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[1. CALL SESSION TO ORDER ]

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ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL CALL THIS SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER ON TUESDAY, MAY 16TH, 2023.

UH, FIRST THING WE'LL DO IS ROLL CALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLARK.

HERE.

MAYOR SNYDER IS ABSENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON IS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KINZIE HERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KOLAR HERE.

AND WE, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPENING PRAYER AND WILL BE LED IN PRAYER BY ELDER HUBBARD FROM THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.

DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MEET HERE TOGETHER TODAY.

AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERS HERE IN HATO AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE.

AND, UM, PLEASE BLESS THEM THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE AN INSPIRATION ON HOW THEY CAN BEST SERVE THE PEOPLE HERE.

AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR LIFE, SON, JESUS CHRIST, AND, UM, FOR THIS COUNTRY AND, UH, THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE.

AND WE LOVELY FATHER, AND WE SAY THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.

I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR HONORED TEXAS.

FLAG FLAG, WHICH TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE INVISIBLE.

[4. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS ]

ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL? THERE'S ONE.

ABSOLUTELY.

I GOT THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

YEAH.

THE AUTHOR PLAYING ON FIGHT FOR BETTER HATO.

CAN CRO CLICK THE ROBIN CRIED BOX? OKAY.

I THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING ALL DRESSED UP AND GLAMMED UP AND COMING IN HERE, AND THEN I THOUGHT I WANTED TO WALK IN HERE THE SAME WAY I WALKED IN HERE.

PLEASE STOP LIVE STREAMING.

CHERYL, PLEASE STOP.

OKAY.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BRIAN AT ALL AND HIS FAMILY.

IT'S JUST ME HAVING A VOICE.

WHEN I CAME IN HERE IN SEPTEMBER, 2019, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GETTING INTO HUDDLE.

POLITICS AND HU POLITICS ARE NASTY.

THEY ARE NASTY.

AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LOVE TO EXPOSE THE NASTY.

I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE HU CITIZENS THAT HAVE SURROUNDED ME SINCE THE PUBLIC HUMILIATION ONSLAUGHT ON MYSELF, THE WIND DOESN'T MATTER.

THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP FOR ME IS WHAT MATTERED.

SO MANY OF YOU REACHED OUT AFTER THAT ATTACK.

PEOPLE I HAVE NEVER MET PEOPLE THAT I NEVER KNEW IN THIS TOWN.

HAD I KNOWN WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE FIRST TIME I STOOD AT THE PODIUM, HAD I KNOWN I WAS BEING RECORDED AND LIVE STREAMED, I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.

BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU GET INTO THE WIZARD VASE AND YOU GET TO LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE I'M SORRY.

NO INSULT TO ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE CURTAIN, YOU DON'T KNOW.

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AND I FOUGHT.

WHO WANTS TO SERVE IN ANY CAPACITY? WOULDN'T WANT TO IF THEY KNOW THAT THEIR PERSONAL LIFE WILL BE PUT ON DISPLAY AND EXAGGERATED WITHOUT BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY IS WRONG, WRONG TO SERVE YOU HAS BEEN AN HONOR.

I NEVER SAW COMING.

I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SIT IN THIS CHAIR, A CHAIR ACTUALLY NEXT TO THE PERSON I FOUGHT AGAINST FIRST.

IF WE WANT HUDDLE TO TRULY THRIVE, WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF OUR OWN DAMN WAY.

AND I'M GONNA SAY IT OUR OWN DAMN WAY.

AND YOU CAN, HEY, GUESS WHAT? I'M NOT A COUNCIL MEMBER ANYMORE TONIGHT.

SO I CAN SAY MY OUR OWN DAMN WAY.

THESE FACEBOOK PAGES THAT ONLY SPILL HATE AND LOATHING ON CITIZENS THAT WANT TO SERVE ARE OUR PROBLEM.

NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS COMING IN.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ENFORCE OUR ORDINANCES AND COUNCIL PROTOCOLS.

