* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OH, I GOTTA READ [00:00:01] EVERYTHING. MY DETECTIVE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I AM CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE WILMER CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. YOUR PRESENCE REFLECTS THE STRONG COMMITMENT OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND WE TRULY VALUE YOUR INTEREST IN THE WORK AND PROGRESS TO OF OUR CITY. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE FOR CHIEF KEMP TO DO OUR INVOCATION AFTERWARDS. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY MS. LAURIE JACOBS. AND IF YOU CAN STAND, PLEASE STAND AT THIS TIME. JOIN IN PRAYER THIS EVENING. A GOOD, KIND, LOVING, HEAVENLY FATHER. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HONOR YOU AND YOUR NAME THIS EVENING. GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS YOU BLESSED US WITH THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, LORD, WHICH TO WORK AND LIVE AND PLAY AND DO OUR, OUR LIVES IN OUR, AND RAISE CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, FATHER, NOT I ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM, YOUR GRACE, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING. THE REST OF BON, OUR MAYOR, OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM, AND OUR ESTEEM COUNCIL THIS EVENING, ALL OF THE STAFF, CITY OF WILBER, WE PRAY YOUR PROTECTION OVER THE FIRST RESPONDERS. SERVE DILIGENTLY EACH AND EVERY DAY AND NIGHT. PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS AND PROTECTION AND YOUR PROSPERITY. I MERCY IN YOUR GRACE, BE UPON ALL THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY, LORD. LET IT TRULY BE. PRAY ALL THIS. AMEN. AMEN. I PRAY 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. [1. Receive the Police Department's Quarterly Report.] WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR PRESENTATIONS. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS RECEIVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S QUARTERLY REPORT. AND THAT WILL BE CHIEF KEMP. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PROMA. COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR AN OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO SHARE ANOTHER QUARTERLY REPORT. TOLD, UH, CITY, UH, CITY MANAGER. I THOUGHT MY QUARTER REPORT FOR LIKE IT WAS EVERY TWO MONTHS, BUT JUST UP HERE. THANK YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU THIS EVENING. DO YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWERPOINT THAT YOU CAN SEE THIS EVENING? HAVE THAT FIRST I COVER, UH, STAFFING AND PERSONNEL. UH, THIS PAST QUARTER WE BROUGHT ON A NEW POLICE OFFICER. BOY. HE HAS PROVEN TO BE A FINE YOUNG MAN, UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, EMILIO, UH, . HE HAS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THE UNIVER, WHAT THE UTSW POLICE DEPARTMENT COVER, OUR STAFF DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING, , LIEUTENANT ORTEGA AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, UH, EVIDENCE TECHNICIAN BURNS ATTENDED TAPE AT CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER. THAT'S A TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE INVENTORY TECHNICIANS. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR GOAL AND DESIRE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO HAVE OUR AGENCY BECOME A RECOGNIZED AGENCY TO THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT. ONCE YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR OUR NEW FACILITIES IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, IT'S, UH, QUITE SOMETHING TO SEE OUR PROPERTY EVIDENCE ROOM. AND SO THEY HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE, THEY'LL HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. UM, MEGAN BURNS ALREADY HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH PROPERTY AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT, LET'S SEE. LIEUTENANT ORTEGA OBTAINED INTERMEDIATE EVIDENCE CERTIFICATION AND MEGAN OBTAINED AN ADVANCED EVIDENCE CERTIFICATION. ALSO, MEGAN BURNS ATTENDED MODULE ONE OF CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP TRAINING HOSTED THROUGH THE INSTITUTE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION. ALL OF OUR OFFICERS AND TELECOMMUNICATORS RECEIVED RECERTIFICATION AND CPR AND A ED TRAINING. DETECTIVE WEAVER ATTENDED COMMAND STAFF LEADERSHIP TRAINING THROUGH LEHMAN. ALL OF OUR SERGEANTS AND COMMAND STAFF, UH, ATTEND THIS TRAINING. UH, WE SPACE [00:05:01] IT OUT WHERE THEY GO EVERY OTHER YEAR. LIEUTENANT RHODES, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT BURNS ATTENDED. BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TRAINING. THAT'S, UH, WE HAVE, IT GIVES US, I THINK, FOUR OR FIVE TOTAL NOW THAT ARE CERTIFIED TO DO BACKGROUNDS ON APPLICANTS AND RECRUITS. AS FAR AS STAFF DEVELOPMENT CONTINUING, UH, WE GOT SOME MAD AWARDS. WE WERE CONTACTED, UH, BY THE MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE AS A DEPARTMENT MAKE A LOT OF DWI ARRESTS WITHIN INTERSTATE 45, AND NOT JUST INTERSTATE 45, BUT THE OTHER ROADS IN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, IT WAS QUITE A RECOGNITION. UH, BILLY ROBERTS, OFFICER ROBERTS GOT OUTSTANDING ROOKIE AWARD. OFFICER HERRERA GOT THE OUTSTANDING ROOKIE AWARD OFFICER AND ABLO, UH, THE HERO AWARD. AND SERGEANT SENIOR SERGEANT SERGEANT HERNANDEZ, THE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD. CONTINUE WITH THAT. WE HAD OUR CHRISTMAS, UH, DINNER AND AWARDS PRESENTATION DURING DECEMBER. WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 40, UH, PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THAT EVENT. INTERMITTENT CERTIFICATIONS, RECOGNITIONS. WE HAD AS, UH, OFFICER BILLY ROBERTS, JACOB ARANDA, UH, SERGEANT, DETECTIVE PENA, OFFICER BAYER, AND OFFICER BLO. ADVANCED CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE ACHIEVED THIS PAST QUARTER WAS SERGEANT DYLAN HIGDON AND OFFICER RAW TORRES TRAINING IS VERY MUCH HIGH PRIORITY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS WENT TO BONNIE TENON AND SERGEANT NATHAN BICKERSTAFF, WHO IS OUR CHAPLAIN. YOU SEE A LOT OF NAMES LISTED THERE FROM MERITORIOUS AWARDS. NORMALLY YOU MAY HAVE ONE OR TWO OR THREE THROUGHOUT A YEAR, BUT THIS PAST YEAR THERE WAS, UH, DEFINITELY SEVERAL DESERVING OFFICERS. AND TELECOMMUNICATORS, I'M NOT SURE IF ALL YOU REMEMBER THE NEWS WHERE WE HAD A TRUCK DRIVER THAT SHOT A MAN IN THE HEAD AND THEN RAN OVER HIM WITH THE 18 WHEEL. A LOT OF OUR OFFICERS AND TELECOMMUNICATORS WHO HANDLED THAT WITH PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, UH, THEY JUST WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THIS SITUATION. SO ALL OF THOSE WERE AWARDED A MERITORIOUS AWARD. WELL, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAILS OF IT. ANOTHER WHERE ONE OF OUR OFFICERS, UH, HE FOUND A, UH, VET THAT WAS WANDERING OUT ON THE INTERSTATE, PICKED HIM UP, HE WAS HAVING SOME MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND PICKED HIM UP AND GOT HIM TO THE VA HOSPITAL, CONTACTED THE FAMILY, TOOK CARE OF HIM UNTIL, YOU KNOW, HE COULD RECEIVE THE THINGS HE NEEDED. HE RECEIVED A AMERICAN REWARD. AND, AND THE LIST GOES ON. WE HAD A COUPLE OFFICERS. THERE WAS A LADY WHO HIT A POWER POLE, AND THE POWER LINES WERE DOWN ON A VEHICLE IN PARKING. AND TWO OFFICERS, UH, RISKED THEIR OWN SAFETY AND WENT AND PULLED HER FROM THE VEHICLE AND RENDERED AID UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD TAKE OVER WITH THE AID. SO ALL OF THESE RECEIVED MERITORIOUS AWARDS, AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MANY LISTED THERE. NOT JUST OFFICERS, BUT TELECOMMUNICATORS AS WELL. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WENT TO OFFICER FLORES. OFFICER THE YEAR WENT TO, UH, ALFREDO WAPO AND SERGEANT LI WENT TO DYLAN HIGDON. THE CHIEF'S ACCOMMODATION AWARD IS ONE THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THAT I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT ARE RESERVING OF THE WARD. SO THIS YEAR I THOUGHT, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE ONE? SO I AWARDED THE CHIEF'S ACCOMMODATION AWARD TO THE ENTIRE ALERT TEAM, OUR ACTIVE SHOOTER TEAM. THEY'VE JUST DONE SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB DEDICATING TIME AWAY FROM FAMILY TO GO AND TO CONTINUE THE TRAINING. AND, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY GONE INTO A CHURCH AND, UH, HAVE PROVIDED THAT TRAINING AS TO, TO A CHURCH. AND OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR, UH, TEAM AS WELL, AS WELL AS WE'VE INVITED OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN AND THEY'VE GONE, THEY WENT TO GUN BARREL AND PRESENTED THE ALERT TRAINING TO THEM. UH, SO I JUST BEING MORE PROUD OF THEM FOR DOING THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT COME FROM. LET'S GET THE PATROL ACTIVITY. THIS IS COMPARISON. SYNTHETIC GLANCE, OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER 25. SAW INCREASED PATROL ACTIVITY IN WILBER, DRIVEN BY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ALONG INTERSTATE 45 PLEASANT RUN ALL OF OUR MAJOR ROADS IN, IN INCLUDING OUR LOCAL STREETS AS WELL. WE HAD A RISE IN ARREST AND TOWS COMPARED TO QUARTER THREE. ROUTINE CHECKS FOR RESTORATION REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE VIOLATIONS WERE PROMINENT ALONGSIDE RESPONSES TO WELFARE CONCERNS AND ACCIDENTS. SEE SOME OF THE KEY TRENDS THERE. TRAFFIC STOPS CONTINUED TO BE THE CORE PROACTIVE POLICING, BUT THOSE RESULT IN MORE JUST SPEEDING VIOLATIONS. THEY RESULT IN DWIS, UH, MARIJUANA RELATED ARREST. OTHER DRUG ARREST, [00:10:02] UH, OVER QUARTER THREE. YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS THERE. I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA GO THROUGH THESE SPECIFICALLY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE IS JUST HOW BUSY JUST LOOKING AT TRAFFIC STOPS. SO ALONE, 3,752 TRAFFIC STOPS AND ONE QUARTER, THAT'S 1,251 AVERAGE PER MONTH, 61 AVERAGE ARREST A MONTH. THESE MEN AND WOMEN STAY VERY, VERY BUSY. THAT'S 182 TOTAL ARRESTS FOR THAT QUARTER. 124 VEHICLE I POUNDS, 62 THEFTS OF BURGLARIES, 81 ACCIDENTS, WELFARE, WELFARE CONCERNS 79 AND AGENCY ASSIST 32. THE NUMBER OF USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS WERE FOUR, ALL FOUND TO BE LAWFUL AND WITHIN DEPARTMENT POLICY. THIS LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST QUARTER, BUT I TOLD YOU WE HAD NO USE OF FORCE, UNNECESSARY USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS. WE STILL HAD NO UNNECESSARY USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS. THIS COULD JUST, THIS IS AS MUCH AS LIKE DEPLOYING A TA, UH, THE TASER, UH, IN, IN A SITU OR NOT EVEN TO FIRING IT. JUST IF YOU, THE WAY WE TRACK USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS, WE CAN GET DOWN TO WEEDS OF THAT. IF YOU EVER GUYS WANT TO, IF YOU, UH, JUST PULL A TASER OR YOUR HANDGUN IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GAINING COMPLIANCE, THAT'S A, THAT'S A USE OF FORCE INCIDENT THAT WE REVIEW THOROUGHLY. THREE VEHICLE PURSUITS IN, AGAIN, ZERO WRITTEN COMPLAINTS. OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR OCTOBER WAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH FAITH AND BLUE. UH, A LOT OF FOLKS CAME OUT. A LOT OF MEN, WOMEN, BOYS, FAMILIES CAME OUT AND THEY HAD A, HAD A REALLY, REALLY GOOD TIME. THERE'S SOME PICTURES THERE FOR YOU TO SEE OF THAT EVENT. THE NEIGHBORS GROUP A OFFENSES, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. LAST QUARTER. YOU HAD THE BLUE LINE ON YOUR GRAPHIC THERE. THAT WAS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. IT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET. SO WE DO NOT HAVE THAT, BUT WE HAVE THE TOTAL OFFENSES. THIS, THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR GROWTH. WHEN YOU SEE THE 64% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S THAT QUARTER, THAT'S NOT THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NUMBERS, BUT THAT DOES REPRESENT THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE AND THE IN INCREASE IN OUR POPULATION. BUT PER CAPITA, THAT IS STILL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE GROUP A, JUST THE COUNT THAT CONTINUES. YOU HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS THERE PROVIDED TO YOU. DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE NUMBERS. IF YOU WANNA GO TO SLIDE 15, THAT'S WHERE WE JUST KIND OF GET THE OVERALL VIEW THERE. ON SLIDE 15, YOU'LL SEE THERE THE OVERALL VOLUME IN YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGES. QUARTER, IT WAS A QUARTERLY DECLINE. TOTAL VIOLATIONS FELL 31%, 2,425 FROM 3,505 LAST YEAR AS DRIVEN BY DROPS IN MAJOR TRAFFIC ISSUES LIKE SPEEDING AND UNLICENSED DRIVERS. AND LAST, THERE ARE KEY INSIGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. WE, WE DIVE INTO THESE THINGS IN OUR STAFF MEETINGS. AND, UH, THE POSITIVE TREND IS SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS SUGGESTED OUR STRATEGIES ARE WORKING, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF TRAFFIC, BETTER COMPLIANCE AND HIGH VOLUME AREAS. AND THE AREAS THAT WE LOOKED AT WATCHING FOR THE, FOR THE WINTER WAS SEASONAL SPIKES DUE TO WEATHER, DARKNESS, THE, YOU KNOW, EARLIER, UH, SUNSETS. AND, UH, WE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFFING AND EVERYTHING FOR OUR WINTER PATROLS IN THIS LAST QUARTER FOR DECEMBER. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE OR MOST OF THESE, UM, SPEEDING CITATIONS. ARE THEY ON THE HIGHWAY? THE MAJORITY OF 'EM ARE THE MAJORITY OF 'EM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED WHEN YOU WERE COMING IN TO THE MEETING A WHILE AGO, BUT THERE WAS A, A SEMI TRACKER STOPPED OUT HERE. YES. WE HAVE REALLY, REALLY INCREASED OUR, UH, OUR TRAFFIC STOPS FROM 18 WHEELERS. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOSING BATTLE. I'M NOT GOING TO, IT'S, IT'S FRUSTRATING, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE, WE HAVE INCREASED IT AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT FROM THREE TO FIVE. IT'S LIKE A RACE TRACK. WHEN THEY COME AROUND THAT CORNER, IT REALLY, HERE WE GO. SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE THERE IS THE INCREASE, YOU KNOW? YEAH. IN THE VIOLATION. SUCH AN, UH, WE'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED, BUT WE'RE BACK WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE OFFICERS OUT OF TRAINING NOW. SO WE'RE ABLE TO OPERATE A, A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT THAT'S DEDICATED TO THAT PER SHIFT. I HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO QUESTIONS AND THEN A COMMENT. UH, ARE YOU FULLY STAFFED? NO. HOW MANY OFFICERS DO YOU NEED? WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE, IN THIS BUDGET, WE FROZE FOUR POSITIONS OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE ARE STILL DOWN DOWN THREE OFFICERS. SO ARE YOU STILL ABLE TO DO AT LEAST THREE OFFICERS ON EVERY SHIFT? OKAY. YES. WE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE [00:15:01] TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. ON A VERY RARE OCCASION IF YOU HAD SOMEONE SCHEDULED FOR A VACATION AND SOMEONE CALLED IN SICK, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S VERY RARE. OKAY. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ABLE TO OPERATE WITH THAT. AND IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO FALL BELOW THAT, THE TRAFFIC OFFICER THEN, UH, TAKES ON PATROL, REGULAR PATROL DUTIES DURING THAT DURATION. OKAY. MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, NOW THAT I'VE STARTED GOING, I'M WORKING IN THE CITY TO THE WEST OF US. I LEAVE MY HOUSE AROUND SIX 30 IN THE MORNING, GO UP MILLER'S FERRY TO PLEASANT RUN SINCE THAT NEW WAREHOUSE HAS OPENED UP RIGHT BEHIND THE, THE POWER PLANT RIGHT THERE ON THE, THE LEFT. IT, THE, THE TRUCK TRAFFIC IS STACKING ON PLEASANT RUN. THEY'RE PULLING INTO LIKE A TURN LANE AND PARKING WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO OPEN THAT GATE IN THE MORNING. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? I'M NOT. THIS MORNING THERE WERE THREE SEMI TRUCKS. TWO OF THEM WERE KIND OF LIKE IN THE TURN AND ONE OF THEM WAS IN THE LEFT LANE WAITING. AND MY SECOND COMMENT IS THAT WE NEED A SIGNAL LIGHT THERE. UM, THE SEMI-TRUCKS ARE NOT FOLLOWING THAT STOP SIGN JUST LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE, WHERE I WAS PUSHING FOR, UH, TRUCKS ARE JUST RUNNING THAT STOP SIGN. THEY ARE COMING OFF OF THAT HILL AT PLEASANT RUN ACROSS THE, THE BRIDGE. AND ALTHOUGH THERE'S A SIGN THAT SAYS STOP AHEAD, I HAVE SEEN EVERY MORNING AND THIS MORNING THERE WAS ANOTHER TRUCK THAT JUST KEPT GOING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT MO MOVED TO GO TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE THERE WAS A TRUCK IN THAT LEFT LANE. THEY'RE NOT STOPPING AT THAT STOP SIGN. WE WILL GO DO ASAP. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. BUT TECHNICALLY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S REALLY DARK OR SOMETHING AND THOSE TRUCKS ARE JUST PARKED THERE, LUCKILY THEY HAD LIGHTS ON, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE THE TAIL LIGHTS AND I KNEW THAT THEY WERE IN THAT LANE. RIGHT. BUT, UM, YEAH. SHOULD YOU BRING THAT TO MY ATTENTION THAT BUSINESS IS NOT OPENING THAT GATE FOR THEM TO PULL IN? ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL JUST MAKE THAT ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE WILL NOW [COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS] MOVE ON TO COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. NUMBER ONE, RECOGNITION OF ESSENTIAL STA CITY STAFF WHO WORKED DURING THE WINTER WEATHER STORM. MR. NORWOOD. UH, JUST, I KNOW ALL OF US WERE IMPACTED TO SOME LEVEL, UH, WITH THE STORM. WE WERE CLOSED THREE DAYS. THE ISDI THINK WAS FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE COMMON THEME WAS ONCE YOU GOT OUT ON THE MAIN ROADS, IT WAS OKAY. IT WAS JUST GETTING OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY OR OUTTA YOUR STREET. THAT PRESENTED A LOT OF CHALLENGES. AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, YOUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMS AND PUBLIC WORKS DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB. AND WHEN I SAY THAT ONE, WE HAD NO SEVERE INJURIES. REALLY ANYTHING WAS JUST VERY MINOR. WE DIDN'T TEAR UP ANY CITY VEHICLES. UH, THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD. UH, 'CAUSE UH, YOU KNOW, DRIVING A, A FIRE TRUCK IS NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T STOP REAL QUICK WHEN IT'S GOOD WEATHER. SO, UH, IN PUBLIC WORKS WAS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK NONSTOP, HELPING TRUCKS AT DIFFERENT BUSINESSES GET IN AND OUT, UH, BUT JUST, UH, JUST A GREAT, UH, WORKING TOGETHER. HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD COMPLIMENTS AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS WITH EACH OTHER. SO TYPICALLY COMMUNICATIONS IS ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM. BUT THANKS TO POLICE AND FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS, THEY, THEY JUST DID A FANTASTIC JOB. SO, AND IF I MAY, I, UH, ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS WORK IN, IN, IN THE, IN THE WEATHER WE HAD, AND I ACTUALLY STOPPED AND TALKED TO 'EM AND I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL GUYS, MAN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER TWO, THE, UM, FEBRUARY 19TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE COUNT, UH, CANCELED. THERE IS EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION THAT IS GOING ON. THE VOTING DATE WILL BE MARCH 3RD. HOWEVER, THAT'S THE WEEK OF EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION. THAT IS NOT OUR MAY ELECTION, SO PLEASE DON'T GET THAT CONFUSED. THEY WILL BE HERE, RIGHT? DALLAS COUNTY WILL BE HERE. YES. AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TELL THEM NO, THEY CAN'T USE OUR CENTER AS A VOTE CENTER. RIGHT. [CITIZENS' COMMENTS] ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CITIZEN COMMENTS AND WE HAVE ONE. AND THAT IS MS. LACEY ELMORE BAKER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. LACEY ELMORE BAKER AT 2 0 1 SOUTH AUSTIN IN HOT TEXAS. SO I COME TO