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Yes, sir.

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Good evening everyone. I'd like to
welcome everyone to the special city

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council meeting Monday, January 5th,
2026. It's a typo. Says 2025 on the

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agenda, just so you guys know. 2026. I'd
like for everybody to stand for the uh

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pledge of allegiance followed by a
moment of silence

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to the flag of the United States of
America.

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nation
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Okay. Our first item on the agenda is
the approval of the December minutes. Do

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I have a motion?
>> Mr. Mayor, members of council, I'd like

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to make a motion to approve the minutes
as they are written.

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» I have a motion. Do I have a second?
>> Second.

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» I have a motion and a second. Do we have
any further discussion?

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All right. I'll call the the order then.
Uh all in favor say I.

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» I.
>> I. Messions approved unanimously.

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Okay.
And now we will be swearing in Miss.

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Carmen Miller as mayor. So, judge, if
you would please. Thank you.

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Congratulations.

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Okay, raise your right hand for me,
please. Just repeat after me. I do

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solemnly swear or affirm
>> I do solemnly swear and affirm

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» that I am duly qualified
>> that I am duly qualified

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» according to the constitution of this
state

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» according to the constitution of this
state

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» to exercise the duties of the office
>> to exercise the duties of the office

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» to which I have been elected
>> to which I have been elected

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» and that I will
>> and that I will

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» to the best of my ability
>> to the best of my ability

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» discharge the duties thereof
>> discharge the duties thereof

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» and preserve
>> and preserve

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» protect
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» and defend the Constitution of this
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» and preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution of this state

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» and of the United States
>> and of the United States.

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» So help me God.
>> So help me God.

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» As mayor of the city of Ta K
>> as mayor of the city of Ta K,

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» I will equally
>> I will equally

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» fairly
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» and impartially
>> and impartially

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» to the best of my ability and skill
>> to the best of my ability and skill

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[music]
>> exercise the trust reposed to me

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» exercise the the trust proposed to me.
And I will use my best endeavors

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» I will and I will use my best endeavors
>> to preserve

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» to preserve
>> the peace and carry

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» the peace and carry
>> into effect according to law

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» into effect and according to the law
>> the purposes for which I have been

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elected
>> the purposes for which I've been

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elected.
>> So help me God.

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» So help me God.
>> Congratulations.

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» Thank you. [applause]

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» [applause]

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» You're fine. You should sign right there
for me.

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And then this is yours.

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Thank you.

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Sure.

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» Right hand. All right.
>> Stand up. You're good. You're good.

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» Right hand for me.
>> Raise your right hand. Switch sides.

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» There we go.
>> All right. Repeat after me. I do

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solemnly swear that I am duly qualified.
I do solemnly swear that I am duly

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qualified
>> according to the constitution of this

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>> according to the constitution of this

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state
>> to exercise the duties of the office

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» to exercise the duties of the office
>> to which I have been elected

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» to which I have been elected
>> and that I will

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» and that I will
>> to the best of my ability

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» to the best of my ability
>> discharge the duties thereof

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» discharge the duties thereof
>> and preserve

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» and preserve
>> protect

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» protect
>> and defend the Constitution of this

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>> and protect the Constitution of this

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state
>> and of the United States

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» and of the United States
>> as a council member of the city of Tig.

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As a council member of the city of TK,
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» I will equally
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» fairly
>> and impartially [music]

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» and impartially
>> to the best of my ability

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» to the best of my ability
>> and skill

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» and skill
>> exercise the trust proposed in me

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» exercise the trust proposed in me
>> and will use my best endeavor

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» and will use my best endeavor
>> to preserve the peace

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» to preserve the peace
>> and carry

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» and carry
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» into effect
>> according to the law

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» according to the law
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elected. So help me God.
>> So help me God.

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» Congratulations.
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» All right.
You're okay. [applause]

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Want me to sign or you sign or

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» Thank you.

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» Oh, it's mine. All right. appreciate it.

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» Congratulations, Tom. And the next um
item is the o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

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o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o oath of office will be taken

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by Heather Jones to ser serve as our new
council member.

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» You ready?
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» Okay, just repeat after me. I do
solemnly swear

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» I do solemnly swear
>> that I am duly qualified

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» that I am duly qualified
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>> to exercise the duties of the office

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» to exercise the duties of the office
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» to which I have been elected
>> and that I will

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» and that I will
>> to the best of my ability

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» to the best of my ability
>> discharge the duties thereof

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» discharge the duties thereof
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» and preserve
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» protect
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state
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state of the United States
>> and and of the United States. As a

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council member of the city of TUK,
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» I will equally
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» fairly
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» and impartially
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» to the best of my ability
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» and skill
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» exercise the trust proposed in me
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» and will use my best endeavor
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» to preserve the peace and carry into
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» to preserve the peace and carry into
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» according to the law
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» the purposes for which I have been
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» the purposes for which I have been
elected. Congratulations.

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[applause]

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Thank you so much.

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Okay, we're going to do a little slow
motion here. Got to figure it out. Um,

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the next item on our agenda is the
election of our mayor prom. Could I have

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a motion, please?

