* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Special City Council Meeting on May 20, 2025.] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I LOVE HAVING SUCH A HUGE HOUSE TONIGHT. UM, WE ARE GONNA, WE HAVE SUCH A TREAT. WE HAVE NEHS FROM MEADOWS ELEMENTARY COMING TO DO OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US THIS EVENING. UM, THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO BROUGHT YOUR KIDS TO DO THIS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF NEHS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START OUR MEETING RIGHT AT SIX 30 WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE STAND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, WE ARE GONNA COMMENCE PICTURE TAKING FOR JUST A MOMENT OF NEHS AND THEN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. GARCIA, FOR BRINGING NEHS TONIGHT. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE COMING IN, WE DO. OH, IS THIS ONE ON? IT IS. OKAY. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE COMING IN, WE DO HAVE SOME SEATS. COME ON IN. COME ON IN. YEAH. [00:05:22] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS ELECTION MATTERS, ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION AND ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS. KIRK KISKI, ALDERMAN PLACE FOUR, AND EMILY MERLEY ALDERMAN PLACE FIVE. Y'ALL READY? LISTEN. WHERE WE GO? RIGHT HERE. FACING YES. FACING . RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. I WILLIAM KY. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM SOLEMNLY SWEAR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE FAITHFULLY. FAITHFULLY. EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF ALDERMAN PLACE FOUR AND ALDERMAN PLACE FIVE. ALDERMAN PLACE, ALMAN PLACE FOUR OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS. PLACE. CITY OF MEADOWS. PLACE. PLACE. STATE OF TEXAS. STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND. AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE. THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. THANK YOU. DO WE WANNA TAKE ANY PICTURES WITH FAMILY OR YOU CAN. YES. NOW'S THE MOMENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MERCURY. CHILDREN COMING UP BIG DAY. SAID NO. YOU GOOD? YEP. I THINK I'LL BE OKAY. PROCLAMATION, YOU WANNA GET YOU HAVE THE PAPER? YES. AND I'LL KEEP ONE WITH EACH ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. YOU GOT? YES. PERFECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT ITEM OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITIONS. WE HAVE TWO TONIGHT WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING LORI SAER FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE AT MEADOWS ELEMENTARY. KAWAN UP. LORI SAER. OH, WAIT, I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO KELLY, DO I NEED, CAN I DO POLL AFTER? CAN I DO KELLY AFTER, OR DO I NEED TO DO KELLY NOW? OKAY. LORI, I'M, I MESSED IT UP GUYS. THIS IS ON ME. GO SIT DOWN. WE'RE GONNA DO ONE MORE THING FIRST. . SORRY. LORI, SIT NEXT TO TRICIA. SIT NEXT TO TRICIA. OKAY. THAT WAY? THAT WAY. UM, YES. OKAY. BEFORE EMILY CAN TAKE HER SEAT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR KELLY MILLS. THIS IS HER LAST COUNCIL MEETING. KELLY, COME ON UP. OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. I'M ON THE RIGHT THING. MY GLASSES. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION HONORING ALDERMAN KELLY MILLS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS RECOGNIZES THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEEP COMMUNITY SPIRIT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DEVOTE THEIR TIME, ENERGY, AND TALENTS TO IMPROVING OUR CITY AND THE LIVES OF ITS RESIDENTS. WHEREAS KELLY MILLS HAS HONORABLY SERVED AS ALDERMAN FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE SINCE MAY OF 2013. FAITHFULLY DEDICATING OVER A DECADE OF LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY, AND PUBLIC SERVICE TO HER COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS KELLY MILLS ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND, BRUCE MILLS, WHOM SHE MET IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS BEEN MARRIED TWO FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, HAS BUILT A LOVING FAMILY AND HOME IN MEADOWS PLACE, RAISING THEIR TWO CHILDREN. JACQUELINE MILLS IN DAKOTA [00:10:01] MILLS IN A COMMUNITY THEY HAVE CALLED HOME FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. WHEREAS, IN ADDITION TO HER ROLE ON CITY COUNCIL, KELLY HAS SHOWN AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH HER ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY, PTO, AND THE MEADOWS ALL PLAY BASEBALL LEAGUE, AND THE MEADOWS MARLIN SWIM TEAM. AND WHEREAS WHETHER CHEERING FROM THE STANDS AT A BASEBALL GAME, OR ENJOYING A QUIET MOMENT WITH A GOOD BOOK, KELLY'S VIBRANT SPIRIT AND WARM HEART HAVE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MANY AND CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR AUDREY ST. GERMAINE ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS OF MEADOWS PLACE DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND EXTEND SINCERE APPRECIATION TO KELLY MILLS FOR MANY YEARS OF DEVOTED PUBLIC SERVICE, HER STEADFAST DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF MEADOWS PLACE AND HER ENDURING LEGACY AS A LEADER, VOLUNTEER, AND FRIEND TO ALL AND WITNESS AWARE OF I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE TO BE AFFIXED THIS 20TH DAY OF MAY, 2025. THANK YOU. AND IT'S MORE THAN 30 YEARS. MY OLDEST, OLDEST IS 36. OH MY GOODNESS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? KELLY, THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING ME. , DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYMORE? OH, AND NOW I'M GONNA GO DEVOTE MY FREE TIME TO FINDING MY DAUGHTER HER SOULMATE . I LOVE THAT. AND KELLY HAS SO GENEROUSLY, UM, SHARED HER TREATS. SHE REQUESTED CUPCAKES AND DR. PEPPER. SO THAT IS WHAT IS IN THE LOBBY. SO AS AS YOU LEAVE, YOU ARE WELCOME TO GRAB SOME. OKAY. FOR REAL. THIS TIME, MISS SA AND EMILY, YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US ON THE DAAS AND MISS SAFI, YOU CAN COME UP HERE. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY, . ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, ACKNOWLEDGING, ACKNOWLEDGING LORI SAER FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE AT MEADOWS ELEMENTARY. I HAVE NOT PRACTICED THIS WITHOUT CRYING, SO WE'LL SEE IF I CAN GET THROUGH IT. ALRIGHT, COME ON. COME ON. IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS WE RECOGNIZE A TRULY REMARKABLE EDUCATOR. SOMEONE WHO'S DEDICATION, PASSION, AND HEART HAVE SHAPED GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. TODAY, WE CELEBRATE LORI SAER, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 46 EXTRAORDINARY YEARS OF SERVICE AND EDUCATION, A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, WHERE SHE ALSO EARNED HER MASTER'S DEGREE. MS. SAER BEGAN HER TEACHING JOURNEY AT BURBANK ELEMENTARY AND HISD, NURTURING THE BRIGHT MINDS OF FIRST GRADERS FOR SIX YEARS AFTER GETTING MARRIED AND MOVING TO FORT BEND, ISD, SHE WAS HIRED AT MEADOWS ELEMENTARY, WHERE SHE HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF THE SCHOOL FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS. AT MEADOWS, SHE FIRST TAUGHT SECOND GRADE FOR 11 YEARS BEFORE FINDING HER FOREVER HOME IN FIRST GRADE, WHERE SHE HAS SPENT THE LAST 29 YEARS WELCOMING LITTLE LEARNERS AND GUIDING THEM THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT YEARS OF THEIR ACADEMIC LIVES. HER CLASSROOM HAS BEEN A SAFE HAVEN, A LAUNCHPAD, AND A SOURCE OF JOY FOR MORE THAN A THOUSAND STUDENTS, DIRECTLY, INCLUDING MY OWN YOUNGEST AND THOUSANDS MORE WHO LEARN AND GREW IN THE WARMTH OF HER INFLUENCE JUST BY BEING IN THE BUILDING. BUT HER IMPACT DOESN'T STOP AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE STORES. SHE RAISED TWO WONDERFUL SONS, BOTH OF WHOM WALKED TO THE SAME HALLWAYS OF MEADOWS ELEMENTARY, AND TODAY SHE CELEBRATES A NEW GENERATION OF LEARNERS WITH A GRANDDAUGHTER IN LOS ANGELES. SHE CAN NOW VISIT WITHOUT HAVING TO WRITE SUB PLANS. AND PERHAPS MOST INSPIRING OF ALL THIS YEAR MARKS ANOTHER HUGE MILESTONE, 40 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, A TESTAMENT TO HER STRENGTH, LOVE, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, BOTH AT HOME AND AT WORK. LORI ZIER, YOUR LEGACY IS WRITTEN IN THE HEARTS OF YOUR STUDENTS, YOUR COLLEAGUES IN YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE TAUGHT, NOT JUST READING, WRITING, AND MATH, BUT KINDNESS, PERSEVERANCE, AND SO MANY LIFE SKILLS CRITICAL TO DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD. AS YOU CLOSE THIS BEAUTIFUL CHAPTER AND LOOK AHEAD TO MORE TIME WITH FAMILY AND NEW ADVENTURES, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOUR IMPACT WILL ECHO IN OUR CLASSROOMS FOR YEARS TO COME. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, THE FACULTY AND STAFF OF MEADOWS ELEMENTARY AND THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES YOU'VE TOUCHED, WE THANK YOU, WE HONOR YOU, AND WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST. AND YOU'RE WELL EARNED RETIREMENT. IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. [00:15:11] I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN WE TAKE, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH LORI REALLY QUICK? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO DO THAT? WHAT ARE YOUR CLASSROOM STUDENTS LIKE TO DO THAT? MISS SAFI, WOULD YOU COME UP, WE CAN GET A COUPLE OF PICTURES WITH YOUR STUDENTS AND FORMER STUDENTS. COME ON UP. COME ON UP. COME OVER HERE, CARLOS. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, WENDY PENNINGS. ACKNOWLEDGING WENDY PENNINGS FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS OF SERVICE. AND THE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY, PTO. COME ON UP, WENDY. ALRIGHT. RECENTLY, SOMEONE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A PARENT VOLUNTEER WHO HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO MEADOWS ELEMENTARY OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. AS MAYOR OF MEADOWS PLACE, I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER. AND WENDY PENNINGS IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. IN 2018, WENDY PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE SAVE A E CAMPAIGN, ADVOCATING FOR A SCHOOL AT A CRITICAL TIME. SHE INTRODUCED DESTINATION IMAGINATION TO MEADOWS ELEMENTARY. AND IN 20 20, 1 OF THE TEAMS SHE HELPED GUIDE TOOK FIRST PLACE FROM 2019 TO 2021. SHE REPRESENTED OUR SCHOOL AT THE, ON THE DISTRICT-WIDE GT PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SERVING BOTH AS PRESIDENT-ELECT AND PRESIDENT. MOST RECENTLY, SHE CREATED AN ENTIRELY NEW FUNDRAISER TO REPLACE A SYSTEM THAT JUST WASN'T WORKING. THE FUNDRAISER RAISED OVER $30,000. THIS YEAR ALONE, A TRULY AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT. AND BEYOND THE BIG PROJECTS, WENDY HAS SUPPORTED LEARNING THROUGH READING BUDDIES FIELD TRIPS, AND THE BUTTERFLY ACADEMY. OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, SHE'S VOLUNTEERED MORE THAN 2000 HOURS OF HER TIME, AN EXTRAORDINARY ACT OF DEDICATION. WENDY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR KIDS, OUR SCHOOL AND OUR COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS. LEMME PUT THIS DOWN. THERE WE GO. DO YOU WANNA DO, DO YOU WANNA DO OKAY. ALRIGHT. HMM. YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN. THIS IS REALLY EASY. WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. COME ON UP, PANNINGS. YEP. [00:20:02] ALL RIGHT. AND BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING. UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR OH, OH, WELCOME. WELCOME, KURT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHOOSING TO SERVE MEADOWS FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS. WE REALLY, I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE BACK ON THIS. DA. WOULD YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? THANK YOU GUYS FOR TRUSTING ME. I LOVE MEADOWS PLACE. I'M EXCITED TO START MY FOURTH TERM, SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, KURT. ALL RIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW EMILY VERY WELL, HER BIO IS GOING UP ON THE WEBSITE. UM, EMILY IS, UH, IS A DEAR, DEAR FRIEND OF MINE AND I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER UP HERE WITH US. SHE'S INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL, UM, AND THINKS THROUGH EVERYTHING SHE DOES. I THINK SHE'S GONNA BE AN INCREDIBLE ADDITION TO OUR COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE BETTER FOR IT. WELCOME. ALRIGHT. I HAVE A SPEECH. EXCELLENT. OKAY. PLEASE. SEVEN MINUTES, RIGHT? YEAH. SEVEN. PERFECT. OKAY. SO I DON'T WANT, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT I WANTED TO ADD MY, UH, VOICE TO THE CHORUS OF GRATITUDE TO KELLY FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY ON AND OFF COUNCIL. AND I THINK EVERYONE CAN APPRECIATE WITH KELLY THAT WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. SHE'S NOT, UH, BEATING AROUND THE BUSH OR . UH, THERE'S NO BRAVADO. SO SHE'S HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT SHE THINKS. AND I HOPE SHE KEEPS DOING THAT FOR YEARS TO COME. UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND SERVE IN MEADOW'S PLACE. I WASN'T ABSOLUTELY NEVER UP UNTIL I FILED MY PAPERWORK AND I BLINDSIDED MYSELF A LITTLE BIT. SO, BUT I WAS HEARTENED AND ENCOURAGED BY ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CHEERED FOR ME OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND I'M EXCITED TO GET STARTED. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT, NOW BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING. OKAY, HERE WE GO. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH AGENDA ITEM E, AUDIT, PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, AND CONSIDERATION TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE AUDITOR'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. 2024. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME'S MIKE BROTHERTON WITH CROW. I'LL BE PRESENTING THE AUDIT. I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO, IF YOU HAVE THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, IT OPENS UP WITH OUR OPINION LETTER, ALSO CALLED THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT. IT'S ON THIS FIRST PAGE HERE, PAGE ONE, THAT WE STATE THAT WE'VE ISSUED A CLEAN UNMODIFIED OPINION. THAT'S US PROVIDING OUR ASSURANCE THAT THE FINANCIALS ARE FREE OF ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS AND INCLUDE ALL THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURES. SO THE CITY RECEIVED A CLEAN UNMODIFIED OPINION THIS YEAR. THERE WERE NO NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS, SO THE PRESENTATION WITHIN THE REPORT ITSELF SHOULD LOOK THE SAME AS PAST YEARS. THERE'S NOTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THAT REGARD. UM, SO WE'LL JUMP TO THE OPERATING RESULTS FOR THE YEAR. IF YOU HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CAN TURN TO PAGE 16. THIS PRESENTS THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. AND ON THE THIRD ROW FROM THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE YOUR NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE FOR YOUR GENERAL FUND WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $547,000. SO THE CITY ENDED THE YEAR WITH JUST OVER 7 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE. 5.4 MILLION OF WHICH IS UNASSIGNED BEST PRACTICES TYPICALLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU MAINTAIN AT LEAST THREE MONTHS OR 25% OF ANNUAL EXPENDITURES AND YOUR UNASSIGNED UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE. AND THE CITY'S DOING A GREAT JOB. CURRENTLY THERE'S ABOUT A 75% OF ANNUAL EXPENDITURES. SO THE CITY'S MAINTAINING A HEALTHY UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. NEXT WE CAN TURN TO PAGE 19. LOOK AT YOUR, UH, UTILITY FUND. ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY HAD AN OPERATING LOSS OF ABOUT $78,000. THEN ONCE YOU FACTOR IN YOUR INVESTMENT INCOME AND YOUR GRANT REVENUE FROM YOUR, UH, COVID FUNDS, THE CITY ENDED THE YEAR WITH AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 1.3 MILLION. SO AN ENDING NET POSITION OF ABOUT 9.9 MILLION. AS I STATED BEFORE, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT I HAVE TO POINT OUT WITHIN THE REPORT ITSELF. UM, HAPPY TO REPORT ALSO THAT THERE WERE NO AUDIT FINDINGS TO PRESENT. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DOES COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? , I JUST, EVEN THOUGH SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, I WANNA GIVE SOME ACCOLADES TO ANNA MARIA WESTIN, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR. I KNOW SHE WORKS CLOSELY WITH YOU ALL, AND YES, SIR. AND, UH, IT, IT GIVES A LOT, IT GIVES US [00:25:01] A LOT OF CONFIDENCE TO HAVE SUCH A GOOD FINANCE DIRECTOR. MM-HMM . HELPING US ALONG THE WAY, SO THANK YOU. OUR, DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? WE DO NEED TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. YES. MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, THE FINANCIAL REPORT. ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I'M GONNA WRITE IT DOWN. 'CAUSE SHE HAD TO WALK OUTSIDE. SO, DAVID, KURT MADE THE MOTION. DAVID SECONDED. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT MOVES US TO AGENDA ITEM REPORTS. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CHIEF GARY STEWART. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. COUNSEL. UH, AS ALWAYS, WE'LL START OUT MY REPORT WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS. UH, THERE WERE 12 REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS, UH, THIS PAST MONTH. NUMBER ARREST, 10 NUMBER, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE 3009, UH, WITH 42 REPORT CALLS. TRAFFIC CITATION WISE WAS 353 WITH CHARGES OF A 9 57, UH, CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION. CITATIONS WERE ZERO. WARNINGS FOR TRAFFIC. VIOLATIONS WERE 1 53 AND 281 CHARGES WARNINGS FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION. EIGHT. TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT WAS 4,825. THE BREAKDOWN BELOW WAS THE SORORITY ORDINANCE WARNINGS. WE HAD FOUR FOR SOLICITOR, TWO FOR, UH, JUNK VEHICLE OR PARKING VIOLATIONS. TWO FOR LOUD NOISE, UH, ZERO, UH, CITATIONS. AS I ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, 12 ACCIDENTS THAT REPORTED ONLY EIGHT, UH, WERE ACTUALLY REPORTABLE AS FAR AS, UH, HOW WE DO OUR, UH, ACCIDENT REPORTS. UH, THERE WAS ZERO PROPERTY DAMAGE IN THE ROUNDABOUT AND ZERO ACCIDENTS FOR THE ROUNDABOUT. MOVING TO OUR GENERAL REPORT, OH, ACTUALLY, LET ME GO OVER THE, ON THE FIRST PAGE. THERE AGAIN, SALTS, UH, TWO THIS PAST MONTH. THREE, UH, BMVS BURGLARY, MOTOR VEHICLE ZERO, BURGLARY OF RESIDENCE ZERO BURGLARY BUSINESS CITY ORDINANCE. UH, WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER CRIMINAL MISCHIEF ONE, FORGERY OR FRAUD. TWO, UH, TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS 2,856. THEFT OF TWO U VS. THIS MONTH OR ZERO. UH, TLC UH, WAS 41. UH, PASSING 12 FAILURES OF 53 CONTACTS. NOW MOVING ON TO THE ACTIVITY COMMENTS. IF WE GO TO PAGE FOUR, UH, WE'LL START OUT WITH THE FLOCK SAFETY ALERTS. THERE WAS 81 ON THEIR FLOCK CAMERAS. UH, IT'S UP, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH, UH, JUST BY NINE. UH, STOLEN VEHICLE ALERTS WERE 17 SEX OFFENDER ALERTS 2014 WERE HITS FROM THE THREE REPEAT VEHICLES, UH, STOLEN PLATE ALERTS. 