May 05, 2022 City Council

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WE'LL CALL THE SESSION ORDER

[1. CALL SESSION TO ORDER]

WE'LL START WITH ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER THORTON HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAREAL, SALVO, SORRY.

MAYOR PRO TEM CUSTOMER GORDON MCKINSEY COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND.

HERE THEY ARE.

SNYDER'S HERE.

NEXT WE HAVE INVOCATION.

IF YOU'LL STAND WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON, PRAY WITH ME, OUR BELOVED FATHER IN HEAVEN.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS, UM, OPPORTUNITY, WHICH WE HAVE TOGETHER HERE TONIGHT IN THIS BUILDING, UM, TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY OF HUTTOE AND FOR THOSE THAT FOUNDED IT, AND FOR THOSE THAT FELT IMPRESSED TO COME AND TO SETTLE HERE AND THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO COME, UM, BY THE HUNDREDS AND BY THE THOUSANDS, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE WONDERFUL GROWTH THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN HADOW AND PRAY THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS AND WISDOM TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO COME AND BE A PART OF HUDDLE AND MAKE HUDDLE OF THEIR HOME.

WE ASK YOU TO BLESS US WITH, UM, BY WISDOM AND THEY PATIENTS TONIGHT, AS WE DISCUSS THESE IMPORTANT MATTERS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS, UH, THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITIZENS AND OURSELVES.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE RAIN THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE ENJOY BEING IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF WHICH WE ARE A PART OF A COUNTRY, WHICH ENABLES US TO GOVERN OURSELVES AND TO HAVE FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION, OF POLITICALNESS, OF ANYTHING THAT, UH, UH, IS RIGHT IN OUR LIVES.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR, UM, THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY.

WE PRAY FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T ENJOYING THOSE FREEDOMS. NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE WAR TORN AREAS OF THIS WORLD, WE ARE MINDFUL OF THEM.

WE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR LEADERS IN THIS NATION, UH, THAT THEY MAY LEAD US AND GUIDE US AND DIRECT US AS THAT WOULD SEE FIT.

WE, UM, ASK FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS AND, UH, EXPRESS GRATITUDE AND THANKS TO THEE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN, WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL SLIDE.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT

[5. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS]

UH, JUST A FEW ITEMS. ONE, UH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD HAS STARTED A BUTTERFLY GARDEN AT, UH, HUDDLE LAKE PARK.

ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING WITH THAT, UH, P A R D AT HUDDLE, TX.GOV TO GET INVOLVED, UH, TOMORROW AT SIX 30 HERE AT CITY HALL, WE'LL BE THE COWBOYS AND MOMS DATE NIGHT.

SO IF YOU'RE INCLINED TO DO THAT, IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND.

PLEASE COME.

UM, WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER CITY SUMMER CAMP.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER FOR THAT, YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBPAGE AT HUDDLE, TEXAS.GOV.

AND FINALLY, THERE WILL BE A SUNSET BLOCK PARTY BASH FRIDAY, MAY 27TH FROM SIX O'CLOCK TO NINE O'CLOCK AT FRITZ PARK.

THAT'S ALL MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE SOME

[6.1. May - Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month ]

FIRST ONE IS MOTORCYCLE REDNESS.

COME ON UP.

WE HAVE THE CARIBBEANOS AND SEEK OR MC AUSTIN IN THIS PLACE.

SOULS RIGHT MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS.

WHEREAS THE LONE STAR STATE IS HOME TO ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST MOTORCYCLE RIDING POPULATIONS AND WHEREAS OUR BEAUTIFUL ROADWAYS AND MILD LENDERS MAKE GREAT PERFECT.

YEAR-ROUND RIDING SEASON CONTRIBUTING TO THE POPULARITY OF MOTORCYCLING, I SUPPOSE, TRANSPORTATION AND RECREATION FOR MANY TEXANS AND WHEREAS WHILE NIMBLE AND EFFICIENT, BUT A TRANSPORTATION FOR CELL ANY PAST TIME THAT LEADS TO FUN AND EXCITING ADVENTUROUS FOR OTHERS.

MOTORCYCLISTS ARE STILL SIGNIFICANTLY OVERREPRESENTED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES.

AND WHEREAS

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THEY SHARE THE ROADMAP, ESPECIALLY MOTORCYCLISTS AND RAS WITH THE LIVES OF OUR FELLOW TEXANS ON THE LINE, WE MUST DO MORE TO PROPERLY SHARE THE ROAD AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF MOTORCYCLISTS WHO REPRESENT SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE DRIVERS.

AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR, THE MONTH OF MAY IS DEDICATED TO AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS THAT COMBAT MOTORCYCLE RELATED CRASHES AND FATALITIES.

AND WHEREAS THERE ARE MANY WAYS THE TEXAS DRIVERS CAN HELP KEEP MOTORCYCLISTS, INCLUDING BY INCREASING THEIR FOLLOWING DISTANCE WHILE BEHIND MOTORCYCLES AND BEING MORE AWARE OF INTERSECTIONS AS MOST CRASHES OCCUR BETWEEN THE MOTORCYCLIST AND THE PASSENGER VEHICLE TURNING LEFT, WHEREAS MOTORCYCLISTS SHOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT OR THEIR SAFETY BY ALWAYS WEARING APPROPRIATE WRITING DIETER, AVOIDING WRITING IN POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS, POSITIONING OF MOTORCYCLE TO AVOID A DRIVER'S BLIND SPOT CONSISTENTLY USING TURN SIGNALS FOR TURNS AND LANE CHANGES AND ALWAYS RIDING SOBER.

