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[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. IT IS 7:04 P.M. OR STARTING OUR COUNCIL MEETING.

WE HAVE A QUORUM AT THE CITY HALL CHAMBERS. WE START OFF HER MEETINGS WITH AN INVOCATION YOU MAY RISE IF YOU WISH TO JOIN. GIVEN THE INVOCATION IS PASTOR JOHN SALAZAR FROM THE

CHURCH OF THE CITY. >> EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD A HOUSE, THOSE AT LABOR, THOSE WHO BUILD LABOR IN VAIN.

EXCEPT THE LORD GUARDS THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN STAYS AWAKE IN VAIN. LET US PRAY. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY TOWARDS US LORD. WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ALLOW US TO MEAT AND CONVENE HERE TONIGHT. TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT LORD GOD. SO THE CITY OF RELIC CAN BE MORE BEAUTIFUL, MORE PRODUCTIVE, MORE BLESSED FATHER GOD IN EVERY WAY. SO WE COMMIT THIS TIME TO YOU. WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM LORD GOD TO BE UPON EVERY ONE THAT WILL BE SHARING. WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM UPON THE LEADERS FATHER GONE. WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT IS SERVING IN THE CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE FIREMEN. WE ASK YOU LORD FOR YOUR HAND UPON THE MAYOR.

LORD GOD THE CITY MANAGER, EVERYONE LORD GOD THAT IS HERE TONIGHT. WE ASKED FOR YOUR WISDOM UPON THE LORD IN EVERY CITY COUNCILMEMBER AS WELL FOR THE GUARD. WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE TONIGHT LORD. WE ASK THAT YOU TOUCH EVERY RESIDENT HERE IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND YOU FLOSS EVERY FAMILY AT HOME LORD. THAT YOU PROTECT THE CITY OLD LORD GOD. LET'S USE KEEP THE CITY LORD THE WATCHMAN STAYS AWAKE IN VAIN. WE TRUST NEW BOARD GUIDE AND IN YOUR MIGHTY POWER IN YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY LORD TO WATCH OVER EVERY FAMILY, EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY LORD GOD.

THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THE AFFAIRS OF THIS MEETING TONIGHT LORD SO THAT ALL OF THE GOALS AND EVERYTHING AND THE AGENDA WILL BE SEEN TO AND THAT YOUR WILL WILL BE DONE LORD GOD.

THE WILL OF GOD BE DONE TONIGHT AND WE PRAY. LORD, ANYTHING THAT TRIES TO STOP THE SPINNING TONIGHT LORD WE THANK YOU THAT YOU CAUSED THE SPIRIT OF UNITY TO PREVAIL LORD. WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S COOPERATING TOGETHER IN SPIRIT OF LOVE. WE COMMIT TO YOU THIS TIME IN MY KNEE NAME IN THE WONDERFUL NAME OF JESUS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. AMEN.

>> YOU CANNOT JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OH, FROM BOY SCOUT TROOP 646. COME ON UP. . HEY, ALL Y'ALL.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? HEY Y'ALL. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WHEN THEY GET UP HERE. I PLEDGE OF 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.

>> NOW THE TEXAS FLAG. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE

INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU FOR HELPING US OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT OUR FIRST ITEM IS FOR PRESENTATIONS.

[3A. Rowlett Veterans Recognition Program. ]

ITEM 3 A FOR THE RELEVANT VETERANS RECOGNITION PROGRAM.

WE WILL BE HONORING ONE OF OUR RELEVANT VETERANS. ALL RIGHT.

SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK. IN 2017 THE CITY OF ROWLETT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VETERANS RESOURCE AND OUTREACH CENTER OR THE ROCK, INITIATED A PROGRAM THAT UNDERSCORES OUR PCOMMITMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE VETERANS IN OUR MIDST. IT IS MORE THAN JUST A GESTURE 'S AFFIRMATION OF DEBT OF GRATITUDE THAT WE COLLECTIVELY OWE AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR VETERANS. IT IS WITH A GREAT HONOR WE RECOGNIZE OUR 29TH VETERAN, MR. ROBERT E HIGGINS FOR HIS SERVICE AND LIKE THOSE BEFORE HIM. THEY EXEMPLIFIED COURAGE, SACRIFICE AND PATRIOTISM OF THE

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HIGHEST ORDER. EACH RECOGNITION IS NOT JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE BUT, A REMINDER OF THE ENDURING SPIRIT OF UNITY AND RESILIENCE THAT DEFINES OUR COMMUNITY.

BEFORE I TURN IT OVER WE DO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE HUNG UP IN OUR CITY HALL AND THESE ARE ALL OF THE VETERANS SO FAR WE HAVE RECOGNIZED AT THE CITY COUNSEL MEETING. SO, WE ARE EXCITED TO KEEP IT GOING FORWARD AND YOUR NAME SERVER IS ALREADY ON IT. SO IT WILL BE HUNG UP HERE AT CITY HALL. [APPLAUSE]. NAUMANN TURNED OVER TO CHRIS COZART MCPHEE ROCK AND ALSO JIM KATZENBERG OR WHO HAS A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY TO SHARE WITH US ON THE INDIVIDUAL RE-RECOGNIZING TONIGHT.

>> GOOD EVENING, WE APOLOGIZE. BRIAN WILBURN WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT. IN A VERY UNORTHODOX APPROACH FOR THIS EVENING OR DON'T HAVE A BIOME. BUT, WE HAPPEN TO HAVE THE REAL THING RIGHT HERE. LUCKILY MR. HIGGINS AS WELL AS MR. KATZENBERG OR WHO KNOWS HIM VERY WELL HAS AGREED TO GIVE HIM A HISTORY MR. HIGGINS WITH ALL THOSE POSITIVES AND I CAN ASSURE YOU HE HAS HAD A VERY, VERY DECORATED CAREER FOR US.

