Jun 23, 2026 City Council

[00:00:01]

ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS READY? YES, SIR. CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 23RD, 2025 IS NOW CALLED

[I. Call to Order]

CONNELL. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. HANEY. PRESENT. MAYOR. WE HAVE QUORUM. THANK YOU. AS PASTOR NICK CARRAWAY HERE. OH, YOU JUST OVERLOOKED ME. I DON'T COUNT COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON.

YEAH. THE BEST FOR LAST. WELL, HE WASN'T WEARING THE SHIRT. SO YOU DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM? THERE YOU GO AGAIN. CLASS, CLASS. WE COME TOGETHER HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO. MAYBE BEFORE THE PRAYER. JUST TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. IN REMEMBRANCE FOR LIEUTENANT EZZY. AUTHORS WHO PASSED ON LAST SUNDAY AT THE FUNERAL. TODAY, IT WAS THE. MAYBE THE MOST. MOVING AND. IT WAS INCREDIBLE OUTREACH FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE. ACROSS THE STATE, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, OTHER. LEO'S. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. SO BEFORE PASTOR NICK CARRAWAY LEADS US IN A WORD OF PRAYER, LET'S JUST HAVE A SHORT MOMENT OF SILENCE. FATHER, THIS CITY IS HURTING TODAY AND GOD, WE PRAY FOR YOUR HEALING AND FOR YOUR PEACE. WE PRAY THAT THE PEACE OF CHRIST, WHICH SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, WOULD FILL THE HEARTS OF THE CITIZENS OF ODESSA AND THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY. GOD, WE PRAY FOR LIEUTENANT HUERTA'S FAMILY. GOD, WE JUST PRAY FOR YOUR COMFORT TO BE UPON THEM. LORD, WE PRAY FOR ALL OF HIS FRIENDS AND FOR HIS COLLEAGUES. WE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, ESPECIALLY OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE LOST ONE OF THEIR OWN. GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING COMFORT, THAT YOU WOULD BRING PEACE. AND GOD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HIS LIFE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE SELFLESSNESS OF HIS DEATH AND GOD. WE PRAY THAT HIS EXAMPLE WOULD BE AN INSPIRATION TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.

FATHER, I PRAY THAT MANY, MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD DESIRE TO BE FIREFIGHTERS BECAUSE THEY SAW THE WAY THIS MAN LIVED. GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD USE THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY FOR GOOD IN A WAY THAT ONLY YOU CAN. GOD, WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY TONIGHT. LORD, I PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR. I PRAY FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I PRAY FOR OUR CITY MANAGER. LORD, I JUST PRAY FOR BLESSING UPON THEM. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM. HELP THEM TO KNOW WHAT DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE. AND GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE COURAGE TO MAKE THEM DECISIONS THAT ARE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS CITY. GOD I DO. I WANT TO PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT THEM. GOD, I WANT TO PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE ON SUMMER BREAK RIGHT NOW. GOD, I PRAY FOR ALL OF THEM THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM RESTORATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT AS THEY LOOK AHEAD TO ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR. GOD, I LOVE YOU AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT I GET TO BE HERE TONIGHT. I PRAY THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S SAID AND DONE IN THESE CHAMBERS WOULD BRING YOU HONOR. IT'S IN CHRIST'S NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I HAVE A TREAT FOR Y'ALL. TONIGHT. WE HAVE SCOTT ANDERSON, ONE OF OUR LONG TIME EMPLOYEES, HAS HIS GRANDSON IN TOWN THIS THIS WEEK. SO WE'RE ASKING WAYLON ANDERSON TO COME FORWARD TO LEAD US BOTH IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE OF THE TEXAS FLAG, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND. I 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. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE BE SEATED. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. WHALEN. THAT'S A BIG HAND. TO COOL. MR.

[V. Proclamations & Presentations ]

[00:05:03]

PROCLAMATION. CITY OF ODESSA. WHEREAS COMMUNITIES ARE STRENGTHENED BY THE COURAGE, DEDICATION AND SELFLESS SERVICE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP OTHERS. AND WHEREAS A LOCAL HERO IS SOMEONE WHOSE ACTIONS INSPIRE OTHERS, DEMONSTRATE OUTSTANDING CHARACTER, AND MAKE POSITIVE AND LASTING IMPACT ON THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS NATHAN LLOYD HAS EXEMPLIFIED THESE QUALITIES THROUGH UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, COMPASSION, AND THE SERVICE OF ODESSA RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS, ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023, NATHAN SAW VICTIM GET SHOT, NATHAN RAN TO HELP THE VICTIM, WHO SUFFERED A GUNSHOT GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE FACE, AND HE STAYED WITH HIM AS HE PASSED AWAY. NATHAN FACED THE SHOOTER, BUT IN HIS OWN LIFE, AT RISK TO ASSIST AND BE WITH THE VICTIM. AND WHEREAS THROUGH THIS ACT OF BRAVERY AND DEDICATION, THE WELL-BEING OF OTHERS, NATHAN HAS EARNED THE RESPECT AND GRATITUDE OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS. ACTIONS, NATHAN SERVE AS EXAMPLE, CIVIC PRIDE, COMMUNITY SPIRIT, INSPIRING PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND WHEREAS IT'S FITTING, THE CITY OF ODESSA RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES NATHAN, WHOSE ACTIONS EMBODY THE VERY BEST OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW THEREFORE, I CALVIN HERE TO. SEVENTH, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE CITY OF ODESSA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 23RD, 2026 AS NATHAN LLOYD DAY FOR HOMETOWN, HOMETOWN HERO AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF ODESSA.

ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR HIS ACT OF BRAVERY, MAKING OUR SAFE OUR CITY SAFER, IN A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. NATHAN, YOU COME FORWARD. NOW, CITIZENS.

[Citizens’ comments on non-agenda items.]

JUSTIN. MALCOLM. AS A REMINDER, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JUSTIN MALCOLM. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN ODESSA, TEXAS. I JUST GOT OFF OF WORK IN SCRIBBLED THIS. SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA CENTER THAT IS BEING PUT FORWARD. I HAVEN'T BEEN IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO FORGIVE ME. NUMBER ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS DATA CENTERS DO NOT CREATE MANY JOBS. IT IS JUST A HANDFUL OF COMPUTERS THAT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE TURNED ON.

CONSTRUCTION IS TEMPORARY AND THERE IS LITTLE COMMUNITY VALUE. IT DOESN'T PROVIDE A THIRD SPACE FOR THE WORKING CLASS OF ODESSA, TEXAS. NUMBER TWO IS ANOTHER. ONE OF MY FEARS IS THAT AI KILLS JOBS. IT'S ALREADY KILLED 50,000 JOBS IN THIS NATION. MANY OF US ARE BLUE COLLAR AND WHITE COLLAR JOBS, AND AI PUTS US ALL AT RISK. NUMBER THREE IS WATER.

DATA CENTERS USE ABOUT 5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF WATER, ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE TOWN OF 4000 PEOPLE, ALSO KNOWN AS CORPUS CHRISTI, WHO RUN OUT OF WATER JUST AND IS AT RISK, IS RUNNING OUT OF WATER IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. I WANTED TO ASK WHY WE'RE GOING TO BUILD

[00:10:01]

WEST ODESSA STILL NEEDS MORE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DRINKING WATER. I WANTED TO ASK WHY WE'RE BUILDING A DATA CENTER THAT USES NATURAL GAS. WHEN GAS PRICES ARE SOARING AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, NOT EVEN SOLAR IS BEING CONSIDERED. AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IN REGARDS TO DATA CENTERS IS I WAS RAISED BEING TAUGHT BY CHRISTIAN PARENTS THAT THE INTERNET AND TELEVISION DEGRADES THE MINDS OF CHILDREN. I WANTED TO ASK WHY WE'RE BUILDING A DATA CENTER WHEN AI HAS BEEN CORRUPTING THE MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN AND WILL CORRUPT THE MINDS OF MY FUTURE CHILDREN, AND DEGRADING THE. IN EDUCATION, CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT THAT THEY DON'T NEED CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS. THEY DON'T NEED GOOD BEHAVIOR. THEY DON'T NEED GOOD VALUES BECAUSE THEY HAVE AI. AND WITH THAT, I ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO NOT MOVE FORWARD ON THE DATA CENTERS, AND I ASK THE AUDIENCE, DO NOT VOTE YES ON A DATA CENTER. THANK YOU. WE'RE PROHIBITED FROM COMMENTING ON ON SPEAKERS, BUT I WOULD ASK OUR CITY MANAGEMENT, REACH OUT AND PROVIDE THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO DATA CENTER BEING BUILT IN THE CITY OF ODESSA. THEREFORE, WE JUST PRESENT THE EVIDENCE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD AS FAR AS WATER USAGE, JOBS, POWER BEHIND THE METER AND THAT SORT OF THING. RIGHT? SURE. WE'D BE HAPPY TO KIND OF PUT SOMETHING OUT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. WE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE NO DATA CENTERS IN THE CITY OF ODESSA. I'M NOT AWARE OF ONE EVEN BEING PROPOSED FOR INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF OF ODESSA. I CAN ASSURE YOU, THOUGH, THAT WE DO HAVE CLEAN DRINKING WATER, THOUGH WITHOUT A DOUBT WE HAVE MORE. KARSTEN KERN'S. EXCUSE ME IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.

