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[1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]

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BEING HERE. IT IS AN EXCITING DAY IS WEDNESDAY MAY 17TH 2023 AT 5 P.M. WE HAVE PARHAM AND TH CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

AUTHORIZED, THIS MEETING MAY BE CONVENED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. THEY RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REALIGN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME. COMMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE INSIDE THE DOOR AT THE CHAMBERS OUR FIRST ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO

[3. ACTION ITEMS]

SPEAK? WE MOVE ONTO ACTION ITEMS. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTIO ON AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING RETURNS OF A BOND ELECTION HELD ON MAY 6TH 2023. OKAY. I WILL READ ITEM 3B TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE SPECIA CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION HELD SATURDAY MAY 6 AND ADOPTING SEDIMENTS TO THE CHARTER FOR TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND THEN CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD MAY 620 23 FOR THE PURPOSE OF COUNCILMEMBER PLACE ONE PLAC

3M PLACE FIVE. >> WELCOME EVERYONE. WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THE FINAL RESULTS OF OUR SPECIAL BOND ELECTION , SPECIAL AMENDMENT ELECTION AND GENERAL ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL HELD ON MAY 6T 2023. WE HAVE AN RELEVANT 43,50 REGISTERED VOTERS. THOSE WHO CAME OUT 4216 WHICH WAS A 9.7% TURNOUT. TO SOME, THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG NUMBER, BUT FOR OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS THAT IS A PRETTY BIG NUMBER. FOR JUST HAVING CITY ITEMS THAT IS A BIG NUMBER. FIRST WE WILL TALK ABOU THE BOND ELECTION, BOND PROPOSITION A WHICH WAS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES THAT PASSED WITH 69.8% OF THE VOTE. PROPOSITION B WAS ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR A MUNICIPAL ANIMAL SHELTER THAT PASSED WITH 65% OF THE VOTE. BOND PROPOSITION C, WHICH IS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO COMPLETE THE PARK. THA PASSED 54 1/2%. OUR CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSITION A WHICH WAS REGARDING THE COUNCIL VACANCIES AND ATTENDANCE PASSED WITH 75%. PROPOSITION B REGARDING THE MEETINGS OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY CALLING SPECIAL MEETINGS PAST 69.75%. PROPOSITION C WHICH WAS REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF TH MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK PASSED WITH 65.8%. PROPOSITION D WAS REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE. THAT PASSED 70.8%. BIG MOUTH. PROPOSITION E WHICH WAS REGARDING THE SCOPE O THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION PASSED WITH 74% AND PROPOSITION F WHICH WAS REGARDING THE TERMS OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSIO PASSED WITH A 3%. NEXT WE HAVE THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER PLACE ON BRIAN MAINTAINS HIS SEAT WITH 54%. COUNCILMEMBER PLACED THREE IS NOW ELISA BOWERS WITH 55%. COUNCILMEMBER PLACE FIVE IS MEL MICHAEL SHOOK WITH 53%. THERE WILL BE THREE SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS TO APPROVE EACH OF THE ITEMS.

>> ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I WILL GO AND RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR.

>> ON BEHALF OF ITEM THREE A I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE POND ELECTIO

HELD ON MAY 6TH 2023. >> I SECOND.

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>> SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BELL TO APPROVE IIIA AS READ.

CULTIVATE. THAT ITEM CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON 3B COUNCIL MEMBER GALLO.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION HELD ON MAY 6TH AND ADOPT THE APPROVED AMENDMENTS.

>> A SECOND. >> SECOND. CALL TO VOTE. ITEM CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO 3C. ENTERTAIN A

MOTION. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE POSITION OF PLACE ONE PLACE THREE IN PLACE FIVE.

PAYMENT COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON CONNECT

>> SECOND. >> CALL TO VOTE. STANDBY. CALL

[4A. Recognition of outgoing Councilmembers Matt Grubisich and Pamela Bell.]

TO VOTE. UNANIMOUSLY. THAT ITEM CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE WIL MOVE ON TO OUR PRESENTATIONS ITEM FOR A RECOGNITION OF MATT

AND PAMELA BELL. >> YOU CAN COME UP IF YOU WANT.

THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO. MOST OF US WHO RU DO. THEN YOU GET SWORN IN AND SWORN AT. YOU SEE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT REALITY THAN THE ONE YOU EXPECTED TO SEE. TWO MEETIN PER MONTH AND ATTENDING EVENTS IS THE BASIC, VERY BASIC PART O BEING A COUNCILMEMBER. IT DOES NOT STOP THERE. MORE HAPPENS DA TO DAY, WEEK TO WEEK AS COUNCILMEMBER THAN ANYONE CAN REALIZE UNLESS YOU ARE ON COUNSEL. IT IS A PART-TIME JOB AND SOMETIMES A FULL-TIME JOB FOR SOME OF US. I BELIEVE EVERYONE ON COUNSEL HAS RUN FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING INVOLVED ENGAGED AND THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY AND THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE WERE ELECTED TO SERVE. WE AL HAVE OUR DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL AND THAT DIFFERENCE I OPINION IS ENCOURAGED. I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ALONGSIDE COUNCILMEMBERS BELL AND GORE SUCH THROUGHOUT THEIR TERMS. THESE INDIVIDUALS CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY'S WELL-BEING AND SUCCESS FOR THE LONG TERM AND IT TAKES A UNIQUE PERSON TO DO THIS JOB. AND DO I FOR AS LONG AS THEY HAVE DONE IT. BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL BUT HAVE ALSO BALANCED THIS WITH HAVING JOBS AND ONE OF THEM HAVING A FAMILY AT HOME TO TAKE CARE OF. COUNCILMEMBER GUREVICH HAS SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL SINC OCTOBER 2017. HE HAS SERVED AS LIAISON TO THE ADVISORY BOARD COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT TASK FORCE, THE COMMITTEE, AND CODE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.

BEFORE SERVING HIM AND I SERVED ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD WHERE WE WERE INVOLVED IN THE REBUILD KINGDOM OF. HE ALSO PLAYED A ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE URBAN FORESTRY REPORT WHICH WILL HELP GUIDE TH AMENDMENT OF THE CITY'S ORDINANCE IN THE FUTURE. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS COUNCILMEMBER GUREVICH HAS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE DURING HIS TENURE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN GUREVIC FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY AND

CONGRATULATIONS. >> I LIKE IT.

>> THANK YOU. SIX YEARS AGO I STOOD UP HERE WITH MY FAMILY AN THREE KIDS THAT WERE ABOUT THIS TALL AND NOW I HAVE A SENIOR GETTING READY TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS AMAZING HOW FAST SIX YEARS CAN GO. BEFORE THAT I SERVED EIGHT YEARS ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, MANY OF THOSE WITH OUR MAYOR. IT IS A

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LOT OF SERVICE TO A CITY I CARE ABOUT DEEPLY AND LOVE DEEPLY. I WILL START WITH A FEW THINGS. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS I HAVE SERVED WITH SOME OF THE FORMER ONES HERE TODAY TO DANA BASH AND, PA AND ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE STILL SEATED BEHIND ME. BRIAN, I NEED TO GIVE YOU A SPECIAL THANKS.

YOU ARE PATIENT WITH A FRESHMAN COUNCILMEMBER THAT WAS NEW AND TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY THROUG IT AND YOU HAVE BEEN A FANTASTI CITY MANAGER TO BE ABLE TO LEAD COUNCILS FORWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING YOU AND ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITIZENS. WHAT I DID, I DID FOR YOU AND YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO ELECT ME TWICE TO OFFICE AND EVERYTHING DID, I DID FOR YOU. I TRIED TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS I POSSIBLY COULD . EVERY DECISION THAT I MADE, THOUGH IT MIGHT NO HAVE BEEN THE MOST POPULAR WITH 100% OF THE CITIZENS, I DID FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY. NEED TO THANK MY FAMILY. MY WIF IS HERE TODAY. THERE WERE MANY SPORTING EVENTS AND CONCERTS AN FAMILY EVENTS THAT I MISSED DOING THIS JOB. IF YOU WERE WATCHING LAST NIGHT, I CAME IN PRETTY LATE AND THAT WAS BECAUS LAST NIGHT WAS MY SENIOR'S LAST CONCERT BEFORE HE GOES OFF TO SCHOOL. I WAS NOT GOING TO MISS THAT WITH ALL THE LINENS I HAD MISSED. SO THEY PUT UP WITH A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS, A LOT OF NIGHTS OF ME NOT BEING THERE, A LOT OF NIGHTS WHERE I WAS NOT ABLE TO HELP. THANK YOU ALLISON AND THE BOYS FOR LETTING ME DO THIS, LETTING ME BACK TO THIS CITY THAT I LOVE. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO GREAT. YOU HAVE GOT A LOT OF BIG THINGS ON YOUR PLATE TO TAKE CARE OF. IT NEVER ENDS. IT GETS BUSIER. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS UNFINISHED, BUT I TRUST YOU GUYS WILL DO WHAT I DID, WHICH IS KEEP THE BEST INTEREST IN THE CITY, IN THE ENTIRE CITY AT HEART AND IN YOU HEADS. IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE VOCA MINORITY GIVING THERE THREE MINUTES. BUT THE BEST FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS. THAT IS WHAT I TRIED TO DO AND THAT IS WHAT I HOPE YOU DO. IF YOU DO THAT, YO WILL SUCCEED. THANK YOU, THANK

