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SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL, UM, TODAY'S DECEMBER 16TH.
[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on December 16, 2025.]
UM, GO AHEAD AND GO WITH THE ROLL CALL.PRESENT, UH, COMMISSIONER ZOI.
MR. HOLLINGSWORTH PRESENT THAT DATE, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON, PRESENT, PRESENT AND ONLINE FOR THE RECORD.
AND COMMISSIONER LEWIS IS ABSENT.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY PRESENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, SO GENERAL, WE'LL MOVE ON RIGHT ON DOWN TO NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF.
UM, CHRISTIE BARNES, COMMUNITY FULL CARE OFFICER.
I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I WILL BE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE LIAISON ROLE FOR THE NEXT NINE-ISH MONTHS, STARTING IN FEBRUARY.
SO, ABBY FENTON WILL BE, UM, HERE PHYSICALLY WITH Y'ALL STARTING IN FEBRUARY.
SHE WILL JOIN ME AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND, UM, I'VE ALREADY KIND OF BEEN TRAINING HER AND WORKING WITH HER THROUGH KIND OF LOGISTICS ON THE BACKEND THING THAT YOU GUYS DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.
UM, BUT, UM, I THINK SHE'S GONNA BE A FANTASTIC FIT AND, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORKING GROUPS AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING OUT OF THE WORK.
IT, IT SHOULD BE A NICE TRANSITION.
I'M NOT GONE, I'M JUST NOT GONNA PHYSICALLY BE HERE WITH Y'ALL.
SO I'M GONNA BE HELPING SUPPORT ABBY AS SHE KIND OF STEPS INTO THE LIAISON ROLE.
BUT I AM HERE AND AVAILABLE AND I WILL BE INCLUDED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE.
I'M JUST NOT GOING TO BE HERE ON TUESDAY.
THERE'LL BE IN A
UM, ALSO WANTED TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT DID ATTEND THE BANQUET.
UM, I APOLOGIZE IF I WASN'T ABLE TO SAY HELLO, BUT I KNOW, UM, SEVERAL OF YOU WERE THERE.
UM, I THINK IT, I HOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE AND, AND HOPEFULLY GET TO CHAT WITH SOME OF THE STAFF AND JUST KIND OF BE THERE.
I, I HOPE IT WAS, UM, A VALUABLE, UH, USE OF YOUR TIME.
AND I, I APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU THAT COULD ATTEND AND UNDERSTAND THOSE THAT, THAT KIND I BE IN.
UM, NEXT TIME WE COME, GET EVERYBODY SITTING, RIGHT.
UM, OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES, NOBODY THIS TODAY AND GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.
THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO, UM, JUST GENERAL COMMENTS THAT AREN'T MAKING IT ON, THAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT.
IT COULD, AND I DO WANNA CLARIFY AND I DO WANNA ENCOURAGE US THAT WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GENERAL COMMENTS, IT'S OKAY.
THIS IS A GOOD SPACE TO BRING IN THINGS THAT YOU'RE HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY, THINGS THAT YOU'RE HEARING ON THE NEWS THAT MAY RELATE TO THINGS WE WANNA BE AWARE OF AS A COMMISSION WHO'S FOCUSED ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT AND LIKE, SENSITIVE ISSUES.
UM, AND THEN, BECAUSE THEN WE MIGHT DISCOVER THINGS THAT WE WANNA MAKE, UH, THAT WE WANNA PUT ON FUTURE AGENDAS TO ADDRESS AS A COMMISSION.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE TO, UM, SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, OUTBURSTS, AND I'LL, I'LL, I, I THOUGHT THAT THE HOLIDAY PARTY WAS GREAT.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GET A GREATER SENSE OF EVERYONE WHO'S KIND OF WORKING IN THE CITY.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY SEE ALL, OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T SEE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, SO I THINK JUST FROM WHAT I OBSERVED AND KIND OF INTERACTIONS THAT I HAD, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, YOU YOU SEE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THIS COMMISSION STANDS FOR KIND OF REPRESENTED IN THAT GROUP.
SO IT WAS NICE GOING TO THAT AND, AND SEEING THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UM, Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO, THAT Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN YET? BECAUSE I MEAN, THIS IS THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO 2026 AND THE WORKING GROUPS IS GONNA BE A BIG PART OF OUR WORK IN THIS COMING YEAR, BRINGING MORE VOICES TO THE TABLE.
UM, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS ON THE BUDGET, LIKE OUR CAMPAIGN FOR THE YOU BELONG IN HUDDLE.
THAT, UM, I'VE COME OVER WITH, UM, ABBY AS WELL.
SHE'S, IT, IT'LL ACTUALLY GOOD TIMING THAT SHE'LL BE HERE IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT CAMPAIGN WITH HER AND OUR PAGE.
WELL THERE'S THE CHAIN BY
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I LOVE THAT TAGLINE.UM, THAT, UM, WE ARE USING FOR OUR COMMISSION.
UM, BUT THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE POTENTIALLY SEE THAT WE WORK ON.
IS THERE ANYTHING TODAY THAT Y'ALL WANNA SHARE? AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WILL OR THAT, UM, THAT WE WON'T EITHER, BUT IT'S JUST SOME IDEAS.
I KNOW Y'ALL JOINED THIS COMMISSION FOR A REASON.
SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO KIND OF START DOING, 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
START DOING A COUPLE OF BRAIN, YOU KNOW, MIND MAIL SHARING, UM, THAT Y'ALL WANNA SEE WORKING ON IN 2026.
AND COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON, I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY.
I YOU OKAY
YEAH, I DIDN'T WANNA FORGET THAT YOU WEREN'T THERE 'CAUSE WE CAN'T SEE YOU.
NO, I, UM, I, I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS FINE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, THOUGHTS, IDEAS, OR INTEREST THAT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST CONSIDER OR THAT WE INCLUDE IN OUR 2026 FOCUS? NOT NOTHING THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW THAT, OR THAT'S ON MY MIND RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE HOW THE WORKING GROUPS GO NEXT YEAR.
JUST ALL KIND OF SOME, SOME APPLICANT DISCUSSIONS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED AN EMAIL FROM CHRISTIE, BUT DID YOU BY CHANCE SEND, UM, THE LIST OF PROCLAMATIONS TO US ALREADY? THE PAST ONES? UH, YES.
UM, OH NO, I DID NOT SEND THE PAST ONES.
UM, I SENT A LINK, UM, THAT HAD SOME OVERARCHING PROCLAMATIONS FOR Y'ALL TO DISCUSS.
UM, BUT I CAN TRY TO PULL THAT UP.
UM, THE CURRENT, MAYBE NOT ISSUE, BUT THE CURRENT BACKLOG IS, UM, WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHENEVER WE STARTED THE COMMISSION STARTED DOING PROCLAMATIONS.
IT ONLY GOES BACK TO I THINK LIKE EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
UM, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY SAY LIKE FOR A FACT ON CERTAIN MONTHS THE COMMISSION HAS TRADITIONALLY DONE CERTAIN PROCLAMATIONS.
AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, I'M HAPPY TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THOSE.
UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE TOP OF YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, MAKE SPACE FOR AS FAR AS THE PROCLAMATION GOES FOR NEXT YEAR? UM, I'M NOT SURE, UM, IF WE ARE ALREADY ARE WORKING ON, UM, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH LIKE MLK DAY.
NO, WE'VE DONE, UM, PROCLAMATIONS HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UM, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT I THINK WE'VE TRADITIONALLY DONE.
I'LL DO A SEPARATE ONE FOR BLACK HISTORY AND THEN ONE FOR EMAIL.
I THINK THIS, IF I REMEMBER THIS PAST YEAR WE DID ONE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, RIGHT.
IN THE PAST THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONS IN THE PAST HAVE DONE BOTH OR ONE OR THE OTHER.
SOMETIMES OTHER GROUPS LIKE
ANY OTHER COMMENT? OH, YES, GO AHEAD BROOKE.
SO DO WE HAVE, AND WE MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS, DO WE HAVE A KIND OF LIKE, UM, LIKE A PLAN SCHEDULE? SO DO WE DO, DO WE AT ANY POINT LOOK AT THE LIKE 2026 WHEN WE SAY EIGHT, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE PLAN ON DOING? SO ITEM 7.2, I THINK ABOUT PROCLAMATIONS GOT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I WAS TRYING TO WAIT OFF I STARTED TOO.
I WAS LIKE, WELL, I'LL JUST WAIT.
I WAS GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
UH, COMMENT, I GUESS, UH, MORE BUT THINKING OUT LOUD.
BUT, UM, I THINK A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE WOULD DO HERE IS BASED ON JUST PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND FEEDBACK IN GENERAL.
AND SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, DO WE HAVE, OR I GUESS MAYBE WE SHOULD FOCUS ON SETTING UP STREAMS OF FEEDBACKS, UM, THAT WE CAN KIND OF TAP INTO ON A REGULAR BASIS TO KIND OF JUST GAUGE SENTIMENTS OR CONCERNS, CAUSES, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
AND I AM NOT AWARE OF A, UH, SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, LIKE A STREAM OF FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE OF THE WORKING GROUP THAT WE PLAN ON IMPLEMENTING, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE VERY SPECIFIC TO THOSE GROUPS.
AND THE SURVEY THAT GOES OUT EVERY TWO YEARS.
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IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF TAP INTO REGULARLY TO KIND OF GET A SENSE OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING? AND IF NOT, THEN WE PROBABLY WANNA MAYBE LOOK INTO DOING SOMETHING, UH, AROUND THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LIBRARY.'CAUSE I THINK LIBRARY GETS A REALLY GOOD FOOTFALL AND WE CAN REALLY HELP EACH OTHER, UH, IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LAST SEASON WAS HOW DO WE, UM, HAVE A CONTINUOUS, UM, LIKE HOW DO WE STAY CONNECTED, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE REALLY SHOULD BE REPRESENTING EVERYBODY'S VOICES IN HUDDLE.
AND IT IS HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME IN INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? WE COULD SEND OUT EXTRA SURVEYS.
WE HAVEN'T QUITE SOLIDIFIED, UH, AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY ABOUT HOW DO WE STAY UP TO DATE WITH WHAT PEOPLE WANT, NEED, EXPECT FROM THIS COMMISSION, FROM EACH OTHER, FROM THE CITY.
IS GONNA BE A BIG TOOL THAT OFFERS A LOT OF, UM, DIVERSE VOICES AND NEW VOICES TO COME TO THE TABLE AND SET THEIR OWN SCHEDULES AS WORKING GROUPS SO THEY'RE NOT BEHOLDEN TO, UM, ATTENDING, YOU KNOW, A CITY COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T, THEY GET THEIR KIDS OR THEY'RE TRYING TO RUN THEIR BUSINESS OR THEY, THEY DON'T REALLY NOT, THEY JUST CAN'T ATTEND, RIGHT? SO THEY CAN BE ON THEIR OWN TIME.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE WORKING GROUPS THAT ARE GONNA FORM THAT ARE FORMING.
BUT WE'VE NEVER, AND THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S BEEN IDEAS HAVE FLOATED AROUND LIKE HAVING LIKE A COMMENT BOX OR A SECTION OR EVEN A DIGITAL, UM, PLAYS ON OUR WEBSITE OR PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE A COMMENT OR ASK A QUESTION.
UM, WE'VE JUST NEVER, I DON'T KNOW FOR WHAT REASON.
WE'VE NEVER MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT.
PART OF THE REASON WE DIDN'T UPDATE THE WEBSITE WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS PERSON FOR A WHILE WHEN THAT CAME UP.
BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IF THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO, AND WE FIND THAT TO BE, UM, A GOOD, A GOOD TOOL THAT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WITH THE CITY AND SEE WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE POSSIBLY, UM, AS WE, 'CAUSE WE DO NEED TO UPDATE OUR WEBSITES ON A DATE.
I I THINK KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOUR, YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT IS, IS IF, IF WE'RE SOLELY RELYING ON LIKE A TWO YEAR SURVEY, WE'RE NOT KEEPING OUR MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, FINGER ON THE PULSE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING MM-HMM
UH, IF, IF WE'RE ONLY RELYING ON THE INTERACTIONS THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE STILL NOT GETTING RIGHT.
THE, THE FULL, THE FULL PICTURE, BIG PICTURE.
UM, AND IT BECOMES MORE OF A PERSONAL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP AS OPPOSED TO ARE WE ACTUALLY SERVING YES.
COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY MM-HMM
SO I THINK THAT IF, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING OF JANUARY AND OUR NEXT MEETING WE KIND OF LOOK AT IS CREATING THAT STREAM OF INFORMATION.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE WEBSITE IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY, WHICH IS YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THE IDEAS WHEN WE COME INTO THIS, OUR, OUR MEETING, OUR COMMISSION MEETING, WE LOOK AND SAY, HEY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WAS DROPPED INTO, YOU KNOW, THAT? AND THAT HELPS KIND OF GUIDE, RIGHT.
THAT'LL HELP US RECOGNIZE TRENDS TOO.
YOU KNOW, VARIATIONS OF LIKE THE SAME ISSUE THAT'S WELL USED, KIND OF PICK UP THESE UNDERCURRENT, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
AND PEOPLE, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T SPEAK UP BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SHY OR THERE'S, THEY DON'T WANNA BE SINGLED OUT.
THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE COMMENTS ANONYMOUSLY IN A SAFE SPACE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE KIND OF FRAMED IT.
THERE WAS EVEN TALK ABOUT DOING LIKE A, A PHYSICAL DROPBOX, LIKE IN THE LIBRARY OR POP, BUT I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK DIGITAL WILL PROBABLY BE BETTER, BUT, BUT THEN TO CONSIDER THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT ONLINE.
WHICH IS WHY ONE OF THE COMMISSION HAD SAID, WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT NORMALLY GET THAT DON'T EVER GET ONLINE? WE NEED TO HAVE A WAY FOR THEM TO PHYSICALLY, THERE HAS TO BE LIKE A DROPBOX OF SOME KIND, BUT THEN IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE MAINTAIN IT AND WHO HAS ACCESS? AND WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK THINGS OUT.
SO I
SO I THINK FOR THE, FOR THE NEXT AGENDA THAT WE PUT THAT, AND WE REALLY GIVE IT SOME TIME TO THINK, AND IN THE MEANTIME YOU'LL BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD THAT REALLY LOOK LIKE? AND IF YOU SEE A CITY, AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S DOING REALLY WELL, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT YOU CONTRIBUTE TO, LET'S BRING THOSE, THOSE IDEAS BACK TO THE TABLE EXAMPLE.
AND THAT WAY WHEN WE DO MEET WITH ABBY, WE TELL HER, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE FLESHED OUT.
HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THIS AS FAR AS UNDER THE COMMUNICATIONS UMBRELLA? AND THEN WE CAN ALSO NETWORK WITH MAYBE THE, THE, THE LIBRARY.
UM, OR WHAT THAT, WHERE THAT'S WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A PHYSICAL DROP IS WHERE THAT WOULD LIVE.
AND THEN STEWARD STEWARDSHIP OF IT.
I MEAN, ONCE WE HAVE KIND OF THE IDEA SOLIDIFY, WE CAN KIND OF WORK THE LOGISTICS, UH, AROUND IT.
SO THAT'S NOT, AND WE, AND THEN, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS, BUT, UM, BE THINKING ABOUT AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE LIKE LIAISON FOR MM-HMM
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OF TOO, OR ANYBODY CAN DO IT.SO I LIKE, I LIKE WHEN VOLUNTEERS HAVE SPECIFIC JOBS AND TASKS BECAUSE IT GIVES US A SENSE OF ORGANIZATION.
I CAN, I CAN GO AHEAD AND LEAVE WHATEVER THAT IS AS LONG AS
ANYTHING ELSE FOR GENERAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? UH, LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, LEMME JUST MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ON ME JUST ALREADY, UH, BUT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ACTION PLAN ITEMS, UM, THE BUDGET KIND OF REVIEW, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO, TO HAVE OUR STATUS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE DONE A FEW OF THESE THINGS, RIGHT? LIKE THAT ARE ON THE ACTION PLAN.
UM, SO BEING ABLE TO KIND OF MARK IT OFF AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LIKE A DIGITAL VERSION OF IT THAT WE CAN ACCESS AND KIND OF SEE, OR OH YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
OR COMING TO THIS MEETING AND BEING ABLE TO SAY LIKE, OKAY, THESE ITEMS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING ON TO THIS.
JUST SO THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ACTION PLAN, WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON IT.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THOSE HAVE DATES AND I KNOW WHEN I JOINED WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE DATES HAVE MOVED, HAVE DATES MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, BUT THAT WAY WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF KEEPING ON TRACK, OKAY, WELL WHERE ARE WE AT WHEN WE'RE, WHERE'S OUR FOCUS AT RIGHT NOW? PROGRESS TRACK OR RIGHT.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA BECAUSE WHEN I, AND, AND ALSO WE CAN WORK WITH STAN WHO'S OUR CONSULTANT ON WAYS THAT WE COULD DO IT EFFECTIVELY, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.
BUT WHEN THERE WAS A DISRUPTION OR IN, IN OUR LEADERSHIP AND, UM, OUR MEMBERSHIP, OUR COMMISSIONERS, UM, WE DID HAVE TO MOVE DATES AROUND.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE TRACK OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT LOOK, MAYBE, MAYBE FOR NEXT YEAR GOING FORWARD, WE IMPLEMENT THAT PART OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA IS THAT WE DO THAT BUDGET ACTION LINE ITEM.
ARE WE ON TRACK? DO WE NEED TO, WHAT DO WE NEED TO ADJUST? AND, AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT STRATEGIC PLAN IS THAT IT IS FLEXIBLE AND LIVE.
SO WE CAN ALWAYS MOLD IT, CHANGE IT.
WE STILL WANNA MAKE GOOD ON WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO.
BUT WE CAN MOVE THINGS AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? ABOUT WHAT, HOW WE WERE THINKING? AND, AND THEN LAST THING I'LL SAY LONGER BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TALKING BUDGET.
SO THEN FOR THE ITEMS THAT MAYBE ARE, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS THE BUDGET APPROVED ARE OKAY.
SO, UM, AND EVERYTHING WAS APPROVED AS IT'S STATED ON IT.
SO IF, IF THOSE THINGS ARE EARMARKED FOR, YOU KNOW, THOSE SPECIFIC AMOUNTS, KIND OF LIKE WHAT'S THE TIMELINE TO MAKE GOOD ON THE BUDGET? YOU KNOW, AND LIKE WHAT'S THE PROCESS SO THAT WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, LOSE THE FUNDING.
THEY DON SAY, THEY WERE LIKE, WELL YOU DIDN'T REALLY NEED THAT MONEY.
WE THOUGHT Y'ALL WEREN'T DOING IT NO MORE.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T GET A REQUEST FOR, YOU KNOW, SO LIKE, JUST SO THAT AGAIN, WE'RE ON, ON TRACK WITH LIKE, OKAY, THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED, MAKE SURE WE SPEND IT.
UM, AND THEN IF IT COMES OUT LIKE, HEY, I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ABLE TO, LIKE, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T COST AS MUCH AS WE THOUGHT, CAN WE MOVE WHAT'S LEFT TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT WHAT IS THE STIPULATE OR LIKE THE, THE CURRENT RULES AROUND THE FLEXIBILITY OF FLEXIBILITY SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS IN THE TOTAL BUDGET PACKAGE.
SO IF WE HAVE LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO IT SAYS LIKE A LISTING POST IN THOUSAND.
CAN WE TAKE THAT EXTRA TWO AND MAYBE MOVE IT TOWARDS THE RESOURCE GUIDE? YEAH.
SO, UM, THE, THIS Y'ALL'S BUDGET COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH YOU HAVE YOUR OWN KIND OF SPECIAL LINE ITEM MM-HMM
UM, IT'S WHAT WAS PRESENTED, UH, WAS BROKEN DOWN, BUT THAT'S ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE BUCKET.
SO I WOULD SAY YES, YOU CAN MOVE THOSE FUNDS AROUND AS LONG AS THE OVERALL OUTPUT OUTPUT.
OUTPUT YOU'RE STILL PRODUCING.
AND ANOTHER WE WANNA BE GOOD ABOUT IS REPORTING, KEEPING TRACK OF REPORTING.
IT LIKE, LIKE WORKING A GRANT, YOU HAVE TO REPORT WHAT YOU DID.
UM, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER REALLY GOOD, UM, POINT.
ESPECIALLY IF THESE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE ON HERE ARE NOT ONE TIME YEAH.
SO IT'S LIKE, IS IT A SUSTAINABLE EXPENSE? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SAY, LOOK, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA GO OVER AS WE GET BETTER AT IT FOR CHEAPER OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
SO YEAH, WHEN WE START, WHEN WE GET INTO BUDGET SEASON FOR 27, WE'LL HAVE THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD HISTORY OF WHAT WE DID AND DIDN'T DO WELL, UM, WITH WHAT WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED FOR THIS YEAR GOING INTO 2026, WHICH KNOW ON THE STAFF LEVEL IN JANUARY, WE ALREADY HAVE OUR FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP OR YEAR.
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HOW QUICKLY IT COMES AROUND.YOU GOTTA HAVE, YOU GOTTA GIVE US GRACE.
WE'RE VOLUNTEERS, BELIEVE ME, WE'RE SETTING BUDGETS FOR WORK
BUT WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT SEVEN.
SO, SO DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A, UM, SO FOR 27, IS IT TYPICALLY LIKE THE BUDGET HAS TO BE APPROVED BY SECOND QUARTER? LIKE IS THERE LIKE A TIMEFRAME WHERE EVERYTHING SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF, SO THERE'RE THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN, UM, HAVE ABBY BRING BACK TO YOU ALL JUST SO YOU'RE YEAH.
FULLY UNDERSTANDING, UM, WHERE ALL THAT LIES.
IT'S NORMALLY LIKE BY LATE JULY, ALL BUDGET REQUESTS HAVE TO BE IN.
UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME FLEX A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY, ESPECIALLY FOR Y'ALL BECAUSE YOU'RE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, BUT UH, THE FINAL, THE FINAL BUDGET HAS TO BE PASSED BY LAW BY LIKE THE SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU SHOULD BE WELL POISED TO HAVE ALL OF YOUR STUFF IN LIKE, IN THE SUMMER.
AND THAT, THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO AGAIN, LOOK AT WHAT YOU NEED TO SPEND, WANNA SPEND AND BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, CAN WE MAKE A ACCURATE PRESENTATION BACK THAT SAYS, OKAY, THIS IS HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY NEED TO GO FOR.
I MEAN, I LOVE A GOOD BACKDATED PLAN.
I MEAN LIKE, HEY, BY JULY 22ND WE WANNA HAVE THIS DONE.
SO WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT AND THEN MONTH BEFORE THAT
SO ANYTHING, ANY OTHER, THESE ARE REALLY GOOD.
ANY OTHER GENERAL COMMENTS FOR, SINCE IT'S OUR LAST MEETING FOR THE YEAR.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS? NO, NOT, NOT AT ALL.
I FEEL YOU RIGHT NOW SOUND VERY SICK.
THANK YOU FOR LOGGING ON AT LEAST.
UM, ALL RIGHT ON TO OTHER BUSINESS 7.1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES.
AND I'M SORRY I WASN'T HERE FOR THAT.
I WAS THE ONE THAT WAS OFF SICK LAST MONTH.
UM, SO ANY COMMENTS OR, UH, POSSIBLE ACTION ON LAST MONTH'S MEETING? MEET MEETING MINUTES? I EVEN HAVE LIEUTENANT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
UM, WELL, I GUESS, UM, MORE OF AN UPDATE OR
DO WE KNOW WHETHER THAT YEAH, IT WAS ADDED THAT IMMEDIATELY THAT NIGHT WE GOT IT ALL TAKEN CARE OF.
THE CITY IS THAT, AND, AND JUST SO I'M CLEAR, THE QUESTION THAT YOU WAS ADDED WAS IF SOME, IF THEY FEEL THAT THE CITY FOSTERS A CULTURE OF BELONGING.
UM, ON ITEM 6.1, UPDATE ON MEETING WITH COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.
INCLUDE WORKING GROUPS ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, WE DO, WE ARE GONNA HAVE, I'M WORKING GROUP 7.5.
UM, BUT FROM WHAT I WAS GONNA BRING AT THE LAST MEETING WAS JUST THAT, UM, WHEN I HAD MET WITH COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER ABBY, I ASKED HER TO ADD, UM, AN AUTO REPLY TO WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP BECAUSE THAT WASN'T BUILT IN JUST YET.
AND I GOT CLARIFICATION ON WHO HAD ACCESS TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SIGNING, UM, UP TO BE ON THE COMMISSIONS.
AND I HAD ASKED COMMISSIONER BELL AND WILLIAMSON TO INDIVIDUALLY SEND A LITTLE PRIVATE PERSONAL MESSAGE TO PEOPLE AS THEY WERE GETTING, 'CAUSE IF THEY'RE GIVING THEIR EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER, MOST OF SOME PEOPLE AREN'T PROVIDING AN EMAIL.
