[2. Consider the Consent Agenda]
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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 12TH 2022 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.
FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT . EXCUSE ME IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS? I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REQUESTS TO HAVING ADAMS PULLED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT
[3. Written Briefings]
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE STILL GOT TIME FOR THAT IF WE NEED IT. LIVING ON TO ITEM THREE WRITTEN BRIEFINGS. THREE A ENTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GARLAND HOUSING AGENCY IN THE PLANO HOUSING AUTHORITY. PERFORM PUBLIC HOUSING HQS INSPECTIONS AND JUST TO NOTE THIS ONE, UH THIS WILL COME BACK FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION IN OUR FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, NOT TOMORROW NIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE JANUARY. 10TH WILL BE OUR WHEN THIS IS UP FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION. MOVING ON ITEM THREE. B CONSIDER ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PARADE AND PROGRAM. ADAM THREE C COLLECTIONS FOR PARKING CITATIONS. ADAM THREE D TEXT DOT IMPAIRED DRIVING MOBILIZATION GRANT 2023. ALL RIGHT. MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR VERBAL BRIEFINGS[4a. Introduction of Mariah Phipps-Jack - New Emergency Management Director]
ADAM FOR A INTRODUCTION OF MARIAH PHIPPS, JACK, NEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.COME ON IN. ALL THE WAY DOWN. GOSH EASY, EASY, EASY. I KNOW. THANK YOU, COUNSEL FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT MARIAH PHIPPS JACK, WHO CAME TO US STARTING DECEMBER 5TH . SO LAST MONDAY, SHE WILL BE THE NEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR OR IS THE NEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR WHILE SHE CAME FROM UTD SHE HAS ABOUT 22 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BOTH AT THE ARE REALLY ALL THE LEVELS THE PRIVATE SECTOR NON PROFIT. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THEN ALSO COUNTY SO PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME HER. THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH. I REALLY AM VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE CITY OF GARLAND TEAM , AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH ONE OF YOU IN THE FUTURE. WERE EXCITED TO HAVE MARIAH HERE. SHE SHE KNOWS HER STUFF. NOBODY'S QUITE MISTY, BUT SHE KNOWS THAT SHE'S NO MISTY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. BUT MARIAH WILL WILL BE DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR US, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MISTY AND HER ENTIRE TEAM, SO SHE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB. VERY GOOD. UH YOU KNOW, YOU AND I MET WE HAD A SIDEWALK MEETING OUT HERE. I GUESS I DON'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WHERE IT WAS SO CERTAINLY WELCOME. WELCOME TO THE TEAM. WELCOME TO THE CITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ANY QUESTIONS OR A DO WE WANT TO START HER OUT WITH, LIKE, JUST BOMBING HER WITH QUESTIONS AND WHAT IFS AND SCENARIOS OF YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DISASTERS WOULD BE GOOD PRO TIM MORRIS WITH AN INVITATION LIKE THAT. I MEAN, HOW CAN WE NOT WELCOME? WE ARE VERY, VERY PLEASED TO HAVE YOU VERY PLEASED THAT YOU AND MISTY ARE ALREADY FRIENDS AND COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER WITH HOPEFUL. AND I WILL JUST WISH FOR YOU A MUCH CALMER WORK FUTURE THAN WE HAVE PUT MISSED EITHER THROUGH IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NOT DOING IT FASTER. WILLIAMS, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MISS PHELPS. JACK IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY ALRIGHT. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF GARLAND. YEAH, THE. CITY IN TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES. AND YOU HOLLERING. BEST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. SEE THE NEXT YEAR. WE THINK SO YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SHOES TO FIELD BUT JUST A CURIOUS QUESTION WENT TO U T D. HOW DID YOU PICTURE INTEREST ABOUT THE PROFESSION THAT YOU ARE NOW IN AND THE TEAM . YOU GONNA LEAD? HOW DID YOU GET INTO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT?
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CAN YOU TELL US BRIEFLY? ABOUT HOW WHAT YOUR DREAMS WERE AND HOW YOU ENDED UP IN THIS PROFESSION AND ABSOLUTELY. I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY YOU KNOW, HAS A SPECIFIC CALLING, YOU KNOW THAT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO. UM AND WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I TOLD MY FATHER I WANTED TO WORK FOR THE AMERICAN OR ACROSS AND HELP PEOPLE IN TIMES OF DISASTER WAS ABOUT 15. WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT AND HE SAID MARIAH, YOU'LL NEVER MAKE ANY MONEY. AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO A PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT, AND I HAPPENED TO TAKE A CLASS ON DISASTERS AND IN LOVE, AND I SAID NO, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE IN THEIR TIME OF NEED, AND THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS ALL THERE IS TO IT, SO I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CLASS AND I FOUND, UH, THE PROFESSION HAS BEEN JUST SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT. AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT I'VE FOUND THIS OPPORTUNITY. BUT THEY'RE TOO LATE IN MY FINAL QUESTION IS HAS MISSED HIS SHARED WITH YOU IN THE VIDEOS FROM THE LAST 5 TO 10 YEARS IN GARLAND. YEAH, I'M HOLDING THOSE FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL AGAIN, WELCOME TO GARLAND, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.ALRIGHT WE SEEM TO HAVE CLEARED THE Q AND YES, DAD'S WE DADS ARE GOOD AT TELLING WHAT JOBS WILL NEVER MAKE MONEY, SO THAT'S PART OF OUR THAT'S THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO. SO ANYWAY. WELCOME WE LOOK FORWARD TO AVENUE HERE. ALRIGHT IN WE ALSO, WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE, YOU KNOW? MM ALRIGHT
[4b. Administrative Services Committee Update]
THAT MOVES US TO EXCUSE ME, ADAM FOUR B. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE. UPDATE PRO TIM SMITH.THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE WANT TO TAKE FIVE OR 10 MINUTES TO GO THROUGH THE ETHICS ORDINANCE.
AND GET EVERYBODY TO SIGN OFF ON IT. WE FIRST LOOKED AT THIS BACK IN EITHER. I THINK IT WAS JULY.
SO EVERYBODY'S HAD A GOOD SIX MONTHS TO READ THIS THING OVER OTHER THAN ONE BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS BACK IN JULY. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY OTHER FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL. SO WE'RE GOING TO ROLL THROUGH THE CHANGES HERE REAL QUICK, JUST TO REMIND HER EVERYTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE PULLING BACK A BIT FROM A DISCIPLINARY ISSUES IS BECAUSE OF STATE LAW. WE DID NOT SET OUT TO MAKE THIS ANY EASIER ON OURSELVES BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN EASY JOB ALREADY. WOULD WE WANT TO DO THAT? THE COMMITTEE.
I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY SPENT 40 TO 60 MAN HOURS JUST IN DISCUSSION, THROWING EVERY CONCEIVABLE SCENARIO. WE COULD COME UP WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND AT THE SUGGESTED REWRITES SO IF THERE'S AN IDEA THAT YOU COME UP WITH THIS EVENING, CHANCES ARE WE MIGHT HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED, UM EVERY SINGLE POINT OF IT LOOKING AT THIS FROM PEOPLE ACTING IN THE MOST ALTRUISTIC WAY AND THE PUBLIC'S BEST INTEREST TO BEING INCREDIBLY EVIL AND ONLY WORKING IN THEIR BEST INTEREST AND EVERYTHING EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE A FEW HEAD SCRATCHERS ON HERE. WHEN YOU FIRST SEE HIM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THE REASONING BEHIND IT.
AND WITH THAT SAID MR ENGLAND COULDN'T KICK OFFICER MAYOR COUNCIL TO SPIN THAT ARE USUALLY MY LOUD VOICE CARRIES QUITE QUITE A WHILE, UM, GOOD EVENING. THIS. TONIGHT'S PROCESS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE LAST WEEK'S THAT WE DID WITH THE COUNCIL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHERE I'M NOT GOING TO GO LINE BY LINE THROUGH THE ORDINANCE THE RED LINES WITH Y'ALL BECAUSE MOST OF THE RED LINES I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU'VE LOOKED UP WITH GENERAL CLEANUP ITEMS AND THIS.
