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TODAY IS MONDAY, DECEMBER 24TH 21ST EXCUSE ME. IT'S FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, AND WE'RE 2 22 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND I SEE RED WAS THE COLOR TODAY DID NOT GET THAT WE DIDN'T GET THE MEMO. WE'RE JUST WONDERING IF. WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WHERE THERE WOULD BE VARIOUS GROUPS AND ONE OF THEM WAS DRESSED IN RED, AND IT SCARED SOME OF US UP HERE FOR A MINUTE ON THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO REVISIT THE TOPIC. WE DIDN'T WANT TO RIGHT NOW. THAT SAID WE THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (For Non-Public Hearing Agenda Items)]
AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE FIRST TO SPEAK, PLEASE TAMRA JOHNSON. COUNCIL AFTERNOON. YEAH, I'LL DO IT. ALL RIGHT. I LIKE THE HAT. YOU GET EXTRA CREDIT FOR THE HELL OF CITY ONLY CHRISTMAS HAD IN THE CHAMBER. DID YOU SAY? IT'S THE ONLY CHRISTMAS HAT IN THE CHAMBER? OH, OKAY.YOU SEE ISRAELI WHITE OH, TO MY SISTER. UH, OKAY, A MOMENTOUS DAY IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL AND DISTRICT ONE. TODAY IS A VERY MOMENTOUS DAY IN OUR CITY AND FOR OUR DISTRICT. OUR INTERIM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE APPOINTED THIS AFTERNOON. HER YES, YOU'RE SAYING CORRECTLY. HER NAME IS ANGELA RICHARDSON WOODS. MS RICHARDSON. WOODS IS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO SIT ON THE MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL SINCE IT'S INC. I AM SO VERY PROUD TO LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND TO KNOW THAT MY HOMETOWN IS COMING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. HAVE TO SAY HOW MUCH I ADMIRED THIS COUNCIL TODAY. AFTER THE SEMANTIC GUYS LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION DAY. I HAVE TO SAY THAT AT LEAST YOU APPEAR TO BE TRYING. I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE NOW LISTENING AND ARE OPEN. TO HEARING AN ACTING ON YOUR INTACT CONSTITUENCY.
THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN RICHARDSON WOODS. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AVAILABLE FOR THIS TASK. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL GIVE YOUR ALL TO THIS POSITION. HAVE SEEN YOU EACH WEEK AT 300 THROCKMORTON WORKING WITH A EY L AND THE COMMUNITY LIKE LAND FOOD DISTRIBUTION. I APPRECIATE YOUR FAITH. YOU'RE TENACIOUS SPIRIT, THE ENERGY YOU EXPRESS. AND SEEING YOU, BUT ALL THESE INTO ACTION. I AM PROUD TO BE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN AND HAPPY THAT YOU ARE NEW INTERIM DISTRICT WOULD COUNSEL PERSON COUNCILWOMAN MCKINNEY. I PRAY THAT WE ALL CAN GET THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS 2020 AND RISE UP TO THE NEW YEAR. 2021 WITH A LITTLE MORE UNITY AND EMPATHY FOR OUR FELLOW CITIZENS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE COME HERE FROM VARIOUS OTHER PLACES. MOST OF YOU HAVE COME HERE BECAUSE OF THIS PLACE THAT IS DUBBED UNIQUE BY NATURE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT. MCKINNEY IS THE WAY WE CARE ABOUT IT. TREAT ONE ANOTHER. I HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED ABOUT HOW THIS HAS PLAYED OUT THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. BUT I CHALLENGE EACH OF YOU, MY FELLOW MCKINNEY ITES TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND EXHALE. INTO A NEW MINDSET OF LOVE, CARE AND EMPATHY FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN AND ESPECIALLY YOUR MCKINNEY NEIGHBORS IN 2021, LET'S TRULY BE UNIQUE BY NATURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAMERA. JULIE WILLIAMS. JULIE WILLIAMS 36 13 COFFEE, DR. COUNSEL I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN UP HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT OPEN RECORDS, REQUESTS AND ABILITY TO OBTAIN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF OBTAINING OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS. OF SLOGANS OF SEVERAL OF YOU OUTSIDE OF COUNSEL. I'VE SENT SEVERAL EMAILS. I'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH MR GRIMES. EARLIER THIS YEAR REGARDING THE ABILITIES OBTAIN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST I IN THE PAST, I HAVE HAD. AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS SENT FOR LEGAL REVIEW. UM JUST THIS PAST COUPLE MONTHS, I HAD INCIDENT WHERE IT TOOK 11 BUSINESSES. RECEIVING PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST, WHERE BY THE TEXAS PUBLIC BY THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, IT'S 10 BUSINESS DAYS TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE. UM, I WAS TOLD THAT INFORMATION WAS THERE WAS NO
