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AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JANUARY 23RD 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AND THE WILY MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 604 PM WE DO ASK THAT IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SET EITHER TO VIBRATE OR TURNED OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS . IF YOU DO HAVE A PHONE CALL THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE WE DO ASK YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLE THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR MAYOR MATTHEW PORTER. PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN DAVID ARE DUKE COUNCILMAN DAVE STRING PRESENT HIM. GEOFF FORESTER PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN, SAID HOOVER PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN GINO MALIKI PRESIDENT WARREN MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR OUR INVOCATION TO BE LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM FORESTERS AND THE PLEDGE BY MYSELF. BEFORE THAT, I WOULD ASK THAT WE TAKE JUST A QUICK MINUTE. OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF PASTOR JEFF DENTON. UPSTANDING CITIZEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHO HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN MANY DIFFERENT CHARITIES THROUGHOUT WILEY, WHO HAS PASSED AWAY. FATHER THANK YOU FOR EVERY SEAT THAT HAS BEEN FILLED HERE TODAY.
PREACH MIND AND HEART THAT FILLS THE PRESENCE OF THIS ROOM. WE THANK YOU. ONLY YOU TRULY KNOW WHAT WE ARE HERE. AND SETTING OUT TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY. WE HAVE AN IDEA OF VISION HENCE, AND DAILY INSTRUCTIONS. WE HAVE TALENTS, ABILITIES AND TIME TO WORK, HOWEVER. ONLY YOU CAN SEE IN PERFECT DETAIL THE END OF EVERY BEGINNING. EVERY PROJECT EVERY SEASON, EVERY LIFE.
NOTHING IS EVER IN VAIN FOR EVEN MISTAKES AND MISSTEPS ARE USED FOR GOOD. YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS TRANSCENDS ALL OUR EFFORTS AND UNDERSTANDING. STRENGTHEN OUR CONFIDENCE AND WHO YOU HAVE CREATED US TO BE. SET US FREE FROM COMPARISON IN ORDER TO WORK TOGETHER EFFICIENTLY. BLESS THIS MEETING TODAY AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT MAY BE CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT, PEACE AND HARMONY.
WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. BE WITH OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM IS A PROTECTED FREEDOMS WE SO DEARLY ENJOY. AND AS THEY'RE DEPLOYED AROUND THE WORLD, PLEASE BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AT HOME. READY S TO MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REQUEST FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE BE SEATED. WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO THE FIRST PORTION OF OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, WHICH IS OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO A LAST MINUTE OCCURRENCE, UM WE WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZING IN SYNC EXOTICS THIS EVENING. WE WILL WELCOME THEM IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. SO WE WILL MOVE TO
[PR2. Eagle Scout Award - Brian Goodrich]
OUR SECOND ITEM THIS EVENING, WHICH IS OUR EAGLE SCOUT AWARD OR MR BRIAN GOODRICH. SO IF YOU WILL JOIN ME DOWN FRONT.SO IT IS ALWAYS OUR PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO HONOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CITIZENS HERE WITHIN WILEY WHENEVER THEY UNDERTAKE PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. BOY SCOUTS ARE AN ORGANIZATION WITH THE A DEEP AND LONG HISTORY, BOTH WITHIN THE UNITED STATES WITHIN TEXAS AND WITHIN WILEY AND WE ARE HONORED TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE BRIAN. WHO HAS ACHIEVED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, AND I HEAR YOU'RE 14. IS THAT RIGHT? AT 14 AND HAVE HAD A BIRTHDAY SINCE. BUT THAT IS AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT TO FOR SOMEONE TO ACHIEVE THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT AT THAT AGE, TYPICALLY WE SEE JUNIORS AND SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO ARE COMING BEFORE US WHO HAVE EARNED THAT HONOR, SO I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PROJECT, BUT I'D LIKE TO LET YOU IF YOU'RE OPEN TO IT. LET EVERYONE KNOW THE PROJECT THAT YOU UNDERTOOK TO EARN THAT BADGE. YES, SIR.
ALRIGHT, SO. MY PROJECT WAS LANDSCAPING AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AT OLD
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CITY PARK. AH, HERE IN WYLIE. I PLANTED, UM THERE'S SOME PICTURES UP THERE, MAYBE, AND OVER A DOZEN VOLUNTEERS. TOGETHER WE PLANTED ABOUT 16 BUSHES ALONG THE BACK OF THE MEMORIAL. AND HELP TO BEAUTIFY IT. AND AH YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ONE HELP ME FUNDRAISE AND ORGANIZED PROJECT AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN LEGION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. OKAY? SO HE SELLS HIMSELF A LITTLE BIT SHORT IN THAT DESCRIPTION ON THE UNDERTAKING WAS INVOLVED THE WHOLE LOT OF ADDITIONAL WORK BY HIM AS WELL. HE PARTNERED WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION HERE IN TOWN . HE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF. UM AND S. HE MENTIONED HE WAS A BIG PART OF THE FUNDRAISING GOING IN AND WORKING BELIEVE IT WAS WITH HOME DEPOT. LOWS WITH LOWS TO GET THOSE BUSHES AND TO GET THOSE IN PLACE. UM AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK A LOT OF TIME. A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO IT. UM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NOT ONLY WHAT IT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE, BUT WHAT IT WILL IS THOSE CONTINUE TO GROW. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING AN EAGLE SCOUT.AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR HIM THIS EVENING, WHEREAS BRIAN GOODRICH HAS EARNED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND WHEREAS THE CONFERRING OF AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS BESTOWED UPON A BOY SCOUT , AND WHEREAS LESS THAN 5% OF ALL SCOUTS ATTAIN THIS GOAL, WHEREAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT CARRIES WITH IT, GREAT HONOR. AND A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TO SERVE AS A GUIDE IN ROLE MODEL FOR BOTH COMMUNITY AND NATION. WHEREAS SUCH AN AWARD IS EARNED IN THAT THE RECIPIENT MUST PERFORM AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AND PASSED THE RIGID REQUIREMENTS EXACTLY TO ACHIEVE THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD, WHEREAS BRIAN GOODRICH'S EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT WAS TO HONOR HIS FAMILY'S MULTIGENERATIONAL SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITIES, VETERANS THROUGH BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT INCLUDING PLANTING BUSHES AT THE WILY VETERANS MEMORIAL IN RECOGNITION . THEREFORE I'M MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, HEREBY CONGRATULATE BRIAN GOODRICH FOR HAVING AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD CONFERRED UPON HIM BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO BRIAN GOODRICH ON THIS THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY, 2024. IN HONOR OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT OF ATTAINING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT.
HMM. WE ALSO HAVE A RECOGNITION. UM THE MONTH OF JANUARY IS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[PR3. National Human Trafficking Prevention Month]
PREVENTION MONTH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE AFFECT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT BOTH WIDELY THROUGHOUT TEXAS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JOIN OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD AND HERE LOCALLY IN WORKING TO TRY TO PREVENT ALL TYPES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. AND THIS IS TO CALL AWARENESS TO THAT. WITH THAT THAT COMPLETES OUR[COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION SECTION THIS EVENING WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MUST FILL OUT A FORM PRIOR TO THE MEETING[00:10:01]
IN ORDER TO SPEAK. COUNCIL THOSE REQUESTS THAT COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL SIX MINUTES IF OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING A GROUP IN ADDITION, WE REMIND EVERYONE THAT UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY MATTER THAT IS PRESENTED DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. MISS STORM. I BELIEVE WE HAVE FORMS THAT WERE TURNED IN DUE. I HAVE ALL OF THEM AT THIS TIME. YES SIR. OKAY SO WITH THAT I WILL CALL EVERYONE IN ORDER WHEN YOU STEP UP TO SPEAK WHO? WHOMEVER IS FIRST IF YOU WILL HIT AT LOOKS LIKE A HEAD THAT IS TALKING WITH SPEECH WAVES COMING OUT THAT WILL TURN THE MICROPHONE ON. AND THEN YOU WILL STAY IF YOUR STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR OUR RECORD, YOU WILL THEN HAVE THREE MINUTES WITH WHICH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. AND I WILL JUST GO IN THE ORDER THAT I HAVE THEM SITTING HERE. SO FIRST IS ZAHID KHAN.IF YOU'LL HIT. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BASE OF IT RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM. OKAY, PERFECT. GOOD EVENING. ALL MY NAME IS ZAHID KHAN. I'M A RESIDENT OF WILEY. I CAME TOTALLY ON PREPARED BECAUSE I REALIZED OTHER PEOPLE GOING TO DO THE SPEECHES. SO I'M NOT REALLY PREPARED FOR THIS FOR THIS TALK. HOWEVER. I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL, ALL OF YOU. TWO, PLEASE. I DEMAND ON BEHALF OF PALESTINE. CEASEFIRE. EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY'S BEEN WATCHING NEWS. EVERYBODY'S BEEN LISTENED TO THE RADIO. EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN PALESTINE. INNOCENT CIVILIANS, CHILDREN WOMEN DYING. IN MY LOCAL MASK. IN THE LAST WEEK. WE HAD EIGHT PEOPLE GRIEVANCE. BECAUSE THEM GENESIS FUNERALS. EIGHT WITHIN NINE DAYS. IT WAS A VERY SAD TIME FOR FAMILIES. AND PEOPLE.
GOING TO THE CEMETERY. NOW IMAGINE. THIS IS EIGHT AND IT WAS SHOCKING TO US 1889 DAYS.