WE NEED TO GIVE HIM A WHOLE LOT OF GRATEFUL FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WHEN I GET WITH DOMB OF THIS PIECE I HAVE ANOTHER PRESENT FOR MR. HIGGINS FROM THE QUILTS OF VALOR. THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. [APPLAUSE].

>> LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM. I MET ROBERT 2006 WHEN I MOVEDTO ROWLETT. WE HIT IT OFF. WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE. GONE THROUGH THE TORNADO. HE HELPED US BUILD THE PHOENIX WHEN IT CAME AROUND AFTER THE TORNADO. WE'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD FRIENDS EVER SINCE WE STARTED. IT KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING. HE STARTED OFF IN THE ARMY IN THE VIETNAM ERA. HE WENT RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. I LET HIM FILL THE REST OF THAT IN.

>> I KNOW THEY NEEDED PEOPLE TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY SO I VOLUNTEERED. I TOOK MY BASIC TRAINING FORT KNOX KENTUCKY.

TOOK MY MIT AT FORT DIX. 3 WEEKS LATER I WAS ON THE SHIP TO VIETNAM. I'M ONE OF THE ONES THAT SURVIVED TO MAKE IT HOME. SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT THOSE DAYS AND THE MEN THAT WE HAVE LOST. IT'S A WAR THAT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE. THAT'S MY OPINION. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY HERE THAT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'VE BEEN THERE. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY.

THAT'S IT. [APPLAUSE]. >> HE LEFT SOME THINGS OUT. AS A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY WE DON'T LIKE TO REALLY TUTOR OUR OWN HORNS. HE'S NOT GONNA TELL YOU THAT HE HAS 2 PURPLE HEARTS. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES HIM HIGGINS.

[LAUGHTER]. >> WERE NOT DONE. WERE NOT DONE. QUILTS OF VALOR, IS SHE HERE?

>> ALSO LORI COATES FROM THE QUILTS OF VALOR WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT. I DO HAVE HER LITTLE SPEECH. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. THIS QUILT, FROM LORI IT SAYS HERE

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TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY AT HONORING ONE OF OUR DISTINGUISHED VETERANS I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL PYOU ABOUT THE QUILTS OF VALOR. IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE QUILTS OF COMFORT AND HEALING TO THOSE THAT ARE BEEN TOUCHED BY WAR. THE ORGANIZATION WAS STARTED IN 2003 BY BLUE STAR MOM CATHERINE ROBERTS HAS AWARDED OVER 177,000 QUILTS. AS OF THIS MONTH. THE IDEA FOR QUILTS OF VALOR CAME TO MRS. ROBERTS LITERALLY IN A DREAM AT THE TIME HER SOUND THAT WAS DEPLOYED IN IRAQ. IN A DREAM SHE SAW A YOUNG SOLDIER SITTING ON THE SIDE OF HIS BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HUNCHED OVER. SHE SENSED WARGAMES CLUSTERED AROUND DRAGGING HIM DOWN INTO THE UNEMOTIONAL GUTTER. THEN AS IF A VIEW IN THE MOVIE SAW HIM IN THE NEXT SCENE WRAPPED IN A QUILT. HIS WHOLE DEMEANOR CHANGED FROM ONE OF DESPAIR TO ONE OF HOPE AND WELL-BEING. THE QUILT HAS MADE THE DRAMATIC CHANGE. THE MESSAGE OF MY DREAM WAS QUILTS EQUALS HEALING. MS. ROBERTS DEVELOPED A MODEL WILL VOLUNTEERS WOULD DONATE THEIR TIME AND MATERIALS TO MAKE A QUILT. PERHAPS ONE PERSON OR GROUP WOULD PIECE THE TOP AND THE OTHER WOULD QUILT IT. THEN OTHERS MAY PRESENT OR ALL THE STEPS WOULD BE DONE BY ONE GROUP SHE SAW THE NAME FOR THE SPECIAL QUILT WAS A QUILT OF VALOR. QUILTS OF VALOR WOULD SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. SACRIFICE AND VALOR. SERVING OUR NATION. THE FIRST QUILTED OF VALOR WAS AWARDED IN 2003 WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER TO A YOUNG SOLDIER FROM MINNESOTA WHO HAD LOST HI LEG IN IRAQ. SINCE 2003 THE QUILTS OF OUR MOVEMENT SPREAD ACROSS THE NATION AND BEYOND. TODAY, WE HAVE THE HONOR OF AWARDING THE QUILT OF VALOR TO MR. HIGGINS.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL QUILT. [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] >> AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE THING. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ALSO HAVE HERE FROM THE CITY OF ROWLETT CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. IT SAYS THAT THE FREEDOM AND SECURITY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES ENJOY TODAY ARE DIRECT RESULTS OF THE BLOODSHED AND CONTINUED DILIGENCE GIVEN BY THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES OVER THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT NATION. DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION, PROTECTING THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND PAYING THE PRICE OF FREEDOM FOR US ALL. WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN THE HORRORS OF WAR IN THE WORST IN SOCIETY BUT YET CONTINUE TO SERVE AND SHOW THE BEST OF WHAT HUMANITY CAN BE. THIS IS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT RECOGNITION FOR YOU SIR. [APPLAUSE]. [APPLAUSE]. WRITE YOUR NEXT

[3B. Proclamation declaring the week of October 8–14, 2023, as Fire Prevention Week. ]

ASSIGNMENT IS ITEM 3B. LOCATION TO CLEAR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 8 THROUGH THE 14TH BETWEEN 23 IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. PRESENTING THAT ITEM IS OF THE PROBE TIM WINGET.

>> THANK YOU MER THIS ONE WON'T BE AS EXCITING AS SAUCE ONE.

