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          AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE APRIL 8TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:02 P.M. WE DO ASK THAT IF YOU'RE WITH US THIS EVENING AND YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE ON YOU, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO EITHER TURN THAT OFF OR SET IT TO VIBRATE SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE, WE'D ASK THAT YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL AT THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR. MAYOR. MATTHEW PORTER. PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN DAVID R DUKE. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVE STRANG. PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM JEFF FORRESTER. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER. PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN GINO MILICI. PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION TO BE LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM FORRESTER. 
          FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY COUNCILMAN MALIKI. IF YOU PLEASE, BOW YOUR HEADS AND JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER US AND GUIDE US, FATHER, AND THAT OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS WOULD BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT. FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES, AND BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES UNTIL THEY RETURN. FATHER, BE WITH OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, SERVING TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS THAT WE SO ENJOY IN OUR NATION. IT'S IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, JESUS THAT I PRAY THESE THINGS. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE BE SEATED. SO THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING ARE 
          [PR1. Term 3 Wylie Way Students]
PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. SO AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THOSE, IF I CAN GET THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR IT TO COME DOWN, I KNOW WE'RE STARTING WITH A COUPLE OF OUR WILY WAY STUDENTS, SO I WILL CALL YOU DOWN ONE AT A TIME WHEN I GET DOWN THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO OTHER GROUPS THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THIS EVENING. SURE. ANYONE FROM SCHOOL? THANK YOU SIR. SO WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HONOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AT OUR LAST MEETING. BUT I KNOW NOT EVERYONE IS ALWAYS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THOSE MEETINGS. AND SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING THIS EVENING. SO THIS IS FOR TERM THREE AND SPECIFICALLY WAS LOOKING AT GRIT AND PREPARATION. AND AGAIN, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED BEFORE, THE WILEY WAY AWARDS ARE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ISD, WHO PUTS THEM FORWARD FOR THE AWARD AND SELECTS THEM. I'LL READ THEIR NAME, SCHOOL, AND THE COMMENTS THAT WERE GIVEN WHEN THEY WERE SELECTED FOR THE AWARD. AND IT'S A WAY TO HONOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EXHIBITING THE CHARACTER TRAITS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO FOSTER AND DEVELOP IN TOMORROW'S LEADERS. 
          IT'S NOT BASED ON ACADEMICS. IT'S NOT BASED ON EXTRACURRICULARS. IT'S TRULY ABOUT HONORING AND REWARDING THOSE STUDENTS WHO'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THOSE SPECIFIC CHARACTER TRAITS. SO THIS EVENING, THE FIRST STUDENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR IS ZAMIR ISLAM. COMING TO US FROM WHITT ELEMENTARY IN THIRD GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS. SCHUMACHER. ZAMIR EXEMPLIFIES GRIT AND PREPARATION IN THE CLASSROOM EACH DAY. HE IS A CONSCIENTIOUS, HARD WORKING STUDENT. ZAMIR EAGERLY TAKES ON A CHALLENGE AND ALWAYS STRIVES TO DO HIS BEST. CONGRATULATIONS. SMILE. FOR. AND OUR SECOND STUDENT THIS EVENING IS VANESSA MORALES GONZALEZ. COMING TO US FROM BURNET JUNIOR HIGH. BURNET 
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JUNIOR HIGH IN SEVENTH GRADE, AND MRS. PORTELA. VANESSA IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS I HAVE EVER MET. SHE IS NOT ONLY KIND HEARTED, BUT VERY HARD WORKING AND ENTHUSIASTIC TO LEARN. SHE CONSISTENTLY TRIES TO GET AHEAD ON HER WORK AND WILL ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT SHE HAS ON HER WORK WELL BEFORE ANY DUE DATE. VANESSA IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE IN CLASS AND I AM SO LUCKY TO BE HER MATH TEACHER. CONGRATULATIONS! THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND. AND FOR PARENTS FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE, THOSE WILL GET POSTED ONLINE ON FACEBOOK ALONG WITH THE COMMENTS BY STAFF. SO IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO GET OVER TO GET A PICTURE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THAT EXACT PICTURE THERE THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND KEEP FOR YOURSELVES. SO WITH THAT, WE 
          [PR2. National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week.]
HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING. OUR FIRST IS FOR OUR NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR WEEK, BETTER KNOWN AS OUR DISPATCH TEAM. SO I CAN SEE THEM STANDING IN THE BACK ACTING SHY. COME ON DOWN. AND SPREAD OUT THOSE SIGNS. THEY ALL CAME. YOU KNOW, THE MICROPHONE WILL FIND YOU NO MATTER WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON. SO, YEAH, THEY ALL CAME TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THE TIME. YOU GOTTA STAY AWAY FROM HERE. BUT NOT TONIGHT. SO WILEY IS BLESSED TO HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF FIRST RESPONDERS. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, OUR DISPATCH TEAM, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WHEN YOU PLACE THAT CALL FOR HELP, YOU NEED SOMEONE THERE TO ANSWER, TO BE PROFESSIONAL AND TO ENSURE THAT YOU GET THE HELP THAT YOU NEED WHEN YOU NEED IT. I AM PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A FEW STATISTICS FROM LAST YEAR. 
          YOU'LL HEAR THEM AGAIN IN THE PROCLAMATION, BUT I THINK THEY BEAR STATING PUBLICLY 72,000 CALLS TAKEN BY THIS TEAM. LAST YEAR THEY WORKED 24 OVER SEVEN 365. THERE ARE NO HOLIDAYS. 
          THERE ARE NO NIGHTS OR WEEKENDS THAT THEY GET TO TAKE OFF BECAUSE WE NEED SOMEONE THERE AT ALL TIMES. OF THAT, THERE WERE ALMOST 17,000 CALLS THAT WERE 911 CALLS. SO URGENT EMERGENCIES, THE AVERAGE ANSWER TIME 2.2 SECONDS. YES. THAT'S AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB THAT THEY DO. THEY ARE THE FIRST PERSON THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL SPEAK WITH WHEN THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY. 
          THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AN ISO ONE RATING. OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT REACHES ON AVERAGE IN FOUR MINUTES, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS 33 SECONDS. IT WAS DOWN TO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE ANSWERING PROFESSIONALLY, BEING ABLE TO FIND THE INFORMATION NEEDED AND GET HELP TO YOU. WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO. WE'RE PROUD OF THE SUPPORT THEY PROVIDE BECAUSE THAT ISO ONE RATING IMPACTS EVERYONE. OUT OF ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, THERE ARE LESS THAN 500 THAT HAVE THAT DESIGNATION, AND IT IS A DIRECT REFLECTION ON OUR WILEY FIRE RESCUE, OUR DISPATCH, AND OUR TEAM AND PUBLIC WORKS SPECIFICALLY AROUND WATER. SO AGAIN, WE ACHIEVED THAT RECERTIFICATION, AND THEY PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THAT. THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AND ARE JUST WE ARE INCREDIBLY BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH A PROFESSIONAL TEAM. SO I WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. AND THEN I KNOW YOU HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING TO SAY AS WELL. WE CAN, WE CAN, YOU CAN SAY IT AGAIN. I DON'T LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING, SO BEAR WITH ME. SO YES, AS HE SAID, NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATOR WEEK IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF 911 DISPATCHERS. WE ARE THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS ANSWERING CALLS AND GETTING UNITS IN ROUTE, ALONG WITH A LOT OF PAPERWORK. IT'S A LOT OF MULTITASKING AND TEAMWORK. YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE CALL OR UNIT. KEYING UP ON THE RADIO. OUR TEAM CONSISTS OF 12 DISPATCHERS, ONE CAD ANALYST, THREE SUPERVISORS, AND MYSELF. I'M THE MANAGER. SORRY, I DIDN'T SAY THAT LAST YEAR. WE ANSWERED OVER 72,000 PHONE CALLS AND ENTERED OVER 36,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND GAVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH INSTRUCTIONS TO OVER A THOUSAND CALLS, ALL WHILE TAKING A 
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COMBINED 790 TRAINING HOURS. AS A TEAM, WE HAVE 118 YEARS OF COMBINED DISPATCH SERVICE. OUR GOAL FROM THE TIME THAT WE ANSWER THE PHONE TO THE TIME UNITS ARE DISPATCHED IS ONE MINUTE. LAST YEAR OUR AVERAGE WAS 30S. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CITIZENS DO NOT CALL US ON THEIR BEST DAY, BUT WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE AND BE A COMPASSIONATE VOICE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. I'M BLESSED TO WORK WITH THIS WONDERFUL, HARD WORKING GROUP. I DON'T LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING. I'M SORRY. HI, I'M DANAYA. I'VE BEEN DISPATCHING FOR ABOUT A YEAR THIS MONTH, AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE GROUP OF LADIES THAT HAVE TRAINED ME THUS FAR. 
          THANK YOU. HI, I'M ASHLEY, I'VE ONLY BEEN DISPATCHING FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS THIS MONTH, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THESE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW INVOLVED IN MY LIFE AND TRAINING ME. SO I'M BARBIE AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 15 YEARS. I'M SARA, I'VE BEEN HERE 11. BLAIR I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVEN. I'M TRISTAN AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 16. I'M CARSON AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT. AMANDA I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST EIGHT YEARS. I'M JULIE, I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST A YEAR. I'M FAUSTINE. I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE AT WILEY SINCE JANUARY, BUT I HAVE EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DISPATCH. I'M JULIA, I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE. I'M LAUREN. I'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR, I AM ROBYN, I'VE BEEN HERE GOING ON 15. I'LL BE HOLDING. SO WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION WE'D LIKE TO READ THIS EVENING. WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS ARE THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT OUR CITIZENS HAVE WITH WILEY EMERGENCY SERVICES DEMONSTRATING COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING HIGH PRESSURE SITUATIONS. AND WHEREAS WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, THE SKILL, QUICK ACTION AND EXPERTISE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS ARE OFTEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS ARE THE VITAL LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZEN AND THE PROMPT RESPONSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY. AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS SPIRIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE WELL-BEING OF OTHERS IS ON DISPLAY 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR. AND WHEREAS IN 2024, WILEY'S DISPATCHERS ANSWERED A TOTAL OF 72,000 CALLS, INCLUDING 16,800 901 CALLS WITH AN AVERAGE ANSWER TIME OF 2.2 SECONDS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WILEY, ON THIS THE EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL, 2025. CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL, 2025 THROUGH THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL 2025, AS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK IN THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN HONORING THE WOMEN AND MEN WHOSE COMPASSION AND PROFESSIONALISM KEEP OUR CITY AND CITIZENS SAFE. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY, OKAY. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND OUR LAST PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING IS FOR CHILD ABUSE 
          [PR3. Child Abuse Prevention Month.]
PREVENTION MONTH. SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME GUESTS WITH US THIS EVENING. I'D ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS THAT YOU WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATELY SOMETHING THAT EVEN IN THE CITY OF WILEY THAT WE FIND THAT OCCURS, NO CHILD DESERVES TO BE ABUSED AT ANY TIME. AND I WILL START BY SAYING, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAY SOMETHING, BECAUSE IT IS OFTEN A CHILD'S INNOCENCE THAT IS BEING ROBBED, AND THEY OFTEN DON'T KNOW WHO TO EVEN TURN TO FOR 
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HELP IN THOSE SITUATIONS. WE HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP IN FRONT OF US WHO ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN NEED AFTER THEY HAVE SUFFERED ABUSE, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WORK TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PERPETRATORS ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. SO I WANT TO LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN THEIR ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE TONIGHT IS TRULY ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING AND BRINGING AWARENESS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY IS WORKING TOGETHER TO END CHILD ABUSE IN ITS ENTIRETY. SO WE CAN START HERE AND GO THIS WAY. THANK YOU. DIXIE JEFFERSON AND I REPRESENT FOSTER FRIENDS. FOSTER FRIENDS IS A NONPROFIT, ALL VOLUNTEER BOARD, AND WHAT WE DO IS TRY TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THESE KIDS WHO ARE THRUST INTO A PROCESS THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE AND TRIED TO DO THINGS FOR THEM THAT THE TAXPAYERS DON'T DO. SOMETIMES FUN THINGS LIKE A TRIP TO THE STUDIO MOVIE GRILL. WE WENT TO THE BALLPARK, WE HAD A SHOPPING EXPERIENCE, ALL FOR THESE KIDS. OUR NEXT BIG EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE DOING, FOSTER FRIENDS, IS WE WILL HAVE A BIG SHOE DRIVE. WE HAVE 650 KIDS IN THIS COUNTY THAT WE NEED, THAT NEED SHOES TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. SO IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US ON OUR SHOE DRIVE, WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HELP AND THANK YOU. HI, I'M IZZY ZIMMERMAN, I'M WITH EMPOWER. WE ARE THE SINGLE SOURCE CONTINUUM CONTRACTOR THAT RUNS FOSTER CARE IN THE REGION. WE TOOK OVER FOSTER CARE FROM THE STATE ABOUT A YEAR AGO. AND SO WE ARE NONPROFIT AND WE ARE THE ONES WHO WHEN THE KIDS ARE PLACED INTO CARE, THEY'RE UNDER OUR RESPONSIBILITY. HI, MY NAME IS TRICIA CLIFTON. I AM THE CEO OF CASA OF COLLIN COUNTY. WE TO OPERATE AT NO TAXPAYER EXPENSE. WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO HELPS FILL IN THE CRACKS OF THE CURRENT CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT REPRESENT THE CHILDREN'S BEST INTEREST AND MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, THEY DON'T GET LOST IN THE CRACKS. EVERY CHILD DESERVES A SAFE AND LOVING HOME, FREE FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT. AND WE HAVE AMAZING WORKERS LIKE COURTNEY RIGHT HERE THAT DOES THE HARD WORK. I'M COURTNEY GAMBLE, I AM A SUPERVISOR AT CASA, SO I MANAGE A POOL OF VOLUNTEERS WHO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ARE ASSIGNED A CASE AND REPRESENT CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE AS THEIR VOICE IN COURT. IN COLLIN COUNTY, WE'RE ASSIGNED AS THE GUARDIAN AD LITEM, SO WE HAVE A LEGAL ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM THE JUDGE OF BEST INTEREST ON BEHALF OF THESE KIDS. AND SO WE ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO DO THE VISITS AND INFORM THE COURTS ON HOW THESE KIDS ARE DOING AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY THEY'RE NOT GETTING LEFT BEHIND AND THAT THEY DON'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. I'M LIEUTENANT JEFF COWAN WITH THE WYLIE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CHILD CRIMES UNIT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER. JOSHUA ROUNDTREE WITH THE WYLIE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CURRENTLY ASSIGNED AS THE CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS DETECTIVE. IN FAIRNESS, I SEEN HIM IN THE AUDIENCE AND I DRUG HIM UP HERE. THANK YOU MA'AM. SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND OUR CITIZENS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THESE WHO ARE SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY AND WHO COME TO YOU NEEDING SO MUCH. IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND I KNOW I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WHEN I SAY THANK YOU. 
