Aug 04, 2026 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR AUGUST THE 4TH OF 2026. IN THE CHAMBERS HAVE WITH US ON THE DAIS, DONNA RENEE ANDERSON OR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT FOUR, STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS. AND OUR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE PHIL ROBINSON.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR LEGAL, TEAM HERE AND OUR CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR MEETING. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR, DUSTIN BATTLES TO COME FORWARD. HE'S WITH THE TEACHING PASTOR. HE'S THE TEACHING PASTOR AT GRACE REFORMED BAPTIST CHURCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING WITH US. IF IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR PLEDGES. LET'S PRAY. LORD GOD AND LORD OF THE UNIVERSE, WE BRING THIS PRAYER TO YOU THIS EVENING. YOU ARE NOT LIKE US. WE ARE IMPERFECT, SINFUL CREATURES, AND YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF PERFECTION. YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEEDS THE HEAVENS. YOUR WORD TELLS US IT IS COMPARED TO THE DEEPEST OF DEPTHS THAT WE CANNOT APPROACH YOU AS WE WOULD A PERSON. YOU DWELL IN LIGHT, UNAPPROACHABLE. WE CANNOT SEE YOU, BUT WE HAVE SEEN YOU AND HEARD YOU IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF HIM THAT WE COME IN THIS PRAYER THIS EVENING AS WE CALL UPON YOU TO HEAR OUR PRAYER. WE DO NOT ASK, AS THOSE WHO SOMEHOW WOULD MERIT YOUR FAVOR. WE ASK BECAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SAVIOR OF ALL WHO WOULD BELIEVE.

HE IS THE JUST ONE WHO BOTH LIVED AND A JUST WAY AND EXACTS THE JUSTICE COMING FROM YOU, GOD OUR FATHER. AND WE ASK THIS EVENING THAT AS THESE MOTIONS AND MOVEMENTS AND DISCUSSION ARE MADE AND HAPPEN, THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BE ALIGNED WITH YOUR WORD. YOUR WORD IS NOT SOME ARBITRARY, MADE UP, MAN MADE CREATION. IT IS THE WRITTEN REVELATION OF A GOD WHO COMMUNICATES, AND IT IS THE STANDARD BY WHICH WE CAN KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG. SO ALLOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS EVENING THE MAYOR AND ALL THE REST OF THE MEMBERS TO DEAL IN WAYS THAT ARE AS JUST AS YOU ARE. YOU GAVE US YOUR WORD, INCLUDING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, TO SHOW WHAT YOU ARE LIKE AND TO SHOW HOW WE MUST ACT OR ELSE BE CONDEMNED IN YOUR SIGHTS. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE THE LAW GIVER, THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY. AND YET YOU HAVE GIVEN US LITTLE LAW GIVERS LIKE THE ONES IN OUR MIDST THIS EVENING WHO SERVE YOUR WORD SAYS FOR OUR GOOD. SO THOSE OF US WHO ARE PARTICIPATING AND NOT ON THE COUNCIL, HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE JUST MEN, JUST WOMEN SERVING AT THE BEHEST OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS AREA. ALLOW THE POLICIES AND THE PRACTICES THAT ARE ENACTED THIS EVENING TO BE AS JUST AS YOU ARE, THAT THEY THEMSELVES WOULD BE JUST PEOPLE UNDER YOUR JUST RIGHTEOUS AUTHORITY AND SALVATION. ALLOW THEM TO OPPOSE CORRUPTION, TO NOT BE CORRUPT PEOPLE, AND THAT WE WOULD, AS A RESULT, BE ABLE TO RESPECT THEM BOTH DUE TO THEIR CHARACTER AND THEIR POSITION, NOT JUST ONE OR THE OTHER. ALLOW THIS. OFFICE AND THE DIFFERENT OFFICERS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO PROMOTE A PEACEFUL GOVERNMENT, A GOVERNMENT WHICH LOOKS FORWARD TO THE ULTIMATE RULE AND REIGN OF OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF THE SAVIOR JESUS.

AMEN. AMEN, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. PASTOR, THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS. OUR NEXT,

[2. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND EVENTS]

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ANYONE ELSE? SO, THIS MORNING, I WAS, PRIVILEGED, I THINK, AND HONORED TO BE, HERE IN THE CITY OF TYRRELL RECOGNIZING, SOMEONE WHO, IF YOU GREW UP IN TYRRELL, IF YOU LIVED IN TYRRELL, YOU KNEW THIS INDIVIDUAL FOR A LONG TIME. THEIR FAMILIES, MRS. RISINGER, MRS. MARIE RISINGER WITH THE COUNTRY STORE. AND, THEY WERE THE FIRST. SHE WAS THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF, A STATE AWARD, THE TEXAS TREASURE BUSINESS AWARD. AND IT'S GIVEN FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION IN THE CITY OF TYRRELL. BUT, WE HAVE HER DAUGHTER, HER DAUGHTER IN LAW, DINA RISINGER, WITH US THIS EVENING. AND, I HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT I READ. I'LL READ IT INTO THE RECORD, BUT TOMORROW IS HER 92ND BIRTHDAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MRS. RISINGER. I KNOW EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF TYRRELL WISHES HER, THAT HOPE. SHE HAS A WONDERFUL DAY. BUT THE PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION READS. WHEREAS MARIE RISINGER ESTABLISHED THE COUNTRY STORE ON MOORE AVENUE IN 1970 AND PLACED HER FIRST ORDERS IN JANUARY OF 1971. AND WHEREAS MRS. RISINGER MOVED THE STORE TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION ON THE SAME BLOCK IN 1980 1993, AND WHEREAS SINCE FIRST OPENING, RATZINGER'S COUNTRY STORE HAS BEEN THE COMMUNITY'S PREFERRED RETAILER FOR HATS, BOOTS AND JEANS. AND WHEREAS SINCE DAY ONE, MRS. RISINGER HAS CARRIED NAMES SUCH AS TONI, LLAMA, WRANGLER AND JUSTIN AND HAS CONTINUED TO ADD BRANDS TO HER INVENTORY SUCH AS ARIAT AND CINCH, EMBRACING CHANGING STYLES AND CUSTOMER PREFERENCES.

