May 23, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Call meeting to order.]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

TODAY IS MARCH 23RD, 2023.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.

UH, CHAD MCCURDY IS ROAMING AROUND THE HALL SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T KNOW .

OH, BUT, UH, CUSTOMER MCG GLOVER, HE IS EXPECTED TO BE HERE.

HE HAD A, AN EVENT WITH HIS DAUGHTER TODAY.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE HIM HERE SHORTLY.

UH, WITH THAT, I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING ORDER.

I DO HAVE SEVEN 11.

I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE INVOCATION.

AND THIS WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED BY MR. TOM BLAKE.

HE IS, UH, WITH, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, I'M SORRY.

HE'S WITH OUR CDC.

AND, UH, HE'LL ALSO, UH, BE HERE TO GIVE US, UH, INVOCATION, IF YOU ALL WILL.

PLEASE STAND AND FOLLOWING.

THE INVOCATION WILL BE THE, UH, PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY BARRY COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL HAYDEN.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

TONIGHT, UH, I HAVE CHOSEN, SELECTED VERSES FROM PSALM 33 WITH A FEW APPROPRIATE MODIFICATIONS.

BLESSED IS THE CITY WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD, THE PEOPLE HE CHOSE FOR HIS INHERITANCE FROM HEAVEN.

THE LORD LOOKS DOWN AND SEES ALL MANKIND FROM HIS DWELLING PLACE.

HE WATCHES ALL WHO LIVE ON THE EARTH.

HE WHO FORMS THE HEARTS OF ALL, WHO CONSIDERS EVERYTHING THEY DO.

THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, ON THOSE WHOSE HOPE IS IN HIS UNFAILING LOVE.

WE WAIT IN THE LORD, EXCUSE ME.

WE WAIT IN HOPE FOR THE LORD.

HE IS OUR HELP AND OUR SHIELD IN HIM, OUR HEARTS REJOICE.

FOR WE TRUST IN THIS HOLY NAME, LORD, MAY ON FEELING LOVE, BE WITH OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGER, AND ALL WHO ARE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, EVEN AS WE PUT OUR HOPE IN YOU.

PLEASE BLESS THIS MEETING TONIGHT FOR YOUR GLORY.

IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU OF AMERICA.

ONE NATION, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.

THANK YOU.

YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED.

FIRST

[a. Present Great Impact Servant Leader Award to Joshua Choate.]

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR MAYOR, PROTO ALLEN SIMS. THANK YOU.

IT'S A, IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO, UH, GIVE THIS PRESENTATION TO A WELL DESERVING IMPACT, UH, GENTLEMAN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

JOSH, WOULD YOU COME UP HERE AND, UM, GREAT IMPACT SERVINGLY JOSHUA CHO, MAY 23RD, 2023.

JOSHUA HAS CALLED CEDAR HILL HOME SINCE 1995.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 28 YEARS WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE RELOCATED TO THE AREA FROM KANSAS AFTER GRADUATING.

JOSH IS A GRADUATE OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS DEGREE IN WILDLIFE BIOLOGY.

NOW THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.

YOU ALL SHOULD REALLY TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS, BECAUSE I GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, THE JAYHAWKS, HE GRADUATED FROM THAT OTHER, HIS WIFE IS A, IS A ALSO A JAYHAWK, BUT HE GRADUATED FROM THAT OTHER GREAT STATE UNIVERSITY.

THAT'S ALRIGHT.

, UH, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, THE WILDCATS.

AND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF IN-STATE RIVALRY, BUT JOSH AND I GET ALONG WA WELL.

HE ALSO, BY THE WAY, MARRIED A JAYHAWK.

JOSHUA ALWAYS KNEW HE WANTED TO WORK OUTDOORS AND FOUND THAT OPPORTUNITY AS AN HOURLY MAINTENANCE WORKER AT CEDAR STATE PARK.

HE PROGRESSIVELY CLIMBED THROUGH THE RANKS AND WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IN 2000.

THAT'S THE YEAR THAT I CAME.

AND THEN UNTIL 2014 WHEN HE BECAME SUPERINTENDENT, HE HAS ENJOYED THE TENURED PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN AN URBAN STATE PARK THAT HAS PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.

THIS GUY EXCELS AT BOTH OF THOSE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.

AND BY THE WAY, THOSE ARE HALLMARKS OF THIS CITY.

HE'S A NATURAL FIT.

HE NAVIGATED THE PARK THROUGH DISASTER FROM THE 2015 SPRING FLOODS AND CONTINUOUS RECOVERY OVER

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JOSHUA PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN CREATING AND NURTURING THE NATURE CORRIDOR PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH, UH, IS A BIG PART OF THIS CITY.

HE HAS BEEN A STEADY BOARD MEMBER ON THE DOGWOOD CANYON ADVISORY CENTER BOARD AND THE CEDAR HILL TOURISM BOARD.

