City Council - Regular Meeting

Everyone to the Tuesday, September 15th City Council meeting. As always, we start the meeting by discussing and reviewing our agenda items. We've got a full agenda, so we're going to get right to it. A couple of executive session items and a healthy work session. So executive session, Westlake Data Center Development, 128 and 136 Faith Street. For our work session, you can see that there. August 26th. Any questions about the minutes? Yes, sir. No questions on the minutes. F3, resolution increasing the purchase order with all sorts of enterprises for repair services for fire department vehicles

Yeah, actually, I'd like to pull that and put it under new business instead of on the consent agenda.

Yeah, sure. And like I said, we'll discuss it in work session two. F8, consider a resolution approving the interlocal agreement for jail services. F9, consider a resolution adopting the killer sports park tournament policy. I'll go ahead and pull that one since it's directly related.

on F8 regarding jail and stuff. Are we still using 2010-11 numbers?

Yeah. All right. So we're pulling F7 and F9. F10, consider a resolution entering an interlocal agreement with the City of Southlake for the alter Yeah, so 875,000 for the design and engineering. That's just our share, yes sir. Yeah, I was talking about it with someone today. I said, we don't really get excited when a little water comes out of our faucet, but we get excited when it doesn't. And this is a project that we've been literally deliberating on since I joined in 2020. So the fact that you can get started on this work, generational work, so exciting. And then F11, also a work session it

Yeah, Mr. Mayor. This is one that I was telling you about when you were walking in. I didn't get to finish. I had a good meeting with the chief, like most of us did, on this. Had a lot of feedback from citizens. And what I would like to do is table this item to actually be at the next meeting. And we can re-notice it so we can discuss it as a whole, the merits and the contract, since the contract part wasn't listed here. But more importantly, I think it'd be great to offer the citizens, not just the persons to be heard, but the public notice where they can speak to it. And then also so the chi

that's what I'd like to do so we can notice it again and then people can come in for a public notice on that so it's been it's been publicly noticed I know but we can't speak to the contract so or any of that well I mean if you guys don't want to hear the item tonight we don't have to have chief fortune I mean it does give me a little bit of pause just because we set the expectation with our eyes that residents that we were having the conversation tonight and it's on I would think we would do the work session item. That's just normal protocol. I've never actually tabled a work session item.

No, I know. And it's just so, again, it's just so we can speak. Because this is noticed for the guidelines and what was in there. And a lot of the citizens and obviously what's been in the news in the last month are concerned about this. And we can't speak to all of the issues related to the contract. There can't be any action taken to it if that were the will of the council. And so...

On the AOPR item, there's a resolution that's been noticed. I think it's actually probably germane to the language within the resolution to consider the merits of the contract as a whole city.

And you can take action on the contract?

Right. And then my public notice is the other part of it, too. And when I was talking to the chief, he was saying that he would like us to even comment on social media to say if citizens had questions to come in for the next meeting so they can come to the actual public hearing, not just the public comments at the beginning, but the actual public hearing for the items so they can ask any tough questions. Everything's out there and transparent. Because the presentation is, you've seen it, too. They said it's really good, and I think it can mitigate a lot

can do that during the public notice and then we can ask it to the chief and so I mean I'll just as far as the resolution goes I mean that's an item that we can vote on or not but as far as the work session goes I think we should hear the presentation because that's the expectation our residents have that's fine I made a motion so I'd prefer to if council doesn't want to but we don't vote on what to put on the work session like that's something that you know two council members and the mayor can add item that any of you want to hear on a work session item. I just think it's our obligation to h

I'll finish real quick. So let's hear the work session item. full transparency on issues like this.

to the next city council meeting or whatever, another city council meeting, it's still going to be consent agenda? Is that something? Okay, it wouldn't be consent. It would be just a regular agenda item in the city council so that people can speak to it publicly?

Yeah, so anytime. That's a great question. I've done this plenty of times, and we all can and should. If there's an item on consent agenda that any one of us want pulled from consent just to have further discussion in an independent vote, items on there where like for example in this situation if we go through the work session item and there's not consensus on it then the only logical conclusion is to pull it from consent does it make sense from a procedural perspective yeah so all you do in that situation is we just pull it and I'll do my motion to table out there I was just trying to save ti

Yes, the 380. Well, they're all chapter 380s, but the H3 is the... Yeah. All right. Any questions on H1 through H3 for staff to research or answer?

What was the Economic Development Committee's recommendation yesterday?

So it ended up being a recommendation to support the facade. And it was a recommendation to fund the, if you take out the $20,000 for the facade improvement, 50% of the other items.

It was a good robust discussion. Two and a half hours into it. Oh, wow.

It was a good discussion. Fully deliberated and considered, I can tell you that. H4 is a specific use permit.

Yep, carport item. Any questions on H4? H5, specific use permit for carport on Johnson Road?

That is age 6, 7, and 8. If you guys have any questions on 6, 7, and 8 at this point after as many budget discussions we've had, then I'm joking. Any questions? Certainly time for questions right now for staff research on the budget. I think we need to throw it out and start over. Hey, that would be right in line with the tone of the council tonight. I love it. I love it. We're starting to scratch.

What if the majority of council wants to table it?

But procedurally, if one of you wants to make a motion to table, we can consider it. CONSENSATION WITH THE ATTORNEY. CLOSED MEETING. A GOVERNMENTAL BODY MAY NOT CONDUCT A PRIVATE CONSENSATION WITH THE ATTORNEY EXCEPT FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS THE ADVISE OF ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT PLANNING FOR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR A SETTLEMENT OFFER OR ON A MATTER ON WHAT'S THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONCLUDES WITH THIS CHAPTER. THAT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS LEGAL ACTION RELATING TO THE WESTLAKE DATA

All right, good evening. I'd like to welcome everyone to the regular session here on September 15th. As always, we're going to go ahead and get started with an invocation. So we have the good bishop here. If you wouldn't mind coming forward, sir, and introduce yourself and, you know, give us an invocation.

Amen. All right, if you wouldn't mind standing for the Pledges of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the text, sister. So one of the things we like to do in the City of Keller is, many of you know if you're not a stranger here, and if you are a stranger to watching our meetings or attending, you'll know after tonight, We really like to celebrate excellence in our community, especially our young people. And tonight we are going to recogniz

Yeah, that would be good. Thank you. Congratulations.

Yeah, and thank you, everyone, who is here. It makes the Miracle League of Keller possible. We appreciate you. There's a lot of hours that go into it. Homer, the mascot, I'm not sure how much work you accomplish, but we thank you for being here as well.

And Stephanie, are you all still looking for volunteers out there? So if anyone listening wants to volunteer every single Saturday, just come on out to Sports Park, the Miracle League field. Thank you. Yeah, thank you. Thank you.