          I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THIS EVENING. WHEREAS CHILDREN ARE VITAL TO OUR CITY'S FUTURE SUCCESS, PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND DESERVE TO HAVE SAFE, STABLE, NURTURING HOMES AND COMMUNITIES THAT FOSTER THEIR HEALTHY GROWTH, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. AND WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY, HAVING LONG TERM PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS ON VICTIMS OF ABUSE. AND WHEREAS IN 2024, MORE THAN 800 CASES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT WERE REPORTED IN COLLIN COUNTY. AND WHEREAS EFFECTIVE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION STRATEGIES SUCCEED BECAUSE OF PARTNERSHIPS CREATED AMONG FAMILIES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, HOUSES OF FAITH, ADVOCACY GROUPS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. AND WHEREAS, PREVENTION REMAINS THE BEST DEFENSE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I. MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE 
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WYLIE CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF WYLIE. ON THIS, THE EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL 2025, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2025, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO BE AWARE THAT CHILD ABUSE REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AND RECOGNIZE THE ROLE EACH OF US PLAYS AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US. THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          [COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS 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, WE ASK THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FILL OUT A FORM PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN ORDER TO SPEAK. WE DO REQUEST COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, SIX MINUTES IF REPRESENTING A GROUP. IN ADDITION, WE REMIND EVERYONE COUNCIL UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE, DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY MATTER PRESENTED DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. SO WITH THAT, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME DIFFERENT FORMS TURNED IN. SO FIRST ONE I HAVE HERE IS FROM MISS EMMA STAFFORD. AND IF YOU WILL. I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE IF YOU'LL GO RIGHT, WE'LL GIVE YOU A HAND. YOU'RE, YOU'LL HAVE SIX SINCE YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE JUNETEENTH OF WYLIE ORGANIZATION. THAT'S FINE. I DON'T NEED THAT. BUT WHEN YOU'VE BEEN IN THE MILITARY 20 YEARS AND YOU WAS AN INSTRUCTOR, YOU DON'T NEED THAT. I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO YOU. I AM FIRST GOING TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME SIX MINUTES TO SPEAK. I'M HERE PRIMARILY FOR ONE REASON, TO INVITE YOU TO THE WYLIE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. I AM THEIR HISTORIAN. I HAVE A MOBILE UNIT THAT I TRAVEL TO SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES WITH. THINGS YOU NEED TO SEE THAT YOUR GRANDPARENTS, YOUR PARENTS, AND EVEN SOME OF YOU USE THE WASHBOARD. YOU KNOW WHAT? THE WASHBOARD IS, OKAY, IF YOU WILL. 
          COME JUNE THE 14TH, YOU'LL SEE 35 ITEMS THERE THAT YOUR GRANDPARENTS, EVEN YOUR PARENTS, USE. NOW, IF YOU COME AS A TRICK TO THIS, ONCE YOU HAVE PASSED THROUGH AND SEEN MY EXHIBIT, YOU'LL GET A FREE SAMPLE OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE BARBECUE ON CORNBREAD A SAMPLE. NOW IF YOU DECIDE THAT YOU LIKE IT. SINCE THIS IS A FUNDRAISER, I WILL ALSO HAVE A SAMPLE FOR $5. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NEXT I HAVE CHAD BROCK. AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE WYLIE NEWS THIS EVENING. YOU AND I STILL HAVE A BISCUIT COOK OFF, SIR, YOU AND I STILL HAVE A BISCUIT COOK OFF. 
          I'M WITH THE WYLIE NEWS. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I'M CHAD BROCK, I'M THE PUBLISHER OF THE WYLIE NEWS. WE'RE LOCATED IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WYLIE, AND OUR NEWSPAPER BEGAN PUBLICATION BACK IN MARCH 19TH, 1948. WE'VE BEEN SERVING THE WYLIE COMMUNITY EVER SINCE, COVERING CITY GOVERNMENT, LOCAL SPORTS, HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDED CIVIC EVENTS AND PROVIDING PUBLIC NOTICE. WE'RE NOT JUST A NEWSPAPER, WE'RE AN ONGOING HISTORY OF THE CITY OF WYLIE. WYLIE NEWS IS AVAILABLE BOTH IN PRINT AND DIGITAL 
          [00:25:01]
FORMATS, AND WE PROVIDE DAILY UPDATES ON OUR WEBSITE, DISTRIBUTED FREE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, AND ENGAGE OUR READERS THROUGH MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, WHICH SOMETIMES IS THE BANE OF OUR EXISTENCE. BUT THEY EXIST AND WE USE THEM. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A PUBLISHER SINCE 1993 OF SEPTEMBER, AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG TIME, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY WE TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE THE BEST COVERAGE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY VERY SERIOUSLY. FOR OVER A DECADE, I'VE CLOSELY FOLLOWED LEGISLATIVE MATTERS AT BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. I'M A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE WITH THE TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION, AND WE TRACK ACTIONS BOTH IN AUSTIN AND IN WASHINGTON. OUR MAIN FOCUS WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE IS TRACKING BILLS THAT IMPACT OPEN RECORDS, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC NOTICE. THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED TO LEARN, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THE CITY THAT I WORK IN IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE WORD NEWSPAPER FROM ITS CHARTER IN THE UPCOMING AMENDMENT ELECTION. IT'S GOING TO REMOVE THE WORD NEWSPAPER IN DESCRIBING THE OFFICIAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC. AND IT WAS EQUALLY SURPRISING TO ME TO LEARN THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS SUGGEST THE CITY WOULD USE OTHER METHODS TO PUBLISH REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICES. WHAT THOSE MAY BE, THEY WERE NOT EXPLAINED. THIS DECISION IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING WHEN A COMMUNITY LIKE WYLIE HAS THE WYLIE NEWS, WHICH IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THIS COMMUNITY AND IS ACTIVELY IN OPERATION. A SPECIAL ELECTION TO AMEND THE CITY'S CHARTER IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTES A CITIZEN CAN DO. IT LAYS THE FOUNDATION AND GROUNDWORK OF HOW THE CITY OPERATES AND HOW ITS EMPLOYEES OPERATE. GIVEN THAT, I BELIEVE THE DECISION TO REMOVE THE WORD NEWSPAPER FROM THE CITY'S CHARTER WITHOUT INDICATING WHAT WOULD REPLACE IT IS A SIGNIFICANT MISSTEP. IT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WILL BE USED INSTEAD, AND HOW THIS DECISION COULD AFFECT RESIDENTS ACROSS OR RESIDENTS ACCESS TO A RELIABLE LOCAL INFORMATION. I PERSONALLY WOULD APPRECIATE AN EXPLANATION ON WHY THIS WAS PUT IN. I'VE NOT HEARD THAT IT WAS NOT TALKED ABOUT IN THE JANUARY 14TH MEETING. IT WAS JUST DISCUSSED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ADDED, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT DISCUSSION OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. AND IF YOU VOTE IN THE SPECIAL SPECIAL AMENDMENT ELECTION ON MAY 3RD, PLEASE VOTE AGAINST PROPOSITION SEVEN. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. AND I HAVE TWO FORMS. I'LL CALL THEM ONE AT A TIME. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S UNDERSTOOD IF YOU'RE THERE? THE FIRST ONE IS MISS TERRY THURMAN. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON ITEM TWO. AND THEN THAT WOULD FALL UNDER ITEM TWO. ARE YOU LOOKING TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR THE NON AGENDA? I'M GOING TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU GO INTO PRIVATE SESSION. SO IT IS WE CAN WE CAN OPEN IT TO YOU TO SPEAK THEN. OKAY. THAT WAS THE QUESTION IS IF YOU PREFER TO SPEAK NOW. SO COME COME FORWARD MA'AM. OKAY. AND IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. ABSOLUTELY. TERRY THURMOND, 2500 MCMILLAN ROAD, WYLIE, TEXAS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL REGARDING THE MCMILLAN ROAD PROJECT. IT'S TURNED INTO THE CITY. FLOP OF ALL FLOPS. CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS IS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY. UNMOWED UNKEMPT. IF CITIZENS DID THIS TO THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY, WE WOULD BE ISSUED CITATIONS AND FINES. YOU ALL NEED TO KEEP THIS UP. THIS IS THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE. LOOKING AT YOUR MESS. AT SOME POINT A HOMELESS PERSON WAS LIVING DOWN THERE. DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE A HOMELESS PERSON LIVING IN THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS IN THOSE BIG SQUARE CULVERTS? I THINK THEY'VE MOVED ON FOR NOW, BUT I'M TERRIFIED TO GO LOOK AND FIND OUT. THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO SHUT DOWN THE ROAD DURING CONSTRUCTION. FIRST OFF, YOU WENT AGAINST YOUR OWN CITY ORDINANCE TO DO THAT, SO YOU MIGHT NEED TO CHECK YOUR OWN CITY ORDINANCES BEFORE Y'ALL MAKE DECISIONS. SECONDLY, IT LEFT THE ENTIRE MCMILLAN ROAD RESIDENCE IN A PICKLE. WE CAN'T GET THROUGH. NEITHER CAN ANY OTHER RESIDENTS. SO THAT WASN'T REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT. BUT WHAT REALLY IS THE WORST OF THIS 
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SITUATION? THE LACK OF PERMITS FOR PERMITS THAT WE DIDN'T GET. THIS IS INSANE. I BELIEVE, MR. MAYOR, I CALLED YOU LAST MAY ISH. MAYBE JUNE. YOU WERE IN LAS VEGAS WITH THE REST OF THE CITY PEOPLE AT SOME MEETING, AND YOU HAD NO IDEA CONSTRUCTION HAD STOPPED UNTIL I CALLED YOU. YOU SAID, OH, NO, IT'S RAIN DELAY. NO, THEY MOVED ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND THEY HADN'T WORKED IN OVER A MONTH THERE AT THAT TIME. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THE CITY MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CITY BUSINESS. ALL OF IT. PERMITS WERE NOT APPLIED FOR. THEY WERE NEVER OBTAINED. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD BE UNDER SCRUTINY IF THEY DID THIS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION JOB. WE'VE PAID HEFTY FINES. THE CITIZENS OF WYLIE WHERE TAXES ARE RIDICULOUS, HAVE ADDED TO OUR BURDEN AS TAXPAYERS FOR INCOMPETENCE WITHIN THE CITY. THE CITY MANAGER IS PAID A HEFTY SALARY OF. $276,190.72, ACCORDING TO PUBLIC RECORD, PLUS HIS BENEFITS. THIS IS ANNUALLY. THIS IS 276,190 REASONS WHY HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FAILURE. HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY AND ALL OF ITS BUSINESS. 
          THEREFORE, I THINK THIS COUNCIL SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER A REVIEW OF HIS QUALIFICATIONS AND PERFORMANCE IN THIS POSITION. I FEEL LIKE THE CITIZENS OF WYLIE ARE OWED THIS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO STATE ONE TIME. THIS IS STILL A PUBLIC MEETING. THERE ARE OTHER SPEAKING TO SPEAK. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTION GOING TO ASK VERY PLEASANTLY TO PLEASE MAINTAIN DECORUM. IF YOU WANT TO APPLAUD SOMETHING, YOU CAN. BUT WE CAN'T CONTINUOUSLY INTERRUPT THE MEETING FOR LONG PERIODS AND LONG STRETCHES. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT HAVING A CONVERSATION. YOU CAN LAUGH, YOU CAN MAKE WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. BUT THE MEETING DOES NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THAT OTHERS CAN BE HEARD. THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL THAT I HAVE LISTED THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING DURING NON-AGENDA IS DOUG JONES. EMPLOYER FOR TONIGHT. I WOULD BE HAPPY FOR EVERYBODY TO KEEP CLAPPING FOR YOU, TERRY. YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION, SO YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. YES. TRINITY VALLEY RANCH. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DOUG JONES AND WE'RE HERE AGAIN TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF TRINITY VALLEY RANCH, LOCATED AT 2300 MCMILLAN ROAD. I WANT TO START BY JUST THANKING EVERYONE WHO'S COME OUT TONIGHT. IT'S NOT LOST ON US THAT THIS TAKES AWAY FROM YOU YOUR FAMILY'S HARD EARNED PERSONAL TIME. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE GOT OUT OF WORK A LITTLE EARLY TO COME, BUT IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE TONIGHT THERE'S A THERE'S A VOICE IN WYLIE. I'M GOING TO ALSO BE SPEAKING OBVIOUSLY ON BEHALF OF TVR, BUT OUR NEIGHBORS ON MCMILLAN ROAD, THE THURMANS, THE BULLOCKS, ETC. BUT ALSO I WANT TO SPEAK FOR BUSINESS OWNERS, LANDOWNERS AND CITIZENS OF WYLIE WHO CANDIDLY, RIGHT NOW, MR. MAYOR, FEEL SMALL BECAUSE GOVERNMENT'S ACTING BIG. AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME AT LEAST THAT MY FAMILY AND I, WE DIDN'T WANT THIS. WE PREFER TO DO REAL WORK ON OUR RANCH. WE DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN BUREAUCRACY OR THE THINGS THAT SEEM TO BE THESE KINDS OF MEETINGS WHERE IT'S GENERALLY BEEN A WASTE OF TIME. 
