* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING, [1. Call the meeting to order.] AND WELCOME TO THE 6:30 PM BRIEFING FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. FIRST UP IS, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER WITH HER NOTES. UH, BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, JUST WANT TO, UM, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE QUORUM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, THE MAYOR IS, WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT. HE HAS A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT, AND WE ARE, UM, WAITING FOR COUNCILWOMAN WHO HAS SOME, UM, PERSONAL MATTER, AND SHE SHOULD BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR OUR 7:00 PM MEETING. AND NEXT [2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations, including the September 2025 Police and Fire Monthly Snapshots and the September 2025 Financial Report. Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting] UP IS FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS OUR CITY MANAGER WITH HER CITY MANAGER REPORTS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO, TIM GLOVER, AND CITY COUNCIL. IT'S AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO BE HERE. THIS, THIS EVENING. I HAVE, WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT, UH, PRESENTATION FOR YOU, AND I DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM BOBBY'S TIME BEFORE YOU ON THE MUNICIPAL COURT UPDATE, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS IN ADVANCE OF THAT. I'LL TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO GET THROUGH, UM, SOME CALENDAR ITEMS IN THE COUNCIL AGENDA REALLY QUICKLY. SO ON THE CALENDAR ITEMS IN YOUR PACKET, COUNSEL, UH, THE FIRST ITEM WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF IS STARTING TOMORROW IS THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL E CONFERENCE AT THE FORT WORTH CONVENTION CENTER, UH, THROUGH FRIDAY, UH, HALLOWEEN, OCTOBER 31ST. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. UM, EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS RECEIVED A PACKET AT YOUR PLACE WITH THE BIG BRIGHT GREEN ENVELOPE THAT KIND OF LINES OUT SOME KEY EVENTS THAT, UM, CITY STAFF WILL BE AT THE LINEBARGER DINNER, FOR EXAMPLE, TOMORROW NIGHT. WE WILL SEE YOU THERE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COLBY AND I WILL BOTH BE AT THE TML CONFERENCE, AND YOU CAN CALL US DIRECTLY ON OUR CELL PHONES AND WE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU. ANOTHER, UM, UH, ITEM FOR THE CALENDAR IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST IS THE DAV VETERANS GALA FROM SIX TO 11:00 PM AT THE RUTHIE JACKSON CENTER IN GRAND PRAIRIE. NOW, THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHAPTER OF, UH, OF, OF THIS AREA SERVES CEDAR HILL AND THE, THE AREA IS BEYOND. AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL FOR GETTING RSVPS IN FOR THAT. WE HAVE BOUGHT TWO TABLES BECAUSE WE HAD MORE THAN ONE COULD FIT. AND SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SATURDAY NIGHT FROM SIX TO 11:00 PM NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH IS A JOINT MEETING WITH THE CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ARE PREPARING FOR A REALLY DYNAMIC CONVERSATION, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THE CITY'S DOING, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS ISD IS DOING, AND CONTINUING TO WORK ON OUR CONTINUED COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP AS A CITY IN THE ISD. SO THAT IS NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, IN THE THIRD FLOOR ISD TRAINING ROOM HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. NEXT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH IS THE C-H-I-S-D EDUCATION FOUNDATION, PURSES WITH A PURPOSE EVENT, SIX TO 10:00 PM I KNOW OF SEVERAL. I BOUGHT $60 WORTH OF TICKETS. IF YOU HAVEN'T BOUGHT TICKETS YET, I DO KNOW SOMEBODY WHO'S SELLING THEM. MIRANDA IS SELLING THEM, ACTIVELY SELLING THEM. SO GET YOUR TICKETS BOUGHT TO PUT IN FOR GETTING A PURSE FOR A GOOD CAUSE. AND THEN OUR ONE MEETING IN NOVEMBER IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH. REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING IN BOTH OF THOSE MONTHS. OUR MEETING IS PLANNED TO START AT FIVE 30 WITH A DEBT WORKSHOP. WE WILL BE HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, MULTI, UH, COURT, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM. UH, WE'LL BRING IN MARTY AND BOB DRANSFIELD AND REALLY TALK THROUGH KIND OF WHAT WE DID LAST NOVEMBER, TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S DEBT CAPACITY AND WHAT OPTIONS ARE BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO USE THAT DEBT CAPACITY FOR AS WE NEAR 20 26, 27. AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO, UH, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:00 PM VERY SIMILAR AS WE DID A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE DID THE WORKSHOP ON THE FORMER ZULU B WILEY LIBRARY ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH. WE HAVE, UH, AN EVENT THAT DOES REQUIRE THE COUNCIL'S RSVP, METHODIST CHARLTON IS CELEBRATING 50 AND 50 YEARS ANNIVERSARY AT THE METHODIST CHARLTON MEDICAL CENTER FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM IT'S A CELEBRATION. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, PLEASE LET, UH, ROSIE OR ALLISON OR I KNOW, AND WE WILL GET YOU REGISTERED FOR THAT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 14TH AND 15TH IS THE STRATEGIC COUNCIL RETREAT ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH AS WELL, FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM IS THE FRIENDS OF THE TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER GALA, A NIGHT AT THE CARNIVAL, AT THE RAF HICKMAN LIBRARY. AND THEN ON TUESDAYS, NOVEMBER 18TH, WE DO HAVE, EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY HAVE ONE OFFICIAL COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 18TH TO FOLLOW UP ON THE DOWNTOWN ACTION PLAN. IF YOU RECALL, THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE WERE GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL ON, AND WE THAT THIS WORKSHOP IS WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH FROM AT 6:00 PM HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, THIRD FLOOR, ISD TRAINING. TRAINING ROOM. WEDNESDAY, [00:05:01] NOVEMBER 19TH IS A VERY SPECIAL EVENT WE ALWAYS LOVE TO GET TO SERVE OUR SENIORS. 55 PLUS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM 11 TO 1:30 PM ARE THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON. AND, UH, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A SPECIFIC JOB THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO POTATOES OR TURKEY OR STUFFING, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'LL GET YOU IN THE LINE TO HELP SERVE OUR SENIOR, SENIOR RESIDENTS MAY TEST DESSERT FIRST. WE WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE PLENTY , JUST DON'T RUN OUTTA OF, UH, OF FOOD SENIORS GET A LITTLE TESTING. YES, YES, WE START FOOD OR DESSERTS FOR SURE. WE'VE LEARNED OUR LESSON. SO TUESDAY, THAT IS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AT 11:00 AM LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE, COUNSEL. AND THEN ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH THROUGH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, THE CITY OFFICER CLOSED FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. COUNSEL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE CALENDAR. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTI, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I THINK I'M, THERE YOU GO. YOU ARE? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU. SO THE, THE FOURTH IS THE JOINT MEETING. THAT'S ELECTION DAY. YES. AND THE ELECTION POLLS ARE OPEN FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM I BELIEVE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THE WORKSHOP IS AT 6:00 PM AND, UM, THE 19TH, SOME OF US ARE GOING TO, UH, NLC. CORRECT. AND SO THAT'S SERVING WON'T, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT ON THE 18TH, THE 19TH, I THINK YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE, ON THE TUESDAY BEFORE NOVEMBER 18TH. NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WEDNESDAY THE 19TH AT THANKSGIVING. 19TH. OH, YES. MY APOLOGIES. THAT'S CORRECT, YES. YEAH. OKAY. I JUST, SORRY, I DID STRUCTURE MY FLIGHT FOR THAT TO GO AROUND THAT EVENT, SO, BUT YES, I, WE, WE, WE KNOW THIS AND WE'LL SEND YOU REGRETS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, I JUST HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ON THE AGENDA. UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, FOR TRANSPARENCY, UH, PURPOSES, WE'VE INCLUDED LINKS ON THE AGENDA THAT INCLUDE THE POLICE AND THE FIRE MONTHLY SNAPSHOTS. AND I LIKE TO READ A FEW THINGS ON, ON SOME, SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT THEY'VE, UH, DONE IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2025, SEA SHIFT CREWS RESPONDED TO A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE AT 10 0 4 HEINZ DRIVE. FIRST ARRIVING UNITS ENCOUNTERED HEAVY SMOKE AND ACTIVE FIRE IN THE GARAGE, EXTENDING TO THE ATTIC IN A ONE STORY HOME. ENGINE TWO 12 QUICKLY DEPLOYED A HAND LINE AND INITIATED AN AGGRESSIVE FIRE ATTACK. WHILE MEDIC TWO 12 ESTABLISHED WATER SUPPLY AND JOINED IN SUPPRESSION EFFORTS, A COORDINATED PRIMARY SEARCH CONFIRMED ALL OCCUPANTS WERE CLEAR. THANKS TO THE FAST RESPONSE, DECISIVE, COMMUNICATE, COMMAND AND SEAMLESS TEAMWORK. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE GARAGE IN ATTIC SPACES, SPARING THE MAJORITY OF THE FAMILY'S PERSONAL BELONGINGS. THIS INCIDENT STANDS AS ANOTHER EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT'S QUICK AGGRESSIVE ACTION MAKES ALL A DIFFERENCE. AND THAT IS IN THE FIRE MONTHLY SNAPSHOT ON POLICE. ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025, THE CEDAR POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED REPORTS OF VEHICULAR BURGLARIES IN CEDAR HILL. UH, INVESTIGATORS OBTAINED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FROM A RESIDENT IN THE AREA WHILE VIEWING THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE INVESTIGATORS ASSIGNED TO THE CI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION WERE ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE SUBJECT SUSPECT AS A KNOWN VEHICLE BURGLAR AND HABITUAL OFFENDER INVESTIGATORS OBTAINED A FELONY WARRANT OF ARREST FOR THE OFFENDER WHO WAS ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING WEEKS. AND THE OFFENDER WAS INTERVIEWED AND HAS SINCE, UH, UH, UH, UH, ADMITTED TO ALL OF THE OFFENSES. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING WITH THE OFFENDER IN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, VEHICLE BURGLARY OFFENSES THAT OCCURRED IN THE, IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IN VARIOUS OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THAT'S SOME OF THE GOOD WORK THAT OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS DO EVERY SINGLE MONTH. ALSO IN YOUR PACKET IS THE FINANCIAL REPORT ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, OUR CITY IS IN A VERY GOOD AND POSITIVE POSITION. I DO WANT TO STATE THAT OUR REVENUES DID COME OVER BUDGET BY ABOUT 400,000 AND OUR, UM, EXPENDITURES CAME UNDER BUDGET AND IT SHOWS ABOUT 4 MILLION. HOWEVER, ONE OF THE PAYROLLS HASN'T HIT THAT. SO IT'S NOT QUITE, UM, THAT TO THAT EXTENT. SO IT'S REALLY, WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION. UM, AS WE COMMITTED TO COUNCIL AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE WERE GOING TO WORK ON FIXING [00:10:01] THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GETTING THERE. SO IT'S A GOOD SIGN. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MONTHLY SNAPSHOTS OR THE FINANCIAL REPORT? OKAY, AWESOME. WE'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA REALLY QUICKLY AND THEN I'LL GET OUTTA YOUR WAY. WE HAVE ONE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER. MCCURDY. ALMOST THERE. THERE YOU GO. GO . YOU GOTTA HIT A LOT OF THINGS TO TURN ON SOMEBODY'S BIKE. NOW, UM, I I I DID HAVE A QUESTION. THE, SO WE HAVE A, UH, MORE REVENUES THAN, THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED. THE, THE CATEGORY WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PRE, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT UPLIFT AND IN THE AREA OF OTHER, OTHER TAXES, CAN, CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHAT THAT WAS? I MEAN, IT WAS $357,000. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. YEAH, THE OTHER, UH, OTHER TAXES IS GONNA BE THE SALES TAX. IT CAME IN ABOUT 4% OVER BUDGET. SO SALES TAX ACTUALLY CAME IN BETTER THAN WHAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY PROJECTED THAN WE EXPECTED. YES, SIR. WELL THAT'S GOOD. THAT WAS VERY GOOD. GLAD TO HEAR THAT. OKAY. OTHER THING I FORGOT TO MENTION IS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO MAKE THAT TRANSFER OF A MILLION DOLLARS AS PLANNED. AND SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE'RE GETTING THERE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. REALLY GOOD QUESTION. COUNCILMAN MCCARTY. ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA. UM, WE HAVE AN INVOCATION BY ELDER JOHN W. SMITH OF CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH TONIGHT. AND THEN PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE FIVE OF THEM. UH, FIRST ONE IS A PRESENTATION OF THE 2025 COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, TEXAS CHAPTER TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. THEY'RE AWARDING THIS TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. AND SO, UM, A A A PERSON REPRESENTING THE, UH, AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION TEXAS CHAPTER, WILL BE HERE TO PRESENT THAT TO BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER TONIGHT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THAT PICTURE WITH YOU AND RECEIVING THAT HONOR. ITEM B IS TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATED IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2025 AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN CEDAR HILL. AND IN HONOR OF THAT, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS HAVING POPCORN WITH PLANNERS TOMORROW AFTERNOON, I BELIEVE, FROM 11 TO 2:11 AM TO 2:00 PM SO ALL RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO COME AND TALK TO OUR PLANNERS AND SEE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, THE GREAT AMAZING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, FOR THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL. UH, ITEM C IS A RECOGNIZED 2025 NEIGHBORHOOD AWARD RECIPIENTS. EVERY YEAR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD GETS THE HONOR AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR SOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY. AND SO TIA BREWER WILL BE HERE TO, UH, WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD. I'M DOING THAT. AND ITEM D IS PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 3RD THROUGH SEVENTH THAT HAS MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK IN CEDAR HILL. AND, UH, IN OUR PRESENTATIONS, WE'LL TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, FUN THINGS THAT THEY WILL HAVE FOR THAT HONOR AS WELL FOR THAT WEEK. ITEM E IS TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATED OCTOBER 28TH, 2025, WHICH IS TODAY AS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY IN CEDAR HILL TO INCLUDE POLICE, FIRE, ANIMAL SHELTER, ANIMAL CONTROL, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS, BASICALLY ALL HANDS ON DECK THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. WHEN THERE IS A NATURAL DISASTER, WE ARE ALWAYS HERE TO SERVE. THEN WE HAVE CITIZENS FORUM ITEM FIVE, ITEM SIX IS PUBLIC HEARING. CASE NUMBER CP 7 39 20 25 FOR, UH, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION FOR THE APPLICANT. VILA BRA BRAZIL, CEDAR HILL, LLC AT THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE MALL. CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES SEVERAL ITEMS, INCLUDING MINUTES. B IS APPROVAL RESOLUTION REAPPOINT GREG SHALLEN AS PRESIDING JUDGE, AND SCOTT E KIRTH AS ALTERNATE JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT RECORD NUMBER ONE. BOTH OF THESE JUDGES HAVE REPRESENTED THE CITY IN A REALLY HONORABLE FASHION AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT, UM, UH, JUDGE SHALLEN IS HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY OF THE COUNCIL'S QUESTIONS. IT'S BEEN A GREAT TWO YEARS. HIS FIRST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN REALLY AMAZING. WE'VE, UH, ACCOMPLISHED MANY THINGS IN HIS TENURE AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIM GOING FORWARD. ITEM CD TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION R 25 7 69, WHICH, WHICH ADOPTS AN INVESTMENT POLICY FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 2 22 56 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT. AS A MEMBER OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE, WE DID REVIEW THE PROPOSED CHANGES. THEY'RE MINOR IN NATURE. MOSTLY TITLE CHANGES, UH, FROM CHANGING FROM AN EMPLOYEE, FROM CONTROLLER TO ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT THEY'RE MINOR CHANGES. THOSE ARE RE UH, REFERENCED IN YOUR COUNSEL PACKET. ITEM D IS [00:15:01] TO CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION R 25,770 FOR ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED TO DECLARING EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE AND EXPENDITURES FOR STREET DRAINAGE AND WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ACQUISITION OF AN AMBULANCE WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT. ITEM E IS A QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. IF YOU SEE, AS YOU SEE IN THAT REPORT, WE'RE STEER WE ARE EARNING, UH, SIGNIFICANT GAINS ON AN AVERAGE OF 4% ON A LOT OF THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN. THAT'S SAVING CITIZENS TAX DOLLARS. ITEM F IS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATING PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF GATESVILLE. ITEM G IS TO, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR AN APPLICATION FOR A SITE PLAN ON PROPERTY ZONE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DISTRICT WITHIN THE UPTOWN OVERLAY ITEM H TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH MX CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2.4 MILLION FOR BENNETT STREET WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS IN US 67 WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS FROM PLEASANT RUN TO CHILL WILSON. THOSE, UH, PROJECTS WERE APPROVED IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP WORKSHOP THIS LAST MAY, AND THAT IS THERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. ITEM I IS TO AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A JANITORIAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ORIENTAL BUILDING SERVICES. WE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 219,000. THEY'RE A GREAT COMPANY TO WORK WITH AND WE REALLY ENJOY THEM, LIKE TO WORK WITH THEM FURTHER, ITEM J IS TO APPROVE, APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF HOLIDAY DECORATION. INSTALL INSTALLATION SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 0 6, 1 95 FOR FROM CHRISTMAS DECOR. THIS IS FOR DOWNTOWN, UH, TRAFFIC HICKMAN LIBRARY. UM, ALL OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING THAT WE, UH, DO IN THE CITY, THEY WILL, THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES. ITEM K IS TO AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH STANDARD SITE UTILITIES FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5 87 9 0 6 FOR WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS AT US 67 AND SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD THAT ALSO WAS IN YOUR FIVE YEAR SEAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRO PROGRAM. ITEM L, ORDINANCE 20 25 8 68, WHICH CHANGED THE ZONING FROM LR TO DISTRICT TO PD FOR THE C-H-I-S-D TRANSPORTATION AND AUXILIARY CENTER. AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU GAVE US DIRECTION TO, UM, PUT TOGETHER AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING FOR THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THAT THIS, THIS ORDINANCE IS HERE FOR YOUR FINAL CONSIDERATION. ITEM A EM IS APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF MICROSOFT LICENSING AND SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FROM CIVIC TECH LLC IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2 0 200 7,000. THAT'S FOR OUR IT DEPARTMENT. WE'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL YEARS AND IT'S EXPIRED AND IT NEEDS TO JUST BE RE-UPPED. ITEM N IS AUTHORIZED A MAYOR TO EXECUTE A THREE YEAR SERVER EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT RENEWAL WITH SERVER SERVER SERVICE EXPRESS. SAME THING. ITEM O IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES WITH SID MARTIN IN THE AMOUNT OF 186,000 FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES APPARATUS. THIS WAS FOR PLANNED AND UNPLANNED, UH, FIRE APPARATUS MAINTENANCE SERVICES AND THERE IS NO ITEMS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. THAT IS IT FOR YOUR COUNSEL AGENDA TONIGHT. THANK YOU MADAM CITY MANAGER COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT THIS EVENING? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE A NEXT UP WE WILL CONDUCT THE BRIEFING. NO, NO, NO. NEXT UP, I'M [3. Cedar Hill Municipal Court Update.] SORRY. WE HAVE CITY CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT UPDATE AND THIS WILL BE DONE BY OUR OWN BOBBY SPENCE COURT ADMINISTRATOR. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNSEL, MAD CITY MANAGER. ALLISON AND EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE. IT IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. I AM BOBBY SMITH, I'M THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR, AND I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS THIS EVENING. SHOW YOU SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND I'M GONNA BRAG ABOUT OUR COURT TEAM JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE BEGIN ALL OF OUR PRESENTATIONS ROOTED IN THE VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. THOSE VALUES, PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIOR AND INTEGRITY AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP. IN PURSUING PREMIER, WE IDENTIFY WITH WE OR THINK WE'RE IN LINE WITH CEDAR HILL AS SAFE AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, BACK IN JANUARY, THE CITY COUNCIL IDENTIFIED AND ADOPTED THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PRO. WE WEREN'T DIRECTLY, THE MUNICIPAL COURT WASN'T DIRECTLY MENTIONED. WE FEEL THAT WE DO PLAY A ROLE. WE PLAY A ROLE IN PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION. AND HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE THAT ROLE THAT WE PLAY. BEFORE I GET TOO FAR INTO OUR PRESENTATION, NOW, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO RECOGNIZE OUR AMAZING MUNICIPAL COURT TEAM. UM, TOGETHER, OUR WHOLE COURT TEAM, OUR JUDGES, OUR CLERKS, AND OUR MARSHALS, THEY DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND TEAMWORK. WE'VE IMPROVED PROCESSES, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED NEW INITIATIVES, AND WE'RE IMPROVING OUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY ARE FABULOUS AND AMAZING. MUNICIPAL [00:20:01] COURT STAFF, YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THIS SCREEN, UM, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ARE LISTED ON THE LEFT. I'M, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH AND INTRODUCE EVERY SINGLE PERSON, BUT I DID WANNA MENTION THAT THEY ARE A FRONTLINE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR THE CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT. AND THEY DO THAT SO WELL , THEY DO THAT SO WELL, THEY'RE AMAZING, BUT THEY'RE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND THEY'RE, THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW THEIR STUFF. THEY'RE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE. AND WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATIONS AND T-M-C-E-C CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. AND THIS PROGRAM PREPARES, PREPARES COURT PROFESSIONALS, LIKE COURT CLERKS, EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MUNICIPAL COURT, ALL THE PROCESSES, THE LAWS, MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK DUTIES, AND SO WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. EACH ONE OF US HAVE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF CERTIFICATION. THE FIRST LEVEL IS OBVIOUSLY LEVEL NUMBER ONE WITH LEVELS NUMBER THREE BEING THE HIGHEST. OUR FABULOUS MARSHALS ARE OUR, YOU'LL SEE THEM HERE AND THEY'RE JUST AS KNOWLEDGEABLE AND TALENTED AND AS WE ARE, AS THE COURT CLERKS ARE. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE 96 YEARS OF COMBINED LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE BETWEEN THESE THREE GENTLEMEN. SO THEY BRING A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE TO THE GAME AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE THEM. THEY EACH HOLD A MASTER'S PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATION. THEY SERVE ALL OF OUR WARRANTS, OUR SUMMONSES, AND THEY ARE ALSO BAILIFFS AT OUR, UH, HEARINGS AND TRIALS. AND THEY'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL THIS YEAR IN HELPING US TO RESOLVE A LOT OF WARRANTS. THEY'VE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAKING HUGE, HUGE STRIDES IN THAT AREA. AND THEN THIS BRINGS US TO OUR AMAZING JUDGES. SO THE CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT OPERATES WITH TWO, TWO JUDGES. WE OPERATE WITH A PRESIDING JUDGE AND AN ALTERNATE JUDGE. OUR JUDGES WERE APPOINTED THIS TIME, JANUARY 1ST, 2024. AND THEIR TERM IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE, AS YOU HEARD THERE. THERE'S AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ON THIS ITEM LATER THIS EVENING, ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER APPOINTING THEM AGAIN FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM. SO, DR. GREG ANDREW SHALLEN, YOU'LL SEE HIM PICTURED HERE. AND HE'S ALSO IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, . HE'S OUR PRESIDING JUDGE AND HE PRESIDES OVER OUR HEARINGS, OUR TRIALS. HE SIGNS ALL OF OUR WARRANTS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE WHERE HE CAN SIGN THOSE WARRANTS 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, WHEREVER HE IS. IF HE HAS CELL SERVICE, HE CAN SIGN A WARRANT FOR THE CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT. HE HAS ALSO, UM, IMPLEMENTED COURTROOM RULES, COURTROOM DECORUM AND ADDRESS CODE. AND WE HAVE THOSE POSTED ON OUR CEDAR HILL, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE. HE'S ALSO HAD US, UM, IMPLEMENTED SAFE HARBOR DOCKETS. AND I'M GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THE SAFE HARBOR DOCKETS IN A MOMENT. BUT IT'S BEEN A HUGE, HAD A HUGE IMPACT IN A POSITIVE WAY ON CEDAR HILL MEN MUNICIPAL COURT. JUDGE SALEEN STARTED SERVING OUR CITY IN 2016. HE WAS APPOINTED AS ALTERNATE JUDGE INITIALLY, AND HE SERVED FROM 2016 TO 2024. AND HE DID THAT PRO BONO. HE DIDN'T RECEIVE ONE ANY COMPENSATION FROM THE CITY. HE JUST DID THAT. AND I JUST THINK THAT SPEAKS TO HIS DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE. HE'S AMAZING. HE'S A DOCTOR AND HE'S AN ATTORNEY AND HE GENUINELY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE. AND I FEEL THAT HE REFLECTS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILLS AND THE COUNCIL'S VALUES AND CULTURE AND THE WAY THAT HE INTERACTS WITH ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS. HE'S WONDERFUL. IT, HE, I WITNESS HIM EVERY DAY, WHENEVER HE'S ON THE DOCK, ON THE TRIAL DOCKETS, HE TALKS TO OUR, OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR CITIZENS SO RESPECTFULLY. AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS COURT PROCESSES AND LAWS. AND HE TAKES TIME AND HE EXPLAINS THINGS TO THEM AND MAKES SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THEIR OPTIONS. THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT AND THEY KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CASES. SUPER