IMAGINE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HUNDREDS DYING EVERY DAY. AND EVERYBODY'S JUST NOT DOING ANYTHING. PEOPLE RALLYING AROUND THE WORLD. WE HAVE SEEN THAT NEWS. PEOPLE IN ALL COUNTRIES ARE OUT ON THE STREETS RALLYING FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO VOICE. NO ONE TO REPRESENT THEM.
YOU ARE ELECTED MEMBERS. WE CHOSE YOU TO REPRESENT US. I'M ASKING YOU. I'M BEGGING YOU ON BEHALF OF PALESTINIANS. PLEASE DEMAND A CEASEFIRE. I PRAY TO GOD ALMIGHTY. THAT SOMETHING? COMES UP TO SAVE THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE REMAINING IN PALESTINE. THEY HAVE NO ONE. TO REPRESENT THEM. YOU ARE THEIR HOPE. AN OLD COUNCILS. IN ALL OF USA. SHOULD DEMAND CEASEFIRE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS, SIR. NEXT I HAVE MOHAMMED ABDUL. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED ANYONE'S NAME. MY NAME IS MOHAMED ABDEL MOAYED AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WILEY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FELLOW ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE. TODAY WE GATHER WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO HUMANITY. THE SITUATION IN GAZA DEMANDS OUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, OUR UNWAVERING RESOLVE AND OUR COLLECTIVE VOICE, DEMANDING IT AT AN END TO THE BLOODSHED. WE STAND AS A AT A CROSSROADS WHERE THE COST OF INACTION IS MEASURED IN HUMAN LIVES, WHERE SILENCE IS COMPLICITY AND WHERE OUR CONSCIOUS CALLS US TO BE THE CHAMPIONS OF PEACE. THE IMAGES EMERGING FROM GAZA ARE HUNTING. THE STORIES OF INNOCENT LIVES LOST AND DARK COMMUNITIES DON'T APART ARE EDGED INTO OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS. WE CAN NO LONGER TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE SUFFERING THE DESTRUCTION AND THE ANGUISH THAT HAS BECOME A DAILY REALITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. IT IS TIME FOR US TO RISE AS ADVOCATES FOR HUMANITY DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE THAT WILL BRING AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE VIOLENCE TO THOSE WHO HOLD THE POWER TO MAKE DECISIONS TO HOLD ON TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO INFLUENCE THE COURSE OF EVENTS. WE SAY THIS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THE TIME FOR RHETORIC AND EMPTY PROMISES HAS PASSED. WE DEMAND CONCRETE
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ACTION, A CEASEFIRE THAT IS NOT JUST A TEMPORARY LULL IN HOSTILITIES BUT A COMMITMENT TO A LASTING PEACE. THE PEOPLE OF GAZA DESERVE MORE THAN SPORADIC BREAKS IN VIOLENCE. THEY DESERVE A FUTURE FREE FROM THE SPECTER OF WAR, THE RIGHT TO LIVE THE RIGHT TO SAFETY AND THE RIGHT TO PEACE ARE NON NEGOTIABLE. IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO HOLD THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLENCE ACCOUNTABLE AND TO ENSURE THAT THE PALESTINIANS ARE NO LONGER CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE OF POLITICAL LIFE. OUR DEMAND FOR A CEASEFIRE IS NOT JUST A PLEA FOR AN END TO VIOLENCE, BUT A DECLARATION THAT HUMANITY WILL NOT TOLERATE THE ENDLESS SUFFERINGS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS . WE MUST BE THE WISE THAT AMPLIFIES THE CHRIST OF THE OPPRESSED, THE WISE THAT CHALLENGES THE STATUS QUO AND THE WISER DEMANDS JUSTICE. LET US NOT BE STORED SWAYED BY THE COMPLEXITIES OF POLITICAL MENU MANEUVERING, LET US INSTEAD BE THE GUIDED BY THE SIMPLE TRUTH THAT EVERY LIFE IS SACRED, AND EVERY PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN PEACE. OUR DEMAND FOR A CEASE WIRE IS A DEMAND FOR JUSTICE FOR COMPASSION. OCEAN AND FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THERE CAN BE NO TRUE VICTORY IN A GENOCIDE. THAT LEAVES A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION AND DESPAIR. IN OUR CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE. WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE VIOLENCE. TOGETHER WE FORM A POWERFUL FORCE THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED. THE WORLD IS WATCHING AND HISTORY WILL JUDGE OUR RESPONSE TO THIS CRISIS. LET US BE REMEMBERED AS THE GENERATION THAT THAT STOOD UP AGAINST INJUSTICE THAT DEMANDED AN END TO VIOLENCE AND THAT DARRYL'S TIRELESSLY WORKED TOWARDS A FUTURE WHERE THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CAN REBUILD THEIR LIVES WITHOUT FEAR. OUR DEMAND FOR A CEASEFIRE IS A BEACON OF HOPE. IN THE DARKNESS OF GENOCIDE, A TESTAMENT TO OUR SHARED HUMANITY AND A CALL TO ACTION THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED. THANK YOU. THANKS, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR SPEAKERS WHO ARE COMING UP. WE DO NEED YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THAT IN IF YOU WOULD OUR NEXT SPEAKER.IS RANIA NO FELL. GOOD EVENING, NEW YORK COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UM, WHILE YOU'RE RESIDENTS OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES, PALESTINIANS IN GAZA HAVE BEEN HAVE SUFFERED. AND, UH, AND AVERAGE OF ONE WAR EVERY TWO YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY BUT THIS YEAR'S THE CURRENT WAR RIGHT NOW IS HAPPENING HAVE ALREADY RESULTED IN OVER 100,000. AH! 1000 PEOPLE WHO WERE EITHER KILLED OR INJURED. USING OUR OWN MONEY THAT FUNDS THERE THAT THE MISSILES UNFORTUNATELY DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO COMPREHEND. HOW COME WE WHO CLAIMED THE WIDELY WAY ARE STILL SILENT TOWARDS FUNDING THIS GENOCIDE BY OUR OWN TAX DOLLARS, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATIONS UNCOVERING LIES USED TO IGNITE THIS BRUTAL WAR AS IF THINGS WERE NOT BAD ENOUGH. IF YOU FOLLOW UP WITH THE ISRAELI NEWS LIKE I DO LIKE THE MAIN MEDIA HAOUARI IT'S NOT CHANNEL 13 TV. YOU WOULD NOTICE MANY REPORTS FINDINGS ASSURING THAT THERE THERE THERE WERE NO FOR HAND BABIES. NO PREGNANT WOMAN KILLED NO. SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS OLD VICTIMS. NO ELDERLY KILLED. WOMEN NO BURNT OR BEHEADED BABIES, AND THE REPORTER EVEN SAID THAT THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING ANY RAPE VICTIMS. THOSE LIES WERE PURPOSEFULLY MADE TO TARGET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SADLY USED ON HIGH LEVEL BY BLINKEN. IN FRONT OF THE SENATE TO FOR TWO PURPOSES. THE FIRST ONE IS TO COLLECT THE FIRST ONE IS DESENSITIZED OUR NERVES TO MAKE US BELIEVE THAT PALESTINIANS HAVE NO RIGHTS, AND THE SECOND PURPOSE IS TO COLLECT FUNDS UP TO $50 MILLION, AND THAT'S WHY JUST ONE ORGANIZATION THE PALESTINIANS ARE ASKING THEMSELVES. WHAT DID WE DO FOR THE AMERICAN CITIZENS TO MAKE THEM PAY THEIR OWN MONEY TO SEND MISSILES THAT EXPLODE OUR HOSPITAL SCHOOLS, MOSQUES, CHURCHES AND EVEN OUR HOUSES ON TOP OF OUR HEADS WIRELESSLY BUT NIGHT IN THE 2008 CAST LED WAR. THE IDEA OF HAVE INTENTIONALLY TARGETED CIVILIANS AND USE THEM AS SHIELDS ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN REPORTS AS THIS ON HIDDEN STRATEGY OF SHOOT FIRST AND THINK LATER CONTINUES, MORE LIVES WILL DEFINITELY BE LOST.
JUST LIKE THE THREE HOSTAGES. HOW FAR WILL WE GOT? WILL YOU GO TO SUPPORT ISRAEL? ARE WE GOING TO LIVE? NETANYAHU'S CRIMES CONTINUE FOR SIX MORE MONTHS, AS HE MENTIONED TODAY. KNOWING THAT HE WAS HE ALWAYS WAS AGAIN. IT'S PALESTINIAN STATE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAR WILL END. BUT I WOULD IMAGINE. WILEY WAS ONE OF THE MOST HONORABLE CITIES THAT WILL START WHAT WILL ASK TO END THIS WAR AND USE THE FUNDS TO BENEFIT. WHILE IT IS AND SOLVE ITS OWN PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. AND
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I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MENTION MY NAME FIRST. MY NAME IS RHONDA. NO FALL AND I LIVE IN 2 TO 8 MYRTLE LANE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY? NEXT THIS EVENING. WE HAVE OMAR SHAKUR.YOUR ESTEEMED MAYOR AND TERRY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS OMAR SHEIKH OR I LIVE IN 61 ONCE OVER RIDGE. DR MURPHY, TEXAS 75094. TODAY I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND HUMANITARIAN AID IN THE CITY OF GAZA TO HELP THE INNOCENT PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS FOR GENERATIONS, INNOCENT PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED. FOR NO REASON.