          AND THAT'S WHY FOR THE LAST 13 MONTHS, WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE IN A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOG ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MCMILLAN ROAD ON OUR BUSINESS. IT'S THE ONLY ACTIVE BUSINESS ON MCMILLAN ROAD. AND WE WE'VE TRIED TO CONDUCT OURSELVES IN THE WAY THAT THINGS SHOULD BE DONE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THE WYLIE WAY. BUT FOR A YEAR, WE'VE ENCOUNTERED ROADBLOCKS. THERE'S BEEN HALF TRUTHS SPUN TO THE PUBLIC AND MOST RECENTLY, A PLEA OF JURISDICTION WHICH BASICALLY GRANTED THE CITY IMMUNITY FROM A COURT OR A JUDGE HEARING ABOUT OUR CASE. AND SO WE'VE DECIDED TO LET THE PUBLIC OPINION RUN ITS COURSE. AND I WANT TO OUTLINE FOR EVERYONE HERE WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR REQUESTS HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY, INCLUDING PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE TO YOU, MR. MAYOR, AS RECENTLY AS FEBRUARY 7TH, WHERE WE REQUESTED AN AUDIENCE TO CONVEY THESE REQUESTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. SO OUR REQUEST BASICALLY INCLUDE A SIGN AT COUNTRY CLUBS ENTRANCE TO HELP CUSTOMERS FIND US. SINCE GPS IS 
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NO LONGER AVAILABLE, A SAFE AND UNINTERRUPTED ROUTE TO OUR BUSINESS ENTRANCE THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF THE EAST SIDE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, FOR EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER AND WE'RE STILL SITTING HERE TODAY WITH NO PROGRESS. WE'VE ASKED FOR FLAGGER CREWS TO PREVENT THE BLOCKING OF ACCESS, BOTH INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM THE PROPERTY. WE'RE TRYING TO RUN A BUSINESS, AND NOW, AS TIME CONTINUES, WE NEED AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DESIGNATED WETLANDS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD IS ADVERSELY IMPACTING PROPERTIES SURROUNDING MCMILLAN ROAD, INCLUDING OURS. I.E, FLOODING THAT'S CONTINUING TO DAMAGE OUR PROPERTY AND OTHERS, AND THEN THE REMOVAL OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, WHICH ARE NOW ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION, WOULD BE A GREAT GESTURE OF PARTNERSHIP FROM THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP. NOW, LAST YEAR, I THINK, MR. PARKER, YOU WOULD REMEMBER IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR WE MET BEING ACCUSED, ACCUSING ME OF BEING AN AMBULANCE CHASER. AND THAT'S OKAY. I'M YOU KNOW, I'M A TOUGH GUY. I THINK I KNOW WHO I AM AND WHO I'M NOT. BUT EVERYONE, WE HAVE CONSULTED ON THIS OVER THE LAST 13 MONTHS, ESPECIALLY RECENTLY, HAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE THERE IS A CASE FOR DAMAGES, BOTH ACTUAL AND GENERAL MOUNTING HERE. AND I'VE NEVER ASKED FOR A SINGLE THING IN MY LIFE. I'VE ONLY TRIED TO SERVE MY COUNTRY AND MY FAMILY. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE THINGS WE HAVE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO JUST STAND BY AND LET MY FAMILY BE HARMED WITHOUT STEPPING UP. I HAVE BASIC EXPECTATIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM DOES NOT. HIGH EXPECTATIONS. BASIC EXPECTATIONS. THIS IS NOT LEADERSHIP, IT'S AVOIDANCE AND IT'S BUREAUCRACY ON FULL, FULL DISPLAY. WHAT'S SAD IS THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE FAMILY. WE'RE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          MANY, INCLUDING OURSELVES, WE'VE INVESTED BLOOD AND SWEAT AND CAPITAL INTO HELPING WYLIE BECOME A DESTINATION, ONE THAT REPRESENTS THE TEXAS WAY OF LIFE. MOST OF ALL, OUR FAMILY WAS TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WOULD BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND MEANWHILE, AS TERRY OUTLINED, CARELESSNESS, POOR DECISIONS, MISMANAGEMENT, AND NOW REFUSAL TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IS COSTING US FINANCIALLY. NOW WITH THAT, AND THIS IS FROM THE HEART. WE STILL IN OUR HOUSE, WE BELIEVE IN GRACE. MY KIDS ARE SITTING RIGHT BEHIND ME. WE BELIEVE IT'S NEVER RIGHT. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT CONTINUING TO DO NOTHING, HIDING BEHIND LEGAL TECHNICALITIES WHILE OUR FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS CONTINUES TO SUFFER ISN'T GOING TO SLIDE MUCH LONGER. WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WFAA IS NOW INVOLVED. THE DFW AREA IS GOING TO SEE WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO DO BUSINESS IN WYLIE, TEXAS, A PLACE WHERE GOOD PEOPLE COME TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE FAMILIES, BUT WHERE LEADERS SEEM TO BE USING THE LETTER OF THE LAW TO EVADE ACCOUNTABILITY. I MENTIONED LAST TIME MY SERVICE AND EVERY ARMY RANGER KNOWS OUR CREED AT HEART. IT STATES I WILL NEVER FAIL MY COMRADES. THAT MEANS MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS AND MY NEIGHBORS. IT ALSO SAYS I WILL ALWAYS KEEP MYSELF MENTALLY ALERT, PHYSICALLY STRONG AND MORALLY STRAIGHT, SHOULDERING MORE THAN MY SHARE OF THE TASK, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, 100% AND THEN SOME. TONIGHT MY FAMILY IS GOING TO COMMIT TO CONTINUING TO SHOULDER THE TASK OF TAKING THIS ISSUE ON AS LONG AS WE NEED TO. WE WANT LEADERS WHO SERVE, NOT HIDE, LEADERS WHO DO THE RIGHT THING BY THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND UPHOLD THE VALUES THIS CITY CLAIMS TO STAND FOR. IF YOU CAN DO THAT, HAVE THE COURAGE TO STEP UP. YOU HAVE OUR REQUESTS FOR YOUR DELIBERATION. THIS EVENING, IN CLOSE SESSION WITH MR. ABERNATHY, WHO'S HERE, WHO'S HERE TONIGHT? THE CITY'S REPRESENTATION. WYLIE DESERVES THAT. AND TONIGHT CAN BE THE FIRST STEP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. I HAVE A CLARIFYING MOMENT. WE'LL SAY WHEN THEY COME OUT, WE'LL CERTAINLY COME OUT. 
          SO THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS DID ADDRESS COUNCIL FOR AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA. OBVIOUSLY WE WILL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NEXT. I WILL READ THAT AFTER THE WELL AFTER CONSENT. 
          AND THEN THERE WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY IF COUNCIL WISHES TO SPEAK AFTER OR UNDER ITEM TWO, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE MOA AND MCMILLAN ROAD, BUT THAT DOES COMPLETE EVERYONE WHO ASKED TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT I WILL MOVE US TO CONSENT AGENDA 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, BUT NOT PULL B AND C IN HERE. THAT IS THE FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT WELCH. CHARITY FIVE K EVENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IF APPROVED, ON THE APRIL 26TH, AS WELL AS THE JUNETEENTH EVENT ON JUNE 14TH. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCILMAN 
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MALIKI, MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND IT. MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THE 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION]
CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW BE MOVING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY ES ONE RECEIVING LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING TRINITY VALLEY RANCH, LLC VERSUS THE CITY OF WYLIE. CASE NUMBER OR CAUSE NUMBER 49302900 2024. ASSIGNED TO THE 493RD DISTRICT COURT PENDING AN APPEAL IN THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS, DALLAS, TEXAS, IS TWO RECEIVING LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AMONG THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FORT WORTH DISTRICT, THE TEXAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER, AND THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, CONCERNING THE MCMILLAN ROAD PROJECT IS THREE. RECEIVING THE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND RESPONSES BY THE CITY OF WYLIE AND ITS EMPLOYEES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND ES4 RECEIVING LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION ROAD PROJECT ON MCMILLAN ROAD AND THE RELATED CONTRACTS WITH THE GENERAL CO 
          [RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
WITH THAT, WE WILL RECONVENE BACK INTO OUR OPEN SESSION AND MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. 
          [1. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-15 amending Ordinance No. 2024-25, which established the fiscal year 2024-2025 budget, providing for repealing, savings, and severability clauses, and the effective date of this ordinance.]
AGENDA ITEM ONE IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2515, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024, DASH 25, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 DASH 2025 BUDGET PROVIDING FOR REPEALING SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. MISTER PARKER. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $196,295 AS A PART OF OUR MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. FOR MCMILLAN ROAD, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. 
          COUNCILMAN STRING. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN MALIKAI? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. 
          [2. Consider, and act upon, the approval of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District (USACE) as it relates to the McMillen Road Project, and authorizing the City Manager to execute any necessary documents.]
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MOA WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FORT WORTH DISTRICT USAC AS IT RELATES TO THE MCMILLAN ROAD PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. MISTER PARKER. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE FINAL STAGES OF THE. PERMITTING PROCESS FOR THE MCMILLAN ROAD PROJECT. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE HISTORIC SOCIETY, TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION OVER THE LAST YEAR TO OBTAIN THE PROPER PERMITTING. AND THIS IS THE FINAL STAGES OF THAT PROCESS TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED. ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO THAT, THE CORPS WILL OBTAIN ALL THEIR SIGNATURES AND WE'LL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON MCMILLAN ROAD AGAIN. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY, I DO KNOW THAT WE HAD SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO I DO WANT TO OPEN THAT UP TO THEM. I'M GOING TO START WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OR HAS NOT TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK YET THIS EVENING. THAT IS MR. JAMES GLOVER. GLOVER, I APOLOGIZE IF I GOT YOUR NAME INCORRECT THERE. AND IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR, AND WE WILL ASK YOU TO TURN THE MICROPHONE ON AS WE DO GET TURNED OFF WHILE WE WERE OUT. LITTLE SPEAKER, THERE SHOULD BE A SPEAKER AT THE BOTTOM. LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE TALKING. PERFECT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JAMES BOWMAN, 1770 MCMILLAN. JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATION ABOUT THE LACK OF THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DELAYS, BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS OBVIOUSLY THE IMPACT TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ALONG THE ROAD AND MAYBE, 
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PERHAPS AN ISSUE WITH POOR INSTRUCTION TO THE PUBLIC AND OR THOSE DELIVERY DRIVERS THAT ARE APPROACHING THAT ENTRANCE TO MCMILLAN, AND THEY BELIEVE IT'S CLOSED AND DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO PAST. AND TWO RESIDENTS DELIVER THINGS LIKE UPS, MANY, MANY INSTANCES OF UPS, SENDING NOTIFICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, OF PACKAGES THAT HAVE HAD MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEND A PACKAGE BACK, THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT GOOD LABELING, THERE'S NOT A CLEAR SIGNAGE THAT REALLY MAKES THAT CLEAR, THAT IT'S OPEN FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS, FOR DELIVERIES AND FOR BUSINESSES. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO FIX. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE ROAD IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT THAT'S RIDDEN OVER THAT, AND I WANT TO VOICE MY CONCERN AND EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATION OVER UTILITY TRUCKS, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT DROVE UP INTO MY YARD AND LEFT RUTS ON MY PROPERTY. AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND TALKED TO THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DAMAGES THEY'VE DONE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THOSE THAT RUN BUSINESSES AND ARE LOSING A LOT OF MONEY OVER THIS, TOO. AND I REALLY EXPECT TO SEE SOME PROGRESS ON THIS. ANOTHER POINT OF CONCERN IT WAS IN A CONVERSATION I HAD LAST YEAR. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NO LANDSCAPING BUDGET TO GET THAT ROAD LOOKING PRETTY. YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE A WONDERFUL TREE LINED STREET. THOSE WERE ALL RIPPED OUT AND IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD. AND SO I UNDERSTAND WE WANT THE ROAD TO LOOK PRETTY AND HAVE A WIDENED ROAD AND A STRAIGHT SHOT THROUGH AND NO FLOODING AND ALL OF THAT. I UNDERSTAND THE BIG PICTURE, BUT I DO EXPECT THAT WE HAVE POLLINATOR FRIENDLY HABITAT RESTORED IN THAT AREA TO MAKE IT PRETTY. IF YOU LOOK AT BROWN STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'VE GOT VITEX AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A WIDE VARIETY OF FLOWERING PLANTS THAT LOOK PRETTY FOR THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS. AND I EXPECT THAT WE WOULD MAYBE WORK WITH PARKS AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. YOU CAN LEAVE IT ON. AND MISS THURMAN, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK AGAIN? YEAH. OKAY. AND IF YOU WILL AGAIN, IF YOU'LL TURN IT BACK ON NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO SPEAK. TERRY THURMOND, 2500 MCMILLAN ROAD, WYLIE, TEXAS. SO A BIG QUESTION HAS COME UP. I HAVE ASKED IN FOIA SOME DOCUMENTS AND BEEN REJECTED, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO KEN PAXTON'S OFFICE TO MAKE A DECISION. I WANT TO KNOW WHY. PUBLIC RECORDS. I'M NOT IN A LAWSUIT. WHY CAN'T I HAVE THESE DOCUMENTS? WE DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT THE HYDROLOGY STUDY SAYS BECAUSE IT AFFECTS US. THAT IS A WATERWAY. IT'S FEDERAL WATERS. IT'S A FLOODPLAIN. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE. THE CITY OF WYLIE HAS ALREADY LONG TIME AGO GAVE UP ON MAINTAINING THE MUDDY CREEK RESERVOIR SYSTEM. THAT IS WHY THE ROAD FLOODED IN THE FIRST PLACE. IF YOU MAINTAIN DOWNSTREAM, THE ROAD WOULD NEVER HAVE FLOODED. BUT Y'ALL HAVE TOTALLY NEGLECTED NOT JUST THIS COUNCIL COUNSEL'S BEFORE YOU AND BEFORE THAT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. Y'ALL HAVE TOTALLY NEGLECTED CLEANING OUT DOWNSTREAM. THEREFORE, MCMILLAN ROAD FLOODS. PLEASE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO MAINTAINING THE MUDDY CREEK RESERVOIR DRAINAGE SYSTEM. YOU ALL HAVE ELECTED TO LET MORE HOUSES COME IN. THERE'S NO HYDROLOGY STUDY THAT WE CAN LOOK AT FOR THE CURRENT PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON MCMILLAN ROAD, THAT THEIR HOUSE HAS NEVER BEEN FLOODED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE CITY WHEN THAT HAPPENS. OKAY. AND MR. DOUG JONES. YES. MR. MAYOR, IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERSE OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER PUBLIC STATEMENT? SO, MR. JONES, AS YOU KNOW, YOU ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT WITH THE CITY. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK. WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T SAY AND ENGAGE WITH IS LIMITED DUE TO THAT. OKAY. SURE. CAN THE CITY COUNCIL COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN REBID ALREADY, AND IF SO, THE TIMELINE FOR ASSUMING THAT THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT MOA GETS PUT IN PLACE. WHAT THAT TIMELINE FOR 
