Jan 27, 2026 City Council Work Session

[1. Call to Order]

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COUNCILMAN STOKER WHO'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE LATE. SO I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCILMAN. HEY, WOULD YOU MIND LEAD US IN PRAYER? YES, SIR. JUST PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE. GOD, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, FATHER. AND THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE MOISTURE THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT UPON THIS CITY. FATHER. WE KNOW, FATHER, THAT THAT IS BECAUSE OF YOU, FATHER. THAT THAT THIS COUNCIL FUNCTIONS. FATHER. IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU, FATHER. THAT THIS CITY FUNCTIONS, FATHERS. BECAUSE OF YOU, FATHER, THAT EVERYTHING IN OUR LIVES ARE BASED ON YOU AND WHAT YOU DO IN OUR LIVES. FATHER. AND WE JUST ASK YOU TO BLESS THIS CITY. WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THE WORKERS, FATHER AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. FATHER AND GOD, JUST THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE THE MOTIVATION. FATHER, WHEN THINGS WERE BREAKING, FATHER, THAT THAT THE CREWS IN THIS TOWN, FATHER WERE WERE RESPONSIVE. FATHER. BECAUSE YOU OPENED EYES AND YOU OPEN EARS, FATHER, TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WE JUST GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP TODAY IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. AND PLEASE BE SEATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO AGENDA

[3. Discover Odessa quarterly report update. ]

I DO WANT TO SHARE. I PULLED THE OIL SHOW OUT AND IN THE SAME CORNER QUARTER IN 23, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT MINUS THE OIL SHOW WAS JUST OVER 2 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. THEN IN 25, IT WAS JUST UNDER 3 MILLION. SO THAT DOES GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF COMPARISON TO SEE THAT 2024 WAS STILL A GREAT QUARTER MINUS THE OIL SHOW. OF COURSE, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT EVENT.

IT REALLY DOES MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR CITY AS YOU CAN SEE. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PAGE THREE, THIS PAGE. YOU'VE GOTTEN USED TO SEEING IT BY NOW AS WELL. BREAKS DOWN OUR SPORTS MEETINGS AND EVENTS, THE HOTEL NIGHTS, THE ATTENDEES AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE OIL SHOW THE FALL CLASSIC, THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS FALL CLASSIC EVENT THAT YOU ALL SUPPORT, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING HERE FROM BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION AREA WAS A HUGE PULL. IF YOU LOOK UNDER ATTENDEES, UNDER SPORTS, THERE WAS 2500 ATTENDEES IN 2023, AND THEN THERE WERE JUST OVER 1800 IN 2025. SO THAT'S A GREAT EVENT THAT COMES TO OUR CITY THAT REALLY IMPACTS THIS QUARTER, THIS SPECIFIC QUARTER

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ABSOLUTELY. LOVE THAT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT. A LOT OF WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW EVENTS THAT COME ANNUALLY AND WE THOROUGHLY ENJOY, AND WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT TRACKING THE GROWTH IN THOSE EVENTS. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO PAGE FOUR. THIS SIMPLY BREAKS DOWN THE TITLE OF THE EVENTS THAT PRODUCED THE NUMBERS IN THE PREVIOUS PAGE. SO YOU CAN SEE BLUE SPORTS GREEN SPECIAL EVENTS AND YELLOW IS MEETINGS. THESE ARE THE ACTUAL EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THESE QUARTERS. PAGE FIVE STARTS OUR ADVERTISING REPORT. THIS ONE'S DIGITAL MARKETING. IT SHOWS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS CONTINUING TO GROW WITH ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS OUR INSIDER NEWSLETTER. WE'RE REALLY INTENTIONAL WITH OUR NEWSLETTER. I KNOW LOTS OF YOUR INBOX GETS FULL OF NEWSLETTERS. WE TRIED TO KEEP IT VERY CLEAN, VERY EASY TO READ AND HIGHLIGHT THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. THE WEBSITE USERS, YOU'LL SEE IT WENT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THIS QUARTER THIS YEAR, 2025 VERSUS 24. AND I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING REAL BRIEF. WE ARE LOOKING AT CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OUR WEBSITE. WE KNOW THE WAY PEOPLE ENGAGE ON THE INTERNET CONTINUES TO CHANGE. I DO NOT PRETEND TO BE A MARKETING GURU OR A SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION GENIUS, BUT WE ARE REALIZING THAT THERE'S A WHOLE GENERATION THAT DOESN'T GOOGLE ANYTHING ANYMORE. THEY GO TO CHAT, THEY GO TO AI CHATGPT, THOSE TYPE OF PLATFORMS, AND THOSE PLATFORMS PULL VERBIAGE, THEY PULL WRITTEN INFORMATION. AND SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO DEVELOP PAGES ON OUR WEBSITE THAT HAS BLOGS, THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE DETAILS OF A RESTAURANT, NOT JUST THE NAME, ADDRESS, LOCATION, BUT TALKS ABOUT THE CUISINES THAT ARE THERE AND THE OWNER AND HOW THEY GOT STARTED AND WHAT THEIR VISION IS. BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE GOES TO CHATGPT AND SAYS, WHERE SHOULD I EAT AT? AND WHERE SHOULD I EAT IN ODESSA? THAT'S THE INFORMATION IT'S PULLING. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO STAY CURRENT, MAKING SOME CHANGES. THAT WAS ASHLEY FLORES, OUR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST IDEA, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE WEBSITE USERS GROW AS WE DEVELOP STATS. WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE. PAGE SIX. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY PAGE IN THIS QUARTER FOR US. IT'S ALL OF OUR ADVERTISING, PRINT, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENTS. A LOT OF THESE KICK OFF IN OCTOBER BECAUSE IT IS THE START OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. IT IS THE TIME WHEN SOME OF THESE MAGAZINES ARE SHIFTING FOCUS INTO WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. AND SO IT WAS VERY HEAVY. I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT ASHLEY WAS GONE ON MATERNITY LEAVE, AND SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF MAKING SURE 90% OF THESE WERE DONE BEFORE SHE LEFT. SO EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN'T HERE DURING THIS TIME, THESE WERE ALL THINGS THAT SHE DESIGNED BEAUTIFULLY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PAGE BEFORE I MOVE? GREAT. THE LAST PAGE I HAVE FOR YOU HERE IS OUR SERP SPORTS EVENT RECRUITMENT PROGRAM. IN THAT FIRST QUARTER, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT THREE FOUR DIFFERENT GRANTS. TERESA VASQUEZ, OUR SPORTS SPECIALIST, TAKES CARE OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL. SHE DOES A GREAT JOB OF HELPING SPORTS PLANNERS IN OUR CITY SUPPORT THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO TOWN, BRING NEW ONES, MAKE THEM BIGGER AND BETTER. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE WRITTEN. I DID MAKE JUST A FEW NOTES THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS. A COUPLE OF TEAM MEMBERS AND I ARE LEAVING TOMORROW FOR BERNIE FOR DESTINATION TEXAS WINTER CONFERENCE. I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON A PANEL ABOUT HOW TO BRING GROUPS TO YOUR TOWN OUTSIDE OF YOUR TRADITIONAL CONVENTION CENTERS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS MY TEAM DOES REALLY WELL. WE DO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CONVENTION CENTER AT THE MARRIOTT. WE HAVE GREAT MEETING SPACE AT SOME MGM PROPERTIES, BUT MY TEAM ALSO WORKS REALLY WELL WITH UTPB AND ODESSA COLLEGE AND UTILIZES THEIR AUDITORIUMS AND THEIR GYMNASIUM SPACE. THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ECTOR THEATER AND LOTS OF OTHER SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN OUR CITY, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SPEAKING ON A PANEL TO OTHER CVB, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS IN OUR IN OUR STATE ABOUT HOW WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO I'M PRETTY

