Aug 26, 2025 City Council

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GO AHEAD AND CALL

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM]

AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET A CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM.

MAYOR TRAVIS MELO, PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNNY SIMPSON.

PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER SEAN HOLT.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARK TOWNSEND.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT SCHRADER.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BILL SCHICK HERE.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN EDMONDS.

HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND, UH, IF EVERYONE, UM, COULD PLEASE RISE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PASTOR JUSTIN CURTIS FROM LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH, UH, GIVE THE INVOCATION.

AND THEN, UH, UH, I WILL LEAD WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE STATE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS OF DICKINSON.

I WANNA THANK YOU FIRST FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A FEW WORDS BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO LIVE AND SERVE IN THIS COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE YOU.

UH, MY NAME IS JUSTIN CURTIS, THE PASTOR OF THE LEAD PASTOR OF LIGHTHOUSES BAPTIST CHURCH.

AND I WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I FIRST CAME TO DICKINSON, TEXAS AS A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED HERE FROM GALVESTON LATER AT THE AGE OF 15.

MY LIFE WAS FOREVER CHANGED WHEN I CAME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS DID FOR ME ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY 2000 YEARS AGO AND WHY HE DID IT.

AND AS I CONTINUE TO GROW, I SURRENDERED MY LIFE TO THE MINISTRY AT AGE 17.

NOW, SOME HAVE CALLED THIS DECISION TO BE FOOLISH FOR BEING SUCH A YOUNG AGE, BUT I CONSIDERED IT TO BE A FULL SURRENDER TO WHAT GOD WANTED FOR MY LIFE.

AFTER LEAVING FOR COLLEGE IN MISSOURI TO PURSUE GOD'S CALL IN MY LIFE IN MINISTRY, I RETURNED WITH MY NOW WIFE OF NINE YEARS, CONTINUED TO BUILD OUR FAMILY HERE IN DICKINSON.

NOW 31 YEARS OLD.

WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH FOUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING TWIN BOYS JUST BORN LAST WEEK.

AND FOR THAT REASON, I CANNOT STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING AND WE'VE BEEN BLESSED.

AND SO BEING A HUSBAND OF FATHER TO MY FOUR CHILDREN HAS BEEN THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT, UM, IN MY LIFE HERE.

THE CITY HAS TRULY BEEN OUR HOME, AND FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, I'VE HAD THE JOY OF SERVING AT LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH.

FIRST AS THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR SINCE LAST OCTOBER.

AND NOW AS A LEAD PASTOR, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN US OFF THE FREEWAY IF YOU'RE TRAVELING TO TEXAS CITY, BUCKY'S OR JUST TRAVELING DOWN TO SOUTH TO GALVESTON.

SEE, AT LIGHTHOUSE, WE ARE NOT A PERFECT CHURCH BY ANY MEANS, BUT WE ARE A FRIENDLY CHURCH AND A CHURCH OF SECOND CHANCES.

WE OFFER BLENDED WORSHIP STYLE SERVICE WITH HYMNS AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC.

AND OUR PURPOSE IS SIMPLE TO BRING GLORY TO GOD BY MAKING THE GOSPEL CLEAR, BY EXALTING THE SCRIPTURES IN OUR TEACHING AND BY STRIVING TO TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS CHRIST HAS LOVED US.

SEE, WE WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THE WORK OF SALVATION IS COMPLETELY DEPENDENT UPON WHAT JESUS ACCOMPLISHED.

AND NONE OF US ARE A DESERVING OF HIS GRACE.

SEE, WE REFLECT THAT SAME DESIRE THAT PAUL WROTE IN ONE TIMOTHY, THAT IT IS GOD'S DESIRE FOR ALL MEN, ALL SOULS TO BE SAVED AND COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.

AND THAT IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE JESUS DIED FOR THE WORLD.

AND PEOPLE RECEIVE THAT FREE GIFT OF GOD BY HIS TRUSTING IN JESUS, UH, TO SAVE THEM.

SEE, WE WANNA SERVE DICKINSON, NOT JUST THROUGH SUNDAY WORSHIP, BUT BY CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES, BUILDING UP THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HOST EVENTS LIKE ROUNDUP SUNDAY WITH FREE BARBECUE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

IF YOU LIKE BARBECUE, COME ON DOWN.

END OF SEPTEMBER, OUR FALL FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 31ST FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND ONGOING PROGRAMS LIKE AWANA FOR KIDS, AS WELL AS ONE-ON-ONE BIBLE CLASSES WHERE PEOPLE CAN DISCOVER THE FOUNDATIONS OF GOD'S WORD AT THEIR OWN PACE.

WE'D ALSO HAVE WEEKLY HOME GROUPS WHERE MEALS ARE SERVED.

DISCUSSIONS ARE CENTERED ON GOD'S WORD.

AND THROUGH THESE WE HAVE MISSING MANY LIVES IMPACTED AND HONOR IS OUR JOY TO BE PART OF THE HEARTBEAT OF THIS CITY.

WE WOULD LOVE FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN US SOMETIME FOR LOOKING FOR A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN CALL HOME.

SUNDAY SCHOOL SLASH BIBLE CLASSES FOR ALL AGES BEGINS AT 9 45.

THERE'S FREE DONUTS, KOLACHES AND COFFEE IS SERVED AT 10:45 AM AND OUR MAIN WORSHIP BEGINS AT 11.

SEE, SERVING PEOPLE I RECOGNIZE IS NEVER EASY, WHETHER IT'S IN A CHURCH, IN A CITY, OR IN A HOME.

DECISIONS CAN BE COMPLEX, BURDENS CAN BE HEAVY, BUT LEADERSHIP AND TRUE LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT CARRYING THESE BURDENS WITH WISDOM, HUMILITY, AND COMPASSION.

SEE, THE SCRIPTURES REMIND US IN PROVERBS THREE, FIVE THROUGH SIX, TO TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THY HEART AND LEAN NOT INTO THY OWN UNDERSTANDINGS.

