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THE TIME IS 5:01 PM IT IS MONDAY, MARCH 24TH.I'M GONNA CALL THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
WOULD THE CITY SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MITCHELL? HERE HE HERE.
WE HAVE A QUORUM COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS SENT AN EMAIL TO, UH, COUNCILOR RIZZO AND MYSELF AND THE CITY MANAGER.
HE'S BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL GETTING KIDNEY STONES.
I THINK HE'S RECOVERING WELL, SO WE WISH HIM THE BEST.
UH, MOTION TO EXCUSE OUR MOTION BY MAYOR SECOND BY COUNCILLOR HEISER IS THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
PRIOR TO THAT, UM, UH, MS. ALCO REED IS GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND THEN WE'LL DO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
UM, I WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE GOT BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE.
DOES THAT, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? NO, MA'AM.
HOW ABOUT NOW? IS THAT BETTER? OKAY.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE THIS LOUDER.
UM, WE'VE SEEN THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THIS MEETING WAS CALLED OR WHO CALLED THIS MEETING.
AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE A, A BRIEF STATEMENT JUST TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS SO THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
THE MEETING WAS CALLED BY THE CITY MANAGER, NOT ON HIS OWN VOLITION, BUT AFTER SEVERAL QUESTIONS FROM VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT ACTIONS THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED.
UM, AND SO HE CALLED THIS TO AVOID AN OPEN MEETINGS ISSUE.
IF WE WANNA GIVE THE SAME INFORMATION TO A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO DO IT AT A CALLED MEETING.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANNA CLARIFY IS THAT, UH, THE MEETING TODAY IS NOT TO DECIDE GUILT OF ANY PARTY.
THE MEETING TODAY IS TO DISCUSS PROCESS AND ENSURE THAT THE PROPER PROCESS IS FOLLOWED.
[II) Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.UH, THE CITIZEN COMMENTS ARE, UH, ALLOWED.
UH, WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
I DIDN'T PUT JUNIOR, I MEANT TO PUT JUNIOR, JUNIOR MAYOR.
I WANTED TO START OUT BY, UH, BUT FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME UP.
I WANTED TO START OUT BY ADDRESSING YOU DIRECTLY IS, UM, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, OVER SOME TIME OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN ADVERSARIAL.
UH, AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE MOMENTS IN LIFE WHERE, UH, MEN GET TO DEFINE THEMSELVES.
AND A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS CALL, I GOT SEVERAL PHONE CALLS THAT YOU HAD PROPOSED MY FATHER'S NAME, UH, FOR, UH, THE NAMING OF A ROAD.
UM, OF COURSE I HAD TO WATCH THE VIDEO SO I COULD, UH, BELIEVE IT FOR MYSELF.
UM, BE THAT, AS IT MAY TIME WILL TELL HOW I LOOK AT THIS SITUATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOU DOING THAT.
BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS, IS THAT, UH, AS A MAN, UH, AND AS A MAN WHO'S A FATHER WHO TEACHES MY CHILD CERTAIN THINGS, UH, WE TEACH GRATITUDE.
AND, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I PUBLICLY EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR YOU, UH, SEPARATING MY RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK THAT MY FATHER HAS DONE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
UH, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR ME, THIS IS A DEFINING MOMENT IN LIFE WHERE I MAKE SURE THAT I SAY THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT? UH, THE SECOND PART IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY.
WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY IS A, IS A ISSUE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA HAVING TO DO WITH, UH, UH, DR.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE IT HELPS CLARIFY SOME OF THE ISSUES.
WE SPENT SEVERAL, UH, PHONE CALLS ON THE PHONE.
UH, THAT WAS NOT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, OR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS EXPRESSED TO ME.
UH, EACH OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A PRETTY LENGTHY LETTER FROM ME.
I EMAILED IT ALL TO EACH OF YOU DIRECTLY.
UH, I'M GLAD THAT SHE ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THIS IS TO DISCUSS PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, IN ADDITION TO MY LETTER, I WANTED TO IDENTIFY THERE ARE, UH, DUE PROCESS CONSIDERATIONS WITHIN THE ETHICS CODE.
UM, AND, AND I'VE IDENTIFIED IN MY LETTER, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN.