OKAY, OKAY. HOWDY. MY NAME IS KARSTEN KERN'S. I'M ACTUALLY A SCHOOL TEACHER AT OVER AT OHS.

THIS IS. I JUST FINISHED MY SEVENTH YEAR OF TEACHING. LOOKING FORWARD TO MY EIGHTH.

AND I'M ALSO EXPRESSING MY CONCERN ABOUT THE DATA CENTER BEING BUILT. I'M AWARE THAT IT IS NOT UNDER THE CITY'S JURISDICTION, BUT I THINK THIS IS JUST A MATTER OF PUBLIC AWARENESS THAT I THINK MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BE INFORMED OF. AS A TEACHER, I AM SEEING THE EFFECTS OF AI ON OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY, AND IT IS NOT A POSITIVE ONE. THE STUDENTS ARE DIRECTING THEIR CRITICAL. RATHER, THEY ARE SURRENDERING THEIR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS TO THESE AI PROGRAMS THAT ARE COLLECTING THEIR DATA, PUTTING THEM UNDER SURVEILLANCE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE EXPRESSING THE ATTITUDE. I DON'T NEED TO THINK I CAN JUST HAVE THIS AI DO IT FOR ME, AND IT DOES NOT EVEN OCCUR TO THEM THAT AI IS PRONE TO HALLUCINATIONS. IT IS VERY SKETCHY WITH FACTS. IT'S VERY SKETCHY WITH ITS SOURCES AS WELL. AND SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING A TECHNOLOGY THAT IS ANTI THINKING. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE EXPOSING OUR CHILDREN TO THESE TECHNOLOGIES EITHER.

AND I THINK BY BUILDING A DATA CENTER, WE WOULD BE CREATING A MORAL PERMISSIVENESS THAT I THINK WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR WELL-BEING. AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF IT. THE LARGEST AI COMPANIES, OPENAI, DO NOT GENERATE ANY PROFITS. IN FACT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, OPENAI OPERATED AT A I BELIEVE IT WAS A $24 BILLION REVENUE LOSS. AND IF THE LARGEST PLAYERS IN THE AI INDUSTRY CANNOT GENERATE A PROFIT, HOW CAN WE EXPECT SMALLER ONES TO. SO I'M ALSO EXPRESSING CONCERN OF PUBLIC MONEY, PUBLIC LARGESSE BEING GIVEN TO SUPPORT COMPANIES THAT MAY JUST BE RIPPING US OFF.

ANYWAYS, THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, JACKIE BETTIS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JACKIE. I'M A RESIDENT HERE. I I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DATA CENTER. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE ISN'T A PLAN TO BUILD ANYTHING WITHIN THE CITY. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE COUNTY EARLIER, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR MEETINGS ARE 10:00 ON A TUESDAY. I HAD MY SON WITH ME. HE GOT REALLY RESTLESS.

THIS IS THE BEST I COULD DO. SO MY MY FIRST ISSUE IS THE IMPACT ON OUR UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE FACT THAT OUR RECENT HISTORY IN ODESSA HAS SHOWN THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE BUFFER TO TAKE ON NEW RISK FOR A SYSTEM LIKE THAT. THE PROPOSED. WELL IN ECTOR COUNTY TO TAKE THE. TO TAKE THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER REPRESENTATIVES HAVE SAID THAT THEY PLAN TO USE A CLOSED. A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM THAT WON'T AFFECT OUR WATER. BUT WE'VE

[00:15:05]

I'M ASKING IF ANY PROJECT LIKE THAT COMES HERE AND YOU HAVE THE POWER TO STOP IT, THAT YOU STOP THE PROJECT FROM MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DALE FELDMAN. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. FORGIVE ME IF I'M NERVOUS. MY NAME IS DALE FELDMAN AND I LIVE HERE. I LOVE LIVING HERE, AND I ALSO WORK IN IT. SO I WORK WITH COMPUTERS ALL THE TIME. I'M AFRAID TO SAY THAT I'M ALSO HERE ABOUT THE AI DATA CENTER. I HEARD OF THIS PROJECT CALLED STARHAWK THAT WAS BEING DONE PROBABLY NOT WITHIN CITY LIMITS, BUT AROUND US. I JUST WANTED TO RAISE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. AS SOMEONE THAT WORKS WITH COMPUTERS FOR PROBABLY ABOUT THE LAST TEN YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS SPECULATIVE MONEY IN EVERY TREND THAT HAPPENS. AND THERE'S ALWAYS A SNAKE OIL SALESMAN WITH THAT. WHILE THEY'RE CERTAINLY HEARING A LOT ABOUT AI AND ITS USEFULNESS, WE ALSO DO NOT HEAR ENOUGH ABOUT HOW MANY FAILED PROJECTS THERE ARE. JUST OFFHAND, THERE IS ALL OF AI BUILDER, AI, AI, AI AI ROSE $1.5 BILLION FOR THIS PROJECT AND HAS NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT. IF WE'RE BEING HONEST HERE, THERE'S ACTUALLY ABOUT 48 FAILED PROJECTS AROUND THE US OF AI DATA CENTERS. IN FACT, PEW RESEARCH JUST RECENTLY DID A POLLING WITHIN RURAL AREAS SUCH AS OURS AND ONES AROUND US, AND IT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A 70% NEGATIVE DISCOURSE AROUND AI PROJECTS. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, QUITE HONESTLY, WE ALL JUST PICKED UP YOUR PHONES. THE GOOGLE AI WILL TELL YOU THAT UTILITY UPTICKS ARE THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT ARE PRACTICALLY INEVITABLE. THESE AREN'T NORMAL DATA CENTERS LIKE SERVER X. THESE ARE HIGHLY COMPUTATIONAL, ALWAYS RUNNING DIESEL ENGINE SERVERS THAT CREATE ENOUGH ENERGY TO SUPPLY ENTIRE CITY. AND IF WE'RE EVEN LOOKING AT THE BIG DOGS, LIKE EVEN DISNEY IS SHUT DOWN THEIR AI PROJECT FOR THAT, WHICH LIKE TO THAT POINT, WHEN I CAME HERE, I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY SURPRISED BECAUSE WE HAD, WE WERE PAYING $100 MORE FOR ENERGY ANYWHERE ELSE. I LIVED IN TEXAS. THAT'S CRAZY TO ME BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF VALUE AND ENERGY THAT PEOPLE THAT BREAK THEIR BACKS EVERY DAY HAVE TO DO AROUND HERE. AND BUT WE'RE PAYING FOR IT. AND WITH THE UPTICK OF AI UTILITIES BEING INEVITABLE, I WOULD JUST CAUTION AGAINST IT BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO A PROJECT THAT BARELY CREATES ANY JOBS, THAT CLEARLY CREATES KICKBACKS. AND THAT FORCES US, THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CITY, TO PAY FOR IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THAT'S ALL. NO MORE SPEAKERS. WE'LL MOVE TO

[VI. Consent Agenda]

[00:20:05]

CANAL CANAL. SORRY. LONG DAY. SO, YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

WHAT'S YOUR CONCERN? WELL, AGAIN, IT. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE. THIS. AND AARON AND TINA AND I MET TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WAS THIS ABOUT? THIS IS ABOUT THE $3 MILLION. BUT THIS ISN'T THE CONTRACT TO BUILD IT. AND SO I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS A LITTLE BIT. DID WE NOT NEED TO GET THE THE BID OF HOW MUCH THE PROJECT WAS GOING TO COST BEFORE WE COMMITTED MONEY TOWARDS IT? I THINK THAT BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS IT'S MOVING MONEY OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE FUND INTO JUST A PROJECT FUND SO THAT WE CAN HOLD IT THERE FOR THE PROJECT. I THINK THAT OUR ENGINEERS HAVE GIVEN US AN ESTIMATE, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT'S ABOUT THE COST THAT IT WILL BE. WE I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH MOVING IT INTO A FUND. SO WE CAN HOLD THOSE FUNDS THERE AND THEN EXPEND THOSE AT A LATER DATE. ALL. BASICALLY, YOU'RE JUST CREATING A PROJECT FOR THIS, FOR THESE FUNDS IS WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO. WELL, I JUST MY CURIOSITY WAS I DON'T THIS IS THE SECOND PROJECT LIKE THIS I'VE SEEN AND I JUST, IT HADN'T MADE SENSE TO ME THAT WE'RE SETTING ASIDE MONEY BEFORE WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST. IT WOULD BE AN ESTIMATE, RIGHT? AND SO WHY WOULDN'T WE GET THE HEY HERE, HERE'S WHAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COST US. WE NEED $3 MILLION TO BUILD IT. ALL RIGHT. COOL. HERE'S $3 MILLION INSTEAD OF HERE'S $3 MILLION AND THEN ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GO SPEND $3 MILLION. ALL THIS IS DOING IS HOLDING MONEY FOR FOR THE PROJECT.

