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AND WELCOME TO THE, A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY, MAY THE 11TH, 2021.
[1A. Consider an ordinance canvassing the results of a General Election for the purpose of electing a Mayor and Council Members to Districts 3, 6, 7, 8 and a Special Election to fill the vacancy in District 1 of the City of Garland, Texas; declaring the results of that election; and providing an effective date.]
UH, IS TO CANVAS THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 1ST ELECTION.I, IT IS THE ONLY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED INTO OUR AGENDA ITEM ONE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEM ONE, A CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE, CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF A GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DISTRICTS THREE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, AND A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BUILD A VACANCY IN DISTRICT.
ONE OF THE GUARD OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THAT ELECTION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAY.
AND I BELIEVE MEMBER MCNEIL, YOU WERE GOING TO DO THE HONORS THIS EVENING.
WE APPROVE THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE MAY 1ST MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DISTRICT THREE SIX SEVEN, EIGHT, AND THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT ONE.
EXCUSE ME, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCNEIL AND A SECOND, I BELIEVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, UH, TO ACCEPT THE, UH, CANVAS OF THE ELECTION RESULTS.
AND, UH, MR. NEIGHBOR, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, UH, ON THE DISTRICT THREE RESULTS THAT THAT RACE DID GO INTO A RUNOFF.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, WE ARE JUST PUSHING THAT ON THAT IT WILL GO TO THE RUNOFF ELECTION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I DON'T KNOW THE CANVAS THING DIED ON THAT, BUT IT'LL BE, UH, UH, I, WAIT, I BELIEVE IT'S JUNE 14TH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE FINAL DAY TO CANVAS.
UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE I'M LOOKING THROUGH, I DON'T BELIEVE, UH, COUNCILMAN VIERRA HAS BEEN ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.
UH, LET'S SAY I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE HIM IN THE, IN THE MIX HERE.
UH, SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE CANVASSING OF THE RESULTS, UH, THAT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.
AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED WITH EIGHT, UH, IN FAVOR.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE STILL MEETING, UH, IN A VIRTUAL CAPACITY.
[1B. Conduct the swearing in of Mayor and Council Members for Districts 6, 7, 8 and the Special Election for the vacancy in District 1.]
LAST WEEK OR OVER THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF OR SO, UH, WE DID ACTUALLY, UH, PRE RECORD, UH, SOME SWEARING INS AND A FAREWELL.SO, UH, DAN, IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND RUN THAT TAPE, PLEASE.
NO, SAM DAN ACTUALLY, YEAH, THAT IS BEING PLAYED UPSTAIRS.
DOES CARMEN NEED TO RUN IT FROM HERE? YES.
WE'LL GIVE HER A MINUTE TO QUEUE THAT UP.
I, SCOTT LEMAY DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
I SCOTT DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTY THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE OFFICE, OF MAYOR, OF THE CITY OF GARLAND OR THE CITY OF GARLAND STATE OF TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.
YEAH, WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, FIRST OFF, THANK MY SUPPORTERS, UH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE ENCOURAGED ME
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FOR MANY YEARS NOW, UH, TO, UH, PURSUE THIS PUBLIC OFFICE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT IS, IS REALLY WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING, UH, AS, AS THE, AS THE DAYS OF A CAMPAIGN WHERE ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT REALLY STEPS IN AND MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.UH, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CANDIDATES, UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAD 14 CANDIDATES, UH, IN FIVE RACES.
UM, AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THOSE CANDIDATES, UH, IN THE PARKING LOTS OF THE VOTING CENTERS, WAITING FOR VOTERS TO COME IN.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, UH, FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN PAST HISTORY OF ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY, UH, CANDIDATES CAN NOT GET ALONG WELL.
UM, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IN THE CITY OF GARLAND CANDIDATES DO GET ALONG, UH, IT WAS REALLY VERY, UH, REFRESHING TO EVERYONE TOGETHER AND JUST, YES, THEY HAD DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BUT JUST REPRESENTING THEMSELVES, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I AM ELECTED TO REPRESENT THIS CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SPEND TIME OUT IN THE CITY, TALKING TO PEOPLE, YOU REALIZE, OR I REALIZE THAT YES, WHILE I'M ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE CITY, THE CITY REALLY REPRESENTS ME.