YOU, UM, ASKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY AT 4 25 NORTH DALLAS AVENUE AND AT 4 26 LITTLE STREET. I'M LOOKING TO PURCHASE BOTH OF THOSE [00:20:01] PROPERTIES, BUT SOON FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS REZONED IN 2021 TO RESIDENTIAL. UM, HOWEVER, THAT KIND OF DEFEATS MY PURPOSE OF WHAT I'M DOING WITH THOSE BUILDINGS. UM, I ASKED, UM, FOR A CITY ORDINANCE AND A LETTER BECAUSE WHEN I EVEN ASKED THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE THEY AWARE THEY WERE NOT, THEY WERE NEVER AWARE THAT THEIR, UH, BUILDINGS BACK TO. SO I ASKED FOR AN ORDINANCE AND A LETTER JUST SHOWING THAT THERE'S PROOF THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY DONE. NOT THAT I'M SAYING IT WASN'T, BUT THEN I'VE LATER FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE NO RECORDS. SO I'M ASKING, UH, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING ZONING BOARD AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY I'M HAVE, IF THERE'S NO RECORDS OF EVER BEING RE BACKED TO RES. THANK YOU. [CONSENT AGENDA] WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CASSETTE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 2 0 5 A AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A NEW CATERPILLAR MINI X MODEL 3 0 4 FROM HOLT KAT THROUGH SOURCE WELL NUMBER 1 1 7 0 2 3, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $72,662 THREE. CONSIDER RESOLUTION R 2 2 6 2 5 B APPROVING THE CONTRACT FROM NEW BLUE INC. FOR TICKETS ON THE GO AND E CITATION SMART PHONE APP TO BE USED BY POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE FAST, ACCURATE, AND SECURE ELECTRONIC CITATIONS. FOUR, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 0 0 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 2 0 5 A, ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY MAY 2ND, 2026 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND POSTING OF NOTICE AND PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATION FIVE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 15TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING YOU HAVE ON HERE. MAY THE SECOND. YES. MAY THE SECOND IS OUR ELECTION DATE. EARLIER YOU TOLD ME SOMETHING ELSE I TOLD YOU MARCH 3RD IS THE PRIMARY ELECTION DATE. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. NUMBER FIVE. I SAID YEAH, WE'RE ON THE, UH, MOTION. AND SECOND. OKAY, COUNSEL, MAY I GET A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR I WOULD LIKE TO PULL NUMBER FIVE FOR DISCUSSION, A FOR TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. MAY I GET A MOTION MATTER? MAY MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS TWO, THREE AND FOUR. UH, SECOND PLEASE. MAY I HAVE YOUR VOTE? YES. CAN WE, UH, CAN I PAUSE REAL QUICK? I THINK MY NUMBER IS WRONG ON WHAT I WAS READING. DO YOU MEAN NUMBER? IS IT THE MINUTES WE'RE, UH, PULLING OR IS IT THE, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. I WAS CONFUSED. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE AT ON HERE. SO, BUT THAT'S THE ORDINANCE, THE PURCHASE OF THE CAT AND THE MINUTES. OKAY. YES. OKAY. SO THERE'S TWO THAT YOU'RE PULLING? NO, NO, SHE'S, SHE'S PULLING ITEM NUMBER FIVE. MY NUMBERS ARE WRONG ON WHAT I READ. OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO SHE'S PULLING ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDER RESOLUTION R 2 2 6 DASH 0 2 5 B APPROVING THE CONTRACT FOR NEW M BLUE INC FOR TICKETS ON THE GO AND E CITATION SMART APP TO BE USED BY POLICE OFFICERS FOR ACCURATE AND SECURE ELECTRONIC CITATIONS BY MINE. THAT'S THREE. YES. MY NUMBER IS MESSED UP ON, ON WHAT I GAVE YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. YES. SO YOU'RE PULLING, SHE'S PULLING WHAT? YOU HAVE THE LAST ITEM OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, BECAUSE I, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF [00:25:01] IF POSSIBLE. OKAY. BUT WE NEED TO VOTE, RIGHT? I NEED TO VOTE AND I SAID YES AND I SECOND OH YEAH, PHYLLIS. YES, YES, YES, YES. IT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. CHIEF KE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP HERE? I'M NOT AGAINST THIS. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT IF IT WAS OR ASKED IF IT WAS PULLED, WHAT IS THE PLAN IF THEY PULL SOMEONE OVER AND THEY HAVE NO SMARTPHONE, THEY HAVE NO CELLULAR DEVICE, THEY DON'T HAVE TECHNOLOGY. ONE OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS OR SOMEONE THAT MAY OR, AND ALSO DO THESE COME IN, UH, A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR OUR HISPANIC POPULATION OR OUR, WE'VE GOT A TAIWANESE POPULATION. THE BACKUP ON THAT IS WE'RE STILL ABLE TO ISSUE THE CITATIONS. THAT, THAT'S THE WAY HE EXPLAINED IT, UH, WHEN, WHEN HE WAS HERE, THAT THERE'S STILL, UH, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED THAT THERE IS STILL, THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO ISSUE A PAPER CITATION IN THE EVENT. IF THAT IS THE CASE, AND I'M, I'M RELATIVELY SURE THAT IT IS ALSO IN SPANISH. OKAY. I'LL, I'LL FIND IT. I'M SURE IT IS. OKAY. YEAH. BUT THERE IS BACKUP. I THINK YOU, YOU'D ASKED THAT OR SOMEONE THAT ASKED THAT, THAT VERY QUESTION AND UH, I THINK I DID AND I DIDN'T GET A GOOD ENOUGH ANSWER. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING AT THIS TIME. YES. YEAH. THERE, THERE STILL, THERE STILL WILL BE THE, THE BACKUP PLAN IF, IF THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY WAY TO DO THAT. I FORGET EXACTLY HOW HE EXPLAINED IT TO BE, TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU. BUT, UH, YES. AND WHAT IS THE SECURITY FEATURE FOR THIS? UM, WHEN SOMEONE HANDS OVER THEIR ID AND IT GOES INTO THIS SOFTWARE SMARTPHONE APP, WHAT'S THE SECURITY THAT, UH, YOU HAVE AGAINST YOUR IDENTITY AS SOMEONE WHO'S HAD THEIR IDENTITY STOLEN BEFORE AND GONE THROUGH ALL THAT? WHAT UM, I MEAN I'M SURE OTHER CITIES ARE USING THIS, BUT HOW SECURE IS IT EITHER LOC FROM THE, THAT COMPANY AND ALSO LOCALLY ON OUR SERVER? RIGHT. I DON'T THINK IT ACTUALLY STAYS ON OUR SERVER. I, THAT'S GONNA BE, I'M NOT A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON THIS, I PROMISE YOU THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THEM. UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES THAT ARE GOING TO THIS. I MEAN, I THINK LANCASTER HAS GONE TO THIS NATION AND KNOW IF, UH, COUNSELING KNOWS THAT OR NOT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER CITIES AROUND US THAT ARE USING IT. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE SECURITY INVESTIGATOR IN OUR, IN OUR COMPUTER FIRM THAT DOES THE CITY VERSA TRUST. THEY SEE EVERY AGENDA THAT WE HAVE AND THEY SEE IT. AND THERE WAS NO QUESTIONS RAISED ON THEIR END. BUT TYPICALLY THE, THE PRIVATE PROVIDER, LIKE THE TICKET WRITING COMPANY ON THIS SOFTWARE, THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING ON THE CITIES. YEAH. THEY WANT TO HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OF THAT. SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MIX UPS. I MEAN, OUR SYSTEM'S PRETTY SOLID, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT. AND THEY WANT THAT CONTROL. TRUST HAS ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY IF SOMETHING IS A HACKED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. I MEAN, VISA GETS HACKED, UNDERSTOOD. YOU KNOW, SO. RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND LIKE I SAID, I DO AS UH, STEVE SAID, MERC OF TRUST DID VET THIS EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS AND THEY WERE GOOD TO GO WITH IT. AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN I DO. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WOULD, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE CONVENIENT FOR FOLKS WHEN THEY GET CITATIONS TO EXPEDITE IT. AND ALSO AS IT IS NOW WITH THEIR TICKET RIDERS. AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN DISREPAIR. WE'VE HAD 'EM SO LONG, AN OFFICER HAS TO PRINT A TICKET, GO BACK TO SQUAD, GO BACK TO SQUAD CAR. IT'S A LOT MORE TIME TIED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE NOT ONLY FOR THE OFFICER BUT THE VIOLATOR. THE LONGER THEY'RE ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, IT'LL GET 'EM OFF THE, OFF OFF THE HIGHWAY A LOT QUICKER. I WISH I HAD AN EXACT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT AS STEVE SAID, IT HAS BEEN VETTED THAT THAT IS IN FACT IN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES, MUCH LARGER THAN OURS, HAVE, UH, HAVE GONE WITH THE PROGRAM AND THERE HAVE BEEN ZERO COMPLAINTS. I DO KNOW THAT AS A REFERENCE. I HAVE ONE ALSO. UM, THIS IS A GRANT. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR REAL COST TO THE CITY. NOW. NOW, NOW TAKE US ON THE GO. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE SAME WAY IT FUNDED THE SAME WAY THAT OUR TICKET RIDERS CURRENTLY ARE. AND THAT IS THROUGH THE COURT TECHNOLOGY FUND. I JUST NOTICED ON THERE, UM, THE LAST PRESENTATION YOU MADE THAT 50,000, WHAT IS THAT FOR? YEAH, THAT WAS, AND AND, AND YOU BRING UP A VERY GOOD POINT, UH, 'CAUSE I TOLD YOU GUYS I'D THAT WAS FLOCK CAMERAS AND CELLULITE. THAT WAS THE CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT I TOLD YOU WE WERE WORKING ON A GRANT FOR AND THAT I WOULD, SOME QUESTIONS WAS, UH, ASK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. [00:30:02] I'M NOT, IT, IT IS DISAPPOINTING, BUT, UH, NOT THAT DISCOURAGING. THAT'S, THAT'S OFF THE TABLE NOW. UH, I TOLD YOU WE WERE WORKING ON A DEADLINE AND UH, IT DID REQUIRE, AS WE FOUND OUT, COUNCIL APPROVAL AND A RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH WITH THE GRANT. AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE THE DEADLINE PASSED. SO THAT PARTICULAR THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE $50,000 OKAY. KIND HAD ME, THAT WAS NOT TICKETS ON GO, THAT WAS CAMERAS. IT'S COST FREE AND THEN THERE'S 50,000 OUT THERE. WHAT'S THAT FOR? SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. YEAH, WELL THE 50,000 ON THAT WAS WHAT WAS ON THE, ON THE OTHER. YEAH, THAT'S IF WE, WE PAID FOR IT AS A CITY. YES. SO NOW THAT THAT GRANT IS NO LONGER, UH, AN OPTION, WE HAD A, A PLAN B THAT I'VE ALREADY RAN BY STEVE. UH, THAT WE'LL, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE REVISITING WITH YOU GUYS AT SOME POINT ON THE FLOCK CAMERAS. YEAH, THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT YEAH. THAN THE TICKETS ON THE GO. THAT WAS A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION. WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEONE HERE FOR THAT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE, RESOLUTION R 20 26 0 2 0 5 B APPROVING CONTRACT WITH NEW FROM NEW IN BLUE INCORPORATED. MAY I GET A VOTE? YES, YES, YES, YES. IT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER SIX, DISCUSS [6. Discuss and consider the appointment of Steve Norwood as City Administrator. (Part 1 of 2)] AND CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF STEVE NORWOOD AS CITY ADMINISTRATOR. OKAY. COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I AM ABOUT CHECKING THINGS OUT THAT THIS, I HAVEN'T REALLY GOT A CHANCE TO, TO DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH YOU OR ON, UH, OF WHAT, WHAT YOU, I THOUGHT MAYBE I'D HAVE A CHANCE BEFORE WE WENT INTO MAYOR, MAY WE [EXECUTIVE SESSION] GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MA'AM. WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT SEVEN 30. I THOUGHT, THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE IT. STATE THE SECTION 2 5 5 1 0 7 1 2. JUST STATE THE SECTION. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7 33. OKAY, COUNSEL, I NEED A MOTION. HOW MANY YEARS WAS THAT? HUH? HOW MANY YEARS WAS THAT FOR WHAT YOUR CONTRACT? MINE ZERO TO GO INTO, YEAH. MADAM MAYOR, [6. Discuss and consider the appointment of Steve Norwood as City Administrator. (Part 2 of 2)] I MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, GO INTO LEGAL CONTRACT FOR EMPLOYMENT AND APPOINTMENT OF STEVE NORWOOD AS OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR. AND I SECOND YOU SECOND. I'LL TAKE MY SECOND BACK AND I'LL GIVE IT TO LINDA. LINDA IS SECONDING OKAY? OKAY. MAY I HAVE A VOTE PLEASE? YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. IT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU SIR. AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND WE WILL, UH, BE MEETING, UH, INDIVIDUALLY AND JUST TO GET SOME MORE OF SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS THAT, UH, I CAN ASSURE YOU WILL, WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE. GREAT. AND, UH, BUT I THINK I CAN DO SOME GOOD AND, UH, WE GOT A REALLY GOOD STAFF THAT, UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA REALLY MOVE IN THE DIRECTION THAT THIS COUNCIL WANTS, WANTS TO GO. SO THAT'S THE PLAN. OKAY, MS. KRISTEN. ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER [7. Consider approval of an ordinance for a Conditional Use Permit for an existing "Motor Freight (Trucking) Company", Crete Carrier Corporation, located at 400 East Pleasant Run Road, Wilmer, Dallas County, Texas, 75172. ] SEVEN, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PER PERMIT FOR AN EXISTING MOTOR FREIGHT TRUCKING COMPANY. CREATE CARRIER CORPORATION, LOCATED AT 400 EAST PLEASANT ROAD, PLEASANT RUN ROAD, WILMER, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 7 5 1 7 2. AND WE HAVE JORDAN CRUZ WITH, UM, OUR CONSULTING PLANNER. SIR, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE [00:35:01] MINUTES. OH, HE'S, HE'S . I'M SORRY. JUST NAME, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. UH, JORDAN CRUZ. I'M WITH SAFE BUILT. UH, I'LL BE PRESENTING THE CUP UH, CRATE CARRIER. ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATELY OWNED TRUCKING COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE SUBMITTED A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ONE STORY, APPROXIMATELY 1300 SQUARE FOOT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THE BUILDING WILL NOT INCLUDE MECHANICAL OR PLUMBING, BUT WILL BE EQUIPPED, EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRICITY. UM, THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE ON A SITE LIKE THIS IS LIKE ADDING A SHED TO YOUR BACKYARD. UM, ITS PLACEMENT WILL REMOVE FIVE EXISTING TRUCK PARKING SPACES, LEAVING 370 SPACES REMAINING, WHICH WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE SITE'S OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND CITY REQUIREMENTS. THE PROPERTY'S CURRENT USE IS CLASSIFIED AS LEGAL NON-CONFORMING UNDER SECTION 24 OF WILMER'S ZONING ORDINANCE. THE REQUEST IS TO EXPAND THIS LEGAL NONCONFORMING BY ADDING ANOTHER STRUCTURE HAS TRIGGERED THE NEED FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH STAFF HAS DETERMINED MEETS THE CUP APPROVAL CRITERIA OUTLINED IN SECTION SIX OF WILMER'S ZONING ORDINANCE. OUR OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS TONIGHT, THE PROPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST TO OBTAIN A SER UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE TRUCKING FACILITY, OUR LEGAL PUBLIC INFORMATION AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR TONIGHT AND HISTORY. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT WHERE THE ITEM WAS APPROVED. AND THEN AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 AT THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THIS ITEM WAS TABLED TO TONIGHT'S MEETING, OUR RECOMMENDATION STAFF APPROVES, UH, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AS IT SATISFIES ALL REQUIREMENTS WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION. ANY FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE FACILITY OR INTENSIFICATION OF THE USE WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. I'LL OPEN IT TO YOU GUYS FOR ANY QUESTIONS. COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I'M GONNA TALK, WE'VE ALREADY HEARD YOU, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE 18 WHEELERS? NO, MA'AM. YES, SIR. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE 18 WHEELERS. OKAY. AND WE DON'T WANT THAT. AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUILDING. YOU ALREADY TOLD US BEFORE THAT THAT BUIL AND I, YOU, YOU PULLED BACK ON IT, BUT YOU TOLD US THAT THAT BUILDING WOULD HAVE LIGHTS, WATER, AND ANIMALS WOULD STAY IN THAT BUILDING. SO THE APPLICANT HAS REMOVED THE KENNELS. THOSE ARE GONNA BE ON, THEY WILL NOT HAVE PLUMBING OR MECHANICAL, BUT THEY WILL HAVE ELECTRICAL, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED FOR HEAT, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST A STORAGE SHED AT THIS POINT. NOW THAT THEY'VE REMOVED ALL, I HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STRUCTURE. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THAT AREA, ALL OF 45 HERE IS RESIDENTIAL. I MEAN, UH, EXCUSE ME PLEASE. ALL OF THAT IS RETAIL DOWN THROUGH THERE. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. NOW, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? I DO GO, I DO CRE CREE'S ALREADY THERE. UH, MET MAYOR AND THE LAST TIME Y'ALL, Y'ALL PRESENTED THIS, UH, ITEM TO US, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, SOME KIND OF A DOG SHELTER TYPE OF DEAL. SO Y'ALL HAVE CHANGED THAT TO, UH, THEY HAVE REMOVED THE KENNELS AND AT THIS POINT IT'S JUST A SHED. AND, AND YOU ALREADY, UH, DID THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, CONCRETE POURED CONCRETE THERE AND STUFF? OR IS IT JUST, UH, DIRT? RIGHT NOW THERE'S JUST PARKING SPACES THERE. THEY WILL, JUST TO CLARIFY, JORDAN IS OUR CONSULTING PLANNER WITH SAFE BUILT. SO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS MAY BE BETTER DIRECTED AT THE, AT THE APPLICANT. OH, OKAY. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, MA'AM. HERE IS MY CONCERN. THIS COULD Y'ALL STEP UP? UM, WE HAVE A HIGHWAY OVERLAY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED, UM, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. I GUESS IT WAS TWO YEARS. I I WAS ON THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. SO IT'S BEEN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, UM, TO WHERE THE, THE VISION OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR WILMER TO LOOK LIKE ON OUR, THROUGH THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, OUR MAIN THOROUGHFARE. AND TO HAVE A BUILDING THAT WOULD BE LIKE A STORAGE BUILDING FOR SUPPLIES, BOXES, RECORDS. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WANTING. THAT'S A PRETTY LARGE [00:40:01] BUILDING FOR THAT. UM, MAYBE Y'ALL NEED IT, NEED IT, BUT, UM, I THINK IT BACK TO WHAT WE'VE JUST EXPERIENCED WITH THE SNOW AND THE ICE AND I HAVE QUESTIONS WHETHER OR NOT A TRUCK DRIVER WITH WHO HAS AN ANIMAL GETS STUCK FOR A NIGHT OR TWO WITH THEIR ANIMAL, WHAT DO THEY DO WITH IT? IT'S GONNA PROBABLY GO INTO THAT BUILDING. AND UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I I, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF GIVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS HERE, THERE, HERE AND THERE. WE HAVE DENIED SO MANY OF THEM IN THE TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL. UM, BECAUSE OF THE VISION OF WHAT WE WANTED TO HAVE IT AS A RETAIL, HOTEL, MEDICAL FACILITIES, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE VISION FOR THAT, THAT HIGHWAY WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS. AND, UM, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF CHANGING AND JUST APPROVING SOMETHING, UM, ADDITIONAL OR VIOLATING WHAT WE HAVE ADOPTED. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY YES, IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO, TO GIVE A CUP, BUT, UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WHAT THE, THE PURPOSE OF THAT. AND UM, IT ALSO BACKS UP SO CLOSE TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT IS ON LOUIS FLOYD STREET, RIGHT THERE, THERE IS A 30 FOOT, 30 FEET, UM, WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT? BOUNDARY WINDOW. MM-HMM . RIGHT OF WAY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT BETWEEN THAT YOUR PROPERTY AND, UM, THOSE HOMES. BUT 30 FEET IS STILL PRETTY CLOSE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE HOMEOWNERS WOULD LIKE BEING IN THEIR BACKYARD AND SEEING THE, SEEING THAT WAREHOUSE BUILDING STORAGE SHED AS YOU COULD SAY, IF, IF I MAY, THIS BUILDING YOU'RE GONNA BUILD, IT'S ALREADY IN THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? OR IT'S NOT GOING TO EXTEND TO THE, TO, TO THE, TO TO THE RESIDENCE THERE IS IT? NO, IT STILL, RIGHT NOW IT'S A PARKING LOT. YEAH. AND SO IT'S LIKE OPENNESS, BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, IT'S THEIR PROPERTY ALREADY. YES, IT IS THEIR PROPERTY. SO HOW CAN WE STOP THEM NOT BUILDING IN THEIR OWN PROPERTY? 