AND IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM.

HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS.

THAT'S THE KIND OF GUIDANCE EVERY LEADER NEEDS.

AND I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR THE WORK YOU DO OFTEN UNSEEN TO HELP THE CITY OF DICKINSON THRIVE.

YOUR LEADERSHIP MATTERS AND IT IMPACTS FAMILY JUST LIKE MINE, EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SEE THE APOSTLE PAUL ROMANI CORINTHIANS ONE, THREE THROUGH FIVE AS WELL, THAT GOD IS THE FATHER OF MERCIES, THAT GOD OF ALL COMFORT, WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OUR AFFLICTIONS SO THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE IN ANY AFFLICTION.

AND EXCUSE ME, WHAT EXCUSE PASTOR, I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO, UH, CAN WE GET AN INVOCATION? 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT.

YEAH, WE'RE ABOUT TO.

OKAY.

WE JUST NEED TO PRAY.

START.

OKAY.

YEAH.

THANK YOU SIR.

WE'RE JUST, YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEN EVEN CHALLENGES THAT ARE NOT LEFT, THAT WITHOUT HOPE, COMFORT, WE RECEIVE PASTOR ALONG TO STRENGTH HUNTERS TONIGHT, AS YOU SERVE THE CITY, MAY YOU LEAD WITH BOTH STRENGTH AND COMPASSION AND LEANING NOT IN YOUR OWN WISDOM, BUT LORDS AND HIS COMFORT GUIDE YOU IN EVERY WAY.

SO ALLOWS ME TO PRAYER AND THEN I'LL OPEN THIS MEETING.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DICKINSON, FOR THE FAMILIES WHO CALL IT HOME.

AND FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GIVE THEMSELVES TO LEAD AND SERVE, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GRANT THEM WISDOM, THEIR DECISIONS TONIGHT,

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LORD, WE REMEMBER THAT APART FROM CHRIST, WE CAN DO NOTHING.

BUT IN HIM, WE STRENGTHEN AND GUIDE GUIDANCE AND PEACE.

BE AN EXAMPLE OF JESUS WHO CAME NOT TO SERVE, BUT TO SERVE.

INSPIRE US TO ALL LEAD WITH HUMILITY AND LOVE.

MAY YOUR SPIRIT GUIDE EVERY CONVERSATION.

AND MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE IN THIS CITY AS IT IN HEAVEN.

AND ABOVE ALL, MAY EVERYTHING BE ACCOMPLISHED HERE.

ULTIMATELY POINT PEOPLE TO THE HOPE OF JESUS, THE PRINCE OF PEACE, AND THE TRUE SHEPHERD OF OUR SOUL.

WE PRAY THIS IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.

AMEN.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

AND MAY YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD MEETING.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WIDGET STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

ALRIGHT, UH, GO AHEAD AND GO INTO NUMBER

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS]

SO CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL START, UH, I GUESS THIS TIME WE'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMPSON.

AND WE'LL GO FROM MY RIGHT TO LEFT.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, STAFF, CITIZENS, THOSE, UH, HERE AND ONLINE.

UH, GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE.

THOSE ARE ALL MY COUNT COMMENTS, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

OKAY, WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MAYOR.

HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE HGAC TO THE AIR QUALITY COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU .

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T SHOW UP TO MEETINGS.

YEAH.

YOU GET NOMINATED AND VOTED IN.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU.

NO, HANK TOLD ME.

HE WARNED ME FIRST.

HANK TOLD ME.

ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.

WELCOME THOSE HERE IN ONLINE LISTENING.

THANK YOU.

THANKS EVERYBODY FOR SHOWING UP TONIGHT.

UH, QUICK, UH, UH, WE MET WITH THE, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER HANK DOGIE, UH, OUR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING.

I ATTENDED THE MI LEWIS GALA, UH, ATTENDED THE MI LEWIS FOOD DRIVE, BAYAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING, THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING, THE EDC REGULAR MEETING, AND A BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENT.

THANK YOU.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

UH, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING, UH, IN PERSON AND ONLINE.

I TOO ATTENDED THE MI LEWIS GALA AND I DROPPED BY THERE TODAY AND DROPPED OFF MY MONEY.

THEY RAISED, UH, $41,000 IN THAT, UH, GALA EVENT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MI LEWIS.

AND, UH, ACCORDING TO, UH, ANGELICA THIS MORNING, IT WAS $41,000.

SO THAT WAS THE THANK YOU.

UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

YOUR MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE, UH, UPDATES I'D LIKE TO GIVE.

UM, SO I MET WITH OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISORS.

UM, SO THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING FOR MY, UH, CLIENTS, BUT THEY DO IT FOR CITIES.

I CALLED 'EM FINANCIAL ADVISORS.

THEY'RE LIKE, NO, WE'RE MU MUNICIPAL ADVISORS.

UM, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT OUR BOND RATING.

UM, THEY WANTED ME TO RELAY THIS TO COUNCIL AS WELL AS STAFF.

UM, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE HAD OUR AA RATING PUT BACK, UM, IS BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING.

SO THIS IS COMING FROM THEM.

THIS IS NOT COMING FROM ME.

UM, SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

UH, AGENCIES ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

THEY SEE THE WORK, THE HARD WORK, THE STAFF HERE IS DOING.

UM, AND THEY ACTUALLY, THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE COMMENTING ABOUT THE MOST.

UM, THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT BOND CAPACITY AND KIND OF JUST THE WHOLE FINANCIAL PICTURE OF THE, UM, THE CITY.

UM, AND BASICALLY WHAT I WAS DOING IS DISCUSSING WITH THEM WHAT, WHAT I AM LOOKING AT TO TRY TO DEVELOP A 10 YEAR PLAN, UM, TO GET SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS TAKEN AND CARE OF.

UM, ALSO, LIKE I SAID, I WAS PART OF THE MEETING WITH, UH, MR. HANK, COMMISSIONER HANK DOOGIE.