SOME OF THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS WANTED TO DO. ONE OF THEIR MAIN GOALS WAS TO SIMPLIFY THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT MORE READABLE. TO WHERE SOMEONE CAN PICK IT UP AND READ IT AND NOT HAVE TO ASK AN ATTORNEY. WHAT THIS MEANS. UM THE SECOND ITEM IS WHICH IS MORE IMPRESSIVE, I THINK FROM THE COMMITTEE'S POINT OF VIEW IS THE AWARENESS THAT OFTENTIMES ETHICS ORDINANCES ARE TYPICALLY ONLY USED IF THEY'RE BEING WEAPONIZED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSE, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANTED TO DO AS THEY WORK THEIR WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE ORDINANCE. AND MAKING IT A LITTLE LESS COMPLICATED SO THAT YOU COULDN'T PLAY PROCEDURAL GYMNASTICS WITH SOMEBODY TO TRY TO HIT HIM IN THE CORNER FOR POLITICAL PURPOSE, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN ADMIRAL. THEY DID AN ADMIRABLE JOB OF THAT, AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEIR GOALS . AND THEN THE THIRD THING WAS DRAFT FOR CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW. MANY OF THE MANY SINCE THIS LAST WAS DRAFTED, STATE LAW HAD HAD CHANGED. DEFINITIONS HAD CHANGED, AND SO YOU'LL GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE DEFINITION SECTION.
QUITE A NUMBER OF RED LINE CHANGES, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. IN FACT, AND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY REFERENCE STATE LAW AND SAID THAT THIS DEFINITION IS THE SAME DEFINITION UNDER STATE LAW.
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FIRST ITEM. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, UM, MUCH LIKE WE DID WITH THE POLICIES. I'M GOING TO TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THE SUBJECT MATTERS THAT I THINK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN AND THAT YOU MAY WANT TO COMMENT ON AND GIVE SOME DIRECTION AND MAYBE SHAPE A LITTLE BIT. FIRST ONE IS IN SECTION 10.5 TO THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, CONFLICTS OF INTERSECTION AND SUBSECTION G ZONING MATTERS. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE ADDED THE COMMITTEE ADDED THE UNDERLYING PORTION THAT AND THAT IS OR HAD WITHIN 12 MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE VOTE OR DECISION. AND SO THIS IS IN REGARD THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE A MEMBER OF COUNCIL HAS A MATTER THAT COMES BEFORE IT IS OWNING MATTER AND THAT ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT CURRENTLY ON PROPERTY IN WHICH THE ZONING IS AFFECTED, THEY DID HAVE AN INTEREST WITHIN THE 12 MONTH PERIOD. PROCEEDING IT. UM AND ALSO THEY ALSO EXPANDED THAT AREA FROM 200 FT. TO OR WITHIN THE AREA OF OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE ZONING MATTER, AND SO MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BROADER THAN 200 FT. SO THE PARENTS TESTICLE WILL BE THE APPLICABLE PORTION OF THE STATUTE AND THOSE WERE THE TWO ITEMS THAT THEY THAT THE COMMITTEE ADDED TO SUB CHAPTER G OR SUBSECTION G. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I SEE. NONE. IS THIS A COGNITIVE CONSENSUS ON THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE? OKAY, THAT WOULD BE UNANIMOUS. AND THAT SECTION IS SECTION 10.53 THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION TO DISCLOSURES. AND THEN THIS, THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.THEY LOOKED AT A DIFFERENT OPTIONS, AND THIS ONE ACTUALLY CHANGED PROBABLY TWO OR THREE TIMES THROUGHOUT DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS, BUT WHAT THEY SETTLED ON IS THAT TO, TO MAKE CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURES MORE TRANSPARENT AND MORE READILY AVAILABLE IS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE COPY OF THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT OF EACH MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL THAT WAY, IF ANY MEMBER OF THIS OF THE PUBLIC HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT RELATIONSHIP A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MIGHT HAVE WITH SOMEONE WHO BRINGS TESTIMONY OR WHO BRINGS A MATTER BEFORE THEM? IT'S JUST A CLICK AWAY AT THE WEBSITE. AND SO THERE'S SOME. THERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY COMPONENT THAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT. AND JUMPING IN ON THAT ONE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IF WE HAD AN ITEM COME BEFORE US, AND I'LL ALWAYS TRY TO USE MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY MUCH AN OPEN BOOK. ANYWAY WE HAD AN ISSUE WHERE A NONPROFIT CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. I HAD RECEIVED A CAMPAIGN DONATION IN PRIOR YEARS FROM A MEMBER OF THAT NONPROFIT AND I WAS SET TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT. AND THE QUESTION WAS, WELL, HOW DO WE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT IN THE PAST I'VE RECEIVED THIS DONATION . AND HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT? IT WASN'T IT WAS FAR ENOUGH IN THE PAST THAT IT DIDN'T CREATE A CONFLICT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HIDE IT FROM THE PUBLIC EITHER. DO WE WANT TO TAKE TIME OUT OF A MEETING FOR ME TO RAISE MY HAND AND GO? OH WELL, HEY, JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW I GOT THIS DONATION TWO YEARS AGO FROM THIS PERSON. UM WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING WHERE THAT LOGICAL TRAIL ENDED. I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE AND A MESS. WHAT IF WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC IF THEY'RE INTERESTED, AND SO WE THOUGHT FROM A TIMELINESS PERSPECTIVE. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO OFFER THAT INFORMATION? AND THEN THIS IS WHAT WE ENDED UP SETTLING ON. AND WILL THESE BE POSTED ON OUR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER PAGE OR THE CITY SECRETARIES PAGE? WE WERE NOT GOING TO GIVE GUYS ON THAT. WE JUST FIGURED CITY SECRETARY CAN DO IT. HOWEVER, SHE SEES FIT. FAIR ENOUGH. OKAY? MM HMM. HOLD ON A SECOND CONCERT LOOK. SO WHY NOT ALL OF THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS? WHY JUST THE MOST RECENT. UM. WE'RE OPEN TO IT. I MEAN, WE JUST THOUGHT, OKAY. HOW FAR BACK DO WE WANT TO GO? WE KNOW THERE COULD BE A MAXIMUM OF 12 NOW WOULD BE 18 PER COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THE PFS AND THE TWO CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS AND THEN WE KNOW WE'RE TURNED OUT AFTER MAXIMUM OF SIX YEARS, SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? HOW DO WE PRESENT THAT INFORMATION? NO I DON'T THINK WE WERE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT IT. IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT WAY. WE'RE LOOKING AROUND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE FINE. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT WHAT GIVES PERTINENT CURRENT INFORMATION.
