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Welcome to Trophy Club and welcome to the Trophy Club Town Council meeting. It is 7 o'clock.

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It is July the 28th, 2025. And we have a quorum. I'm not sure. I'm thinking that Stacey will

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be coming on Zoom. You can see her up there in the corner. So would you please stand? And

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And we will have invocation by Reverend Bill Easton.

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Thank you.

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Let us join together in prayer.

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Gracious and eternal God, we gather this evening in gratitude for the opportunity to serve this

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community and to seek common good through our work.

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As we begin this meeting, we pause to center our hearts in Your presence, asking for wisdom,

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humility, and grace.

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We are thankful for those who serve and lead our community and are thankful for our first

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responders who watch over and protect us, often making difficult sacrifices to serve

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those of our community, often going without thanks.

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God, we give you thanks for them.

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By its very nature, this town council reflects a diverse group of people who hold different

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opinions, deeply held beliefs, varying political ideologies, and at times contrasting

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world views.

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We very well may be deeply divided on agenda items this evening.

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Remind us that the many things that divides us pales in comparison with what unites us as citizens of this wonderful community.

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Remind us that you are present with us.

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Guide this town council with clarity of purpose.

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Let our deliberations be thoughtful, our speech be respectful, and our actions reflect your call to love our neighbor as ourselves.

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May we treat one another with civility, love, and grace.

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May the decisions made here tonight uplift the lives of our residents, especially those

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who are vulnerable or in need.

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Remind us, O God, that true leadership is rooted in service.

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Empower us to lead with compassion and seek unity even amidst our differences.

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May our work reflect the values of our community, equity, and dignity for all.

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All, remind us this evening of your love and your grace, reflected in each and every one

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of us, as we strive to do no harm, to do good, and to stay in love with you.

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Let those principles guide us as we labor together for the well-being of this wonderful

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town as we continue to be a beacon of hope and light in our often-struggling world.

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This we pray in your holy and precious name. Amen.

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Thank you.

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Would you please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

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and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God,

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indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Honor the Texas flag.

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I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God,

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one and indivisible.

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Thank you and we have the do you have any public speakers

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Tammy? Yes ma'am. Thank you. The first speaker is Donna Kawasaki.

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My name is Donna

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Kawasaki and I'm a resident at 9 Edgemere Drive. Over the past 28 months I

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have had my life assets stolen and in the previous council meeting I requested

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requested the leadership of the town to rightfully return those assets and the specific action

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that I'm requesting over the past 28 months whenever the town police and federal agents

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didn't have the expertise, I went and found the expertise.

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I have been rewarded by the 28 months of work, and I have been offered $3.7 billion.

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In order to receive the $3.7 billion, I have to pay $3.4 million to the entities who have

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worked to recover the assets, as well as coordination with the various law enforcement government

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entities. The request of the Town of Trophy Club is to be the payment handler

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and facilitator of the various agencies and I am willing to pay one million

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dollars to the city. The reason why I'm being rewarded I am the inventor of the

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new technology that is in the Apple ear pod too. That is proven by I met with

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four top global law firms prior to Apple filing the patent. So my request to the

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Tana Trophy Club is to be the payment handler to coordinate with the various

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entities that are required for a safe receipt. I'm asking for that because of

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of the previous staff that I experienced.

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Thank you, Donna.

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Are there others?

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Yes, ma'am.

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Thank you.

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The next speaker is Sean Nelson.

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Mayor, council.

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Sean Nelson, 267, Oak Hill Drive.

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I would also like to pray for the council

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and all the Trophy Club citizens.

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Two verses to keep in mind as I pray,

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if my people who are called by my name

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will humble themselves and pray and seek my face

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and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and I will forgive

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their sin and we'll hear their land to Chronicles 714 and even more importantly

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given our current strife when the godly or in authority the people rejoice but

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when the wicked are in power they groan Proverbs 29 to Heavenly Father we

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ask that you provide wisdom courage and righteousness to prevail in this

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meeting and throughout their business also in our schools and our city Lord we

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ask for your protection over the mayor the city council and their families we

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ask you to provide them wisdom and discernment as they make representative

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decisions for the citizens we ask for your blessings for our great city our

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school officials our families and businesses and especially for our

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children father of the universe we beseech you to bless and help the

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great state of Texas and the United States of America.

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Lastly, I pray for honor to return to the council that the wicked resign and the righteous

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prevail so that they can lead trophy club with wisdom, truth, honesty, and integrity.

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We ask all these things in the blessed and mighty name of your one and only son, Jesus

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Christ.

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Amen.

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Next, Jennifer Olson.

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Hi,

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Jennifer Olsen, 340 Inverness Drive.

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I encourage people that are watching on Zoom and that are in this room that you will continue

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to watch this meeting throughout the end of all the agenda items.

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We have a very important agenda item, number five, that I will be participating in and

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I'll be providing a lot of information.

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I want to make sure that the council is aware that many of us from this community that have

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absolutely nothing to do with Stacey Bauer who is our council member who is currently

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indicted for a theft of funds just below $150,000 from two youth programs have been pulled

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into this criminal matter and we were just served subpoenas outside of the lobby as we

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came in to speak on this matter.

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Stacy unfortunately has decided to put herself on mute and to zoom in because she did not

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have the privilege to see what we had to say to her face and I hope everyone here will

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listen to what we have to say on agenda item five.

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Thank you.

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next Danny mayor Savannah Harris.

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Good evening I'm Savannah Harris I live at

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2737 Broadway Drive I appreciate the opportunity to speak tonight. I'm not

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someone who typically involves myself in town politics but this is bigger than

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politics it's about accountability and protecting the integrity of this

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community. I once considered Stacy by our friend we served together on the

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board of Bobcat Youth Football and Cheer. That's what makes this so difficult and so

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important to say. While serving alongside her, I discovered cash withdrawals and purchases

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unrelated to the organization. Local businesses suffered too. Vendors and service providers

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weren't being paid. I brought these issues forward because I believed it was the right

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thing to do. The damage didn't stop at Bobcat Youth Football. Bobcat Youth Track

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was also impacted. Both programs, which exist solely to serve the children of this community,

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suffered financially and reputationally. Volunteers left, trust was broken, and the burden of recovery

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Felt on the shoulders of those who remain to clean up the mess.

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Since then, I've received legal threats from Stacey in attempt to silence me.

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And while I'm willing to publicly speak, many others are not. Current and former board members,

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as well as local business owners, have been deeply affected, but they remain quiet, either

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out of fear of retaliation or because court agreements prevent them from speaking.

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After a thorough investigation, she has been formally charged with a felony related

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to theft from these organizations. That charge was not made lightly. Stacey is entitled to

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her day in court, but justice takes time. In the meantime, she continues to serve in an official

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capacity, a position she could potentially use to her advantage. Every day she remains in

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this position sends the wrong message that leadership can be separated from integrity

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and that accountability can wait. We owe it to our kids, our volunteers, and our residents

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to hold ourselves and our leaders to a higher standard. The voters of Trophy Club are watching.

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They're depending on you to lead with courage, to protect the values this town stands

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for and to do the right thing even when it's hard. I urge you to vote in favor of the

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resolution of no confidence. It's time for this town to move forward with leaders

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we can trust. Thank you. Thank you.

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Next up, Tiffany Nuthis.

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Tiffany Nuthis, 214 Fresh

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Meadow Drive. I'm not here to actually talk about Stacey Bauer's legal woes, although

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albeit that alone is enough for a vote of no confidence. I'm here to speak directly

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to her as a council member. She has not shown the courage, accountability, or presence

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that we expect from our elected leaders. Prior to her arrest warrant on May 9th,

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She was quick to show up when the camels were rolling

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at ribbon cuttings, luncheons, and town events.

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She wanted to be seen when it was convenient,

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when it helped her image,

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or when it didn't require facing hard questions.

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But now, when our town needs accountability,

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at the most, she hides.

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She was not present at the council meetings

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on May 27th, June 18th, June 23rd,

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and conveniently came in late

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after citizen presentations on July 14th.

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That is not a scheduling issue.

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issue, that is a choice rooted in cowardice. And now she zooms in, distant and disengaged

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with little sign she's even paying attention. These patterns, public grandstanding when

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it benefits her and withdrawal when accountability is required, are not just disappointing. They're

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consistent with behavior in a habitual narcissist, seeking the spotlight, avoiding criticism

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and refusing responsibility. It's not leadership, it's hiding. This town deserves

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representatives who show up, who face the public with integrity and who lead even

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when it's hard. Ms. Bauer's absence from the work that actually matters, public meetings,

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policy decisions, and community accountability speaks volumes. For these reasons, I urge

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the council to take appropriate action and formally remove her. Our town deserves better.

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Thank you.

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I have no one left. Thank you. Okay, we have the great privilege of pinning

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So, good evening, Madam Mayor and Council, and first I'd like to thank everyone for joining

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us here tonight for a very special occasion, the badge pinning ceremony for two exceptional

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professionals who have recently joined our ranks at the Trophy Club Fire Department.

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I'd like to invite firefighter paramedics Josh Baker and Justin Nguyen and their special

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guests to come to the front of the desk.

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So, so pinning Justin tonight is his girlfriend Elizabeth and pinning Josh

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tonight is his wife Anna. This is a personal moment that reflects the shared

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sacrifice and support that families provide to those who wear the uniform.

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Elizabeth and Anna, thank you for being here and for supporting these men.

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you do me a favor real quick just look at Josh look at Justin and just say

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Okay. You look great.

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There you go. Okay. So, Josh and Justin are not new to emergency

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services. Both men bring with them experiences and skill, having served in other departments

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with distinction. What is new, however, is their commitment to serve the residents of

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Trophy Club.

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And tonight we recognize the commitment through the symbolic act

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of badge-pending, a tradition that honors their duty, integrity, and the bond of trust

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between firefighter and community.

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Before we do the badge-pending, you have to take an oath, Madam Mayor, put

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your hands

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up please.

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The

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United States

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of the State of Texas, and the Charter and Organsmith of the town of

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Turkey was.

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And I will faithfully perform the duties of the Office of Firefighter and Paramedic to

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which I have been appointed and upon which I am about to enter.

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So help me God.

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Thank you.

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Josh and Justin.

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And tonight, you receive your badges, symbols not just of your training, but as a symbol

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of your dedication to serve and protect the people of Trophy Club.

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And while the general public may not have an understanding of what firefighter paramedics

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do for their community, the reality is that most will never fully comprehend the challenges

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you face nor the difficult situations you'll be exposed to.

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What you do is often unseen and at times unappreciated by those outside of our field.

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But we, your colleagues in this community, see the sacrifices you'll make, the emotional

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tolls you'll bear, and the hours you dedicate to ensuring that every person in Trophy Club

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is safe and well cared for.

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On behalf of the entire town of Trophy Club, I want to thank you both for choosing

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to serve here and for the strength you bring to our team. Congratulations and God bless you. Thank you.

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Okay, would the council like to say something to our new

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Firefighters. Josh and Justin, would y'all like to look around? Maybe this council would

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like to say something to you.

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It's welcome. We're glad to have you guys.

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There you go.

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Welcome again. I already said individually when we first met you. I'm glad to have

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you with us. I look forward to having you here many years.

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I agree with the mayor when she said this is one of her favorite nights of the year.

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I echo that. It's just honor and a privilege. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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God bless you guys.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Okay. We'd like to go on to the next item, which is the community spotlight. And so,

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counsel, you have anything you'd like to comment on?

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Mayor, I just wanted to make a quick correction earlier. It was said agenda item number five

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is an issue on our agenda. It's agenda item number 10.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Anybody else?

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Stacy you want to say anything is she is she can she here would you like to say

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something Stacy good okay thank you anybody else I'll I'll just jump in real

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quick because we've we wrapped up our series of budget so committee meetings

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this week councilman Flynn shared in myself we'll hear the first little bit

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of that tonight I guess since we have the CCPD budget coming up but once

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again just want to extend a big thanks to the other members of the sub

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committee for the work that goes into that but even more so our staff we have

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a fantastic financial staff and each year it gets a little smoother and a

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little more easy to deal with and we appreciate the work you guys do Brandon

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and April and everybody else thank y'all. I'll second that. You second that.

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Don't forget the respect you have to you and this guy over here at the end

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Go right ahead. Yeah, don't forget we had the retreat on Friday where we reviewed how

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Brandon has managed to keep the town on track for the plans that we laid in

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place and we reaffirmed that. Okay, good. Thank you. Steve did you want to say something?

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Nope. Good. Thank you. Good. Everybody good? Well then I'm going to highlight

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something that we actually talked about in our workshop on Friday and that is the

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need and the value and the want of communicating with our community and it

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doesn't lie just within a few people it lies within all of Trophy Club and so

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I wanted to call your attention to the town weekly again this is just one

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page and if I encourage you to set your phone to TC alert every Friday afternoon by 3 o'clock

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you will have an alert that tells you about the new weekly.

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It's not monthly, it's not quarterly, it's weekly newsletter.

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And I tell you, actually around our area, this is unique, it's not all towns have

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something like this.

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I cannot express that enough to you.

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And I'm going to give you an example of the value of this newsletter.

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I was looking at Facebook the other day, and I came across a comment that somebody was concerned

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about the new fence that's going up in the dog park.

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Well I looked at it and I thought, I don't know what's happening.

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And Nora did, you know, and I wasn't going to find out, but I thought, well I wonder

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what that is.