HE WILL RETIRE AS THE CEDAR HILL STATE PARK SUPERINTENDENT ON MAY THE 31ST.

ABOUT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, A LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER SERVING 27 YEARS, HE AND HIS LOVELY WIFE AJ HAWK, OF 27 YEARS.

DANA HAS BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO RELOCATING BACK TO KANSAS, OUR NATIVE LAND.

I DON'T PLAN TO GO BACK.

, UH, THEY PLAN TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR TWO ADULT CHILDREN DIALING AND GERARD AND THEIR FAMILY, JOSHUA HARTFORD SERVICE EXEMPLIFIES THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF OUR CITY IS BUILT ON.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT IMPACT SERVING LEADER.

JOSH, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

APPRECIATE, BRING YOUR FAMILY UP HERE.

YOU WANNA HAVE SOME WORDS PLEASE? UM, OH BOY.

PUT ME ON THE SPOT.

OKAY.

UM, DAVE, COME ON.

I DO WANNA SAY, UM, CEDAR HILL IS AN OUTSTANDING PLACE TO LIVE.

UM, I'VE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.

IT'S BEEN A VERY, UH, DIVERSE AND A VERY EDUCATIONAL PLACE FOR ME TO LIVE AND TO EXPERIENCE.

UM, IT'S WITH MIXED EMOTIONS.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO KANSAS, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT CUZ WE NEED TO, UH, BUT WE'LL BE BACK TO VISIT.

I, UH, I AM SAD THAT WE'RE LEAVING TEXAS AND CALL KANSAS HOME, BUT WE'LL BE BACK TO VISIT.

BUT AGAIN, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I'VE, I'VE ENJOYED THE, UH, THE CITIZENSHIP AND, UH, AND THE LOCAL, UM, PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND WORKING FOR TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND CEDAR HILL STATE PARK HAS BEEN VERY, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.

IT'S BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO ME AND MY FAMILY.

AND I, I DO THANK THE WHOLE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR THAT.

THANK THESE ARE SONS.

THESE ARE MY SONS.

SO THIS IS YOURS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND WE'RE GONNA GET A PICTURE.

ALRIGHT.

YOU, YOU GET THIS? ALRIGHT, THIS.

THANK YOU.

YOU DON'T, SHE'S THE PRO.

OKAY.

SHE'S THANK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION.

PRESENT A PROCLAMATION

[a. Present a Proclamation designating June 12, 2023, as Women Veterans Day in Cedar Hill. ]

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS.

WILL ALL OF OUR VETERANS WOMEN PLEASE STAND? I SALUTE YOU PROCLAMATION, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

WHEREAS CITY HILL SALUTES AND REMEMBERS THE MANY AMERICAN FEMALE VETERAN VETERANS WHO HAVE COURAGEOUSLY AND HONORABLY SERVED IN THE MILITARY ON BEHALF OF OUR NATION.

AND WHEREAS WOMEN HAVE FORMERLY BEEN A PART OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES SINCE THE INCEPTION OF ARMY NURSE CORPSE IN 1901, BUT HAVE PROUDLY SERVED ALONGSIDE AND SUPPORTED OUR NATION'S MILITARY SINCE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

AND WHEREAS ON JUNE 9TH, 2017, THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE OFFICIALLY DE DESIGNATED JUNE 12TH AS WOMEN VETERANS DAY SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR GREG ALBERT.

AND WHEREAS ON THIS DAY, WE COMOR COMMEMORATE THE FEARLESS SERVICE OF WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION IN THE ARMED FORCES AND WE HONOR OUR FEMALE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THEIR REMARKABLE SACRIFICES AND OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATION.

NOW THEREFORE, OUR I STEVEN MASON MAYOR OF CEDAR HILL DO HEAR ABOUT THE CLAIM JUNE 12TH, 2023 AS WOMEN VETERANS DAY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS,

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IN WITNESS, SWEAR OFF, I HAVE BECA, UH, HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF MAY.

STEVE MASON.

MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN.

UH, NEXT

[b. Presentation by Cedar Hill Disabled American Veterans Chapter 240. ]

HELLO EVERYONE.

THE FIRST THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THE DAV V AND THE DAV V DAV V CHAPTER TWO 40 AND THE D A V A UNIT TWO 40.

WOULD Y'ALL ALL PLEASE STAND? I'M AHEAD.

HAVE A SEAT.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK JILL ALEXANDER FOR ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION.

JILL IS US ARMY AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT, UM, PRESENTATION THAT I REALLY, REALLY AM, UM, EXCITED ABOUT DOING BECAUSE THIS PERSON THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE TODAY ALWAYS DIPS OUT ON ME WHEN I TRY TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

SO WHERE DOES SHE GO? DOES SHE DIP OUT ON ME? SHE, OKAY.

MICHELLE EBANKS, COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP PLEASE.

, I'M TELLING YOU, SHE ALWAYS DIPS OUT ON ME.

IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT CEDAR HILL DAV V CHAPTER TWO 40 RECOGNIZES MISS MICHELLE EBANKS FOR HER WORK WITH OUR VETERANS.

MICHELLE IS A US ARMED AIR FORCE VETERAN WHO SERVED HONORABLY FROM 20, UM, FROM 2001 TO 2006 AS A SENIOR AIRMAN.

ALTHOUGH MICHELLE COMPLETED HER ASSIGNMENT ON ACTIVE DUTY, SHE STILL HAD THE DRIVE TO SERVE HER COUNTRY, BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, CONTINUE HER PASSION TO SERVE FOR SERVING.

MICHELLE HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY THE COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER WHERE SHE DEVELOPS AND LEADS STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OF EFFORTS TO BUILD AWARENESS OF CITY INITIATIVES, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND EVENTS.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE WITNESSED IS THE INSTALLATION OF THE CEDAR HILL DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHAPTER TWO 40.

MICHELLE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST EIGHT SERVICE MEMBERS TO SIGN UP FOR THIS CHAPTER, DESIGNATING HER AS A FOUNDING CH CHARTER MEMBER.

WE WERE ACCEPTED AS A CHARTER ON JANUARY OF 2021 WITH 28 INDIVIDUALS, NOW WE HAVE GROWN TO 165 MEMBERS.

MICHELLE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN OBTAINING A SPACE FOR US TO CONDUCT BENEFITS CLAIMS FOR OUR FELLOW COMRADES AND TO HAVE OUR ANNUAL RESOURCE FAIR IN CLAIMS CLINIC, THE FIRST TO BE HELD IN HOSTED AT THE CEDAR HILL GOVERNMENT CENTER.

IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

EACH YEAR, MICHELLE HAS GROWN THE RESOURCE FARE FROM 13 VENDORS TO 40 VENDORS.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

MICHELLE'S PASSION TO SERVE OTHERS IS WHAT MAKES HER THE PERSON SHE IS.

NEVER HAVE WE SEEN A FROWN ON HER FACE AS SHE ALWAYS GREET YOU WITH A SMILE.

SHE IS FOREVER ON THE MOVE DOING WHAT GOD HAS ORDAINED HER TO DO.

SERVE.

MICHELLE RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR'S OF ARTS IN GENERAL STUDIES AND WILL BE CROSSING THAT STAGE IN JAN IN JUNE OF 2023.

MICHELLE IS MARRIED TO EARNESTY BANKS AND HAVE DAUGHTER LUNA AND SON JACKSON.

MICHELLE'S LIFE CAN BE SUMMED UP WITH ONE QUOTE.

IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE LITTLE THINGS LEAD WITH A SMILE AND EXECUTE WITH EXCELLENCE.

OKAY,

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CEDAR HILL CHAPTER 2 40 20 THIRD MAY, 2023.

HERE'S MY HAT.

, THERE'S YOUR HAT .

MICHELLE IS ALSO A LIFE MEMBER OF THE DAV CHAPTER TWO 40 CITY HILL.

AND WE ARE PRESENTING HER WITH HER HAT CHAPTER TWO 40 AND WORSHIP HERE.

MICHELLE.

THANK YOU.

WE ALWAYS LIKE SO TOO.

SO SHE GOT AN EAGLE PEN AND, AND WE GAVE YOU YOUR D A V T-SHIRT.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

I FORGOT ONE UP.

DON'T SHE GET ONE CERTIFICATE.

OKAY.

WAS PART OF WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY RAMONA ROSS BACON? THE DAV CHAPTER TWO 40 AND MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO AWARD MICHELLE EUBANKS, THE QUILT OF VALOR.

THE, FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT DON'T KNOW, THE QUILT OF VALOR FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED 20 YEARS AGO AND IT'S MADE UP OF QUILTERS ACROSS THE NATION.

AND WE'VE AWARDED OVER 345,000 QUILTS TO VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED THE QUILT.

BRINGS THE THREE PART MESSAGE AND HOPE I GET THROUGH IT.

HONOR, WE HONOR YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND PROTECTING US.

FREEDOM.

THE COST OF FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.

THIS QUILT IS OUR WAY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.

AND THIRD, THIS QUILT IS MADE MEANT TO OFFER COMFORT AND HEALING.

IT SERVES A REMINDER THAT YOU ARE FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.

AND SHOULD YOU EVER EXPERIENCE DARK TIMES MEMORIES, OR NEED THE WARMTH OF A GRATEFUL HUG, WRAP THIS QUILT AROUND YOU FOR COMFORT.

AS OF THIS DAY, THE STORY OF THIS QUILT BECOMES YOUR STORY.

YOU WILL, I HOPE YOU WILL KEEP THIS QUILT AS A REMINDER THAT THOUSANDS OF AMERICA ACROSS THE NATION ARE FOREVER IN YOUR DEATH.

THANK YOU, .

SEE, I THINK I SHOWED THIS TO YOU, BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS YOURS.