AND WHEREAS IF ALL TEXANS ARE TO DRIVE SAFELY AND REMAIN AWARE, WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OTHERS ON THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY MOTORCYCLES.

NOW, THEREFORE I MIGHT EXCITE OR BAYER ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DO RECOGNIZE THE LACK OF MANY AS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH AND YEAH.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FELLOW HUDDLE RESIDENTS TRULY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

UH, I THINK ALMOST EVERYONE IN HERE PROBABLY HAS EITHER WRITTEN A MOTORCYCLE, BEEN A PASSENGER, AT LEAST KNOW SOMEONE, MAYBE NEIGHBOR, FAMILY MEMBER, CLOSE FRIEND, UH, THAT RIDES MOTORCYCLES.

SO YOU ANNOUNCING THIS IS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVERY DAY, UH, THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON THE ROAD, WE'RE FACING IT, BUT WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWARENESS.

ALWAYS LOOK TWICE.

UH, CAUSE THOSE, THOSE MEN AND WOMEN OUT ON THE ROAD COULD BE, COULD BE A LOVED ONE.

THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE IN THIS TOWN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MARILYN SAVING.

THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD.

, WE'LL BE SAFE.

RIDING BIKES AND ONE OTHER PROCLAMATION

[6.2. Annual Professional Municipal Clerks Week - May 1 - 7, 2022]

WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND MUNICIPAL CLERK, A TIME HONORED AND VITAL PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK IS THE OLDEST AMONG PUBLIC SERVANTS.

AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OR THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK PROVIDES A PROFESSIONAL LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZENS AND THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS.

AND WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS HAVE PLEDGED TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF THEIR NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY RENDERING EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL.

AND WHEREAS THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK SERVES AS THE INFORMATION CENTER ON FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL AND MUNICIPAL CLERKS CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK, THE PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THEIR STATE PROVINCIAL, UH, COUNTY AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT, SORRY, WE'RE AT IS, IS MOST APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND MUNICIPAL CLERK.

SO NOW THEREFORE I MAKE SAT.

OUR MAYOR OF HADOW DO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF MAY 1ST THROUGH MAY 7TH, 2022 AS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK AND FURTHER EXTEND APPRECIATION TO OUR PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS AND TO ALL PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS FOR THEIR VITAL SERVICES THEY PERFORM AND THEIR EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY REPRESENT.

ANGELA.

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.

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OKAY.

NEXT WE HAVE CITY

[7. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]

MARY.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, YOU AND CITY STAFF, WHOEVER THOUGHT OF DOING THAT, UM, PROCLAMATION ON MOTORCYCLE SAFETY.

MY FATHER, WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER WAS INVOLVED IN A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT.

UH, HE WAS A MOTORCYCLE RIDER AND ALMOST DIED AND I HAD A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, UH, LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, DIED ON A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT HERE IN AUSTIN.

UM, AS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, UH, PAY ATTENTION TO AND BE AWARE OF, UM, HIS DRIVERS, THOSE WERE NON MOTORCYCLE DRIVERS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I GUESS JUST HIT HOME WITH ME TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO A CITY MANAGER, TURNER FOR WORKING TO EXPEDITE THE LIGHTS ON OUR BASKETBALL PAVILIONS AND, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WAS NOW SKI.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT.

I'M TRYING.

UM, I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS A PRIORITY FROM THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, Y'ALL HAVE PUSHED THAT FORWARD FOR THE PARKS THAT WE DO HAVE AND THE PAVILION LIGHTS.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THAT ON AND BEING SERIOUS ABOUT IT.

UM, SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO LET THE COMMUNITY REMIND YOU THAT BLACK FAMILIES HAVE HADOW IS STARTING ALL THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE AT ADAM MORGAN PARK THIS YEAR, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.

UM, THAT ONE, WE HAVE OUR PARK NAMED AFTER OUT OF MORE GAIN, UM, WHO WAS OUR FIRST SETTLER HERE IN HADOW A SLAVE AND OUR BLACK FAMILIES OF HUDDLE.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH IN THAT PARK THIS YEAR, WHICH IS I THINK PRETTY COOL.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO TO ALL OF MY FAMILY OUT HERE IN HADOW.

UM, IS THIS IS A CELEBRATION PRIMARILY IN PUEBLO, MEXICO.

UM, THE REST OF MEXICO DOESN'T REALLY CELEBRATE IT, BUT HERE IN AMERICA IT'S DEFINITELY BECOME A CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF, OF WHICH I AM.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF THE 54% OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY HERE IN HUTTOE.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY I'M WEARING MY, MY ATTIRE TONIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT I WORE WHEN I GOT ENGAGED.

SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A VERY EXCITING DAY FOR, FOR HISPANIC PEOPLE AND TO SHARE OUR, OUR CULTURE.

SO, UH, THANK YOU.

UM, AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A FUN CINCO DE MAYO AND OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

I DO, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING, IF, IF THOSE OF YOU KIND OF HUNG OUT OR WATCHED, UH, THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, I DID CALL TO QUESTION, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS HONOR HERETO CITY COUNCIL EXPECTATIONS.

UM, THIS CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY ADOPTED THESE TO DATE ON FEBRUARY 17TH, AFTER GOING THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLANNING, UM, SESSION.

I WANT TAXPAYERS TO KNOW HOW MUCH THEY PAID FOR THAT SESSION, JUST SO THEY KNOW THE MAGNITUDE OF, UM, WHAT WE ADOPTED AND WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO OUR CITIZENS.

UM, YOU, THE TAXPAYER ME, THE TAXPAYER AND THE REST OF US PAID $14,000 FOR THAT TWO DAY FACILITATOR.