BULLYING AND HARASSMENT.

WERE PART OF THOSE, YET IT CONTINUES.

HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.

DON'T BE SCARED OF ONLINE BULLIES.

SHARON DYER.

I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANNA SAY SOMETHING FOR HER.

I AM ONE PERSON THAT WILL NEVER GIVE A MAN A WOMAN'S WORK AS HIS HONOR.

PERRY SARD, YOU DID NOT PRESENT ADAM OR GAME PARK, MIKE SNYDER.

YOU DID NOT PRESENT ADAM OR GAME PARK.

IT WAS SHARON DYER THAT CAME TO THE PODIUM AND SAID, DID THE RESEARCH AND NAMED THE PARK ADAM OR GAME PARK TO THIS COUNCIL, THIS COUNCIL THAT ADOPTED THAT NAME FOR THAT PARK.

SO, SHARON DYER, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW YOUR NAME IS APPRECIATED IN MY HEART AND THE RESEARCH YOU DID TO NAME THAT PARK AND GAVE IT A NAME.

SO ANYWAY, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

A SONG WRITTEN BY JOE SOUTH, WHICH ALL OF YOU HAVE THAT HAVE KNOWN ME AND FOLLOWED ME, HAVE LEARNED THAT ROBIN IS ALL ABOUT SONG LYRICS AND THESE THINGS.

IT'S CALLED WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES.

IF I COULD BE YOU, IF YOU COULD BE ME JUST FOR ONE HOUR, IF COULD FIND A WAY TO GET INSIDE EACH OTHER'S MIND.

IF YOU COULD SEE THROUGH MY EYES INSTEAD OF YOUR EGO, I BELIEVE YOU'D BE, I BELIEVE YOU'D BE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT YOU'VE BEEN BLIND.

WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES, JUST WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES AND BEFORE YOU ABUSE, CRITICIZE, AND ACCUSE, JUST WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES.

IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR SERVING, I NEVER KNEW IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

EVERYBODY KNEW THAT VOTED FOR ME IN 2020,

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AND YET THEY ATTACKED ME IN 23.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL? I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER SETTON FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I'VE ONLY KNOWN YOU FOR A YEAR CUZ THIS IS PRETTY MUCH MY YEAR, UH, ANNIVERSARY OF, UM, MY FIRST YEAR AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

IT'S BEEN TRULY A PLEASURE.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU, THE HISTORY OF HUO, WHICH YOU HAVE THAT HAS, YOU HAVE A HUGE HEART FOR DOWNTOWN HUTTO, HISTORIC HUTTO, AND, UM, I'VE DEFINITELY LEARNED THAT FROM YOU.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, SEEING YOUR ACTIVISM STILL IN THE COMMUNITY AND STILL FIGHTING FOR HUTTO NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND, AND THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR OF SERVING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL.

IT, IT'S A HARD THING TO LEAVE AFTER THREE YEARS.

UM, YOU PUT A LOT OF YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS JOB AND IT IS A JOB.

UM, AND, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND TO LEARN AND TO GROW IN THE POSITION AND TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN.

SO IT'S HARD TO SAY, UH, HARD TO SAY THAT, UH, GOODBYE, BUT NOT, UH, GOODBYE FOR SURE.

YOU'LL BE AROUND.

SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

THANK YOU.

COME ON ANYWHERE.

I I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE SAME THING.

I I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

AND, UM, IN A WAY IT, I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S GOODBYE.

ROBIN IS GONNA STILL BE THERE FIGHTING THE FIGHT, THE GOOD FIGHT.

UM, AND I SAW SOMETHING EARLIER THIS WEEK, UM, THE KIND OF, WE ALL LOSE SIGHT OF SOMETIMES, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IF ALL THE WORDS THAT WE SAID OUT LOUD WAS TATTOOED ON OUR SKIN, WOULD YOU STILL BE BEAUTIFUL? AND I JUST, I GENUINELY THINK THAT, AND I THINK, I JUST THINK OF ROBIN WHENEVER I HEAR THAT, UM, FOR SOME REASON EMOTION IS ALWAYS TIED TO WEAKNESS.

