[I. Call Meeting to Order]
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ALL RIGHT.THE TIME IS 5:32 PM IT IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, AND I'M GONNA CALL THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL.
[II. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
HAVE A QUORUM.AT THIS TIME, WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD SPEAK ON AEI TO PLEASE DO SO.
WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
I HAVE ONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK MS. LILA KNIGHT.
I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO LIKE, MAKE CITIZENS' COMMENTS WITHIN THE THREE MINUTE PERIOD ALLOTTED, BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO I'M JUST GONNA ASK ALL OF YOU QUESTIONS FIRST.
DO WE HAVE A TERRORIST POLICY? IF NOT, DO YOU THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA? SINCE THIS COUNCIL IS REALLY A POLICYMAKING BODY, SAN MARCUS HAS ONE BY THE WAY.
UM, WHY ARE YOU GOING TO BE DISCUSSING AND DIRECTING STAFF UH, TONIGHT ON A TOURS IN DISTRICT SLASH PLACE FOUR.
THAT PERSON IS YET TO BE ELECTED.
DOES THE FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS POSITION HAVE NO SAY IN THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT? I THINK THEY SHOULD.
WHY IS THIS JUROR NUMBER SIX BEING BROUGHT UP DURING AN REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF COUNCIL? PER OUR CHARTER? YOU MEET ON THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.
WHAT IS THE RUSH? WHY ARE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED TURS TOTS SIX BOUNDARY? DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO REZONE OUR PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE WHILE OUR PROPERTIES CURRENTLY ZONE CCB D TWO NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES, WAS STAFF IN A HURRY, JUST LIKE THROW TOGETHER A MAP AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE LOOK CAREFULLY AT ALL OF THE ZONING THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
AFTER YOU NOTIFY UNION PACIFIC, THEY WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STARS.
HOW MANY ACRES WILL BE PROPOSED WITHINT NUMBER SIX, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE ACREAGE IN A TYPICAL TOURS IN KYLE? WHAT EXACTLY IS A TUR? I GET THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PART, BUT BOTHERS ME IS THE REDEVELOPMENT PART.
WILL YOU BE REDEVELOPING US OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR HOMES? THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TRUE DOWNTOWN PROPERTY IS NOW OWNED BY THE CITY OF KYLE AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES.
IS THIS TERRORIST TO BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OR SOME OTHER PEOPLE, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS, WHATEVER ALREADY IDENTIFIED OR NOT, WHO WILL BE PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY AND WHICH RIGHT NOW IS OWNED BY THE TAXPAYERS AND BENEFIT FROM IT IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU DO PLAN TO SELL THESE SURPLUS BUILDINGS TO OTHERS FOR REDEVELOPMENT, WHY ARE YOUR TAXPAYERS PAYING FOR ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AND DEMOLITION OF, I STILL HAVE A FEW MORE PAGES, BUT YOU KNOW, ANY OF YOU, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AND I'LL LIKE SEND IT TO YOU.
DOES UH, THAT'S ALL THE CITIZEN COMMENT FORMS THAT I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
UH, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM ONE RESOLUTION, CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 GENERAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE SOME, UH, LANGUAGE THAT I HAVE TO READ.
UH, THERE CAME TO BE CONSIDERED THE RETURNS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DISTRICTS TWO AND FOUR, AND IT APPEARING FROM SAID RETURNS DULY AND LEGALLY MADE THAT EACH OF THE CANDIDATES IN SAID ELECTION.
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YVONNE FLORES KALE 502 EARLY 687 ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 1,189.UH, TRAVIS MITCHELL, 993, EARLY 1092 ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 2085.
ROBERT FERGUSON, 126 EARLY 146 ON ELECTION DAY TWO FOR A TOTAL OF 272 AND LINDA TENORIO 276 EARLY 320 ON ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 596 FOR THE POSITION OF DISTRICT TWO, ROBERT RIZZO RUNNING UNOPPOSED RECEIVED 445 VOTES, EARLY 584 VOTES ON ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 1029.