COUNTLESS CHILDREN HAVE DIED AND COUNTLESS MORE ARE STARVING. THEY HAVE SERVING THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER. THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO SHELTER NOR ANY ACCESS. TO ANY MEDICAL AID. ALL THE HOSPITAL IN GAZA HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE OF RELIGION. THIS IS AN ISSUE OF HUMANITY AS HUMANS. ASK PEOPLE FOR PEACE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE MUST. CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND RESTORING A BRING HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE CITY OF GAZA. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN IMPACTING EVEN AMERICAN CIVILIANS. JUST LAST YEAR, AN INNOCENT CHILD BY THEIR BODY IN CHICAGO WAS WAS KILLED FOR BEING PALESTINIAN. THIS VIBE. THIS SENSELESS VIOLENCE MUST BE STOPPED AND WE MUST BRING PEACE TO PALESTINE IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY? AND NEXT WE HAVE HERO SHAKUR. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS HERE. ISHA CORA. I RESIDE IN 611. SILVER RIDGE. DR MURPHY, TEXAS. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. TODAY I AM AN EAST TEXAS NATIVE AND CURRENTLY RESIDE IN MURPHY. I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO PROPOSE A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION. FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FOR OVER 75 YEARS AND SINCE OCTOBER IT HAS JUST GOTTEN WORSE. A FIGURE WAS JUST RELEASED BY THE INTEGRATED FOOD SECURITY PHASE CLASSIFICATION THAT SHOWS 95% OF THOSE FACING STARVATION IN THE WORLD.
RESIDING WAZA WHERE MORE THAN HALF OF THE POPULATION IS CHILDREN, SO AS RESPECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT OUR CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT. WE HAVE KELLY. BLUE HASHISH. HMM I THOUGHT YOU WOULD THROW MY FIRST NAME OFF. YOU KNOW, KELLY, UM I'M KELLY ABU HASHISH. I RESIDE AT 302 TO CONCORD, DRIVING WILDLY. TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU NOT JUST AS A SPEAKER, BUT AS SOMEONE DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE HEART WRENCHING REALITY OF THE CONFLICT IN GAZA HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO MY HUSBAND FOR 37 YEARS. HE'S A PALESTINIAN BORN AND RAISED IN 10 UNITS. GAZA UP UNTIL THE AGE OF 18, WHERE HE COME TO THE UNITED STATES. HIS FAMILY STILL RESIDES IN THE VERY MIDST OF THE TURMOIL IN 10 UNITS. GAZA THE URGENCY IN MY VOICE IS NOT JUST FOR CALL FOR PEACE AND A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE. IT IS A PLEA, ECHOING THE PAIN, FEAR AND DESPERATION THAT FAMILIES LIKE MINE ARE EXPERIENCING EVERY DAY. AS I SPEAK TO YOU. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH MY RELATIVES. MY HUSBAND'S SISTER, EMMA. HIS AUNT AND UNCLE, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS, ALL OF WHICH STILL CALLED GAZA HOME. THEIR LIVES, LIKE COUNTLESS OTHERS HAVE BEEN THROWN INTO CHAOS, LIVING UNDER THE CONSTANT THREAT OF VIOLENCE AND UNCERTAINTY. THE NEED FOR A CEASEFIRE IS NOT JUST A POLITICAL STANCE FOR ME. IT'S A DESPERATE CRY FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF MY LOVED ONES. THE IMAGE WE SEE IN THE MEDIA BARELY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE OF THE HARSH REALITY FACING FACED BY THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. EVERY EXPLOSION. EVERY MOMENT OF FEAR IS NOT A DISTANT, DISTANT NEWS REPORT. BUT A VIVID, EXPERIENCED EDGED INTO THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE. THE CEASEFIRE, CEASELESS BOMBARDMENTS AND THE LOSS OF INNOCENT LIVES ARE NOT ABSTRACT STATISTICS BUT PAINFUL CHAPTERS IN THE LIVES OF FAMILIES TORN APART BY THE CONFLICT. AT THIS TIME, 25 PALESTINIAN 25,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN MURDERED. 10,000 OR CHILDREN. THAT'S THAT'S SICKENING TO ME AND JUST SAD, SO SAD. OUR LIFELINE TO GAZA WAS WAS A DAILY TEXT FROM OUR FAMILY , LETTING US KNOW THEY'RE STILL ALIVE. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? THAT'S HOW YOU REALIZED HOW YOU FIND OUT IF YOUR FAMILY IS STILL ALIVE. THEIR MESSAGES WERE DIRE, THEY SAID BEING DEAD IN THIS TIME TO BEING DEAD WAS BETTER THAN THE EXISTENCE. THEY WERE LIVING RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU IMAGINE MAKING THAT STATEMENT? MY HUSBAND'S MOTHER, MY MOTHER IN LAW. PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR, AND I TOLD HIM I WAS HAPPY THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. BUT THEN YOU KNOW, I WAS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO JOIN HER
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BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET INTO GAZA BECAUSE OF THE BLOCKADE. UM THEN WE LEARNED THAT THE ISRAELI SOLDIERS ARE ENTERING THE CEMETERIES DESTROYING THE GRAVES. IS NOTHING SACRED. EVEN IN DEATH, THE PALESTINIANS ARE SUBJECTED TO HUMILIATION AND INHUMANE TREATMENT. AND I IMPLORE YOU TO SEE BEYOND THE HEADLINES AND CONSIDER THE HUMAN COST OF THIS PROGRAMMED VIOLENCE. THE CEASEFIRE WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR IS NOT JUST A DIPLOMATIC GESTURE. IT'S A LIFETIME IF IT'S A LIFELINE FOR FAMILIES TRYING TO SURVIVE IN A WAR TORN REGION. THE IMPACT OF COMPLEX GOES BEYOND THE PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION OF HOME AND INFRASTRUCTURE. IT LEAVES SCARS ON THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF THOSE WHO ENDURE IT. CHILDREN IN GAZA ARE GROWING UP SURROUNDED BY TRAUMA. THEY'RE INNOCENT, SHATTERED BY THE SOUNDS OF EXPLOSIONS IN THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES. I CALL UPON THE CITY OF WILY TO RECOGNIZE THE HUMAN FACE OF THIS CONFLICT, THE FACES OF FAMILIES TORN APART OF CHILDREN ROBBED OF THEIR CHILDHOOD AND INDIVIDUALS WHO DREAM OF A PEACEFUL, NORMAL LIFE. IN CONCLUSION, THE URGENCY FOR A CEASE FIRES AND ON THE DISTANT CONCEPT FOR ME IT IS A DEEPLY PERSONAL PLEA FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF MY FAMILY AND COUNTLESS OTHERS LET US UNITE IN A CALL. FOR OUR IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE, NOT JUST FOR AS A POLITICAL NECESSITY BUT AS AN ACT OF COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO BEAR THE HEAVIEST BURDENS OF WAR. I ALSO WANT TO JUST LEAVE ONE MORE LAST THOUGHT . WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN SCHOOL, WE ALL READ THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. I'M SURE EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE READ THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP. IN THIS IN THIS COUNTRY. WHEN MY TEACHER ASKED ME WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? I JUST KNEW AT THAT MOMENT WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE NOW I AM PROTESTING. I'M SPEAKING TO THE COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. I'M TRYING TO BRING AWARENESS POSTING ON FACEBOOK POSTING WHEREVER I CAN. TO TELL YOU NOT NEVER AGAIN DOES NOT JUST MEAN FOR THE JEWISH. REALLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, IT'S FOR EVERYONE NEVER AGAIN. SO I JUST URGE YOU PLEASE PLEASE THINK OF THIS AS A HUMANE AH! ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.NEXT WE HAVE A KEEL MOHAMMED. OKAY? NEXT. I HAVE SARAH KHAN.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SARAH. JOHN I'M A RESIDENT OF WILEY. I'M HERE AS EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. THE HUMANITARIAN ISSUE, AND I'M ALSO HERE FOR THE SAME ISSUE. AS A MOTHER OF THREE KIDS HAVE BEEN RAISING HIM THEM HERE VERY PEACEFULLY, AND I'M SO BLESSED TO BE AMERICAN AND UM AND THAT'S WHY I FEEL MORE FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MOST STRONGEST MILITARY OF THE WORLD IS BOMBING THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION RIGHT NOW FULL OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN. THEY'RE BOMBING HOSPITALS , SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, EVEN. THE EVEN THE GRAVEYARDS ARE NOT SAFE ANYMORE OVER THERE. AND WE ARE CANNOT REQUIRED AS AMERICANS . I FEEL THE TRUTH. WE HAVE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH AS MARTIN LUTHER SIX THINK MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID. THAT TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT. AND I'M HERE TO JUST SAY THAT I DEMAND A CEASEFIRE FOR THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE TO SAVE WHATEVER IS LEFT. WE ALREADY 25,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEAD AND THEN THOUSANDS OF THEM ARE CHILDREN. WE SEE THE VIDEOS AND I GET TRAUMATIC EVERY DAY. EVERY MORNING. EVERY NIGHT. I CANNOT SLEEP LOOKING AT THE VIDEOS. OF THOSE KIDS OF PARENTS. THEY'RE FIND TRYING TO FIND THEIR KIDS UNDER THE RUBBLES AM NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW WE AS AMERICAN NATION, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO STAND FOR HUMANITY. WE CANNOT BE QUIET AT THAT TIME AT THIS TIME. AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO DEMAND A CEASEFIRE FOR THE PEOPLE OF ADELSTEIN. WHY ARE THAT THOSE CHILDREN? SCREAMS AND CRIES ARE DIFFERENT FROM OUR CHILDREN HERE. WHY? I DON'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE. AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU SHOULD I REQUEST YOU ALL AS OUR LEADERS OF WILEY.