BUT YEAH, WELL, I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE EXAMPLE YOU GAVE WAS TWO YEARS AGO, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PREVIOUS CAMPAIGN REPORT WHERE THAT WAS FILED. RATHER THAN THE MOST RECENT. WELL, WE EVEN BROUGHT UP THE ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GIVEN MONEY BY THEIR GIVEN SUPPORT BY THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, THE IRAN WHICH IS 2017 IF I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE
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FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION THIS YEAR, THE CITIZENS MIGHT THINK THAT WOULD BE PERTINENT DATA AND SO ABSOLUTELY NO ARGUMENT WITH THAT AT ALL. SO. WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO POST ALL OF THEM. I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO POST ONE, WE MIGHT AS WELL POST ALL OF THEM. IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO ME TO DO SO. OKAY? THANK YOU, SIR. VERY GOOD THING. MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE, BUT IT'S OK. WELL, YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT SHOWING ON MINE, BUT IT WAS. NO, IT WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH. I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK. AH CASPAR WILLIAMS. THANK THANK YOU, MAYOR, MR CHAIR AND STRANGE. THIS IS AN ADDITION TO THOSE REPORTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS CORRECT AND I CAN GO BACK UNTIL TIME OF MOSES. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO THAT FAR, RIGHT? OKAY AND I SAID THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS OFF COUNCIL, I WAS OFF COUNCIL AND SOMEBODY REQUESTED. DON'T TELL THEM YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN BUY THE STAMPS YOU WANT YOU WANT.YOU DON'T HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR TIME. YOU KNOW, I REALLY DID LIVE INTO YOUR HOUSE IF YOU WANT ME TO, BUT BUT MY QUESTION IS THAT IT'S OPEN RECORDS. YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME. OKAY UH AND I THINK WITH THAT AS AS A, UH, COMPLIMENT TO WHAT'S HERE. I THINK IT TO ME. AT LEAST IT ADDRESSES CANCEL 80 LUGS AND TURNED BECAUSE ANYBODY BECAUSE THAT HAS HAPPENED. IN MY CASE, YOU CAN GO BACK AND WHEN THEY FIRST YOU KNOW, AS FAR BACK AS YOU WANT TO, I, UH I LIKE THAT PHRASE USING TECHNOLOGY. UM I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHALLENGES THAT THAT MAY NOT BE ANY. BUT IF WE START LOADING THINGS, IT'S GOING BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING. AND THAT SURE, AND I KNOW MOST OF THE FOLKS IN SITU. IT'S THAT I KNOW. THEY'RE NOT GOING. TO UH, I WANNA GO BACK THAT FOR ON THE WEBSITE WHILE THEY'RE DOING PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST AND LOOK AT THAT. SO I THINK I THINK THAT , IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO QUESTION MR PUBLIC RECORDS MEETS , MEETS THE TRANSPARENCY TEST THAT WE SHOULD FULLY SUPPORT THAT RECOMMENDATION THERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I JUST SAW HIM CLEAR SO YOU SUPPORT JUST THE MOST RECENT VERSION BEING POSTED . IF SOMEBODY WANTS THE OTHERS THEY REQUEST THEM. IS THAT YES. OKAY. I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC RECORDS VEHICLE TO DO. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT DID COME UP WAS THAT WE DO HAVE A 72 HOUR POSTING RIGHT SO THERE'S A THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. WE GET THE POSTING FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT'S GOING TO BE ON TUESDAY. WE KNOW THOSE ISSUES COME UP ON TUESDAY. DO I HAVE TIME TO EXECUTE THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST AND GET THE RESPONSE BACK FOR THE ISSUE THAT'S COMING UP ON TUESDAY BECAUSE YOU GET 10 DAYS I THINK TO REPLY TO A FOR YOU. AND SO. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME VALIDITY AND TO WHAT COUNCILMAN LIKED IS BRINGING JUST FROM A TIMELINESS PERSPECTIVE. SO IF WE WANTED TO LEAVE THE OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NO LONGER ON COUNCIL, SO WE'RE NOT JUNKING UP THE WEBSITE BUT WE WANTED TO PUT THE FINANCE REPORTS FOR ANYBODY WHO'S AN ACTIVE SITTING MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL ONLINE. UM FOR THAT SPECIFIC SCENARIO WHERE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY'S INTERESTS , BUT YOU'VE ONLY BEEN GIVEN THAT 72 HOUR WINDOW TO DO IT. I THINK I COULD REALLY SEE A BENEFIT THERE. CANCER BASS. THANK YOU, UM TWO. COUNCILMAN RELAX POINT. UM I DO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD IT THAT THAT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE FOR IT MORE TO BE MORE THAN JUST THE MOST RECENT. HOWEVER I THINK IT DOES NEED TO BE A FINITE NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIMITED, BUT JUST USE USE. B J AS AN EXAMPLE BJ HAS BEEN ON COUNCIL BEFORE, SO THAT WOULD BE THERE COULD BE AN INNUMERABLE NUMBER, RIGHT? AND THEN WHAT? IF SO YOU KNOW IT COULD THERE COULD BE MORE. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE I WOULD PREFER INSTEAD OF SEEING AN INDEFINITE ON THERE HAVE A FINITE NUMBER WHETHER THAT BE 246 YEARS. UM BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A B A FINITE NUMBER SOMEWHERE GREATER THAN MOST RECENT AND SIX YEARS SOMEWHERE IN THERE THINKING HERE, RIGHT SO ANOTHER SCENARIO IS, UH OR OR DEFINITION THAT WE COULD PUT IN IS IN THERE. THE PERSON'S CURRENT THIS. I WAS ELECTED IN 2013 SERVED SIX YEARS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THEN BECAME MAYOR. SO DO WE REALLY WANT TO PUT I MEAN IS IT IS THAT POSTING OF MY FINANCIAL REPORTS GO ALL
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THE WAY BACK TO 2013 SINCE I HAVEN'T LEFT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST I MEAN, I HONESTLY DON'T CARE, BUT I JUST WANT TO IF WE'RE DEFINING TIME PERIODS, YOU KNOW, UH, NUMBER FOUR YEARS, SIX YEARS. I. OKAY, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THAT. YEAH. BECAUSE I MEAN, I'VE. THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE A SEPARATE PAGE JUST FOR MY CONTINUOUS RECORDS. COUNCILOR LUCK. UM WELL, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY THEY'RE NOT ALREADY ONLINE. AND WHY ALL OF THE FINANCE REPORTS FROM ALL OF THE YEARS AREN'T ON THERE JUST AS A MATTER OF RECORD. DIGITIZING THINGS LIKE THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. UM ESPECIALLY IF I'M CLICKING AROUND AND WANT TO FIND SOME INFORMATION, WHETHER IT BE HISTORICAL OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. UM. I DON'T WANT TO PUT ALL OF THAT ON THE CITY'S SECRETARY'S OFFICE TONIGHT, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON. THERE IS JUST KIND OF YOU KNOW OUR POLITICAL HISTORY ONLINE SO UM. I WOULD DEFINITELY GO FOUR YEARS. IF THAT'S THE FEW IF YOU WANT TO PUT A TIME LIMIT ON IT, BECAUSE OUR TERMS ARE TWO YEARS THAT WOULD GIVE TWO YEARS OF TERMS OR TWO TERMS. BUT I STILL THINK IF I THINK IT SHOULD BE ALL OF THEM. YES FROM 2013 ON THANK YOU. COUNCILOR RIVERA. I DON'T AGREE THERE. BECAUSE IF THEY WANT TO GET IT, THEY CAN GET IT. BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO PUT IT IN PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO PUT IT IN PUBLIC. WHERE EVERYBODY CAN GET IT. YOU KNOW THEY COULD USE IT AGAINST YOU. YOU KNOW? AND THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS THE WAY WE GOT IT RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WANT TO REQUEST YOU WANT TO GET A REQUEST FOR IT? YOU GET IT THEN. BUT NOT TO PUT IT FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE IT. THANK YOU. UH LET'S SEE HERE. HANG ON CUSTOMER. YOU HOLD ON A SECOND. WE GOT SOME BUTTON ISSUES GOING THERE, COUNSELOR WILLIAMS. SORRY. OKAY OKAY, MAN. THANK YOU. MARY COULD LIVE WITH THE SIX YEARS BECAUSE THAT'S THE THAT'S A NORMAL TERM OF A COUNCIL PERSON, IF IN RESPONSE TO COUNSELING BASS SIX YEARS THAT I COULD LIVE WITH THAT SECOND THING IS. I'M SITTING HERE ASKING MYSELF THE QUESTION. THE PROBLEM. BUT PROBLEM ALWAYS SOLVING. THIS.ISSUE I'M SORRY. LABOR MAKING MAKING RULES THAT'S LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM. AND IF YOU AS YOU AS YOU MAKE A RULE, YOU BETTER HAVE A PROBLEM AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW TO BET IT AND I'M JUST ALWAYS THAT THEY WERE ABOUT PUTTING SOMETHING OUT THERE. WE MAKE THIS RULE. BUT MY QUESTION IS. WHAT IS IT FIXING HAVE WE HAD HAVE WE HAD AH AND OUT CHOIR FEEDBACK, OR JUST AS MUCH AS THE CITY ATTORNEY AND MR CHAIRMAN, APPEAL FROM OUR PUBLIC IF WE HAD ISSUES WITH PERSONS WHO HAVE ASKED FOR RECORDS AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THOSE RECORDS IN A TIMELY MANNER. I'M JUST SAYING WHAT WHAT DO WE FIXING WITH EDIT RULES? HAVE WE BECAME WE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE WHERE PUBLIC HAS HEAVY, VALID REASON TO QUESTION THE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE THEY ASKED FOR INFORMATION, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS ACCESS ACCESS THAT INFORMATION. THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR CHAIRMAN, HAVE WE HAD THAT ONE? YEAH AND YOU KNOW IT WAS IT WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. WRITING RULES FOR A COUNCIL THAT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEMS. HOWEVER WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THAT THERE'S SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE NINETIES THAT I MADE, I BELIEVE MAY STILL BE SERVING THEIR SENTENCES RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE TOOK THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT AND I DON'T THINK IT'S ORIGINAL. BUT IT'S THE PERKY COX WERE THE LAST ONE BACK IN 2012, AND I REACHED OUT TO HER AT THE VERY BEGINNING. AND I SAID OKAY, THAT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME. THAT WAS A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. HELP ME NOT FORGET THE LESSONS THAT YOU GUYS LEARNED AND TELL ME THE REASONS YOU WROTE THESE PARTICULAR EXAMPLES, AND WE TALKED FOR A WHILE, BUT IT WENT BACK. WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE HISTORY AND WE REALIZED WE DIDN'T WANT TO WRITE OURSELVES