AND FOR THE POSITION OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, JAKE WEBB RECEIVED 195 VOTES EARLY 257 ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 452.
MARK MCKINNEY RECEIVED 148 VOTES, EARLY 177 VOTES ON ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 325.
CLAUDIA ZAPATA RECEIVED 241 VOTES, EARLY 311 VOTES ON ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 552.
LAURA LEE HARRIS RECEIVED 279 VOTES, EARLY 215 VOTES ON ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 494.
IT IS FOUND, DETERMINED AND DECLARED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE SAID ELECTION WAS DULY CALLED THAT NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION WAS GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW AND THAT SAID ELECTION WAS HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW AND THAT TRAVIS MITCHELL IS DULY ELECTED TO MAYOR AND ROBERT RIZZO IS DULY ELECTED TO COUNCIL.
DISTRICT TWO SAID ABOVE NAMED PARTIES ARE HEREBY DECLARED DULY ELECTED TO SET OFFICES SUBJECT TO THE TAKING OF THE OATH OF OFFICE AS PROVIDED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AS NO CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL.
DISTRICT FOUR RECEIVED MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTE AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY CHARTER.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ORDER A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR BY SEPARATE ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND THE CITY CHARTER.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CANVAS.
SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
ALRIGHT, NEXT UP IS OUR FINAL ITEM BEFORE, UH, SWEARING IN, UH, RECOGNIZE OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE.
I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTARY.
UM, SO I THOUGHT I'D WRITE IT DOWN, UM, IN ORDER TO KEEP MY EMOTIONS IN CHECK.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT.
UM, THIS IS A BIG DAY VARSITY AS WE TRANSITION AND HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD.
UM, ON SUNDAY, OUR SON LOST HIS LAST FOOTBALL GAME AND HE WAS QUITE UPSET TRYING TO CONSOLE HIM.
I ASKED, DID YOU TRY YOUR BEST? HE REPLIED, YES.
IN THAT CASE, I SAID, THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO.
AND I LOOKED DOWN AT HIS SAD LITTLE FACE AND SAID, WELL, I LOST THE WHOLE DAMN ELECTION, SO DON'T FEEL TOO BAD.
TO WHICH HE LOOKED UP AT ME AND SMILED.
THAT SMILE SHOWED ME THAT LIFE IS REALLY ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE.
HE LOST HIS GAME, AND I WAS SAD I LOST MY ELECTION.
ALTHOUGH VERY DIFFERENT LOSSES, WE KNEW EXACTLY HOW THE OTHER FELT.
AND AS SAD AS WE BOTH WERE, HE WILL HAVE MANY OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES AND I WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY TO THE CITY STAFF.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE SOMEHOW.
AND MY LEARNING CURVE LASTED ALL THREE YEARS, BUT THE GRACE AND FORGIVENESS SHOWN TO ME BY MANY OF YOU WAS ON A LEVEL I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED.
AND FOR THAT I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL.
I ASK THAT YOU, YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER WHO, WHO IT IS YOU SERVE AND WHY I BELIEVE MANY OF US SHARE A COMMON GOAL, WHICH IS TO FOSTER A CITY THAT PRIORITIZES, I'M SORRY, THE WELLBEING OF ITS RESIDENTS AND BE ONE THAT WE CAN PROUDLY REPRESENT.
MOVING ON FROM MY LEADERSHIP, I HOPE I HAVE INSPIRED YOU TO KEEP YOUR VALUES AND MORALS IN CLEARVIEW AND YOU ALLOW THEM TO GUIDE YOUR DECISIONS.
TRUST ME WHEN I SAY YOU WILL NEVER GO WRONG WITH DOING RIGHT TO THE COUNCIL.
I HOPE YOU WILL USE YOUR VOICE TO REPRESENT THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I URGE YOU, URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE THE WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS IN ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS.