PLEASE HELP US IN THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. THANK YOU.
AND NEXT I HAVE SHAZIA. HASSAN. I APOLOGIZE IF I GOT THE LAST NAME INCORRECT THERE. FUEL STATE
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THAT FOR THE RECORD FOR US. SO HONORABLE MAYOR AND RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HIGHLY MY NAME IS SHAZIA HASSAN. I LIVE IN THE CITY OF MURPHY. I'M HERE WITH THE SAME REQUEST THE SAME CAUSE AS EVERYONE IS, UM, OCTOBER, 7TH HAS NOW BEEN EMITTED IN ALL OUR MINDS. MOSTLY PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT ISRAEL AND GAZA WAR, BUT IT'S NOT A WAR. IT'S AN OPEN GENOCIDE OPEN GENOCIDE OF 25 PLUS 25,000. PLUS PEOPLE, HALF OF THEM ARE CHILDREN. THEY ARE BEING BOMBARDED CARPET BOMBING. EVERYWHERE HOSPITALS, PLACES OF WORSHIP WITHOUT THE WITHOUT UH, WITH WITHOUT SEEING THAT, WHO'S JUST JUST BOMBARDING EVERYONE. MUSLIMS JEWS, CHRISTIANS, PRESS REPORTERS. WE HAVE WE, UH, REPORTS SHOW THAT ONE CHILD DIES EVERY 10 MINUTES IN ROSA. 10 KIDS LOSE THEIR LIMBS EVERYDAY. AND ROSA, WHAT IS THAT HAPPENING ? WHY IS THAT HAPPENING? I MEAN, THE THIS GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL. THEY JUST POSTED A MESSAGE TODAY AND IT IS SAD AND WE ARE SEEING LIKES ON THAT POST WITH SAYS, AND IT'S SHAMEFUL, IT SAYS. AND TODAY, THE PRESIDENT NETANYAHU PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IS WORKING IN ADVANCE TO ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS. IN GAZA, HE SAYS, THE PROBLEM IS TO FIND WHERE TO SEND THEM. WE ARE WORKING ON IT.IT'S THE DIRECTION WE ARE HEADING, SO IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT AGAINST. UM IT'S NOT, UH, AN ACTION TOWARDS WHAT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 7TH. IT'S ETHNIC CLEANSING, AND THEY ARE TAKING AWAY ALL THE HUMANITARIAN RIGHTS FROM THE PEOPLE. HOW CAN YOU BOMB A HOSPITAL? HOW CAN YOU THROW PHOSPHORUS? UM THAT THE WHITE GAS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED. BUT KIDS ARE BURNING. KIDS ARE DYING. THEY'RE ASKING THEIR MOM'S MOM. HOW DOES IT HURT WHEN THE BOMB BLAST ME? WHAT WILL I JUST GO? BUSH. AND MOM'S CRYING. THEY SAID, NO, I'LL HOLD YOUR HAND IN WON'T HURT YOU. NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO YOU. I WILL BE. I'LL BE THERE WITH YOU. THIS IS WHAT THE MONITORS SAYING. AH THERE. REPORTS SHOW THAT WE JUST HEARD THAT 95% OF RAISA. RESIDENTS OF JOSE WILL DIE BECAUSE OF STARVATION BECAUSE OF DISEASE BECAUSE OF THIS EMOTIONAL TRAUMA . WHAT ARE WE CREATING? NOW WHAT IS THE US DOING? OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE FUNDING THE WAR. OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SENDING WEAPONS. OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SUPPORTING ISRAEL FOR THE GENOCIDE. WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD. TO SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE IN THE U. S EVERY FIFTH CHILD IS HUNGRY, AND WE'RE SENDING MONEY FOR A GENOCIDE. I MEAN, ALL I ASK YOU IS DON'T STAND UP FOR HUZZAH BECAUSE YOU'RE A PALESTINIAN OR ARAB OR MUSLIM OR QUESTION OR DO OR OF ANY RELIGION STAND UP, OR HAMZA BECAUSE GENOCIDE IS UNIVERSALLY ABHORRENT AND THE MORAL IMPERATIVE TO CONDEMN HUMANITY SUPERSEDES IDENTITY. SO . I REQUEST YOU ALL TO PLEASE BEAR ATTENTION AND ALLOW THIS CEASEFIRE TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF WILEY. BETTER OTHER CITIES IN THE US, WHICH ARE DOING THAT DETROIT IN, UM I HAVE OTHER NAMES. I FORGOT THOSE NAMES. ONE FACT THAT I WANTED TO SAY WAS THE PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL NETANYAHU, HE HAS SURPASSED HITLER. YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN ONE DAY OF HIS TIMES 127 NUMBER OF CHILDREN KILLED TODAY IN HOSER IS 178.
AND THEN WE ARE. WHAT ARE WE SAYING? THIS IS GENOCIDE. PLEASE HELP THE PEOPLE OF GAZA AND HELP CEASEFIRE. SORRY. MY TIME IS UP AND I REQUEST THE GOVERNMENT OF HAWAII TO PLEASE ACCEPT OUR PROPOSAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NEXT I HAVE AHMED AL HASSAN. NO OKAY, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, COOL. HONORABLE MAYOR AND RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF WILEY. MY NAME IS AHMED AL HASSAN AND I RESIDE AT 139 HOLE COURSE DRIVING MURPHY. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO VOTE ON IN UNANIMOUSLY UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A RESOLUTION DEMANDING AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE AND PALESTINE ALONG WITH THE RESOLUTION OF DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR PALESTINIANS.
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I'M A CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I AM A U. S ARMY VETERAN AND I HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY WITH MY BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS. I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE VICTIMS. AND THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE OF PALESTINE FOR 75 YEARS AND 100 PLUS DAYS, PALESTINE HAS BEEN UNDER A SIEGE. BLOCKADE BY ISRAEL, WHERE THEIR BASIC NEEDS OF SURVIVAL OR AT THE MERCY OF ISRAEL. DURING THE CURRENT SEEDS. THEY'RE DIGGING OUT THEIR CHILDREN. WOMEN AND ELDERS FROM THE RUBBLE, THE RUBBLE THAT WAS ONCE THEIR LIVES AND NOW CREATED OUT OF THEIR WORLD BY THE MERCILESS BOMBING BY ISRAEL AND FUNDED BY THE VERY COUNTRY I CALL HOME. THERE ARE NO MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FOOD AND EVEN WATER. GAZA IS DYING SLOWLY AT THE HANDS OF ISRAEL AND THE WORLD IS WATCHING. THE ATROCITIES OF ISRAEL ARE NOW COMING TO LIGHT DUE TO SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE ARE NOW SEEING FIRSTHAND WHAT WE ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT. THE WORLD IS UNITING FOR PALESTINE, AND IT'S TOO LATE, TRULY DISHEARTENING TO SEE THE SUPPORT THAT WE ARE PROVIDING ISRAEL TO CONTINUE THEIR SELF DEFENSE. AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF PALESTINE. WE CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. WE CALLED FOR AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE SEEDS, AND WE CALL FOR THE RIGHT OF PALESTINIANS TO LIVE. THIS WILL ONLY OCCUR IF WE START WITH OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE WIDELY GOVERNMENT WHERE WE STRIVE ON DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS. OUR PRIORITY NOW SHOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE DE ESCALATION TO PROTECT CIVILIAN LIVES. WE MUST UPHOLD INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAWS. AND PROVIDE FULL ACCESS TO DESPERATE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS FOR THE PALESTINIANS. BEYOND THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND THEREFORE REQUESTS YOU TODAY TO PLEASE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A RESOLUTION. FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. WE DEMAND A VOICE. A VOICE THAT CHRIST STOP THE GENOCIDE. AND FREE PALESTINE. THANK YOU. AND NEXT. WE HAVE ALEXANDRA DROGA. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I AM A RESIDENT OF RICHARDSON. UM MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA. I AM NOT A PALESTINIAN BUT A PROUD. UNITED STATES CITIZEN AND RESIDENTS OF TEXAS MY ENTIRE LIFE. I WAS BORN IN DALLAS RAISED IN RICHARDSON AND IN MY YOUTH, I ATTENDED LEGACY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, WHERE ANGELA PAXTON TAUGHT ALGEBRA BEFORE HER POLITICAL CAREER BEGAN. WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. I STOOD EVERY DAY AND DUTIFULLY PLEDGED MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH I FULLY BELIEVED STOOD. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I MEANT IT THEN. AND THAT IS WHY I STOOD.THAT IS WHY I PLEDGED MY ALLEGIANCE. IMAGINE MY HORROR WHEN I FINALLY REALIZED THAT WHEN WE STAUNCHLY PROCLAIMED THIS PHRASE THE POWERS THAT BE TRANSLATED TO LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR SOME AS LONG AS I PERSONALLY DEEM THEM WORTHY OF IT. I WORE MY ALLEGIANCE TO A LIE. I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE DO SO NOW CANNOT AND WILL NOT PLEDGE MY ALLEGIANCE TO A LIE KNOW THAT I DO NOT DO TAKE THIS LIGHTLY. I ONCE CONSIDERED MYSELF A GREAT PATRIOT WITH AN UNYIELDING LOVE AND LOYALTY TO MY NATION TO MY STATE AND TO THE FLAGS THAT REPRESENT THEM, BUT I CANNOT AND WILL NOT STAND AND LIE TO MYSELF AND OTHERS STATING THAT OUR REPUBLIC STANDS FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WHAT IT IS CLEAR THAT THE LEADERS IN MY STATE AND IN MY NATION AS I HOLD DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CHILDREN, OF COURSE DESERVE EITHER. I REFUSE TO STAND IN HONOR OF FLAG THAT SENDS ARMS TO WAR CRIMINALS WHO KILL THEIR OWN HOSTAGES IN AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER AS MANY INNOCENT CIVILIANS AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. I WILL NEVER LOOK AT MY COUNTRY THE SAME WAY KNOWING THAT DAY AFTER DAY I AND OTHERS LIKE ME HAVE TO LITERALLY BEG THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO HEAR THEIR CRIES AND CALL FOR A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE. NOT A FEW DAY PAUSE DURING WHICH CIVILIANS ARE SHOT IN THE STREETS BY MILITARY, NOT A TWO MONTH PAUSE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE REST OF THE HOSTAGES, WHILE THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN STILL ROT.
