[CC Briefings 02202024]
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EVENING, WHAT'S CALL THE MEETING ORDER.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS EXTRAORDINARY DS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.
NOW I, I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T LIVE UP TO THE MAYOR'S
I WANNA TELL YOU, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN AT A, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING MEETING WHERE THEY NEED SOMEBODY, SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE LIBRARY, PETER, I JUST AM ALWAYS SO PROUD OF HOW YOU HANDLE IT.
UH, WE HAVE THINGS GOING THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WE HAVE GOING, SO I WANT TO TELL THAT TO EVERYBODY.
SO THIS SPRING BREAK, YOUR GRAND PRAIRIE LIBRARIES AND EPIC CENTRAL ARE BRINGING DINOSAURS TO OUR GREAT CITY WITH THE EXTRAORDINARY DYNO FEST.
THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE MARCH 15TH, 16TH AND 17TH AT EPIC CENTRAL.
WE WILL HAVE AUTOMATED DINOSAURS, PHOTO OPS, AND ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE LEARNING, LITERACY AND FUN FOR EVERYONE.
AND AS THIS IS A LIBRARY PROGRAM AT EPIC CENTRAL, IT IS FREE FOR EVERYONE.
SO I'M ALSO GONNA SHOW YOU OUR SITE MAP AND POINT OUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OVER HERE BY LUKE NINE, WE WILL HAVE A T-REX.
THE T-REX IS ABOUT 20 FEET LONG.
BRACHY SOURCE, WHICH IS 18 FEET STANDING UP.
NOW HERE WE HAVE A STAKE OF SWORDS.
IT SAYS MECHANICAL DYNO BECAUSE WE, WE A BOX WITH IT, YOU CAN PUSH TO MAKE IT DO SOME THINGS.
UH, WE HAVE A TRICERATOPS PHOTO OP UP HERE.
THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A BOUNCE HOUSE.
I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF THAT.
WE HAVE A DYNO FACT FUN TRAIL WHERE WE'LL HAVE SIGN HOLDERS THROUGHOUT HERE SO YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THE CREATURES AS YOU WALK ALONG.
AND THEY'LL ALSO HAVE OUR LIBRARY AND EXHIBIT TENT.
WE'LL HAVE STORY TIMES AND OTHER PROGRAMS UP THERE.
YOU ALSO SEE WE ALSO HAVE A DYNO, A FOSSIL DIG.
PEOPLE CAN BRUSH THROUGH SAND TO GET TO THE FOSSILS AT THE BOTTOM.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE BOUNCE HOUSE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
AND NOW WE'D LIKE A FEW COMMENTS FROM OUR SPECIAL GUESTS.
HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL COME OUT FOR THIS GREAT FREE EVENT.
BUT MOST OF ALL TODAY, WE WANTED TO THANK MAYOR AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR GIVING US AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY GETS THIS PRIVILEGE.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME UP AND DELIVER SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO OUR CITIZENS.
AND NOW I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MY PARTNER, ZANE KING, TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER EVENTS HE HAS AT EPIC CENTRAL.
AND SO THIS WAS SUCH AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE AMAZING RESOURCE THAT THE LIBRARY IS, BRING IT OUT TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF EPIC CENTRAL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU REAL QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR LIVE MUSIC.
UM, WE'RE STARTING OUT WITH AUDACITY, WHICH IS, IF ANYBODY HERE LOCAL KNOWS THESE LADIES, THEY ARE AMAZING.
THEY'RE THE LOUDEST FAN I'VE EVER HEARD.
UH, MONICA SALDOVAR, WE'RE STAYING LOCAL.
MOORE COVERS A GROUP THAT'S, UH, TOURING, THAT'S COMING THROUGH.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU'LL KNOW THAT ALEX CRAWFORD'S, A YOUNG MAN WHO'S HERE, UH, LOCALLY IN GRAND PRAIRIE AS WELL, DAVID TRIBBLE.
A LOT OF Y'ALL KNOW HIM FROM THE, UH, UH, FIREHOUSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING INTERESTING AS WELL.
PATRICK, DAVE PEREZ, UM, THE TEJAS BROTHERS, THEY ARE PUTTING A TEJANO SPIN ON ST.