PROUD OF HIM. SUPER PROUD OF ALL OF HIS INTERACTIONS. YOU WOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF HOW HE REPRESENTS OUR CITY. AND THEN THAT BRINGS US TO JUDGE KIRTH. JUDGE KIRTH IS OUR ALTERNATE JUDGE. HE PRESIDES OVER HEARINGS AND TRIALS. IF JUDGE SHALLON WAS UNAVAILABLE, JUDGE FALLON'S NEVER BEEN UNAVAILABLE YET. WE'VE NEVER HAD TO CALL ON JUDGE CURTH. HE'S AVAILABLE IF WE NEED HIM TO, BUT HE ALSO OVERSEES OUR JAIL ARRAIGNMENTS AT THE TRI-CITY JAIL. I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS COURT TEAM, Y'ALL, BUT I THEY'RE AMAZING AND I HAVEN'T DONE THEM JUSTICE. BUT I'M GONNA GO INTO MY REGULAR PRESENTATION. HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE THINGS I SHARE WILL SHOW AGAIN, JUST HOW AWESOME AND AMAZING THEY ARE. SO I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT OUR COURT OF RECORD TRANSITION. SO YOU MIGHT RECALL A COUPLE YEARS AGO, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD. NUMBER ONE. WITH THAT IT PROVIDED THAT OUR JUDGES WOULD SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM AND THEY WOULD BE LICENSED ATTORNEYS LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. IT ALSO EXPANDED OUR AUTHORITY TO HEAR CERTAIN CIVIL CASES. AND WE HAVE HEARD SOME CIVIL CASES. WE'VE HAD SOME EXPUNGEMENT CASES FILED IN OUR COURT. SO IT'S BEEN FUN TO LEARN THAT SIDE OF IT, BUT ALSO GREAT THAT WE CAN SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THAT CAPACITY. AND THEN WE, I MIGHT HAVE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA REMEMBER THIS , ABOUT THOSE LEAPFROG APPEALS, THOSE APPEALS FOR PEOPLE. ANYONE COULD FILE AN APPEAL IN OUR COURT PRETRIAL AND WE'D HAVE TO SEND THOSE OFF TO THE COUNTY. WE LOST JURISDICTION OF THOSE CASES. WE NEVER, EVER REALLY EVEN HEARD WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE CASES THAT MOSTLY AFFECTED OUR CODE OFFENSES AND OUR, UM, COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE CASES. NEVER HEARD ABOUT THOSE. BUT THE BIG ISSUE WAS THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH ABOUT 200 OF THOSE IN OUR COURT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SINCE BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD, WE'VE HAD ZERO APPEALS FILED IN THE CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT. SO IT MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO REPORT TO YOU TODAY THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WE MAY SEE BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD ACTUALLY HAPPEN. WE HAVE HAD SOME CIVIL [00:25:01] CASES, SO WE'RE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL. AND THE BURDEN OF THOSE APPEALS HAVE GONE AWAY FOR OUR COURT TEAM. SO WE'VE HAD SOME NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT. FORGIVE ME, I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF FROM THE, WHATEVER'S BLOWING IN. I'M SO SORRY. SO THOSE SAFE HARBOR WALK-IN DOCKETS, THOSE WERE INITIATED BY JUDGE SHALLEN. AND WHAT THAT IS, IT'S A DOCKET THAT WE HAVE TWO TIMES A MONTH. WE HAVE 24 OF THOSE A YEAR. WE'VE ADDED THOSE TO OUR, TO OUR SCHEDULE. AND IT'S A TIME WHERE ANYBODY CAN COME IN IF THEY HAVE A WARRANT OR A CITATION AND TAUGHT TO THE JUDGE ABOUT RESOLVING THEIR CASE. IF THEY CAN'T PAY IN FULL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF GOING TO JAIL OR BEING ARRESTED. THEY CAN JUST WALK IN AND VISIT WITH JUDGE SHALLEN AND WORK OUT SOME KIND OF ALTERNATE WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. THAT HAS BEEN HUGE IN HELPING US WITH OUR EFFICIENCIES IN GETTING OUR CASES CLOSED. ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE STARTED, AND I KNOW THIS IS GONNA SOUND LIKE A NO BRAINER AND COMMON SENSE, BUT WE ARE HAVING REGULARLY SCHEDULED TRIAL DOCKETS. SO IN THE PAST, QUITE HONESTLY, WE WERE A LITTLE REACTIVE. WE WAITED UNTIL PEOPLE, WE HAD A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE REQUESTING A TRIAL DOCKET BEFORE WE'D EVEN REACH OUT TO THE JUDGE OR THE PROSECUTOR TO SET A COURT DATE. SO THAT WASN'T VERY EFFICIENT AS YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE. SO WE NOW HAVE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TRIAL DOCKET DATES. SO ONCE PEOPLE HANDLE ALL THEIR PRETRIAL ISSUES WITH OUR PROSECUTOR, DISCOVERY, WHATEVER, WE ALREADY KNOW WHEN THOSE DATES ARE. SO IT'S ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF EFFICIENCY FOR OUR CITIZENS AND ALSO FOR OUR COURT STAFF. AND THEN I WANTED TO MENTION THE CARES TEAM. CEDAR, UH, JUDGE SHALLEN HAS WORKED WITH THE CEDAR HILLS CARES TEAM OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON A COUPLE OF CASES. AND THIS HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE THESE ARE OUR DEFENDANTS WHO MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE SUFFERING FROM SOME MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, ADDICTION OR HOMELESSNESS. AND IT JUST ADDS LIKE ANOTHER LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR OUR CITIZENS OUTSIDE OF THE JUDICIARY. SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE CARE TEAM FOR WORKING WITH US ON THAT. AND THIS NEXT ONE I'M SUPER PROUD OF. AND SO I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT. BUT IN 2024, MAY OF 2024, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A ORDINANCE TO GIVE OUR JURORS A PAY INCREASE. THEY WERE ONLY BEING PAID $6 A DAY IN THE PAST, BUT THE BUT BY STATUTE ALLOWS FOR THEM TO GET PAID MORE. AND SO COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE FOR THAT. AND WE DID THAT TO BE IN LINE WITH 61.001 A, UH, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. IT ALLOWS FOR THAT. AND IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL JURY FUND. IT'S A DEDICATED FUND, AN ACCOUNT, A LITTLE FEE THAT'S ADDED TO EVERY SINGLE CASE THAT'S FILED IN OUR COURT. AND IT'S ALLOWED BY TEXAS LAW SPECIFICALLY TO PAY OUR JURORS. AND WE APPRECIATE OUR JURORS, OUR CITIZENS SERVING AS JURORS IN OUR, IN OUR COURT. WE CAN'T HAVE JURY TRIALS WITHOUT OUR JURORS. AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL CITIZENS HERE IN CEDAR HILL AND THEY ACTUALLY SHOW UP. THEY COME IN AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL. WE TRY TO BE VERY MINDFUL AS A COURT STAFF. WE'RE VERY STREAMLINED AND VERY EFFICIENT. SO WHEN WE WANNA BE REALLY MINDFUL OF THEIR TIME, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT CAN BE A BURDEN. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER THAT AND TO ADOPT THAT, ADOPT THAT PAY INCREASE FOR THEM SO THAT WE CAN THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME. $20 IS THAT MUCH TODAY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT. AND THEY ACTUALLY GET THAT PAID IN CASH. SO WHEN THE TRIAL'S OVER WITH, THEY'LL WALK ACROSS THE HALL, THEY'LL SEE A COURT CLERK, THEY'LL SIGN OUT THEIR MONEY AND THEY'RE GONNA DO $20 CASH. THEY CAN GO TO SAM'S OR TO, YOU KNOW, BABES AND HAVE LUNCH AND ENJOY THE REST OF THEIR DAY. BUT WE APPRECIATE OUR CITIZENS AND WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR THAT. SO WE CAN, WE CAN THANK THEM. THIS NEXT INITIATIVE IS NOT A BRAND NEW INITIATIVE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WHAT IS NEW IS HOW WE'RE MANAGING IT. SO, UM, IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WE PROMOTED JEFFREY HUBBARD TO THE SENIOR MARSHALL POSITION. AND JEFF HAS MADE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT, GREAT THINGS. HE'S DONE A LOT OF GREAT, GREAT THINGS WITH THE COURT, BUT ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I THINK HE'S DONE IS HE'S COLLABORATING WITH OUR CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THESE WARRANT ROUNDUP AND RESOLUTION PROGRAMS. HE REACHED OUT TO CHIEF REYES IN THE AMAZING POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WERE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP US STEP UP AND HELP US WITH THIS. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. SO WE'RE HAVING THESE PROGRAMS TWO TIMES A YEAR. AND WITH THESE PROGRAMS, THERE'S AN AMNESTY PERIOD, A LITTLE PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE WARRANT ROUNDUP, WHERE THE JUDGE WILL ALLOW SOMEONE WHO VOLUNTARILY COMES IN TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CITATION OR WARRANT. IT'S NOT GONNA BE CITATIONS, IT'S GONNA BE WARRANTED. IF IT'S IN WARRANT STATUS, THE JUDGE IS GONNA ALLOW A LITTLE INCENTIVE. HE'S PROBABLY GONNA GIVE UP TO $50 OFF OF A FINE REDUCTION ON THE WARRANT. IT'S PAID IN FULL. SO WE'LL HAVE AN AMNESTY PERIOD. WE'RE DOING THIS TWO TIMES A YEAR. AND ON THE DAY OF THE ROUNDUP, THE JUDGE IS ON THE BENCH HAVING ANOTHER WALK-IN DOCKET. SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR CITIZENS ON THE DAY OF ROUNDUP TO PLEASE VOLUNTARILY COME IN AND SEE THE JUDGE BEFORE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MARSHALL'S COME TO KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR. SO JUDGE ALLEN'S THERE AND HE'S ABLE TO HELP CITIZENS AND IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BENEFICIAL. WE'VE SEEN A TON OF PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THESE. IT'S USUALLY ON A SATURDAY MORNING REAL EARLY. UM, IT'S BEEN VERY IMPACTFUL IN HELPING US CLEAR OUR WARRANTS. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEM ABOUT THAT. BUT THE MAIN, THE MAIN GOAL FOR ALL OF THIS FOR US IS WARRANT CLEARANCE. WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GO TO JAIL ON THE DAY OF THE WARRANT ROUNDUP. IF WE CAN HELP IT, WE ARE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP RESOLVE THAT. AND WE HAVE THE JUDGE ON THE BENCH. WE HAVE CLERKS THERE AT THE WINDOW TO TAKE PAYMENTS AND EX ANSWER PHONE CALLS. AND IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL AND WE APPRECIATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FOR THEIR HELP WITH THAT. [00:30:01] SO, LOCAL YOUTH DIVERSION, I WANTED TO MENTION THIS TONIGHT 'CAUSE THIS WAS A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BIG UNDERTAKING IN OUR CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT. IT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL. SO THE 88 LEG, 88 LEGISLATIVE SESSION PER HOUSE BILL 31 86 MANDATED THAT EVERY MUNICIPAL COURT IN JUSTICE COURT IN TEXAS MUST ADOPT A LOCAL YOUTH DIVERSION PLAN BY JANUARY 1ST, 2025. IT TOOK US A COUPLE OF YEARS , BUT WE GOT THERE AND WE DID THAT. IT WAS, IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK. OUR JUDGE, OUR PROSECUTOR, OUR JUVENILE CASE MANAGER, HANNAH LEE, OUR DEPUTY COURT CLERK, CARESSA DE LA WORKED COUNTLESS HOURS PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD PLAN FOR OUR YOUTH. THIS THIS PLAN IS THIS, THE WHOLE LOCAL YOUTH DIVERSION. THE FOCUS IS ON EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION OF AT-RISK YOUTH. THESE ARE NOT FOR THE KIDDOS THAT ARE RECEIVING YOUR NO DRIVER'S LICENSE TICKETS OR SPEEDING TICKETS. THESE ARE FOR THE KIDDOS THAT ARE RECEIVING THEFT, CITATIONS, ASSAULT, DRUG, ALCOHOL. AND THE INTENT IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT RISKY BEHAVIOR IN THE BEGINNING. HAVE SOME KIND OF MENTORING COMMUNITY SERVICE BEHAVIOR PROGRAMS FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN AND HOPEFULLY BE SUCCESSFUL. WHERE THIS NEVER BECOMES A CRIMINAL CASE. IT WILL NEVER BECOME A CRIMINAL CASE IF FAIR, THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS. THE GOAL IS ALWAYS GONNA BE REHABILITATION, POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT, NOT PUNISHMENT THROUGH EDUCATION. AND WE HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WROTE IT ALL DOWN, LET ME MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS ANYBODY. , OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, TR TRAPPING, HITMAN LIBRARY, ATROCITY ANIMAL SHELTER, ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN OUR CITY ARE WORKING WITH US TO CREATE MEANINGFUL AND WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND MENTORSHIP FOR OUR KIDDOS. WE ALSO COLLABORATE WITH SOME OF OUR, WITH CEDAR HILL SHARES, BRIDGES SAFE HOUSE AND CEDAR HILL PRESERVE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR A LOT OF YEARS ON COMMUNITY SERVICE. BUT NOW WE JUST HAVE TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF OPPORTUNITIES. EVERY SINGLE CASE IS INDIVIDUAL. THAT'S NOT A COOKIE CUTTER. SO WE WANNA HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AND WE WANNA DO THIS AT A LOW OR NO COST FOR OUR KIDDOS. SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THAT. THERE'S GOING TO, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH IT. IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. I CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK AND TELL YOU HOW WE DO. BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THAT. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS, ALL OF THESE NEW INITIATIVES, OUR EDUCATION OF OUR CLERKS, OUR JUDGE WITH THE WALK-IN DOCKETS, ADDING ALL THESE NEW INITIATIVES, OUR COLLABORATION WITH OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AFFECT ALL OF OUR NUMBERS . AND WE LOOK AT A COUPLE OF WAYS. WE LOOK AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN MUNICIPAL COURT. WE TRY TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO CITATIONS ISSUED VERSUS CITATION CLOSED AND WARRANTS ISSUED AND WARRANTS CLEARED. AND IN THESE TWO CHARTS, THEY ACTUALLY, THEY'RE REF, THEY'RE REC, I'M SORRY, I CANNOT TALK. FORGIVE ME. THEY ARE REFERENCING FISCAL YEAR NUMBERS. SO IT'S 23, 24, AND 24, 25. AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN BOTH CHARTS, WE, WE DIDN'T DO AS WELL AS WE'D LIKE TO. WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE CLOSE MORE CASES THAN ARE FILED, CLEAR MORE WARRANTS THAT ARE ISSUED. AND WE JUST DIDN'T MEET THE MARK ON IN 24, BUT WE WERE STILL LEARNING WHAT WE WERE DOING. WE WERE STILL GETTING OUR FEET WET AS COURT OF RECORD AND IMPLEMENTING SOME NEW PROCESSES. SO IN 25 THOUGH, WE MADE HUGE STRIDES AND WE CLEARED 29% MORE CITATIONS THAT WERE FILED THIS YEAR, THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR THAN WHAT WERE FILED. AND THE SAME THING WITH WARRANTS. WE CLEARED MORE WARRANTS THAN WE ISSUED, THAN WERE ISSUED, BUT WE CLEARED 44% MORE WARRANTS THIS YEAR OVER LAST YEAR. SO I FEEL LIKE WITH ALL THIS TEAMWORK AND ALL