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          >> THIS MAY BE CONVENED IN A CLOSE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS CODE TO CONSENT WITH THE RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE HOMESTEAD AT DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIOECONOMIC AGREEMENT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD VIA TELECONFERENCING THE PUBLIC YOU CAN LIVE AT THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND YOU COULD MISS TO THE MEETING LIVE BY DIALING 1-833-568-8864. 
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MEETING ID NUMBER (160)190-9732. THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS CODE 551.071. 
          CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY. TO CONSULT WITH AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY PICK IT IS AT 6:41 P.M. AND WED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR WORK SECTION. JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL STANDPOINT IF YOU LIKE TO ABIDE COMMENT FOR THE MEETING PLEASE SEND THE E-MAILS TO CITIZENS PUT AT ROW LIT BY 3:30 P.M. OF THE DAY THE MEETING PICK THERE WAS NO KELMAN'S TAKEN AND WORK 
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SESSION OR DURING THE MEETING. WE WILL START WITH ITEM THREE A TO HIT A PRESENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. I THINK I WE STARTING WITH YOU JEFF? IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THE 
          CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION? >> I AM THE CHAIR AND I BELIEVE LAURA WILL HAVE A SLIDE PRESENTATION. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR GOOD EVENING HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE CHARTER REVIEW FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          FOR THIS YEAR'S COMING ELECTION. SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS BROWN AND BELL. 
          AS WELL AS OUR CITY'S SECRETARY FOR THE SUPPORT AND GUIDE US THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE COULD NOT HAVE COME AS FAR AS WE HAVE WITHOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT. 
          THE NAMES ON THIS LIVE WERE APPOINTED AS VOLUNTEERS TO THE CITY OF WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS IN THIS CAPACITY. WE HAVE MYSELF, AND THE VICE CHAIR, AND WE HAVE THESE MEMBERS AND ULTIMATE MEMBERS TO THE COMMISSION. THE INFORMATION, ON THIS SLIDE IS CONTAINED INTO AN ICE PACK IT BUT I WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THESE POINTS IN PARTICULAR. THE CHARTER HAS A PARAGRAPH THAT STATES THE COMMISSION SHALL DETERMINE WILL AND HE CONTINUES TO SAY IT WILL FIND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PSEUDO- COUNSEL. WHEN THIS PROCESS BEGAN CITY COUNCIL PRESENTED AN AREA OF FOCUS OF WHICH WERE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED. TONIGHT'S MEETING IS THE FIRST STEP IN SEEKING THE CONSENSUS ON THE OUTCOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD. SO NEXT WE WILL LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE TASKED IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHILE THESE WERE OUR KEY FOCUS AREAS WE ALSO TAKE CARE TO REVIEW THE CHARTER IN ITS ENTIRETY AS A WHOLE. 
          SO THE ITEMS THAT WE LOOKED AT WERE GOVERNANCE AND ZONING AND DISTRICTS. CITY COUNCIL TERM LIMITS. 
          LOCAL ELECTION TIMING. PSEUDO- COUNSEL PAY COMPENSATION AMOUNTS. A POSITION AS A CITY MONITOR. 
          THE CODE OF ETHICS SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          WE ALSO WENT A GENERAL OVERVIEW TO CHECK FOR ERRORS AS WELL WITH WORKING WITH JUDGE LISTON AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT AS WELL. 
          TO TACKLE THESE ITEMS WE ARRANGE THREE COMMITTEES THAT ADDRESS IS A SUBSET OF ITEMS. SO THE FIRST GROUP WE HAD THE GOVERNANCE ZONING AND DISTRICTS AND TERM LIMITS AND ELECTION TIMING. THAT WAS TACKLED BY ERIC DEBORAH AND RICK. NEXT WE HAVE THE PAY 
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COMPENSATION AUDITOR COMMISSION AND ETHICS. 
          THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY MYSELF KELLY AND BRIAN. 
          FINALLY THE SCRIBNER REVIEW CAME FROM RICHARD AND BECKY'S CONTRIBUTIONS. WE WILL MOVE ON AND TALK ABOUT GOVERNANCE ZONING AND DISTRICT'S. 
          I'D LIKE TO DO STRUCTURE THIS MEETING TO HAVE COMMENT FOLLOWING AFTER EACH PROPOSITION OF THE ITEMS WE REVIEW. 
          THAT WILL BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE IN AVOIDING QUESTIONS FROM THE FIRST COUPLE PROPOSITIONS ALL THE WAY TO THE END. 
          WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AS WE GET TO EACH POINT. 
          SO IN LOOKING AT GOVERNMENTS DISTRICTS HOW DIFFERING AREAS OF THE CITIES MIGHT BE REPRESENTATIVE CENTER. 
          CURRENTLY EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IS IS ACCOUNTABLE TO EVERY CITIZEN. 
          WE ARRIVED AT A COUPLE KEY CONCERNS. 
          FIRST BY DEVELOPING ZONES WE WERE CONCERNED WITH POLITICS NEGATIVELY IMPACTING RESIDENTS IN PARTICULAR THIS POTENTIAL FOR A FOR A QUID PRO QUO ATTITUDE. WHERE DEALS MIGHT BE MADE IN THE DISTRICT FOR OTHER FAVOR IN ANOTHER DISTRICT. 
          ADDITIONALLY WE WERE CONCERNED WITH THE LACK OF CANDIDATES OVERALL PICK DURING THE LAST ELECTION CYCLE THERE WERE ONLY FOUR CANDIDATES FOR THE THREE OPEN SEATS THAT WE HAD SO GIVEN THAT LIMITED CANDIDATE AND THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE IN A NUMBER OF LECTURES IN THE HISTORY. GIVEN THEIR LIMITED CANDIDTE POOL CERTAIN DISTRICTS MIGHT GET UNREPRESENTED SO AS A RESULT THE CHARTER RESUME REVIEW COMMISSION IN REGARDS TO GOVERNMENT ZONING. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THAT ITEM 
          BEFORE WE PROCEED? >> I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY SO, WE WILL JUST SPEAK UP IF THAT IS OKAY. 