ONE IS A REPORT THAT CAN BE MADE.
YOU CAN DO ONE OR E EITHER, UH, YOU, UH, I, I GUESS YOU COULD DO BOTH.
IT DOESN'T SAY YOU CAN'T DO BOTH, BUT YOU, YOU HAVE THOSE TWO OPTIONS IS A REPORT OR A COMPLAINT THAT THEN GOES, IF A, A REPORT WAS MADE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IT THEN WOULD BE REFERRED.
SHE SHOULD, ACCORDING TO THE CODE, REFER YOU TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
THE COMPLAINT WOULD GO TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
THAT IS THE DUE PROCESS, THE INVESTIGATION, THE CONSIDERATION, UH, ALL THE DELIBERATIONS THAT GO ON IN THE COMMISSION.
THE DIFFICULTY WITH ANY OF YOU GUYS MAKING ANY DECISION WHATSOEVER HERE TODAY IS, IS THAT IF
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YOU WERE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHATEVER CONDUCT Y ARE PROPOSING IS THE ISSUE, I'VE PROPOSED ONE SET OF, UH, FACTS AS THE PROPOSED CONDUCT THAT I, I'M AWARE OF.BUT IF YOU WERE TO, UH, CON MAKE A CONCLUSION, UH, AND RENDER ANY TYPE OF DECISION, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, IS THAT THE ETHICS CODE SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT THERE IS A TIME WHERE AFTER THE ETHICS COMMISSION HAS MADE, UH, RULING OR DETERMINATION, THEY COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL ON HOW TO PROCEED THEREAFTER.
IF YOU GUYS DO ANYTHING TODAY, THEN YOU'VE ALREADY PREDETERMINED THAT.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE MANY OF YOU COULD BE CHALLENGED FOR, UH, UH, ALREADY HAVING MADE A DECISION ON WHAT TO DO.
AND SO THE ISSUE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS AN EXTREMELY DELICATE ISSUE.
ONE, BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WHAT, WHY THIS WOULD EVEN COME TO THIS POINT.
BUT YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO SERVES NOT AT YOUR WILL.
UH, NOT AS A, A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF Y'ALL'S WILL, BUT AT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND, AND THE PLACE FOR HIM TO BE ADDRESSED ON HIS CONDUCT OR, UH, GOOD OR BAD, GOOD OR BAD RATINGS IS AT THE POLLS.
UH, LATER THIS YEAR WHEN HE RUNS FOR REELECTION.
THIS IS, IS, IS UNPRECEDENTED, UH, TO CALL A MEETING BEFORE A REFERRAL IS MADE TO THE COMMISSION.
AND THAT WAS WHAT THE PURPOSE OF MY LETTER.
ALRIGHT, SO I, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.
UM, I ORIGINALLY, BEFORE THESE FOLKS SPOKE, UH, WHAT AND WHY ARE EVEN HERE TONIGHT? BECAUSE THE, UH, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE THAT CITED HAS ABOUT FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ON THERE, UM, THAT WE COULD BE HERE FOR.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE HERE TO PROMOTE, UH, MR. ZINA AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE HERE TO GIVE AN AWARD OR WHATEVER, BUT IT, THE LAST THERE IS, IT SAYS ABOUT DISCIPLINE AND DISMISSAL, WHICH I TOOK VERY SERIOUSLY AND I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
WHAT WE ARE HEADING INTO IS NOT A JUDGE JUDY SITUATION.
HOW YOU FOLKS CONDUCT YOURSELF, PARTICULARLY GOING FORWARD FROM THIS JUNCTURE IS GOING TO TELL THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU STAND WHEN IT COMES TO ETHICS, WHEN IT COMES TO FAIRNESS, WHEN IT COMES TO SPEAKING AND ACTING ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE, NOT ON BEHALF OF A MAYOR ON, UNFORTUNATELY.
SIR, FOR THE RECORD, I WANNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, TRAVIS.
I DON'T, I DON'T DISLIKE ANYTHING YOU, FOR ANYTHING YOU'VE DONE IN THIS TOWN, BUT I'M GONNA GO ON A RECORD.
OKAY? I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT, BUT THEY AREN'T THERE.
THEY'RE SHENANIGANS AND YOU FOLKS RUBBER STAMPING, OKAY? DON'T HELP THE MATTER.
