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LUCKY WE ARE ON COUNT TO 512345 . YES. VERY GOOD. WE ARE, UH. WE ARE COMING INTO. WE'RE COMING

[Call to Order]

OUT OF ONE MEETING AND COMING INTO ANOTHER. SO WELCOME TO THE JANUARY 17TH 2023 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INDICATION IN RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PRIOR TO OUR MEETING, THIS WOULD BE LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE, BUT YOU ARE NOT. IT IS NOT MANDATORY. IN WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE, WILL NOT HAVE ANY DECISION ANY IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING. TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM DEBORAH MORRIS FROM DISTRICT TWO. PLEASE JOIN ME IF YOU WISH TO IN PRAYER.

HEAVENLY FATHER. AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THIS NEW YEAR. CONSIDERING NEW PROJECTS. NEW PLANS. TO MAKE THIS CITY FLOURISH FATHER AND TO MAKE THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY FLOURISH. WE ASK WISDOM AND PATIENCE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. WHY IS DECISIONS DECISIONS THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY? WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON THE MEN AND WOMEN OF GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHOSE DAILY STEP BETWEEN US IN DANGER.

PLEASE GUIDE OUR DELIBERATIONS TONIGHT. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, LOVE YOU, AMERICA. AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION. WITH LIBERTY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. WE ARE BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY YESTERDAY. AS I SAID, WE ARE DOUBLING UP ON OUR MEANS. WE HAD OUR WORK SESSION EARLIER, AND I JUST SHOULD NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MORE FROM DISTRICT THREE IS JOINING US REMOTELY THIS EVENING, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HIM ON CERTAIN SCREENS HERE IN THE ROOM. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY PROCLAMATIONS.

RECOGNITIONS WE DON'T HAVE ANY PETS. NOTHING HERE THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON, SO WE WILL

[Consent Agenda]

GET RIGHT TO OUR AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION OF RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION.

COUNCILORS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS THAT ARE PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM.

I WILL ANNOUNCE THE AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE OR THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. MAYOR UM I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE REMOVE ITEM 10 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND SET IT ASIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION.

VERY GOOD. WE WILL DO THAT. LET ME READ THROUGH THE AGENDA. ITEM ONE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 10TH 2023 REGULAR MEETING. ITEM TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS ITEM TO A DUMP TRUCKS ITEM TO BE PICKUP TRUCKS FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. ADAM TO SEE GENERATORS. ITEM. THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES COUNCIL APPROVED THE REQUEST INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES FOR CONSIDERATION. ITEM THREE. A ZONING FILE NUMBER Z 22-63 QUANTITY ENGINEERING LLC IN DISTRICT ONE. ITEM THREE B ZONING FILE NUMBER Z 22-64 MATT MOORE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. AND ITEM. FOUR CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 10 AND 50 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARLAND TO ONE AMENDING PART THE MASTER FEE AND RATE SCHEDULE OF SECTION. 10.85 C TO INCLUDE A DEPOSIT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF HIGH VELOCITY WATER METERS. FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES AND TO REMOVE THE DEPOSIT AMOUNT ENUMERATED IN SECTION 50.34 C OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND REPLACE IT WITH A REFERENCE TO HYPERLINK. TO THE MASTER FEE AND RATE SCHEDULE OF