, MY SISTER MADE THIS BLANKET FOR, SPECIFICALLY FOR MICHELLE, EVEN THOUGH I'M NAVY, WE, UM, , SHE MADE A, UM, A AIR FORCE BLANKET FOR MICHELLE.

WE'RE DOING WHAT I'M DOING.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

THERE YOU GO.

.

OKAY.

MR. ERNEST, COULD YOU COME PLEASE YOU LUNA AND JACKSON, PLEASE? YEAH.

WAIT.

OH LORD, MR. ERNEST E EBANKS, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK YOU.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT YOU HAVE GIVEN OUR DEAR SISTER IN SERVICE, MICHELLE, WE ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER WITH US.

THE JOB THAT SHE DOES ON A DAILY BASIS IS EX EXTENSIVE INTENSIVE, YET YOU ALLOW HER TO DO WHAT SHE HAS BEEN CALLED TO DO SERVE.

ALTHOUGH MICHELLE IS NO LONGER ON ACTIVE DUTY, SHE STILL SERVES THE MILITARY COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, LITTLE MS. LUNA, MASTER JACKSON, AND YOU ALLOW HER TO CONTINUE TO BE ABOUT GOD'S BUSINESS.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WITH THAT SAID, MR. E, FROM ALL OF US AT THE CEDAR HILL, DAV V CHAPTER TWO 40.

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THANK YOU.

THANK YOU RESPECTFULLY.

MR. RAY C JOHNSON, COMMANDER DEBORAH CARROLL, SENIOR VICE COMMANDER AND RAMONA ROSS BACON, FIRST JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER.

SO LITTLE MS. LUNA AND MR. JACKSON WE'RE GIVING YOU THIS CERTIFICATE APPRECIATION.

THIS CERTIFICATE PROUDLY PRESENTED TO MS. LUNA OH AND TWO JACKSON, THIS CERTIFICATE ON THIS DAY, MAY THE 23RD, 2023.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS AWARDED IN SINCERE APPRECIATION OF YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF YOUR MOTHER AS SHE CONTINUES TO SERVE HER COUNTRY AND HER COMMUNITY.

KEEPING OUR PROMISE TO AMERICAN VETERANS.

THIS ONE IS FOR YOU, MR. EVE.

ON THIS DAY, ON MAY THE 23RD, 2023, THIS CERTIFICATE IS AWARDED TO YOU AND SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF YOUR WIFE AS SHE CONTINUES TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY AND HER COMMUNITY, KEEPING THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN VETERANS.

AND THIS IS FROM THE DAV V CHAPTER TWO 40.

SIGNED BY COMMANDER RAY JOHNSON, A SENIOR VICE COMMANDER, DEBORAH CARROLL, AND FIRST JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER RAMONA ROSS BACON.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S VERY HARD TO GIVE MICHELLE TO BE STILL SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE HER.

SO IT HAD TO BE DONE THIS WAY.

AND MICHELLE, WE LOVE YOU.

AND, UM, AND CHAPTER TWO 40 LOVES YOU.

THANK YOU.

MISS MICHELLE EBANKS, PLEASE COME TO THE MIC.

YOU GOTTA GIVE SOME TYPE OF SPEECH.

.

THANK YOU .

IT REALLY IS AN HONOR TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.

UH, WHEN I MOVED TO CEDAR HILL, I KNEW THAT CEDAR HILL WAS SPECIAL AND IT REALLY IS JUST A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO USE, UM, GOD'S GIFT AND BLESS THE COMMUNITY AND OUR VETERANS.

SO THANK YOU, JUST TO ADD A LITTLE MORE DRAMA TO WHAT YOU JUST WITNESSED.

BUT MICHELLE HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

UM, AND ALSO SHE'S USUALLY THE ONE BEHIND THE LENS.

SO THE FACT THAT I GRABBED THE CAMERA AND I TOOK A PICTURE OF HER, UH, REALLY MEANT SOMETHING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

VERY WELL DESERVED.

MISS, MISS MICHELLE.

AND THANK YOU TO THE DAV FOR COMING HERE AND PRESENTING IN COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON

[c. Present a Proclamation designating the week of May 21 to 27, 2023, as National Public Works Week.]

WHO'S PRESENTING THIS? OH, COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL HAYDEN.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE PROCLAMATION OF NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T REALLY REALIZE WHAT PUBLIC WORKS DOES FOR US OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THAT WATER TURNS ON AND THAT TOILET FLUSHES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, WE'RE GOING REAL WELL.

BUT AS SOON AS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THAT WATER DOESN'T TURN ON OR WE HAVE SOME ISSUES, WHO ARE WE GONNA CALL? THAT'S OUR PUBLIC WORK.

SO LET ME READ A PROCLAMATION, UH, OF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

WHEREAS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IS A CELEBRATION OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN IN NORTH AMERICA WHO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS PUBLIC WORKS.

AND WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES PROVIDED IN CEDAR HILL ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CITIZENS EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY'S LIFE.