UM, SO I WON'T GO INTO THAT ONE.

UM, ONE OF THE BIG ONES THAT I KNOW SOME OF YOU'LL BE VERY PLEASED WITH IS, UH, MR. DAVID ZARO FINALLY CALLED ME BACK FROM TXDOT.

UM, HE'S THE PRINCIPAL ENGINEER AT TXDOT HERE IN THE GALVESTON REGION.

AND, UH, HIM AND I HAVE GOT TO TALK FOR A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF EXPLAINED TO HIM ALL THE ISSUES WE HAVE.

UM, HE'S VERY RECEPTIVE TO IT.

UM, ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT SERVICE AGREEMENT, SO THE MAINTENANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE UPDATED.

UM, BUT THE BIG ONE IS HE AGREED TO LISTEN OR MEET WITH ME AND DISCUSS THOSE MEDIAS THAT SIT ON FIVE 17.

UM, BASICALLY WHAT I TOLD HIM IS, LOOK, I I GOT IT.

YOUR PLAN WAS GREAT.

THE, THE SCIENCE MADE SENSE, BUT SOMETIMES PLANS IN THEORY DON'T WORK OUT.

SO CAN YOU PLEASE AT LEAST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION? SO THEY'RE WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH US.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

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A LOT OF PROBLEMS COMING FROM, UH, CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP, UM, THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST UNCOVERED THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.

UM, HOWEVER, NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN PAST A LOT OF THAT, WE ARE STARTING TO GET TO REACH OUT TO A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS GETTING STATUS UPDATES.

AND ONE WE MET WITH WAS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DEVELOPING WATER STREET, MYSELF, UH, MR. CAREY, UH, MR. MAGNO, AND THEN, UH, MR. DAVE FUNK, OUR EDC DIRECTOR.

WE ALL MET WITH HIM.

UM, AND THE PREMISE OF IT WAS, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHERE'S THE PROGRESS? WE KIND OF NEED TO SEE SOME, UH, SOME ACTUAL, UH, DELIVERABLES, BASICALLY.

UM, WE HAD A VERY LONG CONVERSATION.

AND, UH, WHAT FINALLY STEMMED FROM IT IS HE GAVE HIM HIMSELF A TIMELINE OF APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS TO GIVE US SOME REAL CONCRETE ANSWERS OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD.

SO I WILL BE BRINGING THOSE AND I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP REGULARLY ABOUT IT.

UM, WE DO HAVE PROGRESS WITH OUR, UH, WATER STREET PROJECT, WITH OUR PARKING GARAGE.

SO WHEN THAT, WHEN WE DO WHAT WE SAY, WE EXPECT THE DEVELOPERS TO DO BUSINESS WITH US, THAT PARTNER WITH US, THEY DO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.

SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THE ONLY OTHER THINGS IS GOT TO TALK TO, UH, SENATOR MIDDLETON TODAY, UH, KIND OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE IN DICKINSON, UM, AND THEN SOME STRUGGLES THAT WE MIGHT NEED SOME HELP FROM HIM.

SO, UM, WITH ALL THAT, UH, WE'LL GO TO YOU, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, CHASE CAREY.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUICK U UPDATES TO TOUCH BASE ON.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, FIRST TOUCH BASE ON THE, UH, THE HUGHES ROAD PROJECT.

WE, UH, RIGHT AROUND 35% COMPLETED.

WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE, AND THE FRUSTRATION AND THE ISSUES.

I'VE RECEIVED 50, 60 EMAILS FROM VARIOUS FOLKS, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I MIGHT ADD, UH, ABOUT ISSUES DEALING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

EVER SINCE THE SCHOOL STARTED.

OBVIOUSLY THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WE, I KNEW THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

I WAS WITHIN THE TRAFFIC OFF OF HUGHES ROAD.

MY DAUGHTER STARTED SCHOOL THERE.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE.

FIVE 17 AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS HAD TRAFFIC ISSUES FOR DECADES.

I WENT TO DICKSON HIGH SCHOOL.

I REMEMBER PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IN 2003.

JUST IMAGINE NOW THAT WE'RE AN OPEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WE HAVE COMING ONTO FIVE 17 TO DRIVE TO THAT HIGH SCHOOL.

HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WE HAVE SOME FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO DROP THEIR KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL.

THE TRAFFIC IS NOT GETTING BETTER.

TRUST ME, WITH MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ON HUGHES ROAD, I THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT HANDLING IT.

WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE.

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE ISSUES, BUT WE, EVERY DAY THAT WE RECEIVE COMPLAINTS, WE ARE WORKING ON IT WITH THE CONTRACTORS.

MR. MENOS, WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERS ON A DAILY BASIS.

YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO ADD, HUGHES ROAD WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1985, THE YEAR THAT I WAS BORN.

IT DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE DROP OFF IN PICKUP TRAFFIC THAT THE SCHOOL SHOULD CONTAIN.

SO ALL OF THAT OVERLOAD IS DUMPED ONTO HUGHES ROAD NOWADAYS.

THAT SCHOOL WOULDN'T EVEN BE ALLOWED TO OPEN UP, I PROMISE YOU.

I'VE HAD OUR ENGINEER TRA OUR, OUR ENGINEERS LOOK AT THAT TRAFFIC.

THAT TRAFFIC IS CONTAINED AND IT'S ILLEGALLY STACKS DOWN HUGHES ROAD IN A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

WE'RE HANDLING IT.

I UNDERSTAND NOBODY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE, THAT WAS DONE LONG AGO.

WE'RE PAST THAT.

WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES THAT ARISE THAT WE HAVE NOW.

IT IS NOT, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST, WORKING WITH THE PD, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, WCID, RAY TECH.

OUR CONTRACTORS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE ASK FOR.

AND I APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE.

I HEAR YOU.

I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION.