12 GANG OR SUSPECTED TERRORIST ALERTS WERE TWO MISSING PERSONS. ALERT, ZERO WARRANTS, OR 10 PROTECTIVE ORDERS. 19 WITH NINE HITS FROM TWO REPEAT VEHICLES. OTHER ACT, UH, AGENCY HOT LIST. WE HAD ONE ON THAT. INCIDENTS THAT WERE FLOCK WAS UTILIZED FOR ANY OF THOSE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY THIS MONTH. OUR 10 ARREST THIS MONTH, UH, WE HAD SEVEN FOR WARRANT WARRANTS, UH, ONE FOR TAMING OR GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT AND DWI, UH, WITH ONE AND PCS, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND TAMING EVIDENCE. ONE ON NOTE. UH, PAGE SEVEN, GOING TO NOTABLE INFORMATION. UM, WE DID HAVE A UCW IN PROHIBITED PLACES. UM, YOU CAN READ THE LOCATION THERE. IT WAS AT THE CHURCH. WE, UH, A FARM WAS FOUND, UH, IN A BAG WITH A LOADED NINE MILLIMETER PISTOL. UH, THE OWNER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WE'RE PURSUING CHARGES THROUGH THE DA'S OFFICE. UH, THE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AT, UH, AL THESE, UH, OVERNIGHT, THREE MALES MADE A HOLE IN THE BACK OF THE BUSINESS TO TRY TO MAKE ENTRY. THEY DID WEREN'T, DID NOT, UH, BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THAT WE DO HAVE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. IT WASN'T OF VALUE FOR IDENTIFICATION RIGHT NOW AND SUSPENDED THE INVESTIGATION INTO STATUS AT THIS POINT. THE THEFT OF WATER THAT OCCURRED FROM OUR CITY. WE DID ISSUE A CITATION. I'M SURE, UH, SOME OF Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT ALREADY. THAT WE, UH, HAVEN'T HAD ANY FURTHER THEFTS. AND, UH, AT THIS POINT HAS SUSPENDED THE INVESTIGATION AND BURGLARY RECAPPED IT. ONE THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR, WHICH I'M PROUD TO SAY, UM, UH, WE HAVE STILL HAVE THE OPEN INVESTIGATION ON THAT. UH, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO FORENSIC EVIDENCE THAT WAS FOUND, THE VIDEO FROM THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET SHOW A VEHICLE PARKED. AND A SUSPECT, [00:30:01] UH, AS YOU CAN READ THERE, THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO TO FIND OUT IF WE CAN IDENTIFY, UH, A FLOCK HAS YIELDED US. OUR FLOCK CAMERAS HAVE YIELDED US A POSSIBLE SUSPECT VEHICLE. AND OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION IS CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO THAT. AS YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL PROPERTY VALUE THERE ON ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE LAST PAGE. UH, GRANT STATUS OR DISPATCH CONSOLE IS STILL IN PROGRESS. WE'RE LOOKING, UM, TO HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT FULFILLED SOON. WE WERE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE VENDORS FOR INSTALLATION DATES, UH, AND GETTING CLOSER ON THAT AS WE'RE JUST TRYING TO REIGN IN ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS. CAR CAMERA BUDDY CAMERA IS IN PROGRESS. UH, ONE CAR IS AT EMERGENCY FLEET SERVICES AND NOW, UH, TWO COMPLETED REMAINING VEHICLES SHOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR INSTALLATION. BODY CAMERAS COME IN WITH OUR SYSTEM, SO IT ALL HAS TO BE COMPLETED. FLU GRANT WITH A CONVERTED, UH, CATALYTIC CONVERTER FUNDING IS IN PROGRESS, UH, WITH MONEY ALLOCATED. AND WE'RE WAITING ON INITIAL PAYMENT. UH, CITY OF MEADOW'S PLACE, YOU KNOW, FOR TE AND FEBA RECOVERY TEAM, UM, WHICH IS ANN MARIA. JACK, UH, UH, ME AND ROD AT THIS POINT, UH, KEEPS EXPANDING . I'LL DRAG SOME OTHER PEOPLE INTO IT IF YOU WANT. UH, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE FINALIZATION OF BARREL SUBMISSIONS FROM CAT Z ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. THIS IS THE ONLY THING PENDING BEFORE CLOSEOUT. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH TATUM ON THE HAZARD MITIGATION, UH, GRANTS THAT THEY HAVE THAT, UH, WE WORKED PRETTY HARD ON HERE RECENTLY, WHICH IS FOR GENERATORS AND DRAINAGE OUTFALL. UH, ALSO TO ADD, UH, SINCE WE HAD SO MANY SCHOOL, UH, UH, CHILDREN HERE, UM, TONIGHT, JUST KIND OF SEE THE SERGEANT FOSTER, WHO'S ALSO HERE TONIGHT, AND OFFICER CHAN ATTENDED AT MEADOWS ELEMENTARY CAREER DAY AND DID GREAT. AND WE WERE ALWAYS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT AND GET TO VISIT WITH OUR YOUNG ONES. OFFICER ASTORGA, OUR NEWEST OFFICER, IS CURRENTLY IN PHASE THREE OF OUR FTO PROGRAM. AND TODAY HE WAS IN OUR C-P-R-A-E-D SABA, WHICH IS SELF AID, BODY AID, AND NARCAN TRAINING AT OUR TRAINING CENTER. AND HE IS PROGRESSING WELL, UH, SPEED TO C-P-R-A-D, NARCAN ABBO TRAINING. WE WILL BE, UH, HAVING, UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL OUR OFFICERS GOING THROUGH THAT THIS WEEK AT OUR TRAINING CENTER. SO WE ARE PRETTY BUSY WITH THAT. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CHIEF, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS WERE TAKEN CARE OF LAST WEEK FOR POLICE APPRECIATION WEEK. WE WERE. AND, UM, I WANTED TO THANK ALL EVERYONE HERE AND THE RESIDENTS FOR TAKING REALLY GOOD CARE OF US. UM, I WAS GONNA COVER THAT IN THE NEXT REPORT BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO MENTION SOME NAMES AND EVERYTHING. BUT EVERYBODY DID SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB AND THEY ALWAYS TREAT US SO WELL. AND WE'RE ALWAYS SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS, THE LOVE AND SUPPORT WE GET TO FILL, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT ESPECIALLY DURING THAT WEEK. WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ESPECIALLY CINDY BERRYMAN FOR ALWAYS PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. ALWAYS. YES. I KNOW THE RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATE, SO, YES. UM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS FELT THE LOVE. