[CALL TO ORDER]
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7:00 AND WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY COMING DOWN TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION BY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE JANINA JEWEL AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY MAYOR PRO TEM PERRY BYNUM. PLEASE STAND. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT CITY, STATE AND NATION WE CALL HOME. WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING TO THOSE PAST AND PRESENT WHO SERVED AND PROTECTED OUR HOME. PLEASE CONTINUE TO GUIDE US IN OUR THOUGHTS, DECISIONS, AND ACTIONS. WE ALSO ALSO ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND SAFETY TO ALL CITIZENS, STAFF AND COUNCIL DURING THE UPCOMING HOT SUMMER DAYS. WE ASK ALL OF THIS IN YOUR NAME. JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE OF.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. STATE. FLAG.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[1. PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE 2026]
OKAY, FIRST THING ON OUR LIST TONIGHT IS A PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE 2026. AND THAT'S CATHERINE MIDDAUGH, SERGEANT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND GARY LANDERS, OUR POLICE CHIEF, WEARING HIS WHITE HAT LIKE THE LONE RANGER WILL DO THE PRESENTATION. SO, CATHERINE, COME ON UP WITH ALL YOUR WORK AND FAMILY AND EVERYBODY ELSE YOU'VE EVER MET. YOU GOT TO STEP OVER HERE. COME ON. YOU BRING HER WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT.CATHERINE, I WANT YOU TO INTRODUCE WHO YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU. THIS IS MY WIFE, NATALIE, AND ALL THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE. I DON'T KNOW ALL THEIR NAMES. NOT INTRODUCING ALL OF THEM.
CATHERINE LOVES TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GET THE MICROPHONE BACK FROM HER, BUT. SO. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE, I'LL TELL YOU THAT THIS COULDN'T HAVE GONE TO A BETTER EMPLOYEE, A BETTER EMPLOYEE FOR THE CITY OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT CATHERINE'S GOT A LITANY OF AWARDS. ONE OF THOSE IS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN 2014. SHE GOT A UNIT CITATION, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS SHE GOT WAS A SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR IN 2019, AND THAT'S FROM HER, THE PEOPLE THAT SHE SUPERVISES, WRITING HER UP FOR THAT AWARD AND HER RECEIVING IT FOR THIS AWARD FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. SEVERAL PEOPLE WROTE IN ABOUT YOU, AND THEY SAID, SHE'S A WONDERFULLY GIFTED SUPERVISOR, SOMEONE THAT CAN BALANCE HER WORK LIFE WITH HER PRIVATE LIFE, HER PERSONAL LIFE. SHE GENUINELY CARES ABOUT HER PEOPLE. AND THAT'S EVIDENT EVERY SINGLE DAY. I WOULD TELL YOU, YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER EMPLOYEE. I LOVE HER TO DEATH. SHE SPENT SOME TIME IN PATROL. THEN SHE CAME TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. SHE SPENT A LITTLE STINT IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS, WHICH SHE LOVED. BUT THAT'S WHERE I REALLY GOT TO KNOW HER AND SEE WHAT KIND OF PERSON SHE IS. SHE'S TRULY A MODEL FOR THIS CITY. SHE'S A MODEL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JUST A JOY TO HAVE HER AROUND. CATHERINE. IT'S A WELL DESERVED REWARD OR AWARD THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING RIGHT OVER HERE ARE THE REASON WHY YOU'RE GETTING THIS, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN YOU. I BELIEVE IN YOU. YOU DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU. HERE. THIS WILL HANG ON YOUR DEPARTMENT, WHEREVER YOUR DEPARTMENT IS RIGHT NOW. MOVING AROUND. AND THIS ACTUALLY GOES.
