[0:38] Yes, sir.
[0:49] Good evening everyone. I'd like to
welcome everyone to the special city
[0:52] council meeting Monday, January 5th,
2026. It's a typo. Says 2025 on the
[0:58] agenda, just so you guys know. 2026. I'd
like for everybody to stand for the uh
[1:03] pledge of allegiance followed by a
moment of silence
[1:09] to the flag of the United States of
America.
[1:16] nation
indiv
[1:43] Okay. Our first item on the agenda is
the approval of the December minutes. Do
[1:47] I have a motion?
>> Mr. Mayor, members of council, I'd like
[1:51] to make a motion to approve the minutes
as they are written.
[1:54] » I have a motion. Do I have a second?
>> Second.
[1:58] » I have a motion and a second. Do we have
any further discussion?
[2:02] All right. I'll call the the order then.
Uh all in favor say I.
[2:06] » I.
>> I. Messions approved unanimously.
[2:10] Okay.
And now we will be swearing in Miss.
[2:14] Carmen Miller as mayor. So, judge, if
you would please. Thank you.
[2:23] Congratulations.
[2:55] Okay, raise your right hand for me,
please. Just repeat after me. I do
[2:59] solemnly swear or affirm
>> I do solemnly swear and affirm
[3:02] » that I am duly qualified
>> that I am duly qualified
[3:05] » according to the constitution of this
state
[3:07] » according to the constitution of this
state
[3:10] » to exercise the duties of the office
>> to exercise the duties of the office
[3:14] » to which I have been elected
>> to which I have been elected
[3:17] » and that I will
>> and that I will
[3:18] » to the best of my ability
>> to the best of my ability
[3:21] » discharge the duties thereof
>> discharge the duties thereof
[3:25] » and preserve
>> and preserve
[3:26] » protect
>> protect
[3:27] » and defend the Constitution of this
state
[3:30] » and preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution of this state
[3:33] » and of the United States
>> and of the United States.
[3:36] » So help me God.
>> So help me God.
[3:38] » As mayor of the city of Ta K
>> as mayor of the city of Ta K,
[3:42] » I will equally
>> I will equally
[3:44] » fairly
>> fairly
[3:45] » and impartially
>> and impartially
[3:47] » to the best of my ability and skill
>> to the best of my ability and skill
[3:51] [music]
>> exercise the trust reposed to me
[3:53] » exercise the the trust proposed to me.
And I will use my best endeavors
[3:58] » I will and I will use my best endeavors
>> to preserve
[4:01] » to preserve
>> the peace and carry
[4:03] » the peace and carry
>> into effect according to law
[4:06] » into effect and according to the law
>> the purposes for which I have been
[4:09] elected
>> the purposes for which I've been
[4:11] elected.
>> So help me God.
[4:12] » So help me God.
>> Congratulations.
[4:14] » Thank you. [applause]
[4:22] » [applause]
[4:29] [applause]
[4:35] » You're fine. You should sign right there
for me.
[4:44] And then this is yours.
[4:50] Thank you.
[5:12] Sure.
[5:25] » Right hand. All right.
>> Stand up. You're good. You're good.
[5:30] » Right hand for me.
>> Raise your right hand. Switch sides.
[5:33] » There we go.
>> All right. Repeat after me. I do
[5:36] solemnly swear that I am duly qualified.
I do solemnly swear that I am duly
[5:40] qualified
>> according to the constitution of this
[5:43] state
>> according to the constitution of this
[5:45] state
>> to exercise the duties of the office
[5:47] » to exercise the duties of the office
>> to which I have been elected
[5:50] » to which I have been elected
>> and that I will
[5:52] » and that I will
>> to the best of my ability
[5:54] » to the best of my ability
>> discharge the duties thereof
[5:58] » discharge the duties thereof
>> and preserve
[6:00] » and preserve
>> protect
[6:01] » protect
>> and defend the Constitution of this
[6:03] state
>> and protect the Constitution of this
[6:05] state
>> and of the United States
[6:07] » and of the United States
>> as a council member of the city of Tig.
[6:10] As a council member of the city of TK,
>> I will equally
[6:13] » I will equally
>> fairly
[6:15] » fairly
>> and impartially [music]
[6:16] » and impartially
>> to the best of my ability
[6:18] » to the best of my ability
>> and skill
[6:20] » and skill
>> exercise the trust proposed in me
[6:23] » exercise the trust proposed in me
>> and will use my best endeavor
[6:27] » and will use my best endeavor
>> to preserve the peace
[6:29] » to preserve the peace
>> and carry
[6:31] » and carry
>> into effect
[6:33] » into effect
>> according to the law
[6:35] » according to the law
>> the purposes for which I have been
[6:37] elected
>> the purposes for which I have been
[6:39] elected. So help me God.