I, I, TRUST ME, I UNDERSTAND IT MORE THAN, MORE THAN MOST BEING ON HUGHES ROAD, PICKING MY DAUGHTER UP, BUT HOPEFULLY, I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING, BUT IT'S A NECESSARY EVIL TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD AND WE'LL GET PAST IT.

I PROMISE.

I JUST WANNA TOUCH BASE ON A FUTURE PROJECT.

THE, UH, THE, THE EWPP, MR. MAGDALENO JUST RECEIVED SOME GOOD WORD BACK.

THIS IS A FEDERAL AGENCY, THE DEPARTMENT OF AG, NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE.

THIS IS A $2.5 MILLION GRANT.

THIS IS TO CLEAR AND DE SNAG THE BAYOU AND TRIBUTARIES.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY HAS THAT BOND TO CLEAR THE BAYOU.

WE ARE COMBINING THESE PROJECTS AND WE ARE GOING TO SHARE THE LOCAL MATCH,

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WE RECEIVE WORD BEING THAT IT'S A FEDERAL PROJECT.

WE WERE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT, HEY, THESE FUNDS COULD GET CUT.

LOGICALLY, WE, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE THINKING.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM 'EM FOR A WHILE.

WE RECEIVED, WHEN, WHAT WAS THAT EMAIL, MR. MAGNO YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE? THIS MORNING? THIS MORNING THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED FROM US.

OUR GRANT MANAGER IS PROCESSING THE APPLICATION.

THE, THE NOA NOTICE OF AGREEMENT IS, IS BEING COMPLETED BY THEIR GRANT MANAGER WILL BE SENT OVER TO US SO WE CAN EXECUTE IT.

WE ARE ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH THE COUNTY.

WE PROVIDED DATES TO MR. SHANNON, THE COUNTY ENGINEER, AND WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD.

THIS IS A MUCH NEEDED PROJECT.

UH, THIS WILL CLEAR THE, THE DEBRIS AND THE TREES THAT ARE DOWN WITHIN OUR TRIBUTARIES AND OUR BAYOU.

WE KNOW THERE'S TONS OF TREES DOWN.

THIS AFFECTS EVERYONE.

IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT.

IT'S WHAT WE TELL THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY AND ALL OUR SURROUNDING AGENCIES AND PEOPLE.

HEY, IF OUR WATER CAN'T FLOW, IT'S GONNA BACK UP INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.

SO WE SHOULD ALL CHIP IN.

YOU KNOW, JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE EIGHT ONGOING AND FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES FROM TXDOT, GLO, DEPARTMENT OF AG TDO, TO NAME A FEW.

THAT'S A LOT OF PROJECTS.

YOU KNOW, MR. MAGNO ARE DETERMINED TO SEE THESE PROJECTS THROUGH BECAUSE THEY WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

A LOT OF OUR TIME IS SPENT ON THESE MAJOR PROJECTS.

WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENTS EVERY DAY.

WE'RE MAKING SURE WE AREN'T DROPPING THE BALLS ON THESE PROJECTS.

AND MR. MAGNO, I APPRECIATE YOU.

I KNOW HOW MUCH HARD, HOW MUCH WORK IT IS AND HOW MUCH YOU DO FOR US.

SO THANK YOU.

THE UDC, ONCE THE BUDGET IS COMPLETED, I PLAN ON HAVING A JOINT WORKSHOP WITH THE PNZ COMMISSION, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, SO WE CAN DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS, ISSUES, PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS ON HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK THAT'S THE BEST ROUTE FORWARD.

I KNOW MR. MOORE BROUGHT, BROUGHT IT UP TO THE PNZ BOARD IN THE PREVIOUS WEEKS AND I THINK IT'S BEST FOR ALL OF US SO WE COULD SIT DOWN TOGETHER WITH THEM TO DISCUSS IT, FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS.

SO THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY DEPARTMENT HEAD STATUS REPORTS FOR THIS MEETING? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

WHAT WE GOT? MRS. NINA BAKER, COME ON DOWN.

HEY, MS. NINA, HOW ARE YOU? DOING WELL.

SHE'S OUR ANIMAL SHELTER DIRECTOR AND SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.

THANKS.

THANK YOU MISS NINA.

I'M GONNA KEEP IT SUPER SHORT 'CAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE A LOT TO GET TO TONIGHT.

SO I CONDENSED LIKE FOUR DAYS OF SPEECH DOWN INTO JUST A COUPLE MINUTES FOR Y'ALL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO FILL Y'ALL IN ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, EVEN WITH THE GREATLY REDUCED BUDGET LESS STAFF.

SO WE MAINTAINED OUR NO KILL STATUS THIS FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR.

UM, WE DID THIS BY STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WHO SHOWED UP IN OUR MOST DESPERATE TIME OF NEED.

THE RESCUES THAT WE'VE MADE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THAT HAVE TAKEN OVER 200 ANIMALS THIS YEAR, VETERINARIANS WITH THEIR OPEN DOORS AND REDUCED PRICING FOR US AND OUR HEAVY HITTER, THE STAR PROGRAM, WHICH HAS RAISED $41,000 FOR MEDICAL NEEDS TO MAKE THE ANIMALS ADOPTABLE, LEAVING US WITH A 95.1% LIVE RELEASE RATE, WHICH IS 2% BETTER THAN LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR WE'VE TAKEN IN 20% LESS ANIMALS THAN LAST YEAR.

AND WE HAVE 33% LESS ANIMALS IN THE SHELTER AT THIS TIME.

UM, SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 2025, WE'VE HAD 541 CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.

342 OF THOSE CALLS WERE FOR STORY ANIMALS, 58 WERE FOR WILDLIFE.

UM, WE'VE HAD A HUGE AMOUNT OF CALLS FOR THE COMMUNITY CAP PROGRAM COMPLAINTS ON THAT PROGRAM.

UM, AND THEN LIVESTOCK CALLS THAT WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO SOLVE.

