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CALL TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:04 P.M. WE DO ASK IF YOU ARE HERE THIS EVENING AND YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU THAT YOU WOULD PLEASE EITHER SET IT TO VIBRATE OR TURN IT OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. 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, COUNCILMAN TODD PICKENS, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND COUNCILMAN STRANG INFORMED ME THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING OR WILL BE LATE. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM GINO MILICI PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION WHICH I WILL LEAD, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. DEAR LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY GIFTS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON ALL OF US HERE. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE GET TO HAVE A SAY IN THE PROCESSES OF GOVERNMENT. LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU, AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE US, BOTH HERE AND ABROAD, AS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND IN OUR MILITARY. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT THEM AS THEY GO ABOUT PROTECTING US, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR DEDICATION. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GRANT WISDOM TO THE COUNCIL AS WE TRY TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS THAT WE CAN FOR THE CITY. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON'S NAME. AMEN. LET YOUR 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 OUR FIRST ORDER OF
[PR1. Eagle Scout - Jacob Crabtrey.]
BUSINESS THIS EVENING ARE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. AND OUR FIRST IS TO HONOR AN EAGLE SCOUT. JACOB, IF YOU'LL JOIN ME DOWN FRONT.GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WAS ASKING HIM ABOUT HIS LAST NAME TO MAKE SURE I GET THE PRONUNCIATION CORRECT. AND THEN I AGED MYSELF BY SAYING, YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER THAT OLD TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL PLAYER, DO YOU? AND HE KIND OF GAVE ME THIS. NO. AND I'M LIKE, WELL, IT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GETTING OLDER, WHEN THE PEOPLE YOU REFER TO FROM THE SPORTS WORLD ARE NO LONGER REMEMBERED IN THE SPORTS WORLD. BUT TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO HONOR JACOB CRABTREE, WHO HAS ACHIEVED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT. AND THIS IS A MOMENTOUS OCCASION, AS LESS THAN 5% OF ALL SCOUTS ATTAIN THIS GOAL. AND IT REALLY IS THE CULMINATION OF MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION AND HARD WORK. AND IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE NOT TO SAY THEY'RE SIMPLE AS SOME OF THE OTHER AWARDS AND STEPS IN THE PROCESS, BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THE COMPLETION OF A PROJECT THAT IS PROVIDING A SERVICE BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO LET YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR SERVICE PROJECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO AT THE CHURCH OUR TROOP MEETS AT, THEY HAD SOME BENCHES THAT WERE IN VERY BAD SHAPE. SO I GATHERED SOME FELLOW SCOUTS FROM OUR TROOP AND WE HELPED FIX THEM AND REBUILD NEW BENCHES. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE HAD A LOT OF, WE'LL SAY, NOT SO FUN EXPERIENCES WITH BAD BENCHES IN THE PAST. SO I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE, LET'S FACE IT, WOULD IN TEXAS DOES NOT TEND TO LAST VERY LONG. IF IT'S NOT THE SUN, IT'S IN THE COLD. IT'LL BE THE HAIL AND THE RAIN THAT WILL GET IT. AND SO IT'S ALSO NOT AN EASY PROCESS TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS STURDY AND LASTING. SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DID. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TO RAISE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT? SURE.
SO MY PARENTS HELPED ME SET UP A GOFUNDME AND WE ASKED FOR DONATIONS, AND SOON ENOUGH, WE
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GOT ENOUGH FUNDS TO HELP REBUILD AND CONTINUE THIS PROJECT. AND I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS. SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE WILL TAKE ON A PROJECT OR THEY'RE JUST SUPPLYING THE LABOR, WHICH AGAIN, THAT'S ALWAYS APPRECIATED. BUT IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS, JACOB HAS TO IDENTIFY AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM OR AN OPPORTUNITY. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THEN HE HAS TO PLAN. HE HAS TO EXECUTE ON THAT. HE HAS TO FUNDRAISE ON IT. THEN HE GETS THE FUN OF ACTUALLY COMPLETING THE PROJECT ITSELF.SO IT TEACHES THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STEPS WHENEVER YOU TRULY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND IT HELPS SET THAT UP FOR THE FUTURE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK. I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING, SO I'LL ASK YOU TO HELP ME HOLD THIS WHILE I READ IT. WHEREAS JACOB CRABTREE HAS EARNED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT BY SCOUTING AMERICA, AND WHEREAS THE CONFERRING OF AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS BESTOWED UPON A SCOUT. AND WHEREAS LESS THAN 5% OF ALL SCOUTS ATTAIN THIS GOAL, WHEREAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT CARRIES WITH IT GREAT HONOR AND A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TO SERVE AS A GUIDE AND ROLE MODEL FOR BOTH COMMUNITY AND NATION. AND WHEREAS SUCH AN AWARD IS EARNED IN THAT THE RECIPIENT MUST PERFORM AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AND PASS THE RIGID REQUIREMENTS EXACTED TO ACHIEVE THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD. AND WHEREAS JACOB CRABTREE'S EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT WAS TO BUILD THREE NEW PICNIC TABLES FOR FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF SACHSE, PROVIDING NEEDED SPACE FOR FELLOWSHIP AND CHURCH GATHERINGS. IN RECOGNITION, THEREFORE, I. MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, HEREBY CONGRATULATE JACOB CRABTREE FOR HAVING AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD CONFERRED UPON HIM BY SCOUTING AMERICA AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO JACOB CRABTREE ON THIS, THE NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025.
ORIGINALLY, WHEN WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO GET YOU OUT HERE, BUT WE'LL SAY FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026, IN HONOR OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT OF ATTAINING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT. CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO. COME OVER HERE. BUT THE TAPE PROCESS OPERATION. I THINK. RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND MOM AND DAD CRAIG WILL HAVE THOSE PHOTOS. AND TYPICALLY WE'LL POST THEM ONLINE SO YOU GUYS CAN GO THERE AND FIND THEM AS WELL.
[PR2. Black History Month.]
IN ADDITION, IT IS FEBRUARY AND FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHILE WE DID NOT HAVE AN ORGANIZATION WHO CAME FORWARD SEEKING TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION WITH US, WE DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL AND ALSO POINT OUT THAT SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. THE ONE IS ACTUALLY THIS EVENING, AND THAT IS THE FIBER COIL COASTERS THAT THEY HAVE OVER AT SMITH LIBRARY THAT ACTUALLY STARTED AT 6:00, AND THEY HAVE AN EVENT GOING ON THERE WITH RAG COILING TECHNIQUES FROM DIFFERENT AFRICAN CULTURES, AND THEY HAVE A LOCAL ARTIST WHO WILL HELP KIND OF GUIDE PEOPLE THROUGH CRAFTING AND CREATING THEIR OWN. WE ALSO IT WILL BE IN MARCH, BUT THERE IS A TEXAS BUFFALO SOLDIERS EXHIBIT THAT WILL BE COMING THROUGH ON MARCH 31ST. WHERE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT THEIR IMPACT BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN HERE IN TEXAS? THERE'S ALSO ALSO APOLOGIZE, A DOLL DISPLAY THAT IS UP IN THE LOBBY FROM THE JUNETEENTH ORGANIZATION HERE IN WYLIE. AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER CURATED COLLECTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH KANOPY AND HOOPLA, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE ONLINE RESOURCES THAT THE LIBRARY USES THAT HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY CURATED FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. SO I ENCOURAGE THOSE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE TO TAKE THE TIME TO STOP BY ONE OF THOSE EVENTS, OR CHECK OUT THOSE[00:10:02]
CURATIONS. SO WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.[RECESS CITY COUNCIL]
NOW THIS EVENING WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THEN RECESSING THE CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. I WOULD ASK THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR OUR PARKS AND RECREATION FOR B TO NOW COME FORWARD AND JOIN ME ON THE DAIS. VIRTUALLY. YOU ARE? YEAH. I'M HERE. OKAY. YOU GOT MY SEAT. GOOD SEAT IN THE HOUSE. OKAY. AWESOME. HEY, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? DO YOU KNOW? ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. WE'RE. COUNCILMAN STRANG NORMALLY IS. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A QUORUM. SO. GOOD. ARE YOU READY? MR. ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I WILL CALL TO ORDER[CALL TO ORDER THE WYLIE PARKS & RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (4B)]
THIS MEETING OF THE WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR B, AND I WILL START OUT BY ASKING IF WE'VE HAD ANY FORMS TURNED IN FOR COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS FOR FOR B MISS STORM, NO MAYOR OR NO BOARD CHAIR. YES. SO WITH NO COMMENTS ON[1. Consider, and act upon, approval of August 26, 2025 Regular Wylie Parks and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation (4B) meeting minutes.]
NON-AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE FOR B MEETING, I WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM ONE IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 26TH, 2025 REGULAR WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR B MEETING MINUTES. FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THOSE MINUTES. BOARD MEMBER DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. DO WE HAVE A SECOND BOARD MEMBER HOOVER A SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. COUNSEL. OUR BOARD. BOARD, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. AND THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. WITH THAT, WE
[2. Consider, and act upon, approving the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Park and Recreation Facilities Corporation; approving new qualifications for membership on the Park and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation, including residency, voter registration, and employment restrictions, and other updates.]
WILL MOVE TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVING THE AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF THE PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES CORPORATION, APPROVING NEW QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INCLUDING RESIDENCY, VOTER REGISTRATION AND EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER UPDATES. MISS STORM YES IN THE PACKET WAS PROPOSED. AMENDED BYLAWS FOR THE PARKS AND REC FOR B BOARD STAFF WENT THROUGH THEM AND MADE SOME CHANGES WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S LEGAL ADVICE ON OUTDATED ITEMS AND TO MATCH CURRENT STATE LAW AS WELL AS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS MOVING FORWARD FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS. WE DID TAKE THE PROPOSED BYLAWS TO COUNCIL BEFORE BRINGING TO THE BOARD, SINCE WE WERE BRINGING ABOUT ADDITIONAL CHANGES AND THOSE WERE APPROVED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. SO FOR THEM TO BE FULLY ADOPTED AND ENFORCED, THE FOR B BOARD HAS TO CONSIDER THEM AS WELL AND APPROVE THEM.SO IN YOUR PACKET WAS A TRACK CHANGES FORMAT. AND THEN A FINAL VERSION OF THOSE BYLAWS.
