* 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. [00:00:02] ALL RIGHT. GOOD [I.  Call Meeting to Order] EVENING EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 6:01 PM IT IS TUESDAY, MARCH THE 21ST. I'M GONNA CALL THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL. HERE, TOBIAS. HERE. HEISER. HERE. FLORES KALE? HERE. ZUNIGA BRADSHAW. HERE. PARSLEY HERE. ALL RIGHT. SIX MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT UP CITIZEN COMMENTS. PERIOD. IS THERE ANYONE WHO ISSUES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS. [III.  Executive Session] PERIOD. NEXT UP IS EXECUTIVE SESSION. I THINK ME, BRAD. Y'ALL, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 51, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY OF KYLE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM TIME TO TIME AS 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 OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS. JUST NUMBER FOUR. YEAH. OKAY. CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 8 7, 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 OR NEAR KYLE, I'M SORRY, IN OR NEAR THE CITY. PROJECT LION KING. DO AS YOUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AS MUCH, THEY ALSO GAVE US SUPERVISORY POSITIONS THAT WE NEED TO HELP SUPERVISE OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE YOU? YEAH, OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. IS THAT WORKING IN THE BACKYARD? ALL RIGHT. USUALLY I TALK LOUD ENOUGH SO I DON'T NEED A MICROPHONE. BUT LIKE I WAS SAYING, TONIGHT IS AN UNBELIEVABLY, UH, PRECIOUS NIGHT FOR THE COLL POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, I WAS MENTIONING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE US A NUMBER OF POSITIONS INCLUDING, UH, VERY SPECIAL SUPERVISORY POSITIONS TO HELP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. AS THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GROWN UP THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE PERFORMED THEIR SERVICES AS A POLICE OFFICER OR A DETECTIVE, THEY'VE NOW DECIDED AND ELECTED TO TRY TO MOVE, MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR CAREER AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THEIR WISDOM AS A VISOR. SO TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO PROMOTE NINE NEW SUPERVISORY POSITIONS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE HAVE TWO MORE TO GO IN THE COMING WEEKS. SO THAT'S GONNA BE 11 NEW FACES THAT ARE HELPING SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE COLL POLICE DEPARTMENT. AS WE PROMOTE THESE NINE INDIVIDUALS TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE CORPORALS, WE WILL HAVE SERGEANTS, AND WE WILL HAVE COMMANDERS THAT WILL HELP MYSELF, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF AND OUR EXISTING COMMANDER, UH, LEAD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDE SERVICES THAT MAKE, THAT MAKE YOU PROUD AS A CITIZEN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS A WONDERFUL NIGHT FOR US. WE HAVE NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PROMOTED SO MANY SUPERVISORS AT ONE TIME. MATTER OF FACT, NOT EVEN IN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS HAVE WE EVER PROMOTED THIS MANY SUPERVISORS AT ONCE. THEY'VE ALL GONE THROUGH A VERY GRUELING ASSESSMENT CENTER AND TESTING PROCESS. THEY HAVE EARNED THEIR RIGHT TO GET THEIR PROMOTION TONIGHT, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED. WE HAVE ASKED OUR JUDGE, JUDGE ANDREW CABLE, IF HE WOULD COME AND PERFORM THE VERY PRECIOUS CEREMONY FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR OUR NEWLY PROMOTED SUPERVISORS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO. SO IN A MOMENT, I'LL ASK JUDGE CABLE TO COME FORWARD. HERE'S WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. HE'S GONNA COME FORWARD. WE'RE GONNA DO THE OATH OF OFFICE. WE'RE GONNA SAY A FEW MORE WORDS HERE WHEN WE GET THROUGH IN THIS ROOM. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BUSINESS TO DO TONIGHT. THEY START THEIR MEETING PROMPTLY AT SEVEN. I HAVE ALSO, UH, OBTAINED PERMISSION. I'M GONNA SPEAK DURING THE CITIZENS COMMENTS SECTION, WHICH IS VERY EARLY IN THE MEETING. IT'S PRETTY MUCH AFTER WE GET STARTED AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THESE NEW, UH, PROMOTED OFFICERS TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THAT MEETING. SO THAT'S PROBABLY AROUND SEVEN 15 ISH. ONCE WE GET THROUGH THERE, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE HAVE A RECEPTION SET UP FOR EVERYBODY. SO WE HOPE THAT EVERYBODY CAN JOIN US AT THE RECEPTION AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER I INTRODUCE THEM TO THE COUNT, TO THE CITIZENS, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE COUNCIL AT AROUND SEVEN 15. SOUND GOOD? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET ON WITH IT. JUDGE CABLE, MAY WE ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD PLEASE? I WILL TURN THE MIC OVER TO JUDGE CABLE OFFICERS THAT ARE GONNA BE PROMOTED. PLEASE STEP FORWARD FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE. OKAY, COUNSEL, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE VISION TO BRING FORTH THE QUALITY DEPARTMENT THAT'S GONNA GROW UP WITH KYLE. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SWEAR EVERYBODY IN AS WELL. IT'S KIND OF NEAT. I THINK I'VE SWORN A LOT OF THESE OFFICERS IN ORIGINALLY AS ORIGINAL OFFICERS. ALL RIGHT. INSTEAD OF HAVING YOU INDIVIDUALLY, I'M GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN AS A WHOLE. SO I'LL ASK YOU TO, AND I'M GONNA PUT THIS DOWN FOR A SECOND. [00:05:01] THANK YOU. YES. IF EVERYONE WOULD RAISE THE RIGHT HANDS FOR ME PLEASE. IN THE NAME AND THE AUTHORITY BY THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, I STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF OFFICE. STATE YOUR NEW RANK, PLEASE, OF THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE GREAT STATE OF 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 AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THESE UNITED STATES, OF THESE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS GREAT STATE AND OF THIS GREAT STATE. SO HELP ME, GOD. SO HELP ME GOD, THANK Y'ALL VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. INTRODUCING YOU TONIGHT. UH, ACTUALLY, WE'LL, WE'LL DO THE BADGE PENDING FIRST, AND THEN I'LL CALL 'EM BY THEIR NEW TITLE AS WE DO THAT. SO, UH, NEW SUPERVISORS. IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS HERE TONIGHT TO DO A BATCH PENNY FOR YOU, HAVE THEM COME FORWARD AND STAND IN FRONT OF YOU. I WILL BRING THEM THE BADGE THAT THEY WILL PIN ON YOUR UNIFORM. SO IF YOU ARE A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND THAT IS HERE TONIGHT TO DO THE BADGE PINNING, PLEASE STAND IN FRONT OF YOUR, YOUR OFFICER AND I'LL BRING YOU THE BADGE. SO FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, GO AHEAD AND OPEN THOSE UP. THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT TRICKY, SO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT OUT. GET THE BADGE OUT AND IF YOU WANT ME TO COME BY AND GRAB THE CASE, I WILL. OR IF YOU SET IT BEHIND THEM, THAT'LL BE FINE SO THAT YOU HAVE FREE HANDS TO PIN THEIR BADGE. FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT WHEN OFFICERS GET A NEW BADGE, THEIR FIRST BADGE, THEIR SECOND, THEIR THIRD, THEIR PROMOTED BADGE TO ANY RANGE. IT'S VERY SPECIAL WHEN THEY SELECT SOMEBODY TO PIN THAT BADGE ON THEIR CHEST BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA WEAR THAT WITH HONOR. THEY HOPE THAT THEY REPRESENT THEIR FAMILY, THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR COMMUNITY IN THIS DEPARTMENT, IN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD AUTO ALL WANT OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO REPRESENT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR COUNTRY. SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU. YOU MAY NOW PIN THE BADGE. PLEASE TAKE PICTURES IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, TAKE PICTURES. Y'ALL CAN EVEN SPREAD OUT IF YOU NEED. ONCE YOU GET PICTURES, WE'LL LEAVE THE NEWLY PROMOTED OFFICERS HERE UP FRONT. CAUSE I'M GONNA SAY A FEW MORE WORDS AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL. FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU CAN RETURN TO YOUR SEAT. WE WILL, I PROMISE, HAVE MORE TIME FOR PICTURES. I PROMISE OUR COMMANDERS ALREADY HAVE THEIR STARS ON