WHEREAS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND CHILDREN, CEDAR HILL, TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND TO MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST, AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND WHEREAS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE DEDICATION IMPORTANCE OF CEDAR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY CONTINUALLY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ITS CITIZENS THROUGHOUT SIGNIFICANT STORM EVENTS.

AND WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS, MAINTENANCE WORK, PUBLIC WORKS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, DIVISION LEADERS, PROFESSIONALS AND ADMINISTRATORS

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NOW, THEREFORE, OUR MAYOR, STEVE MASON, UH, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, DO HEREBY ACCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 21 THROUGH MAY 27TH AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES, WHICH, WHICH INVOLVE THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES MAKE EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO IN THE WITNESS HEREOF, I DO HEAR TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF MAY, 2023.

AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO TURN THIS OVER TO, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, HEAD GUY TOM.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

THANK YOU.

THE PICTURES THERE, DO THAT.

THEN YOU GET TO TALK.

YEAH, PUT THIS OVER HERE.

YOU GOT US IN THERE.

LOOK AT ALL THESE GUYS.

GET EM IN.

THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT TAKE CARE OF YOU EVERY NIGHT AND ALL DAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, .

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNSEL, UH, FOR THE PROCLAMA PROCLAMATION AND THE RECOGNITION, UM, OUTSIDE OF CHRISTMAS, UH, THIS IS OUR FAVORITE WEEK.

UM, SO LOOK AT THIS BUNCH BACK HERE.

DON'T THEY LOOK GREAT? LOOK AT THIS.

YEAH.

I'M SO, SO GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM.

UM, THESE GUYS, THEY DO A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY, A LOT OF THE SERVICES AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION AND WE TAKE FOR GRANTED.

UM, BUT WHEN YOUR WATER DOESN'T WORK, UH, WE GET THE CALLS AND THE SEWER AND STREETS AND SIGNAL LIGHTS, UM, AS WELL AS WE TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, LITTLE STREET WIDENINGS AND ALL THAT GIS, AND WE GOT FLEET MAINTENANCE.

BUT, UM, THE GROUP BEHIND ME TONIGHT IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST I'VE HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO THANK, THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL COMING TONIGHT.

SO, UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS WE'RE GONNA TRY SOMETHING NEW THIS WEEK.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THE WEBSITE, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS ALREADY, BUT WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE CANNED FOOD DRIVE.

IT'S CALLED FILL THE TRUCK, AND WE ARE DOING A CANNED FOOD DRIVE FOR, UM, THE FOOD PANTRY, BUT WE ARE ALSO NOT FORGETTING THE PETS.

SO WE ARE ACTUALLY, UM, ACCEPTING PET FOOD AS WELL FOR OUR TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER.

AND THE FOOD DRIVE IS GOING ON ALL THE WAY TILL FRIDAY.

SO, UH, IF YOU CAN GO TO THREE DIFFERENT FACILITIES, YOU CAN GO TO GOVERNMENT CENTER, UH, ZULA, B WILEY'S, UH, LIBRARY, AND ELLEN SIMS REC CENTER.

YOU CAN'T MISS THE BOXES.

THE BOXES HAVE GOT THESE REALLY CUTE PICTURES OF ANIMALS ON THEM, SO DON'T PUT THE, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT THE DOG FOOD OR WHATEVER ON THAT ONE.

BUT, UM, PLEASE JOIN US IN THE, UH, FOOD DRIVE AND REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE RECOGNITION.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, GUYS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO USUALLY WHEN I HAVE A PROCLAMATION, I TRY TO DIVIDE THE RESPONSIBILITIES WITH OUR COUNCIL.

SOMETIMES THEY MAY BE, UH, A PERSONAL CONNECTION, LIKE EARLIER TODAY WHEN OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, PRESENTED THE GREAT IMPACT SERVICE LEADER AWARD.

UM, BUT, UM, THIS TIME I WANTED TO DESIGNATE THIS PERSON TO PRESENT THE NEXT ITEM, UH, AS I FEEL IT COULD BE MORE IMPERATIVE, IMPERSONAL, UH, TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THE NEXT, UH, ITEM.

SO THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR CITY SECRETARY TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

UH, IT READS AS PRESENT A PROCLAMATION

[d. Present a Proclamation designating the month of May 2023 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month]

MADAMS, UH, BIRD SECRETARY BIRD GONNA JOIN.

YES, RASHID WENT OUTSIDE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

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WHEREAS EACH YEAR, ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURE'S, BREADTH OF ACHIEVEMENT AND REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN OUR CON IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.

AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY, BRAVE IMMIGRANTS WHO MOTIVATED BY THE PROMISE OF POSSIBILITIES HAVE MADE IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY AND IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, HAVE OVERCOME AND BROKEN COUNTLESS BARRIERS, INCLUDING STRUCTURAL DISCRIMINATION, PREJUDICES AND INJUSTICES OF NATIVE PEOPLES WHO HAVE STEWARDED THESE LANDS SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL PRIDES ITSELF IN BEING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, CREATES EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE, AND HONORS THE IMPACT AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALL CULTURES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL HONORS THE LEGACY OF ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS THAT ENRICH OUR HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE.