OKAY. THANK YOU MISS STORM. SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE ON THE FOUR B BOARD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT INFORMATION. I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT NOW IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. OKAY. WITH NONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, BOARD MEMBER DUKE, OR WERE YOU LOOKING TO MAKE A MOTION? I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WAS JUST GOING TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON ON THESE ON THESE REGULATIONS AND BYLAWS, GETTING THEM PUT TOGETHER FOR US TO REVIEW. YES, I WOULD CONCUR ON THAT. AND I DO APPRECIATE STAFF ENSURING THAT WE UPDATED IF THE LANGUAGE IN IT TO MEET STATE LAW, SINCE WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGES POTENTIALLY ANYWAY. SO I THINK THAT WORKS BETTER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ONE ONE CHANGE RATHER THAN PIECEMEAL. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM?
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BOARD MEMBER HARRISON I MAKE A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? BOARD MEMBER, DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND.I'LL ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS TO PLEASE CAST THEIR VOTE. AND THE ITEM IN MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR AGENDA FOR THE FOR B BOARD THIS EVENING. THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR COMING. I KNOW THE BOARD DOESN'T MEET REGULARLY, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING ABLE AND WILLING TO ATTEND AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL MEETINGS IN THE
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NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN THE FOR B BOARD. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND I WILL CALL COUNCIL BACK SO THAT WE CAN THEN RECONVENE INTO OUR COUNCIL MEETING.AND MISS STORM. COUNCILMAN STRING HAS MADE IT.
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OKAY. SO MISS STORM, WITH THAT, I WILL RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION OF THE[COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE DO ASK THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMPLETE A FORM BEFORE THE MEETING IN ORDER TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. WE DO REQUEST COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, SIX MINUTES IF REPRESENTING A GROUP. AND WE REMIND EVERYONE THAT UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE, DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY MATTER PRESENTED DURING THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MISS STORM, I BELIEVE WE HAD ONE FORM TURNED IN. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, SO I WILL CALL FORWARD MISS JENNIFER WAKEFIELD. OKAY. AND SHE HAS MADE THE DETERMINATION. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT MISS WAKEFIELD HAS PASSED ON SPEAKING. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID. WE HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO BE MADE. SO WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. NOW. COUNCIL, I WILL[CONSENT AGENDA]
ASK FIRST IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS WHICH COUNCIL WISHES TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR QUESTION. OKAY, I'M NOT SEEING ANY INDICATED. HOWEVER, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ASKED TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM IN THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO BEFORE ANY VOTE WOULD BE TAKEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL GIVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AN OPPORTUNITY IN WHICH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, AND I WILL CALL THOSE FORWARD IN THE ORDER THAT I RECEIVED THEM. SO THE FIRST THERE ARE ALL TO SPEAK ON ITEM D, SO THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL I WILL CALL FORWARD IS CHRISTY THORNBURG. AND WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, MA'AM, SINCE YOU ARE THE FIRST SPEAKER, I WOULD ASK IF YOU'LL HIT THE. THE VOICE OR THE HEAD THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S TRYING TO TALK THERE. THAT'LL TURN THE MICROPHONE ON. AND THEN IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH IT'LL BE RIGHT UNDER THE MICROPHONE. YES. THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. SO IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRISTY THORNBURG. I LIVE AT 1423 BEAR LANE, WYLIE, TEXAS. I AM HERE TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM LETTER D UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. AS A RESIDENT OF MCMILLAN ON MCMILLAN ROAD, WE.WE'RE JUST WONDERING WHAT IS CAUSING THIS LAWSUIT, WHAT DETAILS ARE THERE AND WHAT IMPLICATIONS ARE THERE TO THE RESIDENTS? WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE THROUGH THE TRENCHES IN
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THIS WHOLE PROJECT AND ARE WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT OCCURRED, WHAT HAS OCCURRED AND HOW HOW IS IT IMPACTING US WHO LIVE THERE AND WILL WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE THERE WHEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED? OKAY, SO. ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, AS IT'S AN ONGOING LAWSUIT, WE CAN CONTACT AND SEE WHAT INFORMATION WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. BUT AT THIS TIME, WITH IT BEING ESSENTIALLY PENDING LITIGATION, WE CANNOT COMMENT. OKAY, BUT I WILL, I WILL I WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY PROVIDE IN THE FORM OF A OF A RELEASE.WE'LL JUST NEED TO TAKE THAT TO OUR COUNSEL FIRST AND, AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THEIR BLESSING TO RELEASE AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU. SO OUR SECOND INDIVIDUAL THIS EVENING, I HAVE JOEL JORDAN. JOEL JORDAN 1810 MCMILLAN. YES. IF I CAN ASK QUESTIONS I DON'T KNOW. WELL, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ASK THEM. WE JUST ON PENDING LITIGATION ANY ANY SORT OF INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HAS TO GO THROUGH OUR ATTORNEY FIRST. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS, IS TO CONSIDER FILING LITIGATION, WONDERING IF THE DRAINAGE THAT AFFECTED THE SIDE CREEK THAT FLOWS INTO MUDDY CREEK, THE ONE THAT GOES HAS THE CULVERT RUNNING UNDER MCMILLAN HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE LAWSUIT. AND I HAVE NOTICED THE WHEN WE CAME TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOING IN ACROSS THE ROAD, THEY WERE GOING TO PUT IN SOME RETENTION PONDS OR SOMETHING, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE ROAD PROJECT OR THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT. SO THAT PART I CAN ANSWER THE DETENTION THAT'S PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE PART OF THEIR PROJECT. SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET DIFFERENT RELEASES THROUGH THE STEPS, THAT WOULD BE THAT IS NOT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO THAT WILL ALL GO THROUGH. IS IT PLANNING THROUGH OUR PLANNING AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. AND AS THEY GET DIFFERENT STEPS AND IN ORDER TO BE RELEASED TO DO ACTUAL BUILDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY DO HAVE THAT'S PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PORTION. CORRECT. SO YES. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT WHEN THEY START GRADING AND PUTTING LOTS IN AND THAT TYPE OF THING BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY CAN BUILD HOMES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE THE PLOTS ARE PRETTY MUCH PUT IN, THEY'RE GETTING READY TO PUT IN DRAINAGE, I THINK. WELL, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THE CITY ENGINEER WOULD. SURE. OKAY. AND WE HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION HERE. SO ON THAT ONE, THAT ONE I CAN'T ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT IS ABOUT THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH. I WILL CALL OUR THIRD PERSON IN JUST A SECOND I APOLOGIZE, I'M MAKING SURE I HAVE ALL OF THIS TAKEN DOWN. OKAY. AND THIRD, WE HAVE DOUG JONES. IMPORTANT TRAFFIC TO SPEAK FOR. HE SAID OKAY, IF I COULD ASK, WOULD YOU MIND JUST CHANGING THAT FIRST NAME ON THERE TO YOURS? NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU MA'AM. IT'S RED. IT'S ON. OKAY. SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST ASK THEM SO THAT THEY'RE ON THE RECORD. AND MAYBE YOU CAN GET SOME ANSWERS FOR US. DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT ARE MANY OF THE LANDOWNERS THAT LIVE ON MCMILLAN ROAD AND ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE PROLONGED ROAD PROJECT. WITH THAT, I ASK WHAT THE LAWSUIT PERTAINS TO WITH DXM. HOW LONG? HOW HAS THE CITY BEEN ABLE TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM? DOES THE PROBLEM INVOLVE WATER FLOW OR DRAINAGE? HOW MUCH HAS THIS PROBLEM COST THE CITIZENS? HAS IT ADDED ADDITIONAL TIME TO THE TIMELINE FOR THE MCMILLAN ROAD PROJECT? SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. JUST TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ANY ANSWERS ON THIS. OKAY. WE WILL TAKE THOSE AS STATED TO OUR COUNCIL AND SEE WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE AT THIS AT THAT TIME. OKAY, THANKS. OKAY. SO WITH THAT PRESENTED,
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THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAD THAT HAD BEEN REQUESTED ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WITH THAT BEING STATED, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? AND IF NOT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MAYOR? MAYOR PRO TEM, CAN HE AMEND? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON ONE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. IF WE WANT TO PULL ONE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, WE CAN. NO, THAT'S FINE. I'LL SECOND THAT.OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WITH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS ABSENT. THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR CONSENT
[1. Tabled from 01-27-2026 Remove from table and consider Consider, and act upon, acceptance of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for FY 2024-25 following a presentation by the audit firm Weaver, LLP.]
