OK, AT THIS TIME, I'M CALLING THE PARKER CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 19TH, [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:09] 2021, TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M. AT THIS TIME. MR. OLSON, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, MADAM MAYOR, YOU DO OK. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK IF KIMBERLY HINSHAW WILL LEAD THE AMERICAN PLEDGE AND LEANN TURRENTINE LEAD THE TEXAS PLEDGE . OK, THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT IS THAT TRACY POUNDERS PLEASE COME UP TO THE [PUBLIC COMMENTS] PODIUM. THANK YOU. IS IT OK TO TAKE THIS OFF? YES, OK. NEVER KNOW WHAT THE PROTOCOLS ARE. WELL, IT'S HARD TO HEAR WITH MASKS ON. IT'S HARD TO BREATHE WITH THE MASK. MY NAME IS TRACY POUNDERS. I'M THE TAX COLLECTION DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR ABERNATHY ROEDER. I AM YOUR DELINQUENT TAX LAWYER. I DID INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU ON A VERY RAINY NIGHT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ON THAT. BUT PERIODICALLY I LIKE TO SEE OUR CITY COUNCILS ARE OUR CLIENTS. AND JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW THAT, WELL, WE DON'T WE ARE PAID BY THE DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS, NOT BY THE CITY OF PARKER. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A LAWYER TO DO A HOUSE CALL THAT DOESN'T COST YOU ANYTHING. THIS HAS IT. BUT I DO WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW I AM AVAILABLE AND YOU CAN DO IT AND ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW. SO IF YOU SEE ME SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, YOU'RE NOT SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE GUY SITTING IN THE BACKGROUND. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST ME MAKING A HOUSE CALL AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE THE CITY OF PARKER. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL. AND PLEASE FEEL FREE IF YOU EVER HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTIONS OR THE STATUS OF YOUR DELINQUENT TAX ROLL, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ON ME. I'M AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL THE TIME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS, BUT OTHERWISE I'LL JUST SIT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. OK. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. OK THEN AT THIS TIME WE'LL TALK ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. [ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE'S NEXT MEETING IS FEBRUARY 10TH AT SIX P.M. I ASSUME THIS WILL BE VIRTUAL, BUT I DO NOT KNOW THAT. SO PLEASE CHECK THE CITY'S WEBSITE ON OR AROUND THAT DATE TO DETERMINE IF IT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUAL IN PERSON OR A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED TO MEET ON FEBRUARY 17TH AT SIX P.M.. MICHAEL, IS THAT GOING TO BE VIRTUAL IN PERSON OR BOTH? OK, SO AND IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THAT VIRTUALLY ON OR ABOUT THE DATE OF THE MEETING, IF YOU GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THE INFORMATION ON HOW TO DIAL IN OR COME IN ON THE ON YOUR EITHER YOUR COMPUTER OR YOUR CELL PHONE, ALL THAT INFORMATION WILL BE THERE. OK, NEXT, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT FACILITY JUST FOR A MOMENT AND COUNCIL I NEED YOUR INPUT. THE I'VE TALKED TO DR. GARRETT. THE REPORT SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS WEEKEND. SHE HAS SAID THAT SHE COULD BE AVAILABLE NEXT TUESDAY TO BE HERE VIRTUALLY AS WE PRESENTED THIS REPORT TO THE PEOPLE. CAN Y'ALL BE AVAILABLE NEXT TUESDAY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING? OKAY, DIANA. YES, OK. ED. YES. OK, MICHAEL. YES. TERRY. OK, BRENDON. [00:05:03] YES. LUKE, I'LL BE HERE. OK. GEE, HOW COME THIS DOESN'T WORK WHEN WE [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OK, THEN WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL SCHEDULE, PATTI, WE WILL SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR JANUARY 26 AT 7 P.M., AT WHICH TIME WE WILL HAVE OR WE EXPECT TO HAVE IF ANYTHING CHANGES, I'LL LET PEOPLE KNOW. BUT WE EXPECT TO HAVE DR. GARRETT'S REPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY MEETING AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT TO THE CITIZENS. AND AFTER WE DO THAT, IT WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE TO REVIEW AT ANY POINT IN TIME, DOWNLOAD WHATEVER. OK, OTHER LAST REMINDER IS THE FILING PERIOD FOR FILING FOR A SEAT ON CITY COUNCIL. THERE ARE THREE SEATS THAT ARE UP FOR REELECTION AND THE FILING DATES STARTED ON JANUARY 13TH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO BE FILED UNTIL 5:00 P.M. ON THE 12TH. IS THAT RIGHT, PATTI? IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT, YOU CAN PICK UP A PACKET FROM PATTI AND THEN YOU HAVE TO RETURN IT FILLED OUT CORRECTLY TO PATTI. OK, THERE IS STILL FREE TESTING COVID TESTING AT SOUTH FORK. THAT IS FOR THE DISEASE. THAT'S NOT VACCINES. NO, THAT'S NOT VACCINES. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, COUNTY JUDGE CHRIS HILL IS MAKING AN ISSUE OF COLLIN COUNTY NOT GETTING THE SAME DOSAGE THAT OTHER MAJOR CITIES OR COUNTIES ARE GETTING. WE DON'T HAVE A MEGA CENTER. HE IS WORKING ON THAT AND HE'S. IN SOME WAYS IT'S GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SEND 6000 VACCINES TO COLLIN COUNTY ON MONDAY. WELL, THEY'RE NOT HERE YET. WE ARE HOPING THAT THEY WILL BE HERE. JUDGE HILL IS ON TOP OF IT. AND TRUST ME WHEN I SAY HE IS NOT A HAPPY CAMPER, WE'VE GOT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS UP, READY TO GO. BUT THAT DOESN'T HELP IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY VACCINES. YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE PLANNING ON HAVING A HUB LIKE GARLAND IS OR IS IT GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PHARMACIES AND HOSPITALS? OK, CHRIS HILL HAS SET THAT UP, BUT HE'S ALSO SET UP INDIVIDUAL PLACES BECAUSE TO HIM, HE DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE TO STAND IN LINE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHERE THE VACCINES COME INTO THE CITY. ALL I CAN SAY ON THAT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. HE WAS EXPECTING THEM ALL TO BE HERE TODAY OR ACTUALLY MONDAY. THERE'S UNLESS THEY CAME IN AFTER FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY, THEY'RE STILL NOT HERE. AND SINCE DALLAS AND TARRANT AND DENTON AND SOME OTHER PLACES ARE NOT HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS, HE'S NOT A HAPPY CAMPER AND BUT HE IS WORKING ON IT. SO. OK, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OK, THEN LET'S GO WITH THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] DOES ANYBODY NEED THE REPORT FROM RICK BERNAS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OK. OK, WE ALSO HAVE THE OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OF THOSE THAT THEY WISH TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OK, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. WELL, LET'S DO THE CONSENT AGENDA FIRST, I GUESS. OK, THEN. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AS IS. I'LL SECOND THAT. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA ABRAHAM AND A SECOND [00:10:06] FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL SLAUGHTER TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. THEN I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANYONE OPPOSED PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. WHAT I STARTED TO SAY IS I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER HAVING AND I WANT TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS, TO HAVE A COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON THE DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS SO THAT WE WITH STAFF CAN GO OVER THE REPORTS TO DETERMINE ARE THEY COLLECTING THE INFORMATION WE NEED? CAN WE DO A BETTER JOB? WHAT DOES EVERYBODY WISH TO DO THAT OR OK. OK, CAN YOU SEND ME A DATE OR LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN BE AVAILABLE AND STAFF CAN BE AVAILABLE LUKE SO WE CAN GO OVER THIS. OK, WILL YOU DO THAT. OK, THANK YOU CINDY. GOOD SUGGESTION. AND IF YOU DO THAT, IF YOU WILL SEND AN EMAIL TO ALL THE COUNCIL SO WE CAN GO FROM THERE AND YOU MAY WANT TO ASK DIANA WHAT IS THE EARLIEST SHE CAN GET HERE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TOO MUCH STAFF AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK IF THERE'S POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO. OK, NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS OR EXCUSE ME, ITEM NUMBER THREE, [3. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NO. 2021-658 (BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEMBERSHIP SELECTION – REPEALING RES. NO. 2019-598), FOR REVIEW AND POSSIBLE CHANGES. [PETTLE] [NO ACTION – 01122020]] CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-658 BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP SELECTION, REPEALING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2019-598 FOR REVIEW AND POSSIBLE CHANGES. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME AND WE'VE MADE SOME REVISIONS. BRANDON HAS REVISED THAT ORDINANCE THAT WE A RESOLUTION THAT WE DIDN'T PASS AND WE NOW HAVE A NEW ONE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? MADAM MAYOR? I WOULD LIKE I THINK THE CHANGES ARE GOOD. I LIKE HAVING THE OFFICE OR THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTING THE APPOINTING THE OFFICERS. I ALSO LIKE THAT THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE IDENTIFYING THE ATTENDANCE POLICY. BUT THOSE NEED TO BE IN WRITING. IN WRITING. I HAVE A QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE A TERM LIMIT ON THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AS I LOOK THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, THE THE OBJECTIVE SAYS IT'S TO EXPAND THE INVOLVEMENT OF RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF PARKER. AND WHILE I HAVE TO ADMIT I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOW LONG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON THESE COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS FROM BEING LISTENING THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF A LOT OF CHANGEOVER IN THE BOARDS. AND WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD MEMBERS THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY WANT TO STAY ON THE BOARD. SO I JUST IT JUST BRINGS UP A QUESTION SHOULD THERE BE A TERM LIMIT, SOMETHING MAYBE A SIX YEAR TERM OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE? DID YOU HAVE. I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT THAT MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT WOULD BE LACK OF VOLUNTEERS. I LOOK AT PARKS AND RECS THAT HAD THE POSITIONS OPEN. YES, WE KEPT INCUMBENTS, BUT THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FOR THOSE POSITIONS. AND MY CONCERN WOULD BE IF WE SET TERM LIMITS, WE MIGHT END UP WITH COMMISSIONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR. MY COMMENT THERE IS YEAH, MY QUESTION THERE IS WHEN PEOPLE SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND ARE NOT RESPONDED TO AS TO WHETHER THEY WERE EVEN CONSIDERED FOR A BOARD, PERHAPS PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHY SHOULD I WASTE MY TIME? YEAH. YEAH. I THINK TO SOME EXTENT, THOUGH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL HAS CONTROL OVER BECAUSE WE APPOINT TO THE BOARD. I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMEONE THAT IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, WANTS TO CONTINUE AND THERE'S [00:15:02] NO REAL REPLACEMENT COMING UP TO HAVE TO GET OFF. WE MIGHT WANT TO ASK THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONS WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THIS. DO THEY THINK THERE SHOULD BE A TERM LIMIT FROM THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS I'VE DEALT WITH, I'VE NOT KNOWN ONE, TO BE SHY TO TELL ME, DON'T REAPPOINT THAT PERSON. THEY NEVER SHOWED UP. THEY DIDN'T DO THAT. YEAH, I'VE NEVER HAD ONE NOT BE SHY ON THAT. IN SOME YEARS, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE APPLY. IN OTHER YEARS WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY. AND THAT EVEN WHEN WE GO OUT AND TRY TO SOLICIT EVERYBODY IN TOWN AND THERE'S NO SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE DEALS. WHAT. DO WE KNOW HOW LONG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON THESE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS? SOME HAVE BEEN ON FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WHAT THE LONGEST MIGHT BE. MAYBE P&Z. AND I MEAN, I AM THANKFUL TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING FOR CERTAIN. CERTAINLY. YEAH. I JUST THINK SOME TYPE OF CHANGE OVER SOMETIMES IS GOOD. YEAH, I THINK I MEAN, I AGREE WITH YOU WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DO WANT TO GET, YOU KNOW, SOME NEW BLOOD IN A PARTICULAR COMMITTEE. IT GIVES YOU A BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, NOW VERSUS MAYBE TWELVE YEARS AGO WHEN SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS STARTED ARBITRARILY PUTTING OUT A NUMBER TWELVE YEARS AGO. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK BECAUSE THE SIZE OF OUR CITY. BEING AS SMALL AS IT IS AND WE STILL HAVE ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO GOVERN THE CITY, IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE TRICKY TO TRY TO IMPOSE TERM LIMITS ON VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, ALREADY GIVING THEIR TIME ON THAT. BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MADAM MAYOR, ABOUT MAYBE ALLOWING THE BOARDS THEMSELVES TO TRY TO DECIDE WHO IS, YOU KNOW, WHO IS CONTINUING TO BE AN ASSET TO THAT COMMITTEE VERSUS SOMEONE WHO'S JUST CHECKING THE BOX ON MEMBERSHIP AND NOT SHOWING UP OR WHATNOT. CINDY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NOT REALLY. I SEE BOTH SIDES AND I PROBABLY CAN'T BE WORDED THIS WAY. BUT I'LL JUST ASK IF WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING, CAN WE MAKE IT SO THAT IT KICKS IN A CASE LIKE THAT SO WE DON'T WIND UP WITH IN A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO THEY TERM OUT, BUT WE HAVE NOBODY TO REPLACE THEM. YEAH, WELL, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT WOULD BE WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS STILL BE INTERESTED WHEN THE TERM OUT HAPPENS WITH THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS. THAT'S THE OTHER ISSUE IS TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT INTEREST UNLESS THEY'RE ALTERNATIVES. AND WOULD IT BE HYPOCRITICAL OF US TO IMPOSE TERM LIMITS ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND WE DON'T HAVE TERM LIMITS? AND THAT'S TRUE. JUST ASKING. WHICH WAS, I THINK, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, ON THE HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION THERE WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT TERM LIMITS, POSSIBLY BUT. THERE IS FROM TIME TO TIME. ED. BECAUSE OF IT'S SO IT'S SUCH A STRUGGLE IN FINDING VOLUNTEERS AND THE ONES SOME OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME HAVE GONE THROUGH THE GOOD AND THE BAD OF BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND I'D HATE TO SEE US HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S LESS THAN POSITIVE TO SAY, WELL, YOU'VE ONLY BEEN ON IT. YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN ON IT FOR 23 YEARS AND NOW YOU CAN'T BE ON IT ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE MAY NOT BE SOMEBODY THAT'S READY TO STEP UP AND FILL THE GAP. I WAS I'M STILL VERY EXCITED THAT WE PUSHED BACK ON THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR KEEPING UP WITH ANY ABSENTEEISM, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO MAKE, I THINK, IT BETTER FOR THE WHOLE COMMITTEE FOR THE LONG RUN. THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK THAT I HEARD I DON'T KNOW, TERRY, YOU OR LEE SAID IT WAS IF SOMEBODY VOLUNTEERS AND THEY'RE NOT SELECTED, DO IT. I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY YOU WEREN'T SELECTED BECAUSE OF. BUT IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO GO BACK EVEN MONTHS LATER AND SEE IF THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL A VIABLE CANDIDATE AND THAT THEY STILL WANT TO VOLUNTEER. THEY MAY WANT TO VOLUNTEER AT THAT TIME. THEY MAY SAY, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE? AND WE MAY HAVE A NEED FOR THE OTHER COMMITTEE. OK, PATTI, WHEN WE RECEIVE WHEN WE DO APPLICATIONS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, A PERSON IS [00:20:01] ASKED WHICH BOARD AND COMMISSION THEY MIGHT WANT TO BE ON AND TO LIST THEM IF THEY WANT TO BE ON ALL THREE OR JUST PUT ONE DOWN. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. AND IF ANYBODY RESIGNS IN THE INTERIM, YOU LET US KNOW AND LET US. MIC] OK, ONCE WE GET AN APPLICATION FROM A PERSON AND THEY ARE NOT SELECTED THAT PARTICULAR TIME, DO YOU SEND THEM SOMETHING, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY WERE NOT SELECTED? BUT THEIR APPLICATION WILL BE KEPT FOR A YEAR. MAYBE FOR OTHER COMMITTEES. IN CASE SOME OPENING COMES UP. MIC] IS THERE ANYTHING ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT PATTI DOES NOW THAT MAY BE BENEFICIAL? WOULD THERE BE A BENEFIT TO STAGGERING THE COMMITTEES AND WHEN THE TERMS ARE UP RATHER THAN HAVING THEM COME UP AT ALL AT THE SAME TIME. INTERESTING. P&Z IS STAGGERED. PARKS AND REC IS STAGGERED. I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE STAGGERED AT THIS POINT. NORMALLY WE DO ZBA AND P&Z AT THE SAME TIME. WHAT I THINK SHE MEANS IS P&Z COMES UP IN NOVEMBER, PARKS AND RECS COME UP IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. THAT KIND OF STAGGERING IS WHAT I THINK SHE MEANT. I THOUGHT YOU MEANT TERMS. APPOINTED AFTER AN ELECTION. BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY YOU CAN'T TOMORROW REAPPOINT WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANT TO BECAUSE YOU CAN REMOVE PEOPLE PRIOR TO THE END OF THEIR TERM ALSO. YEAH, INTERESTING. I HADN'T THOUGHT. SO YOU'RE SAYING REMOVE PEOPLE, BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WITH THAT ONE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE NEGATIVE, BUT IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR THREE OR FOUR TIMES AND THEY JUST DON'T THEY JUST DON'T SHOW UP. THAT COULD CERTAINLY BE A REASON. BUT YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN THEN REMOVE THEM? WELL, WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THE. COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO ASSIGN ONE OF THE COMMITTEES IN NOVEMBER, ONE OF THEM IN FEBRUARY. IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT YOU JUST ASSIGNED A TWO YEAR TERM IN NOVEMBER. YOU CAN ALWAYS REASSIGN THAT IN FEBRUARY IF YOU WANT TO START DIFFERENTLY. OK, WELL, SINCE WE INDICATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO REAPPOINT AND WE PUT IT ON AN AGENDA JUST BECAUSE WE PUT IT ON THE NOVEMBER AGENDA FOR ALL OF THEM, WE COULD JUST PUT P&Z ON NOVEMBER. AND I MEAN, THAT'S UP TO US. AND THEN WE COULD PUT WHATEVER ELSE ON ANOTHER ONE. RIGHT. EVEN IF THE TERMS EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE THERE'S A HOLDOVER PROVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE MEMBERS REMAIN IN THEIR POSITION UNTIL SOMEONE IS APPOINTED AS A REPLACEMENT. SO YOU COULD JUST DELAY THE NOVEMBER APPOINTMENT. OR THE OTHER IS SUPPOSE WE HAVE A COMMITTEE CHAIR COME UP AND SAY, HEY, YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THIS. YOU KNOW, FOUR PEOPLE ON HERE, THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP. THEY'RE NOT DOING. AND WE CAN DO THAT AT ANY POINT IN TIME. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT NOVEMBER. BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IN NOVEMBER, WHEN P&Z COMES UP AND ZBA COMES UP AT THE SAME TIME. [00:25:01] ALL OF THEM COME UP. YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME PEOPLE ARE DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S A IN SOME CASE IN SOME YEARS, AN OVERABUNDANCE OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WANT TO SEEK A SEAT. AND IF SINCE PEOPLE, PEOPLE'S TIME AND INTERESTS CHANGE DURING THE YEAR, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE STAGGERING THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE. AND RECALL, THIS YEAR WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL BECAUSE SOME OF THE COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED AND USUALLY APPOINTED IN MAY AFTER A MAY ELECTION. BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A MAY ELECTION. WE HAD A NOVEMBER ELECTION SO P&Z AND ZBA ARE ALWAYS IN NOVEMBER, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYTHING WAS IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT YOU KNOW TO SEE WHAT IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT WORK BETTER, YOU KNOW, OK. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON A PROPOSED RESOLUTION, NUMBER 2021-658 IF NOT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION. GOING ONCE. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION 2021-658 AS IT HAS BEEN REVISED. OK. I'LL SECOND IT. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEYER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-658 AS REVISED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AT ALL? HEARING NONE. I'LL ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANYONE OPPOSED. HEARING NO OPPOSITION. IT PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. OK, NEXT WE HAVE. BUT ONLY IF I CAN GET MY PAPERS. CONSIDERATION AND ON AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ACCEPTING DONATIONS FROM [4. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ACCEPTING DONATION(S) FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES FOR THE PARKER PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION’S HOLIDAZE 2020. [PETTLE/TURRENTINE] [TABLED – 09152020]] VARIOUS ENTITIES FOR THE PARKERS PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE HOLIDAYS 2020. OK, I'M GOING TO, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD DO THIS OR LUKE SHOULD DO THIS. I TOOK A STAB AT REDOING THE LIST THAT LEANN DID. I THINK I GOT. WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU SAW THAT I MESSED UP ON THAT. OK, I TRIED TO MAKE THE BEST, MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER. WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE TOP PART IS THE DONATIONS. AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS USE OF ITEMS. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WERE RETURNED BACK TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN RETURNED BACK OR IS BEING IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RETURNED BACK TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT LET US USE THOSE ITEMS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE THERE. AND THE USE OF IS JUST THE TOTAL WHAT THAT VALUE OF USE OF ITEMS LIKE KIMBERLY WITH THE SNOWMACHINE WAS NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS. THAT WAS THE TOTAL VALUE OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE. AND TRY TO SIMPLIFY IT AS BEST AS I COULD. OK, SO THE DONATIONS THAT CAME IN FOR WHICH WE AS A CITY ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL IS ONE FROM PIER BURGESS FOR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WERE VALUED AT TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. MATT BOGGS ENTERTAINER, HIS TIME AND PERFORMANCE, WHICH WAS FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. KIMBERLY HINSHAW FOR FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE LIVE REINDEER WITH SLED. BUT THE REINDEER AND THE SLED WERE RETURNED UNLESS YOU HAVE THEM AT YOUR HOME. THEY WERE RETURNED TO THE COMPANY, BUT THAT WAS FOR THE USE OF THEM FOR THE THE EVENT. KIMBERLY ALSO DONATED CHRISTMAS LIGHTS VALUED AT FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. LEANN ALSO ELECTRICIAN EXPENSE OF SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. COFFEE AND HOT CHOCOLATE. NINETY FOUR DOLLARS. CANDY CANE FOR THE CHILDREN'S BAGS TWENTY ONE DOLLARS AND SIXTY FIVE CENTS. NOW WE WERE ALLOWED TO USE ITEMS SUCH AS SOUTH FORK RANCH LOANED US THE USE OF TABLES, CHAIRS AND LABOR VALUED AT SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS. KIMBERLY ALLOWED US TO USE CANDY CANE DÉCOR, SNOWMACHINE AND THE BELIEVE SIGN. AND THOSE WERE VALUED AT TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS, NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ONE [00:30:01] HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS. LEANN ALSO ALLOWED US TO USE EXTENSION CORDS FROM LOWE'S VALUED AT FIVE HUNDRED NINETY SIX DOLLARS AND TWENTY SEVEN CENTS. MY GOD. AND DÉCOR, WHICH WAS TREES AND LIGHTS WHICH WERE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY SIX CENTS FOR THEIR USE. OK, AT THIS TIME I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DONATIONS AND USE OF ITEMS INTO THE RECORD INTO THE CITY. MADAM MAYOR, DO YOU WANT IT LISTED BY PERSON OR DO YOU JUST WANT A MOTION THAT SAYS WE ACCEPT ALL DONATIONS OVER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS? I THINK THAT WOULD BE BEST. OK, THEN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT ALL DONATIONS AND USE OF ITEMS OVER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WITH OUR SINCERE THANKS FOR EVERYBODY WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR IT. OK, CAN WE JUST MAKE IT, WHETHER IT'S 500 OR NOT. I MEAN. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. WE ACCEPT ALL DONATIONS. THAT'S OK. IS THERE A SECOND. I'LL MOVE TO SECOND. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ABRAHAM TO ACCEPT THE DONATIONS AND THE USE OF ITEMS INTO THE CITY. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLKS THAT PROVIDED THESE GOODS THAT IT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT AND THE THINGS THAT WERE DONATED, REALLY, ESPECIALLY THE REINDEER AND THE SLED, MATT BOGGS' ENTERTAINED. IT WAS JUST AWESOME. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. OK, NOW THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POSITIVE COMMENT. I WANT IT TO BE POSITIVE. A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THE HOLIDAYS AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. I THINK IT BROUGHT IN MORE PEOPLE THAN WE EXPECTED. AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY, VERY MUCH. BUT MY LESS THAN POSITIVE IS I HOPE THAT'S NOT THE LAST ONE WE'RE GOING TO DO LIKE THAT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A SPRING, AS I SAID, WHEN I WAS ON THE VIRTUAL MEETING WITH THE GROUP. I HOPE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING FOR SPRING. BUT WHAT I'M ALWAYS SENSITIVE ABOUT IS THERE'S A LOT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE SPEND BECAUSE THEY VOLUNTEER