IN ISRAELI MILITARY PRISONS, WITH NO CHARGES, NO TRIALS AND NO REPRESENTATION FOR INDEFINITE PERIODS OF TIME, A REAL CEASEFIRE AND FULL WITHDRAWAL OF MILITARY PRESENCE IN BECAUSE OF I AM BEGGING YOU TO RESTORE MY FAITH AND MY PRIDE AND MY COUNTRY AND MY STATE BY
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DEMANDING THAT OUR NATION UPHOLD ITS GREATEST CLAIM OF CHAMPIONING LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL DRAFT A RESOLUTION AND CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASEFIRE, USE YOUR POSITIONS OF POWER THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS BESTOWED UPON YOU TO ELEVATE THEIR VOICES AND END THE BLOODSHED THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL I AGAIN PLEDGED MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SHOULD RIGHTFULLY STAND. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. FREE PALESTINE.MISS STORM. THOSE ARE ALL OF THE FORMS THAT I HAD FOR THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ON AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING. DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHERS? NO MATTER THAT'S IT, OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A FORM, SIR? OH OKAY. YES. SO I BELIEVE. I APOLOGIZE. IF YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR US, WE HAD SOMEONE THAT WE DID CALL FOR THAT. YOU MAY HAVE STEPPED OUT, WAS IT. HELLO MAYOR MR MATTHEW POTTER IN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AKIL MOHAMMED, A PROTESTANT OF CITY WILEY MOVED FROM MINNESOTA. I'M SO HAPPY TO HAPPY TO BE IN THE CITY OF WILEY, FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT MY SOUL MY WIFE AND MY CHILDREN ARE ENJOYING HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY I SAW EARLIER WHEN THE TIME WAS UP. YOU GUYS WERE STILL LETTING ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK. THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN OTHER CITIES. COUNCIL PROCESSES, SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EMPATHY TOWARDS THAT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND I'M HERE TO REQUEST YOU TO CONSIDER PUTTING THE CEASEFIRE ON YOUR EDGING DOT NOW YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY WE ARE HERE WHEN THIS IS A FOREIGN POLICY MATTER, BUT WHY WE ARE HERE IN A CITY COUNCIL. THE REASON WE ARE HERE AND ALSO I'LL TAKE A STEP BACK AS A MUSLIM AND AS A FATHER OF FOUR CHILDREN. I AM SAD. I FEEL SAD WHENEVER THERE IS A LOSS OF LIFE. ESPECIALLY.
INNOCENT CIVILIANS WHETHER IT'S CHRISTIAN. JEWISH MUSLIM ATHEIST AGNOSTIC. WHATEVER. THEIR BELIEFS ARE I FEEL SAD WHENEVER THERE IS A LOSS OF LIFE, SO FOR ME THERE IS NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN CIVIL AND DEATHS OF MY JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS, MY CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS. LET ME MAKE THAT CLEAR. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT EVEN THOUGH I FOLLOW ISLAM, I AM HERE TO REPENT THE HUMANITY. THAT'S HOW I WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY MY MESSAGE. NOW.
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY WE ARE HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL. WHAT WE SEE IS YOU ALL KNOW HOW MUCH POPULARITY OF OUR CONGRESS HAS JUST 9% THAT'S HOW MUCH POPULAR CONGRESS IS. NOW YOU CAN REALIZE HOW MUCH THEY ARE REPRESENTING US. REASON WE ARE HERE IS YOU GUYS REPRESENT US? THE STATE THAT REPRESENTS YOU, THE CITIES. AND THEN THAT WAY, THE CONGRESS CAN CAN WEIGH THE MESSAGE OF THE STATES. IMPACT. INFLUENCE THE FOREIGN POLICY. FROM PROVIDING THIS AID. ISRAEL.
AND THEN STOPPING THIS BLOODSHED. CALLING FOR CEASEFIRE NOW YOU MIGHT BE THINKING CEASEFIRE AS SOMETHING WE ARE TAKING A SIDE OF PALESTINE. ACTUALLY NOT. CEASEFIRE IS A VERY NEUTRAL POSITION. VERY NEUTRAL POSITION. YOU'RE NOT ONLY SAVING THE INNOCENT CIVILIAN DEATHS OF PALESTINE WOMEN, CHILDREN, MEN. HUNDREDS. OF CHILDREN ARE GETTING DIED EVERY DAY EVERY WEEK SO FAR, 25,000 INNOCENT CIVILIANS DIED. 12,000 OF THEM ARE CHILDREN, NOT ONLY PALESTINE. CIVILIANS YOU'RE PROTECTING YOUR ACTUALLY, WITH THE CEASEFIRE PROTECTING THE ISRAELI IDEA OF SOLDIERS AS WELL, IF YOU HAVE IT. MORAL CONTENTION OVER THERE. YOU'RE ACTUALLY PROTECTING THE ISRAELI SOLDIERS AS WELL. JUST YESTERDAY THERE ARE 25 ISRAELI SOLDIERS DIED. HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS ARE GETTING DIED. THOUSANDS ARE GETTING INJURED. DOZENS OF THOUSANDS ARE GETTING THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THESE WORDS, SO WITH CEASEFIRE, YOU'RE NOT TAKING A SIDE OF PALESTINE OR ISRAEL. YOU'RE ACTUALLY PROTECTING THE HUMANITY. THAT'S
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HOW I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEE THIS CONFLICT WITH THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO END WITH ONE REQUEST. IF YOU CAN PLEASE GIVE US THE APPOINTMENTS ONE ON ONE. WE WOULD LIKE TO EDUCATE YOU ABOUT THIS CONFLICT, AS THE RESIDENTS OF WILEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUR PERSONAL STORIES. HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS COUNTRY HOW THIS CONFLICT IS IMPACTING HERE IN UNIVERSITIES, ISLAMOPHOBIA ANTI SEMITISM. IT'S A REAL PROBLEM FOR OUR CHILDREN FOR YOUNGSTERS. MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED IN THE CITIES. THIS IS HAPPENING. IN OUR CITIES AS WELL SO ELECTRIC THIS YEAR APPOINTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE YOU SO THAT WE CAN GO FROM THERE HOW WE CAN PUT THIS ITEM IN THE AGENDA AND THEN HOPEFULLY INSHALLAH PASSING THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.THANK YOU, SIR. THIS STORM THAT COMPLETES ALL OF THOSE WHO REGISTERED TO SPEAK DURING THE
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NON AGENDA PORTION THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. HOWEVER, UM EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. BUT IF PEOPLE HAVE PLACES TO GO, I'M GOING TO GIVE US A BRIEF RECESS OF THOSE WHO DO NOT WISH TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING CAN GO AHEAD AND STEP OUT.IT'S GOT YOUR REPLACEMENT. WITH THAT. I'LL CALL US BACK INTO SESSION. WE ARE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING, STAFF AND COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? AND IF THERE ARE NONE, I'D BE OPEN TO EMOTION ON THE ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN MALECKI THERE WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? SECOND, IT WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO PROVE HIS PRESENTED. COUNCIL POLICE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES 70. WITH THAT WILL MOVE TO OUR
[1. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2024-02(R) authorizing the City Manager of the City of Wylie to execute the Grade Crossing Construction Agreement between The Kansas City Southern Railway Company and the City of Wylie, Texas concerning the construction of the railway crossing of Eubanks Lane, north of Centennial Drive. ]
REGULAR AGENDA FOR THE EVENING ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 02 ARE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF WILY TO EXECUTE THE GRADE CROSSING CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY CROSSING. OF EUBANKS LANE NORTH OF CENTENNIAL DRIVE. MISS SCULLY. WOW. COMING UP TO THE BIG LEAGUES. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND CITY MANAGEMENT. I AM NOT IMPORTANT. UM ALREADY, SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS AGREEMENT TO YOU GUYS WITH THE CITY AND KCS, ALSO NOW KNOWN AS C. P. K C, UM KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY. WE'VE DISCUSSED THROUGH A LOT OF THE SPECIFICS FOR THE, UM, GRADE CROSSING AND THE NEW SIGNAL GOING IN AT EUBANKS, JUST NORTH OF CENTENNIAL AND SOUTH OF THE WATER DISTRICTS DRIVEWAY. UM THE ESTIMATED COST IS 1.22 TO 7 TO 2 MILLION. UM THE AGREEMENT SPECIFIES ANY OVER URGES AND HOW THAT WOULD BE HANDLED. THIS PROJECT IS AGAIN FUNDED 80% THROUGH THE WATER DISTRICT WITH THEM ANNIHILATE THAT WAS AGREED UPON, UM PREVIOUSLY AND THE REST OF THE FUNDING. THE 20% COMES FROM THE CITY'S EAST AND WEST THOROUGHFARE FUNDS. UM ONCE THIS IS AGREED UPON THE RAILROAD HAS TOLD US THEY WILL GIVE US A MINIMUM OF A WEEK, HEADS UP FOR WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE CROSSING. SO WE LIKE OUR ADVANCED NOTICE. WE'VE BEEN TOLD WILL GET BE GIVEN A MINIMUM OF A WEEK, AND IT WILL BE CLOSED FOR THREE DAYS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PORTION. AND YOU BANKS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD, UM, WITH THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE, AS WELL AS FINALIZING SOME OF THE LAST BIT OF FRANCHISE UTILITY WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THIS AGREEMENT, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME REMAINING FRANCHISE UTILITIES, UM, PERMITS THAT ARE GETTING APPROVED THROUGH TEXT DOT AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'VE ALREADY GOT OUR CONTRACTOR IN PLACE AND THINGS SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. OKAY? MAYOR. PROTEIN THANK YOU, MAYOR. JANINE I GUESS THIS WOULD INDICATE THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, ALL OF THE EASEMENT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED FROM THE CURRENT LANDOWNERS. THAT IS CORRECT. SO THE ONLY THING WE'RE WAITING ON IS FRANCHISE UTILITY AND THE APPROVAL OF THIS DOCUMENT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. GREAT QUESTION THAT WAS GOING TO BE THAT WAS GONNA BE MY LINE OF QUESTIONING YOU AS WELL. JUST KIND OF WHERE WE WERE AT THE PROCESS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM UNLESS YOU DIDN'T SO THE 2.4 I SEE OUR RESOLUTION IS 1.2 M READING THIS RIGHT? LET ME GET DOWN HERE. I SEE OUR[00:50:07]