BUT, UM, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON, UM, DID YOU HAVE ANY SUCCESS REACHING OUT TO ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SIGNING UP FOR? I KNOW THERE WAS QUITE A FEW FOR VETERANS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, I'VE ONLY, UM, I'VE ONLY, UM, HAD THE TWO FOR VETERANS THAT I REACHED OUT BACK TO.
UM, DO YOU NEED ANY HELP OR SUPPORT WITH THAT EFFORT AS FAR AS LIKE, AS WE GO INTO, UH, NOW THEY'RE GONNA, NOW THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING AN AUTO REPLY MESSAGE AND I THOUGHT I HAD SENT IT, BUT I, I DIDN'T.
AND, AND WELL, I'LL, I'LL SEND IT OUT, BUT IT'S, IT SAYS, SO COMMISSIONER BELLON A COPIED ON THAT MESSAGE THAT I SENT TO, UH, ABBY AND I DRAFTED OUT, JUST LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND, UM, THAT THEY, SOMEBODY WOULD BE REACHING OUT TO THEM AND THAT THEY WOULD EXPECT, THEY SHOULD EXPECT TO HEAR FROM US FOR A TRAINING DATE IN THE EARLY SPRING.
AND THEN SO SHE ADDED THAT AND THEN SHE DID TELL ME THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ACCESS TO IT RIGHT NOW
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IS THAT I WAS GETTING COPIED ON IT.AND THAT, UM, SHE HAS ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.
SO, UM, I ASKED HER TO MAKE SURE, AND ACTUALLY I DIDN'T ASK HER, I WANNA SEE HOW Y'ALL FELT ABOUT IT, LETTING EVERYBODY, DOES EVERYBODY WANNA GET A COPY OF A NOTIFICATION WHEN PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP FOR THE WORKING GROUPS? OR IT SHOULD JUST BE THE LIAISONS, WHICH IS MYSELF, COMMISSIONER BELL AND COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON.
AND THEN WE REPORT AND LIKE, THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP ONCE WE GET GOING WITH ALL OF THAT, LIKE, HOW DO Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT IT? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A REPLY FOR S YET.
I WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
OF COURSE I WASN'T HERE LAST WEEK, I MEAN LAST MONTH.
SO IT'S JUST PEOPLE'S, IT'S, IT'S WHAT GROUP? THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THEIR NAME, EMAIL, PHONE NUMBER, AND THEN LET ASKING IF THEY WANNA POSSIBLY BE A LEADER OF ONE OF THE WORKING GROUPS OR IF THEY WANNA WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THE ORIENTATION.
DO LIKE A LITTLE TEST APPLICATION AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO YOU, YOU HAVE THAT USER EXPERIENCE SIDE OF IT? OH, ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T NEED A COPY OF EVERYONE.
'CAUSE YOU'LL BE GETTING EMAILS ALL THE TIME.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN JUST DISCUSS WITHIN THE MEETING WHENEVER WE COME HERE AND SEE IT CAN BE LIKE A SPREADSHEET OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, MAYBE LIKE THE ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENT THAT HOUSES ALL THAT INFORMATION.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
YEAH, BECAUSE I CAN BRING IT IN.
UM, SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE LIKE HOW MANY, AND ALSO WHAT I, WHAT THE INTENTION BEHIND THAT IS ALSO THAT WE AS COMMISSIONERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENED, HOW IT'S TRENDING, AND BE ABLE TO, ON OUR OWN, LIKE THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THE WORKING GROUPS.
SO MAKE SURE WE'RE SHARING OR RESHARING HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED, IF ANY OF THOSE APPLIES TO MAKE SURE, ENCOURAGE THEM AND EVEN MAKE THEM AWARE THAT IT'S OUT THERE FOR THEM TO SIGN UP FOR THEM.
I THINK THE OTHER QUESTION SHE WAS ASKING TOO, UM, AS FAR AS ON HER AND THEN MARKETING ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING FOR, FOR EACH GROUP TO KIND OF HELP THEM PLAN THE, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW MUCH MORE THEY NEED TO PUSH IT.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE THAT QUESTION.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING I'LL THANK YOU FOR I'M SO GLAD WE CAUGHT YOU ON HER
SO SHE DID ASK, UM, IF, DO WE HAVE A NUMBER IN MIND ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WANT TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS A GOOD SIZE NUMBER, UM, AND WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THIS SAMPLE SIZE.
UM, THAT WAY SHE'S ASKING, ABBY'S ASKING SO THEY CAN FIGURE OUT, OKAY, THEY'RE LIKE REALLY BEHIND IN THIS GROUP AND WE NEED TO PUSH HARDER TO GET MORE SIGNUPS.
DO WE ALL HAVE A NUMBER IN MIND? AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I, WHAT I WAS THINKING IS THAT IT'S A REVOLVING GROUP AND THE ONLY TIME THAT I THINK WE WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL PUSH OR SUPPORT THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO DO OURSELVES THAT WE WOULD ASK THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR IS IF A, A GROUP ISN'T SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S SHOWING UP, OR I'M A I'M A GROUP OF ONE.
WANNA MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T DIE OUT.
BUT IT COULD BE AN EVER GROWING AND, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING, UM, LIVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LIVE GROUP NUMBER OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE, THERE'S GONNA BE POCKETS THAT BREAK OFF INTO WORKING GROUPS.
THERE MIGHT BE A GROUP AND GROUP OF THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY WORKING WELL TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S OKAY.
YOU KNOW, UM, BUT WHAT DO, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THAT? HOW DO WE WANNA REPLY TO ABBY ABOUT THAT? OR LIKE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND EFFORT TO RECRUIT THE, UH, THE TRAINING THAT THEY GET.
EVERYONE, I GUESS GETS A TRAIN TWO OUR TRAINING.
RIGHT? SO IS THAT EVERY TIME A NEW PERSON JOINS, THEY GET A TRAINING? OR IS THAT SCHEDULED DURING THE YEAR? LIKE, HEY COHORTS? SO, UM, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IT RIGHT NOW WITH THE LIAISON IS THAT WE SCHEDULE THE, WE WANNA HAVE AN INITIAL LIKE, CLEAN LAUNCH OF THE GROUPS, RIGHT? AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE INVITED TO DO AN IN-PERSON ORIENTATION TRAINING AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ALSO VIRTUAL ONES, RIGHT? SO HE LET US KNOW THAT, UM, HE'LL BE TO LET HIM KNOW HE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO AT LEAST DO A VIRTUAL TRAINING FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA GET TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD JUST ORGANIZE OURSELVES LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE NOW JOINED IN JUNE, RIGHT? AND WE NEED TO REVISIT THE TRAINING NOW.
IT CAN ALSO BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER, THE REST OF THE GROUP SHARES WITH THEM.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND THAT'S WHAT'S NICE ABOUT 'EM TOO, IS THAT IT'S FLEXIBLE, BUT WE STILL NEED IT TO HAVE SUSTENANCE.
RIGHT? WE STILL WANT IT TO BE ORGANIZED IN SOME WAY.
NOW WE CAN ASK STAN TO, UH, AND HE WILL PROVIDE A GUIDE FOR EVERYBODY SO THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW TO ORGANIZING WILL HAVE KIND OF A GUIDE ABOUT HOW TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THEIR WORKING GROUP AND HOW TO GET THEIR MESSAGE ACROSS AND HOW TO UTILIZE THINGS LIKE OUR COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT IS I THINK, UH, YOUR IDEA IS PRETTY LIKE, I, I AGREE WITH THAT.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT WHEN WE SCHEDULING SPECIFIC IN-PERSON TRAININGS, THAT'S ALSO A TIME WHEN WE CAN HAVE THE COMMUNICATIONS PUSH FOR
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THAT SO THAT CAN GET MORE PEOPLE FOR THAT SCHEDULE MEETING.UM, YEAH, THAT'S MY ONLY POINT.
WE WANNA GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS YEAH, I THINK THE IN PERSON IS REALLY GOOD.
AND UM, WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET TWO MORE VISITS IN PERSON FROM STAN IN ADDITION TO LIKE HOURS OF HIS TIME.
UM, SO WE CAN, IT'S UP TO US TO REALLY UTILIZE THAT, THAT RESOURCE THAT HE IS MM-HMM
AND UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO IN 2026, WE WANT TWO IN PERSON.
WHICH HE WOULD FLY IN AND BE HERE OKAY.
FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT AND OTHER WORK THAT WE NEED FOR HIM FROM HIM.
UM, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SOLIDIFY AROUND.
SO WE'LL ADD THAT TO OUR AGENDA OF OUR CHECK JANUARY AS WELL.
SO, AND, AND WE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT ANYWAY, BUT I MEAN, UM, LOOKING AT SOLIDIFYING HOW MANY TIMES WE WOULD SCHEDULE ORIENTATIONS, UH, FOR THE WORKING GROUPS.
'CAUSE THEY MIGHT, WE MIGHT EVEN DECIDE TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE ONE IN THE SPRING AND ONE IN THE SUMMER AND PEOPLE NEED TO ATTEND THOSE.
RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE THE SPRING FIGURED OUT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GETTING GOING.
BUT AS WE, AND NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN INTEREST AND I'VE MET WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WANNA BE PART OF THE SENIOR WORKING GROUP AND WE WENT, THEY WANNA LIKE MEET WITH ME IN COFFEE AND THEY'RE LIKE, TELL ME ABOUT THIS GROUP.
THEY'LL SIGN UP AND THEN THEY EXPECT ME TO GO MEET THEM, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS.
UM, AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR THAT TO BE THE LIAISON FOR THAT.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT IS BEEN REALLY, REALLY COOL.
AND THEN THAT WAS THE ONLY THING.
SO I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT BACK FROM LAST MONTH'S NOTES FROM ITEM SIX POINT.
'CAUSE I WASN'T HERE TO SHARE IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR, UM, SO THAT WAS ON 7.6 FROM LAST MEETING.
THAT WAS KIND OF THE MAIN, THE MAIN ITEM FROM ME.
SHARE OF COURSE, SHARING THE WORKING GROUP APPLICATION, LOOKING ON, UM, THE CITY OF HUDDLE, WHAT THEY WERE ALREADY DOING AND RESHARING IT AND PUSHING IT OUT ON OUR SOCIALS.
HAVING CONVERSATION WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, THE PROCLAMATION INSTEAD OF DAY FOR SPRING TRAINING.
UM, SO THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE ON 7 5 5.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR LAST MONTH'S, UM, APPROVAL? OR ARE WE READY TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE NOTES FOR NOVEMBER 18TH? OKAY.
OH, I'LL MOTION, OH, I'LL SECOND JUDGE.
A ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES? I GUESS TECHNICALLY IT'S FOUR.
I THOUGHT IF WE HAVE QUORUM, WE HAVE QUORUM, BUT SHE CAN'T VOTE BECAUSE SHE'S ON, ON VIRTUAL.
IS THAT WE HAVE FORUM CAN, SHE CAN VOTE, BUT I DIDN'T CARE.
MY THROAT HURTS, SO, BUT YEAH, I, IF YOU WANT NIKKI, I WILL, UM, KEEP AN EYEBALL.
IF YOU JUST WANNA LIKE RAISE YOUR HANDS FOR YES.
OR LIKE PUT IT IN THE CHAT LIKE I OR NAY.
THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK.
UM, ALSO TOO, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN STAY, UM, SITTING UP RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, I, I MIGHT GO AFTER, UM, WE DISCUSS 7.3.
UM, 7.2 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AND PROCLAMATIONS AND I'LL GET STARTED CONVERSATION.
YEAH, I, I THINK THE MAIN THING FOR THAT IS PLANNING, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL TO JUST PLAN OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
SO I HAD SENT A LINK, UM, THAT JUST BASED ON MY RESEARCH WAS THE MORE, UM, THERE WERE, THERE WERE MORE OPTIONS AND, AND IDEAS IN THAT PARTICULAR LINK.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT COMPREHENSIVE, UM, TO KIND OF HELP POSSIBLY WITH THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, I'M NOT ABLE TO BRING IT UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT, I DID SEND IT OUT, UM, AS PART OF YOUR PACKET AND KEEPING IN MIND, UM, I THINK, I THINK IT'S, IT TWO OR THREE, DARN IT, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
UM, THAT CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO JUST KEEP PROCLAMATIONS THAT, I THINK IT'S THREE, RIGHT? I THINK, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER ON TOP OF ME.