AGENDA AND MOVES US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. OUR REGULAR AGENDA THIS EVENING HAS ONE ITEM TO. ITEM ONE WAS TABLED FROM 127, 2026. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE WEATHER AND THE ICE THAT EVENING, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT HERE AND AND SAFELY RETURN HOME AFTER THAT TIME. SO IT WAS PLACED ON THE TABLE. SO IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED, IT WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE TABLE. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM TABLE? COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REMOVE THE ITEM FROM TABLE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM TABLE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN PICKENS? A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO REMOVE FROM TABLE COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WITH THAT, WE WILL CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, OR ACFR, FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2425. FOLLOWING A PRESENTATION BY THE AUDIT FIRM WEAVER LLP. AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE MISS BROWN. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR CITY CHARTER DOES REQUIRE US TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT AT THE END OF EACH FISCAL YEAR. AND THIS YEAR, THE INTERIM FIELDWORK FOR THIS AUDIT BEGAN THE WEEK OF AUGUST THE 18TH, AND THE FINAL FIELDWORK WAS PERFORMED NOVEMBER 17TH THROUGH DECEMBER THE 12TH. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THE AUDIT TO BE PERFORMED BY WEAVER, AFTER THEIR SELECTION TO CONTINUE AS THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, FOLLOWING AN RFP PROCESS THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2025. THIS IS THE 18TH YEAR THAT WEAVER HAS COMPLETED OUR AUDIT, AND IN THAT IN THAT TIME PERIOD FOR RFP PROCESSES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THIS YEAR'S AUDIT, IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES, HAS HAD A ROTATION OF AUDIT PARTNERS AND AUDIT MANAGERS AND STAFF HAVE CHANGED FREQUENTLY. SO THIS YEAR'S AUDIT WAS COMPLETED WITH A NEW AUDIT PARTNER, A FOURTH YEAR MANAGER AND A SECOND AND SECOND YEAR STAFF. SO WE HAVE OUR AUDIT PARTNER THIS YEAR, SARAH DEMPSEY, WITH US TONIGHT, AND SHE HAS A SHORT PRESENTATION TO SUMMARIZE HOW THE AUDIT WENT AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND WE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS SARAH DEMPSEY. I'M THE AUDIT PARTNER FROM WEAVER. THAT WAS THE ENGAGEMENT PARTNER FOR YOUR AUDIT THIS YEAR. JUST TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF AN AGENDA AND AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PRESENTATION IS, I'LL DO AN INTRODUCTION, GO THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS, THE RESULTS, SOME REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE WITH THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE AND THEN GO THROUGH SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS. AND THIS IS AS OF 930 2025. SO MY NAME IS SARAH DEMPSEY. I'M A NEW PARTNER ON THE ENGAGEMENT. I LEAD WEAVER'S NATIONAL PUBLIC SECTOR PRACTICE. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. MY FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR SPACE, SO JUST
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REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND SUPPORT MUNICIPALITIES AROUND TEXAS AND REALLY THROUGHOUT THE NATION. LAUREN IS THE MANAGER ON THE ENGAGEMENT. SHE'S THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN ON THE ENGAGEMENT FOR FOUR YEARS. SO I'M THE FRESH SET OF EYES. HAVEN'T LOOKED AT WILEY BEFORE, WHEREAS LAUREN HAS BEEN AND WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT LOGISTICAL SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED WHEN YOU'RE AUDITING A CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO FOR OUR AUDIT PROCESS, REALLY QUICKLY, JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE TIMELINE. MELISSA ALREADY MENTIONED IT WHERE WE DID INTERIM WORK AND FIELD WORK, AND WE ISSUED THE REPORT ON JANUARY 21ST. SO THAT'S THE MEETING THAT WE WERE GOING TO COME TO IN JANUARY. OUR AUDIT PROCESS IS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. AND THOSE REALLY GUIDE THE PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE DOING TO FORMULATE AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE A RISK BASED APPROACH. SO WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND WE SEE WHERE ARE THE RISKS OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT. AND SO WHERE WE FIND THOSE AT A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES IS IN REVENUE RECOGNITION. AND JUST MAKING SURE REVENUE IS NOT BEING OVERSTATED FOR BONDHOLDERS, FOR CITIZENS AND FOR THOSE USERS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO THAT'S A KEY FOCUS OF THE AUDIT. WE ALSO LOOK AT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PROCESS, YOUR LONG TERM DEBT, YOUR CASH AND INVESTMENTS. SO REALLY A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT. AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR AREAS THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON FOR INTERIM WORK. JUST GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS. SO WE DON'T GIVE AN OPINION ON INTERNAL CONTROLS, BUT WE DO RELY ON THEM TO TO SHOW THAT THEY MATERIALLY CORRECT BALANCES HAVE MADE IT INTO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND SO SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES THAT WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH ARE YOUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS, YOUR DISBURSEMENT PROCESS AND PAYROLL PROCESS. WE ALSO DO TESTS OF COMPLIANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMPLYING WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS. AND THEN WE DO TEST THOSE CONTROLS OVER THE DISBURSEMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING AT THE CITY. FIELD WORK IS WHEN WE COME OUT AFTER YEAR END AND TEST THE BALANCES THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN AND PROVIDED US FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AUDITING THOSE BALANCES. SO THAT'S WHERE WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME VOUCHING. AND WE ALSO ASSIST WITH THE PREPARATION OF THAT ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. SO WHAT YOU'RE ALL HERE FOR THE AUDIT RESULTS. YOU HAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE. MEANING THERE ARE NO MODIFICATIONS. WE DIDN'T FIND ANY EXCEPTIONS IN THE REPORT. AND THEN WE ALSO ISSUE A REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL. IF THERE WERE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES WE WOULD PRESENT THOSE TO YOU TONIGHT. THERE WERE NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES TO PRESENT. SO THIS IS A VERY CLEAN AUDIT. IT IS NOT ALWAYS COMMON IN THE MUNICIPAL SPACE. AND IT REALLY GOES TO SHOW THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE WORKING IN YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO AUDIT THOSE BALANCES WITHOUT HAVING MATERIAL WEAKNESSES. SO THESE ARE THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS. I TALKED ABOUT THE AUDITING STANDARDS ALREADY. AND THEN IF THERE WERE UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS, WE WOULD BRING THOSE TO YOUR ATTENTION. THERE'S NOTHING TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF. THERE WERE NEW STANDARDS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED AS THERE ARE EVERY YEAR, BUT NOTHING THAT HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ON THIS SLIDE, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS TO POINT OUT NO FRAUD OR ILLEGAL ACTS WERE DETECTED, AND THAT THERE ARE SOME ESTIMATES THAT ARE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WERE AUDITED AS WELL. NO DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED. AS YOU CAN TELL. MANAGEMENT WAS VERY OPEN TO ISSUE A REPORT IN JANUARY IS ALSO UNCOMMON. A LOT OF CITIES ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. 331 DEADLINE. SO TO ISSUE IN JANUARY IS SPEAKS HIGHLY TO THE TEAM AND NO AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS HIGHLY AS WELL. SO LOOKING BACK AT YOUR FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS THIS IS GOING BACK 930 2025. I KNOW YOU'RE ALREADY ON TO 2026 AND THINKING ABOUT 2027. SO AT 2025, YOUR TOTAL REVENUES FOR YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS WERE ABOUT 85.2 MILLION. SO YOU DID SEE AN INCREASE IN YOUR GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES LARGELY CONTRIBUTED BY PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. AND THIS PIE CHART JUST SHOWS WHERE THOSE REVENUES ARE COMING FROM, AND THAT IT HASN'T REALLY SHIFTED BETWEEN PRIOR YEAR AND CURRENT YEAR. THREE YEAR TREND. JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU ARE TRENDING UPWARDS IN A LOT OF THOSE MAJOR TAX REVENUE AREAS. AND JUST TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN 2025, 24 AND 23 FOR YOU. FOR THE EXPENDITURES, GOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURES TOTALED 103 MILLION. SO THAT WAS A $5.5 MILLION INCREASE. PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENDITURES MADE UP ABOUT 6.4 MILLION. YOU ALSO HAD STREET EXPENDITURES THAT INCREASED THIS IN 2025 AS WELL.[00:35:03]
AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE PIE CHART, YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF THOSE MAJOR CATEGORIES IN THE FUNDS THAT HAVE THOSE EXPENDITURES MAINTAIN THOSE EXPENDITURES AND THEIR PORTION OF THE CHART. AND AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER THREE YEAR LOOK BACK WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS INCREASED WITH THE SPENDING, WHICH IS VERY COMMON RIGHT NOW WITH THE COMPETITIVE MARKET OF ACQUIRING THE POLICE OFFICERS AND YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES. CAPITAL OUTLAY WILL SHIFT ANNUALLY DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PROJECTS YOU HAVE. AND THEN IF I COULD REAL QUICK, IF YOU'LL GO BACK ONE SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT FOR THE RECORD, FOR CITIZENS WHO HAVE COME THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO MAY WATCH THIS LATER. PART OF THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE FACT THAT WE ALSO, NOT ONLY HAVE WE WORKED HARD TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR POLICE AND FIRE, BUT EMS WAS BROUGHT IN HOUSE DURING THAT TIME. SO ALL OF THOSE SERVICES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY CONTRACTED SERVICES INSTEAD ARE NOW DONE THROUGH, WOULD NOW FALL UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY AND ARE DONE IN-HOUSE THROUGH DIRECT EMPLOYMENT OF OUR EMS AND THE OPERATION OF THAT PROGRAM. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AS PART OF WHY THE THE LARGE INCREASE IS SEEN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IS IS THE IS THAT DEPARTMENT COMING ONLINE? YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THEN FINALLY WITH YOUR FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, JUST LOOKING AT YOUR FUND BALANCE WHICH IS ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT. YOUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE WAS ABOUT 24.8 MILLION. DEBT SERVICE WAS 250,000 AT YEAR END CAPITAL PROJECTS 30.2 MILLION.AND THEN THE OTHER FUNDS MADE UP ABOUT $9 MILLION. SO YOU HAD A PLANNED FUND, GOVERNMENTAL FUND BALANCE DECREASE WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS. THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT. SO WE DO ALWAYS EXPECT TO SEE THAT DECREASE IN LESS BONDS ARE ISSUED, WHICH IS ABOUT A $10.9 MILLION INCREASE DUE TO THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT IS YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE BEING 23.2 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS 34.2% OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, WHICH DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN YOUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES. SO JUST SOME GOOD THINGS TO POINT OUT THERE. LASTLY, THE THE BUDGET, WHICH IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT IN MAINTAINING BUDGETARY CONTROL, YOU HAVE A POSITIVE BUDGETARY VARIANCE OF 2.5 MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN YOUR GENERAL FUND. SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AS A HIGHLIGHT FOR 2025 AS WELL. FOR YOUR WATER AND SEWER FUND. JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS VERY QUICKLY AT THE INCOME STATEMENT LEVEL, YOUR OPERATING REVENUES DID INCREASE 3% TO THAT 32.4 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE THE OPERATING EXPENSES ARE GOING UP WITH THE COSTS OF WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT. SO YOU DID HAVE AN ENDING CHANGE IN NET POSITION OF 4.62 MILLION.