AND WHEREAS MRS. RISINGER WAS INITIALLY A MEN'S STORE BUT LATER EXPANDED TO INCLUDE WOMEN'S CASUAL AND WESTERN CLOTHING, AND WHEREAS MRS. RISINGER LATER BECAME A BRIGHTON RETAILER AND CONTINUES TO CARRY A LARGE COLLECTION OF THEIR SHOES, PURSES, BELTS, JEWELRY AND GIFT ITEMS. AND WHEREAS MRS. RISINGER, PRIDES HERSELF ON BEING A VALUABLE COMMUNITY PARTNER, SUPPORTING MANY WORTHWHILE CAUSES AND PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, INCLUDING GIFT WRAP AND SPECIAL ORDERS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICK CARMONA, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR AND ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST THE 4TH OF 2026, AS MARIE RISINGER DAY IN THE CITY OF TERRELL, AND INVITE ALL

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OMAR RAMADA WILL HANDLE THIS. MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. YOU WILL GET A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION HERE IN A LITTLE BIT FROM THE INTERNS THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS PREPARING, TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED THIS SUMMER, GETTING TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. WHILE SOME OF THEM WERE ALSO PLACED IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS. BUT WHAT WE DID WANT TO DO AT FIRST IS KIND OF RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR WONDERFUL WORK AND LEARNING THAT THEY HAD THROUGHOUT THE EIGHT WEEKS, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN EIGHT WEEKS. BUT, THEY ARE ALL HERE. THEY ARE. I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW THEM THROUGHOUT THE PAST EIGHT, NINE WEEKS. I KNOW THAT STAFF HAS GOTTEN TO KNOW THEM AND I HAVE LEARNED, I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS FROM THEM, FROM STAFF. THEY ARE VERY SMART AND GREAT INDIVIDUALS AND, WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THEM INTERNING FOR US THIS SUMMER, BUT I DID WANT THEM TO GO AHEAD AND GET RECOGNIZED FIRST DURING THIS TIME, GET THEIR CERTIFICATE, GET SOME PICTURES WITH YOU GUYS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION, A LITTLE Q&A, BECAUSE I DO WANT YOU GUYS TO ASK THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARNED, WHAT THEY DID, AND HEAR THAT DIRECTLY FROM THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IF WE WOULD COUNCIL, IF WE COULD GO FORWARD, COME FORWARD, AND WE'LL DO THE CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION AND THEN TAKE A PHOTO. OKAY.

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[9. ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING (Part 1 of 2)]

SORRY. GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. WE WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FIVE FIVE, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS. SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATION. REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. WE ARE NOW

[10. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY, ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]

[3. HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS]

I'M A RESIDENT OF, CLOSE TO GILBERT WILLIE ELEMENTARY, LIVING OFF OF, ROOSEVELT AND LINCOLN AVENUE. AND BREEZY HILL. IS THAT OKAY? IS IT OKAY? YEAH. OH. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A BRIEF PETITION. NEIGHBORHOOD PETITION. DO THIS. TO THE CITY OF TRURO. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE SUBJECT IS A REQUEST FOR SPEED BUMPS OR HUMPS IN SAFETY ZONE CREATED ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND LINCOLN LANE, WHICH IS IN THE BREEZY, BREEZY HILL SECTION OF TRURO. DEAR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WE THE UNDERSIGNED, RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY OF TRURO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING STUDY TO EVALUATE THE NEED FOR TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ON ROOSEVELT AND LINCOLN AVENUE. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EXPERIENCED FREQUENT SPEEDING BY MOTORISTS, CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN, PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS AND FAMILIES. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THESE UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS INCREASE THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY TO CONSIDER INSTALLING INSTALLING SPEED HUMPS OR BUMPS, PREFERABLY HOPS. OTHER PROVIDED TRAFFIC CALMING. THANK YOU. AND OTHER. IS IT OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. AND OTHER APPROVED TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES. ESTABLISHING DESIGNATED SAFETY ZONES WHERE APPROPRIATE. INSTALLING ADDITIONAL WARNING SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS. EVALUATING CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MEASURES. TAKING AN ADDITIONAL ACTIONS. TAKING ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY'S TRAFFIC TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, AND WENT ON TO HAVE WENT OUT LAST WEEKEND, AND I RECEIVED 24 SIGNATURES FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU, CONSIDERING THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IF YOU WOULD GIVE THAT TO STAFF AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW THAT. TO WHO? GIVE IT TO ME. THANK YOU VERY

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[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

THIS IS GOING TO BE WITH RAYMOND. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN,