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It was not a couple hours later.

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later, I saw my Friday afternoon weekly report. Lo and behold, second page, Park of Projects

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right there Chase, correct? And so I went back and I thought I got to find this Facebook

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page so I scurried through it, found it, made a comment, gave him the link. It's just

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Just an example of how transparent our town is, how every department is working very,

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very hard to push information out to you for your availability and for your use.

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And I just urge you, ask your neighbor, get your children to see this, because there

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are a lot of pictures in here.

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Each department reports in every week, and our friend Jill Lynn makes it all happen.

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So give Jill Lynn a hand because it is good.

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And then, again, we're looking for ways to communicate.

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Oh, by the way, if you do receive this newsletter,

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I encourage you to share it with your Facebook pages.

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That's how we're going to get it into the community

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is through you to shove it out there into the community.

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So thank you for your help.

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We appreciate it.

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And then the second piece, I oftentimes will highlight the Troika Club neighbors.

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They love me for this, but I'm telling you something, this is another great resource to stay in touch

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with what is happening in Troika Club.

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And again, we're trying to take this article that's given to us by the magazine so we're able

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to talk about Troika Club with, you know, with their support, with a partnership.

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And this last month, does anyone remember what the article was about, anybody?

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I'm going to tell you, it was about cross guards.

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So if you read it, again, it's an opportunity to know what is going on in our town.

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And the more you know, the more you share, the happier we are.

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So thank you for listening to me.

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You will hear me always talk about communicate, communicate, communicate.

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Keep it open, keep it transparent, and keep it going.

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And by the way, it's a great way to do what Rylan did is to encourage the staff to keep

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on keeping on. Thank you very much. That's my message. Your turn.

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All right. Good evening. Just in jumping onto the bandwagon a little bit for celebrating

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some of our staff, I do want to also recognize April and our finance team for all that they

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do. They do a fantastic job, as well as Jill and our communications department. They

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are fantastic and they do a great job keeping everyone informed. I also want to

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thank our community development director Matt and our parks director Chase this

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morning there were some concerns with some of the dog fence stuff going up on

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it and within a couple of hours they were right on top of it and made sure

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that everything was resolved with our neighbors there so I just want to thank

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them for their dedicated effort and watching over our town. A couple things

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to make you aware first of all as part of Parks and Recreation Month

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bring your furry friend to the dog park and get a delicious treat for

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them and and you right on July 30th and that event is called Pupsicles the event

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is held at Freedom Dog Park at 7 p.m. again on July 30th Freedom Dog Park 7 p.m.

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come to the Pupsicles event on August 4th we'll be holding a resident input

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session session on assisted living facilities and group homes and that

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will be here in the council chambers and it'll be at 7 p.m. so August 4th

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resident resident input meeting for assisted living facilities and group

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homes. Upcoming boards and commission meetings on July 29th, we have our ethics commission

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meeting that's tomorrow night at 6 p.m. On August 11th, we have our town council work

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session at 6 p.m. And a regular meeting at 7 p.m. We do have a work session plan for

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our next council meeting. On August 14th, the trophy club council for arts and culture

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will be meeting at 6 p.m. And also on August 14th, just after that meeting at 6 30

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will be our planning and zoning commission and they'll be meeting that evening as

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on August 18th Parks and Recreation Board will not be having their regular

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meeting instead they'll be having a joint work session with the council as we

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discuss the bids that will be coming in for our pool project and that will be on

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August 25th at 6 p.m. and so the normal meeting for the parks and

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recreation board will be substituted with a joint work session with the

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town council on August 25th at 6 p.m. here in council chambers. Let's see as

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As a reminder, as the school year gets closer, the Tropic Club community pool will shift to

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weekend-only hours, and that will be starting on August 9th.

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Okay, I can't believe the summer is already over, it's getting so close.

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The pool will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. through Labor Day.

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So beginning August 9th, we go to weekends only, all the way through Labor Day.

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Let's see, breakfast with Tiffany will be on August 18th, 9 to 10 a.m. at the

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Tom Thumb Starbucks, meet with the Bobcats

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at Byron Nelson High School,

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be going on on Friday, August 8th at 5 p.m.

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And that will be taking place, I believe,

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inside the gymnasium there.

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There is an annual community pep rally

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also that evening at 7 p.m.

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And then for everyone looking to save a buck or two,

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the sales tax holiday for back to school shopping

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is on August 8th through the 10th.

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So get your credit cards out,

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spend a little bit of money and save some on the way.

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Thank you.

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That's it.

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We have a quick civic tip, please.

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So I thought it would be helpful for everyone to understand how the technology requirement

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works for video conferencing meetings since you do have one council member that is video

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conferencing and you could have more than that but you could never have less than

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a quorum physically present here at the council.

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So you might have one or two, maybe even three council members that could do video

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conferencing, but as long as a quorum is here, you can still have the meeting.

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So this is from the town council policy manual for town council meetings.

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The technology used must ensure two-way audio and video communication enabling all participants

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to be audible and visible to each other and to the public during sessions of the meeting.

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So the standards that are set are set by the Department of Information Resources.

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And I don't know if anyone knew that Texas has a Department of Information Resources

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and they've set, actually they've produced a manual and set minimum standards for holding

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video conference meetings.

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And if you look at the very back of your agenda, there's also a public notice that's required.

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It's a very second to last paragraph there and it's all in bold.

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And that gives you the section under Texas law.

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is 551.127 that allows for video conferencing. Thank you, Dean. Consent

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agenda please. This part of the agenda consists of non controversial or

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housekeeping items required by law. Items may be removed from consent by

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any council member by making such a request prior to the motion and vote.

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Is there a motion to approve, Steve?

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Yeah, Mayor, I move that we approve consent agenda items 3, 4, and 5.

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Second.

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Do you have seconds?

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All those in favor, raise your hand.

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All those opposed?

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Motion passes.

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We'll go to item number 6, please.

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Number 6.

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They didn't say 6.

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All in 3, 4, 5.

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What?

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Are we all right?

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Yeah, we're good.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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Item six, consider a development agreement between the town of Tropic Club and Foxwood,

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LLC for the Milsons Point of States in authorizing the mayor or her designee to execute same

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on behalf of the town.

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We will go into a public hearing.

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It's 731.

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Where's Matt?

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You want to speak?

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Okay, I'm very sorry. Thank you. Wait, that's number eight. I have a public. I mean, I don't I don't have the right agenda.

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I would consider a development agreement between the 10 you approved consent items three through five

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right right six is PD AMD barbecue that's what I have my would you be quiet I'll go ahead

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I'll just I'll take it or do you have we have items that consent for the

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development agreement our present this is hilarious that this had to happen when

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there's so many people here but you can see it doesn't bother us we can go with

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it the PowerPoint slide is incorrect okay let's so is this no that says

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I'm on line and I've got item six as Hutchins as well you're right the online version has Hutchins

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Let's go ahead and follow the online version

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For this the online. I'm not sure how that happened to be honest with you

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I number six

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And that's why I was looking at the paper copy in here. I was confused a second ago

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All right, so item number six is the Hutchins barbecue PD amendment, right number

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I'm just going to give the order of everything else we know is coming up.

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Item number seven is conducting the public hearing and considering the fiscal year 2026

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crime control prevention district budget.

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Item number eight is considering the development agreement between the town of Tropic Club and

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Pocketwood LLC for the Milton Point Estates.

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That's number eight on the agenda.

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Number nine is going to be the consider approval of the town of Tropic Club tourism incentive

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program.

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And then number ten is the resolution of no conflicts.

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That's what we have.

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There we go.

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We're good.

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So that's the order for tonight.

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So we're going to be on item number six right now.

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Item six public hearing.

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Thank you.

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Remember, we prayed for grace.

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It's all right.

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We're going to story about the sausage being made.

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So there you go.

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So you're correct.

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Okay.

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Do I start again with a...

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Yes, please.

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It's 7.33 and I'll open this to a public hearing, please, Matt.

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Ironically, both of them were mine anyways.

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So it didn't matter.

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There you go, bud.

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Go for it.

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Okay.

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Hutchins Barbecue.

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So the PD-25, it was originally adopted back in 2002.

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It's about 16 acres, more commonly known, that this whole area's town wood center,

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or trophy wood center.

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Over the years, the PD has been amended to accommodate unique development needs

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of the different users.

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If you recall a few years ago when Hutchins came to town, we had an amendment for their

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site plan and included outside storage containers, walk-in cooler, exterior modifications, the

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infamous smokestacks, and then signage.

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Hutchins Barbecue has requested another PD amendment to allow for enclosing their exterior

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that they've got a outdoor patio, they'd like to enclose that air condition, you know, and have that.

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Okay. So just a little under 900 square feet.

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The existing horizontal fencing, there's wood fencing on the outside.

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That's going to be removed and then replaced with 12-foot split-face CMU. That's the concrete.

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standing seam metal roof and the area will be accessed. We've we've already seen the

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plan so of course access from the interior to get to it and then they're

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also going to have a door that leads to the exterior.

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There's a we've got a

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couple pictures just from the outside that you can kind of see what what

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they're doing.

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So the site they do have limited parking as y'all know

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and additional parking is required to satisfy this agreement.

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Back in August, they entered a shared parking agreement with Holiday Inn to use 12 parking

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spaces for a term of 230 months.

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Trophy Club does require parking to be located on-site, so this proposed PD amendment will

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allow off-site parking to meet the requirements.

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We've got listed. I'm not going to go through all of this, but the original PD, they required

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a handful of different items for every time that you had an amendment. Really, the focus

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is on the very first one, final detailed site plan and elevations. So that's what's

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being amended two through seven, there's no changes from their request.

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The town attorney has reviewed the ordinance as to form and legality.

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I'm going to mention this on page four of that ordinance.

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We've got on there, it says eight parking spaces, and it needs to be 12, so everything

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else is perfect.

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For notice of public hearing was distributed as required by the Town of

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Trophy Club and our ordinance and state law. We've got from our planning and

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zoning chair Commissioner Biggs is here to give a report from our meeting on

463
00:42:01,450 --> 00:42:07,370
July 10th and then also Mr. Wes Hutchins is also here if you all have any

464
00:42:07,370 --> 00:42:11,070
other questions throughout the evening. This time I'll turn it over to Mr.

465
00:42:11,070 --> 00:42:11,790
Mayor

466
00:42:15,410 --> 00:42:20,090
Counsel, now, Mayor, I'm sure one of the other things you like so much are P&Z

467
00:42:20,090 --> 00:42:20,370
reports.

468
00:42:20,630 --> 00:42:21,070
I do.

469
00:42:21,350 --> 00:42:23,850
But I love, but I love Fried Oakley.

470
00:42:24,030 --> 00:42:24,390
Right.

471
00:42:25,510 --> 00:42:28,230
Well, this is a pretty straightforward amendment.

472
00:42:29,230 --> 00:42:34,950
We had a lot of discussion about it and nobody had any real major issues with it during

473
00:42:34,950 --> 00:42:35,350
our term.

474
00:42:35,710 --> 00:42:40,750
The things that came up later on in the discussion had to do with people moving

475
00:42:40,750 --> 00:42:47,550
when you took the slide down. Okay, from the off-site parking across the street as it relates

476
00:42:47,550 --> 00:42:56,250
to crosswalks perhaps and, yeah, things like that and pedestrian traffic and maybe crosswalks

477
00:42:56,250 --> 00:43:01,190
and also comment about lighting at night. My guess is right now people come from that

478
00:43:01,190 --> 00:43:04,230
hotel across there all the time anyway but that was not part of this amendment.

479
00:43:04,410 --> 00:43:07,730
I just want to let you know those are things that came up in some of the discussions.

480
00:43:08,190 --> 00:43:12,430
So other than that, there was really no other negative comments and it passed unanimously

481
00:43:13,030 --> 00:43:15,610
and we had five of the six members there.

482
00:43:15,770 --> 00:43:16,370
Okay, good.

483
00:43:16,570 --> 00:43:17,110
Any questions?

484
00:43:18,090 --> 00:43:19,130
We can't speak yet.

485
00:43:19,690 --> 00:43:22,610
We're still in, we cannot speak through the closing.

486
00:43:22,710 --> 00:43:23,330
We're still in the public.

487
00:43:23,430 --> 00:43:24,250
I always do that, don't I?

488
00:43:24,250 --> 00:43:24,930
That's okay, Mike.

489
00:43:25,330 --> 00:43:25,810
I do that.

490
00:43:26,090 --> 00:43:28,150
But what you did earlier, too, is a couple times, too.

491
00:43:28,650 --> 00:43:29,450
Follow the leader.

492
00:43:29,850 --> 00:43:33,670
I do thank you for being here and supporting your board.

493
00:43:33,670 --> 00:43:36,810
Also, we committed them on our Father's Day sales.

494
00:43:37,310 --> 00:43:41,070
people were out the door and around the corner they were very blessed I think is

495
00:43:41,070 --> 00:43:45,530
what they said for that they're doing a really good job there though we we know

496
00:43:45,530 --> 00:43:50,450
that yes a good neighbor to have yes I've learned the way to do it is to order

497
00:43:51,210 --> 00:43:57,490
and then go pick it up so thank you did anybody else want to speak did would

498
00:43:57,490 --> 00:44:03,850
do you like to speak we're still in public hearing this you want to speak

499
00:44:03,850 --> 00:44:06,090
Okay, then would

500
00:44:10,890 --> 00:44:12,130
you please come to the podium?