SO A POSITIVE INCREASE IN YOUR NET POSITION THERE AS WELL. AND REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.
WE GOT EVERYTHING TIMELY. WE GOT RESPONSES TIMELY. YOU COULD TELL THAT THE AUDIT WAS IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE HERE AND IT JUST COMPLETED JUST WITHOUT A HITCH. THEY WERE READY FOR US AND WE GOT EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED. SO WE DO THANK THE CITY FOR THAT AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL OR THANK YOU FOR COMING AND PRESENTING. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID ON THIS. MISS BROWN AND YOUR TEAM AS WELL. WE APPRECIATE NOT ONLY HAVING A CLEAN RESULT COME BACK, BUT ALSO HEARING THAT THERE ARE, AS ALWAYS, NO IMPEDIMENTS BEING CREATED OR DIFFICULTIES IN BEING ABLE TO CONDUCT THE AUDIT, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE CONTROLS IN PLACE AND ALSO THE DESIRE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY THROUGH THAT PROCESS, SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT ALL OF THE BOOKS ARE BEING KEPT IN ORDER, AND WE DON'T HAVE FRAUD OR ABUSE THAT'S GOING ON. SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THAT. MISS BROWN, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD THIS EVENING? I MEAN, YOU GET TO GO STRAIGHT FROM AUDIT INTO BUDGET. WHAT ELSE COULD BE MORE FUN? WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. THEY CROSS OVER THESE DAYS. THEY USED TO BE SEPARATE, BUT NOW THEY'RE SORT OF AT THE SAME TIME. NOW, I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND TABLING THE FROM THE LAST MEETING. THE WEATHER IS MUCH BETTER TODAY. SO AND JUST THANK MY TEAM. THAT WORKED REALLY HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND WE APPRECIATE SARAH AND WEAVER. THEY'RE ALWAYS GOOD TO WORK WITH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ICE SKATES ON THAT PARTICULAR EVENING FOR GETTING HOME. SO I WANT TO BEFORE BEFORE I CALL FOR A POTENTIAL MOTION, I DO WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE SLIDES THAT ARE HERE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT ALL TONIGHT, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S IF YOU COUNT THE COVER PAGE AND THE REST, IT'S OVER 150 PAGES IN THE ACT FOR ITSELF. THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A
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BANK STATEMENT, SO TO SPEAK, OR THAT'S A LAYMAN'S TERMS FOR IT OF EXACTLY WHERE THE CITY IS, THE EXPENSES THAT WERE INCURRED, REVENUES THAT WERE RECEIVED FOR EACH. AND IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO EACH DIFFERENT FUND BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT WE UTILIZE WITHIN THE CITY. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO LOOK. AND AS ALWAYS, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OUT THERE, YOU CAN EMAIL US AND GET ANSWERS TO ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.BUT THAT'S THE SAME INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN AUDITED AND IS BEING PRESENTED. WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO WALK THROUGH EVERY LINE OF THE 150 PLUS PAGES, BUT IT IS THERE. SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW IT, IT IS AVAILABLE. YES. AND AFTER THE ACCEPTANCE, IF TONIGHT WILL BE POSTING IT ON THE WEBSITE. SO IT'S AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE ALL THE PAGES. AND IF THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THE FINANCIALS ARE FOR THE CITY, IF THEY WILL READ THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER AND THE MDNA THAT WILL GIVE THEM THE BIG PICTURE TELLS EVERYONE HOW WE GOT HERE, WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, COUNCIL, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE READ AS STATED. IS THAT CORRECT? MR. NO, NO. OKAY. SO JUST IN GENERAL, COUNCILMAN HOOVER, MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425 AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN PERKINS? SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND IS STATED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN WITH THAT. THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR REGULAR AGENDA. SO
[WS1. Discuss the current and future plans of the Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) cameras.]
I'LL MOVE US INTO OUR WORK SESSION PORTION OF THE EVENING. WE HAVE ONE WORK SESSION, ONE WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT AND FUTURE PLANS OF THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION ALPR CAMERAS. SO I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK.I'M GOING TO LET OUR CHIEF PRESENT FIRST, OKAY? AND THEN I'LL LET YOU COME FORWARD AND AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. AND THAT WAY TOO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME FROM THE PRESENTATION, YOU CAN ASK THEM. AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO CALL OUR CHIEF BACK UP TO POTENTIALLY ADDRESS THOSE. SO WITH THAT, CHIEF HENDERSON, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND STEPHANIE, I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN TO PUT THAT UP IF YOU DON'T. OKAY. SO WE WANTED TO BRING THIS WORK SESSION TO YOU. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A SOME DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ME REFER TO THAT AS LPR TO KIND OF TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR IT HERE, WHERE WE HAVE THEM LOCATED, WHAT IT'S DOING FOR US, WHAT WE ARE UTILIZING IT FOR, AND THE PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE TAKING INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. SO BACK IN AUGUST OF 24, WE BROUGHT THIS TO COUNCIL. IT WAS UNDER A CONSENT AT THAT TIME. AND WE USED SEES FUNDS TO ALLOW US TO PURCHASE THESE LICENSE PLATE READERS. AND WE WENT WITH A COMPANY CALLED FLOCK. AND THESE CAMERAS ARE BEING UTILIZED BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN THE METROPLEX AND REALLY ALL OVER THE, THE UNITED STATES. BUT FOR US, WHERE WE HAVE THEM LOCATED, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE CAMERAS THAT ARE UP. THERE'S TWO THAT'S LOCATED AT SOUTH BALLARD AND ATLANTIS DRIVE, AND THERE'S ONE THAT'S LOCATED ON EAST FM 544 AND CHESTNUT HILL ROAD. FUTURE CAMERA LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS FOR COUNTRY CLUB AND EAST PARKER ROAD EAST FM 544 AND VINSON ROAD WEST. FM 544, MCCRARY ROAD SOUTH, HIGHWAY 78 AND SAND AND BOULEVARD AND NORTH HIGHWAY 78 AND WYLIE EAST DRIVE. THESE PARTICULAR LOCATIONS WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE TRAFFIC THAT'S IN ENTERING OR EXITING OUR CITY, SO WE HAVE NO PLANS FROM THE THE PD STANDPOINT OR FROM BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF US PUTTING THESE CAMERAS ON ANY RESIDENTIAL STREETS, SIDE STREETS, OTHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE THAT ARE LISTED HERE. THE THE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS, THEY PROVIDE US WITH ADDITIONAL
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INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS THAT QUICKLY IDENTIFY VEHICLES THAT MAY BE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND HELP LOCATE MISSING AND ENDANGERED INDIVIDUALS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM SAVES OUR INVESTIGATORS AND OFFICERS A LOT OF TIME FROM HAVING TO SEARCH PARTICULAR VIDEO OR EXCUSE ME, HAVING TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ARE STILL PHOTOS. THERE IS NO LIVE VIDEO ON ANY OF THIS, BUT IT SAVES THEM TIME FROM HAVING TO GO THROUGH MAYBE BUSINESSES AND OR. OBTAINING SOME FORM OF IDENTIFICATION ON THESE VEHICLES. BY ENTERING THIS INFORMATION IN, WE CAN WE CAN SEE IF THESE VEHICLES HAVE ENTERED OR EXITED THE CITY. AND THOSE CAN BE DONE BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. IT COULD BE DONE BY A FULL LICENSE PLATE THAT'S PROVIDED TO US. IT COULD BE DONE BY A PARTIAL PLATE THAT'S PROVIDED TO US, OR IT COULD BE PUT IN FOR SOME FORM OF DESCRIPTORS. IF WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION ON THE VEHICLE, THEN WE CAN PUT THAT ALONG WITH THE TIME FRAMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT PARTICULAR OFFENSE. AND WE CAN SEE IF WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE VEHICLES MATCHING THAT PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. SO SOME OF THE SOME OF THE CASES THAT WE UTILIZE THIS TOOL FOR SILVER ALERTS OR AMBER ALERTS, WE HAVE A MISSING PERSON. RUNAWAYS, CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT, VEHICLE THEFTS, BURGLARY OF VEHICLES, DRUG INVESTIGATIONS, HIT AND RUNS. WE'VE USED IT AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SHARE SOME ACTUAL CASES THAT WE HAVE USED IT ON HERE IN IN THE CITY OF WYLIE THAT HAVE HELPED US SOLVE CRIMES IN A VERY QUICK MANNER. DO YOU WANT TO PUT THAT ON? SO ON THIS ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE SEVERAL OF OUR PARTICULAR CASES HERE. SO THIS THE TOP PICTURE IS SHOWING A VEHICLE THAT HAS THE ACTUAL CORRECT LICENSE PLATE ON IT.THIS SUSPECT WAS INVOLVED IN MAIL FRAUD INSIDE OUR CITY. HE WAS GOING AROUND STEALING MAIL AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WAS ABLE TO GET A DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE. WE WAS ABLE TO GET TIME FRAMES AND BASED ON THIS, IT WAS ACTUALLY HITTING ON THE THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM. WE WOULD THE THE PICTURES BELOW THAT ARE THE SAME. IT'S THE SAME VEHICLE DOING THESE SAME CRIMES INSIDE OUR CITY. BUT THEY'VE NOW CHANGED THE LICENSE PLATES TO A COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LICENSE PLATE. SCROLL UP ON ME. THE TWO PICTURES HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IS THE SAME SUSPECT, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT VEHICLE THAT THEY'RE USING. SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY USING THIS ONE VEHICLE AND CHANGING LICENSE PLATES ON THAT VEHICLE TO KIND OF HIDE THEIR THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR ATTEMPT TO TRY TO HIDE THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, WE HAVE THEM COMING TO THE CITY ALSO IN ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT AS WELL. AND I WANT TO KIND OF LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE PICTURES THAT YOU ARE SEEING, WHERE IT HAS FLOCK, SAFETY IN THE BOTTOM, WHERE YOU SEE THE BLACK RIBBON ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF IT, THAT IS WHAT WE GET. SO WE DON'T GET PICTURES OF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WE DON'T GET PICTURES OF ANY OF THE OCCUPANTS. THAT IS THE ONLY STILL PHOTO THAT WE WILL GET OFF. THE FLOCK SYSTEM IS THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH YOU CAN. CLEARLY YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE PEOPLE SITTING IN THIS VEHICLE. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE ACTUAL PICTURES THAT WE WOULD GET OFF OF THAT. THIS ONE IS ANOTHER ONE HAPPENS TO BE ANOTHER MAIL FRAUD. THIS WAS ACTUALLY DONE AT ONE OF OUR CHURCHES WHERE THE VEHICLES WAS SHOWING UP, AND WHERE YOU SEE THE PICTURE OF THE DOOR OPEN AND THE PICTURE BELOW THAT. THOSE ARE NOT PICTURES FROM THE FLOCK SYSTEM. LIKE I SAID A WHILE AGO, THEY ONLY PICK PICK UP ON THE REAR LICENSE PLATE OF THE VEHICLE. THESE ARE ACTUALLY PICTURES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OR HAVE COME FROM SOME SECURITY.