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WAS THERE ANY PROBLEMS THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF OR WHAT PROBLEMS WERE YOU AWARE OF WITH THE INSPECTION AT ALL? DID WAS THERE ANYTHING GOING ON WITH THE CONTRACTORS THAT WHATEVER, WHATEVER GOES ON FROM THE GROUND DOWN? WE'VE HAD THEM COME BACK NUMEROUS TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SATISFIED WITH THE CONCRETE THAT'S BEEN POURED. THEY, THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY, THEY'VE BEEN BROUGHT BACK SEVERAL TIMES, NOT TO ANY, WELL TO THEIR FAULT, BUT

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SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH THAT CONTRACTOR. OKAY. WHEN WE OKAY, I'M NOT A CONTRACTOR, BUT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY, DO THEY GET ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW TO GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME? OR, OR DO THEY START SOMETHING, MAKE A MISTAKE, HAVE TO PAY FOR IT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONTRACTORS KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE BEFORE THEY START THE PROJECT. AND IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? THERE WERE NO CHANGE ORDERS IN THIS PROJECT? NO, MA'AM.

THIS WAS EITHER NOT MEETING EXPECTATION, NOT MEETING DENSITY ON CONCRETE. THEY THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL, STOP POINTS WITHIN THEIR PROGRESS, BUT IT'S BEEN BASED UPON INSPECTION OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. OKAY. AND THE DELAY HASN'T INCREASED THE COST TO THE CITY.

OKAY. MY QUESTION, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK IS, YOU KNOW, SO THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE DENSITY, THE CONCRETE. SO HAS THAT BEEN RESOLVED? NOW? WE FEEL WE FEEL THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD SITUATION NOW. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR. DID THEY HAVE TO DRILL IT OUT AND START OVER OR WHAT DID HOW DID THEY ADDRESS IT? THERE'S SEVERAL ISSUES. I JUST DON'T WANT TO HARP THIS, THIS ISSUE OF THE DENSITY OF THE CONCRETE. WE HAD SOME OBSTACLES WITH THE WITH THE THE UTILITIES FROM ONE POINT TO THE OTHER. THE SEWER LINE HAD TO THE DRAIN LINE HAD TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. OKAY. SO THERE HAD TO BE SOME CHANGES, BUT THOSE ARE NOT CHANGE ORDERS AS FAR AS DRIVING COSTS UP, OKAY. THINGS ARE OUT THERE. YOU GET INTO THE FIELD. WE HAVE A VERY OLD TOWN. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, WE RUN INTO THINGS. HEARD RUMORS OF THAT, THAT, ARE NOT 1836. YEAH, 73 INTO THINGS THAT ARE ALONG THE WAY THAT SAYS, WELL, THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS FIELD. WELL, LO AND BEHOLD, THERE'S SOMETHING THERE. BUT WE DO FEEL CONFIDENT NOW IN THE AUGUST 22ND, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS MUCH FUN TO SPLASH IN DECEMBER 2ND.

AUGUST 22ND. YES. OKAY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO 27TH, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE SPLASHING THIS SUMMER. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT WITH INSPECTIONS AND THE CORRECTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT AND, AND TO FOLLOW, YES, I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO LAST IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG. I KNOW IT WAS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. AND OKAY, SO I MET ANOTHER CIVIL ENGINEER IN DESOTO. IS THIS SOMETHING OUR CIVIL ENGINEER IS A PART OF? ALSO, OUR INSPECTORS, IT HAS GONE THROUGH ENGINEERING, PLUS OUR THIRD PARTY ENGINEER. WE, WE HIRED KIMLEY-HORN TO DO THE DESIGN STANDARDS BASED ON OUR TCS SO THAT'S NO. OH, THERE THEY ARE. CIVIL ENGINEERS. YES, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY DESIGNED IT BASED ON OUR CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. SO THEY THEY ALSO HELP DOING OUR REVIEWS FOR OTHER ITEMS, REPAIRING THAT. AND JUST KEEP IN MIND, JUST AS A STAFF, IF WE HAVE ANY FUTURE PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS COMPANY OR MAYBE VET IT A LITTLE BETTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY BUMPS IN THE ROAD, BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE READY FOR THAT SPLASH PAD. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND THE INSPECTOR'S WORK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION ON 4.4? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 4.4 AS DISCUSSED. AS PRESENTED. YES. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM

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[5. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]

OKAY. AND, WE'LL NEED ADDITIONAL TWO. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SHE CAN SERVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO TERMS. WELL, WE NEED TWO OTHER APPLICANTS. THREE. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE, KAREN JONES TO REPLACE SEAN TAVIA CHEVES AND SUSIE SMITH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. RECOMMENDATION OF TWO. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT ANDREA REESE. OKAY.

THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO APPOINT ANDREA DANIELS AND, AND DIALOG WITH A COUPLE OTHER APPLICANTS TO CONFIRM A COUPLE MORE APPOINTMENTS, BUT I'M READY TO MAKE THOSE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.

OKAY. IS THAT A MOTION? THAT IS A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM STEPHANIE HOME. THOMAS OR, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT FOUR, SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON OR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO TO REAPPOINT, ANDREA REESE TO OUR LIBRARY BOARD AND THEN TO APPOINT NEWLY NEWLY ANDREA DANIELS TO OUR LIBRARY BOARD. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. NONE OF THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 5.2. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. DON. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM PHIL ROBINSON, DISTRICT FIVE, A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, TO POSTPONE ITEM 5.2. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 5.3 DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER. APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. DON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I BELIEVE THAT, THAT, SHE WOULD LIKE THAT. YES.