FIRE PREVENTION IS IMPORTANT RIGHT GUYS? THAT'S RIGHT. .

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS OCTOBER 8-14, 2023. THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN IS TITLED COOKING SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU. PAY ATTENTION TO FIRE PREVENTION. THIS CAMPAIGN WORKS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT STEPS THAT THEY CAN TAKE TO HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE MY COOKING, KEEPING THEMSELVES OF THOSE AROUND THEM SAFE. EVERY YEAR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS OBSERVED DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9 IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE THAT OCCURRED IN 1871. THIS FIRE KILLED ONE OR 250 PEOPLE LEFT OVER 100,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS, DESTROYED MORE THAN 17,400 STRUCTURES AND BURNED MORE THAN 2000 ACRES OF LAND. THE GLOW FIRE DEPICTION WEEK IS TO RAISE

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AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF FIRE TO SPREAD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FIRE SAFETY TO REDUCE A NUMBER FIRE RELATED DEATHS AND INJURIES. THE FIRE MERE SECONDS COMING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SAFE ESCAPE AND A TRAGEDY. FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION IS NOT JUST FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN. TEENAGERS, ADULTS AND ELDERLY ARE AT RISK AND FIRES AND THAT MAKES IT IMPORTANT FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE TIME EVERY OCTOBER DURING FIRE PRETENSION WEEK TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO STAY SAFE IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE. I HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE THAT I WILL READ. IT MAY BE OVERLY REDUNDANT TO A FEW OF THE THINGS I'VE SAID. BEAR WITH ME. WHERE IS THE CITY OF ROWLETT IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL THOSE LIVING IN AND VISITING OUR COMMUNITY AND THE RELATIVE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEDICATED TO REDUCE HOME VIRUS AND HOME FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND PROTECTION EDUCATION AND, WHERE'S A 2023 FIRE DEPART PREVENTION. IT EDUCATES EVERYONE ABOUT SIMPLE AND IMPORTANT ACTIONS THEY CAN TAKE WHEN COOKING TO KEEP THEMSELVES OF THOSE AROUND THEM SAFE. AND, WHERE'S THE RELATIVE FIRE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO EMBRACE THE 2023 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THEME, A COOKING FIRE COULD GROW QUICKLY MANY HOMES ARE DAMAGED EACH YEAR AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT ARE INJURED AND I COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. WORKING SMOKE ALARMS IN HOMES ALSO REDUCE THE RISK OF INJURIES AND CUT THE RISK OF DYING BY HEALTH.

WHEREAS RESIDENTS RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION ARE BETTER ABLE TO TAKE PERSONAL STEPS TO INCREASE HER SAFETY FOR FIRE.

RESIDENTS WHO PLAN TO PRACTICE ON FIRE ESCAPE PLAN ARE MORE .

WITH HER FOR A MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE A FIRE. NOW THEREFORE JEFF WINGET IN THE CITY TO PROCLAIM OCTOBER 8-14, 2023 IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF ROWLETT. AND URGE ALL THE PEOPLE OF ROWLETT TO REMEMBER THE THEME FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES AND EFFORTS OF HER VERY OWN ROWLETT FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU SIR.

[APPLAUSE]. AND ONE QUESTION BEFORE YOU LEAVE. WE WILL TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH QUICK. I ONE QUESTION BEFORE YOU LEAVE. SO CHIEF I SAW A POST TODAY ON OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTING SYSTEM FOR THE CITY. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CALL THAT FACEBOOK. I THINK IT'S OUR REPORTING PROCEDURE. HE SAID, AFFABLY HIGH SMOKE DETECTOR THAT'S IN A VAULTED CEILING.

IS THAT SOMETHING OF FIRE DEPARTMENT HELPS WITH CHANGING

BATTERIES? >> WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT. THAT'S PART OF OUR DEAL AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO COME OUT AND HELP WITH THOSE TYPE OF SITUATIONS ANYTIME WERE NEEDED. ALWAYS REMEMBER, OOKIE IS NOT A MULTITASKING TIME. IF YOU'RE GONNA COOK STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT'S ONE OF THE TOP REASONS FOR RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRES. A MONOCOQUE YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DIVIDE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER FOR DINNER.

>> THANK YOU CHIEF. >> AND EXTENT OF HER

[3C. Presentation by the Senior Advisory Board of the 2023 Senior Friendly Business Award. ]

PRESENTATION IS ON M3 SEE PRESENTATION BY THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD OF THE 2023 SENIOR FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARD.

THE SENIOR ADVISOR BOARD CAN PLEASE COME UP. PRESENTING THIS ITEM IS COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON.

>> YOU BETTER COME DOWN HERE MR. CLEAVER. I WAS GONNA CALL YOU IF YOU DIDN'T. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FROM RELEVANT DONUTS HERE? I'M SORRY, I HAVEN'T MET YOU YET. WHERE'S THE DOUGHNUTS? [LAUGHTER]. ALL RIGHT, THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF SELECTING A SENIOR FRIENDLY BUSINESS ANNUALLY. AND ORGANIZING THE RECIPIENT BUSINESS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S OVER HERE FOR TONIGHT. CRITERIA WAS DEVELOPED BY THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE BUSINESS SELECTED MUST ON AN ONGOING BASIS BENEFIT THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF ROWLETT BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR SENIORS TO CONGREGATE, FOOD FOR SENIOR ACTIVITIES, ED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIORS FREE OR REDUCED PRICE ITEMS TO SENIORS, SENIOR SPECIFIC SERVICES OR ANY OTHER MEASURABLE BENEFIT TO THE SENIOR POPULATION OF RELA. THE SUGAR SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD PRESENTS A RELEVANT SENIOR FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARD TO LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT PROVIDE FOR AND CARE TO THE NEEDS OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF ROWLETT.

