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[Call to Order]
EVERYONE.TODAY IS MONDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 9:43 AM AND I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
TODAY, WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION BY RABBI ANDREW PALEY OF TEMPLE SHALOM.
UM, RABBI PALEY ALSO SERVES AS A CHAPLAIN WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM TO PROVIDE OUR INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG, THE TEXAS FLAG.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, BRAND NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, FRIENDS, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU AND TO BRING WORDS OF BLESSING TO BEGIN ANOTHER DAY OF SERVICE TO OUR GREAT CITY.
IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT HONOR FOR ME.
I'M HUMBLED TO BE HERE, UH, BEFORE YOU TODAY.
HOLY ONE, A BLESSING GOD OF MANY NAMES, GOD OF ALL PEOPLES, OF ALL NATIONS.
ON THIS DAY OF FREEDOM, WE CELEBRATE TRIUMPHANTLY WITH ALL PEOPLE OF GOODWILL THAT MIGHT WALK ARM AND ARM TOWARDS JUSTICE FOR ALL.
BREATHE INTO US YOUR ETERNAL BREATH THAT WE MAY NEVER TIRE OF ENSURING A FLOURISHING LIFE FOR OUR PEOPLE, BUT MOST ESPECIALLY THOSE BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHOSE GROWTH HAS BEEN STIFLED BY THE TRAUMA OF BEING ENSLAVED, WHO GOD WE KNOW AND HAVE SEEN.
AND BECAUSE OF IT, WE CLINGING TO THE HOPE THAT UNITY AND LIBERATION FOR ALL ARE WITHIN OUR GRASP.
CONTINUE TO SHOW US YOUR GOODNESS THAT WE MAY HAVE THE STRENGTH TO ADVANCE YOUR KINGDOM WITH HUMILITY AND WITH GRACE.
ON THIS SPECIAL DAY, WE ASK YOU, OH GOD, TO BE WITH OUR MAYOR AND HIS STAFF AND OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR STAFFS AND ALL THOSE ALONG WITH THEM WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY.
SO THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE THE COURAGE AND THE CONVICTION TO LISTEN, TO CONSIDER, TO THINK CAREFULLY AND TO ACT WITH COMPASSION AND CONVICTION.
REMIND THEM THAT NO MATTER WHERE IN OUR CITY WE MAY LIVE, EVERYONE IS OUR NEIGHBOR, EVERYONE, OUR SIBLING, AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO RESPECT AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, THE POOR, THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY, THOSE WHO HAVE NO HOMES, THOSE WHO ARE ILL OF BODY AND MIND OR SPIRIT.
THE STRANGERS AND IMMIGRANTS IN OUR MIDST.
THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE MARGINS, THOSE WHO ARE ALONE, THOSE WHO ARE FORGOTTEN, MAY THEY PUT ASIDE ENMITY AND ENVY, BECOMING EXAMPLES OF WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO COOPERATE AND COLLABORATE FOR THE COMMON GOOD FOR OUR CITY AND INDEED OUR ENTIRE NATION.
MAY THEY ALWAYS BE GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY, BY THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE, AND BY THE SPIRIT OF LOVE.
MAY THEY BE REMINDED OF THE, OF THE ULTIMATE TEACHING THAT YOU CAN PRETEND TO CARE, BUT YOU CANNOT PRETEND TO SHOW UP.
MAY THEY SHOW UP TODAY WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THEIR HEARTS AND THE WILL TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
THIS WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT WE HOLD, SACRED AND HOLY.
NOW, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
I 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, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
YOU MAY BE SEATED, HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS
[Additional Item]
THIS MORNING.UM, FIRST YOU MAY NOTICE THE, THE FLAG THERE.
WE HAVE PROCLAIMED, UH, TODAY AS JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
JUNETEENTH, ALSO KNOWN AS EMANCIPATION DAY, OR FREEDOM DAY IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY IN TEXAS AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
AND IT MARKS THE DAY IN 1865 WHEN FEDERAL TROOPS LANDED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS TO ENSURE THAT ALL ENSLAVED PEOPLE KNEW THAT THEY HAD BEEN FREED.