NEEDS TO BE POSTPONED THIS EVENING TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, KNOW OUR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO MADE THE MOTION. OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT FOUR SECONDED THE MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM 5.3. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. PRESENT OUR

[6. DISCUSSION ITEMS]

LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FIVE INTERNS THAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER ARE GOING TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR PRESENTATION. AND THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS WAS, I DIDN'T WANT TO STAND UP HERE AND KIND OF LET YOU TELL YOU ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT AND DO IT. SO I WANTED THEM TO COME UP, AND THAT WAY YOU COULD HEAR IT FROM THEM THEMSELVES. I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND. THIS WAS THE FIRST SUMMER THAT WE GOT TO DO THIS. SO IT WAS A LOT, A LOT OF FUN TO KIND OF PLAN. ON MY SIDE, I GOT TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT TOOK THE INTERNS IN THEIR DEPARTMENT. WE HAD MISS RILEY AND MISS KAMIYA, WHO WERE OUR TWO HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM. THERE'S EXPERIENCE WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO THEY HAD EIGHT WEEKS. THEY GOT TO GO THROUGH EACH DEPARTMENT. YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE POWERPOINT AND KIND OF EXPERIENCE, I WANT TO SAY ABOUT 18 TO 20 HOURS WITHIN A WEEK IN THAT DEPARTMENT. OUR OTHER INTERNS. SO WE HAD MR. KEVIN, HE WAS OVER IN ACCOUNTING. HE GOT TO SPEND ABOUT 18 HOURS WITH THE ACCOUNTING TEAM AND THEN THE

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THEY HAVE PLANNED OUT THEIR PRESENTATION, AND I THINK IT'S A GROUP EFFORT. Y'ALL DIDN'T CONSULT WITH THE MAYOR OR THE COUNCIL. I TELLING THE MAYOR HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT. YES.

INTERNS. WHAT DID YOU LEARN, MAN? WHO TAUGHT YOU THAT YOU WANTED TO INTERROGATE? COME ON UP. COME ON UP. COME ON. ALL TOGETHER. ALL FOR ONE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE 2026 GROUP OF INTERNS, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED THESE PAST EIGHT WEEKS. OH, MY NAME IS JOSE RODRIGUEZ. I AM A CIVIL ENGINEERING AT TEXAS A AND M, AND I WILL BE GOING TO MY THIRD YEAR OF COLLEGE.

DURING MY FIRST YEAR, I WASN'T VERY SURE OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO WITH MY LIFE AND TO BE QUITE HONEST, I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH MY SECOND YEAR EITHER. BUT THANKFULLY MY THIRD YEAR BEFORE MY THIRD YEAR, I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO BE EXPOSED TO A CAREER THAT I KNEW I WOULD ENJOY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KEVIN ESPINOSA. I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, PURSUING A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJORING IN ACCOUNTING. LIKE JOSE, I WASN'T SURE IF BUSINESS WAS FOR ME, SO I WANTED TO GET HANDS ON EXPERIENCE THROUGH THIS INTERNSHIP TO SEE IF ACCOUNTING WAS ACTUALLY THE PATH I WANTED TO FOLLOW, AND AN ADDITIONAL BONUS THAT I GOT FROM THIS INTERNSHIP WAS TO EXPLORE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS, AS WELL AS SEE HOW IT THEY ALL FLOW TOGETHER AND ALL COME TOGETHER IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CAMILA FLORES. THIS FALL I WILL BE A FRESHMAN AT RICE UNIVERSITY. I AM STUDYING ENGLISH AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AND WHEN I APPLIED TO THIS INTERNSHIP, MY GOAL WAS TO GAIN INSIGHT IN CITY GOVERNMENT TO ANSWER ONE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, WHICH WAS IS THIS WHAT I SEE MYSELF DOING THE REST OF MY LIFE? GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS CAMILA AND I ATTEND TERRELL HIGH SCHOOL. I AM CURRENTLY A SENIOR AND I TAKE COLLEGE CLASSES AT TRINITY VALLEY AND I PLAY BASKETBALL. MY GOAL WAS TO SEE HOW THE CITY OPERATES AS A WHOLE IN GENERAL. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DIDN'T HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO, BUT I LIKED IT. WE WEREN'T EITHER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS RILEY AND I AM A SENIOR AT TERRELL HIGH SCHOOL. I AM HEAVILY INVOLVED IN FFA AND I HAVE NUMEROUS CERTIFICATIONS THROUGH AGRICULTURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MY GOAL FOR THIS INTERNSHIP WAS TO KIND OF JUST GET MORE INSIGHT. I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES OR I HAVE MY FAMILY WORKS FOR THE CITY, AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE MORE ABOUT IT, TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO DO IN MY FUTURE CAREER. YEAH. NOW BEFORE COMING.

