Remarks by Ross McMullin
401 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 17
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“All right. We have a motion. Councilman Wally.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. We have a motion. Councilman Rankleaf?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thanks for doing this. What's the first meeting in January? What date?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And I really wasn't trying to complicate.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Of course. Thanks, sir. Any questions? I mean, it can be anything about the process.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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,…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, I'm not going to divulge anything, but yeah.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“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”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026