INCREASES 1.2, OR CAN YOU HELP BREAK THAT DOWN FOR ME, AND I KNOW YOU SAID 80% IS ON THE WATER DISTRICT 20% YES. SO THE 1.2 IS THE AGREEMENT WITH THE RAILROAD. THE 2.4. THAT'S JUST KIND OF SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM A PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WITH THE WATER DISTRICT. THEIR FUNDING 80% THE ISLAND WAS WRITTEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO SO DUE TO A LOT OF THE INFLATION WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE INDUSTRY. WE REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL 2.4 FROM THE WATER DISTRICT TO KEEP IT AT THAT 80% RATIO, SO THE 2.4 IS TECHNICALLY SEPARATE FROM THE RAILROAD AGREEMENT. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS WERE AWARE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT INS AND OUTS AND THE 1.2 IS THE ACTUAL COST TO THE TO THE CITY. FOR YES. SO IT'S THE COST FOR THE RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN THAT 1.2 TECHNICALLY IN THIS AGREEMENT, IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.AND THEN THAT 1.2 GETS TRANSFERRED 8020 WITH THE WATER DISTRICT AND THE CITY, OKAY, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT THE END OF THE DAY. IT'S GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO ABOUT 20% OF THE 1.2. YES SIR. THAT HELPS A LOT. THANK YOU. OKAY COUNCILMAN. STRENGTH THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM SO THIS LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY SERIOUS DETOUR. WHICH WAY ARE FOLKS EXPECTED TO GO? SO UNFORTUNATELY , THERE IS NOT A SUPER DIRECT ROUTE. SO FOR THOSE THREE DAYS, THEY ARE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE SKYVIEW TO 384. YEAH THEN CONNECT THEM EITHER TO PARKER OR FARTHER NORTH ON 78 BALLOT. MHM.
YEAH. OKAY, UM IS THERE ANY INDICATION FROM THE RAILROAD LIKE WHAT DAYS ARE GONNA IS IT GONNA BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WEEKEND? WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS RIGHT NOW. TYPICALLY THE CITY DOESN'T ALLOW WORK ON A SUNDAY I'M SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THE RAILROAD WOULD NOT BE WORKING ON A SUNDAY BUT WE CAN. WE CAN TRY TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S A THREE DAY WINDOW THAT TENDS TO WORK BETTER. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T KNOW. OKAY, THANK YOU.
MAYOR PROTEIN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO JANINA WOULD POINT OUT THAT WE COULD OFFER VARIANTS OF THE RAILROAD IF THEY'RE WORKING ON SUNDAYS FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT MIGHT HELP. E EASED THE BRUNT OF TRAFFIC CONCERNS. I THINK THAT COUNCILMAN RESTRAINS COMMENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD WORRY ABOUT IS ANY IMPOSITION IT MIGHT CAUSE THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE OUT IN THE WILY LAKES AREA OR ANY AREA. THAT'S TRANSITIONING THROUGH THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT FOR WORK. COMMUTE SCHOOL COMMUTE CREATED HARDSHIP DURING SCHOOL PERIODS, ETCETERA, BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE TO REROUTE BUSSES PREFER TO DO WE CAN CONSTRUCTION OF IT'S ALL POSSIBLE IF WE COULD TALK TO THE RAILROAD INTO MOVING THAT DIRECTION. SURE THEM CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THEM AFTER THIS GOES THROUGH SO WE CAN BRING THAT UP WITH THE RAILROAD AS WELL. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MALIKI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM BECAUSE I GOT TWO QUESTIONS. ONE SHOULDN'T BE WITH CK. PC INSTEAD OF KANSAS CITY RAILROAD SINCE THEY ALREADY HAVE MERGED OR TRANSFERRED OR ALL THAT? YES SO TECHNICALLY, KCS IS A SUB BRANCH OF CPK. SEE NOW AND WE WENT OVER THIS WITH THEM LAST WEEK, AND THEY SAID THAT THE TERMINOLOGY IN THE CONTRACT STILL STANDS WITH IT SPECIFYING KANSAS CITY. OKAY AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS CASEY SC, KC HAS IS MERGED ALREADY. AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS CLARIFIED THAT IN THE SECOND PART IS UM OBVIOUSLY WE WEREN'T HERE WHEN THIS WAS VOTED IN AND WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED, BUT WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THEM? STARTING THAT EUBANKS IF YOU KNOW ANY OF THAT, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE OF FINISHING IT AND WILL THIS PROJECT STARTED RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY START CONSTRUCTION OF THAT ROAD, OR DOES IT SOMEHOW COME TOWARDS THE MIDDLE. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE RAILROAD, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT'S THE TIMELINE IN AND FULL OF SUPPORTIVE CURRENT COUNCIL MINISTERING AND MAYOR PRO TEMP.
WE HAVE TO CLARIFY TO RAILROAD AND I THINK TECH START TO SOME DEGREE IF THEY'RE PART OF IT. TO FIND AND WORK WITH US AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FIND A WAY THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS WHEN THERE'S MINIMAL TRAFFIC. I KNOW THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE MINIMAL, BUT AT LEAST THERE IS NO SCHOOL DAYS OR SCHOOL BUSSES GOING AROUND. UM, THERE IS EASTER HOLIDAY THAT'S COMING UP.
THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. AND AGAIN. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR A TIMELINE THAT THERE ARE CLEAR THAT WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM. BUT THEY SHOULD WANT TO WORK WITH US BECAUSE THIS IMPACTS OUR CITIZENS. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT UM WE WILL DO OUR BEST. TO, UM. COORDINATE THAT, BUT A LOT OF THAT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL. UM IT'S JUST LIKE DOWN HERE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB AND 544. THAT'S A TEXTILE PROJECT.
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AND THEY KEEP US UPDATED, BUT THERE'S NOT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT IS THERE'S NOT IN OUR CONTROL, AND IT'S JUST LIKE WITH THE RAILROAD. I MEAN, THEY CAME IN AND CLOSED DOWN BALLOT AND AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING TO DO THAT FOR THE PARKER ROAD EXPANSION. AND, UM WILL DO THE BEST WE CAN.WE CAN, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GUARANTEE THAT THERE'S IT'S GONNA BE OVER A SCHOOL BREAK OR WHATEVER IMPACT SOME OF IT'S JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE ONE. IT IS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP WITH SOMETHING TOTALLY AWARE THAT THIS IS NOT IN OUR STAFF, AND IT'S BEYOND OUR STAFFS, CONTROL AND CITY STAFF CONTROL AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON THE RECORD BECAUSE THE CITIZENS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR STAFF HAS NO JURISDICTION IN A SENSE TO TELL TEXT ARE ALL RAILROAD WENT TO CLOSE AND WE'RE NOT TOO CLOSE.
THEY GIVE US TWO DAYS. THAT'S WHEN THE CITY KIND OF GETS TOGETHER AND PUTS THESE EMERGENCY ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE IT AFFECTS NOT ONLY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND AFFECTS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT EFFECTS. WE HAVE TO REACH THE LOST HOUSES WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE AND ALL THAT, SO I JUST WANTED THAT ON THE RECORD, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AS A COUNCIL FROM MY PERSPECTIVE PERSONALLY IS THAT IT WOULD BE A MUCH EASIER WORK FRONT TEXT DOT AND FROM RAILROAD TO WORK WITH US, SO OUR CITIZENS ARE INFORMED AND WE CAN MAKE A BETTER DECISION. CREATE ROUTES THAT WILL BE EASIER FOR ALL OF US TO GO TO WORK AND GO TO TRAFFIC AND GO TO SCHOOL AND ALL THAT. THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP SO THE CITIZENS CAN'T UNDERSTAND. AND HOPEFULLY THIS I JUST DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE AN EXPECTATION. ABSOLUTELY NOT NOT MEET THAT EXPECTATION. TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. AND AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE IS CONCERNED, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MONTHS FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT. UM, THERE ARE INDUSTRY DELAYS WITH UM LIKE SIGNAL EQUIPMENT.