OF THIS AMAZING THINGS THAT OUR COURT TEAM IS DOING, ALL THE COLLABORATION WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS, IT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE. WE'RE SEEING A DIFFERENCE. AND WHEN I HOPE NEXT YEAR WHEN I COME BACK, I CAN SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE CONTINUING ON THAT SAME TRAJECTORY. SO OUR CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT TEAM, THEY LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. , THEY LOVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND THEY WANNA SHARE WHAT WE DO. THEY WANNA SHARE MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND ANYONE THEY CAN MEET, ACTUALLY THEY HAVE MADE A DECISION, OR I SAY THEY, US AS A DEPARTMENT HAVE DETERMINED THAT WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST 10 ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES A YEAR, WHICH IS SUPER EASY HERE BECAUSE THERE'S 8 MILLION OF THEM TO CHOOSE FROM. AND WE HAVE SOME THAT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN. SO YOU'LL SEE 'EM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. I'M NOT GONNA NAME THEM ALL, BUT I DO WANNA MENTION THE SOBER PROM PLEDGE BECAUSE A SOBER PROM PLEDGE IS A COURT PROGRAM THAT IT'S OURS. AND WE CREATED IT IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR FABULOUS CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT. OUR JUDGE, OUR CLERKS, OUR MARSHALS. ONCE A YEAR IN APRIL, WE WILL GO TO THE MAYORS SEA COUNCIL AND PRESENT, UH, UH, PROGRAM ON THE DANGERS OF UNDERAGE DRINKING. IT'S SO MUCH FUN. WE DO IT. IT'S A SERIOUS MATTER , BUT WE TRY TO DO IT IN A FUN WAY. I KNOW, UM, MR. SIMS HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE. IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN, IT'S A REALLY FUN DAY. WE DECORATE LIKE PROM. EVERYTHING'S IN BLACK, GOLD AND SILVER. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CAKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CELEBRATION AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. THEY'RE GONNA SIGN A A, A BIG BANNER THAT WE PROUDLY DISPLAY IN OUR MUNICIPAL COURT OFFICE. YOU SHOULD STOP BY AND SEE IT. IT HAS ALL THE KIDDOS SIGNATURES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. THIS WILL BE OUR FOURTH YEAR TO DO IT. BUT WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED BY OUR PROFESSIONAL, UM, ASSOCIATIONS FOR THAT [00:35:01] AND BY MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING AND ACTUALLY MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING CAME LAST YEAR TO OUR EVENT AND SPOKE TO OUR KIDDOS AS WELL. IT'S REALLY COOL. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THOUGH, I, I WANTED TO MENTION THESE REALLY QUICKLY. THIS IS KIND OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT, BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE I I SHARE THIS WITH YOU. SO AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE NEW INITIATIVES AND ALL THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO, UM, AS A CORE TEAM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING SOME REALLY, REALLY IMPACTFUL AND FUN, FUN AND SOME, SOME GOOD, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES AND SOMETHING THAT WILL ALSO BENEFIT THE CITY. SO LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BEAUTIFICATION DAY CAME UP AND SO WE TALKED WITH OUR JUDGE AND HE'S ALLOWED US TO CONTACT CITIZENS WHO HAD COURT ORDER COMMUNITY SERVICE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BEAUTIFICATION DAY. AND IT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL. THEY CAME AND THEY PARTICIPATED AND THEY RECEIVED SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE SOME CASES AND CLEAN UP OUR CITY A LITTLE BIT. IT WAS SO FUN AND IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA PARTICIPATE AGAIN THIS FALL IN THE FALL BEAUTIFICATION DAY. THE LAST TIME WE ONLY, UM, EXTENDED THIS TO ADULT, ADULT DEFENDANTS, BUT THIS TIME IT'S GONNA BE OUR JUVENILES AS WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE JUVENILES AND ADULTS PARTICIPATING IN FALL BEAUTIFICATION. SO I APPRECIATE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PARKS FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT. IT'S GONNA BE REALLY GREAT. AND THEN THE JUSTICE FOR ANIMALS WORKSHOP. WE ARE, WE ARE CONTINUING AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THIS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR EDU WAYS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT CITATIONS. WE KNOW THAT IT'S MORE THAN JUST ENFORCEMENT. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO EVEN RECEIVE A CITATION. IF YOU WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN TEACH THEM ABOUT WHY THEY'RE RECEIVING THE CITATIONS AND HOW THEY CAN RESOLVE THEM. SO I REACHED OUT TO TAMMY MILLER AND HER AMAZING TEAM OVER AT THE TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER. AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO? AND SHE QUICKLY, HER TEAM QUICKLY PUT TOGETHER THE MOST AMAZING PROGRAM YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE. AND WE CALLED IT JUSTICE FOR ANIMALS. AND WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, SOME OF OUR DEFENDANTS THAT HAD ANIMAL RELATED OFFENSES. AND THEY CAME THAT DAY TO THE WORKSHOP TO RECEIVE SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. AND THEY SET THROUGH THE PROGRAM. WELL, THE PROGRAM WAS EVERYTHING ANIMALS, IT HAD TO DO WITH OUR CITY OR OUR CITY OF CEDAR HILL ORDINANCES ABOUT ANIMALS, CITATIONS THAT YOU COULD RECEIVE THE FINE AMOUNTS. AND THEN ALSO HOW TRI CITY ANIMAL SHELTER COULD BE A RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT WAS REALLY COOL. I LOVED IT. I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THAT. IT WAS REALLY GREAT. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS REALLY JUST SOME PICTURES. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME CUTE PICTURES OF OUR FABULOUS TEAM. THERE'S A COUPLE ON THERE OF THE SOBER PROM PLEDGE THAT WE HAVE. THE MIDDLE ONE IN THE TOP RIGHT. UM, THEY LOVE OUR, OUR COURT TEAM LOVES THIS. THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. THEY'RE, EVERY DAY THEY COME TO ME WITH SOMETHING ELSE. THEY WANNA DO SOME NEW FUN WAY. THEY WANNA SHARE WHAT WE DO WITH OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS SLIDE IS JUST GONNA SHOW YOU THE AWARDS THAT WE, WE HAVE RECEIVED. SO IN 2025, EARLIER THIS YEAR, AMANDA AND HANNAH LEE, YOU'LL SEE THEM IN THE LEFT ON THIS SLIDE, THEY WENT TO THE MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC SAFETY CONFERENCE AND CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT WAS RECOGNIZED AND AWARDED THE MITZI AWARD, THE MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVE INITIATIVES AWARD. THAT'S INDIRECT RESULT OF ALL OF THESE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN WITH ALL THESE AMAZING DEPARTMENTS AND ALL OF THE WAYS, THE FUN AND INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT WE'RE SHARING WHAT WE DO WITH OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME, THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE RECEIVED THAT AWARD AND THE SEVENTH TIME SINCE 2015. SO I KNOW WE ALL KNOW, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ONE OF YOUR BIG PRIORITIES. IT'S ONE OF YOUR BIG ROCKS, BUT IT'S ONE OF OURS TOO. AND WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. WE'RE DEDICATED TO IT AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE DOING IT. IT'S JUST PART OF WHO WE ARE. AND I'M GRATEFUL PERSONALLY THAT YOU ALLOW US TO DO THAT. AND WE HAVE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR JUDGE, MY COURT STAFF, AND ALL OF YOU ALLOWING US TO DO THAT. AND THEN IN 24, WE RECEIVED THE MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING EDUCATION ON THE DANGERS OF UNDERAGE DRINKING. AND THAT WAS FOR OUR SOBER PROM PLEDGE AND OUR AMAZING POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HELPED US WITH THAT. AND WITHOUT THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MUNICIPAL COURT TEAM. I DIDN'T DO THEM JUSTICE. I THINK THEY'RE THE GREATEST COURT ON EARTH. AND I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT COURT WEEK IS GONNA BE NOVEMBER THE THIRD THROUGH THE SEVENTH. AND WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A SUPER, SUPER, SUPER FUN PROGRAM. SO WE'RE GONNA INVITE YOU, EVERYBODY, ALL THE CITIZENS TO COME TO SEE US IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT DOWN THE HALL ON NOVEMBER THE SECOND FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM WE'RE GONNA HAVE BOOTHS SET UP, WE'RE GONNA HAVE GAMES, THERE'S GONNA BE PRIZES, THERE'S GONNA BE A GRAND PRIZE DRAWING AT THE END. THERE'S GONNA BE CARNIVAL FOOD. IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE FABULOUS. SO COME SEE US. IT'S GONNA BE FROM 10 TO TWO ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER. THANK YOU SO MUCH MISS BOBBY FOR THIS, UH, AMAZING PRESENTATION. , I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. FIRST UP IT WILL BE ALAN SIMS. PERFECT. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM. SO, UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND UH, I'M JUST THROUGH IT WITH YOUR PASSION AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I THINK OF IT AS JUST PUTTING MONEY IN THE BANK WITH OUR COMMUNITY. YES. AND I, I, OUR COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY AND IT HAPPENS ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS AND I'M THRILLED ABOUT IT. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES SIR. HOW ARE OUR CITIZENS NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS WARRANT RESOLUTION? WHAT'S [00:40:01] THE PROCESS? OOH. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE SO GLAD TO ASKED. THAT'S, SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT, UH, TO BE, TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THERE HAS TO BE A HIGH LEVEL OF NOTIFICATION. THERE IS. SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS? THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF NOTIFICATION AND THAT'S A PERFECT QUESTION. I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT 'CAUSE I WANTED TO SHARE AND I DIDN'T DO IT. UM, SO IN THE BEGINNING WHEN WE GET STARTED WITH THAT, WE HAVE A POSTCARD THAT WE MAIL OUT TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS A WARRANT. OUR OUTSIDE COLLECTION AGENCY, MCCREARY VALE, BRAGGING ALLEN, THEY DO THAT FOR US AT NO CHARGE TO THE CITY. THEY DO ALL THE PRINTING AND ALL THE POSTAGE AND THEY MAIL THAT OUT TO EVERY CITIZEN THAT HAS EVERYONE THAT HAS A WARRANT IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. WE GET TO TELL THEM WHAT GOES ON THE POSTCARD. SO WE NOTIFY THEM WHEN THE ROUNDUP'S GONNA BE, WHAT THE AMNESTY PERIOD IS GONNA BE, AND WHAT THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM THE AMNESTY PERIOD AND ABOUT THE WALK-IN DOCKET OKAY. HAS ALL OF OUR INFORMATION. GOOD. THEN OUR FABULOUS POLICE DEPARTMENT, ASHLEY, OVER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS HELPED US WITH SOME, WITH SOME SOCIAL MEDIA AWARENESS, PUTTING IT OUT ON THE POLICE'S SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS LAST YEAR WE, THIS LAST PROGRAM THAT WE HAD, JEFF AND ASHLEY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOT TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE BIG, UM, ELECTRONIC SIGNS WE HAVE ALL OVER THE CITY. WE HAD IT ADVERTISED ON THOSE ELECTRONIC SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OKAY. OUR MARSHALS MAKE PHONE CALLS LIKE CRAZY GOOD. AND THEN WE HAVE A TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM WITHIN OUR COM, OUR MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM THAT SENDS OUT A TEXT MESSAGE BLAST. AND WE DO THAT SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE PROGRAM. 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE IF WE REACH YOU, WE WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING. WE HAVE THE WARRANT ROUNDUP HAPPENING, WE HAVE AMNESTY, WE HAVE THE JUDGE ON THE BENCH, AND WE WANNA HELP YOU TO RESOLVE THIS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY, VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ANSWER THAT . THANK YOU. AND WE ARE, NEXT UP WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER DAN HAYDEN. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR PROTI. AND REALLY, THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK. YOU KNOW, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'LL ECHO WHAT, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN SIMS SAID. I'M JUST THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED WITH, WITH WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS BECOME OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU. AND ESPECIALLY SINCE WE BECAME COURT OF RECORD. SO YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY, YOU KNOW, , YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I THINK IT MAKES, UH, IT MAKES THE CITIZENS THAT, THAT ARE IN A SITUATION THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE, FEEL KIND OF GOOD ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF IN, IN A, IN A RESPECTFUL WAY. AND I LIKE THAT PROGRAM ABOUT, ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SAFE HARBOR WALK-IN, YOU KNOW? YES. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO ITS FANTASTIC. BUT I, I'M GLAD I, THAT WAS MY QUESTION THERE. HOW DO YOU LET 'EM KNOW? BUT SOUNDS LIKE YOU, YOU'VE GOT IT BLASTED OUT IF THEY DON'T KNOW SOMETHING'S WRONG. SO , WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, AND, UH, MY PLEASURE. APPRECIATE ALL THE, UH, THE INFORMATION. IT'S MY SINCERE PLEASURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOBBY SPENCE. AND THAT IS OUR FINAL PRESENTATION FOR THIS BRIEFING TONIGHT. THANK YOU. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THIS WOULD, OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT SEVEN. THANK YOU. THERE'S A NON DEBATABLE MOTION. AND CAN WE HAVE A VOTE ON THAT FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE. OPPOSED? WE HAVE A, WE ARE APPROVED TO ADJOURN. IT IS SEVEN 13. LET'S MEET BACK HERE AT SEVEN 20. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.