UH, IT, IT IS SO GREAT TO GET OUT AND SEE AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHARE A LOT OF THINGS, OUR WORK ETHIC, OUR KINDNESS, UH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, UH, WHICH, WHICH ARE REFLECTION BACK TO ME OF THE CITY THAT WE ARE.
AND I HAVE A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THAT.
AS FAR AS THE FUTURE, UH, WE ARE AS A COUNCIL, WE ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THE 2019 BOND PACKAGE.
IT IS MOVING FORWARD AT GREAT PACE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UH, IN THE, IN THE FUTURE OF, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S AROUND THE CORNER, WE WILL ALWAYS FACE CHALLENGES, UH, JUST LIKE WE HAVE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, BUT WE WILL STAND TOGETHER AND WE WILL FACE THOSE CHALLENGES.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL CELEBRATE OUR VICTORIES, UH, THAT WE ARE ASSURED TO HAVE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, CITIZENS OF GARLAND.
FIRST OF ALL, WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND, UH, FOR JUST ENTRUSTING THIS AWESOME, AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY TO ME.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN THE HONORABLE DAVID GIBBONS FOR HIS SERVICE AT DISTRICT ONE AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THERE, BUT MORE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY CONSEQUENT, THANK YOU FOR LEAVING THE CITY AND DISTRICT ONE IN GREAT HANDS TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE COUNCIL.
THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE COLLABORATION THAT EXISTED ON COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING PROFESSIONALISM FOR SHOWING EXCELLENCE OR IMPORTANT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, A, A DESIRE TO SERVE EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF GARLAND.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.
IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE.
AS WE THINK ABOUT THE LAST FIVE MONTHS, WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD, OBVIOUSLY IN FEBRUARY, UH, WITH OUR W WITH PETS, NOBODY GETTING AS SUMMER CALLED IT.
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY STAFF, ALL OF OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS TO POLICE PUT FIRE, BUT ALL ALSO ALL OF THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES, ALL OF THOSE AT GP AND L I CITY STAFF, I CITY WORKERS, YOU GUYS DID AN AWESOME JOB.
THAT WAS A HEAVY LIFT, BUT WE WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.
WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH.
ALSO ALL OF OUR EMS RESPONDERS, YOU GUYS DID AWESOME, YOU KNOW, ANSWERING THE PHONE, ROUTING PHONES AND RUNNING CALLS TO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENTS AND JUST GETTING EVERYONE ENGAGED.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS, A TREMENDOUS LIFT ON YOUR PART, THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU ENDURED, UH, SOME STATE TWO AND THREE DAYS AT A TIME, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS WERE SERVED.
AND I KNOW THE RESONANCE STUDENTS.
WELL, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS THAT EVEN DURING THAT EXPERIENCE, WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CHALLENGES.
HOWEVER, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING THROUGH FOR PULLING TOGETHER AND NOT PULLING APART.
THE COLLABORATION THAT EXISTED BETWEEN THE CITY OF STAFFS WAS OUTSTANDING.
ALL OF YOU THAT WAS AT PARKS AND REC, THAT'S SERVED BY CITIZENS WITH WARMING STATIONS.
MY HAT GOES OFF TO EACH ONE OF YOU.
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TREATING THOSE RESIDENTS LIKE THEY WERE ROTTING.
SO THANK YOU TALL ABOUT PARKS AND REC STAFF.
OBVIOUSLY WE WERE NOT PERFECT, BUT WE WERE IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION.
AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IS THE FACT I WAS A PART ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT TEAM.
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF, ALL OF US, ALL OF OUR STAFF IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS GARLAND GETS READY TO REALLY TAKE OFF IN THIS NEXT ECONOMIC
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BOOM TO ALL OF OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF.THANK YOU FOR WORKING WELL WITH COUNCIL, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR PROFESSIONALISM TO THE TABLE AND JUST BASICALLY BRINGING GREAT IDEAS AND GREAT OPTIONS TO COUNCIL PLANNING.
WE NEED TO, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH ALSO TO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THANK YOU, SIR, BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AWESOME JOB AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU VET THOSE PROJECTS HAS COME INTO COUNCIL.