UM, BECAUSE THE, THE COMMISSION BODY THAT KIND OF DID THIS BEFORE, LIKE A YEAR OR SO, MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UM, SOME OF THE MONTHS THEY WERE COMING UP WITH LIKE THREE PRO PROCLAMATIONS PER MONTH.
UM, SO KEEPING IN MIND THERE'S THIS COMMISSION, THE LIBRARY AND OTHER, UM, GROUPS, GROUPS THAT MAY DO THINGS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UM, Y'ALL CAN'T STILL PRESENT THOSE AND THEN GET THEM APPROVED BY THE MAYOR.
IT'S JUST, UM, MAYBE JUST FUNNELING
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IT DOWN TO ONE OR MAYBE TWO PROCLAMATIONS PER MONTH MAY BE THE BEST ROUTE.WOULD YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF PLANNING TO INTENDING TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THE WHOLE YEAR? IN OUR, UM, WE, AND WE REALLY DO SPILL TIME TO WORK ON THAT IN OUR JANUARY MEETING.
WE HAVE A REALLY BUSY MEETING IN JANUARY.
WELL, AND, AND IN THAT WAY WHAT WE, I KNOW WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE LIKE A LIST OF WHO'S DOING WHAT, BUT I THINK THAT IF WE START LOOKING AT EACH MONTH AND WE GET AN IDEA OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT EXPECT MAYBE MORE THAN ONE GROUP TO DO A PROCLAMATION ON A PARTICULAR MONTH.
IT MAY NOT, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA AHEAD OF TIME TO REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, DID YOU PLAN ON DOING ONE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH? AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAY WE'RE NOT KIND OF DUPLICATING EFFORTS OR MAYBE IT COULD BE SHARED, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO APPROACH IT SO WE'RE NOT GUESSING WHO'S DOING WHAT RESPONS YEAH.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW LIKE FEMALE PAY THIS NEXT MONTH.
ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WANNA DO FOR JANUARY SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT HERE TODAY.
BUT IF YOU WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING FOR FIFTH, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE YEAR, BUT I THINK AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, UH, LIKE LET'S DISCUSSED SIX MONTHS OUT AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF REVISIT, I DON'T KNOW, THE SIX MONTHS OR FIVE MONTHS IN THAT WAY.
WE HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT OTHER GROUPS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO THINK IN JANUARY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR DECEMBER AND WHICH MIGHT BE OKAY.
AND I KNOW THAT IN THE, THE PAST CHRISTIE HAS REACHED OUT TO GROUPS LIKE THE VETERANS AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GONNA DO A PROCLAMATION.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANNA DO INSTEAD.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER WAY FOR HER TO INVITE THEM.
SO EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA SUBMIT ONE, THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE AND THEY, THEY DO SHOW UP AND THEY SUPPORT AND THEY'RE PART OF BEING SEEN.
BUT DO Y'ALL WANNA GO AHEAD AND DECIDE ON DOING MLK DAY, UM, FOR JANUARY? I DON'T MIND DOING IT FOR JANUARY.
GIVE ME SOME KIND OF MARKET SAMPLE.
IF YOU DO THAT AND I'LL DO IT FOR JANUARY.
SO JANUARY COUNSELINGS ARE WEIRD BECAUSE NEW YEAR'S DAY FALLS ON THE FIRST TECHNICALLY, SO IT'S ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT CADENCE.
SO YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO DO IT ON JANUARY 8TH.
YES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE, UM, AN LK DAY IS ON THE NINTH MARK.
BUT, UM, EITHER WAY, I THINK IT WOULD BE THE EIGHTH.
SO THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED IT BY.
I SAID NO, I'LL, I'LL NEED THAT, UM, BEFORE THEN, AT LEAST LIKE A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME.
BUT I CAN SEND YOU ALL THAT INFORMATION WITH THE TEMPLATE.
AND IF FOR SOME REASON YOU CAN'T DO IT, LET ME KNOW AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE OR I'M, I CAN HELP WRITE IT AS WELL IF IT'S A COUPLE WEEKS.
SO THIS WEEK COMING UP, I'LL HAVE SOME DOWN.
OH, I'M SORRY Y'ALL DIDN'T VOTE ON THAT.
I GUESS BEFORE WE VOTE, ARE WE MIGHT NEED TO DO THEN THE, UH, THE MK DAY AND BLACKSTREAM MONTH, UH, FOR FEBRUARY OR ONE OF THEM OR UM, LIKE HOW DO YOU PLAN ABOUT THAT? HOW TO DO, I MEAN, I SAY DO BOTH, BUT UM, I THINK THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THOSE MONTHS WHERE LIKE FEBRUARY IS ONE OF THOSE MONTHS WHERE I COULD EASILY SEE MORE THAN ONE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ME.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE NECESSARILY, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY ONE AND THE SAME.
SO I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
DO WE HAVE A LIST OF LIKE ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT OTHER GROUPS HAVE DONE LIKE IN THE PAST YET? WHAT OTHER GROUPS HAVE NOT JUST ORGANIZED? I, I WILL SAY SPECIFIC TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH, UM, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE THE COMMISSION HAD HAS, UM, HAS, WHAT IS THE WORD, UH, PRODUCED BECAUSE I, I HELPED WRITE IT.
UM, HAS REPRESENTED THE PROCLAMATION AND INVITING BLACK FAMILIES A PADO.
BUT BECAUSE OF SOME PAST TUMULTUOUS, UM, THINGS, THEY ONCE I THINK CHOSE TO SHOW UP AND THEN ANOTHER TIME CHOSE TO, UM, KIND OF ACTIVELY PROTEST IT.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANTED Y'ALL TO BE AWARE OF AND NOT TO CHANGE OR SWAY ANY, ANYTHING TO JUST BE AWARE OF.
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I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, BUT LET'S, DO Y'ALL WANNA MOVE FORWARD? LET'S DO ONE.DO WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD? VOTE IN THE M THE MOK DAY.
UM, COMMISSIONER HALLS WERE LEADING IT AND GIVING SOME, SOME REMARKS WITH WHEN THE, AFTER THE MAYOR READ IT.
I SHOULD MAKE SOME ABOUT YOUR STUDENT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF THEY'RE EVEN GONNA BE BACK.
WHEN, WHEN DO WE DO IT? THE EIGHTH.
WILL THEY EVEN BE BACK JANUARY? WHEN DO WE WHEN DO WE WE CAN THEY GO BACK ON THE THIRD? YEAH.
WELL NO, FIFTH THAT, THAT'S RIGHT.
I DON'T, I HAVE TWO KIDS AT SCHOOL.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT EVEN THINKING THAT FAR AHEAD.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY WE, SO WE VOTE THAT IN FOR JANUARY AND THEN WE DO NEED TO UM, FIGURE OUT, WE'RE GONNA DO FEBRUARY, BUT, OKAY.
SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MLK DATE PROCLAMATION WITH COMMISSIONER HOLLANDS.
WE'RE LEADING THAT PROCLAMATION FOR JANUARY 2ND.
ANY OPPOSED? ANYTHING FROM COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON? SHE SAID AYE.
UM, I ALSO THINK THAT MAYBE, UH, WANT TO SEE SOMETHING ABOUT THE, THE WORLD RAIL DAY BRA DAY.
I MEAN THAT'S, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR THAT CHRISTIE SENT AND UH, I FEEL LIKE THAT THAT FITS INTO, UM, WHAT WE DO HERE.
SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? DID BRAILLE? YEAH, LIKE BRAILLE, PARTIALLY SIDE PEOPLE.
YEAH, I LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DOES REMIND PEOPLE SOMETIMES EASY TO FORGET THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIVERSITY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE DIFFERENT ABLE AS WELL.
IS THAT, IS THAT IN JANUARY? THAT'S, UH, YEAH, FOURTH JANUARY.
AND SO I WAS THINKING IF THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO PROBABLY, WHAT DAY DOES IT FALL ON? SORRY, MY PHONE IS DYING.
SO WONDER GONNA BOTHER WITH IT.
SO FOURTH IS, UH, SUNDAY'S ON JANUARY 4TH.
IT PROBABLY HAVE TO BE THE EIGHTH ALSO.
IT HAVE TO BE ON THE EIGHTH AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.
UH, SHE SENT OUT AND RIGHT HERE SHE SENT THIS THIRD.
I'M SITTING DOWN LIKE DON'T SEE THAT OTHER THAN THE ONE SHE JUST SAID LAST WEEK.
I, UH, SINCE IT'S GONNA BE WORLD REAL DAY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THIS, UH, IS POSSIBLE OR NOT, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET IT TYPED OUT IN BRAILLE? I HAVE NO IDEA.
WHOEVER'S WRITING IT CAN RESEARCH THAT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY, UH, MAYBE PASS IT AROUND OR HAVE LIKE SOME PRINTED OUT.
I'M SURE WE CAN, I'LL LOOK INTO IT.
I MEAN I CAN ARE YOU SPONSORING IT? I CAN PAUSE.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, COMMISSIONER NA'S MOTION TO ALSO CELEBRATE OR, UH, DO A PROCLAMATION FOR WORLD BRAILLE DAY, ALSO ON JANUARY 8TH.
AND THAT HE WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT IN BRAILLE BECAUSE WE DO WANNA START KEEPING PHYSICAL COPIES OF OUR PROCLAMATIONS IN THE LIBRARY.
AND I SOON THEY GET BACK WITH CHRISTIE AND ANSWER FOR THAT.
NOT CHRISTIE, KRISTEN, WHO'S THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO I, OH, THERE'S, THERE'S THE MOTION.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS OR DISCUSSION AROUND PROCLAMATIONS FOR ITEM 7.2? IS IT POSSIBLE OH, UM, TO RESEND THE LINK, UH, FOR THE PRO, UH, LIST OF PROCLAMATIONS? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? IS IT POSSIBLE TO RESEND THE LINKS, THE LINK FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS? YEP.
AND ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW I'LL, UM, I'LL POST IT IN THE CHAT SO YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT NOW TOO.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON, UM, DID YOU WANT TO SUBMIT ANOTHER, UH, THOUGHT OR IDEA AROUND PROCLAMATIONS? NONE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.3, REVIEW OF DEIV
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ORDINANCE NUMBER 0 2 0 0 1.AND THAT ONE IS, UM, JUST, WELL, YOU'LL SEE IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, UM, WHEN YOU SIGNED UP, TAKE A LOOK, TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK IT OVER.
UM, YOURS MAY NOT HAVE A COPY.
DO YOU ALL HAVE A COPY? I HAVE A COPY.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY THIS ORDINANCE WAS BECAUSE WE'RE A COMMISSION, IT WAS WRITTEN AND ALL THE REASONS, WHICH IS ALL, WHEREAS THE REASON WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS, WHAT WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING WHY THIS IS THE WHYS, UM, WHY WE FORM WHY THE COMMISSION WAS FORMED, UM, WHAT WE BELIEVE, WHAT OUR PURPOSES, THE DEFINITIONS, UM, THE CREATION AND MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING ATTENDANCE AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR BEING ON THE COMMISSION AS A COMMISSIONER, UM, THE ORGANIZATION OF IT.
SO WE HAVE OUR OFFICERS, UM, RULES AND PROCEDURE CONSISTENT WITH ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTIONS, UM, REASONS WHY WE, SOMEONE MAY BE DISMISSED FROM THE COMMISSION AND A LITTLE BIT ON COMMISSION, SOME GUIDANCE ON COMMISSION MEETINGS, ACTUALLY THE RULES AROUND COMMISSION MEETINGS AND AVOIDING THINGS LIKE WALKING QUORUMS. SO LET'S TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK OVER AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU, ANY ONE SECTION OF IT, UM, INTERESTS YOU.
AND LET'S TAKE, I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK OVER AND MAKE SOME NOTES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND, UM, THE ORDINANCE.
UNLESS LIKE COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, YOU CAN, UM, YOU AGAIN USE THE CHAT FOR, I KNOW YOU, I THINK YOU'VE HAD SOME THINGS, ITEMS STRIPPING UP AROUND THAT.
SO, UM, IF YOU'LL DROP 'EM INTO THE CHAT WITH CHRISTIE, IF THAT'S EASIER FOR YOU, SHE CAN READ 'EM TO US.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? OH, IT'S, OKAY.
SO WE'RE ON ITEM 7.3 AND YOU INDICATED THAT YOU MAY HAVE SOME ITEMS TO DISCUSS FOR 7.3, WHICH IS REVIEW OF OUR DIV ORDINANCE AND I SAID IT WAS EASIEST FOR YOU TO JUST GO AHEAD AND DROP YOUR THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS INTO THE CHAT AND CHRISTIE CAN READ 'EM FOR US IF THAT'S EASIER FOR YOU.
