[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]

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