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THANKS. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. WE'RE

[4. Open the first public hearing regarding the request by LCA, on behalf of Midland County, for the annexation of a 13.46-acre vacant tract of land within the city limits. (Hearing only) Annexation to be a part of the total 15.87 vacant tract of land for a city road.]

GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO WE BRING IN A NEW ANNEXATION IN FRONT OF YOU.

THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. NORMALLY, WE BRING AN ANNEXATION THAT IS GOING TO BE JUST SURROUNDING AREAS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, THIS ANNEXATION IN PARTICULAR HAS TWO PARTS TO IT. THIS ONE IS ALSO BRINGING IN A PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ROADS AND BRIDLE WAYS. THIS IS GOING TO HELP US CONNECT A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN, WHERE IT WILL CONNECT HOMES. SO WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO THIS TIME WE ARE SPLITTING IT UP. THIS PART OF THE THAT WE HAVE OF THE IS GOING TO BE JUST 13.46 ACRES OF ROAD RIGHT OF WAY THAT WILL BE COMING IN. THIS IS COMING IN FROM WE WILL HAVE DEVELOPMENT ON EITHER SIDE OF HOUSING AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT. GENTLEMAN. ANY QUESTIONS? ONE GUYS, I HAVE ONE LITTLE PIECE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 191 THAT IS NOT THAT HADN'T BEEN ANNEXED. THERE IS ANOTHER PIECE THAT WE WILL PRESENT AT 6:00 THAT WILL BRING IT THE TOTAL ACREAGE TO 15.87 ACRES. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALREADY ANNEXED, I GUESS. NO, NO, NO WE WILL WE'RE HAVING TO PRESENT THOSE SEPARATELY FOR YOU. SO YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN AT 6:00 WITH THAT PART? NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I DO NEED TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING, I'M ASSUMING. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK? MAY DO SO. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES OR EVEN SPEAKERS. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN? JUST A QUESTION. THE THE ANNEXATION. IT DESCRIBES THE ANNEXATION IN THE AGENDA AS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. JUST LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION, BUT THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION INDICATES THE LAND AS IT WAS IN THE. SO CLARIFICATION ON THE.