SO SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ALL EXPECT FROM ME THIS YEAR ARE ORDINANCE CHANGES AND ADDITIONS.

UM, ONE IS ADDING A LIVESTOCK ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE CURRENTLY.

UH, TWO IS CHANGING THE COMMUNITY CAP PROGRAM.

SO IT GIVES US SOME KIND OF AUTHORITY BEFORE THESE SITUATIONS TURN INTO PUBLIC NUISANCES.

UM, MANDATORY SPAY DETER ORDINANCE IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FOR ANIMALS AT LARGE, SO WE CAN CUT DOWN ON THE POPULATION.

AND ADDING AN ORDINANCE FOR NOT FEEDING THE WILDLIFE, MAKING THESE CHANGES ARE OBVIOUSLY GONNA HELP US REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ANIMAL CONTROL CALLS.

IT'S ALSO GONNA REDUCE, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS INSIDE THE SHELTER.

AND IT'S GONNA GIVE US MORE TIME TO FOCUS ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM? THAT MY WIFE AND I AND DAUGHTER AND CAME AND PLAYED WITH THE ANIMALS AND HUNG OUT.

THAT WOULD BE AND WALKED 'EM.

WOULD WHATS, IS

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UH, ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS SAID, HEY, WHY AREN'T WE LETTING THE VOLUNTEERS WALK THE DOGS? AND SO THE NEXT DAY I WAS LIKE, WE'RE DOING SAFARI.

AND SO IT, IT CAME ABOUT LIKE THAT.

SO THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY ARE ALLOWED TO COME IN, SIGN IN AS A VOLUNTEER.

THEY GET TRAINED ON HOW TO, A LITTLE BIT OF DOG BEHAVIOR, HOW TO GET THE ANIMALS ON LEASH OUT OF THEIR KENNELS, UM, WHERE TO WALK THEM.

UM, THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE PRO, WELL, IT'S A CITY PROPERTY NEXT DOOR, BUT THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, PEOPLE USE IT FOR THEIR STUFF.

UM, THEY'VE ALLOWED US TO GO OVER THERE TO USE THAT PROPERTY FOR THE DOGS TO HAVE AN ADVENTURE WITH THE STAFF.

SO THIS PROGRAM HAS NOT ONLY HELPED WITH THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE STAFF MEMBERS, UM, BUT IT'S ALSO MADE THE DOGS MORE ADOPTABLE BY ALLOWING THEM TO MEET NEW PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

THEY LEARN BETTER LEASH SKILLS.

THEY LEARN HOW TO SIT, ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS THAT THE STAFF DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TIME FOR.

UM, SO THEY'RE MEETING PEOPLE WITH A WHOLE, A MUCH, MUCH BETTER PRESENCE.

SO THEY'RE NOT COMING OUT AND PUTTING THEIR PAUSE ON, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL ADOPTERS.

THEY'RE COMING OUT THERE WITH SOME MANNERS AND SOME SOCIALIZATION.

YEAH.

MY WIFE TRIED TO ADOPT LIKE THREE OF YOUR DOGS.

WHY DIDN'T YOU LET HER? YEAH, NOT HAPPENING.

I ALREADY NO, WE'RE GOOD.

SHE SHOULD COME SEE ME.

WE'RE MAX, WE'RE MAX CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.

SHE SHOULD COME SEE ME IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE ONE MORE LITTLE PART I DID.

TELL ME ABOUT THE WILDLIFE CALLS YOU'RE GETTING AND SQUIRRELS CALLS EVERYTHING.

SO MY CONCERN, AND THE REASON WHY I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE AN ORDINANCE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T FEED THE WILDLIFE IS BECAUSE ANYTIME THAT A HIGH, UM, RABIES VECTOR SPECIES HAS CONTACT WITH A HUMAN, THAT'S AN AUTOMATIC DEATH SENTENCE FOR THEM.

UM, THEY HAVE TO BE SENT TO THE LAB FOR TESTING.

AND SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE FEEDING THE RACCOONS IN THEIR BACKYARD AND THEY GET A SCRATCH, WE SHOW UP THAT ANIMAL'S LIFE IS OVER.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE LEAVING FOOD OUT, IT'S NOT HELPING OUR COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM.

OUR COMMUNITY CATS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A JOB.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HANDLING THE RODENTS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, CURRENTLY WE JUST HAVE, WE SAY THE WORDS, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOARDING THESE CATS AND THEY'RE NOT DOING THE ENTIRE PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE NOT GETTING SPAYED NS, WE'RE NOT GETTING VACCINES.

SO THESE ARE UN THEY, THEY MIGHT AS WELL BE WILD ANIMALS.

UNVACCINATED.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YEP.

QUICK QUESTION.

UH, HOW'S, UH, THIS YEAR, I GUESS THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH WILDLIFE WARRIORS WORKING OUT? IT'S GOOD.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE TO TAKE WILDLIFE INTO THE SHELTER, UM, ANYTIME THAT, UM, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER WILDLIFE ENTITY AS WELL, UM, THAT IS STEPPING UP.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR 5 0 1 C3.

UM, BUT IT'S ANOTHER ENTITY THAT'S NOT GONNA CHARGE US ANY MONEY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE WILDLIFE.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAAM.

I HAVE ONE MORE THING.

OH, GO AHEAD.

ONE MORE THING.

I'M SO SORRY.

GO.

IT'S ALL YOU.

OKAY.

SO LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

SO I RAN A REPORT FROM JANUARY THE FIRST TO AUGUST 26TH, 2025.

I RAN THAT SAME REPORT IN THE SAME DATE RANGE FOR LAST YEAR.

SO WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE OF 63.7% IN THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS.

THESE SAME PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN 3,464 HOURS IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS TO THE SHELTER OF THEIR OWN TIME.

THAT'S ALMOST THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES RUNNING THIS REPORT.

IT TOTALLY BLEW ME AWAY.

I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CARE.

UM, THESE PEOPLE DECIDED TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION AND NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING IN RETURN.