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CONSTRUCTION LOOKS LIKE. AND IF THERE'S ESTIMATES ON THE REVISED BUDGET, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO WE'RE NOT REBIDDING THE PROJECT, THE CURRENT PROJECT. MCMAHON IS THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR TO PAVE THAT ROAD. THEY'LL CONTINUE THAT PROJECT. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ANYTIME WE DEAL WITH THEM, THEY HAVE 30 TO 45 DAYS TO REVIEW ANY DOCUMENTS. THE TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION HAS ANOTHER 30 TO 45 DAYS TO REVIEW DOCUMENTS. SO IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, WE'LL OBTAIN MY SIGNATURE. WE'LL SUBMIT THAT BACK TO THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THERE STILL ARE SOME FRANCHISE UTILITIES BECAUSE WE CAN'T WORK IN THE WETLANDS. THE WELL, WHAT I'D CALL THE ACTUAL WETLAND AREA. ONCE THOSE GET MOVED, THEN MCMAHON WILL GET BACK OUT THERE. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO COME UP WITH A TIME FRAME, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE. WE DON'T. WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE TIME TIMELINE RIGHT NOW. OKAY, SO 90 DAYS, GIVE OR TAKE, IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN. AND THEN REGARDING THE BUDGET, MCMAHON'S JUST GOING TO PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF. AND THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE PLANS REGARDING THE WETLANDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT'S BEEN CONTEMPLATED THROUGHOUT THIS DELAY THAT WOULD AFFECT THE BUDGET. NO, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME ESCALATION COSTS, BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO RECOVER THAT. OKAY. SO THERE HAVE BEEN ESCALATION COSTS CONTEMPLATED IN THE RIVER. I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD MAKE COMMON SENSE THAT WITH THIS KIND OF DELAY AND THE REVISED CAUSE APPROVAL, THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE MCMAHON TO REBID AND THERE WOULD BE ESCALATIONS. SO I THINK IT'S FAIR AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THIS. I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND ON CAMERA AND LISTENING, AND THAT ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO THIS LATER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BUDGET GOING FORWARD IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE THAT WAS PASSED IN THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, 7 TO 0 VOTE LAST YEAR OR WHATEVER IT WAS FOR THIS PROJECT TO CONTINUE. I THINK THAT'S FAIR FOR THE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT BUDGET TOTAL BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WELL, THERE'S NO INCREASE ABOVE WHAT IS BUDGETED. OKAY. WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE WITH THIS KIND OF DELAY IS GOING TO HAVE NO INCREASE, AND FOR YOU TO SIT THERE AND TELL THESE PEOPLE THAT IT WON'T, I THINK, JUST PUTS ON DISPLAY A LACK OF COMPETENCY AND IGNORANCE, BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT'S RELATIVELY FAMILIAR WITH CONSTRUCTION WOULD KNOW THAT SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REBID, ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKETS. AND THEN AN ESCALATION IS GOING TO BE HIGHLY LIKELY. SO ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT YOU JUST BE TRANSPARENT WITH PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO SPENDING HALF TRUTHS. DOES THAT WORK? ARE YOU WANTING ARE YOU SORRY? I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A, YOU KNOW, COMMON COURTESY OF CONFIRMATION THAT THAT'S A FAIR REQUEST. YES, SIR. I'VE BEEN TRANSPARENT ALL ALONG. OKAY. YEAH, WELL, I'LL LEND IT TO THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO THIS EVENING. WITH THAT. MR. PARKER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD REGARDING THE MOA AND THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE? YES, SIR. MAYOR, I DO HAVE A STATEMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS MISINFORMATION CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND PROVIDE CLARITY ON THE MCMILLAN ROAD PROJECT, INCLUDING THE ONGOING LEGAL MATTER AND CONSTRUCTION DELAYS. MANY PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO SEEK. FACTS OR UNDERSTANDING. I RECEIVED VERY FEW EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE CONCERNS. I WELCOME DIRECT COMMUNICATION. I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS TO REACH OUT TO ME. MY FOUNDATION IS IN MY CHRISTIAN FAITH. MY GUIDING VERSE IS JOSHUA ONE NINE. HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU? BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS. DO NOT BE AFRAID. DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED, FOR THE LORD GOD, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL BE WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO. I ACCEPTED THE ROLE OF CITY MANAGER KNOWING IT COMES WITH CHALLENGES. I ACCEPT SCRUTINY BECAUSE MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE 64,000 PEOPLE WHO CALL THE WYLIE HOME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I REST KNOWING I'VE PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WITH SOUND INFORMATION AND MADE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO TAKE COMFORT, IN THE WORDS OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND HIS FAMOUS MAN IN THE ARENA SPEECH. IT'S NOT THE CRITIC WHO COUNTS. 
          THE CREDIT BELONGS TO THE MAN WHO IS ACTUALLY IN THE ARENA. WHO STRIVES VALIANTLY. WHO ERRS. 
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WHO SPENDS HIMSELF IN A WORTHY CAUSE. I STAND IN THE ARENA DOING THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE CITY DOES NOT, AND PROBABLY CANNOT RESPOND TO EVERY PIECE OF MISINFORMATION POSTED ONLINE. IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME. OPEN DIALOG LEADS TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND SOLUTIONS. NOW ON TO THE MCMILLAN ROAD PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AIMED TO ENHANCING SAFETY, MOBILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN HAVE ARISEN, BUT WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO RESOLVING THEM TRANSPARENTLY. 
          FIRST, THE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY, TRINITY VALLEY FARMS, OPERATED BY MR. JONES, FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY SEEKING 6.5 MILLION IN DAMAGES, CLAIMING THE MCMILLAN ROAD PROJECT DENIED ACCESS TO ITS PROPERTY AND NEGATIVELY IMPACTED ITS PROPERTY, NEGATIVELY IMPACTED ITS PROPERTY. IN DECEMBER, THE COURT RULED IN FAVOR OF THE CITY ON ITS PLEA TO THE JURISDICTION AND DISMISSED THE CASE WITH PREJUDICE. HOWEVER, TRINITY VALLEY FARMS HAS APPEALED THE JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF WYLIE TO THE COURT OF APPEALS IN DALLAS, EXTENDING THE LEGAL PROCESS. 
          THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY. FIRST IS I NEVER CALLED THE JONES MR. JONES AN AMBULANCE CHASER. IN FACT, HIS ATTORNEY CALLED HIMSELF AN AMBULANCE CHASER TO OUR ATTORNEY. SECOND IS DUE TO THE LAWSUIT. TRINITY VALLEY FARMS HAS BEEN INFORMED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THE CITY WILL NOT ENGAGE HIM DIRECTLY. SECOND, THERE'S MULTIPLE CAMERAS UP AND DOWN MCMILLAN ROAD. THEY WERE INSTALLED TO MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS AND ENSURE IT REMAINS PASSABLE. THE CAMERAS ARE NOT INTENDED TO FOCUS SOLELY ON THE TRINITY VALLEY DRIVEWAY. THE CITY REMAINS CONFIDENT IN ITS LEGAL POSITION AND WILL CONTINUE DEFENDING ITSELF APPROPRIATELY, WHILE ENSURE ENSURING TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE PROTECTED. FINALLY, THE CONSTRUCTION DELAYS AND PERMITTING ISSUES THE CONSTRUCTION DELAYS ARE UNRELATED TO THE LAWSUIT. THE PRIMARY ISSUE STEMS FROM PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE US CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WHICH OVERSEES FEDERALLY PROTECTED WATERWAYS. UPON IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES, THE CITY WORKED WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY APPROVALS AND PERMITS. DURING THIS PROCESS, HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS WERE DISCOVERED, REQUIRING ADDITIONAL EXCAVATION AND REVIEW, FURTHER DELAYING THE PROGRESS. WE ARE NOW IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PERMITTING, AND CONSTRUCTION IN THE WETLAND AREA IS EXPECTED TO RESUME SOON. THE CITY IS ACTIVELY EXPLORING WAYS TO RECOVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DELAYS. WE'RE UNABLE TO COMMENT ON THOSE AT THIS TIME. 
          OUR PRIORITY IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST, SAFEGUARD TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS. WE UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS AND APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WORK TOWARD COMPLETION. UPDATES WILL CONTINUE AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT IS ALL, MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN? STRING? A SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. 
          [3. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Planned Development 2011-29 (PD 2011-29) to Planned Development 2011-29 - Special Use Permit (PD 2011-29-SUP) on 5.80 acres to allow for a Farmer’s Market use. Property located at 711 Woodbridge Parkway (ZC 2025-01). ]
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE THIS EVENING. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. 20 1129 PD 20 1129 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT 2011 DASH 29 SPECIAL USE PERMIT PD 2011, 29 SUPP. EN 5.8 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR A FARMERS MARKET USE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 711 WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY. ZONING CASE 2020 5-01, MR. HASKINS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AS MOST OF YOU WHO HAVE DRIVEN DOWN WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY ON SATURDAY LAST SUMMER MAY HAVE KNOWN, WE'VE HAD A FARMER'S MARKET THAT'S BEEN OPERATING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE B&B THEATERS PARKING LOT. THEY WERE OPERATING UNDER A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT, WHICH IS ALLOWED FOR 90 DAYS, OR UP TO 120 DAYS WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIALS APPROVAL, WHICH I BELIEVE HE GAVE LAST YEAR. IT WAS SUCH A SUCCESS AND IT WAS PRETTY POPULAR AROUND TOWN. AND SO THE APPLICANT WHO WAS RUNNING THAT HAS ASKED US TO MAKE IT A TEMPORARY OR MAKE THAT TEMPORARY THING A PERMANENT TYPE OF USE. 
          WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING BEFORE YOU TODAY. 
          THERE IS A LIST OF CONDITIONS THAT THE APPLICANT AND STAFF HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE, 
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SUCH AS OPERATING HOURS. IT WILL ONLY BE FROM FROM THE TIME THEY START SETTING UP TO THE TIME THEY'RE TOTALLY TORE DOWN. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 7 TO 2:00 SATURDAY MORNINGS. TWICE A MONTH IS GOING TO BE THE MAXIMUM. THERE'S THEY'RE GOING TO ABIDE BY GENERALLY BY THIS EXHIBIT HERE. THERE'LL BE A MAXIMUM OF 65 VENDORS. THERE'LL BE FOOD TRUCKS, SPECIALTY TRUCKS. THOSE FOOD TRUCKS OBVIOUSLY WILL GO THROUGH COLLIN COUNTY APPROVAL AS NEEDED. THEY'VE AGREED TO HAVE TWO WILY PD OFFICERS ON SITE WHILE IT'S OPEN. IN ORDER TO JUST, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN EVERYTHING. THEY WILL NOT. THEY'VE AGREED THAT NONE OF THEIR VENDORS WILL SELL ANY OF WHAT WE CALL SMOKE SHOP TYPE MATERIALS. YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT BE CBD, YOU KNOW, E-CIGARETTES, ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF. THERE'S A FEW OTHER ITEMS LISTED IN YOUR REPORT. THE PNC COMMISSION DID VOTE SEVEN ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT THE LANGUAGE FOR THE PROHIBITED PRODUCTS BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AND THE ADDITION OF EDIBLE, QUOTE UNQUOTE EDIBLES. THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND IS PART OF THE SGP CONDITIONS. THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING, AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. JASON, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FOOD TRUCK AND SPECIALTY TRUCK AREA. I DON'T SEE ANY RESTROOM FACILITIES, TEMPORARY RESTROOM FACILITIES. OR IS THERE A PLAN TO UTILIZE THE RESTROOM FACILITIES INSIDE THE THEATER? IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF SALES OF FOOD? YEAH. B&B WILL BE OPEN. 
          AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY. YES. THE APPLICANT IS TELLING ME. YES, THAT B&B IS ALLOWING THEM TO USE THE RESTROOMS. I SAW THEM. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. SIR. YES, SIR. OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT SINCE THIS IS A ZONING CASE, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, YOU ARE FREE TO DO SO AT THIS TIME. IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. ABSOLUTELY. RACHEL ECHOLS 2335 WHITNEY LANE IN WYLIE, TEXAS. 
          HI, EVERYBODY. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PORTER AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS RACHEL ECHOLS, AND I AM THE FOUNDER OF THE WYLIE FARMERS MARKET, A NONPROFIT BUSINESS THAT I STARTED NOT JUST AS A PASSION PROJECT, BUT AS A COMMUNITY MISSION. MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE TO MOVE TO WYLIE IN OCTOBER OF 2021, AFTER THOROUGH RESEARCH AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH THIS TOWN. WE'RE NOW RAISING OUR ALMOST TWO YEAR OLD SON AND SOON TO ARRIVE DAUGHTER HERE, AND ARE SO HAPPY TO DO SO. THROUGHOUT OUR FIRST YEAR HERE, OUR FRIENDSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS GREW, BUT I STILL FELT THAT SOMETHING WAS MISSING. A CENTRAL PLACE WHERE NEIGHBORS MEET, WHERE LOCAL GROWERS AND MAKERS ARE CELEBRATED, AND WHERE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN SPEND A SATURDAY MORNING TOGETHER SUPPORTING THEIR OWN. IN APRIL OF 2024, I POSED A QUESTION ON A SOCIAL MEDIA ONLINE COMMUNITY FORUM. WHY DON'T WE HAVE A FARMER'S MARKET? AND THE FEEDBACK WAS, WELL, PEOPLE HAVE TRIED BEFORE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ONE. AND SO MY VERY TYPE A SELF SAID MY TURN AND WITH NO BUDGET BUT A SOLID MISSION, I STARTED AND RAN THE INAUGURAL YEAR OF THE WYLIE FARMERS MARKET. ONCE PER MONTH. LAST YEAR I BROUGHT TOGETHER 40 TO 60 FARMERS, BAKERS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL ARTISTS AND HELPED THEM RAISE, ON AVERAGE, IN TOTAL, AN INCREDIBLE 20 TO $40,000 PER EVENT FOR THEIR FAMILIES. I FIND THAT THE MARKET IS AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE FOR THOSE WHO NEED A BOOST IN OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT. WITH OUR INCREDIBLE SUCCESS LAST YEAR, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY. MEMBERS SUPPORT THEIR FARMS, HOBBIES, SMALL BUSINESSES AND MORE AND BUILD AN EVEN STRONGER TOWN BY HOSTING THE WYLIE FARMERS MARKET TWICE PER MONTH, SPRING THROUGH FALL, AND CAN ONLY DO SO WITH YOUR APPROVAL. IF APPROVED, THE ZONING CHANGE AND SPECIAL USE PERMIT WILL AID IN THE SUCCESS OF THE WYLIE FARMERS MARKET, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER SAYING YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU TO WYLIE PD FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU TO THE WYLIE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THANK YOU TO MY INCREDIBLE VENDORS THAT HAVE SHOWN UP TONIGHT IN SUPPORT. AND THANK YOU TO B&B FOR LETTING US USE THEIR PROPERTY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT. NO ONE ELSE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE IT. AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN MALIKI HAD A QUESTION. YEAH, JUST A COMMENT. I GUESS I'LL MAKE A COMMENT. AND IF YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE. BUT WE HAVE ONE MORE WORK LOOKING TO SPEAK AT. SURE. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, MISS ECCLES, FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE, PROVIDING A SPACE FOR THE FARMERS AND LOCAL GROWERS TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK. AND IT TAKES SOMEONE TO START DOING 
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THINGS. AND FOR THE OTHER ONES THAT DON'T HAVE MAYBE THE NECESSARY MEANS TO OPEN A BRICK AND MORTAR TYPE OF SPACE TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THEM TWICE A MONTH. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INITIATIVE. AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU DO WISH TO MAKE A MOTION, I WOULD BE OPEN TO ONE. MAYOR PRO TEM THAT YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW THOUGH HE CEDED THE FLOOR TO YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. THEY'RE FIGHTING OVER WHO GETS TO MAKE THE MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM? ACTUALLY, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. 