SO WE WILL BE BRINGING IN WE WOULD BE BRINGING IT INTO INSIDE CITY LIMITS. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS DISCUSS REQUEST

[5. Discuss request for condition assessment of elevated storage tanks. Assessment includes exterior and interior evaluations, vents, guardrails, and hatches. ]

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JUST A SUMMARY OF OUR LATEST IMPROVEMENTS ON THESE TOWERS. JBS PARKWAY AND RAINBOW. IN 2011, WE HAD AN INTERIOR ONLY CLEAN AND REPAIR ABOVE THE OVERFLOW LEVEL, SO THAT WOULD JUST BE AT THE VERY TOP WHERE IF THE TOWER OVERFLOWED, IT WOULD ACTUALLY THAT'S THE MOST EXPOSED PART TO THE WATER THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BOWLS. WE ALSO INSTALLED MIXING DEVICES WHICH ARE NOT CURRENTLY WORKING, AND BOTH OF THOSE TOWERS, AND WE ALSO INSTALLED NEW SAFETY CLIMBS. IN 2006. THE COMPLETE EXTERIOR OF THESE TWO TOWERS WERE REPAINTED, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NORTH TOWER. THEY THE DAWN TOWER, ALSO IN 2011, HAD AN INTERIOR AND INTERIOR ONLY, AND THAT WAS ABOVE THE OVERFLOW LEVEL. AND THEN WE ALSO INSTALLED A NEW ROOF HATCH, PLUS A MIXING DEVICE IN THAT TOWER. THAT ONE IS CURRENTLY NOT WORKING, AND THEN A SAFETY CLIMB. AND THEN IN 2006, ON THE DAWN TOWER, WE ONLY DID AN EXTERIOR LOGO REPAINT. SO PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'RE ASKING WITH THIS CONDITION ASSESSMENT IS TO COME IN AND HAVE OUR ENGINEER LOOK AT THESE THREE TOWERS AND GIVE US SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. EXTERIOR PAINTING, ANY INTERIOR SAFETY DUE TO OSHA OR AWA STANDARDS? WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THEM. AS YOU CAN TELL, THE DAWN TOWER IS OUR OLDEST TOWER, 1960. WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS CONDITION ASSESSMENT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH ANY OF OUR OTHER FACILITIES, LIKE THE TREATMENT FACILITIES OR OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION OR SEWER COLLECTION LINES. SO THAT'S REALLY OUR MAIN GOAL WITH THIS CONDITION ASSESSMENT IS TO GET TOGETHER A PLAN FOR US MOVING FORWARD, DOLLARS WISE, FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND THE TO KNOW THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS MOVING FORWARD. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SO WHY AREN'T THE MIXERS WORKING? SAY THAT AGAIN. WHY AREN'T THE MIXERS WORKING? SO THE MIXERS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO REALISTICALLY THE MIXERS ARE THERE TO HELP WITH CHLORINE RESIDUAL IN THE TOWERS DEPENDING ON DEMAND. SO IN AT THAT TIME FRAME IN 2011 THESE WERE INSTALLED DUE TO NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CHLORINE RESIDUAL WAS STAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL. IN THE OVER TIME, THE CITY'S DEMAND HAS GROWN, SO THEY WEREN'T NEEDED AS MUCH. AND SO THEN WHEN A PART WOULD FAIL OR SOMETHING, THE DEMAND WAS SO HIGH THAT OUR RESIDUALS WERE STAYING THERE THAT WE HAD NO REASON TO GO IN AND FIX THEM, WHICH AGAIN, IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO DO THINGS. BUT SINCE OUR DEMAND IS SO HIGH, THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T GO IN THERE. PLUS, YOU ALSO HAVE TO SHUT THE ENTIRE TOWER DOWN. SO THERE IS A LONG PROCESS OF THAT. YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT IN THE WINTER TIME WHEN OUR DEMANDS ARE DOWN, AND TO GET INTO THE TOWER, TO SHUT IT OFF AND THEN TO GO INSIDE AND FIX THOSE MIXERS THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YES, SIR.

PERFECT. THE GOAL OF THIS CONDITION ASSESSMENT, IT'S TO VERIFY STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY, ASSESS THE COATINGS. I DO KNOW THAT THE DAWN TOWER HAS NOT BEEN THE OUTSIDE OF THE DAWN TOWER HAS NOT BEEN REPAINTED. AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS WITH THIS THAT WE ASKED IN OUR SUPPLEMENTALS. BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT. IT'S NOT JUST FOR ESTHETICS. THESE COATINGS ARE MEANT TO PROTECT THESE STRUCTURES, FOR LONGEVITY, FOR OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. REALISTICALLY, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY REPAINTING THESE TOWERS EVERY TEN YEARS. AND THE LAST TIME ANYTHING HAS HAPPENED IS WAS IN 2011. SO WE ARE ABOUT 15 YEARS AT THIS POINT. SO ONCE WE GET TO THAT THRESHOLD OF TEN YEARS, WE NEED TO REALLY START EVALUATING THESE TOWERS OF EITHER BEING REPAINTED RECOATED DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF THE TOWER TOWERS. NOWADAYS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEW TOWER ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE.