SO THIS IS PAYBACK. SO A LITTLE STORY. THIS IS PAYBACK. THE FIRST TIME WE HAD A DIRECTOR'S MEETING, DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING, I WAS SITTING NEXT TO KEVIN AND HE WAS SITTING AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE AND I INTRODUCED AND INTRODUCED HIM AND SAID, OKAY, KEVIN, YOU'RE SITTING AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE. YOU GET TO RUN THE MEETING. SO APPARENTLY I GET TO DO PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. SO AND NOW CREATING THE SLIDE, WE HAD TO TAKE INTO PERSPECTIVE WHAT WE ACTUALLY KNEW ALREADY ABOUT THE CITY, AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO REPRESENT IT THAN PUTTING A PICTURE OF THE CITY MANAGER. WE DID KNOW THAT THE CITY OPERATED SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS ENGINEERING, POLICE, FIRE PARKS AND THAT IT RUNS THE MAIN SERVICES WHICH ARE PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE LIBRARY.

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ONE OF THE FEW THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE KIWANIS CLUB. PAGES AND PLAY TERRELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE WINGS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER. HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE OF KIND OF WHAT OUR WEEKS LOOKED LIKE. WE HAD AN EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM. AND SO THE FIRST WEEK WE WERE WITH ELMIRA HERE AT CITY HALL, JUST HAVING AN INTRODUCTION, TOURING ALL OF THE CITY ENTITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK WE WENT WITH ENGINEERING AND THEN ADMINISTRATION, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, LIBRARY, PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEN LASTLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. PRIZES AND SKILLS.

SO THERE IS ONE SPECIFIC DAY, I BELIEVE IT COVERS ALL THE MATERIAL IN THIS SLIDE. AND THAT SPECIFIC DAY, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPEND IT WITH ONE OTHER INTERN. THAT OTHER INTERN WAS MISS BRADLEY STARR. ON THIS DAY WE WENT TO WE WOKE UP, WE WOKE UP AND WE WENT TO THE SERVICE CENTER. AT THE SERVICE CENTER. WE MET WITH BREE AFTERWARDS. WE HAD A SMALL. WE HAD A SMALL PROJECT WHERE WE WENT OUT TO INFILL LOTS AND MADE SURE THAT THERE WERE THREE SPECIFIC, THREE SPECIFIC POINTS. ONE OF THEM BEING IF THERE IS A UTILITY, IF THERE WAS UTILITY PRESENT, UTILITY UTILITIES PRESENT. SECOND, IF THERE WAS A CURB AND GUTTER OR DITCH LINE.

THIRD, IF THE MANHOLE. WHAT THE MANHOLE IF THERE WAS A MANHOLE. WHAT THE MANHOLE WAS MADE OUT OF AND. WHAT WHAT FLOW THE SEWAGE WAS GOING AFTER THAT? WE HAD AN EMERGENCY CALL WHERE THERE WAS A SEWER BREAK LINE. THE SEWER BREAK LINE HAD THE. THE SEWER BREAK MAIN WAS IN FRONT OF BUCKY'S. AND WHEN WE GOT THERE, THE SIDEWALK WAS A COMPLETE MESS. LITERALLY. YEAH.

AS SOON AS WE GOT THERE, WE. WE SPOKE WITH THE INSPECTORS AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ENGINEER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. AFTER WE TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AND SEE HOW WE WERE GOING TO TACKLE THIS, WE THEN LEFT AND WENT BACK TO THE OFFICE. AT THE OFFICE, WE ALSO WENT DOWN ANOTHER CHECKLIST WITH ENGINEERING PLANS. DURING THESE ENGINEERING PLANS, WE MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS PERFECTLY FINE AND EVERYTHING WAS IN FACT PERFECTLY FINE. NOW, COMING IN HERE, I DID LEARN A GREAT LESSON IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. I DID LEARN THAT MY STRENGTHS ARE COMMUNICATING EFFICIENTLY WITH MY TEAM. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF CONSISTED OF THREE PEOPLE. WHEN I GOT THERE MATTHEW, TANYA AND JUAN. BUT RECENTLY THERE'S A NEW HIRE, CODY. SO I LEARNED THAT I WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY IN A SMALLER TEAM, AND IT MAY BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THEM WITHOUT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS. FEW CHALLENGES I FACE ALONG THE WAY WAS TRYING TO LEARN THE WHOLE AP PROCESS, SINCE IT'S NOTHING I'VE EXPERIENCED BEFORE IN THE CLASSES THAT I'VE TAKEN, I'VE LEARNED THE OVERALL PICTURE, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD THE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY HAD BROUGHT ON. A FEW OF MY EXPERIENCES CONSISTED LEARNING ABOUT FUND ACCOUNTING FUND, NOT FUN. BASICALLY, I LEARNED HOW THE BUDGET IS CREATED BEFORE EVERY FISCAL YEAR AND HOW THE MONEY IS ALLOCATED INTO DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS, WHICH THEN ARE SLOWLY REDUCED UNTIL THEY GO INTO THE NEGATIVES. AND AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THEY ARE RECONCILIATED BACK TO HAVE A PERFECT ZERO BALANCE. ALONG THIS PROCESS, I ALSO LEARNED HOW QUOTES ARE BEING PLACED, HOW MONEY IS ALLOCATED, HOW PURCHASE ORDERS ARE CREATED, HOW INVOICES ARE PAID EITHER THROUGH EFTS OR CHECKS. I ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PROJECTS BEING PRINTED OUT. ME GOING TO THE BIG MACHINE THAT YOU HAVE BACK THERE TO GO STAMP THEM AND ACTUALLY PUT THEM IN THE BOX MYSELF, WHICH WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT I DON'T SEE MYSELF DOING ANYWHERE ELSE. OVERALL, THE ACCOUNTING PROCESS IS VERY INTRICATE. SINCE YOU HAVE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND NOW YOU CAN MESS THE WHOLE SYSTEM UP.

