at all schools. They essentially are paying for 83 to 84%

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00:50:17,905 --> 00:50:21,705
of our officers salary 10 months out of the year. So we have 10

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00:50:22,085 --> 00:50:25,125
officers and two sergeants assigned, uh, to our sro unit

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00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:31,545
professional standards division. Some people will most commonly know this as,

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00:50:31,985 --> 00:50:35,645
uh, their biggest part of that is our internal affairs, but they also were responsible

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00:50:36,165 --> 00:50:39,605
for our training and our quartermaster, also our animal control

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00:50:40,205 --> 00:50:44,015
services, which was recognized tonight. Seeing animal services, the numbers there,

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00:50:44,295 --> 00:50:47,455
we talk about their, you can see that when you read the the document.

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00:50:49,895 --> 00:50:53,715
we do our own internal training and we do seek outside training. It just highlights

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the number of hours. Again, we were mandated, uh, for alert level one

577
00:50:58,435 --> 00:51:02,295
training for, that's your active shooting training and alert updates, which is required by law.

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00:51:03,885 --> 00:51:07,105
our community engagement, we had 3,242 hours,

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00:51:08,125 --> 00:51:11,735
uh, given back to this community from our citizens police academy

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00:51:12,325 --> 00:51:16,185
alumni. If you just used a $15 an hour figure for that service,

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00:51:16,795 --> 00:51:20,385
we're, we're looking at 48 to $50,000 that they've returned back to us

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for the work that they do. And we have an annual review and community

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00:51:25,575 --> 00:51:29,555
of our community events from blue santa child, pa, passenger safety youth police

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00:51:29,795 --> 00:51:33,435
academy, national night out, neighborhood watch, citizens police academy,

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and our car fit program. Last, uh, page we

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get to is going to be our employee department for our recognition, our annual awards, nine

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00:51:42,165 --> 00:51:45,885
annual awards, our service awards, and then again, our retirees

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00:51:46,705 --> 00:51:49,555
and our promotions that we had throughout the last year.

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00:51:51,655 --> 00:51:55,535
and then we just wanna thank our community members and our council and mayor for

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00:51:55,755 --> 00:51:59,735
the support we get and from, uh, city manager. And again, this is

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00:51:59,895 --> 00:52:03,815
a product that we will continue to work on and develop. And I'd be remiss without

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00:52:04,095 --> 00:52:07,855
saying that many people work together to make

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this product come to life and to fruition. However, it,

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I need to recognize assistant chief, uh, elliot waller and our public

595
00:52:16,855 --> 00:52:20,275
affairs, who actually played a significant part in this and

596
00:52:20,895 --> 00:52:24,775
actually did more than their fair share of the work. So I just wanna say thank you for them and to see

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if y'all had any questions on this product.

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00:52:32,585 --> 00:52:36,525
no questions. Thank you very much, chief lare for, for the fine work that your men

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00:52:36,725 --> 00:52:39,945
and women are doing. Thank you, sir. Y'all have a great evening.

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00:52:48,075 --> 00:52:51,795
moving on to city events and announcements. Announcements of

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00:52:52,335 --> 00:52:55,735
upcoming city events. Sarah. Thank you mayor.

602
00:52:56,395 --> 00:53:00,375
so a couple things for tonight. On monday, april 13th, there will be a special

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00:53:00,775 --> 00:53:04,655
council meeting to canvas the special election for place six and ordering

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00:53:05,135 --> 00:53:09,015
a runoff. That'll be at 6:00 pm here in the council chambers saturday, april 18th.

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there's a couple of events going on to note. First, love where you

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live, um, is gonna be from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm you meet up at

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the north center. The area is gonna be the north cliff area that they're going to be, um, serving

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00:53:22,405 --> 00:53:26,285
projects there. And you can pre-register on their, their website or you can

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00:53:26,605 --> 00:53:30,555
register onsite the day of. Also, that day in the morning is gonna

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be the together we play event. This is the partnership with the parks and the library

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00:53:34,815 --> 00:53:38,775
at the community play scape. And that is starting at 10:00 am to noon. And

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then finally our next meeting will be on tuesday, april 21st here at

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00:53:43,055 --> 00:53:44,795
6:00 pm in the council chambers. Thank you.

