May 10, 2021 City Council Special Meeting on 2021-05-10 10:00 AM

[CALL TO ORDER]

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MEETING TO ORDER TODAY IS MADE 10 MONDAY THIS 10 02 IN THE MORNING. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 2 22, NORTH TENNESSEE ST GRADER. ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL START WITH PUBLIC

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS]

CHANGE IS A GOOD THING. I KNOW I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD STAND UP AND RUN FOR OFFICE AND THE FOLKS THAT RAN BRIAN TOM. THEN SAY. HAVE TO BE CONGRATULATED FOR AT LEAST MAKING THE EFFORT TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. AND SO THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT LIVING IN A DEMOCRACY. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO AGREE. AND I WOULD HOPE WE WOULDN'T AGREE EVERYTHING AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE HAVE ELECTIONS. SO TODAY WE ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THOSE ELECTIONS AND I CONGRATULATE THE WINNERS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND SERVE AND THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO RUN FOR OFFICE. IT'S A GREAT THING TO DO. IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO IN TODAY'S. TRIBAL SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PEOPLE SPEAK IN THE SPOKE WITH THEIR VOTES. WE HAD THE HIGHEST ELECTION TURNOUT. NOW I THINK THAT SPEAKS WELL TO OUR CITY. HOPE WE CONTINUE IN THAT TREND IN FUTURE. AND SO THOSE THOSE COMMENTS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STEPHEN.

TOLD YOU PRIVATELY BUT PUBLICLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU. CITY BECAUSE YOU'RE VERY INVOLVED IN LOCAL POLITICS. YOU RUN SOME WEBSITES FOR FREE DEBATE. OUT MCKINNEY AND. HOW MUCH KENNY IS GOVERNED, AND YOU TAKE A LOT OF FLACK, JUST LIKE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

MOST OF THE TIME FOR DOING THAT, AND IT'S CERTAINLY. NO BENEFIT YOU YOU DON'T GET PAID FOR IT OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT IT'S A SERVICE YOU PROVIDE TO THE CITY, AND I'M VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT FOR EVERYBODY IN MCKINNEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY I HAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE? I WANT TO SAY ALSO THE SAME THING. OF COURSE I HAD NEVER MET YOU PRIOR TO THIS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, KEEPING EVERYONE ON THEIR TOES AND BEING JUST AN ADVOCATE. OUR COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. THIS DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE. MEAN POLITICALLY ENGAGED. YOU ARE JUST SOCIALLY ENGAGED AND. IT IS, UH, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING GETS BY. THAT HAPPENS IN MCKINNEY THAT YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO SNAP A PICTURE OF AND SHOW PEOPLE EDUCATE PEOPLE AND. WE LEARNED ABOUT THINGS OURSELVES, MEI LI AND I FROM THINGS THAT YOU POSTED THERE. B A. TO BE SOMEBODY THAT JUST OPENED SOMETHING NEW OR OR JUST A GATHERING SOMEWHERE. SO THANK YOU FOR JUST ALWAYS BEING THAT ENGAGED PERSON. RIGHT, AND WE WILL NOW MOVE TO SPECIAL AGENDA ITEM. 210374 CONSIDERED ACTON

[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Certifying the Election Results of the May 1, 2021 General Election for City Mayor, Council District 1, Council District 3, and Council At-Large]

EMBERS. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS TO CERTIFY THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM MAY 1ST 2021 BEFORE GETTING INTO THE RESULTS. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY. FOR THE TREMENDOUS JOB THAT THEY DO IN ORGANIZING AND RUNNING ELECTIONS. I THINK ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE DETAILS THAT GO INTO GETTING THAT DONE NOT VERY MANY CITIES TAKE ON THAT ROLE INDEPENDENTLY, SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY GAVE US. THERE WASN'T A PHONE CALL. THEY DIDN'T ANSWER. THERE WASN'T AN EMAIL THAT DIDN'T RESPOND TO HELP US.