OH, NO, I WAS SAYING, I WAS THINKING ABOUT DROPPING OFF AFTER 7.33.
FIRST THING I KIND OF LOOKED AT WAS, I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO, ARE WE DISCUSSING LIKE MODIFICATIONS OR POSSIBLY SO, BECAUSE I KNOW THE NAMING ON IT'S DIFFERENT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING, DOES THAT REQUIRE LIKE PASSING A NEW ORDINANCE TO CHANGE? YEAH, I THINK, UM, AND AT LEAST CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, A BIG PART OF THIS TOO IS TALKING ABOUT, UM, ATTENDANCE MM-HMM
AND A REMINDER THAT, UM, OR IS IT, I THINK WITH THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS MISSED WITHOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, A REASON WHICH THAT'S UP TO THE CHAIR TO KIND OF DECIDE, UM, THEN A MEMBER CAN BE DISMISSED FROM THE COMMISSION.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT, WHICH IS FINE.
UM, BUT WITHOUT ANY KIND OF, UM, NOTIFICATION OR REASON.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST HAVE THAT IN WRITING.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WOULD IN, IN THEORY WOULD BECOME WHAT A ACTION ITEM ON AN AGENDA WOULD DO THE DISMISSAL OF A WELL, OKAY, SO THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT BECAUSE IT IS AUTOMATICALLY DISMISSED.
SO I WAS JUST READING THAT TOO.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY DOESN'T TAKE ANY, SO AT ANY TIME THERE CAN BE A DISCUSSION ITEM, UM, AROUND WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT.
UM, LET'S SAY MAYBE SOMEBODY HAS MISSED TWO WITHOUT ANY REASON AND Y'ALL WANT TO, UM, HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ABOUT THAT AND DISCUSS THAT AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THIS PERSON A WARNING AND AFTER THAT WE'RE GONNA DECIDE THAT WE'RE AUTOMATICALLY CANCELING THEM.
YOU CAN DO THAT JUST FOR SAKE OF RECORD.
BUT YEAH, AFTER THREE, AND IT SAYS THAT'S THE THING TOO.
IT'S VERY, UM, KIND OF LOOSE WITH THE WORDS.
IT'S LIKE WITHOUT VALID EXCUSE.
SO I MEAN, THAT COULD BE LIKE, YOU COULD DEFINE WHAT'S A VALID EXCUSE AND THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL TO DEFINE TOO.
SO IT'S KIND OF, IT'S OPEN ENOUGH TO WHERE Y'ALL CAN KIND OF YEAH.
IT'S NOT TOO STRINGENT, BUT IT'S, RIGHT.
AND I MEAN, THE ONLY REASON, HONESTLY, US AS VOLUNTEERS THAT WE WOULD
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WANT TO DO THAT IS THAT SOMETIMES SOMEBODY MAY FIND THAT THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT SPOT FOR THEM WHERE THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FULFILL THEIR COMMITMENTS AND WE WOULD WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SAY SO.AND THEN WE WOULD OPEN UP THE SEAT TO SOMEBODY WHO CAN'T ATTEND BECAUSE WHEN WE, WHEN WE DON'T MAKE FORUM, WE CAN'T MOVE ON ANY ITEMS, RIGHT? SO WE CAN'T REALLY MEET.
SO THAT'S REALLY, I WAS THINKING IS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD HIGH STANDARDS FOR OURSELVES AND FOR EACH OTHER SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK AND, AND HAVE AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS TIME IS PRODUCING ACTIONABLE WORK AND VALUE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE OTHER THING ON THE ORDINANCE THAT I WANTED EVERYBODY TO READ OVER IS THAT, THAT EVERYBODY IS REMINDED OF THE PURPOSE OF THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMISSION.
WHY WE'RE HERE, WHAT WE REPRESENT, UM, WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS.
AND I WANTED TO OPEN UP AND SAY, WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING THE ORDINANCE, DO ANY OF US CURRENT COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THIS GROUP REPRESENTS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE? AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN, WHAT WE'VE TAKEN ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ACCOMPLISHING AS A COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF PET AND HER NEIGHBORS.
IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE WANNA, UM, DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE FOR ADJUSTING OR UPDATING? WANT TO, UH, LOOK AT THE DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
SEE, AND SO IT SAYS THAT COMMISSION SHALL PRO SHALL PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY JANUARY 31ST EACH YEAR AND MAYBE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REPORTS REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT COMING JANUARY 13, NEXT MONTH, 31ST, WE NEED TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT.
AND SO, UM, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THAT? WHAT'S REQUIRED TO GET THAT DONE? I, I'M THINKING, UH, JUST FOR FUTURE, UM, MEETINGS, MAYBE THAT'S THE PERMANENT ITEM IN DECEMBER WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THAT, HEY, WE'VE GOTTA PROVIDE ONE IN JANUARY, SO LET'S GET STARTED.
SO I OH, WERE YOU ABOUT NO, GO AHEAD.
NO, UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, SO, UM, COMMISSIONER KODA HAS ALREADY GIVEN AN ANNUAL, SO IT'S CA IT'S KIND OF WEIRD.
BY, IT'S, IT SAYS BY JANUARY 31ST, BUT THAT WAS IN OCTOBER.
SO THAT THE FALL, THAT WAS THE ANNUAL REPORT.
BUT I MEAN, THAT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD REMINDER TO, IF THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL WANNA DO, TO SET CADENCE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE DONE BY JANUARY 31ST.
BUT THE, THE REPORT THAT COMMISSIONER ZEPEDA GAVE TO CITY COUNCIL, THAT WAS Y'ALL'S OFFICIAL LIKE ANNUAL REPORT.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HEAD WE'RE OVERACHIEVERS.
IT JUST KIND OF WORKED OUT THAT WAY.
UM, IT WAS MY FIRST YEAR NOTICE IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
BUT ON THAT POINT, I REALLY LIKE COMMISSIONER BODE'S IDEA OF HAVING THOSE ACTIONABLE CHECK-INS ABOUT THE BUDGET ITEMS, THOSE ACTION ITEMS. 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA, THAT IS GONNA BE PRODUCING THAT EXACTLY WHAT OUR REPORT IS GONNA BE IS WHERE WE'RE AT ON THOSE ITEMS TO THE, UM, COUNCIL.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND I'M EXCITED TO WEAVE THAT IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AGAIN, WE DIDN'T, WE WE, WE UNDERESTIMATE IT RIGHT.
THAN, OR WE OVER, WE OVERESTIMATE IT.
I THINK THEY WOULD LOVE IF WE SAY, HEY, WE NEED LESS MONEY NEXT YEAR.
SO ARE WE, ARE WE SUGGESTING THEN TO KIND OF, UH, DO LIKE A QUICK POST CHECK ON BUDGET EVERY MEETING? YES.
OR EVERY OR ON ACTUAL MEETING? ACTUAL, IT COULD BE BUDGET OR IT COULD BE ANY ACTION ITEMS. LIKE, BUT THEY'RE MOSTLY GONNA BE TIME ACTION.
WE'RE, I MEAN WE'RE DOING THAT ANYWAY, BUT RIGHT.
I THINK CO COMMISSIONER BODE, AND I DON'T WANNA MISREPRESENT WHAT HE SAID IS THAT BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE TIED TO FUND THAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA SPEND A CERTAIN WAY, IT'S A GOOD CHECK-IN THAT WE LOOK AT DID WE SPEND THE MONEY THAT WAY? RIGHT.
ARE WE TRENDING, UM, WITH FULFILL OUR, WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO WITH THAT MONEY? IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
AND I THINK IT HELPS, IT KIND OF PRESETS THE AGENDA, RIGHT? RIGHT.
WE HAVE TALKING THROUGH ON THAT ACTION PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, AN AGENDA ITEM, UM, JUST FROM A FOCUS STANDPOINT.
I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF JUST GOOD PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO LOOK AT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I, I, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I MEAN, THAT CAN BE A PERMANENT, UH, NUMBER RIGHT THERE.
JUST KINDA LIKE THE MEETING MINUTES.
WHEN YOU HAVE IT UNDERSTANDING.
ANYTHING ELSE ON, UM, REVIEWING OUR ORDINANCE?
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SO I, I GUESS THEN WITH THE NAMING COMPONENT, DO, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE OF, OF REQUESTING OR KIND OF SUBMITTING FOR A NEW ORDINANCE THAT HAS THE NEW NAME, WAS THE NEW NAME SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO VOTE ON, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT IS THAT? UM, FROM AN ORDER STANDPOINT, I MEAN, WE VOTED ON CHANGING THE NAME AND IT WAS APPROVED THROUGH CITY.WE WENT THROUGH CITY COUNCIL TO GET THAT APPROVED.
WHAT I CAN DO IS AN ACTION ITEM ON MY END IS SEE IF WE, IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME CHANNELS, UM, OF UPDATING AN ORDINANCE, UM, IF WE ALREADY HAVE THE VOTE, THE OFFICIAL VOTE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL, THEN THEY APPROVED THAT.
CAN THIS BE FOLDED IN? AND THEN WE CAN JUST UPDATE THE ORDINANCE ONLINE.
UM, BUT THAT'S ALL THROUGH LEGAL AND THE TEXT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT.
BUT I CAN ON MY END CONFIRM THAT FOR NEXT MEETING.
UM, SO THAT IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO DOWN WHICHEVER ROUTE THAT YOU CAN, SO I'LL PUT THAT OUT IN ACTION ITEM.
AND I THINK IT WOULD MATTER BECAUSE IF WE WOULD HAVE IT WRITTEN THAT WAY IN OUR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE HERE WITH ALL THE LEGALESE, UM, AND THEN ON OUR WEBSITE, WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT UPDATED AS WELL.
ARE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ORDINANCE? AND I WAS JUST A REMINDER, ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO STAY UP TO DATE.
WE DEFINITELY WANNA BE ABLE, UM, TO SPEAK TO IT, TO, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM, RIGHT? WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO IT TO OUR NEIGHBORS, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS RECRUITING, WE ALWAYS RECRUIT PEOPLE TO BE PART OF WORKING GROUPS OR TO POSSIBLY BE PART OF THE COMMISSION OR ANY, ANY CITY, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE.
UM, BECAUSE JUST, IT JUST ALLOWS MORE PEOPLE TO BE REPRESENTED AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR, OF OUR ROLE.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.4.
UM, OPEN DISCUSSION AND REVIEW OF COMMISSION ROLES TO INCLUDE CHAIR, CO-CHAIR COMMITTEES, ET CETERA.
UM, SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR VOTING ME IN MY OFFICE.
UM, I HAD INDICATED THAT I WOULD BE, BE, BE GLAD TO STAY ON, ESPECIALLY DURING ALL OF THIS TRANSITIONAL TIME AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.
I DID TALK TO YOU AT THE PARTY, BUT CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON ON BEING ELECTED, SELECTED AS THE CO-CHAIR AND THEN COMMITTEES.
SO THE ONLY COMMITTEES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, I GUESS IT'S KIND OF COMMITTEES, IS THE WORKING GROUPS AND WE HAVE THE LIAISONS.
UM, I'M SURE THAT ANY OF OUR, ANY OF OUR US THREE LIAISONS WOULD WELCOME A CO LIAISON OR ADDITIONAL HELP IN OUTREACH AND ORGANIZING THE GROUPS.
IS ANYBODY INTERESTED IN HELPING ALONG WITH THE VETERANS SMALL BUSINESS OR SENIOR CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS AS LIKE A CO LIAISON OR A SUPPORT TO MYSELF, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON OR COMMISSIONER BELL.
I CAN LIKE VOLUNTEER ON AN AS ME BASIS.
I DON'T WANNA BE ATTACHED TO A PARTICULAR, UH, WORKING GROUP, A FLOATER.
I MEAN, I, I WOULD THINK JUST, JUST BY BEING A PART OF THE CONVENTION, IF THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, OR YEAH.
SO WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? COULD THAT, COULD THAT LOOK LIKE, UM, WE GET SOME DATES OR INFORMATION LIKE ATTENDING THE TRAININGS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THEY HAVE THE TRAININGS, TRY TO YEAH.
ATTEND THE TRAINING OR LISTEN IN WHEN, WHEN THEY HAVE THE ORIENTATION.
IF WE, THEY, IF, IF THEY COMMUNICATE WITH US WHEN THEY'RE MEETING AS A WORKING GROUP, TRY TO MAKE A FEW OF THEIR MEETINGS TO SHOW UP.
NOW I'M GONNA STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL THE WORKING GROUPS TO COME INTO OUR MEETING, BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, AND HAVE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, BUT ALSO JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE A BEACON SHINING AND INVITE PEOPLE IN, BUT SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES THAT YOU GO OUT AND MEET THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT.