THAT'S A 2 MILLION GALLON TOWER THAT'S APPROXIMATELY GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 12 MILLION. SO THESE CONDITION ASSESSMENTS, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING JUST EGREGIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE TOWER, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE JUST REHABBING THEM OR DOING ANY EXTERIOR PAINTING OR FIXING OF ANYTHING ON THE INTERIOR THAT WE HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH. SO THIS CAN. YES, SIR. WHAT COLOR ARE WE GOING TO PAINT DAWN BACK? WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TEN, ARE WE? WE CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. WE CAN PAINT IT PURPLE IF WE WANTED TO, BUT YEAH, SKY'S SKY'S THE LIMIT

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IT'LL EITHER BE WHITE TAN. THERE ARE DIFFERENT COLORS THAT WE CAN DO DEPENDING ON HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO LOOK TO, TO BE. IS THAT ALEX? IS THAT PAINT A SPECIAL PAINT LIKE AN EPOXY PAINT? IT IS A SPECIAL PAINT. THEY HAVE CERTAIN QUALITIES ABOUT THEM, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE LIVE. SAND THE HEAT. IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT DAWN TOWER IS A STEEL TOWER, AND EVEN THE NEWER ONES THEY DON'T MAKE NORMALLY, DON'T MAKE THEM. THEY'RE MORE COMPOSITE, RIGHT? SO THEY TAKE A SPECIAL COATING AND PAINT JUST DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU LIVE, WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF STEEL IT IS AND THAT STUFF LIKE THAT. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO SANDBLAST IT SANDBLASTED. IF YOU IF IT IS REQUIRED FOR THE TANK, THE TANK WILL NEED A COMPLETE SANDBLASTING ON THE OUTSIDE. SO IT WILL BE A FAIRLY BIG PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO DRAPE THE TOWER.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING IS IS GOING OVER THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THESE ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT WILL BE AN EXTENSIVE PROJECT FOR IN THE WINTER TIME. THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PROJECT IS $98,850. AND THE ENGINEER THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS FREEZING NICKELS TO COME DO THIS CONDITION ASSESSMENT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, GO NO. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW MY TWO COMMENTS. FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LEASE THE SPACE TO OUR CELL PHONE PARTNERS TO GET BETTER COVERAGE IN TOWN AND TO GET SOME REVENUE BACK TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF PAINTING. AND I SEE OUR FRIEND MAGGIE SITTING HERE. I'D LOVE TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH ODESSA ARTS TO FIND A WAY TO TO BEAUTIFY THESE PROJECTS WHERE THEY'RE NOT JUST A TAN. WE SEE TAN EVERY DAY WHEN THE SAND IS BLOWING. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LIKE. AND WE GOTTA SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR SURE. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT AND GO WITH SKY BLUE SKY. YOU COULD DO SKY BLUE. I THINK IF DISNEY THEY HAVE THAT DISAPPEAR GRAY OR WHATEVER, JUST AS LONG AS YOU DON'T CHOOSE BURNT ORANGE, THAT'S ALL I ASK. YEAH, I WAS THINKING RED ON RED AND BLACK IS FINE. NO, JUST RED. MAYBE A LITTLE WHITE WITH IT AND O AND H AND S MAYBE ORANGE. BURNT ORANGE. SO WE SHOULD PICK. WE SHOULD PICK A WINNING TEAM THAT IS REALLY WON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH IS ALABAMA WHICH IS CRIMSON, RED AND WHITE. THAT'S INSANE. LAUGHS. WE GOT SOME COLOR ISSUES. SO WE WILL LOOK INTO TO ADDING ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT UP THERE FOR, FOR OTHER PROVIDERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO LEASE THOSE SPACES. YES, SIR. WOULD YOU SELL ADVERTISING SPACE ON IT? YOU KNOW YOU KNOW AD SPACE. BUT ANY TOWN YOU GO TO, YOU LOOK UP AND THERE'S CELL PHONE ANTENNA ON TOP OF THEIR WATER TOWER. WE DO HAVE STRUCTURES UP THERE. THERE'S REPEATERS FOR US, FOR OUR WATER, FOR OUR ARMY SYSTEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE MAY BE BE ABLE TO BUILD A BRIDGE OR BUILD EXTRA APPARATUSES FOR US TO CONNECT FOR THOSE THINGS. YES, SIR.

LITTLE EXTRA REVENUE. THIS THIS CONTRACT IS UNDER $100,000, SO YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE IT COME BACK. I'LL PROBABLY JUST EXECUTE IT. REALLY, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS JUST START THE PROCESS OF JUST INFORMING YOU OF WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE INEVITABLE. OH, I'M SORRY.

THE INEVITABLE CONVERSATION THAT WOULD HAPPEN AFTERWARDS IS WHAT WE DO WITH IT. YOU KNOW, SKY BLUE, GRAY, SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE ELABORATE. SO. BUT ANYWAY, THIS JUST KIND OF BEGINS THAT PROCESS. AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT RENTING OUT SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE PROJECT, BECAUSE IT'S 100,000 AGAIN, YOU WON'T SEE IT COME BACK TO YOU. WE'LL JUST EXECUTE THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY. AND AGAIN, JUST MORE OF AN INFORMATION PIECE. NO, NO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALEX AND HIS TEAM. IT'S NICE TO SEE US BEING PROACTIVE, COMING BACK AND ADDRESSING THESE THINGS BEFORE THEY GO DOWN AND HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEM. SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN OUT AHEAD OF THESE THINGS AND TRYING TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTED. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. AND ALEX, ON THE COLOR SCHEME OR LOGOS OR WHATEVER. LIKE WHAT COUNCILMAN STOKER RECOMMENDED. BUT DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO SAMPLES OF OTHER CITIES AND WHAT THEIR WATER TOWERS LOOK LIKE? YES, SIR. AND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WHAT I SEE IN THE ROUND ROCK AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULD WE COULD LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DECIDE TO MOVE INTO THAT PHASE, WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT OTHER CITIES OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. COLOR CAN AFFECT TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER INSIDE IT CAN. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO AND LOOK AT JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT WHAT COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS AND COLOR SCHEME. ABSOLUTELY BLACK THERE, YOU KNOW, ALEX, I HAVE JUST A JUST TO IDENTIFY THE ASSESSMENT ONE LAST TIME. WOULD YOU SAY ASSESSMENTS ARE FOCUSED ON IMMEDIATE THINGS THAT YOU MAY FIND THAT NEED REPAIR, OR

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OKAY. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANKS, ALEX.