STAY ON TOP OF THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET DONE. AND RESPOND TO ALL OF THE PUBLIC INQUIRY THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS ELECTION. SO THANKS TO THEM, THE MANY ELECTION JUDGES AND WORKERS THAT TAKE PART OF THIS PROCESS. WITH IT. WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE ELECTION RESULTS TO CERTIFIED RESULTS FROM ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR BRUCE SERVET. WITHIN THE ELECTION FOR RECEIPTS. THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE IN CITY COUNCIL AT LARGE. I WANT TO READ OFF THOSE RESULTS FIRST

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TOM MEREDITH RECEIVING 6907 VOTES. AND WITH IT. GEORGE FULLER WAS ELECTED MAYOR OR RE ELECTED MAYOR. FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. ONE CHRISTIAN VIDEO RECEIVED 510. OF THE TOTAL 2656 VOTES CAST. JOHNNIE MOORE RECEIVED 2 205 VOTES. STAND PIN RECEIVED 858 VOTES. AND JUSTIN BELLER RECEIVED 1000. 83 VOTES. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTES. NO CANDIDATE IN THE DISTRICT ONE ELECTION RECEIVED MORE THAN HALF AS REQUIRED BY LAW OF MAJORITY VOTE IS RECALLED, IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE AN ELECTION WINNER. SO WITH THAT THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA WILL ADDRESS THE STEPS AND THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED FOR THAT ELECTION. GOTTA MOVE ON TO DISTRICT THREE. OVER 5580 VOTES CAST IN THAT ELECTION. SENT A TOURIST RECEIVED 2691. JURY FELTUS RECEIVED 2891 VOTES. AND WITH THAT MAJORITY VOTE, DRE FELTUS HAS BEEN ELECTED DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE. AND FINALLY AT LARGE. AGAIN.

THERE WERE. MANY VOTES CAST A 19,005 IN THIS ELECTION. BRIAN J. MAGNUSON RECEIVED 7592.

CHARLIE PHILLIPS RECEIVED 11,413. RECEIVING A MAJORITY VOTE. CHARLIE PHILLIPS WAS RE ELECTED TO THE ED LARGE SEAT. WITH IT. I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

MISSIONS OR SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PORTION AND RUNNING OFF. SMOOTH THE ELECTION. SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE GEORGE FULLER. OR RECEIVING THE MOST SPOKES.

HISTORY OF MCKINNEY DURING A REGULAR ELECTION. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. A LOT OF WORK INTO IT AS WELL DESERVED. AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY. AT LARGE IS ALWAYS CAST OFF TO THE END. WAS THOUGHT WERE MORE IMPORTANT RATHER THAN LEAST IMPORTANT, BUT THAT'S OK. AND THAT'S JUST TO COME AT. YOU DO NOT RECEIVE ON SOMEONE MIGHT SAY THAT ALL THE WORK IS DONE ABOVE THAT RACE. AND THEN YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF CATCH WITH AT THE END, BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HE WAS. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT MR PHILLIPS RECEIVED MORE VOTES. THAN THE LAST TOTAL LARGEST MUNICIPAL ELECTION. ALL CANDIDATES COMBINED. OKAY? THERE'S A LOT OF RECORDS SET IN THIS ELECTION. ACTUALLY, DRE. DR DRE FELT THIS. SAY. EIGHT RACE AND I AM SO GLAD THAT SHE SHE WON AND NOW WE HAVE. I THINK WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY GO THROUGH TWO MOTIONS. YEAH. AND BEFORE YOU DO, MR ARISES, ONCE SAID. THAT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE OF MCKENNA. ABSOLUTELY COMING OUT AND GETTING INVOLVED IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF MCKINNEY FOR COMING OUT IN SOME OF THE STRONGEST NUMBERS WE'VE SEEN. IT WAS. MORE THAN SIGNIFICANT MORE THAN DOUBLE THE LAST. IT'S TOTAL. BY MUNICIPAL ELECTION. SO. WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO 230375, WHICH WILL BE A SHORT DISCUSSION SHORT. I DON'T CONSIDER AN ACT ON ORDERS CALLING FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION. I'M SORRY WAY NEED TO ACT ON THAT. WELL, I DON'T. MAYBE I DON'T WANT TO BE MARRIED. WAY. SO, YES, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT. THE RESULT IS PRESENTED BY CITY SECRETARY AND ITEMS TO ONE. SECOND YEAH. YES, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. MR. IN FAVOR. SAY AYE, ALL RIGHT POST.