501
00:44:23,100 --> 00:44:26,820
My name, I'm Wes Hutchins from Hutchins Barbecue.

502
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:30,260
My home address is 6304 Avalon Woods Drive, McKinney, Texas.

503
00:44:31,420 --> 00:44:33,740
Anyway, yeah, we're thrilled to be here.

504
00:44:33,860 --> 00:44:34,800
It's been a great two years.

505
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,580
Some of the issues we've had with this park and stuff,

506
00:44:38,700 --> 00:44:39,900
we didn't know we was going to be this busy.

507
00:44:40,180 --> 00:44:44,460
It really took off on sales, so we're really thrilled about that.

508
00:44:44,580 --> 00:44:45,460
Just honored to be here.

509
00:44:45,460 --> 00:44:50,680
So now we're just trying to get that dining room if you know, it's approved is that's all good

510
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:54,560
But some of this in the back which are talking about trying to clean that that's what we keep trying to do with the growth

511
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:59,880
It's been kind of heck as we're just letting y'all know we're doing the best we can and we're honored to be here and we

512
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:00,440
Enjoy it.

513
00:45:00,540 --> 00:45:00,960
Thank you.

514
00:45:01,140 --> 00:45:01,480
Thank you.

515
00:45:02,180 --> 00:45:08,540
Okay. 740, I'm closing the public hearing. I would like to say thank you for partnering

516
00:45:08,540 --> 00:45:14,520
with our businesses to facilitate parking that it's going to facilitate you. Thank you for

517
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:20,900
working with them. Does anybody have anything to say, talk about, ask questions? Dennis?

518
00:45:20,900 --> 00:45:30,020
on page 37 of our agenda where and it just like Mike Mike referred to it was

519
00:45:30,020 --> 00:45:35,440
just a conversation piece over lighting and parking and street crosswalks I

520
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:40,800
don't think that's appropriate at this time for this issue there's no reason to

521
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:46,480
saddle hushings with that type of thing it will come up when we develop the

522
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:51,900
acres. That's currently where the parking, where the gravel parking is. Other than that,

523
00:45:51,940 --> 00:45:52,820
I'm forward. Thank you.

524
00:45:55,020 --> 00:46:02,780
I make a motion to approve PD-AMD-25002, an ordinance amending planned amendment

525
00:46:03,410 --> 00:46:08,180
District 25 to allow for a dining room expansion and off-site parking at 3,000 State Highway

526
00:46:08,180 --> 00:46:10,800
114, also known as Hutchins Barbecue.

527
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:10,900
Thank you.

528
00:46:11,220 --> 00:46:12,080
Is there a second?

529
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:12,160
Second.

530
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,220
With the amended parking, right?

531
00:46:14,940 --> 00:46:16,380
Eight, or 12 instead of 8?

532
00:46:16,780 --> 00:46:18,560
Oh, because we amended it here in line.

533
00:46:19,180 --> 00:46:22,000
Per Mr. Cox's amendment from 8 to 12 spaces.

534
00:46:22,260 --> 00:46:22,460
Yes.

535
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:22,940
Okay.

536
00:46:23,260 --> 00:46:23,820
Is there a second?

537
00:46:24,020 --> 00:46:24,420
A second.

538
00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:26,860
Dennis, seconds.

539
00:46:27,860 --> 00:46:29,320
All those in favor, raise your hand.

540
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:30,560
All those opposed?

541
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:33,580
Motion passes.

542
00:46:33,940 --> 00:46:34,300
Thank you.

543
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:39,800
Item 7, conduct a public hearing and consider approval of the fiscal year 2025-26.

544
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,640
26 crime control and prevention district budget.

545
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:48,080
741 we'll go into public hearing please. Thank

546
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:58,840
you. Mayor, council, CPD board members, residents of the town, thank you. Tonight I'm here to

547
00:46:59,620 --> 00:47:08,220
present the board approved CPD budget for FY year 2026. The CPD crime control board

548
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:16,340
District Board gets one quarter of the two cents sales tax that comes to the town.

549
00:47:16,620 --> 00:47:20,780
So this money is used to support safety programs for the town.

550
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:25,100
One of our biggest programs is our school program.

551
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:30,300
So let me just try to go the right way as our budget here.

552
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:34,600
But one of our biggest programs is the school safety program.

553
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:42,800
program. This funding not only provides for the crime initiatives prevention program,

554
00:47:43,060 --> 00:47:48,440
but it provides tools and resources to the SROs, provides training for the officers and

555
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:54,360
the SROs, and other things that we utilize in and around all of our schools. So that's

556
00:47:54,360 --> 00:48:01,040
one of the major components for the CCPD. As you can see here, we get a lot of tips

557
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:06,940
tips off the tip line. So that helps us pretty good. So the other things that it does is help

558
00:48:06,940 --> 00:48:12,860
with all of our other programs. Golf cart safety inspections. We don't require golf carts to

559
00:48:12,860 --> 00:48:16,580
be inspected, but we have people come in because if you get a sticker from us, you're

560
00:48:16,580 --> 00:48:22,300
allowed to go into Roanoke using our sticker to cross over and visit over there and come

561
00:48:22,300 --> 00:48:28,760
back and reciprocate with them. We do identity theft training. This year we've

562
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:30,920
We already did our first class at the Activity Center.

563
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:32,980
We had 17 people attend that class.

564
00:48:33,260 --> 00:48:34,820
We'll be doing another one in September.

565
00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:37,540
Home security inspection.

566
00:48:37,780 --> 00:48:41,600
We just had our officer trained, our old officer that was doing that program retired.

567
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:43,440
So we have a new officer now.

568
00:48:43,540 --> 00:48:44,840
She's trained and up to speed.

569
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:49,240
So we'll be initiating those activities where the officer will go out and inspect

570
00:48:49,240 --> 00:48:52,040
your home and do other safety tips for you on your home.

571
00:48:53,540 --> 00:48:57,480
Citizen Armed Patrol Program is a big part of this funded program.

572
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:03,300
program. We have 16 active volunteers, hopefully going to 17 or 18 here real soon. And so far

573
00:49:03,300 --> 00:49:08,560
this year they've already added 418 hours of service to the department in the town.

574
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:14,740
National Night Out is a big night supported. We had nine events last year, nine communities

575
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:21,180
involved in that program. And then we have other programs, youth programs, other training

576
00:49:21,180 --> 00:49:28,660
programs, things like that for us. So some of the things that we presented to the board

577
00:49:28,660 --> 00:49:33,860
this year, we had a workshop and then we had two actual two budget meetings before we passed

578
00:49:33,860 --> 00:49:39,280
this budget. Some of the things that we discussed and are moving forward is the deployment

579
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,860
of some new drone technology. The police department currently doesn't have drones.

580
00:49:43,580 --> 00:49:47,540
A lot of people around us do, but this will add another capability to the town.

581
00:49:47,540 --> 00:49:47,640
drone.

582
00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:54,300
Some of the things that this drone does, not only does it give us an eye in the

583
00:49:54,300 --> 00:49:58,200
sky type deal, if we have special events during like 4th of July, it would have been perfect.

584
00:49:58,780 --> 00:50:03,440
We have seen those in the past out there, people using their own. But what this does

585
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:08,060
was allow us to have our eye in the sky type view. And with artificial intelligence,

586
00:50:08,180 --> 00:50:13,500
it counts the number of people, it counts the number of cars in a parking lot. It

587
00:50:13,500 --> 00:50:17,600
It tells us all kind of neat stuff, it'll track those types of activities.

588
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:21,880
So if we're following the parade, it'll help track the parade for us.

589
00:50:22,660 --> 00:50:23,740
Need things like that.

590
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:26,320
It has day-night capability, it has thermal imaging.

591
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:31,340
So if something happens at night, it has a spotlight on it so it can light up an area

592
00:50:31,340 --> 00:50:31,860
for us.

593
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:37,260
Has the capability of flying for almost 45 to 50 minutes, depending on the use

594
00:50:37,260 --> 00:50:39,140
and the wind before it has to land.

595
00:50:39,940 --> 00:50:41,540
So that type of capability.

596
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:49,580
We are adding a special site to our weapons, so that's also being funded this year outside

597
00:50:49,580 --> 00:50:53,060
of the normal operating budget, the drones enhancement to the budget.

598
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:59,100
Next is a red dot site for the police officers' weapons to enhance their accuracy and safety.

599
00:51:00,620 --> 00:51:07,280
The third biggest thing is we talked about the fund balance for the CCPD, which is

600
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:07,740
pretty high.

601
00:51:07,740 --> 00:51:12,960
It's almost 300,000, almost, I forget the exact number of what the percentage of other

602
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:14,900
is, but it's almost like 70% of the budget.

603
00:51:15,660 --> 00:51:20,460
So we recommended to the board that we should be using down some of this funding to keep

604
00:51:20,460 --> 00:51:22,060
it down to about 30%.

605
00:51:22,460 --> 00:51:25,660
And so they came up with the recommendation, I talked to the town manager, Mr. Wright.

606
00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:31,160
We came up with a solution, and one of those things is to help us maintain our

607
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:34,880
staffing levels, so the idea is to hire a police officer.

608
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:36,620
Start out with a cadet.

609
00:51:36,620 --> 00:51:41,120
put somebody in the academy. It takes six months to go through the police academy and

610
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:45,260
then four or five months to go through training. So almost a full year it takes to bring an

611
00:51:45,260 --> 00:51:50,880
officer up to speed from New Hire. So with this extra funding will allow us to stay

612
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:56,560
as full as possible. We were full for a few months, the first time in years. So

613
00:51:56,560 --> 00:52:01,040
this will help us try to stay as close to full as possible. So that was one of

614
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:07,040
the biggest add-ons this year. So with the current budget we have enough funding to make

615
00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:11,120
sure everything happens and stay feasible for the future years.

616
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:17,980
We're still in. So does anyone else want to speak? We have three board members here. Would

617
00:52:17,980 --> 00:52:20,300
you like to introduce your board members? Oh, there are four.

618
00:52:21,700 --> 00:52:26,500
Daniels, Mark Patels, Chris Haase and Roy Slaver. Why don't you guys stand up so

619
00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:29,980
everybody know who you are. This is a very important board in our town.

620
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:35,940
Anybody

621
00:52:35,940 --> 00:52:37,280
want to say anything?

622
00:52:39,620 --> 00:52:45,900
Okay, 747 will close the public hearing and does the

623
00:52:45,900 --> 00:52:50,340
council have any comment? A couple questions. Thank you. What kind of

624
00:52:50,340 --> 00:52:54,160
training program are we going to have for the officers on this drone? Each

625
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:57,300
officer that signs up to go through the program will go through an FAA

626
00:52:57,300 --> 00:53:01,980
training course. They will all be licensed by the FAA and the town's going to do a FAA

627
00:53:01,980 --> 00:53:07,400
certification for the overall program. So, yep, and then everybody will be trained on

628
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:07,940
our new policy.

629
00:53:08,060 --> 00:53:09,820
Well, they'll be like an annual recertification?

630
00:53:10,340 --> 00:53:11,180
Yes, absolutely.

631
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:14,520
All right, good. And then just curious, is that drone made in USA?

632
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:15,740
Yes, it is.

633
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:16,560
Actually, yep.

634
00:53:16,940 --> 00:53:19,220
So, I assume the tech supports in the USA also?

635
00:53:19,260 --> 00:53:19,860
Yeah, absolutely.

636
00:53:20,140 --> 00:53:22,120
All right, and the software updates come from the USA?

637
00:53:22,340 --> 00:53:22,500
Yes.

638
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:23,040
All right.

639
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:24,900
And that's why we picked this particular model.

640
00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:25,960
Good, good choice.

641
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:26,920
Thank you.

642
00:53:27,060 --> 00:53:27,200
Thank you.

643
00:53:27,700 --> 00:53:28,020
Okay.

644
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:28,720
Other comments?

645
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:37,080
Yeah, Chief, as we go down this path of drones, right, all kind of new to us, I guess my thought

646
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:43,420
is not only training, but what can these drones do from a public standpoint?

647
00:53:43,740 --> 00:53:44,640
What can't they do?

648
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:47,660
I mean, you gave some great examples of Fourth of July and some other things.

649
00:53:48,020 --> 00:53:51,880
But I'm sure there's going to be folks that are going to have privacy concerns,

650
00:53:51,940 --> 00:53:52,080
you know?

651
00:53:52,580 --> 00:53:53,880
Is this going to fly over my backyard?

652
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:59,360
and so what how does that the current law is playing to the training and what

653
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:03,720
else right so it's not a sub it's not a surveillance piece of equipment it's a

654
00:54:03,720 --> 00:54:07,760
search and rescue type thing so if somebody's missing or lost or if we're

655
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:14,000
looking for somebody we would deploy the drone so let's say at night somebody's

656
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:16,680
trying to break into a car or house and they take off running before the

657
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:20,800
police get there we launched the drone we can try to search for them so

658
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:26,120
So it records video, it's recorded on an SD card on the drone itself.

659
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:31,900
So it would fly wherever we think it needs to fly, utilizing the thermal imager.

660
00:54:32,020 --> 00:54:37,440
So if somebody ran quickly from where we were and we were able to pick that out, the thermal

661
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:39,940
imager would most probably help us tell us which direction they went.

662
00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:44,980
And so we could track that using the day and night camera and hopefully locate them.