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CHAPTER 10 PROVIDING A PENALTY UNDER PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10.5 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM FIVE CONSIDERING ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF ARTICLE FIVE CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL OF CHAPTER 51 GENERAL UTILITY PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS. PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE PROVIDING A PENALTY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10.5 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM. SIX CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 33 TRANSPORTATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE AND THE SAVINGS CAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM. SEVEN CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 33 TRANSPORTATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ITEM EIGHT. APPROVED BY MINUTE ACTION, THE PROPOSED AND NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY MATCHING GRANT FALL 2022 APPLICATIONS. ITEM. NINE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE OUTSTANDING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS. TAX NOTES SERIES 2022 RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE REDEMPTION OF SUCH OBLIGATIONS. WE WILL COME BACK TO ITEM 10 ITEM 11 APPROVED BY MINUTE ACTION, THE ATTACHED INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DART. AND THAT WAS LAB. SORRY. THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'RE PULLING OUT. UM, 10, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? SEEING NON MADAM SECRETARY. IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE, PLEASE. THE EMOTION HOOPS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT DIDN'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DO MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 10 BEING PULLED. THANK YOU HAVE A MOVEMENT. EMOTION BY MAYOR WROTE HIM MORRIS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR WILLIAMS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. HIDE UP. CONSIDER GENDER WITHOUT ITEM 10. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY PRESIDENT VOTE AND COUNCIL. UM SORRY. I JUST REMEMBERED COUNCIL. MORE AND MORE IS VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. AH DO WE HAVE TO ALL VOTE BY SHOW OF HAND WHEN NO SECRETARY IF YOU CAN DISPLAY THE VOTE? AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCILOR MORE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AS WELL. NOW. WE WILL GO BACK TO ITEM 10 APPOINTMENT OF CITY MANAGER. PRO TUNE. SORRY SORRY.

[10. Appointment of City Manager]

I'M NO, I UNDERSTAND. SO YOU WANT A MOTION FOR THIS MOTION FOR ITEM 10? YES I'M SORRY. OKAY THERE IS SOME OTHER THINGS TO GO WITH ADAM 10. BUT FIRST WE DEAL WITH THE MOTION DIDN'T IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW THAT REQUIRED EMOTION. BUT I DO MOVE THAT WE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPOINTING JUDSON REX, THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF GARLAND. SECOND I HAVE, UM, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEMP MORRIS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR LUCK. TO APPROVE ITEM 10 WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDSON REX AS A CITY MANAGER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. SECRETARY IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. AND COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THAT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. WITH COUNCILOR MORE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS TO DO DOWN THERE, ALL RIGHT? THIS.

WELL AS YOU JUST HEARD. WE HAVE JUST UH, VOTED ON A RESOLUTION TO APPOINT JUDD REX. AS THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOW HAS ONLY HAPPENED 13 TIMES

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SINCE 1951 WHEN OUR CHARTER WAS ADOPTED, AND SO I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN AND THEN IT'S NO GOING BACK AT THAT POINT. RESOLUTION APPOINTING JETSON REX, THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, SECTION ONE THAT JUDSON REX IS HEREBY APPOINTED AS CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS.

AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE AND BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND APPROVAL THIS 17TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2023. CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU. SO I DO HAVE I DO HAVE A NOTE OF OFFICE FOR YOU? UM AND IF YOU'LL JUST READ, PETER. REPEAT AFTER ME. I JUDSON J. REX JUDSON J. REX DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM ? DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER CITY OF GARLAND OF THE CITY OF GARLAND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE 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, CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, SO HELP ME GOD HELP ME GOD. SEE HOW EASY THAT IS. WELL. WE ALREADY HAVE A SIGN. SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT ONE. YOU GET TO DO THIS PARTNER. PUT THAT IN THERE. THANK YOU. LOOK AT THERE. THERE YOU GO. SIR. UH. I AM. I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE IN THIS COUNCIL TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO KEEP PUSHING THIS CITY FORWARD IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME WORDS WITH US IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE MY FAMILY. WHO'S HERE TONIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET ME, YOU GET THE FULL PACKAGE. THEY COME WITH THE DEAL, SO AND REALLY, THEY'RE THE GLUE BEHIND EVERYTHING THAT THAT I AM AND WHAT I STAND FOR. SO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, JENNIFER. OUR DAUGHTER'S LAUREN, CHLOE AND OLIVIA. SO AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M WIDELY OUTNUMBERED AT HOME. KEEP HOPING FOR A DOG. MAYBE THAT WILL BALANCE THE GENDER IN THE IN THE HOUSE, BUT, UM THEY ARE DEFINITELY THE THERE. MY WHY, UM , AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY JENNIFER.