SHE CARRIES. 210375 CONSIDERED ACT ON ORDNANCE CALLING FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION IN JUNE. 5TH

[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Calling for the Runoff Election of June 5, 2021 for City Council District 1 Member]

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THE NEXT MOTION, OF COURSE, WOULD BE TO CANCEL THIS ELECTION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

THE ELECTION CODE IS CLEAR. WE NEED TO ACTUALLY ESTABLISH THAT WE HAVE THESE TWO CANDIDATES THAT WERE 1ST AND 2ND VOTE GETTERS AND THAT REGULAR ELECTIONS SO DOING SO THEN YOU WILL. ADDRESS THE WITHDRAWAL THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. SO YES, IF YOU'LL CALL THIS THEN WILL IMMEDIATELY TAKE UP THE NEXT TIME. BEING THAT THERE WERE NO CANDIDATES TO RECEIVE MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTE AND TWO CANDIDATES THAT EXCEEDED THE OTHER TWO CANDIDATES. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SET THIS FOR RUNOFF ELECTION ON JUNE 5TH OF 2021. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE, AYE POST. SHE CARRIES. LAST ITEM. 210376 CONSIDERED ACT ON A ON THE CLEARING. WAS ELECTED.

[Consider/Discuss/Act on Declaring as Elected the Unopposed Candidate for the Office of Council Member District 1 and Cancelling the June 5, 2021 Runoff Election for Council Member District 1]

INSEMINATED, BUT DOES, MR PYNE TURNED IN HIS WITHDRAWAL. LAST. THEN THREE DAYS ASKED THE CANVASSING OF THIS ELECTION, THEN THAT ENABLED US IS THAT. FAMILY SUBMISSION IS WHAT ENABLES US TO CANCEL THE JUNE 5TH. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, SIR. ALSO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT MR BELLER RECEIVED 40% OVER 40% OF THE VOTE IN A FOUR PERSON RACE AND.

THAT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AND SUBSTANTIAL. A NUMBER OF VOTES FOR A FOUR PERSON RACE, SO COMMEND HIM FOR THAT. MR MAYOR, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CANCEL THE JUNE 5TH RUN OFF ELECTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CERTIFICATE OF WITHDRAW, UNDERSTAND PEN? WE ALSO APPROVED THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES CERTIFICATE OF JUSTIN BELLER AND THAT JUSTIN BELLER BE DULY ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT ONE ONE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. MOST SOMEBODY WANTS OUT DOWN. MOTION PASSES. COUNCIL MANAGER COMMENTS. START WITH ANGELA.

[COUNCIL & MANAGER COMMENTS]

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CONSIDERED, BUT THIS APTITUDE THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY. EMBRACING. MANY DID NOT KNOW ME, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME. YOU. HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN JUST CAPACITY. I KNOW THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY, MANY OTHER QUALIFIED. KENNY YOU KNOW, EASTERN MCKINNEY LONG TIME RESIDENTS, BUT I DO NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT GOD SAW FIT.

YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME. SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT I AM BEYOND INDEBTED TO THE CITY STAFF.

LIKE SAMA, SAVE ALL MY COMMENTS TO THE 18. BUT. CITY OF MCKINNEY STAFF IS PHENOMENAL.