663
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:49,040
If not, we would bring the drone back and redeploy it somewhere else.

664
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:53,320
But to your question, it's not a surveillance drone, so we're not going to be looking in

665
00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:54,760
people's yards or at their houses.

666
00:54:55,320 --> 00:55:01,320
But then at the end of the day, if the mission doesn't have any solution or there's no resolution

667
00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:03,380
to that, the video would be deleted.

668
00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:09,700
But if we find video and we track somebody and we found them and arrested them, that

669
00:55:09,700 --> 00:55:10,880
video would then become evidence.

670
00:55:11,300 --> 00:55:15,320
So that part of that video would be put into a case file, just like any other police

671
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:15,680
video.

672
00:55:16,140 --> 00:55:19,820
So we're not going to save any data, there's not going to be any recorded data to go back

673
00:55:19,820 --> 00:55:22,180
and look at if it wasn't used as evidence.

674
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:28,460
So in the state of Texas, if you were to use a surveillance drone, you'd have to get a

675
00:55:28,460 --> 00:55:29,820
search warrant for somebody's property.

676
00:55:30,660 --> 00:55:33,260
So if you were to try to look at somebody's backyard, you have to have a search warrant.

677
00:55:33,420 --> 00:55:33,840
It's not my judge.

678
00:55:34,940 --> 00:55:35,620
So does that help?

679
00:55:35,820 --> 00:55:35,960
Yep.

680
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:36,500
That's it.

681
00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:36,580
Thank you.

682
00:55:39,250 --> 00:55:39,710
All right.

683
00:55:39,770 --> 00:55:40,230
Other questions?

684
00:55:40,750 --> 00:55:41,090
I have one.

685
00:55:41,450 --> 00:55:41,930
Yes, Dennis.

686
00:55:41,930 --> 00:55:49,530
I asked earlier, and there is a use policy that's going to be developed so that on how

687
00:55:49,530 --> 00:55:53,970
you would use it, not use it, for example, you just mentioned privacy needing a warrant

688
00:55:53,970 --> 00:55:59,710
in certain circumstances, very similar to what you already do if you're chasing a criminal

689
00:55:59,710 --> 00:56:00,130
you don't.

690
00:56:00,670 --> 00:56:00,770
Right.

691
00:56:01,470 --> 00:56:01,630
Yeah.

692
00:56:01,630 --> 00:56:01,910
Okay.

693
00:56:01,990 --> 00:56:03,830
But there will be a use policy developed.

694
00:56:04,230 --> 00:56:04,490
Yes, sir.

695
00:56:04,690 --> 00:56:04,870
Yeah.

696
00:56:05,010 --> 00:56:06,470
Actually, we're developing it.

697
00:56:06,510 --> 00:56:08,650
We don't have it in place yet because we don't have the drones, but we're

698
00:56:08,650 --> 00:56:14,070
building our policy and we're taking the best of all the other policies we're

699
00:56:14,070 --> 00:56:18,390
reviewing to put together ours. It will be like a little mini aviation program

700
00:56:18,390 --> 00:56:23,250
and the aircraft won't, the drone won't deploy without a supervisor approving its

701
00:56:23,250 --> 00:56:30,810
use. Thank you so. Yes sir. Other questions? We have a motion. I'll make a motion to

702
00:56:30,810 --> 00:56:37,110
approve. Second. All those in favor raise your hand. All those opposed? Thank you.

703
00:56:37,110 --> 00:56:38,730
motion passes. Thank you.

704
00:56:40,610 --> 00:56:45,870
Item 8, consider a development agreement between the town of Trophy Club and Foxwood LLC for

705
00:56:45,870 --> 00:56:50,190
the Milson's Point of States and authorizing the town manager to execute the same on behalf

706
00:56:50,190 --> 00:56:50,770
of the town.

707
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:59,140
Good evening, Mayor and Council. Again, I'm going to preface that this is not the

708
00:56:59,140 --> 00:57:06,400
first time. We probably have four or five more of meetings that you're going to be

709
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:11,840
hearing about this. And so you'll you'll see here in just a second. So, Foxwood, LLC,

710
00:57:13,220 --> 00:57:19,340
they provided a development agreement for proposed residential development, encompassing

711
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:29,000
approximately 14.795 acres. This item includes a development agreement for basically three

712
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:35,240
things. One, to provide municipal services for an ETJ property that will be annexed

713
00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:45,960
a town corporate limits. Two will be acknowledging a petition for voluntary annexation of 3.182

714
00:57:45,960 --> 00:57:54,780
acres parcel in the town's ETJ and then lastly supporting for support for a request to rezone

715
00:57:54,780 --> 00:58:03,820
two parcels into an amended PD which is PD 27 and this will help just create like a unified

716
00:58:03,820 --> 00:58:10,900
residential project. I'm going to skip down a couple slides because I think this is going

717
00:58:10,900 --> 00:58:17,280
to be more beneficial. So Foxwood LLC, they intend to develop a residential subdivision

718
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:23,100
on approximately 14 and three-quarter acres. It's currently divided into three parcels.

719
00:58:23,740 --> 00:58:30,900
So the reason that I said you're going to be seeing us quite a few times is we're

720
00:58:30,900 --> 00:58:37,700
going to have to piece these three things together as to one. So first of all, the yellow

721
00:58:37,700 --> 00:58:47,380
area is that's one of the old gas well sites. So it was a former gas well site. I'm sorry,

722
00:58:48,060 --> 00:58:55,040
that orange is the gas well site. The yellow area will be the annexed for years.

723
00:58:58,320 --> 00:58:58,840
It's

724
00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:05,380
all the rest of the green area. That's the 9.473 acres that's currently already zoned

725
00:59:05,380 --> 00:59:06,140
PD 27.

726
00:59:09,790 --> 00:59:15,290
So future development proposals are going to include a

727
00:59:17,850 --> 00:59:20,010
petition for voluntary

728
00:59:20,010 --> 00:59:26,550
annexation. So this will August 11, the next council meeting will be bringing that from

729
00:59:26,550 --> 00:59:30,810
from Foxwood, coordination with our town attorney.

730
00:59:31,650 --> 00:59:41,030
Also a resounding request to reclassify the R-15 and ETJ parcels to PD-27, and then finally

731
00:59:41,030 --> 00:59:45,050
amending PD-27 to incorporate those three parcels.

732
00:59:46,510 --> 00:59:50,130
So all in all, all three parcels platted as one.

733
00:59:51,230 --> 00:59:58,750
The annexation for the ETJ parcel is required to bring it under town jurisdiction and zoning

734
00:59:58,750 --> 00:59:59,250
control.

735
01:00:00,180 --> 01:00:06,860
Also, we will be coordinating with the trophy club, the mud, because they also have to annex

736
01:00:07,580 --> 01:00:11,480
and then also incorporate that into their boundaries as well.

737
01:00:16,290 --> 01:00:22,370
The development agreement has been drafted by the town attorney. Thank you, Dean. It does

738
01:00:22,370 --> 01:00:28,310
outline mutual obligations of both parties. The town will provide municipal services just

739
01:00:28,310 --> 01:00:34,370
like we do everyone else, police, fire, solid waste, and then, of course, during construction

740
01:00:34,370 --> 01:00:40,650
infrastructure oversight, the developer will be responsible for all site improvements, including

741
01:00:40,650 --> 01:00:43,990
a demo of the existing home that's in that ETJ parcel.

742
01:00:45,790 --> 01:00:46,770
So things in the future.

743
01:00:48,070 --> 01:00:55,410
PNZ Commission, they'll be reviewing the PD-27 amendment, final zoning, final design,

744
01:00:56,270 --> 01:01:00,210
reviewing, recommending, plenary plaits and final plaits.

745
01:01:02,780 --> 01:01:03,420
If y'all have any

746
01:01:03,420 --> 01:01:09,860
questions, again this is just the very first step of multiple steps that will

747
01:01:09,860 --> 01:01:15,040
be coming. We do have a representative from Milsen's point here as well and

748
01:01:15,040 --> 01:01:20,400
then I'm here if you have any other questions. Oh, the course I already

749
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:23,620
mentioned, but town attorney has reviewed the development agreement as

750
01:01:23,620 --> 01:01:28,620
to form a legality and staff does recommend approving this agreement.

751
01:01:29,720 --> 01:01:37,740
Would you like to speak for your, I would like to tell tell the audience that the developer

752
01:01:37,740 --> 01:01:45,040
is Greg Fox and he is a resident in Trophy Club and so he's contributing to the wealth

753
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:47,040
of our town and we're so excited about it.

754
01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:47,760
Foxwood.

755
01:01:48,100 --> 01:01:49,240
It's Foxwood.

756
01:01:49,340 --> 01:01:50,260
So Greg Fox.

757
01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:50,480
Greg.

758
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:51,260
Kyle Wood.

759
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:51,780
Okay.

760
01:01:51,780 --> 01:01:55,900
Thank you, brothers. Yes. Thank you. Yeah, but we're very excited about it

761
01:01:55,900 --> 01:02:00,400
He's a developer around the area and this can be a very nice

762
01:02:02,100 --> 01:02:04,540
Development, would you like to say anything you

763
01:02:07,580 --> 01:02:08,880
want to sell sell sell right now?

764
01:02:10,460 --> 01:02:11,520
Come on up

765
01:02:14,820 --> 01:02:17,800
Mayor and council we're done. We're thrilled to be able to

766
01:02:18,540 --> 01:02:20,900
Yeah, I'm sorry. My name is Kurt DeBose with Penteville

767
01:02:21,940 --> 01:02:23,560
My address is actually

768
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:27,100
1900 West Kirkwood Boulevard, which is right around the corner.

769
01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:28,500
I think you guys know where that's at.

770
01:02:29,060 --> 01:02:31,660
We're very excited about the potential of this.

771
01:02:31,740 --> 01:02:36,200
This is the very beginning stages, so we got a lot of work to do here between staff and

772
01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:39,740
ourselves and you guys, but we're very excited about the potential.

773
01:02:39,940 --> 01:02:44,900
I do believe that this is going to be in kind with the culture and the excellence

774
01:02:44,900 --> 01:02:45,800
of Trophy Club.

775
01:02:46,220 --> 01:02:50,240
I'm very excited about this opportunity coming into Trophy Club, and I can tell

776
01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:56,740
you personally, we're looking forward to really putting together some beautiful, beautiful

777
01:02:56,740 --> 01:02:58,000
homes for this neighborhood.

778
01:02:58,600 --> 01:02:59,540
That's going to be really nice.

779
01:02:59,940 --> 01:03:00,340
Thank you.

780
01:03:00,500 --> 01:03:01,200
Thank you very much.

781
01:03:01,220 --> 01:03:01,920
It's very exciting.

782
01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:02,800
Thank you.

783
01:03:03,380 --> 01:03:04,440
Any other comments?

784
01:03:06,060 --> 01:03:06,340
Okay.

785
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:07,280
Is there a motion, please?

786
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:18,120
I'll make a motion to approve the item and have the town manager execute.

787
01:03:18,120 --> 01:03:28,640
you. I'll second. Second. All those in favor? Raise your hand. All those opposed? Motion

788
01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:34,560
passes. Thank you. Now, number nine. Item nine, consider approval of the town of trophy club

789
01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:41,400
tourism incentive program to support hotel based tourism and economic growth. Good evening

790
01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:45,560
mayor and council. Tonight I'd like to request consideration and approval of the town

791
01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:49,860
of Trophy Club Tourism Incentive Program, or TIP program, which is aimed to support

792
01:03:49,860 --> 01:03:52,140
our hotel-based tourism and Trophy Club.

793
01:03:56,950 --> 01:04:00,570
The tourism incentive program is part of our broader Explore Trophy Club initiative.

794
01:04:01,090 --> 01:04:05,250
The goal is simple, to drive more overnight stays and tourism activity by partnering

795
01:04:05,250 --> 01:04:06,210
with our local hotels.

796
01:04:06,890 --> 01:04:11,150
The program offers structured reimbursement for qualified tourism-related expenses

797
01:04:11,730 --> 01:04:14,910
funded entirely out of our hotel occupancy tax revenue.

798
01:04:14,910 --> 01:04:20,090
It's designed to align with the Texas tax code 351 and ensure that we're

799
01:04:20,090 --> 01:04:23,390
putting hot funds to work in a way that directly supports tourism and

800
01:04:23,390 --> 01:04:29,290
Trophy Club. We're aiming to boost hotel occupancy by encouraging group events

801
01:04:29,290 --> 01:04:33,050
and travel activity. At the same time we're strengthening our collaboration

802
01:04:33,050 --> 01:04:36,310
with our hotels through a formal transparent structure that supports

803
01:04:36,310 --> 01:04:42,090
shared success. Tip funds can be used for three primary types of expenses.

804
01:04:42,090 --> 01:04:47,530
first a per room night rebate for groups like sports team teams or family

805
01:04:47,530 --> 01:04:52,570
reunions second marketing incentives things like welcome receptions transportation

806
01:04:52,570 --> 01:04:56,710
or dining cards to enhance the guest experience in our trophy club businesses

807
01:04:56,710 --> 01:05:01,650
and third reimbursement for directional wayfinding signage especially those

808
01:05:01,650 --> 01:05:07,270
approved through tech stocks highway signage program each eligible hotel can

809
01:05:07,270 --> 01:05:11,650
request up to $20,000 per year for rebates and marketing on top of that

810
01:05:11,650 --> 01:05:18,070
they can receive up to 5,000 per signage reimbursed at 75% of the actual cost. That brings the

811
01:05:18,070 --> 01:05:25,150
total potential to 25,000 per hotel annually. Of course, to qualify, hotels must be current

812
01:05:25,150 --> 01:05:29,090
on all local tax obligations including hot sales and property tax.