YOU CAN GO TO ANY CITY IN DFW AND HEAR IRISH MUSIC, BUT YOU'LL ONLY BE ABLE TO HEAR TEJANO FLAVORED IRISH MUSIC HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UH, ANGEL WHITE.
HE'S A COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR.
I'M GAN WE WANT TO BE HERE FOR THIS.
LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON BOULDER ALSO.
AND, UH, EPIC WATERS ARE DOING THEIR PRO UH, CODE PROMOTIONS.
AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE TRIED TO OPEN UP EPIC CENTRAL AT SPRING BREAK LAST YEAR.
WE HAD ABOUT 12 SHOWS, ABOUT 12 PEOPLE CAME.
I ANTICIPATE THIS YEAR IT'S GONNA BE, UH, A BONKERS.
AND THEN THE WATER SHOW WILL AIR AT SEVEN 30.
WE WERE ASKED TO TURN IN SONGS.
HOW, WHEN DOES THAT, HAS THAT ALREADY COME UP? IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED WHEN WE ARE TAKING POSSESSION OF THE PORTAL THIS WEEK.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING YOU IN TO RECORD A MESSAGE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO, WE'RE GOING TO AIR THOSE, UH, GREETINGS BEFORE YOUR SONG PLAYS.
SO, UH, YOU'LL BE, UH, SEEING SOMETHING POP UP IN YOUR EMAIL RIGHT AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.
THEY ARE ALL PLAYING, UH, THAT WE ARE WORKING ON
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THE SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW.BUT THEY ARE ALL PLAYING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
CAN YOU SAY, HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, BUT DURING THIS EVENT ON TEENTH, IF THERE'S RAIN, ANY OF THAT HAPPENING? I MEAN, IS THERE LIKE A, ARE WE USING THE CONVENTION CENTER OR WHAT ARE WE DOING? JUST RAIN.
WE COULD MOVE SOME OUR ACTIVITIES.
WE CHECKED WITH THE DINOSAUR PEOPLE AND AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE A MASSIVE, SORRY, TORNADO, WE'RE OKAY.
EVEN IF IT'S WET OUTSIDE FOR THEM, WE CAN MOVE OUR ACTIVITIES INTO A DIFFERENT SPACE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO IN UNDER A TENT.
SO ALL OUR, WE HAVE LIBRARY OUTREACH TENTS AND PROGRAMMING TENTS.
WE'RE STILL BENT ON DOING IT UNLESS, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT CAUSES
CAN I SEE THAT LAST SCREEN AGAIN? THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE? WELL, I THINK THIS FIRST WEEK HERE, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A NUMBER OF US OUT OF TOWN FROM THE NINTH TO THE 13TH.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING FUN AND UNIQUE FOR THE OH YEAH.
FOR THE COMMUNITY TO DO, FOR SURE.
OKAY, THE NEXT, WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON THE EXPENSE PAY DISCUSSION, UM, STAFF, Y'ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE US.
WE DO BEHALF ABOUT MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
WE ARE PASSING OUT THE, UH, COMPARATIVE DATA THAT YOU REQUESTED THAT BE UPDATED.
AND IN THAT COMPARATIVE DATA, IT, IT WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WE, WHAT WE SUSPECTED THAT INSOFAR AS THE BUSINESS EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT THERE IS.
BUT ONE OTHER AGENCY THAT DOES IT, UM, MOST OF BESIDES US AND MOST CITIES HAVE IT AS A PART OF THEIR CHARTER AS COUNCIL AND, AND, UH, COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PAY.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THE ONLY ONE IS MCKINNEY THAT DOES A MONTHLY STIPEND AND IT IS $100 FOR THE MAIL.
SO IN LIGHT OF THIS, WE'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE INFORMATION AND THIS IS A WEEK OLD, NOT EVEN A WEEK OLD INFORMATION.
SO AT THAT POINT, AT THIS POINT, AGAINST ME GOES BEFORE FOR DISCUSSION.
SO MOST OF IT'S THE SAME EXACT INFORMATION YOU GAVE US LAST TIME, WHICH WAS A, UH, WAS GIVEN TO US ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
AND YOU JUST ADDED, COUNCIL WANTED CEDAR HILL, DESOTO DUNCANVILLE ADDED MANFIELD.
SO IT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND IF, UH, Y'ALL KNOW MY FEELINGS ON IT, BUT I'LL HEAR Y'ALL.