YOU ALSO PAID FOR $700 IN FOOD.

WHAT CAME OF THAT IS OUR PILLARS, WHICH WE WILL BE SHARING MORE ABOUT LATER.

AND I KNOW WE KIND OF SHARED THIS AND, UM, CITY MANAGER, TURNER KIND OF WENT THROUGH IT, BUT I THINK MAYBE THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT WE ADOPTED DIDN'T HIT HOME TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ADOPTED IT.

THE FIRST ONE IS DISCUSSED RESPECTFULLY, WHICH IS THE ONE I CALLED OUT.

UM, A THAT MEANS TAKE TURNS.

DON'T INTERRUPT.

DON'T USE ACCUSATORY OR INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE, RESPECT SOMEONE ELSE'S STANCE TO FOCUS ON THE PROBLEM, NOT THE PERSON THREE STAY ON YOUR SACRED GROUND.

DON'T SHRINK.

DON'T POP UP THREE.

I'M SORRY.

FOUR.

THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK, BE RESPONSIVE, NOT REACTIVE FIVE, NO, BACK-CHANNELING SIX.

DON'T GO TO BED ANGRY.

AFTER A COUNCIL MEETING.

WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO CALL ATTENTION

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IT WAS MET BY ONE INDIVIDUAL'S JUDGMENT ON WHAT IS DEEMED DISRESPECTFUL AND WHAT ISN'T WITH NO TIME TO THINK BEFORE THEY SPOKE.

NO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WEIGHED IN ON IT.

ALL SEVEN OF US ADOPTED THIS CRITERIA, BUT YET I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT STOOD UP FINALLY AND SAID, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE ADOPTED.

THIS IS NOT WHAT THE TAXPAYERS PAID FOR.

IF WE AREN'T GOING TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, AND THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE THESE SEATS, DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

WE WASTED WHAT ALMOST $20,000 OF YOUR MONEY.

SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW MOVING FORWARD.

SO WHEN IT HAPPENS AND HOPEFULLY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL SPEAK UP AND SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO OF YOUR EXPECTATION SITTING ON THIS COUNCIL AND THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU'VE MADE TO THE CITIZENS OF HUDDLE.

THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? I HAVE A COUNCIL COMMENT MIRROR.

SO I'M GONNA READ THIS, UM, UH, COUNSEL.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

TO ONCE AGAIN, SERVE THE CITIZENS OF HEDO FROM THE DIOCESE.

THIS WILL BE MY LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

THIS IS THE S THIS IS A SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY AND I DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY.

THE CITY OF HADOW HAS HAD MANY CHALLENGES IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, BUT WE MUST KEEP OUR FOCUS ON WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS ONE, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR PERSONAL AGENDAS ON THIS, A DYESS TOO.

THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY.

THREE IT'S ABOUT THE CITIZENS OF HADOW AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE THEM.

WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT WHERE THE CITY HAS BEEN BROKEN.

IF WE DON'T GET IT RIGHT, WE WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO FACE THAT PROBLEM.

AGAIN, WE ARE ALL ACCOUNTABLE, PAST AND PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND CITIZENS.

LET'S NOT FORGET OUR ROLE IN THIS EQUATION.

ANY OF US LET'S REMEMBER WHERE OUR ROLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER STARTS AND STOPS.

WE HIRED THE CITY MANAGER AND THAT MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STAFF, NOT US.

I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE YOUR TRAINING AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

NONE OF US KNOW IT ALL.

THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE A HUGE BENEFIT FOR GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT, BUT EQUALLY IT IS A DIVISIVE AND DETRIMENTAL ASPECT OF THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY.

I WOULD CAUTION COUNCIL AND CITIZENS TO BE A BIT MORE THOUGHTFUL IN YOUR WORDS, AND IN YOUR ACTIONS, WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER.

WE WILL WIN, OR WE WILL LOOSE.

I WILL STEP DOWN THIS EVENING FROM THIS POSITION AS THE ELECTION IS ON SATURDAY, BUT I WILL NOT STEP AWAY.

I WILL CONTINUE AS A CITIZEN OF HADOW AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I WILL BE WATCHING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DEBBIE.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS, RIGHT.

HEARING NONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL, LIAISON REPORTS.

ANY REPORTS THERE? YEAH, WE ACTUALLY, UM, HOW THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A HPC MEETING, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UM, MEETING.

AND THERE IS A PROPERTY AT 1 0 2 WEST PECAN STREET THAT IS ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.

AND, UM, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS BUILD A NEW RETAIL STRUCTURE.

THERE, THERE ARE, UM, IT WAS APPROVED.

UM, BUT HOWEVER, THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS THAT NEED TO CONTINUE

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AND ALSO, UM, WITH THE EXITING OF, UM, MR. ALLEN DEANN, WARLEY WAS NAMED CHAIR OF THE HPC IS ON REPORTS.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY SURVEY ON, I BELIEVE EVERYTHING WAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT, UM, THUMBS, THUMBS UP.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL, UH, I THINK WE'RE OPENING UP THAT HERE SOON.

I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DUE OR THE DEADLINE IS GOING TO BE IN JUNE.

UM, THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF THE DNI FOCUS ON A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

UM, SO THE DNI CHAIRMAN, UM, SAT IN ON SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS AND HELPED TO FORMULATE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

UM, SO I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT AND KIND OF WHAT ACTUALLY COMES TO THAT.

UM, SO I DID JUST WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE FROM THAT FOR THE DIVERSITY INCLUSION COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU.