I'LL GET THIS. I KNOW I GOT SOMEONE HERE. YEAH, I'VE GOT SOME. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO

[6. Discussion of City’s social media policy. ]

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THE QUESTION COMES DOWN TO IS IT A PERSONAL OR IS IT PRIVATE? AND THEN YOU GET INTO THE ISSUE OF WE ALL KNOW WE'VE SEEN THEM. YOU GET INTO THE SOCIAL MEDIA DISPUTES, FACEBOOK ARGUMENTS, PEOPLE START DELETING EACH OTHER'S COMMENTS. THEY START BLOCKING. THAT'S WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO LIABILITY. WHEN THERE'S CERTAIN ISSUES OF DELETING AND BLOCKING PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE QUESTION COMES DOWN TO, IS IT A PUBLIC SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT OR IS IT A PRIVATE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT? AND OUR US SUPREME COURT ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THIS VERY QUESTION IN 2024. AND SO THEY HAD A I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT MATERIAL IN THE WHAT I SENT YOU BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS TOO MUCH INFORMATION AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS ASKED FOR. BUT IN GENERAL, THE SUPREME COURT KIND OF OUTLINED A REALLY CLEAR TEST TO DETERMINE WHEN THERE MAY BE LIABILITY AND WHEN THERE MAY NOT BE. AND I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ATTEMPT TO ACTUALLY COMPLY WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING WHEN THIS POLICY WAS ADOPTED. IF YOU GO TO PAGE FIVE OF PAGE SEVEN, PAGE FIVE OF SEVEN, SUB PARAGRAPH J, IT STATES ELECTED OFFICIALS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS THAT INCLUDE THEIR ELECTED TITLE, I.E. MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN, ETC. SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AN OFFICIAL CITY AUTHORIZED SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.

THAT TO ME WAS PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER IN RESPONSE TO THAT US SUPREME COURT OPINION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE SUPREME COURT TALKED ABOUT. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LIABILITY, THAT'S YOUR RISK. BECAUSE A THAT CASE AROSE OUT OF A CITY MANAGER, ACTUALLY NOT A CITY COUNCIL PERSON WHO HAD DELETED OR BLOCKED SOCIAL MEDIA, OTHER OTHER PEOPLE COMMENTING ON HIS PAGE. AND HE SUED THE CITY UNDER BASICALLY VIOLATION OF HIS FIRST AMENDMENT OR THAT PERSON'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT. AND SUPREME COURT SAYS NO. IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THAT PARTICULAR CITY MANAGER WAS THAT WAS HIS PRIVATE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT. AND HE CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO PUBLIC ACTION BEING TAKEN. SO THE CITY WAS ABSOLVED OF LIABILITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE COURT WAS VERY CLEAR TO POINT OUT THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER OR AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL DOES NOT GET RID OF OR LOSE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS SIMPLY BY BECOMING ELECTED OR BEING APPOINTED AS AN OFFICIAL.

HOWEVER, WHAT WAS DISTINCT, WHAT THE BIG DISTINCTION WAS, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS CLEAR DOCUMENTATION OR CLEAR DISCLOSURES AS TO WHETHER THAT SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT WAS A PRIVATE PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT OR WAS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THAT GOVERNMENTAL

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I'M JUST GUESSING. BUT CONSIDERING THAT THAT US SUPREME COURT OPINION CAME DOWN IN MID 24 AND THIS POLICY IS DATED NOVEMBER 24TH, MY GUESS IS THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY AN ATTEMPT TO SORT OF UPDATE THIS POLICY. ACCORDINGLY, THE COUNCIL IS FREE TO, YOU KNOW, IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, THEN WE CAN REVIEW THOSE CHANGES AND BRING THEM BACK TO YOU IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE ANYTHING. MY ONLY THOUGHT WAS THAT IF SOMEBODY USES IF A COUNCIL PERSON OR ELECTED OFFICIAL OR APPOINTEE USES A SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT'S THEIR PERSONAL SOCIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, CAN WE REQUIRE THEM TO TAG IT SUCH THAT THIS HAS IS NO OPINION OR SO FORTH OF HIS ELECTED OR APPOINTED POSITION OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING SOME KIND OF A TAG AT THE BOTTOM THAT DISCLAIMS THE CITY FROM ANY YES, ABSOLVES THEM FROM ANY LIABILITY BECAUSE SOMEBODY GETS IN A ARGUMENT WITH SOMEBODY ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA. WHICH PEOPLE DO I UNDERSTAND ALL THE TIME. I DON'T USE IT, SO I WOULDN'T KNOW. BUT THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. AND THEN AND THEN THEY BLOCK THEM AND THEN ALL THAT STUFF. AND ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT IF THEY'RE PUTTING OUT THEIR POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND THEIR OPINION ON CITY BUSINESS, THEN IT SURELY NEEDS TO BE A DISCLAIMER AT THE BOTTOM THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A POSITION CITY OPINION THAT CAN BE THAT CAN BE REQUIRED, AND THAT COULD BE. THAT'S USUALLY A PRETTY WISE APPROACH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FACTORS, IF COURT EVER LOOKS AT IT, A FEDERAL COURT EVER LOOKS AT TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PARTICULAR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT IS A CITY ACCOUNT OR A PERSONAL ACCOUNT, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR. IS THERE SOME DISCLAIMERS OR SOME SORT OF NOTICE MAKING IT VERY CLEAR? SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE GENERAL PRACTICE OF HAVING SOME REAL CLEAR LANGUAGE. I JUST WANT SOME I JUST WANT SOME TEETH IN IT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE SOME TEETH IN. EVERYBODY USES SOCIAL MEDIA THESE DAYS EXCEPT FOR CAL AND I.