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00:53:47,605 --> 00:53:51,195
thank you for those announcements. Moving on to announcements and recognitions

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by the city manager, steve williams. Thank you, mayor. We had five

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promotions this month. So we had, sean hilla was promoted from

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00:54:00,115 --> 00:54:03,955
e em, excuse me, from emt to ems

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00:54:04,475 --> 00:54:08,135
paramedic and levi flickering was

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promoted from paramedic to mih paramedic. And in the water

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00:54:13,195 --> 00:54:17,195
department we had jeremy jacoby. Jacobe was promoted from

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park maintenance tech to public works slash wastewater

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operator trainee. And then in the police department, dallas hopper

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00:54:25,695 --> 00:54:29,335
promoted from sergeant to lieutenant and henry nert

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00:54:30,295 --> 00:54:34,215
promoted from police officer to sergeant. So we're really proud of all of those folks from

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moving up in the world and our organization. And then lastly,

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the on may 15th at 10:30 am

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we will be dedicating the conference room in the city council chambers

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to councilman tim, tim brown, who passed late last year.

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and we will make that dedication. And then following that at 1245 will be the interment

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00:54:57,795 --> 00:55:01,535
of tim and nancy over at fort sam. There'll be more details

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00:55:01,935 --> 00:55:05,935
coming soon, uh, but just wanted to get that out there so you

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00:55:06,015 --> 00:55:09,525
guys could put it on your calendars. And that's all I have. Thank you.

633
00:55:11,235 --> 00:55:15,045
okay, thank you for that. Uh, the only announcements that I had is we did a proclamation,

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uh, this past friday, uh, for pesto pluma,

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00:55:20,705 --> 00:55:24,315
uh, which is hassan emilio kaban lare. Graduated

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00:55:24,955 --> 00:55:28,675
from sammy clemons, who's, uh, uh, he's

637
00:55:29,005 --> 00:55:32,325
a global, uh, musician when it comes to the hispanic industry.

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00:55:33,385 --> 00:55:37,325
and, um, so he played at the frost bank center, uh, friday night, and he

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00:55:37,445 --> 00:55:41,125
had played at, at uh, toyota, at the toyota center

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on thursday night in houston. And it's amazing the impact that he's

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00:55:45,565 --> 00:55:49,305
had on the students here at, uh, not just at, uh,

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00:55:49,815 --> 00:55:53,685
santa clemons, but throughout the church, cillo, isd independent school

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00:55:54,085 --> 00:55:57,965
district. So we definitely thank him for coming out and spending time

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00:55:58,355 --> 00:56:02,085
with, uh, the city of church and also with, uh, church cisd

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00:56:02,945 --> 00:56:06,745
and, and also with the, the buffaloes out there on

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00:56:06,965 --> 00:56:10,885
friday. So, and then, um, also took a tour of the

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00:56:11,205 --> 00:56:15,205
ccma plant, um, yesterday. Uh, and that was a good tour.

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00:56:15,905 --> 00:56:19,805
uh, is great to see the expansion that they're having to be able

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00:56:19,925 --> 00:56:23,805
to keep up with the growth in our community, uh, and the great things that

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they're doing. So that's all I have. Moving on

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to hearing of residents. This time is set aside

652
00:56:32,385 --> 00:56:36,365
for any person who wishes to address the city council. Each person should fill out

653
00:56:36,565 --> 00:56:40,325
the speaker's register prior to the meeting. Presentation should be limited

654
00:56:40,665 --> 00:56:44,625
to no more than three minutes. All remarks should be addressed to the council as

655
00:56:44,845 --> 00:56:48,405
a body and not to any individual member thereof, any person making

656
00:56:48,905 --> 00:56:52,705
any personal impertinent or slanderous remarks. While addressing the council may

657
00:56:52,925 --> 00:56:56,805
be requested to leave the meeting, all handouts and or usb devices

658
00:56:57,195 --> 00:57:00,525
must be submitted to the city secretary no later than noon on monday.

659
00:57:01,495 --> 00:57:05,295
proceeding the meetings. Handouts will be provided to each council member prior

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00:57:05,645 --> 00:57:09,325
to the start of the meeting by the city secretary. All usb devices

661
00:57:09,715 --> 00:57:13,645
will be vetted by the city it staff to ensure city property is protected

662
00:57:14,195 --> 00:57:14,485
from malware.

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00:57:19,585 --> 00:57:23,475
when you come up, uh, to speak, if you'll please state your name and your address.

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uh, we're gonna start out with, uh, jordan barnes.