I'VE GOT ONE FOR A P AND Z.

THEY MET THIS PAST WEEK.

UM, AND, BUT JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO HAVE A NEW OPENING.

SO RANDALL CLARK, UM, AS RESIGNED FROM P AND Z.

AND SO WE DO HAVE AN OPENING.

IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, JUST WAS AGAIN, IMPRESSED WITH THE PROFESSIONALISM AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY WENT THROUGH.

THEY'RE ASKING REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS, BEING VERY DETAILED AND DENYING PLATS WHEN THEY DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA.

AND THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO SAY NOPE, DO IT AGAIN.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A, IT WAS JUST VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT THEY'RE, I THINK THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD.

THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS WELL, REPRESENTING THE SABLE.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S NO OTHERS WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE TO SPEAK, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY SHEETS UP HERE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, UH, JUST IN GENERAL, YOU'LL NEED TO FILL OUT ONE OF OUR, UM, SPEAKING FORUMS. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO A SPECIFIC ITEM, YOU'LL STILL NEED TO FILL OUT A FORM, BUT YOU HAVE TO WRITE THAT OUT.

SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR DURING PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE.

SEE NONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT

[9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

YOU HAVE ITEMS 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 AND NINE FIVE UP FOR CONSIDERATION MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 13 ONE UP IN LIGHT OF A LETTER RECEIVED TODAY BY CITY COUNCIL, UM, FROM THE LEGAL FIRM OF HASHANA AND PETERS.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS, UM, IN EXECUTIVE AND THEN COME OUT AND DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THAT.

SO YOU WANT TO DO 13.

YOU WANT TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION RIGHT ON THAT ONE SPECIFIC ITEM.

IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER LEGAL MATTERS THAT NEED PENDING LEGAL, THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED.

IF WE CAN WAIVE THAT IN, I WOULD ALSO REQUEST A CITY MANAGER TURNER INSTEAD OF GOING UPSTAIRS.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION HERE AT EXPEDITE, THE TIME FOR THOSE WHO ARE AWAITING, UH, FOR ME, I OBJECT TO MOVING THAT UP.

MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT WITH THE REST OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS AND TO MOVE IT ABOVE.

EVERYBODY ELSE IS HERE WAITING.

I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR IT TO BE MOVED UP.

IF YOU WANT, WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON MOVING IT UP.

SURE.

ALRIGHT.

CALL THE VOTE TO MOVE ITEM 13 ONE UP NEXT, THE VERY SECOND.

DID WE NEED A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

IT, YEAH.

MAYOR PRO TEM THORTON.

MAY MAYOR SNYDER SOME MEMBER VILLA, RURAL SALVA.

I TELL SOME MEMBER KINSEY HOW SOME MEMBER HOLLAND NAY.

NOW SOME MEMBERS SETTING I TELL SOME MEMBER GORDON IS THAT FOUR, THREE MOTION FAILS.

FIVE TO TWO OR TWO TO FIVE.

I GUESS MAYOR I'D LIKE TO MOVE NINE, FOUR OUT OF CONSENT, PLEASE.

WE HAVE NINE, FOUR OUT OF CONSENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE NINE, FIVE OUT OF CONSENT.

THE OBJECTIONS TO MOVING 9, 4, 9, 5 OUT OF CONSENT.

VERY NONE.

THAT LEAVES ITEMS 9 1 9 293.

I MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED 9 1 9 2 AND 93 SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAREAL SALVO.

SECOND BY CUSTOMER MCKINSEY APPROVING 9 1 9 2 9 3 AS PRESENTED ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, HEARING NONE.

PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON.

I HAVE SOME MEMBER SETTING.

I ALSO MEMBER HOLLAND I

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I HAVE SOME, A REAL, A REAL SALVO MAYOR, SCHNEIDER MAYOR PRO TEM THORTON QUESTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT.

WE HAVE ITEM NINE FOR

[9.4. Consideration and possible action on Resolution R-2022-017 authorizing the City to continue its membership with the Atmos Cities Steering Committee to protect the interests of the City of Hutto and protect the interests of the customers of Atmos Energy Corporation, Mid-Tex Division residing and conducting business within the City limits (Matt Wojnowski, Legal)]

UM, MARY, I ASKED HIM WHO THIS OUT SINCE WE HAVE FINALLY RECEIVED, NOT FINALLY, BUT WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED THE DATA THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING THIS.

AND, UM, I KNOW THIS IS ONLY $1,500 TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT IT'S $1,500 AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROI IS THERE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE TAXPAYERS.

UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED WERE HOW MANY RESIDENTS DO WE HAVE THAT ARE AT MOST CUSTOMERS, UM, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND THEN LOOKING AT JUST THE, WHAT THE ROI IS.

AND I THINK A 3000% ROI ON A $1,500 ASSESSMENT IS A PRETTY GOOD REASON FOR US TO JUST STICK WITH IT.

UM, SO I'M IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP WITH ATMOS.

AND, UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE DATA THAT WILL MAKE IT GOING FORWARD A LOT FASTER OF A DECISION ANNUALLY, I W I WOULD JUST CONCUR WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT, UM, IF WE, IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE TO PULL OUT AND THEN WE'RE ONLY ONE CITY THAT'S TRYING TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOTHING WE HAVE NO LEVERAGE.

SO BEING PART OF THAT GROUP, UM, IS CERTAINLY TO OUR FAVOR CMH, RETURNER, WHERE YOU ABLE TO FIND OUT IF WE WEREN'T, IN FACT, THE ONLY CITY IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA HERE, THAT IS PART OF THIS.