AND I FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE A HUGE DISSERVICE IF WE DIDN'T SPOTLIGHT THEM.

AND MY STAFF TONIGHT TO THANK THEM FOR SAVING THE SHELTER THROUGH OUR STRESSFUL YEAR LAST YEAR.

DID THAT, THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF OUR GOOD PEOPLE HATE IT THROUGH THIS YEAR WITHOUT YOU GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MS. NINA.

THANK YOU.

YOU DO A GREAT JOB.

APPRECIATE YOU.

ALRIGHT.

IS UH, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE FOR TONIGHT? YES SIR.

YES SIR.

ALRIGHT, AWESOME.

ALRIGHT.

SO NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, LASTING NOT LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.

COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE OR MAY ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM AND SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.

NOT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OR STAFF.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS OR USING VULGAR OR PROFANE LANGUAGE SHALL FORFEIT HIS OR HER REMAINING TIME AND SHALL BE SEATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT DELIBERATE.

AND I HAVE A FEW.

SO THE FIRST ONE WE'LL HAVE IS FOR GENERAL COMMENTS IS MR. WALLY DIETZ.

I'M GOOD.

YOU'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, ALL RIGHT.

I GOT, UH, MS. GALIN, COME ON UP.

HI, GAYLYNN EISER.

I'M DICKINSON.

I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF ANGELICA.

UM, HENSLEY, OUR DIRECTOR OF MI

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UM, SHE WANTED TO COME TONIGHT, BUT SHE HAS OPEN HOUSE FOR HER KIDS .

UM, SHE'S, AS SHE WROTE, SHE SAID, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY HEARTFUL THANKS TO THE MAYOR AND ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND THE RESIDENTS OF DICKINSON WHO JOINED US FOR THE RECENT MI LEWIS WINE AND DINE ITALIANO.

BECAUSE OF YOUR PRESENCE AND SUPPORT, THIS BECAME THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVENT MI LEWIS HAS EVER HOSTED.

WE RAISED OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND $41,000 FOR THE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTIONS.

I STAND IN CORRECTED .

THAT'S OKAY.

.

UM, WE ARE PROUD TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES IN GALVESTON COUNTY AND EVEN MORE PROUD TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED.

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE TRUE HEART OF DICKINSON AND WHAT IT MEANS TO GET BACK.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING AND PROUD OF AND A PROUD MOMENT FOR ALL OF US WHO CALLED DICKINSON HOME.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

OH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO.

UH, NEXT UP IS, IS IT, UH, MR. PEDRO? IS IT D LOS SANTOS? DID I GET THAT RIGHT? RIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

IS THIS IS MY FIRST NAME.

YES, SIR.

AND I'M HARD OF HEARING AND I JUST CAME IN FROM OPERATIONS OVER, THEY MESSED UP MY, MY THROAT, BUT ALRIGHT.

I'M WANNA BE, SO IF I'M LOUD OR WHATEVER, YOU'RE, IT NOT BECAUSE I'M BEING LOUD, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO HEAR MYSELF ANYWAY.

YOU'RE GOOD SIR.

I WANNA KNOW.

UM, IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE HARVEY.

I THINK THE GO, THE CITY GOT SOMETHING LIKE 47, 40 $9 MILLION TO TAKE CARE OF THE DRAINAGE.

WELL, I GOT TWO FEET OF WATER IN MY HOUSE, NO PROBLEM.

THERE WAS A LOT OF RAIN BACK THEN, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE EACH TIME IT RAINS THREE OR FOUR INCHES, I GET WATER INTO MY HOUSE AND I HAVE TO GO TO THE APPRAISAL OFFICE JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR TO SHOW LOOK WHERE I'M LIVING SO THEY CAN GIMME ME A BREAK.

BUT I'M GETTING TIRED SOMEHOW THEY SAID, SUPPOSED TO BE A PROJECT ALL THE WAY TO A D ROAD WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO EITHER PUT IN PIPING OR WHATEVER, BUT I DON'T SEE NOTHING.

AND I SAID, WELL, ALL I SEE IS THE ISLANDS ON FIVE 17, WHICH I THINK ARE NOT VERY GOOD.

I ALREADY HAD TWO FLATS, NARROW THE ROADS AND THIS, BUT THAT'S NOT HERE NOR THERE.

MAINLY MY CONCERN IS THE DRAINAGE FROM MY HOUSE.

YES, SIR.

AND THAT'S IT.

ALL.

I WANT KNOW MORE.

THAT'S WHERE WE STAND ON THAT PROJECT.

YES, SIR.

SO, UM, SO THAT IS THE GLO PROJECT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

SO I'LL SPEAK, I'M GONNA SPEAK LOUDER SO YOU CAN, UH, SO YOU CAN HEAR ME.

I'M NOT YELLING AT YOU, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW.

UM, SO THE GLO PROJECT IS THE, I THINK IT'S THE, THE THIRTY SEVEN MILLION THIRTY NINE MILLION THIRTY NINE MILLION PROJECT.

YES, SIR.

WE'RE AT ABOUT 26%, 28%, 33, 33 NOW.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE AT ONLY ABOUT 33%.

I DON'T THINK THEY'VE MADE IT TO YOUR SECTION YET.

IT LIVES ON 33 10 DICKENSON AVENUE, WHICH IS IN FRONT OF THE FIESTA TRAILER PARK.

AND I'M HOPING I SAY, WHERE ARE THE BACKHOES OR WHATEVER THAT IS THEY'RE DOING OR SOMETHING.

I SAID, HEY, MR. MAGNO, IF YOU GET HIS INFORMATION, IF WE GET YOUR INFORMATION, IF WE CAN GET YOUR INFORMATION, UH, MR. MAGNO CAN GET YOU THE PLAN OF THAT PROJECT SO YOU CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.

HOW ABOUT THAT? THAT'S, THAT, THAT, THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN, UH, MR. GARLAND COPELAND.