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MOVING FORWARD, I HOPE TO ALSO GROW AS AN ENGINEER AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M DEVELOPING PRACTICAL SKILLS AND PROJECT EXPERIENCE, AND SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT BENEFIT COMMUNITIES. BEFORE COMING IN HERE, I LEARNED THAT MY FIRST. DURING MY FIRST YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY, THAT I WANTED TO GO INTO PUBLIC ACCOUNTING, THE AUDIT TRACK SPECIFICALLY, I'VE HEARD IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND RATHER THAN TAX, BUT AUDITING SOUNDS WAY MORE FUN THAN DOING TAXES. EVENTUALLY I PLAN ON GETTING MY CPA LICENSE LIKE SOMEONE IN HERE, WHICH I'VE CALLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY. SO I WON'T SAY HIS NAME. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS INTERNSHIP ACTUALLY BROUGHT ME THE FINANCIAL SKILLS AND THE SKILLS THAT I NEEDED IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I'M ON ACCOUNTING FOR SURE, FOR SURE. THIS TIME. AT THE BEGINNING I WASN'T, BUT NOW I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE CORRECT PATH FOR ME AND HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS ME LATER IN MY COURSEWORK AND FUTURE CAREER GOALS. SO SOME AREAS OF INTEREST FOR ME WERE LAWS AND ORDINANCES. I REALLY LOVED, HELPING DAWN AND AMARA AND MISS RAMIREZ MILLS. SORRY.

I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT PROCEDURES. I REMEMBER OUR FIRST WEEK, AMARA INTRODUCED US TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, WHICH WERE REALLY GOOD TO LEARN ABOUT. AND THEN MY INTERNSHIP OR WHAT I TAKE WITH THIS INTERNSHIP MOVING FORWARD IS THAT, I HOPE TO CONTINUE GROWING PROFESSIONALLY, HOPEFULLY IN THIS CAREER PATH.

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LIKE, NO, NOT THAT IT WAS RUSHED, BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT. THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAD AN ACTIVITY FOR EACH OF US. HOWEVER, HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRAD ARE VERY DIFFERENT AS WE DIDN'T SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH WITH THEM. SO I FEEL LIKE JUST TAILORED MORE TO ACTIVITIES TOWARDS UNDERGRAD AND HIGH SCHOOL SEPARATELY. I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BUT OVERALL, THERE'S NO COMPLAINTS FROM NONE OF US. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY SUGGESTION WE. SO YOU'RE SAYING TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, ONE FOR, THE SCHOOL TAILORING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, ONE FOR UNDERGRAD AND ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY.

AND SOMEONE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE, WHO DID THAT. RIGHT. SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. I LIKE THAT, I MEAN, REALLY, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CITIZENS FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. BUT THAT RESONATES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S OUR STAFF OR IT'S OUR OUR RESIDENTS. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

AND I WAS IMPRESSED TO HEAR THAT'S YOUR TAKE ON IT. THANK YOU. YES. SO I VOLUNTEERED FOR THE LIBRARY FOR ABOUT THREE, FOUR YEARS. SO I DID A LOT OF MY COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. I GOT A RESIDENT SERVICE MEDAL, FOR THE HOURS THAT I DID THERE. SO I, THIS INTERNSHIP, I ALSO WANTED TO SERVE PEOPLE. I KNOW THAT, THAT IS WHAT CITY GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT. WE MAY BE SMALL, BUT THE BOND THAT PEOPLE HAVE HERE IN TAROT ISN'T, IT IS VERY STRONG AND IT SHOWS IT

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IT'S NOT, EASY TO DO WHEN YOU'RE BUSY. AND I KNOW YOU HAD SOME TIME AWAY FROM SCHOOL, BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE THAT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED. CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND THOSE THAT'S COMING BEHIND YOU. ALWAYS ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO START EARLY BECAUSE TIME IS ALL WE HAVE OTHER THINGS. THEY'LL COME IF YOU'RE GOOD TO PEOPLE AND IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE HONEST AND YOU WORK HARD AND YOU'RE TRUE TO WHAT YOU BELIEVE, LAST THING IS IT, KEVIN, STEP UP TO THE MIC. I GOT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU PERSONALLY. IS IT KEVIN? OH, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? OH, YOU COME TO THE MIC A&M FOR REAL? YES. I'LL GIVE YOU A YEAR AND A HALF. I GOT TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF TOO FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR TO OUR YOUTH IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING AND ALL THAT AS AN INTERN. IT'S A I THINK A LOT OF KIDS TURN JUST THAT WAY. THEY CAN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. JUST LIKE THE ENGINEER. I KNOW MY SON INTERN AT ONE TIME TOO, AS A CIVIL A CIVIL ENGINEER, HE ENDED UP GOING ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. BUT, IT JUST A, A BETTER WAY FOR YOU TO LEARN, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE IT OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT. BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE FOUR YEARS AND STUDY SOMETHING THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, I, I DIDN'T KNOW I WANT TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, BUT AS AN INTERN, YOU GET TO LEARN IT IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERES. SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE ACCOUNTING WASN'T FOR ME AND FOR YOU. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT MADE YOU SETTLE YOUR MIND. SO BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT AND INTERNING, WHETHER IT BE HERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE, MAN, JUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. IT IT OPENS THE DOORS A LOT. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WHEN I GRADUATE, IF I DECIDE TO COME BACK HERE, ESPECIALLY CIVIL ENGINEERING, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE INTERN WE'RE AT THIS WAY, THEN WE'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE Y'ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, I'M PROUD OF YOU GUYS. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF. IT'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK YOU GUYS DID. PRESENTATION WAS AMAZING. I WANTED TO ASK, WHAT IS THE THING THAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST ABOUT BEING INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AND DOING MUNICIPAL WORK? ANYTHING THAT JUST CAUGHT YOU OFF GUARD OR YOU THOUGHT, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LIKE THAT. THE PEOPLE, LIKE CAMILLA SAID, EVERYBODY IS SO KIND, AND I NEVER FELT LIKE A MOMENT WHERE I WAS BEING JUDGED OR NOT WELCOMED. I WILL SAY, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT STAFF TEAM. I MEAN, EVERYBODY WAS SO NICE. ON THAT NOTE, WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE? HEY, NO, NO, NO, LOOK, HEY, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I GOT HERE. THEY WERE POLLED WERE THEIR FAVORITE ELECTED OFFICIAL. THEY WERE HANDED ME A SHEET OF PAPER.