VIDEO, OR STILL SHOT FROM THE BUSINESS OR WHERE THEY'RE AT. IF YOU SCROLL UP ON ME, THIS IS VERY RECENTLY. THIS HAS JUST HAPPENED, I BELIEVE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD VEHICLES THAT HAVE HIT THE FLOCK SYSTEM AS STOLEN VEHICLES ENTERING INTO OUR CITY THAT JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON THE BACK OF SOME TOW TRUCKS. SO WE WAS ABLE TO MAKE STOPS ON THOSE PARTICULAR TOW TRUCKS AND RECOVER THOSE STOLEN VEHICLES. NOW, YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION HOW DOES THE TOW TRUCK OR HOW DOES THE TOW COMPANY GET THE VEHICLES? AND THEN THEY'RE
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HITTING ON THE FLOCK SYSTEM WHEN A TOW COMPANY GOES AND EITHER REPOS OR PICKS UP A VEHICLE, THEY SHOULD BE NOTIFYING DISPATCH CENTER AND WHATEVER CITY THEY'RE AT. I CAN'T SAY THAT THEY HAVE OR HAVE NOT DONE IT ON THIS, BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THEM ON A BACK OF A TOW TRUCK AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE STOLEN VEHICLES, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO TO FIGURE OUT HOW HOW THAT PROCESS HAS OCCURRED AS WELL. SO I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF MORE HERE THAT I WANT TO BRING TO LIGHT. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED TWO ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY DEALERS CONNECTED WITH FENTANYL OVERDOSES IN OUR CITY, ONE OF WHICH WAS ACTUALLY CHARGED WITH MURDER. WE'VE IDENTIFIED SUSPECTS IN AN ATM THEFT THAT HAVE COME HERE FROM HOUSTON. THEY STOLE A VEHICLE IN ROWLETT, TEXAS. THEY CAME HERE. GOT THE ATM AND HEADED BACK TO HOUSTON. AND WE'RE ABLE THROUGHOUT ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF SYSTEM, WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT THEY'VE COME THROUGH WHAT AREA THEY COME THROUGH, THEY COME TO HERE, THEY COMMIT THEIR CRIME, AND THEN WE CAN SHOW THEM THAT THEY'VE LEFT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE HITTING ON OTHER CITIES, FLOCK SYSTEMS. WE HAD A DEADLY CONDUCT CASE THAT HAPPENED DOWNTOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WHERE WE HAD A SUBJECT THAT HAD FIRED ROUNDS INTO A MOVING VEHICLE. FLOCK SYSTEM HAS HELPED US CAPTURE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND AND OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW THE CASES THAT WE NEED ON THAT. WE USED TO LOCATE A MISSING, AN AT RISK JUVENILE WHO WAS IN THE FORT WORTH AREA. WE AGAIN, WE GET CERTAIN INFORMATION THAT SAYS THAT THEY ARE. MAYBE IT'S A PARTIAL PLATE, MAYBE IT'S A FULL LICENSE PLATE, MAYBE IT'S A DESCRIPTION OF A VEHICLE BASED ON A GIVEN TIME FRAME. AND WE START SEARCHING TO SEE IF THEY'VE BEEN IF THEY'VE GONE THROUGH ONE OF OUR INTERSECTIONS THAT HAS THE FLOCK SYSTEM, OR IF IT'S IN A, IN A NEIGHBORING CITY, AND THEN WE CAN START KIND OF TRACKING THAT INFORMATION. WHAT THIS DID FOR US WAS IT ALLOWED US VERY QUICKLY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ANOTHER AGENCY THAT WAS ABLE TO ASSIST US IN LOCATING THIS AT RISK JUVENILE, AND REUNITING THAT PERSON WITH THEIR FAMILY.SO I WANT TO BRIEFLY SAY WHAT IT IS AND AND WHAT IT DOES, AND THE STILL IMAGES ONLY. I WANT TO STRESS THAT IT'S STILL IMAGES ONLY. THIS IS NO LIVE FEED THE IMAGES ONLY FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH I'VE SHOWN YOU MULTIPLE PICTURES OF NO IMAGE OF VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, THEIR FACES. AND OUR INTERNAL PROCEDURES WE ACCESS. IT CAN BE ACCESSED BY OUR SWORN OFFICERS AND COMMUNICATION DISPATCHERS. WE DO NOT STORE ANY DATA. WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO GO BACK AND PULL 30 DAYS. SO IF SOMETHING HAS OCCURRED WITHIN 30 DAYS, WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK DURING THAT TIME FRAME AND LOOK AND WE CAN RUN AN AUDIT BASED ON THOSE 30 DAYS, BUT WE ARE NOT STORING ANY DATA FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. THE SEARCHES REQUIRE A CASE NUMBER FOR US AND A DOCUMENTED REASON WE HAVE. OUR OFFICERS HAVE TO ENTER IN THE CASE NUMBER OR THE CALL FOR SERVICE NUMBER THEY'RE WORKING ON, AND THEY HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND PUT A REASON WHY THEY'RE LOOKING THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE UP OR THIS SEARCH UP. WE ALSO RUN QUARTERLY AUDITS INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE USING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, AND LOGGING THE INFORMATION AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LOGGED. AND IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE INTERNALLY. WITH THAT, I KNOW IT'S A QUICK KIND OF OVERVIEW ON THIS. I KNOW THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. AND IF YOU ASK SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY DEEP INTO THE THE HOW IT RUNS AND OPERATES, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY THAT WITH THE DEPARTMENT HERE. THAT WAS ACTUALLY A PART OF THAT PARTICULAR MEETINGS AND PROCESS. BUT WE HAVE THOSE PEOPLE HERE TO TO ANSWER, HOPEFULLY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU CHIEF. DON'T SEE ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN WAITING. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WE DID HAVE A CITIZEN WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK. SO I WILL CALL FORWARD MR. AUSTIN GREGORY. AND IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE
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RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS AUSTIN GREGORY. I'M AT 1610 ROBERTS RAVINE ROAD. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL, POLICE CHIEF.THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TONIGHT. I AM A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN BIG DATA SYSTEMS AND AI. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, NONE OF THIS. I'M LIKE THE COMPLAINT OR THE CONCERN IS WITH THE CITY, THE OFFICERS OR THE PD. IT'S ACTUALLY WITH THE VENDOR ITSELF. FLOCK SECURITY.