All right. So we have a good agenda tonight. Couldn't have started off any better. We have persons to be heard. This is a time for the public to address the city council on any subject. However, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the city council from discussing issues which the public has not been given three business days notice. Issues raised may be referred to city staff for research and possible future action. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes to speak. We do have some cards. If you're in the audience and haven't filled one of these out, you're welcome to visit with our city s

All right, next up, we have Melissa Dodd, and then followed by, looks like Tina Stevens, is that right? Melissa? I also have your address here, so if you don't mind just reintroducing yourself.

Thank you for being here All right Tina And then next up after that we have Ryan Drury

Awesome. Yeah. Thank you very much. All right, Ryan. In the next up, we have Gary Davis.

All right. Thank you. Next up, Gary Davis.

Yeah. Thanks, sir. Thanks for being here. Good to see you.

Thank you, sir. Next up we have Pam Gray. And those are the cards that we have this evening. So if you haven't already and you wish a speaker in person to be heard, then, you know, visit with the city secretary, Kelly Ballard. How are you? I'm good. Good.

Thank you, it's great to see you. Okay, that's all we have. Is there anyone else that would like to speak during Persons to be Heard? If not, we'll move on to consent. All right, seeing none, go ahead and get on the consent agenda. F1, consider approval of the minutes of the Wednesday, August 26, August 26, 2026 City Council work session. F2, consider approval of the minutes of the Tuesday, September 1, 2026 regular City Council meeting. F3, consider a resolution authorizing an increase to the purchase order with all source enterprises, LLC, DBA, Safe Industries for maintenance and repair serv

Yeah, correct, Mr. Mayor. I move that we approve items F1 through F6, F8, and F10 as presented. Thank you. Councilman Will? I second. All right. Let's take a vote.

All right. That passes 7-0. All right. First up, we'll consider F7. Jordan, I think we have a brief presentation. Consider a resolution creating the Keller Sports Authority. And while you're walking up, I also want to thank Councilman Rankleve and the Mayor Pro Tem for their work on this as well. It's an item that the Full City Council directed us to look into after our strategic work session. What month was that in? Like three months ago? Time flies when you're having fun. End of June. End of June? 2019. Yeah. So thank you both for that. Jordan?

Thanks, Jordan. I'll just add one thing. I view this, you know, as one of 47,000 folks who happens to be heavily immersed in youth sports. I can't remember who said they have five kids. Yeah, I was going to joke around and say, well, that's a lot of kids. But I can, yeah, it is a lot of kids. So, you know, this is the first part for me of a conversation Our colleagues directed us at the strategic work session to have a subcommittee, Councilman Rankleve, Mayor Pro Tem, and myself, to look at opportunities. And my impression of those conversations has been we have gotten a lot of good stakeholde

Yeah, first off, I have a question. I noticed that the board would be five people. Why not seven people where we'd have one picked by each of the council members like we do the other commissions? So each council member would have somebody in the community, obviously, related to youth sports in some way that they would nominate to the committee. Why five? Why not seven?

Yeah, I can answer that if you want. Yeah, or I don't know, Dr. Inkley, if you want to jump in, Mayor Pro Temp. Yeah, so, you know, it's just a minimum. Some of our boards have more, a lot of them have seven. I think seven is just fine. I have no issues with that. But, you know, you want to make sure that with a new board, you know, we don't know what type of app type and how many applications we're going to get. And so we want as many good people involved as possible. But I think seven is a great recommendation. And I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, but I think that was actually an

Okay, and then, I mean, just my two cents about it. I mean, it's been a long time since I've had kids in sports. I used to a long time ago, and they're all grown. I appreciate and understand that we have a top-notch sports park and that we need to have programming and tournaments and events for the kids that are equivalent to that, certainly a notch above. And it is an awful lot for the current Parks and Board Committee to... I think do at a level I think that is appropriate. So I have no problem with creating a board. I recommend that it be seven people, one appointed by each person on counci

Great comments, Councilman Brennan. Just sequencing of the agenda, it's a little wonky tonight. So one of the things I wanted to touch up on was the appointment process. It'll function like every board. And so... in the City of Keller. And so, to the Councilwoman's point, we make nominations for our boards and commissions. There won't be one of us that, you know, picks a particular slot, but we make the nominations and then we vote in an open meeting, just like this one, and then we vote together on consensus for who serves on the board, which is a really It's a similar way of saying what the

Jordan, is the creation of this board a staff recommendation? I guess I'm curious because you're doing the presentation.

I guess, to me, this feels a little cart before the horse. At the strategic session in June, we asked the sports task force committee to go and look at, like you said, look at opportunities and come back to council with those opportunities, not create an action item for us to create a board before we've had a chance to discuss those opportunities as a body. So I think I would... respectfully ask that we table this until we've had a chance to discuss it as a whole before we actually create some new branch of our city government.

Yeah, so I'll just briefly respond. I mean, I think that's a reasonable point. The feedback I got, in fact, one of the comments you made, Councilman Will, was impressed upon me, which is that I won't get it exactly right, But it was, hey, we need to make every effort to take our partnerships with the youth sports associations and make them work as well as possible. That needs to be our first step. Do you agree with that? I don't have a problem with that statement.

I'm just saying we haven't had a chance to discuss this.

So just to be honest with you, yeah, one of the main core things that the sports authority addresses and the reason we're bringing it forward tonight is capacity issue. You know, right now, I mean, for example, when we looked at Keller Lacrosse and the tournament policy, or not the tournament policy, but the field policy, in the user agreement, Jordan and I effectively functioned in the role and capacity that the sports authority would if we support it. We sat down, we met with lacrosse, and then we brought a recommendation to you guys for you to consider. And just to be candid with you, I wou

Sure. No, I get it. I just, I mean, I'm just simply asking that we table this until we have a discussion about it. Considering the fact that the user agreements aren't up until March of 2027, we've got several months, so I don't really see what two weeks or four weeks would do.

Yeah, so it creates a significant time crunch for... anything that's going to be done in the spring. Because literally last night at 12 on 1 a.m., I registered a youth sports team that I coached to go play in December, January, and February. So from a youth sports programming perspective, and we have a couple of folks in the audience. We have Mr. DeLong from rugby, Chance with KYA baseball. The planning for spring programming starts really soon. If not now, I mean, the tournaments that Mr. DeLong was referencing, for example, are December and he needs answers like yesterday to implement that.

Okay. Good comments. Councilman Whatley?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I actually just wanted to echo the sentiment of Councilman Will. I'm in agreement. I would like to have a little more discussion about this. And since you mentioned Mr. Long, I would think that maybe if such a panel is chosen, that there should be somebody on there who should at least consider the rugby situation as well. I'm just throwing that out. but I echo council member Will's sentiments.