          SO I THINK YOU ARE, YOUR REASONS ARE VERY STRONG I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH COUNSEL SO MANY TIMES. 
          I JUST AM WORRIED THAT OUR CITIZENS DON'T KNOW WHO WAS REPRESENTING THEM AND DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND THEY DON'T HAVE AS GOOD AS REPUTATION AS THEY COULD POSSIBLY HAVE. WHILE I TOTALLY SUPPORT YOUR RECOMMENDATION FROM A CHARTER STANDPOINT, I REALLY FEEL WE NEED TO FIX THIS ISSUE INTERNALLY. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT IT THERE IS WAYS T TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT GOING TO SPECIFIC ZONES AND I WOULD STILL LIKE TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ABOUT 
          THAT. >> OKAY THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS I CANNOT SEE EVERYONE ON MY SCREEN I CAN'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE WHO APPEARS TO HAVE A COMMENT SO IF IT'S OKAY I'LL TOO 
          THE NEXT ON. >> THANK YOU PICK. 
          >> SO THE NEXT ITEM WE LOOKED AT WERE SITTING TERM LIMITS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. THESE WERE GIVEN SPECIAL CONSIDERATION DURING EACH OF OUR MEETINGS. 
          THE ITEM WE CONSIDERED WAS WHETHER TO CHANGE TERM LIMITS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR AND CONSIDER EXTENDING THEM FROM 23 YEAR TERM LIMITS, 233 YEAR TERM LIMITS. 
          ULTIMATELY WE DECIDED IN FAVOR OF THIS CHANGE WHILE ALSO LI LIVING. SO BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT OUR REASONING FOR THAT CHANGE LET'S LOOK AT HOW THE CHARTER WAS CURRENTLY WRITTEN. THE EXISTING PARAGRAPH OR TERM LIMITS AS THE INDIVIDUAL CANNOT SERVE TWO CONSECUTIVE THREE-YEAR TERMS AS MAYOR. AN INDIVIDUAL CANNOT SAVE MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE THREE-YEAR TERMS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          LET'S GO ONTO THE NEXT LAW THAT TALKS ABOUT OUR REASONING BECAUSE WHAT THE CHARTER DOES NOT IDENTIFY IS THE MAXIMUM YEARS OF SERVICE SOMEONE CAN PROVIDE. 
          IN EFFECT AN INDIVIDUAL COULD SERVE IF THERE WERE ELECTED IN ALTERNATING CAPACITIES AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER CONTINUED TO SERVE AS LONG AS THEY ARE ABLE TO BE REPEATEDLY ELECTED. 
          THERE IS NO CAP ON THE AMOUNT HE HAS THE STOMACH AND SERVE CONCURRENTLY. IN EFFECT THERE IS NO TERM LIMIT RIGHT NOW. ASIDE FROM THE CONSECUTIVE STIPULATION. ULTIMATELY THEY FELT THIS POLITICAL DYNASTY IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO AVOID. 
          CONVERSELY THE COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE CURRENT LIMIT OF TWO-3 YEAR TERMS PUTS A LIMIT TATIAN ON THE COUNCILMEMBER. 
          FIRST OF ALL THE LEARNING CURVE OF A FRESHMAN COUNCILMEMBER IS REALLY 2-3 YEARS OF SERVICE. THERE ARE COMMITTEES AND TASK OFFICES WHERE COUNCILMEMBER CAN SERVE. 
          GIVEN THAT A COUNCILMEMBER IS REQUIRED TO CONTINUE LEARNING AND GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE FIRST TERM NO MATTER WHAT. 
          FOLLOWING THAT TERM, THEY ARE ONLY REALLY LEFT WITH THREE YEARS BEFORE THEY ARE THERE ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THAT MAN FOR THE MAYORAL POSITION. SECONDLY THE ADDITIONAL YEARS OF 
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EXPERIENCE ALSO BETTER PREPARES SOMEBODY TO SERVE AS MAYOR AND THAT IS A KEY POINT AS WELL. HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL TERM, DOES GIVE SOMEONE BETTER PREPARATION TO STEP INTO THAT WOULD ROLL IF THERE WERE TO CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE. 
          3RD  AND FINALLY, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY REPRESENTATION UPON THE REGIONAL BOARDS. MANY OF THESE BOARDS HAVE BEEN A PLACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT CONSTRICTIVE TERM LIMITS WERE LIMITING OURSELVES AS BEING EFFECTIVE AS A CITY AS WHAT WE DO ON THESE BOARDS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE IN ESSENCE TO CHANGES TO THE CHARTER. 
          THE FIRST CHANGE IS AN EXTENSION AND THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE TERMS A PERSON CAN SERVE UP TO 3-3 YEAR TERMS, AND LIMITING THE OVER ALL SERVICE FOR MARY AT NINE IN COUNCILMAN NINE YEARS FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 18 YEARS OF SERVICE. 
          RECOGNIZING THE TERM LIMITS ARE A VALUABLE TOOL TO ENCOURAGE FRESH IDEAS AND INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP. 
          THE COMMISSION ALSO WANTS TO REMIND MEMBER RESIDENTS EACH COUNCILMEMBER IS UP FOR ELECTION EACH THREE YEARS. 
          THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT ANY COUNCILMEMBER WAS SERVE MORE THAN THREE YEARS NOR DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE ELECTION CYCLE. IS THE OPINION OF THE COMMISSION THIS CHANGE OFFERS BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. 
          EDITION OF A LIFETIME CAP OF SERVICE WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS A TERM LIMIT, AND TO BE BATTERY REPRESENTED ON THE REGIONAL AND STATE LEVEL. SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE WILL LOOK AT THE PREPOSITION AS WE HAVE WRITTEN. 
          AND I WILL GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK AT THIS IT IS LITTLE BIT WORDY PICK THEIR VERBIAGE WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE CITY OF TURMAN ATTORNEY. -- THE VERBIAGE WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          SO ONCE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS WE ARE OPEN TO DEFINITELY TAKEN ANY OF THE QESTIONS. 
