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[I. Call to Order]
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IS FATHER AND GOD. WE JUST PRAY ALL THESE THINGS. WE PLACE IT IN YOUR HANDS. IN THE POWERFUL NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. AMEN. MAY STAND FOR THE PLEDGE COUNCIL. PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE 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.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE BE SEATED. CHRIS. STEVE. STEVE! I GAVE HIM AN A PLUS. WE HAVE A
[V. Proclamations & Presentations ]
PROCLAMATION THAT I'D LIKE TO READ. WHEREAS EVERY BASIC MISSION CENTER IS ESTABLISHED IN 1998, SERVING ODESSA FOR 28 YEARS. THE TEACHER WROTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THOSE IN NEED AND RELIEVE HUMAN SUFFERING CAUSED BY HUNGER DEPRIVATION BY ASSISTING WITH RENT, UTILITIES, FOOD AND CLOTHING. AND. WHEREAS, PRIMARY MISSION CENTER PROVIDES VITAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED ACROSS ODESSA AND THE BROADER PERMIAN BASIN, INCLUDING FOOD DISTRIBUTION, ESSENTIAL GOODS AND SUPPORT SERVICES. AND WHEREAS THE MISSION CENTER WAS BUSY, 16,518 TIMES IN 2025, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITH FREE FOOD BOXES, RENT ASSISTANCE, UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE, FREE CLOTHING, BASIC HOUSEHOLD NECESSITIES FOR QUALIFYING CLIENTS AND WHEREAS MISSION CENTER'S WORK DEPENDS ON A DEDICATED STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, DONORS, AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE COMPASSION AND SERVICE STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY. AND. WHEREAS KETOACID RECOGNIZED THE MISSION, CENTER CONTINUED LEADERSHIP TO MEET THE BASIC NEEDS, FOSTERING DIGNITY AND PROMOTING HOPE FOR RESIDENTS FACING HARDSHIPS. AND WHEREAS, MISSION CENTER'S COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, NONPROFITS, COMMUNITIES, AND BUSINESSES EXEMPLIFIES THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND FINDS FRIENDLY FACES, NOW, THEREFORE, I, JENNIFER. SEVENTH, BY THE VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR ODESSA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 26TH, 2026 AS PLEBIAN BASIC MISSION CENTER DAY IN. PICTURE. SCOTT. TANYA BE TEXTING ME. HOW Y'ALL DOING? THREE TWO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, RENEE. URLS FOR TEXAS SCHOLARS.
CHOLERA. JUST CALL HER UP. SHE'S JUST GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS. NO PROCLAMATION.
JUST MAKE IT UP. WHEREAS A FRIEND OF MINE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, RENEE HENDERSON URLS, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SO EACH YEAR, THE COUNCIL HONORS THE TEXAS SCHOLARS WHO HAVE THE MOST HOURS, AND MANY OF THEM ARE WITH US TODAY. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS CALL YOU OUT BY SCHOOL,
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YOUR NAME AND YOUR NUMBER OF HOURS. AND IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND SHAKE THE HAND OF OUR MAYOR, HENDRICK, AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO, AND THEN WE'LL GO DOWNSTAIRS AND TAKE A GROUP PHOTO AS WELL. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TEXAS SCHOLARS PROGRAM, IT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1997. AND THIS YEAR ALONE, WE HAD 733 STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED ALL OF THE HOURS THAT WERE REQUIRED. AND IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, THEY SERVED ALMOST 29,000 HOURS. SO THEY HELP MANY ORGANIZATIONS MAY HELP ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE PERMIAN BASIN MISSION CENTER AND MANY, MANY OTHERS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITHOUT THE HELP OF THESE STUDENTS FROM AGE NINTH GRADE TO 12TH GRADE, MANY OF THESE NONPROFITS COULD NOT SIMPLY EXIST. SO WE WANT TO CALL YOU OUT AGAIN BY SCHOOL. AND IF YOU'LL JUST COME FORWARD. SO FROM NEW TECH, WE HAVE AS A NINTH GRADER, CORNELIO NINO, WHO HAD 81 HOURS. AND IF YOU'RE HERE, JUST COME FORWARD. I'LL JUST KEEP GOING. AND MATTHEW DARIS, WHO HAD 141 HOURS.JONATHAN GARCIA 154 HOURS, AND AZUL HERNANDEZ, WHO HAD 317 HOURS JUST AS A SENIOR. THAT'S IN ONE YEAR. PRETTY AMAZING. AND THEN FRANCIS LEONENKO FROM NINTH GRADE TO 12TH GRADE, VOLUNTEERED 545 HOURS. PRETTY AMAZING. AND THEN, DO WE HAVE ANY STUDENTS FROM PERMIAN? WONDERFUL. SO WE HAVE FROM THE NINTH GRADE, WE HAVE HAILEY VESLEY, WHO HAD 45 HOURS. WE HAD HAILEY HARDESTY, OTHERS. HAILEY. OKAY. SHE CAN JUST LEAD THE WAY HOWEVER YOU WANT TO.