OKAY. AND IT SAYS THE MAYOR. OH, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. YEAH. THAT'S NOT SLANTED AT ALL.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, MARK. WELL DONE. YOU. OH, MYRA. MARK GAVE YOU FREE REIGN AND YOU KNOCKED IT OUT THE BALLPARK. THIS IS. THIS WAS WELL DONE. WELL DONE. FIRST TIME OUT. AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE HANDLED, INCLUDING THIS, HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, MYRA, WHERE DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE? WHERE? OH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I WANT THAT TO BE ON THE RECORD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

WE ENJOYED VERY MUCH HAVING YOU PART OF THE CITY OF TURTLE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, TURN AROUND,

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YEAH, GET IN THERE. MYRA, YOU'RE GETTING A PICTURE OF MYRA. YEAH, IT'S AN ORDER.

HAHAHA! MARK TO MARK. LOOK AT YOU. YOU DON'T. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.1

[7. BUSINESS ITEMS]

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE NEUTRAL. OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE SO THAT NO ONE GETS PUTTING OUT, SOME EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE WE NEED TO BE NEUTRAL. WE CAN'T SPEAK FOR IT. ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS SPEAK ABOUT IT. CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. AND I'LL ASK ROBERT BROWN TO, TO CHIME IN AS WELL. BUT YOU, YOU CAN YOU CAN EDUCATE, BUT YOU CANNOT ADVOCATE. YES. YOU CANNOT USE. WOULD YOU TURN YOUR BACK ON. YOU CANNOT USE TAXPAYER MONEY OR RESOURCES. SO YOU COULDN'T PUT OUT LIKE PUBLICATION MATERIAL ON CITY LETTERHEAD.

BUT INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR THINGS. THAT'S NOT A THAT YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT STEPPING OVER THE LINE. THE LINE IS YOU CANNOT USE TAXPAYER FUNDED RESOURCES. YOU COULDN'T HAVE A CITY HALL FUNCTION HERE, YOU KNOW, TO PROMOTE PEOPLE TO VOTE. YES. BUT INDIVIDUALLY, IF PEOPLE COME AND ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SAY? YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU THINK.

AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT USING CITY GOVERNMENT TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO DO IT. OKAY.

EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 3187? I MOVE THAT WE, APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3187. HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON AND MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT FOUR TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 3187 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. IN A VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.2. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2336 NAMING THE SOFTBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS AT BINGO PARK TO HARWELL MEMORIAL SOFTBALL COMPLEX. MR. MILLS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE CITY FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE MET LAST MONTH. THE.

TO CONSIDER THE NAMING OF THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AT BEN GILL PARK AFTER RAYMOND HARWELL. THE NAMING FACILITY FOR NAMING FACILITIES COMMITTEE CONDUCTED A WORKSHOP DURING WHICH PUBLIC COMMENTS COULD BE MADE. IN THAT WAY THEY COULD DISCUSS, THIS HAD BEEN PROPOSED PREVIOUSLY.

WE CONTACTED EVERYONE THAT WAS WITHIN 200FT OF BENGAL PARK. THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME SPEAK IF THEY WANTED TO. THE COMMITTEE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO RENAME THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AFTER RAYMOND HARWELL. AND WE BRING THAT RESOLUTION TO YOU THIS EVENING. AND WE WOULD, IF APPROVED, WE'LL PUT SIGNAGE UP AS WELL. OKAY. SO IN EFFECT, IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, THEN IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT. CORRECT. COUNCIL. I HAVE A REQUEST. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY REALIZED WE WERE DOING THIS. AND I KNOW THERE'S