          >> JUST A QUESTION I REALLY LIKE THE ADDITION OF THE ADDITIONAL YEAR OR ADDITIONAL TERM OF THREE YEARS. 
          IT DOES TAKE A WHILE TO GET YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND WHEN YOU LOOK AT REGIONAL BOARDS AND LOOK AT SENIORITY AND LOOK AT HOW LONG YOU SERVE. I THINK THAT EXTRA TIME IS REALLY HELPFUL. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE HARD CAP, WHETHER IT'S THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS OR WHETHER YOU GET ONE TERM, AND THEN WAITED SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN ANOTHER TERM. THAT STRIKES ME A LITTLE BIT HARD. YOU COULD TAKE A YOUNG COUNCILMEMBER LIKE BLAKE AND HE MAY SERVE TWO TERMS AND SAY HE HAD ONE MORE SEASON AND WANTED TO RUN IN HIS 40S HE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO SERVE ONE MORE TERM. 
          CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE THOUGHT PROCESS THEY ARE? 
          >> SO I THINK OUR THINKING WAS, REALLY TWO PREVENTS POLITICAL DYNASTIES. IN THEORY AS THE CHARTER IS WRITTEN IF BLAKE WERE TO DO T THAT, HE COULD SERVE SIX, EIGHT, 12 WHATEVER YEARS NOW DEPENDING ON THE CYCLE OF THE ELECTION AND CAN BACK AND SERVED 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE PICK IS THAT WHAT IS BEST FOR ROWLETT? I DON'T KNOW? WE ARE PRESENTED WITH LEADERSHIP AT A FEDERAL LEVEL, THAT SEEMS TO BE TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE AMERICAN CITIZENS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO TERM LIMITS. BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SERVE LIFETIMES AS POLITICIANS. JUSTIN SPEAKING TO CITIZENS AROUND TOWN, I KNOW THAT IS A VERY BIG CONCERN. 
          FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN A LOCAL LEVEL. 
          THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THIS. 
          EXTENDING THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE TERMS, TO MOST PEOPLE IS PERCEIVED AS YOU WERE JUST GIVING THEM LONGER-TERM IGNORANCE -- TERM LIMITS. THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSITION WOULD BE NOT NECESSARY VIEWED IN BAD LIGHT WITHOUT CONSIDERING ADDING TERM LIMITS BY THE SECOND PROVISION OF THIS CHANGE. 
          >> I AGREE ONE 100% WITH YOU WHAT YOU JUST SAID ANGRY WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I THINK AS PEOPLE GO THROUGH SEASONS IN LIFE AND MAKE A CHANGE IN DIFFERENT WAYS TOO. 
          DID YOU HAVE ANY CONVERSATION AS TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS IN BETWEEN WHEN YOUR TURN TO BE. SO LET'S SAY YOU SERVE THREE TERMS AND THEN YOU CAN WAIT, THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME SO NINE 
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YEARS BEFORE YOU COULD THEN RESET SORT OF SPEAK. 
          SO IF THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY, I MAY WANT TO RUN AGAIN WHEN I'M RETIRED. WHEN I HAVE MORE TIME AND I CAN REALLY PUT MORE ENERGY INTO IT AND THIS WOULD SEVERELY LIMIT MY LEADERSHIP ABILITY LATER ON. I AM JUST CURIOUS, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WOULD. WHO KNOWS? 
          I AM JUST CURIOUS IF THATCONVER? >> I THINK THE DISCUSSION SURROUNDING THAT PARTICULAR AREA WAS THAT AS PEOPLE KIND OF GROW IN THEIR CAREER THEY WOULD SEEK A HIGHER OFFICE. 
          I THINK THAT IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. 
          LOOKING TO SERVE AT A HIGHER LEVEL, WHETHER IT IS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, OR SOME OTHER CAPACITY AT A STATE LEVEL. 
          THAT DISCUSSION, WENT AROUND KIND OF GROWING BEYOND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. 
          >> IF I MAKE? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT ALSO WAS WE DO REALIZE IT REQUIRED TO HAVE STATUS ON COMMISSIONS TO ESTABLISH COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE MAYOR'S POSITION AS AN ENTITY. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT, THAT NEW IDEAS ARE ENCOURAGED IF THERE IS AN OCCASIONAL CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP OR CHANGE IN DIRECTION. 
          I CAN EVEN SPEAK FOR MYSELF 16 YEARS AGO, THE VISION OF THE CITY WAS DIFFERENT THEN THAN IT IS TODAY. 
          I AM SURE, AS WE PROGRESS FORWARD IT WAS GOING TO CHANGE AGAIN. SO I THINK HAVING HARD LIMITS KIND OF FORCES OCCASIONALLY AND STILL GUESS THAT BALANCE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE ESTABLISHED LEADERSHIP IN PLACE FOR A PERIOD 
          OF TIME. >> THIS IS THE MAYOR TALKING, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY GREAT ANSWER HERE. 
          THERE IS PROBLEMS WITH WITH WHATEVER WE TRY TO INCORPORATE. 
          ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COMMENTARY TO IS, I AGREE WITH YOU THERE ARE NO TERM LIMITS NOW BECAUSE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIT ONE YEAR OUT. INDEFINITELY. 
          I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT SITUATION EITHER, IT HASN'T BEEN ABUSE IN THIS TOWN THANKFULLY BUT IT COULD BE. 
          YOU ARE TRYING TO PREVENT THAT. ONE THING I WANT TO HAVE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND IS, IT HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET FAT MAYOR OR THAT COUNCILMEMBER TO REGIONAL BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS. I AM NOT ON THE RTC, IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL TO THIS COMMUNITY IF WE HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE RTC REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. I AM ON THE COG BOARD. 
          THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. 