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INFORMATION COME TO FIND OUT AFTER PRESSURING THERE DEFINITELY WAS INFORMATION.RIGHT NOW AS A FRONT AT FRIDAY AT 5 P.M. IN BUSINESS A AFTER SUBMITTING AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST. EXACTLY AT 5 P.M. AS IF. IT WAS SET LIKE A PRE SCHEDULED EMAIL SENT TO SEND TO ME AT 5 P.M. DAD. OH, WE NEED CLARIFICATION. WHY YOUR REQUEST WAS I PERSONALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU CLARIFIED. I'VE LISTED VERY DETAILED INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION OF EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED LIST IN THE EXACT DOCUMENTS I WANTED AND YET AT FIVE O'CLOCK. THE LAST DAY SHE PROVIDE ME DOCUMENTS. I GET A REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TWO OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE KIDNEY. GUARDING THEIR PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS. AND TWO OF THEM HAD PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST FOR BASIC E MAILS SENT TO LEGAL REVIEW. WE'VE HAD ONE OF THEM HAD SOMETHING ELSE THAT FOR LEGAL REVIEW, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT. THE CITY OR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING AND IS USING STALL TAX SIX TO PREVENT OR DELAY THE RELEASE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION. THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES AND HOW MANY ISSUES I'VE HAD IT. I'M ONE WHO SUBMITS PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS. QUITE FREQUENTLY AND KNOW THE PROCESS. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND FIGURE OUT AND RESOLVE THESE ISSUES. MAKE OUR CITY MORE TRANSPARENT. TO ALLEVIATE AND MAKE YOUR JOB'S BETTER AND EASIER SO YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE SKEPTICAL OF OUR CITY IS DOING THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JULIE. OKAY, THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
HARTSBURG. THE COMMENT. WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 201136 CONSIDERING ACT ON APPOINTMENT
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OF A COUNCIL MEMBER PURSUANT TO HOMEWORLD CHARTER SECTION 17. UM WILL START THIS DISCUSSION.REACHED OUT. THIS WOMAN A WHILE AGO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT. HEARD INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY IS, I'D SAY IT'S UNPARALLELED. THAT WOULDN'T BE TRUE. THIS THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT THAT PUT OUT THAT KIND OF EFFORT. BUT YOU WERE IN THAT GROUP. I'M ANGELA. THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT YOU SERVE OBVIOUSLY ON M C. D. C. YOU'VE SERVED THE CITY AND OTHER FORMAL WAYS, BUT YOU ARE ALSO OUT THERE ON THE STREET. IT HANDING OUT FOOD DOING DOING THINGS ON THE IN THE DISTRICT THAT YOU LIVE AND SERVING THE DISTRICT. YOU LIVE. WELL, WELL WELL BEFORE. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN FROM THIS DAY FORWARD. FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOU. I THINK THAT WAS EXPRESSED BY EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL WHEN WE HAD A JOINT M. C D C AND COUNCIL MEETING. AND I AM I AM ELATED. THAT WE'RE HERE. UH, TODAY TO APPOINT YOU HAS COUNCIL WOMAN FOR DISTRICT ONE. I LOVE THE FACT THAT. YOU WILL BE THE FIRST WOMAN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN ON THIS COUNCIL. I THINK THAT IS FANTASTIC. AND WE NEED WE NEED WOMEN BADLY UP HERE. LOOK UP HERE. A BUNCH OF WELL, COME ON. ALL RIGHT, UGLY MAN. AND IT Z, CERTAINLY NOT BY OUR CHOICES. YOU KNOW THAT'S THE ELECTION PROCESS, BUT UM IT, UH. IT'S A LONG TIME COMING SAYS WE LOST A THE LAST WOMAN WHO WAS ON THIS COUNCIL. SHE LEFT, I GUESS WOULD BE TWO YEARS OF MAY. