* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. WELL, WE'RE OVER THERE, WHICH [00:00:01] IS INTERFERING WITH MY BEACH TIME . WE'RE [CC Briefings 06172025 ] CALLED TO ORDER. TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO UM, MAYOR PROTE. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR AGENDA REVIEW. COUNSEL, YOU SEE WE HAVE ITEM THREE THROUGH 28 ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON, WELL ALSO ABOUT THE ONE CHANGE? YES. ITEM FOUR CHANGE, UH, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT. UH, ITEM FOUR TO INCLUDE ANY ITEM OR PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE FOR JULY 15TH TO BE MOVED TO JULY 14TH, 2025. AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, MAYOR, HALF OF YOU'RE GOING LEAVING THE 15TH. AND IF AT A RISK OF NOT HAVING A QUORUM, WE NEEDED TO MOVE IT AT NIGHT BECAUSE Y'ALL SAID YOU COULD BE HERE THE 14TH. WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO MOVE IT. THAT WORKS. HOW ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER ITEM? WHAT ITEM IS THAT ON THE, THAT'S NUMBER FOUR. OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION ON THE ITEM NUMBER 17 AND 19. YEAH, NUMBER 17. I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY JUST MATTER. OH, WELL ABOUT, BOY, I HOPE ESTHER IS HERE. I SAW HER. YES. ESTHER HAVE MY SENIOR YEAR ZONE. WHAT'S THAT? , WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? 17, WHAT IS IT? 17. THE HOUSING VOUCHER CHOICE. VOUCHER. OH, IT'S OUR ADMIN PLAN. OUR ADMIN PLAN. WE ARE JUST UPDATING IT TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE LATEST REGULATORY CHANGES, UH, IS MADE. SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT. GOTCHA. OKAY. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND THEN 19, NUMBER 19. WHO'S 19? THAT'S ME SIR. I'M GONNA JUST GO TO THE PODIUM. UM, T CAMACHO HR DIRECTOR. ITEM 19 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CIVIL SERVICE POLICE PREP PAY PLAN. AND EVERY TIME THERE'S ANY CHANGES MADE, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNSEL AND BY ORDINANCE. AND SO WE'RE ADJUSTING, UM, UH, THE SALARY OF THE, THE ENTRY RANK. SO POLICE OFFICER, WE'RE ADJUSTING THAT SALARY AND WE'RE ALSO ADJUSTING THE YEARS OF SERVICE IN A STEP PAY PLAN. SO INSTEAD OF GETTING MAXED AT 12 YEARS, THEY'LL BE GETTING MAXED AT SEVEN YEARS. GOTCHA. AND Y'ALL ARE DOING THIS, UM, KIND OF COMPARING HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE A SET OF BOOKS? YES SIR. WE DO COMPARE TO ALL 60 TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING COMPETITIVE. SO YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A NEW ENTRY SALARY. WE ARE ADJUSTING THE ENTRY SALARY, YES MA'AM. AND WHAT WOULD THAT BE? IT WILL NOW BE 90 90. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TASHA? YES. THANK YOU TASHA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, YOU HAVE ANNOUNCED? YES MA'AM. MAY I, BEFORE YOU, UM, YOU HAVE FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE RESOLUTION OF THE CURRENT RESULTS OF THE JUNE 7TH RUNOFF ELECTION. IT IS AN UPDATED, UH, SPREADSHEET. THE ONLY CHANGE FROM WHAT WAS SENT OUT TO YOU ALL, UM, IN THE PACKET IS THAT WE ADDED TWO UM, PROVISIONAL VOTES FOR TARRANT COUNTY, BOTH OF WHICH WERE REJECTED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT REGISTERED VOTERS. THANK YOU. AND THAT WILL BE, WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT OUT BEFORE THE CONSENT AGENDA. YES SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. MAYOR, BACK TO, OKAY, I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT MAYOR PRO 10 CLEMSON MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION FOR THE APPOINTMENTS. THE MAYOR PRO TIM AND DEPUTY MAYOR, COACH TIM, APPROPRIATE TIME BECOMES MAYOR, COACH TIM JUNIOR, ZA DEPUTY MAYOR, COACH TIM KURT JOHNSON. SO APPROPRIATE TIME, I'D APPRECIATE Y'ALL SUPPORT FOR THAT. UM, SINCE CITIZEN COMMENTS ARE ON THE AGENDA, I WANT BRIEF YOU ON SOMETHING THAT BELLA AND I HAVE FIGURED OUT. UH, WE LONG THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING SAYING