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WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.
I WANNA WELCOME EVERYONE FROM THE VIRTUAL WORLD.
[1. Call meeting to order.]
WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING ORDER.I HAVE 7:00 PM AND, UM, BEFORE WE, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE INVOCATION, UH, I JUST WANT TO, UM, GIVE MY, UH, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED THIS EVENING.
UH, THAT GOES FOR, UH, THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIMS, ALSO FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS INVOLVED.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP MS. DR.
KI GREEN FOR OUR INVOCATION, AND THEN OUR VERY OWN COUNCILWOMAN WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF AGENCY.
IF EVERYONE WILL HEAR, WILL PLEASE STAND.
WELL, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WHO LIVES TO BE HERE AND
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, UH, CHIEF YOU WILL PLEASE COME DOWN, UH, AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.
HE JUST WANTED YOU TO BE, UH, TO BE CLOSE AND ALSO GIVE MY REGARDS TO YOUR, UH, POLICE OFFICERS.
IS THAT FAR CHIEF HERE? MIKE IS HERE.
SURROUNDED BY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
GOD, WE COME TO YOU FIRST KNOWING THAT YOU ARE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.
AND WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS WITH US.
AND PARTICULARLY TODAY, LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THANKFUL THAT THIS INCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE, UH, INSTEAD HAS, HAS TURNED OUT BETTER BECAUSE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND FOR THEIR QUICK RESPONSE IN BOTH CASES, FOR THE POLICE AND THE FIRE AND ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE AND POURING IN THEMSELVES TO, TO RISK THEIR LIVES, TO BE OUT THERE, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND JUST AS THE MAYORS JUST SAID, WE, WE LIFT UP THE, THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM AND THE VICTIM, AND WE, WE LIFT UP ALL INVOLVED.
WE, WE CERTAINLY LIFT UP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND LORD, JUST BE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS INCIDENT IS, IS ONE OF THOSE FRIGHTENING THINGS, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT REMINDS US HOW PRECIOUS LIFE IS AND HOW QUICKLY THINGS CAN CHANGE.
AND SO WE TURN TO YOU AND TRUST YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION.
LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT WE LIVE IN, IN THIS NATION, A NATION WHERE WE CAN OPENLY PRAY TO YOU AND WORSHIP YOU.
UH, WE THANK YOU THAT WE LIVE IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND, AND THE BIBLE BELT.
AND WE PARTICULARLY THANK YOU THAT WE LIVE IN CEDAR HILL AND A CITY THAT TURNS TO YOU IN PRAYER.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR POLITICIANS AND OUR LEADERS AND ALL THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED AS WE TURN TO YOU AND LIFT UP ALL OF OUR ISSUES.
AND PARTICULARLY TONIGHT FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND, AND THOSE WHO ARE PRESENTING THEIR REPORTS.
LORD, HELP US TO WORK TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WHO THAT TRUST YOU AND, AND MOVES FORWARD IN THE WAYS THAT YOU GUIDE US TO MOVE FORWARD.
YOU ARE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, AND WE TRUST YOU COMPLETELY.
AND LORD, I CONTINUE TO PRAY BLESSINGS ON THIS COMMUNITY, BUT PARTICULARLY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR LEADERS AND ALL THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ALL THESE INSTANCE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND US, WE GIVE IT ALL TO YOU AND YOUR GLORY AND ALL GOD'S PEOPLE.
REPEAT THE PLEDGE PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SIN ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY OF JUSTICE FRAUD, THE TEXAS FLAG HONOR UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG FLAG, I PLEASE TO BE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[4. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 3pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, CITIZENS FORM.THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZEN TO SPEAK ON ANY, UH, TOPIC.
OF COURSE, COUNSEL CANNOT SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
COUNSEL, I DO HAVE, UM, ONE CITIZEN.
I BELIEVE THIS CITIZEN ALSO SUBMITTED ONLINE.
UH, HIS NAME IS, UH, GORDON JONES.
AND TOPIC IS STEADFAST BAPTIST CHURCH.
I'M FROM YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ADDRESS 3 0 5 OAK TRAIL DRIVE.
UH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, JULY THE 12TH STEP BAPTIST BAPTIST CHURCH AT 3 32 TEXAS STREET, ABOUT THAT WAY HOSTED A
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GUEST SPEAKER, MR. STEVEN ANDERSON.MR. ANDERSON IS THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTALIST BAPTIST CHURCH.
WE'LL CALL THAT THE N I F B A MOVEMENT THAT IS SPREADING ACROSS AMERICA, AND OF WHICH STEADFAST IS A MEMBER.
THE N I F B PROMOTES THE SAME IDEOLOGY AS DEU, BETTER KNOWN AS THE NAZI PARTY.
AS A REMINDER TO ANYONE BORN AFTER 1950 AND OR WHO HAS LIVED UNDER IRAQ, THE NAZI PARTY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF OVER 6 MILLION JEWISH PEOPLE.
AND IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO THAT, THEY PERSECUTED AND MURDERED HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF THE L G B T Q COMMUNITY.
MR. ANDERSON IS THE MAN BEHIND THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE STEADFAST MEETS, AS WELL AS THE INVESTMENT OF OVER $92,000 IN CONCRETE PAVING AT WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THE DIRT LOT AT THE APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH.