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OUT OF THE RULES THAT HAD BEEN CREATED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. IN THE PAST. AND AGAIN WE WE'VE SET IT ON ON RECORD SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE ADMIN SERVICES COMMITTEE. WE'RE SO GLAD WE DON'T LIVE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE SO VERY PROUD OF OUR COLLEAGUES FOR BEING ETHICAL AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING EVERYBODY CAN SAY SO. UM. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FEW TIMES WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T REPEAT THE PROBLEMS OF THE PAST. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO SOLVE ANY CURRENT ISSUES. THIS WAS PART OF OUR REVIEW OF PLANNING AND ZONING AND PROPERTY INTERESTS AND NOT VOTING ON THINGS THAT YOU HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN AND HAVING THOSE CONFLICTS AND THEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT WAYS TO OPTIMIZE. HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THOSE CONFLICTS TO THE PUBLIC OUTSIDE OF THE REGISTERING AND CONFLICT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS THE MOST STREAMLINED WAY TO GET THE DATA OUT THERE WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN THE OVERALL PROCESS. THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS WE COULD WE COULD CUT THIS. SO THIS IS ALL GOOD. GOOD INPUT COMING FROM THE COUNCIL, BUT YOU KNOW, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. JUST GOING A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE QUESTION OF DOING THAT SIX YEAR APPROACH. BUT HE DIDN'T ASSET SO I'LL LEAVE THAT ALONE. BACK TO YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. AMERICA. THEY'RE PUTTIN WARS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.UM. I PRETTY MUCH DON'T CARE WHICH WHICH RANGE WE GO IN THE REASON. I THINK THAT WE LANDED ON THIS, UM MOST RECENT VERSION OF THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT ISN'T BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM AND I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ONE. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYBODY COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. UM SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE SOLVING A PROBLEM THAT THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS RIGHT NOW. BUT THE TIMES THAT I HAVE AT LEAST READ AND SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTIONS. UM ABOUT , UH, MOSTLY ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE RUNNING FOR REELECTION. UM SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING FOR COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONING ABOUT WHO'S BEHIND THEM. WHO'S BEHIND THEM, SO IT'S A LOT OF IT IS FOCUSED INTENSELY. AROUND. AN ELECTION. AND A CAMPAIGN. SO THE MOST RECENT ON THE CITY WEBSITE HELPS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO DOESN'T COST ANYTHING, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE HASSLE OF THE FOUR YEAR PROCESS, AND IT LETS THEM GET WHAT THEY'RE MOSTLY ASKING FOR DURING THAT WHOLE PROCESS, AND IT'S ALWAYS FRESH, AND IT'S ALWAYS RIGHT THERE, AND IT'S A CLICK AWAY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO SORT THROUGH A BUNCH OF THINGS. THEY CAN LOOK AT IT RIGHT THEN AND SAY, OKAY, WHO WHO SUPPORTS THIS PERSON? WHO ARE THE BACKERS? WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE BEHIND THEM AND SO FORTH. UM I'M FINE WITH THIS. I'M FINE WITH THE OTHER ITERATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED. ONE THING THAT DID CROSS MY MIND JUST NOW, AS I WAS THINKING BACK OVER HOW THIS CAME TO BE THE FINAL VERSION. WE SEMI SETTLED ON CANDIDATES, FINANCE REPORTS. FOR THAT SAME REASON, SINCE THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THOSE QUESTIONS ARISE. THIS DOESN'T ADDRESS CANDIDATES AND SINCE IT'S OUR POLICY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT CAN BUT SHOULD WE COULD WE REQUIRE UM. CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL OFFICE. COULD WE HAVE THERE? UM MOST RECENT. CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT PUBLISHED AS WELL, IT WOULDN'T NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD LOOK, BUT TO ME THAT MAKES ALL KINDS OF SENSE IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY IT WOULD BE RIGHT AND GOOD TO BE TRANSPARENT, AND I LIKE TRANSPARENT A LOT. UM, IT SEEMS LIKE CANDIDATES SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO JUST UM NOT BE PART OF THIS SO IT'S AN OBSERVATION A QUESTION, MR ENGLAND. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION ABOUT REQUIRING CANDIDATES TO DO THIS . THE ISSUE I WOULD SEE IS THAT STATE LAW CURRENTLY REQUIRES CANDIDATES TO FILE THEM THEIR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION REPORTS WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING IN GARLAND THAT REQUIRES THEM TO FILE IT WITH THE CITY OF SECRETARY. I'M THINKING WE DO NOT. AND IF THERE'S PROBABLY A GOOD REASON FOR THAT MAINLY PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES WHERE THESE CAMPAIGN FINDING ITS REPORTS HAVE TO BE FILED. THEN THIS IS MORE OF A, UM, A. THIS IS MORE OF AN ORDINANCE THAT Y'ALL ARE PASSING TO CONTROL YOURSELVES INTERNALLY ABOUT WHERE TO FILE THESE THINGS. AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE CITY CAN GO TO THE COMPTROLLER AND PULL THESE AND SO, YES, STANCE. YOUR QUESTION YOU WOULD PICK THE PUTTING A BURDEN ON THE CITY STAFF TO GO TO THE CONTROLLER SITE TO PULL THEM TO THEN PUBLISHED THEM ON OUR WEBSITE.
BUT WHAT THE CITY COULD DO IS WE COULD DO A LINK TO THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE WHERE THESE
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ARE FOULED. AND THEY THEY HAVE THOSE ONLY FILES. YOU COULD DO THAT FOR SURE. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THIS ETHICS ORDINANCE IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO DO THAT SEEMS MORE LIKE A POLICY THAN AN ETHICS ORDINANCE. MR ENGLAND. WE FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. YOU ALL DO AS WELL DO THIS CANDIDATES CANDIDATES WILL DO THEN IF WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN. CERTAINLY WE COULD SO YOU COULD CERTAINLY PASS AN ORDINANCE SAYING THAT WERE REQUIRED AS STAFF TO PUT THAT ON. ALONG WITH IT. IF THAT'S WHAT CHILD DESIRE AGAIN, THOUGH, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE BETTER COVERED IN POLICY VERSUS THE ETHICS BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY NOT A AND ETHICS ORDINANCE PER SE.YOU'RE NOT PUTTING AN OBLIGATION ON THE CANDIDATE THERE. YOU PUT AN OBLIGATION ON THE CITY BECAUSE I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE. I THINK WITH A PREEMPTION ISSUE IF WE DO THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE CANDIDATE TO PUBLISH THEM ON THE WEBSITE, THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.
OKAY? RIGHT. WELL, YOU'RE. YOUR POINT THAT THAT THAT DOESN'T BELONG IN AN ETHICS. UM ORDINANCE MAKES SENSE TO ME. IT MAY ALSO MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT WE SHOULD PURSUE THAT IF WE CAN SEPARATELY FROM THIS, BUT, UM ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH. I MEAN, IT WOULD HAVE IT. THE ETHICS ORDINANCE IS FOR US IT IS IT IS. IT IS US CANDIDATES WE CAN DEAL WITH IN A POLICY ISSUE OR SOMETHING, BUT I THINK THE ETHICS PART SHOULD BE CONFINED TO US. AH CUSTOMER, HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I THINK WE'RE CONFLATING A BIT OF CONVENIENCE WITH OPENNESS HERE, AND I'M FINE, PERFECTLY OPEN. IT'S AVAILABLE TO BE REQUESTED. I'M FINE WITH THE STATUS QUO.