'CAUSE WE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A CUP TO DO IT AND IT DOES NOT MEET THE CITY REGULATIONS UNLESS WE GIVE THEM A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. TO DO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO MODIFY WHAT WE HAVE IN WRITING. AND IT ALSO DOES NOT MEET THE OVERLAY VISION OF THAT HIGHWAY. RIGHT. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY THERE. THEY ARE THERE, THEY'RE ASKING TO EXTEND IT, RIGHT? NO, IT'S A PARKING LOT. NO. YES. NO, THE BUILDING. NO, Y'ALL GOT ON THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY. Y'ALL HAVE THE BUILDINGS ALREADY THERE. YEAH, NO, WE'RE ASKING TO PUT THE BUILDING ON. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. RIGHT. YOU SAID IT'S GONNA GO IN THE SPACE OF FIVE PARKING SPACES. MM-HMM. CORRECT. OF SEMI-TRUCK PARKING SPACES, RIGHT? CORRECT. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG SHED. THAT'S A BIG BUILDING. ITS STEEL. I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD IT ON THEIR PARKING LOT. WELL, CAN I, CAN I, THIS IS A, SO IT'S GOT A GARAGE ON IT FOR, FOR LAWN EQUIPMENT, SHOVELS, TOOLS, LAWNMOWERS, AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE'S A THREE-SIDED STRUCTURE. IT, IT, SO IT'S OPEN ON ONE SIDE OF IT. IT'S NOT EVEN, IT, IT'S A, BASICALLY IT'S A PICNIC SHELTER. UM, FOR GUYS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF OUR DRIVERS SMOKE. UM, SO TO GET THEM SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY'RE PROTECTED, UM, A LOT OF THE GUYS, IF THEY'RE GETTING AN OIL CHANGE ON A TRUCK, THEY WANT TO SIT OUTSIDE. THEY'D RATHER SIT OUTSIDE THAN SIT INSIDE. UM, WE DON'T ALLOW SMOKING IN THE BUILDING, SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO. UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER WHEN IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES OUT AND STANDING OUT ON THE PARKING LOT, IT, I MEAN, IT'S WARM, SO IT'S JUST, IT'S BASICALLY AN EXTENSION OF OUR, OF OUR DRIVER FACILITIES TO GIVE THEM A SPOT WHERE THEY CAN GO SIT DOWN. IS IT KIND OF A WAITING ROOM FOR YOUR DRIVERS SO THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE AIR AND THE ELECTRIC WOULD BE FOR THE AIR CONDITIONED? WELL, THE ELECTRICS, WE WERE GONNA PUT A COUPLE CEILING FANS IN THERE SO THAT MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER YOU CAN TURN A FAN ON AND GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE. BUT SOMETIMES THOSE GUYS WILL SET A GRILL UP OUT THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES FOR 30, 30 PLUS DAYS. SO SOMETIMES THEY'LL SET UP A GRILL OUT THERE AND YOU'LL HAVE FIVE, SIX GUYS OUTSIDE GRILLING AND, AND YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE 'EM A LITTLE PICNIC SHELTER WHERE THEY CAN SIT AND GRILL AND, AND TALK. SO, UM, AND IF, UM, AND IF I MAY, UH, UH, IF YOU GO, UH, VISIT SOME OF THESE, UH, TRUCKING PLACES, THEY HAVE THESE AREAS THAT WHERE THEIR TRUCKERS SIT AND, AND RELAX TILL THEIR TRUCKS ARE GETTING FIXED OR, OR WHATEVER WAITING FOR, FOR SUPPLIES OR, OR PART. AND I'VE SEEN IT. YEAH. AND CREED IS THE SAME. I'VE PASSED THROUGH THERE MANY TIMES, SIR. AND, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. [00:45:01] I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S SHOWING HERE ON YOUR MOUTH. IT BACKS RIGHT UP TO THE BACK OF LOIS STREET. LOIS STREET. SO, UH, I MEAN THAT'S, YOU LOOK, LOOK OUT AND WALK OUT YOUR BACK DOOR AND THERE'S THE, THERE'S CREEK AND IT GOES RIGHT UP TO THE CHURCH. SO, WHICH, HMM? IT GOES RIGHT UP TO THE CHURCH THERE BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE AND THEN THE SOUTH END OF OUR PAVING. THERE'S ABOUT SEVEN ACRES IN THERE. THAT'S JUST FARM GROUND. AND, AND IF I MAY, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER AND WE'RE PUTTING THIS, THIS WOULD BE GOING OVER ON THE, IT SHOWS IT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT UP TO THE BACK OF LO STREET. IT'S COMING ACROSS. THE FIRST PAGE WILL SHOW YOU THE FIRST. THIS ONE HERE. THAT ONE THERE THAT, YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S THE PAGE. UM, OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT, UH, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? STREET RIGHT THERE. SEE HOW FAR AWAY FROM THE RAILROAD TRACK? HOW FAR ARE YOU FROM THE RAILROAD TRACK? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DISTANCE IS ACROSS THERE. PROBABLY IS HERE. WHAT'S THAT? ON THE NORTH SIDE? RAILROAD TRACK IS OVER, OVER HERE ON THE WEST. GET ONTO, WELL, I MEAN THE RAILROAD, NO, THE WHOLE RAIL YARD. IT'S GONNA BE OUT NORTH OF US. I KNOW THERE'S A TRACK. THAT'S WHAT WEST 18 WHEEL, IT'S A WAYS AWAY WILL BE OUT HERE. EXCUSE ME. SO THIS SPACE RIGHT HERE IS GONNA REMAIN EMPTY? NO, NO. THAT'S WHERE THE WALLS IS, RIGHT AT THIS. RIGHT OUT? YEAH. THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU'RE WANTING TO PUT NO, WE'RE WANTING TO PUT THIS SOMETHING RIGHT HERE. WE'RE WANTING TO PUT THIS RIGHT UP HERE. IT WOULD BE RIGHT HERE. YOUR STORAGE? YEAH. THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE OFFICE IN SHAW. MM-HMM . AND THEN THIS IS THE CURRENT FUEL ISLAND, RIGHT? SO YEAH, THIS LITTLE RIGHT HERE IS WHERE WE WANT TO PUT THIS BUILDING BE A PROBLEM CHOSEN. I DON'T HAVE THOSE. THEN WHY MAY I ASK? IT'S NO, THIS WOULD BE SEPARATE. SEPARATE. YEAH. IT'D BE ABOUT 30 FEET FROM THE OFFICE BUILDING. IT'S RIGHT HERE. YEAH, BUT THEY'RE NOT, IT'S, IT'S WAY FAR FROM THE RIVER TRACK. LINDA, THIS IS NOT WHAT WAS PRESENTED THE LAST TIME. YEAH. THIS IS WHERE THEY TO PUT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT THERE BY THE BUILDING BABY. BUT THERE WILL BE MORE 18 WHEELERS REGARDLESS. THIS WOULDN'T INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE COMING, GOING CURRENTLY FROM THE FACILITY. THIS WOULD, THE TRAFFIC COUNT WOULDN'T INCREASE. OKAY. MAY I ASK ONE QUESTION? SURE. YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT COMING OUT WHERE ALL OF YOUR PROPERTY IS, LIKE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA COME OUT TO WHERE LOST ROAD IS. YOU'RE NOT COMING OUT TO WHERE THE CHURCH IS. DO YOU MIND IF I WRITE ON HERE? FINE. UM, RIGHT HERE IS WHERE WE'RE WANTING TO PUT THAT STRUCTURE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE OFFICE, RIGHT? AND THIS IS THE FUEL ITEM RIGHT