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ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.]
THE CITY OF ANNA WILL MEET ON MAY 16TH, 2023, AT 6 P.M.IN ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED 120 WEST SEVENTH STREET, TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON NEIGHBORS COMMENTS THIS EVENING, PLEASE FILL OUT AN OPINION.
SPEAKER REGISTRATION FORM BEFORE WE GET STARTED THIS EVENING.
THIS TIME I WILL CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT PRESENT ARE TOTEN AND ATCHLEY.
AT THIS TIME I'LL GIVE AN INVOCATION.
GOD, I JUST PRAY THAT THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO JUST THIS COMMUNITY.
GOD, I JUST PRAY THAT YOUR PEACE WILL WILL SWEEP OVER THIS AREA.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING CARRIE? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
[4. Items For Individual Consideration]
ITEM A IS CONSIDERED DISCUSSED ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE CANVASING THE CITY OF ANNA MAY 6TH GENERAL ELECTION.I COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE PREPARED.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT AS A SUMMARY PROVIDED AND AS THE PRESIDING OFFICER OVER CANVASING FOR CITY COUNCIL PLACE THREE, BRIAN HEATH RECEIVED 150 VOTES BEING 20.32% OF THE TOTAL VOTES.
STAN CARVER THE SECOND RECEIVED 352 VOTES, BEING 47.38% OF TOTAL VOTES, AND KELLIE HERNDON RECEIVED 240 VOTES BEING 32.3 OF THE TOTAL VOTES.
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM WILL BE IN REGARDS TO CITY COUNCIL PLACE THREE.
AND FOR CITY COUNCIL PLACE FIVE, ELDON BAKER RECEIVED 390 VOTES, BEING 53.28% OF THE TOTAL VOTES, AND DANNY USSERY RECEIVED 342 VOTES, BEING 46.72% OF THE TOTAL VOTES.
I HAVE A MOTION TO OFFICIALLY CANVASS THE ELECTION RESULTS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CANVASS THE ELECTION RESULTS.
A MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
ALL IN FAVOR? YES, YES, YES, YES.
ONCE AGAIN, WE WOULD BE CALLING A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR JUNE 10TH ON CITY COUNCIL PLACE THREE.
TWO HIGHEST VOTE RECEIVERS ARE STAN CARVER AND KELLY HERNDON.
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ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM B? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM B.COUNCILMAN CAIN WITH THE SECOND.
AND I WILL TURN THESE OVER TO THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE.
UH, THANKS, MAYOR. SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THAT, I JUST WANT TO I THINK MOST OR SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE HERE, AND AS THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN, CAIN AND TOTEN, WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IMPRESSED, AS IMPRESSIVE AS AS THIS GROUP WAS.
IT SEEMS THEY THEY GOT JUST AN AWESOME GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I CAME FROM THE DAYS TEN YEARS AGO WHEN YOU GOT CHECKED FOR A PULSE TO BECOME A BOARD MEMBER.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THERE NOW.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
BUT SO AS FAR AS THE I GUESS WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, THE NOMINEES ARE FOR PLACE ONE, JOHN HENDRIX, PLACE THREE, ASHLEY BERGESON PLACE FIVE IS TRAVIS BATES, AND THEN THE ALTERNATE ONE IS CHAD FISHER.
AN ALTERNATE TWO IS MICHAEL ALVAREZ.
I GUESS WE GOT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYBODY OR ANYTHING.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT.
OKAY. AS FAR AS THAT BOARD GOES, MY COMPUTER IS MOVING A LITTLE SLOW.
THE NOMINEES FOR THE DNI BOARD ARE PLACE ONE, TERESA BELL, KING PLACE, THREE, VALENCIA EDWARDS, PLACE FIVE, DAVID RODRIGUEZ AND PLACE SEVEN RAUL LUTHERS.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO DE&I, AS WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY SERIOUS ATTENDANCE ISSUES, DID THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT ALL OF THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED? WE BASED ON THE INTERVIEWS THAT WE HAD, WE THINK IT WILL BE I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON 15 MINUTES OF SOMEBODY'S TIME.
IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE BUNCH THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THERE.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY OPTIMISTIC ON THIS.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD DISCUSSED AS WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GROUP BOARD MEETING TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND GO OVER THE EXPECTATIONS OF PARTICULARLY ATTENDANCE.
OKAY. REGARDING THE INTERVIEWS THAT THIS BOARD IS HAS SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY.
WHAT WAS SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT ABOUT SOME OF THE INTERVIEWS? YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO NAME A NAME, BUT JUST A PARTICULAR ATTRIBUTE JUST IN GENERAL, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE KIND OF ASKED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH QUESTIONS THAN WE HAD IN THE PAST AND AND ASKED FOR IDEAS COMING OUT OF THE GATE.
AND THERE WERE SOME, THERE WERE SEVERAL GOOD ONES.
SO I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE INTERACTIVE WITH THIS BOARD THAN IN THE PAST.
THAT BEING SAID, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE.
CONSIDER. DISCUSS. ACTION ON 2023 APPOINTMENTS TO THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMISSION.
OKAY. THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD ARE PLACE ONE.
PLACE FIVE, MACKENZIE JENKS AND PLACE SEVEN.
ANY QUESTIONS? I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
BY COUNCILMAN USSERY. ALL IN FAVOR? YES. YES.
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I KNOW I'M BIASED ABOUT THIS BOARD, BUT ANYWAY, THE NOMINEES FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ARE AS FOLLOWS.AND PLACE SEVEN, MICHELLE HAWKINS.
AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT SOME EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS ARE STILL WILLING TO DO THIS.
OKAY. MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.
ITEM G, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON 23 APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THE NOMINEES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ARE PLACE ONE, STACY MARTIN.
I'LL MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ONE REAL QUICK.
ALL OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
THESE ARE THE DECISIONS OF WHAT WILL BE BUILT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT GOES BEFORE YOU WELL BEFORE IT COMES TO US.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
AND. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP AND BE PART OF WHAT I FEEL IS VERY SPECIAL RIGHT NOW IN SUCH A HIGH GROWTH AREA OF THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE IN ATTENDANCE.
YOU'RE GIVING YOUR FEEDBACK, REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE AND P AND Z IS A CRITICAL PART OF THAT.
SOUNDS GOOD. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALL IN FAVOR. YES, DEFINITELY.
YES. MOTION PASSES AND THAT IS ALL THAT IS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
WE WILL WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, DANNY, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS COUNCIL.
AND WELCOME MR. BAKER UP TO THE DAIS AND COUNCIL OF COURSE, WE'VE ORDERED A SPECIAL ELECTION AND WE WILL WAIT.
LUCKILY, CLARK'S NOT HERE, SO I WON'T GET IN TROUBLE TONIGHT.
DEFINITELY. I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT.
I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. 6:19.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.