813
01:05:31,740 --> 01:05:32,740
To participate, hotels

814
01:05:32,740 --> 01:05:37,520
must submit a completed reimbursement form with all necessary backup documentation. We'll

815
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:41,520
also require attendance at an annual executive tourism meeting which will be held between

816
01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:42,180
July and September.

817
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:48,760
The program will be administered by the tourism program coordinator which currently

818
01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:53,080
falls under communication and marketing. This role handles hotel outreach, application

819
01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:55,380
review, and coordination with the finance department.

820
01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:04,180
The town manager retains final

821
01:06:04,180 --> 01:06:11,480
authority over approvals, disputes, and interpretations. The program is funded through hot revenues.

822
01:06:11,480 --> 01:06:19,160
last year those revenues totaled just over a million dollars upon approval next year's budget would allocate a hundred thousand dollars towards this program all

823
01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:26,380
Reimbursements will come directly from hot funds and any unused allocations will roll back into the hot fund balance at the year's end

824
01:06:27,540 --> 01:06:28,100
With

825
01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:36,640
your approval this evening will finalize the policy and forms and notify eligible hotels will also begin

826
01:06:37,220 --> 01:06:43,740
Scheduling the executive tourism meeting hotels will then able be able to submit for reimbursement starting in the new fiscal year

827
01:06:44,640 --> 01:06:47,880
And with that, I'm happy to take any questions or feedback from you.

828
01:06:48,360 --> 01:06:49,060
Any questions?

829
01:06:49,340 --> 01:06:49,560
Steve.

830
01:06:49,920 --> 01:06:50,340
Oh, I'm sorry.

831
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:51,760
Steve raised his hand over there.

832
01:06:51,900 --> 01:06:56,560
So, Jill, I think you've heard me say this in previous meetings when we talked about this.

833
01:06:57,100 --> 01:07:02,820
This is great into the idea is to draw people into Toa Fila, right, and support the hotels

834
01:07:02,820 --> 01:07:03,360
to do that.

835
01:07:03,660 --> 01:07:09,780
But I really want to figure out a way we can, if they can, to partner with local

836
01:07:09,780 --> 01:07:10,360
businesses.

837
01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:16,120
We have a lot of great restaurants here, somehow some way to try to get them to partner up.

838
01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:22,640
So not only are we drawing people, staying in the hotel, but to go and eat in our restaurants.

839
01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:24,520
To the extent that we can do that.

840
01:07:24,920 --> 01:07:30,100
Yeah, and that would be maybe under the marketing incentives, they could do dining cards.

841
01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:34,500
So they would work out which the restaurants in the community, some sort of rebate program

842
01:07:34,500 --> 01:07:37,280
with them and then that could funnel through the program and they could get a rebate

843
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:37,700
from the town.

844
01:07:41,640 --> 01:07:42,300
He wouldn't say so.

845
01:07:42,300 --> 01:07:44,820
Yep. So I'm going to just divide this into two pieces.

846
01:07:44,980 --> 01:07:47,820
The first one, the signage that we're going to put on the roads, right?

847
01:07:48,900 --> 01:07:50,880
So we've got five hotels and trophy club.

848
01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:52,940
We're looking at potentially 25,000 a year.

849
01:07:53,240 --> 01:07:53,900
Correct. Okay.

850
01:07:54,660 --> 01:07:57,780
So what we want to do, of course, is leverage a signage of walk in

851
01:07:57,780 --> 01:07:59,100
traffic increase visibility.

852
01:07:59,700 --> 01:08:02,500
So one of the things I did, I took a look at the booking behavior of what

853
01:08:02,500 --> 01:08:07,480
goes on in hotels, 70 to 80 percent of all bookings are done online or apps.

854
01:08:07,640 --> 01:08:10,620
So before they come anywhere near trophy club, they've already chosen

855
01:08:10,620 --> 01:08:11,700
where they're going to stay for the night.

856
01:08:11,700 --> 01:08:15,140
So, that leaves 20 to 30 percent for walk-ins, okay?

857
01:08:16,360 --> 01:08:21,060
When you take a look at our local hotel room inventory, we have 580 nights available per

858
01:08:21,060 --> 01:08:23,180
night in the town of Trophy Club, right?

859
01:08:23,380 --> 01:08:29,360
So basically we'll do 75 percent in the middle between 70 and 80, which comes to 435 rooms

860
01:08:29,360 --> 01:08:33,040
per night would be booked via app, which leaves us 145 rooms.

861
01:08:33,980 --> 01:08:38,080
Based upon people's booking behavior and the trend where more and more people are

862
01:08:38,080 --> 01:08:43,980
booking online, I just struggle with the signage. I'd rather see more of that money

863
01:08:43,980 --> 01:08:51,160
go towards restaurants like Steve Eastman's in downtown. So I just don't see any value

864
01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:52,180
in the signage. Okay.

865
01:08:52,380 --> 01:08:57,380
If I could say something to that. As we've been going through this process with this

866
01:08:57,380 --> 01:09:00,980
policy, we've reached out to our hotel partners and that was actually a request from one

867
01:09:00,980 --> 01:09:05,700
of our hoteliers that has two properties in town. They historically have seen value

868
01:09:05,700 --> 01:09:09,760
and other properties elsewhere and so they have made the request already and that's kind

869
01:09:09,760 --> 01:09:12,020
of why we tried to fold it into the policy itself.

870
01:09:12,360 --> 01:09:12,920
I understand.

871
01:09:13,240 --> 01:09:15,380
So I just want to share industry data with everybody.

872
01:09:17,920 --> 01:09:20,940
Tagging in on the dining cards, which I think are a fantastic idea.

873
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:26,260
I think, and correct me if I'm right, a former councilman brought this up back

874
01:09:26,260 --> 01:09:29,620
around 2013 about the dining cards, getting people to eat in our town.

875
01:09:30,100 --> 01:09:31,180
So I'm all for that.

876
01:09:31,180 --> 01:09:37,300
If there's a way where we can have better control over that, where I would rather see

877
01:09:37,300 --> 01:09:42,540
that $100,000 a year instead of going towards 100% of the hotel and they have control of

878
01:09:42,540 --> 01:09:47,480
it, I'd rather see something to the effect of putting more of that money where we can

879
01:09:47,480 --> 01:09:51,300
manage the program better and put it into our restaurants and then come up with basically

880
01:09:51,300 --> 01:09:52,200
a hybrid program.

881
01:09:52,340 --> 01:09:58,580
So I'd be open to rebating the hotels their hot tax that we would charge them

882
01:09:58,580 --> 01:10:00,180
as a discount for groups or five or more.

883
01:10:00,180 --> 01:10:05,600
Now, if we gave, on Groups 5, more of you gave each one, let's say a $25 dining card,

884
01:10:06,200 --> 01:10:08,940
and it listed breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and trophy club, and they spent it.

885
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:11,680
I know that 125 is going to go into those restaurants.

886
01:10:12,220 --> 01:10:16,540
So that's just, you know, my thoughts on that in regards to that.

887
01:10:18,180 --> 01:10:18,620
Okay.

888
01:10:19,200 --> 01:10:24,700
Where are you in communicating and working with the hotels, though?

889
01:10:25,560 --> 01:10:27,680
This is the program you've presented to them.

890
01:10:27,780 --> 01:10:28,320
That's correct.

891
01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:29,300
Yes, it is.

892
01:10:29,300 --> 01:10:35,200
So what you might be see what you're suggesting Gary is different from what she's already presented well

893
01:10:35,200 --> 01:10:38,320
And it could be something we discussed during our executive tourism meeting with them

894
01:10:38,320 --> 01:10:43,260
Which will be holding them in and we have been it we gave them draft the draft of the policy as it started

895
01:10:43,260 --> 01:10:45,940
We took their feedback and incorporated it in and so

896
01:10:47,760 --> 01:10:50,020
We have one of our hoteliers here this evening

897
01:10:50,680 --> 01:10:56,000
So I think that they've all been great and so far they've liked everything how it's set up

898
01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:58,020
But we can definitely talk about and see

899
01:10:58,020 --> 01:11:01,580
I just would rather see that as much money as we can go into the local

900
01:11:01,580 --> 01:11:07,080
restaurants because they've made it clear they need more business and so you

901
01:11:07,080 --> 01:11:12,220
know that that money you know is a big incentive. Thank you. Other comments? Yeah

902
01:11:12,220 --> 01:11:15,300
I would just like to make sure for everyone's edification Jill if you

903
01:11:15,300 --> 01:11:19,200
could explain just at a high level especially since we actually have a

904
01:11:19,200 --> 01:11:22,960
crowd tonight when you refer to the limitations of the tax code because

905
01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:27,360
basically we collect a lot of hotel occupancy tax and we struggle to find

906
01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:31,080
legal ways to spend it because it is limited. So could you kind of give some

907
01:11:31,080 --> 01:11:35,620
examples of in what ways though that fund is able to be spent according to

908
01:11:35,620 --> 01:11:39,620
state law? Well there's a Texas two-step first of all so before you can spend

909
01:11:39,620 --> 01:11:43,360
any money the first question is will this go back and drive heads and beds

910
01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:46,940
and so if you can't get past that first question generally the expenses

911
01:11:46,940 --> 01:11:53,960
null. So heads and beds is the target and then the Texas tax code 351

912
01:11:53,960 --> 01:11:59,440
there's I'm gonna say eight categories but there might be a couple more I haven't

913
01:11:59,440 --> 01:12:05,820
looked I don't have it with me but examples are you you know for signage

914
01:12:05,820 --> 01:12:09,120
wayfinding signage directional signage in the community advertising for the

915
01:12:09,120 --> 01:12:14,260
community conference space conference space thank you is one of them you can

916
01:12:14,260 --> 01:12:19,600
do art programs but even there's a cap on the art program as well so it's

917
01:12:19,600 --> 01:12:20,680
It's very...

918
01:12:20,680 --> 01:12:23,460
You can do sports facilities if you have a certain level

919
01:12:23,460 --> 01:12:25,540
of tourism related to national,

920
01:12:26,200 --> 01:12:28,500
states-wide sporting events.

921
01:12:28,820 --> 01:12:31,260
We don't meet that threshold on that part of it,

922
01:12:31,320 --> 01:12:32,800
so that one's not eligible to us.

923
01:12:32,900 --> 01:12:36,900
So our categories that we can actually approve

924
01:12:36,900 --> 01:12:38,980
on this one are relatively thin

925
01:12:38,980 --> 01:12:41,400
when it comes to what some other places might have

926
01:12:41,400 --> 01:12:43,340
that might have a little bit more tourism

927
01:12:43,340 --> 01:12:46,680
or convention space that we do not have here currently.

928
01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:50,420
Okay, other comments?

929
01:12:51,680 --> 01:13:01,200
Brandon, to follow up on that, you say that we don't have any venues that we could generate that would qualify.

930
01:13:02,060 --> 01:13:15,580
At one time, when I initially came on council, we looked at making some upgrades to the ballparks so that we could handle some major national,

931
01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:23,520
how far away or have things changed is are we too far away to do that is it

932
01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:29,080
something we should incorporate into the we are we are always away from the

933
01:13:29,080 --> 01:13:35,320
standard to be able to use it to upgrade sporting facilities with that so I

934
01:13:35,320 --> 01:13:38,700
don't know the exact numbers off my head I have to go back and look at them but I

935
01:13:38,700 --> 01:13:42,500
know that we are we are a number away from those standards on it so it's it

936
01:13:42,500 --> 01:13:49,360
we just don't have that many state or national or things that are regional we

937
01:13:49,360 --> 01:13:53,460
have that 10 year rights that might be right I'm helping my head I think it's

938
01:13:53,460 --> 01:13:59,440
10 years to qualify yeah and it has to generate a certain amount of money from

939
01:13:59,440 --> 01:14:03,940
the sporting event itself trackable yep yeah yeah that's result in it so many

940
01:14:03,940 --> 01:14:09,580
heads and beds and things like that for it as well yeah yes okay I support this

941
01:14:09,580 --> 01:14:10,920
I support what Jill's doing.

942
01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:12,880
I like what Gary's saying.

943
01:14:13,080 --> 01:14:15,900
I think there's sufficient money to do this program,

944
01:14:16,060 --> 01:14:16,800
as we've seen it.

945
01:14:16,960 --> 01:14:18,520
By the way, I like Highway Signage.

946
01:14:19,780 --> 01:14:22,860
And then I go online in Red Shirt.

947
01:14:22,920 --> 01:14:23,720
You still have a map scope?

948
01:14:26,540 --> 01:14:27,500
What's a map scope?

949
01:14:28,200 --> 01:14:29,280
I have a regular map.

950
01:14:29,280 --> 01:14:30,300
I'm going to get you one for Christmas.

951
01:14:30,620 --> 01:14:31,820
Those are collectors items.

952
01:14:32,040 --> 01:14:32,840
It's called an atlas.

953
01:14:33,420 --> 01:14:35,540
Anyway, I like what Jill's doing,

954
01:14:35,780 --> 01:14:37,040
and I like what you've said.