          'S AND IT WAS VERY FORTUITOUS AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AT. BUT IT WAS ALSO VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT PIC I CANNOT, CURRENTLY IN MY POSITION, WITH A YEAR END A HALF REMAINING TRY TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON THAT COB BOARD. BECAUSE I KNOW IN A YEAR END A HALF I WILL BE GONE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT TAMMY, I HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION, I DON'T KNOW OF ONE GOING TO SUPPORTED AND NOT AS IT IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN. 
          COUNSEL WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE THE DECISION YOU WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL. BUT I AM JUST HOPING THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS, HOW IMPORTANT REPRESENTATION ON THESE REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS, AND NOT ONLY JUST BEING A BOARD MEMBER HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS. 
          BUT BEING IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION RECOGNIZING THAT AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN FIRST TERM COUNCILMEMBER WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS THEN. WE WERE LOOKING AT, WELL WE NEED TO INCREASE THE TERMS, BECAUSE WE CANNOT GET REPRESENTATION ON REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. I MINIMIZE THAT IN MY MIND ON HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS BECAUSE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND AT THAT TIME HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. 
          I AM JUST HOPING THAT I CAN RELAY THAT MESSAGE TO OUR PUBLIC. THAT REPRESENTATION IS 
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ABSOLUTELY VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE TENURE AND YOU ARE NOT KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE REASON -- REGION. 
          THAT IS MY EDITORIAL COMMENT. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND INTEREST OF EVERYBODY'S TIME IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS WE WILL MOVE ON WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS TO COVER. 
          SO THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE TIMING OF OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS. WE TOOK UNDER CONSIDERATION WHETHER THE LOCAL ELECTION SHOULD BE COINCIDING WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. WE MADE NO CHANGE TO THE CURRENT CHARTER AS A TIMING TO THE LOCAL ELECTION. 
          THE REASON FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION STEMS FROM THE OUTCOME OF THE PAST ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. 
          WHAT WE OBSERVED WAS THE TENT -- THE TURNOUT WAS TEN TIMES HIGHER THAN THE NORMAL ELECTION. ALL THOSE THOSE NUMBERS WE LIKE TO SEE ALL OF OUR ELECTIONS, THE REALITY IS THE VOTERS ARE AND NOT NECESSARILY EDUCATED ABOUT THE ELECTION THEMSELVES. 
          IN MANY CASES IT PARTICULARLY RELATES TO A CHART REVIEW ELECTION BUT ALSO OUR CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS AS WELL. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THAT MATTER? OKAY THEN WE WILL PROCEED. SO NEXT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT, THE CITY COUNCIL PAID COMPENSATION AMOUNTS. 
          THE QUESTION WE CONSIDERED WHETHER THE COMPENSATION THAT IS PAID TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD BE ADJUSTED. 
          AGAIN THIS IS ANOTHER SERIOUS TOPIC WE TOOK UNDER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. IT WAS HEAVILY DISCUSSED AND RESEARCHED. ULTIMATELY WE ARRIVED AT THE RECOMMENDATION FIRST READING THE TERM STIPEND AND CHANGING THAT TO COMPENSATION BECAUSE THAT ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE MONIES THAT YOU OVERSEE. ALSO TO INCREASE THE SAID COMPENSATION TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO $450 A MONTH AND THE MAYOR TO $750 A MONTH. LET'S LOOK AT THE REASON BEHIND THOSE CHANGES. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SHARE THE CURRENT COMPENSATION THAT IS RECEIVED BY THE COUNCIL. 
          FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW. THAT NUMBER IS $500 PER MONTH FOR THE MAYOR AND $300 PER MONTH PER COUNCILMEMBER THAT SERVING ON CITY COUNCIL AND REPRESENTING THE CITY OF ROWLETT I CAN SEE IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT DO THE AND COMPARE THE COMMISSION FOUND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD THAT SEEMS TO BE INREASING AND TO ADDRESS THE ALWAYS AVAILABLE OR ALWAYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR E-MAIL. 
          THE COMMISSION FOUND A MODEST INCREASE OF $250 FOR MAYOR AND $150 A MONTH FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE. 
          CONSIDERING THAT THIS CITY IS FACING THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS WE CAN HANDLE THIS WITHOUT GOING OVERBOARD. 
          THE NEW COMPENSATION LEVEL RESPECTIVE TO THE CITY'S BUDGET IS THREE HUNDREDTHS OF 1% WHICH IS A MINUTE AMOUNT PER HUNDRED $32 MILLION BUDGET. SO NEXT WE WILL LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSITION. TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO REVIEW THIS AND ONCE YOU HAVE WE CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS WE DECIDED TO MOVE FROM CON SENSATION TO STIPEND THE LAST TIME AND I THINK IT WAS FOR LEGAL REASONS. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE DECIDE. DID YOU ADDRESS THAT? 
          >> MAYOR I WILL JUMP IN HERE THIS IS BRIAN. 
          YES, I TOOK AT THE IRS -- MIKE I TOOK A LOOK AT THE IRS RULINGS ON THAT. THE DISCUSSION WAS AROUND THE IDEA OR AS PEOPLE LOOK AT STIPEND AS A TAX-FREE COMPENSATION MOST NOTABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ACADEMIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE IRS CLEARLY RULES THAT THE COMPENSATION IS TAXABLE. SO I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE IMPRESSION WHO WAS FIRST GETTING ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNING FOR COUNCIL THAT THEY MIGHT BE GETTING TAX-FREE INCOME. 
          AND THAT IT WAS THE REASON FOR CHANGING THE VERBS. 
          >> I APPRECIATE THAT BRIAN, I WOULD LIKE OUR HR DIRECTOR AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CARRIED WITH THAT. 
          I DO NOT HAVE AN OPINION. >> HAS EVERYONE HAD THE CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE TEXT LANGUAGE? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? 