          YES. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ITEMS APPROVED. DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT CONTINUING. SO WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR REGULAR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A ONE WORK SESSION THIS EVENING. I WILL GIVE US JUST A QUICK BREAK IN CASE YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO STAY. THE WYLIE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE UPDATING US ON THEIR FIVE YEAR PLAN. BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK TO GRAB A DRINK AND LET THEM 
          [WS1. Wylie Police Department update and Five-Year Plan]
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE US BACK INTO SESSION. WE'RE IN OUR WORK SESSION. AND WE HAVE THE WYLIE POLICE DEPARTMENT UPDATE FIVE YEAR PLAN AND OVERVIEW THIS EVENING. IF YOU'LL TURN THE MICROPHONE ON AND WE'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD. CHIEF HENDERSON, BEFORE YOU DO, THOUGH, COUNCILMAN MALIKAI, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, HAD SOMETHING HE WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. CHIEF HENDERSON AND YOUR TEAM. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID YESTERDAY. KEEPING THE WYLIE CITIZENS SAFE. I KNOW THE ITEM IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, SO I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO DETAILS ABOUT WHAT IT WAS, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WORKING TOGETHER, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN, THE BUSINESSES IN SURROUNDING AREAS WERE SAFE. AND I KNOW IT'S INCONVENIENT SOMETIMES WHEN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU, YOU AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING A GREAT JOB. AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR CITIZENS. 
          THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. I'M GLAD HE ADDED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THAT. I DON'T WANT THEM TO GET THEIR FEELINGS I HAD. I HAD CHIEF RITTER OVER THERE RAISING HIS HANDS AT ME. I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. I DIDN'T INVOLVE UNDER INVESTIGATION. SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'M GOING TO DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND IF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY, IF YOU'LL STOP ME, WHEREVER THAT'S AT. AND PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT, I'LL DO MY BEST. WELL, MAYOR PRO TEM ALREADY BEEN. APPARENTLY HE'S BEEN. SO THIS IS JUST I, I, I NOTICED THIS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THEY DO IT AS WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND OUR CORE VALUES. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HIRING OUR PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE THE CITIZENS AND ADHERE TO THIS. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTHY OF US PUTTING IT IN HERE. THIS IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. I KNOW THAT ON YOUR SCREEN IT'S PROBABLY KIND OF SMALL. SO I'VE BROKE THAT DOWN ON YOUR NEXT SLIDE TO JUST SHOW THAT WE HAVE AN AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF 123, 76 SWORN, 47 CIVILIAN. AND I KIND OF GIVE THE BREAKDOWN THROUGHOUT THAT BASED ON WHAT DIVISION OR WHAT AREA INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT THEY'RE AT. JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE ON THE SUPPORT SERVICES PORTION, WHERE IT SAYS 25 CIVILIANS. THAT'S OUR CROSSING GUARDS. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES IN BASED ON THEM BEING PART TIME EMPLOYEES, YOU'LL SEE LIKE A SMALLER NUMBER ON MAYBE CITY SHEETS OR WHATEVER. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE DOING THOSE PARTICULAR POSITIONS. I DO ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE ACTUALLY GOOD TIMES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE TWO OFFICERS RETIRE. SO IN AUGUST, I HAVE TWO OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE HIT THEIR 20, THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE JUST HIT THEIR 20 YEAR MARK. THAT WILL BE RETIRING. ANGIE MCINTOSH AND SHANE VARNER BOTH SUBMITTED THEIR STUFF. THEY'RE BOTH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS. SO THOSE ARE GOOD TIMES. I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS THEM REACH, REACH THAT POINT. SO I'M VERY HAPPY FOR BOTH OF THEM. SO I WANT TO KIND OF COVER A FEW OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR. I THINK THIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE, RIGHT 
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OFF THE BAT IS, IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. JUST KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT. WE APPRECIATE, OBVIOUSLY, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES. AND THIS IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I BELIEVE THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY HELPED OUT. BUT WE'VE WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE 22 NEW EMPLOYEES AND 2024. AND THE BREAKDOWN BELOW THAT. I CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR CADETS IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY, AND WE HAVE THREE OPENINGS, WHICH REALLY FOR FIVE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GO AHEAD AND GET AHEAD OF THE TWO THAT WOULD BE RETIRING. BUT ACTUAL TRUE OPENINGS POSITION WISE WE HAVE THREE. SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. I DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE SERGEANT CHAD HERMES CREDIT. I MEAN, HE'S DONE A LOT WITH THE HIRING AND THE RECRUITING PORTION. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF DETECTIVES THAT HAVE HELPED OUT WITH SOME BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION. A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE STEPPED UP ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR THEIR NORMAL JOB TO GET THESE BACKGROUNDS DONE, WHICH ARE VERY TIME CONSUMING. AND I THINK THAT THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO BE COMMENDED FOR THAT. WE STARTED A ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM FOR CITIZENS. THIS IS A BIG THING FOR US. IT ALLOWS A PLATFORM WHERE CITIZENS AND LOSS PREVENTION THAT WORK AT SOME OF THESE BIG BOX STORES TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND, AND UPLOAD REPORTS AND. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER EVIDENCE PROPERTY WISE THAT WE WOULD OUR FORMS OR VIDEOS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, THEY CAN UPLOAD THAT STUFF. 
          KUDOS TO. OFFICER MORGAN WITH US. HE WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT WAS DOING SO MUCH OF THIS STUFF, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION IF IT WAS NOT FOR HIM. AND HE'S DEFINITELY TO BE COMMENDED FOR THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IT'S GOING TO REALLY BENEFIT US AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE BIG BOX STORES, IS A LOT OF THE LOSS PREVENTION. WHEN AN OFFICER COULD GO OVER THERE THINKING THAT THEY'RE GOING ON ONE PARTICULAR CALL, A SHOPLIFTING CALL, AND THEY GET THERE AND THEY LEAVE WITH SEVEN, AND THAT OFFICER'S PRETTY MUCH TIED UP FOR A MAJORITY OF THE DAY TRYING TO GET ALL THOSE SEPARATE SEVEN REPORTS DONE. SO AGAIN, I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT OFFICER MORGAN HAS DONE, AND I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT IS AS WELL. SO I KIND OF PUT DOWN UNDERNEATH THAT PROPERTY CRIMES, DELAYED SHOPLIFTING COMPLAINTS, CHILD CUSTODY ISSUES, FRAUDS. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT SOMEBODY COULD FILE ONLINE. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU. I DID HAVE A QUESTION. EXCUSE ME. ON THE ON THE CITIZEN REPORTING, ONLINE REPORTING. HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING THAT OUT TO THE CITIZENS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY FOR THINGS LIKE FRAUD, CHILD CUSTODY ISSUES, THOSE THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE MAY NOT BE A911 CALL, BUT THEY NEED TO GET TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO YOU'RE AWARE OF THE SITUATIONS THAT MAY EXIST. SO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED WE PUT IT OUT LIKE AS WE REALLY DIDN'T ADVERTISE IT AT FIRST BECAUSE WE WANTED TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH WHAT LITTLE ONES THAT MAY BE COMING IN TO KIND OF WORK OUT IF THERE WAS ANY BUGS IN IT AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. NOW OUR FOCUS IS SOCIAL MEDIA PUSHING THAT OUT, GETTING THE WORD OUT. WE DO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FOLLOWING ON THE SOCIAL SOCIAL MEDIA PORTION. SAME THING WITH CRAIG KELLY. WITH THE CITY, WE WOULD ALWAYS ASK THAT WE KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF BOTH OF THOSE, SO THAT INFORMATION GETS PUSHED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. GREAT. THANK YOU CHIEF. YES, SIR. WE HAVE ALSO IMPLEMENTED, I BELIEVE, TWO FLOCK CAMERAS. I THINK THAT THERE IS FIVE MORE THAT ARE ARE COMING. THESE ARE GREAT TOOLS FOR US. THE OTHER FIVE, I THINK WE'RE WAITING ON SOME. TEX DOT APPROVAL. THEY WILL GO UP ON THE TEX DOT LIGHTS. I JUST WANT TO PUT THE INFORMATION OUT THERE BEFORE PEOPLE START ASKING ABOUT THAT. IT IS NOT TAKING PICTURES OF INDIVIDUALS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT IT IS CAPTURING VEHICLES TRAVELING UP AND DOWN OUR ROADWAYS. I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS IT RELATES TO CRIMES THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED. IT GIVES US ANOTHER TOOL TO TRY TO GET ON TOP OF THOSE CRIMES AT A VERY QUICKER PACE THAN WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION. THE FLOCK CAMERAS ALSO ALLOWS US TO OBTAIN THIS SAME INFORMATION WITH OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THE FLOCK CAMERAS AS WELL. SO IT'S SHARING OF THIS INFORMATION. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD ONE INCIDENT HERE IN THE CITY OF WILEY, WHERE WE WERE 
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ABLE TO SOLVE A CRIME. AND WELL BE IN POSITION TO STOP A CRIME BEFORE IT WAS COMMITTED, BASED ON FLOCK CAMERAS, ON STUFF THAT WE HAD SEEN FROM ANOTHER CITY, AND WE KNEW THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE HEADED TO OUR CITY. SO THIS THAT'S HOW THAT NETWORKING IS HAPPENING. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TOOL FOR US MOVING FORWARD. ALL OF OUR OFFICERS HAVE GONE THROUGH. IT'S NOW MANDATED FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO GO THROUGH ALERT TRAINING, WHICH IS IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, IT'S THE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING THAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND EVERY TWO YEARS. THERE'S A LOT OF AGENCIES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE STRESSED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR AGENCY HAS GOTTEN ALL OF THEIR OFFICERS THROUGH THIS TRAINING, AND WE'VE ALLOWED OTHER AGENCIES TO JOIN IN AND THAT TRAINING TO HELP THEM MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THAT DONE AS WELL. TWO OTHER THINGS NOT ON THIS LIST. I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, YOU PROBABLY SEEN THE OFFICERS WEARING A DIFFERENT BADGE THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS OUR 100 YEAR BADGE. I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH IN THE EARLIEST I CAN FIND THAT CITY OF WILEY HAS LABELED A POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS 1925. SO WE CHOSE THAT YEAR BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND ANY MORE AND I GOT TIRED OF LOOKING. SO THAT BECAME OUR 100 YEAR BADGE. 
          I ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO PLAN ON GIVING EACH EACH ONE OF Y'ALL ONE OF THE BADGES FLAT BADGE FOR YOU TO HAVE AS WELL. SO WE'LL GET THOSE TO Y'ALL ONCE THEY COME IN. I'M JUST GOING TO LET YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT FLASH THAT TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO REPRESENT YOURSELF AS AN OFFICER. SO YEAH, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO AARON, OUR TRAINING COORDINATOR, SHE HAS PUT TOGETHER, WE HAVE NOTICED THAT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PUSH TRAINING INFORMATION OUT. LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO HOST A CLASS, YOU'RE HAVING TO SEND THIS OUT AND YOU'RE HAVING TO SELECT ALL THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT YOU WANT TO SEND THIS TRAINING TO. AND AARON TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO SAY, THERE'S GOT TO BE AN EASIER WAY TO DO THIS. SO SHE GOT WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT AND WE CREATED OR SHE CREATED A EMAIL ADDRESS THAT CAN BE PUT IN AND WAS GIVEN TO ALL THESE AGENCIES. SO NOW WHEN THEY WANT TO PUT IN A TRAINING OR A FLIER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR TRAINING, THEY SEND IT TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND IT AUTOMATICALLY SENDS IT TO ALL OF THESE AGENCIES. AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS REALLY GOOD, THAT SHE'S TAKEN THIS UPON HERSELF TO SHARE THAT SET THAT UP AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION, WHICH IS GOING TO OPEN THAT DOOR FOR OUR OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO DO SEE THE TRAINING CLASSES THAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA. CALLS FOR SERVICE. I PUT THIS IN HERE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED Y'ALL TO KIND OF SEE IS THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN OFFICER INITIATED CALLS AND NON OFFICER INITIATED CALLS. OFFICER INITIATED CALLS IS OBVIOUSLY YOUR TRAP. THERE'S A CONFLICT. YES SIR. OH YEAH. AND THE RESPONSE TIMES IN THIS SCREEN VERSUS THE ONE IN THE PACKET. THAT'S CORRECT I JUST I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING ME OF THAT. YES SIR. SO I, I WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CONFLICT IN THIS. SO I WENT IN AND CHANGED THOSE PARTICULAR TIMES I GOT WITH MISS STORM ABOUT THAT. ACTUALLY HAD A NEW SHEET PRINTED OFF FOR YOU. AND SHE SAID, IF I WOULD CHANGE THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION AND THEN ADDRESS THAT WHEN I GOT UP HERE. SO I'M JUST GOING TO LET YOU KNOW WE'VE GONE BACK AND CLEANED UP WITH OUR MS. SYSTEM. IT IS NOT THE FRIENDLIEST TO DO TO PULL UP DIFFERENT STATS. SO WE WENT BACK AND KIND OF CLEANED UP SOME OF THAT STUFF AND DOVE IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS ACCURATE RESPONSE TIME TO PRIORITY ONE CALLS, WHICH IS OUR IN-PROGRESS CALLS. APPRECIATE THAT CITY MANAGER. YOU CAN BLAME ME. OH NO NO NO ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE. WELL WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE. SO YEAH. AND I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP AND I AND I COMPLETELY BYPASSED IT. BUT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF OFFICER INITIATED. RIGHT. SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO SHOW HERE IS THAT FOR US, IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR RIGHT IN 2025, WE'RE AT ABOUT 50% FROM INITIATED SELF INITIATED TO CALLS THAT ARE ACTUALLY CALLED IN TO US. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. I ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE THE SELF INITIATED CALLS, THAT PERCENTAGE BEING HIGHER THAN THE CALLS COMING IN. AND WHAT THAT TELLS, TELLS US IS, IS THAT THE NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING MORE OFFICERS 
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ON SHIFT AND WE'RE AND THEN WE'RE GETTING OUR POSITIONS FILLED, OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO DO MORE OF THAT SELF INITIATED ACTIVITY, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE'RE WANTING, PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF JUST REACTIVE. ABSOLUTELY. IT ALLOWS US TO DEAL WITH COMPLAINTS FOR THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THE CRIME RATE, IT WENT DOWN Y'ALL. Y'ALL GOT THAT STAT BACK IN JANUARY. THAT'S GOOD TO SEE. AGAIN I LIKE TO SEE THAT WITH WITH THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW THERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THAT WE KEPT SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THAT CRIME RATE. AND NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING MORE INDIVIDUALS OUT ON THE STREETS, I'M HOPING THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO ADDRESS MORE OF THOSE THAT'S THAT'S FEEDING INTO THIS CRIME RATE. THIS IS ONE THAT I KNOW IS BECOMING A PRETTY A PRETTY BIG TOPIC AROUND TOWN. 