WHO'S THE GLUE OF THE FAMILY. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. UM WHEN I DECIDED TO COME TO GARLAND TWO YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF YOU. UM I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OTHER THAN WHAT I HAD DONE. RESEARCH WISE AND UM I JUST I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A GREAT PLACE GARLAND WAS. AND THIS IS I'M PROUD TO CALL GARLAND HOME NOW, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND INTEGRATED HERE IN THE COMMUNITY . UM MY WIFE FEW MONTHS AGO SHARED AN AUDIO RECORDING FROM A COUNCIL MEETING WHEN I WAS FIRST APPOINTED TOWN MANAGER ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO. STARTED OUT AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT I'VE GROWN UP A LOT SINCE THEN.

BUT THE WHAT I REALLY TALKED ABOUT AND WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE AT THE TIME WAS REALLY WHAT MY PASSION IS, IS IN BUILDING TEAMS AND BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. COMMUNITY HEALTHY COMMUNITY IS MADE UP OF REALLY THREE PARTS. IT'S THE 250,000 PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE EACH AND EVERY DAY MAKE UP ONE PART OF THE COUNCIL THAT THEY ELECT, MAKE UP ANOTHER AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE STAFF THAT ARE HERE AS PUBLIC SERVANTS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, AND WHEN THOSE THREE INGREDIENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER , SOMETHING GREAT CAN BE MADE AND WE CREATE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT BEING CITY MANAGER IS ALL ABOUT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY NOW I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I WAS NUMBER 13 NUMBER 13. THAT'S NOT A VERY LUCKY NUMBER. BUT I'LL FORGET ABOUT THAT. I THINK YOU'RE I THINK YOUR PREDECESSOR TOOK ALL THAT. UM AND I DO WANT TO THANK OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER OR CITY MANAGER EMERITUS, BRIAN BRADFORD FOR REALLY BRINGING ME HERE TO GARLAND. AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING OR I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING WITH BRIAN AND MITCH AND THE REST OF THE TEAM.

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THROUGH THAT PROCESS REALLY CAME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT A GEM GARLAND IS, AND THEN THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. SO, BRIAN, YOU'RE OUT THERE IN CYBERSPACE. I'M SURE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND TO BE A PART OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY SO UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT AGAIN. JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING MOVE GARLAND FORWARD. VERY GOOD.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. OKAY? LITTLE BIT MAN HERE. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS AS WELL. AND THE PETS DIDN'T OFFSET THE BAD DIDN'T UPSET THE BALANCE AT ALL. PEOPLE ASK WHY I SPEND SO MUCH TIME IN CITY HALL, AND THAT'S BECAUSE HERE I GET TO VOTE ON THINGS AND IT ACTUALLY COUNTS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS ITEM 12 CONSIDER

[12. Consider appointments to Boards and Commissions.]

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MAYOR PRO TIM MORRIS. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR US THIS EVENING. GO AHEAD. OK, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO APPOINT, UM TAMARA AQUINO TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. VERY GOOD COUNSEL. YOU'VE HEARD THE NOMINATION, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE SECOND. MADAM SECRETARY . IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. AND COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT NOMINATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCILOR MAURA ALSO VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS

[13. Citizen comments.]