          >> YES THIS IS BROWNIE, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH 
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COUNSEL GETTING A RAISE. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE US A RAISE. BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO GIVE OUR EMPLOYEES A RAISE THIS YEAR ERIC AND I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM GIVING MYSELF ONE YOU UNDERSTAND? I MIGHT CONSIDER THOUGH, IF YOU PAY US RIGHT NOW WE GET $300 A MONTH. THAT IS FOR TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS SUPPOSEDLY. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AMONG. I WAS THINKING IF YOU PAID 150 PER MEETING OF THE COUNCIL AND A LOT OF MONTHS THAT WOULD BE OVER $450 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF MONTHS WERE BE $900. 
          SO I AM JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION. 
          >> THAT IS A GREAT COMMENT COUNCILMEMBER, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THE OTHER DOING RESEARCH IN OTHER CITIES AND THINGS THAT WE FOUND, FOR INSTANCE IN FLOWER MOUND THE COMPENSATION IS $300 PER MAYOR AND $200 PER COUNCILMEMBER PER MONTH. 
          IN RICHARDSON, IS MORE LIKE WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT IT IS $100 FOR EACH MEETING ATTENDED AND IT CAPS OUT AT A LIMIT OF $5,200 ANNUALLY. THE CITY OF ARLINGTON DOES $250 FOR MAYOR AND $200 FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THE CITY OF MURPHY DOES $75 PER MAYOR, I MEAN, FOR THE MAYOR PER MEETING WITH NO LIMIT AND $50 FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH NO LIMIT. THERE IS CERTAINLY MORE THAN ONE WAY TO APPROACH THIS PAIR HAS DIPPED PROPOSITION THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS NOT THE END-ALL BE-ALL AND WE FELT IT WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE IN ACKNOWLEDGING THE ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD AND THEY NEED TO BE ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE TO THE CITIZENS. 
          ALSO UNDERSTANDING WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC AND THE 
          FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS OF THAT. >> BROWNIE IF I COULD? WHEN THE ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT ON COMMISSION IS MAKING THE EXCHANGES AFTER CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS LEAVE OFFICE. 
          THAT MIGHT ADDRESS YOUR CONCERN ABOUT GETTING A RAISE WHEN THE 
          EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT. >> YES THAT WOULD HELP AND THAT IS USUALLY THE CASE WITH THESE CHART REVIEWS. 
          THE CURRENT COUNSEL DOESN'T BENEFIT ANYTHING FROM IT. 
          YES THAT WOULD HELP, BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY A PROBLEM FOR ALL THE COUNCILMAN NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE THE STAFF A RAISE. 
          OF COURSE WE WERE STRAPPED WITH THE BUDGET. 
          BUT ANYWAY, YOU HEARD WHAT I HAD TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. >> I WILL JUMP IN AND JUST SAY WHAT EVER AMOUNTS WE SHOULD LAND ON, I THINK THAT THE PER MEETING COMPENSATION IS PRETTY DIFFICULT FROM AN ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE, AND SO JUST FOR THAT REASON OF HAVING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT, AND THEN THE ON-CALL MEETINGS OR DO YOU DO COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT SIMPLIFYING IT TO A FLAT AMOUNT, WHATEVER THAT AMOUNT MAY BE, IS REALLY THE SIMPLEST WAY TO GO. 
          >> I DO NOT WANT US TO BE IN CHARGE OF HOW MANY MEETINGS WE HOLD TO INCREASE COMPENSATION. I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT IS A 
          DOUBLE EDGE SWORD THERE. >> TOO THAT POINT MAYOR, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT A NUMBER OF CITIES WHERE THE COUNCIL DOES SET THEIR OWN COMPENSATION AND JUST AS A PERSONAL I AM GLAD WE 
          ARE NOT ONE OF THOSE. >> I DO THAT IS ALL I'LL SAY 
          RIGHT NOW. >> FOR THOSE REASONS ALSO WHEN WE CHANGE THIS PIECE PARTICULARLY, THAT IS WHY WE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT. BECAUSE THE CHARTER USED TO BE PROVISIONS WHERE YOU GOT THE COMPENSATION BY THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS. THE PROBLEM WAS THE CHARTER DID NOT DEFINE WHAT A MEETING WAS. SO THERE WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN THAT WAS PLACED UPON THE STAFF TO DETERMINE WHAT PARTICULAR LEE QUALIFIED UNDER -- PARTICULARLY QUALIFIED UNDER 
          A MEETING. >> OKAY THANK YOU COUNSELOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. 
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I THINK THAT THE REST OF THE ITEMS ARE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO PICK UP NEXT WE WILL LOOK AT ULTIMATELY WE THOUGHT IF WE SHOULD APPOINT A CITY AUDITOR. THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSION IS TO RECOMMEND THE AUDITOR BY CITY COUNCIL. 
          THE PROCESS BY DOING -- THE PROCESS BY DUTIES WHICH IS ALIGNED IN THE CHARTER SUCH AS A CHAT SECRETARY FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO LET'S LOOK AT THE REASON FOR THIS. 
          REALLY THE CONSIDERATION IS QUITE SIMPLE. 
          ROWLETT IS GROWING RAPIDLY AND IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE SAFEGUARDS WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT. IN HINDSIGHT I THINK MANY OF US CAN IDENTIFY SEVERAL AREAS OF CONCERN THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN AVOIDED TO IT AS OVERSIGHT TO THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE HAPPENING TO THE CITY PICK ONCE MORE WITH THE CITY'S CORE VALUES WE RECOGNIZE WITH THE SIT DECISION IN THE POSITION THAT THE CITY AUDITOR HAS IS TRANSPARENCY. 
          WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN TO IS ACCOUNTABILITY PICK THE COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THERE IS POSITION INSTILLS ACCOUNTABILITY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. 
          SO NEXT WE WILL LOOK AT THE WORDING OF THE PROPOSITION. 
          THIS PRINTS THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSITION IS THREE SLIDES LONG. I DO NOT KNOW THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW ALL THE LANGUAGE IN DETAIL YOU WILL FIND A LOT MAYOR IS WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE CITY SECRETARY PORTION OF THE CHARTER. FEEL FREE TO LET LAURA KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LIGHT. 