THEIR SLEEVES. SERGEANTS, BEFORE WE LEAVE HERE TODAY, LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET YOU YOUR YES. HOPE I HAVE ALL OF THESE SERGEANTS. YES, SERGEANT, SERGEANT, SERGEANT AND SAR. THIS WILL BE THE NEW COLLAR BRASS THAT THEY'LL WEAR ON THEIR UNIFORM AS WELL. IF YOU NOTICE OUR COMMANDERS HAVE A STAR ON THEIR COLLARS, THE CORPORALS WILL BE GETTING, UH, SILVER, UM, OR, OR INSIGNIA OR BRASS TO WEAR ON THEIR COLLAR AS WELL SOON. UM, YEAH, I TOLD Y'ALL IT'S HISTORIC, RIGHT? IT MEANS SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT TO JOIN US. UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANT TO LET OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF SAY A FEW WORDS HERE TOO, WHILE WE HAVE THE CROWD. ASSISTANT CHIEF HERNANDEZ. GOOD EVENING. UH, PEDRO HERNANDEZ, UM, LIKE CHIEF BARNETT SAID, THIS IS HISTORICAL. WHEN, WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE NINE OFFICERS. AND HERE WE ARE, HERE, WE ARE PROMOTING, UH, NINE TODAY. SO TO EACH OF YOU, I'M, I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. Y'ALL HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK, NOT ONLY ON YOUR DAILY DUTIES, BUT IN PREPARING FOR YOUR [00:10:01] EXAM AND YOUR ASSESSMENT CENTER. UH, SO THIS IS VERY WELL DESERVED. SO I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF EVERY ONE OF YOU AND, AND OUR AGENCY AS A WHOLE. I SAY NOW OUR AGENCY IS BECOMING A CHOICE AGENCY. AND, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO, PEOPLE WANTING TO APPLY WOULD COME TO THIS AREA AND THEY'D LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORS TODAY, THEY'RE LOOKING AT US, AND, AND THAT HAS PROVEN TRUE, VERY, UH, HERE, UH, VERY RECENTLY THAT PROVED TO BE TRUE. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF, OF THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO AND THE WAY Y'ALL REPRESENT OUR AGENCY. AND NOW Y'ALL HAVE STEPPED INTO A POSITION THAT IS ONLY GONNA PROPEL THIS AGENCY EVEN FURTHER, UH, AND TO BE ONE OF THE BEST IN, IN CENTRAL TEXAS. SO I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. UH, THANK YOU ASSISTANT CHIEF. I APPRECIATE THAT. THE GOOD WORDS, UM, OFFICERS, IS ANYBODY HERE WANNA SAY ANYTHING TO THE AUDIENCE? THIS IS ALWAYS A RESOUNDING NO . SO WITH THAT SAID, THE ONLY THING THAT I NEED YOU TO DO FOR THE NEXT FEW MOMENTS IS I HAVE THE CORPORAL STACK, THE SERGEANT STACK, THE COMMANDER STACK. I NEED YOU TO COME OVER HERE AND SIGN YOUR FORM AND THEN LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE SO THAT I HAVE THAT. WE'LL PLACE THAT IN YOUR PERSONNEL FILE. THE NEXT THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE YOU WAIT IN THE HALLWAY, VISIT WITH FAMILY, VISIT WITH FRIENDS. THE COUNCIL MEETING SHOULD START PROMPTLY AT SEVEN. COME BACK IN HERE. UH, WHEN YOU SEE ME APPROACHING TO DO THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE YOU TO, TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICIALLY DURING A MEETING. ONCE THAT'S DONE, YOU CAN RETIRE TO YOUR RECEPTION. THIS IS FOR YOU. AND THEN MYSELF, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, THE COMMANDER, IS GONNA COME OVER AND WE'RE GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS THERE, FAMILY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE DEFINITELY WELCOME TO BE HERE DURING THE INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, IF YOU CHOOSE. AND THEN WE CERTAINLY WANT YOU TO COME JOIN US DURING THE RECEPTION FOR A RELAXED ENVIRONMENT SO THAT WE CAN ALL SHAKE HANDS, TAKE LOTS OF FAMILY PICTURES AND SUCH. DOES THAT SOUND OKAY? IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE PICTURES WHILE THEY ARE, ARE PINNED HERE IN BADGE BEFORE THEY MOVE HERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND TAKE A GROUP PICTURE WITH THIS GROUP RIGHT HERE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE 'EM SIGN 'EM AND GO TO THE PD. DOES THAT SOUND FAIR? ALL RIGHT. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH, AND I'LL SAY MY WORDS TO YOU. I HAVE SOME, SOME WORDS I WANT OF WISDOM I WANNA SHARE OVER AT THE PD. SO CONGRATULATIONS. ONE LAST ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THEY DESERVE CORPORAL. * 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.