YEAH, PERFECT. AND YOU CAN STAY UP HERE WITH US IF YOU WANT INDIVIDUALLY AS A SCHOOL, HOWEVER, Y'ALL. YEAH, JUST KEEP ON GOING. NOW, SCHOOL WAS OUT LAST WEEK, SO SOME OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY TRULY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SUMMER FUN AND EITHER LEAVE TOWN OR THEY MAY BE VOLUNTEERING SOMEWHERE. WHO KNOWS? WE ALSO HAVE HAILEY HARDESTY WITH 234 HOURS. THANK YOU HAILEY. WE HAVE ANIKA GONZALEZ WITH 263 HOURS. A SENIOR, KYLEE ANDES 145 HOURS. AND I KNOW KYLEE HAS BEEN HONORED BEFORE EACH YEAR AND THEN CUMULATIVELY FOR THEIR ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, ABEL JIMENEZ HAD 420 HOURS. SO AMAZING FOR PERMIAN HIGH SCHOOL. OUR NEXT SCHOOL WE HAVE ODESSA. SURE. IN THE MIDDLE. IN THE MIDDLE. GOT IT. OH. ONE MORE. PHOTOSHOP. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU LADIES. FROM ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY. DO WE HAVE ANY STUDENTS HERE? WE'LL CALL THEM OUT. ALI NATIVIDAD HAD 55.5 HOURS. JIMENA RAMIREZ JUAREZ, 131 HOURS. YANDEL, GASTELUM AND I MAY BE BUTCHERING THEIR NAMES 123 HOURS. AND THEN BODI SCOTT, WHO HAD 295 HOURS JUST THIS YEAR ALONE. BUT 656 HOURS FOR THE FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL. AND I KNOW BODI HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED SEVERAL YEARS AS WELL. AND THEN GOING ON TO OC TECH, ANY OC TECH STUDENTS? YAY! ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NINTH GRADE. ALEXIS SHAHRYAR AT 38 HOURS, FERNANDO JUAREZ AT 78 HOURS, JOCELYN PEREZ AT 128 HOURS. ALSO. BRENNAN HILBISH AT 32 HOURS. AS A SENIOR. AND THEN FOR THE CUMULATIVE STUDENT, MARICELA CHAVEZ AT 113 HOURS. SO THAT IS YOUR OC TECH STUDENTS. SO FINISHING OUT ODESSA HIGH SCHOOL, DO WE HAVE SOME ODESSA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? I HAVE FOR SOME REASON THE FORM I HAVE HAS THEIR HOURS AND WE'RE MISSING A COUPLE OF NAMES. SO I'M EMBARRASSED TO TELL YOU THAT I DO NOT HAVE THE FRESHMEN, BUT THEY VOLUNTEERED 202 HOURS. THE SOPHOMORE WAS AJ GUNDLAPALLI AT 155TH, 155 HOURS. AND THEN WE
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HAVE AN 11TH GRADER WHO SERVED 137 HOURS, AND THE SENIOR WHO NOT ONLY HAD THE MOST HOURS THIS YEAR ALONE, BUT ALSO CUMULATIVELY, SHATARA GANGIREDDY SERVED 114 HOURS THIS YEAR ALONE, BUT A TOTAL OF 340 HOURS FOR THE ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. SO WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ODESSA HIGH SCHOOL FOR THAT. SO ROUNDING OUT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO STEM ACADEMY. STEM ACADEMY STARTED JOINING US PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND THEY'VE REALLY GROWN THAT PROGRAM FROM THE NINTH GRADE. CHAZ SMITH WITH 27 HOURS. ANYONE HERE FROM STEM YANKEE JEN WILLIAMS WITH 125 HOURS. YANKEE. EVELYN JONES WITH 36 HOURS, AND CAITLIN POINDEXTER WITH 56 HOURS AS A SENIOR. AND THE STEM STUDENT WITH CUMULATIVE HOURS. MADELINE COUCH WITH 105 HOURS. SO YOUR STEM STUDENTS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS. THANK YOU TO THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE ABOUT 150 NONPROFITS WHO RECEIVE STUDENTS FOR VOLUNTEERS. AND THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS FOR ENCOURAGING THESE STUDENTS TO GET OUT THERE AND SERVE, BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY SETS THE TONE. AND THEN THEY CAN GROW UP TO BE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. DID WE MISS A FEW? OH, WHAT SCHOOLS HAVE I MISSED? COMPASS THE SECOND SHEET ON MY I'M SO SORRY. YES. COMPASS ACADEMY, THANK YOU FOR CALLING THAT TO MY ATTENTION. SO NINTH GRADE WE HAVE SOPHIE CRUZ WITH 79 HOURS. AND COMPASS IS THE SCHOOL THAT HAS