Remarks by Ross McMullin
401 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 17
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“Yeah. Thanks, sir. Thanks for being here. Good to see you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Good comments. Councilman Whatley?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. Thank you, and thanks for putting the work into it. All right. Russ, I did ask to table this, so.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Like we always do, do you have a date in mind? The next meeting, two weeks.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So that's the, what do we have on that agenda? October 6th.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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...”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Damages and permit revocation. As I recall, I'm going to take it from someone who is like...”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026