IT HAS A LONG LIST OF COMPLIANCE ISSUES, AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THE COUNCIL HAD THE FULL PICTURE WHEN THIS CONTRACT WAS APPROVED IN A60 CONSENT AGENDA IN AUGUST OF 2020 FOR FLOCK OPERATED IN TEXAS FOR FIVE YEARS WITHOUT PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LICENSE REQUIRED BY THE STATE LAW. DPS ISSUED A CEASE AND DESIST IN 2024 DUE TO THAT, AND THEN ALSO SUSPENDED THEIR LICENSE AGAIN IN AUGUST OF 2025. THERE'S AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION THAT ACTUALLY REMAINS OPEN AROUND OTHER CONCERNS WITH THE COMPANY. EVIDENCE COLLECTED BY AN UNLICENSED OPERATOR LIKE FLOCK COULD ACTUALLY BE CHALLENGED AND DISMISSED IN COURT, MAKING THE EVIDENCE AND THE TOOL COMPLETELY USELESS TO TRACK SOMEONE'S CELL PHONE. POLICE NEED A WARRANT. FLOCK COLLECTS THE SAME TYPE OF INFORMATION, DETAILED LOCATION TRACKING OVER TIME, BUT THERE IS NO WARRANT RECALLED OR REQUIRED, NO PROBABLE CAUSE, NO INDIVIDUALIZED SUSPICION REQUIRED TO DO SO REQUIRED. BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME PROCEDURES IN PLACE IN JOHNSON COUNTY. LESS THAN AN HOUR FROM HERE, DEPUTY SEARCHED 83,000 CAMERAS NATIONWIDE TO TRACK A WOMAN WHO HAD AN ABORTION FLOCK, AND THE SHERIFF CLAIMED IT WAS A WELFARE CHECK. HOWEVER, IT TURNED OUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND THAT SHERIFF WAS ACTUALLY THEN SINCE BEEN INDICTED ON FELONY CHARGES. FOR THAT, A KANSAS POLICE CHIEF SEARCHED FLOCK 228 TIMES TO STALK HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND'S WHEREABOUTS. AND THEN IN OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, 84% OF FLOCK TRIGGERED STOPS WERE BLACK DRIVERS. IN A CITY THAT'S ONLY 19% BLACK, THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE OBTAINED 470,000 FLOCK SEARCH RECORDS FROM HOUSTON PD, AND TWO THIRDS OF THEM LISTED THE ONLY WORD INVESTIGATION AS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR PULLING IT. FLOCKS COMMUNICATION OFFICER HIMSELF SAID IT'S NOT FLOCKS JOB TO POLICE THE POLICE. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT DECEMBER, FLOCK STRIPPED OFFICER NAMES, PLATES AND SEARCH FILTERS FROM THE AUDIT LOGS. SO HOW DOES ONE IDENTIFY POTENTIAL BAD ACTORS? IF THERE ARE ANY, WHEN THE AUDIT LOGS DON'T SHOW IT? AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS WITH LARGE DATA SYSTEMS, THERE'S ALSO SOME SECURITY FINDINGS THAT ARE VERY CONCERNING TO ME. AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER FOUND THAT FLOCK SYSTEMS HAVE 51 PUBLICLY KNOWN VULNERABILITIES, ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT THEY USE ANDROID EIGHT, WHICH HAS HAD NO SECURITY UPDATES SINCE 2021. AND THEN ON TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN. IRONICALLY, ALL THE DEFAULT WI-FI PASSWORDS ON THOSE CAMERAS IS SECURITY. IN DECEMBER, 60 FLOCK CAMERAS WERE FOUND BY SECURITY RESEARCHERS LIVESTREAMING TO OPEN INTERNET FOR ANYONE TO SEE IF THEY HAD THE URL, IF THE VIEWS AROUND THE CITIES, AND EVEN CHILDREN ON PLAYGROUNDS. SENATOR WYDEN FOUND STOLEN POLICE LOGIN CREDENTIALS FOR FLOCK SYSTEMS ON RUSSIAN CYBERCRIME FORMS IN A SINGLE ONE GAVE THEM ACCESS TO 83,000 CAMERAS. ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, MORE THAN 30 CITIES HAVE ALREADY CANCELED AND TERMINATED THEIR CONTRACT WITH FLOCK, INCLUDING AUSTIN, SAN MARCOS, HAYS COUNTY AND MANY MORE. MY, I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO DO THE SAME TONIGHT. OKAY, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, IN A WORK SESSION, WE DON'T TAKE ANY VOTES OR MAKE ANY DECISIONS. JUST SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF HOW YOU ENDED YOUR COMMENTS THERE. JUST SO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE MAKE THAT CLEAR. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I SAW CHIEF HENDERSON TAKING SOME NOTES, AND I DID MY BEST TO TRY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. SO, CHIEF, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND OR CALL FORWARD ANYONE THAT YOU FEEL YOU MIGHT NEED TO ON THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED. WELL, I WILL CALL CHIEF WALTERS, OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF WALTERS, UP IN JUST A SECOND TO TO KIND OF ELABORATE ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS RELATED TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT THE GENTLEMAN BROUGHT UP. BUT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT. WE ARE UTILIZING AND PULLING INFORMATION THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE BASED ON A LICENSE PLATE, THAT A LICENSE PLATE THAT ARE PUT ON CARS ARE FOR OFFICIAL USE. SO THE LICENSE PLATES THAT ARE ON THE CARS ARE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION RELATED TO VEHICLE OWNERSHIP AND, AND POTENTIAL. YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COULD LOCATE THAT VEHICLE. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
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HAVE ARTICLES RELATED TO OFFICERS THAT ARE MISUSING THIS INFORMATION. AND AND I UNDERSTAND HIS POINT AND HIS QUESTION ABOUT HOW HOW CAN YOU FIND THIS BY AN AUDIT IF THAT INFORMATION ISN'T CAPTURING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? WELL, BY US PUTTING IN MAKING OUR OFFICERS PUT IN THAT CASE NUMBER AND A REASON WHY, I DO BELIEVE THAT INTERNALLY, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND WE CAN PULL THAT INFORMATION AND WE CAN SEE WHAT TYPE OF CASE THAT IS. AND IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT INFORMATION TO BE PULLED, AND IS IT BEING UTILIZED FOR THE RIGHT REASONS? I GET ACROSS THE NATION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OFFICERS USING IT FOR THE WRONG REASONS, AND THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT.WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABOUT THAT. I AM ALL FOR PEOPLE'S PRIVACY MYSELF. I DON'T WANT ALL OF MY STUFF AIRED OUT. BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS, WE CARRY A SMARTPHONE. YOUR SMARTPHONE IS LISTENING TO YOU. YOUR SMARTPHONE IS IS LITERALLY TRACKING EVERY SINGLE MOVEMENT THAT YOU MAKE AND WHERE YOU GO.
WE ARE NOT TRACKING EVERYBODY'S MOVEMENT EVERYWHERE THEY GO. WE ARE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY ON VEHICLES THAT COME IN AND OUT OF THE CITY, AND WE'RE LOOKING IF IT'S CONNECTED TO A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, NOT JUST RANDOMLY PULLING UP VEHICLES TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT SOMEBODY IS DOING.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING THIS TOOL FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, WHICH I HAVE SHARED MULTIPLE TIMES, THAT IT HAS HELPED SOLVE CASES HERE. SO I WOULD I AM A PROPONENT OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. I DO THINK IT IS A GOOD TOOL FOR US. I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE US GET RID OF THAT, BUT AS FAR AS SOME OF THE OTHER STATEMENTS THAT ARE MADE ABOUT SOME OF THE THE LITIGATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I WOULD ASK ASSISTANT CHIEF WALTERS TO COME UP AND IF HE HAS ANYTHING HE WANTS TO ADD ON THAT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE THE LPR PROGRAM FROM WHEN WE FIRST DOVE INTO IT AND ALSO SHARE SOME OF THE PRIVACY CONCERNS. AND THAT'S WHY WE DONE A STRICTER REGULATION AS WE CAN DO ON THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE LIMITING UP TO 30 DAYS OF DATA RETENTION, BECAUSE THERE'S CASE LAW THAT OFTEN GETS PUSHED OVER AS IF IT APPLIES TO LPR. THAT ACTUALLY APPLIES TO GPS TRACKERS ON VEHICLES WHERE YOU DO NOT HAVE PRIVACY, AN EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY ON A ROADWAY, BUT YOU DO HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY TO YOUR MOVEMENTS OVER TIME. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE RESTRICTED THAT WINDOW DOWN TO 30 DAYS. SO WE'RE NOT TRACKING YOUR MOVEMENTS. AND THESE CAMERAS DON'T ACTUALLY TRACK YOUR MOVEMENTS. IT TELLS US WHAT FLOCK CAMERAS YOU'VE THAT VEHICLE HAS DRIVEN BY ANOTHER PIECE OF MISINFORMATION THAT CONSTANTLY GETS PUT OUT THERE ABOUT LPR IS WE DON'T GET ANY DRIVER DATA. THAT LICENSE PLATE, WHEN IT HITS ON THE FLOCK SYSTEM. IT DOESN'T TELL US WHO THE REGISTERED OWNER IS, DOESN'T TELL US ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN WE CAN SEARCH BY THAT LICENSE PLATE, OR WE CAN SEARCH BY LIKE A VEHICLE DESCRIPTION, PREFERABLY WITH A PARTIAL PLATE. BECAUSE IF YOU JUST PUT LIKE A WHITE FORD TRUCK, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF IMAGES. AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP YOU VERY MUCH. BUT IF YOU CAN PUT IN, SAY, A PARTIAL PLATE AND BLACK FOUR DOOR SEDAN, ROBERT SAMSAM IT MIGHT IT'LL, IT'LL HELP YOU KIND OF TRACK DOWN POSSIBLY POSSIBLE VEHICLES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I HEARD IT SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WARRANT TO SEARCH THE FLOCK SYSTEM. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A TRUE STATEMENT. SAME AS YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A WARRANT TO RUN SOMEBODY'S LICENSE PLATE WHEN YOU'RE BEHIND THEM AT AN AT AN INTERSECTION. THAT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PUBLIC FACING PORTION OF THE VEHICLE. I DID NOT, ADMITTEDLY, I WAS UNAWARE THAT THEIR LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. SO I LOOKED IT UP OVER HERE. THEIR LICENSE WAS ACTUALLY SUSPENDED FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE A PROOF OF LIABILITY INSURANCE. IT WASN'T FOR ANY KIND OF A VIOLATION. IT WAS BETTER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF LIABILITY INSURANCE TO TO DPS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER ALLEGATIONS, I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM. SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, DEEP IN THE WEEDS TECHNICAL STUFF, HE MAY KNOW BETTER. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN RESEARCHING AND PREPARING FOR THIS, I SAW A LOT OF OTHER MISINFORMATION ON FORUMS AND BLOGS AND STUFF. JUST ONE THAT WAS A VERY SIMPLE
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EXAMPLE IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION. WELL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT EVERY TIME I TRY TO LOG INTO THE SYSTEM, IT SENDS ME A TEXT MESSAGE WITH A SECOND CODE THAT I HAVE TO PUT IN. NOW, ONE OF THE VIDEOS THAT I SAW WANTS YOU TO HAVE A SEPARATE LIKE USB KEY.WELL, IF YOU DIG THROUGH OUR BUDGET, YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY COMPUTER SYSTEMS WE HAVE THAT REQUIRE SECURITY. AND IF I CARRIED A USB KEY FOR EVERY SINGLE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, THEN I'M GOING TO WALK AROUND WITH A BELT LOOP HANGING OFF MY BELT LIKE A JANITOR AND HAVING TO REMEMBER WHICH ONE GOES TO WHICH THING. SO THE TEXT MESSAGE SYSTEM OR SOME TYPE OF OTHER AUTHENTICATOR IS REQUIRED FOR US, AND FLOCK IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING ONE OF THEIR AUDIT TRAILS, WHICH HAS A SYSTEM THAT I REALLY LIKE WHERE IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY FLAG SUPERVISORS IF OFFICERS ARE USING IT AFTER NORMAL HOURS. WELL, IF I GET AN EMAIL THAT SAYS DETECTIVE SO AND SO, USED IT AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING, AND THAT DETECTIVE WAS SITTING AT HOME, NOW I HAVE REASON, I NEED TO GO TALK TO HIM AND FIND OUT WHAT HE WAS USING IT FOR VERSUS OH, WELL, THAT DETECTIVE GOT CALLED OUT LAST NIGHT. GOOD TO GO. SO I'M CERTAINLY OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF INFORMING US AND LETTING US KNOW THE DATA, 30 DAY DATA, DOES THAT STAY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT? CAN ANYBODY FROM A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT ACCESS THE FLOCK CAMERAS FROM GARLAND, ANYWHERE ELSE, FROM A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THIS CAR OR THIS LICENSE PLATES HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WILEY. DO WE KEEP THAT DATA IN-HOUSE OR DOES IT GET STORED SOMEWHERE ELSE? IT'S STORED ON THE CLOUD. AND IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE OTHER AGENCIES DATA, WE HAVE TO SHARE OUR DATA WITH THEM. SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SELECTIONS. YOU CAN SELECT STATEWIDE ONLY AND YOU CAN SELECT NATIONWIDE IF YOU SHARE.