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00:57:33,065 --> 00:57:36,915
good evening mayor and council. My name is jordan barnes. I'm a student at samuel

666
00:57:37,355 --> 00:57:41,355
clemens high school and I live at 4 6 1 6 silverton. I'm here tonight because

667
00:57:41,835 --> 00:57:45,275
this bond directly impacts students like me and students'. Voices are important

668
00:57:45,975 --> 00:57:49,955
at clemens, I'm involved in both fine arts and cte. I'm on the dance team

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and I'm also a part of ffa officers. And both through dance, I spend

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00:57:54,595 --> 00:57:58,595
a lot of time at the stadium for practices, football games and performances. It's a

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00:57:58,715 --> 00:58:02,635
big part of how we represent our school and our community. Being there, you can see

672
00:58:02,795 --> 00:58:06,795
how important this, that space is, but also that it's heavily used and needs updates

673
00:58:07,295 --> 00:58:10,875
better to better support students. The stadium desperately needs

674
00:58:11,315 --> 00:58:15,025
a working scoreboard through ffa. I'm also seeing how important

675
00:58:15,465 --> 00:58:18,745
the toby connor agriculture barn is. It's where students learn responsibility,

676
00:58:19,675 --> 00:58:23,545
leadership, and real world skills. Having updated equipment and spaces

677
00:58:23,785 --> 00:58:27,345
matters, especially as cte programs continue to grow and prepare

678
00:58:27,865 --> 00:58:31,815
students for ag for future careers. At clemens, I also

679
00:58:32,105 --> 00:58:36,065
see everyday things that affect students. Our cafeteria is small for the number of students we

680
00:58:36,265 --> 00:58:40,265
have. There are times where students are sitting on the floor because there isn't enough seating.

681
00:58:40,855 --> 00:58:44,725
expanding that space would make a big difference in our daily experiences and

682
00:58:44,945 --> 00:58:48,845
in situations where we need to be inside. I've been in suuc schools for

683
00:58:49,065 --> 00:58:53,065
a long time. I went to wat elementary from 2015 2019, and I even

684
00:58:53,455 --> 00:58:57,385
then I remember the playground needing updates. It's been years since I was there.

685
00:58:57,605 --> 00:59:01,545
and those same spaces are still being used by younger students today. This bone

686
00:59:01,785 --> 00:59:05,505
touches a lot of areas from classrooms and equipment to spaces where

687
00:59:05,985 --> 00:59:09,945
students learn, perform, and spend their day. It's about keeping up with what students

688
00:59:10,135 --> 00:59:13,825
need. Now as a student, I can say these things matter more than people may realize.

689
00:59:14,525 --> 00:59:18,435
the impact, how we learn, how we participate, and how we experience school every

690
00:59:18,805 --> 00:59:22,805
day. I'm here today to encourage our shirts community to show up

691
00:59:23,005 --> 00:59:26,125
and vote on may 2nd. Voting is important because it's how our community

692
00:59:27,065 --> 00:59:31,045
has a voice and decision to affect students and schools. And while you're

693
00:59:31,285 --> 00:59:35,285
there, please don't forget to vote for the suc bond. Students across our district

694
00:59:35,445 --> 00:59:39,345
are counting on the community to support the spaces and programs that help us grow and

695
00:59:39,585 --> 00:59:40,925
secede. Thank you for your time.

696
00:59:47,495 --> 00:59:48,755
next we have jay starr.

697
00:59:53,815 --> 00:59:57,635
good evening mayor. Council members, city manager. My name's jay starr.

698
00:59:58,465 --> 01:00:02,225
I live at, uh, 9 8 3 5 mo house drive. I'd like to talk to you tonight

699
01:00:02,505 --> 01:00:06,405
about, uh, frontier waste solutions and the issues

700
01:00:06,725 --> 01:00:10,715
that are going on. Back in april of last year, the

701
01:00:10,935 --> 01:00:14,745
city council voted, uh, five to one to award,

702
01:00:15,515 --> 01:00:19,335
uh, frontier waste services, the contract. And with

703
01:00:19,695 --> 01:00:23,575
a 25% increase is what was briefed. However, it comes out to be a little bit

704
01:00:23,735 --> 01:00:27,685
more, we'll get into that later. And on one july, or I'm sorry, yeah,

705
01:00:28,035 --> 01:00:31,535
one july. The contract actually started with frontier.

706
01:00:32,505 --> 01:00:36,335
since then, the 33% increase that was actually,

707
01:00:36,955 --> 01:00:40,755
uh, incurred went from $14 and

708
01:00:40,975 --> 01:00:44,575
46 cents to $19 and 20 cents with less services

709
01:00:45,045 --> 01:00:49,005
from frontier waste solutions. We no longer have, um,

710
01:00:50,425 --> 01:00:54,045
a construction material as they call it. Uh,

711
01:00:54,665 --> 01:00:58,625
republic called it fencing material or little lumber. Uh, we

712
01:00:58,825 --> 01:01:02,455
no longer are able to do that, but yet we're still paying for a bulk

713
01:01:02,885 --> 01:01:06,865
fee. Um, we also do

714
01:01:07,085 --> 01:01:09,385
not have in there the

715
01:01:11,645 --> 01:01:15,335
fall and spring cleanup, which a lot of homeowners would go and take

716
01:01:16,015 --> 01:01:19,835
material out to do, uh, spring cleanup and beautify the

717
01:01:20,055 --> 01:01:23,575
area. We no longer have those services with this new contract.