AND I, I JUST PERSONALLY DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK TRUE LEADERSHIP IS BEING ABLE TO SHOW VULNERABILITY.

UM, AND I UNDERSTAND EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP STYLES, UM, BUT I TRULY HAVE GAINED SO MUCH, UM, INSIGHT AND JUST MY COMFORTABILITY OF BEING A PERSON AND BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, THANKS TO ROBIN.

SO I, I I KNOW IT'S NOT GOODBYE.

I KNOW SHE'S STILL GONNA BE UP THERE, MAYBE JUST AT THE OTHER PODIUM ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT, UM, I STILL EXPECT HER TO BE THERE AND I KNOW THAT SHE WILL BE.

SO THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH, ROBIN.

UM, UM, I WILL GREATLY MISS YOU MYSELF.

THANK YOU.

I ALSO, ONE DAY I COULD THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL.

IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TO SERVE, UM, AND TELL ANYONE WHO HAS, UM, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND, AND, AND EVERYTHING OVER THE LAST YEAR AND BEFORE THAT.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

UM, WE'VE KIND OF COME FULL CIRCLE FROM WHERE I, WE WERE DISAGREEMENTS AND THEN KIND OF AGREED ON SOME THINGS.

UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S THE NATURE OF COMING TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL.

AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, A COUNCIL LIVES FOR ONE YEAR.

SO WE HAD A, UH, COUNCIL THAT EXISTED FOR A YEAR AND WE DID SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS, UM, PHENOMENAL THINGS.

UM, CO-OP BEING ONE OF THEM.

UM, AND, UH, THE, THE EVO AND ALL THE OTHER REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TALK ABOUT.

UM, AND, UH, I ALSO WANNA SAY JUST ITS PIVOT AS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO US NOW, CREATING A NEW COUNCIL TONIGHT.

AND, AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE THE, THE RUNOFF.

SO, UM, EACH YEAR IS IT GONNA BE A NEW COUNCIL? AND SO LET'S, UM, WE CAN NOW MOVE FORWARD, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE FORGOTTEN AND I'M SURE YOU'LL STILL BE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OH, NO, I WILL.

.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS, SO , THAT'S ALL.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND I'LL JUST SAY I WISH YOU THE BEST IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENT ]

ALL RIGHT.

UM, WE NOW GO TO ITEM FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENT.

I DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO MIKE HEATH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE, UM, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN YOUR THREE MINUTES WILL BEGIN.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

THE LIGHT WILL TURN OR SHOULD AT LEAST TURN YELLOW, UH, WHEN YOU GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT, JUST TO GIVE YOU A WARNING.

BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK THIS EVENING.

IT WASN'T MY INTENT TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, THIS LAST FRIDAY, MY SON AND I AND MY DAUGHTER WERE ALL COMING BACK FROM A UT BASEBALL GAME.

AND WE WERE DRIVING UP LIMMER LOOP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM MY GRANDDAUGHTER SCREAMING TO THE PHONE THAT THEY'D BEEN IN A CRASH.

THEY WERE AT LIER LOOP AND INNOVATION,

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AND IT WAS A HORRIFIC CRASH.

I'M THANKFUL I CAN STAND HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE, THE TO VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND THE, UH, EVERYONE HAD THEIR SEAT BELTS ON AND EVERYONE ENDED UP BEING OKAY.

BUT THE REASON I'M HERE THIS EVENING IS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROFESSIONALISM OF YOUR POLICE FORCE AND HOW WELL THEY RESPONDED THAT EVENING.