I THINK WE'RE COMING TO A PLACE IN TIME HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHO STANDS WHERE AND WHAT THE REASONS ARE FOR THEIR VOTES, OKAY? AND WHY THEY DO THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS COUNCIL FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND IT AIN'T, IT AIN'T GOOD.
TRANSPARENCY IS SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT, BUT IT'S NEVER SHOWN.
AND I GO BY LOOKING AT WHAT PEOPLE DO RATHER THAN WHAT THEY SAY.
YOU OFFERED ME A TOWN HALL BACK IN AUGUST, SIR, I HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD FROM YOU SINCE THEN.
THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WHEN YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PEOPLE, IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH, YOUR WORD IS NOTHING.
IF YOU MISSPEAK TO ME LIKE YOU DID ABOUT CREDIT CARDS, I'VE READ IT UP RIGHT HERE.
AND I'M GONNA BE FILING ETHICS COMPLAINTS AGAINST SOME PEOPLE FOR IT BECAUSE I HAVE TO POINT TO THE POINTS OF LAW WHERE I'M MAKING MY ACCUSATION.
AND THE, AND THE ETHICS COMMITTEE HAS TO FOLLOW THAT.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEFEAT MY ACCUSATION, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE A DARN GOOD REASON WHY.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAYS, THESE RULES AND LAWS ARE NOT SUGGESTIONS.
WE ALL KIND OF LOOK INSIDE OF OURSELF AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY ONE LAST THING.
WHEN YOU ALL GET READY TO VOTE, I HOPE THAT YOU REALLY THINK REAL DEEP.
YOU CAN VOTE ONE SIDE AND IT'S GONNA SAY ONE THING, OR YOU CAN VOTE THE OTHER SIDE, IT'LL SAY SOMETHING ELSE.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A NEW BEGINNING WITH THIS COMMUNITY, START OUT ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
DON'T STACK THE DECK BECAUSE THE DECK DECK HERE, AND I'LL TALK TO THE ETHICS COMMITTEE LATER, IS TRYING TO BE STACKED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
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I CAN PROVE IT AND I WILL SPEAK TO THE PROPER TRIBUNAL WHEN IT COMES TO HOW I DECIDED MY ACCUSATIONS.AND, AND TRAVIS, WE ALL KNOW BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITH MR. UM, BEAR HEER OVER HERE PUTTING TWO TO TWO TOGETHER, YOU'RE THE SUBJECT OF THIS ESSEX VIOLATION OR COMMITTEE OR THE CHARGE.
SO LET'S TRY AND MAKE IT RIGHT, PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT UP, VON FLORES KALE.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE TODAY.
I KNOW IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK AND A LOT OF US ARE PROBABLY JUST RUN, RUNNING STRAIGHT FROM WORK TO HERE.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY HELD A POSITION SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA, I UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INDEPENDENT THINKING AS LEADERS.
IT IS YOUR DUTY TO UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE WHO SERVE YOU.
IF YOU OBSERVE BEHAVIOR FROM ANOTHER LEADER THAT YOU BELIEVE IS UNETHICAL OR ILLEGAL, YOU NOT ONLY HAVE THE ABILITY, BUT ALSO THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND.
IN FACT, KYLE'S ORDINANCE STATES THAT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU HAVE 15 DAYS FROM THE MOMENT YOU BECOME AWARE OF SUCH BEHAVIOR TO FILE AN, UH, AN ETHICS COMPLAINT.
THAT SAID, IT IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT SOMEONE'S VENDETTA.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE COERCED OR PRESSURED INTO BELIEVING SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH YOUR VALUES.
USING A SPECIAL MEETING AS A WEAPON TO INTIMIDATE ANOTHER LEADER IS NOT HOW OUR CITY MANAGER OR MAYOR, BOTH OF WHOM ARE THE ONLY ONES AUTHORIZED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING, SHOULD EXERCISE THEIR POWER OR AUTHORITY.
WHATEVER THE OUTCOME MAY BE, I WILL BE VIGILANT TO ENSURE THAT JUSTICE PREVAILS.
I WILL UPHOLD THE RULES AND PREVENT ANYONE FROM OVERSTEPPING THEIR AUTHORITY.
