Remarks by Ross McMullin
401 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 17
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“Do you guys have any, just for the sake of time, do you guys have any big budget questions that you want to ask? No, I'm still, I'm only like halfway through my book anyway.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“I think that's why we... There'll be a variety of opinions from residents on that. I'll leave it there. And then on the water tower, probably won't give any opinions. I'm joking.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“I'm hoping they're all positive. Is the idea just to... I mean, when I was talking about the water tower, I was just talking about cleaning it up. I think it's cleaning it up in this... what I'm asking is I don't want them running down a lot of different concepts and designs and putting... I would not want to change it, but also I don't think that would go over very well with our... Just so you guys know, from a design perspective, their feedback, is that kind of where you're at?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Good evening, everyone. We'd like to welcome you to the Tuesday, August 18th Radio City Council meeting. As always, we'll start out by reviewing the agenda items. We do have some executive session items. We have a good, healthy work session on our regular meeting agenda. On consent, F1, consider approval of the minutes of the August 4th regular city council meeting. F2, consider resolution adopting the official population. What's that number again? What was the population? 47-727. 47-727. Close it up and confirm it. 47-727. Councilman won't beat you to a punch. F3, consider a resolution…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Awesome. And then F4, consider an ordinance approving a negotiated settlement between the Atmos City Steering Committee and Atmos Energy Corp. Mid-Tex Division. It comes up once a year. Yes, sir. Any questions on consent items F1 through F4?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah. No, I agree. I agree. It's a good comment. Do you have any questions now, though?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I agree with you generally. In this case, because we've already looked at it twice now in executive session, I think it's fine to hear the presentation.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I think it's fine if we hear it. It's on the agenda. And then if we have reservations about it or anything like that, we can table it. not put the cameras on personally?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Has the numbers changed since we last saw them in executive session?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah, so the numbers really didn't change that much, and I remember discussing the forward fee at some point as a group. So I don't... They excluded it. Yeah, they excluded it. I guess for that reason, because they haven't materially changed at all, I'm okay with moving forward. seven folks so yeah I'm fine if we don't I was just and in the future though generally we finalize and then we go out there okay I'm interested all right okay age two public hearing considering SUT approximately 1,815 square foot detached garage For the new colleagues on council, most of this is just testing my…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“H3, also a public hearing, considered ordinance, approving UDC amendments, the town center medical overlay area, relating to allowable uses, providing penalties, authorizing publication, and establishing an effective date. And this was kind of like a cleanup item, right, Sarah?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. Awesome. Any questions on H3? All right. And then H4, consider resolution. the city council to adopt a tax rate that will be lower than the no new revenue rate we're going to call it the mayor pro tem deverly and councilman will rate any questions on h4 all right So the council is now recessed so that the council in compliance with provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act as authorized therein shall go into executive session to consider matters allowed therein and as stated in the agenda specifically section 551.071 consultation with attorney, closed meeting, a governmental body may…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right. We do have some action to take, but one thing I would like to do beforehand is we have a proclamation and presentations, and um you know sometimes the the best news comes at the beginning of a meeting and I've had the the honor of honestly taking a program that was handed over to me and um doing a the mayor's internship program and when I first got a hold of it you know we kind of didn't know what to expect or what it was going to be about but you know as this council will tell you um as a as a as a team, any time we have an opportunity to engage our residents, we're certainly…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, before we get into the rest of the agenda, I'm going to go ahead and go kind of out of order, because we do have action to be taken from our executive session, and we have a motion from our mayor pro tem, Shannon Doverly. Shannon?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. Councilman Will? I second. We have a motion and a second. Any questions? If not, let's go ahead and take a vote. Councilwoman Brennan?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right. That motion passes 6-0. I will make a... some brief comments because we don't take this action lightly. As it relates to the town of Westlake's proposed data center, we have now pursued every diplomatic avenue available to us. We raised our concerns, made reasonable and substantive requests, and formally asked Westlake to address the impacts this project could have on our community. Westlake is proposing a 1.1 million square foot data center just 506 feet from Keller's backyards. Yet despite our request to meet with Westlake leadership to discuss options for reducing this…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well said. Thank you. All right. We have Holly Doty, and then on deck, Stuart Rennie.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Angela and then Alicia Ostermeyer.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thanks for being here. All right. Alicia? And I think that's all we have signed up to speak. If there's anyone else that would like to speak, though, just visit with Kelly real quick if you don't mind.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. I think that's everyone. Thank all the speakers for being here this evening. All right, for our consent agenda. Item F1, consider approval of the minutes of the Tuesday, August 4th, 2026 regular city council meeting. Item F2, consider resolution adopting the official population as of January 1st, 2026 for the city of Keller, which according to Councilman Greg Will, is 47,727 people. Did I get that right, Councilman? You did. All right, thank you, sir. F3, consider a resolution approving a memorandum of understanding. Actually, we're going to pull F3, and we'll have Chief…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Councilman Will? I second. All right, we have a motion and a second. Let's vote. Councilwoman Brennan?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right, thank you. All right, so that passes. Five, two, one. Five, zero with one abstention. All right. Chief, for F3, you have a presentation. It's considered a resolution approving a memorandum of understanding with the city of Fort Worth for the city of Keller's participation as a member of the Trident Center and authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“It's like really impressive marshalling of resources there. How long is the agreement?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026