YES, THAT WAS, BUT I'LL HAVE TO ASK MATT TO BE THE BETTER ALSO UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, UH, TEXAS CITIES IN THAT GROUP.

MOST OF THEM WERE IN NORTH TEXAS IN THE METROPOLITAN DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA.

UM, HOWEVER, LIKE KALENE HARKER HEIGHTS, UH, SOME OF THOSE CITIES ARE ALSO IN THIS GROUP.

OKAY.

I'D DONE A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH TO SEE WHAT CITIES WERE PART OF IT.

I DON'T, I DON'T NECESSARILY DISCOUNT THAT BENEFIT OF IT.

I DO FIND THAT MOST OF THE INFORMATION COMES FROM THE LOBBY GROUP THAT TELLS US HOW GOOD IT IS TO BE PART OF THE LOBBY GROUP.

AND SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALMOST HAD TO HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF A DEAL, BUT I AGREE AT 1500, WE'VE PROBABLY SPENT 10 OR $20,000 IN STAFF TIME.

HAVING QUESTIONS ANSWERED OVER $1,500.

SO FROM AN ROI STANDPOINT, WE'VE GOT TO, WE EITHER GOT TO MAKE A DECISION, I THINK TONIGHT, OR MOVE ON EXCEPT AS PRESENTED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, VILLAREAL, SALVO I'M PROVING NINE FOREST PRESENTED ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE.

PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

MAY OR APRIL 10TH.

JORDAN COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON.

I ALSO REMEMBER SAID, AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY, MAYOR SNYDER, NELSON RIVER VILLA REAL SALVO.

I ALSO REMEMBER HOLLAND I MOTION PASSES SIX ONE NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NINE, FIVE

[9.5. Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. 2022-043 condemning bullying and cyberbullying. (Councilmember Robin Sutton)]

THIS IS AN ITEM THAT, UM, CAME UP AT OUR LAST MEETING WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE SEVERITY OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAPPENED, UM, DURING THE TENURE OF THE NEXT CITY MANAGER.

UM, I BROUGHT UP THE BACK THAT THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF BULLYING AND THREATENING AND, UM, JOB LOSS THAT HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME TOO.

AND, AND WHILE NOT DOWNPLAYING THE SEVERITY OF, UM, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT BULLYING AND CYBER BULLYING IS ALSO ABUSE AND IS NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME.

UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT ENDED UP IN, UH, IN CONSENT ITEMS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING I BELIEVE THAT AS A CITY AND AS A COUNCIL THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC AND IN TRANSPARENCY.

UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE

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UM, AS A CITIZEN, I WAS IN THE, IN THESE SHARES ON END MONTHS ON END, UM, BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019, I SPOKE AT THE PODIUM MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE MEETING AND DIDN'T LEAVE UNTIL THE MEETING WAS OVER SOMETIMES THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

UM, I WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT FIGHTING FOR HADOW AND I STARTED THE PAGE BY FOR HEDO.

I STARTED THAT PAGE AS A CALL TO ACTION TO GET CITIZENS INVOLVED, GET THEM INTO CITY HALL AND TO SHOW THEM THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR CITY, GOVERNMENT SHOW UP.

UM, I KNOW MY WORDS AND ACTIONS HURT PEOPLE AND I HAVE REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE AND APOLOGIZED TO THEM.

UM, AND TO, TO THOSE, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO, UM, I HOPE THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE, UM, SO THAT I CAN SHARE, UM, IN MY SINCERE APOLOGY FOR THE GRIEF I'VE MAY HAVE CAUSED YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

WHILE I STOOD AT THAT PODIUM, I'M NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE NOW I'M THE BUTT OF PERSONAL ATTACKS.

UM, THE PART OF THE PERSONAL ATTACKS, BECAUSE I STILL CALL BS WHEN I SEE IT AND I HEAR IT AND THAT'S WHO I AM.

AND THAT'S THE ROBIN THAT CAME TO THE PODIUM.

AND THAT'S THE ROBIN WHO DECIDED TO SIT ON THE DIETS, NO JOY OR PRIDE SHOULD EVER COME FROM HURTING OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.

NO ONE WHO WANTS TO REPRESENT THE CITY ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION OR ON THIS COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE PLEASURE IN THE SITES THAT ATTACK HUMAN BEINGS WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THEIR ACTIONS.

THERE IS A WAY TO STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN AN EXERCISE, YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, WITHOUT PERSONAL ATTACKS, BULLYING, AND THREATS JUSTICE.

WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT AS ACCUSATIONS BEING REPORTED IN CITY HALL.

WE ALSO HAD, AND CONTINUE TO HAVE REPORTS OF BULLYING AND THREATENING BEHAVIOR.

I'M A VICTIM OF THAT IN JANUARY BY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, OVER AN AGENDA ITEM, WE NEED TO LEARN FROM OUR MYSPACE MISTAKES AND HOLD THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO ACCOUNTABLE THAT ARE BULLYING AND THREATENING OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF, THE WORDING THAT WAS USED AGAINST SEXUAL HARASS, HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT, AND EVERYONE SHOULD REPORT IT.

AND ANYBODY THAT KNOWS IT AND DOESN'T REPORT IT IS CULPABLE.

I SAID THAT WHEN I STOOD UP FOR EMILY PARKS, WHEN WE SETTLED HER LAWSUIT AGAINST OUR EX CITY MANAGER, I TOLD EVERYONE SITTING ON THIS DIOCESE, THAT IF YOU KNEW THIS PERSON WAS CAPABLE OF THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR, YOU ARE COPEABLE.

