[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] >> [NOISE] I HEREBY CALL THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF PARKER, TEXAS TO ORDER. IT IS MAY 11TH, 2021 AT 07:00 PM. MR. OLSEN, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? >> YES, MADAM MAYOR, WE DO. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] I WOULD ASK [INAUDIBLE] TO PLEASE LEAD US IN THE AMERICAN PLEDGE AND [INAUDIBLE] TO PLEASE LEAD US IN THE TEXAS PLEDGE. [NOISE] THANK YOU ALL. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. NOT HEARING ANY WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 1, CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-665, [1. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2021-665 CANVASSING THE ELECTION RETURNS AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF AN ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS ON MAY 1, 2021.] CANVASSING THE ELECTION RETURNS AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF AN ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS ON MAY 1ST, 2021. BEFORE I ASK PATTI OR BRANDON TO GO FORWARD ON THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR THOSE THAT WERE WONDERING WHAT TOOK US FROM THE SATURDAY OF MAY 1ST TO NOW TO GET HERE, WE ONLY GET THE CANVASSING RESULTS ON, [NOISE] WE GOT THEM ABOUT ONE O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY. IT TAKES BRUCE SCHUBERT'S OFFICE WHO HAS TO DO THE CANVASSING TO GET THEM TO US AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS THIS DELAY. PATTI OR BRANDON, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS. [NOISE] OKAY. >> VOTE TOTALS FOR THE MAY 1ST, 2021. COUNCILMEMBER AT LARGE FOR THE CITY OF PARKER. CINDY MEYER, 411 VOTES. DIANA M ABRAHAM, 497 VOTES. JIM REID, 475 VOTES. ED STANDRIDGE, 331 VOTES. THE THREE LEADING VOTE GETTERS WERE DIANA ABRAHAM, CINDY MEYER, AND JIM REID. [BACKGROUND] >> WE'RE SHARING. AT THIS TIME, I WILL TAKE A MOTION IF THERE IS ONE ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-665 ON THE CANVASSING OF THE VOTE. >> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-665, CANVASSING THE ELECTION RETURNS AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF THE ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF PARKER. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-665, ACCEPTING THE CANVAS OF THE VOTE. IS THERE A SECOND? [OVERLAPPING] >> I MOVE TO SECOND. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SLAUGHTER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DIANA ABRAHAM TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-665, ACCEPTING THE CANVASES OF VOTE WHICH DECLARES DIANA ABRAHAM, JIM REID, AND CINDY MEYER AS THE NEW COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THE TERM THAT WILL EXPIRE IN MAY OF 2023. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-665, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANYONE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT. [NOISE] GOT TO GET THE PAPERWORK RIGHT HERE. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE [2. ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, COUNCILMEMBERS DIANA M. ABRAHAM, PSY.D, CINDY MEYER, AND JIM REED.] [00:05:03] NEWLY ELECTED FOR THIS TERM COUNCILMEMBERS. MS. ABRAHAM. [NOISE] WHEN I SAY I, PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME IN. I. >> DIANA ABRAHAM. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. >> [OVERLAPPING] THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. >> OF COUNCILMEMBER. >> OF COUNCILMEMBER. >> CITY OF PARKER. >> CITY OF PARKER. >> TEXAS. >> TEXAS. >> AND WILL DO TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. >> AND WILL DO TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. >> PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND. >> PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND. >> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. >> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. >> AND OF THIS STATE. >> AND OF THIS STATE. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] MS. MEYER. >> THE SHORT SENTENCES. >>THE SHORT SENTENCE. [LAUGHTER] I. >> I CINDY MEYER. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> OR AFFIRM. >> OR AFFIRM. >> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. >> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. >> THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. >> THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. >> OF COUNCILMEMBER. >> OF COUNCILMEMBER. >> CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS. >> CITY OF PARKER TEXAS. >> AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. >> AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. >> PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND. >> PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND. >> THE CONSTITUTION. >> THE CONSTITUTION. >> AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. >> AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. >> AND OF THIS STATE. >> AND OF THIS STATE. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> CONGRATULATIONS, MS. MEYER. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. I WILL NOTE THAT JIM REID WAS SCHEDULED TO BE SWORN IN TONIGHT. HOWEVER, HE HAD A CONFLICT. HE WILL BE SWORN IN AT/OR BEFORE THE MEETING ON MAY 18TH. [NOISE] SORRY. [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] AT THIS TIME, WE NEED TO PROCEED TO ELECT A MAYOR PRO TEM. [3. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NO. 2021-666, APPOINTING THE 2021-2022 MAYOR PRO TEM.] THE OFFICE OF THE PRO TEM IS TO HANDLE ANY DUTIES THAT I AM UNCAPABLE OR UNABLE TO HANDLE, AND IF I SHOULD DROP DEAD TO TAKE OVER. AT THIS TIME I WILL CALL FOR ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM. >> MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER CINDY MEYER IF SHE'LL BE WILLING. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR CINDY MEYER TO BE MAYOR PRO TEM. IS THERE A SECOND? >> I SECOND THAT. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A NOMINATION AND A SECOND FOR CINDY MEYER TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM. JUST TO BE SURE, MISS. MEYER, ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT SUCH NOMINATION? >> I AM. >> OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THEN AT THIS POINT, I WILL INDICATE THAT THERE IS A MOTION TO ACCEPT CINDY MEYER AS MAYOR PRO TEM, AND A SECOND, AND I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE NOMINATION OF CINDY MEYER AS MAYOR PRO TEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [LAUGHTER] ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATION, MISS. MEYER, YOU WILL NOW MOVE OVER TO BEING PRO TEM. [APPLAUSE] MOTION PASSES 40. >> JUST FOR FORMALITY SAKE, CAN WE GET A MOTION ON THE NATURAL RESOLUTION? WE VOTED TO PUT HER IN, BUT THEN WE DIDN'T PASS THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING. [00:10:01] [NOISE] >> I THOUGHT I DID. >> YOU ONLY SAID RESOLUTION. >> BUT WE MADE THE NOMINATION. >> OKAY. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ACTIONS ON RESOLUTION 2021-666 [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBER CINDY MEYER, AS OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. [LAUGHTER] >> I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. >> OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOTION PASSES 40. IS THAT BETTER? [LAUGHTER]. >> [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER] >> THAT WAS SPECIAL JUST FOR YOU. [LAUGHTER] MY AGENDA KEEPS DISAPPEARING. [NOISE] [BACKGROUND] BACK AGAIN IN A SECOND. >> NEXT TIME YOU'VE GOT TO GO OVER THE FRONT. [LAUGHTER] WE NEED TO MAKE A DOOR. [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] >> AT THIS TIME, [4. PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING FORMER COUNCILMEMBER ED STANDRIDGE FOR THEIR SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF PARKER.] I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM ED STANDRIDGE, FOR HIS EXCELLENT SERVICE TO THE CITY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. HE'S ANCIENT FOLKS. [LAUGHTER] ED HAS BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE HELPING REPAIR THE BARN IN THE PRESERVE. I REMEMBER YOU WORKING ON THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FUNDRAISER, PARKER FEST, P AND Z, AND THEN COUNCIL. YOU HAVE GIVEN A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY TO THE SERVICE OF THE CITY. WE SURELY APPRECIATE IT, AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL STAY INVOLVED IN SOME MANNER. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A PLAQUE TO ED STANDRIDGE, IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICE AND OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP TO THE CITY OF PARKER, CITY COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM, SERVICE FROM 2006 TO 2021. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] YOU ALL MAY NOT BE WANTING TO STAND AFTER I GET THROUGH READING MY NOTE. [LAUGHTER] NORMALLY I DON'T USE NOTES, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO. I'M GOING TO READ IT, SO I CAN MAKE SURE I GET THEM ALL. FIRST, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO ALL CITIZENS FOR VOTING IN THE RECENT ELECTION. MANY OF YOU TALKED TO CANDIDATES IN PERSON. HOWEVER, THERE WERE A FEW WHO CHOSE TO REMAIN BEHIND THEIR COMPUTER AND SEND UNFOUNDED MESSAGES. FOR THOSE FEW YOU HAVE CREATED DOUBTS AND CONCERNS FOR CITY LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS WORKING TO IMPROVE THE CITY OF PARKER. TO THOSE FEW, I HOPE YOUR ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE PARKER WILL BE UNSUCCESSFUL. MY WISH FOR THE FUTURE IS THAT ALL CITIZENS WILL HAVE THE COURAGE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE CANDIDATES AND CITY OFFICIALS. FOR THE UPCOMING COUNCIL, YOU EACH HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY CITIZENS TO USE YOUR SKILLS AND ABILITIES TO GROW PARKER. AS VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS POSITION, MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS POSITION, YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY AND JOB TO IMPROVE THE SUCCESS AND LIFESTYLE OF PARKER CITIZENS. TO ACCOMPLISH THE CHALLENGES AHEAD, DIRECTIONS AND DECISIONS WILL NEED TO BE MADE AS A TEAM. ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS AND BELIEFS, I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU TAKE TIME TOWARD BECOMING A TEAM. MY THANKS ALSO TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR SUPPORT, [NOISE] EXCUSE ME, OVER THE PAST YEARS, ESPECIALLY THE CITY LEADERSHIP, PATTI, LUKE, GRANT, GARY, BRANDON, CHIEF BROOKS, CHIEF SHEFF, AND CERTAINLY MAYOR LEE PETTLE. I SAY THANKS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. [00:15:01] >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> [LAUGHTER] I WANT A HUG. >> OKAY. >> [NOISE] AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ADJOURN INTO THE RECEPTION TO WELCOME OUR NEWLY RE-ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND MAYOR PRO TEM, AND TO SAY THANK YOU TO ED STANDRIDGE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. [NOISE] * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.