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT TODAY AND EXCITED ABOUT YOU. SO WITH THAT. IT'S UH. BUT I GUESS YOU HAVE TO. I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION. WHICH SHOULD WE DO THAT FIRST? WE WANT TO TALK, HUH? OKAY WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION SOMEONE SECOND, THEN WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS. OKAY, SO I MAKE A MOTION AND I'D LOVE YOU TO MAKE THE 2ND 2ND THAT WE APPOINT ANGELA RICHARDSON. WOULD, AS THE HAS DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL WOMAN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS TERM, WHICH WILL EXPIRE IN MAY. OR MAYBE SOMETIME LATER, DEPENDING WHAT KIND OF THERE'S A RUN OFF OR NOT. AND MAYOR PRO TEM HAS SECOND THAT NOW DISCUSSION. NO ONE TO SAY ANYTHING YOU SEE THAT? OH NO, RIGHT MAN. MAN. WHAT A DAY. I SO. HE MIGHT NEED SOME CLEAN IT ALL RIGHT, WE'RE PREY TO KNOWS. I'M OLD ENOUGH. NOW THAT CRIED CELLPHONE COMMERCIAL, SO YOU KNOW THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES. KNOWN ANGELA WHILE. AND I HAVE HAD THE. PRIVILEGE OF
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BEING M. CDC LIAISON FOR LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. SO I'VE SEEN ANGELA. EVERY ONE OF THE MEETINGS I ATTENDED. BUT YOU WHICH I'LL SEE. SOMEONE WHO IS. SMART POISED, ASKED GREAT QUESTIONS AND IS NOT AFRAID TO STATE OF MIND. WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT'S NEEDED UP HERE, WHICH I'LL DON'T SEE. IS EVEN BETTER IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND AS EMPTY D. C LIAISON ON THOSE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS WITH THE BOARD. IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE. SHE SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, AND SHE DOES APPEAR. AND YES, TAMRA IS CORRECT. BUT YOU KNOW, TAMRA NEVER LIKES TO TAKE CREDIT. I SEE HER OUT. THERE ARE 300 THROCKMORTON. AN AWFUL LOT OF SATURDAY'S JUST WANNA. I WANT TO SAY THAT AND I'VE SEEN ANGELA'S WELL VISITED WITH HER ON SATURDAY AND YOU KNOW? I'M JUST ELATED. SHE'S READY. WE'RE CERTAINLY READY AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO TAKE ON. COUNCILWOMAN DUTIES IN ADDITION TO CDC DUTIES IN ADDITION TO YOU, FAMILY DUTIES. IN ADDITION TO A NEW JOB AT WORK, SO YOU KNOW WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FROM THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSORS STANDPOINT ALL OF THE, UH, THESE THINGS YOU'RE PILING UP AT ONE TIME, BUT I AM JUST DELIGHTED HEAVY, JOYCE. FROM HERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PUBLIC RECORD THAT SHE WOULD NOT LOSE HER POSITION ON THE CDC AS PART OF THIS POINT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS ULTIMATELY CLEAR BECAUSE WE DO VALUE HER WORK ON THIS, CDC. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE HER BACK ONCE HIS APPOINTMENT EXPIRES. LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S POINTED OUT ON THE WRECK. THANK YOU CAN I THINK OF COURSE WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON THAT TODAY. IT WILL BE ON THE NEXT HER NEXT MEETING. BUT MY SUGGESTION IS GONNA BE THAT. WE PUT ANGELA'S THE ALTERNATE, SO SHE'LL STILL BE INVOLVED HAVE THE ALTERNATE SERVED WITH THE VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT WHENEVER THAT TERM AND SPENDING ON OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION IN MAY. THAT SHE WOULD FALL RIGHT BACK ONTO IN THE ALTERNATE GO BACK TO BEING AN ALTERNATIVE. WELL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. AT THE OUR NEXT MEETING AND TAKE ACTION ON IT. SIMPLY DIDN'T WANT HER UP HERE WITH ANY RESERVATIONS ABOUT THAT APPOINTMENT. I'LL SAY SOMETHING. ACTUALLY, I DON'T REALLY KNOW YOU. I'VE I'VE SEEN YOU AROUND A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT UH, I APPRECIATE YOU WILLING TO STEP UP. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT AN EASY GIG. THE TIME COMMITMENT THAT YOU'VE IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT WHO YOUR EMPLOYER IS. GOD BLESSED THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA NEED THE.GONE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN PROBABLY YOU WOULD OTHERWISE, AND I KNOW YOUR FAMILY. IS GOING TO MISS YOU ON SOME EVENINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S FOR YOU FOR YOU TO MAKE THOSE SACRIFICES AND THEY ARE SACRIFICES AS A MOTHER AND IS IN A ZONE EMPLOYEES AND THERE'S JUST SOMEBODY WHO. ENJOYS FREE TIME WHEN YOU CAN GET IT. I APPRECIATE YOU WILLING TO STEP UP FOR THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TOE. UM. MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S THAT'S THE EXCITING PART. YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND SO I APPRECIATE.
