[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. GOOD EVENING OTHER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE ROWLETT COUNCIL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH 2026 THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT. THIS EVENING WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER WE IS A QUORUM PRESENT. EXCUSE ME, FOLKS TONE IT DOWN A BIT. WE HAVE EMPTY SEATS AT FRONT IF YOU HAVE NOT FOUND A SEAT AND IN THE MIDDLE. MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN THE AISLES SO WE CAN GET EVERYBODY IN. WE HAVE OUR FIRE MARSHALL MONITORING CAPACITY. THE FIRST ORDER IS CITIZEN'S INPUT. [2. CITIZENS INPUT] I HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMENCEMENT CARDS IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK THERE ARE INPUT FORMS IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF THE ROOM THERE ARE PENS. DROP IT OFF WITH THE SECRETARY AT THE FRONT. WHEN YOU CUE YOUR NAME STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY RESIDENTS YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES FIRST IS BYRON ROBINSON. MAKE YOUR WAY UP AND CITY. OUR SECOND SPEAKER WILL BE DAVE HULL. CAN YOU HEAR ME. I'M BYRON ROBINSON A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT ROWLETT IS A CROWNED JEWEL. I COME HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR CITIZENS OF ROWLETT AND EMPLOYEES THAT DON'T HAVE A VOICE. MY DEAL HERE I TALKED TO A GENTLEMEN AT VETERAN'S MEMORIAL WHICH WAS A COUNCILMEMBER ABOUT MY VISION OF MAKING THE PARKS BEAUTIFUL. AFTER THAT MEETING I GOT TOLD DON'T TALK TO A COUNCILMEMBER. I WAS AT THE CITY LUNCHEON AND A MEMBER A COUNCILMEMBERMENTED TALK TO ME ABOUT THE NATURE TRIISM CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH OF YOU IT WAS. AFTER THAT MEETING I GOT TOLD. DON'T TALK TO A COUNCILMEMBER. WEAPON THAT SAID I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF ANY EMPLOYEES CAN BE HEART THEY MOST EMPLOYEES DO NOT HAVE A VOICE. THEY ARE SKIERED TO BE RETALITY BRAILLED AGAINST. I DAME HERE TO MAKE OUR WORKS BEAUTIFUL. IVE WAS TOLD DON'T DO NOTHING IN PARKS. UNLESS I GO THROUGH CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. I COULD NOT DO MY JOB. AND AS SEE LOOK AT THE PARKS LOOK AT THEM. LOOK HOW THEY LOOK. NOW I WAS ABLE TO TO DO -- MAIN STREET. YOU SEE HOW THEY LOOKS. I WANT TO SAY TO YOU MEMBERS IT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD. ROWLETT NEEDS TO MOVE ON FROM THE TOP AND INDIVIDUAL IN PUBLIC WORKS. YOU NEED TO MOVE ON. AND THAT'S OPINION. THE INDIVIDUAL TOLD ME IN HIS BUDGE HE WILL SAVE MONEY BY NOT DOING ANYTHING TO PARKS IN ORDER FOR HIM TO GET HIS RAISE. THAT CAME FROM THE TOM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO ALL OF YOU IF A CITIZEN OR A CITY EMPLOYEE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS -- IT WOULD NOT BE LONG. THEY WILL NOT BE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT. YOU LOOK AT THE RECORDS. AND LOOK AND SEE HOW HOW MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN DISMISSED. GREAT EMPLOYEES. CITY OF HOWLET HAS GOOD EMPLOYEES BUT THEY ARE AFRAID. THEY CAN'T SPEAK OR DO THINGS OIDZ THE BOX THEY ARE TOLD OR THOSE IDEALS SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE THEM AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE]. EROSION CONTROL FENCING TO [00:05:14] PREVENT CONSTRUCTION FROM E REDDING INTO THE LAKE THIS IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO TREAT A BUSINESS BRING NOTHING GOOD SALES TAX OPPOSED TO EXPANDING POOL OF NOT GOOD SALE TAX FROM LIQUOR STORES. TATTOO, NAIL SALONS VAPE SHOPS, CAR WASHES COFFEE LOCATION THIS IS IS TEXAS HOW ABOUT A LEEKZ ME AND MY FAMILY CAN GET A STEAK AND BAKED POTATO LEDDED WITH EVERYTHING. >> I RAN MILL ARE HEIGHT WATERSHED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES NONE HAD RESPONSIBILITY TO FORCE TO YOU FIX IT OR PREVENTS THE DESTRUCTION. WHEN THE TPWD OFFICE FOUND OUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTICED ASK AND THEY CAN PLAN AND PROVIDE GRANT FUNDING. MY NAME WAS BEGIN AS THE CONTACT FOR ROWLETT YOU SHOULD BE THE CONTACT AND YOUR ACTIONS SHOULD BENEFIT RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE ALMOST BEING. 2026 SEASON BEGINS IN A COUPLE MONTHSES. LAKE PARK NORTH AND ALLOW TO PADDLE INTO AT THIS TIME PARK >> I HAD NO RESPONSE. PHOTOCOPY YOU CAN'T MANAGE OUR LAKE FRONT PARKS GET OUT OF OF THAT BUSINESS AND BRING SOMEONE IN WHO WILL. WITH REGARD TO THE CM REVIEW, YOU HAVE FAILED TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS INTERESTS THE CM REPRESENTATIVED STAFF. THIS IMBALANCE LEAD TO THE SORRY STATE AFFAIRS I EXPECT THE CM TO TAKE BEATING TONIGHT YOU SHARE RESPONSIBILITY. THANK YOU. KEVIN BROWN THEN DAN I'M KEVIN BROWN EMPLOYED HERE FOR SIXTY-SIX MONTHS MY INTERVIEW LASTED TWO AND A HALF HOURS SPOKE MOSTLY ABOUT DEVELOPING CREWS FROM THE INSIDE OUT TAKING,A WAY FROM CONTRACTORS GIVING YOU POOR QUALITY WORK. SINCE 2,000 I DID THIS WORK. DEVELOPED RIGHT-OF-WAY PROGRAMS. DONE A VARIETY OF THINGS IN THAT TIME. >> YES , SIR. >> PULL MIC CLOSER. >> THAT'S WHY I WAS EXCITED DEVELOP A PROGRAM FROM GROUND UP. I HAD LIMITED INTERACTION WITH MOST OF UP HERE. I RECOGNIZE DAVID HALL. MY ASSISTANT AND MANAGERS THOSE OTHER PEOPLE I INTRAKTED WITH THE MOST. I KNOW LITTLE ABOUT WLA IS GOING ON IN ROWLETT I LIVE IN DALLAS I AM NEW TO TEXAS THE PEOPLE I INTERACTS ARE ALWAYS ASKING ME, WHAT CAN WE DO WHAT DO YOU NEED EQUIPMENT WISE AND PERSONNEL WISE WE ARE PUSHING FOR THAT. I NEVER I SPEAK OUT OF BOX ALL THE TIME I'M ASKING QUESTION TLAS SHOULD NOT BE ASKED. I'M NOT AFRAID I KNOW MY EXPERIENCE AND CAPABLE OF DOING I'M GETTING BACKING FROM THE PEOPLE WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO WE COME A HUGE DIRECTION LIBERTY GROVE ALONE. WAS A PROJECT WE COMPLETE TODAY IN SEVEN WEEKS. THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER IT TIMES TO TURN THE VOTE AROUND. I GOT A SHORT TERM HERE MY INTERACTIONS WITH THE PEOPLE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE TAXPAYER'S INTEREST. THAT'S WHEN I'M HERE FOR AND WHAT HE WOO WILL DO AND DEVELOP MY JOB SO TRAIN THE PEOPLE. I GET NOTHING BUT BACKING FROM MR. HALL ASKING ME ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. MY MANAGERINGS WHAT CAN DOE TO TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR YOU. HOPEFULLY WE KEEP THAT GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE DANA WEB FOLLOWED BY PAULA JOCK. THIS IS NEW TO ME. STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE >> DANA WEBB. >> THANK YOU. >> I WORK FOR THE PUBLIC WORK DEPARTMENT. THIS IS ALL NEW TO ME. NEVER BEEN THIS PEDESTAL IN MY LIFE. THIS CITY HAS BEGIN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEST MAN I CAN BE. AND -- WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BEFORE ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS ALL THAT. BUT THE GROWTH THAT I HAVE HAD [00:10:12] IN THIS CITY, IS TREMENDOUS. THE PEOPLE THAT HAS HELPED ME BE THE MAN I AM TODAY, EVERYONE IS NOT STANDING HERE WITH ME AT THIS POINT. BUT I'M INFLUENTIAL IN THIS PUBLIC WORKS SITUATION. HELP EVERYONE. THEY HELP ME. WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT WE NEED. WE DO THE THING WE NEED TO DO. ARE WE THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO DO THIS JOB, NO. BUT WE ARE GETTING THESE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED. IT IS NEW. WE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SITSES IN OUR DEPARTMENT WHOP SAYS THAT THEY NEED THIS AND THAT. BUT THIS MAN HAS CREATED A JOB OR SOMETHING FOR ME AS AN ASPHALT CREW WE NEVER HAD BEFORE. WE NEVER HAD ALL THIS EQUIP. IT DOES MAKE OTHERS IN OUR DEPARTMENT FEEL A TYPE OF WAY. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE THIS IS BRAND-NEW. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF THING. THEY NEED TOOLS AND WE NEED TOOLS YOU KNOW THIS. WE ARE NOT WE ARE NOT DALLAS. WE ARE NOT ALL THE OTHER BIG CITIES WHERE WATER DEPARTMENT IS THE CROWNED JEWEL OF EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING IS THAT THIS MAN HAS PROVIDED FOR US. WE ARE DOING IT. WE ARE GETTING THINGS ACCOMPLISHED. MAKING THE GOALS. HE IS ACONSTITUTE GENTLEMEN. YES, I COMMEND HIM FOR THAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WINNING WERE I DON'T KNOW WHATY WOO ARE ARGUING ABOUT I DON'T KNOW THAT DOES NOT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ME I WORK FOR YOU. THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE WINNING >> IF YOU CAN GIVE ME SOMETHING ELSE WE ARE NOT WINNING I WILL LISTEN. BUT WE ARE WINNING. WING WINNING AS A CITY NOW. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, MR. WEB. PAULA JOCK. FOLLOWED BY WILLIS. >> MAYOR, >> I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED HERE BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN STAFF IS IN UNIFORM THEY ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA. SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WHY ARE THEY COMING UP AS PRIVATE CITIZENS IN UNIFORM SO I'M A LITTLE MAY BE THE CITY ATTORNEY ACCOUNT CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? >> MADAM ATTORNEY? >> YOU DON'T HAVE TOA CITIZEN TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK >> ANYTHING IN OUR POLICY PREVENT AN EMPLOYEE, >> NO. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. >> I APOLOGIZE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> PAULA JOCK I LIVE IN ROWLETT I LIVED HERE 29 YEARS. THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING THAT I ATTENDED. SINCE MOST OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS GONE OUR CITY MANAGER SPEARHEADING THAT DEPARTMENT. AND THIS IS WHAT WE GET LOSS OF PARK LAND. PECAN GROVE REPLACED BY MORE APARTMENTS, RETAIL, ATHLETICS, SOCCER TRAINING COMPLEX. THAT THE CITY GARLAND DEEMED NOT PROFITABLE IF ARE THEIR CITY WHY IS ROWLETT DIFFERENT. WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR CALLING THIS SPECIAL MEETING. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WILLIS, FOLLOWED BY JULIE BLAKEY. WILLIS, GARLAND, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING MUCHING I SERVE AS UTILITY OPERATIONS FOR A YEAR. WE DEALT WITH THE REALITIES OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPACTS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. THEY ARE CHALLENGED AND REQUIRE EXECUTIVE SUPPORT TO ADDRESS. DURING MY TIME I SEEN FUNDING PRIORITIZED ARE FOR UTILITY AND STREET REPAIR THEY DON'T MOVE FORWARD UNTIL BEING BAG. AND PAY ADJUSTMENTS ALLOWS YOU TO RECRUIT PERSONNEL THIS FIELD EXPERIENCE MATTERS AND AFFECTS THE RELIABILITY AND SERVICE WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE. THOSE HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR TEAM IMPRAUFED OUR STABILITY. CITY MANAGER SHOWS UP ON CITES. ASKS QUESTIONS. THAT LEADERSHIP BUILDS CONFIDENCE. IN THE DEPARTMENTS REENFORCES THE PERFORMANCE MATTERS. FROM MY POSITION PUBLIC WS WOULD [00:15:01] NOT ACHIEVE THIS SUCCESS WITHOUT HIS SUPPORT. BASED ON WHAT I EXPERIENCED I SUPPORT THE LEADER SHIP IN THE DIRECTION WE ARE MOVING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> NEXT IS JULIE BLAKEY IS AND LEWIS. >> MOOIM JULIE BLAKEY A CITIZEN OF ROWLETT THE LAST 14 YEARS. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR CALLING THIS SPECIAL MEETING TO REVIEW THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN ASKING TO BE LOOKED SPO FOR DAVID HALL FOR A TIME. I'M SPEAKING IN ORDER RAS TO MY CONCERN FOR HIS EFFICACY CONTINUING TO BE EMPLOYED AS OUR CITY MANAGER. I AM A BUSINESS CONSULTANCE AND I DO THOUSANDS OF HOUR OF MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP COACHING. I'M SPEAKING AS A CITIZEN. I HAD NO DIRECT INTERACTIONS IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY OR MEETING AT ALL I'M SPEAKING AS A CITIZEN WITH EXPERIENCE IN MANAGEMENT AND COACHING. AND FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, IT IS VERY STRANGE. THE AMOUNT OF TURNOVER THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING. MONTH AFTER MONTH. OVER LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITHIN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FULFILL TODAY. THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DELAYED. THINGS I BELIEVE COULD BE IMPROPER OF -- REGARDING THE PARK WITH -- USING AND DEPARKING THAT LAND. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS STILL DOES NOT FOLLOW TEXAS CODE FOR PARKS AND REC IN CHAPTER 26. AND IT JUST IS STRANGE, HONESTLY IN MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I SEE THE AMOUNT OF TURNOVER THAT USUALLY MEANS THAT EITHER THE READER IS NOT LEADING CORRECTLY. AND SO PEOPLE HAVE CONFLICT THERE AND DON'T WANT TO WORK FOR THAT PERSON. OR THERE IS JUST THE I'M GOING OFF SCRIPT NOW I'M FORGETTING MY -- I WILL PULL THIS UP. EXCUSE ME. I SHOULD HAVE STAYED ON MY SCRIPT. BUT I IN MY EXPERIENCE IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS EITHER NOT PRIMARYING THEIR DUTYINGS CORRECTLY OR TO THE CAPACITY THEY SHOULD PEOPLE WILL LEAVE THE OTHER REASON IS IF THEY LOST TRUST. I REVIEWED HIS EMPLOYMENT CONTACT THERE IS A CLAUSE THERE FOR TERMINATION WITH CAUSE. AND I WOULD ASK COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO REVIEW THAT PORTION OF HIS CONTRACT. IF THERE IS A SEVERE LACK OF TRUST AND BREECH OF TRUST OR MISCONDUCT. I DON'T KNOW I'M NOT ON THE INSIDE THAT IS Y'ALL'S JOB. I ASK YOU LOOK AT THAT. HE DOES HAVE A GOLD EN PARACHUTE IF TO BE FIRED HE WOULD RECEIVE I BELIEVE 325 THOUSAND DOLLARS. WITHIN 30 DAYS OF TERMINATION. AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A SEVERE INVESTIGATION DISCUSSING HIS EMPLOYMENT. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS LEWIS. FOLLOWED BY JAMIE BENFORD. >> GOOD EVENING ISSUE EVERYBODY I'M LEWIS I HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY SINCE 2013. STARTED FROM THE GROUND UP SCHOLARSHIP MY STORY IS I MOVE UP THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT I KNOW WHAT IS TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE. I HAVE BEEN IN THE GRUNDZ AND DUG HOLES AND DONE EVERYTHING. SO, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THIS PASTIER WE HAD A MEETING SIMILAR TO THIS. WHAT I ASKED WAS, CAN WE PLEASE, LOOK INTO HELPING OUT THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT? THIS YEAR WE HAVE REHABBED A NEW AN OLD LIFT STATION I LIKE TO THANK WHOEVER GOT THAT DONE. I KNOW WE HAD A CLAN LIBERTY GROVE THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ODOR GOING ON LIBERTY GROVE THAT HAS STARTED EVERYTHING. NOW WE HAVE STARTED TREATING THE ISSUE BY FEEDING CHEMICALS TO THE SEWER AND TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE. THAT IS ONE THING I SAY WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. NOW, WHAT I SAY NOW IS HOPEFULLY WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD O WHAT HAPPENS TODAY. DON'T FORGET ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS AND THE WATER AND SEWER. AND I SAID I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 13 YEARS PEOPLE COME AND GO, LEAVE I KNOW THE JOBS TAKE TIME TO GET DONE. TAKES WE ARE NOT ROMES NOVELTY BUILT OVER NIGHT. YOU KNOW SO -- I SAID IT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME. WE ARE HERE AND KEEP MOVING AND MARCHING. AND I SAID YOU ASK YOU, LITE GO FORWARD AND THANK YOU FOR [00:20:04] EVERYTHING Y'ALL IS DONE. AND YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> THANK YOU, SIR >> SKWA NEXT IS JAIL BENFORD FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL BENNING.BEND BY MICHAEL BENNING. HELLO I NEVER DID THIS BEFORE. >> SORRY. OKAY. I'M JAMIE BENFORD EMPLOYEE AT THE CITY AND I WORK IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M CURRENTLY ON FMLA. WHEN I GOT THE CALL FROM A COLLEAGUE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS GOING DOWN TODAY I SAID, IT WORTH IT. I GOT MYSELF TOGETHER. AND I'M HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU. I SAID I WORK IN COMMUNITY ENGAGE. . HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR. MY DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF MANAGERS, YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE THAT TURNOVER. NO8 SECRET LET'S TALK ABOUT 234. BEST MANAGER PAS WAS DREW. DREW HAS BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEAR WHEN DREW HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SOMETHING GREATER HE TOOK IT. TOLD OUR DEPARTMENT HE WAS LEAVING FOR A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO BE WORK IN THE MOVE INDUSTRY WITH THE COWBOYS. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE MADE SURE AND KNOWN THAT IS WHAT WE WANTED UPON LET US KNOW UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES HE WAS LEAVING REGARDING DAVID HALL AT ALL. HE WANTED THAT CLEAR. MAKE IT CLEAR WE WERE IN GREAT HANDS UNTIL HE FOUND SOMEBODY. WE HAD ANOTHER MANAGER JEANINE >> SHE WAS AWESOME AND STEP IN THE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING IN HER DEPARTMENT SHE WENT OVER ASK FOUND ANOTHER JOB. STILL NO REASON FOR HER TO LEAVE UNDER DAVID HALL. I HAVE ANOTHER COWORKER WORKED WITH US ROBERT, ROBERT HAS FAM ACRES 200 IN THE CITY OF SELINEA. HE BUILT A [INAUDIBLE] HIS PROPERTY. SO TO DRIVE FROM THERE AND BACK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TWO HOUR TRIP. HIM MAKING THAT DECISION TO FIND A JOB WAS NOT DUE TO DAVID HALL EMPLOYMENTED TO LET YOU KNOW OUR DEPARTMENT IS HARD TO WORK UNDER. WE BRING EVERYONES TO THE CITY. YOU GUYS KNOW THEY GROW. IT IS BIG. IT GETTING BIGGER EVERY YEAR THAT IS A HIGH DEMAND. OUR LAST MANAGER SHE ADMITTED TO US SHE WAS IN DO O TOO DEEP DID NOT HAVE CITY EXPERIENCE AND SHE THOUGHT LIKE I THINK I NEED TO STEP ASIDE. AND THAT HAS AND MEAD SURE SHE TOLD US NOT DO TO HIM. SO -- I DON'T KNOW WHY YEE ARE HERE. I'M HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE MY POSITION IS WORTH IT TEMPERATURE I BELIEVE HE IS WORTH IT AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND MAKE THIS CITY BIGGER AND CONTINUE TO PUT GREAT EVENTS FOR YOU TO LOVE AND ENTERTAIN. SO. THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU HAVE BEEN FLK IS MICHAEL BENNING AND THEN WINDSY BADGEIT. MAYOR. MEMBER OF COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING FOR THE RECORD I'M MICHAEL DENNING. I SERVED OUR CHOOEFR OF POLICE THE PAST 3-1/2 YEARS. I'M ONE OF A HANDFUL OF DIRECTOR PORTS TO THE CITY MANAGER DAVID HALL AND SOMEONE WHO WORK CLOSELY WITH HIM OFTEN DAILY. I JOIN THIS CITY SIX MONTHS BEFORE HIM. I WAS NOT HIS SELECTION. HE INHERITED ME. IN FACT, I WAS PART OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WHEN HE WAS HIRED AND HE WAS NOT MY TOP CHOICE AND KNOWS THAT. I HAD EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS AND SOME VERY DIFFICULT ONES. WHEN A NEW CITY MANAGER COME IN UNCERTAINTY IS NATURAL. AFTER 3 YEARS AND THOUSANDS OF HOUR WORKING. MAJOR PROJECTS AND INCIDENTS I SAY IS I HAVE NEVER PERSONALLY HAD OR OBSERVED AN INTERACTION WITH DAVID HAL WHERE HE DEM STATED THE PROFESSIONALISM. LEADERSHIP THAT SHOWS UP DAVID DEMONSTRATED THAT LEADERSHIP. [00:25:08] SET EXPECTATIONS ACROSS OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM. MAKE NO MISTAKE, HE HOLDS US ACCOUNTSABLE AND CAN BE DEMANDING. WHEN SMAKS HAPPEN HE COACHES, GUIDES AND EXPECTS US TO IMPROVE. POLICE ISSUE FIRE AND PUBLIC WORK COMMUNICATE DAILY WINTER STORM PREPAREDNESS IMPROVES. THAT LEVEL OF READINESS REFLECTS THE DIRECTION AND PRIORITIES HE SET FOR THE CITY. MY CONVERSATIONS WITH DAVID CONSTRUCTIVE EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE. WITH THE CITY COUNCIL YOUR SUPPORT WE INVEST IN THE TRAINING, EQUIPMENT AND STAFFING. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IS STRONG AS NICK % STAFFED. THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIS ADVOCACY. MOST PARENTLY MORAL AND ENGAGE AM IN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NEVER BEEN HIRE IT COME IN THE OFFICERS AND STAFF WHEN SERVE EVERY DAY. MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION NOW IS THE NOT THE TIME FOR A CHANGE IN THE CITY MANAGER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS MOMENTUM AND A CHANGE OF THIS WILL SLOW PROGRESS, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE. STATE, LEADERSHIP AND CAREER DIRECTION ARE CRIST CALGARY. WITHOUT DAVID HALL'S SUPPORT WE WOULD NOPRESIDENT MAKE THE STRIDE IT IS WE MADE. >> WENDY BADGEIT AND LORI ANN. STATE THAT ONE MORE TIME. WENDY BADGEIT RICHARDSON TEXAS FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR ROWLETT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. FOR US TO SPEAK THIS EVENING MUCHING I WANT TO BE CLEAR I CAN ONLY SPEAK MY PERSONNEL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER DAVID HALL. IN MY ROLE AT FINANCE DIRECTOR AND MEMBER EVER EXECUTIVE TEAM, I DO NOT REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH AND INTENSITY OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS, OUR ROLES REQUIRE COLLABORATION OVER A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE YEAR. I ALSO INTRAKT WITH HIM REGULARLY THROUGH TEAM MEETINGS. FINANCIAL UPDATES AND QUARTER LOW FINANCE MEETINGS. THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP REQUIRES DIRECT COMMUNICATION >> DISCUSSIONS AND ALINE AM ON POLICY AND OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES. I HAVE BEEN HERE AT THE STEAL FOR 13 YEARS AND GONE THROUGH THREE CITY MANAGERS. WOMAN ANY TRANSITION OFFED LEADERSHIP IT REQUIRE AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD THAT IS NORMAL EVER EVER. OFFER TIME WE DEVELOPED A PROFESSIONAL AMENT ALIGNMENT. I HAVE FELT ABLE IT ASK QUESTION AND ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS TO ENSURE MY UNDERSTANDING BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE AND PRODUCTIVE. DAVID AND I HAD PROFESSIONAL DISAGREEMENTS AND HEALTHY DEPATES AND THE DECISIONS MAY NOT ALWAYS MATCH. MY RECOMMENDATIONS I CAN SAY THAT MY INPUT HAS BEEN HEARD AND CONSIDERED. TAKE MY RESPONDENT SERIOUSLY. AND I WOULD NOT COMPROMISE THE OBLIGATIONS. HE HAS RESPECTED AND I HAVE NOT BEEN PLACED BY THE CITY MANAGER IN A POSITION HIRE REQUIRE ME TO DO SO. DAVID HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF ME AND CARRYING OUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND INITIATIVES OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND EXPECTED THE BOUNDARIES OF MAY ROLE. OTHERS MAY HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVEINGS AND CAN'T SPEAK TO THEIR EXPERIENCES I CAN OFFER INTERACTIONS I HAVE HAD AND THE PERFORMANCE OF MY DUTIESSA THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. JAP NEXT IS LOREIAN FOLLOWE GEOFFREY SHELDON. >> GOOD EVENING LOREIAN. LIBERTY GROVE ROAD. DAVID, I HAVE MISSED SO MANY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL PEOPLE THAT STEPPED UP DO THINGS HERE IN THE CITY FOR US. JEFF AND I HAVE BEEN RETIRED FROM COUNCIL. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MEETING TO US. I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE. ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE. >> I'M SORRY. >> I LIVED HERE SINCE 1981. [00:30:03] I HAVE SEEN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS GO. AND SOMETIMES RETURN. I HAVE SEEN CITY MANAGES COME AND GO. SOME OF THEM NEEDED TO GO. DEFI DEFINITELY. SOME OF THEM DIDN'T. AND PIWANT TO MAKE THIS SHORT. I'M PROUD OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY. AND I DO DID NOT WANT TO SEE OUR LOSE OUR CITY MANAGER >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> NEXT IS GEOFFREY SHELDON FOLLOWED BY CALIA MORRIS. GEOFFREY SHELDON. MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF. OTHER CITIZENS HERE. I HAD PRIVILEGE OF WING WITH DAVID ON CAPITOL IMPROVE AMS TASK FORCE. THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION CREATED BY THE COUNCIL IN ORDER TO EVALUATE AND CHOOSE CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FROM PARKS AND REC IT PUBLIC WORKS. PUBLIC WORK, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS REGARDED MILLER ROAD BEING REPAIRED NOW. WHILE I HAD OPPORTUITY NOT AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO INTERACT WITH DAVID BUT SAW HIM WORK WITH THE GROUP. THE TASK FORCE. I FOUND SOMEBODY ATTENTIVE. WHO LISTENED. AND RESPONDED COURTEOUSLY WITH INTELLIGENCE. TO EVERYONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS TO THE DIRECTORS IN ADMIT CITY. AS A CONSEQUENCE, I THINK MR. HALL IS A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CITY. AND AS SUCH SILL WOULD LOOIC TO SEE HIM REMAIN WITH THE CITY. TO BRING HIS EXPERIENCE, COMPETENCE, WILLINGNESS TO LIN AND EXPRESS HIMSELF TO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH >> >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> NEXT IS CALIA MORRIS FOLLOWED BY KAYLA AL NOR. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M CALIA MORRIS I AM THE ANMAG SERVICE MEMBERS MANAGER >> I WANT IT SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH DAVID HALL. WHEN HE CAME ON BOARD, I KEPT MY DISTANCE. LIKE MANY PEOPLE I HAVE MY ASSUMPTIONS. OVER TIME THROUGH DIRECT INTERACTION I FORMED MY OWN EXPERIENCE WHAT I EXPERIENCE SIDE CONSISTENT. RESPECT AND SUPPORT FOR STAFF >> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF HE LEAVES. SPABLT MATTERS WE SEEN INVESTMENT IN STAFF. SALARIES MORE COMPETITIVE AND ANIMAL SERVICES OUR STARTING PAY NOW RIVALS SURROUNDING CITIES. THAT PROGRESS DIRECTING IMPACTS REROUTE CRUELTIMENT AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. EARLY IN MY TENURE AS MANAGER I DID STRUGGLE THE ROLE IS DEMAND NOTHING. I WAS TRYING TO REBUILD. DAVID HALL SAT DOWN WITH ME DEVELOPED A COST SAVING BUDGET THAT WORK THE. WHEN I EXPRESSED CONCERNS, HE ADDED ADDITIONAL AND POSITION. ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT ONE OFFICER HERE RENE TALKS ABOUT THE DAY SHE SAW THEM AT CITY HALL HE FLAGGED HER DOWN AND BOUGHT HER JERSEY MIKES FOR LUNCH. SINCE THEN FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE. I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THE FIRSTAND EXPERIENCES WORK NOTHING AN ORGANIZATION EVERY DAY. OUR NEXT IS BROOKE ALLEN FOLLOWED BY BOTH CROCKET. HI UPON I'M BROOKE ALLEN I LIVE [00:35:06] IN ROWLETT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME FOR THE MEETING. ONE THING I LEARNED ABOUT CITY GOVERNMENT IS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL POSITIONS ARE NOT FULL TIME JOBS YOU DON'T HAVE A BACKGROUND IN CITY GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. THE BEST THINGS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOR MAKE DECISIONS FOR ALL OF US. BECAUSE WE DON'T EXPECT OUR CITY OFFICIAL TO ARE EXPERTS ON THE REGULATIONS IT IS IMPORTANT THE PEOPLE WHO ADVISE YOU CAN BE COUNTOD. WHEN YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE CITY'S ATTEMPT TOM TAKE LAND IF THE PARK I WORRY ABOUT THE ADVISE YOU HAVE BEEN RECEIVING. CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE CODE REQUIRES A HEARING AND MROOF PROOF THE CITY CANNOT FIND AN OOLTHIVE. I. CONCERNED THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS NOT HELD UNTIL TWO YEAR AFTER THE CITY PLANNED TO BUILD MUNICIPAL COMPLEX AFTER PLANNING AND EXPENDITURES HAD TAKEN PLACE. AFTER A CITY RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING FROM PARTIALS AND WILDLIFE THAT PARK MUST BE DEDICATED AND ONLY FOR PUBLIC RECREATION. A RECORDS REQUEST SHOWS THAT THE PARK DID RECEIVE A TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE GRANT IN 1980. YESTERDAY I RECEIVED CONFIRMATION IT RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THE FEDERAL LANDS AND CONVERSATION FUND. UNDER REVVING LAUGZS LAND FUNDS MUST REMAIN TO PUBLIC OUT DOOR RECREATION UNLESS REPLACE AM LAND IS APPROVED. BEGIN THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK WHETHER PROPOSED CONVERSION OF LAND HAS BEEN REVIEWED OR APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL PARK'S SERVICE. IF THAT CORDINATION HAS NOT OCCURRED IT COULD EXPOSE OUR CITY TO FINANCIAL AND WILLING RISK. I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC OR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS WANT RESIDENCE DIDN'TS TO ARE ARM DETECTIVES TO MAKE SURE THE CITY IS MAKING THE BEST CHOICES IF ARE OUR CITY. I KNOW THE GOAL OF THE COUNCIL IS TO PROTECT TAXPAYERS AND ENSURE WE AVOID COSTLY MISTAKES. YOU CAN DETERMINE WHERE THE PRACTICAL ARE COMING FROM. THIS THE MEETING IS AN ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES IS BRING US TO A PRAYS WHERE PEOPLE WITH UNITE FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CITY I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THAT STEP, THANK YOU. SKWOO THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> NEXT IS BETH CROCK OAT FOLLOWED BY RHONDA JOHNSON. BETH CROCKET ROWLETT. I WANT BEGIN TONIGHT SAYING THANK YOU IT MAYOR WING GET TO LOOK AT ALTERNATED ISES TO BUILD PUBLIC SAFETY AND SHELTER. THANK YOU FOR VOTE NOTHING FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL. I'M HERE IT WEIGH ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REVIEW. I BELIEVE OUR CITY MANAGER LEAD THIS COUNCIL DOWN THE WRONG PATH SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH THE BELIEF THAT THE CITY COULD USE FUNDS FROM A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FOR CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY TO USE FOR ANOTHER PROJECT NOT VOTEDOD BY CITIZENS. HE PROPOSED THIS WHEN HE FIRST PROPOSED A MUNICIPAL COMPLEX TO INCLUDE A CITY HALL USING 20 MILLION DOLLARS CUT FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY. I KNEW WHEN HI HEARD THIS IT WAS ILLEGAL, COUNCIL WAS EXCITED GETTING A NEW CITY HALL USING FUNDS NO ONE QUESTIONED. TOOK A YEAR FOR CITY HALL THE CITY MANAGER REALIZED THEY COULD NOT BE USED A DIFFERENT PROJECT. THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSED USING CO BONDS TO FUND CITY HALL REASONING NOT INCREASE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. COUNCIL SOLD 52 MILLION DOLLARS IN OBLIGATION BONDS. THAT MONEY WAS EXTENDED DESIGN ANIMAL SHELL AND CITY HALL AT THE PARK LOCATION. USE FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SOLD IN JULY OF 2023. INCLUDING 400 CIRCUMSTANCE MEANT FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PARK. THIS IS MY OPINION. MISAPPROPRIATION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS PAS YOU USED 400 THOUSAND DOLLARS. DECEMBER 2024 THE CITY FIGURED WE COULD NOT USE THE GO BONDS FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT AND SELL CO BONDS TO COVER THE NEW CITY [00:40:06] HALL. PLANS PROCEEDED INCLUDING A GROUND BREAK ENERGY 25 FOR A NEW COMPLEX. THIS IN SPITE OF NOT HAVING A HEAR WRARED TO TAKE PARK LAND FOR ANOTHER USE. CITY MANAGER DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS REQUIREMENT OR GOING TOW BYPASS THIS HEARING THE HEARING THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED INCOMPLETE INFORMATION ON THE OTHER STEAL'S NEAR THAT HAD BUILT MUNICIPAL COMPLEXES ON PARK LAND. NO EXAMPLES BY CITY MANAGER INCLUDED A PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY WITH A JAIL. CEO OF THE GOVERNMENT APOUNTED BY COUNCIL TO OVER SEE DAILY OPERATIONS. IMPLEMENT POLICY. THE CITY MANAGER ENOUGH ADHERE TO STATE LAWS AND CITY CHARTERS. WHEN CONSIDERING THE USE OF THE PARK FOR THREE CITY BUILDINGS PARK WILDLIFE CODE HAS 3 STIPULATIONS USE OF PARK LAND CAN BE USED IF NO ALTERNATIVE. THERE SHOULD BE PLANNING TO MINIMIZE THE HARM AND PROJECT CAN BE MADE AFTER PROPER NOTICE AND A PUBLIC HEARING. HERE IS THE TIME LINE HOW THEY HAVE GONE. ROWLETT CITIZENS VOTED TO PARK >> CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OTHER MUNICIPAL COMPLEX AND THE DESIGN WERE COMPLETED. IN APRIL OF 25 I GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY TOOK PLACE MARKING TRANSITION FROM THE DESIGN TO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. AND FINALLY, IN JANUARY 26, 26 MONTHS AFTER CHANGING A CITIZEN'S INPUT MEETING REGARDING THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. BACHELORS IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FROM UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS A DOCKET RIT FROM TEXAS A AND PM18 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE. DAVID HALL CAME TO ROWLETT WITH THE ACDEM BEING BACKGROUND. HE SHOULD NOT TOEKS TEX LAWS ADVICE THE COUNCIL. I'M CONCERNED THE CITY COUNCIL WAS NOT ADVISED PROPER LOW NOT PUTTING FIRST THINGS FIRST AND THE CITIZENS INPUT MEETING BACK IN 2023. THE CITY MAY HAVE WASTED MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DECISIONS TO MAKE AND I BELIEVE WHEN CONSIDER THE FACTORS YOU WILL PUT THINGS BACK IN THE RIGHT ORDER. CITIZENS OF ROWLETT ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO DO SO. THANK YOU, MA'AM >> NEXT IS ANDREA HENLEY. AND FOLLOWING DAN HAPPEN. >> HI. >> I'M ANDREA HENSLY. I HAVE BAD HAND WRITE WRITING. I'M NOOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER AS A PERSON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ALL I KNOW IS WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE CITY IN JUNE 2025 FIRST THING I DID WAS THICK TO SEE IF WE HAD A PERMIT. WE DID NOT. THIS WAS THE 50 THING I STARTED TO WORK ON HOW BEE GET THE MS4 PERMIT UP-TO-DATE. EVERYTHING HAD BEEN PUT IN PLACE. THE THING LEFT WAS FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN IT. [00:45:01] I HAVE DATES. 6-20-25 I E MAILED MR. HALL MENTIONED IT AT THE ORIENTATION FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES FOR THAT TIME. THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THAT. ON -- 11-7. FIVE MONTHS ROSA AFTER I SAW MR. HALL IN THE OFFICE AND MENTIONED IT AND SAID TO E MAIL ROSA HIS SECRETARY. SO AFTER THAT, I FORWARDED THE E MAIL 1118 SAYING WE NEEDED THIS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. AND THEN ON 1-1526 I SENT AN E MAIL EXPLAINING WE ARE IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW AND THAT GOT THINGS ROLLING. I APOLOGIZE ANOTHER E MAIL EXPLAINING THE FEDERAL LAW THAT ROSA COULD NOT DO THE DOCUMENTS FOR MR. HALL. HE HAD TO DO THEM HIMSELF. BECAUSE THEY THE STATE FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES THE PERSON SET UP THE ACCOUNT ON THEMSELVES. WHEN SHE FAILED STARTEDED DO THAT, AND THEY SHE CALLED THE HELP LINE FOR HELP, THEY TOLD HER -- THEY COULD NOT AND CLOSED DOWN THE ACCOUNT TOOK ANOTHER 2-5, 26 I SUGGESTED MAKING A NEW ASH COUNT WITH ANOTHER E MAIL. WE HAVE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE FOR A YEAR. WITH OUR STORM WATER REMAINDERS. IT IS CAUSING TROUBLE FOR STAFF. I'M NOT HERE TO SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE PERSONALLY. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT IS DAN AND CLAYTON SHIELDS. DAN, ROWLETT. I WANT TO READ A FEW BULLET POINTS FROM THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. ON PAGE 9, IT SAYS. SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY DUTY OR UNIFORM OR CAPACITY TO INFLUENCE, INTERFEAR AFFECT THE RESULTS OF ELECTION WITH THE POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT PERSONNEL POLICIES. SERVICE OR DUTY ANYTHING OF VALUE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GIFTS ISSUE LONE ISSUE FAVORS SERVICE GIVEN FOR INFLUENCING THEM AND DISCHARGE OF OFFICIAL DUTIES. NO EVENTS SHALL ANY EMPLOYEE ACCEPT A GIFT FROM A VENDOR, CONTRACTOR OR PERSON CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY IN SECTION B HERE OF. DOWN TO THE NEXT. NO EMPLOYEE WILL REPRESENT A GROUP NOR A PEER IN FRONT COUNCIL OR ANY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT AGENCY COMMISSION OR BOARD A MATTER RELATED THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES EXCEPT IN CAPACITY. THIS DOES NOT HAVE A PREVENT AN EMPLOYEE FROM EXPRESSING THEIR PERSONNEL VIEW OR OPINIONS AS AN INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN. IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. I THINK SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECT WITH PREVIOUS SPEAKERS THIS EVENING FROM EMPLOYEES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT IS CLAYTON SHIELDS AND TRACY HAPLET. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M CREIGHTON SHIELDS. I'M HERE TODAY AS A FORMER EMPLOYEE WHO WORKED UNDER DAVID HALL AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I STARTED THE DEPUTY CHIEF POLICE AND THE ACTING CHIEF FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. DURING MY TIME WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DAVID HALL WAS A LEADER FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. HE ENSURED THROUGH ANUAL BUDGETS WE HAD EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO ASSOCIATE OUR CITIZENS THE BEST WAY BELIEVE PO. HE IS A MENTOR. HE DOES NOT ACCEPT FAILURE. [00:50:06] YOU HAVE TO COME IN AND DO YOUR JOB. HE HOLDS EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE AND FOR THOSE THAT RESPECTED THAT AND GAINED A LOT SUCH AS I DID WE WERE BETTER FOR IT. I WILL SUPPORT DAVID HALL IN WHAT HE DOES I KNOW WHO HE MEANS. I KNOW WHAT HIS VISIONS ERROR. WITHOUT KNOWING THE NUMBERS THE CITY ROWLETT, I WOULD GUESS THAT YOUR NUMBERS ARE BETTER THAN WHEN HE GAME. JUST MY GUESS. HE IS VERY FRUGAL INTENTIONAL SPENDER. I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS ON CITY MANAGE. AND CITY GROWTH AND MR. HALL IS ABOUT GROWING. EVERYTHING I SEEN HIM DO HE HAS GROWN TO THE FULLEST. I WANT TO SHOWED UP HERE TODAY AND LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT HE IS A GREAT MAN FOR THE POSITION HE IS IN HE IS EXPERIENCED AND HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT IS TRACY HAPLET. AND KARA SA LEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M TRACY HAPLET I LIVE IN ROWLETT, I WILL SPEAK ABOUT STAFF TURNOVER AND THE DATA TELLS YOU THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUER PERSONAL. STAFF TURNOVER HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR YEARS UNDER PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP. WHAT IS NEW AND CONCERNING IS THE SCALE. OVER THE PAST 30 MONTHS THE CITY LOST 270 EMPLOYEES. MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE DOES NOT REMAINEEN FOR A YEAR. THAT LEVEL OF TURNOVER IS IS THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN WHAT ROWLETT EXPERIENCED AND FAR OUTSIDE WHAT MOST COMPARABLE CITIES CONSIDERING CONSIDER NORMAL. THIS TURNOVER IS NOT AN HEART ATTACK R ISSUE IT IS OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL DISTINGUISH A GENTLEMAN ISSUE. AS COUNCIL REVIEWS FINANCES IT IS PERSON IT ACKNOWLEDGE CREDIBLE WORKFORCE STUDIES ESTIMATE THE LOWEST END COST OF TURNOVER TO BE ROUGHLY 26 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT FIGURE INCLUDES O BOARDING. TRAINING. DELAYED WORK AND LOSS OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS IN REASON TO BELIEVE ROWLETT IS IMMUNE FROM THOSE IMPACTS. BEYOND THE FINANCIAL THE OPERATIONAL AFFECTS ARE FIZZABLE. HIGH TURNOVER DISRUPTS CONTINUITY. OVER BURDENS REMAINING STAFF AND WEAK ENS OVER SITE WHEN EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES LEAVE PROCESS SLOWS, DETAILS MISS AND, COUNTABLE IS HARDER. THE RISK GROWS AND CITY IS MANAGED COMPLEX CAPITOL PROJECTS. THIS IS IN THE A REFLECTION OF STAFF EFFORT OR DEDICATION. MANY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. PERSISTENCE TURNOVER AT THIS LEVEL POINTS TO SYSTEMIC LEADERSHIP AND CULTURAL ISSUES NOT INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE FAILURES. COUNCIL HAS BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE DATA. ONCE THE INFORMATION IS KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT IS NO LONGER CONTINUING TO FORWARD WITHOUT ADDRESSING CAUSES OF TURNOVER DOES NOT PRESERVE STABILITY IT INCREASES RISK FOR THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS THIS IS NOT ABOUT BLAME IT IS STEWARDSHIP. HEALTHY CITIES RETAIN TALITY TENTS. PROTECT KNOWLEDGE, CREATE ENVIRONMENTS PEOPLE WANT TO STAY AND BUILD KREESH IN PUBLIC SERVICE. ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF TURN OWNER IS NOT DISRUPTIVE IT IS AN OPINION GOVERNMENT AND FISCAL PRUDENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND TAKING THIS INFORMATION. >> CARA ROWLETT. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT ROWLETT. NOT JUST THE VERSION WE PROMOTE BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY BUILDING. YOU HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH SIGNIFICANTANT INFORMATION STAFF TURN OR. WORK PLACE CULTURE AND OPERATIONAL CONCERNS UNDER OUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER THIS IS NOT SPECULATION IT A PATTERN. A THE IT POINT THE QUESTION IS NOT WEATHER PROBLEM EXISTS THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU NOW NEED TO DO ABOUT IT. WHEN EXPERIENCE SAID STAFF LEAVE THE GOVERNING BODY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ASKING WHY, HIGH TURNOVER DOES NOT HAPPEN IN A VACUUM. IT REFLECTS LEADERSHIP CONDITIONS AND THOSE CONDITIONS DESERVE SCRUTINY AND OVERSIGHT. WHEN AN ORGANIZATION CONTINUES FORWARD WEAPON MAJOR INVESTMENTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND C IP PROJECTS WHILE LEADERSHIP, STAFFING AND INTERNAL SYSTEM ARE [00:55:05] UNSTABLE THE RISK IT IS NOT DISAPPEAR IT SHIFTS. IT AND IT SHIFTS ON TO THE GONING BODY. PROJECTS LIKE THE MILL ARE ROAD BRIDGE. SEWER WORK ON LIBERTY GROVE AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE EFFORTS REQUIRE RIGOROUS OVERSIGHT. GEOENEMYINGERING, INSPECTIONS AND EXPERIENCED STAFF WHO REMAIN IN PLACE FROM BEGINNING TO END. WHEN DEPARTMENTS ARE UNDER STAFFED OVERWHELMED OR EXPERIENCING CONSTANT TURN OR, CORNERS DON'T GET CUT INFENGZALLY BUT THEY GET MISSED. THIS ACCURATESES RONNING TERM FINANCIAL LEGAL AND ABILITY FOR CITY AND THAT ACCOUNTSABILITY RESTS WITH YOU. CITY MANAGER HALL NEEDS TO BE UNDER A MICROSCOPE. HE NEEDS TO BE QUESTIONED NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF HE IS NOT, THAT ACCOUNTABILITY WILL NOT VANNIC. IT WILL TRANSFER TO EVER MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL. ONCE CONCERNS ARE RAISES PUBLICLY AND ACKNOWLEDGED PROCEEDING WITHOUT ADDRESSING EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IS NO LONG ARE NEUTRAL GOVERNANCE IT IS ASSUMPTION OF RISK. THIS IS NOT IA PERTINENT THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS ITS IS NOT ABOUT ATTACKING STAFF. MANY WHOM ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE STILL WITH US. AND CARRYING THE LOAD. THEM IS ABOUT STRUCTURE, THIS IS ABOUT GOVERNORS AND STEWARDSHIP OF OUR TAX DOLLARS, APPROVING PROJECT SYSTEM EASY. ENSURES THE SYSTEM IS STABLE TRANSPARENTS AND FUNCTIONING, THAT IT IS LEADERSHIP. ROWLETT SDESHSS PROGRESS. PRGRESS BUILTOL INSTABILITY IS NOT PROGRESS. TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW RESIDENTS THE STAFF THAT IS LEFT. NEXT IS SHELBY AND THEN MICHELLE WALLACE UPON >> I WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU FOR TAKING CONCERNS ABOUT STAFF TURNOVER SERIOUSLY AND WILLING TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE DIRECTLY. I KNOW IT TAKE COURAGE TO PAUSE AND REFLECT AND EVALUATE LEADERSHIP. INSTEAD OF REPEATING TURN OFFER STATISTICS I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY IT OFTEN TAKE LONG FOR STAFF TO SPEAK UP IN THE FIRST PLACE. IN GOVERNMENT WHISTLE BLOW SUGGEST NOT SIMPLE AND NOT SAFE. MULTIPLE STUDIES SO PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES WHO RAISE CONCERNS CAREER EXPERIENCE STAGNATION OR STALLED ADD VANCEMENT RETALIATION OR REASH SIGN AM. DAMAGE TO PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION AND MANY CASES EXIT FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE ENTIRELY. IN FACT, RESEARCH SHOWS THAT A MAJORITY OF GENTLEMAN WHISTLE BLOWER DON'T REPORT IMMEDIATELY THEY WAIT MONTHS OR YEAR HOPING CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LEADERSHIP WILL CHANGE OR THE COST OF SPEAKING UP WILL NOT BE HIGH. RISK IS NOT THEORETICAL IT HAS BEEN SHARED SOME WERE DEMANDED TO COME TO SHOW SUPPORT OR RISK LOSING JOBS THOUGH WHO SHOWED UP WILL BE REORDER WAED WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF OTHERS FWAF A DIFFERENT OPINION UPON SPEAKING UP CAN MEAN BURN BRIDGE IN ONE CITY AND THE REGION. OVER PAST THREE YEARS DALLAS IS SMALL AND WORDS SPREAD FAST WHO YOU WORK FOR. WHY DID NOT STAFF SAY SOMETHING SOONER THE QUESTION IS WHAT CONDITIONS MADE SILENCE FEEL SAFER. 