I HAVE CONSISTENTLY EXPRESSED MY WILLINGNESS
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TO STEP ASIDE IF IT LEADS TO GREATER EQUALITY AND THOUGHTFUL PROGRESS FOR OUR CITY.I HOPE MY ABSENCE WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY PROFOUND GRATITUDE FOR THE INVALUABLE FRIENDSHIP AND WISDOM YOU'VE BESTOWED ON ME OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS.
YOUR PRESENCE AND INSIGHT HAVE MEANT MORE TO ME THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS.
AND I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, OUR TIME WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP OTHERS IS FAR FROM OVER.
AND WITH THAT SAID, DON'T FORGET TO CALL ME TO THE RED
THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING AND ALLOWING ME TO MAKE YOUR DECISIONS.
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, I HOPE YOU KNOW I HAVE MADE EVERY COMMENT, CHOICE, AND VOTE METHODICALLY.
AND WITH YOUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MY TERM, I HAVE STATED I WOULD MAKE DECISIONS BOTH ETHICALLY AND LEGALLY.
PLEASE KNOW THAT I HAVE NEVER STRAYED FROM THAT TO MY AMAZING FAMILY.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING.
YOU HAVE SHOWN ME DURING MY TIME AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND PATIENCE HAVE ALLOWED ME TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE DEEPEST DEDICATION AND PASSION.
BEING A PART OF THIS JOURNEY HAS MADE MY EXPERIENCE THAT MUCH BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OTHERS.
JASON, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING MY ROCK.
YOU CARRIED AS MUCH WEIGHT, STRESS, AND EMOTION AS I HAVE OVER THESE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND MY HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME FOR YOU ONE DAY TO MY AMAZING FRIENDS.
THERE IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH TIME TO THANK EVERYONE.
WITH THAT SAID, I EXTEND MY HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO MY FRIENDS AND THOSE WHO HAVE STOOD BY ME, SUPPORTED ME MY VISION AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN ME.
I AM SINCERELY GRATEFUL FOR THE SOLIDARITY WE SHARED.
FINALLY, AS WITH ANY JOURNEY, THERE HAVE BEEN HARD LESSONS LEARNED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
I'VE EXPERIENCED HEARTBREAKING MOMENTS WHERE MY COMMITMENT, TRUST, AND LOYALTY WERE NOT RECIPROCATED.
TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE TAUGHT ME NO GOOD DEEDED TRULY GOES UNPUNISHED.
I WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE.
YOUR ACTIONS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN TEACHING ME THE INVALUABLE LESSON OF RESILIENCE.
BECAUSE OF THOSE CHALLENGES I HAVE EMERGED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE WITH A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF MYSELF AND A NEWFOUND STRENGTH WHICH CAN BE SUMMARIZED BEST IN THE WORDS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.
WE MUST ACCEPT FINITE DISAPPOINTMENT, BUT NEVER LOSE INFINITE HOPE.
IT HAS BEEN NOTHING LESS THAN AN HONOR TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF KYLE, YFC OUT MAYOR PRO TIM.
ALRIGHT, YVONNE
BUT, UH, YES, UH, IT IT WAS A TRULY HONOR TO, TO SERVE WITH YOU, UH, ON COUNSEL.
AND, UM, GLAD I I MADE AN IMPACT ON AT LEAST SOMEBODY.
UM, BUT TO GO WITH YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR SON IN THE FOOTBALL GAME ABOUT WINNING AND AND LOSING.
UM, IF I WANT TO GO BACK REAL QUICK, IF YOU DON'T MIND, ON THE INTEGRITY OF, OF THIS ELECTION.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR VOTES HERE, FLORES KALE, YOUR TOTAL AMOUNT WAS 1189 215, 216, 289, 300, 400, 516, 700, 900 999.
PEOPLE BELIEVED IN YOUR VISION AND YOUR, AND YOUR IDEAS.
SAME THING WITH YOU, TRAVIS MITCHELL, WITH ALL OF YOUR VOTES THAT YOU GOT.
615, 721, 815 MR. FERGUSON, THE SAME THING, SIR, FOR YOUR TOTAL AMOUNT OF VOTES THAT YOU GOT.