REFEREE. OKAY? COUNCILMAN FRASIER FELL ASLEEP. THEY'RE CALLING THE WAKE HIM UP NOW.
BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUR LIFE. DON'T SAY ANYTHING, OKAY? MYTH THAT MR WINKLE IS GOING TO SPEAK AND THEN LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY. ANGELA. I'M SO GOOD. SHE STEPPED UP TO DO THIS. IT DOES SHOW COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY AGAIN. I'M KIND OF LIKE RAINY.
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW YOU VERY WELL. BUT I'LL GET TO KNOW YOU BECAUSE YOU'LL BE SITTING OUT HERE. UM. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WANTING TO SERVE. I KNOW IT'S IT REALLY IS A TIME COMMITMENT. BUT IT'S WELL WORTH IT. I MEAN, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT. THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN OUR CITY. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON HIM. YOU GET TO SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I'VE HEARD GLOWING REPORTS ABOUT ALL YOUR WORK ON THE CDC AND IN THE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU AGAIN. MAN, YOU'RE. TOO DON'T LET THAT WORRY ABOUT SITTING NEXT TO RICK ANGELA.
BUT YOU DO HAVE ONE TASK, AND THAT'S TO MAKE SURE HIS CELL PHONE IS TURNED OFF EVERY MEETING AT THE BEGINNING, SO JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THERE'S ONE EXTRA TASK YOU HAVE AS A
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RESULT OF SITTING IN THAT SEAT ON BY THE WAY, NOBODY HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THAT TAXI TODAY, SO THE BAR IS EXTREMELY LOW. YEAH, IT'S RINGING RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT ALL YOU SURE, COUNCILMAN FRASER IF YOU LIKE. IT IS. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. HOW DID YOU GET HERE? IT WE'VE GOT LIKE PERFECT SYSTEM SET UP HERE TO CALL IT ON. SO, UM. I KNOW THAT THERE'S THIS INSTEAD OF A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT FILLING THE STATE A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF WHY THE NEED FOR FEMALE REPRESENTATION IS IT JUST NEEDED PERIOD NOT ONLY IN. AND OUR GOVERNMENT, BUT MANY GOVERNMENT. WAY WERE IN A POSITION THAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE BEST CHOICE AND I'M STILL WITH THAT FINE. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY ALL WORKING ITSELF OUT. I KNOW THE WORK IS DONE ON EMPTY. PEOPLE KNOW THAT. WHAT DO YOU DO IT ON COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHY YOUR NAME CAME TO MY MIND. AND THAT'S WHY I CALLED YOU A ROCK STAR. WHEN WE HAVE THE JOINT MEETINGS, A LOT OF US HAVE NOTICED THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING. CENTER AROUND CITY HALL AND YOUR YOUR POINT DID. THAT'S A HUGE THAT'S A HUGE DEAL. KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY ON WE DON'T HAVE TO FILL YOU IN. WELCOME TO THE TEAM. I KNOW YOU'LL DO. GREAT ON COUNCIL. YOU'RE JUST AS YOU'VE DONE ON EMPTY D C THERE YOUR PRESSURE BREATH THERE, AND I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU WERE THE PERCEPTION. AMERICAN FEMALE THAT WAS GONNA BE ON THIS BOARD. LORD COUNSELS THAT THAT IS EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE. SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS. I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT I WENT TO ANGELA'S HOUSE, AND I HAD A SATELLITE. IMAGE TAKEN OF ME STANDING. THEN WE PUT SUPERIMPOSED THAT OVER THE DISTRICT AND SHE IS IN DISTRICT ONE. SO WE GO. UM, YEAH, MAN I GOT I GOT NASA WAS INVOLVED IN THAT I GOT EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE. UM. SO WE WEIGH ARE SUPER EXCITED. AND ANGELA. I THINK YOU ARE. WOULD BE SO GREAT. SO WITH THAT ARE. ESTEEMED EMPRESS CITY SECRETARY WHO KEEPS US ALL IN LINE IS GOING TO. WE DO NEED A VOTE. SEE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL THE TALK OF ONE. SO WE HAVE. AH, I'M SO EXCITED. I DON'T EVEN WANT OH, I'VE MADE A MOTION MAYOR PRO TEM HAS SECOND THE MOTION. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. WILL YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S TAKE A JUST A VERBAL ALL IN FAVOR? AYE OPPOSED. I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T OPPOSE THAT. YOU COULDN'T YET YOU'RE NOT UP HERE. YOU WANTED. TO. SHE WANTED TO SO MOTION PASSES. OKAY? I HANDLE THE RICHARDSON WOODS, SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. DUTIES AS A MEMBER. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MECHANIC. THE WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. TICK, PRESERVE AND DEFEND. CONSTITUTION AND LOST. THE UNITED STATES TO STAY IN THIS STATE. SO HELP ME. TWO. WANNA APOLOGIZE. I WENT EVERY TIME HE COMES HOME.OH, FRASIER, SHE SAT IN YOUR SEAT. I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU, YOU KNOW? COME BACK. AND I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO. I WOULD LIKE TO PREEMPTIVELY I KNOW THAT I WILL HEAR ON. SOCIAL MEDIA 572 TIMES THAT I WENT DOWN THERE WITHOUT MY MASK, AND I APOLOGIZE. I WAS COMPLETED AN ERROR. I WAS VERY EXCITED, ANGELA. SO I'M SORRY THAT I WENT DOWN THERE WITHOUT A MASTER. EVERYONE THAT'S GOING TO RAIL ON ME FOR THA I BEAT YOU TO IT SO. WELL, WE ARE THAT
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IS IT, ANGELA? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY IF YOU WORKED. SO I'M SORRY COUNCILWOMAN WOULD RICHARDSON WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S START THERE. HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? YOU COULD JUST GO WITH WHAT'S OK, IT'S A LOT. COME ON, GET OUT OF MY FATHER MAY SAY NO, WE WON'T MY NAME IN THERE. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY RICH? WELL COUNCILMAN WOODS. I WILL DO MY VERY, VERY BEST TO ALWAYS REFERRED YOU TO THAT I MAY SLIP AND CALL YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME AS I DO EVERY UP HERE AND I APOLOGIZE ON RAIL ON MYSELF FOR THAT AHEAD OF EVERYONE SO YOU CAN SAVE THOSE EMAILS TO IT WILL NEVER BE ANY SIGN OF DISRESPECT. IT WILL BE. MY JUST STUPIDITY IN FORGETTING I'M JUST BECAUSE OF I KNOW YOU WANT A PERSONAL LEVEL. SO IF I DO THAT, PLEASE FORGIVE ME AND COUNCILWOMAN WOODS. MAY I? CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS ON MASK ALLOWS A PERSON SPEAKING TO A PUBLIC GATHERING TO REMOVE THEIR MASKS, SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. YOU ALL SHOULD TAKE THE PICTURES NOW. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL TO THE CITY OF MECHANIC FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. I DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY. NO, IT IS A HUGE TASK. BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD AND AS I KNOW, MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD SAY YOU WERE BUILT FOR THIS. SO I AM BUILT FOR THIS. I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF AWESOME AMAZING WOMEN. MY GRANDMOTHER, MY MOTHER. MY ORGAN, MY SORORITY DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED MY ORGANIZATION OF FAR NORTH DALLAS OF THE JACK AND JILL AMERICA. I AM GRATEFUL THE NW COLLIN COUNTY IN DOUBLE A BEEP. ORGANIZATION AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING ME. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY AND THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT ONE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, BECAUSE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT WOULD NOT BE HERE SO. READ WHERE? YOU KNOW, AS A SERVANT LEADER, YOU HAVE TO WANT TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE DOING POORLY BUT ALSO REMIND THOSE THAT ARE DOING WELL TO DO BETTER. SO THAT IS MY GOAL TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY THRIVE BOTH ECONOMICALLY, BOTH SOCIALLY AND TO GET US TO THE NEXT LEVEL, SO I WILL EMBRACE EVERY OPPORTUNITY. THESE NEXT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS TO DO MY BEST TO BE THE BEST REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOU AND FOR THE CITY BECAUSE WE ARE AMAZING. WE'RE UNIQUE BY NATURE, AND I DO NOT TAKE THAT LIGHTLY SO AGAIN. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE OR INTERESTING THIS DUTY TO ME AND PLEASE HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE.HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING OUT IN THE DISTRICT AND MEETING WITH THE STAKE HOLDERS IN THE LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT TOE WORK ON TO SEE WHAT IS NEEDED GOING FORWARD.