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THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS SELECTED WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF 3 OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS YOU SEE BEHIND ME. THIS GROUP GATHERED A LIST OF THE POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS, NARRATED THE BIS DOWN TO 3 AND PRESENTED 3 NOMINATIONS TO THE BOARD.

SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD VOTED TO SELECT RECIPIENT FROM THE 3 FINAL NOMINATIONS. THIS YEAR WE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE A SENIOR FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARD GOES TO ROWLETT DOUGHNUTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] RELEVANT DONUTS PARTNERS BUT THE RELIC COMMUNITY CENTER FOR PROVIDING 1 TO 2 BOXES OF DONUTS FOR 48 WEEKS OF THE YEAR FOR BINGO.

THAT'S A LOT OF DOUGHNUTS. THEY'VE GRACIOUSLY DONATED FOR SENIOR ACTIVITIES AT THE RELIC COMMUNITY CENTER FOR 15 YEARS.

THAT'S ALSO AMAZING. SENIORS HAVE GROWN TO APPRECIATE THE GENEROSITY SHOWN BY RELEVANT DONUTS BY THE SENIOR CITIZENS ROWLETT AS ITS BENEFICIAL FOR THOSE WHO NEED ASSISTANCE.

RELEVANT DONUTS HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND TO THIS DAY YOU COULD ENJOY A FRESH GLAZED DOUGHNUT, WARM PIG IN A BLANKET OR A SAVORY SAUSAGE AND EGG BURRITO. I'M GETTING HUNGRY ALREADY. RELIC DONUTS IS LOCATED 5103 ROWLETT ROAD SHOPPING CENTER BEHIND POPEYE'S CHICKEN. PLEASE JOIN US IN GIVING A WARM CONGRATULATIONS FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO BE A SUPPORTER TO THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD AND TO OUR SENIOR PARTICIPANTS. [APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU LIKE TO

SAY ANYTHING? NO? >> THANK YOU.

>> LET'S GET US A PICTURE. >> THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS SOME OF OUR PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON IT COME UP VIRGINIA JENSEN UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T HERE THIS EVENING ALONG WITH ALBERTO REED. THESE FOLKS DID MOST OF THE HEAVY LIFTING IN ORDER TO SELECT A BAR PERSON WHO WOULD BE THE BUSINESS OR SENIOR FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARD OF THE YEAR. ALSO I LIKE TO JUST INTRODUCE SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE. WE HAVE TINA CLARK, I'M SORRY SORRY I'M HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT THERE. SUSANVILLE AND OF COURSE EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH SHELLEY WHO KEEPS US IN LONDON GETS EVERYTHING G FOR A GROUP. OKAY, THANK YOU NOW. [APPLAUSE]

[3D. Presentation of Proclamation recognizing October 15-21, 2023 as National Friends of Libraries Week. ]

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 3D PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 15-21, 2023 AS NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES WEEK. AT THE FRIENDS OF BARBARA'S COME PLEASE COME FORWARD. PRESENTING THIS WILL BE

COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

THIS WEEK IS THE RECOGNIZING NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES WEEK. OUR FRIENDS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE 1988. . IN SOME OF THE IMPRESSIVE DONATIONS THAT THEY HAVE LLECTED IN CLEARANCE THE MARK TWAIN THE STATUE AND I HOPE EVERY ONE TAKES A STATUE WITH THE MARK TWAIN STATUE. STAFF POSTER PRINTER, OVER $10,000 TO THE 2023 SUMMER READING PROGRAM WHICH SAW THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS SINCE 2014.

WHICH IS FANTASTIC. THERE WERE 2093 PEOPL WHO REGISTERED FOR THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM. WHICH IS AWESOME. [APPLAUSE].

I'M IN A GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. WHEREAS THE FRIENDS OF THE ROWLETT LIBRARIES PROVIDE ADVOCACY FOR OUR LIBRARY AND RAISE FUNDS THAT ENABLE OUR LIBRARY TO MOVE FROM GOOD TO GREAT. PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, MUCH NEEDED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THE CHILDREN SUMMER READING AND SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WHEREAS THE WORK OF THE

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FRIENDS HIGHLIGHTS ON AN ONGOING BASIS THAT OUR LIBRARY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMUNITY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL TO ENGAGE IN THE JOY OF LIFELONG LEARNING AND CONNECT WITH THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OF OTHERS FROM AGS PAST TO PRESENT. AND, WHEREAS THE FRIENDS UNDERSTAND THE PCRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF WELL-FUNDED LIBRARIES AND ADVOCATE TO ENSURE THAT OUR LIBRARY GETS THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES TO ALL AGES INCLUDING ACCESS TO PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS. ALONG WITH THE EXPERT ASSISTANCE WHICH I HAVE USED AND IS AMAZING. IN RESEARCH, READERS ADVISORY AND CHILDREN SERVICES.

THEY WILL ALSO HELP SENIORS WITH THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

WHEREAS THE FRIENDS GIFT OF THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO THE LIBRARY SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL AND HOW VOLUNTEERISM LEADS TO POSITIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. THEREFORE I LISA ON B HAIR OF BLAKE MARGOLIS IN THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO PROCLAIM OCTOBER 15 TO THE 21ST 2023 IS NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES WEEK IN ROLL OUT TEXAS AND HONOR TO EVERYONE TO JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND THANK THEM ALL FOR WHAT THEY DO COMMUNITY SO MUCH BETTER.