Thank you. Yeah, good comments. You know, if you don't have anything right now, then I'm not trying to put anyone on the spot, but we have put quite a bit of sweat equity into the discussion. And so I would just encourage you, if you have specific things that we're somewhat limited in how we can communicate as a city council on this topic, and that's why we have the subcommittee approach, if there are specific items that you'd like us to research, just like, you know, bring them forward for us to consider, so that way we can present them, because like, at least for me, I took pretty careful no

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and I apologize. I know you sent these out Thursday, and I just haven't had a chance to go through some of these, and we've been in a lot of these meetings. I guess since we are creating a new board, and I know a lot of our colleagues are seeing this for the first time, just to kind of maybe dumb it down for an Aggie like me. So we're creating a board, and the expectation it's going to meet once or twice a year Citizens will come in with any concerns they have about youth sports. And that board's going to decide whether it should make a recommendation to council that some

Yeah, that's a good question. So in terms of the board, I'm going to reframe it a little bit just because that's how my brain works. In terms of the board scope, honestly, can we bring up the slide that talks about purpose? I think this actually kind of gets at the heart of your question. And, you know, like with all of our board and commissions, we don't have... necessarily an agenda that we give to them and say, this is your job. Like with the Parks and Recreation Board, we actually solicit, we say, hey, we're gonna budget for trails, and we're gonna budget for playgrounds and things like th

Yeah. The reason I ask is because I look at this as part of a larger thing is as we are, you know, as S3, as we've had a lot of meetings on this and we get, you know, we're getting a lot of feedback from citizens. And if there are changes to recommend to our vendors that like KYA or KSA or whoever is doing a sport, the mechanism we provide that feedback, or if we think we need a higher standard of something, how we do that, whether that be in the contracts we just updated. And the reason I'm asking is I think this board, if it is created, could have a very important part in that process. And t

Yeah, no, I think that's a... Yeah, I think that's a good point. But I would just reiterate, you know, this is the work that already is supposed to be taking place and is to some extent... To your point, Mayor Pro Tem, and for the rest of the council and the audience, we have pretty robust user agreements that when we enter into those with sports associations, we abide by them. And so one of the first steps, I think logically, you know, it's right there, evaluate the partnerships, leadership, and the governance structure of partner associations. That's a phrase that would make looking at bylaw

Mr. Mayor, my comments are going to be brief. I spoke with Dr. Rancliffe about how many times y'all's committee has met. And he said he recalls three, right or wrong. I don't believe I recall any updates regarding any of those meetings. to get us informed as a body to say, hey, here's where we're headed and all that. Right or wrong, I'm just not saying we should go and agree with Greg that this is fairly new to most of us on here except the three of you that have met. I'm not opposed to what you're recommending on the numbers on the committee. I think you probably need to have staggered terms

From a, I think that's a good point. From a process perspective, I would agree. I think, I don't remember the exact number of meetings. It probably is three. One of them, it was, we put a, I think we noticed it. It was like a potential notice of quorum, I think, that we posted. Is that right? Do you remember, Kelly? It was on a Friday. I just know we were here all day soliciting, like literally it was close to all day soliciting stakeholder feedback. And So we also have a heavy amount of interactions outside of the three of us. And so I think what you're seeing, to your point, and it is our jo

can i yeah okay i didn't okay i just say uh for everyone listening regardless of how this goes or there's a lot of work going into this to a larger solution because as the mayor was saying or excuse me jordan when she was reading this spent over 40 million dollars largest investment in keller's history we have a really good sports park out there and we want to do everything we can to support the programming to make it the best it can be and the best way to do that obviously is by getting feedback if there are problems, defining them, making sure they're actually problems, but then fixing them.

Dr. Rankleaf? You guys have touched on a lot of points, so I'm not going to sit here and spend a lot of time. I do want to just kind of echo what Shannon said, which is we have a really great youth program here, and we have really great facilities within Keller. And my son plays travel baseball, and it's kind of neat to go to these different baseball tournaments, and you'll see the kids that are playing for KYA, and there's a lot of hometown pride. And I think the discussions that we had... You know, that was really clear. You know, how do you maximize the investment that Keller's made in yout

All right. Thank you, and thanks for putting the work into it. All right. Russ, I did ask to table this, so. Yeah. If you want to, I'm going to, I have a motion. You know, we, I'm happy to, I think we're ready to go, to be honest with you. So you and I happen to disagree, and that's okay. Procedurally, if you want to amend the motion, that's the way we could do it. But my motion will be to go ahead and approve item F7. Councilwoman Brennan?

Did you want to? I would like to amend the motion to table to a later date.

Okay. Like we always do, do you have a date in mind? The next meeting, two weeks.

So that's the, what do we have on that agenda? October 6th.

Kroger, Samantha Springs, okay. And then potentially AOPRs if that happens to get tabled. Okay, so October 6th? Yes. Okay. All right, so let's go ahead and consider that motion to amend. We need a second. I'll second it just so we can get through the process. And let's...

I was going to comment on his motion real quick.

I'm okay with tabling it for two weeks. I don't think it kills anything. It's two weeks away? Three weeks. Well, over three weeks. Because I think we can keep moving. If we have the assumption that it's going to pass, we can keep moving on it. I'm okay. Because this is the first time our colleagues are seeing this, and Councilman Rand Cleave and the mayor and I have had a lot of time to chew on this hours upon hours. And so I'm okay with tabling it. And so I'm voting in favor of that from a council member's request. But just say we can keep working on it and defining this because this is a lot

And specifically to have a work session item to this so that we can discuss it.

Because there was a work session item. That's true. Okay.

Well, functionally what we're doing is a work session. But, I mean, you heard the same presentation you were going to hear. All right. So we have a motion and a second. Any further comments? All right, let's vote on the motion table. All right, that motion passes six to one. Next up, item F8, excuse me, F9. It's to consider a resolution adopting the Keller Sports Park tournament policy. I think we just, do we have a presentation on this one?

Damages and permit revocation. As I recall, I'm going to take it from someone who is like...

Awesome. Nicely done. So we are fully briefed on this one. Any questions on the tournament policy? I do have one question. As you're making decisions on who to, what tournaments to allow, how do you make those decisions?

Six months in advance. Okay. So it sounds like you'll do your best. I will absolutely do my best. Okay. And not trying to revisit an old item, but just for colleagues on council, when I'm talking about the sports authority, and we're continuing the conversation, we're going to pick it up as much as we need to, but this is a great function for that board potentially. where Jordan can lean on some folks that have direct current day experience in this because it's just a lot for staff to kind of juggle all that. So, did anyone else have any questions on the tournament policy besides me? As far as

Okay. So hopefully, again, that helps kind of, you know, it's one piece of a much larger pie where I think the folks can provide that input. So Dr. Rankleaf?

Yeah, and since we had a process question about the previous item, and again, I'm sorry, I'm also an Aggie, so don't hold that against me. What was the process to kind of create this document? Like, what did that look like?

Of 25, yes, sir. Yeah, okay. Good question. Any other questions, comments? Otherwise, I recognize a motion from Mayor Pro Tem.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The amount of hours, again, I don't know how many meetings between KDC and then with Parks and Rec and staff on this. This is a culmination of a lot of work. Hopefully, we can have some really good tournaments here in the city. I'll bring in revenues for the hotels, as Brad was giving an example, hotels and restaurants. as is the goal. So excited about this. Thank you. Well, with that, I move to approve item F9. Sorry.