AND ANYONE CAN LOOK UP ALL OF MINE THAT I FILED FROM THE BEGINNING THAT, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS SAID, AND JUST ADDING THIS EXTRA STEP HERE. I'M NOT AGAINST OPENNESS, BUT JUST MAKING IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE IF THEY REALLY WANT IT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILE A RECORD AND GET IT OPEN AND EMAIL ME. I'LL SEND YOU MINE, TOO, IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, BUT JUST KEEP YOURSELVES QUOTE IS WHAT I WOULD PREFER RATHER THAN YEAH, THIS MAKING ARGUING OVER HOW MANY ARE HOW LONG? WE SHOULD PUT UP ON THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, CANCER. MORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT IN OUR ATTEMPT TO CREATE A POLICY THAT HELPS TOO ALLEVIATE THE SITUATION OF REALLY WAS SIMPLE. SOMETIMES WE SEEM TO CONFUSE IT. BUT SIMPLICITY WAS THAT IF YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE GAVE YOU MONEY PREVIOUSLY. THEN IN FACT, YOU MAYBE SHOULD EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THAT VOTE. AND I GUESS THE REAL QUESTION IS. HOW HAVE WE CONTROL THAT IN THE PAST? IT SEEMS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A POLICY. THAT IF YOU KNEW THAT YOU HAD A CONFLICT. OR THAT YOU WERE GOING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE SOME INTEREST IN THAT YOU WOULD CREATE A SITUATION AND LET THE COUNCIL KNOW HOW HAVE WE DONE IT IN THE PAST. PLEASE JUST GONNA SAY THAT JUST TO BE JUST TO CLARIFY THE ISSUE A LITTLE BIT. IT IS NOT A LEGAL CONFLICT TO VOTE ON AN ISSUE IN WHICH I CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTOR HAS GIVEN YOU MONEY, AND THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. IF YOU REALLY STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE ASSOCIATIONS WHETHER IT'S THE FAR OR THE POLICE ASSOCIATION IF THEY ELECTED TO GIVE ONE OF Y'ALL MONEY TO HELP WITH YOUR CAMPAIGNS FREQUENTLY ADDRESS ISSUES THAT RELATED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE IDEA THAT IN MULTIPLE AND SOMETIMES MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE ASSOCIATIONS, AND IT WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL TO THINK THAT THE LAW WOULD WOULD PROVE PREEMPT YOU FROM BEING ABLE TO VOTE ON AN ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. IT'S RELATED TO THEM, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT A LEGAL CONFLICT TO DO THAT. THAT'S HOW WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT FROM AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE, CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY AND SO IT SEEMS THAT THE ISSUE PRESENTLY IS DO WE PUT IT ALL OUT THERE? WE SELECT THE NUMBER OF YEARS TO PUT OUT AND FOR THAT I'M CONCERNED. REALLY I DON'T THINK I HAVE A HORSE DOG IN THIS FIGHT AT ALL. AND THAT IS BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T CARE. UM I'M KIND OF LIKE COUNCILOR SMITH AND THAT IS AN OPEN BOOK. YOU JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT I DO AGREE THAT IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON OURSELVES HERE FOR A LITTLE NOTHING, WHICH IS I WOULD CERTAINLY GO WITH THE PRESENT RECENT VERSION, AND IF THEY WANT ANYTHING ELSE, THEN THEY CAN DO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND GET THAT INFORMATION AND LET'S MOVE ON. THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE CLEARED THE Q AND GONE AROUND THE ROOM. 1.5 FISH TIMES
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ON THIS ONE. AS BEFORE. I, UH I THINK FROM THE DISCUSSIONS. WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS HERE. 33 SORT OF SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. SO UM, I AM GOING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE AND SEE WHERE WE COME OUT. ON THE OTHER END OF THE FIRST, THE FIRST OPTION THAT I BELIEVE IS NO CHANGE AT ALL TO THE CURRENT POLICY. THE MEANING THAT IF YOU WANT IT REQUESTED ANYBODY AND THAT. THAT WOULD BE THREE. UH HEDRICK VERA, MORE. THE SECOND OPTION. EXCUSE ME WOULD BE TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE MOST RECENT COPY, I GUESS, AND WE WHEN WE SAY MOST RECENT, WOULD IT BE WITHIN THAT? WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT TERM. OR THE MOST RECENT ONE FILED. I MEAN, THERE'S MOST RECENT FILED, OKAY, ALRIGHT, SWIMMING. I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT. OKAY, SO OPTION TWO IS THE AS PRESENTED WITH THE MOST RECENT VERSION. UH, PRODUCED. YEAH MHM . THIS IS GOING TO BE A MATH NIGHT. I CAN SEE IT ALREADY. SO WE'VE GOT BASS, MORRIS AND WILLIAMS ON THE MOST RECENT. AH THE LAST CHOICE OR VINYL CHOICE WOULD BE TO POST ALL SIX YEARS OR TO CUT FOR SIX YEARS, WHICH WOULD COVER A COUNCIL MEMBERS FULL RUN IN A SEAT. WOW. WELL AT LEAST WE'RE EVENLY SPACED EACH ONE OF THESE OPTIONS HAS RECEIVED. THREE. UM I GUESS, UH AND I HAD A HAZARD TO ASK THIS QUESTION. UM IS THERE. ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN MOVING THERE? COUNCILOR BASS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST I THOUGHT OF SOMETHING I HADN'T THOUGHT OF BEFORE. UM OKAY. AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE ETHICS NOT NOT WHAT WE WRITE IN THE FUTURE. BUT IF WE GO THIS ROUTE, AND WE DO POST EVEN OUR MOST RECENT VERSION OF OUR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT AND WE ARE RUNNING AGAIN . I COULD SEE VERY LIKELY THAT SOMEBODY RUNNING AN OPPOSITION TO US COULD USE THE FACT THAT THE HOURS IS OUT THERE. IT'S A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AND NOT NOT ONLY PUBLIC RECORD, IT'S ALL PUBLIC RECORD. BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S SO EASILY ACCESSIBLE. IT MAKES IT EASY FOR SOMEONE RUNNING OPPOSED TO US, TOO. UM, ACCESS THAT AND YOU KNOW, BASICALLY USE IT AGAINST US AND THEIR CAMPAIGN. WELL THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LET'S LET'S BE VERY CLEAR HERE ON THE USING IT AGAINST US. IDEOLOGY I MEAN, YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S SORT OF THE ESSENCE OF THE GAME. IF YOU IF SO, TO SPEAK, UM AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS A VERY GOOD DEFENSE TO NOT CHANGING IT BECAUSE SOMEBODY MIGHT USE IT AGAINST YOU. I MEAN, THAT'S FREE TO YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW ON THAT. I THINK THAT'S AH. YEAH. CONSIDER LOOK. UM IN ANY CAMPAIGN RACE, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU DO WHEN YOU RUN AGAINST SOMEONE IS PULL ALL THE INFORMATION YOU CAN. SO I MEAN, THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME TO DO THAT. AND I DON'T I DON'T SEE THIS PRECLUDING SOMEONE FOR FROM GETTING THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. YOU ASK IF ANYBODY'S UP TO CHANGE. I WAS ABOUT TO GET THERE. I THOUGHT YOU JUST ASKED THAT I NEVER I DIDN'T COMPLETE THE ACTUAL SENTENCE. SORRY LET ME LET ME HOLD UP IN THE FREDDIE. YOU MAYOR. OKAY DIDN'T I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET IN BETWEEN A COUPLE OF WORDS FROM FINISHING THAT SENTENCE. BUT YES, CUSTOMER MORE . OKAY AND I WANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK. GO AHEAD, SIR. OKAY I JUST WANT TO PICK IT BACK ON WHAT YOU JUST STATED COUNCILOR MATLOCK. AND THAT IS IN FACT, YES. IN FACT, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO USE THE INFORMATION AGAINST YOU BUT BECAUSE THIS IS AN ETHICS SITUATION, THEN I JUST DON'T SEE WHY WE WANT TO EVEN GO[00:40:07]
THAT ROUTE AT ALL. I WOULD BE MR MAYOR, I WOULD BE WILLING AT THIS POINT, I THINK AND LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM FOR YOUTUBE BRING ABOUT ANOTHER VOTE, AND YOU PROBABLY WOULD BE ABLE TO END THIS. LIKE HOW YOU PUT PROBABLY IN A SHOW OF CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITIES HERE TONIGHT.ALRIGHT UH, THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILOR WILLIAMS ONE MORE TIME. OKAY NOW I DON'T WANT TO FINISH YOUR SENTENCE. OKAY SO HERE'S WHERE WE ARE, FOLKS. AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM AGAIN. THE NO CHANGE RECEIVED THREE. IS THERE ANYONE WILLING TO MOVE THEIR VOTE TO OR FROM NO CHANGE? MAYOR ALL RIGHT. WHAT ARE WE DOING? YEAH TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. YES I'M GOOD. WITH THE MOMENT TO NO CHANGE. I AGREE WITH THE COUNCILMAN HEIDRICK AND I GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION. WHAT ARE WE FIXING? AND UH, WHEN I FIRST ROUND PICK RAIN FOR COUNCIL AND LAST TIME AH, LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY UPON US CAMPAIGN REPORTS, NOT THE FIRST THING. I DO THAT IF I DO IT AT ALL. IT'S ONE OF THE LAST THING I DON'T I DON'T PUT IT THIS WAY.