955
01:14:37,040 --> 01:14:44,880
But there's enough money in this fund to present this to do this and then expand it as it develops and retures

956
01:14:45,920 --> 01:14:50,060
Yeah, well one of the things that we will find out during the first year of this is whether or not

957
01:14:50,060 --> 01:14:55,520
Well, how the $20,000 per hotel is used in the reimbursement category or as of right now

958
01:14:55,520 --> 01:14:59,820
We're just selecting that number. We're kind of seeing where numbers come in for that

959
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:04,040
We're getting in reimbursements and we're out of money halfway through the year. You know,

960
01:15:04,080 --> 01:15:07,500
we can take a look at kind of more specialized programs to help kind of tailor some of those

961
01:15:07,500 --> 01:15:12,020
things to it. But I think primarily we want to make sure to be careful here that our primary

962
01:15:12,020 --> 01:15:16,000
focus with the program is to drive heads and beds with hotels and that is to provide them

963
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:19,520
the flexibility that they need to be able to make the decisions that result in more

964
01:15:19,520 --> 01:15:20,460
heads and beds for the hotels.

965
01:15:20,900 --> 01:15:24,580
What kind of financial audits are we going to put in place on the money?

966
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:28,700
So there will be lots of tracks and things like that that need to be done to be able

967
01:15:28,700 --> 01:15:32,940
to justify those spendings. So receipts, things like that, will be tracked metal through

968
01:15:32,940 --> 01:15:34,580
a finance department and communications as well.

969
01:15:35,140 --> 01:15:38,480
Yeah. Well, and if I could just add, I think it's important, you know, we've struggled

970
01:15:38,480 --> 01:15:43,600
historically to find an effective use for this money. And I think that if we, it seems

971
01:15:43,600 --> 01:15:47,380
like what we're trying to do here hopefully is starting where we can maximize the engagement

972
01:15:47,380 --> 01:15:50,900
from our local hotel operators because, honestly, they're the ones that are going

973
01:15:50,900 --> 01:15:55,960
to have to be active in implementing things when, you know, when the rubber

974
01:15:55,960 --> 01:16:01,140
me throwed. So I sense what you guys just said, which is that we start here, we get

975
01:16:01,140 --> 01:16:05,480
feedback from the hotel operators, we see how things go, and then we check back in. Like

976
01:16:05,480 --> 01:16:09,960
I said, there's no shortage of, unlike every other conversation we have up here where

977
01:16:09,960 --> 01:16:13,960
we're splitting a dime, this one is more like, let's see what we can do. So, thank you,

978
01:16:13,980 --> 01:16:14,040
Jill.

979
01:16:14,400 --> 01:16:21,900
Well, would we like to hear from a hotel owner back there? Would you like to speak?

980
01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:30,280
I mean hey you're representing the little advertising telescope. That's right. This is your

981
01:16:30,280 --> 01:16:36,620
opportunity. Hi my name is Raj Shudasama. I'm representing two hotels in Trophy Club. I didn't

982
01:16:36,620 --> 01:16:44,720
prepare anything. The hotels are aloft by Marriott and they Hampton by Hilton. So I guess it's

983
01:16:44,720 --> 01:16:50,360
a program that you're interested in. I mean yeah this is a program that you know some

984
01:16:50,360 --> 01:16:55,460
Some of our other hotels in Plano, Irving, some other cities around DFW have similar programs.

985
01:16:56,340 --> 01:16:59,940
And so this is something that we work with Jill and Brandon on.

986
01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:03,920
Just trying, like you guys said, we're trying to figure out ways because the main thing,

987
01:17:04,440 --> 01:17:08,580
it's not like we want the 20,000, we want to put like Jill said, heads and beds.

988
01:17:08,940 --> 01:17:14,180
And that generates, you know, traffic at the restaurants, you know, whatever it

989
01:17:14,180 --> 01:17:16,240
is that they could spend in Trophy Club.

990
01:17:16,240 --> 01:17:21,400
And we want to draw people from, you know, it's so fragmented in this part of town.

991
01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:26,980
So we want to draw them from South Lake, from Roanoke, and show them why it's better to stay

992
01:17:26,980 --> 01:17:27,460
in Trophy Club.

993
01:17:27,460 --> 01:17:27,680
Excellent.

994
01:17:28,000 --> 01:17:28,660
Well, it is better.

995
01:17:29,040 --> 01:17:29,200
Yeah.

996
01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:31,620
So this will help us accomplish that.

997
01:17:31,680 --> 01:17:31,860
That's great.

998
01:17:32,100 --> 01:17:32,880
Thank you so much.

999
01:17:33,140 --> 01:17:33,340
Thank you.

1000
01:17:33,340 --> 01:17:37,100
I'd encourage you to keep bringing forward the best practices because you're closer

1001
01:17:37,100 --> 01:17:38,020
to it than any of us.

1002
01:17:38,440 --> 01:17:38,600
Yeah.

1003
01:17:38,880 --> 01:17:39,420
Thank you.

1004
01:17:39,600 --> 01:17:40,120
Thank you very much.

1005
01:17:40,980 --> 01:17:41,340
Okay.

1006
01:17:41,580 --> 01:17:42,260
Is there a motion, please?

1007
01:17:42,260 --> 01:17:49,060
Mayor, I say we should approve the Town of Trophy Club Tourism Incentive Package as presented.

1008
01:17:49,700 --> 01:17:50,100
I'll second.

1009
01:17:50,280 --> 01:17:51,180
And we're all in seconds.

1010
01:17:51,580 --> 01:17:53,260
All those in favor, please raise your hand.

1011
01:17:53,720 --> 01:17:54,180
Those opposed?

1012
01:17:55,280 --> 01:17:56,180
We have one opposed.

1013
01:17:56,720 --> 01:17:56,920
Tammy.

1014
01:17:57,360 --> 01:17:57,520
Gary.

1015
01:17:57,760 --> 01:17:58,460
Thank you.

1016
01:17:59,200 --> 01:17:59,260
Okay.

1017
01:18:00,540 --> 01:18:01,460
Motion passes.

1018
01:18:02,620 --> 01:18:07,440
Item 10, consider resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas,

1019
01:18:07,440 --> 01:18:11,540
is finding that the town council has no confidence and council member place one

1020
01:18:11,540 --> 01:18:16,360
Stacy Bauer and I do have public comment cards for this item. Okay I'm going to

1021
01:18:16,360 --> 01:18:21,620
open it with reading a comment and then we will invite public comments at which

1022
01:18:21,620 --> 01:18:27,000
time they will close those comments and then the council will make their

1023
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:33,420
comments and then we will hear from also Stacy Bauer and call for a

1024
01:18:33,420 --> 01:18:41,320
motion. So I'm going to open it by saying that on July 1st, 2025, Councilmember Stacey

1025
01:18:41,320 --> 01:18:47,340
Bauer received a letter from the Mayor, the Mayor Pro Temp, and which I'm going to read

1026
01:18:47,340 --> 01:18:54,620
to you the public. Dear Councilmember Bauer, we are aware of the recent felony theft charge

1027
01:18:54,620 --> 01:19:01,180
brought against you as publicly reported in the State of Texas versus Stacey Renee

1028
01:19:01,180 --> 01:19:11,580
Bauer, case number 525-1815-158 in the 158th Judicial District Court.

1029
01:19:12,360 --> 01:19:19,920
This serious criminal matter has generated considerable public attention and concern within our community.

1030
01:19:20,640 --> 01:19:27,520
While we fully acknowledge that you're entitled to due process and the presumption of innocence

1031
01:19:27,520 --> 01:19:33,960
under the law, we believe that your continued service on the town council under these circumstances

1032
01:19:34,420 --> 01:19:39,420
presents a significant distraction to the important work of the town.

1033
01:19:40,300 --> 01:19:45,920
More critically, it raises questions regarding the public's confidence in the integrity

1034
01:19:46,380 --> 01:19:49,620
and effectiveness of our elected leadership.

1035
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:56,700
As fellow council members, we have a shared responsibility to uphold the public trust

1036
01:19:56,700 --> 01:20:00,440
trust and maintain the confidence of the residents we serve.

1037
01:20:01,240 --> 01:20:08,160
After careful consideration, we are writing to express our concern in our official capacities

1038
01:20:08,160 --> 01:20:15,680
as Mayor and Mayor Pro Temp regarding your ability to fulfill the duties of your office

1039
01:20:15,680 --> 01:20:18,160
in light of these criminal charges.

1040
01:20:18,860 --> 01:20:26,080
Although the Council has no legal authority to compel your resignation based on criminal

1041
01:20:26,080 --> 01:20:32,740
charges alone, we strongly urge you to consider stepping down from your position. Doing so

1042
01:20:32,740 --> 01:20:39,980
would be a constructive step toward minimizing disruption to town business and preserving

1043
01:20:40,440 --> 01:20:47,040
the credibility of the town council as a whole. We feel the necessity to address the

1044
01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:54,020
matter in a public way transparently with the community. Accordingly, as the Mayor and

1045
01:20:54,020 --> 01:21:00,660
Pro Temp, we will be requesting an agenda item at an upcoming Town Council meeting to

1046
01:21:00,660 --> 01:21:07,660
publicly discuss and consider the adoption of a resolution of no confidence in your continued

1047
01:21:07,660 --> 01:21:14,160
service. This is not a decision taken lightly, but we feel that it reflects the gravity

1048
01:21:14,160 --> 01:21:20,220
of the situation and our belief in the Town Council's broader obligation to the town

1049
01:21:20,220 --> 01:21:27,440
of Trophy Club and its citizens. As always, you will be provided an opportunity to respond

1050
01:21:27,440 --> 01:21:33,700
to the agenda item and any public comments during the meeting should you choose to do

1051
01:21:33,700 --> 01:21:40,920
so. We sincerely hope you will reflect on the implications of these events and consider

1052
01:21:41,460 --> 01:21:48,100
tendering your resignation for the progress of Trophy Club. Sincerely, Jeanette Tiffany

1053
01:21:48,100 --> 01:21:52,040
Tammy Mayer and Rylan Rowe, Mayor Pro Tem.

1054
01:21:52,740 --> 01:21:58,940
Before we move on, I want to remind you that a vote of no confidence indicates a level of

1055
01:21:58,940 --> 01:22:05,940
support among this council for Stacey Bauer serving as trophy club council member.

1056
01:22:06,660 --> 01:22:12,740
At that we will open this to public comments and Tammy will call upon you if you have

1057
01:22:14,320 --> 01:22:15,480
submitted a card.

1058
01:22:15,980 --> 01:22:16,600
Thank you.

1059
01:22:19,360 --> 01:22:19,920
Hi

1060
01:22:23,730 --> 01:22:29,250
there. My name is Chuck Kelly. I've been a resident of Trophy Club for 14 years, 26-17

1061
01:22:29,250 --> 01:22:34,690
Trophy Club Drive. I have a 15-year-old son at Byron, 13-year-old daughter at Medellin,

1062
01:22:34,710 --> 01:22:39,490
both participating in their younger days, and Bobcat Youth Football, Bobcat Youth Cheer.

1063
01:22:39,770 --> 01:22:44,790
That's important because during that time was when I met Stacy Bauer and saw all

1064
01:22:44,790 --> 01:22:48,770
the hours of hard work, dedication, and everything she put forth for the kids,

1065
01:22:48,770 --> 01:22:50,530
It's including mine, kind of important.

1066
01:22:51,130 --> 01:22:53,870
No surprise to me that she's helped accomplish so much

1067
01:22:53,870 --> 01:22:57,230
as a council member under some hard circumstances.

1068
01:22:58,010 --> 01:22:59,390
I won't spend time listing everything.

1069
01:22:59,550 --> 01:23:01,350
Everybody knows what she's done.

1070
01:23:01,650 --> 01:23:03,570
She's been a tremendous asset to the community.

1071
01:23:04,050 --> 01:23:07,470
But based on all the disparaging comments that have come,

1072
01:23:07,570 --> 01:23:09,210
and I'm sure more are about to come here,

1073
01:23:09,670 --> 01:23:12,870
I'm gonna stand here as a fan of Stacey

1074
01:23:12,870 --> 01:23:13,830
and I'm gonna tell you why.

1075
01:23:14,150 --> 01:23:16,350
Because I'm gonna say what the others won't say out loud

1076
01:23:16,350 --> 01:23:17,310
and I want you to hear it.

1077
01:23:17,310 --> 01:23:22,930
This discussion, the allegations made against Ms. Bauer have all been driven by the same

1078
01:23:22,930 --> 01:23:27,570
group of loud, contentious, ne'er-do-wells in a lot of these in our community that want

1079
01:23:27,570 --> 01:23:31,650
to impose their wishes on others, and we know exactly who they are.

1080
01:23:32,130 --> 01:23:38,590
Tonight, I want to ask the council to focus on facts, facts only, because this is a time

1081
01:23:38,590 --> 01:23:42,450
where you have to have a cool head, you've got to put away the torches and pitch

1082
01:23:42,450 --> 01:23:44,990
forks and you've got to let things play out.

1083
01:23:44,990 --> 01:23:49,730
But any indiscretions Ms. Bauer has been alleged to have committed, and the reason this agenda

1084
01:23:49,730 --> 01:23:56,210
item even exists is all driven by that aforementioned group, which quite probably is looking to

1085
01:23:56,210 --> 01:24:01,130
protect one or more of its own, and could possibly even have support from some setting

1086
01:24:01,130 --> 01:24:01,810
before us.