AND IN COORDINATION WITH THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND THE EMS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALL BEING THERE ON SITE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I'D ASK FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE IS MAYBE AN I L A OR AN M O U TO WHERE THE, THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES ARE NOT AS, AS, UH, PREVALENT THERE BECAUSE WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF TO SHOW UP.

BUT I GOTTA SAY THAT THE POLICE FORCE, WHEN THEY CAME IN, THERE WAS PEOPLE THAT WERE TRYING TO IN, UH, TO INVOKE A RESPONSE FROM THEM THAT DID NOTHING BUT ACT, UH, PROFESSIONALLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE BODY CAM WHEN EVERYTHING WENT RIGHT, EVERYTHING WENT RIGHT DURING THIS CRASH.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYTHING YOU DID TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE, THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR FORCE AND THE RESOURCES THAT YOU'RE GIVING THEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THAT THE ONLY ONE? NO, THAT'S IT.

[6.1. Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. R-2023-114 canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the General Election for the purpose of electing Councilmember Place 1, Councilmember Place 4, and Councilmember Place 5 (Angela Lewis) ]

OKAY.

SO THEN WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 61, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 2023 DASH 14, CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COUNCILS MEMBER, PLACE ONE, COUNCILS MEMBER, PLACE FOUR, AND COUNCILS MEMBER PLACE FIVE.

SO WE'VE GOT THE, UH, RESOLUTION THAT'S, UH, IN OUR PACKET.

UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE READ IT.

IT BASICALLY CALLS THE ELECTION AND ALSO SPECIFIES THAT PLACE FIVE DID NOT RECEIVE, UM, OVER 50%.

AND SO WE'LL, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ITEM NUMBER, UM, 6.2.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT 6.1.

OKAY.

MOTION BY HOUSE NUMBER CO KOLAR.

SECOND BY WHO WAS THE SECOND BY ME.

COUNCIL SUTTON ACCEPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 2023 DASH ONE 14.

UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER KENZIE.

AYE.

MAYOR TIM GORDON.

AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KOLAR AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLARK.

AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SUTON AYE.

YES.

SIX RESOLUTION PASSES.

6 1 6 0.

SORRY, WE GOT AN ABSENCE.

[6.2. Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. R-2023-115 ordering a run-off election for Councilmember Place 5 (Angela Lewis) ]

UM, THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 6.2 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION R DASH 2023 DASH ONE 15, ORDERING A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR COUNTS.

MEMBER PLACE FIVE.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? I SAW THAT IT WAS SET FOR JUNE 10TH, WHICH WOULD BE A SATURDAY.

THE EARLY VOTING DATES WERE ALSO LISTED IN THERE.

I DON'T HAVE IT UP ON MY SCREEN, BUT I BELIEVE THOSE WERE SET IN THERE AS WELL.

TUESDAY, MAY 30TH THROUGH TUESDAY, JUNE 6TH.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

AND IT IS CONFIRMED THAT THE RUNOFF WILL BE BETWEEN, UM, WILCOTT AND WEAVER.

CORRECT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I SAW IN THE CERTIFIED NUMBERS.

SO, SO, UH, IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, ANY ACTION ON THIS ONE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLARK TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R DASH 2023 DASH 15 AS PRESENTED.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT.

PLEASE CALL THE VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENZIE.

AYE.

MAYOR, PRETEND GORDON.

AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER COLAR AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLARK AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER THORTON AYE.

MOTION PASSES 60.

[7.1. Action to swear in the newly elected official to Council Place 1 (Judge Lucas Wilson) ]

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OTHER BUSINESS.

WE'LL HAVE ITEM NUMBER 7.1.

ACTION TO SWEAR IN THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL TO COUNSEL PLACE ONE.

SO IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT THOMPSON WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, WE'LL JUST DO IT RIGHT HERE, JUDGE.

IS THAT RIGHT?

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A FAVOR? AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.

PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, BRIAN THOMPSON.

I BRIAN THOMPSON.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL.