GILBERT DOESN'T, BUT I'M OLDER. I DO GOOD TO TURN ON THIS MICROPHONE. YEAH, AND YOU CAN SPEAK INTO IT TOO. YEAH. YOU CAN USE YOUR VOICE BOX. IT'S NICE TO USE YOUR VOICE. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST THAT'S MY REQUEST COUNCIL AND AND AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL VOTE ON. IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO SEE SOME CHANGES TO THIS LANGUAGE, WE WOULD REVISE THIS PERSONNEL POLICY AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. YEAH. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY SPEECH LIMITED BY A GROUP OF MEN SITTING UP HERE. THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT. IF I WANT TO SPEAK UP, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK UP. I'M NOT SPEAKING UP FOR THE CITY. MY PERSONAL OPINIONS ARE MY PERSONAL OPINIONS. I'M LISTED AS HAVE OF BEING A CITY COUNCILMAN, BUT NONE OF MY POSTS REPRESENT THIS CITY OR ANYBODY ELSE. SO. BUT WHEN SOMEBODY STARTS TELLING ME THAT I'M LIMITED TO WHAT I CAN SAY AND CANNOT DO, THEN I HAVE A PROBLEM THAT'S MESSING WITH MY MY FREE SPEECH. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF THIS EVEN PASSES, THAT AS A CITY COUNCILMAN, I WILL TAKE THIS FURTHER BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE LIMITED. ANYBODY ELSE THAT EVEN COMES UP HERE, FUTURE CITY COUNCILS ARE DOING THE SAME THING. WELL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE SUPREME COURT, IN THEIR OPINION THAT THEY HANDED DOWN IN 24, WERE VERY CLEAR ON FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A THERE'S A MECHANISM TO DO WHAT YOU'RE FEARING AND LIMITING THE CONTENT. THE SUPREME COURT WAS 100% CLEAR, AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A COPY OF THAT OPINION. AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE RARE TIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY CLEAR STATEMENTS MADE BY THE SUPREME COURT IN TERMS OF, FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL PARAPHRASE, BUT THE COURT WAS VERY SPECIFIC IN REPEATING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAW IS WELL SETTLED, THAT NO ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIAL GIVES UP OR WAIVES FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS SIMPLY BY BEING APPOINTED OR ELECTED. THEY STILL HAVE THOSE SAME FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN HAS. SO THE SUPREME COURT TOOK A LOT OF PAINS TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU JUST STATED. SO I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A CHANGE OR IN TERMS OF CONTROL OF CONTENT. IT'S JUST MAYBE, POSSIBLY WHAT'S POSTED, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY DISCLOSURES ON THE ON THE, ON THE ACCOUNT, MAYBE MORE SPECIFICITY ON WHEN AN ACCOUNT CAN BE A CITY ACCOUNT. BUT I MEAN, I THINK THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO COMPLY WITH THE SUPREME COURT OPINION WITH WHAT YOU HAVE NOW. SO, I MEAN, I THINK ANY CHANGES WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. I THINK THEY HAVE ALREADY TRIED TO I DON'T THINK THIS POLICY IS NECESSARILY OUT OF DATE, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. I THINK THEY HAVE ALREADY

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THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. I UNDERSTAND I THINK THE KEY TO LIFE IS ALL HE'S SAYING IS WE JUST NEED A DISCLAIMER. IT SAYS, THERE YOU GO. ANYTHING ON THIS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IS MY OPINION.

MY OPINION DOES NOT REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF THE COUNCIL. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. YOU KNOW A LOT OF THAT ON FACEBOOK ALREADY. BUT PEOPLE SAY, BUT AGAIN, NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME WHAT I NEED TO SAY ON MY OWN FACEBOOK PAGE THAT YOU CANNOT DO, NOT AS A CITY COUNCIL. I'M SORRY, BUT YOU CANNOT TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT POST ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE. YOU CAN'T DICTATE TO ME WHAT I'M GOING TO PUT ON MY PERSONAL FACEBOOK PAGE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED PERSONAL, NOT CITY COUNCIL. IT'S CALLED PERSONAL. SO NO, YOU WILL NOT. WELL, FOR MR. PARKER, I THINK THAT WE HAVE MAYBE MORE, BUT I ONLY PAY ATTENTION TO TWO. AND THAT'S THE CITY OF ODESSA, TEXAS. LINKEDIN ACCOUNT AND FACEBOOK ACCOUNT. THAT'S THE OFFICIAL OUR OFFICIAL SIZE. DO WE? AND MONICA DOES A BEAUTIFUL JOB WITH THAT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PROBLEMS THERE. BUT SOMETIMES. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH CLARIFICATION FOR OUR COM WHERE IF A COMMENT PUBLIC CITIZEN COMMENT IS A LITTLE DEROGATORY, WHAT IS OUR ACTION FOR BLOCKING THAT PERSON OR WHATEVER? WE'RE NOT. I DON'T THINK WE CAN, BUT THAT MY INTENT OF THIS COMMENT IS BASICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL SITES. PERSONAL SITES ARE PERSONAL SITES. WE ONLY HAVE REALLY TWO OFFICIAL SITES ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH MISTER PARKER. DOES THAT NEED ANY CLARIFICATION FOR COM? I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE. MY MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT'S THAT'S THE MINEFIELD THAT YOU HAVE IN SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES. AND THAT BECOMES A QUESTION OF WHETHER CERTAIN THAT BECOMES A QUESTION OF WHAT'S POSTED.