          WE'VE SEEN IT WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, ABOUT THE ACCIDENTS CONTINUING TO GO UP. WE CONSTANTLY ARE GETTING COMPLAINTS RELATED TO TRAFFIC, SPEEDING, RED LIGHT RUNNERS. THAT'S THAT'S THE BIG ONE. WE WILL WE HAVE ALREADY DESIGNATED DATES COMING UP. THAT STUFF TOO WILL ALSO BE PUSHED OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON OUR SIDE, ON THE CITY SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE. WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM KNOW THE TIMES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE. SO REALLY AND TRUTHFULLY, AT THAT POINT, IF THEY GET CAUGHT, THEY PROBABLY EARNED IT. BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO START TARGETING THESE RED LIGHT RUNNERS IN THE INTERSECTIONS. EVERY ONE OF US IS SEEING IT WHEN WE'RE DRIVING. 
          I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE SEEING THAT I WAS LATE TONIGHT BECAUSE SOMEBODY RAN ONE IN FRONT OF ME. 
          MY TRUCK IS NOT INVISIBLE, SO IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND WE'RE SEEING THAT. SO I DIDN'T INTEND THAT AS A SLIGHT. I JUST IT'S CONSISTENT AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO TARGET HEAVILY TARGETED WHATEVER THE WORD WOULD BE. YOU'RE GOING TO TARGET THAT SPECIFICALLY WITH WITH THOSE INITIATIVES. AND, YOU KNOW, BASED UPON THE RESPONSE THAT I HAVE SEEN, WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE MADE THAT STATEMENT AND I PUT IT OUT THERE AS WELL AS STAFF, THAT THE CITIZENS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THAT AS WELL. WE DO PLAN ON DOING THAT COMING UP MULTIPLE TIMES. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT TWICE EACH DAY THAT WE'RE DOING IT. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN THE MORNING TIME AND IN THE AFTERNOON, AND AFTERWARDS WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO POST THE RESULTS OF THAT. SO WE OUR GOAL REALLY AND TRUTHFULLY IS, IS COMPLIANCE. I MEAN THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT PEOPLE TO STOP RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER. BUT IF THEY CAN'T, THEN WE'LL WE'LL START TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTION. AND TO YOUR POINT, EVERY POSSIBLE HEADS UP IS BEING GIVEN. ALL THAT'S BEING ASKED IS DON'T RUN A RED LIGHT, AND WE'RE LETTING THEM KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING YOU AT THAT INTERSECTION. SO PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO ARE JUST FLAGRANTLY. IGNORING OTHER PEOPLE'S SAFETY IS ACTUALLY THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT. NOW, YES, IT'S BREAKING THE LAW, BUT IT'S PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE AT RISK WHEN THEY DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC UNIT AND THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE STATS. THE TRAFFIC UNIT WAS ONE OF THOSE UNITS THAT WE PULLED BACK TO WORK PATROL AND TO KIND OF HELP OUT, AND EVEN WITH THAT, THEY STILL WERE ABLE TO DO 243 TRUCK INSPECTIONS, WHICH TOTALED 701 VIOLATIONS, AND THEY HAD A TOTAL OUT OF SERVICE, 79 THAT WAS PLACED OUT OF SERVICE. THOSE ARE MAJOR VIOLATIONS THAT THEY PUT THEM OUT OF SERVICE FOR. AND THAT OUT OF SERVICE RATE WAS 33% OF THOSE THAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE PUTTING OUT A SERVICE. 
          YES, SIR. SO, CHIEF, HAVE YOU SEEN AN INCREASE IN ISSUES SINCE THE INTERMODAL HAS DECIDED TO DO THEIR FEDERAL PREEMPTION AND BRING ALL THESE NON-ELECTRIC ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTO THEIR BIG PARKING LOT? THAT FRONT 78. WHAT TIME OF DAY DO YOU FIND THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THOSE TRAFFIC STOPS? IS IT IN THE NIGHTTIME WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO WHEN THEY'RE PICKING UP CARS? OR IS IT ALL DAY LONG OR. I'D ONLY ASK THAT BECAUSE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THE PHONE RINGS AND A NEIGHBOR SAYS, HEY, THEY'RE WORKING, AND IT'S REALLY LOUD OVER THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. AND. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M AWARE OF ANYTHING HAPPENING AT NIGHT LIKE THAT. IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, IT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. I WILL TELL YOU THAT. 
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I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE SEE THOSE TRUCKS MOVING IN AND OUT DAY AND NIGHT. MAJORITY OF OUR THIS IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING DURING THE DAY. THAT'S WHEN THE TRAFFIC UNIT IS OUT WORKING. SO IF THERE IS, I CAN I CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND GET YOU A RESPONSE. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT STANDING HERE RIGHT NOW IF IT'S A BIGGER ISSUE AT NIGHT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A TOTAL OUT OF SERVICE, THAT'S WHEN TRAFFIC TAKES A VEHICLE THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PULLED OVER. THEY DO AN INSPECTION. 
          THEY PUT THAT VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE. IT HAS TO GET OFF THE ROAD. CAN'T GO ANYWHERE. 
          CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT'S DUE TO SAFETY MOST OF THE TIME. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. JUST A FOLLOW UP. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT OBVIOUSLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THEY'VE BEEN WORKING PATROL DUTIES. NOW WITH THE INCREASED STAFFING THAT WE HAVE BEING ABLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT 2025, THEY WILL BE MORE ACTIVE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF BEING ABLE TO DO INSPECTIONS ON THOSE TRUCKS IN TOWN? I ABSOLUTELY DO. OKAY. WITH THAT. JUST SO YOU FOR THIS, FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE LISTENING, THE TRAFFIC UNIT DOES MORE THAN JUST COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. I MEAN, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY THE ONES THAT ANY ANYTIME A COMPLAINT COMES IN ABOUT TRAFFIC THAT'S THAT GETS SENT TO THEM AND THEN THEY START PUTTING TOGETHER TIMES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAYBE GO ADDRESS A PARTICULAR ISSUE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING IS SOME NEW DATA COLLECTORS THAT WILL ACTUALLY WE WHEN WE GET A COMPLAINT AND I SEND THAT TO THE TRAFFIC UNIT, THE TRAFFIC UNIT WILL PUT THOSE DATA COLLECTORS UP. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING HARD, YOU KNOW, GOOD SOLID DATA BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THE TIMES THAT IT'S HAPPENING, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO SIT OVER THERE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. SO THAT DATA IS ACTUALLY HELPING US DETERMINE THE BEST TIMES TO PUT SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES OVER THERE TO ACTIVELY TARGET THAT. SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE CALLS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN EACH OF THE SCHOOLS. THESE CALLS OBVIOUSLY HAVE GONE UP AND DOWN, BACK AND FORTH. ONE SCHOOL THERE'S NOT LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE SCHOOL AND THEY ALL JUST KEEP CLIMBING. IT'S KIND OF CRAZY HOW HOW THE, THE, THE CALLS AT THE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS ARE CHANGING. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS UP HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY IS THAT OUR SROS ARE VERY BUSY. I THINK WHEN YOU WHEN YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE NINE SROS THAT ARE WORKING AND HANDLING THESE CALLS, THAT'S A LOT OF CALLS FOR THESE SROS TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT I KIND OF WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO. SO THE INTERMEDIATES, WHOEVER IS THE SRO AT THE JUNIOR HIGH, THEY'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE INTERMEDIATES THAT ARE FEEDING INTO THAT. AND I JUST THE BURNETT AND HARRISON, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN HARRISON BECOMING PRETTY ACTIVE AND PRETTY BUSY. SO BURNETT AND HARRISON COMBINED. THAT'S ONE SRO THAT HANDLES THAT. NOW THEY DO HELP EACH OTHER OUT, BUT THAT'S USUALLY ONE OFF ONE SRO THAT'S GOING TO GO TO THAT. AND THAT'S 263 CALLS. AND THAT'S A 36% INCREASE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. SO I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT IS THE IS THIS DATA AUTHORIZING THE END OF MARCH. I'M SORRY. SAY IT AGAIN. THE DATA RUNS THROUGH THE END OF MARCH FOR 25. IS IT CALENDAR BASED OR FISCAL YEAR? SO WE TAKE IT BASED ON THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO NOW. SO THE CALLS THAT WE HAVE FROM NOW IS WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT RIGHT NOW. SO ESSENTIALLY IT'LL WRAP UP. IT'S GOING TO GO UP NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. IT'LL CONTINUE TO GO UP AND THEN SUMMER SCHOOL. I KNOW IT'S MORE LIMITED, BUT IF I WERE TO UPDATED THIS SLIDE LIKE I DID THE OTHER ONE A WHILE AGO. MAYOR, THIS NUMBER WOULD PROBABLY BE DIFFERENT FOR YOU JUST BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD MULTIPLE CALLS THIS WEEK IN OUR SCHOOLS. MAYOR PRO TEM CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. I KNOW THAT BACK LAST YEAR, YEAR BEFORE LAST, DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, STATE OF TEXAS, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT TO SECURE SCHOOLS WITH OFFICERS AT EVERY LEVEL. AND AT THAT TIME, I KNOW THAT BRIAN KELLY FROM ISD HAD REACHED OUT AND SAID, HEY, WE'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HELP YOU PUSH DOWN AND ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ARE WE STILL GETTING THAT THAT COOPERATION FROM WISD TO SUPPORT THE SROS IN PLACE? BECAUSE THE NUMBERS I KNOW THAT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD SOME PRETTY SERIOUS ISSUES AS FAR AS SAFETY FOR TEACHERS AND ASSAULTS ON TEACHERS BY STUDENTS. WAS ISD ABLE TO ASSIST THE SROS IN TAMPING THAT DOWN AND ENSURING A SAFETY OR A SAFER ATMOSPHERE FOR THE TEACHERS AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATORS. I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH US. THAT HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE. WE HAVE SEEN THAT COOPERATION WITH THEM. I JUST I 
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JUST THINK IT'S DIFFERENT. I MEAN, A LOT OF THE IT'S JUST DIFFERENT IN THE SCHOOLS. AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF KIDS. I MEAN, I THINK YOU JUST SAW IT AND LUCKILY WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'VE SEEN IT IN FRISCO. WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE TEACHERS THAT ARE BEING ASSAULTED. AND I THINK THAT IT'S JUST BASED ON HOW KIDS ARE ACTING. AND BUT AS IT RELATES TO US AND THE ARMED SECURITY THAT'S THERE, THERE IS GOOD COOPERATION BETWEEN BOTH BOTH OF THOSE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A CONCERN. I KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING BECAUSE WE WANT TO CERTAINLY ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR OFFICERS, BUT WE NEED THE COOPERATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENSURE A SAFE ATMOSPHERE FOR EDUCATION. THAT'S THEIR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO EDUCATE KIDS. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY SHOULD GO TO SCHOOL IN FEAR OF ANOTHER STUDENT BEATING THEM UP OR A TEACHER ESPECIALLY. SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THERE. AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMAN MALIKI. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE PRETTY HIGH AND I GUESS IS THERE MORE EDUCATIONAL TYPE OF MATERIALS OR TYPE OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE SENT WITH THE KIDS OR TO THEIR PARENTS ABOUT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE SCHOOLS? MY MAIN CONCERNS IS THE JUNIOR HIGHS AND THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, LET ALONE THE HIGH SCHOOLERS TO SOME DEGREE ARE OLDER AND THEY MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION, SPECIFICALLY SENIORS AND JUNIORS OR WHATNOT. BUT THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS STAGGERING NUMBERS TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE'RE GETTING AND THOSE ARE PARENT RELATED, EDUCATIONAL, I GUESS, RESPONSIBILITIES, TYPE OF FOCUS. 
          SO DO WE WORK WITH ISD TO SOME DEGREE TO MAYBE HELP REEDUCATE THAT THAT FORMAT? SO THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR SROS THAT THEY CAN HANDLE IT OR THEY DON'T RESPOND TO IT, BUT MORE THAT THESE DON'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. AND I KNOW A LOT OF IT IS TEACHER STUDENT RELATED IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE ISD AS WELL. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO ALSO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HAVE COMMUNICATION AND WE PUT STUFF WE CAN PUT STUFF OUT ON OUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE. AND WE HAVE AS IT RELATED TO THE RECENT STUFF WITH THE WATER GUNS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE THAT'S PUT A COUPLE OF OUR OFFICERS IN SOME BAD SITUATIONS, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE COMING UP ON A CALL AND THEY'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT WINDS UP BEING A WATER GUN. 