SO AGAIN, I SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEY, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT JUNE JENKINS, PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE COUNTY. DCP IS HERE WITH US TODAY, AND THERE'S A GROUP IS THEIR WHOLE GROUP IS EVERYONE IS FROM THE END OF LACEY P. SORORITY SORTIE. OKAY, SORORITY SISTERS, MY PRESIDENT FOR MY FOR NORTH DALLAS CHAPTER OF JACK AND JILL INCORPORATED IS HERE. ALSO BACK UP ALICIA MARY AND MY PRESIDENT OF MY COLLIN COUNTY AND LEMME CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA DATA, MONICA MINING'S AND MEMBERS AS WELL. AND I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY DAUGHTER. MY LOVED ONE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE HAD A VOLLEYBALL INJURY YESTERDAY. BUT MADISON THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING YOUR MOM. SEO. HAVE THIS SACRIFICE AND THANK YOU FOR UM. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE THE BEST MOM. CAN BE IS WELL IS TRYING TO BE A CIVIC LEADER, BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU AND YOUR SISTER ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS AND BEING AMAZING YOUNG WOMEN THAT I DON'T HAVE TO MICROMANAGE. NO, NONE OF THIS COULD BE POSSIBLE. SO I WANT TO MAKE MY CHILDREN AND MY DAD HE MAY BE WATCHING VIRTUALLY THANK YOU, DAD. IF YOU'RE WATCHING FOR RAISING. AN AMAZING BLACK WOMAN. WELL DONE. ALREADY WITH THIS WAS A THIS IS A HISTORIC DAY, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY. AND THAT'S A GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO HAVE. YOU SWORN IN TODAY. COUNCILWOMAN WOODS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IN EXECUTIVE
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SESSION. I'M SORRY TO DO SO WITH ALL THE PEOPLE HERE, BUT THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE AND YOU CAN'T COME WITH US. UH AND THAT MANAGER. WE DO HAVE COUNSEL MANAGER COUNTS. WOULD[COUNCIL & MANAGER COMMENTS]
ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE FURTHER COMMENTS THAN WE JUST IS MR MAYOR. I WANT. RICK FRANKLIN TO KNOW THAT BLOKE. MY PHONE'S GLASS COVER. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE HAD SMARTPHONES. AND SO MUCH CHILDREN. I WAS BUYING IPHONE 12, AND THEY WARNED ME AGAINST IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT TECHNOLOGY ON MY INABILITY. USE IT. BUT, RICK, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET AND I PHONE 12 BECAUSE I CAN'T MAKE IT RING. I'D HAVE TO TURN IN MY IPHONE FOR. MINE WAS JUST SEVEN. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW RICKS MOBILE PHONE HAS A ROTARY DIAL. IN THE LOUDEST, RARE KNOWN TO MAN. WELL, IT IS ON MY BILL. WHATEVER THAT WAS SOUTHERN BELLE MA BELL.WHATEVER THE OLD PHONE COMPANY, ONE OF US WILL, LORD, PLEASE ALLOW COUNCILWOMAN WOODS NOT TO RETRACT HER ACCEPTANCE. LATE, SO JUST, UH I DON'T THINK WE CAN PRAISE AH, PRAISE OUR NEW COUNCILWOMAN ENOUGH, BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE SONG. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. JUST COUPLE OF COMMENTS AS WE HIT IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED BOTH.
CAMERON, OUR NEW COUNCILWOMAN, HELPING OUT AT A FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS THAT WE HAVE OVER IT, THROCKMORTON AND WE WORK WITH ALLIANCE REALLY YOUTH LEADERSHIP TO DO OVER THERE.