YOU CAN CONDEMN THE ACT WITHOUT TAKING AWAY SOMEONE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SO BEEN IN HADOW 23 YEARS.

AND WHY, WHEN I HEAR CITIZENS SAY, THEY'RE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT.

THEY'RE AFRAID TO PUT A SIGN OF A CANDIDATE IN THEIR YARD, AND THEY'RE AFRAID TO APPLY FOR A BORDER COMMISSION OR EVEN RUN FOR OFFICE.

THAT'S DISGUSTING.

HADOW DESERVES BETTER AND HADOW CAN DO BETTER.

AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER AS A COUNCIL AND MIRROR THAT LEADERSHIP.

IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, WE ARE FAILING EVERYONE THAT SITS UP HERE IS FAILING.

IF WE DON'T STOP THIS NONSENSE AND THIS HATE THAT IS SEPARATING OUR TOWN APART AND SCARING PEOPLE FOR STANDING UP FOR THEMSELVES.

AND NOW IF Y'ALL MAY, LET ME READ THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME IN AND IF IT'S ON CONSENT, MAYBE THEY DON'T READ IT OR HEAR IT JUST AS WE READ THE HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOLUTION.

WHEREAS ALL CITY EMPLOYEES ARE ENTITLED TO A WORKPLACE FREE OF UNLAWFUL HARASSMENT BY MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORS, COWORKERS, CITIZENS, AND VENDORS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY PROHIBITS HARASSMENT BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, COLOR, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ACE, DISCIPLINE, RACE, AGE, DISABILITY, MARITAL STATUS, VETERAN STATUS, CITIZENSHIP, GENETIC INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC PROTECTED BY LAW.

AND WE'RE AS BULLYING AND CYBER BULLYING ARE HARMFUL WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.

AND WHEREAS CITY PERSONNEL POLICIES PROHIBIT VERBAL OR PHYSICAL CONDUCT THAT SINGLES OUT DENIGRATES OR SHOWS HOSTILITY OR AVERSION TOWARDS SOMEONE BECAUSE OF RACE, RELIGION, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, DISABILITY, VETERANS, DALIT STATUS CITIZENSHIP, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC PROTECTED BY LAW

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AND THAT HAS THE EFFECT, OR WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF PHYSICALLY HARMING AN INDIVIDUAL DAMNING AN INDIVIDUAL'S PROPERTY, OR PLACING AN INDIVIDUAL, AN INDIVIDUAL IN REASONABLE FEAR OR HARM TO THE INDIVIDUALS PERSON OR A DAMAGE TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S PROPERTY, OR IS SUFFICIENTLY SEVERE PERSISTENT OR PERVASIVE ENOUGH THAT THE ACTION OR THREAT CREATES AN INTIMIDATING THREATENING OR ABUSIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL INCLUDES CYBER BULLYING.

AND WHEREAS CYBER BULLYING IS BULLYING THAT INVOLVES THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE, INCLUDING THE USE OF A CELLULAR OR OTHER TYPE OF TELEPHONE, A COMPUTER, A CAMERA, ELECTRONIC MAIL, INSTANT MESSAGING, TEXT MESSAGING, A SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATION AND INTERNET WEBSITE, OR ANY OTHER INTERNET BASED COMMUNICATION TOOL.

AND WE'RE AS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WHO ARE BULLIED OR FOUR TIMES AS LIKELY AS ANOTHER OTHER STUDENT TO STAY, THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY FEEL AFRAID OR UNSAFE.

WHEREAS NEARLY ONE QUARTER OF 10TH GRADERS WHO REPORTED BEING BULLIED ALSO REPORTED HAVING MADE A SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

AND WE'RE A SUICIDE IS THE 10TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 TO 34.

AND WHEREAS BETWEEN 1999 AND 2018, THE SUICIDE RATE IN THE UNITED STATES TO INCREASE 35% FROM 10.5 SUICIDES TO 14.2.

SO SUICIDES FOR EVERY 100,000 INDIVIDUALS.

AND WHEREAS IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION, 400 SUICIDE ATTEMPTS EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WHEREAS MORE THAN HALF OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO DIE BY SUICIDE DID NOT HAVE A KNOWN MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION.

AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS OF DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, MANY FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO SUICIDE AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH, AND WITHOUT KNOWN MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, INCLUDING CHALLENGES RELATED TO RELATIONSHIPS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND STRESS REGARDING WORK, MONEY AND LEGAL PROBLEMS OR HOUSING.

I'M ALMOST DONE WHEREAS PAST AND PRESENT ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS MAY HAVE FAILED TO REPORT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ERADICATE SUCH CONDUCT FROM THE WORKPLACE.

AND WE'RE AS THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SUICIDE, SUICIDE ABILITY, HINDER SUICIDE PREVENTION BY DISCOURAGING AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS FROM SEEKING LIFE-SAVING HELP AND CAN FURTHER TRAUMATIZED SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE LOSS AND AN INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVED EXPERIENCE OF SUICIDE.

WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL DESIRES TO CONTINUE TO PROHIBIT SUCH CONDUCT CON CONDUCT FOR ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND REQUIRE THE REPORTING OF SUCH CONTACT OF ANY ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL DESIRES TO RECOGNIZE SUICIDE AS A SERIOUS AND PREVENTABLE PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE CITY NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HEDO TEXAS.

THAT SECTION ONE, THE FINDINGS SET FORTH IN THE RECITALS OF THIS RESOLUTION ARE HEREBY FOUND TO BE TRUE AND CORRECT.