THAT. AND I WOULD BET YOU THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THERE ARE SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF THEIR POCKET THAT'S NEVER WRITTEN DOWN. AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO AND THEY LIKE TO DO. AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. SO AS WE GO THROUGH AND AND SPELL OUT WHAT PAYMENT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE BACK, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO REIMBURSE THE MONEY THAT WE KNOW OF. SO THAT'S THE POINT IS I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE. I THINK THEY DO IT A LOT MORE THAN JUST THIS. BUT THIS IS WHAT WAS SPELLED OUT, OK? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK KIMBERLY FIGURED UP WAS THE COST OF THE VOLUNTEER HOURS. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT IS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, KIM? YEAH, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE PHYSICAL DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT PEOPLE ARE PUTTING INTO THE EVENT. WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT YOU ALL KNEW WHAT IT TOOK TO HOST A PARTY FOR IT BEEN PAID FOR BY THE CITY THANK YOU, MA'AM. OK, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING INTO THE CITY THE DONATIONS AND THE USE OF ITEMS FOR THE HOLIDAYS EVENT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANYBODY AGAINST. THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. OK, DANG. WE'RE MOVING ALONG. OK, WE HAVE ONE UPDATE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS YOURS, MR. [ROUTINE ITEMS] OLSON, ON NOISE. YES, MADAM MAYOR, WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD MUCH NOISE ISSUES SINCE COVID HAS HAPPENED WITH SOUTH FORK OR ANY OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW BILLY'S ON THAT COMMITTEE. I USUALLY GET EMAILS FROM BILLY. I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY'VE HAD REALLY ANY MAJOR THINGS OUT AT SOUTH FORK, ED YOU LIVE ACROSS THE STREET. [00:35:08] HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO ANALYZE SOME OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO ANALYZE BECAUSE THERE'S NO EVENTS OUT THERE. SO WE'RE KIND OF AT A STANDSTILL RIGHT NOW WITH THAT COMMITTEE. THE LAST TIME WE HAD A MEETING, WE DID BRING IN AN AUDIOLOGIST IN THERE. HE WENT OVER SOUND WAVE LENGTHS AND BASS AND EVERYTHING WITH THE COMMITTEE. SO I THINK THAT WAS SOME GOOD INFORMATION. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST KIND OF AT A STANDSTILL AT THIS POINT. AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON OUT THERE. OK, WELL, OK. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? THEN WE ARE. OK, YOU WANT TO GO OVER THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I'M SORRY I ALMOST GOT SO EXCITED. OK, IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE ADDED TO THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR ANY ALTERATIONS TO WHAT WE HAVE? THERE ARE NO ITEMS THAT I KNOW OF THAT NEED TO BE ADDED, HOWEVER, THERE SOME TBA INDICATORS HERE. RIGHT. AND TWO OF THEM ARE FEBRUARY FOR ME SALES. WELL, I THINK THE LAST MEETING WE AGREED THAT SALES TAX WOULD COME UP IN FEBRUARY AGAIN. I THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN YOU, AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, WERE READY TO HAVE IT COME BACK UP. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE FEBRUARY, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FEBRUARY. IS WHEN YOU TELL US YOU'RE READY FOR IT TO BE ON THE AGENDA, WE'LL PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA. OK, AND THEN DRAINAGE. IF I COULD GET ON THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THAT. OK, SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY. DO YOU HAVE THAT PATTI? OK. OK. OK. OK. WE JUST HAD TWO MEETINGS AGO, I GUESS IT WAS OR WAS IT ONE TRANSPORTATION. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, CIP AND NOISE. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FACILITY. GARY DID PUMP STATION AND DUBLIN ROAD. OK, ANYTHING ELSE. OK, IF YOU THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE HAD BEFORE OR IT'S A NEW THOUGHT THAT YOU HAVE, LET ME KNOW, WE'LL PUT IT ON THAT AND THEN GET IT ON THE AGENDA PROBABLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OK. NOW ARE WE READY. ANYBODY CHANGE THEIR MIND ABOUT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OK. IT IS 7:38. WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.