718
01:01:24,945 --> 01:01:27,845
the other issue is many, uh, residents in my area,

719
01:01:29,395 --> 01:01:32,525
they are having and complaining about frontier missing

720
01:01:33,885 --> 01:01:36,855
pickups of either trash or recycle.

721
01:01:38,375 --> 01:01:42,215
uh, inconsistency, there's been as late as 6:00 pm

722
01:01:43,225 --> 01:01:46,865
that frontiers running around picking up trash and then leaving

723
01:01:47,445 --> 01:01:51,385
the garbage cans in the middle of the street or knocked over. I

724
01:01:51,575 --> 01:01:54,725
emailed the city, uh, secretary my slides

725
01:01:55,865 --> 01:01:59,845
and I believe she's, uh, sent those out to you. There are some pictures out

726
01:02:00,045 --> 01:02:03,975
there for you guys to look at, um, in accordance

727
01:02:04,375 --> 01:02:08,295
with the shirt. City ordinance 13 dash h

728
01:02:08,445 --> 01:02:11,535
dash 51, section five or 54 dash 22

729
01:02:12,455 --> 01:02:16,195
g. You're supposed to maintain all structures including

730
01:02:16,975 --> 01:02:20,225
fences, walls, in safe and, um,

731
01:02:22,005 --> 01:02:25,885
structurally sound good repair. However, when a resident wants

732
01:02:26,125 --> 01:02:30,095
to go out and replace their fence, there's no place to take this

733
01:02:30,335 --> 01:02:33,735
fencing material. Now my neighbor, we replaced his fence

734
01:02:35,005 --> 01:02:38,445
when I did mine. I called the city and had it all stacked up outside.

735
01:02:39,675 --> 01:02:43,005
they came in and got it. Now we stacked up all that.

736
01:02:43,785 --> 01:02:47,765
it didn't get picked up. I called the city and asked, and they referred me

737
01:02:47,925 --> 01:02:51,045
to frontier where I called and I got, that's not my problem.

738
01:02:53,475 --> 01:02:57,205
okay, so what's the solution? What I'm asking the city to do

739
01:02:58,225 --> 01:03:01,845
is to conduct a survey of residents to see where we're at

740
01:03:02,345 --> 01:03:05,525
and to provide a solution for us to dump this material.

741
01:03:06,605 --> 01:03:09,385
and if you have any questions, I'm available later on. Thank you.

742
01:03:19,265 --> 01:03:23,235
okay, next we have kate. I don't want to butcher

743
01:03:23,695 --> 01:03:27,675
the last name. Kate, what's your, kate, what's your last name? I'm

744
01:03:27,895 --> 01:03:31,895
kate dearman lael and I'm in the core, um, leadership class with

745
01:03:32,135 --> 01:03:35,355
the chamber. So we're just here to say thank you for hosting us and, um,

746
01:03:36,255 --> 01:03:40,055
a few months ago was really, um, eye opening. I'm very thankful for the time and that your

747
01:03:40,375 --> 01:03:44,295
team that came and supported us through that, uh, through our class. So thank you so

748
01:03:44,495 --> 01:03:46,415
much and have a good evening. Thank you.

749
01:03:52,305 --> 01:03:54,045
and then next we have maggie tittering.

750
01:03:59,855 --> 01:04:03,825
good evening counsel. Maggie tittering, 1730 shirtz parkway, your chamber

751
01:04:04,165 --> 01:04:07,585
of commerce president. Uh, a few updates. We have a groundbreaking

752
01:04:08,285 --> 01:04:12,225
for gringos on may 21st. Woo, another restaurant around in the

753
01:04:12,345 --> 01:04:16,175
shirts area at 2:00 pm and we are working with portillos. Um, they

754
01:04:16,465 --> 01:04:20,465
have a tentative ribbon cutting sometime in may. We've got a few factors, nothing too serious,

755
01:04:20,965 --> 01:04:24,565
but as soon as we find out when that is, we will let you all know. Um,

756
01:04:25,505 --> 01:04:28,775
I on the other hand, uh, do have kudos to give to frontier waste solutions.