AND HEREBY ADOPTED AS FINDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE BODY OF THIS RESOLUTION AT SPOOLIE SET FORTH HERE IN SECTION TWO, THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY CONDEMNS BULLYING, CYBER BULLYING, AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF UNLAWFUL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE AND BY ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND REQUIRES THE REPORTING OF SUCH CONDUCT RECOGNIZES SUICIDE, A SERIOUS AND PREVENTABLE HEALTH PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE CITY AND SUPPORT STRATEGIES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER TREATMENTS.

SECTION THREE, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL REQUIRE TRAINING IN THE PREVENTION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF BULLYING, CYBER BULLYING, AND OTHER FORMS OF UNLAWFUL HARASSMENT PER ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS.

AND THE CITY MANAGER SHALL REQUIRE TRAINING IN THE PREVENTION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF BULLYING, CYBER BULLYING, AND OTHER FORMS OF UNLAWFUL HARASSMENT PER CITY EMPLOYEES SECTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY FINES AND DECLARES THAT WRITTEN NOTICE OF THIS DATE, OUR PLACE AND SUBJECT OF THIS MEANING

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AND THAT SUCH MEETING WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AT ALL TIMES, DURING WHICH THIS RESOLUTION AND SUBJECT MATTER HERE WERE DISCUSSED, CONSIDERED AND FORMALLY ACTED UPON ALL AS REQUIRED BY THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT CHAPTER BY FIVE, ONE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AS AMENDED SECTION FIVE, THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE.

I WOULD LIKE TO THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SETTING FOR PULLING THIS OUT OF CONSENT.

I AGREE.

I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN CONSENT, BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

UH, THOSE OF US SITTING UP HERE ALONG WITH OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD, ET CETERA, IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE LEADERS.

AND, UM, IF OUR BEHAVIOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR BEHAVIOR PUBLICLY BEHIND THE SCENES, TALKING WITH OUR FRIENDS IS THAT WHICH ISN'T HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.

THEN THAT CULTURE WILL PERMEATE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S BEEN A SHAME.

I THINK IT'S A SHAME THAT THIS EVEN HAS TO BE FORMALIZED.

UM, WE'RE ALL ADULTS AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, GLASS STONES AT GLASS HOUSES IS WHAT I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

AND IT'S, IT'S BECOME VERY EASY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA TO BULLY OTHER PEOPLE.

AND BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY BEHIND IT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I TEND TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA AS A PLACE TO DROP INFORMATION.

AND THEN I WALK AWAY THERE'S SIX DIFFERENT WAYS OF CONTACTING OR MULTIPLE WAYS OF CONTACTING EVERY SINGLE PERSON UP HERE AND ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY AND TO COMPLAIN AND HARASS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING TO YOU ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM WHEN YOUR QUESTIONS ARE HOSTILE AND WHEN YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY ATTACKED THEM PERSONALLY.

UM, IF THE QUESTION IS IMPORTANT TO GET ANSWERED, YOU CAN EMAIL US, YOU CAN CALL US, YOU CAN COME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS AND DO A PUBLIC COMMENT.

THERE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS TO EXPRESS YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

AND I ENCOURAGE THAT.

UM, RIGHT NOW THE, THIS COMMUNITY IS HURTING WITH A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.

AND UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE ITSELF AFTER COUNCIL MEETINGS, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS TALKING ABOUT ONE ANOTHER IN DEROGATORY TERMS AND ALLOWING PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO TALK BADLY AND NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE JOB AS LEADERS TO CALL IT OUT AND SAY SOMETHING.

AND IF WE DON'T, THEN WE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WHEN THE YOUNG ADULTS AND THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE ACTING OUT GRAFFITI IN OUR BATHROOMS THAT OUR CITY PARKS, I ALWAYS SAY WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR CHILDREN THESE DAYS? WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE ADULTS AND THE ACTIONS THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING.

UM, I SAY IT A LOT CULTURE EATS STRATEGY FOR BREAKFAST, AND THAT CULTURE STARTS AT THE TOP.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO CITY, UM, BEHAVIORS, WE'RE PART OF THAT TOP OF THE PYRAMID.

AND, UH, I'M GLAD THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT UP.

I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON AND I HAVE BOTH EXPERIENCED A LOT WITH, WITH BULLYING, UM, BEFORE WE WERE EVER INVOLVED WITH POLITICS, UM, IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES.

AND SO IT DOES HIT HOME AS WELL AS FOR BOTH OF US.

SO DID THE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT RESOLUTION.

SO I AM REALLY HAPPY THAT AGAIN, WE'RE FORMALIZING THIS AND I AM THANKFUL THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS SAT AND TOOK THE TIME TO READ THE RESOLUTION OUT LOUD AND, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO, OR TAKE A MOMENT TO, TO READ THE RESOLUTION IN ITS ENTIRETY AND, AND MAYBE CONSIDER, TAKE MOMENTS OF IT, OF IT A WAY AND CONSIDER HOW YOU CAN ALSO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENACT UP HERE.

UM, CAUSE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T BE DISTRACTING FROM THE WORK OF THE CITY AND FROM THE, THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE CAN ALL ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER.

SO, UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SAID MAYOR PRO TEM THORTON, ANYTHING THAT I THINK THE RESOLUTION PRETTY MUCH SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND READING IT OUT LOUD WAS JUST A GOOD IDEA.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

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I KNOW.

UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS HAS BEEN A LOT OF, UM, STRESS ON THE DIOCESE.

I MEAN, TO THE POINT TO WHERE, I MEAN, UH, I TOTALLY GET IT WITH DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO BLOCK ONE FROM MESSAGING ME DUE TO THINGS.

AND SO I, I GET IT AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THAT.

