* 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. HE WAS LIKE, YOU NEED TO [00:00:01] SLOW DOWN. YES, SIR. . OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. OKAY. IT IS 5:00 PM ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH. I AM CHRIS, UH, CHRIS BEARD, UH, CHAIR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE. I HAVE MET DE I HAVE MAYOR PRO TIM MARGARET, LUCK WITH ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARISSA DUTTON SHOULD BE ARRIVING SHORTLY. OKAY. UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM, FROM THE AUGUST 28TH MEETING. WE HAVE THE RIGHT DATE THIS TIME. UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 20. DID YOU SAY AUGUST 28TH? YEAH, AUGUST 28TH. OKAY. I AM SORRY, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING. YES. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 28TH MEETING. OKAY. SECOND. I GUESS WE'RE APPROVED THEN. ALL RIGHT. UM, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TODAY? NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEMS THREE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEM THREE, A BOARD AND COMMISSION ENGAGEMENT. THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS ON ENHANCING ENGAGEMENT WITH CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. STAFF HAS PROVIDED ORDINANCE, CHARTER PROVISIONS AND BYLAWS FOR THE EXISTING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE'S REVIEW. THIS ITEM WAS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE. TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JANUARY 21ST, 2025 COUNCIL WORK SESSION. BYER PRO, TIM LUCK SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. AND WE HAVE JENNIFER AND PHIL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WELL GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, OR I, I PRESENTED THE BYLAWS, THE TEMPLATE TO YOU ALL, AND THERE WERE A FEW REVISIONS THAT YOU RECOMMENDED. AND SO I WENT BACK AND MADE THOSE, UM, REVISIONS. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT ARTICLE TWO, SECTION TWO, UM, I ADDED THAT THE CHAIRPERSON MAY SERVE A MAXIMUM OF TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS. UM, AND THEN UPON COMPLETION OF THE SECOND TERM, THE CHAIRPERSON SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO SERVE AGAIN IN THAT ROLE UNTIL AT LEAST ONE FULL TERM HAS PASSED. THAT WAS MY, UM, IDEA. AND THEN SAME, SAME THING FOR THE VICE CHAIRPERSON. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, UM, THAT'S TO ARTICLE FIVE ON THE ON PAGE FOUR FORM. UM, I HAD ADDED, OR, UM, DISCUSSION WAS HAD ABOUT HOW MANY, UM, UM, IS CONSIDERED A QUORUM ON A SPECIAL COMMITTEE. AND SO I, I WROTE AND SPECIAL COMMITTEE SHALL BE COMPOSED OF AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS. AND I DIDN'T WANNA PUT AN EXACT NUMBER JUST BECAUSE THE BOARDS IN COMMISSIONS MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF WHAT, WHAT MEANS A QUORUM. SO, UM, AND THEN I ADDED A SPECIAL COMMITTEE. SHE CONSIST OF AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS SO THAT IT'S NOT, UM, THAT ONE PERSON SPECIAL COMMITTEE IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID. OKAY. AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH THE, UM, UM, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO SEE KIND OF, WHICH I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION. AND WHEN PHIL AND I MET REALLY THE ONLY OTHER, OTHER, OR REALLY THE ONLY BOARD THAT SPENDS, UM, THAT HAS A BUDGET IS, IS CMC. AND SO WE'LL FOR SURE INCLUDE SOMETHING IN, IN THEIR BYLAWS WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE UPDATES. AND, UM, I THINK THAT WAS EVERYTHING, UM, ON THE TEMPLATE. DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS OR RECOMMENDATIONS? MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY JUST QUICKLY, UH, YOU HAVE A LIST IN FRONT OF YOU OF ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THOSE THAT ARE, UM, STARRED OR HAVE AN ASTERISK NEXT TO 'EM, THESE BYLAWS WOULD NOT PERTAIN TO THOSE SPECIFIC GROUPS. SINCE THOSE ARE A QUASI-JUDICIAL GROUP, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BYLAWS, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, THE, THE CHARTER ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHED THAT BOARD THAT ESTABLISH THAT FORM. THANK YOU. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON ARTICLE SEVEN, THE TEMPORARY WAIVER OF BYLAWS. WHEN WOULD THAT BE UTILIZED AND LIKE IN WHAT, UH, WHEN WOULD THEY NEED TO WAIVE THE BYLAWS IN ORDER TO, I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. BUSINESS OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH THAT GROUP, THEY HAVE A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR AND BOTH HAPPENED TO BE SICK [00:05:01] AT THE, UH, AT THAT, UH, PARTICULAR MEETING DATE. AND SO IN ORDER TO RUN THE MEETING, WE HAD THEM, UH, WAIVE THE BYLAWS THAT A CHAIR WOULDN'T BE THERE. AND SO WE HAD A TEMPORARY CHAIR PERSON RUN THE MEETING. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT, UM, EITHER HAVING A TREASURER OR SOMEONE REPORT THE FINANCIALS FOR THE BOARDS THAT HANDLE MONEY. UM, DID, WAS THAT YEAH, ADDRESSED GO, GO, GO AHEAD. UH, YES. YEAH, I, UM, WE, CMC IS THE ONLY BOARD THAT HANDLES FINANCIALS. AND SO I JUST MENTIONED THAT, THAT WE WOULD ADD THAT TO THE CMC BYLAWS ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY BOARD THAT HAS FINANCIALS. DOESN'T THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION HANDLE MONEY TOO? OR DO, OR THEY'RE JUST ALLOCATING? MAYBE THEY DO. I I, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'LL FIND OUT. THEY DO. OKAY. THEY JUST ALLOCATE. OKAY. OH, OKAY. SO THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET AND CMC DOES. RIGHT. IT, IT'S, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CMC AND, AND MITCH MITCH IS HERE, BUT, UH, THE CMC WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE FOUND THAT HAD AN ACCOUNT STRING ATTACHED TO 'EM. BUT MITCH MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION. OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN THE, IT'S PASSED THROUGH MONEY THAT GOES TO THE CO TO THE ARTS COMMISSION THAT THEY THEN STAND UP. THERE YOU GO. NOT TALK THAT THEY OH YEAH, THERE WE GO. . WOW. UH, THAT THEY . SEE THIS, THIS MEANS I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING, SO THAT IS WEIRD. I WONDER IF I CAN MAYBE TRY, UM, MAYBE I'M JUST TOO LOUD. BUT ANYWAY, THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION HAS PASSED THROUGH, UH, FUNDS THAT COMES THROUGH THAT GETS ALLOCATED TO THEM, THAT GOES OUT IN THE GRANTS. I KNOW THEY DO TRACK THEIR OWN BUDGET, SO TO SPEAK, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, 'CAUSE IT'S STILL MONEY PASSING THROUGH, EVEN IF IT'S NOT OPERATIONAL FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THEM. AND THEY ALREADY TRACK THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN EASILY DO THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION CAN DO AND PROVIDE. I I ACTUALLY ALREADY DO THAT. WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE THEY DO THROUGH YEAH. UM, WHEN THEY ALLOCATE FUNDS TO DIFFERENT RIGHT. UH, THE CIVIC THEATER AND ALL THAT. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR THEM TO DO IT TWICE. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY HAD, UM, OPERATIONAL FUNDS. YEAH. NO, I THINK IT'S ALL THE PASS THROUGH FUNDS. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. CAN YOU TRY THAT MIC ONE MORE TIME? SURE. SEE IF I FIXED IT. UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? GO ECHO. LOOK AT THAT ECHO. WOW. WAY TO GO. CARISSA BASICALLY AN IT PROFESSIONAL. IT DID ACT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, SO IT ONLY ME. SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S JUST 'CAUSE ALL THREE OF THEM WERE ON AT FULL VOLUME AND SO IT WAS, HELLO. GOOD JOB. OKAY. WELL THIS IS GREAT. I, I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WORKING ON THIS AND UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GIVE THEM SOME PARAMETERS. ABSOLUTELY. THAT A LOT OF THEM FELT LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE, SO THAT'S WONDERFUL. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO, UM, I GUESS WE'RE READY TO SEND THIS TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. YES. YES. OKAY. AWESOME. ALRIGHT, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB. ANY OTHER? YES, MA'AM. I JUST HAD ONE OTHER ITEM. UH, SINCE WE DO HAVE THE BOARD AND COMMISSION, UH, ITEM AS A, UH, AS A DISCUSSION FOR COMMITTEE, I KNOW WE'VE TACKLED VARIOUS ITEMS AS IT RELATED TO, UH, TO BYLAWS HOW WE'RE REPORTING OUT. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, STAFF WANTED TO SUBMIT, UH, RELATED TO BOARDS AND COMMISSION IS, UM, REVIEWING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, UH, BENEFICIAL TIME FOR US SINCE THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM NOW. UH, BUT, BUT LOOKING THROUGH THIS LIST, YOU HAVE, UM, GROUPS SUCH AS THE GARLAND HEALTH FACILITIES CORPORATION. UH, I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, UM, UH, WITH MATT WATSON, OUR CFO, WHO SAYS THAT THAT GROUP MAY NOT, UH, NEED TO EXIST ANY LONGER. SO AS WE LOOK THROUGH THESE THAT ARE HERE, WE MAY DECIDE, UM, THAT THESE GROUPS NEED TO STAY. THEY DON'T NEED TO TO BE IN FUNCTION ANY LONGER. AND SO, UH, IF IT'S OKAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT AS A, AS A DISCUSSION ITEM TO THE NEXT, UH, MEETING TO SEE WHAT, WHICH OF THESE GROUPS WE, WE NEED AND DON'T NEED GOING FORWARD. OKAY. THANKS. THAT'S WONDERFUL. WE NEED TO HAVE THE ALL ABILITIES, UM, ON HERE AS WELL. THAT'S RIGHT. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S HARD WORK OF HAPPY TALK AND NOW THAT GREAT BIG BOOK WON'T BE QUITE SO BIG. CRAZY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, I LOST MY AGENDA. I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE B FLAGS AT HALF STAFF FOR SPECIAL [00:10:01] EVENTS, A COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS THE LOWERING OF FLAGS AND RECOGNITION OF SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS DEATH OF CURRENT OR FORMER STAFF MEMBERS AND CURRENT OR PAST CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. STAFF WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE OPTIONS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE MAYOR. ITEM WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JULY 7TH, 2025 BY COUNT IN THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON AND SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO, TIM LUT. AND MITCH, I THINK THIS IS FOR YOU NOW. YES, MA'AM. SO, JUST FOLLOWING UP, I KNOW WE HAD THE PRESENTATION, I THINK IT WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO FROM OUR LIBRARY TEAM THAT SENDS IT OUT AND UPDATES AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY CURRENT PRACTICES, UH, ON, ON THE, THE US F*G FLAG. THE PRESIDENT DOES THAT, GOVERNOR DOES THE TEXAS FLAG. AND THEN THE CURRENT PRACTICES, THE MAYOR, UH, MAKES A DECISION WHEN IT COMES TO LOWERING THOSE FLAGS. AND I KNOW THE QUESTION WAS DO WE EXPAND UPON THAT? UH, AND I KNOW WE HAD THE PRESENTATION LAST TIME OF THAT INFORMATION. SO WITHOUT REPEATING ALL OF THAT, I'M JUST, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSION. MARISSA. UM, UM, GO AHEAD. OKAY. NO, YOU GO. MY, MY ISSUES WITH, I MEAN, AND IT'S NOT REALLY AN ISSUE IS SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, IT HAS TO BE ACCORDING TO THE, THE REGULATIONS, IT HAS TO BE OF A LOCAL EVENT. AND THEN THE MAYOR HAS THAT AUTHORITY TO REQUEST CITY FLAGS TO BE AT HALF STAFF. UM, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. AGAIN, HOW DO WE FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE PASSED AWAY? SO I WOULD LIKE MAYBE FOR IT TO SEE CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND FOR THE DAY OF THEIR FUNERAL SERVICE OR FOR A 24 OR 48 HOUR PERIOD PRIOR TO THE FUNERAL SERVICE. IF IT'S A WHILE OUT, I, I'M NOT SURE I CAN SUGGEST, I MEAN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE EMPLOYEES AND, AND I GET IT, AND IT'S A VERY HONORABLE THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THE CHALLENGE BECOMES WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TAKE A LARGE GROUP LIKE THAT, THERE'LL HAVE TO BE A VETTING PROCESS OF, I MEAN, WELL, OR THE, WERE THEY HERE FOR A WEEK? WERE THEY HERE FOR A YEAR? WERE THEY HERE? WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY LEFT? DID THEY RETIRE? DID THEY LEAVE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE? DID THEY GET FIRED? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ALL EMPLOYEES IN A DEAL LIKE THAT, IT GETS VERY DIFFICULT. AND I THINK WE TALKED THAT LAST TIME ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, IN MY OLD JOB I RAN INTO THAT EVEN, EVEN HAVING IN SOME CASES SOME FAMILY MEMBERS WHO DIDN'T WANT, IT WASN'T A FLAG ISSUE, BUT IT WAS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, HONOR GUARD AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DO WANT THAT, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. SO IT'S, WHEN IT COMES TO LOWERING FLAGS TO HAVE STAFF, IT USUALLY IS THOSE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES. I THINK THE LIBRARY TEAM TALKED ABOUT, THERE WAS ONE STATE WHERE THE GOVERNOR WAS DOING IT TOO MUCH. AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE BALANCE. WHERE IS THAT LINE? AND THAT THAT'S, IT'S NOT AN EASY LINE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT IS, IT'S JUST IF YOU DO ALL CURRENT EMPLOYEES, EVEN THEN, UH, THERE ARE SOME, WELL, I GUESS IF THEY, THEY HAVE IT LEFT, IF IT'S JUST CURRENT EMPLOYEES. SO, UM, AND I GUESS IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO, HEY, I DON'T WANNA BE MORBID, BUT I'VE SEEN THINGS IN THE PAST WITH SUICIDES. YOU DO, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH A SUICIDE, MAYBE YOU DO, MAYBE YOU DON'T. IT GETS, IT GETS CHALLENGING WITH WHEN YOU SAY ALL. SO MY THOUGHT WAS JUST CURRENT EMPLOYEES ON THE DAY OF THEIR SERVICE, YOU KNOW, OF THE DAY OF THEIR FUNERAL. AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE A FUNERAL, THEN A 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT JUST WITHIN THE WEEK OR SO OF, OF, BUT NOT, I, I THINK I SEE A SLIPPERY SLOPE IF YOU GET INTO PAST, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA MISS SOMEBODY, CURRENT EMPLOYEES, YOU'RE USUALLY NOT GOING TO MISS THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW OF THEIR DEATH. UM, SURE. AND I THAT THE QUESTION WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO HONOR THEM. IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN THERE COULD BE A DISCUSSION THEN. OR THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR OR WHOEVER ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WORTHY OR NOT? YOU KNOW, AND MAKING A DECISION ON THAT. AND WORTHY IS A HARD WORD. [00:15:01] I DON'T WANNA, SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE. I MEAN, YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT IT'S JUST ALL I'M SAYING IS I'VE, IN MY PREVIOUS POSITIONS, I, IT'S, IT'S, I I THOUGHT WHAT WAS GONNA BE SUCH AN EASY THING TO SUPPORT FAMILIES. 'CAUSE YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE FAMILY, RIGHT? THAT YOU'RE RECOGNIZING THE PERSON, BUT YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE FAMILY. IT JUST SOMETIMES GETS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THAT, WHEN YOU RUN INTO AUTOMATIC KINDS OF THINGS. WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE, WOULD EVER ANY, EVERYONE BE AMENABLE TO JUST WRITING INTO THE POLICY THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER OR, UM, EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY COULD REQUEST THAT THE YEAH. RATHER THAN IT JUST BEING SOLELY UP TO THE MAYOR. SO, AND I, I KIND OF, THE PROCESS OR THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS JUST LIKE, AS A DEFAULT, RIGHT? I'M TOTALLY FINE REMOVING FORMER, MAYBE WE ADD LIKE A CLAUSE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A FORMER EMPLOYEE WITH WHATEVER, IF THEIR FAMILY REQUESTED SENT IN TO STAFF AS A REQUEST, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT, WHATEVER. UM, BUT AS A DEFAULT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST CURRENT STAFF. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE. UM, AND I, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS DON'T REALLY MATTER TO ME. IT'S MORE OF JUST A PAYING OF RESPECT. UM, IF WE DO IT AS A DEFAULT, JUST FLAT ACROSS THE BOARD ON THE DAY, I, I LIKE THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL. UM, WE LEAVE IT FOR 24 HOURS. UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S A FAMILY THAT HAS ISSUE WITH IT, I, WHICH WOULD BE WEIRD TO ME, BUT TO EACH THEIR OWN . UM, IF THEY, IF THEY EXPRESSED, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAME OUT AND EXPRESSED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT ON BOARD WITH THAT, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD, WE WOULD HONOR THAT. UM, BUT I THINK JUST AND ACROSS, ACROSS THE BOARD CURRENT OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL STAFF, UM, ON THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL OR THEIR CEREMONY OF LIFE, WHATEVER THEY SHOULD CHOOSE TO DO, UM, WE'D LEAVE THEM AT HALF STAFF FOR 24 HOURS AND THEN BOOM, IT'S DONE. OKAY. WE DON'T, I MEAN, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN, WHY PEOPLE DIE. RIGHT. AND SO I, I WOULDN'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT THAT. JUST, UM, JUST AS A RESPECT THING. I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN I SEE A FLAG AT HALF STAFF, I MEAN, UNLESS THERE'S LIKE SOME BIG FEDERAL THING GOING ON, IT'S LIKE, WHY IS IT AT HALF STAFF? WHICH IS FINE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I, SO I, YEAH, I THINK INTERNALLY, BUT INTERNALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR TEAM GARLAND WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, I DON'T CARE IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC NECESSARILY KNOWS MORE SO IS OUR TEAM GARLAND KNOWS LIKE THAT WE DO HONOR VALUE AND RESPECT YOU ENOUGH THAT SHOULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN KNOW THAT THIS IS OUR, OUR PEACE OFFERING, WHATEVER, LIKE OUR LITTLE TOKEN OF, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING YEAH. YEAH. AND WE'RE PROBAB, A GOOD CHUNK OF OUR TEAM WILL PROBABLY BE AT THAT FUNERAL ANYWAY. SURE. SO THEY KNOW WHY IT WAS HAPPENING. YEAH. CURRENT EMPLOYEE. YEAH. IF IT'S A CURRENT EMPLOYEE, I DON'T CARE IF THEY'VE WORKED HERE FOR TWO DAYS AND THEY DROPPED DEAD OF A HEART ATTACK. YEAH. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE A CURRENT EMPLOYEE. I WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE FORMER EMPLOYEES. YEAH. THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE. SO YEAH, I THINK ALL CURRENT EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE HONORED. AND THEN THE MAYOR HAS THE OPTION IF IT'S A FORMER EMPLOYEE THAT WORKED HERE FOR 40 YEARS OR IF IT'S, UM, A FORMER COUN, THE MAYOR THEN HAS THAT OPTION TO REQUEST IT OR TO AT OTHER TIMES. AT OTHER TIMES. SO DOES THAT WORK? YEP. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY TO MOVE THIS TO COUNCIL? YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. GOT IT. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. UM, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS? NONE THE TEMPLATE. OKAY. AND SO AT FIVE 19 WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YAY. OKAY, WE'RE OFF BY FOUR MINUTES. GOOD JOB. UM, CHRIS, ARE YOU IN A RUSH TO HEAD OUT. * 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.