THAT EVERY SPEAKER GOT FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM THEY WISH TO COME TO FIND OUT. OUR CHARTER DOESN'T SAY THAT. OUR CHARTER SAYS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK, CHECK SOME OTHER PLACES, AND THAT'S PRETTY NORMAL. MY RTC MEETING LAST WEEK. UM, CITIZEN COMMENTS AT THE FRONT, CITIZENS GET THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ITEMS. OUR ITEM IN TOTAL, [00:05:02] NOW I'M NOT GONNA START THAT TONIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE HAROLD A HEART ATTACK WHEN HE COMES BACK, BUT MEL AND I HAVE TALKED SAY WE PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING IN TO GIVE THIS CHAIR SOME DISCRETION TO ALLOW PEOPLE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES TOTAL, BUT NOT FIVE MINUTES TIMES 20, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. SO MEL, AND I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AND DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THERE, IT'S FIVE MINUTES FOR DISCUSSION ITEMS. SO THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE, ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT ARE NOT REALLY FOR DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. SO THOSE WOULD BE THE ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT. RIGHT. IF WE GIVE LONGER TIME, IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE ITEMS. SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET TOGETHER AND, UM, TRY TO FOLLOW THE RULES BUT HAVE SOME DISCRETION THAT THE CHAIR WILL HAVE SOME DISCRETION. IS THAT OKAY? MAYORS, TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID THIS IS NOT IN THE CHARTER OR IS IT IS IN THE CHARTER? IT SAYS, TELL 'EM EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS THE CHARTER SAYS FOR ITEMS THAT OUR COURT COUNSEL'S DISCUSSION, CITIZENS GET FIVE MINUTES. SO THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. GOTCHA. ITEMS AND FOR ZONING NEEDS, PUBLIC APPEARANCE. SO THAT'S IT. BUT IF IT'S CONSENT ITEM, THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT GENERALLY THE COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE THE DISCUSSION. SO CITIZENS HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY TO LOOK. YEAH, WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING. WHAT ABOUT CITIZEN COMMENTS? CITIZEN COMMENTS IS FIVE MINUTES AND IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY IT. NO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT IF THEY SPEAK FIVE MINUTES DURING AN OPEN DISCUSSION. I I I WOULD NOT SAY. WELL, YOU DON'T GET TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN CONFERENCE. I THINK WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'LL COME UP WITH A HAPPY MEDIUM. UH, MAYBE HAROLD MAY BE A LITTLE UPSET, BUT WE WON'T GIVE YOU A HEART ATTACK AND, UH, WE'LL SEE. BUT, UH, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF CASE LAW ATTORNEY GENERAL RULINGS, ALL OF THAT THAT SAYS YOU CAN COME UP WITH REASONABLE RULES. RIGHT. FOR ALL LOT OF CITIZENS DEFENSE COUNSEL. HAVING SAID THAT, AFTER THIS MEETING, WE DON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL JULY 14TH AND THAT'S ONLY ONE MEETING IN JULY. AND THEN WE RUN A SPURT. YOU WE HAVE ONE MEETING IN JULY, ONE MEETING IN OCTOBER AND ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER. SO MAKE SURE YOUR CALENDARS SHOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1 SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE VTCA TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING. NUMBER ONE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE VERSUS BABCOCK 200 L LIMITED ET ALL. ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY ITEM FIVE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.087. DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOP NEGOTIATIONS, WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO, GO GET SEPARATE, MEET IN OUR ROOF WHERE WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONTINUE IN THERE WHERE RECENT NO PRESENTATIONS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.