JUST WANT TO PASS ON. I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE UM. JUST UNDERLYING OPTIMIST LIKE ME, WHO ARE NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE WAY 2021 IS GOING TO START OUT. SO IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE NON PROFIT, A FAVORITE CHARITY FAVORITE WAY TO HELP PEOPLE I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND WITH WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO FACE IN 2021, THEY WOULD COVET YOUR SUPPORT IN ANY SHAPE, FORM OR FASHION. JUST A ZOE, LOOK AND 2021 COMING WAY FINISHED OUR LAST DISTRIBUTION OF THE YEAR DISTRIBUTING MORE FOOD THAN WE HAD ON ANY SINGLE DAY. I BELIEVE. THE REST OF THIS YEAR. THERE ARE ENOUGH STORIES OUT THERE THAT WILL JUST BREAK YOUR HEART. AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT MCKINNEY IS AND SO EVEN THOUGH MY NEIGHBOR TO MY LEFT DOESN'T LIKE UNIQUE BY NATURE, BUT WE ARE UNIQUE I BELIEVE AND HOW WE CARE FOR EACH OTHER AND TAMARIND MENTIONED AS WELL. SO AS WE HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAYS. AND WE COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE, AND 2021 JUST APPEALED TO THE BEST NATURE OF EVERYBODY. MCKINNEY THAT A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS NEED HELP AND THANK YOU FOR THE HELP THAT YOU'VE GIVEN WE GET TO SEE IT EVERY DAY. I HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD, BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED WE'RE GONNA NEED YOUR HELP AS WELL GOING NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. IT'S ONE WHICH WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU LIKED O SEI FURTHER. OH I WOULD SO IS COUNCILMAN ELLIOT INDICATED HELP SERVE WITH THE.
ELITE A LANCIA LEAD ORGANIZATION AND ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND WORK WITH THE NEW SOME HOMES AND HELPED THAT ORGANIZATION WITH. PASSING OUT THINGS TO THE RESIDENTS THERE IN IT WAS JUST AMAZING. MISTER BILLER AND HIS FAMILY WERE THERE IN. JUST GET ENGAGED.
I WILL EMPLOY EVERY RESIDENT AND MCKINNEY IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GIVE BACK. AND I'M NOT SAYING YOUR MONEY BUT YOUR TIME YOUR TALENTS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE. EVERYONE BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED. IT'S NEVER ENOUGH WORK. THAT YOU DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO HELP BECAUSE EVEN YOUR ROUTINE VOLUNTEERS, THEY NEED A BREAK, TOO, SO IT'S ALWAYS TO HAVE GOOD REINFORCEMENT. SOMEONE TO COME BEHIND AND SAY, HEY, I CAN TAKE THIS ONE. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. GET OUT IF IT'S JUST ONE DAY OR ONE HOUR AND JUST COME HELP YOUR HELP WILL NEVER BE TURNED AWAY. OVER AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I AM SO GLAD THAT THIS YEAR IS COMING TO AN END. AND I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY. HAPPY, SAFE HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR. I THINK 2021 IS GONNA BE A GREAT YEAR.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP AND I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE ANGELA ON THE COUNCIL. I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD GROUP. AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA TAKE MCKINNEY FORWARD IN THIS NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. THAT'S ME, FRASIER. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? PERFECT.
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YEP. YEAH, SO JUST WANT TO GET JUST WELCOME AND ALONE AND EVERYBODY THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN. IT'S LONG OVERDUE. UH WE'VE GOT SOME POSITION'S GONNA BE OPENING UP ON COUNCIL. I KNOW WHAT I KNOW WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH. WITH COUNSELORS. ELLIOT ENCOURAGED PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT TO GET INVOLVED TO LOOK AT THAT POSITION WAS GOOD CANDIDATES.WE NEED STRONG CANDIDATES AND. WOULD I'D LIKE TO SEE IT. FILL IT WITH WHAT? WHAT REPRESENTS OUR CITY. SO, UH, THANK YOU GET ANGELA AND EVERYBODY THAT PUSHED HER FORWARD. UH VERY EXCITED THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING HERE, SO THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY IT. SORRY THAT I'M I'M NOT OFFENDED BY JUST A POSITIVE FOR COVERT. THIS MORNING. I WILL TELL YOU LIKE YESTERDAY WITH ONE OF THOSE ROUGH FOR DAYS, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. AND WHEN I WENT IN THIS MORNING, IT WAS PRETTY QUICK THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE TEST CAME BACK POSITIVE. AND I'M GONNA TRY TO DO MY VERY, VERY BEST EDUCATED MANY PEOPLE OR WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS TIME IT AND WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING NOT BEING REPUBLICAN AND PUSHING THAT SPREAD AROUND. NO, I'LL DO MY VERY BEST. YOU, SIR. MANAGER. NO COMMENT. SO THAT AMERICA CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WON'T. DON'T NEED TO SAY MORE THAN SPEND, SAID COUNCILWOMAN WOODS. VERY, VERY, VERY EXCITED. AND YOU KNOW YOU AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS, ESPECIALLY LAST FRIDAY THAT YOU COULDN'T WRITE IN A MOVIE SCRIPT. JUST THE WAY THINGS KIND OF TWISTED AND TURNED AROUND. SO. I'M SO GLAD IT WORKED OUT, AS WAS SAID BY COUNCILMAN FRESHER UH, I JUST WANT OH, ACKNOWLEDGE LISA WASHINGTON FOR THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE, AND PROVIDING THE GIFTS FOR SENIORS, JUST THE BASKETS FOR THE SENIORS. WHAT A GREAT THING THAT WAS LEAD BY EXAMPLE. I THINK YOUR MOTHER WAS ALSO INVOLVED. OF COURSE.