YOU AND GOOD LUCK. >> THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO A CITY EVENT YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN COUNCILMEMBER BEL WITH HER DOG MAISIE. ADDITIONALLY IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE COUNCILMEMBER BELL IS PROBABLY BROKEN BY NOT MISSING ONE SINGLE COUNCIL MEETING AND HER ENTIRE TIME ON COUNSEL. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE COUNCILMEMBER EVER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN ALL THE YEARS YOU HAVE SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL JOB WELL DONE AND THE DEDICATION IS GREAT. COUNSEL LIAISON TO THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, ETHICS SUBCOMMITTEE FINANCE CORPORATION AND NOMINATING REVIEW COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO TH

CITY OF ROWLETT. THANK YOU. >> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD. HE BLESSED ME TO BE HERE TODAY AND HE BLESSED ME TO BE ABLE TO WIN BECAUSE I DID NOT GO THROUGH IT ONE TIME, I WENT THROUGH IT THREE TIMES. TH THIRD TIME WE SUCCEEDED. WHEN I SAY WE, GOD, MY DOG AND JAY DOW WAS WITH ME THEN. UNFORTUNATELY SHE IS OVER THE RAINBOW NOW. NO I HAVE MAISIE. THAT IS MY FAMILY. SHE DOES NOT LIKE ME COMING IN AT 12:00 AT NIGHT. SH WOULD MEET ME AT THE DOOR LIKE THIS, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO HER. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT AND IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. I HAVE NOT MISSED ANY DAYS. OKAY. I'M TELLING TO OTHERS COMING, BEAT MY RECORD O NOT CHAT. IT IS NOT EASY. SOME DAYS I WAS HERE I WAS ILL BUT I MADE IT. THAT IS BECAUSE THAT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT THAT PUT M IN THAT POSITION AND I TOOK IT

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SERIOUSLY. I ALWAYS TAKE IT SERIOUSLY BECAUSE ONE TIME I WORKED FOR THE TELEPHONE COMPAN AND THEY DO NOT PLAY. RAIN, SHINE, SLEEP OR SNOW YOU SHOW U FOR WORK. THE CUSTOMER HAS TO KEEP TALKING. I KNOW I HAVE MAD SOME DECISIONS THAT SOME OF THE CITIZENS DID NOT AGREE WITH. THAT IS OKAY. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST YOU. I LOVE YOU. I HAVE GOTTEN THREATS BEFORE. THAT IS OKAY BECAUSE I AM THINKING ABOUT THE CITIZENS, NOT JUST 999 OR THE 3 ON THE KEYBOARD. I AM THINKING ABOUT EVERYBODY AND THAT IS THE WAY YOU HAVE TO THINK. DON'T FORGET THAT. THINK ABOUT THE CITIZENS. AFTER ALL, VETERANS WHO PUT YOU HERE. LET ME SEE. ALSO I AM NOT SURE IF YOU ALL KNOW IT, I MADE HISTORY BECAUSE I AM THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR

THAT EVER SAT IN A POSITION. >> THANK YOU. I DID THIS BECAUS I WANT TO TO SHOW MY GRANDKIDS THAT IF YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO SOMETHING, YOU CAN DO IT. THAT IS JUST FUELING ME. THAT IS FUEL. I AM GOING TO DO IT. ALSO I WANT TO TELL THAT PERSON WHO TOLD ME I COULDN'T MAKE IT I HOPE YOU ARE SEEING ME RIGHT NOW. I DID IT OR SIX YEARS. SO HE KNOWS I MADE IT. IT WAS A HE WHAT ELSE I WANT TO TELL YOU IS I JUST LOVE MY CITY. IF I LOVE MY CITY, I LOVE YOU, EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU AND WE HAVE AN AWESOME STAFF. THEY ARE AWESOME I AM NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW, BRIA IS RETIRING. I CALL HIM THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROWLETT. YOU HAVE GOT A QUESTION, ASK BRIAN HE KNOWS. I AM GOING TO MISS HI AND THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SHOULD BE HERE A LONG TIME. SHE KNOWS A LOT OF STUFF. IT IS GOING TO BE AWESOME. I AM GOING TO GO PLAY WITH MY DOG, SELL REAL ESTATE AND I AM GOING TO B AT EVERY EVENT LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING. COME ON THE GREEN, YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE ME WITH BROWNIE. THANK YOU.