YOU HAD 115 PEOPLE, 118, 200 SOMETHING.
THOSE PEOPLE INSPIRED INTO THAT, INTO YOUR VISION AND YOUR IDEAS.
AND MR. AND THEN WE CAN GO ON DOWN TO DISTRICT FOUR AND SO FORTH ON YOUR TOTAL AMOUNT OF VOTES YOU HAD THERE, MR. JAKE WEBB, YOU HAD YOUR TOTAL AMOUNT, 215, 216.
THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE ON ALL THIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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IS EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE SAID, YOU GOTTA LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND YOU GOTTA SAY THAT I DO MY BEST.DID I PROVIDE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY? DID I HELP ENCOURAGE STAFF OR IN A WAY FELT THE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT NEEDS TO COME FORTH ON THEIR END TO MAKE THIS CITY A LOT BETTER? IT'S NOT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WINNING WINNERS AND CHAMPIONS, AND I'M A BIG SPORTS FAN AND I PUT THIS ON MY KIDS A LOT, ESPECIALLY MY BOYS, THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME WHERE YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE ON THAT PODIUM.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE TROPHY AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE METAL.
AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND KNOWING THAT YOU DID YOUR BEST AND YOU GAVE IT YOUR ALL.
AND YOU DID IT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF DOING THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN NOBODY ELSE WAS LOOKING.
SO AGAIN, YVONNE, I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, UH, IT WAS A TRULY HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU AND ALSO THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE DIOCESE.
AND I WANT TO FORMALLY CONGRATULATE COUNCILMAN ROBERT RIZZO.
THAT WILL BE COMING BACK ON BOARD.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RACE, SIR.
ANYONE ELSE? I'LL JUST BE BRIEF TOO.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, YVONNE, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR HELPING ME WHEN I, WHEN I GOT ON THE DAIS AND ALSO FOR THE, UH, RESEARCH AND THE, UH, HELPING US TO MAKE MORE BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS.
UH, I ALWAYS SAID, UH, YOU, YOU PUT A LOT INTO IT AND I I EXPECTED THAT YOUR, YOUR CAMPAIGN WAS ALSO GONNA GO ALL OUT.
SO YOU, YOU PUT UP A A GREAT CAMPAIGN, ALL THE CANDIDATES DID.
I THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS THE REAL WINNER.
UM, WE, WE, WE JUST HAVE DIFFERENCES AND THE THE VOTERS DECIDE.
I MEAN, I SAW THE DEDICATION AND HOW MUCH YOU CARED.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, ONE EXAMPLE I CAN BRING UP WAS JUST, UH, THE WINTER STORM.
YOU REALLY PUSHED FOR THAT TO, UH, TO GET THOSE TREES PICKED UP AND BRANCHES PICKED UP.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A, A LARGE CONTRIBUTION, UM, TO, TO EVERYONE.
SO I'M GONNA MISS HAVING, UH, JOKES WITH YOU AS WELL.
BUT, UM, AND, AND I, I WISH YOU THE BEST, UM, ON, ON YOUR FUTURE PATH AND, AND ALSO CONGRATULATE MR. RIZZO FOR COMING BACK TO DISTRICT TWO.
ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY.
I REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY AND TO OUR COUNCIL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DAY, YOUR HELP FROM DAY ONE, FROM BEFORE DAY ONE.
I REMEMBER MEETING WITH YOU AND YOU BROUGHT THE CHARTER, UM, TO SHOW ME HOW TO LOOK FOR THINGS FOR ANYTHING.
I, YOU HAVE A KNOWLEDGE AND THE DICATION THAT I WISH THAT WE ALL HAD FOR ALWAYS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.
I KNOW THAT WE ALWAYS, UM, WE DIDN'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE, UM, AND I WISH WE WOULD'VE TRIED A LITTLE HARDER ON THAT.
UM, BUT IF I WERE TO HAVE TO ASK FOR HELP OR ADVICE, I WOULD DEFINITELY GO TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WILL KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT.