FUN FACT, MR. ANDERSON IS CURRENTLY BANNED FROM ENTERING OVER 30 COUNTRIES, AMONG WHICH ARE THE NETHERLANDS, IRELAND, THE UK, NEW ZEALAND, AND CANADA.
HE'S BANNED FROM ENTERING CANADA.
IN FACT, MR. ANDERSON IS BANNED FROM EVERY ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD.
AND MOST ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICAN COUNTRIES, SOME OF WHICH I'M SHAMEFULLY, I SHAMEFULLY ADMIT, HAVE NEVER HEARD OF UNTIL THIS.
AMONG THOSE COMING TO HERE, MR. ANDERSON THAT DAY WERE A MOTHER AND HER TWO TEENAGE SONS.
THEY TRAVELED IN A VEHICLE STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO THIS MAROON SILVERADO WITH LICENSE PLATE R J B 7 67 5.
I CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THEM AS THEY WERE WALKING THE TWO BLOCKS TO THE CHURCH PARKING LOT.
I SAY TWO BLOCKS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T PARK IN THE PARKING LOT 'CAUSE THEY HAD RECORD ATTENDANCE TO LISTEN TO MR. ANDERSON SPOUT HIS HATE AS THEY DREW NEAR THEIR FRONT DOOR OF THE CHURCH.
ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN GAVE ME A NAZI SALUTE.
TWO HOURS LATER WHEN THEY LEFT, HIM OR HIS BROTHER DID THE SAME THING.
SO JUST IN CASE ANYONE HERE LATER WANTS TO CLAIM THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW OR DIDN'T, DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT, I'M GONNA SAY IT LOUDLY AND CLEARLY.
CEDAR HILL HAS NAZIS IN YOUR TOWN, OUR GROUP, NO HATE IN TEXAS, AN ONLINE GROUP, A DECENTRALIZED GROUP.
WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO DISCOURAGE AND HARASS AND CALL OUT AND EMBARRASS AND SHINE LIGHT ON THESE PEOPLE WITHIN THE LIMIT OF THE LAW.
WE SPEAK AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WE DIRECTLY PETITION YOUR CHURCHES AND YOUR CITIZENS.
WE HAVE AN ONLINE CAMPAIGN, BUT PERHAPS WE ARE OVERLOOKING ANOTHER STRATEGY.
SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK ANYONE HERE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER MEASURES WE CAN TAKE WITHIN THE LAW TO HELP YOU RID YOUR TOWN OF THIS MENACE.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THE CITIZENS FORM.
[a. Consider electing a Mayor Pro Tem. ]
ON THE AGENDA IS ELECTION MATTERS.CONSIDER ELECTING A MAYOR PROTE COUNCIL BEFORE IS OPEN.
I'D LIKE, UH, TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT BEFORE I DO, I DO WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE T WE'VE GOT A VERY TALENTED COUNCIL, UH, GROUP COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE.
ANY ONE OF THEM COULD SERVE IN IN THAT CAPACITY AND, AND DO SO IN A VERY GOOD WAY AND, AND VERY RESPECTFUL.
UH, IT'S BEEN HISTORICALLY IN THIS COUNCIL THAT WHEN WE DO ELECT A MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT IF THEY CHOOSE TO CONTINUE ON WITH IT, WE, WE'D LIKE TO ROLL IT OUT ABOUT EVERY THREE YEARS.
OUR CURRENT MAYOR PRO TEM, MR. ALLEN SIMS, IS, UH, IS, UH, AGREED TO SERVE ANOTHER, UH, TERM FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.
UH, AND SO THAT'LL BE HIS THIRD YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPROVE, UH, OUR CURRENT MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, ALAN SIMS TO CON TO, UH, CONTINUE ANOTHER TERM AS OUR MAYOR PRO TEM.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM NOT HEARING ANYTHING? WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY? UM, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
YEAH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MAYOR PROTO.
[6. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WE PULLED FROM CONSENT NOT SEEING? AND I'LL CONTINUE.
ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 11TH, 2023 AND JULY 18TH, 2023, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN ENGAGEMENT
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LETTER WITH VUSS L L C FOR AUDIT SERVICES ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.ITEM C, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MADE EXECUTING AGREEMENT WITH JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR RENOVATIONS OF FIRE STATION TWO 12 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $733,000.
ITEM D, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER R 23 DASH 6 84 AND MANY THE DALLAS COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN 2020 AS AMENDED BY ADDING A RESIDENTIAL SAFE ROOM REBATE PROGRAM.
ITEM E, CONSIDER, UH, APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 23 DASH 6 85 DENYING ENCORE APPLICATION TO AMEND ITS DISTRIBUTION COST RECOVERY FACTOR D C R F AND UPDATE ITS MOBILE GENERATION WRITERS.
ITEM F, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING ME, UH, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING M O U WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR PARTICIPATION IN A JUVENILE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH SIG SIGNE STRATEGIES L L C FOR A TOURISM STRATEGIC PLAN.
COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH G.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ALL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
SO FOR NEW PLANNING DIRECTOR, THAT'S JUST HOW FAST IT IS FOR YOUR FIRST MEETING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? DO HAVE A SECOND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER AINE? YOU HAVE ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.