SUBSEQUENTLY, WE HIGHLIGHT INSPIRING ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO FOSTER A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE YEAR ROUND THROUGH INITIATIVES INCLUDING SPOTLIGHTING ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AUTHORS, COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, PRESENTERS AND GUEST SPEAKERS IN PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND WHEREAS ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS SERVE IN A MULTITUDE OF ROLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING WITH CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND IN ALL LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

AND WHEREAS DURING ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND A MONTH, LET US HONOR THAT ACCOMPLISHED AND VISIONARY ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS WHO HAVE HELPED BUILD OUR COUNTRY, INCLUDING THOSE WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED.

AND LET US PAY TRIBUTE TO THE TRAILBLAZERS FROM THE RECENT AND DISTANT PAST FOR DARING TO ENVISION A FUTURE FOR WHICH NO PAST PRECEDENCE EXISTED, AND FOR BUILDING A NATION OF ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES FOR EVERYONE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I STEPHEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, DO PROCLAIM MAY, 2023 AS ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IN WITNESS WHERE OF I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE CITY, THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF MAY, 2023.

MAYOR STEVEN MASON.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

AND I THINK THIS IS OUR LAST, UM, PROCLAMATION FOR THE DAY PRESENTED PROCLAMA.

OH, AND FOR THE RECORD, JUST FOR THE AUDIO RECORD, UM, DO WANNA RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN GLOVER? I KNOW YOU HAD AN EVENT EARLIER TODAY, SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, SIR.

UH, NEXT ITEM

[e. Present a Proclamation designating the month of May 2023 as Mental Health Awareness Month in Cedar Hill.]

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN HAW.

THANK YOU.

WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY, I THINK IT'S VERY EFFORT FOR US TO, UH, PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION, OFFICER PROCLAMATION MAYOR.

WHEREAS SINCE 1949, DEMONT MAY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN THE UNITED STATES TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILY, COMMUNITY, SCHOOLS, AND BUSINESSES.

AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTS EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, OR SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND.

AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, CDC ONE IN FIVE ADULTS IN UNITED STATES LIVE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND ONE IN FIVE YOUTH AGE 13 THROUGH 18 AT CURRENTLY OR AT SOME POINT DURING THEIR LIFE, HAVE HAD A SERIOUS DEBILITATING MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND WHEREAS THE AVERAGE DELAY BETWEEN SYMPTOMS ONSET OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND TREATMENT IS 11 YEARS, WELL, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL WELLNESS.

AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AND INCREASE AWARENESS OR MEANS TO ENHANCE

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AND WHEREAS RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF HEALTH COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

NOW, THEREFORE, AYE STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY, OF CITY, HILL OF TEXAS, BURY DO HEREBY COMPLAINT, MAY 23RD, MAY, 2023 AS NATIONAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF CITY HILL, TEXAS, AND WITNESS AWARE OF I HAVE HERE UNTO, UNTO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CALLED THE CIVIL AND OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO AFFIX THIS 23RD OF DAY OF MAY, 2023.

STEVEN MASON MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

BLESS.

THANK YOU.

I DO WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE, GOD BLESS YOU GUYS FOR THINKING OF THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, UH, FOR MANY OF US, I ALWAYS TELL MY CLIENTS, IF A PERSON HAS A BROKEN LEG, YOU WOULD NOT ACT AS IF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

IT IS A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

WE DO NEED TO COME TO THE HEAT OF THOSE THAT ARE HURTING SINCE C I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE.

EVERY TIME YOU WATCH THE NEWS, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WERE AFFECTED BY WHATEVER TRAGEDY YOU SAW THERE, FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO ABANDONMENT, TO ANGER BECAUSE OF SOME TYPE OF TRAGEDY.

USE SENSELESS TRAGEDY FROM DRUNK DRIVING TO SPEED RACING.

THERE'S SO MUCH HURT OUT THERE.

AND IF WE DON'T MANAGE IT, IF WE DON'T DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO DO THINGS TO HELP OTHERS, WE CAN'T DO THE WORK FOR YOU.

BUT THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT ALONE.

YOU ARE NOT BY YOURSELF.

WE ARE HERE AS A COUNCIL, AS A COMMUNITY TO SAY WE LOVE YOU.

WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN'T DO, WE WILL REFER YOU TO WHO CAN DO NOT GO THROUGH THAT ALONE.

GOD BLESS YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCIL.

MR. SHAW.

UH, THANK YOU, KEISHA LANGFORD.

UH, NEXT ITEM IS ELECTION MATTERS.