I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND ARROGANT OR OVERCONFIDENCE, BUT THAT IT'S NEVER BEEN BEEN MY FOCUS. PEOPLE DON'T PEOPLE PUT THEIR SEEDS WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT THEM. THEY'RE FREE TO DO THAT. SO IF THEY DO IT, I'M NOT MAD AT HIM. AND SO I DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME CONCENTRATING ON WHO WHOEVER ELSE MAY BE RUNNING AGAINST ME WHERE THEY DON'T I JUST DON'T STARTED SPEND MORE TIME. AH TELLING THE VOTERS WHY I SHOULD BE ELECTED NOT GOING INTO THAT. SO I JOINED COUNCILMAN HEDRICK CONTENT AND NO CHANGE BECAUSE I DON'T SEE WHAT WE'RE FIXING. I MEAN, IT'S IN IN. THAT'S WHY I LAND, LAND AND LAND THERE. I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THE INFORMATION, EVEN TALK ABOUT THE CANDIDATES. THE COMPTROLLER'S AS A CANDIDATE. PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN MY INFORMATION NOBODY'S EVER SINCE THEY HAD A PROBLEM SO AND FOR NO CHANGE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A SOLUTION. LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM. THANK YOU, OKAY.
ALRIGHT SO COUNCILOR WILLIAMS HAS MOVED TO NO CHANGE. DO THE THREE PRIOR. NO CHANGE OR YOU STANDING ON THAT ON THAT, ALL RIGHT, SO THAT ONE IS AT FOUR. ALL RIGHT, THAT MOVES US TWO AS PRESENTED WITH THE MOST RECENT. THAT APPEARS. THAT APPEARS TO BE GETTING I'LL BE ONE THAT APPEARS TO BE GETTING ONE. YEAH YEAH, YEAH. NOTHING UM, SO BY DEFAULT IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, THAT PUTS THE SIX YEAR OPTION AT FOUR. THAT'S NOT SOLVING OUR PROBLEM. UM DOWN TO THE MOST RECENT. THAT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM EITHER. I DIDN'T CHANGE MY MIND THAT, UH, THAT THAT DOESN'T SOLVE THAT DOESN'T SOLVE MY MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM AT ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THE TIMING OF ALL THIS IS UP. WE ONLY FOLLOW THESE VERY INFREQUENTLY IF SOMEONE WAS GOING TO DONATE AND IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE AN ISSUE, WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO FILE ON THAT BEFORE IT WAS, YOU KNOW OF AVAILABLE REDISCOVERED SOMEONE COULD DONATE TO ME TOMORROW ON AN ITEM. THAT'S THAT MORNING. I'M VOTING ON TONIGHT, AND IT WOULDN'T EVEN BE DISCLOSED SO ALL THIS TIMING WISE ABOUT WHAT ? YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTEIN, SMITH SAID ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PULL IT WITHIN THE WINDOW AND I DON'T KNOW PERSON THAT ROBERT, MY COLLEAGUE, ROBERT. B. GIRL RATHER BETWEEN THE TWO ROBERTS. YES, IT'S LIKE BETWEEN TWO FIRMS. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT NEARLY THAT ENERGY. BUT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO REALLY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, THEY COULD PULL THEM OR ASK THEM TO REQUEST TO THE DAY OF THE DEADLINE THAT WE FOUND. JUST HAVE THEM ALREADY THERE. IT'S AVAILABLE TO HAVE THEM. SO I DON'T SEE WHY THIS POLICY HAVING THIS CHANGE, PUTTING THE MOST RECENT WOULD REALLY MATTER THAT MUCH. I THINK STATUS QUO IS WHAT WE SHOULD GO WITH HERE. AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THE INDECISION, THE VARIOUS VOTES, SO WE'VE HAD THIS STALEMATE, THEN STATUS QUOTE SHOULD BE THE FINAL DECISION.
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THEN IF WE CAN'T DECIDE THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR ENGLAND. BRING THIS HOME. JUST A REMINDER, MR MAYOR THAT A NOTE A OF COUNCIL CANNOT COME TO A CONSENSUS. THE VOTE IS NO CHANGE. AND SO, UM ALRIGHT. UM AFTER TWO ROUNDS, AND I THINK THE SHIFTING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IS NOT GOING TO PUSH THE MATH IN ANY DECISIVE MEASURE. THIS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS A NO CHANGE. ALL RIGHT.THAT WAS FUN. EVERYBODY, THANK YOU. VARIOUS WAYS I CAN COUNT TO NINE HAVE BEEN TESTED, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S MOVE ON, PLEASE. THE NEXT ITEM IS SECTION 10.53. AND THIS IS A DELETION OF THAT SECTION OF IMPROPER ECONOMIC BENEFIT. UM UM THIS SECTION 10 50 JANUARY CHOIRS THAT EACH OFFICIAL UPHOLD ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, AND THAT PROVISION COVERS THIS ONE. AND SO THE COMMITTEE THOUGHT ON THIS WAS THERE'S NO REASON TO DO DUPLICATE IT, AND SO IT WAS REMOVED. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY CONCERN HERE. IT WAS MOVING FORWARD. LOOK AT THEIR NINE AT ONE TIME. YOU GRADUATED NUMBER 63 10 MINUTES. ALRIGHT WHAT'S NEXT? NEXT ONE IS RELATED TO CONFLICTING OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND IT PROVIDES FOR AN EXCEPTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER THAT RECEIVES COMPENSATION IN AN ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS HAS INCREASED INCOME FROM AN APPLICANT OR VENDOR OF THE CITY AND THE LANGUAGE. EXCUSE ME. SORRY. THE LANGUAGE SUBSTANTIALLY TRACKS WITH CURRENT STATE LAW, AND THAT'S UM UM, ALMOST EXACTLY AT WHAT STATE LAW REQUIRES. GOOD WITH THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT. CHECK. NEXT THE NEXT ONE'S TIME LIMIT FOR LOBBYING OF FORMER CITY OFFICIALS. AND IT PROVIDES FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD FOLLOWING A PERSON'S FINAL TERM OF OFFICE IN WHICH HE OR SHE MAY NOT REPRESENT OUTSIDE PERSONS ENTITIES OR GROUPS. AND THEY SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE WHAT THE COMMITTEE CHANGED WAS THE WAS THE EXCEPTION AND THAT IS THE EXCEPTION OF HIMSELF OR HERSELF SO Y'ALL CAN COME BACK WITHIN 12 MONTHS AND REPRESENT YOURSELF. YOUR RELATIVES. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR ENTITIES CREATED BY THE CITY TO PERFORM GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS. AND SO IF ONE OF Y'ALL WERE, UM, ASKED TO SIT ON OR DESIRED TO SIT ON A BOARD OF A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR AN ENTITY THAT'S RELATED TO THE CITY LIKE THE GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE CORP. THEN YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S THE EXCEPTION THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT WE PUT IN OKAY? ANY PROBLEMS HERE.