THAT'S ALL IT'S DOING. AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU'LL GET AN ACTUAL CONTRACT AND THEY'LL GO OUT FOR BID. AND THEN AT THAT POINT YOU'LL HAVE THE MONIES TO EXPEND IT. COULD IT BE MORE COULD THAN AT WHICH POINT WE WOULD JUST ASK FOR MORE MONEY FROM WHETHER IT'S MAINTENANCE OR PERHAPS IT'S IN IN A FUND PROJECT FUND. SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. I'LL CALL THE MATTER TO A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF REMOVING IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. SAY AYE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REMOVE IT AGAIN. I WANTED TO ASK MY QUESTION FIRST, BUT THAT WAS MY QUESTION. OKAY. WHAT DID YOU GET AN ANSWER? NOT REALLY. BUT WHAT WHAT COULD I EXPAND ON. I JUST AGAIN THE, THE BECAUSE WE, WE WENT THROUGH THIS ALREADY BEFOREHAND AT LENGTH AND I'M A LITTLE SHOCKED THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY COMING UP RIGHT NOW WITH THIS QUESTION RIGHT NOW, JUST AS A SURPRISE. SO. WELL, I THOUGHT WE WERE PAST ALL OF THAT. ALSO REMEMBER IN THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, TINA AGREED THAT. PERHAPS THE WAY I'M TALKING ABOUT MAYBE A LITTLE MORE SENSE THAT GETTING. ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT WELL ENOUGH THAT AGAIN, THE THE PROCESS OF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME ASKING FOR THE MONEY BEFORE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT WE'RE PULLING $3 MILLION OUT OF A MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT AND PUTTING IT TOWARD A PROJECT. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF. THAT'S THE PROCESS. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY. WE COULD JUST DO IT AS AN ENCUMBRANCE LATER ON IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. BUT THEY WANT TO BRING THIS MONEY OUT NOW AND LOCK IT DOWN SO THAT WE WE KNOW THAT IT'S THERE FOR THE PROJECT IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS COMING OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE FUND. YES, SIR. OUT OF THE OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE FUND. THE MAINTENANCE FUND. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I GUESS CRAIG, THE THIS IS LIKE THE OLD DEAL, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT YOUR GOT YOUR LITTLE TIN CAN WITH A LITTLE HOLE ON TOP, YOU PUT YOUR PENNIES IN THERE. AND SO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE WHEN YOU NEED TO GO BUY SOMETHING. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THIS IS. SO THAT SOME FUTURE COUNCIL OR ANYBODY ELSE, THAT MONEY DOESN'T GET DIRECTED WHERE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO. WE'RE WAY SHORT OF ROADS. AND SO ANYTIME WE CAN

[00:25:01]

LISTEN, THIS IS NOT ABOUT, AGAIN, NOT ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I THINK THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I THINK WE'VE GOT THE MONEY TO DO IT. LET'S DO IT. BUT I AGAIN, I'M MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE PROCESS OF ASKING FOR MONEY. AGAIN, I USE IT WELL. WE WOULD USE IT THOUGH. IT IS GOING TO BE USED. WE'RE TAKING THE MONEY OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE FUND AND WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND. SO I DO I. FROM THE PROCESS, I HEAR YOU SAYING IS YOU WOULD RATHER WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE AND THEN HAVE ON FOR A VOTE TO MOVE THE MONEY. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I MEAN, RIGHT, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S RATTLING AROUND IN MY HEAD BECAUSE. WHAT IF IT COSTS A MILLION AND A HALF? WE WOULD WE WOULD NEED TO BRING MORE MONEY OUT OF ANOTHER PROJECT FUND OR OUT OF MAINTENANCE OR, OR IF IT COULD BE DONE FOR A MILLION AND A HALF. AND THEY SAY, WELL, WE HAVE THREE LOTS, THEN THAT WOULD GO INTO FUND BALANCE AT THAT POINT, BACK INTO FUND BALANCE, I GUESS. SIX ONE HALF DOES THE OTHER. BUT I GUESS WE CAN BRING THAT UP IN WORKSHOP. DON'T HAVE DISCUSSION ON JUST THE PROCESS OF HOW WE DO THAT.

WELL, I WOULD FOR SURE, LIKE EVERYTHING, SPENDING MONEY TO GO THROUGH WORKSHOP. OKAY, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S DO THIS. LET'S, BUT I THINK AGAIN, THIS ONE WE'VE DISCUSSED. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF IT PROCESS PROCEDURE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE PROCESS THOUGH. AGAIN, THERE'S YOU CAN DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY TOO THOUGH. BUT THIS WAS THE WAY THAT I GUESS WE'VE DONE IT.

THERE'S NO HARM IN DOING IT THIS WAY. IT LOCKS THE MONEY AWAY. IT'S BEING VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE $3 MILLION AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT TOWARD THIS PROJECT. LET'S. THAT WAY IT'S LOCKED DOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE BECAUSE IT WILL GO OVER MULTIPLE. IT WILL GO INTO NEXT YEAR AS WELL. IT WILL GO INTO NEXT YEAR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL RIGHT.

THE FIRST MOTION FAILED. SEVEN ZERO. SO NOW WE HAVE A MOTION TO PASS CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND. SO MOVED BY KENT. WAS IT HANEY. CANAL. HANEY. HANEY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UNANIMOUS. LET'S MOVE

[VII.Regular]

WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND I STARTED WITH SAMARITAN CENTER IN 2015, AND ONE OF THE FIRST INDIVIDUALS THAT REACHED OUT TO ME AT THAT TIME WAS MR. DARRELL WELLS. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU REMEMBER HIM, AND YOU KNEW DARRELL WHEN HE BELIEVED IN SOMETHING. HE SAW IT AS THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE THAT HE WORKS WITH.

HE REALLY MOVED FORWARD TO TRY AND SET THE PROCESS IN PLACE. WELL, FOR ME, HE HAD ALREADY HAD THE PROCESS IN PLACE ALREADY WITH SAMARITAN, AND I BELIEVE AT THAT TIME, HE SAID IT WAS AROUND 18 OR 20 YEARS. SAMARITAN HAD HAD A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE COUNSELING, CARE FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND WHAT THE CITY DID WAS THEY ACTUALLY KEPT US ON A RETAINER, AND THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE THIS, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY SAID, YES, WE LOVE

[00:30:02]

SO AS A RESULT, WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY ALL THESE YEARS. ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT RETAINER, WHAT IT DOES FOR YOU ALL AS THE CITY IS IF THOSE OF YOU AND IF YOUR LONG STANDING LIKE ME IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH MOST OF YOU ARE UP THERE, YOU REMEMBER BACK, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2015 WHEN CAPTAIN KOENIG UNFORTUNATELY TOOK HIS LIFE. CHIEF BOYD AT THE TIME PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED ME AND SAID, I NEED HELP AND I NEED COUNSELORS OUT HERE IMMEDIATELY, AND I WANT EVERYONE IN MY DEPARTMENT SEEING. AND I SAID, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. WE'RE THERE, WE'RE HERE, WE'RE ON OUR WAY. AND WE WERE AND PROVIDED CARE RIGHT THERE AT THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FIREMEN AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT STAFF TO WORK THEM THROUGH THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT. SO FOR YEARS, WE'VE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN PARTICULAR. I KNOW LIKE IN SHOOTINGS, THEN OFFICERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN IT OR OTHERS WOULD BE SENT TO US FOR COUNSELING FOR LIKE AT LEAST UP TO THREE VISITS TO WORK WITH THEM. WE HAVE COUNSELORS WHO ARE TRAINED SPECIFICALLY TO WORK WITH TRAUMA. THEY DO EMDR AND OTHER TEXT TECHNIQUES ON SITE. SO WE'RE JUST HERE TO SAY THAT IT'S AN HONOR WORKING FOR YOU GUYS. WE LAST YEAR, WELL, OUR LAST YEAR THAT I COULD PULL FOR YOU THE HOW MUCH SERVICE WE DID WAS IN 2024, BECAUSE I'M NO LONGER SETTING ASIDE AND TRACKING BY PROFESSION LIKE THE CITY EMPLOYEES. BUT IN 2024, WE DID OVER 300 COUNSELING SESSIONS FOR THE CITY OF ODESSA, WHICH WAS A COST OF OVER 3000 $737,000. WHAT WE RECOGNIZE IS WHEN THE PROCESS CHANGED IS THAT THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE NO LONGER REACHING OUT TO US LIKE THEY ONCE WERE. THIS PAST WEEK, LIKE I TOLD YOU ALL. AND SINCE THE LOSS OF THE FIREMEN, WE HAVE HAD SOME FIRE PEOPLE CALL US AND THEY HAVE ASKED, DO YOU ALL STILL SEE US FOR FREE? AND I'VE HAD TO SAY, UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO TAKE YOUR INSURANCE. BUT THERE AGAIN, THE COST OF THAT. IF THE DEDUCTIBLE HAS BEEN MET, THEN THE COPAY THEN SETS IN. BUT IF THE COPAY IS A HARDSHIP FOR YOU FINANCIALLY, DO NOT WORRY. I WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO COVER THE COST. PLEASE. WE WILL GET YOU SCHEDULED AND SEE YOU.