HERE. SO, SO YEAH, WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY PAVING TO DO THIS THEN. WE ALREADY KNEW THIS WAS HERE. OLD SPACER. WHEN DID Y'ALL HAVE TO PUT THIS IN? I KNOW IT'S YOUR PROPERTY, THIS, THAT PART, BUT LIKE, LIKE I HAVE SAID, WE HAVE THE LAYOUT FOR RETAIL ON 45. AND Y'ALL KNEW ABOUT THAT. EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT IT. OKAY. BACKS RIGHT UP TO LONG STREET AND SO IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO DO ANYTHING WITH THIS PROPERTY HERE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS HERE, OVER HERE, WE WANT RETAIL. ALL THEY HERE WOULD BE DIESELS IN THEIR BACKYARD. YEAH. WHAT THE YEAH, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF MY PURVIEW, I GUESS. AS FAR AS I'M JUST HERE REPRESENTING THE COMPANY. THAT WOULD BE SO IT'S GOING TO BE BEHIND YOUR CURRENT BIG BUILDING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. YES. THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING. 30, 30 FEET. THEY'RE NOT TAKING IT DOWN TO WHAT'S THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS BUILDING? IT'S A HUGE ONE. WELL, IT SHOWS THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE SQUARE HERE ON HERE. I TAKE YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THE DIMENSIONS IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET. I HAVE IT UNDER THE PROPOSED, LET ME ZOOM IN HERE AT 1300 SQUARE FEET. YEP. IT'S A BIG, IT'LL BE, [00:50:02] IT'S NOT CLEAR ON THE PACKET HERE. I THINK THIS IS 20. YEAH, IT'S 20 BY. THAT WOULD BE TOO. YEAH. I THINK IT'S 20 BY 30 POTENTIALLY. 20 BY 30. THE DOCUMENT ISN'T LOADING IN CLEARLY, BUT WE HAVE IT IN THE PACKET. HMM. 20 BY 20 BY 66. HOW MUCH? 20 BY 66. THAT'S A BIG BUILDING. 66 FEET. 60 BY 30 I GUESS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, 60 FEET IS ABOUT YEAH, THE WIDTH OF THIS ROOM TEACH HIGH SCHOOL. YEAH. 66 FEET WIDE. 20 FEET IN DEPTH. MM-HMM . WOULD THAT BE LIKE HALF OF THIS ROOM OR BIGGER? THIS IS ROUGHLY, I JUST, JUST COUNTED REALLY QUICK CEILING TILES TO THAT TABLE. THIS IS ROUGHLY 60 FEET AND 20 FEET WOULD BE ABOUT WALL TO THE EDGE OF THE DOORS ROUGHLY. SO ABOUT A THIRD OF THIS ROOM. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. YEP. OKAY. AND IT'S ONLY JUST FOR STORAGE? YES. AND YOU, AND HOW, WHEN YOU WERE SAYING IT'S ONLY GONNA BE THREE SIDED, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THREE SIDED? SO ONE WALL, IT WON'T EVEN BE EVEN CLOSED IN. SO ABOUT A THIRD OF IT HAS A GARAGE DOOR FOR LAWN EQUIPMENT. AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER TWO THIRDS IS OPEN. THAT'S WHERE I WAS TALKING. IT'S LIKE A PICNIC SHELTER. SO DRIVERS CAN SIT OUT THERE, TALK AND LIKE YOUR SMOKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOUR PACKET. I UNDERSTAND THAT PART. YEP. SNYDER SHOULD SHOW THE CONVENTIONS AND IT SHOULD ALSO SHOW S THAT THAT RIGHT THERE ONE LITTLE BREAK AREA. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S SO SHRUNK ON. IT SHOULD BE, BUT NOT THAT LARGE. PRETTY BIG HAPPENED RIGHT? HAPPENED RIGHT HERE. WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE? THEY REMOVED THE ANIMALS. NO, THEY, WELL, NO, THEY DO THE CRUISERS STILL COME HAVE THEM. OH YEAH. REMOVED THEM OR NOT. SO THESE ARE JUST GONNA BE OPEN, OPEN GAPS BETWEEN, I GUESS THEY GOTTA HAVE THAT FOR STABILITY. AND IT'S GONNA BE MADE OUT METAL. I BELIEVE SO. YES MA'AM. IT'S A BUILDING HERE. IT'S GONNA BE HIDDEN FROM THE HIGHWAY. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION. YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT. THIS ISN'T GONNA CHANGE WHAT THEY DO DAY TO DAY. YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT. MS. LINDA HAS A QUESTION. UM, OUR MAIN OBJECTION BEFORE WAS THAT THERE WAS NO PLUMBING, UM, TO BE PROVIDED IN THE CASE OF THE DRIVERS WHO WERE LOUNGING THERE HAD THEIR PETS. UM, I KNOW YOU'VE REMOVED THAT FROM YOUR PROPOSAL, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT THE DRIVERS ARE STILL GONNA HAVE THEIR PETS. THANK YOU. SO, SO, AND BELIEVE ME, I HAVE A HOUSE FULL OF PETS, SO I'M NOT AGAINST THE PETS. I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT WOULD BE, NOW THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE REMOVED THAT FROM YOUR PROPOSAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT STILL MAY BE A FACTOR. HOW DO YOU, YOU PLAN TO CLEAN UP AFTER 'EM? SO WE HAVE AND WHAT DO YOU DO NOW? WE HAVE DOG, THEY CALL 'EM DOGGY STATIONS, I GUESS, BUT THEY'RE THE, THE STATIONS THAT HAVE A, UH, THEY HAVE A WASTE BAG THAT, THAT THE DRIVERS CAN PULL OUT OF 'EM. AND THEN LIKE AT THE CONVENIENCE STORES? YEAH. OR LIKE SOME OF THE PARKS HAVE 'EM. YEAH. UM, YOU PULL THE WASTE BAG OUT AND THEN THERE'S A WASTE CAN, SO THE DRIVERS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP AFTER THEIR PETS AND TAKING CARE OF THEIR PETS AND THAT WORKS. IT DOES. YEAH. AND THEN WE GO AROUND AND WE EMPTY THAT DAILY. I NEED TO GET WATER. SO YEAH. THAT THE, THE DRIVERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A POLICY ON, ON DRIVERS HAVING PETS AND PRIVILEGE FOR 'EM TO HAVE PETS ON THE TRUCK. AND, AND TRULY WE, WE MONITOR IT AND MAKE THEM ADHERE TO IT AS IF THEY HAVE A WIFE OR A CHILD ON THE TRUCK. SO, UM, THEY'RE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I MISUNDERSTOOD. THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY STORAGE OTHER THAN JUST LAWN EQUIPMENT. CORRECT. SO YOU'RE NOT USING IT TO HOLD RECORDS. LIKE Y'ALL WERE TALKING LAST TIME OF HAVING A LOUNGE AREA, A RECORDS AREA. UM, I WAS NOT HERE LAST TIME, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS SAID. BUT WE, Y'ALL WERE SEEING IT WAS GONNA BE A STORAGE AREA FOR RECORDS, RIGHT? THEY SAID THAT THAT THAT ONE AREA WHERE THE DOOR WENT UP, LIKE A GARAGE DOOR. WELL, HE SAID THEY WERE GOING, BEEN [00:55:01] ON ONE END. THEY WERE GOING TO USE THAT FOR STORING PAPERWORK. STOR WERE SO FAR AWAY FROM USING PAPERWORK RIGHT NOW THAT YEAH, EVERYTHING'S DIGITAL. WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECORDS. I'M, I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT WE WERE TOLD THE LAST TIME. YEAH, WE, WE GOTTEN WHERE THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, LADIES, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. YOU BET. OKAY. MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? OKAY. SO YOU'RE FAR, YOU'RE ACCEPTING IT. LINDA NELAND, MAY I GET A SECOND? I SECOND. MAY I GET A VOTE? YES. UM, NO. YES. ORDER ONE. IT PASSES MA'AM. UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED. OKAY. GO TO THE NEXT. SO THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. NOTHING ELSE. WE WILL ADJOURN AT 8 0 8. THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A SAFE AND PLEASANT NIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.