1087
01:24:02,370 --> 01:24:04,230
Now, here's a fact, a fact.

1088
01:24:04,530 --> 01:24:07,210
In civil court, some charges were found baseless.

1089
01:24:07,450 --> 01:24:12,290
Those same things that she's charged with in the criminal court now were found baseless.

1090
01:24:12,290 --> 01:24:20,290
The case was tossed and almost certainly happened again because the same set of allegations were presented at the criminal court level.

1091
01:24:20,430 --> 01:24:25,170
So the big question that every trophy club resident, everybody in this town should be asking right now,

1092
01:24:25,350 --> 01:24:31,550
why is the town council having a vote of no confidence tonight even being involved in this matter at all

1093
01:24:31,550 --> 01:24:38,830
when this power has not been found guilty of anything illegal, immoral or otherwise detrimental to our town?

1094
01:24:38,830 --> 01:24:45,050
Unless, of course, there are someone or someone in our town, town government who might be politically

1095
01:24:45,050 --> 01:24:49,290
motivated to ask Ms. Bauer because she doesn't share the same political views.

1096
01:24:49,970 --> 01:24:51,970
Now, that's a reasonable possibility.

1097
01:24:52,090 --> 01:24:53,470
I think we can all agree on that.

1098
01:24:53,890 --> 01:24:58,790
So I urge you, again, to use professional business decorum, let the facts play out

1099
01:24:58,790 --> 01:25:05,890
before anything is done because any adverse action against Ms. Bauer can't be undone.

1100
01:25:05,890 --> 01:25:11,350
if she and she probably will be again found innocent of all wrongdoing so it's

1101
01:25:11,350 --> 01:25:15,870
better to stand in unison where you fill a council member and not those

1102
01:25:15,870 --> 01:25:19,590
keyboard warriors who are not council members not qualified to make decisions

1103
01:25:19,590 --> 01:25:23,710
and don't represent the majority of the trophy club residents thank you for your

1104
01:25:23,710 --> 01:25:27,930
time thank you thank you next speaker Jennifer Olson

1105
01:25:35,800 --> 01:25:37,820
Jennifer Olson 340

1106
01:25:37,820 --> 01:25:42,940
Inverness Drive good evening mayor and council members I come before you

1107
01:25:42,940 --> 01:25:48,580
tonight out of politics, not out of politics or personal ambition, but out of deep disappointment

1108
01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:55,060
and concern for the future of this town. Two years ago, I had an opportunity to pursue

1109
01:25:55,060 --> 01:26:00,960
a more active role in our local government. During that time, Stacey Bauer and I spoke

1110
01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:07,780
at length, more than 10 hours across several days. In those conversations, I made one

1111
01:26:07,780 --> 01:26:13,420
thing absolutely clear to her. I would only withdraw my name from consideration if she

1112
01:26:13,420 --> 01:26:22,220
committed to acting ethically and with integrity. Stacey promised she would. She assured me

1113
01:26:22,220 --> 01:26:28,480
she would serve this community with transparency and character. I took her at her word. I made

1114
01:26:28,480 --> 01:26:34,960
a decision based on her trust, not on politics. And now here we are.

1115
01:26:36,100 --> 01:26:43,540
Last Friday, I sat inside a felony courtroom while Stacey Bauer was detained in a holding

1116
01:26:43,540 --> 01:26:50,420
cell beneath the court building. I listened as her newly retained attorney, someone who

1117
01:26:50,420 --> 01:26:58,140
appeared to be unfamiliar with key facts, argue on her behalf before a courtroom full

1118
01:26:58,140 --> 01:27:03,700
of attorneys, bailiffs, and court personnel. He claimed this entire criminal case was a

1119
01:27:03,700 --> 01:27:08,540
political stunt. However, all the allegations took place before she even lived in Trophy

1120
01:27:08,540 --> 01:27:14,200
Club. He accused the mayor of orchestrating it. In fact, his quote was, the mayor is

1121
01:27:14,200 --> 01:27:19,600
driving this train. He said local police refused to investigate and that the Roanoke

1122
01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:25,220
police department delayed taking action until a financial settlement was paid in the civil

1123
01:27:25,220 --> 01:27:31,820
case and a nondisclosure agreement was in place. He even referenced this very meeting

1124
01:27:31,820 --> 01:27:37,500
acknowledging a vote of no confidence was going to take place on tonight's agenda. And incredibly

1125
01:27:37,500 --> 01:27:43,140
he stated that Sacey is running for reelection. These are all my notes that I took that

1126
01:27:43,140 --> 01:27:48,620
that I wrote on the public statements that her attorney gave in this courtroom.

1127
01:27:50,020 --> 01:27:55,280
This hearing was in political. It was a courtroom dealing with a felony theft indictment. That's

1128
01:27:55,280 --> 01:27:59,460
not a political theater. It's a legal, moral reckoning. And sitting here with my notes

1129
01:27:59,460 --> 01:28:06,060
in hand, I couldn't help but reflect the promise that Stacey gave to me in this town.

1130
01:28:06,200 --> 01:28:07,940
Can I get more time to finish? Or no?

1131
01:28:08,460 --> 01:28:08,780
Yes.

1132
01:28:09,360 --> 01:28:09,620
Okay.

1133
01:28:10,020 --> 01:28:10,580
How much time?

1134
01:28:10,580 --> 01:28:12,100
Can I have two minutes?

1135
01:28:13,160 --> 01:28:13,760
One.

1136
01:28:14,100 --> 01:28:14,160
One.

1137
01:28:14,820 --> 01:28:17,340
Even before she took office, there were red flags.

1138
01:28:18,080 --> 01:28:22,860
During the campaign, she pulled me aside right outside the Trophy Club fire department.

1139
01:28:23,360 --> 01:28:29,920
And she asked me to help her set up a burner phone and a fake email address so she could

1140
01:28:29,920 --> 01:28:32,020
secretly pass along town information.

1141
01:28:32,780 --> 01:28:34,760
I rejected the offer immediately.

1142
01:28:35,260 --> 01:28:39,040
And I shared what happened with others, some of whom are sitting in this room

1143
01:28:39,040 --> 01:28:43,040
right now, my interaction with Stacey Bauer ended on that day.

1144
01:28:43,940 --> 01:28:47,820
Since being elected, she's been sued twice and now stands criminally charged.

1145
01:28:48,400 --> 01:28:53,660
On Friday, she accepted deferred adjudication, 10 years of probation and full restitution.

1146
01:28:54,280 --> 01:28:55,580
The facts speak for themselves.

1147
01:28:56,340 --> 01:29:02,280
Stacey, you told me you want to protect your family, but your continued deflection,

1148
01:29:02,660 --> 01:29:06,840
your refusal to take responsibility, and your decision to remain in this seat

1149
01:29:06,840 --> 01:29:13,300
are doing quite the opposite. This isn't about punishment, it's about principle. You gave

1150
01:29:13,300 --> 01:29:18,840
your word, you broke it. And now the most honorable thing you can do for this town, for your

1151
01:29:18,840 --> 01:29:25,860
family and for what remains of your credibility is to resign. Stop the charade, stop making

1152
01:29:25,860 --> 01:29:31,420
your problems the town of Trophy Club problems of their own. These are your problems.

1153
01:29:35,180 --> 01:29:35,780
Please

1154
01:29:35,780 --> 01:29:35,900
Thank you.

1155
01:29:36,880 --> 01:29:39,280
Next speaker, Danny Mayer.

1156
01:29:50,900 --> 01:29:54,480
Danny Mayer, 2201 Preston Avenue here in Trophy Club.

1157
01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:57,840
Tonight's vote is not merely procedural.

1158
01:29:59,120 --> 01:29:59,960
Thank you for having me.

1159
01:30:01,500 --> 01:30:07,920
It's a decision about character and truth. Value is essential to public service. It is

1160
01:30:07,920 --> 01:30:14,900
not political as Ms. Bower wants you to believe. Councilmember Bower was indicted on felony

1161
01:30:14,900 --> 01:30:21,180
theft charges. She has publicly denied these allegations, and many here have rightly cited

1162
01:30:21,180 --> 01:30:29,580
the principle of innocent until proven guilty. That's a fair standard, so let's use it based

1163
01:30:29,580 --> 01:30:34,800
on official court documents. I hold here a

1164
01:30:38,640 --> 01:30:41,520
plea recommendation to the court for

1165
01:30:41,520 --> 01:30:46,320
the for the judge's approval signed by the Denton County District Attorney and

1166
01:30:46,320 --> 01:30:53,420
Ms. Bauer herself. This agreement was entered to on June the 24th and here's

1167
01:30:53,420 --> 01:31:00,140
what she's agreed to. She's agreed to plead guilty to theft. She's agreed to

1168
01:31:00,140 --> 01:31:01,260
thousand dollar fine.

1169
01:31:03,500 --> 01:31:06,180
She's agreed to serve 10 years deferred adjudication

1170
01:31:06,180 --> 01:31:12,360
probation. She's agreed to undergo a pre-sensing investigation and to pay

1171
01:31:12,360 --> 01:31:21,280
restitution stolen funds. This is her formal admission of guilt. I'm sure this

1172
01:31:21,280 --> 01:31:22,600
will shock some here tonight

1173
01:31:24,780 --> 01:31:28,180
especially those who have supported her but now

1174
01:31:28,180 --> 01:31:29,060
Now we have the facts.

1175
01:31:30,080 --> 01:31:31,780
The truth is now documented.

1176
01:31:32,560 --> 01:31:34,220
Her supporters have been duped.

1177
01:31:35,320 --> 01:31:38,520
Continued support simply betrays the trust of the residents.

1178
01:31:40,040 --> 01:31:45,380
Still, after agreeing to this plea, she has continued to deny responsibility and blame

1179
01:31:45,380 --> 01:31:54,280
others, primarily the mayor, the town staff, and now having private citizens subpoenaed

1180
01:31:54,280 --> 01:32:01,220
In the waiting room, in the entry outside, with Wendy Bailey pointing out everybody as

1181
01:32:01,220 --> 01:32:07,240
they come in to the process server, her supporters have seriously been duped.

1182
01:32:08,720 --> 01:32:13,880
Still, after agreeing to this plea, she has continued to deny responsibility and blame others,

1183
01:32:14,160 --> 01:32:19,480
primarily the mayor and the staff. She is not a victim in this.

1184
01:32:20,440 --> 01:32:26,640
The town attorney will obviously need to review whether this agreement triggers automatic disqualification from the council.

1185
01:32:27,580 --> 01:32:41,220
A vote of no confidence will not immediately remove Ms. Bauer from office, but it will send a clear and unified message that this council will not ignore misconduct and that Trophy Club holds itself to a higher standard.

1186
01:32:42,540 --> 01:32:46,280
This vote is not about one individual's criminal act.

1187
01:32:46,680 --> 01:32:51,780
It's about restoring public trust and reaffirming the integrity of our local government.

1188
01:32:52,900 --> 01:32:53,640
Thank you.

1189
01:32:57,840 --> 01:33:02,560
By the way, there's copies of this agreement in the back table if anybody wants to pick

1190
01:33:02,560 --> 01:33:03,080
up a copy.

1191
01:33:06,220 --> 01:33:07,300
Are there other speakers?

1192
01:33:07,940 --> 01:33:08,280
No, ma'am.

1193
01:33:08,480 --> 01:33:08,640
Okay.

1194
01:33:08,800 --> 01:33:09,120
Thank you.

1195
01:33:09,900 --> 01:33:14,840
Okay, so we will open this then to the discussion of the council and we'll just

1196
01:33:14,840 --> 01:33:18,420
go through and Stacy when you want to speak please let me know.

1197
01:33:23,210 --> 01:33:23,810
Anybody want to

1198
01:33:23,810 --> 01:33:27,490
speak? Okay Dennis. I have a question for our attorney.

1199
01:33:29,850 --> 01:33:32,270
It was brought out in

1200
01:33:32,270 --> 01:33:33,670
deferred adjudication.

1201
01:33:35,990 --> 01:33:43,050
Our charter 3.04 the last paragraph if any member is

1202
01:33:43,050 --> 01:33:49,810
convicted of a felony. Is deferred adjudication plea considered a conviction as

1203
01:33:49,810 --> 01:33:55,410
related to that sentence in the charter? So ordinarily it would not be but I'm not

1204
01:33:55,410 --> 01:34:02,750
aware of the agreement. I understand you haven't seen it but the word deferred adjudication that's

1205
01:34:02,750 --> 01:34:06,350
what we get getting to me I didn't consider I don't I'm not a lawyer. Yeah

1206
01:34:06,350 --> 01:34:11,810
sure no it wouldn't necessarily mean a conviction but even with the guilty

1207
01:34:12,590 --> 01:34:16,590
and it may not be a felony just depending on the way the deal was worked.

1208
01:34:16,810 --> 01:34:22,810
Okay, and that has to do with as accepted by the judge, not just because it was presented.

1209
01:34:23,130 --> 01:34:23,470
That's right.

1210
01:34:23,770 --> 01:34:28,530
Well, and I'm assuming if people are being subpoenaed that it's not a done deal with the deferred.

1211
01:34:28,570 --> 01:34:30,370
So that's, all right, I understand that.

1212
01:34:30,670 --> 01:34:32,810
Then my second question to goes to Tammy.