AND WE HAVE SCHEDULED THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO US. BECAUSE, AS MY BOARD WILL TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF MY BOARD MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT, BUT TWO YEARS AGO WE DID OVER ALMOST $300,000 IN CARE. MY BOARD NEARLY KILLED ME AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO SAY NO. SO WE'RE HERE FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE THAT. AS SAMARITAN HAS GROWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, MOST OF YOU REMEMBER US OVER LIKE 20 PLUS YEARS. WE WERE A FAITH BASED CENTER. WE ARE NO LONGER THAT. WE ARE A COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC. TODAY, WE OFFER COUNSELING, WE OFFER PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT. WE ALSO SERVE AS A LEARNING SITE. WE PROVIDE LEARNING FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE LPC PROGRAM. THE LMFT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING. WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER, PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER ON SITE, BUT WE ALSO SERVE AS A TRAINING FACILITY FOR THEM AS WELL THROUGH TEXAS TECH. AND THEN WE HAVE A, FOR THE FIRST TIME, A PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCE. WE'VE JUST PARTNERED AGAIN WITH TEXAS TECH, WILL START COMING THROUGH OUR FACILITY FOR THAT CARE AS WELL. AND THAT, I BELIEVE IS SCHEDULED. I BELIEVE IT'S SCHEDULED FOR IN THE FALL. SO WE'RE HERE TO SAY THAT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GIVE SUPPORT. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I THINK SO MANY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES IS OVER THE YEARS, I WON'T MENTION ANY NAMES THAT WE HAVE HAD MANY, MANY HIGH OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PERMIAN BASIN THAT ARE VERY WELL KNOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY. COME TO SAMARITAN.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE SAID TO ME, AND I KNOW ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR SAID TO ME, IT'S NOT THAT I HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST MENTAL HEALTH OR STIGMA, BUT IT'S SIMPLY THAT BECAUSE MY FACE IS SO WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT I CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW,

[00:35:03]

MICROPHONE WAS OFF. SO YES, WE HAVE WE HAVE EAP PROGRAMS, EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. AND THOSE ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO FOLKS FOR, FOR COUNSELING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT I THINK WE COULD ALWAYS DO MORE THOUGH, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

WE COULD ALWAYS DO MORE IF THERE ARE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY FOSTER AND ENTER INTO. WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF IT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE TO OUR FOLKS.

SO ESPECIALLY IF SOMETHING'S LOCAL, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO OR THREE YEARS AGO OR FOUR YEARS AGO, BUT IF THERE'S A GOOD PROGRAM IN TOWN THAT WE COULD, WE COULD HELP USE AS A RESOURCE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO, WE WANT TO WE WANT TO EXPLORE THAT. AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO EXPLORE IT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, EPS AND INSURANCE, SOME EMPLOYEES AREN'T REAL COMFORTABLE IN USING UTILIZING THOSE. AND CRAIG AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE CONFIDENTIALITY MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THERE. EMPLOYERS CAN SEE KIND OF ACCESS TO CARE.

AND SO THEY LIKE BEING ABLE TO CALL AND SAY, I'D LIKE TO COME, DON'T WORRY ABOUT EXPENSE. AND THEY COULD COME ON INTO CARE. AND SO THAT'S SOMETIMES HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST. IT'S BEEN SAID TO ME IN THE PAST, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE TRY TO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT AS WELL. BUT IN CLOSING, JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL OUR CONDOLENCES TO EVERYONE AND JUST THESE THOUGHTS WITH YOU BEFORE I LEAVE. AND THIS I BELIEVE DEARLY, AND I COME FROM A HOME THAT SUFFERS WITH MENTAL HEALTH. MY BROTHER, SCHIZOPHRENIC MENTAL HEALTH IS TREATABLE AND SUICIDE IS PREVENTABLE. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS YOUR GREATEST WEALTH. BUT IT DOES TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY.

YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT REPLACEABLE, BUT WE CAN TREAT IT. SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU THINK OF THAT AS YOU GO HOME TONIGHT. YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ASK, HOW AM I DOING? AM I OKAY? AFTER THE EVENTS? YOU'RE THE LEADERS AND WE ALL LOOK TO YOU FOR THE CARE THAT YOU'RE GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE. SO THANK YOU. YOU ALL KNOW HOW TO REACH ME.

CHRIS BARNHILL TONIGHT. HE SAID I CAN SPEAK FOR YOU TWO AND WE WORK WITH PERMANENT CARE.

THERE'S A WONDERFUL AGENCY AND ARE SO HONORED TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM AND HAVE MOUS WITH THEM. SO IT'S A GREAT WORKING COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU ALL. AND AND YOU HAVE HELPED US TO FORM THOSE COLLABORATIONS, MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL ARE DOING AND GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BASED ON THE MAYOR. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD MA'AM. SURE. TWO YEARS AGO, WE WE OVERHAULED THE WHOLE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TWO YEARS AGO. CORRECT. WE HAD A COMMITTEE. WE. MR. WELLS WAS PAYING. GOES MORE BACK TO HER COMMENT ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE AP PROGRAM. I BELIEVE IT IT'S IMPECCABLE. IN MY OPINION, STAFF HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW, EXCEPT FOR THE PERSON, THE PERSONNEL IN THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE ANY IDEA IF SOMEBODY'S EXERCISING THE AP, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE TO ASK FOR A PHONE NUMBER. BUT WE DO HAVE THE AP PROGRAM INVOLVED. WE WERE PLAYING OUR OWN CLAIMS BACK AT THAT POINT, WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS. I TOLD DARRELL THAT 20 YEARS AGO. SO WE GOT AWAY FROM THAT AND NOW WE'RE WE'RE GOING THROUGH GALLAGHER. WE'VE GOT A SELF-FUNDED PLAN, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS WE CAN MOLD IT, SHAPE IT JUST LIKE PLAY-DOH. WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT TO DO. AND IF

[00:40:06]

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT THAT GOT TO THIS POINT. BUT I GUESS BECAUSE OF THIS TRAGEDY. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF BRINGS IT'S FUNNY WHAT HAPPENS. IT BRINGS THINGS TO LIGHT. SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO REVISIT THAT. AND, AND IF THAT'S A PATH WE WANT TO GO DOWN, THEN WE OUGHT TO GET STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE CONSULTANTS BACK IN HERE AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE, MAKE SOME CHOICES, RUN SOME NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT WE THINK IT MIGHT COST. BECAUSE NOW WE DO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL INPATIENT FACILITY. NOW IT'S A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN MEDICAL CENTER AND MIDLAND HOSPITAL. SO WE MAYBE OUGHT TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN. SO WE LIKE I SAID, WE'VE DONE WITH SAMARITAN FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY HAVE DONE US A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB. SO. WELL, THE REASON I JUMPED IN IMMEDIATELY IS, QUITE FRANKLY, YOU THINK I'M CRAZY. NO, NO, YOU SAID MY LATE WIFE, ADELA, AND MYSELF HAVE ALWAYS BEEN. FOR YEARS, PROPONENTS OF MENTAL HEALTH EP TYPES OF AVAILABILITY FOR. IN MY CASE AT THE TIME. IN HER CASE, SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND. AND NOW, AS A CITY COUNCILMAN, I WANT AVAILABILITY OF THAT TYPE OF SERVICE FOR OUR 900 PLUS EMPLOYEES. SO I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT WE START LOOKING AT. BRINGING BACK, IF YOU WILL, SOMETHING THAT WE THEN LOST TWO YEARS AGO OR ADD TO WHAT WE HAVE GOING. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO PUT IT, COUNCILMAN. WE JUST NEED TO TWEAK IT, TWEAK THE WORD, JUST MOLD IT AND SHAPE IT. YOU KNOW, IN THE NEW BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THE NEW BUDGET IS COMING UP AND THE CLAIMS FUND INSIDE OF THE MEDICAL PLAN, IT'S WE'RE SELF-FUNDED. SO WE AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS POOL OF MONEY SITTING OVER HERE BY ITSELF THAT GOES TO PAY HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS AND IT'S DESIGNATED OKAY. SO WE JUST NEED TO SEE WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE TO SEE HOW FAR WE WANT TO GO AND IF IT'S DIFFERENT OR A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

BUT IT'S GOOD TIMING. IT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU. THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING MY THOUGHTS, ALL OF YOU. YEAH. SPEAKING OF TIMING, I THINK. ABUNDANTLY CLEAR FOR ME FROM TODAY THAT THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAUMA WITH OUR FIRE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. AND MAYBE THE CHIEF. NO OTHER CHIEF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN MIDLAND, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A SHOOTOUT AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS PEOPLE, OFFICERS BEING SHOT AT. ANOTHER EVENT THIS WEEK.