THAT YOU'D GO DO, GO THROUGH YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR JUST TAKING THE TIME OUT TO SERVE THIS CITY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO BRING QUALITY DEVELOPMENT TO COUNCIL SO THAT WE COULD MAKE THOSE, UH, THOSE, THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS.
WE JUST, JUST POUR OUT ALL OF OUR SUPPORT TO YOU AND TO ALL OF OUR APPRECIATION TO YOU, AND FINALLY, JUST A MESSAGE TO ALL OF OUR YOUTH, ALL ABOUT YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR JUST POSITIONING GARLAND, TO BE A REAL CATALYST IN THIS REGION.
AND THEN THANK YOU FOR POSITIONING YOURSELVES TO TAKE OVER.
AS WE CONTINUE TO PASS THE BATON FORWARD, WE ASK THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO STAY INVOLVED, THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED AND THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO REQUEST THAT WE, THE CITY OF GARLAND, THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS COUNCIL, THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THE BEST VENUES, THE BEST OPTIONS, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING.
SO THAT GARLAND WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A PREMIER CITY, NOT ONLY IN TEXAS, BUT WITHIN THE COUNTRY.
AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, MAYOR SCOTLAND MAY.
YOU ARE TRULY A GENTLEMAN TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AS WELL AS ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SEE NOT ONLY THE CITY OF GARLAND, JUST GO FORWARD, BUT WE CONTINUE TO SEE GARLAND BE A FLAGSHIP WITHIN THE NATION.
UH, JEFF BASS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FACE FULLY EXECUTED DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT ONE OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT, ONE OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, STATE OF TEXAS, AND WHAT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE, UH, CITIZENS IN DISTRICT ONE FOR TRUSTING ME TO REPRESENT THEM ON CITY COUNCIL FOR CITY OF GARLAND.
ROBERT VERA, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT SIX OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED FOR MY THIRD TERM, I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE OF GARLAND FOR HAVING COMPETENCE IN ME.
AND I LOVE THE WAY THE CITY OF GARLAND DIRECTION IS GOING.
AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB.
UM, WE HAVE A REAL GOOD CITY COUNCIL, AND I HOPE THAT WE COULD KEEP ON DOING THE RIGHT THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING NOW.
I DYLAN, HEIDRICK, DYLAN HEDRICK, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES? FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT SEVEN OF THE CITY OF GARLANDS FOR DISTRICT SEVEN OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, STATE OF TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.
WHEN I STOOD HERE TWO YEARS AGO, I COULDN'T IMAGINE WHAT THE FUTURE HAD IN STORE FOR US TO DO WITH ON CITY.
WE HAD TO HANDLE THE OCTOBER, 2019 TORNADOES FOLLOWED BY A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND EARLY 2020, AND THEN COLD TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL, AND A POWER OUTAGE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THOSE ARE ALL THOSE AREN'T IN THE USER MANUAL.
THEY GIVE YOU WHEN YOU FIRST JOINED COUNCIL YET, I'M VERY PROUD HOW GARLAND
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HAS DEALT WITH ALL THESE ISSUES WE HAVE FACED, AND WE FACE THEM TOGETHER.NO MATTER THE HARDSHIP GARLAND HAS ALWAYS COME TOGETHER AS A UNITED COMMUNITY THAT LOOKS OUT FOR NEIGHBORS IN NEED IS WITH THAT SPIRIT THAT I SERVE TODAY DURING MY SECOND TERM, I HOPE TO BUILD A BETTER GARLAND THROUGH THE CONTINUED SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOND PROGRAMS THAT CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR POLICE FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN TWO YEARS, BUT THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE, KATIE, WITHOUT HER SUPPORT.
I COULD NEVER DO THE LATE NIGHT MEETINGS AND ATTENDED THAT WE HAVE, AND I WORK LATE NIGHT WORK SESSIONS.
AND MY TWO DAUGHTERS WHO REMIND ME THAT IT IS THEIR FUTURE, THAT I'M HELPING TO BUILD GARLAND AND WORKING SO HARD TO IMPROVE.
I ALSO LIKE TO THANK THOSE CONSTITUENTS I REPRESENT THAT HAVE SUPPORTED ME ALONG THE WAY HAS BEEN THE HONOR OF MY LIFE TO SERVE THEM AND TO SERVE THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.
AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SERVE FOR A SECOND TERM.