NO AMOUNT OF OPEN RECORDS, FEES, OR LETTERS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WILL DETER ME FROM DEDICATING THE TIME AND EFFORT NEEDED TO ENSURE PROPER PROCEDURES ARE BEING FOLLOWED.
WHILE I MAY NOT HAVE RECEIVED EQUAL TREATMENT IN MY OWN EXPERIENCES, I HAVE MADE IT MY MISSION TO ADVOCATE FOR FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY FOR OTHERS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FORMS? ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP IS STEPHANIE MCDONALD.
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 5:00 PM TONIGHT.
AND MY SURPRISE TURNED TO ALARM WHEN I SAW THAT THE MEETING HERE WAS TO HEAR A COMPLAINT AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER MIGUEL ZUNIGA.
COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA RECENTLY FILED AN ETHICS COMPLAINT, WHICH I LEARNED OF THROUGH THE MARCH 12TH ETHICS COMMISSION MEETING.
I GOT ON YOUTUBE AND IT POPPED UP AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT'S THIS MEANING? AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
AND NOW HERE WE ARE ON MARCH THE 24TH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER TO HEAR A COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA.
THE TIMING OF THIS RAISES SUSPICIONS.
I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL NOT TO ENGAGE IN PLAYING POLITICS TO BE MANIPULATED OR COERCED INTO A DECISION.
COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA HAS SHOWN ETHICS ON THIS COUNCIL.
I URGE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO HOLD THEMSELVES TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD WHEN CONSIDERING THIS COMPLAINT.
PLEASE PUT YOURSELF IN COUNCIL MEMBER ZIKA'S SHOES WHEN YOU MAKE THIS DECISION.
I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA WILLFULLY VIOLATED ANY ETHICS.
HE HAS SERVED THIS COUNCIL WITH INTEGRITY, I HOPE, IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY.
THE DETAILS OF THIS ARE MADE PUBLIC.
WE, WE CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO IT TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY DETAILS YET, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY'LL COME OUT.
AND MAYOR, LAST SUMMER YOU DID TALK TO MY HUSBAND AND YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE GONNA HAVE A A TOWN HALL LAST SEPTEMBER AND WE'RE STILL WAITING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE FORMS? ALRIGHT.
YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM.
YOU CAN HAND IT TO, UH, CITY SECRETARY.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN KYLE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS ALREADY AND IT'S BECOME QUITE OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THIS CITY LIKES TRANSPARENCY.
I KNOW WHEN I WAS ADVOCATING FOR THE TREE, WE ASKED FOR NUMEROUS PLANS ON THE ROAD, ON STAGECOACH TRAIL AND WE EITHER DIDN'T GET ANYTHING OR WE GOT SOME HALF-BAKED PLAN, AN INCOMPLETE PLAN, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A BRAND NEW ONE POPS UP FULLY COMPLETE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY THERE.
UM, I STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE LEFT THOUGH, THAT
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THINGS CAN CHANGE AND THAT Y'ALL CAN DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF SIMPLY FOLLOWING YOUR LEADER WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT AS TO THE CONSEQUENCES.UM, LIKE A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID, CAL RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING AND SAYING ONE THING, BUT DOING ANOTHER ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR US.
MY NAME IS AN ANGELITA TOVIAZ.
I AM A PROPERTY OWNER HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE AND A NEIGHBOR JUST ACROSS THE STREET.
BUT I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO, TO YOU ALL THAT I CHOOSE TO COME TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF YOU SITTING HERE HAVE TO LOOK AT YOURSELVES, FIRST OF ALL, AND SEE IF IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER Y'ALL HAVE NOT BEEN ETHICAL, TRANSPARENT TO THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU NEED TO, YOU NEED TO WALK THE WALK BEFORE YOU START DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY.
NOW, I HAVE HIGH CONCERNS IF THE CITY LAWYER AND CITY MANAGER, SIR, IF Y'ALL HAVE NOT FOLLOWED YOUR PROTOCOL CORRECTLY, AND IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT, I'M ASSU I'M ASSUMING THAT IT IS GONE.
I HOPE IT'S GONE TO THE ETHICS COMMITTEE AND THEY MAKE MAKE A REP, UH, A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL IF THAT HAS HAPPENED, OKAY? BUT IF IT HASN'T, THAT IS NOT OKAY.