SECOND, I'VE SEEN SOME CITIES JUST ADOPT THE POLICY WE JUST POSTED. WE DON'T OPEN UP FOR COMMENTS IF IT'S AN ISSUE, IF YOU IF IF YOU'RE GOING TO NOT ALLOW COMMENTS, YOU CAN'T ALLOW COMMENTS FOR ANYONE. IF YOU ALLOW COMMENTS, YOU HAVE TO ALLOW COMMENTS, EVEN DEROGATORY ONES. AND SO WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO THAT QUESTION OF WELL OF SEEING LANGUAGE, THEN, THEN WE KIND OF GO BACK INTO THAT, WELL, WHAT'S OBSCENE, WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S OFFENSIVE? AND THAT'S SORT OF A MINEFIELD. YOU KNOW, IT JUST DEPENDS. IT'S IT'S IT'S A DIFFICULT AREA.

SOME CITIES HAVE JUST OPTED WHEN THEY POST ON WHEN THEY POST ANNOUNCEMENTS ON FACEBOOK.

IT'S JUST NO COMMENT. NO COMMENT. IT'S JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS. IT'S AN INFORMATIONAL PORTAL IS WHAT IT IS. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW FOR COMMENTS IN GENERAL, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO ALLOW FOR ALL THE COMMENTS. I THINK THE CITY DOES A GOOD JOB BECAUSE THEY'RE INFORMATIVE, THEY'RE UPLIFTING. THEY'RE THEY'RE YEAH, IT'S ALL GOOD.

THERE ARE CERTAIN COMMENTS IF YOU WANT A CERTAIN RULE, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN HERE, AND IT MAY BE BURIED IN HERE SOMEWHERE. BUT THERE'S A CERTAIN RULE, YOU KNOW, THREATS OF VIOLENCE IN THOSE. THERE'S CERTAIN THERE'S CERTAIN SAFE AREAS THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THREATS OF VIOLENCE, OBSCENE LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, WHICH EVERYONE ACCEPTS AS A TEAM. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DELETED. BUT YOU KNOW THAT, LIKE I SAID, IT JUST STARTS TO GO DOWN THAT SLIPPERY SLOPE.

BUT THERE'S CERTAIN THERE ARE A FEW THAT EVERYONE KIND OF AGREES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE CRIMINAL, SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY ILLEGAL. I MEAN, JUST JUST YOU CAN LITERALLY GET, YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE HAS ALSO STEPPED IN IN TERMS OF A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA THINGS THAT ARE NOT THAT ARE NOT PERMISSIBLE, THAT USED TO NOT BE REGULATED SOME YEARS AGO. SO, YEAH, THERE'S A CERTAIN SHORT, SHORT LIST OF COMMENTS AND STATEMENTS THAT CAN BASICALLY EVERYONE WOULD USUALLY AGREE, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THOSE STATEMENTS. BUT AGAIN, I STILL ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE TO GET INTO. AND SO IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN BRING UP AT THE THE CHIEF JUSTICE? THIS SOUND LIKE A LONG SUBCHANNEL GOING TO BE ON SOME WORKSHOPS. WE CAN'T TAKE ANY ACTION TODAY. BUT I, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS CLEARLY. NO COUNCILMAN WANTS HIS COMMENTS TO BE IN ANY WAY LIMITED. AND ANOTHER COMMENT I HEARD IS WE DON'T WANT WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIABLE FOR ANY COMMENTS THAT ANYONE MAKES IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BECAUSE IN THE CAPACITY WE DON'T EVEN HAVE, I THINK ANY OF US HAVE ACCESS TO IT. JUST MONICA AND HER STAFF, NOT US. I THINK ALL WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS, IS IS WHAT I'M HEARING IS IF YOU DO SAY IT ON YOUR PERSONAL, THERE