>> So help me God.
[6:41] » Congratulations.
[applause]
[6:50] » All right.
You're okay. [applause]
[6:55] Want me to sign or you sign or
[7:03] » Thank you.
[7:07] » Oh, it's mine. All right. appreciate it.
[7:15] » Congratulations, Tom. And the next um
item is the o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
[7:19] 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
[7:21] by Heather Jones to ser serve as our new
council member.
[7:34] » You ready?
>> Yes.
[7:35] » Okay, just repeat after me. I do
solemnly swear
[7:38] » I do solemnly swear
>> that I am duly qualified
[7:41] » that I am duly qualified
>> according to the constitution of this
[7:44] state
>> according to the constitution of this
[7:46] state
>> to exercise the duties of the office
[7:48] » to exercise the duties of the office
>> to which I have been elected
[7:51] » to which I have been elected
>> and that I will
[7:53] » and that I will
>> to the best of my ability
[7:55] » to the best of my ability
>> discharge the duties thereof
[7:58] » discharge the duties thereof
>> and preserve
[8:01] » and preserve
>> protect
[8:02] » protect
>> and defend the Constitution of this
[8:04] state
>> and defend the Constitution of this
[8:06] state of the United States
>> and and of the United States. As a
[8:09] council member of the city of TUK,
>> as a council member of the city of TUK,
[8:13] » I will equally
>> I will equally
[8:14] » fairly
>> fairly
[8:16] » and impartially
>> and impartially
[8:17] » to the best of my ability
>> to the best of my ability
[8:20] » and skill
>> and skill
[8:21] » exercise the trust proposed in me
>> exercise the trust proposed in me
[8:26] » and will use my best endeavor
>> and will use my best endeavor
[8:29] » to preserve the peace and carry into
effect
[8:31] » to preserve the peace and carry into
effect
[8:33] » according to the law
>> according to the law
[8:35] » the purposes for which I have been
elected
[8:37] » the purposes for which I have been
elected. Congratulations.
[8:42] [applause]
[8:51] [applause]
[9:03] Thank you so much.
[9:35] Okay, we're going to do a little slow
motion here. Got to figure it out. Um,
[9:39] the next item on our agenda is the
election of our mayor prom. Could I have
[9:44] a motion, please?
[9:48] Okay, Heather, that's on you this time.
[laughter] You can't motion. [snorts]
[9:55] » Madame Mayor, members of council, I make
a motion to nominate council member
[9:58] Thomas Heislip as mayor prom.
>> I have a motion and
[10:05] » do we
will second.
[10:11] Is [snorts] there any discussion?
[10:15] All in favor?
>> I
[10:18] » I
[10:22] um hearing that there's a majority vote.
Um the eyes carry. Uh council member um
[10:29] Heislip, you are mayor prom.
[applause]
[10:39] Um the next item on the agenda is um
approval of our mean um minutes from our
[10:46] 2026.
[10:49] What am I doing here? That's where it
was wrong. 2025 scheduled meeting is
[10:54] that
[10:59] for the schedule. Thank you. Okay. Can I
have a motion, please?
[11:04] Uh, I'd like to make a motion to approve
the 2026 regular council meeting
[11:08] schedule as presented.
>> Is there a second?
[11:13] » Second.
>> Is there a discussion?
[11:17] [snorts]
>> All in favor?
[11:21] » I. The motion carries.
Um, next item on our agenda, um, council
[11:27] comments. [snorts]
We're going to start with Councilman
[11:31] Heislip.
um quick meeting. A little odd with only
[11:37] three of us, but [laughter] uh um uh
thank you all everyone that came out.
[11:41] Really, really appreciate it. Um I'm
honored to to be here serving for
[11:46] another four years. Um and u you know,
congratulations to to Heather and
[11:50] Carmen. I look forward to working with
with both of you and and Brian when he
[11:54] gets back from his wonderful vacation,
which I'm hoping he's enjoying. Um and
[11:59] um uh with that uh I again I I hope I
hope to serve and uh um earn earn your
[12:06] trust and continue to uh you know help
lead TK into bigger and better and
[12:11] greater things. So with that's all I
have. Thank you.