JUNETEENTH IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE IS STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE AND FAIR SOCIETY UNDER THE LAW.
AND WITH THAT, ACTUALLY I WANNA MAKE ONE MORE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE HONORS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL GUESTS.
UM, WE HAD, WELL WE HAD TWO BEFORE I SAW ONE LEFT.
WE HAVE FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM MCGOO AND HIS WIFE.
AND, AND WE HAD FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CASEY THOMAS IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND OF COURSE, I WANNA SAY WELCOME TO OUR NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN GRACIE
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AND A COUNCILWOMAN STEWART.WELCOME TO THE HORSESHOE AND THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
AND WITH THAT WE HAVE SOME IMPORTANT BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF.
AND THEN WE'LL LET EVERYBODY GO.
SO, MADAM SECRETARY, IT'S YOUR SHOW.
THIS MORNING YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA.
[1 . Election of Officers to the City Council • Mayor Pro Tem • Deputy Mayor Pro Tem]
YOUR ELECTION OF OFFICERS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MAYOR PROTI AND DEPUTY MAYOR TIM, BEFORE WE GET TO THE ELECTION, LET ME GIVE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION OR HOW WE GOT TO THIS, TO THE BALLOTING PROCESS.ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH, 2023, THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL, YOU GUYS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS FOR MAYOR PROTI AND DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI WILL BE CONDUCTED BY BALLOT.
THAT WAS THEREFORE NO SINGLE NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR PROTI AND DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI REQUIRING A MOTION AND SECOND CAN BE MADE ON THE FLOOR.
THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS PRESENTING THE FOLLOWING VALID PROCESS, AND I SENT THIS OUT ON FRIDAY, BUT ALL 14 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
AND THIS APPLIES TO BOTH THE, THE NOMINATION BALLOT AND ELECTION BALLOT FOR BOTH THE MAYOR PROTI AND DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI OFFICES.
BUT ALL 14 MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CAN BE NOMINATED AT THE SAME TIME, A COUNCIL MEMBER CAN OPT OUT ON BEING LISTED ON THE NOMINATION LIST.
A COUNCIL MEMBER CAN ONLY NOMINATE ONE NOMINEE AND THAT CAN BE, UM, YOURSELF, HIMSELF, OR HERSELF.
THE TOP TWO NOMINEES RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NOMINATIONS WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE FINAL ELECTION BALLOT.
OR IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE NOMINEES, IF THERE IS A TIE ON THE TOP TWO HIGHEST NOMINATIONS, THEN THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL MOVE FORWARD.
THE NOMINEE ON THE FINAL ELECTION BALLOT MUST RECEIVE EIGHT VOTES TO BE DULY ELECTED TO THAT POSITION.
YOUR NOMINATIONS THAT WILL BE MADE TODAY AND YOUR ELECTIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED ELECTRONICALLY AND THOSE RESULTS WILL BE DISPLAYED IN REAL TIME.
MY STAFF SHOULD HAVE GIVEN EACH ONE OF YOU A QR CODE AND SHOULD HAVE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS ON SCANNING THAT QR CODE.
IF YOU COULD DO THIS NOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T, AND, UM, ENTERING YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME.
AND THAT IS TO IDENTIFY WHO'S VOTING.
WHEN YOU'VE DONE THAT, IT WILL GIVE YOU A WAIT SCREEN, A WAITING SCREEN.
I'M GONNA ASK NOW SO YOU CAN SEE THE BALLOT AND I'M NOT ASKING TO VOTE, UM, BUT POPULATE THE BALLOT TO MY STAFF FOR YOU TO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND ACTIVATE THE BALLOT AND THE BALLOT SHOULD BE DISPLAYED.
OKAY? IT SHOULD BE DISPLAYED ON YOUR PHONE.
OKAY? NOW IT SHOULD BE DISPLAYED FOR THE PUBLIC.
I I'M ASKING YOU NOT NOT TO VOTE, DO NOT SELECT ANYTHING AT THIS TIME.
I WANNA EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING, SO WE'RE GONNA CLEAR THAT.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ARE ALL FOUR TEAM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THAT'S WHAT I, WHAT I JUST RECENTLY READ.