[APPLAUSE] >> I WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR FRIENDS. WE'VE GOT JERRY HICKMAN IS OUR PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS, STANLEY POLLARD, VIRGINIA A POLLARD, MARK INCOME, BETTY TTY INCOME AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE FRIENDS GROUP. AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S A SMALL GROUP. THEY CAN'T DO EVERYTHING. IF YOU'VE HAD ANY INCLINATION TO GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE FUTURE OF E OF LITERACY JOIN AT THE FRIENDS GROUP. WE NEED

YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU ALL. OUR NEXT

[3E. Presentation of a proclamation recognizing October 10th as Indigenous Peoples’ Day and a request to light the downtown water tower in red and orange. ]

ITEM FOR PRESENTATIONS IS ITEM 3. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 10 AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STAY AND REQUEST TO LIGHT THE DOWNTOWN WATER TOWER IN RED AND ORANGE. PRESENTING THE ITEM IS COUNCILMEMBER OR MAYOR PRO TEM IN THE RELIC INCLUSION COMMISSION.

>> THIS PROCLAMATION TO BUCKEYES OCTOBER 10 AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STATE THE SILLY OF ROWLETT. IF YOU HAPPEN TO LOOK IT UP ON GOOGLE YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT NATIONALLY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IS RECOGNIZED ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF OCTOBER WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN YESTERDAY OCTOBER 9.

HOWEVER, DO TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING BE MOVED TO THE SECOND TUESDAY OF OCTOBER FOR CITY COUNCILS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PARTICIPATION LAST WEEK WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY ON OCTOBER 10 IN THE CITY OF RELIC. WHO ARE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE? DEPENDING ON THE SOURCE IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE BETWEEN 378 TO 470 MILLION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SPREAD ACROSS 70 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. ALTHOUGH THEY MAKE UP JUST 6 PERCENT OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION THEY ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 19 PERCENT OF THE EXTREME POOR. PRACTICING UNIQUE TRADITIONS THEY RETAIN SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE DISTINCT FROM THOSE OF THE DOMINANT SOCIETIES IN WHICH THEY LIVED. SPREAD ACROSS THE WORLD FROM THE ARCTIC TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC THERE IF THIS ASCENDANCE OF THOSE WHO INHABITED A COUNTRY OR GEOGRAPHICAL REGION AT THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES OR ETHNIC ORIGINS ARRIVED. NEW ARRIVALS LATER BECAME DOMINANT THROUGH CONQUEST, OCCUPATION SETTLEMENT OR OTHER MEANS. CONSIDERING THE DIVERSITY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AN OFFICIAL DEFINITION OF INDIGENOUS IS NOT ACTUALLY BEEN ADOPTED. IT IS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE A HISTORICAL CONTINUITY WITH PRECOLONIAL PPRE-SETTLERS SOCIETIES, A STRONG LINK TO TERRITORIES IN SURROUNDING NATIONAL RESOURCES MIGHT DISTINCT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL SYSTEMS,

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DISTINCT LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND BELIEF AND RESOLVE TO MAINTAIN AND INTRODUCE THEIR ANCESTRAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SYSTEMS AS DISTINCTIVE PEOPLES AND COMMUNITIES. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN I VISITED ALASKA ON ONE OF SEVERAL TRIPS UP THERE. TO ME A COUPLE OF THE INUIT AND GET TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR CULTURE. I FOUND IT REALLY FASCINATING THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR IDENTITY FROM THEIR CULTURE AMONGST A SOCIETY IN MANY CASES DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THEM. SO NOW I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS NATIONALLY THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, OCTOBER 9 OF 2023 HAS BEEN DECLARED AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STAY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ORIGINS TO BEING THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE AMERICAS RECOGNIZING THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, ALASKAN NATIVES, NEEDED HAWAIIANS OF PEOPLE FROM WHOM EUROPEANS FIRST NAMED INDIANS DUE TO THE MISTAKEN BELIEF THEY HAVE REACHED THE EAST INDIES. APPEARED WHEREAS THE CELEBRATION NOT ONLY THE UNITED STATES BUT OTHER NATIONS AND THE AMERICANS CHALLENGING THE DISCOVERY OF A LAND THAT WAS ALREADY SETTLED BY PEOPLE WITH RICH HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND CULTURE. CELEBRATIONS FOCUSING ON THE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS COULD BE REGARDED AS HURTFUL FOR GLORIFYING OVER 500 YEARS OF COLONIAL TORTURE AND OPPRESSION. HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE TRUE NATURE OF THE HISTORIES CORRECTLY EXPRESSED AND SHARED TO PROJECT FUTURE FOR DISCRIMINATION AND OPPRESSION AGAINST NATIVE PEOPLES HAVE BECOME A THING OF THE PAST. WHEREAS THE RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY HONORS THE HISTORY, TRADITIONS, CULTURE OF THE NUMEROUS AND VIBRANT PRE-COLUMBIAN PEOPLES AND TO RECOGNIZE THE VIOLENT PAST NOT ONLY OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS BUT, WORLDWIDE. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN THE FIRST US PRESIDENT TO RECOGNIZE THE DAY IN 2021 STATED OUR COUNTRY WAS CONCEIVED ON A PROMISE OF EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. A PROMISE THAT DESPITE THE EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS WE'VE MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WE'VE NEVER FULLY LIVED UP TO. THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO UPHOLDING THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE LONG BEFORE COLONIZATION OF THE AMERICAS BEGAN. TODAY, WE RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH AS WELL AS THE MEASURABLE POSITIVE IMPACT THEY'VE MADE ON EVERY ASPECT OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. AND NOW, THEREFORE, A BEHALF OF BLAKE MARGOLIS AND BEHALF OF THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ARE PROCLAIM OCTOBER 10, 2023 AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IN THE CITY OF RELATIVE. RECOGNIZING THE NATIVE PEOPLE FOR OF THE HISTORY OF FOR ASSIMILATION AND SOLOS TO RECOGNIZE THE MEASURABLE IMPACT UPON THE CONTINUALLY EVOLVING MOSAIC OF AMERICAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE WATER TOWER WILL BE LIT IN RED AND ORANGE ON OCTOBER 10 FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AWARENESS AND AS A SYMBOL OF RELEVANCE COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR ALL OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHOSE INFLUENTIAL AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN MAKING ROWLETT THE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND

PLAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU DAD. I'M SUSAN, THE CHAIR OF THE RELEVANT INCLUSION COMMISSION. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER MICHAEL HERNANDEZ. THIS WAS ONE OF HIS FINAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMISSION AS HE IS NOW MOVING ON TO SERVE HIS CITY ON YET ANOTHER BOARD. MIKE TRACES HIS HERITAGE TO DISPLACED HISTORY OF DISPLACED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HELPING US UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN AS WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY CAN AND ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HISTORY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU PRINTED UP

[4. CITIZENS’ INPUT ]

THE ORDER REDUCES HIS INPUT NEXT AND MOVE ITEM 3 OF THE SUBJECT FROM CITY COUNCIL TO AFTER SUSAN INPUT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CARDS SO YOU CAN PLEASE PUT THE NAME INTO THE RECORD.

WHEN YOU COME UP STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD I'M YOU WANT 3 MINUTES.

>> CAROLYN MORRIS. PLEASE COME UP.

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>> IF YOU DON'T MIND MOVING THE MIC. THANK YOU.

>> I'M HAVING SOME MOBILITY ISSUES. YOU'LL HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME. THANK YOU, CAROLYN OR SKY LIVED HERE IN ROWLETT. I WANTED TO SAY I MOVED HERE A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS AGO. I WAS VERY EXCITED TO MOVE TO ROWLETT. I HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT AND GOT HERE IN A NEW HOUSE AND NEIGHBORHOOD KNEW EVERYTHING. I WAS SO EXCITED. AND THEN I STARTED TO GET DISAPPOINTED. DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE BY THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL, NOT YOU, I HAVE NO BONES TO PICK WITH YOU. THE TRAFFIC APPEARED THE LACK OF GOOD DEVELOPMENT WE DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET HERE IN ROWLETT. I THINK THE THING I'M MOST DISAPPOINTED ABOUT IS THE WAY THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS SORT OF BEING PUSHED OVER HERE. I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THE PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE. THAT'S A DIFFERENT SUBJECT FOR ANOTHER DAY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG TO GET THE IMPROVEMENTS? I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR A VERY LARGE 501(C)(3) IN DALLAS. I HAVE RENOVATED THE ENTIRE PLACE. IDEAL AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. I SEEM TO GET THESE CONTRACTS DONE . AS OF TODAY I WAS OVER THERE WHILE WE WERE DOING A COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE GROUNDS. I DON'T EVER SEE WHAT THE HOLDUP IS. YES YOU HAVE TO GET BIDS. I UNDERSTAND THAT. YES YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE ALL THE EYES ARE DOTTED AND THE TEASER CROSSED. WHAT IS THE HOLD UP? WITH GETTING THESE IMPROVEMENTS MADE? SOMEBODY DID POST ON OUR CITY INFORMATION BOARD AS COUNCILMAN WINGET POINTED OUT. WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT THESE ANIMALS? DON'T YOU CARE ANYTHING ABOUT PEOPLE? I CARE ABOUT PEOPLE THAT I CARE ABOUT ANIMALS TOO OLD. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO GIVE UP ONE TO TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER. THOSE LITTLE GUYS THAT ARE RUNNING AROUND OUT HERE, THEY DIDN'T ASK TO BE HERE. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. WE NEED TO GIVE THOSE VOLUNTEERS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO DOWN THERE. IT'S A NASTY JOB. WE DON'T HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT COME DOWN THERE TO HELP. GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED PLEASE. WE NEED TO PAY A LITTLE MORE, THEN WE WILL PAY A LITTLE MORE. LET'S HELP THOSE FOLKS.

[APPLAUSE]. >> OKAY, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU I WANT COMMENTS AFTERWARDS TO ADDRESS THAT EXACT TOPIC. I WILL ASK IS THAT WE AT LEAST HOLD APPLAUSE UNTIL THE VERY END SO WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THIS AND EVERYONE IS HEARD. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

>> CARA NANAS. CARA NANAS, A RELEVANT CITIZEN.

>> >> I EMAILED YOU ALL ABOUT THE SHELTER. THEY ALL RECEIVED IT AND YOU KNOW MY RESPONSE. I IT RESPONSE FROM A COUPLE OF YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT SEEMS LIKELIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, WERE NOT GETTING IT IT DONE. I DON'T KNOW WHO IS NOT CHECKING THE VENDORS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PARTOF MY BOARD. HAS TO BE SOMEONE'S JOB TO LOOK AND MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT PERSON BEFORE YOU SAY YES YOU HAVE THE JOHN. WE JUST NEED TO GET IT DONE. YOURS CITY EMPLOYEES THERE, ALL 5 OF THEM THAT RUN THE SHELTER THEY ARE NOT OKAY. THEY ARE NOT OKAY. THEY ARE EXHAUSTED.

THEY'RE MENTALLY DRAINED. THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF MORE DOGS THAN THEY SHOULD BE HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF. THEY ARE NOT OKAY. THE FENCES ARE NOT OKAY. I DIDN'T BRING NO PICTURES BECAUSE A WORSE THAN THEY WERE IN JULY. YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE NEW PICTURES. THE TURF, IS ONLY BREAKING DOWN. THERE'S HOLES THERE'S WATER SEEPING UP INTO THE HOLES. GO SEE IT. IT IS NOT OKAY. I HOPE IT'S UNER WARRANTY. I HOPE IT IS. THE NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIS MEDICAL BUDGET. WHAT IF I CAME TO YOU AND I SAID I WANT TO HAND YOU 135,000 $533.