Got it. All right. Motion to approve item F9. Councilman Will? I second. All right. We have a motion and a second. I'll just tell you, being an inpatient personality, when we have a discussion in October 2025, I want you guys to bring it forward to us quicker than... You know, that's just a lot of discussion, a lot of effort to go into a policy that, quite frankly, we could have captured a lot of tournaments. And I'll own part of that. Like, it's not me pointing the fingers at anyone. I remember providing red line edits. Quite frankly, I thought the policy was already on the books. But we have

So, Deputy Chief, just a quick question. Yes, sir. That was news to me. So you ran the license plate through a search on the ALPR system, and then because you searched it, I'm guessing you did the search? Correct. Okay. And then the software automatically flagged your searches for potential misuse or non-allowed activity? Is that what you're saying?

All right. Thank you, Chief, Deputy Chief. So, you know, we've all been getting questions and folks who wanted information, so I think it's really important just, I think you said it better than I'll say it, but for transparency and accountability's sake that we get this information out there, you know, when folks have questions. I'll just be really candid with Council. I've been, you know, We've all, I think, had the opportunity to meet with Chief, and I think most if not all of us have had the opportunity to successfully go through that meeting and learn a lot. You know, I think if we want t

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Real quick, I'll explain my reason I'm moving to table this until the next meeting. First of all, thank you all for the presentation. I think almost every council member Met with you guys for over an hour. We have this presentation. Originally, this item was on consent. We were gonna meet in working session. The way this item is noticed, it's in specific reference to specific guidelines that we could go through, and there's some things in here that I know some colleagues have some issues with they'd wanna reword. However, my bigger concern is that this is a significant pu

Well, yeah. Well, I'll go ahead and recognize Councilman Wiley and I'll address that. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Yes, sir. Chief, Deputy Chief, appreciate you both so much. I have 100% faith in you. I want to protect our officers and our force, but I agree with Mayor Pro Tem. I want the public to have an opportunity to come, voice their concerns, and realize I think a lot of their concerns, although well-intended, possibly with a little more education about how the system works, it can relieve some of that. So I agree with Mayor Pro Tem with the table, but thank you, gentlemen. What you do for the city is amazing. I've never been as proud of any force in my life. Thank you very much.

I will not be voting in favor of tabling this item. Having gone through the election process this past May, I didn't even know what flock was. The people out there that educated me on it, educated me on it based on a biased opinion. And I would welcome anybody to come and sit with any of these people within our Keller police force and open-minded. So I think it's time for us to continue to protect our citizens The crime is coming this way, like it or not. I campaigned on that then, and I continue to support these guys, and this helps that. It doesn't track people like everybody's saying it doe

All right. Thanks, Councilman. This is for anyone to answer. I just want to make sure I understand the expectations. Councilman Watley, you're mayor pro teme. So typically with the resolution, we don't have public hearings. You know, we talked about the ICE partnership a couple years ago. There wasn't, I mean, we had persons to be heard, but there wasn't a public hearing. We've considered resolutions like this before. And so honestly, as much for staff as anyone, in terms of the expectation for a public hearing, what sort of communications are you expecting that go out? And the only reason I a

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I appreciate, I got so involved in the presentation. You're right, this doesn't really require a public hearing. No, it's okay. And... And so I would be fine approving it tonight as well.

Okay. I just want to make sure we're clear because I was lost a little bit. Dr. Rankleaf.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yeah, thanks for putting this on the agenda, Mayor. And then thank you again for meeting with, I think, all of us and then giving this presentation. It's been very informative. I agree with Mayor Pro Tem. I think... What I'd like to see in the next meeting is just kind of a broader discussion because this is a weighty issue within our community. I think before we approve a resolution, I think it's beholden on us to make sure that we give the community an opportunity, A, to see the presentation. So I would hope that this thing is made available somehow, like it's easy to g

Yes, sir. All right. Thank you, Councilman Rankleaf.

Mayor Pro Tem. Yeah, Councilman Rankleaf pretty much said it perfectly. Just really an opportunity for the citizens to have a public hearing. And, yes, we don't have to have a public hearing on an item, but we can definitely do one. There's no rule against us not having it. And I'm all for the public being able. And, you know, as the police chief said, he's excited, or maybe excited is the wrong word, He's willing to get feedback from citizens and answer and alleviate their concerns, if they may have any. Because this is a really good presentation, and I think I was the sole vote four years ag

Yeah, last thing I'll say, because I've been listening closely to where you guys are headed. I honestly think what you're talking about is a town hall. I don't think we're talking about like a public hearing or anything like that, because public hearing is like a statutory requirement on an agenda. I think if we're going to have, I'm being 100% serious when I say this, I think what we're talking about is a community discussion in a town hall type atmosphere where folks can get their questions answered, they can show up to the community room, and engage in the discussion. I'm not sure that show

Again, you know, this is a weighty issue. I wasn't planning on getting into the meat of the bigger issue. I just want to table it. It was important enough for the governor to take some action. I think there's a lot of citizens. I don't know why you're a little reticent to have them come in in three weeks and ask questions. I'm not reticent.

What I'm saying is we should... Let me finish, please. Hold on a second, sir.

Then let's vote if you're calling the question.

Let's go ahead and vote to get the item done. But I'm not reticent to table it. We can put it on the next meeting agenda. That's not an issue.

Just call the question, sir, and let's vote.

Yeah, let's vote. So what's the motion, Mayor Pro Tem? All right, I'll second that. I'll be against, though.

So just to be clear what we're voting. Okay, so we're doing motion to table. Okay.

Yeah, motion to table. He called the question, which means stop discussion and move to vote. And I was willing to see that instead of voting on it. Oh, I understood this. This thing hadn't been updated here.

So I'm just trying to figure out what's going on.

It's a motion to table to October 6th. All right. And that motion carries 5-2. And to be clear, we're tabling this resolution. So we'll reconsider the resolution at the October 6th meeting because that's the item that we tabled. Thanks, Chief. Thanks, Deputy Chief. Both Deputy Chiefs for your work tonight.

No old business? New business? H1, consider a resolution approving a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement pursuant to the Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code and pursuant to the city's economic development policy with Ashley Hernandez of the Hive and Holding Company, LLC, authorized representative of the property located at 128 Bates Street, Keller, Texas, 76248, for a City of Keller Facade Improvement Grant. Nina?

I do when we when we vote Basically, the one vote, depending on how we vote, will address items H1, 2, and 3 all collectively. Right.

That's right. Yeah, so we'll do the facade. This is for the facade improvement grants. That's a good question, sir. Good clarification. Yeah. Right.

All right. I'm going to go ahead and make a motion to approve item H1 for the Facade Improvement Grants. We had a pretty robust discussion about that at Economic Development Board last night. Each of us have had, I think, the opportunity to interact also with the applicant on this item. So I'll make a motion. Councilwoman Brennan.

