City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening. We'll call to order this special city council meeting for Tuesday, September 22nd. Reading of the special call.

Okay. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Roll call, please.

Okay, we have a motion and a second to excuse Mr. Ditar this evening. Please vote. And we have seven in favor. We have Mr. Koppel. Mr. Koppel, I guess. Mr. Koppel is on the phone. Thank you very much. He's in the cloud. Okay. Finalization of consent agenda. Does the council have anything?

Okay, any questions from Council? Mr. Jackson.

Anybody else? So just to kind of encapsulate this again, Jeremy, to Mr. Cortez's comment, regardless of option, December 1, it's already loaded. The flight to Chicago goes to 5 a.m. with essentially a quick turnaround and back. if we were to opt for Houston, we still have a three-month window of time with that Chicago schedule before Houston would kick in. That's exactly right. Right. And SkyWest knows, I would think, that we are bidding out for EAS again. Yes, they do. And this could change a couple of months after we move.

Okay. So this evening you're looking for guidance?

Okay. So I'd open it up for counsel to have some comments and discussion. Mr. Moran.

Surprise. Anyone else? Mr. City Manager, do we need this in a motion? Would that be helpful, or do you want consensus?

Okay. For Houston. Okay. Still nodding yes, everyone? All right. Jeremy, thank you very much. Thank you, counsel. I appreciate your time. Finalization of consent agenda. Counsel, does anyone have anything for consent agenda? Does anyone in the public have anything for consent agenda? If not, I will deem the consent agenda finalized. And we move on to consent agenda. The chair will now entertain a motion.

Move for the approval of the consent agenda as finalized. Second. I have a motion by Mr. Cortez, a second by Mr. Jackson to approve the consent agenda as finalized. Please vote. Yes. And we have eight in favor, none opposed. Thank you very much. Resolutions.

Yeah, we made you walk all the way up here. It's all right. Okay. Make sure we're good here. Mark, thank you. Certainly, just by the applause in the room, everyone appreciates you so much. and the 25 years you've given to the city. And I think I've known you that whole time, even though I wasn't at the city then, but through the chamber and other things. And you always did such a wonderful job for the city. And certainly with our cyber attack here at the city a few years ago and the way you and your team responded and turned that around was just magnificent. So thank you for all the work you'v

Mark, thank you again for your such great service to our community. Ordinances expedited.

Oh, I'm sorry. May we have a motion for the resolution?

We have a motion by Mr. Bard, a second by Mr. Cowles to approve resolution number 2026018. Please vote.

We have eight in favor and none opposed. Thank you all very much. Now, ordinances expedited. Madam Clerk.

Okay, thank you. Questions, Council? Mayor. Mr. Cowles. I'm sorry, Mr. Cortez.

Okay. Any other questions or discussion? Chair, we'll entertain a motion.

Okay, we have a motion by Mr. Bard, second by Mr. Cortez. The Council Bill No. 2026-146 be approved on an expedited basis. Please vote.

We have seven in favor and one opposed. Bill passes. Thank you very much. Mayor. Yes, Mr. Cortez.

And one absent. Thank you very much. Seven in favor, one opposed, and one absent. Thank you very much. Adam Clark, first reading of ordinances.

All right. Thank you. Any questions of Mr. Bowlander? I do not see any questions.

Seeing no discussion, the chair would entertain a motion.

We have a motion by Mr. Cortez, second by Mr. Cowles, that Council Bill number 2026-281 be passed on first reading and advanced to second and third reading. Please vote. We have eight in favor, none opposed, and one absent. Thank you very much. Seeing that we have no additional business at this time, we'll adjourn the meeting and regroup in 10 minutes for budget session. I need to sign those for you.

All right. We will get ready with the budget work session number one. And I appreciate everyone getting back timely from the break. One of the things that I did ask our city manager to do was kind of start off with just a high-level overview, again, of many things that have been on the plate, capital improvement projects and other projects and all things that are – promised to the voters over the years, particularly through our sales tax initiatives for capital improvements and parks and public safety, et cetera. So I think that'll give us a good starting point to go forward from. And Mr. Edwa

Any questions or comments to this point? Okay. Mr. Moran.

Anyone else at this point? Mr. Edwards, thank you. And so, if you're ready, we're ready to start through the process.

Okay. All right. Mr. Edwards, thank you.

Questions? I see none. With that. Thank you.

Any other questions? I see none. Holly, thank you.

Okay, thank you. Yep. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay, thank you.

Okay, any questions? I don't see any. Thank you very much.

Try on the... The Prop Action Administrative Abatement Review, is that a one-time expenditure this year for getting the process set up?

Thank you. Anything else? All right. Thank you. Thank you.

Okay. Any questions for Ms. Haas? I see none at this point. Thank you.

First, Mr. Starchman, welcome and congratulations. We appreciate you being here tonight and, you know, being on the hot seat immediately. Yeah. But anyway, thank you. We appreciate having you here. Mr. Moran.

Okay. Any other questions, comments? All right, thank you.

Anyone else? No? Thank you, sir. Thank you.

Okay. Great. Thank you. All right. Anything else?

And welcome, Chief. Good evening, good evening.

Okay. Any questions for the chief? I see none. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. Leslie, before we move to the cemetery, the mayor is going to declare a 10-minute break.

Okay, Leslie, you ready to go again? Paul said it this way.

Okay. Any questions for Paul? Okay. I see none on this. Thank you. Thank you.

Welcome back, Chief. Thank you very much.

Any questions? Nope. Thank you. Thank you.

Okay, great. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Anyone else? Ms. Franks.

Thanks, Chief. Any questions? I think we're good.

Is there consensus on council to ask the city manager to look into options for this? Yes, there appears to be consensus on that. Mr. Edwards? Thank you. Anything else for Paul? OK, thank you. Thank you.

Okay. Questions? Don't believe so. Thank you.

Questions? I do not see any at this point. Thank you.

Hey, Jeremy. More airport and more of me.

Yep. Thank you, Mr. Jackson. Anything else? You're fine, Paul. Thank you.

Any questions? Good. Okay. Thank you very much.

No, that's all I have. That's very good. Any other questions, comments? Thank you so much.

Okay. Very good. Any questions? Comments? All right. Thank you. Thank you, Chief.

Mr. City Manager, any additional comments?

We would take this moment if there are any comments or questions from the public because this of course is a public meeting and I don't see any, so we will adjourn and see you tomorrow evening at 5. Thank you.