SO I WANT US TO, UM, BETWEEN MEETINGS, BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE AS COMMISSIONERS COULD SHOW UP IN THE COMMUNITY BY ATTENDING SOME OF THOSE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS.
BECAUSE THEN ANOTHER THING IN OUR, UM, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2026 IS GONNA BE THE LISTENING POSTS.
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMING UP.
LISTENING POSTS ARE GONNA BE LESS FORMAL THAN THE WORKING GROUPS.
LISTENING POSTS ARE MORE LIKE IF THERE'S ALREADY A GROUP MEETING, UM, LET'S SAY LIKE, YOU KNOW, BAKER'S ANONYMOUS OR WHATEVER.
LIKE THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ALREADY MEET FOR A CERTAIN AFFILIATION AND THEY FEEL, AND, AND THEN THEY SAY, HEY, WELL WE HAVE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA WELCOME THE CITY BY VIA THE COMMISSION TO COME INTO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.
'CAUSE WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A SPACE TO MEET OR WE DON'T FEEL REPRESENTED OR SUPPORTED IN THE CITY.
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THOSE LISTENING POSTS ARE LITERALLY JUST US GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY TO LISTEN AND SEE WHAT THEIR FEEDBACK IS BY INVITATION OF THEIR GROUP THAT'S ALREADY MEETING.SO IT'LL BE ON THEIR TIME BY INVITATION.
WE WILL WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE INTERESTED IN DOING.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO, TO YOUR POINT EARLIER ABOUT HOW DO WE GETTING FEED THAT FEE CLOSE, THAT FEEDBACK LOOP IS GOING, THAT'S ONE OF THE MECHANISMS THAT WE CAN USE.
WHEN DO, I'M ASSUMING WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A, UH, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A, A GENERAL EMAIL FOR THE COMMISSION, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT LIKE AN EMAIL, UNFORTUNATELY.
THERE'S NOT A WAY TO, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE OKAY.
EVERYTHING KIND OF GOES THROUGH OUR LIAISON THROUGH, THROUGH CHRISTIE.
WHAT ABOUT LIKE A SHARED CALENDAR? BECAUSE ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS LIKE, SO WE HAVE LIKE WORKING GROUPS, WE HAVE LISTENING POSTS AND YOU KNOW, AS THOSE THINGS ARE GETTING SCHEDULED, YOU KNOW, I'M, ALL OF US ARE BUSY, BUT BEING ABLE TO SAY LIKE, OKAY, MAYBE I SEE THAT THERE'S A WORKING GROUP THIS SATURDAY.
YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO NECESSARILY EXPECTING TO HEAR BACK FROM SOMEONE DIRECTLY ABOUT IT.
BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF PUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, AS A COLLECTIVE FROM A COMMISSION STANDPOINT ON SOMETHING LIKE A CALENDAR THAT WE CAN ALL ACCESS, WE CAN, I THINK, SUPPORT IN DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE WE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT, THAT FASHION.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE A BOOK, UH, CALENDAR.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD IS ON THAT.
BECAUSE THEN YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE AS DO WE HAVE LIKE A ADMIN? YEAH.
SOMEONE HAD, YOU KNOW, ADDING IT ON.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE SHARED.
SO Y'ALL DOING IT ON YOUR OWN, THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN, AMONGST Y'ALL TO DECIDE AND FIGURE OUT.
UM, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT, UM, EMAIL BLASTING EVERYONE, LIKE, BUT THAT, THAT CAN LIKE COUNT AS COMMUNICATION MM-HMM
BUT IF IT'S JUST A SHARED CALENDAR TO SEE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OUTLOOK CALENDARS WOULD KIND OF COULD DO ON YOUR OWN.
UM, THE WORKING GROUP, UM, I THINK I, THE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS, IS THAT GOING TO BE POSTED OR SHARED ON THE CITY? LIKE THE WAY WE DO WITH, UM, LIKE HOW TO CONNECT LIKE, HEY, WORK GROUPS MEETING? YEAH.
IT CAN BE BECAUSE THERE'S AN OFFICIAL WORK GROUP OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF THAT WE COULD INCORPORATE INTO AN INTERNAL CALENDAR.
WE COULD, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.
THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CHECK AND SEE.
I HIT THE ON, WELL THE ONE THING, UH, ON THAT ATTENDING THE WORKING GROUP IS ALSO MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT MEETING CORE.
ATTENDING THE WORKING GROUP MEETING.
IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A WORKING GROUP MEETING AND I WOULD, LET'S SAY SENIOR CITIZENS, I WOULD BE ATTENDING THEIR MEETING AT THE LIAISON.
RIGHT? SO THE LIAISON AND THEN YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR ONE MORE COMMISSION PER MM-HMM
THAT WAY WE'RE NOT SECRET MEETING.
SO THAT, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS LIKE EVEN BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT IT, IF I SEE THAT YOU'RE ATTENDING MM-HMM
LOOK AS MUCH AS I WANT IN OUR ROLE AS, AS COMMISSIONERS, WE SHOULD BE, WE CAN BE EMAILING EACH OTHER RIGHT.
ABOUT, HEY, I'M GONNA BE GOING TO THIS DIRECTLY.
SO IF, IF, SO THE, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE LIAISON, THE WORKING GROUP LIAISON IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ATTENDING.
BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE, THE REST OF US WE WANT TO ATTEND, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT EVERYONE FUTURE PROCESS THAT SAYS, HEY, I, I'LL BE ATTENDING THIS.
JUST LIKE THE WAY YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING KIND OF CREEPY.
I MEAN, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM AN INVITE STANDPOINT, RIGHT? LIKE IF YOU'RE SETTING THAT UP AND WE SET UP A KIND OF AN INTERNAL CALENDAR AMONGST OURSELVES AND YOU SEND THE INVITE OUT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, I SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING BECAUSE YOU YOU SAID I PLAN ON ATTENDING.
SO COULD IT BE AS SIMPLE AS LIKE, I LIVE BY MY CALENDAR AND I STILL OVER SCHEDULE MYSELF SOMETIMES.
BUT, UM, COULD IT BE AS SIMPLE AS I'M PUTTING STUFF ON MY, ON MY PERSONAL GMAIL, LIKE THINGS LIKE THIS MM-HMM
UM, AND THEN I CAN SEND AN INVITE TO THE EMAILS THAT WE HAVE LISTED FOR Y'ALL, AND IF IT IS COMMISSIONER BELL OR
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WILSON, THEY'RE PUTTING IT ON THEIR CALENDAR AND THEN THEY CAN SEND AN INVITE THAT'S FOR THE WORKING GROUPS.WE COULD JUST DO THAT RIGHT NOW FOR THE OTHER THINGS LIKE THE LISTENING POST THAT'S GOING TO, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? WE'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE.
UM, THE PREMISE OF LISTENING POST IS THAT THERE'S AN ESTABLISHED GROUP THAT MEETS REGULARLY.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD KNOW.
UM, HEY, THIS GROUP, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? THE A BC GROUP IS MEETING ON THURSDAY NEXT MONTH AND THEY WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY WITH PERMISSION TO ATTEND.
WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION THEN WE'LL PUT IT ON A CALENDAR.
SO WE'RE, I THINK WHERE WE'RE AT, RIGHT? I SAID, WHICH CALENDAR WOULD THAT BE ON? HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THAT? WELL, BUT IT, I MEAN, SO JUST FROM THINKING THROUGH IT, RIGHT? IF WE'RE CREATING A PROCESS WHERE, YOU KNOW, AS A CHAIR, CO-CHAIR, SOME OF THAT COMMUNICATION IS FOLLOWING THROUGH YOU TWO.
RIGHT? AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF MANAGE THE PUSHING OUT TO THE REST OF THE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY IT'S NOT COMING FROM FIVE DIFFERENT YEAH, YEAH.
PLACES, RIGHT? LIKE IF WE'RE KIND OF ESTABLISHING LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, PRIMARY POINT OF COMMUNICATION, I WOULD, I WOULD ANTICIPATE IF WE HAVE ANY GROUPS THAT THEY WOULD KIND OF NATURALLY REACH OUT TO THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMISSION.
AND THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF GET SOME STUFF ROLLING.
SO IF, IF YOU ARE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NECESSARILY THAT NEED A BRAND NEW CALENDAR, WE WOULD KIND OF USE THE SAME APPROACH WE WOULD USE FOR THE WORKING GROUPS FOR SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS.
ANOTHER THING IS THAT NOT NECESSARILY, BECAUSE THE LISTENING POSTS ARE GONNA BE AS IF WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH THE LISTENING POST.
THE IDEA IS THAT THERE'S MANY, AND THEY'RE VERY DIVERSE, RIGHT? NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA WANNA TALK TO CORINA.
NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA WANT CORINA AT THEIR MEETING.
SO WE MIGHT NOT HEAR FROM THEM.
NOW WE MAY TELL THEM, REACH OUT TO CHRISTIE BARNES TO, 'CAUSE WE WANNA BOMBARD YOUR EMAIL EVEN MORE.
UM, OR WE COULD ALSO MAYBE REQUEST ANOTHER FORM THAT IF THEY WANT TO HAVE, IF THEY'RE A LISTENING POST AND THEY WANT TO INVITE THE COMMISSION TO VISIT TO BE AT THEIR MEETING, THAT THEY SUBMIT THAT AND THEN WE CAN COMMUNICATE IT OUT THAT WAY IT'S MORE SAFE BECAUSE AGAIN, FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT ARE VERY VALID TO THEM, THEY MIGHT NOT WANT OR COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON AT THEIR MEETING.
I, I JUST THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT GO TO THE WEBSITE AND BE LIKE, OKAY, HOW DO I, LIKE FOR ME, IF I GO TO A WEBSITE AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, HOW DO I GET IN CONTACT WITH THIS GROUP? YEAH.
FIRST THING I'M GONNA LOOK FOR, OKAY, WELL WHO'S THE CHAIR? WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORG? OR IF YOU HAVE LIKE A COMMUNICATIONS ROLE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT MIGHT JUST BE AN, AN AVENUE THERE IS LIKE WE KIND OF MANAGE IT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S COMING THROUGH ANY ONE OF US DIRECTLY, WE CAN KIND OF MANAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE EASIER THAN TRYING TO CREATE LIKE A BRAND NEW SCHEDULE CALENDAR SET UP.
BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN INDIVIDUALS LEAVE, YOU GOTTA CHANGE THE, THE MEMBERS OF IT AND ALL THAT AND JUST GETS YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING AS LIAISONS, WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY OF PUTTING IT ON OUR ACCOUNT AND SENDING IT IN INVITE TO EVERYBODY FOR THAT.
LIKE I'M, I'M THE LIAISON FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS GROUP.
AND THEN FOR THE LISTENING POST, AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE, UM, OF A GRAY AREA.
BUT WE COULD DISCUSS WITH, UM, ABBY HAVING ANOTHER, ANOTHER WAY FOR THEM TO LET US KNOW THAT THEY WANT US THERE.
LIKE HOW WOULD THEY INVITE, LIKE IF SOMEBODY WAS MEETING, LET'S SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS BOOK CLUB IS MEETING AND THEY'RE DISCUSSING WHATEVER, OR THEY HAVE AN INTEREST, A SHARED INTEREST, AND THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM US, OR THEY WANT US TO ATTEND AND THEY DON'T WANNA COME HERE, THEN THEY WOULD, HOW WOULD THEY REACH OUT TO INVITE ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS TO ATTEND THEIR MEETING? WELL, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW ON THE WEBSITE, ON Y'ALL'S PAGE, IT HAS ME LISTED AS YOUR STAFF LEAH ON WITH MY EMAIL.
AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION.
THAT'S ALWAYS, I MEAN, I DON'T, AND HOPEFULLY IT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO GET SO MANY PEOPLE THAT
LIKE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM
AND THAT'S TOTALLY MANAGEABLE AT THIS TIME.
UM, I MEAN IF YOU WANT TO GO FOR ANY INTO THAT, BUT, UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT I CAN HELP OUT, I'M THAT, THAT'S A PART OF WHY I'M HERE.
SO THEN WE'LL JUST SEND YOU AN EMAIL.
NOW, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL, DO Y'ALL THINK TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T, I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA UPDATE OUR WEBSITE AND THAT'S SOMETHING ALSO WE CAN DISCUSS WITH ABBY, IS THE LOOK AND FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR, OF OUR LANDING PAGE IS BASICALLY WHAT IT IS.