DELIVERIES THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON ORDERING SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN ADVANCE. SO RIGHT NOW, THE BIGGEST DELAYS ARE THE TEXT PERMITS WITH THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES SO THEY CAN GET IN AND GET OUT OF THE WAY, SO WE'RE ALSO HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO SEE IF WE CAN RE PHASE A FEW THINGS SO THE CONTRACTOR CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WHILE THE UTILITIES ARE RELOCATING IF WE CAN DOVETAIL THINGS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 15 TO 18 MONTHS FOR PROJECT COMPLETION, THERE WILL BE A TRAFFIC FLOW WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING IS THAT CORRECT? ONE LANE OR TWO? OH, IT THERE WILL BE A TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH BANKS WILL REMAIN OPEN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE THREE DAYS FOR THE RAILROAD'S CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. MHM. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ON THIS ITEM. YEAH. OKAY IF WE DO NOT BE OPEN TO EMOTION, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED EMOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL SECOND IT WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEMS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES 70.
[2. Consider, and act upon, acceptance of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for FY 2022-23 following a presentation by the audit firm Weaver, LLP. ]
WITH THAT. WE'LL MOVE TO OUR SECOND ITEM THIS EVENING, WHICH IS TO THANK YOU TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT OR ACTOR FOR FISCAL YEAR.20 22-23 FOLLOWING A PRESENTATION BY THE AUDIT FIRM WEAVER L L P. MR BROWN. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT IT'S BEEN ANOTHER YEAR. TIME TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR END OF 2023. AS YOU KNOW, OUR CHARTER DOES REQUIRE THIS THAT THERE IS AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT THAT IS PERFORMED OF ALL OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE CITY. UM I HAVE WITH ME TO NOT EXCUSE ME. I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT TO REPRESENTATIVES FROM WEAVER, OUR AUDIT FIRM. WE HAVE JOHN TOMORROW WHO IS A PARTNER AT WEAVER AND LAUREN FAT. SHE WAS THE AUDIT MANAGER AND DID, UM MANAGED MOST OF THE FIELD WORK HERE IN THE OFFICE. SO, UM. JOHN HAS A SUMMARY OF HOW THE AUDIT WENT. AND UM, HE ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION. THAT JUST GIVES A VERY SMALL OVERVIEW. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO READ THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER AND THE M D N A THAT THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A VERY GOOD SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE REPORT. I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO READ. UM BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THOSE THINGS. AND, OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, HAPPY TO
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ANSWER THOSE IF I CAN. OKAY, THANKS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND, UM ONE. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE AUDIT RESULTS, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MELISSA AND RYAN AND THE REST OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FOR ONCE AGAIN OF THEIR HARD WORK AND MAKING THIS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL AUDIT. AND I HAVE WITH ME AS MELISSA MENTIONED LAUREN BUTCH, OUR AUDIT MANAGER AND EVERY PRESENTATION TO GO THROUGH WITH YOU. I'LL TRY NOT TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME. I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A APOLOGY TO THAT THIS EVENING. UM UH, I LIKE TO START OFF WITH TALKING ABOUT THE AUDIT PROCESS ITSELF. WE PERFORMED, UH , THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 AUDIT, WHICH JUST CONCLUDED WITH THE REPORT THAT WE ISSUED ON JANUARY 17TH. BUT WE ACTUALLY BEGAN THE PROCESS BACK IN AUGUST, PERFORMING INTERIM FIELDWORK. WE CAME OUT IN NOVEMBER DECEMBER TO PERFORM THE FRONT OF OUR FIELDWORK. AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE ISSUED OUR AUDIT OPINION. AND WE CONDUCTED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, AS WELL AS GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS WHERE WE UTILIZE A RISK BASED APPROACH. SINCE WE CAN'T LOOK AT EVERY TRANSACTION OF THE CITY AND WE TRY TO WEIGH, UM OUR EFFORTS IN AREAS THAT ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE LISTED HERE ON THE SLIDE THINGS SUCH AS REVENUE RECOGNITION AND RELATED RECEIVABLES. CAPITAL ASSETS, CALVIN PROJECTS, PURCHASING AND COMPLIANCE WITH BIDDING REQUIREMENTS. UH PEAR BALLS AND VARIOUS LIABILITIES. CASH INVESTMENTS IN LONG TERM DEBT. AND AS I MENTIONED, WE PERFORMED INTERIM FIELDWORK THIS SUMMER, AND DURING THAT TIME THE BOOKS AREN'T CLOSED YET. SO WE CONCENTRATE OUR EFFORTS ON WALKING THROUGH THE TRANSACTION CYCLE, SO WE LOOK AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER, SAY, CASH, DISPERSEMENT PAYROLL, CASH RECEIPTS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE CONTROLS IN PLACE, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY WALK THROUGH TRANSACTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE AND OPERATING AS DESIGNED.SO WE DID A LOT OF THAT WENT THROUGH CASH RECEIPTS WITH UTILITY BUILDING, MUNICIPAL COURT PARKS AND RECS AND OTHER TYPES OF CASH RECEIPTS. WE TESTED THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE OVER THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AND PERFORMED TESTING. OF CONTROLS OVER PAYROLL AND CASH DISBURSEMENTS USING SAMPLING AND WHEN WE CAME BACK IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, I MENTIONED THAT WE PERFORM THE MAJORITY OF OUR TESTING. AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE USE A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES SUCH AS ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES, VOUCHING TRANSACTIONS TO SOURCE DOCUMENTATION AND SAMPLING. AND WE ALSO PERFORMED A SINGLE AUDIT THIS YEAR ON THE CITY'S MAJOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS THE CORONAVIRUS STATE LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS BECAUSE THE CITY SPENT MORE THAN $750,000 IN FEDERAL MONEY THIS YEAR, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT WHEN WE PERFORM THAT AND WE TESTED WHAT ARE CALLED THAT THE MAJOR OR THE DIRECTIVE MATERIAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WHICH ARE ALLOWABLE COSTS AND COST PRINCIPLES. ACTIVITIES ALLOWED NOT ALLOWED. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE AND REPORTING AND UM, WE ALSO PROVIDED ASSISTANCE WITH THE CITY'S PREPARATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE, UM ISSUED ARE INDEPENDENT AUDITS REPORT ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THEN ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH IS A CLEAN OPINION. THAT MEANS THAT WE FEEL THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT FAIRLY PRESENTED NOR MATERIAL RESPECTS. WE ISSUED TO OTHER REPORTS. ONE IS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL AND ON COMPLIANCE AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ISSUED. UH NO FINDINGS IN THAT REPORT, SO THERE WERE NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AND INTERNAL CONTROL.
NO INSTANCES OF MATERIAL, NON COMPLIANCE, AND THE FINAL REPORT THAT WE ISSUED IS ARI.
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAM AND REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL COMPLIANCE. AND AGAIN WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THAT REPORT. THAT MEANT THAT WE FELT THAT THE CITY COMPLIED NA MATERIAL RESPECTS WITH THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MAJOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AH, AND THAT THERE WERE NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AND CONTROL OVER THE COMPLIANCE WITH THAT GRANT, SO WAS CLEAN OPINIONS ALL THE WAY AROUND. AND I WILL JUST GO THROUGH THIS AT A HIGH LEVEL THAT THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES OR
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OUR AUTHORS, COMMUNICATION WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE WITH GOVERNANCE. AND HERE WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, WHICH ARE TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BASED ON OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES. AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE ISSUED NONE MODIFIED OPINION. WE HAVE SEPARATE RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, AND BASICALLY, IT'S TO ISSUE A WRITTEN REPORT ON OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY IS IN TROUBLE CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING COMPLIANCE, AND AS I MENTIONED THERE WERE NO FINDINGS ON THAT REPORT. AND THEN FINALLY , WE HAVE A SET OF RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER WHAT'S CALLED THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE, WHICH IS WHAT GOVERNS THE FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. PROGRAMS AND WE HAVE TO PERFORM PROCEDURES AS A BASIS OF OUR OPINION ON THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH THAT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. UM THE CITY HAD ONE NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT THAT HAD TO IMPLEMENT THIS YEAR GATSBY 96, WHICH IS CALLED SUBSCRIPTION BASED, I INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARRANGEMENTS OR SUBMIT OF FOR THE ACRONYM AND, THANKFULLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE CITY'S 2023 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THERE WERE NO INSTANCES OR ANY MATERIAL ERRORS OR FRAUD. NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AS I MENTIONED AH, WE PERFORM LIMITED PROCEDURES ON ESTIMATES THAT ARE EMBODIED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FELT THAT THEY WERE ALL REASONABLE IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A WHOLE. AND WE REALLY, UM ENCOUNTERED NO DIFFICULTIES AT ALL AND PERFORMING OUR PROCEDURES. NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT.AND WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE TO WHETHER THERE WERE ANY AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE WERE NO AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES, AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE PAST ADJUSTMENT. IT WAS JUST A TIMING ISSUE OVER, UM THE CRUEL FOR TRASH DISPOSAL CHARGES. AND FINALLY, I HAD JUST HAD SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS SLIDES I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU WITH SOME NUMBERS FROM THIS YEAR'S ACT FOR THE FIRST TWO SLIDES GO THROUGH THE CITY'S GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS REVENUES, WHICH FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 TOTAL $76.7 MILLION. THAT WAS A 10.3. I'M SORRY, $10.8 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. MUCH OF WHICH, UM , WAS THE RESULT OF A $4.2 MILLION INCREASE IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REVENUE BEING RECOGNIZED THIS YEAR. THERE WAS ALSO A $2.5 MILLION INCREASE IN INTEREST INCOME DUE TO THE FAVORABLE RATES THIS PAST YEAR. AN INCREASE IN BOTH SALES AND PROPERTY TAXES. AND THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF THE VARIOUS REVENUE INCREASES, YOU CAN SEE THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE, INCREASING FROM 4.6 MILLION IN FISCAL 22 TO $8.8 MILLION THIS PAST YEAR, THE INCREASE IN INVESTMENT INCOME THAT I MENTIONED IS INCLUDED IN THE OTHER CATEGORY THAT INCREASED FROM 1.5 TO 4.5.