AND I AM JUST GRATEFUL. SO THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSE ME TO THIS PROCESS AND HOW A LARGE CITY ALL RIGHT, THEN. NO, THANK YOU. YOU WILL BE MOVING BACK TO THE M C. D. C I WILL BE MOVING THAT SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY. SCOTT. OF COURSE, YOUR LAST WEEK WILL BE THE 18TH. I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR YOU ONLY GOT COMMENTS, TOO.

YES, MOM. IT'S FOR YOU. YES. THE ANY ONE ELSE HAVE COMMENTS. JUST SAY REAL QUICK.

CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR ON UNDER RE ELECTION THAT WE SAID THAT LAST TIME, BUT. OF MORE LENGTHY COMMENTS, APPRECIATE LEADERSHIP. CRUCIATE SERVING. COUNSEL WITH USE MAYOR. COUNCIL ON RICHARDS AND WORD GIRLS. SECOND 13TH EVERYTHING THAT THAT YOU SAID, AND. IT'S GREAT TO KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S LIKE BEING GREAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I'M NOT. WAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO INTERRUPT YOUR CDC SERVICE, ALTHOUGH YOU RECEIVED IT THAT LAST CDC, SO YOU'RE PULLING DOUBLE DUTY, SO JUST THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN.

AND I WAS LIKE MOST MY COMMENTS FOR THEM, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN. SAID. BETWEEN CHARLIE AND RAINY IN CHARLIE SELF. 13 SURGERIES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TRY TOE BOLSTER IS. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A HUNTER LOOK FORWARD TO THE 18TH AND MORE LENGTHY COMMENTS AND YOU KNOW, EMPRESS YOU'VE BEEN FANTASTIC AND. ANYONE THAT COULD HURT THIS BUNCH OF CATS. DID YOU GET ON? UHH YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE YOU'LL BE CITY MANAGER AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE IF YOU CAN DO THIS, YOU COULD DO ANYTHING. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. JUST LIKE SAY TO ANGELA A TO THIS MEETING THAT YOU WEREN'T JUST THE CHOICE. YOU WERE THE UNANIMOUS CHOICE OF EVERY MEMBER ON THIS COUNCIL, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW THAT. WE HAD THAT MUCH CONFIDENCE IN YOU. AND YOU DIDN'T LET ONE OF US DOWN. YOU HAVE BEEN A BLESSING. THANK YOU. AND. FORD BRONCOS SEASON CAME TO AN END IN THE PLAYOFFS THIS WEEKEND, AND THEY. STILL ONE DISTRICT OUTRIGHT AND IN THIS DISTRICT THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING GREAT GROUP OF GUYS I LOVED WATCHING HIM PLAY BALL. SORRY TO SEE THAT END. BUT WE DID HAVE SOME. THESE GIRLS I TOLD YOU ABOUT FROM NORTH. THEY DIDN'T WIN IT ALL, MAN. THEY SURE LOOK GOOD AT ST. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE ON THE 18TH. SO THANK YOU. RIGHT? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO SERVE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M NOT DOING THAT BECAUSE NOBODY'S GONNA TELL ME TO TURN MY FATHER. THAT'S TRUE. I'LL LEAVE INSTRUCTION. YOU PROTECT YOUR CALL HIM TO TELL HIM. YES, GOOD. HAVE ENJOYED SERVING WITH BOTH YOU AND GOD. AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU BOTH. YOU BOTH BROUGHT SOMETHING TO THIS COUNCIL THAT. VERY HONORABLE AND VERY. SAINT AND VERY. PLEASURABLE, TOO CEREBRAL. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I'M GONNA MISS YOU.

HOPEFULLY I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN ALMOST COUNSEL. PHENOMENAL JOB. YEAH. IMAGINE NO COMMENTS.

RIGHT WAY HAVE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION TO ADJOURN THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS.

WAY ALREADY MOVED TO GERMANY. I MOVE TO ADJOURN. ON FAVORITE ALL RIGHT POST. OUR JOB.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.