300 EMPLOYEES LEAVE IN 30 MINUTE EVERMONTES AND OTHERS UNABLE TO SPEAK THAT IS A LEADERSHIP ENVIRONMENT PROSPECT PROBLEM WE SEEN CAPABLE TALITY TENTED STAFF MEMBERS LEAVE FOR SURROUNDING CITIES THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS IMPORTANT TYPESET IS IMPORTANT TOP ACKNOWLEDGE RESIDENT AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE. AT THIS POINT I BOT TWO CO'S TOOK 5 TIENLS THE LENGTH THEY AND CALL THE COUNCIL PERSON OR MAYOR AND CLEARING THE HOLIDAY ICE RINK WOULD BE HANDLED PROPERTYLY WITH STAFF SUPPORT THE ISSUE DON'T REFLECT ON STAFF THEY REFLECT ON LACK OF SUPPORT FOR STAR TO SUCCEED FROM THE OTHER IN. COUNCIL I BELIEVE YOU ARE STEPPING UP IN THEERATE WAY TO EVALUATE THIS OPENLY. DOING SO SENDS A MESSAGE NOT JUST TO THE PUBLIC AND CURRENTS STAFF THAT THEIR WELL BEING. THE PROFESSIONALISM IS AND DIGNITY MATTERS. THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE TONIGHT WILL ALLOW THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE [01:00:05] CONCERNS CAN BE RAISED EARLY. ACCOUNTABLE IT IS NOT REQUIRE PERSONAL SACRIFICE AND TALENTED PEOPLE ARE EXCITED WORK FOR THE CITY OF ROULETTE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS MICHELLE WALLACE FOLLOWED BY ALISON. >> MICHELLE WALLACE. ROWLETT. BELIEVE EVERYONE OF YOU RAN FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY. DAVID WAS COLLECTED YOU WERE TOLD HE WOULD BEING TOUFSH AND CLEAN HOUSE. AT THE TIME OF HIS HIRE BLAKE SAID HE WOULD NOT SEEK REELECTION HE WANTED A PAYING JOCK. IN A SHORT TIME BLAKE STEPPED COUNSEL TO EMERGENCY MANAGER THIS WAS BENEFICIAL AND SAW AN INCREASING SPIRAL IN CULTURE. THIS APPEARED TO BE JUST TRAGIC. AS I WATCHED. MY FRIENDS. AND ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES. STRUGGLING. AND UNABLE TELL THEIR STORIES. THIS IS WANT SOUNDS LIKE TO BE AN >>EE OF THE CITY. DESPITE WORKING WITH INCREDIBLE PEOPLE ACROSS DIVISIONS I KNEW I WOULD NOT BE LONG FOR THE CITY IT WAS CLEAR PRAISE AND PUN PISHMENT WERE TIEDED LOYALTIES RATHER THAN SKILL HARD WORK AND HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE. AND THIS CULTURE WAS CREATED BY MAN AT THE TOM. THE TURNOVER THROUGH RESIGNATIONS AND NONSENSICAL FIRINGS WAS AT A PACE I NEVER EXPERIENCE SAID AT MY PREVIOUS CITIES. THIS LEFT TEAMS UNDER STAFFED BEYOND WHEN I CONSIDER CRITICAL STAFFING LEVELS. TO FURTHER COMPOUND THE ISSUE MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS WITHIN REMAIN UNFILLED OR REMOVED FROM THE TEAM'S BUDGET. THIS WAS AT THE DIRECTION OF DAVID HALL. WHILE HE WOULD CLAIM HE WAS CUTTING AND TAUGHTING COST SAVINGS, WHAT WAS HAPPENING HE WAS PURPOSEFULLY LEAVING TEAMS UNDER STAFFED RESULT NOTHING STAFF BEST OF YOUR MEMORY OUT AND TURNOVER ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS. BEYOND THE OBVIOUS IMPACTS THE ACTIONS HAD ON REMAINING STAFF IT RESULTED IN AN E RANGE OF MOTION OF TRUST FROM THE PUBLIC AT AN ALARMING SPEED UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH WORK LOAD. I DON'T WERE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO STAY AFLOAT. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT SERVICES PROID VIDEOED WERE AT THE LEVEL THAT CITIZENS PAID FOR OR DESERVED. THIS WAS THE TRADE OFF THAT DAVID HALL WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT. HE CLAIM ON PAPER COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY THROWING STAFF UNDER THE BUS FOR ANY FAILURE OR DELAYED. NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHEN WE TELL PEOPLE, WE WORK FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND MET WITH SIMPLE ATHAND HE SHOCK THE CITY'S POOR REPUTATION IS KNOWN AND MADE STAFFING CHALLENGING AS GOODS CANDIDATES STAY FAR I HOPE COUNCIL TAKES IN HEART AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT MUST BE DONE TO REBUILD TRUST. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALISON FOLLOWED BY STEVEN PRUET. >> ALISON, ROULETTE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP I APPRECIATE YOU. THIS AND WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO BE AN REMEMBERINGY THE CITY MANAGER'S LEADER SHIP CREATED A WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT UNDERMINES PUBLIC SERVICE. CONDITION ASSISTANTLY CHANGING AT THE LAST MINUTE. STAFF ARE EXPECTED TO DO WORK CAN CONFLICTING INFORMATION MAKE ITS CAN I HAVE TO DO JOB, CHAOS FROM THE TOP IS A DAILY PATTERN. DEPARTMENTS DEPLETED. TURNOVER HIGH AND KNOWLEDGE IS LOST WITHOUT EFFORT TO REBUILD IT:ES ABSORB LEADERSHIP FAIL URS PUBLIC BRAIN PLAIN BY POOR DIRECTION. WORK PLACE IS HOSTILE. AND TELL CONTINUE TO E RODE PUBLIC TRUST. SO I HAVE A FEW BULLET POINTSES FROM PEOPLE REGARDING THEIR EXPERIENCES. GOING DELAYS AND DECISIONMAKING IMACCOUNT PAING OPERATIONS AND STAFF. INCONSISTENT REVISES DIRECTION AFTER GUIDANCE BEGIN CREATING CONFUSION AND REDUCING ACCOUNTSABILITY. EXECUTIVE DECISIONS NOT CONSISTENTLY XUKTED STAFF TIME HE. [01:05:05] DIFFICULTY ADVANCING AND REQUESTED ITEMS TO AGENDA AM SALARY ADJUSTMENT ARE COMMUNICATED BUT NOT IMPLEMENTS ACTING CREDIBILITY AND MORAL. CRITICAL VACANT POSITIONS NOT FILLED RUING IN STRAIN ON STAFF BURN OUT. CONDESCENDING COMMUNICATION TOWARD EMPLOYEE CRASHES TO HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT. OVER ALL IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE MORAL. CONFIDENT IN LEADERSHIP. HOW MUCH LONGER WILL WE CONDONE THIS BEHAVIOR AND INSTABILITY. LYNCH SAID -- I'M HERE SO I DON'T GET FINED. YMENT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE GREAT EMPLOYEES WE HAVE THAT ARE UP HERE TO SING HAPPY THINGS TO YOU ALL BECAUSE THEY ARE IN FEAR FOR THEIR JOB THEY HAVE FAMILIES TO FEED. NEXT. >> THANK YOU. STEVEN PRUITT FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY FAR. STEIN PRUET JUNIOR. THERE IS ANOTHER STEIN PRU PRET HERE TONIGHT. I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN. HEARD ABOUT SITUATION GOING ON. I'M GOING OFF TRACK BUT I WANT VOICE MY CONCERN AS A CITIZEN BECAUSE I HAD TO HEAR ABOUT THIS THROUGHOUT GRAPEVINE. GOT A TEXT AT END OF DAY FROM ANOTHER CONCERNED CITIZENED YOU MIGHT WANT SHOW UP TO CITY HALL AND I'M GLAD I READ THE TEXT AND SHOW UP I. NOT HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS FOR HOW THIS MEETING CAME TO BE. I'M NOT MAKING A PERSONAL ATTACK HERE BUT VOICING MY CONCERN AS A CITIZEN HOW THIS SPECIAL MEETING CAME TO BE AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN. I FEEL THAT PROCESS SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND MAY BE THERE IS SOMETHING I MISSED AN E MAIL OR LIST I NEED TO SIGN UP FOR WERE I WOULD LIKE TO MADE AWARE SO I KNOW THE NEXT TIME THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING. AND THE NEXT THING I WANT TOP SAY IS I THOUGHT ABOUT HAD WATCHING ALL IT IS PEOPLE COME UP HERE. AND SAY THING THERE HAS BEEN PEOPLE VOICING CONCERNS AND TALKING ABOUT PATTERN. SO I WILL SAY A BIT ABOUT CONCERNS AND PAT PERSONNEL YOU GUYS MAKE OUR CONSIDERATION FOR MR. HALL. I NOTICED SOME PAT AMERICANS MYSELF AS I SETBACK AND WATCHED THE PEOPLE. I IN TO,A LOT OF COUNCIL MEETING I KNOW PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE COMPLAINTS. I NOTICED A PATTERN IN THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SHOWN SUPPORT VERSUS THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROBLEM. I'M NOT USING KEY ORDER WORDS OR ANY VERBAL GRENADES TONIGHT WITH THIS TIME I HAVE. FOR YOU GUYS AS YOU MAKE THIS CONSIDERING FOR MR. HALL, WHAT I ASK IS THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PATTERNS AND CONCERNS OF FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE UP HERE MAKE THEIR STATEMENT TONIGHT. YOU ARE ALL SMART PEOPLE. YOU GOT ELECTED IN YOUR POIFICATION SES. I THINK YOU CAN TAKE A STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THERE ARE PATTERNS AND WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MR. HALL TONIGHT. I'M CONCERNED I WILL SIT BACK AND WATCH AS MUCH AS I CAN AS AN IS THE FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS I STRONGLY RECOMMEND IS MAY BE TAKE A STEP BACK AS A TEEP ARE I TELL MAY STUDENTS. STOP AND THINK. THERE IS A LOT OF EMOTION NOTHING THIS ROOM TODAY. AND I CONSIDER THAT FOR YOU MEMBERS TO KINDS OF STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE PATTERN AND CONCERNS WITH EVERYBODY HAD SOMETHING HERE TO SAY TODAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> NEXT IS BRITTANY FAR FOLLOWED BY MISSI TILDEBELL. >> FORTUNATER TEXAS WHY ARE WE HERE DOESN'T WE JUST DO THIS. DOESN'T A YEAR AGO COUNCIL STANDS BEHIND DAVE TILDE HALL AND YOU SAID THE COUNCIL AND IT IS HAD BEEN MEMBERS OF COMMUNITIES O GRATITUDE FOR HIS EFFORTS IF I THIS MORE TIME I WOULD READURE WHERE ENTIRE MESSAGE IT IS A GOOD SUMMARY OF THE REASONS MR. HALL IS AN EXCELLENT CITY MANAGER PERFORM SOME OF YOUS SITTING HERE WERE TIRED OF MEAD ROCKACY. AND PARKS DETERIORATING AND FLEDGLING FINANCES. DMRANDED CHARGE. THAT IS WHAT YOU GOT. IT WAS NOT EASY. AS WE PULL AT THE THREADS WE REALIZE THE DAMAGE, ROT IN THIS CITY RAN FAR DEEP ARE THAN ANYONE KNEW OR WILLING TO ADMIT. OVER PROBLEM WE ENCOUNTER TWO MORE POPPED UP THAT HAPPEN WHEN [01:10:06] IGNORE YEARS OF PROBLEMS 679 W WAS HARD. THE WORK IS STILL HARD. SO WHAT IS CHANGED IN THE A YEAR? WHAT CHANGED IN THREE MONTHS? CERTAINLY NOT PERFORMANCE. AN AMONG AGO ROWLETT WAS THE ENVY DFW WHEN ICE STORM MADE TRAVEL IMPOCKET P. NOT HERE YOUR ROADS WERE IMPECCABLE. NO. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THIS SLAR AID IS A WAR PERPETRATED BY TWO INDIVIDUALS TOLD, NO. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE IN THE OF A DECISION THAT MR. HALL MADE OF A DECISION THIS COUNCIL MADE. WE PRESENTED THIS COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION FACTS OF A 900,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 30 YEAR RETURN INVESTMENT TO THE CITY THIS COUNCIL SAID, NO EMPLOYS ON AS A RESULT I BECAME THE TARGET PERSONAL ATTACKS INSIN WAITING MY POSITION RESULT IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP THE WITH THE CITY MANAGER. RUMORS YOU STARTED TO PERPETRATE. ALL BECAUSE YOU SAID NO A PERSONAL CAMPAIGN WAS WAGED AGAINST US. WE DID THE JOB YOU TOLD US TO DO. I PAID THE PERSONAL PRICE FOR THAT. AND NOW SO MUST MR. HALL. I WILL NOT LIE TO YOU DAVID HALL IS THE HARDEST PERSON I EVER HAD TO WORK FOR. DEMANDS EXCELLENCE FROM HIS STAFF THE CITY AND HIMSELF UPON DOES NOT TOLERATE SHORT CUTS OR COMPLAINTS. HE DOES NOT MANAGE BASED ON SOCIAL MEANEDIA CENTSIMENT HE MADE ME EYE BETTER. 00, MANAGER AND PUBLIC SERVANCE WHAT HAS CHANGED THE COUNCIL TO WITH STANDS THE CRITICISM OF THE STATS QUO. IF YOU CHOSE TO REMOVE A HARD WORKING CITY MANAGER BECAUSE HE IS DEMANDING CHARGE AND NOT POLITICALLY CONVENIENTS FOR YOU OWN THAT. DON'T SAY THIS IS ABOUT PROGRESS, DON'T SAY IT IS ABOUT COMPETENCY OR THAT THIS IS ABOUT INTEGRITY. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MISSI FOLLOWED BY TERRY. I'M MISSI LONG TIME RESIDENTS ROWLETT. WHAT HE WOO ARE WITNESSING THIS EVENING ACTUALLY HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH DAVID HALL. THE THIS GOES BACK TO THAT PARKING GARAGE. WE WERE HERE LAST YEAR DOING THE SAME THING. ALL OF US. ALL BECAUSE HE DARED DAVID DARED TO DENY FUNDING IF ARE A VANITY PROJECT. THAT PROPRIETOR LEFT THIS MEET NOTHING A RANGE CURSING AT STAFF THAT PRO PRIORITY BECAME CONVINCE SAID WITH HIM OUST WAY SHE GETS WHAT SHE WANTED THAT PERSON ROUNDED UP A SMALL LOUD GROUP TO CONTINUALY BEAT THE DRUM AGAINST HIM. SHE IS CONVINCEDED WITH HIM OUT OF THE WAY SHE GETS WHAT SHE WANTS. TURNOVERSES AND COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO WEAR ON ANYONE. OUR MAYOR CRACKED UNDER PRESSURE. HE HAS BEEN THE NICE GUY THAT EVERYONE LIKES. NOW HE IS DESPERATE TO PLACATE ONE PROPRIETOR. HE AND HE HAS BECOME THEIR PAWN ANOTHER PERSON RESIGND AND HOPE EVERYONE KNOW THIS IS ANOTHER RED HERRING. SOMEONE USED FOR MORE ATTENTION FOR PRON PROPRIETOR AND THEIR OWN BEST INTERESTS. USING HER EXIT TO BUY PEACE WITH THIS PROSECUTE PRIORITY. WHAT HAPPENS HE HELPED ORCHESTRATE THIRD DEGREE. IT WOULD BE ELEGANT IF NOT SO SINISTER. IT WILL BE UP TO YOU TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO HELP HIM. DO ACTUAL WANT TO GOVERN WITH INTEGRITY OR BY PROXY? ALL FOR ONE PROPRIETOR. DON'T GET SUCK IN THE THE FALSEHOOD OF WARFARE THAT'S NOTS WHAT THIS IS. NEED TO DO BETTER AND RECOGNIZE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. IT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY WHAT IS TRYING TO HAPPEN HERE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF A PROPRIETOR AND THE PROPRIETOR THAT SCREAMLESS THE LOUDEST. AND THAT'S NOT AN ALL OF OUR BEST INTERESTS. DO BETTER, THANKS. >> THANK YOU. >> THE LAST SPEAKER I ANSWER IS TERRY. AGAIN IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK GRAB A CARD FROM THE BACK CORNER AND DROP IT OFF WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. >> THANK YOU. TERRY ROWLETT. I CAME TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD BE [01:15:06] REVIEWED EVERY YEAR BY THE CITIZENS. WE HELPFUL INFRASTRUCTURE ARE ISSUES FOR A LONG TIME IN ROWLETT. NOT GETTING OTHER ABOUT. THE SMELLS ALL OVER. WE HAVE THE WHOLE AND NOT HIS FAULT THAT THE SEWER FAILED BUT YOU KNOW -- THERE ARE THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED. I WILL GIVE CREDIT FOR THE ROADS DURING THE FREEZE THAT WAS VERY GOOD THING. BUT I THINK THAT OUR DOWNTOWN IS STAGNATED >> THERE HAS BEEN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP DIFFERENT PARTS OF DOWNTON ABBEY THE LIGHTS ARE LOVELY. THE SKATING RINK RATE OF SPEED FUN TO HAVE. AND WHAT NOT. BUT WE NEED MORE BUSINESSES AND WHEN PEOPLE BRING BUSINESSES, AND THEY ARE SHOT DOWN REPEATEDLY AND CAN'T BE COMPROMISE AND DISCUSSION WITHOUT ANXIETY ARE AND ACCUSATIONS, I THINK THAT IS BAD FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE >> ALSO BEGIN TURNOVER IN THE CITY STAFF OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. IT IS CONCERNING. AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS WEEK THERE HAS BEEN MEETINGS OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THEY WERE ENCOURAGED. AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE MEETINGS TELL THEM TO SUPPORT YOUR BOTTS BUT IT IS -- IT NOT A GOOD LOOK TO ME. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> I DID RECEIVE A COUPLE MORE THE NEXT IS KATHY KIRK FOLLOWED BY FAR EN >> >> CATHY KIRK, ROWLETT. WHAT HAPPENED UP HERE A MOMENT AGO WITH A WOMAN SPEAKING IN THE THE LAST ONE. I FOUND VERY OFFENSIVE. BECAUSE SHE COMMITTED A FELONY WITH OUR CITY. WITH KIDS KINGDOM. WHEN SHE DID IGNORED PEOPLE WHO WERE BIDDING ON KID KINGDOM AND PRESENTED TO Y'ALL THE WINNER AND IT WAS NOT THEM. THAT'S A FELONY. YOU CAN'T PRESENT AND IGNORE OTHER PEOPLE TRYING TO BID. BASICALLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. ROWLETT HAS EXTRAORDINARY PROMISE, NATURAL ASSETS THAT OTHERS CITY WOULD ENVY. FAMILIES INVESTED HERE FOR DECADES. WE HAD FOUNDATION FOR SOMETHING EXCEPTIONAL. BUT POTENTIAL DOES NOT FULFILL ITSELF. A CITY DOES FLOT DRIFT IN EXCELLENCE. IT IS A STEERED THERE. COUNCIL SETS DIRECTION. CITY MANAGER EXECUTES THAT DIRECTION WITH DEVELOP AND CLARITY. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. WHEN THAT ALIGNMENT WORKS PROGRESS IS VISIBLE. AND WHEN IT WEAK ENS MOMENTUM SLOWS. ROWLETT IS AT AN INFLECTION POINT WE HAVE BOND COMMITMENTS TO DELIVER. INFRASTRUCTURES THAT REQUIRE CONSTANTS FOLLOW LAW. WE HAVE DOWNTOWN POTENTIAL THAT DEMANDS FOCUSED CORDINATION. WE HAVE FINANCIAL DECISIONS BEING MADE THAT WILL AFFECT TAXPAYERS FOR DECADES. REAL LEADERSHIP BEGINS WITH SERVICE AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THE SUCCESS OF ORGANIZATION DEPENDS ON THE SUCCESS OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT IS FAR EN FOLLOWED PIE MELANIE CHAPMAN. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FARRIN, RIDICULOUS WALL, TEXAS. MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW ME. I HAD HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SEARCH IT IS CITY AND REPRESENT ROWLETT PUBLIC LOW I WAS AND STILL PROUD OF THAT WORK. I STILL CARE TEEPLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE IT. I WANT IT SHARE MY EXPERIENCE. DURING MY TIME WITH THE CITY THERE WERE COMMUNICATION SPECIAL CHALLENGES MAKEING IT DIFFICULT IT DO NILE JOBE WELL. STAFF DID NOT THE HAVE A DIRECT WAY TO BRING CONCERNS COMMUNICATION WAS EXPECTED TO [01:20:01] MOVE THROUGH OUR CHAIN REMEMBERING HOW INFORMATION MOVED AGENDA EVERBEYOND THAT WAS NOT MOST HAD VISIBILITY INTO. OVER TIME, EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT SHAPE AND CREATE BELIEFS. THE STRUCTURE PEOPLE WORK WITHIN INFLUENCES HOW THEY OPERATE. AND WHEN COMMUNICATION FLOWS ONE DIRECTION AND DECISIONS UNDER TIGHT TIME LINES THE ORGANIZATION IS REACTIVE INSTEAD OF PROACTIVE WORK RESPONDS TO LAST MINUTE DIRECTION RATHER THAN EARLY PLANNING AND THOUGHTFUL COLLABORATION. 