          >> WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO PUT IN A THREE-YEAR TERM FOR A CITY AUDITOR. SO QUESTION? IS IT COMMON TO HAVE THIS REQUIREMENT IN THE CHARTER? 
          IN YOUR REVIEW OF OTHER CITIES? >> IS IT A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE? 
          >> IS A COMMON? >> 0 COMMON BRIDE YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT YOU DID RESEARCH ON OTHER CITIES AS FAR AS A CITY 
          AUDITOR. >> YES, I WOULD SAY IT IS NOT, IT TENDS TO BE FOCUSED MORE ON THE LARGER CITIES. 
          GARLAND OUR NEIGHBOR HAS A REQUIREMENT AND DALLAS OBVIOUSLY DOES AND SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES AROUND TEXAS TEND TO. 
          SOME OF THE SUITED -- SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES DO NOT PICK ROWLETT IS ON THE CUSP OF THE SIZE OF REQUIRING AN AUDITOR. 
          >> I AM ASKING IS IT IN THEIR CHARTER? 
          >> FOR THOSE CITIES IT IS. >> OKAY THANK YOU. 
          >> WE DID CONFIRM WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT WHEN WE SAY AN INDIVIDUAL, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT HAS TO MEAN WE HIRE SOMEBODY. WE CAN ENGAGE WITHIN FIRM AND THE FIRM WOULD APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS WITH THE CITY PICK SO IT MAY BE A FRACTIONAL AUDITOR PICK. 
          >> I PERSONALLY LIKE HAVING IT AS A REQUIREMENT BECAUSE WE NEED IT AND WE ARE BIG ENOUGH AND WE NEED TO HAVE THIS CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE. IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND THE RESOURCES TO HIRE THIS POSITION SO I WOULD CHANGE THE WORDING A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE CAN ABOUT THAT LATER. 
          >> LAURA CAN YOU ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO ASK ARE THEY FOR THREE-YEAR TERM? 
          >> THAT'S THE LANGUAGE I SAID I WOULDN'T DO BROWNIE PICK. 
          >> A LOT OF LANGUAGE IN THIS SECTION COMES FROM THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE IT IN THEIR CHARTER MAYBE IF I REMEMBER RIGHT THAT IS WHAT EL PASO IS DOING. 
          I JUST DO NOT. >> I JUST DO NOT THINK I WOULD PUT A YEAR TIME LIMIT IN THEIR PICK. 
          >> A THREE-YEAR TERM OR AFTER COUNCIL REMOVES THEM AND WE CAN 
          REMOVE THEM AFTER ONE YEAR. >> I WILL ON THAT TOPIC I WILL SAY THE ONE THING I FELT STRONGLY ABOUT WAS REQUIRING REMOVAL, REMOVAL REQUIRES A FIVE VOTE MAJORITY OF COUNSEL TO AVOID SITUATIONS WHERE THE COUNCIL IS TRYING TO AVOID SOMETHING AUDITED THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE AUDITED. 
          >> OF FIVE VOTE WOULD BE A SUPER MAJORITY SO YOU MAY WANT TO GO 
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TO A SUPERMAJORITY WHICH IS A SIX VOTE. 
          >> LAURA COULD YOU ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LIGHT PLEASE. 
          THE LAST LIGHT ON THIS SPEAKS TO THE REMOVAL. 
          OKAY ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE CITY ALREADY ARE -- CITY AUDITOR POSITION? OKAY THEN LET US MOVE ON THAT PRIMARY RELATES TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY PICK THIS IS THE COMMISSION'S OPINION TO THE CITY CHINA. THE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY TO COMMISSION A PROCESS FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ANGELS. 
          THEY WE WILL LOOK AT THE REASONING WHICH IS 1ST AND FOREMOST THAT WE WANT THOSE WHO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE HELD TO THE HIGHEST EXPECTATIONS. 
          WE DESERVE THE BEST FROM OUR ELECTED LEADERS AND THAT IT IS VITAL THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS DO NOT PUT THE CITY AT RISK ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR THE RISK OF LIABILITY. 
          WE ALSO HAD TO CONSIDER THE FREQUENCY THAT WHICH TECHNOLOGY CHANGES. GIVEN HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CONSTANTLY ADAPTS AND IT SEEMS TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE TO MEET THE NEEDS IN THE WANTS OF DIFFERENT USERS, WE DELIBERATELY LEFT THE CHANGE BAG FOR CHANGES THAT MIGHT COME ABOUT ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. WHILE LEAVING THE SPECIFICS OF THE POLICY TO THE ETHICS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO LET'S LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE AND ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THE PIC YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS A POLICY THAT WOULD BE CREATED THAT ENCOMPASSES THOSE OTHER ITEMS IN THE CHARTER AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          >> I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU WERE INFORMED OF THE RECENT AMENDMENT OF THE CODE OF ETHICS. THIS IS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS GO. 
          WHERE WE HAVE A CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS POLICY, AND THAT POLICY REFERS TO IN THE REVISED CODE OF ETHICS THAT SAYS THAT WE SHOULD ABIDE BY THE COMMUNICATIONS POLICY AS AMENDED. SO IT IS NOT FULLY SPELLED OUT THERE, BUT IT IS REFERRED TO IN THE CODE OF ETHICS SO WHEN THOSE CHANGES ARE MADE, THE COMMUNICATIONS POLICIES AS AMENDED. SO THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. 
          >> OKAY THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. I WILL ONLY RESPOND TO THAT BY SAYING ADDING THAT TO THE CHARTER WE ARE NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. 