ANYBODY GOT ANY OPENING REMARKS OR STATEMENTS? WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? I WENT FIRST, LAST TIME.
SO IN CEDAR HILL, THEY GIVE A DOLLAR TO THE MAYOR.
$1 TO THE MAYOR AND NO PAYMENT TO THE COUNCIL AT ALL.
IS THAT DIRECT DEPOSIT? IS THAT, I THINK REIMBURSEMENT.
THAT'S NOT REIMBURSEMENT THAT'S PAID, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, MAYOR, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME CITY COUNCILS HAVE LOOKED AT THIS, BUT PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THIS AND THERE'S BEEN A JUST BEEN, WHAT'S BEEN THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT? I THINK THE HISTORY GOES BACK TO IT WASN'T ANY ADJUSTMENT FOR QUITE A WHILE THEN I THINK WE UPPED IT A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND I THINK SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON IT, WE MAY HAVE UPPED IT ANOTHER HUNDRED.
UH, THOSE, UH, GEORGIA, MIKE, YOU MAY REMEMBER.
DID WE UPPED IT A HUNDRED DOLLARS A FEW YEARS AGO? AND THAT WAS IT JUST ACROSS THE BOARD, THE STAFF? DO Y'ALL RECALL WHEN WE IT'S IN THE PARK.
BUT UM, AGAIN, TO REITERATE AND REMIND EVERYBODY, THIS STARTED OUT BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE GOT TIRED OF DEALING.
UM, AND WENT TO TOM HART AND MAYOR ENGLAND SAID, LET ME COME UP WITH THE AVERAGE COST THAT I FEEL LIKE WOULD BE FAIR TO GIVE EVERYBODY A STIPEND.
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OF THE RECEIPTS AND CLAIM THE RECEIPTS OFF THEIR TAXES, IT'S UP TO THEM.BUT IF NOT, IT GOES ON UW TWO.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE ALL FELT LIKE IT WAS, AND I STILL FELT LIKE IT'S FAIR FOR EXPENSES.
NOW I'M NOT SAYING IT'S FAIR FOR WHAT WE DO FOR OUR TIME, EVERYTHING WE MEET, BUT THIS IS NOT FOR THAT.
THIS IS FOR BUSINESS EXPENSES.
IF WE WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES MORE PAY, WE NEED TO DO A CHARTER AMENDMENT AND RAISE OUR PAY.
BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY MORE THAN IN LINE WITH OUR COMPARABLE CITIES.
BUT IF THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL WANT TO INCREASE IT, UH, WE HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
AS MEGAN SAID, I THINK HOPPING FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW TO TWO THOUSANDS OF A BIG LEAK.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY OF US CAN JUSTIFY THAT EXPENSES.
I, UH, I I I CAN'T 'CAUSE I DON'T DRIVE THAT MUCH.
UH, THAT'S A LOT OF MILEAGE TO REIMBURSE.
'CAUSE YOU WE'RE, THIS ISN'T REIMBURSING US FOR OUR TIME.
UH, THIS IS REIMBURSING US FOR OUR EXPENSES, ACTUAL EXPENSES OUT OF POCKET.
ONE WAY TO DO IT, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN THAT, IS DO AWAY WITH THE STIPEND AND EVERYBODY TURN IN RECEIPTS FOR THEIR EXPENSES.
THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD GET YOU, IF SOMEBODY'S DOING MORE THAN I AM, THEN YOU GET WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, 55 CENTS A MILE TAKES A LOT OF MILE TO, TO COVER YOUR EXPENSES.
NO, I MEAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIME LAST YEAR, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF, WE WERE HAVING DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND, AND I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION AT THAT TIME WAS INCREASING $500.
THAT WAS MEGAN PULLED IT UP, WAS THE LAST INCREASE.
UH, THE FIRST INCREASE WAS IN JULY, 2006.
AND THAT WAS THE HUNDRED DOLLARS INCREASE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN IN JANUARY, 2015, IT WAS INCREASED TO MAYOR $800 A MONTH.
MAYOR PROTON, $700 DEPUTY MAYOR PROTON 600 AND COUNCIL MEMBERS 500.
BUT WHAT WAS IT BEFORE THAT? UH, BEFORE JULY, 2006? IT WAS NO, NO, BEFORE THE INCREASE.
SO IN, IN 2014 IT WAS 500, 400, 300.