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AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING SOME OF THE WINTER STORM. AND I SAW THIS ON SOME OF YOUR POSTS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CLOSURES I WOULD PUT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL. HERE'S THE LINK TO THE OFFICIAL. IF YOU WANT THE MOST UP TO DATE, GO CHECK THEIR PAGE. BUT HERE'S WHAT I SAW ON THEIR PAGE. SO I TRY TO ALWAYS CALL BACK TO, YOU KNOW, I SAW YOU DOING THAT WITH ECISD OR UTPB. SO THAT'S WHAT I TRY AND DO WITH MINE. I KNOW SOMETIMES IT MIGHT, MIGHT GET OUT OF OUT OF HOW WAS THAT A AT THE FIREMEN PENSION THING? AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM ATLANTA, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, SPOKE AND THAT WAS THE TAGLINE HE USED. HE SAID, IF YOU THINK YOU HEARD OTHERWISE, YOU ARE MISTAKEN. SO. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ON MY. PAGE. THAT'S CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR PRO TEM ON MY PERSONAL PAGE. THAT ONE'S LOCKED DOWN. YOU CAN'T EVEN READ THAT UNLESS WE'RE FRIENDS. AND I REALLY DON'T EVEN POST ON THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER HANEY, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I HAVE ONE I HARDLY EVER EVEN ON THE CITY DEAL. I JUST, I THINK ON MINE, JUST AS A BEST PRACTICE TO AVOID ANY AFTER ABOUT TEN PEOPLE POST SOMETHING DEROGATORY AT YOU. I JUST WENT, I DON'T NEED TO READ THIS ANYMORE BECAUSE. YOU ALWAYS WERE A PROBLEM TO PLAY, TO PLAY IT SAFE. MAYOR YES, DO LIKE I DO. BE A LITTLE LAZY. JUST POST MONICA'S OFFER AND AND OPIOIDS AND CALL IT DONE. THAT'S RIGHT. REPOST. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S I THINK JAMES YOU GOT SOME DIRECTION TO GO ON THAT. AND OTHER THAN THAT IT'S I THINK EVERYONE AGREES. SO IT WAS THERE WAS THERE A REQUEST TO BRING IT BACK FOR ANYTHING SPECIFIC OR JUST I THINK JUST IF YOU PUT SIMILAR WHAT CRAIG. JUST I MEAN SOME WORDS LIKE IF YOU HAVE IF YOU'RE GOING TO POST WITH YOUR, YOUR, YOUR TITLE, I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF WORDS. THOSE DISCLAIMER WORDS IS ALL YOU CAN. OKAY. I THINK IT WAS JUST YOUR OWN PAGE. DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO POST IT BECAUSE HOW PERSONAL? IT'S JUST YOUR PERSONAL PAGE. HAVE AT IT. BUT IF YOU'VE CREATED A PAGE, NO, NO, NO, I MEAN I HAVE CREATED ONE, BUT IT THAT'S ALL IT. I POST THREE STOOGES ON THERE BECAUSE SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE SOME OF US ARE. WE MAY BE OFFENDED BY THAT, CURLY. WE THINK THERE'S. AND I SAID TO US, DO YOU HEAR ME SAY I SAID US? I DIDN'T SAY ME, Y'ALL. I SAID US BECAUSE WE LOOK LIKE THE THREE STOOGES SOMETIMES UP HERE. AND I FEEL LIKE IT SOMETIMES. BUT THIS WE BUSINESS. OKAY, MO YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE OR NOT? CAN I SAY SOMETHING? ABSOLUTELY. NO. I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. I JUST WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY OF ODESSA. OH, YES, TO MR. SMITH. HIS DEPARTMENT, THE WATER DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF MAJOR WATER BREAKS GOING ON TO THE CHIEF FIRE DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT. AND YOU CAN CALL MY WIFE. I SAID IT'S GOOD TO BE IN ODESSA WHEN WE. WHEN THIS STORM CAME UP, YOU GUYS STEPPED IT UP. ABSOLUTELY. MAYOR. THE JUDGE FOR THE COUNTY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT HERE AT THE

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OKAY. THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE WORK SESSION. SO I WAS DONE. GILBERT WELL, I WANT TO DO ONE MORE SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY BECAUSE I GOT AN EMAIL FROM SOMEBODY. I WON'T TELL YOU WHO, BUT IT WAS A PERSON IN THE MEDIA. AND THEY SAID TO ME, WOW. THE EFFORTS THIS LAST WEEK WITH THE STORM SEEMED INCREDIBLE. WHAT WAS IT TO YOU? AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I SAID. THE LEVEL OF COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND ENTITIES WAS UNPRECEDENTED. MY 61 YEARS OF LIVING IN ODESSA, I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED A MORE UNIFIED, COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT AMONG BOTH CITY AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAN PRESENT ECTOR COUNTY, AND ALL THE SUPPORT AGENCIES AND GROUPS WERE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER, HELPED EACH OTHER OUT, AND WORKED AS A TEAM. TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK, MAKES A BETTER ODESSA AND A BETTER ECTOR COUNTY. I'M VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. I WANT TO THANK CITY MANAGEMENT, ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS ECTOR COUNTY LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

EVERYONE DID A FANTASTIC JOB KEEPING OUR CITIZENS INFORMED AND SAFE. SO THAT'S MY OPINION.

YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO, PARTICULARLY, LET'S FACE IT, FIRE AND RESCUE, POLICE AND UTILITIES WITH WATER WAS THEY WERE OUT WORKING. I GOT PICTURES OF IT TO PROVE IT, SO I DID AND I KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE DID TOO. I DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK. IS THERE NO OTHER COMMENTS? WHO'S MY FAVORITE MOTION GUY? I HEAR THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I MOVE, WE ADJOURN THIS WORK SESSION. SECOND MOTION TO ADJOURN A

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.