          WE ARE SIMPLY PUTTING IT IN BLACK AND WHITE THAT THIS IS WHAT THE VOTERS OF ROWLETT SEEK, THAT THERE IS A POLICY THAT GOVERNS THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT POLICY IS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN AND THAT IS GREAT NO ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE CHARTR BEING THE OVERRIDING DOCUMENT FOR THE WAY THE CITY OPERATES, I THINK NEEDS TO STILL MANDATE THAT THIS IS PART OF OUR CODE OF ETHICS FIX THAT WE 
          CREATE. >> JUST LIKE YOU SAID IT WAS REVISED A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, BY NOT BEING IN THE CHARTER THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY THAT THE NEXT COUNSEL THAT THAT POLICY CANNOT BE REVISITED AGAIN AND THAT POLICY UPDATED TO EXCLUDE THAT. SO, BY PUTTING A BROAD SUBJECT HERE IT AT LEAST FORCES THE POLICIES TO ADDRESS THIS TO BE 
          IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CHARTER. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT 
          MAKES PERFECT SENSE. >> I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT, OUR CITY SECRETARY DID MAKE US AWARE OF THAT. 
          LAST WEEK I THINK, SO I APPLAUD THE EFFORT FOR THAT SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. MUCH NEEDED. 
          >> IT IS A GOOD POLICY AND I HOPE YOU ALL READ IT. 
          >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? OKAY LET'S PROCEED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT A GENERAL REVIEW THAT WAS MADE FOR ERRORS. 
          BASICALLY WE LOOKED AT THINGS THAT WEREN'T ALIGNED WITH STATE LAW OR DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. THESE FOLLOWING CHANGES DON'T REQUIRE A REFERENDUM BECAUSE THE CHANGES ARE NON- SUBSTANTIVE TO THE CHARTER ITSELF. THEY SERVE TO ONLY AND STATE LAW CHANGES SERVE ONLY TO BRING THE CHARTER INTO ACCORDANCE WITH 
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STATE LAW. AS A RESULT I DON'T HAVE IT CIPHER THESE CHANGES SO LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE CHANGES IN COMPOSITION ITSELF. SO LAURA WILL PULL UP THAT TEXT. 
          THE FIRST ITEM HERE IS SIMPLY AGAIN TO ALIGN WITH STATE LAW, IT CHANGES THE BALLOT APPLICATION DATE TO THE 70 IF THEY BEFORE AN ELECTION. WHERE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY THE 75TH THEY. -- THE 75TH DAY. 
          LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE, THE LANGUAGE UP AT THE TOP WHICH BRINGS A CHARTER INTO HARMONY WITH STATE LAW. 
          STATE LAW CLEARLY DEFINES RUNOFF ELECTION TIMING IT IS UNNECESSARY AND COULD BE CLUMSY TO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY RUNOFF ELECTION WITHIN THE CHARTER. UNDER THE OLD WORDING ANY CHANGE TO STATE LAW WOULD REQUIRE A CHANGE TO THE CHARTER. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY DOUBT THE BOTTOM THERE IS A MINOR SCRIVENER'S ERROR WITH THE SECRETARIES PARAGRAPH WITHIN THE CHARTER. WHERE WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL AND SO WE ARE REMOVING THAT WORD SO THAT SENTENCE MORE CLEARLY FLOWS TO PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ET CETERA. SO REMOVAL OF THAT WORD WILL CLEAN THAT UP. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THEIR SCRIVENERS REVIEW? OKAY THANK YOU WE WILL GOING TO THE NEXT ITEM. 
          WHICH IS THE MUNICIPAL COURT. I CAN'T THANK JUDGE LISTON ENOUGH FOR HER HELP IN HER GUIDANCE IN THIS. 
          WE REALLY RELIED HER AND HER FOR HER INSIGHT IN HER THOUGHTS AND SHE WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION THAT SHE HAD PRESENTED TO US, THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING MADE. FIRST WE WILL CHANGE THE APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER TO BE THE PRESIDING JUDGE PARIKH TO ENSURE THE JUDICIAL BRANCH CAN STAND INDEPENDENTLY FROM POLITICAL INFLUENCE. 
          I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE TO HAVE INDEPENDENT JUDICIAL BRANCH IS AN IMPORTANT METHOD THAT THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION PUT IN. I THINK EVEN ON A LOCAL LEVEL THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE. 
          ADDITIONALLY WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE NOTE THAT EXPLAINS THE TERMS OF THE OFFICE THAT EXPLAINS CIVIL AND CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. FINALLY THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE REMOVAL OF A TWO YEARS OFFICE FOR THE RELIEF JUDGE AND ASSOCIATE JUDGES. WE ALSO RECOMMEND SIGNING SUPERVISION OF CORE STAFF TO THE CHIEF JUDGE. 
          THESE INSULATE DUDE JUDICIAL BRANCH FROM POLITICS THAT COULD OTHERWISE IMPACT JURISPRUDENCE. THE NEXT SLIDE WE ACTUALLY HAVE, TO DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN. 
          THE TEXT IS QUITE EXTENSIVE AND IS IS SIX SLIDES. 
          THERE ARE THREE WERE PROPOSITION F AND THREE WERE PROPOSITION G. 
          THIS FIRST ONE, IS THE WORDING OF THE PROPOSITION WHICH SHALL. 
          DID YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO READ THAT COUNSEL? I KNOW WE ARE APPROACHING ON 730 VERY QUICKLY. 
          >> THIS WAS WRITTEN BY JUDGE LISTEN I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO 
          READ IT. >> I SEE DAVID SMILING AND 
          SHAKING HIS HEAD. >> I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT SORRY. I CANNOT SEE WHAT YOU HAVE CHANGED. IS IT HIGHLIGHTED NOW? 
          >> THE FIRST PAGE THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE SCREEN IS REALLY THE QUESTION THAT IS BEING PROPOSED DEVOTED SPIRIT SHALL THAT SUBSECTON B CHANGE. ALL THAT OUTLINES THE CHANGES THAT WOULD HAPPEN. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE FOOTNOTES THAT WILL BE CHANGED AND NOTES AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE CHANGE. 
          >> MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS THE COURT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE LOOKED AT THIS AND DOES THAT COMMITTEE AGREE WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS? AND IT HAS NOT YET THAT IS PROBABLY THE NEXT THAT. FROM A COUNSEL STANDPOINT PICK. 