AND CLEARLY MENTAL HEALTH IS A CRISIS, IN MY OPINION. IN TODAY'S WORLD, THERE ARE PEOPLE HURTING, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR OWN OUR OWN STAFF, PARTICULARLY, PARTICULARLY FIRE AND RESCUE AND POLICE. SO I RECOMMEND WE EXPLORE OPTIONS THAT WE. AND AGAIN, THESE MEN, I DON'T THINK. AND I SAY, MAN, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A NUMBER OF FEMALES IN OUR FIRE AND RESCUE AND POLICE, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO NECESSARILY BE SEEN FILING A REPORT IN THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO KNOW. I MEAN, THAT'S A PERSONAL THING.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK THE MORE WE CAN MAKE IT PRIVATE THAT THEY CAN SEEK ANY CARE TREATMENT THEY NEED AND WANT WITHOUT A STIGMA OF BEING IDENTIFIED, EVEN THROUGH OUR OWN PERSONNEL. I THINK IT'S BETTER PERSONALLY. SO I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLORE THIS, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TODAY'S WORLD. WE'D BE HAPPY TO EXPLORE THAT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. BUT WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE AND JAMES KNOWS. JAMES KNOWS THIS, BUT THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF OF HIPAA DISCLOSURES, PRIVACY NOTICES THAT GO OUT TO THE EMPLOYEES AND THE STAFF SO THAT THOSE THINGS ARE PROTECTED VERY STRONGLY. OKAY. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S A VERY TIGHT WINDOW TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO TYPICALLY, STAFF DOES NOT KNOW

[00:45:01]

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE THAT DECISION, NOT JUST ONE PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE. SO. RIGHT. WELL, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MERIT. WHAT REESE AND I TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THE COPAY AND HAVING TO MEET YOUR DEDUCTIBLE, WHERE THAT COULD BECOME A BARRIER. AND AS LONG AS WE'RE ALL ON THE RESERVING FUNDS, HAVING A HAVING A RESERVE OF FUNDS TO HELP HELP THE STAFF PAY FOR THAT AND COVERING EITHER THE COPAY OR WHATEVER OUR, OUR AGREEMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO, TO FUND STAFF BEING THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS CONVERSATION CAME AFTER I HAD VISITED WITH DISPATCH, AND THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE THE GENTLEMAN HAD BEEN HIT BY THE TRAIN. OH, OKAY. AND JUST UNDERSTANDING THE, THE NATURE OF THE CALLS THAT THEY RECEIVE DAILY FOR HOURS AT A TIME. AND THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION WAS WHAT, WHAT MENTAL HEALTH DO WE OFFER TO THEM TO DECOMPRESS AFTER THEIR DAY? AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF GOT THE BALL ROLLING ON THE CONVERSATION WITH RISA. AND I SAID THIS, THIS WAS A WORK SESSION TOPIC AND CERTAINLY WASN'T PLANNED FOR TODAY. BUT JUST THE WAY THAT IT LINED UP, I THINK WAS PROBABLY HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR US. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. TO ANSWER ONE THING THAT WAS JUST BEING SAID ABOUT THE CO-PAYS. SEE AGAIN, OUR PLAN IS FLEXIBLE. SO WE CAN WE CAN WAIVE THOSE FOR MENTAL HEALTH. WE CAN YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT TO DO. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT. THAT'S WHY WE THAT'S WHY WE DO IT THAT WAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

GENTLEMEN, LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. YOU CAN CONSIDER APPROVING THE CITY FINANCIAL REPORT FROM OCTOBER 25TH THROUGH MARCH 26TH. CALEB. HELLO. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. UPON INSTRUCTION FROM AARON, WE CHANGED OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO READ. HOPEFULLY WE ARE GETTING THEM POSTED MONTHLY. NOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN GET THAT DONE. THINGS ARE GETTING WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING, SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME Y'ALL SEEING THESE EXACT REPORTS. SO I KIND OF AM I GOING THE WRONG WAY ON INVESTMENT INVESTMENTS NEXT NEXT I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M REALLY GOOD WITH THE CLICKER. SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE VERY FRONT PAGE A SUMMARY. I TRIED TO BREAK THESE DOWN INTO THE WAY I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. GENERAL FUND IS OBVIOUSLY OUR BIGGEST FUND THAT WE LOOK AT. AND THEN FOLLOWED BY OUR ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH IS MAINLY UTILITIES ON THE GENERAL FUND. WE TOOK QUARTER TWO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND COMPARED IT WITH QUARTER TWO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. I WOULD LIKE TO ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A STATEMENT ON. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME DISCREPANCIES IN THESE YEARS BECAUSE YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IN FISCAL YEAR 25, WE WERE STILL BEHIND. SO A LOT OF OUR ADJUSTMENTS CAME AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE ARE DOING MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR AT BEING MORE UP TO DATE ON OUR ENTRIES. SO THAT WILL, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE SHOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME. BUT YOU WILL SEE SOME MONTH TO MONTH DIFFERENCES BECAUSE WE WERE NOT AS CAUGHT UP AS WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. SO I JUST BROKE IT DOWN BETWEEN REVENUE AND EXPENSES AND SHOWED THE NET INCREASE OR DECREASE BASED OFF REVENUE AND EXPENSES. I WANTED TO POINT OUT, WE'RE AT 50% AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, 50% OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE'D COLLECTED 68% OF OUR REVENUES, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD INDICATOR.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIGHER REVENUES THAN WE ANTICIPATED, AND WE'RE AT 42% OF OUR EXPENDITURES. WE HAVE STRESSED THE DEPARTMENTS. THEY'VE GOTTEN MUCH BETTER AT JUST BEING MORE EVEN ON THEIR EXPENDITURES AND NOT WAITING TILL THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S REFLECTED HERE. ON THE UTILITY SIDE. IT PROBABLY LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN YOU EXPECTED. OUR REVENUES ARE ACTUALLY DOWN THIS YEAR A LITTLE BIT OVER THIS TIME LAST YEAR THAT I SPOKE WITH JOANNE AND BILLING COLLECTION ABOUT THAT. AND WE REALLY JUST FEEL IT'S JUST CATCHING UP WITH PAST DUE BILLS FROM ALL THE CHANGES WE HAD IN THE SYSTEM. SO THAT'S

[00:50:01]

REVENUES ARE AT 49% OF THE BUDGETED. AND EXPENDITURES ARE AT 35% OF THE BUDGETED AMOUNT.

BEHIND THE SUMMARY PAGE, YOU WILL SEE EACH DEPARTMENT BROKEN UP. I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DEPARTMENTS. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THEM? THE DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO START GETTING OUT EVERY MONTH. I HAVE APRIL ALMOST TIED UP READY TO SEND FOR POSTING. CAN YOU GO BACK? ONE SLIDE RIGHT THERE. OH, SORRY. YOU'RE DOING IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S EVEN BETTER. ONE BEFORE THAT RIGHT THERE. YES, SIR. OKAY. I'M GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. I WANTED TO POINT OUT, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PIE CHART? BECAUSE I WANT TO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO POINT OUT WHERE OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GOING. 65% OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE IN PUBLIC SAFETY. PUBLIC SAFETY IS FIRE RESCUE. OPD DISPATCH FALLS IN THERE. THOSE DEPARTMENTS ALL FALL IN THERE. SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT 65% TO PUBLIC SAFETY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? NO, MA'AM. I DON'T HAVE ANY ON. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT, BUT NOT ON THIS SURE PRESENTATION. AND IT MAY BE THINGS WE HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, BUT JUST SOME CLARIFICATION ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED, LIKE SERVICES, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, COULD WE GET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THAT MEANS? YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. GOING THROUGH THIS, I JUST PICK OUT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE, CITY CLERK SUPPLIES THERE 125% OF THEIR BUDGET. SO YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT IN SUPPLIES? IN MY MIND, LOOKING AT THESE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT COMING INTO THE BUDGET HOW TO BEST PREPARE FOR THAT. AND SO IF, IF THEY NEED MORE MONEY FOR SUPPLIES, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT. SO WE LOOK AT THAT ON A, I GUESS. SO WHAT WHAT WE'LL DO I THINK IS, AND AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE FIRST STAB AT IT, RIGHT? LIKE, AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD DO IS LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WE ALMOST HAVE LIKE A CALL IT LIKE A, OH, LIKE A COVER SHEET. THAT SAID, WHAT ARE ITEMS THAT YOU MIGHT TYPICALLY FIND IN SERVICES? WHAT ARE ITEMS THAT YOU MIGHT TYPICALLY FIND IN SUPPLIES? AND THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE BECAUSE, BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GIVE IT IN A WAY THAT'S DIGESTIBLE AND YOU CAN TAKE IT AND USE IT AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THE CITY MOVING FORWARD. BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN GIVE A THOUSAND PAGES OF BUDGET DOCUMENT, AND THAT THAT'S REALLY HARD FOR ANYBODY TO REALLY WORK THROUGH. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS KIND OF GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL ON REALLY KIND OF WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. BUT I THINK TEEING IT UP THAT WAY IS TO SAY, OKAY, UNDER SERVICES, UNDER SUPPLIES, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE. WHAT IS OTHER? SOMETIMES YOU SEE ANOTHER IN A BUDGET AND THAT'S LIKE 4%. WELL, WHAT IS OTHER? YOU KNOW, SO WE COULD SAY, WELL, THESE ARE TYPICALLY THE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD GO IN THAT CATEGORY OF OTHER SO THAT YOU GUYS SEE IT. SO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IS WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, HEY, WHY ARE YOU SPENDING SO MUCH? WE CAN SAY, HERE'S OUR BUDGET, COME SIT DOWN WITH US AND LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. WE'D BE HAPPY TO GO LINE BY LINE WITH YOU. GOOD LUCK GETTING THE STATE TO DO THAT, OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO THAT. RIGHT. BUT WE CAN DO THAT HERE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. SO WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON A TRANSPARENT BUDGET. AND SO WE DEFINITELY WANT OURSELVES. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT GOES IN SUPPLIES. THIS IS WHAT GOES INTO SERVICES. THIS IS WHAT GOES GOES INTO OTHERS. SO WE'LL, WE'LL CLEAN THAT UP AS WE GO ALONG AS WELL. YES, SIR. AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO

[00:55:03]

SO I NEED TO GET A BETTER FORMAT FOR THAT. NOW IN THE WATER AND SEWER THERE SET UP A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THERE ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND THERE. PROJECTS ARE IN THERE.

