City Council - workshop

Good evening, workshop council meeting for the City of Copps Cove held September 1st, 2026. It's called to order at 5.45 p.m. Madam Secretary, please call the roll.

Mayor Yancey.

Here.

Christina Strophos. Here. Rita Hogan. Here. Howard Hawk.

Here.

John Hale.

Here.

Dale Treadway.

Here.

Vanya Hart. Here. Jack Smith.

Here. Okay. Everyone's present. Item C, announcements.

Nothing for me, Mr. Mayor. None for me, sir.

No, Mr. Mayor.

Just a couple, Mayor. Oktoberfest is coming up, and it will be held on July 12th downtown. And then... July 12th? I'm sorry, September 12th. I got excited looking at another thing. And then October 3rd is National Night Out kickoff party, also downtown.

Thank you. Is that it?

Yes.

No, nothing, sir.

Nothing, Mr. Mayor.

No announcements.

No announcements. Okay. We move to item D, public recognition.

D1, Employees Service Awards, September 2026, Ryan Haverlaw, city manager.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Tonight we are recognizing our amazing team members and we have three people we're going to recognize and celebrate with the number of years that they have worked for our organization and for the community. Beginning first with Douglas Jenkins. He is an operator with our Wastewater Collection Department celebrating five years of service. Douglas began his career with the City of Copperas Cove on September 14, 2021. When he was hired as a laborer with the drainage department, he promoted to light equipment operator, herbicide slash crack sealer with the street department in July of 2022. And most recently, Doug transferred to the wastewater collection department as an operator in June, 2026, where he continues to serve our citizens. During his time with the street department, Douglas operated various pieces of equipment used for street repair and maintenance, including the street sweeper, pneumatic rollers, wheel loaders, sand spreaders, water trucks, distributor trucks, dump trucks, crack sealing machines, and herbicide sprayer. Douglas has proven to be a knowledgeable and dependable employee who maintained outstanding relationships with his coworkers. Among his many accomplishments, Douglas completed 58 miles of herbicide treatment along city rights-of-way swept an impressive 898 miles of roadway and regularly assisted with street cuts and other maintenance needs. His supervisor stated in a recent evaluation, Douglas is our best herbicide and sweeper operator and has completed more miles on both pieces of equipment than anyone has before. He has a great attitude and will get a task done right. His knowledge, strong work ethic, positive attitude, and willingness to get the job done have made him a valuable member of our city team. Oh, Douglas didn't make it. Look at that. That's awesome. Douglas, thank you for your service to the city and community. Next we celebrate with Maria Ancheta, who is our senior records clerk with the police department celebrating five years of service. Maria began her career with the City of Copper's Cove on September 2nd, 2021, when she was hired as a communications operator with the police department. She transferred to the records section as a senior records clerk in July of 2023, where she continues to serve our citizens. Maria is knowledgeable in her duties and eager to take on new tasks and responsibilities. She consistently looks for ways to improve processes by establishing checks and balances and developing procedures that are easy for others to understand and follow when providing backup assistance. Maria is professional, kind, informative, and helpful when working with both internal and external customers. She uses sound judgment when making decisions and regularly seeks input from others within the department to ensure those decisions are in the best interest of the team. As noted in her most recent evaluation, Maria is professional and well organized. She has adapted to working in records very well and continues to be a valuable asset to our department. She is helpful and task driven. Maria enjoys a challenge and has taken on many cross training opportunities. So with that, thank you to Maria for her service and commitment to this city. And lastly, we celebrate with Michael Mazok Jr., who is a fire captain with our fire department celebrating 10 years of service. Michael began his employment with the City of Coppers Cove on September 21, 2016, when he was hired as a Firefighter 1 EMT. He became a certified paramedic in July 2018 and promoted to Firefighter II in August 2019. Most recently in July 2022, Mike promoted to Fire Captain where he currently serves our citizens. Michael demonstrates a strong knowledge of his duties as a captain and actively seeks opportunities to enhance his expertise. He requires minimal direction and consistently troubleshoots complex situations effectively, both on scene and within the fire station. Michael is a highly dependable and consistently completes tasks and assignments with minimal supervision. He interacts with coworkers. and the public in a friendly and courteous manner while maintaining a strong command presence that earns the respect of his peers and subordinates. As noted in his most recent evaluation, Captain Mazok is very passionate about the department and its members, often advocating for others to ensure their voices are heard. He is an excellent motivator for newer firefighters, guiding them toward the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. These attributes make him a consistent and fair officer who brings stability to the department, making him an invaluable asset to the officer corps and especially to B-Shift. Thank you, Michael, for your years of service to our city and our community as well. Thank you, Mayor. That concludes our service awards.

All right. Thank you, Ryan. that we do not have any workshop items for tonight, so the time is 5.53. We stand adjourned. We will begin the regular meeting at six o'clock.

Thank you, Mayor. For anybody who wishes to speak during Citizens Forum, we do ask that you provide your information so that we can call you up in an orderly manner. And Ms. Rodriguez is over here, and you can complete that form over there. Thank you.