SO IT WENT FROM THAT TO 800, 700, 600, 500.
I, UH, SITTING HERE, I I'M NOT WRAPPING MY MIND AROUND SUPPORTING A $2,000 STIPEND, HOWEVER, IN NINE YEARS, IT'S JUST SIMPLE CHANGES IN, UH, COSTS AND EXPENSES.
SO I'M A LOT MORE OPEN TO, UH, AN ADJUSTMENT THAN I AM.
UH, WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY A 300% INCREASE.
I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH IRVING'S 900, OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH, THAT'S 2000.
SO WHAT'S A HAPPY MEDIUM FOR US? WELL, I, I'M CURIOUS, IRVING IS, THAT'S SALARY, THAT'S NOT REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO KEEP THESE SEPARATE SALARY WILL, SO I BROUGHT THIS AS SALARY WILL BE A SALARY, A A CHARTER.
AND IF Y'ALL WANNA PUT A VOTE ON THE TABLE FOR A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE PAY, TO ME THAT'S DIFFERENT.
LET THE VOTERS DECIDE TO BUSINESS EXPENSES.
WE ONLY, IF YOU LOOK AT HOW OTHER CITIES DO IT, WE ARE WAY ABOVE ANY OTHER CITY.
WHEN'S THE LAST DATE? WE CAN DO A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO GET IT ON THE CHARTER AMENDMENT FROM MAY 3RD.
SO IT WOULD BE FOR NEXT YEAR OR OKAY, ON NOVEMBER.
ARE WE AGREEMENT THAT, I MEAN OH, WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT AT ALL.
I MEAN THAT IT
WHAT'S THE PLEASURE? SO WHAT DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO? THAT'S WHY YOU HAD I WANT KEEP THE WAY IT IS.
OUR IS SLIGHT INCREASE FOR INFLATION.
I SLIGHT INCREASE FOR INFLATION.
UM, I WAS THINKING MUCH LARGER, BUT AFTER I READ THE DATA, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
I, I THINK WE NEED TO STAY LINE FOR HERE.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES A RAISE.
I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT TIME THAT, UM, WE NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO CHARTER.
CREATE A CHARTER, OPEN THE CHARTER.
AND SO I THINK IF YOU GONNA MAKE THAT BIG OF A LEAP OR YOU HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR SALARY, WE NEED TO OPEN THE CHARTER.
OR YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT A MODERATE RATE OR A EXPENSES.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD DO, UH, IS LET STAFF LOOK AT WHAT THE INFLATION'S BEEN SINCE THE LAST ONE AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR US THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
I THINK OUR CITIZENS WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF WE DID PER INFLATION, BUT NO MORE.
AND THEN LET'S LOOK AT MAYBE AFTER
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THE ELECTION, SEE IF WE WANT TO DO A CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR NOVEMBER, THAT'D GIVE US PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE NOVEMBER FOR A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO ACTUALLY GO TO THE VOTERS ON PAY.WHEN DO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING A DECISION OF A CHARTER READING FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION? WE COULD DO IT IN YOU.
LET US KNOW WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR A CHARTER AMENDMENT IN NOVEMBER.
SO IF THE COUNCIL IS THINKING ABOUT DOING A CHARTER AMENDMENT AFTER THE ELECTION, WHAT'S WRONG WITH GOING AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT TODAY? BECAUSE IT'S TOO LATE TO GET IT ON THE MAY.
THAT'S THE NUMBER FOR NOVEMBER.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE.
YEAH, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA AND POST IT IN A CERTAIN WAY SO WE DON'T WAIT FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO PUT THAT ON THERE FOR I'D RATHER WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
BUT I'M ONLY ONE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
IT'S UP TO THE, UH, VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL.
SO SINCE WE'RE FIXING TO HAVE FOR SURE ONE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK SINCE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
IF, IF IF JULY IS A FAIR DATE, I WOULD PREFER I YOU DON'T BE ONCE IN JULY, RIGHT? YES.
WE COULD HAVE IT READY FOR THE JULY, UH, BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON NOVEMBER BALLOT.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? OH, I, ANY CONVERSATION? NO, I'M CURIOUS MYSELF.
YEAH, I MEAN WE'VE TALKED, I'VE HEARD MANY OF Y'ALL TALK ABOUT, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO TALK.