          AND I WE DON'T WANT THAT. AND SO WE CAN PUSH SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT. ANOTHER THING THAT WE TRY TO DO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS, WELL, I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SENDS OUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE PARENTS SIGN OFF ON. SO LIKE IF THEY'RE GETTING A COMPUTER OR THEY'RE GETTING ALL THESE THINGS, THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON THAT AND THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON CERTAIN PAPERWORK AS UNDERSTANDING THE RULES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PUSH THAT MESSAGE OUT AS WELL. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, TO KIND OF BRING AWARENESS TO A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT. AND THAT'S THE ONLY LOOKING AT THESE JUNIOR HIGH AND INTERMEDIATE NUMBERS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, MY KID IS IN SIXTH GRADE AND I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE GET THAT MANY CALLS ON SCHOOL LIKE THAT FOR AN 11 YEAR OLD. SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I'LL SAY THE CONCERN IS THAT THEY'RE THEY'LL GROW UP. AND IF. THEY'L, THEY'LL GROW UP, MOVE TO HIGH SCHOOL. AND IF WE'RE SEEING 170 CALLS AND WE HAVE 170 AT ONE JUNIOR HIGH WITH TWO FEEDING IN, IF YOU COULD EASILY SEE ONE OF THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS END UP WITH 2 OR 300 CALLS IN A YEAR. AND THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME. AND YEAH. AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO SEE THEM GROW UP. BUT THE CONCERN IS THAT AS THEY AGE THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, IF WE'RE SEEING LARGER NUMBERS IN THE CLASSES THAT ARE COMING BEHIND, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM BY CLASS, AS THOSE CLASSES GET TO THE MORE ADVANCED SCHOOLS, THE MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE SEEING THOSE NUMBERS GO UP. AND I'M I MEAN, THERE'S ANOTHER SCHOOL COMING ONLINE, WHICH I ASSUME OR TWO. THERE'LL BE A JUNIOR HIGH AND INTERMEDIATE AS WELL AS FAR AS THE FEEDING PATTERNS THERE. SO IT JUST CONCERNING AND I KNOW THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THERE. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. IT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT. JUST WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBERS OF CONCERN IN GENERAL THAT WE HAVE THIS NUMBER OF INCIDENTS GOING ON AGAIN, INTERMEDIATE IS FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A ASSUMING THAT IT'S PROBABLY HAD ONE SINCE THEN OR WILL BY THE END OF THE YEAR OVER 100 TIMES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD TO FORMALLY STEP IN IS THAT DOESN'T COUNT. JUST TALKING TO SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, INFORMALLY IN THE HALL OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT'S DIRECTLY HAVING TO INTERVENE OR 
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DEAL WITH THE SITUATION. SO SORRY. JUST THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. CHIEF. THIS IS DEFINITELY EYE OPENING WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE. IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO FORWARD STAFF A FOR THEM TO FORWARD ON TO COUNCIL? JUST A BASIC BREAKDOWN OF ANY WAYS THAT Y'ALL CATEGORIZE THESE CALLS, JUST TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT DATA TO GET AN IDEA OF KIND OF HOW THOSE ARE FILTERING IN, TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, I'D APPRECIATE IT IF SO. YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT TO YOU. THIS IS JUST DETENTION STATS I WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW. Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE HAD MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT BRING THEIR PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE ARRESTED TO US. I JUST PUT THIS IN THERE TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST RECENTLY HAD GOTTEN THE MOU OR ILA, SIGNED WITH COLLIN COUNTY, WHICH HAS HELPED US OUT A LOT. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING TRANSPORTS TO THE COUNTY THREE TIMES A WEEK. 
          ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON ONE OF THOSE OTHER DAYS OR HAPPENS ON THE WEEKEND AND WE WILL TAKE THAT. BUT THAT THAT'S BEEN A HUGE SAVE MANPOWER WISE FOR US AND TIME AND MONEY. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TAKING IN. CASES ASSIGNED TO THE INVESTIGATORS. SO THEY'VE HAD 2860 CASES ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATORS LAST YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS BEFORE THAT YEAR. TO DATE, THEY'RE AT 669. THE CRIME VICTIMS ADVOCATE THEY THIS IS OBVIOUSLY KEISHA'S POSITION THAT WE ANYTIME THERE'S A CRIME THAT'S COMMITTED AGAINST SOMEBODY THERE'S A VICTIM. THEN SHE REACHES OUT TO THEM AND TRIES TO DO FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE RESOURCES AND HELP THEM OUT MORE SO EVEN ON DOMESTIC RELATED CALLS TO KIND OF GET THEM OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT. SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT THAT 153 LAST YEAR AND 61 YEAR TO DATE. ALSO THE WORK OF THE INVESTIGATORS FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH SOME OF THE FENTANYL STUFF. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY SEEING THAT ACROSS THE NATION. AND THE GOOD THING FOR, YOU KNOW, COLLIN COUNTY IS COLLIN COUNTY'S PURSUING MURDER CHARGES AGAINST THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE PERSON THAT'S SUPPLYING IT. SO WE'VE HAD SOME OF THOSE CASES THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE AND OUR DETECTIVES HAVE FOLLOWED THAT UP. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TWO THAT HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER, AND WE HAVE TWO MORE THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS AND IT'S PENDING. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S SOME REALLY GOOD WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. COUNCILMAN STRANG YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE MURDER CHARGE WITH THE LEVEL OF MURDER, IS THAT IS THAT A FIRST DEGREE? SECOND DEGREE? I'M SORRY, FIRST DEGREE, SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR FENTANYL. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FIRST. EXCELLENT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. DIGITAL FORENSICS. THERE'S BEEN 265 CELL PHONES THAT WAS EXAMINED. 44 COMPUTERS, 20 THUMB DRIVES AND SD CARDS AND FIVE VEHICLE FORENSICS. THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE. DETECTIVE MEEHAN IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. HE IS OBVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED AROUND THIS WHOLE ENTIRE AREA AND AROUND THE STATE. HE'S ACTUALLY GONE NOW, TRAINING UP THE NEXT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS INSIDE OUR DEPARTMENT AND SHARING THAT KNOWLEDGE AND HELPING THEM OUT. SO I THINK HE'S ACTUALLY HELPING SET THE DEPARTMENT UP FOR THE FUTURE DOWN THE ROAD. BUT HE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND IS OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S VERY BUSY AND WE'VE HELPED OUT A LOT OF AGENCIES AROUND US WITH THAT WORK AS WELL. MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. SO THE APPLES, WE HAD 167 LAST YEAR. WE HAD 18 MENTAL WARRANTS AND WE'VE HAD 152 EVENTS. SO I THINK YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME TALK BEFORE THAT WE TRY TO TRACK STUFF, BECAUSE IF WE GET A DOMESTIC CALL AND WE GO ON THAT, WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THAT PARTICULAR CALL TYPE BECAUSE WE WANT TO CAPTURE THE FACT THAT WE ALSO WE WENT TO THIS DOMESTIC CALL. SO WE'VE CREATED AN EVENT CODE FOR OUR OFFICERS TO PUT IT IN THERE. IF THEY FIND OUT THAT THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT TO THAT PARTICULAR CALL. SO I INCLUDE THAT ON HERE JUST TO SHOW HOW OFTEN WE ARE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT HAS SOME MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT TO IT. 
          Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR THAT WAS APPROVED SEVERAL YEARS, A FEW YEARS BACK. THESE ARE THE FOLLOW UPS THAT SHE'S ACTUALLY DOING. SO 250 FOLLOW UPS LAST YEAR, 527 
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THE YEAR BEFORE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING IS REALLY HELPING OUT BECAUSE IT'S STAYING ON TOP OF ANYTHING THAT THEY IT'S GETTING RESOURCES TO THEM WHEN SHE MAKES CONTACT, GETTING RESOURCES TO THE FAMILY. Y'ALL HEARD ME SAY MANY A TIMES THAT FAMILY WHEN THEY'RE DEALING WITH SOMEBODY IN A MENTAL CRISIS, AFTER A WHILE, THEY KIND OF GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE THEY DON'T KNOW RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW. WHERE THEY CAN TAKE SOMEBODY WHO THEY CAN REACH OUT TO. SO SHE'S DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT FOLLOW UP. AND I THINK IT'S SHOWING IN THE NUMBERS. FULL DISCLOSURE THIS IS A DIFFERENT SLIDE AS WELL. I, I WAS DOING FOR SOME FORMATTING, I WAS DOING SOME COPYING. AND YOU WILL SEE THAT 28, 29 AND 30 LOOKS JUST LIKE 2027 EXCEPT ON THIS, THIS SCREEN HERE. SO I HAD TO GO BACK AND MAKE A CHANGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CORRECTED, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MISINFORMATION. SO WHAT WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT'S IT'S THE REAL ONE. SO THIS IS THE PERSONNEL NEEDS OVER THE FIVE, THE FIVE YEARS. 
          SO WE HAVE YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADD TWO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS OVER THE EACH YEAR. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD CROSSING GUARDS BECAUSE OF THE NEW SCHOOLS THAT ARE THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD. DETECTIVE WARRANT OFFICER UPGRADE. WE'RE WANTING TO ADD TWO PATROL OFFICERS FROM HERE THROUGH THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THAT WILL GET THE SHIFTS UP TO TEN TOTAL PATROL OFFICERS, PLUS THE TWO SUPERVISORS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO INTERNALLY IS LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING EITHER SWING SHIFT OR DOING SOMETHING TO OVERLAP SOME OF THOSE TIMES TO GET MORE OFFICERS OUT DURING DURING PEAK TIMES, THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPERVISOR, THAT'S A POSITION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT. Y'ALL KNOW Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. WE WANT TO PUT THAT AS A SUPERVISOR THIS YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND KIND OF WORK UP THE POLICIES, THE PROCEDURES, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. NOW, THIS SUPERVISOR WILL TAKE THOSE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND ASSIST THIS YEAR. BUT IT'S ALSO TO KIND OF GET THAT WHOLE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY UNIT TOGETHER FOR THE FUTURE MOVING FORWARD. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT PUTTING THIS PARTICULAR UNIT TOGETHER, IT WILL ALLOW US TO IF WE HAVE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY UNIT, IT WILL ALLOW US TO APPLY FOR A GRANT THAT WILL HAVE A LIFE PATH SYSTEM EMPLOYEE THAT WILL ACTUALLY WORK OUT OF OUR DEPARTMENT. SO BY DOING THAT, THERE'S NOT A THE GRANT. IT'S MATCHED BASED ON REALLY TIME. IT'S NOT MATCHED BASED ON ANY ANY MONEY, ANY FUNDS. SO PUTTING THAT PERSON FROM LIFE PATH, IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT GRANT, PUTTING THEM INSIDE OUR DEPARTMENT WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE THAT OTHER RESOURCE TO US. YOU KNOW THAT LIFE PATH SYSTEMS IS BUILT IN THEIR FACILITY WHERE THEY CAN BED. THEY HAVE SEVERAL BEDS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AVAILABLE. HAVING THAT PERSON HERE KIND OF HELPS US WITH SOME OF THAT AS WELL OF A PLACE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO, CHIEF, SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT INTERDISCIPLINARY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS PERSON IN THIS DEPARTMENT SERVICING ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO INCLUDE ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND EVEN OUR STAFF HERE AT THE AT THE CITY, SHOULD SOMETHING ARISE WHERE WE NEED ASSISTANCE THROUGH A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. IS THAT CORRECT? THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY ASSIST WITH THAT. GREAT. THANK YOU. YES. SO JUST MOVING FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THAT IS THE SAME, EXCEPT FOR WE HAVE A TRAINING OFFICER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN IN 2027. AARON IS OBVIOUSLY VERY BUSY AS THE TRAINING COORDINATOR AND IS DOING A LOT OF THAT STUFF WITH THE TRAINING OFFICER WILL DO IS ACTUALLY START WORKING ON TEACHING COURSES INSIDE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE PAPERWORK FOR THAT PARTICULAR COURSE IS, IS GIVEN TO AARON SO THAT WE CAN GET THE CREDITS FOR THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BECOME A TRAINING PROVIDER, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT PROCESS FOR US. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SERGEANT HERMES HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? LIKE RIGHT NOW, IF WE HOST A CLASS, WE HAVE TO SEND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO 
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COLLIN COUNTY. WE HAVE TO GET COLLIN COUNTY TO BE WILLING TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND SEND THAT STUFF OFF. AND COLLIN COUNTY IS REALLY NOT GETTING ANYTHING FOR THAT. SO FOR THEM, THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW JUST HELPING US OUT, WHICH IS WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATE. OR WE HAVE TO SEND IT OVER TO MURPHY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAVE TO FILE THE PAPERWORK FOR US. THIS IS ALL STUFF THAT I WOULD RATHER DO IN-HOUSE, AND I'D RATHER BE ABLE TO HOST OUR OWN CLASSES AND POTENTIALLY EVEN CHARGE FOR THOSE CLASSES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT'S COMING IN TO OUR DEPARTMENT TO TAKE THOSE. AND RIGHT NOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT'S ON 2028, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS ASSISTANT CHIEF SPOT. RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THINGS ARE DIVIDED INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT IS PATROL FALLS UNDERNEATH ME AND SERGEANT OR I'M SORRY, CHIEF WALTERS TAKES THE SUPPORT SERVICES AND INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES, AND I'D LIKE TO SEPARATE THOSE TWO THINGS OUT JUST LIKE THEY ARE NOW. BUT PUT ME AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT AND HAVE TWO ASSISTANT CHIEFS THAT'S RUNNING OPERATIONAL SIDE AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU CHIEF. AND I DON'T MEAN THIS FACETIOUSLY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR IT, AND I FIGURED IT'D BE GOOD FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR IT. I SEE A CONSISTENT THEME OF TWO RESOURCE OFFICERS, ONE DETECTIVE AND TWO SWORN OFFICERS EACH YEAR. HE UPDATED IT. AND YOU SAID THAT. AND THEN I GOT SIDETRACKED, AND THEN I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION. MAYBE YOU CAN JUST SPEAK TO BECAUSE THE OVERALL MY OVERALL THOUGHT WAS THE CALLS SEEM TO BE FAIRLY CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST 3 TO 4 YEARS. AND NOW THAT WE'RE FULLY STAFFED, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY GOING FORWARD, WE WOULD WANT TO PLAN TO BE ABLE TO ADD PEOPLE ON STAFF, EVEN IF OUR CALLS ARE ARE STAYING CONSISTENT. YES. SO AS IT RELATES TO PATROL OFFICERS, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN TRAINING. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT TAKE VACATION. AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE A LOT OF OVERTIME THAT'S SPENT ON CALL BACK TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE FILL SHIFTS WITH MINIMUMS. AND I DON'T WANT US TO BE DOING THAT. I WANT TO CUT OUT A LOT OF THE OVERTIME. I WANT GUYS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A DAY OFF TO GO ON VACATION. I WANT GUYS TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO TRAINING. WE HAVE STUFF WITH, YOU KNOW, FMLA OR WHATEVER WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUT. AND I DON'T WANT THAT. 