Yeah, I think the facade improvements are outstanding. So, yes, I approve the $10,000 facade improvement for this first property that we're talking about.

All right. We have a motion and a second. Is there any further discussion? Let's vote. All right. Hey, we got one. 7-0. Good stuff. H-2. Consider resolution approving a chapter. That was the first 7-0 tonight, I think, guys. Nice work. I'm proud of everyone for that one. Round of applause.

Hey, no one can ever accuse us of not doing things in the light of day. I will tell you that. We're out here. We do our work for better and better. H2. Consider a resolution approving a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement pursuant to Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code and pursuant to the City's Economic Development Policy with Ashley Hernandez of the Hive and Holding Company LLC, authorized representative of the property located at 136 Bates Street, Keller, Texas 7628 for a City of Keller Facade Improvement Grant. So similar to the last item, Facade Improvement Grant, just i

128 we're also considering 136 We have a motion before that motion any any councilman Wally go ahead and and it's only because I'm easily confused I was about to make the motion to approve the facade Grant for the other property. Yes, sir. That's we're doing all right Then then I do make a motion to approve the second facade We're going for another 7-0 here h2 and

Motion to approve. Councilman Armstrong? Second the motion from Mr. Whatley. Motion to second on item H2. Unless there's any further discussion, any discussion on this item?

All right. 7-0. First two items. You know, and just, I'll make a brief comment before we get to H3. Part of the reason, at least from my perspective, that these first two items are so easy to synthesize was because you've done a great job in your presentations presenting a vision that I think all of us are excited about on city council. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean we, we'll see where the discussion goes. I have no idea, as evident by some other items tonight. You know, we'll look at a... Thanks, Councilman.

I like this side better than the side of Matt. I'm just saying. You're good. You're good. You're good. You're over here. You're with us.

Sorry, a little humor. But no matter how this 380 agreement goes, you know, we're excited about the vision, and I'm sure other folks will have comments about that, but... We'll go ahead and consider a resolution approving a Chapter 3 of the Economic Development Program Agreement pursuant to Chapter 3 of the Texas Local Government Code and pursuant to the city's economic development policy with the Hive and Holding Company LLC at 128 and 136 Bates Street and authorizing the city manager to execute said documents on behalf of the city of Keller, Texas. So you can see it up there on the slide. I

That helps me and I think the public can answer my question about reminding me kind of what we're getting at in the 380 proposal here for the bathrooms and the grease trap. So if you don't mind standing by in case there are questions for staff or the applicant. Any questions, colleagues? Councilman Wiley, is that a motion that you're trying to make? Yes, sir, Mr. Mayor. Okay, all right. So we'll recognize that motion and then see if there's any questions from... Is the motion on the table? Yes. Yeah, and he hasn't stated the motion yet, but... Any questions for the applicant or for staff? Othe

Hi, Ashley. I have a question. The grease trap, $19,500. That's a very expensive grease trap for such a small business. So where did you get that number from? Because just some, you know, stupid searches on the internet indicate that that's kind of more of a high end in ground grease trap that may not be necessary for the type of usage that you're expecting.

Okay, that's my grease trap question. I'll circle back around after all these other people. Okay.

All right, thanks, Councilwoman. Councilman Rankleaf.

Thank you, Mayor. Well, I guess this is more of a broader question about bathrooms at Old Town Keller, and we talked a little bit back there. I guess it would be helpful to talk about, so what's available right now, and what's the timeline for the city to construct bathrooms there? I'm sorry, this isn't a question for you, but I think since we're talking about bathrooms, let's have that conversation.

Yeah, and then I guess my second question, I don't know much about grease traps, so could you talk a little bit about grease traps as it relates to this facility, what you're talking about with the coffee shop?

can list the items, right? Milk and cream fats, coffee grounds, butter, oil residues, even dishwashing, waste water. And it doesn't have to be a McDonald's that makes French fries and fries chicken. It's just...

Thank you. All right, good questions, good conversation. Councilman Whatley. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Ashley, I love your concept. absolutely awesome. I am 100% behind you with the facade grant for both locations. One of the reasons for that, I have sat on this council and at one time, many years ago, applied for a facade grant myself, which I never accepted. I was approved, but I did not take the money. And that was about seven, eight years ago. I'm a big proponent of 50-50 matching grants. So I'm 100% behind you on the facade for both of them. Because of the plan for Bay Street and because of the fact that the city will put in the public restrooms, And the grease trap, I owned an ice cream s

Yeah, let's hear the question. Okay. Yeah, I'm disappointed clarification. What was your motion?

Cuz you're kind of my motion is to deny I

Okay, so there's a motion to deny on the floor. I had a few questions. My first question is, what are your thoughts? What were you about to say?

Yeah, no, good question. I mean, you know, a lot of it is it's like asking my kids what their favorite flavor of ice cream is. It's kind of in the eyes of the beholder to some degree. You know, what's an incentive and what is not an incentive? What entices a person to come in and what doesn't? You know, I think your point's well stated. Traditionally, at least it's been my experience, that quite often we will do the 380 with like a tenant, but there's also precedent for doing a 380 with the landlord, or excuse me, the owner, or the landlord. And so I think it goes either direction, to be hones

Ashley and Jamie, great job. I don't think it's... business owners objective or responsibility to provide public restrooms we've talked about it I think the city is revitalizing that area I think they're not going to be as slow on bathrooms for that area as Elm Street is and I know we'll all be ready for it I like the concept of it I think it would be an asset to that entire area especially to the current businesses that are there already, but I do not think it's a business owner's responsibility to provide anyone that's walking along that street to have a bathroom, and then it be at y'all's e

Yeah, I agree with Councilman Armstrong regarding the bathroom. I think especially knowing that the city of Keller already has plans to put a bathroom in at the completion of the Elm Street project, if not sooner. There's a chance we can move it up to be sooner. So we're going to put in bathrooms there. So for the city to invest in additional bathrooms as part of your project, I do struggle with that. Grease traps. back to the grease trap. I just never thought I'd talk about such a thing. But grease trap, you know, I would offer, I guess there's a motion and an aye, so I would have to, I don't

All right. Thank you, Councilwoman. Dr. Rankleaf?

Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, I think I agree with Councilman Armstrong and Councilwoman Brennan. I appreciate you bringing the bathroom issue to us because it tells me that perhaps we need to have a conversation about expediting bathrooms for Old Town. I appreciate that you're the advocate for Old Town. I like your project and I don't know what the process is. I agree with Councilwoman Brennan. I'm interested in having a conversation about the grease traps and what we might be able to do to help with that. I just

to be honest don't even know how to amend this thing to do that or what the number would be but i'm certainly happy to have that conversation thank you sir councilman will thank you mr mayor ashley i love your vision for these properties i i'm so excited since i saw your your initial concepts for it um i don't think it's uh i don't think it's it's i don't think i'm violating anything from exec when i say i i think there was a consensus that if you came forward with a tenant who needs a grease trap, like with a certificate of occupancy for them. And they're something that we would want to see g

Yeah. No, a lot of good comments. I referenced earlier we do things in the light of day. Perfect example, right? Everyone's kind of sharing their thoughts, all good comments. So procedurally, well, I'll just say where I'm at. So I think we have talked about doing the bathrooms in Bates Street for quite some time. It's reminiscent of the tournament policy we started talking about quite some time ago. We just have a lot of work on our plate. I think this is a project that's worthy, and to Councilman Rankley's point, I appreciate you pressing us with urgency on this issue, because you're 100% rig

Yeah, and I'm going to have to go home and do laundry, so I get it. There's a lot of laundry with five kids. So all those points, I think what's going to happen tonight, I don't have a crystal ball, but I think what will happen is that we're going to take action on the bathrooms sooner in part because of the work that's gone into it because of KDC discussions, Parks and Recreation discussions. Everyone's passionate about activating OTK. And you've made the polite point in a more polite way. We need to act with more urgency. So I have heard that tonight from colleagues. We've heard it previousl

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Sure. In my opinion, the way to handle this would be recognize the motion and she can always reapply when she's looking for a COI or has a tenant for the building.

I said I would defer. I'll honor that. I'll defer to you. I'll go ahead and second the motion as a courtesy second. I'm going to be opposed to the motion to deny, but there's any further discussion let's go ahead yes councilman armstrong the motion to deny is to deny both yes sir okay all right motion second let's vote motion to deny no okay so that motion uh does not pass by a vote of five to one. So I'll go ahead and unless there's someone else wants to make a motion, I don't. All right, Councilman Brennan.

So I'd like to amend the motion to make it so that we, rather than the full amount that you have requested for the chapter 380, that we cap it at $10,000. And then that would be refunded to us if you don't spend that much. And it would be refunded once you receive a certificate of occupancy for that building. That's how I'd like to put the motion. Does that make sense?

Yeah, one question, Councilwoman. I'm in agreement. I think what you mean is...

The grease trap is what I meant. Yeah, the grease trap.

Yeah. Sorry, I didn't specify. No, that's good. So I think what you mean is reimbursement of the cost up to $10,000. For the grease trap. Okay. Did I get that right? Okay. Dr. Rankleaf?

Okay, and then just so I'm clear, are you both in agreement of tying the reimbursement to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy? Okay. Yes. Okay, got two nods. So that's the motion, up to $10,000 at cost upon reimbursement upon the issuance of a CEO. Councilman Whatley?

Just for clarification, is that up to $10,000 matching or... pay for the grease trap in total up to, if it costs $9,500, are we paying in total or 50% matching?

So, yeah, I mean, I think the way the motions, the way I would answer it would be the way it's stated is if it happens to succeed, it would almost be up to the applicant because... it could end up being a matching situation if you went to the full $20,000 for whatever the, pardon me, the letter of interest, the potential occupant, the potential tenant, if they want to put in a Cadillac grease trap for $20,000, she could spend the $20,000, but we would only reimburse up to $10,000. Alternatively, it wouldn't be matching as much if the applicant went out and then got a grease trap for $2,000 bec

All right. Moving along. H4, it's a public hearing to consider an ordinance approving a specific use permit. And thanks for everyone that came out to speak tonight. Thanks for your patience on Hearing this item, I know it was a little bit longer, so thanks for sticking with us. H4, it's a public hearing to consider an ordinance approving a specific use permit with variances for a 253-square-foot carport on .44 acres located on the west side of Oak Bend Lane, approximately 1,533 feet north from the intersection of Rapp Road and Oak Bend Lane, legally described as Lot 17, Block 4 of the Oak Bend

staff and the applicant are here for any questions all right thanks ethan um i did have a quick question and we'll open the public hearing what was the planning and zoning vote on this one i'm sorry sir the pnz vote planning zoning it was a 4-3 recommend for approval okay all right i was trying to recall this one from pnz and in that meeting so thank you all right um this is a public hearing would anyone from the public I'd like to speak on item H4. If not, we'll organize a motion to close. Councilman Whatley? Motion to close public hearing. Yes, sir. Councilwoman Brennan?

All right, motion to second. Let's vote. Public hearing is closed. All right. Any questions for, yeah, is the applicant here?

Yeah, awesome. So applicant, homeowner's here. I recognize a question from Councilman Brennan.

Yeah, I just have a question. What was the discussion in P&Z? Why it wasn't unanimous? What were some of the issues or some of the problems they had with it? Do you remember?

All right. Good question. Councilman Whatley. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I want to make sure that I have a clear understanding. What is the side yard setback? Is it supposed to be 20 feet? What is in the UDC?

And he is in closing on that by 10 feet 6 inches.

Okay. And you're the owner? Yes, sir. I have to say, and that's fine. If you want to come forward, somebody else might have a question for you if you want to come up to the podium. I totally support you having the two additional structures and the carport, because that's only a very small portion of the total size of the main dwelling. And one of them's a playhouse. So I have no heartburn with the variance to allow for more than two accessory structures. However, I cannot justify in my own mind the fact that 20 years ago there was a carport there that was torn down, and now you want to replace

And when did you tear it down? Excuse me? When did you tear down the old one?

And you have no new neighbors or anything? Same people live on that side of you?

I get that. I get that. It's just I appreciate the explanation. That helps. I'm just having a little difficulty justifying that much of an encroachment on the setback. But thank you for that.

All right. Any questions? Councilman Wool?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. My question's for staff. I suspect I know the answer already, but I just want to get it on the record. Knowing that the side yard setbacks are not just to prevent looming over neighbors and provide a certain amount of distance between the structures on the property, but also to provide utility easements so that utilities can run through there. And like I said, I see that there's some flat work. The driveway basically comes all the way over to the property line already. I suspect the answer is no, but does staff have any issues with the fact that putting this structure her

Sure. Sure, thank you. That being the case, since we're replacing a structure that was already there and was there when he acquired the property. And if there is no utility issues, then I don't have a problem with approving this. Thank you.

And I guess I have one more comment about the encroachment issue. I think it looks like from the picture, you already have concrete there, right? The concrete. So, I mean, you're just taking down, you tore down the shell structure that was there previously. You got the pad still sitting there in the same location it always was. You're just going to put a taller pad structure on it. So that makes it, you know, obviously more explanation as why you're not moving it. because you're not going to go pour additional slab and concrete underneath that. So I don't have any problem with it. Thank you.

All right. Thank you. Councilman Armstrong.

Sir, you have not had any negative feedback from any of your neighbors, and they've all been made aware of what you're trying to do. Thank you.

All right. I recognize a motion. Councilwoman Brennan.

Yeah, I'd like to make a motion to approve this item.

I second. Unless there's any further discussion, let's vote. It's to approve. All right?