Y'ALL TALK BEHIND THE CURTAIN, BEHIND THE DOORS.
NOW JUNIOR, YOU ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS UP OVER A YEAR AGO.
I BROUGHT THIS ONE UP, I BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY EVENT, BUT NO, NO, NOT THE COMMUNITY.
I BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY EVENT, BUT BUDGET FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
THAT'S WHAT I YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT.
BUT IF WE WANT TO VOTE ON ANYTHING, I'M GONNA GO TO THE TABLE THIS TILL JULY, THE WHOLE CONVERSATION.
I WOULD SUGGEST AGAIN, WHATEVER WE VOTE ON, BUT I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US HAVING STAFF GIVE US WHAT AN INFLATIONARY INCREASE WOULD BE ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'LL HAVE TO APPROVE IT FOR THE BUSINESS EXPENSES.
I MEAN WE'LL DO THAT AND WE'LL DO THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, YEAH, I I AGREE WITH THAT APPROACH TOO.
WE, I MEAN THE CONVERSATION RESEARCH HAS, YOU'VE DONE THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT I WOULD'VE ASK Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT, WHETHER NOT Y'ALL WANT TO HAVE A MAYOR THEN COUNCIL RATE SEPARATED OR NOT.
I THINK BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE JUST AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT DOESN'T SAY DEPUTY MAYOR, Y'ALL JUST WANT MAYOR IN COUNCIL SOMETHING ELSE Y'ALL CONSIDER.
WHATEVER IS THE PLEASURE SINCE THESE ARE ON THERE, AN INFLATIONARY RATE FOR ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES, I'M FINE WITH, BUT WHATEVER, LET'S SEE WHAT THEY BRING US.
JULY
BUT 1000 SEEMS VERY MODERATE INCREASE.
THAT WOULD PUT US WITHIN THE RANGE.
AGAIN, YOU'RE COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES.
THE INFLATIONARY RATE WOULD BE FOR BUSINESS EXPENSES.
OH, FOR EXPENSES? NOT FOR SALARY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN GO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH WITH THE CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR SALARY.
SO TWO SEPARATE RESEARCH POINTS.
SO I GUESS WE ALREADY HAVE THAT FOR THE SALARY.
SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FINDINGS TO BE MADE ON THE SALARY NUMBERS.
MY, MY THOUGHTS STAYED THE SAME ON THAT.
AND, UH, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T CHANGE THE CHARTER OR SHOULD I JUST, LET'S LOOK, LET'S DECIDE.
I THINK I'M FLEXIBLE ON WHAT THE NUMBER IS FOR GOING FORWARD WITH THE CHARTER LIMIT.
I'LL, I'LL UH, LET'S DO THAT ALL AT THE SAME TIME ONCE WE HAVE THE EXTRA, NOT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO PROB WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ACTION AT THE NEXT COUNCILS MEETING ON THE INFLATIONARY RATE TO GIVE OURSELVES TO THE BUSINESS EXPENSE.
IN NOVEMBER IF WE MOVE TO PUT IT.
WE, UH, VOTE AS A GROUP TO PUSH THE ITEM TO THE CHARTER.
EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON THE CHARTER MEMO HAS TO BE APPROVED BY, UH, SORRY, IT DOESN'T GO ON THE CHARTER.
IT'S JUST LIKE, UH, AUSTIN CONSTITUTES A AMENDMENTS.
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TO TAKE CASINO GAMBLING, IT HAS TO BE VOTED BY THEM FIRST TO GO TO THE VOTERS.WHY DO WE HAVE A CHARTER REVIEW FOR IT THAT LOOKS AT IT? WELL THAT'S, I THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
I'M ASKING IF WE DON'T, IF WE'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE THAT DECISION, WHY DO WE THEN DELEGATE TO THE BOARD? I I THAT'S A, THAT'S A DISCRETIONARY DECISION.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL CAN CHOOSE TO DO OR NOT DO.
IT'S NOT, WE CAN KICK IT AROUND OURSELVES, DECIDE WHAT'S GOING ON THE CHARTER SO WE CAN DO IT SOLELY BY OURSELVES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANYBODY REPORT TO US.
WE DON'T HAVE TO ASK FOR THEIR OPINION.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF BOTH WAYS, WHETHER IT'S A SALARY OR THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT, REIMBURSEMENT.