[4B. Conduct oaths of office for newly elected Councilmembers.]

>> ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT. WHO IS DOING THIS PART? I GUESS WHO I WAS STARTING WITH FIRST DOCUMENT

PLACE ONE. OKAY. COME ON UP. >> SENIOR ADVISER.

>> I AM READY. >> I CAN STATE YOUR NAME DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR I WILL FAITHFULL EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFIC OF COUNCILMEMBER PLACE ONE FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT IN THE STAT OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY SERVE, PROTECT AN DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAW OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THI

STATE SO HELP ME GOD. >> THANK YOU. I DID NOT PREPARE REMARKSBUT THAT HAS NEVER STOPPED ME FROM TALKING. I PROMISE I WILL BE BRIEF AND THA HAS NEVER HAPPENED EITHER. THE WORDS OF FORMER COUNCILMEMBER BELL RING TRUE. THIS IS A JOB O LOVE FOR YOUR CITY AND IS NOT JUST THE CITY OF TODAY, IT IS ABOUT THE CITY OF TOMORROW. YOU TALK ABOUT THE CITIZENS OF THIS

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CITY, YOU TALK ABOUT THE LITTLE ONES THAT WILL LIVE HERE AFTER WE ARE GONE AND EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE NEEDS TO CONSIDER NOT JUST THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY, BUT THE PEOPLE ARE THE NEXT GENERATION. I PLEDGE IN THE UPCOMING THREE YEARS THAT THAT WILL BE WHAT I THINK OF IN EVER DECISION THAT I MAKE. I AM SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN MY SHORT-TERM CAMPAIGN PLEDGES. TH LIST IS LONGER THAN THAT AND I WILL WORK MY BEST TO DELIVER ON

THOSE PROMISES. THANK YOU. >> ALISA BOWERS.

>> I ALISA BOWERS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFIC THE COUNCILMEMBER PLACE THREE FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THIS STATE SO

HELP ME GOD. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU. >> I DID NOT PREPARE ANY COMMENTS, BUT I AM 100% DELIGHTED TO BE HERE. I AM HAPP TO SEE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME BE HERE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED AND GUIDED ME AS I HAVE BECOME MORE ME AS I HAVE GROWN IN MY SERVICE TO THIS CITY. THIS TRULY IS AN HONOR AN PRIVILEGE AND I PROMISE TO DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT. MY WARMEST HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME GET HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING. I WILL BE CALLING ON PEOPLE, I HOPE TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AS WE WORK TOGETHER ON NEW AND EXCITING PROJECTS. THANK YOU.

>> MINISTERSHIP. >> I SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES O THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER PLACE FIVE OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAW OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THI

STATE SO HELP ME GOD. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE. JUST FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE FO ALL OF HER LOVE AND SUPPORT. WE ARE BOTH NOT SURE HOW WE GOT HERE, BUT HERE WE ARE. WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET HERE

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WITHOUT HER AND I WOULD NOT HAV BEEN ABLE TO DO THE JOB WITHOUT HER LOVE AND SUPPORT. I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT .

I AM HUMBLED AND HONORED THEY HAVE CHOSEN ME TO REPRESENT THE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO BE THE VOICE AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE I LIVE TO THAT TRUST. I WANTED TO THANK, I AM NOT A POLITICAL PERSON, I HAVE NEVER RUN FOR OFFICE BEFORE, AND SO THIS WAS REALLY NEW AND EARLY ON SOME PEOPLE RALLIED AROUND ME AND REALLY WORKED HARD FOR ME AND I AM THANKFUL TO ALL OF THEM. ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR MALIK, SHE CALLED ME UP EARLY ON AND MET M FOR COFFEE AND KIND OF SCOOPED ME OUT AND STOOD ME UP AND DUSTED ME OFF AND POINTED ME DOWN THE ROAD AND SAID THERE YO GO. THANK YOU. SO HONORED TO BE HERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY ON COUNSEL AND EVERYBODY AT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. I AM SO BLESSED TO

BE HERE. THANK YOU. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE TO YO YOUR NEW CITY COUNCIL.

>> THANK YOU CITY OF ROWLETT FO BEING HERE TONIGHT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW MEMBERS . IT IS AN EXCITING TIME TO BE PART OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT. WE HAVE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THAT ARE COMING AHEA AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. LET'S GET TO WORK. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS TONIGHT. SO PLEASE JOIN US OUTSIDE FOR A

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