WHAT YOU DIDN'T DO SOME HOMES, AND WE WERE THERE WITH YOU OR VISIT YOU ON THANKSGIVING.
EVERY THING YOU DID THERE S O REALLY GREAT. KNOWING ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO ALSO WANT TOE QUICK, JUST. RENEE AND VERY CARD. YOU KNOW, MILLIE, AND I LOVE LIFE WAY FEED THE HOMELESS EVERY THIRD SUNDAY AND THERE'S ON DATS, THE PASTOR OF ROADSIDE CHURCH. THAT HOSTS IT, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO THEIR HEART AND WHAT THEY DO FOR THE HOMELESS AND THEN PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH US EVERY SINGLE TIME WE DO IT. JENNIFER AND JOHN BUSHMAN. JOHN BUSHMAN, LITERALLY LAST YESTERDAY, HE COOKED HAMS ALL DAY. YOU KNOW, TO HAVE FRESH CUT HAM, HE COOKS BARBECUED BRISKET. YOU KNOW, WITH THE BIG, BIG, BIG, JUST JUST SO INVOLVED IN BIG EFFORT EVERY THIRD SUNDAY AND JANET AND JERRY FISHER AND GRANDMA PAT AND I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON. HER FRIEND'S NAME AND LESS MAY LEAD JUST RESPONDED. SHE DID NOT THAT MAKE THE DESSERTS EVERY THIRD SUNDAY, OR THE SENIOR LIVING CENTER, AND ALLEN LISA PEARY, WHO ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP SERVE AND. BUT NOT SO JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THEM WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I YOU KNOW, BEFORE I DO THAT. LOVE LIFE IS DOING A RAPPING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE USED THE SERVICE IN THE PAST IT AT THE SANCTUARY. 66 33 VIRGINIA PARK. WAIT THERE'S A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WRAPPED GIFTS THEY'LL BE DOING IT ALL DAY. I THINK TODAY TOMORROW. THURSDAY AND THEY JUST ASKED THAT THE RAP ALL YOUR GIFTS AND YOU GIVE A DONATION AND 100 CENT OF THAT MONEY GOES TO BUYING GIFTS FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. FOR CHRISTMAS. SO IT ZILLY COOL THING AND.
YOU'LL BE AMAZED HOW MANY GIFTS A SINGLE PERSON CORRECT IN AN HOUR. IF YOU WANT TO GO WATCH IT. IT'S ENTERTAIN NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE DO HAVE ONE ACTION
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ITEM. WHEN WE COME BACK. IT'S IN COURTS WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 55171 PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION. CITY MCKINNEY, TEXAS VS MCKINNEY MOBILE PARK L. L. C. IN SECTION 551074 PERSONNEL MATTERS. THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER INTERVIEW AND SECTION 551 AWAITS SEVEN DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.THE HUB. AS I SAID, THERE WILL BE ONE ITEM THAT WE ACT ON. WE SHOULD BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PRIDE ABOUT 15 MINUTES. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.LL GET IT. HEYE READY? CAUSED BACK INTO HIS BODY AND HE IS ON YOU. YEAH. WE'RE BACK AND WORK SESSION. WE HAVE EMOTION. I THINK WE HAVE
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TWO MOTIONS. YES, MR MERRICK, PLEASE. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT OF LAWSUIT IN LAWSUITS STYLE THE CITY IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, VS MCKINNEY MOBILE PARK LLC ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALSO PROVEN AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH PINNACLE CONSULTING MANAGEMENT GROUP INC AND MOUNT NOT SUCCEED $190,000 FOR RELOCATION SERVICES THAT RISE OUT OF. ARE NECESSARY TO THE SETTLEMENT OF SAID LAWSUIT. SECOND. FAVOR ALL RIGHT POST. RIGHT? ANOTHER MOTION. MOVED TO BE ACCEPTING INCENTIVES AS DISCUSSED FOR THE HUB IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, ALL RIGHT POST. RIGHT MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVE, SIR. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO SEE YOU?* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.