1 POINT I WAS TRAINING MY SUPERVISOR DUE TO LIMITED EXPERIENCE IN THE ROLE CREATED CONFUSION AROUND DIRECTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE WERE RECURRING LAST MINUTE REQUESTS AND EXPECTATIONS IF ARE NONURGENT MANNERS. DEADLINE DID NOT SHIFT. SHORT LOW BEFORE CHRISTMAS ONE YEAR AFTER MY APPROVED TIME OFF FOR CHRISTMAS WITH MY FAMILY CONFIRMED. I WAS INFORMED I NEED TO CANCEL IT TO STAFF A NEWARK PROVED EVENTS. I WAS TOLD THAT DECLINING WOULD COST ME MY JOB. THAT WAS A MOMENT THAT CAUSED ME TO PAUSE AND REFLECT. I CHOSE TO PURSUE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. WHEN COMMUNICATION LACKS CLARITY AND EXPECTATIONS FEEL UNSTABLE. IT AFFECTS MORAL AND RETENTION. OVER TIME IMPACTS CONTINUITY, INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THE CITY'S ABILITY OPERATE CONSISTENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. THESE ARE NOT ICE LACED RESPONSES AND THEY SPEAK TO THE CULTURE. I SHARE THIS NOT TO REVISIT THE PAST BUT IN HOPE EVALUATION OF LEADERSHIP CONSIDERSOW COMMUNICATION FLOWS. STAFF ARE SUPPORTED AND HOW LONG-TERM STABILITY IS MAINTAINED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT IS MELANIE CHAPMAN FOLLOWED BY MIRANDA. I'M MELANIE CHAPMAN. NEW EMPLOYEE TO THE ROWLETT. AND MY TIME HERE -- CAN YOU PULL MIC CLOSER. >> THANK YOU. >> MY TIME HERE WHICH HAS BEEN SHORT. AND INTERACTIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER WHEN HI HEARD THE OFFICE GOSSIP WHAT IS GOING ON AND HIM UPON BEING TAKEN DOWN IT WAS RIGHT FOR ME TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH HIM NOTHING BUT POSITIVE. I WAS WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS. I WAS WALKED THROUGH AND TRAINED MY JOB AND WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED OF ME. I WAS BEGIN OPEN ARMS OF IF YOU NEED HELP AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING YOU CAN LET ME KNOW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT. JUST GIVE THING YOUR BEST EFFORT. SUPPORTIVE COMING OUT TO EVENTS ALWAYS HAPPY. ALWAYS UPLIFTING US WHEN WE ARE FEELING DOWN WERE I HAVE SOON NOTHING BUT GREATNESS FROM THIS MAN IN THE TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE. AND I FEEL LIKE ALL THE GOSSIP AND TAKE DOWN SPIRIT AND THE WANTING TO KEEP SOMEONE DOWN MENTALITY FROM THE PEOPLE, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS WHAT IS SPEARHEADING A HOSTILE WORK PLACE. WHEN YOU LET PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED AND NOT WORKING WHO ARE NOT THERE VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AS IF THEY ARE FACTS IT. MY INTERACTIONS HAVE BEEN GREAT AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS VERY UNCALLED FOR. TO BE A GREAT PERSON AND UPLIFTING YOU DON'T FIND MUCH UPPER MECHANIC ISSUE MANAGE KNOWLEDGE THAT SPEAKS TO YOU TO CHECK ON YOU. SEE HOWURURE >> DAY IS GOING AND YOU ARE COMFORTABLE. IF ANYTHING IS GOING WRITTENING YOU HAVE HEART ATTACK R. YOU HAVE PEOPLE YOU CAN GO TO. YOU DON'T VETERAN TO CARRY THE BURDEN ALONE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING IF YOU ARE CONFUSED REMEMBERING WHEN I WAS OVER WORKED AND SAID SOMETHING I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE SERVICES OFFERED IF YOU FEELING LOOIC YOU NEED MENTAL HEALTH YOU DON'T GET THAT FROM MOST UPPER MANAGE AMMING I THINK HE SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THINGINGS HE HAS DONE HERE. HE HAS DONE HERE. HE HAS DONE HERE. HE HAS DONE HERE.AM I THINK HE SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THING HE HAS DONE HERE. MIR ANDZA, CITIZEN OF ROWLETT. WAS NOT PLANNING ON SPEAKING BUT I AS I WAS LISTEN TO A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEAK. I GOT A CHANCE TO REFLECT ON MY INTERACTIONS AND W WITH DAVID HALL. INOTROPIC A FORMER COMMISSIONER OF THE RDIC AND SERVED ON THE C [01:25:01] IP TASK FORCE. AND DAVID HALL HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT COURTEOUS AND PROFESSIONAL. AND EVEN CAN IDENTIFY WHEN HELP IS NEEDED FOR SPACE TO SPEAK. HE GIVES THOSE A SPACE AT THE TABLE OR A MOMENT TO SPEAK ANY TIME THEY NEED IT. SO, HE NEVER ONCE BEGIN ME A REASON TO DOUBT HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY FROM WHAT I EXPERIENCED WHEN I WAS C IP TASK FORCE, ANY TIME WE DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER INFORMATION OR ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION OR EVEN MOVING FORWARD, DAVID HALL HAD STANDARDS. IN BACK WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION. AND SOMETIMES THOSE DECISIONS TOOK QUITE A FEW MEETINGS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED. I WOULD HOPE THAT A CITY MANAGER HAS HIGH EXPECTATIONS. BECAUSE IT TAKE A LOT TO RUN THIS CITY. AND SEEING HOW IT WAS BEFORE AND HOW IT IS NOW, I SEE IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> HOUR NEXT IS NAP FAM. WANT TO QUESTION LEADERSHIP TO TAKE OWNERSHIP PROBLEM SERIOUSLY IN THE CITY. TOO MANY TIME I HAVE OWNERSHIP IS LACKING. ONE OF THE EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE SEEN IS WHEN WE HAVE THAT REPORT THE SEWER PROBLEM LIBERTY GROVE. RESIDENT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SMELL. I HAVE DONE SO -- MR. HALL WAITED FOR A RESIDENT TO BUY A GAS METER AND MEASURE THE OUTLET BEFORE HE GO OUT AND LOOK AT THAT. SO, I THINK THAT THERE IS A REACTIVE APPROACH YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IN THE CITY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS TAKEN OWNERSHIP -- VARIOUS PROBLEM IN ROWLETT. MYSELF I HAVE SEVERAL INTERACTIONS. I WILL NOT FIRST ONE IS TWO SUMMERS AGO THE CITY CONTRACTOR TRESPASS PROPERTIES MY LAND. I CALLED THE CITY AND THE PERSON ON THE PHONE SAY WE WILL DO SOMETHING BUT TW HOUR LATER THEY WERE STILL MY LAND. RECENTLY, A MONTH AGO I CALL THE CITY ASKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUILDING PROJECTS. I I GOT THE NUMBER AND CALL. AND I GOT THE VOICE MAIL AND CALL ABOUT AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING BACK. SO THE FOLLOW UP LACK OF OWNERSHIP. I BELIEVE THAT CULTURE IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. REQUEST WITH REGARDLESS WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS MEETING HERE, YOU WILL REEVALUATE HOW CITY TAKE OWNERSHIP. REASON IS I W FOR A CITY IN THE ME METRO PLEX AND THE CITY MANAGER WORKING THERE 30 YEARS AND EVERYBODY LOVE HIM. THE EMPLOYEES AND EVERYBODY. SO00 I DON'T SEE THAT HERE. IN ROWLETT. I WOULD LOVE TO ROWLETT TO BE AT THAT LEVEL FOR PROFESSIONAL. I REMEMBER THAT A RESIDENT CAME BY A BUILDING AND EMPLOYEES STAY PAST 5. . 30 TO HELP THAT RESIDENT. THAT'S THE SENSE OF OWNERSHIP. I'M NOT ASKING FOR THE MOON I'M ASKING THAT WHEN A RESIDENTS COME TO YOU WITH A PROBLEM LIKE THE SEWER PROBLEM, THE SMELL. EVERYBODY SMELLING IT. TAKE CARE TELEVISION. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO CAUSE MORE PROBLEM WE ARE TO REPORT THE PROBLEM THAT IS GOING. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RACHEL ASHWORTH. >> RACHEL ASH WORTH. I HAVE BEEN THINKING AND RE REFLECTS MY HUSBAND AND PIARE OUT AGREEING OUR HOUSE WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND IT IS GETTING CRAMPED WE HAVE THE MEAN TO PICK UP AND GO WHEN WE WANT. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE CAN. WHY SHOULD WE STAY HERE. THINK WHY SHOULD WE STAY HERE SF HAD WE MADE A LOT OF GREAT [01:30:07] FRIENDS AND CONNECTIONS AND WORK REMOTE WE CAN GO ANYWHERE >> I'M LOOKING AND SEEING CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SEEING PASSING THE BUCK ABOUT THINGS PEOPLE WOULD SUGGEST GAS LIGHTING ABOUT. THE SMELLS ARE NOT SMELTING THERE ARE SMELLS I GO TO THE DAY CARE NEAR THERE. THERE IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS CRITICAL PROBLEM WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CITY CLAIM NEGLIGENCE THEY WILL NOT -- THEY WILL NOT CLAIM NEXT OVER THE DAY CARE FLOODED WITH SEWAGE. I LIVE INSPECT LAKE BIN LADEN ESTATES. DON'T LIVE NEAR THE SCREENING WALL BUT OTHERS DO. TO PUT THIS THAT ON THEIR SHOULDER THERE ARE CODES SAY THEY SHOULD NOT OWN THE WALLS WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. AND SHOULD I STAY? I ALSO THINK THERE IS LIKE THIS BIG PROBLEM WITH COMMUNICATION >> THAT YOU JUST HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SOLVE. DON'T WANT TO GET NILE NEWS FROM FACEBOOK OR FRIDAY AT 5 I WANT IT FROM A CLEAR TIME LINE OF A PROJECT I WANT TO LOOK THE THE HISTORY OF PROJECT I HAVE BEEN HER 5 YEAR I DON'T KNOW EVERY DECISION AND I WANT MAKE SECOND DEGREE DECISION WHEN IS I ANY IT MEETINGS WE VOTE ON THINGS YOU ASKING FOR OUR OPINION. SOMETHING WAS OVER LOOKEDED WITH THE PARK. I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH DID THAT. IF SOMETHING WAS OVER LOOKD THAT WAS A SORT OF LEGAL REQUIREMENT, FIX IT. SO ANYWAY. ALL THIS TO STAY I'M FRUSTRATED I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE CITY MANAGER I DON'T KNOW THE GUY I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS EMCOOING ME HERE AND OVER IN THIS ROOM IS PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT IS KEEPING THEM HERE WE NEED MORE LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IF UP WANT TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRT THAT HE IS FINE THERE ARE APPEAL NOT HAPPY WITH THAT. FIX IT. >> THANK YOU THAT THE IS LATTER REQUEST TO SPEAK ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO SPEAK. [3. EXECUTIVE SESSION] SEEING NONE WE MOVE ON OUR EXECUTE 65 SESSION 3 A, A. I WILL ASK WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE DELIBERATE ON THE CITY MANAGER'S EVALUATION, TAOISTS EMPLOYEE CONTRACT. THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE THIS MEETING THE BE CLOSED EXECUTE CAN I HAVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON AGENDA ITEM 3 A. AFTER THE COUNCIL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS CODE TO DELIBEATE ON THE EVALUATION DUTIES AND. AM CONTRACT OF THE CITY MANAGER >> WE WILL RECONVENE IN THE CHAMBERS AND TAKE ACTION ACCORDING TO ITEM 4. WE TAKE A BREAK BEFORE * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.