ALL ALL MEMBERS LISTED HERE ARE CONSIDERED NOMINEES UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE REMOVED.
ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE NOMINATION BALLOT? I'D LIKE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT, PLEASE.
WE WILL REMOVE KAREN MENDELSOHN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS I'D LIKE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT, PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER OMAR VALEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL RIDLEY WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
I'D LIKE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT.
COUNCIL MEMBER BA DUO WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT.
COUNCIL MEMBER JESSE MORENO WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
I'D LIKE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT.
COUNCIL MEMBER AARON GRACIE WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER JESSE MORENO WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
SO I'LL, I'LL RESTATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
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JANELLE WILLIS WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.COUNCIL MEMBER JA MAYEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
SO NOW I WILL ANNOUNCE YOUR MAYOR PROTI NOMINATION BALLOT.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE NOMINATION BALLOT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'D LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD WEST WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD REFRESH YOUR SCREEN ON YOUR DEVICE, IT WILL POPULATE YOUR NOMINATION BALLOT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO STATE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THE MAYOR PROTI NOMINATION BALLOT NOMINEES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A SELECTION THAT STATED NONE IN CASE DURING VOTING.
YOU CHOOSE NOT TO VOTE FOR ANY OF THE NOMINEES THERE.
MR. MAYOR, THIS IS YOUR BALLOT.
SO CAN WE COMMENCE VOTING NOW? IS THERE ANY, OR I SHOULD SAY THIS, IS THERE ANY WE, WE SHOULD HAVE I GUESS THE FLOOR OPEN IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK.
UM, SO, UH, PLEASE UP, LET ME GET MY, I'LL SPEND A PLAN COMMISSION MEETING IN HERE.
WHO IS THAT? I THINK IT'S DANIE.
UM, SO JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE WHO'S NEW AND I KNOW I MISSED LAST YEAR, COULD WE JUST HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST VERY QUICKLY REVIEW THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MAYOR PROAM? OKAY.
SO WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING THAT UP, UM, CAUSE I THINK THAT'S FAIR.
UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I WAS TOLD THAT WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, UM, IN TERMS OF NOMINEES OR SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF FOLKS IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.
AND THEN, UM, WE WILL VOTE ACCORDING TO THIS, UH, PROCEDURE, THE CITY SECRETARY'S LAID OUT.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTS ONE OF ITS MEMBERS AS MAYOR PROAM, WHO SHALL PERFORM THE SPECIFIC, A SPECIFIC DUTY OF THE MAYOR IF THE MAYOR IS UNABLE TO DISCHARGE THAT SPECIFIC DUTY AND WHO SHALL DURING THAT TIME BE VESTED WITH ALL THE POWERS BELONGING TO THE MAYOR TO PERFORM THAT SPECIFIC DUTY.
SO AT THIS POINT I'M JUST HERE TO, UH, SORT OF ADMINISTER, THERE'S NO REAL DEBATE RULES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN PLACE, BUT WE'LL TRY TO KEEP OUR COMMENTS LIMITED.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE DISCUSSION.
SO I'M WONDERING IF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT WHY THEY THINK THEY SHOULD? WELL, THEY, THEY HAVE THAT OPTION RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M BASICALLY TRYING TO SAY.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK, THEY CAN ON BEHALF OF A NOMINEE OR THEMSELVES OR ANYBODY ELSE.
THIS IS JUST OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, CHAIRWOMAN BLACKMAN, UM, TECHNIC BE THREE MINUTES.
UM, SO COLLEAGUES, YES, I THREW MY NAME IN AT THE LAST MINUTE.
UH, BECAUSE OF, I FEEL THAT THIS LEADER, THIS POSITION IS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE MOVING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
AND I HAVE SERVED ON THE BODY FOR FOUR YEARS.
I HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH EACH OF YOU WHO'VE COME INTO MY OFFICE ASKING FOR HELP.
AND, UH, IN, IN ADDITION, I HELPED TWO MAYORS GET READY.