RECENTLY COME ON BOARD ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND HAS REALLY GROWN THE PROGRAM.PAXTON DAVIS, WHO IS A SOPHOMORE WITH 152 HOURS. COLIN MCDONALD, WHO IS A JUNIOR WITH 154.5 HOURS. AND THEN THE SENIOR PIPER BURNS WITH 144 HOURS. AND I BELIEVE THE NEXT NAME MAY BE RELATED TO PAXTON, POSSIBLY PARKER DAVIS. IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY. PARKER HAD THE MOST CUMULATIVE HOURS FOR HIS FOUR YEARS AT COMPASS, WITH 229 HOURS. YEAH. WOW. AND THAT IS A TRUE COMMITMENT FROM THE DAVIS FAMILY. OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE SETTING THE TONE OF, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING THEIR KIDDOS TO PROVIDE HOURS. SO AGAIN, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING THE COMPASS STUDENTS. JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ENCOURAGING THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET OUT THERE AND VOLUNTEER. IT STARTED OUT AS A WORKFORCE PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE ACCOUNTABLE, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW UP AT A CERTAIN TIME, CARRY OUT A CERTAIN PURPOSE AND HAS REALLY GROWN THROUGHOUT THE MANY YEARS OVER THE PAST YEARS. FROM 1997 TO THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD STUDENTS DONATE 421,919 HOURS. THAT IS ALMOST HALF 1,000,000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE. SO CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS. THANK YOU AGAIN. BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR SUMMER, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU UP HERE AGAIN IN A YEAR. SO WE'LL GO DOWNSTAIRS SHORTLY AND TAKE A PHOTO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING, BUT IF YOU HAVE A LIFE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LEAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL GET SWITCHED AROUND. SO IF YOU'RE A STUDENT OR JUST CAME FOR THE PRESENTATION, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LEAVE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. NO MORE COMMENTS FROM THE BACK SECTION.
YOU AND PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING FUNNY FACES. I KNOW YOU GUYS. I HEAR Y'ALL. I GOT HEARING AIDS IN. I THOUGHT EARL WAS GOING TO SAY THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ADULT VOLUNTEERS. EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU
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NINE MINUTES IS PASSED IN. WE BETTER HURRY THEN. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A HOLD ON. I CAN'T SEE WITHOUT MY GLASSES. JUST ALL KIND OF FUZZY. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA NOW. DOES[Citizens’ comments on non-agenda items.]
ANYONE HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR. OH, WE DO HAVE A CITIZENS COMMENT. OH, BILL. BILL. BILLY CLEAVER. YOU EIGHT, COME ON UP. SORRY, MY FRIEND, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. I'M KIND OF SLOW. I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST HERE TO SEE OUR SMILING FACES. YEAH.GOOD TO SEE YOU. HEY, IT'S GOOD TO BE SEEN. EVAN. PHILLIP. ZEKE. ZEKE USED TO TELL ME. SAY IT'S GOOD TO BE SEEN. TOO MANY TIMES CITIZENS COMPLAINED ABOUT CITY SERVICES. BUT I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THE ZONING PEOPLE. I PUT IN A REQUEST TO HAVE TWO LOTS REZONE FROM RETAIL TO TO GENERAL. IT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. THEY WOULD PHONE. THEY WOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ME IN MY ABSENCE. AND MOST OF THE TIME WASN'T EVEN IN TOWN. BUT THEY REALLY KEPT UP WITH ME. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. I HAVE ME SOME NOTES ON HERE AND I LOST THEM.
