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HERE WE CAN FINALLY STARTED. WE'VE BEEN WAITING. CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ESPECIALLY OUT
[CALL TO ORDER]
IN THE GALLERY. OKAY WE ARE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 2 22 NORTH TENDS HISTORY IN THE GREAT CITY MCKINNEY. IT'S FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY, MAY 24TH OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS, STEVE YEAH. REALLY OKAY. CHIEF. TELL MR SIN CITY MANAGER. I WILL YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I SHOWED NOBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK. AND WE ARE GOING TO,[COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES Regarding various City Boards & Commissions]
UH, DO NOTHING. UM, COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES. WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO AFTER YOU HAVE. YES BUT I'M WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL LIAISON. UPDATES. IN THE NBC THIS MORNING, BUT IT WAS THE SHORTEST MEETING I THINK I'VE EVER BEEN AT ABC GOING, BUT NOTHING I CAN TALK ABOUT. NICE QUESTION. ANYBODY ELSE? YOU KNOW THE ARTS COMMISSION LAST WEEK? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING A BENJI STATUE PUT ARE THE CORNER OF VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE. AND THAT'S ITS FINAL STAGES OF NEGOTIATION, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL. SHE HAS BEEN DRAWING A BLANK ON THE NAME. YOU MAY REMEMBER HER NAME, BUT SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME FOR SEVERAL YEARS. BEEN TALKING. I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL ANYTHING UNTIL LAST WEEK, SO SHE'S SHE'S SHE'S REALLY HAD THIS AS A ACTION ITEM AND ALL THROUGH COVID AND WHATNOT, BUT RAISING MONEY AND ALL THAT, BECAUSE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW BENJI WAS FILMED HERE, THE ORIGINAL BENJI AND THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT HOMES USED YES AND BENJI DID CROSS OVER THE THRESHOLD OF WHAT IS NOW AMBROSIA. AND THAT IS WHERE THE BENJI STATUE WILL BE ERECTED. AND I'M GLAD WE'RE SPENDING MOST OF THE TIME IN THIS MEETING ON THIS. OKAY? ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR. UM. NOT NECESSARILY A BORDER COMMISSION. BUT I'M WORKING WITH A PRIVATE GROUP TO STAB LISH MCKINNEY LIBRARY FOUNDATION. AND I'M DOING. I WAS ASKED. THERE'S SOME LEGAL WORK ON IT ON A PRO BONO BASIS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A HUGE BENEFIT FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS THE LIBRARIES AND LOOKING WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT'S IN THE WORKS. MY UH YOU JUST REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING IN THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE. I WAS JUST AT ME WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT MAYORS TALKING TO ABOUT THEIR CITIES, THEIR SITUATIONS THERE WAS A NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT HAVE FROM HORMEL CHILI TO, UH. WHAT IS IN IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA MUTUAL OMAHA.WHO HAVE THESE TREMENDOUS PHILANTHROPIC AND DOW MINTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THE CITY, SO I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN MCKINNEY THAT WANTS TO START A PHILANTHROPIC ENDOWMENT LIKE HORMEL, WHERE THEY ARE GETTING $128 MILLION A YEAR TO SPEND. JUST WANT TO THROW IT OUT. CITY IS ALWAYS A GOOD BENEFACTOR. OPEN FOR BUSINESS OPEN FOR BUSINESS IF YOU WANT TO. NAME. MCKINNEY HAS A YET AS A BENEFACTOR OF AN ENDOWMENT. THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. WE NEED SOME BILLIONAIRES. I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, MCKINNEY DOESN'T HAVE ANY BILLIONAIRES WITH US. YEAH THESE BIG BILLIONAIRES THAT COULD JUST THROW MONEY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA. THEY HAVE A $450 MILLION PROJECT. 400 OF IT WAS PHILANTHROPIC DONATIONS. SURE SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S COMPANIES OUT THERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO STEP UP AND DONATE THAT KIND OF MONEY. UM THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. AND WE WELCOME AND I THINK AS A AS A WHOLE I SPEAK
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
FOR EVERYBODY. YES, SIR. WE'LL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, ACCORDING TO ACCESS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071. PRESENTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSION. SPECIAL SESSION. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION AND DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS TO 2 TO 0 TO ONE. THAT TO BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS THAT'S THE 2021 22 BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS . EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM WE'RE DISCUSSING. AND THERE WILL BE NO ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE QUESTION. BUT ON VERSION TWO BUILDING WORLD AND STUFF SO MOTION TO ADJOURN. IN FAVOR. JUSTIN, WHO SECONDED THAT? RICK WAS OPPOSED. HE WANTS TO STAY HERE. SO WE COULD CALL.LET'S CALL US BACK IN THE SPECIAL
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.