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, ALDERMAN ONE AND ALDERMAN FIVE COULD PROBABLY ATTEST THAT OUR POLICE CHIEF MAKES VERY, VERY GOOD CRAWFISH . YES. YES. THANK YOU, CHIEF. YOU BET. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. APPRECIATE IT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT ITEM IS REPORT FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT. IS THERE SHE IS COMING UP. EMG. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A WONDERFUL, UH, AFTERNOON. OKAY. I'M GONNA START OFF WITH MY VIOLATIONS. A MONTH OF MARCH, I HAD 115 OPEN WITH 38 CLOSED APRIL 111 OPEN WITH 95 CLOSED MAY 38 OPEN AND 37 CLOSED. I WORKED TO, UH, TWO DAYS IN MARCH, TWO SATURDAYS AND TWO SATURDAYS IN APRIL, TWO SATURDAYS IN MAY CASES OPEN MARCH, THERE WERE 111, CLOSED CASES, 70 APRIL 111. APRIL, THERE WERE 95 CLOSED. MAY I HAD 35 AND EIGHT. CLOSED CITATIONS ISSUED FOR MARCH. THERE WERE TWO. APRIL TWO AND MAY. I HAD THREE TOTAL OF SEVEN CITATIONS ISSUED FOR EIGHT VIOLATIONS. PROACTIVE, THERE WERE 189 REACTIVE, 36 VIOLATIONS CLOSED, VOLUNTARY 158, THAT'S GOOD. UH, FORCED 30 ABATEMENTS. I HAD TWO INSPECTIONS AND TWO NOTICES SENT WITH NO ANIMAL CONTROL. UH, CALL-INS. MOVING ON TO THE SECOND PAGE, A QUARTERLY, [00:35:01] UH, VIOLATION COUNT. I HAVE A TOTAL OF TWO FIVE TOP, UH, VIOLATIONS, UH, TRASH CANS AND, UH, RECYCLE BINS. THERE WERE 43, UM, FOR THE TOTAL, UH, MONTH OF MARCH THROUGH MAY WITH TWO CASES STILL OPEN, AND 41 CLOSED HIGH GRESS AND, UH, WEEDS. 55 12 OPEN. 43 CLOSED THE WEEDS IN THE FLOWER BEDS. CRACKS OF CONCRETE. 22 2 OPEN 20 CLOSED REMOVAL THAT I'M GONNA SKIP TO THE NEXT ONE. THE UNOCCUPIED BUILDINGS. UH, THERE WERE 13 TWO OPEN WITH 11 CLOSED BANDIT SIGNS. 12 ZERO OPEN. 12 CLOSED SPECIAL OFF STREET PARKING. I HAD 11 TO OPEN WITH NINE CLOSED JUNK VEHICLES, TEN SEVEN CASES STILL OPEN. THREE CLOSED THE DEPOSIT OF PUBLIC, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY ACCUMULATIONS. THERE WERE NINE, FOUR OPEN, FIVE CLOSED, AND THE OBSTRUCTION OF TREES. EIGHT FOR OPEN FORECLOSED DEAD LANDSCAPING. I HAVE EIGHT TO OPEN. SIX CLOSED TRASH NEXT TO CURB. SEVEN. ZERO CLOSED, SORRY, ZERO OPEN. SEVEN CLOSED EXTERIOR WALLS REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT. SIX FOUR. STILL OPEN TO CLOSED THE NUISANCE. SIX ONE OPEN. FIVE CLOSED NON-APPROVED CAR COVERS. FIVE ZERO OPEN WITH FIVE. CLOSED PREMISES IDENTIFICATION, FIVE WITH ZERO OPEN. FIVE. CLOSED REPAIR. REPLACE DAMAGE OFFENSE. TWO ZERO OPEN. TWO CLOSED FENCE PERMITS. THREE ONE OPEN. TWO CLOSE DRIVEWAY PERMITS AND DUMPSTER. THERE WERE TWO ZERO CLOSED. TWO OPEN RENTAL LICENSE. TWO TWO CASES OPEN. ZERO CLOSED PARKING, REPAIRING THE REPLACING OF A ROOF. THERE WERE TWO ZERO OPEN TO CLOSE FOUNDATION PERMIT. ONE CLOSED IMPROPER CLEARANCE OF TREES AND SHRUBS. ONE, THERE'S STILL ONE OPEN, ZERO CLOSE PULL ENCLOSURE. THERE WAS ONE ZERO OPEN, ONE CLOSE PLUMBING PERMITS, ZERO OPEN. ONE CLOSE PERFORMING MAJOR VEHICLE REPAIRS, ONE WHICH IS STILL OPEN. POD PERMITS ZERO OPEN ONE. CLOSE PARKING ON GRASS PROHIBITED. ONE CLOSED OCCUPANCY PERMIT. ONE STILL OPEN, NO RENTAL LICENSE. ONE OPEN ILLEGAL LITTERING AND DUMPING. ONE CLOSED TREE STUMP. ONE CLOSED. MOVING ON THROUGH MY THIRD SHEET. WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS ON THE LAST, UH, THIRD QUARTER, UM, THAT I, UH, PRESENTED MY CASE OF 12 3 15 AUSTIN. WE WERE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE DEMOLITION, UH, OF THAT PROPERTY. THE HOMEOWNER AT THE LAST MINUTE OF HIS GRACE PERIOD CAME IN WITH HIS, UH, CONTRACTOR AND PAID FOR THE PERMIT. THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS ON THE HOME. I WENT BY ON TUESDAY, TOOK SOME PICTURES. UM, HE HAS THE SIDING REPAIRED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOME, SO HE IS MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT. HE IS WAITING FOR A VARIANCE. UM, I'M SURE HE'S GETTING WITH CITY SECRETARY ABOUT THAT. UM, BUT HE IS MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON THAT HOME. 12,139 MONTECITO, THE HOMEOWNER, UM, HIRED A COMPANY TO DRAIN THE POLE, WHICH WAS ILLEGAL DUMPING. HE WAS, UM, DRAINING THAT INTO THE STORM DRAINS. HE WAS CITED FOR THAT. UM, THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. UM, THEY TOOK CARE OF THE ISSUE. UNOCCUPIED HOMES, I HAVE, I HAVE HAD 13 UNOCCUPIED HOMES ON MY LIST. THERE ARE NOW TWO OPEN AND 11 CLOSED. MOST OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE PRESENTED THE, UH, INSURANCE AND SECURED OF THE PROPERTY. SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS WITH THOSE. I'M STILL WORKING ON RENTAL PROPERTIES. UH, NO, THERE'S STILL A LOT OUT THERE, BUT ELLA IS WORKING WITH ME IN PERMITS TO TRY TO GET THE HOMEOWNERS IN TO GET THOSE RENTAL LICENSE AND SHORT TERM LICENSES PURCHASED. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, ARE YOU STILL PUTTING IN OCCASIONAL WEEKENDS? I AM. OKAY. I AM. I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF BOATS THE LAST FEW WEEKS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE JUST COMING OUTTA STORAGE OR [00:40:01] CLEANING THEM UP. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE COMING IN TO GET THE PERMITS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET IN ORDER TO HAVE 'EM OUT ALL WEEKEND FOR THE BOATS. UH, THERE ARE BOATS AND RVS. UH, THEY ARE CALLING ME TO LET ME KNOW THAT THEY ARE BRINGING THEM IN TO, UM, TAKE OUT WHATEVER THEIR, FROM THEIR TRIPS OR IF THEY'RE LEAVING NOW WITH THE BOATS. I HAVE, UM, ISSUED SOME CITATIONS FOR THAT. UM, BUT I'M, I'M WORKING HARD TO TRY TO GET THAT FIXED BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A BIT OUT THERE. AND THE RVS, I'VE NOTICED QUITE A BIT OF RVS OUT THERE. SO, UM, I DID DO SOME VIOLATIONS ON THAT TODAY. YEAH, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT DOING VERY GOOD JOB OF PARKING CLOSE TO THE CURB. . YEAH. SO, UM, YEAH, I DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF THE RESIDENTS CALLING ME, LETTING ME KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEIR RVS THERE FOR THREE DAYS OR UH, TWO AT THE MOST, AND THEN THEY'RE MOVING THEM OUT OR THEY'RE GOING ON VACATION. SO I'M WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT JUST AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT OVER THREE