WE HAVE THE FORM TO SIGN UP TO BE PART OF THE WORKING GROUPS ALREADY.
AND THEN WE WOULD WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE LISTENING POSTS ARE AND THEIR PURPOSE.
AND THAT HOW, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU'D LIKE TO INVITE A COMMISSIONER TO COME TO YOUR ROOM, WHATEVER IT IS.
IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE, HEY, I WANT THEM, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE MEETING.
I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO COME.
THAT'S A GREAT, UH, POINT TO DISCUSS.
LIKE WE CAN DO A WHOLE, UH, LINE ITEM ABOUT THAT.
UH, ABOUT LISTING POSTS AND HOW TO KIND OF GO ABOUT THAT.
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WE ON 7.4 OR ARE WE ON 7.5 RIGHT NOW? WE ARE ON 7.5.I KNOW HOW WE GOT AWAY FROM THINK I, 'CAUSE I CIRCLE 7.5 'CAUSE I, I TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF MYSELF.
I THINK I GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
THAT'S WHY I GO THROUGH AND CHECK STUFF OFF AS I GO.
AND I GOT A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF.
SO, UM, I FEEL ON, WE JUST CLOSE OUT ITEM 7.4 IF, IF Y'ALL ARE.
SO, 'CAUSE WE'RE NOW, I MEAN WE'RE REALLY GETTING INTO THE WORKING GROUPS.
SO DISCUSS THOSE ACTION ON WORKING GROUPS AND SET ON A TRAINING DATE.
SO NO ACTION WAS TAKEN FROM SEVEN FOUR.
SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE DO WE, DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN WELL DO WE KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WHEN IT'S GONNA BE IMPLEMENTED? THE LISTENING POST? YEAH.
SO ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WE DO, WE HAVE, UM, JUST A GENERAL, UM, UH, DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE LISTENING WAS THEY'RE GONNA BE LAUNCHING.
WE HAD PUT, UM, WE HAD JUST INITIALLY DISCUSSED THEY WERE GONNA LAUNCH IN, IF I REMEMBER FEBRUARY.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRENDING.
THAT WAY WE CAN PUSH IT OFF BECAUSE THE, THE WORKING GROUPS ARE GONNA BE REALLY GETTING GOING.
UM, STILL IN JANUARY WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OPENING RECRUITMENT FOR THE WORKING GROUPS IMMEDIATELY JUST TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
BUT THE ITEM THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IS THE TRAINING.
SO DO WE WANT THE, THE TRAINING SLASH ORIENTATION TO HAPPEN? WHICH, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS THINKING BEFORE WE ANNOUNCED THE LISTENING POST.
SO WE COULD EVERYBODY ORGANIZE IT WAS GONNA BE CONFUSING I THINK TO PEOPLE IF WE'RE ANNOUNCING, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE OVERTHINKING IT.
WE'RE ANNOUNCING TOO MANY THINGS.
NOT THE WORKING GROUPS TO BE ORGANIZED AND FORMED AND OFFICIAL, BUT THE LISTENING.
SO THE LISTENING POSTS ARE ORGANIZED BY WHO? THE COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T HAVE A LIAISON.
IT'S JUST LETTING THEM KNOW, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT WE'RE CALLING.
A LISTENING POST IS SOMEBODY'S HAVING A MEETING, THEN WE GET INVITED TO GO AND LISTEN OR WE SAY, CAN WE ATTEND AND LISTEN TO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON FOR THIS PURPOSE OF COMMUNICATING A SENSE OF BELONGING IN THE CITY OF HURO.
AND THEN WHAT WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION IS THAT SHOULD BE INFORMING A STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHAT WE FEED BACK TO, UM, TO THE CITY, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IS THE EXPECTATION IS BY INVITATION ONLY OR IS IT BASED OFF OF LIKE US GOING AND LOOKING AND SEEING WHAT GROUPS ARE MEETING? IF THEY'RE NOT, COULD PRIVATE MEETING MEAN WE COULD, YEAH, WE COULD JUST LOOK FOR GROUPS LIKE, HEY, WE'RE, WE'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS GROUP OF FISHERMEN.
LIKE WHAT ARE THEY DOING? LET'S SEE IF THEY'LL ALLOW US TO COME INTO ANOTHER MEETING.
OR, UM, CAN WE, IF WE'RE NOT A MEMBER, CAN WE ATTEND, LET'S SAY A MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB? HEY, CAN WE COME IN THE ROLE OF A COMMISSIONER, LISTEN IN TO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON AND WE'LL BE THERE LISTENING FOR THINGS.
LIKE, DO YOU FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING IN PA AND LET 'EM KNOW BECAUSE IT'S THEIR GROUPS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THOSE THINGS NECESSARILY EVEN CONFLICT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WE CAN'T DO ONE AND DO THE ANOTHER ONE FROM A TIMEFRAME STANDPOINT.
LIKE, WE COULD BE ATTENDING MEETINGS AND, AND WHEREAS THE TRAININGS TO ME IS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO CORRAL FOCUS OUR COMMUNITY CITIZENS TOWARDS SUPPORTING SOME OF THE DEIB, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC ITEMS AND KIND OF GROWING FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK WHEN WE LAUNCH, TO ME EVEN LAUNCHED, LIKE SAY WE'RE LAUNCHING, LAUNCHING LISTENING POSTS, TO ME THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHO'S, WHO'S MEETING AND WHEN CAN WE GET OUT TO THOSE MEETINGS.
VERSUS YOU KNOW, THE TRAINING, YOU KNOW, THE TRAINING DATES.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE MORE OF A LOGISTICS STANDPOINT.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE PERSON TO DO THE TRAINING.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE, LIKE, I MEAN FOR THE FIRST GROUP IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE AS BIG OF A GROUP AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO KIND OF PLANNING THAT OUT I THINK IS GONNA TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
WE ALSO DON'T WANT IT TO STALL OUT TO WHERE, LIKE, THEY DON'T GET THEIR FIRST TRAINING UNTIL NOVEMBER.
BECAUSE, SO I THINK IT'S LIKE GONNA BE A, A BALANCE OF WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY LIMITED BY IN ORDER TO GET THE TRAINING DONE.
SO I DON'T THINK THEY'RE NECESSARILY RELATED, YOU KNOW, FROM THIS OR THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER ONE VERSUS THE OTHER.
SO LET, LET'S WORK ON THAT FOR A MINUTE.
DO WE WANT TO, DO WE PUT SOME REAL THOUGHT AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT AROUND SETTING A TRAINING DATE FOR SPRING? SO SPRING TO ME IN TEXAS, LIKE WHEN DOES IT EVEN HAPPEN?
SO FEBRUARY STILL CONSIDERED WINTER.
THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, I THINK IT'S MORE OF MARCHES AND THAT GIVES US, THAT ALSO GIVES US TIME TO GET EVERYTHING
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IN PLACE AND GET EVERYTHING KIND OF ORGANIZED A LITTLE BIT.UM, I THINK MARCH WOULD BE A GOOD LIKE EARLY FIRST WEEK OF AIM FOR LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH AND SEE HIS STAFF AVAILABLE OR YEAH.
WHEN'S THE TRAINER AVAILABLE? YEAH, HE'S, WELL HE TOLD, HE INSTRUCTED US TO TELL HIM THE DATES THAT WE WANT HIM TO BE HERE AND THE DATES THAT HE WOULD DO IT VIRTUALLY.
I MEAN, AND THEN HE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT DO IT.
UM, HE'LL LET US KNOW AND WE WILL NEGOTIATE FROM THERE.
UM, THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE A BAD APPROACH TOO.
IT'S JUST SAY, HEY LOOK, DO YOU HAVE ANY BLACKOUT DATES? LIKE AS WE, WHEN WE HIT JANUARY, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE FROM HIS STANDPOINT HE'S PLANNING, ARE THERE ANY DATES THAT ABSOLUTELY DON'T WORK FOR YOU RIGHT NOW IN MARCH? AND IF HE SAYS I'M GOOD EVERY WEEK EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE, THEN I THINK THAT GIVES US THE WINDOW TO SAY, OKAY LOOK, LET'S TARGET ONE OF THESE.
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT OUR SIGNUP ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE.
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT OUR CALENDARS LOOK LIKE.
UM, I THINK EVEN, I THINK IT MIGHT EVEN BE NICE TO OPEN IT UP TO NON-WORKING GROUP.
YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYONE THAT'S IN THE CITY IN GENERAL WHO'S INTERESTED IN HEARING YOU KNOW, THIS INFORMATION? YEAH.
MAYBE THEY'LL BE INSPIRED TO JOIN.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAY WE HAVE LIKE SOME RUNWAY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN THERE AS POSSIBLE WITHIN CONSTRAINT.
'CAUSE WHERE WE DO THE TRAINING, WE DO IT IN HERE.
IN THIS ROOM OR COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IF YOU HAVE A BETTER NUMBER GROUP.
SO LIKE, I THINK KNOWING THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE KNOWING THAT, RIGHT.
WHAT'S THE SIZE CONSTRAINTS? LIKE WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE, MORE.
AND MARK GIVES US LITTLE PUSH THEM TOWARDS LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE WHAT WE, THESE ARE THE WORKING GROUPS THAT WE HAVE.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT, UH, SIGNED UP YET OR REGISTERED, THEN THEY CAN DO IT RIGHT THERE.
THEY STILL COME AND THEN THEY CAN SIGN UP.
BECAUSE ONCE THEY HEAR WHAT THE, HOW TO DO IT, SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST STILL SIGNED UP BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
LIKE, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT THAT MUCH RESPONSIBILITY.
OR I'M SHY PERCENT AND I DON'T WANNA DO IT.
BUT YES, IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE POSTED TO THE PUBLIC.
THE PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP ARE GOING TO GET THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND REMINDERS.
UM, BUT IT'LL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE CITY SITE WHEN THOSE ARE HAPPENING SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN STILL EXPRESS INTEREST.
LIKE, OH, WE CAN DO THAT IN PRETTY MUCH ALL, UH, CITY OWNED BUILDINGS.
AND JUST ADD A, THE TRAINING? NO, NOT THE TRAINING.
LIKE JUST A KIND OF LIKE A FLYER.
UM, I THINK IF HE WE'RE FLYING HIM OUT, THAT'S WITHIN THE BUDGET TOO.
SO IT'S LIKE, MAKE IT AS IMPACTFUL AS POSSIBLE.
THE FIRST ONE I THINK IS GONNA SET THE TONE FOR ANY OTHER ONE.
THEY'RE ALL GONNA TALK TO EACH OTHER.
BUT THAT WAS BORING AND THAT WAS TERRIBLE.
OR LIKE, I DON'T STILL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FEED 'EM.
I FEEL LIKE JUST MAKING SURE LIKE WE'RE PREPARED LEADING UP TO IT.
SO I THINK SHOOTING FOR THE END OF MARCH KIND OF GIVES US SPACE.
YOU KNOW, UM, I WAS LIKE, MARCH GIVES US A GOOD WINDOW WHERE WE CAN, WE CAN GET OUR STUFF IN ORDER.
WE CAN GET OUR STUFF IN ORDER.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE PLAN AND YEAH.
THAT WE, I WAS GONNA SAY WE DID GET SOME, UM, SOME GUIDANCE FROM STAN.
DIDN'T WE HAVE ABOUT THE DAYS THAT HE ABSOLUTELY KNEW HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.
AND I'M JUST ASKING FOR ANY BLACKOUT DATES SPECIFICALLY IN MARCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER TIME, ANYTHING THAT'S CHANGED THE LAST TIME THAT WE TALKED TO HIM? YEAH.
YEAH, BECAUSE HE, SO THE NEWER COMMISSIONERS MAY NOT KNOW, BUT HE'S PRETTY RETIRED AND
HE JUST REALLY LIKED THOSE TICKETS.
SO, BUT I MEAN, HE'S RETIRED SO HE TRAVELS A LOT.
HE LIKE, HE'S A, HE A FIGURE SKATER, A CHAMPION FIGURE SKATER.
BUT UM, SO I CAN ASK ABOUT, UM, ANY DAY THAT, THAT DO NOT WORK AND THEN BRING THAT BACK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I NEED TO ASK HIM? UM, TELL HIM THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND FORMALIZING THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE LISTENING POST.
SO WE'RE GONNA REVISIT 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT, ALL LIKE ALMOST ALL BRAND NEW COMMISSIONERS GONNA REVIEW TO BUILD IN TIME IN HIS SCHEDULE TO, UM, MEET WITH US ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, LET'S LOOK AT FIRST WEEK, SECOND WEEK, THIRD WEEK OF MARCH.
IS THAT FAIR ENOUGH? WHEN SPRING BREAK.