PLACE ONE OF CITY COUNCIL PLACE, ONE OF THE CITY OF HU OF THE CITY OF HUTA AND THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME.

SO HELP ME GOD, THANK YOU.

PUT SOME PICTURES WITH YOUR FAMILY.

OH, GREAT.

AND JUDGE, WE'LL DO SOME PICTURES AFTER.

UH, WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A BREAK FOR, UH, FOR A YES SIR.

UH, A RECEPTION AFTERWARDS.

SO, OKAY.

SIDES

[7.2. Action to swear in the newly elected official to Council Place 4 (Judge Lucas Wilson) ]

BRINGS US TO ITEM 7.2.

ACTION TO SWEAR IN THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL TO COUNSEL PLACE.

FOUR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE PUT YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

HI PETER.

HI PETER GORDON.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL THANK FOR I WILL.

THANK YOU.

EXECUTE THE DUTIES, EXECUTE OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL.

PLACE FOUR, CITY COUNCIL, PLACE FOUR OF THE CITY OF HUDDLE OF THE CITY OF HUDDLE, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE STATE OF DEFENSE WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME, WE SHOULD HAVE THIS.

I'M JUST SAYING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[7.3. City Councilmember Orientation (James Earp) ]

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL, A NEW MEMBER, A COUNCIL MEMBER ORIENTATION PLAN, UM, AFTER WE HAVE A RECEPTION.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS TAKE, UM, A BRIEF RECESS.

OH, DO YOU HAVE AN ITEM OF BUSINESS? WELL, UH, MAYOR ZI, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION.

I'M MANAGER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER.

SUDDEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN HERE, PLEASE? YOU HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET YOUR NAME PLATE OFF, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY HAVE YOUR NAME PLATE GIVEN TO YOU FOR PROSPERITY THAT SOMEBODY THAT THEY PAID OFF, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

SO IT WAS THE, THE LADIES PICKED THESE FLOWERS SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU.

UM, PEACHY ORANGE, UH, ROSES TO, TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL YOUR DEDICATION.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE, HOLLY SUPER BOWL FOR FRAMING, UM, AND THAT YOU CAN PUT UP ON YOUR WALL.

THEN THE PLAQUES ARE IN ORDER, UH, FOR BOTH YOU AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KENZIE, TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR TIME HERE WITH US.

WE JUST REALLY THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR HEART, YOUR SWEAT, YOUR TEARS, ALL OF THAT, UH, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL ASK OUR ATTORNEY THEN THIS QUESTION.

SO WE WANTED TO TAKE, UM, UH, RECESS,

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UH, DO OUR, UM, UH, JUST KIND OF A LITTLE RECEPTION FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN NEWLY SWORN IN.

AND THEN WE NEED TO, DO WE NEED TO COME BACK IN HERE TO RECONVENE SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO THE TRAINING.

DO WE NEED TO RECONVENE FROM IN HERE OR CAN WE RECONVENE FROM, UH, THE REASON I ASK THIS IS BECAUSE PLANNING AND ZONING HAS A MEETING IN HERE AND THEY START AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

I SEE.

LEMME TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA OR COULD WE RECONVENE AT, AT THE NEW LOCATION, WHICH WILL BE IN THE COUNCIL? UH, IT'S CHAMBERS.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP.

YEAH, IF YOU CAN, UH, IF IT'S NEARBY, THEN YEAH, IF YOU CAN JUST SAY OUT LOUD DURING YOUR, UH, PROCLAMATION OF THE RECESS THAT IT'LL BE HELD IN THE OTHER ROOM.

THAT'S FINE.

OKAY.

SO, UH, IF THERE'S NO OTHER OBJECTIONS, I'D LIKE TO UH, ORDER A RECESS FROM THIS MEETING AT 6 25 AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE IN THE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAMBERS, WHICH IS JUST OFF OF THE SITE HERE.

AND WE'LL RECONVENE THERE, UM, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR THE TRAINING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN THE 10.

THANK YOU.