SO I ASK THAT IF AT EVERY 0.1 OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN UNETHICAL, HAS SOMEBODY FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST Y'ALL AND HAVE YOU ALL JUMPED ON IT QUICKLY TO BRING THIS FORTH? WHAT ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY? SOMETIMES YOU CHOOSE TO BE CONFIDENT NOT TO PUT PEOPLE'S NAMES OUT THERE IN PUBLIC, BUT THEN AT OTHER TIMES YOU CHOOSE TO GO BEHIND THOSE DOORS AND TALK WHATEVER Y'ALL TALK AND THEY COME SAY, NO ACTION TAKEN.
I'M NOT A FOOL THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED, THAT YOU ALL CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT.
SO YOU HIDE BEHIND ONE COLOR BRUSH AND THEN THE OTHER COLOR BRUSH.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT THIS WAY THIS TIME, BUT THIS THE OTHER TIME, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO ALL HELL OUT.
SO YOU HANDPICK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO ACCORDINGLY.
SO IF SOMEBODY IS QUESTIONING YOU, THAT PERSON, I DUNNO WHAT, WHAT THE ISSUE MAY BE.
BUT IF THAT PERSON IS QUESTIONING SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING THAT IS WITHIN THEIR RIGHT, 'CAUSE THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT SITTING THERE, YOU DON'T WANT THE WHOLE TOWN SITTING THERE.
THAT PERSON IS SPEAKING THE, THE CONSTITUENTS ARE TALKING TO THEM OR TO YOU OR TO YOU, TO YOU MAYOR, EVERYBODY.
THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT YOU TO ADDRESS AND ADDRESS IT WITH INTEGRITY.
WITH INTEGRITY FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.
I, I'M COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS CHARADE IS HERE TODAY.
YOU TELL ME HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU DONE THIS FOR ALL OF THE PAST COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PERHAPS UNETHICAL.
TELL ME HOW MANY TIMES HAS THIS HAPPENED IN THIS CITY? MR. MAYOR, YOU'VE BEEN HERE LONGEST, ROBERT, YOU'VE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST.
CAN YOU SAY THAT? I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER ME, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
AND THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF STUFF THAT IS HAPPENING.
I'VE BEEN HERE LIVING IN THIS TOWN FOR A LONG TIME AND THINGS JUST GO, OH, LET'S JUST GO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE DECISION THAT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA SET A PRECEDENCE ANYTIME SOMETHING DOESN'T MEET YOUR YOUR NEEDS, YOU'RE GONNA BRING IT UP HERE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FORMS? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE.
CITIZEN COMMENTS, CITIZEN COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED.
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ALRIGHT, NEXT UP IS EXECUTIVE[III) Executive Session]
SESSION.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ITEM AGENDA ITEMS ONE A PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 51 0.071 AND 5 51 0.074.
ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS 5:45 PM I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE WILL BE ACTION TAKEN NOW.
UH, A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THE SWORN AFFIDAVITS OF COUNCIL AND STAFF AND TO FILE AN ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER MIGUEL ZUNIGA, UH, WHICH WILL REPORT ACTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED MUST BE REPORTED FOR PURPOSES OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION TWO DASH 180 1 OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER MCKINNEY.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? COUNCILOR MCKINNEY? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
UM, IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AND REPRESENT THE CITY OF KYLE.
AND WITH THAT COMES A RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, WE HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES TO AN ETHICAL STANDARD.
AND THAT IS TRUE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.
IF I VIOLATE A RULE, I WOULD EXPECT TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, UH, WHETHER IT WAS KNOWINGLY OTHERWISE, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO DETAILS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE.
ZUNIGA, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE SPECIFIC SITUATION.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER YOU LIKE SOMEBODY OR NOT, WHETHER YOU, YOU GET TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
UH, CONSIDER MIGUEL TO BE A FRIEND.
UM, WE SOCIALIZE OFF THE DAIS AS WELL.
SO IT DOES COME WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT WE ARE IN THIS SITUATION.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE DOING RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, UM, IF I VIOLATE A RULE, I WOULD EXPECT TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THIS SITUATION AS WELL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.