UM, I AM REALLY, REALLY GLAD THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TOGETHER LAST TIME, AND I'M DEFINITELY GONNA MISS IT, DO IT WITH YOU THIS TIME.
BUT I HOPE THAT YOU COME AS A PANELIST NEXT YEAR.
UM, I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE CITY, WHAT YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTE TO US AND FOR THIS FRIENDSHIP THAT I KNOW IT USED TO BE STRONGER THAT WE USED TO HAVE, BUT YOU WILL BE MISSED.
ANYONE ELSE, UH, COMMENTARY THAT I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NO SECRET, YVONNE, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU AND I CLASHED FROM TIME TO TIME.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT ME THAT I FELT WERE UNJUST.
AND I'M SURE YOU FEEL THE SAME, UH, BUT SOMETHING THAT NO ONE'S EVER SAID ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU DIDN'T TRY HARD AND YOU DIDN'T WORK HARD AND YOU DIDN'T PUT IN MAXIMUM EFFORT.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S REALLY ALL WE CAN DO AND WE HAVE TO JUST LET THINGS TURN OUT THE WAY THEY TURN OUT.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WORKED HARD, YOU MADE US WORK HARDER TOO.
AND SO FOR THAT, I'M THANKFUL.
UH, AND I DO WISH YOU THE BEST.
ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT RIZZO.
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THAT WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY.SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO STAY FOR THAT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
AND THEN WE'LL, UH, BRING IN A NEW MEETING STARTING HERE.
AS SOON AS THAT CONCLUDES WHERE WE'LL GO INTO EXEC AND THEN WE'LL START AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, UH, FROM THE DAES.
NO, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY COME.
ARE WE READY? ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, COUNCILOR ROBERT RIZZO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, UH, AS WELL AS ANYONE WHO WISHES TO STAND BESIDE YOU DURING THE SWEARING IN.
SO WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THE OATH, UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL GIVE COUNCILOR RIZZO A A CHANCE TO, UH, SPEAK AFTERWARDS.
SO WE'RE JOINED HERE BY THE HONORABLE, UH, MICHELLE COHEN FOR, UH, COUNTY HAYES COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
FIRST, LEMME JUST SAY, THIS IS A TRUE HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THIS OATH FOR YOU TODAY AS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE.
AND I'M JUST SO HONORED, UH, THAT I COULD DO THIS FOR YOU TODAY.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO, CITY OF KYLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO CITY, KYLE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
OF THE 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 THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE.
WELL, AFTER YOU'RE, UH, FISHING, I GUESS IT'S TIME TO GO BACK TO WORK.
HONESTLY, I LOVE THIS CITY AND, UH, I WAS CONTEMPLATING EARLY ON RUNNING FOR THIS SEAT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SEED I ORIGINALLY RAN FOR, BUT, UH, DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO IT.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE AND I TRUST IN IS GOD'S PLAN.
SO LAST YEAR IT WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I WENT FISHING.
I WENT ON RIGHT? IT WAS GREAT, BUT HONESTLY, THE CITY IS STILL GROWING AND IT DOES NEED LEADERSHIP THAT HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
SO MY, MYSELF, PUTTING MYSELF INTO THIS POSITION TO RUN FOR THE SEAT WAS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M BRINGING A VOICE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN HERE FOREVER, BUT ALSO FOR THE NEW FAMILIES AS WELL.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT.
I HAVE 30 YEARS OF SERVING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I DIDN'T WAKE UP 30 YEARS AGO THINKING THAT I WAS GONNA RUN FOR COUNCIL ONE DAY.
I WOKE UP 30 YEARS AGO WANTING TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY, TRYING TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE, AND BEING ON COUNCIL JUST AMPLIFIES THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO MY, MY WHOLE PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE IS FOR SERVICE.
IT'S ABOUT A JOB, NOT A TITLE.
SO I HOPE TO SERVE THE CITY WELL.
I HOPE TO GIVE YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.
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RECORD SHOWS, I DON'T SLEEP, I WORK.AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO DO.