IF YOU GET PEOPLE'S DATA, YOU HAVE TO SHARE. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN FLOCK CUSTOMERS THAT ARE LITERALLY ON AN ISLAND WHERE THEY CAN ONLY CHECK THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR AGENCY. BUT FOR US, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO SEE OTHER AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY IN OUR IMMEDIATE AREA, BECAUSE THAT THAT VEHICLE MAY HAVE HIT ANOTHER FLOCK CAMERA WE CAN OFTEN TIE, ESPECIALLY LIKE ON ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME, WE CAN TIE THAT VEHICLE TO OTHER CRIMES AND GIVES US NETWORKING CAPABILITIES. HOW ARE THE PROCESSES OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS, NOT OURS, ACCESSING OUR DATA? HOW WOULD WE BE FLAGGED IF THEY'RE ACCESSING OUR DATA 2:00 IN THE MORNING? I'LL TAKE YOUR EXAMPLE. IT'S EVERY TIME THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT'S PROTOCOL AND AND I GUESS LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. IT, IT DOES SHOW UP ON OUR AUDIT TRAIL IF ANY AGENCY SEARCHES. AND THAT'S WHY LIKE AN AUDIT RUNS FOR BECAUSE OUR DATA ONLY STAYS ON FOR 30 DAYS. OUR AUDIT TRAIL RUNS FOR 32 DAYS. AND IT TELLS, LIKE EVERY AGENCY IN THE NATION THAT HAS ACCESSED DATA, PERIOD. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS NECESSARILY A VEHICLE THAT HIT AND WILEY, BUT AGENCIES. WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUR FELLOW BROTHERS. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME THAT HAVE CLEARLY MADE MISTAKES, AND I'VE READ THE ARTICLES TOO. WHERE? THESE THINGS WERE USED FOR NEFARIOUS REASONS. BUT HONESTLY, THAT GOES WITH ANY, ANY SYSTEM OUT THERE. THE FLOCK CAMERA GET ACCESS ONLY AND ONLY IF YOU HAVE A PARTIAL OR A FULL LICENSE PLATE. OR CAN YOU LOOK IT UP BASED ON MAKE AND MODEL AND THE COLOR OF THE CAR? AND DOES IT HAVE TO BE SORRY? A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS WITHIN ONE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CASE WHILE YOU'RE RESEARCHING ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED. YES, YOU CAN SEARCH LIKE BLACK FOUR DOOR SEDAN. YOU'RE GOING TO GET TONS AND TONS OF BLACK FOUR DOOR SEDANS. OR YOU CAN SAY, OKAY, I'VE GOT A A FORD F-150 THAT'S THIS COLOR. AND IT WILL YOU CAN SEARCH IT BY THAT. YOU CAN EVEN PUT ON THERE THE VEHICLE'S GOT SUCH AND SUCH STICKER ON THE BACK OR, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPING
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VEHICLE OR PULL VEHICLE. JUST IF YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF VAGUE DESCRIPTION BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHAT WE GET A LOT OF TIMES IS, YOU KNOW, I WAS MY CAR WAS BURGLARIZED BY SOMEBODY IN A WHITE TRUCK. OKAY, WELL, WHAT KIND OF TRUCK? BUT YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A CASE NUMBER AND YOU WANT TO UPGRADE THAT THEY DID FAIRLY RECENTLY WAS THAT YOU HAVE TO SELECT A TYPE OF CRIME THAT YOU ARE INVESTIGATING. YOU CAN'T JUST PUT ON THERE. AND THIS WAS DONE HONESTLY IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OVER ABORTIONS. BUT YOU HAVE TO SELECT A CERTAIN TYPE OF CRIME THAT YOU'RE INVESTIGATING. SO YOU CAN'T JUST MAKE UP. I'M SEARCHING THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I WANT TO OR. YOU KNOW, I'M SEARCHING THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO TRY TO IDENTIFY WHO MY EX IS NOW WITH OR STUFF LIKE THAT. IT'S IT ACTUALLY MAKES YOU SELECT A CRIME PLUS A CASE NUMBERS. YOU CAN LINK IT BACK. MAYOR PRO TEM WITH THAT THOUGH, I'LL, I WILL JUST ADD THAT, YES, YOU CAN NARROW IT DOWN TO CERTAIN PARAMETERS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. AND IF YOU RAN THAT JUST BASED ON A BLACK FOUR DOOR SEDAN, YOU'RE PUTTING IN THERE A CERTAIN TIME FRAME AS WELL, THAT'S HELPING NARROW THAT DOWN, BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU WOULD GET BLACK FOUR DOOR SEDANS FOR THAT 30 DAY PERIOD. AND THEN I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS, DOES THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THE FLOCK CAMERAS FROM OUR DATA FROM OUR CITY, DO THEY HAVE TO PUT IN THE CASE NUMBER, OR DO THEY HAVE TO CALL INTO OUR DEPARTMENT TO PUT THAT CASE NUMBER? IF IT'S NOT OUR CASE NUMBER THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO CALL OUR AGENCY. OKAY. DO THEY HAVE TO PUT IN ANY INFORMATION WHILE THEY'RE ACCESSING OUR DATA? THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN RESTRICT THAT. OKAY? WE EITHER MAKE A DECISION TO SHARE OR WE MAKE A DECISION NOT TO. WELL, LOOK, I'LL GIVE YOU MY OPINION, MAYOR.AND THAT'S THAT'S FOR ME ON THIS ONE. I MEAN, I TALKED TO YOU GUYS, AND BY THE TIME I'M IN THAT OTHER ROOM, I'LL GET ADVERTISEMENTS ON THIS PHONE BASED ON WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. SO FLOCK CAMERA WILL BE ON MY PHONE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. I BELIEVE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU GUYS PUT IN. I HAVE ZERO DOUBTS THAT THE PROCESSES, THE ANALYSIS, THE WAY YOU GUYS RUN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, I HAVE ZERO DOUBT THAT ANY MALFUNCTION OR ANY MAL INTENT WILL BE USED FOR THIS FLOCK. SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN OUR LIFE IS ON CLOUD NOW PER SE, SO I BELIEVE THAT IT'S A GOOD TOOL TO USE TO SOLVE SOME OF THE CRIMES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE JUST MENTIONED. THE ONLY CAVEAT TO IT IS ACCESS FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. BUT AGAIN, WE CAN'T CONTROL EVERYBODY ELSE'S. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PROCESSES AND WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN PLACE. SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. OKAY.
WE DO HAVE TWO OTHERS WHO WERE WISHING TO COMMENT. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH FIRST.
COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FROM MR. AUSTIN'S ADDRESS. DO WE DID WE CHANGE THE DEFAULT WIRELESS PASSWORD SO IT'S NOT THE SAME AS THE VENDOR? THAT I HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW. I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR VENDOR TO FIND OUT IF. BECAUSE THIS IS HONESTLY THE FIRST I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT AND ALL THE, THE CRITICISM THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT LICENSE PLATE READERS. THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD ABOUT A DEFAULT PASSWORD, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD OF, OF HACKING, THEY'RE SAYING THEY USED THE CAMERA TO HACK INTO THE CLOUD SYSTEM, AND THAT'S THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. YOU CAN'T ACCESS NOW, IS THERE MAYBE A HACKING OF A SHORT WINDOW OF LICENSE PLATES UNTIL, BECAUSE IT'S CONNECTED THROUGH LTE, I WOULD HAVE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THAT FROM OUR VENDOR OF IF OUR PASSWORD HAS CHANGED. OKAY. AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS HARDENING SECURITY UPDATES. WHO DOES THAT AS AS FAR AS THE ANDROID EIGHT OPERATING SYSTEM, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? THE OPERATING SYSTEM, THE APPLICATION THAT'S ON IT? I CAN FIND OUT MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT AS WELL. FROM OUR FROM THE VENDOR. LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SO MUCH MISINFORMATION OUT THERE THAT IT'S HARD TO KIND OF WADE THROUGH WADE THROUGH ALL OF IT.
THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. COUNCILMAN STRING THANK YOU. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM IS AN INTERESTING IDEA. I THINK, Y'ALL, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT BEFORE, JUST SOME PRETTY AWESOME STUFF BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE WE CAN'T
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SEEM TO GET RID OF. SO WE'RE STUCK WITH THINGS LIKE THIS. I THINK IT DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB.I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT SEEMS TO BE VERY FEW DATA POINTS. I'VE HEARD DATA TALKED ABOUT A LOT TONIGHT. I HAVEN'T HEARD TALK ABOUT THOSE. WHAT DATA? I TALK ABOUT DATA ALL DAY LONG.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IS, IS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FIVE PIECES OF DATA? 50 PIECES OF DATA 5 MILLION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT THE ONLY DATA WE'RE REALLY GETTING IS WHAT WE SEE OFF THE PHOTO, THE VEHICLE DESCRIPTION, BUMPER STICKERS, DENTS, LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS, COLOR, DATE AND TIME STAMPS OF WHAT CAMERA? AND THAT'S IT. BECAUSE FLOCK SYSTEMS ITSELF LACKS A CAPABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO DO ANY SORT OF CHECKS ON WHO'S REGISTERED DRIVER'S BACKGROUND, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. NO PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM FLOCK SYSTEMS TO US. IS IT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. SO THE DATA ITSELF LIVES ON THEIR SYSTEMS. IT DOESN'T LIVE INSIDE OUR OWN DEPARTMENT. I IMAGINE IT LIVES ON THEIR SERVERS. IT LIVES IN THE CLOUD. OKAY. BECAUSE SOFTWARE IS SERVICE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I IMAGINE THEY'LL PLUG IN WHATEVER HOLES THEY HAVE ON THEIR SIDE, BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE DOING IS JUST ACCESSING INFORMATION ON THEIR SYSTEMS. SO I DON'T REALLY SEE A LOT OF POINTS OF FAILURE ON OUR PART. I THINK IT'S PRETTY GOOD. I THINK IT'S GOOD. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE ON THE CITY. FANTASTIC JOB GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO OBVIOUSLY A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMAN DUKE TO POTENTIALLY TAKE BACK. WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THOSE. I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE VENDOR. AND THEN THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS YOU MENTIONED YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU ALL DO THAT AS WELL TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE HAVE HAVE SOME ANSWERS TO THAT FROM A SYSTEM STANDPOINT ON SOME OF THE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT WOULD BE JUST HELPFUL TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR US. MAYOR. I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION.
