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RIGHT.[I. Call Meeting to Order]
IS 6:01 PM IT'S TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, FIRST, AND I'M GONNA CALL THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MITCHELL HERE.
[II. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
NEXT UP, CITIZEN COMMENTS.UH, AT THIS TIME I ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.
MS. HERVE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW? MY NAME IS DIANE AL AND I LIVE AT, UH, 1528 AMBERWOOD LOOP HERE IN KYLE.
AND I CAME BECAUSE I CAN'T COME TO THE MEETING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, BUT I WANTED TO SPEAK BECAUSE THERE'S TWO REFERENCES TO THE, UM, ON THE AGENDA IN REGARDS TO THE CITY MANAGER POSITION.
AND I'M, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M A PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH TWO HIRES OF CITY MANAGERS, ONE IN 2010, AND THEN I BELIEVE ONE IN 2015.
ANYWAY, UM, I JUST WANTED TO COME TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY, UM, IMPORTANT POSITION FOR THE CITY.
UM, THIS POSITION FOR THE, AN AVERAGE CITY MANAGER, I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW, IS SIX YEARS.
THE NEXT SIX YEARS YOU GUYS LOOK AROUND.
I MEAN, WHAT'S GO, WHAT'S ON THE GROUND AND WHAT'S COMING.
WHAT YOU'VE APPROVED IS GONNA BE VERY, UM, INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT ALL SPANS OUT, HOW MANY CITIZENS ARE HERE IN THE NEXT SO MANY YEARS.
AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO EMPLOY ALL OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GIVE THIS POSITION EVERY OUNCE OF YOUR ATTENTION, EVERY OUNCE OF IT.
THEY BROUGHT THE FIVE POSITIONS, FIVE TOP WHO THEY THOUGHT WERE THE FIVE TOP.
UH, BUT THEY BROUGHT ALL THE RESUMES THAT THEY RECEIVED SO THAT WE COULD SIFT THROUGH THEM AND REVIEW THEM TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT THEY MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED IN 2015.
WE DID IT WHERE, UH, BASICALLY THE COUNCIL INTERVIEWED THE TOP THREE CAN, UM, CANDIDATES.
AND PERSONALLY, I LIKE THE FIRST WAY.
AND THE, UM, THE OTHER THING I FAILED TO MENTION, IN 2010, WE ALLOWED THE CITIZENRY TO INTERVIEW WHO WE THOUGHT AFTER WE, THE HEADHUNTER PICKED THE FIVE, TOP FIVE.
WE LET THE CITIZENRY COME THROUGH.
WELL, WE PICKED THE TOP THREE, AND THEN WE LET THE CITIZENRY INTERVIEW THEM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
UM, THE CHAMBER DID THAT SAME THING.
UH, THE CITY OF BUTTA JUST RECENTLY DID IT.
UH, CITY OF ELKINS DONE IT THAT WAY AND SEVERAL OTHER CITIES.
BUT THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ARE GONNA MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, FOR THIS, FOR THAT PARTICULAR PERSON FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY PIVOTAL.
AND SO I HOPE, AND I JUST ASK THAT ALL OF YOU GIVE IT EVERY OUNCE OF ATTENTION THAT YOU CAN.
SEEING NONE, I'M A CLOSEST IN COMMENTS.
[III. Executive Session]
UP, EXECUTIVE SESSION.PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 51, THAT THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM TIME TO TIME IS DEEMED NECESSARY.
DURING THIS MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO ANY LAWFUL EXCEPTION CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 5 51 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING ANY OR ALL THE FOLLOWING TOPICS, PENNED OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.07.
ONE, POSSIBLE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL ESTATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
UH, THREE PERSONAL MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.07.
FOUR, DISCUSSION REGARDING DELIBERATION, APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT DUTIES, AND EVALUATION OF THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER.
CONVENING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE OFFER OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN, IN OR NEAR THE CITY.
PROJECT RISING PHOENIX, PROJECT SHAMROCK.
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THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE WILL BE ACTION, UH, TAKEN.
NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MS. VICTORIA VARGAS, UP TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON PROJECT SHERA.
YES, VICTORIA VARGAS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR YOU TO TAKE ACTION AND SUPPORT PROJECT SHAMROCK.
THIS IS A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY YEARS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT BUILDERS FIRST SOURCE, THE NATION'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER IN SUPPLIER OF BUILDING MATERIALS, WILL BE RELOCATING TO KYLE, TEXAS.
THEY WILL BE CREATING 46 NEW JOBS AND INVESTING 16 MILLION OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT INTO THEIR BUILDING.
AND VERY, VERY HAPPY TO ALSO REPORT THAT THEY WILL BE THE CITY'S LARGEST SALES TAX PAYING ENTITY GOING FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR SECOND, AND BY COUNCIL MAYOR OF FLOOR SCALE.
WE APPROVED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FOR PROJECT SHAMROCK AS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
I'LL LET THE TAPES ROLL OVER TAPES.