I'VE GOT THE LOVELY CITY SECRETARY JENNIFER, GETTING READY TO, UH, GIVE THE OATH.
SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS THAT MAYOR MITCHELL HAS ALREADY SERVED ON THE COUNCIL AND HE HAS NOW WON HIS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE ELECTION.
UM, AND HE WILL WRAP UP 10 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF KYLE AND THE CITY, UH, RESIDENTS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED.
YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMIT 10 YEARS OF THEIR LIFE TO THIS KIND OF A CAUSE.
SO I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE CHOSEN TO DO YOUR OATH.
AND WITH THAT, IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I TOLD MY KIDS I WAS GONNA DO IT.
I WAS GONNA SAY, OH YEAH, I, MY KIDS.
THEY LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE SUITED UP.
I TRAVIS MITCHELL, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, CITY OF KYLE MAYOR, CITY OF KYLE, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
OF THE 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 OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, AND OF THIS STATE.
ALRIGHT, 1, 2, 3 FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
UM, I DON'T, UH, EXACTLY KNOW WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I WOULD WANT SAY.
UM, LIKE JENNIFER SAID, IT HAS BEEN A LOT LONGER IN TERMS OF YEARS THAN I EVER ANTICIPATED THAT I WAS GOING TO SERVE.
UH, SOMETHING, A MAN WHO WORKED HERE, UH, SOME TIME AGO TOLD ME THAT IF YOU WANNA MAKE AN IMPACT, UH, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T JUST BE IN AND OUT.
UM, MAKING AN IMPACT IS ABOUT SUSTAINING A VISION FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN WHAT I'VE PURSUED.
UH, JUST LIKE WHAT ROBERT SAID, I I LOVE THE CITY OF KYLE.
IT'S, IT'S WHERE WE'RE, WE HAVE PLANTED ROOTS AS A FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, MY KIDS NOW ARE IN SIXTH GRADE AND IN THIRD GRADE, YOU KNOW, WILLIAM WAS THIS BIG WHEN HE STARTED.
AND, UH, WE'VE GOT THE PICTURES TO PROVE IT O OVER TIME.
IT'S A SCARY THING, I THINK FOR A FAMILY TO BE, UH, RAISED IN A COMMUNITY AND GOING THROUGH LIFE IN A COMMUNITY, IN THE PUBLIC EYE, UH, THERE ARE CERTAINLY CHALLENGES.
BUT ONE THING I KNOW, I FEEL THE LOVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, MORE AND MORE EACH AND EVERY DAY.
PEOPLE WHO CARE WHETHER THEY VOTED FOR ME OR NOT, THEY ABSOLUTELY CARE ABOUT THE CITY OF KYLE, AS DO I.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY COMMITMENT IN A THIRD TERM, UH, IS TO WORK AS HARD AS I CAN WITH MY GREAT COLLEAGUES AND WITH THE CITY STAFF AND WITH THE RESIDENTS TO HELP KYLE BE ABSOLUTELY THE BEST THAT IT POSSIBLY CAN BE.
UH, WE WANT TO HAVE A BIG VISION FOR WHAT'S POSSIBLE, UH, FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, THAT VISION IS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST BAKED INTO MY CORE.
UH, I WANT TO SEE THE CITY OF KYLE CONTINUE TO PROSPER.
AND SO I HOPE WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL, UH, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT REALLY, REALLY HELP TAKE THE CITY OF KYLE TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING.
I'M EXTREMELY HONORED TO BE HERE.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE IN THIS POSITION.
UH, SOME MAY SAY I'M A LITTLE CRAZY.
I THINK YOU GOTTA BE A LITTLE CRAZY TO DO THIS AS LONG AS I HAVE.
BUT I'M HONORED, EXCITED TO HAVE, UH, OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HE CAN ACCOMPLISH OVER THESE NEXT FEW YEARS.
AND WE'LL START OUR SIX O'CLOCK.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE REFRESHMENTS.
[III. Executive Session]
ALL RIGHT.I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.