SO YES SIR, ON THE WATER AND SEWER, YOU SOMETIMES WILL SEE THOSE BIG SKEWS. AND THOSE WERE MAINLY PROJECTS. SOME OF THE THINGS. AND NOW WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT REVENUE GOING UP AND EXPENDITURES GOING UP DIFFERENTLY, SOMETIMES THAT IS JUST TIMING. SO WE WENT THROUGH THE THE FIRST STEP OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND YOU WOULD SEE THAT REPEATEDLY FROM THE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WE WOULD BE LIKE, WHY AREN'T YOU SPENDING THIS MONEY? WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S A SEASONAL THING. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN PARKS. PARKS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. SO THAT DOES HAPPEN IN SOME CASES. YOU KNOW, AS WE WALKED, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT AT LEAST 1 OR 2 YEARS IN THE PAST BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE SAY TO ME, WHY DID YOU RAISE TAXES LAST YEAR? Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE CUT THE BUDGET. WELL, AND I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, YOU TAKE OUT ENTERPRISE FUNDS WHICH ARE PROTECTED. WANT ME TO CUT POLICE OR FIRE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO CUT ONE OR THE OTHER.

THAT'S 65% OF OUR BUDGET. SO WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO CUT? WHEN YOU SAY CUT, YOU CUT TAXES. YOU WANT TO CUT FIRE OR POLICE. I LIKE TO KEEP THEM BOTH. I LIKE MORE OF BOTH. SO WE NEED TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE. I THINK THEY DESERVE TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, YOU CAN'T CUT PART. I MEAN, PARKS ARE SUCH A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL BUDGET, UNFORTUNATELY.

WHAT'S 65? I MEAN, I THOUGHT I DID IT LAST YEAR, IF I WAS CORRECT, AT 62%, AT LEAST IF I DID THE MATH RIGHT. PUBLIC SAFETY. AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF OUR BUDGET. AND IN FACT, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE AND IT SHOULD BE. AND QUITE FRANKLY, HE'S PROBABLY TO GROW UP. I'D LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST TWO MORE FIRE STATIONS THAT WE NEED, BECAUSE IT'S A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T COME UP TO THIS MEETING EVERY MONDAY OR EVERY TUESDAY OF SECOND, FOURTH OF THE MONTH THAT THERE'S THEIR MONEY'S NOT BEING WASTED. IT'S IT'S GOING TO REALLY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEPARTMENTS LIKE FIRE AND POLICE. SO I THINK THAT'S A MESSAGE WE HAVE NOT DONE A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING OR OF, I GUESS, CARING TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY KNOW WHERE THEIR MONEY'S GOING, I THINK, AND THEY DESERVE TO KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO PAY TAXES AND THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THEIR MONEY, THEY OUGHT TO KNOW WHERE IT WENT. AND I THINK THAT'S A, THAT DIAGRAM IS A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE. I NEED SOME MORE EXPLANATION, BUT I THINK IT'S A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE THAT WE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY FEDERAL DOLLAR GOES. I'M NOT SURE WHERE MY STATE DOLLAR GOES, BUT I KNOW WHERE THE BECAUSE I HAVE DUG INTO THE I KNOW WHERE MY LOCAL DOLLARS ARE GOING, AND THEY'RE ALL WELL SPENT. AND I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLAIN THAT TO EVERYONE IN THIS CITY, THAT YOUR MONEY. WE KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING. AND BY THE WAY, EVERYBODY ELSE DOES TOO. IT'S ON THE INTERNET. IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. THEY CAN LOOK AT OUR BUDGET. THEY CAN SEE WHERE EVERY DOLLAR IS SPENT. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT IN EVERY MUNICIPAL BUDGET, THE BIGGEST TWO ARE FIRE AND RESCUE AND POLICE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S A MESSAGE WE NEED TO. EXPLAIN AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ANSWERS TO REASONABLE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THEIR MONEY'S GOING. SO I WANT TO SEE A BUNCH MORE OF THESE PARAGRAPHS FOR YEAR IN COMPARISON. AND SO WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE WHERE THEIR MONEY'S BEING SPENT. YES, SIR. I'LL BE GLAD TO DO THAT AND TASKED ME WITH THAT. SO THAT'S IN THE PROCESS. SO WE'LL GET THOSE FOR YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THIS ALSO LINES UP WITH A WITH A SURVEY WE DID, WHICH WAS COMPLETED MAYBE A COUPLE DAYS AGO. SO WE'LL WE'LL GIVE THAT OUT TO COUNCIL AS WELL. AND THAT ACTUALLY DOVETAILS INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES OF THAT SURVEY THAT WE PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC SAYS THAT THE THING THEY WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING IS POLICE FIRE.

THEY WANT ROADS, THEY WANT PARKS, THEY WANT ANIMAL CONTROL. THEY WANT CODE ENFORCEMENT.

IT'S NO SURPRISE, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE THE HARD DATA TO BACK IT UP. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S

[01:00:03]

WHEN RICHARD WAS HERE, HE TOOK IT UP TO 50. REMEMBER ON THAT. AND WE GOT THE 51 OR 2 THIS YEAR WE BUDGETED 60 AND WE'RE GOING TO BLOW. WE'RE ALREADY BLOWN THROUGH THAT. WE'RE AT 63.

SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS WHOLE COG. AND IT'S JUST KIND OF WOULD YOU RATHER BREAK IT OUT OR LIKE OVER HERE, JUST HAVE LIKE A COUPLE. YEAH. UNDERNEATH THE REVENUE. JUST HAVE IT LISTED. I CAN DO THAT. NOT A PROBLEM. YEAH. NOT A PROBLEM.

THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE FUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD, I WAS FANATIC ABOUT THEM PUTTING THE PROPERTY TAX AT THE BOTTOM, NOT AT THE TOP LINE REVENUE, BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MEDICAID, MEDICARE MONEY, ALL THAT FREE MONEY THAT YOU GET FROM INDIGENOUS AND SO FORTH. I WANT TO SEE THAT WE'RE OPERATING ON OUR OWN MONEY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE, WE GET LIKE EXTRA. SO YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR REVENUE SOURCES ARE AND AS WELL AS YOUR EXPENDITURE SOURCES. YES, SIR. I CAN BREAK THAT OUT WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. AND WE PUT THOSE. THAT'S JUST ME. SURE. AND MONTHLY WE GIVE YOU ALL THE SALES TAX REPORTS AS WELL. AND DO WE PUT THOSE ONLINE. THE SALES TAX REPORT.

THOSE ARE THOSE ARE ONLINE AS WELL FOR THE FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT AS WELL. AND THEY ARE UP. WE ARE UP. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WELL, WE'RE UP. LET'S SEE A YEAR OVER YEAR. I THINK WE'RE UP MAYBE MAYBE A PERCENT OR TWO, BUT WE'RE STILL UP. AND I THINK CURRENTLY WE'RE AT LIKE 62 MILLION IS WHAT'S BEEN BROUGHT IN. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE OVER BUDGET. I'M SORRY. WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE OVER ON OUR PROJECTIONS, THEIR PROJECTIONS TO THE GOOD. THERE'S NO BUDGET OVER ON REVENUE. SO WE'RE WE'RE BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE BUDGETED THERE. AND AGAIN, THAT JUST GOES TO THE STRENGTH OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY. AND AGAIN, WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WE AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL. AND THEN, YES, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AD VALOREM TAX. AND WE WANT TO HAVE OPEN AND HONEST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. I THINK YOU ALL KNOW I'VE WELL, I HAVE I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE CONTROLLER FOR SOME QUESTIONS ON TOTAL TAX BURDEN. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SETTING A TAX RATE IS WHAT IS THE TOTAL TAX BURDEN AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS FROM THE STATE ON WHAT THE AVERAGE ODESSAN THE AVERAGE TEXAN PAYS IN, IN SALES TAX EVERY YEAR. SO AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, I THINK CAN BE COMPILED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCIALS. I SO MOVE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VAZQUEZ.

IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN. RENEW AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE SECOND QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT. CALEB. THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS IS OUR SECOND QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT. I KNOW WE DID THE FIRST QUARTER LAST MONTH, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP. WE'RE WE'RE GETTING EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE. THIS INVESTMENT REPORT IS REAL QUICK. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS WE'RE UP $16.8 MILLION. AND THAT COMES FROM JUST OUR REVENUES AND OUR INCOME TAX, OUR INCOME TAX, OUR INTEREST.