ITEM 13. C 13 COMEGAIN. CITIZEN COMMENTS PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNSEL AT THIS TIME COUNCILORS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS. ACT MADAM SECRETARY.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? OKAY? MR KING. YOU COME FORWARD, SIR. AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M WORKING. I'M CHAIRMAN AND CEO AT MICRO PACK INDUSTRIES AND OUR NEW ADDRESS IS 16 55 STATE HIGHWAY. 66. I, UH I WANTED TO THANK YOU, DEBORAH. I'M STILL IN DISTRICT TWO. YES YES, THANKS FOR THE REDISTRICTING. APPRECIATE THAT, REALLY. IT'S GREAT. UH, I WANT TO SAY TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE. I WANTED TO JUST TAKE THE TIME PUBLICLY TO THANK THIS COMMUNITY. CITY COUNCIL, THE HONORABLE MAYOR, UM PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM PEOPLE NOT IN THIS ROOM FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION, I WOULD SAY. I WANT TO SAY PARTNERSHIP. MICRO PACK INDUSTRIES HAS HAD WITH HIS COMMUNITY FOR 60 YEARS SINCE 1963. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SAY THAT THE CITY WAS TERRIFIC, ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC AND COORDINATING THE NECESSARY THINGS THAT HAD TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO PULL THE 10 ACRES OF NOTHING INTO A BUILDING. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THE BOTH OUR COMPANY AND I HOPE THIS COMMUNITY INTO THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOU KNOW, DEBORAH? THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. YOU DO AND SCOTT AND YOU KNOW ALL OF YOU. I WANT ESPECIALLY SAY THANK YOU TO BRIAN BRADFORD. IT WAS ACTUALLY HIS IDEA TO HOW TO KEEP MICRO PACK IN THE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE WERE SERVED BOTH SERVING ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD AT THE TIME, AND HE HAD THE IDEA THAT HE'S THAT MAYBE YOU KNOW THE CITY COULD BUY THIS LAND AND THEN PUT IT UP FOR SALE AND WE COULD BID ON THE LAND AND WE WORK THROUGH ALL THAT. AND AS A RESULT, YOU KNOW WE'RE STILL IN GARLAND. AND THAT'S WHERE MY HEART IS. THAT'S WHERE THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF MICRO PACK REALLY WANT TO BE. AND SO FAR FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART, MY HEART THE BOARD'S HEART, THE OWNER'S HEART, WE WANT TO THANK THIS COMMUNITY AND ALL OF YOU ON CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT REALLY HELPED TOO. TO RETAIN US AND WE HOPE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENS FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIA. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME NUMBER TWO, UM I HAVE A SPECIAL LITTLE GIFT FOR JOD. YOU KNOW, AT A LUNCH, AND HE AND I HAD A CONVERSATION AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH HE REALLY CARED FOR THE BOOK. GOOD TO GREAT. AND JIM COLLINS, WHO'S MOST OF YOU

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PROBABLY KNOW WHO JIM COLLINS IS, AND PROBABLY READ THE BOOK. FAMOUS GUY AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH HIM AND INTERESTING ENOUGH . THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WAS ABOUT CITY MANAGEMENT. AND BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW LEADERSHIP PARTICULARLY LEVEL FIVE LEADERSHIP, WHICH I CALL SERVANT LEADERSHIP. IT'S THE WILL IN IN THE IN THE IN THE SERVANT HOOD OF LEADERSHIP. THAT MEANS THAT YOUR YOU EXIST TO FULFILL THE MISSION AND HELP OTHERS BE SUCCESSFUL. YOU'RE NOT THERE TO HELP YOURSELF BE SUCCESSFUL. UM AND JIM COLLINS REFERS TO THAT AS LEVEL FIVE LEADERSHIP. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER BEING IN THE CITY MANAGEMENT ROLE, YOU KNOW BEING THAT LEADER. SO IN TALKING WITH JIM KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE ME A LITTLE RED BOOK THAT I KNOW YOU HAVE A COPY OF I WANT TO GIVE THAT TO YOU AND INSIDER SAYS FOR JUDD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEVEL FIVE LEADERSHIP IN GARLAND. JIM COLLINS. SO HONOR.

MAY I APPROACH THE BENCH, PLEASE ? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH RELATIONS WOW. VERY GOOD. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING? OKAY, VERY GOOD. WITH THAT IT'S 7 21. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.