SO FOR FOUR YEARS I HAVE BEEN SITTING AROUND THIS HORSESHOE WORKING, UH, TO GET THINGS DONE FOR OUR CITY.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A TEAM HERE AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER.
AND, UM, I DON'T WANNA HAVE ANY WHAT IFS ON MY CONSCIENCE.
I DIDN'T DO IT THE LAST TWO TIMES.
AND SO I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO DO THIS NOW.
AND I KNOW DISCUSSIONS HAPPENED A LOT OVER THE WEEKEND AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY CALLING ME BACK AND GIVING ME THEIR THOUGHTS.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, I AM FIT FOR THIS ROLE AND I WOULD APPRECIATE EACH OF YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU YOU GUYS FOR FIVE MINUTES.
AND THANK REALLY ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TODAY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT I AM HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR OF BEING, UH, IN A POSITION OF SERVING AS MAYOR PRO TEM.
AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY, UH, ENJOYED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS CITY.
I KNOW I'M GONNA KEEP REPEATING THE STATEMENT OVER AND OVER BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE GOT CONFUSED.
I ARRIVED IN A, IN DURING THE TIME PERIOD WHEN THE SERVICE WAS TWO YEARS.
AND THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE ERA, THAT IS THE ERA OF WHICH I WAS
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BIRTHED.AND IT ALLOWS AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, WHO WAS REALLY COMMITTED TO SERVICE AND NOT POPULARITY, SO TO SPEAK, TO ACTUALLY GET IN AND TO, UH, ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY TOO, IN ADDITION OF CARRYING THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO THE CITY.
AND SO, UH, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, MAYOR JOHNSON, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, AND YOUR ABSENCE FROM TIME TO TIME TO BE ABLE TO SIT IN THAT SEAT.
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT, UH, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND WHAT THEY WANNA DO.
AND WHEN YOU GET IN THAT SEAT, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME.
BUT I AM SIMPLY DOING AS I KNOW I WAS RAISED TO DO, IF NO ONE IS GONNA STAND UP FOR ME BUT ME.
AND SO WHETHER YOU SUPPORT ME TODAY OR NOT, WHAT I DO WANT YOU TO ALL HEAR ME CLEARLY ON, AS I'VE SAID IN THE PAST, I WAS ELECTED, FIRST OF ALL TO BE A MEMBER OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.
AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE THAT HONOR.
NO MATTER WHICH OTHER ADDITIONAL TITLE THAT YOU TAKE AROUND THE HORSESHOE, I CARRY ADDITIONAL TITLES AND VERY PROUD OF THEM.
NOT ONLY AM I A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M A MOTHER, I'M A NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVIST.
YOU KNOW, I'M A VOTER, I'M A TAXPAYER.
I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THOSE ARE ONLY A FEW TITLES, BUT I'M PROUD TO CARRY THEM ALL.
AND SO AS, UH, COMING OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, I KNOW MANY OF YOU TEASE ME ABOUT BEING AN EDUCATOR CUZ IT NEVER LEAVES YOU.
BUT I REMEMBER ONCE WHEN I WAS NOMINATED AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T REALLY NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS, UH, WRITING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO JUSTIFY WHY I SHOULD GET THIS.
BUT ONE, ONE OF THE SENIOR TEACHERS THERE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? A DOG THAT WON'T WAG HIS OWN TAIL IS A PRETTY SA SORRY DOG.
AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT.
AND SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS VOTE TURNS OUT, I AM STILL REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS CITY, STILL CAROLYN, KING ARNOLD, DISTRICT FOUR.
AND OF COURSE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL YOUR VOTES, BUT MANY OF YOU RIGHT NOW TRYING TO GO INTO THAT WHOLE NOTION OF, NOW WE SAID EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE ONE YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO HAVE.
AND SO I'M JUST GONNA REMIND YOU, IT IS ALL ABOUT, UH, THE ABILITY TO SERVE AS A LEADER.
THIS IS NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST, BUT I'VE BEEN IN THOSE AND I KNOW WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S A FEEL GOOD SITUATION, BUT ALL OF YOU HERE AROUND THE HORSESHOE, ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOOD.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THOSE WHO VOTE FOR ME TODAY.