757
01:04:29,685 --> 01:04:33,625
um, they're once again helping us out with leadership core. As you just heard,

758
01:04:33,785 --> 01:04:37,765
one of our students and, uh, going to austin each year for

759
01:04:37,995 --> 01:04:41,625
leadership core is a little bit expensive when you're transporting 15

760
01:04:42,265 --> 01:04:46,105
students. Uh, you know, just the, the food, the, the tours that

761
01:04:46,285 --> 01:04:50,025
we arrange. And so once again, they have stepped forward and that they are going to support

762
01:04:50,345 --> 01:04:53,765
that. We're very grateful for their support on this. It's helping us to,

763
01:04:54,405 --> 01:04:58,265
uh, get growing leaders in our area. These are business owners. These

764
01:04:58,585 --> 01:05:02,485
are a municipality, uh, staff members. And so just wanted to,

765
01:05:03,125 --> 01:05:06,985
you know, just thank chris cox and frontier waste solutions for helping us continue this

766
01:05:07,225 --> 01:05:11,215
very worthy program. Um, I wanted to take the rest of my time to support

767
01:05:11,705 --> 01:05:14,735
this bond. Uh, the presentation that was just presented,

768
01:05:15,945 --> 01:05:19,825
I was part of the ccac committee that toured, um, I was part

769
01:05:19,985 --> 01:05:23,845
of the 75. We toured these facilities and, uh, to

770
01:05:24,205 --> 01:05:27,745
see when I used to go to school, you know, way back when I went through

771
01:05:28,405 --> 01:05:31,985
shirts, elementary and o henry when there was o henry and clemens high school

772
01:05:32,435 --> 01:05:36,185
buffs. But to see some of the areas that I still

773
01:05:36,745 --> 01:05:40,315
recognize that are in the same state, that that's, that's a little scary.

774
01:05:40,805 --> 01:05:44,105
and the fact that our children are going to these schools now, school district,

775
01:05:44,815 --> 01:05:48,655
very transparent on their website. When you go there, you can see the demographics. I've

776
01:05:48,945 --> 01:05:51,105
been part of this committee since its inception in 2013.

777
01:05:53,525 --> 01:05:57,505
and these are not, we wish we could have or these little

778
01:05:57,835 --> 01:06:01,665
extra things. They have to have these, this bond has to pass. The 295 million

779
01:06:02,885 --> 01:06:06,865
was whittled down from 500 million in things that we need for

780
01:06:07,065 --> 01:06:10,975
this school district. Uh, somebody could say, oh, stadium, that's fluff. No, it's not. It's

781
01:06:11,265 --> 01:06:15,175
it's safety measures. It's the, uh, stadium seating, it's

782
01:06:15,665 --> 01:06:19,385
lighting, but most especially the brunt of that 230 million, I mean,

783
01:06:19,855 --> 01:06:23,705
hvac systems that are past their time of life need to be replaced. And we all know what it is

784
01:06:24,095 --> 01:06:28,075
here in texas in summer, that's hot, that's really hot. Just think of your child

785
01:06:28,445 --> 01:06:32,365
or your grandchild being in there without air conditioning. And you know, you

786
01:06:32,585 --> 01:06:36,445
can just imagine how that is. So they have four town hall meetings that are going on

787
01:06:36,665 --> 01:06:40,425
where they're actually at the facility. So you can go to clemens, you can go to adobe,

788
01:06:40,985 --> 01:06:44,945
I believe there's one at steel. Um, I think there's two at clemens. Ones is

789
01:06:45,065 --> 01:06:48,885
gonna hit the stadium so that the people can actually see what they're talking about. But please be

790
01:06:49,345 --> 01:06:53,145
informed because I know there's a lot of chatter on facebook and yes, I can understand

791
01:06:53,545 --> 01:06:57,375
there's concern about the monies and stuff, but get the facts that

792
01:06:57,665 --> 01:07:01,535
are out there, there are facts. And again, it's just, it's

793
01:07:01,825 --> 01:07:05,625
eye-opening. And to actually take the tour and see what is needed.

794
01:07:06,015 --> 01:07:09,925
it's, it's astounding. So, uh, again, the, uh, the dates of

795
01:07:10,145 --> 01:07:13,965
the town halls are on the school site. Uh, if you all wanna know when those are,

796
01:07:14,605 --> 01:07:18,225
and again, this, this is about making the best opportunities for our children

797
01:07:18,685 --> 01:07:22,495
and we really need to be looking out for them. So please go out and vote and support this bond.

798
01:07:22,875 --> 01:07:23,225
thank you.

799
01:07:28,575 --> 01:07:31,335
thank you. Next we have herman arlow,

800
01:07:44,735 --> 01:07:48,575
uh, mayor city council. Thank you. Uh, I'd

801
01:07:48,795 --> 01:07:52,775
like to bring to y'all's attentions the, uh, road street conditions out in southern shirts.

802
01:07:53,655 --> 01:07:56,855
can you state your name and and address, please? Oh, I'm sorry. Uh,

803
01:07:57,695 --> 01:07:59,795
1 1 5 6 4. Where seguin road.