DAYS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUE QUESTION ON? UH, YES SIR. I THINK IT'S ON ALSTON. UH, 12 3 15 ALSTON SINCE THAT WAS A PROPERTY THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE, I GUESS IT WAS NON OCCUPANCY OR IT HAD, IT WAS, IT WAS SHUT DOWN FOR SUB SUBSTANDARD. SUBSTANDARD. WELL THAT REQUIRE A, UM, BUILDING INSPECTOR TO COME TO, TO, NOT FOR THE SIDING. WE DON'T DO THE INSPECTIONS FOR THE SIDING. BUT, UH, ANYTHING ELSE THAT HE WANTS TO DO FURTHER WITH THE VARIANCE, WHATEVER IS APPROVED THROUGH THAT, THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN INSPECTION. OKAY. YES. AND HE'S TAKEN CARE OF EVERYTHING ON THE INSIDE AS FAR AS PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HE DID HAVE HIS PERMITS PRIOR. OKAY. TO THAT. SO THOSE HAVE BEEN INSPECTED. THOSE HAVE BEEN INSPECTED. OKAY. MM-HMM . YEAH. WHAT VARIANCE IS BEING REQUESTED? SORRY. UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY GET WITH CITY SECRETARY. NO, THAT WAS, HE, HE WITHDREW THAT. UM, THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF DOING AN A VARIANCE THAT WOULD ENCROACH. UM, I THINK IT WAS ON THE REAR SIDE. UM, IT WAS A BUILDING LINE ENCROACHMENT. HE WANTED TO BUILD SOME KIND OF A ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTION OFF THE HOUSE. UH, BUT HE HAS SINCE ABANDONED THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK, THANK YOU, ANDY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL OF 2025. IN APRIL, WE HAD 48 TOTAL INCIDENTS. UH, 29 OF THOSE WERE MEDICAL ASSISTS FROM THE EMS CREW. BRINGS US TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT WITH NICK HABE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, FIRST I WANNA SAY IT'S NICE TO KNOW SOMEBODY WHO USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF STAFFORD AND CAN MAKE SURE WE DO HAVE THESE, UH, REPORTS EVERY MONTH. UM, JUST THREE QUICK ITEMS. FIRST, I DID WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, THE NAME OF OUR BANK IS CHANGING. UH, WHAT USED TO BE INDEPENDENT BANK IS NOW GONNA BE CALLED SOUTH STATE BANK. UM, SO NOW WE'RE HAVING TO RELEARN A LOT OF THINGS IN TERMS OF ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS AND LOGGING IN AND, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO RELEARN HOW TO, UH, WORK WITH A, A NEW BANK THAT, UM, THROUGH THAT MERGER. SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT ON DIFFERENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ET CETERA. THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE OUR KICKOFF TO SUMMER EVENT THIS SATURDAY. UH, THE 24TH, IT'LL BE FROM 11:00 AM TO 8:00 PM OVER AT THE POOL. IT IS FREE OF CHARGE. UH, I'M TOLD THAT THE FIRST 200 PEOPLE TO SHOW UP, WE'LL RECEIVE POPSICLES. THESE ARE HIGH QUALITY POPSICLES, I'M TOLD. UM, THOSE THAT DO PURCHASE THE WRISTBANDS FOR THE SUMMER, UH, CAN GO AHEAD AND PICK THOSE WRISTBANDS UP AT THE EVENT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THE OTHER EVENT COMING UP BEFORE WE KNOW IT IS THE 4TH OF JULY, UH, EVENT. I'M TOLD THAT IS ON JULY 4TH. UH, IT'S GONNA BE FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM UH, FIREWORKS, UH, LIVE BAND, UH, CALLED THE EMOTIONS, UH, FOOD TRUCKS, CARNIVAL RIDES, SPIRIT BOOTHS, AND GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UH, THE FIREWORKS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HAVE BEEN A BIG HIT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WE ALL ENJOY GOING OUT THERE AND, UM, TAKING IN THE FESTIVITIES. UH, MAYOR WITH THAT, THAT IS MY REPORT TONIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM? OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO MAYOR IN COUNCIL COMMENTS, AND I'M GONNA DIRECT THAT TO MR. SEGLEY. SO FIRST OFF, ON THE BIKE WAY, UM, NOT ANY PROGRESS OR SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TO REPORT. WE ARE SETTING [00:45:01] UP A MEETING WITH CENTERPOINT IN JUNE, UM, WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM TO TRY TO GET US OFF DEAD CENTER WITH THE, UM, TECHNICAL FOLKS. AND THEN I'VE HAD NICK COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF STAFFORD TO FIND OUT IF THEY'RE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH THEIR PIECE OR NOT. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'VE STAFFORD'S BEEN HAVING SOME FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, SO THEY MAY DECIDE NOT TO DO THEIR TRAIL PIECE AT THE MOMENT. UM, GOING ON TO DORRANCE, THEY HAD A FINAL INSPECTION THIS WEEK. MM-HMM . UM, NICK, YOU'VE GOT UPDATE ON THAT. YES. UH, TODAY WE DID OUR, UH, SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WALKTHROUGH. UM, STAFF WAS THERE, ENGINEER WAS THERE, CONTRACTOR WAS THERE. IT WAS A FAIRLY CLEAN WALKTHROUGH. THERE WERE JUST A FEW SMALL PUNCH LIST ITEMS, UH, DEAD GRASS, SOME GRADING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, UM, SOME CLEANUP WORK AROUND INLETS, THAT KIND OF THING. UM, AND SO, UM, WE SHOULD SEE THAT FULLY COMPLETE HERE, UH, FAIRLY SOON. UH, WE ALSO DID THE A DA INSPECTION, UM, THIS MORNING AT 11:00 AM THAT WENT VERY WELL. AND WE WILL BE GETTING, UH, AN APPROVAL, UH, ON THE A DA INSPECTION. SO ALL IN ALL, WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH PHASE TWO ENDURANCE. UM, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KICKING OFF PHASE THREE, WHICH I KNOW WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. UH, BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT WENT FAIRLY SMOOTHLY AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE CONTRACTOR FOR WORKING WITH US ON THE, UH, THE PROJECT. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE THINGS? OKAY, WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. UH, COUNSEL, I'M GOING TO BE MOVING AN AGENDA ITEM UP TO THE TOP. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA START WITH NUMBER ONE. WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH NUMBER SIX, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25, 22, APPOINTING KIM PARKS AND ATTORNEY LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE. AND I'M GONNA HAVE NICK EXPLAIN. WE HAVE KIM PARKS THIS EVENING. YES. MS. PARKS IS HERE. IF YOU WANNA, UH, IF YOU WANNA HEAD TO THE PODIUM, WE'VE GOT A MICROPHONE THERE FOR YOU. UH, WE DID THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING MS. PARKS THE SAME WAY WE DID WITH RYAN FREEMAN, OUR, UH, PROSECUTOR. AND SO, UH, WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MS. PARKS. UH, SHE WILL FILL IN AS NEEDED, UH, AS OUR MUNICIPAL COURT PROSECUTOR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH HER THE OTHER DAY. IT WAS VERY AWKWARD FOR ME 'CAUSE I WAS THE ONLY NON-ATTORNEY IN THE ROOM. UM, YOU'RE THE ONLY SMART ONE . NO, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. BUT THE JUDGE WAS THERE FOR A BIT JUST TO SAY HI AS WELL AS OUR PROSECUTOR. SO IT WAS FOUR ATTORNEYS AND ME. IT WAS VERY INTIMIDATING . UM, SO, UH, MS. PARKS, IF YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF. SURE. MY NAME IS KIM PARKS. UM, I HAVE BEEN AN ATTORNEY FOR ABOUT 32 YEARS. I STARTED OFF AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN HARRIS COUNTY, AND THEN 10 YEARS LATER LEFT AND WENT INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE. SO I'VE BEEN IN PRIVATE PRACTICE ABOUT 22 YEARS. MM-HMM . UM, I CURRENTLY SERVE AS ALSO IN ADDITION TO MY PRIVATE PRACTICE, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY CRIMINAL, UH, DEFENSE. I ALSO AM THE CITY PROSECUTOR FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHSIDE PLACE WHERE I'VE BEEN SINCE I LEFT THE DA'S OFFICE. SO AGAIN, 22 YEARS THERE. AND THEN ALSO WORK AS AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, UH, PROSECUTOR FOR THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY. I ALSO DO SOME CONTRACT WORK FOR THE POLICE OFFICER, HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS UNION. SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT PREDOMINANTLY THAT'S WHAT I DO. EXCELLENT. WELL, WELCOME. THANK YOU. DO YOU, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS. NICE TO MEET YOU. THANKS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. DO WE NEED A YES, WE NEED A MOTION. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING BACK UP TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 19. ELECTING A MAYOR PRO TIM. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE IS THAT WE ROTATE THIS POSITION. SO RICK HAS SENT IT FOR THIS LAST YEAR. AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ALDERMAN NUMBER FOUR. AND KURT, YOU'RE UP. ARE YOU GOOD? PERFECT. EXCELLENT. OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO GO AHEAD AND ELECT MAKE A MOTION. OH, DID YOU BEAT ME? CAN WE GIVE IT TO EMILY? EMILY MADE THE MOTION. DAVID SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVORS SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ONTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATE. CONGRATULATIONS. HAPPY TO HAVE YOU FOR A YEAR. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING RATIFYING THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE AND LETTER SUBMITTED TO TEEM FOR HAZARDOUS MITIGATION GRANTS FOR THE NEW CITY GENERATORS AND DRAINAGE OUTFALLS. UM, IN ORDER TO MEET STATE DEADLINES, I NEED TO SIGN LETTERS. COMMITTING THE CITY TO 25% MATCHES FOR THE TE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANTS TO THE CITY. THE CITY IS ATTEMPTING TO SECURE. [00:50:01] MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 17 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE 2026 MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY GRANT PROGRAM. I HAVE A MOTION, I HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 20 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. INCREASING LINE ITEM 1 0 0 4 9 5 0 1 4 GRANT REVENUE, POLICE EQUIPMENT, AND THE AMOUNT OF $39,896 AWARDED FROM THE 2025 MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY GRANT PROGRAM GRANT NUMBER 2 2 4 2 5 0 7 9 1 3 0 0 4. FLOCK CAMERAS. I HAVE A MOTION, I HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION AND CON THAT MOVES US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 21 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. INCREASING LINE ITEM 1 0 0 0 5 0 5 4 2 6 0 0 0 GRANT FUNDED POLICE EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,896 AWARDED FROM THE 2025 MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY GRANT PROGRAM GRANT NUMBER 2 2 4 2 5 0 7 9 1 3 0 0 4. FLOCK CAMERAS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU. EMILY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? KURT SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT MOVES US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING PURCHASING AGENDA, QUICK SOFTWARE, DESTINY SOFTWARE INCORPORATED FOR SEARCHABLE MEETING MINUTES COMPONENT. CHANDRA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT? YES. UM, I HAVE REACHED OUT AND ASKED FOR A QUOTE. THEY DID. OH. YEP. THERE YOU GO. THOUGHT I HAD IT CLOSE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YOU CAN'T HEAR ME. WHAT ABOUT NOW? RIGHT THERE. OKAY, YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW. ALRIGHT, THANKS. SO I DID REACH OUT TO THE COMPANY, ASKED FOR A QUOTE. THEY DID REACH BACK. THE QUOTE IS NOT READY YET. THEY ASKED IF THEY WOULD GIVE ME A DEMO. SO I WILL BE SETTING UP A DEMO WITH THEM WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, AND THEN I WILL BRING IT BACK. UM, THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO TYPE CERTAIN KEYWORDS IN, UM, FOR, TO LOOK FOR MINUTES, EVEN IF I THINK ALDERMAN. AND SO IT'LL BRING UP EVERYTHING REGARDING THAT OR EITHER REGARDING WATER. UM, IT'LL LIST EVERYTHING SO IT IT'S MORE SIMPLER VERSUS GOING THROUGH EVERY AGENDA EVERY MINUTE AND SO FORTH. SO, WELL THIS, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK. WELL, WE HAVE, WELL, WILL WE ABLE TO PUT OLD ITEMS, PREVIOUS AGENDAS IN THERE? WILL THIS GO HISTORIC OR IS THIS JUST GOING FORWARD? I WILL HAVE TO REACH OUT ONE. I WILL ASK THAT QUESTION. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY IT'S FOR ALL THE MINUTES FOR THE EVERYTHING WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT OKAY. TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS FOR EVERYTHING HISTORICAL. YES, IT, WELL, I'M, I'M SURE THAT'LL BE TWO PRICE POINTS. ONE, IF WE DO IT GOING FORWARD, ONE IF WE WANT TO PULL IN THE HISTORICAL STUFF. AND THEN THE QUESTION IS, HOW FAR BACK DO YOU WANT TO GO? UM, WHAT I'M THINKING IS WE MIGHT NOT BITE OFF EVERYTHING IN ONE YEAR. MAYBE WE DO TWO OR THREE YEARS AT A TIME, BUT I KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THOSE PREVIOUS MINUTES AND PULL UP INFORMATION. MM-HMM . I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL. IS THIS, WE A SUBSCRIPTION THAT WE CAN ONLY LOOK BACK ON AS LONG AS WE'RE PAYING AND THEN IF WE DECIDE TO STOP PAYING, WE LOSE ACCESS. OKAY. SO WE ARE SIGNING UP. THAT IS CORRECT FOR THIS FOREVER. FOREVER, OKAY. A LOT OF TIMES, EVEN IF YOU WANNA CHANGE VENDORS, YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO PORT THAT INFORMATION OUT AND THEN PULL IT INTO THE NEW VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE. UM, THAT'S USUALLY WHAT WE DO AT THE COUNTY. WOULD WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO, [00:55:01] UH, JESS'S MEMORY FOR ALL THE PAST ? ? THAT'S JUST A PHONE CALL TO YOU. THAT'S A PHONE CALL. SO I'LL MOVE WE TABLE THIS TILL WE HAVE THE INFORMATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS WAS JUST A DISCUSSION, SO I DON'T NEED A MOTION. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING DATES FOR THE 20 25 20 26 BUDGET WORKSHOP. NICK, IT'S THE SEASON. YEAH. LA LA LA LA. UM, SO DO WANT YOU ALL TO CRACK OPEN YOUR, UH, CALENDARS. LAST YEAR WE DID OUR BUDGET KICKOFF MEETING, UH, IN JUNE. AND SO, AND IN THE MAY MEETING WE HAD THE EXACT SAME ITEM WE DISCUSSED WHEN WE WERE GONNA MEET IN JUNE TO DO OUR BUDGET KICKOFF. SO WANTED TO ASK YOU ALL IF THERE WERE DATES THAT MIGHT WORK FOR YOU TO DO A, UH, A KICKOFF. A LOT OF TIMES WE LIKE TO HAVE THIS MEETING, UM, PERHAPS IN THE EOC WHERE WE HAVE THE BIG WALL, WE CAN PROJECT THE SCREEN, THAT KIND OF THING. MM-HMM . I KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN WHERE WE, WHERE WE DO IT. SO, UM, DID YOU HAVE A WEEK THAT YOU HAD IN MIND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT? REALLY DON'T. OKAY. UM, JUST NOT THE 24TH. UM, I WAS JUST GONNA THROW OUT TUESDAYS. OKAY. TUESDAYS ARE GOOD. TUESDAYS ARE GOOD. WE DO A SATURDAY MORNING. FINE. WE COULD DO SATURDAY. JUST NOT THE, UH, SO WE USED TO 14TH, WE USED TO DO SATURDAYS ALL THE TIME, BUT AS WE GOT YOUNGER PARENTS INVOLVED THAT HAD KIDS STILL WITH ACTIVITIES, WE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT. I'M TIRED. I ALWAYS PREFERRED SATURDAY AT 8:00 AM SO WE GOT BREAKFAST TACOS, . ACTUALLY I'LL BRING, CAN'T I'LL BRING BREAKFAST TACOS ON TUESDAY, SEVEN 14 OR THE 21ST. I'M OUT OF TOWN, SO THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK FOR ME. UM, TUESDAY EVENINGS, SATURDAYS ARE FINE FOR ME MOST TIME. MM-HMM . TUESDAY THE 10TH. HOW DOES THAT LOOK? IS THAT ENOUGH TIME FOR STAFF? UH, I WISH ANNA MARIE WAS HERE. I COULD LOOK AT HER AND SHE COULD. RIGHT. I KNOW THAT ANNA, SHE COULD SCOUR. ANNA MARIA HAD ASKED TO DO IT LATER IN THE MONTH OF JUNE THE LAST TIME WE CHATTED. YEAH. SO THE 17TH. I'M, I'M NOT AVAILABLE THAT WEEK AT ALL. OKAY. WE COULD, I COULD DO THE 2020 THIRD. 24TH. 24TH COUNCIL MEETING. SO SOME 17TH, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE NOT AVAILABLE? YEAH, DAVID'S NOT AVAILABLE. OKAY. YEAH. IF WE COULD STAY AWAY FROM THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JUNE, MIGHT GIVE ANNA MARIA SOME GOOD TIME. MM-HMM . 10TH OR 14TH. WE COULD DO THE 17TH OR THE 18TH ACTUALLY. UM, THE 28TH. BUT EITHER ONE OF THOSE ARE GOOD. WELL, DAVE'S OUT THE 17TH. 17TH. OH YEAH. WHEN DO YOU GET BACK DAVID? UH, I'LL PROBABLY BE BACK BY THE, PROBABLY BY THE 20TH. 19TH OR 20TH. OKAY. AND YOU SAID YOU WERE OUT ON THE 21ST TIA. OKAY. THE 21ST. YEAH. UH, WE'LL BE ON A CRUISE. WE'RE ON VACATION LAST YEAR. WE DID IT ON THE 19TH, BUT THAT IS A HOLIDAY. THAT IS OUR HOLIDAY. YES. CAN WE DO THE 28TH SATURDAY? IT IS A SATURDAY. SATURDAY MORNING. I THINK IT'S 28TH WORKS THE DAY AFTER MEET OF CHAMPS OR WHAT? LET'S DO IT. NO, IT'S, YEAH, SATURDAY MORNING 28TH. IT'S MEET OF CHAMPS IS ON THE 26TH. YEAH, THE WORKS. THE 28TH. TA YES. 28TH. MM-HMM . EMILY, RICK, NICK. SURE. THE MORNING OF 28TH. YES. OKAY. 28TH. GREAT. 28TH. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL PLAN FOR THE MORNING OF THE 28TH. WHAT TIME? I ALWAYS PUSH FOR EIGHT. EVERYBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO NINE. NINE NINE IS EIGHT 30. LET'S DO NINE. LET'S DO 9, 8 30. . LET'S, LET'S DO NINE . WHO'S BRINGING BREAKFAST TACOS? I'M PRETTY, I'M PRETTY HANGRY BY NINE. AT EIGHT, NOT NINE. SO A SHORTER MEETING. YEAH. ON THE 28TH. 9:00 AM ON THE 28TH. WE, I'M, I'M NOT MARRIED TO NINE. WE CAN DO EIGHT O'CLOCK IF YOU'D RATHER . OKAY. SO IT'S SUMMER FOR ME SO I DON'T, SO JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, UH, AT THAT MEETING WE WILL, ANNA MARIA WILL GIVE YOU SOME GOOD SNAPSHOTS. THEN WE'LL ASK COUNCIL SOME QUESTIONS, SOME VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT WILL GIVE US AS A STAFF SOME REALLY GOOD, UH, PARAMETERS TO KNOW WHAT TO BRING BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO FOOD FOR THOUGHT. DO YOU THINK WE'LL HAVE WHAT OUR NO NEW REVENUE AND WHATNOT RATES BY THEN? NOT YET. WE USUALLY GET THOSE IN JULY. OKAY. YEAH, TYPICALLY. YEAH. WE'D LOVE TO. BUT DO I NEED A MOTION OR IS THIS JUST DISCUSSION? JUST DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. OKAY. YEAH. YEP. WE SET THE DATE. 6 28. OKAY. 9:00 AM CHARLIE'S TACOS, . EVERYBODY GET YOUR ORDERS IN? YEP. EXCELLENT. ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT AGENDA SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN I'M ADJOURNING THIS MEETING [01:00:02] WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS. THE COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED. WOW. . OKAY NOW WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS TONIGHT. UH, WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM IS PRESENT. SO I HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL. DO I HAVE A QUORUM OF EDC? LOOKS LIKE IT. YES I DO. 1, 2, 3, 4. I AM. I THINK YOU'RE GOOD. YEAH. EXCELLENT. AND THEN NOW WE'RE GOING TO RECESS INTO A SPECIAL MEETING. UM, RECESS. A SPECIAL SESSION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 2. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY ON LEGAL MATTERS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO LITIGATION AND GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.0872 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. I DUNNO. SO THAT MEANS EVERYBODY WHO'S NOT ED, C OR COUNCIL, OH NO, THEY'RE GONNA KICK THEM OUT. ENJOY YOUR EVENINGS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.