AND IF IT'S ONLY ME, GUESS WHAT? I'M STANDING UP FOR WHO I BELIEVE IN.
NOW, I WANT ALL OF YOU TO HAVE A GOOD DAY TODAY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN WORRIED ALL WEEKEND LONG CALLING EVERYBODY, LOTTY DOTTY, AND EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET VOTES AND ALL THAT WHEN THESE FOLKS AROUND THE HORSESHOE, YOU'VE MADE YOUR DECISIONS, YOU'VE MADE YOUR DEALS.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THE BEST DEAL THAT I CAN MAKE IS WITH THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS.
AND I ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY LOVE IT.
AND I WANT ALL OF Y'ALL TO HAVE A GOOD DAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? UM, AGAIN, THIS IS LIKE, UM, OPEN DISCUSSION.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK CAN, NO, I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE.
UH, KATHY STEWART IS, SHE'S REMOTE, RIGHT? ANYTHING? I DON'T WANNA OVERLOOK HER.
OKAY, I THINK WE'RE READY TO, I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
PLEASE START VOTING AS YOU CAN SEE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TO ALSO ANNOUNCE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WEST IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE, UH, WHEN VOTE TAKEN.
SO THERE, THERE SHOULD BE 14 VOTES.
UM, YOUR TOP TWO NOMINEES ARE ELLE ATKINS RECEIVING NINE VOTES AND PAULA BLACKMAN RECEIVING FOUR.
THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE ELECTION BALLOT.
PLEASE ALLOW US TO POPULATE THE ELECTION BALLOT.
MR. MAYOR, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON THAT? YES.
PLEASE REFRESH YOUR SCREENS AND PLEASE START VOTING.
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YOUR MAYOR PROTI FOR THE 2325 COUNSEL TERM, I'M SORRY, FOR THIS TERM IS TANELLE ATKINS.WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI NOMINATION BALLOT.
AGAIN, WE WILL REMOVE MAYOR PROTI ATKINS FROM THIS BALLOT.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST MY NAME TO BE REMOVED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN IS REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED FROM I, I REQUEST TO BE REMOVED, PLEASE.
YOU CAN ALSO REMOVE ME, PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY STEWART, PLEASE REMOVE COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
COUNCIL MEMBER ACKMAN REQUEST MONROE.
AND YOU CAN REMOVE ME FROM THE BALLOT PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BAA PLEASE REMOVE MY NAME FROM THE BALLOT COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO HAS BEEN BOTH HAVE REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS HAS REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE NOMINATION BALLOT FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM.
THERE ARE NO, OH, DID YOU CALL MY NAME? NO.
ARE YOU REQUESTING TO BE REMOVED? YOU KNOW WHAT? I MIGHT AS WELL JUST LEAVE IT ON THERE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO WAKE UP AROUND HERE.
GO AHEAD AND LEAVE MY NAME ON THERE JUST SO WE CAN WAKE UP.
I'LL NOW ANNOUNCE THE NOMINATION BALLOT FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI.
UM, IN THE OTHER BALLOT, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A NONE OPTION.
AND IS THERE NOT A NONE OPTION THIS TIME? YES, WE WILL POPULATE.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE NOMINATION, THE NOMINEES FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI, CHAD WEST, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD AND JANIE SCHULTZ.
WE'LL HAVE THE SAME PROCESS WITH DISCUSSION, RIGHT? I THINK WE SHOULD.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
SO IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS? KATHY STEWART? UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT LEFT OUT.
ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T SEE ANYONE, SO I GUESS WE'RE READY.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, PLEASE START VOTING AGAIN.
COUNCIL MEMBER WEST IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN.
SO, 14 MEMBERS VOTING 1112 VOTED 1214 HAVE VOTED.
THE TOP TWO NOMINEES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN KING ARNOLD.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE ELECTION BALLOT.
YOUR ELECTION BALLOT HAS POPULATED.
FOR A MEMBER TO BE DULY ELECTED, THEY MUST RECEIVE EIGHT VOTES.
SO THIS VOTE WAS IT? SO YOU STARTED TALKING, THAT MEANS THAT VOTE IS CLOSED, I ASSUME, SINCE THAT IS CORRECT.