All right. That item passes 7-0. Thanks for sticking around this evening, and at least we entertained you a little bit.

We're here every other week. You should come back.

Hey, we do have boards and commissions. So if you want to volunteer, go ahead and apply. But seriously, thanks for being here. Thank you for going through the process as a homeowner. We don't always get that where someone's going through the process and not speaking for anyone, but colleagues I've served a long time with, I think respect that a great deal that you went through the process before you constructed. So thanks for being here. H5. It's a public hearing as well. Consider an ordinance approving a specific use permit with a variance for an approximately 883-square-foot carport located

All right, thank you. H5 is a public hearing. Is there anyone from the public who would like to speak on this item? If not, we'll entertain a motion to close the public hearing. Councilman Armstrong?

Thank you. Councilman Watley? Second. Motion to second. Let's vote. Public hearing is closed. Any questions for staff or the applicant? I'll entertain a motion. Councilman Wally, excuse me.

Yeah, is the homeowner here? I guess that's no.

All right. Well, hey, we just approved one that was 10 foot. This one's less. All right. Thank you.

you commented that the neighbor to the east was in favor of this project it's it's uh the neighbor to the east is not familiar because i live close but then who did they get a letter from because that's form boards up for a new home is it just the people that own that new home being constructed is that what you're talking about

And one other thing, was this originally not submitted as being attached to the body of the home? Or has it always been attached?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just for my own clarification, And maybe this is a mistaken understanding, but I understood that if it was attached to the structure of the home, it didn't trigger the SUP requirement previously?

All right. We have a motion. Councilman Wally.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Motion to approve.

Motion to second. Let's vote. All right. That item passes 7-0. This is what I thought everyone showed up for. It's an important one. H-6. It's a public hearing. to consider an ordinance approving certain amendments to the fiscal year 25-26 annual operating budget for the City of Keller. I thought they were here for H-7. In accordance with Article 8, Section 8.13 of the City of Keller City Charter.

And staff is here for any questions. Thanks, Brian. This is a public hearing on item H6. Is there anyone from the public that would like to speak on H6? If not, we'll entertain a motion to close the public hearing. Councilwoman Brennan?

All right. We have a motion. Councilman Rankleaf?

I second. Motion to second. Let's vote. All right. Public hearing is closed. I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve item H6 as presented. If there's any discussion or questions, of course, we can ask those. Anything? All right. If not, Mayor Pro Tem. I second. All right. We have a motion to second. Let's vote on item H6. All right. That passes 7-0. You said it would be exciting. Thanks, Brian. All right. H7. A lot of work goes into this one. We're actually doing pretty well. I remember voting on budgets later in the evening. Yes. So we're actually doing well, guys. H7 is a public hearing.

Marsha, this is a public hearing. Is there anyone from the public that would like to speak on this item? If not, I'll make a motion to close the public hearing. Councilwoman Brennan?

Motion to second, let's vote. Public hearing is closed. Comments, questions from council? All right. I'll go ahead and make a motion that we approve item H7 and really just want to commend staff as we do every year on the work that goes into this process from our department heads up and down the organizational chart. It's a very collaborative team process. Not everyone gets the outcome or the exact budget requests that they seek. But we're very deliberative, and I would argue that this year we've probably been as deliberative as ever in the budgeting process. As a result, we'll be below the no

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. And everything the mayor said is correct. Just want to add, I always like to do some highlights just real quick for maybe the two or three people that are still listening this late. In addition to the 8% increase in public safety we're doing this year and 4% for the civilians, we're providing $7,500 sign-on bonuses for police. 25% of our budget is for public safety, providing 60 new tasers, 70 new body cams, millions of dollars worth of renovations at the police department. Employee compensation as a whole for the entire city increased by 4.3%. In our five-year CIP

No, I'm joking. Yeah, well said. Thanks for doing the homework on that. So we have a motion and a second to approve item H7. Let's take a vote. All right, budget passes unanimously. So thank you again to the entire team. Because we spend so much time on it, it's somewhat of an anticlimactic effort. The work is done February or March through today. So that's how good teams and, I believe, good coaches win championships. So well done, staff, and thank you for that work. H8, consider an ordinance. And just to give council a heads up, We'll get through this item pretty quick. Just to keep us rolli

Yes. It's begrudgingly seconds. We have a motion to second. Let's vote to levy the taxes on item H8. GOING TO A GOOD CAUSE. THAT PASSES 7-0. ALL RIGHT. THAT COMPLETES OUR REGULAR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING ON WORK SESSION. Completed items D4 and D5. I'm going to go ahead and move D1 to a future meeting because that's just an informational thing. And Aaron, if you wouldn't mind putting that in a report for staff, please tell our team putting together this. I'm assuming it's Alonzo. Yeah, that, you know, we're looking forward very much forward to his information. And we'll consider that soon. Let's

Okay, so take a second to read through it. Let us know if you have any concerns, but the current plan is to go ahead and cancel these meetings for both planning and zoning and the city council.

Mr. Mayor, I got a question on that, if that's all right.

So I was looking at the front part of this and the back part of it, and again, For the upcoming November, December, and January, to line it up with the back end, I mean, I love meeting, but is there an opportunity to provide some parity with this? So like, for example, and maybe I'm misreading it, it looks like December 21st, we're saying that we're going to cancel the city council meeting due to Christmas holiday period. I know that we've got, like, the December that's coming up, would we not want to talk about maybe doing the same thing?

I mean, it's... Are you talking about 2026? Yes. Yeah. So, you're talking about the top of the... Yes, sir. So, yeah, that's in there. So, December 2026, December 22nd, 2026, the recommendation is to... Oh, planning and zoning. Oh.

I'm just trying to help you guys out here. It might interfere with someone's vacation, but, you know. All right, so then, and then I guess the same question would be November?

Sure, yeah, absolutely, okay. I just wanted to make sure that, because we were canceling them in 27, that if there was an opportunity to do that in November and December for the same reason, which is to allow staff to enjoy their holidays without thinking about a council meeting.

Thanks for doing this. What's the first meeting in January? What date? January 5th? I don't know, man. It's on there. So the Mayor Pro Tem was talking to me earlier about canceling December 1st, 2026. He wasn't talking to me about that. But Dr. Rankley's point, is there a reason that organizationally, and I'll be very honest right now, that's my wedding anniversary, so I'm trying to sneak out of a meeting, and I'm trying to back up Councilman Rankley.

Thanks for the air support, Mayor. I appreciate it.

If we're having it, I'll be here as long as I'm well. So if you guys want to have the meeting, we can have the meeting.

I was saying December 1st. We can pick it up if we need to. I'm not trying to overcomplicate it. Do you guys have any concerns with this document? And I really wasn't trying to complicate.

I was just trying to, if there's an opportunity to do that in November and December, just, you know, just throwing it out there.

Good try, sir. I was with you. All right. So we'll go ahead and I got the green light from Councilwoman Brennan. So yep, looks great. Thank you, Kelly, for doing that. Let's go ahead and get it done.