804
01:08:01,805 --> 01:08:05,295
uh, anyway, the, uh,

805
01:08:05,935 --> 01:08:09,225
mainly I'm concerned about the uncontrolled through

806
01:08:10,405 --> 01:08:14,355
truck traffic, uh, from like I 10 and sometimes from

807
01:08:14,945 --> 01:08:17,785
six fm 1604. Anytime

808
01:08:19,115 --> 01:08:22,955
anything happens on either one. Uh, drivers shortcut

809
01:08:23,195 --> 01:08:26,915
through the, through these areas. Great town, west again, et cetera.

810
01:08:27,855 --> 01:08:31,835
the cars are one thing, but the, uh, trucks, you know, tractor trailers over the

811
01:08:31,955 --> 01:08:35,755
road, oversized, there was hazard materials coming

812
01:08:36,035 --> 01:08:39,885
through there. You know, we're talking 80,000 pound loads, uh,

813
01:08:40,385 --> 01:08:44,225
vehicles, you know, that's totally different. Uh, those streets out there

814
01:08:44,445 --> 01:08:48,305
aren't, they may be designed, but they're not built up to those

815
01:08:48,785 --> 01:08:52,765
standards. Uh, you know, I've been mentioning

816
01:08:53,435 --> 01:08:57,395
this stuff for probably couple years or if not three or four, I

817
01:08:57,515 --> 01:09:01,505
don't know. Anyway, uh, since the fall of

818
01:09:01,705 --> 01:09:05,545
20 20 24, the construction onto I

819
01:09:05,725 --> 01:09:09,485
10, it's been a nightmare. 'cause anytime they do anything out there to

820
01:09:09,885 --> 01:09:13,805
divert one lane or two lanes of traffic, you

821
01:09:14,025 --> 01:09:17,795
know, the traffic starts coming through. Whatever great

822
01:09:18,145 --> 01:09:22,045
town road, uh, where's sein trainer, hale, uh,

823
01:09:23,205 --> 01:09:26,985
you know, and like I said, you know, it's one thing with the cars, but that truck traffic,

824
01:09:27,405 --> 01:09:31,305
you know, and the thing is 15 eighteens right there, you know, I don't know why

825
01:09:31,425 --> 01:09:32,885
they don't use it. Uh,

826
01:09:36,875 --> 01:09:40,715
you know, that was because of there was a tanker turned over out there on

827
01:09:41,075 --> 01:09:45,075
it and westbound and they had that whole interstate shut down for

828
01:09:45,295 --> 01:09:49,095
like two days, 48 hours. Uh, police department at that particular

829
01:09:49,645 --> 01:09:53,515
time wouldn't do anything about it. I mean, no temporary truck detour

830
01:09:53,985 --> 01:09:57,985
signs or nothing. Uh, you know, so all that traffic

831
01:09:58,445 --> 01:10:01,625
was coming through there and sure enough come

832
01:10:02,625 --> 01:10:06,145
like, uh, new year's eve on 1231,

833
01:10:07,105 --> 01:10:10,715
you know, 2024, there was a water leak there

834
01:10:11,505 --> 01:10:15,435
developed, uh, you know, it was like a month later, but I know it developed

835
01:10:15,995 --> 01:10:19,495
because all that truck traffic going across there at fall road and where seguin,

836
01:10:20,525 --> 01:10:24,235
yeah, they fixed it like three days later and then it took another six months for,

837
01:10:25,585 --> 01:10:29,055
uh, the actual road. Good. The street getting totally repaired.

838
01:10:30,915 --> 01:10:33,745
uh, um, you know, there's

839
01:10:35,095 --> 01:10:39,075
oh, I'm sorry here. The truck, truck, any closure out there on

840
01:10:39,295 --> 01:10:42,995
the interstate, you know, even now the stuff they're doing over in

841
01:10:43,405 --> 01:10:46,735
guadalupe county, they're coming down zigzagging through,

842
01:10:47,915 --> 01:10:51,735
uh, wild road, uh, from, oh, what's

843
01:10:52,055 --> 01:10:55,845
that? Uh, anyway, the other road there

844
01:10:56,155 --> 01:11:00,135
from, uh, out of uh, guadalupe county and

845
01:11:00,815 --> 01:11:04,275
you know, these trucks are just driving around lost because, you know, they're either

846
01:11:04,825 --> 01:11:07,715
following the car gps or whatever.

847
01:11:09,095 --> 01:11:12,715
but anyway, it'd be great if y'all could put up some

848
01:11:13,185 --> 01:11:17,115
no through truck signs out there, all those roads, you know,

849
01:11:17,665 --> 01:11:21,015
sine great town, uh, trainer hill.

850
01:11:21,755 --> 01:11:24,585
appreciate. Thank you. Thank you.