THANK YOU, PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT EIGHT? THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT EIGHT OF THE CITY OF GARLAND OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, THE STATE OF TEXAS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.
GARLAND, TWO YEARS AGO, I CAME TO YOU WITH A LONG LIST OF CHALLENGES, BUT WITH A MESSAGE OF HOPE I TOLD YOU THAT GARLAND'S BEST DAYS WERE STILL AHEAD OF IT.
AND DESPITE THE EVENTS OF THE PAST TWO YEARS, A TORNADO, CIVIL UNREST, A PANDEMIC, AND MOST RECENTLY A STATEWIDE BLACKOUT, I'VE WATCHED GARLAND STEP UP TO THESE CHALLENGES IN A WAY THAT OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS CAN ONLY DREAM OF OR REPEAT TO YOU TONIGHT.
GARLAND'S BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF IT.
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD AN INCREDIBLY STRONG START TO OUR BOND PROGRAM.
WE'RE BUILDING A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER REPLACING MORE THAN 20 PLAYGROUNDS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED ON MOST OF OUR MAJOR ROADS.
OUR COST OF WATER WILL DROP THIS YEAR AND IT'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR THE NEXT DECADE.
WE PASSED THE FIRST TAX CUT FOR SENIORS AND HOMEOWNERS.
IN NEARLY YEARS LATER THIS YEAR, WE'LL ALSO BROWN GRAY BREAK GROUND ON NAME AND SCHOOL ROAD.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IS THE PURCHASE AND THE ACTIVATION OF THE NEW VA HOSPITAL WITH PLANS TO ATTRACT A HOSPITAL FOR PUBLIC USE IN THAT SAME AREA.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE YOUR VOICE HERE AT CITY HALL FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT RIGHT NOW, I'M BEGINNING MY LAST TERM.
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER GROUP OF CITIZENS TO SERVE.
AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LIFETIME.
UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, THIS IS THE LAST TIME, UH, WE HAVE TO DO THIS REMOTELY AS FAR AS, UH, AS FAR AS SWEARING IN, UH, NEW MEMBERS.
UM, THAT IS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA AND I, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE, UH, TO CONGRATULATE, UH, JEFF BASS AND DISTRICT ONE, UH, ROBERT VIERRA, DISTRICT SIX, DYLAN HEDRICK, DISTRICT SEVEN, AND, UH, ROBERT SMITH AND DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, IT IS, IT IS A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING WITH A NEW MEMBER, WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO, UH, DISTRICT ONE.
UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, RICKY MCNEIL FOR STEPPING UP, UM, IN, IN WHAT COULD QUITE POSSIBLY AS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE SITUATIONS THAT WE HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED, UH, WHERE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, UH, WE HAD A MEMBER WHO HAD TO RESIGN AND, AND, AND THE COUNCIL, UH, HAD TO A POINT, UH, A REPLACEMENT.
I MEAN, THOSE, THE CHANCES OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS EVER COMING TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME ARE, ARE FANTASTICAL.
UH, BUT I WANT TO THANK RICKY, UH, FOR STEPPING UP, UM, AND HE HAS SERVED WITH US, UH, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, IT PROBABLY SEEMS
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FIVE TIMES LONGER THAN IT ACTUALLY GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON.UH, IT PROBABLY SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A LOT LONGER THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS, BUT I W I, I APPRECIATE RICKY DOING THIS FOR US.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE MY HONOR TO REFER TO HIM AS THE HONORABLE RINKY MCNEIL, UH, FOR THE REST OF THE TIME THAT WE KNOW EACH OTHER.
SO, UH, YOUR SERVICE TO US, UH, HERE IN THE CITY IS CERTAINLY APPRECIATED.
AND THANK, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND JUST TO REMINDER FOR THE FOLKS IN DISTRICT THREE, UH, THAT RACE DID GO TO A RUNOFF, UH, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5TH, BETWEEN ED MOORE AND PC MATTHEW.
UH, SO I WILL, UH, WE WILL, UH, AS WE SHOULD, AS WE DO IT, ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, UH, WE WILL ALLOW TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, YOU MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES, UH, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT ANYONE IN THE QUEUE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST KIND OF US TONIGHT.
SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, UH, AT, UH, SEVEN 21, WE ARE ADJOURNED.