OH, COUNCILOR LUCK JUST A QUESTION. WOULD THIS UM SO WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ENDORSE ANOTHER CANDIDATE? DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS? HMM. OKAY. YOU COULD CERTAINLY ENDORSE ANOTHER CANDIDATE TO MORE PRECISELY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AND THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC. YOU CAN YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ITS YOU NOT THE CITY, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. YOU KNOW, THAT'S. SORRY. GO AHEAD JUST TO ADD TO THAT REAL QUICK. UM, WE WENT A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND YOU BEING ABLE TO COME BACK? UM YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE NOT A COUNCIL PERSON WHO REPRESENT A PRIVATE ENTITY, AND WE COULDN'T STOP YOU FROM GIVING A FIRST AMENDMENT OR EXERCISING YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AND IF YOU'RE NOT EVEN A COUNCIL MEMBER ANYMORE, THERE'S NO PUNISHMENT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD SAY IS THAT THE CHAIR WOULD RULE THAT TESTIMONY OUT OF ORDER BASED ON OUR ETHICS POLICY. UH IS IT'S THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. AND SO WE TRIED TO GET EXCEPTIONS IN HERE THAT THAT MADE SENSE, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ON THIS VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT ARE WE GOOD MOVING FORWARD ON THIS? YES. STUFF. AND THE NEXT ONE IS 10.61. AND THAT'S JUST THE DELETION OF THE DISCLOSURE OF PROPERTY INTEREST . THIS IS ALREADY COVERED BY STATE LAW. AND SO IT'S JUST REPETITIVE. AND SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS OF SIMPLIFYING THE CITY'S, UM, ETHICS ORDINANCE. ALL IN ON THIS ONE. YES. THIS IS AGAINST COMPLS AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING ETHICAL, UM, ISSUES AND 10.62. IT PROPOSES THE AMENDMENT THAT THE COMMITTEE
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PROPOSED IS, UM ADDRESSES FRIVOLOUS COMPLAINTS IN A DISTRICT TO ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS AND WHAT THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH IS THAT IF IT'S ON ITS FACE , EITHER AN ANONYMOUS ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT OR A FRIVOLOUS COMPLAINT AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN THAT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE ETHICS HEARING BOARD IF IT'S DETERMINED TO BE CORRECTLY SUBMITTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE, AND SO THE ULTIMATELY THE ETHICS HEARING BOARD, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE IN A SECOND, WHICH MIGHT BE A LONGER DISCUSSION. ULTIMATELY THEY'LL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL GIVE A RECOMMENDATION AND AS IN REGARD TO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S UM UM FRIVOLOUS. OBVIOUSLY THIS ANONYMOUS THEN THAT WILL BE DISMISSED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WON'T EVEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE ETHIC SPORT. BUT IF IT'S A FRIVOLOUS COMPLAINT, HE DETERMINES THAT THEN HE'LL AFFORD THAT WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO DISMISS TO THE ETHICS BOARD, WHICH THEY DO NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT RECOMMENDATION. OKAY? IN THE OPPOSITION OF THIS ONE. NO, I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD. THE ETHICS HEARING BOARD. THIS IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE ETHICS ORDINANCE. WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE BOARDS. WE HAVE AN ETHICS HEARING BOARD ALSO HAVE A ETHICS. I THINK COMPLAINTS BOARD IS WHAT IT'S CALLED. BUT BASICALLY THERE, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE BOARDS, AND ONE IS AD HOC. AND SO WHAT? THIS ONE DOES IS THIS ONE? CREATES A BOARD TO HANDLE ETHICS COMPLAINTS. UM AND, UM IT IS, UM UM. IT WILL BE A STEP TO THE NEXT ONE HERE GOES AND THE MEMBERSHIP ON THAT IS WHAT REALLY IS WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO DECIDE BECAUSE THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD IS REALLY THE SECRET HERE, AND THERE'S REALLY NO NO EASY WAY TO DECIDE WHAT IS WHAT IS COMPOSED OF WHAT THE WHAT THE COMMITTEE ULTIMATELY DECIDED, WAS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FOR ME, AND I JUST MADE IT UP. AND SO I'LL JUST BE FRANK ABOUT THAT, AND IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S GREAT. AND IF NOT, THAT'S OKAY TOO, BECAUSE I'M CERTAINLY NOT HERE TO TELL YOU ALL HOW TO COMPOSERS ETHICS BOARD, BUT MY THOUGHT ON IT WAS WAS TO PUT SOME PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE HEARING CASES AND SO AND PUT SOME LEADERS FROM THOSE BOARDS ON IT. AND SO MY IDEA WAS THIS ONE HERE, AND THAT'S BASICALLY THAT THE BOARD BE COMPRISED OF CHAIRS OF THE PLANT COMMISSION, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD. TWO OF THOSE BOARDS ARE ALREADY QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE. UM, IN ADDITION TO CITY SECRETARY WILL THEN SELECT TWO OTHER MEMBERS BY A LOT FROM A POOL OF MEMBERS OF THE PLAN COMMISSION AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON WHO THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT'S UNDER INVESTIGATION.THEIR APPOINTEES WOULD NOT BE A PART OF THAT BOARD UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. YOU CAN DECIDE HOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE COMPOSITION. THERE'S NO MAGICAL FOR HER BEST. THANK YOU. IS THERE SOMETHING IN HERE THAT ADDRESSES THE CASE WHERE THE. YOU KNOW THE PERSON WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE BECAUSE THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER WAS THE ONE IN QUESTION.
THEY WOULD NOT BE ON THERE. IT DOES ADDRESS THAT CORRECT, BUT WOULD THERE BE REPLACED WITH SOMEONE ELSE? WHAT IF THEY'RE APPOINTEE IS THE CHAIR OF ONE OF THEM WOULD BE REPLACED? YES THEY WILL BE REPLACED. OKAY SO THAT'S ADDRESSED IN HERE. OKAY? BECAUSE I'M JUST CHAIR. WHATEVER WOULD BE THE NEXT LIFE COULD REALLY EASILY BE. UM YOU'VE ONLY GOT THREE BOARDS ON THERE COULD VERY EASILY BE THAT YOU KNOW, THE PERSON IN QUESTION HAS TWO OF THOSE APPOINTEES. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE SO OKAY. THAT'S ADDRESS. THANK YOU. IT'S ONLY QUESTION AHEAD APPRECIATE.
VERY GOOD. AH! ANYBODY YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT I HOPE IS NEVER EVER ENGAGED IN THIS CITY. BUT ANY ISSUE IF IT WERE TO COME TO BE ANY ISSUES WITH HOW THIS IS LAID OUT, MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS. WELL JUST TO, UH, COUNSELOR, UM COMMENT. IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY SAY THAT IF SOMEONE IS DISQUALIFIED THAT THEY ARE TO BE REPLACED IN PRESCRIBED MANNER, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT SORT OF SHOULD HAVE THAT IN THERE. I BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE. ACTUALLY SOMETHING MAY BE WRONG ABOUT ME LOOK REAL QUICK THINKING WE'D PUT THAT IN THERE, BUT IT IT'S IN. THERE'S THIS. THIS IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL. OKAY? I JUST IT'S BEEN LONG ENOUGH. I DID NOT REMEMBER THAT NUANCE. SO ALRIGHT, I WITHDRAW IT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. ALRIGHT IT DOES ADDRESS WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS. ONE OF THE CHAIRS IT DOES ADDRESS THAT MHM. ALRIGHT, GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD.
YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. 10.63 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU'LL DECIDE TONIGHT. IT GIVES ME THE
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AUTHORITY TO GET Y'ALL OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO REPRESENT YOU AND NOT HAVE ME REPRESENT YOU. AND SO, UM, GETS ME OUT OF THIS PROCESS . I THINK WE'RE ALL NOTHING AGAINST YOU, SIR. BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT, RIGHT THAT I'LL STAND BEHIND THIS ONE. THAT WAS ME. THAT WAS GONNA COME UP AT SOME POINT. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ELSE YOU GOT? AND THEN SECTION 10.68. THEY REFERRAL FOR COUNCIL ACTION. UMS REFERRED TO THE ETHICS BOARD, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT A VIOLATION HAS EXISTED IN THE ORDINANCE THAN THE COUNCIL, AS A BODY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE PRIVILEGES AND THESE ARE PRIVILEGES. THESE ARE NOT RIGHTS. AND SO THESE ARE NOT SOMETHING SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, COULD THE COUNCIL SUSPEND SOMEBODY'S PAYMENT FOR, UM, ATTENDING. COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THAT'S A DIFFICULT THING NETS AND THEY THE PAYMENT OF Y'ALL'S, UM COMPENSATION FOR SERVING AS COUNCIL MEMBERS SET BY CHARTER SO ORDINANCE CAN'T TRUMP CHARTER AND ALSO THERE'S ALSO A PROPERTY RIGHT INVOLVED THERE AND TAKING YOUR PROPERTY RIGHT IS A IS A LEGAL MATTER. THIS IS MORE OF THIS IS NOT A LEGAL MATTER. THIS IS JUST THAT GOALS, DISCRETION ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU'D WANT TO SUSPEND SOMEBODY'S LEADERSHIP ROLE ON COUNCIL. WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO SUSPEND THEIR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATION IS A CITY OFFICIAL AT CITY EVENTS OTHER THAN CITY COUNCILMAN, OFFICIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. OR THE INCLUSION OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS NAME ON OFFICIAL PLAQUES, AND THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT ANY OF FOUR OF THOSE OR SOMETHING THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH LEGALLY THAT THIS COUNCIL COULD DO IF A MEMBER OF COUNCIL HAS BEEN FOUND BY THE ETHICS HEARING BOARD TO HAVE VIOLATED THE ETHICS ORDINANCE, MR ENGLAND WE GO THROUGH WHAT THE EXISTING ORDINANCE SAYS ON THAT BECAUSE WE HAD TO MAKE THIS CHANGE DUE TO STATE LAW. AND THE BASIC PREMISES EITHER FINDING YOU'RE REMOVING FROM OFFICE, NEITHER OF WHICH WE REALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO. UM AND SO THIS WAS A REWRITE, TOO. TAKE US DOWN FROM THAT DOWN TO OKAY, WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND THIS IS THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH. RIGHT MHM. BUT. CURRENTLY ACTUALLY, THE CURRENT ORDINANCE DOES NOT. CURRENTLY CURRENT ORDINANCE SAYS ANY OFFICIAL OTHER THAN A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY BE REMOVED OR SUSPENDED FROM OFFICE, SO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE DOESN'T DO THAT, AND THAT WILL REMAIN IN THIS IN THIS ORDINANCE, AND SO IF IT'S ANOTHER OFFICIAL THAN THEY MAY BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CANNOT BECAUSE STATE LAW, OBVIOUSLY SO THIS JUST ADDRESSES WHETHER OR NOT BECAUSE THE ISSUE HAS COME UP IN REGARD TO CONVERSATIONS WHERE I KNOW BRAD HAD PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO SUSPENSION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. ATTENDANCE OR ACTUAL UHM, UHM REMOVAL FROM OFFICE AND THERE IS JUST NO IMPEACHMENT PROCESS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN STATE LAW, THE RECALL PROCESS FOR CITIZENS TO CONTROL WHO THEIR YOU KNOW THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE. IT'S NOT REALLY OUR PLACE TO MAKE THAT CALL. COUNCILOR LOOK. SO COULD THAT SAY AND OR OR IS EVERYBODY DO YOU WANT JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO BE CHOSEN. THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE SAYS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY SUSPEND OR REVOKE ANY OR A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING PRIVILEGE. PERFECT. THANK YOU.CERTAINLY YOU'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE? GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD. YES, SIR. AND THEN 10.70 IS A DELETION OF CRIMINAL PENALTY THAT IS BEING CHARGED IN MUNICIPAL COURT VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND THIS IS THE SERIOUS ETHICAL VIOLATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR. UM AND PERSONS AND Y'ALL'S POSITIONS THAT'S COVERED BY STATE LAW, AND SO THAT ACTUALLY WOULD PROBABLY TAKEN CARE OF IN DALLAS COUNTY ANYWAY AT DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT COURT LEVEL, AND SO THIS REMOVES THE CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR NON COMPLIANCE.
EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THIS ONE. YES, I BELIEVE. THAT IS IT. HAVING SAID THAT THOSE ARE JUST THE HIGH LEVEL CHANGES THAT I ADDRESS TONIGHT? AS Y'ALL READ THROUGH IT ALL MIGHT HAVE FOUND SOMETHING ON YOUR OWN THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS OR ADD SOMETHING TO IT, AND THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO THAT. ANYTHING ADDITIONAL. I'VE SEEN THAT AND YOU WILL BRING THIS FORWARD TO
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US FOR FINAL OR FORMAL CONSIDERATION. NEXT MEETING MEETING IN JANUARY. I WILL PUT IT ON THE WORK SESSION AS A WRITTEN ITEM SO Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT IT, AND THEN I'LL PUT IT ON THE THERE WAS A REQUEST TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AS WELL.GIVE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN. SO THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY. YEP.
OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
[5. Announce Future Agenda Items]
THAT WAS OUR LAST VERBAL BRIEFING FOR THE EVENING. MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE. ANNOUNCED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR TONIGHT? MAYOR PRO TIM MORRIS.THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS REQUEST. UM A UPDATE, UM, PUBLIC UPDATE FROM CHIEF BRIAN ABOUT STREET RACING AND THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE IN THAT AREA AND ALSO ABOUT GARLAND. POLICE DEPARTMENT CAMERAS IN GARLAND PARKS AND HOW WELL THEY'RE FUNCTIONING AND WHAT THE FUTURE PLANS ARE THOSE TWO ITEMS IF WE COULD HEAR THAT SOMETIME NEXT MONTH. SO AS A AS AN UPDATE FROM THE CHIEF THING, RIGHT? NO NO, IT'S AN UPDATE AT A WORK SESSION AND DEPUTY MAYOR PROTEIN SMITH IS THE SECOND ON THAT. OKAY? WILLIAMS. I'M SORRY. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME? UH COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANKS THANKS. THANKS THANK YOU, MAYOR . UH DON'T DON'T MEAN OVERLOAD THE CHIEF, BUT, UH, WE GET AN UPDATE, UH ABOUT FOR COUNSEL FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR HOMELESS TAX FORCE. IN A LOT OF LIGHTS AND CONCERNED ABOUT THAT CAMP SITTING THINKS WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND I THINK AFTER THE FIRST YEAR MAYOR IF I COULD ASK, UH, LEADERSHIP FOR THAT TASK FORCE TO COME TO COUNCIL AND SAID, GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON THEIR PLANS FOR THE YEAR. VERY GOOD AND CAN GET A SECOND COUNSELOR. RELUCTANCE GONNA BE THE SECOND ON THAT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYBE THERE WAS A WORK SESSION UPDATE AS WELL. I'M SORRY. YES YES, YES. THAT IS AN UPDATE. YES SORRY, CASPER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR AND UPDATE ON MY CAMERA CALENDAR POP UP TO REVIEW THE FLOCK SYSTEM AND MORE REVIEWING CAMERAS. CAN WE HAVE THAT ONE AS WELL? YES WE'LL INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR THANK YOU. YES. OKAY ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING, COUNSELOR. ON THAT NOTE. COULD WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE GUNSHOT DETECTOR SYSTEM? THAT'S PART OF IT. IS IT PART OF IT? OKAY OKAY. EXCUSE ME SING, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE ON THAT ITEM. NEXT THING UP FOR US IS ITEM
[6. Council will move into Executive Session]
SIX. COUNCIL WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SIX, A CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO EXACT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.74 THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE RELATING TO PERSONNEL TO ONE CONDUCT THE END ANNUAL REVIEWS OF THE MINUTE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE CITY AUDITOR CITY ATTORNEY CITY MANAGER EMERITUS AND CITY MANAGER IN TWO TO DISCUSS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND AMENDMENTS THERE, TOO RELATED TO SAME, LET'S TAKE A QUICK BREAK. LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK AT 7 15. THE WORK SESSION IS IN RECESS.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.