THINK Y'ALL, WHEN DOES, WHEN DOES BREAK? ISN'T IT THE 13TH, 15TH THROUGH 20.
SO Y'ALL, THAT'S WHAT I JUST LOOKED UP.
RIGHT? YOU'RE IN SCHOOL, YOU'RE THE TEACHER
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
MY KIDS JUST TELL ME THE DAY BEFORE WE DID I SCHOOL TOMORROW.
HAS HE DONE ONE OF THESE TRAININGS BEFORE? YEAH.
WELL NOT WITH THE, NOT WITH US.
NOT THE WORKING GROUPS WITH US, BUT YEAH.
16TH THROUGH 20TH I BELIEVE THAT'S WHEN, AND OUR MEETING IS FALLS IN THE EXCUSE FEBRUARY.
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DO WE WANNA MOVE THAT MEETING? I DON'T ANTICIPATE DOING ANYTHING.AND Y'ALL CAN DISCUSS THAT TOO IF Y'ALL WANNA MOVE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
'CAUSE WE'RE JUST GETTING TO THE HOLIDAY AND GET UM, STANDS, YOU KNOW, BLACKOUT DATES BACK TOO.
AND THAT MIGHT GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY NOW TOO, AND AGAIN, IT MAY COME UP NEXT MONTH, BUT IF I'M NOT HERE, LIKE THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, UM, LIKE AT, AT Y'ALL'S MEETING IS, UM, FOR THOSE TRAINING SESSIONS AND EVERYTHING, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT BE HAVING, UH, AN OFFICIAL MEETING YOU, WE STILL HAVE TO POST FOR, FOR POSSIBLE QUO.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL KNOW.
SO WHEN ABBY'S GOING THROUGH THAT, SHE, SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND I'LL CHECK IN WITH HER.
BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THE MIDDLE OF MARCH'S KIND OF LIKE THIS GREAT AREA BECAUSE THE SPRING BREAK, IF PLI WE'RE GONNA BE GONE, THAT KIND OF TAKES THAT, THAT WHICH IS THE THIRD WEEK IS KIND OF ALREADY A BLACKOUT DATE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST, SECOND AND LAST WEEK RIGHT.
OF MARCH WEEK, I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD.
WE'RE STILL MAKING GOOD ON WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, WHICH IS STILL SPRING OF 20.
WHEN DID THEY, WHEN DID THE SCHOOL SAY THE SPRING ENDS? UNTIL MAY.
SO WE'RE STILL WITHIN, UH, I THINK OUR COMMITMENTS WEEK MARCH WOULD BE THIS IDEAL.
I JUST THINK THAT'S OUR IDEAL DAY IF WE CAN CHOOSE A DAY.
AND WE'LL HAVE HAD HOPEFULLY A MEETING.
UM, I MEAN DAN CAN ZOOM IN TO OUR MEETINGS ANYTIME THAT WE INVITE HIM.
UM, AND THEY'LL HAVE PLANNED TO, TO MEET HIM IN PERSON YEAH.
YOU DON'T WANT HIM ON THE NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S AVAILABLE OR, OR THAT
ASK HIM IF HE'S AVAILABLE FOR THE JANUARY.
I MEAN, THE SOONER WE GET SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS AND SOME GUIDANCE ANSWERED, THE SOONER THE BETTER WE CAN PLAN AND BE PREPARED.
BUT JANUARY MEETING SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF BUDGET.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS OF FLOWS INTO MM-HMM
THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH I THINK HE WAS INVOLVED IN KIND.
HE, SO THAT'LL, THAT'LL GUIDING.
WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT HAVING, UM, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT HAVING A, UM, PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT, UM, GUIDING US.
'CAUSE I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WORK AND VOLUNTEER STUFF WHERE WE GET INTO OUR LITTLE CORNERS, RIGHT? AND WE THINK EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT IS MOST IMPORTANT, BUT HAVING THIS UNBIASED PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT GUIDE US BACK ON TRACK HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR THIS COMMISSION, I THINK.
SO ANY OTHER, UM, DISCUSSIONS OR POSSIBLE ACTIONS ON THE WORKING GROUPS AND SETTING UP TRAINING DATE FOR SPRING 2026? EVERYBODY PRETTY CLEAR ON WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED HERE.
AND COMM COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, SHE OFF WHILE AGO.
LET ME READ OFF ALL, BUT SHE SAID I DIDN'T WANNA INTERRUPT Y'ALL'S CONVERSATION.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG SHE'LL HANG ON.
SHE SAID I'M GOING, SHE, IT WAS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO.
UM, SHE SAID, I'M GONNA DROP OFF AND GO LAY DOWN.
I WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
IN CASE YOU WANT TO CHECK ON ME, YOU CAN TEXT ME.
SO IF YOU WANT HER NUMBER, I CAN GIVE.
ANYBODY ELSE FOR ITEM 7.5? ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, WE'LL CLOSE THAT OUT.
MOVING ON TO 7.6 OPEN DISCUSSION ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WE, WE'VE BEEN TACKING THEM ALL.
UM, SO I HAVE, AND I TRIED TO WORD THIS CORRECTLY, BUT, UM, ADD TO THE NEXT AGENDA ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO COLLECT ORGANIC FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ACTION PLAN CHECKLIST OR PROGRESS TRACKER WITH BUDGET AND STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UM, I ALSO PUT AKA PULSE CHECK UNDERSTANDING AGENDA ITEM FOR EVERY MEETING.
IS THAT RIGHT? UM, I ALSO PUT ON HERE, AND IT MAY NOT COME BACK NEXT TO ME, BUT JUST, UM, BRINGING BACK, UH, THE BUDGET CALENDAR FOR FY 27.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S FINALIZED YET.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE FINALIZED IN JANUARY.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE FINALIZED AFTER OUR WORK SHOP AT THE END OF JANUARY, SO IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T COME BACK TILL FEBRUARY.
UM, I, I PUT IT AS A SIDE NOTE, BUT THAT DATE FOR ANNUAL DEIB UPDATE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE THIS YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU Y'ALL WANTED TO BRING BACK OR NOT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A, LIKE A GREAT DECEMBER POINT TO JUST ADD, LIKE SAY IF WE'VE DONE IT, GREAT, IF WE'VE NOT, ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S ANOTHER TIME WE WANNA GET, GET IT DONE.
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IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE CAN, WE CAN ATTEND ANY CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND GIVE THEM AN UPDATE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL.ESPECIALLY WITH SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT THEM TO KNOW MM-HMM
THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OR, UH, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED ABOUT.
WE CAN ALWAYS BRING THAT UP TO CITY COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
EVEN THE CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE JUST CITIZENS.
SO YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
I I TRY TO ATTEND AS MANY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AS I CAN, SO I JUST WATCH 'EM FROM HOME BECAUSE IT'S A LOT
UM, I ALSO HAD, UM, THE SOLIDIFYING OF DATES SLASH HOW MANY TIMES TO SCHEDULE ORIENTATIONS FOR WORKING GROUPS.
BUT IF WE'RE HAVING TO STAND OUT 10, I THINK HE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.
UM, I JUST PUT LISTENING POSTS IN GENERAL.
UM, YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S SOME OF THE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEW TO ALL OF, I THINK AND I THINK HE WOULD, IT WOULD BENEFIT US IF HE EXPLAINS THAT FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE AND, UM, ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT, HOW HAVE I CCD BEST PRACTICES IN MANAGING THOSE AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE EFFECTIVE.
AND
SO, BUT THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT I HAD TRACKED HERE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANNA ADD FOR OUR PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD AGENDA, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD ON ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR JANUARY? WE'RE GONNA, WE DID, SAID WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING ON OR DECIDED TO ADD ON THE STANDING AGENDA ITEM ABOUT DOING THE BUDGET POST CHECK.
ANYBODY WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE, UM, LEAD THAT CONVERSATION WHEN WE GET TO THOSE, UH, TO THAT ACTION ITEM? EVERY COMP, EVERY MEETING.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR 7.6? UM, ONE THING THAT I DO WANNA BRING BACK IN 2026, JUST BECAUSE WE SI PUT IT ASIDE THIS YEAR, IS, UM, AND WE WANNA GET OVER THE HURDLE OF FORMING THE WORKING GROUPS, BUT ONE WORKING GROUP THAT WE DIDN'T DO WAS THE YOUTH GROUP VOICE.
SO MAYBE IT WOULD BE FEBRUARY OR AFTER WE HAVE SOME MORE TIME TO DIGEST EVERYTHING.
BUT I DO WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT AND INTEREST IN DOING A WORKING GROUP THAT'S JUST THE YOUTH VOICE.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN JANUARY.
'CAUSE WE PROBABLY, WE GOT A PRETTY HEAVY AGENDA ALREADY, BUT MAYBE KEEP IT IN MIND FOR FEBRUARY OR MARCH OR MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE LAUNCHED IN THE SUMMER, BECAUSE MAYBE THAT'S WHEN WE INVITE KIDS TO MEET.
AND IT, THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE THAT COULD BE ANOTHER WAY THAT WE ENGAGE YOUTH DURING THE SUMMER AND THEY WOULD BE MEETING HERE AT CITY COUNCIL.
YOU GET THE KIDS THAT YOU KNOW.
AND THEN YOU COULD, THAT'S GREAT.
'CAUSE THEN YOU COULD RECRUIT THEM.
'CAUSE APPARENTLY THEY LOVE YOU AS A MATH TEACHER.
YEAH, BUT NO, THERE WAS SOMETHING I WAS GONNA BRING UP.
THINK ABOUT YEAH, MAYBE IT SOMETHING PLUS YOU GET ALL THESE OTHER WORK.
YEAH, WE ANNOUNCED IN THIS AND AFTER THAT TRAINING AND THEN WE SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA INTEND TO LAUNCH ONE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SUMMER AND THAT GIVES THEM TIME TO MEET AND IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO KEEP THEM BUSY OVER THE SUMMER.
AND I COULD THINK OF BILLION THINGS THAT WE COULD KIND OF MEET THEM.
LIKE THINKING ABOUT CAREER PLANNING AND SITE VISITS AND YOU KNOW, ATTENDING, LIKE ENCOURAGING THEM TO ATTEND LIKE A, A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETINGS.
THE CITY OF PA DOES A LOT OF PROGRAMMING.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UH, INCORPORATE.
SO I THINK THE YOUTH GROUP IS GONNA BE, AND THAT'S NOT, WE WORK, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ADULT GROUPS BECAUSE THAT WORKING GROUP IS KIDS.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT SUPPORT, A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE AROUND THAT.
THEN WE CAN SEE IF THE CONSULTANT HAS ANY INSIGHT ON, AND THEN WE COULD JUST FORM IT OURSELVES BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN EDUCATOR AND A LOT OF US ARE PARENTS.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY ALSO WITH SOME WORKING GROUPS IS KINDA BRIDGING THEM WITH THOSE WHO LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'D BE LIKE, HEY, I WILL INVITE THEM.
I DON'T HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR, BUT I WOULD INVITE THEM TO COME AND WHEN WE DO OUR POPUPS OR GO AND ATTEND, THEY WOULD OPEN IT UP AND SAY, HEY, COME AND SAMPLE SOME OF OUR ICE CREAM AND TALK ABOUT BEING A BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR.
AND THEN THE, BUT THE POINT IS THAT THOSE STUDENTS OR THAT YOUTH WOULD SAY, DO WE FEEL SEEN AS SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS? BECAUSE THE, RIGHT NOW WITH TEENAGERS AND I, AND I'M A, I'M PARENT OF A TEENAGER, THE, THE PARENTS OR THE TEEN SAID THEY DON'T HAVE, THE CITY DOESN'T OFFER ANYTHING FOR THEM TO DO IN THEIR OFF.
THAT'S NOT, I'M GOING, BUT I'M GONNA LET THE OTHER WORKING GROUPS GET STARTED WHERE WE SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE JUST JUMPING OUT THERE.
IT'S A LOT, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW THESE OTHER WORKING GROUPS GET STARTED.
BUT I THINK THE YOUTH GROUP PROBABLY BE A BIG YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY COOL TO DO THAT.
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TO HAVE, BRING THAT DISCUSSION BACK THIS YEAR AND, AND SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD PLAN TO HAVE A BUDGET FOR IN 2027.AND SEE WHAT WE COULD, HOW WE COULD SUPPORT THEM IF WE DO LAUNCH THIS SUMMER.
UM, BUT YES, LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THAT, OF THAT WORKING GROUP AS WELL.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OUTBURSTS? ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING, Y'ALL.
I'VE BEEN A WHIRLWIND OF THE YEAR.