UM, SO I THINK AS A WORD I LEARNED PERFORMATIVE, IT'S ONE THING TO DO THIS RESOLUTION.

IT'S ANOTHER TO HAVE IT TO WHERE WE AS COUNCIL LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAREAL, SALVO SAID, WE SET THE STANDARD, THE BACK CHANNELING, THE SPEAKING IN PUBLIC, UM, BEHIND EVERYBODY, THE UNDERMINING OF EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IN DECISION, THE STUFF'S GOT TO STOP.

UM, I HAD A GREAT, UM, A GREAT DEAL THAT, UM, UH, A CITIZEN SENT ME AND HE BASICALLY SAID, HOW CAN AS A COMMUNITY? HE SAID, HOW CAN THE COUNCIL GET ALONG WHEN THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GET ALONG? BECAUSE EVERY TIME SOMEONE GETS MAD, THEY START A NEW FACEBOOK PAGE.

AND SO WE HAVE A 2 0 3, OH, WE HAVE 2, 4 0 5 OH AND 8 0 2 TEXAS NEIGHBORS.

AND SO THEY'RE ALL PART OF SOMEONE LEADING.

IT IS ALL GOT SOMETHING WE GOT TO FIGHT FOR HUDDLE WE FORMED.

AND SO WE HAVE ALL THESE, I THINK NOW IT'S FIGHT FOR BETTER HUDDLE OR FIGHT FOR ANOTHER HUDDLE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT CHANGED TO, BUT ANYWAY, WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS AND ALL REPRESENTED BY A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE.

AND SO, UM, I THINK THE MORE WE CAN GET A GET TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND, UM, FOLLOW LIKE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SET SAID, THE EXPECTATIONS, UH, FOCUS ON THE PROBLEM, NOT THE PERSON.

THEN I THINK YOU'LL SEE A CHANGE IN A PUBLIC, BUT UNTIL WE SET THE STANDARD, I DON'T THINK IT CAN HAPPEN, BUT IT COULD BE WRONG.

SO CUSTOMER GORDON, UH, NO, I, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, UH, THE RESOLUTION.

I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE, ESPECIALLY WITH CYBER BULLYING.

I'VE SEEN A VAST INCREASE IN THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

I AVOIDED FACEBOOK.

UM, I WAS NOT ON IT AND ONLY GOT INTO IT BECAUSE I GOT INTO POLITICS, WHICH IS KIND OF RIDICULOUS.

UM, I USED TO TELL PEOPLE, WE DON'T USE THE F WORD IN MY FAMILY AND THAT WAS FACEBOOK AND WE STEERED AWAY FROM IT AND WE GOT ON AND I GOT ON IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART I REGRET IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD WAY TO STAY UP WITH FAMILY, BUT THERE'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HORRIBLE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO, UH, TO ENGAGE IN THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY.

AND IT'S VERY TEMPTING, UH, TO DO THOSE THINGS.

AND WE JUST NEED TO KINDA LEARN TO CONTROL OURSELVES AND TEACH OUR CHILDREN AND TEACH EACH OTHER BY EXAMPLE, UM, NOT TO RETALIATE WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY HAD TO TRY TO LEARN AND TRY TO EMULATE AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE THOSE EXAMPLES FOR PEOPLE.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

THAT'S WHERE MACKENZIE, UM, DEFINITELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER SET.

AND I REALLY THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND HONESTLY, IT'S JUST BECOME OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.

IT REALLY IS.

I MEAN, SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT'S, IT'S A GREAT WAY.

IT JUST COUNSELING FOR HALL AND SAID, I MEAN, IT'S CAN BE A HUGE BENEFIT AND ALSO GREAT DETRIMENT.

UM, I THINK PETER'S PROBABLY THE SMARTEST ONE AT ALL, STAYING OFF OF IT FOR AS LONG AS HE COULD.

UM, UH, BUT I DO WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THAT IT DOES TRICKLE DOWN FROM US.

SO BEING A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU DO HAVE TO SET THE BAR, SET THE STANDARD AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PROFESSIONAL DEMEANOR.

AND WE'RE ALL, OF COURSE ENTITLED TO OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS, BUT WHAT WE POST, UM, DEFINITELY CARRIES WEIGHT.

AND ONCE YOU POST IT, IT'S THERE FOREVER.

IT CAN'T BE DELETED.

UM, SOMETHING THAT, UM, STRUCK ME AS ODD WHENEVER I RAN, UM, I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND SAY, WOW, THAT WAS THE CLEANEST ELECTION HADOW HAS EVER HAD.

THAT.

THAT WAS THE, THE, JUST THE MUDSLINGING JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.

UM, AND I KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH ELECTION SEASON, EVERYTHING IS ON A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS AND EVERYONE AND TRYING TO VIE FOR MY POSITION, YOUR POSITION, THEIR POSITION.

UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT LINE DEFINITELY DOES COME TO QUESTION A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IS THIS INFORMATIVE, IS THIS BACK-CHANNELING IS WHAT, WHAT'S THE REAL REASON BEHIND IT.

UM, SO I, I JUST THINK THAT IT IS, UM, AS A SAD REALITY THAT EVERYBODY AND HOW TO ROLLS THEIR EYES AND IT'S ELECTION SEASON.

AND HONESTLY THEY TURN IT OFF.

A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST COMPLETELY TUNE OUT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S, WHAT'S, THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY SAD.

UM, SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF MY, MY OPINION ON THAT.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO BETTER AND, UM, IF WE NEED TO CALL SOMEONE OUT, INCLUDING OURSELVES OR EACH OTHER, WE HAVE TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.