BUT WHAT I'M UM, CURIOUS ABOUT IS WHAT IS NOT WORKING ABOUT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT.
IF WE COULD KIND OF PINPOINT SOME OF THOSE AND I KNOW, WELL, I THINK WE REACHED A CONCLUSION RIGHT NOW THAT EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT.
GIVE OURSELVES A SLIGHT INCREASE BASED ON THE INFLATION.
THEN WE'LL DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR PAY.
AND THE REASON, AND I'M NOT WILLING, I'M NOT READY TO DISCUSS THE MERITS OF THE INCREASE IN PAY YET UNTIL WE GET TO THAT TIME AND WE'LL KICK AROUND HOW MUCH, AND I'LL GIVE MY 2 CENTS, BUT THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE VOTE TONIGHT.
WE'RE JUST, UH, GOING TO TABLE IT YOU, YOUR DILIGENCE AND COME BACK AND THEN WE WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO APPROVE IT OR KEEP IT FULL SAFE.
THANK, I THINK, UH, AS IN THE, AT LEAST THAT SHOWS WE'RE FOLLOWING HISTORY, RIGHT? YEAH.
'CAUSE I MEAN, SO MANY HAD VOTED ON INCREASES IN THE PAST AND THAT'S THE REAL ONLY REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE.
AND, AND, AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING OUTTA THERE ORDINARY.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL RATE, I MEAN, I CAN'T GO TO MY EXPENSE PROVIDER AND SAY, WELL, I THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRETENDS THESE NEXT YEAR CHARGE ME THIS.
I MEAN, THE EXPENSES ARE EXPENSES.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT DIFFERENT RATES.
AND I, I RECALL SOMEBODY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, SAID I IF THERE GETS A CERTAIN POINT WE NEED TO HOLD ON BY THE SALARY.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD COMPROMISE RIGHT NOW OR A GOOD DIRECTION.
AND SO TONIGHT, UH, MAYOR PROTI, I THINK JUST THE TABLE TABLING, UH, AGAIN, WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE OF IT OR ANYTHING.
TABLE IT AND REVIEW IT NEXT TIME AND WE'LL MAKE A MOTION NEXT TIME.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE TWO ITEMS. AGENDA REVIEW MAYOR PROTE.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE A UM, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
ANY QUESTIONS AROUND THAT? AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE NEARLY EVERYTHING THE TABLE.
I THINK WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM.
ITEM 16, LEASE AGREEMENT WITH CETO GROUP.
WHAT QUESTION? UH, WHAT IS IT? WE BOUGHT, UH, 2 0 7 WEST MAIN TO OFFICE OUT OF THERE.
AND SO WE NOT USING THAT FOR OFFICE PURPOSES.
NO, STILL NO MAY MAYOR COUNSEL, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS 2 0 7 WEST MAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT USING FOR, UM, INCUBATOR SPACE TO HELP WITH INC.
INCUBATION OF NEW BUSINESSES THAT COME TOWARD DOWN.
IS THAT ITEM 16? THAT IS, WELL THAT ITEM NUMBER 16 IS THE SPACE WHERE STAFF WILL BE MOVED FOR THE INCUBATOR SPACE OF 2 0 7 TO BE USED.
SO THEY, SO IT WAS, THE IDEA WAS THAT WAS GONNA BE THEIR OFFICE AS WELL AS INCUBATOR SPACE.
SO YOU'RE JUST CREATING, WE'RE CREATING INCUBATOR SPACE AND THE OPPORTUNITY CAME FOR US TO GET A REASONABLE RENTAL WRECK FOR THE EDO OLD OFFICES.
AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO DO WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? IT'S THE WALL OFFICE.
THAT HERRING HERRING'S OFFICE RIGHT THERE.
OLDY HERRING ON THE BACK SIDE.
YOU MAY UM, YOU MAY, YOU MAY BE ASKED OUT THERE.
UM, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GUESS WHAT HE'S GOING.
I DO YOU HAVE OVER AND UNDER ON THAT?
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I DO HAVE A JUST CLARIFICATION ON ITEM NUMBER 18.UM, I KNOW WHEN WE HAD OUR SPECIAL MEETING ON NUMBER ON SPONSORSHIP.
NO, AS FAR AS WHAT EACH ORGANIZATION DID.