OOPS, SORRY.

MY NAME'S GARLAND COPELAND AND I LIVE IN HERE IN DICKINSON.

AND, UM, UM, I, UH, QUESTION TO HEAR THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE FIVE 17 PROBLEM.

AND I URGE EVERYBODY THAT ANYTIME THEY HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH THE DOT TO BRING THAT UP AND, UH, DON'T EVER LET 'EM FORGET.

BUT, UH, GETTING SOMEBODY TO CALL YOU BACK ON THAT, I THINK IS A GOOD SIGN.

I THINK SO TOO, SIR.

THE, UM, ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE HUGHES ROAD PROJECT IN THE SCHOOLS AND THE TRAFFIC.

UM, ALL OF MY KIDS WENT TO THROUGH SCHOOL IN DICKINSON AND UM, I DON'T REMEMBER US EVER TAKING THEM TO SCHOOL IN OUR CAR.

THEY ALWAYS RODE THE BUS.

AND I'M THINKING, I KNOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT, UM, IF MORE KIDS RODE THE BUS, I THINK WE'D HAVE LESS, UM, TRAFFIC PROBABLY ON HUGHES ROAD, PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR.

UM, I'VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE AND, UM, I GET CONCERNED WHEN I READ THE MINUTES BECAUSE THEY SEEM

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AND THAT'S THE CASE TONIGHT.

AND I GUESS ON THE CONSENT, VIRGINIA, THAT OUGHT TO BE PULLED AND CORRECTED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YES, SIR.

AND I WILL SAY ABOUT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, CHASE, YOU ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT UP, THAT YOU WENT TO, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU AND I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.

ACTUALLY YOU WERE, UH, I THINK WHAT A SENIOR, WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN, MY GRADUATING CLASS IN OH SIX WAS 300 AND LIKE TWO.

THE NEW GRADUATING CLASS OF LAST YEAR WAS 948.

THAT'S WHY OUR TRAFFIC IS DIFFERENT.

RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE 22,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF DICKINSON.

WE HAVE 46,000 IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, BUSES CAN'T THAT, THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE STRUGGLE IS THE BUSES JUST CAN'T GET TO ALL THE PLACES.

SO, 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST SO BIG NOW.

BUT NEXT THING IS NUMBER FIVE.

HERE

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL NOT BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS.

IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSED AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CON.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE CORRECTION OF MR. COPELAND'S NAME.

SPELLED RIGHT.

GOT A MOTION.

DO I GOT A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

GOT A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION.

UH, ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.

ALL RIGHT.

SIX.

ALL BUSINESS

[6.A ORDINANCE NO. XXX-2025 - Consideration and possible action to approve an Ordinance of the City of Dickinson to appoint a Charter Review Commission Consisting of five (5) citizens of the City, state the commission's duties, and provide for a term of office and an effective date. (2nd Reading)(Edmonds)]

UH, STATE THE, UH, COMMISSION'S DUTIES AND PROVIDE FOR A TERM OF OFFICE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SECOND READING.

DO ADD DARRELL CARNEY ONTO THE LIST.

SO, UM, I GUESS WE NEED A MOTION TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

UH, UH, YES, SIR.

HAVE A, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND MOVE TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? WHO MOVED TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE.

UH, EDMONDS.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALRIGHT, GOT A SECOND.

FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SCHICK.

ALRIGHT, WHAT DO, SO I GUESS WHAT WE COULD DO IS TALK, DISCUSS, AND THEN WHOEVER WE NEED TO DO, WE CAN ADD IT TO THE, UH, THE MOTION IF NEED BE.

UM, SO YOU SAID YOU HAVE AN APPOINT PEOPLE, UH, INDIVIDUALS HAVE APPOINTEES THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO.

SO WHO DO WE GOT? DARRELL CARNEY.

DARRELL CARNEY.

HAD THERE BEEN OTHER NAMES NOMINATED? HMM.

WE'RE NOMINATING THEM NOW.

I THOUGHT.

WELL, WE WERE LAST MONTH.

WE HAD SOME, WE THREW SOME NAMES AROUND, BUT WE DIDN'T COME UP WITH A LIST.

THOUGHT WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS APPROVING THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT? NO.

LAST, UM, LAST MEETING WE SAID WE WOULD COME UP WITH THE NAMES TONIGHT.

GARLAND.

COPELAND.

COPELAND.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE WANNA DO AND THEN GARLAND COPELAND.

AND THEN, UH, AND THEN DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE GONNA BE FILLING THE ROLE ON THIS? NOMINATE MYSELF.

YEP.

SO, SO THAT IT, UH, LEGALLY IS THAT OKAY OR IS THAT 'CAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED CITIZENS, RIGHT? SO IT'S FIVE CITIZENS.

IT DOESN'T STATE THAT WE CAN'T HAVE, BUT IT, I'D LIKE SOME SORT OF REPRESENTATION OF CITY COUNCIL.

THERE IS NO PROHIBITION AGAINST A MEMBER OF COUNCIL SERVING.

OKAY.

REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A COMMISSION SO THAT THEY CAN DO THE HARD WORK.

SO WE'RE NOT TALKING FOR FIVE AND A HALF HOURS ABOUT IT IN THESE MEETINGS.

RIGHT.

SO EVERYTHING THAT GETS APPROVED HAS TO BE DONE BY US ANYWAYS.

SO YOU'RE, SO YOU, YOU'RE, UH, WILLING TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE TO BE A PART OF THIS COUNCIL MEMBER? REDMONDS I AM.

AWESOME.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JOIN IN? I WILL BE, I CANNOT COMMIT TO THE FULL THING, BUT I WILL BE, I WILL STILL TRY TO PUT AS MUCH TIME AS I CAN FOR ALSO DID YOU NEED COUNCIL PEOPLE? WHAT'S THAT? I SAID I DON'T MIND SERVING ON IT.

OKAY.

SO THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOWNSEND, HE'LL BE OUR SECOND.