[12:16] [applause]
[12:19] » Uh thank you. It's a little different
from this side. So uh first I just want
[12:23] to thank Mayor Gray and Council Member
Shirley for your service to the city. I
[12:26] didn't get a chance at the previous
meeting. Uh the other council members
[12:28] did. So, thank you. Um it's definitely a
big seat to fill and I hope I will do a
[12:34] great job with that. And thank you to
everyone who has supported me. Thank you
[12:37] to the other candidates who ran during
the general election. Uh Tom, Ron, and
[12:42] uh Tom Rack, Thomas Rackley as well. Um
thank you. It was a a very intense but
[12:48] very wonderful experience and I hope
that I can live up to the honor and the
[12:53] uh gravity of what the city has
entrusted me with here and look forward
[12:57] to digging in and doing the work with
everybody up here. Um especially thank
[13:00] you to my husband Tom and our two kids,
Tom especially because wrangling the two
[13:04] kids is a full-time job in itself and uh
I couldn't have done this without you.
[13:08] So thank you. Um and then uh for
Councilman uh Carter as well. I hope
[13:13] he's enjoying his trip. Um, and so I'll
just end on thanking our city workers.
[13:17] We just got through our holiday season.
Um, it was an amazing time in the city
[13:21] and I look forward to being part of the
next one. That's it for me.
[13:25] » Thank you.
[applause]
[13:33] Um, I'm a little bit twisted here
because there's a lot to to do. Um, I
[13:39] want to say thank you. Um, thank you to
all of you for for being here, for
[13:44] participating in the process of um the
election, for participating in the
[13:49] process of making our city better, um,
for voicing concerns, for voicing ideas,
[13:56] for being part of what makes TK special,
and that is every single person that
[14:01] lives here. We are good because of who
who we are as as a as a as a community.
[14:09] We are good in what we put back into our
city and I am so incredibly proud and
[14:15] grateful to have earned your trust and
to be able to sit here today and um be
[14:22] part of an amazing team that is going to
lead us forward. Um I feel that our
[14:28] focus needs to be in that forward
motion. We we can spend all the time and
[14:33] looking in that rearview mirror and and
and finding finding the things that
[14:38] where roads could have been taken
differently, but it's not going to take
[14:41] us back and it's going to hold us back.
So, I I want to see us moving forward. I
[14:47] want to see the ability of new ideas to
come in. I want to see more engagement
[14:52] from our community. I want to see more
people that are here listening to when
[14:56] decisions are being made so that you can
be our voice and understand why those
[15:00] decisions were made or how those
decisions were made. I I look for an
[15:04] opportunity to to open every bit of
communication and transparency so that
[15:09] you are part of not just the the the um
whatever issue we're going through but
[15:15] part of the solution. Um, it takes more
than five people to make good decisions
[15:20] and it takes your input to help us get
to those decisions. So, I I'm excited to
[15:26] be a part of this community. I'm always
I I love our city and I'm excited to be
[15:30] part of the solutions. I'm excited to
move us forward and I'm really looking
[15:34] forward to to what all of us sitting
here get together are going to do. I am
[15:39] very grateful for the service of of
Mayor Gray and Council Member Shirley.
[15:45] » [snorts]
>> I know that I've spent um many
[15:48] conversations with both of them talking
about what was whatever the issue was. I
[15:52] know how they felt about their decisions
about TK and how they wanted to move
[15:56] everything forward. I'm I'm grateful for
their time and for their dedication. It
[16:01] takes a lot to stand up. It takes a lot
to to participate in in a um in an
[16:07] election and um it takes a lot to sit
here and make those decisions and and
[16:13] know that you're carrying that weight
and you have to do and you have to get
[16:16] it right. Um so know that we we take
that very seriously and we want to get
[16:21] it right. Um our staff, you guys are
phenomenal. You've you've you are on it.
[16:28] Whatever the city needs, you're on it.
Um, and I'm so grateful for every
[16:33] opportunity that I've had to speak to
each one of you and to your department
[16:36] heads to Charlie to to your staff. Um,
they are truly the talent that keeps TK
[16:43] going and I'm very proud that I will
have an opportunity to to continue to
[16:46] work with them and get to know them
better. Thank you all for being here
[16:50] tonight and thank you again for the
trust that you've you've put in me and
[16:53] into our council here. [snorts]
[applause]
[17:04] All right. Um,
I think that with no further business, I
[17:11] will ask for a motion to adjurnn.
>> A motion to adjurnn.
[17:14] » Seconded.
>> And look, we are adjourned. [laughter]