851
01:11:26,445 --> 01:11:28,665
and last we have, uh, amanda viegas.

852
01:11:35,625 --> 01:11:38,935
hello, uh, my name is amanda viegas. I am located at 91 20

853
01:11:39,845 --> 01:11:43,735
east fm 1518. I am here on behalf of leadership

854
01:11:44,565 --> 01:11:48,535
core class of 2026. Um, that was all I

855
01:11:48,655 --> 01:11:52,615
had planned to say, but as I've sat here and I was able to see the presentation

856
01:11:53,755 --> 01:11:57,025
of the bond that, uh, was proposed today

857
01:11:57,995 --> 01:12:01,335
in leadership core, we go over various different topics

858
01:12:02,075 --> 01:12:05,935
and, uh, one of those topics was education. And we were able to

859
01:12:06,135 --> 01:12:10,015
get a tour, um, by s-c-u-c-I-s-c. And during that

860
01:12:10,175 --> 01:12:14,175
tour I was able to see the importance of these bonds.

861
01:12:14,555 --> 01:12:18,455
and I just strongly encourage counsel to take it into consideration. Thank you for

862
01:12:18,575 --> 01:12:20,775
your time. Thank you.

863
01:12:23,505 --> 01:12:27,365
and that will end the hearing of residence. Uh, moving

864
01:12:27,745 --> 01:12:31,625
on to the consent agenda items. The consent agenda is

865
01:12:32,085 --> 01:12:35,285
considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the council with one motion.

866
01:12:36,215 --> 01:12:40,205
there will be no separate discussion of these items unless they're removed from the consent

867
01:12:40,565 --> 01:12:44,045
agenda. Upon, uh, the request of the mayor or council member.

868
01:12:44,835 --> 01:12:48,325
council members, do we have any items that you would like removed from the consent agenda?

869
01:12:52,345 --> 01:12:56,165
having none. Can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda? So moved.

870
01:12:57,065 --> 01:13:00,885
second. Okay. I have a motion made by council member

871
01:13:01,165 --> 01:13:05,085
hayward second by council member watson, can I get everybody to cast the votes?

872
01:13:10,855 --> 01:13:12,135
can I get the votes published please?

873
01:13:16,815 --> 01:13:19,335
having seven yays, no nays. Motion passes.

874
01:13:30,215 --> 01:13:33,695
moving on to discussion action. Action items on item 10,

875
01:13:34,555 --> 01:13:36,545
resolution 26 dash r dash 0 3 7

876
01:13:38,715 --> 01:13:42,705
authorizing the purchase and installation of 26 hvac

877
01:13:42,995 --> 01:13:46,075
systems. From, from way mechanical.

878
01:13:47,215 --> 01:13:51,115
uh, mr. James. Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Hardy leaving.

879
01:13:51,455 --> 01:13:55,235
uh, council members mayor rodriguez. Mr. Williams, my name's chad lansbury. I'm the facilities

880
01:13:55,635 --> 01:13:59,555
maintenance superintendent for the city of shirts. Right now there are 26 hvac systems

881
01:13:59,895 --> 01:14:03,635
in the city of shirts that are nearing the end of their life expectancy. There are nine systems

882
01:14:03,935 --> 01:14:07,815
in the library, 11 at the rec center, five at city hall, and

883
01:14:08,015 --> 01:14:11,485
one in the council chambers building. And they all need to be replaced before they end up failing.

884
01:14:12,305 --> 01:14:16,235
city hall is also in need of work that needs to be done to build, bring the building up to

885
01:14:16,395 --> 01:14:20,395
current building codes, uh, requirements. We initially plan to procure these

886
01:14:20,755 --> 01:14:24,715
services using a request for bids. After reviewing purchasing cooperatives, we found that

887
01:14:24,875 --> 01:14:28,155
many of the major companies likely to bid on the project are members of cooperatives

888
01:14:30,085 --> 01:14:33,965
purchases, uh, purchases under the cooperative programs meet the requirements under

889
01:14:34,205 --> 01:14:37,705
the texas local government purchasing code. The decision was made to get quotes

890
01:14:38,265 --> 01:14:41,765
for the work through the purchasing cooperatives with the belief this would ensure several firms

891
01:14:42,585 --> 01:14:46,535
bid on the work and the city received the best pricing. The decision was made to get pricing

892
01:14:46,995 --> 01:14:50,685
for the entirety of the work to achieve eec economies of scale. Wayne

893
01:14:51,035 --> 01:14:54,875
mechanical, a tips purchasing cooperative vendor was selected as, as their price

894
01:14:55,095 --> 01:14:58,235
was more than $150,000 less than the next lowest priced vendor.

895
01:15:02,935 --> 01:15:05,115
do you have any questions from any council members?