I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT THEY RAN IT THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON A BOARD THAT I SERVE ON. I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING, BUT I DID WITH THE HELP OF A NORMAL FILL OUT, ALL PROPER PAPERWORK AND WE GOT THAT DONE. SO IT ZIPPED RIGHT THROUGH. I'M MUCH APPRECIATIVE. I'M APPRECIATIVE OF YOU GUYS HAD THE TWO MEETINGS IN APRIL AND IT ZIPPED RIGHT THROUGH. SO THAT'S THAT'S COME PROVIDE ME AND SOME PARTNERS I'M WORKING WITH TO BUILD TWO HOUSES ON, ON THOSE LOTS. AND A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET SHOULD GIVE US THREE HOUSES. AND DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS GO WITH MY HEALTH AND STUFF, I CAN BUILD A FOURTH HOUSE IN THE 400 BLOCK OF WASHINGTON. WE JUST SOLD ONE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON AND IT TURNED OUT REALLY GOOD. SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND MY ABSENCE, YOU KNOW, IN A BIGGER CITY DOING OTHER THINGS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING. DOING A GREAT JOB AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, MR. CLEAVER. I APPRECIATE WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND THANKS, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES DEPARTMENTS GET OVERLOOKED, A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING A LOT OF HARD WORK EVERY DAY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZED SOME
[VI. Consent Agenda ]
OF THEM. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM ROMAN NUMERAL SIX IS ANYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE COUNCIL MINUTES AND THE PREVIOUS EVERYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF SO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAYOR ALSO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VASQUEZ THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION IS UNANIMOUS.[VII. Regular]
LET'S GO TO OUR REGULAR COUNCIL AGENDA. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALL CITY ODESSA COMMISSIONS AND BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING APPOINTMENT, REAPPOINTMENT, REMOVING AND MODIFICATION, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING. LET'S DO EACH INDIVIDUAL. LET'S START WITH C, R, M, W, D COUNCIL APPOINTEES TERMS EXPIRED IN MAY 31ST. 26 WILL BE MICKEY JONES AND DAN HOMAN, CORRECT? THEY'RE BOTH WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN IF THEY'RE BOTH WILLING TO SERVE. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TO APPOINT BOTH SERVE APPROVAL. A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COUNCIL? I THINK STOKER ONE SECOND BY COUNCIL. STOKER. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION UNANIMOUS. LET'S GO TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF ODESSA MAYOR APPOINTMENT. I READ ABOUT THIS. NO ACTION AT THIS TIME.NO ONE HAS FILED. STILL LOOKING FOR ANOTHER RESIDENT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO I KNOW YOU HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE. WAS IT. YES. SO I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY APPLICATION TO TALK TO HER. OKAY. SO WE CAN KEEP THAT ON THE AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. KEEP IT ON THE AGENDA. FOR THOSE THAT SHOWED UP TONIGHT. LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT.
IF CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS, THE AGENDA IS GOING TO BE SHORT AND TO THE POINT. OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, OUR LEADERS, OUR STAFF ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. AND TONIGHT WAS A VERY SHORT AGENDA.
BUT WE IT'S BECAUSE EVERYONE'S DOING THEIR JOB. WHEN PEOPLE DO THEIR JOB, IT WORKS. AND SO APOLOGIZE FOR SUCH A SHORT AGENDA. BUT IT WAS A THERE'S GOOD WORK BEING DONE AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE, IN THE FUTURE ABOUT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON. AND JUST IN THE PAPER TODAY, WE SAW THAT WE'VE APPOINTED DOCTOR LA AS OUR GRANTS WRITER. SHE'S FANTASTIC. SO THERE'S OTHER GOOD NEWS TO SHARE, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW. IT'S A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE, BUT I'LL BE SHARING OTHER GOOD NEWS WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING. BUT WE HAVE A SHORT AGENDA. AND THIS IS COUNCILMAN VASQUEZ'S FAVORITE ONE, THOUGH, MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY WHICH ONE? COUNCILMAN. COUNCIL. WHICH ONE? THOMPSON. MITCHELL.
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THOMPSON. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE BOTH* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.