          >> I CAN ANSWER THAT THE COURT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE HAS NOT 
          REVIEWED THIS RECOMMENDATION. >> DON'T YOU THINK WE SHOULD GO 
          THAT ROUTE FIRST MOTHER? >> I DO, I DO. 
          >> WE WILL DEFINITELY WORK TO GET THESE INTO YOUR HANDS. 
          COUNCILOR BROCK AND I SEND THESE TO YOU DIRECTLY. 
          OKAY FINE. OKAY LAURA LET'S MOVE ON TO PROPOSITION G. I SUPPOSE WHICH IS THE LAST ITEM. THIS IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES TO WHO WAS PRESIDING OVER THE ASSOCIATE OR ALTERNATE 
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JUDGES. ALSO ADJUST THE TERM TO BE WHAT IS ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW. AND THE ABILITY TO POINT TO ADDITIONAL CONSECUTIVE TERMS. SOME LANGUAGE THINGS HERE ONE SENTENCE TO MOVE AROUND IS THE LAST SENTENCE. 
          THIS SENTENCE THAT HAS THE RED STRIKE THROUGH IT HAS BEEN MOVED OUT. IT MAKES THE PARAGRAPH FLOW MORE FREELY. AND THEN ON THE LAST PAGE AGAIN, 
          IT JUST OUTLINES THE DUTIES. >> WHAT IS THE CURRENT TERM 
          ACCORDING TO STATE LAW? >> IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN IT READS 
          TWO OR FOUR YEARS. >> SO AGAIN COUNSELOR ARE YOU OKAY WITH COURT GOVERNANCE LOOKING INTO THIS FIRST? 
          >> I SAW HEAD NODS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          >> YES. >> OKAY, LET'S MOVE ONTO THE LAST SLIDE LOWER IF YOU DO NOT MIND. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO OUTLINE THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE ARE HOPING TO TAKE. FIRST WE ARE SEEKING CONSENSUS FROM CITY COUNCIL ON THE AFOREMENTIONED PROPOSITIONS THAT RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION THAT COULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL REVIEWS THAT NEED TO BE DONE PICK ONCE CONSTANCE REACHED -- WENTZ COUNCIL REACHES A CONSENSUS WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU WOULD SHARE THIS WITH US RIGHT AWAY SO WE CONTINUE ON THE NEXT STEPS. 
          THOSE NEXT STEPS ARE WEAK CONTINUE TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PROCESS. 
          A MEDIUM THAT WE WOULD USE FOR ACCOMPLISH ME THAT IS THE CITY'S WEBSITE. ALSO WE WOULD HOST A RECORDED INTERVIEW OR MAYBE A PANELIST DISCUSSION. 
          OR EVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS. ALONG THE SAME LINES WE WILL PUBLICIZE AND SHARE THEIR PUBLISHED AMENDMENTS TO VOTERS ANYWAY WE CAN PICK WE REALLY HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS THAT VOTERS UNDERSTAND SO THEY CAN ARRIVE AT THE POLLS WELL INFORMED. SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS AND THE CHOICES THAT THEY WILL HAVE ON THE CHARTER AND OUR CITY. MOST IMPORTANTLY IS TO ENCOURAGE BETTER TURNOUT. OFTEN DURING ELECTIONS VOTER TURNOUT TENDS TO DROP IN WITH COVID-19 THAT HAPPENS PICK SO WE WILL LEAVE IT UP TO OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND THOSE VIRTUALLY THAT WE MEET WITH. IN CLOSING I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND I KNOW WE RAN OVER ON TIME BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN THERE AND IS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN THIS COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF ROWLETT. 
          >> LAURA CAN YOU PUT A PRESENTATION DOWN THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IS THE BEST CHARTER OVERVIEW I HAVE EVER SEEN WHAT A GREAT COMMISSION AND WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU ID. 
          THIS IS THE THIRD ONE I HAVE SEEN AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO COMPREHENSIVE GREAT WORK. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE OF YOU, THIS IS NOT AN EASY THING, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE SCHEDULED FOR A FOLLOWED UP CONVERSATION ON JANUARY 19. WILL THAT BE IN A WORK SESSION 
          IS THAT CORRECT? >> I WILL DEFER TO LAURA ON IT. 
          AND SHE SAYS YES. >> SO I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE COURT GOVERNANCE TO REVIEW THAT SECTION BEFORE THAT IF POSSIBLE. 
          WHAT ELSE COUNSEL? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS JEERS? 
          NO JEERS. >> BEING THAT TIME IS SHORT BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING DILIGENT. >> IF I MAY I LIKE COLOR JEFFREY'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS. YOU KEPT ON TASK THE SPIRIT. 
          >> GREAT JOB JEFF. >> I APPRECIATE THAT BUT WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS. EVERYBODY HERE ON COUNSEL KNOWS THAT EVERY MEMBER ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COUNCIL THERE ARE SOME STRONG NAMES AND I COMMISSION THAT HAVE TENURE WITHIN THE CITY OR IN EXTREME KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN A REAL TALENT FOR MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. I APPRECIATE THE SHOUT OUT BUT 
          IT IS NOT ALL ME. >> GREAT JOB EVERYONE. 
          >> SO, BRIAN I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT STATE OF THE CITY BEING PRESENTED ON OUR AGENDA. IF YOU CANNOT WATCH IT ON THIS MEETING IT WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND IS IMPORTANT TO SEE. 
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SO MUCH FOR EXTRA TIME RIGHT GUYS? BRIAN SHALL WE MOVE THE OTHER WEE SESSION ITEM TILL AFTER THE 
          MEETING? >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE BEST WE ARE RIGHT AT 7:30 P.M. I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO. 
          SO WE WILL TAKE A FOUR MINUTE BREAK I DO NOT KNOW WHY SR5. 
          WE WILL TAKE A FULL MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE WILL START THE 
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REGULAR MEETING. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS I DO ZOOM MEETINGS I FORGET TO DO THAT. COUNSEL DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT ANY ITEM REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL 
          CONSIDERATION PICK. >> NOPE. 
          >> NO. >>
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