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WOULD YOU BE EXCITED? THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS OF ROWLETT ANIMALS DID. THEY SAY THE CITY THAT MUCH MONEY MEDICAL EXPENSES.

WHY CAN WE NOT INCREASE MEDICAL BUDGET? TAKE CARE MORE DOGS? THEN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. $135,000 WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY ABLE TO FIX FENCES, TURF, KENNELS AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIX DOGS AND CATS WITHOUT MONEY. THAT'S NOT TO COUNT THE COUNTS AND THE CAT RESCUE. THIS OUGHT TO COUNT THE TNR PROGRAM. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY GIVEN TO THE CITY THROUGH VOLUNTEERS I'VE HEARD FROM CITY EMPLOYEE THAT THOSE LOUDMOUTH VOLUNTEERS ARE PUTTING THEIR NOSE FOR THEY DON'T BELONG.

THAT HURT ME. THAT HURT ME. WE WORK HARD, WE WORK HARD TO FUND RAISE, TO DO ADOPTION EVENTS. TO VOLUNTEER OUR TIME, TO WALK DOGS. TO CLEAN KENNELS. SO OUR 5.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT COMMENT. >> KIM SMITH.

>> WHO WAS GOOD BE THE NEXT SPEAKER SO THEY ARE READY?

>> BETH CROCKETT. >> OKAYAY.

>> HELLO, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY, STAFF AND RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS KIM SMITH AND A BEEN A RESIDENT OVER 30 YEARS. HERE TO DISCUSS A TERMINATION WHERE THE BEST PLACES CITY HAS EVER HAD, OUR ANIMAL SHELTER MANAGER. DUE TO HAVING 3 MINUTES STRIPS OF FACTS. I WILL ATTEND THE NEXT SEVERAL MEETINGS UNTIL THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT ARE AWARE OF THE UNPROFESSIONALISM THAT TOOK PLACE ABOUT OUR CITY LEADERS WHEN THEY FIRED ASHER.

LET ME ALSO STATE I FINISHED CHEMO RADIATION FOR CANCER AND IT IS A BIG DEAL FOR EVERYONE TO GET THEIR HEALTH SCANNING SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I'VE GONE THROUGH. I WILL KNOW SOON WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH AN EXPERT ASHER'S BEEN AN EMPLOYEE WITH RELATIVE ANALYSIS 8 YEARS. HE WORKED HIS WAY UP THE LADDER RECEIVING 2 PROMOTIONS TO BECOME THE ANIMAL SHELTER MANAGER. HIS YEARLY PERFORMANC EVALUATIONS OF ALL BEEN EXCELLENT. WE HAD TIME TO GO OVER THE RATE THINGS SAID ABOUT ASHER IN THESE REVIEWS. HOWEVER LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE LAST ONE DECEMBER 2022 HE RECEIVES A SCORE OF 90. THE YEAR BEFORE 88. THE YEAR BEFORE 90.

EVERYTHING IS RAVING ON THIS GUY AND WHAT HE DOES FOR THE CITY. LET'S RECOUNT. 8 YEARS, 7 EVALUATIONS ALL EXCELLENT, THE LAST ONE BEING DECEMBER 2022 HE GETS AN ID. NOT ONLY IS THE LOVE BY THE CITIZENS BUT BY THE ANIMALS AND IS CHANGE THE LIVES OF ONE MAN, ONE DOG, ONE CITIZENS, 3 LIVES CHANGED.

JUNE 5 WE HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER DAVID HALL. BASICALLY JUNE 26 THEY MARCH IN AND THEY ACCUSE ASHER OF STEALING FUNDS FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER. THEY PUT THEM ON AND MISTREAT OF LEAVE AS HE DECIDE TO DO AN INVESTIGATION ON AN 8 YEAR EMPLOYEE WITH RAVING REVIEWS. WHAT YOU THINK THIS COULD HAPPEN? I CAME OUT THERE WAS NO WRONGDOING ON ASHER'S PART.

ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER RIDICULOUS SITUATION THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN COMMON SENSE. IT'S OUTRAGEOUS WHAT IS HAPPENED HERE. HIS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY WITH US SHOULD BE SPEAKING ON ITSELF.

THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENED WAS JULY 6 WHEN THEY PUT HIM ON A PIP PERFORMANCE OF IMPLEMENT PLAN, THAT'S IN THE HANDBOOK BEFORE WE FIRE SOMEONE WE ARE TO DO THAT. HE WAS GIVEN 77 DAYS AND THEN FIRED. IT WAS SAID HE HAD UNSATISFACTORY WORK PERFORMANCE. WOW, WITH AN ID SCORE ON THE LAST PERFORMANCE HE IS NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT A FEW MONTHS AFTER 8 YEARS OF SERVICE IS UNSATISFACTORY. BASICALLY MADE UP A BUNCH OF STUFF, YOU PUT IT ON THERE AND THEN YOU TURNED AROUND AND HE FIRED HIM. IT'S RIDICULOUS AND IT'S UNPROFESSIONAL. COUNCIL AND MAYOR STATED THEY DON'T HIRE THAT POSITION THEY DO THAT MANAGER, THE ATTORNEY, THE JUDGE'S AND ETC. IN OUR CHARTER LET'S LOOK AT 3 CITY COUNCIL. IT STATES CITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVELY OR INDIVIDUALLY INQUIRE INTO THE CONDUCT OF ANY OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY OF CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL THEY COLLECTIVELY MAKE INVESTIGATIONS INTO ANY UNUSABLE OFFICE.

[3F. Update from the City Council and Management: Financial Position, Major Projects, Operational Issues, Upcoming Dates of Interest and Items of Community Interest. ]

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FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT NUMBER OF ITEMS, TASTE OF FALL

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FARMERS ACROSS MARKET EVERY THURSDAY THROUGH OCTOBER 26.

