Remarks by Spencer Duncan
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Jolene Grable. I don't think I see Jolene here. Jolene.
Thank you, sir. Next up, I think on Zoom, Sharon Gillette. I think I saw them on Zoom. I thought. Okay, they might be together, I'm not sure, but so we'll jump to Amy, and then I don't know if Sharon will also be there. So Amy Gillette?
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Thank you, sir. That's the last individual I have signed for public comment. I'm going to make a motion to extend our meeting past 10 o'clock. Do I have a second? Second from the Deputy Mayor. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. Council Member Ortiz says no. With that, we will move on to announcements. City Clerk. Okay. Danielle Twemlow. Not on my list.
Thank you. We'll now move on to announcements. City Clerk.
Council Member Hiller. Council Member Valdivia-Alcala.
Thank you. Same here. I believe we still have need for executive sessions. Is that correct? Two? One has to be tonight. 45-minute one. Okay. All right. Well, then there's a need for two executive sessions. If the City Attorney would state the motion for the first session.
All right, I will move to approve. Do I have a second? Second from Councilmember Kell. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. No. Councilmember Ortiz and Miller, no. There might have been another one. All right, with that, we're going to move immediately into executive session. All right, we've come out of executive session. No action has been taken. However, we have a need for a second executive session. City attorney.
I move to go into executive session. Do I have a second? Second. Second from the Deputy Mayor. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. No. Council Members Miller and Ortiz are no's. We will move immediately into executive session. We have come out of executive session. There is no action to be taken by this governing body. This meeting is adjourned at 10.33 p.m.
Good evening. Welcome to the October 6th, 2026 meeting of the Topeka Governing Body. I will now call this meeting to order. This evening, Council Member Ortiz has the invocation, so if you could please turn your attention to her and please rise if you are able.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it
All right. Ask the clerk to take roll call, please.
All right. We'll move on to item two, appointments. City Clerk.
All right. We have a motion to approve from Councilmember Kell and a second from Councilmember McGee. Any questions or comments? If not, I ask the clerk to take a vote, please.
All right, I believe I see Colleen out there. I think Michael's here. I don't know if Fatima's here, but if you'd stand, please, you'd be recognized. Thank you very much for willing to serve. It is much appreciated. With that, we move on to item three, the consent agenda. City Clerk.
All right. We have a motion to approve from Councilmember Miller and a second from Councilmember Bradbury. If the clerk would take the vote, please.
All right, we're going to move on to action items. Start with 4A, city clerk.
All right. Any other comments or questions from the governing body? We have a motion to approve from Councilmember Hiller. Councilmember Ortiz.
Any other comments or questions? We have a motion to approve from Councilmember Hiller. We have a second from Councilmember Banks. Before any vote is taken, this does require anyone to indicate if they've had any ex parte communication. Prior to proceeding with the vote, each member of the governing body who is engaged in ex parte communication with any individual either in favor of or against that matter being considered must state that the communication occurred and indicate that even in light of having engaged in the communication, they were able to fairly, objectively, and impartially…
Anyone else? All right. There are no other comments or questions on this matter. We will ask the clerk to take the vote, please.
All right. With that, we will move on to item 4B.
Do we have any comments or questions for Dan? I do want We do have a motion, but I'm going to need some clarification because in these cases, as you know, we have three options in front of us. We can approve the Planning Commission's recommendation, which requires six votes. We can reject the recommendation, which is seven votes, or we can remand back to the Planning Commission, which requires six votes. So what is your motion, Council Member Kelly? I motion to approve the plan as presented. Okay. Is that what you seconded, Council Member Kelly? Okay. Perfect. All right. Now do we have any…