[a. Installation of City Council Member for Place 2: Issue Certificate of Election Administer Oath of Office Remarks by elected officials. ]

TWO ISSUED CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION, ADMINISTERED OATH OF OFFICE, AND ANY REMARKS BY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SO THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR OTHER 20 PLUS YEAR TENURED, UH, PERSON FOR THE CITY.

PLEASE GO DOWN FRONT, SIR.

I'M STEVE MASON, MAYOR MASON.

TODAY'S A GOOD DAY TODAY.

WE, UM, ARE HERE TO BE ABLE TO DO A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION, UH, BUT HERE IT IS A LONG TIME FRIEND HERE TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN HIS SEAT HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I DO HAVE, UH, TO MAKE THIS OFFICIAL AND, UH, HAVE A CERTIFICATE HERE.

AND, UH, IT'S ALSO GOOD TO SEE YOUR FAMILY HERE IS WITH US TODAY AS WELL.

AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF DAN WILL SAY THIS OR NOT.

OUR CUSTOMER, HAYDEN WILL SAY THIS OR NOT, BUT OUT OF 23 YEARS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HIS FAMILY HAS SEEN HIM SWORN IN .

HE'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE BUSINESS.

JUST FORGET TO TELL HIS FAMILY TO GET SWORN IN.

SO .

BUT, UH, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT'S ALL GOOD.

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE, SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

SO THE CERTIFICATE READS LIKE THIS CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT A GENERAL ELECTION WAS HELD ON MAY 6TH, 2023.

DANIEL C. HAYDEN JR.

WAS DULY ELECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

PLACE TWO IN WITNESS WHERE OF I HAVE HERE UNTIL SIGN MY NAME AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY, OF CITY HILL TO BE AFFIXED ON THIS DAY.

ON THIS, THE 23RD DAY OF MAY, 2023, SIGNED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF KIMON AUTHORITY, STEVE MASON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WANT SOME PICTURES

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YEAH, COME ON UP.

ON UP, .

HERE'S P WANNA GET ON THIS? GET THAT SIDE.

YEAH, YOU GO.

COME ON.

ALL RIGHT.

COME ON MARY.

YEAH, YEAH, DONNA.

ALRIGHT.

I TOLD DONNA SHE WEAR WHATEVER AND, AND Y'ALL ON CAMERA TOO, BY THE WAY.

FEW REMARKS.

YOU STILL NOT DONE YET, SIR? OH, I'M NOT DONE.

OKAY.

TIMES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, DANIEL C. HAYDEN JR.

I, DANIEL C. HAYDEN JR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

AND I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES AND I WILL FAITHFULLY THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

PLACE TWO OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL, PLACE TWO FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE.

I KNOW THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP EVER YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT MY FAMILY, FAMILY CAME UP HERE, SO IT'S REALLY MY FAULT THAT I NEVER DID TELL 'EM IT WAS GOING ON.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL.

IT'S REALLY AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE SERVING THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, I DON'T TAKE THIS JOB LIGHTLY.

I WILL CONTINUE TO BE STUDIOUS AND LEARN AND, AND, UH, DO AS MUCH AS I CAN TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE, THE WILL AND WANTS OF OUR CITIZENS AND TRY TO MAKE THE DECISIONS WITH A GREAT TEAM THAT WE GOT BACK HERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT BEING ON THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN REWARDING, BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY EASY AND KIND OF FUN WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH A, A COHESIVE COUNCIL THAT WE'VE HAD FOR AS MANY YEARS AS I'VE HAD, ESPECIALLY THE COUNCIL WE'VE HAVE GOING NOW.

YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO MAYOR PROTE THE OTHER DAY, AND, UH, HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, DAN, WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE AND WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS HERE FOR ONE REASON, AND THEY LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER AND THEY LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE, OF THE CITIZENS.

SO, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

IT MAKES, MAKES THE JOB EASIER TO BE ON CITY COUNCIL AND IN, AND IN AND IN.

AND, UH, ALSO WITH REGARDS TO THAT, OUR STAFF, WE'VE GOT THE BEST CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

THERE'S NOT ANOTHER STAFF IN ANY CITY THAT CAN MA MEET WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN AND THE PROOFS IN THE PUDDING.

YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN CEDAR HILL AND WITH THE STAFF, THAT MAKES MY JOB A LOT MORE FUN AND EASIER.

I KNOW THE CITIZENS HAVE A, UH, A DECISION TO MAKE HERE AND A RUNOFF COMING UP.

AND, UH, I HOPE THAT THE CITIZENS MAKE THE, THE RIGHT DECISION TO, TO HAVE SOMEBODY UP HERE THAT HAS THE PERSONALITY, THE LEADERSHIP CAPABILITY, THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO WORK AS A TEAM WITH THE COUNCIL UP HERE.

AND I KNOW THE CITIZENS HAVE ALWAYS DONE THAT AT PAST, AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

BUT YOU CAN'T BE ON THE COUNCIL.

