[I) Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call]
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          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 534 AND TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD. AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. WILL THE CITY SECRETARY PLEASE CALL ROLL? MITCHELL. 
          HEIZER HERE. RIZZO. PRESENT. ZUNIGA. PRESENT. HARRIS. HERE. MCKINNEY. MARK, ARE YOU FROZEN? NO. OKAY. THERE. THERE YOU GO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. THANK YOU. TOBIAS. PRESENT. IS THAT EVERYBODY? OKAY. ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. UP 
          [II) Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
NEXT IS CITIZEN COMMENT. IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT A FORM. AND HAND IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY. I HAVE ONE. BUT BEFORE WE. I CALL THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, IMPROMPTU LIKE TO REMIND THE ROOM THAT CITIZEN COMMENT THAT THERE ARE RULES REGARDING CITIZEN COMMENT AND ANY SORT OF PERSONAL ISSUES THAT COME UP OR ISSUES RELATING TO CITY PERSONNEL ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE BROUGHT UP IN CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CITY COUNCIL RELATED DECISIONS TO BE MADE. THOSE ARE TO BE TAKEN UP WITH THE CITY MANAGER. AND WITH THAT, I WILL CALL UP YVONNE FLORES. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I STAND TODAY TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN REGARDING AN INCIDENT THAT TRANSPIRED DURING A RECENT COUNCIL MEETING, AN INCIDENT THAT SHOULD RAISE SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO FREE SPEECH AND THE INTEGRITY OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. DURING THE MEETING, I ATTEMPTED TO SHARE MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE REGARDING THE ETHICS COMPLAINT PROCESS. HOWEVER, I WAS ABRUPTLY CENSORED BY THE MAYOR AND FORCED TO STOP SPEAKING. DIRECTION GIVEN BY THE MAYOR TO THE POLICE OFFICER WAS TO CUT OFF MY MICROPHONE. WHAT I FOUND PARTICULARLY TROUBLING WAS THAT NOT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER CALLED A POINT OF ORDER, OR PAUSED TO INQUIRE WHY I WAS BEING SILENCED. THIS LACK OF INTERVENTION SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE DYNAMICS AT PLAY WITHIN THIS COUNCIL. I WANT TO BE CLEAR I DO NOT LOSE MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS SIMPLY BECAUSE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FINDS MY COMMENTS UNCOMFORTABLE OR DISAGREEABLE. EACH OF YOU HAS PUBLICLY TESTIFIED YOU ARE NOT INFLUENCED BY THE MAYOR OR HIS AUTHORITY. YET THE ACTIONS TAKEN DURING THAT MEETING CONTRADICTED THOSE STATEMENTS. IF YOU ARE TRULY INDEPENDENT, THEN WHY DID NO ONE STAND UP FOR MY RIGHT TO SPEAK? LET'S CONSIDER LETTER H NUMBER FIVE OF THE RULES OF COUNCIL, WHICH STATES THE MAYOR OR CHAIR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF PARTICIPANTS DURING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. THIS RULE PROHIBITS PERSONAL ATTACKS, DISCUSSIONS, AND PERSONAL MATTERS, THE USE OF PROFANITY, AND ANY DISORDERLY CONDUCT THAT VIOLATES STATE OR LOCAL LAW. MR. HEIZER, ARE YOU BUSY? THANK YOU. MY COMMENTS DID NOT FALL INTO THE PURVIEW OF ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES. IN FACT, I WAS SHARING MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PROTECTED UNDER OUR RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH. BY CENSORING MY REMARKS, EACH OF YOU RISK VIOLATING NOT ONLY THE SPIRIT OF THIS RULE, BUT ALSO THE FUNDAMENTAL FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF EVERY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS OR SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES. WHICH MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL HAS EVER QUESTIONED THAT? MOVING FORWARD, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT EACH OF YOU REFLECT ON THE LEGALITY OF THIS INCIDENT. ALTHOUGH YOU EACH PROCLAIMED THAT YOU ARE NOT INFLUENCED BY THE MAYOR, YOUR ACTIONS DURING THAT MEETING SUGGESTED OTHERWISE. AS ELECTED LEADERS, YOU SET AND UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE SPEECH TO ENSURE THAT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER AND RESIDENT OF OUR CITY FEEL EMPOWERED TO SPEAK WITHOUT THE FEAR OF RETRIBUTION OR CENSORSHIP. I'M AWARE THAT MANY OF YOU AGREED AND HAVE OPENLY STATED THAT YOU WILL NEVER ACT UPON MY REQUEST. BUT AS AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR CITY, I URGE EACH OF YOU TO CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS. I ASK THAT YOU LOOK PAST ANY DIFFERENCES AND INSTEAD COMMIT TO BUILDING AND SUPPORTING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE OPEN DIALOG AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ARE WELCOMED. NOT SILENCED. THIS BEGINS WITH ME, BUT NEXT TIME, THIS COULD EASILY BE YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE CITY WILL NOW GO 
          [III) Executive Session]
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS ONE A THROUGH F, PURSUANT TO TEXAS 
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GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS. 551.071551.072 AND 551.087. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TAKEN NOW. MOTION TO ADJO
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.