          I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE VACATIONS AND US STILL BE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO THE DETECTIVE SIDE OF THE EQUATION. ALL ALL OF THESE CALLS, THESE CASES, YOU CAN HAVE A DETECTIVE THAT MAY HAVE 30 OR 40 CASES. SO IN A SENSE, THIS THIS IS KIND OF NORMAL REALLY. AND TRUTHFULLY FOR A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING ABOUT A MONTH BEHIND. AND A LOT OF THESE CASES THAT YOU HAVE ARE TIME SENSITIVE. AND THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE. AND OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO GET THEM TO THE COURT SYSTEM AS QUICK AS WE CAN. SO THAT THAT CAN START THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS A BACKLOG. RIGHT. 
          AND SO THE LONGER WE HOLD SOMETHING, THE LONGER IT IS FOR THAT PROCESS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUR CITIZENS, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON, EVEN A LOT OF THE CALLS, EVEN ON THE PATROL SIDE, A LOT OF THE CALLS ARE TAKING WE'RE SPENDING MORE TIME ON THOSE CALLS. THEY'RE TAKING LONGER. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A QUICK CALL AND IT'S DONE. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT SIDES OF THAT, THAT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDING TO IT, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT I THINK THE CITIZENS HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO. DOES THIS ALSO PREPARE US FOR RETIREMENTS COMING? I KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT IN TIME WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE ATTRITION RATE BEING BETWEEN NEW OFFICERS AND TENURED OFFICERS, WITH THE GAP IN BETWEEN FOR PEOPLE THAT HAD THAT. SO THIS IS BASICALLY JUST TO MAINTAIN CURRENT. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OFFICERS FOR THOSE WHO ROLL INTO A RETIREMENT SITUATION OTHER THAN THE 2026 YEAR WHERE WE'VE GOT TWO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND THEN WE'RE BEHIND AGAIN, THERE'S GOING TO COME A POINT WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE DANGEROUS, RIGHT? I MEAN, REALLY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GUYS THAT ARE GOING TO RETIRE OUT AND. THIS THIS IS JUST TO GET US TO WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED STAFFING WISE NUMBER WISE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE RETIREMENTS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. THAT'S JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE TAKEN AS IT COMES ALONG. RIGHT? SO THIS IS A PROJECTION BASED ON NEEDS CURRENTLY, NOT ON I MEAN, ALTHOUGH IT DOES SHOW FIVE YEAR PROJECTION, IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE GUY THAT 
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SAYS, OKAY, I'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME AND I'M GOING TO WAIT A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEY TELL YOU, HEY, I'M GOING TO WAIT THREE YEARS. AND THEN AT THE END OF ONE YEAR, THEIR WIFE SAYS, HEY, LET'S GO TOUR THE COUNTRY ON AN RV, TURN IN YOUR BADGE. SO. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS TENURED OFFICERS? WHERE ARE WE IN THE IN THE PROCESS OF SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT A BULK OF OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE READY TO RETIRE WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT DURING THE RAMP UP, WHEN WE WHEN THE CITY HIT ITS EXPLOSIVE GROWTH, WE HIRED A WHOLE LOT OF OFFICERS AND WE HIRED A WHOLE LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AS WELL. BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THOSE NUMBERS, RIGHT, THERE'S NUMBERS OF OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE THERE'S A THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER THAT YOU COULD SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S A, THERE'S A BUNCH OF GUYS THAT ARE GOING TO BE READY FOR RETIREMENT, NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO RETIRE. IT'S GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE, RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE AROUND THE SAME TIME PERIOD. AND WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER LOOK LIKE? SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT 20 OF US THAT CAN LEAVE OUT IN THE NEXT. I MEAN, TECHNICALLY THEY COULD PROBABLY LEAVE LIKE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THERE'S 19 THEN. CORRECT. NOT 2019. YOU CAN'T COUNT YOURSELF. 
          NO. THERE'S I MEAN THERE'S QUITE A BIT. YEAH. ALL THE COMMAND STAFF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ALL AT A POINT WHERE WE COULD LEAVE. SURE. BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A LARGE GAP THAT THERE'S A BIG GROUP THERE. AND THEN THERE'S A GAP. AND THEN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS THERE'S 55. 
          SURE. SO I MEAN, IT'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOOD STABILITY FOR A WHILE FOR ALL OF THAT. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PORTION UP HERE AT THE TOP THAT, THAT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS FOR SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PROBABLY SOME PRETTY GOOD SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. SURE. SO IN OUR HIRING PROFILES, ARE WE LOOKING FOR THOSE OFFICERS THAT MAY HAVE BE ABLE TO FILL THAT GAP WITH TENURE, THAT HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN OTHER AGENCIES THAT COULD STEP IN, LEARN THE ROPES FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, NOT NECESSARILY BRING ACROSS SOME OF THE HABITS FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, BUT WOULD FALL IN LINE, BE ABLE TO HELP FILL THAT GAP, OR WE ARE TRYING. IT JUST HASN'T. THE QUALITY OF THE APPLICANTS THAT WE'RE GETTING AT TIMES HASN'T BEEN. I'M NOT GOING TO COMPROMISE. ABSOLUTELY NOT. BELIEVE IN AND WHAT WE FEEL LIKE OUR OFFICERS SHOULD BE JUST TO FILL A SPOT. I WILL NEVER DO THAT. SURE. ABSOLUTELY NOT. AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT ANY. I EXPECT NO LESS. I THINK YOU'VE BUILT A CULTURE HERE THAT THAT IS ENVIOUS TO MANY OF THE AGENCIES SURROUNDING US, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT MY CONCERN IS YOU'VE ANSWERED IT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT HIGH ON THE TOP, HIGH ON THE BOTTOM, BUT THERE'S THAT, THAT IN BETWEEN THAT, THAT WE SO DESPERATELY NEED TO FILL THE GAP WITH. AND A LOT OF IT COMES THROUGH TRAINING AND IT COMES WITH TIME ON THE STREET. SO THANK YOU. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN, I JUST HAD A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION. SO LOOKING AT IT FROM PATROL STANDPOINT RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE HAVE 30 OFFICERS AND EIGHT SERGEANTS ON PATROL OR SLOTTED FOR IT. IS THAT CORRECT? BASED ON THE SLIDE? YES. AND THEN IF I'M CORRECT, YOU HAVE THREE OPEN PATROL SPOTS THAT ARE NOT FILLED OR, OR IS OR IS THE THREE SLOTS AVAILABLE ARE PATROL OR IS THAT OVERALL A DEPARTMENT OF WHOLE? IT'S JUST OVERALL OVERALL OKAY, SO NEXT FIVE YEARS WE'RE ASKING FOR TEN MORE IN TERMS OF GROWTH. WE ARE AT I WOULD SAY MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO GROW ANOTHER FEW THOUSAND. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GROW AT THAT RATE THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT TEN MORE PATROL OFFICERS, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE IN ABOUT 30, 35% GROWTH. AND I GET THESE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, BEST CASE SCENARIO OR WISH OR A LIST THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BASED ON YOUR RESEARCH AND YOUR THOUGHT PROCESSES. SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU ANTICIPATING ARE YOU HAVING A LOT OF OVERTIME CURRENTLY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT YOU HAVE AND SPECIFICALLY IN PATROL, THAT WE NEED TO ADD TEN MORE OFFICERS, TEN MORE PATROL OFFICERS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO COVER ALL THE CITIZENS THAT WE HAVE, OR IS IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS, JUST KIND OF TRYING TO SEE THE THOUGHT PROCESS, THAT'S ALL. SO SORRY. I'LL ANSWER THAT FOR HIM. SO THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN NO FAULT TO ANYONE REALLY, BUT THE. THE DECISIONS TO HIRE, YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS POLICE CHIEFS MIGHT 
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HAVE ASKED FOR SIX POLICE OFFICERS AND THE DEPARTMENT WAS ONLY GIVEN TWO OR. THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE DECIDED THEY WANTED A NARCOTICS UNIT, AND THE POLICE CHIEF MIGHT NOT HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED A NARCOTICS UNIT AT THAT TIME. SO THE ABILITY FOR THE POLICE CHIEF TO GET WHAT HE NEEDS OR WHAT IS RECOMMENDED HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN. APPROVED OR WE HAVEN'T HAD THE FUNDS OR WHATEVER. SO. AND THAT'S. CITYWIDE. IT'S JUST A BALANCING ACT. SO THESE PERSONNEL ARE NOT BECAUSE OF GROWTH OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. IT'S BASICALLY TO MAKE THE DEPARTMENT WHOLE FOR A CITY OUR SIZE. SO ESSENTIALLY TO COMPLETE THE BUILD OUT THAT HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE COMPLETED ALONG THE WAY, IS THAT A FAIR WAY TO KIND OF PHRASE THAT KIND OF FILL THE ROSTER TO WHAT WAS IS CONSIDERED TO BE NEEDED? YES, SIR. I GUESS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ASKED THAT, AND I WANTED TO BRING IT UP, IS THAT SOMEONE MAY LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WE'RE 95% BUILT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I WANTED TO BRING UP AWARENESS THAT WE'RE EXACTLY HOW YOU BROUGHT IT UP, WHERE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CURRENT OFFICERS ARE COVERING, COVERING A LOT OF GROUND FOR MAYBE SLOTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED YEARS PAST THAT THEY ARE NOT SLOTTED OR APPROVED OR ON WHAT WAS IN THE AGENDA. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO BRING THAT UP, NOT TO MAKE A POINT THAT, HEY, WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? IT'S MORE ABOUT THE TIME THAT THE CURRENT OFFICERS ARE PUTTING IN AND COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN SLOTTED. THAT'S ALL I WAS ASKING FOR AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL. LAST SLIDE I HAVE IS THE EQUIPMENT REQUEST, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR OUR VEHICLES. OBVIOUSLY YOU WILL SEE IT'S A LOT. CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ABOUT THIS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WE HAVE WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN MAYBE KIND OF STRETCH IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO STRETCH SOME OF THESE VEHICLES OUT. SO I'M CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GATHER SOME INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO OUR PATROL VEHICLES. ONE ONE CONCERN THAT I HAVE UP FRONT IS JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE CARS RUN, AND THEY SET IDLED ON THESE CALLS AND BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE RUNNING LIGHTS AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE OUT ON A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY HAVE TO BE RUNNING BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING THEIR LIGHTS. THEY HAVE MDCS IN THERE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE, VIDEO CAMERAS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO IT KIND OF FORCES THE OFFICERS WHILE THEY'RE ON A CALL TO LEAVE THAT RUNNING. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CARS, YES, WE MAY HAVE AT THE END OF THAT, THAT THREE YEARS, WHICH USUALLY THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN ROTATING THOSE OUT, WHICH YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN IT'S BEEN HARD TO GET THE CARS IN. SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING THEM IN, THE CARS PROBABLY HAVE GETTING CLOSER TO FOUR YEARS ON THEM. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF ENGINE HOURS TIMES THAT, IT'S THAT IT'S RUNNING. THOSE NUMBERS ARE REALLY HIGH. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, COMPARED TO KIND OF WHAT GM SAYS, FOR HOW THAT EQUATES TO WHAT WOULD BE MILEAGE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PRETTY HIGH NUMBERS. AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT THOSE ACTUAL NUMBERS LOOK LIKE SO THAT I CAN PROVIDE THEM TO CITY MANAGERS SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS FURTHER ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO. ANY OF THE ADMIN OR THE CID VEHICLES, THOSE ARE ALREADY ON ABOUT A SEVEN YEAR ROTATION ANYWAYS. AND EVERY YEAR WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND WE GET READY TO DO THE BUDGET, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE VEHICLES BASED ON MILEAGE, BASED ON MAINTENANCE, AND IF WE CAN PUSH THOSE OUT, WE'RE PUSHING THOSE OUT. THOSE AREN'T THE ONES THAT ARE ARE BEING BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AT BUDGET TIME. SO WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF BALANCE THOSE OUT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WHERE THE HAILSTORM CAUSED US TO HAVE TO REPLACE A WHOLE BUNCH, AND WE STARTED TRYING TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE INSTEAD OF DOING THREE YEARS. WE'VE TAKEN THEM OUT A YEAR EARLY, MOVED THEM OVER TO THE SRO'S, WHICH WOULD EXTEND THAT WELL BEYOND, I MEAN, THOSE THOSE PATROL UNITS, THE BLACK AND WHITES ARE SOLID BLACKS NOW. THOSE WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY GET SEVEN YEARS OR MORE WITH SRO'S BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT PUTTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF MILEAGE ON THEM. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK I THINK WE KIND OF DID THE QUESTION PART AS WE WENT ALONG THIS EVENING, WHICH I APPRECIATE IT. IT HELPS TO BE ABLE TO 
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ENGAGE DIRECTLY ON THOSE SLIDES. I DID WANT TO CALL ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES UP THIS EVENING. 
          ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT'D BE. CAN I GO SIT DOWN? YEAH, THAT'S UP TO YOU, GENTLEMEN. HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS EVENING, SIR? I'M GOOD. SO JUST ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU OUR CONGRATULATIONS. SO WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED ABOUT YOUR ACCEPTANCE INTO THE FBI, NATIONAL ACADEMY CLASS. AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, THAT IS AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE PROCESS. AND WE JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. REALLY EXCITED AT THE OPPORTUNITY. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. AND I DON'T THINK COUNCIL HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A MOTION. THERE'S NO NO JUST A WORK SESSION OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT WE'LL COME OUT OF OUR 
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WORK SESSION MOVING BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. AND FROM HERE WE WILL. HAVE OUR READING OF THE 
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ORDINANCES. MR. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 14, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING WILEY'S ZONING ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2000 AND 604, AS AMENDED. 
          ARTICLE FIVE USE REGULATIONS AND ARTICLE SEVEN GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AMENDING CERTAIN REGULATIONS RELATING TO SMOKE SHOPS AND PROVIDE AN APPEAL PROCESS FROM DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, SAVINGS, REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2515. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 25, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 2025. REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT, THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. 
          WITH THAT COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO
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