AM I CORRECT? WELL, WE CREATED THE CAP BUT THEN SAID WE'D STILL BUY TICKETS TO THE EVENT IF THE TICKETS WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE SPONSORSHIP.
BUT ONE ITEM THAT'S OVER THE CAP, ONE ITEM ON THIS LIST, IT'S OVER THE CAP.
THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS FOR THE UM, NAACP THAT WAS, WE DISCUSSED THAT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE.
YOU KNOW WHY THAT WAS 12 FIVE ALLOCATED WAS $10,000 TO THEM.
WE PREVIOUSLY ALREADY PROMISED THE 12 TWO 2,500.
SO WE JUST COMBINED THAT AND I THINK YOU EXPLAINED THAT TO US AT MEETING.
YEAH, WE DISCUSSED THAT AT THE MEETING.
UM, HANG ON, EXCUSE ME MINUTE.
LET JOHN FINISH YOUR TRAIN HERE.
WELL, IF WE ALREADY APPROVED IT, WHY? IF IT'S ALREADY APPROVED, WHY WE VOTED TO BEGIN, THERE WAS ONLY ONE, ONE SECTION THAT WAS PRIOR APPROVAL.
AND THE, THE OTHER CAME IN LATER.
COUNCIL ONE CAME BEFORE EARLIER AND WAS APPROVED.
THE SECOND SECTION HAD NEVER COME BEFORE COUNCIL.
THEREFORE IT WAS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU REMEMBER YOUR FORM, YOU HAD ONE WHERE THERE WAS A CHECK MARK WHERE IT SAID IT WAS PRIOR APPROVED.
THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS PRIOR APPROVED.
NOW ALONG THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT THEN FOR THE PRG SERVICES WE HAD PRIOR APPROVED 15 AND THEN WE ADDED FIVE AND IT SAYS FIVE.
SO THAT'S CORRECT BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY.
WE ALREADY HAD THAT CONTRACT SIGNED TO DID NOT INCLUDE SO THE 12 FIVE, THEY GOT 1500 ALREADY.
THE ONE, THE ISSUE WITH THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS THAT Y'ALL STAFF APPROVED IT BEFORE ASKING COUNSEL.
BUT I KNOW IT WAS LIKE A LAST MINUTE THING.
SO WE, WE APPROVED AND SAID DON'T DEDUCT THE OTHER BECAUSE THEY ALREADY PRE-APPROVED BECAUSE IT WAS A SPECIAL ONE TIME.
EVENTUALLY IT CAME UP LAST MINUTE.
AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE EXPLAINED PROBABLY BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYBODY GOT COMMENTS AND SAW COMMENTS AND, AND WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, IT JUST DOESN'T STAY.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE PRESENTATION.
SO, SO JUST DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT TO PULL IT OFF FOR THE PRESENTATION OR JUST BE PREPARED? I'D BE PREPARED PROBABLY TO JUST EXPLAIN WHAT, HOW THE DIFFERENT CAN, ONE THING WE CAN'T DO IS WE HAVE THE, WE'LL HAVE THE DOCUMENT IN MINUTES.
WE READ KIM, ANYBODY ELSE FROM MAYOR PROTE? AGENDA REVIEW COUNSEL.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN HERE.
I'VE GOT SOME MAYOR, UH, TEAM COUNCIL COMING AT SIX.
IF WE GET DONE IN TIME, I'D LOVE TO MEET HIM, BUT IF NOT, WE'LL GO GET OUR BE TO COME BACK IN HERE.
BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO BE FINDING GOALS.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW.
MY REGULAR LANGUAGE ISN'T HERE.
MY REGULAR LANGUAGE ISN'T HERE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT BY HEART
YO, REAL QUICK, UH, JUST BEFORE Y'ALL ENTER EXEC, I JUST WANNA EXPLAIN THE MEAL FOR TONIGHT.
THIS IS A SAMPLING FROM, UH, THE DUBISKI CULINARY ARTS DEPARTMENT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IS A LITTLE BIT FROM EACH OF THEIR MENUS FOR EACH NIGHT DURING MAINSTREAM EVENTS.
PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BARBECUE, YOU'VE GOT
BUT THIS IS SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S DISJOINTED? THAT SOUNDS DELICIOUS.
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SO THAT GIVES US THREE OPTIONS.SO JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT REAL QUICK.
SO YOU GUYS DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WAS JUST SOME THROWN TOGETHER MIX.