AND THEN WE NEED AT LEAST ONE MORE NAME TO MAKE THE FIVE.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS? DAWN KING SAID SHE WOULD SERVE.

THAT'S, AND THEN WE HAVE DON KING WAS WILLING TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE.

ALRIGHT.

OUT OF THOSE FIVE NAMES, UM, DOES ANY, DOES ANYONE, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER NAMES THEY'D LIKE TO PROPOSE OVER THOSE FIVE? OR ARE WE, WE GET, ALRIGHT, THE OTHER THING IT SAYS IN HERE, WE'RE GOING TO ALSO APPROVE, UM, A COMMISSION DUTY AND PROVIDE

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UM, DO WE NEED TO DO THAT ALL TONIGHT? OR IS THAT, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY SET? THAT'S ALREADY SET OUT IN THE RESOLUTION? PERFECT.

OKAY.

SO WE DON'T NEED TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH THAT INFORMATION.

UH, THAT IS CORRECT.

I, OKAY.

THE RESOLUTION JUST TRACKS THE LANGUAGE OF THE CHARTER.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

SO WOULD ANYONE, DOES ANYONE HAVE A COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS ABOUT THE FIVE NOMINEES? AND THEN IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

YEAH, JUST I GUESS A LOGISTIC QUESTION.

YEAH.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THIS LAST TIME, THERE WAS A TIMELINE PUT TOGETHER FOR ALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUBMIT IN WRITING THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE THE COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT.

UM, DO WE HAVE A DEADLINE BY THAT? ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THAT? OR IS A, BECAUSE I REMEMBER READING THE PACKET AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SUBMITTED IN WRITING, WE'D LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS.

AND SO ARE WE GONNA DO THAT THE SAME OR, I MEAN, I THINK I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT WE SHOULD TAKE ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COUNCIL STAFF.

I MEAN, I WILL LITERALLY LISTEN TO ANYBODY IF THEY HAVE A GOOD IDEA.

LET'S HEAR IT.

UM, NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW TO U DO THAT, RIGHT? UM, BUT ABSOLUTELY, I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY GET A DEADLINE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, THEN IT'S JUST GONNA GO TO THE END OF THE THING AND THEN WE'LL NEVER GET ANYTHING DONE.

SO YES, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN WITH THIS.

REMEMBER, COUNSEL WILL ACTUALLY GET TO APPROVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THEY GO TO THE BALLOT TOO.

MM-HMM .

NO, BUT THAT WHAT IT DOES, IT HELPS DO A, SOME OF THE WORK FOR YOU.

RIGHT? SO, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, WHEN WE, WE HAD ALL OF THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE WENT LINE BY LINE OR BEAUTIFUL POINT BY POINT THROUGH THE CHARTER AGAINST WHAT THEY HAD OFFERED.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SO WE WILL ALL, WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THE COMMISSION.

SO, UM, ALL RIGHT.

IF THAT'S, DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS COMMISSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OR, SO WE DO NEED, DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION? YES.

IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND TO ADD THOSE FIVE NAMES, UH, AS APPOINTEES TO THIS COMMISSION THAT'S BEING CREATED.

I MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION WITH ADDING THE NAMES.

DARRELL CARNEY, GARLAND COPELAND, KEVIN EDMONDS, MARK TOWNSEND, AND DON KING AS THE COMMISSION MEMBERS.

ALRIGHT.

DOES THE ORIGINAL SECOND AGREE? DO I HAVE A SECOND? YEAH, SECOND.

OKAY.

SO, ALRIGHT.

SO SINCE THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF THE MOTION MADE THE MOTION TO AMEND, AND THEN THE ORIGINAL SECOND AGREED, THERE'S NO NEED TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.

IT IS NOW AMENDED.

IT'S AMENDED.

YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

SO TO ALL IN FAVOR OF SIX A PASSING WITH THE AMENDMENT, SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.

ALL RIGHT.

AND I APOLOGIZE, UH, GARLAND COPELAND, YOU WANTED TO TALK FOR, UM, THIS, UH, ITEM.

DO YOU STILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STILL TALK? GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEW BUSINESS SEVEN A CONDUCT

[7.A Conduct a Public Hearing concerning the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget.]

UM, STAFF PRESENTATION.

UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT, UH, MS. CLARK HAS REALLY MUCH OF A PRESENTATION.

OKAY.

I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET A GREAT DEAL.

YEP.

UH, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN THOUGH I, I I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL IS NOT PREPARED TO VOTE ON BUDGET ADOPTION TONIGHT.

UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WAS NOTICED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

AND SO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND STILL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

AND THEN WE GET TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE, THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ADOPT THE BUDGET.

THEN, UH, THE COUNCIL WOULD SIMPLY NEED TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE, UH, THAT CONSIDERATION TO A FUTURE DATE.

OKAY? SO IF WE HAVE NO STAFF PRESENTATION, UM, YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN, OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND JUST ANNOUNCE THE TIME THAT IT OPENS.

OKAY.

OH, YEAH.

SO, SORRY.

WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 39.

SO, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY STAFF PRESENTATION.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE ANY PAPER FOR THIS, SO NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON IT? WELL, WE JUST HAD A WORKSHOP ON IT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT DOING ANY OF THAT.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND JOIN.

ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 47 B,

[7.B. ORDINANCE XXX-2025 - Consideration and possible action to approve an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Dickinson, Texas, approving and adopting a budget for the City of Dickinson, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2025-2026; making appropriations for the City for such Fiscal Year as reflected in said budget; providing for the incorporation of preamble; making certain findings and containing certain provisions relating to the subject; and providing an effective date. (1st Reading) ]

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FIRST READING.

MOVE TO POSTPONE.

I GOT A MOTION TO POSTPONE.

I GOT A SECOND, SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TO POSTPONE THIS VOTE.

UH, MAYOR WILL NEED TO BE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE'LL GET A ROLL CALL VOTE.