896
01:15:07,445 --> 01:15:09,865
having none. Can I get a motion? So moved.

897
01:15:11,645 --> 01:15:15,425
second. Okay, we have a motion to

898
01:15:15,675 --> 01:15:19,445
approve item 10 by council member hayward. Seconded by council member

899
01:15:19,725 --> 01:15:22,525
watson. Can I get all council to cast the votes?

900
01:15:26,105 --> 01:15:26,805
can I get the votes published

901
01:15:31,975 --> 01:15:35,955
having seven yays? No nays. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you very much.

902
01:15:42,385 --> 01:15:46,315
item number 11 will be enclo session. The city council will meet in closed

903
01:15:46,515 --> 01:15:49,265
session pursuant to section 5 51 dash 0 7, 1

904
01:15:50,815 --> 01:15:53,995
of the state government code. The city of church will consult enclo session

905
01:15:54,985 --> 01:15:58,905
with its attorney to receive legal advice regarding pending or contemplating

906
01:15:59,755 --> 01:16:03,315
litigation, a settlement offer or a matter in which the duty of the attorney

907
01:16:04,055 --> 01:16:07,845
to the governmental body, uh, under the texas disciplinary rules

908
01:16:08,255 --> 01:16:12,025
of professional conduct of the state bar of the texas, uh, clearly

909
01:16:12,875 --> 01:16:16,555
conflicts with this chapter to include the unauthorized use of city

910
01:16:17,115 --> 01:16:19,655
property. And for item number 12,

911
01:16:22,165 --> 01:16:25,995
we'll be enclosed session for item number 12 as well. So, and that'll be

912
01:16:26,175 --> 01:16:29,905
the city council will meet enclo session in accordance with section 5 5 1

913
01:16:30,885 --> 01:16:34,675
0.072 texas government code deliberation regarding

914
01:16:35,275 --> 01:16:39,195
the purchase sale exchange lease or value or value of water

915
01:16:39,485 --> 01:16:43,435
lease rights. So we'll be going to executive session at seven 17.

916
01:16:46,435 --> 01:16:50,325
alright, we're gonna go ahead and come out of executive session on items

917
01:16:50,585 --> 01:16:54,075
11 and 12 with no action taken. Executive

918
01:16:54,685 --> 01:16:55,995
session at eight 16,

919
01:17:02,215 --> 01:17:06,015
so on. So there will be no action items, uh, no

920
01:17:06,235 --> 01:17:10,105
action taken on items 13 and 14 and

921
01:17:10,355 --> 01:17:14,245
there's no discussion to occur on items 15, 16, 17, and

922
01:17:14,605 --> 01:17:18,005
18. So we'll move, uh, request and announcements.

923
01:17:19,385 --> 01:17:23,245
so request by mayor and council members for updates or information from staff.

924
01:17:23,565 --> 01:17:26,965
anybody would, would anybody would like any updates from the staff?

925
01:17:30,915 --> 01:17:34,765
okay. Having none request by mayor and council members that items or presentations

926
01:17:35,545 --> 01:17:38,315
be placed on future city council agendas.

927
01:17:39,625 --> 01:17:43,075
um, I have a few. Um, I'd like to request

928
01:17:43,725 --> 01:17:47,705
a staff work session on items that have come up on, uh,

929
01:17:48,285 --> 01:17:51,725
darkness and lack of lights along church parkway leading up to the church, elementary

930
01:17:52,325 --> 01:17:56,245
school. I'd also would like us to look at

931
01:17:56,845 --> 01:18:00,705
darkness and lack of lighting on green valley road, uh, on

932
01:18:00,925 --> 01:18:01,645
green valley and 3 0 0 9.

933
01:18:05,415 --> 01:18:09,135
and I would also like to bring up

934
01:18:09,555 --> 01:18:13,315
a request, a staff work session on sidewalks

935
01:18:13,925 --> 01:18:17,075
along 1103 from davenport middle school to age 35.

936
01:18:20,195 --> 01:18:24,135
and the last thing I would like to do is I'd like to see about conducting a survey,

937
01:18:25,795 --> 01:18:29,215
uh, of, of the residents for frontier waste solutions,

938
01:18:30,995 --> 01:18:34,715
uh, to find out, um, if they're happy with the services and to find out

939
01:18:35,355 --> 01:18:39,135
if there's anything that we can do to improve the services to the residents.

940
01:18:39,555 --> 01:18:39,555
so

941
01:18:44,895 --> 01:18:47,795
is any other council members have any other items they'd like to add?

942
01:18:51,335 --> 01:18:55,235
all right, having none. Um, this meeting's adjourned

943
01:18:55,695 --> 01:18:57,675
at eight 18. No wait.