WHEN YOU SEE THE PURCHASES, THAT'S MAINLY JUST TRANSFERRING MONEY OUT TO OUR OPERATING ACCOUNTS FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, PAYROLL, THINGS LIKE THAT. I WAS ASKED IN THE LAST MEETING AND I DIDN'T HAVE IT RIGHT ON HAND. OUR AVERAGE INTEREST RATES, IT'S ON THE SECOND AND I DIDN'T REMEMBER. I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T REMEMBER TO PUT ON THIS REPORT. I WILL GOING FORWARD.

[01:05:05]

ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING. OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REQUEST 11. OH, SORRY MISS NUMBER 11. I CROSSED OUT IT BY ACCIDENT. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO BACK TO NUMBER 11 PRESENTATION. DISCUSSION ON THE NEXT PROJECT UNDER THE WATER AND WASTEWATER WATER CONTROL. THE BOTTOM VALVE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. ALEX, I READ ALL THAT I SHOULD KNOW. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE NEXT VALVE REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE DOING. THIS WILL START THE BEGINNING OF JULY. I BELIEVE IT WILL BE JULY 6TH IS WHEN WE WILL START THE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS. SO IF YOU LOOK, THIS IS OUR THIS IS A ROUND OF WHERE IT IS. IF YOU NOTICE, THIS IS RIGHT WHERE WE HAD THE LAST LARGE LINE BREAK, WHERE WE DID HAVE TO SHUT THE CITY DOWN. SO IN THIS AREA, YOU'LL SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE'LL BE PLACING THE 18 INCH LINE STOP. WE DID ALREADY DO REPLACED MULTIPLE VALVES NORTH OF THIS, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF CLOSE TO OUR DORN TOWER. SO WE'RE ABLE TO STOP THE WATER COMING FROM THE NORTH SIDE, STOP THE WATER COMING FROM THE WEST SIDE, AND WE ARE ABLE TO STOP THE WATER COMING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL BE REPLACING 118 INCH VALVE, 220 FOURS AND 212 INCH VALVES IN THAT AREA. WE WILL BE USING OUR UTILITY JOB ORDER CONTRACT CONTRACTOR. IT WILL BE EDGARDO MADRID. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO WENT THROUGH OUR CONTRACT FOR KOPPEL. THEY DID OUR LAST LINE STOP. AND SO THEY WILL BE THOSE TWO WILL BE OUR TWO CONTRACTORS ON THAT JOB.

AND THEN OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION TEAM WILL BE OUT THERE, AND THEY WILL REPLACE THE 212 INCH VALVES. WHEN WE GET TO THAT LINE STOP IN, WE WILL HAVE SOME TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT WILL BE

[01:10:05]

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FOR A ZONE CHANGE. THIS ACTUALLY IS ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY ESTATES DRILL RESERVATION. WHAT. THAT MEANS THAT IT AT THE TIME OF THE SUBDIVISION FOR THIS AREA, IT WAS A DRILL SITE. IT. IT HAS BEEN RELEASED. ALL THE PAPERWORK WAS SUBMITTED. THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR THE NEW REZONING TO BE SF ONE. THE SURROUNDING ZONING. THERE IS SF E, WHICH WAS ORIGINAL. I GUESS ZONING THAT THEY DID REQUEST FOR. ALTHOUGH WE ARE GOING FOR A DIFFERENT ZONING, THE REASON WHY WE ARE SUPPORTING IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LOT SIZES THAT ARE THERE. USUALLY RESIDENTIAL ESTATE IS GOING TO BE ONE ACRE, AND SO THEY'RE COMPLYING TO WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY LOOKS LIKE. SO THAT'S WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. WE DID ROUTE IT OUT. PNC DID APPROVE IT, AND I'M NOW OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. FOR YOU.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ANYONE WISHING TO DISCUSS OR BRING FORTH ANYTHING HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. PLEASE COME FORTH. ARE WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT? SEEING NO SPEAKERS WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. GENTLEMEN. QUESTIONS.

SO IS EVERYTHING REMOVED OFF OF THIS LOT? HAVE THEY KEPT. YES, IT HAS BEEN KEPT AND WE HAVE ALL THE PAPERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED. OKAY. SO AS SOMEBODY BOUGHT THIS LAND, I WILL DEFER TO THE APPLICANT IF THEY HAVE BOUGHT THE LAND. SO I GUESS THERE IS A AN OWNER, BUT THAT'S GOING TO GET SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE LOTS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO MY

[01:15:03]

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? IF NOT, I'D OPEN UP, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST TO REZONE. I SO MOVE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VASQUEZ. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN STEVE THOMPSON. YOU ALMOST. ANDY. STEVE THOMPSON. STEVE THOMPSON, YOU ALMOST DID IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ELIZABETH. I'M AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AT EIGHT YEARS WITH Y'ALL UP ALL THE TIME. NUMBER 13 AGENDA ITEM 13 ORDINANCE. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE REQUEST BY LLC. A ON BEHALF OF RONNIE LEWIS, PROPERTY OWNER, FOR THE ANNEXATION OF A .244 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AND THEREBY ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING THE .244 ACRE TRACT OF LAND INTO THE CITY LIMITS OF ODESSA. WITH THE ORIGINAL ZONING OF ELLIE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND SECTION 21, BLOCK 41. LET'S SEE WHICH IS GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 80 AND CLUB DRIVE INTERSECTION. ELIZABETH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AGAIN, AS YOU MAY ALL RECALL, WE SAW THIS ITEM ON MAY 12TH. THIS IS JUST THE SECOND READING FOR THE ANNEXATION AND FOR THE ORIGINAL ZONING THAT WILL BE LIE. THEY ARE PLANNING TO PUT A BILLBOARD AT THIS SITE. IT WENT THROUGH STAFF. WE HAD NO OBJECTIONS. PNC DID APPROVE IT ON JANUARY 15TH 6 TO 0 VOTE. THEREFORE, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ANNEXATION AND INITIAL ZONING. THANK YOU JIM. ANY QUESTIONS? WE APPROVE IT. I'LL SECOND IT. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VASQUEZ.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. ELIZABETH. THANK YOU.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14. CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL AMBULANCE BILLING SERVICES WITH AMERICAN LLC FOR EMS COLLECTION, BILLING AND FIRE SERVICES. MARISSA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE? YES. A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WAS ISSUED FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE BILLING COLLECTIONS AND FIRE FEE SERVICES. THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL WAS TO SECURE A QUALIFIED VENDOR TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROCESSING OF ALL EMS SERVICES, BILLING SERVICES. THE SELECTED PROVIDER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE END TO END ADMINISTRATION OF BILLING OPERATIONS, INCLUDING CLAIM SUBMISSIONS, PAYMENT PROCESSING COLLECTIONS, CUSTOMER SERVICE REPORTING, AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. THERE WERE FOUR RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM THIS PROPOSAL AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE OF FIVE MEMBERS LISTED IN THE EVALUATION

[01:20:04]

NO DISCUSSION. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVED A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN STOKER? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. BUT DON'T MOVE A MUSCLE. BECAUSE ON AGENDA ITEM 15, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AWARDING A BID AND APPROVING A CONTRACT FOR PERMIAN PAVING, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $345,000 FOR THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKING LOT AT MCKINNEY PARK. OKAY, A REQUEST FOR BIDS WAS ISSUED FOR THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKING LOT AT MCKINNEY PARK. THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSAL WAS TO SELECT A QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE RECONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE PARK PARKING LOT, RESULTING IN A SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND DURABLE PARKING FACILITY THAT ENHANCES THE USER EXPERIENCE AND SUPPORTS PARKS OPERATIONS. NOW, THERE WERE THREE RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM THIS BID, AND THE EVALUATION CRITERIA LISTED WAS THAT THIS WOULD BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIVE BIDDER.

PERMIAN PAVING, INC. HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, WITH THE BID AMOUNT OF $345,000, $345,500. NOW, THIS WORK IS LOCATED AT 625 WEST POOL ROAD. COMPLETION IS EXPECTED TO BE DONE WITHIN 120 CALENDAR DAYS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE RENOVATIONS AT MCKINNEY PARK. THE LARGER SCOPE ALSO INCLUDES IN-HOUSE RENOVATIONS TO CONCESSION STANDS AND RESTROOMS, ALONG WITH FIELD MAINTENANCE. NEXT STEPS INCLUDE A BATTING CAGE, SHADE STRUCTURE, AND ADDITIONAL BACKSTOPS. THE FINAL STAGE WILL INCLUDE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A FOURTH SOFTBALL FIELD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. MR. HOW SOON CAN THIS START? RIGHT. YOU START TOMORROW. IS THIS QUESTION. THIS WILL BE THE DATE OF THE NOTICE TO PROCEED. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A CONTRACT TO BE FINALIZED HERE WITHIN 1 TO 2 WEEKS. THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE NEW SOFTBALL FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT. I'M RIGHT THERE. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY.