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
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OKAY. MOVING ALONG. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WILL BE READ WITH FEELING AND EMOTION BY LAWRENCE BRYANT, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEMIANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2026. AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON MAY 12TH, 2026, AND THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ALSO HELD ON MAY 12TH, 2026. THANK YOU, MR. BRYANT. COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MAYOR? I MOVE FOR APPROVAL AND THEN I WILL. SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER STARK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOMPKINS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. AND THE MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO[4. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS]
CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE EULESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE, AND THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FOUR, COUNCIL. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, MAYOR? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH EXPIRING TERMS, AS STATED FOR THE EULESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COUNCIL MEMBER STARK PLACE ONE. WITH THE EXPIRATION OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2027, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR JOHN CURRIN PLACE FOUR X 1231 2026 TAX INCREMENT TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS AARON STARK WITH THE TERM EXPIRING OF JANUARY 1ST, 2027 AND THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FOUR, COUNCIL MEMBER STARK, WITH THE TERM EXPIRATION OF JANUARY 1ST, 2028, WE NEED A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOMPKINS. SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BYNUM. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. AND THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. JOHN, WELCOME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT.[5. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 26-1700]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-17 HUNDRED. RECOGNIZING LINDA L MARTIN AND DEDICATING THE LINDA L MARTIN FIRE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN HER HONOR. MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MENTION ABOUT THAT? JUST REAL QUICKLY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TRADITION IN OUR CITY FOR LONG STANDING MAYORS, AND TWO OF THE MOST RECENT LONG STANDING MAYORS HAVE HAD BUILDINGS NAMED AFTER THEM. YOU'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE MARY ELLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THEN HAROLD SAMUELS FINANCE BUILDING COUNCIL IS TAKING THIS ACTION TONIGHT TO RENAME THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN HONOR OF MAYOR LINDA MARTIN.AND SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT IN HER 22 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY, INCLUDING 12 YEARS AS THE MAYOR, ALL GOT STARTED BECAUSE HER AND HER HUSBAND DON, WERE IN THE FIRE.
CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY CLASS NUMBER ONE. AND SO PRETTY. JUST A NICE FULL CIRCLE MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND ADD HER NAME TO THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND JUST BE ABLE TO BEGIN TO PUT THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC. BUT THAT CEREMONY WILL BE ON SATURDAY, JUNE THE 27TH AT 10 A.M. AND IT'LL START HERE IN CITY HALL, AND WE'LL WALK OVER AND UNVEIL THE NAMING OF THE BUILDING AND THEN BE ABLE TO RETURN HERE TO CITY HALL FOR SOME REFRESHMENTS. SO WOULD LIKE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. COUNCIL. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, MAYOR, AND BE MY HONOR TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS MOTION. MAYOR I SECOND. MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL. I'M SORRY. MAYOR PRO TEM PERRY BYNUM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF
[6. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 26-1701]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 261701, ADOPTING THE PROPOSED CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR JUNE THROUGH DECEMBER 2026. COUNCIL. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? NO APPROVAL AND SECOND MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. PADDLE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
AND THE MOTION IS APPROVED. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. NOW IS A TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISH TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS? CAN COME. NOW UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO[00:10:19]
PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO PLEASE COME UP FRONT. BUT WE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RESPOND ON THE DAIS.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. I AM FROM LUMINA SERVICE SOCIETY IS IN EULESS, AND I JUST GIVE IN TO LIKE A WHOLE TEAM, LIKE A CONGRATULATE OUR NEWLY ELECTED THE EULESS CITY COUNCIL TEAM TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR TEAM STANFORD HONORABLE MAYOR, PRO TEAM PERRY BYNUM, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBER. POWELL.
HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBER JERRY ANN STARK AND COUNCIL MEMBER JEREMY TOMKIN AND COUNCIL MEMBER EDDIE PRICE AND COUNCIL MEMBER ENABLE IS SUBJECT TO CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN. DEAR HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF LUMEN SERVICE SOCIETY AND USA, WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT TO SERVE THE CITY OF EULESS. YOUR DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY IS TRULY A COMMENDABLE. WE WISH A GREAT SUCCESS, WISDOM AND STRENGTH AS YOU BEGIN IMPORTANT JOURNEY OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT UNDER THE GUIDANCE, THE CITY OF EULESS WILL CONTINUE TO PROSPER AND BECOME EVEN MORE VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE AND UNITED. OUR LUMINOUS SERVICE SOCIETY USA IS A NONPROFIT AND NONPOLITICAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SERVING THE PEOPLE IN NEED AND IS INSPIRED BY THE UNIVERSAL TEACHING BY LORD BUDDHA, WHO WAS BORN IN LUMBINI, NEPAL. THROUGH CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, OUR ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, DIVERSITY AND HUMANITARIAN VALUE WITHIN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WE ARE FORWARD OF BUILDING A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF EULESS, WORKING TOGETHER, PROMOTING CULTURAL HARMONY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE WOULD HONOR TO MEET WITH YOU PERSONALLY TO EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS AND SHARE MORE ABOUT LUMBINI AND IS SIGNIFICANT AS A BIRTHPLACE OF LORD BUDDHA. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATE ON YOUR WELL DESERVED VICTORY. MAY YOUR TENURE BRING MEANINGFUL PROGRESS AND CONTINUE SUCCESS TO THE RESIDENTS OF EULESS.
THANK YOU. JUST. I WANT TO HAND OVER AND GIVE YOU A PICTURE AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I WANT TO GET SOME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO COME UP AND DO A PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY STAFF REPORTS? MADAM ATTORNEY, MR. CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY THINGS COMING ON? ALL RIGHT, THE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.