MAJORITY OF THAT, AS I MENTIONED WAS A $2.5 MILLION INCREASE IN INVESTMENT INCOME. THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES PRESENT THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY AND SIMILAR FORMAT.
THE EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL 23 WERE $67.9 MILLION. THAT WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF LESS THAN $1 MILLION. UM JUST A COUPLE OF THE AREAS THAT WERE WIDER INCREASE OR DECREASES THAN OTHERS WERE CAPITAL OUTLAY. EXPENDITURES DECREASED BY $4.8 MILLION THIS YEAR, WHICH IS JUST THE TIMING OF THE VARIOUS CAPITAL PRODUCTS THAT THE CITY IS UNDERTAKING.
PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENDITURES INCREASED BY 3.3 MILLION ALL THE OTHER FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF EXPENDITURES INCREASED BY LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IN A SIMILAR WAY THE SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISONS FROM ONE YEAR VERSUS THE OTHER WITH THE CAPITAL OUTLAY.
ALRIGHT, DECREASING FROM SEVEN POINT 6,000,022 DOWN TO 2.8 MILLION THIS PAST YEAR. PUBLIC SAFETY INCREASING FROM 25.5 MILLION TO 28.8. OVERALL IS A FISCAL YEAR END. THE CITY REPORTED $95 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE IN TOTAL FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH IS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. $54.5 MILLION IN 29.6 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND.
OVERALL THE CITY'S FUND BALANCE OF ALL THE FUNDS INCREASED BY $28.8 MILLION, AND THAT WAS
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PRIMARILY THE RESULT. OF THE $30.2 MILLION INCREASE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, AND THAT IN TURN WAS THE RESULT OF TWO THINGS. THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS DURING FISCAL 23 AND $12.1 MILLION TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND. OVERALL THE YOUNG SIGNED FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE MAIN OFFERING FUND OF THE CITY WAS $28.6 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS 56.1% OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, AND THAT'S CONCERNED VERY HEALTHY. UM. TWO WORLDS SLIDES I HAVE HERE ONE IS A I WORK AT THE GENERAL FUNDS. BUDGETARY COMPARISON, UM FOR BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. OVERALL THE CITY HAD A POSITIVE BUDGETARY VARIANTS IN THE GENERAL FUND OF $7.2 MILLION, AND THAT WAS COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF TWO THINGS. THE FACT THAT ACTUAL REVENUES EXCEEDED BUDGET BY $2.8 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES WERE UNDER BUDGET BY 4.2 MILLION, THANKS TO COST SAVINGS THROUGHOUT. THE CITY. AND FINALLY, UH, WORK AT THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. OVERALL THE WATER AND SEWER FUND THIS YEAR, THE NET POSITION INCREASED BY $8.4 MILLION AND LOOKING AT THAT , IN IN DETAIL, THE OPERATING REVENUES INCREASED BY 2.2 MILLION OVER FISCAL 22, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF RATE INCREASES AND INCREASED WATER CONSUMPTION. EXPENSES INCREASED BY 2.3 MILLION, PRIMARILY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN WATER COSTS AS WELL AS WASTEWATER TREATMENT COSTS AND NON OPERATING REVENUES INCREASED BY 1.3 MILLION, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE INCREASING IN INTEREST INCOME. BECAUSE OF THE FAVORABLE RATES. HMM THAT NIGHT SHOWER WITH MY PRESENTATION AGAIN. THE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL AUDIT.THANKS TO MELISSA AND RON AND THE REST OF THE CREW, FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND COOPERATION AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE TRUE. THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING TO PRESENT WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH THE CITY. MELISSA FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM THING. IT'S ANOTHER GREAT YEAR WITH A CLEAN AUDIT WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING ELSE FROM FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO GET TO THIS POINT IN THE YEAR AND SEE THAT AGAIN. UM AND APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO NOT JUST THE AUDIT PORTION THAT YOU ALL DO AND YOU'RE ALL THE RESPONSES TO IT. BUT ALSO IN PUTTING THE VERY LONG DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF IT. THE ACT FOR NOW OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER AT LEAST ONE OTHER NAME FOR IT, SO BUT APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND THE HARD WORK. UM AS WELL AS FOR THE SUMMATION ON THE SLIDES. THAT HELPS TOO.
BREAK A LOT OF THAT DOWN. I'LL REMIND ANYONE OUT THERE IF YOU'RE CURIOUS WHERE ANY OF OUR MONEY DOES OR DOESN'T GO AND HOW IT'S SPENT. THE ACTOR IN FRONT OF IT, I BELIEVE IS SEVERAL 100 PAGES LONG. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW MANY IT SEEMS THAT LONG 138 PAGES SO EXAGGERATED A LITTLE THERE BUT WELL OVER 100 PAGES OF GREAT DETAIL IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DIG INTO IT, AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK STAFF AND LOOKING BACK WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXPENDITURES, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD SOME CHANGES IN THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRENDS ON THINGS LIKE GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS UM, DESPITE THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. UH TO HAVE A VERY SMALL INCREASE OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. IF YOU LOOK THE MONEY IS GOING INTO PUBLIC SAFETY STREETS, COMMUNITY SERVICE. UM AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND OTHERS A TON OF WORK THAT NOT JUST FINANCE, BUT OUR CITY MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP DOES AS WELL. SO AGAIN. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT WITH THAT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR SUCH A THOROUGH AUDIT. APPRECIATED A BUNCH. MISS BROWN. I'LL ASK YOU JUST TO, UM NOT GET US TIED UP ON SOMETHING. NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH LATER, UM, I ASSUME THAT YOU'LL BE COMING BACK WITH A 2023 BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL BEFORE WE GET DOWN TO THE ACTUAL BUDGET CYCLE LATER. AS FAR AS IT'S GETTING A SNAPSHOT.
OKAY? YES THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S YOUR, UM WE USUALLY GIVE A SLIGHT REVIEW BEFORE WE START THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ENDED LAST YEAR WHAT THE TRENDS HAVE BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS. AND THEN WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR THE NEXT FIVE. THANK YOU. I'LL SAVE MY QUESTIONS FOR THEM. BUT GREAT JOB ON THAT. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP. OKAY GOOD JOB. ALL Y'ALL'S WORK DID GREAT. THANK
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YOU. MAYOR PROTO THANK YOU, MY DEAR. FOR YOUR PREPARED. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM, AS PRESENTED WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN STRAIN SECOND DO YOU HAVE EMOTION WITH THE SECOND? TO APPROVE. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST THEIR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES 70. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THAT THAT COMPLETES OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEMS TO SEE[EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
EVENING WILL NOW MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 551072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY CLOSED MEETING YES , ONE CONSIDERING THE SAILOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT BALLARD, BROWN BROWN, NEW BANK 7544, COOPER FM, 544 ST AND JACKSON OF REGENCY STEEL STATE. HOW IS 78 BALLARD STATE HIGHWAY 78. BROWN STATE, HARVEY 78 SCAB, YOU AS WELL AS UNDER SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. CLOSED MEETINGS IS TO DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE W A. D C HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT AND TO DISCUSS THE OFFER OF INCENTIVES FOR PROJECTS. 20 13-9 A 20 22-1 C 2022 DASH, TENNESSEE 20 23-1 C 20 23-2 D 20 23-3 B. 20 23-4 C 20 23-5 B 20 23-9 B 20 23-10 820 23-12 C 20 24-18 AND 20 24-1 B.[RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
WITH THAT. I'LL RECONVENE US FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. WE HAVE NO ACTIONS[READING OF ORDINANCES]
TO TAKE. AND WITH THAT, MISS STORM DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ THIS EVENING? YES MAYOR.WE HAVE THREE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DACHAU TO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS.
AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 23-39, WHICH ESTABLISHED A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR. 2023 2024 REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR US SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 4-03 IN ORDER TO THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AND MANY ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 23-39, WHICH ESTABLISHED A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 , REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OR IN SUMMER 20 24-04 IN ORDER TO THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ADMITTING THE CONFERENCE OF ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WILEY. AS HERE TO FOREIGN AMENDED SO AS THE CHANGES ZONING ON THE HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY ZONING CASE NUMBER 2023 14 MULTI FAMILY TO COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON 0.19 ACRE 0.198 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR AN OFFICE USED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FURTHER APPEALABLE ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING US SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT IS ALL MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING . DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN ? COUNCILMAN STRAIN THANK YOU. MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ACTUALLY, COUNCILMAN HOOVER. GO AHEAD, SO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN HOOVER TO ADJOURN. CANCEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES
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