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Okay, Heather, that's on you this time.
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» Madame Mayor, members of council, I make
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Thomas Heislip as mayor prom.
>> I have a motion and

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» do we
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Is [snorts] there any discussion?

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All in favor?
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um hearing that there's a majority vote.
Um the eyes carry. Uh council member um

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Heislip, you are mayor prom.
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Um the next item on the agenda is um
approval of our mean um minutes from our

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2026.

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What am I doing here? That's where it
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for the schedule. Thank you. Okay. Can I
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Uh, I'd like to make a motion to approve
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schedule as presented.
>> Is there a second?

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» Second.
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[snorts]
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» I. The motion carries.
Um, next item on our agenda, um, council

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comments. [snorts]
We're going to start with Councilman

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Heislip.
um quick meeting. A little odd with only

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three of us, but [laughter] uh um uh
thank you all everyone that came out.

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Really, really appreciate it. Um I'm
honored to to be here serving for

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another four years. Um and u you know,
congratulations to to Heather and

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Carmen. I look forward to working with
with both of you and and Brian when he

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gets back from his wonderful vacation,
which I'm hoping he's enjoying. Um and

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um uh with that uh I again I I hope I
hope to serve and uh um earn earn your

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trust and continue to uh you know help
lead TK into bigger and better and

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greater things. So with that's all I
have. Thank you.

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» Uh thank you. It's a little different
from this side. So uh first I just want

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to thank Mayor Gray and Council Member
Shirley for your service to the city. I

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didn't get a chance at the previous
meeting. Uh the other council members

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did. So, thank you. Um it's definitely a
big seat to fill and I hope I will do a

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great job with that. And thank you to
everyone who has supported me. Thank you

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to the other candidates who ran during
the general election. Uh Tom, Ron, and

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uh Tom Rack, Thomas Rackley as well. Um
thank you. It was a a very intense but

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very wonderful experience and I hope
that I can live up to the honor and the

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uh gravity of what the city has
entrusted me with here and look forward

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to digging in and doing the work with
everybody up here. Um especially thank

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you to my husband Tom and our two kids,
Tom especially because wrangling the two

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kids is a full-time job in itself and uh
I couldn't have done this without you.

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So thank you. Um and then uh for
Councilman uh Carter as well. I hope

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he's enjoying his trip. Um, and so I'll
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We just got through our holiday season.
Um, it was an amazing time in the city

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and I look forward to being part of the
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» Thank you.
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Um, I'm a little bit twisted here
because there's a lot to to do. Um, I

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want to say thank you. Um, thank you to
all of you for for being here, for

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participating in the process of um the
election, for participating in the

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process of making our city better, um,
for voicing concerns, for voicing ideas,

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for being part of what makes TK special,
and that is every single person that

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lives here. We are good because of who
who we are as as a as a as a community.

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We are good in what we put back into our
city and I am so incredibly proud and

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grateful to have earned your trust and
to be able to sit here today and um be

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part of an amazing team that is going to
lead us forward. Um I feel that our

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focus needs to be in that forward
motion. We we can spend all the time and

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looking in that rearview mirror and and
and finding finding the things that

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where roads could have been taken
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us back and it's going to hold us back.
So, I I want to see us moving forward. I

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want to see the ability of new ideas to
come in. I want to see more engagement

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from our community. I want to see more
people that are here listening to when

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decisions are being made so that you can
be our voice and understand why those

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decisions were made or how those
decisions were made. I I look for an

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opportunity to to open every bit of
communication and transparency so that

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you are part of not just the the the um
whatever issue we're going through but

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part of the solution. Um, it takes more
than five people to make good decisions

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and it takes your input to help us get
to those decisions. So, I I'm excited to

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be a part of this community. I'm always
I I love our city and I'm excited to be

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part of the solutions. I'm excited to
move us forward and I'm really looking

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forward to to what all of us sitting
here get together are going to do. I am

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very grateful for the service of of
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» [snorts]
>> I know that I've spent um many

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conversations with both of them talking
about what was whatever the issue was. I

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know how they felt about their decisions
about TK and how they wanted to move

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everything forward. I'm I'm grateful for
their time and for their dedication. It

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takes a lot to stand up. It takes a lot
to to participate in in a um in an

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election and um it takes a lot to sit
here and make those decisions and and

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know that you're carrying that weight
and you have to do and you have to get

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it right. Um so know that we we take
that very seriously and we want to get

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it right. Um our staff, you guys are
phenomenal. You've you've you are on it.

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Whatever the city needs, you're on it.
Um, and I'm so grateful for every

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opportunity that I've had to speak to
each one of you and to your department

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heads to Charlie to to your staff. Um,
they are truly the talent that keeps TK

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going and I'm very proud that I will
have an opportunity to to continue to

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work with them and get to know them
better. Thank you all for being here

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tonight and thank you again for the
trust that you've you've put in me and

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into our council here. [snorts]
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All right. Um,
I think that with no further business, I

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will ask for a motion to adjurnn.
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» Seconded.
>> And look, we are adjourned. [laughter]