WE WILL HAVE THE LUNCH ON THE LAWN EVERY MONDAY IN OCTOBER.

CELEBRATE DIVERSITY WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 21 FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM IN DOWNTOWN ROWLETT. TRUNK OR TREAT WHICH IS A HUGE EVENT WILL HAPPEN ON OCTOBER 28 FROM 5 Ã8 PM AT BACON GROVE PARK. FINALLY FROM THE POLICE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS EXPO ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 AT THE RELIC

COMMUNITY CENTER. THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS AN UPDATE FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. WHERE'S MY DOG? GETTING BACK TO ANIMAL SHELTER. LET'S GET SOME OF THOSE ANIMALS ADOPTED. HERE'S THIS WEEK'S PET SPOTLIGHT. THIS IS LACEY. YOU'VE SEEN HER BEFORE. SHE IS A LOVABLE MIXED BREED 3-YEAR-OLD PUP AND SHE IS SO READY FOR HER NEW HOME. WHEN SHE ISN'T RUNNING AROUND THE PLAYER AND SHE CAN USUALLY BE FOUND TAKING HIM OUT. IN LOOKING FOR SNUGGLES. LACEY LOVES PLAYING WITH CHEW TOYS, PLAYING FETCH GOING FOR WALKS. SHE WOULD BE A WONDERFUL COMPANION. LACEY ALSO LOVES GETTING BELLY RUBS AND SCRATCHES. SHE WILL STARE AT IT WITH THOSE BIG BROWN EYES AND IT MELTS YOUR HEART EVERY TIME. SHE'S A FUN, FRIENDLY PUP THAT'S WELL BEHAVED AND LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH STAFF

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AND VOLUNTEERS. SHE'S POTTY TRAINED AND CRATE TRAINED. BIG PLUS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LACEY PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP BY THE RELEVANT ANIMAL SHELTER OR CALL THEM AT 972 Ã2 12 Ã6219. THE SHELTER IS AT 4402 INDUSTRIAL STREET AND RELIC TEXAS AND OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 10 AM TO 5 PM.

[5. CONSENT AGENDA ]

>> OUR NEXT ITEM, IS ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS AN ITEM TO SPEAK ON? OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO A CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. THE CITY COUNCILMEMBER REQUEST ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FOR CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE DECIDED TO PULL ITEM 5B WHICH IS REGARDING THE ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT THAT WILL BE GOING TO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. DOES ANY MEMBER FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO PULL AN ITEM OFF OF CONSENT ONTO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE REVIEW

CONSENT ITEMS INTO THE RECORD. >> 5A. CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE MINUTES. 5C. CONIDER ACTION APPROVING SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 5D. CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF ONLINE DATA STORAGE, SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BACKUP AND OFFSIDE DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN. 5E. CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING PAYMENT FOR CYBERSECURITY MANAGED SECURITY SERVICES.

5F. CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A PAYMENT FOR MAINTENANCE COST PLAN FOR THE CITYB THE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM. 5G. CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A CONTRACT FOR MEDICAL CONTROL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 5H. CONSIDER ACTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT AWARDS AND TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY REGIONAL EQUIPMENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT. 5I. CONSIDER ACTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT AWARD.

5J. CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A BID FOR OFFICE SPACE

RENOVATIONS. >> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> A MOVE WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS EXCLUDING

5 B. >> IS THERE A SECOND?

>> DEBBIE PRO TEM WINGET? >> YES MER I WILL SECOND. CALL

[5B. Consider action approving an election services contract. ]

THE BOAT. THAT ITEM CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS 5B WHICH IS CONSIDERED ACTION TO RESOLUTION APPROVING ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ROCKWELL COUNTY MINISTER TO PROVIDE ELECTION SERVICES AND ADMINISTER THE CITY SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ROCKWELL COUNTY VOTERS WITHIN THE CITY FOR THE NOVEMBER 7, 2023 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND JOINT ELECTION AND RUNOFF ELECTION IF NECESSARY. WE HAD A MEMBER OF COUNCIL, COUNSEL MEMBER LISA BOWERS TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ON FOR QUESTIONS. DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS NOW. HIT YOUR RTS BUTTON.

>> THANK YOU MARY. I WANTED TO PULL THIS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION SO WE CAN DO THE VOTING ING DAY WILL BE AVAILABLE. UTILITY BUILDING THE NEW UTILITY BUILDING UNTIL ROCK HAD BEEN MY TANDING BEFORE THE EARLY VOTING WOULD BE ABLE TO BE DONE BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE. IT WILL BE THE ROCKWALL COUNTY Y LIBRARY ON VOTING DAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE OUR NEW PUTILITY BUILDING. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONSONS OR ANY FOLLOW-UP? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT I WILL CONSIDER MOTION. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE HE WANTED TO SAY? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. JUST HIT RTS. RTS.

OH, IT DIDN'T REGISTER. THERE YOU GO.

>> I MOVE WE ACCEPT THIS ITEM IS READ. I MOVED TO APPROVE.

>> THANK COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON?

>> I SECOND THAT. >>CALLED THE VOTE. THAT ITEM

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

CARRIES ANY CITY PLAYED OVER INTO RECORD OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM WHICH WILL BE GOING INTO AFTER THIS. 2A. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, B'551.071 (CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY) TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE SAPPHIRE BAY PROJECT AND POTENTIAL BOND VALIDATION PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE COMPTROLLERB PRIVATE LETTER RULING AND STATE TAX REBATES. I SKIPPED OVER ONE ITEM THAT WAS ITEM 7 MEMBERS OF

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THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REQUEST TOPICS TO BE PLACED ON AN AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. ANY DELIBERATION OR DECISION SHALL BE LIMITED O A PROPOSAL TO PLACE TOPIC ON THE AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.

TAKE ANY NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE ACTION ON CLOSED/EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS 8.

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