YOU CAN'T GIVE UP ALL THIS TIME WITHOUT YOUR FAMILY'S SUPPORT.

AND AND MY WIFE'S LOOKING ON RIGHT NOW, AND, UH, SHE'S NOT ABLE TO TO BE HERE AT THIS POINT.

SHE'S, SHE'S, UH, RECUPERATING FROM A PRETTY SEVERE BACK, UH, SURGERY.

BUT SHE TELLS ME SHE'S GONNA BE UP AND GOING, AND YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING HER RUN AROUND HERE BEFORE TOO LONG.

AND SO WHEN AMBER HEARD, UH, HEARD THAT I WAS GONNA, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE MY LITTLE SWEAR IN TODAY, HE SAYS, WELL, DAD, I'VE NEVER, WHY DON'T YOU EVER TELL US? YOU KNOW? SO ONCE THEY GOT WIND TO THAT, I GOT A GREAT FAMILY.

UH, AMBER, UH, AMBER HAYDEN, MY NUMBER ONE DAUGHTER, MY NUMBER TWO DAUGHTER, HEATHER TRIMBLE HAYDEN, AND MY, UH, GREAT SON-IN-LAW, MATTHEW TRIMBLE.

I TELL YOU WHAT, THEY'RE A GREAT PAIR, BUT MY LIFE, MY REALLY JOY IS MY, MY PAXTON AND MY TATUM.

AND THOSE TWO ARE MY HIGHLIGHT FROM MY TOWN.

SO, SO ANYWAY, AGAIN, I THANK THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AND, UH, REPRESENT YOU FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY REMARKS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCIL MCCURDY? WELL, FIRST, I, I WANNA SAY I'M NOT SURE THAT EASY IS AN ADJECTIVE I WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE SERVICE ON COUNCIL.

IT, IT HAS BEEN ENJOYABLE.

UM, AND WORKING WITH YOU HAS, HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A LOT OF FUN, BUT EASY IS NOT A WORD THAT I WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE IT, ESPECIALLY AFTER, HOW, HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT BEEN? WELL, IT'S CHANGED AFTER 23.

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THAT'S 23 YEARS OF, OF, OF BUDGET MEETINGS, OF COUNCIL RETREATS, UH, OF, OF, YOU KNOW, OPENINGS AND RIBBON CUTTINGS AND, YOU KNOW, NIGHTS AND DAYS AWAY FROM YOUR, AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY AND, UH, COMMITMENT TO THE CITY.

UM, AND, UH, JUST COMMEND YOU FOR, UH, FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE AND YOUR, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED, WE NEED A MIXTURE OF, OF, OF PEOPLE REPRESENTED ON THE, UH, ON THE COUNCIL DIVERSITY, UH, ACROSS ALL, UH, AVENUES INCLUDING TENURE OF SERVICE AND, UH, YOUR, YOUR SERVICE IS, IS I THINK IS GOING TO BE APPRECIATED EVEN MORE IN THE COMING YEAR WITH, WITH THE RETIREMENT OF, OF COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO WORKING WITH YOU AND YOU'VE BEEN A, A CALMING AND STABILIZING FORCE ON, ON THE COUNCIL AND, AND, UH, JUST THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY.

THANK YOU.

UH, COUNCILE.

THANK YOU MAYOR DAN.

YES.

I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T TELL YOU BEFORE YOU STARTED, BUT IT WAS YOUR DAY, SO YOU HAD AS MUCH TIME TO SPEAK AS YOU WANTED TO.

BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN QUITE A, IT'S BEEN QUITE A RIDE FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU GOT ELECTED.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE BUILDINGS.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY GRANDKIDS, THE DAUGHTERS I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME, AND OF COURSE YOUR WIFE.

SO I'VE KNOWN ALL THEM, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH DAN.

HE'S KUMBAYA.

YAH.

HE NEVER HAD A BAD WORD TO SAY BY TO ANYBODY EVEN WHEN THEY WAS DESERVED.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S DAN.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, DAN, I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU THESE PAST 23 YEARS AND GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, PROVIDE YOUR WISDOM IN THE COMING YEARS OF TED.

THANK YOU YOUNG MAN.

COUNCILOR MCG GLOVER.

THANK YOU MAYOR DAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

IT, IT'S, IF, IF YOU COUNT THE YEARS, YOU'RE ALMOST INTO A THREE DECADES OF SERVICE.

IF YOU STARTED IN 99, IF I'M CORRECT, YOU'RE PROBABLY THREE DECADES FROM 99 ALL THE WAY ON.

UM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO.

I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT WHEN I FIRST JOINED COUNCIL.

AND WHEN YOU FIRST GET ON COUNCIL, EVERYTHING IS SPINNING AT 110 MILES AN HOUR.

AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO TURN LEFT OR TURN RIGHT, BUT I REMEMBER YOU ALWAYS HAVING A COMFORTING WORD SAYING, UM, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT AND TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS AND YOU GOT THIS.