WE'LL GET IT TO THE CITY MANAGER, AND I KNOW THAT HE'LL GET IT TO YOU. THE ONE THING THAT WE WOULD ASK IS A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION AFTER YOU OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION OF HOW Y'ALL REALLY WANT US TO. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD FROM TWO OF THEM AND HOW THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PROCEED, BUT WITH US HAVING THREE CAMERAS UP AND THERE'S FIVE MORE THAT ARE KIND OF WAITING TO BE INSTALLED, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WOULD WOULD BE ON BOARD AT THAT POINT IN TIME. BEFORE WE START INSTALLING FIVE MORE CAMERAS AT THOSE LOCATIONS THAT I TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE ARE POTENTIAL SITES. OKAY. I'VE GOT SEVERAL THAT WISH TO COMMENT AFTER YOUR COMMENT. SO COUNCILMAN HOOVER, CHIEF, ASSISTANT CHIEF, I ECHO WHAT GINA SAID ABOUT THE WAY THAT Y'ALL HAVE PERFORMED IN THIS CITY ON EVERYTHING. IT'S IT'S A VERY TRANSPARENT. VERY. PROFESSIONAL MANNER OF OPERATING IN THE CITY. I HAVE TALKED TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND HAVE NEVER HEARD ANY MALINTENT IN OUR CITY. AND WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF QUICKLY. SO YEAH, I'M BEHIND YOU ON IT.
OKAY, COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHIEF. ASSISTANT CHIEF, I GO TO MAYOR PRO TEAM'S COMMENTS ON Y'ALL'S WORK AND Y'ALL'S OPERATIONS. SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT 510, 1500, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. Y'ALL CAN PUT ONE ON ON EVERY STREET, CORNER AND ALLEY IF YOU WANT TO. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PERKINS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOU TALK ABOUT FIVE CAMERAS GOING UP NOW, IS THIS FIVE INDIVIDUAL CAMERAS AT THE INTERSECTION, OR IS THERE CAMERAS THAT ARE FACING BOTH, LIKE ON COUNTRY CLUB SOUTHBOUND AND NORTHBOUND? COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS? YES, SIR. SO THEY ARE NOT FACING EVERY EACH ONE OF THOSE DIRECTIONS AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS. SO AT EACH ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THERE WILL BE ONE CAMERA. SO IT'S EITHER GOING TO CAPTURE WHEN I SAY COMING IN IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT MEANING THAT IT'S CAPTURING THE FRONT OF THE CAR. BUT AS THEY COME IN, IT'S IT'S TAKING THAT STILL PHOTO OF THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. SO IT'S FACING THAT DIRECTION TO GET THE REAR OF THAT VEHICLE AS THEY'RE COMING IN, OR IT'S CAPTURING THE REAR OF THAT VEHICLE AS THEY'RE EXITING. OKAY. AND SO THERE WOULD JUST BE ONE CAMERA, AND YOU'RE GOING TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO CAPTURE COMING IN OR LEAVING. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.
AND THAT'S AT EACH OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS, YOU'RE HAVING TO CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER ON WHICH WAY YOU FACE THAT CAMERA. SO IT'S FACING THE REAR OF THE CAR, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THE ONLY SO THE ONLY INTERSECTION THAT WE HAVE TO AT IS BALLARD AND ATLANTIS. OKAY.
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WAS THERE A REASON FOR THAT CHOICE? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT ONE? SORRY IF I'M GETTING REALLY DETAILED, BUT I'M CURIOUS. NO. IT'S OKAY. THE ALL THE INTERSECTION WERE CHOSEN KIND OF A LITTLE BIT IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES.OKAY. AND DIFFERENT TRENDS THAT WAY WE'RE NOT DOUBLING UP ON EACH OTHER'S WORK WHERE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR 20 CAMERAS IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH SAXY AND LAVON AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES AND JUST HOW CRIME TRENDS GENERALLY HAPPEN, THEY WERE SELECTED VERY STRATEGICALLY. GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. ANY THOUGHTS ON THE REQUEST FOR DIRECTION, SIR? I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
I'M. AS GINO MENTIONED ABOUT THE THE CELL PHONES, I'M WELL AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR PRIVACY IS ALREADY BEING COMPROMISED JUST BY THE CHOICES WE MAKE IN OUR ELECTRONIC INVOLVEMENT IN OUR LIVES, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PULLING DATA THAT IS SPECIFIC TO A CASE AND TO INFORMATION THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THAT CASE. AND AND I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE TOOLS AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE CASES IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR DIRECTION THERE ON THE SYSTEM ITSELF. AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AROUND THE SECURITY, THE WI-FI PASSWORD, SOME OF THAT STUFF JUST LOOKING INTO IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONTROL OR CAN ALREADY ALREADY UPDATED OR, OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, JUST SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD TO US. VERY GOOD. MAYOR.
COUNCIL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CHIEF. MAYOR. ANYTHING ABOUT ME? I EVEN TEXTED YOU THAT I HAD.
NO. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I HAD ASKED THE CITY MANAGER IF I COULD BRING THIS UP. IT'S UNRELATED TO THIS, BUT TODAY, MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WENT TO THE DALLAS US SECRET SERVICE OFFICE. ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES, CHRIS MEEHAN, WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE US SECRET SERVICE FOR THE DIGITAL FORENSIC WORK THAT HE'S BEEN DOING OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE. THE OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE DONE A TOTAL OF 7600 DIFFERENT FORENSIC DOWNLOADS, WHERE THEY HAVE UTILIZED THE SECRET SERVICE, THEIR FACILITY AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. TO DO THESE, THEY CHOOSE 25 INVESTIGATORS ACROSS THE NATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR AWARD, AND THEY CHOSE THREE OUT OF THE DALLAS OFFICE, AND TWO OF THOSE ARE LOCALLY HERE. ONE IS OBVIOUSLY OUR VERY OWN CHRIS MEEHAN, AND ANOTHER ONE IS AN ALLEN POLICE OFFICER WHO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH, WITH THEIR AGENCY AS IT RELATES TO OUR CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT HE IS DOING. THIS CASE THAT THEY CHOSE. THEY THEY READ THROUGH ALL THESE CASES, THIS CASE THAT THEY CHOSE BASED ON HIS WORK.
AND THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR, BLAKE MILLER, WAS UNFORTUNATELY WAS ON A CHILD ABUSE CASE WHERE THAT THAT CHILD LOST ITS LIFE AND THERE WAS FIVE ARRESTS, 5 OR 6 ARRESTS MADE OUT OF THAT, WITH SOME CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR THAT KID'S DEATH. BUT THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THE THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE THOSE TYPE OF INVESTIGATORS IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT'S PUTTING FORTH THAT EFFORT TO NOT ONLY DO THAT HERE, BUT TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE US SECRET SERVICE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THIS AREA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE WHAT HE'S DOING. WELL, TELL HIM, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THE HARD WORK. AND THE RECOGNITION IS, I THINK HE WOULD AGREE, WISH THAT THAT JOB DIDN'T HAVE TO EXIST. BUT AS LONG AS THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HARM OTHERS, SPECIFICALLY CHILDREN APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT HE IS MAKING SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. THANK YOU. SO THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR WORK SESSION. MR. GREGORY, IF YOU HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE COMMUNICATED. WE JUST
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TYPICALLY ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME BACK ONE TIME AND SPEAK THERE LIKE YOU DID. BUT WELCOME TO SEND ME ANY OTHER INFORMATION. I'M HAPPY TO TO SEND IT OVER TO MR. PARKER AND, AND CHIEF HENDERSON OR OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF AS NEEDED, BECAUSE I MAY NOT HAVE THE SPECIFICS, BUT ALSO ON ANSWERS THAT WE GET. I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GET THAT INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY TELL US, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL NEVER TELL US WHAT THE PASSWORD IS, BUT WE WON'T DISCLOSE ANYTHING CONFIDENTIAL. BUT AS FAR AS TO HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE SURE I GET THOSE TO YOU AS WELL. SO JUST STAY IN TOUCH WITH ME ON THOSE. YEAH. AWESOME. YEAH. AND APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND SPEAKING THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR WORK SESSION. SO I'M GOING TO[RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION]
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OPEN SESSION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE UM, AN ITEM COMING OUT. YES, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM. YES, MAYOR. UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE WIDELY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS WHO ENTER IN A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE PROJECT 2025-4A IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2.5 MILLION. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN STRANG, SECOND THE MOTION. MOTION WITH THE SECOND IS STATED. COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 60. WITH NO OTHERS I WILL THEN MOVE TO READING OF THE ORDINANCES, MISS STORM, ARE THERE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ THIS EVENING? NO, MAYOR AH, WITH NO ORDINANCES TO READ EITHER THIS EVENING. THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR AGENDA. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. COUNCILMAN STRANG, MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN PICKENS. UH, SECOND. WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO ADJOURN. COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 60. WE'RE ADJOURNED