Any other thoughts on this one? All right. So adopted. All right. The next one, D3, is to discuss the board and commission appointment process. So Kelly and I were talking earlier. At least two of us are new to this discussion on council. Really, it's just FYI. It's not a big process discussion or anything like that. It's just checking your temperature if we need to do a change-up on the process, specifically the process. So last year... You know, we started, we modified the process slightly, and basically what happened is instead of meeting one or two Saturdays or a couple weeknights to inter

And Mr. Mayor, I just want to say thank you for doing that because I know not just for us keeping us informed and Kelly, you as well, but all of our members and volunteers and the boards and commissions, I know they appreciate that. So thank you, Mr. Mayor, for being willing to do all that.

Of course. Thanks, sir. Any questions? I mean, it can be anything about the process.

Yeah. Yeah, if you guys have any questions that you think of later on, you know, meet with Kelly. I'm happy to meet with you as much as I can on an individual basis as well. All right. Yes, sir. Hold on. Councilman Armstrong?

My comment will be just basically upon observing meetings and commission happenings, it appears that there becomes somewhat of a arrogance of title with certain people that I've observed. And I would just like to make sure that we have something in place that this doesn't give you any trophy. I've seen disrespect offered towards staff and to other council and commission people. Not necessarily council, but commissions. And I don't think it's appropriate. I want that to go on the record.

Yeah, and one of the things we could do, and I'd be happy to work with you on it, is I think you're talking about setting clear expectations for board and commission members, and I think we all actually agree on that. So one of the things we could do is just sit down, go through the board and commission handbook like Kelly was talking about with... Because there's been glitches here and there, right? Kelly just didn't wake up one day and think, like, hey, we probably need to edit this. We have had folks who want to meet when town hall is closed just because they feel like they need to meet, an

Yeah. Like, Shannon, I don't know if we knew you'd be here. All right, Randy, so talk us through this pretty exciting new idea about voting for Keller's Best Residents of the Year, our Citizen Award finalists.

Do you want me to talk while you set it up? Sure. Randy and I discussed this, so I'll just say a couple things. First of all, we want to thank Greg, Karen, and I as the rest of the council. We want to thank six organizations that helped us whittle this down. To three finalists, what we're doing today is this that I handed to you are the three finalists for all five awards. Tonight we're going to vote on the finalists, and obviously we want that to remain secret. The three finalists aren't, but the finalists we choose tonight, Randy's going to give us a code, and we're going to use our phone, a

So I was going to ask you about that, because I received a question. Do the finalists know they've been nominated? No. This is just now.

Well, I'm not going to divulge anything, but yeah.

And just so everyone knows, uh, the youth of the year, that was, uh, the Keller education foundation whittled down the finalists there for senior of the year. It was a greater killing women's women's club. The chamber helped us whittle down the finalists for business of the year volunteer. The year was the lions club and citizens of the year was, we received help from the, uh, from rotary, but, uh, real quick, just two more things. Uh, All we have left is to really finalize the agenda and videos we're going to do there. But council, I'd like to ask you guys to help sell tickets. It's not going

You just use your phone on the screen here and it pulls it up.

I'll wait till everyone's logged in. We're technological tonight. Is everyone there? Oh, sorry. Yeah, he's going to bring it up.

So just to, I mean, it was stated, but to restate it for clarity's sake, we are, the subcommittee put together some nominees, some finalists, and then we're going to vote on, it's our selection, about who wins tonight. We're not going to know the winner until the show

Correct. Which is what date again? October 22nd. It's from 6 p.m. to 8.30.

6 to 8.30. Thank you. All right. And then the finalists are going to be notified when? This week, as soon as possible. Yeah. By who?

Yeah, they're the finalists. Yeah. Yes. And they get free tickets, and they don't have to pay for their meal, and they get recognized. All right.

Much. Shannon, this is the first time I've seen the list. I haven't even read it yet, and yet we're voting now.

Well, if you need more time, some of these are paragraphs, some are short, but if you need a minute to read it, we can wait. It shouldn't take us that long. The rest of the nominations are kind of short. But it's only three per, and there's only five awards. But if you need more time, we can give it to you. We need to do it tonight because we have to order the awards.

I told you they're on point tonight. I mean, it's me. I'm waiting us down over here on this side.

They're doing great. I'm waiting us down. They're just messing with me. They're enjoying it. Is everybody logged in so we can get started? Is there a motion to table? Do you have seven in?

So this is for Youth of the Year. Go ahead and read if you haven't and then make your choice. So we... So on the Youth of the Year page right here, you could read the nominations of the final three, and you can choose the one you think is best deserving.

Those three names should have popped up. They're here on my screen, but they're not on my phone.

You'll be voting on your phone. Yeah, vote on your phone, sorry.

Oh, so you wait for all seven to come in, so it's like a real deliberative process.

Yeah, Mayor Proton's going to call the question.

All right. Business of the year. All right. These are the finalists for business of the year. The chamber helped us whittle these three down.

Moving on to Volunteer of the Year. And Volunteer of the Year, again, the Lions Club helped whittle this down. And for the final two, there were a lot of nominations. So, again, special thanks to Lions and Rotary.

And this is the one the Rotary helped us finalize, and they're all equal importance, but this is kind of the last one we'll announce in the evening.

Did you nominate yourself that many times like I did?

Jared might have had a couple nominations of himself in there on accident. I will neither confirm or deny.

Different IP addresses, right? All right. We got it all in? We've got them all. All right. So I'm going to mark your calendars. Thanks, everyone, for their work on it. And, yeah, just let me know what I need to do to help notify the finalists. Yeah, Councilman?

Can you send the information out so I can start getting up some people?

Oh, yes, definitely. I'll send an email tomorrow. And, again, if we fill it up really quickly, we can open it up to take up the whole meeting floor of the ballot, which would be nice. We can expand it.

$25, but for Arts Board, Councilmember, and some staff, there's a code we can use. If... to not have to pay the $25, but the tickets are only $25. They're not available. Sorry? $10 per table.

$10 per table, $25 a ticket, and how many do you hope to attend?

We need $120 to fill up the third that we've cut off, but again, if we fill it up more, we can open it up, which actually won't be hard. And the date again? October 22nd. And it'll be from 6 to 8.30 because we don't want it to be long event people. It's a school night, a Thursday night. And we made sure there were no events from any of the organizations or the school district. So it's a good night. No church, no football or anything. So if you're watching at home, buy your ticket now.

And we'll be promoting it as well. Absolutely. And I'll be annoying council members to do phone calls. Thank you. All right.

All right. Thank you. You're putting up on the signs across town.

Nice, man. Thanks for all the work you're putting in. Absolutely. Randy, thanks. Thank you. Karen, Greg, thanks to the team. All right. I'll take a motion to adjourn. Aaron Rector made the motion. Let's hear each other. Councilman Wiley makes the motion. I'll second. All in favor? We're adjourned.