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IS THAT ALRIGHT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM 7.2 UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING. I'LL SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE MAYOR, A SECOND FROM PHIL ROBERTSON TO POSTPONE FROM DISTRICT FIVE TO POSTPONE A RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, THREE, THREE, SIX UNTIL OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. AN HONORABLE PRESIDENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.3. DISCUSSING. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2337, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS, SETTING A DATE, TIME AND LOCATION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 BUDGET AND THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS, DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION AND ON THE CITY INTERNET WEBSITE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. DON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2337 SETS A TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 1ST TO CONSIDER THE AMENDED PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2526 AMENDED BUDGET AND THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2627 BUDGET NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE PLACED IN THE HERALD TRIBUNE AND ON OUR WEBSITE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DON? HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION ON RESOLUTION TWO, THREE, THREE, SEVEN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, ACCEPT RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, THREE, THREE, SEVEN AS IS MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS, OUR DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE, A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT FOUR TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2337 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. AND ALL THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.4. DISCUSSING. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2338 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS. SETTING A DATE, TIME AND LOCATION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX YEAR 2026 TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS, DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION AND ON THE CITY INTERNET WEBSITE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. DON MAYOR AND COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2338 SETS A TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627. A NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE PLACED IN THE HERALD TRIBUNE AND ON OUR WEBSITE. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DON MAYOR? I DO HAVE A COMMENT. JUST SO EVERYONE IS AWARE, WE'RE DOING THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 1ST, BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LEGISLATURE, WE CANNOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE UNTIL 30 DAYS AFTER THE BUDGET. THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. THAT WILL NOT BE FILED WITH HER UNTIL THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. SO WE HAVE TO WAIT 30 DAYS UNTIL WE CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT ON SEPTEMBER THE 8TH WOULD BE THE TUESDAY. IT'D BE A SPECIAL MEETING, IN CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT BROWN REGARDING OUR PROCESSES. WE IN, IN PAST YEARS, THE INTERPRETATION HAS BEEN THAT THE TAX, THE ORDINANCE ON THE TAX RATE ONLY REQUIRED ONE READING TO ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. AND AFTER CONSULTING WITH ROBERT BROWN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO READINGS OF THAT. SO THE SECOND READING OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE AND THE SECOND READING OF THE TAX ORDINANCE WILL OCCUR AT THE NORMAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 15TH. BUT THIS WILL HAVE A WE DO HAVE A THIRD MEETING. IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 8TH FOR THE TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARING THIS YEAR. OKAY. OKAY. SO COUNCIL, ARE YOU ALL CLEAR ON THE EIGHTH. SO WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ON THE FIRST, THE EIGHTH AND THE 15TH. YES, YES, YES, BUT THE EIGHTH IS ONLY THIS ITEM. YES. THE THE MEETING ON THE FIRST IS THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING. THE MEETING ON THE EIGHTH IS THE TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARING. THAT WILL BE THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EIGHTH. AND THEN THE REGULAR MEETING ON THE 15TH WILL BE THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE BUDGET AND THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE TAX RATE. SO 6:00, ONE, 815 ON THOSE DATES, THE FIRST, THE EIGHTH AND THE 15TH, 6:00, 6:00 ON THE FIRST, THE EIGHTH AND THE 15TH. OKAY, GOOD. SO THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD DO THE ENTIRE THING ON THE 15TH. WE GOT TO DO THE EIGHTH AND THE 15TH TO GET TWO READINGS AT THE IDEA. DID YOU GET. AND THAT'S THE REASON WE WE BROUGHT IN MR. BROWN, IS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF HIS INTERPRETATION WAS THAT WE HAD TO HAVE THE SECOND READING, THEN WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THE MEETING. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE SPECIAL MEETING. OKAY. ON, ON THE EIGHTH. AND THE OTHER THING, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE FINAL APPROVAL DID NOT OCCUR ON THE SAME NIGHT AS THE PUBLIC HEARING. THAT WAY, YOU

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YOU WERE ON ITEM 7.4 AND HAD WE MADE, WE ALREADY VOTED NO. YES, YES. THE MOTION. YES. SO NOW YOU'RE ON SEVEN. OKAY, WE DIDN'T VOTE. WE DIDN'T VOTE. NO, WE DIDN'T VOTE. WE HAD A MOTION AND YEAH, MOTION. AND SECOND, I HAD A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE AND A SECOND FROM PHIL ON THIS.

RIGHT. AND WE WERE IN DISCUSSION. IS THAT CORRECT? THANK YOU. SO, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. AND OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.5 DISCUSSION. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2339. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS, SETTING A DATE, TIME AND LOCATION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE MARKET CENTER. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, CROSSROADS CENTER, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, NINTH STREET RESIDENTIAL PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, NINTH STREET RESIDENTIAL PARTNERSHIP, MAINTENANCE, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND CROSSROADS. NORTHWEST CITY OF TERRELL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. DIRECTING THE CITY STAFF TO PUBLISH THE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAIL NOTICE TO AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS DIRECTING THE. THE FILING OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. DON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2339 SETS A TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 18TH TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS ON CITY OF TERRELL PITS ONE THROUGH FIVE, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT WERE JUST, SPOKEN BY THE MAYOR IN THE HEADING OF THE RESOLUTION. A NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE PLACED IN THE TRIBUNE AND ON OUR WEBSITE, AND NOTICES HAVE BEEN MAILED TO THE HOMEOWNERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. DON, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON 7.5 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2339 HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION. SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM PHIL ROBERTSON, DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2339 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AN END TO. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.6 DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION 2340 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. SETTING A DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING AMENDING APPENDIX ONE FEE SCHEDULE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TERRELL BY AMENDING SECTION 27 WATER SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES, PARAGRAPHS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND SECTION 28. SEWER SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES, PARAGRAPH ONE THROUGH SIX OF THE REVISED CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS, DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION AND ON THE CITY INTERNET WEBSITE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. DON MAYOR AND COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2340 SETS A TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 18TH TO

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[8. INFORMATION REPORTS]

[9. ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING (Part 2 of 2)]