1213
01:34:34,270 --> 01:34:37,590
If there is a vacancy, because I would like to see her resign.

1214
01:34:37,590 --> 01:34:45,370
Do we have time in 99 days from now to have the election the special election on November 4th with the regular election day?

1215
01:34:45,590 --> 01:34:50,680
I do not have that information at hand, but I can get back with you. Okay. Thank you. That's it mayor. Thank you. Thank you

1216
01:34:52,270 --> 01:34:53,230
Jeff you want to say anything?

1217
01:34:53,790 --> 01:34:55,750
Well, in light of this new information

1218
01:34:56,970 --> 01:34:59,890
And the fact that we don't know what the status of this is

1219
01:35:00,970 --> 01:35:07,130
I recommend we table this till the next meeting and we find the information. Okay. Thank you

1220
01:35:07,810 --> 01:35:08,990
Steve, you want to say something?

1221
01:35:09,530 --> 01:35:09,970
I do.

1222
01:35:10,910 --> 01:35:12,710
So there's been a lot of discussion

1223
01:35:12,710 --> 01:35:15,030
over many, many meetings about this.

1224
01:35:15,650 --> 01:35:17,830
And this issue has gone back two years.

1225
01:35:18,630 --> 01:35:19,810
This isn't a new issue.

1226
01:35:20,390 --> 01:35:23,410
As somebody brought up, this civil case has been going on.

1227
01:35:23,550 --> 01:35:24,390
It's not a criminal case.

1228
01:35:24,830 --> 01:35:25,870
Been going on a long time.

1229
01:35:26,410 --> 01:35:27,710
We've had a lot of talk about this.

1230
01:35:29,760 --> 01:35:31,520
What I want to focus on is something

1231
01:35:31,520 --> 01:35:34,200
that was brought up today by one of our citizens.

1232
01:35:34,200 --> 01:35:44,480
If we are focusing on due process, whatever happened to person's day in court, so to speak,

1233
01:35:45,780 --> 01:35:47,900
folks, we are focusing on the wrong thing.

1234
01:35:49,260 --> 01:35:52,820
I agree 100% with Mr. Kelly.

1235
01:35:53,980 --> 01:35:55,660
He said, let's talk about facts.

1236
01:35:56,700 --> 01:35:58,000
All right, let's do that.

1237
01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:08,840
The fact of the matter is, is Stacey is not acting as she was sworn to do, as we all were sworn to do.

1238
01:36:09,900 --> 01:36:18,040
Somebody mentioned all the meetings she's missed. She's missed May 27th meeting, June 4th cold meeting, June 23rd cold meeting.

1239
01:36:19,040 --> 01:36:23,340
She was late to the last meeting. She was late to the Friday meeting.

1240
01:36:23,340 --> 01:36:31,240
Now we know why. She's not at this meeting. She wasn't at the Fourth Agilent Day parade.

1241
01:36:31,580 --> 01:36:39,140
That's our biggest event. She is not acting in good faith as a council member. I find

1242
01:36:39,140 --> 01:36:43,960
it interesting because I wrote it down here. I was going to say this anyway. But we had

1243
01:36:43,960 --> 01:36:53,320
officers stand up here today and take an oath. And part of that oath says, and we

1244
01:36:53,320 --> 01:37:01,840
Steve Flynn, for example, do solemnly swear and affirm that I will fully execute the duties

1245
01:37:02,400 --> 01:37:07,660
of the Office of Town Council, fully execute the duties.

1246
01:37:08,540 --> 01:37:10,720
Folks in my view, that's not happening.

1247
01:37:11,400 --> 01:37:18,180
And the vote of no confidence today is whether we as a council think that will change between

1248
01:37:19,080 --> 01:37:21,600
now and the end of her term in May.

1249
01:37:22,360 --> 01:37:26,160
I don't see it, so I'm going to support the vote of no confidence.

1250
01:37:28,440 --> 01:37:29,220
Other comments?

1251
01:37:30,500 --> 01:37:31,080
Yeah.

1252
01:37:32,180 --> 01:37:44,700
I'll start by making a quick comment as it relates to the reason the reason we're having this agenda item tonight.

1253
01:37:44,700 --> 01:37:46,700
It was mentioned that it was political.

1254
01:37:49,370 --> 01:37:53,330
I was first made aware of concerns from people in the public and

1255
01:37:53,330 --> 01:37:56,730
trophy club in October of 2022, which was shortly after Ms.

1256
01:37:56,790 --> 01:37:58,210
Bower was named to our parks board.

1257
01:37:58,810 --> 01:38:01,770
This was certainly before Jeanette was ever considering a run for

1258
01:38:01,770 --> 01:38:05,670
mayor because that was a surprise candidacy in January of 23,

1259
01:38:05,770 --> 01:38:07,030
as we all remember very clearly.

1260
01:38:07,290 --> 01:38:09,410
So I don't believe that's a motivating factor.

1261
01:38:10,030 --> 01:38:13,230
At that time, obviously, I heard people, they came to me,

1262
01:38:13,290 --> 01:38:15,150
I was on planning and zoning, but have been involved in

1263
01:38:15,150 --> 01:38:16,290
leadership for many years here.

1264
01:38:16,290 --> 01:38:20,030
and multiple people approached me.

1265
01:38:20,590 --> 01:38:21,550
None of them were in this room.

1266
01:38:21,970 --> 01:38:23,130
None of them are keyboard warriors.

1267
01:38:23,430 --> 01:38:24,730
None of them have ever served on a board.

1268
01:38:24,890 --> 01:38:26,510
None of them have ever run for office.

1269
01:38:27,370 --> 01:38:28,570
They're just people that live here.

1270
01:38:28,970 --> 01:38:30,910
And it wasn't a lot, but it was enough

1271
01:38:30,910 --> 01:38:33,910
because when you hear from people and they said,

1272
01:38:34,110 --> 01:38:35,650
there's this thing, there's this concern,

1273
01:38:35,870 --> 01:38:38,670
and obviously we all understand what was alleged

1274
01:38:38,670 --> 01:38:42,490
at the time and I've said from day one to anyone

1275
01:38:42,490 --> 01:38:45,050
who brought it up, do process, do process,

1276
01:38:45,050 --> 01:38:49,770
do process. We don't need to raise the volume on this. We need to let this happen. This

1277
01:38:49,770 --> 01:38:54,330
really doesn't have anything to do with the operations of the town. At this point, it's

1278
01:38:54,330 --> 01:38:59,810
a civil matter, whatever the case may be. And that brings us to why we're doing this

1279
01:38:59,810 --> 01:39:03,390
now. We're not doing this now because of politics. We're doing this now because

1280
01:39:03,390 --> 01:39:08,690
there's been a felony indictment and arrest and we have a criminal case pending now.

1281
01:39:09,890 --> 01:39:14,010
And the rules have been stated. Everyone seems to understand the rules of what does

1282
01:39:14,010 --> 01:39:20,170
or doesn't disqualify someone to serve in office, so that doesn't change. But here we

1283
01:39:20,170 --> 01:39:26,550
handle the business of the town. This is what we do. We don't talk about personal legal matters.

1284
01:39:26,770 --> 01:39:30,550
We don't talk about anything other than what's going on for specifically the town of Tropic

1285
01:39:30,550 --> 01:39:37,270
Club. The emergence of the criminal charges and the fact that Stacey has remained in

1286
01:39:37,270 --> 01:39:41,230
office throughout this has forced our hand to now talk about this. Now it's certainly

1287
01:39:41,230 --> 01:39:46,830
rather not be. But here we are. And so I think we owe it to the residents to address it, say what

1288
01:39:46,830 --> 01:39:52,210
we need to say, and in the interest of moving forward, continuing with the business of the town.

1289
01:39:52,870 --> 01:39:59,710
We need to establish a very clear separation between the operations of the Town of Trophy Club

1290
01:39:59,710 --> 01:40:05,810
and this legal situation. And as a result, I believe very firmly that it is in the best

1291
01:40:05,810 --> 01:40:10,410
interest of the town for Stacey to resign her position so that our residents, our volunteers,

1292
01:40:10,410 --> 01:40:14,810
years and our staff will no longer be negatively impacted by this criminal case.

1293
01:40:15,090 --> 01:40:16,510
It's time for the town to move on.

1294
01:40:19,060 --> 01:40:19,420
Gary?

1295
01:40:19,900 --> 01:40:20,440
Yes, ma'am.

1296
01:40:21,120 --> 01:40:25,460
So, as a veteran, one of the greatest things I get to see up here tonight is all of you

1297
01:40:26,280 --> 01:40:30,160
expressing your constitutional rights, which is just the greatest thing ever that we all

1298
01:40:30,160 --> 01:40:30,800
have a voice.

1299
01:40:32,280 --> 01:40:36,500
In regards to, you know, what's going on, I'm the new guy up here.

1300
01:40:36,500 --> 01:40:42,440
the one thing is my opinion on this the whole time is that we do have due

1301
01:40:42,440 --> 01:40:48,160
process right we have a court system right jury of our peers I think the best

1302
01:40:48,160 --> 01:40:53,740
thing would be for a council member of our to resign prove her innocence as she

1303
01:40:53,740 --> 01:40:58,940
is declared and then come back and fight another day and then let the citizens

1304
01:40:58,940 --> 01:41:03,880
make a choice of whether they want to run the council or not again for me I

1305
01:41:03,880 --> 01:41:07,580
think it is also in the best interest for the council and the town and the

1306
01:41:07,580 --> 01:41:12,840
citizens of this town to resign go fight that battle and then we'll see you

1307
01:41:12,840 --> 01:41:15,560
next year for me it's going to be a vote of no confidence.

1308
01:41:19,600 --> 01:41:20,500
Jeff did you want to

1309
01:41:20,500 --> 01:41:26,400
say anything else? I've already said that I don't I have not seen any of this

1310
01:41:26,400 --> 01:41:32,940
new information and before I'm willing to make a decision I can down innocent

1311
01:41:32,940 --> 01:41:39,080
sent until proven guilty. If there is some other arrangement that's been made, I would

1312
01:41:39,080 --> 01:41:39,760
like to see it.

1313
01:41:40,320 --> 01:41:43,060
Okay. All right, then. I'm going to call for a vote.

1314
01:41:43,820 --> 01:41:44,740
You're doing Stacey's saying?

1315
01:41:45,000 --> 01:41:47,960
Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, Stacey, thank you. Would you like to say something?

1316
01:41:49,220 --> 01:41:52,960
Yeah, okay. Thank you. Is there a motion, please?

1317
01:41:53,400 --> 01:41:58,720
I make a motion that we vote a voter no confidence on Stacey Bauer.

1318
01:41:59,080 --> 01:41:59,900
Is there a second?

1319
01:42:00,140 --> 01:42:00,460
Second.

1320
01:42:01,280 --> 01:42:06,460
Steve, did you say Steve seconds all those in favor raise your hand all those

1321
01:42:06,460 --> 01:42:15,440
opposed Jeff's opposed and that means the motion carries and before we leave

1322
01:42:15,440 --> 01:42:23,540
before we leave I want to close this whole evening with a message to Trophy

1323
01:42:24,860 --> 01:42:32,420
In Trophy Club, we are committed to integrity, resilience, and a community spirit.

1324
01:42:33,480 --> 01:42:41,220
Our dedication to protecting and nurturing Trophy Club ensures it remains a great place

1325
01:42:41,220 --> 01:42:42,200
to call home.

1326
01:42:42,760 --> 01:42:47,600
And this vote of no confidence is about integrity and trust.

1327
01:42:48,200 --> 01:42:49,240
Thank you very much.

1328
01:42:49,240 --> 01:42:52,300
And Mayor, Mayor, Mayor, go to adjourn, go to adjourn.

1329
01:42:52,600 --> 01:42:55,140
We need to convene into executives.

1330
01:42:55,360 --> 01:42:55,780
Oh, that's right.

1331
01:42:56,320 --> 01:42:57,940
Oh, we get to go to executive session.

1332
01:42:58,320 --> 01:42:58,660
State the time.

1333
01:42:58,940 --> 01:42:59,000
Yes.

1334
01:43:00,220 --> 01:43:01,000
Do you want to read the item?

1335
01:43:01,160 --> 01:43:01,420
Yeah.

1336
01:43:01,860 --> 01:43:02,040
Please.

1337
01:43:02,400 --> 01:43:02,460
Yeah.

1338
01:43:02,820 --> 01:43:03,200
Oh, please go.

1339
01:43:03,220 --> 01:43:03,380
I'm sorry.

1340
01:43:03,620 --> 01:43:04,100
I'm sorry.

1341
01:43:04,320 --> 01:43:04,600
We will.

1342
01:43:04,880 --> 01:43:05,520
Yeah, let's read the item.

1343
01:43:05,840 --> 01:43:11,040
Section 551074 personal matters to deliberate the employment,

1344
01:43:11,800 --> 01:43:14,880
employment evaluation and or duties of a public officer or

1345
01:43:14,880 --> 01:43:16,280
employee, town manager.

1346
01:43:16,740 --> 01:43:17,120
Thank you.

1347
01:43:17,160 --> 01:43:17,740
I'm so sorry.

1348
01:43:18,900 --> 01:43:21,140
838. Thank you.

1349
02:07:06,570 --> 02:07:11,010
I didn't even sit down, mayor. I knew that's where you were going. Let's be quick. Quick!