HOW LONG IS 120. HOW LONG IS 120 CALENDAR DAYS. CALENDAR DAYS. THREE MONTHS. SO IT'LL BE DONE BEFORE. YEAH. THREE. THREE TIMES FOR WHY IT WASN'T. WELL I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT DONE TIMES. THREE TIMES FOUR AND GET ONE. YEAH. BUT Y'ALL DIDN'T GO THERE. SO YEAH, EIGHTH AND DIXIE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE SIX WEEKS AGO. YEAH. WE ALL WANT IT DONE, I THINK. GENTLEMEN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, NOT. COUNCILMAN MITCHELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION. I'LL. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN MITCHELL MADE THE MOTION.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTIONS? UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE FIELDS AND PARKING LOT. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION REQUESTING FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, SEEKING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. ALEX.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR A TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD GRANT THROUGH THE WSIG GRANT. THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY $1 BILLION NOW. THE. THE TUNNEL

[01:25:08]

WE WERE JUST GOING TO LOOK FOR WE WERE GOING TO APPLY FOR FUNDS THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT. BUT THAT WAS A LOAN THAT WAS A LOW, LOW INTEREST LOAN. YEAH. THAT WAS THE STICKS IN MY HEAD. YES, SIR. THAT WAS THE FUND THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. THE PROBLEM WITH IT. YEAH. CORRECT. I HAVE A OF PEOPLE DON'T THINK THE BOND RATING IS IMPORTANT. THAT'S JUST THERE YOU ARE. I HAVE A QUESTION. OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. SMITH. YES, SIR. I HEARD MR. ROULETTE SAY WE WANT TO. THEY'RE CONSIDERING FOR US TO APPROVE THE A A GRANT APPLICATION. YES, SIR. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WILL GO THROUGH OUR NEW EMPLOYEE, DOCTOR SUSAN LADA? SHE'LL CERTAINLY HELP WITH THAT. YEAH. SHE'S. SHE WE'VE ALREADY MET AND SHE'S SHE WILL HELP US AND IS CURRENTLY HELPING US ON THIS. WELL, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND OUR CITY MANAGER AND HIS MANAGEMENT STAFF FOR BRINGING ON BOARD THAT LADY RIGHT THERE. I THINK SHE'S GOING TO DO THE CITY A FANTASTIC JOB. AND IT'S ABOUT TIME WE START GETTING MONEY FROM ELSEWHERE, NOT JUST USING OUR OWN TAXPAYERS MONEY LOCALLY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL DO OUR DUE. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO CAPTURE AS MANY FEDERAL STATE DOLLARS THAT MAKE THEIR WAY TO AUSTIN, OR MAKE THEIR WAY TO DC AND BRING THEM BACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW GRANT WRITER. YEAH. YES, DOCTOR. SUSAN LADA. I HADN'T MET YOU, I DIDN'T KNOW. GIVE HER A HAND, Y'ALL. SHE'S GOING TO BE VERY KIND TO BRING US MILLIONS. MILLIONS, ALL THAT'S PREVENTING US FROM ASKING FOR IT IS A RESOLUTION THAT WE NEED A MOTION FOR. SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN STOKER MADE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MITCHELL. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. ALEX. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17. CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE UPDATED CITY OF ODESSA STRATEGIC PLAN. CITY MANAGER SMITH. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON THIS, ALONG WITH OUR STAFF. AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE IS A REALLY GOOD PATH FORWARD HERE WITH THIS PLAN.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS. I THINK IT WILL REALLY HELP US BE LASER FOCUSED, IF YOU WILL, ON THE PRIORITIES OF OUR COMMUNITY, FOCUSING AGAIN ON THOSE AREAS OF GOVERNANCE, QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICE. AND FINANCIAL. AND NOT ONLY DOES THIS PLAN HAVE AREAS OF FOCUS AND PRIORITIES, BUT IT ALSO HAS KPIS IN THE BACK, IF YOU WILL. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE KPIS THAT STAFF IS CHARGED WITH THAT I AM CHARGED WITH CARRYING OUT AND EXECUTING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A PLAN THAT IS ACTIONABLE AND IT'S MEASURABLE, NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST SITS ON A SHELF. SO THAT'S THE EXCITING THING ABOUT THIS PLAN, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. GENTLEMAN SPENT SOME QUALITY TIME ON THIS ALREADY, BUT I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IF Y'ALL. I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL. AT LEAST TWO OF Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE THAT DAY. ON A SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST. WE SPENT EIGHT HOURS PLUS BECAUSE WE FELT IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO HAVE A PLAN, BUT TO HAVE AN ACTIONABLE PLAN. ONE THAT HAS DEADLINES, ONE THAT HAS MEASURABLE QUANTITATIVE RESULTS. AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT. AND OUR STAFF SPENT A LOT OF TIME AFTER WE GAVE THEM KIND OF THE BROAD STROKES THERE IN THIS TOWN AND ITS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE THE NEXT WEEK, MONTH, YEAR TO SEE THINGS HAPPENING. THERE'S NOTHING THAT I'VE BEEN MORE FRUSTRATED WITH THAN, THAN THE NUMBER OF MASTER

[01:30:01]

SO LET'S TABLE THAT FOR TONIGHT. HOW ABOUT OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION? YES.

DAVID. VINCENT. YES. HE'S WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN. AND HE ASKED THE POSITION IS AN ARCHITECT THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THAT COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. AND IS THERE ANY ONE TERM OR JUST A COUNCIL POINT? POINT? IT'S JUST A COUNCIL APPOINTMENT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPOINT DAVID VINCENT AS TO THE I SO MOVE. MAYOR. COUNCILWOMAN VASQUEZ MADE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN. I THINK KENDALL WAS FIRST. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION. UNANIMOUS HOUSING AUTHORITY. RITA BARRANTES. YES. SO THE THE RESIDENCE FOR THAT PROPERTY HAS MET AND THEY RECOMMEND. MAYOR THIS IS YOUR APPOINTMENT.

ALBERT VALENCIA WHO'S A RESIDENT. AND IT'S A POSITION REQUIRED TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD.

WHAT'S ALBERT ALBERT VALENCIA, VALENCIA, VALENCIA. AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT ALBERT VALENCIA. I WILL SECOND THAT. I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN AND I THINK HE'LL BE GOOD FOR YOU, SIR. OKAY. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VAZQUEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION UNANIMOUS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES JOHN LANDGRAF. I'VE HEARD OF HIM. HIS TERM EXPIRES. IS HIS.

HAVE YOU TIED HIM UP AGAIN TO SERVE AGAIN. YES. AND CHRIS BARNHILL IS HERE TO SPEAK. COME ON UP. I SAW YOU OUT THERE. YEAH. YEAH. I, I SAW REESE GIVE ME A SHOUT OUT A MINUTE AGO. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE SAMARITAN AND CENTERS AND ALL THE PARTNERS WE HAVE IN THAT BUSINESS. BUT I DID WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES, MAYOR HENDRICK AND CITY COUNCIL. AND WE WERE HERE TO SEEK REAPPOINTMENT OF JOHN LANDGRAF, AS YOU POINTED OUT. AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU MY PROFOUND THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR HAVING HIM ON OUR BOARD. HE STARTED ON OUR BOARD IN 2009, WHEN I WAS ABOUT 35 YEARS OLD AND CONTROLLER, AND THROUGH THE YEARS HAS JUST BEEN A GREAT OVERSIGHT FOR OUR AGENCY AND REPRESENTS YOUR INTEREST AS THE CITY OF ODESSA BETTER THAN ANYONE POSSIBLY COULD, AND HOLDS US BOTH ACCOUNTABLE AND GIVES US GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT THAT HELPS US BECOME THE LEADERS THAT WE NEED TO BE FOR AN ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS. SO I DO. AS LONG AS HE IS WILLING, YOU WOULD ALWAYS WANT HIM TO BE REAPPOINTED BY YOU ALL. SO THAT IS WHO WE PRESENT HERE TODAY.

BUT THANK YOU ALL GREATLY FOR HIM AND FOR MARGARET JONES AS WELL, WHO IS OUR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE. YOU ALL POINT TWO MEMBERS TO OUR BOARD TO HELP GOVERN US. PRETTY GOOD HANDS, AREN'T THEY? THEY ARE. AND WE COULDN'T BE IN BETTER HANDS. THEY'RE OUR MOST TENURED INDIVIDUALS. AND THERE'S REASONS FOR THAT BECAUSE, AS I SAID, YOU ALSO KNOW NOT TO BRING THEM A BUNCH OF SMOKE, AND THEY WILL SEE THROUGH THAT IN A MINUTE AND ASK YOU A LOT

[01:35:06]

THERE. A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN EDDIE MITCHELL TO APPROVE. JOHN LANDGRAF. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION UNANIMOUS. JOHN, THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE CITY OF ODESSA. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS WE HAVE MISSED COUNCILMAN GILBERT THE LAST YEAH YEAH. LAST MEETING BECAUSE HE HAS ONE FAVORITE AGENDA ITEM. MAYOR, I MOVE WE ADJOURN THIS REGULAR MEETING MOTION TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN THOMPSON? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE, I WE'RE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.