City Council - Regular Meeting

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[Music] We're 5:30. Uh if everybody would please stand. We'll start by having an invocation. If you would bow your heads. Dear Lord, thank you for letting us uh come together this evening. Ask that you watch over us and guide us and direct us as we make decisions for this city and watch over our community. In your name I pray. Amen. Yeah, ma'am. I'd like to establish that we have a quorum. Call our meeting to order. We will have the uh pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. I pledge of 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. Now the Texas flag. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. All right, everybody can be seated. [Music] Hey, Crystal. How are you? Not me. No, we just barely got started. All right. Thank everybody for being here. Gil, all the staff. We appreciate you guys this evening. We'll start. Uh the first item on the agenda is consider resolution R-821-0525 canvasing the returns for the city general election held on May the 3rd, 2025. All

right, we had uh 76 voters turn out in the election. Um, is there anything specific I need to do to canvas these? Just vote on it? just announced the outcome. We had 76 total voters. Uh we had 45 voters for Jackson Meyers and 31 voters for Lupy Mendoza. I'll make a motion that uh we pass the said resolution. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. All opposed. Motion carries. Our next item is to administer the oath of office to the elected council members. Um, I'll do that. Okay. Before we do that, did do you guys have flag? We will after the ministerial when we swap places, we will do a presentation. Okay. All right. I just I didn't know what order you wanted to do that. Right after that, mayor. Okay. Um, Tamara, Mr. one. Tamara, would you introduce Mr. One first? Okay. You will raise your right hand and repeat after me. the office of council member district one a council member district one for the city for the city of Mil to the best of my ability and will the best of my ability preserve preserve protect and defend protect and defend the constitution and laws the constitution and laws of the United States or of the United States I'm sorry of the United

States and of this state and of the state. So help me God. So help me God. Thank you. Thanks Tim. Again, I, Jackson Myers, I, Jackson Myers, do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute that I will faithfully exute the duties of the office the duties of the office council member district two council member district two for the city of Mil for the city of Mil and and will to the best of my ability will to the best of my ability preserve preserve protect and defend protect and defend the Constitution and laws constitution and laws of the United States of the United States and of this state and of this [Applause] Go ahead. Okay. [Music] So, on behalf of the city of Mu and all these residents. We want to thank you for your service that you provided to the city as a council member. This flag was flown in your honor out here at city hall. Okay. So, it's a token of appreciation. We would like to present you with this and also you you get to keep your name plain but we do appreciate what you have done for the city of Mini citizens much. Okay. How many years was it? Six. Six. Six years. Yes. Yeah. So, and like I say, I mean my husband passed

away from you know being understand. We understand. Well, so we always appreciate working with you. Well, I did too. I I enjoyed it. Yes. Well, thank you, Lup, for all you did. Okay. With the flag and all. Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much. Have the council. You don't want to join in. Oh, you counsel. Let's have a picture, Gary. Please. Thank you. In there. Get in there. Yes. Let me take my glass. Let's go. Yes. Clear. All right. Ready? One, two, three. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. I'm going to be going cuz I hate to go into my house in the dark. Yeah, you do that. Hey, one, do you mind carrying this out to her truck for her? Is that all right, Ly? Yeah, that's perfect. Yeah, thank you. We'll see you later. Thank you, L. Do you have an extra agenda? Can I put one right here? Yes, we do. Sorry. [Music] Our next item on the agenda is to approve the minutes from the council meeting held March the 10th of 2025. Approve. Second. We have a motion, a second. All those in favor say I. All opposed. Motion carries. Our next item is to elect a mayor pro Tim

Mayor at our our charter allows that council's first meeting after the election, the council will elect one of his members to serve as a mayor pro team. Currently, um, council member Gary Parker serves as a mayor pro team. So, it is I can select or twist this arm to continue. It's up to you. You know, we're getting ready to look at the budget and I'm not sure if we can afford another name plate. Uh oh. [Laughter] I already know. I already know how this I've been on these tracks before. I'll make a motion that we reelect Gary Parker as the mayor pro Tim. I'll second motion second. All those in favor say I. All opposed. Motion carries. Our next item is to receive the financial statement for the month ending April the 30th, 2025. Does anybody have any questions? I'll make a motion we receive that financial statement. I'll second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. All opposed. Motion carries. Number six, administrative reports. Mayor, uh, Council Member Mendoza, staff attended a TML Region 3 meeting, uh, back in March 27. Uh, good turnout. Uh, the Mutual Water Park scheduled to open on May the 27th, right after Memorial. Uh, the youth fishing day, the Lake M will be Saturday, June the 7th. Music in the park will follow. Uh, I believe we're looking at 1 to 5. That will be at the by the softball and baseball field on that parking area. uh moving the park schedule for the

third Thursday in June, July and possibly August depending on the school activities. Uh mayor, you're right. The budget process for the 2025 26 has begun. Uh we will have a budget work session schedule at a later date uh for y'all. And uh and I know this one's a mayor's favorite. The annual cyber security training will need to be completed by June the 15th. Uh Tamara will be sending out some additional uh information for y'all. Uh I did mine last year. Do what? I did mine last year. Last year. Okay. Unfortunately, could we just Okay, we'll change the year on it. No. Uh project updates. Uh we're still the only pro uh Main Street. Uh we're still lacking a little bit on that project. Uh pickle ball court uh contacted a company at Marlo. They're going to do the the surfacing on that for us. Uh takes a special anti slippery type deal for that. So that that is by the basketball goes right there by the swimming pool. that area, that park area. You'll see it's been fenced in. Uh there's a slab that's fenced in. Uh we're still working on lighting for that. I think the next year we'll probably do the the surfacing on that. Uh we had a solid waste inspection out at the landfill. Uh we're working with TCQ. Uh we have a large brush paw out there that we have to address. So we're working with them on that. Uh other than that, it's a good inspection. So um airport project it's on the preliminary design phases right now. It would probably be three to four months before that that's

completed and then we'll go off for bids or kind of depending on the monies from from the federal government and then the state and then us. Uh so so that's in the works as well. So, those are the capital projects that we have going other than our day-to-day stuff. Uh, that's all I have. Does any of the council have any remarks? Welcome, Judge. Gil, I hope your fundraiser out at the Heritage went well. I got some of your cookies in my house. I don't know how you bake those, but they're really good. Oh, thank you. We raised 4,400. That's great. Yeah. Nobody has anything else. We're journ. All right. Thank y'all.