WE WILL BRING THE ELECTION BALLOT BACK.
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OKAY.UM, GIVE US A CHANCE TO, TO, TO REPOPULATE IT.
AGAIN, NOMINEES MUST RECEIVE THE NOMINEE ELECTED TO DEPUTY MAYOR PROTON MUST RECEIVE EIGHT VOTES TO BE ELECTED.
START VOTING, CONTINUE VOTING.
HAVE VOTED WITH CAROLYN KING ARNOLD RECEIVING A VOTE.
CAROLYN KING ARNOLD HAS BEEN ELECTED DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI FOR THIS COUNCIL TERM.
[2. Seating/Office Selection]
TO YOUR SECOND ITEM IS YOUR SEATING AND OFFICE SELECTION.I MET, I SPOKE WITH, I'M SORRY, OFFICES.
ACTUALLY SENT OUT A DOCUMENT ASKING COUNCIL MEMBERS EARLIER LAST WEEK IF THEY WANTED TO KEEP THEIR OFFICES.
AND THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE LISTED INDICATED THAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP THEIR COUNCIL OFFICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PAULA BLACKMON.
COUNCIL MEMBER WEST COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.
THE REMAINING OFFICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION.
AS STATED, THE SELECTION WILL BE BY SENIORITY, BEGINNING WITH GROUP ONE.
GROUP ONE ARE PLACES SIX AND EIGHT.
WITH AN EARLIER LAST, LATE LAST WEEK, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE IN MULT, MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ONE GROUP DID SELECT THEIR SELECTION ORDER.
SO FOR GROUP ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ WILL BE SELECTING FIRST OFFICE M.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO GROUP TWO, WHICH IS PLACE FOUR.
COUNCIL MEMBER DEPUTY MAYOR PRO.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE IN THIS POSITION AND ALSO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET A NEW OFFICE.
AND I PROUDLY REQUEST AND READY TO, UH, MOVE INTO THE OFFICE.
I BELIEVE, UM, CITY SECRETARY, OFFICE A WAS THE FORMER OFFICE OF, OF COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM MCGOO.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.
I HAVE MR. ADAM MAGOOS OFFICE.
PER THANK YOUS IN OFFICE A GROUP THREE WAS PLACED AS ONE, FIVE AND 12.
BUT THE SELECTION ORDER WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER EZ, SELECTING FIRST.
UM, WE'LL MOVE TO GROUP, ACTUALLY FIVE.
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COUNCIL MEMBER BASIL, OFFICE B.COUNCIL MEMBER BASIL SELECTED OFFICE B GROUP SIX, REPLACES 2, 11, 13, AND 14.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO OFFICE.
AND GROUP NINE, COUNCIL MEMBER.
YOU, I, I BELIEVE YOU'RE MUTED.
UM, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO DO THIS.
IS THERE A G, RIGHT G? YES, THERE IS A G.
OFFICE F THOSE YOUR OFFICES FOR THE 2325 CITY COUNCIL.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR SEATING.
THE ONLY SEATS THAT ARE DESIGNATED ARE YOUR OFFICERS, YOUR MAYOR, MAYOR PROTI, AND DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI.
THE REMAINING SEATS ARE UP FOR SELECTION.
AND AGAIN, THAT WILL BE BY SENIORITY.
GROUP ONE, BEGINNING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ HAS SELECTED SEAT SIX.
COUNCIL MEMBER WEST COUNCIL MEMBER WEST HAS AN APPOINTEE REPRESENTATIVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSSOHN, I'D LIKE TO REMAIN IN SEAT 10.
COUNCILOR MENDELSSOHN, SEAT 10.
I'M SORRY THAT I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH SAYING WHAT'S, WHAT IS THERE IS 12 OPEN? YES IT IS.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOVE TO THEIR NEWLY SELECTED SEATS.
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THE MAIN THING, MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO FURTHER ITEMS FOR THIS AGENDA.SEEING THAT WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE TIME IS NOW 10:18 AM THIS MEETING AT THE DOSSY COUNCIL IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.